The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-05 00:00:00

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Attuns, o military •indle, for tad James da. county, 11S, Pro- Ito Episco aftornoon. t was born dine of his ted to this nd he was led for the e passed a for &short >reparation embarked vania, but co of 1815, himself to he was ad ised until Ho had ller, a re- Hamburg, i 1824, Mr. Pittsburgh, to Trinity •reen foun ?uty in the Li he took a late for the but being a .ed the con- Dwn vote in Er. Hopkins inity in the nd the next 'ermont, an ted at the Burlington, •f his latest blished last of paetry. can Synod rt. While him by the returned to ng his age, ) dissension s was a de refused to aar against s difficult to Ith-- intense knows that r teem with 3d off by an strengthen ed medicine lry COD 8 titu etetic errors akness self onditions of apathy, list- L prove espe preciated by of a daugh- Albemarle of a son. tte, the Lady ttenharn, the Droester Col- S. B. Merri- Paddington, 9th Foot, to fohn Murray treot, Hyde- N., Thomas Eichl. Stacey, )rgo T insoni cells, Char les 10•••••••••,..... ANDREWI See. No 11- } 10 County ° A FTER Covent-a arden Opera—L' SUP. After Drury-lane Theai tre EVANS' After Haymarket Thea tre EVAN After Adelphi Theatre. EVAN'S After Olympic Theatre EVAN' After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Tht atre EVAN Atter St. James's Thew re EVAN After Prince of Wales' Theatre F VAN._ _ London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Enterti Inment at Eight. N°. 23,604. MAISC►N DOREE, THE NOW FAKE LONABLE RESTAURANT AND ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre, Long-Acre, EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door ; e rom itegont-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. High-class Wines at wl iolesale prices. Spirits and Beers, &c. Private room for P arties. HANIPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. IN , rms, CASH. On and after MONDA Y, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nino p.m. to One a.m. AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT At Eight u'UliJek. M anager, CHARLES CASTLE. K INAHAN'S I ,L. WHISKY. DUBLIN EX EIIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellon Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 35. 3d.. at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principi towns in England; or wholesale at 8. GREAT WINE •MILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, : Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina hates LL Whisky." L -..----- - M ,:.-' - - e r -z . - f --r-- - -‘ 2 - --------- -' 2`- ,C- ----- .. - --- -- e - -,,- -.--- -------.----- ..______ j_ _..---........., _.__„______ --, 1 'IL VANS' to 1 • . _ , ::.',.. ' .„..,- • ...' 5 . ."S .- 51 . .7:;`• - • ,-- ,- e-s.r--= . - .. .. , , ; to SUP. ,-- e, c 5 A1 401.405r ~1,; - 1 ., : v• __,_ ;f. , - --- -- - - -.z 'a 4 , . 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But what is the section of the Irish people into whose hands that vast sum, with its interest every year, is given for religious purposes and teaching? Why, the whole Protestant population in Ireland, and, I suppose, i❑ Ireland no more than in England —for every Protestant does not get much religious teaching, and does not go much to church— (laugh ter) —but in Ireland the Protestant Church popu lation is just a little over, and I am not quite sure whether it is at all over, the population of two towns like Birmingham. IN'hat would you think in Birmingham of this great city and the city of Manchester, or their population, and nobody else, having awarded to them this vast sum of £13,000,000 and the interest from it annually, under the pretence of religious teaching ? And I believe it is not found in Ireland that the Protestants are a bit better religiously taught than either Presbyterians or Catholics. In point of fact, it is a huge political job, which ought never to have existed, and which, having existed, ought long ago to have been abo lished, together with another which is somewhat akin to it. For Parliament gives the interest of more than a million of money, being £40,000 in every year out of the taxes, to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland as a bribe, that it may not say anything about the £13,000,000 which is given to the Protestant Church. Now I have no idea of saying anything against the Protestants of Ireland —their present circumstances are not of their own creating—and still less shall I say anything against the ministers of their Church, for I doubt not there is to be found among them a fair proportion of energetic Christian men, finding themselves in ad verse and unfortunate circumstances, but still pro bably labouring honestly in the places to which they have been appointed—(cheers) —b u t of the institu tion, as a political institution, I will venture to say that the time of its downfall has nearly come— (cheers)—and that it is essential for the good government of Ireland, for the tranquillity of that country, for the maintenance of the union with England in peace—it is essen tial that every trace of Protestant Church supre macy should be for ever abolished. (Loud cheers.) I recollect when O'Connell was in the House of Commons that on many occasions I sat by him. I asked him on one occasion if he would write me an autograph fur a lady relative of mine, who wished to preserve it. He went into the lobby, and, taking a pen, he wrote these four lines. Speaking of Ire land, he says--I don't know that the lines were his own composition— " Within that land was many a malcontent, " Who cursed the tyranny to which he bent; " That land full many a wringing despot saw " Who worked his tyranny in form of law." (Cheers.) Well, all this, which has now passed away, all this came from England, was inflicted upon them by the English Parliament and Govern ment, and by their own Parliament which was a Protestant Parliament ; and therefore is it to be wondered at that there has grown up a bitter feeling of hostility, and that happy union between the two countries has been all along impossible to exist ? But all this would be changed if the measures that I would suggest—measures, in my opinion, mode rate and just—were passed,—all this would be changed, and the memory of the penal laws would pass from out the minds of coming generations, and there would be left only this other question to which Lord Stanley referred—the great economical ques tion of the land. (The hon. gentleman then resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) A musical dog in Nd W Albany, Indiana, plays on the piano and howls. There aro also " dogs" at large in England, unfortunately, who play on the piano and howl. —The Orchestra. TLi EFT OF £157 NEAR ACCRINGTON. —At the Accrii:gton petty sessions, yesterday, Richard Cun litre, night watchman, was charged with stealing £157 103 from his employers, Messrs. Nichols and Brindle, cotton manufacturers, Ilaxenden. It appeared that a clerk on Friday night locked up the safe, leaving in it the sum of £157 10s, and he put the key in the pocket of his coat, which he left in another room for the night. Early the following morning he found that the whole of the money has peen ab stracted. He suspected' the prisoner, and had him apprehended, but the money has not been traced to his possession. Prisoner was discharged. TILE CLEP.K EN WELL OUTRAGE.