The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-30 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, and until further notice, will be per formed a new and original Farce, by R. Raece, Esq., en titled HON EYDOVE'S TROUBLES. Characters by Messrs. Jos•-ph Irving, C. Warner, J. Morris; Mes dames Kate Ifarfleur and E. Melville. After which will be performed the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FAW FEE FO Fiat; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer. Due notice will be given of the re-appearance of Mr. Phelps in the character of Dr. Cantwell in THE HYPOCRITE. Doors open at half-past six, the performance to com mence at seven o'clock. Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur day until Feb. 15. HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. AA Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLIJB. Mr. Orion,o Mr. Braid, Mrs. Chippendale, &C. To be followed by A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothern, euckstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &c., and Robinson. After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE ISRPIAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Weathersby, Johnson, &c.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, &c. r lIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. EVENINtI, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 3, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Pechter :11.,t appearance here), Mr. Killington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. 0. P.clmore. Mr. C. J. Smith, und Mr. Benjamin We')ster: Miss Carlotta Leclerc(' (her ,31st appearance), Mr, Alfr,l Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &C. . Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last Nights. EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. 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MGR WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE. THIS PAT. —Morning - , 511. 20m.—Afternoon, sh. 38m To-Moßitow.-Morning, sb. 56m.—Afternoon, 6b.-16m. $0) ••qR ets rt.-?-7L1f4.4p•-i:t I/ II - LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 1868. Mr. MILNER GIBSON has been addressing his constituents at some length, and dilating upon Past, present, and future politics. Such a task at this time is by no means a pleasant one, and the right hon. gentleman had a long catalogue of horrors to make mention of, commencing with the commercial depression in commercial affairs, which prevails to such an unfortunate extent. We believe, however, with him, that " British industry stands upon solid foundations, and has a grand future before it." Regarding our trade with Europe there is an increased activity to notice, and the French Treaty has worked well on the whole, but with America things are not so good. Mr. GIB SON has some peculiar views of his own regarding these matters, and it is to be questioned if these doctrines of his somewhat exclusive school would be in accordance with the spirit which should re gulate the affairs of this great country. It is very well to make what profit we can out of these transactions, but there is something beyond profit in our relations with others, and also British America and the colonies. Mr. GIBSON thinks that it was a great success in our policy not to have stipulated that when self-govern ment was granted to our colonies we should h_►ve freedom of exchange, but that would not have been at all the right thing to do, and very likely in the end might have defeated its own object, as sel fish attempts often do. It is amusing to follow Mr. GIBSON through his summary of the political situa tion of last year, and his mingled indignation and satire make this passage of his discourse both ex citing and interesting. Thus be commences by expressing his well-feigned astonishment at what he has seen. England has been ruled by an Admi nistration that is confessedly in a minority, and the Parliamentary system is " out of joint." What a sad change is this from the good old times when all went smoothly as a marriage bell, and the Conser vatives remained in their proper places, in the cold shade of Opposition, and the Liberals had all the gain to themselves, and talked of what they rmild do without ever putting their professions into prac tice. Impartial observers may say that the gain of the community at large ought to rank higher than the mere gratificAtion of a particular party, but it is not to be expected that the disap pointed members of that party will agree to such a thing, and hence it is not to be wondered at that we find Mr. GIBSON animad verting upon the course pursued by his political opponents, in " taking a retainer" from both sides, and so on, and hinting that Reform had been a godsend to the Tories, for it had put them in office and was now retaining them in it. The right hon. gentleman tried to show how much more had been done by his " excellent friend" Mr. BRIGHT in the way of teaching Reform to the ignorant than by the " great schoolmaster," Mr. DISRAELI. " But," exclaimed he, " after all, what have we got by this Reform Bill ?" And forthwith he went on to show that the personal payment of rates was unnecessary, and that the county franchise had been unsatisfactorily settled, that representation of minorities was a political conun drum and, finally, it seemed that the chief work of next session would be to undo what had been done in this. Education was, of course, referred to in this speech, and Mr. GIBSON announced his desire for a full education if possible, and to support this he would levy a rate upon all classes, and he favour secular schools. As for Ireland, Mr. GIBSON fore , sees a good many desirable reforms in that country, and he favoured his hearers with his views on Fe nianism. He believes that it is to a great extent " some of the bitter fruit that we are obliged to partake of in consequence of the unfortunate course which the great body of the upper classes of this country took in reference to the American civil war." After this definition it is some relief to find the right hon. gentleman himself admit that perhaps they may think his views are a little eccentric. Really for a politician who professes so great a de votion to free principles it is somewhat singu lar to find so arbitrary a line laid down. We are not to be allowed to think as we like. It was an unfortunate mistake that we made in venturing to let our opinions be known, and the consequence is that we have brought Fenianism upon us in all its horrors. Of course we all knew the opinions which Mr. GIBSON and his