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AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no•matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 78. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. 171GH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, Bh. 45m.—Afternoon, 9h. 23m. To-llonßow.-Morning, 10h. 2m.—Afternoon, 10h. 43m. t• . Snit LONDO.N, MONDAY, FEB. 17, 1868. The intelligence from Abyssinia, though some what uncertain, is not altogether so favourable as we could wish. The latest news comes from Malta, Feb. 16, where the Indian troopship Crocodile has arrived from Alexandria four days earlier. She brings reports that the main body of the expedition cannot advance until the depots have been formed at Sande, a task of considerable time, as each mule's burden on reaching its destination is reduced to an average weight of 101 b. ! We may faintly conjecture the length of time which it would take to form a depot under such circumstances. Nineteen miles of piping for the conveyance of water was passing through Egypt for Abyssinia. A good supply of water is of course one of the first requisites, and we find from the earlier advices from Annesley that a great scarcity of water prevailed there, the daily allowance being three quarts. It is matter of regret that so many preliminary arrangements are necessary, and that the inevitable delay which always attends upon English expeditions should have weighed down so heavily the progress of an expedition . in which so much depends upon time. As no active or organised opposition has as yet been offered to our troops, it seems a pity that they should not push on faster, so as if possible to get the captives into English hands. If the ob ject of the war were merely to punish THEODORE, to destroy his dynasty, or open a way into his country, slow and sure might be the wisest motto, but since the definite purpose is to rescue a few in. dividuals from his keeping, the time lost before the somewhat cumbrous preparations are complete is matter for regret. Sir R. NAPIER is no doubt most anxious to effect the liberation of the captives, and is at the same time influenced by a praiseworthy desire not to expose his men to unnecessary risk. The want of knowledge aboet the interior of the country, the lack of means of conveyance, and the doubt about the water supply are still embararssing considerations ; still there are cases in which, as Lord DERBY said of Parliamentary Reform, " Bold ness is safety." It is easy to criticise the actions of those at a distance without fully appreciating or understanding their difficulties, and it is not fair to blame individuals for the defects of a system. But we should be very glad to find matters going on a little faster, and especially glad to hear that some definite plan was arranged for opening com munication with the long-imprisoned captives. The movements of the Egyptians are as unexpected as they are perplexing. The great jealousy exist ing between the Abyssinians and their northern neighbours rendered the proffered assistance of an Egyptian contingent in many ways undesirable. It was not our object to embroil ourselves with the whole population of Abyssinia; and, in fact, the assistance of the chiefs has been serviceable to us. The proposal of the Egyptians to join our expedi tionary force was therefore courteously declined ; but we now learn that the Egyptian troops which the VICEROY assembled some time since on the coast are now in motion, quite independently of the simultaneous movement of Sir R. NAPIER. This is a complication which is by no means desirable. We cannot certainly fight the Egyptians for pro fessing to aid us, but their assistance is equally ill timed and unwelcome. MENELEIC and the other chiefs who have hitherto declared themselves against THEODORE will assume a different aspect, when they find their neighbours and rivals appear on the scene. If the Egyptians once get a footing in the country it will'not be very easy for the Abyssinians to dislodge them, and they will very likely be un willing to retire without retaining a slice of the country. England generally gets on best when she has no allies fighting with her, and Abyssinia is as likely to illustrate this truth as our earlier and more momentous battle -fields. Mr. ROEBUCK has written a defence of his late address on Trades Unions to one of his constituents, and many will be glad to read it ; for the subject is one of great importance and interest just now, and the hon. member's opinions on the question natu rally excite a good deal of notice. In the first place, h e makes allusion to the complaint made as to his not having treated of the duties of capital in the lecture which he delivered a short time ago in Shef field ; but, as he very truly put it, the circumstances under which he spoke were most peculiar—he was speaking to working men of a town in which horrible disclosures had taken place, relating to acts of murder and cruelty ; and these deeds had been done by men of the class he then spoke to. At the same time it must be borne in mind that there have been many opportunities afforded to these men of bringing forward charges against the capitalists, but none such have been preferred ; and there was no evidence to show that, if brought forward, they could have been "substantiated." Hence Mr. ROEBUCK not unreasonably directed his attention t o the subject now paramount in men's minds, namely, the " wrong views entertained re specting the nature of labour and capital." The explanation and illustration of these errors took some time, and besides this the hon. member spoke very plainly as to the course which he deemed it advisable for the Legislature to adopt, in order to remedy as far as possible the mischievous tendency of the prevailing notions. Some most misguided individuals have drawn from all this that Mr. ROE BUCK'S sympathy for the working man has greatly diminished, if not altogether vanished ; but this is only another instance of the very erroneous impres sions which people take when their minds are under the influence of passion or prejudice. We consider that this letteris a very complete explanation of the course taken with respect to this lecture, and should fully convince those who peruse it that the lecturer was animated by the most upright