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The troops, indeed, do. not seem to have made any sub stantial progress, but the intelligence of the main object for which the expedition was undertaken is encouraging. Information had been received from Magdala to the 17th of January, and from TIIEO - camp to the 9th of January. Up to those dates all the prisoners were safe and,'well, and, what is better, the Europeans who were with the KING had been put in the charge of a detachment of his army to be escorted to Magdala. This is an im portant gain, as there was always a grievous un certainty as to their fate while in the hands of the KING. It was impossible to avoid the apprehension that some sudden access of passion or resentment for fancied affront might not induce him to give a hasty order for their execution. If the prisoners are altogether, moreover, there will be only one object to aim at in their release. The separation might have hampered our movements, as the rescue of the one party might have accelerated the fate of the other. TIIEODORE'S progress is said to be very slow ; indeed one account reckons it at only three miles a day, owing to his incumbrances. Should he choose to abandon these he could reach Magdala with ease, but it is difficult to ascertain what his views or purposes really are. The intelligence which Sir ROBERT NAPIER sends to Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE is not dated, but we may conclude that it refers to the middle of February. News from Suez via Malta, dated February 28, reports a rumour that MENELEK, King of Shoa, is again advancing on Magdala, with an army of 40,000 men. It will be remembered that MENELEK, after parleying with the troops in Magdala, went off to his own country for the avowed purpose of obtaining reinforcements. His intentions were doubted at the time, but, according to this account, they have been fulfilled. The correspondent of the New York Herald received yesterday a despatch dated Antalo, Feb. 15, which is very similar in pur port to the news of Sir R. NAPIER. He says, how ever, that WACIIEITE and MENELEK surround Magdala, which is only fifteen days short marches from Antalo. Part of his news is not very clear. NAPIER, he says, was to meet KASSAI on the 20th to propose peace, when a grand review of native chiefs was to take place ; but he adds—" Envoy from KASSAI treated badly by MEREWETIIER. Peace doubtful." Why Colonel MEREWETIIER should have " treated badly" an Envoy from the chief whom Sir ROBERT NAPIER wished to treat with is incomprehensible, an I why there should be any talk of making peace before the war has actually begun is equally so. Time is slip ping by week by week, and month by month, and very little seems to have been done towards attain ing the object of the expedition. Judging from the disorganised and disaffected condition of the country, the divisions among the chiefs and their animosity against the KING, there would have been little formidable opposition to encounter a bold move for the relief of the prisoners. It must be remembered that all the time during which the forces are standing idle the stores ara being consumed, so that if the work had been quickly and efficiently done the stores would have been suffi cient. Thousands of animals were transported to Abyssinia, but a large proportion of them have died, so that nothing has been gained by the en cumbrance. Our forces have now had a footing for some time on Abyssinian ground without any at tempt being made to dislodge them. Surely, then, we may believe that the advance of a detachment would not be so rash or so dangerous as some pre tend. We are dealing with the Abyssinians too much after the fashion in which we should treat a strong and civilised foe, not with the promptitude and decision which among semi-savages would carry all before us. Marshal NIEL'S speech concerning the military organisation of France will be sure to attract atten tion, and the Marshal could not possibly have spoken more decidedly than he did. The Opposition, he declared most emphatically, would soon regret their attacks on this new organisation of the military forces of France, and would recognise the errors they had made. If we are to believe the explana tions thus tendered, the burden upon the country will not be nearly so heavy as it has been hitherto. Economy will be more studied in the new arrange ments, and the nation generally will feel far more secure than it do, - s now and has done under the old regime. _Next spring the whole French army will, it is expected, be armed with the which is the most p er f ect k nown. news for BISMARCK, and the MarTshhail gill be bad rifle, goes on to say that the changes So strikingly made in France have rendered it imperative on the other Powers to reform their armaments. We would not give much for the chances of the Prussians against the French, if the latter are properly equipped, because they are far better soldiers to begin with, and have more spirit in all they undertake, but when an idea THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AIARCH 5, 1868 is taken up, pr_lople do not readily let it go, and the needle-gm for a time made the Prussian army very unnecessary heroes. It is to be hoped, for the sake ()f bumar City and the interests of Europe generally, that no great war will take place for some time to come ; but, should it do so, there is every reason to believe that the Prussians will rue the day when they p rovoked the French, and set the opinion of all fret) countries at defiance. France has got a two years' start of the other nations in this impor tant matter of armaments, and therefore the feli citations of the Marshal are not out of place so much as may be imagined by some sceptics on the point. It may be that this decided step which France has taken may in reality be the harbinger of peace, for Count BISMARCK is very sharp, and has sufficient knowledge of military matters to appreciate the importance of looking be fore lie leaps. At any rate we think that the French Government has acted well and wisely in thus devoting itself to the task of reconstructing the army ; and, in so doing, is has earned the thanks of the community, notwithstanding