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Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. 'HIE REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced more than 3 ) years ago by WILLIAM S. BURTON, when PLATED by the patent process of Messrs. Elkin ton aud co., is, beyond all comparison, the very best article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such, either use fully or ornamentally, as by no possibl e t est can it be distin guished from real silver. A small useful set, guaranteed of first qual durability, as follows : ty for knish and Fiddle King's or Old Beal Thread or Patterns. Sil ver Ehele. £ s. d. £ s. d . £ s. d. £ S. d. 12 Table Forks 12 Table Spoons 12 Dessert Forks 12 Dessert Spoons 12 Tea Spoons 6 Egg S p oons . gilt bowls.— 9 ...'... 1 t ...... 12 . . . 13 . 6 2 Sauce Ladles •6 8 . 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Dessert 016 •• Tea Spoons •... 010 Le TEA and COPF E SETS , F.lectro Silver, in great variety from £3 I.'s to £2l 1 s--T' ) COVERS, Electro Silver, from £9 the Set of Four to V 6 ---`nanE.t Disuas, Electro Silver. from £7 los to £lB 18s the ‘ 4 et of Four; Warmers 17 is 6.1 to Zl5 17. s CRUET and Lima FR' ME., Electro Silver , &c., at proportion ate prices —DR-SE" T KNIvR and FORKS . Fish-eating ditto, and Fish Carvers, in cages, at proportionate prices-3.LL KINDS of RE-PLATING done by the Patent Process. WILLIAM S. BURTON, GENERAL FUR NISHING 11, 0NMONGER, by arpointment to H.R.H. the Prince of WALES, sends aCA ALOt4l3 k Gratis and post raid. It contain 4 upwards of 700 Ilinstr,itions of his unrivalled Stocks, with List of Prices and Plans of the Twenty lame ` ' how Rooms, at 39, Oxford-street, W.; 1, IA, 2,3, and 4, Newman street ; 4, 5. and e, Perry's-place ; and 1, Newman-yard, London. Witia‘the present railwayfacilities the cost of delivering goods to the most distant parts of the United Kingdom is trifling. WILLIAM S. BURTON will always, when desired, undertake delivery at a F•mo.11 fixed rate. QT. MARK'S HOSPITAL for FIST ULA and ki other DISEASES of the RECTUM, City-road, E.C. President—The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR. Treasurer—RlCHAßD BIDI ULPIIMARTIN, Esc'. • CS, Lombard-street. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN, That the ANNUAL GENE RAL MEETING of Governors will be HELD at the London Tavero, Bishops ate-street, ea THURSDAY, the 10th February next, to receive the Reports of the Committee of Management, Treasurer, and `kdical fficers for the sear It-6 •; to elect four members of the Committee in room of those who retire by seniority of service , . The (hair will be taken by the Right Hon. the Loan MAYOR, the President of the Hospital, at Eleven o'clock precisely. By order of the Committee. J. PIKE, Secretary. 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E.O. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. . 4 ole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tms EVENING. at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST'. Messrs. Fred. Vokes, Bri Hain Wright, Harry Boleno, &c.; Misses Vokes, Harriet Cnveney, Kato Santley, THEATRE-ROYA L, HAYMARKET. 'fins EvEnsG, at 7 o'clock, HOW TO DIE FOR LOVE. After which, at 7.40, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &c. Concluding with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS: Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING. at 7, WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. Followed by FORMOSA: Messrs J. Rouse, Rignold, Ashley, Taylor, Philips, Lseson, Eburne, &c. ; Mesdames Billington, K Rodgers, Brennan, Barnett, Grey, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. This Evb:stsG, at 7, OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L, Grey, and Mrs L Murray. At 8, THE NIGHTINGALE: Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling, J. D. 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THREE BALLETS' Promenade Concert. Land of GO. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open fromll to 4. • 4 t tt TUE.SD a Y, FEB. 8. 1870. THE success with which the Ministry have con cealed their legislative " hand" renders the impor tant event of to-day of more than ordinary interest ; and yet it is not in the least likely that the QUEEN'S Speech will give the country any idea, more precise than it possesses already, of the sessional programme. Queen's speeches are always looked for in the hope that some half disclosures may be put forward as a feeler, or that some unlucky line may betray an important decision; but it is seldom that this expectation is realised. The discourse of to-day will furnish a list of topics to be dealt with during the year; but such a pro gramme has long ago been drawn up with tolerable exactitude. Thera will be a paragraph con gratulating the nation on remaining at peace with all the world. It is probable that our last specimen of Eastern muddling—the exertions of the indefatigable Mr. ELLIOT on behalf of the SULTAN against the VicEnoY—will be quoted as an instance of the still powerful diplomatic supremacy of Britain. Ireland will, of course, claim a large share of attention. Beyond this, however, we can fairly expect to be told very litee. Indeed it is scarcely to be hoped that the bad grammar of the speech will afford much room for comment, for the last effusion was so unmercifully dealt with that greater care and better English may be counted upon this year. So far as the two great ques tions of the day are concerned, the public already know more than the Speech from the Throne will tell, and all that remains is simply to wait until the work of the session fairly begins. From hints and broader declarations made by Ministers at different times, it is quite certain that the Land Bill will fall far short of Irish demands, as formu lated in the resolutions of the Dublin Conference. On the other hand, public opinion is quite prepared to protect the tenant against arbitrary eviction. The scheme to carry out this design may without danger be thorough. The still more interesting subject of education has been brought within a narrower com pass. The general principles upon which action can be taken have been pretty clearly enunciated, and it is probable that the declaration in the Times of yesterday accurately represents ministerial intentions. "The vague term unsectarian has already been construed in different senses by different supporters of the League, and while the Ministry will undoubtedly insist that the primary education of the State shall be unsectarian, they will discriminate between this and a secular system." There can be but one interpretation of this oracular statement—religious teaching will be given, though no dogmatic preference can be allowed. It is clear, also, that the present session will see nothing done in the way of free education--that is, wholly free. As the Times points out, gratuitous education, independently of other objections, would destroy existing schools by the simple method of underselling them. There is anothe r i mpor t ant question in connection with to-day's proceedings. Will the Government ask for increased powers to deal with disaffec tion and agrarian crime in Ireland? It