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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chutterton. THIS EVF,NING, THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. 14. Phelps, H. Sinclair, C. Seyton, Barrett ; Mesdames Hermann VeLin and H. Vandenhoh. To conclude iv.th the Pantomime. entitled NUMBERant ;or Harlequin and t he Gnome -King of the Gi Mountain. Commence at a Quarter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TO-NIGHT, A. LEShON FoR LIFE. Messrs. Fothern, Chippendale,Compton, Howe, Rogers, Clarke, Braid, h t ndal, Gordum, Vincent, &,c.; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Mill, Wright, Laws, &c. After which, LORD DUN DREARY 3IARRIE AND FOR.. Messrs. 6othern, Rogtr , , Gordon, D Clark, Weathersby, Widre, To conclude with JENNY LIND AT LAS P. Kiss lona Burke, Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM. THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and 3lanager, Mr. r'echter. THIS EVENING, ROUGE E NvIK. Maurice D'Arbel a Gambler). r. Fechter ; Mebere. Emery, Evans, Moreland, Fitzpatricz, Dalton. Keynolds, Lomas, .Newbounu, Andrews, Anoeson, Vlv.an, Bennet, and Euward Price; Al isa Hen rade,r Mrs. Leigh Murray,t Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta I.,eclercq. Preceded by TILE TWO POLTS. Mr. 11. Widdlcomb. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Feb. 21, at Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Aiiss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt ; Jlessrs. Vezin, Billington, Ashley, Eburne. Rom' , aud Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE IfOUNTAIN Dlill; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs, J. L. T Mrs. oole, Allied Paul BMellon, edlord, A s hley, It. Romer, and C. J. Smith ; Kiss Furtado, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, Ste. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, LO.NDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. a Vincent Addison, D. Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews Mesdames , E. Farren, Milly ralmer, and Char l es Mathews. ; Atter which, RO3IANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. 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E. 110sES and SON'S LONDON HOUSES, 154, 155, 156, 157, Minories ; 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, Aidgate ; 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street ; 1,2, 3, Hart -street ; 138, Tottenham-court-road; 288, Euston-road. APOPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present time. Part the Second—From 1066 to 1867. E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; Now Oxford-stroot, and Tottenham-court-road, London And Bradford, Yorkshire. WWI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 31.1. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. O w . T il ls DAY. —Mon :lin g , To-.llouitoW.-M o rning, 4h. 20 m. — Afternoon, 4 h. 35m. eijj LONDON, 7IIURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1867. Under the circumstances of the case no one can be surprised to hear that Lord NAAS has obtained leave to bring in a Bill to renew for a short time the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act (Ireland). To day the second reading will take place, when the THE SUN, LONIJON, THURSOAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1867. mischief. They are, as we have said, alienating.the greater portion of the 'Western States, at the same time that they are making every one. ask why the Southern States are not represented. The language of their own organs in the press reflects more accurately the prevailing sentiment of the public than the opinions acted on by the Re publican party in Congress. One paper, the Yew York Evening Post, goes so far as to prophesy that every man who votes for the Bill will suffer for it at the next election. The Nation, another New York journal, declares the contest does not lie between Free Trade and Protection, but " between an unscrupulous hobby of the com munity at large." The Bill itself it pronounces to be intolerable, incomprehensible, onerous, promotive of fraud and smuggling," and foretels a desperate attempt to modify it next session. The New York Commercial Advertiser maintains that it would be just as well to vote 70 or 80 millions for a Chinese wall as to rule American trade on a policy of exclu sion. Exclusion will certainly be the order of the day under the new tariff, and there is little hope felt that Congress will fail to carry it into effect. noble lord will state more particularly his reason for the request on the part of her MEJESTY's Govern ment. Nothing more clearly shows the want of consistency that characterises some of these dis affected persons than the fact that these outbreaks should be renewed just when the Govern ment had accorded an act of grace in the lapse of the Suspension Act so bitterly complained of in some quarters. Dr. BRADY made some remarks on the subject before the House, which were very much to the point. He said that he did not support the Bill because he believed that the people of Ireland were disloyal, but many circumstances of their social condition caused their discontent. We fully concur with the hon. member that the chief reason for supporting the Bill is that the Government may have power to deal with the officers who are des patched here from America, and who are the agents of designing and corrupt men. They have, in some instances, unfortunately succeeded in raising a spirit of discontent, and it is of the greatest consequence that the most restrictive measures should be adopted in regard to them. We hope with Dr. BRADT that " if any of these emissaries from abroad are found committing any act contrary to the law of this country they will be taught such a lesson as will not easily be forgotten." When this present excitement is over the best thing that all well-wishers to Ireland can do will be to con centrate their efforts and energies in the advance ment of such measures as may tend to improve generally the condition of the country. The Bill that was lately brought in for the improve ment of the land in Ireland is a step in the light direction, and we hope that Irish members will support it, instead of following their too fre quent course of complaining of everything, and approving of nothing which any Ministry may pro pose. It is fortunate that at this critical juncture the Marquis of ABERCORN should prove so popular a Viceroy. His speech at the Lord Mayor's annual banquet at Dublin, on Tuesday, was a great suc cess, and that is