The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-11 00:00:00

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Any article not worn or injured will he exchanged, or, if desired, the money will no returned. An Goods nro marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Ifosiery and Drapery, Hats ttn , l Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un quafled for magnitude, variety, and cheap- Lloss. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from 53. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climate; 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, Ready - made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitter for all Classes, 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. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDCATE. .NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishops_cate-street, on TUESDAY newt, the 15th inst , at Two o'clock precisely. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBER LAND, P.C., President of the Institution, in the Chair. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. 14, John-street, Adolph!, March 8. CRYSTAL PALACE OPERA. —From the enthusiastic reception accorded this afternoon to the npen, THE LILY OF KILLARNEY (Colleen }lawn) of Mr. Bel:lodic'. it will be repeated, under the direction of Nlr PERREN, on TUr:SDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY next, com mencing each afternoon at 2.45 A umbercd stalls, 2s 6d each, may be secured at the Palace after the Concert on Saturday, and also at Exeter Hall on Mon day next, for either of the above three dates. Crystal Palace, 10th March, 1870. By Order. BANK OF ENGLAND, Bth March, 1870. TILE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GO VERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice— That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the BANK on THURSDAY, the 17th inst., at Twelve o'clock pre cisely, to consider of a Dividend. Also, that another GENERAL COURT will be held at the BANK, on TUESDAY, the sth April next, from 11 o'clock in the Forenoon until 4 in the Afternoon, for the Election of a GOVERNOR and DEPUTY GOVERNOR for the Year ensuing (which will be declared that evening); and the same COURT will be continued by Adjournment, and held at the same place and during the same hours, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th April next, for the election of Twenty-four DIRECTORS (which will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter), and the Election of the Twenty-four DIRECTORS will be declared as soon as the Scrutiny is over. Printed Lists of the Proprietors having Votes will be ready to be delivered at the Bank on Wednesday, the 23d March. HAMMOND CHUBB, Secretary. N.B.—By an Act passed in the Seventh year of the reign of George M., no person will be entitled to vote at the slid Election who shall not have been Six Calendar Months possessed in his c,wn right of the Stock for which he shall then give his Vote, unless the said Stock shall bave been acquired, or shall have come by bequest or by marriage, or by succession to an intestate's estate, or by the custom of the City of London, or by any deed of settle ment after the death of any person who shall have been entitled for life to the Dividends of such Stock. DROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATI , N (Established 18;0), TILUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., 31 P. B. W. Crawford, Esq., 31 P. Thomas Hankey, Esq Baron L. d© Rothschild, M P, The report and balance-sheets of this Association for the year 1869, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the members, with particulars of the invested fund, may be had on application to the chief office, or to the ag Alt% The annual income from premiums is ... ...Ze4,000 From interest on investments... 19,000 '1 he invested fund, after payment of all claims, exceeds 415,000 The whole of the profits divided among the members. Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured, amounting to £100,009. W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, March 1, 1870. THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY o f ST . PATRICK. Instituted in the year 1784. Under the Patronage of her MAJESTY and his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES. The EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY FES TIVAL of this Society will be celebrated at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, on Si'. PATRICK'S DAY, the 17th March, 1870, His Grace the Duke of ABERCORN, K.G., in the Chair, VICE-PRESIDENTS. It The Marquis of Lansdowne. The Marquis of Headfort, K.P. The Earl of Cork and Orrery, K.P. The Earl of Egmont. The Earl of Clonmell. The Earl Vane. The Viscount Bective, M.P. The Viscount Harberton. . The Viscount Crichton, M.P. The Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P. The Lord A. Edv‘in Hill Trevor, M.P. The Lord Dunsany. The Lord Dufferin and Claneboye, K.P.. K.C.B. The Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. STEWARDS. Tho Right Hon. William Cowper-Temple, The Right Hon. Francis Plunkett Dunne. Colonel the Hon. Dudley Fitzgerald de Ros. The Hon. Robert Harris Temple. Lieut.-General Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence, K.C.5.1., C.B. Sir George Frederick Barvey, K.C.S.I. Captain Sir F. Leopold M'Clintock, R.N. Sir Edward Coey. John F. Corscaden, Esq. James Courtenay, Esq. Alexander Findlater, Eeq. Montasue Guest, Esq., M.P. Thomas Greg, Esq. lon Trant Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Lieut.-Colonel G. W. B.emans. Robert M•Calmont, Esq. Morgan John O'Connell, Esq. Joseph Radcliff, Esq. Captain Hugh de Grey Seymour, M.P. The Musical Arrangements will be under the direction ' 4 ".r. Land, of the London Glee and Madrigal Union. inner on table at Seven o'clock punctually. :s this Festival affords to Irishmen in London the nortunity of uniting in the celebration of the national 'versary, the committee earnestly hope for a numerous influential meeting. 'ickets, 21s. each, to be bad at Willis's Rooms, and at Scho , )l4, in Stamford -street, Blackfriars-road. 'ho Children Dine, as uusal, on St. Patrick's Day, at Schools, at Ono o'clock. THOMAS KIPPAX KING, Jun, Secretary. iOREIGN and COLONIAL GOVERNMENT TRUST (SECOND ISSUE), Certificates of £lOO each, bearing por cant. (Interest. To be issued at £BO. TRUSTEES. The Right lion. Lord Westbury. Lord Eustace Cecil, M.P. Geo. Wodehouse Currie, Esq. G. M. W. Sandford, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. A BRIDG ED PROSPECTUS. 