The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-16 00:00:00

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Sothern, Buckstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &c., and Robinson. After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE BRIGAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Weathersby, Johnson, &c.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 19th appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 19th appearance), Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. -• Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tins EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great Dramas, THE COLLEEN. HAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. sad Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Copps,leen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For rester, H. Mellon, R. Cathcart; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE ELYING SCUD. Messrs. Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott; Mesdames Heurade, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell, Arthur; Mille. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the Great Little Rowella. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, Jan. 10, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton. . After w:iich will be produced (Bth Time in London) Mr. J. Byron's New and Original Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner, Mr. J. L. Toole To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS ; Mr. J. L. Toole. On Saturday, Jan. 18, DEARER THAN LIFE. After which (First Time) a New and Original Operatic Extravaganza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIVANDIERE; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Manager, M. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. Ashley, IL Wigan, addison, and C. Mathews; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling. To be followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. To conclude with PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT. Messrs. R. Soutar and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore, St. Henry, and E. Farren. Commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James, and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynne. 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THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published, every evening, by W. ALEXAN DER (late Brooks), N ewspaper Agent, 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street. t own, 'et t , • _ •tp#l6.. l'Yg 14:417414-r.4"‘;-R*111111114: LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1868. It is pretty well determined by this time that Education is to be one of the chief questions of the day, and all that relates to it, or concerns its interest, is sure to meet with due regard. There can be no doubt, therefore, that the report of the Conference at Manchester, which commenced yes terday, will meet with serious attention. The in in question was of a representative na mtuereet,agnd was brought together by the Manchester Educational Committee, who, it will be remem bered, furthered the prayer of the bill that Mr. BRUCE and others introduced last year into the House of Commons. The committee have arrived at the wise conclusion that these hon. members should either re-introduce the bill, or else lend their aid to any measure which the Government may bring in that is on the same prin ciples, and hence they called the Conference toge ther to take counsel as to the wisest steps to follow in pursuance of this object, and to enter into various matters of detail. A good many gentlemen at tended the meeting. Mr. LE MARE, who took the chair, explained some of the difficulties that were before them, and more especially the great obstacle that presented itself in consequence of the unwillingness of the parents to send the chil dren to school, partly from indifference, and partly from their eagerness to earn money at a very early age. In order to obviate this, the committee ap pear to favour the compulsory system in some form or other being adopted, declaring that otherwise there would be " a certain class of children who would never be brought within the pale of educa tion." Some letters were read from different per sons expressing their regret at not being able to be present on the occasion. Oue was from Earl Rus- SELL, declaring that the writer's views entirely coincided with Mr. BRUCE'S, and advocating his bill, but putting in a proviso that it might be as well, perhaps, not to introduce the " compulsory system" at first, leaving the House of Commons to de cide for itself upon the subject. The Dean of Manchester moved the first resolution, and in doing so expressed his belief that this question could not be separated from the Church ; adding truly enough " that it appeared to him that very many people were particularly anxious about conscience in mat ters of education, while there was comparatively little conscientiousness upon any others." The Dean of Chester bore his testimony to the success ful working of the conscience clause. He said that he had for seventeen years the super intendence of three very large schools in Liver pool, and in these the different grades of society were represented; but in all the simple clause was unsettled in their constitution that those pa rents who desired it might have their children exempted from learning the Church Catechism. One mistake that the extreme advocates of parti cular views are apt to make was set forth here, and that is the improbability of the poor forming any very decided judgment upon the matter. The poor, as the Dean remarked, are not in the habit of " drawing a very definite distinction between one school and anoler, in the matter of religion, so long as they were religiously conducted and well taught." Many, in fact, express their own opinions iu a perverse style and with prejudiced feelings, and thus raise up obstacles that have no foundation. Time and exprience will, however, tend to remove many of these drawbacks to success, and even tually we may trust that the worst part of the difficulty will vanish before reason and reflection. M. BRUCE, upon the opening of the Conference, delivered an address. The hon. member spoke fairly enough in support of his views, and gave some very good advice to his hearers, parti cularly in that passage where he exhorted them to come to the consideration of this disputed point, not only in a spirit of calmness and candour, but likewise in a spirit of self-sacrifice. It would be well if this principle were more fully carried into effect on these occasions when men meet to advo cate particular views, and to support great under takings. lf, as Mr. BRUCE put it, they "march to Parliament with a disunited house, not fully as sured or firmly convinced of their meaning, they would march to battle with the certainty of defeat, and postpone indefinitely the triumph of a cause in which the character, the honour, and the pro sperity