The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-26 00:00:00

CAUTION. MOSES and SON • beg to inform the Public that they have adopted and registered a TRADE MARK, consisting of the words " The Standard," with the initials " E. M. & S." underneath, and that henceforward every article of clothing manufactured by them will have a label or ticket attached to it, with the said trade mark printed thereon. All persons are hereby cautioned against imitat ing the said Trade Mark. For trades and addresses see following advertisement. .. T HE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES, BES WORKMAN.-HIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to maasure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SONS. For the convenience of Ladies accompanying their Sons there is a separate department for Boys' Clothing, and It Is furnished with a splendid assort ment of Suits, Ov. rcoats, and Clothing for all occa sions, 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. MOSE 3 and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or injured will be ex hanged, 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 and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is unequalled for mag nitude, variety, and cheapness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all climates, with every re quisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for self-measure, Pat terns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON, Ready made and Bespoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boet and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all classes E. MOSES and SON'S Est .blishmeots are closed every Friday evening at sunset, when business is estuned until eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SCN LONDON: CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON- ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE NILE PE N. " STATIONER " says—" The successful inventors of the Waverley, Owl, and Pickwick Pens have just patented the 'Nile' Pen, which, by a combination of the turned up and turned down points, writes freely without scratching, and holds an unusually large supply of ink." " Sure says—" Speaking, after a severe test of their lasting qualities, the Nile Pen is a marvel." Sold everywhere, is per !ox By Post, ls. Id. M C • IVEN & CAMERON, 21, BLAIR-STREET, EDINBURGH. AGENTS—TMILLINGTON and HUTTON, LONDON. TOHN GOSNELII and CO.'S CHERRY e_p TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.— lied Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lowPe DriCe, Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 7s. 61, and 13s. each, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. 1870. MORTGAGE LOAN of His Highness the KEIEDIVE OF EGYPT, Secured by Mortgage on his Private Domains (Dairy Sanieh) In Bonds for £7,142,860, or Francs 178,571,500. CON TRACTOns. The. Franco-Egyptian Bank of Alexandria and Paris. To be issued in Bonds to Bearer of £2O each, and of £ tOO, £5OO, and £l,OOO each, Leing multiples of £2O, bearing Interest at Seven par Uent. per annum, from Ist April, 1870, payable half-yearly. An accumulative Sinking Fund of £2 7s. 4d. per cent. per animal, to be applied i❑ redeeming the Loan at par, in Twenty Years, by Half-yearly Drawings. The First Drawing will take place on the sth of September, 1870. The Interest upon the Bonds, and also the Pritcipal of the Drawn Bonds, to be payable in London in sterling money, or in Paris at she Fixed Exchange of 25 francs per £L sterling, at the option of the Bondholder. Messrs. BISCHOFFSHEIM and GOLDSCHMIDT, of London, are instructed by the Contractors to receive in London subscriptions for the above Loan at the price of £7B 10s. for each £lOO Stock. The Loan will be represented by bonds to bearer bearing interest until redeemed at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly on the Ist April and Ist October in each soar, at the Office of Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Gold schmidt in London, or in Paris and Alexandria, at the Office of the Agents of the Loan. The first half-year's interest will be payable on the Ist October, 1870. A Sinking Fund of £2 7s. 4d. per cent. per annum, toge ther with the interest on the Bonds cancelled, will be applied to the repayment of the Loan in 20 years, by means of half yearly drawings by lot, to ba made at Paris, on the sth March and sth September of each year, and the Bonds so drawn will he repayable at par on the Ist April and Ist October immediately following, at the office of Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt in London, or at the Office of the Agents of the Loan in Paris and Alexandria, when the interest thereon will cease. The first drawing will take place on the Scrip Certificate, as all the definitive Bonds cannct be ready till after the Ist of October, 1870. The instalment will be payable as follows :- 5 per Cent. on application. 10 7/ allotment. 15 30th June, 1870. 15 71 30th July, 1870. 15 I/ 30th August, 1870. 181 „ Ist Oct., 1870, deducting dividend of 3f per cent. less English income tax. 78i per Cent. Subscribers will have the option of anticipating the in stalments either on allotment or on any of the dates when they fall due, under discount at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. In default of payment of any instalment at its due date, all previous payments will be liable to forfeiture. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be re turned without deduction, and where an allotment is made of a smaller amount than that applied for, the surplus deposit will be applied towards the amount payable on allotment. The Loan is specially secured by the hypothecation set forth in the Article of the General Bond, of which the fol lowing is a translation : " As a guarantee of the payment of the said half-yearly sums, the first of which will be made on the let October, I'7o, and the last completed on the Ist April, 1890, his Highness has pledged the whole of the free revenues of the Daira Estates, and has furthermore specially mortgaged 150,000 feddans of land free from every incumbrance in accordance with the Government report, and which, under culture of the sugar cane, is capable of yielding a miLimum of a million and a half of quintals of raw sugar" (estimated at £1,500,000 per annum.) The main object of the Loan is to supply the means of carrying out on a large scale the growth of the sugar cane, • for which the soil and the climate of Egypt are so well adapted, and for erecting the establishments and introducing the machinery necessary for manufacturing sugar. The ritortg,aged domains will thereby become greatly enhanced in value by the improved system of cultivation which it is thus contemplated to introduce, and by the consequent rapid development of their vast resources. This being a loan to H.H. the Khedive, on a mortgage of his private domains, does not interfere with the engagement entered into by the Egyptian Government not to issue any further Government loan for five years from tho date of the last Government loan. The country, however, will derive the benefit of the stimulus which will be given to trade and production by moans of the present loanoind the consequent augmentation to the general revenue of the State. A general Bond for £7,142,860, signed by his Highness the Khedive, and th e legal Kachf or Deed of Hypothecation, will be deposited at the Bank of England. Scrip Certificates to Bearer will ba issued by Messrs. BisehoffAieini and Goldschinidt in exchange for Allotment Letters and Bankers' Receipts, and definitive Bond.' will be exchanged fur paid-up Scrip Certificates as soon a 3 practic able after the let of October, 187 u. Applications must be made on the annexel Form, and will bo recrivod Messrs. RISC} OFFSIIEIM AND COLDSCIIMIDT, Fouuders'-court, Lothbury, E.C.; Messrs. P. CAZBNOVE and Co. Brokers to t h e L oan 02, Tl;retAneed!e• street, E.C. from whom Prospectuses and Forms of Application may le obial tied. Subscription Lists will be opened simultaneously in London, as above, in Alexandria, and in Paris, at the Office of THE COMPTOIR D'ESCOMPTE DE PARIS, Rue Berger°, on the 26th and 27th April; but no application will be re ceived in London after three o'clock on Wednesday, the 27th THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1870. of April. Applications from the country posted on the 27th, so as to be delivered in London on the following morning, will be equally received. Scrip Certificates issued for London allotments can only be paid on and exchanged for Bonds in London. The documents connected with the Loan, or certified copies thereof, may be seen a t the Offices of Messrs. W. and H. P. Sharp, 92, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, London, E.O. _ _ Founders'-court, Lothbury, London, April, 1870. 1870. THE MORTGAGE LOAN OF HIS HIGHNESS THE KHEDIVE OF EYGITT. NO., LETTER OF APPLICATION. To be left with the Bankers after payment of preliminary deposit to them of 5 per cent. on the nominal amount applied for. Messrs. Bischoffsbeim and Goldschmidt, London. Gentlemen, Having paid to the Imperial Bank the sum of X request you to allot to Pounds Stock in the above Loan, on the terms of the Prospectus issued by you, and hereby agree to accept that or any smaller sum which may be allotted to , and to pay the instalments thereon according to the terms of your Prospectus of the 26th April, 1870. Your obedient servant, Signature Name in full Address in full Date April, 1870. Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay in full.] desire to pay up Subscription in full, re ceiving discount thereon at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum. Signature THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKE T. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone. THIS I,VENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr Kendal, Mr Compton, Mr Edward usborne, Mr Clark; Miss F. Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F Gwynne. After which, at 8 precisely, BAR WISE'S BOOK: Mr Sothern, Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr Kendal, Mr Buckstnne; Miss Robertson, Mrs Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr Sothern, &c. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENING. at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING': Messrs It. Phillips and Ashley; Miss Marla and Miss Nelly Harris. After which, at 15 to 8, THE PROMPTER'S BOX: a Story of the Footlights and the Fireside. Mr Benjamin Webster, H. J. Byron. Mr J. D. Beveridge, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Stuart, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr C. J. Smith, Mr Ashley, Mr W. Eburne, Miss Furtado, Mrs L. Murray, and Mrs Alfred • ellon. To be followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr J. G. Taylor and Miss Eliza Johnstone. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SAMPSON'S WEDDING. After which. at 8, LITT Ll! FAUST: Mr T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr Wilmot• Mdlle. Debreux Me,dames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ; OYAL STRAND THEATRE. 1 Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THfS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, WIDOWS' WEEDS. Messrs Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Burton and Anstiss. Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs. 