is gene rally hoped not. Military law, it is urged, is but a poor prelude to measures of concession; and the objection is a powerful one. Yet it is palpable that the existing arrangements for the preservation of peace are inadequate. Making all due allowance for exaggeration, the record of positive crime is suffi ciently dismal to prove that law and order are vir tually in abeyance in the province. The two most melancholy features of the present state of things are the constant tendency of the people to make fresh demands with every fresh concession, and the disposition of certain of the well-to-do classes to abet them. It is quite recently that noblemen, gentry, and the higher grades of the Catholic priesthood, have taken to endorsing the claims which were first preferred by farm labourers and tenants. The cry of fixity of tenure which was at first but a cloud no bigger than a man's hand, has spread throughout all grades of the Catholic popula tion. The release of the Fenian prisoners is now ad vocated in every election address. The de mand for an Irish Parliament is becoming stronger. Lastly, the Dublin Land Conference—an assembly which included men of every grade of social position, except the lowest, has pronounced for the wildest demands of those Irish gatherings which for a long time attracted only the tenant, the labourer, and the popular agitator. The M.P.'s, clergy men, and lawyers, who Pronounce for a i THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1870. land scheme of which fixity of tenure is but one item, live in a free land, and can of course demand what they please. But most of them profess to support the conciliatory intentions of the Govern ment. They are aware of the disorder which is prevalent, and the outrages which are common, throughout the country. They are equally aware that their projects, even if practicable, are too late to be of service. And yet, at the eleventh hour, they do not scruple to complicate a difficult situation by i putting forward a scheme which they know to be impossible, and which can only further inflame the populace by strengthening their delusive hopes. Some thing better than this display was reasonably to be ex pected by the Government from its "friends." If this meeting wished to influence the decisions of the Ministry, why was it not held sooner ? What can be the object of such a course, unless it is to be interpreted as a declaration of hostility to the ruling body, for which so , much friendship has been professed ? In face of such a proclamation it only remains for the Ministry to quietly pursue its legislative programme with a resolute determination to uphold, or rather to restore, the authority of the Crown. There is something inexpressibly mean and forbidding in this dis position to exact more after every fresh concession, and it is a disposition which must be dealt with un hesitatingly. It will certainly be well not to seek exceptional powers at the present juncture ; it will be well if such an extremity can be avoided alto gether. But any alternative ought to be accepted in face of the continued agrarian slaughter by men for whom a representative Irish conference—for such the Dublin meeting was—claims fixity of tenure as one item amongst many. THE journals devoted to the sports of country gentlemen belong to a highly respectable class of literature. They are ably conducted, and profound in their way. Nothing can be more admirable, or more humiliating to the non-sporting mind, than their finished style of holding forth on horse and dog questions, on field and farm. But we find a deplo rable falling off when the exciting topic of game comes up. Either the sporting. side of the game question is indefensible, or the sporting journals are hopelessly illogical, or like county members of Parliament, they lose all their ordinary capabilities, and go wild with rage when the legislation so obnoxious to farmers is attacked. Certain it is that their effusions on this subject are of the strangest character. Land and Water, for example, in its review of the shooting season, tells us that, " notwithstanding the enormous depredations that we have heard of committed upon tenant farmers by the over-preservation of game, we cannot observe that it has affected the prices of either the corn market or the root market, a thing that must naturally haVe occurred had the crops been injured to the ex tent we are asked to believe they were." If the Game Laws had been passed a year ago and the last season had furnished the earliest experienc e of over-preservation, this argument might have had its place. The Game Laws are, however, of old standing, and so is over-preservation. An influence that is continuous cannot have any special effect in one particular year. If the Game Laws altered the price of grain or roots, they must have done so long ago, and all succeeding prices have been regulated in proportion. The reply is so obvious as to seem ridiculous; but, in truth, it seems needful to dis cuss the game question on childish princi ples. It is not likely that over-preservation ever had any great effect on prices. Still, there can be no doubt that the grievance is a substantial one, the destruction to the crop is a reality, and if the public reaped no great benefit from a change, it is not the less the farmer's right. It is true that farmers take their holdings " with their eyes open ;" but as there are very few holdings without an enforcement of the Game Laws they have roally nochoice. The matter is, indeed, one for contract between the farmers and the landlord; but if the laws were altered, there would be still room for all reasonable contracts, and the tenant would not be in a. helpless position in case of injustice. Four-footed game at least ought to be given up as a special right of the landlord. 1111SCELLANEOUS NE 1 S. THE COURT. The season, so far as royalty and the fashionable world are concerned, promises to be busier than some of its late predecessors. A Court for the reception of the Corps Diphmatique, the Ministers, and other official personages, will be held on the 23th of February. Drawing rooms are fixed for the 9th and 22nd of March, and a lev6e for the 11th of March. It is understood that the Queen will be present at all these receptions. In addition, the Prince of Wales will hold a lei 6e in March and in April on her Majesty's behalf. the government. Tho Marquis of Ulanricarde moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting cordially approved of the suggestions of the Commissioners, relative to consolidation, and a reduction of fares and rates. Sir A rthur Gore said that whenever an attempt had been made at manufacture in Ireland, the sister Parliament had taken care to anni hilate it. Prohibitions had been successively placed on the exportation to England of their cattle, their salt beef, woollen goods, and silk manufacture. The English Times asked why had not the manufacturing resources of Ireland increased since the prohibitory laws were repealed ? His answer was that steam had since come into use, and Ireland being deficient in coal, she could not regain her former chances of successful commerce. They now asked Parliament