The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-25 00:00:00

ROYAL oI PR e sINCee and _ESS'S THEATRE.anager, r. S ning. THIS EVENING, a Grand Combination of Two Great Dramas, MIMI NA POGUE and THE OCTOROON. Mr. awl Mrs. Dion Boucicault ; Mr. J. S. Clarke. Mr. Vining; Messrs. Dominick Murray, Dan Leeson, G. F. Neville, J. G. Shore, Mac lean, H. Forrester; Mesdames Henrietta Simms, E Barnett, Hythel Sanger, Mrs. Bishop, and Addle. Scenery by Mr. Telbiu, Mr. F. Lloyds, and assistants. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. N.B. Wednesday next being Ash Wednesday, there will be no performance. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan, THIS EVENING, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Terry. After which will be produced a New and Original Drama, P ntitl,4l DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner. Mr. J. L. T.) ,1.) Miss Ellen To conclude with the Extravaganza , LA VIVANDIERE: or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve. Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan, Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, Is. 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. ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Sivanhorough. lIIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James, and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynne. After which, PARIS; or, Vive LempTicre : Messrs. Thorne, James, Robson, and Fenton; Mesdames Swanborough, liar land,gohnstone, Hughes, Holt, o,vynne,kt:c. To conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c. LBORN THEATRE ROYAL. fi ()le proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Atkin , , Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott; Mesdames licorale, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. 3lesdqmes Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell, Arthur; bldllc. 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It is unquestionably always a difficult and labo rious task to deal with widespread and severe dis tress, but seldom have the kindly and active distri butors of public funds entered upon a more perplexing and disheartening duty than that under taken in the relief of the distress at the East-end. There can be no question whatever but that the distress is very great and very extensive. Whole families of respectable mechanics are reduced to absolute destitution, the pawnbrokers' shops are _ crowded, ordinary business is in some parts almost at a standstill, the rents are in arrears, the brokers in constant request, and the defaulters to the rates are being summoned by the hundred. The scenes of poverty and wretchedness which eye-witnesses have from time to time recorded are most painful and distressing ; and notwithstanding the large sums contributed and upended in relief of the prevailing distress, there is too much reason to fear that many are even now short of the neces saries of life. So far as this view of the question is concerned, the labours of the Executive Com mittee, though heavy, would not be difficult, Their mai❑ duty would be to discover the truth of the statements laid before them, and to distribute the funds in hand to as good purpo::e as possible. But there is another element in the affair which per plexes the wi: est and most discerning. It is the action of the Trades' Unions upon the principal leaders of the distressed districts. The destitution of the East-end parishes is, as every one knows, due to the almost total stagnation of the shipbuild ing trade. But there is reason to believe that a great part of this stagnation is due to the ship wrights themselves, who, under the influence of their Trades' Unions, dictate terms to the masters with which they find it impossible to comply. If the perversity or obstinacy of these men is the oc casion of the loss of business, which every one connected with the Thames trade is com plaining of, it becomes a very serious consideration how far the Committee are justified in d;spensing the public money among those who are impoverished through their misconduct. Unhappily the strike of the shipwrights throws out of work the labourers and others who have no connection with Trades' Unions, but whose employment depends upon theirs. It is, on the one hand, very hard that the wives and families of these labourers should suffer for the fault of men over whose actions they have no control, and whom they cannot attempt to influence, but it is likewise very undesirable to assist in any way, by public money, the mischievous action of Trades' Unionism. This difficulty was brought very strongly under the notice of the United -Executive Committee, at their meeting held at the Mansion-House yesterday, un der the presidency of the Lord Mayor. Mr. SAMUDA, M.P., who has throughout taken an active part in the relief of the present distress, iu which, owing to his business experience, his assis tance has been most valuable, called the attention of the committee to the letter of Messrs. PONTIFEX and WOOD t in the public journals of yesterday. The:e gentlemen, shipbuil&rs, stated that 30 carpenters whom they had employed temporarily at their works at Mill wall, upon the agreed wages of ss. 6d. a-day, with an additional shilling on Saturday if they would work till four o'clock, had struck work on Saturday. They had given no previous notice of their intention, but said they would not resume work unless they were paid Bd. an hour and had the Saturday half holiday. Some of these had actually been unable to come to work until Messrs. PONTIFEX advanced them money to get their tools out of pawn. Such a fact as this speaks volumes as to the difficulty of dealing with men under the influence of the uNions. Mr. SAMUDA expressed his conviction that these men " had ,been wiled away from their work by the influence which was acting through Trades' Unions, and that the course they had taken must have been at the dictation of a Trades Union." It might be argued, he said, that t c h h e ari a t e y ti o o f ofunle 0 c 3o mni n i e tt 7 Lte o , ught not to restrain the b very grave ticaiou whether,ut he yiithththotuitg fatalh it w t in a fi s a a ci_ ,11.2 e, at work, they were right in relieving persons Who might indirectly assist Trade Unions. Mr. SAMUDA reminds the committee that in every in