The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-18 00:00:00

A.TRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. 1 Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. 1. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING- To conclude w th the Pantomime NUMBER. NIP ; or Harlequin and the Gnome- King of the Giant Muntain. Mes d a mes Lydia Thompson. Hu ds p eth, Bodenham, Seymour, Gardonni, and 11. Vandenhoff; Messrs. Tom Matthews. Darsby, Clifton, Robins. Se) ton, and Master Percy itoselle ; essrs. Foleno, Saville, Lauri. Cormack, Barnes, and Morris ; Madame Bole ..o and Molle. Marion. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYAIARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucks:one, TO-NIGHT. A LE.SON FuR Ll P'. Messrs. Fot ogers, hern, Chi , pendale, Comp ton, Howe, hernial, Cord. R a. Braid. Clarke, Vincent, clic ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Wright, &c. At ter which, THE SERIOUS FA V ILY. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, Farren, Vincert, &c. ; 3lesdamei Ihippendale, Mo re, Burke, Rill, Sidney, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. — sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EV ENING. ROUGE; E NOIR. Maurice D'Atbel (a GamLler), Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, 11.foreland, Fitzpatrick. Dalton. Reynolds, Lom s, Newbound, And Anderson, Vivian, Bennett. and Edward Price ; M las ilea-rade, Mrs. Leicth Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Preceded by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdicomb. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Mr. Vining, Mr. J. U. Shore, and MiSS Katherine Rodgers. Followed by, at 8 o'clock, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mrs. 11. Marston, Miss Montagu, Miss Katherine Rodger s ; s M essr s. F. Villiers , J. G. Shore, Calhaem, H. Forreste Mr. Vining as Badger. -ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Sirs. Swanborough. THIS .EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Diessrs. l'arselle, Belford, and G Murray; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque, entitled GUY FAWKES : Messrs. Thorne. James, Robson, and Fenton ; _Mesdames Swanborough, lisynham, Johnstone, Hughes, Newton, ace. To conclude with A SUIT OF TW EEDS. Commence at Seven. lIOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL bole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. tief ton Parry. TlllB EVENING, alesw Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Delmore, Miss Foote, e LeLnox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Delmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, liaym nd. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Jan. IIS, at Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt; Messrs. H. Vezin, Billington, Ashley, Miss E m a..d Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUN FAIN DHU; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND 111 E LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole. Paul Bedford, Ashley, It. Romer, and C. J. Smith • Mrs. Alfred Mellon, hiss .b'artado, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, Ste. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. Vi igen. THIS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. Horace Wigan, H. Neville, G. 'Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Artily Palmer, Miss E. Farren, and Mrs. Charles Mettle: s. After whi h, the successful Burlesque of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mesdames E. Farren, Sheridan, and Stephens ; Messrs. G. Vincent, W. H. Eburne, D. Murray, aw. Doors open at half-past Six ; commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. "The Pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Astley's, was completely successful in every respect."—Telegraph. " Is a decided success."—Sun. "Must be pronounced a decided success."—Standard. " The success of the performance was complete."—lllus trated London News. " Au unqualified success." —Sunday Times. " A great success, as deserved as it is fully justified."— LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 1867. Era. EVERY EVENING, the elegant Comedy, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. Fernandez, Richardson; Miss Laidlaw. After which, the Great Nation-al Pantomime of 110511- A-BYE, BABY. The Frogs and their Revels.—" The Frogs' Dance was ludicrous in the extreme, and gave rise to roars of laugh ter."— Star. " The Ballet of Ladybirds.—One hundred dancers, in elegant attire, elicited rapturous applause as they figured through the mazes of the ballet. '—Morniug Advertiser. The Nation of Toys.—" The evolutions of the Toy Army is a capital bit of grotesque action."— Observer. The Three Favourite Children Danseuses.—" For chil dren, this Pantomime will prove a great treat." —Weekly Times. The Grove of Golden Palms.—"ln seeming prodigal abundance of gold, jewels, and fairies richly and fantasti cally attired, it realises the description of those scenes of enchantment given in the Arabian Nights.' "—Dispatch. The llarlequinade, with the Original Little Rowell'. as Clown.—" The Ilarlequinade is decidedly superior to many that have been witnessed of late years."—MoruinT ricePostks.— All the Best Songs, Dances, and Pantomime "The best Pantomime seen ou the other side of the water for many a long day."— Court Circular. MORNING PERFORMANCES every Monday, Wed nesday-, and Saturday, at T wo o'clock. THE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.— G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught• terrace, Ed4ware-road, is specially appointed AGI! V to d.liver the LATE EDITION of '• THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment atter leaving the press. Me is able to deliver copies in Town, the suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the sane Lvening, say 10 miles by 9 o'clock. O r ders by Post punctually attended to. T"E "SUN" NEWS PAPER.- G. R. GLENN; delivers the LACE EDITION al Chelsea, 7. K 40 ; ilbui - n, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7. 30 Uxbridge, 9.20 ; Walford, 8.45. 