to assist them in this matter of the railways. He would say to England, "Let bygones be bygones; be generous to us now, for there was a time when you were not so." Upwards of ten re solutions were passed by the meeting, expressing chiefly sentiments of acquiescence in the plans laid down by the Commissioners, a wish for large reduc tions in fares, and a lower rate of interest on loans to railways. It was urged also, in one of the resolutions, that as the land question is about to be dealt with, the present juncture was favourable for the considera tion of the railway question, the value of land being materially affected by the Irish railways. BRIDGWATER ELECTION PETITION. At a special meeting of the Bridgwater Town Council held on Monday, the Mayor presiding, the subject of the recent Election Commission, and the position of the borough, was discussed. On the proposition of Councillor Palmer, seconded by Councillor Symons, it was unanimously resolved that this Council desire to record its expression of, and concurrence in the petition, and the resolutions adopted at the Town's Meeting on Saturday; further, that a copy of this day's resolution be recorded in the minutes of the proceedings, and that the Mayor and town clerk be deputed to lay the same before the House of Commons. The resolutions referred to severely censured the commissioners for their manner of /_u•rying out the inquiry, and declared that in the opinion of the meeting the constituency still continues worthy of the possession and exercise of the elective franchise. RICK BURNING IN WILTSHIRE. The Divisional Sessions Court at Marlborough was rowded on Saturday to hear a charge against Mr. Isaac Salter, a respectably-connected farmer, formerly of &vebury, of setting fire to three ricks, valued at £5OO :he property of Mr. Roger Spackman, of Kennett, on the nth of January. A prima facie case was made out against the prisoner, and he was committed to the Assizes, bail oeing refusod. The Mart Eapress says that the thing now most feared by farmers is the excessive wet. The death is announced of Mrs. George Muller ; of Bristol, the wife of the well-known philanthropist. It is stated that Mr. Scudamore, for his ability and exertions in organising the Government telegraph arrange ments, is to have a baronetcy. The body of a female about 30 years of age, with a gold ring on her finger initiated W.D., has been washed, up, much decomposed, on the coast of Dorsetshire. An Irish absentee is said to have sent this comfort ing message to his steward—" Tell the tenants that no threats to shoot you will terrify me." A Newcastle paper says that although there is a lull in the excitement in respect to the claims of the "Countess of Derwentwater," many people are still san guine as to her success. Mr. Brown, the bailiff, has not done with making seizures, and a farmer has actually given him a bill payable in two months rather than allow his stock to be sold. Mr. Whalley, M.P., in a letter to the Rev. Mr. APCarthy, of Cheltenham, commenting upon the treat ment of the latter gentleman, who is a very energetic anti-Romanist, by the Bishop of Gloucester, says he is convinced that there is no more important • and urgent question than the abolition of the Established Church. To have continued to pay and rely upon an army of muti nous Sopoys would have been as rational as for Protestants to support the Church as now administered. The Manchester Courier reports another trade out rage in that district. A master brickmaker of Stockport took some clay land near Gorton, and commenced opera tions. The men be employed were waited upon by two brick makers, who told them that they wore working in the Man chester district. On Saturday morning seven men were at work when they saw about forty men armed with sticks ap proaching them. Six of the brickmakers fled in time, but the seventh was caught and brutally ill-treated. The Western Morning Z'ews is informed that the members for the Eastern Division of Cornwall intend taking an early opportunity of waiting upon the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and pointing out to him the injustice of compelling the large number of poor men who earn their living by carrying clay, stone, tin ore, and similar commodities, to pay the tax of £2 2s. for their waggons. Mr. Lakes, of St. Austell, a Commissioner of Taxes, having wiitten to the Inland Revenue Eoard on the subject, has received an answer from the secretary, stating that it " will be before the Commislioners without delay." [ADvERTISENIENT. I --TiolloWay's Pills and Ointment.— Determination of blood to the bead, flushings. palpitation, and shortness of breath are cured by these grand regula tors of the heart's immtls-. Under lIol;oway's grand spe cific the currant of blood throughout the body becomes steady and unchanged by the passing thought; hence the suffusion of the head and cheeks is avoided and nervous embarrassment prevented. They, in like manner, remove excessive sensitiveness, so often the opponent to the ease and grace inherent in the healthful and strong-nerved frame, and eradicate the doubts of the nervous. In intel lects declining. from intense study, free living, or over anxiety, no equal remedy is attainable ; without exagge ration, they give muscular energy to the paralysed, and ease to the pained. TIIE SESSION. The anticipations of the Queen's Speech are nume rous, but some of them are so palpably wild and ima ginative as to merit no consideration. The Telegraph and the Times speak apparently with the greatest authority. The first says that the Land Bill will be introduced either on Monday or Tuesday next. It will, says our contemporary, provide compensation for un exlausted improvements, and "for beneficial occupa tion." It will also incorporate Mr. Bright's scheme, and create powers for borrowing money, in order to facilitate the purchase of land by the tenant on the payment of instalments over a given number of years; and it will establish a tribunal to arbitrate between landlord and tenant in cases of dispute under the Act. The Times says little about the Land Bill, but ex fresses the belief that the Education measure will not orbid religious teaching, neither will gratuitous in struction be provided. The Daily News discusses the question whether the Government will seek excep tional powers for preserving peace in Ireland, and comes to a negative conclusion. THE TELEGRAPHS IN THE NEW HANDS. The first day of the post-office telegraphy passed off well. The reduced tariff sent up the magnitude of the business immediately. 