—We are given to understand that the Crown is in possession of evidence of a character to lead to the belief that the recent attempt to destroy the House of Detention at Clerk euwell was instigated by " Colonel" Burke, one of the prisoners now in Warwick Gaol awaiting his trial for treason-felony. The probability, there fore, is that the Crown w ill i nc l u d e hi m in any indictment which may be framed against the Desinonds, Barrett, Ann Justice, and others now in custody, for wilful murder, arising out of the catastrophe. In connection with this sub ject it may also be added that Mullany, the last ap prover, has been admitted as a witness for the Crown in consequence of a document having been traced to him containing references to a certain very high per sonage, and which document it is not co ns id ere d de sirable should be given in evidence at the trial, either against Mullany himself or any of the other prisoners. It has in consequence been destroyed.—Aforning Post. THE BISHOPRIC OF NATAL.—The Rev. Mr. Macrorie preached in St. James's Church, Accrington, on Sunday evening. Before commencing his sermon, which was founded upon the words, "For the truth's sake" (2 John, 2), he said he had to ask the indul gence of his congregation whilst he discussed from liis own point of view the circumstances which had a bearing upon his own conduct and motives in reference to the bishopric of Natal. Mr. Macrorie observed that deadly error bad been taught by one holding one of the highest positions in the Church of Christ in South Africa. The person so teaching had been brought to trial before the only tribunal which the society known as the Church in South Africa, retoguised as having spiri tual jurisdiction over it, and that tribunal had deposed him from his spiritual office. Mr. Macrorie then referred to the resolution passed by the clergy of the diocese of Natal re specting the appointment of a successor to Dr. Colenso, and to the necessity there was that the consecration of the person selected should be speedily performed. At the last moment, however, he said it was suddenly discovered that it was doubtful whether the law of the land would permit such a service to be held. The objectors surely might have put forth their objections when there would have been time to meet them, and not at the latest hour. The difficulties raised in plain wards amounted to this :—That some lawyers—for other lawyers he knew took a different view—thought it would be illegal under the Act of Conformity for a clergy man of the Established Church to allow the ser vice of consecration to be performed in any building under his control. He contended that the enactment in question should only apply to the Church as estab lished by law—which the Church in the colonies was not,—and that the rubric was infringed every day. It was at once felt by those who desired the Con secration to take place that all appearances of evil as should be avoided. Failing England, Scotland was next fixed upon. The public press had informed congregation of the reasons why the service h his had not been performed in Scotland. The d Archbishop therefore the Canterbury had counselled delay, responsibility incurred rested with the an Scotch bishops. The rev. gentleman then proceeded with his sermon, in which he recounted what he termed the errors promulgated by Dr. Colenso. [ArovkansEmENTrizry rie.nceforth no one will doubt the valuabl e p ro p e rties of Du s health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infan.ts d Fo f d, since to the thousands of blessings it has already receivefrom Invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless , we may now add that of his Holi ness the Pope. whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful. medical treatment. We quote f rom t h e " Gazette du 31 , 4 July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866 .— " T he health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has Produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We extract a few out of more than 68,000 cures: --Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ner vous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. N 0.49,832 : " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness Important Caution.— Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority Baron Liebig's name is most auda ciously attached In tins at ls. 14d.; 1 lb.. 2s 9d.; 2 lbs., 4 s. 63 , ; 5 lbs. lls. 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lb s ., 405.—Baaav Do BARRY and . C 0 .., Ngd; Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and 14ason, 182, and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapsule ; 63, 150, and 269 Oxford-street; 330 Strand; and all grocers and chemists. /'L MUTUAL LO, iN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14,_ RUSSELL-STREI COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY iq )on personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Prop arty, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, < 'r quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. THOXF O R D, 6, OX] FORD-STREET, W. During the Week • will be given a GRAND SELEC TION from Mailart's Comic Opera, LES DRAGONS DE VILL ARS. Principal Artistes; Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz- Henry ; Messrs. Bury, Marler, R. Greene, and De Brenner. Pull Band and Chore s: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Paque, Illellin r, and Plumpton. COMEDY, BURLE SQUE, &c., by all the best artistes now in London. MACKNEY, the in `mitable delineator of Negro Oharar ter, specially and once] usively engaged here, will appear every evening. Conducto r—➢ir. F. Jonghmans. Private boxes, 10s. 6 1. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro menade, VENING. CANTERBURY HALL.-NEW MANAGEMENT. —Great Success and 'er the management of W. HOLLAND , Sole Lessee, late Proprietor of Weston's Music Hall. Great lAlterations and Improv, 3ments.—An entire new Company.