The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-19 00:00:00

r IFEBOAT nititcEs.—During the Storms I_4 of the past twelve mottLe the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,233 lives from various shipwracks and 29 vessels from destruction, The Institution also f-xpended £24,746 in the same period OD it x Lifeboat Establishments, in addition tog ranting L 9 741 for rewards. The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received -by the London And country bankers,and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at thelnstitution; 14, John-street Adelphi, London. "THE APPAREL OFT PROCLNIMS THE BEST, MATERIALS, B EST STYLES and LOWEST BEST WORRMANSHIP, PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, far all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the neweil designs and m a terials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 193. to £5.; BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or injured will be exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats end rapq, and Boots and Shoes, is nn mualled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. List of Price•, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterr.-, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Ilabitmaker , i, Woollen drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoo Manufac tnrcrs, and General Out£ tie r. for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDOI7. CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. LIFE ANNUITIES.—MANCIIESTER COR PORATION WATERWORKS. The Waterworks Committee of the Corporation of the City of Manchester is prepared to issue, free from all official charges, ANNUITIES for LIVES, jointly or sepa rately, in such amounts as may suit investors, on security of the Borough Rates of the City, and the Rates, Rents, and other Waterworks Property. Applications, personally or in writing, may be made or sent to the City Treasurer, or to Mr. Berrey, Waterworks Offices, Town Hall, Manchester. By order, JOSEPH HERON, Town Clerk. Town Hall, Manchester, January 6, 1870. T IIE UNITED LAND COMPANY (LIMI rED). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING of the COMPANY will be held at the Offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street. Strand, London, at Two of the Clock p.m., on WEDNESDAI • the 2d February, 1870, for the pu , pose of receiving the Report of the Directors, of declaring a Dividend, and of transacting the ordinary busi ness of the Company. By order of the Board. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNE[SEV, Secretary. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. London, W. 0., 17th Jannary, 1870. O....UILDHALL, 13th January, 1870 . — The ‘--A Committee for LETTING the CITY LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of January inst., at Half-past One o'clock precisely, to receive PROPOSALS fcr a LEASE of a HOUSE, No. 222, Tottenham-court-road , in the county of Middlesex. Also to receive Proposals for a Building Lease for Eighty years. of the site of the prem'ses, Nu. 48, London-wall, in the City of London. Plans of the property may be seen, and further part ion lars and forms of tender obta'ned, *upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDD. BEZAND, Comptroller. A GENTS WANTED EVERY WTI ERE to introduce eonnuodi lee valuable to every householder nigh and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission , o Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &e. Apply with two stamps to R. 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Children tinder twelve. M. ROYAL AL El AMB RA PALACE. THREE BALLET; Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open from 11 to 4. 1.0 ()I j ' 112 ) tr, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19, 1870. THAT Mr. FORSTER should be much more san guine than Mr. BRIGHT about the triumphs of the coming session is only natural, seeing that the first is seven years the junior of the second, and, being outside the charmed circle of the Cabinet, knows less of the difficulties which stand in the way of legisla tion. In fact, the Ministerial utterances of the recess have varied in hopefulness in; ersely to the authority of the speakers. First came Mr. GLAD STONE, on Lord Mayor's Day, with a speech so depressed and depressing that it seemed fitter for a funeral oration than for the chief civic festival of the year. Mr. BRIGHT, as compared with his chief, was abso lutely jovial; yet even he spoke of mountains that appeared more and more inaccessible as you approached them, an.d of a legislative Temple Bar, which so blocked the way that the nation ought to feel grateful if one legislative vehicle contrived to get through. Mr. FORSTER speaks in quite a different tone. He is full of hope ; he does not believe in any inaccessible mountains, and even the eye of a needle may be traversed by camels if only they will consent to march one at a time. The PRIME MINISTER gave the idea that all legislation hitherto had been a failure, and that the Government were not at all sure that they would be prepared with any legislation hereafter. The PRESIDENT of the BOARD OF TRADE considered there was one mea sure which Parliament might possibly pass, but it would be unwise to expect more than that one. The VICE PRESIDENT of the PRIVY COUNCIL names a succession of first class measures, all cf which he thinks Parlia ment may pass, and any two of which would be suf ficient to signalise a session even in these days of rapid progress. It is really most inspiriting to hear Mr. FORSTER telling his constituents of the Irish Land Bill, the Education question, the Licensing question, the University Tests Bill, the Ballot, and Trades Unions, and saying that he can see no reason why all these matters should not be dealt with before the time for the shooting of grouse is come. We confess that when the first glow of enthusiasm and hopefulness has passed away, we are not so sanguine as Mr. FORSTER. We cannot but remember that he is only a subordinate member of the Government. True he is a very able politician ; true he is, if his life be spared, destined to be one of the very-foremost statesmen of the day; yet for all that he cannot, so long as he is outside the Cabinet, appreciate all the difficulties which his colleagues within the Cabinet have to overcome. No man was more sanguine than Mr. BRIGHT was before he be came a Minister, no man had a finer scorn for obstacles or a more magnificent contempt for the lion in the path, which, according to him, statesmen evolved out of the depths of their own imagination. Nevertheless, he has come to acknow ledge that there is such a creature after all, and