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OHN GOSNF.I.L and CO.'S CHERRY e 5 TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to tho breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE'. GUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most emin ent Chemists, succee d ed in perfect ink this wont. liquid. It is now offered to the public a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 158. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames •treet London. E.C. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WIFE : Messrs T. C. King, B ar . sett, Howard, M'lntyre, C. Moore, Moreland; Misses E. Stnart and Hudspeth. At 9, BEAUTY AND THE BEA ST: Messrs Fred. 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Tins EVENING, at 7, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER nd CHILPERIC: M. Marius, G. Vincent, Odell, Lapierre, oghlan, and M. Herve; Mesdames Dolaro, Fitzlnman, Ho• anal , Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough THIS EVENING, at 7, THE HEIR AT LAW: Mr Clarke, Mr James, Miss Bufton, &c. With THE TOOTLES. Concluding with INO. WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall. Piccadilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 9; Saturday Moznings at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 8 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL Q IRDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays 6d. Children under twelve, 6cl. ROYAL ALHA3IBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. la. Box-office open fromll to 4. ($7 it LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23, 1870. I So it is to be one of the Dukes after all. After much and long negotiation during which Lord CAraNs has resigned, resumed, and again resigned the leadership in order to give time for Lord DERBY to accept it, this nobleman has declined it. In his letter to Lord COLVILLE, the Conservative Whip in the Upper House, Lord DERBY says that he has been prompted alone by the consideration that he is young to the Upper House, and that he is not by temperament fitted to be a leader. Of these two considerations the second is weighty. Inexpe rience of the mere forms and usages of the House cannot be of much importance to a statesman of such large parliamentary experience as Lord DERBY. There is far more weight in the objection that his tempera meni is not such as to qualify him for political leader ship. In saying this he has taken the estimate of his own character which is generally taken. He is coool, cautious, sagacious, but he has no en thusiasm. On the one hand, he would never talk glaring platitudes about the altar and the throne ; on the other, he would never take a leap in the dark. He has neither that religious reverence for existing institutions, nor that audacity necessary for making perilous experiments in a time of emergency which his father had. Therefore if the present Lord DEBBY had undertaken the leadership, Conservatives of the, old school would have been for ever contrast- ing the son with tho father, to the disadvantage of the first. But, then, are the Conservatives of the old school to rule the party ? That is the real question at issue—that is the question which ought to be decided before the leadership is decided. If the answer is in the affir• mative, there can be no doubt that Lord DERBY has done wisely to decline. lie is not a Conservative of the old school. lie cannot repeat the old watch words; he repudiates eagerly attempts, such as have been made by the favourers of reciprocity, to put the political dial back ten degrees. Ills politics are those of the Whig of 1865 with a little more of Liberalism in him. But if, as we imagine must be the case, Conservatism will cease to be obstructive, will bo merely watchful and cautious, then we con sider that Lord DERBY is the best possible leader. Personally, he is not perhaps the man to attract; is certainly not the man to inspire enthusiasm ; but he is able to inspire confidence, and for that reason he is well qualified to lead a party situated as the Conservative party now is. Even those Conservatives who could wish a better man must admit that Lord DERBY is the best of all who offer. Lord SALISBURY is out of the ques tion for the present, for there is too much of bitter ness between him and the other chiefs to allow of cordial co-operation. Lord CAIRNS has not the health necessary to enable him to fill the post, and it is manifestly impossible for anyone to occupy it who has to spend one-half of the session seven hundred miles away. There is nothing to be done now but to fall back upon the Dukes ; and of these it is not too much to say that they aro all so much alike, all so much on the same low level of mediocrity, that the country does not know one from the other; they are, in fast, but 1111j33. That the Conservative party should be reduced to selecting its chiefs from men of this calibre is certainly a lamentable contingency. This is what comes of taking leaps in the dark. Mn. CHILDERS has made haste to appease the dissatisfaction arising out of the somewhat rigorous discharge of employes, by publishing the Navy Estimates, and Mr. CARDWELL has fifflowel the example of his colleague. Last year there was a reduction in the cost of the two services to the extent of almost two millions; this year the amount of re duction is nearly as great. Taking the two services separately, we find tnat the saving in the Navy Estimates is £746,111. This reduction is the more creditable because everyone will admit that our fleet was never so po*erful as it is now, and because there has been a considerable increase in the payment made under the heads of half pay and pensions. The saving has been effected by a decisive and vigorous dealing with the useless ships and yards wherewith the country was burdened. The late Government per sisted in building wooden ships, though these must be perfectly useless in an engagement. Perhaps the object was to use up the enormous stores of timber which had been accumulated by previous Adminis trations. The present Government knows well that such conduct is merely throwing good money after • bad; that it is better to sell timber than to expend labour and money upon converting it into vessels which are useless for purposes of defence, however much they may swell the numerical list of our ships of war. Another source of saving has been the sale of several ships that are no longer of use to us, and which were costly to maintain. The three largest items of decrease are victuals and clothing for sea men, victualling yards, and transport establishments, and steam machinery and ships built by contract. These amount together to £712,000. The reduction in the personnel of the navy is comparatively small, being only 2,000, or about 4 per cent. The marines, whom rumour condemned to annihila tion, remain as they were. The army shows more important changes. • In that service there is a decrease of 12,308 men, more than six times as numerous as the reduction in the Navy. This circumstance is due to the recall of troops from our colonies, and it enables Mr. CARDWELL to effect a saving of £407,558. Warlike stores shew a reduction of £136,000; works and buildings, one of £179,800; and provisions, one of £260,400. In the clothing establishment the diminution is small, under £lO,OOO. Probably when Mr. CARDWELL intro duces the system of purchasing for the army which Mr. BAXTER has introduced into the navy, there will be a larger saving under this head. Altogether, we see no reason why reductions should not con tinue in both services, although it will of course be impossible to maintain the present rate of decrease. The estimates for the year 1871-2 will probably shew a saving of five millions as compared with those brought in by the last Conservative Government. HER MAJESTY'S STAGHO UND S.