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ZOOLOGICAL G kItOENS, Regent's-patk. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Adiaission, ls.; on Mondays` 6d. Children under twelve, Cd. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open fromll to 4. 3 V )1 • Int LONDON, IVEDNI4, - .SDAY, FEB. 9, 1870. Few persons will care to criticise the English of the QUEEN'S Speech, which we uresented to our readers yesterday. A more splendid program me was never pre- Dented by any Ministry. It not only fulfils all our most sanguine expectations, but far surpasses them. If Mr. BRIGHT'S "omnibus!' speech at Birming lam was intended to stimulate the country, .nil, through the country, the Government, it .ias succeeded most admirably. If he is really le faineant Minister that he appeared to be, he has low before him such a mass of work as must appal ,he man who, in his days of independence, thought ;be State, the Church, the Universities, and everything n the heavens above and the earth beneath might )3 set to rights in a single session, but who, now lat he "is in office, finds one first-class measure mough. Not only have Ministers included all the measures wo expected, and all those which we thought it barely possible they might undertake, Jut others also that wo did not even venture to Anticipate. The first paragraph of the Speech is almost the only unsatisfactory one. The QUEEN is prevented oy indisposition from opening Parliament. Fortu nately this is merely a personal misfortune—one which we all regret, on account of its cause, but which involves no real disadvantage to the State. the next paragraph contains something more than tho phrase which, since the Palmerstonian regime came to an end, has happily become stereotyped. Not Ally is England at peace with all the world, but there is a crowing disposition among nations gene rally to quarrel less frequently, and when they quarrel to consult their neighbours and common sense rather than resort to the unsatisfactory and illogical Arbitrament of the rifled gun. The reference to New Zealand is of the briefest ; but this brevity is no measure of the importance of the sub pet, nor of the vigour wherewith it will be discussed when the promised " papers" are laid before Parlia ment. What with two sets of taxes and imposts, extending even to the parish hearse, Mr. Lown is lot in good favour just now. So he is naturally Anxious to let us know as quickly as possible what ;ood things he has in store for us. Hence it is we aro ;old that the estimates are in a forward state of prepa :ation. A foretaste of coming bliss is given us in tho Announcement that while the public establishments tutve been effectively maintained they will impose a liininished charge upon her MAJESTY'S subjects. There is no fly in the pot of ointment this year; there is no little Abyssinian bill to meet. Ordinarily it is only the financial paragraph which is devoted exclusively to the House of Commons ; but this year there is an Addendum in the shape of a reminder that the Reform Bill of 1807-8 has not yet brought our electoral system to perfection ; and that the [louse of Commons Select Committee which met last session will do well to recommence its sittings, and bring its inquiries to a definite issue in the shape of " early legislation ;" a periphrasis for the Ballot, wrapped up in gentle words, so as not to offend Con servative ears. Thus we are led on to the principal part of the entertainment. First there comes the Irish Land Bill, whichwill, Ministers hope, improve the relations between the several classes in Ireland who are en gaged in agriculture, and inspire confidence in the law among those in whom it is now wanting. This is the honey, but there is also vinegar. Let us mix them, though the State cooks keep the two dishes far apart. Referring to their penultimate paragraphs, we find that the QUEEN is filled with painful concern at the recent extension of :agrarian crime in Ireland ; and while she ,hopes that wise changes in the law will remove these evils, she will not hesi tate to recommend the adoption of special provisions, should they be required. This is as it should be. u3tice has two aspects. One, conciliatory; the other, menacing. If the first does not win, the second will compel. If the Irish people are not satisfied with the disestablishment of the Irish Church, and with a just land law, then they must bo prepared for the suspension of Habeas Corpus, for proclaimed districts, and for flying squadrons. It will be a scandal to the British name if the present reign of terror continues. If it cannot be soothed by gentleness, it must be suppressed by force. The other subjects in themselves constitute anoblo list. Ono cause of dispute with the United States —the question of naturalisation—is to be settled by Act of Parliament, and thus there will remain only the Alabama and the San Juan question. Then comes the greatest surprise. Government proposes to legislate during this session on the report of the commission on the Courts of Judicature, so as to THE SUI% LONDON, WEDNgSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1870. improve the constitution and' procedure of the superior tribunals. We may thus hope that by this time next year justice will be more accessible and more prompt. Ministers will also take upon themselves the responsibility of dealing with University Tests. The Lords threw out Sir JOHN COLERIDGE'S bill last year. They will not have another opportunity of passing it. Instead of a permissive they will have a compulsory bill to pass. Mr. GOSCHEN will redeem the promise made by Mr. GLADSTONE to Sir MASSEY LOPES last year, and bring in a bill to extend the incidence of rating, and to place the collection of the large sums raised locally for various purposes on a simple and uniform footing. Then.comes a question which has been growing in prominence of late years. Five years ago those who demanded an alteration in the licensing laws seemed to be but a vox clamantis in desert°, and had to endure any amount of ridicule and contumely. Now, journals which affect to