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This plebiscite will take place on Sunday week, and it is generally admitted that the conclusion is foregone. That a majority of voters will be on the side of the Emperor is deemed so certain that the appeal to the nation will really be nothing more than a ceremony. Why, then, it may be asked, all this disturbance about the plebiscite ? Why these resignations of Ministers— these grave doubts on the part of the Emperor's friends—theso transports of rage on the part of his enemies? The new Constitution is a good one, a great -concession to liberty, and it might be urged that a formal ratification would make no difference in the actual gain to the people. Unfor tunately there are divers circumstances connected with this personal appeal which go far to dissipate the notion of its harmless character. The Emperor is supposed to be now establishing pirl!lmentary government ; but the plebiscite is itself contrary to all principles of a .onstitutional system. If the nation is tc be ruled by its representatives, it is a clear dis credit of representation to pass by the Legislature and invoke the direct suffrages of the electors. Moreover, the Emperor's mode of action throughout this affair has been essentially personal and arbitrary. There is nothing of the nature of parliamentary government, either in the appeal or in the manner of making it. The Emperor's proclamation says nothing about a responsible ministry, or the Legislature, or any other institution calculated to restrict his own powers. It is full of the great " I." It contains much of the stuff which is to be found in all the Em peror's proclamations, with much that is offen sive in the way of allusions to his great ness, his elevation, and divers other matters which have little to do with the welfare of France. Of any signs that a great concession is to be made, by which the French people are to be entrusted with their own guidance, this proclamation does not con tain one vestige. If the plebiscite were an isolated act, there would be little occasion for complaint. The Emperor has wielded extensive power for many years, and he is giv ing up at least a great portion of it. It is not to be supposed that such a surrender can be made without a pang. A personal appeal to the people would be a convenient mode of retreating with dignity. But the new Constitution provides that the sovereign shall retain this power of taking a poll head by head, and at the first opportunity Napoleon has shown his determination to use the privilege. The plebiscite is not an isolated act, it is not a mere coruscation of blue fire in the midst of which personal rule is trans formed into parliamentary rule : it is a fixed principle of the Constitution. And as it is difficult to conceive that an appeal to the nation can be other than an appeal from some decision of the Legislature, no wonder the friends of con stitutional liberty feel anxious. Such a clause in the new Constitution is a disturbing ele ment, and to that degree it lessens the value of the changes to which the Emperor has been induced to azree. VV HEN the hrst news of the capture of English men by Greek brigands arrived, we all hoped that the affair would prove nothing more serious than romantic, though disagreeable and costly, ad venture. It has ended in a terrible butchery. All the four prisoners who remained in the hands of the robbers have been put to death in cold blood, because the Greek Govern ment would not grant the full demands of the marauders. The exact facts of this massacre are not yet forthcoming, but there can be no doubt that the worst part of the story is true. The four gentlemen have been murdered; and so far as prasent intelligence goes, the criminals are still at large, the Greek Government from first to last having displayed the most perfect incapacity to en force its laws. The story dates about a fortnight back. On Monday, April 11, a party of eight travellers started from Athens to view the field of Marathon. They were Lord and Lady Muncaster, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd and their little daughter, Mr. F. Vyner, late 111. P. For Ripon, Mr. Herbert, one of the secretaries of our Legation at Athens, and the Secretary of the Italian Legation. Besides the travellers, the party included. a guide, driver, and four gendarmes whom the Government had allowed to accompany the expedition as an escort. It is asserted that more efficient protection was claimed and refused, but this part of the story must be left for further confirmation. Everything went well during the early part of the day. The travellers r3ached their destination, and explored without harm the famous battle-field where the liberties of Greece were secured long before the opening of the Christian era. But whilst passing through a narrow mountain gorge, on their return home, a gang of about thirty brigands assailed the party, and speedily gained an easy victory. Scarcely the semblance of a conflict took place. A. volley was fired at the gendarmes, one of whom was killed, and another mortally wounded. The captives were then hurried off towards the mountains. It seems that a detach ment of soldiers, thirty-one in number were on the route—sent apparently by the tardy Govern ment to act as an additional protection ; but these were not able to arrive in time. Six foot soldiers did, indeed, come up just as the brigands were making off, but they were not sufficiently nume rous, and the fire they opened might have proved fatal to the captives, had it been kept up. The brigands carried away their prey in triumph. They sent the ladies and the two surviving gendarmes back to Athens. The five gentlemen, with the guide were compelled to undergo a long march, at the end of which a conference took place. It was arranged by the brigands that the large