The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-27 00:00:00

THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. 'THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR fSANDAL. Mr. Phelps ar Suivan; esrs. H. S.nelair, J. Johnstone, C. Webb, B C. Harcourt, Barrett, W. C. Temple ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss R. G. Lo Thiere, and Miss E. Stuart. After which, the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas P a ntomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FAN FEE FO FT31.1; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB. Mr. .9ordon, Mr. Braid, Mrs. Chippendale, &c. To be followed by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Buekstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Coe, &c.; Mesdames Chippendale, Robertson, Fitzwilliam, After which, BOX AND COX.. Mr. Buekstone and Mr. Compton. And FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton. rAIHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. ,AL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at R, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 5.t.11 appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Mr. U-. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Wester; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 11th appearance), Mrs. klfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVE • ING, a Grand Combination of Two Great Dramas, - RR A.ll NA POGUE and THE OCTOROON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault ; Mr. J. S. Clarke, Mr. Vining; Messrs. Dominick Murray, Dan Leeson, G. F. Neville. J. G. Shore, Mac lean, H. Forrester; Mesdames Henrietta Simms, E Barnett, 111,1101 Sanger, Mrs. Bishop, and Addle. Scenery by Mr. Telbin, Mr. F. Lloyds, and assistants. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Ellen Terry. After which will be produced a New and Original Drama, entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner. Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with the Extravaganza 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. Addison, Jordan, Montgomery, Heath. Sylvia, li. Everard, and H. Hodson. Doors open at Hall-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting bI inager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. lA, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James, an I Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynne. After which. PARIS; or, Vive Lempriere: Messrs. Thorne, James, Robson, and Fenton; Mesdames Swanborough, Har land, Johnstone, Hughes, bolt. Gwynne, &c. To conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c. OLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott; Mesdames Ilennitle, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE A.ND ORSON; or, llo.rleouin the Big Bear and the Little 1' •airy • . Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell, Arthur; Millie. Montero, Mina Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the Great Little Rowena. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, ONE TOO MANY FOR HIM. Messrs. Ashley and C. Mathews; Mesdames Caulfield and E. Farreu. After which, THE WOMAN OF THE WORLD. Messrs. H. Wigan, R. Soutar, Geo. Vincent, &c.; Mesdames L. Moore, E. Farron, and Stirling. To be followed by IF I HID A THOUSAND A YEAR. Commence at Seven. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN R. GLENIE, of the Sporting Library, • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to Inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general. that ho has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " DIE Sem, - and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town or country. G. R. 0. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. I3aily's, Ruff's, Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Maga zines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. PORTING.---JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LAMS P EDITION of "THE SUN " as soon as pub ished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every k Telling, by W. 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SMITH'S, " Camden Stores," 71, Park-street, Camden- IM.: LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington,"Wellington-street, E traria DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)- Large quantities of the very finest descriptions have been discovered in Great St. Helen's, at the Warehouses of the " EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY," and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli cious Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. tryvards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, Is. 10d. Tea fot the million, Is. Id. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great Sr. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. 1 4 1 . MOSES and SON (the Originators of the j • Ready Made Clothing System) beg to remind the public that in every department of their business a large and varied STOCK is constantly maintained, and excellence and cheapness are combined in a degree hitherto unequalled. 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By its use GRAY bilYA1511:) HAIR is quickly restored to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and delightful fragrance is given to the Hair. _ . It will cause Hair to grow on Bald Spots. It will promote luxuriant growth. FALLING Hair is immediately checked. THIN Hair thickened. BALDNI+;SS prevented. It makes the Hair rich, soft, and glossy. It invigorates, thereby strengthens the Hair. It keeps the Head cool and clean. It removes all scurf and dandriff. It contains neither oil nor dye. It will not soil white cambric. In large Bottles—price Six Shillings. - - ZYLOBALSAMUM (Mrs. S. A. Allen's). — This is a clear, transparent preparation without sediment; it tar excels any Pomade or Hair Oil. To those whoso hair is naturally dry, requiring frequent dressing, its cheapness and great value will be proved. Its early use on Children's Hair will insure an abundant and bountiful supply from YOUTH TO OLD AGE. In large Bottles—price Three Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. EUROPEAN DEPOT AND SALES OFFICE, 266, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, ENG. