The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-07 00:00:00

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Carlo, Signor Bettini; Antonio, Mr. Santley ; L'lntendentc, Signor Casahoni; II Prefetto, Signor Foli; II Marchese, Signor Zoboli; Pierotto, Madame Trebelli-Bettini; Maddalena, Mdlle. Corsi; and Linda, Mdlle. Kellogg (her second appearance). Conductor—Signor A rditi. Commence at half-past Eight o'clock. Stalls, One Guinea; amphitheatre Stalls, 78, and 55.; Reserved Box Seats, 10s. 6d; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Box-office of Her Majesty's Opera (Theatre Royal, Drury-lane), under the portico in Brydges-street, open daily from 10 till 6. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs Compton and Kendal ; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin. To be followed by A HERO OF ROMANCE. Characters by Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, &c.; Mesdames Robertson, Fitzwilliam, Chippendale, Dalton, Laws, and Daubigny. Concluding with INTRIGUE. Mr. Howe, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Clark, and Miss Burke. Commence at Seven. THE ATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, GO TO PUTNEY: A Tale of the Boat Race. Messrs. G. Belmore, G. J. Taylor, Miss Harris, and Miss Emily Pitt. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Pechter (his 89th appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith. and Mr. Benjamin Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 89th appearance), Mrs. &lfrod Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. COmmence at 7. STEW QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG ACRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. At Half-past Seven. DEARER THAN LIFE. Mr. J. L. TOOLE as MICHAEL GARNER. At a Quarter-past Ten, LA VIVANDIERE. LA VIVANDIERE.—Mont Blanc and Cha mouni.—NEW QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long Acre. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING. MARY JONES. Messrs. W. H. Stephens, C. Wyndham, Sanger, and Miss P. Markham. After which will be produced a New and Original Drama, entitled DEARER TITAN LIFE. Michael Garner. Mr. J. L. Taole. To conclude with the Extravaganza, LA VIVANDIERE; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan, lifontgomery, Heath. Sylvia, li. Everani, sod H. Hodson, Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. Acting RO YAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Fresh Engagements—More Novelties. 2nd appearance THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING of Mdlle. de Fassi, Mons. Parish, Les Freres de Castro, and Leroni, the Musical Clown. Continued excitement, tremendous applause, the Theatre densely crowded every evening, to witness Mdlle. 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GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, )11HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. JR' riptiE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at NV. SMITH'S, " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1868. It seems as if it was fated that affairs in France should not be settled yet, and ever and anon we meet with accounts of contrarieties and disturb ances, of misunderstandings and misrepresentations. One of the most unpropitiOus signs has been the want of unity between the Senate and the Legis lative Body. The bill on public meetings that was voted by the latter has not been well received by the Senate. M, de MAUPEZ has been appointed reporter to the Commission on the bill, and that is a significant circumstance in itself. He is vehe mently opposed to both the Press Bill and the public meeting one. It is, indeed, supposed that he has been chosen for this post because of his decided aversion to the bill or the public meetings, hence it is not very likely that the result will be a propitious one. Of course, if this style di things is to continue, it will be a drawback to all progress, for where will be the use of the Legis lative Body passing Liberal measures if the other branch of the Legislature persist in rejecting them? Besides the unedifying spectacle of the two Cham bers coming into collision, it is evident that a serious injury will be inflicted on the public by this oppo sition to improvement. It is no wonder that little or no reliance can be placed in the present situation of affairs, when so much bitterness of feeling and pervade the minds of those in influential places, and who certainly ought to know better than to pur sue the course they are doing. A great deal of speculation is afloat on the subject of this difference of opinion between the two Chambers, and people naturally ask what will be done. The difficulty, far from being solved, has not really begun. It is hardly likely that the Legislative Body will readily agree to the decision of the Senate, which subverts their wishes, and then again it is doubtful what course the EMPEROR will take in the event of a drawn battle between the Houses. He can, if he likes, overrule the decision of the Se nate altogether, or declare the law to be in force, but whether he will or not is extremely uncertain. It is curious to notice the remarks made by some of the journals on the subject of this measure. The Temps declares that the little it offers to Liberty is not worth disputing about, for it cannot possibly affect the Government. " Liberty," it is added, " has nothing to claim from the balance-sheet of the second Empire." Besides these domestic differences the external signs are not altogether satisfactory ; a restless spirit seems to pervade the French, and they are on the look-out for all that may arise to afford a change. The military circles seem to attach a great deal of importance to the report that has been lately sent in by the military attache to the French Embassy at Vienna. Marshal NIEL, in drawing up the re port, is compelled to admit that in Austria the re organisation is going on very slowly indeed, and that, in fact, it will take two years before the army can be in a right state for action. At the present this plan is pursued with even greater celerity. It is very naturally asked in some quarters why any disappointment should be felt at this intelli gence if it is true that peace is certain, which has been of late more than once officially an nounced. The best proof of the un easy state of the public mind is afforded by the journals, and they declare that as the EM PEROR can of his own accord go to war at once, it is idle to consider the present situation a secure one. At any time the conduct of Count BISMARCK may afford a favourable pretext for going to ex tremities, and although a war between the two great countries of Prussia and France will inflict many serious