The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. P. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. E. Phelps, H. Sinclair, C. Seyton, Barrett; Mesdames Hermann Vezin and 11. Vandenhohl To conclude with the Pantomime, entitled NUMBER NIL' ; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant Mountain. Commence at a Quarter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TO-NIGHT, A. LESSON FOR LIFE. •Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Compton, Howe, Rogers, Clarke, Braid, Kendal, Gordon, Vincent, ac.; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, hill, Wright, Laws, &c. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. Messrs. Sothern, Itog(r , Gordon, Clark, Weathersby, Whire, atc. To conclude with JENNY LIND AT LAS P. Miss lona Burke. Commence at Seven. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- %) Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. t'echtcr. THIS EVENING. ROUGE E Nullt. Maurice D'Arbel tr Gambler), r. Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, FitzpatricK, Dalton. Reynolds, Lomas, Newbouno, Andrews, Anderson, Vivian, Bennett. and Edward Prisx ; Miss lien rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, 3liss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Precedel by TILE TWO POLTS. Mr. 11. Widdicomb. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Feb. 23, at Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pict ; Messrs. H. Vezin, Billington, Ashley, Eburne, Romer, and Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUNTAIN DIRT; or, T LIE KNIGHT, THE; LADY, AND TII LAKE. Messrs, J. L. Toole, Paul liedtord, Ashley, R. Romer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, &e. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. `Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews; Mesdames E. Farren, !dilly Palmer, and Charles Mathews. Alter which, ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. 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(ratis and post free on application VIIG LI WAT Al LoNDt)N Mil Doi p. lis DAY. — . Morning, 411. 20 m.—Afternom, 411. 35m I',,_SI,JILROW.-Mornitig, Ih. 52.1i.--Stternoon, 51.10,0 ~. ,1 ) i fT? r ,t IN • .""'l4'''' Is.' SAUL LOAVDON, ,tiATURDAY, FEB. 23, 1867. The Land Tenure (Ireland) last night engaged the attention of the House of Lords ; the Marquis of CLANRICARDE introducing a bill on the subject. The noble Marquis very truly remarked that this subject had lost none of its importance since last year he ventured to lay a measure of this kind on the table of the house. If we would justify the mportanr:e of this question, it might be found in Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH is not apparently gifted with the very useful virtue of patience, and he finds it difficult to endure the prolonged suspense attend ing the discussion of Reform. He has waited, strange to say, till within a day or two of the pro mised debate, when he finds further inaction be come intolerable, and accordingly he endeavours, on Friday, to anticipate the proceedings of Monday. Hon. members generally, though they have mani fested some little impatience respecting the Minis terial proceedings, did not sympathise very laeartily with Mr. GRIFFITH'S anxiety, for his question was received with some laughter. The Speaker was even less merciful, for he arrested the flow of his eloquence by a gentle re minder that he was out of order. The Resolutions fixed for Monday must not, according to the Par liamentary code, be discussed two days previous, and thus the criticalicuriosity of Mr. D. GRIFFITHS failed to obtain its due reward. We do not see, however, that the hon. gentleman has much to complain of. Whatever the ultimate verdict of the House and the country respecting the Ministerial measure, it is impossible to arrive at a fair estimate of any such scheme without a little time for deliberation. A fortnight ago we were all in total ignorance as to the course to be taken. There has not, therefore, been hitherto an unreason able delay in laying the matter before the House and the country. There would have been more cause to resent undue haste if it had been pressed forward more quickly. The Resolutions are before the public, so that all classes may discuss the prin ciples on which it is proposed that the new bill should be founded, and express their views as to where they fall short, where they are capable of im provement, and where they are impracticable or undesirable. There has been ample but scarcely superfluous time allowed for such public discussion, and it must be at once evident to impartial observers that if Mr. DISRAELI had satisfied the curiosity of all his successive questioners there would have been little left to explain on Monday. The view thus presented of the Mio...terial measure would besides Lave been most imperfect and unfair, something like taking a brick as a specimen of a house. If the Government are wise they will pledge themselves to no particular clause, no especial limit or minor provision, but content with the general acceptance of fundamental principles they will adopt and modify the details of the measure according to the prevailing sentiment of the House and the people. Mr. GRIFFITH complains that the resolutions ask the House to take a leap in the dark ; but, as Mr. DISRAELI subsequently ex plained, it was understood from the first that an indication of the manner in which the Government proposed to apply their principles would be given on Monday next. The first step was to see whether the House would consent to the new and somewhat unusual mode of proceeding. That is the question now to be settled. Should they accept the form of the Resolutions, it will then be necessary and desir able to explain the manner in which the Ministers propose to act upon them. It was not more than ten days, said Mr. DISRAELI, since he made the proposition of proceeding by Resolutions. It was then very doubtful whether it would be accepted, and formally it was not yet accepted, though he might infer from the declarations that had been made that the House would not refuse its assent to that mode of proceeding. The object of the Government, as he explained, was to express certain principles on which they wished to proceed, so as to give the House an opportunity of considering those principles, and applying them in the manner which they