The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-29 00:00:00

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T HEATRE ROYA L, DRURY-LA .- - NE. 1 ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU - Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterten. TION.—The ANNUAL GENERAL " ETING of this THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bis t ,- -, ate- SCANDAL. Mr. Phelps; Mr. Barry Sullivan; Messrs. H. street, on Tuesday, the 10th March, at Two o'clock precisely. Sinclair, J. Johnstone, C. Webb, C. Harcourt, Barrett, W. C. The Right Hon. H. T. L. CORRY, M.P., First Lord of the Temple ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss R. G. Le Thiere, and Miss Admiralty, in the Chair. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. E. Stuart. After which, the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas 14, John-street, Adelphi, February 29th. Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FAN FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin jack the Giant LONDON &NORTH-WESTERNRAILWAY. Killer. -LA LIVERPOOL SPRING RACES, 3d, 4th, and. sth March, 1868.—First and Second Class RETU RN -- TICKETS issued from Euston Station to LIVERPOO L T HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. and BIRKENHEAD on MONDAY, 2d March, and in- Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. tervening days, will be available for Return by any THIS EVENING, THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB. Mr. Train (Irish and Limited Mails excepted) to London, up florclon, Mr. Braid, Mrs. Chippendale, &c. to and including Friday, the 6th March. To be followed by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Coe, &c.; Mesdames ' , l c> Chippendale.'Robertson, Fitzwilliam, &c. .4 • c N c A cz, Cq • . e) • After which, BOX AND COX. Mr. Blackstone and Mr. t.. , 3 AI a: ..ki EI --' a • ci . ,-, o p. 74 . e. , ° Compton. And FAMILY JARS. Mr, Compton. ol cz , c. c:, c's gi, • ct. • in .. :3 I co ...%1 0 2 "" „; - o ..., F." ) 44 in 4. ,_, 0 ,-.. .... fiIHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. ... Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. 1 , ..1 ,•,; .in • .r. ctit 7 3 • Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. -,3 a P O • -t , 4 , 43 . ."2 g ' l ' THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. .-1 5 a N P 4 co ,-4 E 3 4 M 4 0 After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE , . Mr. Feebler (his co • . co • ,--• . .o • c, 6Gth appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. .3 F . ,5 - 0 ;,-',, - - :a :c3 :4 -.4 a *PM; tips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, anti Mr. Benjamin , Its. .0. ....„. o el •-•I C. ~' •-1 6 4, ,4 4. c, Web.:ter; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her sGth appearance), Mrs. era Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. It ,Z . co • c c c ; .3 , O, , , 0 . 1 41 Commence at 7. . - cc 0 , :,,1 a 3 --, -• a : F 2 4., co -1 E - 5 4 ,-1 gi. to •-• -____—_ • co - ..: '=' 4 , o; • c, • 0 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. .t.. 3 "-.:.; 0: 0 c ,-, ...q - 5 , c, - E 3 , 4 o cl. co Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, a Grand Combination of Two Great .-._., ''"?., 7 : Z of cz . 2 co • c , ~1 cot • ct Dramas, A RRAH NA POGUE and THE OCTOROON. Mr. ~..,•• c ''',- '' 0 '''' E ' - ',l 4 3 % i• e ' Asa Mrs. Dion Boucicault; Mr. J. S. Clarke, Mr. Vining; Messrs. .tr-+ ,-4- I'l 7 - 4, di r. 4. t, g ..., 5 4 ol 4, ci ri ,--, Dominick Murray, Dan Leeson, G. F. Neville, J. G. Shore , Mac - EI c 0 lean. H. Forrester; Mesdames Henrietta Simms, E Barnett, Z 34 i .n in vi co .co gathel Sanger, Mrs. Bishop, and Addle. o. ~;d n . no C s i a., .kl. . c, Scenery by Mr. Telbin, Mr. F. Lloyds, and assistants. 8 ,_, SCsCo 4 m ,. .. g N. 4, ~.n Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. A • 0 p .s es E '-4 o .s A l a E -.1. 0 QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. i THIS EVENING, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Ellen Terry. After which will be produced a New and Original Drama, -... 42 -.. entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner. Mr. J. L. d c t Toole. • I!= ti '); .... " 0 V, d To conclude with the Extravaganza. LA VIVANDIERE ; , 73 ,-. .c i 0 .•••• or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and a 0 .., 0 dCD p..cl T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. 14 ° .4 A ''Ffi a 0 . ~,... 0 ) ~. ).. ' 7 l Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan, 0 1-4 ..4 = Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, H. Everard, and H. Hodson. 41 PI ......, 13 ..... Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting 0 0 manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. o 0. gi 0 o Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. :til O ro a o .l.; .iil. o 14 1-4 a ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James, and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynn°. After which, PARIS; or, Vive Lempriere: Messrs. Thorne, Tams. Robson, and Fenton; Mesdames Swanborough, Har land, Johnstone, Hughes, Holt, Gwynne, &e. To conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c. FARES FOR THE DOUBLE JOURNEY. Ist Class. 2d Class. 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Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for Ladies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM lIOLDICH and CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DILkEERS, Established 1842, at 105, Fleet-street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, with Price List. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Di .—Morning, sh. 31 ro.—Afternoon, sh. 50m. To-Monnow.-Morning, 61i. Om.—Afternoon, 611. 