injuries on Europe, still it is by no means an improbable event if matters do not mend very materially before long. People get tired of hearing the same thing, and become incredulous ; but the day at last arrives when speculation and rumour resolve themselves into certainty and deter mination. The arrival of the mail steamer from Brazil and the River Plate brings no fuller accounts of the recent events at the seat of war than have yet reached us. It seems that on the night of the 13th of February three small ironclads, built in Rio, passed the batteries of Curupaity to join the iron clads above. An attempt had been made to do so the night before, but owing to the unmanageability of the vessels from the hard working of their engines and deficient power they were obliged to return. On the night of the 13th, however, they set forth and succeeded in getting past the bat teries. The Paraguayans appear to have kept a sharp look out, for notwithstanding the darkness of the night they discovered the movement and opened fire, but" the gunboats kept as far off as possible, and only one of them was struck. 2 he wooden vessels belonging to the Allies on hearing the firing moved up, and retaliated upon the forts until the gunboats had passed. A still more diffi cult task remained, however, to be accomplished. Humaita was beyond, and the attempt to get a division of ironclads past it was a matter of intense anxiety. The river had risen very greatly, and this circumstance proved very advantageous to the invaders and disastrous to the Paraguayans. Not only was it believed that the rise had displaced the torpedoes in the Channel, but it had also affected the chains placed slanting across the river in the face of the great battery. These chains, owing to the rise of the river, bagged so much in the middle that they were twelve feet below the surface, and as the larger Brazilian ironclads only drew eight or nine feet of water, they were able to pass over the chains instead of cutting them. The ironclads, which were built in England, proved themselves of sterling value, having survived for forty-two minutes the combined fire of 180 guns at short range. " The fire of the enemy," says the Brazilian Admiral in his despatch, " was terrible." fie computes the shots they sent at 3,000, answered by about 1,000. The capture of the fort to the north by the Marquis of CAXIAS took place the same day, with nearly equal loss of life on both s ides. The Paraguayans defended their position gallantly, and the Marquis expresses great anxiety that the prizes may be removed as soon as possible, evidently fearing au attempt at the recapture. The Paraguayans have still six steamboats above As suncion, though the passage of the Humaita gives the Brazilians the command of the Paraguay. The movements of the Paraguayans are as yet uncer tain, and the invaders are unable to discover the intentions of LOPEZ. He has too much courage and ability, and is too confident of the cordial support of his people to abandon the struggle. He is doubtless reorganising his forces, and either preparing for some bold movement to recover lost ground, or else arranging for a defence of the interior. The loss of their cherished strong hold has no doubt given a severe shock to the people of the Republic. Humaita was considered wellnigh impregnable ; it bas been their pride for years, and no pains nor expense have been spared to increase its powers of resistance. The old Pre sident (Lonz) had, it is said, such faith in its impregnability that he believed if a XERXES attacked Paraguay he could not pass Humaita. As may he easily believed the Bra zilians are greatly elated by the unexpected triumph, and honours are showered on the fortunate officers and men who took part in this assault. Never theless, the success, however remarkable, is not conclusive. The Paraguayans are not yet con quered, their national spirit is not crushed, nor their old love of independence extinguished. 'We cannot but hope that, notwithstanding this sad re verse, they may be able to prove that the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that there is in a firm and united national feel. ing a vigour which is able to withstand the most adverse circumstances. The public will learn with satisfaction the deci sion of the Board of Works with respect to Tootine. Common. They have purchased tfie whole of this for the recreation of the public. This is the more important, since so many valuable places of resort for air and exercise are gradually disappearing, or at least being greatly curtailed. Every one knows the sad inroads that are being constantly made on those open spaces which were once the pride and delight of Londoners, and all who look beyond the present rage for buildings and mania for enclosing regret deeply the serious and lasting injury that is being thereby inflicted on the community. The parks are of course very well in their way, but they do mot compensate for the absence of open spaces, and it is quite preposterous to say that they do. Especially the poorer classes have reason to deplore the persist ency which has been shown in this undesirable course. It would have been far wiser to have started in the right line at an earlier period, and protected Hampstead Heath from invasion, instead of allowing it to be gradually invaded by the deadly forces of bricks and mortar. Epping Fo rest is also disappearing, and will now remain to all intents and purposes as a holiday place no longer but in memory. A more short-sighted course than this it is difficult to ima gine, because when once the list has gone forth, and the work of demolition has begun, it is impossible to remedy the evil, or to reinstate things in their former place, whilst comfort and freedom are for ever sacrificed to the whims and fancies of those whose pleasure it is to convert country into town, and to drive nature further and further still from the discontented searcher after rural haunts and purer air than can be found in the great metropolis. Tooting Common is to be an oasis in the deserts of bricks that are encroaching more and more on our right hand and on our left ; and it is indeed satisfactory to find that something so sensible has been done. No time should be lost in rescuing now, before it is too late, all open spaces and threatened commons from the grasp of the ruthless invaders, and all who contribute to the good work deserve the thanks of the community, and they may also reflect with satisfaction that they are rendering a service to those yet to come. The prospects of the next generation are indeed sombre so far as green fields and shady lawns are concerned, and there are hardly left sufficient time and opportunity to spare thorn room for refreshing change