The Sun. — London, England, 1870-02-16 00:00:00

T HE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE • • 'MAY" BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, br all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 1.9 d. to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS from 103. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. :, 4 .InSES and SON enables them to guarkintee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or injured will be exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-ruade andße spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitte r for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART•STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. PROSPECTUS OF THE OUMANIAN GAS LIGHT COMPANY (Limited). Capital £200,000, in 10,000 shares vi £2O each, payable £2 on application, £3 on allotment, £5 on the 2d May, 1870, £5 on the Ist November, 1870, and £5. on the Ist May, 1871. In case of no allotment the money will be returned with out deduction. Shareholders paying up their shares in full will receive discount at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the amount paid by anticipation, and, on payment of the Government Stamp Duty, will be entitled to receive share warrants to " bearer" passing by delivery. Dutzmout3—ln Bucharest. Jacques Poumay, Esq., Banker. _ _ In London. E. H. J. Craufurd, Esq., 31.1"7,aairman of the Walton on-Thames and Weybridge Gas Company. Loftus Fitzwygram, Esq., 89, Eccleston-square. William Haywood, Esq., F.R.S., Civil Engineer, 63, Hamilton- terrace. James Duke Hill, Esq. (Coal Exchange). Francis D. Lambert, Esq. (Messrs. Lambert, Sons, and Scott, Coal Exchange), 85, Gracechurch- street. Alfred Penny, Esq., of the Oporto and of the Whitehaven New Gas Works. George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-street. Adolphus William Young, Esq., M.P., Director of the Phoenix Gas Company. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, T wells, and Co.; London. Eugineer—Mr. G. W. Stevenson. C.E., 19, Great George street, S.W. Consulting Engineer—Mr. Edward Woods, C.E., 3, Storey's -gate, S.W. Solicitors—Messrs. Nash, Field, and Layton, 2, Suffolk- lane, Cannon-street, E.C. Brokers—Messrs. Crossley Brothers and co., 3, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill, E.C. Secretary (pro tem.)—Mr. Alfred Rippon. Temporary Offices:— Lombard !rouse, George-yard, Lombard-street, London, P.C. ; and at the Banking Rouse of Mr. Jacques Poumay Bucharest. The Roumanian Gas-Light Company (Limited) has been formed for acquiring and working a concession which has been granted by the Municipality of Bucharest for the ex clusive right of lighting that city with ens. The term of the conce , sion is 40 years, from the Bth April. ; at the expiration of that period the works will hee:aur- the property of tie' municipality on payment of ..f4r4,le , - I to the company. A sinking fund is provided by the' Articles of Association for replacing the original out law at the termination of the concession. The -i!,t, of I:i.char,st, the capital of the Danubian p r i nc :p a iirls.: 7 is an increaFieg city: its p putation is esti mated by the Mayor. M. Cant ciizene. at 250,00 virEwis , ocebpy rig about 34,000 houses. Railways are in course of construction connecting Bucharest with the principal continental lilies. The first line of 42 miles is now open from fliurgevo, the nearest port on the Danube to Bu charest. A site of 7} acres for the gas works, immediately ad joining the new railway station, has been granted by the municipality, free of all charge. Coals are to be admitted free from municipal dues, for. the-exclusive purpose of the manufacture of gas. The municipality have contracted to pay for a minimum of 4,000 public lights at the rate of 6s. 10d. per 1,000 cubic feet. The'quantity of gas thus contracted for is upwards of 60 millions cubic feet per annum, and the Engineers estimate that receipts from the public lighting alone will pay a net profit of 3 1 per cent. on the total capital of the company, after setting aside a sufficient amount to provide for the sinking fund above referred to. The concession further gives the right to charge to private consumers Bs. 10d. per 1,000 cubic feet. The Engineers report that from this source of revenue a profit of over 14 per cent. may be expectod so soon as the works are fairly established, thus making together a profit of nearly 18 per cent. on the capital. The estimate that the best English Coal may be delivered on the works at a cost not exceeding 355. per ton, and that Coke will be sold at 40s. per ton. The rates for gas are subject to a reduction of 10 per cent. at the ex piration of each period of ten years during the term of the concession. - The estimates of cost for the erection of Works of a plain and substantial character have been prepared by Mr. G. W. STEVENSON, C.E. Before proceeding to make the provi sional contracts based thereon, these estimates were sub mitted to Mr. E. WOODS, C.E., who, after having investi gated the matter independently, reported that the same are .reliable and moderate. The reports of these gentle men are appended. Provisional contracts have been entered into by the com pany for the execution of the works for sums within the estimated amounts. The businesa of the company will not b e commenced until, in the judgment of the Board, a suf ficient number of shares have been subscribed for. By the Articles of Association, it is provided that the amount payable by the ccmpany towards the preliminary expenses is limited to £5,000. The concession granted by the Municipality of Bucha rest, the plans of the works, the reports and estimates of the Engineers, the provisional contracts and the Articles of Association, may be inspected at the Office of the Company, where every explanation will be given. Applications for shares must be made in the annexed form (which can also be obtained from the Brokers, Messrs. Crossley Brothers and Co.), to the Directors of the Rou manian Gas Light Company (Limited), but no application will be considered unless accompanied by a deposit of, or the receipt of the banker s for, kt) per share on the number of shares applied for. The Subscription List will be closed on Monday, the 21st instant, in London, and on the following day for the country. rWIIIE ALMADA AND TIRITO CONSOLI- A.. DATED SILVER MINING COMPANY (Limited). CAPITAL, .£l3 o,r 00. Offices—l, Winchester Buildings, E.C. The LIST of APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED on WEDNESDAY, the 16th instant, at Four o'clock. Prospectuses and Forms of Application can be obtained at the Offices of the Company. By order, IL G. DENNISS, Secretary. February 14th, 1870, F LIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. 2. ChattArton. THIS EVENING, at 7, WILMA N. TELL : Messrs T. C Bing, .1. Neville. Kintyre, Moreland ; Mi sses Edith Stuart and Vykes. After which, at 9, _BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; or, OLD MOTHER BUN CII : Misses Jessie Vokes, Victoria Vokes, and Rosins Vokes, Messrs. Fred. Yokes, W. F. Vokes, Britton' Wright, and Harry Boleno. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING at 7, A KISS IN THE DARK. After which, at 20 , minutes to 8, ()UR AMERICAN COUSIN; Characters LY Mr Sothern, Mr Buckstr.nc. Mr Chippendale, Mr Braid, Mr 1 ogers; Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. Wright, 31iss P. Gwynn Miss C. Hill, & e . Ocnclud!ng with LEW AS A POST: Mr Compton and Mrs E. 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DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN - Frederick H. Jan Lon, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham. arter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F Devas, Esq ' John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart :tines Morris, Esq James Goods ,, n, Esq Abraham J. ttobarts, Esq Archibald Hamilton Esq Henry Vigne, Esq hcrnson Hankev Esq SECluiTAßY—Thomas Tallemach, Eso, • ACTUARY— Saml. Brown, Esq. Prospeons-s and Forms of Proposal, with statemen` of the asset. and liabilities in the Life Branch, tree on application to the Comp , ny' , Agents,or to the Secretary THEATRE-ROYAL DHIMY-LA NE. . 4 ole Lessee and MlVlapor, Mr. B. Chatterton. This EVPNTS4. nt 7. WILLIAIf TELL: Messrs T. C. King, Il•rnlyre. Mor&and ; Misses E. Stuart and Vokes: At 11 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: . Wessrs. Fred. Vokes, Brittain Wright, Harry Boleno; Misses Pokes, &e. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 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The measure introduced by Mr. GLADSTONE on the former occasion was necessarily destructive ; that in troduced on the latter was contructive. In the one case he had to abolish an old institution, in the other he had to establish a new relationship. It remains to be seen which will prove the more difficult achievment, to abolish the Irish State Church or to establish an Irish land system. If experience is any guide, the second will prove the harder task, for to build up is always more difficult than to pull down. True, the Irish Church measure involved reconstruction, but that part of the work did not fall upon Mr. GLADSTONE. The Irish Land Measure is constructive, it is that or nothing, and its success depends not upon a local Synod or body, but upon himself. It will not be easy to say if he is successful or not. The effects of such a reform as this must be slow in coming, must take years to complete, and for that reason must disappoint those impulsive people—such as constitute the great bulk of the Irish landholders —who look for a revolution speedy in its results, instead of a reform gradually working out its pur pose. We must be prepared, therefore, for disap pointment, and even disaffection, among the excited peasantry, who thought that at last they were going to be put in permanent possession of the laud which they have cultivated. Other and soberer persons will pass a more favourable verdict. THE debate in the Lords on the colonial policy of the Government was very much like the play of "Hamlet " with the part of Hamlet o m itt e d. Th e chief count in the indictment against Lord GRAN VILLE is that he has treated the colony of New Zea ihnd with exceptional harshness, under circumstances of exceptional hardship. It is possible that he may have a good defence, yet at least there is a THERE are few men who understand Englishmen more thoroughly than a certain well-known French man, who has been for more than 20 years a resident in this country. The letters of M. Louis BLANC, which appear from time to time in the Paris Temps, are always worth reading, and often contain remarks that English readers would find instructive. For instance, in his last letter, M. BLANC hits off what we believe to be the exact truth with respect to Mr. BRIGHT. We well remember fouryears ago hearing an advanced Radical deny that Mr. BRIGHT was one, and declare that he was really Conservative. The statement seemed paradoxical at a time when the mere supposition that Mr.. Bum= had advised a £7 franchise was considered by the Conservative party damning proof that such a measure must have revo lutionary consequences. Now, we are by no means so sure that the statement was paradoxical. Mr. BRIGHT'S "omnibus " speech at Birmingham, just before the commencement of the session, seems to imply that he, too, like another famous reformer before him, has reached the spot where he is inclined to "rest and be thankful." Lord RUSSELL was for resting lower down the hill. At that time Mr. BRIGHT was for ascending to the top; but seven years' additional climbing has shewn him how steep the hill is ; and so he, too, seems to have grown weary of the ascent. Of course we ought to make allowances for a man who was suffering from an overwrought brain. In such a condition lassitude and discouragement are only too natural. But after taking this consideration into account we are still inclined to believe that Mr. BRIGHT will henceforth reveal himself much more as a Con servative than as a Radical. In this respect, as M. LOUIS BLANC has well observed, he differs from the most rising statesman of the day—Mr. FORSTER. The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE was vio lent in his denunciation of our institutions so long as his own order was excluded from the chief posts of the Ministry. We all remember how great a concession Lord PA L3IERSTON and the aristocratic Whigs were thought to have made in 1859, when they offered second-rate places to Mr. COBDEN and Mr. MILNER. GIBSON, and how nearly all the great offices of State were filled up by mem bers of the "governing families." Mr. BRIGHT felt that this was unfair to the middle class and preju dicial to the nation. He believed that, as a rule, lords and honourables were bad men of business, and her.e3 that the army and the navy would never be administered either economically or efficiently until men accustomed to manage large commercial and manufacturing concerns were entrusted with the supervision of the spending departments. Hence all his energies were directed to obtaining the suffrage for the working class, in the full conviction that this would lead to the possession of power by the middle class. His object has been attained, his expectation has been fulfilled. It is no mere vulgar personal ambition that is satis fied when he sees himself, the carpet manufacturer of Rochdale, in the Cabinet ; Mr. BAXTER, the Dundee manufacturer, virtually at the bead of the Navy; and Mr. Fons;rElt, the woollen-manufac turer of Bradford, advancing with rapid strides towards the Premiership. He sees all this, and he feels that the country has benefited by the change; that diminished exPenditure and decreased jobbery are the fruits of the new regime, and he Is con tented. Not so Mr. FORSTER. lie is, as he lately told his constituents, a constructive Radical. To him it is