friends entertained in this matter, but we were certainly not prepared for this extra ordinary view of the question respecting the country at large. As for the arbitration question, he thinks that we must wait for two new Governments to settle it satisfactorily; and with this exhilarating notion he takes leave of his constituents. The two Houses of the A►nerican Congress find it seetniugly as difficult to agree with each other as with other people. The latest difference of opinion has arisen with respect to the finances. The action of the Senate, with regard to the contraction of the currency, has not satisfied the Rouse of Represen tatives, who have sent back their bill. The Senate repealed the authority of the Financial Secretary instead of suspending it, as the lower Ilouse had done. The Finance Committee of the Senate has reported the bill re-enacting the Legal 'render Act, so that financial questions are attracting a good deal of attention. If the members of Congress really wish to improve the situation, however, they have a much easier way before them than di rect financial legislation. If they would show a le more temperance and discretion in their poli- tical dealings there would be fewer of these violent crises, and the consequent disturbance in Wall street or the New York gold-rooms. One or two acts on the part of Congress, like the forced re instatement of GRANT, and the bill subverting civil government in the South, will undo a whole twelve month of careful scheming. The effect produced by these mischievous measures has been quickly seen in the fluctuations of the gold premium, which went up and down three and four per cent. in a day. Every movement of JOHNSON, GRANT, and STANTON was reported by telegraph, and interested parties were ready at all the principal cities to turn the news to account. As is usual in such times of general excitement there were plenty whose busi ness it was to make bad worse, and who outdid each other in the number and ingenuity of their reports and inventions. As it is difficult for the most experienced politicians to foretel the action of the Radical leaders, to put a limit to their assump tion, or to say what influence will restrain them or what authority they will respect, we can hardly blame the credulity of those who put faith in these manufactured rumours. It indicate a very un sound and unsatisfactory state of public feeling, however, that so little confidence should be placed in the acts and intentions of the Legislature and the Executive. STANTON is, according to the latest news, exer cising the functions of his office, and holding the necessary official intercourse with his colleagues, with the exception of the PRESIDENT, by whom he has not been officially recognised. The military inter ference with civil rights goes on southwards. Judge Woop'sC ourt, atSelm a, Alabam a,h as been suppressed by military authority on account of the judge's re fusal to recognise negro jurors. The Judge was no doubt in error, and the admission of negroes to juries is an important point, but the forcible sup pression of a civil court by military authority is an outrage on the liberties of the people. The re moval of the Judge by the Supreme Court would have been far more in accordance with constitu tional law if any active measures were necessary. Another act of the kind has been committed in Georgia. General MEADE has removed the Con troller of the State, and has appointed a military successor: It is no wonder if in face of such proceedings the financial atmosphere is disturbed. Who can feel confidence or security in the prosperity of a country in which law and tradition are alike set at nought, and the guaran tees of popular liberty are disposed of without hesi tation ? The official Report on the Sheffield Trades Union outrages is sure to engage attention at this juncture, and no doubt many persons will peruse its details with interest. There are sixty Trades Unions in Sheffield, of which twelve have promoted outrages during the past year. On the other side, during the last ten years no act of intimidation or wrong has been promoted or connived at by the em ployers. The year 1859 was the one in which the greatest number of outrages occurred, and since that period the number has been less frequent. No observations are made in the Report upon the general policy of the unions, because it is said that these matters are at present under the consideration of the Royal Commissioners ; but it is stated that had it not been for the " indemnity" view of the question, they do not believe that the facts touching upon the crimes committed would have been elicited at all, and hence they have granted certificates to all those witnesses who were willing to make " full disclosures" of all the offences they bad been concerned in. We think that this was by far the wisest thing to do under the circumstances of the case ; it was impossible to undo the past, and all tha a t remained e was to endeavour to improve the future, and this could be effected only by arriving at knowledge of events. It is impossible to look at this must Report b without e clone in order feeling convinced to p put ta decisivethe p n e w s t e fi ni n a d un the er facts s titi p o t n it of be th fo e r s e e o u u s tr i a n ges t . be Il s r i h m e they need no comment indeed, for they speak for themselves, and demand a remedy. The house of a non-unionist is blown up, shockingly burning his wife and killing another woman, and this 4 , diabolical outrage is concocted by members of a Union and paid for out of its funds, the accounts being ' cooked' in order to conceal the fact." Another instance is given of a man being brutally assaulted for taking work during a strike, and the accounts being destroyed to conceal the circumstance of the five pounds paid for the " job." Surely there cannot be two opi nions as to the necessity of such things being perpetuated in a Chri s ti an country, an such tyranny exercised among a community of freemen. The best friends and the truest friends to the working men will tell them to have nothing to do with such insidious advisers as those who would go on after this fashion to carry out their particular views; and we hope that the day is not far distant which will see the end of this oppres sive system, in its present form at any rate. However great the general discontent with the vagaries of the weather, and however inconvenient the excessive rainfall of the last few weeks has been for business purposes, there is one thing very appa rent, and that is the improvement in the public health. King