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It is not the education question, for that offers little of the elements of a party conflict ; and just as Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has deprecated oppo sition for the sake of opposition in the one matter, so Sir JOHN PAKINGTON has denounced it in the other. It is not the Ballot nor University Tests for these subjects are by general consent already settled, so far as a settlement is possible prior to actual legislation. The real battle field is our colonies. It is the colonial policy of the present Ministry which is most open to question; it is that branch of administration which has elicited the most unfavourable criticism. This criticism comes not merely from political opponents. It is to be found not only in the Quarterly _Review and the Standard, but also in the West minster _Review and the Spectator. Moreover, whatever doubt there may be as to the existence of that somewhat questionable phenomenon the Con servative working man, there can be none at all as to the discontent which exists among the working classes in the mother country at the refusal of the Government to aid emigration. We suspect, too, that there is little reason to doubt what kind of feel ing will be evoked in one of our colonies—New Zea land—so soon as the last despatch of the Secretary of State is made known there. Nevertheless, it seems as if Ministers, relying upon their numerical strength and undoubted popularity, were resolved to carry out their present colonial policy with a high hand. Lord GRANVILLE'S despatch, just referred to, is not the only proof of this resolve. The opposition which he has offered to any project of a colonial congress, either perma nent or temporary, in the metropolis; the discourage ment which he has manifested towards the visit of the proposed New Zealand Commission; and the selection of Sir CHARLES DILKE, the most extreme of the anti-colonialist party, to second the Address at the opening of Parliament—all these circumstances imply that Ministers feel convinced that their policy is beyond all question, and that they are strong enough to carry it out. This confidence seems excessive. When organs of opinion unquestionably Liberal condemn this policy in :the clearest language, it is not wise for even the strongest Ministry to shew itself indifferent. And it must be remembered that it is not only such questions as the Irish land tenure and primary edu cation whose importance places them above the range of party topics. The colonial question is at least as important as either of these, and if a Ministry sets itselt in opposition to the public wishes on a sub ject of such weight as this, no success in other mat ters will prevent the Opposition from taking a per fectly fair advantage which may lead to the fall of the Ministry. The truth is we have to begin de 1101'0. There has been no definite colonial policy hitherto. The colonial office has ranked no higher than the office of the Privy Seal. The first post, no less than the second, has been bestowed with regard to Ministerial emergencies rather than personal fitness. As the Quarterly Review well points out, "In the seventeen years since the old Whigs went out and Lord GREY resigned the seals of the Colonial Office, they have been held by no less than thirteen different Ministers. During the same period there have been only four Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, all unquestionably selected for real or supposed special knowledge of their department. The difference in the manner in which these two offices have been filled up is a fair mea sure of the carelessness and indifference with which the English Parliament, reflecting too truly the apathy of the public, has treated the magnificent inheritance of our Colonial Empire." The consequence has been that for the most part our colonial policy has been an abnegation of all policy. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, Lord LYTTON, Lord CARNARVON, and Mr. CARDWELL understood their work far better than the other holders of the Colonial Seals. Yet even these four statesmen could not do all that ought to have been done, because the machinery was in great part wanting. The chief defect is that there is no real responsibility on the par of the Colonial Secretary. Theoretically and technically he is responsible to Parliament ; but there are not fifty members in either house who understand colonial questions. The same thing may be said, perhaps, with regard to Indian questions. But in the latter case the difficulty is met by the establishment of an Indian Council. This body is comprised of men intimately acquainted with Indian affairs, and most of them have held important posts in India. It is an advilng body, and although the SECRETARY of STATE has superior authority and may reject its advice, he must be a very self-willed man if he ventures to do so, for then his post would not be worth three months' purchase. There is no such body to represent the colonies. It has been suggested that these should elect representatives to the House of Commons; but the great distance between them and the mother country renders this proposal imprac ticable. The representatives of the colonies must not be dependent for their position upon a sudden disso lution of Parliament. They must be elected for a comparatively long period, and for a definite period, so that those who choose them may have ample time to elect. With such a body as this the colonies would be guarded against those sudden and capricious changes of treatment which they incur whenever one Ministry goes out and another, comes in. This Colonial Council would advise the Home Government upon all such matters as taxation, mili tary defence, public works and loans, and crown lands. Had it existed before, our Government would not now be in the humiliating position described by Lord GRANVILLE in a recent letter—would not be unable to make grants of crown lands in Australia to emigrants because they were surrendered a few years ago without any sufficient