20m. LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 29, 1868. There was nothing unusual in the statement made by Lord STANLEY yesterday in the House of Com mons, to the effect that a further adjournment of the House was necessary. Indeed, it was only NN hat every one expected under the circumstances of the case. The House is not to meet until next Thursday, by which time Mr. DISRAELI expects to complete his arrangements. Lord STANLEY put the case so clearly before the House that Mr. GLAD STONE'S somewhat ungracious reply was unseason able. The right hon. gentleman seems to be grow ing impatient at his forced state of quiescence, and anxious to expedite the time when courtesy can be put aside for candour, and when he can in down right earnest challenge competition. At any rate, it would have been better to have exercised a little more patience, and not to have exhibited undue eagerness, for a few days more can scarcely make any difference, and could easily be made up at the worst by abridging tor a time the period allotted for the Easter recess. Mr. GLADSTONE thinks ten days a very long time when so few changes are made in a Government, and he is " much mistaken" in his recollection if on any former occasion so long a time has been taken. Before giving his consent to the proposal of the noble lord, he therefore put it on record that only special grounds could sanction such a proceeding. There was so much truth in the reasons Mr. GLADSTONE subsequently gave for the delay that we wonder he did not convince him self of their cogency before, and abstain from need less objections. The unhappy absence of the noble earl at the head of the Government from town, when the Cabinet was consulting on the critical question of the Irish question, must necessarily, he considers, have put them in a " crippled and constrained condition." The " modifications" which her MAJESTY'S Government have undergone will render it necessary that ',the Irish question be again put before the Cabinet, and the extreme gravity of the qu ration relating to that country makes it important that all care and caution may be used. At last Mr. GLADSTONE arrived at the desired cud, and as he put no veto on Lord STAN LEY'S proposal, it is as well not to question his objections too closely. The delay at the outset of a session, though apparently of more woment to the initiated, is of reality of far less consequence than if it occurred at a more advanced period of the season. When once the House has made a regular start it is vexatious to be stopped short, and to lose the theme of the discourse as it were. We THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1868. think that the Alin isters and the Parliament in general may con grat elate themselves that the Irish debate in the Co cam ons had not begun when the resignation of Lor d DERBY took place ; and it must be borne in mind that some of the preliminaries of the Session being over before Christmas, the House is not so backward as one might suppose at first sight. No changes have come to light since yester day in the formatio n of the new Cabinet, hence it may be concluded tlmt no more important alterations are contemplated. This is as well, for there i 3 no objection to its present construction. Mr. WAL POLE will give his support to the Ministry, and re linquish his seat in the Cabinet, which will make no material difference. It is expected that Lord DERBY will be persuaded to keep his position as a Cabinet Minister, and thus afford the advantage of bis advice and experience to the late colleagues when his health permits hie) to take part in public matters. We think that the DISRAELI Ministry has a very good prospect of success, and that the House and country are inclined to give it a fair trial. It certainly deserves that it should be so, and the best interests of the country may be secured by the continuance of the Conservatives in office, for they seem inclined to do far more in the way of Reform than the Liberals, who can never arrive at a definite policy, or maintain unity among them selves. Lord DERBY, it may fairly be said, has won golden opinions from all men, and when he is sufficiently recovered to turn his attention to ordi nary affairs he will be gratified to read all that has been said and written about him. Not the least interesting of the various comments will be found in the foreign journals, particularly those of France, which have hastened to accord their testimony to the high character and honourable services of our great Minister and statesman. The Presse has some very interesting observations on the subject, and the writer evidently appreciates the position of affairs in regard to English politics. A not un enviable future is marked out for Lord DERBY by the French critic, and the noble earl's friends and admirers, as well as the public generally in a more remote degree, will acknowledge the force and jus tice of these remarks. Mr. DISRAELI, it is said, will consider himself fortunate in not losing alto gether the advantages of Lord DERBY'S experience and great abilities. His former colleagues can still benefit from his advice, and he may smooth away difficulties by his wisdom, and in cases of need give the assistance of his " powerful oratory." The noble earl, in fact, will be withdrawn from the struggle of party, and yet maintain his interest in the fortunes of his party and the turn of affairs in general. Respected by all sides, and honoured by his SOVEREIGN, he will occupy a place not unlike that of the Duke of WELLINGTON and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, and, it may be added, Sir ROBERT PEEL. He will be a sort of arbiter, to whom appeal and reference can be made in moments of emer gency, and, like them, " the depository of the tra ditions and wisdom of the past." After summing up the advantages of the position and its use fulness to the country, the writer concludes by saying, " How worthy of envy is such an incomparable situation, and how magnificent is such a crowning of an illustrious career ! Lord DERBY will be by a sort of universal accla mation the foremost citizen of a free country. The arrangements for the new Ministry are pro , f a a s vo y u e r t a , b a ly,and no d rid last night ra a w a b a a n ck nou h a a c s been emeut was made in the House of Commons to the effect that an additional adjournment would take place, and to state more fully the Ministerial policy than has as yet been possible. At any rate it is satisfactory to know that a few days delay will be all that could be looked for, it would of course have been impossible for the new Prime Minister to complete his arrangements so speedily had more changes in the Cabinet been called for, and the Parliament and public hive thus2,the more reason to rejoice at the unanimity which prevails. Among other abloard rumours that have been afloat at different times, it had been intimated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was tolerated as a necessity, but that he would never be accepted as the head of the party ; and no better contradiction could be put upon such remarks than the fact now patent to the world, that none of the members of the late Administra tion desired to leave when the change of Premier ship took place. There is nothing like letting people alone when they are so perversely inclined and so persistent in their invidious comments, because time must show how mistaken