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This was truly declared to be inexpedient, for it could have answered no decided end, and yet it must have provoked and incensed the Imperial Government to a great degree. Herr TISSA expressed apprehension that the Go vernment would not re-establish the Constitution of 1818. This, in truth, is scarcely probable, but there is no reason why some change for the better should not take place in the state and condition of Hungary, if both sides would only meet half-way, and strive to improve the state of affairs, without reference to prejudice, and without asking for impossibilities. The Upper House has, after a short debate, unanimously adopted the address previously agreed to by the lower one, and then the Imperial Patent referring to the re-organisation of the army has be en refused on all sides. It is said that some influential mem bers of the different parties have an idea of intro ducing a motion to break off negotiations between the Government and the Diet, in the event of the latter persisting in opposing the desires of Hungary, so plainly expressed in M. DEAK'S address. We 151101.1.1 d hardly think they would proceed to such They must teach and make progress, and merit -would declare itself : it would create a want, and - there would soon be a demand for it. When excel lence was observed it was speedily acknowledged ; it then became attractive, and was next desired. This was how this must proceed." The Birming ham Institute seems to have followed a sensible and practical method, and has contrived to make learning popular. The quick-witted mechanics of the northern towns are especially filled to take pleasure in and to profit by the advantages of such an institution. It is very desirable, however, that some of our practical philanthropists should devise the scheme of an association of a kindred character less exclusively intellectual, such as our tired arti sans might enjoy after their long day's manual labour. If we could offer the workman some other alternative than his comfortless home, and the too attractive public-house, we should go far to diminish the temptations to drankenness which at present beset the weary uneducated man. extremities, but at any rate it shows that matt( irs are getting into a serious state, and we hope that the Imperial Government will take warning by these things and not push their plans too far. [Pro— voking men to acts of indignation and irritation will not do any good, but, on the contrary, bri)ig things to a crisis, and perhaps do more injury th an can be repaired for a long time. This affair of 'the Patent is just the sort of thing that presses hem rily on the people, and is sure to meet with most resolute opposition. It is to be regretted that the authorities in Vienna did not seek for something which might have answered their purpose without thus militat ing against the desires of the people. The Government of Berlin have determined to take part in the debate on the bill that proposes to remunerate the Deputies to the North German Par liament. This bill, which was introduced by two of the members, was adopted by a majority of seventy two. It is as yet uncertain if the Govern ment will attend to this decision or not, but we hope that they will put a decided veto upon it, for nothing can possibly answer under such conditions. This is the secret of a great deal of the mischief that arises in the American Congress, and if once this false principle takes root in the Ger manic Confederation we shall not have much faith in its ultimate success or enduring character. Little as we expect that anything of a definite nature will come of all this fuss about German unity, and so forth, it will be taking away what chance there is if such mistaken notions as those are in the ascendant and influence the arrangements of the affair. It is almost amusing to notice how Count BISMARCK continues to get everything for himself and appropriates honours and power to an extraordinary degree. lie has just been presented with the collar of the Order of the Annuncida by the Italian Government, and in re turn for this courtesy the Prussian Government has forwarded the Order of the Black Eagle to Baron RICA SOLI and others. This may be all very well in its way, but we may surely demand, with some sort of reason, why this audacious and insolent statesman should be singled out as an hero, and have so much stir made about him and his doings. Flogging Garotte's in Leeds ,Gaol. Yesterday afternoon two men who had been con victed at the Leeds gaol delivery of garotte robbe ries, and sentenced by Mr. Justice Lush to receive two dozen strokes of the cat-o'-nine-tails each, in addition to penal servitude, underwent the flogging in the central hall of the gaol. The delinquent first fastened to the triangle was Thomas Beaumont, aged 47, who had been sentenced to five years' penal servitude for garotting and robbing Abraham Dickenson, at Batley, near Dewsbury. The " cat" was a new one, which bore at the end of the handle the seal of the Home-office. The length of the lashes was nearly a yard, and at the extremity of each one were three hard knots. The prisoner was fastened to the triangle by straps at his ankles, knees, and hands, and a leather band was placed round the neck to prevent the lash hitting the vic tim in that part of his body. The " operators" upon the occasion were two warders of the gaol, who administered in each instance a dozen strokes in succession. Beaumont received the first stroke in silence, but the second extorted from him an ex clamation of pain, and at the third, he cried aloud "Oh dear me." At the fifth cut he writhed a good deal, and at the tenth showed that he was under going intense agony. After the twelfth stroke, and while the " cat" was being transferred to the hands of a more rapid executioner, the naked back was seen to present plain marks of the severity of the castigation. The blows given by the new whipper fell more rapidly than those which had preceded, and the whole of Beaumont's punishment was com pleted in about a minute and a half. He was then released from the triangle and taken back to his cell in an exhausted state. The laceration of the flesh was obvious enough, and the " weals" might easily have been counted. The man next brought out for corporal punishment was a low set but muscular young man named Michael Guirtay, who had been sentenced to penal servitude for ten years for a garotte robbery at Bradford. He was out on a ticket-of-leave when he committed this offence, having all his life been in prison. At his trial the Judge said he had been committed no less than 15 times, and his last sentence was five years' penal servitude. The first descent of the I whip made him cry " Oh," in a piteous tone, at the second he cried out " Oh dear," after the fourth he begged and was supplied with a drink of water ; and at the ninth he resisted so strongly, though without the least avail, that the framework to which he was bound was moved slightly from its original stand point. As the blows followed each other in quick succession his cries of suffering were louder and more frequent. It was in vain he asked for mercy, or, in a dreadful paroxysm of pain, pro mised that he would " never do so again." A ces sation of his howling showed that the flogging had been duly inflicted .