security for their just use and distribution, or for their application to the en couragement of immigration. Had surer Council existed English manufactures would r i ot now be subject to protective Australian tariffs. It is not too late to accomplish muck although vce have allowed several opportunities e( usefulness rtiE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, F BRUA.RY 2, 1870. to escape. Colonial tariffs are capable of readjustment. Colonial legislatures may be induced to see that it is better to bestow their lands upon immigrants than allow them to be put _to their present use of bribing and corrupting colonial legislators. And then there is the great question of colonial defence. We have established the principle that the colonies ought to pay for their own protection, and it is so sound a principle that it is not likely to be reversed. There are not a few politicians, and their influence is evidently great with the present Government, who would go farther, and say that the colonies should be altogether indepen dent, that we ought not to be called upon to inter pose between two colonies should they hereafter (as Sir CHARLES DILKE prophesies will happen to New Zealand and Victoria) go to war with each other; nor should we be exposed to the risk of a war with the United States if some American rowdy should lead a band of buccaneers into Canada. This at least is a clear and distinct policy. It is not the hap hazard policy which we have adopted hitherto. But nerore sanctioning the new regime let us remember two things. First, that empire has its duties as well as its rights, and that we do owe something to those men and their descendants, who encountered the hardships inevitable from colonising a new country, and who thereby offered a new field to the struggling thousands in our own land, and made the task of living hero easier for those of us who remain at home. Secondly, if there is to be complete separation between England and her colonies, colonial ports will hereafter be neutral ports, where hostile ships would be admitted to coal and to refit, and whence they would issue to prey upon our commerce. We may, perhaps, think that we have already far more than repaid the obligation which the colonies have imposed upon us. We may decide, too, that the last mentioned risk is less serious than the risk of embroil ment which the possession of an extended empire in volves. But at least let us know what we are doing. If we are to take a leap let it not be in the dark. Misr! peasants have long been the despair of British statesmen. Just as there seems a prospect of dealing with them satisfactorily we have a fresh cause of hopelessness in English paupers. Pauperism goes on increasing beyond. all possibility of overtaking it. "Death by starvation" is is now so common an event that we hardly take any notice of it. And yet we are not callous ; we are simply incapable. The West Londoner would gladly give of his superfluity to save the East Londoner from death, but if he does give he is told that his money only demoralises those whom ho would aid, and goes, not to the deserving, but to idle vagabonds. The State seems to be as powerless as individuals. Mr. GOSCHEN, with all his energy—and it is not small—cannot save us from the scandal of English working men starving in the streets. Lord GRANVILLE cannot, or will not, offer the smallest help in transporting the famished poor of London to countries where there is food enough for twenty times their number. Nor is this all; were Ministers ever so efficient, they would still have one great obstacle to overcome—the vis inertic'e of the pauper himself. One would have thought that hunger would have been the most stirring of all in centives, and that a man would never let himself die of famine in any civilised country. Nevertheless, we read that Mr. HUMPHREYS, the coroner, has just held three inquests on one day in Eastern London upon persons whose death was caused by want of food. In one case an old man of 72 and his wife and two children had been endeavouring to live upon 4s. a week and two loaves. This would have been starvation for one. Yet the old man had such a horror of the workhouse that he refused to go where he might have been fed and warmed and clothed ; and so he perished. In the second case, a man between 40 and 50 was brought into the Whitechapel Workhouse, but not until it was too late. lle had eaten nothing for two days, and though arrowroot, beef tea, and wine were administered, he sank. In the third case, the victim of famine had eaten nothing for six days, was almost speechless, and though he was fed by spoonfuls, so that his enfeebled organs might not be overtaxed, he too succumbed. There was nothing but skin on his ribs, and it stuck to them like parchment. In all three cases an inquest was held, and a verdict was returned, ascribing death to destitution. It is a horrible triad, and yet whose fault was it ? If men will not betake themselves to the work house when they are starving, how can local guardians or the central government be held to blame ? Yet, if we reflect for a moment, there must be something terribly wrong in our workhouse management which thus neutralises even the strong inducements offered by the pangs of hunger, and makes the victim of starvation choose to perish rather than to enter the "House." Of course our work houses must not be made attractive to vagabonds; yet there is a wide difference between being that and being the abodes of pestilence and misery that some of our workhouses are known to be. THE TAMWORTH,PENRYN AND SOUTH- AMPTON ELECTION PETITIONS. Lord Chief Justice Bovill in the Common Pleas on Monday, read the judgment of himself and Mr. Justice Brett in these cases. Application had been made in each for a review of the taxation of the costs of the successful parties. His lordship said that no doubt it was the intention of the Legislature that the taxation should be liberal in favour of the successful party. There had been allowed for fees to the leading counsel, 100 guineas, and the junior counsel 