that this beast is a very formidable impediment to progress. But while we imagine that Mr. FORSTER'S pro gramme is far longer than his colleagues will sanction, and while we shall be abundantly satisfied if three, or at the most four, of the leading measures ho names become law before this seventh decade is completed, we rejoice to see that the one measure about which he is most sanguine is that with which he is best acquainted. No one knows more about the education question than does Mr. FORSTER, no one so much, except, perhaps, the Bishop of EXETER, whose praises Mr. FORSTER sang. Yet he finds no insuperable obstacle ; on the contrary, he believes that the diffi culty which now appears so great will prove none at all on close inspection. Not but what there are difficulties ; yet that which men fear most is by no means the greatest. "I am sure," he says, "that although the difficulties of this education question are greater than I can describe to you, the religious difficulty is one which will disappear as we come close to it. It is a hill, the height and steepness of which will be less and less as we approach its base, and I am not sure that we shall not be able to canter along it." How this is to be done Mr. FORSTER does not say precisely; yet we may form some idea from another passage of his speech. "So convinced is the country, so convinced is. the House of Com mons, of the importance and urgency of this question, that no economical, or religious, or irreligious diffi culty will be allowed to stand in the way. The public money must not be wasted ; no, not one penny of it must be spent, unless, indeed, for the purposes of education. But it the public money must be spent, no religious differences must stand in the way of an elementary secular educa tion—no differences between one dogma and another. lam certain that public opinion will not allow dogmatic differences to be an obstruction to a national system of education. lam quite sure that it will not allow the State to interfere, or em power others to interfere, with the religious educa tion of any individual; and I am also sure that pub lic opinion will not allow the State to prevent the teaching any more than the preaching of religion." These words appear susceptible of only one explana tion. The State will combine the denominational and the secular systems. It will continue to aid those schools in connection with religious bodies, which fulfil certain conditions of efficiency. But in starting new schools where there are none, or where the number is insufficient, Government will not undertake the religious instruction, but will establish schools that shall be purely secular. In a word Government will recognise the efforts and the energy of religious b o di es so far as these have supplied the means of education. Where they have not, the State will compel the esta blishment of schools that shall be open to all, and will therefore be without any specific religious teaching. If this be the solution of the problem we do not see that either party will have any reason to complain. The denominationalists will be satisfied when they find that the schools upon which they have spent so much trouble, time, and money, are not to be taken out of their hands; the Secularists will be equapy_satisfied when they learn that schools The young woman murdered inFinsbury on Satur day has been further identified as Cecilia Aldridge. It appears that two years ago a respectably dressed woman applied at 54, Flower and Dean-street, Spitalfields, and asked if she could be accommodated with a lodging for a night. She did not give her name, and she did not state where she came from, but it was suspected that she had been a needlewoman. While in the house she always con ducted herself very quietly ; and at seven o'clock in the evening she left, as she stated, to go and see her friends. At two o'clock every morning she returned to her lodgings. About a month ago she met a young man who slept in the lodging-house, and she told him her name was Cecilia Aldridge, but she did not tell him where she had come from. In the house she bore the character of being a quiet, inoffensive, sober woman. She hardly ever spoke to any --- = 44 sae. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVESING, JANUARY 19, 18'70. supported by the money of the ratepayers are to be open to children of all, without respect of creed, Mn. INGHAM, the police magistrate at Wands worth, has just had to commit two persons for trial . on a very serious charge. The charge was that a Mrs. IRONSIDE had conspired with a Mr. and Mrs. SSEPLEIIOIIN to deceive Mr. InoNSIDE by passing off upon him as his own daughter an infant which was not his. The evidence stated that Mrs. IRONSIDE had pretended to be confined,' and that an infant had been presented to her husband as the result of that birth, and that he was told it was his child, whereas it was neither his nor his wife's. Pending the trial, to which the prisoners stand committed, we do not intend to pass any comments upon this particular case. Nevertheless, it suggests a question of great general interest. How is it that the practice of adop tion is so little resorted to in England ? It was common enough among the Jews ; it is still common among Indian and other Eastern nations; but with us it is so rare, that every case is considered a matter for astonishment. If we come to consider we shall think this rarity much to be regretted. On the one hand, there are a large number of wealthy childless married people who pine for children, and there are a number of unmarried women who have the true motherly heart, and with whom it is a lifelong grief that they will never have a child to bring up. On the other hand, there are a large number of parents struggling with poverty and over burdened with a large family, to whom it would be an immense relief if they could place one of their children in the charge of persons who have the means and the will to bring it up well. On the one side is scarcity, on the other superfluity. Why should not the happy medium be obtained by supplying the wants of the first out of the excess of the second ? We see absolutely no reason. Some persons will urge that natural affection will not allow parents to part with a child. We reply that such affection is very unnatural if it interferes with the happi ness of the object of it. "Natural affection " is simply an instinct implanted in the parental nature in order to guard against neglect. This instinct is shared with the brutes, and is so strong that only insanity and drunkenness will destroy it. Yet it is not to be placed in opposition to reason, but must always give place to reason. Else