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First race each day at half-past one p.m. No sa.tdle horses will be allowed Os the Course except those used by the officials. Good stabling aecommod...tiou will be provided near tlic en' ra , ce to the Course. Mr. T. M'GEORGE, Starter. Mr. JAME 6 MANNING, Judge and Clerk of the Course. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY el TOOTH PAS rn is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl vrlai;_mens protects the et amel Irorn decay, and imparts a ple:isant fragrance to the breath. ?rico is. Gd.— R3l =I Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GUSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent ( hemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Is. each; also 55., is. ed., and 15s. each, includ ing bruib. lied Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Themes-street, Lon. don, E.C. Just pabii.lhed, price is 6d., by post is. 94., the Second Edition, with Addenda., containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. T . ) EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND xi, QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the ••Medical Circular." London: B. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other Journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted wi this edition. THEATRE ROYAL, DR URI -LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. r.. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at PHOBUS FIX: the Vokes Family After which, at 7.15, PEEP 0' DAY : Messrs J. K. Howard, Lewis Nanton, Barrett, J. Nevine, F. Charles, C. Moore, Kintyre, W. F. Vokes, and F. 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Children under twelve. 6d. _ LONDON MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1870. FIVE weeks have now elapsed - since the trans fer of the telegraphs to the Post Office, and we are now in a position to estimate both the pro gress that has been made and that which may be expected. Some persons, whose late experiments in telegraphing have been attended with disappoint ment, will be disposed to return a sharp answer to these questions. Beyond doubt the loss and incon velt once arising front the delays in the transmission of nn.isages have been very considerable in some in stances. But, as we have previously pointed out, these irregularities were in great measure inevitable. Ag business men will know that it is impossible to make even slight changes of organisation without ' d tflcultY; a sudden increase of traffic to the extent o: thirty or forty per cent. must always involve much co..rusion; and in the case of the telegraph transfer, not only was there such an increase, bit the . change was attended with ei ccpConal difficulties. Three largo and separate eita:3lishments had to be amalgamated into one, whiLt at the same time considerable additions were needed to meet the wants of an extended scale of operations. The systems of the three great companies which had been working as rivals were to be brought into co nnAration. and 1.500 new offices were added to the joint undertaking. It is butreasonable that these racte should be borne in mind by those who have suffered from delays; and the mere so, as the transfer has even already been attended walk., advantages which mast go far to counterbalance the temporary loss. It is agreed on all sides that greater care and attention have been bestowed upon the transmission of Ines saes, and that commercial news has been rendered with greater accuracy than has ever been known be ore. That the reduced tariff has been fully appreciated is shown by the lare inerer:23 the number of messages. I n the matter of news the gain to the public is especially striking. Many of the newspapers in the country, and espe cialiy those publ:shed in the metropolis, hear evidence to the increased facilities afforded for the diffusion of intelligence. Experience and better organisation cannot fail to increase these substantial advantages. And it is gratifying to learn that they are likely to be enjoyed, not only without loss to the revenue, but with considerable pecuniary gain. So far as the actual transfer of the telegraphs is con• corned the management was all that could be de sired. The Times agrees with us that the change was effected more satisfactorily, and with less con fusion than any other of equal magnitude. If it were possible at once to add to the number of wires, and increase the staff of operators in a sufficient degree to meet the demand which has arisen, no future difficulty need be apprehended. This, hoiiever, cannot be done at once A little while ago the postal authorities were censured as incurring unnecessary expenditure in money and labour by providing instruction for a large number of additional clerks. It now turns out that this plan might with advantage have been carried out to a much greater extent. The staff of clerks is insuf ficient, and unfortunately - it requires some - months for an inexperienced person to atta'n the requisite degree of quickness and skill. In the meantime it is highly desirable to relieve the present strain upon the wires as much as possible. The chief difficulty has arisen from the vast quantity of intelligence which the proprietors of newspapers have endeavoured to transmit—the result in some cases having been similar to the proverbial attempt to pour water rapidly into a bottle. A com plete stoppage has sometimes ensued. By judicious arrangements this difficulty may be