saying a great deal under the peculiar circumstances of the case. The Lord Lieutenant appeared to satisfy every one present by his comprehensive views, and the generous spirit he displayed in touching upon various matters. In reference to the Fenian outbreak his Excellency made some impressive remarks. After alluding to the decline of two fatal pestilences of the past year, he said he must advert to a " moral pestilence, which at the same period had proved itself a more dreaded enemy to the peace, prosperity, and advancement of Ireland than any dispensation which nature could have inflicted." The Lord-Lieutenant took as hope ful a view as he possibly could of the state of affairs in Ireland just now, and even went so far as to say that he believed late events were but the shadows of clouds passing away, or as the galvanic spasm that convulses the corpse in the throes of dissolution. The hope of a better state of things being in prospect may well be indulged in for many reasons. The influential and intelli gent classes have done a great deal to contribute to the feeling of security that prevails by their unani mous action ; the clergy of all denominations have evidenced remarkable decision, and some who bad been actually misled on a former occasion have in this last affair shown that good sense has prevailed over their previous folly. Great applause followed the emphatic declaration of the Lord Lieutenant that he, for one, did not be lieve " in the disloyalty and disaffection of the Irish people ;" and we are quite willing to agree with him in this satisfactory estimate of things at this critical juncture. We also concur with his Excellency in his opinion that it " will be more against the ag gressors and invaders from without than against the deluded population of the country of Ireland itself that the hand of justice will have to be aimed." No language can be too strong to con demn the course pursued by those who trade on the excitement and ignorance of the lower portion of the community, and we should rejoice to see them brought to justice. At any rate, it is reassuring to know that one in so responsible a position as the Lord Lieutenant should entertain such confidence in the loyalty and goodwill of the great bulk of the Irish people, for without confidence no real influ ence can be exercised, and the chief secret of power is lost. Mere force will never succeed at a time like this in maintaining authority in such a state as it should be in Ireland The Americau public, which has been so busy during the last few mouths in criticising and censur ing the conduct of the PRESIDENT, more especially with regard to the exercise of the veto power, is now anxiously hoping for another assertion of Pre sidential supremacy. The new Tariff Bill is making rapid progress, and having passed the Senate by more than a two-third vote, has been referred, in the Lower House, to the Committee of Ways and Means. The Senate, it will be remembered, made considerable alterations in the bill while it was be- fore them—all the amendments being for the worse rather than the better. One of the principal changes was the provision that the bill should come into effect immediately upon it becoming law instead of on the Ist of April, as originally fixed, so that it is possible that even the cargoes now being shipped in Europe may, when they arrive in American ports, be subjected to these almost prohibitory duties ! It appears, at first, ex traordinary that so unpopular and impolitic a mea sure should have even a chance of success, but the various methods of influencing members have been tried unsparingly by the parties interested in its passage. The lobbies of both Houses have been thronged by such persons and their agents, and the effect of their assiduous endea vours has been only- too plainly perceptible in the increased amount of the several duties. The Western States will of course suffer heavily by this measure, and the Eastern States have been most unwise in forcing it upon them. The country at large will now suffer for the injustice with which the Southern States have been treated. Had the ten excluded States sent each their two Senators to vote upon it the bill would never have passed the Upper House. As it is, all that can be hoped for is a Presidential veto, which is most likely to come, but which it is more than probable may be over ridden. This redoubtable measure is the twentieth tariff during forty years—an additional reason for its unpopularity, since the unsettled state of the revenue laws operates, of course, most unfavourably upon commerce. We must add that eleven of the nineteen bills hitherto passed have been passed within the last five years, each adding to the bur dens imposed upon commercial enterprise. The imports under the tariff now under discussion ave rage 90 per cent. The energy of the American people, and the almost boundless resources of the soil and climate, have prevented the mischievous nature of these measures from becoming more per ceptible, but Congress should remember that it is possible to overweight a winning horse ; and why should the advantages so liberally be stowed by nature and fortune be neutralised, if not altogether: counteracted, by such reckless and suicidal legislation ? By their conduct respecting this obnoxious tariff _ the Radical party are doing them elves immense The British North American Confederation. The following address, signed by the Mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and by several hundred of the leading inhabitants of the city, of all shades of public opinion, was presented to the Hon. Thos. D'Arcy M'Gee, Minister of Agriculture for Canada and member of the Canadian Parliament, on the arrival of the Asia, from Boston. Mr. M'Gee is one of the deputation now in London on the sub ject of Confederation : To the Honourable Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee, M.P.P., Member of the Executive Council, and Minister of Agriculture, Canada. Sir,—We, the undersigned, citizens of Halifax, having learned that you are about to pay this city a short visit, on your way to Europe, are unwilling to allow so favouev able an opportunity to pass without convoying to you our warm approval of your conduct as a public,pan, in refer ence to some important questions which have lately agitated this continent. The warmest thanks of every loyal inhabitant of British America are due to you for your manly and spirited condemnation of the late movement in the United States, known as the Fenian organisation, which, under the pretence of