Frost finds out all our weak places ; he is an enemy whose assaults on the citadel of life need strong soldiers and plenty of ammunition to repulse him. The aged, the very young, the infirm, the weakly, and the invalid are powerless against him, and even the naturally robust and the middle aged find it hard to face him without a good supply of food ar.d clothing, and warmth within and without. A few hours' exposure to a frosty morning, an excursion carried out in the teeth of a biting wind may be bracing and exhilarating to the well-dressed traveller in his furs and greatcoat, but that same frosty wind pierces through the thin shawl or the ragged shirt, and grows intolerable when endured hour after hour, as some have to bear it. Without going down to the absolutely houseless and starving, there are many whose daily work compels them to remain in the open air—policemen, postmen, rail way officials, and workmen, besides many others who are never thought of by those who rejoice over " fine seasonable weather." No doubt we have to thank King Frost for a good deal of useful service, and should find ourselves in a worse case without him, bat a week or two of extreme severity is infallibly reflected iu the death rates. The old tradition about a mild winter is not borne out by modern science. On the contrary, the " cold wave' in the atmosphere produces for the time being the effect of au epidemic. So soon as the severe weather passes by the tables of mortality diminish, and the difference may be very clearly seen by any one who takes the trouble to compare the Registrar- General's returns for Jan., 1867, with those of 1868. In the week ending last Saturday there were 321 deaths less than the estimated average. The rates of mortality for London, Leeds, and Hull were only 23 in the 1,000. Those of Liverpool, Dublin, and Manchester were respectively-32,37, and 38. Should not this discrepancy attract the attention of our sa reformers ? nitar: MISSING SHIP.—The Vienna sailed from Ham burg for Leith, on the 30th of November, and has not since been heard of. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1868. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29. The press prosecutions have produced some of the oddest results. The ten journals are decidedly more inte. resting than they ever were before. As they are forbidden to summarise the debates, they either abstain wholly from comments, or paraphrase them in the most roundabout and amusing way. The Debats, for instance, reports that a debate took place in a large city in the 48th parallel of latitude. But it does not (Heaven forbid it should) venture to mention the speakers' names. The Avenir National says : " During the appeal we cannot judge, discuss, or appreciate'. the debates without exposing ourselves to new trials and fresh condemnations ; we have therefore re solved not to occupy ourselves with what is said and done in the Senate or the Corps L6gislatif. The other con demned journals, we believe, will take the same resolution." Notwithstanding this announcement, the Siecle and some of the other journals give an " appreciation." The military law has passed the Senate by 120 votes to 1. Dare we say, asks the Temps, that the single dissident was M. Michel Chevalier ? That was, I believe, the fact : the economist bravely voted and spoke against the project. The only noticeable thing in the debate was, that several of the senators pretended to fear that a million and a quarter of armed men would be insufficient to defend France. The Etendard contradicts the International for saying that the prefects had reported the repugnance of the people to the new law. According to the Etcndard, it was known that the law had been well received. I can only say that sources of information must be open to the Government of which ordinary mortals never dream. Apropos of the new loan, La Gironde reminds us that this is the tenth loan in sixteen years, and that seven of these loans have been raised in times of peace. The total amount of the whole is three milliards. To these extra ordinary resources, however, we must add the indemnities from Italy, China, Cochin China, the old debt of Spain;and an increase of taxation amounting to over 70 millions. I have previously mentioned the electoral contest at Lille. A most curious libel has been brought against the Opposition candidate by the organ of the Prefect du Nord. It is that English money is being sent to pay for his elec tion expenses. The passage runs thus :—" Everybody knows that English money furnished by English manufac turers is being contributed in considerable sums to defray the expense of the candidature of 31. Gary Legrand." The point of this is that Lille is a manufacturing town protest ing against English competition, and therefore nothing could answer the purpose better than to insinuate that M. Wry Legrand is coming forward in English interests. The accusation is more than absurd ; it is infamous. Three Italian bandits have just been executed at Mar seilles. It is stated that the incredible number of 150,000 persons were present at the execution. A letter in the Etendai'd states authoritatively that the Pope has decided to be taw the cardinal's hat on Mgr. Borromeo. The nomination of Mgr. Chigi, Lucien Buena parte, and Mgr. Darboy are said to be equally certain. The late Due des Cars left, it seems, four volumes of themoirs. Acting on Pope's principle, " For what I have printed I can only hope to be forgiven, for what I have burnt I deserve to be praised," the duke requested that his memoirs should be burnt, and his wish has been fulfilled. It is said the French loan will not be out for a month at least. The French Senate has, of course, passed the military law by 125 out of 126 votes. The single dissentient was, it is believed, Michel Chevalier, the friend of Cobden. The catastrophe whichhas just happened at Naples shews how terribly that large city is exposed by its proximity to Vesuvius. The telegrams published in the foreign papers make no mention of the omnibus said to have been buried. They state that three houses were overwhelmed by the fall of the hill, and other serious damage inflicted. The small hill in question overhangs the quarter Sainte- Lucie, and the catastrophe seems to have been a sort o" landslip. The event caused immense excitement in the city. The Duke of Aosta and the authorities were early at the scene of the disaster. The response of King William to the Catholics of rrussia, has given the utmost satisfaction at Rome. The Journal de Rome recites this response side by side with the