'be success of the Foreign and Colonial Government Ist, which was formed in May, 1868, has called for an ,usion of this mode of investment. t compliance, therefore, with a general desire, it has determined to open a. subscription for a sec , md issue xceeding £600,000, in Certificates of £lOO, to bear 5 ent. interest, to be issued at £BO. fie object, which is now well understood, is to give to [nvestor of moderate means th e same a d vantages as a.ge capitalist, in diminishing the risk of investing in ign and Colonial Government Stocks, by spreadine• ic tivostmeut over a number of different Stocks, end a portion of the extra interest and the amour ti vod iu redemption as a Sinking Fund to each off the aal capital ; and, in addition, to gi ve to Sub .?x. a pro rate rticipation in the ultimate rev e rsio n in different Stoeks. wHell w! , en the return ;;;inal cnital Las by these means been aec..,m- a'l'rust of the Second Issue wi I last for twenty_fiv e I, at the expiration of wlihdi time it is estimat e d t h at ;o proportion of the Certificates will, in all prohabi aave been paid off, and that a large proportion of the :a will still remain for distribution as a reversion ; : T ingly the Trust will be wound up as soon as all the atrs have been drawn, or at the end of twenty-five i fillichever shall first happen, the remaining Stocks 4hcri sold, and any Certificates not previously drawn ;rat piid off, after which the balance will form the ten to be distributed pro rata. ;;t.trich £so of the total amount subscribed will be ,re Certificate of £lO9 with Coupet.s attached, bearing recent. interest, payable at the Banking-house of Glyc, Mills, Currie, and CO. half yearly, on the January and the 15th of July, the first Coupon for the proportion of the half year falling due' on the 15th July next. In addition to the Interest Coupons, a(' pen, repre senting the share accruing to the Certificate-holder in the above reversion, will be attached to each Certificate. This Coupon of Reversion will be retained by the holder when the Certificate is drawn, and entitle him to a pro rata divi sion of the ultimate reversion. The advantages of the investment may be summed up as follows: 1. Interest at £6s. be. per cent. on the 'amount sub scribed. 2. A bonus of .£2O per cent. by the repayment of capi tal at par. 3. A reversion, eventually divisible among the holders of the Coupons of Reversion. Application to be made in the annexed Form, accom panied by a deposit of £lO per cent. Payments to be made as follows: On application £lo 0 0 On allotment 7O 0 0 £BO 0 0 Prospectus and Forms of Application may be ob tained of W. B. Rose, lisq., Secretary, and of Messrs. Baxter, Rose, N9rton, and Co., Solicitors, at the same address ; and of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co., Bankers, Lombard-street, where all subscriptions must be paid. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL GOVERNMENT TRUST (SECOND ISSUE). To the Trustees of the Fund (care of Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co, 6, Victoria-streot, Westminster, London). Having paid to Messrs. Glyn and Co., to the account of the Foreign and Colonial Government Trust (Second Issue), the sum of £ , as a Deposit on Cer tificates of £lOO each in the said Trust, I request you to allot to me that number of Certificates, and I engage to pay the further Instalment of £7O per Certificate upon that or any lesser number that you may allot to me at the time named in the letter of allotment, in default of which my previous payment will be liable to forfeiture. Name Address Description Signature THE DENMARK THEATRE and WINTER GAR DEN (Limited), LEICESTER-SQUARE, London. Capital, £150,000, in 30,C00 shares of £5 each. The liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares, the Company being registered under the Companies' Acts, 1862 and 1867, with limited liability. _ _ Deposit for registered shares, £l, to be paid on applica tion, £1 to be paid on allotment, £1 to be paid on the Ist of May, £2 to be paid on the Ist of August. D 1 RECTORS. P. Dutrulle, Esq. (Dutrulle, Solomons, and Co., 6, Cross lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, merchants). C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Kent House, Lansdowne road, Clapham-read. Morris King, Esq., Woodlands, Northaw, Herts. H. M. Golden, Esq., 11, Park-street, Westminster, and Westmoreland Villa, East Down Park, Lewisham. Thomas Culleton, Esq., 25, Cranbourn-street, Leicester- square. William Porcheren, Esq., 25, Laurence Pountney Lane, City, merchant. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank, Temple Bar Branch. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sheppard and Riley, 38, Moorgate-streot, City. (E.G.) ARCHITECT. Edward Cookworthy Robins, Esq., F.R.1.8.A, 16, South ampton-street, Strand. A CDITORS. Messrs. Hall, Jones, Read, and Smith, accountants, 75, Aldermanbury (E.C.) SECRETARY (pro tem.) Whitlock Darby, Esq. OFFICES. 42, Poultry (E.G.) This ComPANY has been formod with the object of pur chasing the entire FREEHOLD known as the SAVILLE HOUSE property, LEICESTER-SQUARE, with the houses in Lisle-street, abutting on the same, and creating thereon (a site unequalled in London for the purposes of tho Company) a THEATRE, WINTER GARDEN, RESTAURANT, and tdERCANTILE CLUB. THE THEATRE will be one of the most spacious and elegant in the metropolis, and will accommodate about 6,000 persons. The stage will be ten feet deeper than that of Drury Dane, and will be fitted with every modern and scientific appliance. Great care has been taken that an uninterrupted view shall be obtained from every part of the house. The purpose of the directors is to give the grandest musical and spectacular effects that have yet been pro duced, in addition to dramatic performances, and at such prices of admission suitable to all classes, ranging from 6d. upwards. Separate staircases will be provided to every part of the house, from entrances in Leicester-square, Lisle-street, and Leicester-place. THE ‘VINTER GARDEN wilksurround the auditorium, stocked with the choicest plants, adorned with statuary and ornamental fountains, and will be available for all visitors except those in the gallery. Bazaar stalls for the sale of fancy articles and refreshment bars will be placed in convenient recesses. THE GRAND CIRCLE will have an exclusive entrance from Leicester Place, and will accommodate 200 persons in the balcony, 27 private boxes luxuriously furnished, and two royal boxes, having each a boudoir in the rear. The buildings will be of fireproof construction through out, and special arrangements for warming and ventilating. FIRST-CLASS CAFE, RESTAURANT, DINING, and SUPPER SALOON, served in the best style by a Parisian chef and assistants, at a strictly moderate tariff. Attached to this part of the building will be spacious BILLIARD-ROOMS, with FRENCH and ENGLISH tables. THE MERCANTILE SUBSCRIPTION CLUB, SO much required in London, and for the successful carrying out of which the directors have already secured the co-operation of many of the leading and most influential firms of the west end, is an important feature of the undertaking, and will be in that portion of the building overlooking Leices ter-square. THE RESOURCES OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT being so manifold, its undeniable position, and a FREEHOLD in the centre of Lon on, the directors confidently anticipate paying the shareholders a very large dividend; a neigh bouring establishment, without the many advantages pos sessed by this company, is yielding its shareholders 25 per cent., and has averaged a dividend of 20 per cent, for the last fly() years. A contract has been entered into with Mr. JOHN KIRK, of Woolwich, for the erection and completion of the whole of the buildings. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the offices of the company, or the bankers and solicitors. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. E. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, PHOBUS FIX: the Vokes Family. - - After which, at 7.4 -, PEEP 0' DAY : Messrs J. B. Howard, Lewis Nanton, Barrett, J. Neville, F. Charles, C. Moore M Intyre, W. F. Yokes, and F. Vokes ; Mesdames Edith Stuart, Barrett, Michells, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Rosina Yokes. lIHEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. TIIIS EVENING, at 7, POPPING THE QUESTION.' After which, at 20 minutes to 8, sUit AMERICAN COUSIN ; Characters by Mr Sothern, Mr Ituckst , sne, Mr Chippendale, Mr Braid, Mr l - ogers; Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwynne, Miss C. Hill, &c. Concluding with DEkE AS A POST: Mr Compton and Mrs E. Eitzwilliam. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. r'HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL -1- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENING. at Seven o'clock, BLOW FOR BLOW: Mr Henry J. Byron ; Messrs J. D. Beveridge, Arthur Stirling, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson; Hiss Furtado, Miss Lavis, Miss Eliza Johnstone, and Miss M. Harris. To be followed by, at Nine, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr. H. J. Byron; Mersrs J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, J. G. Taylor, Miss Lavis, Mrs Leigh Murray, and Miss M. Harris. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager—Mr. Benjamin Wei'ster. THIS EVEN :NG. at 7, YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER] A fter which, PAUL L A FARGE: Messrs. J. Rouse, W. Rig nold, Geo. Belmore, Vollaire ; Mesdames R. Leclercq and Le thie e. With A DARK NIGTIT'S WORK; 'Messrs W. Rignold, Belmcre, 13. CrePin ; Misses K. Leclercq, Barnett, &c. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell (elegantly redecorated by Macintosh). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, TWENTY MINH rES WITH A TITER: Messrs G. F. Neville, Odell, and Wilmott; Mesdames Rignold and Morgan. Aft r which, CHILI' ERIC, by Tierce: Messrs M. Marius, G. Vincent, Odell, Lapierre, Aynsley Cook, and M. Herve : Moe dames Dolaro, Fitzluman, Romanelli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir I 1 OYAL STRAND THEATRE . 1, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7. THE HEIR AT LAW: Mesrs..f, S. Clarke, D. James, Crouch; Mesdames Bufton and Claire. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, INO; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner ; Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH 5, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. THE " SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road, loilvers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as published. ThE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" to 1 he seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCR's, 3.3tannia, Kensal New-town. , PORTING.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the LATEST EDITION of "TILE SUN" as soon as pub ilhed. —4, Bath-strut, City-road. If O. MID - 4; LATE EDITION of "TILE SUN" at I. JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wehlugton,"Wellington-street S rana. TIIE LA Es - r EDIT ON of " THE SUN " siippli• - i-1 119 as every Evening, by S. 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GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing; this woncirful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton . Tars EVENING, at 7, PHOBUS' FIX: the Vokes Family. At 7.45, PEEP 0' DAY: Messrs. J. B. Howard, Lewis Nanton, Bar rett, J. Neville, F. Charles, C. Moore, M'lntyre, W. F. Yokes, and Fred. Vokes; Mesdames E. Stnart, Barrett, Al ichells, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Rosina Vokes THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Till's EVENING, at 7 o'clock, POPPING THE QUESTION. After which, at 20 to 8, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN; Messrs Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, &c. ; Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. Wright, &c. Concluding with DEAF AS A POST ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Txis EVENING, at 7. YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER: After which, PAUL LAFARGE; Messrs W. Rignold. G. Be lmore, Vollaire ; Mesdames R. Leclercq and Lethicre. Followed by A DARK NIGH I'S WORK: Megarn Rignold, Belmore, Crellin ; Miss Rose Leclercq and Miss Barnett. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, BLOW FOR BLOW Mr Henry J. Byron, J. D. Beveridge, Arthur Stirling, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, Miss Furtado, hiss Lavis, Miss Eliza John stone, Re. At 9, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr Henry J. Byron LYCEUM THEATRE. Tats EVENING, at 7.30, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER. And CHILPERIC: M. Marius, G Vincent, Odell, A. Cook, Lapierre, and M. Herve; Mesdames Dolaro, Fitz- Inman, Romanelli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. TIT'S EVENING, at 7, THE HEIR AT LAW: Mr Clarke. Mr Tames, Miss Button, &c. With THE TOODLES. Concluding with INO. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open fromll to 4. WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, every Evening (except Satin day) at 5; Saturday 3.1 m flings at 3. Admission, is, 2s, 3s, CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all tho year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex. cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays' 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. SITIL g • , LONDON, FEIDAY, MARCH 11, 1870. The third night's debate on the Irish Land Bill in the House of Commons left nothing to be desired, and the country may be congratulated on the turn which affairs have taken in respect to this measure- Instead of the ceaseless strife and the bitter animo sities which prevailed on the subject of the Irish Church, the Land Bill has been met by all the lead ing politicians with calmness and judgment. They have forborne to dwell on vexatious details, and, for the most part, have risen to the height that was due in the discussion of the weighty question. The honours of the evening belonged to the Conservatives, Mr. GATHORNE Mum - delivering the speech of the debate:as yet, and Colonel Wit.sos PATTEN making a successful oration. He bad a right to speak on the subject, as his acquaintance with Irish matters is great, and he is familiar with the question of land tenures. His announcement of his intention to sup port the second reading, and to assist the Govern ment in improving the Bill, called forth from the PREMIER himself an expression of approval, and was met with loud cheers from the House. Sir ROUNDELL PALMER'S speech was also a most effective one, and contained a moral that was well received by hon. members. After expressing his intention to sup port the Bill, he wound up by declaring that the Land Bill should be followed by severe and restrictive measures to put down agra rian outrage. This was followed by cheers from both sides of the House, and it is to be hopel the lesson will not be lost in Ireland. Sir JOHN GRAY was the black sheep of the debate, and he was treated in a becoming manner by the House, who listened to his extreme opinions with ill-concealed impatience. Mr. MONSELL'S rebuke, on behalf of the Govern ment, must have won the approval of many who heard the extravagant denunciation of the hon. ba ronet. Mr. HARDY'S eloquent speech met with the approval of the House, and was cheered by all par ties. He was straightforward in pointing out the faults of the measure, and what he conceived to be its shortcomings, but at the same time he held firm to the course which be believed the House should pursue. He admitted that the Bill went too far for him, but he truly declared that no one on his side of the House bad treated it with factious opposition. He sincerely trusted that the bill would fulfil the wishes of its authors and the expectations of those who gave it their support. He implored the Government to look to the future in the course they pursued on the present occasion of legis lating for Ireland, and to look beyond any mere temporary arrangements which might