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THIS EVENING, at 7, THE HEIR AT LAW: Mr Clarke, Mr James, Miss Bufton, &c. With THE TOODLES. Concluding with ISO. WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCII BOOK, Egyptian Hall. Piccadilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 8; Saturday Mornings at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s. CBRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL atUIDENS, Regent's-talk, OPEN daily (ex. cept Sundays). Admission, le.; on .I.lcndaye‘ 6d. Children nnder twelve, 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET .3 Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open fromll to 4. (7, 7 1-tt SAM --> rt. -, . - '<'‘.4te.to- 1 -" - ;f-2, • LONDOiV, FRIDAY, FEB. 25, 1870. The House of Commons may be congratulated upon the result of the Waterforl Election, and Mr. OSBORNE certainly deserves great credit for the spirit which he has displayed in the affair. He has had to encounter many difficulties, and to come into coin:don with determined opponents, but he has surmounted all obstacles and gained the prize for which he strove. It cannot be said that Mr. OSBORNE has ever taken a very active part in the business of the Parliamentary Session, or that his services to the State can rank high among the works of our public men, and yet how ill can be be spared from that august assembly he is now again to enter as the representative of an Irish con- stituency. The fact is that some modification is required, and members of Parliament, like ordinary mortals, cannot afford to be always wise. It was weli said in the "New Timon," concerning the effect produced upon his party by the siffness and res.:rve of a celebrate' party leader : But human hearts need sun, as well as oats; So cold a climate plays the douce with votes." And the same holds good among minor individuals. Dull dignity and sober solemnity may be all very well in their place, but some respite is required, and hence the intelligence that 'Waterford has will ingly or unwillingly, as the case may be, re turned Mr. BEItNAL OSBORNE, will be most gladly received by the press, the Parliament, and the public in general. Many incidents of Mr. OSBORNE'S career have furnished amusing episodes wherewith to enliven the platitudes of debate. Some years have now elapsed since he made his fatuous attack on the new Conservative Government of 1858, and called forth the inimitable remark of Mr. DISRAELI'S that the louse had rejoiced to hear the " wild shriek" of liberty with which the hon. member had celebrated his emancipation from the thraldom of office, and re turned to the delights of an independent member. The ever changing arena of politics and the shifting scenes of public life, afford innumerable opportunities for the display of wit, it only in the season is rightly employed, and the occasion made the most of. Those who frequent the House mu the most fully appreciate the importance of taking up any poin t Oat presents itself to enliven the dreary round of debate, and impart some life and spirit into the weary routine of common-place observations. We have had enough of solid and substantial things promised to us for the consideration of our Legisla tors ; and by the time they have wandered through the dreary mazes of the Irish Land Bill, and risen to the height that is due in contemplating the clauses of the Education 8.11 they will be pretty neArly exhausted and indifferent alike to the en treaties and threats of these who desire to have more rights conceded and demand that more wrongs shall be redressed. It is to be hoped that the advent of the hon. member for Waterford will produce its usual effect, and that, from its long sleep, the House may awaken with fresh energy to the appreciation of the lively, after its long course of the severe, in Vie study of legist►tive requirements. It is a new House which Mr. eSBORNE will elver; he must make his debut in the Reformed Parli.iment, and certainly he will not find that the extenziin of the franch:se has increased the wit, if it has strengthene'd the wisdom, of our representatives. They are as at present put before the public, a most staid and demure as sembly, and a stranger visiting the Houses of Par liament for the first time, might well regret that he did not pay his visit in past instead of present day. The departed spirits of the mighty dead might fur nish many a brighter specimen than the year 1870 can find on the benches of Parliament. At any rate soma change will be refreshing, and if he does not find the dulness of St. Stephen's more fatal to his wit than the infuriated onslaught of the mob at Waterford was to his courage, Mr. OSBORN': must, perforce, infuse some spirit into the House, and com mand the applause of listening Senates by his energy and impulsiveness. The man who read twenty hours a day was rightly pitied for not having time to think, and so oar Senators have had just cause to com plain that their new leader will not allow them to laugh. Their APOLLO never unbends his bow, their HOMER never nods, he is always strung up to duty, and ready to attack any difficulty, be it selecting a Bishop or sol v i ng an I r i s h pro bl em. Th e consequence is that he is grave, and he expects his foPowers to be so too. Let us hope that the member for Waterford mly incite them to disobedience, and that they may find the temptation too strong to withstand. The graver hours that bring constraint to sweeten liberty will be all the more profitably employed if a little relaxation be permitted. Englishmen must naturally watch with the deepest interest the progress of events in France. After eenturies of perplexity and disturbance, of enthu siastic aspirations and disastrous failures, men were apt to exclaim with impatience that revolutions in France were useless—they ended where they began, in despotism. It seemed as though Franco was journeying in a circle, and that however bold the theories, or rash the efforts of her liberal thinkers, real Constitutional Govern ment - was equally removed from the dreams of uer reformers and the inclinations of her kings. Happily, among the other marvellous changes effected by the last decade, we may rank the development of really Liberal principles across the Channel. We can see, it is true, a thousand dire ctions in which reforms are needed. We can sea a press which in spite of recent concessions is fettered and prescribed, public meetings ennitnbere I by the unwelcome presenc3 of the offici supervisor, municipalities whose authorities are nominatel by he Clown, above all a Parliament which, to far from being an efficient representative of the opinions and feelings of the people, is the remit, for the most part, of the pressure of prefect an'l prceureur, of