avoided, as there • can be no necessity for telegraphing the same matters several times over. In a few months the Post Office may be able to meet the most extensive demands in this respect. But at present the public service ought not to be inconvenienced by a pressure which can be averted. It is just to add that the authorities at the Post Office have laboured day and night, and without regard to personal inconvenience, in order to meet the wants of the public. It is to be hoped that their efforts will shortly be crowned with success. In the mean time, it is not too much to ask that the shortcomings which may for a time be inevitable will be botna with forbearance ; and, what is more to the par p3se, that arrangements be made• to consolidate press work and avoid the repetition which now arises. IF the Government have any dud appreciation of the absurdity of a reforming Ministry resisting a change which is at once both needful and oppor tune, they will not hold out any longer on the question of a halfpenny postal rate for printed matter. There is really no argument against the reform, and the Marquis of llartington, when replying to the deputation which. waited upon him oi• at urday, did not %It ni pt. to raise any. NOT is the common rcource of Miaistees—that though the ci:aii:;e may be goal, the time isnot fa,vourabls— at all available in this case. For such disadvan tag. 3 as may have to b 3 encountered will not be diminished by delay, whilst it is quite possible that the present auspicious state of the revenue may be want ing at some future time. The high rate of postage is a restraint upon commerca, a serious obstacle to the diffusion of intelligence, and a burden on the general community which States of pretensions far inferior to our own have cast aside. All the leading continenLil nations transmit printed matter at a rate much below that levied in England. Indeed, from a statement made by Mr. Mundella, it seems that the Belgian Post Office not only does its own work at a cheap rate, but can actually outbid the English authorities on their own ground. It is cheaper to send circulars and the like to Brussels to be posted and thence dis tributed over the United Kingdom, than to originally deposit them in an English Post Office. The Belgians will send printed matter to England for five cents.—a little less thane halfpenny; whereas our authorities exact the inexorable penny for doing the same work minus the sea journey. A system which leads to such a conclusion needs no further condemnation. There i 3 really nothing more to say on the subject ; all that remains is to await the decision of the Government to take a step which they admit to be both necessary and feasible, for the Postmaster-General acknowledges that his department is sully equal to the work. He is somewhat afraid of the money loss which will be encountered at first ; but this difficulty, which is certainly not great, must be met at any time, and it may have to be snot at a time when the Government has not the splendid surplus Which it has now accumulated. DEATH OF MR. W. BROUGH. We regeet to hear of the death of Mr. William Brongh, a gentleman who was well known as a journalist, essayist, and draunatist, for the last 22 years. Mr. William though died on the 13th inst., at the age of 44, after a lingering illness of some months. A NEW CLUB. A considerable number of names of Liberal mem bers of Parliament and others have been appended to a declaration that a Junior Reform Club is re quired in London ; and some of the most respected and influential members_of the party are spoken of as having signified their willingness to undertake the task of guiding the arrangements by which the new institution would be called into existence. THE COMMAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Vice-Admiral Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton, K.C.8., it i 3 said, is likely to Lave a command very shortly, probably in the Meliterrancan ; and the probable slccessor of the p•esent Comm mder-in- Chief at the Nore is Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles G. J. B. Elliot, C.B. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1870. lIOW SHIPS ARE SOLD. We have a curious little item of dockyard news. The Mutine, a wooden corvette, pierced for 17 guns, and described as in every way fit for service, was r.Tently put up for sale by auction. II he highest bid ling was £t),000; but there was a reserve prise put upon her of S:8,00, and she was therefore boui:ht in. It is now statel that the gentleman who offered £6,000 Las obtained the ship by private arrangement for £.l,soo—not the mere hull and standing gear, be it remembered, but sails, spars, stores, engines, and, in fact everything that was •on board when the was paid off.—London Correspondent of the Manchester' Guardian. - I • . anal 11ER, MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, 1117irch 13. The (been, accompanied by Princess Louise and hiacess Bei:trice, arrivcd at tam C,s(l,.;at si - s. o'clock last eieniag from 14 , )ndon. lier Majesty an,i the Royal Family and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting attended Divine service this morning in the pi ivatc chapel. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. LATEST INTELLIGENCE R E c-En's TELEGRAMS.) FATAL DUEL IN SPAIN. MADRID, March 12, 2 25 p.m. A duel was fought to-day between the Duke de Montpensier and Don Enrique de Burbon. The latter was killed by the former's third shot. The Duke de Montpensier's seconds were Generals Cor doba and Alaminos ; Don Enrique's seconds were two Republican Deputies. ANOTHER TELEGRAM. The greatest excitement has been causedi, in this city by the fatal result of a duel which was fought this morning, at eleven o'clock, at the Artillery Practice Ground, outside Madrid. The comba tants were the Duke de Montpensier and. Prince Henry of Bourbon. The Duke's seconds were two general officers and one of his aides-de camp holding the military rank of colonel. Three Republican Deputies acted as the seconds of Prince Henry, who won the first shot, as well as choice of weapons and ground. The distance was ten paces. On first firing, the Prince missed his antagonist, who, returning the shot, also fired without effect. Prince Henry again missed, and was slightly wounded by the Duke's second shot, the bullet first striking his pistol. Prince Henry then fired a third time, and his ball grazed the Duke's cheek. The turn for the Duke to fire now came again, and his aim was deadly, the Prince being struck full in the forehead, and in stantaneously killed. Seeing the fatal effect of his shot, the Duke exclaimed, "My God ! what have I done? His children shall not be orphans—they shall be my children." The Duke de Montpensier and his seconds are still at liberty in Madrid, the police having no evidence on which to arrest them. The cause of the duel was a violent and insulting letter, which Prince Henry addressed to the Duke, calling him a Jesuit con spirator, and a bloated French pastry cook. A poli tical intrigue, fomented by the French Government, is at the same time talked about in connection with the affair. persoos on the ground are said to have be haved well. After the Duke had fired twice, the seconds wished the duel to terminate ; but the Prince, nettled by his wound, insisted that the encounter should proceed. Though it is acknowledged that the Duke de ➢lontpensier maintained his reputation for calm valour and generosity, he has, never, heless, lost ground by this deplorable candidature for the Spanish Throne. Already there is an ominous out cry, and the people threaten to revive the tumults of 1808. frikLy. FLORENCE, March 13, The Salt Tax produced, during .January and Feb ruary, of the present year, 1,400,000 lires more than the amount collected during the corresponding L.eriod of last year. . . . EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, March 13. The Khe•live has ordered that the harbour works at this port shall be immediately eAumeneed. SUEZ, March 13. The steamers Hawk and William Co y, with the Suez-Aden cable, arrived here to-Jay, having passed through the canal. The shore end will probably be laid from here to-morrow. The Great Eastern, the Chiltern, and the Hibernia were off Mocha on the 7th inst., all going well. It is expected that the communication will be completed in a week. THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. The following telegram has been received by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company from Bombay, dated the 9th inst., forwarding one from Captain Halpin, on board the Great Eastern. It has come to hand in a mutilated sate, but the expedition was progressing satisfactorily with the Red Sea section. The Great Eastern had completed discharging cable, and the Hibernia would splice and commence work that day. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 12.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 2830 haPan Wives 55 60 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 46 80 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — Cash Orleans Western Northern .... ...... 1162 Strasburg • • 6lO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 625 Sardinian Austrian 7861 Lombard 5OO North of Spain 67i Saragossa - Roman 5l 11 per Cent. 3 per Cents 74 40 End of month 74 471 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 212 50 Credit Fonder l3OO Paris Gas 1781 Suez Canal 330 RAILWA' AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, March 12. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 112; ; the highest quotation during the day was 112; ; the lowest, 111. Sterling Exchange on London 0-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 1867 10-40 „ 1411 Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleutu—Standard Whito Flour—Extra State, $1 70c. to $5 30c. Corn —Old mixed, $1 2c, BEAM OF M it. E DWA RDS, THE GENTLEMAN Wpm—Mr. Edwards, the gentleman Eteeplechaee rider, who was thrown on Thursday at the Liverpool races, died last night. I ADVERTISE .LENT. Pills.—Liver Complaints and Dis)rdera of the BiwilF. It is impossiWe to exaggerate the extraordinary virtues of ths medicine in the treat rent of all airections of the liver, or irregularit.es of the bcwels. In cases of depraved or superabundant bile, these Pills taken freely have nay r been known to fail. In bowel complaints they are equally efficacious, but they should then be taken rather snore sparingly, f,r every medicine in the form of an aperient requires caution when the bowels are disordered, though a more gentle or mere geni4l aperient than these Pills in moderato doses has never yet been diacovered. If taken ,ccercling to the printed instructions They not only cure t e .cmplaint, but improve the system. The very extensive Distillery now being erect,-tl. at EV:fast, with all recent improvements for the ananu:'ac:ure of Irish whilky, by 3tessis. DUNVILLE it Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their