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ROBERTS', "The Black Cap," High-street, Camden-town. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1870. THE THEATRES, &c. DRURY-LANS—At Sewn, Phobus's Fix. At Eight, Peep o' Day ADEILPHI.—At Seven, My Precious Betsy. The Prompter's Box. Whitebait at Greenwich. HAYMARREy—At Seven, An Alarming Sacrifice. At 7.40, Our American Cousin. And Shocking Events. Lvcaint—At 7.30, Twenty Minutes with a Tiger. At 8.15, Chilperic OLYMPIC—At Seven, I.,ittle Emily. The Princess PRINCESS'S—At Seven, Your Life's in Danger. Paul Lafarge. A Dark Night's Work GAIETY—At Seven, The Happy Village. 7.45, The First Night. At Nine, Uncle Dick's Darling QUEEN' s—At Seven, Quick March. At 8.15, 'Twixt Axe and Crown F TRAND—At Seven, Sisterly Service. Widow's Weeds. Ino ST. Jlmas's—At Seven, She Stoops to Conquer. At 9.15, La Belle Sauvage. An Unhappy Pair PRINCE OF WALES'S—At Eight, School. Dearest Mamma. Quite by Accident GLOBE —At Seven, Whitebait at Greenwich. At Eight, Philomel, The Goose with the Golden Eggs WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Satuiday) at S; Saturday . _ ings at 3. Admission, ls, 2s, 3s. T:'l/RISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TIISSIIID'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. ZOBLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, Open daily(except Sundays). Admission. ls.• on Mondays, 6d. Children nnder twelve, 6d. eltso - 4 11 b ' ** l '3lllll LOIVDUN, PRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1870. Lord GRANVILLE cannot be congratulated upon his success as a Colonial Minister, for he has made a succession of blunders, and given us good cause to fear that he has seriously compromised our position with the colonies. The subject has engaged the attention of the press, and awakened the interest of the public for months past, but no satisfactory solu tion has been come to. Perhaps no severer censure has been passed than that which is contained in the reply of the New Zealand Ministry to Lord GRAN VILLE'S famous despatch respecting the removal of the 18th Regiment, the only regiment left in the colony. The memorandum is dated the 7th of January, 1870, and expresses the regret of the New Zealand Govern ment at the decision which the Colonial Secretary had come to. It then states that the best reply to the argument that the presence of one regiment in New Zealand would implicate the Imperial Govern ment in the war, is, that during the three years the war has lasted not one soldier of the Imperial Go vernment has been called on to fire a shot or to leave his garrison. The presence of the regiment has been a moral support to the colony during the contest, and its removal would have aggravated the evils of insurrection. A. very forcible argument is that which calls attention to the fact that Lord GRANVILLE will not see the difference which exists between the despatch 'of an Imperial regiment to the aid of a colony which contains no Imperial troops, and the removal of the only remain ing one from a colony that is struggling with a rebel lion. The effect of such an act is well calculated to intensify the insurrection, and to enfeeble those who are combating it. Lord GRANVILLE'S hurtful tone to the colony is properly commented on, and great indignation is felt at his unwillingness to aid the New Zealanders, by supplying them even with "the prestige of British troops." It is next very truly pointed out that the Imperial Government have some obligations towards the natural and adopted subjects of her MAJESTY, and that it cannot absolve itself from these obligations. There is nowhere a Wronger feeling of loyalty than in New Zealand, and Ministers feel assured that throughout the colony there will arise a universal feeling of regret that the tone and purport of Earl GRANVILLE'S despatch (written at a time when he must have known the colony to be in the greatestdistress) are scarcely susceptible of any other explanation than a desire to abandon this country, and to sever its connection wilt the empire." Finally, the memorandum asks for au impartial and search ing inquiry into the whole question, and requests that Commissioners may be appointed, one selected by the Imperial and one by the Colonial Govern ment, in order to ascertain the true state of affairs, and the due share of responsibility devolving on all concerned. The Ministers have ample reason to be satisfied with the temperate tone and fair spirit in which they have drawn up this memorandum, and they are fully justified in entertaining the hope they express, that they have not been betrayed into any unbecoming language by the strength of their natural feelings on the subject so dear to them : " They claim that the colony should be practically re cognised as an integral portion of the empire, and not be thrust out beyond its pale as of infinitely less con sideration than a British subject in foreign lands. They ask England for no pecuniary sacrifice, they