the complaints which some have made about the details of the bill. It would never have done for the French to go on as they have for the last year or two, submitting to insults, and seeing the course of European policy take a very different direction from that which they desired ; while on all sides the cry was raised that they could not compete with the Germans, so they must submit to the affront, be it what it may, that each fresh development of the BISMARCK policy brought upon them. The Moniteur, in its bulletin of last evening, alludes to the retirement of the Earl of DERBY, and states that there have been few statesmen who have so much deserved the respect of their fellow-countrymen or the popularity they re ceived than the noble earl has done, both on account of his high character and his consider able talents. The same journal likewise records the elevation of Mr. DISRAELI, and says that he has been favourably received, and that on all sides there is a desire to do justice to one who has had to overcome so many difficulties in order to reach his present position. This is inte resting, and shows that our French neighbours are on the alert in respect to our political affairs, which they seem very fully to appreciate. Yesterday the annual meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce was held at the West minster Palace, and many interesting and important topics were brought under discussion. The Asso ciation is a valuable one, inasmuch as it collects the information of the several Chambers, and repre sents, in a higher and more varied degree than any isolated assembly could do, the wants and opinions of the commercial classes of the community. The number of Chambers who form the Association increases every year, and as it thus extends its influence and increases its strength it will be able to operate more decidedly in favour of those legislative measures which every Govern ment is apt to delay and disregard unless vigorously pressed forward by the classes whom they concern. The number of Chambers constitut ing the association has now risen to 36, Northamp ton, Rochdale, and Stockton-on-Tees having be come members during the past twelvemonth. Bank ruptcy Reform, on the motion of the Birmingham Chamber, was yesterday the subject of a resolution, which recommended that the provisions of the Scotch bankruptcy law should be as closely as pos sible followed in the English. The resolution fur ther declared "that a thorough reform of the Eng lish law is urgently needed," a fact which few will dispute. A resolution resolving to memorialise the Government iu favour of adopting the decimal system of weights and measures was also ad op t e d after a brief discussion. Another very important social topic came under consideration, the system of voluntary arbitration between employers and employed. Mr. AIUNDELLA, of Nottingham, justly observed that its introduction could do no harm, while it might produce much good. The first time it was acknowledged, he said, that masters and men had rights in common, and sat down at a com mon table to discuss those rights, a valuable result would be achieved. We are glad to see the associa tion discussing practical matters in so sensible and practical a spirit. Whatever other doubts we may feel about this or that question coming on, there seems little cause to feel uncertainty about " education" being pro minently .put forward this Session ; and all that relates to it immediately or remotely, directly or indirectly, is most likely to attract attention and engage interest. Yesterday afternoon a meeting took place at the Mansion-house for the purpose of promoting middle-class education, and the Lord MAYOR occupied the chair. The meeting was well attended, and a great deal of interest was attached to the proceedings. His lordship's remarks were most encouraging, for he said that he had lately paid a visit to the school established by the council of this corporation in Finsbury, and was much pleased with its results. He saw seven hun dred boys, and the intelligence of the pupils and the earnestness of the masters alike afforded satis faction. At comparatively little expense the sons of ordinary tradesmen are thus enabled to receive an education little inferior to that which the sons of gentlemen can obtain on payment of a hundred pounds a year, or more as the case may be. The Bishop of LONDON moved the adoption of the report, and delivered an interesting speech. He said most truly that we had arrived at a kind of crisis in this matter of education. As for the " re ligious difficulty," as it is called, the Bishop ob served, with great justice, that though it may be awkward to give the solution of it in precise terms, still it would not be found impossible to get over it when people set to work practically to settle the matter. The Legislature has done its part by passing the Endowed Schools Bill, which permits the children of parents who differ from the Established Church to receive an education without having violence done to their consciences by being taught the principles of a re ligion they do not conform to. Mr. BARING ex pressed the greatest confidence in the manner in which the school bad been conducted. Mr. GOSCIIEN, in seconding the resolution to the effect that the Report be circulated among the great City corporations, the trustees of charities, companies, and firms, with an " earnest appeal for assistance and co-operation," put the claims of the un dertaking very strongly before the meet ing. At present it is found to be im possible to satisfy the demand for admittance into the institution, which is the surest test of its suc cess and the best promise of its future development. It is worthy of notice that the middle-class schools do not depend upon endowment, but trust to the sup port_and.syropathy of the public. Surely, then, there are irresistible arguments to be urged on their be half, and a higher object can hardly be put before those who have means at their disposal than to train the young in the ways of learning and the paths of rectitude. Education is the best gift that can be bestowed upon the youth of the nation, and the only way to insure their advance in after life is to make them turn to account the golden moments of their early days. It is to be hoped, then, that an answer will be made to this appeal which will correspond to its importance, and be in accordance with the character and responsibilities of those to whom it is made so efficiently and earnestly. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. WASHINGTON, March 4. The House of Representatives had adopted addi tional impeachment articles, charging President Johnson with high crime in having denounced and denied in public speeches the legality of the action of Congress. A committee of the house of Representatives presented the articles of impeachment to the Senate to-day. CIIINA AND JAPAN. HONG KONG, Feb. 12. Intelligence received here from Japan announces that the conflict between the Confederate Daimois, Stotsbashi, and the Shiogoon, continued. Further fighting had taken place. The foreign Ministers had left Osaka. Admiral Keppel has arrived at Hong Kong on board H.M.S. Rodney. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Nyphon has been lost, together with her cargo. BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, March 4. The'Delta leaves at 7 p.m. for Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 7th inst. The Ceylon left at 3 p.m. to-day for Southamp ton, where she may be expected about the 13th instant. The Rangoon brought the mail to Suez, arriving there on the 28th February at 8 p.m. Outward mail of 12.18 February. SuEz, Feb. 28. The Carnatic left for Bombay yesterday at 7 pan. BOMBAY, Feb. 14 (via Malta). The Bheels have risen at Punch, on the frontiers of Cashmere. A force has been despatched against the insurgents. Fears are entertained of distress in Madras. The cattle disease is prevalent. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 4.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4 per Cent. Eud of month — 3 por Cent End of month 6B 6.5 Credit Mobilier End of month 226 25 Credit Poucier 1442 50 End of month 1383 75 RAMIVA Bank Shares BO2O lit.l'an Loan End of month 43 40 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Rome Debt — Deferred Account Orleans ... 892 i Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 552} Western Eastern • • Sardinian • • 391 Austrian 560 Lombard 3761 north of Spain B2 ,f Saragossa Roman 4si REPRESENTATION OF ARGYLLSLIIIRE—At Inverary on Tuesday, the Marquis of Lorne was elected M.P. for Argyllshire. Mr. Finlay, the late member, proposed him as a fit person to represent the county iu Parliament. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning John Morton, aged nine years, accidentally shot Elizabeth Tildes, aged fourteen years, daughter of Joseph Elides, a shoemaker, residing in Pendlobury. The boy and gir were both employed at Pendlobury Mills, where Morton's father keeps the lodge. When the mill stopped for break fast the girl Fildes went into the lodge house of the mill. There was no ono there but young Morton. A fowling piece was reared up in one corner, and the lad got hold of it to examine it, when it went off. It was loaded with shot only, but unfortunately the ramroad was in the gun, and this caught the girl in the fore part of the head and killed her instantly. DEATH OF CHIMNEY SWEEP.—Lord Coventry has met with a most serious loss in the death of his celebrated steeplechaser Chimney Swoop. Tho horse had reached the lane leading to the bridge, some 300 yards from the start, and before arriving at the first fence, when crossing the road, ho most unaccountably stumbled, fell and broke his leg. Lord Coventry, on learning the extent of the dis aster, immediately ordered the horse to be shot, which was done on the spot. J. Adams, who rode him, escapedlun hurt. Chimney Sweep was bred by Lord Coventry in 1862, and was by Ethelbert out of Smut, by Womersley out of a Hampton mare. He was but a moderate performer on the fiat, and owes his celebrity to his clover performances across country, having last year won the Great Midland Steeplechase at Derby Spring, the Leamington Grand Annual, and the Metropolitan at Croydon. Where ho would have finished in the Grand National at Liverpool yesterday it is now needless to inquire. Suffice it to say, that his noble owner met with the greatest sympathy from all present, the occurrence damping even the congratula tions which fell to Lord Poulett on his success with The Lamb. THE BANKRUPTCY OF MR. B. HuTcHisoN.— The affairs of Mr. Robert Hutchison, an ex-Mayor of Liverpool, and late managing director of the Royal Bank, came before the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday. His liabilities wore stated to amount to £205,000. Debts were proved to the amount of £00,139, the principal being those of Mr. E. Molyneux for £31,040, and of the Messrs. Molyneux, Taylor, and Co., for .£24,181. Messrs. H. Royds, general broker, and R. Roberts, tea ruercnants, were ap pointed assignees, and Mr. H. W. Banner accountant to the estate. The 20th inst. was fixed for the sitting for last examination and discharge. The court allowed the bank rupt £4 a week in the meantime. THE BENEFIT NIGHT OF A FRENCH ACTRESS.— We are at the Theatre St. Michel, the asylum of French plays. The charming house is full, though not "to suffoca tion," and dazzling withal. In the Imperial box, and level with the stage, are the Tsar and the Tsarina, the Ctesare witch and the Ceesarerna, the Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexis Alexandrovitch, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Constantine. In the Imperial box at the bel jive, as they say at St. Petersburg, are the Drand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, the Prince Nicholas of Leuchtenberg, the Prince Alexander of Oldenburg with his young wife, the Princess Eugenio de Leuchtenberg, and the Prince George of Oldenburg. In the Inx opposite the ono occu pied by their Majesties are the Grand Duchess Katherine Mikhailovna and the Grand Duke George of Mecklen burg-Strelitz. Let us omit the ladies and gentlemen in attendance. What was then going on in the French theatre of the modern Palmyra ? Simply the benefit night of a French actress. " Very pretty, very clever, and blooming with youth ?" ask you. Calm yourself. Though still