The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-12 00:00:00

.~ '. W " , I , i \ \ 4 4 4 ' • ; ; E APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, br all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SUN'S. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and the must fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate ystem of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or injured will be exchanged, or, if desired, the money will DO returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, f:om which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats And Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un aqualied for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS. from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climate; with every requisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Pattern; and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON, Ready - made and Be spoke Tailors, Jiabitmakers, 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 eveninz at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES sad SON:— LONDON CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART •STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ei this Institution will be held at the L'JNDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY next, 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, Adelphi, March 8. BANK OF ENGLAND, Bth Mh, . THE COURT of DIRECTOR S of arc the lB7o 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 th e 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 EOM as the Scrutiny is over. Printed Lists of the Proprietors baying Votes will be ready to be delivered at the Bank on Wednesday, the 23d March. HAMMOND CHUBB, Secretary. .N.B.—By an A c t passed in the Seventh year o f th e reign of George 111., no person will be entitled to vote at - e,• - the said Election who shall no t h a ve been Six Calendar e_ Months possessed in his own right of the Stock for which he shall then give his Vote, unless the said Stock shall have 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. s/ PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION (Established 18.0). TRUSTEES Thomas Baring, Esq., M P. 1 Thomas Hankey, Esq. li. W. Crawford, Esq., MP. [ Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. ~ The . report and balance-sheets of this Association for the year ... , 1849, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the ' ~ , members, with particulars of the invested fund, may be had on 1,,, application to the chief office, or to the agents. L I * , ", 740 annottl income from premiums is ... ... ...V4,000 '''rfit'n 4, :terest on investments... ... ... ... ... 19,000 ' ...c. ested fund, after payrr ent of all claims, exceeds 415,000 - 1.• '" --. '-,.'" ~ e whole of the profits divided among the members. - etth bonuses have already been allotted to the assured, , amounting to .t:100,00. ... - '''*4 W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, March 1, 1870. THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY of 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 US TI /AL of this Society will be celebrated at Willis's ROOlll3 Kine•-street, St. James's, on ST. PATRICK'S DAY, the 17th March. 1870, His Grace the Duke of ABERCORN, K.G., in the Chair. VICE-PRES/ DENTS. Marquis of Lansdowne. Marquis of Headfort, K.P. Earl of Cork and Orrery, K.P. Earl of Egmont. Earl of Clonrnell. , Earl Vane. Viscount Bective, M.P. le Viscount Harberton. to Viscount Crichton, M.P. l e Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P. ,e Lord A. Edwin Hill Trevor, M.P. ) Lord Drinsany. Lord Dufferin and Claneboye, K.P.. K.C.B. ) Right Hon. Chichester Fcrtcscue, M.P. STEWARDS. o Right Hon. William Cowper-Temple, 31. P. he Right Hon. Francis Plunkett Dunne. )lonel the lion. Dudley Fitzgerald de Ros. le lion. Robert Harris Temple. - Ant.-General Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence, K.C.5.1., C.B. • George Frederick Harvey, K.C.S.I. ,ptain Sir F. Leopold M'Clintock, R.N. Edward Coey. F. Corscaden, Esq. times Courtenay, Esq. wander Pindlater, Esq. Dntag us Guest, Esq., M.P. nomad Greg, Esq. Trant Hamilton, Esq., M.P. eut.-Colonel G. W. Hemans. )rt M'Calmont, Esq. ,rgan John O'Connell, Esq. ,seph Radcliff, Esq. ptain Hugh de Grey Seymour, M.P. Musical Arrangements will be under the direction Land, of the London Glee and Madrigal Union. -r on table at Seven o'clock punctually. is Festival affords to Irishmen in London the nity of uniting in the celebration of the national wary, the committee earnestly hope for a numerous uen t ial meeting. sts, 21s. each, to be had at Willis's Rooms, and at Loots, in Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road. Children Dine, as uusal, on St. Patrick's Day, at lois, at One o'clock. THOMAS KIPPAX KING, Jun, Secretary. ' ' ~ .GN and COLONIAL GOVERNMENT TRUST (SECOND ISSUE), lificates of £lOO each, bearing - per cent. ilnterest. To be issued at £BO. TuuSTEES. The Right Hon. Lord Westbury. Lord Eustare Cecil, M.P. Wodehouse Currie, Esq. G. M. W. Sandford, Esq. Philip Rose. Esq. ABRIDGED PROS P FAIT US. ,e success of the Foreign and Colonial Government , which WAS formed in May, 1868, has called for an sion of this mode of investment. compliance, therefore, with a general desire, it has determined to open a subscription fora second issue -reeding £600,000, in Certificates of £lOO, to bear 5 It. interest, to be issued at .1:80. object, which is now well understood, is to give to vector of moderate means the same advantages as *pi capitalist, in diminishing the risk of investing in and Colonial Government Stocks, by spreading vestment over a number of different Stocks, and a portion of the extra interest and the amounts in redemption as a Sinking Fund to pay off the ; and, in addition, to give to each Sub mo rata participation in the ultimate reversion in rent Stocks. which will remain when the return , inal capital has by these means been accom- of the Second Issue will last for twenty-five expiration of wh;ch time it is estimated that ,rtion of the Certificates will, in all prohabi m paid off, and that a large proportion of the still remain for distribution as a reversion ; the Trust will I e wound up as mon as all tho have been drawn, or at the end of twenty-five iever shall first happen, the remaining Stocks old, and any Certificates not prevb.m.ly vir awa .Lid off, after wh'el the balance will form the be distributed pro rata. £BO of tho total amount subs;!ribeil will be tificate of .