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Lin Rayne, Lent, 'Dya., Arthur. &c. Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rival, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs. C. Horsman, To conclude with STATIC SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—Amowr SuLtiviaz! LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12, 1870. AN article appears in the current number of the Contemporary Review which should be read by all persons who are interested in the future of the Eng lish Church. The writer is a layman, and he sets out with the proposition, which no one, whether Churchman or Dissenter, will deny, that the Church as an Establishment is in very serious danger. It may be said that this is an oil story ; but it is new in one important particuiar—the danger now comes from within. "An assault from without is a most dis tinct thing from disunion within. A loyal and united garrison may easily repel attacks which disaffection within the citadel might easily render successful." The fact is, there is no longer unity; on the con trary, there is an openly-avowed wish on the part of some English Churchmen for a severance from the State, and for a volunt?ry church. If separation should Come about there will b?, in the opinion of "A Lay man," at 16ast three Churches: the High Church, which would sooner or later be absorbed in the Roman Church ; the Broad Church, which would probably split up into fra-fments, and go no one can tell where; and the Low Church, which would certainly not suffer the clergy to mono polise government, al we may learn from the conflict which is now waging in the Irish Church. It may be worth while, therefore, for the cler;,Yy who are the chief promoters of the liberation movement inside the Church to consider what they would gain by the sip: ration which they desire, and whether they would not do better to let things remain as they are, at so far the State connec tion is concerned. It must be adruitt3d, however, that in one impor tant respect things cannot long remain as they are. Whether the Church continues connected with the State or not, the laity w;11 insist upon obtaining a larger share in the administration of Church affairs than they have enjoyed hitherto. The demand fir it is really a hopeful sign. The desire of all Churchmen should be to interest as large a number of persons as possible in Church work. It is because so much more interest is felt now than formerly that this demand for lay representation and lay consulta tion has arisen. In the old dreary days, when life seemed to have left the Church, 4L cared enough for the Church to desire to do any thing in her or for her. But now when men give their money and their time to Churchpurposes, when splendid buildings, intended either for the worship of GOD or the education of the young, are springing up on all sides through the liberality of laymen, these expect, and justly expect, to be consulted about the services and the teaching. Moreover the bishops and the clergy have th' mselves of late been appeal ing to the laity for h Ip, and that not merely of the pecuniary kind. Nevertheless, so liberal a man as the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, himself one of the foremost to demand this help, has expressed sur prise that those whos3 aid be seeks should when expressing their willing floss to give, express also their desire to have more influence in the administration of the Church which they are called upon to serve. The ARCHBISHOP thinks that lay patronage and lay judges in ecclesiastical courts ought to satisfy the extremest ecclesiastical Radical. To this the answer is plain. The trial of an ecclesiastical cause is not a common event; it is rare, .even in these liti gious days, to have more than half a dozen in the course of a yea-, and the dedision of such causes, is rather too lU ly to depend upon political intrigue, as was seen about a year ago. As for lay patronage, that is of small advantage to laymen. In fact, except to the patrons, it is absolutely. a disad vantage. If a bishop 'resents- to a living, public opinion will compel Lim to present a suitable man. If a lay patron presents, the presentation is considered an exercise of private rights, and public opinion is far too conservative to interfere with these. A bishop would not venture to induct an octogenarian in orsio: hallthe ,i ping " THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE li MAN." BESTPMATERIALS, BEST STYLES BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, f)r all ages, all occa sions. and all classes, at E. MOSES awl SON'S. 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Box-office open fromll to 4. ft g, inn THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1870 until some boy, still in his teens, is of legal age to take it. No bishop would venture to inflict upon a parish first a man past work, and then a youth too inexperienced to work. But a private patron will do this without fear of any consequences. Therefore of the two, irresponsible lay patronage is far worse than episcopal patronage, just because the latter is in a certain measure responsible. Both classes of patron age ought to be wholly responsible, and this change can be effected only by giving the parishioners a voice in the selection of the incumbent who is put over them. The great difficulty in effecting any reform in the Church, however urgently it may be required, lies in the fact that Parliament is no longer a purely Church Legislature. No