The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-10 00:00:00

‘IIIIE SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE delivers the L LTG EDITION at Cbelsen, 7.40; Hilburn, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, ►THE LATE EDITION of "' , HE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, ID, Bow-street, Covent-garden. rpm.] LATH: EDITION of "THE SUN" at lei W. SMITH'S, •` Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1868. It is encouraging to look forward to the -visit of the Prince of WALES to Ireland just now. There have been so many drawbacks of late to all such festive affairs on account of the unsatisfactory state of the health of the Princess that the circumstance of her being able to join the Prince will of itself furnish ample theme for rejoicing. That ber Royal Highness should be sufficiently recovered to visit the Emerald Isle seems an indication that her pro gress has been of late all that can be desired, for when the Royal visit was first spoken of it was feared that she would not be equal to the fatigues of the journey. It has long been sur mised that Ireland would be more contented if these Royal visits were more frequent ; and no doubt such is true so far, for the proof of confi dence thus afforded would have gone for a long way towards propitiating treason and quelling dis content. Unfortunately, from some circumstance or other, these much-looked-for visits were not paid for years, and at last it was advisable or expedient for them to take place, in consequence of the unsa tisfactory state of things. The Prince of WALES appears to have bridged over this difficulty, as he has done some others, and contrived to impart a cheering feeling to what has been too often made a drawback. Those, who rightly ap- , preciate the intention, and can fully compre hend the meaning of affairs, will recognise in this approaching visit to Ireland of their Royal Highnesses far more than the empty ceremonial, the pomp of circumstance, or the glittering show. They will see, and believe, that it shows the reliance the Prince and Princess place in the loyalty and goodwill of the majority of the people, uninfluenced by the indications of sinister feeling that may be observed in some quarters of the land. The various ceremonies that are to take place have, therefore, more meaning than may appear at first sight, and illuminations, installations, and reviews, as they each in their turn will impart life and brilliancy to the scene, will be indicative of the dawn of a better day, and an illustration of confidence and esteem not to be lightly regarded or easily for gotten. No time or trouble has been spared to give full effect to this undertaking, and on many accounts it seems to promise that it will go all as well as any one could hope or desire. If the programme that has appeared of the pro ceedings is carried out at all in conformity with the present details the affair cannot fail to go off suc cessfully in the fullest acceptation of the term. We could almost fancy that the most enthusiastic devotee of the days of old could be consoled for the moment by the sight of the gorgeous scene and glittering ceremonial with a belief that his dreams were realised, and that he was transported back to the good old times.— " Ere the Emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger." Let us hope that this visit of the Prince and Prin cess may be productive of the happiest results, and that some time hence, when the more exciting events of the mouent are forgotten, its good effects may be yet apparent and still linger in the minds of those present. We feel sure that this is the wish of the Royal visitors, and will animate their inten- tions during the period of their stay. It is an old saying, that the hour before dawn is always the darkest, and it may prove true in the present instance. Once let a turn for the better take place, and who can say to what great results it may not lead, and of the many encouraging prospects it may not but be the forerunner. In paying this visit to Ireland at this time the Prince and Princess are looking beyond and above all secondary causes and transitory disturbances to the right feeling and true sentiment of the nation they visit, and we feel assured that no teaching is necessary to impress COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ' I IHE only article really suitable for that purpose, -I- ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address xO5, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., No. 105, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. TABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, i expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins or Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of evory description. 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Don Ottavio, Signor Bettini; Le porello, Signor Zoboll; Masetto, Signor Casaboni; II Commen datore, Signor Foli; and Don Giovanni, Signor Gassier. Conductor—Signor Arditi. Commence at half-past Eight o'clock. Stalls, One Guinea; kmphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved Box Seats, les. 6(1; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Box-office of Her Majesty's Opera (Theatre Royal, Drury-lane), under the portico in Brydges-street, open daily from 10 till 6. r i IIIIEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET, Sole Lessee, Mr. Backstone. TO-MORROW EVENING. A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT Messrs Compton and Kendal; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin. To be followed by A HERO OF ROMANCE. Characters by Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, &c.; Mesdames Robertson, Fitzwilliam, Chippendale, Dalton, Laws, and Daubigny. Concluding with INTRIGUE. Mr. Howe, Mr. Kendal, Mr Clark, and Miss Burke. Commence at Seven. lIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TO-MORROW, GO TO PUTNEY: A Tale of the Boat Race. Messrs. G. Belmore, G. J. Taylor, Miss Harris, and Miss Emily Pitt. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (him 92nd appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Wehster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 92nd appearance), Mrs &lfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, eke. Commence at 7. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TO-MORROW, MARY JONES. Messrs. W. H. Stephens C. Wyndham, Sanger, and Miss P. Markham. After which will be produced OLIVER TWIST. Master Dawkins (the A rtful Dodger), Mr. J. L. Toole; Fagin, Mr. Ryder; Oliver, Miss M. Hodson; Bumble, Mr. L. Brough; Bill Sykes, Mr. H. Trying: Nancy, Miss Nelly Moore. To conclude with the Extravaganz. LA VIVANDIERE; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. 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After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swanborough, Lydia Thompson, Sheridan, Hughes, 4tel To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. laud, Johnstone, Hughes, Holt, Gwynne, &c. After which, PARIS; or, Vive Lempriere: and Fenton ROYAL AMPIIITHI4:ATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Fresh Engagements—More Novelties. sth appearance TO-MORROW EVENING of Mdlle. de Fassi, Mons. Parish, Les Freres de Castro, and Leroni, the Musical Clown. Continued excitement, tremendous applause, the Theatre densely crowded every evening, to witness Mdlle. AZ ELLA'S unrivalled performance on the Flying Trapeze, which includes a flight across the arena of 100 feet, ter minating in a Somersault at an elevation of 30 feet from the platform, admitted by the entire Landon and provin cial press to be the most graceful and wonderful perform ance ever witnessed. M. AGOU S TE, the Champion Equilibrist of the World, nightly receives a perfect ovation. 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Lord DUCIE says, in con clusion, that he does not expect the reconstruction of society by means of cheap groceries, but that a more thrifty population may be estab lished he has no doubt, and those who promote the movement will find that their pains have not been thrown away. It is, indeed, to be hoped that many influential persons will pay heed to the excelle n t advice here tendered, and that before long we may witness throughout the country the gradual but decisive spread of the new system. Too much care cannot be taken to protect the poorer classes from some of the evils which are at present so constantly assailing them through the presence of never-ending small debts, and although some who have been their well-wishers never have considered the remedy of such a futile effort it need no longer be so. Of course in this undertaking as in many others of a like or a diverse nature, diffi culties will arise ; but, at the same time, it will not do to be discouraged, and the sooner this new sys tem of co-operation comes into force all over the country the better. We have long been in great social need of a change for the better in many ways as regards our mode of living, and it will be a great desideratum if means are found whereby some apparently trifling but really vexatious circum stances can be avoided. The poorer classes and those in many gradations above them may alike benefit by the changes wrought by the co-operative stores, and the more that subject is studied the more likely is it to meet with approval, because it is a system founded on safe principles and an en larged scale. RICH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rHIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 58m.—Afternoon, 4h. 17m. ro-Mounow.-Morning, 4h. 35m.—Afternoon, 4h. 55m. e'S 4.i The favourable anticipations which are already being formed of the harvest prospects are con firmed by the observations of Mr. MECHI, who, on his Essex farm, of Tiptree Hall, studies agri culture, both as a matter of theory and of practice. There have already been heard the voices of some croakers, which are always heard if affairs are less gloomy than their forebodings foretold, but we are happily not bound to accept their conclusions in preference to others of a more cheering nature. Mr. MECHI says, with reason, that it is impossible to guess what may occur be tween seedtime and harvest, but as things now stand he assures us that the Essex agriculturists have every reason to be satisfied. The autumn and winter have, in contrast to the preceding one, been dry and free from floods, and have, in fact, fulfilled the most sanguine wishes of the agricultu rist. The wheat crop—in which every one is so d ee ply concerned, looks, he assures us, quite and promising, and a grea tl y i ncreased wheat has been s own , so that if we bhhareevaaletdhatyh of tolerably fine summer, we may hope to see the price of bread at a very different rate from the present. Mr. MECHI reminds us that last year he predicted that the root rottings of the wheat plant would probably reduce the crop twenty per cent., and the result, unfortunately, fully confirmed his estimate. A. curious old saying in the county of Essex has lately re ceived ample illustration. The saying goes that after a light or full moon at Christmas there will be light sheaves, meaning a light or insufficient harvest, but that after a dark Christmas moon there will be heavy sheaves and plentiful harvest. In 1865 and 1866 there were, as Ma. MECHI re calls to our recollection, Christmas full moons, and we have all had unpleasant evidence of the veri fication of the saying in the poor harvests and high price of bread. In 1867 we had a dark moon, and have yet to see whether the converse will prove equally true. Much will, of course, depend on the summer, and our hopes and expectations may be rudely disappointed by an unfavourable season; but, as far as we can yet form an estimate, we have reason for thankfulness rather than for apprehension or complaint. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution con tinues its valuable labours with unflagging spirit ; and few not immediately connected with the asso ciation are aware bow continuous and how multi farious are its labours. All the year round—but especially during the winter months—the com mittee have to exercise a vigilant superintendence over the stations all round the coast and the fleet of lifeboats and their crews. They have to receive reports, to reward acts of daring and self-sacrifice, and to encourage exertion, as well as to apply the donations of the benevolent to the b,;st purposes. This is, no doubt, a pleasant part of their duty, and we are glad to find that they have had several handsome additions to their stores. At the meet ing of the committee, held at their house in the Adelphi last week, it was stated that the Earl of STRAFFORD had liberally offered to present a life boat to the Isle of Portland, if one was needed. We should imagine that the society would easily be able to demonstrate this, since the island is rocky and exposed. A lady, whose name is not mentioned, has also offered to place a boat at Broadstairs as a memorial of her son—a worthy and effectual method of honouring a beloved memory. Mr. CHRISTOPHER BROWN, of Settle, Yorkshire, has collected more than £BOO for the institution, which the committee have resolved to appropriate to the establishment of a new lifeboat at Pennon, Angle sey, naming it the " Christopher Brown." Angle sey, which certainly stands in ample need of such aid, has recently had another new lifeboat, stationed at Bullbay, and during the month boats have been sent to Ross Links, Holy Island, to Penarth, Wales, and to Stonehaven, N.B. At all these places the boats on their arrival had been heartily welcomed ; and, indeed, the popularity of the institution seems everywhere deservedly on the increase. At the meeting last week rewards to the amount of £730 I were ordered to be made on the several establish ments, and many interesting details of services rendered by the lifeboats during the recent gales were given, for which rewards varying in amount were given. The Caister lifeboat has been very fortunate. During a heavy gale of wind it brought ashore fifteen men from a barque which was wrecked on the South Scroby Sand. Again, some three weeks later, the same same lifeboat succeeded in saving a Boston schooner with a crew of four men, the vessel having stranded on the Inner Barber Sand, and having no chance of escape but for the timely aid of the lifeboat. Several other services were mentioned, and to all of the boats crews so engaged appropriate rewards were given. By this means'the gallant crews not only receive a substantial recompense for their daring, but obtain that open acknowledgment of their service which is, perhaps, more valuable, since such acts can never be adequately rewarded by pecuniary recompense. The friends of the association will be interested in knowing that MR. THOMAS BROOKS, who some time since painted a fine picture of a lifeboat service, has now completed another picture, " The Launch of a Lifeboat," which may accordingly be looked for on the walls of the forth coming exhibition. CHEAPNESS FMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Out fitters for all classes. Every department is furnished with a large and varied Stock. List of prices, with rules for self-measurement, patterns and fashion sheet, forwarded gratis and post free. Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned 2 E. ➢iOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS are CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENING at sunset, when business is resumed I 11 o'clock. The following ars the London addresses of E. 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King Theodore, with the captives, 26 guns, and 5,000 musketeers, was at Magdala, prepared for a siege. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 9—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4} per Cent. End of month... -- Ital'an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 69 12} Mexican Loan ... 19 25 Credit Mobilier End of month... 265 Spanish Threes 37 LI Credit Fonder ... 1460 —. Home Debt — _ End of month.,. I Deferred 34 - RAILWAYS. Account. Orleans ... 868 k Northern llBO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5Bl Western Eastern • • — Sardinian Austrian Lombard 373 North of Spain 7O Saragossa Roman 4B THE FATAL ACCIDENT AI THE BROMLEY STEEPLECHASE. Yesterday evening Mr. C. J. Carttar, the coroner for Kent, held an inquest at the Chequers Inn, South Borough, Bromley, touching the death of Mr. Edward Clifford, aged nineteen years, who was killed at the Bromley Steeplechase on Tuesday last. Mr. N. A. Clifford, York Hotel, Waterloo 'road, identified the deceased. He was a gentle man jockey, and was the son of Mr. Thomas Clifford, of the Prebendal, Thame, Oxfordshire. He was much addicted to field sports, especially hunting, and for three years past he frequently rode his father's horses at steeplechases. He rode at the Bromley races on Monday last, and proved the winner. On Tuesday he rode again, being mounted on Vindicator. Witness viewed the race from the grand-stand. It was run at 4.20 p.m. Vindicator cleared all the obstacles successfully, until he came to the last hurdle, and he was the first horse in the race. When he came to the last hurdle he jumped falsely, and his hind legs caught in the hurdle. The ground on the further side being a little hard, his fore feet " slid," and he tumbled. The deceased fell from the saddle, and the crowd rushed forward. Two doctors who were on the ground also ran to him, but they found that he was quite dead. His neck was broken, and he had received other severe internal injuries. He was killed instantaneously. He was a perfectly competent jockey. He rode for pleasure and not for gain. J. Lane, a labourer, said that he was near the last hurdle when the accident oc curred. Vindicator's hind legs caught in the hedge and deceased was pitched headforemost out of the but jumped up i s n a a d t d a l n e t . y