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To-Monatow.-Morning, 911. 37m.—Afternoon, 1011. !,u), , v . . s im ,-, , ~s . - -tt tvf:e4 - %•1. LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 3, 1868. The majority in the House of Representatives has very soon forgotten the lesson taught them by the late elections. For a brief period, indeed, the leading Radicals seemed inclined to temporise, and to show a little more moderation, but whether they found the effort too irksome, or whether they arrived at the conclusion that they had better make the most of their remaining opportunities and con centrate their energies for a final struggle, certain it is that they have recently proceeded to violent and unconstitutional extremes. The bill which has just been passed by 123 votes to 45 is nothing less than revolutionary. In time of war it could only be tolerated as a temporary necessity, and in time of peace it is such as no civi lised community could partially bear. It declares that no valid civil government exists in the lately rebellious States, prohibiting their recognition as valid by the National Executive of Judiciary. It revokes all powers of removal or appointment con ferred upon the PRESIDENT by the Resonstruction Act, and confers them upon the General of the Army. It declares it unlawful for the PRESIDENT to employ the nations; army and navy to enforce the authority of the existing State Governments,:or to oppose the execution of Reconstruction Acts. It is at once evident that this bill is directed against the PRESIDENT, as much as against the Southerners. It deprives him of his official rights and constitu tional privileges, and reduces him virtually to a sinecure. What sort of an Executive is that which has no right to remove or appoint its subordinate officers ? The Government of the United States is, it would seem, to be henceforth vested in the Con gress, and the head of the State is to take his orders from the chance majority of an angry and reckless party. One of the distinctive features of the office has always been the supremacy of the military and naval forces of the country, but of this it is to be henceforward divested. It is to be unlawful" for the PRESIDENT to employ the na- tional army and navy to enforce the authority of the existing Provisional State Governments. As it Lis well known that the military have been constantly employed in suppressing riots and dis turbances, and in some instances, by direction of the PRESIDENT, in supporting the Civil Courts, this proviso is apparently intended to encourage outbreaks and lawlessness. The House of Repre sentatives, in the plenitude of its wisdom, not only assumes the complete direction of the Executive, but of the Judiciary also. The bill prohibits the recognition of the Southern Civil Governments by either Executive or Judiciary. The Judiciary, ono would think, is capable of deciding for itself what is or is not lawful ; but the Radicals, after setting law at defiance for the last year or two, are sud denly growing very scrupulous about legality. They do not trouble themselves to assign the slightest reason for their proceedings. There is no direct act charged rgainst the Southern civil authorities ; there is no evidence that they have encouraged disaffection or shown any disloyalty. They are simply condemned as " not valid," being in the late rebellious States. Can the Radicals pretend that the Southern States are now in active rebellion ? If not, why should the recognised and acting Govern ments be otherwise than rabid ? .They have taken good care that no voice from the States themselves shall be raised in Congress, though the Democrats mustered in some force against it. The majority, however, as it at present stands, will not override the Presidential veto, and it is possible that before the bill is tried again the public feeling will be strongly expressed respecting it. It is intolerable that a measure reversing the whole order of Ame rican Constitutional law should be hurried through the Legislature by a few reckless political fanatics, without argument or deliberation. The nature of the bill is in itself so dangerous that the most despotic Government in Europe would shrink from proposing it. If Austria declared her intention of suppressing the civil authorities in Hungary, if Russia refused to allow any judicial court in Poland, we might well be startled ; but in America, which claims to be the home of free thought and free action, the majority of the popular repre sentatives are deliberately sanctioning an act of unwarrantable and oppressive tyranny. It is no excuse for the House of Representatives to admit that their action is mainly directed against the PRESIDENT. Their business, in such troubled and uncertain times, should be to seek the public good-, regardless of individuals. We need not expect any great patriotic devotion from them, considering of what material American representatives are usually made, but it is not too much to demand that they should abide by the ' recognised laws of the country. A sweeping inno vation could hardly be introduced at a more dan- gerous or unfitting opportunity, and the transfer of authority over States as large as half-a-dozen European kingdoms, from civil to military gover nors, must be admitted to be something very new in the United States. While commercial circles are complaining loudly of the depression of trade ; while all parties admit the burden of the taxes to be growing intolerable ; while the condition of the Southern States is an openly acknowledged drag on the energies of the North, these marvellous legisla tors step in to make everything ton times worse than it was before. Capital and labour are needed for the restoration of industry in the plantations ; but can either be hoped for under martial law ? Public confidence must be restored in Southern securities. 'Will the suppression of all civil governments tend to secure it ? Trade and commerce must send their stores to the Southern ports and bring their produce thence if we are to see the old industries once more flourishing. Will this terrible uncertainty, in which no man can say what is bis own, encourage the cautious dealer and the prudent merchant? We can only suppose that the Radicals, wearied of the struggle which has lately turned against them, de sire a general outbreak, the result of which may be the substitution of a Dictator for the existing machinery. The debate was resumed on the Press Bill on Saturday, and the Minister of Justice, M. BAROCHE, made a protest against the various objections which had been made against the bill. He declared that it was in accordance wish the liberal principles of 'B9, but still it gave the Government a sufficient power of repression. 