one who has not tried it can estimate the enormous obstacles that have to be overcome before any ecclesiastical measure can be passed. Urgent as was the need of Bishops, it would never have been mot if there had not teen in existence an old forgotten, but fortunately unrepealed Act which allol,'ed bishops to rppoint suffragans. This difficulty incrascs ery year, because there is a growing b lief that the days of the State church are numbered and they who wish them to be so, whether High Church clergymen or members of the Liberation Society, are equally jealous of State interference in the concerns of the Church. It is tolerably certain that no Minister, not even so bold and energetic a one as Mr. GLADSTONE, will venture to propose an extensive scheme of Church reform, or to suggest a new administrative body for the Church. Public opinion must first demand these things in un mistakeable language before any Government will touch them. At the same time no change of the kind could take place without the sanction of Parlia ment, and no measure involving such a change would have a chance of passing through Parliament unless it were introduced on the responsibility of the Government. Public opinion once aroused, and public demands once formulated in a definite shape, Government would feel itself E 3 rmg enough to propose the establishment of a Church body which should administer the affairs of the Church as the Board of Admiralty does those of the navy. The new regulations of the first would be, as those of the second are, subject to the approval of Parliament. In such a body the laity must have equal rights with the clergy as they had in Apostolic times. "A subordinate institution," as "A Layman" well observes, "animated by a clerical spirit, and guided by clerical counsels, would very speedily come into collision with Parliament. The new organ, to accomplish its object, must be in the highest and fullest sense national ; it must represent the whole people, and not merely a single profession." HOOKER long ago said that " till it be proved some special law of CHRIST bath for ever annexed unto the clergy alone the power to make ecclesiastical laws, we hold it a thing most consonant with equity and reason that no ecclesiastical act be made in a Christian com monwealth without the consent as well of the laity as of the clergy." This legislative power would apply alike to questions of doctrine and questions of disci pline, for the laity are as much interested in the first as in the second. In only such a manner as we have described does " A Layman " believe that disestablish ment is to be avoided. He is byno means sure that this alternative will be adopted, for with a large number of Churchmen the chief object seems to be the expul sion of those who differ from them. Exclusion, not comprehension, is their aim ; and this being so, they are not likely to remain content with a Church Esta blishment which must either consent to be more comprehensive from age to age, or cease to exist, A FINE old British soldier is gone to his rest. The name of DE LACY EvaNs recalls gallant ser vices performed on three continents. Born eighty three years ago, he first saw active service in India sixty-three years ago. He took part in the Peninsular campaign, and shared in the victories of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, as well as in the retreat from Burgos. On two occasions he had horses shot under him, and on ono he was wounded. From Spain he went to North America, and was present at the capture of Washington and other engagements. Then returning to Europe, in spite of severe wounds, he took part in the gigantic struggle of 1815, and witnessed the capitulation of Paris. Five years of hard fighting, this, in Asia, Europe, America, and Europe again, such as the bravest soldier has no chance of witnessing in these piping times of peace . Then followed over ten years of rest. But the Carlist War of 1836 gave him an opportunity of returning to the scene of his old victories. He went as commander of an auxiliary British and Spanish army corps, saw some desperate fighting, and won some hard-fought victories. He had no small share in the final defeat of the Carlists and the establishment of that most unsatisfactory of monarchs, Queen ISABELLA. Then followed another interval of tranquillity, ter minated gladly enough, we may well believe, in DE LACY EVANS'S case, by the declaration of war against Russia in 1854. When the expedition to the Crimea was resolved upon, he was ap pointed Commander of the Second Division, and behaved with such gallantry at the battle of the Alma and at Inliermann that Lord RAGLAN selected him out for especial praise. His health failed, and he was compelled to return to England at the end of the year. Whatever might be thought of certain other officers holding high commands, Sir DE LACY EvaNs was never suspected of shirking or chewing the white feather. He was greeted with enthusiasm on landing at Dover, and he received the thanks of Parliament in person: He himself was a member of Parliament. So long ago as 1833 he was returned for that king of borough constituencies, Westminster, at that time Liberal, and something more in its politics. Its gallant representative always supported advanced measures, and spoke occasionally. In 1865, being then well on towards 80, he declined to come forward again, and retired from public life. Without being a commander of the first rank, and still less a consummate politician, he was a