The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-01 00:00:00

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Euston Station, Feb., 1870. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. ChattArton. THIS EVENING, at 7, PHOBUS' FIX: the Vokes Family. After which, at 7.4 PEEP 0' DAY: Messrs J. B. Howard, Lewis Nanton, Barrett, J. Neville, F. Charles, C. Moore M'lntyre, W. F. Vokes, and F. Vokes; Mesdames Edith Stuart, Barrett, Michelle, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Bosina Yoke% THEATRE ROYAL, lIA YMAR-KET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstene. THIS PATENING, at 7, POPPING THE QUESTION. After which, at 20 minutes to 8, ..UR AMERICAN COUSIN; Characters by Mr Sothern, Mr Buckstine, Mr Chippendale, Mr Braid, Mr Rogers; Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. Wright, .51iss F. Gwynne, Miss C. Hill, &c. Concluding with DE kF AS A POST: Mr Compton and Mrs E. Fitzwilliam. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. fIITEATRE ROYAL, ADELPI-11. Sole Proprietor and Manages, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENING. at 7 o'clock. OPEN TO CONVICTION: Messrs. G. Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. To he followed by, at 7.45, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr. 11..7. Byron; Messrs J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, George Belmore, Miss Lavis, Mrs Leigh Murray. and Miss M. Haaris. And THItl NIGHTINGALII. Mr Benjamin Webster; Messrs Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, Miss Furtado, Mrs Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Caulfield, &c. Box-oillce open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. ROYA L PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE Lessee and Manager —Mr. Benjamin Wester. THIS EVENING, at 7. FORMOSA: Messrs. J. Rouse, Rig nold, Ashley, Taylor, Litt Rayne, Phillips, Leeson, Eburne, Romer, &C.; Mesdames Billington, K. Rodgers, M. Brennan, E. Barnett, L Grey, &c. With A LATER DARK; Messrs Rignold, Ashley, Rouse, Lee son, Phillips, Rayne; Misses it. Leclercq and Barnett. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell (elegantly redecorated by Macintosh). 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GOSNELL and CO. hive at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect in;; this wonc r eul liquid. It is now offered to the public it. a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. ad., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, upper Thames stra. t London. E.O. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7 PHOBUS' FIX: the Vokes Family. At 7.45, PEEP 0' DAY: Messrs. J. B. Howard, Lewis Nanton, Bar lett, J. 7' eville, F. Charles, C. Moore, Mintyre, W. F. Vokes, and Fred. Vokes; Mesdames E. Stnart, Barrett, liiichells, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Rosina Vokes THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'fins EVENING, at 7 o'clock, POPPING THE QUESTION. After which, at 20 to 8, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN; Messrs Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale. &c. ; Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. Wright, &c. Concluding with DEAF AS A POST ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Tars EVENING, at 7, FORMOSA: Messrs J. Rouse, Rignold, Taylor, Philips. Leeson, Eburne, &c. ; Mesdgmes Billington, K. Rodgers, Brennan, Barnett, Grey, ex. Followed by AFTER DARK: Messrs Rignold, Ashley, Rouse, &c.; Miss Rose Le clercq and Miss Barnett. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. OPEN TO CONVICTION. Mr George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and Mrs L Murray. At 7.45, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr Henry J. Byron. Pnd THE NIGHTINGALE; Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling. J. O. Beveridge, Skinner, Miss Furtado. Mrs Alfred 'Mellon, Miss Eliza John stone, Mrs Caulfield, &c. LYCEUM THEATRE. Tim EVENING, at 7.10, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER And CHILPERIC: M. Marius, G Vincent, Odell, Coghlan, Lapierre, and M. Herve; Mesdames Dolaro, Fitz- Inman, Romanelli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir. TOTAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Turs EVENING. at 7, VIE HEIR AT LA W: Mr Clarke, Mr James, Miss Button, &c. With THE TOODLES. Concluding with INO. WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall. Piccadilly, every Evening (except Satin day) at 3; Saturday ➢lornings at 3. Admission, ls, 2s , 3s. CiIRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 9.11(18 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G &RDENS, Regeres-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Athuission, Is.; on Mondays` 63. Children under twelve, 641, ROYAL AL 11 AMBR A PALACE. —THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open from 11 to 4. L'llfig th ir d : latt, LONDON, IUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1870. THE election in Tipperary is substantially a repeti ,ion of the battle which ended in the return of O'Donovan Itossa. This time, it is true, the "real Fenian " has been beaten, and the "sham Fenian " is victorious; but there is no cause for rejoicing at the contrast between the two results. In November, 1839, the convict polled 1,131, and Mr. Heron 1,028. On Saturday Mr. Heron gained about 1,678, and the Fenian Kickham some dozen or so fewer. The total number was a little higher ; but now, as before, the contest has been - very close, only a fraction of the constituency came to the poll, and great prevailed. Lait time Mr. heron and his supporter. the Catholic priests, were taken unawares ; on this occasion they strained every nerve, and but just succeeded. The issue is undoubtedly a melancholy triumph. The Fenians and Nationalists united in favour of a man whose avowed policy is to establib a separate Parliament in Ireland. The Pope ful minated againit the design, the priests exerted their great influence to the utmost, and yet the Fenian succeeded in getting within a dozen of the successful candidate, who himself professes opinions differing very little from those of Kickham. Snell a victory can be honestly construed only as a defeat. - Yet if there is little reason to rejoice at the state of affairs in Tipperary, there is no cause for despondency at the result of Irish elections generally. Hibernian disaffection manifests itself in divers ways, but it does not generally take the form of selecting Fenians as members of Parliament. There is something in the fact that the experiment has been tried several times, and has succeeded only once. Desperate attempts to seat Nationalists in Longford and at Waterford, supported by all that lawlessness can effect, have come to nothing. Even Mr. Bernal Osborne's conduct on the hustings did not lose him the battle against Mr. Smyth. In politics the danger of reasoning from too narrow a basis is particularly great. These contests in Tipperary are ugly facts ; nevertheless, when it is considered that during a period of intense excitement Ireland has undergone one geaeral election and an exnentionally large number