'that it does in all conscience, and more than sufficient in the opinion of the best judges. M. 13AnocuE admitted that the Govern: went would carefully examine all the amendments proposed, and that the Chamber ought to dis cuss the measure in the most searching style. The Minister concluded, however, by giving some extraordinary definitions concerning the manner in which the voice of the nation was represented. It was not to be found, he averred, in the opinions of the public Prim, but rather in the electoral body, and its representatives were the elect to " pro nounce judgment." If this is the way in which the authorities regard the influence of the Press, it is no wonder that they succeed so badly in their regulation of it. The more they make these arbitrary rules the worse it will be for all parties concerned, and it is indeed vexatious that after so long a time and so much experience the Government should persist in their restrictive course and arbitrary rule. All the Ministers who spoke laid down the same harsh laws, from which it seems there can be no ap peal. All the arguments which were enforced, all the eloquence which was employed by the opposers of the bill, went for nothing. A pre-determined line had been determined upon, and hence all that was said went to the winds. It is, however, some relief to think that so decided a protest should have been made, and that the members of the Legisla tive Body should have had spirit enough to make such .a stand agAinst it. M. RICARD declared that the interdiction imposed on the Press would • l nup y silence as regarded the debates in the Chambers. The general discussion on the bill closed on Satur day, and to-day M. OLIVIER'S amendment will come on for discussion. Great excitement prevails on the subject, how ever, and according to accounts it appears that the members of the Privy Council and of the Council of Ministers held " special meetings" on Satur day morning, and that a meeting of Deputies was held under the presidency of M. JEROME DAVID. It was then and there decided to vote against the Bill on the Press, and hence many suppose that Government may withdraw the mea sure altogether. It is not probable, however, that such will be the result, because something definite must be accomplished in the affair, and the ex citement that prevails on the subject is far greater than any that has been felt on any previous occa sion for some time past. We would earnestly commend to the notice of all who take an interest in this matter the long and exhaustive speech of M. TRIERS. It is, in every sense of the word, a masterpiece in its way, and well worthy of the occasion which called it forth. Perhaps some may be surprised when they study more completely the mode in which the French Press is regulated nowadays, and it is in deed outrageous that a journal may not even repeat in what order the speakers in the Legislative Body follow each other. Well may La France express a hope that some forty years hence they may be permitted to make remarks upon the debates of 1868. M. TRIERS puts the present st ite of things very forcibly before us. France naturally desires to know all that is going on, and such a desire is in accordance with the spirit of the age. The telegraph quickens thought, and the Press appro priates the means of importance. " I ask you, gentlemen, can you do without that slanderous journal against which you wish to defend your selves ?" Very effective is also that passage in which the great orator points out the advantages that accrue from freedom of expression. Liberty is an immense lottery, in which nations may take shares without fear or compunction, because if they sometimes lose they more often gain. As for the talk of moderating the power of the journals, there is only one way of moderating liberty, and that is by the " use of it." In 1818 great confusion prevailed, but France was saved from the horrors of a great revolution. And why ? Because her assemblies were free. And how can we conceive political liberty without a free Press? as M. TRIERS most justly asks. " No, I say it with respect, the princes of the earth must make up their minds to the fact that the na tions desire to govern themselves." As for the citizen of France, he naturally feels anxious to know about the affaira of the world, and how can he pos sibly do that if the Press is encumbered as it is with the A r l e l st w ri ish ctiotnhsatthattheprGesosvueprnonmeitnt would take to? heart the very impressive warning that is given to them in this speech. If they did, it might secure that country against much turmoil, and themselves defeat and mortification at a subsequent period. There is a decisive mo ment for all Governments, and take care, exclaims AI. TILLERS to the present rulers of France, that History may not have to place you among those who have had an opportunity of seizing it, but allow it to escape." It is long since the walls of the French Chamber have beard such impassioned lan guage as that contained in this discussion, and it will long be remembered as a grand display of eloquence, and also as a noble vindica - tion of the rights of the Press and the just claims of the nation. M. THIERS saw the power of liberty in 1818, when he almost trembled for the co nsequences of the turn events had taken. Twenty years h,ve passel, ani he cannot peril the triumph of free principles in the nation then so earnestly desiring to be free in the right course. It may be that some ch ange f or the better will be the result of these deliberations, but at any rate it can confidently be affirmed that M. MIMS has done his duty in the awkward task he undertook to perform. He neither flattered nor threatened, he neither extenuated nor set down aught in malice, but fully, freely, and fairly he laid before the Legislative Chamber an exposition of the state of the case. He showed the necessity that existed for free discussion, and for freedom to the be accorded to the Press, and he denounced the course that was now being pursued by the autho rities in this respect. The more we dwell upon this speech, the greater hardship does it appear that it will not be fully published or freely com mented upon by the journals of France ;and it is in itself a protest against the injustice that it so ably , exposes, and the inconsistencies it points to in so meaning a manner. The French Legislative Chaco - her have, indeed, seen the handwriting on the wall, and it remains for us to see the result of it. Now is the time to act ; but if the opportunity be ne4 , glected,'the future will only afford the chance for repentance. CAMBRIDGE MATHEMATICAL Tiuros LISTS.