the execu ive, and even of the throne itself. But, i❑ spite of all tLese terlible drawbacks, we see ttr.3 . gradual formation of our intelligent anal enlightened public opinion, of that discernment which recognises the incompatibility of license with liberty, of riot with reform, which even in the justifiable irritation produced by lmper:al vacillation and Ministwill subservienc,. refuses to resort to the old and fa ile expedient of barricades and en - terries. The so/idarite of the Parisian ropulace has been severely tested by the events of the last few week, but with the excep tion of the comparatively small number of rioters arrested during the passing disturbances of the 7th town. rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1870.7 and Bth, they have withstool the temptation. They have learned wisdom from experience, prudence from past mistakes. Whatever their future, at least they will not give their rulers an excuse for oppression by their violence or defiance of legal restraiut. As Count DARII very justly observed in his powerful speech the other day, a nation who labours has no inclination for constant surprises and for the proclamation of startling theo ries. The reticence and self-control which the French people have displayed during the last few months afford the best hope that they will before long secure, by legitimate and constitutional means, that liberty which they are affording the best proof they merit io gain and are qualified to enjoy. SPIRIT OF TIIE PRESS. IRISH ELECTIONS. The Times observes that three appeals have been made to Irish constituencies since the introduction of the Irish Land Bill. The re-election of the Solicitor-General was a clear ratification of the conduct of the Ministry. Sir Henry Winston Baron having been unseated for bribery at Waterford, a fresh election was ordered, and the elec tors chose on Friday betwe en M r . Osborne and Mr. Smyth. Mr. Osborne has been returned. It is evident from the language at the hustings on the day of nomination that personal passion has almost altogether effaced political principle at Waterford ; yet the issue, se far as it involved politics at all, lay between the progres sive improvement of Irish legislation in union with Great Britain and Ireland's legislative independence. Mr. Osborne was in all respects as Liberal as his anta- Eonist, but he clung to the maintenance of the mpire in its integrity, and the preference she wn him a vote in favour of the Imperial Parliament. The election of O'Donovan Rossa, being void, Tipperary has beeil again called upon to send a representative to West minster, and the choice will lie between Mr. Heron and Mr. Kickham. The fact we must apparently face is this —that, in spite of such a pledge of good will to Ireland as the Ministerial Land Bill offers, there is not found in the, principal county of the island any mitigation of hostility towards the English connection. HER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Feb. 24. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, left 'Windsor Castle this afternoon at half-past three o'clock, and arrived at Buckingham Palace at half past four. The Prince anti Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, and visited the Queen at Buckingham I'alace. LATEST INTELL IGENOE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) F RANCE. PARIS, Feb. 24. Mr. Btlfc, the English composer, has been ap pointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour. M. Bancel is reported to be better. PARIS, Feb. 25. According to advices received from Marseilles of yesterday's date, the Duke of Modena, who had come via Lyons from Vienna, has embarked for LAW INTELLIGENCE-777is Day. THE MORDAUNT CASE. The ceremony of swearing the jury having been gone through, Dr. Deane said he had shown his learned brother, Sergeant Ballantine, the point which it was in tended to leave to the jury, and they were both agreed that it should be so left. Lord Penzance—The questions I said I should leave to the jury was whether Lady Mordaunt was able to instruct a solicitor, and secondly whether Lady Mordauut, admitting that she was insane now, at what time did she cease to be incapable to give instructions for her defence. After one or two other observations, The Judge-Ordinary, in summing up the evi dence, proceeded to detail the course of the suit before the Court. lie said that the result of the find ing of the jury had been somewhat misrepresented as it affected the continuance of the divorce suit. It had been stated that if they found that Lady Mordaunt was insane on the 30th of April, Sir Chas. Mordaunt would be prevented from going on with the second suit. That was incorrect, inasmuch as if Lady Mordaunt at any future time recovered her senses he would be able to proceed with it. And on the other hand, it was still an open question whether it could not proceed at once, as no judgment in such a case had yet been delivered, and the point would have to be argued. He had said that the jury had not now to decide upon the ques tion of adultery. He meant they had not to pro nounce an opinion in a collective sense, because in realitythe whole case rested upon the fact whethershe had committed adultery ; whether she was sane or not when she confessed her misconduct. With reference to the alleged adultery with Lord Cole, he could not help admitting that the evidence pointing to that conclusion was of a very cogent character. At twenty-six minutes to three o'clock, the jury returned with a verdict that on the 30th April the re spondent, LadyMordaunt, was in such a condition of mental disorder as to be unfit and unable to an swer the petitioner, and duly to instruct her soli citor for the defence, and that she has been so ever since. TILE EDUCATION BILL. The doubts we expressed as to the genuineness of the enthusiasm with which the Secularists welcomed Mr. Forster's Education Bill •arf), says the Standard, daily re ceiving fresh confirmationiu the growingly hostile attitude of the Birmingham League. Judging from the tone of the League meetings of the last two days, it would seem that the Birmingham Leaguers are rapidly passing through the disagreeable process of disenchantment. They are beginning to understand the bill as everybody save themselves understood it just a week back, and it is quite manifest that the more they examine it the less they like it. The obvious design of the Secularists in suggest ing these " vital amendments," is to bring the bill into literal conformity with the original scheme of the Birmingham League. We are confident, however, that Mr. Forster will not consent to play fast and loose with the country in this fashion at the arbitrary will of the Secularigti.. The principle of up holding the denorainationai zys