motives, and the most con:cientious desires in all he said or inferred on this matter. In fact, Mr. ROEBUCK has hit the mark when ho put it thus—that people have be lieved that capital and labour are antagonistic ; tad, therefore, if the mistakes of one class are shown, the errors of the other ought to be exposed. This was not necessary for the end in view, how ever, and all the fault found with the remarks in question were quite uncalled for. A better reply to the seditious comments could not be given than in the passage in which Mr. ROE BUCK declares that his legislative life has been spent in supporting those acts of legislation which de terred capital from using any detrimental influence on labour ; and yet, because he did not droll un necessarily upon the theme of the shortcomings of the capitalist prejudice rose rampant, and as he put it emphatically, "my past life was forgot, and I was treated as an enemy, through the whole vigour of my mind and body for thirty-six years had been stedfastly and disinterest edly devoted to promoting and watching over the interests of my fellow-countrymen of every class and degree." He is always the truest friend of the people who tells them their faults, and in doing so Mr. ROEBUCK has rendered a better and truer service than those who pander to the passions of the hour to gain themselves political notoriety. The writer of this communication suggests to Mr. ROEBUCK that his sympathies with the " hardy sons of toil" may have been alienated in consequence of his having had mare constant intercourse with the rich and powerful ; but Mr. ROEBUCK► answers very truly and effectively, at what time have they chosen to set this idea afloat ? Why just when he has been exerting all his influence and employing all his energies to accomplish the great work whereby these " hardy sons of toil" will attain a greater place in the Government of the country than any which they have yet enjoyed. This is, indeed, a glaring instance of inconsistency and wrong judg ment, which cannot be too stronglyd enounced. We fully agree with all Mr. ROEBUCK here says, and consider furthermore that great injustice has been done to him, but the only way for a politician to succeedis to follow the cause he thinks right himself, whether it leads to popularity or the reverse of it. The time is not far distant when the general intelli gence of the working classes of this country will declare against the tyranny and oppression of Trades-Unionists, under which they have too long been crushed down and injured, and then the pub- lic spirit and patriotism of Mr. ROEBUCK will be recognised as it ought to be. Meanwhile we must put up with the disappointment that too often awaits those who look tothe gain of others and not to the immediate gratification of their wishes ; buit it has been well said— - - " One self-approving hour whole years outweighs, Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas." As we expected the news from South America shows us that matters are more favourable to the Paraguayans than to the Allies. The latest advices received through Rio Janeiro, bearing date January 23d, report that no fighting had taken place since the departure of the last mail. Presi dent LOPEZ was fortifying his position, making a road in the Chaco. Evidently he is very well able to hold his own, and is willing to leave sickness and disaffection to do their work in the enemy's camp and fleet. The Marquis DE CAXIAS was inactive, being perhaps disheartened by the prevailing sick ness, which must have paralysed his move ments. Notwithstanding the systematic at tempts to make the worse appear the better cause the truth is beginning to be known, or at least suspected, in the Empire. Some anxiety, we are told, was beginning to be felt in Rio as to the effect of the war, there appearing to be no hope of an immediate termination. How different from the confident assertions of an easy victory, and the contemptous depreciation of the military skill and strength of the Paraguayans, which we heard a short time since ! It is no great wonder that the people, groaning under the visitation of a terrible epidemic, look with apprehension and anxiety on the costly war, to which they are inclined, rightly or wrongly, to attribute the advent of the dreaded visitor. The cholera, according to the latest news, has spread to all parts of La Plata, while at Buenos Ayres business was completely at a standstill owing to its ravages. The last mail informed us that owing to the adoption of active sanitary measures the disease was disappearing ; but from these accounts it would seem that it has taken fresh hold. Before its appearance there was disaffection in the camp and divisions between the rival authorities, the general at the head of the army accusing the com mander of the fleet of causing the fail ure of their joint attempt against LOPEZ, and the latter returning the compliment, with interest. The disputes between the heads of the forces could not have tended to reassure the people, and it would now seem that the same dis union exists in other ranks. In the Argentine Re public the war is becoming very unpopular. The people, no doubt, are beginning to ask why they should lavish their blood and treasure to forward the ambitious designs of Brazil, and the sufferings inflicted by the cholera will, no doubt, stimulate them to break off from an enterprise which has led to such disastrous results. At Santa Fe the revolu tion has assumed a serious aspect, and probably by the next mail we shall learn that it has exercised a sensible influence on the war. The Allies will do wisely to retreat from the hopeless contest before they have made further sacrifices, and before con cessions are extorted from their necessities which might now be granted with better grace and less Count BISMARCK seems determined to do as much harm as he can in all possible ways, and wherever and whenever it is possible to give offence he does so directly. His last exploit is one worthy of record, for it will in all probability have most serious consequences. He has refused to receive a deputation from the Conservative party in the Lower House, who had come to him with the view of settling the pending differences. This is a most unwise determination, and one that I cannot be too strongly condemned in all its