they are better than any thing else can do. The knowledge that Lord CAIRNS has accepted the office of Lord Chancellor will infallibly strengthen the Government consi derably, and Sir W. PAGE WOOD is an excellent substitute as Justice of Appeal. Mr. HUNT'S suc cessor at the Treasury is not yet named, but that gentleman is to be the new Chancellor of the Ex chequer, with general approval as to the fitness of the appointment. It is now decided that it will be necessary for Mr. HUNT to be re-elected, but that is of no moment, under the circumstances, we should imagine, except as regards loss of time and other inconvenience, for his return cannot be a matter of doubt. The event which has caused this sudden change in the conduct of the Cabinet is of a nature that disarms criticism, but, apart from that circumstance, we never remember a Prime Minister taking office under more auspicious cir cumstances than Mr. DISRAELI has done. It seems to be the general opinion that he deserves his fortune, and that a fair trial should be given to him, while the indications of his policy for the future afford a good hope that the cause of pro gress and the work of Reform will be as safe in his hands, if not far more certain, than in those of any of his competitors. The dispute between Messrs. PONTIFEX and Co. and their carpenters has assumed some importance owing to circumstances not directly connected with the matter. The influence of the exorbitant &a mands of workmen in occasioning and perpetuating the existing widespread distress is one of the most perplexing problems with which philanthropists have to deal. Every one must sympathise with the complaint of strong able-bodied men who are willing to turn their limbs and faculties to the best account, and to do a fair day's werk for a fair day's wages, but who cannot get it to do. To an energetic, in dustrious, and self-reliant man, it is an intolerable thing to see his wife and children want bread or receive it from charity, while he sits in enforced idle ness, though he is able and willing to work. But the case is altogether altered if from his own assumption, or from too ready subservience to the dictates of his fellows, the idleness is not enforced, but chosen ; if he has himself refused to do the work which he might have done, and with quibbles, and cap tious mks, and frivolous exceptions, and exorbitant demands, has disgusted his employers, and damaged alike their interests and his own. The man is p2r haps most to be pitied when he sees and feels all these evil consequences, and yet is forced by threats and intimidation to join in courses which his rea son and his judgment condemn. The 30 men who left work at Mr. PONTIFEX'S, owing to the dispute about the Saturday half-holiday, have stated their case to the Executive Committee before the Lord , Mayor, and Messrs. PONTIFEX and Co. have given their version of the story anew. There is a good deal of mutual contradiction, the men declaring they did not strike, the employers that they were not dismissed. Making allowances for faults and misunderstandings on both sides, the men appear to have been foolishly bent on obtain big the half holiday on Saturday in a time of such general slackness and depression. There have been so many involuntary holidays that we should imagine those who were fortunate enough to get well paid work would be glad to do it without quarrelling over an extra half day. Messrs. PON TIFEX suspect that some of the men only en deavoured to get on their works so as to cause a strike, and they affirm that several of the men have told them that they did not wish to leave, but were in timidated by the threats of their fellows. It is this sort of feeling which damages trade so much, which destroys all that mutual confidence and trust indis pensable in every branch of bmincss. If the em ployer has a constant misgiving that his men will leave him at the very moment when he most re quires their services, just because they know they are wanted, he will naturally be slow to undertake engagements which demand punctual fulfilment. Orders go elsewhere, capital seeks other channels of investment, and masters and men are alike left lamenting their errors and mistakes. The masters, by selfish disregard of the men in former days, drove them to combination ; the men ape revenging their former grievances on themselves and their families. The present dispute is significant of the unfortunate state of feeling, which must be amended before either charity or legislation will be able to effect a social reform. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The Special Correspondent of the Times with the Abyssinian expedition telegraphs, under date of February 12 : " King Theodore has placed all the prisoners in Magdala. " The British advanced guard has arrived within two marches of Antal°. " The Tigre people are very friendly." [This message was forwarded from Alexandria on the 24th inst., at 10 a.m.] FRA: `'CE. ree o'clock.—The market BOURSE, Feb. 28.—T1 closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 6B 65 Credit Mobilier End of month 226 25 Credit Foucior 1442 50 End of month 1383 75 RAILIVA' Bank Shares 3020 It&Pan Loan End of month 43 40 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred — Orleans Northern Account, 8921 ......... Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern..... 5521 W es t ern Easter a •• Sardinian Austrian 560 .Lombard 376 14 North of Spain ...... 82i Saragossa Roman 451 THE cc OXFORD" FETE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Given a fine day, and next Monday's benefit at the Crystal Palace on behalf of the artistes and employ6s, sufferers by the recent calamitous fire at the Oxford, is in every respect likely to accomplish the object with which it was set on foot. A pro gramme has been put forward for the occasion, which, prolific as the Crystal Palace has proved itself to be in the production of monster entertain.. meats, distances all previous caterings for the amusement of the masses. From all quarters pro fessional talent will pour in to aid the good cause, and the centre transept and the concert-room will present a continued round of entertainment. Four instrumental bands will discourse sweet music, and the visitors will have an opportunity of hearing the splendid bands of the Coldstreams, the Alhambra, and the Oxford. In the most handsome manner Mr. Strange of the Alhambra contributes his celebrated corps de ballet, who will perform the favourite rustic ballet of " Rustic Blossoms." The Oxford vocalists will give two of their grand operatic selections, which will be interpreted by Miss Russell, Miss Rivers, and Miss Fitzhenry, Messrs. Tivoli, Greene, and De Brenner, and be conducted by Mr. Jongh man. The list of comic singers is quite bewildering for its length, and it would really seem that no name of note in this laughter-moving f ra t ern i t y has been omitted. Blondin will appear. Farini is to walk along a wire in the centre transept with out a balance pole ; and Ethardo will give his excelsior performance on the gigantic spiral column. The cause for which this immense array of talent is to appear is one which is evidently enlisting a great amount of sympathy, because, pending the restora tion of the damaged part of the Oxford, a large body of artistes and employes are without engage ments. CORRESPONDENCE FROM rims. 