stance in which labour had an opportunity of re adjusting its relations with capital during the period of the present exceptional distress at the East-end, it had invariably, from some cause or of Lice, failed to do so, and had endeavoured to exact an amount of remuneration wholly beyond the power of capital to afford it. The effect of the strike of these 30 men may very possibly b e that three times as many subordinate workmen and THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1868. wirme ..._ _ . their families may be thrown out of work and drive n to the relief committees, or the parish auaborities, fer relief. The case which Mr. SA:IIIMA put before the committee is, un- Irappily, no isolated one. Mr. BULLIVANT'S offer to the shipwrights in the Isle of Dogs to.build two iron ships was refused, because of a slight difference in this amount of the drawing money to be left in the hands of the employers. The employers offered ss. 6d. a day, the men de manded 65., and the negotiations failed. Again, the Poplar Board of Guardians, finding a number of bricklayers at work in the stone-yard, proposed to them to build a wall which was needed, but they refused to do so, on account, it was supposed, of the rules of their trade. A dispensary was being built in the neighbourhood, and they apprehended personal violence if they did the bricklaying they had been asked to do as a personal test. The men have grown so completely enslaved and intimi dated by the dictation of their self-chosen leaders that they are no longer free to think or to act for thcros:lves. In many instances, no doubt, they would be thankful to take the work offered to them at reduced terms rather than be reduced to the hard alternative of seeing their children want food, or depend upon charity, but they fear the Union. Mr. SAMUDA said be believed the shipwrights applied to would have been glad to work on the ships at the terms proposed by Mr. BULLIVANT, but their Union, which repudiated piece work, would not allow them to wot kat less than 6s. a day. Mr. SAMUDA, who as a large shipbuilder, is an accurate judge of the istate and prospects of the trade, expressed his con viction that if the Thames shipwrights succeeded in raising the standard of prices beyond aboint at which the shipbuilders made a profit, they would next put the same pressure on those of the Clyde and the Tyne, and the result would be to drive the trade away from the country altogether. The men in their wilful shortsightedness refuse to per ceive that already much business has gone out of the country which might have stayed in it had the Unions been less anxiously careful to make the most of their opportunities. The homely old fable of the boy who killed the goose who laid the golden eggs is practically realised by the men who destroy the business of their em ployers, and drive capital out of the country alto gether, to benefit men who are content to take such wages as fluctuating profits will allow. Common sense and every-day experience might tell the dullest workman that the employers do not make the same profits every year. Why, then, should the men they employ get the same wages ? At the present time he must be ignorant, indeed, who is not aware that trade of all kinds is suffering from stagnation and depression. Why, then, should these workmen refuse to bend with the storm, and to make those temporary concessions to a bad season which men of all other ranks, trades, and profes sions have had to make during the last twelve months ? " Aut Cte3ar, aut nihil " appears to be their motto ; and we are afraid, unless they grow speedily wiser, they will find themselves reduced to the latter alternative. Certain noble lords seem to have resolved to vin dicate the character of the House of Lords from the haveha v e beengone e a e so far as to anticipate the debate to - night to come charges frequently of a b p ro a u th g y h t an ag d a i i n n d st iff i e t r o e f n l c a e te w , h a i n e d h on in the Commons. This was rather an unwise proceeding on their part, though perhaps their own friends may regret their precipitancy the most. Thanks to the discretion and reserve of the Minis ters in the Upper House, neither taunts nor sarcasm suffice I to draw forth any hasty remark or un guarded expression, which reticence on their parts, no doubt, broached new feelings of indignation in the minds of their assailants. A premature atep like this at the commencement of the session i 3 al ways to be deprecated, and considering the unavoid able absence of the noble ]orl at the head of her MAJESTY'S Government, the course pursued • was the more injudicious and unsuitable. Lord CLANRICSRDE led the attack in c ail ing attention to the Laud Tenure Act in Ire land, and, at the risk of appearing to contradict him self, declared that he never knew a time when the relations between landlord and tenant were in a more satisfactory state than they are at present in Ireland. As for the notion that prevails in some quarters that evictions are constantly occurring in that country, the noble lord showed that it was an erroneous one. Mr. BRIGHT'S plans do not meet with the favour of Lord CLANIUCARDE, which is not surprising, as he has himself a remedial scheme to propose, and two reformers seldom concur as to i the mode fit to be pursued in such cases. Lord MALMESBURY spoke very much to the pur pose, and while he offered no opposition to the bill of the noble lord, he showed that it would not be advisable for him at that juncture to explain to their lordships the policy of the Government towards Ireland, that duty devolving upon the Chief Secretary for Ire land in the house of Commons to-night, which was alone a sufficient reason for his..silence, and a re proach to those who sought to compromise matters by precipitating a debate. In moving the second reading of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, the noble lord expressed the hopes that are entertained for the speedy removal of this undesirable mode of legislation. It is encouraging the great difference that exists between the Fenian conspiracy and the rebellion that took place in, 'OB and 1803, for these latter received the countenance and support of some of the chief gentry of the kingdom. We think Lord MALMESBURY drew a correct inference from this when