line old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." TUE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW. The Royal Agricultural Society of Englan I has issued the schedules of prizes for horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and agricultural implements to be offered at the annual show at Oxford in July next. Entries of agricultural imp!ernents must be made on or before the Ist May, and entries in the cattle and other classes on or before the Ist June. THE MISSING STEAMSHIP. The Lircipothl Courier reports that the schooner Leader, arrived from New York after a protracted voyage of forty-two days—double the usual duration of the passage—reports that on the 2d of this month, about one hundred and fifty miles to the westward of Cape C:ear, she sighted a large three-masted steamer, under canvas, steering eastward. There was a gale blowing, but the steamer was apparently staunch and seaworthy. Captain Reid, of the Leader, thinks that sufficient time has not yet elapsed for this vessel to reach port. The suggestion is that this vessel is the City of Boston.. THE WICKLOW PEERAGE CLAIM. The hearing of this case was resumed to-day, be fore the Select Committee on Privileges, in the House of Lords. Sir J. Coleridge, on behalf of Mrs. Howard, said he should be prepared with evidence in a short time to contradict that given by Mary Best, to the effect that she communicated the death of her child in Mrs. Jones's presence, and Mrs. Jones was also made aware afterwards that the child had died near Thorpe. He should also produce the Longney wit nesses, who would show the improbability of Mrs. 'Toward having been in Liverpool either on the 22d or the 26th August. The inquiry was, under such circumstances, ad journed until Thursday next. THE LATE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS'S RACING DEBTS. The suit Bubb v. Admiral Sir H. Yelverton, to ad minister to the estate of the late Marquis of Hastings, came to-day before the Chief Clerk at Rolls Chain bere, on a proof of debts. On the part of Sir F. Johnstone, it was sought to prove a debt cn bond for £7,580, and the s .me was objected to. Oa the part of Sir F. Johnstone it was stated that the Marquis owed a debt of £3,000, and gave a bond on advance, and the bond was not to, be' paid for five years. It was contended, on the part of the creditors, that as the £3,000 was a bet on the turf all that could be proved for was the £4,000 advanced when the bond was given. The eaina of Sir F. John stone for £7,580 was admitted. DEATH OF COUNT MONTALEMBERT. PARIS, March 13. Count de Montalembert died suddenly at eight o'clock this morning at his house in Paris. The Standard says Count .Montalembert who died, who was mercifully released from hopeless suffering, yesterday morning, held throughout his life, as a politician and a Roman Catholic, a pcx. , ..iCon of the utmost difficulty. A fervent Catholic, but a sincere and enthusiastic partisan of political freedom, he bad all his life to struzgle against the grossest prejudic. s and misrepresentati , ns, and to bear the hard cross of being looked upon w:th suspicion and dis trust by the great majority of those with whom, whether as Liberal or as Catholic, he was allied. But in spite of the inconsistencies with which he was reprol:ched, Count Montalembrt had conquered, by the time when disease had laid him lour and de prived him of the power of using it,' a position as influential as well as honourable as any.politician or polemist ever attained. Count Montalembert was equally eMinent as a speaker and as a writer. Ills death is a great loss to France, although he had practically given up all active part in political or religious affairs for some years, and wherever there is respect for high principle, for genuine devotion, for earnestness, truthfulness, and eloquence, there will be regret at the premature de parture—he was but 59—of the Count Charles de Montalembert. Count Charles Forbes de Tyron Montalembert, says the Daily Telegraph, was born on May 29,1810, in London, where his father had settled during the French Revolution. His mother, as may be under stood from one of his names, was English. His connection with the Abbe Lamennais, in the earlier portion of his career, gave a tone to the whole ten our of his life. Accepting the alliance of Catholicism and Democracy, of which LarnenEafs was the apostle, Montalembert became a Liberal in politics. lie was one of the first contributors to the journal called The Avenir. The condemnation of Lamennais brought back Montalembert to the most severe ortho doxy, and he gave himself up to studies the influence of which is prominently perceptible in his writings. His famous " Life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary" was issued in 1836, and in 1843 he published his " Ma,- nifeste Catholique," an eloquent and incisive cri: ticism on the relations between .Church and State. In the same year he married Mdlle. Merode, the daughter of a Belgian Minister. Always a de fender of oppressed nationalities, he delivered a funeral oration, at a funeral service, organised in memory of O'Connell, in 1848. Nearly 'at the same time he said he gave the Republic three months to live ; it did not reach el en that age. After the Revolution of 1818 the Count was a prominent member of Louis Napo leon's Legislattire, and was denounced by Louis Blanc as an accomplice of " the heir of Bonaparte." He was elected a member of the French Academy in 