noticeable man, by reason of his bravery in the battle-field and his courage in the political arena. Men like him are not born every day ; and we cannot lot him pass away from US without taking note of his fine qualities. IT has long been very clear that there is little prospect of putting an end to duelling in France by entreaty or moral suasion. But it not unfrequently happens that the fear of ridicule is of stronger effect than lived in the hope that if duelling were not con demned for its immorality, it might fall into discredit through its absurdity. It would, it is true, be unwise to rely too much upon even the powerful influence of ridi cule. Many exceptionally absurd single combats have taken place at divers times, and yet the institution flourishes. When the English army occupied Paris in 1815, French officers who were well trained in the use of the sword systema matically challenged and killed Englishmen, until the latter, disdaining the rules of fence, rudely cut down their adversaries after «first principles." Even this foolish and lamentable slaughter - did not rouse public indignation. Still we remember that a Sovereign who once hanged a duellist produced a remarkable change in the fighting propensities of his subjects, thereby proving that repression is not impossible. In fact, unless the Government of a country connive at the practice, it is not difficult to put down duelling. Surely the last occurrence in Paris—the homicide of a journalist by a Prince— ought to induce the EMPEROR'S Government to give its attention to this crying evil. So far as the facts aro known, and they are yet in a confused state, the story is one of the most disgraceful of the kind on record. It was not a duel, but the murder of a man whilst on duelling business. M. HENRI ROCHEFORT published in the Marseillaise a characteristic article, referring to Prince PIERRE BONAPARTE, and the latter replied by a challenge. M. GROUSSET, who wrote the article, answered the chal lenge by sending two seconds, M. VOTOU Norm and M. FONVIELLE, to the resi -41.100_9f the TIIO3___LAVITIM diately degenerated into a quarrel. One version says that the Prince struck M. VrcTon Nora ; another affirms the contrary. But the main fact is that the Prince seized a pistol and shot the journalist through the heart, also firing, it is stated, at M. FONVIELLE, who, however, escaped. His Imperial Highness is now in prison, and will be tried for murder. This prompt decision on the part of the E3IPEROR is only in the interests of justice. No doubt the provoca tion was great, but the dignity and self-respect of a Prince ought to have risen superior to the insult. To challenge M. ROCHEFORT is merely to give him a new lease of popularity with the Paris mob. To parley with a second-rate lampooner is degrading. Justice demands an example, even though the victim be a member of the NAPOLEON family. Equally does civilisation require repressive measures; nor is there any need for the severity of the King who made duelling a capital offence. A. short period at the galleys would operate as a complete deterrent. The Marquis of Hamilton is very unwell. The Tenant Right Conference in Dublin will com .nence on the 2d of February. The Princess Mary Adelaide of Teck and the infant Prince are doing well, according to the latest bulletin. The office of inspector of Chatham Dockyard will shortly be abolished, and the whole of the inspectors placed on superannuation. This day the courts of law and Equity were re opened for the Hilary term. Tho Courts met at the usual hour, as the Lord Chancellor did not receive the Judges. The effect of rumours as to reductions (says the Times) has been to cast gloom and stagnation over every branch of private industry and trade in Sheerness. The Exeter Gazette says there are already 1,000 signatures to the address which the working men's societies of that city propose to present to Bishop Temple. Between 500 and 600 hired men in Chatham Dock yard are to be discharged, and it is expected that a large number of "established" hands will be superannuated under the new regulations. It is stated in the German papers that General Grant intends to come to Europe in. the month of June of the present year, in order to visit the Sovereigns of Eng land, France, Prussia, and Russia. The Dublin Corporation yesterday adopted, after discussion, a resolution calling upon the Government to grant a Royal residence and a National Parliament to Ireland. It was inserted on the minutes. James Lowe and William Nicholson, working at Wolverhampton as navvies, have been arrested for being concerned in the recent poaching affray at Over Darwen, Lancashire. It is stated that Mr. James Young, of Kelly College, intends to found, in connection with the Andor sonian University, two Technical Chairs and another of Natural Philosophy, towards which he is to devote the magnificent sum of 20..000 guineas. The consecration of the new Greek church at Liverpool took place yesterday. It was announced that the English clergy who might wish to attend would have seats reserved for them, but they were to wear their secular dress, and were not to take part in the service. " A Canterbury Pilgrim" asks if the body of Car dinal Coligny, which has lain at Canterbury in a brick box for 300 years, cannot be provided with the decencies of Christian burial ? Or might not the Dean and Chapter send it over to France, as Queen Elizabeth intended to do ? Tha report of the Committee on the Supersession of Colonels (the Overland Mail