'Though Saturday is generally a quiet day in telegraph offices, there was an increase of work to the ex tent of 30 per cent. No break down, however, occurred. The first private message was sent to Mr. George Harrison, late chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh. Mr. Harrison having taken a great interest in bringing about the transfer to the State, lie was complimented by the first news of the realisation of this great project. MORE DIFFCULTY IN SOUTHWARK. The Southwark election, already lively enough, has been complicated by a somewhat serious incident. According to our present election law, the official expenses of a contest are payable in equal proportions by all the candidates. The High Bailiff of Southwark estimates the cost of the coming contest at £625, and on Thurs day he asked for a preliminary deposit of £2OO each from Colonel Beres:ord, Sir Sydney Waterlow, and Mr. Odger. The two former paid the claim, the latter sent £lOO. The High Bailiff demanded the full amount, adding that he was not legally obliged to provide accommodation for the check-clerks and other officials of the candi dates, and that he should not do so unless the £2OO were deposited. Mr. Odger's election agent, ignorant of this last intimation, applied to the High Bailiff for information as to the district polling-booths, their divisions, &c., and was both refused the information, and told that neither Mr. Odger nor his agent would be furnished with the customary cards of admission to the hustings. So this silly high-bailiff is likely to bring about a riot in Southwark. It is true that the official expenses are to be paid by the candidates, but it is more than doubtful whether the High Bailiff can demand them beforehand. Mr. Odger paid £lOO and expressed his readiness to mee t any fair and legal claim. To compel the deposit of the entire sum may be a measure of precaution, but in a contest between a rich man and a poor one it is a highly injudicious proceeding. Nothing could more effectually strengthen the prevalent idea that the House of Commons is but a rich man's club than this refusal of the High Bailiff. The facts that this functionary is elected by the City of London Common Council, and that Sir Sydney Waterlow is an alder man of the City Corporation, by no means mend matters. TILE LATE LAND CONFERENCE. It is consolatory to learn that the decisions of the Dublin Land Conference have in general satisfied the advanced Irish papers. Certainly, those decisions were extreme enough ; fixity of tenure, regulation of rent by tribunals, provision for labourers, &c; but it is such an agreeable surprise to find the "national" journals satisfied with anything, that their accep tance of even this revolutionary programme is perhaps to be interpreted as a sign of progress. The Nation thinks the work of the Conference " done well, done thoroughly, done comprehensively." The result was in great measure due to the exertions of Mr. Butt, Q.C., Sir. John Gray, and Dean O'Brien, of Limerick. But if a correspondent of the Irishman is to be tr• ted, these throe great advocates of Irish rights met with the sternest opposition. The pre liminary conference with closed doors was a scene.of the greatest confusion. " Mr. Butt, Q.C., was posi tively hooted." Priests were told by laymen to "shut up." M.P.'s were castigated by priests, Twenty voices were bellowing at one speaker ; twenty speakers were up at once ; ten pens were scratching at the reconstruction of one resolution. The Lord Mayor'3 tables were trampled on and turned into muddy slabs, and one gentleman busied himself in "dealing terrific blows to all the hats in his neigh bourhood, whilst lie was discussing about something akin to the composition of the moon." If this meet " heralds a more enduring session of the Irish legislative body," as the Na twat says it does, the ordi nary mind may be excused from forming any very high anticipations of the happy day when I r i s h l aws will be made in Dublin. EXTERMINATION. Mr. Brodrick, a Conservative member for Mid- Surrey, gave one of the Liberal members for the Eastern Division of the county a severe thrust at a meeting of the Kingston Conservative A ssoc i a ti on . The gentleman in question, said Mr. Br o d r i c k, had in bought a small propertythe West of Ireland, an d having cleared off every tenant, no doubt in the kindest possible manner, had let the land to au intelligent Scotch agriculturist. Mr. Brodrick would not say that this w as wrong , b ut undoubtedly it was what in Ireland is called extermi nation. Just so ; the member for East Surrey may find the intelligent Scotchman much better than the original tenants, but the Government will find it hard Ireland, a nd convince whilst Irishmenther supporterst they adoare doing justice to these practices. TUE GOVERNMENT AND TUE VOLUNTEERS. The vexed questions of dispute between the volunteers and the Government seem to be in a fair way of settlement. The deputation of volunteer officers to Mr. Cardwell on the subject has had the effect of eliciting that Government sees the justice of many of the complaints brought forward, and is pre pared to make concessions at any rate to the extent of defraying all necessary ex penses incurred by a subject taking on himself the duties and responsibilities of a citizen soldier. Lord Elcho, on the part of the officers com posing the very influential deputation, followed the most practical course, by placing in the hands of the Secretary at War the report adopted at a meeting of a large number of metropolitan commanding officers, in which their sentiments were fully expressed. With reference to the alterations proposed, or suggested by the Government, the report approved entirely the principle of requiring increased efficiency from officers and non-commissioned officers. The Secretary of State's calculation that uniforms should last five years, was considered excessive. It was thought that rations - should be served out on divisional and brigade field days ; that there should be one national uniform for the whole force ; and that an increase in the capita tion grant was absolutely necessary for the main tenance of the force. Lord Elcho said these were the views, not only of commanding officers in London, but in the provinces also. Mr. Cardwell's reply may be considered favourable to volunteer interests. lie said Government had no intention to force upon volunteers any measures to which they objected, and proposed that a sub-committee should be put in communication with General Lindsay on the subject, before the definite scheme was proposed on behalf of the Government. Lord Elcho will represent England, and Colonel Hozier Scotland, with a third member not yet named. A LEGISLATOR'S COMFORTS. The effusions of M.P.'s are:all more or less interest ing, and therefore a letter from our Jereunah may be welcomed, even though itis of old date. The Irishman publishes an epistle from " the member for Tipperary," which has reached its destination only after making a wide circuit of land and sea. It is disappointing to find, however, that it does not relate to the business of the country, but to the old grievance of prison treatment. Rossa upholds the statementmade by Mr. Pigott that he was so ironed as to be compelled to take his food on his hands and knees. He was starved, deprived of light, and was favoured with nothing except chains and a Bible—the latter being apparently of very ratio service Urea]. lie declares that he has been subjected to numberless petty but galling persecu tions, and repeats th e s t a t emen t th a t Ly nc h was assassinated by being deprived of his flannel waist :teat on Christmas Eve and left shivering for months. These comlaints must be taken for I what they are w or th. t was only a day or two n.:;•0 thatM . r. Bruce, i n re