do ' not appeal to her compassion, but they do appeal to those eternal principles of justice which are as much the duty of the strong as they are the heritage of the weak, and which even the most powerful nation should never withhold from the feeblest suppliant." It is difficult to say bow and in what manner this memo randum could be improved on, for it is worthy of its important subject and interesting history, and forms at once a vindication of native spirit and a protest against the unfair and unsuitable treatment the colony has received at the hands of those who should have been its protectors and its friends. It is a mistaken course upon which Lord GRANVILLE has entered, and one that will bring discredit on himself, and call disfavour upon his colleagues. More than this, it threatens to injure the interests of the coun try, and to militate against the time-honoured policy that has been approved and sanctioned by mighty statesmen in successive Parliaments. It bas been truly said, that the " Chart of our colonies is a chart of the world in outline, for we sweep round the globe and touch every shore." Lord GRAN VILLE would change all this, or, what comes to the same thing, he persists in a policy that must lead to the sad result. Before it is too late, let the Legislature look to it, and not allow the dismemberment of our Colonial Empire to rank as another of the precious blunders that our Governments from time to time have perpetrated. As regards England and her colonies a less on neither side can be gain to the other ; but no inconvenience that is experienced from the withdrawal of material advantages can be compared to the compromise of our national character, which will assuredly be brought about by the utterance of such pretests as this we have referred to, and which are alike con fusing and confounding. Seldom rerhaps has the public mind been more painfully impress:d with a sense of the perils of the seas. We have often had to record melancholy catas trophes and wholesale loss of life, either on our own weather-beaten coasts or on the broad ocean high ways, which so many of our vessels are constantly traversing. The wreck of the Royal Charter, the loss of the London, filled for the time being the minds of Englishmen, to the exclusion of every other subject. Nevertheless, there are several other con siderations which render the fate of the two vessels, whose names are now the constant theme of conver sation, exceptionally impressive. The loss of the Oneida is so painful a story that we may reasonably hope not to have its parallel in the annals of English shipping for many a long year. Over the fate of the City of Boston there hings a thick cloud, which we must still hope a few more days will cheerfully dispel, but the hope grows fainter and fainter. The time is therefore oppportune for the publica tion of the annual report of that enterprising associa tion which does so much to mitigate the danger and distress of shipwreck. The singular fluctuations of the weather during the past twelve months have given Englishmen plenty of opportunity to enlarge upon their favourite topic, and we have it now on the authority of the Lifeboat Institution that the season has been " one of the stormiest that has ever tested the value of Britain's lifeboats, and tried the mettle of her lifeboat men." As usual both boats and men have fully responded to the call, and the public have cheerfully seconded their efforts, so that in spite of the heavy expenses to which the associa tion has been subject it has been able voluntarily to relinquish the annual subsidy which for fifteen years it had received from the Mercantile Marine Fund. Finding that the public support they received was quite sufficient to maintain their fleet and meet all requirements, the Committee felt it a public duty to decline further assistance from funds raised by tax ation. They have not however by any means slackened their exertions, and since the last report twenty-one new lifeboats have been constructed. Eighteen of these were to be placed on new stations on the coasts of the United Kingdom, and two are to take the place of decayed boats. The institu ion has now 220 life boats on the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. During the past year alone those two hundred and twenty boats have been the means of saving eight hundred and seventy one persons from drowning. This by no means includes the whole of the public service rendered by the association, for in one way or another it has contri buted during the twelvemonth to the saving o f 1,231 live , . The storms of the year were unusually violent, but the num' er of lives saved happily makes the year 1869 a memorable one in the history of the institution for the long list of its successes, as as well as for the number of maritime, disasters. It is very gratifying to know that, although many of these heroic services were carried out is face of most imminent peril, not one man of the crews who