he said that the great mass of the Irish people were more contented than they were at those periods referred to. Earl RUSSELL seemed to for get, in his virtuous indignation at the Bill before them, the fact that he was at the head of the Go vernment which two years ago moved for the sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and we do not see the force of his arguments at all when he com plained of the present Ministers doing so again without offering a plain statement of their views respecting Ireland. It is not the fault of the Exe cutive that Fenianism has arisen, and the noble. earl should know better than to follow in the wake of Mr. BRIGHT, and confuse wrongs and grievances with direct antagonism to the law and open dis affection. , There is no one more ready in discovering the errors of existing things than the noble earl when he is in opposition, and he has leisure and inclination to mark and reflect upon the errors and shortcomings of his successors in office. Had " languid Jon.Tsv glowed to glorious JOHN" a little oftener when lie was in the sunny side of 'the House, he might have left more enduring records in history of reforms passel and wrongs redre;sed during his tenure of power. This was shown by Lord iIARDIVICKE in the remarks he made upon the subject, and doubtless their appropriateness struck all who heard them except perhaps the parties most immediately concerned in the matter. Earl GREY made another of those unwise speeches which perhaps are more often delivered on the subject of Ireland than on any other public question of the day. While Lord RUSSELL emphatically said that now was the proper time to act in the legislation of Ireland, Lord GREY, held out no hopes that if all haste was used any good would come of it. We have waited too long—we have ;irritated and ignored Ireland too I long to have any right to expect that a tardy ad ministration of justice can now avail. It is a great pity that those who treat on this subject should be so ready to infuse bitterness and animosity into their speeches ; it cannot possibly do any good, and may occasion a great deal of harm. Of what avail is it to launch into invectives, and to disclaim about the management of the past, instead of seek ing to improve things in the present;? It is no matter of doubt that there are evils existing in Ire land at the present time, but they must be inquired into with care, and rectified with deliberation. The Government will no doubt do their best in this difficult matter, and we hope that they will meet with the support of Parliament,for any attempt to make political capital out of the question cannot but fail in itself, and defeat its own purpose, while it injures the reputation of those who do it. Had the subjects which closely affect the welfare of Ire land been brought more prominently under the notice of the Legislature at an earlier period, per haps a good deal of the dissatisfaetion now prevail ing might have teen avoided, but under the most auspicious circumstances it is always possible for evil-disposed individuals to foster discontent and give rise to complaints. We hope and trust that the Irish difficulty, which now calls for the notice of Parliament, may be met in the right spirit, and that an enlightened policy will prevail in respect to it. Of one thing we may rest assured before the work begins that can only reach a favourable issue if the promoters of the task set about it in fair style, and if they are met half way by others. The time has gone by for angry recrimination on the subject ; it is out of character that it should be made the theme of party struggles, and the opportunity for schemes aad plots. Let it be taken up in a manner worthy of statesmen, who sink all minor differences in order to arrive at a just conclusion, and to effect a speedy improvement in the momentous affair in which they are engaged. The best wishes of all true patriots in Ireland and all well-wishers in England will go with the legisla tion of Ireland, and if during this Session any change for the better takes place and gives promise of enduring permanently in that country, there will be as much reason to rejoice as there was last year when the Reform question ceased to remain a stumbling-block in the way of Parliament. LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS•) PORTUGAL. LISBON, February 24. Count de Rilvas has been appointed Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. Petersburg. The Count do Rilvas (Chevalier d'Oliviera) was until now Councillor and first Secretary of Legation in London, where he has frequently acted as Charge d'Affaires, the first time representing Portugal at the baptism of her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice. His Excellency was already 22 years ago Charge d'Affaires at St. Petersburg. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, Feb. 23. The Para arrived here this morning. The mails leave by the 11.30 train. Letters late to-morrow night. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. SOUTIIAMPTON, Feb. 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria, with the above mail, passed the Needles at 12.25 p.m. to-day. AMERICA. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The resolution reporio . l b y tho Reconstruction Committee for the i m peachment of President Johnson passed the lions° of Representatives to day by a Arid party vote. COARUPOND4NCE FRODI PARIS. (FEO3I . OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) PARIS, MONDAY, iei). 