parents are nothing better than sheep or goats, Nourishing a blind life within the brain. If, therefore, it is clear that the child would be greatly benefited by handing it over to an adopting parent, instinct ought not to stand in the way. Of course it must be clearly understood that the benefit is a real one in every way, or at least that mental and moral considerations do not give place to consi derations of money. It would be a miserable thing to transfer a child to the guardianship of a wealthy worldling, still worse of a wealthy debauchee. Sup posing the transfer to be in all respects desi rable, it should be understood that there is no rivalry between the adopting and the natural parents in the affection of the child. There should be noth ing like jealousy of the second on the part of the first. The new parents, if they value filial love at all, will never think of attempting to divert it from those to whom it is due. At the same time the natural parents must not be surprised or pained if the trans ferred child has not quite the same empressement of affection for them that its brothers and sisters have. Natural affection alone will not make a child love its parents. If there be no intercourse between them, that sort of affection will soon die out, as many an Anglo-Indian parent can tell. So, when the child has gone to its new home, let there be frequent oppor tunities of meeting and maintaining unbroken the golden chain of family love. It seems to be generally believed that Sergeant Dowse will be the new Solicitor-General for Ireland. The Dublin Express says Garibaldi is expected in Loudon this week on a send-political mission. We understand (says the Standard) that the Government will take possession of the telegraph offices on the 29th instant. The two men charged with being implicated iu the murder of a gamekeeper on tho estate of the Maharajah Dhuleep Siugh have boon committed for trial. The late Chaue,:llor of the Exchequer (the Right Hon. George \Yard Hunt) is interesting hiawelf in stocking the river Neue witli salmon. The First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, the Senior Sea Lord, will visit Deal to-morrow, for the purpose of inspect ing the Royal Marine establishments. Mews. Waters and Knox commenced canvassing 3iallow yesterday. The baud brought by Colonel Knox from Cork was attached while parading with a flag in scribed "Release the prisoners." TLo flag was torn down and trampled on. The sudden death is announced of the late High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, Mr. George Ebenezer Foster, J.P. Ho fell down this morning in his own bank whilst conversing with a clerk. The unfortunate gentleman died instantaneously. The Marquis of Salisbury has contributed £3,000 tcwards a fund established for relieving the spiritual desti tution of the deaneries of Barking, Greenwich, and Wool wich, recently transferred from the diocese of London to the diocese of Rochester. The Bishop of Rochester has subscribed £l,OOO and Mr. 0. E. Coope £l,OOO. A suspicious seizure bas just been made at Bally sbannon. A box addres-ed to a person in Donegal, and labelled "pickles and sauce," was fount to contain eight rifles complete, with swords, scabbards, and every re quisite—wrenches, screws, &c.—all of the military pattern, bearing the mark "Tower," and a crown, together with a largo supply of ready-made breech-loading cartridges. To avoid suspicions being aroused by the length of the box, the stocks are made in two divisions, fitted with a brass catch and screw, so as to be put together without any trouble. At Burrington, in North Devon, a man named Bird, a labourer, lived with his wife and family, and Lis fa ther-in-law, in a very dilapidated house. They had been alarmed on Friday night by building materials falling down the chimney, and on Saturday morning, while the family were in bed, the chimney fell with a fearful crash, car rying a part of the house with it. On the debris being re moved, the old man (named Gould), aged ninety-one, was found quite dead, shockingly mutilated ; Bird's two chil dren, aged respectively nine and eleven, were also taken out of the ruins dead. The other inmates escaped with little or no injury. The inquest was held yesterday, and a verdict of "Accidental death" returned. Yorkshire (according to a Parliamentary return issued to-day) includes 48 towns, of which 19 have no grammar school endowments. There remain 29 towns, making, together with 74 places not reckoned as towns, 103 places having such endowments, some having more than one school. The gross annual income of these foundations has been computed at £24,927. Many of these foundations embrace other charitable ob jects besides grammar schools. The net annual income of the grammar schools, after payment of all expenses for re pairs, rates, taxes, and insurance in connection with the estates and school buildings, is estimated at £16,271, besides £1,098 for exhibitions not included in the general founda tions; making a total of X 17,860. John Grant, a butcher in Leeds, was on Saturday convicted by Mr. Bruce the stipendiary magistrate, under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, of having caused a diseased heifer to be carried on the railway. After purchas ing at Skipton for £2, an animal which would have been worth upwards of .£6 if it been in a healthy condition, the defendant sent it by rail to Leeds. There it was slaughtered, and on the carcase being examined by the meat inspector it was found tEat the beast had been suffering from pleuro pneumonia. In the spring of last year the- defendant was fined £lO and costs for dealing in diseased meat, and Mr. Bruce on Saturday inflicted the highest penally in his power —.£2o end costs—remarking that if I e had had authority he would have committed the defendant to prison. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) ROLLS COURT. 