and recreation. It is a matter of general congratulation that after a long series of disappointing and unsatis factory seasons we are blessed with so fine and pro mising a spring. It needs no great agricultural knowledge to be aware that we may reasonably hope for a very different harvest from that of last year, and since the high price of bread has been one of the most trying features of the late period of commercial depression, we could scarcely have more welcome news. The poor have suffered terribly from the 'mice of bread in conjunction with the scarcity of employment ; and, indeed, in many a household above the reach of actual want the difference of one loaf in every three is a matter of serious considera tion. Yet such has been the effect of the change of price in the metropolis, and we may be thankful that we have struggled through such a winter without even greater distress than has existed. The genial beauty of the weather at present has already produced most favourable effects, especially since w e have had no lack of that March dust, w hich is, according to the old adage, " worth a king's ransom." The Yorkshire farmers, who are generally pretty shrewd judges, send us most cheer ing intelligence. Everything, they say, in farm and garden promises well. The season is one month in advance of date. Cornfields and pastures are showing vigorous growth ; wheats having, in some places, outpaced the latter, and covering the ground. Clovers are ready for sheep, which are, however, independent of them, being still on turnips. These latter, again, are forward and plentiful, some fields being in full flower. There is a plentiful supply of fodder still on hand, and the spring herbage pro mises so well that the prices of lean stock keep up at a good rate. Thus everything tends to cheer and encourage the farmer, and not the farmer only, but every class of the community ; for without those humble every-day blessings which we owe to the sunshine and the winds and the rains of heaven the best and most valuable of our possessions would be worthless. NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE. The Wasp screw corvette, Capt. Norman B Bedingfield, will be inspected this morning by Ad miral Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Port Admiral and Naval Commander-in -Chief at Portsmouth. After wards the Wasp will steam into Portsmouth bar bour to be dismantled, return stores, and pay out of commission. The following vessels were spoken by the Wasp between Trincomalee and Spithead, and desired to be reported :—The Newcastle, Dec. 3, 1867, lat. 7.43 S., long. 88.321 E. ; Distinguishing pendant 6741, standing to westward, December 28, lat. 3318 S., long. 31.35 E. ; No. 3 pendant 0239, December 31, ;1867, lat. 34.7 S., long. 2619 E. ; the Otter, of Liverpool, 10 pendant 9265, March 18, lat. 41.12 N., long. 3318 W., from Valparaiso for Liverpool, 91 days out ; the Runnymede, of Liverpool, March 18, lat. 4112 N., long. 3318 W., from Adelaide for Liverpool, 150 days out ; the Admiral I)efosses (French bark), of Fe champ, March 26, lat. 45.37 N., long. 17.7 W., 12 days from Fechamp; the Sans Pareil, of Liverpool, March 27, lat. 47.0 N., long. 16.39 W., from Liverpool for Philadelphia ; the Adelaide, of London, April 2, lat. 4911 N., long. 7.32 W., from Adelaide for London, 103 days out ; the Jason, of London, April 3, lat. 49.30 N., long. 6.49 W., from Sydney for London, 160 days out. The figures of indicated power by the engines of her Majesty's ships Minotaur and Warrior in their recent trials pi thetriaslsothneadand Weymouth measuredrmmioluh elandßathy, w the sea e trialsrea s follows :—Minotaur : measured mile, 6,705 horse ; sea trial, 6,194 horse ; difference, 511 horse. War rior : measured mile, 5,269.75 ; sea trial, 5,089.75 ; difference, 180 horse. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1868 LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) AMERICA. WASHINGTON, April 6. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the usual monthly statement of the public debt of the United States. The total amount of the debt on the Ist of April Was $2,642,000,000 against $2,648,000,000 on the Ist of March last, being a decrease of $6,000,000. The cash in the Treasury on the Ist inst. was $122,500,000 against $128,000,000 on the Ist ult., being a decrease of $5,500,000. INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN (HEAVY) MAILS. GIBRALTAR, April 7. The Afassilia left at 7 p.m. yesterday ; all well. She may be expected at Southampton about the 11th inst. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, April 7. The strike of the workmen at Geneva is not yet at an end. To-day a general meeting of employers will be held, when measures for arriving at a satis factory understanding with the men on strike will be considered. Movements on the part of the working men are also taking place at Zurich, Berne, and Lausanne. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH) April 6. The Union Company's steamer Norseman, from the Cape of Good Hope, has arrived here with 39 passengers, 25 sacks of mails, two packages of specie, and a full general cargo. The mails are forwarded by to-night's mail trains, and the Norse man has proceeded for Southampton. Her dates are—Natal, 22d ; Table Bay, 4th ; Helena, 13th ; and Ascension, 17th. At the Cape business'was still dull. In defiance of Governor Wodehouse's notice that the Basutos were taken under British protection, President Brand had continued the war, and met with marked success. The Basuto strongholds, Tandjesberg and Treine, were captured. At the former Bushuli, Moshesh's own brother, was killed. A rumour had also just arrived as the Norseman left that Thaba Bossigo was taken. A conference was to come off in April at Aliwal North between Governor Wodehouse, President Brand, Moshesh, and Governor Keates. It was considered not improbable that meanwhile the whole of the Basuto land would be captured by the Boers and the negotiations seriously embar rassed. The meeting of the Cape Parliament would be adjourned until the Governor returned. It was stated that at the approaching session of the Free State Volksraad, either debts away out of the free State would be entirely repudiated, or civil courts would be closed for a further ten years, and more blueblacks issued. At Natal the coffee crops were looking well and the sugar prospects were good. Two defalcations for large amounts had occurred there among the Government officials. The Briton arrived out on the 3d of March. The Celt was at St. Helena on the 4th of March, and was passed by the Norseman on the 9th. The Kaffraria was to leave Table Bay on the 7th March for England. The Dutch steamer Gr&venhage, from Rotterdam for Battavia, called at Table Bay on the Ist of March. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 6—Three o'clock.--The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3160 Its Pan Loan End of month — Mexican. Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred .Ys. 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 69 4U Credit Mobilier 272 50 End of month 267 Credit Foncier _1470 End of month — RAILWA Account. Orleans Northern ......... 1186-1 Lyons and Mediterranean 915 Southern..... ................................. 587 k Western ...................................... Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman CANTERBURY HALL. The energetic proprietor, Mr. Holland, seems determined to present to the Easter holiday-makers a programme of an extraordinary nature, and one altogether outrivalling any hitherto issued by the management of any establishment of a like descrip tion. The new engagements embrace a great num ber of artistes, among whom we find Ethardo, the great spiral ascensionist, who will give a new perfor mance, differing entirely from that which has rendered him so celebrated. Two new ballets also will be produced, the first a grand Watteau entertainment, demon ballet, aided with splended scenery and dresses, i n w hi c h Miss Esther Austin, Mdm. Carle, Lilly C ar l e , an d second, Herr o nd a Carle, ( e German from n legendary Paris, will appear ; an d th e pro duced by Mr. F. Evans, and supported entirely by his staff of pantomimists. Then we are to have "The Revels of the Athletes," supported by no less than 40 who will appear at o g n y e m t n im as e ts o , n E t n h g e l s is t h ag a e n , d foreign, an d go through their perfor mance under the direction of Mr. J. Ellis. Amongst the latest additions to the Corps of vocalists the names of Louise Sherrington and Mr. H. Liston will be found, whilst the services of Mr. Vance and Mr. Hamilton have been retained. The brothers Gerrard, the aerial gymnasts, still continue under engagement, and so does Mr. Daniels, the negro instrumentalist. The band of the establishment has been greatly strengthened, so that Mr. A. Lee will have under his direction an orchestra quite com petent to give due effect to the compositions of the greatest masters. Such spirited exertions on the part of Mr. Holland, the proprietor, is a strong proof of his desire to give his patrons a first-rate entertainment ; and as only very large audiences can remunerate him for his great outlay, it is to be wished that his endeavours may be rightly estimated, and that he may receive that substantial reward to which his untiring energy has given him a posi tive claim. DAVID ROBERTS.—In 1824 Roberts exhibited, for the first time in London, at the British Institution, and also at the opening exhibition at the Suffolk-street Gal lery. The picture at the British Institution was a view of Dryburgh Abbey, and afterwards engraved ; and those at Suffolk -street were —oue, the East Front, and the other the South Transept, of Melrose Abbey. They were bought b y Sir Felix Booth for the sum of twenty-five guineas each—a large lump of money to the rising scene-painter at that time. Another pic ture—the "West Front of Notre-Dame, Rouen"—also pur chased by Sir Felix Booth for eighty guineas, brought Roberts one of his best and most valuable friends in Lord Northwick, who wrote to him under cover to Stanfield, proposing that he should paint him one of the same size and subject, a little varied, and that Stanfield should paint a companion picture of the same size, both to be exhibited together next season. It was a highly characteristic letter, generous, thought ful, and delicate; and when PIY time came , that crucial test of a man's real nature, the generous words translated themselves into corresponding deeds, and instead of the £l.lO asked, Lord Northwick gave the painter a cheque for £2OO, and won his heart for life.— Dickens's " All the Year Round." DEATH OF MR. H. WlDDlCo3o.—Playgoers Ni ill hear with regret of the death of this popular comedian, who expired yesterday, after an illness of some duration, which had allowed but little hope to he entertaiced of his recovery. At the Surrey Theatre Mr. Harry Widdicomb was for a censiderable period an established favourite, and at the Princess's and Lyceum Theatres he more recently exhibited powers which fully entitled him to be spoken of as a comec;ian of distinguished ability. Mr. H. Widdicomb was the son of the famous Widdicomb so long associated with Astley's in the days of Ducrow. He had been pro minently connected with the London stage for the last 26 years, and was about bi at the time of his decease. PARIS, MONDAY, April O. The Danish Minister of War is expected at Paris. 'This item of news has given rise to much speculation, inas much as it is taken for granted that the Minister comes here on the North Schleswig business. That business is supposed to be one of the black spots no bigger than a man's hand at present, but which, for aught that we can tell, may overshadow the whole heavens. M. Emile de Girardin has a short article in to-day's Liberte with the heading, " Peace or War ?" The Liberte says : "To this question, Shall we have war ? men reply, No ; things (or circumstances) reply, Yes. Will things prevail over men, or men over things ? Echo says, Things." The worst of it is, that no one can feel any confidence or certainty about the future. The want of a responsible Government is most painfully felt just now. The Emperor can make war without con sulting the nation. Marshal Niel is exerting all his energies to place the Emperor in such a position that he can do so on the shortest notice. Yet, after all, public opinion counts for something, even in France. The friends of M. Drouyn de Lhuys have abandoned the hope of that Minister's speedy return to the Foreign Office. They say it is adjourned until the autumn. The Volunteers (francs•tireurs) are just now in a state of agitation, in consequence of an order from the Minister of War, placing them under the control of the War Office, and under officers appointed by the Minister. The order further states that in the event of the National Mobile Guard being called out for active service, the Volunteers will have the privilege of being employed for the defence of their own homes, instead of being marched to another part of the country. There is sad depression in trade this year. In 1866 the exports for the first three months were valued at over £12,000,000. For the first quarter of this year they are under £10,000,000, a decrease of nearly 20 per cent. The diminution is greatest in natural products and raw materials. To make the matter worse, we are obliged to enter upon large purchases of corn. During the first two