—Yesterday ('rues day) the Royal pack met at Farnham Royal, the first day after a fortnight's suspension occasioned by the frost. Harry King, the Royal huntsman, finding the ground too hard for the day's sport, from the previous night's frost, the deer was taken back to the paddocks and the hounds to the kennel. SHOOTING DOWN THE lIAP.FS IN THE HOME PARK. --In pursuance to an ord,?,. of Colonel Maude, tip.) deputy-ranger of the Horne Park, Hampton Court, and under the sanction of the Marquis of Ailesbury, Master of the Queen's Horse, the head-keeper (Mr. Bainbridge) has shot down the hares in this Royal demesne. The priinv y cause which led to the destruction of hares is the frequent importunities made by coursing men to sport in this park. The privilegewas withheld for two years, but subsequently granted under certain restrictions, and two days coursing has been allowed this season ; but the riotous conduct of London betting men, and the threatening language used by them towards the coursing judge, led to the decision to destroy the materiel which formed the sine qua non for coursing, and over 60 brace of hares have been killed dur ing the last week and many leverets destroyed, and cours ing meetings in the Home Park may now be regarded as a bygone pastime. It is intended to turn in more deer into the park from Windsor. TEI E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1870. LAW 11%1TELLIGENCE.—This Day. THE AIORDAUNT CASE. The inquiry into the sanity of Lady Mordaunt, in connection with the divorce suit Mordaunt v. Mordaunt, Cole, and Johnstone, was resumed this morning in the Divorce Court, before Lord Peu- zance and a special jury. The entrance to the court was thronged for a considerable time before the opening of the doors, the increasing interest in the case having attracted even a larger number of persons to the hall in the hope of gaining admission to the court than on the preceding days of the inquiry. But in consequence of the instructions issued by Lord Penzance but few persons were admitted to the gallery. Among these were Sir Charles Mordaunt, General Arbuth not, the Rev. Mr. Caiogan, and a number of ladies. The first witness examined was Mrs. Herbert Murray. She said—My husband is a relation of the Moncrieffe family, and he is also connected with the Mordaunt family. On the 17th September last I went to Bickley to see Lady Mordaunt, and stayed in the house until the 28th. I dined gene rally with Lady Mordaunt and spent the whole of the day with her. Went with her to the Crystal Palace on the 21st December. I said to her on one day, " I hope you will come to London in the winter, so that I shall see more of you ; it will be so dull." She said, " I hope I shall ; I do not want to be dull." After further remarks she said, "What business had Charlie to go jabbering about to other ladies ? Do you call yourself a lady?" I said, "I hope so." She said, " What do you come ferretting here for?" I said, "I do not come ferretting here." Witness entered into further details, which, owing to the almost inaudible voice in which they were given, could not be heard. She further said: When I said, " What could make you do such a foolish thing ; surely you could not have cared for all those men ?" she made no reply. On one occasioned I mentioned a divorce case which had been before the public. She said :—" It is we who have to bear all the ig nominy." I had numerous conversations with her. She spoke quite rationally. I never noticed anything wrong except that she would not answer very quickly. On the 28th Lady Mordaunt came to my house with her maid. She was with me and my husband all day. My husband had gone out when she arrived. I asked why she had come in a cab, and not in her carriage. She said nothing about it. She went up stairs, took off her things, and came down again. She went out for a walk with my husband. When they came back General Arbuthnot had arrived. I heard Lady Mordaunt talking with General Arbuthnot. Mr. Herbert Murray and Mr. Fynes came into the room. I should think General Arbuthnot was there a quar ter of an hour. I heard Lady Mordaunt say, " How is it that you did not introduce me to Gen. Arbuthnot?" During the whole day she appeared perfectly rational. On the 23d November and afterwards I noticed a change in her. Cross-examined by Dr. Deane—Lady Mordaunt behaved perfectly rationally except in one particu lar. She wished to sit down in a weighing chair. She afterwards sat down on the ground, but got up when told by Bird. This was on the 21st October. ' Mr. Fynes walked out with Lady Mordaunt ou the day that she was at my house. He made a com munication to me about her manner. Re-examined by Sergeant Ballantiue—She never found any imperfection in her memory. On one occasion she spoke to her about the relationship of those gentlemen whose names have been intro duced in this case. She did not know that Dr. Wood was coming to the house. We read together in the morning, and she appeared to take great notice of some particular passages. The case was proceeding. ROLLS' COURT. PEASE V. EARL SPENCER. This case had reference to the rights of common age on Wimbledon Common, and an application was made to-day for the - appointment of an addi tional commoner to protect the interests of the commons generally in the litigation that is pending. His lordship acceded to the application. FOREIGN NOTES. THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIEB. The Duke of Montpensier has written a letter to the Marquises of Campo Sangrado and Mendez Vigo, who had informed him of the result of the elections in Astu rias. The Duke thanks them for their communi cations and although the result has not corresponded with the hopes of his partisans, he is gratified by receiving the votes of 35,000 electors, and hopes one day to be able to give public testimony of his Spanish sentiments, and