charming, though now full of pathos, then of wit—she is past fifty ? No doubt many of my readers re collect the ravishing actress who, under the name of Leon tine Fay, caused the whole of Paris to rush to the Theatre of the Gymnase some thirty years ago, and who shone so brilliantly at the Theatre Francais as Madame Volnys. For a long time this same Madame Volnys has delighted the Russian high life, so fond of French plays, and, from the Emperor and Empress down to the Russian actors, every ono attended her farewell night to pay her a last but lasting tribute of admiration. When Madame Volnys appeared on the stage in the Par Droit de Conquite she was literally smothered by an avalanche of bouquets and ,wreaths. She was acclaimed at every act, and it was nearly midnight when the curtain dropped on the Petits Fiches de Growl 21faman. No one had departed. Then a ladder was placed from the orchestra on the stage ; then, amicht frantic applause, the curtain rose again. All the actors of the French theatre were assembled on the stage, where they formed a semi-circle. The two senior players, Vernet and Pechowa, led Madame Volnys to the centre of the circle. A big drum was hoisted on the ladder from the orchestra to the stage. Ono of the skins was re moved, and there glittered a magnificent silver service, presented to her by her numerous admirers. The sight was followed by a thunder of plaudits. A girl approaches the heroine of that moving manifestation boarimg upon a velvet cushion a splendid bracelet offered to hor by the French actors. Deafening salvos of "Brava ! Bravissirna!" Then two Russian players, Bourdina and Karatyginne, hand to Leontino Volnys an album containing a farewell compliment signed by all the Russian actors of the capital. Then Frau Raabe presents to hor a casket con taining the homage of the German company, for at St. Petersburg, the cosmopolitan capital by excellence, there is also a Germ-an theatre. The plaudits attain the propor- tion of a tempest. Then, to crown all, the benPficiare is called iuto the box of their Majesties, who graciously hand her a superb bracelet enriched with precious stones. Egad! very few comedians have been paid such au ovation, and the last appearance of ',Confine on the stage has been to her a truo jour de bonheur. We understand that the exquisite Cabinet, from the Paris Exhibition, manufactured by Messrs. Wright and Mansfield, of Groat Portland-stroot, London, and wh . ch was awarded a gold medal, has just been purchased by the authorities of the South Kensington 31useura. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. CFROU OUR OW$ COR.RESPONDENT:i PARIS, WEDNESDAY, march 4. ' We are all singing, " Come, lovely Peace, with plenty crowned." There is to be no more war. Baron de Bud berg at Paris has said it ; Prince Napoleon is repeating it at Berlin. It is quite true that we are still pushing on our armaments as fast as possible, and that Marshal Niel has been congratulating the Corps Ldgislatif on the fact that France possesses the best gun in the world, and that she has a two-years' start of all other nations. But this, of course, is done only to encourage trade—the gun trade. Seriously, however, the prospect is particularly peaceful just now, and there is good reason why it should be so. The Emperor is really uneasy at the position of affairs here. All his thoughts are now directed to domestic policy. The discontent is so great and general, the agita tion in favour of free speech and a free press so strong, that he is compelled to consider if he must not take some important step, either in the form of suppression or in that of concession. There are many rumours afloat as to his intentions, none of which I undertake to guarantee. It is said, for instance, that there is in the press a procla mation from the Emperor to the nation, and that he will appeal at the same time to a plebiscite in order to strengthen his position. Another rumour is, that he will dissolve une Chambers as soon as the Press Bill is disposed of. The more hopeful gossips believe that he will shortly announce a new and liberal programme, and that he will establish responsible ministerial government. But it is absurd to prophesy what the Emperor will do. He does not himself know ; his purposes change from day to day. Though it is now admitted that Prince Napoleon has no official mission, it is believed that he will informally urge upon the German statesmen whom he visits the desire of France for peace. I hope your readers are not yet weary of the Icerv6guen episode. There is a new complication. The proprietor of the Pays having been called upon to make good his charge of corruption against the Paris journals by publishing his proofs, the executors of M. La Varenne, whose papers are said to contain the proofs, have interposed and forbidden the publication of them. In the meanwhile copies have passed into the hands of a third party, and the Situation has given extracts from them. If these are genuine it must he confessed that they bear an unfavourable aspect. For instance, a letter from Rattazzi to M. La Varenne, in 1865, is described as referring to the " impul sion" which it was necessary to give to certain journals with respect to Italian affairs. There are two receipts given by M. La Varenne for a certain number of francs paid to meet the requirements of a certain journal. The name appears in the original. Then follow seven letters refer ring to the relations between the Italian Government and the Paris press. In one of these letters, dated as long ago as 1861, Rattazzi told M. La Varenne he was on the point of quitting office, and that he had made use of his last days in order to get the Orders of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus granted to persons in whose behalf La Varenne had applied. It is to be hoped that the matter will not end here. Names ought to be given. It is not fair that the whole press of Paris should be under suspicion. The Emperor has determined to publish at the cost of the Imperial Treasury the scientific works of the late M. Leon Foucault, the celebrated saran of the Observatory. He invented a new method of constructing optical glasses. Count von- Goltz, the Prussian