1852, and was returned to the Corps Legislatif in the same year. Count de Mon talembert was the author of a considerable number of works on what may be called religious politics. A man of aristocratic birth and liberal tendencies, an admirer of constitutional government, and espe cially of that of England, he occupied a peculiar position amongst his cotemporai ies. The head of a small party, which he denominated Catholic empka . - - tically, he was still a passionate advocate of liberty. At the present time, when the CEcumenical Council j engaged in considering a question upon which he might be said to be an authoritative judge, the loss of the accomplished and independent statesman and author is calculated to excite general regret in the literary and political world. The Daily News says :—" In the long and animated discussions which took place on the debateable question of liberty of education between the parti sans of the University and the Church, M. de Mon tadembert was the ablest advocate of the latter in the Chamber of Peers, of which he had become a member on the death of his father. His ;speeches on the liberty of the Church, on liberty of eu'ucation, and on the liberty of the monastic orders, contains a defence of the Jesuits, are models of Par 'iainentary oratory. At this period M. de Monlak-mbert was the great Ca!holic orator and champiaLi, and it was his strong Catholic feeling, as well as his innate love of liberty, that prompted him to. suppo-t Elle, cause of the Poles, of the Irish, and Sondcrbund. AY ExTIIAOEDINAIIT B:11711.—On Wt - dnes:.day rsfr,lit the wife of a labourer, in the employ of Alc-ssrs. .; :Oft on and Co., brewcr.,4, Burton-on-Trent, :named Win. Geri(); residi gin the " Fourteen Houses," Branst• ne-rotel, gavt*:Oirth to four chddron, all girls. They lave been tap - tised, .and have received the names of Patience, llaimali, Mary _Ann, and Elizabeth. Both mother and children are doing sit, SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT. SATURDAY. At last we have come to the end of one of the most wearisome debates on one of the most important measure that ever occupied the attention of Parliament. - It ha: lasted for four nights when one would have sufficed. A member of the Government spoke of the " judicial calm which hon. members had shewn throughout. " Judicial calm " is an excellent thing in Parliament, just as " a low voice is an excellent thing in woman ;" but the one, like the other, is apt to be just a trifle monotonous, and a little vehement declamation is as much a relief in the one case as a little mild scold ing is in the other. But let me not anticipate. Let me refer, first of all, to the main event of the week. Can the reader of these sketches doubt what that is, doubt that I refer to the reappearance of our Osborne, after one session's absence from Parliament, and one minute's presence in a water tank ? He entered just as though he had nounpleasantreminiscences of Nottingham lambs or Waterford Fenians, no unpleasant prospects of an election inquiry. He came introduced by Mr. Bee-,welt and Mr. W. H. Gregory, and surely it is superfluous to add that both sides of the House gave him a most cheery reception. After that, and again yesterday afternoon, poor Mr. Cardwell had to undergo incessant catechising at the hands of gallant members both of the Right and the Left. There is fighting in store for the Secretary of War. He will find " above regulation prices " a very tough sub • ject when he comes to deal with it on Monday, and there are members, like Major Anson, who sit on th Ministerial side of the House apparently only the mor effectually to stab her Majesty's Ministers, and who will prove very unpleasant foes. Last evening the unfor tunate Postmaster-General had his turn also. Bus why do I say " unfortunate ?" Nothing ever disturbs the e panimity of the Marquis of Hartington. Were an "electric storm" to make unintelligible hieroglyphics of every message in the kingdom, the heir of all the Caven dishes would not find his digestion impaired or his res destroyed. He gave the lamest of lame answers yester day to Sir Stafford Northcote's, question as to why th Press Association is not allowed to telegraph the Parlia mentaryreports direct from the House ; in fact, it amounted to this, that because so many journals desired to have the reports it was more convenient to the Post Office tha none should have them. There was no little flutter of curiosity, not prompted, of course, by conscious guilt, when Mr. Winterbotham, the young and promising member for Stroud, and Mr. Henderson, M.P., for Durham, got up to ask the First Lord of the Treasury what steps he intended to take with regard to Lora Romilly's charge that certain hon. members had received £lO,OOO for their services in assisting the passage of a, rail way bill in committee. This very serious matter evaporated .when Mr. Gladstone read a letter _ from Lord Romilly, by which it appeared that the matter referred to took place sixteen years ago, about the time of the Russian war, and Lord Aberdeen, that is —(how long ago it seems !) ; and that the Mastei of the Rolls did not believe the charge. Then came question upon question as to the intentions of the Government with regard to the course of public business. The answers were not very definite : but the Premier gave Lord Crichton a direct challenge to bring forward the case of Mr. Madden as early as he pleased ; while the comparatively insignifi cant licensing question is to