—In the list, published last week we rejoice to find that Mr. Watson, son of Mr. Watson, of Liverpool, obtained the high position of fifth wrangler. In 1862 Mr. Watson gained the First Albert Memorial scholarship, founded by this town in memory of the late Prince Consort. In the above lists occur the names of Mr. Marshall, 38th wrangler, and Mr. Bayley, fifth senior optime. These gentlemen were edu cated by the Rev. Richard Wall, formerly of Birkenhead, now head master of the Grammar School, Brewood, Staf fordshire. THE MASTERS' AND SERVANTS' ACT, 1867.—The first attempt to bring a female servant under the provisions of this act was made at the Norton (Eastßiding) monthly sessions on Saturday. Mr. R. Levers, as agent for his mother, Mrs. Ann Levers, farmer, Firuber, York shire Wolds, charged Jane Harrison, 19, of Wharram, an alleged servant in husbandry, with absconding from ser vice. Plaintiff had hired defendant at Malton on the 28th of December, but a month after the statute hirings. He had hired her at a register office in Mahon, as a servant in husbandry, and it was explained to her that she would have to milk the cows r.nd go out to field work in harvest time or when reguired. She went on the Tcesday follow ing, and left on Saturday morning, because fault had been found with her for not milking the cows " clean," as much us a quart of milk having been loft. The wage was ten guineas, with 3s. 61. that mown-. The &feu dant was swore and said she was not hired to clean the cows out, which she had had to do twice, nor yet to go out to the harvest field. She was only required to milk the cows besides housework, and she swore positively that the words " servant in husbandry" were never men tioned to her. She had had sticks to chop and the calves to servo. Plaintiff denied the girl's statement in Coto. The Bench were of opinion he had quite failed to prove his case, and dismissed the charge with costs, expressing an opinion that if the girl's statement were true she had been put to improper work. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1868. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, FROM NM OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Su AY, Feb. The Avenir National appears to-day with the remark, " We cannot speak of the sittings of the Corps Legislatif, but we can read the debates. We could not without ex posing ourselves to the risk of appearing before the sixth chamber ' appreciate ' the discourse of Jules Favre, but we can announce to him the admiration and the gratitude of liberal and democratic France." Jules Favre made a long and eloquent speech. In many respects Eugene Pelletan had anticipated him ; but on the ques tion of the moment, the comptes - rendus, he spoke with unequalled effect. In the course of it he remarked : " Now, while I am speaking, journals, whose good faith has never been questioned have been doomed to silence. We are ostracised. We are treated as though we were excommunicated by the pres.; like pestiferous beings. They cannot speak of our debates without exposing themselves to fines and impri sonment." As if it were to give the lie to Jules Favre, the Constitutionncl and the Etcnci«rd, the Ministerial organs, have been discussing the speech of M. Pinard, praising it and making extracts. If the dependent press may do this for the Minister of the Interior, why may not the independent press do the same for Pelletan, Simon, Thiers, and Favre ? We must, however, wait to see whether the Minister of the Interior will summon his own organ for appreciating his own speech? It is not to be concealed that there are in France, as well as in the Corps L6gislatif, a large number of persons who have a great fear of a free press producing anarchy. Granier de Cassagnac, who followed Jules Favre, was the spokesman of this party. In his eyes the press has liberty enough, and there ought to be no more concessions till political parties have ceased to be bitter against each other. Now, Granier de Cassagnac is the directeur of the Palm, the journal of the Empire, and his speech gave rise to the most diverse interpretations, and very considerable curiosity. Had the Emperor told him to hint that the law had better be withdrawn, inasmuch as the Opposition appeared to prefer the status quo ? He was cheered loudly by the Right, and when he finished, the France tells us, there was the liveliest emotion in the lobbies of the Chamber. The reactionary club in the Rue d'Arcade have, it is said, de termined to have the law withdrawn if possible, while the extreme Liberals will, it is understood, vote against it unless amendments are carried to make it worth having. The first of these is to be moved by 111. 011ivier, who has sufficiently recovered from his late serious fall to be able to do so. The Ftew?ard denies that there is any likeli hood of the bill being withdrawn. Ido not think that the Opposition press care much for it as it stands. It is a noticeable fact that several of our provincial papers have refused to publish the official resume of the debates, and giVen merely the names of the speakers. It is a question whether this is not azttionable. It is well for you to know how English institutions are regarded abroad. Tie Etenclard, I observe, appears rather anxious to.depreciatt them. Here is its latest attempt : " England owes the great but precarious advantages of its governmental regime to its social institutions and habits— that is to say, to the absence of absolute equality and real liberty—and not to its political forms." What these pre carious advantages are the Etendard does not say, and I do not know. We have very emphatic denials of the alleged negotia tions between France and Italy for a fresh convention. It must not be forgotten, however, that the same sort of official denial, equally emphatic, preceded the campaign of 1559. From Rome we learn that the decree of the Papal Go. vernment of the 30th November, which se pestrated the property of persons who were compromis:d in the Gari baldian invasion, has been withdrawn, entirely, it is said, through the personal favour of the Pope. It has been