manned the lifeboats was lost. That this was due to no want of courage is proved by the fact, often recorded, that the more desperate the case demanding succour, the more eager and numerous are the volunteers. Al hough se condary :in importance to the pres.Awat:on of life, the saving of - property effected by means of the in stitution is by no means ins'gnificant. Thirty-three ships have been saved from wreck in 1869, and it will be readily acknowledged that this of itself con stitutes a valuable public service. A paragraph in this report deserves especial no ice. The Committee observe, that " looking to the circutns`ances under which a large numbcr of vessels are lost— such as by col sion with each other, by foundering at a distance from the laud, by being driven ashore amidst unapproachable rocks, and by grounding on out-lying banks or on parts of the coast far from any lifeboat station, and frequently in the dark hours of the night—they„ is no room f„r hope that any winter will pass wit'iout th 3 loss of many lives on and around our shores. Nevertheless, there can be but little doubt that the present average number may be much further diminished by more stringest measures being adopted to prevent the sail ing of unseaworthy, ill-found, and half-manned ships and by other preventive measures." This session ought not to pass over without an effort to put a stop to the unnecessary waste of life and property now going on, especially among vessels of the carrying trade. The Wreck Register of every year tells the same story, and the row of ominous black dots marking the eastern coast represents a host of vessel; which should never have been sent to sea unless they were intended to founder with all on board. The committee direct especial attention to the extension of the Rocket apparatus on the coasts by the Board of Trade. This system is invaluable in pl ices where rocks and other impediments hinder the exit of the lifeboat, and unfortunately shipwrecks do not always accommodate themselves to circumstances. The number of lived save by the institution from its establishment in 1824 to the end of 1869 has now reached the enormous aggregate of 19,080, at a cost of '£240,000 for lifeboats and establishments, and of £32,000 for pecuniary rewards, besides 90 gold and 814 silver medals. We cannot doubt that an Institution which is able to give so good an account of its proceedings will continue to gain ground in public favour, and that the Committee will find their anticipation of a steady revenue, independent of all taxation, will be more than justified by the events. A telegram dated the 22d inst., received yesterday from Madras, mentions the arrival there that evening of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, by rail from Bey pore, after a fine run across the peninsula, in twelve hours and a half. _ _ _ _ The Right Hon. the Speaker will hold a levee on Saturday evening, April 2, at ten o'clock p.m. Full dress. Lieutenant-General Thomas Bowes Forster, brother of Lieutenant-General W. F. Forster, K. H., Mili tary Secretary to His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, died on Monday last. Ho obtained his first commission in the Madras Infantry in 1818, and became lieutenant-general in July, 1867. At the Tuileries the other day the Emperor re ceived a number of the old soldiers of the First Empire, the Prince Imperial and the Empress being present. W hen the question was asked whether any were present who had been at the battle of Marengo, which was fought in 1800, two of the veterans replied in the affir mative. The Alexandra Theatre at Glasgow was burnt down at one o'clock this morning. It was a brick and wooden structure, and was destroyed in an hour. The London .Dra matic Company was playing at the time. The damage is estimated at £2,000. MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE.—We are informed that in conesquenco of an epidemic of scarlatina having assumed at this sehool an unusually serious character, a suggestion was made by the authorities of the school to parents of all pupils on Tuesday last thr.t boys who had not already had the disorder should be recalled A large proportion of the school have consequently returned home. NEW CALEDONlA.—Australian papers state that gild has been discovered in New Caledonia. MADAME TASSAUD'S EXIIIBITION.—A portrait model of the late eminent Count Moutalembert is now on view at this popular exhibition. The good manlgoinent of this exhibition always insures even during Vie gloomiest season of the year its fair share in every sense of the term of public patronage. New additions are constantly being made, the celebrities and every nine days' wonder being added with a celerity which is perfectly surprising. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REU"ER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, March 25. An Imperial decree of yesterday's date appoints General Lebouf, the Minister of War, a Marshal of France. The Constitutionnel believes that the answer of the Vatican to the recent despatch of Count Daru, con cerning the (Ecumenical Council, has reached the French Foreign Office. Bo URSE, March 24.