while affording ample scope for the establishment of secular schools, is the chief condition of the support he has already received, and it will assuredly be withdrawn if thAt principle is thrown overboard for the sake of conciliating the Secularists. The whole scope and purpose of the bill will be diametrically reversed, and the favour it has won in its present form will be changed into a resolute opposition. MR. BURLINGAME. The Daily News remarks that the premature and unex pected death of Mr. Anson Burlingame at St. Petersburg is the abrupt conclusion to a romantic career. A native of New England, and imbued with the desire to make a name by making a sensation, he succeeded in exciting the surprise of a civilised world, and in becoming the subject of controversy, of admifation, and of envy. It is diffi cult to understand how Mr. Burlingame managed to play what was a double part without neglecting the interests either of those for whom he acted or of those whom he conciliated. • It may be that the predictions of Mr. Burlingame will be verified, and that his mission may prove a benefit to all the parties corcerned. As to this, the future must determine. For the present, we have to lament the decease of one who was a good repre sentative of the versatile and cultivated American of modern times, who owed much of his reputation to the charm and polish of his manners, and who, if he had been spared, would probably have performed some notable act to illustrate his country and his race. THE BILL FOR TILE REGULATION OF HINES. The Pall Mall Gazetfr r"^. tares that a novel and impor tant principle has of late teen introduced into legislation, and underlies sevefal measures which have recently passed. It operates by simply shifting the burden of proof from the parties hitherto bound to produce it, and requires it from the other side. It is proposed that in future, in the event of accidents from explosion or otherwise, it will be, for the colliery owners to prove that all reasonable precautions have been °buoyed, that the ventilation was good and ample, &c. ; otherwise they will be held liable to penalties. Wo see no objection to the onus of proof being laid onthe owners • but the application of the principle should be carefully watched, and it will pro bably be well discussed when the bill is in committee. The bill does not err on the side of too much vigour, and is obviously capable of amendment ; but it is a real advance, and has at least the merit of consolidating the various laws which affect mines and the working of them. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND, The Telegraph thinks that in the matter of university education we have for centuries treated the Irish Catho lics with gross' injustice.' Their Protestant fellow countrymen have enjoyed for years enormous ad vantages over . them. It is not enough. that we mow offer them a barren equality which the Pro testants, tal,:in advantage of their present supe riority, ean eaAly make null and void. We established the Queen's -Colleges to repair the wrong of leaving Trinity Collcge to the Protestants; but the new colleges are now, after a quarter of a century, more Pro testant than Catholic, so that the injustice is still unre dressed. Nor will the old iniquity be repaired, until Irish Universities supported by the State shall contain Roman Catholic students in something like due pro portion to the whole number of Roman Catholics in Ireland. Having, by old confiscations, taken from the majority of the Irish people the ownership of the soil, it would be only some consolation if we gave them in exchange, and by way of expiation, cheap and good University training. But we now give it only to the Pro testant minority, who in Ireland have the knack of turn ing everything to their own use. THE WATERFORD ELECTION. RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS. The contest between Mr. Bernal Osborne, the Liberal, and Mr. Smyth, the Nationalist, commenced at Waterford on Thursday, and as the day wore on de veloped into a struggle of intense excitement. It was evident from the proceedings at the nomination that the battle would be severe. The national party were strong, well-organised, and had displayed an unmistakeable intention to " demonstrate." Early in the day the voting was much in favour of Mr. Bernal Osborne, a large body of Liberals taking advantage of the early hours to get quietly polled. Nevertheless, from the first things were not so quiet as could be wished. Mr. Smyth's band had kept the town lively by parading all night. Mobs, armed with sticks, and professing Nationalist sympathies, sur rounded the polling places. The electors were yelled at as they went to the booths. Several who voted. for Mr. Osborne were straightway rewarded by having their windows smashed. But these little ebullitions were com paratively trifles ; the polling went on. and at ten o'clock the numbers were Mr. Per al Osborne 354 Mr. From this period of the day the Liberal made compara tively little progress, whilst the Nationalist slowly crept up. By noon the gradual reduction of the difference between the two competitors raised the excitement to fever heat. Some of the streets appeared like wrecks, not a whole pane of glass being left in many houses. Mr. laagrath, the proprietor of the Citizen, was attacked by a glob and beaten. At twelve o'clock Mr. Smyth had made a decided advance, the numbers being : Osborne Smyth This progress on the part of the Nationalists had no ten dency to diminish the turbulence of the mob. What ever windows re.mained intact were carefully sought out and demolished. Mr. Cadogan, who seconded Mr. Osborne, was assaulted. About this period of the day several Conservatives gave their votes to Mr. Osborne, in consequence of the violence ; but still his advantage grew smaller, and at two o'clock the numbers were : 426 341 Osborne Smyth The majority of the Liberal was now reduced to only 49, whereas four hours back it was 131. The riot became more cL un'ervis as the Nationalist's posljon improved. Three of Osborne's committee were attacked by the mob, and drew revolvers in their defence. The cavalry and police charged, and many wounds were inflicted. The police suffered severeiv from s.,,nes. At four o the m•*, city of Mr. Osborne had grown still smaller, the numbers then being:— Osborne Smyth Majority for Osborne, 20. More acts of violence were lArpetrated. Captain Brandon was knocked down and trampled on by the people. His life was in danger ; but the cavalry came to the rescue, and escorted him to his hotel. He lies there dangerously ill. The numbers at the close were— Osborne... - 483 Smyth Majority for Osborne, 8. After the poll closed, the mob became quite infuriated, pelted the soldiers and police with stones, threw several cars over the quay into the river, broke the windows of an hotel, and after being fired at, burnt a store to the ground. The Riot Act was read three times. The intimidation practised by Smyth's mob after • three o'clock accounts for the rapid rise of votes in his favour after that hour. At four o'clock his supporters had become perfectly infuriated. THE MAIDSTONE ELECTION.