stated that portions of the expeditionary force to Rome were being withdrawn. It may to as well to say that there still remain a battalion of chasseurs, four regiments of infantry, three battalions of artillery, and two squadrons of mounted chasseurs. Further Mexican revelations are said to be preparing for us. Really they are not wanted. M. de M e ntlonry, chief of Maximilian's staff, is to be the writer of a work to appear at Stuttgard and at New York. It is rumoured that Maximilian's Minister of Foreign Affairs is about to pub lish the correspondence whizh passed between the two Emperors. It appears that Prussia has been favouring amongst the Poles a German propagandism of late., M. Bismarck has sounded the emigrants in Paris .on this .subject. The latter, it is rep or t e d , h ave rep li e d v ery much as follows : First, that the Poles do not entertain a chronic hostility to Prussia ; second, that if M. Bismarck really desires to range them among his friends, he . has only to follow in Posen the example which Austria has set him in Gallicia. Surely the Western Powers are going to revolutionise ready. M. finding Turkey. The last invasion is that of the Snider rifle. It is reported here that two battalions of the line at Constan tinople have been supplied with this arm.and by Belgian firm it impossible at that figure, firm had, it is said, convertundertalt:lienrtoorteis week. of pieces into rifles at the rate of lrif. e ,b a e cl r i e , a aboutla rt a go n e e d sut i u v am i b l will be sehr aofftaheetoyryeaorfliotso,oolovonraifit eZseaitroereexn-pt otieirdntoon M. G-oltz, the Minister of the North German Confede raalltoilovne,ahbays , in D a N nizs t i o i measure, t , o r erceoc\e'ezdvliisiistosrpse this week. The effect of the severe weather we had in January is shewn in the railway returns just published. Most of them spew a decline. would r es i gn if defeated have entered, like Austria, up on a thoroughly constitutiona l course. The announ cement of M Y is consider e d on t h e Conti taken in co nnec ti on w i t h Prussia appears to Conti nent n . tthase Bismarckqvuervery stsi iog t n h n a iofif t c ai n t h nd e te_m M en i s n ipt i ie s ec t si r a 11 y the threat that the Liberals could not govern the country six months. This is the first recognition of the principle that the Ministers must be in accord with Parliament. Hitherto it has been held that they were the servants of the Crown, and independent of any vote of the Legislature. France has shewn goodwill towards Prussia in allowing her treaty with King William to override the treaty she had with Mecklenburg. By the latter the duty en French wine was only Bf. per tun. The Zollver e i n d uty was 16f. per tun. France, however, gains by the t ransaction, the th ro ughout the Zollverein. being now red u c e d dut tol y Of. The Austrian Minister of Public Instruction is about to introduce a bill on the subject of public schools, providing for the application of the system which prevails in Bel gium and Switzerland. The same Minister has introduced a bill on the subject of the confessional. Both these mea sures are a direct condemnation of the Concordat. The Government of Finland has concluded a loan of 5 million thalers with the house of Erlanger and Co. The rankfort. loan will be issued at Berlin, Hambu rg, anl F Indianwant o d u i t s b t r r e i cat It appears that the among the ryot indigo co mpulsory contract syste m un der which indigo is culti vated has become unremunerative, and the ry o t s have re aaivnice thse report Tirh re fused to continue sowi n g . cultivators The act for the better government of India will have been ten years in operation on the Ist of September next. The revision of the Act being regarded one of the cer tainties of the next session, the East India Association are beginning to consider what antondnaents they can suggest to Parliament. A paper has been read by Mr. Eastwick, C. 8., on the representation of India. The writer argued that the dependency might be directly represented in the them House of Commons by re mov i ng the res t r i c ti on upon m embers of the Indian C ouncil which prevents sitting in Parliament. At present our on l y c h o i ce i n India, as Mr. Mill has said, i s a c h oice of despotisms ; but Mr. Eastwick holds that th e people might be gra d ua ll y t ra i ne d to understand elective institutions, and that it is time to begin the experiment According to a Brazilian telegram, President Lopez is attempting to open up a route to the West through the Chaco. The Brazilian forces are manoeuvring to prevent this. A general a t tack on the Paraguayans , who were short of provisi ons , Was said to be imm i nen t. If it suc ceeds, this useless and sanguinary strife will probably come to an end. The Lord-Advocate of Scotland has informed a deputa tion from Glasgow that the Government had been giving their most anxious consideration to the subject of educa tion, and that he was in hopes he would be able to intro duce an Education Bill for Scotland very early in the present session of Parliament. Mr. J. W. Miles, the Conservative candidate for the representation of Bristol, has issued his address to the elec tors of that city. He is prepared to support the present Government, who have "" done well for their country" in having passed a Reform Bill with a basis of a ratepaying household suffrage in the boroughs. He would assist the Administration by all means in his power "to complete their Reform measures for the three kingdoms." - With a Miles in the field on the Conservative side, it will now be for the Liberals to settle their differences and close up their ranks for a contest. On four occa sions since the passing- of the Reform Act has a member of that well-known banking house been re turned for Bristol, and three times out of the four he was at the head of the poll. In 1859, the late Sir F. W. Slade polled over 4,200 votes, and ran within eighty of the second Liberal candidate. In 1865, however, Mr. Free mantle, the Conservative, was nearly 1,000 votes behind Sir Morton Pet% the second on the uolL LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. We (Times) have received the following telegram from our Special Correspondent with the Abyssinian Expedition, dated January 28th, and forwarded from Alexandria, February Ist, 12.10 p.m. : " Sir Robert Napier has started for the front. " A brigade of all arms advances to-morrow front Senafe on Antalo." WRECK OF AN ENGLISH BARQUE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 2. A telegram from Lloyd's agent reports the wreck on the 29th ult., on the Roumelian coast of the Bosphorus, of the British barque Circassian, Capt. Cooper, laden with corn, from Varna to England. Nobody was found on board, and the boats had disappeared. 