his affection for the province of Asturias. Although born in another country, many of his ancestors were Spaniards ; he has - had the honour of marrying a Spanish princess, and his children are Spaniards. Whatever the vicissitudes of the time he will never cease to co-operate in efforts on behalf of the prosperity and the aggrandisement of what is by tradition, adoption, and affection his only country. His partisans have complained, with reason, of the party element infused into an election which he had not solicited. "Standing aloof from all political parties," says the Duke, " but respecting all opinions, I believe, nevertheless, that the Constitution of 1869, sin cerely practised, may make the happiness of Spain." The Duke goes on to say that he is firmly convinced, if all the electors knew his Spanish feelings, they would not cherish the unfounded suspicions which have offended his followers. A people which has preserved so many traces of its hidalgos and heroes, which rose in 1808 and in 1820 to defend at one time its independence against a foreign invasion, at another its liberty against an oppressive government, may perhaps be mistaken in its course, but must always merit the respect of the civilized world. He authorises his partizans to make what use they like of his letter, and concludes by repeating his thanks for their generous adhesion. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP. The Times remarks that the Conservative leadership in the House of Lords may prove as difficult to fill as the Spanish throne itself. It has been resigned by Lord Cairns, it is now declined by Lord Derby, and no other peer equally combines the necessary qualifications of personal capacity and party influence. When Lord Derby pleads a want of the former qualification as the sole ground of his own refusal, he attaches what appears to us an undue importance to " habit and tempera ment." He is not a born party leader, but, having been designated as such by the most influential Conserva tive Peers, he would have been sure to acquit himself of the duty with honour. There are still intellectual Liberals who look to Lord Derby as their future leader. We venture to predict they will be disappointed. It is only in this country, and in this age, that we have learnt to associate certain aspirations which Lord Derby is sup posed to hold with certain other aspirations which are distinctive of th e Lib era l cree d , In other ages and in other countries men have been Liberals within the sphere of thought and Conservative within the sphere of action, and Lo r d Derby maybe a thorough aristocrat in spirit, though possibly in favour of complete religious cluality and unsectarian education. At the same time, it is not unreasonable that he should wish to postpone aTiuming the lead of his party in the House of Lords till battle is about to be joined on some issue where he is heartily in accord with them. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION.—Tara DAY. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. The lion. Auberon Herbert (L) 2,437 Mr. Digby Seymour (L.C.) Great excitement is prevalent in the town, but the greatest precautions have been taken to pre vent any obstruction being offered to the voters going to the poll. THE SCOTCH EDUCATION BILL. The introduction of an Education Bill for Scot land during the present session will be determined upon after the second reading of the English Bill, and will in a great degree depend upon the tone of the debate. THE EAST INDIA REVENUE. The accounts of the East India revenues, made up to the 31st December, 1869, in England, and the 30th September in India, have been issued t his morning. They contain the follow ing statements :--Registered debt of India, £65,790,969 ; loans, £2,703,291; treasury notes, £1,261,244; service funds, £4,560,952; bills payable, £366,104 ; deposits and miscellaneous, £9,686,867 ; total, £84,369,427. The English account stands thus : East India Bonds, £4,017,617 ; East India Debentures, £5,000,000, India Five per Cent. Stock, £17,200,000; India Four per Cent. Stock, £7,600,000 ; owing for stores purchased for India £229,000 ; War Office and Admiralty claim, £176,326 ; capital of Indian Railway and other guaranteed companies remain ing in the Home Treasury after deducting sums (partly estimated) drawn by them in India, £2,472,822 ; miscellaneous, £309,191; total, £37,004,956. IRISH AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. The increased average devoted to barley, bere, and rye last year in Ireland was 35,884 acres. The increase in green crops, viz., potatoes, mange], beet root, veches, and rape was 13,315 acres. In flax the increase was 22,695 acres. The crops which dimi nished in extent were wheat, oats, beans and peas, cabbage, carrots, and parsnips, and in these the total diminution was some 21,600 acres. Meadow and clover diminished to the extent of 22,335 acres. The total increase of land under crops was 27,872 acres. Under crops there were 5,575,843 acres ; under grass, 10,046,877 acres ; fallow, 20,981 acres ; woods and plantations, 312,360 acres ; bog and waste, unoccupied, 4,356,863 acres. The return of live stock exhibits an increase during the year of 2,545 horses, 80,998 cattle, and 210,215 pigs. Sheep exhibit a decrease of 253,338. The Goliath, two-decked wooden line of battle ship, now lying in Sheerness Harbour, has been placed by the Admiralty at the disposal of the board of management of the Forest Gate District Schools as a training-ship for pauper boys. Their lordships will fit up the vessel for 500 boys, on the managers agreeing to pay 13,497. will be moored off Northfleet. The discharge of men from Chatham dock yard goes steadily forward, and on Saturday the total number of the men diteharged was greater than it has been in preceding weeks-22 ship wrigli!s and .eight labourers. Of courso, all the men thus dismissed are " hired " hands, and besidr.s these, there is a regular weekly superannuation of six men who have been on the " stablishment " who cannot be sent adrift in the summary way that the " hired " people are. In the case of many of the latter there is great hardship. Lieutenant Henry D. Macaulay will vacate his post as Flag-Lieutenant of the Indus, Rear-Ad miral the Hon. Jam.