palliate exist ing grievances. " I implore you," he said, in con clusion, "to put Ireland upon such a footing that those men who are trusted with votes may have a chance of finding in the future that their interests can guide them as men's instincts guide them in England and Scotland, to settle their own differences, and do not, by giving them sugar-plums, treat them as children. It is only by treating them as men, and making them under. stand their true interest, that you will eventually bring about a state of things in Ireland which will add peace and prosperity to that country." This is wise counsel, and members on both sides of the House will do well to bear it in mind.. The real work of the Irish Land Bill must be in Committee. It is impe rative on the House now to pass the Second Reading, but that act will by no means imply unqualified ap proval. On the contrary, the Government have been told, over and over again, that here and there their measure is susceptible of improvement. No doubt Mr. GLADSTONE will meet this difficulty in a fair spirit, and, mindful of the support he has already received, will do his best to sink prejudice and forego partiality, in order that the measure before Parliament may turn out eventually to be worthy of the Ministry and of the L"gislature, aid impart a definite hope of lasting improvement in Ireland, even if it fall short of affording complete satisfaction. The Conservatives have enlivened the dulness of the political world by giving a grand banquet in the City to celebrate their triumph in the Registration Court. The affair appears to have been a success, al- though one important element was wanting in the presence of Mt. DISRAELI. Mr. FOWLER, the chair- man, and the president of the City of London Con servative Association, read a letter which he had received from the illustrious leader of the Conserva tive party. In a few well-chosen sentences Mr. DIS RAELI expressed his opinion on the question which called them together, and, after regretting that indisposition prevented his attendance, he con gratulated the Association on the victory they had obtained in the Registration Court. He truly added that " Parliaments can invest the people with the franchise, but, after all, its practical enjoyment • depends on their own vigilance and energy." Sir JOHN PAKINOTON created great laughter by returning thanks for what was left of the British Army. He hoped the clay was not distant when the great City of London would be classed in the force that was not armed with Sniders and Armstrong guns, but with the force of reason—he meant the Conservative racks. In proposing the toast of the evening, the Chairman made au impressive allusio❑ to the noble Earl, whose loss the Conservative party must long deplore. Among all the grand names which adorned the history of England he knew of no name more endeared than that of the late Earl of DERBY. He had devoted all his influence and energies to the service of his country. Referring to the condition of the Conservative party, Mr. FOWLER said that they were taunted with being in a wretched minority in the House of Commons, but that if they were a minority they represented a majority of the people of England. Nothing could be more states manlike than the policy which he sketched out for the Conservatives with respect to the Irish question More the House ; it was one quite irrespective of faction and devoid of jealousy or envy, and in every way worthy of a great constitu tional party. He reminded his hearers that he had just come from a division in the House of Commons, in which the Conservatives had sup ported the Government against the extreme section of their own party. The Ministers were pressed by the extreme revolutionary party, and for fear they might be compelled to give way to the pressure " it was the duty of the Conservatives to unite their strength to enable them to prevent the consequences that might attend such a crisis ; and they mut grudge no sacrifice in support of the great cause for which they were united." Mr. GATHORNE HARDT, whom the Chairman bad declared to rank among the first orators of the House of Commons, and to hold the blue ribbon, which Sir ROBERT PEEL described as the highest honour he could aspire to, made a spirited speech. Ho declared that he was willing to serve under any of the illustrious men who had conferred honour on the Conservative party, which was an admission that did hint credit, when we remember how often his name has been put for ward as the supplanter of the acknowledged leader of the Conservatives in the Lower House. With his usual energy and determination, Mr. HARDY said that it was outside of the walls of the House of Commons that the battles of the party must be fought. The right hon. gentleman concluded his effective dis course by stating that the duty of the Conservative party was to watch over the measures that were brought forward, not guided by any factious spirit, hut animated by the desire to obtain those mea sures which would be best for the coun- try at large, without respect to party. It is more difficult to conduct a retreat than to plan a battle, and the Conservative leaders have a difficult part to play just now, but if they can induce their followers to put in practice the theories so ably enun ciated by Mr. FORSTER and Mr. GATHORNE HARDY on Wednesday, they may rest assured that they will secure the respect and esteem of their country men. The political enthusiast may be disappointed when he sees no immediate prospect of the advent of his party to power, but the true patriot will put the interests of his country before any personal or party object. There are few truths so little appreciated as that contained in this line of MILTON'S magnificent sonnet "They also serve who only stand and wait ;" and yet it is applicable to every station and degree. An Opposition that truly understands its duties may render effectual services to its country, and remain a powerful check on the strongest Government by commanding the respect of Parliameut and the con fidence of the country. If the Irish Land Bill be passed this Session the Conservatives may claim a large share of the merit which will belong to the work, and they will have the additional honour of having risen superior to the prejudices of party in their fixed resolve to consult the true interests of the country, quite irrespective of immediate triumph or prospective gain. ROYAL CHRISTENING. Yesterday the second son of his Serene Highness the Prince and her Royal Highness the Princess of Teck was christened at Kensington Palace. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. the Bishop of London, assisted by the Rev. Evan Nepean and the Rev. Mr. Bullack. The infant Prince received the names Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick. The sponsors were the Emperor of Aus tria, represented by his Excellency the Austrian Am bassador ; his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, his Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Wurtemberg, Queen of the Belgians, represented by her Serene Highness the Princess Claudine of Teck, her Royal Highness Princess Christian, her Royal Highness Princess Louise, and Miss Burdett Coutts. here were present their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Albert Victor, and Prince George; their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, her Royal Highness Princess Louise, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Miss Burdett Coutts, and the attendants upon their Royal High nesses. MR. CHARLES DICKENS. It is almost needless to state that the paragraph now going the round of the metropolitan and pro vincial papers concerning Court honours to Mr. Charles Dickens has no foundation in fact. We shall probably run no risk of error if we conclude that Mr. Dickens's visit to her Majesty was in obedience to the express desire of a most ardent admirer of his works naturally anxious to make the personal acquaintance of their distinguished author.