bear ings. It shows very plainly that the irascible states man is quite indifferent to the feelings of others, and that all he wants is to have his own way, and if that be impossible he will take no heed to any thing. This is not the way a statesman should be have if he wishes to secure regard and respect, and still more if he would retain influence. He will find that the tone he adopted with regard to the Chamber of Deputies the other day was a great mistake, and now this churlish refusal to receive the Deputies is another. It seems now doubtful whether M. BISMARCK will leave Berlin daring his leave of absence, which is another extraordinary piece of proceeding on his part. If he required relaxation he need not take it just at a time when so much of an important nature has to be decided upon, and when he himself has declared that the unity of Germany is at stake, and can only be secured by the most strenuous exertions. From France we learn that the rumour as to Minis terial changes is an incorrect one, and that there will but be constitutional modifications. It would certainly be a very awkward time to have recourse to alterations just now, when so many affairs of im portance are pending, and the Army Bill and Press Bill are still to be consolidated. Meanwhile it is satisfactory to notice that commercial affairs are proceeding satisfactorily, and the official confirma tion has been given to the news of the ratification on Saturday of the Treaty signed between France and Mecklenburg. After the treaty between Austria and the Zollverein has been signed other arrangements will be put in force. The new order THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1868. of things that has come to pass in the Reichsrath seems to be successful so far as it goes, and the fears that were entertained as to the changes not being found welcome are here found illusory. The Reichsrath is to elect its own Presi dent, instead of having one appointed by the Go vernment, and this of itself is of great importance, and augurs well for the progress that has been made. After the election three cheers . were given for the EMPEROR, which was a welcome proof of the effect produced by the auspicious reforms that had been inaugurated. LATEST INTELLLGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The following telegram from the Times Special Correspondent was forwarded from Suez on the 11th inst., at 9.20 a.m. : " SENAFE, Feb. 1. " The British troops yesterday occupied Addi grab t. " The Deral and Talanta peasantry are reported to have submitted to 'Theodore." ALEXANDRIA (via Malta), Feb. 10. Advices from Annesley to the 29th ult. state that the Bay was full of transports, which were lying idle, the bad weather rendering towage impossible. Colonel Dunn has been killed at Senafe by the accidental discharge of a fowling-piece. A great scarcity of water prevailed at Annesley, and the daily allowance was three quarts. Her Majesty's transport Crocodile arrived here to-day with the 92d Highlanders, who will proceed to Suez to-morrow to embark in the Malabar for India. MALTA, FEB. 16. Her Majesty's Indian troorship Crocodile has arrived here from Alexandria, which she left upon the 12th. She brings reports that the main body of the Abyssinian Expedition cannot advance until the depots have ;been formed at Senafe, which will require considerable time, as each mule's burden upon reaching its destination is reduced to an aver age weight of 101 b. Nineteen miles of piping for the conveyance of water was passing through Egypt for Abyssinia. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 17. The North German Lloyd's steamship New York, from New York, passed the Needles at 11.10 a.m. to-day. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tanjore passed the Needles at 8.55 a.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 15.—Three o'clock. , --The market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 6B 65 Mexican Loan ... 16 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... 190 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1412 50 Rome Debt 34 End of m0nth...1383 75 Deferred — RAILWAYS. Account Orleans , •••• 895 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean ......... . 9OO Southern..... Western Eastern .. ........................ 545 Sardinian Austrian 546t Lombard 365 North of Spain Saragossa 45 Roman CHRISTMAS-DAY ON BOARD THE GALATEA. Christmas-day in port o board a frigate like the Galatea, where there is a complement of well-nigh 500 men, thousands of miles away from home, was by no means to be lightly observed. The whole of the mess tables on the lower deck had been mar vellously decorated with flowers, fruit, evergreens, and paper of many tints, each aide of the deck showing a series of bowers of luxuriant foliage, prettily interspered with oranges. The religious services over, the tables were lighted up with a lavish display of wax lights arranged in pretty little chandeliers, and the leafy avenues were rendered brilliant by many lamps. The ordinary fare of the mess table had given place to such a variety of viands that caterers for entertaiments to Royalty might envy the tact and genius displayed. During dinner visitors, and especially the ladies, were be sought, in the most winning and persuasive manner, to partake of the good things provided, and were enjoined to eat, drink, and be merry, and make themselves thoroughly at home. Compliance with the earnest and pressing invitations could scarcely be avoided, and great was the delight of " Jack" to see his guests enjoy themselves. There was a plentiftil supply of diluents, ranging from cham pagne and various wines to " four water" grog and colonial ale. Dinner and dessert were followed by dancing on the gan-deck, and fiddles, flutes, concertinas, and accordions were kept going at a rapid rate. Then came the chairing of the officers. One after anothei, from the commander down to the tiniest " middy," was seized, placed on a chair lashed with two handspikes, and duly hoisted and carried round the decks in triumph. The ludicrous procession was accompanied with vocal and instru mental music, the chief burthen of which was a re peated and prolonged outburst of " He's a jolly good fellow," sung to the usual popular tune, and followed, as the delighted occupant of the