75 guineas each, these sums being much less than those which had been paid. It would be wrong to lay down a general rule that the allowance should in all cases be uniform, but there was no objection to the master saying that in all ordinary average cases such sums should be allowed. The Southampton case, however, seemed to stand upon a somewhat different footing to the others, the proceedings being so very voluminous, and the Master ought therefore to reconsider his decision upon the principle which had been laid down. The Master had acted upon the principle that only one consultation should be allowed, but the court thought that in some cases it might be reasonable to allow for more than one The taxation should also be reviewed as to allowance for preliminary expenses. The result would be that all the rules would be absolute to review the taxation upon on. point or other. Mr. Justice Willes, in his judgment, which was read, said that he saw no ground for reviewing the taxation, except as to allow for consultation. The barque Florence Pope, of Newport, from Lagot to Liverpool, has been spoken 200 miles west of Brest. She had been at sea 120 days, and every one on board, with the exception of the captain and three men, had died of fever. The sails were all blown away, and the remainder of the crew seemed helpless to navigate the vessel. Before it was known that the Florence Pcpe had been spoken 70 guineas was refused to effect insurance on the ship. The spirit in which the new bishop of Manchester intends to work is shown by a letter to the local branch of the Church Pastoral Aid Society. Mr. Prase having been requested to become the President of the society, replied that he will accept the post, as he does not wish needlessly to deviate from the steps of his predecessor, and he shall endeavour to be actuated by no partisan preferences, but that every good work and every earnest workman wiil re ceive, as they well deserve, his hearty co-operation and sympathy. At Guildhall to-day a man named Cohen, charged a girl 13 years of age with stealing from him some frocks and petticoats. He said the girl had run from his house with the things. When she was called upon for her defence the girl gave a very different story. She had been five years in the prisoner's service, and had never got more wages than an occasional twopence for pocket money. The whole of this time she was badly dressed, ill-fed, and brutally treated. At last she determined to fly. The lady with whom she sought protection said she was dirty, bruised, and ragged, when she came to her. Sir Robert Carden spoke very sharply to the prosecutor, told him he ought to be ashamed of himself, and dischared the case. A correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail reports that on Sunday evening Thomas Nash, of Collins town, county of Westmeath, was met in afield about half a mile from the village and police station, and not far from the high road, by two armed strangers, not disguised, who put him on his knees, presenting two pistols, and, having ascertained his identity, swore him to give up a grazing field in eight days. The field in question had been part of the adjoining farm, and was surrendered two years ago by the tenant, to save the rest of his farm, as he was unable to stock so much land. It was let for a time in grass to a Roman Catholic, who never was molested: and for the last half-year ,to Nash, who is a Protestant. The public scoured the country the sane evoniug, but without success, LAW INTELLIGENCE--(This Day). DIVORCE COURT. DRYSDALE V. DRYSDALE. This morning the suit of Drysdale v. Drysdale was heard before Lord Penzance. The petitioner, the wife, sought for a restitution of conjugal rights. She was married on the Bth of July, her husband, George Drysdale, being a merchant's clerk. Some years since there was a separation, and subsequently the respondent sought for a dissolution of his marriage, on the ground of her adultery with a gentleman of the name of Corbett, connected with Bell's Life and the Mark-lane Ex press, and also a Mr. Kane, the managing clerk to the petitioner's solicitor. That charge, however, signally failed, and as her husband had deserted her she sought the relief of the court, and an order for alimony was made. Instead, however, of paying anything he made himself a bankrupt, but accord ing to Mrs. Drysdale's statement he has been living in Furnival's Inn in good style. The Judge Ordi nary made a decree for a judicial separation, and on an affidavit being filed as to the non-payment of the alimony that has been ordered, an attachment against the respondent will be issued. POLICE LVIELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY IN A CHAPEL.—WiIiam Francis was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with picking the pocket of Mrs. Catherine Pitt, of 50, St. Martin's lane, while in Orange-street Chapel. Mrs. Pitt said that about 10 o'clock last night while leaving the Orange-street Chapel at the con clusion of the meeting which had been held, a gentleman asked her if she had lost anything, and on her putting her hand into her pocket she missed her purse containing money, &c. Mr. Stephen Rood, of No. 4, Garsford-street, Kentish-town, said that on the previous night as the persons were leaving the chapel he saw the pri soner place himself alongside of Mrs. Pitt, and thinking his conduct suspicious and a stranger he watched him, and saw him working with his hand by Mrs. Pitt's side. Having ascertained from Mrs. Pitt that she had been robbed, be went after the prisoner, and on charging him with having robbed a lady he took his left hand out of his pocket and gave him a purse, stating that he had picked it up, and that he was going to give it up at the entrance to some one connected with the chapel, but had he done so he (witness) must have seen him stoop. The prisoner wished to be allowed to go away, but as there had been several similar cases, and they had not been able to catch the persons, they felt it necessary to make an example of the prisoner. Mr. :Tyrwhitt, in committing