— Immense success of 011 ver's Christy Minstrel troupe. Great success of Mr. Fred. Eva ins (of the Royal Alhambra and Crys tal Palace), Miss Randall E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson. Garrett, and corps de ballet. Bat et, entitled BUMBLE. STUMBLE, and TUMBLE, with new sec nery and effects. Original music by Alfred Lee. The Great Vance, Nat Ogden, Pat Sellers, Annie 4 -dams, Brothers Girarde, Leroni, Miss Fitzhenry. A magnificent band, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums and bull es of the 2,1 Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards. Musical Director Mr. Alfred Lee, composer of "Cham pagne Charlie." Mr. Jam, 3s Ellis, assistant manager. Prices of Admission—Balcony and Area, Gd. Stalls, ls. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Special Notice. —George Leybourne, the original Champagne Charlie, is exclusively eng aged for this establishment only, and Will shortly appear. WE ST 0 N'S G RAND MUSIC HALL. Proprietor . Mr. J. S. Sweasey. The Great VANCE; GEOR LEYBOIIRNE, the Lion Comique; the Brothers DANIELS; LIS CARD, the versatile Musical Genius; The astonishing HICKEN F. IMILY; Miss FITZWILLIAms, Every Evening. Bishop's and H atton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TRENtaiNE Miss Brougham, R. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. Coml. Full Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of `he Great Masters. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRI. The doors will open at 7. commence at 7.30. No alteration In the prices of admission. P, •ivate boxes, 10s. 61, to be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 01 1 Bond-street; and Sams' Library, St. James's; also at the Box-on Tice at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. Special Notice.- Arthur LI( , yd on Feb. 10; Miss Smithson, ''° ll Y Nash, Hat ry and liattie ing, and Oliver's Christy Minstrels on Easter Monday. M ADAME USSR .ITIYS EXHIBITION, BAKER, STREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of the late Eminent Tragedian, ORARLP.S KEAN, in the cha racier of MACBETII, modelled from Sittings given by him to th, late Mr. F. B. TUSSAIID. Admission, ls.; children under 10, CI Eitra rooms, Cd. Open from 11 in the morning ti; 1 dusk, and from 7 till 10 in the evening. A RGYLL ROOMS, ) VINDMILL-STREET, Piccadill V Sole Proprietor, Mt 1/. R. BMX/3M This magnificent Terpsichorean a nd Musical Establishment, having been Re-decorated in the la •ghest style of Italian art by Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo B iphonion. Signor Mosca. Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, ;. ignor Curti. Doors open at half -I ast 8. Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. SPANISH FLY is the actin ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIL ) ES OIL, which Speedily produces whiskers and thickens .hair. Price 3s. 6d., S. 6d., and 10s. 6d. •, sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. " Tale of a Hair," 6cl. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY,- —Corns cured in one day by using AEX. ROS S'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few Ours, removing the very root. Price 4s . ; sent by p3st for 60 stamps.— 248, High Holborn, L ondon, and all Chemists. Face Powder, ls. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, H i g h Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURL SING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediate ly it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the '_Roilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE pyodue,es a perfect Colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and per fectly natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. Gh; sent by post for 54, 84, and WI stamps ; and all Chemists Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6(1. H AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S D EPIL 4TORY re- I nPves superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Poice 3s. 6 d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 64 . ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—;Bad of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, Ss. 6d. pIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S V EGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, Sal lowness, &c. 2s. 9d. and 7s. Gd.; or post for 40 and 100 St amps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High He •lborn, London, and 411 Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Free, 2s. Gd. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By dampin g the head with this beautifully-pe:fumed Wash, in r emains or ten days the hair ass umes its or iginal c o l our , an d tenaain s so by an occasional using. 1,95. 6d. ; sent for '' t amps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Ho thorn, London, a nd all Chemists. Just published, 2d. ; sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improv b, the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 14.6, High Hol _ rti, London. Had of all booksellers. 4 EALTII RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. bri BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA s ates fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, r efreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the Most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhc ea , a ll gas t r i c de rangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, Ner vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs colds, influenza, noises in the head a n d ear s, rh eumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hystee,a, nen irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, eartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, Heartburn, and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking it; bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at t ,c' pit of the stomach and between the shouldors. It is f 's most digestible and nourishing of all foods, an d suitable O r invalids and infants in all complaints. p I MPORTANT CATJTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury !lci more than slopy imitations to which, with o at autho -ItY, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Renceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of tudll Barry' s health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it Os already received from invalids whose position had b `set deemed hopeless, we may now add that of 'his Holi bess the Pope, whose health has been perfectly , restored . ‘ ,3 v. 7 it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 6 8 °, quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. e, l3 )"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The heath of the ot ?'3' Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all g a per remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du rr Y's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he 'consumes a b_ s teful at every meal. It has produced a mrprisingly 