The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-01 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN.— Enthusiastic and Tremendous Reception of Millie. AZELLA, whose unrivalled performance on the Flying Trapeze, including a Flight across the Arena of 100 feet, termi nating in a Somersault at an elevation of 30 feet from the plat form, has created a complete furore. 'The flying trapeze act is the speciality of A zella, a lady of faultless contour and prepossessing mien. The per formances of the fair artiste excited the genuine enthu siasm of the house at their various stages, and terminated amid deafening applause. She was honoured with a quadruple recall, and even compelled to appear a fifth time to receive the homage of her admirers."—Standard, March 11. IFIABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of every description. Patterns gratis and post free. THEATRE. ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. MIS EVENLNG. INTRIGUE. Mr. Howe, Mr. Kendal, Mr Clark, and Miss Burke. To be followed by A HERO OF ROMANCE. Characters by Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, &c. ; Mesdames Robertson, Eitzwilliam, Chippendale, Dalton, Laws, and Daubigny. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Chippendale, dr. Compton, &c. Commence at Seven THE ATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 84th 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 84th appearance), Mts. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, POOR PILLICODDY. Mr. D. Murray, W. Gresham ; Miss Polly Marshall, E. Bar nett, and Mrs. Addle. Attu- which, JEANIE DEANS ; or, The Heart of Mid-Lothian. Mrs. Di'n Boucicault; Messrs. G. F. Neville, J. G. Shore, Maclean, H. Forrester, D. Leeson W. Gresham, and Cathcart; Mesdames Litton, Fitzgerald, E. BArnett, and Mrs. C. Harr...mid. Concluding with the Farce, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. NEW 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 Bla n c 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 THAN LIFE. Michael Gamer, Mr. J. L. i'3ole. To conclude with the Extravaganzb . 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, Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, It Everard, and H. Hodson. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting MAnager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. IA Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. _ THIS EVENING, at 7, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Messrs. D. lames and Turner; Mesdames Hughes and Gwynne. After which, PARIS; or, Vive Lempriere: - Messrs. Thorne, amen, Robson, and Fenton; Mesdames Swanborough, Har ald, Johnstone, Hughes, Holt, Gwynne, To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, HEN AND CHICKENS. Messrs.Ashlcy, ', 7 ,burne, Stephenson, and Vincent ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss L 'lloore. After which, MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Messrs. Ashley, quart, Eburne, Romer, Geo.Vinegnt, Addison, Cooper, H. Wigan, tc.; Mesdames L. Moore, E. Farren, &c. Commence at Seven. 'ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. More Novelties—Fresh Engagements. First appearance on Monday next of the Wooden-Headed Family and Lea Freres D'Avolo. The Wonderful SPANISH TROUPE every evening in addition. Open at Seven, commence at half-past. Morning Performance every Wednesday and Saturday. Open at Two, commence at half-past. NOTIOE.--In consequence of the theatre being nightly crowded, all free admissions are suspended, the Press ex cepted. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN Cl_ R. GLENIE, of the Sporting Library, . 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to intorm, his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general, that he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " TIIO SuN," and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town or country. G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier 1 )3 n any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Daily's, Ruff's, Wright's, and APCall's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Maga zines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint. stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every 1 vening, by W. A L! , ,XA \DKR (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. 7 11171 V 11 O'S GRAIN G E R? LICENSED VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST. SHEPIIERD'S-BUSK. The SPORTI G h.DI tIO , 1 of "TII h; SU " can he seen at 3R I NGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight 3 . clack. SPORTING.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the LATES EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," giving all the SPORTIN G NEWS of the day, may be seen at JEMMY M A.NTO N'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. r ir HE SUN " NEWSPAPER.—" The Mitre" Tavern, New Church-street, near the Alpha-road, Pad dington. "TH SUN " (Third Edition), containing the Latest Sporting News, Results of Races. Latest Parliamentary Debates, &c., can be seen as above " II the year round." *#* A well-selected and extensive stock of WINES, SPIRITS, &c. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " as soon as published.—No. 10, Hampstead-road, N.W. "QUN."---LATEST EDITION.-Mr. M A RSHALL, of the "Neeld A rms," Harrow-road, op• ppsite the Lock Hospital, takes the Edition of "•THL SUN" con taining the result of the day's Racing, Latest Betting, Money Market, &c.—Omtibuses every half hour to and from the City. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. - I a FIE SUN" NEWSPAPER.—G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8; Starch-green, 8 ; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. T HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. rilllE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S, " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- tawn COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. lIIE only article really suitable for that purpose, 1 ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., No. 105, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for Ladies' anti Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, Fleet-street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The ave ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, with Price List, TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). RICH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE l'Fas DAY.—Morning, 7h. 33m.—Afternoon, Bb. 10m. I'o-Mmutow.-Morning, Bh. 53m.