or occasional contests, tne issue is not very terrible after all. It must not, however, be forgotten that the riots which accompany these contests are a different and a very serious consideration. If the results are not alarming, the attendant circumstances are. The duty of the Govern ment in dealing with the disgraceful distruction of property and danger to life at these Irish elections is plain. The farce of nomination, which serves only the purpoe of incitement to riot, ought to be abolished. The adoption of the Ballot will restrict turblence by withholding information as to the state of the poll. And if any element of agitation remains, rioting as doubtless it will, the law must be unahrinkingly and unsparingly put in force. Plus year, in which we hope to finally shake off the effects of the 1866 calamities, has witnessed a decisive, and all but universal improvement in the ♦alue of railway property. A revival in trade has been indicated by a great increase in the traffic returns. The gloomy forebodings respecting the future of railway investments are falsified by a general announcement of good dividends. The North-Eastern, the Mid land, the Loudon and North-Western, the Great Northern, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire, each return this year more than six per cent. to the ordinary shareholders. The South Western and the South-Eastern pay moderate divi dends. The South Devon and the Great Eastern chew a decided progress. Only the London, Chat- am, and Dover, and the Brighton remain without im provement, whilst but one company, the Metropolitan, can be considered worse off than at this period last year. This association is now gathering the har vest of tares which so many others have already rape,l. Whilst other properties are recovering from the consequences of folly and mismanagement, the blunders of this directory are but just attaining their consuwmation. Of one hundred and fifty mil- Ilona invested in debentures, only one-fifteenth part, held by insolvent companies, fails to return t'a3 sEpula!ed interest. The five hundred mil- lious whie!l represent the total value of the railway syslem pay an average dividend of 41 per ccut.—a cA l .culution which includes a large sum of absolute:y p:•ofitless Capital. Never did the pessimism in which the British public is so prone to indulge at reriods of depression receive a mer e signal rehuhe. That the (1::. - ‘6'.ers of 16GC would he lasting, whilst all others wer3 temporary; that the busincEs of this country Iva 3 at length Enally on the wane ; that railway in ve3tments were for the most part irretrievably sunk, worn the Erni convictions of many. That railway property promises better now than at any previous time is the actual result. Though we may }egret the national loss and Individual suffering caused by the cle plorablo errors of railway management, though the condition of things might undoubtedly have been much better than it is, we cannot bait be struck by the fact that even human blundering is unable to repress the expansive powers of nature. Most Britih lines have cost much more than the outlay which was really needful. Vast sums undoubtedly were jobbed, embezzled, and disposed of in thdt peculiar style of financing, by which, as in the case of the Chatham and Dover, only a part of the capital was devoted to the actual works, and the rest disappeared in various directions. But in spite of so much waste this important branch of property is now in a generally sound condition ; and its prospects are of the most encouragia kind. It is only fair to note that the errors which railway managers unquestionably did commit were greatly exaggerated by the panic-stricken public. Two or three year 3 ago there was much foolish talk about the evils of excessive borrowing by railway companies. This outcry, which was prompted by the inability of the London, Chatham, and Dover to pay the interest on its debentures, was founded on a mistaken view of the case. The Chatham and Dover Railway Company had not proportionately borrowed too much; but was unable to pay its debts owing to the capital raised being far in excess of the sum which the line actually cost. It is because largo sums have been borrowed at low rates that there is now such a good return for the ordinary share holder. In France the proportion of debentures is greater, and the dividends correspondingly higher. The outcry against branch lines is amply justified by the numerous applications to abandon projected schemes. Nevertheless, if directors had listened to all the advice tendered them on this subject, some of their most remunerative enterprises would have remained unattempted. The true principle on which undertakings of this kind ought to be conducted are now well ascertained. With the improvements in the way of cheapening the cost of railway construc tion and management, we may reasonably look forward to a gradual perfecting of communication in all parts of the kingdom without impairing the stability which the railway system has attained. TILE journals which condemn Mr. Gladstone's announcement that the system of open competition for Civil Service appointments will soon be greatly extended, fall into the usual delusion of claiming for the present system merits which it never possessed. Open competition, it is urged, will test the candidates only in ono respect. It will decide merely the question of scholastic ability; it will furnish no testi mony either as to the character of the applicants, their constitution, or the special adapta tion of their qualities for the work they will bo called upon to perform. Perhaps not; but none of these points are settled now. The system of appoint ment by patronage does not furnish a guarantee of any kind. The parent or guardian who can most effectually secure the requisite exer tion of influence wins the day, and it is idle to assert that either educational merits, character, or any other qualification is at all adequately con sidered. The exclusive principle has no advantage of its own, whilst it possesses the great dis advantage of shutting out the majority of the population from any chance of employment in the public service. Open competition is not devised as a means of securing a perfect Civil Service, but as an expedient, and the best that is known, for removing the existing inequality. At the same time it will test the candidates' educational merits, and education is at least something. Nor is there any reason why the matters of character and constitution should be neglected. The Government can surely exact gua rantees on these points with as much certainty as private employers. The ordinary relations between master and servant jog on pretty well without "nomi nation." in every-day life the principle of the best man winning is found to answer; why shatild it break down in Government offices ? THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1870. THE LEVEE.