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The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is unequalled for mag nitude, variety, and cheapness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all climates, with every re quisito for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Pat terns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON, Ready made and Bespoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Wool tendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all classes. E. BIOS ICS and SON'S Est .blishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SCN: LONDON: GORNEP. OF 3IINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAI LWAY. WARWICK RACES, March 22, 23, and 24. The following Service of EXPRESS TRAINS for LEAMING TON leave Euston (Week Days only): 1&2 1& 2 1&2 1,2,&3 1& 2 1& 2 Exp. Exp. Exp - - Leave a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. aM. a.m. Euston. Arrive Leamington (Avenue) 961084 12 40 1 4 1 4 2 4 Ditto ( rillverton) 913 10 40 12 35 1 8 1 8 2.0 1& 2 1& 2 1,2,& 3 1& 2 1& 2 Exp. Exp. Leave p.m. p.m. p m pm. p.m. Euston Arrive Leamington (Avenue) 315 537 749 749 9 5 Ditto (Milverton) 31 , 544 755 755 9 0 Trains in connection at Willesden Junction leave Victoria, Ken- Trains in connection at Willesden .11 sin„crton, and Broad-street (City). For full particulars as to Return Trai W. CAWR' Eaton Station, March, 1870. [no, &c., W ELL, see Handbil General Ilan Is. ager. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. ST. ALBANS STEEPLECHASES, Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26. CHEAP EXCURSION TICKETS for ST. ALBANS will be issued from Euston Station on both days of the Races at 10.30 and 11.30 a.m., and Chalk Farm at 0.35 and 11.35 a.m., returning from St. Albans at 6.0 p.m. each evening. Trains in connection at Willesden Junction will leave Broid street (City), Dalston Junction, Highbury, Victoria (Pimlico), Ken sington, and Uxbridge-road. k For further particulars see Bills. W. CAWKWET.T., General Manager. Euston Station, March, 1870. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.— Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GO§NELL. and'CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent ( hemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. 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Arttee say that " Although the different offices which once were concerned with the administratin of the army are now placed under one re sponsible Minister (the system and want of trust) remains, and both within the walls of the War Office itself, and more especially between the War Office and the Horse Guards, the habit is still to prefer a system of unnecessary check, double labour, and divided responsibility, to one of well de fined responsibility, simplicity, and reasonable confi dence." It is satisfactory to be told on the same authority, that "as soon as the necessary arrange ments can be made the administration of the army will be conducted under one roof." It is on this supposition that they have based their recommenda tions. - ' t These recommendations refer to the three princi pal departments of the army business—the Military, the Control (or Supply), and the Financial. The first of these concerns the discipline of the forces, appointments, promotions, and the military command in Great Britain. These duties are entrusted to the officer who is usually called the Commander-in- Chief, though that office is really held by the Queen, and the proper style and title of her representative is the Officer Commanding-in-Chief. It is strongly recommended that this officer shouldnot be connected with the political parties of the day, a rule which has been common for many years past, and which has its advantages. At the same time these are not without some counterbalancing disadvantages. If the distributors of patronage are politicians they are responsible for its) distribution to Par liament. The Board of Admiralty, for instance, is a political body, and - whatever may have been the case in former times, it cannot now be said that corn misions in the navy are given as the reward of past or prospective political support. In fact the country would not submit to such an abuse of patronage. On the other hand, where patronage is in the bestowal of an irresponsible officer, he is apt to bestow it upon personal friends, or, at all events, to be unduly influ enced by social and aristocratic considerations. Tho military department of the army would be entrusted with the discipline and the organization of the reserve forces. At present though these are three times as numerous as the regular army, there is no connec tion between them. A consolidation will make them all available for united action. The second department owes its origin to Lord Strathnairn's committee. It is that which has to deal with the control of the finances and stores. One important question which Lord Northbrook's committee had to decide was, if this Control Department should take charge of the munitions of war, as well as of other stores. There was some strong evidence in favour of constituting a separate ordnance department, but the balance of evidence was in favour of unification ; and the committee were espe cially moved to recommend only one department by the consideration, urged with much force by several witnesses, that a division of responsibility would be embarrassing, and