thought most expedient. In a few days they would be asked to take the Reso lutions into consideration, and before he asked for their opinion it would be his duty to show the manner in which the Government thought of apply ing them. In the course of the last week a number of questions have been asked respecting the details of the Reform Bill, and all these the Chancellor of the Exchequer promises to bear in mind. Mr. GRIFFITH'S question as to the extent of the pro posed reduction of the franchise can hardly fail to secure notice, for a Reform Bill which did not specify the amount of the qualification would, in deed,:be a political curiosity. On the whole the House seems inclined to give a fair and temperate consideration to the question in its new aspects. Thoughtful men are sensible of the necessity of coming to a definite conclusion, and no longer allowing our Parliamentary system to be the object of attack, criticism, and ridicule. Whatever deficiencies exist in its theory or its practice become exaggerated by constant and pur - poseless complaint. One section of the population has become so disgusted with the hypocrisy or inconsistency of some professing Re formers that it has abandoned all interest in the matter, and looks oa with cynical ndifference. Another has been driven by practical shortcomings into the adoption of extreme and visionary theories; while there are many who, soured by the failure of repeated efforts, are inclined to doubt or disbelieve the actual benefits we enjoy. It is more than time that the question was placed on a proper and national footing, and taken out of the area of prejudice, faction, and political fanaticism. CORRESPONDENCE FROVI PARIS. PARIS, Friday Evening. The Moniteur to-day is nearly filled with the despatches from the official book, relative to the great events in Germany and Italy. It has not a word of news, and it has not even its faits divers (miscellaneous facts), an omission which rarely Occurs. The telegraphic despatch from Vera Cruz, an nouncing the entire evacuation by the French troops, has not excited much attention, because it has been anticipated for some time. It was posted on 'Change as if it had been something important, but it had no influence upon prices. There is more to come however. The affairs of Mexico will assume prominence. I have reason to believe that the Government is in possession of intelligence which leaves little hope that the Emperor Maximilian will be able to maintain his position in Mexico. Again the proposed law upon the Press forms the staple of the argumentative portions of the Paris papers. The Journal des Debats comes out, but somewhat timidly. It, however, declares itself against the continuance of what it calls " the vague and indefinite offence termed excitation to the con tempt and hatred of the Government." A letter from Rome states that although Cardinal Antonelli is still suffering from the gout, he is again able to attend to business. Monseigneur Berardi, however, has been compelled to repair to Frascati, to repose for a few days. He is suffering from bronchitis ; and, according to the latest accounts, he is in a very critical state. M. Norhomb, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for Belgium to Berlin, has been recalled temporarily by his Government to Brussels, in order to receive the necessary instructions rela tive to the stipulations which are to be made in the marriage contract of the Count de Flandre with the Princess de Hohenzollern. A literary paper gives some curious particulars respecting the four Statues of the Plantagenets, which are now in the chapel of the abbey of Fon trevault. England wished to possess those statues in 181/, and made a formal application upon the subject, which was refused. An offer for them has recently been renewed, whi c h a l s o was d ec li ne d, th e province of Anjo u w i s hi ng to retain them. These four statues represent Henry 11., Richard Cceur de Lion, Eleanore de Guyenne, and Isabeau d'Angou leme. At first they were plac e d i n th e M useum a t Versailles, but, at the desire of the inhabitants of Anjou, they were removed to the Abbey of Fontre vault. A French writer, perhaps with pardonable vanity, says the race of Plantagenets proves that " France has governed England." The genealogy, is thus traced. Geoffroy, fifth Duke of Anjou, having married, in 1127, the widow of King Henry I. of England, their son, Henry 11., whose statue is at Fontrevault, ascended the throne of England in 1154. This race, of French blood, occupied that throne 331 years, that is to say, until the accession of Henry VII., chief of the House of Tudor. The English kings who had the blood of Angerin (the province Anjou) in her veins were Henry 11., Richard Cceur de Lion, Jean Sans Terre, Henry 111., Edward 1., Edward 11., Edward 111., Richard 11., Henry IV., Henry V., Henry VI., Edward IV., Edward V., and Richard 111. Henry 11., whose statue figures among those mentioned, was, according to this bio grapher, the first English Monarch of French blood who commanded at once Great Britain, Anjou, Maine, Touraine, Normandy, and more than half of France beyond the Loire, and yet wanted to possess it all. He fought Rome by " ideas," an d Louis VII. by arms. He committed the crime of assassinating Thomas h Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury. lie was conquered by events, and was forced to do penance before the monk, whom he had made a martyr. Ile died at Chignon, in 1189, and was intcrrred at Fontrevault. The Emperor, with his accustomed liberality, has given 10,0001. in promotion of a subscription to enable workmen in the departments to come to Paris at the time of the Exhibition. The Empress has subscribed 5,000 f. with the same object. On the Ist of December last there were 2,091 telegraph offices in France. During the last six months of 1866 the number of telegraphic despatches transmitted by the various offices was 2,367,991, being an increase over the number sent in the cor responding period of 1865 of 306,534. The receipts amounted to 6,471,1861., being an increase of 602,6031. over those of 1865. The poet Lamartine, who, in his time, has re ceived a fabulous amount of money, but who is always in difficulties, is, it is said, about to receive from the State a sum of 400,0001., which will be accorded to him " as a national recompense as the fernier head of the Proyihional