'FROM OUR OWN .CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, Feb. 28. The political question of the hour is the situation in the Principalities. Though no immediate outbreak of hostili ties between the Roumanians, Servians, and Montenegrins on one side, and the Turks on the other, is expected, it is believed generally that events are tending very rapidly to such an outbreak, and that it can be a matter of only a few months at most before the situation must be changed by something decisive. Either the subject Christians of the East must be made to submit to the suzerainty of the Porte, or their independence must be acknowledged, if war is to be avoided. Russia will not go to war to support the pretensions of the Principalities just now, but she might do so if a favourable opportunity occurred, as, for instance, a quarrel between Prussia and France. In Paris there are two parties : those who would allow these populations at once to assert their independence, and those who would, for a while at least, retain them in nominal subjection to the Porte, to prevent their becoming the tools of Russia. The Avenfr 2Vat tonal argues that France should maintain a strict neutrality, making no common cause with Turkish, Russian, or Austrian•diplomacy. If a federal union were formed of the Principalities, it would be a check to Russia rather than an ally. It seems to be understood tha England will not interfere. According to the Journal de Paris, a note of a grave and almost threatening character has been sent from Paris to Bucharest within the last few days. The Liberte pretends that a sort of triple alliance is being got up between Austria, France, and England, which is to counterbalance the agreement, of the existence of which there can, it says, be no doubt between Prussia, Russia, and America. Moreover, the foreign policy of England in the Disraeli-Stanley Cabinet will, the Liberte understands, be very vigorous, and in this respect it will contrast favourably with the extreme reserve which England has of late maintained. The Temps remarks that the secrecy and rapidity with which Prussia has concluded a treaty with the United States relative to the naturalisation of German immi grants in America, is a fresh proof of the political fore. sight of Count Bismarcic. The French Academy have just naturalised a word hitherto omitted from the " Dictionnaire de l'usage." The word is .Absolutisme. The Academy is not fond of new words, but it could not deny this word its letters of naturalisation. The story goes, that one of the members exclaimed, " Would that we could vote on the thing after voting on the word." I suspect it was Prdvost- Paradol. There is a little French drama which has sadly per plexed those who exercise the censorship. The principal scene is a naval battle, in which the Vengeur, a French ship, is sunk by the guns of an English man-of-war. Her crew refuse to surrender, and as they are about to go to the bottom their last words are " Vive la Republique 1" Historical accuracy would not permit the censor to substi tute " Vive l'Empereur 1" and for the last week all Paris has been laughing at the embarrassment of la censure. The Emperor has, it is said, at last cut the Gordian knot by ordering that historical truth shall be respected. How could a historian do otherwise ? The sober Constitutionnet has an article on the elevation of Mr. Disraeli to the Premiership. " There is in this fact,' it observes, " something more than a mere change of persons, and that is why it provokes, from the entire English press, comments which attest a sure progress towards social equality among our neighbours." The Constitutionnel admits that England is, and probably will long remain, an aristocratic country : but "we must do its aristocracy the justice to admit that it has never been exclusive, and that it does not refuse its first rank to men who merit it by their talents or services." A distressing occurrence has just taken place at Ver viers. The Russian Ambassador, Baron Budberg, arrived at Verviers by train on his:way to Paris. While sitting in the refreshment room at the station he was accosted by the son of Baron Meyendorff, a former representative of Russia. Presently the young man became excited, and struck the Ambassador a severe blow with his fist. About to use his sword, it was snatched from him ; he then drew out a pistol, when the Baron called out " Arrest this man ; he is mad." The pistol also was taken from him, and the Baron's words were found to he too true. The assailant is subject to sudden attacks of insanity, and the attempt on the Baron's life was made under one of these attacks. The Libcrti has exclusive information about Mr. Dis raeli's programme. I quote its own words : " The policy of the present Minister promises to be very liberal towards Ireland ; and we expect, says one of our correspondents, a series of measures that will astonish even the Irish themselves." Soit. The agitation against the definitive conclusion of the Treaty of Commerce with England on the expiration of the original term gains strength in the manufacturing centrm A discussion on the subject is expected in the Senate. France is, however, too far committed in her engagements with other countries to with , lraw from those engagements with England. It is announced that the Royal Astronomical Society (of England) have awarded to M. le Ferrier a gold medal for his latest researches in connection with the planetary system. The Rome correspondent of the Morning Herald says the severest instructions on the subject of Fcnianism have been sent by the Missionary College of Propaganda Fide to the clergy of Ireland, Scotland, and the British colonies, as well as to the United States. All that Rome can do to discourage a revolutionary movement in the