-..s R. Drummond, C. 8., in April. This appears to indicate that future Admiral-Superintendenta of Davenport dockyard, if appointed, will not have - a • Flag-Lieutenant under them. The Goliath AFFAIRS IN BAVARIA. A letter from Munich to the Frankfort Journal says that the future Minister of Foreign Affairs will be Count Brag, the Ambassador of Bavaria at Vienna, who in 1866 signed with Baron de Pfordten the treaties of Nicolsburg and the peace of Berlin. If he declines, Herr von Lutz will be selected. The Ministers have sent a memorandum to the King, which gives a detailed account of the state of affairs and the actual position of parties. QUEENS OF FINANCE. The opening of the female banking house in New York has excited quite a furore, and as many as four thousand persons called at the offices on the first day. People of all classes were found amidst the throng, and every large house in the street went to take notes of the movements of the lionesses. The - ladies were quite self-possessed and transacted their business with great coolness. They believe that in three months' time thay will do the largest business as bankers and brokers in the city. The affair was talked of as Vanderbilt's new move, and a September gold panic could not, have created a greater terror in the Stock Exchange than the advent of the lady brokers. COLLUSION WITH CRIMINALS. The New York papers make ment!on of further tam pering with justice, and of the extraordinary latitude that is afforded to criminals. A prisoner, named Harnet, who had almost killed a man, about two months ago, was suddenly released, without explanation or trial. The only answer which can be obtained in respect to the affair is that political influence has been at work. Another account states that great lawlessness prevails in Queen's County, New York, and that robbers are permitted to escape. In one case a village marshal, who was sworn to prevent crime, committed a robbery, but he was allowed a con venient time to escape before warrants were issued for his apprehension. In another case of robbery and attempted murder, the sheriff started to gain some clue four days after the criminals had left the scene, and long after all traces of the outrage had disappeared. MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Despatches from New York of the 18th February state that the forces of Juarez, under the command of Escobedo, had retreated before the insurgents, who were in great number. The revolt had spread in many quarters, and a feeling of great uneasiness prevailed among the Mexican patriots. It seemed well nigh impossible that the Government of Juarez should succeed in putting down the rebellion. On the thirteenth of December a revolt against Juarez was publicly proclaimed in the barracks of the troops at San Luiz de Potosi. It is also believed that Escabedo is by no means faithful to the cause he has for the time taken up. President Juarez is in the capital of Mexico, and, assailed on all sides, is uncertain at which point he can attack the insurgents. THE GREAT EASTERN AT BOMBAY. The arrival of the Great Eastern at Bombay with the greater part of the cable to be laid between Bombay and Suez, has been regarded with much interest by Anglo- Indians. Her voyage was performed without a single misadventure. It lasted 83 days, including six days stoppage at St. Vincent and eight at the Cape. Finding the currents strong on the coast of Africa, she went across to the west coast ofMadagasear when her sailing increased from 110 to 200 miles a day. At Bombay she was the resort of sightseers, everyone, European and native alike, being anxious to get a peep at the big ship. A LITERAL 1V HITE ELEPIIANT.—Whether by accident or design is not expressly stated, but the Si amese have succeed e d i n p ro ducing a white elephant. The little treasure is at present quite young, four feet high, and all pure white except the legs, abdomen, proboscis, and fore head, which are cream coloured. It was conveyed with its mother to Bangkok, on board a raft, on which a house had been erected for its accommodation. Arrived at Bangkok, it was visited by his Majesty the Supreme King in State. THE EFFECT OF FRIGHT UPON PARALYSIS.—It will be remembered that M. Lombart, the husband of the unfortunate lady who was murdered by her manservant in Paris a few weeks ago, was paralysed and incapable of speech or motion. The invalid was a helpless witness of the murder of his wife, and appeared at first stupefied with fright. Marvellous to relate, the shock, instead of killing him, as was expected, has produced a beneficial effect. He is now able to speak a few words, and has held out his hand to a friend. NEOLOGY.—A. section of the members of the Ply mouth Church (the Rev. H. W. Beecher) have demanded a revision of the Articles of Faith of the congregation. Hitherto they have been seven in number, affirmi ng (1) the Divine existence ; (2) the inspiration of th e Scriptures, and their revelation of "an authoritative ru l e o f faith' and practice ;" (3) the Trinity ; (4) the Fall and original sin ; (5) the Atonement; (6) forgiveness for penitents and de struction of the impenitent ; (7) the General Resurrection and Judgment. A committee of five, includin g Mr. Beecher, has been appointed for the revisi on of these Articles, and the privilege of selecting his four associates has been left to Mr. Beecher. OUTRAGES IN THE LAKE DISTItICT.—The Cum berland and Westmoreland police have been inquiring into a number of extraordinary outrages committed during the last fortnight in the Lake district. Ten churches have been broken into and desecrated, and in several schoolrooms wanton outrages have been com mitted. Last week two churches near Kendal were broken into, the communion plate damaged, and the register books destroyed. At Longmarton, near Appleby, similar outrages were committed. The parish church of Crosthwaite, near Keswick and Newlands Church, were afterwards visited by the marauders. The sacramental wine was drunk, the poor-boxes mobbed, and an unsuc cessful attempt was afterwards made to break open a safe containing the plate and the registers. Buttermere Church was also entered. Two young men named Robin son and Webster are in custody on the charge of compli city in the outrages. They have been remanded by the magistrates. THE RESIDENCE O F THE NEW BISHOP OF MAN CHESTER.—The new Bishop (elect) of Manchester desires to be in the very centre of his work. His present resi dence, Mandreth Hall (according to the Manchester Courier) he considers most inconvenient, being difficult of access, and at too great distance from the cathedral and city, and affording but limited accommodation. The bishop desires to be nearer the cathedral and the railway termini. Being supported by a memorial of influential laymen and clergy, he has obtained the provisional consent of the proper authority for the sale of the present residence house and estate of between thirty andforty acres, and subject to the sale of this at a fair market advance on its value since purchased (fifteen years ago), his lordship will be enabled to carry out his wishes either by purchase or building at a suitable distance. If by any offer there appears any probability of a sale on the above basis, the bishop is pre. pared to rent a house in order to give time fornegotiations; if not, his lordship will, of course, in due time, occupy the present residence house. - A LETTER FROM. A "PAUPER IN Lucit."