T a n h d e r h a o n r s o e ff f e in ll a u d p v o a n n chei of the other horses. The fence was cleared by the other horses without accident, and they came over so quickly after the accident that they would have alighted on Vindi cator if he had not been up and off so quickly. No one did anything to frighten Vindicator or make him miss his jump. It was a fair attempt and a failure. The Coroner said that the evidence I showed that the occurrence was entirely accidental. There was a certain amount of danger inseparable from steeplechasing, but it did not appear that at the Bromley races the obstacles were in any way exceptionally dangerous. The jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased died from the effects of injuries accidentally received through the fall of the horse Vindicator while jumping a fence during the steeplechase at Bromley." The race in which the deceased gentleman met his death was for a steeplechase plate of 40 sous., the course being two miles. Five horses ran, and, although Ned of the Hills came in first after the catastrophe to Vindi cator, the race was declared void, owing to the fact that at least three of the horses had taken the wrong side of a flag. NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE. The Admiralty paddle yacht Enchantress, Staff- Commander Petley, arrived at Portsmouth yester day, from the Thames, en route for Holyhead. The Lyra, screw sloop, arrived at Spithead on Wednesday from the East Indies, has gone into Portsmouth harbour to dismantle and be paid out of commission. Rear-Admiral R. S. Robinson, the Controller of the Navy, accompanied by Mr. Walker, Auditor of Dockyard Accounts, has been engaged at Ports mouth-dockyard, making inquiries into the usage of dockyard charges in various forms. It is also understood that certain inquiries have been made (not perhaps officially connected with Admiral Robinson's present visit) with reference to the pos sibility of making evidence to rebut certain damag ing evidence that will be tendered before Mr. Seely's committee, proving the utter unreliability of all re turns of expenditure sent to Somerset House from her Majesty's dockyards. The evidence to this effect now before or at the command of the committee is, however, so decisive that it is very improbable that the Admiralty will attempt to make any fight to prove the contrary. A SCENE IN A PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUM. At the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions, before the Earl of Lichfield, chairman, and others, Mr. Motteram made the customary application for the renewal of the license to Mrs. Moore, of Great Barr, to keep a private lunatic asylum, whereupon his lordship asked Mr. Motteram if he was aware that there was a report from the visiting justices relative to the asylum. Mrs. Moore was bound under the license not to admit unruly patients, but the visitors reported that they had found a female standing on a mattress in a state of wild excitement, with only a night dress on her, having a leather strap fastened round her waist, and other straps fastened to it, of which the other ends were fastened to the bedposts.—Mr. Motteram said he would not impugn the accuracy of .the report so made, but he was desired to represent that the patient was not in a state of excitement when admitted by Mrs. Moore. Subsequently she became excited, and, under the advice of the medical attendant, she was put under gentle restraint, the straps being so placed that she could lie down or stand up, or do anything but get away.—The Earl of Lichfield : It is quite sufficient for us that she was strapped to the bed.—Mr. Motteram urged that Mrs. Moore could not turn out the patient directly she became violent, and was, therefore, driven to the necessity of restraining her until her removal could be arranged. On the 28th March the patient had been admitted, being then not violent. On the 30th she became violent, and, finding that the violence was likely to become per manent, application was made to the Commissioners in Lunacy on the 6th April.--The Earl of Lichfield : After the visitors had been there.—Mr. Harrison, the medical officer, described the steps he had taken in the case, and produced the "medical visitation book," rela tive to which his lordship observed that there was posi tively no entry of the case at the time the visitors went to the house. It was quite clear, his lordship added, that the court was bound to take precautions to prevent the possibility of cases of this kind arising. He could not conceive anything more terrible than the case of a person in a private asylum strapped down to a bed. It was quite clear that the possibility of such cases arising was provided for by the fact of the appliances bein- t' re. After the explanation, however, the court did not think there was sufficient ground for refusing the license, but they should mark their sense of the importance of the point referred to by limiting the license to seren months, so that another application would have to be made at the autumn sessions for a renewal. He must add that he thought the medical attendant was extremely to blame, for the moment he found the patient in such circumstances he ought to have written, or given instructions for writing, to the commissioners in lunacy on the subject. That was clearly not done, and the grave omission would probably be hereafter looked into. The matter then terminated. CONFLICT WITH BURGLARS. A few evenings ago Mr. Hammonds, superintendent of police, Llanrwst, had a violent struggle with two tramps who were " wanted" upon the charge of having broken into a shoemaker's shop in the village of Eglwysfach, about six miles from Llanrwst, when they took therefrom six new pairs of shoes, comprising amongst them a pair of wellington boots, a pair of watertights, and a pair of elastic-side boots. It appears that the police had been most vigilant in their endeavours -to discover the perpetrators of the robbery, but