English possessions she has nobly and spontaneously done, and it is to be hoped her efforts will meet with a worthy and loyal recognition in England. We venture to say they will, except from extreme Orangemen. We have heard a great deal about the fortifications of Rome. The Times correspondent states that they are no -.flora than sufficient to protect the city from a coup de main. A number of Englishmen have recently joined the Papal volunteers. They do not seem to be connected with any organisation in Britain. The Fenians who went to Rome have been weeded out. The Papal Zouaves, as a rule, are men of a superior station to the common run of private soldiers. The paper-money of Italy has become an intolerable burden. The agio, or premium, on copper has now ristn in Naples to 10f., so that the poor who are paid in paper have to submit to a sort of famine tax on their earnings. The Cardinal who said the other day that the hack of a nation was never broken by debt may live to see the life of one imperilled by currency. A telegram from Madrid, dated the evening of the 27th, states that disturbances have taken place at Grenada in consequence of the dearness of provisions. The soldiers were called out. One person was killed, sixteen wounded, and several arrested. A despatch from Grenada states that the mob attacked the Governor's house, broke the windows, and clamoured for " work and bread." The province has been placed in a state of siege. The cast of the new Ministry is now almost complete. Mr. Sclater-Booth is to go to the Treasury, in the place of Mr. Ward Hunt, now Chancellor of the Exchequer. The focretaryship to the Poor-law Board, vacant by the promo tion of Mr. Sclater-Booth, has not yet been filled up. The Star states that before Sir John Pakington and Mr. Gathorne Hardy gave in their adhesion to Mr. Disraeli, they made terms with him in reference to the Irish Church question. Their object was to make the policy of the new Premier less liberal than it was to have been. If this is authentic, the session, as Mr. Gladstone said on Friday evening, " promises to be severe." The John Bull is enabled to state that no offer of a seat in the Cabinet was made to either the Earl of Carnarvon, Viscount Cranborne, or General Peel. Many other papers, with an equal show of authority, have stated exactly the contrary. The withdrawal of Mr. Walpole from the Cabinet will give the new Premier an opportunity for including in the Est of the select fifteen a department which has hitherto been excluded. The Duke of Montrose as Postmaster- General, the Earl of Devon as President of the Poor•law Board, and Colonel Wilson-Patten as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, have not yet been in the Cabinet. The two former offices are the most important ; the latter is termed a political cushion, and is generally a stepping stone to a higher position. Both the Daily News and the Telegraph defend Mr. Disraeli from the charge of discourtesy to Lord Chelms ford in not including that learned peer in his Ministry. To say, as the Post urged, that Lord Chelmsford had been dismissed, is to fall into a grave constitutional error. A new Premier makes a new Administration, and all the posts in the late G overnment becam e practically vacantwhen ('ord Derby's resignation was accepted. It was contended that it was Mr. Disraeli's duty to the sovereign, to his party, and to his country, to make his Administration as strong OA possible. The suggestion of malice and spite is absurd. Mr. Disraeli is too good a politician to let these feelings s►vay his public conduct. •Ae deserves credit for the caurage with which he has d'.sregarded the intrusion of personal pretensions into a purely public business. Lord Chelmsford has to thank an indiscreet confidant for the disclosure that his retirement is not voluntary, and that his friends' estimate and his own of the relative value of his services and those of Lord Cairns is not that of his party and the world. It is to be feared that there will shortly be a strike of colliers in the St. Helens district. The masters insist upon a reduction at the rate of 15 per cent. in the wages of the men, while the men profess themselves willing to accept a reduction at the rate of 5 or 7} per cent. The dispute still remains unsettled. RUNNING UP HO USE.. --.43. ---- Dr. Laukester 'has held an inquest at the Torrington Arms, Finchley, on the body of George Moore; who was killed by the fall of a part of the building which he was working on. Mr. Hammond appeared for the widow of the deceased ; Mr. Edward Besley appeared for Mr. Den ton, one of the persons interested: The evidence sheaved that the house in question was intended for a public-house, and an effort was being made to get it finished in time for the forthcoming licenSing day. In order to obtain large cel larage room the stacks of chimneys were not carried down to the ground, but built upon the party wall, which was 28ft. long and gin. thick. As soon as the centerir g was removed the wall and chimneys fell, burying the deceased and suffocating him. Mr. Richard Wale, an architect, who was examined, said that no architect could have designed and no competent builder have erected a building on the plan of the one which fell. It could net possibly have stood. If it had been propped up for twelve months, and the support then removed, it must have fallen. The dead weight upon the structure was altogether too great for its capacity. If the chimneys had been carried down to the ground the wall would have stood. lie had been in his profession for thirty years, and had never seen a building on such a plan before. Henry Motile Thomas, a carpenter and joiner living in Finchley, admitted that he prepared the plans and specifications for the con struction of the building for Mr. Denton, but with respect to the chimneys he merely suggested the way they should be put up, and left it open for Mr. Denton to decide. He thought the wall was strong enough to bear the weight, and considered that the accident had been caused by the con traction and expansion consequent upon alternate cold and warmth. He had certified that the work was carried out properly so that the builder might get his money. The jury, after returning a verdict of accidental death, passed a resolution attaching blame to the owner of the house for not obtaining competent assistance, and extend ing the censure to all the principals; but they subsequently differed about the exact terms to be employed, some think ing the resolution as worded by the coroner not strong enough, and others thinking it