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : q per Cent. - 3 per Cents 74 10 End of month._ 73 97-} Credit Mobilier 280 Transatlantic 202 50 Credit Foncier _1307 50 Paris Gas 1785 Suez Canal 337 50 RAILWAYI Orleans Western Northern Bank Shares 2830 Italian gives 56 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 46 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — 's, Cash 1007-} ~ 11771 Strasburg .. Bl3i Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6261 Sardinian Austrian __ __ Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 5021 70 GREECE. ATHENS, March 24 (Evening). The municipal elections have commenced through out the country to-day, and great animation prevails everywhere. 'they will last four days. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, March 24. The Cunard steamship China arrived out at 7 a.m. to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1121 ; the highest quotation during the day was 1121 ; the lowest, 1121. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 1867 ... 108 f 10-40 Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland • Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, $4 60c. to $5 20c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 3c . THE WEST AFRICAN MAIL. LIVERPOOL, March 25 The West African mail steamer Benin has arrived here with 14 passengers, a full cargo, and 100 ounces gold dust. Trade was dull, and the health good on the rivers awl along the coast. The state of Bonny was unaltered. Oil prospects at Benin, Bras=, Old Calabar, and Cameroons were good. Owing to dis turbances at Lagos cotton from the interior could not reach the coast. The raids of the Ashantees continued at Cape Coast Castle. The Liberian Republic was engaged in a petty warfare. PORTSMOUTH, March 25. The Ind'an relief troopship Serapis, Captain Soady, anired here this morning, from Alexandria and Malta, with troops. LITERATURE. St. Bede s. By Mrs. Eiloart. Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. Mrs. Eiloart is making rapid progress as a novel writer, each successive work is au improvement upon the last, and bears ample evidence of the develop. ment of the writer's powers, and her increased faci lity in the construction of a plot and the narration of a story. A few years ago "Johnny Jordan" and other youthful heroes were the delight of school room and playground, and having won unstinted praise from juvenile readers, a very sure test of a writer's abilitie', Mrs. Eiloart adventured upon a more ambitious task. One of her first novels, "Meg," exhibited great power in the opening chap ters, and the character of Meg herself was very striking, but the tale was not a pleasing one. " The Curate's Discipline" was an improvement in the tone and theme of the story, I.nd "Madame Silva's Secret," published last year, was more interesting than its predecessor. We are glad now to be able to congratulate Mrs. Eiloart upon her new work, which is in many respects the best thing we have seen from her pen. She must excuse us for objecting to a good deal of very unnecessary description and common-place talk which fills up a great part of the first volume. Little Kitty, the heroine, is very charming, and it is no wonder that every one con spires to pet and to spoil her. It is very natural also that the fair little damsel should be delighted at the prospect of making her debut at the county ball, but it is not at all neceesary that the reader should l'sten to page after page of chatter and consultation about dress, and bouquet, and other et ceteras, all important no doubt in their. place, but decidedly out of place in their introduc tion here. Such trifles, however, are soon dismissed from poor Kitty's thoughts. More eventful and more anxious times follow, and we must accord to the author due praise for the very effective manner in which the after trials are depicted. The second volume opens very charmingly, "In Fairyland." Kitty Itidsdale gild Norman Launceston are wander ing hand in hand. "It was the golden day of Norman's life and hers ; everything was couleur d'or ; the light that never was on laud or sea beaming round them for these few hours, stolen, as it were, from the days of Heaven." A startling changeis, however, close at hand. The chapter, I tell her ?" is powerfully written, and How can the situation is well imagined. Gervase Launceston, as he summons courage to reveal to his unfortunate kinsman the doom that overshadows them both, and Norman himself, overwhelmed with the unexpecte I affliction, are both admirably depicted, and the cry that breaks from Norman's heart, "•How can I tell her?" finds a ready echo in the reader's sympathy. We shall not in any way betray the mystery of the plot ; we will only admit that the end is a thorough surprise, which is more than a e can say for the majority of such stories. ' We think Mrs. Eiloart has finished off her story vm2what abruptly. We could have lingered a little longer over the latter detags, hut, as S..in Weller observes, with regard to his Valentine, to make a reader w sh for more is, ; fter all, the gr..at art of writing ! ROYAL MUSIC HALL.