all their efforts proved unsuccessful. However, one day last week, some business relating to his official duties called for Superintendent Hammonds to proceed to Cerryg-y-Druidion. On his arriving at Pentrevoelas, while returning to Llanrwst from the former place, in order to abbreviate his journey he evaded the highway by proceeding along a solitary road over the moun tains. Having walked about two miles he met with two powerful-looking tramps, and, perceiving that the shoes they had on so much differed in quality frog the other part of their dress, the superintendenti suspicions were aroused that they were the parties guilty of the robbery referred to, and immediately he charged them, seizing the more determined -looking of the two by the neck. At this juncture the other fellow made good his escape, leaving his companion to fight for his freedom as well as he could. Mr. Hammonds' antagonist being a remarkably powerful and determined fellow, the struggle that ensued between them was severe and ferocious, both being determined to attain their object. The officer's cry for assistance was of no avail, as the road is very lonely, and they were three-quarters of a mile from any habitation, and he was quite defenceless, as he had not even his truncheon with him. It may be conjectured that the superintendent's position was anything but agree able. Having struggled for a considerable time, the bur glar at last declared he would give up the " - boots " to the superintendent on condition that he should be set at liberty ; and, with the happy notion of being again a free man, he took off the shoes, and was on the point of fol lowing his companion, when he was prevented and secured by the officer. Notwithstanding the prisoner's obstinate and inexorable character, Mr. Hammonds was successful in taking him to the nearest house, when he despatched a messenger to Pentrevoelas for the assistance of the con stable of that place. After leaving the prisoner in this officer's charge, Superintendent Hammonds went in search of the runaway tramp ; but it being dark, he lost his track. The prisoner, who gave the address of William Johnson, Addison-street, Liverpool, subsequently related that they had been disposing of some of the shoes in some part of England, and that at the time they were met by the superintendent they were returning from Eglywsfach, where they had been for the remainder of the shoes, which they had concealed near that place. LAW AND POLICE. FORGERY. —At the Central Criminal Court, before the Common Serjeant, Patrick Collins, 22 years of age, was indicted for forging and uttering two cheques for £7O each, with intent to defraud Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave, and Co., bankers, and Henry Spriggs was indicted for being engaged in the uttering. Robert Samuel Matthews and Henry Spriggs were charged with uttering another forged cheque for £l6O, with intent to defraud the London and Westminster Bank. On the 11th Jan. the counting-house of Mr. R. Scully, a picture-frame maker, was broken into, and, amongst other things, a cheque-hook was stolen. The prisoner Collins was formerly in Mr. Scully's service. On the 13th a cheque, purporting to be signed by Mr. Scully, was presented at Prescott's Bank, and paid, and the next day a person, who was identified as the prisoner Spriggs, presented another cheque for £7O in Mr. Scully's name. Both these cheques were forged, and had been written on the blank forms stolen from Mr. Scully's. The prisoners Collins and Matthews, who lodged together, were ;een to go out about midnight on the night of the rob bery, and return about four o'clock in the morning. Later in the day Collins told his landlady that lie had ob tained some money and would pay her the rent, as Matthews had altered some bankers' drafts. He subse quently told her all about the burglary, and the filling up of the cheques to a friend who had formerly been in Mr. Scully's service. In the second case it appeared that on the 16th ult. Matthews went into the London and Westminster Bank, and presented a cheque for £l6O purporting to be signed by Mr. Charles Harvey, of Giltspur-street. He was asked what he would have for it ? and he answered, " £l6O, to be sure ;" and was much excited. The cashier's suspicions were arouse], and he communicated with the manager, who refused to cash the cheque. The jury acquitted Spriggs, and found the others guilty. They were sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. CHARGE OF ASSAULTING A LADY.— A charge of assault was preferred by Lady Louisa Morgan against her husband, Captain R. S. Morgan, at the Fermoy Petty Sessions. The case was of a painful character, a variety of unpleasant disclosures relative to the domestic life of the parties, irrespective of the assault, beii g made in the course of the evidence. The charge was dismissed. CONVICTION OF PRIZE FIGHTERS.-At the Derbyshire Sessions, G. Holden, John Staton, George Morris, and William Wood were charged with rioting on the 20th ult., at Coton-in-the-Elms. The prisoners pleaded guilty to being present at the prize-fight, but denied the assault on the police. The principals were two men named Morris and Harrison, and the fight was taking place at Norman Heath, which adjoins four counties, and on the police arriving they ran away. A second ring was formed, and the fight proceeded until the arrival of the police. They began to fight a third time at Coton-on-the-Elms, and on the police again inter fering they were assaulted. Prisoner Holden comes from Walsall ; Harrison, Wood (his seconder), and Tallis come from Glascote, near Tamworth ; Staton and Morris from Burton. The court sentenced Harrison and Morris to two months' imprisonment, Wood and Tallis (the seconds) one month each, and Staton and Holden fourteen days' im prisonment each, with hard labour. THE CHARGE AGAINST A MERCHANT.