of our country are deeply involved." Local rates locally administered seem to be what the e o n p d in ; io b n u i t z , ev a a s :a i s gh to t c o mmittee particularly r e e n co ce m o m f be expected, great diverg the best mode of putting the design into execution. Mr. BRUCE is wise, at any rate, in the spirit with which he sets about his task, for he declares that they must look to a steady and continuous progress rather tha❑ to a sudden and complete change of system. It is a fatal error which many well mean ing persons make to be too eager to introduce sweep ing changes without regard or reference to their popularity or to the inconvenience they may occa sion the uninitiated. If Mr. BRUCE'S example be followed by the other influential promoters of this scheme, they need not despair of greatness attend ing their efforts, for he is not at all addicted to any particular plan to the exclusion of others that the exigencies of the case or the desire of in- fluential persons may put forward a demand. After the able address of Mr. BRUCE was con chided, several speakers addressed the Conference, and some interesting discussion took place. The motion was carried, to the effect that the chief pro moters of the bill of last session should introduce it, or else give their support to any measure which the Ministers might bring in on similar principles. This is a great point gained, because it seems to promise that there shall be no extreme line taken upon the question, but that education should receive that share of attention which it pre-eminently merits, at the same time removing from its consi deration those angry passions, and bitter feelings, which the controversial advocacy of one-sided views must necessarily introduce into the matter. So far as we can judge from this initiatory meeting, it seems as if the work was begun in the right spirit, and may bid fair to arrive at as satisfactory a result as its vast importance and great interest so espe cially call for and deserve. The news which the Atlantic cable transmitted yesterday was somewhat startling, and gives us a clear idea of the di,torbed and unsettled state of American politics. With all the old constitutional doctrines in full vigour, and the State laws in most instances unrepealed, the administration of public affairs is rapidly inclining to anarchy. Every power in the State claims to be supreme, and the consequence is a perpetual conflict of authority and clash of orders. The fault of this lies, of course, with Congress, which has endeavoured to exercise the powers of Legislature and Executive in one. The American Houses claim to be King, Lords, and Commons in one, and the manifest change in the national feeling has failed to moderate the assumption and intemperance of their THE SUN, LONDON, "I HURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1868 ac;io no. Yesterday morning news was received in Lond on that the Senate had adopted a resolution reinstating Mr. STANTON as Secretary for War, and that he intended demanding the office of General GraNT. Later in the day came the intelligence, al xi dated the 14th, that, in consequence of the re so'tution of the Senate, General GRANT had vacated the War-office, and Mr. STANTON had resumed possession. There was never any doubt that Mr. STANTON would seize the earliest opportunity of rearming his office in defiance of the PRESIDENT. Gen eral GRANT, never very willing to assume the dignity which was thrust upon him by the PRESI DENT, seems ready to abandon the invidious post at the first opportunity. He has, either from policy or inclination, been always averse to assuming a prominent position in the political disputes of the day, and has shrunk from taking sides. All the serenades and toasts and compliments that could be paid him, on his visits to Northern cities, only elicited a brief expression . of thanks in return. Men the audience were looking eagerly for his opinions on Reconstruction, or his views on the Alabama question, or his senti ments with regard to the struggle be tween PRESIDENT and Congress, he would only give them a " Thank you ; thank you, gentlemen," from which to decipher his political preferences. Still there is not much doubt but that he is really opposed to the extravagance of the Radicals and to their harshness and injustice towards the South. He was roused to indignation during his evidence in the impeachment case, and insinuations that it was possible to arrest General LEE as a political offen der. The staunch and straightforward soldier, who had, as commander of the Federal army, accepted the parole of his distinguished adversary, disposed in a few stern words of the unworthy supposition. What Mr. JOIINSON'S course will be with regard to this unwarrantable interference of the Senate with his Cabinet remains to be seen. He will hardly submit to it patiently. Indeed, to do so would be to sanction and acknowledge a right on the part of Congress which is directly opposed to constitutional law and precedent. It is never the office of a Legis lature to appoint the members of a Cabinet. Such a course is altogether unexampled, and would be simply impossible to maintain. Our own Parliament, indeed, decides the policy of the Ministry by the direction of its votes, and thus exercises a legitimate influence over the national action, but it would be strange in deed to find the House of Commons deciding who should or should not be Home Secretary or Chan cellor of the Exchequer ? If this principle is sanc tioned, the whole form of government must be changed. The office of a President without powe r to form his own Cabinet would be a contemptible sinecure. The members who, by no unscrupulous means, succeed in getting a seat in Congress, would be the real executive of the country, and govern the whole national fortunes in a man ner that no one but themselves would wish. As it is, they assume to be pre-eminent in their wisdom, and have passed a bill declaring that the concurrence of two-thirds of the Judges of the Supreme Court is necessary to decide that any act of Congress is unconstitutional. A while ago they were not so ready to submit to the decisions of the Supreme Court, but their constitutional doctrines vary with every caprice of the hour. The Con stitution with them is nothing more than a name, and the attempts which the PRESIDENT has made to restrain their action on constitutional grounds have always called forth their strongest indignation. It will scarcely be possible for things to re main as they are. STANTON'S insolence and insubordination were previously intolerable, but now they will be increased tenfold, and the open discord between the PRESIDENT and one of his principal colleagues will form a serious obstacle to the administration of public affairs. The direct personal insult, too, is one which the PRESIDENT cannot pass unnoticed. The hopes and expecta tions which had been formed of a returning pro sperity will be rudely crushed by this fresh proof of Radical recklessness and assumption. It should be the primary object of all to restore, if possible, public confidence and internal tranquillity ; but such acts as those can tend only to promote dis order and perplexity. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAT, Jan. 15. Twenty-two of the workmen engaged in the printing• office of M. Paul Dupont have had an interview with the Emperor. The head of the establishment has been raised to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour, and the whole of his employes, numbering eleven hundred, subscribed an address of thanks to his Majesty. That document having been read, the Emperor expressed his pleasure at the demonstration which the nomination of M. Dupont had produced, and remarked that in raising him to a higher rank in the order he had desired to reward the eminent printer whose productions had been so justly approved at the Universal Exhibition. " I thank you, gentlemen," he added, " for the step you have now taken; it honours M. Dupont as much as it does yourselves, because the distinction which has been conferred upon him is awarded chiefly to the employer who has introduced into his establishment the principle of solidarity of interests between the master and the workman, and it proves that you wisely appreciate the benefits which must result to the working classes from the introduction of that principle into industrial establishments." There is a rumour prevailing that the documents of the Italian Government referring to the invasion of the Pon tifical territory are about to be presented to the public in the Comlitutionnel and the 3fonitcur. In pursuance of a suggestion started at the Interna tional Monetary Commission, which held several sittingi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a gold coin has just been struck as a common standard of money in England, France, and the 'United States. One side is stamped with the effigy of the Emperor crowned with laurels. On the other side of the coin is the inscription : " Five dollars-- 25 francs ;" and beneath—" Or : essai monaaire." Th; coin is equal in value to an English sovereign. In fashionable circles the latest item of gossip is the approaching marriage of the widowed Duchess of Morny to the Duke de Lesto, a Spanish grandee, said to be pos sessed of enormous wealth. Prior to changing her name, the Duchess changes her faith.. A member of the Greek Church, she is about to enter that of Rome. In nearly all our large manufacturing towns the present distress is ascribed to a large extent to the operations of free trade. The general feeling is well described by an article which appears in a provincial journal under the heading, " What have we gained and what have we lost by the Treaty of Commerce ?" It is there argued that those who advocate the system pretend that the large exports of silks and woollen goods only took place since 1860, whereas, on the contrary, the increase was as rapid, and even more so, from 1850 to 1857. The recent impetus has been given in spite of the treaty of 1860, and, owing to the dearness of silk and cotton, without the treaty, foreigners would not have bought one yard less of French stuff. Before 1860 these articles entered England, the principal market for them, free of duty, as they do now. In this branch of trade, then, France has gained nothing. What has she lost ? To speak only of the mixed cotton and woollen textiles, which the English make to perfection, our manu facturers at Roubaix had managed to produce goods to the amount of many hundred millions of francs, which were sold in the French markets. During 1866 and 1867, imports from England have amounted to half of what is manufactured in that town ; and, if nothing is done against so terrible a competition, the whole trade is ruined. In fact, F rance may b e sa id to have made a very bad bargain. In order somewhat to alleviate the sufferings of the dis tressed workmen in Paris, the Emperor has announce that those who have been compelled to deposit their mat tresses, sheets, blankets, and articles of that description at the Mont de Pia 4, may receive them back gratuitously. The papers state that the child of the convict Frigard, born in the Melun prison, has died. STALE OF TRADE. BELFAST, Jan. l 4.—Flax.—Supplies in the various markets during the past week were not so large as were those of the week preceding ; the market of Tandragee formed an exception. Prices station ary. Yarns.—Transactions have been to a fair ex tent on local account. Orders from the Continent have not been on an extensive scale. Decrease in stocks has taken place, and tow yarns are now scarce in the market ; prices continue steady ; ad vance has been obtained on some fine numbers of lines. Linens, brown (handloom).—A slight im provement in demand for heavy linens, dia per; mil damasks. Light linens for bleach ing and printing lawns have not been much in quired after. Cambric handkerchiefs and drills remain as last reported. Puwerloom.—A good demand exists for superior makes of 5-4th and 6- 4th wides of roughs, of light colours ; green makes dull of sale. But little doing in cloth suit able for the foreign clothing trade, linen and cam bric handkerchiefs, and printing lawns. Bleached aud finished linens.—A slight improvement has taken place on home account; demand from the Continent has decreased. No improvement in the American market. Stocks of fine goods small ; those of coarse goods large ; prices of the former firm ; those of the latter irregular. LEEDS, 14th.—The snow has all melted away, and the weather has become open and comparatively warm. This state of things had some slight influ ence on the cloth-market this morning, making, ap parently, buyers more disposed to purchase spring goods. Still the markets were not particularly brisk, and the amount of business done was not large. Thin meltons, fancy coatings, and tweeds were the most in request. Ordinary plain goods were slow of sale. Prices are tolerably steady, but not quite so high as they were a short time ago. ROCHDALE, 13th.—There was a moderate attend ance of buyers in the flannel-market to-day, includ ing a few representatives of Scotch houses. More business was done than last week, but no very large parcels were made up. The better qualities of both plain and fancy flannels were in more request than the lower kinds. Upon the whole, prices were ra ther easier. The demand for Yorkshire goods showed no improvement, but prices were steady. There was little done in wool, and the quotations are nominally the same as last week. SHORT SESSION.