31`CREIGHT V. SIR WILLIAM FOSTER, BART. His Honour gave judgment this morning in this ;nit arising out of the lease of the Alhambra, Leices ter-square. It appeared that Sir W. Fester leased the Alhambra to Mr. A. Gospell Pooley in Septem ber, 1864, for £22,500, the purchase money to be paid by instalments. At subsequent dates down to January, 1865, Pooley paid £,12,500. Pooley became indebted to the late Birmingham Banking Company (of which plaintiff was official liquidator), Lnd gave to the bank as security for his debts an undertaking to assign to them his interest in the lease of the Alhambra, but he never signed the mort gage deed. The bank gave Sir William Foster notice of their claim upon the property, which the hon. baronet acknowledged, but he allowed the matter to pass unnoticed, and completed the con tract with Pooley by receipt of the remaining pur• chase money, without giving the bank notice of the transaction. Pooley at once sold the lease at a profit to Mr. Strange, the present lessee of the Alhambra, who bought it without any notice being given of the claim of the bank. The bank now sought to make Sir W. Foster liable for his neglect in not giving them notice. The Master of the Rolls decided that Sir Wm. Foster's plain duty was to have given the bank notice, and made a decree de daring him liable for the loss, and ordering an ac count to be taken of the actual loss sustained. PROSECUTION OF M. ROCHEFORT. DEBATE IN THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT. Monday's debate in the Corps L6gislatif was looked for with the greatest eagerness. The public curiosity rose to such a height that tickets of admission to the Strangers' Gallery were sold at a fabulous price—eight or ten louis being given for them. Inside the Chamber the audience was larger than it had been for a longtime. The deputies mustered before one o'clock. They manifested little anxiety, but spoke smilingly of a visit from " the people." Tho galleries were filled to overflowing. The syndicate of the provincial journals took possession of the gallery that is to ho set aside for them in the future. The space reserved for the foreign diplomatists was thronged, and among them towered a tall, black form, which was said to be the Minister of Hayti, General Salmon. The Chamber was noisy, and the deputies seemed eager to manifest their sympathy for the Minister. "We must rally round him," said several members of the old Right. M. Schneider was in the chair, and few members were absent. The sitting opened at half-past two, and the proces icrial was adopted without remark. After some preliminary business, including the admis. sion of M. de Forced°, the order of the day came on. It was the following motion by M. de lieratry The Chamber having confidence in the firmness of the Ministry, and rendering justice to the measures which it has taken to maintain public tranquility, is of opinion that is advisable to withdraw the demand for permission to prosecute M. Rochefort." M. EMILE OenviErs, Minister of Justice, said that ho could not accept the order of the day. He consideredany thing beyond the pure and simple vote for the authorisa tion which ho asked for, as an act which would render it impossible for him to carry on the work ho had under taken. M. Plums, who had the right to speak first, made way for M. Rochefort, at the request of the latter. M. RocnErouT saidthat certain proceedings allowed any thing to be said. The masses would say that at any cost it was necessary to expel from the Chamber a dis agreeable deputy. (Murmurs.) M. Rochefort declared that , he did not intend to defend himself. The Govern ment had resorted to such base measures, had shewn such maladresse that the two former Ministers that were on the bench had, it might be said, taken him by the hand to conduct himinto the Corps Legislatif. For his part M. Rochefort wished that the Government should commit this last error with regard to him, and he should not defend himself, for whatever faults the Empire committed the Republic would profit by them. The Chamber listened to this lan guage in the most profound silence. M. PICARD opposed the demand for the authorisation. He regretted the declaration of the Cabinet. He did not wish for its overthrow, but he believed it was an error to have commenced the prosecution, and a still greater error to have made it a Cabinet question. After having so carefully separated politics from justice, it was an error to make at the very outset a question of justice, a political question. Let them leave on one side the Ministerial question. It was not well that the Ministry should pass out of sight too soon. It hid a programme to fulfil. It must have time to redeem its promises. The question had a double face. Was there not a duty for the assembly to perform, and an Interior to preserve ? No doubt the law must not be violated; but since the Empire had begun the experiment of liberty, the first condition of this experience was to let the law sleep. And the infrac tion of the law was reciprocal when Prince Pierre Bonaparte wrote on the 30th December a letter addressed to the Revanche de Ccrse, in which he spoke of applying to the editors l(s tripes aux champs. He was not prosecuted, although the law was violated, and the provocation to political assassination contained in that letter was all the more dangerous that it was addressed to Corsicans, and proceeded from a Prince of the Imperial Family, "We should all detest violence," said M. Picard, and the words were loudly applauded from all parts of the Chamber. In what state of mind was M. Rochefort after the crime at Auteuil? He gave a cry of sorrow, he had uttered the most in juriouslanguage ; but in the interest of tho Assembly itself M. Picard thought it should not authorise these prose cutions. They were unjust, for they were exceptional in presence of other acts which were not prosecuted. They were a political mistake, and the conduct of the Sovereign in conciliating 31. Rochefort was the proof. In fact, they must not commit the fault of contravening the principle, which was the safeguard of that assembly—its inviolability. M. NOGENT SAINT LAURENS affirmed that the corn mission had done a work of conscience and truth. Cer tainly while giving the fullest confidence to the Ministry, the commission was not, and never would be inclined to give a vote of blind confidence. As for the reading of the article it was a necessity, and occasioned reprobation rather th ,„ „ cc i t ,,„,„ s re , --e must be no immunity for et violence. (TrZ's bien.) 31. AILAG 0 supported the views of M. Picard. Tao Clamber must not allow an attack on parliamentary im munity. Resides, the Chamber could not enter fully into the quest:on. 31. Arago asked what was the moral position of 31. Rochefort in presence of the corpse of his friend, and concluded his speech by a reference to the sanguinary vio lence of Brumaire and of the 2nd of December. 31. OLuvien replied : He would not enter intermatters which were beside the question, which was in reality this, "Had 31. Rochefort broken the law ?" Addressing himself to 31. Rochefort, whose frankness he acknowledged, he reminded him that if he was in that Chamber it was not owing to exceptional maladresse, but owing to exceptional clemency. 