17.0ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot f ,'lse this excellent food too highly." ) ,,,'ure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven Cars' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous of"; it with a nervous palpitation all over, bad 44e:lion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable tuts agitation. , k-, ure No. 78. o f d yspeps i a , f rom th e Ri g h t H on. the Lord f art de D ec i es, L ord-Lieutenant of the County of Water f°oo--" I hav e d er i ve d muc h b ene fit f rom your excellent II T ',•""-- aterforSTITART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, C oun t y fr 0 e ,, 111 , 0 No. 49,832. - Of fifty years' indescribable agony flat"'„uYspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of e e t ey, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, Ytt, Norfolk. lie -ur e No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme t ist e ki E t u odr s isa ie re s ta s, ri idie.estion gatherings, low spirits, and ner us f, . .ncies k- , Qr h a 6 No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two cea. he Food is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid. ; lib., 2s. 9d. ; c ht s s 4 s. Gd. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. Carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by his () DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Q„ at Portnum and Mason's, and sold by all respectable 4'av'er'S aud Chemists. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS ATLA \ TIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol. lows:— NAPOLEO ~ It Paddle VILLE DE PARIS Screw PEREIRE Screw ST. LAURENT Screw EUROPE Paddle RATES OF PASSAGE. Havre or Brest to New York, let class, £33 0 0 11 2d class, 17 0 0 11 3d class, 14 0 0 Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars, E.C. W F. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT • SEWING MACHINES. The celebrated No. 2 Machine, unequalled for general work, £lO. The new Domestic Machines complete (Lock Stitch), £5 55., £6 Gs., and £B. Catalogues free. W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2, Cheapside, and Regent circus, Oxford-street, London. D UN VILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the Houso of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)- Large quantities of *he"Yerrilnest descriptions have been discovered in Great St. Helen's, at the Warehouses of the " EAST INDIA TEA. COMPANY," and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli cious Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, is. 10d. Tea for the million, ls. id. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUMPHRIES has at all times a ndmber of First-class RESIDWNCES to be LET. furnished or unfurnished. or sold, more varticularly in the nei4hbour hoods of Sydenham, Upper Norwood. Forest-hill. and vici nity.—Particulars may be had at the Office, Printing House square. HOUSES and APART MEN TS WANTED, and to be LET or SOLD, BUSINESSES for DISPOSAL, &c. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HUSIPHRII 4 .:S has continual applications for all descriptions of PROPERTY which will pay good interest for outlay. Houses out of repair not objected to. T. D. Humphries can at all times find customers for all descrip tions of businesses. Hotels, public hous,.s, dtc , sold and transferred. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print ing House-square. GEOLOGY. -KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PROFESSOR TE NNANT, F.G.S., COMM ENC PD A COURSE of LECTURES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed nesday and Friday at the same hour. A shorter course is also given on Thursday evenings, from Bto 9. Test-Bock, Lyell's "Elements of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest in the country. B. J ELF, D.D., Principal PARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS 182' F LE ET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.O' THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. _____ CARRIAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. a. d. 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NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice called the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir cumstances, and thousands of persons can now boar testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at ls. lld., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Bo sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of " Norton's Camomile Pills." NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, P. 7.0 HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing. 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, ; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn - fields. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The Object of the Charity is to give grphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer. W. R. WARWICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, S.W. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STIfUTION. President —Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E.C. ; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE RESCUE F. are as fol SOCIETY'S HOMES [lows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland-street. with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside, The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awake my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COWER, Soc. 85, Queen-street, Cheapside. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1868. SECOND EDITION, now ready, in 2 vols., Svo., with Portrait, SPIRITUAL WIVES. By W. HEPWORTH DIXON, Author of "New America," &e. "Mr. Dixon has treated his subject in a philanthropical spirit, and in his usual graphic manner. There is, to our thinking, more pernicious doctrine in one chapter of some of the Feusa tional novels, which tind admirers in drawing-rooms and eulo gists in the press, than in the whole of Mr. Dixon's interesting work."—Examiner. "No more wondrous narrative of human passion and ro mance, no stranger contribution to the literature of psychology, than Mr. Dixon's book, has been published since man first began to seek after the laws that govern the moral and intellectual life of the human race. 'Spiritual Wives' will be studied with no less profit than interest."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE HURRICANE AND EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST INDIES. 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The mournful nature of the words—so expressive of the heart felt grief and sorrow of those who, through delay of re pentance, find themselves excluded from 'the realms of the blest,' has not been lost sight of in the music, and full justice has been rendered by the talented composer, to whom we are so deeply indebted for some of the best sacred music of the present day."