a small matter that his order should be in posses- Mon of power, unless it can reorganise society. Doubt less the representative machine needed alteration : but Mr. FORSTER will think the time spent in alter- lug it lost, unless the machine turns out better work, True, Parliament now represents the nation in a way it never did before ; but of what advantage is that unless Parliament also acts for the nation in a way it never did before ? If this new and strengthened Par- liament finds itself in the second session of its exist- ence incapable of passing more than one first-class, measure in one year, then nothing has been gained and we are no better off than were in the old miser- able MELBOURNE days of " Can't you let it alone F" Mr. FORSTER thinks that it can do much better than this; that Parliament can educate the people, secure a poor law that shall not be the shamefully insufficient system which the present Poor Law is, that shall prohibit the debauchery and impoverishment of the people by the liquor traders, and that shall generally right what is now wrong. In a word, he believes that the Liberal party are only just beginning their work, and that all which they have done hitherto is really only a necessary preliminary to subsequent legisla tion ; or as M. Louis BLANC has well put it, Mr. BUIGHT, who opposed the Ten Hours' Bill, is inte- rested in political questions. Mr. FORSTER is inte rested in social questions; and "sociology" is the legislation of the future. A telegram /rola Alumeh states that the address o long under discussion in the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies, containing a direct censure on the policy of the Prince of Hohenlohe, has been adopted by 78 votee against 62. Thirteen members were absent, twv of them belonging to the Patriotic Party, and eleven to the Liberal. Great interesst is felt in the pos , sible consequences of this vote, as the alternative lies be tween the dissolution of the Chambers and the resignation of the Ministry. It will be remembered that the King refused to receive the deputation to present the address from the Upper House. Orders have been received at Chatham Garrison to stop all recruiting, except for the Royal Engi neers, until further orders; but, as musicians and men of certain trades are required in the army, spe cial permission will be given for their enlistment. A party of Marines are now engaged in Chet. ham Dockyard sorting a large quantity of timber for sale, it having been examined and selected for sale by the Government inspector some time back. THE SUN, LONDON,: WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, MO. prima. jam_ case against him when a Liberal journal like the Spectator joins in the charge. But whether defensible or not, this particular accusation was almost passed by on the part of the counsel for the plaintiff—Lord CARNARVON ; and the defendant, Lord GRANVILLE, said that he should reserve his defence. However, the debate was not wholly thrown away. It elicited from the COLONIAL SECRETARY an admis sion that there was no intention on the part of the Government to cast off the colonies, or to leave them to themselves in the event of war. Even in the case of the Canadian Dominion, the colony most likely to be attacked, the colony least capable of defence, Lord GRANVILLE acknowledged the duty of the home Government to send troops. It is one thing to with draw soldiers in time of peace, it is another to deny them in time of war. It is one thing, moreover, to garrison Canada at our expense, it is another to clo s) at her's. We bore the first arrangement far too long, and we have now withdrawn the troops that we paid for. The Canadians have not asked us to refrain from doing so, and would probably object to defraying the cost of the soldiers if we left them at Quebec. This, however, is quite another matter from the case of the New Zealanders, who implored Lord GRANVILLE to permit one regiment to remain in the colony at their expense, but implored in vain. Save in this instance, we do not see any reason to doubt that the relations between the mother country and the colonies are satisfactory. Lord DERBY, indeed, stated that they were so, and this testimony of a political opponent of the present Government must have weight. At the same time it is a fair question to ask if the Government is turning the colonies to as good account as they might be put. Say what we will, there is a dearth of work here, and a dearth of labour in Australia and Canada. The dearth in the first instance causes - the most profound misery, which neither the Poor-laws nor charity can overtake. The dearth in the second instance allows vast tracts of country to remain uncultivated. The one deficiency might supply the other; but private enterprise is insufficient for the purpose. The question is if that government is worthy the name which confesses itself impotent to act where the motives for action are so urgent. THE ARRESTS DT PARIS The arrests which have been made in Paris, in conse quence of the events of the 7th, Bth, and 9th of February, are about forty in number, and all were carried out by virtue of decrees from the judicial authority. Arms were found in the houses of the accused, and in some instances suspicious papers shewing that their possessors had been actively mixed in the manoeuvre which had for their end the destruction of the existing Government and a civil war among the citizens. The Patrie says that the investigation of the papers whi c h have been seized will disclose the hidden motives of the leaders of the sedition, and the public will be able to appreciate the affair, and recognise that the Government had just cause to use repressive measures. The Francais mentions the report that a paper found on one of the suspected individuals disclosed the existence of a plot to blow up several houses in Paris, and that further inquiries led to the belief that 45 persons were en gaged in this conspiracy. Among their number was the working mechanic who killed the police-agent. Some officers and soldiers have been arrested on the charge of conspiracy against the Government, and it is said that one of the charges against the editors of the Marseillaise is that of tampering with the loyalty of the army. The Soir contradicts the statement put for ward in some quarters respecting the existence of a plot against the Emperor's life, and asserts that the causes of offence did not comprise this crime. Seventy one persons were imprisoned on Saturday in the prison of La Sante, after having been interrogated by the Jug° d'lnstruction. By this time M. Bernier has interrogated more than 200 persons who have been taken during the last few days to the prison of La Sante. THE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION IN WALES. We yesterday published a telegram stating that thirteen men had been killed at the Morfa. Colliery, near Neath, South Wales. The details which can be obtained are of the most meagre