resolutions of the University of Munster in favour of the Pope, the offerings being received at Rome, and the ad dress of Munich to the King of Bavaria, as a consolation to his Holiness " for the sacrilege of senseless and ungrate• ful sons." It appears that the Itammergericht of Berlin, in annuling the sentence of two years' imprisonment passed on Herr Twesten, substituted a penalty of 300 dialers (£45 English), or, in default, four months' i m prisonment. This it did, however, under a sort of pretest. The court maintained that the deputies were protected by the constitution against any prosecution for their langung. in Parliament, but, being compelled to bow to the decision of the court above, they had no alternative but to impose the fine. Austria has contented her Polish subjects ; Russia prefers to expatriate them. But this is not all. The Court of St Petersburg is chagrined with the consideration shown by Francis Joseph towards his Polish subjects. At the grand imperial banquet the other day at Vienna, the Polish dele gates were invited to appear in their national costume, and the eclat of this ceremony is not caviare to the Russians. The Inralide Russe persists in regretting that " her brother Sclaves of Bohemia and Croatia are oppressed by the system of M. Beust." This is part of the Pan-Sclave pro. pagandism, but Russian envy is not likely to check the progress and unification of Austria. The Times Berlin correspondent reports that 160 of the sequestrated estates of Polish noblemen have at last been dis posed of by auction. Until the Russian Government took upon themselves to force the sale of the lands at public auction and permitted others than the Sclavo-orthodox to bid for them, it was impossible to find purchasers, although the Government had set apart 250,000 roubles a year to assist the investors. The roles held together, and the orthodox were afraid to buy. Even the Land Credit Company, to whom the fund was e ntrusted, declined the task of expa triating the Poles who could not be sent to Siberia. e o s h a sncdh Germansi 1d s m a y h f a r The lands now sold have p assed at merely nomina l values into the hands of w v o me been e h e e n sa ßaltic n c provinces. At present t he e j ected l andlords have n o alter native but submission to these cr uel measures, against which even thetßussian C onservativ e party, to thei r h onour , protest. It is suppose d that the lo an just made t o th e t L io a n n e d d C o r n ed c i o t n C d o it na io p ni t Company y la by Rt part of the funds shall be applied to this p r ocess of ejectment. So far GOO est a t es are confis catedout of 50,000 in the province. The process must be repeated fifty times over to alienate the present land owners, and then, i nstead of Ru ssifyin" the country, it it will have replaced Poles b y ano ther variety of s u bj ec t foreigners. A telegram from Constantinople, published in the Con tinental papers, states that a more liberal policy is to ho applied to Crete. The suburbs of Constantinople are to be erected into a separate jurisdiction, in which a number of Christians have been appointed to hold official positions. Thus Western ideas progress at the Porte. Will p,e es . sity at last regenerate Turkey as it has done Austria The Telegraph has reason to believe that the post vacated by the resignation of Sir John Rolt as one of the Lord s Justices of the Court of Appeal in Chancery, has been offered to Sir Roundell Palmer. This is an offer which reflects the highest credit on the Prime Minister. In the e u a n r d s e f l o l Palmer t h v e o t e e x d a m w i p t l h e t e h a r e l i c e r o n p s a e r r t v o a t f v ts career btit of S l i a r t e R 3 o , of Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Cardwell, and other leading Peelites, in joining the Liberal party. He was Solicitor and Attorney General in th e G overnments o f L or d P a l mers ton and Earl Ru sse ll , and since the Liberals have b e en in opposition has a c t e d in every inStance with Mr. Gladstone. His appointment t o t h e C our t o f Appe a l wou ld give the high es t satisfaction to the profession ; and, decisionsconfidence f o with th a L t Or t d rib C u a n i Cairns s ad would Sir command Roundell the public. th P e a e lm nt e i r re the Mr. Butler-Johnstone, II.P. returns in the Morning Post to the subject o f Ireland and announces himself as an advocate of the doctrine of races. People seem to regard race, he says, as an unknown quantity, and a very small one, in political matters. Mr. Johnstone, however, insists that this unknown quantity, this x of race, is a very potent factor; and declares that every study of history must proceed on the basis of the most attentive study of its laws. Applying this principle to Ireland, the hon. member maintains that " we can never expect to lick the Celt into a Saxon ;" in spite o f a ll we do or can do, the Celt will most p rovokingly remain a Celt, and no amount of material i ncu b at i on will change the duckling into a chicken. I re l an d' s discontent, he contends, is not without the solid basi s o f a substantial grievance, for her wants are legislated f or i n an assembly the great majority which are i gnorant of her peculiar character andrequire ments.s. of i To obviate all these difficulties Mr. Butler-Johnstone proposes a local Legislature sitting in Dublin, consisting of representatives elected to serve also in the Imperial Parliament. He would abolish the present Viceregal Court, and app o i n t a prince of royal bl oo d as p er petual " Prince of Ireland." Further, he would offer a g e neral amnesty for all political offences ; and he thinks that if these were all "given in a lump," it would convert the Irish into a loyal people. The Rev. W. K. Macrorie, incumbent of Accrington and Bishop-elect of Maritzburgh, writes to the Daily News to say that it was never contemplated that the consecra tion should take place at Accrington, the Bishop of Cape town having from the first disclaimed any intention of performing any service in an English diocese without the fun concurrence of the archbishop of the province and the I.l'shop of the diocese. LATEST INTELL EGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSRTIA AND HUNGARY. VIENNA, Jan. 30. At the sitting of the Hungarian delegation yes terday, Herr Ghiczy addressed a series of interpel lations to the representatives of the Government. He asked why the common Ministry illegally styled themselves " Ministry of the Empire ?" why equality of both countries in the formation of the Ministry had not been observed? and why a War Minister had been included in the Cabinet, although no provision for that post was made by the bill ? Herr Kerkapoly, of the Deak party, also put the question with regard to the assumption of the Ministry of the Empire, and asked when the latter would enter into Parliamentary relations with the Hungarian delegation. Count Ladislaus Tsaky was then elected Vice- President, and Herren Rainer and Kerkaroly Sec retaries of the Delegation. The President, placing the consideration of the Budget for common affairs upon the order of the day for after to-morrow, Herr Ghiczy stated that he and his friends would not take part in the dis cussion of the Budget until his questions had been answered. Count Andrassy, the Minister President of the Hungarian Cabinet, declared this course would be wrong, inasmuch as time must be allowed the com mon Ministry to prepare its replies. FRANCE. BOURSE, JAN. 29.