Ambassador, is still suffering much from the effects of the operation upon his tongue. M. Magne, the Minister of Finance, has had an attack of bronchitis, The Duke of Aosta (second son of Victor Emmanuel), by the death of his mother-in-law, the Princess Cisterna, comes into a fortune of about half a million sterling, and this within a year of his marriage. The Princess was sister to the wife of the Marquis de Moustier, French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The hippophagists hit upon a curious advertisement the other clay. During, the Carnival they paraded two Ifat sleek horses, which were drawn by two oxen nothing but skin and bone. I don't see what this proves, except that you can fatten horses if you feed them well, and starve oxen if you don't. There are at the present time no fewer than twenty slaughter-houses in Paris at which horses are killed. If some Parisians become hippophagists knowingly, there are:many more who become felinophagists ignorantly. A day or two ago fourteen cats' heads were discovered on a heap of rubbish in the Rue St. Hilaire. It is supposed that the animals had been captured and killed by a class of persons who make a trade of entrapping unwary speci mens of the feline race, which afterwards reappear in the outskirts of Paris in the form of civet de lUvre and gibelotcs de lapin. The police have made a discovery in the Rue Sulpice. Suspecting that a certain cafe in that street was not merely what it appeared to be, they visited it unexpectedly, and found that it was a place to which young men resorted, attracted by showily-dressed women and by gambling tables. It was, in fact, both a hell and a brothel, and it is said that large numbers of young men have been despoiled there. The managers turned out to be well - known swindlers, and have been arrested. The streets of Paris are swept by four companies, who tender for the contract. The persons employed are divided into street-sweepers of the first and second clhsses, with auxiliaries, men and women. The total number in the service is about 6,000. This little army of labourers is paid, not by the day, but by the hour. The sweepers of the first class receive 38 centimes, and those of the second 29; the male auxiliaries 25, and the female 20. As the work is ten hours daily, summer as well as winter, the wages of the men amount to 2f. 50c., and the women to 2f. Nearly all these labourers, of both sexes, come from Alsace, Rhenish Prussia, the Grand Duchy of Baden, and Luxem• burg, but chiefly from the latter. The Abyssinian news begins to get interesting. The telegram received by the London correspondent of the New York Herald, and published in the Times, gives much more information than the despatch received by Sir Stafford Northcote. The advanced detachment had reached Antalo on the 15th, and then had fifteen days' short marches to Magdala. Bat it is not to be taken for granted that the journey will be accomplished in that time. In the first place, there is no forage beyond Antalo, and the force will have to take its supplies with it, which must cause delay. In the next place Theodore himself is at last chewing fight, and was advancing with 30,000 men. It may turn out that his troops may desert rather than engage with ours, but there is at present no sign of this ; in fact, the enemy seem very bitter against the English, and were shooting stragglers and mutilating, prisoners who fell into their hands. Three English officers have disap peared, and, it is to be feaied, have fared badly. A good deal depends, probably, upon the conduct of Menelek. According to Sir Stafford Northcote's telegram, he was.likely to act against Theodore, but the other mes sage, apparently of much later date, says that he was surrounding Magdala. There were hopes that General Napier would be able to make an alliance with Kassai, King of Ti,grd, and the two were to meet on the 20th ult. But as we learn from the same telegram which mentions this meeting that Colonel Merewether had treated Kassai's envoy badly—a very inexplicable circumstance—it must be admitted that the hope of getting anything out of the native chiefs is somewhat faint. The " special " correspondent of the Times, who writes from Vienna, gives some very interesting information re specting the alleged conspiracy against Turkey in the Danubian Provinces. He has lately made a tour in those parts, and finds that the first news of the threatened in surrection was received from Paris and Constantinople. On the spot nothing was known of it. General Ignatieff has indeed been sounding his way, and hoped to have made some capital out of the Cretan insurrection. But the people were apathetic, and did not believe in the spon taneity of the affair. Prince Charle3, who would no doubt like to be King of Roumania, finding that he was being used to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for Russia, has resented the arrangement. At present, then, the country is not likely to give any trouble, and diplomatists may rest and be thankful. Some of the Vienna journals announce that Turkey is about to make new concessions to the Cretans, and will grant them a Christian hospodar. As Russia now sees that it is unadvisable to get up a war in the. East, we shall probably hear very shortly that the Cretan rebellion is over. It is rumoured that the Austrian Premier, Baron von Beust, has written a despatch to the Austrian Ministers at the foreign Courts, declaring that the Emperor's policy in the East is diametrically opposed to that of Russia. A special train left Munich for Nice on Monday evening, in order to bring back the body of King Ludwig of Bavaria. The funeral will take place at Munich on Saturday. The transport of the body will be narked with great pomp. Besides the grand master of the ceremonies, the funeral train will carry a cortege of generals, aides-de camp, chamberlains, priests, footmen, and halberdiers. For six weeks after the funeral all the church bells at Munich will ring a funeral peal every day at noon for an hour. Ihe remains of Daniel Manin, the patriot, and of his vi.fe and child, are to be transported to Venice on the 21st inst. The ceremony will take place at night, and there will be an