—TIIO nomination of candidates for Maidstsne took place on Thursday morning, in the preence of a good humoured crowd numbering about ten thouf_'and persons. The proceedings were quiet and orderly. Mr. Foster White and Sir John Lubbock were duly proposed and seconded. Mr. Wlstd - said he wished to go to Parliament to do something towards mitigating the distress among the working classes. He would endeavour to obtain reciprocity with other countries, for he objected to luxuries ccalLig into this country free while everything the poor man used paid a high duty. Sir John Lubbock acknowleeged the courtesy of his opponent, and complimented the barge - :see on the purity of the borough. if all places (zaii he) were like I'dakktorra, there would not be so much necessity for the Ballot as was now, unfortunately, the case. He a7,kod for suppc.rt on the ground that he upli,iita a Liberal Ministry. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. White. . A poll was demanded for Sir John Lubbock. The IVeekly Register says that on the 22d inst. D Manning, the Archbishop of Westminster, was una nimously elected a member of the Athenaeum Club by the committee of that institution. Dec 4, Jan. 1, 1869. 1870. Increase. Decrease. Bank of England 23,181,190 22,706,732 174,438 Private Banks 2,751,719 2,66 .1 *. ,599 .Toint-stock Banks 2.3 8,739 2,281,198 87,541 -- - Total in England. 18.301, 6 44 i 2 7 ,630,070 6 1,57 , Scotland.... 5,287,953Z 4,975, , 47 312, 1 Ireland 2,354,163 7,056,256 97,907 Rome. A denial is given to the report of the Duke having handed any monies to Don Carlos, his nephew. The Gazette du Midi explains that the cause of the journey of both to Lyons was merely of a pi i vate character. BOURSE, Feb. 24.—Three o'clock—The mark, t closed as follows : ti per Cont. 3 por Cent End of month,.. 74 10 Austrian Fives Ocodit Mobilier ... 200 Ottoman Loan Transatlantic 2lO I Do. Debt 45 40 Spanish Threes 2G 25 Home Debt — Deferred 26 --• 3, Cash Orleans ... 992 k Western Northern ... 1154 Strasburg .. 6OO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 620 Sardinian .. :Ai Austrian Lombard 4921 North of Spain 7O Saragossa .... Roman. Credit Foncior 1778 —. Paris Gas 1740 Suez Canal 336 RAILWAY 46 SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 24, Evening. In to-day's sitting of the Cortes a long discus sion arose on the Gorernment motion to authorise a judiciary prosecution against the Archbishop of Santiago in consequence of his reply to a circular of the Minister of Justice. The sitting still con tinues. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) Ninv YORK, Feb. 24. The Cunard Royal mail steamer Calabria arrived here at 6 p.m. yesterday. The Europa (of the Anchor line) arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1161; the higheSt quotation dur ing the day was 1171; the lowest, 1161. Sterling Exchange on London lOBB. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll4l. " 1885 1134. " 1867 1124. 112. 142. ' 271. 2311. 29e. 10-40 Erie Cotton—Mid. upland. Petroleum—Standard White. Flour, extra state, fis.oe. to $5.60e. - Corn, of mixed, sl.4c. QUEENSTOWN, Feb.. 24. The Guion !fated States mail steamer Colorado arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day. She embarked pas sengers, and proceeded for New York immediately. All well. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL. MESSINA, Feb. 24. The Peuinsalar and Oriental Company's steamer, Nlassilia. passed Messina at half-past one this after noou, en route for Marseilles. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 25. The Delhi passed Hurst Castle at 5.40 this morn Mg. MAIDSTONE ELECTION.-(THIS DAY.) The polling at Nlaiastone commenced this morn ing at eight o'clock. At ten the numbers stood as follows : Sir John Lubbock (Liberal) Mr. Foster White (Conservative) 727 ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Sir John Lubbock Mr. Foster White Majority for Lubbock, 40. IHE VACANT SHRIEVALTY. The not unexpected decease of Sir James Val lentin, one of the Sheriffs of London, will be forth with filled up according to the usual custom under similar circumstance:. We understand that Robert Jones, of Manor flouin, St. John's-wood Park, who has recently retired from business as a t, a merchant at 14, Little Tower-street, and who has been spoken of as a probable future Sheriff, iil be prepared to accept the office should the Livery think proper to elect him. THE PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL FOUR- O ARED MATCH, We are informed that James Renforth and James Taylor, ou behalf of the Tyne Champion crew, have telegraphed to Mr. Hervey, of Mon treal, accepting the challenge of St. John's (New Brunswick) crew to a four-oared race for £l,OOO. Renforth wishes to row under the Thames Regatta rules, and thinks that either May or June will be convenient. He also adds that if the copy of rules he has drawn up Le not adhered to he will draw up another set and send them to any gentleman ap pointed to act for the St. John's crew. THE U NIT/ ERSI7 1 BOA 7' RACE. hlnSday. Mr. Morrison had all the crew out this morning in lair tube, by which .nears he ►was able to correct the faiths of each individual member of the crew. We are happy to say that the rowing of the Univer sity Eight Las shown a marked improvement during the last two days, and the mote timorous of their i , artisans begin to speak hopefully of their chance. We shall not be very much surprised, however, to see one or two more changes before the crew go into regular training, which ►will probably be next week. The new ship for the race is being built by Salter, and it is rumoured that another is also being built by Searle. The weather being delightfully fine, there was a large number of spectators on the towing-path. It is believed that the weather has now undergone a settled change, and no further interruption of practice is expected. OXFORD, Thursday Evening. The floods have greatly subsided, and coaching from tte banks of the Isis can now be resumed without the slightest inconvenience, while _Christ Church Meadow, which a few days ago was covered with ice, and afforded recreation to thousands of skaters, is now comparatively free from water, the thaw having been most effectual. This aftet noon the indefatigable president of the boat club (Mr. W. D. Benson, Balliol College), had the crew out twice, its