24. The Cana'wound professes to see in the Opposition only Orleanist manceuvres, dynastic pretensions being for the moment skilfully veiled. According to this organ the Orleanist party is maturing a -forced effort to return to " pairlenzentarizm of such sad memory." The omnipotence of Parliament, the parliamentary initiative, Ministerial responsibility, liberty of the press, arc exhumed out of the graves where the Imperial Constitution, amid the cheers of the people, entombed them ; as if, says the Constitutknnel, we hrui had no experience of the abuses of Parliament and a free press, and of the moral anarchy which they both caused in our country. Among the ancient parties who are seeking to bring back these " the Orleanist take the first rank. They retain the political and literary renown acquired by their states men, orators, and men of letters, and they are seeking with as much ability as perseverance to disturb public opinion by the clamours of Liberalism, and to betray generous minds by the magic word of Liberty. Unless I am much deceived, the Crleanist intm.esta. in 1863 are not much stronger than they were twenty years ago, when Lamartine refused to pronounce for them. The Ministers of the Empire, not less than the papers, have a curious way of speaking of British institutions. M. Rouher told the Legislative Body that the question of reports comptes rendas was not special to France. In England the debates were not public ; strangers were ex cluded ; no member was allowed to print his speech without permission ; and, lastly, that all reports were for bidden to the public press. Laws, the Minister observed, existed to prevent any of these thingsbeingdone. I suppose it is true. Parliament, he added, refused to repeal the laws, and it permitted the reports only on the condition that they were " sincere, impartial, and correct." Really, some of your readers will think, when M. Rouher says this is all the French Government demands, and adds, " I repeat this explicit formula—the ample rcniu is forbidden, discussion is permitted," that M. Adolphe Gu6roult was justified in - exclaiming " C'est toujours l'equivoque Your readers will agree with me that the reporter on the bill made a confession which did him honour. He said : "I confess I cannot see the line which separates reporting and discussing. It is with extreme regret that I separate myself from the rest of the commission in this respect ; but I obey my reason and my conscience," Referring to the changes proposed in the Senate, the Bulletin International reports that, besides the infusion of new blood, it is proposed to enlarge the powers of the Senate by handing over to it the duty of elaborating bills —or projets de loi. In that case the Council of State would be suppressed. The following letter shews how the Emperor regarctea at the time the revolution of twenty years ago, of which his Ministers have spoken with supreme contempt. It WM addressed to Lamartine, Dupont, Marie, Louis Blanc, and the other members of the Provisional Government. It runs thus :—" Gentlemen, the people of Paris having destroyed by their heroism the last vestige of foreign invasion, I haste from exile to range myself under the flag of the Republic you have just proclaimed. Without any other ambition than to serve my country, I announce my arrival to the members of the Provisional Government, and assure them of my devotion to the cause which they represent, as well as of my sympathy for them personally. Accept, gentlemen, the assurance of my sentiments.—Lotus NAPOLEON BONAPARTE." The Emperor was one of those who demanded that the accu sation against Gu'zo'. shou'd be proceeded with. M. Peyrat sends to the Avenir Ration:el an article on the " 24th of February." The writer, as your readers are aware, is undergoing a month's imprisonment at St. Pelagic for an "adjective" which the French Government did not like. Like all imprisoned editors, he is the object of munerous marks of sympathy, and everything M. Peyrat writes from prison is read with tenfold avidity, The official press chide the Rouman Government for its ignorance, real or pretended, of the insurrectionary plots against Bulgaria. It would seem, however, that France will not interfere to suppress any movement of the kind so long as Russia abstains from active intervention. The Press of Vienna states that for the moment the danger of a rising in the East is more apparent than real. The Libert4 announces that the Dutch Prime Minister has decided on a fresh dissolution rather than re iign. The report is revived that the Empress will visit Rome. The date is fixed at the 2nd of April. The political regeneration of Austria is pro(lucing a most beneficial effect on the financial and industrial in terests of the empire. Advices from Frankfort state that at no period during the last twelve years has there been such eagerness to invest in Austrian securities as is now observable. Within a week the Anglo-Austrian Loan has risen 6 per cent., and almost all other kinds of stock 5 per cent. The railway returns are very favourable. The French-Austrian Company have now a weekly income of £65,000, which is £28,000 in excess of la.A year. Accord ing to reports from Hungary, there is yct freight in arrear to feed the railways at the same rate throughout the summer. The line over the Brenner is monopolising the passenger and goods traffic to Italy. Steam naviga tion on the Danube was to commence on the 20th. The boring of the Mont Cenis Tunnel is proceeding satisfactorily. The Lyons Company are so confident on having the tunnel in their possession before January 1871, that the company are about to cut the line which will connect Modane with St. Michel. The whole cost of con necting France and Italy will bo £4,000,000—a trifle, says the Opinion Nationale, looking at the gigantic results which will thereby he accomplished. All the difficulties in the way of our Treaty of Com merce with Austria have at last been removed, and in the course of the next month the long-pending negotiations at Vienna will be ratified. We may expect a considerable trade to spring up with Austria. It is stated that a brother of Baron Beust, a distinguished mining engineer, is assisting in the development of the mineral wealth of Austria. The elections in South Germany for the Customs Par liament have been in the direction opposed to any closer union with Prussia. There is no doubt that the Parlia ment about to reassemble for the first time since 18-13, with representatives from all parts of Germany, will talk politics as well as eustoms. Belgium is standing in the way of a considerable postal reform. The Berlin Cabinet proposed a uniform tariff for all letters and small packages, at the rate of two silbergroschen for letters under half an ounce, and four silbergroschen for those above that weight. The Belgian Government insists on a graduated scale, making the same charge' for every additional half-ounce. This is regretted in Germany, because Belgium is the highway for letters sent to France, England, and America ; and there is no doubt that a liberal tariff would be