months of this year we bought corn and flour to the value of £2,680,000, as compared with only £240,000 in 1866, and we have imported cattle to the value of £680,000, as compared with £300,000 in 1866. At Marseilles, which is the chief port for corn, the number of vessels entered during the first two months of the year was 1,309, whereas in 1866 it was only 721. At other ports there has been a considerable decrease in the number of ships entered. Thus it is clear that we are spending all our spare cash, and more than we can well spare, upon the first necessity of life. What do your readers think of Paris becoming a sea port? M. Aristide Dumont has been lecturing on this subject at the Ecole Centrale, under the auspices of the Association Polytechnique. His plan is to excavate an enormous basin at Gennevilliers, which would be sur rounded with docks, warehouses, and all the appliances of a great seaport. He would connect this port with the Atlantic at Dieppe by means of a canal passing by Gisors and Gournay, and would n ake use of the Seine where ever practicable. At present the distanco, by water, of Paris from the sea is about 220 miles ; by the canal it would be 102. M. Dumont reckons the cost of his scheme at 160 million francs (£6,400,000), and he believes that this expense would be defrayed by the dock (hies that would be imposed. A grand scheme, this, no doubt ; but I question if the Parisians would care to see their city— n'ow the show capital of the world—converted into a second Liverpool. The chief theme of the Abyssinian correspondence is Colonel Phayre and the little mistake made by him in the matter of the roads. That a soldier of Colonel Phayre's experience should have made the mistake of working for a fortnight on a bad road while there was a good one almost under his hand, appears to be inexplicable. The Com mander-in-Chief is said to be very angry, as it was his special ambition to get forward quickly. The next favourite topic of discussion is that raised by "A British Taxpayer" in the English papers, whether 3,000 men could not have conquered 'Theodore as well as the present large force. Seeing that those in Abyssinia have better means of judging than we at home, the declaration unanimously made that the small force would have inevitably failed is worthy of note. Again : it is asserted that the native tribes have been friendly only because they were afraid of us. The fierce Gallas have been ready to help rather than annoy the army, simply because it was strong enough to keep them in order. Still, there seems to be • a feel:ng that we shall receive some compensation for our expendi ture. It is suggested that we might open the country to trade. The repugnance expressed some time ago at any thing like occupation of the country seems, since its resources have been made known, to have given place to a wish to utilise the place, and by some means to open it to Europeans. One of the correspondents mentions that the style of paying for everything adopted by the commis sariat has led the natives unanimously to express hopes that we should take possession of the country and become their masters. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times has made a visit to Bombay, whence he writes his last letter. He says that he has made the journey in 4 days, with his heavy luggage, in perfect comfort. The whole distance is 1,537 miles, of which only 161 are destitute of railway communication. When the line is completed to Jubbulpore the Government propose to run an express daily, from Calcutta to Bombay, in sixty hours. As, however, travellers will scarcely care to rush through the country at this rate, it is most likely that the express will be only a weekly one for the despatch of mails. At present the traveller, on arriving at Jubbulpore, finds a " horse dak," or roomy sleeping carriage, drawn by two small horses, changed every six miles. The correspondent gives a deplorable account of the Nagpore line. There is hardly a bridge which has not given way. Contractors, engi neers, and Government blame each other; but, whoever is to blame, the folly and the fraud have been gigantic. For instance, the traveller can see how arches have been merely faced with masonry, the thin ends of the stones being turned inside, and the hollows filled up with rubble. The Thull Ghaut is, fortunately, in good order. A descent of eight miles is made in forty minutes, through thirty eight tunnels, and over viaducts, the steepest gradient being one in twenty-nine. Speaking of Bombay, the correspondent says it is diffi cult to imagine whither the 80 to 100 millions sterling poured into Bombay (in addition to the ordinary price of cotton) has gone. Of all the gigantic schemes of land re clamation there is scarcely any which has survived the great crash. The Parsees were the heaviest losers. Still, there was one class that gained. All testimony bears out the belief that the peasantry have freed themselves from centuries of hereditary debt, from the grip of the usurer, from the peculation of the petty bazaar dealer. They now sell their own cotton direct, and at a far better price. Consequently they live more comfortably, and are educa ting their children. It must be admitted, too, that sani tary matters have improved. Bombay no longer rivals Cologne in the fragrance of its drains. As a consequence, cholera is a far less frequent visitor. Bombay has its Baron Haussmann, a Mr. Crawford, a near relative of the member for London. He is doing much both to improve and to beautify the city. Yet though Bombay has au admirable supply of building-stone, it is far behind Cal cutta, which has no material but bricks. Bombay ought to be the Edinburgh of India ; it is only its Dundee. The flag of the Hanseatic Towns has disappeared. This flag 500 years ago was owned by no fewer than sixty-six cities, and the Hansa (Union) was at that time a powerful association. Thirty years' war destroyed its strength, and for more than 200 years this association has comprised only three towns of importance—Hamburg, Lubeck, and Bremen. On April 1 the old flag was hauled down and the new Federal ensign was hoisted. Speculations are gradually verging into certainties, and it appears to be generally understood that the Cabinet will hold together and prolong their resistance to their Liberal assailants. A dissolution of Parliament is now out of the question. The Standard is now of opinion that since a real appeal can be only to the new con stituencies, the inference is that Mr. Disraeli has a right to await their decision, and in the mean time to press those measures which are necessary to enable them to exercise their rights ; not that he should resign without al peal. Indeed, he has no right to do so ; he