composition being the same as for the past week. On the first occasion Mr. F. Willan, a well-known ex-president, steered, Messrs. Benson and Tinne giving instruction from the shore, but the second time Mr. Hall, of Corpus, who steered the Oxford Four to victory against the Harvards, took the rudder lines, the crew going out for the first time this season in their racing boat of last year, the president being accompanied on the towing path by Mr. Stephen Salter, the well-known boat-builder, of Oxford, London, and Eton. The position in the boat so long occupied by Mr. Houblon as stroke leads to the supposition that that gentleman will be the successor of Mr. R. D. Darbishire on the eventful day ; but the question of who is to give way for the president we will not attempt to divine, as that gentleman alone is in possession of the secret. The fixture, too, remains in abeyance ; but we have authority for stating that, according to pre sent arrangements, it will not be Saturday, 9th April, as previously stated. Bank of Eng - la-d Returns. An Account, pursuant to t; cap. 32, for the week ending the Act 7th and Bth Victorit, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1870. P ARTMENT. ISSUE DE Notes issued £33,926,950 Governnit. Debt E11,015,1C: Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £33,926,950 BANE:LNG 1), £33,926,95 0 Proprietors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, _Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt. and Div. Aceonuts,. : Other Depostt:s.. Seven Days and other Bills ±,PARTMENT. Govertunt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) 414,831.314 Other Securities...lB,so, 247 Notes 11,643,4 E 15 Gold and Silver Coin 9.274.118 17,293,689 450,489 £41,911,072 £44,941,072 Dr. Pick, the well-known lecturtf on Aleirory, has been timoured by the Emperor of Aust., ia with the knight hood of the Order of Francis Joseph. 'ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's1—Holloway's Pills :ye admirably adapted for the cure of diseases incidental to females. At ditfel cot t eiiode of life *women are subject to complaints which require n peculiar medicine, hnd it is now an pita Ile fact that there is none so suitable for such com plain: s us lloiloway's Pills. They are invaluable to females of all ages, young and old, married or single; purify the blood, 'egoista the secretions, give tone to the stomach, correct all suspended functions, and ch.ar the complexion. The first approach of disordered action should be met by appropriate doses of thesetyills. Whilst taking them no r. striction need be placed over the patient. They contain nothing which can possibly prove injurious to the system. They act by purifying the blood and regulating every organ. The Bank Returns. Tho Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Ist of Jan., 1870. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 29th of Dec. (the nearest date furnisbad by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : 40,913,269 39,681,373 United Kingdom. 1,261,816 And as compared with the mouth ending the 2nd of Dec., 1869, the above returns show a decrease of V 12,119 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £50,413 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... £1,380,506 The English joint-dock banks are below their fixed issue 457,442 Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,837,948 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... '2,225,776 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 701,762 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending 29th of Dec was £19,091,239, being an increase of .£648,033, as compared with the previous month, and an increase o £906,873 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the let of Jan. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £3,087,604 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,757,358 £5,844,962 being a decrease of £79,689 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £314,579 when compared with the corresponding period last year• The actual reduction in the number of artifi cers and labourers in Chatham Dockyard under the new estimates, as compared with the total pro vided for in the current year, will be 433, the total in the year 1869-70 being 3,102 ; in 1870-1 it will be 2,669 ; decrease of wages nearly £29,000. The total reduction in the estimates for the yard is £29,972. Fifty-thr. e weekly payments will have to be made in 1870-1. The cost of the salaried establishment will be reduced from £20,585 to £18,082. There is au item for mechanic writcrs of £1,247, which used to be charged in the labour item. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recant improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messis. DITNVILLE Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fins old Irish whisky, is to be called The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening FRIDAY.. 39 min past 0 • 23 min past 10 SATURDAY 8 min past 11 49 min past 11 METROPOLITAN GOSSIP—Feb. 24. The interest and the excitement which last week were concentrated in the House of Commons, have this week been located in a less illustrious place. Last week it was the turn of the legislative ; this week it has been the turn of the executive. It is impossible to describe the fever of curiosity which prevailed in and about Westminster Hall yesterday, and still more in the Divorce Court itself. Few persons living can remember the appearance of a Prince of the Blood in the witness box, as a eliminated party. It is to be hoped that neither the present nor any any future generation will witness another such spectacle. Most happily the Prince was able to free himself from the sus picion which had attached to him. If he could not declare himself to be like " Caesar's wife," and, as his own father would have been, above suspicion, he could chew that he had nothing to conceal in this painful matter. Thus it came to pass that though he was hissed at the Theatre on Monday he was cheered in the Divorce Court yesterday, a sufficiently clear com mentary upon the value of the popular judgment. Last night he dined with Mr. Gladstone. • Lord Derby's refusal to take the leadership of the Con servative party has been a great disappointment to them. It may well be so. There is more in this refusal than appears on the surface. No doubt his lordship's want of readiness as a debater has had some influence in deciding him, but that is not the main reason. Lord Derby looks forward to the time when party Government will to a great extent have become antiquated, and when the best and ablest statesmen will be entrusted with the Government of the country. He has therefore no intention of becoming a party leader. In fact he could not do so. He is too much in accord with the present Government upon the leading questions of the day to undertake the task of leading the Opposition. Thus, though sincerely touched by the confidence which the party has reposed in him, he has declined the offer, and the leadership still remains unsettled. So far as I can learn at present, the Duke of Richmond is the most probable successor to Lord Cairns. His chief competitor, if indeed there can be said to be any competition for so difficult a post, is the Duke of Marlborough. He would have the support of the High Church Conservatives, but would hardly satisfy the Liberal Conservatives. The public say Lord Salis bury ought to be leader. If so, he will have to be on much better terms with Mr. Disraeli than he has been for the last ten years. 