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—lforning, 4h. 25m.—Afternoon, 4h. 40m, To-hlottnow.-Morning, 4h. 55m.—Afternoon, bh. 13m, r '?•-• -14.1 . 7601 , ', se l Elr\V tin e LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1868. The intelligence that Mr. DISRAELI proceeds to day to Osborne to signify to her MAJESTY the arrangements of the New Cabinet is most satisfac tory, and it certainly shows that the right hon. gentleman has secured the goodwill and co-opera tion of his colleagues, and that they, on their part, will put no needless hindrances in the way of his forming his Administration. This is as it should be, in all respects, more especially because time is important, and at the very opening of a session it is always of consequence to have as little of a Minis terial interregnum as possible. It is true that these conjunctures have often occurred at this period of the year, but until very recently little had been thought of the change that has taken place, and there are topics to be discussed which call for unusual attention on the part of the Legislature. The QUEEN, with her usual conside ration, informed the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he need not wait upon her until he had formed his plans, and these have happily taken so little time, that to-day the right hon. gentleman will be able to impart the information. He has had, in deed, little to do comparatively speaking, for, with the exception of Lord CHELMSFORD, and finding a successor to his own vacant post, there has been no change to make. The substitution of Lord CAIRNS for Lord CHELMSFORD as Lord Chancellor cannot but strengthen the new Ministry, and the public will learn with satisfaction the elevation of the noble and learned lord to that high office. We think that Mr. DISRAELI has done most wisely in not uniting the two offices of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. There ould be far too much to do for him to do himself justice or to be sufficiently on the alert in his new and arduous vocation, and he has exhibited a wise discretion in deciding as he has done. Speculation is rife concerning the new Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir STAFFORD NORTUCOTE being the most probable, some that he is most valuable where he is. The India Office can ill spare him, and there is, besides, the Abyssinian affair, which he has di rected, and which is now in so critical a condition, that to change hands would be inadvisable. Mr. HUNT is named with, perhaps, more likelihood as the successor of his chief. It will be remembered that in November, when Mr. DISRAELI'S indisposi tion prevented him from being in his place, that that gentleman showed great ability in bringing before the House the statement as to the Abyssinian Expedition. Lord CHELMSFORD has the respect of all, and can relinquish his high office with the satisfactory reflection that he has made no enemies, and given to scandal no opportunity to be bu,y with his name. It is no secret, however, that the noble and learned lord's political tendencies are not so much in the advance as those of some of his colleagues, and hence there may be more unity of opinion and more real progress made without him. Other changes will, of course, occur, that cannot exactly be comprehended at once, but the necessity and likelihood of which, on little reflection, will show to be desirable and necessary. Lord STANLEY, it seems, is not to be removed to the " form benches of the Upper School." This is satisfactory in many respects ; for the noble lord has great influence in the House of Commons, and in the event of the temporary absence of Mr. DISRAELI he is a most fitting leader of the House. It is besides also satis factory to have the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons. At the same time it cannot be de nied that the gain of ono House is the loss of the other, for even with the powerful aid of Lord CAIRNS the debating power in the Upper House is deficient. This and other defects may, however, be remedied as time goes on, and perhaps it is as well not to make too many or too startling changes at once. It is evident that if Lord s STANLEY left the house of Commons additional work would be thrown on Mr. DISRAELI, as he would have to take the weight of all foreign discussions, and as the Exchequer will be in new and untried hands his attention would be called away in all directions at once. In all probability the House will not meet regularly until next week, because there is much to be done ; but so far the public will learn with satisfaction that no untoward complications have arisen, and that those first steps upon which so much depends I ave been taken successfully. When we have gone through the more importan THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1868. changes the; at once arrest attention and awaken curiosity, we naturally turn to contemplate the " situation," as it is called, and there is much in this clirange that is of a novel and at least of a peon) jar character. It must be regarded as a step in the work of progress that for once the monotony