--THIS DAY. The first levee of the season ly(13 held at St. Jamcs's Palace to-day by the Piince of Wales on behalf of her Majesty. In consequence of the 1 ngth of time which h:.s elapsed since the last levee, and the many naval, military, legal, eccle siastical, and parliamentary changes which have taken place, the number of cards left at the Lord Chamberlain's office on the part of persons desirous of presentation has been more than usually nume rous. These presentations are, by the Queen's pleasure, equivalent to presentations to her Ma je•sty. All the knights who attended wore the collars of their respective orders. Since the last levee the arrangements for the presentations hare been greatly improved. ST. DAVID'S DAY. To-day being the anniversary of the birth of St. David, the patron saint of Wales, and the 155th anniversary festival of the Loyal Society of Ancient Britons Welsh Charity School, a large number of gentlemen connected with the princi pality proceeded to Ashford, where they inspected their institutions, and afterwards attended ser vice in the school chapel. This evening they will dine together at Willis's Rooms, under the presidency of Lord Hyde, M.P. St. David, whose festival Welshmen honour to-day, was Bishop of Caerleon, and the Metropolitan of the Welsh Church in the fifth century. He subsequently removed his see to Mynyw, which came to becalled Ty Dewi, or the House of St. David. There are many churches dedicated to him in Wales; but the notion of his being the patron saint of that country, and his originating its symbol in the leek, are treated as modern inventions. The wearing of the leek in Wales on St. David's-day probably originated from the custom of Cymhortha, or " the friendly," and practised amongst farmers. NAVY PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT. Mr. Childers's proposals respecting Navy pro motion and retirement, as embodied in Orders in Council, have been issued to-day. The changes, it is suggested, should come into operation on the Ist April next. By this schema it is proposed to extend the system of compulsory retirement, to grant officers increased facilities for retiring from active employment, to provide a new scale of re tired pay, &e. FURTHER REDUCTIONS. The reductions have at length touched the schools for military instructions. The Governor of the Military College at Sandhurst has given notice to thirteen of the professors that their places will be abolished at midsummer. A number of college servants have been summarily dismised, and it is stated that the staff officers and sergeants at the establishment will shortly be reduced considerably. THE FENIAN PRISONERS. It is stated that the subject of the treatment of the Irish political prisoners will be iturnediat,ly brought before the house of Commons. THE BRIBEVY PROSECUTIONS. Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., against whom a Go vernment pr6seention has been ordered, has retained for his d, fence Sir John B. Karslake, Q C., Mr. Sergeant Q.C., Mr. Sergeant Sleigh, Q.C., and Mr. Morgan Howard. ANOTHER MURDER IN IRELAND. A telegram from Dublin states that Edward Hynes, a small farmer, living near Cappawhite, in the county Tii.perary, was cruelly - murdered yesterday morning, the crime being ailributed to private vengeance. THE FRENCH FUNDS. Acemling to Reuter's telegram this afternoon the Rentes closed at 73f. 87c. " tirmbit HER MAJES'I'Y. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 28. Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morn ing, accompanied by Princess Louise. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold also wen out. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday LATEST INTELL IGEN (REU'"Eit'S TELEGIIAMS.) FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 28.—Three o'clock—The marke closed as follows : per Cent. s per Cent End of month 73 85 Credit Mobilier 202 50 Transatlantic 215 Gredit Fonder 1777 50 Paris Gas 1750 Suez Canal 342 50 RAILWA' Bank Shares 2875 Ital 4 an Fives 53 65 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 45 40 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — Cash. ... 995 630 1155 Orleans Western . Northern. Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 620 Sardinian Austrian 767} Lombard 492i North of Spain 67 Saragossa Roman 47 BREST, Feb. 28 The Transatlantic Company's steamer 'Ville de Paris arrived here at 10 p.m. to-day with 78 pas sengers and $111,502 in specie. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Feb. 28. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1151-; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1161 ; the lowest, 1151. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll4l. " 1885 " 1867 ll2a. 10-40 it Illinois 1391. Erie. Cotton—Mid. upland.. Petroleum—Standard White.. Flour, extra state, ss.oe. to $5.60e. Corn, o tnixed, sl.4e. 251 231 28c. QUEENSTOWN, March The Guion United States mail steamer Manhat tan, from New York, arrived here to-day. She landed some of her passengers and the mails, and proceeled for Liverpool. All well. The Inman Royal Mail steamer, City of Bald more, from New York, arrived here at six a.m. to day, and, having landed passengers, proceeded im mediately for Liverpool. All well. Specie nil. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 28 In to-day's sitting of the Cortes Senor Figuerola, Minister of Finance, iu reply to an interpollation, said :—" Should no further exptrucliture be caused by a Carlist rising the deficit will be 613 millions, as arrears of taxes to the amount of 300 millions have yet to be collected." The Government he stated was in a position to meet all pressing wants of the State. The receipts from the Customs, the lo.teries, and stamp duties had increased, as had also the receipts of the rail ways. Ile also stated that the Bank of Spain had placed its resources at the disposal of the Govern went. Senor Castellar announced that he would inter pellate the Government on the subject of its foreign policy, and Senor River° pronounced that he would reply. COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received a telegram, of which the following is a verbatim copy : " GALLE D Feb. 22. About fifteen miles from Yokohama, bound in, the Bombay (Peninsular and (Mental Company's steam ship) came into collision with the American corvette Oneida. The latter ship sunk soon after with loss of about 120 men ; the Bombay not much injured. (Signed) "W. MACAULAY, (Superintendent of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany), Hong-Kong." POINT DE GALL; Feb. 22. The American corvette Oneida, when run into by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamship Bombay, had on board 176 men, of whom 56 were saved. THE INDIAN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH The following telegram has been received by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com pany (Limited) : BUMBAY, Feb. 25, 4 p.m. " Halpin to Osborn. Great Eastern, at noon, lat. 13.15, long. 48.31." The rest of the telegram is unintelligible, except the last words, "All well." This places the Great Eastern on Friday last 215 miles from Aden, in 1,000 fathoms water. She would, therefore, certainly reach that port last Sunday, and Bombay and Aden were probably yesterday in direct telegraphic communication. The changes necessitated by the general abolition of depot battalions