guide public opinion are using the very arguments which they then scorned; and Government, under the pressure anational demand, has consented to introduce a measure for dealing with the greatest of British curses. Finally, so rich is the Ministerial programme, that it can aflbrd to include four measures in a single paragraph. There is so much solid - gold that it needs not to be wiredrawn or beaten out into leaf, and so we are told in four lines of a measure to facilitate the transfer of land, and one for regulating the succession to real property in cases of intestacy (Mr. LOCKE KING'S annual), of a third for removing the disabilities to which trade unions are subject, and of a fourth for consolidating the statutes relating to merchant shipping, a measure which has been already printed, and is about the most colossal in size ever presented to Parliament. Here is a goodly list. How much of it will be cleared off by August ? Here is a goodly bill of fare. How much of it will be digested before the time for the shooting of birds is come ? No such programme has been offered since the Ministry of all - the Talents offered theirs seven teen years ago. • But abait omen. SPIRIT OP TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times observes that the opening of the session is at) the letting out of waters. No one quite knows whether the streamlet permitted to flow on the first night Hill speedily dwindle in bulk and become contemptible, r whether it is the prelude to a flood which will increase in power until it is irresistible. The symptoms on Tuesday light contained no threatening element. There was a remonstration by the leaders of the hostile forces in both !louses, and nothing more. Lord Cairns and Mr. Disraeli were " both of the same tale." They criticised the para „raphs of the Speech referring to Ireland especially that mystic sentence, defying sense and grammar, in hich 'some amendment of "the laws respecting the occupation and acquisition of land in Ireland" is promised; they denounced the Irish administration ; they did their best to keep their followers in good spirits ; and then the performance terminated. Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons, and Lord Granville victoriously struggling with the Ileums of the season in the Lords, found it necessary to say very little by way of reply, and the first sittings terminated in time to allow every one to go quietly home to dinner. But Mr. Gladstone made two announcement early on Tuesday even .ng, each of which is significant. He said he should ask the House on Thursday to order that a new writ be issued for Tipperary, the election of O'Donovan (Rosso), as a convicted felon, being void, and be gave notice that on Tuesday week he would ask leave to bring in his Land Bill. The Ministry thus proclaimed their open and irreconcilable hostility to Fenianism, and their resolution to prosecute the great work of Irish legislation. The promptitude of these declarations had a visible and just effect on the House of Commons; and the country will gather from them an assurance that Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues will continue their work to the end, without precipitation, but without delay. The Standard declares that the Ministers have given us a Queen's speech as chill as a London fog and as murky— as dreary as Mr. Gladstone at a Guildhall banquet —as barren as the Barmecide's feast. In this kind of literature we do not remember anything more cheerless or depress ing. If any have looked for either candour or cheer fulness in the announcement of the Ministerial policy, they will be grievously disappointed. Equally clumsy In its confidence •as in its concealments, the Speech is remarkable not only for the little it says, and its dreary manner of saying it, but for its palpable evasions and its monstrous omissions. Analysing it sentence by sentence, we End cur first difficulty to be in apprehending what really is the business which the Government pro poses to undertake in :the new session. We are able to perceive scarcely any trace of a policy such as may be said so be peculiar to the Ministry or demanded by the voice of the country. Joining most heartily in the prayer for a ulessing upon Mr. Gladstone's labours, we should do so with a clearer mind, if not with a purer conscience, if we were able to form some more definite idea of the nature of those labours. Upon all the most important points of his policy, Mr. Gladstone bas chosen to preserve a silence, or to use an equivocation, which may be safe but which is hardly holiest. We do not yet know what the Government propose to do in regard to those matters which primarily demand their attention, and their capacity for which was their title to office.We do not know what they in send to do with the Irish lands, and how far they propose to administer to the Irish idea in their work. We do not know what they will do for national education. We do :ot even know whether, in such a simple teat question as the ballot, they will adopt or oppose the Radical cry. - And .he measure of our darkness becomes vastly increased when we consider how many and how important are the questions about which Mr. Gladstone has chosen to be absolutely silent : the question of our colonies, the ques tion of State emigration, the question of our future foreign policy —upon each of which hangs at least as much of the national welfare as any of the matters about which Mr. Gladstone has professed to be busy. The Pall Mall Gazette thinks that the knowledge that ;he land question would certainly be dealt with this session may have had some share in the recent outrages is quite possible. Any prospect of the kind is calculated to have such a result upon men of exceptionally violent sharacter, quite irrespective of the particular ahem, tions locked for. Still, though individual outrages may be accounted for in this way, it is safer, as regards the outrages generally, to ascertain in the first instance what class of persons it is that is most likely, or may think itself most likely, to profit by an agrarian reign of terror. If