of aristocratic rule has been broken, and tht%t a plain Mr. is the only prefix to the name of our new Premier. Since the days oil Mr. PITT there has been no parallel to this, and in many respects it is an advantageous change. It has been the fashion of late in certain quarters to animadvert upon the folly and incon sistency of the country being always governed by lords and their immediate connections. Now, at Least, a new order of things has obtained the as cendancy, and it remains to be seen how it will be accepted. England is to be ruled by a com moner ; a man who has made his own way up the steep hill of fortune is to sit down in the high places which have been too often exclusively held sacred to the use of those born in the purple. Let us see, then, how he is received and what support and encouragement he meets with. We consider that on all accounts Mr. DISRAELI deserves fair play, and should have it. He has worked his way in Parliament from a name less member to being the leader of the House, and the most popular partp chief it has had for this generation. lie has personal influence that Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and Lord RUSSELL never shared, and a more lasting power than Lord PALMERSTON himself commanded, for he was occasionally fitful. The Press, we are glad to see, has given Mr. DISRAELI a cordial welcome, and done honour alike to itself and him in so doing. In fact it has vied with his own colleagues in the evi dence of generous support and unshaken confidence. this is as it should be, and reflects credit on all parties. It is always a characteristic of Englishmen to have fair play given to all, and both as a tried servant of the Crown and an able member of Par liament the new Prime Minister possesses powerful claims on our regard and sympathy. When the Ministers have got into regular working order, and the public can judge of its intentions, and Par liament estimate its ability, then so much leniency cannot be shown; but just now, on every account, it is desirable that all other considerations should yield to those of giving the new state of things a chance, and the new Prime Minister the fitting op portunity of displaying his powers and developing his resources. If Mr. DISRAELI does not suc ceed, let it not be said that his failure was due to any want of fair play on the part of any one in Parliament, the Press, or the country. We feel, however, no necessity to entertain so gloomy a view of the future pros pects of the Cabinet, and would rather indulge in the confident hope that Mr. DISRAELI, as Prime Minister, will enjoy the same success he has won in literature, in politics, and in society in general. He is the most brilliant statesman of our day, and why should not we all be proud of one who has done so much for his country, and reflects so much real honour on our institutions ? It is not too much at this unusual combination of affairs to expect that literary jealousy will be put aside, and political bitterness be forgotten, in order that 'he nobler and better sentiments of both may unit e in welcoming one who has been no carpet knight, but fought his way with zeal and indomitable per severance. There is something very inspiriting in success, and this dull work-a-day world does not often witness so signal an instance of it as is afforded in the career of him who to-day reaches the culmination of political power in waiting on his SOVEREIGN as First Minister of the Crown. Mr. BRIGHT has not of late "given us many speeches about America. Whether he is not alto gether satisfied with the illustrations which the United States afford just now of the beneficial effects of his favourite institutions, or whether he has had more pressing subjects of interest to en gross his attention at home, it is certain that his recent addresses have been less often seasoned with a reference to the great Western Republic ; and among the mznifold sins with which he is in the habit of charging his countrymen, he has not placed our offences toward our transatlantic kinsfolk in quite so prominent a position. Last evening, however, in accepting the presi dency of a crowded assembly in St. James's Hall, gathered for the express purpose of listening to a lecture on America by the Rev. NEIVIIAN HALL, Mr. BRIGHT pledged himself, as it were, to return to his old subject. From the substance of the speech which he delivered prior to the lecture of the evening, we may infer that his sentiments have undergone little change, and that even the startling events of the last year or two in the United States have been powerless to move the convictions of the hon. member for Birmingham. The change which has come over the spirit of the American people themselves, now that the excitement and dis turbance of the war is over, and men have shown themselves in their true light, has not reached Mr. BRIGHT. The experience of the effects produced by the unchecked predominance of the anti-South party in Congress has not modi fied his theories. Mr. BRIGHT takes up the subject in just the same strain as of old. We are all of us profoundly ignorant on every subject connected with America and the Americans. Notwithstand ing the immense amount of correspondence and communication going on between the two countries, the incessant action of the telegraph which keeps men in new York end London completely an fait with the daily incidents in other capitals ; notwithstanding the large circulation which American books and newspapers have in England, and English books and newspapers in America ; the frequency of international visits and business trips, and other excuses for crossing the broad Atlantic—in spite of all these means of