—At the Mansion House the Lord Mayor was occupied some time in hearing a summons taken out against Mr. John Richard R. Godfrey, a wine merchant, in London-street, by Mr. Jacob Magnus, of 12, Mark-lane, for stealing two dock warrants; but before the cross-examination of the prosecutor the Lord Mayor decided there was no foundation for the charge, and he dismissed the summons. Mr. Moss, solicitor, preaeouted ; Mr. 0,13, 0, Ifarrleon waa counsel for the defence. THE LA UNCESTON ELECTION. On Thursday, Mr. Henry Lopes, of the common law oar, was elected member for the borough of Launceston, in succession to Mr. A. H. Campbell, who has recently retired from Parliament. The hon. and learned gentleman, who is the Recorder of Exeter, and a younger brother of Sir Massey Lopes, Batt., M.P. for Westbury, was proposed by Mr. W. R. Derry, seconded by Mr. Wells, and returned without opposition. In returning thanks, Mr. Lopes said he desired to go to the House of Commons as an independent supporter of the present Administra tion. His political opinions were in accordance with those of the great Conservative body, and he knew that he might be deemed a party man. At the same time, desirous as he might be to see those in office whose political predilections, professions, and actions accorded with the views which he held, he was fully alive to the importance of looking rather to the cha racter of the measures produced by a Ministry than to the creed of those by whom they might be intro duced. Therefore he recognised the wisdom of the motto, which was as true now as it was when it first commanded attention : " Measures, not men." As a proof of his sincerity in this declaration, he would at once say that he approved the principle of the compulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill which had been introduced and carried through the House of Commons by Mr. Gladstone, and which would shortly have to be con sidered by the House of Lords. A devoted friend of the Church of England, he could not believe it was to her interest to maintain the long-drawn-out contest for the retention of church rates. The controversy had continued many years ; at times it had called into existence many acrimonious feelings ; and he could not but think that the settlement proposed by the leader of the Opposition was based on such a foundation that it could be honourably accepted by the Church of England. He earnestly hoped that amongst those things for which the closing session of the present Parliament might be memorable would be the settlement of the church rate question—a question which had baffled the sagacity of statesmen and parlia ments for many years. As a further illustration of his assertion that he should not look upon every subject through party spectacles, he would mention his ap proval of the principle on which Mr. John Abel Smith had based his Sunday Closing Bill. Mr. Smith was the Liberal member for Chichester, but that fact would make no difference in his (Mr. Lopes's) mind when the hon. member brought forward, as he believed he had in this instance, a measure which, with some little amendments in detail, might be made to work beneficially for the interests of the working classes. He had said that he was a devoted friend of the Established Church, and this brought him to a point on which much excitement had lately been engendered and much public speaking expended, and which had led to a great party division in the House of Commons. That was the proposal of Mr. Gladstone to disendow the Church in Ireland. He must tell his constituents plainly that to the resolutions of the Liberal leader he was decidedly op posed. Mr. Gladstone's resolutions attacked not only the Irish Church, but it threatened the united Establishment, and it behoved Churchmen of all ranks and conditions to rally to the support of the menaced institution. Supposing Mr. Gladstone to be successful, and his resolutions to receive the sanc tion of the Legislature, would the disestablishment of the Church result in the pacification of Ireland? He believed the reply would be in the negative. In all the rhodomon tade which had been uttered by the Fenians, the griev ance complained of was not the existence of an Esta blished Church, or of defective land laws, but it was the union with Great Britain. They desired a separate nationality, and in the face of such a demand he did not believe that Fenianism would be satisfied with the dis endowment of the Church. In conclusion, the hon. and learned gentleman assured his hearers that the interests of the agriculturists— a class by which Launceston was surrounded on all sides should ever have his best attention. At all times, too, he should be ready to attend to the wants and wishes of his constituents as far as was consistent with the duties of their parliamentary repre sentative. A vote of thanks to the returning officer closed the nroceedings. A NEW ANAESTHETIC. Science, like history, seems to revolve in circles. The fertile idea of efficient anaesthesia in surgical operations, which has been so pregnant with blessings to mankind, was thrown out by Sir Humphrey Davy in experimenting with protoxide of nitrogen—laughing gas. The American dentist Wells actually applied it in practice without encouraging success ; his partner, Morton, pursuing the research, was led to the use of sulphuric ether, and became, in fact, the great discover of practical anaesthesia, and the benefactor of his race. The decision adverse to the use of protoxide of nitrogen gas seems at least to have been hasty. Dr. Thomas W. Evans, of Paris, has this week given a series of demonstrations of its use at the Dental Hospital of London and at the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital to crowded circles of dentists and surgeons, and has produced results hitherto unknown here. Given by his and Colton's method, the period required to produce unconsciousness has been less than 45 seconds ; the operations have been harmless ; the sensa tions of the patients agreeable ; there has been no strug gling or distress. The recovery has been almost instantaneous, and