Goverament," The the fact that there are already on the table of the House of Commons four measures relating to it. This bill of Lord CLANRICARDE'S does not interfere with the proposition of Government, which con cerns compensation for improvements only. During the recess several pamphlets have appeared on the subject of the tenure of land; still, notwithstanding all that has been said or written on the matter, the task of legislating does not seem to have been made easier, or likely to prove more effective. It is satis factory to think that at present there is not the excitement and irritation prevalent about the laud question in Ireland that some might suppose, owing to the peculiar circumstances of the case. On the contrary, as the noble Marquis explained, " in spite of the Fenian riots and alarms, iu spite of speeches and writings of the most vehement description, there exists among persons properly and immediately connected with land, among the class of tenant farmers, little real agitation or excitement ; for the condition of everything connected with the occupa tion or cultivation of land, including the condition of the agricultural labourers, has materially im proved." This is encouraging, but at the same time it seems to urge forward the necessity of losing no time in the task of improvement, because it is always far easier and more satisfactory to legislate for people when they arc in a state of calmness than when they are excited and discontented. In fact, it often occurs at such junctures that faults are found and disapproval manifested at measures which, if proposed in time, would have been eagerly welcomed. Several circumstances have conduced of late to show that on the whole things are not so hopeless as some have asserted. The meeting of the Great Southern and Western, the principal Irish railway, showed that the character of the re turns was quite satisfactory ; and we quite agree with the noble marquis that it is idle to say nothing is wanted ; but at the same time we must not shut our eyes to the fact that an increased pros perity in the face of political agitation shows that there cannot be the " distrust and rancour" so com monly represented between landlord and tenant. Of course, it is very desirable that the Government should use all their efforts to bring about a satisfac tory settlement of certain vexed questions, and thus increase the prosperity of the country, while they put away irritating causes of discontent; but there can be no real end gained by prejudging the case, as it were, and giving, in fact, unfavourable conclu sions before the experiment in question has been fairly tried. We suspect that in many instances the wish is father to the thought with those cavillers, and that they really do not desire any important change to take place under their particular views are therein carried out to the letter. The noble Marquis censured the proposal recently made, that the State should buy up large properties from the present owners, and then distribute them among the occupiers, and, as he very justly said, such a scheme was utterly wild and nonsensical. " There is not a single principle of political economy or of any other science to recommend the propositions. After referring to many plans and projects that had lately been suggested as to the propriety of fixing a particular term for the holding of leases, Lord CLANRICARDE said that the effect of the scheme would be that they would practically revive the old feudal system, under which land was supposed to be rendered inalien able. No doubt there is a great deal of truth iu the remark here made that there were bad tenants as well as bad landlords, and no law that may be enacted on the subject of compensation and tenure can altogether put a stop to extortion on the one hand and to roguery on the other. Lord MEREDYTIL said he thought that part of the mistakes made on this subject arose from the fact that in making these changes and alterations people were apt to forget that after all the chief thing was that a good understanding should be arrived at between landlord and tenant. Very likely this may be the case, for no acts of Parlia ment can render any arrangement satisfactory that does not accord with the desires of those con cerned, and unless a good understanding exists between the various persons it is idle to anticipate a beneficial change to take place. As for emigra tion which has been so bitterly complained of of late, there are two sides to that question, as to most others ; and as the noble lord reminded the house time was when the Government of the day were earnestly solicited to assist emigration to the utter most, and it was then believed by the " best friends of the Irish tenants to be the great panacea for the misery existing in that country." We suspect that in this, as in every other thing of like importance, the secret of success lies in juste milieu, which is so easy to talk of, but so difficult to attain. At the time alluded to by the noble lord no doubt the emigration plan proved a great benefit, but it has since then been carried too far for the good of the country, or for the benefit of those who flocked in such numbers to distant lands. The bill of Lord CLANRICARDE was read a first time, and we are sure that all well-wishers of Ireland will rejoice if it should prove to ameliorate in any degree the state of things now in existence, and tend to pro mote a better understanding between landlord and tenant. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN ING, FEBRUARY 23, 1867. Presse innocently says that M. de Lamartine will accept the gift. Nobody who knows anything about him will doubt the fact, or that he would gratefully accept any further donation. lam told that the Council of State has not yet agreed to the gift. The railway between Amiens and Rouen will be opened in the early part of March. This will give an important and cheap increase in the communi cation with Paris, and will enable English travel lers, with little loss of time, to visit both Calais and Boulogne, and come to Paris by the beautiful route of Normandy. To-day has been a fine day of winter, frosty in the morning, and cold throughout the day, with very little sunshine. There is no doubt that it will freeze again to-night. The Moniteur of this evening announces that King Victor Emmanuel left Florence yesterday for Turin. Prince :Nletternich left Paris last night for Men ton, in order to be present at the funeral coremony of the Archduke Stephen. The remains of the Archduke will, on Sunday next, be conveyed from Menton to Pesth. Railways in and to Indic There is no man who, from first to last, has done more good work for the promotion of railway com munication in India than Mr. W. P. Andrew. From the time when, more than twenty years ago, he wrote a remarkable pamphlet, far in advance of the times, under the modest nom de guerre of an " Old Indian Postmaster," up to the present day, he has laboured most assiduously, and has devoted no common energy and ability to the furtherance of this great object. On the general subject of Indian railways,, or any particular points connected with it, no man is listened to with more respect. We were glad, therefore, to see him the other day coming frankly and honestly forward to vindicate in the columns of the Times the Indian Government with respect to the good faith which it had always ob served in the matter of its guarantees. " I have been a party to no less than four contracts with the Secretary of State for India in Council conferring the advantages of th e guarantee of the Government of India on the several undertaking, with which I am connected, and in no instance has there been for a moment the slightest cavil as to the amount of interest due from Government, or a day's delay in the payment of the amount. Even during the height of the mutiny, the good faith and punctuality for which the Government of India has ever been distinguished, were as manifest as in ordinary times." This is no more than ought to be said about the good faith of the Indian Government, but it is well that it should be said on such high authority. After this, Mr. Andrew goes on to explain in a very lucid manner the real character of Government guarantees in India, and the precise powers which they confer on the Govern ment granting them. On this the 7 imes observes that " the evil incidental to Indian guarantees lies in the readiness of the Indian Government to grant them. The moment any of the five per cent. enterprises creep up above par, a fresh supply is threatened, aad thus the previous investors never see their stocks attain a proper position in the market. But for this constant swamping of any premium to which they may reach, they would probably before this have acquired a popularity in India that might have tempted native capital to flow iuto them, a result which has thus far been remarkably absent. Certainly, if the debt is, as Mr. Andrew suggests, to be looked upon as almost equally sacred with the liability to the English fundholder, it would be well that Parliament should at once assume a greater supervision over it, since in that case, where there is the present jea lousy of affording the slightest aid to English lines, we may assume there would also be some disposition to restrain the extension of our credit commitments for a territory so distant." But the fact is that there is not at present any readiness on the part of the In dian Government to guarantee any experiments of the kind, and that, as far as we understand the mat ter, Parliament has really nothing to do with it. If an imperial guarantee were given, of course Parliamentary supervision would be called for ; but as it is, the supervision of the Secretary of State for India in Council, which is vigilantly exercised, is all that is required. Turning to another and perhaps more important subject, we may say that we observe with much satisfaction that Mr. Andrew is again moving—and he is one of those men who seldom move in such cases without eventual success—for the promotion of the great national scheme of the Euphrates Valley Railway. This is a project the immense advantages of which far transcend either the difficulty or the cost of execution. To open out a new and more expeditious " overland" route , ed on m t e h n e other h an d, suc h as offered gigan t o gigantic e it to India would seem to be ts a under takingsmall, a ; nd b t u h t e t fa h c e ili i t m ie p s to encourage every reasonable expectation of success in all the different aspects in which it can be re garded—political, military, commercial, and finan cial. On the present occasion, we merely glance at this important subject. But it is one which we shall keep steadily before us, and to which we shall return from time to time, as the scheme appears to develope itself. It can not be in better hands. Napoleon said that he had faith only in successful men. Mr. Andrew has been eminently successful. The schemes which he has worked out have prospered ; and this, the gre atest scheme of all to which he has di rec t e d hi s energies, will, we believe, be event ua lly accom plished. The Riotous Proceedings in Wolverhampton. WOLVERHAMPTON, Friday. At about midnight on Thursday the magistrates came to the determination, from information they had received, that to effectually secure the peace of the town last night it would be necessary to obtain the presence of another troop of cavalry, and like wise to call up the yeomanry. They therefore at once telegraphed to the officer commanding the Bth Hussars at Coventry, and at the same time inti mated what they had done to the commanding officer of the district at Manchester. Yesterday at about half-past one o'clock a troop of the Bth Hus sars, under the command of Capt. Kennard, arrived at Wolverhampton by special train from Coventry, and during the afternoon two telegrams were re ceived from the Home Secretary giving instructions for the swearing in of special constables, but com municating no instructions by virtue of which the authorities would be empowered to stop the lectures. The refractorylrish inhabitants and their abettors from the vicinity have threatened the life of the mayor, Sir John Morris, and to destroy his works and also the private residence of the mayor's manager, Mr. Fuller, under the belief that they are aiding and abetting Murphy, the lecturer. The lecture last night was to be on the confessional. Towards the lecturer and his cause a large amount of sympa thy has been expressed by the Protestant working men of the town ; all the operatives at several manu factories have come forward and volunteered their services to protect the lecturer during the evening, and arrangements were made by the lecturer and his party to admit