pl y t o th e mem b er f or Dun dalk, that the Fenian prisoners were allowed every indulgence consistent with their position. THE PURCIIASE OF IRISH RAILWAYS. The meeting called by the Mansion House Com mittee at Dublin, to consider the report of the Irish Railway Commissioners, has again brought into pro minent notice the subject of the purchase and con solidation of the different hues of - rail in Ireland by THE UNION. A very influential education meeting on Unionist principles has just been held in Norwich. The Bishop of Norwich, four M.P.'s, and many leaders of the county clergy and gentry attended. Resolutions were passed in favour of religious teaching, the extension of the present system, and against compul sion. The Rev. Prebendary Heyrick argued that the Secularists' scheme would cost the country three millions a year, while the existing organisation could be extended at a cost of only one million. The anti-compulsory resolution was not unanimously supported, for Archdeacon Blakelock pointed out that it was practicable, since compulsory vaccination had been carried out among the lower classes with little difficulty. It is noticeable, too, that the bishop proposed, and the meeting carried by fourteen to ten, a resolu tion urging the promoters of Church education to assent that in schools aided by the Government grant, provision should be made for securing perfect liberty of distinctive religious teaching, accompanied with perfect liberty of declining it. THE LICENSING SYSTEM. The Telegraph, in an article on the impending licence reform, declares that the present system of granting licences by magistrates stands condemned as a rag of the past. The public have lost all confidence in it. "It is believed, rightly or wrongly, that the licensing magistrates can got at;' that private considerations are allowed to stand in the way of public interests ; nay, even apart from the more delicate forms of corruption, that money has actually changed lands, and certain houses have obtained licenses improperly as the result." The Telegraph does not say it is in a condition to prove these charges, but it neverthe less affirms that another tribunal is needed. In London, and other large towns, the body of stipendiary magis trates would supply the want. They are well acquainted with the hot-beds of crime and vice in their respective districts, and they are selected from a class which the magnates of beer would in vain endeavour to influence. VENTILATION OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, Our legislators at Westminster are going to enjoy an increased amount of pure air, and many hitherto unattained advantages conducive to personal comfort and free respiration. Great changes have been made in this respect to welcome both Lords and Commons at the commencement of the session. Under the old system, hot or cold air, according to the season, was circulated through the Houses by means of large revolving fans propelled by steam power. This is called by the Tznzes " a gigantic system of punkahs," and certainly seems a clumsier method than that adopted now, which works like the col liery systems, on the principle that heated air expands and ascends, being replaced underneath by cold. The air is first introduced through canvas or gauze screens. which act as a sort of filter to purify it. Passing then through a num ber of "batteries" connected with a steam pipe, the air in its course becomes moderately warmed, and remains free from the unpleasant dryness engen dered by passing over hot tiles, or plates exposed to the action of fire. Being now below the floor of the house itself, it arrives at another row of batteries which can be used or not, according to the.state of the temperature above. Thus the air rises upwards through ventilating chambers equal to the extent of the House. A. staff of attendants is constantly regulating the amount of hot or cold air necessary, which is ascertained by means of their having access to a thermometer which is really inside the House. When the air-supply comes through the floor, the bad air is forced upwards, and makes its exit through a fretwork in the ceiling. The whole of the new arrangements receive most careful and constant attention, and the change appears to be in all respects highly beneficial. GAME. The relaxation of the game laws movement is rapidly extending. Earl de la Warr has given per mission to his tenants to course hares on their own farms, and to destro3 rabbits by netting and ferret ing. Trapping is prohibited, because, by its practice, foxes are destroyed. The tenants will have per mission to shoot rabbits from the Ist of November to the 18th of March. VACCINATION. The neglect of vaccination is causing disastrous effects in the Metropolitan parish of Mile End. Small pox is gradually making way in that far from salu brious district. Dr. Seaton is certain that the pro gress of the disease is owing to the indifferent manner in which the compulsory Vaccination Act is carried out, and his conclusion is supported by the fact that while the births during the last six months have numbered 1,715, only 731 vaccination papers have been 4 , - 1+ ja. HALF-PAY COLONELS. A correspondent of the Times endeavours to retro: the prevailing idea that officers of the army on half pay devour large sums of money that might be applied to the payment of effective soldiers, and so increase the taxation of the country. The rule of the army is, he says, that no colonel can go on half pay until he has completed twenty-five years' service ; they generally, however, retire somewhat later, say after 28. At the age, then, of 47, they go on half-pay. This is effected by the sale of their lieutenant-colonelcy, but, instead of their receiving the money, £4,506, it is paid to the Secretary of State for War. The colonel receives in lieu his half pay, some £193 a year, but in case of death his money, the £4,500, is lost to his family, being appropriated by the War-office. As two or three half-pay colonels on an average die every year, the War-office nets each year either £9,000 or £13,500, as the case ma y be. In twelve years, if the colonel is lucky, he becomes a Major-General ; he then receives £420 a year ? but his £4,500 is lost for ever. Therefore neither the colonels o n half-pay nor the generals on the fixed establishment cost the country a farthing, and the injustice of the authori ties is evidenced by the fact that insurance offices would grant a much better annuity than the Govern ment atierds in return for the £4,.500 given up by the reties officer. THE LATE GENERAL WINDHAM. Li-.. i liAnant-General Sir Charles Windham, whose sudden death is announced, was famous chiefly for his gallant behaviour at the last assault on the Redan during the campaign in the Crimea. It was largely owing to his exertions that the British so long retained their footing in the famous stronghold against a greatly superior force of the Russians, thus diverting the attention of part of the hostile host until the French made good their capture of the Malakoff. General Windham was sent to the Crimea as Assistant Quartermaster-General; he succeeded General Simpson as Chief of the Staff, and was made Major-General after the war. During the Indian mutiny he held command of a division under Lord Clyde. The deceased officer represented East Nor folk in Parliament from April 1857 to April 1859. THE SPANISH CROWN. The notion of elevating Prince George of Saxony to the Spanish throne is discredited at Dresden. On the other hand, Queen Isabella is coming to terms. According to the Gaulois, she is ready to " suspend all warlike projects" for her restoration, if Prim, Serrano, ana Co. will have the Prince of Asturias for King. This is a magnanimous offer. The deposed Queen has no army, nor any following in the country, and yet she offers to give 11D all warlike projects ! CRYSTAL PALACE.