without headache, giddiness, sickness, or prostration, such as so frequently follow chloroform. In fact, in many instances, three minutes after the patient has expressed a willingness to submit to operation, he has been standing chatting gaily by the chair, the tooth having meantime been painlessly extracted, and he having passed through a period of total unconsciousness without any disagreeable sensations. As will be seen, however, from the detailed account which we give of these remarkable demonstra tions, it has yet to be shewn how far the unconsciousness can be protracted, as is necessary for prolonged surgical operations. And great caution must be enjoined in using this agent, even by Dr. Evans's method, until we have more of our own experience to guide us. But taken with all qualifications the results are very surprising, deeply in teresting,and of great promise, as supplying that import ant desideratum—a painless and rapid anaesthetic suited for those who have to pass under the hands of the den- tist, and for the quicker operations of surgery, and of which the effects are entirely transient.—British Medical rournal. ALAPIIIING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Between f and five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon an accidea of an alarming character occurred near the Sandy Station, on the Great Northern line, a distance of about f, r y-four miles from London. It seems that the 12.10 p.m. passenger train (part par liamentar3 ) from York had travelled to the above point in safety ; but on approaching Sandy a coal train happened to be shunting at the time, and notwithstanding that all efforts were employed by the engine driver of the latter to prevent such a result, a col lision took place. The force of the shock is described as terrible, and how the whole of the passengers escaped with their lives is remarkable. The engine and tender of the passenger train were forced over, nearly shattered, and both now lie at the scene of the disaster some dis tance below the surface. On inspection it was found that no bones were broken, but about twelve of the passengers were sadly bruised and much shaken, and, with the ex ception of two ladies, they were all brought to London late at night, and conveyed to their homes in cabs. The two ladies were terribly alarmed, and nothing could induce them to remove from Sandy that night. A tele graphic message was, however, sent to their friends, who visited them, and with whom they returned to town on Thursday. Several of the carriages have been rendered totally unfit for service. The train was due in London at 5.35, but more than seven hours elapsed ere the passengers reached King's-cross. On inquiry at the company's office, it seems the whole blame rests on the signalmen at the Sandy Station, who, although receiving the telegraphic caution, neglected to signal the danger. Mr. Seymour Clarke and other officials haVe visited the spot, and a searching inquiry will be made into the matter. THE LATE DIVISION.—The Weekly Register, a Catholic organ, states, " it is very gratifying to note that at both the divisions on Friday last every Catholic mem ber was present, and, without a single exception, they one and all voted on the right side." TELEGRAPII DISPATCH.—It is stated that the result of the division on the Irish Church question was known in Washington and New York about an hour after the numbers had been declared in the He use of Commons ; and the fact that the Oxford crew had beaten that of Cam bridge was known on the banks of the _Hudson in less than three quarters of an hour after the race was over. INSANITY OF M. FoRCADE. —A Paris letter, in the Satut Public of Lyons, gives some melancholy details of the manner in which the mental alienation of M. Forcade first manifested itself. " Tie called," says the writer, "on the Marquis de Monstier, and having obtained a private interview, proceeded to explain his mission, which was that the Prince Imperial should marry a grand daughter of the Prince de Joinville in order to effect a fusion of the two families. lie then went to M. Magne, and announced that the Emperor had appointed him (M. Forcade) Minister of State, but that he felt fatigued, and he begged his colleague to be good enough to take charge of his portfolio. Both these Ministers treated him kindly, and he returned home and wrote his fortnightly review for the Bence des Deux Mendes, which he sent to M. Bulcz, the editor. The latter had put in type and sent to the writer, as usual, slips of the incoherent narrative, but in the meantime had got another prepared for the forthcoming number," difflitt ," CrE Or n HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 9. The Queen drove out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, and honoured Lady Bridport with a visit. Prince and Princess Christian dined with her Ma jesty yesterday. LETTEUS FROIII-111AGDALA. The following letters have been received from Lieutenant Yrideaux, one of the prisoners at Mag dala " January 28. " On Sunday, the 26th instant, the detachment of troops which had been summoned from the mountain by the King returned, bringing with them, besides a large quantity of baggage, 180 na= tive and five European prisoners. The latter con sisted of Messrs. Staiger, Brandeis, Schiller, Eisler, and Makerer, who had been accused of attempting to make their escape from the Royal camp in Janu ary last. Since that period these unfortunate men have suffered nearly incredible hardships. Up to the end of the rainy season they were chained two and two together by the hands and feet, their servants all seized, and some of them afterwards killed, and themselves condemned to lie, naked and starving, upon the bare ground. Daily the fear of death was before them. On one occasion 27, on another 37, native prisoners were dragged out of their prison -house to execution, and it was not long before they and one native were the sole occupants of the room. When the King left Debra Tabor, in