there is any way of stopping Parliament from legislating on the land question, it is by murdering landlords; and if there is any class of persons whose object it is to stop Parliament from legislating on the land qnestion it is the Fenian and Ribbon . agitators, who can haye no hope of carrying out their designs es:cept by keeping alive the discontent of the peasantry. It has tell along been rreclicied shrewd observers that the I.l.noncement of a ce naprehensive Land liii would rrolably be the'signal for some such effort en the Fait of those who wish to convince the Dish 1 - collo - that nothing. is to be eNpeeted from Parliament. Is it not obvious that if the Queen's Goveinnient had been driven to announce yesterday that in consequence of the recent outrrgcs the introduction of the Land Bill had been post poned, rad a coercion bill would be brought forward in its room, ibis design would have been completely successful? Unhappily, we cannot be quite sure that these miserable fanatics may not yet gain a initial success. To have to lay the Land Bill on the shelf for how shoit ;ime soever, in order to secure the undivided attention of Parliament for measures of exceptional coercion, would inflict on Mr. Gladstone the keenest suffering; and the avowal that such a necessity has entered in any way into his calculations is sufficient evidence that he is under no " hallucination " as to the condition of affairs in Ireland or as to the serious responsibilities which that condition lays upon the Executive. 'We should have the late Lord Melbourne "alive says the Telegraph, to express duo horror at the quantity of hard work that the Queen's Ministers have cut out for themselves. " Can't you let it alone?" was his favourite formula; and he might certainly discern in the programme of the Royal Speech many questions which, if Ministers had consulted their case, they would decidedly have let alone. Even he who was the second in the dynasty of "jaunty" Premiers—Canning being the Ent, and Palmerston the third--would probably 'Omit that an Irish Land Bill was needful; but on slimes every other question suggested by the Speech he would have pleaded earnestly and with scree plausibility in favour of absolute inaction. Ile would have said, Why touch national educati( n ? the agitation shout it has only just commenced? V meddle with University Tests ? that is a thorny religious topic. Above all, why disturb the minds of the country gentlemen by your Real Estate Intestacy Bill? it is a measure for which there is no popular demand. But, granting that there gather at the Cabinet Councils men who think it their duty to do as much good as they can during their political life, their resolution to grapple with more than one great and difficult question may appear not only natural, but imperative. A successful Irish Land Bill &Tone would stamp the session as great ; if, in addition, we have a good Education Bill, the liberation of our universities from the vene rable sectarianism that has made them the appanage of a class, and the redress of a time-honoured injustice► as regards succession to -cal property, we shall be able to say of the present Ministers that, whatever other faults they may have had, they did not shrink from responsibility or shirk hard work. Doubt less on all these questions sonic great or some small Ministers may make mistakes which, as they snake them, we shall be most ready to expose; but we admit in ad vance the spirit of industry that has prompted them to undertake so much. Let us hope that, when later in the year the Day of Innocents comas, the inevitable massacre may happily be reduced to a minimum. It may fairly be supposed, remarks the Daily News, that M. 011ivier, in demanding authorisation to prosecute M, Rochefort, in making that authorisation a Cabinet question, and in insisting on the execution of the sentence of the Correctional Tribunal, has been actuated by considerations of public policy, other than those which he has pub lished to the world. He ought to know better than most of his countrymen, and than any foreigner the peculiar conditions under which he and his friends have exchanged the lonely independence of oppo sition for the responsibibilities and restraints of office, He must know what amount, and what kind of moral force M. Ro'clicfort, or rather the metropolitan consti tuency which sent him to the Chamber, really represents, not in the capital only, but throughout the country. Look ing, as a wise stateTnnan looks, before and after, he cannot he satified with the fact that he has an army close at hand, for the repression of any disturbances in the capital, !urger than the whole g.trrium of the United Kingdom. The army, it i; said, may be depended upon ; but do not repeated e pi3OllC3 in French history since the Revolution begin, declare that there come; a time, sooner or later, when French soldier; grow weary and ashamed of firing upon French working men, and that on the first sign of the bourgeoisie faltering in allegiance to the Government, the army hesitates, and the Government is lost? But who can be familiar with such reflections and experiences as these, if not M. 011ivier ? Yet, with the knowledge of these facts, he has deliberately provoked the risk of an imeute ; and, therefore, we are bound to suppose that 31. 011ivicr was influenced by reasons not patent to foreign observers. In the Chamber, 31. Roche fort was at least innocuous; his action in the press had certainly not become more dangerous from impunity. L► the seclusion of St. Pelagie he will be something of a power, and perhaps an increasing power, if, instead of defying military generals he appeals (to borrow a joke from Lord Lytton) to that unknown and incalculable element in the future politics of France--"Geueral Election." . : . '44 vivis- N l * 4, ul HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 8. The Queen drove out to-day. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. The Duc,hea of Sutherland has left Osborne. LATEST INTELL IGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PAINS, Feb. 9, 6 am. According to the last reports only one serious conflict has take❑ place, and this occurred in the Rue Oberkanipf, where a barricade was removed by the Gardes de Paris. The troops did not make use of their arms. Some stray revolver shots came from the ranks of the rioters, and one police agent was most severely wounded. Only ringleaders and others carrying arms were arrested, the total number being one hundred. Rente quotation on the Boulevards was 73f 20c. PAras, Feb. 9. _ It is stated that ten strong barricades were still left during the night, chiefly in the Rue du Temple, Rue Sr. Maur, and Rue 0 berkanipf, and also on the Quai Val►ny. They were formed by overturned carriages, omnibuses, and building materials. None, however, of those obstructions were defended by the rioters, who only smashed some street lamps. It is also asserted that the sergents-de-ville made a charge upon the rioters with drawn swords, in which several of the latter were wounded. A body of Chasseurs co-operated with the Muni cipal Guards to free the streets from obstructions. A rumour says that some shops were fired by the rioters, but not by the police. At one o'clock this morning tranquillity was everywhere re-established. The Gazette des Tribuflaux mentions some at tempts at throwing up barricades in the guarder du Temple, stating, however, that no resistance was offered, and conkquently no conflict took place. The latest reports say that the Quartiers la Villette and La Bastille was perfectly quiet, as also was the Faubourg St. Antoine. The news is confirmed that the greater part of the editorial staff of the illarseillaise has been arrested. Moreover, M. Valoe, the printer or the journal, refuses to act in this capacity any longer. Accounts, published both in the Pigaro and the Gaulois, confirm the statement that a large num ber of the rioters bad been severely wounded by sword cuts or staves in the encounters which had occurred at various points. The disturbances were confined to the Quartier du Temple. The Gaulois says that a strong feeling of excitement against the rioters prevails among the troops. BOURSE, Feb. B.—Three o'clock—The ma. ket closed as follows : Bank Shares 2885 Its Pan wives 54 40 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 44 10 Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred — _s, Cash Orleans Western Northern Strasburg Lyons and Iledite;raueau Soutbern..... 615 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain . Saragossa Roman.. 4i per Cent. 3 per Cent End of month 73 2 Credit Mobilier 205 Transatlantic 221 25 Credit Foncier 1728 75 Paris Gas 1682 50 Suez Canal 337 50 RiILIVAI 7FO £l2} • • oti,i AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) Ni.w YORK, Feb. 8. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1201 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1211; the lowest, 1201. Sterling Exchange on London lO9. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 llsf. ,t " ISBS ll5. tt " 1867 ll4. 10-40 ' 4 Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2sic. Petroleum—Standard White ... 30ic. Flour, extra state, $4.90e. to $5.50c. Corn, old mixed, sl.6c. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8. The Supreme Court of the United Stites on Monday decided one of the Legal-Tender cases. The majority of the Court decided that Congress has no right to make greenbacks a legal tender for private debts existing before the Legal-Tender Act was passed, but the opinion does not touch the question of contracts trade since the Act was passed. Four Judges, including Chief Justice Chase, con cur, and three Judges dissent, holding the Legal- Tender Act to be entirely constitutional and an incident of the war power. Other cases yet to be decided involve the direct question whether the law is constitutional with reference to contracts made since the Act was passed. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 8. Full powers have been despatched to the Spanish Minister at Washington to sign the treaties already concluded between Spain and the South American Republics. ITALY. FLORENCE, Feb. 8. The Opinione announces a reduction of the ex penditure by about 15 millions of lire in the budget, adding that the estimate of the War-office will be most chiefly affected by this measure. UMAN IA. BUCHAREST, Feb. 8. The resignation of the Cabinet was caused by the fact that Prince Ghika shrunk from dissolving the Chamber, a step which had become necessary in order to restore an equilibrium in the budget by legislative measures. BOMBAY MAILS. MALTA, Feb. 8. The Peninsular and Oriental Cumpany's steamer Peru leaves at midnight for Southampton, where she may be expected about the night of the 17•. h ins'sant. The Ata:silL, from Sowhampton 29th ult , ar riv,d at 3.15 and leaves at 11 p.m. this day for Alexandria. MEssINA, Feb. 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria passed Messina at two o'clock this morning (Wednesday') en route for Marseilles. A tele gram from St. Petersburg to a French paper 69 ys that the Chinese Embassy, which has arrived in tha' L city with the object of concluding a treaty of corn merc,e, will also negotiate the conditions of a now cession ekit e rritory to the Emperor. ART AND LITERATURE. A complete edition of Mr. Charles Kent's poems is to be published forthwith. A romantic drama, by Mr. H. T. Craven, en titled " Philomel," is to be produced at the Globe Theatre to-morrow. Mr. Fetis has retired from his presidenee over the Conservatoire at Brussels. Mr. Robert Buchanan's religious poems, " The Book of Orm," will be published immediately. Dr. Henn, at Berlin, and Professor Francesco Papa, at Turin, have brought out a book on do• niestic animals hi prehistoric times. Professor Kock, of Eisenach, says the Athenxunz, has written some valuable pa - pers on the Anglo- Saxon ex and ed. Mr. Jefferson, the well-known American actor, proposes, it is said, to revisit England during the course of next year. The portrait of Mr. Fowler, C.E., painted by Mr. Millais, which attracted so much attention at the last Royal Academy Exhibition, has been pre sented to the InEtitution of Civil Engineers. Mr. Richard Woof, F.S.A., is engaged in the publication of a catalogue of the Worcester city records and other ancient books of recoril, which are in the custody of various charitable and other bodies and guilds. The King of Denmark has conferred the knight's cross of the order of the Dannebrog on the Rev. J. Jeffrey, who has done much to spread a knowledge of Danish literature in England. The " Literaiidie Verein" of Stuttgardt, for the publication of old German Texts and manuscripts, will produce during the present year volumes 2 to 5 of Kirelibof's " IVendeuinuth ;" volume 1 was pub lished last year. The Royal Academicians have resolved to have another exhibition of pictures by the old masters, in continuation of that which is now open ; it will be prepared at the beginning of nex4 year. The present exhibition will be closed at the end of this month. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. GREAT YARIfoUTiI, Feb. 1. The sill lifeboat Duff, belongiug t.) the National Lifeboat Institution, was 13unehel this morning to the schooner Star, of and frJtn Lynn to Loud3n (says Alt. M. N. S. hatcher), but the crew were landed by a ferry boat, which had got alongside before the lifeboat reachel the spot. The vessel is now on the beach, and is likely to become a wreck. Afterwards, at about 11.30 a.m., the fishing smack Admiral, of this port, was driving on shore when the Duff lifeboat again proceeded out, and was the me.ins of saving the crew. AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND, Feb. 8. The schooner Sundew, belonging to this place, sailed from here on Thursday afternoon (says Mr. E. Whitfield), but owing to a strong S.E. wind and a heavy sea she came back into the Coquet Roads, where she has been ridin g ever since, owing to the stormy weather and the continuance of the wind from the same quarter. Last night the weather got worse at:d had a threatening look, and iu con sequence signals of distress were shown from the vessel, and the llauxley lifeboat Algernon and Eleanor, which also belongs to the Lifeboat Society, then went off and brought the crew of five men safely to shore. The schooner is still riding at anchor, but we are much afraid she will go to piecei, as the weather continues to get worse instead of better. NEWCASTLE, COUNTY DOWN, Feb. 7. During a hard gale from the south yesterd4y afternoon the brigantine, Elizabeth A. Bird, bound from Liverpool to Lagos with a cargo of silt, ran ashore at this place (reports Mr. Wm. Haywood, the chief officer of coastguard.) The lifeboat Reigate of the National Institution was happily t!ie means of re3cuing the crew, six in number. GIRVAN, N. 8., Feb. 6. A schooner was seen close in shore to-day with sails blown to shreds (says John B. Ross, Esq.) It was blowing a perfect hurricane from the south, accompanied by heavy squalls and very thick rain, which continued the whole day. The vessel tried to make the harbour, but failed to do so, and be coming unmanageable her anchors were let go, but she drifted about two miles to the N.E. Aft..r being in this position for some time, the sea break ing over her, a ft lg. of distress was hoisted, which was at once noticed from the shore, and the life boat, Earl of Carrick, which belongs to the Life boat Society, was immediattly launched to her assistance. Immediately before launching the life boat a steam tug passed close by the schooner, but she could not render any assistance. After reach ing► the vessel, the lifeboat, at the request of the captain, took off the crew of five men and landed them safely about three miles north of Girvan harbour. The hurricane continu, dto increase after the lifeboat left the vessel. The boat was sailing under close reefed fore-lug-sail, when a squall struck her, and she reeled over, and filled with water ; but the fore sheet was imme diately slackened, when she righted, and cleared herself directly. The crew declare they never were out in such a hurricane. They were at sea about four hours. The shipwrecked men were very much exhausted, and after being attended to were afterwards brought into Girvan. Th, s,ilmoner proved to be the Forth, of Wexford, Litubert mas ter, in ballast, from Dublin, bound for the British Channel. Ft)rtunately the schooner has weathered the gale, and, the wind having abated to-day, the crew, with the exception of one man, who was un able to leave, have gone on board again, and left for their destination. RAMSGATE, Feb. 8. The harbour steatu-tug Aid, and lifeboat Brad ford, were out this morning to the brig Condor, of Apenrade, bound from Bremerhaven for Cardiff, 24G tons, in ballast, that vessel having gone on the South Brake Saudi (reports Captain Shaw). 'Their services were not, howeber, required, has the brig was got off the sands and into the harbour with the assistance of two Deal luggers. AN IRISH OUTRAGE AND DEMON STRATION. An extraordinary demonstration took place at Swint ..)rd, County Mayo, a night or two ago. Some twc et vireo nights previously a party of men surrounded Rannion House, the residence of Mr. Leytagh, and Auated in a lonely district near Swineford. olaving entered by force, they wrecked the premises carried off all the firearms they could find. For this. outrage three men, named Judge, Kelly, and Robinson, were apprehended, and brought before the magis trates. Kelly was committed to the assizes, and the two others were acquitted. Bail was refused for Kelly, and this circumstance, together with the strict privacy with which the investigation was conducted, led to a serious commotion in Swineford. Ten or eleven hundred men, armed with shillelaghs paraded the town in military array, expressing their de termination to rescue the prisoners. The police farce was very small, and prudently kept out of sight until the excitement had cooled down oo some extent. They then turned out, well armed nd accompanied by the priests of the district, who, to their credit, exhorted the mob to peace. The latter in fluence at once prevailed, and the threatening crowd after k while withdrew. The