has no right to treat the ver,:ict of the existing How: of Commons as decisive of a great constitutional question suddenly raised and pronounced on by surprise; it is his duty to reserve the question, unprejudiced by the factious move of his opponents, for the reformed constituency of 1869. This he must do at any cost. Testimonials are just now the order of the day. Last week the Liberal ex-whip received a handsome one. Now there is a proposal broached in the Conservative journals of a presentation to the Earl of Derby, "for the great and distinguished services he has rendered to the country." The Coroner for South Cheshire, a Mr. Henry Churton, recommends that a committee be in.mediately formed for the purpose of giving practical effect to the suggestion, which he is sure would be responded to by men of every shade of politics. Going into detail in order to give an opportunity to as large a number of contributors as pos sible, he advises that the subscriptions shall not exceed £2 nor be less than 10s. THE NEW COMMISSION ON THE POLLITTION OF RIVERS.—The only appointment officially known respect ing this new commission is that Sir George Denison (brother of the Speaker of the House of Commons) is to be Chief Commissioner. When the preliminary proceedings are all settled the new commissioners will commence their inquiries, it is anticipated, at lin enhead or its in mediate vicinity. THE DISTUBBANCES IN LANCASSIBE. 'There was MUca excitement in and around the Borough Police-court at Wigan, on Monday, as the court and its approaches were crowded with colliers anxious to be present at the hearing of nearly three dozen summonses against the men on strike and their female friends, for committing breaches of the peace on the recent occasion, when attempts were made to prevent the knobsticks descending the Lindsay Pit in Whelley. The mayor and other magistrates were on the bench ; Mr. Walter May hew, representing the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, prosecuted ; and Mr. Forshaw, of Preston, was in structed for the defence. The first batch of de fendants was sixteen in number, and Mr. Mayhew said that the charge against them was for riotous and dis orderly conduct on the morning of the 31st of March at Whelley. He said that on the morning in question the borough police were called to the neighbourhood to enable the men desirous of working to reach the pit, and they were then witnesses of disorderly conduct, which would be detailed in evidence. Mr. Mayhew made reference to the unfortunate position of affairs at the present moment. The first witness called was the chief constable of the borough, Mr. William Simm, who said that cn Tuesday morning last, about four o'clock, he proceeded to the Lindsay Pit with twenty-six constables, and after remain ing there a short time the assistance of the force was requested to enable the knobsticks to reach the pit. He took the men into the road, and formed them in line, back to back, and then began the work of dispersing the crowd of 400 or 500 men which had assembled. By the advance of the police the colliers were separated into two divisions, which were subsequently allowed to unite, and then the officers were hooted, and stones were thrown. Afterwards the police charged the mob, and succeeded in clearing the highway. A number of the officers on duty were then called to identify the defendants as present in the crowd ; and a knobstick, named James Rowe, residing in the neighbourhood, gave particulars of an attack upon his house the same evening. Witness fired a revolver to attract the attention of the police, but they were then too far away. In opening the case for the defence, Mr. Forshaw requested the magistrates to dismiss from their minds anything they had heard or which had been reported in the papers, and to judge of the case as it stood ; upon which the mayor informed him that he had no need to trouble himself on that point, as the magistrates had no feeling either on one side or the other, and only wished to do justice be tween both parties, and to preserve the peace. After contending that the summonses could not be suppprted on the evidence, Mr. Forshaw alleged that the men were perfectly justified in going in numbers to the pit, and endeavouring to induce their fellow-workmen to join them. They had as much right to try to persuade the men not to work as the masters had to try to induce them to work. Even if the magistrates thought the charge proved, he urged that it would be quite suffi cient if the magistrates accepted the promise through him that the defendants would not on any future occasion assemble for such a purpose, and by that means they would not widen the breach already existing between masters and men, and which was sure to be widened if severe measures were taken. Mr. Mayhew thought the best preventive measure was to bind the men over to keep the peace ; and after one or two witnesses had been called for the defence, the mayor announced the decision of the bench to bind over two of the defendants, who had taken the most prominent part in the proceedings, to keep the peace for twelve months, finding sureties, themselves in £5O and two others in £25 each. The remaining four teen were directed to find sureties to a similar amount for six months. AWFUL TRAGEDY. • An awful tragedy has been committed in Foxdale, Isle of Man. A miner and farmer, named Killey, who was about 34 years of age, and in comfortable circumstances, had been married about seven years, and had five children. He was usually an industrious, sober, and cheerful man. About five weeks ago he had a fall, and has not since been in his usual spirits. On Monday evening last he told his wife they were to prepare for America, as it was no use staying in the Isle of Man, there being nothing to be got. He added that a person had given his wife a bad character, that all the neighbours had risen against him, that he was to have no more work at the mine, the captain having received a letter ordering his dismissal, and they were to be turned away from their farm, the landlord having refused to give them a lease of it. His wife found there was no truth in any of these statements. On Tuesday he seemed in low spirits. On Wednesday a nephew of his died, and he came home about three o'clock. His wife and her sister were cutting potatoes, but he said they need not cut any more, because the potatoes would not be allowed to grow, as the blossoms were going to be pulled off. He also said that the cows were to be burned in the cowhouse, the sheep to be killed on the mountains, and his house to be burned over his head. On Thursday nothing remarkable was observed in his conduct. On Friday his nephew was to be interred, and he stayed at home to