—Afternoon, 9h. .10m. • ./. Lot C "11114 •-• LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1868. The debate was sustained with unflagging energy last night, and some very effective speeches were delivered. That of Mr. HARDY was particularly The House of Lords last evening occupied some time in discussing some questions concerning the method of conducting business in their own House. Stimulated apparently by the prospect of a reformed House of Commons, they have begun looking out for the flaws in their armour; and the report of the committee appointed to consider the business of the House suggests several minor improvements. Fore most among these comes a very sensible and de sirable change—the abolition of the system of proxies. This usage is so ancient that it is con tinued almost without thought, though when it is successful, and the right hon. gentleman showed how some of those who then differed materially from the Ministers had compromised themselves by a sudden change of opinion, and first and foremost in the remarkable list was Mr. GLADSTONE himself. Lord CRANBORNE'S unbecoming attack on the Go vernment the day before was taken up by Mr. HARDY in the right strain, and he showed how the noble lord himself had not been so consistent as he would have the House believe, and that he had gone some way with the Government, and then suddenly left his colleagues when the sub ject of Reform assumed an aspect that he did not like. As a rule it is best for those who dis cuss matters of great public interest to abstain from personal attacks and hostile criticism, but when such a mode of attack is commenced, it is certainly fair to retort, and no one can blame Mr. HARDY for the course he took in showing the House how completely the most bitter and extreme of his adversaries had overreached them selves. As for Lord CRANBORNE'S very ancalled for sneers at the inconsistency and want of principle shown by the Ministry on Reform, he himself has been a renegade on the ques tion of Church Rates, and may hold his peace with a very good grace. Mr. HARDY then proceeded to expose Mr. GLADSTONE, and quoted a passage from a letter which was written before the last election at Oxford, and though that was handed to the right hon. gentleman the leader of the Opposition, he did not deny its authenticity. This certainly contradicts what Mr. GLADSTONE claimed to have done in warning his constituents as to the change about to take place in the Irish Church. " One dignatary," a consistent supporter of Mr. GLADSTONE, made his vote dependant upon the explanation of the doubtful point, and, speaking of that, this right lion. candidate observed that "The question of the Irish Church is remote and apparently out of all bearing upon practical politics of the day." He adds that one thing must be mentioned, because it is a clear land mark, and that is in any measure dealing with the Irish Church, though he scarcely expects ever to be called on to share in such a mea sure, " the Act of Union must be recognised, and must have important consequences, especially with reference to the position of the hierarchy." We do not think that this reflects great credit on Mr. GLADSTONE, as it certainly puts him before the House somewhat in the light of those who are all things to all men, in order to effect some object worthy or otherwise, as the case may be. lhe Oppo sition cheered when Mr. HARDY said that he would pass on from personal questions ; but, as he aptly re minded them, they only objected to personalities when they were directed against themselves. It was a very effective passage in Mr. HARDY'S speech in which he described the wrongs and injuries that Mr GLADSTONE would inflict if he succeeeded in effect ing his purpose, and warned him that, in bolding out an olive branch, as he declared he was doing, he was all the time forgetting how much he was alienating, how much he was distressing the mem bers of the Church, their friends. "We are here, as it were, but lookers on at a picture that is passing before us in the distance, but it touches their hearts, it touches their feelings ; it is to them not only a sentimental grievance, it is a practical wrong." Mr. HARDY'S speech was long, and it was most effective also, being indeed a powerful and success ful reply to the remarks of those who had preceded him. It is to be observed that he took a very decided tone, and seemed to feel his ground, as it were. On the whole, it may be said that the Govern ment has gained strength by each night's debate, and may now feel assured of gaining the day. Mr. BRIG HT addressed the House at some length, but adopted a more moderate tone than he often doe 4, and though he, of course, advocated his own extreme views, he was not personal in his remarks. Indeed, towards the close of his speech, he offered some advice which was doubtless not very palatable to the Opposition. Ile said it should not be thought that he was speak ing with "personal hostility to the Prime Minister, or imagined that he was one of them who were seeking to dislodge hon. gentlemen from the Treasury bench. Ile wished to treat the subject as a thing far beyond and above these party differences. This question comes before the House, of course, as all these great questions must as a party question, and I am one of the members of the party, but it does not follow that all the mem bers of a party are actuated by a party spirit, or by a miserable low ambition to take the place of Mini ster of the Crown." We agree with Mr. BRIGHT that there is something far higher and better than that, and it would indeed be well for the dignity of the House if more shared the opinion he so boldly expressed. Mr. HARDY complained with much justice at the style adopted by some speakers who had infused into the debate a :bitterness and animesity which made the adoption of the resolutions a direct attack upon the Government. Such a course is one not to be admired, especially under the circumstances of the case, when the question before the House is one of such deep interest to many and of such paramount importance besides. Mr. BRIGHT tried to defend Mr. GLADSTONE and extricate him from the awkward position in which he was placed, by declaring that the change which took place in all times were the glory of the times, and that pos terity would " regard them as the natural and blessed fruits of the growth of intelligence, and of the more comprehensive justice of the age ;" but to effect this end they should be made in a dignified form, and not time in so exactly with the exigencies of the political situation, as Mr. GLADSTONE'S have douc. Mr. BRIGHT IS an ear nest advocate for the disestablishment of the Irish Church, and arguing that people feel more hopeful on the matter now, because there is a growing feel iug iu the House in its favour, but it is one thing to be willing to look into the question and remedy abuses, and another to uproot the whole structure and startle the unprepared by the suddenness of the attack and the completeness of the change. Four nights more will most probably be occupied by this debate, and it is vexatious to think that no good end will have been reached by the discussion, for Mr. GLADSTONE at the outset infused a bitterness into it that cannot be effaced, and will continue to its close. While we feel convinced that the Govern ment will triumph, it would have been just as well, if not better, had they not had to brave the encoun ter, but it was not of their seeking, and no blame attaches itself to them. All censure rests with those who concocted the scheme, and sought to plunge the House into confusion in order to gain a party end by advocating a cause which that party had not before favoured, and it requires very little time to arrive at a due estimate of such proceedings. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1868 actually brought under discussion, every one unites in condemning it. Lord MALMESBURY in moving that the report of the committee should be agreed to, explained in some measure the origin of the custom. The Commons, he said, send representa tives to Parliament who were in reality their proxies ; and the Peers possessed the same privilege, though it had been found occasionally desirable to suspend it. That the custom is a mischievous one there can be no doubt, and it becomes more and more unsuited to the present day, because men are no longer so strictly bound by the ties of party as to follow their leader unhesitatingly, and vote aye or no, content or non-content, at his bidding. Men like to hear and to judge for themselves, and if their knowledge of the subject or their judgment is not worth much, at least the country expects them to pay the outward attention of listening to the arguments and the facts brought forward. For a man who is ill at his country house, or travelling in Greece or in Sweden, to have power to influence the result of a debate of which he has never heard a word, on a subject on which he has never perhaps formed an opinion, is about as reasonable as if we set a deaf man to be a judge. The evidence, how ever important, would be useless to him, and his decision, however well-intentioned, would cer tainly be entirely independent of the facts of the case. Lord CARNARVON, in approving of the pro posed change, declared that in his belief proxies were a source of weakness rather than of strength, since it would be impossible to pass any important measure by the votes of absentees. All the reasons which had formerly justified the system had, he thought, disappeared. Lord REDESDALE, indeed, was not inclined to condemn it, though he did not object to the change, believing that the practice of calling for proxies was inferior to the pairing system of the Commons. Earl STANHOPE, however, pointed out an important difference. Pairs are made from both sides of the House, or at least are always a matter of individual arrangement between the holders of different opinions. They can conse quently exercise no influence whatever on a division —their object being that the absence of the mem bers pairing shall not be felt on either side. Proxies, on the contrary, may often be in the hands of the Government, and Earl STANHOPE affirms that they successfully decided an important motion on foreign policy respecting the affairs of Denmark. Finally, the matter was decided by the motion for the discontinuance of the system of calling for proxies being carried ; and on some minor points changes were also made which are likely to expedite the progress of public business through the Upper House. If the Com mons get on a little faster with their business, the Lords must move faster too, else bills will accumu late and business get into arrears. We are very glad to find that the reform which Mr. OTW.Y has succeeded in carrying through the Commons with respect to the army is to be ex tended to the Marines. On the reading of the Marine Mutiny Bill, on Monday evening, Mr. AYRTON put a question to Lord 11. LENNOX respect ing the abolition of corporal punishment in the army, to which the noble lord replied that it was quite evident whatever applied to the regular army applied also to the marines on shore. lie had, therefore, been instructed, after the division of the other evening, not to oppose the amendment of Mr. OTWAY, and, indeed, in the absence of the member for Chatham, he was prepared to move the amendment himself. The bill, so amended, accord ingly passed through committee, and we congratu late the service on the salutary change. Public feeling has long been opposed to flogging in either branch, and it was only retained in deference to ancient prejudice, and to a belief, shared by many old officers, that it was necessary to secure efficient military discipline. But, by common consent, it is held to be the most fitting punishment for brutal and degraded criminals. Garotters, men who have cruelly ill-used their wives or chil dren, or wantonly tortured the lower orders, are, as all agree, most deserving of a punishment which is the only one they are likely to feel. Surely, then, we are not to put our soldiers and sailors on a level with such ruffians, for if individuals here and there commit the same crimes or show the same brutal disposition, they should not be retained for a day in a profession which they disgrace, as associates of men who are regarded with pride by their coun trymen. For drunkenness or refraction of bar rack regulations flogging is a punishment altogether out of proportion in time of peace, and we are glad that the Government has altogether abandoned it. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The season at this magnificent establishment began yesterday evening, when a very fine perform ance of "Norma" was given. Theatres, like nations, have their customs ; and it is the custom at the Royal Italian Opera to sing the National Anthem before, not after, the regular performance. The house was already well filled, and with a very brilliant audience, when Mr. Costa took his seat in the orchestra, and gave the signal for the com mencement of " God save the Queen." Before the treacherous Pollio (Signor Naudin) had finished his first air there was scarcely a vacant place to be seen ; and Norma's " Costa Diva" was sung before an audience which was as closely packed as an audience ever ought to be even at a fashionable opera- house. The manner in which the opera was executed justified the anticipations that had been formed. Madlle. Fricci, though not hitherto recognised as an artiste of the very highest attainments, is im proving year by year ; and we can quite understand the success which, according to Mr. Gye's prosi ectus, she has recently gained in Italy. One thing is quite cer tain—that in Germany, Russia, Italy, wherever she has sung, Madlle. Fricci has been very much liked. There is something sympathetic about her talent, and, whether she excites the highest admiration or not, she never fails to please. If anything was wanting to prove her value as one of the lead ing members of Mr. Gye's company, her perform ance last night did all that was required. In the opera of " Norma " the interest is all centred in one principal character, and no one cares very much what becomes either of Pollio the de ceiver, or of Adalgasia the deceived. Nevertheless, both Madame Lemniens-Sherrington and Signor Naudin did their best yesterday evening with their respective parts ; and the performance was quite as noticeable for its general completeness as for the ability with which the principal rule was filled. M. GLADSTONE'S RESOLUTIONS.—(By Tele graPh.)—Shrowsbury, Tuesday night.—A crowded public meeting was held hero to-night on the Irish Church ques tion. A petition to Parliament in support of Mr. Glad stone's resolutions was proposed, and was met by an amendment condemning the disestablishment of the Irish Church as unrighteous, which was proposed and seconded by local clergymen. The resolution was declared to be carried, amid great cheering. TRADE OUTRAGE AT ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE.— At the Liverpool Assins, yesterday, Robert Ryan was indicted for taking part in an outrage committed in 18G2 upon the premises of Mr. Clifford, brickmaker, Ashton. A number of men wearing masks were met by two police officers as they wore returning from destroying a quantity of bricks. In the course of a struggle which ensued an officer, named Jump, was shot. Two men were convicted of the murder, and one, named Ward, was afterwards exe cuted at Liverpool. The prisoner absconded to America, and only recently returned. He pleaded guilty to doing wilful damage, and was sentenced to nine months' impri sonment with hard labour. THE COMMAND OF TILE TROOPS IN SCOTLAND.— Major-General Randal Burnley, formerly Inspector-General of Infantry, assumes the duties of Commander of the Forces in Scotland to-day, in room of Major-General Hamilton, C. 8., who has been promoted to the command of a divi4ion of foot Civard#, LATEST INTELL MENGE, I (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, April 1. It is reported that as soon as the discussion on the budget has terminated the railway companies bill will be presented to the Cortes. The same army organisation has been adopted for the island of Cuba as for Spain. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 31. An Imperial firman for the Adrianople railway concession will be given to the Vanderse Company this week. The contractors are to commence the works forthwith from Stamboul to Tcheckmedji, a distance of 13 miles, in lieu of depositing caution money. DENMARK. COPENIIAGEN, March 31 (Evening). In to-day's sitting of the Rigsdag the Finance Minister stated that the prospects of direct tele graphic communication with Russia being carried into effect were more favourable than at any pre vious time. The Danish Government would grant the required concession as far as regarded Denmark, and application for a similar concession had been made to the Russian Government. THE STRIKES IN BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, April 1. Advices received from Charleroi state that ap parent tranquility prevailed yesterday throughout the districts on strike, but that underhand agitation continues. Labour has been stopped at places where the men were still at work the previous day. Money is stated to have been distributed to the agitators. It was refused by the working men at Gouffre, but accepted by those at Baulet. The indictment against the captured rioters is being prepared. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, March 30. The Delhi sailed at midnight yesterday for Bombay. FRA, .NCE. BOURSE, March 31-1 1 1 closed as follows : 7ee o'clock. —The market 41 per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month 69 20 Credit Mobilier 270 End of month 268 75 Credit Foncier 1470 End of month — - RAILWA' Bank Shares 3160 Ital;an Loan End of month — Mexican Loan 19 50 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred — Account 898 k 11811 930 568 i 5681 Orleans ,.. Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Western Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3781 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 46 Quarters ended June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, 1866 1866 1861 1867 X Customs 5,271,0(0 5,541,000 5,964,000 5,527,000 Exci,e 5 044,000 4,510,000 5,171,000 5,535,000 Stamps Taxes I'roptrLy Tax Yost-ofli e 1 ,0 0 ,000 1,1(11,000 1,140,000 1,100,000 Crown Lands 71,000 7,000 95,000 93,00) Miscellaneous 34,44,61 *053,0.8 6 , 2,9,5 1,087,871 --- Totals ,17,403,c6 - 1 18,411,871 11.—Increase and Decrease in the periods ended March 317 1868, as compared with corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarter ended Mar. Year ended Mar. 31, 1863. 3., 1668. Increase.i Decrease. Increase. Decrease. X X 4 4 Customs Excise Stamps. .. 56,000 121,000 .. Taxes Prop , rty Tax Post-Office __ Cro,%n Lands ) .. filiscdl9.neous _. .. 17f...4,•!97 06 487,146 - - ---- --___ __ Tota's .1,17 ~ 0)0 I 23',2 0 7 1, , 6 ,000 995,349 Net Increase .£136, 703 . _ N et Increase . . _ Tota's ...... Net Increase, Ni ,1,17 ,0)0 I .V 3 6, ,t Increase. ig N e w Zei gland Bon • £l6 ,651 s, £500,000 111.—An Account showing the Revenue and oth e r Receipts of the Quarter ended March 31, 1868, the ap plication of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or deficiency upon such charge : Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con solidated Fund, for the Quarter ended December 31, 1367, viz. : Great Britain Ireland - L 591,221 Income received, as shown in Account I 19,378,574 Amount raised on Account of Fortifications, ac., per Act 28th and 9th Vietoril, Cap. tit 101,000 Amount raised by the issue of Exchequer Bonds, per Act 3 , ./ and 3ist Victoria, cap 31 Amount received in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c. Ditto for New Courts of Justice £z1,717,453 Balance, being the Deficiency on March 31, 130 4 upon the charge of th e C ons olidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Divi dends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to J uae 31, 186 2,253,124 £23,970,577 Deficiency of the Income of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain in the Quarter to December 31, 1867, for the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain for that Quarter (as shown in the prec Aling ac count) X408,9 2 13 Less Amount of Sinking Fund Applie i in Repay ment of Advavees to meet the said 1 ,0 fidency .EL 7 Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser • 37,000 Amount Advanced for New Courts of J us tice • • vices ...................................... 1 ',1 53 , 312 Ditto for Greenwich Hospit a l Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended March 3,, 1868, vi z. : Interest of the P ermanen t Debt £5,212 ,5 37 Terminable Debt Principal of Exche quer Bi l l s I,' 00 Interest of Exche quer Bill s 21,533 Interest ou Adva nces on Account of Deficiency 2,397 The Civil List Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund 462,185 AdvancesforPublicWorks Scc. 413,311 -- 7,329,350 Surplus Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the 490,916 t.tiarter ended Marc. ' 31 , 1863 ...... X ?3,970,577 TIIE OUTRAGE AT SwAvEsEA.---The man Low, convicted at the last assizes for Cambridgeshire, of a mur derous assault and robbery ou Mr. Williams, of Swavesea, in a cart on the road leading from Cambridge to Mr. Williams's residence, has confessed that ho was the culprit. Ho struck Mr. Williams, ho says, with a hedger's hook, and afterwards concealed it. Low, who is 66 years of age, was sentenced to penal servitude for life. --- - HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—On Sunday last an appeal for funds in aid of this charity, b y th e Rev. W. B. M ac k e nzie, at St. James's, Holloway, produced a sum of £37 ls. ld. in the morning and £2B 3s. in the evening, making a total of 465 0, Id. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. `FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, March 31. There are very contradictory reports about the Minis terial Council on Monday. It is known that the various councillors (not merely the Ministers, be it remembered, but the councillors who are summoned whenever there is any special business to be discussed) spent several hours with the Emperor and breakfasted with him. M. Rouher read a report upon the state of public feeling, and a sum mary of the opinions of the prefects. It is understood that the prefects of all the towns except Bordeaux were in favour of having the elections this year, feeling pretty sure of returning Government candidates. As regards the Ministers, it is understood that they were about equally divided—Rouher, Baroche, and Vuitry taking one side, and Magne, Pinard, and Forcada de la Roquette the other. I learn, too, that Persigny, Walewski, and La`Valette were for a dissolution, but that Drouyn de Lhuys was opposed to it. At the time I write it is believed that there will be no dissolution, at all events not for some months. Nevertheless, the Liberal journals are suspicious. The Sie'g'e, for instance, warns its readers to be prepared for anything that may happen, and not allow themselves to be taken unawares by a sudden election, which the Government might resolve upon in the hope that the Opposition would be unprepared with candidates. There are again unsatisfactory rumours with regard to foreign affairs. Various circumstances are pointed to as warlike symptoms. None of them are•worth mentioning except the old chronic symptom of increasing armaments pushed on with great energy. Those who take a gloomy view of the future argue that the Emperor finds his Government so unpopular at home, and that so much opposition is offered to the maintenance of the present huge army without any need for it, that he will force a war in order to act as a diversion. Of course there will never be wanting pretexts when a great military Power like France desires to exhibit its strength. The Danish ques tion, the Eastern question, and the evident intention of Bismarck to Prussianise South Germany, are all avail able. But, after all, Napoleon is not likely to enter upon a war which would be an outrage upon the moral sense of Europe ; nor would he begin one without allies. The Government seem to apprehend fresh disturbances. At Toulouse, where the anti-conscription demonstrations originated, the troops were on Sunday suddenly called out, and although the place was perfectly tranquil, some of the chief streets and the Pont Neuf were occupied and passengers were turned back. In the evening the troops returned to their barrracks. It is said that the Govern. ment feared a demonstration in consequence of the dear ness of provisions. The Avenir National declares that the retirement of M. Duruy, the Minister of Education, is decided upon, and that he will be succeeded by M. Parieu. This paper adds that in clerical circles this is considered "an accomplished fact." The Patric, however, formally denies this. A. report has been presented to the Emperor by the Minister of Agriculture with respect to working-class or ganisations. It favours the development of working-class councils, an inquiry into the operation of the councils of the prud'hommes, modifications of the certificates given to working men, and the abolition of that article of the Civil Code of 1781 which orders that the master shall be be lieved simply upon his affirmation in evidence, as to the payment of wages. Our Minister at Florence has been suddenly summoned to Paris. The reason is not known, but it is supposed to be connected with the withdrawal of our troops from Rome. It is reported that Baron Budberg, who has for many years been Russian Minister here, will shortly cease to be so. Some very important experiments have been made on board Prince Napoleon's yacht with the electric light. They were intended to she w how far a ship could illumi nate her course, so that in the di rkest and foggiest night it would be traceable, and a collision prevented. In ordi nary weather the light can be seen ten miles. With steam vessels it is easy to work the magnets. It has been found possible by a series of mirrors to light the track of the ship without lighting the vessel. This would be important in time of war. An enemy's vessel seeing the light would of course fire at that, with no other effect than fracturing a ray of light, which might beat almost any distance from the ship. The experiments shewed also that it was possible to illuminate the ship suddenly, so as to enable the crew to fire, and then leave it in darkness immediately. For sea signals the value of the light is manifestly great. The markets have been crowded the last few days with persons curious to see the Russian game which is now being sent to Paris. It consists of several birds unknown .in this part of Europe. They are packed in oats, and they travel by rail from St. Petersburg in five days. Of course the cost of carriage is heavy, but then the birds have such a nice flavour, and Parisians are gourmets, though not gourmands. A telegram received at Vienna from the Austrian Ambassador at the Pontifical Court states that the pro positions submitted by the Imperial Government to the Holy See with reference to the revision of the Concordat have been met on all and every point with a decided non. possvmus. It is stated also that the Emperor Francis Joseph has nA yet given his assent to the Civil Marriages Bill, but wishes to have the — opinion of the Hungarian Chambers upon it. The Independence Beige positively denies this, and says that the Emperor merely waits until the two other measures affecting the Concordat are passed, and that he will give his assent to all three simul taneously. News has been received in Paris that an insurrection has taken place at Traustein, in Bavaria, on the meeting of the Landwehr, and of a similar riot having occurred at Frossberg. The cause of these disturbances was the re fusal made by the people to take the oath of allegiance to the King of Prussia. The National Guard refusing to fight, troops were sent for to Munich ; an encounter taok place between the citizens and the gendarmes, many of whom were severely wounded. It is even reported that the Hotel de Ville of Traustein was burnt to the ground by the insurgents. The proposed law against the Jews which had been brought before the Roumanian Legislature has excited universal indignation. The "Israelite Alliance "at Paris addressed the British and Italian Ministers upon the subject, and the following is Lord Lyons's reply :—" The ne ws which you announce to me had already come to the knowledge of the Government of the Queen, who with out fail transmitted to her Majesty's a:fent at Bucharest the necessary instructions. I seize this opportunity to assure you of the interest which the Government of the Queen has in the cause of the Israelite community of Europe,and which I also take in it." The Italian Minister, S. Nigra, writes even more strongly ; he declares that such intolerance is " more than a public scandal." When Jews direct the counsels of Cabinets and the finances of king doms, there is little fear that even the bigoted Moldo- Wallachians will venture to carry out their monstrous intentions. The Ow considers that Eastern Europe is in a danger ous state. It declares that the English Government has proofs of a secret understanding between Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia, 4nd Greece. The Bulgarian Central Committee has issued an incendiary address, calling upon the Bul garians to take up arms, "be it either a musket, or a knife, or an axe, an I rise." They are told that the Sultan will never improve