might be disastrous in the field. Lastly, there is the Finance Department; and in o rder to render this more efficient the com mittee strongly advise the appointment of additional Parliamentary advisers to the Secretary of State. They point out how inadequately the army is repre sented in Parliament as compared with the navy. All the Lords of the Admiralty may have seats in Par liament and also the Secretary. The Committee recommend that as the Secretary of . State cannot possibly attend to all financial questions, he should have a subordinate officer to assist him, and that this officer should be in Parliament. Further, the chief of the Control Department should be eligible for Parliament. But inasmuch as his duties require special training and knowledge it would be unfortu nate if that quaification were sacrificed to any poli tical necessities, and it would suffice therefore if, like the naval members of the Board of Admiralty, he were eligible for Parliament without requiring him to be a. member of that body. Altogether these recommendations ream well timed and to the purpose. It is to be hoped that thou may efiect a very substan tial reform in the administration of the army. There i s a b un dorif. need of it. THE THEATRES, &c. DatritY-LANt—M Sohn, Phobns's Fix. At Eight, Peep o' Day ADELPHI.—At Seven, FT Precious Betsy. 'fhe Prompter's Box. Whitebait at Greenwich. HAYmArticxx—At Seven. An Alarming Sacrifice. At 7.40, Our American Cousin. And Shocking Events. LYccum—At 7.30, Twenty Minutes with a Tiger. At 8.15, Chilperic OLYMPIC—At Seven, Little Em'ly. The Princess PainEss's—At Seven, Your Life's in Danger. Paul Lafarge. A Dark Night's Work GAIETY—At Seven, The Happy Village. At 7.45, The First Night At Nine, Uncle Dick's D a rling QUERN'S—At Seven, Quick March. At 8.15, 'Twist Axe and Crown TRAND—At Seven, Sisterly Service. Widow's Weeds. Ino . _ ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, She Stoops to Conquer. At 9.15, La Belle Sauvage. An Unhappy Pair PRINCE OF WlLEs's—At Eight, School. Dearest Mamma. Quite by Accident GLOBE—At Seven, Whitebait at Greenwich. At Eight, Philomel The Goose with the Golden Eggs WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 9; Saturday Main . _ ings at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s. CERISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TUSSAIID'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, Gd. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, Open daily(except Sundays). Admission. is. on Mrndays, 6d. Children under twelve, Gd. °W4JIZ -14-4t1441k kb LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1870. THE Emperor has taken another step towards " crowning the edifice." He has become so en amoured of constitutional government that he thinks he cannot have too much of it. So he has addressed a letter to his chief Minister, in which he says that he thinks it expedient to adopt all the reforms required by the Constitutional Government of the Empire, so as to puVan end to the immoderate desire for change which prevails in certain minds. Perhaps the owners of these "certain minds " will declare that the Emperor has himself shown that they were not immoderate by granting them one after another the reforms which they have been urging for many a year. He has just granted another, and this is not to be the last. By the Constitution of January 14, 1852, there were established five powers in the State—the Executive, represented solely by the Emperor; the Ministers, nominated solely by the Emperor ; a Coun cil of State preparing laws under the direction of the Ministers; a legislative body nominated by universal suffrage, and entrusted with the duty of discussing and voting laws ; and "a second assembly, formed of eminent men, acting as a moderating power, the guardian of the Constitution and of the liberties of the nation." This lastbody was the Senate, and was to be nominated by the Emperor, and to be composed of cardinals, marshals and admirals, and a number of other members, not exceeding 150 in number, nominated by the Emperor. Each member held his post for life, with a salary of £1,200 per annum. No vote of the Legislative Assembly was effective without the sanction of the Senate. It was the especial duty of the Senate to oppose the promulgation of all laws contrary to the constitution, religion, public morals, freedom of conscience, individual liberty and equality of all citizens before the law. Changes in the funda mental laws of the realm might be proposed by the Senate, with the concurrence of the Ministers, and when such modifications had been approved by the Emperor they were called Senatus-Consulte. Last year the Emperor allowed the Corps Legis latif to share with the Senate the power of initiating legislation. A further step is to be taken now. The Emperor promises not only to " divide the legisla lative power between the two Chambers," but also to " restore to the nation that portion of consti tuent power it had delegated to me." In other words, as we infer, the Senate will henceforth be an elected body, and the constitution of France will to that extent resemble the constitution of the United States. Nor is this all. The Emperor intimates that he has not yet come to the end of his concessions. There are other gifts in store. This is well. It is a peaceful revolution instead of the bloody and violent one that a few months ago seemed inevitable. The Bonapartists are showing that they are not like the Bourbons. They can forget, and they can learn Tort several months past the War Office has been in a state of perpetual committee. Lord Strathnairn't was the first to sit and report, and its example ha► just been followed by Lord Northbrook's. This latter committee consisted at first of Lord North brook, Under Secretary of War, Mr. Stansfeld, the third Lord of the Treasury; and Mr. Anderson, also of the Treasury. Subsequently, Lieut.