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HOOPER's- TELEGRAPH WORKS (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies' Acts, 1862 and 1867. Capita:—£2so,ooo in 25,000 flares of £lO each, payable as follows : .£1 per share on application. „ allotment. .£2 „ Ist April, 1870. .E 2 ~ Ist June, 187 e. £ 3 „ „ Ist August, 1870. DIRECTORS. John M. Dunlop, Esq. Eon, L. Agar-Ellis, M.P. C. Seymour Grenfell Es q. William , William ooper, Esq., Managing Director. Frederic Lubbock, Esq. Admiral Sir William Wiseman, Bart. • RANKERS. Messrs. Roberta, Lubbock, and Co. Bank of Scotland (Edinburgh and Branches). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Co. Temporary Offices—No. 114, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, E.C. This Company has been formed to take over and extend the w 11 known works of Mr. William Hooper, for the manufacture of iodiarubber core for telegraphic purposes, and to add thereto the business of covering the core for submarine cables, and submerging and maintaining the same, wh. relay the Company will be enabled to execute the large. t cantracts for the manufacture of submarine and land telegraphs. _ The value of Mr. Hooper's process for the manufacture of core is now fully recognised. He has successfully carried on his present business, and, with a comparatively small capital, has made very large profits, sufficient to ensure out of that branch of the business alone a handsome return on the whole capital cf the company ; and, when the other branches have been added, it is but fair to conclude that the profits of this undertaking will favourably compare with those of the exiqing companies. Mr. Hooper has already manufactured, according to his process, the cores for the following cedes, all of which are in perfect working order, viz.:—Ceylon to the mainland of India, the Persian Gulf cable, laid last year by the Indian Government ; England to Denmark, Dr...eisle Russian cable (ono section), Scotland to Norway, Sweden to Russia, be sides upwards of SOU miles laid iu various parts of India, Brazil, Australia, ece. Mr. Latimer Clark, while engaged as engineer and elec trician to the Indian Government, in a letter addressed to Mr. Hooper from Bombay so recently as the lsth October, 1869, says, in reference to a cable submerged in the Persian Gulf :—" We have Is en examining, and I am bringing home a specimen, of the very first sample of core which you sent out in 1863 to the Persian Gulf, and which has had no special care taken of it; it is as perfect as when it first left England, and can in no way be distinguished from a new sample fresh cut of the factory." The Company, while possessed of the exclusive right to use Mr. Hooper's process for the manufacture of india- NOTIIING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine line, no matter at what ago. JNO. (19SNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded i❑ perfect inf; this wonc.)rful liquid. It is now offered to the public a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 58., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, Including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London, ILO. "TILE At'PAItEL OFT _PROCLAIMS THE • - . MAN.'' 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, f3r all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTIIINgr, it all the newest designs and materials, at E". MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19d. to £.5. BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is's 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 aid the moat fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system 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 be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats And Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un atluulled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortifOrt of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitter for all Classes. The fa:lowing are the only addressee of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNET- OF MINORIES AND ALDOATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HA RT- STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENH All- COURT-RQAD_ AND ZUSTON .ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. PROSPECTUS OF THE R OUMANIAN GAS LIGHT COMPANY (Itimited). Capital £200,000, in 1 - 0;000 shares of £2O each, payable —£2 on application, £3 on allotment, £5 on the 2d May, 1870, ,C;) on the Ist November, 1870, and £5 on the let May, 1871. In case of no allotment the money will be returned with out. deduction. shareholders paying up their shares in full will receive discount at the rate of o per cent. per annum on the amount paid by anticipation, and, on payment of the Government Stamp Duty, will be entitled to receive share warrants to " bearer' . passinKby delivery. DIRECTORS -1n Bucharest. Jacques Poumay, Esq., Banker. In London. E. H. J. Cranfurd, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Walton on-Thames and Weybridge Gas Company. Loftus Fitzwygram, Esq., 89, Eccieston-square. William Haywood, Esq., Civil Engineer, 63, Hamilton• terrace. James Duke Hill, Esq. (Coal Exchange). Francis D. Lambert, Esq. (Messrs. Lambert, Sons, and Scott, Coal Exchange), 85, Gracechurch-street. Alfred Penny, Esq., of the Oporto and of the Whitehaven New Gas Works. George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-street. Adolphus Willia m Y oung, E sq ., M.P., Director of the Plicenix Gas Company. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, T wells, and Co., London. Engineer—Mr. G. W, Stevenson. C.E., 19, Great George- street, S.W. Consulting Engineer—Mr. Edward Woods, C.E., 3, Storey's-gate, S.W. Solicitors—Messrs. Nash, Field, and Layton, 2, Suffolk . lane, Cannon-street, E.C. Brokers—Messrs. Crossley Brothers and Co., 8, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill, E.C. Secretary (pro tem.)—Mr. Alfred Rippon. Temporary Offices: — Lombard House, Georgt-yard, rombard-street, London, E.C. ; and at the Banking Rouse of Mr. Jacques Poumay, Bucharest. The Roumanian Gas-Light Company (Limited) bas been formed for acquiring and vorking a concession which has been granted by the Municipality of Bucharest for the ex clusive right of lighting that city with gas. The term of the concession is 40 years, from the Bth April, 1858; at the expiration of that period the works will become the property of the municipality on payment of .