between 500 and 600 of these men— all armed . by some weapon of their own choosing— by the side door of the hall. It was expected that Irish miners would come into should ol w pe mag i s trates reassembled i the town last n i g ht f rom Bilston, Willenhall, Porto bel10, udbe elsewhere.drawn four o'cl oc k. I t was res olved that One tro , p of hussars the directio n o f a l oca l ma gistrate, itl ) ueen e s a - s d ri y ua t r o e , under rch to any part of the town that might possibly ba at tacked ; that the yeomanry should be sent out as patrols to those outlying thoroughfares specially oreoapteonfedn;uassnadrs,tlbtayt 150 oe policemen,Agriultural Hall, the place of the lecture, should be guarded by the other threatened and by the volunteers of the town, acting as special constables. WOLVERHAMPTON, Friday Night. The town was patrolled throughout, and the hall was well guarded. Ten thousand people were out side. Threats were made of firing the property in the town. A rush at the hall was defeated, and many bludgeons were taken from the Irish. Three thousand people were at the lecture. The town was cleared at ten. Father Kelly was sent for by the stipendiary, and he he gone 0414330 the Irish. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ALLOCUTION OF THE POPE. ROME, Feb. 22. At a secret consistory held this morning the Pope announced his intention to canonize Brother Leonardo of Porto Maurizzio. His Holiness then delivered a short allocation, in which he alverted to his letter to King Victor Emmanuel in 1865, written with the object of providing for the vacant bishoprics, and declared that the negotiations for that purpose, which have now been resumed, were not broken off through the fault of the Holy See. Ilis Holiness lamented the fact that the bishops whom he sends to empty churches will find theirpro perty appropriated and their religious congregations expelled ; adding, " They will find affliction and misery; nevertheless we send them for the salva tion of souls. They will go in the name of Jesus Christ, confiding in the protection of the Mother of God." His Holiness concluded by stating that it was not expedient to say more in the present state of things ; but unless God interposed, the future was clearly to be foretold by the deplorable events which have already taken place. " Nevertheless," said his Holiness, "we must rely upon the protec tion of Heaven to change our sorrow into joy." The Pope then announced that he had preconised several bishops, and hoped to be able to increase the number at future consistories. The number of bishops preconised this morning is thirty, two of whom are for France, three for the Island of Sar dinia, four for Piedmont, two for Sicily, four for Tuscany, two for the Marches, two for the patri mony of St. Peter, five for Hungary, one for Bava ria, one for Ireland, and five in partibus. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 22. A Royal decree has been issued, ordering the re-organisation of the clergy and the parishes, and establishing new episcopal districts, in conformity with the Concordat of 1861. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 22. The Poonah, which started yesterday morning for Marseilles, returned with machinery damaged. Transferred mails, &c., to the Euxine, which left for Marseilles at 10.30 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 22.—Two o'clock.—Transactions to-day are not numerous, but prices are generally well maintained. Three per Cents. have a frac tional advance at 69f. 70c., and Italian Fives have improved 10c., to 54f. sc. Comptoir d'Escompte and Credit Foncier have advanced—the former 3f. 55c., and the latter 7f. 50c., the respective quota tions being 773 f. 75c. and 1,527 f. 50c. Credit INlobilier are unvaried at 496 f. 50c. Three o'clock.—The market has become more animated. The close takes place on the following improved quotations :- 4j per Cents 99 75 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 69 80 Do. end month 69 80 Credit llobilier Do. end month 505 Credit Foncier Do. end month 1525 Bank Shares — Italian Loan 54 10 Do. end month 54 35 Mexioan Loan 2O 50 Do. Bonds 135 Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred - 50 'ATS. For Account. Orleans Northern 1226 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 940 Southern 5Bl 25 Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain SarahosEa Ditto to Barcelona Roman. 421 25 417 50 IRELAND. DUBLIN, Feb. 22. Mr. Smith Barry has won an easy victory in Cork. He came, saw, and conquered. Mr. M'Carthy Downing, after coming forth asthe champion of the people, gave way at Mr. Smith Barry's approach, without striking a blow. Mr. Vincent Scully, on the day before the election, stated at a meeting of the vintners, amid the enthusiastic applause of that body, that he was not the man to retire. Yesterday, when the Courthouse opened, be entered the arena, apparently with the full determi nation to fight the battle to the last elector and the last shilling. His seconds, Mr. N. Dunscombe and Mr. D. S. Lalor, backed him up with spirit. After making a long speech, detailing his services in Par liament, and defending himself from attacks, the hon. gentleman said he thought it would be a grace ful act on the part of the younger candidate to re tire in favour of the old and well-tried servant. The younger candidate, however, was not chivalrous enough to take the hint. Candidates confident of victory seldom do give way in politeness towards an opponent. Mr. Smith Barry having been proposed by Mr. S. T. W. French, and seconded by Mr. 11. Barry, came forward in histurn, and was received with rapturous applause. On its subsiding be explained his political sentiments, which were in unison with those put forward in his address, being, he said, wholly inde pendent of Whig or Tory, only so far as they brought in measures for the good of Ireland— a good Tenant-right Bill, civil and religious liberty, and a true regard to the interests of the country. He would most decidedly go to the poll. Mr. Scully said, Mr: S. Barry not having retired, he would do so. This announcement caused great cheering, which lasted several minutes. The High Sheriff then declared Mr. A. S. Barry duly elected. A vote of thanks was passed to the High Sheriff, and the proceedings ter minated. The Cork Examiner, among other objections to Mr. Scully, remarks that he did