description. The Western Mail says that, " not only in Swansea,. but the entire district in which the Morfa Colliery is situated was on Mon day in a state of panic." The only authentic account comes from the proprietors 6f the colliery, Messrs. Vivian and Sons. They supply the followin% :—" It appears that at 6.20 am., as the men were proceeding to their work, an explosion of a very violent character occurred at the principal drawing shaft. The natural conclusion come to was that this explosion was caused by fire-damp. Theman ager, Mr. Gray, at once descended the pit, and this afternoon after a careful examination of the workings, he has reported to us that a store of gunpowder, more or less large, but supposed to be from a quarter to half a cask, kept by the men engaged in sinking the pit to a deeper level, had exploded, and caused the loss of life we have to deplore. No evidence of an explosion of fire-damp can be found; but everything tends to prove that the accident is solely to be attributed to the cause alcove described. We regret to state that, so far as can be ascertained, thirteen men and boys have lost their lives, while upwards of twenty other men and boys are more or less seriously in jured. No such quantity of powder was allowed to be left in the pit." One correspondent states that the night men were leaving their work and the day men taking their place when the explosion occurred. It took placenot very far from thebot tom of the pit. The shock was felt like an earthquake in the neighbourhood, and the guides of the carriage were all blown into atoms. At the pit's mouth it was not possible to know the precise number of the killed and injured. Some twenty-one or twenty-two had been taken up by about four o'clock. Of those some were dead, others dying, and others sadly burned. They , were raised in a bucket one or two at a time. It is believed that a great number of horses have been killed, as the stables were in the immediate neighbourhood of the scene of the explosion. Around the pit, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters were anxiously waiting the arrival of each bucket. This is not the first explosion in the Morfa, but it is by far the most terrible. The place has been on fire for more than a week, and many of the poor fellows who were going down day after day were farm labourers from Devon and Cornwall, who knew nothing at all about coal cutting and its dangers. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLZG JOURNALS. The Times thinks the scheme of the Government is simple, but sufficient. It will give the tenant no perpe tuity of tenure, but it will confer upon him the security of holding he really desires, and will do so without confis cating a single valuable right of any Irish landowner. If the bill be adopted—and there can be little doubt that be fore the end of the session it will be inscribed, with slight variations, in the statute book as an act of Parliament— the cultivator of the soil will be assured that he cannot be ousted from the privilege of occupancy except through his own default in non-payment of rent or misfeasance in pos session, and except upon such terms of compensation as will eflectually restrain the landlord from evicting hint without good cause. The landlord, on the other hand, will henceforth feel that he enjoys the triple armour of justice when the law supports him, and that not the law only, but the opinion of the community and his own conscience, will be on his side. There is no pretence of settling the relations of the two classes when they mutually consent to settle them themselves. All that is clone is to provide that each shall be able to appeal to the law against the misdoing of the other. Irish landlords must recognise in the bill a means of giving them quiet possession of all they really enjoy at the nominal drawback of restraining powers which none but the reckless desire to exercise. But how will the provisions of the bill emancipate the Irish tenants from that subjection to the landlords which makes the bill itself necessary ? Mr. Glad stone said, and rightly said, that the security it offers to the tenant will encourage him to devote this capial and his energy with renewed vigour. to the cultivation of the land, and, by thus extending the scope of his agriculture, will do much to absorb that sur plus of agricultural labour under which Ireland suffers. We cannot, however, accept this as a complete solution of the question. To equalise demand and supply we must not merely increase the demand for labour, but recognise the necessity of diminishing- the supply. However much the sentimentalist may recoil from the Irish exodus, he is no true friend of Ireland who attempts to shut his eyes the truth that in this movement is to be found the most potent means of placing the Irish husbandmen on a footing of equality with his landlord. This was the explanation of that great improvement in the island which reached its height in 1860 ; we must look to the continuous develop ment of the same process for the completion of what was then begun. The Telegraph says that Mr. Gladstone kept a crowded house enchained for three hours and five minutes, while he expounded, as he alone can do, the successive claims of a bill marvellous for the transparent simplicity of its diver sified machinery. Mr. Gladstone has achieved many an oratorical triumph, but he never surpassed the effort of Tuesday evening. As a work of art the speech was per fect ; but it was an art which gave the impression of thorough artlessness. All the parts of the address seemed to grow spontaneously, each in its proper place, finally producing one perfect and complete impression out of an infinite variety of details. Nothing came amiss, from the graceful reciprocation of good wishes for the Empe ror of the French, to the serio-comic, proposal to fine Irish landlords 2s 6d in each case for the amusement of serving periodical notices to quit on their tenants. The deep solemn tones of the Premier's voice never rang out with greater clearness and emphasis, and they actually seemed more sonorous and elastic at the end of the magni ficent peroration than they did at the beginning of the speech ! The effect produced on the House was most favourable. The Opposition received the general proposi tion with marked geniality, and the public may augur for it an easy and prosperous passage through Parliament. The Bill altogether forms such a perfect whole that there is scarcely any weak point for attack in detail, even if it were likely to provoke hostility, instead of being, as we believe it is, an acceptable peace offering to all interested in the complicated subject with which it deals. The Pall Mall Gazette considers that the Irish Land Bill, .ike the Irish Church Bill of last session, is designed to effect a comprehensive and final disposition of the ques tion with which it deals. If the Government are right in their estimate of its character and value, it