obtaining information Mr. BRIGHT holds that, as a rule, we English are profoundly ignorant of every thing concerning America. If this be so, and the ignorance is so dangerous as he believes it to be, there is little hope in the future for what is to en lighten us ? We have tried all the ordinary methods of obtaining a pretty accurate estimate of a country and a population ; we are familiar with their poli tics, their literature, their orators ; the arrival of the mails is a constant source of interest, while the commercial and financial relations between the two countries are intimate and exten sive. But all this is unavailing. We are ignorant, and the ignorance is eminently productive of danger. The most instructed classes in other re spects are the worst informed on this particular point, and what little they do know is altogether wrong, so that it is worse than nothing. At the time of the war, as might be supposed, this lack of knowledge was painfully manifest ; and what was worse, not only our understandings, but our feel ings were in fault, and the "rich and powerful classes, in the greatest struggle of modern times, where the case was more decidedly pronounced and clearer than in any other struggle to which they could point in history, gave their voice and sympathy to the very worst cause in which brave men ever took up arms." Mr. BRIGHT goes further, and tells us what would have been the result bad we been more discerning or more instructed. The two countries, he says, would have been as one as if there was not a drop of ocean between them. They 1 would have been one nation in sympathy—they would have been a great guarantee for freedom and civilisation in the world. That Mr. BRIGHT should stand before an English audience and de liberately use this language, when he and his hearers alike know the vehemence and the bitterness of those internal dissensions which are distracting the United States from one end to the other, is a striking instance of that wilful blindness and obstinate adhesion to theories rather than to facts which he is so prompt to con demn in other men. England and America would, forsooth, have been " one nation in sympathy" on a point which America herself is divided upon. The freedom and civilisation which our united efforts would have secured to the world at large, would, we presume, have been on the STEVENS-and-ASHLEY principle of the substitution of military for civil law, the suppression of civil courts, the silencing of minorities, the representation of half the coun try in a professedly National Assembly. Americans themselves would be the first to acknowledge that their country is in a state of disturbance and divi sion which forbids the idea of unity on any point. Time, we may hope, will bring about changes for the better ; and the English people who, in spite of Mr. BRIGHT, have watched their progress with the deepest interest and attention, will rejoice to see tranquillity and prosperity once more flourishing in the States ; but, as matters now stand, the condition of America itself proves that the main body of edu cated Englishmen were right in their conviction at the time of the war, that slavery once disposed of the United States would have flourished better and been happier as two Republics than as one. Mr. BRIGHT says that the Americans feel we did not treat them in that generous manner they had a right to expect from those whom their fathers came from. But he forgets that they were only repeating the old story. Their fathers went forth from Eng land, and England could not see why their sons should refuse to allow the Confederates to go forth from them. Democracy, said Mr. FORSTER, in the course of the evening, now to all intents and purposes exists in this country, but in America we are rapidly getting to actual despotism, so that the similarity we would trace between the two is no longer per ceptible. Mr. BRIGHT goes back to all the old grievances in the old set form, as if after the fashion of the BOURBONS he had " learned nothing and forgotten nothing" in the last seven years. Hap pily for England and America they have both learned a great deal in that time, though from less wilful and one-sided teachers. In another part of our impression will be found the report of the 27th meeting of the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund. We have for many years endeavoured to impress upon our readers the claims of this admirable institution to the support of the charitable. There is one feature alone which ought to plead in its favour in these days of lavish expenditure and confused accounts. It is that of every shilling received on account of the institution elevenpence goes to the objects for which it was designed—viz., the aged and infirm among the clerks and the widows of clerks, the expense of conducting the business of the fund being almost nominal. We sincerely trust, too, that among the noble legacies to charities, of which we frequently read, the cause of the Provi dent Clerks' Fund will henceforth be prominent. LATEST INTELL LGEN OE. (REU'rER'S TELEGRAMS.) ------ PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Feb. 27. A semi-offieial denial has been given to the statement that Baron Von Werther, the Prussian Minister at Vienna, had received special instruc tions to request explanations of the Austrian Cabinet in reference to the late events at Hietzing, and to ask formally for redress. *.......... .M. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 27. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Reichsrath, the President of the Ministry introduced a bill relative to the abolition of the Council of State. The Minister of Justice also presented a bill on the disciplinary treatment of the Judges, and their obligation to take the oath of allegiance to the Empire. TURKEY. CoNsTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26. The English barque Accola, Captain Pearson, from Shields, was run down on Sunday night by the Egyptian steamer Dahlies in the Sea of Mar mora. The captain and a portion of the crew were saved, but the remainder perished. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 26.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 6B 65 Credit Mobilier 233 75 End of month 226 25 Credit Foncier 1475 End of month 1383 75 RAILWA: Bank Shares 3020 ItOan Loan End of month— 43 40 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Throes 38 Home Debt Deferred — .Ys. Account. Orleans ... 890 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5521 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian 560 Lombard 385 North of Spain 75 Saragossa, Roman 45 THE DISTRESS IN PRUSSIA. --According to the information furnished by the Queen of Prussia herself, the sum produced by the sales in the bazaar held in the Royal Palace amounted to 600,000 thalers, which are to bo distri buted immediately amongst the indigent of the eastern provinces: OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.- Yesterday, at Poole, John Howard and Matilda Howard, the former an architect, lately in business in London, were brought up on remand on several charges of obtaining money by fa'se pretences. The offences were committed in August, 1866, and the male prisoner, in ono case, ob tained a cheque-book and £55 ss. from the National Pro vincial Banking Company. There were also four charges of forgery committed on the London and County Bank, in 1864. The female prisoner was apprehended while attempt ing to cash a cheque. They were, on the application of Mr. Mullins, transferred to Bow-street. 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Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached ln tine at is. lid.; 1 lb., 2s 9d.; 2 lbs., 4s. Gd,; 5 lbs. lls.; 121b5., 225.; 24 lbs., 40s.—BARRY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 132, Piccadilly; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and 21/8, Oxford-street 330 Strand; avid all grocers 114 chemists. UOLcitESkOIiDENCE FROM PARIS. trnou OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.T. PARIS, WEDNESDAY*, Feb, 20. The scene at the close of the Corps Ltislatif on Mon nay has produced a profound impression on the excitable Parisians. There were cries not reported in the Moniteur, not given in the official eompte-rendu, but they pass now as current as the coin of the empire. In a word, the sitting was closed by turning off the gas in the Chamber. This took place while M. Peretan was calling out for the elec tion of a fresh President. The public cheered the Oppo sition by cries of Mire la. Gauche 1 and then re tired slowly, only in fact as they were ordered to move on. The deputies remained behind in the lobbies, in small, excited groups, discussing the rules and precedents by which the closing of the sitting should be determined. After this scene in the Chambers a Council of Ministers was held at the Tuileries. The sudden closing of the Chamber has raised the fol lowing question : Can the President close a sitting without previously consulting the Chamber? This is not a matter of form, nor an unimportant point. What occurred in the Kervtnen affair might happen where the gravest subjects were being discussed ; and if the President may close the sitting by vacating his scat, the Chamber will no longer be master of its own deliberations. The discussion of the Press Law has already occupied twenty-three sittings of the Corps Ldgislatif. Forty four deputies out of 283 have taken part in the discussion, and to that number must be added four Ministers and one Councillor of State. Eight articles remain to be settled, and a number of amendments to be considered. It is fifteen years since the French Chambers had a subject equally troublesome. Several new press prosecutions have been commenced within the last few days in the provinces. It is twenty years to-day since Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity were proclaimed in the French capital by the Provisional Government, and the inhabitants were sum moned to meet the members at "the Column of July " to inaugurate "the grand date when liberty was reconquered." The Eastern question has been the subject of several diplomatic interviews between M. de Moustier, Lord Lyons, Prince Metternich, and Count Goltz. It is believed, however, that the warlike rumours from the Principalities have been enormously exaggerated. It is reported here that the meeting of the German Customs Parliament will take place on the 16th of March. The meeting will be closely watched by the French. Some persons attribute all the haste with which military preparations are being pushed forward to the desire of the Emperor to exert a moral pressure on the German States, so as to prevent any close political union. The nomination of the Prussian Minister at Carlsruhe, Baron Berger, as commandant of the forces of Baden, excites comment. A contemporary observes that never since 1848 has there been such a scene in the French Chamber as that which ensued on the last sitting before the Carnival holidays. After the ordinary business had been despatched, M. Havin rose to read the verdict of the jury of honour in the Kerv4guen case. The verdict declared that the charges against the Siecle and the Opinion Nationale of accepting Prussian subsidies were inventions. The President, to shield the supporters of the Government and prevent the verdict being