£18,0410 to the company. A sinking fund is provided by the Articles of Association for replacing the original out lay at the termination of the concession. The City of Bucharest, the capital of the Danubian Princip dities, is an increasing city; its p pulation is esti mate 1 by the Mayor, M. Canticuzeue, at 250,000 persons, occupying about 34,000 houses. Railways are in course of construction connecting Bucharest with the principal continental lines. The first line of 42 miles is now open from Giurgevo, the nearest port on the Danube to Bu charest. A site of 71 acres for the gas works, immediately ad joining the new railway station, has been granted by the municipality, free of all charge. Coals are to be admitted free from municipal dues, for the exclusive purpose of the manufacture of gas. The municipality have contracted to pay for a minimum of 4,000 public lights at the rate of 6s. 10d. per 1,000 cubic feet. The quantity of gas thus contracted for is upwards of 60 millions cubic feet per annum, and the Engineers estimate tha.t . receipts from the public lighting alone will pay a ne t profit of 3-1 per cent. on the total capital of the company, after setting aside a sufficient amount to provide for the sinking fund above referred to. The concession further gives the right to charge to private consumers Bs. 10d. per 1,000 cubic feet. The Engineers report that from this source of revenue a profit of over 14 per cent. may be expected so soon as ttre works are fairly established, thus making together a profit of nearly 18 per cent. on the capital. They estimate that the best English Coal may be delivered on the works at a cost not exceeding_ 355. per ton, and that Coke will'be sold at 40 s. per ton. The rates furgas are subject to a reduction of 10 per cent. at the ex: piration of each period of ten years during the term of the concession. . _ The estimates of cost for the erection of Works of a plain and substantial character have been prepared by Mr. G. W. STEVENSON, C.E. Before proceeding to make the provi sional contracts based thereon, these estimates were sub mitted to Mr. E. Woons, C.E., who, after having investi gated the matter independently, reported that the same aro reliable and moderate. The reports of these gentle ua,n tire appended. Provis:oual contracts have been entered into by the com pany for the execution of the works for sums within the estimated amounts. The business of the company will not Ite commenced until, in the lodgment of the Board, a suf ficient number of shares have been subscribed for. By the Articles of Association, it is provided that the amount pay abler by the ecmpany towards the preliminary expenses is limited to £5,000. The concession granted by the Municipality of Bucha rest, the plans of the works, the reports and estimates of the Engineers, the provisional c.,ntracts and the Articles of Association, may heinspected at the Office of the Company, where every explanation will be given. Applications for shares must be made on the annexed form (which can also lie obtained from the Brokers, Messrs. Crossley Brothers and Co.), to the Directors of the Rou manian Gas Light Company (Limited), but no application will be considered unless accompanied by a deposit of, or the receipt of, the bankers for £2 per share on the number of shares applied for. The Subscription List will be closed on Monday, the 21st instant, in London, and on the following day for the country. rubber core, will be prepared also to contract for cables with gutta percha core. Mr. Hooper has contracted with the Great Northern Telegraph China and Japan Extension Company for the manufacture of their cables, 2,300 miles in length, for £396,000, and it is one of the terms of the agreement be tween 61r. Hooper and the Company that two-thirds of all profits from this contract shall belong to this Com pany, which will thus enter on actual and highly remune rative operations at once. Mr. Hooper has already made considerable progress with this contract. Mr. Hooper's works at Mitcham, which are capabis of executing large contracts for sore, will be taken over for £65,000. Mr. Hooper's consideration for patents and goodwill will be entirely contingent on the success of the Company, and consists of one half of the net profits of each year after 71 per cent. per annum has first been paid to the shareholders. At the end of 10 years the whole of the profits will accrue to the Company. Copies of the articles of association and of the agree ment with Mr. Hooper can be seen at the offices of the solicitors of the Company. Applications for shares in the form annexed, accom panied by a deposit of £1 per share, can be left with the bankers of the Company. Deposits will be received at any of the branches of the Bank of Scotland. If no allotment is made the deposit will be returned in full. The following is a copy of the Memorandum of Asso ciation :- 1. The name of the Company is " Hooper's Telegraph Works (Limited)." 2. The registered office of the Company will be situate n England. 3. The objects for which the Company is established (1) The acquisition of gain by the Company by the constructing, manufacturing, laying down, i work ing, maintaining, repairing , an d keeping n effi cient working order, submarine, and laud tele graphs, and telegraph cables and wires, together with and including every erection and thing re quisite for complete telegraphic systems of com munication either by sea or land ; and also by the purchase, importation, manufacture, and sale of all materials, articles, and things in any way used in or connected with, or considered necessary or desirable for constructing, manufacturing, laying down, working, maintaining, repairing, and keeping in efficient working order any such tele • graphs. (2) The acquisition of the business for insulating telegraph wire, and the leasehold premises, plant, stock, and trade effects used in connection there with, belonging to and heretofore carried on by Mr. William Hooper, of Mitcham, ie Surrey, in cluding the goodwill thereof, and his interest in all or any contracts, patents, concessions, licenses, and inventions—English or foreign - and the con , tinuiog and carrying on the said business. (3) The acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of any other buildings, machinery, works, houses, lands, businesses, of a similar nature to that of the Company, plant, effects, or property —real or personal - and of whatsoever tenure or any in terest therein respectively which are or may be useful or desirable for the objects firstly and se condly hereinbefore stated, or any of them. (4) The acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all such other concessions, grants, privileges, licences, English and foreign letters pattnt, and contracts, or any interest therein respectively, as may be us.ful or desirable for the objects firstly and se condly above stated, or any of them, and the doing of all such other things as are incidental or condu cive to the attainment of the above objects. 4. The liability of the members is limited. 6. The capital of the Com' any is £230,000, divided into 5,000 shares of £lO each. The following contract has been entered into :—" 14th February, 1870. Agreement made between William Hooper of the one part, and Hooper's Telegraph Works (Limited) of the other part." 1100PER'S TELEGRAPH WORKS (Limited). FORM OF APPLICATION. (Te be retained by the Bankers.) ro tie Direztors of Hoop-r's Telegraph Works (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your bankers the sum of C . being a deposit of £1 per share, I request that you will allot me shares of £lO each in your Company, upon the terms of the prospectus and memorandum and articles of association ; and I hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any smaller number which you may allot to me, and to make the payment of £2 per share on allot me to become a member of the Company, and I request you to place my name on the register of members in respect of the shares which may be allotted to me.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Date February, 1870. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.D. ChattPrton. THIS EVENING, at 7, WILLIAM' TELL : Messrs T. C King, J. Neville, M•lntyre, Moreland; Misses Edith Stuart and R. Yokes. After which, at 9, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; or, OLD MOTHER BUNCH : Misses Jessie Vokes, Victoria Vokes, and Rosina Vokes, Messrs. Fred. 'Yokes, W. F. 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Stuart and Vokes: At 9 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Messrs. Fred. Vokes, Brlttain Wright, Harry Boleno; Misses Vokes, &c. tickets; and of course in such cases there will be no harm done to schools• that are not free, just because these will not exist. The Boards are to be allowed to select any form of religious teaching they please, or no form; but in the first place there must be a Conscience Clause. The Boards will also be at liberty to enforce compulsory attendance if they think advisable ; but will not be bound to do so. They may prefer to trust to indirect compulsion in the form of an extension of the short time system to all manufactures and industries, including agricul ture ; or they may pass bye laws which must have the assent of Parliament, providing direct compul sion. If they adopt the latter alternative they may levy a penalty of five shillings upon the parents of the non-attending child, except such child is hindered by sickness, or except there is no school within a mile of its home. At present we do not know how the principle of compulsion is to be applied; but we presume that there will be a system of registration by which the school-managers and schoolmasters of any district will ascertain if there arc any children not attending school. Probably also the police will be empowered to see that vaglant children are brought before a magistrate, in order that these may be sent to an industrial school. This, in fact, is merely the application of an existing law. It remains only for us to notice the conduct of the Opposition with rega' rd to this measure. Of that wq are /MO to speak m the highest terms. Towards the Education Bill and towards the Land Bill they have assumed an attitude which is both statesman like and patriotic. They are resolved that no party spirit shall impede the settlement of these two great questions. For this resolve they deserve the thanks of the country scarcely less than do the originators of these two great measures. IT is to be hoped that,the public will indulgently distinguish between cause and effect in the matter of the telegraph break-down. The state of affairs is un doubtedly very serious. The first- fortnight of Government suaser,nment has been marked by- a s3ries of mishaps, and by constant failure in the transaction of public business. The supply of news paper intelligence has been tardy and deficient, and in more than one case has broken down altogether. Private telegrams have been grievously delayed, and in . some instances the post has even outrun the wire in the transmission of important messages. Nevertheless, the injury and annoyance consequent upon this collapse ought not to preclude a fair consideration of the reasons which are to be assigned for it. The weather has been very unfavour able since the transfer. Mr. SCUDAMORE reports that on several days only two wires out of seven between London and Manchester have been available ; often communication with Ireland has depended on one wire; and the means at the disposal of the department for conveying messages to all the great towns of the North have been similarly reduced. This curtailment of the ordinary resources is not altogether attributable to the weather. Ths only possible inference is that the telegraphs must have been in a defective condition at the time of the transfer; though caveat eniptor, it is too late to complain of that now. The sum paid by the Go vernment was large enough to allow "compensa tion for repairs;" but it is clear that the old pro prietors left their property in a very indifferent state. Great inconvenience and confusion, too, must have ensued from the amalgamation of three services, previously carried on by three separate companies, into one. This cause of trouble can of course be only of temporary effect. The great increase in telegraphic business, is to be taken into account. General public messages have advanced in number from 30 to 50 per cent., but the greatest pressure has arisen from the dis arrangement in the system of collecting and forwarding intelligence to the newspapers, clubs, exchanges, and newsrooms. Under the old plan the companies themselves forwarded news ; they sent what they pleased and how they pleased. They accommodated their labour to their means, and, of course, there was no repetition of messages. The work of collecting news is now done by several separate organisa tions, each striving to furnish the most complete supply, and each, as a matter of course, largely repeating the messages of the others. The quantity of matter has increased three or four-fold. The net result of fewer wires and many more telegrams has been a complete block on the line. In this dilemma an immediate change in the system of news transmission is imperative. The press of matter could be sent through only with the help of an increased service of wires, and this expo client will no doubt be adopted ultimately. But the only present resource is to diminish the news to the capacity of the machinery for conveying it. It is essential that the Post Office accelerate and give precedence to matters of the greatest public moment—such as share quotations, markets, election news, important public events, political speeches of high interest, and the like. In the despatch of such intelligence, competition will obviously be useless, and there need therefore be no duplication of messages. This simple arrange ment will relieve the Post Office of great pressure, and much facilitate the work of the tele graph department. In no other way can the difficulty be met. Mr. SCUDAMORE has laid- the whole case before the proprietors of the various news organisations, and it is to be hoped that this necessary measure will be at once adopted. It is satisfactory to learn from the Marquis of lIAETINGTON that the difficulties arising from hasty organisation are being rapidly overcome. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY3IARKET. • 'frtiS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A KISS IN THE DARK. 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. THIS EVENING, at 7, FORMOSA: Messrs J. Rouse, Rignold, Taylor, Philips, Leeson, Eburne, &c. ; Mesdames Billington, K. Rodgers, Brennan, Bartlett, Grey, &c. Followed by AFTER DARK: Messrs Rignold, Ashley, Rouse, &c.; Miss Rose Le elereq and Miss Barnett. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tani EVENING, at 7, OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and Mrs L. Murray. At 15 to 8, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And THE NIGHTINGALE Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, Miss Furtado. /Ora Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza John stone, Mrs Caulfield, &c. LYCEUM THEATRE. Tars EVENING, at 7, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER And CHILPERIC: M. Marine, G Vincent, Odell, Lapierre, Coghlan, and M. Herve; Mesdames Dolaro, Fitzlnman, Ito manelli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs.Swanborough. Tins EVENING, at 7, THE HEIR 'AT LA W: Mr Clarke, Mr James, Miss Button, &c. With THE TOOE - LES. Concluding with ISO. WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall. Piccadilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at S; Saturday Mornings at 3. Admission, ls, 2s, 35. onnisTy MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays' 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Ceneert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Boa-office open fromll to 4. A zr , isc, i _4!. .- .. ) 4 i, „ ~.„,.._:,., _ .. ~suu . LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1870. TIE main features of Mr. FonsTEß's education bill are so completely in accordance with the pro visions which we have always advocated, that were we the most hostile critics of the ministerial policy, we should be compelled to praise this measure. It is the second great attempt at constructive legislation made by the reformed Parliament' of 1868. In the course of forty-eight hours the present Government has had two opportunities of showing its legislative ability such as rarely occur in a whole generation. Foes, no less than friends, have frankly confessed that the Government has fully risen to the occasion, and that, while endeavouring to be thorough, it has not sought change for the sake of change. The Irish Land Bill and the Education Bill have two characteristics in common—they are con structive and they are conservative. Reso lutely determined that the present disgraceful deficiencies shall exist no longer, Ministers have, at the same time, carefully maintained all that was worth maintaining in the present system. To have adopted all the proposals of the League would have been a fatal mistake that would have shipwrecked, and deservedly shipwrecked, the Government, and would have postponed the settlement of this great question indefinitely. The League affect to believe that their recommendations are merely deferred; but they are altogether in error on this point. • No lapse of time will ever reconcile the country to the loss of such a fund as the school pence, amounting, as it does, to no less a sum than £420,000. No progress of Liberal ideas will ever p3rsuade the country that the small shopkeepers ought to pay for the education of the children of the labouring and mechanic classes. Still, less, if pos sible, will the country ever consent to what Mr. FORSTER so well called, amid the vociferous cheering of the House, "compulsory irreligion." It would, indeed, be monstrous that the Bible alone should be excluded from the list of school books. It would be a gross injustice that, because there is here and there a parent who abjures Christi anity, the immense majority of parents, who desire religious teaching for their children, should be denied it. Give the parents any protection they please against what they deem false religious teaching, for the parent is, and must ever be, primarily responsible for the edu cation of his child. But on the very same principle we must respect the parent's wish that his child shall not be brought up in entire ignorance of historical reli gion. At the same time Mr. FORSTER has adopted one of the principal features of the League scheme. Amid cheers as loud as those which greeted his de claration against "compulsory irreligion," he an nounced his intention of providing compulsory atten dance. The voluntary principle is to be allowed full scope, and if it is sufficient to meet the educational needs of a district it will not be in terfered with. But if it fails, the State will interpose and insist that the children shall be educated. Yet even here there is a careful avoidance of " cen tralization." The State says that the work must be done; but it gives the locality full power to do it, and only in the event of refusal or failure will the State un dertake the duty. This last proviso is a wise one. We have repeatedly pointed out that local boards are apt to take contracted views, and that if Poor Law guardians do not hesitate to starve the bodies of paupers at the risk of being tried for manslaughter, they will not hesitate to starve the minds of children where there is no such risk. Mr. FORSTER hopes that the School Boards, for whose constitution he provides, will show themselves alive to the impor tance of the duty entrusted to them. We confess that we are not so sanguine, and we fear that Go vernment intervention will have to be more frequent than the VICE-PRESIDENT of the CouNcrn antici pates. It will be well to summarise the main provisions of the bill. Government will map out England and. Wales into educational districts, making boroughs the areas in towns, and parishes the areas in rural dis tricts. It will obtain a full account of the condition of education in those districts, so that it may know exactly how to deal with each. Where sufficient provision exists, the present voluntary system will not bo interfered with, and the existing arrangements will be continued, except in two important particulars—that schools will no longer be in spected by denominational inspectors, but by inspectors chosen without regard to the special re ligious teaching of the schools; and the adoption of a conscience clause will be imposed upon all schools as a condition of receiving the Government annual grant, and not as now, merely the building grant. Moreover, Government will set aside the present faulty arrangment to which we have so often called attention, and by which Government aid is given only to districts which can help themselves, and is not forthcoming at all where the districts are too poor to do anything—an excellent provision so long as education was considered only a form of charity, but quite untenable now that it has become a national obligation. In districts where great poverty exists, special Government aid will be granted. We now come to the most striking and original portion of the measure. Hitherto we have spoken of its conservative provisions, we now have to men tion its constructive provisions. The voluntary sys tem, having had fair trial, will, if it is found to fail in any district, be set aside, as we have already men tioned, and the district will be compelled to do its duty. For this purpose school-boards will be consti tuted. The members thereof may be any persons whom the electors choose. The electors will be town councils in towns, select vestries or common vestries in the rural districts. These boards may elect any number of school-managers they please, and they may levy a school-rate. This rate is not expected ever to exceed, and rarely to equal, 3d. in the pound. Where it does exceed Government will increase its grant. Under ordinary circumstances, the grant the rate and the school pence will be equal in amount. In very poor districts the Boards will have the _po7Ter to erect free schools or t 9 kisue free school TIIE EDUCATION BILL. The Globe says of the Education Bill that it fears there will be difficulty in harmonising the new system it intro duces with tho old which has already its position. Our contemporary quite credits Mr. Forster with a sincere wish to bring this harmony about ; but does not think that he fully realises the great premium which, so to speak, this