too strong. Ultimately the coroner and six jurors signed the following resolution : " The jury empanelled at the Torrington Arms, Finchley, on the 27th day of February, 1868, on view of the body of George Moore, having returned a verdict of accidental death, are of opinion that sufficient care was not taken by the owner of the building in which the deceased met his death to secure efficient assistance in the planning and construction of the said building, and the said jury are also of opinion that the said owner and his advisers and assistants are culpable for the deficient arrangements by which the said deceased met his death." Mr. Charles O'Connor and Mr. Brady, the two eminent members of the American bar mentioned by a New York correspondent as about to be sent to England by the Government of the United States, in connection with the trial of American citizens for Fenianism, are now in this country. OPPOSITION TO UNIVERSITY REFORM. Alt address to the Archbishop of Canterbury is in course of signature amongst the graduates of the University of Oxford, imploring his Grace strenuously to resist the threatened legislation in reference to the universities with all the weight of his influence, both personal and official. THE EASTER MONDAY REVIEW. —Lords Ranelagh, Truro, and Bury, with Colonel du Plat Taylor and Colonel Ward, accompanied by Serjeant Gaselee, M.P., and Mr. Scott, of the South-Western Railway, have visited the proposed review ground at Portsdown-hill and Sbuthsea common, Portsmouth. A favourable opinion was ex pressed both as to the eligibility for the site and the rail way facilities. Their lordships and party afterwards dined with the Mayor, being met by Admiral Pasley, Colonels Woodham, R.A., Haddon, R.E., :and the local committee. THE COURT-MARTIAL SYSTEM—The following names are included in the Royal Commission to inquire into the court-martial system :—The Marquis of Harting ton ; General the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel, M.P. ; the Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray, M.P., Judge-Advocate General ; the Right Hon. Russell Gurney, Q.C., M.P. the Right Hon. T. E. Headlam, M.P. ; Samuel Whit bread, Esq., M.P. ; Major-General Sir Alfred H. Hors ford, K.C.B. ; Lieutenant-General Henry Eyre : Viscount Etersley, Viscount Walden, Major-Gendral R. Rumley. DREADFUL DEATHS BY BURNING IN MANCHESTER. —On Wednesday night a very shocking accident took place in Thomas-street, Huhne, in a house ocoupied by a carpenter, named Fidler. Mrs. Fidler, who was about 42 years of age, was engaged in dressing a wound on the foot of one of her children, close to the kitchen table. She had an infant boy, aged only five weeks, on her lap ; and upon the table was a paraffin oil lamp. It seems that the boy whose foot was being dressed acci dentally upset the lamp, and it fell upon the baby, whose clothes instantly took fire. Mrs. Fidler's daughter, a young woman named Eliza, was in the room at the time, and she states that as soon as the lamp was overturned a dreadful scene took place. Her mother's clothes took fire from contact with the baby's, and she ran into the scullery, api,arently in great distraction, but returned immediately, and endeavoured to put out the flames, which were then spreading to all parts of her clothing. The daughter was so horror - stricken that she was unable for several minutes to render any assistance, and it was with great difficulty that' she managed to open the front door, which is fastened with a drop-latch, and canaot be opened from the street. Several of the neighbours entered the house, and found Mrs. Fidler and the baby shockingly burned. They were re moved to the Royal Infirmary, and both died from the effects of the burns on Thursday morning. WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. A theft committed under most novel circumstances has been reported at the Central Police-office, Glasgow. A re spectable young man, a Sabbath-school teacher, was pro ceeding towards the Wynd Church for the purpose of attending a prayer meeting, when he was accosted by a man who inquired whether he taught children on Sundays. The young man replied that he did, when he was at once told by the person who accosted him that there was a " lot of destitute children" in the " land " where he lived, and asked that the teacher should go with him and reason with them to attend school. Conceiving this to be an excellent opportunity for promoting a good cause, the unsuspecting - youth followed his interrogator. They pro ceeded to a house in the neighbourhood, on entering which they found a man and a woman sitting near the fire. A second man soon appeared, then a third bearing a Bible. and so on till the party numbered five men and one woman exclusive of the visitor. One of the men read a portion of the third chapter of the Gospel of St. John, making after wards a few appropriate remarks, which again were suc ceeded by a touching prayer. At this stage one of the men informed the teacher that a poor woman who lived on the flat above that where they were meeting had just been removed to the infirmary, and, as she was in very destitute circumstances, suggested that any contribution towards procuring her some luxuries other than those obtained in the infirmary would be gladly received. The young man replied that he was not in the habit of carrying much money with him, that he had only 3d., and that he was quite willing to give that in the meantime. The announce ment of want of funds did not please the "religious party," who at once cornered the unfortunate teacher, and imme diately stripped him of his coat and vest, and also carried off a silver watch and a pocket-knife. As soon as the youth got out of their clutches information was given to the police, and in the caurse of a very short time Inspector Hardy and Sergeant Sutherland succeeded in arresting three of the suspected individuals, who gave the names of John Harrison, James Black, and James Lyall. On one of them there was found the knife of the young victim. The names given are known to be fictitious, as the prisoners are well known to the police. LORD DERBY AND THE BURY CORPORATION.