their condition, that England will not come to their assistance, and should " first improve the condition of the Indians and the Irish." "Do not trust in Napoleon 111., he has betrayed the principle of nationality—the proof is the battle of Mentana. Austria is certainly out of the ques tion. Look for help to yourselves and to your brethren. Hold out your hand to the Bosnians, the Thessalians, and the people of Epirus. . . The hour of our national in surrection is at hand. . Else, take up arms, brethren ! Let our war•cry be ' Liberty or death.'" The effect of this proclamation has been that the people in Northern Bul garia have refused to pay the taxes. The Turks begin to pefceive that matters now grow serious. The new proposed loan has caused great dissatisfaction in Spain. It is calculated that in fifteen years the country will pay for interest and the extinction of the debt double the amount she will have received. Meanwhile, it is not surprising that Spain should be embarrassed. With an army of only 100,000 men, she has no fewer than 510 general officers. BOLTON AND THE SUNDAY LIQUOR B ELL. —A. house-to-house canvass has just been made at Bolton by the Temperance Society for the purpose of eliciting the opinion of the inhabitants of the Sunday Liquor Bill. At a public meeting, held at the Town Hall, on Monday; the result of the canvass was set forth. It. was stated that the canvassers had secured the opinions of 9,717 occupiers of houses in Bolton, out of which number 1,557 said that they would not vote at all. There were against the total closing of public-houses, and in favour of the law as it at present stood, 1,783. In favour of closing public-houses for the whole twenty-four hours on the Sabbath they had 6,377 votes. The analysis of the occupations of the voters shewed that amongst professional men there were 10 against the measure, and 170 in favour of it ; in the trading class were 201 against, and 1,071 for; beersellers, 5 for total closing, and 132 against closing; of the working people, 1,471 voted in favour of the present law, and 5,11] went in for shutting public-houses altogether on Sundays. Resolutions were passed expressing satisfaction at the remits of the canvass, and dissatisfaction at the present lAWSlA.thelubiect. REVENUE RETURNS, I.—The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen tioned periods, ending March 31, 1868, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : Year ei March3l,lB6B., .nded i Man.h 31,1867. Customs Exci.e Stamp s Taxes Proper! y Tax PosL-011ice Crown Lands Mace 1 neous Total .... 22,650,009 20,1, 2,000 9,54 , 0 00 3,509,000 6, 77,0 0 4,63; , ,000 545,000 2,586,2 9 69,600,219 22,303,000 20,67 ,, ,000 9,42 ~000 3,46'3,000 5 , 7 4,470,000 330,000 .3,073,50 i C9,431,5j8 Quarte:s ended June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, 31arch 1867 1867 1867 186.5 Customs . . 5,190,000 5,5 2,000 6,1 1, 2,000 5,547,000 Exci-e 5 028,000 4,3 0,000 5,002,000 5,742,000 Slamds Taxes L'l operty Tax I'ost-0111 c 1,15',000 1,200,.00 1,1c0,000 1,100,000 Crown Lands 72,1'00 72,000 11.0,000 101,000 aneous Totals 17.781.9 14, 0 13,740 17,525,9.0) 19,378,574 THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND. The announcement that the Princess of Wales will visit Ireland along with the Prince gives the highest satisfac tion to all classes. It is considered that the Princess is coming over from an earnest desire to see the country, and this will cause her reception to be peculiarly enthusiastic ; it is indeed such a compliment to their native land as Irishmen cannot resist. The statement to the effect that the visit of the Princess is now no longer a matter of doubt, is borne out by certain arrangements that are in progress here. The weather has suddenly become like what might be expected two months hence, and there seems every prospect of a long continuance of it. The city, too, is putting on a holiday aspect. The fronts of all the public buildings and of many private ones are being thoroughly cleansed ; the decorative artists are over whelmed with orders, and on her Royal Highness's first appearance in our streets they will present as gay an appearance as bright bunting and floral wreaths can impart to stone walls. The general public, however--- I mean that large class of her Majesty's lieges who cannot pretend to the entrée of the cathedral--will be greatly disappointed at the very small part of the installation pageant which they are to be permitted to witness. It was understood that the ceremonial would be a reproduction, on a grander scale, of that which took place in 1821, when a foot pro cession of the knights to the cathedral toek place ; and all along the route from the Castle to the cathedral windows have been hired at, in some instances, exorbitant prices. An official note, issued from the Office of Arms, now announces that, on account of the uncertainty of the climate, there will be no foot procession, but that the Prince of Wales, the Lord-Lieutenant, and the Duke of Cambridge will proceed in their State equipages, tscorted by a brilliant military cavalcade, from the Castle to St. Patrick's, where they will join the other knights of the order, who will have previously assembled in the venerable pile. A hasty glimpse of these exalted personages is therefore, according to present arrangements, all that will be afforded to the great majority of the citizens. Post Correspondent. THE IRISH CHURCEI. A meeting, which had been convened by the London Working Men's Association, was held at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, on Tuesday, in support of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions now before the House of Commons for the abolition of the Irish Church Establishment. Mr. George Potter, president of the association, took the chair at eight o'clock. The resolutions adopted were : " 1. That this meeting is of opinion that it is abso lutely necessary that the Irish Church Establishment, opposed as it is to the religious feeling of the great body of the Irish people, should be at once disestablished and dis endowed, and its revenues, after making due provision for life interests, devoted, under the control of Parliament, to promoting the secular interests of the Irish people ; and this meeting is further of opinion that there should be an impartial disendow•ment of all religious bodies in* Ireland. " 2. That this meeting calls upon every Liberal member in the House of Commons to support Mr. Gladstone's resolutions for disestablishing the Irish Church and trusts that the conduct pursued by many professing Liberal members in the last session of Parliament, in re lation to Reform, will not be repeated on the present occasion ; and that this meeting strongly recommends the present and future electors throughout the United King dom to pay particular attention to the division list on the above resolutions. "3. That the following petition be sent from this meeting, signed by the chairman on its behalf, praying the House of Commons to pass the resolutions proposed for its adoption by Mr. Gladstone : " THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE WORKING MEN OF LONDON, IN PUBLIC MEETING ASSEMBLED, " Sheweth,—That your petitioners have heard witn great satisfaction that resolutions are to be moved in your Honourable House having for their object the dis establishment of the Irish State Church, believing, as they do, that those resolutions, if adopted, would redress one of the greatest grievances of which the Irish people complain—the existence of an alien Church, opposed to the religious feelings of the overwhelming majority of the people, and would tend greatly to diminish that large amount of disaffection to English rule now so extensively Prevailing in that long-misgoverned country. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Honourable House to adopt the resolutions proposed. " And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray." The second reading in the House of Lords of the Compulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill is fixed for the 23rd proximo. Mr. Whatman, M.P., has so far recovered from the effects of his recent accident as to be able to attend to his Parliamentary duties. MUNIFICENT DONATION.—Mr. Henry Hopkins, of Tasmania, has contributed the sum of £3,500 to the London MisBionary Society, in addition to £BOO previously given in aid of their funds. ROYAL MUNIFICENCE.—WO learn- that the com mittee for erecting the new wing about to be added to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, has, in reply to a memorial upon the subject, received a prompt subscription from the Queen of £lOO. Trade unionism is shewing itself in its worst aspect in the Wigan district. As our readers are, no doubt, aware, a great number of the colliers of South Lan cashire are out on strike. From time to time men yield to the masters' terms, and those " knobsticks," as they are called, have come in for unionist revenge, carried out in the fashion which it was hoped the late. disclosures would have done something to bring into disrepute even among the " Broadheads "of the various trades. Intimi dation has been employed in the boldest form. The houses of the men at work have been attacked, and bottles filled with some explosive material have been thrown against their windows. So serious, indeed, has the position of affairs become, that it has been deemed necessary to call in the assistance of a body of troops.. The interest throughout the country on the Irish question is manifested by the number of public meetings which are being held. The cry of "No Popery "is rallying many Protestants around the Government, and enthusiastic • assemblies are held to petition for the maintenance of a Protestant Church in Ireland. The union of the " Pro testants " with the Church and State party is becoming marked in several large towns. Meetings at Nottingham and Norwich have adopted petitions againSt Mr. Glad stone's resolutions. Public opinion in Shrewsbury is claimed by both parties. A meeting was convened to favour disendowrnent, and a lecture was given on that side of the question, the lecturer moving that a petition be adopted in favour of the resolutions of Mr. Gladstone. An amendment was proposed by two local clergymen, to the effect that disestablishment was unrighteous, and on being put to the show of hands the majority was claimed by both sides. The chairman decided the amendment was lost. A petition in favour of the Government has also been adopted by a large and enthusiastic meeting at Man chester, one of the speakers declaring that the destruction of the Irish Church would lead to revolution. The leading Liberals of Liverpool have, on the other hand, held a meeting, and declared for: the course adopted by Mr. Gladstone. Scotland, too, is to add her voice in the matter, and a meeting has been convened at Glasgow to pass resolutions against both Catholic endowment and Protestant disestablishment. In the matter of petitions the cry is being raised that signatures are dishonestly obtained. " A Wesleyan Minister" writes :- " In one village the schoolmaster em ployed by the clergyman gave to persons who asked the meaning of the petition the reply that the Romanists of Ireland were rising to put down the Protestant Church, and that the petition was to prevent that calamity.' In this way signatures of Wesleyans and other Nonconfor mists have been gained." The same objection may be raised with more or less force against all petitions which are largely signed, and they are beginning to have less weight in consequence. Mr. Hepworth Dixon, in a recent address on the ballot, declaimed vigorously against the Bribery Bill of the Government. It had been made, he said, to look like an honest measure, while it had been framed in such a way as to make agencies of corruption work with less of fiction and scandal, so that in future elections the bribery would hardly be seen and the intimidation scarcely felt. It was a form of putting off things and an evasion ; it settled and it inaugurated nothing ; it was a bill against time—and it would help to waste a session. After this denunciation the lecturer maintained that the ballot was the only way to allow freedom of voting. All other nations except Turkey adopted that manner of voting. Why should we be without it? The rating clauses of the Reform Act are still being protested against. Clerkenwell, under the guidance of Mr. Beaks, now adds her voice to the general complaint. Scotland-yard is determined not to allow these meetings to be dangerous, so a large number of policemen, in cluding an inspector, are sent.to keep the crowd in order. At the last meeting the inspector is said to have allowed his contempt for " those Reform League fellows" to break forth unrestrainedly, and " the lazy set who never worked for their living " were spoken of in nomeasured terms. All, however, appears to have passed off quietly. Mr. Alderman Lusk sent a letter to the meeting, in which he promised that he would spare no effort to allow the work ing man to enjoy his vote without either let or hindrance. Resolutions condemning the rating clauses were passel mclaalotipi Trantto rtu k r HER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, March 31. The Queen drove out this morning, and visited the sudio of the late Baron Marochetti, accompanied by Princess Louise. Her Majesty afterwards drove to the South Ken sington Museum. In the afternoon her Majesty drove out in a car riage and four, accompanied by Princess Christian. The Princess of Wales drove out, att ended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. Her Royal Ifghness Princess Beatrice, Lady Caroline Barrington, Colonel Du Platt, and suite, hon oured the performanaes at the Theate Royal Adelphi last evening. .11AGAZINE-DAY. BLACKWOOD.