-General Sir E. Lugard joined the trio. The results of the labours of these four gentlemen have been made known within the last few days. They did, indeed, make a first and a second report some time ago ; but it is the third report which contains the fullest information. Never theless, the three may be taken as one document, and from the three we gather the opinions of the committee, and also of the many distinguished witnesses whom they examined, as to the defects of the present system, and the remedies which they would propose. The committee strike at the root of the evil ix. their first report. They say that there are twc totally different conceptions of financial control between which it will be necessary to choose before entering upon the question of departmental organisa• tion. The first and traditional theory is that ad ministrative departments are to be distrusted, watched, and checked, and the function of finance is, from this point of view, confined to watching, criticising, and checking the expendi ture. The practical tendency of such a theory is towards the creation of twin rival antagonistic powers. The Administrative branch seeking to spend, the Financial branch to check, expenditure, economy and efficiency are at war. The result is a never-ending routine and costly delay; a general disposition to avoid all responsibility, and to shift it to the shoulders of others ; and a framing of the army estimates in a most unsatisfactory manner, inasmuch as they aro put forward without any sufficient sense of responsibility for financial results, ultimately to be cut down to suit the financial exigencies of the time The other theory of financial control involves the union of finance and administration, so that financial considerations may attend and determine adminis trative policy from its rinception, as well m control it during its progress, and re view it in anticipation of each new financial year Wre need hardly say that it is the first theory which has prevailed hitherto, and that it is the second whici Lord Northbrook and his colleagues recommend for our adoption. There is ample room for the application of their principle in all parts of the administration of the army departments. For instance there are at the present time no fewer than 7Th persons engaged in the administration, and they cost us the respectable sum of just under a quarter of a million a year. This is by far the largest staff, in proportion to the numerical strength of the army, which exists in any country of Europe, and probably it is the most inefficient. The com- THE DIVISION LAST NIGHT. The division in the House of Commons last night on the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act was almost as great a farce as that on the Irish Land Bill. The minority of thirteen was composed of—Sir Patrick O'Brien, King's co. ; Mr. Bryan, Kil kenny Co.; Mr. Maguire, Cork city ; Mr. Heron, Tipperary co. ; Mr. Digby, Queen's; co. ; Mr. 111‘Carthy Downing, Cork co. ; Sir John Gray, Kil kenny city ; Mr. MiMahon, New Ross ; Mr. Bag well, Clonmel; Mr. Alderman Carter, Leeds ; Mr. Matthew Peter D'Arcy, Wexford co. ; Mr. Denis Maurice O'Conor, Roscommon ; and Mr. Synan, Limerick co. The tellers were Mr. Moore, Mayo, and Mr. Callan, Dundalk. THE LAND BILL. At the meeting of Irish members it was resolved " that Government must be asked to- define more thoroughly the tenant-right clauses of the Land Bill." It was also agreed that Mr. Johnston's amendment on the first clause, that tenants of hold ings subject to the Ulster custom shall be entitled, on foregoing their right, to claim compensation under the other provisions, fulfilled all the re quirements of the position, and consequently the Liberal Irish members will support that definition. The next elections at the Reform Club are antici pated with much interest. The blac:balling party, it is said, aro preparing to make a great demonstration against one of the candidates, and a keen contest is likely to ensue. Three candidates are already mentioned for the seat vacant at Newark, by Mr. Denison's death—namely, Mr. Philip Handle, Mr. H. P. Bristowe, Q.O , and Mr. Moffatt. The . Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Friday next to receive a deputation from the Anti-Income Association. The deputation will meet at the Westminster Palace Hotel at two o'clock and proceed to Downing-street, where Mr. Lowe will receive them precisely at 3 o'clock. The nomination at Bris'ol is fixed for Saturday next. The poll (if necessary) will be token on Monday. It is reported that objection will be taken to the sufficiency of the security tendered by recognizance, in the matter of the Waterford election petition ; and that an appli cation will be made to change the place of the trial from the city of Waterford to the city of Kil kenny. Summonses have been issued for a Cabinet Coun cil on Saturday next, at the Premier's official residence in Downing-street. There is a probability that the Appellee Jurisdic tion Bill, which was read a second time in the House of Lords on Friday, will bo p' stponcd for the present session. The temperature in London has fallen 15 degrees since yesterday. Shortly after five o'clock this morning a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. C. B. Stamp, chemist, 29, High-street, Hampstead. The back rooms on the ground and first floors, and the front and back rooms on the second and third floors, wore nearly burned out, and most part of the roof was burned off ; the rest of the house and the con tents were severely damagdd. The cause of the fire is un known. The premises and couteuts vsß.re insured in the Guardian Office. Cari,ain Shaw, of the London Fire Brigade, has recovered ircm his injuric3. Bombay proposes to creel ti new Sailors' Homo as a lasting memorial of th 3 llul (..e. Edinburgh's visit. The Bristol oxpecel take place either on Sat: clay or Monday, The House of Coninions v;:I1 proiali7y aljourn for the Easter ly. - -dicla,ys on 12th April. There are still in the Loudon Fever Hospital nearly 200 cases of relapsing fever. Sir Stafford and Lady Northcot,_ , , it is expected, will leave for Canada on Thursday next. _ graigo,s ("Ar . (tart 01111111 Ar IIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 22. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday after noon. Her Majesty left Windsor by special train this day at five minutes before 1i o'clock for 13tc ngharn Palace. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, March 23. • The Sub-Prefect of the Department and the Imperial Procurator, and a detachment of troops arrived yesterday evening at Cruezot. M. Schneider also left yesterday for Creuzot. Before his departure he had an interview with the Emperor. The leader of the par.ie3 who organised the strike is M. Assy, and the movement appears entirely of a political character. BOURSE, March 22.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 2820 Ital'an Fives .55 90 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 46 25 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred ...... Cash Orleans ... 1005 Western Northern Strasburg .. 6l2k Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 630 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman.. I} per Cent. 3 per Cents 74 End of month 73 77f Credit Mobilier 285 Transatlantic 205 Credit Foncier 1295 Paris Gas 1787 50 Suez Canal 341 - RAILWA' ITALY. 800 5011 70 FLORENCE, March 22. A Ministerial decrEe orders the establisbm?nt of cadres of the Marine Staff. General Robilant has been appointed Prefect at Ravenna, as successor to General Escoffier, lately as4ssivated. PORTUGAL. LISBON, March 22. Warrior has just arrived, and the rest of die squadron is expected shortly, having left Fayal in consequence of bad weather. The Warrior was sent in advance, having one case of smallpox on board. The squadron has no tidings whatever of the City of Boston. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, March 22. The Inman steamship City cf Brussels arrived out to-day at 10 a.m. All well. She experienced westerly winds throughout the voyage. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1121 ; the highest quotation during the day was 1121 ; the lowest, 1121. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 1867 1051 140 10-40 Illinois .. Erie 24 Cotton—Mid. upland 23c Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, $t 70c. to $5 30c. mice I, $1 3c Corn—Old According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and Co.'s report the receipts of cotton at all ports, for the last four dip!, have been 30,000 bales. Shipments to England, 20,000 bales ; to France, 7,000 bales ; and to the Continent, 5,000 bales. Middling Upland, 10 7-16, cost and freight per steamer. PORTLAND, March 22. The Allan steamship Prussian arrived out to day. SYDNEY, Feb. 28. The Aberdeen clipper ship Patriarch arrived here in sixty-seven days from England, being the quickest passage on record. ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND. T'4.e eighth report of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund has been presented to Parliament. It is the first report of the Commissioners appointed under the supplementary commission of March 1868. They state that :—" Much misapprehension prevails as to the application of the fund, which was intended only for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who were killed in the Russian war, although by a liberal interpretation relief had been extended to others. During the year 1868, the sum of £516 4s. 9d. was received from Cambridge as a centribution making the total amount to the 31st of December, 1868, £1,460,718 6s. 2d. Of that capital £668,071 was expended in the purcnase of annuities : £46,000 in purchasing certain rights of presentation ; £218,073 was appropriated to the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, to pro vide for the maintenance of 300 orphan girls : and £25,000 was set aside to accumulate for the purpose of a boys' school. The capital now remaining amounts to £509,340, which produces an annual income of £22,370, in addition to which £32,478 is derived from annuities. The present expenditure for allowances to widows and for the maintenance and education of orphans is in excess of the income, and will be so for two or three years. There were 261 girls in the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum on the 30th of June, 1869, and fresh admissions are taking place,. so as to bring the number up to the 300 for which it was designed. The school at Barnet has been closed, owing diminu tion the in the number of boys. There were in April, 1869, according to the report of Mr. Finlaison, 1,124 widows drawing the full pension, and 1,861 who were on the half pension list. The yearly charge on the fund for them is 228763. In addition to this the officers widows receive £5,923 10s. The charge on account of the orphan children is £18,882, and for extras and management £7,560. The total income is short of the expenditure by R. 5,992." THE TRANSFER OF LAND. The Lord Chancellor's bill to facilitate the transfer of land has been issued. The first part relates to the regis tration of the title without the interference of the Court, and provides that any person who has contracted to buy an estate in fee simple in land, or any p erson entitled for his own benefit at law or in equity to any such an estate; or any person capable, either alone or with the consent of other persons , of disposing by way of absolute sale of an estate, whether subject or not to incumbrances, may apply to be registered as proprietor, provided that in the case of incumbered land the encum brancer consent to the application. The registration of any first proprietor of land shall confer on the person so registered an estate in fee simple in such land, t oge th er with all rights and privileges. The common-law liabilities of land are not to be deemed incumbrances within the meaning of this act. The second part provides that judicial sales may be made by the court of the fee simple of land. A judicial title maybe given to the purchaser, and the court will distri butithe purchase-money. Every registered proprietor of land may in a prescribed manner transfer such land or any part thereof ; and upon due transfer being complete& the registrar shall enter the name of the transferee as pro prietor of the land, but until such entry is made the transferor shall be deemed to remain proprietor of the land. Upon completion of the registry of the transferee the registrar shall deliver to him a land certificate ; he shall also, in cases where part only of the land is sold, deliver to the transferor a land certificat e , containing a description O of the lands retained by hi m . n the death of the sole registered proprietor, or of the survivor of several regis tered proprietors of any land, such person shall be regis tered in the place of the deceased proprietor or proprietors as may, on the amrlication of any person interested in the land, be appointed by the court. There are similar provi sions relating to bankruptcy, and to the marriage of a 1 .---uale proprietor. The King of Prussia is reported to have said at a recent soiree to several gentlemen who were standing near him, "My son is in favour of abolishing capital punish ment, and at a later time he can settle the question as he Pikes; but as long as I have anything to say in the matter there will be no such ",Volition." The ..Eug/islvizan, speaking of the ma7nificent re ception given to the Duke of Edinburgh at Lahore, says that at a State dinner the Duke's piper treated his guests to a concert on his bagpipes after dinner. He played magnificently, which means that his music was more diabolical than any fifty snake-charmers all playing together, - MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. NEWARK. The death of Mr. Denison loaves a vacancy for Newark, which at the last election returned two Liberals, Mr, Grosvenor Hodgkinson and Mr. Denison scoring 1,089 to 1,017 respectively, against 825 given to Mr. Handley. At the general election of 1865 Mr. Hodgkinson and Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton, a moderate Liberal, were returned without a contest. The Duke of Newcastle had con siderable influence in the borough. Mr. Denison was a very young man. He was born in 1840, and his la: presents no event of moment, but he was one of the most promising members of the House of Commons. TIIE BRIDGWATER PROSECUTION. A Special jury in the Nisi Prius Court at Taunton will on Friday open the trial of Dr. Kinglake, Mr. Vanderbyl and Mr. Fenell, for conspiring to corrupt the electors of Bridgwater at the last election. Forty witnesses have been subpoenaed, and it is expected the trial will be a lengthy one; but its duration will be materially influenced by the decision of the question whether witnesses who have received certificates of indemnity are bound to answer questions tending to criminate themselves, or whether the certificates pre clude entirely any proceedings whatever. being taken egainst them. Ten days are allotted • for the judges to sit at Taunton. The Attorney-General will lead for the Crown, and Sir J. B. Karslake, Q. 0., for the defend ants. THE BEVERLEY BRIBERY PROSECUTION. The proceedings instituted by the Attorney- General against Sir henry Edwards and his agent (Mr. Burrell) for complicity in corrupt practices at the Beverley election have broken down, for the present at least, in a remarkable manner. It is stated that the Attorney-General discovered just in time that a jury panel had been so ingeniously drawn as to render a conviction in the highest degree improbable. It was proposed to entrust the decision in Sir Henry . Edwards's case to a strong partisan on his side in politics, who was examined