chair was shot out at his cabin, with three times three rattling British cheers. When the list of officers had been exhausted the petty officers were also treated to a taste of the triumphal entertainment, but with much less delicacy of handling ; and when the spree had well nigh run its course, the dogs belonging to various parties on board were decorated with ribauds, and underwent the chairing process i❑ a state of blank bewilderment, and with countenances on which the most comic consternation was ex pressed. After tea singing and dancing were re sumed, and set-dances, circle-dances, and step dances were carried on simultaneously with un flagging zest and vigour. One great feature in the day's amusement is that the boys on board are for the day promoted to the rank of men and petty officers, and these in turn take the place of the boys. Great scope is thus afforded to the youngsters to have some playful retaliation. The proceedings were full of good humour, and the visitors will not soon forget Christmas-day on board the Galatea.— Melbourne Argus. ENGLISH ENGINEERS IN EGYPT. —A number of English railway engineers left this country for Egypt about the middle of May, 1866, having been engaged by the Vic e roy's Government for three years, at the rate of £2O per month for the first year, £22 for the second, and £24 for the third, with overtime in proportion, and a free house, or in lieu £4 a month. The engineers had been only a short time in Egypt when they found a cause of complaint in their overtime not being paid in terms of their contract, and further in being left to provide lodgings at their own expense. They accordingly objected to this in.. fringement of their engagement, and no attention being given to their remonstrances, they took the step of for mally intimating to those in authority; that unless their grievances wore redressed they should leave the employment of the Viceroy. They did so on the 20th of April, 1867. They then applied to the British Consul at Cairo, and on his representations a commission was ap pointed to inquire into the whole affair, which sat for 11 weeks, and reported in favour of the men's claims. Still no redress was given by the Egyptian Government. Our COLISUI at Cairo, however, paid the men their overtime and lodging money, and shipped them free back to Britain. On arriving in this country, a number of them, who had procured employ ment in Edinburgh, immediately entrusted their business to Mr. D. Bridgeforth, S.S.C., who proceeded to London and laid the proceedings before the Foreigu-office. On return ing to Edinburgh, Mr. Bridgeford sought and obtained for his clients an interview with the Lord Advocate, which seems to have been decisive of the matter, for on the 10th inst. a communication was received by Mr. Bridgeford from the Foreign-office, the effect of which is that the Egyptian Government agree to pay the men the sum duo for the period they remained in Egypt while the Commission sat—about 11 weeks—and also a further indemnity of three months' salary, in all something mord than £loo. Scotsman. LU.atE3PONDBNOI; FROM PAPr3. (FROJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, Feb. 11 MM. Bcrryer, Favre, and Thiers are said to have made )rilliant speeches on the subject of the criticism of public 'unctionaries in the press, but without obtaining their vish. Berryer directed his remarks especially to the inancia,l administrators, who should be open at all times ;o criticism and attack. M. Pinard argued that adminis- Tatou should be permitted repose, and that if they were tilowed to be the subjects of accusation they would be for !ver in the courts to defend themselves. The Ministers lad their way, but the minority numbered 60, which shows t change from those long years in which the whole Opposi ion counted but five votes. The France p üblishes a satirical page which has been ;irculated in Paris. It is entitled, the " Commandements the Press," and is altogether a clever parody of the press acv. It recites that he who starts a paper must fund a are caution, pay daily duties to the treasury, never cen >r re the acts of the Government, respect the Chambers tnd the Ministers, say nothing of any citizen without his Nmsent, and publish no summary of the debates. Failing the publisher will undergo fine and imprisonment. [very fn 2 will devour the third of his caution ; he will '.ose the rights of an elector, and his paper may be sup pressed provisionally or definitely. " Sad ces reserves, to pourras Ecrire et parler librement." (These modest limits not transgressed, Your thoughts may freely be expressedl There are evils in liberty from which a Government keeping the " initiative" in its own hands are free. The Army Law passed in France without a demonstration — for a sufficient reason. In Belgium, on the contrary, meetings are being held to protest against the Belgic imitation of it. Popular assemblies have been held at Antwerp and Libge, numbering each five to six thousand persons, to resist the " blood tax " (l'impot du sang). The meeting at Antwerp broke up amid cries of "Down with the Conscription 1" The rumour is renewed that M. Baudrillart will become the chief editor of the Constitutionnel, at a salary of 30,000 f. M. Baudrillart has declared that ha is a Liberal, and will remain one in his new post. A correspondent, writing from Naples, states that there is a large amount of distress in Italy, and, consequent On the distress, discontent. The three invasions of cholera have been more injurious to trade than even the financial evils of the country or the European crisis, and a large part of the people attribute the cholera to the authorities. " Our masters are our enemies," has passed into a proverb with them. The paper-money is a great curse to trade. The writer does not believe, notwithstanding, that the Neapo litans are ripe for insurrection. It is admitted on all hands that Bourbon brochures are circulating widely in South Italy. At the present moment Vesuvius is the great attraction at Naples, and the plate is full of visitors. Auber's " Premier Jour de Bonheur "was produced yes• terday at the Opdra•Comique. The honoured composer Is now 84 years of age. He retains a great deal of the plea sat►t happy bearing and active habits of his youth. Some body said to him the other day, "It is not