attend the funeral. Meanwhile, John Skilley, a fellow-workman, had spoken to him about his low spirits. Killey merely replied that he could not eat his food as usual. On Friday morning his wife asked him several questions, but found it difficult to get an answer,though when he did speak he gave intelligent answers. He said he was not well, but he did not feel very bad. About eleven o'clock he took his children to see the corpse of their dead cousin. On his return he went towards the mountain, and his wife sent her brother after him. On overtaking him the brother found him standing in a small stream taking stones out and placing them on the bank. He went with him into the house again ; he then said he wished he was dead. In a few minutes he left the house and went to the draw -well opposite the door. The well is about thirty feet in depth, and contained about eight feet of water, the lower part being considerably wider than the shaft. The water is raised by means of a bucket lowered by a winch. His wife watched his move ments and saw him play with the bucket after he had got it into the well. He then told her he was going to take a bucket of water out. He went towards the place where his tools were kept, whereupon she became very m alarmed, and sent her daughter Emily, aged 5 years, to call her brother again. At this time three of the children were playing in the street, and the youngest was in the cradle in the house. Mrs. Killey had just taken the baby out of the cradle when she k v ard one of the other children in the street crying " Oh, dada ! Oh, dada !" and she instantly rushed out of the house with the baby in her arms and found her husband had already thrown two of the children into the well, and was in the act of throwing in the third. She seized hold of him, but was too late to defeat his purpose. Turning round to her he said, " We're all to go together," pulled the baby from her and threw it also into the well, and then seized hold of her. She struggled, got awa y from him, and for some time recollected nothing further. Unfortunately, the child Emily, at this juncture returned alone, and was also thrown into the well. He then appears to have jumped in himself. The brother had stayed behind to speak to another man, and when he saw his sister run down the road shrieking, he at once went to the well. He got into the bucket, and asked one or two persons who had followed him to lower him down, and they did so. On getting to the water he saw two of the children floating on the top. He seized the first he could and brought it up, but as he approached the top he became so exhausted he was unable to hold her, and she again fell into the water. His second attempt to rescue her, however, was successful ; she was alive, and is still living. He succeeded in bringing up three of the other children one after another, but only one of them, named Esther Elizabeth, aged 21 years, was alive. The eldest, named Selina, aged 7. years, with her father, had sunk to the bottom. In an hour afterwards they were both got out by means of hooks, and were, of course, quite dead. On Saturday the High Bailiff of Douglas held an in quest at the scene of the unhappy occurrence, when evidence was given of the foregoing facts by Mrs. Killey, Archibald Shimmin (her brother), Philip Corkill, John Skil ley, and Dr. King. The jury returned. a verdict to the effect that the three had died by drowning, that they had been drowned by their father, James Killey, while in a state o: temporary insanity, and that the said James Killey had drowned himself while in that state. The jury desired to express their sympathy with the widow, and their admira- tion of the brave conduct of Archibald Shimmin, who, at the risk of his own life, had undoubtedly preserved two of the children from drowning. The bodies of the deceased were interred in Patrick churchyard on Sunday last in the presence of a numerous crowd of spectators. —Lim-pool Courier. The new peers have not yet been gazetted, and if the Government is io keep up a series of running fights on the Irish Church, they will require all their available strength in the House of Commons until the contest is over. Sir Brooke Bridges, determined to exercise his privileges as a commoner as long as possible, has been addressing a nume rous muster of Conservatives of East Kent, at Canterbury, urging them to rally round the Church and the Constitution, or, in other words, to support Mr. Leigh Pemberton, the Conservative candidate. The hon. baronet was very em phatic on the Irish Church question, and expressed his belief that a majority of the nation would condemn the course which had been taken by Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Tufton, the Liberal candidate, is prosecuting an energetic canvass, and the contest promises to be equally as severe as that which took place between Sir Edward Dering and Sir ;5 T.91 19 11 gliktchbUli fAX years asto. „...,, ~,,,0 7 D .:. ~,,„ ~„„--, e / r a i n tfirfllt , t - .‘1,...---,----m-„,... HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 6. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness:Princess Louise, went out in the grounds this morning. Princess Beatrice rode in the home Park. Prince Arthur, attended by Lieut. Picard, left Windsor Castle last evening for Greenwich Park. The Prince and• Princess of 'Wales, with Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, and Princess Louise, left Marlborough House yesterday afternoon for Sandringham. RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The Committee of Administration have issued a circular to the bond and debenture holders and cre ditors of the company, inc;uding copies of the case submitted by them in reference to the relative pri m ity of the consolidated bonds and the certificates of debenture, and of the opinions given thereon by Mr. O'Connor, of New York ; Judge Black (late Attorney-General, United States), of Pennsylvania ; and Judge Ran ney, of Ohio., The Committee of Administration were originally advised both by Mr. Clarkson N. Potter, of New York, and by their London solicitors as to the relative priorities of the several securities ; and, in implicit reliance on such advice, they had never for a moment doubted the ultimate result, and they would willingly have spared the heavy expense of taking those further opinions. While, however, they regretted the persistent and mistaken agitation of a section of the debenture holders, they could not refrain from an expression of satis faction that the opinions of such eminent legal authorities, who were separately consulted, should so unanimously and decidedly support the views expressed throughout by the committee, and should in such unmistakable terms indicate the true