remedying grievances in Ireland, aimed the destruction of British rule in these provinces, and under that pretext attempted to carry fire and sword among the peaceful inhabitants of Canada and New Brunswick. Though it is quite unnecessary that we should here re count or even refer to the many and great services you have rendered to the cause of British sovereignty in British America, yet we feel bound to express our high appreciation of your strenuous exertions for its main tenance. We cannot close without a passing reference to your signal services in the cause of " Colonial Union," in the near prospect of which we beg to congratulate you, as one of its earnest and most untiring advocates. Wishing you much pleasure in your anticipated visit to Europe, end many years of useful and honourable labour n the public service, We beg to subscribe ourselves Your Obedient Servants. [Here follow the signatures.] The Tariff is just now the great topic of the day, but the relations between the two Houses are not without significance. We find in their discussions another indication of the growing weakness of the Radical party, and there are hopes that with their collapse a better state of things may be restored North and South. A few days since we heard of the rejection of a bill which had passed the Lower House by the Senate. The House of Represen tatives have now had their revenge, for we learn by telegram, dated Tuesday evening, that they have rejected the bill passed by the Senate as a substitute for the Military Bill. This bodes ill for the unity and consequent strength of the domi nant party. If once division comes in the camp of the Radicals they will have nothing to look to out of doors for support. The better class of people were already disgusted with the result of their treatment of the Southern States ; and now this unpopular tariff will array against them a long list of sufferers from the inevitable revulsion in the commercial world. Americans, whatever their political extravagan ces, are but human, and the accounts which daily reach them from the South can hardly fail to excite some compunction and sympathy. The statements brought forward at the meeting held in respect to the prevailing destitution by Mr. BEECHER, HORACE GREELEY, and others, were startling enough, but they are more than confirmed by subsequent ac counts from numerous sources. . The writer has been unusually severe in America as in Europe, and even in the towns of the South there has been great suffering, caused by want of fuel as well as want of food. It is computed that hunger and cold have destroyed in the principal Southern States at least two thousand persons, and the condition of Alabama is painfully described by the Governor. There is not, he says, a county in the State to which the authorities have not been compelled to send food for the poor, and so extreme is the general poverty that, although food is placed free of charge at depots within 50 or 60 miles of their border, they are unable to pay the cost of transportation. In Alabama alone there are not less than 40,000 persons who will have to be fed by public charity until a crop is matured, and a larger number will require partial relief. The greatest distress exists in those parts where the white population pre dominate, since there are the largest number of widows and orphans left destitute by the war. Many of these persons, it must be remembered, owned large estates before the war, though now they are forced to accept the alternative of perishing of starvation or accepting public charity. This is not a state of affairs which should bo sub mitted to by a great nation like America. To pau perise and degrade an important section of the community is as impolitic as it is unjust, and in this animosity of one party against another, this vindictiveness of New England against Secessia, the great national interests of the States are being sacrificed, and the future of the American people affected. If, instead of the unhappy dis putes about matters of precedence and personal interest, Cabinet and Congress were heartily to combine to endeavour to heal the wounds of the nation, to close the breach and restore confidence to capital, stimulus to labour, food and employ ment to the starving millions of the South, how great would be the benefits to the whole nation ! The North says the Radical party is not prepared to sacrifice the objects for which it fought. Were those objects then the destitution and misery of ,ens of thousands of their fellow-countrymen ? Regent's Park Calamity Award Fund. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The late Ice Clearing Committee having united with Mr. Bussey and other gentlemen who commenced the above fund solicit your valuable aid in making a further appeal to the public for their assistance towards rewarding those brave men who risked their own lives in their heroic efforts to save life, one of whom perished in the attempt. The committee also take this opportunity of thanking those who so liberally contributed towards defraying the expenses of clearing the ice from the lake. Subscriptions will be received at the Blooms bury branch of the London and Westminster Bank ; the treasurer, Mr. G. J. Bussey, 14, Elton-villas, Haverstock-hill ; or by Mr. G. Joblin, honorary secretary, 27, Douglass-road (North), Islington, N. We beg to acknowledge the following sums : Miss Alford and Finis, 10s. ; Mr. Mackenzie, 2s. 6d.; Miss Jardly, ss. ; Mr. Pearce, 10s.; Mr. Robson, 10s. ; Mr. Toole, 10s. ; Major-General Dennis, £1 ; Captain Jas. Gibb er t Johnstone, £2 ; Mr. J. H. Wright, 10s. ; Mr. J. E. Salsbury, £1 ls. ; 0. W., ss. ; Mr. Joh n Bell, ss. ; Miss Hay, 2s. 6 d. ; Mrs. Ely, ss. ; Avenue-road, ss. ; Mrs. Moe, 3s. 6d. ; Mr. Thos. Bond, 2s. 6d. ; Mr. G. Roslin, 10s.; Mrs. Lawrence, 10s. ; Mr. J. A. Hicks, L 1 ; Mr. G. Bishop, 10s. ; Mr. J. E. Douglass, 10s. ; A. M., £l. After the many unsatisfactory occurrences that have taken place on the Continent of late, it is en couraging to dwell upon the present prospects of Hungary. The enthusiasm which prevailed upon the first receipt of the intelligence communicated in the rescript of the EMPEROR has not abated; but, on the contrary, the people seem to appreciate their good fortune the more as time goes on, and they reflect upon the consequences of the changes that have taken place. On Tuesday a grand demonstration took place at the National Theatre at Peath, and shouts of " Long live the KING" were raised. Ac counts are continually received from all parts of Hungary, which testify