bill offers to the school boards and the consequent damper it throws upon voluntary efforts. This voluntary exertion is too important and useful an ingredient in the national welfare to be wisely disouraged by the Legislature, much less for it to be extinguished gradually. It is to be greatly feared that it would be. The supporters of a school—there would of course be no " managers " in the sense appropriated to that word by the bill—are to have no power of compelling attendance, and consequently cannot ensure the numerical success of their elementary school in comparison with their neigh bours. This also involves the possibility of the receipts by school fees being smaller than in the compulsory scheme, while there is no power of coming upon the rates. "We greatly doubt " (the Globe goes on), "if it is possible that the two systems can co-exist side by side, if the system of compulsion is introduced into rate-supported schools while excluded from the voluntary. We think that it would be more in accordance with the spirit even of this measure that we should first give a fair trial to the non-compulsory system supplemented and expanded a s it will be by this bill. Mr. Forster acknowledges that in his belief the majority of English parents are in favour of some religious teaching for their children. We think lie will also acknowledge by-and-bye that, when a really sound elementary education is offered, the parents will be tempted to ensure their children's attendance, and that no compulsory clauses are needed." The Echo thinks Mr. Forster's bill a distinct triumph for the League. That organization has so far gained a momentous and fruitful victory that it has brought Mr. Forster to admit and to consider in his legislation the paramount importance of the ends at which the Birming ham organisation aims. Moreover, it has advanced by a large stride towards the adoption of the methods it has deliberately chosen, in procuring from a Minister of the Crown the concession of the compulsory principle. And, lastly, the League has reason to rejoice that the Minis terial measure, although falling short of the logical im pregnability of an unsectarian system, has take's useful precautions against intolerance by enforcing universally an undenominational inspection, and by exacting from every school receiving State assistance a conscience clause equal in its application to all religious bodies, and stringent in its operation. With these con siderable achievements the Echo does not ask the League to be content, since the plan expounded by Mr. Forster is in parts based upon reasonings the cogency of which it cannot acknowledge and cannot accept. But we entirely agree with Mr. Dixon's appeal to the ccimtry to back the Government in passing the bill —if it be possible, with amendments improving its work ing machinery, which Mr. Forster declared himself willing and anxious to receive, but at any rate in enacting as law during the present session a bold and comprehen sive scheme for the elementary education of the English people. The trial of Peter Barrett for murder has com menced in Dublin. Captain Lambert was examined, and adhered to his positive identification of the prisoner. The consecration of Archdeacon Parry, the snffra,gan-Bishop of Dover, is f,xed for the 25th of next m.)nth. The ceremony will take place at Lambeth Palace. The Dean of PaiaterlAiry lylW Keachtli.gli_ermon, TIIE LAND DILL, Various tokens lead to the conclusion that no -gref. hostility will be shewn to the Government Land Bill. It is announced, on the best authority, that the principal Irish landowners connected with the Conser vative party have intimated to the Duke of Abercorn their willingness to accept the general principle of the measure. The Standard thinks the Bill fairly moderate and not unsatisfactory. Mr. Gathorne Hardy intimated that no opposition would be offered to the second reading. But most important of all, Mr. G. 11. Moore has con• sented to permit the next stage to be passed without demur. The Irish Liberal members have met and decided to support the second reading; and as the great expounder of an independent Irishh Legislature and what not was amongst the number, the thing may be considered as settled. The Irish members, however, are resolved to move amendments in com mittee, "to make the bill more acceptable to the tenant farmers." Ito%B URGIISHIIIE. The cause of Sir W. Scott's retirement from the representation of Roxburghshire is, as in the case of so many other members, ill-health. He was a Liberal, but opposed to the ballot. The Marquis of Bowmont, who aspires to suc ceed the baronet, is also a Liberal, but wishes to enter Parliament unfettered by pledges of any kind. Lord Schomberg Kerr has, it is said, consented to stand in opposition to the Marquis. Tie fought the little county at the general contest of 1868, and polled 010 against 750. NORWICH. Nearly 1,700 electors of Norwich have signed the requisition to Sir R. T. Harvey-, asking him to come forward as the Liberal-Conservative candidate for that borough. As Sir H. Stracey, who headed the poll in November 1868, scored 4,521 votes, this is an excellent beginning. But Sir R. J. Harvey has not made up his mind to woo the seat; neither have the Liberals found the right man. The bribery-convicted borough is in the double difficulty of lacking candidates to elect and lacking authorisation from Parliament to elect anybody. THE BRIBERY PROSECUTIONS. The announcement that the Government arc vigorously prosecuting their indictments for bribery cannot fail to be satisfactory. An opportunity is now afforded of demonstrating a public detestation of electoral corruption—a demonstration much wanted in these times of loose morality about bribery. The prosecution must be strictly impartial, however. Sir Henry Edwards, the Conservative, is to be brought before the Court of Assize, at York; but Sir Henry is not the only gentleman against whom a prima facie charge can be laid. If he was indiscreet at Beverley, there are men who have been quite as bad at Bridgwater—and the latter are Liberals. There must not be the slightest sus picion of partisanship on this matter; should there be, confusion will only be more confounded. Purity of motive is an absolute necessity to a proper assault on corruption. APPOINTMENT. The Assistant-Solicitor to the Treasury, Mr. Augu stus R. Stephenson, has been appointed temporarily to perform the duties of Registrar of Friendly Socie ties, pending the decision of Parliament upon the measure affecting that office which has been intro duced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lowe deals less arbitrarily with this post than with the vacant judgeship of the Queen's Bench. The first he fills up pending the decision of Parliament; but the second is left vacant for an indefinite period. What distinction is there between the two cases ? COMMITTEE ON EXPLOSIVES. The question of which is the best sort of gun powder for use in our heavy rifled guns has been settled by a committee under the presidency of Colonel Younghusband, The present 6 ' large-grain rifle" powder of the service exercises a violent strain on the guns. It is almost detonating in its action, and no other autho rities in the world have ventured to employ it. It speaks volumes for the