—Telegraph. COERCION BILL FOR IRELAND. The possibility of Mr. Gladstone to-night asking for a special morning sitting to-morrow, in order to bring in the " Coercion Bill" to deal with the out rages and crime in Ireland, is freely discussed in Liberal circles. REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL. Sir J. B. Karslake is mentioned, among others, as the probable candidate for Bristol in the Con servative interest. ACCIDENT TO A STEEPLECIIA E RIDER. At the Liverpool Racr.'s yesterday Mr. Stafford's horse, Chippenharn, ridden by Mr. Edwards, the celebrated gentleman steeplechase rider, in running for the Sefton Steeplechase Plate, stumbled and fell at the fence ; Mr. Edwards' stirrup-leather gave way at the same time. He was thrown out of his saddle, and the horse rolled heavily on his chest, crushing him severely. While in this position the horse commenced plunging, and struck Mr. Ed wards on the head. He was released as soon as possible, and conveyed to the Sefton Arms, where medical aid was at once procured, but his injuries were so serious that he is not expected to recover. ... trig. • Card HER ffAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, March 10. The Queen was! unable to visit the -Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House to-day, and her Majesty was not able to join the Royal Family at dinner this evening. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (TIMES' TELEGRAM.) THE INFALLIBILITY DOGMA. FROM THE ROMAN FRONTIER, MARCH 10. The article relating to Infallibility (an additional article of the Schema distributed on the 7th inst.), is drawn up in the following terms_:-- " Chapta to be added to the Decree upon the Primacy of the Roman Pontiff, to the effect that the Roman Pontiff cannot err iu the definition of matters of faith or morals. " The Holy Roman Church possesses the su preme and complete primacy and principality over the Universal Catholic Church, which it verily and humbly acknowledges to have re ceived with the plenitude of the power of the Lord himself in the person of St. Peter, the Prince of Apostles, of whom the Roman Pontiff is the suc cessor. "And as, above all things, it behoves it to make clear the truth of the faith, all questions which may arise upon matters of faith must be determined by its judgment, seeing that otherwise the words of the Lord Jesus Christ (7 u cs Petrus, &c.), would be disregarded. " That which has been set forth upon this point has been proved by the results as in the Apostolic See : the Catholic religion has always been pre served immaculate, and its doctrine has always been maintained at its fulness (celebrata). " Consequently, we inculcate, with the concur rence of the Holy Council, and we define as a dogma of faith, that, thanks to the Divine assist ance, it is that the Roman Pontiff, of whom it was said in the person of St. Peter by our same Lord Jesus Christ I have prayed for thee,' &c., cannot err when, acting in his quality as supreme teacher of all Christians, he defines what tie Universal Church must hold in matters of faith and morals, and that the prerogative of in errancy or infallibility extends over the same matters to which the infallibility of the Church is applicable. But if any one should dare—which may God forbid !—to controvert our present definition, let him know that he departs from the truth of the faith." (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. BOURSE, March 10.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 4. per Cent. 3 per Cents 74 40 Itaßan Fives 55 60 End of month... 74 471 Austrian Fives Credit Mobilier 252 50 Ottoman Loan Transatlantic 212 50 Do. Debt 46 80 Credit Foncier ...1300 Spanish Threes Paris Gas 1781 Home Debt Suez Canal 330 Deferred RAILWAYS. ____ Cash Orleans Western Northern ... 1162 Strasburg .. 6lO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 625 Sardinian Austrian 7B6i Lombard 5OO North of Spain Saragossa lioman 5l AMERICA. WASHINGTON, March 10. In to-day's sitting of the Senate the debate on the Funding Bill was continued. The proposed section making the interest on the New Bonds payable in European cities, was re jected by 29 against 11 votes ; as also was the sec tion appointing agents to negotiate the Bonds abroad. The State Legislature of Missouri have rejected the Female Suffrage Amendment. NEW YORK, March 10. The violent fluctuations in gold have unsettled ♦alues, and caused a partial suspension of business generally. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1121 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1124'; the lowest, 110 f. Sterling Exchange on London loBk. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 llOl. " 1885 ll4. " 1867 lo9i. 10-40 g c 106 k. Illinois l3Bl. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2lfc. Petroleum—Standard White 27c. Flour, extra state, $4.70c. to $5.30c. Corn, old mixed, sl.4e. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, March 10. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Mooltan (from Calcutta, 15th February), arrived at four this afternoon. GIBRALTAR, March 10. The Pera, from Southampton, sth inst., arrived at Gibraltar at 11 p.m. yesterday, and left for Alexandria at ten this morning. All well. MESSINA, March 9. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Hooghly, with the homeward India and China mails, passed here to-day via Suez Canal. Hepworth Dixon's New Work. The eagerly-looked-for work by the distinguished ex-Editor of the Atheimuin—famous as the author of so many popular books, from the vindication of Lord Bacon to the brilliant historical chapters on Her Majesty's Tower—is at this moment, we are glad to know, upon the very eve of publication. It will be in two volumes, and will be entitled " Free Russia." Tho following is Mr. Dixon's Preface:— " Svobodnaya Russia - Free Russia—is a word on every lip in that great country ; at once the Name and Hope of the new empire born of the Crimean war. in past times Russia was free, even as Germany and France were free. She fell before Asiatic hordes; and the Tartar system lasted, in spirit, if not in form, until the war; but since that ounflict ended, the old Russia has been born again. This now country—hoping to be pacific, meaning to be Free—is what I have tried to paint. "My journeys, just completed, carried me from the Polar Sea to the Ural Mountains, from the mouth of the Vistulr, to the Straits of Yeni Kale, in cluding visits to the four holy shrines of Solo vetsk, Pechora]; St. Gnome, and Troitsa. My ob ;ect being to paint the Living People, I have much to say about pilgrims, monks, and parish priests ; about vil lage justice, and patriarchal life ; about beggars, tramps, and sectaries ; about Kozaks, Kulmuks, and Kirghiz; about workmen's artels, burgher rights, and the division of land ; about students' revolts and soldiers' grievances ; in short, about the Human Forces which underlie and shape the external palitics of our time. " Two journeys made in previous years have helped me to judge the reforms which are opening out the Japan like empire of Nicolas into the Free Russia of the reign ing