to the satisfaction expe rienced, and " enthusiastic festivities are being held in honour of the restoration of the Hungarian Con- stitution." So far, then, at any rate, the European has no reason to be disappointed at the result of the change which has been made—tardily, it is true —but still sufficiently soon to prevent serious con sequences ensuing. We hope that many good consequences may follow upon the restoration of their Constitution to the Hungarians ; and that, with greater confidence and good feeling, more strength and unity will be imparted to the political aspect of affairs in Austria and in Hungary. One thing is certain, that to realise such a plan will be the most effectual, if not the only, method of preserving the prosperity and consolidating the resources of the imperial Govern ment at Vienna. . _ Count BISMARCK does not seem to be flourishing with all his inordinate success and his world-wide renown as the master spirit of his age. His health, it is said, has again sunk under the pressure of anxiety and the accumulation of business. State affairs have been so overwhelming of late that the unfavourable symptoms before apparent have again been noticeable. The serious state of this Minister's health may well give rise to grave doubts in the minds of many as to whether in the event of his retirement the many important schemes he has set on foot could be carried out to a successful or even satisfactory issue. It would seem as if the Government of Berlin had had to reconsider its ways, for it is said that King WILLIAM, in answer to a deputation from Frankfort, promised that the city's future rela tions should be reconsidered, and that it should not be expected to contribute greater burdens than were possible without prejudice to the welfare of the inhabitants. We believed all along that the Prussians would find it more difficult to keep their conquests than to gain them ; that is to say, that a concurrence of circumstances con duced to give them a great preponderance lad The Water Supply of London. summer; but to render their acquisitions really LATEST INTELLIGENCE. effective required tact, judgment, and forbearance, none of which desirable qualities they seem to (REUTER'S TELEGRAME.) possess, and must therefore fail in the real accom plishment of their designs. SWISS ARMAMENTS. BERNE, Feb. 21. The Federal Government will issue a loan of twelve million francs on the Ist March, for arming the Swiss troops with the Winchester breech- loading rifle. The loan is to be issued in two series, and the subscription will be public. FRANCE. At the weekly meeting of the Society of Arts, held last evening, Lord R. Montagu presiding , Mr. T. Beggs read a lengthy and intgresting p a p er on " The Water Supply of London as it aff ects the in terests of consumers." He said we must not confine our considerations on the subject to those of the health, comfort, and decency of the people; there were other reasons for demanding an improved sup ply of water, viz., the requirements for public pur poses. Regarding the important instance of fires , there were at present in the metropolitan district nearly 500,000 houses. The discipline and manage ment of the fire brigade were excellent, and an en ginedef than te could ein h five em f bte minutes. syest B despatched from orh u an y ch there to wasif the a atheir firebrigade offices i a d i n less inherent e was in no way responsible—thelength of time which must elapse before the engine reached the edifice on fire. In Manchester, where fire-cocks were employed, a hose and jet could be attached to one of these ad mirable instruments in about the same time as was required to start a fire-engine from one of the Lon don stations ; that was to say, the connection of the hose and jet to the fire-plug did not on the average take more than three minutes. One half of the pro perty lost by fires in London might be saved if a system of fire-cocks were introduced. Why should not London have a constant supply as well as towns like Nottingham, Norwich, and Wolverhampton ? It was said that a constant, which meant an unli mited, supply could not be sustained, from the ex cessive waste that would ensue, and that all the available resources at command would be exhausted under a process going on night and day. The answer to that was, that the rate of waste where a constant supply had been afforded was muchless than in those where an intermittent system prevailed. A number of schemes to remedy the existing defects had been suggested. The most practicable plan, although the most expensive, was that which proposed that a suf ficient supply, since the present was not adequate to our wants, should be obtained from the lakes of Cumberland, for it could not be got at less distance. The £25,000,000 which was asked for the completion . of the necessary works would be a wise expenditure, and the interest of the money would be less in amount than the annual loss arising from an imper fect water supply like that now afforded. The ac cusations against the existing companies were then answered in detail, and the paper proceeded to say that the quality of the water given to the inhabi tants of London would bear comparison with that of many of the towns where the constant supply:sys tern prevailed. The privations of the poor of the metropolis in regard to water did not arise so much from deficiency in quantity as from waste. The quantity consumed in London daily was 108,000,000 gallons, and of that immense consumption it might be safely said that two-thirds of it were wasted. By saving one-half of the estimated waste there would remain a daily surplus supply of 54,000,000 gallons to meet the wants of an increasing population ; that is, if we took the consumption at 18 gallons per head, which was more than what is delivered in many of our large manufacturing towns. Having suggested several methods by which the waste might be cur tailed, the paper went on to ask in whose hands the powers of administration in the matter ought to be lodged. The government of a commission similar to that which existed in Paris was not to be recom mended, for though it was efficacious in many re spects, it was commercially a failure. With regard to vesting the authority in the Metropolitan Board, it should be remembered that the body could not be looked upon as a permanent institution. From the manner of its constitution, it was irrespensible, and judging from its antecedents, it could not be recog nised as a power into whose bands the administra tion of the water supply might safely be deposited. What we required was the extension of the Muni cipal Act to the metropolis_ to make every Parlia mentary borough a corporation, with a central body for purposes of general government. Then we could more profitably contract with the present companies for the water required for all public purposes, and such bodies elected by the ratepayers would be able to protect the interest of all classes, by seeing that the arrangements entered into for an efficient water supply were properly and fully carried out. After the reading of the paper along discussion took place on the question raised, and the meeting adjourned shortly before 10 o'clock. WAR TROPHIES.