1 am glad to state that the Attorney-General has now recovered sufficiently to attend to his public duties, and appeared in the Divorce Court to-day. Mr. Chichester Fortescue is unwell, and Lord Granville is laid up with another attack of the gout. The rumour respecting the resignation of Sir William Russell, M.P. for Norwich, is, I have reason to think, well-founded. It is not generally known that the hon. baronet is a proprietor of the Tomahawk. The death of the Bishop of Chichester puts an end to that episcopal suspension in the south of Eng land which nine months ago was causing so much scandal. From Hastings to Penzance the episcopate will, so soon as Bishop Gilbert's successor has been appointed, have undergone a complete change. First Salisbury became vacant by the death of Bishop Hamilton; then Exeter, by the death of Bishop Phillpotts; then Winchester, by the resignation of Bishop Sumner; and now Chichester by the death of Bishop Gilbert. Chichester and St. Asaph, which now have to be filled, will make eight sees which Mr. Gladstone has had to fill in seven months. Moreover, with the exception of the Bishops of St. David's and Llandaff, who were born in 1797 and 1798, there is not one old Bishop on the bench. We may, therefore, look for some time to elapse before any fresh vacancy occurs on the English Bench. I have not yet heard who is likely to get Chichester, but as soon as a bishop is appointed the new Bishop of Manchester will be entitled to take his seat in the House of Lords ; unless indeed Mr. Somerset Beaumont should suc ceed in banishing the bishops from that assembly, a not very probable contingency. The visit of the Greek Archbishop Lycurgus to Oxford was marked by one incident, which is worthy of mention. He was offered by the Fellows of Magdalen College the use of their beautiful chapel, in order that he might cele brate the Communion after his own rite ; but he declined to accept the offer without consulting the supreme Synod. At the children's service in the new (basilica) church of St. Barnabas, one of the Archimandritos administered the blessing. The Archbishop was present at St. Mary's on Sunday, during the sermon by the Bishop of Win chester, and his costume of new doctor's robes and high hat (which he wore throughout the ser vice) made him a very conspicuous person. He attended evensong at Magdalen College, and afterwards addressed a party of undergraduates at the residence of Canon Bright, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical Ilistorv, on their future calling. One of the changes which is likely to take place at Oxford very shortly is the substitution of university for ' college examiners in examinations for college fel lowships. At present these examinations arc little better than a farce, for preference is almost always given to a member of the college in which the vacancy has occurred. So frequently is this the case that Mr. Bryce, the well-known author of the brilliant essay on " The Holy Roman Empire," finding that his recom mendations were almost invariably set aside, has declined for some time past to conduct these examinations. Oxford's loss has been the public gain. Mr. Bryce is now devoting himself to educational reform. His elaborate report of about 450 pages on the endowed schools of the country, which has been published in the report of the Royal Commission, is a most valuable work. Its author is now engaged in endeavouring to obtain the appropriation of certain at present injurious charitable endowments to the education of girls. The papers have mentioned the death of Baron Roths child of Paris, but they have omitted to state that the Baron was for seventeen years paralysed in consequence of a fall from his horse. Though his body was thus disabled, his mind was very active, and he was always consulted on all great occasions by the other members of the house. There is a strong under -current of political manoeuvre running through the Continent just now. The English public hear very little about it, but it is not the less important. Great efforts are being made in certain quarters to get up an alliance between France and Russia. The Czaro witch and his wife (sister of the Princess of Wales) are strongly in favour of this alliance ; but the Czar is op posed to it, on the ground that should difficulties arise between rrance and Uermany, it will *at do for Russia to be involved. The Empress Eugdnie is expected to visit Denmark and Sweden during May, doubtless with the idea of getting up a grand northern alliance with France. At Paris just now the young wife of Ferdinand de Les seps is dividing the public attention with Nilsson, who is singingas divinely as ever. In London we have a new singer who has adopted the name of Katherine Poyntz, but who is a sister of the notorious Victor Townley. It is rumoured here that Charles Hall 6, the pianist, is going t o marry Mdme. Normann Neruda, the violiniste. Several months ago I stated that an application woula be made in the Law Courts in order to prove that estates in Lancashire of very great value are held unlaw fully, and that they passed into the hands of the ancestors of the present owners in consequence of a tampering with the parish register which had lately been discovered by the originator of the suit. The case came on a few days ago, but the Vice-Chancellor almost refused to listen to it. I now learn that an appeal against his decision has already been lodged, and that we shall shortly hear a good deal more of this case. With reference to a paragraph which appeared a week ago, Mr. Dawson-Yelverton wishes to state that he is not connected with Lord Avonmore's family, but that his mother is a granddaughter of Henry Yelverton, last Earl of Sussex. Mr. Dawson-Yelverton also states that he left the Western Circuit because he did not consider it a suffi ciently open field for profitable employment. EXCISE PROSECUTIONS OF BROTHEL KEEPERS.