‘ according to law," and he was taken away apparently in a stronger state than the wretched man who had preceded him. His back was more cut up than that of Beaumont bad been, and, though no blood followed the strokes given in either case, there were sufficient evidences in both of the severity of the chastisement. The surgeon of the gaol (Mr. W. N. Price), and Mr. Keene, the governor, superintended the castigation. Eight or nine of 369 inmates of the gaol, who had been re fractory, were purposely made spectators of what passed, with a view to deterring them from lawless acts, for which the visiting justices have power to order the use of the whip. Lord HARROWBY has been delivering an interest ing address at the Birmingham and Midland Institute on educational matters generally. The noble earl is the president of the institute, and has always taken a warm interest in its fortunes. He expressed himself much gratified on this occasion to find from the report that the institute was making sound and steady progress. The statistics which the noble earl referred to as evidencing the in creasing success of the association are worth attention as significant of the tastes and inclinations of a large proportion of the members. In the first place, the industrial department shown an increase of nearly 30 per cent. over last year, and nearly 300 persons are now in attendance on the various classes; at the corresponding period of last year there were 1,067 in attendance on the lectures, and now there are 1,371. This is the more encouraging, because the subjects are purely intellectual in this department, and do not include the lighter arts. These latter, however, are by no means without their votaries, since the singing class has increased in the twelvemonth from 169 to 278. This is a pleasant recreation, and the more we can cultivate a taste for refined and inno cent pleasures the more temptations we shall remove from the path of the industrious worker, who must have diversion of some sort after exhausting toil of mind or body. One of the most remarkable of the additions is the Latin class. Lord lIARROWBY professed himself no worshipper of Latin, but when he found that after the starting of the class in the first term there should be so many as 93 members —" 93 who, without any immediate hope of reward, sat down to learn a difficult language, the benefit of which was in the future, in the development of the mental capacity, of the understanding, as the power of thought and expression and style—when, he said, he saw these results they were very encouraging, and left no doubt whatever of the benefits to be derived from the Latin class now in 1 full operation." We are glad to find, too, that the French class is increasing in popularity. Nothing can better tend to remove insular prejudice, and to widen the sympathies and extend the general know ledge of the industrial classes than an intimate acquaintance with the French tongue. The stu- ' dents of science also keep up their number, and in one department, that of chemistry, there is a con siderable increase. As Lord HARROWBY pointed out, it is not only desirable, but actually necessary, that a knowledge of chemistry should be spread among the population of Birmingham, who are engaged in so many industries more or less directly connected with science. There is, however, one singular de ficiency, especially in a town like Birmingham, and that is in the number of attendants upon the class of practical mechanics. Lord lIARROWBY, in re ferring to the fact that there were only about twenty students of practical mechanics out of a population of two or three hundred thousand, attributed it to the desire which most of the members had to get rid of " the shop" out of working hours. Looking at the increase in the numbers under all the heads, it would certainly seem as if such were the true explanation, or perhaps the majority of the members are already well acquainted with practical mechanics, and therefore wisely enough try to ex tend their knowledge in other directions. The successful establishment of the ladies' class also supplied Lord lIARROWBY with the opportunity for commenting upon the great advantages which females might derive from sound and accurate knowledge. There had been of late, he observed, much discussion as to the best means of employing female labour, and the opportunities offered to women by institutions such as this would help greatly to solve the problem. By availing themselves of those advantages they would be able to become properly qualified teachers ; and if that should not be their chosen field of labour, they would be better qualified to enter upon another. In reference to this question of educated female labour, we may remark that in America, where education is certainly not under valued, women 'are mainly employed for the in struction of the very young—a department of education for which they are admirably qualified. If our English girls were brought up to the standard of an American education there would be a wide field of honourable, useful, and profitable exertion open to them. The present preparatory schools convey for the most part instruction of a very limited kind ; but if properly certificated teachers presided over them they might become a regular introduction to the larger boys' schools, since the rudiments of the several branches of learning could be best taught to very young boys by lady teachers. The occupation, too, would be a thoroughly suitable one, and we should be glad to see it more earnestly taken up as a regular profession, instead of being merely fallen back upon as a last resource in case of an imperative necessity to earn a living. In speaking of the character of the lectures de livered at the Institute, Lord lIARROWBY observed that he thought it better very often to endeavour to create a want rather than to wait to supply it when it existed. They must not wait until they were asked fora certain claw of students fora certain work. w TIIE DESTRUCTION OF CROYDON CHURCH.-.-- CROYDON, Jan. 17.—A vestry meeting was hold at the Town-hall to-day, when it was resolved unanimously that a voluntary subscription should be begun forthwith, and that the amount to be so raised, together with the sum of £9,200 which had been received from the churchwardens from the insurance offices, should be applied to the resto ration of the church. The Vicar, on the part of himself, his father, and family, began the subscription with £5OO, followed in the same amount by Mr. Heath and Mr. Lewis Loyd. Upwards of £6,000 was raised at the meeting, towards which several handsome donations were made by Nonconformists, including one of £lOO by Mr. Sargood. The greatest good feeling was manifested by the most , numerous meeting ever held in the building. AN UNLUCKY FARMER.—A few weeks ago Mr. Kirby, nephew of Mr. Kirby, farmer, Welham, Mallon, was run down by a North Eastern train and narrowly escaped being killed. Ho had only just recovered from the injuries then received, and again got to attend on busi ness. On Wednesday his arm became entangled in some of the farm machinery, and was so injured that amputation was necessary. STRANGE ACCIDENT WITH A REVOLVER. —On Wednesday Mr. J. Stabler, the landlord of the Green Man Inn, Malton, was shot through the face by a friend, who was examining a supposed empty revolver. The pistol had been snapped twice round by Mr. Stabbor'a son, and was then handed to Mr. Jas. Thompson, who was in the house, who desired to examine the motion of the hammer. While doing this one of the barrels exploded, the charge entering the mouth of Mr. Stabler, passing through his cheek. Having twice missed fire, it was never supposed the piece was charged. A JEWISH CEMETERY AT MADRID.