—It has been usual to ten-ni l-ito the performances of Pantomime at the end of January, but the daily attendance of large numbers of visitors to witness " Whittington and his Cat" this year has led to its continuance for another fortnight. The spirit infused into the Pantomime by tho principal performers, and the homely and interest ingcharacter of its story, have invested it with a much higher degree of interest than is usual with these ephemeral productions. On Tuesday (t.)-day) bee:des the Pantomime and the graeoful performances of the Ame rican Skaters, Messrs Moe and Goodrich, the Annual Show of the National Peristeronic Society will be hold in the Tropical Department. From the hi4h- &minding title of this amateur association few people probably under stand that its objects are to improve the breed of pigoons, and by holding these annual exhibitions to enable pigeon keepers to improve their collections. Only those who have been present at the society's shows can have any conception of the interesting character of the exhi bition of these beautiful pet birds. They are shown in handsome mahogany cages, and some of the. pairs are valued at almost fabulous prices. The show never re mains open beyond one day. It will open at mid-day and close at dusk. DRURY-LANO 7 HEA7'RE. The annual meeting of the proprietors of this building was held yesterday in the saloon of the theatre—Mr. Rawlinson in the chair. The report of the general committee stated that the receipts for the last twelve months (including balance carried over) were £10,360, expenses £7,511, leaving a balance of £2,857 at the bankers. The report of the architect had reference to the failure of the lessee to carry out certain covenants for repairs, decorations, &c., into which he bad en tered with the proprietors. The points are wholly without public interest. The CHAIRMAN, in the course of some remarks on the report, said that the rent received during the year was considerably in excess of the average amount, in consegnence of the greater number of nights during which the theatre had been opened. In reference to the alleged failure of the lessee to carry out in a satisfactory manner the covenants oblging him to repair, gild, and redecorate, &c., the theatre, the Chairman said that after some diffi culties it should be arranged that the lessee should deposit a certain sum (£1,200) as guarantee for the performance of those covenants, to be paid at the rate of £l5O per week out of the receipts of the pantomime. Dr.CLARKE moved the reception of the report, and rather questioned the justice of what was said in the architect's report respecting the imperfect man ner in which the lessee had carried out his covenants for repairs and decorations. Mr. SHARP said he should have been glad to know what precautions were adopted for the pre vention of fire in the theatre. The CHAIRMAN replied that the whole energies of the committee were directed to that point, and they had recently summarily called upon the lessee to repair a large number of gas burners, which were more or less unsafe on account of wear and tear. Three watchmen and one policeman were always ou duty in the theatre during the run of the pantomime, under the supervision of Super intendent Thomson, who visited the theatre at all times and seasons, at all hours of the night, in order to see that the firemen were doing their duty, and a register recording the time of their coming in, departing, &c., was invariably kept. Nothing more in the shape of precaution could be done, except the insurance of the building, and that, as they knew, was almost impossible. It had been suggested last year that there should be telegraphic communication between the theatre and the nearest fire brigade station, and the committee had at tempted to accomplish this; but in consequence of the impending transference of the wires to the Go vernment the companies bad refused to undertake the matter. The negotiations for that purpose would, however, berenewed now that the transfer of the telegraphs had been accomplished. Mr. GItUNEISEN warmly defended the lessee from the statements unfavourable to him which were contained in the report of the architect. After a long discussion (turning wholly upon the differences between the lessee and the archi tect), the reception of the report was carried by a large majority. The other formal business was afterwards de spatched. A STRANGE STOR,I A romantic case has been investigated at the Croydon Police -court. A young woman, named Sarah Kearns, who was a domestic servant in the employ of Mr. Smallman, clerk in the Bank of England, was charged with stealing ten gold earrings, five gold rings, a pearl neck lace, and a small sum of money frem her master. She had been in Mr. Smallman's service for four years. One evening, when he had been from home, he re turned to find the house in charge of the police. The prisoner's story was that several people came into the kitchen, tied her hands together, and put her in the back room, and then went upstairs, and she could remember no more. The next door neighbour had heard the girl call "Murder," and on going to the prosecutor's house she saw her lying on the floor with her hands tied and a handkerchief over her eyes. The prisoner said. " 0 loose me," and then, "Go up stairs and see what they have done." The whole of the missing property was found by the witness in one place, but there was a suspicion that the girl had tied herself after secreting it. She waz , committed for trial, but admitted to bail. MR. MILL ON TIIE COLONIAL QUESTION. Mr. Mill was recently quoted at a great emigration meet ing as being opposed to the Government. Ho shortly after. wards authorised a contradiction of the truth of the con struction put upon a letter of his. He now publishes the' letter. He was asked to sign the memorial which has since been so frequently adopted at public meetings: is not (Mr. Mill wrote) iu my power to sign the memorial drawn up ; for, in the first place, I have not 'heard,' and do not believe, that the Queen has . been advised to give up the colonies.' In the second place, the entire oontrol of the waste lands of the colonies was, a quarter of a century ago, deliberately given up by the mother country to the Colonial Governments. thought at the time, and still think, that this was a mis take; but any attempt now to revoke the concession could have no effect but to provoke the separation which the memorialists desire to avert. No measure, therefore, for making the