--rrhO Commissioners of Inland Revenue have instituted a raid upon keepers of brothel-houses in Sheffield. No less than nine of them have been charged with selling beer, wine, and spirits without a license. Two officers were in structed to proceed to the suspected houses on a certain night, and ask for a glass of whisky, a glass of port wine, and a bottle of beer. These were supplied and paid for, and in consequence nine summonses were taken out under the Act which imposes a penalty of £l2O for the offence. The magistrates fined three of the defendants the miti gated penalty of £3O, and adjourned the hearing of the remaining cases. AN AWKWARD LODGER.—A young man applied, at Westminster, for a warrant against his landl a d y, who, he said, had put a needle in his food, with i n t ent to kill him by bringing on lock-jaw. The summons was refused, and he left the court in great indignation. ACTION FOR LIBEL.—An action for libel has been brought at the Newcastle Assizes. The plaintiff, whose name was Gauntlett, was formerly in the army, and he charged the defendant, who also held a respectable posi tion, with writing a defamatory letter to the steward of Wark races, which was afterwards published in a Scotch newspaper. Evidence was given to shew that the charge had no foundation, and the jury returned a verdict for £512. CHARGE OF SEDUCTION, £2OO DA fAcEs.- -A charge of seduction, brought by Miss Renouf, of Guernsey, against Mr. Eden, a son of General Eden has come to a conclu sion the Court of Q ueen ' s Bench. The plaintiff is the daught er o f a w id ow, w h o k eeps lodgings in Guernsey, and the defendant, who was described as a gentleman leading an idle and extravagant life, made her acquaintance when on a visit to the island. After a time he persuaded her to accompany him to a house, where he induced her to take something to drink, and seduced her. She afterwards stayed with him as his wife in London, and has given birth to a child. The Lord Chief Justice in summing up submitted three points to the jury, viz., whether they were satisfied from the evidence that the defendant was the father of the child ; whether he had seduced her, or she had not by her conduct induced him to believe it was no difficull matter to make a conquest of her ; and, thirdly, whether he had been the chief agent in enticing her away.from her mother's home, and thereby inflicting on the plaintiff pecuniary loss. A verdict was found for the plaintiff ou the I#o-natne . 4 count, dy4agelP . 9o., • ASSOCIATED CIIA3IBERS OF COMMETtOg THURSDAY. The sitting of the delegates representing the various Chambers of Commerce resumed their deliberations to day, S. S. Lloyd, Esq., in the chair. The subjects dis cu6sed were taken in the following order. COLLECTION OF TAXES ET GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS• On the motion of Mr. JOHN WHITWELL, M.P., seconded by Mr. lsAAc WHITWELL, of Kendal Wilson, it. was re iolved that a memorial be presented to Government from this association in favour of the collection of all taxes by Government officials. THE ROUTE FROM RANGOON TO KUNG HUNG. Mr. W. It. HAIGH, of Huddersfield, proposed the fol• loving resolution. That this association, being anxious that no opportunity should be lost of facilitating the ex' tension of British commerce, and believing that the vast provinces of Western and Central China present an impor • mat field - for commercial enterprise, memorialise tbo Secretary of State for India in favour of the completion of the survey of the route from Rangoon to Kiang .1111 1 q, 3a the Upper Cambogia River proposed by Captain Spry e, that route being in the opinion of this Association to s mo,t direct and practicable, and the least likely to lead to political complications, of the many which have 13..hin suggested. .Ttie mover of the resolution said that this was the age of short cuts . . The general objects on the part of Governments being to get directly into cow- M.llliCatiOn with those persons from which they hoped to derive their raw material. - They found that mountains had been tunnelled, seas connected, and continents at 02 0 feii swoop, as it were, bridged over with railways as in America;' and even now the Peruvian G-overnment hnd a.....ngect for a series of tunnellings through the Amles. Oar Indian Empire had cost us millions of lives and miney, and it was the bounden duty of the British GO' verninent to secure to those vast and valuable possessions the easiest mid most inexpensive route which that frOn 2 Rangoon to Kiang Hung certainly was. •- He also ar gued that, for the purpose of opening up and extending our commercial relations with Unina ana other Eastern coun tries, it was most important this step should be taken by the Government of a country which had brought the rest of the world political economy, so that otner nations should not leave us behind them in enterprise and conk in3rcial_ success. Mr. JOHN WALKER, of Dewsbury, seconded the motion. Mr. J. S. WEIGHT, of Birmingham, said he would not put a direct negative, but would suggest whether it was nJt undesirable to press this this matter on the Indian (Mice at present. He doubted whether any company could be found to undertake the railway, and it there were they would have no objection to make the preliminarY survey. Mr. BONMAN, of Halifax, supported the resolution on the ground that Leeds, Bradiord, Halifax, and other great centres of trade were largely interested in the trade with China. Mr. D. Lurrort, of Leeds, considered that at least We should wait until it could be proved that Lord Lawrence was wrong in his opinion that this question had been brought forward a generation to o soon , ti e th oug ht we s h ou ld w.lit until public opinion in Burmah and China was more favourable than it was at present to such a proceeding. 'Tie measure could only be done now by acts of violence on our part. Mr. WRIGHT MELLOR, of Huddersfield, supported the resolution. Mr. E. Wm:am:tuna-, of Leeds, followed on the same side. Mr. WILLIAMS, of Rochester, said a large majority of the constituencies of Leeds and Huddersfield were in favour of the route, and he thought it the duty of every large town of the kind to urge the carrying out of such au undertaking. The resolution was carried unanimously. STAMP DUTIES ON BILLS or EXCHANGE. Mr. BRUTON; of Bristol, proposed that it is highly desir able that damp duties on foreign bills of exchange be assi milated to those on Inland bills of exchange; that. a memo rial be presented on behalf of this association to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer and to the Commissioner of Inland It , ,wenue, pointing out the discrepancies which exist at present in those duties, and praying for their removal, and that a deputation or sub-committee be now appointed to take charge of this matter. Mr. W. H. WELLS, of Bristol, seconded the motion. Mr. M. P. 141ANFIELD, of Nottingham, moved an amend ment that the whole question of the stamp duties be con sidered by the Government, with a view of their revision and consolidation: This concluded the business of the paper. 