pleasant to grow old, is it ?" " No," replied Auber, " and yet it is the only way cue has of living a long time." A few days ago a Frenchman, named Sdbille, a well. known forger, succeeded in discounting with an agent of Rothschild's at Brussels 600 forged railway shares. The forgery was discovered, and the man's lodgings searched, when it was found that he had by him a large amount of the scrip of various French companies. The death is announced of M. Coulvier-Gravier, a labq. rious observer of shooting stars. Under the advice of Arago, he made meteors a special study forty years ago, at a tine when astronomers generally were indifferent to them. The Poles of Prussia are bringing a very strong pressu re to bear upon the Ministry to oppose Russia in her Eastern policy. The Polish deputies have been much gratified to find that the Confederation will not go, as Prussia has hitherto done, through thick and thin with Russia. The Poles themselves are more actively opposed to Russia at this moment than they have been since the rebellion. Able-bodied refugees have flocked to Turkey or Gallicia l where they hope to have an opportunity of serving against the Czar. At present it is not likely that Russia will oblige them by rash proceedings in the East. Russian and Slavonic journals are urging the postponement of the great " South-Eastern revival," and retorting oil France and Austria the desire to bring on the crisis. It appears that large purchases of horses have lately been made in Hungary for France. The Times Berlin correspondent is informed that as many as 25,000 are to be despatched from Pesth to Strasburg. A Trieste journal reports a great improvement in the health of the Empress Charlotte. The profound impres s:on produced by the announcement of Maximilian's death has been followed by a favourable reaction. At first it was intended to inform her of the Emperor's fate, con cealing the circumstances under which it took place. The King of Belgium, however, insisted that the whole truth should be told to the Empress, and the effect appears to justify his opinion. A conference on education is being arranged between several members of the episcopal bench and some of the leading advocates in Parliament of primary education. Earl Granville, Mr. Bruce, ALP., and Mr. Forster, M.P., will take part in the conference. At Huddersfield great efforts are being made by the Conservative party to find a candidate who will contest that place against Mr. E. A. Leatham. The present member for the borough, Mr. Crosland, who successfully opposed Mr. Leatham at the last election, is incapacitated through ill-health from discharging his parliamentary duties. At Stoke-upon-Trent the contest is expected to be an unusually close one. It is anticipated that the publicans and the beer-sellers will support Mr. Campbell, the Con servative candidate, in consequence of Mr. Melly having declared himself an advocate of the Permissive Bill prin ciple. Out of a constituency of 3,446, there are 808 pub licans and beer-sellers, and if the main body vote for Mr. Campbell there will be little chance for Mr. Melly. Earl Russell's long-promised letter to Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., on the state of Ireland, has been pub lished. A very considerable portion of it is occupied with a review of English policy and legislation respecting Ireland, and a description of the amelioration of the con dition of the Irish population which has taken place since the commencement of the present century ; but the larger half relates to Church questions. Earl Russell advocates the passing of a bill, such as that of Lord Mayo or Mr. Chichester Fortescue, to give a security to tenants that the duties of property will not be violated by the landlord with impunity, and that a tenant who improves, if ejected while he pays his rent, shall have compensation for his outlay ; but he appears averse from measures in excess of that reform, as either violating the rights of property, or founded on a misconception of the character of the Irish tenant. The noble earl proposes to realise ecclesiastical equality in Ireland, not under the form of impartial disendow ment, but by the endowment of Roman Catholics, Presby terians, and Protestant Episcopalians, after the latter body has been disestablished. The Protestant Episcopal Church in Ireland, in ceasing to be established, would cease to have its archbishops and bishops sitting in the House of Lords. Parliament might provide for the num ber of bishops to be maintained, and the mode of their election or appointment ; but when made they would be known to the Secretary of State only by their names, and not by their jurisdictions, while they would be at liberty to assume their ecclesiastical titles to members of their own Church. A mere abolition of the present Church Establishment, Earl Russell holds, would be an injury to Ireland. His lordship would employ six-eighths of the rentchargo in building churches, purchasing glebes and glebe houses for the Catholic clergy, and furnishing a better income to the poorer ministers of the Roman Catholic Church. And in order to give security to the Catholics aid permanence to the settlement of Ireland, it would be necessary that the sums to be applied to the purposes of the Catholic Church should be placed to their credit, and at the disposal of persons chosen in the same manner as the Catholic por tion of Sir R. Peel's Board of Charitable Bequests. Earl Russell makes an appeal to Mr. Gladstone to come for ward and attempt to carry a scheme of this ldnd. Two steps only are required — the first a resolution of the House of Commons affirming the ecclesiastical equality asked for as a boon to Ireland ; the second, an address to the Crown praying for measures to give effect to that resolution. " Historicus " writes to the Times suggesting that Lord Stanley should invite the gathering of an international congress to discuss and settle the following questions :- 1, Naturalisation ; 2, Expatriation ; 3, Criminal Jurisdic tion over Aliens ; 4, Extradition. Such a congress would, in Mr. Harcourt's opinion, make diplomacy a blessing to mankind, instead of being what it has often proved-- a curse. e should find on all these questions (except, perhaps, the last) a great concordance of opinions ; and, at all events, we should discover pacifically the extent of disagreement and the means of reconciling it. If such a congress were brought together, what should hinder it from further settling the vexed questions of the rights and the duties of neutrals and belligerents in respect of such matters as those out of which the Alabama claims have arisen, though, perhaps, not the particular case itself ? And thus a solution of this question also might be at the same time reached which would satisfy the justice and save the dignity of nations. The public mind is prepared. The ta01;1014 favourable, and ought not to be _._ ~.