colonial lands aecessiblo to British emigrants can now be taken by any authority save the Govern month of the different colonies. The Queen cannot even propose such a measure to any Colonial Legislature, ex cept through the medium of an administration drawn from, and responsible to, the Colonial Legislature itself. Lastly, I think the proposed proclamation would be liable to great misrpresentation iu the Colonies, unless a wish fur such a declaration wore previously expressed by the Colonies themselves ; and though I agree with the memo rialists in thinking that there should be systematic consulta tion on colonial affairs with representatives of the ColonieB, I think it should be with the elected authorities cf thoso countries, and net with individuals selected by the Ministry at home, generally on very imperfect knowledge, to be made members of the Pt ivy Council." THE POLITICAL EITJTIONS IN WALES. A largo meeting was held last night at the Hanover-square Rooms, sympathising with the Welsh electors who had been evicted, and promising to aid them. Mr. Morley, M.P., presided, and commented on Conservative landlords evicting tenants who had voted for Liberal candidates. Some notices had since been withdrawn, but others were carried into effect. Mr. E. M. Richards, M.P., whilst admiring the courage of the electors, considered them entitled to help, and especially those poor tenants of Cardigan who had acted so con scientiously. (Cheers.)—Colonel Cowell Stepney, M.P. and Mr. Serjeant Parry protested against wrongs inflicted on tenants, and argued that the Ballot was their only remedy —A Welshman suggested that landlords should be crimi nally prosecuted ; and Mr. Morley was loudly applauded when he said the committee would consider that matter.— Mr. H. Richards, M.P., gave a sketch of the social and poli tical condition of Wales. Notwithstanding pressure, the Libe rals returned twenty-four out of thirty-three representatives in the principality. (Cheers.) He asked sympathy also for those tenants who had been driven to the poll and had voted for Conservatives by extreme pressure. (Hear.) None but Liberal tenants had been evicted; and that was conclusive proof of Conservative influence. Their support would give heart and courage to Liberals and Nonconformists in Wales, and make them stand up against oppressive landlords. Mr. E. J. Sartoris, M.P., stated that Liberals and Nonconformists were in majority in Wales, but until last election they had not dared to exercise the franchise. Such was Conservative landlord influence. His argument was supported by Mr. Watkin Williams, M.P. A resolution urging upon Government the necessity of adopting the Ballot (for which all the speakers contended) wr. - ; move:. by Mr. Osborne Morgan, M.P., who announced that within twenty hours Government would declare the Ballot as ono of the measures of the session. (Tremendous cheering.) Mr. Morgan Lloyd had been converted to the Ballot since the last election, and was convinced nothing else would stop evictions. The resolutions were unanimously carried. Subscriptions were announced and letters read from various Welsh members of Parliament, excusing their absence. ALWAYS FINDS THEM WILLING TO MEET puma: •WANTS."--A correspondent of the Manchester newspapers sends the following story:—" On the night before a recent visit to Birmingham, Mr. Bright missed the train for that town at Stockport, and was compelled to return home. At Mumps station, Oldham, his train was kept standing a long time on a siding. After the lapse of three-quarters of an hour, the right hon. gen tleman, leaning out at the window, asked how long the passengers were to be kept waiting; but he met with no Wore sympathetic answer than the expostulation, deli vered with a true Lancashire accent, of "Sit thee still, lion; it'll be off directly." The incident having moiled Fao knowledge of the directors, an improvement 14 the iervice has taken place. bFLIIIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• The Times remarks that her Majesty's Message to Par liament must needs concentrate our attention upon home affairs, to at least the partial exclusion of those which more immediately concern foreign nations Those of our readers who recollect what the English Press was before the middle of the present century must be struck with the importance that Continental news has gradually attained among us. It is the immense change in the position of Europe that allows us at this moment to concentrate our attention upon our own affairs, and to look with less con cern upon the prospects of the Continent. For these last two or °three years the apprehension of a meditated "revenge for Sadowa " on the part of France interfered with the world's security; but since last summer the ambition of the Great Nation has set in a new direction. France aspires to take the lead in the path of Liberal progress, and as a on her satisfaction depends the world's tranquillity," other people begin to lay aside their worst apprehensions, and, safe from outward disturbance, are at leisure to direct all their efforts to internal improvement. There is no such thing as an open question in Europe ; all differences, even in the East, having received at least a temporary settlement. In the Pope alone, with his Ecumenical Council, Europe has at the present moment the would-be disturber of the public peace. But, happily, confusion grows daily worse confounded in that Vatican Babel. It is from Rome, and from Rome alone, that threats of ' 4 terrific revolutions" are held out. It is to be hoped that such threats will fall as utterly un heeded as all other Papal curses and anathemas, The ago of revolutions and of wars is over, we hope, at least for a considerable period ; and it is because in times of peace and order the progress nations make is noiseless that in telligence from abroad is more scarce and less stirring. It is, in other words, because " No news is good news." The Telegraph observes that Lord Eldon was so pious and so good a Churchman that even a bishop may think it safe to follow in his footsteps. The great Tory Chancel lor, it is well known, made a runaway match, and, after participating in the solemnities of Gretna-green, be fer vently begged the father and the mother of his young wife to pardon him for stealing their daughter. Pardon was granted; but many years afterwards the Chancellor's own daughter married without his leave, and the Chancellor piously refused to forgive her. Apparently, the late Dr. Prince Lee, Bishop of Manchester, had taken a loaf from the ethical code of the Tory lawyer who never gave % vote without a profession of piety, and who never failed to vote for the wrong side. Dr. Lee did not, indeed, make a runaway match—but his eldest daughter did ; and in stead of treating her with Christian forgiveness, he mentioned her in his will only to proclaim that she was beyond the reach of his forgiveness. The Bishop decreed that she should get nothing, and be deprived of all interest in his property. " This I do, not in anger," he addedi "but because I hold it a duty not to let such conduct as hers and the person she married proved successful." That sentence is worthy of