--At the last meeting of the Stockport Board of Guardians a singular circumstance was brought before that body. In 1834 a woman, living at Cheadle, put over £3O in a bank, and subsequently g o t marr i e d, con cealingf rom h er hus b and ell knowledge of her little store. In time both of them be came chargeable on the union, and received relief, in all amounting to £6B. On her death-bed the woman revealed to a lady visitor the secret of her bank-deposit, now amounting to some £63. The husband sent the following letter to the Board—a fine specimen of the art of spelling the English language Feby 11th 1870 "Gentlemen of the Board of Gardeans I write this to in form wo of the Case that as took place Concerning my Late Wife - of Monny that she as Concealed from Me her Lawfull Husband for More than 30 years Back but thanks be to My Lord and Saviour Jeses Christ he as Previded to me his Holy Spiret The Lord has seen My . Affliction for these Last few years And he knows that it has Ben brought on for Whant of sustanns for I have had Little to take to Bat Bread and Water for the 2s. 6d. pr. week that I have.received from the Board has not paid for rent or Fire. If I had not had 1 shilling given to Me now and then I should not Been Able to have Bought A Loaf of bread Hour Fammily has been Large Bate pnyor in Cheadl e Mosley for more than 100 ye ar s Abo u t 70 years Liying at the Brookhead Farm upon the rent of 200 pounds A hear I am the first that has ever had Annething from the Parrish I hope you will Concider my Case and Free me from Anny Clame of What Monnoy has Been Brought to _Sight For it i the Lords Dunning he has heard My Cry and ho knows that I have been hungerry 'nanny at time, and Nothing to Eat so I hope you will Concider My Case or praps you whill fight A..,4 - rainst God For I am Convinced th a t It i s Th e L ords Whill that I should have it Yours truly"- It was ordered that arrangements should be made with the widower in respect to his wife's deposit. ROBBERY IN ELGIN.—The first shop robbery thl has taken place for a period of thirty years was perpetra ted last night, when some robber, having forced a shutter in the back premises of Mr. Alexander, carried away watches, chains, rings, &c., to the value of £1.50. THE BISHOP OF CHICHESTER. The Standard declares that the resignation of Lord Cairns, and the refusal of Lord Derby to accept the vacant p mition tendered t o hi m b y th e unan i mous vo i ce of the Cmservative party in the 'Upper House, have entailed upon the latter an anxious and difficult duty. The Marquis of Salisbury is in many respects the man who would most n ?Aurally and fitly succeed to the truncheon of the late Earl of Derby. He is a born leader. Lord Salisbury proved his superiority to selfish ambition by his resignation of office in 1867 ; he has since proved his superiority to personal pique and his loyalty to his party by his acceptance of Lord Cairns's compromise last session, and by seconding the other day the motion which proffered to Lord Derby the post that now rightfully falls to himself, and we cannot believe that he will on this occasion either mistake the path of duty, or allow himself to be turned from it by any considerations which, however permissible and legiti mate in themselves, are of secondary if of any moment in comparison with the great public and political interests which require that he should assume the lead of the Con servative party in the House of Lords. The Daily News observes that the Bishop of Chichester, whose death was recorded on Tuesday, was the last sur vivor of an order of prelates belonging to a time and cir cumstances essentially different from our own. Hand some, urbane, and cautious, of good academic standing, and a successful administrator of his college, Dr. Gilbert was precisely one of those men whome Prime Ministers liked to promote in the quiet days which preceded this ase of turmoil and conflict. The county of Sussex, with which the diocese of Chichester is co-extensive, is not, perhaps, the most important of the ecclesiastical districts of England ; but any nomination that can be made to the Episcopacy at the present juncture must be important. The negative qualities which once were a recommendation to candidates for bishoprics are now defects ; the Church of England needs to be represented by men both wise and strong. Its future may be said, without exaggeration, to be at the present time in the hands of the bishops, and there is not probably a Church man in the kingdom who feels this truth more keenly than the statesman whose duty it will be to advise the Queen in filling up this vacancy. ME SAGE OF ADVOWSONS. The Telegraph thinks that Mr. Cross's bill is intended to terminate one of the greatest scandals that affect the English Church. It would be incredible, were it not true, that the teaching of the Christian religion should be decreed by our English law, and yet that the task should often be committed to men whose only guarantee of fit ness is, that they or their friends have purchased a bene fice in the Church. We recall with amazement the days when the nation permitted seats in Parliament to be bought and sold ; and yet, if anything is meant by the national profession of religion, it is surely a duty not less solemn to t eac h th e G os p e l thanl to decide whether Chelsea Bridge should be free from toll The relics of a loftier ideal, the doctrine of an embassage from God to man, assuming vocation, fitness, earnestness, and self-sacrifice, naturally disappear in the back office of the Advowson agent. We are all men of the world, of course, when it comes to pounds, shillings, and pence ; and, after all, the moneyed parson, it may be said, merely " buys a practice." Can there exist an educated and honourable man in the Church's ranks who does not feel the merciless satire upon her doctrines which is here involved in her practice? Men, after all, are logical as well as worldly ; and when the people hear enthusiasm for human souls preached by him who bought the parish because there was so little to do in it, or charity to one's neighbour enforced by him, who looked eagerly every day to see whether the "old incumbent" was dead—what can they think ? They must think that the Sunday sermon, and the things be longing to it, are " all humbug," not credited nor care d for by the very men whose profession it is to believe and inculcate those things. CRIME IN IRELAND. The Pull Mall Gazette says that in the midst of the well-earned praises lavished on the Ministry for their legMative successes in reference to Irish land, we are in some danger of losing sight of their executive short comings in reference to Irish crime. At least we should be in danger if the Irish did not take such pains to bring the subject fresh to our attention each succeeding day. In the Queen's Speech the Government intimated that if fresh