'The weather has been very severe lately, with frequent storms. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, Feb. 13. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Moeris, with the above mails, arrived here at 9 a.m. this morning. THE WEST AFRICAN MAILS. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 3. The mail steamship Lagos, from the western coast of Africa, has arrived in the Mersey with 13 passengers and a full cargo. The Lagos encountered fearful weather after leaving Madeira. The news from the various ports is devoid of interest. Her dates are FerniUdo Po, Dec. 30 ; Cameroons, Dec. 29 ; Old Calabar, Dec. 28 ; Benin, January; 2 ; Brass River and Nun, January 2 Lagos, January 5 ; Jellah Coffee, January Gth ; Accra, January 7th ; Cape Coast Castle, January Bth ; Cape Palmas, January 10 ; Mon rovia, January 12 ; Sierra Leone, January 15 ; Bathurst, January 19 ; Teneriffe, January 24 ; Madeira, January 26. FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 3. M. Dertoris, the Government candidate, has been elected member of the Legislative Boby, for Lille, by 20,500 votes against 8,800. BOURSE, FEB. I.—Transactions are very aetive, and the market is firm. Three o'clock. —The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month._ 68 62} Credit Mobilier 173 75 End of month 175 Credit Ponder _l3BO End of month 135 RAILWA Bank Shares 3230 Its Fan Loan 43 65 End of month 43 75 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Rome Debt 341 Deferred — Account, Orleans ... 8821 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5381 Western Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian Lombard 351 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 46 DRURY LANE YHEATRE. On Saturday evening Buckerstaffe's celebrated comedy, " The Hypocrite," was performed here with the greatest success. The part of Dr. Cant well, of course, was sustained by Mr. Phelps. The comedy is an old-fashioned adaptation of Colly Cibber's " Nonjuror," which was formed on Moliere's " Tartuffe," which was in the first instance taken from the Italian. We have had various represen tations of the part since the days of Dow ton, but within our recollection we have not seen afiner re presentation of the part than that of Mr. Phelps on Saturday evening. Unlike many tragedians, Mr. Phelps has not confined his abilities to one par- ticnlar " line ;" he has given us some of the best specimens of old legitimate comedy that have been performed during the last five-and-twenty years, the most notable of which decidedly is his Sir Pertinax Macsycophant in the " Ma n o f th e World." his Bailie Nichol Jarvie in " Rob Roy" was an excellent performance, but not equal to the first-mentioned part, and although his Dr. Cant well surpassed the Bailie, yet it is not equal to his great impersonation of the grasping, money-loving Scotch Knight. Mr. Phelp's conception of the oily, smooth, and desperate knave was worked out with the most elaborate detail, and the whole performance evoked the loudest applause. MrJ .Rouse sustained the part of Mawworm pretty well, but h e was not qu i te i up to the mark in t, although he did all he could, as far as dress more especially was concerned, to bring back to the recollection of many of those present the acting of Mr. Liston. Mr. Edmund Phelps was somewhat stiff as Colonel Lambert ; but Mrs. H. Yandenhoff played the part of the Doctor's dupe, old Lady Lambert, with the greatest ability. Mrs. Hermann Vezin sustained the character of Charlotte with a deal of spirit and vivacity, and Miss Harfleur, as the young Lady Lambert, looked and acted the part very nicely, and the result of the combined exertion of the whole of the performers was to secure for the revival an enthusiastic reception. M r. E. L. Blanchard's splendid pantomime of " Jack the Giant Killer" still continues to go for ward with extraordinary success ; and from present appearances it seems certain to keep its place in the bills till the close of the season. The house, of course, was crowded in every part. THE CLERKENWELL EXPLOSION FUND. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. SIR,—A letter from Mr. Paget has appeared in several of this day's papers, which, if not ex plained, is calculated to greatly injure au effort now being made to augment the fund now raising for the relief of the sufferers by the late disastrous ex plosion at Clerkenwell. It is well known that the con tributions hitherto received by the Relief Committee have fal:en lamentably short of the sum required, and it having been suggested that a valuable addi tion might be made to the fund by means of a public distribution of prizes, I consented, at the solicitation of several gentlemen, to act as trea surer and hon. secretary. Several charitable institu tions having recently successfully adopted a similar course, it was determined to carry out the sugges tion, and I have every hope that, about the 20th of this month, I shall have the pleasure of handing over to the Lord Mayor a handsome addition to the fund, the entire profits being de voted to that purpose. The drawing will take place iu the presence of the subscribers on the 18th inst., the postponement being necessary in conse quence of the weather having somewhat retarded the operations of the photographers engaged in preparing the views of the ruins, which will be presented to every subscriber. These photographs are alone worth the small subscription of one shil ling, and have involved considerable trouble in preparation. I shall be very Eappy to receive the assistance of Mr. Paget, or any other member of the Re lief Committee, in order to successfully carry out the object we have in view. The hearty co operation is needed of all who desire to mitigate the distress occasioned by the sad calamity, and the hand of charity o ught not to be stayed b y any stat_ment trade unnecessarily. The cause is one that ought to awaken true sym pathy in the, breast of every right-thinking person, and secure the approval of every one who has the welfare of the sufferers truly at heart. Trusting you will have the kindness to insert this explanation,—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. S. SWEASEY, Hon. Sec. to