remunerative and tend to increase business. A. correspondent of the /iullyndance announces that the King of Prussia has raised Messrs. Simon and Abraham Oppenheim, the chief supporters of the banking-house of Oppenheim and Co., to the rank of hereditary barons. This is the first instance in wliieh members of the Hebrew persuasion have been thus honoured, and the event will produce a considerable, and for the most part favourable, impression throughout Germany. The Conservative Ministry of the King of Holland have to face a considerable and increasing Liberal majority in the Second Chamber of the States-General. They chew a disposition to hold office as long as possible without much official scruple. Two great subjects are before the country—the government of Java, and educa',lon. With reference to the first, the Ministry are accused of per petuating a system which subjects the native agriculturists of the island to virtual slavery. They are compelled to cultivate certain quantities of coffee and other articles, and to sell them to the Government agents, who defraud the cultivators of their legitimate profits. The present ses sion will probably strike a blow at this system. The Constantinople correspondent of the In,:fe'pendance asserts that the Ministers of the Sultan have been com pelled to accept the proposal of Austria, France, and Britain, to place Crete under a Christian Prince, subject to the Porte. Ho argues, however, that the project will be illusory. Crete must be either under the direct domination of the Sultan or annexed to Greece. The Mussulmans are one-third of the population. The Rivers Pollution Commission, which came to An untimely disruption in Liverpool by discreditable squab bling between two of the members, is to be reconstituted. The Government will not legislate on the subject until the new commission has reported. On Monday afternoon a meeting of the leading states men of the Liberal party was held at the residence of Mr. Gladstone, in Carlton-house-terrace. There were pre sent Earl Russell, Mr. C. I'. Villiers, the Earl of Kim berley, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Cardwell, the Marquis of Hartington, Mr. Goschen, Earl Granville, Earl De Grey and Ripon, the Duke of Argyll, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Brand, and Mr. G. G. Glyn. The conference, which met at three o'clock, broke up at half-past four; but Lord Russell left the meeting half an hour earlier than the other members. It will be seen that the mectirg was composed exclu sively of members of the late Government. The TClegraph, hints that as a result of the conference, while the Liberal party will offer no factious opposition to the Government, it will insist on knowing what the Government mean to do. The Liberal party are fully aware of the danger with which England is menaced ley the condition of Ireland, and arc quite prepared for thorough-goiu2, - measures. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 24.—Three o'clock.--The market closed as follows 41 per Cont. 3 per Cunt End of month 6B 65 Mexican Loan 16 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... 226 25 Spanish Threos Credit Foncier ...1472 50 Dome Debt End of m0nth...1383 75 Deferred O3 75 RAILWAYS. Account. Orleans .... 895 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Western Eastern • • 550 Sardinian Austrian .Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 43 DRURI-LANE THEATRE. - ~-- Shakspere's Tragedy of " Richard III." was re vived at this theatre last evening, Mr. Barry Sulli van making his appearance in the character of Richard. His reception was a very hearty one, and his performance of the part was altogether a very excellent one. He throws a great deal of power and passion into the part, and called forth loud and general applause. The Duke of Buckingham was represented by Mr. Wlntyre, and Mr. Sinclair, who is making rapid strides of improvement in his profession, sustained the part of Richmond with praiseworthy talent. Mrs. Hermann Veziu on the occasion appeared as Queen Elizabeth, Miss Edith Stuart, as Lady Ann, and Mrs. H. Vanderhoff, re presented the Duchess of York. Of the impersona tion of the first named lady we have again to repeat the praise which, during the season, we hare had the pleasure of awarding her, for her excellent re presentation of the parts;eutrusted to her. The tragedy was received with general applause, and bids fair to ba one of most successful revivals of a the season. The " School for Scandal" is an nounced for representation this evening, with Mr. Phelps, as Sir Peter, and on Monday, next we are to have an entire representation of "The Man of the World," in which he will appear as Sir Pertinax Mac Sycophant. The last nights of the great pantomime are announced, its withdraw al becoming necessary,. not by a failure of its power of still attracting large audiences, but in order that Colonel Richards' new drama, " The Prisoner of Toulon," may be produced during the present season. ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE LAWS OF MARRIAGE. —On Wednesday, the 13th of February, the Commis sioners met at 32, Abingdon-street. Present—the Lord Chancellor, the Lord .Lyveden, the Lord Cairns, theßight Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, Q.C., M.P., the Right Hon. William M onso ll, M.P., th e Right lion. Mr. Justice O'Hagan, the Right lion. Sir James I'. Wilde , Sir Roun dull Palmer, Q.C., M.P. , the Qllooll ' and Mr. John Fr a s er Slacqueen, Q.C., secretary. 3 Ad vocate General, JUNIOR COUNSEL TO THE CROWS.—Mr. T. D. Archibald, of the Homo Circuit, has been appointed by the Attorney-General to succeed Mr. Hannen, the newly appointed judge, to the 0n.%) of Junior Counsel to the Crown, or, as it is vulgarly called, "the Attorney-Gene ral's Devil !" The learned counsel attend. ti for the first time in his new capacity before the Ju licial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday in a patent e.ase. THE JAMAICA PROsECUTIONS.—The criminal proceedings against the ox-Governor of Jamaica for the murder of Ge . orge William Gordon, which failed at Market Drayton in March last, on the application for a committal, are to be revived at Bow-street on Thursday, before Sir Thomas Henry, when Sir R. P. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. J. Horne Payne, on behalf of Mr. John Stuart Mill, M.P , and Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., will apply for a warrant to apprehend Mr. Eyre for the alleged murder, and it is un derstood that in the event of a warrant being granted Mr. Eyre will at once come forward and meet the charge. DISCO V.E.RY OF GOLD IN AFItl Dr. Mauch:a German traveller, who has recently -- re tamed to Potchefstroom, the capital of the South African Republic, a community founded by exterprising Boers— farinera of African birth, but Dutch extraction—from the Cape Colony, reports that in the territory known as " Mose likatse's country," a district lying northward of the Orange Free State, and extending towards, if not to, the equator, extensive goldfields have been discovered. Specimens of the quartz have been forwarded to Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay), in the Cape Colony, and there tested by Mr. John Leslie, who found, after applying nitric acid to it, that no change was produced, but on applying nitro-hydrochloric acid the metal became dissolved. It was then diluted with water, and tested by the re-agent, protochloride of tin, when immediately was produced the purple of " Cassius," which is a conclusive proof of gold. In order to convince Mr. Jones of the proof of the test, Mr. Leslie applied four drops of the same acid to a sovereign, when the result was precisely the same. The following quota tations are from Herr Mauch's letter to Mr. Jones. Under date, Potchefstroom, 2nd December, 1867, Mr. Mauch writes as follows :—" Just returned from a second trip in Moselikatse's country. I give you short notice that I have been very successful in finding gold, not in small, scarcely visible specks, but in great veins of quartz, e., goldfields, one of them more than sixty miles long, the other about twenty miles broad, besides numerous small parallel veins. I will send you one or two specimens by the next oppor tunity." On the 16th of the same month, Mr. Mauch again writes to Mr. C. T. Jones in the following terms :—" I have the honour to send you two specimens of gold quartz ; they are poor, but it is to be kept in mind that I never had the time to set to work with pickaxe, spade, or other tool ; they may serve, therefore, as proofs of the existence of gold. A full description of the various gold veins and fields I have to deliver to the Ger man Geographichal Society, which will publish it in their periodicals. If I remember right, I stated to you in my last letter that I could point out more than thirty different places, where I got some speci mens out ; in fact, the fields will prove richer than may be expected. I take the liberty to send my own spe cimens round by Natal to you, and to be put to my other collection, which is in your hands, as Mr. Forssman says." These are the specimens just received by Mr. Jones, and which have been tested with the result stated. A writer from Potchefstroom says of Herr Mauch "He has just returned from a long tour in the interior, and being a man in whose veracity everyone has implicit reliance, the information he has brought is generally received as bond fide. I have myself seen and spoken to him, and gather that he has found two rich goldfields, the one about sixty miles in length, and the other about twenty miles broad, length uncertain. About sixty specimens of the gold are on their way here ; one he has brought with him, and presented to Mr. Forssman of this place, and I regret that I have not time before the closing of the post to go and see it. Mr. Mauch says the climate in the region of the goldfields is healthy. One thing is certain, that before possession can be taken of them the native tribes inhabiting the country will have to be subdued, and this will be no easy task, as they are both warlike and powerful." The wife of Lord Justice Selwyn has not long survived the high honour conferred upon her husband in his eleva tion to the bench. Lady Selwyn was taken suddenly ill last week, and died on Sunday, at the town residence of the learned judge, 37, Eaton-square. She was the fifth daughter of Mr. J. G. Ravenshaw, and was married to the present Lord Justice of Appeal in 1856. Amid the interest excited by the Irish debate, by the possibility of a Ministerial crisis, and by the reawakened hopes of the speedy return of the First Lord of the Treasury to official life, all the morning papers turn aside, doubtless for the last time, to devote a parting leader to the temporal affairs of the Rev. Benjamin Speke, rector of Dowlish Wake, Ilminster, and enjoying a com. fortablo income of £430 per annum. The Times takes credit to itself for having endeavoured to allay the public alarm three or four weeks ago, by suggesting that, after all, Mr. Speke might have escaped for a time from society, and was enjoying himself in a manner peduliar to himself. At the same time it strongly condemns the rev. gentleman's conduct in having so long remained silent while his fate was a subject of speculation in every household in the kingdom. The Post does not see how the matter can be withdrawn from publicity until a full explanation of Mr. Speke's absence has been furnished. The Daily News cannot imagine any man of common feeling being indifferent to the interest which the public have taken in this case. Sir. Speke must have withdrawn beyond the reach of newspapers altogether not to be aware of the advertisements for his recovery, and the letters and leading articles in the newspapers, and many other signs of the concern which the public felt for his safety and welfare. His silence under these circum stances is most extraordinary, and is perhaps unaccount able, except upon the supposition that the rev, gentleman has been suffering under a sudden and temporary loss of gyAzry. ~mtr. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 24. ".11.c Queel went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Duchess of Athole and Miss Macgregor. Prince Leopold went out, attended by Mr. Duck worth. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales drove out attended by the Countess of Morton. ['he Prince of Wities drove out, attended by Keppel. LYcEUM TM:ATI:E.