—The fifth Session of the fifth Parliament of the colony of Victoria lasted rather less than three-quarters of an hour. The Parliament, having been prorogued on the Bth of Novembor, was convened on the 25th for the purpose of agreeing to an address to his Royal Highness the Duke of E linburgh, presently expected. No other business was done except passing a bill to continue the operations of the Scab Act. His Excellency the Go vernor, who had opened the Session with a short vice regal speech, remained in au adjoining chamber during the debate, and then re-entered to give the Royal assent to the bill. THE CLERKENIVELL EXPLOSION. — The last reports of the state of the remaining sufferers from the recent ex plosion in Clerkenwoll now in the Royal Free and St. Bartholomew's Hospitals describe the conditions of tho patients to be progressing favourably, with the exception of the boy Henry Abbott, an inmate of the Royal Free Hospital. He is five years old, and is incurably blind. He lies constantly with his eyes to the pillow, as if lost to this world. Mr. Grant, the surgeon to the hospital, under whose care all the patients have been, speaks of those now under treatment as being so far recovered as to be able to leave the hospital shortly. The majority of those who were out-patients are no longer under treatment. 21IE REVIEWS• The programme of the Contemporary Review is par ticularly attractive. Mr. Conington, the Professor of Latin at Oxford, reviews the new volume of essays, " On a Liberal Education," edited by Mr. Farrar. The pro fessor only partly agrees with the Harrovian and hit fellow -writers ; but as we shall have to speak of this volume more fully hereafter, we pass by this paper with out further remark. Mr. Hawes's writing on " Music in England" has much that is interesting to saT on oratorios, popular concerts, music halls, and conductors. Mr. Maurice for once cannot be charged with obscurity. He publishes a paper, read, we believe, before one of the clerical gatherings that used to take place at Mr. Kempe's, in Westminster, in which he condemns the Irish Church Establishment on every ground, and declares that its speedy fall is inevitable. This paper was read in 186 c., a nd Mr. Maurice must at that time have stood almost alone among the clergy in thus de nouncing one branch of " the united Church of England and Ireland." Opinion has made great progress since then, and the incumbent of St. Peter's, Yore-street, may now boldly proclaim from the housetop that which a few months ago he only ventured to whisper in the ear. Mr. Maurice's paper is followed by one from his brother-in law, Mr. Plumptre, who, in an essay on " The Science of Religion," criticises Max-MUller's " Chips from a German Workshop." We need scarcely say that the article is both learned and interest ing. In " The Social Legislation of 1867 " Mr. Malcolm Ludlow gives an analysis of the Acts of Parlia ment passed last year affecting the condition of the working classes. He should append it to the next edition of the useful little book on " The Progress of the Working Classes," which he has published in conjunction with Mr. Lloyd Jones. An article on " The London Press " is somewhat vague, but as it is the first of a series, and is rather in the nature of an introduction, we withhold further comment. Mr. Reginald Stuart Poole has taken advantage of the interest excited by Dr. Deutsch's recent article on the Talmud, in the Quarterly Review, to say something more upon that deeply interesting subject. The usual carefully-written criticisms on current literature make up the rest of a very successful number of this magazine. The Popular Science Review opens w ith an art i c l e b y Professor Williamson, on " SPongilla," a class specially interesting to naturalists from its being so nearly allied to plants as to leave it for a long time uncertain whether the common fresh-water sponge should be called an animal at all. Professor Ansted contributes a chapter on a more interesting subject—" The Hurricane, the Typhoon, and the Tornado." Professor Ansted reminds us that in August 1837 a similar storm to that which has desolated St. Thomas and Tortola visited the same islands, and was still more destructive of life and property. In a storm which passed over the West Indies in 1780, nearly 10,000 persons lost their lives in Martinique alone. Professor Ansted notices the fact that these hurricanes have been generally complicated with shocks of earthquake. The coincidence, he observes, may be only accidental, but as it is certain that both events are frequently, if not always accompanied by electric and magnetic disturbances, and that earthquakes are almost always indicated by changes of the barometer, it would be unsafe and unphilosophical to deny that the earthquake and the storm are without mutual connection. Professor Ansted evidently considers the choice of the harbour of St. Thomas by the Royal Mail Company as ill-advised. It lies in the direction of the tornadoes. The hurricane that swept over the har bour was not in any sense an extraordinary phenomenon. It was one of a class foreknown, foreseen, and certain to happen. ' The regularity of these storms is one of their most remarkable features. The chapter by Mr. Dawkins on the former range of the reindeer in Europe, illus trates the important change of climate which has been going on in Europe for centuries. Mr. Dawkins considers the retreat of the reindeer northwards conclusive testimony that the amelioration of climate in modern times is wrongly attributed to the draining of the morasses and the cutting down of the forests. Before the hand of man had made any impression on the vast forests that overshadowed Germany and Britain, the animal had commenced its retreat. We cannot, therefore, ascribe the change to the industry of man, but to some great cause operating through an inconceivably long time, from the glacial down to the temperate climate of our own day.. It is, indeed, a return to the order of things in pre-glacial times. The inquiry is worth prosecuting further. The "Science of a Snow-flake," by Mr. Robert Hunt, and "The Food of Plants," by Professor Church, are popularly written, and the former especially well illustrated. Meliora has been affected by the season, and gives nearly one half of its present number to fiction. The miscel laneous articles are one on the Newspaper Press—a some what hackneyed subject by this time—and two very good papers on " Sound and Sense," and " Life in Lunatic Asylums." The writer of the last is well acquainted with his subject, and speaks with the authority of an expe rienced man as well as with the tenderness of a philanthro pist. He thinks that there is still great need of improve ment in our asylums. Compulsion is still too often the rule, persuasion too often the exception. Physicians too frequently take upon trust all statements of nurses and matrons, and for granted that the patient is not to be believed. There is much room for improvement in the food of the patients, which is often coarse and revolt ing, and even the special orders of the medical man will not always secure better diet, though it should be urgently needed. Lastly, there ought to be a much more careful classification of patients than is to be found at present. It is the extreme of cruelty to shut up a nervous, sensitive patient with a violent one who is for ever roaring out oaths and curses. The Commissioners of Lunacy have plenty of work cut out for them. If they will read " Meliora," they