ran som of £25,000, with a free pardon, should be demanded, and Lord Muncaster was sent off to make the necessary arrangements. Every thing was managed in the best style of that brigand art which flourishes amid the effilte Governments of southern Europe. Lord Muncaster was not allowed to depart without a pro mise that if he failed he was to return, a further stipulation being made that the lines of the captives depended upon his success. With this reasonable understanding that if he could not arrange the terms he was to return to be murdered, Lord Muncaster arrived at Athens. Then commenced a miserable negotiation. The money was soon found. But the pardon pre sented grave obstacles, and Lord Muncaster passed again and again from Athens to the brigands, and from the brigands to Athens, just as if the thirty miscreants were an invading army having rather the best of the situation. The Athens authorities could not be persuaded to grant a pardon. Their repugnance to such a humiliation was natural, though the humiliation was of their own producing, and the time for standing upon nice points of honour was past. Infantry and cavalry were sent against the robbers. They were, however, immediately recalled, for they endangered the lives of the prisoners. Still the Greek Government refused a pardon, whilst the brigands with equal obstinacy insisted upon one, and quite naturally, for of what avail could money be without the means of escape ? The disgraceful situa tion proved too much for the patience of the Ministry. They again sent out troops; the brigands retreated; the soldiers followed them up; and then came the horrible consummation. There is no difficulty in determining the cause of this catastrophe. The Greek Government is chroni cally incapable of ruling its territory, and on this occasion it behaved with more than ordinary incapa city. l3rigandage flourishes in all the southern States of Europe ; it is more than usually difficult of . extirpation in Greece ; and the natural perplexity of the problem is intensified by the unfortunately incompetent character of the present Administration. In choosing George of Denmark for their King, the Greeks got a Prince of a liberal and enlightened house; but the young man who fell to their share would have shone to better advantave in the home of his fathers. He is feeble. and quite unequal to the duty of governing a State where the King must necessarily be something more than a mere shadow. The duties of King George are properly not merely those of an ordinary constitutional monarch ; he must, in addition, personally supervise the business of his kingdom. With a handsome, gay, weak trifler, such as the son of the King of Denmark, it was not likely that brigandage would decrease, or that any of the mpny difficulties of Greece would be overcome. Accordingly the pest bas in no wise diminished. It is still rampant; a large number of Greeks embark in a business so exciting and profitable, and of those who are not brigands many actively sympathise with those who are. Having done nothing to repress brigandage, the Government thought fit to assume a highly authoritative tone, and to stand upon its dignity just at a moment when a party of foreigners were in the hands of the defiant robbers and threatened with death. It might be all very well to uphold the law and refuse a free pardon before the marauders had become masters of the position ; but when the lives of English and Italian travellers were at stake through the incompetence of those to whom the Government of the country is entrusted, the first care ought to have been the safety of the prisoners. The Greek Government muddled these lives away without saving its honour. It first sent troops, then recalled them; first took high ground, and then relaxed; and after making itself ridiculous, terminated the affair by making itself despicable. The Times, with curious logic, observes that the Greek Government had no alternative but to refuse the pardon; but now we must take vengeance on the brigands, and if the Greek Government is not equal to the occasion, "we may tender help sufficient to insure the desired end, and in sist upon its being accented." It seems, then, that honour would not permit the Athens Ministry to grant a pardon, but it will allow of the lauding of a foreign force on Greek soil to enforce justice against law-breakers. We shall not attempt to reconcile these two propositions. The Government ought to have given the pardon, and it ought now to enforce justice, if need be with English assistance. The only poor satisfaction left is necessary alike for ourselves and for preserving to Greece the vestige of some claim to be treated as a civilised State. qr6'4* .p..,,-, !is , • / . 6501114 ...r., A 4 w • 7 1 , t_9_. __‘ ED. „ e ll , it s i tv i v -_ 11:4 (1-a HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 25. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Iligh ness Princess Louise, walked and drove this morn- The other members of the Royal Family also went out. THE THEATRES, &c. HAYMARKET—At Seven. No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book. And My Husband's Ghost. PRINCE Cr WALES'S—At 7.30, Quite bf Accident M.P. Dearest Mamma. LYCEUM—At 7.30, Sampson's Wedding. Little Faust. ADELPHI.—At Seven, Too Much of a Good Thing. 'The Promp ter s Box. My Precious Betsy. OLYMPIC—At Seven, Frou Frou The 'Varsity Boat Race, My Turn Next. GAIETY—At Seven, The Happy Vilage. Lucky Friday. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN s—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. TRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon. A Fish Out of Water VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. Cupboard Love ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage. GLOBE—At Seven, Milky White. Robert Macaire. Vandyke Brown. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Sattu day) at 8; Saturday Mot - inzs at 3. Admission, is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and :3aturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till t. 30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily (except Sundays) Admission. Is.• on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d DEATH OF MR. MACIASE, R.A. Mr. Daniel Maclise, the Royal Academician, died yesterday afternoon. He was born in Cork on the 25th of January, 1811. Maclise first exhibited pictures at the British Institution in 1833. In 1835 the Royal Academy made him an associate, and in the year 1841 Mr. Maclise was elected a Royal Aca demician, his age then being thirty. In 1855 he travelled over Italy in search of fresco works ; and as one of the Fine Art jurors of the Paris Exhibition he r,presented *the artistic judgment of his nation. When, in 1866, Sir Edwin Landseer refused the Pre si iency of the Royal Academy, it was offered to Maclise, who declined it in turn. Though he may be said to have enforced in his own person the respect due to his are, he was one of the most unassuming men who ever lived. ART UNION-THIS DAY. The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Art Union of London was held to-day at the Royal Adelphi Theatre—Lord Houghton in the chair. The report having been adopted, the drawing for the prizes then took place, and the highest, that of £2OO, was taken by Mr. C. T. Millick, St. John's, N.B. The name of Mr. A. D. Wyoa, Kilburn, was theta drawn for a ptize of £l5O ; J. Elliott, South Australia, £100; an.l W. 11. Booker, Nottingham, £lOO. Amongst the other prizes tAen from the wheel were the follow;ng :—W. Dom, Mardeu, Kent, £4O ; IL G. Richa:dsou, King William-streA, £75 ; John Hearn, Bris . ol, £3O ; J. A. Alstone, Cheltenham, £4O ; J. W. Butterworth, Fleet-street, £4O ; G. Clark, St. John's-wood, £6O ; J. E. 'I honia , , Barba does, £5O ; W. 11. Phip, s, Colotnb, £75 ; R. G. Wild, South Kensington Mus.lum, £35 ; Mrs. Nozeda, Wellington-street, Strand, £3O ; A. Taylor, Watling-street, £5O ; J. A. Fraser, Yokohama, £3O; W. Venn, Blackheath, £45 ; E. Gregg, Kensington Gardens, £3O ; W. England, Bush-lane, £5O ; E, Hammond, Camden-town, £4O ; J. Dixon, Caledo nian-road, £45 ; C. Ellis, Maidstone, £5O. THE CHARGE AGAINST A JOCKEY. George Holman, the rider of The Doctor in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, yesterday appeared before the local magistrates on a charge of illtreating that horse. The prosecution was under taken at the instance of the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals. The charge was based upon a statement made by a contemporary to the effect that after the race The Doctor's sides were fairly ripped up by the spurs. The writer now explained that he used the phrase in a figurative sense, and the summons was dismissed, the bench holding that the case for the prosecution had not been made out. THE GREAT FIRE IN THE EAST END. Up to the present time a great deal of fire remains smouldering in the immense heaps of rubbish lying in the lower part of the different buildings, and the remaining walls frequently emit bodies of flame from the bend timbers and beams. This necessitates the continuous attendance of the firemen, who are con stantly exposed to great danger, for last night the northern wall fell, and it seems a miracle that a num ber of the brigade were able to escape. Each huur shows a further loss of property than was at one time anticipated. THE BRISTOL ELECTION PETITION. The petition against Mr. Robinson will now proceeck The thousand pounds security was taken to London this morning by Mr. Gilbert. The heads of the party have discountenanced it and withholden pecunia-y assistance, Sir Shafto Adair issued his address this morning to the electors of East Suffolk, in the Liberal interest. The Conservative candidate will be announced to-day. THE DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—Yesterday, in accord ance with the terms of Mr. T. P. Cooke's will, the annual dinner was given at Maybury to the lady and gentlemen pensioners of the College, under the presidency of Mr. Ben jamin Webster, the master. The muster was not so large as it has been ; and the necessity for all the chief visitors to return to town in time for their professional engagements occasioned an early break up of the meeting. The formali ties of the occasion included the reading of Mr. Cooke's will, or that clause of it which relates to the Dramatic College and the prize play, and the drinking " in solemn silence" to the memory of Shakspere. Mr. Webster, in the course of one of his short and genial speeches, announced that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have signified their intention to honour with their presence the benefit performance at Drury-lane Theatre on the 14th of May. AN EXHIBITION OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—Yester day several persons were at the Marlborough-mews Police s!ation, with the object of identifying property removed by the police from the premises of a general dealer, named James Treasure, and who, with a female named Emma Hogg, is now under remand at the Bow-street Police Court for being in unlawful possession of the same. The room used as a library at the station presented a rather st ange sigLt, reseraling a curiosity shop—there being an exten sive display of Dresden and other china and glass of a beautiful description, gold and silver watches (several of the latter by the same maker), rings of different kinds, gold chains, pins, and in fact every description of jewellery, plated goods, opera and plate glasses, revolvers, snuff-boxes, cases of drawing instruments, &c. Only a few of the articles have at present been identified, and the remainder can be seen on application to Inspector Shaw or the inspector on duty. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Mess - Ls. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wido celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be latiod The Royal Irish Distillery." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REU'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) • MASSACRE BY GREIK BRIGANDS. ATHENS, April 23 (Evening.) The funerals of Mr. Herbert and Mr. Lloyd took place to-day. The King, on foot, as well as an immense crowd of people, followed the hearse. The King was also present at the funeral service held in the Protestant Church, which was performed with military honours. ATHENS, April 25. The bodies of Mr. Vyner and Count de Boyl have arrived here. Before his death Mr. Vyner sent his will to Athens, in which he expresses a wish that his body should be embalmed and sent to London, which will accordingly be done. ITALY. FLORENCE, April 25. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the Minister of Foreig❑ Affairs, in reply to Signor Sor naani, deplored the assassination of the Secretary of Legation at Athens, and also that all exertions on the part of the Italian Ministry failed to save his life. The Opinione asserts that the Parliamentary Com mittee of Fourteen have not favourably received the proposition of the Bank for modifying the Convention concluded with the Government so as to enable the Bank to increase its capital to 200 mil lions of lire. Signor Servadis laid before the House a plan for abolishing the forced currency of Bank notes. SPAIN. PERSIGNAN, April 25, Evening. Some of the Carlist chiefs were arrested when leaving for the Sr anish frontier, and will be recon ducted to the interior of France—probably to Bourges. FRANCE. PARIS, April 26. Several Republican and Demodratic meetings were held yesterday evening, when very animated discus sions on the Plebiscite took place. Some of the speakers advocated abstention, and others that a negative vote should be given. No disorders, how ever, occurred. The strike of the men at the metal foundries con tinues. The men at the G-anin and Farcot works had com menced returning, but again left work yesterday, when it was resolved to continue the strike. lhe sugar refiners have presented demands, and which, if these are not granted, they will declare a general strike. BOURSE, April 25.—Three o'clock—The market :':used as follows : per Cent. per Cents 74 56 End of month— 74 85 'redit, Alobilier 240 rransatlantie 2OO redit Foncier 1305 Paris Gas 1677 50 Suez Canal 296 25 RAIL WA' Bank Shares 2815 IraPau vives • 56 25 Austriaa Fives -- Ottoman Loan 343 Do. Debt 4B 60 Spanish Threes - Home Debt 25 75 Deferred — Cash 972 Orleans Western Northern Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern"... 6lO Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman BOMBAY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, April 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pet a leaves at three this afterncon for Southampton. All well. She may be expected on the 30th inst. THE INDIAN BUDGET. CALCUTTA, April 25, 5.25 p.m. Government has fixed September 15th as the date upon which the annual Indian budget estimates shall be submitted to the Accountant-General. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. PLYMOUTH, April 26. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steam ship Elbe, with the West India and Pacific mails arrived here at 10.15 this morning. BAHIA, April 10. Exchange on London has been negotiated for this mail between 211 and 221, closing at 22k. Sugar, brown, nominal, 2,600 to 2, 1 00. Cotton, nominal, 11,800 to 12,000 reis. AMERICA. (By Cable). NEW YORK, April 26. The Cunard steamship Nemesis arrived here at 9 p.m. yesterday. The Inman steamer City of Brooklyn arrived out at 2 p.m. to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1131; the highest quotation during the day was 1131; the lowest, 1131. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 11 1885 1867 10-40 „ Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2310 Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra Stato, $4 50c. to $5 10c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 13c, THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French Rentes to-day were quoted 74f. 57c. " THE HEIR EXPECTANT." A Novel. By the author of " Raymond's Heroine," &c. Three vols. "The anther of ' Raymond's Heroine' (says the Saturday Review) has once more given us a work which may be unreservedly described as a work calculated to sustain and enhance her hold on popular favour. In plot, details, coherence, completeness, and in the unflagging interest which carries the reader re sistlessly through chapter after chapter to the end, ' The Heir Expectant' is a tr.umph of novelistic skill. A much more copious analysis than we have attempted would fail to represent the impression of rich and varied power which the admirable uovol before us leaves on the mind." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening TUESDAY 40 min past 11 0 min past 12 WEDNESDAY 10 min past 12 35 min past 12 THURSDAY......... 56 miu past 12 18 min past 1 FRIDAY ... „ 35 mill past 1 ........52 min past 3. (CAPTURED AND MURDERED BY BRIGANDS. The capture of the English travellers by Greek bri' Bands has had a horrible ending. Intelligence, which 35 beyond doubt, announces that the three Englishmen and the Italian Secretary of Legation, have been murdered in cold blood. It will be recollected that Lord and Lady Muncaster, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd and their little girl , Mr. Vyner (Lady de Grey's brother), Mr. Herbert, of the British Legation (cousin of Lord Carnarvon), and Mr. Bach, of the Italian Legation, were seized on the 11th instant., when returning from a visit to the field of Marathon, that the ladies were at once re.