before the Beverley Election Commission, three or four Conserva tives connected with the most active solicitor and electioneering agent on the same side in tha borough, and to a gentleman whose son was proved to have deposited in the Beverley Bank a large sum used in bribery for the defendant. This is a curious consummation, if the statement be correct, for York shire justice. It is now expected that the case will be tried in London. OUR RELATIONS WITH CANADA. At a recent debate in Canada Sir A. Galt, a states.. man of ability and position, made a somewhat startling announcement. He had been offered a baronetcy, he said, but he thought it his duty to state that he held views in favour of the independence of Canada, which in other words, says the Pall Mall Gazette, means its annexation to the United States. His reasons for declining the offer were forwarded in writing to our Colonial Secretary, and now, having received his answer, Sir A. Galt tells the Canadian Legislature that they may assume that he has accepted the proferred honour. This, says the Pall Mall Gazette demands an explanation from Lord Granville. It is impossible to suppose that Sir A. Galt could have sold himself for a trumpery title or a bit of ribbon ; we are therefore led to suppose that Lord Granville's letter to him contained views important to the country, but of which it has as yet heard nothing. Mr. Monsell has said in the House of Commons that this correspondence was of a private nature, and could not be produced. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS. The loyal Commission appointed to inquire into the existence and value of papers and manuscripts throughout the country, which might be ser viceable for the elucidation of history and other subjects, has published its first report. It is gratifying to find that the Commission has been fully appreciated and well received by per sons possessing valuable documents. Of course, no publication of private papers has taken place with out the knowledge and consent of the owners. Many collections, whose existence was hitherto unknown, have been brought to light. The list of nobles and commoners who have proffered their assistance is very considera ble, and as one collection, the "Hatton." fills of itself no fewer than thirteen large chests, it may be pre- . framed that the gentlemen appointed to dive into them have had their work well cut out. The Public Rec ord-office, too, has been utilised. Lord 'AI acclesfield,s possessions in this line are good, and under the unpro mising heading of "Law Paper's" in the Phelips' collection at Montacute House, in Somersetshire, there was found a number of documents relating to the Gunpowder Plot. These papers were quite un known to the proprietor, and probably have not been seen by any member of the family since they were tied up in 1612. BEcnEanoN OF THE PEOPLE, The select committee appointed: to inquire whether it is in the power of Parliament to provide, or of the House of Commons to recommend, further facilities for promoting the healthful recreation and improvement of the people, have published their report. The committee state that they have considered the questions submitted to them under two aspects : first, whether facilities can be afforded to the people at large for visiting public institutions on week-day evenings without injury to the buildings or their con tents ; secondly, whether, if such facilities were afforded, they would avail themselves of them in sufficient numbers to justify the increased expendi ture that would be incurred. With reference to the first point, the committee submit that the National Gallery and portions of the British and other public museums could safely be visited in the evening , if proper precautions were taken against fire. The experiment, : they observe, has been made at Kensington without the slightest, complaint, either as to the effects of the lighting or the behaviour of the visitors. The fact that this museum is most diffi cult of access to the working classes, and that during the last three y e ars up war ds of half a million of persons have visited it in the evening, they con sider is a sufficient proof that the public would avail themselves of an extension of the privilege. The committee therefore advise the opening of such insti tions three evenings a week from seven until ten. NEWSPAPERS FOR ABROAD. Our readers will have noticed a striking act of liberality on the part of the present Liberal Ministry. Hitherto it has been allowable to send abroad a newspaper packet of four ounces for a penny, ir respective of the number of newspapers it contained. Henceforth each newspaper, no matter how light it may be, will be deemed a separate packet, and if it weigh but one ounce will cost as much for postage as if it weighed four. Surely this retrograde move ment is unjust. It is unjust because it classes the heavy papers with the light, and burdens the cheaper ones with an impost which they are unable to bear. If the Post-office professes to carry four ounces for a certain rate, it is merely keeping the word of pro mise to the ear to add a condition which will exclude the vast majority of newspapers from the benefit of such a tariff. Nor is the measure less impolitic. At a time when all other countries are lowering their postal rates, and when cheap carriage for printed matter is becoming the rule all over the world, it cannot be advantageous to