—Their Royal Highnegses the Prince and Princass of Wales and suite visited thii theatre last evening to witness the performance of Mr. Bandmann in the play of " Nareisse." Prince and Princess Christian, Prince Arthur, and Princess Henrietta of Schleswig Holstein, with their suite, attended Divine service in Windsor Park Chapel on Sunday morning. Their royal highnesses attended ser vice in St. George's Chapel in the afternoon. The Earl Dclewarr is much better. The noble earl and countess are still staying at Knole, near Seven oaks. The Earl and Countess of Sandwich do not come to town for the season till after Easter. LITERATURE. Lord Falconberg's Heir. By Charles Clarke. Two Vols. Chapman and Hall: Captain Harold Falcon, the hero of this story, turns out to be, after all, the Heir of Lord Falconberg That he should ever become so, appears at the out set to be in the highest degree improbable. There are four lives between him and the chance of his accession to the peerage on the death of his uncle, Lord Falcanberg—namely, the lives of his cousins— Lord Hawkestone and Lord llawkestone's three younger brothers. These three latter, however, are conveniently cleared out of the way at one fell swoop, the Hon. Jervoise and the other two being tied toge ther with cords, as is the wont on the Swiss moun tains, and—so tied together —slip and get swallowed up in a crevasse. As to Lord Hawkestone himself, he proves to be consumptive—sickens, fades away, and at last expires. Harold, by that time the Heir Presumptive, eventually succeels the old Earl, his uncle —having almost simultaneously married his fair cousin, the Lady Helen. Before all this has been accomplished, however, the principal cha racter in the story—meaning Harold—passes through a terrible interval of suspense and tribulation. Connected with this period of anxiety, only too in timately, are Herr Bernard Jansen, the " Giant" wood carver, and his pretty daughter, the Fraulein Maynart, otherwise popularly known as Peggy Jansen. The latter, we cannot help thinking, be haves very shamefully, though the author appa rently holds her in a manner guiltless. The fact being, nevertheless, that she is knowingly guilty of bigamy, and that she allows her second husband— and therefore who is in point of fact no husband of her's at all—to remain for several years under the (happily for him) false impression that he is her legally espoused husband. How the eclaircissement is brought about, and the Scotch marriage of that wretchedly selfish vaga bond George. Fellowes, otherwise George Fal con, is eventually revealed—we may leave Mr. Clarke to tell his own readers in his own way. Passages there are in the book that are ex - cellent as incidents in a sporting novel of the first class. For instance, there is a steeplechase, in which Harold rides the winner—a theme often before treated by writers of ability, but never dilated upon more brilliantly than by the author of " Lord Falcon berg's Heir." Other passages there are that might have been penned by the writer of " Mr. Soapy Sponge" et hoc genus oinne. Instance this all that relates to Sir Samuel Cripplegate—the vulgarity of whom and of whose surroundings is so intensely and uncompromisingly vulgar ! Whenever Charles Clarke gets among gentlemen, however, he is at his best—no matter whether it be in the' drawing room or the stable, at the river-side or iu the billiard-room. Harold himself is a fine specimen of the " genus" —so, too, is Lord Ilawkestone. 'When we are with them we are more gratified than at any other portions of the narrative. The earlier or college scenes are, upon the whole, the least satisfactory in the whole work. We are especially delighted whenever we can escape from the associations of that intolerable fe.lovr George Falcon, in comparison with whom Sir Samuel Cripplegate is a Bayard, a D'Orsay, and a Nash rolled into one. The story, as a specimen of your genuine Sporting Novel, is a success above the average. NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE. A special order has been received by the heads of departments at Woolwich, by request of Sir Stafford Northcote, Secretary-of State for India, demanding a supplementary number of military stores for the use of the Abyssinian expedition, to consist of about 300 sets of mule harness, 200 Maltese store carts, extra shafts and wheels for the mountain steel guns, in command of Lieut.-Col. Milward, the whole to be completed and in readiness for shipment within 11 days. A portion of the order, having been com pleted some time ago, was ready for despatch when the order was countermanded. These cases were conveyed in Phillips's barges to the India Docks, and were taken on board the transport ves sel on Sunday. Yetterday the following troops embarked at Gravesend on board the charteredtroopship Isabella, for conveyance to Bermuda :—One staff sergeant and one man of the Royal Artillery ; one non-com missioned officer and 28 sappers of the Royal En gineers ; 35 non-commissioned officers and men of • the 61st Regiment; 10 men of the Commissariat Staff Corps ; and two men of the Army Hospital Corps ; together with the following officers :—Capt. H. A. Tracy, Royal Artillery ; Captain E. S. Tyler, Royal Engineers ; Ensign A. E. Wilby, 61st Regi ment; Purveyor E. Goodrich and Staff Surgeon D. A. Leslie, M.D., in medical charge. The em barcations were effected under the superintendence of Brigade-Major W. W. Lynch and the officers of the Quartermaster General Department at Chat ham, and the Isabella will be inspected this morn ing by Major General F. Murray, previously to taking her departure from the Thames. The troops doingduty at Upnor Castle, Chatham, for the protection of the stores of gunpowder and ammunition deposited in the powder magazines have been augmented by a party of 90 non-com missioned officers and men, selected from the de pots comprising the corps attached to the Ist depot battalion. The following officers arc attached for duty with the detachment :--Captain C. J. V. Clarkson, 30th Regiment ; Lieutenant J. 11. Pit field, 29th Regiment; and Ensign W. • 11. Marsh, Ist battalion of the 2d Royals. Capt. R. Cartwright has been posted to the Ist battalion of the 15th Regiment, at Chatham garri son on his promotion. The iron screw steam troop ship Urgent, 4, Capt. Samuel H. Henderson, from the West Indies , arrived iu Plymouth Sound yesterday. She la b Port Royal January 25 ; Bermuda, February 2 and Fayal, February 17. She brings about 3 00 invalids from the Pacific and West India stations in medical charge of Staff Assistant-Surgeon Doran. Among her passengers arc Mr. E. Blewett, lat e paymaster of the PII,Tbe, invalided ; Mr. Bone, late paymaster of the Terror ; Melsrs. Brickdaie, iNfe:- :ey, and Nichol from the Aboukir; Captain an d Alrs. Browning, Ensign Campbell, 81th ; Lieute aant Davis, 61st ; Lieutenant Pelean, Royal E 01 . 