read, closed the sitting. The Right followed him. The Left, frantic with anger, kept their places, and declared that the sittings were not closed. The galleries shouted ; the members shouted. " Let us name another President," cried M. Pelletan ; "President Sauzet ran away in the same manner in '48." (" Vive la Gauche" from the galleries.) In the midst of it all the gas was turned out ; the legislators and the public groped their way out of the House, and the sitting was really closed by the man at the meter. The allusion to '4B was ominous; the violent scenes in the Chamber at that time were the birth throes of a new order of things. According to an official statement, the victims of famine in Algeria amount to 19,874 persons. The treaty which Prussia has just made with the United States is an important concession to American demands. Henceforward a North German who emigrates to the States at the age of 19 and remains abroad five years will escape the conscription, whereas if he stayed at home a few months longer he would be liable, and if he entered the army he would he compelled to remain twelve years in the country. These stipulations are regarded in Berlin as exceedingly liberal, and Prussia is evidently on very good terms with the United States. The Prussian Government has ordered a 0-inch breech loading gun from Sir William Armstrong, the powers of which are to be tested side by side with Prussian cannon of the same calibre, but different make. The Carnival amusements at Florence this year have fallen fiat, without eliciting any marks of sympathy from the populace. Perhaps the dearness of food and the excessive inconvenience of the paper money, which are felt throughout the entire peninsula, may account for this. The Daily News correspondent in Abyssinia relates a singular piece of news from Magdala. It is that Theo dore has determined to settle the quarrel by war. To this resolution he is said to have come in consequence of assu rances of assistance from the übiquitous Fenians ! The same correspondent reports the apprehension of a spy of Theodore's in the English camp. He was to be sent on to Ategerat under a cavalry guard to be tried by court-mar tial. There was no doubt that the man would be hanged at once. The latest intelligence from Zoula is very satisfactory. The sappers had struck water on the line of railway three miles from the camp, and the supply promised to be lasting. From the same place we learn that 800 camels purchased at Berbera were expected shortly. It appears that a good many camels have been lost through eating the poisonous oleander plant. A parliamentary paper has just appeared containing correspondence on the Abyssinian Convent at Jerusalem. It seems that it is a common saying at Jerusalem that formerly the Abyssinians enjoyed the protection of the British Government, and then they were able to worship, but now they have been discharged from that protection, the Copts have gained all by money, and deprived the Abyssinians of their place of worship. The rumours as to the probable Cabinet which Mr. Disraeli hopes to present for her Majesty's approval are so numerous and in many respects so conflicting and contra dictory, that very few certainties are to be got out of them. At present the certainties appear to be these : That Mr. Disraeli will not retain the Chancellorship of the Exche quer ; that his successor in this high post will be Mr. Ward Hunt, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and M. P. for North Northamptonshire ; that Lord Chelmsford will be succeeded on the woolsack by Lord Cairns ; and that Lord Cairns will be succeeded in the Court of Chancery Appeal by the most eminent equity lawyer on the bench, Sir William Page Wood. Beyond this all is conjecture. There is an evident de sire that the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Cranborne, and General Peel should join the Government, and it is hinted that, as Lord Stanley will not at present leave the House of Commons, Mr. Disraeli will offer Lord Cran borne a peerage, with the leadership of the House of Lords. The noble viscount would be of material assist ance in the Upper House ; able as Lord Chancellor Cairns undoubtedly is, it is not the custom of the occupant of the woolsack to ri - .11 into every party fight, but, as a rule, he reserves himself for great occasions. The Earl of Malmesbury, Sir John Pakington, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy are said to be recalcitrant because Mr. Disraeli and Lord Stanley hold opinions on the Irish question to which the more Conservative section of the party refuse to commit themselves. It has been stated that Lord Derby's resignation was fastened, if not actually caused, by a decision adopted at a recent Cabinet Council in regard to the Irish question. The Ministers, it seems, had made up their minds to pro mise some measure in relation to the Irish Church whiel, it was hoped, might disarm the opposition of moderate Liberals. Something distinct and considerable was to be announced, and Lord Mayo hoped to be able . to speak at an early period of the debate on Mr. Maguire's motion, in order to make the announcement. The intention was, of course, telegraphed to Lord Derby ; and the report is, that his lordship, though not individually opposed to the concessions recommended, felt that the difficulty and labour of carrying on a new struggle alike with his own followers and his opponents would be too severe for his present state of health, and so made up his mind at once to resign his office. The determination took his own colleagues by surprise. - - - - - - The rumours as to the Cabinet being about to adopt a decided policy on the Irish