strength of our guns that they have stood it so well. The new powder consists of irregular lumps, averaging about the size of the top of a man's thumb or finger; of high density; hard, as compared with other powders, though not so hard as that which the French now use ; and of a dull, un glazed appearance. It is an ugly powder when set side by side with the bright, shiny, " large grain rifle ; " but "handsome is that handsome does," and from this point of view the new powder appears admirable enough. The strain, with an increased charge, in an 8-inch gun is said to be about two-fifths less than that occasioned by the service powder. The Ex plosive Committee has done its duty in an important matter. TUE LEAGUE. The great meeting which the League held just after Mr. Forster had explained his Education seemed well pleased with the measure. Sir C. W. Dilke of course took exception to the provision that the school board was not to be restricted in religious teaching. This, he thought, would give rise to end less bickering between different sects. Sir C. W. lke is a strong advocate of secular education. Mr. Dixon, M.P., too, thought the measure satisfac tory in conceding two of the League points—univer sal and compulsory education ; and he likewise objected to the settlement of the religious difficulty. PROPOSED LEGISLATION. We noticed yesterday that a bill had been laid be fore Parliament to protect the property of married women. There is further good news for the fair sex in Mr. Jacob Bright's measure for removing their electoral disabilities. The wording of the single clause enacting women's franchise is somewhat singu lar. It says that in all the present Acts relating to qualificcton and voting of parliamentary electors, the masculine gender is to include females. Lord Enfield has prepared a bill to amend the laws rela ting to the qualifications, summoning, attendance, and remuneration of special and common juries. Aliens will not be qualified to serve until after ten years' domicile. Jurors will be entitled to six days' notice, and those on special juries will be fined £lO for non-attendance. The ex cessive uncomfortableness of their present duties will be mitigated somewhat by the soothing per mission to enjoy fire and refreshments, such refreshments, however, to be pro vided at their own expense. The abolition of compulsory pilotage is moved by Mr. Bright and Mr. Shaw Lefevre. It will free every owner or master of a ship from the enforced acceptance of a pilot's services, and will consider the complaints of any pilots who may be injured by the abolition of the old law. LONDONDERRY RIOTS. The report has been issued of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the riots and disturbances in the city . of Londonderry. It is addressed to Earl Spencer, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and contains, besides the report itself, the minutes of evidence in full of the witnesses examined, and many interesting letters and returns relating to the riotous proceedings that have taken place at various times in London derry. The insufficiency of the local police for the suppression of disturbances is dwelt upon. On the day when Prince Arthur arrived in Derry uo more than twenty policemen were on duty. The apprentice boys were in their glory ; they fired a royal salute twice, and their band played, " God Save the Queen." Another mob, less loyal, displayed a flag with a harp upon it, but no crown, and their band played " Patrick's Day" and " The Wearing of the Green." A collision, of course, took place. The constables were ordered to "fix swords." Their small numbers were utterly power less against the mob, and the mayor hesitated to call out the military, because he did not wish to disturb the Prince. Then occurred a scene in which several men lost their lives. In reviewing the events of this day in particular, the report censures the want of any arrangement to provide for what was a most probable contingency. DR. TEMPLE'S EXPLANATION. The Bishop of Exeter addresses the following letter to the Timse :—" I think it due to Archdeacon Freeman to say that he was fully justified by the letter which he had received in making the authoritative announcement concerning 'Essays and Reviews' which he made in COlll.O - and that the writer of that letter was fully justified in writing it. I had not intended any such announcement to be made, and it took me by surprise ; but the making of it was owing, as I have since ascertained, to my own carelessness and to nothing else, for the authority given both to the Archdeacon and to his informant was full. lam sorry for any annoyance that this carelessness of mine may have caused to either," THE IRISH CHURCH CONVOCATION. The "separate Tote " of the bishops was discussed throughout the whdle of the sittings of Convo cation at Dublin on Wednesday and Thursday. No decision, however. was arrived at, and the further agitation of the question its to the position which the bishops are to oc cupy in the Synod stands adjourned. The matter is said to involve, beyond a concession to the superior dignity of the right rev. prelates over the clergy and laity, an absolute power of veto. They must either vote conjointly or separaetly . on ques tions affecting the general convocation, and apart from the power of absolute veto on questions before Convocation, there seems to be much point in the opinion of one of the speakers, who asked what would be thought of the Episcopal Church through. out the world if, in an assembly which was to govern the Church, a bishop was of no more account than an ordinary person ? The Archbishop oLDnbliiilaireacifad..hiii belief_ that the..infatbiltit. of the Organishtldti Coniinitteo were hot bound to the draft presented to them, nor was it desired in any way to force it upon them. The Bishop of Derry, thinking it time for at least one of the bishops to speak his mind on the " separate vote " question, declared that the arguments used by the Dean of Down—who strongly opposes any power of absolute veto on the part of the prelates—always seemed to him to amount to nothing more than transcendental Tractarianism, meaning the form of Tractarianism held by certain clergymen in England, who endeavoured to carry out the idea of com bining high sacerdotal views in the profession of respect for their bishops with the desire to disobey them on the most important points of Church discipline, MR. FROLTDE AND THE " SATURDAY REVIEW." The Saturday Reviewer who has been so hard upon Mr. Froude, the historian, " for the last fifteen years" answers the complaining letter which the celebrated writer sent to the Pall Mall Gazette. Mr. Fronde challenged the Saturday Review to a test examination of any portion of his history, with the view of determining the accuracy and good faith with which the facts have been represented. This ettallenge the Reviewer leaves to the editor. He questions some of Mr. Fronde's special instances, and. strongly repeats his general charge of ignorance and misrepresentation. He finds gross inaccuracy in Mr. Fronde's history wherever he tests it ; and there fire he is led to a presumption that there is inaccu racy in the whole. The Reviewer trusts that this presumption may be unfounded. "As to the inaccu racies, omissions, and unfairness which