—The contents of Maga for April are more than usually attractive. Leading off with a brilliant and scholarly paper upon Horace—to which we shall immediately revert after we have numbered up the titles of the other articles in this current number of Ebony for April—a paper in which the causes of his popularity are with the subtlest appreciation of the few rare demerits, no less than of the many (in another sense) far rarer excellencies of the peerless lyrist, are exquisitely de fined, Blackwood comprises within the compass of this instalment for April half a dozen more or less remarkable contributions. Irrespectively, that is to say, of another of those comical effusions in verse, penned, or we are very much mistaken, by the fugitive metrical satirist who has recently dubbed himself "An Old Contributor." This new Song, with an old-fashioned refrain (" Derry Down" to wit) has relation, by the way, to " The New Nostrum for Ireland." Reverting to the other—the prose contributions to Blackwood for April—there is, to begin with, another, the seventh part of the current serial story, " Linda Tressel." Mere is another, the second, Historical Sketch of the Reign of George 11. —this time a sketch of " The Minister." There is in this number, also, a. paper that all the readers of Blackwood will turn to with melancholy yet pleasurable emotion, the paper relating, we mean, to the career, the gifts, and the various literary achievements of one among the most brilliant of the Blackwood writers, the Poet of the " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers," the hu morous Beaumont, to the Fletcher of Theodore Martin, in the fabrication of those comical Ballads of Bon Gualtier, the joint translator with Theodore Martin of the Poems of Gothe, the author of Norman Sinclair," in one word—Aytoun Here, again, is Cornelius O'Dowd—meaning, in other and plainer terms, Charles Lever, at his best, at his very best, not simply in mufti, but in his dressin g-gown and slippers. Besides all this—there is a delightful paper on " Charles Kean and the Modern Stage." And— to wind up with—there is a slashing " political," hammering right and left at MacCallum More and the Leader of the Opposition, at Mr. Bright and Earl Russell, at Mr. Maguire, and at Mr. Horsman, as well as at others whose names it w ere unnecessary here to particularize—this clos ing contribution to the number being significantly entitled " The Battle for Place." As lifting us out of the din of party contests, however, the opening paper of the number possesses for ourselves a far superior attraction, and, to some passing consideration of its contents, therefore, we were gladly revert. It is all the more noticeable, moreover, as a contribution to Blackwood, by reason of its being, avowedly, only the prelude or precursor to other and kindred contributions from the same hand. " Horace : the Causes of his Popularity," as we have already said, is its title. But, itnme liately beneath that title, are these words —" To be followed by specimens of a new transla tion of his Odes "—a promise reiterated by the writer at the close of his remarks, where he observes —" Some translations of the Odes, composed upon i,his principle, will be given in a subsequent number.' If only the metrical versions, thus promised, be in any way worthy of the critic's capacity as that is evidenced throughout this charming contribution in commemoration of Horace, but more especially in commemoration of his Odes —it is to be hoped that we may have not merely " Some" of them, but All of them—at last—in some degree adequately trans lated. Setting forth with the remark that Horace remains unexcelled in that special gift of genius, which critics define by the name of " charm" —this latest and certainly not least among the critics of Horace refers delightfully to those fragments of his verse that all of us know by heart, as perpetually " applying themselves to varieties of incident and circumstance with the felicitous supple ness of proverbs." By implication—later on—he de fines the perfection of the Horatian Odes to their " concentrating the rays of poetry into the com pactness and solidity of imperishable gems." Horace himself—now Epicurean, now Stoic—he defines elsewhere as the poet of Eclecticism. He speaks of him as having won for himself what has never been conceded to any other poet—the cheerful and willing admiration of men of the world. He regarda him as peerless among all lyrical poets, as the representative of civilisation. A fact which the critic attributes less to the easy good nature of his philosophy or the liveliness of his wit, than to that indefinable air of good breeding which is among all Horace's attributes—his especially. It is in re lation to this that the writer in Blackwood speaks of him afterwards as commanding supreme rank in that high class of gentlemen—thoroughbred authors. Added to all which, as is here well said, he enjoys in all - civilised countries, and in all civilised times " that degree of personal affection which few writers have the happiness to inspire." Altogether this graceful paper on Horace is a charming morsel of scholarly criticism, and one that awakens in our mind an eagerly anticipative zest for the promised translations. SAINT PAULS.—The Editor's story about " Phineas Finn" advances pleasantly enough, so far as the reader's satisfaction is concerned. The Hero of the tale, however, all but breaks down in his maiden speech in the House, and Lord Chiltern comes to grief, with a broken collar bone and a few fractured ribs, while out hunting. The number is otherwise remarkable, for inasmuch as it contains, for the first time, a second illustration—another of Thomas's admirable sketches, one devoted here to the embel lishment of " All for Greed." Among the miscellane ous papers there is a notice of " Spiritual Wives," in the which, to employ a slang phrase of the day, a slating is administered to the author of " New Am erica. " It is authentically asserted that the Emperor Francis Joseph conferred, on the 27th, at Pesth, with Prince Auersperg and Ritter von Hamer respecting the marriage law. His Majesty is also said to have demanded the opinion of the Hungarian Ministry on the question. The Emperor's decision is still in abeyance. According to a telegraphic despatch received at Vienna, the propositions submitted to the Papal See by th a Austrian Ambassador, Count Crivelli, with reference t o the revision of the Concordat, have been met on all and e very point with a decided non possumus. FATAL WRECK.—The brig Selina, of Cardiff, with silver ore and coal, was wrecked inside a group of danger ous rocks known as the Stags, about a mile from the L izard Lighthouses, on Friday night. Cries for assistance were heard, and the lifeboat was promptly put out. Two men were found clinging to a spur, and wore saved. The rest of the crew bad perished when the vessel went down. THE LUTON MURDERER.—At 8 o'clock yester day morning William Worsloy was hanged in front of the county gaol Bedford, in presence of about 1,000 people, fo r the murder of William Bradbury, at Lutho. PRESENTS TO SUIT EVERY PURPOSE, TASTE, AND POCKET AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—Photographic Albums a choice of 3,000; despatch boxes, writing cases, dressing cases, travelling bags, envelope cases, blotting books, ink stands, desks, book slides, work boxes, tea caddies, hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, &c.'; cigar cases, card baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Ser. vices, in every type. Parkins and Gotto, 25, Oxford• street. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new ikucl hob, cmamunat ups a, maid sale.--florr.) busine The auvanc Corr The are qu the N Cents. 1141- ; .A.tl retnail Bonds III...• Th the I Th speci £9,0 how( whic marl Indi, babl Bilve dolla the dine prov arriv porti little M way of I of It Gov 2d i coin .Ir. nou Fut Loa ape 13 pe Nev Nov Ani ESC Ban E