31. ROCIIEFORT protested, and denied the safe conduct_ The 3LszisTER continued : The object is not to be rid of him, the Governmenthas no obiection tosee M.Rochefortin this Chamber, or to hear him speak. But what was the object of the article? It is proved by the acts and the words of those who surround 31. Rochefort. He himself admits it. The Government cannot be ignorant that they are the objects of attack, as all cars have heard it during the last two days, and the articles in all the journals of his party acknowledge that M. Rochefort has appealed to arms. M. 011ivier read an article from the Riforme. M. Rochefort asked who signed it. "31. Demerol" replied the Minis .er. 'Ho is suspected of belonging to the police" cried 31. Rochefort. (Loud laughter.) 31. Rochefort repeated his assertion. " That part of the affair concerns these gentlemen themselves," said 31. 011ivier; and he proceeded to affirm that never had the press been nore free. Men's opinions were, and always would be, perfectly free ; but acts must be repressed when they were contrary to the law. The outrage to the Sovereign of an appeal to arms was an act which the Government could not suffer with impunity. The Government did not fear revolution. It was not only on . the army, loyal, faithful, and courageous as it was, that theyrelied. They did not fear revolution, because the nation did sot desire it. The nation knew that the Govern ment would give it liberty; it knew that its fortune and the conduct of its affairs would be henceforward in its own hands. But if the Government did not fear revolu tion, it wished to prevent what were called " Days." In public meetings they had talked of "Days" The Government were resolved to respect free thought, but insurrectionary acts and appeals to arms they would not tolerate. And to those who accused the Government of "maladresse" the Minister replied that respect for the law is always for the Government a strength and a consideration. 31. 011ivier's speech was enthusias tically applauded. WI vo .qrarrv, +h.+ kl‘allinigtry war,* following a policy which would give rise to " Days," instead of pre venting their appearance. It was well not to fear the dangers of revolution, but it was better to prevent them. He protested againstthe prosecution. It was the beginning of a reactionary policy against the press. It was a new sys tem, and quite in contradiction to the principles which had brought the Ministers into power. Not only would ho refuse to vote for the prosecution, but he would vote against the order of the day. He did more than disapprove of the policy—he condemned it. M. DE PsnE obtained with some difficulty permission to speak. He was also against the prosecution, and wished to stop the Ministers from committing suicide. He shewed the inconsistency that existed between the present actions and the former words of the Prime Minister. M. „ 011ivier had once said "he did not wish them to be able to touch a deputy, because to do so assailed the involiability of the Chamber." M. de Piro wished that everyone might have tolerance shewn to them. He wished that the princes of the Bourbon family might be called. Some of the deputies demanded that the discussion should be closed. M. FERRY spoke against the proposal. M. GI:TOT MONTPAYROUX protested, and said that they must ask the tribune to record its vote. 31. ESTANCELIN spoke next, and said that it was with friendly hands they opened a door for the Government to escape from its embarrassments. It was a conciliatory oroposal, and they must not be surprised if those who nigned the proposition abstained from voting. The vote was then taken, and the proposals of the Commission which authorised the prosecution against DI Rochefort were accepted by 220 votes against 34. The Chamber adjourned at ten minutes to six. The names of the deputies who signed the order of the day against the authorisation of-. the prosecution of Rochefort were as follows MM. Estancelin, Lef6vre-Pontalis, Adolphe, Cochery, Comte de Keratry, 31alejieux, De Choiseul, Praslin, Planat, Wilson. Riondel, Comte do Plesecques, M. de Piro. A cone delire has been issued to the Dean and Chapter of A.t!tneliester . to_ . ,choose the Rev. J. Frill al 33iN40p.. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Mr. Sergeant Parry, this morning, showed cause against a rule which called upon an attorney, whose name was not mentioned in Court, to answer cer tain matters Bet out in affidavits which stated that the attorney had in five instances contracted to pur chase property offered for sale. Ho then raised and persisted in objections to title, and suggested that the matter should be settled by paying £lO or /20 for his expenses. There was an additional rule re ferring to eight other similar instances. The matter was referred to the Master for investigation and report. POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. SERIOUS CHARGE OF FRAM—Henry Longden, a man of gentlemanly appearance, described as of 36, Vincent-square, Westminster, was charged with obtaining £3 by false and fraudulent pretences. Mr. W. D. Smith, of Rochester-row, prosecuted. It appeared from the opening statement of Mr. Smith, which was fully borne out by the evidence, that the prisoner had been for the last two or three years a customer at the house of Mr. Henry ,Tames Champneys, the Swan, Canon-row, Westminster bridge. On the 7th instant he came aril asked for change of a cheque for £3 on the Londoa and County Bank. It was drawn by Henry Longden, on behalf of Kite Doll man, and was returned "No transactions since April, 1868." The prisoner knew well that he was doing wrong, for he had bad notice since April, 1868, that the account was overdrawn ; but he had systematically been drawing cheques since, and iu fact one was now in court for £5, drawn in May, 1868, and marked "No effects." Davis, 331 B, apprehended him at 9.30 this morning as he was leaving his house. He said it was a very bad job. Prisoner asked for a short remand, in order that the affair might be properly before the court. He had no more idea cf fraud than of murder. He was remanded till Monday. THAMES. A WICKED NEWS BOY.—George Gollop, a stout, healthy-looking boy, aged 13 years, was brought before Mr. Lut.hington charged with feloniously embezzling various small sums of money, amount ing in the aggregate to £2, which he had received for and on account of Mr. Sydney Gundry, nec‘s agent, 178, Mile end-road. The prisoner had been in the a rvice of Mr. Gundry since the 30th of September in supplying newspapers to his customers. The boy's returns nag been very irregular. lie aeintea 0.0 s.,..akuLuer with a month's newspapers, delivered at the rate of one every morning, and Mr. Gundry would give credit no longer, and stopped the further supply of the paper. Ile afterwards discovered that the paper had been regularly paid for every day at the time it was left. There were many similar cases. Ihe amounts unlawfully appropriated were from ld. to is., and the pti_oner had involved his master's business in the most inextricable confusion. In many instances he paid in part of the money he received and pocketed the remainder. One cus tomer had not received a newspaper all the winter, but the prisoner debited the gentleman with it, and supplied another with it, from whence be received payment. The prisoner gave a fierce look of de fiance at everybody in court, and when asked if he bad any defence, he growled out, " No, none at all." Mr. Lushington remanded him for a week. 3IARLBOIcOUGII-STREET. EMBEZZLEMENT BY BOYS.