£10:) with Coupons attached, bearing interest, payahle at tho Rad:insz-lionso of lye, Mills, Currie, and 'o. half yearly, on the luary and the 15111 of July, the first Ccitipo ,, for rtion of the half year falling duo on the 15th ion to the Interest Coupons, a Coupon, repre share accruing to the Certificate-bolde r in the ..sion, will be attached to each Certificate. This Reversion w1;1 be retained by the holder when !ate is drawn, and entitle him to a pro rata divi ultimate revorslon. tages of the investment may be summed up Tao M ell., rH oEa e Vi he Vi he Vi he Lc e Lo e Lc e Lo he W I ho Ri; he ri Anne' he If( 8.C.: it Geo aptain •r Ed, bn rues ( !exam fontag 'homy n TrA i(4IIL-C Lobert organ oseph vtain ) Music Land er on his F inity nary, uenti ets, 2] hoo!s. Child 001. Th EIC tificat T L PI he 'ieces t, which t.sion of 1 complia determi] , Itheeding -ent. fate le object ovestor irge napi gn and I vesture gap, in re capit pro fferen igin t e _)01 ee: F. t I ha ,o 1 a. rtif .1 3m, Anna] ,rtion e stf ersio HON teat° e ulti -ants IA51: 1. interest at £6s. be. per cent, on the amount sub scribed. 2. A bon❑s 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 80 0 0 Prospectus and F orms of Application may be ob tained of W. B. Rose, Esq., Secretary, and of Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, 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-street, Westminster, London). Having paid to Messrs. Glyn and Co., to the account of the Foreign and Colonial Government Trust (Second Issne), the-sum of £ , as a Deposit on Cer titleat,s of .£lOO each in the said Trust, I request you to allot to me that number of Certificates, and I engage to pay the furtl:er Instalment of £7O per Certificate upon that or any lesser number that you may allot to me at the tinie nartv.d in the letter of allotment, in default of which my previous payment will be liable to forfeiture. Name Address Description Signature T HE DENMARK THEATRE and WINTER GARDEN (Limited), LEICESTER-SQUARE, London. Capital. .£150,000, in 30,00 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. DIRECTORS. P. Dutrulle, Esq. (Dutrulle, Solomon; and Co., 6, Cross lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, merchants). C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Kent House, Lansdowne road, Clapham-rcad. Morris King, Esq., Woodlands, Northaw, Herts. H. M. Godden, Esq., 11, Park-street, Westminster, and Westmoreland V,lla, East Down Park, Lewisham. Thomas Culleton, Esq., 25, Cranbourn-street, Leicester square. William Porchertm, Esq., 25, Laurence Pountney Lane, City, merchant. BAN - KERB. The London and Westminster Bank, Temple Bar Branch. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sheppard and Riley, 38, Moorgate-street, City. (E.C.) ARCII ITECT. Edward Cookworthy F.R.LB.A, 16, South ampton-street, Strand. AUDITORS. Messrs. Ball, lonos, Read, iud - Smith, accountants, 75, Aldermanbury (E.C.) _ SE.CRETARY (pro tom.) Whitlock Darby, Esq. OFFICES. 42, Poultry (E.C.) This COMPANY has been formed with tho 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 the Campauy) a THEATRE, WINTER GARDEN, RESTAURANT, and MERCANTILE CLUB. THE TITEATB.E 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 tho grandest musical and spectacular effects that have yet been pro duced, in addition to dramatic performances, and at such prices of admission sail able 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 WINTER GARDEN will surround 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 arrangemer ts 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. TIIE 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 fivo years. A contract has been entered into with Mr. Jonx Kum, 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. ChattArton. THIS EVENING, at 7, PHOBI7S FIX: the Yokes Family. After which, at 7.4 , PEEP 0' DAY: MessrsJ. B. Howard, Lewis Minton, Barr e tt, J . N ev i lle, F. Charles, C. Moore ' M Intyre, W. F. Vokes, and P. Vokes ; Mesdames Edith Stuart, Barrett, Michelle, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Rosins Yokes [IHEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Solo Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7, POPPING THE QUESTION.' After which. at 20 minutes to 8, ;UR AMERICAN COUSIN ; Characters by Mr Sothern, Mr Buekstnne, Mr Chippendale, Mr Braid, Mr Rogers; Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwynne, Miss C. Hill, &c. Concluding with DEAF AS A POST: Mr Compton and Mrs E. Fitzwilliam. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI . I ' Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. 11 WEBSTER THIS EVENING. at Seven o'clock, BLOW FOR BLOW: Mr Henry J. Byron ; Messrs J. D. Beveridge, Arthur Stirling, Stuart, C. 11. Stephenson; Miss 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. IL Stephenson, J. G. Taylor, Miss Levis ,Mrs Leigh Murray, and Miss M. Hairis. Box-office open daily, front 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager—Mr. Benjamin WeJ'ster. THIS EVENING, at 7, YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER: fier which, PAUL L A FARGE: Messrs. J. Rouse, W. Rig nold. Geo. Belmore, Voltaire ; Mesdames R. Lectercq and Le thie e. With A DARK NIGHT'S WORK; Messrs W. Pignold, G; Belmcre, H. Crel,in; Misses It. Leclercq, Barnett, &c. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the man a ge men t of Messrs Mansell (elegantly redecorated by Macintosh). 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OLIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristino hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. hive at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wenn 3rful 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 Bill Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.O. THEATRE-ROYAL D URY- L ANE. ..zole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton This EVENING, at 7, PHOBUS' FLY: the Vokes Family. At 7.45, PEEP 0' DAY: Messrs. J. R. Howard, Lewis Nanton, Bar rett, J. evils, F. Charles, C. Moore, M'lntyre, W. F. Vokes, and Fred. Vokes; Mesdames E. Stnart, Barrett, .1. ichells, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Rosina Vokes THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS 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. Tins EyiniNG, at 7, YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. After which, PAUL LAFARGE; Messrs W. Rignold. G. Be:more, Vollaire; Mesdames R. Leclereq and Lethiere. Followed by A DARK NIGH I"S WORK: Messrs Rignold, Bolmore, Crellin ; Miss Bose Lealercq and Miss Barnett. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. This EVENING, at Seven o'clock. BLOW FOR BLOW Mr tienry J. Byron, J. D. Beveridge, Arthur Stirling, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, Miss Furtado. kiss Lavis, Miss Eliza John stone, &c. At 9, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr Henry J. Byron LYCEUM TH FA TRE. THIS EVENING, at 7.1 n, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER And CHILPERIC: M. Marius, G Vincent, Odell, A. Cook, Lapierre, and M. Hervd; Mesdames Dolaro, Fitz- Inman, Romanelli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. S wanborough. Tuts EVENING, at 7, THE HEIR AT LA W: Mr Clarke. Mr James, Missßufton, &c. With THE TOODLES. Concluding with IS O. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open fromll to 4. WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCII BOOK, Egyptian Ilall, Piccadilly, every Evening (except Satui day) at 8; Saturday Mornings at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the „year round. ZOOLOGICAL 13,111 DENS, Regeres-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays' 6d. Children under twelve. 6d. ,»; ' LONDOiV, SATUEDAY, MARCH 12, 1870. Oun relations with China continue to grow in im portance, in spite of all obstacles. Notwithstanding our constant quarreb, the outrages upon mis sionaries, the exploits of the inevitable gun boat, and our ingenious expedients in making the Chinese pay for the powder with which we blow them up, British trade with the Celestial Empire continues to increase enormously. Of the total shipping em ployed at Chinese ports, more than half is under the British flag. The English vessels number 7,165 out of a total of 13,504. Respecting the value of the business done the returns are much more in our favour. The gross foreign trade with China during the year 1808 amounted to nearly forty-two millions sterling, of which very nearly thirty-seven millions were in British goods. Of the imports at the Chinese ports £20,318,475 represents the value of the produce coming from the British Empire, and 21,677,116 the im ports of all other countries. Goods to the worth of £16,631,129 were sent from China to Britain a.nd her dependencies, and only the value of £4,103,294 to all other countries. It is true that much of the business was done between China and Hong Kong, but only a very small proportion of this is not British trade. Of the exports to China a great part comes from India, but this also is to be accounted a British trade, for it is car ried in our own shipping, and under the control of British authorities. These results must be esteemed very favourable ; yet it would be unwise to rest satisfied with them. It cannot be doubted that there is scope for unbounded progress in trade with this vast and popu lous gnpire. It cannot be our highest ambition to send unlimited quantities of opium: into China ; and yet of the total import trade into that country twenty-six parts out of seventy one are in opium, twenty-two in cotton goods, and six in woollens, the remainder being distributed between England and other countries. The quantity of British manufa , - Lured goods taken by "the coming race" is respect able in itself ; but it becomes completely insignificant when compared with the popu lation amongst which this produce is dis tributed. In 1842 the inhabitants of the Empire numbered considerably more than four hundred mil lions. It would be idle to estimate how much pro duce from English looms this people ought to con- Alma; but it is,evident that the possible increase upon the present figures is practically without limit. The important question is, how may these opportu nities be turned to the best advantage ? The mer chants at Hong Kong uphold the policy of treating the Chinese as an " inferior race," and extorting from them by force all that we require. Lord Clarendon evidently thinks that we shall gain more in the long run by considering China as a zivilised State, and by treating its Government, as far as possible, on the terms of an equal. He is Inclined to make some present sacrifice for future gain; and it cannot be questioned that the new supplementary treaty does -contain somei ,oncessions to the Pekin rulers for which) there is little [apparent counterpoise. It is true that even the ultimate advantages are not certain, simply because the control of the Chinese Govern ment over the outlying provinces is weak. Never theless, the reward of establishing really friendly relations with this nation must be so splendid as to be well worth the experiment. The " inferior race" theory is of so beautifully simple 'and practical a character that we can return to it when ever we may think fit. The attempt to do some thing better can lose little, and may gain much. Apart from the advantages to be hoped, the justice of such an effort is not a slight consideration. The final cause of these four hundred millions of Chinese is not to enrich British traders, nor to be peppered by British gunboats. A WILL case, which has been hearing in the Court of Probate for six days past, furnishes a salutary warning to young ladies who take upon themselves the care of elderly gentlemen, in order that they may reap their reward hereafter. John Nutley, a provision dealer of the classic neighbourhood of Bloomsbury, died a little while ago worth £120,000. He had a sister, and he had also a bouselreeper— one journal maliciously puts this word in italics— named Miss Wilkins. In 1801 Mr. llutley made a will in favour chiefly of his sister; but in 1865 he. married Miss Wilkins, and a month afterwards made a new will, giving his young spouse some £40,000. The suit in the Court of Probate was brought to set aside the second will, on the ground that Mr. Ilutley was of unsound mind when it was made. The circumstances were, indeed, suspicious. It was shewn that three years before his death he had been thrown from his gig, and that his intellect had been affected ever since. One witness deposed that he was ordered by the housekeeper, on the morning of the marriage, to get the old gentleman up and prevent him going away until after the cepinowir, On the morning of the w(xl cunglar. liutley "did; not know that he was going to De married." After the ceremony, he was cruel encugh to forget all about it, and to object to his wife's occupying the same bedroom with himself. He was heard by several witnesses to promise that he would marry the lady whom he had already taken to the altar. The poor old man died in less than a year after this auspicious wedding; and the rapidity with -which his widow carried on a courtship with a Dr. Timms was likewise an un favourable piece of evidence. She met the popping of the question a week after the death of the first husband with singular equanimity, and was actually married within three months—to the doctor who last attended Mr. Hutley. It is scarcely surprising, under these circumstances, that the jury should have set aside the will, and given the whole of the money to the sister. At the same time Dr. and Mrs. Timms will have an excellent opportunity to compensate for the loss by the affection which was so warm as to induce them to court within a week, and marry within three months after the old gentleman's death. The Eleven against ,AU England. The minority against the second reading of the Irish Land Bill were—Sir William Bagge, Messrs. Philip Callan, Matthew Peter D'Arcy, Edmund D ease, Thomas Kenelm Digby, Sir John Cray (Kilkenny), Right Hon. J. W. Henley (Oxford shire), Messrs.. Denis Caulfield Heron and James Lowth€r (York), Sir Patrick O'Brien, and Mr. David Sherlock ; the tellers were Mr. Bryan and Colonel W hite. THE HORSE GUARDS. There is reason for believing that Major-General David Russell will fill an important appointment at the Horse Guards when some of the conterni_lated changes are carried into effect. Lord Northbrook has recommended the division of warlike and other stores from forage, fuel, and light, and that Mr. Cardwell intends to act at once on his suggestion. EXPENSES AT ELECTIONS. The Committee upon Parliamentary and Muni cipal Elections have decided, by the casting vote of Lord Hartington, not to recommend that th.! ex penses of the booths should cease to be paid by the candidates. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. "Selling off" at Woolwich Dockyara continues —the metal stores having been disposed of this week, and thca furniture in the official midences being announced for sale next week. Further bar gains in timber and machinery have still to be offered. _ l 4 4.l wk* ' 1 Zinn nrinliwr TIIE FRENCH MINISTER ON ALGERIA. The debate on the new constitution for Algeria was brought to a close on Thursday in the French Chamber of Deputies. M. Ernie 011ivier made a speech of some length in reply to that of M. Jules Favre on the preceding day, and explained the views and policy of the Government on the Algerian ques tion. They admitted, he said, the necessity of altering the 27th Article of the Constitution which sub jects Algeria to the regime of a senatus-consultum, and they propose for the future to restrict the powers of the Senate with regard to the colony. On the question of representation, M. 011ivier entered at some length. M. Favre had asked the Government to grant Algeria the right of returning deputies —a right which the decree of 1852 deprived her fa. The Government, said M. 011ivier could not do this. Algeria had not the number of elec tors (35,000) required by the Constitution for the el ction of a deputy, and in empowering her to send three deputies to Congress the Government would be infringing the Constitution in a manner that would re quire the especial sanction of the Senate. In conclusion, M. 011ivier, after declaring the Government would not oppose the motion of M. le Hon (proposing the sub stitution of civil for military Government in the colony), said that the day of reparation and of justice had at last come for Algeria, her interests would no longer find their sole defenders in the Corps Legislatif, but in the Government itself. The predominance of the civil element would bring to the colony credit, commerce, and agriculture, which were the true elements of prosperity, fostered by that which was the first consideration of all—Liberty. M. 011ivier's speech was much applauded, and after an animated passage at arms between M. de Forcade and Mr. Jules Favre, the motion was agreed to. The Atheumum says that the new edition of Bishop Berkeley's works, edited by Professor Fraser, of Edin burgh, for the Clarendon Press, may be expected before Christmas. Besides the editor's prefaces and notes, and his account of Berkeley's life and philosophy, it contains much hitherto unpublished matter from the bishop's MSS., which have been supplied by Archdeacon Rose. Professor ITeberweg ' of Konigsber g , has lately pub lished a German translation of Bishop Berkeley ; the bishop has hitherto been appreciated in Germany and neglected in England.—The death of Dr. Duncan, a professor in the New College Edinburgh. is announced. Professor Duncan was a very "absent minded" man, and a legend used to be current about him which has been told of many people in slightly different forms. The doctor was coming, so says the story, out of the college one day, when a cow brushed slightly against him the Doctor mechanically lifted his hat and muttered "I beg your pardon, ma'am." He was a good deal rallied about this, and a day or two afterwards as he was again coming from his class he stumbled . against a lady, and at once exclaimed "Is that you again, you beast ?"—Professor Max Miller's four lectures on the " Science of Religion," will be published in four consecu tivelnumber3 of one of the magazines. The first lecture will appear in the April number.—The total number of unattached students at Oxford up to the end of last year was sixty-six, Among them are a considerable sprinkling of under-graduates, who have been obliged to - leave their colleges through failure in University examinations. Mr. James Dodds, the author of " The Fifty Years Struggle of the Scottish Covenanters," has written a sketch of the life of Dr. Chalmers.—ln a paper read at the last meeting of the Acad6mie des Inscriptions, M. Defrd mery maintained that the date of the capture of Jeru salem by the Egyptian Caliph should be 1098 and not 1096, the date hitherto adopted by histarians.— Notwithstanding many assertions to the contrary which have been made in this country and France, it is certain that our National Gallery has not acquired any pictures from the San Donato collection.—The Californian legis lature has abolished the law prohibiting operatic and the atrical performances on Sundays.—Mr. Legros will pro bably contribute to the Royal Academy a picture styled " The Barricade," and representing the defence of such a rude fort ; also two priests at the reading-desk, and a figure of an old man kneeling in prayer. Nature announces that M. Delaunay is the new director of the Paris Observatory. He has just received the Medal of our Royal Astronomical Society for his researches on the moon's motion, is an astro nomer second to none, and is in every way admirably qualified for such an important post.— At a meeting of the Royal Society last week, the names of the candidates for election, fifty-three in number, were read. From these, in accordance with the usual practice, fifteen ill be chosen to be elected by the Fellows of the Society in June next. Last year the number of candidates was forty-five.— The examination of candidates for the Royal Agricultural Society's prizes will take place in the week commencing 26th April—There is a talk of an International Congress of Geographers at Antwerp. Many eminent French savants have promised to take part.— At a session of the council of University College, London, on Saturday last, Mr. George Crote, president, in the chair, Mr. Henry Maudsley, M.D. Lond., Fellow of the College, was appointed Professor of Medical Jurisprudence. A Whitworth Exhibition of £25 was awarded to Mr. Robert Forsyth Scott, a student of the college.— The new chemical laboratory erected for the use of the scholars at Eton College has just been opened for school purposes, under the superintendence of Mr. Madan. There are two large rooms,*one of which will be used for lectures, and the other for school purposes. The British Medical Journal states that Professor Affassiz is ill from nervous prostration and over-work, not being able even to write letters. The Graphic has the following notes :—The Abbd Liszt is at present engaged on the completion of a magnificent symphony, entitled, " Le Roi Etienne."—The Americans are organising a monster festival in honour of Beethoven's centenary. It is to be done on a splendid scale—no less than five thousand musicians.