the prisoner for three months with hard labour, said the public were indebted to Mr. Rood for what he had done. WEST COUNTRY M.P.'S TOGEMER. Earl Morley, Sir Massey Lopes, Bart., M.P., and Mr. Morrison, were present on Monday at the annual meeting of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce. Among the subjects discussed was the proposal to remove the assizes from Exeter to Plymouth. The Solicitor- General at Exeter on Thursday stated that he did not know what might happen in the future, but he felt jus tified in saying there was no intention to remove the assizes at present. Earl Morley on Monday said he had not seen the teport of the Judicature Commission, but he had no doubt some change would be made in the re modelling of the assize districts. He had no idea what the alteration would be. Plymouth was the largest town in the west, and he thought the assizes should be held there. Sir Massey Lopes subsequently spoke of the value of chambers of commerce. He thought it was a mistake to suppose that chambers of commerce should be composed of commercial men only. Landowners should also become members of chambers of commerce, because the interests of landowners and commercial men were identical. Mr. Morrison, M.P., drew the attention of the chamber to the importance of discussing the Shipping Consolidation Bill, which consisted of 630 clauses. They could give great assistance to Parliament thereby. Earl Morley was again elected president. The members of the chamber afterwards dined together. THE LATE ELOPEMENT OF A STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE. A few months ago it was rumoured that Mr. Robinson Fowler, the stipendiary police magistrate for Manchester, had eloped with a Mrs. Milne, whose husband occupied a high position in the adjoining borough of Salford. This rumour had only got ground a few days when a letter was received from Mr. Fowler himself resigning his judicial appointment. Mr. Milne has filed a petition in the Divorce Court in which the ex-stipendiary magistrate is made co-respondent, and we understand that £5,000 damages are claimed. Yesterday an application was made by Dr. Pritchard to Lord Penzance, on behalf of the petitioner, for leave to amend the petition, and in support of it an affidavit was filed stating that since the petition was left at the registry Mr. Milne was informed that his wife and Mr. Fowler committed adultery at the Bull and Victoria Hotels, Rochester, and it was sought to embody this fact in the allegations. On the other side there was scarcely any objection, and Lord Penzance granted the desired leave, but said it would be necessary to reserve the peti tions. SENOR CASTELAR AGAINST THE DUKE DE MONTPENSIER. Senor Castelar—one of the beet orators the Spanish Revolution has yet produced, an extreme Radical, and a strenuous opponent of the Bourbons—made a very stir ring speech in the Spanish Cortes, at Madrid, on the pro posal to make the Duke of Mentpensier King. He drew up a long indictment against the Bourbon family, charged them with being tyrants, the enemies of liberty, the allies of foreign sovereigns against their own subjects, the foes of science and morality. The Duke of Montpensier was a Bour bon; that he was so was proved independently of his genealogy by that document of 1810, in which his father asked for a post in the Spanish army against Napoleon, in right of his relationship to Ferdinand VII., and his being a member of the Bourbon family. Even con ceding that the families of Orleans and of Bourbon were distinct, the speaker maintained that if the Bourbon family had the fatal destiny of com bating liberty, the Orleans family had the no less fatal destiny of falsifying and corrupting liberty. The Duke of Montpensier represented the policy of the House of Orleans as the King of Prussia represented the interests and ideas of the great Frederick. Let them contemplate the great catastrophe which Orleanism had produced iii France. Senor Castelar drew a vivid picture of the Orleans party, which might have avoided all errors and crimes, but which, without the excuse of faith, had accepted them all, and dedicated them all to the barter for life ; which strove to conciliate all extremes ; which had a God without providence, a religion without faith. a rationalism without liberty, an aristocracy without privi leges, a democracy without equality, which could live in peace with all, and preserve its tranquillity because this narrow and feeble party was only great in its own egotism. After tracing the history of the Mo narchy of July down to the abdication, which he affirmed the Duke of Montpensier forced from his farther, Senor Castelar continued, " You will tell me that he is entitled to the consideration of the revolution of September by his services against the former dynasty. But I say that those services incapacitate him from ascending the throne. By his treachery against his own relatives he has offended that sentiment of justice, which is radically incompatible with the cruel reasons which he calls reasons of State. In every generation humanity has taken the same side. Castille pardoned Don Pedro his cruelties in the catastrophe of Mon tiel, and was never grateful to Don Henry of Tr astereare for his order. And the French revolution was the same. The Duke of Orleans, the grandfather of the Duke of Montpensier, might have been King. He had friends in Montana and the Girondists. He was a general and a great general in the army. Why was he not chosen? That is explained by ono memorable night. When the Convention voted the death of Louis XVI., amid the applause and the acclamations of the multitude, the vote came to the turn of the relation of Louis XVI., to the Duke of Orleans. He advanced gravely to the tribune and pro nounced the following words, " I vote for the death of the tyrant, and for the immediate death." A cry of reprobation came from every breast—one of those sublime cries that reconcile us to human nature, and which in these great crises are nothing less than the voice of the univer sal conscience. That