—We have noticed au an nouncement of the bane6t of Mr. Charles Eaten:la; stage manager of the above hall, and Mr. W. West, the original stump orator. The bill includes the names of some first-rate artistes, who are positively announced to appear. Mr. West is a world-renowned favourite with the habitues of the above hall and the professionals generally. We trust their ex pectations on Wednesday evening next will be fully realised. -67 "IP atrilrt eirtnitXr RER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Minh 24. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High neves Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, visited the South Kensington Museum and also the Horti cultural Gardens this morning. Her Majesty, attended by the Duchess of Rox burghe, drove out this afternoon. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. METROPOLITAN GOSSIP. THURSDAY. I suppose that even Professor Fawcett must be satisfied by this time that there is not the remotest chance of the University Tests Bill being passed this year, unless, in deed, a private member can persuade the House to enact such a measure without the authority of the Government. There is alreadya complete congestion of business. Ireland stops the way in every direction. At the time that I write, not one of the first• class measures which the Go vernment has introduced has yet reached its chief stage. Whenthe House to-night goes into committee on the Peace Preservation Bill, it will find nearly forty amendments to discuss. A good many of these, however, are Govern ment amendments. But the most important is Mr. Ma guire's for omitting all the clauses relating to the suppression of seditious newspapers. This amendment is nearly certain to be rejected, and in that event Mr. M`Carthy Downing will move a long amendment to the effect that there shall be no seizure of the plant nor stoppage of the publication of a newspaper until a jury has decided if the incrimi nated articles are really seditious. But the amendments to this measure are a mere bagatelle compared with those to the Land Bill. These are considerably over 300 in number, and occupy 29 printed foolscap pages. The most prolific movers of amendments are Mr. Synan and Mr. Callan. The first represents Limerick county, is a magistrate of that county, has been called to the bar, and has been M.P. since 1865. The second is a young man of 34, was educated at the same school, and has followed the same profession as Mr. Synan, and he turned out Sir George Bowyer, at Dundalk, at the last election. Then there is the Education Bill, which also has given rise to a goodly list of amendments. It is clear, therefore, that Ministers will have to work very hard, and probably have to hold morning sittings if they are to get through the committees on the Peace Preserva tion and Land Bills before the Easter recess. After Easter will come the Education Bill, and beside that measure there s the Mines Regulation Bill. Mr. Bruce has promised co introduce his Liquor Bill ; but I doubt very much if he will be able to fulfil his promise. The only important neasure which has been introduced in the Upper House will, it is now generally stated, have to be withdrawn, in zonsequence of its exceeding incompleteness, so that there will be no law reform this year. It is tolerably tertain that legislation on the University Tests, the Licen sing question, and Trades Unions e will have to 3e postponed until another year. The same fate s probably in store for the Ballot question. Perhaps the Government will not regret the delay so far as regards ;his last item. It will serve to keep the Liberal party ogether. Latterly there have been signs of estrangement m the part of the Radicals, and it will be but prudent not ;o grant them everything that they want at once, lest they should be displaying that Oliver-Twist-like appetite of ;heirs, and be asking for more. Have any of your readers noticed the very extraordi tary letter written by Sir Alexander Galt, late Finance Minister of Canada, and probably the ablest statesman .n the Dominion? The letter has been published in the New York papers, and the writer says that he is strongly in favour of the independence of the Dominion ; that he stated this to our Govern ment when he was offered knighthood; that he was told this need not stand in the way of his accept ing the honour ; and that he believes in furthering inde pendence he is acting in accordance with the wishes of Jur Government. The matter is causing a good deal of calk here, especially taken in connection with the dispatch from New Zealand, whichstates that it is clear Lord Gran ville wishes to bring