I can test, I think historical scholars in general will agree with me. I have been twitted by men of thought and learning for letting Mr. Froude off too easily, and I am inclined to plead guilty to the charge. Ido not suppose that Mr. Froude wilfully misrepresents anything; the fault seems to be inherent and incu rable ; he does not know what historical truth is, or how a man should set about looking for it." THE RAILWAYS OF THE FUTURE, The funny little railroad at Festiniog, in Wales, Is attracting more and more attention as a type of what is likely to be " the railway of the future." Once cheapen the cost of lines, and they will be constructed in those neglected country districts which are now unable to support an ordinary railway. The peculiarity of the Festiniog line is the narrowness of its- guage, which is only one foot eleven and a half inches broad. This railway, which is but thirteen miles long, can do a wonderful amount of work, and as a narrow guage effects enor mous saving both in the original cost and in the working expenses, the extension of the princi ple is much thought of. The Times, in an article on the subject, calculates that whilst an ordinary line costs £15,000 a mile, a three foot guage can be made for £9,000. With a traffic return of £2O every week for every mile, and deducting 50 per cent. for working expenses, the one railway would yield a dividend of about 31 per cent., while the other would yield very nearly 0 per cent. This calculation makes no allowance for the more economical work ing of the narrow guage, which is one of the main features of the system. The great objection to these narrow lines has been the oscillation; but even this difficulty is thought to be overcome. The. Fairlie carriage on " bogies " is almost entirely free from oscillation. Conjoin the Fairlie rolling stock and the narrow guage, and the problem of cheap railways seems tending to a solution. Experiments of this kind are now being made. The results will be looked for with interest. BUTTER. It is to be hoped that London butter is no fair sample of the article consumed by the population generally. It really is a very bad business. Dr. Muter, who has been engaged during the past month in examining samples of London butter, reports in the Food Journal that out of twenty-six fifteen were adulterated. One firm alone in London sells eighty tons weekly of animal fat, melted down, whitened, and refined for the express purpose of mixture with butter. What is meant by " animal fat " is not quite clear ; but perhaps the less we know on that subject the better. It sells for 625. a hundredweight, whereas common butter is worth 1325., so that the motive for the trade is evident enough. In addition to this delightful animal fat, " prime butter " is adulterated with many other nice ingredients, such as tallow, suet, boiled brains, starch, potatoes, chloride of calcium, silicate of soda, and permanganate of potash. What are we to do with all this stuff? The answer to the question is very simple : we must eat it. The idea of getting GI Legislature to interfere is out of the question. - PRINTERS' WAGES IN VIENNA. The printers' strike is still going on in Vienna and Pesth, and there seems little more prospect of a settlement being arrived at between them and their employers than between the miners and Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co. These printers are said to be the most intelligent of German artizans. They know exactly what they want, and, how fax they and their opponents can go. They ask fOr an in crease of 20 per cent. in their wages (which now average about £2 a week) ; for the limitation of work to eight hours a day; and also for an increased rate for work done after nine at night. All the com positors are on strike, with the exception of those employed upon the official Vienna Gazette. The masters are determined, it is said, not to give way, and talk of employing women in place of the men. THE WEATHER. The thaw on Wednesday afternoon did not prove permanent, for the wind shifting back to its old quarters, has caused a continuance of cold. On Thursday morning, at eight o'clock, the thermometer ,food at_ 28. Ice may still be seen floating down tile names, DUE tne steam-tugs ana coal-carges ao not stop their usual traffic. Skating went on during Thursday in the parks, but under difficulties, as the ice, though thick, was very bad. A party of ladies skating in St. James's Park were so annoyed by a gang of roughs that they were obliged to leave. It is high time, indeed, for an education bill, if it would only comprise the extra twopence for manners. By yesterday morning the cold had decrease a little, but not much. At London the thermometer marked 30, but in some of the northern towns it ranged from 37 to 39. EN GLAND AND THE COLONIES. The correspondence respecting the proposal for a conference on colonial affairs has been published in an official form. It contains little that is new. It will be remembered that the conference was opposed by Earl Granvilla on the ground that the project assumed at the outset an attitude of hostility to the Government. The answers of the different colonial governors all concur with Earl Granville's views. All, without exception, state that no repre sentatives will be sent to the Conference. The Hon. J. 11. C. Manners-Sutton, governor of Victoria, says that Earl Granville's circular has produced a most beneficial effect in the colony. THE NEEDLE GUN. A. contest at Malta between six men from a Prussian frigate and and six from an English war ship proves the great superiority of the Snider rifle over the needle-gun: The competitive firing lasted two minutes, and at the ex piration of that interval the Snider had discharged 77 shots to 58 of the needle-gun—making 45 hits against 10, of which 22 were bull's - eyes against only 7 scored by the Prussians, and 22 outers against 12. The total value of the respective hits on the two sides would stand as 134 against 52. And yet the Snider is by no means the best weapon of its kind, in fact we have rejected it in favour of the Martini-Henry. THE MORDAIINT CASE. The extraordinary cause celAre in the Divorce Court took a terribly remarkable phase yesterday. The Prince of Wales was brought into the case, and Sir Charles Mordaunt stated in evidence that his wife confessed to him that she had often been visited by the heir to the throne. Sir Charles further stated that he had for bidden his wife to see the Prince of Wales; but his Royal Highness was a frequent visitor, nevertheless, and often during his (Sir Charles's) absence. Lord Penzance said he understood that the Prince of Wales had been subpoenaed as a witness on behalf of the etitioner, but Sergeant Ballantine stat e d th a t thi s idea had been abandoned. Thirteen letters from the Prince of Wales are to ba brought before the Court. _ Miss Martineau and Mrs. Butler complaid in a pro vincial contemporary that though letters are inserted in both the Pall Mall Gazette and the Daily News in favour of the Contagious Diseases Act, both these journals—the latter since its change of editorship--reject letters against the law. In Liverpool, the member of which borough is bringing in a bill for a halfpenny postage, it appears that a practice has been carried out of unprincipled stamp-sellers charging three halfpence for one penny postage stamps on Sundays, or, in other words, receiving from the public thirty shillings for twenty shillings' worth of stamps. The Gjobe mentions a rumour that Mr. Locke, M.P., has either resigned, or is about immediately to resign, his scat as member for Southwark. "It is stated that the hon. gentleman is about to accept office under the Government. Already the probable candidates are named, and Mr. Morgan Howard is very generally spoken of in the Conservative interest." The Vicar of Boston and other friends of the late John Conington, formerly Professor of Latin in the Uni versity of Oxford, are promoting a movement fur the institution of a memorial to that distinguished professor. Whether the memorial will assume the form of a philo logical prize in the University, or that of some public 41.9.P1,11 1 3gati.