—Quotations rather higher. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 6B 45 Mexican Loan ... 16 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... 170 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1375 Home Debt 34 End.of m0nth...1375 50 Deferred — RAILWAYS. Account Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 5lO Western Eastern • • 5381 Sardinian Austrian . Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 45 5111 350 THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. Although the president of the Cambridge Uni versity Boat Club last autumn called out, according to custom, the pair of •' trial.eights" from which the crew is usually selected for the race with the rival University at Putney, Cambridge has given no other indication of seriously renewing the con- test, and there are now rumours that, after all, no challenge will be issued. We hope there is no truth in this report. Although so often de feated in this competition, nobody can say that the Cambridge men have, in any sense, been disgraced. They had the better crew for three miles in 1865, for three and a half in 1866, and were only half a length "to the bad " last year. A marked and growing improvement is visible in their performances, and there is every encouragement for the future. It is, no doubt, a misfortune that one of the best and most experienced oarsmen avail able for the Putney crew is disabled jay ill-health, and has been forbidden by the doctors to row again. But there is no reason to despair of supplying his place, and the trial eights at Ely, though rough enough, no doubt, were not deficient in the mate rials of a good crew, and there is still sufficient time for careful training and practice. That the shallow and sluggish waters of the Cam place the Cantabs at a disadvantage in competing on the Thames with Oxonians, whose stream is more akin in character to that upon which the race has to be rowed, can hardly be disputed. It is certainly true that the successes of the Cambridge were achieved in the days of heavy boats, and that since keelless eights and Newcastle oars came into fashion fortune has gone persistently against them. The significance of this coincidence cannot be ignored. That sLarp " catch" which is essential in the case of the present style of light boats is quite out o'f place on shallow water, and when the Cambridge men transfer their boat from the Cam to the Thames they are put out by finding that it is only half the weight to which they were accustomed. For 'these reasons it is now suggested that the scene of the annual race should be removed to the reaches of Ely, and, of course, even this would be better than abandoning the traditional competition, which we hope in some way or other will yet be arranged. In any case, the year will not close without a Uni versity boat race, for the students of Harvard College (Boston), United States, stimulated, no doubt, by the successes of the Canadian four at Paris in July last, have intimated their wish to send a challenge to Oxford to row an eight-oared race. The American collegians volunteer to come to Eng land for the purpose, and select September as the date of contest, the earliest period at which they can arrive after the vacation, with due rest and practice after landing. They stipulate for a " three mile course," which can be easily found, and "straight," which will be an impossibility in Eng land. They also claim the right of using or dispensing with the ser v i ces o f a coxswa i n, a t pleasure. The latter condition will cause, no doubt, come variation in the tactics of the Eng lish rowers ; but surely what the Americans can do our amateurs can do also ? Novel though the system of steering by the bow oar may be at first, it can be as easily learnt by men used, as so many of our University oarsmen are, to sculling-boat and pair-oar practice, without the aid of a steerer, as by the undergraduates of Harvard, who, without the aid of early school rowing and experience, such as Eton, Radley, and Westminster offer to a large proportion of our University rowers, cannot have been upon the river for more than two years apiece on an average. The time of the proposed race is awkward, but if the Amateurs cross the ocean to us we must not grudge some concession on our side. The challenge ought certainly to be received in a conciliatory spirit on this side of the Atlantic. Pall-Mall Gazette. • TIIE ANNUITY-TAX AT EDINBUEGII.—In the Town Council, on Tuesday, a new movement was begun for the abolition of the tax levied on the inhabitants of the royalty for the support of the city clergy. Mr. Greig said that several things had been done to lighten the tax, but the sting still remained, and nothing could be regarded as a settlement of the question except the entire abolition of the tax. Mr. llowden suggested that a fund should be raised by subscription to secure one-half of the present stipends, and as there were 13 fine churches free of debt, the remainder of the stipends could be raised by the seat rents, with the addition of £2,000 a year derived from Leith. After a discussion, a motion to enter into communication with Mr. D. 31`Laren, M.P., and the Lord Advocate, and to take steps for the entire aboli tion of the tax, was carried by a majority of seven against a motion to lay the matter before the Lord Advocate alone. THE EYE SALMON FISIIEHT.