Church question are scarcely consistent with the acceptance by Lord Cairns of the Great Seal. When, as Sir Hugh Cairns, he was a member of the House of Commons, he represented Belfast, an ultra Orange constituency, and he was one of the most pro nounced Orangemen in the House. By entering a Cabinet pledged to carry out extensive reforms in the Irish Church Lord Cairns would falsify the whole of the professions of his public life. Mr. Disraeli, the Premier-elect, was in early life articled to Messrs. Swain, Stephew, and Maples, solicitors, of Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, in the City of London. He however threw up his articles before their expiration, and took to literature. From literature he passed to politics, and now fulfils the destiny which he marked out for him self when he wac introduced to Lord Melbourne more than thirty years ago. " What do you expect to be ?" said Lord Melbourne to the young politician. " Prime Minister of England !" was the prompt reply. It is said that when Sir Robert Peel took office in 1841 he refused an Under• Secretaryship of State to the present First topo of the Treasury. PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND. The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of the members of this fund was held last evening at the London Tavern—Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. Linford) read the follow ing annual report : The board of directors have the pleasure to present to the members and friends of the Benevolent Fund their 27th annual report. The income of the past year was— from subscriptions and donations, £1,724 12s. 6d. ; from interest on investments, £1,448 10s. ld.—total, £3,173 2s. 7d. Pursuant to the resolution of the annual general meeting, held on the 27th February last, 12 annuitants, viz., 3 clerks and 9 widows of clerks, were elected on the 30th May, whose annuities amounted to £275 per annum. There are now upon the fund ninety-five an nuitants—viz., eighteen clerks and seventy-seven widows, who aro receiving collectively £l,BBO per annum. One female annuitant has died during the year, and the board have felt it to be their duty to suspend the payment of an annuity granted to a clerk, his means of support being considerably in excess of those stated to the board. In anticipation of the sum about to accrue to the fund from the bonus of the Life-office, the board feel justified in recommending that seven additional annuities be granted ; the proportion of clerks and widows being left to the dis cretion of the board. A resolution to this effect will be submitted to the meeting. The EMU of £216 has been awarded in gratuities during the past year. The members will have learnt froeu thenotices issued, convening a special meeting, that the board are desirous to carry out the sugges t ons made at last annual general meeting with reference to the voting powers of members of the Fund. They have also endeavoured to make some improvement in the system of voting, which will be submitted for the consi deration of the members at the special general meeting to be held immediately on the termination of the present meeting. The Board have observed with regret, that among the numerous testamentary bequests made on be half of charitable institutions this fund has been entirely overlooked. A very large proportion of the wealth thu s bequeathed has been acquired by the successful pursuit of commerce, and it may fairly be hoped that some small portion will be devoted to the necessitous among a body to whose industry and intelligence the commercial classes aro so largely indebted. _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN said he had again the pleasant duty of asking those present to adopt and receive the report, which he doubted not would meet with their very general approval. It was satisfactory to find their fund creeping up, and also that it had so gradually prospered, that, before long, they might anticipate that the interest arising from it would be sufficient to pay all their annuities—a state of things which very few.of them, a few years ago, never ven tured to anticipate. (Cheers.) A sure hopo was also held out to them of an important and considerable addition to the fund from the bonus they were about to receive from the parent society ; what the amount would be he could not announce, but he felt certain he might say that it would be something considerable. (Cheers.) He was sure the meeting would share with him the pleasure and delight the announcement the directors had made in their re port—namely, that in May next the number of annuitants to be elected would make up the total of over 100 persons receiving benefits from this fund, and that all had reason to bless the day when an at tempt was made to mitigate some of the misfortunes to which clerks and their widows were exposed. (Cheers.) He felt it would be a source of happiness to all to think that they had been instrumental in helping those who had the strongest claims upon their assistance. He would now ask those present, and who had heard the gratifying report read, to hold up their hand in favour of its adoption. (Cheers.) The motion having been seconded, it was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr. JONES (the chairman of the board of direc tors) said it now became his privilege and pleasure to move that an addition be made to their an nuitants. The resolution he had to submit to them was, that on the 28th of May next seven additional annuitants should be placed upon the list, it being left to the board to determine how many should be clerks and how many widows. Nothing could give him greater pleasure than to move the addition of a