illumination of the public luildings ::nd tl.e gondolas. The Italian Parliament will send a deputa tion. The disturbances which have been troubling Portugal for some time past were renewed during the Carnival. At Lisbon the mob insulted a large number of peaceful inha bitants. The police and the municipal guard attempted to restore order, but it was found necessary to call out the troops, who dispersed the people and arrested about fifty a thorn, 4 CTIN G THE SERIOUS POOR YOUNG MAN The following story is told by a correspondent of the Times as a warning against giving indiscriminate charity:— " One day last week I had a letter brought to me with an intimation that the bearer was waiting for an answer. " On opening it I found it purported to be from an ' orphan boy' (George Murray), who, educated at the Chel sea Orphan School, and having delicate lungs, had been to the Brompton Hosptal for Diseases of the Chest, whence he had been discharged two months since ; the chaplain, Mr. Allen (I give the names as the `orphan' gave them), furnishing the money for the lad's journey to Teignmouth, in the hope that he might be able to earn a livelihood in a southern county ; but his health again failing, he was about to re turn to Brompton ; Lady Scarlet, of 16, Kensington-gar dens, having promised him an admission ticket. Before his readmission it was necessary that he should have a few articles of clothing (which were enumerated in the letter) ; that several kind friends had contributed, till only ss. more were required to complete the necessary sum. " To the letter were appended the names of several people I knew in Teignmouth (the writing of one or two being familiar). " I went to the lad and found a tidily-dressed, delicate looking young man, with so plausible a tale that I be lieved him. Ile felt very ill, was anxious to start by the two o'clock train ; he wanted just ss. more ; he had severe heart disease as well as lung complaint. Dr. Steele (whom I knew) had examined him, and advised his starting without delay, &c. I have nearly enough money,' con cluded the lad, opening his hand and innocently display ing a little mass of half-crowns, and if I can get ss. more I shall go by the two o'clock train.' "A few questions more. The lad would go to the Chelsea School for the night ; the secretary, Mr. Bright,' having offered to receive him at any time. If too late for Chelsea, he would go to a refuge. For the last two months he had supported himself by doing odd jobs' for the Red Lion Inn. " I was very sorry for the poor orphan, and went to the drawing-room with the tale. There I found a medical friend. ' Two o'clock train !' said he, there is none ; nor is there any Red Lion Inn. I will go and see the boy.' " A little examination—no heart complaint, no lung disease. lam as glad,' said the poor orphan, with uplifted eyes, 'as if the gentleman had given me money. They told me I had 'art disease.' " Then I spoke. ' You have,' said I, 'not money enough to take you to London, setting aside the buying of clothes. Give me all you have. I will keep you in lodgings for a few days, buy the clothes, get your hospital ticket, and pay your fare to London if I prove your story true.' " Ah, no ! the lad was so anxious to lose no time ; he thanked me kindly for my offer, but he would beg just ss. more and be off to-day. " ' You are a liar laid an impostor,' said my friend ; ' I shall give you to the police.' "The lad demurred. Then he gave me 16s. He was a true lad. The gentleman hurt his feelings, &c. " To bring my story to an end, the lad was an impostor. A. mother appeared, and while the policeman was getting evidence, mother and `orphan' decamped, leaving me with 168. " On inquiry, it has been found that the `orphan' haa raised a considerable amount of money in Teignmouth." Lord Cremorne, M.P., has been very seriously ill at Dartrey House, county Monaghan, which has de. tained the Earl and Countess of Dartrey in Ireland. The last account represents his lordship to be out of danger, and progressing as favourably as could be desired. The Naples correspondent of the Times says, that while unwilling to exaggerate the state of the southern province, he is bound to say it is not what the friends of Italy could desire. The want of small money is causing the most serious distress and formidable discontent. The Neapoli tans care nothing for politics ; but touch their pockets, or stint their stomachs, and they are furious. So little con fidence is felt in the stability of the Italian Government that the notes are looked upon with the greatest suspicion, and in the meanwhile the promised coinage of 30,000 lire (21,200) in copper daily, has not been issued. The newly-appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer is threatened with an opponent in the person of Dr. Lees, the well-known teetotal advocate. Ho has issued an ad dress to the electors of North Northamptonshire, at the request of many of that body, pointing out the import ance of social reforms. " The base interests of the bar rel" have, the doctor thinks, been too long powerful in Parliament, and if returned he would do his best to effect an alteration in our present law of licensing public-houses. The' Times has authority to state that there is no foun dation whatever for the report which appeared in the Owl that Lord Derby had conferred an English peerage upon Lord Barrington, or raised Mr. Gerard Sturt, of Clithill, to the peerage. The first of Mrs. Gladstone's receptions, which was given on Wednesday night, was attended by politicians repre senting various degrees of opinion. The members of the present Government who were there included the Earl of Bradford, Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Adderley, and Mr. E. C. Egerton. Lord Cranborne, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Hubbard were also amongst the visitors. Mr. Goldwin Smith has been rather hard at work Lecturing lately. On Tuesday evening he was at Brighton, where his topic was " The Higher Classes, and their Future," which was very dark indeed. The next night he was at Croydon, where the future of the working man occupied his attention, and under his handling became proportionately bright. On the former