hears) is not unfavourable to the immediate advancement of those colonels of the Indian Army whose promotion hos been stopped by the War-office authorities. Mr. Henry Bayley, cotton broker, of Liverpool and Manchester, was brought before a Liverpool magistrate yesterday, charged with having obtained, by false pretences, 25 bales of cotton, valued at £5OO, from Messrs. Chambres and Holder, Liverpool. He was remanded till Thursday. At the annual meeting of the Board of Arbitra tion and Conciliation in tho North of England Iron Trade, held at South Stockton yesterday, Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., was dEcided upon as an arbitrator in the wages question. There was a great gathering of clergymen and ministers of all denominations yesterday at Manchester to consider the proposal to establish "a charity Sunday" in that city. The meeting passed a resolution affirming that it was most desirable that simultaneous annual col lections should be made on behalf of the medical charities, and the la.st Sunday n Februairy was fixed for that purpose. The Diocesan Synod of Down, Connor, and Dro more assembled yesterday at Belfast for the purpose of re ceiving and discussing reports from the Standing Commit tee on Church Organisation and Commutation. The Lord Bishop of the diocese presided, and there was a large at tendance of the clergy and also of influential laity. The sittings will last for several days. The Rev. George Gilfillan, U.P. Minister of Dundee, made a protest from his pulpit on Sunday against proceedings being taken against him for saying that he did not believe all the statements of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism. He would stand (he said) on his distinct legal rights; and he repeated that the doctrine of the eternal re probation of non- elect infants, and the statement that the world was made in six literal days—both found in the Catechism—were each, to say the least of them, very dubious matters. The former was bad theology. Another " miners' conference" was held yesterday at Tipton, the entire district of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire being represented by delegates. A variety of topics were discussed, and amongst other things it was resolved to join the Lancashire colliers in agi tating for the eight hours' system of labour. In reference to the education question, an offer made by Lord Lichfield to meet the colliers of the district during the present month, in order that the matter might be fully discussed, was gratefully accepted by the conference. A resolution was also adopted, affirming that the Govern ment ought to appoint a number of aub-inspectors of mines, the inspectors not being numerous enough to fulfil efficiently the duties imposed upon them. The Leeds Mercury says :—" There is reason to an ticipate that the increase in wages recently conceded to the colliers in Staffordshire will be extended to those of West Yorkshire. The deputations from the pits appointed to ask the masters to return the 71- per cent. reduction made in the spring of 1868, met at Methley last night to communicate the resu:t of their interviews on the subject. It was stated that toe whole of the employers were favourable to the advance being granted ; but there appeared to be on the part of each some hesitancy as to which should give way first. The meeting passed a resolution to the effect that a fortnight's notice, to date from Thursday next, be given if at the men would cease work unless the advance was conceded. About 1,400 men are affected by the deci sion." DESTRUCTION OF THE S 7 AR AND GARTER AT RICHMOND BY IlItE. LOSS OF LIFE- -THIS DAY. The " Star and Garter," one of the most cele brated of hostelries in the suburbs, was this morn ing destroyed by fire. For years this hotel has in - 7s - e - s; ln •h w e hi h e i h gh s en ifiz j ov ia l r, but pnaorwts have e a old e hpereen ovial parties held, are a blackened heap of smouldering embers. The fire was ut-,rad about half-p ast two this morning, and the inmates or tu. _ once aroused, but by this time the fire had taken such firm hold of the premises that many had to jump from the windows. The manager of the hotel, after rescuing several of the inmates, returned to the burning house to save a favourite dog, but unfortunately he never returned alive, as the roof fell in and the flames immediately after shot up with the greatest fury and prevented all attempts of rescue. There was a large arrival of fire engines in a comparatively short time, but their action was retarded by a lamentable want of water, which was so short that the building was nearly consumed before the whole of the engines could be got into play. LATEST INTELL IGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Jan. 11. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 123 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 123; the lowest, 1211. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3/. it " 1885 ll3. (t " 1867 ll5l. 10-40 it Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2sic. Petroleum—Standard White 3olc. Flour, extra state, $5.30c. to $5.90c. Corn, old mixed, sl.loc. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. it. per £1 sterlitw. On Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of L 3 Gs. 103 d. per ouuoe for standard gold, it appe.ca that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in London CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S,— Portrait albums, dispatch boxes, writing cases, dressing cases, dressing bags, envelope cases, blotting books, inkstands, dess, stationery cabinets, bookslides, work boxes, tea caddies, hard bags and reticules, card cases, purses, scent bottles, cigar cases, card trays, pocket books, ornamental articles in china, bronze gilt, and elegantly mounted for mantel shelf, drawing and library tables ; bagatelleboards, indoor croquet and indoor games of all kinds; Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Services in every type. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new and fresh. Small articles carefully selected and out poet paid upon Pr.- payment. 04t4loguos free. SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 12. In to-day's sitting of the Cortes Marshal Prim explained the late Ministerial crisis, and declared that the election of a Monarch would crown the edifice of the revolution. Senor Rivero, the Minister of the Interior, de tailed the programme of the Ministry, and said that the Conservative party had initiated the re volution, adding that the Government would main tain order and raise the credit of the country. In conclusion, the Minister appealed to the Deputies, and expressed a hope that a spirit of concord would prevail among them. BOMBAY MAIL. MESSINA, Jan. 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah passed Messina at 2.30 p.m. to-day en route for Marseilles. TURKEY AND EGYPT. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 11. The Porte received a letter from the Khedive on Saturday last, intimating his willingness to sur render the ironclads and breechloaders, which had been ordered by him. his Highness explains that the delay in complying with the demand of the Porte has merely arisen from the desire of the Egyptian Government to ascertain the cost of the breechloaders and ironclads, and to settle the mode of payment by the Porte. This explanation is stated to be considered per fectly satisfactory to the Sultan and the Grand Vizier. A rumour is current that Ministerial changes are imminent, in `consequence of the above final settlement of the Turco-Egyptian question. ITALY. FLORENCE, Jan. 11. Admiral Acton, at present Commander of an Italian squadron in the Red Sea, bas telegraphed that he accepts the office of Marine Minister. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 12. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's steamer Tasmanian, from the West Indies, has arrived. FRANCE. THE ANTEUIL TRAGEDY. PARIS, Jan. 12. In yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Body, M. Mont Peyroux asked the Minister of Justice whe ther tylpn-thers of the Bonaparte family were amenable to the common law of the land? M. Rochefort followed, and demanded whether the Minister of Justice intended to put an end to the system of not treating as murder the assassination of one of the sons of the people by a Prince ? M. Rochefort compared the Bonaparte family to the Borgias, an expres sion which evoked loud dissentient remarks. The President called M. Rochefort to order. M. 011ivier, the Minister of Justice, said—" In the name of justice and of right, tile Government which you insult asks you to listen to its reply, which will not be couched in such mouthing language. If M. Rochcfort understood justice better he would not attack an accused person. An accused person must always be treated with resp .ct. Prince Pierre Bonaparte demands to be tried by a common jury, in conformity with the formal text of,the law, and it is necessary to assemble the High Court of Justice. We shall at a future time in quire whether any alteration of the present law is necessary, and whether we ought to abolish excep tional jurisdiction. Ou that point we may possibly be of the same opinion as yourself. I protest against the words that the magistracy is wanting iu dignity and independence." _ The Minister held that the ugh Court of Justice afforded a guarantee for the impartial judgment of this crime committed by a high personage, and concluded "A proof will thus be given that nobody escapes the justice of the country. I regret to witness the popular excitement fomented by sanguinary and exaggerated descriptions which have appeared i❑ the journals, but we look upon these without fear. We embody right and justice, but, if compelled, we shall represent material force." Immense cheer ing resounded from all the deputies except from those of the Left. After a few incidental remarks from NI. Raspail, the President, announced a requisition for the authorization by the Chamber of a prosecution against M. Rochefort in consequence of the article in that day's issue of the Marseillaise. The re quisition is signed by M. Grand Perret. The Pre sident concluded by saying—" Justice cannot re main insensible to the violation of the law." The above requisition will be taken into con sideration by the Bureaux to-morrow. PARIS. Jan. 11. As soon as M. Pietri, the Prefect of Police, had made his report in reference to the homicide at Anteuil, the Minister of the Interior, M. Chevan dier Valdrome, at once proceeded to the official residence of M. 011ivier, where M. Grand Perret, Procurator-General, had already arrived. Orders for the arrest of Prince Pierre Buonaparte were immdiately forwarded to the frontiers, in case his highness should attempt to escape from the country It is asserted that to-day's edition of the Mar - seillaise has been seized. A large crowd assembled before the offices of that journal. The Ga:ette des Tribunaux says : Last night, at about half-past five o'clock, M. Rochefort ap peared in a carriage on the Boulevards, accompanied by a very large crowd, who sang the " Marseil laise" and shouted "Five Rochefort !" Upou his arrival at the Boulevard Montmartre M. Rochefort left the carriage and exchanged a few words with his followers, when several persona ran through the crowd and called out " Until to morrow." Nothing further resulted from this demonstra• tion, and during the evening the Boulevards wore their usual aspect. ,tir , f goy Art ' - it -.