powers should be needed they would not hesitate to ask for them. But when can fresh powers ever be needed, if they have not been needed for the last tAx mouth. at least ? Threatening letters by the hundred, outrages by the score, murders by the dozen—and the criminals never punished, never tried, never even arrested. One of two alternati - ..es—either the existing laws and powers of the Executive are inadequate to the suppression and punishment of crime in Ireland, in which case no coralem , ation can be too strong for the Government that 1113 failed to put them in operation; or they are not ad-iquate, and in that case no condemnation can be too strong for the Government which is too timid, too feeble, too dawdling, or too maudlin, to ask for fresh enactments and for ampler powers. PRINCE PIERRE AND TUE HIGH COURT. The Gazette des Tribunaux has a long article on the position of Prince Pierre and the High Court in which it maintains that in the decision of the Chambre des Miss en Accusation there is no prejudgment of the chse. The decree which authorises the Public Minister to prosecute the Prince prejudged nothing; it leaves to the defence, and the prosecution alike, their respective chances of success. If it is true that the murder of Victor Noir Was preceded by provocation, that circumstance, however favourable to the accused before the high jury, will not allow the Chamber of Accusation to restrain and still less to nullify the charge against the Prince. It was the duty of the Chamber to maintain it, so soon as it was supported by facts apart from all moral considerations, and when it appeared that th e criminality indicated by these facts was not exonerated by an imperative excuse. The competence of the jury is, as every one knows, different from this, it is absolute, without limits, sovereign. Its decision may be awaited with confidence for constituted as it is, the high jury offers unexception able guarantees of wisdom and. independence. THE DUBLIN ASSASSINATION. The Dublin Express gives the following particulars of the assassination in Dublin on Sunday night :—About a quarter to ten a man named Malone was standing in a publichouse near M essrs . G an l y an d Parker's, 'Usher's Quay, when he saw two flashes, as from a pistol, on the river side of the street, and on going to the door, he ob served a man rushing across the road towards the shop. Just as he reached it, however, he fell, and when Malone went to his assistance he found that he was dying. In a few moments the unfortunate men expired where he lay. An alarm was given, and the police were quickly at the scene of the murder. Acting-Inspector Fox, 7D, had the body removed to the Richmond Hospital on a car, and Dr. Hamilton found that one bullet had passed through the heart, and another lodged in the abdomen. The deceased was identified by his step-daughter as a plumber, named Mullen,who had recently been in the employment of Messrs. Courtney and Stephens. The inquiries of the police and detective officers resulted in the arrest of four men—three brothers named Salmon, and a man named Hare. No arms or ammunition were found in the possession of the prisoners. The assassin made his escape without difficulty, although the murder was committed in a tolerably busy thoroughfare. The protest against Air. Madden's dismissal bears the names of thirty-four Irish deputy-lieutenants. Clayton, the banker's clerk, at Newcastle, charged with stealing £l5, has been sentenced to penal servitude for seveu years. The reward of £4OO for the discovery of the thieves who E to!f3 tho jeweis from Sir It. Napier's has been increased to £l,OOO. The s.s. City of Boston, 25 days out from Halifax, has not reached Liverpool, and great fears are entertained for her safety. _ Another ponderous navy return is issued, embody og the details of shipbuilding and dockyard transactions in he financial year 1866-67. The " burgesses and ratepayers of Sheffield in public meeting assembled" have declared in favour of tha appointment of a stipendiary magistrate. The nomination for Roxburghshire is fixed for Wednesday, the 2d of March. Lord Bowmont, the Liberal candidate, will be elected without opposition. Two men have been suffocated in the Murton Col liery by the fumes of charcoal passing through a drift which th-y had entered for the purp.,so of examining a pipe. A novel claim has been preferred at a police-court against several members of a vohnteer corps, to pay the Full of 30s. for non-attendance nt drill to earn the capitation grant. INlessrs. Levy Brothera, large importers of fancy and other goods ha a b .on flood by tho Men ourno corn tni:sioner of customs £l,OOO for ostensivo frauds on th 3 re renur. The Newensle Grand Jury have returned true b.lis against all the persons charged with tumultuously as sambling on the Queen's highway, and forcibly entering Nowlands' South Farm, on the 17th January last. The proprietors of the North British Daily lifail have offered to stbscribe .£503 toWirds the institution of a society having for its objects the provision of cheap, healthy, and decent dwellings for the working classes of Glagow. The whole of the men in the employ of Messrs. Richardson and Sons, of the West Hartlepool Rolling Mills, have struck work, alleging a violation of their agreement by the manager. The Darcy Lever Colliery Company have granted the full advance demanded. 4,, p i • , 1 ,st rlifYrt HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 22 Her Majesty drove in the grounds this morning, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday. LATEST INTELL IGEN CE (REU'rER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. Pains, Feb. 23. All the members of the Cabinet were present at the ball given last night by the Minister of the United States. One hundred and nineteen of the rioters arrested during the late disturbances were discharged on Monday last. BOURSE, Feb. 22.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :-- q per Cent. 3 per Cent End of month... 73 62f Austrian Fives Credit Mobilier ... 202 50 Ottoman Loan Transatlantic 215 Do. Debt 45 20 Credit Foncier _l7BO Spanish Threes Paris Gag.. 1737 50 Rome Debt — Suez Canal 337 50 Deferred ...... ... RAIL WA Cash. Orleans ... 990 Western Northern ... 1155 Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6lBl Sardinian Austrian 760 Lombard 4921 North of Spain 63 Saragossa Roman 47 AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Feb. 22. The Inman Royal mail steamer City of New York arrived here at 4 a.m. to-day. All well. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1181; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1191 ; the lowest, 118 x. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 4L " 1885 114. gt " 1867 ll3a. 10-40 112 k. Illinois 1441. Eric Cotton—Mid. upland 24lc. Petroleum—Standard White 29lc. Flour, extra state, ss.oc. to $5.60c. Corn, old sl.4c. According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and Co.'s report the receipts of cotton for the last four days, at all ports, have been 47,000 bales ; shipments to England, 20,000 bales; to France, none; and to the Continent, 5,000 bales. This week's receipts will only represent six and a half days, the time of taking stock on Friday being changed from 6 p.m. to noon. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 23. The North German Lloyd's steamer Rhein, from New York, arrived here this morning. She brings 110 passengers, 94 sacks of mails, $184,000 in specie for London, and $1,200 for Bremen. GREENCASTLE, Feb. 23. The Allan steamer Austrian, from Portland 13th instant, arrived in Lough Foyle at 7 a.m. to-day. The London mails were landed. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS SUEZ, Feb. 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Baroda left at E. ix p.m. yesterday, and the Hin dostan at four this morning for Bombay and Cal cutta respectively. Detention in departure caused by bad weather. INDIA. BOMBAY, Feb. 19 (Evening). The Viceroy has sent a congratulatory telegram on the successful commencement of the expedition for laying the cable. Salar-Jung, the Prime Minister of the Nizam, has arrived here. The Bombay Gazettglklieves that the intention of re-establishing the Indian navy has been aban- doned. THE BRITISH INDIAN TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION.. The following telegram has been received by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com- pany : " BOMBAY, Feb. 20, 3.30 p.m. • " Halpin, Great Eastern, to Osborn, twentieth, noon. Lat. 16.7, long. 60.33. Paid out 149 knots since yesterday. Total paid out 801 knots. All well." This places the Great Eastern 725 miles from Bombay, and in about 2,100 fathoms of water, the greatest depth this cable has to be laid in. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Feb. 1. The revenue returns are satisfactory, the actual receipts being £200,000 above the estimates. SYDNEY, Jan. 31. Mr. Robertson has resigned the Premiership, and is succeeded by Mr. Covidi (?). Advices from New Zealand announce that Ti Kocti is surrounded by the Maori King and some of the principal chiefs, and his escape being almost impossible, he is suing for terms of peace. A contract has been signed for a line of mail steamers from Sydney to San Francisco, calling at. Auckland and Honolulu. The Flying squadron has arrived at Littleton. NOTES ON THE EARLIEST DISCOVERIES IN AME RICA.—In Sillinzan's Journal for November Henry Stevens gives some historical and geographical notes on the earliest discoveries in America, which he illustrates with photo lithographic fac-similes of some of the oldest and most important maps and charts. After giving a memoran dum of the authorities extant upon the subject, he says :—" A new summing up of North American dis covery has appeared in a magnum opus published in April of this year by the Maine Historical Society, nomi nally the History of the Discovery of Maine, but really the history of the discovery of the whole eastern coast of North America. This learned work, by John G. Kohl, LL.D., is presumed to be the culmination of all that is known and recorded on this vast subject from Adam of Bremen to Kohl of Bremen, and may therefore be held as the present state of the history of North American geo graphy and discovery. There is appended a remark able paper on the_ four voyages of John and Sebas- tian Cabot, by M. D'Avezac of Paris, in which the distinguished French geographer, on several impor tant pointi, expresses views precisely opposite to those of Dr. Kohl." M. Stevens proceeds to remark that the his tory of the early voyage is in fact so obscure that an en- _ . i tire revision s necessary ; and that although he does not himself profess to be competent to do it, ho has at any rate tried. Of the fac-similos he says :—" It is not per-- milted to every ono to see and touch the precious ceigi• nals, scattered and secluded as they are, in various public and private repositories, throughout Europe and America. Not three persons exist, probably, who have seen them all. The Portolano, or marine chart of Juan de la Cosa, made at Puerto do Santa Muria , near Cadiz, in 1500, is now preserved in the Royal Library at Madrid. It is on ox hide, 5 feet 9 inches long, by 3 feet 2 inches wide. The whole world is laid down, including the entire 360 degrees of longitude, on a given scale of fifteen Spanish leagues to a degree. The chart is well drawn in colours, and heightened with gold, altogether a work of art of considerable pretension. It is acknowledged by competent judges to be the earliest, the most important, and the most authentic geographical monument relating to the western discoveries that has come down to us." , COA DITION OF PORTUGAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—For many reasons it seems time enough that an appeal should be made to public opinion in Eag land, and to the attention of the British Government , regarding the present state of political and finan cial affaits in Portugal. In fact, it is not only the economical interests and the commercial relations of Great Britain with that country that render it necessary. A great moral responsibility weighs altogether, both on England and on the English press, binding them not to neglect Portuguese in dependence and prosperity. To the intervention of England that country is indebted for its new sys tem of Parliamentary Government, and to the in fluence of the English press, it also, as do most of the countries of modern Europe, owes the encourage ment of many principles and theories which have proved fatal to their welfare, and have largely con tributed to public distress and social anarchy. S,lll it is not our purpose to enter now into the apprecia tion of such international ties and moral duties, whatever may be the claims of the Portuguese on their oldest, if not always their mostdieinterested and sincere, ally. It will be quite enough for the benefit of Portugal if Great Britain only chooses to look at once after her legitimate interests in protecting the rights of her own subjects. A considerable amount of English property is, indeed, connected with the financial and economical prospects of Por tugal. And supposing, for one moment, that a total and sudden bankruptcy was to burst at last out of the threatening chaos in which the finances of that country have been long since plunged, bow much would English capital suffer from it? And things are but too fast com ing to such a pass! Nay, even to more than fivan eial disasters ! Only God knows the depths of the abyss over which that misled but noble•country is standing at this very moment. When its commerce is paralys,ql by the political and social vicissitudes of daily anarchy and permanent