occasion hereditary monarchy was declared dead, and the ad visability of an elective monarchy was considered. Mr. Smith, warned by America, however, hardly pro nounced in favour of it. The House of Lords must be abolished, or so altered as to meet the democratic spirit of the age. Magistracy was in an unsatisfactory state. They ought to have a bench which would have acted dif ferently from the one at Market Drayton, in which no one had confidence. At Croydon he told the working men that their time had come : they were now given political power ;in order to use it well they must organise. They must have the first working mans Parliament better than those which had preceded it. Their opponents were strong, but they must by organisation defeat them. The Reform League has had another warm discussion on the Irish Church. It appears that one of the committees of that body recommended the immediate and total aboli tion of that oft-attacked establishment. On this Mr. Conolly, who will be remembered as having encountered the hostility of Mr. Roebuck some time ago, moved as an amendment that the life interests of the present holders of benefices should be taken into consideration, with a view to their being compensated for the loss of their livings when the Church disappeared. This received the support of Mr. Beales, but it was lost by a majority of one. The numbers were 28 against 27. The morning papers announce the deaths of two aged peers—the Earl of Rosebery, in his 85th year, and Lord Byron, the cousin of the poet, who had lived within a few days of witnessing his 79th birthday. The former is suc ceeded by his grandson, Lord Dalmeny, who will not attain his majority until May next ; and the latter by his eldest son, who is now 50 years of age. The sudden and frequent changes of temperature affect even the climate of Torquay; and it is stated that the health of the venerable Bishop of Exeter gives some anxiety to his lordship's family. Next to the Earl of Onslow, who is 91, the Bishop of Exeter is the oldest mem ber of the House-of Peers. He will attain the ninetieth year of age on the 2nd of May, and is about four months the senior of Lord Brougham. In the stirring events of 1832 these two men had many a contest over the passage of the Reform Bill. Yet the Lord Chancellor of that day has been out of office thirty-four years, while the prelate still retains his jurisdiction over the most extensive diocese in England. Sir James Brown Gibson, honorary physician to the Queen, and late Director-General of the Medical Depart ment of the Army, has died at Rome, from inflammation of the lungs. Sir James entered the medical service of the army as far back as 1826. He went through the Sebastopol campaign, and received the Crimean medal with four clasps. He was created a K.C.B. in 1865. Mr. J. Randall, in a paper read to the Society of Arts, recently gave a workman's view of technical education. He thought much had already been done to form a sound educational basis for more extended education, and remarked that while the science and art schools had not Jrawn very large numbers to them, those who did attend first commenced drawing in the national schools. He therefore concluded that the seed of a scientific education must be sown in the primary school. What he most com plained of was, that the clergy used schools as a means for proselytising. One desirable scheme for remedying the present state of things as regards adult education was the establishment of central district colleges, in which tech nical education might be taught. This would raise the character of our manufactures, refine the taste of our operatives, and enlarge their minds. OLD LETTERS.—It may be convenient to persons who have to send old letters for literary purposes, to be in formed that they may be sent by post under the usual con ditions of book postage, at ld. for 40z., and need not be sent as letters at id. for half an ounce. EMIGRATION OF MINERS TO AMERICA.—OII account of the great depression which still exists in the mining and iron trade, a considerable number of miners in the Dunfermline district left last week for America, acting on the. suggestion of Mr. M`Donald, president of the Miners' Association. The mining trade is giving no evidence of improvement, and many men are still unem ployed. The markets are dull, and coal continues to ac c emulate at the pitheads. One colliery in the district has a stock on hand of about 36,000 tons, In many other districts there is much distress. ET*, - T ur a ...A.._ /I}l , 3 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 4. The Queen drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. His Excellency the Spanish Minister and Coun tess do Vistahermosa entertained at dinner, last evening, Lady Egerton of Tatton and the Hon. Miss Egerton, the Right lion. Sir Hamilton and lion. Lady Seymour, the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Buchanan, G.C.B. (her Majesty's Ambassador to the Court of Russia), and Lady Buchanan, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister Count do Lavra die, his Excellency the Greek Minister M. Brailas Armein, his Excellency Count de Rilvas (the newly appointed Portuguese Minister to St. Petersburg) and Countess do Rilvas, Mr. Middleton, and Mr. Soliveres, Attache to the Legation. 111S'TORICAL TITLES-THE EARLDOM OF DERBY. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) We have already mentioned the existence of a rumour that the Queen, with her usual considera tion for past services, has offered to raise the present Earl of Derby to the rank of a duke. We have no means of knowing whether this is true or not, but it very probably is. We trust, however, that the ancient title of " Earl of Derby," which has been familiar to the people of England, and especially to the people of Lancashire, for so many hundred years, will not be superseded by any other title, however honourable or dignified. Indeed, we may almost venture to hope that a nobleman of so fine a taste as the present earl, and whose memory is so rich in historical associations, will not allow this ancient title to pass away from the minds and the lips of his fellow-countrymen by taking any other title whatever. The number of ancient titles now remaining in existence in this country is by no means large. In the whole peerage there are not more than fifteen to twenty English titles which go back further than the commencement or even the middle of the sixteenth century. Some titles of a more ancient date than this have been swallowed up by more modern promotions. Thus, for instance, the an cient barony of the great historical family of the Nevilles has been swallowed up and lost in the mo dern title of Earl of Abergavenny. The still more distinguished title of Earl of Northumberland, which dates almost from the Norman conquest, has also been swallowed up, though not altogether lost, in the modern dukedom of Northumberland. In the latter case there was a reason for the change, as the family which now bears that title is descended from the Percys, Earls of Northumberland, not by the male, but by the female line. They could only hare been Earls of Northumberland by a new creation, and as a new creation was necessary they very naturally chose a dukedom instead of an earldom. But where a great historical title descends through heirs male through a long course of ages, the original title possesses a much greater dignity tean can pos sibly be given to any new creation, even of a higher rank. The great English historical families above the rank of baron are very few in number, and even the ancient baronies are almost all titles revived by the Crown in favour of heirs general, after the male heirs had become extinct. But there are a few of the original titles still in existence which have been held by heirs male in uninterrupted succession to the present time. The first of these is that of the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, which dates from the 15th cen tury. This ancient and distinguished title, of ter pass ing through almost innumerable political storms, in which one Duke cf Norfolk was killed in battle, an other brought to the block, and a third brought very close to it, has come down to our own times, with a fair prospect of continuing through future generations. In the same way the title of the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury, after being repeat edly, to all appearance, on the point of extinction, has outlived all those perils, and is still held by a lineal male descendant of the famous John Talbot, the hero of the wars of France and Burgundy. The title of the ancient family of Hastings has also come down to modern times, although the estates have gone to a younger branch of the family —namely, to that of the Marquises of Hastings, whilst not more than the title of Earls of Hunting don belon gs to the elder branch. The Seymours (Dukes of Somerset), who have recently absurdly changed their name to St. Maur, also belong to this class of the nobility, and like the Howards claim to have intermarried with the Royal family of England. In the Seymours there have been what we may call two male branches, as accord ing to the original settlement the younger branch succeeded to the title ; but in the course of ages that branch became extinct, and the elder one took its place, and still holds the title and estates. The Herbert family, Earls of Pembroke and Mont gomery, also holds rank amongst the older families of the nobility, and will continue to be represented by the male descendants of Lord Herbert of Lea. The Courtenays, Earls of Devon, who are said by some authors to be the oldest family in Europe, have also been reinstated by a decision of the House of Lords, after having been supposed to be extinct in the male line. The Stanleys, Earls of Derby, are almost the only other family which belongs to the same class of the nobility ; and the title which has been so long borne by them is probably better known in English history than that of any other of our ancient historical families. The title of Earl of Derby was created long be fore the titles of duke and marquis were known in this country. There were no dukes in England until the reign of Edward 111., when that great warrior conferred that title on his sons and on his cousin, the first Duke of Lancaster; and the title of marquis is somewhat less ancient in this country than that of duke. In very early times even the sons of the King had no higher title than that of earl, which had come down from our Danish and Saxon ancestors. The title'of Earl of Derby was created in the 12th century, and has been borne in succession by three families, viz., by De Ferrers, by the Lancaster branch of the House of Planta genet, and by the House of Stanley. The title is in the highest sense historical. The.first Earl of Derby, of the De Ferrers family, obtained his earl dom for his distingaished services at the Battle of the Standard, fought near Northallerton, in York shire, and in which a most formidable Scottish army which had overrun the north of England was de feated. The last member of the De Ferrers family who held this title forfeited hie estates and his title by taking the side of the people in the barons' wars, in the reign of Edward 111., along with Simon de Montford and other distinguished members of the peerage. The title then passed into the house 3f Lancaster, and was borne as a separate title by the son of one of the earls of Lancaster. It was also borne for a time by Henry of Bolking" broke, of the same family. It then remained un known, along with other dignities of the house °I Lancaster, until the last grand struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster. This took place on Bosworth field, in the year 1485, when the title was granted as the reward of victory by Henry VII' to Thomas, Lord Stanley, who had really, won the crown for him. From that time to the present th e title of Earl of Derby has remained uninterruptedly in the hands of the Stanley family, who hate thus possessed it for very nearly 400 years . With one exception—namely, that of the earldom of Shrewsbury, which is held by a family connected with the Stanleys—the earldomof c D lo e s r e h i l l is the oldest of 110 English earldoms which flo c entitle peers of the United Kingdom of that rank to seats in the House of, Lords. 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