prince. " 6, St. James's-terrace, February, 1870." METROPOLITAN GOSSIP—MAncII 10. Never did a peat measure give rise to ko dull and wearisome a debate as that which has taken place on the Irish Land Bill, and I for one devoutly hope it will be finished to-night. The rumour is that it will be, At all events the chiefs on both sides wish it, but it is feared that the Irish M.P.'s may prove irrepressible. There is some doubt as to whether Mr. Disraeli will speak. He did not attend the Conservative dinner in the City yesterday, and excused himself on the ground of indisposition. He seemed well enough on Monday night, and remained at the House of Commons till about midnight. Sceptical Liberals are therefore speculating as to whether the Conservative leader's illness is real or only diplomatic, so that he may be relieved from the embarrassment of announcing any definite policy just at present. There was certainly none in the letter which he wrote to Mr. Fowler. Never was a great party called upon to content itself with more unsubstantial fare, though it sat dining and talking from seven till past midnight. Yet after all, was this not better than the incorrect statement made by Mr. hardy in his eighty minutes' speech that the last general election was parallel to those of 1857 and 1865. It is quite true that at both those elections it was a man and not measures whom the majority of the country supported. But the election of 1863 was essentially and pre-eminently one in which great measures were at stake—legislation in Ireland, both as regards the Church and the land, reduction in the national expenditure, and popular education. Mr. Gladstone's popularity arose from the fact that his return to office would guarantee the passing of those measures. One good reason why the debate should close to-night is that the Conservative party, and, I believe, all parties are anxious to have the Ministerial announcement as to the steps which the Government will take for the better protection of life and property in Ireland. Should the de bate be finished this evening, Mr. Gladstone will, it is believed, state his intentions to-morrow afternoon at five o'clock. The report to-day is that he will propose to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in the disturbed districts only. There are, however, serious objections to this course. The least important is the most obvious—that it will not be " within the limits of the Constitution," as Mr. Gladstone promised. The most important is that it will require a special Act of Parlia ment to be passed every time the Government requires to extend the suspension to a fresh county. It is more probable that the chief measure will be the strengthening of the Irish police force. Anyway, something ought to be done at once. We are only a week from " St. Patrick's Day in the morning." The second reading of the Education Bill will be a much more lively affair than that upon the Land Bill. There will be a Radical " cave," consisting of the Radical M.P.'s who belong to the Birmingham League, and who are about thirty in number. Of course they are not strong enough by themselves to defeat the Government, nor is it likely that they will receive much help from the Conser vative party. That party attaches supreme impor tance to freedom for religious teaching, and this freedom is the chief stumbling-Mock in the way of the League. The Thirty, it must be confessed, do not carry very heavy guns. There is no first-class man among them, and the most conspicuous are Mr. Dixon, M.P. for Bir mingham ; Mr. Fawcett, M.P. for Brighton ; Mr. Vernon Harcourt, M.P. for Oxford ; and Mr. Mundella, M.P. for Sheffield. Still even these are enough to give life to the debate, and to prevent it from being the ntterly weari some thing that the Land Bill debate has been.' The chief event of the week, and, indeed, of the season, is the reappearance of the Queen in her capital. I think it must be ten years, it is certainly eight, since shet spent half a week consecutively in London. To see a flag. flying over Buckingham Palace for forty-eight hours at a stretch is so great a novelty that we Londoners can hardly believe our own eyes. The drawing-room yesterday was well attended, courtiers, like most of the rest of the work!, taking no note of Lent. The most absurd rumours prevailed on Monday night at Westminster. It was currently:stated that Mrs. Howard, who had been ordered into the custody of the Black Rod for refusing to be sworn in the House of Lords, had been taken to the Tower, and that Sir Augustus Clifford, would have to keep guard over her until she was released. As a matter of fact, she was conveyed to a place near the House especially intended for persons who have treated their lordships with contempt. It was any thing but " durance vile-" There were no ponderous bolts, no massive gates ; there was no gaoler, either courtly or ferocious. The prison consisted simply of two rooms very comfortably furnished, and in the charge of one of the ordinary officers of the House. The worst in convenience that the prisoner had to endure was the loss of her liberty, and the fact that she had neither her boxes nor her maid. These last privations are, however, somewhat serious to the female mind, and after a few hour's experience of imprisonment, the recalcitrant prisoner gave in. No little scandal has been caused in certain quarters by a statement which Lord Romilly made in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening. During a discussion on a private bill, which has not been reported, I believe, by any of the papers, the Master of the Rolls said that some years ago it was his duty, in his judicial capacity, to go through the accounts of a railway company, which accounts, in consequence of a dispute between the directors and the shareholders, had to be settled in Chancery. In examining the items he found a sum of £lO,OOO set down for secret service and payment of M.P.'s. Is it a fact, then, that our legislators Rre no better than those of the United States, and are susceptible to " lobbying "? It is no secret that before now certain M.P.'s have undertaken to plead the cause of dispossessed Indian Rajahs, not altogether out of love for their highnesses. But in those cases the payment was commonly known. In the case of railway bills it has been kept secret until now. How do we know to what extent the system has been carried ? When there are great rival companies like the Brighton and the S outh• Eastern, or the Great Western and the South-Western, serious injury may be done to the public interests if this system of subsi dies prevails. In diplomatic quarters it is thought not unlikely that the present French ambassador in this country, the Mar quis de La Valette, will be recalled. He belongs to the old ruling party, though he was more liberal than Forcade de La Roquette and Rouher. M. Benedetti, the French Ambassador at Berlin, has begged to be recalled, on the ground that the economical 011ivier Ministry starves the Embassy. Still on diplomatic matters, I may mention that the services of Mr. Leavy Brown, who was attaché to the British Legation at Pekin, were, on account of his great knowledge of the Chinese language, shortly before Mr. Burlingame's death, offered to that Minister. After Mr. Burlingame's death, Mr. Brown came over here from Paris, where he then was, had a long interview with Lord Clarendon, and then started for St. Petersburg. He expects to find there a despatch appointing him successor to Mr. Burlingame. This is rather a clever stroke of policy on the part of