-- - - --k— multi me _ HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 11. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold walked in the grounds. MR. BRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM . . (From the Times) Those who looked forward to Mr. Bright's speech at Birmingham ought not to feel disappointed. More remarkable displays of eloquence have often issued from his lips, but never an address com manding heartier approval. It is, indeed, the Mr. Bright of old times that we hear, but still Mr. Bright made wiser by a new experience. The Tribune of the people has become a Minister of the Crown. It is a change bringing its drawbacks. It is easy to thunder against the shortcomings of others, but when we learn for ourselves the diffi culties of practical life we must needs adopt a more moderate language. A homely proverb tells us that bachelors' wives and maids' children are al ways the best trained, and there is nothing so pleasing as the picture of what a nation might be when a man who has never had the burden of moulding its destinies takes upon himself to de scribe it. Thus it is with Mr. Bright. Two short years—nay, a brief twelvemonth since, he bad declaimed against the governing classes of the nation for their failure to weld all parts of the kingdom into one harmonious whole. What is it we hear from him now ? Ireland, he confesses, presents a difficult, we may say an ugly question to the legislator, the uglier the closer we look upon it. Oftentimes it has happened to him self that a task has appeared difficult when seen from afar, but its difficulties have disappeared as he ap proached its solution. In his own language, the hill has frowned steeply on him till he came to its base, when the ascent became gradual and the anticipated difficulty vanished. It has not been so with the settlement of Ireland. He owns that there the nearer knowledge of experience has shown him more to be overcome than he had reckoned upon when afar off ; and so he speaks with measured language of the future. Some may be disappointed at this hesitation. For ourselves, we rejoice at it, and accept it as the evidence of fuller knowledge and riper wisdom. It must be impossible, we should suppose, for the most excitable Irish patriot in reading Mr. Bright's speech to refrain from feeling that there are more things to be taken account of in legislation for the sister island than are dreamt of in his philosophy. We are all anxious to do what we can. Every motive of good will, of sound statesmanship—we go further, and acknowledge of the lowest self-interest—urges us to bind Ireland to England with links of family affection, but not in a moment can we hope to undo the effects of past years, to soften the hardness of English judgment, or to dispel the mists of pre judice and ignorance through which the Irish people have been accustomed to scan the efforts of those who have zealously, if not successfully, endeavoured to elevate their condition. Mr. Bright tells his constituents at Birmingham there are certain things which no Government can do ; and, again, he expresses another aspect of the same truth when he says it is not easy to drive six omnibuses abreast through Temple -bar. "Pull down the Bar" is the rejoinder that might be expected from many among the audience, and it is what the President of the Board of Trade would himself have said only the other day. He has better learnt the limits of human action. Let us take into consideration, or, to use his own pet phrase, let us "bear in mind" the prime conditions of the Irish problem. One of them, and as we ven ture to suggest, the corner stone of the whole, is thus stated by himself : -- 4, Land is in Ireland not only the great industry, but, with some exceptions in the North, it is almost the only industry of the country, and there has been an excessive competi tion for it in the struggle for life and the means of living which has placed the occupier almost at the mercy of the proprietor of the soil." The sentence is open to verbal criticism, but its meaning is plain and, as a matter of fact, indisputable. W hat reflec tions does it not immediately suggest? how can the United Parliament abate this " excessive com petition," which Mr. Bright acknowledges? It is this which gives the sting to the fact that the pro prietorship of the land is in comparatively faw hands. It is this which points the significance of the division between Protestant landowners and Catholic cultivators. Had it not been for this, we should never be reminded that the origin of Irish titles was confiscation, any more than we are reminded that the origin of many an English title was the Conquest by William the Norman. The potent fact of the present time is that the competition for land in Ireland is " excessive " The acreage of the island is strictly limited ; those who want to live by cultivating it are many, and those who can live by cultivating it are, by comparison, few. Ocher modes of occupation may be suggested, and if it is a