goes forward at Chatham gar rison. The depot companies of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 11th Regiment have arrived there from Parkhurst, on the breaking up of the sth Depot Battalion ; these depots will fortn part of the new depot battalion to be formed at Chatham. Orders have arrived at Chatham from the Horse Guards for the removal of various depots next Tuesday—the depot of the 2d battalion of the Ist Regiment goes to Chester, to be attached to the 2d battalion of the 4th ; the depot of the Ist bat talion of the Bth to Bury, to be attached to the 2d battalion of the regiment ; and the depot of the 73d to Bradford, to be attached to the 35th Regiment. The discharges from Chatham dockyard were in creased in number on Saturday, with a view to bring down the numbers to the total fixed by the end of March. Hitherto the discharges have ranged front 20 to 30 per week, with six superannuations; but now 40 hiredineehanies and labourers are to Le dismissed each Saturday, with a weekly superan nuation of eight of the " established" hands. The woe: of reduction goes on in other ways; all the non-professional writers have received notice to leave, as their work will be done in future by the late inspectors and by mechanic writers. S'aff-Commander Thomas Pounds was yester day appointed to the Indus, additional, for service in the Andalusia. The following promotions in Vie active list of flag officers arise, consequent on the death cf Sir Henry John Leekt, K.C.8., :--Vice-Adiniral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, K.C.8., to be Admiral; Rear-Admiral Arthur Lowe, to ba Vice-Admiral ; and Capt. Arthur Cumming, C.D., to be Rear- Admiral. THE NEW CONVENTION WITH CHINA MONDAY. This afternoon a numerous deputation of China merchants had an interview with Lord C larendon at the Foreign office, resrecting the new conventien with China, Amongst those in attendance were the following mem bers of Parliament :—Mr. Mathcson, Mr. Crawford, Mr. C. Turner, Mr. Graves, Mr. M'Laren, Colonel Akroyd, Mr. Eaton, Alderman Larwence, lion. A. Kinnaird, Mi. Jacob Bright, Mr. Rathbone, Colonel Sykes, Mr. Hugh Burley, Mr. 0. Morgan, A, r. Loch, Mr. Jardine, Mr. Mathe son, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Sh u ttl eworti, Mr. Bowing, C. 8., Mr. Baring, Mr. Maguire, Mr. P. Rylande, Mr. Hermon, Mr. M. O. ()lure, and Mr. G. Melley. Mr. Matheson, M.P., Mr. Bower, Mr.• Maguire, M.P., and Mr. Gillman addresed his lordship at great long•th on the subject. A n emorial was also tresented to hint, w hich, tfta• dealing with the new Convention, which it is proposed to adopt instead of the Treaty of Tientsiu of 1858, concluded by saying the bone dts proposed to be conferred upon British trade by this Convention are wholly inadeqietto to counterbalance the disadvantages invelvi.l in the withdrawl of rights and privi eges secured by former treaties, and the impo sitlo of the add tional duties to which we have taken excel thou. The concessions to China are either in the form of a mom y payment, or they are the re tiequishinent by this country of valuable commerei»l or pAnical privileges ; while the. equivalents offered, with the trifling exception of the duty on t,ome minor articles, are either nominal, or they are plainly of equal advantage to the subjects of both nations. The Convention forms the first disfinet'evidenee of a retrograde policy in China, than which nothing can be more unwise, looking to the pains aud sacrifice s with whirls our present commercial position has l!en attaiaed. In this labour of a generation Great Britain has over token the foremost place, and as she has sought no special privileges for herself all foreign nations have reaped the benefits of her enterprise. To abandon any of the ad ventao•es thus acquired seems to your memorialists most suicidal: to hold them at the pleasure or subject to the intrigues of possibly unfriendly neighbours, not less so. In these considerations your memorialist Bud additional and cogent reasons for urging a reconsideration of much that has a place in the Convention. If alteration is found impossible, they are con vinced it would prov e more a d van t ageous t o thel interests of this country to tall back upon the Treaty of Tientsin, while I requiring a better observance of its provisions. Lord CuatExDoN replied in a speech of considerable length. He was not prepared, he -- said,, for the unqualified terms in which the Convention had been condemned. It was a mistake to suppose that Sir Rutherford Alcock bad acted in haste, or without sufficient information. It was also a mistake to suppose tht,t Mr. Hart, or any of the gen tlemen who composed what might be called the committee of management for the Chinese Government, had had anything to do with the. treaty in a sense hostile to British i., (crest. As to the concessions which Lord Elgin obtained from the Chinese Government, they must recollect there was not one sieglo thing which was not tin willingly given ; there was nothing which they did not consider was extorted front them by force, and at the cannon's month. The Chinese looked upon the Treaty of Tientsin not as au advantage but as a degradation. lJndoubt .dly they had derived bene fit from it, and they had acted up to it, but it was to a great extent because it had been enforced. If they had allowed it to proceed in the usual way, the same as with other countries, ho believed net much of it would have fallen into desuetude, They must remember that Laving a treaty with China they placed her in the rank of c vilized nations and they must treat her as au equal dealing with equal. They must endeavour no longer to carry things by force, but to act as they would with France or Austria, by mutual concessions. An opinion had been expressed that Sir Rutherford Alcock had made ell the concessions, and that the Chinese had given them nothing as an equivoleut ; but they must not forget the difficulties with which any concession could be had. It had Leen said that a concession had been made reducing the duty on tea ; but it could not be pretended that this was done for the benefit of the Chinese any more than it was for the benefit of Italy. His lordship then dealt with the details of the question, his general opinion being that the Convent on was framed, as well a.s it could be, in the interees of England. However, it was not yet ratified, and ho was glad to have heard, the vicev of the depu!ation. THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. Pn Monday all the medical men connected with tin elsh fasting-girl case appeared before the justices foi ,he Lianfihangel-ar-arth division, at Llandyssil, tc answer a charge of "wilfully killing and slaying " Sarah Jacobs. This prosecution is instituted by the Govern ment, who are represented by Mr. Coleridge, of the South Wales circuit. The names of the doctors summoned are Mr. J. Lewis, AL D., Mr. J. P. Rowlands, surgeon, and Mr. J. Hughes, surgeon, all of Carmarthen the fourth is Mr. Davies, surgeon, of Llandyssil. Of these, Mr. Hughes sent in a written resignation the day before the child died, and Mr.