—Vide Christian Herald, Oct. 2. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. Just published, price ls. Gd., by post ls. Gd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. 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 with this edition. 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GABRIEL, DEN TIST S (E s t a bli s h e d 1815), of London 5B, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 77 Liverpool 14, Duke-street, and Brighton have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without springs, at MODEHATE CHARGES, which may be had freo by post for four stamps. empire to be pulled to pieces; but I think if any man is determined to take that course he should at least be able to point out upon what principle the empire can be kept united. Another member of Parliament—not a general supporter of the Go vernment, but sitting on the Opposition side of the House, making a speech the other day at Shef field—declared, in the most emphatic manner, that while there was breath in his body and blood, in his veins he would oppose any kind of separation of the two countries. Rear in mind that this gentle man four or five years ago was the most determined supporter of the slaveholders, that he went so far as to offer himself as an envoy between the Empe ror of the French and the Parliament of England with the object of bringing about the recognition as a distinct State of the slaveholding Confederacy. There was every kind of slander of the most offen sive description uttered by him against the people of the Northern States, who determined that their Republic should not be pulled in pieces, and now he says as long as there is breath in his body and blood in his veins there shall be no sepa ration between Great Britain and Ireland. (Cheers and laughter.) I need not tell you that lam not here to-night to argue that question of separation, for it is quite unnecessary ; but I venture to say this—that the Cabinet Ministers who have no remedy whatsoever to offer, but merely passages of a speech of defiance like this, and the partisan sup porters of a Government who can speak such pas sages as those I have quoted, they are not true friends of union, but, in my opinion, they are the promoters of disaffection and separation. (Cheers.) I mustremind them, as I will remind you, although, no doubt, my object may be misconstrued and misre presented,—l may remind you that the question of which they have spoken is not a question outside the range of discussion. There is a great prece dent in our history. After the union with Scot land, 160 years ago, a proposition was submitted to Parliament for the repeal of the Union with Scotland ; that . oroposition was rejected in a full house by a majority of only two ; therefore, there is a precedent set in a high quarter if any person think it his duty to discuss the question of separation. (Cheers.) Be.ii,des, the empire was powerful before the Legislative Union with Ireland. It was power ful in colonisation, powerful in war, powerful in commerce ; and you must bear in mind that the Irish Parliament was a Parliament nearly. if not quite, as national as ours, and as sacred to Ireland as the Parliament of England is to England. The mode of its extinction forms one of the foulest stories in the annals of this country. Force and fraud and corruption of an unparalleled character were the means by which the extinction of the Irish Parliament was brought about. Although I have not a word to say in favour of the separation of the two countries—(cheers) —yet I will not hesitate to say this, that the Irish people never consented to the Legislative Union, and that their right to pro test against it and their right to seek for restoration of their Parliament, if they think it would be ad vantageous to them, has not been, and cannot be, destroyed. (Cheers.) However, the question be fore us is this—it is a fair question—Can we so deal with Ireland as to make union peaceable and inevit able through its obvious advantages to both coun tries? They are in Ireland really the same people as ourselves. We all speak the same language, we read the same books—and the Irish write a great number of books which we read in England—our interests are the same, our family connexions are wonderfully intertwined, and, as is proved by the harmony which exists in different parts of the con tinent of Europe, there is nothing in the difference of religion between Catholics and Protestants, if men will act in a just and Christian spirit, to pre vent the most perfect harmony between two coun tries. (Cheers.) Now, with regard to this ques tion of the legislative union, I shall mike only one more observation, which is this, that I shall never consent myself to any measure which would dis turb legislative union till it is proved that iu Eng land statesmanship is absolutely dead, and till it is proved in Ireland that right and justice have failed to influence mankind. (Cheers.) The Minister of whom I have spoken said there were two great subjects for Parliament and controversy with regard to Ireland—viz., the Church and the land. But these questions are much more than questions of Parliament and controversy. These are questions on which may depend the duration or decay of the Empire. These two questions are the beginning and the end of this terrible Irish difficulty. (Cheers.) Scotland is a nation, and I think, on the whole, that the Scotch are rather more national than the Irish. They are very ready always to assert the virtues and the greatness of Scotland in every part of the world ; but Scotland is a member of a great nation, with which she is content. Well, Ireland is also a nation ; but I want to know why we can't make Ireland also content to be a portion of a greater nation, and to take her share in that greater renown which attaches to a greater Power. I believe as much as I believe that lam here that all this can be done. There is nothing that a Parliament in Dublin can do that the Imperial Parliament cannot do if it tries to do it ; there is nothing with regard to the true interests of the people that an independent Irish representation could do which a Parliament in London cannot do ; there is nothing which Ireland can do for herself, if she were a part of the American Union, which our statesmen in London, if right and just, cannot also do for Ireland. (Cheers.) Suppose we bad a Parliament in Dublin that was elected by the free and equal vote of the householders of the Irish nation, does anybody believe that there would exist in that country an institution such as there is now under the name of the Protestant Established Church? (Cheers.) Let nobody suppose that lam hostile