— A Japanese metal cannon, weighing 51 tons, and a mortar, weighing 22 cwt., have arrived at the Gunwharf, Portsmouth, from Woolwich, " a present from her Majesty to the borough of Ports mouth." A proper site is being prepared for mounting these valuable trophies of war on the Esplanade at South sea. BOURSE, Feb. 20.—Two o'clock.—The markets to-day, though exceedingly dull, are very firm. Three per Cents. are quoted at 69f. 574 c. A frac tional decline is likewise experienced in Italian Fives. Credit Mobilier shares are 3f. 75c. lower—viz., at 491 f. 25c., and Credit Foncier 6f. 25c.—at 1,525 f. Railway shares maintain yesterday's quotations. Austrian have improved 5f., the price being 413 f. 75c. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 41 per poets Bank Shares 3560 Italian Loan 53 25 Do. end month 53 45 Mexican Loan 2O Do. Bonds l3l 25 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred • LW. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 55 Do. end month 69 55 Credit Mobilier 493 75 Do. end month 493 75 Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1525 For Account. Orleans Northern l2lB 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 935 Southern 5BO Western 586 25 Eastern 552 50 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4lO North of Spain ll5 Saragossa l3O Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — A Scientific Meeting. The following capital jeu d'esprit appears in Fun, as an extract from a letter written by junr., Esq., medical student, now prosecuting his studies at Guy's, to sen., Esq., of Dod dery, in Noodleshire:— " A few days ago I joined a party of gentlemen much interested in science, with a view to experi menting on the law of forces, better known to the vulgar as dynamics. So ardent was the spirit of inquiry amongst us that we agreed to start at five in the morning ; for I should tell you that, in order to avoid interruptions which might derange the very delicate process we wished to carry out, we deter mined to hold our scientific meeting at a retired spot in Essex. Several bishops, half-a-dozen mem bers of Parliament, and nearly all the leading aris tocracy, kindly consented to patronise our meeting, and took their places with the rest of us on board a small steamer specially chartered for our use. Some of the enthusiasts of our party began at this early stage to experiment on forces, and in some instances incommoded and even damaged those who happened to be near them. " In due time we steamed off and reached, by and-by, a nice landing place in the Essex marshes. Here the first example of the working of the law of forces was exemplified. A large sample of the local police force was mustered on the spot to uphold the law, and we had therefore to go on board once more and steam off lower down the river. The result of this first experiment did not give general satisfac tion, I am afraid. " Our second selection of a landing-place was more fortunate. We pitched on a secluded meadow, promptly marked out with stakes w here a space was and ropes for the exhibition. " The two professors —men who have long been honoured for their science—proceeded at once with the experiments which it had been arranged should be conducted by them. " After shaking hands in a friendly manner—an expression of good feeling which scientific men rarely, I fear, display (science has its jealousies, you know) —they began to exhibit the working of the muscular forces, as exemplified in the biceps more particularly. As they gradually became more and more interested in the experiment, the display of conflicting forces formed a spectacle of such over whelming intensity that the audience could with difficulty be induced to behave itself. One of the Bishops I have spoken of became, in particular, so excited that he could scarcely be restrained from improvising a few experiments on dynamics w ith an m.r., who represents a large hardware consti tuency, and who, despite his p.;aceful garb, is con sidered an active and energetic cultivator of science. " A lecture, recently delivered at the Royal Insti tution by Professor Tyndall, has established a con nection between combustion and sound, and proved that certain flames produce certain notes. Our ex periments proved that a proper d emons tration of the law of forces produces not only sound but colour. One of the professors, for instance, brought into action the force of the biceps by straightening his arm briskly in a horizonal direction from his shoulder. Immediately a crepitant sound was produced, and shortly after an unmistakable tinge of red, changing subsequently to all the colours of the prismatic spectrum, was observable in the region of the second professor's eye. " I regret to say at this point the police again interfered, and this truly valuable and interesting series of experiments was brought to a premature close. The loss to science is irreparable " The expenses of the trip have somewhat drained my purse, and I shall therefore be deeply indebted to you, my respected parent, for an early remit tance. I feel assured that you will not begrudge the sum I have expended on this scientific excursion. It is to be greatly regretted that the mistaken zeal of the local constabulary—a most uneducated body —should have been permitted to interfere with our attempt to popularise science." PROPERTY IN THE STRAND.