—..A. general meeting of the conservators of the Exe district has just been held at the Castle of Exeter, R. Sanders, Esq., presiding. A lengthy report from Mr. Frank Buckland, Inspector of Fisheries, was read. It was to the effect that he had re cently inspected the River Exe, in company with Mr. Ford (the hon. secretary), Mr. R. Sanders, and other gentleman, and he was much pleased with the pass at James Weir, but still it was far from being perfect. He suggested that the ladder there should be formed into a series of pools, so as to impede the velocity of the water, and thus give the salmon three resting places, instead of a long rush which they could not surmount. He should bo willing to super intend this alteration next suminer. At 'Prow's Weir a plank should he fastened in a diagonal direction across the face of the weir, so as to concentrate the water and g iv e the fish a sufficient depth to use their fins and swim. He also recommended several material improvements at Black Aller Weir, Cowley Bridgp, and other places. He was much pleased with the efforts made by the Bard of Con servators, but these efforts, however laudable on the part of these gentlemen, could not obtain final success unless energetically supported by the powerful co -operation of the Town Council of the city of Exeter. MOTTO FOR THE DIARRIED.—Never dis-pair.— Punch. THE SECOND E2.IIPIRZ (nom A CORRESPONDENT.) IT is iiCli'nearly twenty years since tho Lek tines of Prance were committed jo7llNa.r o imoN lII.' The one concern o f hi s reign' seems to kayo been to make her invulnerable. During half a ' generation the Empire has contributed a larger . quota of its means for defensive purposes than Royalty ever did under the BOURBONS, and peace has cost more under the Second Empire than the sixteen years of war which terminated at Waterloo cost under the First Emperor. If ever the existence and honour of France were safe it ought to be now ; and yet M. MAGNE tells the EMPEROR, in a pleasant, jaunty way, that this is not the case, and that 187,000,000 f. are imme diately necessary to protect them. Everyone will admit that the security of the country must be placed beyond question ; it is the first necessity of the nation. Even at the present sad time, when severe distress reigns in every department ' • when money spent up on p u bli c wor k s, upon the un finished network of railroads, upon the telegraphs, upon the ch,cmins tic:matt; upon education, and even in feeding and clothing the poor and the wretched, would be better spent than in casting cannon and in rebuilding ships of war—yet even at such a time, if France is in danger, she must be pro tected, Who intends to invade France ? Can it be that Sir JOHN PAKINGTON is anxious to see whether Chassepots or Sniders can do the greatest wonders ? Is VICTOR EMMANUEL in a position to avenge Mentana ? Does Prussia mean to justify her German leadership by recovering Alsace, or by a rectification west of the Rhine ? Or is ALEXANDER 11. preparing to repeat the exploit of his namesake by bringing his Cossacks again to Paris ? If none of these things is likely to happen, why did NI. MAGNE ask for 187,000,000 francs, the equivalent of seven millions and a half sterling, for the defence of the country and the national honour ? Nominally, this modest request is made to the EMPEROR. The Finance Minister merely repeats what the Minis ters of the Army and the Navy have repeated. Practically, however, M. MAGNE speaks to the French nation : it is the people who pay, and even under:personal and irresponsible government it is necessary to give some semblance of value received. The "defence of the country" was mere rheto rical padding. Neither the French Emperor nor his Ministers nor his subjects believe that France is in danger or that her defences are insufficient. The simplest bourgeois in the cafes would ridicule the idea of France being threatened. But the national honour is• quite another thing. That is a name to conjure with. Of all the passions that sway humanity—and especially French hu manity —it is a talisman of the most powerful. It enabled the First NAPOLEON to strew the battle fields of three-quarters of the globe with fifteen hundred thousand corpses of the manhood of France, and yet remain an idol of the people. In an Empire which is peace, who' would grudge a ' 1 few extra millions in support of it ? It is the old, • old fallacy : a people debauched, ignorant, and Pauperised—that was no disgrace ; not to be able to dictate and dominate, but to depend for influence in the world upon moral power, was national . degradation. In a word, the addition to the National Debt which the French Government now propose is not to make France invulnerable, but to make her a terror, and her ruler the arbiter of the Continent. We doubt whether the French people rave this conception of national honour. Alter all, we in England have no room for taking broad our phvin.cteries in this matter. We inherit and shall transmit a burden greater by 250 millions sterling than that of France, for the sake, mainly, of national honour. We are even yet in the race to destruction, only ,heavily handicapped. If, as some of our counsellors advise, we should go to war with America rather than suffer the " national honour " to be tarnished by an appeal to arbitration, we may easily aggravate our burden by a few hundred millions more. It neverthe less remains true that at the present moment, in the language of the turf, France " makes the running." It is purely a question for Frenchmen how far they will consent to go at the present exhaustive speed. If they choose to swell their debt at the rate of seventeen millions per annum to keep up an armed peace in Europe, it is their business. But it is not solely their loss. The whole of Europe is injured by it, commerce is paralysed, confidence is de stroyed, and the immense development of material wealth fails to enrich the people as it ought, to do. France, no longer meeting her expenses out of her revenue, is preparing increased taxation for future years, and the prospect is that this pro cess will go on in an increasing rate. The present loan, it would appear, has nothing to do with the increased recruitment of the army, and unless the revenue shews a marvellous elasticity the deficit of next year will be greater than the deficit of the present. It is no proof that because the money is readily subscribed, as the present loan will doubt less be, that the operation is not injurious. Na tions are as much crippled by indebtedness as private individuals who live beyond their incomes, as railway companies who overload their capital account ; the dividend of glory must be paid. for in ill -remunerated labour and depreciated property. But France is bounded by populous countries. She cannot maintain 1,280,000 men under arms without keeping those countries in a state of alarm. A river only, or an artificial