question of historical retrospect we acknowledge that there Is munch in this relation to look back upon with regret. It is true that the English Legislature long endeavoured to repress the competition of Irish industry. It is true that the manufacturers of Lancashire compelled Mr. Pitt to postpone the opening of the English markets to Irish productions. But these are things of the past. For seventy years the two countries have heen one. If a thing can be made cheaper in Ireland than in England, it will be made there. Unfortunately—and it is a physical fact which no Parliament can override—the absence of coal in Ireland is the absence of cheap power, and with out cheap power any considerable develop ment of manufactures is impossible. We must start from the truth that the competition for land in the sister island is excessive, and all the Legislature can do is to provide that, excessive though the competition may be, still the cultivator shall be treated by the landholder with the same spirit of justice and equity as if the two stood face to face, at arm's length, and on equal terms. This is, briefly stated, the sum of all that has been excogitated on the Irish Land Question by every thinker, English or Irish, who has turned his attention to it. There are certain duties of morality commonly reckoned outside the domain of law. The social condition of Ireland— the excessive competition for land—has made it possible for the owners of its land to override these duties, and to assume to themselves the fruit of that nnf. anwn ; and the Legislature has re cognised the necessity of intervening and protect ing tenants against the consequences of their self imposed condition. An independent Irish Mo narchy or Republic could, as Mr. Bright says, do no more; and, even in doing this, it is of the first importance to remember that such legislation is so far retrograde that it confesses a lower state of civilisation in Ireland than that hitherto assumed to exist, and it should be the object of every statesman to inspire Irishmen with the virtues that will lift them out of that state of dependence upon others now acknowledged to be the lot of the ma jority of the population. Mr. Bright spoke of other subjects than the condition of Ireland, but the Commercial Treaty, and even Education itself, are trifles compared with the one topic engrossing the attention of the nation. We are, in truth, somewhat impatient of the Iteci proci'y mongers, and the space they have been per mitted to occupy before the world. They hav e been very noisy, but they are very insigni ficant ; though we confess th a t, if w e w ere not thus as,ured of the hollow cha r act er of their agitation , we should not be satisfied with Mr. Bright's m ethod of re futing them. Of what use is it to talk of seventy workmen in Birmingham who have been kept in constant employ by the increase of our commerce with France to those who, by a similar examina tion o f s p e cial instances, have persußded them- selves that there are a hundred or even a thou sand times seventy workmen thrown out of occu pation by foreign rivalry? This kind of reasoning persuades no one who is not already persuaded. But we gladly pass from this criticism to the concluding words of Mr. Bright's address. They express a truth very necessary to be enforced. There is an especial temptation, now that power has been so largely committed to their hands, to flatter the populace with the assurance that the evils of their condition are to be attributed to the shortcomings and errors of Governments, and that they them selves have no part to do in working out their own salvation. Against this error Mr. Bright justly protests, and we hail his language all the more heartily because in bygone years he has helped to foster the delusion. The condition of the people of England rests with themselves. Without their co operation good legisLttion is rain. If they be but truo to themselves, had legislation would be inno cuous, if it were possible that under such condi tions bad legislation could permanently abide and be in force amongst us. CENIRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. Daniel William Bright, an undertaker, was in dicted for shooting at his own, child, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. From the evidence of Inspector Bryant, it ap peared that the prisoner bad been to a relative's house in Silver-street, St. Luke's, and on leaving it he took with him his son and two other boys, with the intention of going home and play ing dominoes. Before they got there the pistol was discharged, and the boy received the bullet in his chest. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, said he intended to shoot the boy, and that he also told the two boys they would hear a report before they got home. When the prisoner was arrested he appeared to be suffering from the effects of drink, but it must have been taken some time previously, as he certainly was not drunk. A bullet mould was found at the pri soner's home, which would make a bullet to fit the pistol. The Judge thought there was not sufficient evidence to prove that the prisoner intended to kill the boy. Had that been the purpose, he thought it highly improbable that he would have taken the two boys with him to see him do it. It was, however, highly culpable to carry a loaded pistol in such a manner as the prisoner had done. Mr. Lewis said the prisoner had without doubt a loaded pistol in his possession, and on being taken into custody he said he had