cry of horror has been repeated by humanity at large. That cry of horror will be repeated through all generations, and will pursue the fratricide through the eternal infamy of history. The conscience of Spain," continued the orator, "of a nation whose family life and affections were strong and intense could not pardon the Duke of Montpensier his revolutionary treacheries. Furthermore, they must not divide the bonds that consti tuted a nation. It was not constituted by the language, by the geography, by the unity of the race. It was consitituted by the grand community of glorious recollections. After recounting the triumphs of Spanish arms in the Old World and the New, he said, that the greater part of their achievements had Veen won against the Freach. To-day, the Spanish people forgot that in their respect for the French who would be their brothers ; but in their pride they could not respect a. Frenchman who would be their king. The result of all this was that no candidate more unpopu lar than the Duke of Montpcnsir could be suggested for Spain. There could be no more unpopular king, and one of those unpopular kings, whom liberty has dethroned and sacrificed because they cannot live in peace with liberly. His reign would be a restoration, and its commeneement would be as infelicitous as the ena of the reign of I3Aella 11. Senor Castelar concludedas follows :—" th - ope, th4n, that you will support my motion. I hope it chiefly of the Government. I heard the Senor President of tile Council of Ministers say one day, with respect to the restoration of the Bourbons, 'Never, never, never.' / asked myself what the orator meant by using these throe adverbs. The first "Never" referred to the family of Don Cellos ; the second "Never " to the family of Isabella II.; the third " Never" to the family of the Duke of Mont )ensier. (Laughter and cheers.) In presenting this motion I have fulfilled a debt of conscience. T 9 this quagmire unwillingly, you who direct the revolution of September consigned the adventurers of the Restoration. Liberals, you Lave destroyed liberty; you who direct Spain to fall before a foreign king. Spaniards, you have de stroyed your country, I have said." Senor Caste4r, who was listened to throughout with eager attention, WAs congratulated by all parties on this speech. ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.—The Panama War Inc, Herald, o January 1, states that the Government of Bogota has not only conceded ample permission to the United States representatives to make a survey of every part of the Isthmus of Panama, but has sent special instructions to the State authorities to afford every facility. The difficulties arising hitherto, says the Star, have always been in the views and management of the parties to whom the enterprise has been entrusted. In any other part of the States the task would be comparatively easy, but in the tropics the nature of the climate, the dense vegetation and the Indians' opposition are all to be encountered. Earlier expeditions failed from want of this practical knowledge, and the Star observes that the ex ,erience of the Indian often surpasses the theoretical book knowledge of the white man. It is therefore to be hoped that the new expedition will start well prepared for difficulties, and it is suggested that the route by the railroad, as the easiest and most feasible, should be first explored. THE LATE .1.41. ROWLAND WILLIAMS'S POSTIIII mous Works.—A correspondent writes to the Daily News :—" W ll you allow me, through yovp:r columm, to ask the literary executors of Dr. Rowland Williams whether they aro in a position to inform the reading pu'. lie if any materials have been left by him toward a second volume of his "Hebrew Prophets;' and whether, if co, they will gratify the admirers of the character and the scholarship of the late Vicar of Broadchalke by publishing those materials, however incomplete? I would venture to suggest that, should we 1?43 put in possession of so pieoious a souvenir of the scholar, it should not, like the first volume, be witk93o all F t aehinery for reference ) either to the Eiebrowi'llho a4th9404 T 0.4194 :, • SHIPWRECKS. THEDDLETHORPE, LINCOLNSHIRE, Monday. The Rev. L. D. Kennedy reports that the Dorinda and Barbara lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, stationed at this place, brought safely ashore, yesterday afternoon, the crew, numbering 15 persons, of a foreign ve:_:sel laden with coals, from Newcastle. The men had abandoned their ship, which they believed was in a sinking state, and were picked up outside the surf by the lifeboat. The lifeboats Quiver, at Margate, and Con stance, at Tynemouth, were also launched on Sun day to the aid of distressed vessels, but their ser vices were not ultimately needed. ST. AUSfELL, CORNWALL, Monday.' The coxswain of the Mevagissey lifeboat, South Warwickshire, belonging to the Lifeboat Society, states this morning he discovered the fragments of a large ship at Chapel Point, about a mile from this place (says Mr. Wm. Robarts, jun.) She must have run ashore unobserved in the heavy gale of last night. It is feared she was a homeward bound English vessel, and that all hands have perished. WESTMINSTER. UNLAWFUL AND IMPROPER REJECTION OF PAU PERS BY PARISH AUTIIORITIES.