• leased, and that Lord Muncaster was subsequently per: mitted to return to Athens on his parole to arrange for the payment of the ransom and the granting of the amnesty which the brigands demanded as the conditions of surrendering their captives. The Pall Mall Gazette understands that, enormous as was the sum de" manded £25,000 —it was guaranteed by Lord Carnarvon, Lady Mary Vyner, Mr. Charles Ranasden, and others, the Italian Government undertaking , to pay £5,000 of the amount. Indeed, the mono, had actually been sent out by Messrs. Drummond and Co., and was at Athens ready to be paid over as soon 05 the Qreek Government consented to the free pardon which was also stipulated for. It was supposed that everything had been arranged between Lord Muncaster, • the English Minister, and the Government, and that his lordship had started on his return to the hills. At the last moment, however, the Greek Government seem to have changed their mind. They declared that a free pardon could be granted only to political offenders. Our own Government, seeing the desperate danger of the situation, even went so far as to offer that a ship should be sent to convey from the Greek shore both the captives air the brigands. To that offer the Greeks chief no official objections ; but the brigand chiel still stood out for a complete amnesty, an this was obstinately refused. The next step •takeLl by King George's Ministry was to surround wit' troops Oropo, on the Euripus, where the captives wer e detained, and to threaten the land of robbers with A military force. The result of this proceeding was that on Friday afternoon last a skirmish took place, in which five brigands and one chief were killed. About this tune it would appear that Mr. Herbert and the Italian Seer& tary were shot, and that the remainder of the troop, car rymg with them Mr. Vyner and Mr. Lloyd, cut their way through their opponents, and retreated towards Thebes. It is surmised, from the tone of the telegrams which hav e been received, that the captives must have had some difg" culty in keeping up with the brigands, and that Mr. Lloyd, being the first exhausted, was shot on the way V yner, being probably more active, got as far se Thebes. where be. ton. fell a victim. The Times publishes a circumstantial account of the capture, and of some of the events which followed it. i t is derived chiefly from a letter from Lord Muncaster On Saturday, the 9th of April, Lord Muncaster, who, Nvit h Lady Muncaster and a friend, Mr. Frederick Vyner , younger brother of. Lady de Grey and Ripon, was travelli n g in the East, applied, through the British Legation at Athens; for information as to the safety of visiting the plains °I Marathon, and if an escort was necessary and could be furnished to enable them to do so. The reply was to the effect that the road was safe; that there were no brigand s in Attica, but that an escort would be pr )vided. Accord ingly, on Monday, the 11th of April, at 6.30 a.m., t he party, consisting of Lord and Lady Muncaster,, Frederick Vyner, Mr. Herbert, one of the Secretaries to her Majesty's Legation, Count de Boyl, Secretary to the Italian Legation, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, With their young chlld, five years of age, left Athe ns in two carriages under the escort of four mounted gen; dames for Marathon, accompanied by a Suliote nam ed Alexandros, the most experienced and intelligent drag°" man in Greece. On traversing the plain, they found 5 small detachment of six infantry soldiers, and afterwa rde %larger one of 25, apparently patrolling the road. After exploring the scene of one of the most interesting events in history, , they started to return to .Athees• The detachment of 25 men appears to have e nd es' voured to keep company with them, • but w e° unable to do so, and they again passed the smalle r party of six men, who succeeded in keeping tolerably clo se in their rear. At 4.30 p.m., entering a thickly-wooded part of the road near the bridge of Pikerneas, t we mounte d gendarmes riding one on either side of the carriages, an d two in front, a volley was suddenly fired into thou , killing one of the gendarmes, and mortally wounding another. The road was immedi a t e ly filled wl,`,, brigands„ who forced the occup an t s out of carriages, using much violence, striking, thong ; not severely, Lady Muncaster, a n d t ear i n g off bel watch and lockets, and menacing with k n i ve s the lives 0 : all. They hurried their captives up the sides of Mou nt Pentelicus, but had scarcely got fifty yards from the ro ad when the six infantry soldiers came up and at once COnr meneed firing into the brigands, who returned the fire', The soldiers, finding themselves overmatched (the brigan es being upwards of twenty in number), happily discontinu e , the engagement, which would have been probably discontinue to the captives, who were collected in a body in th eir mida. 