police wisely refrained from Interference. THE GODRICII DIVORCE CASE. This notorious case concluded on Tuesday, or, more strictly speaking, the charge of perjury arising from the Godrieh case, was finally heard in the Court of Queen's Bench. The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up to the jury, recapitulated the circumstances which led to Mrs. Godrich suing for a divorce from her husband on the ground of adultery, and his bringing counter charges of the same nature against her, the result of which suit was that on the evidence of Mrs. Williams, the present defendant, it was found that Mrs. Godrich had been guilty of adultery with Mr. Forder. She had then proceeded against Mrs. Williams for perjury. Both plaintiff and Mr. Forder strongly denied that the act which Mrs. Williams had sworn to saving seen had ever taken place, and the Lord Chief ..V.stice remarked that two persons' testimony was allowed .o overthrow that of a single witness. The deci sion was, as regarded Mrs. Godrich, a matter of life and death. It was to be remembered Oat the plaintiff had the greatest possible interest in uenying the statement made by defendant, and it was also possible that Mr. Fortier might be actuated by a quasi chivalrous feeling in standing by a woman with whom he . say have had illicit intercourse. With regard to the evidence of Mrs. Williams, his lordship remarked that she Lad said nothing about the adultery in the Divorce Court, though she swore to having told Mr. Line, the prosecuting attorney of Mr. Godrich, of this, but Mr. Line had since died. This certainly threw distrust on tier evidence. Again, the adultery was alleged to have taken place in May or June, and plaintiff denied that Mrs. Williams had been in her service since the Ist of May. It was a most puzzling case, and one for the jury to decide. With respect to some of the minor charges, many witnesses had denied that defendant had gone beyond the truth in what she stated. The truth of the alleged drinking habits of Mrs. Godrich was mainly dependent on the evidence of her husband, and it may have been that when he himself was in liquor he might have fancied his wife in the same state. The learned judge concluded by asking the jury, if they entertained any doubts, to give Mrs. Williams the benefit of them. The jury retired for a quarter of an hour, and having re-entered the Court, returned a verdict against the defendant on all the assignments. The Judge said that a difficulty arose as to the sentence he should pass upon the defendant. In two former cases of perjury arising out of divorce cases, the sentences had been two ears' and one year's imprisonment. He should consult .the judges who had inflicted those sentences, and mean while the defendant would be allowed to enter into Pecognisances to come up for judgment on the Gth day of next term. CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE. •T'he monthly meeting of the Central Council of the Chamber of Agriculture was held on Tuesday at the Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury-square, Colonel Tomlin in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed,and other formal business transacted, Sir M. Lopes, M.P., presented the report of the Local Taxation Committee. It stated that the prize of £5O for the best essay on "The injustice, inequalities, and anomalies of the present Poor-rate Assessment, and of incidence of other local burdens of England and Wales," had been adjudi cated to Mr. C. F. Gardener, 8.A., of 10, St. Michael's-terrace, Stoke Danierel, Devonport. Mr. Read, M.P., proposed that a deputation on the -malt tax should be organised at the council meeting in March, to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The motion was seconded and passed.—Mr. Jabez Turner; of Peterborough, Introduced the first subject. "The best mode of providing for the future maintenance of Turnpike Trusts and Highways." He moved a resolution which declared for the abolition of all turnpike trusts simultaneously, and for either a reform of the rating system, or part payment of road ex penditure cut of the Imperial Revenue---so that the burden of the future maintenance of the turnpikes should not fall from the present users of the road to the holders of rateable property. The motion being seconded, Major Wilson, of West Suffolk, spoke as a member of a highway board, in favour of a Highway Act. He warned the Council, however, against asking the Government to pay a portion of the maintenance of turn pike roads, because it would only lead to the appointment of more Government inspectors, of whom they had enough already. Each parish should maintain its own j roads. Other speakers feared that there was a danger in adopting the policy of abolishing turnpike trusts of acting on a system of repudiation of public debts, which would shake public confidence.—Sir George Jenkin son, M.P., proposed an amendment. It set forth that the abolition of trusts was mixed up with the question of local taxation; but the present system of partial abolition ought to be put an eud to; therefore legislation should enact :—" (I.) That the abolition of all remaining trusts should be immediate and simul taneous. (2.) That the Highway Act should be made compulsory."