—Harnot, a man of poor but respectable appearance, was charged with being disorderly at St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea. George Cannon, night porter, then said that de fendant came at half-past six last night with a ticket of admission from the police, but he bad been ejected in consequence of his not submitting to the rules of the house by giving up a tobacco pipe. When he first came in he was asked if he had a pipe, and, saying "yes," gave it up. After that, on his being searched, a short pipe was found on him wrapped up in a rag. Mr. Arnold—Am I to understand that if he says he hasn't a pipe, and one is found upon him, he is to be turned into the streets. Is that the regulation with a pauper ? Witness—Yes, Sir. He was asked if he had a pipe, and ought to give it up. Mr. Arnold—And for daring to do so he is to be turned into the street. What is he to do ? Witness—l can't say. Mr. Arnold—lf he is destitute he is entitled to relief, and if he does anything against the law he can be punished, but you can't turn him into the street because he does not comply with your regula tions. Where is a poor man to go to? What is to become of him ? Let the guardians know that if a person is destitute it is not for you to take upon yourself to turn him into the street, as it is not lawful. Defendant said that the mere bowl of a pipe that lie did not know of was found upon him. Complainant went on to show that defendant was disorderly after being turned out, and threat. cued him. Defendant said he was only trying to obtain shelter for the night. Mr. Arnold discharged him on his own recogni zance to keep the peace. THAMES. DETAINING A SEAMAN'S EFFECTS.—Hiram Smith, the captain of a Dutch ship called the Freert Jem, appeared before Mr. Lushington charged with de taining the chest, sea kit, and other property of John De Yong, a seaman. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution, and said that the complainant was the mate of the Freert Jem on her late voyage, and his wages bad been paid and all affairs settled before the Dutch Consul, but the defendant would not give up the complainant's effects, consisting of a quadrant, boots, gun, bed, 3 flannel shirt., 3 pairs of drawers, a monkey jacket, and other property. The defendant justified his detention of the pro perty on the ground that he had paid the com plainant a sovereign too much. That was not so, and if it was he could not set up such a plea after settling with the complainant before the Consul of his country, who was a most respectable functionary, and would see justice done to both parties. The value of the property detained was £lO. The complainant verified, on oath, the statement of his solicitor, on which the defendant asked the mate, through the medium of au interpreter, whether he did not agree to pay for a foretopyard he had broken. The mate said he bad not agreed to pay for it. Mr. Lushington said the defendant had no right to plead the loss of the yard as a set off against the delivery of the property. lie ordered the restora tion of the things named in the summons, and ad judged Captain Smith to pay 235. costs. THE SPRING CIRCUITS. The remainder of the Spring Circuits of the Judges were settled this morning as follows : Midland.—Mr. Justice Montague Smith and Mr. Baron Cleasby. Warwick, February 24 ; Derby, March 2 ; Nottingham, 7 ; and Lincoln, 10 ; York being undecided. North Wales.—Mr. Baron Channell. Welsh pool, March 12 ; Bala, 16; Ruthin, 19 ; Beauma ris, 23 ; Carnarvon, 26; Mold, 30 ; and Chester and City, April 2. In the South Wales Circuit.—Lord Chief Justice Bovill. The days have been altered as follows, viz.: —Carmarthen, March 9 ; Swansea, 15 ; Bre con, 20 ; Presteign, 31 ; and Chester, April 2. STANDING ORDERS-THIS DAY. The Rouse of Commons Examiners of Petitions will report the standing orders to have been com plied with in the opposed bills of the Rother ham and Kimberworth Local Board of health ; King's Lynn Consumers' Gas and Belfast Consumers' Gas. The opposed Islington Rail way bill has been withdrawn. The standing orders will be also • reported to have been com plied with in the cases of the Pontypool, Caerleon, and Newport Railway ; Pembroke and Tenby Railway ; Trapston Markets ; Girvan and Port patrick Junction Railway; Southport Waterworks; Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and Tunbridge. Railway ; Poole and Bournemouth Railway ; Penicuick Rail way, Clyde Lighthouse, Rainhitl Gas and Water, Sutherland Railway Extension, Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company, Great Eastern Railway (General Powers), North British and Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Companies, Newry and Armagh Railway (Sale, &c.), Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway, and the Colne Fishery CJ113.- paLy's Bills. DEATH OF LADY ELPHINSTONE. The death is announced this morning of Lady Elphinstone, the mother of Sir James Elphinstone, Bart., M.P., at the age of 88. Her ladyship was the widow of Sir Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphiu stone, the first baronet, who died in 1848, and the daughter of the late Colonel David Ilepbron, of Keith Marischal, East Lothian. The death is also announced this morning of the Countess Antoinette, only daughter of the late Count John and the Lady Jernima Bentinck, at the age of 84. A CHALLENGE TO THE FRENCH WRES ULE RS. The celebrated wrestler; W. Jameson, of Penrith, has sent a challenge to the French lletteurs for a stake of £2OO a side, the test to be the best of fiv e falls, viz., two in each style, and a toss for the de ciding fall. Whether the plucky challenge will be accepted remains to be seen. 2HE UNITED LAND C0MP.421 7 Y (LIMII El)) MEETING THIS DAY. At the annual meeting of the shareholders, held this afternoon at the Norfolk -street Offices, after the advertisement convening the meeting had been read by the Secretary (Mr. C. L. Gruneisen), the following report of the directors was submitted :-.. In pursuance of the special resolution passed et the ex traordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the United Land Company (Limited), on the 31st of March, 1869, and confirmed on the 20th of April, 1869, giving power to the directors to hold the annual meeting in the month of February in each year, and theaccounts to be made up to the 31st December in each year, the Board have much pleasure in submitting their report as to the operations during the past financial year ending DeCoin ber 31st, 1869, together with the balance-sheet of the income and expenditure, and of the liabilities and assets for the same period. Tho directors must premise that the last statement of accounts laid before the shareholders at the meeting of the 31st of March, 1869, extended from the Ist of April, 1868, to the 20th of March, 1869. The present balance-sheet, therefore, dates from the 21st of March to the 31st of last December, a period of only nine months. Since the last annual report, the following eligible estates have been purchased by the company : —l. Sheer ness, No. 2. 