'the brigands then hurried thei r prisoners 'JP the slopes of Pentelicus, and after two hours' walking theY put the ladies on the horses of the dismounted gendarm es ' and, with one 6ervant, let them go to Athens. After the ladies had gone the five gentlemen' and Alexandros wer e compelled to walk with them up and down wooded ra vines , sometimes resting for half an hour, till about 2 p.m. 01 2 Tuesday, the 12th of April, when they stopped in a dry watercourse to kill and roast three lambs, making their captives sit round the fire, and pressing upon then the insides of the animals. Weariness and !le pression of spirits had deprived them of even if the food had been more attractive, and they took of nothing except some black bread and water, N"' was all the nourishment they . had for upwards of fortyeight (?) hours. Resuming their march, they halted ag ain about daybreak, and all Tuesday lay under some bushes, luckily it was fine, so they did not suffer much. Duril that day they consulted as to what was to be done, and it was agreed to ask for one of their number to be allowe d '- go to Athens to arrange for payment of the ransom the t demanded, and an amnesty. After several hours tet w e between Alexandros and the captain of the band,. tPf terms of ransom were settled so far as that the captain - O c the brigands reduced the enormous sum demanded , £50,000, to the still enormous and extravagant stun O f £25,000. He would not, however, suffer any furth er discussion, but, growing impatient, said en l P l3 „ / tically, ' Finish quickly.' The captives then arrang e d that Lord Muncaster should be the person to g i in and make the arrangements necessary for his On and companions' release—a promise being exac t % by the brigands that, failing in his mission, Pa was to return, and that the lives of the others depenu, e 4 on his success. They promised to let Lord Muncaster go that night, but did not do so, as they could g. e ,_ no guide, and none of the brigands dared to be seen wi, t t v ` one of their captives. On Tuesday, throughout the nig h they walked over boggy plains, and up and down bails' wet through from heavy rain, in which they lay dolt for three hours, till six in the morning, when they star" - , again, and then stopped for the day in a ravine, where shepherd was found and a small cart obtained, in wh ich Lord Muncaster proceeded to Athens. He, of course,' made immediate arrangements for sending food clothing to his unfortunate friends, and for obtaining °L I money, which was promptly and generously placed at 1 1"; disposal by a merchant in Athens. The only difficulty l ay in the transport of so large a sum in gold. La Greee throws the blame of the capture upon kh., B Government, and especially on the Minister of War, W,; had, it is said, refused a military escort, on the plea of "A non-existence of brigandage in the coun t r y, b u t afterwar"" ordered four gendarmes to accompany the Pa r Y; This journal denies the responsibility of Government of Greece, and reasons against the payment of the ransom, which it states ~h v ow.- now raised to a demand of £50,000, coupled ~,„0 a threat that if the amount is not paid with a ratificelo of the other conditions of the brigands, the lives of held captives will be sacrificed ; and this is the menace b e .e. over the Government if they dare to send troops t° tempt the rescue of the party. The King, who had bee c i absent for some days, has now returned to his . palace, AIM it is expected a call of the Chamber of W 1 be immediately made, and there may arise a controv!Pot disastrous to the Ministry if not to the Governmen t I the country. -THE ENGLISH AND GREEK CHUBCHES.-- 111° Levant Herald says that the Archbishop Lycurgus of SY'' r i has visited the oecumenical patriarch, and has t r ansreil t t° i . to him the greetings of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe , Gladstone, and of the English prelates and clergy The desire the union of the Greek and English Churches. patriarch expressed the liveliest satifaction, and said til ot "t the two Churches must learn 'to know each a better if that end were to be attained. He was conv i e c "it the visit of the Archbishop would assist in bringing aP°. that desirable result- NOVA st SCOTIA.—In the Legislative Assembly ea Halifax numerously-signed petitions have been pres eot o praying the British Government to release Nova Sco.., from the Confederation. Mr. Pickle moved his resoltela tions against the Dominion's national policy, and urfi e . the importance of an American market for Nova Se°""ect He quoted statistics to shew that trade had decree'o since the abrogation of the Reciprocity TreatY, for charged the Dominion with neglecting to make efforts ore r eciprocity. He said that the new tariff would tak e 0 e. from Nova Scotia than was given by the home a rraa went. THE IDEA OF THE PLEBISCITE.—We ceived the following curious story from a source erl,b;deP , to respect :—According to our informant, the firsb.g,, of the Pldbiscite originated neither in the mind °' t of 011ivier nor in that of the Emperor, nor even in ths Up M. Rouher. The Emperor, it is asserted, has kept„Tifi• since his residence in England very intimate and..c- be dential relations with a certain person whose fidviceios has been in the habit of taking in all difficult cases(l°:,to his reign. In the late crisis, disquieted at the ci taken by domestic politics, lie is stated to have 1 r; t bie course once again to his private confidant, and it is person's suggestion that the Imperial decision mr 3s to appeal directly to the French people. The re 9 ' e as which debar us from writing the name which is ° ll lips may be readily comprehended.—Le Gaulois. Five of the factory women who survived tihoe injuries which they received by the late boiler exPil e js, at the St. Gilles Linen Company's works in Bruslttal are now in a fair way of recovery, the fever and re - iulting from the fearful burns they received disappeared. Two men have been apprehended on the• c1 01 7,t of setting on fire twenty-eight acres of plantati9}ol.o Coursett. They were seen near the plantation just Del the fire.. £lB , Ti Loa, £7,1 Ist Yea r Nyill tar t' ricar I Ili litiE Cons( CO] aeco n N ew Stock At ditt o trie :1 to Peet ig st and ca,u, We, °II I Iter the