our Foreign Secretary. Chinese interests will now be represented in by an Englishman in the place of an American. -I-- Your readers are aware that the Queen of Holland, most energetic of Royal ladies, has been visiting the Land's End and dining with our Queen. Her husband is expected at Paris ; yet I believe he does not intend visiting England, but will go to Nice. He met with rather an amusing adventure the other day when in Brussels. He was walking along abstractedly incognito, and happened to tread upon the toe of a passer by. " Stupid, why don't you mind what you are at ?" was the less courtly than natural exclamation of the injured pedestrian. An aide-dc-camp went up to him and whispered " Don't say any more ; the ' stupid' as you call him (animal was the French term actually used) is the King of the Netherlands." The pedestrian shewed the true flunkey spirit, and, bowing almost to the ground, said —" Pardon me, Sire, for not having withdrawn my foot the moment it was under your royal boot." King William could scarcely forbear laughing, but said " I for give you ; only next time be a little less clumsy." Moral : When kings tread upon yotoes it is your toes antaat kings who are to blame. News has reached London of the death of Mr. Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol for just a generation, having been first elected in 1837. It is a little sad that he should have died just before seeing the triumph of the principle with which his political life has been identified—that of secret voting. On the other hand, he is "taken from the evil to cone," the evil of seeing his special pets, the publicans, dealt with in a manner by no means satisfactory to him or to them. The Bristol Liberals, with rare indelicacy, could not wait for their old repre sentative to die outright, but quarrelled around his dying bed about a Successor. The result of all this haste is a most formidable schism, which will probably give Mr. Morley a Conserrvative colleague, as it has given lir. Locke. It is a little amusing to see how highly the Liberal journals always praise Mr. Udger when he is a candidate for another place; but when he comes forward for that particnlar borough they tell him that ho ought to try elsewhere. This is what is happening at Bristol now. But Mr. Odder will not take the advice. He is determined to go to the poll, and will break up the party on every occasion of a vacancy until they agree to adopt him. I, for one, can hardly blame him. It is very clear that he will have to force his way into Parliament just as the Radicals forced their way into the Cabinet eleven years ago. The middle class now occupies the same position which the Whigs occupied then. I am glad to state that another step has been taken towards appropriating charitable endowments which are now wasted, or worse than wasted, towards the edvcation of aln.v_hlgt of " suzgestions" has leen published oy - trio committee to whoml referred - a Weezl; `go. and it has received the approval of Mr. Abbott, hem" master of the City of London School, and Miss Davie . a• It is proposed to have schools of three grades as recoil mended by the School Commissioners ; and the first object will be to establish day schools, the need of which i 5 most pressing. It is considered desirable that some mea ns should be devised for carrying on the education of girls who have passed through the highest grade, and that exhi' bitions should be given to enable them to study at South Kensington, the National Gallery, or any other gre at centre of artistic or scientific education. The endowinote would be applied to the enlargement and improvement of school buildings, or the erection of new ones, to the increase in the number or the salaries of teachers, and to exhibitions for pupils. The well-known Dissenting chapel in the Poultry, Cheapside, is for sale. The site is most valable, and it is expected that it will fetch £40,000. With that sum th e trustees will be able to build another chapel rivalling Al r ', Spurgeon's Tabernacle. The admirers of the minister 01, the Poultry, Dr. Parker, author of " Ecce Den believe that he would fill such a building. It ' 3 not improbable that it will be erected in the North of London, on the site of another chapel, and th at the congregation worshipping there will amalgamate with the Poultry congregation. At present a place of worshiP in the City is to a great extent thrown away, for there are few residents in the City. The population is essentially r' week-day one, and it worships, so far as it does wo rship al all, in the suburbs. One of the chief attractions at the next meeting or w e Royal Academy will be a life-sized picture of the cele" brated racer Voltigeur, now on the retired list. The P er trait will be a double one, for it will include a c at : who is the constant companion of the Derby winner 01 1850. Mr. Millais will contribute a portrait of the A-I sr. chioness of Huntly ; Mr. Leighton's illness will, I fe ar ' prevent him from contributing anything this Yea r ; Christie and Manson are going to sell a large collection e; Aaron Penley's works, and the drawings of Mr. Da vid Roberts, made in the Holy Land, and which were Pa' chased by the first Lord Ellesmere. At the same tie they will sell Ary Scheffer's " Francesca da Rimini." One or two new clubs are spoken of, especially a Jr li°l : Reform, with which it is supposed the Cobden Club (sy present having a name, but no local habitation) amalgamate. The French Liberals are starting a Refer ° Club at Paris, and already some distinguished men W ° joined it. Among new books, I have space merely to mention the new volumes of Lord Stanhope's history, Dr. Newm an " Grammar of Assent," Mr. Lawrence Oliphant's " Pic cadilly," which are all published this week ; Mr. The'" bury's " Old Stories Retold," a very interesting volurae; and a most admirable number of Macraia(ral Magazine. " Enoch Arden " has been translated irl t° French. I still hear of new papers. A daily paper 1131 lately been started at Leicester. The proprietors of the Western Mail, at Cardiff, have started a large double - sh eet weekly. Next week Galignani will have a formidab le rival in a new Paris paper, called the European News. ENCLOSURE OF WIMBLEDON comma. Tnuusral. The case of the Attorney-General v. the Local BoaPA—I Health of Wimbledon and Earl Spencer came b ef°l4 Vice-Chancellor James to-day. It was an interlocu te o l motion pending a suit ' against Earl Spencer in Rolls Court, for an injunction to restrain the d efeil i dants from bringing the sewage of the town, 00 Wimbledon on the common, o r e n c l os i ng an y part e' of same, or in a n y wa y i n f r i ng i ng f ree access, pas turagN y other ri g ht s en j oye d b y t h e copy h o ld ers o f t h e core,.reW, Sir Rou n d e ll P a l mer, Q . C ., M r. Kay,Q.o and Mr. NY": c Karslake, a pp eare d f or t h e C rown, and Mr.. 