about a separation between that colony and the mother country. Another incident bearing on the same subject and tending to the same direction is the publication this week of a Parliamentary paper, sheaving how much our colonies and lependencies (exclusive of India) cost us. It appears that in the year 1867-8 (the latest year given) they cost more than 50 per cent. above what they cost in 1858-9 (the first year given), although we have given up the lonian Islands, and thereby saved about £190,000. I have taken the trouble to analyse the figures, and find that this increase is due to the augmented cost of the defence of the colonies. In fact that increase is considerably more than the total increase, and thus this total would have been even larger than it is but for the fact that there are reductions in other items. There art not many other political items which would Interest your readers. I believe that there is to be no writ for Cashel; and that the recent disclosures will bring about the disfranchisement of that borough. It isnot yet stated what Government intended to do with regard to Norwich Beverley, and Bridgwater ; but it is still sup posed that the seats will be taken from the two latter boroughs at all events. Norwich, the capital of East Anglia will probably suffer a - less severe punishment. and will have to endure only a pro longed suspension. It so happens that though only one member was unseated in this borough, the place is unre presented in Parliament, for the other member, Sir William Russell, has become bankrupt. Some time ago he had to borrow money to keep going, and was rather hardly dealt with, having to receive the Tomahawk as a part payment of the loan. That paper must be suggestive to him of anything but comic thoughts. During the recess a covered passage, beautifully paved with encaustic tiles, was constructed under.the road lead ing over Westminster Bridge. The passage connects the Metropolitan Railway with the House of Parliament, and is a great convenience to our legislators, many of whom are elderly men, and have a natural dread of crossing one of the most dangerous roads in London. Recently the Metropolitan Railway Directors have started a members' train, which leaves Westminster at a quarter to one in the morning and takes members as far as Edgeware-road ; thus giving them an opportunity of reaching, dry an d snugly, all the regions about Kensington and Bayswater. Some very interesting meetings are coming off. To-morrow rung the Education League muster in force at St. James's Hall. Professor Fawcett, Mr. Mill, Mr. Auberon Herbert, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Anthony Trollope, Mr. Leone Levi, and other well known men will 'eak. At the same time a meeting of a very different character will take place in another part of London. The speaker wiil be " Father Ignatius," and he will lecture on the subject, "What are the Monks ?" On Saturday there will be a meeting at the Hanover-square Rooms to advo cate Female Suffrage. Mr. Mill, Mrs. Jacob Bright, Mrs. Peter Taylor, and several other speakers, male and female, will address the meeting. On Saturday, April 8, there will be a meeting to support religious national edu- Lion, at which Lord Shaftesbury will preside. By the way, what has become of the National Society that it has taken no part in the present controversy ? The Archbishop of York seems to be somewhat ashamed of his vacillation with respect to the revision of the Bible, and in his letter to Dr. Davies seems to be endeavouring to soften down the uncompromising hos tility which he displayed in the York Convocation, so greatly to the surprise of Bishop Ellicott, whom he had induced to reckon upon his Grace's support. Meanwhile the question of the revision has given rise to one effect that was by no means contemplated. It has paralysed the Bible printing business, and compositors and binders are complaining sorely of being thrown out of work. In connection with revision I may mention that the Arch bishop of Canterbury (who is a Scctchman) has become a subscriber to Dr. Waddell's proposed translation of the Psalms into the Scottish vernacular. The first number, as an instalment of the whole Bible, will appear at an early date. There is no end to the new clubs. The Allied Univer sities opens on the 28th. The Junior St. James's has taken the premises of the Gryphon. There is to be a West-end Gresham, which is to be called the Corinthian. Sir George Grey, late Governor of New Zealand, and other colonial magnates, have started a club in Grafton street, Bond-street, which they appropriately call The Colonial. The reception clays at the Royal Academy are the 28th and 29th, a week earlier than usual. I fear that Mr. Leighton's great picture of Hercules wrestling with Death will not be sent in. Mr. Leighton has for some time been suffering from effusion at the knee joint, and though much better is still compelled to use crutches. Unfortu nately this artist is apt to get