to a Protestant Church, or Protestantism. I am as you know a Protestant of Protestants. (Laughter and cheers.) If any man will say with such a Parliament in Dublin the Irish people would permit that political State Church to exist, he must have this idea of Ireland and Irish people, he must believe that Ireland is nothing better than a huge lunatic asylum. (Loud cheers and laughter.) Then, why should we, the people of England, being the most powerful section of the three king doms, why should our Parliament in London assist in supporting that Church against the known opi nion and the thousand repeated protests of the great majority of the Irish people? (Cheers.) The Cnurch has been maintained there for the sake of building up in time past what was considered the English interest. A supremacy party was esta blished with the idea of preserving the union with England, and it has become in our time, more than other institutions, that which imperils that union. I believe that nobody who can have any kind of claim for thinking on the question will say that we, the people of England, the Parliament of Great Britain, can pretend any longer to govern Ireland on the principles, and in accordance with the pre judices and the fashions of that supremacy party. (Cheers.) The case has gone far beyond argument —it has gone altogether beyond the ,resistance of the tone or the tinkering of the Whigs. (Cheers and laughter.) It is a question which the people of England themselves must no longer leave to ped dling statesmen, but one on which they must express an opinion whenever there comss an election, when we shall have the pleasure of inviting a larger num ber to express their opinions on public qu estions than in past times. They must express an over whelming opinion in favour of common sense and common justice in the government of Ireland. I said the case has gone beyond argument. The other day I saw, I think, the latest estimate that has been made of the property of the Irish Church. It was estimated as a principal sum of not less than £13,000,000 sterling. Now, I cannot tell you how much £13,000,000 sterling is. I can write it down in figures, and, as you hear, I can speak it from my 11112. BRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday Night. This evening Mr. John Bright and Mr. Dixon, the members for the borough, addressed, in accord ance with their annual custom, a numerous meeting of their canstituents in the Town Hall. Mr. John Jaffray presided, and briefly opened the pro ceedings. Mr. JOHN BRIGHT was received with several rounds of most enthusiastic cheering from his friends and supporters, but as soon as this had subsided it was apparent that their political opponents also mus tered in strong force, and it was nearly 20 minutes before the hon. gentleman was allowed to proceed with his address. The disturbers of the proceed ings were eventually ejected after several sharp struggles, and the hon. gentleman proceeded to say :—Gentlemen,—From what has been said by our chairman, and from what I have heard since I came to Birmingham, and from what I have seen in your newspapers, I am aware that there is at this moment a subject of great irritation which is greatly disturbing the feelings of your town. I did not come here for the purpose of discuss ing it, because to my mind it seems hardly needful to discuss it, the grievance is so great, and the irri tation is so sensibly felt in every street in your town in which the newly-enfranchised, or to be enfran chised, electors are living. I propose, at a subse quent period of the evening, to speak a few sen tences on that point, but if you will allow me I shall now ask your attention to another subject, which, though not so immediately pressing upon you, yet has pressed very much upon my mind, and has compelled me to discuss it to-night. From the moment when I accepted the invitation to this meet ing, although I had previously intended to discuss some general topics, I felt my mind driven or drawn irresistibly to that which has recently been declared by high authority to be the great question of the hour. Now, don't let any man in Birmingham im agine that he has no interest in what is called the Irish question. (Cheers.) I will undertake to dis cuss it in a manner that I hope will not offend the feelings of any man in this audience. It is a question which now excites great feeling, and which will excite great heartburning pro bably before it is settled. It is a question which will be the cause, in all probability, of the fall of Ministries, and it may be of the dissolution of Parliament. Whether we look at the present or at the future, to my mind it far transcends in import ance any other question that I could discuss to night. Perhaps many of you have read a speech that was recently delivered by a member of the Cabinet, the son of the Prime Minister, at a great banquet that was given to him and to others in the city of Bristol. In that speech there were three things"stated. if there be any man here who thinks that his opinions are utterly at variance with mine, I ask him the more to listen to what I am about to say. Lord Stanley, in that speech, declared that the Irish question was the question of the hour. He spoke of the condition of Ireland in these words. He spoke of the painful, the dangerous, and to us, in appearance at least, the discreditable state of things which continues to exist in Iro land. He said, " We have a strange and perplexing problem to solve ;" he spoke of the state of Ireland as a miserable state of things, and then, as if in despair, he turned to his friends around him, and he said, " If we look for a remedy, who is there that can give an in telligible answer? Ireland is the question of the hour." And then he gave them this advice: having nothing to offer as a remedy himself, he said, " Don't let us call in quacks, don't let us fly to des perate remedies because the doctors cannot find out an instant and perfect cure for a disease which is of a long standing." Well, it is a disease much more than 100 years old, and I think if the doctors have not already found out anything about it, or what will cure it, it may even be wiser to try a quack. (Laughter and cheers.) In that speech this Cabinet Minister spoke very vaguely on the subject of compensation to tenants for improve ments, and he charged a considerable number of the tenants with wishing to become possessed of the land without paying for it, which was not a very complimentary suggestion on his Dart ; and he said further, which was a curious thing, consider ing what happened during the last session of Par liament, they would yield nothing to noise and to menace—(cheers)—they would do only that which was satisfactory to their consciences—(laughter)— and he wound up this portion of his