not sufficiently maintain the dignity of that county by his be haviour in the House of Commons ; that instead of being witty, like Mr. Bernal Osborne, his sallies bordered on buffoonery ; and that as the Protes tants of England had discarded their Whalley, the Catholics of Ireland would get rid of their Scully. Mr. Smith Barry begins his career under the fairest auspices, and with the highest prospects. He belongs to one of the oldest stocks of the county gentry ; he is wealthy, popular, and favourably re garded by all parties. A stranger from America, named Mulloy, whose movements were suspicious, has been arrested at Athlone. Two persons, named Reynolds and Magill, have been taken up by the police at Armagh under similar circumstances. They had been travelling about through various Owns in England and Ire land with no lawful object that the detectives could imagine. Important letters and other documents were found in their trunks, with some money in gold, and a draught on Liverpool for more than £2OO. The prisoners were remanded for a week to allow the constabulary time to read the documents. Another suspected Fenian agent was arrested at Wexford, but set flee after a private investigation before the magistrates. The half-yearly meeting of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company was held yesterday ; Mr. J. W. Murland in the chair. Mr. Culverwell, the s.eretary, read the report, from which it ap peared that while there was some falling off in the passenger traffic there was an increase of about £2,000 in the goods traffic last year. A dividend of 4i per cent. was declared. There was a discussion about amalgamation with the Dublin and Belfast Junction, and an amendment moved which ended in nothing. REPRESENTATION OF EAST SUFFOLK.—CoIoneI Adair, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for East Suffolk, has issued an address, in which he announces his intention to offer himself again at the first opportunity. "The re sult of a poll taken after a brief canvass," says the gallant colonel, " shor - s that you have added largely to your strength, while the numbers of the Conservative party lutTo =awl otationaq." The Fenian Raid in Ireland. (From the Times' Special Correspondent.) ROSSBEIGII, COUNTY KERRY, Wednesday. The " long car," which forms the ordinary means of communication between Killarney and the West, brought me to this point yesterday, some 19 miles on my way to Cahirciveen. I was the only passenger, and started not without some speculation among laughing bystanders whether the Fenians would not probably sweep down from the mountains and carry back with them a special correspondent of their own to 111‘Gillicuddy's Reeks or the Black Valley. This rather barren possession was likely to be valued by the Fenians far less than a small cask of brandy which we had among our impedimenta, and which woul.d have proved an excellent peace offering to weary fugitives. Last week the passengers to Kil larnej- by this car were hiding their money in their boots and concealing valuables in the " well" which holds the luggage, while every peasant who stood by the roadside was looked upon as a possible Fenian who had comrades at his call, and might stop and rifle the car. No such alarms were needed now, and it was possible to enjoy the journey without much thought of Fenian marauders. Throughout the whole distance the mountains form a noble screen to the prospect on your left, and were lit up by sunshine or obscured by mist with a sudden alternation which it was delightful to watch so long as the mist kept to the mountain and left Queen's highway pretty clear. But this was not always so. At starting, as rain was falling, the driver conceded that it was " a soft day." When afterwards I ventured to suggest that it was raining harder, he thought it " not much to spako of." And when I put on a waterproof, he seemed almost to think that a slight had been offered to the Irish climate. Meanwhile, you wondered what the wandering Fenians would do on the mountain-side amid those driving showers, and what draggled, miserable outcasts they must be. " It is pleasant from the cliff to see the mariner tost on the ocean ; and from the car one thought almost with complacency of those would-be insur gents out yonder, who had meant so much mischief to others, and now were sure to be so hungry and wet, and suffering so much misery in their own•persons. At Headley-cross, a point in the road near Lord Headley's seat, just outside Killarney, 300 Fenians from the Killarney district were to have joined the Cahirciveen party. This, at least, was the statement contained in an anonymous letter received by the authorities ; and the truth of these anonymous com munications being established in many points, there is fair presumption in favour of this, when coupled with what has since come to light from other sources. Beyond Headley-cross, on both sides of the road, you see poor, wet land, sometimes nothing but a hopeless morass, supporting a few live stock; and hero and there a peasant cabin, close by which are sure to be several lean, hungry-looking pigs. The telegraph line to Valentia runs along the road nearly the whole way, and the whole communication with the New World is thus at the mercy of any Fenian sympathiser. Both at Killorglin, 13 miles from Killarney,and atCahirciveen, strong bodies of troops are now stationed. This morning patrols of Lan cers passed the hotel, and parties of constabulary pass frequently. Notwithstanding these precautions, the wires were broken yesterday between Killorglin and Killarney. The line was soon repaired, for in all these cases workmen are sent on cars to the spot with the least possible delay. Still the inconveni ence is considerable, while no earthly good results to the Fenian or any other cause. The wounded police-constable, Duggan, who is under treatment in a roadside house about two miles beyond Rossbeigh, is not yet out of danger ; hut he is free from fever to-day, and should his strength continue, Dr. Spotswood, of this place, under whose charge he remains, has hopes of his recovery. It was early morning on Wednesday when he was shot ; and probably owing to the information found upon him that there had been no rising at Killarney the insurgents wavered and proceeded no further along the main road. Meanwhile, the Rev. IlPGinn, the parish priest at Rossbeigh, received what