—Mr. Andrews seconded the amendment. — After someobservations from Mr. Neville-Grenville, M.P., Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.P., Under-Secretary for the Home Department, addressed the meeting. The right hon. gentleman said he desired to tell them, without waiting until the question was put in Parliament, that a mistake had been spread abroad by the newspapers. A promise had been given by the Government that this sub ject should be considered in the forthcoming session ; but unfortunately it had happened to the present Government, as to many previous Governments, to find that when they approached the time for performance that everything they bad promised could not be done. He had urged strongly upon the Government the importance of this ques tion, but he had not been authorised to propose to Parliament a measure, the provisions of which were in his mind. He should have thought the worse of the Government for nob giving him that authority were it not for an announcement made in the Queen's Speech that during the session the ques tion of rating would be considered, and a measure proposed. Speaking as a private member, the right hon. gentleman did not think it possible to abolish turnpike trusts simulta neously ; there were so many in debt, and the arrangements Of others were so complicated. He did not think either that any Chancellor of the i-Exchequer could with any hope of success propose to pay the turnpike trusts out of the Imperial funds. He hetievod the best solution would be to ,adopt a general rule that highway districts should support all the roads within their district ; and that the charges should be borne by a common, and not by a parochial, f and. Such roads should be excluded as evidently ought fairly to be chargeable upon a wider area, and roads in mineral coun tries used principally by owners of quarries. On the latter, perhaps, turnpikes might properly be erected. These points should be determined, not by Government inspectors, but by persons connected with the country.— Mr. Read, M.P., suggested that, after the statement of Mr. Hugessen, the resolutions before the meeting had better. be postponed.—Accordingly, the resolutions and Sir George Jenkinson's amendments were withdrawn. THE DERWENTWATER CLAIMS. Proceedings' nave commenced against the " Countess of Derwentwatee in the form of a county court action, to recover from Mr, Henry Brown the sum of £5O, for the seizing of cattle at South Newlands Farm. The action cam e on on Monday at Slictley Bridge. The Countess's summons had not been served in time, so she obtains a brief respite. The hearing of the summonses is, there- fore, postponed. A "defence fund" has been inaugurated amongst these who are implicated in the late illegal pro ceedings. The public excitement has considerably abated. It is strange that nothing should have been done to establish or overthrow the claims of noble birth, which Amelia Radcliffe puts forward. Her arguments ate said to be as follows :--1. That John (the son of James, the executed third earl) did not die unmarried in 1731, but was married on the Oth August, 1740, to Elizabeth Arabella Maria, Countess of Walsteinc, &c., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine. 2. That the said John had a family, and was buried at Aschaffenburg in 1793. 3. That his two sons, James and John James the last-named being the father of the present (Countess Amelia) were in succes sion, buried at Aschaffenburg in 1816 and 1833. It may be reasonably presumed that the Admiralty authorities do not consider it necessary to refute these claims, or else it appears an easy matter to examine the marriage and burials registers of the above dates, at Frankfort and Aschaffenburg, CHI7-CHAT ON LONDON THEATRES• j We are of opinion that it is, to a certain extent, a 1 mistake to attend the performance on the first night of any piece, and prefer to bide our time until we consider it to be in something like what may be termed working order. Acting on this principle, we visited the " Gaiety" to see " Uncle Dick's Dar ling" and " Wat Tyler, M.P.," which were pre ceded by a very pretty little operetta by Offen bach, entitled the "Rose of Auvergne" (the English wo r d s b y 11 . B . Farnie, Esq.), whic h, nicely sung an d ac t e d b y the three, and on ly performers, Mi ss A nn i e T rema i ne, Mr. C. L ya ll, and Mr. Ed war d P err i n f ormed an exceeding ly agreeable p re l u d e. Th e plot of " Uncle Dick ' s Darling" is we ll conce i ve d and well carried ou t. Dick Dulland (Mr. J. Is Toole) is, as the iuscrip . lion on his cart informs us, a licensed liar, ker, or, more familiarly speaking, a " Cheap Jack." Mary Belton (Miss Neilson) has been found by him when she was quite a child, and been adopted by " Uncle Dick," as he prefers to be called by her, at the earnest solicitation of Joe Leonard, Mr, J. Clayton. Out of Uncle Dick's hard earned gains, Mary Belton has been educated at an eminently respectable ladies' school, kept by one Mrs. Torrington, Miss Maria Elsworthy, and in the school-room of that establishment the play begins. After an inquisitive discourse, held by two of the pupils, Alice Renshaw and Kate Lsnd rail, respectively represented by Miss N. Mar lowe and Miss L. Heade, who are anxious to know more about Miss Belton's birth, parentage, and pedigree, that that young lady chooses to ac quaint them with, she is delighted by receiving a visit from Uncle Dick, who brings a letter, above all, from Joe Lennard, who is deeply in love with the young lady, and her old guardian has to be contented with a promise from her that an answer to Joe's letter shall be given on the morrow, lie has seen enough however to convince him that " she ain't forgot Joe," if even her sentiments do not take a warmer form. Mrs. Torrington asks fond old " Uncle Dick" what he means to do with Mary Belton, who is a " credit to her establishment," and naturally, therefore, fitted to fill any position, however exalted. She ear nestly urges him not to drag her down to his level, and thoughts arise in that loving heart whether he had really been acting as her best friend or worst enemy. In the next scene see find Uncle Dick pursuing his ordinary calling of Cheap Jack, and a thoroughly characteristic speech is delivered by him while endeavouring to sell one of those marvellous bargains only to be met with under similar conditions. After his audience has dispersed, Uncle Dick sits down to his tea and a quiet pipe. However, Joe arrives all anxiety to know the result of the delivery of his letter, and has to be content with the information that he will know the worst or best as the case may be to-morrow. Uncle Dick's pipe is further put out, metaphorical lyof course, by the arrival of Mr. Chevenix. Mr. Henry Irving, a gentleman of great wealth and position, who hav ing met Miss Belton has been so struck by her beauty and accomplishments that he wishes to make her his wife, and has