—The daily papers having noticed the establishment of a Jew ish cemetery at Madrid, some additional information on the subject may not be uninteresting. For four centuries the Israelites have had no cemetery in the capital of Spain. Our co-religionists there were obliged, when a death occurred among them, to carry the body to France, to be buried there. This has lately boon remedied. The Cen tral Consistory of Franco some months ago addressed itself to the Minister of Worship, in order to obtain through his intervention permission for the French Israelites at Madrid, from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to estab lish a cemetery. M. Baroche complied with the wish of the Consistory, and the result is creditable to both Govern ments, as may b 3 seen from the copy of a despatch ad dressed by the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs to the French Ambassador at Madrid, the essence of which is contained in the following extract from the document : " If the French Israelites residing in this kingdom wish to possess or purchase a piece of ground to bury their dead and wall it in, without erecting either a chapel or any kind of temple, without either a public or private worship, there exists no obstacle to give authority for such a structure, provided that the said Israelites will undertake it at an opportune moment, conformably to the regulations of the royal ordinance of November 13, 1831, in virtue of which an analogous authorisation has been given to the English Protestants, and in accordance with the law of Aug. 29, 1855, which permits the establishment of cemeteries for the interment of the bodies of those who died without the pale of the Catholic religion."—Jewish Chronicle. THE HEALTH OF LIVERPOOL —A discussion arose at a meeting of the Liverpool Town Council yes terday on a proposition of the Dock Board to erect several large blocks of warehouses at some of the new North-end docks. The chairman (Mr. T. C. Bowring) and several members of the Health Committee attributed much of the high mortality of the borough to the erection of six or seven storied warehouses at the North Docks, which stood as a screen, preventing the river breeze from penetrating to the overcrowded districts. In the south end, whore these warehouses did not exist, the mortality was not so high as in the streets at the north end, thus shut in. The discus sion was adjourned togive an opportunity for conference with the Dock Board on the question. The Cork Examiner says a serious riot took place on Monday night, in the Mary-street Theatre, Cork, in which a largo audience had assembled to witness a drama tic performance to beg iven by a company of unparalleled ability, if the bills were to be believed. The company was not forthcoming, and the audience proceeded to tear down the scenery, then to maltreat the manager, and when ejected from the building by the police they wreaked their rage upon the lamps, doors, and such externals as were suscep tible of demolition. The manager was =sired by the polio fur protection. THE SUN, LO.NLON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1867 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. THE MINISTERIAL FINANCIAL STATE- MENT. FLORENCE, Jan. 17, Evening. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Signor Scialoja resumed his financial statement. With reference to the means of covering the deficit of 185 millions, the Minister proposed to effect a saving of 85 millions by various financial modifica tions and a reorganisation of the system of taxa- tion. One of these measures of financial reform would be to entrust the payment of State pensions to the Bank of Deposits, which would result in a saving to the Treasury of 17 millions, while a re form of the property-tax will effect a reduction of the 16 million lire. The Minister would propose a scheme for reforming the tax on ,landed and mov able property, and would shortly introduce a bill for taxing certain manufactures, which will yield a revenue of from 15 to 20 million lire. Another 30 millions would be produced by taxing mills. Signor Scialoja then adverted to the progressive increase of the public revenue and the gradual de crease of the expenditure, which decrease will amount to 60 millions in 1880, at which period he showed that the revenue and expenditure of the State will be in equilibrium. At present the Minis ter declared it to be necessary to have recourse to extraordinary means to make up the deficit of 100 millions still remaining after covering 85 millions by the above-mentioned financial reforms. He pointed out that a lon would be impossible under present circumstances, and that the Govern- shire. ment must therefore have recourse to the ecclesias- tical property. Respecting tlfe relations between the State and the Church, Signor Scialoja stated that they would be modified in such a manner as to restore full liberty to the Church and settle the' question of the ecclesiastical property. A bill would be brought forward taxing the ecclesiastical property to the amount of 600 million lire, which would suffice to cover the annual deficit until the period at which a financial equilibrium should be established. The Minister trusted that the clergy would receive the scheme favourably, and that, in entering within the pale of the common law, all pending questions between Church and State would be terminated. In conclusion, Signor Scialoja entered into some considerations relative - to the public credit of Italy. After some observations respecting the order to be followed in discussing the different financial measures, the Minister stated that he ao cepted the motion of Signor Crispi, that the Cham ber should declare the discussion of the bill upon religious liberty and for the liquidation of ecclesias tical property to be of an urgent character. DUBLIN, Thursday Evening. The Court of Queen's Bench gave judgment to day in the case of Denis Dowling Mulcahy. Chief Justice Whiteside, having reviewed the case, pro nounced judgment for the Crown on all the points reserved. Mr. Justice Fitzgerald and Mr. Justice George fully concurred with the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice O'Brien dissented on one point, holding that a juror over 60 years of age is disqualified. The convict was remanded to prison for the execution of sentence. Mr. De la Poer, M.P., has served notice of an action for slander against Mr. Wombwell, damages £5,000. Severe frost continues. Snow deep in the streets. Forty persons were brought up by the police this morning for snowballing. Great distress among the poor. The inquest wss resumed this morning at Dun garvan. Mr. Julian addressed the jury for the military. Nr. Waters replied. The jury returned a verdict, with one dissentient, that death was caused by a blow inflicted by one of the 16th Lan cers, who unlawfully charged the people down the quay, four of whom were named—Sergeant-Major Woolley, Brown, Shannon, andAtchison, and added that they held the conduct of Major Wombwell blameless on the occasion. The Colliery Explosion in North Stafford- On Wednesday, at the coroner's inquest respect ing the cause of the fatal coal-pit explosion in North Staffordshire, Mr. Wynn, the Government inspector, gave evidence at great length, showing the result of his examination of the pit. lie said—The explo- sion took place at or near the far end of the lower pair of levels, where