speech with this declaration—" We will not allow the British Em pire to be pulled to pieces in virtue of any fantas tic theories. Ireland and England are inseparable now and for ever." Let me ask you for a moment to look at two or three matters of detail, and to see how completely this Cabinet Minister, son of the Prime Minister, is justified in the statements he has made. For two years we have had in Ireland a Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. Well, that means this, that any man may be taken to prison by the warrant of the Lord Lieutenant, and he may be kept there as long as the Habeas Corpus Act is suspended, as long as the Lord Lieutenant may think proper. I don't say at all, I never have said, that there may not arise emergencies in the most free country where it may be necessary to sus pend the law for the sake of the preservation of the public peace ; but this is a matter of frequent re currence in Ireland, and we have had during the last two years, and even for a much longer period, as you all know, a condition of chronic insurrection in that part of the kingdom. We have had more than that—not only attacks which were of the na ture of open war, but we have had throughout the country, and in parts of England, a conspiracy of very secret and a pparently of a reckl ess c h arac t er , and as the result of that conspiracy we have seen some violent outrages, such as this country for a very long period has been a s t ranger to. (Hear, hear.) We have had, as you all know, also great alarm ; the chief magistrates of your towns, the mayors, and the ordinary magistrates have been in some places in a state of panic. You have had troops moved from one part of the king dom to the other, and armed ships patrolling around the coast of Ireland, almost as if the kingdom were in a state of war. (Hear, hear.) More than this, you have had special commissions in Ireland and England trying men for the gravest offences ; your police and your soldiers, and even the gallows, have been brought into an unusual and unhappy acti vity, and at this very meeting at Bristol the Home Secretary himself admitted that he had become little more of late than a Commissioner of Police, so much was the disturbance brought continually before him; and even the northern residence of the Queen at Balmoral and the southern residence of the Queen in the Isle of Wight, both these places have been, no doubt, by order of the Home-office, specially guarded during the period of alarm. (Hear, hear.) And more than all this, in Ireland and in Canada—in Ireland to keep the peace, in Canada to resist threatened invasion from Irishmen in the United States, we are maintaining at least 50,000 armed men paid for out of the taxes of the United Kingdom. (Cries of "Shame.") What I think I might complain of is this, that the Cabinet Minister of whom I have spoken had no remedy whatsoever to offer to the people of this great Bristol banquet. All that he says is this—that he will not allow the i~ , ~ ~-2~~5~~~,. q'‘ TER PUBLIC REALM, The following is the weekly return of the Registrar. General of births and deaths in London and thirteen other largo towns of the United Kingdom : In the week that ended on Saturday, February 1, 4,712 births and 3,182, deaths were registered in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 26 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality last week was 23 per 1,001 in London. 27 in Edinburgh, and 34 in Dublin ; 28 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, 31 in Liverpool, 29 in Man chester, 33 in Salford, 25 in Sheffield, 24 in Bradford, 24 in Leeds, 24 in Hull, 25 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 32 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 35 per 1,000 during the week ending the 25th ult., when the mean tempera ture was 2 . 9 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 23. In London the births of 1,207 boys and 1,157 girls, in all 2,364 children, were registered in the week. In the corre sponding weeks of ten years, 1858-67, the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,238. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,391. It was the fifth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,029. The deaths in the present return are less by 235 than the estimated number. The deaths from zYrnotic diseases were 286, the corrected average number 346. Twenty - four deaths occurred from small - pox, 26 from measles, 31 from scarlatina, 11 from diph theria, 65 from whooping-cough, 47 from fever, and 15 from diarrhoea. Ono hundred and seventy deaths from phthisis, 183 from bronchitis, 80 from pneumonia, and 43 from diseases of the heart, were registered. The deaths from fever were at the annual rate on 10,000 living of 7 in West London, 4 in 'North London, 10 in Central London, 12 in East London, and 8 in South London. In calculating these results, the deaths in the London Fever Hospital were referred to the districts from which the patients were brought. The waters supplied by the metropolitan eompanies during the month of January, contained, according to the analysis, in 100,000 tens, foreign solid matters varying in amount from 29 in the Chelsea water to 45 in the Kent ; Loch Katrina water, as now supplied to Glasgow, containing only 3 tons, the water supplied to Manchester in November 7 tons, the water supplied to Leicester in November 24 tons, and the water supplied to Preston in December 15 tons. No previous contamination occurred in the water supplied to Glasgow, Manchester, Leicester, or Preston, but the London waters had been contaminated previous to filtration. The East London and the Southwark and Vauxhall showed the least, and the Kent water the greatest previous contamination. The hardness in the metropolitan waters ranged from 15 in the Chelsea to 26 in the Kent. There were but slight traces of hardness in the waters supplied to Glasgow and Manchester ; the hardness of the waters supplied to Leicester and Preston was 13 and 7 respectively. The temperature of the waters supplied to London ranged from 6 . 4 centigrade in the East Loudon, to 8 . 0 centigrade in the New River and West Middlesex. The average mean temperature of the Thames during the three days, January 20, -21, and 22, was 51 centigrade ; the average during the week ending January 18 was 3 . 