called upon Uncle Dick with a view of obtaining his consent, urging him, as Mrs. Torrington had previously done, not to drag her down to his, Uncle Dick's, level ; and giving thst good-hearted soul until the morning to reflect upon his proposal, he leaves Uncle Dick to his oomforter—his pipe. In the second act, after a lapse of some time, we find Mary Belton as tire wife of Mr. Chevenix ; there is.but little sympathy between husband and wife, and unfortunately there is one friend who appears to enjoy her esteem at least, the lion. Claude Lorrimor, Mr. 11. R. Teesdale. What threatens to be a dangerous flirtation between them is interrupted by the ar rival of Uncle Dick, who has determined to visit his darling spite of the prohibition of Mr. Che venix. A very affecting scene follows, which ends by Mary Belton, urged by conflicting passions, or dering her uncle from the house; she then falls fainting. Uncle Dick has overheard and seen too much for his peace of mind, and we find Joe and him, in the third act, in Joe Lennard's forge after an interval of some years, as in a newspaper Joe reads the death by shipwreck of the Hon. Claude Lorrimor, who figured some time previously in the famous Divorce case of Chevenix v. ,Chevenix. Uncle Dick and Joe, whose love has neither failed nor faltered, are talking of their lost one, when, in the midst of a pit:less storm, a rap is heard at the door, the poor wanderer is admitted, none other than their own Mary, a poor weak, ailing woman, who only seeks their forgiveness before she dies ; how freely this i 4 ac corded after her pitiful pleading way be imagine , ?.. This, then, was th e en d o f all poor Uncle Dick's schemes, hopes, and plans for her welfare ;--their larling returned an outcast, and, worst of all, re turned to die ? No ! dear reader, this was not the end, althour s h we are very nearly at the end of the last act. We would not for a moment destroy the pleasure of those who witness this exceedingly clever piece by one word more than this—it all ends happily after all. We can speak with unqualified praise of Mr. Toole's acting in this difficult character. In laughter-exciting scenes, or in those requiring deep pathos, he seems equally at home, and the audience were moved to tears or excited to the highest pitch of merriment as if by the wand of a magician. Ile is most ably seconded by Miss Neil son as Mary Belton, and in that character she developes powers of a high order, such as cannot fail to delight her numerous admirers. Mr. Henry Irving makes an excellent Mr. Chevenix, and Miss Maria Elsworthy l eaves no thi ng t o b e desired in her performance of Mrs. Torrington. Messrs. Clayton and Teesdale fill the parts of Joe Lennard and Hon. Claude Lorrimor with their usual ability ; and the subordinate characters find suitable represen tatives in the artistesmentioned before. Thescenery, dresses, and stage accessories are excellent, and our advice is, go and see it, if only to learn how a happy termination is brought about, out of such seemingly incongruous materials. 'The principal characters were recalled several times during the performance, as well as at the termination of the piece. " Wat Tyler, M.P.," an operatic extrava ganza, is beautifully mcunted and well acted, the scenery and dresses exhibiting that good taste for which the management of this theatre is so justly celebrated. Mr. Toole developed a most marvellous talent for imitation, and gave us Messrs. Fechter, Compton, Buckstone, and Phelps in the character of Hamlet, and Mr. Ben. Webster also. We can only say that we think Mr. Toole may fairly dis pense with the trouble he takes of mentioning the names of the performers he intends to imitate, which, as he naively expresses it, lie does " to save discussion." The hand is under the able direction of Herr Meyer Lutz. One word more, and we have finished—No fees or gratuities are allowed at this theatre.—Anglo-American Times. The Bank Returns. The Banker.? Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Ist of Jan., 1870. These returns, combined widi the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for tho same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 29th of Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : f Dec ; 4, 1 Jan. 1, 1 18 69. I 1870.. 'lncrease..Decrease. Bank of England 23,181,190 22,706,752 474,438 Private Banks I 2,751,7191 2,66 .I.t, bv,b99 Joint-stock Banks 2,3,8,73')1 2,281,198 — 1 87 , 541 Total in England ----- -`,8,301,64i , 1 7 -7,650,070 1 71,578 5c0t1and....... 5,287,15,3: 4,975 " 7 ' ; Ireland United Kingdom. 40,9'3,269' 39,681,373 1,241)d And as compared with the month ending the 2nd of Dec., 1869, the above returns show a dacrease of f 412,119 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of .£50,413 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fired issues of tho several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks aro below their fixed is :no .. ••• £1,380,50G The English joint-stock banks aro below their fixed issue 457,-142 Total blow fixed issue in England ... .£1,837,!48 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,225,776 the Irish banks are above their fixed issu3 701,76 - 2 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending 29th of ])cc. was £19,091,239, being an increase of £648,033, as compared with the previous month, and an increase of £90(i,873 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch awl Irish banks during the mouth ending the lst of Jan. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £3,087,604 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,757,358 £5,811,962 being a decrease of £79,689 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £314,579 when compared with the corresponding period last year co l. On'( consult fortnigl yesterd has be there 1 and Mi Lion. Cow ditto, 1 duped, ditto 1885, ] Exc! pre par ; 4 i pex Indi ditto 5 Cont., 5 per I In aimos 761 tc i 1; I and In tropo' Load Caled 381 ; 116 1 shire Bri t g M von 9 3 t East( All Shall In viz., Angl rile, CODE Lc Lux( terd; £2l £34 an U K . yel Sla pa pe th cu be ,