2. Harrow Road and Kilburn. 3. Hammer smith. 4. Portsmouth, No. '2. The following are the dates of the sales by allotment and l,y auction since March, 1869 :-1. Kingsthorpe, Nerthampton, sale by auction, May 14, 1869. 2. Hollo way, sale by auction, May 20, 1869. 3. Wellingborough, sale by auction, May 31, 1869. 4. Willesden, sale by auc tion, June 24, 1869. 5. Fulham Fields, allotment, June 30, 1869. 6. Stafford, sale by auction, July 3, 1869. 7. Forest Gate, No. 3, sale by auction, July 8, 1869. 8. Holloway, sale by auction, July 8, 1869. 9. Brighton, sale by auction, July 22, 1869. 10. Worcester, sale by auction, Sept. 14, 1869. 11. Malvern Link, sale by auction, Sept. 14, 1869. 12. West Malvern, sale by auction, Sept. 14, 1869. 13. Portsmouth, No. 2, public met ting and allotment, Oct. 20, 1869. 14. West Hill, Putney Heath, Wandsworth, public meeting and allotment, Oct. 22, 1869. 15. Hammersmith, allotment, Oct. 27, 1869. 16. Sheerness, Ne. 2, public meeting and allotment, Oct. '27, 1869. The Harrow Road anti Kilburn Estate and the second portion of the Welliughorough Estate will be offered for sale early in the spring. The works on the last-men tioned property aro progressing, and the roads on the Kil burn Estate will be commenced so soon as the plans and specifications have been approved by the Metropolitan and Local Board of Works, The annexed summary of plots sold on estates iu vari ous counties shows the extended range of business done and large amount of land sold during the three quarters:— Brighton, Sussex, £249; Clapham Junction, Mid Surrey, £7,210; Deal, East Kent, £152; Edgware-road, Middlesex, £5,405; Enfield, Middlesex, £250; Forest Gate, South Essex, £209 ; Fulham, Middlesex, £1,961 ; Hammer smith, Middlesex, £3,368; Holloway, Middlesex, £1,674; Malvern Link, West Worcester, £lBB ; Northampton, Northamptonshire, £267; New Ferry (opposite Liver pool), Cheshire, £504 ; Oxford,.Oxfordshire, £75 ; Putney, No. 5, East Surrey, £212 ; Portsmouth, No. 1, Hants, .£10,559 ; Portsmouth, No. 2, Hants, £2,655 ; Red Hill, Mid Surrey, £400; Roehamptou, East Surrey, £144; San down, No. 2, Isle of Wight, £42 ; Stafford, South Stafford shire, £320; Sheerness, East Kent, £506; Tunbridge Wells, West Kent, £45; Willesden, bliddlesex, £1,007; West Hill, 'Wandsworth, East Surrey, £ 2,767 12s. 3d. ; Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, £6,.153; Wood G teen, Middlesex, £lBO. Total sale of land from March 21 to December 31st, 1869, as per balance sheet, 4:47,005, 12s. 3d. The estates referred to in the balance-sheet remain at the net cost, plus only the proportion of the outlay of the works, redemption of tithe, &c., on the plots in hand, the other expenses of every kind having been charged to the profit and loss account. The directors have much satisfaction in announcing to tho shareholders that, after clearing off the current work ing outlay and writing off the sum of £750 from the pre liminary expenses, and providing for every charge against revenue, including the interest of 5 per cent. fixed for calls paid in advance, they are enabled to declare a dividend on the called-up capital at the rate of 5 per cont. per annum, free of income tax, for the five months ending the 31st of December, 1869 (the four months to July 31st having been already paid by the interim dividend declared on the 26th of July, 1869); and, in addition, a bonus at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the ninc, months ending the 31st of December, 1869. _ _ The shareholders therefore will be paid a total dividend of 10 per cent. per annum ; leaving a balance to be carried over to the next year's profit and loss account. The first issue of 10,000 shares having been all taken up, the directors have announced a second issue of 10,000 shares, without premium, When the whole of the shares of this second issue are taken up, the directors cannot undertake to pledge themselves, as regards any further issue of shares, that they shall be offered at par. The. directors retiring by rotation are Viscount Rane lagb, N. W. J. Strode, Esq., and Newnham Winstanley, Esq., all of whom are eligible for re-election, and offer themselves accordingly. The auditors, Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Evans, accountants and public auditors, of 3,6sleman-street Buildings, E.C., also retire, and being eligible for re-elec tion tender their services for the ensuing year. The success of the past year is an incentive to future exertion. It is indeed satisfactory for the directors to be in a position to record the profitable results of the opera tions of the company from the date of registration (March list, 1868) to tha present period.—By or der of the Board, CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. I LEFT SITTING. I DISS STEEPLECHASES.—AII signs of the frost having disappeared this little Norfolk meeting will take place to-morrow (Thursday), and we learn by telegraph that the course is in fine condition, so there is every pro spect of a good meeting. Of the five races set for decision two have closed, while the Selling Chase of 300 sovs, and the Local Hunters' Plate of 40 sovs remain opeu till sown o'clock this evening-, and a handicap for beaten horses will close immediately after the last race. NOMENCLATURE.—The following names have been given to two year olds in Mr. S. W. Reeves's stable : Bay colt, by Lord of the Isles out of Lord Chatham's dam, Robert Bruce ; brown coil ) by Wild Dayrell, darn 1:y Flatcatcher, "bleary ; brown filly, by Saunterer, out of A c tress (dam by Columbine), flarlequin a ; c h eseu t fill y , by Parmesan out of Pat 's darn, Cheesecake ; bay filly, (sister to Gamos), by Saunterer, out of Bess Lyon, Loadetar. NEW MATCH FOR S:2oo.