~. 271 E VMS!! CORN TRADE, Although there has been no pressure of supply in the leading markets, English wheat has met a heavy demand, and the quotations have had a drooping tendency. Millers, however, have now turned their attention to Australian and Californian wheats, of which large quan tities have been disposed of on higher terms. There has been only a limited inquiry for barley, yet prices have been fairly supported. The supplies brought forward have been on the increase. Very little change has taken place in the value of malt, but sales have pro gressed slowly. Oats, beans, and peas have ruled about stationary, although the inquiry for them has been by no means active. Both English and foreign flour has com manded more attention. The weather has continued re markably mild for the time of year. Field operations, which are unusually forward, have progressed rapidly. The wheats, however, have, as yet, made their appearance in very middling condition. Both on Wednesday and Friday, business in English wheat at Mark-lane was quite of a retail character — having, in fact, been confined to the immediate wants of millers. Prices have been supported. On Wednesday, the trade was dull for alldescriptions of foreign wheat, at late rates ; but, on Friday, fine Austra- Han and Californian wheats met a steady sale, at an im provement of is. per quarter; whilst all other kinds were neglected. Both English and foreign flour has been neglected ; yet prices have been unchanged. Notwithstanding that only moderate supplies of barley have been on sale, the trade has ruled quiet ; but no change has taken place in prices. Seasonably-extensive supplies of malt have been on sale. Very few sales have been effected on former terms. The small quantity of oats offering has imparted a tone of firmness to prices ; nevertheless, tho demand for all descriptions has been inactive. With a moderate business doing in beans, late rates have )een realised. Sales to a fair extent have been effected in peas, on !ormer term► The trade in Indian corn has been dull, at about late prices. THE INLAND REVENUE. The eleventh report of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Inland Revenue has been presented. The com parative statement shews that the revenue obtained from excise in the year ending March 31, 1867, was £20,691,917 as compared with £19,801,955 in 1866. The amount derived from stamps was £9,354,085 in 1867, against £9,593,664 1866. The taxes in 1867 were £3,476,485, and £3,349,611 in 1866. The income tax in 1867 produced £5,637,294 as compared with £6,321,692 in 1866. The total amount of Inland Revenue was thus £39,159,781 in 1867, against £39,066,922 in 1866, being an increase in 1867 of £92,859. There is a reduction in the income tax of £684,398, and in fire, stage, and post-horse duties of £295,660, making a total of £980,058. These, however, have been more than compensated by the growth of revenues from duties which remain unaltered ; such as the spirit, malt, licenses, pro bate, and house duties. Going more into detail, the report states that the increase in the consumption of spirits in the years 1863, 1864, and 1865 has been continued during 1866 and during the greater part of 1867 ; and again, as was the case in the previous year, the increase has been greater in Ireland than in England and Scotland together. In England, the consumption of 1866-7 exceeded that of the previous year . by 333,860 gallons, in Scotland by 249,547 gallons, and in Ireland by 584,502 gallons. The increase in England is 2 . 96 per cent., in Scotland, 4'79 per cent., and in Ireland not less than 12'93 per cent. During the same period the consumption of foreign spirits in the United Kingdom has increased to the extent of 16 per cent. The total amount of spirits exported is given at 1,260,388 gallons, being nearly 400,000 less than the quantity exported in 1865-6. An explanation is given of the reduction of the quantity of spirits methylated during the year. It is accounted for by an alteration which has been made in the law, so as to prohibit the use of that kind of spirits in medicinal pre parations for internal use. Under pretence of being sold as a medicine, it was in reality sold in the place of ordinary spirit. The Pharmaceutical Society considering it highly objectionable that these spirits should be used, legislatior was resorted to prohibiting entirely its use. With regard to illicit distillation, there were in 1866-7 17 detections in England, 9 in Scotland, and 2,306 in Ireland, against 41 in England, 11 in Scotland, and 3,557 in Ireland made in 1865-6. With regard to fire insurance, the gross amount of duty received in 1865-6 was £1,237,513. There has been a decrease in 1867 of more than £230,000, the amount being £1,000,113. The net amount of duty is given as £1,178,385 in 1866, as compared with £952,338 in 1867. The latter amount allows a discount of is. 6d. fee £lOO insured to the companies for collection. With reference to income tax, the amount of profits of trades and professions charged in England in 1865 is in excess of the amount charged in 1864 to the extent of £8,270,000. The commissioners have, as usual, abundant evidence, from the number of fraudulent returns which have been detected, that Schedule D contributes far less than its fair proportion to the revenue. The following is selected as a specimen :—" A. 8." made return in 1864 of £2,500, assessed £4,000 ; in 1865 £4,000, assessed £4,000 ; in 1866 £lO,OOO, assessed £30,000. On appeal, the amount was fixed at £20,588, that being the ascertained profit on the average of the three preceding years. Similar cases are given. For instance, "C. D." made no return in either years. He was assessed at £3,000 in 1864 