weary of his works unless they are finished off at once, so that it is quite possible that his great picture may not be finished at all. Two smaller works will I hope appear in the approaching Ex hlbiLion. Mr. Leighton's studio is one of the most charm ing rooms in London. That, and indeed his whole house in Holland Park, he has decorated and furnished from his own designs, and every portion of his menage is thus a study. He is the son of a gentleman of fortune, who at first did not care that his child should take up art as a profession. When quite a boy he was taken by his father to Rome, and several of his sketches were shewn to qualified judges. They at once pronounced that young Leighton was born to be an artist, and the father then consented to his son's wish, and is now not a little proud of , that eon's eminence. One of the favourite house-artists in London, if I nl,O coin the term, is Mr. Owen Jones. He has recently decorated several mansions in Lancaster-gate and elsewhere, in the Egyptian style. It is somewhat hard and streaky, but is becoming all the rage. Mr. Lecky has lately returned to England from Italy, where he has been, I believe, collecting materials for 5 now work. His last was written while travelling in Spain. He would be one of the lions of London Society now if his love for seclusion, and his shyness did not hinder. Another lion, more amenable to social influences, is Baboo Keshab Chandur Sen, the leader of the Brahmos. (not Brahmins, as you misspelt it in a former letter of m ine). The Brabmos are a comparatively new sect: they are Theists and Eclectics, and hold very much the same views as Vac Unitarians of this country. Mr. Goldwin Smith will not return to England this year, but will remain at the Cornell University. He is engaged in writing a history of England for American schools. Miss Broughton is the authoress of the tales " Cometh up as a Flower," and " Red as a Rose," which have had a great run. Mr. Maitland, author of " The Pilgrim and the Shrine," is about to publ'sh another tale. "Clubs and Drawing' rooms," by " Cecil Hay," is by a London man, who has been a good deal connected with Conservative journalism, and who has published many tales and some poetry in several magazines under his own name. Mr. Myers, author of that very remarkable little volume of verse, " St. Paul," is publishing a new volume of poems. Miss Draper, of Banbury; has brought out a beautifully illuminated edi tion of the Litany. Dr. Roth, a well-known London surgeon, who has made muscular deformities his specialty, has published a very good letter which he has addressed to Mr. Forster, urging that gymnastics shalt be a Par t of the training of all schools receiving Government aid• It is an old saying that the man who is his own lawYee has a fool for his client. Dr. Rowland Williams was cer• tainly no fool, but he was unwise enough to be his own solicitor. He executed a will with codicils, and thee° codicils were duly witnessel Subsequently he made alterations in the codicils without obtaining the pre sence of the witnesses. The consequence is that Lord Penzance has not allowed the codicils with the alterations to be propounded. In another case the Probate Judge Was compelled very reluctantly to set aside the obvious inten tion of a testator. A London merchant had named a certain gentleman as his executor. That gentleman had a son whose Christian name differed from his own by only two letters, but, unfortunately, the merchant had spelt the name of the father in the manner adopted by the son, and thus although the latter was only fifteen years old, Lord Penzance was obliged to declare him the executor. While referring to Lord Penzance, I may mention that the reporter who surreptitiously obtained possession of the letters of the Prince of Wales to Lady Mordaunt has done his colleagues serious disservice. Orders have been issued refusing the reporters leave even to inspect general affidavits, which hitherto they have always been per mitted to see. The consequence is that they are often without a clue as to what takes place in the court, and which without that clue is frequently unintelligible jargon. _ A very sad story is going the round of literary circles. For some years Captain Frederick Brome, was governor of the military prison at Gibraltar. While living in that country he made some most valuable scientific re searches. 