boundary, separates her from Belgium ; she is within a day's march from Holland ; she could throw her legions into Rhenish Prussia, or Bavaria, or Switzerland, or Italy in four-and-twenty hours ; and the army of France is a greater burden to the people of those countries than even to France itself. It is not merely, there fore, that the French Government propose a loan for over 17 millions sterling ; but this loan, ren dered necessary by military preparations, is a Menace to her neighbours. We see no remedy for these evils but the hepress of constitutional government and public a t o d r e e b d t a e e s u enlighten ment. The United States dehspaseraatse efi large.ots r France, but she has made it. With resources admitting of aedmittim Empire, of te 3 i i if e o , wildguri eater development than t sub jects man for m coursean m o r o e f w a e a c l i t e h e a a a d e a , n s c i l l e doubling is h i n nu mber in the t with an army one-thirtieth d t s h fo edriFrle. Prussiame a s e ions of that which the EMPEROR d early learnt that econony . is strength, acid ai l i l dsh e e n l4as , r i se n to a position which excites u Th r (, i s a loan while her subjects pay per head only A half st the h taxation France. ient. hn c ommenced a t careerhe peopleof of retren Hungarywhich h erse lf and the world. needs now only the example of Russia to exhibit France as the chief a l arm ist and the most spendthrift nation in Eu ro p e . lVe do not pause to weigh the value of such con siderations as the rise of Prussia or the prominence of the Eastern question may suggest. Whatever questions may arise from these, the presence of millions of men under arms will only make their settlement more difficult in the councils of Europe. The late Mr. Charles Kean is said to have left p r operty amounting to upwards of £50;000. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—Major Jodrell, of Bayfield Hall, Norfolk, has succumbed this week to in juries received a few days since while out shooting. The gallant officer had one of his arms terribly shattered, but it was hoped at first that no fatal results would have ensued. The melancholy occurrence appears to have been purely accidental. GREAT REDUCTION OF WAGES IN THE NAIL TRADE. —A notice was put forth on Monday by Mrs. Tinsley, to the effect that in consequence of the depres sion in the nail trade she will be compelled, after Saturday next, to make a reduction of 20 per cent. in the prices paid for every description of nails. Mrs. Tinsley is regarded as the largest nail factor in the Sedgley district, having several warehouses, and is said to give employment to upwards of 2,000 nailers. During the week a number of nailmaking firms at Dudley have given their workmen notice that a reduction of 10 per cent. would take plac e upon the commoner sorts of work. THE GOVERNMENT GRANT TO VOLUNTEERS. —An important War-office circular has been issued to officers commanding volunteer corps relative to the future distri bution of the Government grant. Under the present system a commandant of a corps cannot get repayment from his adjutant of the most trivial sum without fur nishing duplicate vouchers and without endorsing every such voucher as being approved for payment, with the amount written in words and the date. The great incon venience attached to this method, and the immense amount of unnecessary labour thrown on a commanding officer, are all now to be remedial by the following simple and most satisfactory method :—Each corps is to hav e a finance committee of three, besides the commanding officer, to whom, on the Ist of April in each year, or as near thereto as possible, the whole of the Government grant earned by the corps to the let of December pre vious will be issued in one sum, and no account of the expenditure of such grant will be required by the War Office. Travelling allowance to outlying corps will be still made, and commanding officers will be allowed to distribute it at discretion. Camp equipment may also be paid for out of the capitation grant, subject to Articlesllo and 111 of Volunteer Regulations, which merely require that the sanction of the lord-lieutenant should be obtained for the form a ti on o f a camp. Th ese new regulations will be hailed with genera l sa ti s f ac ti on b y t h e whole force, but the circular j us t i ssue d prov id es th at i f any comp)audin,* officers shall wish to keep on with the oU system they may do go, f r t, Curt: - ear HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 29. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice, and by Prince Arthur on horseback. The Dowager Duchess of Atholo has succeeded the Duchess of Roxburghe as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday afternoon a detachment of the Ist bat talion Grenadier Guards, consisting of about 100 non-commissioned officers and men, under the com mand of Capt. Thyme and Lieut. Allix, left the Wellington Barracks, en route for Windsor. These troops, who had been despatched to London to re inforce the metropolitan garrison during the absence of a portion of the Fusiliers at Osborne for the pro tection of her Majesty's marine residence, left the Victoria station, Pimlico, by special train to Southall, and thence by the Great Western Rail way ordinary train to Windsor, where they arrived at 3.20 p.m. The detachment marched to the Sheet-street Barracks, where the Ist battalion Grenadier Guards is at present quartered. The usual half-yearly change will be made on the Ist of March. Arrangements arc being carried out at the head quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, for the instruction of the whole of the corps composing the British army in the new plan of day and night military signalling on the com bined systems of Capt. F. J. Bolton, 12th Regi ment, and Capt. P. H. Colon* Royal Navy, both of whom have been engaged at Chatham for several months past in arranging a complete and entirely new plan of signalling, by means of the lime light, for both naval and military purposes. A certain number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men from each regiment will undergo a periodical course of instruction in the system, under the super intendence of Captain Bolton, who will be the principal officer attached to the military signalling staff. Ensign J. Williams, Ist West India Regiment, has received orders to proceed from Chatham on the 24th proximo to join the service companies of his regiment on the West Coast of Africa. The detachments of Royal Field Artillery, con sisting of 60 non-commissioned officers and gunners, 10 soldiers' wives, and 10 childroa of the 16th Bri gade Royal Artillery, and. 53 non-commissioned officers arid gunners and two soldiers' wives of the 25th Brigade, from the head -qu irters of tha Ist and 2d Depot Brigades Royal Artillery, will embark at Liverpool this morning on board the chartered screw steamer Australasia, 2,948 tons, 350-horse power, belonging to the West India and Pacific Steam Navigation Company, for Calcutta, to join the head-quarters of their respective brigades at Barrackpore and Allahabad. A Royal Marine office circular was yesterday re ceived at Woolwich by Col. Suther, C. 8., command ing the division of Light Infantry, accompanied by a number of medals and gratuities for long service and good character to be distributed to the non commissioned officers and privates of the division, as undernatned in his command :-64th Company, Cornelius Goldsby, colour-sergeant, £l5; 96th Company, John Cornish, private, £5 ; and 4th Company, Henry Nurse, colour.