—The High Bailiff of Westminster (Mr. Scott Turner) presided over a jury at the old Insolvent Debtors' Court yesterday, in a compensation claim—" Reeves and Turner v. the Royal Commissioners of the Now Law Courts," which was partly heard on a former occasion. The claim exceeded £6,000, for leasehold premises, No. 238, Strand, adjoining Temple bar, and the loss consequent on removal. The claimants, as booksellers, had established a business, and the profits were yearly increasing. They could not procure other pre mises, and anticipated that they should sustain.a loss, and that out of a stock of 30,000, about 20,000 volumes would have to be sold by auction. The value of property in the Strand had greatly increased, and the present rental value of the house in question was estimated at £420 a year. An instance was given of the rise of property in the fact that Mr. Ascher, a tobacconist at Westminster Broadway, wkose premises had been demolished by the Metropolitan District Railway, had taken a place in the Strand, at the corner of Surrey-street, and had to pay as a premium £550, and to expend £6,000 on new premises, and then to pay a rental of £350, which would make the house about £720 a year. Mr. Lloyd (with whom was Mr. Konealy), for the claimants, represented the case as one of peculiar hardship. They had established a business, and were patronised by the legal profession, and by their removal would suffer a great loss. The High Bailiff having briefly pointed out to the jury the nature of the evidence, they retired, and on their return gate a verdict for £3,000. OVERLAND MAILS. GALLE, Feb. 17. The Salsette from China arrived on the 15th inst., and the Avoca from Australia to-day. The Nubia leaves for Suez to-morrow. The Bombay reached Melbourne on the 11th and Sydney on the 13th December. The Bengal arrived at Galle on the Bth February. ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 20. The Poonah arrived at 1 p.m. Will sail at day light to-morrow for Marseilles. Massilia at same time for Southampton. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 27th instant, and the latter at Southampton about the Gth March. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 20. The China left at 1 a.m. to-day for Southampton where she may be expected about the 24th instant afternoon). The Easter Volunteer Review. Yesterday a meeting of the commanding officers of the metropolitan volunteer regiments was held at the offices of the National Rifle Association, Pall mall, to consider the question of the annual review of metropolitan volunteers at Easter, and for other important business connected with the volunteer force. Lord Elcho, ALP., presided, and among those present were Lieutenant-Colonels the Marquis of Donegal (London Irish), Viscount Bury (Civil Service), Viscount Ranelagh (South Middlesex), Earl Grosvenor (Queen's Westminster), Lord G. Fitzgerald (Queen's), Lord Truro (West London), Hon. Charles Lindsay (St. George's), Hon. It G. Campbell, Sir Fowell Buxton, M.P. (Ist Adminis trative Battalion of the Tower Hamlets), Charles Buxton, M.P., Davis, Matthews (Finsbury), Money (6th Tower Hamlets), R. P. Lewes, Sargent, C. 8., Labrow, Ross, J. Wilkinson, Stedall, Cole, C. 8., G. Cruikshank, Cochrane, Murray, Whitehead (29 ih Middlesex), Durnford (Ist Surrey Artillery) So merset (West Middlesex), M'Leod ,:of APLeod (Ist Middlesex Engineers), Grey (Customs), Ward (Loudon Brigade), Loyd Lindsay (Hon. Artillery Company), and Bigge and Majors Clinch, Oxley, H. T. Smith, and Captain Phillips. It was carried unanimously that a review of the metropolitan Volun teers should take place this year at Easter, and the meeting then proceeded to discuss the details. A letter was read from a commanding officer recom- mending that the site of thereviewshould be changed this year to some other place than Brighton. A communication from the authorities of Dover, in viting the Volunteers to Dover, and urging the advantages which that town offered, among which were the facts that the two lines of railway were at the disposal of the War-office and extensive shed room might be had if the day should be wet. Letters from Mr. Eborall, of the South-Eastern Railway, and from Mr. Forbes, of the London, Chatham, and Dover, offering facilities for convey ing the troops to and from Dover, were also read, After some discussion, Lord Ranelagh moved and Colonel Cole seconded a motion that the review at Easter should this year take place at Brighton. Upon this Colonel Charles Buxton, M.P., moved that the review should be held at Dover. Thi s was seconded, and found many supporters, an objection to Brighton being urged in consequence of the de fective railway arrangements of last year, when many volunteer corps were kept for many hours on the return journey. After a very long discussion both motion and amendment were withdrawn, and a resolution moved by Lord Ranelagh, seconded by Colonel Charles Buxton, that a committee be ap pointed to inquire and report to a future meeting of Volunteer commanding officers as to the site they consider most eligible for the Easter Review, having reference particularly to the facilities given by the railway authorities for the transport of the forces to and from the place where the review shall be held. It was also carried unanimously that it should be an instruction to the committee to consider and report especially upon the expediency of accepting the in vitation made on behalf of Dover. It was finally agreed that in consequence of the serious inconveni ences suffered by the volunteers last year on their re turn journey from Brighton the committee should be instructed to make such arrangements with the railway authorities as shall insure a better transmis sion in future. The following officers were appointed as the committee :—Lord Ranelagh, Colonel Bux ton, Lord Bury, Colonel M‘Leod, Captain Phillips, Colonel Loyd Lindsay, Colonel Creed, Colonel Sargent, Major Lawes, and Colonel Money. The meeting being concluded so far as the review was concerned, a discussion ensued relative to other im portant matters. On the motion of Lord Elcho, seconded by Lord Truro, it was considered advisable that a deputation should wait upon the Secretary of State for War to draw his attention to the fact that the necessary expenses of Volunteer corps are no covered by the Parliamentary grant, which has to be largely supplemented by the subscriptions of officers and men ; and to state that a strong feeling was believed to pervade the force that those who freely and without pay give their services to the State should be relieved from the necessity of such personal expenditure. A committee was appointed to consider some questions of importance to the Volunteer service, among which were the security of arms held by Volunteer corps, and the position of Volunteers called upon in aid of the civil power. Some conversation took place upon the last ques tion, and one commanding officer freely stated that had lie been in command of the Volunteers at Chester he would not have taken the responsibility, in the present state of the law, of ordering his men to fire had an attack been made, as he might have been had up at Bow-street after. A vote of thanks to Lord Elcho for presiding terminated the pro ceedings. The Reform Question. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. A crowded public meeting, composed mostly of workmen, and convened by the Northern Reform League, was held in the Lecture-room of this town on Monday night ; Mr. Joseph Cowen, jun., occu pied the chair. The Rev. J. 11. Rutherford, Mr. Councillor Manson, Mr. W. Miekle, the representa tive of the old freemen, the Rev. J. C. Street, and others spoke. The resolution submitted by the League was unanimously agreed to. It was as follows: That this meeting, having considered the state ments of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Government Resolutions, is of opinion that the pro positions of her Majesty's Government are an insult to the country, and a deception attempted on the people ; that the Government have neither the honesty nor the will to pass any satisfactory measure of Parliamentary Reform ; and that the leaders of the Liberal party be respectfully requested to invite the House of Commons forthwith to declare its want of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers." SOUTHAMPTON. A public meeting of the Reformers of Southampton, at which Mr. G. Moffatt, M.P., for the borough, has engaged to be present, is to bo held at the Carlton-hall on Wednesday evening, at 8 o'clock, to consider the course of procedure adopted by the Government on the subject of Parliamentary Re form. MARKET S.--This day. - METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Only a limited supply of beasts was on sale hero to-day. The best breeds were in moderate request, at full prices ; but inferior stock was somewhat heavy, on former terms. The top figure was 3s 2d per Blbs. Athough the show of sheep was very moderate, sales progressed slowly at Mon day's decline in the quotations. The best Downs and half-breds were disposed of at 5s 10d to 6s per 81bs. Calves sold slowly, but at full prices, viz., from 4s 8d to 5s 8d per 81bs. Pigs were very dull, at previous rates. Per 811) to sink the offal. sd s d d s d Crse Ss inf. beasts... 3 6 3 8 Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 2 5 8 Second quality do ..3 10 4 4 Prime s'thdown 00.5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen ..4 64 10 Large coarse calvos.4 8 5 2 Prime Scuts, .1cc....5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......5 4 5 8 Crse. and int. sheep. 3 8 4 0 Large hugs .3 2 3 6 Second quality do ..4 24 10 Small porkers 38 4 0 Lamb.... 05 Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 225 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 2,5 each. "lead of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. B 612 I Beasts lOl Cows Sheep and lambs 3,040 Sheep and I,mbs Calves 94 Ca VCd rigs l2O Pigs lO MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENDALL.—Thoso markets are mo derately supplied with meat. Trade is inactive, as follows : Boof, 3s 2,1 to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48 8d ; veal, 4s 2d to 58 4d; pork, 2s lOd to 4s Od per 81bs by th• carcase. HAY. - - SAIITILFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Gs per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s; clover, .C 4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 6s per load. Trade steady. WurrßmArEL.—Mea,dow hay, £2 15s to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Gs per load. Supply tolerably good. A CREDIT TO THEIR C 0 UN TRY.—A Canadian paper states that there is a family in Trafalgar, near Mil ton, "raised on clay land," of a length and breadth that the province may bo challenged to beat. There are six boys, all over 6ft. high, weighing respectively 219, 220, 224, 220, 217, and 1991b5., making an aggregate weight of 1,3001b5., or an average weight of about 10} stone. ,-.-~ F • 00' HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Feb. 20. The Queen and Princess Beatrice rode on ponies yesterday afternoon, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe ; and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. The other members of the royal family walked out. Her Majesty received this morning the gratifying intelligence of the safe confinement of the Princess of \Vales and the birth of a princess. 1)r. Macleod left Osborne this morning. His RD3ral Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Clauricarde by his presence at dinner last evening at their residence in Stratton-street. The Duke of Cambridge arrived at eight o'clock, attended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald. There were present to meet his Royal Highness the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, Lord Colville, Lord Dunkellin, Lord Dufferin, Lady Frances Gordon, the Right Hon. the Speaker, Mr. and Lady Mar garet Beaumont, Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., and Mrs. Lowe, and Mr. Tomline. The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town last evening from Lincoln. The duchess has gone to Paris on a visit to her mcthor. _ _ The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived at Brown's Hotel for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury en tertained his Excellency Count Apponyi, the Earl of Clan william, Lord Rodesdale, Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. General and Lady Alice Peel, the Right Hon. Sir Hugh and Lady Cairns, Sir Alexander Bannerman. the Hon. Mrs. Rose, &c., at dinner last evening at their residence in Arlington-street. The Approaching Fashionable Season. (From the Court Journal.) There are some few things which may be pre dicted of it with certainty. In the first place, if politics go on smoothly, it will not be a short season or interfered with materially by the Paris Exhibi- flan. It .is calculated that it will be June before all the treasures are fully displayed in Paris, which are to be brought from a distance, unpacked, and shown in due and attractive order. By that time life in London is always at the zenith, and not to be interrupted on any account, by order of mam mas who have daughters to marry, and by the wish of daughters and youths who desire to be happy, by politicians who are searching after place or fame, or by the thousands of the upper world who are seeking pleasure in its varied and difficult found sources. We know that the Prince of Wales as well as numerous great people have been invited over to Paris by the Emperor, but the stay of the Prince cannot be for very long. His Royal Highness, if we are rightly informed, is bound with the Princess of Wales to pay a visit to Copenhagen, to assist at the Courtly doings consequent upon the celebra tion of the " silver wedding" of the King and Queen of Denmark, and it is very probable that their Majesties will return with the Prince and Princess to England. The great personages who will visit Paris—the Sultan, the Pasha of Egypt, the King of Prussia, &c.