— .nr. Baron Martin sat at Westminster yesterday morning for the purpose of delivering judgments in several cases which had stood over for consideration. The first case was that of the Earl of Derby v. the Mayor and Corporation. of Bury, Lancashire, for injury sustained by him in consequence of a sewer having been made through a portion of his land in that borough. The question depended upon the construction to be placed upon a local Act and the general Act for the improvement of towns. Mr. Baron Martin first read the written judg ments of the Lord Chief Baron and Baron Channell, who were of opinion that the Earl of Derby was en titled to judgment, and then delivered his own judg ment, in which he took a different view of the Acts of Parliament, and thought that the defendant should sue ueed. In the course of it he said : " What I have stated to be the true test in the matter was the test which was always applied by a former judge of this court, whose death I regret to see announced in the newspapers of this morning. Having sat, for many years with that learned judge (his lordship proceeded with evident emotion), and having practised before him for a much longer period, I think it is but becoming in ale to state that in my opinion the country has lost by his death one of the most learned lawyers and one cf the ablest judges who ever sat in Westminster Hall. No one who has not had the advantage of sitting with him on the bench can thoroughly appreciate the qualities of his great mind, or his earnest wish at all times to do his duty. He never allowed anything to interfere with the conscientious discharge of those duties which he imposed upon himself, or felt belonged to him in connection with his position as a judge. He was, without doubt, the ablest and best public servant I was personally acquainted with in the whole course of my life." At the conclusion of his judg. ment, Mr. Baron Martin said, as the majority were in favour of the plaintiff, judgment would be entered for 13r: (CUUrt C huth HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 28. "I'Le Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise and Princess Bea trice, attended by the Duchess of Athole and the lion. Colonel De Ros. Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Priuce Leopold went out, attended by Mr. Duck worth. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Countess of Morton. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Col. Keppel, returned to Marlborough House from Bad minton. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ATTEMPTS TO PICK POCKETS. —John Jackson and John Powsey, two lads, were charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Regent-street, for the purpose of picking pockets. Henry Dawson, 122 C, said that on the previous afternoon he was in Regent -street with Shrives, 82 C, both being in plain clothes, when he saw the prisoners close by Mr. Cremer's toy-shop. Jackson stood on the kerb looking about, and Powsey went up to a lady looking in Mr. Cremer's window and felt her dress,and then returned to Jackson.Powsey again returned to the window and made about a dozen attempts to pick ladies' pockets, and the prisoner then walked down Regent -street as far as the Lon don Stereoscopic Company's establishment, making altogether not fewer than 150 attempts to pick per sons' pockets, and with the assistance of Shrives he then took the prisoners into custody. He told Powsey what he had seen, when he denied having attempted :to pick any pockets, and said that he had just come out of the hospital, and was looking round the houses, and on searching him a ticket for King's College Hospital, but in the name of Smith, was found upon him. Jackson gave an unsatisfactory account of where he had been work ing. Philip Shrives, 82 C, gave similar evidence. Jack son said that as Powsey had just come out of the hospital he took him for a walk, and while looking at " a wheel of life" in a shop window they were taken into custody. Mr. Shelley, employed in the Telegraph Wire Office, said that Jackson had worked on and off for some time, and he was surprised to find last night that he had got into a " little trouble." ➢lr. Knox told the witness that it was not a " little trouble," but a very great one, as the officer said he had seen 150 attempts. He should remand the prisoners for further inquiries. THEATRICAL, MUSICAL, 6-c. A now volume of letters by Beethoven is to be pub lished by Ludwig Nobl at Stuttgard• A 'monument to the memory of Bollini is to be erected in Catania, the hirthplaco of the composer. A new cantatrico has been discovered in Naples ; tho young lady bears the name of Linda Caraccioli. It is stated that in Boston (U.S.) up wards of 5,000 pupils, eight per cent. of whom aro females, :are daily receiving music lessons.—Musical Standard. The American Circus Company closed its prosperous campaign at the Holborn Amphitheatre on Saturday last. Mr. Bidwell, the spirited manager, returns to his theatre, " The Academy of Music," in New Orleans, and takes with him several well-known artists. Mr James Robinson, the champion bare-back rider, has left London for a short period for Manchester, previous to a lengthened engagement at Madrid. Mr. Kelley, the champion leaper, returns to America, and Mr. Sticknoy will also shortly leave for Spain. On Thursday evening Herr Hause gave another of his charming and successful concerts at the Hanover-square Rooms. The programme was well chosen, and Herr Hauso's talent was conspicuous in the composition as well as in the execution of a piece entitled his "Adieu de Bos ton." Two moro concerts will complete the series. Mr. Chatterton, of Drury-lane, announces the produc tion of a piece on Monday night, which promises to create considerable interest in the play-going world. It is from the pen of Colonel Richards, who has taken so active a part in the organization of the volunteer forces, and is en titled " The Prisoner of Toulon ; or, A .Peasant's Re venge." The scenery is by Beverley. Covent Garden closes to-day. The pantomime at Drury Lane also ceases to-day, and the extraordinary run of "Black-eyed Susan" at the New Royalty will finish. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews have completed their per formances at the Olympic. Astley's is now closed. DRURY-LANE TuEATRE.