is here called "a sick call" —a summons to attend the wounded man—and was also told that the Feniaus were coining to attack the police barracks. lle immediately went there, and warned the four constables who were then in the bar rack. Soon afterwards, in going along the road to wards the point indicated by the messenger, he met the insurgents. Their scouts had seen him go to the police barrack, and a curious scene followed. Some threatened him for warning the police of their dan ger. The priest boldly avowed the part he had taken, said the police were prepared for any attack, and that the insurgents might kill him if they would, but that this would not help them. Others repudiated any wish to harm him. Some asked him for his bles sing. "My blessing," said the good priest, "my blessing ?" And you going forth to shed innocent blood and bringruin upon yourselves and your coun try? Come up with me to the chapel yonder ; let me confess you, and then go to your homes." For some time he thus exhorted them by the roadside to relinquish their mad design, and showed them how mad and how wicked a design it was. They replied that they must go on with it; that they desired to make Ireland a republic, and that in all the towns in the south of Ireland there would soon be a Fenian rising. However, they assured hire th at they would not attack the barrack, and so this singular parley ended, the priest hastening on to give spiritual con solation to the wounded policeman. 'There were no more than about 60 people at this point. O'Connor was mounted, and a great part of his followers seem to have been " gossoons"---- mere boys, the rabble of Cahirciv een, with a sprink ling of farmers' sons, and a few Irish Americans. In this parish I am assured that not one man joined them. • On the contrary, so little sympathetic were the country people of Glenbeigh and Ross beigh—at all events, so fearful of being com promised, or "pressed," as they said, into joining the insurgents—that many took to the 'mountains, and some got away in their boats, for several narrow creeks opening into Dingle Bay ran up towards the few scattered houses hereabouts and offer easy means of concealment and escape. Find ing that they were not joined by the people, and hearing also from the driver and passengers in the mail-car (whom they did not molest) that there had been no rising in Killarney, the insurgents lost heart. They lingered about the place for a few hours, and then, leaving the main road, made for a mountain pass leading to Glencar. As for arms, some had rifles, some revolvers, and some pikes and pitchforld. Two pikes were found next day near the police barrack, and two more planted close by the priest's house. Several men who had set out with the Fenians now seem to have thought better of it, and were return ing home towards Cahirciveen. On what pretexts they separated themselves from the main body I don't of course know, but there is a story here, for which Ido not vouch, though it seems probable enough—that one of the Fenians being discovered edging away towards home, during the march to the mountains, " Colonel" O'Connor ordered a pur suit by two other men, who no sooner got fairly out of range than they also set off in company with the deserter. KILLARNEY, Friday Night. A search was made this afternoon for arms of Fenian fugitives in the Robbers' Cave in Gleallesk, but without success. As the troops and constabu lary were returning signal fires were lit on the mountains. Sin WILLIAM HUTT ON REFORM.—On Thursday night Sir Win. Hutt addressed his constituents at Gates head, and announced his opinion ou the question of Re form. Ho said ho believed, with the majority of the Liberal members of the House of Commons, that the settlement of Reform is a matter far above party, and that there should be an attempt'to make the Government resolutions avail able to this end. Should that effort fail, the question should be taken up by Mr. Gladstone. A MS. COLLECTION OF ALL PEPYS'S BALLADS in his library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, is in course of preparation. THE AUTHOR OF " AUNT MARGARET'S TROUBLE" will contribute the next serial story to All the Year Round, on the conclusion of "Black Sheep." Mr. MUDIE'S LIBRARY has been amalgamated with (or rather, it ought to be said, has absorbed into it) the united libraries lately under the management of Mr. Lionel Booth. The directors announce that the company is in a flourishing state, and able again to declare a divi dend at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum. —London Review. ___., tall .'*,,,,,,i',. (frill ir w ., : ' '->. \ --- - - ' .a. 0%, i i , o , 4 4444 3,44. HER MAJESTY, &c• - WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 22. The Queen, with Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louis, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Henry of Prussia, left Osborne to-day at a quarter before three o'clock, and arrived at Windsor Castle at ten minutes past six p.m. The suite consisted of the Duchess of Rox burghe, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lieutenant- General Hon. C. Grey, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lieutenant-Colonel lion. D. de Itos, Mr. Legg, Captain Von Schroetter, and Mr. Sahl. The lion. Flora Macdonald and the lion. Florence Seymour have arrived at the Castle as maids of honour in waiting. Viscount Hawarden and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville Wrest have arrived as lord and groom in waiting. Lord and Lidy Bloomfield left Osborne yesterday. The Rev. G. and Mrs. Prothero had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. Sir James Clark has arrived at the Castle. The Prince and Princess of Wales. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, Feb. 22. The Princess of Wales slept well during the night. Her Royal Highness's condition this morn ing is satisfactory. The infant princess continues in health. (Signed) ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. WILLIAM JENNER, M.D. E. H. STEVEKIN, M.D. The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Major Teesdale. His Royal Highness went to the House of Lords in the afternoon. Mr. Lowe, M.P., at the Mansion-house. Yesterday evening the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained the members of the Court of Aldermen and part of the Common Council, the Sheriffs of Loudon, and most of the metropolitan and some other members of Parliament at a banquet at the Mansion House. Covers were laid for about 230 guests, and among them were the Right Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., Gen. Sir J. Burgoyne, Admiral Sir F. Nicholson, Sir F. L. Arthur, Admiral Ommanney, Hon. P. J. Locke-King, ALP., Col. Sykes, ALP., Mr. Briscoe, M.P., Mr. Layard, M.P., Mr. John Locke, Q.C., M.P., Mr. T. Hankey, M.P., Mr. Doulton, M.P., Mr. Watkin, M.P., Mr. Wyld, ALP., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., and Mr. M'Cullagh Tor rens, M.P. On the removal of the cloth, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress drank to their guests in a loving cup. "The health of her Majesty" was then given from the chair, followed by that of the " Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family." The Lord Mayor taking occasion to say, in reference to the Princess of Wales, that the deep concern manifested by all classes of the community at the indisposition of her Royal Highness proved to what extent the Princess had taken possession of the affec tions of the people. The LORD MAYOR afterwards proposed the " House of Commons," and in doing so said it might be thought by some persons that ho was a bold man who, in the present state of things, would propose this toast, but he would venture to say that he was a bolder man who would dare to reply to it. (A laugh.) He was proud, however, to say that they were honoured on the present occasion with the company of a gentleman who had abundant courage for such a task--the Right Hon. Robert Lowe — (cheers)—who, with that manly courage which bad hitherto distinguished him, would reply to this toast, and tell them that he by no means intended judg ment should go by default, so far as he was con cerned, respecting the great political question of the day ; that he was perfectly ready to go fairly into the case, and to abide the result of a calm and deliberate investigation; that he would not yield to clamour or declamation, or assert that which was most loudly asserted to be right merely because it was so loudly asserted. (Cheers.) Mr. LOWE, on rising to reply, was enthusiasti cally cheered. He announced that he was not going to make a political speech, and then proceeded to illustrate the manifold and important duties which devolved on the House of Commons. In the course of his remarks he said—My Lord Mayor and gentle men, under what conditions are its powers exercised? Your bees work in a glass hive. Every word we say, every expression used in the heat of debate, any illogical vehemence of argument, is taken down with a skill and precision perfectly wonderful, is circu lated throughout the country, and is on tho break fast table of persons hundred of miles away next morning. (Cheers.) No persons in the world ever acted under so rigid a censorship and such minute supervision as we do. And Iv hen we have furnished the evidence against ourselves, our speeches and the conduct of our business are scanned by the press, many of the writers in which are our equals, and no doubt many of them our superiors. Therefore I sal no assembly ever performed functions so transcen dent under supervision so minute and searching, and if we come out with anything but disgrace from the ordeal, considering our large number, we shall have done great things. And now we are going to under take the hardest work of all. Most of us have ft some time in our lives sat down and begun to consi der that things were not going on precisely as the/ should do with us. We have entered on the process of self-examination. With much reluctance wo hay° confessed the wrong, and made good resolutions to enter upon the process of amendment. Well, gen tlemen, the House of Commons, which judges an d controls every one else, is now called on to perfor' the hardest function of all—to judge itself, to pu t itself in the scale and see how far it is wanting. (Hear.) How we may come out of that inquiry Ido not know. Give us your good wishes. Wish fo r us that we may have a spirit of candour to se ° and apprehend our errors and shortcomings. Wish r 5 1). for us that we may have a spirit of honesty. W 1 for us that we may have a spirit of firmness a manliness to redress whatever we find amiss, t ° amend whatever is proved to be wrong in us. Wi° l/ for us that we may do our duty. And oh, gentle men, above all things, wish for us that when we ha lr _, done that duty no human motive or , h uman interes t may prompt us to do more. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LAYARD, M.P., rose to propose "The hea lth of the Lord Mayor," which his lordshship briefly acknowledged. Several other civic toasts followed' and the company separated about ten o'clock. WILL OF THE WISP—No. I.—has jUst flitted ill existence as "An Occasional Fortnightly Jour na o of No Party, No Politics, No Sect, No Cree d ' t and—judging from its literary criticisms (short Ye anything but sweet) —of No Mercy Instance the paragraph-slashes administered to George Sala Iva George Meredith, to Mrs. Wood and (though l u . s modified way) to Miss Thackeray. The cover . exceedingly pretty in design, from the llovc,r7a butterflies above the bullrushes to eke out the Will and Wisp downwards to the symbolical birColio rod, constantly kept, we may presume (dur in g t intervals of publication), in pickle. tan It appears from a parliamentary return Oa tho Ist January there were in the brigade of gu ard , s to t, Roman Catholics, viz. : —Bl privates, 4 officers, 1 st'rg-' 1 drummer, and 4 corporals. - CONFESSION OF MURDER.—Mr. Superi m en- . 0 Waters, of the Hartlepool Borough Police for to at present engaged in instituting inquiries with reg 3ra . vo a report which is freely circulated about the town, relatt to the mysterious circumstances attending the death of the 0 late Mr. William John Vollum, Mayor of Hartlepool/ Wll_,. ° was found—and regarded as haying been accidentallrf drowned in the Victoria Dock, Hartlepool, on the lit i t a January, 1849. An Australian newspaper, recently coived, contains ill() confession of a condem ned culPhriti who is self-accused of three murders in addition to t" 12f for which ho is about to under g o the extreme penalt):,e3 the law, and that ; acc ount states the criminal menti°.l the murder of the late Mr. W. J. Vollum, of Hartler°° on the date fbovo named, as one el the crimes.