—Two errand boys in the employ of Mr. Thomas Hunt, poulterer, of Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, were charged be fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with embezzling the sum of £1 13s. Gd., which was received by them or, account of their employer. Evidence having been given that the money, £1 13s. Gd., was paid to the prisoners, and that it had never had been handed to Mr. Hunt, as it should have been, Mr. Hunt said that he had ascertained that the boys after obtaining the money ran away, their intention being to go to sea, that they went to Woolwich and tried to get a ship, but were not successful in doing so. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded them for a week. THE GREAI EASTERS STL AMER. The following is an extract from a letter from the managing director of the Telegraph Construc tion and Main terance Company : " The Great Eastern left St. Vincent, coaled and in perfect condition, on the 23d of November, for the Cape of Good Hope. Her track was one en tirely out of the direction pursued by the home ward-bound ships ; we cannot hear of her from the Cape until the next mail arrives, on or about the 28th iast. ‘, If her coaling at the Cape is not delayed by bad weather, she ought- to arrivQ io 11.—Loy this week ; but, owing to- the irregularity and un certainty of the overland telegrams from that Pre sidency, it is impossible to say when we may hear of her arrival there. " There is not the slightest reason for any anxiety about the ship or her freight." Five guineas per cent. were paid to-day to effect fresh insurances upon the Great Eastern. No un easiness whatever is felt by the underwriters with regard to the perfect safety of the vessel, as most of them have taken large risks upon her. THE QUEEN'S (WESTMINSTER) RIFLES.—Lady Thesiger and a very numerous company attended the dis tribution of the prizes of this regiment in Westminster hall, which this year amounted to over £1,500. Ser gernt Hunt, of the 13th Company, took the Champion's gold badge of the regiment as the best shot. This highly honourable prize is only awarded as the re gult of a number of competitions which fully deteir mine the merits of the competitors. The four next in order scoring as follows: —Private Black, 619 ; Ser geant Anderson, 589; Private Dyke, 587; and Corporal Leete, 586. A silver challenge cup, value £5O, given by the Marquis of Westminster, was won by No. 8 COM puny, with a figure of merit of 119.31 marks. The prizes !text in importance were—the Burgesses of WestmListor's challenge cup, value 50 guineas, with five badges, value £lolos., added' by the regiment, competed for by five men from each company; won (fifth time) by No. 8 Com pany ; average, 51.20. Winners of badges, Sergeant An derson, Privates Dyke, Parkinson, Tinto, Love. The Lambert challenge cup, value .£3O, won by the 2d Batta lion ; average, 28.75. Plicate W. R. Hunt, No. 13 Company, made the highest score, and won the goblet, value £2 10s. The Bath Cup, value i.lO, won by the 2d Battalion ; averages, 49.14. The shooting for 1869 of the regiment gives a figure of merit of 136.16, and 204 marksmen, against 127.37, and 167 marksmen last year. Then fol lowed a long and valuable list of regimental and com pany prizes, occupying an hour and a half in the dis tribution. At the conclusion Major Bushby called for three cheers for the young lady who had graciously offi ciated, and they were given with great heartiness. AN INSANE PATIENT DYING FROM BROKEN RIBS. Another of those now unhappily frequent cases of lunatics dying in asylums from broken ribs was investiga ted on Monday at Carmarthen. The deceased was an inmate of the Joint Counties Asylum at Carmarthen. When he came to the Asylum, according to one account, he was blithe and cheery. A few days after his entry, however, after a fit of violence, he was so weak that he could hardly move. When he saw him in the padded room, the assistant-surgeon suspected from certain spasmodic twitchings, from his difficult breathing, and the way in which he lay that it was a case of broken ribs. Similar cases had occured before, and had been unaccounted for, except by the evidence of attendants. He belieyed that a person quietly kneeling on the patient's chest, the patient resisting, would be suffi cient to break the ribs. It is remarkable that no one discovered the patient's ribs were broken until four days after death, when a post-mortem examination was made. In accordance with the evidence of the medical superin tendent, the jury found that deceased died of pleurisy. caused by fracture of the ribs. THE FINSBURY MURDER. The lody of the doubly unfortunate Cecelia Aldridge who was murdered at an hotel in Finstury by a Swiss named Spinas, has Leen identified by her sister, a machinist at a City work-room. The father and mother live in Liver pool. They made their child leave home when she fell into "misfortune." The man Spinas, who is charged with the Finsbury murder, has made the following statement :—" I was lying asleep on the bed in my room when some person approached my bedside. I did not then know that it was a woman that was in the room. I had been drinking, and when I was suddenly awoke up out of my sleep I thought that some person had got into the house with the intention of robbing it. The first thing I saw when I awoke was an object in the dark, and thinking I was dealing with a robber, I caught hold of the candlestick and struck at the object. I then let go the candlestick, and took hold of a champagne bottle, and struck at the object again. After I had been striking at the object some time it fell upon the floor, and I then found that I had been striking a woman. I think that she got into the house by some means, and that her intention was to rob it." THE DIGNITY OF THE QUEEN'S BENOIT. At the rising of the Court of Queen's Bench en Tues day, Mr. Mellish, Q.C., applied that the next case on the special paper, " Notara v. Henderson," might be postponed until this day week, on