3 centigrade. The average mean temperature of the air during the three days was 21 degrees centigrade ; during the week, 7.2 degrees centigrade. MIZ. STANSFELD ON THE TVORKING CL.4SSES. On Tuesday evening Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., delivered a lecture at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, on " The political future of the working classes." Mr. Beales presided. Mr. STANSFELD maintained that the special subjects requiring the concurrence of the working classes for legis lative settlement were : First, the licensing system, which required restrictive legislation, which depended for its efficiency on being properly proportioned to the require ments of the masses, and on being properly supported ; secondly, the homes of the masses of the population, with regard to which the hands of those dealing with the subject required to be strengthened, the powers of munici palities required to be increased, and a stringent law required to be passed to prevent dwellings being built for no other view than selfish individual gain. The third ques tion was the administration of the poor law. Professional vagrancy would have to be dealt with with a firmer hand, and the deserving poor with a gentler and a freer hand. The great difficulty in the administration of the poor law had hitherto been a want of discrimination, encouraging that professional and hereditary pauperism which was the curse of the country. So long as the poor laws were enacted and administered by the higher classes, the pro. blem was incapable of solution ; but the co-operation of the working classes would enable Parliament to exercise a truer and wiser discrimination in the future to adminis. ter those laws with greater charity and yet with greater firmnoss and success. With regard to the question of the relations of capital and labour, with reference to possible legislative enactment, it was simply impossible for Par liament to enter on its consideration without the aid of the working classes. Might they not hope that, with that aid, there might be found in the first reformed Par liament a court of arbitration, conciliation, and appeal which might bring the country to conclusions on this great, serious, and important subject matter which would meet the approval of enlightened opinion in all classes of the community? There were two questions remaining of the greatest national importance—namely, national ede. cation and the condition of Ireland. In regard to the latter, our attitude towards rreland had been that of a conquering race. It was true we had com pensated for some of the legislation of former years ; but the fact remained that, in the minds of the Irish people, our propinquity, overwhelming wealth, numbers, and power kept Ireland down in a state of hopeless inferiority, against which there was natural reac tion. The first necessity for a cure was to recognise and respect the individuality of Ireland. It was obvious that the working classes could do good service in this matter, for they desired nothing save that measure of kis'''• tice which had been extended to Scotland. Ireland re acted against the past, but the working classes could go with unsuspected hands, and offer an alliance, on grounds of equal right and justice ; and he could not but believe that Ireland would accept that offer. Political honesty and expediency suggested the wisdom of a comprehensive measure of reform for Ireland. If there was one thing more than another which might turn the tide of popular opinion in that country, it would be household suffrage, a radical redistribution of seats, and the ballot. The existence A the Irish Church was an insult and a degradation to that country, and working men would give their influence to such a measure of justice to Ireland, as the establishment of the religious equality of all sects. As regarded the land question, that was complicated ; but whatever, on the initiative of the representatives of Ireland, was pro. posed with the general acceptation of their country ought to be accorded. But for the advent of the working classes to political power he should have despaired of Ireland. He looked, however, to the union of the masses in both countries to create a living and healthy union ; and nothing would do the working classes more credit in the page of history and make their efforts more appreciated than being able to re unite England in the bonds of good fellowship with the sister, isle. The hon. g e ntl eman d ea lt l as t w ith th e su bject of national education, the progress of which, during the last six months, in public opinion proved the benefit of the approaching enfranchisement of the working classes. Even those who objected to popular progress began to say it was time to teach their mastery to read. He placed little value on the opposition of the National Society, because they did not understand the signs of the times. The nation was not going to wait to suit their convenience, for it was determined to complete its educa. tional system. The working men of the towns had entirely made up their minds on the question, and had determined that the advantages of education should be carried without delay within reach of every cOttagi door. Dealing then with the question of compulseiy attendance, the hon. gentleman said the compulsion Wonli . only have to be actually applied in the case of a small "residuum" of the population. Then laying down the dicta that there was not such a thing as non-education ; that all children were inevitably educated for evil or for good ; that every child had the right to good education, and that it was the duty of the parent to enforce it, he said that a measure of compulsion might have been strong for a class Parliament, but that it was within the easy reach of the political power now conferred on working men. He asked whether the audience, as a typica!, assembly, desired a measure to enforce the rights o their children. The tumultuous cheering with which this query was responded to satisfied the hon. gentleman, who said he should take that answer to another assembly. In conclusion, the hon. gentleman exhorted working men to take their place within the con stitution of the country, in that united, enlarged work shop of the nation, and to do their work. The materials were before them ; the tools were at their hand. Let them betake themselves to the work with the consciousness that in this new era dawning upon us it was their duty, and it would be their glory and opportunity if they pleased, to impress upon it a wise direction, to give a new impetus to our national life, to breathe into it something of their own young spirits and fresh minds, to give new vitality, fresh vigour, and to give an added safety to the State. (Loud cheers. ) The Emperor of Austria has given orders to the. Ministry of Marine at Vienna to make all the necessary preparations for an expedition to Eastern Asia. This expedition, which is entirely carried out at the expense of the State, is — to be unda the command of Admiral rcogethoff. MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday, Feb. 7, in 3 vole., D 0 R A. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of "Nathalie," "Adele,".&c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.