—An intoresling matc h will come off on Tuesday, May the 9 2d, between Mr. R. Stobb's br h Festivity, by the Cure, 5 yrs, and Mr. R. Wright's Palefaee, by the D 0 4 - yrs, 7st each , over the P.C., on 14ewcast1:3 Moor, for .1:100 aside. The raco will tzko place at two o'clock in the afternoon, an Mr. W.}.3lakey is to officiate. 'WELLINGTON MINT STEEPLE CHASES.—These steeple chases, which are looked forward to every year by the population of the mining districts surrounding Wel lington, in West Durham, have Wen fixed to take place on Monday, April 25. ii i t - : , u.: : ,',• 1 .;....4., T o p T t IIM :lE^ r ellny bit ~,, i a v , • TIER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 1. The Queen drove out with Prince Leopold this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice rode out. LATEST INTELLIGENOB (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French:Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Feb. 1. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1211; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1211; the lowest, 1211. Sterling Exchange on London lO9. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 4 " 1885 ll5l. 44 1867 ll4l. 10-40 ic 1121. Illinois 1361. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2sio. Petroleum —Standard White Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed, sl.6c. According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and Co.'s report the receipts of cotton for the last four days, at all ports, have been 54,000 bales ; shipments to England, 22,000 bales ; to France, 8,000 bales; and to the Continent, 3,000 bales. Middling Upland, 11 1-16, freight and cost per steamer. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Iu to-clay's sitting of the Senate Mr. Ramsey spoke in favour of the United States, offering their mediation in the Red River difficulty. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued his usual monthly statement of the debt of the United States, which amounts to $2,652,000,000, showing a reduction of $1,000,000 during January. The coin in the Treasury is $101,500,000, being a de crease of $7,500,000, and the currency $9,000,000, being a decrease of $3,500,000. TORONTO, Feb. 1. It is reported that the Ottawa "Royal Canadian Rifles are not to be disbanded ; on the contrary six companies of the body, with a battery of Artillery, will be sent to the Red River via Fort William next spring. Advices from the Red River Territory indicate an increasing disorganisation among the insurgents. Disaffection and general opposition was expressed against the proposal of annexation to the United States. Intelligence received from Fort Garry, the strong hold of the insurgents, states that their commander Kiel's authority has been superseded, and the old Governor and the Council have been restored. A commission is to be sent to treat with the Canadian Government for the transfer of the terri tory to the dominion. EGYPT. CAIRO, Feb. 1. The Khedive opened the Egyptian Parliament to-day in person. His Highness congratulated the country on the plentiful crops, and stated that* the public works and other improvements were rapidly progressing. The Khedive asserted that his Ministers were always ready to discuss with the Deputies of the Chamber all matters relating to the progre,s of Egypt, and expressed a hope that the deliberations of the Chamber would contribute to the promotion of the welfare of the country. An official announcement from Constantinople states that the Turkish Minister of Finance paid into the Imperial Ottoman Bank, to the credit of the Khedive, 440,000 'Turkish Byre% on account of the ironelads. The Austrian Archdukes and suite reached Luxor on the 30th of January. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 2. The followiDgMinisterial appointments have been officially announced this morning : Dr. von. Ilasner Ministry. Field-Marshal Lieut. Wagner Minister of War. M. Banhans M. Strohmayer Education and Publio Worship. ITALY. BRINDIsi, Feb. 1. The Adriatic and Oriental Company's mail steamer Brindisi, 78 hours from Alexandria, with 20 passengers, has arrived here. Letters will pro bably be delivered in London on Friday evening. THE BRAZILS. BORDEAUX, Feb. 2. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Estrama dure, from the Brazils, arrived here at 10 o'clock last night. FRANCE. BOURSE, Eeb. I.—Three: o'clock—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. 3 per Cent End of month 73 571 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 202 50 Credit Fonder 1735 Paris Gas 1670 Suez Canal 345 - RAILWAY, Bank Shares 2900 Ital Tan Fives 54 95 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 321 25 Do. Debt 44 90 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 8. Cash Orleans ... f3781= Western Northern Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6071 Sardinian Austrian 775 Lombard so2} North of Spain 6O Saragossa Roman 4521. On Friday, the 11th instant, the great billiard match of 1,200 up, between J. Roberts (the Champion) and W. Cook, jun., for the £2OO Champion Gold Cup, given by Messrs. Borroughs, Watts, and others, will take place at the St. James's Hall. The game will commence at eight p.m. _ The death of Fred. Oliver, the celebrated " Ring Kf.eper," took place last Sunday morning at his residence, Chelsea. Oliver was always to te seen at most of the great pugilist contests, more particularly in the struggles between Sayers and Heenan and Hurst and Mace, acting in his capacity of "Commissary of the Ring." Although often called upon to exhibit the sternest qualities, Fred. Oliver was by nature one of the kindest and most unassum ing of men. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messis. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called 'The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Mornin. E ving. 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ECTap e 411(1 %V/ l‘ri l l rei h ilveato The] terd ay The have b ration. The vith ot Th e lects f, at Hai A p baltri el £160,( ialand Can li. With and form taels, of wl 100 ners Thi have are a Han Ti Pore place Corl 10th 3 t!di 1.), 1 New Now. D( 1) ( I) ( txei REtial I), ,eital late