October last en route for this place, ithey were each chained hand and foot, in the Shoa fashion, and had to march along in this manner as far as Aibunkub, a distance of 30 miles ; at that place their hand chains were opened, and they were able, by the occasional loan of a mule, to proceed in a more comfortable manner. They arrived here, each chained to a native by the right hand, but expect to receive the same fetters as the rest of the European captives in a day or two. The native prisoners have fared still worse. They are nearly all dying from torture and starvation. Mrs. Rosenthal has been allowed to rejoin her hus band here. She had been separated from him for 18 months. " By the last accounts the King is still in the bed of the river Zhitta, busily engaged in preparing a road up the ascent. He has completed about 100 yards, and by the lowest estimate it will take him about three weeks to arrive at the top. He is still surrounded by rebels, and the chief of Lasts, %Vaagshum Gobaze, is said to have taken up his position on the Waddela bank of the river, and to be constantly sending defiant messages to the King below, challenging him to ascend the bill and give him battle. This, it is needless to say, the King declines to do, relying as he does on the protective powers of his monster mortar, which he often de clares tobe his only shield. In fact, on the slightest alarm, he clings to it as though it possessed some mystic fetish power, and it is not too much to spy that the . possession of this wonderful piece of ord nance gives him a prestige which none of his ene mies can hope to attain. " I have heard on the best authority that the number of fighting men in the King's camp scarcely amounts to 2,500 men. There are, however, at least ten times that number of women, as there are, besides the wives of the soldiers, the relatives and servants of those who have been killed or have de serted. The King has turned their services to ac count by organising them into bands, and sending them about the country to plunder the deserted villages, each company under the command of an Alaka or captain. The soldiers continue to d es ert in considerable numbers every night. A few days ago one of the principal chiefs was entertained at dinner and presented with a pistol by the Sing• Fearing lest the Royal favour had now reached its climax, and would be followed by a reaction, he gathered his family and retainers together and was far away in a few hours after he had left the Solve' reign's table. " February 8. " The districts of Daunt and Dalanta have given in their submission to the King ; their only altar" native was to desert their houses and flews, and they preferred submission. A few weeks before they pledged their allegiance to the Gallas, and the Icing has not forgotten this. He has informed a deputa tion from Daunt that, as soon as the cannons and heavy baggage were safely landed in Dalanta, it would be his Majesty's first duty to inflict due punishment on the tribes of the Wollo, until, to use his own expression, their bones were all white as onions on the plain.' The peasants of Dalanta have been visited still more severely with the Royal displeasure. Every one owning a yoke of oxen must supply five madegas of corn for the consume' tion of the army; the possessor of two yoke mus t supply ten madegas, and so on. A madega may be roughly estimated at about half a bushel of grail], and it need scarcely be stated that an impost of such severity will go far to impoverish the wretched victims who have fallen under the wrath of their paternal monarch. " February 15. " One of our principal doubts was solved tl3l O morning by the intelligence that the King was not only aware of the arrival of the British troops and of their disembarcation at Zoulla, but that he mot have been cognizant of these circumstances fullf two months ago. He has communicated his know ledge to his European artisans and to Mr. Flad, an d has expressed his pleasure at the prospect of enj ing in a short time the sight of a disciplined force, comparing himself at the same time to Simeon when he held the infant Saviour in his arms. It is satis factory, at all events, to know that his Make/ has borne with calmness the receipt of intelligence which we all feared would prove most distasteful to him. "In consequencee of th unhealthiness of the valley of the Zhitta, the King has quartered himself with his troops and followers in the plain of Dalanta , confiding to the soldiers who have joined him front this fortress the task of completing the road and conveying the guns up the short piece of ascen t which still remains to be surmounted. Thei r labours will probably he over in a very few days' and then it is generally believed that Mr. Rassaln and his companions will be summoned to join hiS Majesty and discuss matters with him. It is, of course, too early to venture on a prediction as to the line of conduct h e may pursue, t h ough i t m ns" . be confessed that he has never displayed any Per" sonal hostility towards the British mission, with th e exception that he still keeps them in durance, an d his messages, though occasionally couched in enig' matical terms, are invariably courteous. "At the time he was constructing his guns las t rainy season iron happened to be in great demand , and he promised to bestow a sword in return for i every piece of the metal which should be furnisho to him. Two soldiers brought him a little on on e occasion, and, on being presented with the weapon s they had earned, modestly requested that th e y might be rewarded by a gift of the s w o r ds whie had formerly belonged to two of the officers at tached to the mission, and which 'were still in th e King's possession. His Majesty, in great ange r ' declared that he could never part with the art s ' which he hoped to restore to his friends on some _ future day, and dismissed the un f or t una te suitor: without any recompense at all. 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