'tETAIL TRADERS . AND THEIR ACCOUNTS. Mr. RICHARDS, of Exeter, rose to propose a resolution with which he had obtained leave to supplement the printed list. It was " that all bankrupts being traders under the Act of 1869 not paying lOs in the pound, and who have not for three years previous to their bankruptcy made an annual or bi-annual statement of their assets and liabilities should, in the opinion of this Association, be subject to punishment by imprisonment at the discretion of the judge." The mover said the chamber which he represented were anxious More to bring the subject before the Associated Chambers than to press for a resolution to-day. They found from their experience that the causes of bankruptcy arising .frona fraud were absolutely nil compared with bankruptcies from the ignorance of the retail trader in regard to his accounts . and the manner of carrying on his business. It was impossible to make the retail trader tako stock, as was the practice in larger busi nesses, and he (Mr. Richards) was not clear as to how this could be done. But when this class were found taking advantage of banking accounts, he thought it shewed that there was a great advance in that p ar ti cu l ar b ranc h o f trade. If the Associated Chambers could, when the Bankruptcy Law came under revision, express their views on the subject, some good might b e done in the matter. He would merely say that it would be found that a large amount of loss in bankruptcy cases arose from absolute causes rather than accidental. In absolute causes, the bankruptcies arose from the retail trader never having known whether he was carrying on his business at a profit or loss. And althobgh it was a small matter individually, he (Mr. Richards) thought the great trade of this country W. 13 really founded on its little trades. On these grounds he hoped the different chambers would support him in giving effect to the resolution. - Mr. EDGE (Staffordshire Potteries) seconded the resolu tion. Mr. D. LUPTON said that the matter was pressed on the Attorney-General some time since. The CHAIRMAN said that in the Bankruptcy Codes of France, Russia, and most other foreign countries, the neglecting to keep accounts was an offence. If the retail trader paid ten shillings in the pound, of course he heard nothing of the matter. Mr. WILLS, of Bristol, said that during the progress of the Bankruptcy Bill the clause was pressed on the Attorney-General, and it was well known that he did n ot adopt it. He (Mr. Willis) thought it would be somewhat useless to press it again. The motion was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the pie' ceedings, SUBURBAN RACKS. At the Middlesex Sessions yesterday Mr. Sergeant Cox, pursuant to notice, desired "To call the attention of the Court to the rapid increase of suburban races, and the great mischief caused by them to the neighbourhoods in which they are held, by bringing together in the rural districts large assemblages of the criminal and disorderly classes of the metropolis, to the insecurity and serious inconvenience of the inhabitants, and to more the appointment of a committee to consider and re port if any and what action should be taken by the Court or by the divisional justices for the better regulation or suppression of the nuisance." The learned Sergeant said that very great complaints bad been made of the great nuisance caused by suburban races, which had increased to such an alarming ex tent year by year that now scarcely a fortnight passed without the neighbourhood of the metropolis being surrounded and flooded with the ruffianism and the rascaldom of London. What the remedy for all this should be he could not tell, but he thought a good opportunity now offered of dealing with the subject and bringing it under the notice of Parliament, because Mr. Bruce, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, had given notice of a bill to effect a change in the licens ing system, and they might avail of that opportunity to press upon the right honourable gentleman .the necessity of making some provi sion for checking the overgrowing evil of which he (Mr. Sergeant Cox) now complained. He wa s of opinion that licences ought to be taken from those who introduced races into suburban districts. He begged to move 'that the question be referred to a Parliamentary Committee. Mr. TURNER seconded the motion. Mr. Stanford strongly objected to ques tions of this kind being brought forward in that court, and he was surprised at the learned sergeant, who as " Field" Sergeant Cox should be the last to oppose field sports, coming forward to move in the matter. lt should be borne in mind that the tendency of the law was rather to encourage than to put down racing. The remedy which the learned ser geant suggested was one which he was certain no bench of magistrates would ever entertain. What in the world was the connexion belween horse racing and steeplechasing and the legislation which affected persons who came to that Court for licenses for public-houses ? Mr. Sergeant Cox eventually withdrew the motion, and the matter dropped. Her Majescy the Queen held a Court to-day at Buckicghain Palace, at which the presentations were numerous. ARTIFICIAL CULTIVATION OF SALMON.—The ope" rations for the artificial propagation of salmon at the Stormoutfield breeding ponds have this year been carried on with great vigour. The ponds have been stocked With about 465,000 salmon ova, which exceeds the number de" posited in any former year by about 100,000. In con quence of the long-continued frost the hatching process wa s somewhat raarded. The operations at Mr. Buckland Museum . of Economic Fish Culture, South Kensington , have co far been successful. Although on a much smaller scale than the Stormontfield ponds, thousands of fish are annually hatched by Mr. Buckland in the Horticultura l Gardens. This year the eggs deposited were in healthy cony' tion, and within the past fortnight several have been hatched il out. The var i e ti es o f ova w hi ch are deposited this consist of salmon, trout, great lake trout from La's' Neufchatel, American trout, and salmon from Nuningge z Upwards of 80,000 eggs of th e grea t l a k e trout f rom zerland have been received during the past year by in Buckland, and h ave b een di s t ri b ute d b y hi m to stoc i lakes and ornamental water liz_yarinns part 4.44 r cunt girrazy I "...I ditt CCU 5p 25 i are Ale: Spa Ter 111 28i An ; Sul Fre ten Lu: Bat 3 8 Lot oft li t( st a r Bau in 1 Tb th e Lo Al c sh t Jal fol cex £3 £9