—We understand that Mr. Theed is engaged upon a colossal statue of the late Sir Robert Peel, to be erected at Huddersfield. He has also received a commission for a replica of his fine statue in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, of the late Earl Derby. This work is for the Junior Carlton Club.—Mr. Charles Dickens, jun., has made another successful appearance at the old theatre at Richmond in the character of Toby Heywood, in Douglas Jerrold's comedy of the " Rent Day." There is, by the way, no truth in the report that Mr. Charles Dickens, jun., intends to adopt the stage as a profession. At the Richmond Theatre he has performed as one of a company of amateurs, strengthened only by a few professional ladies.—A new daily paper, Le Citoye,n, has been started in Paris. As its name denotes, it is emphatically a Republican organ. - It is reported that Mr. Dick, M.P., as well as his agent, has received a threatening letter with respect to some evictions pending on his estate of ICilpedder, in the county Wicklow; and itis also stated that five respectable persons, residing in and near Virginia, county Cavan, have received notices signed " Rory of the Hills," in which they are threatened with death, and in two cases graves were dug near their residences. —Freeman's Journal. 111 E 7COTCIi _Mom LAW.—The select committee on this subject sat.; yesterday, when the Rev. Dr. Bi sse t, a moderator of the General Assembly, was examined. lie attributed the increase of pauperism and the deVaio ration of the morals of the people to the introduction of the present poor-law system, and the prevalence of re ligious dissention. The •mcgield 7'elearaph states that two hundred men have been on strike for a fortnight at the Metropoli tan Railway Carriage Works, Saltley. Yesterday some new hands went to work, when they were set upon and stoned by a large mob of the old men. Some of the latter forcibly ejected the new comers and led them away. The remainder, being intimidated by this display of force, refused to continue at work. A body of police arrived from A s t on an d rema i ne d guarding the workz till night, LIER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, March 11. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out this morning. Her Majesty walked in tho grounds this after noon, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday. • r 1 6 ' FEST EA TEL L LCLA - Nub 1.1 FRANCE. PARIS, March 12. At the request of M. Olivier, the public sitting of the Corps Legislatif has been prorogued for eight days. BOURSE, March 11.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : per Cent. 3 per Cents 74 40 Itt,Tan vives • 55 00 End of month 74 47 Austrian Fives Credit Mobilier 252 5U Ottoman Loan ... 330 Transatlantic 212 50 Do. Debt 46 80 Credit Foncier _l3OO Spanish Threes Paris Gas 1781 Home Debt Suez Canal 330 Deferred . RAILWA' Cash Orleans Western Northern .... 1362 Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 625" Sardinian Austrian 7B6f Lombard 5OO North of Spain Saragossa Roman 5l ITALY. FLORENCE, March 11, Evening. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Signor Sella, the Minister of Finance, continued his statement upon the budget. Ile said that the modifications referred to would be sufficient to cover 110 millions of the deficit. The amount required by the Government until April, 1871, amounted to 200 milliods of lire, and in reference to this sum the Minister proposed that a conven tion should be concluded with the Bank for the supply of 122 millions of lire, of which 72 millions will be in notes, and the rest in gold. The Minister also proposed the issue of 5 per cent. consolidated stook to the amount of 80 mil lions. The Bank will be allowed to increase its issue of notes from 750 to 800 millions. It will receive as guarantees bonds on the Church pro perty. By the sale of these bonds the State debt to the BAnk would be reduced to a point which would admit of the abolition of the forced cur- TOWN TALK. (From the Western Mail of this Morning.) FCIDAY EVENING. The discussion on the second reading of the Irish Land Bill is the political event of the week—fore- gone though the conclusion was known to be from its very commencement. The appearance of the House of Commons on Monday evening was some thing remarkable. The Strangers' Gallery was full, but the House itself comparatively empty— that is, almost to the very moment when the second reading was moved by the First Lord of the Trea- sury. Then, from the lobby, and the library, and the refreshment bar members dropped in quietly, until a tolerably good attendance upon both sides became apparent. Irish members formed the ma jority of those taking part in the discussion. Two of them led off, one (Mr. George. Leopold Bryan, 111. P. for Kilkenny County) as mover, the other (Captain the Hon. Charles William White, M.P. for Tipperary) as seconder, of the bold but hope less amendment that the Bill be read a second time on that day six months. The former was nervous and hesitating in the manner of his delivery. The latter, on the contrary, was as cool as a cucumber It was almost a relief when Mr. Bryan finished. It was almost a matter of regrtt when Captain White had said his say—the which he said most gallantly. Speaking, as the two hon. members did, as Liberals ; speaking, as they did, from the second bench behind that allotted by usage to the leading members of the Government, the proposer and seconder of the amendment pursued a course which partook, in no way whatever, even osten sibly, of the character of a vexatious, much more of a factious opposition. It was clearly conscientious. Both gentlemen spoke from their own entire convictions. Directly afterwards the member for the county of Louth, Mr. O'Reilly Dease, bearded like the pard, with a brogue stropped on the Blarney stone, smiling blandly at his own blunders, and chuckling over his own bulls, rose from the second bench immediately below the gangway, to the evident delight of the House, who enjoyed his light-in-hand comments on men and things in general (on the "individual" at the head of the Government, and the "unclean thing" that had to be looked in the face), to the uttermost, to the very echo—now with a ripple of laughter, now with a roar. Here, at any rate, was broad farce for the relief of the dullness settling down upon the House since the commencement of the session. While the vast majority of the Conservative Op position, at any rate, are resolved not to oppose the second reading of the Irish Land Bill, the antago gonism, out of doors, to the educational measure of Mr. - W. E. Forster, is gaining strength rapidly. The denominational banner will be the most for midable unfurled against the Government upon this great and vital question. The terror of it is that it is a rallying point for so many ; extremes there meet, and are there in a position to wolk