will gather some useful hints as to how they should do it. LATEST INTELL MENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. TRIESTE, Jan. 16. Advices received here from Athens state that the last modification of the Greek Cabinet had taken place at a time when it possessed a large majority in the Chamber. The reason has not transpired. It is said, however, that the King disliked some of the Ministers. The chief of the Opposition declined to construct a Cabinet, as the King was unwilling to dissolve the Chamber. The present Ministry does not belong to Parliament, none of its members being Deputies. It is thought certain it will not last two months. The public is discontented. The steamer Union continues to make trips be tween Greece and Crete with cargoes of provisions and munitions of war. Russian vessels still receive and carry away Cretan refugees. Sharp engage ments frequently occur between the Christians and the Turks in the island, and the insurrection is still kept up. ITALY. FLORENCE, Jan. 15. The Corriere Ilaliano of to-day says that the general committee for the examination of the budget have approved of the budget of the Ministers of the Interior, Foreign Affairs, and Commerce. The sales of the ecclesiastical property appearsito, proceed most satisfactorily. The sales effected up to the 31st ult. had produced an increase of 43 per cent. on the valuation. THE WAR IN THE BRAZILS. PARIS, Jan. 15. The Moniteur of this morning says in its bulletin that no serious engagement had taken place in La Plata since the attack by the Paraguayans on the camp at Tuyuti. The Paraguayans had never theless succeeded in sinking various vessels of the Brazilian squadron. But, on the other hand, the Brazilians seem to have completely invested Hu maita. It was even asserted that President Lopez would abandon Humaita. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 16. The Athenian from the West Coast of Africa has arrived here. Iler dates are Benin, Dec. 19 ; Fernando Po, 15 ; Cameroons, 15 ; Bonny, 18. Lagos, 21 ; Accra, 23 ; Cape Palmas, 26 ; Sierra Leone, 31; Tenereffe, 7 ; and Madeira, 9. At Camerons and Fernando Po trade was healthy. At Accra trade was dull. A terrific hurricane swept over Tenereffe on the 22d of January. All the vessels were driven out to :sea, houses unroofed, and the general appearance of the island was indicative of an earthquake. The cochineal plants were torn up by the roots. No lives were reported lost. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 12. Exchange on London, 49. Dry hides, 40 for 21. Wool, 42 to 78. Lumber, 37 to 40. Sugar, 18. FRA BOURSE, JAN. 15, Thi closed as follows : .NCE. ree o'clock.—The market Bank Shares 3260 Italian Loan End of month 42 35 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — I . Account Orleans • N orthern ll5O Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5371 Western Eastern • • 5321 Sardinian Austrian 5014 Lombard 336k forth of Spain. Saragossa, Roman 4B 4i per Cont. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 6B 60 Credit Mobilier End of month 163 75 Credit.Foneier 1355 End of month 1347 50 RAILWAY RAIL TVAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. A special meeting of the shareholders in this com pany was held yesterday at Derby ; Mr. W. E. Hutchinson in the chair. The meeting arose out of the circular recently issued announcing that an increase of £5,000,000 capital was required to com plete the new works. The attendance was most unusually large. The CHAIRMAN said that this was a meeting for information rather than discussion, and he suggested, therefore, that it would be inconvenient to antici pate questions which would naturally arise at the ordinary half-yearly meeting in February. More over, he had received notice of the intention of some shareholders to propose that a committee of large and influential proprietors should be appointed at that meeting to consult with the directors on matters involved in the bill ; and, should the proposal receive the sanction of the meeting, it would obviously be premature to discuss beforehand the very questions which it would be their business to discuss at the ordinary meeting. lie understood that com plaints had been made that the circulars of the 14th of December were not in the hands of the share holders until the 17th—(" True !").—that being the day on which the bill was deposited. The circular was finally settled on the morning of Saturday, December 14, and was dated accordingly. The whole of the circular was in type on the morning of that day except the figures, which the directors pre ferred not giving till the last moment, in order that they might not be divulged. There were so many to be printed that it was not practicable that the whole could be finished on that day ; and the 15th, being Sunday, was a dies non. The morning of the 16th was occupied in printing off the remainder of the impressions, so that each shareholder might re ceive his copy at the same time—that was on the morning of Tuesday, the 17th ; and when he told them that they had nearly 15,000 circulars to despatch and get ready and send by post, it would be seen that it was a work which required a great deal of time. By special arrangement with the Postmaster at Derby the circulars were posted on the night of the 16th in time to be delivered on the following morning. It was said that the information contained in the cir cular reached the Stock Exchange on the 16th, a day before the shareholders got it, and that it was used very much to the injury of the shareholders. If that had been done, it been done without the knowledge and against the express instructions of the directors and the chief officers of the company. (Hear, hear.) The chairman proceeded to explain the provisions of the bill which they were met to consider. Although it was entitled " A bill for conferring additional powers on the Midland Rail way Company and for raising further capital," it appiled also for the construction of some few new works and other purposes. Clause 4 enabled the company to raise additional money by the creation of shares amounting to £3,750,000. ,Clause 14 en abled the company from time to time to borrow on mortgage a sum not exceeding £1,250,000. Clause 19 enabled the company to construct certain short railways or branches. (Interruption.) The first of these was the Darfield Junction Rail way, in order to connect the Cudsworth and Barnsley Line with the South Yorkshire Railway, which was necessary to enable them to make an exchange of traffic with the South Yorkshire Com pany. There were other clauses for the construc tion of short branches. A good many comments had been made on that portion of the circular which stated that the value of the property re quired for the London line and the amount of com pensation were enormously in excess of what was anticipated. It would seem that the cost of carrying a railway into London defied all previous calcula tion, and great blame had been given to the direc tors and the officers