• Rowlands is understood to have tendered a resignation of some kind • nevertheless both have been summoned. A summons hasi also been issued against the mother. At the assizes, Mr. Giffard, Q.C., leads for the prosecution ; Mr. Bowen and Mr. Michael are for the defence. Mr. Coleridge opened the case for the Crown. IL stated that the matter had been deemed by the law officers deserving of a most searching inquiry by a, proper tribunal. The girl's mother, he went on to say, has been summoned here, because, although by general rule of law the wife was not liable for her acts if she was under a husband's control, still he could prove that in this instance the wife acted independently, taking the initiative in withholding food from the deceased child. The intention had been to summon the committee who devised the plan for watching the sick girl, but the summoning of the doctors met the exigencies of the case as they undertook responsibi lity from the committee. The child was watched in a manner sufficient to prevent food reaching her, and the Government accordingly charged the doctors with doing, and the parents with conniving at, acts which must have resulted in death. Dr. Phillips, of Guy's, made very sen sible suggestions for detecting the imposture without making the girl's chances of reco'very precarious, but the doctors who had entered into an illegal contract under. te-ik to subject the girl to a painful trial, and failed to protect her during the trial. They had every facility afforded them. There was even an agreement stamped, • handing over the body of the child to the committee, and the committee not only w itched to see whether the child got food, but took care that she had none. Doctors who knew the result of long abstinence failed to do what men, of experience should have done. Mr. Davies and Dr. Lewis believed in the fasting. If other doctors did not believe in it, their con duct was most culpable, because, knowing the ill result, they neglected to prevent it. Nothing was offered to the child till she was in extremis, when too late. When the nurses arrived, Dr. Lewis told them not to offer the child food iinlhss asked, but not to prevent the parents giving her food. So far, this fact was good for the doctors but bad for the parents. Mr. Fitzwilliams asked how the doctors were responsible under those directions. Mr. Coleridge said the object was to get exhaustive investiga tion to satisfy the public and protect people in remote districts. The nurses were to advise the doctors if there was danger, thus the responsibility shifted from the nurses to the doctors. On the Tuesday before death the vicar of the parish, in spite of his credulity, saw a change for the worse, and he advised the parents to give food. They refused, and Doctor Correllis came and said, " There is a chance for it." If there was only a chance, the watching should have been stopped., and the child treated medically. The day before the child's death the clergyman was very much of this opinion. So was Dr. Davies ; but the latter did not order food. He went to telegraph for medical consulta eon, and everything was sacrificed to what was called the interests of science. That day Dr, Hughes resigned very creditably ; but he should have gone a step further, and called in the law to administer food if necessary. It was the duty of one fellow Christian to stand by another, see ing that justice was done. On the Friday everybody was much frightened, as the girl appeared to be dying. It was now too late to give food. The parents never offered anyto the girl. The child cried for her father, and not satisfied by the father's presence, gasped out the words,' Bottle, bottle." The theory was that she cried for the nurse's eau de cologne bottle, but it probably was not for that but for another bottle, which the father may have been accus tomed to give her something out of. When people were conspiring together for an unlawful purpose, and death happened, they were guilty of manslaughter. The doctors, having accepted the invitation of the committee constituted for an illegal purpose, were in the conspi racy to do the illegal act. No food could pos sibly reach the child ; yet what did the doctors do Nothing ! On the day of her death Dr. Davies said he was frightened but did nothing. The nurses were simply carrying out the doctors' behests ; were simply unskilled people in the hands of men supposed to be skilful, and who had assumed responsibility. One nurse sug gested offering something, but she was not allowed to do so. Dr. Davies left the child, and went to her uncle, told him what he dreaded, and wished him to go to the house and persuade the people there to give food instead of doing it himself. It might have been done by the stomach-pump, Or by injection through the nostrils. Nothing was done. The uncle at last gave the child water, but too late. The poor girl at last died. He wished to impress on the minds of his hearers the fact that an illegally-constituted com mittee had decided to do an act which might result in death. The illegal purpose was carried out, and death ensued. It was a conspiracy of the whole lot for the sake of curiosity and of science. It was hard to say which was most guilty, the believers, or those who, disbelieving, al lowed matters to go to their inevitable and fatal end. The believers in the case, however, being ignorant, had the excuse that eYly did believe. Mr. Fitzwilliaul! said that the fallacy of Mr. Colerige's argument consisted in showing the impossibility of a person who was in a norms! state living without food - whereas this was the case of a person i n an abnorma. state. Mr. Coleridge said eight days' abstinence was thelongest known. Dr. Lewis : Oh, dear no. Mr. Coleridge : In a normal state, I mean. Mr. Fitzwilhams said he had found a number of fasting eases in the Encyclopaedia. His brother-in-law had told him when in India, of a Fakir who was buried for a month under his tent in a box, and at the end of that period, although nothin,g had been given him, for the brother-in law slept all night and not all day over him, the Fakir was alive. Dr. Lewis : I am glad to hear you cite those cases. Mr. Fitzwilliam also referred to the case related forty years ago by Dr. Gordon Smith. Mr. Coleridge : If the Fakir had been tried at Pencade he would have had to give in. Mr. Fitzwilliams cited similar cases of thirty-two days' abstinence, certified to by several general officers. Mr. Coleridge : This is a case of two years. Mr. Fitzwilliams said Mr. Coleridge's argument was good with regard to a person normally healthy, but not to a person in an abnormal condition. Coleridge said so much doubt existed that the ca3e ought to go before a judge, scientific men, and a jury. Mr. Fitzwilliams : I would never willingly send to a foolish -Welsh jury such a question. Dr. Lewi.3 contradicted Mr. Coleridge's statement that ho had believed in the fasting; he had never believed it. Mr. Coleridge said it was certainly a great hardship for doctors to be committed for trial. The case was so no- torious, however, that exhaustive investigation was neces- nary ; it could be had at the assizes Mr. Fitzwilliams said the bench could not commit exlept on good evidence. - So far a case was made only against, one or two doctors, and no case at all against ot?ier, _ Mr. Hughes, surgeon, said he came unprepared with legal advice, believing that he could trust to the Crown officers of the Court. He applied for a •few days more as an adjournment to enable him to get counsel. Mr. Coleridge said the Crown would be the last to refuse reasonable applications. The object was to get a bill be fore the grand jury at the assizes ' • application for adjourn ment then would not be opposed. The case was finally adjourned till Thursday. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. , THE THORNCLIFFE RIOTS. The Times, in discussing the position of the disputants at Thorncliffe, observes that the behaviour of the men during this quarrel with their masters has been so bad. that if their rights or claims had been treated with in• difference they could hardly have complained. Possibly, though not certainly, the terms which Messrs. Newton and Co. endeavoured to force upon them were unnecessarily hard. Admitting, how ever, that the dispossessed miners had a grievance, there is no justification for their conduct in attempting to redress it. As soon as they had resolved to refuse their work, they resolved also that no others should take what they had left, and, in pursuance of this determination, they resorted to systematic and organised outrage. This is the-more to be regretted at a period when legislation on the subject is imminent. We are asked, on behalf of Trade Unions. to repeal the Combination Laws, because, as is alleged, there is no occasion for them. Now, in the very face of this argument, and within the last few weeks, we have seen these combinations on a scale resembling those of armies in the field, defying the law, destroyin! , the peace of a populous district, and putting hundreds of persons for months together in peril of their lives. Such a warning is nat likely to, be lost ; and if any trade unions have really been concerned, either by agency or connivance, in the Thorncliffe riots, they will certainly find the proceeding there brought to account against them. THE NEW CONSERVATIVE LEADER. That the claims of the Duke of Richmond, or, more correctly speaking, his qualifications, for the position he n Tcv holds have been so much underrated, may be ascribed, says the Standard, to that intense ignorance . of E iglish politics which seems to be the chief qualification of the present race of Liberal political writers for the functions they have assumed. He has been selected by those who know him best, who are aware of his powers a-id have been the witnesses of his career, to be their leader, and the R a di ca l news p a p er world, knowing nothing of the Duke of Richmond, professes to be pained at the extinction of Toryism, confessed in his appointment to the leadership. The whole political career of the noble duke shews that he is eminently qualified for the leader ship of the Conservative party under the peculiar circum stances in which the party is placed. He unites in himself the chief, the essential qualifications of a party leader—experience, business aptitude, tact, readiness, the courtesy which facilitates so much the con duct of parliamentary business, the good-will and confi dence from supporters which give a party leader his strength ; and to speak out frankly and in a word our thought, we know no m an on th e C onservat i ve b enches in the House of Peers who is on the whole so good a coun terpart to Lord Granville, and so well fitted in every respect to lead the Conservative party against the genial but always wide-awake and clever Secretary of the Colonies. THE FLYING SQUADRON. The Pall Mall Gazette considers that next to the actual number of ships, the point of most moment is the use to which they are habitually put. Mt. Childers takes credit to himself for the institution of the Flying Squadron. Besides the advantage in respect of practice in seamanship, as to which he tells us he is constantly receiving additional testimonies from Admiral Hornby, it is highly desirable that our naval strength should be known and appreciated by foreign nations. It is to be hoped that Englishmen are growing weary of counting as nothing in European calcu lations. So long as the geographical conditions of these islands prevent Great Britain from becoming that purely Asiatic Power which one or two eccentric politicians are anxious to see her, it is well that she should not wholly slip out of account in Europe. Out of sight is out of mind, in the case of nations as well as of men ; and, by puttin our selves a little more i n evidence, we shall be taking natural inoffensive means o f undoing the mischief that has been wrought by penitential seclusion, in which it has too long been our pleasure to hide. THE ME3II3ER FOR TIPPERARY. The Daily Hews thinks that on the whole Mr. Heron's experience should be a lesson to him and a warning to others. The paucity of the vo t es recorded on his behalf shews that people have little respect for sham patriotism. Formerly a law adviser of the Crown, lie has coquetted with Fenianism. A Queen's Counsel, he has endeavoured to recommend himself to the Queen's enemies. Once a Professor in the Queen's University, he has denounced godless education, and championed the most extravagant pretensions of the de nominational system. A lawyer, and a voluminous writer, to boot, on jurisprudence, he has made himself a partner in demands the concession of which would be incompatible with the rights of property. A scholar, he has Vandered to the worst prejudices of ignorance and passion. As his reward he finds his quest of popularity by these means to have been of little service. On the whole, the gentle Kickham, as the true Fenian is called, though the epithet and patronymic seem somewhat incon gruous, comes in every way more creditably out of the matter than his rival. The silent protest of the 6,000 electors who found Mr. Heron as impossible a candidate as Mr. Kickham himself, ought not to be lost on poli ticians who in future may fancy it to their interest to assume a sham Fenianism. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. • The Post declares that there was a very special interest attaching to the statement of the First Lord of the Admi ralty. It has been no secret that he has been engaged in devising a comprehensive plan for putting the list of officers of the navy on a proper footing, but the mode in which this was to be effected was kept a profound secret, and naval officers have been on the tiptoe of expectation for some time past. The plan is such as might have been expected. It is bold, comprehensive, and just. The three objects which Mr. Childers says he proposed to himself and his colleagues on taking office were efficiency, economy, and the contentment of the service. The first two deside rata he has unquestionably obtained. The third h 3 appears also likely to obtain. When the officers are sufficiently employed, and can retire when no longer anxious to serve ; when there is comparatively a small list of young and active offic ers , f on d o f t h e i r profession, gad afforded opportunities of followi ng it , t h ere can be small doubt that contentment will take the place of the &ironic - dissatisfaction that has so long pervaded the, great majority of naval officers. TILE NEIV CONVENTION WITH CHINA. Oa Monday a numerous deputation of China merchants had an interview with Lord Clarendon at the Foreign office, respecting the new convention with China. Amongst those in attendance were the following mem bers of Parliament :--Mr. Matheson, Mr. Crawford, Mr. C. Tui nor, Mr. Graves, dlr. APLaren, Colonel Akroyd, Mr. Eaton, Alderman Larwence, Hon. A. Kinnaird, Mr. Jacob Bright, Mr. ltathboue, Colonel Sykes, Mr. Hugh Birley, Mr. 0. Morgan, Air. Loch, Mr. Jardine, Mr. Mathe son, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Bowring, 0.8. Mr. Baring, Mr. Maguire, Mr. P. Rylands, Mr. Hermon, Mr. M. C. Clure, and Mr. G. Medley. Mr. Matheson, M.P., Mr. Bower, Mr. Maguire, M.P., and Mr. Gillman addresed his lordship at great length on the subject. A memorial was also presented to him, which, after dealing with the new Convention, which it is proposed to adopt instead of the Treaty of Tientsin of 1858, concluded by saying the bene fits proposed to be conferred upon British trade by this Convention aro wholly inadequate to counterbalance the disadvantages involved in the withdrawl of rights and privileges secured by former treaties, and the impo sition of the additional duties to which we have taken excel tion. The concessions to China are either in the form of a money payment, or they are the re linquishment by this country of valuable commercial or political privileges; while the equivalents offered, with the trifling exception of the duty ou some minor articles, are either nominal, or they are plainly of equal advantage to the subjects of both nations. The Convention forms the first distinct evidence of a retrograde policy in Cpina, than 'which nothing can be more unwise, looking to the pains and sacrifices with which our present commercial position has been attained. In this labour of a generation Great Britain has ever taken the foremost pace, and as she has sought no special privileges for herself all foreign nations have reaped the benefits of her enterprise. To abandon any of the ad vantages thus acquired seems to your memorialists most suicidal: to hold them at the pleasure or subject to the in . rigues of possibly unfriendly neighbours, not less so. In these considerations your memorialist find additional and co g ent reasons for urg i ng a reconsideration of much that has a place in the Convention. If alteration is found impossible, they are con vinced it would prove more advantageous to the interests of this country to fall back upon the Treaty of Tientsin, while requiring a better observance of its provisions. Lord CLAUENDON replied in a speech of considerable length. He was not prepared, he said, for the unqualified terms in which the Convention had been condemned. It was a mistake to suppose that Sir Rutherford Alcock had acted in haste, or without sufficient information. It was also a mistake to suppose that Mr. Hart, or any of the gen tlemen who composed what might be called the committee of management for the Chinese Government, had had anything to do with the treaty in a sense hostile to British interest. As to the concessions which Lord Elgin obtained from the Chinese Government, they must recollect there was not one sirgle thing which was not unwillingly given ; there was nothing which they did not consider was extorted from them by force, and at the cannon's mouth. The Chinese looked upon the Treaty of Tientsin not as an advantage but as a degradation. Undoubtedly they had derived bene fit from it, and they had acted up to it, but it was to a great extent because it had been enforced. If they had allowed it to proceed in the usual way, the same as with other countries, he believed that much of it would haVe fallen into desuetude. They must remember that having a treaty with China they placed her in the rank of civilized nations and they must treat her as au equal dealing with equal. They must endeavour no longer to carry things by force, but to act as they would with France or Austria, by mutual concessions. An opinion bad been expressed that Sir Rutherford Alcock had made all the concessions, and that the Chinese ha.-1 given them nothing as an equivolent ; but they must not forget the difliculties with which any concession could bo had. It had been said that a concession had been made reducing the duty on tea ; but it could not be pretended that this was done for the benefit of the Chinese any more than it was for the benefit of Italy. His lordship then dealt with the details of the question, his general opinion being that the Convention wits framed, as well as it could be, in the interests of England. However, it was not yet ratified, and he was glad tv have heard the views of the deputation. TILE .NEw DOMINION.—In the Winnipeg New Nation. of January 28 it is stated that it was decided at th,3 Red River Convention, held at Winnipeg, to draw up a list of the rights demanded by the people, and to submit it to the Canadian Government as a b as i s f or b ecoming a part of the Dominion. A discount rate for A mer i can silver has been established by the Dominion Govern m STOCKTON-ON-TEES, FEB. 28.--This morning th© lifeboat Crossloy, stationed at Middlesborough, belonging to the National Lifebo t Institution, was happily the means (reports Mr. liohnes, Collector of Customs) of say ing the crew of six men from the Johns, of Sunderland, bound from Santander, which was wrecked on the North Garo Sand•. - _ • The very extensive Distil!ery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent i►uprJvem , ents for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Illessts. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Xorning-,. Evening ~50 min past 1 10 min past 2 TUESDAY.. . - WEDNESDAY 30 min past 2 50 min past 2 THURSDAY 5 miu past 3 24 min past !s FRIDAY.. .00 • TILE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. - -a _ CAMBRIDGE, Monday. The eight and the four have been out to-dap under the care of Mr. Morrison, and of course the changes have been rung again, and we should not be faithful chroniclers if we did not say that 0 11 this shifting and c h ang i ng o f the men i s h a ving a depressing effect on the minds of people here. Mr. Close, who rowed stroke of the winning eight at the trial eights at Ely last December, rowed et No. 2, a place fur which he is every way fitted, Blackburne being-transferred to the four. Morri son steered them down to theßailway-bridge, where he handed the rudder strings to Gordon, and accompanied the boat to Baitsbite and back to the Railway-bridge. Winthrop (Trinity Hall) was then tried at stroke, and Goldie accompanied Morrison on the towing path. 