2 ). leers, and Mrs. Pelcan ; Mr. Langdon, and Body. The Urgent experienced head winds nil o ilia weather during the passage home. The Phal ° -was on the eve of departure from Jamaica for Car ; Gliagena, in the Bights. The Constance a nd Terr° were at Bermuda. In consequence of tho Reduction in Dray,llorninia; Pure Teas are supplied EIGHITENCE pe r lb. COArf f.hrough their 2,50 Agents—confectioners in London , 4° _, theinists in every town. Sold in Packets at 2s. 3s. 43., and :3 , . Bd. per lb. Genuine Packets haYa tl3 I ` —‘ porters' Sign ature. reason. The Hcra/c/ suggests that if the Rev. Benjamin can only use his pen as well as he can keep his own counsel, and preserve his voluntarily assumed incognito, the story of his retirement would be the book of the season. Let him take the hint—he will find that Speke's " London Trip and Cornish Sojourn" will become as popular as Layard's " Nineveh," Livingstone's " Africa," or Du Chaillu's "Adventures in the Gorilla Country." The Tcicgraph can scarcely speak of him with any degree of patience. The facts, as far as they are known, cannot palliate his unhappy conduct. The matter is so grave, that a formal explanation must be given by his friends if they would save him from something like general con tempt and condemnation—hard words to attach to one of his name and cloth ; but the patience and the feelings of a whole community are not to be trifled with. The Star ventures to guarantee that whatever explanation is given, it will be simpler, and, on the face of it, more probable than those suppositions of violence and kidnapping with which, notwithstanding the great mass of contrary ex perience, a few vivacious writers have attempted to cast an undeserved reproach on the civilisation of this capital. The suggestion made by the Standard is the charitable theory that Mr. Speke suddenly became the victim of an inexplicable hallucination, to be hereafter made a subject of study for cur psychologists and mental philosophers. But for Mr. Speke's own sake it hopes he may not be troubled with a repetition of these attacks, and lest the air of Westminster and St. James's Park should have had any share in causing his recent escapade, it would be well for his friends to use their influence in keeping him out of town. At all events, his discovery terminates that immensity of metropolitan romance which was called into existence by his disappearance. The worst of such a hoax upon society is, that should anyor e really be made away with by foul means, the story would not be listened to. It would at once be voted contemptuously, "Another Speke mystery." AN ELECTION SCANDAL AT MANCHESTER. —lt will be remembered that one of the unsuccessful candi dates at the recent parliamentary election for Manchester was Mr. Alderman Bennett. Mr. Bennett was solicited to offer himself by the Conservatives, and agreed to pay £lOO on the condition that all the remaining ex penses should be defrayed by his friends. These expenses were near upon £4,000, and of this sum the treasurer of his committee is still minus £3,000. A meet ing of Mr. Bennett's supporters has been held, with a view - . to raising the balance, but sums only amounting to a total of £4OO could be raised, some of his leading friends refusing to contribute at all. A meeting of the creditors has been held, and it was agreed to commence legal proceedings. Several actions by poll clerks, election agents, and canvas sers have already been tried in the county courts against the candidate with success. Gitoss OUTRA.GE.—On Monday, about noon, much excitement was caused in Liverpool by the report that a merchant had been attacked by two men in his own office and savagely assaulted. The facts are as follows :—Mr. Adolphe Kasel is a wino merchant, having offices at No. 58, Tower-buildings. About half-past eleven o'clock he was alone in his office, both his clerks having gone out on business, when two persons presented themselves, one of them dressed as a young woman, chignon and all com plete, and the other as a young man, with heavy beard and moustache. The man produced an advertisement, and said, " You have these wines to sell ; I want to see some," and with that stepped insido the counter. Mr. Kasel turned round to enter his inner office, when the fellow sprung on his back, and commenced beating him about the head, and the other joined in, and they got him down. He then cried out " Murder," and managed to get to the door, which he found locked. Some one then knocked loudly from the outside, the scoundrels desisted from beating him, and he succeeded in opening the door. Mr. Hopps, who has the next office, and his clerks came in and secured the fellows, and they were given into custody. A variety of small articles were found on them, including a chief or " jemmy" a foot long, and on the floor of the office was found the loaded each of a whip. Mr. Karel was taken to the Northern Dispensary, Vaux hall-road, where it was found that he had sustained severe contusions on the head and ti ut his right arm was broken. The prisoners were at once taken to the Central Police station and examined. They are both young men of less than the average build. One of them—the " lady "----is named John Wilson, and is in the employment of Mr. Wood, confectioner, Bold-street ; and the other, David Harris, a clerk with Mr. H. S. Williams, solicitor, Moor fields. From the manner in which they went to work it is feared that they had some confederate. Mr. Kasel ex presses his belief that they intended to murder him and then rob the office. There can be no doubt that their pri mary object was plunder, and that they were determined to render Mr. Kasel incapable of proventinz them or of giving aTAym. _~ Ace( day, ti 'verso 8 p3i .Do B per Now New Do Awn Do Do Exch Gaul Dc l India rg ( 1 t,113 .6;•a2 U. 13 ue D tj nb ttil C r)~ n D,~ D k„ ~. r.;~y I t3l