'Amphletty w" t y Mr. Fry, Q. C., and other learned gentlemen, for defends - f The Vice Ch ance ll or sa id he thought that the carrYin„geo• sewage over the l an d wou ld b e o f a d vantage but the q" re , tion with which h e h a d t o d ea l was t h at of th e e nclooo tte and he felt bound to gran t an i n j unct i on res t ra i n ing, iv defendants from in any wa y i n f r i ng i ng th e r i g ht of commoners. THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. The Select Committee of the House of Comulolls alb pointed to inquire into the diplomatic and consuliul , vices proceeded to-day to further examine the Hon. e. Hammond, Under Secretary at th e F ore ign Ode a With respect to the German Courts generally, an especially Dresden, Dantzic, and Darmsdadt, - ir e Hammond explai ne d th a t they had a great influe k l o In the foreign courts of Europe. The misfortunes of,. Royal Family of Saxony had met with the greatest sY'r,,.; pathy on the part of the Continental courts ; and as et ht powers continued to send missions there it was though',. proper to send one from this country. As for Ds? tTi It possessed a most important fortress, garrisoned - 0 Prussian troops, which rendered it expedient to pre serve 0 mission there ; a n d a t D arms t a dt one was k ep t uP °OO account of the relationship of the royal families. Gera' g missions were of much importance to England : not could happen there th a t wou ld no t h ave a genera l tend el to react on this country. We might keep out of these affs47, - , for economical purposes, but there was no c onstitutiou47. Europe which did not materially aff e ct our interests. u_, o manufacturing population depended on our intercon with the Continent for its liv e lihood. It was essential 0 5 0 ' ; Mr. Hammond, in answer to M r . E as t w i c k, that yo men entering the profession should be persons tlict property, and. in a good position. Th e i r salary w° o 0 1 not be sufficient to maintain th em a b roa d i n a positi° 0 . equality with those with whom th e y wou ld h av e to xs9 t i c e crate. Character could not b e t es t e d by a co mPeti examination. A University degree might imply 101 2,d, ledge, but not alway s th e sor t o f k now l e d ge requi` - t o The witness stood in precisely the same relation ,;,) the Foreign Secretary as a Secret ar y o f L e gation, w e i, to a Minister. There was no limit to the age at Wej t o foreign Ministers retired. Wit ness was hi mse lf 65 Ye t o ~ years of age, so he would rather not say that a zen tlete who had arrived at that age sh ou ld re ti re . (Laugh te t ;ct In some remarks made by Mr. Eastwick, it was poi f l l ec t , out that our relations with Persia are imp or tant as 8 ing our Indian Empire, and the mission has " ig o transferred from the Indian Government to the Fc 4. % /1 .4 Office on account of its being thought that representat i would have more effect coming dir ec t f rom the Que e officers. With regard to the duty of a consul, such aPer.jo had no dipl omat i c power whatever. If a consul at M a rs e 0 ; could settle any ques ti on th a t m i g ht ar i se, h e wou ld cl°,llo if not, he would appeal to the Ambassador at Paris. Foreign Secretary had the sole power of appointing Wl re attach6s. All who can once get into the serv....cce„.": o o sure, sooner or later, to get to the top of the tree. IN .L l- 40 did not think that preference was shewn to members of aristocracy, though great numbers of that class wer ° a the service : but it was important that a person engvv e in diplomacy should possess means. 1 THE INDIAN MASSACR E IN MONTAN/I.—toll- 4 ., e10 Sheridan's I n di an p o li cy h as b een di scusse d i n t h e Sena 1 and the feeling was decidedly against the present mod f o r making war upon the Indians. The Gene r al came ill c ot a good deal of adverse criticism, on account of the ing''' eti t in which he conducted his Indian campaigns. The rec ec i battle with the Pig - eon Indians of Montana was dencal oc t i. as a massacre, and some went so far as to say that Sh e dan should be held responsible for it. 1010 7-1 SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Speaker of the -,---- p o of Commons gave his fourth parliamentary full-w - ,0 dinner on Wednesday evening to the following noble or cf and gentlemen :—Lord Ronald Gower, Lord Milton, : g 0 St. Lawrence, Lord Hyde, the Hon. P. Locke olir Major the Hon. A. Anson, Sir John Simeon / in Harry Verney, Sir Patrick O'B r i en, Sir Jilicif. Lawrence, Mr. Cowan, Mr. Candlish, Dr. Brewer, -r sf• Anderson Mr. Thomas B rassey, Mr. Hibbert, Mr.Ar, cett, Mr. Edwards, M r . J ames H oward, Mr. Hohns, j, Macfie, Mr. M`Arth ur , M r. J o h n Locke, Mr. lciorv o° t h. Mr. Melly, Mr. Maguire, Mr. Charles Reed, Mr. ilt r ; f r bone, Mr. Philips, Mr. Samuda, Mr. Rylands, Mr. B vi, terbotham, Mr. hitwell Mr. Eustaco Smith, Nix'; n ; Shaw, Mr. C. Seely, th e R ev . H enr y Whit e , chapla in ' Mr. Alfred Denison, private secretary. re CUBAN AFFAIRS. General Quesada, s - , t) f iG mander-in-Chief of the C u ba n ar my, h as arrivs.,„ u .. e oi' Augustine on an important mission f ro m x ' 0 , 5 C dent Cespedes. He left Cuba amidst the T e o enthusiastic demonstrations of confidence "I t j,4 his countrymen. Spanish reverses are announced. .„,, e it reported from Habana that plantations have i' s o f burned. • The Captain-General has accused the Cuban s the murder of the American, Greenwaldth, and dl ht. that it is part of a programme of those who are not a ro , ing in the field, but, under cover of the volunteer unif ° d e t perpetrate a series of assassinations on foreigners in 1:10 to embroil the Government with foreign Powers. t i o g Captain-General ha s i ssue d an important decree, gran ais• freedom to 2,000 n egroes . A Cuban Junta has been a st covered at Santiago, which had for some time r ~t o , assisted the i nsurgen t s . Th e mem b ers o f th e eighteen in number, have been arrested and executed. . AFFAIRS IN GERMANY.—The North-East CO el respondence learns from Munich that Count Bray, the n ow 1 Minister who has replaced Prince Hohenlohe, has G oo vinced the King of the necessity of strengthening t he Ministry by the addition of a representative 01 r e patriot party., A portfolio will, therefore, Yid, bably be offered to Baron von Lerchenlf,4o Count Bray's programme insists upon the ril l e." observance of the stipulations in the 'Treaty of PrA t h,, The Parliament of Wurtemburg was opened on the, t he , when the deputy Schott, referring to the denial 9,;„ 1 . 0 . North German Gazette, interpellated Herr von W a lt' btihler respecting his declaration of 1867 re of tivo to the cams fcederis, and the treatY. Li o alliance with Prussia. At Berlin a pro made by Herr T wes ten, to the effect th a t i n the X e n ot States the Ministers of parliamentary assemblies call„ p e be called to account for their votes or for the declarat4eo. which they make in the fulfilment of their official din' was adopted. ori NORWICH ELECTION COMM ivr ISSION.—The ~. or ' . d b e r Town Council has appointed a committee to con s l er what steps should be taken to relieve the city of the rais . pense of the Norwich Election Commission, the con, n ot s ioners having rep or t e d t h at corrupt pract i ces did tie extensively prevail at the l a t e e l ec ti on . P e titions to v - 00 ., Houses of Parliam en t are i n c i rcu l at i on i n N orw ich, c dis - plaining of the manner in which the commissionerelico charged the d u ti es i mposed upon them. The petitioofr, allege that th e con d uct of two of the commissioners o ct Dowdesw e ll, Q . C ., an d M r. Bi ron) was " violent lhe unjudicial in its character, and totally opposed t'„ e ti: course of proceedings in courts of justice' The and tioners further complain that " many abusivers to insulting obs erva ti ons ma d e b y the commissin c ;d e ne witnesses are trot set forth in the minutes of e sr ,-,la? annexed to their report." The petitioners also coniteo that the commissioners unnecessarily prolonge d it,cuiiicv- Another or tne mag,tmc'ent armour-piarea'WOO constructed by Messrs. Ltird Brothers, of Birkenh ea o l i ttki the Government, has just left the Mersey for Min oft She is named the Vanguard, an d i s an ocean -cruipilig ~,.: the Invincible clito. 1 I