be postponed sine die, for what is the welfare of the people compared with the dignity of a magistrate? Then we passed to the Irish Land Bill at a quarter past five. The debate was reopened by Mr. W. H. Gregory, afore time advocate for the American Confederate States. He quoted Latin and quoted French, but all his polyglot accomplishments were very tedious, and quite wearied the House before his hour's speech was over. Lord Elcho infused liveliness into,the debate almost for the fist time since the grotesque Mr. Deese sat down amid shouts of laughter. But if his lordship goes on developing his Con servatism at this rapid rate, he will soon be a bigger Tory than Mr. Hardy himself. I remember him as a Liberal, I remember him as an Aduliamite (who does not ?), when he appeared like another Atlas, almost overborne by the weight of the Constitution which he had to sustain upon his own shoulders. But now he is a Conservative Cas sandra, full of dire prophecies and gloomy forecasts. It is to his lordship's credit that after a time his spirits rose, and he was able to indulge in that airy humour for which this most perfectof dressers is famous. The House laughed with him (instead of, as in Mr. Dease's ewe, at him), when he declared that the bill was the product of sentiment and saltpetre; and that if tenants were to be compensated for evi tion, so ought the 24,000 soldiers whom Mr. Cardwell pro poses to discharge, the more so as, while the first were shooters, the second were only shootees (whence it would seem that Lord Elcho's idea of a soldier is not Mr. Car lyle's by any means, but is that the fighting man is a human target, who has nothing to do but to stand still and be shot at). His lordship's nickname for the Land and Labour League, the " Three L's," as they call them selves, the "lack-land looters," as he called them, told well, and so did his quotation from one of. Mr. Lowe's speeches, a speech delivered when that "right lion. friend" was in'tho Cave, and which declared that he would never assent to legislation in Ireland which he would not carry out in England. Mr. J. G. Potter and the little Radical coterie near him, cheered the quotation ; they, at all events, are quite prepared to accept that senti ment, and to act upon it, though not quite in accordance with Lord Elcho's interpreta tion of it. The honourable beau sat down with an ore rotundo appeal to the House not to facilitate the designs of the communists by passing such a measure as this, and by the announcement that he should support the second reading. Of course Sir Colman O'Loghlen, who was the next speaker, was not slow to mark this inconsistency. But he soon passed his airy lordship by, and went on to deliver the speech which he had evidently prepared with much care and which was intended to answer Dr. Ball. It was a rapid, rattling speech, however, delivered without note. Nor was he disconcerted when cries of " order, order," greeted him in the middle, and his chief by pulling his coat tails reminded him that he was turning his back upon the Speaker. The Judge-Advocate took fifty minutes to polish off "the learned member for the University of Dublin," which is the tedious parliamentary style and title of Dr. Ball. I knew what was coming; I had long ago been prepared for the worst. . Mr. Charley had for some time past been busily taking notes, and so soon as Sir Colman sat down up sprang the divinely appointed punisher of Mr. Gladstone ; but, happily, he was just the tenth part of a second too late. Alla Chaplin, of racing fame, and aforetime rival of the Marquis of Hastings on matters equine and femi nine, was up before him, and him the Speaker selected, to the great relief of hon. members andof your correspondent. Now, Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Charley are wide as the polls asunder. The second will go on talking by the hour with- out a break or a hitch. But then it is such stuff. Mr. Chaplin has the most terrible pauses ; pauses in which he quaffa water freely, uses his handkerchief generoxisly, fumbles in his pocket for papers`that never turn up. But then when he has started again, he speaks well, has sorat thing tO"say worth hearing, and the House would infi nitely sooner hear him than the most fluent of Charleys. So it came to pass that in the midst of a pause longer and more awful than usual, and when a break down seemed - inevitable, both sides gave an encouraging cheer. A very generous assembly is the House of Commons, for of course hon. members are not influ enced by any selfish considerations. They never break down, and are therefore never likely to need such en couragement. Mr. Chaplin spoke for three-quarters of an hour, including stoppages, and then no fewer than five M.P.'s started to their feet, and said simultaneously "Mr. Speaker." Once more Mr. Charley was destined to ex- tinction. Alas, hon. friend Charley, that speech of yours was destined not to be delivered. All your industry and assiduous sitting out of the debates have been in vain. Yt u must keepyourself for committee. Mr. Cogan was selected, and so soon as the Speaker had returned from bolting his chop, the member for Kiletre delivered himself. He' referred to the combination between Kilkenny county (Mr. Bryan), and Kilkenny town (Sir John Gray), and the House laughed at the obvious reference, but decorously refrained from " me-owing." As Mr. Cogan went on speaking a litt!e conference was going on at the second seat behind t4e Ministerial bench. Recently