the clearest traces of the fire are now to be seen, and extended along those levels, dividing at the junction of the tunnel and the jig, driving everything before it. When the fire reached the top of the brow it smashed the doors between the two pits and the one at the mouthing, but this offered sufficient resistance to turn aside the blast, and send it up the main jig towards the upper work ings, where the flame must have been very great to set fire to the stable. Beyond the top of this jig there are no traces of fire, but the blast may be traced far beyond this point, though, owing to the openings being so large, the resistance was much less, and consequently tlie blast was scarcely felt in the back workings, one man coming out to see what was the matter ; and I may here remark that if the poor fellows had made for these workings instead of the main jig many lives would have been saved. The force of the blast must have been very great all along the tun nel, and in the 7ft. workings beyond the fault, where all the doors were broken and all stoppings blown away, whilst the sump at the bottom of the pit was filled with broken tubs and timber, so that the cage could not reach the landing place, which made the work of rescue still more tedious. There can be but little doubt in the minds of those persons who examined the mine after the explosion that it oc curred in one of the lower parallel levels, and was caused by the smoking of tobacco, the opening of a lamp, or the firing of a shot ; but in my opinion the real blame does not rest on the men who did either of these things so much as on those who had the care and control of the mine. When the shaft was sunk to the Bft. Banbury, the downcast should have been sunk also to the 7ft. to give a free current of air to the Bft., the new workings in the 7ft. beyond the fault and all below the main 7ft. level, leaving all above to be ventilated as at present, and not attempt to force air after it has been a vertical height in the workings of 220 ft. down from its na tural outlet to workings 120 ft. still deeper. About twelve months ago the water rose in the lower in clines, and caused the floor or the hill to swell or rise, and when the water was got out the main jig was cleansed for the purpose of sending coals down to the tunnel, but unfortunately the airway or back dip was not cleansed, and consequently the lower levels would be always in a dangerous state, and ought not to have been pushed forward. It appears the danger was foreseen, and a new dip driven down wards as far as the water would allow, when another was commenced to be driven upwards, and would have been thirled in a few days. In many places the main airways are contracted to an area of 16 feet, which is at all times objectionable, but the more so when the chances of leakage are so great, and the length of the current so unreasonably long, as by that means the air becomes so attenuated and so loaded with noxious gases that it becomes useless as a ventilating medium in the later places it enters. The discipline in the pit must have been most lax, or smoking could not have been carried on to the extent it was without something being done to put a stop to it, nor could surreptitious lamp keys have been the rule and not the excep tion, as is now proved to have been the case, without those in authority winking at it ; nor could shots have been fired in a well-regulated col liery in the loose way they appear to have been fired here. lam told that a small split of air was passing through the stopping or door on the main level to go down the jig with a door at the bottom to turn it along the upper of the two levels. Now, this was useless for the purpose intended, or perhaps worse, as it took off the pressure from the almost closed airway, and every time the tubs went through the door on the jig the whole of the current was liable to pass away to the upcast shaft. With suc h a mode of ventilation it was highly improper to open so many new places at the same time, releasing gas at every stroke, with totally inadequate means to carry it away, and more particularly the lower levels, which must have been at all times highly dan gerous. I therefore am of opinion that' the explo sion was caused by the want of power to ventilate the lower workings ; that this work should not have been pushed forward until the pit wan sunk, and, above all, not until there was some means of venti lating it, which does not appear to have been the case ; but I may here add that, had it not been for the great barometrical fluctua tions during the few days preceding the explo sion—the barometer on Tuesday morning show ing a pressure equal to a column of mer cury of about 30.34 in., and on Thursday one of about 29.34—it is possible that the danger might have been tided over until the new air brow was completed.—To the jury : I think the quantity of the ventilation was sufficient ; my objection is to the mode of application. There need be no other ob jection than the not having the back jig open, or stopping the works until everybody was made se cure. Nothing should have been done that could possibly have been done without. The upper door did not act as a double door. It could not relieve the lower levels. As far as it went it would venti late. Ido not agree that the explosion took place in the up-brow. I believe it occurred in the level. Thirteen or fourteen trains au hour was highly dan gerous at all times. It is in evidence that the jour ney of thewaggons only occupied a minute ; I think that is utterly impossible. The rate would be 15 miles an hour. It would be utterly impossible to do it with safety. The evidence of freedom from gas does not convince me that the passage of trains through that door does not divert the air current. My opinion is that they were bound to be always short of air, and that, if the door was open, it would be impossible to ventilate the far end. The inquiry was adjourned for a fortnight. TILE FEMALE SEERS. —The first principle of this new party is, that of the two sexes woman is the more perfect being, later in growth, finer in structure, grander in form, lighter in type. The distinctions between the two are wide and deep, ono being allied to cherub and seraph, the other to stallion and dog. What man is to the gorilla, woman is to man. Female superiority is not con fined to a few degrees of more or less ; it is radical, organic, lying in the quality of her brain, in the dolicay of her tis sues; a superiority of essence, even more than of grade. If nature works, as it would seem, through an ascending series, woman is the step beyond man in nature's ascent towards the form of angelic life. And this is true, not only of human beings, but of all beings, from the female mollusk to the New England lady. Man is but the para gon of animals, while woman, by her gifts of soul, belongs to the celestial ranks. Ho is a lord of the earth, while sh• is a messenger Irons lietwen.—New America, by W. Li ck . wort 4 Dixon. SPAIN. MADRID, Jan 17. The Governors of Seville, Valencia, and Valla dolid, and other capitals of provinces, have arrived a this city. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 18. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta, with the above mails, passed the Needles at at 11.35 a.m. to-day. THE WAR IN THE BRAZILS. LISBON, Jan. 15. Accounts received here from Brazilian sources assert that great discontent exists in the army of Lopez, and that the allied army, greatly inspirited by the presence of Marshal Caxias, will resume the offensive. RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 25. (By telegraph from Lisbon.) Shipments of cotton during the fortnight 52,461, including 20,000 for the Channel, 11,437 for the north of Europe, 3,324 for the Mediterranean, and 880 for the Baltic. Sales, 54,688 bags ; stock, 90,000 ; freight, 455. BAHIA, Dec. 29. Exchange on London, 24i 241. Sugar, white, 2,200 r. to 2,900 r. Cotton, 8,500 to 12,500. PERNAMBUCO, Jan. 1. Exchange on London, 24k. Sugar, white, 4,300 to 4,400. Cotton, 15,300 bags. The Oneida arrived here on Dec. 28. BUCHAREST, Jan. 18, eisißonud al g ly et of 1866, in order to A decree of Prince Charle s a th uth o o o r l i l s e e o s t th th e e Mn ta i x is e - s u te p r on of th F o in b a a u si c s e ofprothv carry on the public service. MARSEILLES, Jan. 18. The railway communication between Marseilles and Paris is completely re-established, MARKETS I —This day. MARK LANE. The of English wheat arrived fresh up to our market wa s small, but the condi t i on o f th e pro d uce supplyte -da y y was tolerably good. Very little business was transacted either in red or white qualities, and prices were without material change from Monday. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. Owing chiefly to the large importation the trade was dull, yet previous quotations were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at late rates. The supply of barley on the stands was moderate. Good and fine malting qualities were firm, at fully late rates, but other descriptions of barley were a slow sale. IA very moderate business was transacted in malt at lato rates. Oats were in good supply. Good and fine qualities were firm in price ; but inferior' parcels were dull, and rather cheaper. . Beans steadily supported late prices. The market was very moderately supplied. Peas changed hands at the rates of Monday. The show of samples was limited. Flour ruled firm, at full quotations. AIItRITILS THIS ABBIL. Wheat. Barley. Melt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1190 1,460 2,110 620 Irish Foreign 24,780 7,760 14,370 2,600 sacks 1,000 brls. NENTGATE AND LEADENDALL. There is only a moderate supply of meat on sale al those markets. Generally speakin g, the trado is steady al our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. I d s 4 inferior beef 3 4 3 8 Middling do. 3 10 4 0 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 + 8 Veal 4 0 4 10 Lamb. Os 0, gelid Inferior Mutton 3 4 3 10 Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 $ Large pork 3 4 3 10 Small porlc. ...... 4 0 4 6 'd to Os Ud BOROUGH. HOP. The market is but scantily supplied with hops. The trade is very firm, and although only a moderate business has been concluded prices are on the advance. Mid and East Keats l7os to 2318 per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex Farnham and country Yearlings loss to 150 s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—A fair amount of businass has been done in com mon Congon, and prices generally are well maintained. SUGAR.—The demand for low and refining qualities has been good, and slightly enhanced prices have been current. Refined goods are also a shade dearer. O:WEL—Only a moderate amount of business has been transacted, but superior descriptions fully maintain former rates. _ RICE.—The market has been quiet ; soft grain descrip tions, however, maintain former rates. TALLOW.—Business has been inactive, and quotations for both present and forward delivery exhibit no material alturatim. L&W INT This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. ;Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Mellor and Lush.) NICHOL Y. WATTS. The question in this case bad reference to a contract entered into between Mr. Donald Nichol, and the defen dant, who is a builder. It appeared that in 1863 the plaintiff purchased some land at a place called Gospel oak-fields, St. Pancras, Middlesex, on which he proposed to erect nine blocks of houses, con taining five houses each. He entered into a contract with the defendant for the building of the houses. In the meantime the Midland Railway Company obtained power to purchase a portion of the land, and paid the defendant £1,600 compensation for his loss of contract, upon which he refused to proceed with the buildings on the ground that the contract was voided by any portion of the land having been sold. The case promises to be protracted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ;Sitting at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.) WATKINS V. ISANLON. This was an action for brooch cf contract, to which the iefendant pleaded, inter alia, not guilty. Mr. M'lutyre was counsel for the plaintiff, and the de fendant conducted his own case. From the evidence of the plaintiff, who was the only witness called in support of his case, it appeared that the plaintiff was a broker at Yokohama, in the Isle of Japan and the defendant was formerly captain of the Australia, a vessel trading between Japan, China, and other places. In Nov., 1864, the plaintiff agreed to purchase 64 pairs of blankets, at $4 a pair, from tke defendant, whose vessel was then lying at Yokohama Harbour, for which he paid $25, and gave an order on a firm in Shanghai for the balance. The vessel sailed early the following morning, and the plaintiff, who had sold the goods at a profit to a Japanese merchant, never received them, although the goods were to have been delivered at the warehouse of a firm of ship chandlers at Yokahama. From the evidence of the defendant it would seem that there had been some negligence on the part of tha plaintiff in not getting the goods out of the vessel before the ship sailed, and the statements of the parties were mast contra dictory. The jury found a verdict for the plaintff, £25 7s. 6d., the money paid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. DIARLBOROITGII-STREET. AN OMNIBUS THlEF.—Catherine Skinner, a well-dressed, middle-aged woman, who gave afalse address, was charged before Mr. Knox with picking the pocket of a young woman named Charlotte Hood, a servant, while in an omnibus in Oxford-street. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner. The prosecutrix, who is in service at 45, Gloucester square, Paddington, stated that she got into an omnibus in Oxford-street, nearly opposite the Pantheon, and a f ew minutes after felt her pocket jerk, and on putting her hand into it she found that it had been cut, and that her purse was gone. The prisoner, who sat next to her, was about to get out, when she (prosecutor) said that her pocket had been cut. The prisoner abused her, and called her a wicked woman. She told the conductor, and her purse, which contained about four shillings in different coins, was picked up in the omnibus. In answer to Mr. Knox, the prosecutrix said the prisoner sat on her right side, the side on which she had her pocket. Mr. Frederick Wirtz, of 92, Norfolk-terrace, stated that he prevented the prisoner leaving the omnibus. At the same time another woman who was with the prisoner said, " You had butter be careful." He afterwards saw the purse and money on the floor of the omnibus. Ho wont and fetched a constable, and saw the prisoner when the constable arrived swallow something, notwithstanding the constable tried to prevent her doing so. In answer to Mr. Lewis, the witness stated that when the prosecutrix spoke about her loss the prisoner took some money out of her pocket, and after remarking that she had money as well as the prosecutrix, dropped some ' of it. Charles Emmerson, the conductor, said that the prisoner wished to leave the omnibus, but he prevented her, stating that he would allow no one to do so till a constable arrived. The purse was picked up at the prisoner's feet, and the constable picked up the money. Ile (witness) also found a knife at the bottom of the omni bus near where the prisoner sat. M'Cormack, 180 D, proved seeing the prisoner put some thing in her mouth and swallow it before he could pre vent her. Prisoner threw some money on the floor of the omnibus, saying she had plenty of money. lie picked up the purse empty on the floor between where the prosecu trix and prisoner had been sitting. The prisoner gave a false address. Sergeant Maveety, N division, said the prisoner had been twice committed. Mr. Knox committed her for trial. WESTMINSTER. PASSING A FORGED CHEQUE UPON A TAVERN KEEPER. A man between 50 and 60 years old, who gave thy name of Robt. Jope, was charged with passing off a forged cheque to Mr. Boutley, of the Royal Oak Tavern, Raphael-street, Chelsea. The prosecutor said that on Monday morning last the prisoner brought him a cheque for £2 10s., and asked him to cash it. Ho said he had been to the bank upon which it was drawn, but as it was crossed he could not get the money, although it was all right. Prosecutor knowing pri soner as a customer said he would pass it through his bankers for him, and prisoner having obtained a bottle of whisky upon the cheque, loft him. Subsequently he came and obtained two bottles more. When the cheque was passed through the London and County Bank and presented it was returned, marked "no account." The cheque was produced. It was drawn by Ewen Griffiths on the National Provincial Bank, Bangor branch, in favour of - Hausman. Prosecutor said that prisoner endorsed the cheque with the name of Kensman, representing himself to be that person. Prosecutor said the prisoner informed him that Griffiths, the brother of the new manager of the bank, owed him the money, and it ought tobe paid. There were two other complaints of the same nature against the prisoner. A Mrs. Gosling, one of the persons referred to, said that prisoner owed her 75., and gave her a cheque or promis sory note for it on the Cornwall and Devon Bank, payable at Barclay's. She found it was no use, and gave it back to the prisoner. She wrote to Devon and found that nothing was known about it. Prisoner declared that the matter only required expla nation. He was remanded. THAMES. ROBBERY AND DRUNKENNESS.—A boy named James Muck, who gave the name of William Matthews, last nigbt was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with breaking open a case on board the ship Duke of Argyll, lying in the West India Dock, and stealing two bottles of gin there from, and also with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. The prisoner was in the employ of Mr. West, a master stevedore and rigger, and he was employed on board the Duke of Argyll yesterday in stowing cargo. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was discovered below betplessly intoxicated, with a bottle nearly full of gin in his arms, and another empty bottle, labelled exactly similar to the other, lying by his side. A dock constable was sent for, who removed the prisoner on a stretcher to the station house. The constable overhauled the ship and ascer tained that a case of gin among the cargo had been clumsily broken open, and two bottles of gin taken out. Another boy who had assisted in the plunder, and par taken of some of the gin, fell into the hold, and was found there insensible. He was very seriously injured, and was sent to the hospital. The dock constable, who had charge of the case, said that Mr. West, the prisoner's employer, gave the lad a good character, and said he was very industrious and well behaved. The prisoner, on being called on for defence; said that he hoped the magistrate would forgive him. He was very sorry for what he had done. He was guilty of taking the two bottles of gin from the case. Mr. Paget—After it was broken open ? When does the ship leave the port of London ? Captain Maclean, the master of the Duke of Argyll, said he expected to go away on Wednesday next. Mr. Paget—Before I dispose of this case I must see the prisoner's master. Mr. West's foreman presented himself. Mr. Paget—No, 1 must see the prisoner's master. The prisoner is remanded until Monday next. THE COMING SESSION.—Mr. Gladstone has, in his capacity of Opposition leader, addressed the following circular to his friends and presumed supporters :—" Flor ence, Jan. 10, 1867.—Sir,—The meeting of Parliament has been fixed for the sth February, and, as it is highly pro bable that business of great public importance will come under its consideration at the opening of the session, take the liberty of expressing my hope that it may be consistent with your convenience to be in your place on that day.— I have the honour to be your very faithful servant, W. E. GLADSTONE." TILE FATAL GAS EXPLOSION NEAR LEATHER LANE.—Yesterday morning Dr. Lanka:Eder, the coroner for Central Middlesex, further investigated tho causes of the deaths of William Cole, Giuseppe Villa, and Pietro Basini who lost their lives during the late gas explosion and fal' of houses in Summer-street, Eyre-street-hill. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased died in con sequence of the explosion of gas arising from the defective state of the Chartered Gas Oompany's pipes." The coroner said this verdict T 9 ,9 tantamount to one of accidental death. Court ...i,,, Caulk HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Jan. 17. The Queen, drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morn ing, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. Princess Louise and Prince Arthur skated in the grounds this morning, her Royal Highness being attended by the lion. Emily Cathcart. The Institution of Civil Engineers. ..