Drawing Conimittee. King's Arms, Iloxton-gate, Hoxton, FO. 1, 1868. TIDE BR. 2 RADg Although only limited supplies of English wheat, they te.l)oor condition, have been on sale in the leading mar • ts, the demand for both red and white qualities has Piuled inactive, and in some instances a portion of the late !advance in the quotations has been lost. The prospect of •ciisteady arrival of an immense quantity of wheat from stralia, Chili, and the Black Sea ports, has, no doubt, ,rendered buyers very cautious in their operatiOns. !Millers, however, hold very moderate stocks. But whilst there is every reason to anticipate a heavy influx of grain, fil et is hardly to be presumed that increased purchases would be made just now. The arrivals of English wheat at Mark-lane, coastwise and by land carriage, have been again limited, and mostly in poor condition. Good dry samples have sold slowly, but at full quotations. Inferior kinds have commanded • very little attention, at barely late rates. The fresh imports of foreign wheat have been on a mode ,rate scale. The show of samples has bin good. The in quiry for most descripti( :Is has been inactive, yet prices :have been well sumorted. Good sound qualities of Iflour have sold at extreme rates, but inferior parcels have met a dull inquiry. The'arrivals ,of foreign have been limited. We have no change to notice in the value of barley of any kind. The trade may b consid , rel health•. On the wkole, the malt trado has ruled stervly, ,quite previous rates. The sop/45r of malt lias rather in streased. The arrivals of oats having fallen off, the oat trade has been steady-, and the quotations have been well sup ported. Moderate quantities of beans have changed hands at about stationary prices. The supply of English has been limited. All kinds of peas have met a slow sale, at late rates. • Of Indian corn, both red and white qualities have sold on former terms. HSTRESSPVG SUICIDE. Mr. I.upert Clavite, one of the ceronera forterkisliire, has held an inquiry at the National. School-room, Boyn Maidenhead, in ti the painful circumstances at tending the death of Mr. Henry Scott Gresley, a member of the bar, and son of the Bev. William Gresley, the well known incumbe'it AA Saints', Boyn Hill. A very respectable jury was empanelled, Mr. Durant, a magistrate for the borough of Maidenhead, being chosen foreman. Several witnesses wore e:mmined, and it appeared from their evidence that the dec;ased gentleman was only married in the latter part of November last, and went on a wedding tour, from which he returned about a fort night ago. Since his return he and Mrs. Gresley had resided at tlie Rev. Mr. Gresley's, at Boyn Hill, and it was observed that his manners were strange. So much was this the case that the rev. gentleman requested Dr. Playne, of Maidenhead, to examine - the deceased with reference to his mental condition. Dr. Playne ac cordingly had an interview with deceased, and from what Passed between them he came to the conclusion that it was desirable that the deceased should be watched. On Tuesday morning one of the female servants of the es tablishment met Mrs. Gresley emerging from the dressing room of the deceased in a dreadfully excited state, imploring that a medical man be immediately sent for. The servant hurried into the dressing-room, and to her horror found Mr. Gresley lying on the bed with a fear ful wound in his throat, from which blood was flowing, and there was also a quantity of blood on the floJr. A razor lay upon the dressing-table, and it was too apparent that with this instrument the unfortunate gentle man had committed the violence upon himself. Medical aid was called in with all promptness, and in the meantime every attention was paid to the deceamcd, who, however, expired from the effects of the wound. The whole facts were fully investigated, and the jury returned a verdict that deceased destroyed himself while in a state of temporary insanity. The deceased was known to a large circle of country gentry, and the sad case ham created a very painful excitement throughout the neigh bourhood. It is rumoured that Mr. Gladstone, M,P., is preparing, and has in a forward state for publication, a work on Greece and Phoenicia. As many of the other loyal bodies in the country have done, the Freemasons of Ireland are about to present a loyal address to the Queen, recording their abhorrence of Fenia,nism and all treasonable projects. Mn. FILDES, M.P., AT GRIMSBY. --411 a speech reecn'y delivered to his constituents at Grimsby, Mr. s a v;urted that Mr. Disraeli had only yielded the R 'orm to the pressing demands of the people for an e).' on on of the suffrage. The conversion of the Conser vatives to opinions diametrically opposed to those which they had previously entertained was the strangest and most complete political conversion in the record of history. He considered that the people of Irelabui had always been treated as a conquered race, and had had forced upon them a Church to which nine-tenths of them did not belong. Finally, Mr. Fildes expressed himself in favour of com pulsory education and vote by ballot.—Eastern Morning `News. A few days since a gardener, in trenching some meadow land at Highgate, Middlesex, found a vase con taining nearly 7,000 silver coins, consisting of silver pennies (London, York, Middlesex, Bristol, and Canter bury), groats and half-groats, halfpennies, &c. (Irish and Scotch, Venetian anti foreign, Teutonic), and two gold coins of Edward ii.i a:so an amber rosary. The coins have been partially arranged by Mr. Vaux, of the British Museum. When Lord John Browne retires from the representa tion of Mayo, Mr. Valentine O'Connor Blake, who has considerable landed property in the county, will offer himself for election. Mr. Blake is an advanced Liberal. A correspondent of the Freeman's Jottryial states that the Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Pusey, and Mr. Mackonochie (of St. Alban's, Holborn) are the persons to whom the I?,egider referred a week ago as about to join the Church of Rome. Mr. George Potter has again to correct the Times on a point on which he has been misrepresented. The leading journal stated that the action of trades unions in the limitation of apprentices has been selected as the strongest and most defensible point in the system of Unionism, and that Mr. Potter had confidently undertaken to justify the principle, and show good reasons for the policy of it, at the forthcoming interview with Mr. Gladstone. He denies that