Lord Eldon himself. Nay, it is almost as keen a satire as some of the sentences which Lander put into the mouth of the Tory Chancellor, in the imaginary conversation with his son. Day after day, week after week, year after year, had Dr. Lee, as a bishop of the Church, and in the name of his flock, been offering up the most solemn of all petitions for pardon, and uttering the words, " Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors;" yet, when his own power of forgiveness was put to the test—when he had to signify his pardon of a daughter who had disobeyed him by marrying the man of her choice—he proclaims that she had long placed herself beyond the pale of his bounty. He made that proeiani mation in a document which, as he well know, would ono day be submitted to the public eye. Virtually, therefore, he, a Bishop of the English Church, gave a practical com mentary, in the face of the English people, on the most vital petition in the most solemn of prayers. Dr. Lee, Nro do not doubt, was a well-meaning man, and fancied that he was doing a most Christian act; but such a view only invests the incident with a more trade interest. The Standard declares that one of the acts of the late Conservative Government which was most sev,rely criti cised, as we may all remember, was the appointment of Lord Mayo to the Governor Generalship of India. Scarcely any piece of Ministerial patronage has been assailed in our clays with greater rancour. Never did the Whigs, always suspicious of jobbery, show themselves more sen sitive than on that occasion. Nothing was too bad to be said of Mr. Disraeli and his nominee. India had been sacrificed to a party service. Lord Mayo was the worst of administrators. He had neither character nor ter) it to rule a great empire. He was a mere Tory official, who knew nothing of India, who was unable to learn anything. His appointment was a disgrace to the Govern ment, an injury to the empire, and t n insult to the people of India. We are warranted in looking back now with some little feeling of triumph at these ill-omened raticinations, and in contrasting them with what the critics of Lord Mayo themselves now tell us of the results of his administration. While at home the chorus of depreciation has altogether died away, it is instructive to note that in India itself some of the bitterest of Lord Mayo's early critics have come' forward spontaneously to bear testimony to the ex cellence of his rule. Every impartial man must admit that Lord Mayo has come out of the trial most honourably and that he has more than justified the choice of his late colleagues. The chorus of praise in his favour throughout India is now as unanimous as was the verdict against him, before trial, on the part of the Liberal journalists at home. He is acknowledged to_be emphatically the "right man in the right place." He has sustained his high office with a dig nity and a splendour which are perhaps not less useful to England, as they certainly are not less estimable in the eyes of our Indian subjects, than if he had been gifted with the rarest genius. His first year of administration has been in every way one of the most fortunate in Indian annals; and he has already contributed the best and most practical refutation of the adverse criticisms with which his appointment was assailed. Mr. Somerset Beaumont has given notice, says the azily News, that during the ensuing session he will ask leave to introduce a bill to relieve the bishops from atten dance in Parliament. The subject is one which is sup posed to belong peculiarly to Mr. Hadfield, and Arch deacon Denison has already declared his intention of joining Mr. Hadfield in support of Mr. Beaumont's pro posal. Before the Irish Church debates, Mr. Hadfield published and circulated a report of the debate in the House of Commons in 1837 on Mr. Lushington's motion for relieving the Episcopate of legislative cares. Mr. Hadfield has, however, found in the Irish Church debates of 1868 and 1869 new illustrations of the expe diency of relieving the bishops from attendance in Parlia ment, and has set them forth in a pamphlet, with an intro ductory review by a Manchester Reformer. The illustrations consist of quotations from the speeches and analyses of the votes of the right reverend prelates. The one justification of their presence in Parliament has been the advice they could give and the influence they could exert in ecclesiastical discussions. Yet it is precisely on those very questions that Mr. Hadfield's Manchester Reformer is able to say, "the misfortune has happened to their spiritual lordships to satisfy no body of men by their line of action, and to come off from the field of conflict without either the laurels of victory or the sympathy yielded to honourable defeat." "They stooped," says the Manchester Reformer, "to the mortifications of humility, but came short both of the grace and the reward." The revival of the proposal to exclude them from Parliament is tho inevitable and foreseen result of this course of action. The Pall 2Wall Gazette thinks that one of the first duties which the House of Commons has to face on its re assembling is as disagreeable as happily it is unprecedented. A felon, at the present moment undergoing the sentence of the law in prison, has been returned as a member of the House by an Irish constituency. The election, it will be remembered, presented the remarkable feature of a total abstention from the poll on the part of the majority of those who were inscribed upon the electoral register. O'Donovan Rossa was undoubtedly elected under the action of intimidating influences which, if, as was at one time expected, a petition had been presented, would probably have been enough of themselves to void the election. The Government, to whose chief is especially committed, as leader of the House of Commons, the charge of its dignity and honour, has naturally felt itself called upon to consi der the proper course to be adopted under the circum stances. That course must consist simply in putting the House formally in possession of the fact that O'Donovan Rossa had previously to his election been convicted of felony; and in then calling upon it to declara that he was therefore not duly elected a member. It would, in fact, simply be necessary to move for the record of his conviction, and the rest must follow as a matter of coarse. The Tipperary Fenians will thus at length be made aware that they have gained nothing by their foolish proceedings. The election being, as it must be, declared void, the Speaker will, of course, issue a new writ, and the whole matter will simply be put back where it was before the name of O'Donovan Rossa had been thought of. It remains to be seen whether the more respectable portion of the Tipperary electors will again allow themselves to be frightened away from the polling-booths as upon the last occasion; and also whether the Government will not this time take effectual measures to protect t7iern in the exercise of the frandlise. The employment of troops is at all times a deplorable feature at a popular election, and it is only in Ireland that it is necessary. 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