and 1865, and £ll,OOO in 1866. In all cases proceedings have been taken in the Court of Exchequer, hut the penal ties, about £lOO in each case, have been found very in adequate to the offences, and as the offenders as a matter of course make no resistance they avoid the publicity of a trial in open court. If proceedings for such penalties could be taken before the local magistrates (suggest the commissioners) in the country, or the police magistrates in London, the deterrent effect would probably be consider. able. It never could have been intended that the secrecy which we are now bound to observe respecting all returns under Schedule D should extend to those who are con victed of fraud. Within the past day or two the health of the Premier is said to have decidedly improved. Since his recent severe attack of gout the noble earl has not been able rapidly to gain strength, and it has been noticed of late years that his lordship has, to the regret of his friends, been unable so speedily to recover as formerly. Lord Derby is at present suffering from extreme weakness. One fact has been incidentally mentioned, which is not without interest as bearing on recent discussions. The noble earl sees the official papers, which are sent to him in regular course ; and they are duly returned, not without having received his personal attention. The Liberals of Bristol have at length found a candi date to enter the field against Mr. Miles. Mr. Samuel Morley will, on his return from the Continent, be ready to contest the seat which must soon be vacated by Sir Morton Peto. The fact of Mr. Morley's having been un seated for Nottingham in May 1866 does not preclude him from offering himself for any constituency other than that for which he was declared not duly elected. Amongst other items of election news, it is men tioned that at King's Lynn the Conservatives will en• deavour to secure the second seat at the forthcoming general election. They will therefore oppose the return of Sir T. Powell Buxton by putting forward the Hon. R. Bourke, son of the Earl of Mayo. This statement appears in the Post, but there must be some mistake about it. The young gentleman in question will not be 17 years of age until July next, and will therefore not be eligible to sit in Parliament for some years to come. Sir R. J. Phillimore, D.C.L., has, we under stand, just resigned the office of chancellor and official principal of the Consistorial Court of the diocese of Salis bury, which he has held for a period of nearly twenty-three years, be having been appointed to it in 1845 by the then Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Denison. Sir Robert Phillimore will, it is understood, be succeeded in the office by Dr. Deane, Q.C., the new Admiralty advocate. WATERING THE STREETS.—The system of street. watering is undergoing a revision. A combination of certain non-corrosive salts has been invented, which, sprinkled on roads, keeps them damp, yet prevents the accumulation of mud, and is not injurious to coach-panels or personal attaire. Experiments are about to be made with it in Camberwell and Lambeth, by the vestries, who are promised a saving of 20 per cent. by the adoption of the system. ONE OF THE REALITIES OF LIFE.—A sad story, belonging to what is called the romance of real life, has been told at an inquest held in the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, Elizabeth Money, a poor old woman, whose recent death in the asylum was the subject of inquiry, when young had a fortune of £4,000. She fell in love with a perfumer and married him. Her friends, shocked at the misalliance, never spoke to her again. Her husband fell into difficulties, and died, leaving her and a crippled daughter without provision. The mother's misfortunes preyed on her mind till she showed symp toms of lunacy. For a few weeks the daughter struggled to maintain her, but, ultimately, hapless Elizabeth Money, at the age of 71, came to the workhouse. There they kept her a little time, part of which she spent in the padded room, as she was violent ! From the workhouse she was put into a cab and taken to the asylum, where she arrived in such a state of exhaustion that she died within a week or two of her admission. The doctor at the asylum con sidered she ought not to have been removed in such a con dition. The jury brought in a verdict of accidental death, but thought that the old woman's removal was an error of judgment on the part of the medical officer of the Strad Vnion, • 1711111 A ° trt T yl 4it WI t HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. N. Her Majesty, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Princess Henriette of Schles wig-Holstein attended Divine Service this morning at Whippingham Church. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were in attendance. We are authorised to state that his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales will hold Levjes at St. James's Palace, on behalf of the Queen, on Tuesday, March 3, and Tuesday, March 17. DRURY-LANE THEATRE .—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Lady Morton and Col. Keppe], honoured the performance at Drury-lane with their presence on Saturday evening. We are requested by the Lord Chancellor to con tradict a statement of the intended marriage of his daugh ter, which, without any authority, was most improperly inserted in the Court Journal, and for which there is not the slightest foundation. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The unarmoured screw corvette Wolverine, 21 guns, 400 horse-power, Captain Thomas Cochrane, which returned to England within the past week from a term of service on the North America and West India stations, sailed from Spithead on Friday evening for Sheerness, to be dismasted and paid out of commission. The unarmoured screw sloop Danae, six guns, 350 horse-power, Capt. Sir Malcolm MacGregor, left Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, under steam, and proceeded down Channel without anchoring at Spithead. The unarmoured screw sloop Blanche, six guns, 350 horse-power, Capt. J. E. Montgomerie, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Nore, en route to Australia. Ile armoured iron screw frigate Minotaur, 26 guns, 1,250 horse-power, Captain James G. Good enough, flagship of Rear-Admit al Fredk. Warden, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Squadron, has been undocked at Portsmouth, after having her hull below the water line cleansed and recoated with the " Hay" compositions, and is now berthed iu the steam basin of the yard, completing her refit and the alterations being made in her rig aloft. [his alteration in the rig of the Minotaur is just one of those many instances of waste in our dockyards which absords the money rightly be longing to the production of an ironclad fleet. The Minotaur has been hitherto cruising with double topsail yards aloft on four out of her five masts, with stump topgallant-masts over all. No one would pretend to say that this style of rig was either handsome or effective, but every one knew that it had been fitted after long and deliberate con sideration by the constituted authorities. The four lower masts have now been denuded of their top masts and stump topgallantmasts with their double topsail and their topgallant yards, and the three foremost carry instead new topmasts with single topsails and new topgallants and royalmasts with topgallant royal sails. The fourth mast carries now, like the fifth or aftermost one, only fore and aft canvas. It is impossible to say how the ship is to benefit by this large expenditure upon her rig above her lower masts. The latter are unaltered in their proportions as the carriers of sail power to a vessel of such enormous displacement as the Minotaur, and the change made only gives the ship three scanty royals set over, three topsails of diminished hoist. Altogether, the ship will go to sea under certain alterations in her rig which will have cost an exceptionally large sum, and which will abso lutely add nothing to her sail-propelling power. They manage these things very differently in the French navy. An Admiralty order, received at Chatham dock yard, directs preparations to be forthwith made for the construction at that establishment of another v owerful armour-clad war ship of the Hercules class, the large dock from which the Hercules was re lently floated out. The instructions accompanying the order states that the new vessel—the name of which is not announced—will be in all respects the same as the Hercules below the water-line, and that Lhe iror.work for the keel of the new ship is to be immediately commenced. Consequent on this )rder the extra mechanics taken on some time since in the smithery department will be retained in the yard instead of being discharged. Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Landrail, 5, 421 tons, 80 horse power, Capt. Horatio L. A. L. 'Mait land (promoted to post rank since the Landrail has been in commission), having been dismantled and the whole of her internal fittings and bulkheads re moved, in the steam basin, was on Saturday put out of commission, and placed in the third division of the steam reserve in the Medway, under the super intendence of Captain W. K. Hall, C. 8., and the officials connec'ed with the steam reserve. By direc tion of the Admiralty a silver medal, with the usual gratuity, was presented to William Pyburn, boat swain's mate, for long service and good conduct. The Landrail has been rather more than three years in commission, and during the whole of that time was attar:led to the squadron doing duty on the West Coast of Africa. She is one of the earlier built vessels of her class, and will probably net again be placed in commission. The continuous service men among the petty officers and crew wer ° granted the usual period of leave of absence on th e ship's company being paid off. sUnder in com command the n superintendence of f t he s team re reserve v C e a a p t t .. 1)v 0 Willes, u p 0 r w t, b trial of the iron double-screw corvette Penelope, 1 0, was made at the measured mile outside Plymouth breakwater on Friday. The weather was fine. Penelope was built at Pembroke; she burdens 3, 096 tons, and has engines of 600-horsepower nominal coo' strutted by Messrs. Maudslay, Field, and Co., w hose partner, Mr. Maudslay, jun., with Mr. Warrinert was on board. The result of six runs gave a meal; speed of about 12i knots, which was considered satisfactory. The Penelope is provided with two rudders, and when both screws were put in m otion and both rudders turned to port or to starboard the corvette performed the circle in less time 030 when one screw was reversed and its rudder 1 0° placed so as to aid the movement. The Penelope is now in Keyham steamyard, where her fittings wi ll be completed. Her Majesty's India troopship Jumna arrived 0 Suez on the 10th instant. The troops she brings from Bombay will be conveyed from Alexandria to Portsmouth in the Crocodile, and they maY b k ° expected to arrive at that port or on about the 29t ' instant. The Depot of the 2d Battalion, Bth Regim e n t ", consisting of four officers, 73 non-commissi one ' officers and men, ten women, and 15 children , o r " rived at Aldershott on Friday afternoon, and pro ceeded to occupy quarters in the South Catollf there to await the arrival of the battalion, exp ected home from Malta at an early date. Major-General Sir A. Horsford, K.C.8., bay ing returned from leave of absence, has assumed 0133- mand of the 3d Infantry Brigade at Aldershott. noa A sergeant in the Ist Battalion 9th Regt. , 13 a r .. George Keating,has been dismissed her Majesty's seh"e vice at Pembroke dock. Keating had been tr ied at the Fort Barracks, the President being Colon el G. 'of Mann, C. 8., Royal Engineers, upon charges. 0, being absent without leave and of insubordinatioce, he having struck his superior officer in the face and for making use of the following languag e am an Irishman and a Fenian, and to ---- ill the English Government ; I am a Fenian and was not be ruled by the British Government." Ile found guilty upon the whole of the charges' was was sentenced to five years' penal servitude, t branded with the letters " B: C.," and nom be " charged from her Majesty's army with ign3rs,.. The following appointments were made 2 t turday at the Admiralty C. P. (I _ l.3 : is :. paymaster, to the Rodney ; George Mtielean f Lin g surgeon, to the Bristol ; Joseph LindsaY,.c.e . cs r, assistant surgeon, to the Bristol.; Frederi Georg Bottomley, clerk, to the Megaira ,- Mackey, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as su P era merary.