will bring to an end the long-standing quarrel between the owners and the occupiers of the soil in Ireland. The bill introduced last night is the fulfilment of Mr. Gladstone's implied promise of two years ago. It embodies his conception of what the settlement of the " account of the Irish nation with the English people in respect to the tenure of land," ought to be, of the manner in which the " primary debt of justice " to Ireland can best be discharged. The main provisions of the measure, whatever may be the opinion entertained of the wisdom of this or that clause, may certainly claim the credit of being an honest and conscientious effort to solve one of the greatest of legislative problems. The Daily News declares that Mr. Gladstone's speech explaining the provisions of the Irish Land Bill, adds another to those masterpieces of expository eloquence with which he has enriched the oratorical literature of England. Tile measure which it introduced to the House of Commons 1)- omises to rank among the highest achievements of the g. eat constructive statesmen of our generation. Judgment is. not, however, to be passed upon it off-hand. Itself the work of months of arduous and incessant labour, and in a larger sense the product of nearly forty years' inquiry and discussion, it cannot be appraised in a moment. Though in accordance with the sensible advice of Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the leading members on either side of the House deferred discussion or criticism of Mr. Gladstone's proposals, the symptoms of general approval were unmistakeable. Intelligent Con servatives recognise in it, we have reason to believe, the conditions of a satisfactory settlement. The tenant farmers of Ireland will find it, if not all for which they have lately asked, as much as they have expected or feel entitled to. The bill, in its practical operation, will make the voluntary rule of conduct hitherto adopted by good. landlords a law of compulsion for bad ones. In so doing the bill promotes the interest of landlords as well as of tenants, and of bad landlords as well as of good. Whatever fault, observes the Post, may be found with the Irish Land Bill it certainly will not be on the ground of want of comprehensiveness. In a speech of three hours' duration Mr. Gladstone, after reviewing the condition of the Irish tenant class, and the legislation which mainly contributed to create that condition, explained in detail the principles of a measure which leaves little even to the most factious to quarrel with, unless, indeed, they are prepared to ignore the fact that there are in Ireland landlords as well as tenants, and that land lords should not be placed beyond the pale of the law. Founded on principles of justice and of right, and framed with the avowed object of removing those grie vances of which the tenant class have long and justly complained,it leaves the proprietary rights of landlordswhere it finds them. Discarding not only as inequitable but as im practicable all schemes based on a creation of perpetuity of tenure, the Prime Minister sketched the broad outlines of a bill which, if it becomes law, will afford occasion for com plaint to no man prepared to accept the obligations of social existence. If the holder of land has his duties as well as his rights, it cannot, with any pretence to jus tice, be suggested that the occupier of land is not bound to fulfil correlative obligations. All that the tenant has a right to demand is that so long as he fulfils his portion of the contract he shall be rendered independent of the caprice or tyranny of his landlord ; and when, by the act of either party, the contract is brought to an end, that the tenant shall be indemnified for such improvements as, by his labour or the investment of his capital, he has effected in his holding. To establish such a relationship, and to afford such a protection, is the object of the Ministerial measure. We believe, says the Standard, that the bill is a moderate one. We may add that we conceive it to tend, on the whole, in the right direction, and to impose on the Con servative party no obligation to resist its being read a second time. At the same time we cannot but think that it interferes flagrantly, and, probably, to an unnecessary extent, with freedom of contract, and that in some respects it will be found to operate unfairly to the discouragement of improving landlords, and the encouragement of good-for-nothing tenants. It is not, however, from those who think as we do that the bill will receive the most vehement censure or the most searching criticism. If it do not satisfy opr wishes, we are free to confess that it does not realise our .fears. But what will be said of it in Ireland ? Will it be ao. cepted, as Mr. Gladstone hoped, by the tenants of that country ? Will it be regarded as a fulfilment of his own and Mr. Bright's large promises of " justice " and " re lief ?" Will it be—we do not say welcomed or even accepted, but—endured by the fiery spirits of the Dublin Conference and the various tenant right associations? Will it be approved or denounced in the chapels of those Roman Catholic clergy who have taken so mischievous a part in the last year's agitation ? Will it be a " niessa,ge of peace " or of bitter disappoint- went ? Will it conciliate or exasperate ; will it be received with grumbling acquiescence or with frantic indignation 7 These are grave question; and we cannot say that we feel any confidence that the reply will be of a satisfactory character. The Irish party were silent last night ; but their silence will not last long, and we cannot think that it is likely to be broken by a chorus of applause such as greeted the Church Bill of last year in the same quarter. We trust that, whatever Mr. Gladstone may hope, he is prepared for the worst, and that he will not shrin!: from the measures that may be necessary to protect the lives and property of loyal subjects in the midst of the ebullition of angry and vin dicti v e feeling which, as we have all along foreseen, is but too likely to follow the necessary diiappointraent of wild and extravagant anticipation.% LAW AND POLICE. A POINT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW.---011 Tuesday, Vice- Chancellor James gave a decision in a case of the guardian ship of an Italian 'Ward, Savini v. Lonsada, which raised an important issue as affecting this country and the Italian Government. Some years ago a sister of Lord Dundonald adopted an Italian child, Gabriella di Savini, and brought her up in the tenets of the Roman Catholic faith. When the lady died she entrusted the girl to the joint care of Lord Dundonald and two Italian ladies, with the understanding that her religion was not to be in fered with. After being educated at Florence the child came to England as the guest of Lord Dundonald, and shortly' afterwards it appears that an at tempt was made to proselytise her, and- change her from her national religion. The Italian courts, being pealed to by the lady gua r dians o f th e c hild, p ra y e d th e appealed to by the lady guardians of the child, prayed the lnglish Court of Chancery to interfere and have the dying intention of the former guardian carried out. The learned Vice-Chancellor decided that the child should be entrusted to the care of Lady Lothian and Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., the two English guardians named by the Italian Govern ment. THE LIMITED LIABILITY Am —An appeal has been heard in the Court of Appeal by Lord Justice Giffard from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Malins in the case of the Baglan Hall Collieries Company. The question raised was whether a company whose shares were fully paid up at the time of its formation was entitled to the advantages of the Limited Liability Act, under which it was registered. The Vice-Chancellor held that such a company was not entitled to the advantages of the Act, and that the members were liable to the creditors of the company to the full amount of their shares on which the court had a right to assume that nothing had been paid. The Lord Justice said that the articles of association stated that the shares were fully paid up, and creditors were bound by that notice, which was given to all the world. Therefore, the order of the Vice-Chancellor must be reversed. TILE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY. — Vice-Chancellor James has decided a point of some importance in connec tion with the Albert Assurance. On the 7th of August, 1865, William Cooke effected a policy on his own life for .f.:500. In September 1867 he assigned it to Mr. Edward, and the premium' were paid without interruption to August 7, 1869, when a premium, payable within thirty days became due which was never paid. On the 11th of the same month the winding-up petition was presented, Cooke was abroad and his address unknown. The question was whether Edwards was entitled to prove for the poljcy notwith standing the non-payment of the premium. The Vice- Chancellor held that the claimant was so entitled. The question of the estimated value was reserved. THE NEW DEI3TORS, Act —An application has been made, before Mr. Justice Montague Smith, at Judges' Chambers, for an order against three defendants on a promissory note, under the new Debtors' Act, for payment by instalments or commitment to prison. Several orders have been made under the new Act, whi c h seems to be working well. At present only two persons have been committed to Whitecross street Prison. Mr. Justice Smith required an affidavit as to the means of the defendants, and ordered payment by instalments in two cases. In the third case it was said the defendant could not pay, and a commitment was asked for ; but his lordship said that, under the Act, another application must be made to commit to prison. THE CHARGE OF INFANTS--A case concerning the charge of infants has just been decided by Mr. Justice Willes. A child of five years old was placed at school by her father and taken away by her mother. The father applied for a writ of habeas corpus for the restoration of his child, but the mother insisted that she should have the charge of it. Each side contended that the other was not a proper person to have charge of the child. Mr. Justice Willes took time to consider the case, and has mach an order for the child to be restored to her father. SELLING UNCLEAN SALMON.—At the Mansion House on Tuesday, a fish salesman at Billingsgate Market, named Denny, was charged by Mr. Frank Buckland, Inspector of Salmon ,fisheries, with having in his possession an unclean and unseasonable salmon. It appeared that in consequence of a telegram from Ireland. Mr. Buckland and Lord Abinger went to Billingsgate Market on Friday last, and found on the defendant's stall the salmon described as unclean and unseasonable. Mr. Buckland asked the price of it, when the defendant re plied 2s. per pound. The general price was 2s. 6d. per pound. Mr. Buckland then told him who he was, and that the fish was unclean. It was stated that on a good fish the scales were as bright as silver, but this fish was covered with sores, and was of a darkish hue, clearly showing that it was unclean. A wound on the head showed that it had been poached, and not netted or hooked in the usual way. Lord Abinger gave evidence as to the uncleanness of the fish, and Sir Robert Carden fined the defendant 205., or 21 days' imprisonment, expressing his intention to deal more severely with any future case. A YOUNG THIEF.—Mary Woodrough, a girl of 15, who stands charged with robbing a solicitor, named Brown Smith, of a gold watch and other articles, has been again brought up at the Middlesex Sessions. It was said that her father was a respectable man, and that steps would be taken to get her in a reformatory institution. Sentence was deferred until next sessions. BREAKING A FENCE.—Three girls have been fined five shillings each, by the Uxbridge magistrates, for breaking a fence. Their mothers begged for forgiveness, as they could not pay it, but the bench said they must go to prison in default. Eventually they were allowed a week to pay it in. - - THE RIGHT or WAY.—A lady, while crossing a street in the north of London met a man named Wetherell, who pushed her aside with such violence that she fell clown. He stepped over her and walked on. When summoned for an assault he said he could not move out of his way to accommodate every person who met him. He was fined £3. LONDON GAZETTE—L%st Even.ug, WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting unto Admiral Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, K.C.8., the office or place of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Liputenant of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby, G.C.8., promoted to be an Admiral of the Fleet. The Queen has also b3en pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great SeJl granting unto Admiral Sir William James 'tope Johnstone, K.C.8., the °office Or place of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of the said Sir Provo William Parry Wallis. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to promote Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Need, Ensign of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, to be Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Henry Cooke, decPascd. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Colonel the Hon. William James Colville to be Ensign of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Need, promoted. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 15. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. College of the Holy Trinity of Dublin—The Hca. David Robert Plunket, one of her Majesty's Counsel at Law, in the room of Anthony Lefroy, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or. Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. (c , - 11111' Ai • ; HER MAJESTY. The Prince and Princess of Wales drove ou yesterday. LATEST INTELLLGENO.I (REU'TER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 16 , The in3ividual who attempted to assassinate Mr. Constantin James in a railway carriage has been cundeinned to penal servitude for life. BOURSE, Feb. 15.—Three o'clock—The marke closed as follows : q per Cent. 3 per Cent End of month 73 35 Credit Mobilier 200 Transatlantic 217 50 Credit Foncier 1737 50 Paris Gas 1700 Suez Canal 337 50 RAILWA Bank Shares 2883 Ital'an Fives b4 GO Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 324 Do. Debt 44 30 Spanish Threes Rome Debt — Deferred — Cash_ Orleans Western Northern Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean 616} Sardinian Austrian Lombard so2} North of Spain Saragossa Roman 4s} AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Feb. 15. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1191 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 120 ; the lowest, 119 f. Sterling Exchange on London lO9l. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 llBl. lt " 1885 ll4. lc " 1867 ll3l. 10-40 1121. Illinois Erie 2sg. Cotton—Mill. upland 2sc. Petroleum --Standard White Flour, extra state, $4.90c. to $5.50c. Corn, mixed, sl.6c. According to Messrs. Moffatt, 'llavidis, and Co.'s report the receipts of cotton for the last four days, at all ports, have been 54,000 bales; shipments to England, 28,000 bales; to France, 2,000 bales; and to the Continent, 6,000 bales. Middling Upland, 11d., freight and cost pel steamer. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 16. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Saxonia, from Havannah, on the 29th January, put in here this morning short of coal. She landed part of her passengers, and will proceed to-morrow morning for Southampton. CANADA. OTTAWA, Feb. 14. His Royal Highness Prined Arthur arrived here late this evening in order to be present at the cere mony of the Gpeuing of Parliament, which takes place to-morrow. The journey hither of the Prince has been tern porarily delayed by a severe snow-storm. His Royal Highness was received without cere mony, but met with an enthusiastic welcome. OTTAWA, Feb. 15. In presence of H. R. H. Prince Arthur the third session of the Dominion Parliament was opened by Sir John Young, Governor-General, to-day. Dur. ing the ceremony the Prince occupied a chair on the right of his Excellency. in his opening speech the Governor-General said they had great cause for thankfulness in an abundant harvest and the pro ductiveness of the fisheries. He congratulated the Parliament on the extension of existing industries and on the commencement of new enterprises open ing large sections of the country to traffic, and on the improvement of commerce giving increased em ployment to the public. His Excellency regretted that unfortunate mis apprehensions had led to grave complications in the north-west territory, but hoped for an early, peace ful solution of the difficulties, and the Confederation of that country with Canada. He said that a new Act for, the government of the Territory would be introduced this session. Measures would also be proposed for the regulation of banking transactions and the currency, and-to' decide upon a uniform electoral law throughout the provinces forming the Confederation. Bills to regulate the coasting trade and to establish a Supreme Court of Appeal would also be laid before the House. Ilia Excellency said that provision was required to be made to effect the usual decennial census of the population in 1871, and the arrangements being made for that purpose included the whole of the British possessions in North America. In warm terms his Excellency referred to the loyalty of the people, displayed by their voluntary enrolment of the required Militia contingent, and their prompt response to the call when the country was threatened by Fenian disturbances. Sir John Young had witnessed with satisfaction the efforts made promptly to foster immigration, and with a view to this public works were in pro gress, which would afford additional scope for the employment of immigrant labourers. Referring to his late visit to the various pro vinces, in company with his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, his Excellency concluded by asserting that on those occasions evidence was afforded of the general contentment and happiness of the people. ITALY. FLORENCE, Feb. 15. The rumours which were yesterday circulated in the Paris Bourse that it was the intention of the Government to increase the tax on the Italian Rentes are entirely devoid of foundation. OSBORNE, Feb. 15. The Queen drove out this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. A preliminary proceeding (instruction) on the charge of homicide brought against Prince Bona parte was terminated to-day. The decision of the Court of Judiciary will be given on Saturday next. WEST INDIES. PLYMOUTH, Feb. IG. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Atrato, from the West Indies, &c., anchored off here at midnight. She brings 10 adult saloon pas sengers, $400,000 in specie, 30'.) packages of bark, 700 bags of cocoa, 100 rolls of tobacco, and 300 packages of sundries. The Oneida, with the outward Brazil and River Plate mails of the 9th inst., arrived at Lisbon on the morning of the 14th, and proceeded in the afternoon for Brazil. She bad experienced very bad weather during the voyage from Southampton. INDIVIDUAL DLSIIONESTY CO-EXISTING WITII 'UGH NATIONAL CREDIT. (From the Anglo-American Times.) When English newspapers and mercantile men turn up their eyes in horror at the proceedings of Fist( and GOULD, and point disdainfully to the United States as tainted by the dishonesty thus pel" witted, it is natural to inquire if they are saints who have loaded themselves with stones to throw at the reprobate. It is then with surprise the inquirer perceives that mass of corruption seething in the me tropolis of England, which cas!s all the New York proceedings into the shade. Pour upon them a true light, and these saints assume the deep-dyed hue of sinners ; hypocritical, mean, lying thieves, in comparison with whom FISK'S daring, open, auda cious attacks on the community are like the pro ceedings of a CLAUDE DU Vat s as contrasted with those of what is called in America " a sneak thief," a pickpocket, or a swell-mobsman. We ask any of our readers to glance through the Law Reports of the daily papers, and they cannot fail to obtain some insight into the horrors which otherwise have been carefully cloaked by the press. There is scarcely a family in England that had moderate means at its command at the commencement of the decade now closing, which have not been victimized in . a greater or lesser degree by the dishonesty of their country men. The ruin wrought may be estimated by get ting au idea of the number of Joint Stock Com panies which have disastrously failed, as well as those still dragging on a miserable and unprofit able