intended to shoot his son. Mr. Collins, for the defence, said the carrying a loaded pistol negligently was not to be justified, but thea it occurred to him that the prisoner in the state that he was represented did not know what he was doing, and that the discharge of the pistol was purely accidental. The learned judge, in summing up the case, said it did not appear that there was the slightest evi dence to show that the intention of the prisoner, on the night in question was to murder his son. Wit nesses had given evidence to sho w that the prisoner was a kind and affectionate father, and that the crime of murder was most unlikely to be committed by him. He did not say that the prisoner was justified in carrying a loaded pistol in his pocket ; but it appeared that the intention of the prisoner had been to fire the pistol in the air, but that by some unfortunate circumstance the weapon went of acci dentally, and the boy was injured by the circum stance. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, but they were of opinion that he ought to be repri manded for carrying a loaded pistol in the negligent manner he had done. The judge thought that he ought to be punished for doing so, but that did not then rest with him. POLICE LVI LLLIG ENC'E.-7his Day. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. PAYING DEAR FOR A RIDE.—Mr. Newman Braunstein, of Gresham House, City,:was summoned before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Wm. Briggs, badge 3,320, conductor of omnibus 6,477, for one penny, the re mainder of his fare. On the sth of January the defendant got into the complainant's omnibus at the Bank. and turning down Queen-greet, Holborn, he asked the complainant where he was going to. The com plainant told him to Piccadilly, and the defendant then handed the complainant 6(1., and was handed 2d. back, which he refused to receive, saying that he wanted to go as far as a threepenny fare would take him, and the complainant then handed him 3d. On the omnibus reaching St. Martin's-lane, that being as far as the defendant's fare extended, be refused to get out and went on to Piccadilly, and refused to pay the additional penny. The defendant said he had gone from the Bank to Piccadilly several times and only paid 3d. fare, and that the route the cemplainant took was a new one. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the defendant to pay the penny claimed and 10s. costs. THAMES. THE Two BROTHERS.— Wm. Ilra:her, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Lushington, charged with a:saulting his brother Andrew, of 126, Wapping wall. The two brothers are the very antipodes of each other. The prisoner is an irregular, unsteady, and intemperate man, who has been continually in hot water and quarrelling with various persons. His brother is a sober, steady, and industrious trades man. He was at dinner yesterday at six o'clock in the evening, after the business of the day, when his brother rushed in upon him, overturned the dinner table and everything upon it, and commenced a volley of foul abuse. On being remonstrated \vial he struck his brother on the head. It was a cow ardly and violent blow. Andrew then seized his brother and endeavoured to eject him from the house. A struggle took place and they fell. A stranger was called in, and the prisoner was taken into custody and removed to the station-house, where he again struck his brother. Thomas Smith, a Thames police constable, No. 5, said the prisoner was a most violent person, gave much trouble to a great many persons, and strug gled, kicked, and plunged. (All this time the pri soner was swearing and yelling.) The witness added that he was struck on the lip, and his mouth bled profusely. At the station-house the prisoner struck his brother on the head. Mr. Lushington—How came that to be allowed? He was -then in custody. Smith said the prisoner was separated from his brother by a bar, in a kind of dock, and he leant over while the charge was being taken and struck his brother, who was taken by surprise. Mr. Lushington said the prisoner's conduct was most disgraceful and brutal. He sentenced him to 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour for the assault upon his brother, and passed upon him a similar sentence for the assault upon Smith, the sentences to be consecutive. He hoped the prisoner would leave gaol a sadder and a wiser ma n . WESTMINSTER. UNFOUNDED CllAßGE.—William Salter, a gentle manly-looking man, about 60 years of age, was charged with embezzling the sum of £lO 153_, re ceivod of Priscilla Ellis, his rn stress f an d on account .or Mr. IV. D. Smyth defended. The prisoner was an accountant, and employed to collect the rents of two houses in Blenheim-street for As. Ellis, and to account f or the money to M r s. Mary 1 Ann Corner, the d aug h ter o f M rs. E lli s; t h° smil of £lO 15s. w as a ll ege d to have b een rece i ve d f r om Mts. Luke, o f 31 , Bl enhe i m-street. Mrs. In cross-examination Mrs. Corner denied owing the prisoner a penny, and said he had more than paid himself his commission. Mr. Arnold said it could not be an embezzlement. It might be a larceny by a bailee. Mr. Smyth held that the prisoner had a claim• against the prosecutrix, and if she had brought a civil action there would be a set off. Air. Arnold discharged the prisoner, telling him be was most improperly in custody, and he would have a remedy in another court; no such charge could ever be sustained, of 1 tarp dirt duc Exc _ 1 ditt Cei 4p K Er 10; . l