the ground that his learned friend, Mr. Milward, Q.C., who was with him in the case, would be engaged at the Privy Council at the time when, in its regular course, this case would come on for hearing, The Lord Chief Justice said the court had shut its ears to such applications. Mr. Mellish: I thought the Privy Council and the House of Lords had a privilege. Mr. Justice Mellor: What privilege? Mr. Mellish: We are always obliged to be there. Mr. Justice Lush : Because they won't put off these cases. Mr. Mellish : They are considered to take precedence on account of their dignity. The Lord Chief Justice: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is not an appellant tribunal for this Court. The House of Lords is quite another thing; it is a Court of Appeal from us. As to the Privy Council, I do not admit for a moment that it has a a superior dignity to this court. In any appeal from this court to the House of Lords or the Exchequer Chamber, well; but I do not understand why our business is to be postponed for the business of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The application was accordingly refussd. REVIEWING TAXATION ON ELECTION PETITIONS. In the Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday, the rules ob tained against the taxing-masters(who were supposed to have unduly reduced the charges made Ly the successful against the unsuccessful parties to the petitions at Tamworth, Penryn and Falmouth, and Southampton) were argued by counsel. The first taken was that of Tamworth, where Sir Robert Peel had been petitioned against, but it was found that the charges against him were unfounded, and consequently, the peti tioners were called upon to pay the costs. On those costs being reviewed by the taxing master, several items were disallowed. The principal were those in reference to tho fees of counsel, refreshers, and consultations. Mr. Henry James, Q.C., M.P., on behalf of the unsuccessful petitioner, supported the revieming of the cots of the taxing master. iue leading counsel's feo was reduced from 200 guineas to 100 guineas; the junior's from 150 guineas to 75 guineas; leading counsel's refreshers were reduced to 25 guineas, and junior counsel's to 15 guineas: and, with regard to consultations,the master had disallowed all but one consultation. Mr. James submitted that he was placed in an invidious position in attempting to argue that his friend Mr. Giffard was not worth all that was paid him ; but ho thought if Sir Robert Peel chose to have gentlemen of great eminence at the bar, he must pay for them cut of his own pocket. On the other side, Mr. Giffard contended that election petitions were very exceptional trials, and must be exceptionally dealt with, having regard to the voluminous and difficult nature of the inquiry.— Their lordships decided upon hearing the other petitions before giving judgment,as they involved precisely the same points. The next case was that of the election petition for Penryn and Falmouth, in which Fowler and others were the respondents. The trial of the petition occupied two days, and Mr. Giffard, Q.C.'s fee .was 300 guineas, with 50 guineas per day; and Mr. Serjeant Sleigh's 150 guineas, and 40 guineas per day. The taxing master had reduced Mr. Giffard's fee in the first place to 100 guineas, but taking into consideration the distance from London, he had added 25 guineas, thus making it 125 guineas for fee, and 25 guineas instead of 50 guineas por day. In Serjeant Sleigh's case the 150 guineas fee was re duced to 95 guineas, and the 20 guineas per day in place of 40 guineas. Other reductions were made for refreshers and consultations. The Southampton petition was next taken. The costs of preliminary expenses reviewed in this case amounted to £987; and the agent of the two members against whom the petition was taken cut attempted to explain this large expenditure by stating that the petitioners were acting improperly by offering induce ments to voters to give evidence against the respondents; and he alleges it was necessary to have two clerks down at Southampton to watch the petitioner's proceedings, as soon as the petition was presented. These costs had been reduced to 120 guineas; and he contended that this was reasonable and proper. Mr. Giffard said he held the brief, which consisted of 326 pages, and there were 88 witnesses, and 160 voters were charged with all the bribery and corruption in the Act. The arguments occupied the whole day: and at their con clusion, the court reserved its judgment BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND INSTITUTE.—Pro fessor Lyon Playfair, M.P., has accepted the office of pre sident of the.institute for the current year. In the course of his letter to Mr. Gausby, the senior vice-president, he sa ys ," I accept the office with pride and satisfaction. The Midland Institute wap one of the earliest institutions in the country to recognise the importance which science and art are assuming in their rel4ipns to industry. I had the satisfaction of joining with others in giving one gentle push to its cradle; and now that it has grown to manhood, it is gratifying to find that the friends of its youth have not been forgotten. Express my thanks to your Council or their gratifying nomination of me." THE RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Posen Gazette tells a curious story, which, ho says, is now current in the Russian Court, apropos of the newly-discovered Socialist conspiracy. Last autumn, during the stay of the Imperial family at Livadia, au aide-de-camp of the Emperor's suit one day found in his coat-pocket an anonymous pamphlet, in which a striking parallel is drawn between the present state of Russia and that of France before the Revolution. The Government of Nicholas is compared with that of Louis XIV., and the rule of Alexander 111. with that of Louis XV., the fate of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette being foretold for the presetit Czarewitch and the Princess Dagmar, who is accused of frivolity, arrogance, and love of dress. The anonymous writer concludes as fol lows:—" The Russian revolution will be far more bloody and terrible than that of Franca in 170 ; fo r the despotism of the Czars is harder than that of the French kings, and Russian society far exceeds that of France iu immorality, brutality, and ignorance." This pamphlet was given by the aide-de-camp to a lady of the Court, who showed it to the Emperor and Empress. The latter, on reading it, was thrown into a paroxysm of fear ; she went immediately to the Princess Dagmar, and after approach ing her with her love of finery and want of devotion, implored her to alter her mode of life, as otherwise she was sure the words of the pamphlet would come true, and both the princess and her husband would perish on the scaffold. On hearing these reproaches the Princess Dagmar burst into tears, and complained to the Czarewitch. The consequence was that both of them left Livadia a few hours after. Since this family scene, adds the correspondent, the Empress has often had long fits of depression, and passes most of her time iri 441 EIC4Oti of OW Well-knOWia tVvote, Countess 1,100, zd, q(l4 - i, t 0 1 3 _ )p, HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 18. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice alto went out. LATEST INTELL LC-EN (REUT'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) 11-IE PROSECUTION OF ROCHEFORT] PARIS, Jan. 19. The Mar&illaise of to-day confirms the state ment that the trial of M. Rochefort will take place on Saturday next. ITALY. BRINDISI, Jan. 19. The Adriatic and Oriental Mail Steampacket Company's steamer Priucipe Tomaso, 81 hours from Alexandria, has arrived here. The mails will be delivered in London on Saturday morning. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Jan. 18. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 121 f ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1211; the lowest, 121 f. Sterling Exchange on London lO9. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll5l. i 4 " 1885 ll4 t 4 " 1867 ll4k. 10-40 " Illinois 139. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 253c. Petroleum—Standard White 3lic. Flour, extra state, ss.oc. to $5.60c. 'Corn, old mixed, sl.2c. According to Messrs. Moffatt Davidis and Co.'s • report, the receipts of cotton at all ports for the last four days have been 55,000 bales. Shipments to England 12,000 bales, to France 2,000, and to the Continent 4,C00 bales. Middling upland 11, • cost and freight, per steamer. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 19. The North German steamer America, from New York on the Bth inst., arrived here this morning. She brings 90 passengers, 87 sacks of mails, and $57,900 in specie for London. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 19. M. Raspail was very ill last night, but he is not lead, as was reported. During the whole of yesterday perfect tranquil lity prevailed everywhere. According to advices from Marseilles shocks of An earthquake were felt there yesterday about three a.m. No damage was done. BOURSE, Jan. 18.—Three o'clock—The mark ,_t closed as follows : ti per Cent. End of month — I per Cent End of month 73 30 Credit Mobilier 207 50 Transatlantic 192 50 Credit Foncier _1752 50 Paris Gas 1650 - RAUMA Bank Shares 2890 It&Pan gives 55 05 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 44 Spanish Threes 26 50 Home Debt — Deferred — 'B, Cash. 970 Orlo: ns Western Norlhciu ... ll3O Strasburg .. 590 )- ' Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 605 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 5151 North of Spain Saragossa Roman • 49 EXECUTION OF TROPMANN. (THIS DAY). BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PARIS, Jan. 19. Tropmann was executed this morning at seven o'clock precisely. During the night Tropmann rose to write a letter to his family. This morning tl.e cries of the crowd outside the prison announced to him that the time of his execution had arrived, and he was warned by the officials that his last hour had come, whereupon he replied, " I am ready." Only twice did he exhibit any signs of weakness—first, when he felt the cold edge of the scissors used to cut away his hair, and the second when he saw the guillotine. However he quickly recovered his firmness, and ascended the steps of the scaffold alone. From the time of his leaving the prison he never uttered a word. The guillotine, a square-shaped scaffold 13 feet long by about 12 feet 6 inches wide, was supported on four posts, six feet in height, and reached by a flight of ten steps. It was railed on all sides with an open balustrade, and at two-thirds of its length were fixed two upright parallel posts, surmounted by a cross-beam, which goes by the name of the " chapeau." They are 13 feet high, and have a space of about 15 inches between them. The knife, which is attached to the chapeau, is composed of a triangular blade of steel, fixed by means of three iron pins into a laden haft, called the " mouton," which gives it great weight. Between the posts and the staircase is the " bascule," a narrow piece of board, which when at rest is vertical, bat which a mere touch will bring into a horizontal position. The bascule, furnished with castors, rolls along a table, and, by a rapid action, bring the neck of the criminal, who is fastened to it, on to the lower half circle, so as to secure it there. To the right of the bascule, and attachei to it by hinges, is an inclined plane, placed so as to rest against the side of an enormous wicker-basket, lined with zinc, and filled with saw-dust. Under neath the bascule is a trough of oblong shape, and in front of the upright posts is an apparatus which secures the head of the criminal and prevents it from rolling on to the platform. The entire machine, together with its various accessories, was painted a disagreeable deep blood red colour. A cord acts upon a lever, which, bringing the upper portions of the claw together, compels the lower to separate and set the knife free. Ihe criminal mounted the scaffold in front of the vertical end. The executioner pushed the bascule into the horizontal position, and then pushed it along the table. The head of the victim seemed, as it, were, to throw itself into the semi circular opening of the lunette, and an assistant immediately seized hold of the hair, whilst the other set loose the knife, and decapitation took place. Ihe rapidity of the action was almost inconceiv able, and death, as a matter of course, Wes in stantaneous. The crowd assembled to witness the execution was immense. 'rho very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Illessis. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their tine old Irish whisky, is to be called " The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening. WEDNESDAY ,,,.20 min past 3 40 min past 3 TuntsnAy 58 min past 3 . 20 min past 4 FRIDAY iSATURDAY 25 min past min past 5 SUNDAY 10 min past 6 85 min past 6 MONDAY 58 rain past 6 24 min past 7 TUESDAY,,, 52 min past 7 20 ruin Last 8 eoural terial] prices fallen, an there and declit Bank shade inquii to 3, mark 4 At The s and p AI noun( of £1: Co ditto, duced Exch , June, d.- M , CO ThE -... ; 4 + P' Inc ditto Cent 5 i IN likei Loat to 6 to 8 186 and 18 Gre turc Loc 18i Am 144 We atru Tel Iva; der eta de rat na £1