'With Winthrop at stroke the boat was; taken down to Ditton and back, when they left their ship and walked up. The four rowed to Baitsbite and back, Blackburne being at bow and Macmichael at stroke. The pairs were not out to-day. There are fourteen entries for the Colquhoun Scans, the race for which takes place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Close, of Trinity, or Atche ton, of Christ's, ought to win. There are a great many boats in practice for the second and third division races. The following are the names and weights of the eight and four which rowed to day : THE EIGHT. at l. S. liand o lph, Thi r d T r i n i ty 4 2. J. B. Close, First Trinity 3. J. W. Dale, Lady Margaret 4. J. H. Ridley, Jesus .• l2 0 IL W. H. Lowe, Christ's l2 1 6. E. Phelps, Sidney 7. J. F. Strachan, Trinity Hall Strokes {J. H. D. Goldie, Lady Margaret 12 3 N. Winthrop, Trinity Hall ll 0 Coxswain H. E. Gordon, Ist Trinity TILE FOUR. 1. R. Blackburne, 3d Trinity lO 12 2. E. A. A. Spencer, 2d Trinity 3. A. J. C. Gwatkin, Lady Margaret 4. W. F. Macmichael, Downing FIRE NEAR RED LION-SQUARE. This morning an extensive fire occurred near Red Lion-square. The premises in which the dis aster occurred were three floors high, having 16 frontage of 40 feet, and were tenanted by the fol lowing persons as workshops :—Mr. 11. Murdon, a carpenter and joiner; Mr. J. Hammill, a French polisher ; Mr. J. Holmar, a coal dealer; Mr. &' Frost, a wood turner; Mr. F. Davis, a cabinetmaker; Mr. Macher, a wood carver ; and Hulley, a coach lace weaver. When first discovered the fire was raging in the ground floor, and with such rapidity did it extend that in less than a quarter of an hour the whole building presented an immense sheet of flame. The building stood at No. 15, Green-street, Iheobald's-row, near the square, and at one iwe it was feared that many of the contiguous buildings would have shared a similar fate. En spite of the torrents of water that fell from th e branches of the engines, the conflagration could not be extinguished until everything in the spa cious building was destroyed. The whole of the above -named parties, who have lost their stock in trade, working tools, &c., were not insured for a farthing. The origin of the fire could not be ascertained. THE AMERICAN PRESS. Among the items of the New York Home Journal, the Court Circular of America, we are glad to notice the respect shown by the President to an honoured representative of the press in the person of • Mr. George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Rome Journal says Mr. and Mrs. George W. Childs, during their stay at the White House last week, made many friends, and were everywhere treated with marked courtesy and great attention. At the State dinner Mr. and Mrs. Childs occupied the seats of honour, and Mrs. Childs assisted and received' with Mrs. Grant at her reception. Mrs. Childs'. toilettes were very beautiful and highly praised by the Washington press. The great Philadelphia publisher was all the more a wel come guest at the White Douse because he de sires nothing at the hands of the President. Ile has a way rather of placing everybody under obli gation to him." A Washington correspondent of the New Yore World thus describes what he sees as he takes his morning wa'k.---"S.!cretary Boutwell, most genial of Puritans and genuine of ltadical•i, approaches the Treasury iu the morning with a swinging step and a free-roving glance. A liberal cloak falls from his shoulders and flirts with the wind. Tall, he wears a high hat that makes him appear taller. His shoulders are only slightly bent by much stooping over desk-work ; his black hair and beard trimmed and only slightly mixed with grey. In private life sincere gentleman, in politics a monomaniac, in office faithful, patient, and confident ; it is impos sible not to respect his good faith and good inten tions. His integrity can be earnestly assailed only by those who are strangers to him. They who know him never think of questioning that. Vica riously and cheerfully he carries the country's big burden of debt through the day, and lays it off at night with his cloak. He finds time in the early morning and in the night to write lectures, to play at billiards, and to entertain his friends. Sometimes I meet the fine-looking S.-cretary of war, Belknap, with brown golden beard and blue eyes, walking briskly to his office. Or the bachelor Secretary of the Navy turns the corner of Eighteenth-street/ bound for another day's bout with the pet and the discounted officers of the service, whose difference in regard to the question of rank is not yet recon ciled." " The truth is," remarks the Boston Journal on Mr. Dawes' speech, " the people have thought much more about this question of public economy than has appeared from the press or any other of the indicators of popular sentiment. It was, however, a delicate topic in some respects, especially when they saw their own Representatives in the depart ments at Washington becoming apparently un mindful of their pledges and of the people's expec tation. They could only hope that Congress would be true to itself, and act " without fear, favour, or affection" in their devoti on t o pu bli c duty. There fore they have hailed Mr. Dawes's noble stand with thorough approval and heartfelt admiration. They feel, too, that in thus fighting the people's battle, he is rescuing the Republican organization from the only dangers that beset its course at the present time. If his collea gues rea l ly know the sentiment of their constituents, they will rally to his sup port, and, before the session is through, cut down the national expenditures to the lowest possible limit, reduce taxation, and pave the way for the return of specie payments and the steady extinc tion of the debt. In that way alone lie safety, honour, and prosperity. Every Representative who casts his influence on that side will have the popular support ; those who oppose or falter must take their own risks." Bank of Englath.d Returns. An Account, tursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending 1 the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1870. P &RTMENT. !Governint. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £33,926,950 WARTMENT. Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £14,831.314 Other Securities 18,503,247 Notes 11,643,465 Gold and Silver Coin £44,941,072 ISSUE DE Notes issued £33,926,950 £33,926,950 BANKING ]) Proprietors'eapi tal .£1.4,553,000 Rest 3,367,775 Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 9.274,118 Other Deposits 17,295,689 Seven Days and other Dills 450,489 £41,911,072 The following depots will arrive at Aldershot Camp to-morrow : —lst Battalion 13th Light In fantry—streng h, two cfficers, 80 men, 15 women? a►;d 25 children—to be attached to the 2d Batta lion ; Ist BAtalion Rifle. Brigade--strength, two officers, 120 nun, 1G women, and 19 children—to be attached to the 2d Battalion ; 3d Battalion Rifle 13 .igade—strength, 3 officers, 119 men, 18 women, and 22 children—to be attached to the 4th Batta lion. The depot of the 38th Regiment will also arrive at the North Camp station to-morrow about 119 p.m.—strength, '2 officers, 69 men, 10 women, and 15 children—to be attached to the 67th Regiment. con the atu li 186 E d t du (lit div diN 12: ex Tel to LU: Fre Sut die. and 'Pest by littl Of t .....(4 cei v 41 41 14 8. 14s. 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