§..412t Y9l SktigrElliad. , f et.v (falYlsr''''*vr 4L ' A7 entin'At.if(n HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 18. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princefs Beatrice, left Osborne to-day at a quarter-past two o'clock, and arrived at W indsor at a quarter before six. The Prince and Princess of Wales drove out yesterday. LATEST INTELL IGEN Cs' (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17. The Session of the Legislative Council of British Columbia was opened yesterday. Governor Musgrave was not present through in disposition, but he had sent his address to be read to the House, advising the accession of the State to the Confederation. Earthquakes have been felt in several towns of California this day,,but the damage done has been slight. Advices received here from Mexico state that President Juarez's forces, under the command of General Escobedo, were retiring upon Guanajuato on the 7th inst., being pressed by the insurgents, who were reported to be advancing in superior numbers. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Feb. 18. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 119+; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1194 ; the lowest, 119+. Sterling Exchange on London lOB/. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll5. 46 " 1885 ll4l. 66 " 1867 ll3/. 10-40 112 k. Illinois 143. Eric Cotton—Mid. upland 24lc. Petroleum—Standard White 3oc. Flour, extra 'state, $4.90c. to $5.50c. Corn, old mixed, sl.6e. According to Messrs. Moffatt Davidis and Co.'s report, the receipts of cotton at all ports for the week have been 97,000 bales, and since the Ist of September 1,042,000 bales. Shipments to England, 48,000 bales; to France, 6,000 ; and to the Conti nent 11,000 bales; and since the Ist of Septem ber, 2,109,000 bales. Stock, 550,000 bales. Mid dling upland, 10 13-1 G cost and freight per steamer. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Feb. 18. The Lisbon centres of the Carlists and Miguel ists are about to spread their ramifications towards the Spanish frontier. It is accurately known where they purpose to meet, and it is also reported that emissaries have arrived from Spain with large sums of money in theia possession. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 18.—Three: o'clock—The market closed as follows : per Cent. 3 per Cent End of mouth._ 73 37i Credit Mobilier 205 Transatlantic 215 Credit Foncier 1745 Paris Gas 1735 S uez Canal 335 Bank Shares 2885 ItaFan rives 54 85 Austrian Fives 66 Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 45 20 Spanish Threes 26 50 Home Debt.. Deferred . RAILWAYS, Cash_ ... 990 630 1150 598/ 9971 6171 Orleans Western Northern. Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Sardinian Austrian 770 Lombard 495 North of Spain 641 Saragossa Roman 46 GRATTAN ANNIHILATING AN ASSAILANT. On the election in question I was proposed by Mr. George Ponsonby, and upon Mr. Grattan ris ing next to vote upon my tally he was immedi ately objected to as having been expelled on the report of Lord Clare's committee. A burst of in dignation on the one side, and of boisterous decla mation on the other, fortwith succeeded. It was of an alarming nature; Grattan meanwhile standing silent, and regarding with a smile of the most ineffable contempt ever expressed, his shameless accusers. The objection was made by Mr. J. Giffard, of whom hereafter. On the first intermission of the tumult, with a calm and dignified air, but in that energetic step and tone so peculiar to himself, Mr. Grattan delivered the following memorable words—memor able, because conveying in a few short sentences the most overwhelming philippic—the most irresis tible assemblage of terms imputing public depra vity that the English, or I believe any other lan guage, is capable of affording :—" Mr. Sheriff when I observe the quarter from whence the objec tion comes, I am not surprised at its being made. It proceeds from the hired traducer of his country— the excommunicated of his fellow-citizens—the regal rebel—the unpunished ruffian—the bigoted agitator! In the city a firebrand—in the court a liar—in the streets a bully—in the field a coward ! And so obnoxious is he to the very party he wishes to espouse, that he is only supportable by doing those dirty acts the less vile refuse to execute." Giffard, thunderstruck, lost. his usual assurance, and replied in one single sentence. " I would spit upon him in a desert !"—which vapid and unmean ing exclamation was his sole retort ! I called for the roll, and, on inspection, Mr. Grattan's name ap peared never to have been erased. Of course the objection was overruled; my friend voted and his triumph was complete.—Sir J. Barrington's Sketches of His Own Times. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Even ng, LORD CRAAIBERLAIN'S OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 17. Notice is hereby given, that the Levee to be held at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, will take place on Tues day, the Ist of March next, at two o'clock, instead of Thursday, the 3d of March next, as previously announced. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at this Levee shall be considered equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars at the Levee on the Ist of March, it being a Collar- Day FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre derick Maitland Sartoris, Esq., now Attache to her Ma jesty's Legation at Buenos Ayres, to be a Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. FEB. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Carlos Andres Carrol as Consul at St. Helena for the Republic of Chile. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Philip Douglas Alexander as Vice-Consul at Bristol for the North German Confederation. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 17. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Bridgnorth—William Henry Foster, of Apley Park, in the county of Salop, Esq., in the room of Henry Whitmore, Esq., who has aecepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. Borough of Southvraik—Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus Beresfoid, of Lower Park, Putney, in the county of Surrey, in the room of the Right Hon. Austen Henry Layard, who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Chiltern hundreds. on ' terd wer Mis cha ditt due Exc pre] per ditt Cer 5 pi Au 32 do' Stc