British i n t erests to so restrict the spread of intelligence. "MIGHT AND GIBRALTAR' ne Spanish papers are rema r k a bl e f or th e ir great admiration of England, and th e Sp an i s h Radical papers are characterised by much enthusiasm for English Radicals. But it V is to be regretted that the press of the peninsula goes the length of libelling its heroes, as the Iberia undoubtedly does in inibl.sh ing aMalaga telegram, saying that Mr. Bright has promised to restore Gib ra lt ar t o Spain. Of course it s is hardly within th e b oun d s o f possibility that the President of the Board of Trade can have done any such thing. It i s no t w ithin the functions of any . Minister to p rom i se a surrender of British territory, and it i s no t w ithin Mr. Bright 's function/ to receive any overtures on the subject. THE MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN AND MR. LEATHAM. The Marquis of Lothian writes to the Times in re ply to the attacks which he considers Mr. Leathaur has unfairly made upon him in the House of Com mons. The remarks of Mr. Leatham wele made in reference to Irish evictions, and the lion. member instanced the case of a gentleman who held a lease under the Marquis of Lothian for nineteen years, which the latter declined to renew. His lordship, in explanation, Says that the gentleman to whom Mr. Leatham referred had the lease according to a cusoin which is almost universal in the part of Scotland With which he has to do. The reason that term has been fixed on, be states, is that it has been by common co:i sent of all parties considered sufficient to give the tenant a return for any money he may have laid out on his holding, _ Lord; Lothian _contends, therefore. tux& it is no more an ;Icy GI tyranny wan it " West-End proprietor were to refuse to renew the lease of a house. The reasons his lordship sub mits might be good or bad, but a Belgravian house holder, forced to change his domicile, would .bard'h be thinks, be held up to the House of Commons for sympathy as an evictel tenant. CONSCIENCE MONEY. It seems that people were accustomed to consult the late Mr. Keble on " cases of conscience," and numerous letters which he a dd resse d t o th em on th ese o ccasions are to be published. The Pull Mall Gazette speculates on the chance of our finding out whether thcsa repentant sinners who send the Chancellor of the Exchequer " conscience money," ever previously consulted Mr. Keble. The letters written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the remittances, might form a valuable addition to the volunie. What we see acknowl e dg e d. in the Times, is nothing to what i s ac t ua ll y received and acknowledged privately. Some years ag° £5,000 was paid in one sum by a person wh ose sons had defrauded the revenue. Payments of £loo° are not uncommon, and sometimes sovereigns are dropped loose into the letter-box in Downing-street . The Pall Mall Gazette discourages this fashion. The money often comes from lunatics, who only rob their own families .in fancying they have defrauded the Government. We never hear of ruined families receiving conscience-money from the promoters of public companies. Consciences are only sensitive a 3 regards the Exchequer. • MAGISTERIAL WIT. • The Daily News, not wishing to let the brilliant l o u-:;f the. Imagtorates of the Metropolitan Police courts lie hid under a bushel, devotes an ad:tit:l=2: to the consideration of the wit displayed on occasions from the bench. The wit is all very well, but it sosi*- 7 --•:'• that in the' roars of laughter" that follo-4- Cv--•Ytta of counsel or of stipendiary, the main points • or to, charge are lost sight of, : an d th e d e f en d an ts get their punishments considerably eased off. Some time ago a poulterer who bad struck a custo mer full in the face with a goose, was re" bulled by the magistrate for having struck afoul blow : the consequence being that everybody roared, and during the general satisfaction it was agreed that the case should be amicably settled. The other day, however, a joke was only the accompaniment of a pretty severe punishment. A woman who was fined twenty shillings for throwing a bucket of dirty water over a corporal in the Guards was told that " because the complainant was a Cold stream, it was not to be tolerated that a cold stream should be thrown over him." NATIONAL RETURNS OF SICKNESS. A paper was read before the Social Science Asso ciation, by Mr. James Lewis, "On the Practicability of Collectino. and Publishing National Returns of Sickness at Frequent Intervals." He citeil as one instance out of many, shewing the great t eed of sickness returns, the fact of the prevalence last autumn of relapsing fever in London, long befor e the occurrence of a single death had mad e known the existence of the diseas e throng" the Registrar General's weekly returns. n e urgel the desirability of dealing with all the sickness of the country occurring within any kind 0 1 public medical practice, on a uniform plan, and that an endeavour should be made to establish at once a weekly return of such sickness for London and the other largest towns, and for the whole country 5 , quarterly return. The chairman (Dr. Fa r re) sai d these returns would have a most important bearing upon medical science, and that he hoped a• plan would be pressed upon the notice of Government, LORD MALMESBURY'S STEWARD, In returning a verdict that the deceased Nl . ' Elliott was "found drowned, but there was no 0 71 ' dente to show how he came into the water," th e coroner's jury at Christchurch certainly followed to the letter the usual instructions of the corunerto as' miss all previous ideas from their minds. There was I 0 evidence whatever that th e d ecease d s t ewar d in" his death by unfair means, and so it would seem n e if the occurrence must be account e d f or by" his hav ing either committed suicide or fallen accidentally into the water. With regar d to this affair there is only one thing more to be said. That a report should have been circn" lated respecting the late Mr. Elliott's pecuniary cir cumstances in connection with his employer, Lord ,_ 11.Ialmesbury, is much to be regretted ; b u t the fan"' lies with the local paper which originated it. Thns?, journals which copied the report naturally conclude." that a paper published on the spot wo u ld not err in such a matter. " THE " PARISH. There is now some little reason to hope that the St. Pancras dirt-heap will be shot into the dust-hole of oblivion. The charges against Dr. Ellis have, with s, very trifling exception, broken down. The public zan scarcely have forgotten the heinous crimes which the St. Pancras guardians so liberally and gratuit ously laid to the account of that unfortunate medical man. Certain authorities having reported that the state of St. Pancras workhouse infirmary wa s bad, the guardians first asserted that it was not bad, and afterwards declared that Dr. Elli s ha", made it bad for the express purpose el bringing the guardians into discredit. The Poet law Board had the matter investigated, and decide, that these accusation s are groun dle ss. Dr. E lli s did not "arrange" ventilators. lie did not wilfully over crowd, neither did he designedly put cases of costa' gious fever into the general wards, in order t° produce an e pid em i c. Th e only of f ence of which the Board finds Dr. Ellis guilty is that o! causing three inquests to be held without suflicien, l cause—an error to which most men who had dor ings with the St. Pancras guardians would be ceedingly prone. It is idle to comme n t upon the spirit in which these detestable charges were pre' ferred. • But one point remains to be dcided. state of the workhouse was beyond dispute a's" gracefully bad. The guardians alleged that pr . Ellis had purposely caused it to be bad. The Poor" law Board decide to the contrary. With Wileu l t then, does the blame lie? THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. The contest between the e i g ht s o f O x f or d an Cambridge may be in theory a private affair, but see matter of fact it is a publi c even t. I t i s desirab that every opportunity sho u ld b e g i ven t o spec tatl to witness this exciting struggle ; but is 1. not desirable that such faciliti es s h ou ld interfer e with the chances of the rowers. The Th a mes Con ' servancy have justly decided to once more enforc e the regulations which proved so effective in securing a fair race between the Oxford and Harvard crews last autumn. The umpire boat and th e p ress boat vvi." alone be allowed to followlhe race. Allothersteani.e rs will be detained at Putney-bridge, and no exception will be made, even in favour of the Conservators ova boat. The banks also will be kept clear from horse horsemen men. Thus th e enem i es o f th e public—the steam boat owners w h o annoy th e crew s, and the who annoy the foot spectators — W ill each be kept i n )rder, THE EMPRESS CHARLOTTE. The state of the u nfortunate Emperor Maximilian's widow becomes mere and more hopeless. ITel insanity, which s onaehttle while ago was not despaired of, is now unintermittent. She is strictly watched et the Palace of Tervueren, where he r s i s t er -i n -l aw , the Queen of the Belgians, frequently v i s it s h er . To the me ntal alienation so long existing there is now adde d :ritense fever, which confin es the patient to her be d * T i here s too much reason to fear that Mexico have another victim. MORTALITY OF NURSLINGS. Doctor Berthillon has made a series of calculati°,l l3 , in each o f th e d epartments of France on question of the mortality of nurslings, which r 71 1 ,1 shortly come before the French Chamber. He fount' ments round the capital, where out .of 1,000 that the greatest mortality exists in the seven depar''' under a year old, 298 perish in the Marne, 295 Oise, 307 in Seine et Ma rue 2 313 in Yonne, 318 in Seine Inferical 319 in Eure, and in the famous department Burs e a Loire dedicated "aux petits Parisiens," 378. Thole departments, says the doctor, form a girds of mourning round Paris, and he '", s given them a very black tint in I ' l , map. For children who have survived the first Yo,"". children the seven departments, he says, are no longor fata,ll! while for children between 1 and 5 years old, the black tints which surrounded Paris are trany; ferred to the Mediterranean ends of the A- 11 , ) , and Pyrenees, where in a dozen department' the mortality is 70 per 1,000, whilst ormana.Y, Maine, and Anjou, to the west. of Paris, and Chain pagne and Lorraine to the east, are the most health" The result of the mortality between the ages of and seven is a black band crossing France diagonal!, starting from Bretagne and terminating where Alps and Mediterranean meet. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.--(THIS DAY Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales. Market quiet.