-A new and original sensational drama, by Alfred B. Richards, Esq., entitled " The Prisoner of Toulon ; or, a Peasant's Revenge," will be produced at the above theatre on Monday evening next. EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF SPEECH BY A DUMB MAN. A man, aged 40, named David Connacher, residing in Dundee, who had been deaf and dumb for more than 35 years, was seized for the third time with paralysis. From the first there was no hope of his recovery, and he died 20 hours after his seizure. Ten minutes before his death he rose up in bed and distinctly said, clear and plainly, " 0 Mary, Mary, Mary." The effect was extraordinary which those words produced on those sitting in the room,. hear ing ore speak who had been so long muto ; one woman (his sister) fainted outright, others were panic stricken at the unusual occurrence. Thsu ho became unconscious, and his spirit gently ebbed away. PRESENTS TO SUIT EVERY PURPOSE, TASTE, AND POCKET AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—Photographic Albums a choice of 3,000; despatch boxes, writing ca ses, ,dressing oases, travelling bags, env e l o p e cases, bl ot ti n g books, ink stands, desks, book slides, work b oxes, t ea caddies, hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, &c.; cigar eases, card baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Ser. vices, in every typo. Parkins and sotto, 25, Oxford' street. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly uew Vld fresh, co4,rqueut up-A a mid ole,--fADvT.) WESTMINSTER. FRAUDS ON VISITORS AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Sergeant Rainers, 1 N, accompanied by two ladies, solicited the process of the la iv against a person for fraud under the following fraudulent circumstances. The sergeant said that the persun of whom he complained called himself a "guide," but was in fact only a " touter" about Westminster Abbey, who picked up strangers and foreigners coming to visit the sacred edifice. Dean Stanley and the authorities had had repeated complaints made to them of the conduct of those persons who generally contrive to walk round the brim of the law, but had in this instance placed himself within its pale. lie was at present charged with fraudulently obtaining 10s. The object of the money was nothing, the desire was to protect the public from frauds which were being commonly committed. Two ladies now present would prove the fraud. One of the ladies stood forward, and, in answer to Mr. Ingham, explained the circumstances of the case. She and her friend came to see the Abbey yesterday. As they approached the man accosted them, and asked them whether they wished to see the old part or the new, to which they replied both, when he said the charge would be two sbillings. She gave him the money, and he then took them through the cloisters end was about to leave them, when she complained that he surely did not charge two shillings for taking them only through the cloisters which were publicly open to every one, when he replied that if they wanted to see the inside they must apply at the door and pay in the usual way to the attendants. Mr. Ingham—Did ho represent to you that he would show you the inside of the Abbey ? Lady—The old and new part, the charge for which, he said, was sixpence per head. Mr. Ingham—Did you part with your money to him believing he had authority and power to show you the interior of the Abbey ? Lady—We did. Mr. Ingham directed process immediately to be issued against the accused. THAMES. STABBING WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK.—John Petus, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Paget on remand, charged with stabbing a man called Brannan, who has been in the London Hospital a week. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, defended the prisoner at the request of the Greek Consul-General. It was stated that both men were Greek seamen. In the police sheet the prisoner was described as a native of Constantinople. They were engaged in a violent quarrel in Ratcliffe-highway ten days ago, and an • Irishman named Patrick Bryant, who behaved well in the matter, and prevented mur der, saw the prisoner take a dagger from its sheath and plunge it into Brannan's shoulder. He was about to repeat the blow when the Irishman seized him with one hand and took the dagger from him with the other. He held him fast until a constable arrived. Brannan was sent to the London Hospital, where he has since remained un der medical treatment. Mr. F. Morell Mackenzie, house-surgeon of the London Hospital, said the patient under his care had received a dangerous wound on the left shoul der, and could not be removed at present. Mr. Pelham was instructed that the prisoner was not the man who inflicted the wound. Mr. Paget said it had been sworn by a credible witness that the prisoner inflicted the wound with his dagger, and Mr. Mackenzie, the surgeon, proved that the wound was a dangerous one. if the man ,got worse he shoul l go to the hospital and receive his deposition. Mr. Mackenzie believed the wounded man would be able to attend in a week's time. Mr. Paget—Very well. I will remand the pri soner for a week. MADAME CELESTE.—After a lengthy and suer cossful visit to Melbourne and other places in Australia, this accomplished actress has started on her return to Eng land, where she intends giving a short series of farewell performances previous to her final retirement from the stage. The performances will be under the express patro nage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, who when at Melbourne, on more than one occasion paid a visit to the theatres for the purpose of witnessing Madame Celeste's performance. LEs BCEUFS-GRAS AT PARIS.—Not • fewer than four splendid oxen were carried about in the procession on Sunday, and attendad with a cavalcade of unusual re search, consisting of more than 500 persons dressed out is curious attire, and the greater portion mounted on excel" lent horse. The cars were 10 in number, drawn by four horses each. One vehicle represented Husbandry, Wit h appropriate emblems ; another; Franco in 1868 ; fou r ' Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and four others bore the animals from which the display takes it name. The Asiatic car was the most remarkable, as it carried the figure of a huge elephant with a richly-drassed female sit ting aloft on its back on a gilded seat. T wo bands of music accompanied the cortege, and each vehicle was fol lowed by an appropriate troop of attendants. Banners o f various colours were exhibited in great abu ndance, an d the whole spectacle was really curious and worth seeieg• Immense crowds of spectators filled the streets, and those accustomed to the - sight on previous occasions wore oils:- nimous in declaring that Duval, the rich butcher, Wir had bought the oxen this year, had given a very ban' some spectacle to the Parisians.—Golignla. Thi from eveni our t been Variat been arriv e from expec tion not si lar ge comes th e l a been Do. II ( D 1) 0. ur A ri A rgenti l a 43 ritAili ar ilia a r 00 tic, :A4li D o o ° 8 P t! ivi tc e zr iah bo lr a .b 1) La t i t' ti t t , IT, 4 1 4 b 2 kc, Do. ltm - Fil 3 di Final price Ante 8 per Lend Inset Mari dis liana 29 tank don Stocl i 34;