together harmoniously. Wonderfully ingenious though the arrangement of the whol Government scheme is, its weak point is definable by one word (" that word of fear, unpleasing to a Briton's ear") — the subjection of the entire organisation to the influence of (oh, ye powers of Bumbledom !) the vestry. That, and the purely secular character of the education to be insured, constitute the two damning blots on Mr. Forster's escutcheon. At the same time it is only fair to the Vice-President of the Comarittee of Council on Education to direct atteeeion to the extraordinary application to him self of those really prophetic utterances, fifteen years ago, of Thomas Carlyle, who then remarked, in 1855, upon the imperative need in the first in stance of a "fit official person" to insist on carry ing out some well-schemed plan by which all Eng lish citizens shall be taught the rudiments of edu cation. Three lustres after that grand desideratum was first defined, that fit official person we all re cognise as having at last been discovered in the right honourable member for Biadford. A misapprehension may just possibly arise in some quarters as to the closing announcement of the Court Circular of Wednesday, the 9th of March, which intimated that Mr. Charles Dickens and Mr. Arthur Helps had that evening the honour of a private audience with the Queen, at Buckingham Palace ; the fact being that this interview took place at the particular desire, most graciously ex presed by her Majesty herself, that the great novelist and the Sovereign should, a t last, be brought into personal communication. The clerk of the Council was present as the introducer. On Tues day last the penultimate reading at the St. James's Hall took place, and was a scene of extraordinary enthusiasm. Fully two thousand four hundred per sons were crammed together in the great auditory, hundreds being unable to obtain admittance. Upon next Tuesday evening, Mr. Dickens will give his very last reading anywhere, and at the close of it will address the pubhc in farewell. A week after wards his new serial story of " The Mystery of Edwin Drood" will begin—ND. 1 appearing on the Stst inst. Altogether, April promises rather plea santly in regard to the current popular literature. Its dawn will have brougbt us that first green num ber from Mr. Charles Dickens illustrated by Mr. Fildes, of the Graphic. It will have brought to us, also, in Macmillan, a now poem of 800 lines, by George Eliot, meaning Miss Mary Ann Evans, or to be still more precise, Mrs. George Henry Lewes. it will have seen commenced, in the April number of Belgravia, the new serial tale of " Fen ton's Quest," by Miss Braddon—one, let us hope, worthy of the writer of " Aurora Floyd " and " Lady Audley's Secret." That last-named work, the first of all her books to reward Miss Braddon with a reputation, was, you maybe interested to hear, originally called by her, I can't help thinking, very absurdly, " Seen Him Once"—a title which is not even grammatical ! It was rechristened by its now famous name of " Lady Audley's Secret," by Dr. Charles Mackay, then the editor of a little pub lication, long since dead, called Robin Goodfellow, in the pages of which " Lady Audley's Secret" first appeared in successive instalments. Revivals are certainly the order of the day in the theatrical world. The revival actually of Shak spere, at Astley's, where, in a better sense than Hamlet's, Phelps and the Berman Vezius " tickle the ears of the groundlings " with their render ings of the Immortal Bard. At the tlay market, no less wonderful to tell, there is—positively en permanence—Lord Dundreary Redivivus. As a stop-gap, Mr. Sothern was announced in his one great impersonation for just a dozen nights ; but, again, to the whole Cockney world, it has proved so unmistakably " an' it," that the "American Cousin" will be repeated nightly, until further notice, according to Mr. Buckstone's playbills. Another revival, as all London knows now for some weeks past, is that of the legitimate drama at the Queen's in the shape of Mr. Tom Taylor's histori cal play, in blank verse, of "The Axe and the Crown ;" the literary merits of that production being aided and abetted, as good luck would have it, by the charmingly piquante beauty of the new young actress Mrs. Rousby. As yet another stage revival, surely I may mention that of Goldsmith and of Sheridan at the St. James's. Rather ridi culously, by the way, the brilliant effect of the for mer was indicated by the announcement on the St. James's playbills of "The highly successful comedy of ' She stoops to Conquer,' " as though it were only just out for the first time ! Expectation is on tip-toe as to the coming caste of "The school for scandal." ,Sir Peter teazle by Mr. William Far reu reads well ; but, remembering that it is " the wrorg Mr. William Farren" who is meant, one looks forward to it with mingled terror and curiosity. While the new theatre that is to be in the Strand, almost cheek-by-jowl with the Adelphi, Mr. Montague's venture of "The Vaudeville," is now fast approaching its completion, another new theatre of a suburban character is upon the eve of opening in Sloane-square—very conveniently contiguous to the Sloane-square station of the Metropolitan Railway, so that playgoers from all parts of town may frequent it with the utmost facility. For the last time this season, we are to have two opera houses running their careers harmo_ niously together under the joint direction of Mr. Gye and Mr. Mapleson. Iler Majesty's Theatre, newly constru c t e d upon a magn ifi ce nt scale, will be ready for inauguration by the flooding into town of the fashionable& As for Covent Garden, that superb house will be employed this year for the last time, it is said, as the home of the Lyrical Drama/ or of any drama at all. The Government Tele graphs, so says Rumour, will immediately after wards be therein concentrated, t'other side of way, in Saint M a rti n ' s -l e -G ran d , DOW cleared for a suppleme n t ar y p os t- o ffi ce struc t ure , being inadequate, it is co ns id ere d, f or more t h an the ex pansion of the postal arrangemen t s — putt i n g alto gether on one side the new s t ro k e o f b us i n ess ac corded to that d e p artment i n t h e way c f un i v ersal telegraphing. the While I can, happily, announce the advancing convalescence of Mr. Shirley Brooks, the popula r novelist, and the most important of all the Dwell contributors, I grieve to add, in the same breath , tha'; the great commercial manager of the Times' Mr. Mowbray Morris, is very seriously invalided. A new weekly paper, with the curious title of Charles's Wain, for which Charles Sw,,in would bo surely the most appropriate Editor, will, on Tues day week, the 22d instant, make its first appear ance. It emanates from 21, Noralumberland street, Strand, from whence came only the other , day the charming idylli c d rama o f t h e f ar eas t, and of a remote antiquity—echoed on, from