--- At the ordinary general meeting on the 15th inst., Mr. C. H. Gregory, vice-president, in the chair, the p.lper r.ad and discussed was ou " Ships of War," by Mr. John Bourne. The author stated that, in his opinion, the only vessels capable of carrying sufficient thickness of armour to resist modern ordnance were those built on the Moni tor or turret system, the invention of Captain John Ericsson, of New York. He maintained that although broadside vessels might be useful and even necessary, and he could imagine cases where they might almost be indispensable, yet ,hat no broadside fleet would be safe unless accom- panied by a flotilla of Monitors. It was simply a question of preponderance of forces ; and in any future maritime war the strongest armour and the heaviest guns must necessarily prevail. He proposed that any Monitors now to be built should have side armour 18 inches thick, backed by 4 feet of oak, and a turret 24 inches thick, carrying two 20-inch wrought-iron guns. Such a vessel, he contended, could be constructed on a displacement but little different from that of the Bellerophon, and it would not only be impenetrable now, but would probably remain so for some years. He considered it had been shown by ample experience that such vessels were seaworthy, afforded comfortable accommodation for the crew, were healthful and popular with sailors. In the common ironclad, as the armour had to be spread over a high side, it was necessarily thin and weak ; whereas, iu the Monitor system, the sides being very low, the area to be protected was re- duced to a minimum, so that with the same displacement the armour might be made of great thickness, such as would be impenetrable by the heaviest existing ordnance. The Kalamazoo class of Monitors had side armour 14in. thick, backed by several feet of oak, and those vessels possessed great facility of evolution, as they were fitted with balanced rudders and twin screws. In both the armour and the guns the broadside system was one of diffusion, the turret or Monitor system one of concentration. The former had been adopted in France and England, the latter in America (where about 60 vessels of this class had already been built), and recently by Russia , and some other Continental Powers. In the broad side system the only material innovation on the model of the old men-of-war was in the appli cation of iron armour to the sides. In some cases the armour was not extended to the bow and stern, but only the central parts of the sides, and armour bulkheads were carried across the ship, before and behind the protected portions of the sides, so as to form the central part of the vessel into a rectangular fort. This was the prin ciple on which the Bellerophon and other recent vessels had been built, and its advantage was that it enabled thicker armour to be applied. In the Moni tor system the guns, which were of large calibre, were carried in one or two cylindrical towers of iron, and the weight of the broadside was concen • trated in one or two enormous shot, which had mo mentum enough to go through the armour of any of the broadside vessels of the Royal Navy of England. There were certain points of dissimilarity between the turret-ship of Captain Coles and those of Captain Ericsson, the most material being that the sides were not nearly so low in the former as in the Monitors, and the armour of the sides, and the turrets could not, consequently, with anY given displacement, be made so thick. As an illus tration of the main features of the structure of the Monitor vessels, a description was given of the Arne" rican war steamer Dictator, built by contract under Ericsson. Comparing the destructive and resisting - powers of such a vessel as the Dictator with an iron clad like the Bellerophon, the latter carrying 0 3 each broadside five guns of 1041 n. bore, besides two guns at the bow and three at the stern of 7in. bore, it was contended that none of these guns could pierce the iron turret or low sides of the former, or the deck, composed of oak planks, 9in. thick, covered with 2in. cf iron ; and that all parts of the vessel were equally strong to resist the forces that might be brought to bear against them. The main point con nected with the structure of the 2tl onitors, which had provoked controversy among naval men, wa s whether it was possible to make heavy vessels, 60 low in the water as the Monitors were, safe at so• Even if this should be doubted the necessity for the employment of Monitors for the protection of ports' harbours, and estuaries was not the less exigen t ' But during the two years the Monitors were ex' posed on a stormy coast to all kinds of weather, they proved to be shotworthy and seaworthy, an d the healthiest vesselsin the American fleet. Various other objections were noticed,—as, for instance, the want of liveliness imputed to the Monitors , but this, it was argued, was a material adrantag e in any vessel requiring to take an aim with heavy guns, since it must make the aim more sure. In conclusion, the author said, what it concerned. O ° Government and the country to know was, that . the Royal Navy there were vessels of at least equa l powers, in guns and in armour, to those pos sese 7l by any other nation, so that in the event of a na" . . war, the broadside fleet might not be disabled e' captured from the want of a flotilla of p r otecting_ Monitors, whose function it would be to encount.e ro any similar vessels belonging to the enemy. Da, discussion was commenced, and it was anno unce ; that it would be resumed at the next meeting,i lle day, the 22d inst.. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) 0 00 Market opens quiet. Sales probably abou t I bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This DaY' (Br TBLBGBAPH.) GRAYEBEND, Friday Morning' di Arrivod, Jan. 17.—Croxdale, from Cronstadt ; 110 11°1 steamer, from Ostend. DEAL, Friday Morning' Passed- —Lady M'Donald, from London, for Calcutta. BRlG::T.—Wriiing to decline an invitatiel to address a reform meeting at Worcester, Mr. 13ri . , 513 ,0 says :—" I have had to decline very many inv itations l'w f most of the large towns of the kingdom , and cannot oe. make any other engagement before the opening of FA I T% meat. Ido not expect to be in Birmingha m before .11 beginning of the session." The South-Eastern Railway Company have era nounced special facilities they propose to afford to Yi ej— 0 1 to the French Exhibition. These include an additioeefe t 4 night service between London and Paris , at reduced fll and a plan for the direct transmission of large and Si3 g et consignments of goods to the Exhibition by Po e ; for trains at specific through rates, including all chore ory shipping, landing, entries, customs' formalities, and deli tbo at the building. P R IVATE B ILLS IN exa miners of private bills will proceed with the p ots ', " and report thereon -whether the standing orders of House of Commons have been complied with. es ter The biddings for bills on India took pl ace YvO day at the Bank of England. The proportioo, allotted were—To Calcutta, £190,134 ; to £9,865 ; and to Bombay, £150,000. T he 13) ,:ol l mum price was fixed, as before, at ls. 101 d. 19,409, the presidencies. Tenders on Calcutta and 39 ' 0 ,3 4 at ls. 11:31(1., will receive about 39 per colt .; All on Bombay, at ls. lOid., about 69 per co t ' above these prices will receive in full. An ordinary general meeting of the l h of Tavern Company will be held on the 31,,,e00 February, 18G 7, to receive a report an d state`": 3 to of accounts mule up to the 31st December, tie declares a diy*ld. Na fol InQ cr c th ( res