4 little while ago he was removed to the military prison at Weedon. Here he hoped to find an asylum for his family, and some compensation for the sacrifices he had been compelled to make on leaving Gibraltar. Shortly afterwards he was told that the pris° ll would not be continued, and that his services would not be required. The news so preyed upon him that, though a strong and vigorous man, he gradually sank from mental depression, and died of a broken heart, leaving a wife and eight children unprovided for. Surely in our economical fervour we might shew some consideration to the victims of it. To relieve the British taxpayer of half a farthing is no doubt an enterprise worthy of all praise ; but it is scarcely worth while to break the hearts of strong men , and to make widows and orphans even for that laudably, object AN INCIDENT IN SPAIN. A very serious occurrence took place at Madrid a fess' days ago. It was not the duel between Don Henri and the Duke of Montpensier ; but an attack by a mob upon Marshal Prim. Much discontent has been caused in Spain by the conscription. A few days ago a series of public "demonstrations " was arranged for Sunday last, not only in Madrid, but also in many of the principa l cities in Spain. They passed off comparatively quietly . With the exception of the one in the capital . It happened that Marshal Prim had been to fetch his soi l from a review, and the two rode by the place of demon stration, just as the mob was dispersing. What followeA is best told in Prim's own words to the Cortes :--" was either by the accident that the hour for dissolv ing the meeting had arrived or it was because some one !lad told them I was riding past, but the fact is the mob approached me, gathered round me, and commenced diS. orderly cries. They were not wanting in respect, for the greater part kept their hats and caps in their hands, but :Tied out frantically, `Abajo las quintas! Fuera las pintas ! No mas quintas !" and other cries of like natur e. They were for the most part women and youths. Seeing the attitude of the people, and finding no means of making .nyself heard, I put spurs to my horse. That naturally opened us a way. But the crowds followed us with the same voices of thunder. One of the noisiest declaimers against the quintas, who kept constantly running along' side of me and crying rut ' Down with the quintas was a ragged mendicant who had often excited my con l l o -," don, and to whom I constantly gave pestas (10d.) in the streets. The shouts were fearful. But this was no t die worst. On reaching the Gate of Alcala some wretch threw a stone at me, which struck my back. On feeling It I turned my horse sharply round, which caused the mob to run off, so I failed to see the one who had thrown the stone, which was fortunate, for if I had seen him I would have killed him ! In the times through which w e ari passing, let it be known I am always prepared to kn.:: (matar) on the spot he who lays his hand upon me ! did not see him, and continued my march. On reaching the Fuente Cibeles, the crowds were still following me. I ordered some policemen to arrest five °,,/: six of the noisiest, which they did, and took them the Ministry of War. This is an abuse which must no and ought not to continue. Am I tole debarred out whenever the Republican gentlemen choose to can °' public meeting ? Must Ibe condemned always to carry an escort of curassiers ? If I had had one VI terday, this thing would not have happened. feel no irritation ; I feel only pain to think tha. individual rights and the precious liberties of the C° 9-4 stitution are so little understood by people calhnt themselves Liberals. I don't mind the stoning • I don consider myself dishonoured by it. The grand figure, O f , American liberty, Washington, was once stoned, his the illustrious Wellington. They broke all his .. 117 1 . doves, and he had to have iron shutters put up. 31 _,, 511- festations of liberty are difficult for a people like off' who have never been free till now. When I entered en the revolutionary work I knew I should have to P through many sufferings, as, indeed, I do ; but I suffer re signedly, because I desire to consolidate the liberty of niX country. But its liberty will never be consolidated unt o our political parties are accustomed to practice libe . ll3: with decorum, moderation, and dignity, and always with, out wounding the rights of others." Thus ended who s might have been an ugly business if the marshal, as 11 threatened, had killed the man who threw the stone. A the Times remarks, it is not always s afe to kill Wat Tylers. ---- THE ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE a OMPANV.—A nove had insured his life nearly chambers of Vice Ch Il er ance . winding-up case, at the . question has been raised on the Albert Life Assurance James, before Mr. 331oxam, the chief clerk. - 43. mor in the army years ago for c e 11000, and had paid about ums. He had double the amount in Pil obtained an s,dvan e of £2 50, and the had on his policy which applied for repayment, was refused on the grow l " of a set-off —the paymcnt of the policy. Mr. Musgrave, for the official liquidator, submitted that he could recov er the advance, as the company was b • It ern.. wound up. ic , was decided to refer the matter to the ° • 6."-:C Vice-Chanc o for judgment. Another application was made in refereq 1 to the payment of the expensesofthe hoc public meetings j with the view of reconstruction. The Chief Clerk refused to entertain the application. [ADVERTISEMENT. 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