Mr. Bryan had re-appe4,..Nd after a long absence, wearing the rarest of posies in his button-hole as though he were about to lead a gallant phalanx to certain victory instead of about to find himself "in a miserable minority." Wit Sir Colman O'Loghen conversed, and eveiy one supposed that the mover of the amendment would . ..vithdraw it. It was not till some timo afterwards hat Captain White appeared, and a fresh conference took 4ce, as we now know, without result. After Mr. C0;,;.2.11 came Mr. McCarthy Downing, who sat nc.t to Mr. B17&11. and said that if the member for Kilkenny persisted in going to a division, he (Mr. Downing) wou4 g) into the lobby with him, but he implored his friend not to divide. Then there was a cheer, and, 10, Mr. Disraeli was up , full an hour and a half before the expected time. Indeed, it vas only ten minutes to ten, and a whole army of Irish M. P.'s, inducing, I believe, Mr. Bernal Osborne, were "down "to speak. But Mr. Disraeliwas out of sorts, 11 1 evidently suffering severely from cold, and wan,'e'. to go home, and get to bed. Moreover, it ww l , time to put an end to the sorry spectacle el one Conservative member after another denouncing the bill as a violation of all the laws of political econoulYs and then declaring their intention of supporting it. It scal time for their leader to put them in a good humour with themselves, and he did this most admirably. First of al ho turned the laugh upon Mr. Horsman, who ha' declared that successive Ministries had trifled 01 ' this question. He . reminded the member for Lis keard how he had once been Chief Secretary Ireland, and had never brought in a single measure ou any subject, but had resigned his post because it was r 4 sinecure. Then Mr. Disraeli went on to shew that it was the Conservative party which ought to have the credit of this bill, because it was his duty in 1852 to introduce four measures, which, though rejectedat the time, had all, w ith one exception, been carried since. Having thus salveJ the consciences of his more susceptible followers who fel§ sore at having to support this bill, he, with a happY 944 really wonderfully audacious disregard of consisteneY. went on to denounce the bill, not, indeed, maliciously of even seriously, but with abundance of humour which cca l. vulsed the House. The climax of merriment was reached when he described the judicial arrangements of tlae. bill. The. , description of an Irish assize —i° which the judges, " followed by an excited and arah i : tious bar, with their carriages full of briefs connecte.) wit 'the trik, of crimes which have excited society for mmths, and in which they hope to gain immortal honours' afterwards to be returned for boroughs, to be mach Solicitor-Generals, to rise to the highest honours of th e bench "—was inimitable, and Sir Colman O'Loghlen, who. had been nearly rolling off his seat - with laughter, ' at the reference to the Solicitor-General, turned to his fat neighbour, Mr. Dowse (the new So' licitor-General for Ireland), and gave him a dig i° his well-clothed ribs, to the infinite amusement of the spec tators. The laughter was mingled with cheers vale° Mr. Disraeli added, " Well, when they come to the first town where these great exploits are to be fulfilled and these - "mighty feats accomplished, where multitudes are ready to receive them—including galleries full of ladies , particularly if the cases are of a delicate character -111 this great business is to be arrested, because the first thing to be brought before the judges of assize are the appeals from the assistant barristers." The reference to the go daunt case was most telling, and was one of the happiest hits of the evening. Mr. Disraeli spoke for 95 minutes with evident phYsi ca ! difficulty. He had to take copious libations of the ice' Water with which Colonel Wilson-Patten took cue to have him supplied. At 25 minutes past 11 Mr. Gla d ' stone arose, and in a dozera words dispelled the phantom which had been darkly present on the Conservativ e •benches all the evening —the destruction of free dom of contract. He acknowledged in handsome tern ° the friendly treatment which he had received from the Opposition, did not deign to refute the claim (which Mr - Disraeli himself had refuted) that the Conservative pail ware the true authors of land legislation in Irelands answered one by one in a -masterly manner, the objections, which had been raised by the Conservativ e speakers, and then those put forward by the advanced Iris h , party, and concluded with a pa ss i o nate and splendid appeal to these last not to bred' tho unanimity of Parliament by going to a divl sion. During the last part of his speech he t u rned full roand, and addressed the Irish members behind him, and at length sat down amid great cheering, after having spoken for an hour and a half. There was a pause for a few moments. Everyone looked to see if Mr. Bryan would rise and withdraw his amendment. But he sat still w:th a smirk upon his face, as though he rather e njoyed the fun of the situation. Then Mr. M`Carthy Downing left the House in a passion, .and Sir Patrick O'Brien got up amid shouts of "'Vide, 'vide," and at last the Speaker put the question from the chair. shout of ayes was followed by a feeble chorus of noes frost four voices. It was just one o'clock when M.P.'s began to clear out for a division. Several Conservatives left the House when it was seen that they would have to go into th.. lobby with the Liberals, but the majority remained; - %lid as nearly all the M.P.'s were going into one lobby, it •, took the almost unprecedented time of twenty-six minutes to complete the division. There was no excitement when the numbers were announced, at least not inside the House. There was abundance outside, while cabs and broughams went rattling off in quick succession, as though it were high noon instead of half-past one in the morning that had just sounded' forth from the great bell at West . minster. QUALIFICATION OF OHM? CIIWAIMENF.