—will all cross the water to London, and add of course to the general gaiety. It is asked if the Queen will this year enter more into public life ? There seems little chance of that being the case, and an early date is already spoken of for a visit to Balmoral. There will be numerous parties and balls given by the Prince and Princess on her Majesty's behalf, and in that way the Courtly gaieties will be kept up. Gossip says that an extra allowance will be asked for the Prince of Wales, but gossip has said that every year, and originates in the good-natured feeling thatthe Prince is called upon to make large sacrifices for that which, if it is a pleasure to himself, it is also assuredly pleasing to society, and of inestimable ad vantage to the numerous classes that are dependent on the rolling ball of fashion. We have seen some statements that there will be a change of costume at tempted this year. We should presume there would be ; ladies do occasionally change their costume, but whether it means higher CE lower dresses, or more or less crinoline, all the West-end oracles are at present at a loss to say. They are particu larly dumb. We have, however, heard of a lively ova dit. We should be inclined to fancy that it wasa i canard if it were less precisely vouched for. It s this, that small silver bells are to be introduced into the trimmings of ladies' dresses. We know not where or on what sacred or mysterious spots. The idea is a little wild India and squaw fashion, but there may be something pleasing in it ; and in a dance it may keep a sleepy partner vivacious if the belle ever and anon shakes her bells by way of keep ing up the excitement and her partner awake. A MINISTERIAL MEETING.—CoIoneI Taylor has issued the following circular to the supporters of the Go vernment in the House of Commons :—" I am desired by Lord Derby to request that you will do him the favour of meeting him at No. 10, Downing-street, at 2 o'clock, 0 11 Monday, the 25th of February." The first dinner of the Cobden Club this yearwill take place at Willis's-rooms, 26, King-street, St. James% on Saturday, the 2d of March ; Lord Houghton in the chair. The Archbishop of Canterbury has presented the Rev. Anthony Wilson Thorold, of Queen's College, Oxford , late Rector of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, to the vicarage 01 Eastry, near Sandwich, Kent. THE NATIONAL CHORAL SOClETY.—Mende le sohn's " Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang)" and Rossini's " Stabat Mater" will be performed by the National Choral Society at Exeter-hall on Wednesday, the 27th. The banal , which will include the most eminent instrumentalists, an d chorus, will number 700 performers ; conductor, Mr. G. W• Martin. NEW JUDGES.—The bill laid before the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor provides that, on the nest vacancy in the office of Judge of the Admiralty Court, the present Judge of the Probate Court shall become the first Chief Justice of the Admiralty, Divorce, and Probate Courts, and two puisne judges of these courts are also to b e appointed. The Chief Justice is to have rank next after the Lords Justices of Appeal; the two puisne judges with the other puisne judges. The salaries are to be £6,000 a ye° for a Chief Justice, and £5,000 for a puisne judge; the re tiring pensions £3,750 and £3,500. An appeal is to lie to the Privy Council in an Admiralty cause, and to the House °f Lords in a divorce or probate cause. Any of these j udge° may, at the request of the Lord Chancellor, sit in any of t b ! superior courts of law or equity with any judge or judge° e thereof. The Archbishop of Canterbu r y ma y appoint otl_ or more of these judges to execute the o ffice of Dean a tli° Arches, for which there is to be no remuneration otlisr than the fees, if any. THE ADULLAMITES have been invited to the meeting at Mr. Gladstone's, says the Owl. REVISION OF THE LICENSING SYSTEM.—.A. me et ; ing of vice-presidents of the recent conference, and other gentlemen, took place on Saturday afternoon at the Earl of Shaftesbury's residence in Grosvenor-square, I'ol a view of determining what further s te p s should be take°, with reference to this important subject. The meetitib was attended by the following noblemen and gondol: 10 i : —The Earls of Shaftesbury and Lichfield, Lords LYt t°e' ton and Eliot, M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Mr. Air,.. t°13 , 1 M.P., Mr. Morrison, M.P., Mr. Eyky n, M.P., Col. SP'e.a7 M.P., Mr. Fordyce, M.P., Rev. Dr. Manning, Sir J• Shuttlewortb, Sir John Bowring, the Rev. S. Hansard, J. Golly, and W. Russell, Mr. S. Sony, F.R.S., and 31r. C. Ribton-Turner (the secretary). The question 10 to the desirability of holding an adjourned meeting of the °II:. ference was discussed, and it was decided that, eoasid°'- big the pressure of business before Parliament, it is e%i pedieut to postpone the fu r t her p ublic consideratioe °s the subject for the present. An executive committee or° appointed. AIR. AND MRS. KEAN'S ENGAGEMENT AT 1115 T HE ATRE ROYAL, EDINBURGH. — Mr. and M. ICe 3D .,. c a °ll ; tinue their engagement with the greatest success• dition to " Wolsey" he has now played " Shyloc li:" na te Louis the Eleventh," and to-night he is to Per s°- „, t " Hamlet." Mr. Bean's " Louis" has always drawn houses here. A large number of the elite and fashioae"... the city, who are never tempted to go to the theatre 1, cept when the beans or Miss Faucit are in Edin btill o d crowded the boxes to see Mr. Kean in his great part, 3 , 0 , gave a most enthusiastic reception to the illustrious aG' and his accomplished lady.— North Briton. $ Of MADAME TUSSAUD'S. — The Napoleon Iloaa the celebrated Wax-work Exhibition, in Baker-street, veS tinue to afford the greatest satisfaction possible t) visitor who may feel interested in beholding the illu il T oe s able relics of the Great Napoleon, and which can be . only at Madame Tussaud's truly magnificent gal t o Life-size models of Emperors, Kings, as also most f Europe, r l o Y p h e o , wellreno renowned d th ledge of kietory. tainspectiontsmen by o daeresiroef tothroensisseel;reas:tut_looin,(o_ l