revolution in all the branches of public administration ; when its agriculture and industry, under the heavy and ca pricious policy of rapidly succeeding Ministries and Parliaments, have no longer the means of prosper ing—it is not only English commerce and English industry that suffer, but the Portuguese public in come, consequently decreasing every day, and the Portuguese deficit and public debt enormously in creasing at every hour, will soon drag along on the ruins of that nation the fortunes of many and many English subjects, who perhaps to the pie sent moment have confidently relied on the favourable reports falsely spread by mercenary city articles whenever bourse speculations or nego ciated loans aim at private capital. Without any further reflections upon the results which must follow if the present state of Spain is to spread all over the Peninsula, as seems now almost inevit able, we will merely offer to public consideration • the following facts, taken from the history of the last two years, as illustrative of the financial and political transactions of the liberal representa tive. Government of Portugal since 1862.. In Jan.,1868, the Cabinet, presided over by D'A g niar, not, being allowed (by the Crown) to enforce and put into execution the administrative and financial laws, legally passed and voted by an immense majo rity in Parliament, was dismissed in the presence of popular riots. A new Cabinet, presided over by Count d'Avila, was called ; they dissolved Parlia ment, and assumed the dictatorship for a short time, in order to establish order and quiet throughout the country, which had riien Agaiust the lavishness of the late Administrations, and against the vexatious taxes thereby cast on the people. Promising the most strict retrenchments upon the public expenditure, this Ministry could scarcely get through the difficulties of the financial crisis, having as Minister of that department a young barrister, a clever professor of law at the Univer sity of Coimbra (M. Dias Ferreira), who had lately begun his political career, and had taken part in the recent tumults. Still though he had never been heard of before as anything like a finan cier, he succeeded in raising a large loan ! This Ministerial situation, assailed every day by revolu tionary opposition, was soon upset, and was fol lowed by an Administration, presided over by the Marquis of Sa. The new Minister of Finance in this Cabinet (M. Carlos Bents) went himself to Paris, seeking to raise there a large loan ; but being un successful in this errand he resigned his post, and one of his colleagues, a military engineer (M. Calheiros) took for a couple of months charge of the Portfolio of Finances, and succeededin raising a loan. This was soon replaced by a new Financial Minister, who had never been known in his country as a man of economical abilities—Count de Samo• daens. This Administration, unable to carry the most violent reforms and taxes, tendered also their resignation, " and the Duke de Saldanha was sent for from Rome to form a new Cabinet. After a prolonged crisis, the demissionary Ministry was re called and resumed office. The Duke de Saldauha was countermanded, when already at Bordeaux, on his way to Portugal, and the Cortes was dissolved once more. Fearing the result of the coming elections, the Ministers dictatorially enforced laws which had not obtained Parliamentary approbation, and, setting aside the existing " electoral law," made another themselves—a new circumscription of the electoral districts throughout the country, greatly reducing at the same time the number of its representatives. From this new-(angled, so called "Parliament," they soon got the approval of their dictatorial measures, and, as their colleague of the Finances could not succeed in raising a further loan, he was soon sent to the right about, and the engineer, M. Calheiros, was placed once more over that important department, till a new colleague was chosen, a very young man (M. Saraiva de Carvalho), who had entered the Chamber but the year before, and who was chiefly remarkable, amidst his friends, as an amateur des belles lettres. Unable now to resist any longer the attacks of the Opposition, this Ministry again re signed, and the Duke de Louie was called in. He formed the present Cabinet, raised a large loan, and, after restoring most of the expenditure which had been retrenched, and against which the country had so energetically protested in January, 1868, he has just dissolved Parliament once more, afraid of meeting the Upper House, now headed by the Duke de Saldanha, and this notwithstanding an alleged favourable majority in the Lower House. In con clusion, we may see that from the beginning of January, 1868, to the end of January, 1870, there have been in Portugal,. as regards its poli tical life, five different Administrations, five long Ministerial crises, three Dictatorships, five Parlia ments, eight Ministers of Finance, and not less than three large loans ! Let public opinion, public men, and English holders of Portuguese bonds, duly appreciate the consequences of all this. As regards the financial transactions of the same two last years, and their present state, I will, with your permission, comment upon those in a subsequent communication. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Any letters for ships of the Channel Squadron can be sent by her Majesty's ship Bristol, which will leave Devonport for Lisbon after the arrival of the post there on Thursday, the 24th inst. Colonel Knox's petition as to the Mallow elec tion will be lodged to-day. A meeting of the members of the Cabinet will take place on Saturday next, at the First Lord of the Tieasury's . official residence in Dowhing-street. The wife of the Russian Minister, Madame Cata cazy, rage in Washi ng t on. To judge of the effect on z r - ep is c the rte rsand correspondents, we would suppose that the lady had always a sweet smil© for them. Here is a description by one : —"Madame de Catacazy swept toward 115,, and we were electrified by her beauty. All the reports we had heard of her failed to give us any idea of her mag nificence. She was dressed in the richest of black velvets, made with a train, and the loose Turkish vacque she wore, of the same material, was heavily embroidered in gold. But this rich trimming was scarcely more dazzling in effect than her wealth of golden hair. This hair, which all admit is natural in quantity as well as in hue, is of that miraculous colour about which painters rave, and in look- ing at it any degree of rapture seems admissible. And, in addition, this superb woman possesses a complexion of re markable clearness, and a perfect form. Then, too, the atmosphere of courts is about her, and she mazes one un derstand what innate majesty is possible to beauty." Co? 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