-sergeant ; 44th, Henry John Somersby ; and 68th, James Pardoe, sergeant, medals without gratuities. The three last named recipients have received their discharge, their term of service having expired. The e following pro motions and appointments in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, dated January 21, were announced yes terday : —Lieut. Robert James Pascoe, at the Chatham division, to be Second Captain at Ports mouth, vice H. I'. M. Cooper, seconded on his ap pointment as Colonial Secretary to Lieut.-General Kennedy, Commander-in -Chief and Governor in the West African Settlement; Lieut. Arthur Erner- EMI Chapman, to increased pay of Gs. Gd. a day ; and Capt. Magin is ordered to proceed from Wool wich on the Ist proximo to relieve Capt. Broughton on recruiting service at Wakefield. A strong detachment, composed of draughts from the depots of the 11th and other regiments attached to the depot battalions at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, arrived at Gosport yesterday, and joined other draughts from the depot battalion stationed in the advanced forts near Gosport. The whole left Gos port by night train for Birkenhead, where they will embark to join the service companies of their several regiments in India. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief bas granted leave of absence to Captain Scovell, 96th Regiment, until he is required to embark for India with the draught of his corps. The Commander in-Chief has approved Staff Assist.-Surg. Fernandes proceeding from Woolwich to Norwich for tempo rary duty during Surg.-Major Watts' leave of ab sence. Ensign Guyon, 49th Regiment, has been detached to Waltham Abbey for duty. Under in structions received from the Horse Guards, Lieut. Wray, 84th Regiment, has been added to a draught under orders to proceed to Jamaica, to join the ser vice companies. Staff Assist.-Surg. Quinlan is under orders to embark on the 17th proximo for Jamaica, for duty in that colony. Capt. Quayle, 41st Regiment, has been appointed Instructor of Musketry to the 4th depot battalion, vice Brevet- Major Patteson, 35th Regiment, removed to Ports mouth with the depot of his corps. DESTRUCTION OF FARM PRODUCE IN MORAY SHIRE.—AII over the plains of Moray the fields are clad with scattered oats and straw from the stackyards. Some extensive farmers, by one o'clock in the afternoon of Friday, the day of the great storm, had not a standing stack in their yards ; and it is no exaggeration to say that there is scarcely a farm in the county at which all the stacks are whole. The hurricane has been equally destruc tive in plantations. MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—Mr. W. Campbell, a gentleman connected with railways in India, and recently returned from that country, waited on the board, and stated, at some length, his experiences of the traffic and merchandise of India. He said when the line from Moscow to Nijni-Novgorod is completed goods for Affghanistan may be sent direct from Paris to Tach Kend, at the door of Central Asia, in twenty days. The following will be the route :—From Paris to the banks of the Volga, six days ; thence by steamer to Astrakhan, four days; thence to the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, two days ; from the Caspian to the sea of Arol, by rail, two days ; thence by steamer to Tach Kend, five days; total, only 19 days. &clods from Tach Kend can be forwarded by caravan routes to Kandahar, Cashmere, Bokhara, Thibet, Cabu], and Affghanistan. There are caravan roads to the interior of Persia, and all the eastern parts of Central Asia. About 20,000 camels are employed in the trade between Central Asia and Central India. A large number of armed retainers accompany the caravans, in addition to about 8,000 servants. The imports into Central Asia consisted of almost every article comprising British manufactures. At present there were (besides the valley of the Indus) three routes by which these imports were received, viz. :—firstly, by the Persian Gulf, through Persia; secondly, by the caravans from Smyrna and the ports of the Levant ; and thirdly (and by far the largest proportion), through Russia. The opening of the railway system in British India would cause a revolution in the trade of central Asia, particularly in the Punjab. The merchants of central Asia made their purchases of Asiatic and other products at Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Lahore, Umritsur, Cawrpore, Mirzapore, and even in Calcutta, and then returned with their goods, forcing their way up the passes. The thanks of the Chamber were accorded to Mr. Campbell fur his information.—Manchester newspaper. THE RIOTS AT DUKINFIELD.—At the Dakinfield petty sessions, on Tuesday and yesterday, 19 young men were charged with riot and destruction of property at the lamphouse of the Dunkirk Colliery Company, Duk infield, on the night of the 23d inst. Five of the deice , - dants were bound over to keep the peace for six months; and seven others, named Thos. Bloor, John Fri b, Thos. Frith, Robert Redford, Edward Statham, Isaac Tipping, and John Burton were committed fur trial. The rest were discharged. THE SHROPSHIRE IRON TRADE.—Owing to the depressed state of the iron trade the masters in Shropshire have nearly all given their mon notice of a reduction ill wages, which will take effect in 28 days. The drop not only refers to the tonnage men, but to the labourers also. It is not exactly known what course the men intend taking, but the general belief is that they will accept the reduction, a policy which, at the present moment, would be an un mistakeably wise one.