existence. Many of the latter are given in the daily lists published, more especially that headed " Miscellaneous." In the figures there represented scores of millions sterling are shown to have disap peared, but beyond that, the coast is strewn with innumerable wrecks, the waifs and strays from which are constantly turning up in the Courts with the name, of what once appeared in its possessor's eyes a noble ship, branded on the pieces. And how was it that these rotten concerns, these crazy, unwholesome craft were freighted with all this gold, and precious lives as well ? Here it is that we come to the nightmare of dishonesty revealed by the fraud panic —a dishonesty which has so stricken English credit at home that men have lost their faith in each other, that the word of a gentleman is now a scoff, while even the bond of a merchant, if it can be evaded, is regarded as little better. Al though the press is silent, society is pierced with the crimes ; and the belief is now general that no men, however honourable may be their character or high their social standing, can be trusted to tell the plain truth, while on a Joint-Stock board. Their • morality is simply this, that if FISK and GOULD lie and cheat in their, corporate capacity, they are justi fied ; but if they lie and cheat in their individual capacity they deserve censure. There appears to be no notion of a code of honour in a board of direction, nor any limit to the latitude it allows itself. It is necessary to misrepresent with a skill almost scientific, successfully to float a bubble coin pany, yet they were launched in England literally in hundreds, and worked with a disregard of the interests of the shareholders, which, if the vice and recklessness were fully revealed, would appal the world. The English press has managed to rivet at tention on that affair of OVEREND-GURNEY, and then to gloss over the whole, by dwelling on the strong points of the defence and the failure of the attempt to punish the undeniable fraud therein committed, the innocent and the guilty being huddled together through iaexperience in a confusion fatal to the pro secution. But OVEREND-GURNEY is a mere incident, a prominent spec in the huge stsin, though not the blackest. It is true that a company in hepelessiosol veucy frattiulently transferred the weight of its debts on shareholders who implicitly trusted in the honour of a great name. Bat there were hund reds of worse cases, though none more disastrous in the amount of the ruin wrought. In railways, in finance companies, in banking, manufacturing, hotel and other build ings, in shopkeeping, in farm-producing, and indeed in every conceivable form, the public were merci lessly plundered. The names of the directors ranged from the occupier of a suburban semi-detached villa up to an earl in his mansion in Belgravia. The financial forecasts of the Credit Foncier of England were signed by a Right Honourable as Governor. Nearly every such concern floated had for its keel au M.P. The well-known City men, suggestive of heavy money bags for ballast, were conspicuous as the figure-head, fools supplied the ribs, and they were covered with a planking of knaves. False glasses were put into the hands of the public to give a seeming substance to the phantom ship, and all were invited to partake in the gains of a prosperous voyage. The illusion was complete, for was not the eloquent member at the bottom, the well-known financier at the prow, and the skilful pilot at the wheel ? These things were constructed and sent off, freighted with that portion of the fortunes of fa milies which the trusted promoters did not manage to steal before the ship was under way ; the rest went where most of its projectors knew it would go—to the bottom—with bits to be cast up along the coast as prey for the lords of the manor, repre sented by another set of thieves. This may appear strong language, but it is too well known through out England for contradiction ; and though men are silent in public, in private, from one end of the country to the other, the curses are loud and deep. Yet what has English law done to punish the guilty or to protect hereafter the wool again growing on those sheep that were shorn,not flayed,by the thieves? Not an effectual move has been made, nor could be made, for the veriest thief of the lot had the law on his side. Judges strongly censured some atrocious cases when the facts were revealed, but the victims were on the register of shareholders, and therefore had to pay. Sometimes the frauds by which the names had been inserted came out in glaring co lours, but seldom did any person on that account escape. There was, however, one case the other day which concerned two gentlemen, and it may be taken as a sample of how these things were done. Two officers of the British army, belonging to a well known Club, met on its steps. "I want you," said one who had drifted into company-concoction, "to lend me your signature ;" and the other, who be lieved he was addressing a man of great wealth, wil lingly complied, supposing that he required him to act as a witness. A dozen blank transfer certificates were placed before " the innocent," who scratched his name on all as directed, and thought nothing more about the matter. Happily for him the sig nature was a scratch,' for in vain the attempt was made to decipher his Christian names, and they were wrongly entered on the list for the shares he had unwittingly secured. When applied to for the heavy calls resulting from the disastrous failure of the company he indignantly denied ever having possessed a share, but his astonishment was in creased by the bundle of certificates showing a whole series of applications with his undeniable signa ture. A transfer, however, requires a witness to its execution, and here transpired another little epi sode in the plot—there was the signature testifying that the document had been signed and sealed in that person's presence, who, when questioned, acknowledged that he was in the habit of thus at testing a signature. Had the name been entered correctly on the register, the weight of the failure would have fallen in ruin on the officer, yet this case was never alluded to in the press, because such are so common, and all so much desire to reach the end of that terrible period of stagnation which has told alike against capital, enterprise, and industry. Now no one will deny that the National credit of England is the best, while the foregoing assertions cannot be contradicted ; hence our conclusion, that a natien may have a vast number of rascals in the c)mmunity, yet earn and retain high national cre dit, and what can the 7 imes say in answer ? Per hays that the English cheat each other, not fo reigners, who have no right to criticise, as they are not asked for any loan nor to invest in any British securities, a distieetion to which we are alive, but it does not diituib our argument. 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