they employed because of the expenditure on the London and Bedford line. The excess had been principally occasioned by the great increase in the quantity of land purchased, and the magnitude of the works undertaken as compared with the amount of works contemplated when the first act of Parliament was obtained for making the railway in 1863. The value of property, espe cially in London and the neighbourhood, had risen considerably between the autumn of 1862, when the plans were deposited, and the time when it became necessary to acquire the property, and the amount of compensation in many instances had been enormously in excess of what was anticipated. The traffic to and from Loudon had increased so rapidly and so largely that they believed that by the time the railway should be open for traffic the ac commodation they had provided would be wholly inadequate. (Question.) The receipts from the coaching traffic increased from £32,800 in 1858 to £144,943 in 1867, or 41 times as much. (Applause.) During the same period the increase in the receipts from the goods traffic had been five-fol 1. (Ap plause.) The cattle traffic, owing to the prevalence of the cattle plague and its subsequent diversion into other directions, had not so increased ; and, owing to their want of accommodation, their coal traffic was not so large as they hoped to make it, although it had increased from 57,000 tons in 1860 to 152,000 tons in 1866, and 133,000 in 1867. Then, again, the line between London and Bedford was originally laid out for two lines, but it had been constructed a portion of the distance with four lines instead of two ; and for nearly seven miles north of London the rails were of steel instead of iron, thus increasing the expense of it very considerably. The gradients, too, had been improved, and this added another item to the expenditure. The ques tion of the accommodation they should provide in London was the subject of serious consideration in 1863 and 1864, and in the state of uncertainty which then prevailed it was thought undesirable to construct a large station for passenger traffic, it be ing impossible to tell what the operation of the other projected lines would be, and whether there would in consequence be any alteration in the accommo dation which was necessary. They therefore pro vided one of very moderate extent ; but when the uncertainty ceased they found it necessary to in crease the accommodation. Having originally pro vided two acres of land for a London terminus, they found it necessary to double the quantity. The terminus was 15 feet above the level of the ordi nary road, and it was intended to fill up the va cancy with earth ; but the demand for stowage accommodation being very urgent, they arched the space over, and, although this largely in creased the expense, they received a considerable revenue from the accommodation which they pro vided. They also concluded to build a first-class hotel, in order that they might place them selves on a par with the Great Northern and Lon don and North Western, and the Great Western Companies. He understood that those hotels an swered exceedingly well, and also that they were the means of insuring to those companies a very large passenger traffic. (Hisses.) Other additions were proposed which would increase the expendi ture, but would produce to the company a very con siderable revenue. The chairman having given a detailed statement respecting these, he proceeded to say that the total outlay required for the completion of the line and works was estimated at £5,299,408, leaving a deficiency of capital amounting to £ 2 ,150,000. He had upon farmer occasions stated to them that there would be no economy in delay ing the progress of the works on the Bedford and London Railway. (Hear.) So much capital had already been expended in that undertaking that the sooner they could make it productive the better. These remarks were still applicable with regard to those works, and with still greater force, because they hoped to have them fully open for traffic in the course of a few months. Of course, in order to prosecute these works, large sums of money had to be provided, and still further sums would have to be provided. The directors had therefore found it necessary to make another call upon the £22 shares. It was of the greatest importance that they should urge on those works, and their speedy opening, he had no doubt, would justify them iu having expended so large a sum of money. (Hear, hear.) He referred in much detail to the various lines in course of con struction and the new works, and said they had all become necessary by the increasing traffic, and that the cost of them would not exceed the £1,350,000 estimated. The Sheffield and Chesterfield line was very difficult to make. There were on it some very expensive works; they had to erect a large pas senger station at Sheffield, the old one being greatly needed for the accommodation of the goods traffic. The compensations they had to pay in connection with some of the new works were such that no man unless he shot with the long bow could ever have contemplated such amounts as had been required ; in many instances they had been compelled to buy more land than was required ; a portion of that would be resold hereafter, but in the meantime they would have to provide the money. When the works at Sheffield were completed that town, with 200,000 inhabitants, would be on the main line instead of at the end of a branch. A promise had been made years ago that this line should be made ; it had been put off from time to time ; deputation after deputation had waited on the Board, until they could put it off no longer. A question had been asked—" How do you know that your present esti mates will not be exceeded ?" His answer was that the greater part of the most expensive works had been executed, so that they were now in a position to calculate with confidence if not absolute certainty ; as to some of the works not yet com menced, none of them were liable to such dis turbing elements in the matter of cost as those works recently in course of execution. Some of the new lines it was proposed to make single instead of double for the present, so that they might rely on the statement as to the amount of the capital pro posed being sufficient. It had been stated, he said, with reference to the £960,000 expended for rolling stock, &c., that they had borrowed it from a bank or financial company ; the fact was it was part of the capital authorised for new works, as shown in the accounts up to June, 1867. The directors had caused the rolling stock to be revalued, and he pledged himself it was of the value estimated in the accounts. With reference to the new capital, £2,000,000 would be required in 1868, £1,000,000 in 1869 ; the remainder of the expenditure to be spread over as long a period as Parliament would allow for construction of the new works. On the Ist of January, 1870, their total capital would be £35,000,000, and when all the works were done to which the