the limitation of apprentices had been chosen as one of the questions to be defended by the deputation, although it i s selected as one of the subjects to come. under discussion; and the statement that the writer had undertaken to justify the limitation is, he says, equally incorrect. The deputation wish it to be understood that what they intend to do at the interview with Mr. Gladstone is to sheW reasons why some trades limit apprentices, and, if these reasons are not justifiable, to recommend the consider ation of the subject and the adoption of such alterations as m ay be deemed necessary. Thereby they hope to shew that they desire to eradicate from the unions everything that is unjust or indefensible, and make them worthy of intelligent artisans. Mr. It. H. Allnatt has published an analySis of his notes on the weather during :January. He speaks of the storms which prevailed throughout England and part of Conti nental Europe, explaining that they were generally equa torial. The range of Fahrenheit's thermometer in the ).cst week of the year was from 5 to 12 deg. below the teezing point. In the second week the mean was from Bto 41 . 2 deg., a difference of 1f3•2 deg. From the 16th ) the 31st the nightly range was from 29 to 47 deg., a ifference of 18 deg. Frost occurred nightly up to the .;!th, and again on the 20th and 21st. The range of tly barometer during the month, Mr. Allnatt says, was fron. 28.70 to 30.00 inches, the minimum registration being just previous to the gale of the 22nd. The fall of snow was about four inches, and it is remarked that on the sth, 6th, and Bth the snow fell, thawed slightly, and then became frozen over the top, so that in undisturbed places there were three impervious layers of ice-bound snow. In the most inclement portion of tl..e early part of January the mortality fell considerably below the average. Mr. Dudley Baxter writes to the Times to defend the East London Mission Committee from the charge of re fusing to co-operate with the Central Executive. The writer argues that there has been a miscarriage and a mis take. The Mission Committee were in favour of one executive, but, being a religious body, they did not f ee l bound to give up their funds, which were larger than th ose of all the other committees put together, to a purely secular organisation. Mr. Saunderson, the secretary of the committee, denie that the religious opinion of anyone in distress in the least influences the amount of relief given by the association. He also states that in order to prevent " duplicate relief " the comm • retired from several districts where local societies too: it upon them to administer to the distress. To some of these, too, funds were voted. The committee formed sewing classes, and paid for the work done. Ladies and gentlemen were asked to come out and speak to those who attended about the gospel of Christ. The am oun t o f relief given by the " Mission," Mr. Saunderson says, amounted to from £l,OOO to £1,500 a week. H e a l so explains that wherever house-to-house visitation is insti tuted by other local p: - .3r4ong, "Mission" always leaves th 9 4ißtrl^t 7 l t'rir cr2i t HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 2. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Christian. Her Majesty, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess Henriette attended Divine Service this morning at IVhippingham Church. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were in attendance. We are authorised to state that the Queen will, hold a Court - at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, March 3 to receive the Corps Diplomatique, Her Majesty's Ministers and other official personages, with the ladies of their fami lies, who will receive notifications of her Majesty's gra cious intention through the Lord Chamberlain. The Queen will also hold three Drawing Rooms at Buck ingham Palace viz., on Thursday, March 12 ; Wed nesday, April 1 ; and Tuesday, May 12, to which ladies will be admitted under the same regulations as were formerly in force at St. James's Palace. The Queen will be present at each Drawing Room as long as her Majesty's strength will permit, one of the Princesses representing the Queen during the remainder of the time. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, as usual, hold Levees, on her Majesty's behalf, during the season at St. James's Palace. THEATRE ROYAL, ITAYMARKET.--Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Tezk, honoured the above theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. THE LATE GENERAL COUNT LADISLAUS ZAMOESKL One of the most high-minded and chivalrous of the Poles who fought in the War of Independence of 1830-1, has just died in exile at Paris. lle was descended from the great Chancellor John Zamoyski ; and therefore belonged to one of the very few Polish families in the possession of strictly entailed estates or majorats conferred, like Strathfioldsayo and Blenheim, for eminent services to the Crown. At an early age he entered the Polish army, then com manded by the Grand Duke Constantine, brother of the late Emperor Nicholas, and was appointed aide-de-oar%) to the Grand Duke. When the Polish insurrection of 1830-1 broke out, young Ladislaus, by his tact and in fluence with the Grand Duke, obtained for himself and the Polish troops a release from the oath of allegiance to the Emperor. His military career during that memorable struggle, was marked by superior capacity ; he was ap pointed Chief of the Staff to a separate and considerable corps, and was distinguished by many gallant deeds upon the field of battle, where he was severely wounded. The catastrophe which terminated the war made him, with thousands of his countrymen, an exile. Still full of a soldier's aspirations he assisted, with the sanction of the French Government, at the siege of the citadel of Antwerp, and on the consolidation of the Belgian monarchy took service in the Belgian army, and was con stantly an object of King Leopold's special attention. Oa retiring from this sorvice,which offered him no active career, he returned to France, and accompanied the late Duke of Orleans in his travels through Algiers. The con tinued intercourse and intimacy produced by the journey impressed the Duke with the highest opinion of the Count's abilities. In the Italian campaign Count Zamoyski sorved on the staff of King Charles Albert. The Count subsequently proceeded to Hungary and served with Generals Rem and Dembinski, and on the termination