position of the debenture certificates as to leave no reasonable doubt on the subject that the consoli dated bonds took precedence of the certificates of debentures. Mr. Ridsdale's committee had already filed a bill in Chancery against the trustees of the certificates of debenture, with the avowed in tention of compelling an immediate realisation of the collateral securities ; but, as the value of the debentures must depend almost entirely upon the securities in the Bank of England, any forced sale of these collaterals was to be deprecated as alike undesirable and prejudicial to the interests of the debenture holders, who would probably, when too late, find their property sacrificed at a nominal price to the advantage of some powerful combina tion of speculators. Mr. C. O'Connor was_ of opinion that the sums due and to become due on the debenture certificates, except so far as effectually secured by the bonds mentioned in the debenture, constituted at most debts at large of the consolidated company ; that the consolidated mortgage formed a valid lien in favour of the creditors who had lent money' upon it, and that such creditors were en titled to a preference over the debts so due or to become due on the debenture certificates. The Hon. J. S. Black (Pennsylvania), after going into the whole case, was of opinion that the bonds issued by the consolidated companies, with the mortgage made to secure them, were liens upon the railway ; that the certificates of debenture were not legal liens ; and that no claim of priority could be lawfully set up for the certificates, as against the bonds, upon any ground stated in the case, or otherwise known to him. Therefore in dis tributing the proceeds of the railway the bonds should be preferred. The Hon. Rufus P. Ranney (Ohio) was of opinion that the consolidated mort gage was a valid lien upon the property therein de scribed for the security of the bonds issued under it, that the debenture debt was never a lien upon such property, either in the hands of the original companies or of the consolidated company, and that no lien could now be acquired by judgment or otherwise, which would interfere with the priority secured to bondholders by the consolidated mortgage. The Committee of Administration hoped to be shortly in possession of full details of the working of the railway during the receiver's first year of otlice, and they then proposed to convene a public meeting of the creditors, for the general consideration of the affairs of the undertaking. VALE OF CRICKHOWELL• The adjourned general meeting of this company was held at Crickhowell—Mr. Davies in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that since the last meet ing a considerable number of additional shares had been taken, and the several landowners on the route had been seen in order to ascertain the price required for their lands. For nearly one-half the lands required the owners were prepared to take rent charges. It was unanimously agreed that the meeting should stand adjourned until the 23d inst. to enable further efforts to be made to increase the sub scription list, and to make more favourable terms with the landowners. REGULATION OF RAILWAYS BILL. A meeting of the members of the United Mercan tile Agency was held yesterday at 145, Cheapside, to consider certain clauses in the bill—Mr. Robert Slater in the chair. A long discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Sla ter, Howell, Leaf, Buckingham, Morley, Hughes, Greatorex, and Candy took part ; and after hearing remarks by Mr. Dalton, solicitor, who had waited on Lord Itedesdale in reference to the subject, the following resolution, on the motion of Mr. C. CANDY, seconded by Mr. M'INTYRE, was unani mously agreed to : " Resolved, that a committee be appointed, with power to take such steps as may be necessary, with a view to give the best consideration and, if re quired, the most strenuous opposition to the 15th clause of the Regulation of Railways Bill now before Parliament.; the committee to consist of Messrs. Samuel Morley, Slater, Greatorex, Allcroft, Hughes, Buckingham, and Howse." It was also proposed and agreed to that the com mittee should prepare a report on the subject, to be submitted at a general meeting to be held at the London Tavern on Wednesday next, at twelve o'clock. DEATH OF SIR DOMINIC DALY.—The death is announced of Sir Dominic Daly, Governor-General of South Australia, which event occurred on the 19th of February. He was the son of the late Mr. Dominic Daly and nephew of the first Lord Wallscourt, and was born in 1798. For nearly 26 years Sir Dominic acted as Chief Secretary in Canada, was appointed Governor of the island of Tobago in 1851, and in 1851 he received the honour of knighthood, and was made Lieut.-Governor of Prince Edward Island. This appointment he held until 1859, and he succeeded Sir H. G. Macdonell as Governor of South Australia in 1861. HARROW SCHOOL ATHLETIC SPORTS.—The final heats of the champion hurdle races, which hai been post poned from Saturday through want of time, were success fully decided yesterday morning as follows :—Big Cham pion Hurdle-race, 200 yards and five flights—Templer, 1 W. S. Gore, 2 ; Ord, 3 ; Rodwell, 0 ; Cooke, 0. Gore led by a trifle at the last flight, but tripped slightly over it' and lost a good race by a yard only. Small Champion Hurdle-race, same course as in the Big—Beaufort, 1 ; Brown, 2 ; Carnac minimus, 3 ; Groynne, 0 ; Carnac major, O. Won by a couple of yards. LETTERS FOR ABYSSINIA. Arrangements have been made for maintaining a direct weekly service be tween Suez and Zoulla, instead of sending a steam vesse As hitherto, to intercept the Indian mail packets off, Jubbel Teer, in the Red Sea ; and the mails for the British forces serving in Abyssinia will, therefore, be for warded in future to Suez, for transmission direct to Zoulla. The correspondence addressed to persons serving on board transports engaged in the Abyssinian expedi tion, which has heretofore been sent in the mail to Aden, will, in future, be forwarded in the mails to the post master at Zoulla. The rate of postage chargeable on a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight will be the same as on a letter to Indio, viz. :—To officers of the army or navy, via Marseilles, 10d.; via Southampton, 6d.; to soldiers or seamen, via Marseilles, 5d.; via Southampton, ld.; to persons serving on board transports, or other per sons not belonging to the naval or military forces, vie Marseilles, is. id.; via Southampton, 9d. NO rec t Imo] Cer Bat 119 tier 2 re aoi► Aiu Kra) at sPel tile u an In ci Por clue Ind Pay clo s. lite/ We( 13ri th e end the Shit ac the aga It I ha% the tle, 11 . pi t+l e, 41)r (e A k • 4 4 , 111. ri ~ A l'il Alt, al /tic