company was committed their total capi tal would be £40,000,000. Mr. BAINES, M.P., moved the following resolu tion :—" That considering the injurious effect pro duced on the value of the Midland shares by the intended application of powers to raise new capital to the amount of five millions, it is essential, in the opinion of this meeting, to revise the engagements of the company for lines and works, and all con templated outlays, with a view to the relinquishing or postponement for a considerable time of all that can be relinquished or postponed without serious detriment to the interests of the company." Mr. JEREMIAH GARNETT, of Leeds, agreed in . the desire Mr. Baines had expressed as to " abandon ment ;" he deprecated the making of the Settle and Carlisle line ; it was quite clear, he said, that they had some fast men connected with tbe man agement ; what they wanted was not large under takings, but large dividends. He seconded the re solution. Mr. ItAwsoN, of Manchester, urged an arrange ment with the London and North Western Com pany, with regard to the Scotch traffic to prevent the wasteful expenditure of making the Settle and Carlisle line. _ The resolution moved by Mr. Baines was carried unanimously. Lord LYVEDEN moved the appointment of "a committee of consultation," to be composed of Mr. W. O. Foster, M.P., Mr. J. Garnett, Mr. It. Leader, Mr. W. Overend, Q.C., Mr. Charles Paget, Mr. 11. J. Stanton, Mr. E. Warner, Mr. Joseph Whit worth, and Mr.. E. Baines, M.P., the committee to report at the half-yearly meeting next mouth. In moving this resolution his lordship said that after what had taken place he had not that full confi dence which he at one time entertained. Mr. JOIVETT, of Sheffield, seconded the resolution, which was carried. The meeting then terminated. tfnurt,,.. et fat HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 15. The Queen and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Arthur drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Colonel Ponsonby upon horseback ; and her Majesty drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice walked out. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. The following gentlemen passed their primary examina tions iu anatomy and physiology at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 4th inst., and when elig".ble will be admitted to the pass-examination : Messrs. R H. Barker, NV. S. Holroy(1, E. S. Lee, and Edward Walford, students of St. George's Hospital; J. R. Joseph, Herbert Chabot, G. S. Doulton, and 11. G. Turner, of Guy's Hospital ; J. C. Gibson, Win. Sheard, A. A. Kidger, and P. R. Inches, of King's College; A. J. Hogg, D. H. Goodsall, and Herbert Goude, St. Bartholomew's Hospital; E. H. Patton, Dun can M'Larty, and W. J. Mickle, of Canada ; NV. G. Ran ger and F. H. Miller, of St. Thomas's Hospital ; C. K. Hedge and G. S. Sharp, of Bristol ; John Deane and E. A. Phillips, of University College; W. ll.lsletherelift, and T. B. Turner, of Charing-cross Hospital ; J. F. Matthew's, of the Middlesex Hospital ; and Arthur Hallam, of the Sheffield School. It is stated that eight candidates out of the 36 failed to acquit themselves to the satisfaction of the Court, and were consequently referred to their anatomical and physiological studies for the period of three months. GENERAL CrAnura has resigned the post of Italian Minister to the Court of Austria which had been con ferred upon him some months ago. PRUSSIA AND FRANCE.—The Patrie remarks that " pri vate letters from Berlin state that the negotiations carried on since January 1 between France and Prussia relative to the recent events in Italy have led to a more intimate un derstanding between the two Governments. The Cabinet of Florence will soon be made acquainted with these con versations, and it is hoped that Italy will accept an agree ment, the result of which would be a return to the normal state of the September Convention." THE SERVIAN QUESTION.--The Patric of iast evening affirms that France has addressed energetic verbal commu nications to Belgrade in consequence of the warlike demon strations that have recently taken place in Servia, and adds :—" Austria has given her support to this step; England has also addressed a categorical note in the same sense to the Servian Government ; and, finally, Prussia has made analogous communications." The Patrie concludes as follows :—"The step taken by Prussia, in accordance with the other great Powers, will frustrate any efforts of a nature to disturb the peace of Europe. The same Powers have addressed counsels of moderation to Bucharest." EASTERN AFFAIRS. —A Russian journal, the Northern Post, in its review of the events of the past year says : " Russia does not require either enlargement of her terri tory or increase of her influence over the populations of the East. She demands, however, the co-operation of the European Powers in promoting the welfare of the Christian subjects of Turkey, by which the occcurrence of a cataatrope will be averted."— Le Bulletiri, International says that a confidential "note" has been addressed by Prussia to Prince Charles of Rou mania, suggesting that he should be most prudent in his relations with Russia, as it is the interest of the Danubian Principalities to wait for the decision of the Western Powers on the Eastern question, and take sides according to final diplomatic decisions. TEE UNITED STATES. learn by telegram !rota Washington that the House of Representatives has rejected the bill passed by the Senate abolishing the tax upon the cotton crop of 1868.----A Philadelphia correspondent con siders that, "on the whole, while the new year dawns gloomily upon America, the future is regarded as a Jromising one ; the period of depression is thought to have passed its lowest point, and the reassuring condition of the politics of the country will probably soon re-establish confidence in trade, and bring the disunited sections together again in friendship."--A delegation from the South has arrived n Washington to urge upon Congress the policy of lending the planters in the cotton States 30,000,000 dols. at 6 per cent, to be secured by mortgages on their crops, for the purpose of enabling them to re-stock their devastated plantations. The Presi dent is said to favour it, and intends to send a message to that body describing the impoverished condition of the South. The recent changes in the Southern commanders have been received with general satisfaction by the press of that section. The Southern Conventions aro doing nothing of any importance, the inability of the delegates to get any pay for their services seeming to have paralysed their efforts. All the funds in the Georgia State Treasury have been removed to New York city to prevent the Convention from seizing them. In Washington city prominent lawyers are preparing arguments in a case to be heard before the Supreme Court testing the constitutionalit of the reconstruction laws. COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA.-- Telegraphic intelligence has arrived from Tiflis that the Persian Government has joined the Russian and Prussian Governments in establishing a two-wire telegraph line from the town of Nordeney (which is the terminus of R eu t er ' s ca bl e b etween England and Prussia) to India. Each Government will provide for the portion of the entire line which lies within its own territory. The three Governments have also agreed that this new line is to be exclusively set apart for Indo-European correspondence ; the existing State line, from the time of its completion, being confined to local or non-Indian messages. They have also agreed to intrust the execution and working of the proposed line to Messrs. Siemens Brothers, of London, who have branch firms at Berlin and at St. Petersburg. That firm propose to carry out the wo r k b y means of an English company, thus securing that telegraphic communication to India shall no under British control and under one management. The cost of the line, as far as Teheran, where the lines of the Government of India com mence,i will be £400,000 i nc l u di ng a submarine cable n the Black Sea, which will be laid in order to avoid the Caucasian mountains, where the existing lines are subject to frequent interruptions. The co-operation of the Govern• merit of India has also been promised, on the repro' sentations of the P russ i an and Russian Ministers in London. The proposed line will establish a powerful competition to the existing route through France or South Germany, Austria, Turkey, and Asia Minor, to the head of the Persian Gulf, with the advantage of being exe• cuted and worked by an English company, which will ap point English telegraph clerks at all the stations. The ex , isting lines to India have no English telegraph clerks at any of their stations, and are under various ad ministrations until the Persian Gulf is reached. The three Governments interested in opening IV the proposed telegraphic route to India have evi4 dently adopted a prudent course in departing from the principle they have hitherto acted upon of retaining all telegraphs in the hands of the State, and in committing its execution and working to English hands. The completion Of the undertaking is promised within a twelvemonth from its inception, and it is stated that forty words per minute will be transmitted between London and Teheran ; the tariff is also to be reduced to £3 10a for 20 words, and £2 for 10 words, in the place of the existing tariff of £5 ls. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. —The following telegram comes from Aden, dated the 4th inst.:—The Bengal Brigade is now passing this point en route for Annesley Bay- Steamers from Abyssinia are hurriedly returning to Bombay to bring up the remainder of the troops destined for the expedition. From accounts that have been received from Abyssinia it is believed that it will be absolutely necessary to employ force to effect the liberation of the captives. An officer attached to the expedition, writing from Annesley Bay on the 30th ult., says :—" Water is still the great difficulty, as there is not a drop within sixteen miles, so it has to be landed from the ships. At Senafe, about sixty miles off, where the advanced brigade (consist ing of the 3d Cavalry, 10th N. 1., and a Mountain Battery) is, the climate is splendid, by all accounts just like an English spring ; here the average is 88 deg. The Scinde Brigade (33d and 25th N.I. Belooches, and G. 14 R.A) are waiting for transport before they can start, though a few companies go every night. The G. 14's march tonight to the foot of the mountains, sixteen miles, where the first water is ; but from what one hears they don't seem likely to get much further at present, as the passes are something awful, just wide enough for one mule at a time, about the same gradient as the side of a house, and twisting like a dozen corkscrews all in one. However, if guns ever are to be got up, I believe they are the fellows to do it, a splendid set of men, and beautifully horsed. The mountain guns that have come out faun England are most perfect little things. The navy is to be represented up country by a rocket party, only a hundred men, and I am sorry to say your most obedient is not one of them. The country is as full of game as it can hold ; plenty of deer, bustard, and spur fowl, within a few miles, but the want of water is a great inconvenience, as you have to take every drop with you." ANOTHER SHOCKING INSTANCE OF DESTITUTION was r 0• vealed at an inquest held last night at the Duke of Wellington Tavern, North-street, Bethnal-green, touching the death of Elizabeth Wright, aged forty years. William Wright, a wretched-looking man, deposed that he was a weaver, but that for the last eight months he had worked in the parish stoneyard, as he could get no other employment. He lived with deceased, his wife, at No. 7, Scott-street, paying is Od a week rent. Deceased was ailing : last Saturday be fetched the parish doctor to her. He afterwards went to the surgery, and 131)0 his return he found her dead. The family income for the last eight months was as follows :--For the first five months witness was paid Bd. a day by the parish ; for about two months they gave him 10d a day, or 5s a week, and for the last three weeks, by a new order, they allowed him to earn is a day by breaking six bushels of stones a day. H e would have broken more to get more halfpence, but they would not let him exceed the six bushels a day. They p a id hint one half in money and the other half in bread and tea. If be had applied for extra things for his wife they would hoe stopped it out of what he earned by stone breaking, and then he could not have paid his rent and lived. The coroner Sai d that he was s ure t h e p ar i s h aut h or iti es wou ld not h ave a cted as the witness supposed. The witness with great earnestness said he knew th e y wou ld. Th e d e ce ase d use d some times to earn 6d per week by binding shoes at 4d a dozen. Witnes 9 had seven grown up children by his first wife, but they colld only support themselves. Deceased was very badly clothed; _ they had hardly any bed. They had lain almost on the bar e boards for eight months past. Other witnesses corroborate d the man Wright, and testified to his honesty, sobriety, i industry. Mr. J. Defries, parish surgeon, said that wb,e,': called in to the deceased be saw that she did not want rneo_l e tine, but food and comfort. He gave a certificate to her received into the infirmary, as suffering from bronchT: and destitution, and she agreed to go, but she died tb same evening. The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from bronchitis, and that her death was accclerata want of food and eznostue. Very Market Which r terday, pacific vernme are low tive to what it meetii upon ti The i best she Cons to 9911 Three Cents., Exchcq The prem. In / Twe n t y Itailwai at 84 tc Atlar have ri liortga Of p (1865) 75f to' Spanist change 121 ; I . 1 to 1i 921. 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