-A bill presented to the House of Lords by Earl Beauchanll zontains only one clause, to the effect that no person shall De ineligible for the office of churchwarden by reason solely of his not being resident within the parish for which he is elected, or of his not being a householder there. IRISH STATISTICS.—A. return published she 's that the value of lands sold under the Encumbered Estates Court and Landed Estates Court of Ireland, to the latest date, amounts to 33,036,403. seven thousand two hull' dred and thirty-two persons, making 1,560 families, have been evicted in Ireland during the three years ending December 1869. Of these persons 1,267 were read mitted. The houses from which they were evicted num' ber 1,434. °LUMBER HOUSE. —A striking example of the vicissitudes of life is furnished by a change which has happened in connection with the rich and romantic ancestral domains of the Dukes of Newcastle. We learn that a successful local manufacturer is likely to succeed a noble duke in-the occupancy of Clumber House. The palatial mansion which the young Duke of Nevi' castle has been unable to hold is to become the residence of plain Mr. Samuel Fox, of the Stocksbridge Works; who is to pay a rental of £l,OOO a year.—,she,trac , Telegraph. ROBBING THE LONDON RECORDER.—The telt" lowing anecdote of Sir John Sylvester, Recorder of London, from 1803 to 1822, is authentically recorded Sir John was one day robbed of his watch by a thief whom he tried for petty larceny. During the trial, it ap pears, Sir John happened to say aloud that he had for gotten his watch or that he had forgotten to bring it with ld him to the O Bailey. The . thief being acquitted for want of evidence, immediately, upon quitting the docki went with the Recorder's love to Lady Sylveste r , ana requested that she would send his watch to him by constable he had ordered to fetch it. The lie succeeded; the thief obtained the watch, and thus the Recorder was Plundered. A. TIPSY BLUNDEIte--A. few days ago, says the North Wilts Herald, a waggon of cheese was sent fro' Trowbridge to Sh e pt on Mallett, and on its arrival the horse was put in a stable of one of the inns. In an adjoining stall was an old horse waiting for the knacker to slaughter it, as it was pi)- 4 work. This functionary, it seems, had de layed carrying his orders into execution, and happened to put in an appearance at the inn, for his mo' ing glass, just after the waggon from Trowbridge had. arrived. The landlord reminded him of his duty, an d after waiting in the public house till his vision had become somewhat deranged, the knacker proceeded to the stable, led forth .. ho,; se, and slaughtered it, when, 7 , -) 1 it was not the " old ho,-," but an animal worth £3O, thu property of Gayton, of Trowbridge, which had previously arrived with the cheese waggon. COMFOILT FOIL TEA DRINKERF.—The public have been much shocked at the revelations made by Dr. Letheby before the City Courtof Sewers, relatingto a large parcel of tea now lying under the care of the Customs- There can be no doubt that this so-called tea should never leave the Customs for home consumption. It is totally unfit for human consumption, as we stated in our last issue. But bad as this rubbish is represented to be, we know that thousands of pounds of tea (query) are sold by auction jo Mincing-lane annually much worse than the stuff to which Dr. Letheby has had his attention drawn. The article to which we refer is sometimes sold as scented caper, gun powder, or siftings, the which is composed of a very mall, qukntity of tea, the remaining portion being silkworm s . duff ° dust, and dirt, to which is added a solution of gum, and this is the delightful compound called tea, which sells on the market at prices under 6d. per lb., and the duty levied bl the Customs for this nutritious " China mixture " is per lb. Some tea (?) of a rather curious description is advertised for sale by public auction next week. We should like to know of what it is composed as we know' for a fact that one parcel is valued by several brokers et 20 per lb. If this some of the silkworm and g um mix ture ? Here is food for our analytical friends, and also for the mind of Dr. Letheby.—The Grocer. AN ASSUIaNCE catizno:r.—everal contributories to the Empire Assurance Company have applied to Vice- Chancellor Stuart to have their names removed from the fi g t. They were shareholders in the City and County Assurance Office, which had amalgamated with the Empire, which is now in course of liquidation. Ile Vice-Chancellor remarked on the great importance of the ease as affecting (Altera. The question was Whether the shareholders were bound by the transfer, which Ed' 'plated that for every two shares they held in the Ci t y and County °Mae th ey were to hold only one in the Empire, and to embark in a new description of busineas. He was of opinion that they were not bound, and orderei the names of the applicants to be taken off the list C' layylic,klcFs o"" 7 Lst € At