Hindn° stanee into purest English, by Sir William Jones -- " Sacontala." There is a talk of the Queen opening the new University of London buildings in May. Arebi" tecturally—not as Joe Gregory in " Great Expects' tions" would say, " architectooralloorally," like Et/ many of our building exploits in London—arebi tccturally, the new structure is one of the mu st splendid modern additions to the metropolis. B ut —for there is always a but in these cascs--tb e , whole effect of the edifice is m arre d b y it s absur d situation. It is poked away, there, in Burlingte u Gardens, looking northward from the back of Picea dilly, dos-a-dos to the Royal Academy, on the site of old Burlington House. The sculpturesque adorn ments of the University Buildings are superb—ex" ternally, that is, on the hid-away facade I am allud ing to. Conspicuously absent from among t he great men whose effigies aro there is —Shakspere' Why Milton should be there and not Shakspere is incomprehensible to we, unless ou the principle which excluded the bust of Brutus from the itnalu" morial Procession. It rather curiously happens that whenever we have a really good work of art in th e midst of the sculptured hobgoblins of London o r Westminster, we must needs show ourselves, solve' how or other, quite ashamed of it, by biding i t away as much as possible, placing the hobgoblins' on the other hand, whenever we can, most cow . spicuously. Don't we still some of us (I do for cue) bear in almost remorseful recollection (as if cue were an accomplice by the mere fact of havi n g gazed upon it) that journeyman mason's statu e of King William IV., that used to straddle i ll the middle of the highway at King's Cross ? C 5ll we, even yet, any of us, get reconciled to that portentous bronze nightmare of Chantry's, ' 3ll which the effigy of the grtat Duke, with oat' stretched baton, and policeman's cape, is telling all posterity to "M ove on " f rom t h e triumphal arch at Hyde-park Corner ? Was it not 00 1 1 6 year or two since Marochetti's abominable bro caricature of Sir Robert Peel was placed in the corner of Palace Yard, only to be carted al directly afterwards ? Meanwhile, f or a c ouple ° centuries, there has been carefully concealed fro tn view, in a back-yard, behind Whitehall, on pedestal fronting exactly the w rong wa y, ono ° the very finest memorial statues in all London—the bronze statue of King James H.—in so ina n r words, be it said, " Grinling Gibbons' maste r " piece." There is again hope that Mr. Hepworth Dix° ° ' relieved by the Russian memorials, and seceded long since from the editorial chair of the Athenxunt 13 favour of his friend, the young member for Chelsea' will shine on us all with his long-promised period': cal yclept Light. For it, whenever it appears, L would suggest as about the happiest possible motto the dying words of Goethe, "More Light!" - I. ° apter motto than that c iuld be found anywhe re inscribed upon the head and front of any one among our periodicals—sayin g and excepting (but that always) the inimitably happy motto to Note s and Queries—to wit, or iu other words most WI% tily, " when found, make note of"—the diction 0 , 1 the immortal Captain Cuttle, in " DombeY au Son." Just now, the massive and ornate bronze laulPi pillars—of great variety - , and some of then . ' ° , l exquisite design—are being rapidly placed 3 j t along the noble granite esplanade of that fines improvement in all Loudon, the Thames ernbaok ment. rency. The Minister proposed, further, the conversion of Church property in rural parishes to be applied to augmenting the incomes of priests who received less than 800 lire. Signor Sella concluded by laying before the House a bill for establishing the equilibrium of the Budget in the above manner, and providing for the wants of Troasury, together with ether bills increasing the liberty of banks in general, and establishing saving banks of various kinds. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, March 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon an ived at 6.40 this morning. The mails leave for London at 10.55. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) WASHINGTON, March 11. The House of Representatives passed to-day Mr. Logan's Bill reducing the list of army officers by 33 per cent. NEW YORK, March 11. The missing steamer Smidt, from Bremen, is now off Sandy Hook. The steamship Cambria (of the Anchor line) arrived out to-dy. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1131 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 114; the lowest, 1121, Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 llll. " 1885 llOl. " 1867 llO. 10-40 44 Illinois l4ok. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2l4e. Petroleum—Standard White 27c. Flour, extra state, $4.70e. to $5.30c. Corn, old mixed, sl.4c. EVENING The gold market is excited and irregular ; the latest ciosing price was ll2k, and the closing sales of bonds show a decline of 4. According to Messrs. Moffatt Davidis and Co.'s report, the receipts of cotton at all ports for the week have been 67,000 bales, and since the Ist of September 2,267,000 bales. Shipments to England, 50,000 bales; to France, 9,000 ; and to the Conti nent 17,000 bales; and since the Ist of Septem ber, 1,300,000 bales. Stock, 560,000 bales. Mid dling upland, 10k cost and freight per steamer. The death Is announced of Moraieur Bore!, who sustained a prominent part in the construction of the Suez Canal locomotives. The Gibraltar Chronicle gives an account of an ex traordinary landslip which occurred on the morning of the 21st ult., on the eastern side of the Rock between the Devil's Tower and Catalan Bay, rendering the road to the latter place extremely dangerous and almost impassable. High boulders of rock became detached, and fell down the slope, some of them into the sea. All traffic by land was stopped, and communication with the village wa4 carried on by boats. The slip is attributed to the heavty rains which have fallen in Gibraltar lately. A FATAL MISTAKE.—A man, named George Rodger, a pensioner, called on Wednesday at the house of a married sister in Glasgow. He was the worse for liquor, and his sister having occasion to go out for a short time, he went to the press in search of drink, and finding a bottle containing some two ounces of vitriol, he, in mistake, swallowed the contents. He immediately rushed into a neighbour's house, crying out in agony that he was either poisoned or on fire. Water was given him, and Dr. Chal mers was sent for, who prescribed the usual antidotes, but the man died the following night. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY-.AII inquest has been held on the body of Maria Colbey, aged 21, a young lady who came from Brighton to London for change of air, having been unwell and depressed for some time. On the 6th instant she disappeared from her friends at Isleworth,'and her body was afterwards found in the Thames near Kew Bridge. The sister of the deceased deposed that her sister, though quite sound and strong in body, had a peculiar hallucination that everyone shunned her, on account of an imaginary smell attached to her. She had said that sle w4s going to take an opportunity of de itroying herself. The - jury returned a verdict dsuicit;', while of =sound mind. The Vatican announces that the petition from the Catholics of Great Britain praying the Pope and Council to declare S. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church has been expedited to Rome. It forms a roll of about 700 yards in length, and contains between one and two hu-a dred thousand signatures. Petitions are continually coming in from all parts of the country. They will be formed into another roll, and will be forwarded to Rome At the end of the month. Nature states that Professor Unger, of Vienna, a well-known botanist, has been found murdered in his bed at Graz; and no trace of the murderer has yet been discovered. A priest has taken this opportunity to assert from the pulpit at ()illy, Styril, that the body of the late philosopher had Rrobably been destroyed by the devil himself, who had just &hes upon his soul! A memorial has been presented to the Metro politan magistrates, by the London auxiliary of the United Kingdom Alliance, asking them to refuse all new licenses this year, as well as the renewal of those, in cases where the houses have been complained of. The grounds of the memorial are the excessive number of houses now existing, and the misery, pauperism, and crime engender& tt.r,ouioDA L • 41._ 2IIE WEEKLY PRESS. THE WEAKNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT. It is not f or us , says th e S atur d ay Review, to 011-ggeil o popular topics to the Conservative party, but we can 4. understand that there is a weaknessin thepresent Gov A , 9 ,0 meat which the Oppositio n m i g ht ma k e more of nal egg unexampled seem capable of d o i ng . V ery ap t i n legislation, _.11,, unexampled powers of originati ng an d d evis i ng mess'„ • the present Ministers are exceptionally weak in tration. The English people are a law-loving and orde r .g folk ; and the state or Ireland really does fill thera alarm and solicitude, not so much for the mere amok co . crime committ e d as because the Government seems i n f o t pable of dealing with it. What we are yearning f .. 8, is law and order and security. It is no t ;Lye land alone, but in lesser things and in ad% - l it stration generally, that we want it. We ," security in person, and in public. Wo waixb o di poverty question dealt with, not talked about. We of to know whether we are drifting on to Communviwk4 not, or, if not, whether we ought to be: We are alarme d a good many at least of us are—by the constantly rec„ r e ing imbecility of the Home Office, no matter who jt, sides over it, in the presence of crime and insolenco., i r Minister who is successfully defied by th e ca b men is temptible ; and we are not -yet p re p are d to acqu iesce;to the unavoidable necessity of con t empt ibl e d epar tnv:'" e t of State. We do not like to be assured by a Cab,.„ne Minister that it is not the duty of any department of of to compel tradesmen to be honest, and that the line the subjects, j us t we i g h ts and measures, and the ful l ,o mental laws of soc i e t y are not the first, or indeed an 91144 cern of Government. Here is the weakness Mr. stone's Ministry. THE BOISTEROUS CONSERVATIVES. Age j* The Spectator s t a t es th a t M r. Di srae li was " —and Lord D er by an d Lord Salisbury apparently' u 1344 oii —to attend the Conse rv ati ve b anque t in the City.co, Wednesday, but perhaps the absence of keen and ert i o• eyes put the boisterous Conservatives, of whom the iv g queters chiefly consisted—Sir Stafford Northcote In the principal exception—rather more at their ease, la enabled them to indulge more freely in those frothare Tory wines by which the failing spirits of the imiti r ay from time to time wisely exhilirated. Mr. - 0-i ' was not fortunate in his tentative definition s wherein he seemed to be following with uneer t 4o ,4 steps in his leader's track. Conservatism, he says, il le a l d " loyalty to the throne, justice to the rich, justice to . 0 poor, and freedom to everybody:" As that' definit e might have equally truly (and equally uninstructiv e have been given of Liberalism, Radicalism of Fi e its ism, and every p o liti ca l " i sm " practically foun, e w these islands short of Fenianism, we cannot thinking that it is somewhat defective in defining btie And this is really absolutely all of Conservative prins3te in Mr. Gatho rne H ar dy' s ora ti o a d f am iliare,s, Pr i ' o ol confidences to the chosen of his heart—the boister 11fo, Right Centre—the Tory Protestants. A political ._.' ralist studying the speech in the vein of the diam a y "Happy Thoughts," to get a specimen of the true Ors f Tory for a work on Typical Dev e lopm en t s , would fa find a trace of a political type in it. It is an evil day eh Conservatism when its chosen prophets show so ralto division in its own ranks and so much confusion as proper principles. OUR COLONIAL POLICY. tX t The Economist gives its cordial support to the 0010 n g policy of the Government, which is moreover the one in the field. The Conservative party certainly sv°o refrain from backing Lord Carnarvon, and the Q,4, nsi critics of Lord Granville, especially Earl Grey, had OT;,, obsolete alternatives to suggest. E ar l G rey frankly 0 ; 1 , dared that if the colonies would not a cce pt English trol, they were not entitled to assistance ; and it : 0 1, foregone conclusion that they will not bear our COn o tO We may accept it as settled th en th at t h e id ea of Eir e 6 to any colony for the m anagement o f i ts affairs is, - 0 V nitely given up ; that th e ex t reme ru l e w il l b e car ried ca l in the extreme case of N ew Z ealan d w i th t h e P rac— s assent of all parties i n th e S tate. Lord Granv ill e rul l oc i. little risk of obloquy in case of a colonial mishap °l oll dent with the final carrying out of the rule, but nore,iaeid postponingcan be assigned f or postponing the order. The past has been very much too great. f fic ° I An inquest Ins been held on the bodies o „ t persons who met their deaths on board the sloop Sarabo Hull, some d ays ago. The jury found that death res yq from suffocation caused by inhaling fumes arising fron 3 water ; and th ey were f urther of opinion that the orp lvaa"- of th e s l oop were to blame for not having properly d paired th e t an k s from which the dangerous fluid e'c „p Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co., of the Th°, l rll ;.. entre Collieries, published a statement the other daYq o d ing the earnings of their late workmen. It is undeT., h , that the men on strike are preparing a statement, vi', l l l - e ir they say, will put a very different complexion on of tag earnings from that which appeared on the face ° umtuff otatemelats. - • ..~s~