of the war retired with the Hungarian leaders into Turkey ; the Russian Govern ment, in menacing terms, demanded his extradition, and urged the point with such persistence as showed that it regarded Ladislaus Zamoyski as no ordinary opponent. The Sultan refused, as we all remember, to violate the laws of hospitality, and received the prompt support of Lord Palmerston's Government in his magnanimous con duct. When, in 1851, England and France declared war against Russia, a corps of Polish refugees was formed in Turkey by the advice of Prince. Czartoryski, under the name of the "Cossacks of the Sultan." Count Zsmoyski, at that time Major-General in the Turkish army, having, with the permission of the Sultan, proposed to the British Govern ment to raise a body composed of his countrymen several thousand strong to act as an auxiliary to the Turkish Contingent, his offer was accepted. A. new and distinct corps, called the " Division of the Cossacks of the Sultan,'' of which part of the other force formed the nucleus, in creased by the voluntary enlistment of Polish exiles from all parts of the world, together with several hundreds of Polee who served in the Russian army at Bomarsund, where they had boon captured by the British, was orga nised, and passed into the English service, the command being entrusted to the Count, with the rank of General of The sudden close of this war prevented the effect which the appearance of this force was calculated to produce on the great number of Poles in the garrison of Sebastopol from being tested by actual experience ; but the conduct of the Poles, under General Zamoyski, while serving with the British troops, was in every way such as to elicit a warm eulogium from the Government on the disband ment of the corps. Count Zamoyski, though by profession a soldier, was by circumstances a diplomatist. Under the direction of his venerable uncle, Prince Adam Czartoryski, who possessed, perhaps, a more intimate knowledge of European affairs than any other statesman of the day, Count Zamoyski inter ceded on behalf of his country at all the Courts of the West. He was so perfect a master of the English language that he could address a public meeting with effect ; he was equally conversant with almost all other modern languages; and he added to the charm of manner, belonging in an espe cial degree to the great nobility of Poland, an earnestness in advocating his views, which seldom failed to carry con viction with it. Although liable to attacks of intense bodily pain, arising probably from too much mental exer tion, he shrank from no amount of labour in correspon dence or in travele, if he thought he could gain a pro selyte of mark to the cause which he considered sacred. lie even recounted with a certain satisfaction the rebuffs which he sometimes sustained from the hostile or the ignorant. "[t is right," ho would say, "that when our country suffers such humiliations, they should fall also on us individually." As regards forms of government, Count Zamoyski was an uncompromising advocate of consti.utional monarchy. He had as little toleration for democracy as for despotism, and adopted the Constitution of 3d May, 1791, establishing hereditary monarchs, as the starting point of Polish de , velopment. In religion Count Ladislaus Zamoyski was most sin cerely and devotedly attached to the faith of his fore- fathers. With him, as with the majority of his country men, that religion, no doubt, sank deeper into the heart from being an object of persecution to their oppressors — from being identified, in their case, with the cause of national freedom. In appearance Count Zamoyski was almost as remark able as in character. In stature he was far beyond the ordinary height; his pale countenance bore witness to much mental and bodily suffering, but also to a resolution which no suffering, mental or bodily, could overcome. On one occasion, when entering the room at a reception at Lady Palmerston's, Lord Palmerston, stretching out his hand to General Zamoyski, observed—" Here comes the ghost of Puland, never tired of reminding us of the state to which the apathy of Europe has brought it." A leading member of tho Polish emigration, supporting all its educutiot. al and benevolent institutions, establishing a library of great extent and usefulness, generously re lieving individual distress, he readily employed his private -resources for any purpose that could promise benefit to his countrymen. A more noble or self-denying character it would be impossible to find, and yet, like other great men, he did not escape the abuse of the ignorant and malignant ; he bore it, however, without complaint, and with a serenity of mind that disarmed almost all the opponents who ap proached him. The close of his life was worthy of its course. He was supported through great sufferings and distressing weak ness by his strong religious convictions, and the conscious ness that ho had striven to the utmost in the discharge of his duty. His wife (of the distinguished family of Dzia lyuski of the Grand Duchy of Posen), who had been his companion in Turkey, and able assistant in his laborious occupations, his children, and many near relatives, were with him at the last. His body has been placed, tempo rarily, in the church of St. Louisan lisle at Paris, to be transferred ultimately to the Polish cemetery at Mont morency, where the most eminent among the exiles lie buried. The numerous friends of Count Zamoyski in this coun- try may regret him principally on account of the amiability and simplicity of his character in private life. His loss will be deplored by the most . intelligent among his country men, and by the leading statesmen of Turkey, as that of the most active and able opponent of their common enemy. THE REV. MR. SPEKE.—No further trace has yet berm found of this strangely missing gentleman. Ruthours which have been recently published are erronouns, and is part unfounded. One story, to the effect that the dead body of Mr. Spoke had been discovered at a house in Pim lico, is entirely baseless. A corpse found in the small river which runs near Ongar, in Essex, was in appearance so near the description in the bills offering a reward for the discovery of Mr. Spoke that a telegram was sent to Scot land-yard, and an inspector of detective police was imme diately despatched to the place indicated. It turned out that the body was nut that of the missing clergyman. 1 110 Pimlico rumour cannot be accounted fur by any incident 'low= blight.