goodly number to their an nuitants, and he could not express adequately the pride he felt at the position at which their fund had now arrived. The chairman had alluded to the sum they would receive in July from the bonus, and although he could not an nounce the exact sum, he thought he might safely say that it would be upwards of £3,000. (Cheers.) The two societies—the Provident Clerks' Life Assurance and the Benevolent Fund worked well together ; both did good to each other ; and the success that had hitherto attended their opera tions would, he hoped, still continue, and thus oue society could not go on prosperously without benefit arising to the other. (Cheers.) The board in all they did were invariably guided by prudence, and it was a principle with them to give that only which they could safely pay, and thus one great object secured was that those who did receive their annuities were certain to continue to do so as long as they lived. (Cheers.) Mr. DAWSON had the greatest gratification in seconding the proposition. The CHAIRMAN said that before he put the re solution he should like to inform them what they had done during the twenty-seven years they had been in existence, and he doubted not they would be as pleased to hear it as he was to read it to them. During the time he had mentioned the direc tors had granted as many as 2,200 loans, making in the aggregate £44,000, of which sum £4,000 was still outstanding. The losses had been al most nil. They had given away in gratuities to reduced members £3,308, and since 1840 had paid to 137 annuitants £17,297. The annual pay ment under this item was now £l,BBO. It would only be going over the ground again to say what pl e asure such a state of things must produce, and how well the directors must have worked to accomplish such singularly successful results. He now asked the meeting to approve their conduct — ( c h eer s) —and, anticipating the pleasure they would have in May next, he, with some confidence, asked the meeting to adopt the resolutions which bad been submitted to them. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. JEFFS moved a vote of thanks to their trea surer, John Abel Smith, Esq., and their trustees, Thomas Baring, Esq., R. W.Crawford, Esq., Thom son llankey, Esq., and Baron L. de Rothschild. Ile was sure he need say nothing in favour of the first name mentioned in the resolution, as it was that of one of their kindliest and most affectionate friends. (Cheers.) lie was one who had taken the greatest interest in the Benevolent Fund, and its sister the Provident Clerks' Life Assuranc e Society, and his name would go down to posterity in connection with them. (Cheers.) Their true and generous friend (the chairman) had not con fined his assistance to the Benevolent and Life Societies, but he had rendered them the greatest assistance in the establishment of the Guarantee Society by his exertions in assisting them to procure their act of Parliament, under which they were enabled to guarantee clerks for the Government offices. Their power to do so, by direction of the Treasury, had appeared in the London Gazette, and now he thought such a matter could not be too widely known, as it would doubtless lead to a large accession of business. With respect to the other names mentioned in the resolution they were too well known and respected to require one word of eulogy from him, and although neither of the gentlemen were present, they showed by their absence they had the greatest confidence in the directors. Mr. COLEMAN seconded the motion, and in doing so expressed the gratification of seeing their chair man still holding the position he had done ever since the year 1840. (Cheers.) Since their establish ment they had had but one move amongst their trustees, and he hoped that many years would yet have to elapse before they saw another. (Loud cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN thanked the meeting very heartily for their cordial recognition of his services. With respect to the trustees, they all occupied such pro minent positions that he was not surprised at their absence. Ile knew, however, in their early days they took the liveliest interest in their affairs ; they were not only very constant in their attendance but were minute, he might almost say unpleasantly minute--(laughter)--in looking into all matters con nected with societies, and he well recollected passing a very close cross-examination at the hands of their firm friend, Mr. Baring. (Laughter.) He was grateful that his life had been spared to enable him to preside either at 25 or 26 of their annual meet ings—(cheers)—and he trusted in Providence yet to grant him health and strength to take part in their proceedings for some time yet to come. (Cheers.) Mr. PRI3IET moved, and Mr. MINTON seconded a vote of thanks to the auditors ; and Mr. PILCHER moved, and Mr. REYNOLDS secon led, a vote of thanks to their medical officers, the latter gentle• man remarking that it could not be to 3 generally known that the members of this fund had the piivi lege of receiving the best medical assistance gra tuitously. Mr. KEIGHLEY then moved a resolution that a committee be appointed of 24 members, to take into consideration the desirability of extending the benefits to be derived from the funds of the asso ciation by adding thereto a building society. Mr. CHRISTIAN seconded the motion. Mr. WANsEY, the solicitor, said a building society was not within the scope of the rules. The CHAIRMAN said he thought it would be most unwise to connect a building society with this in stitution, but he saw no reason why a well con ducted building society could not be established externally by clerks who desired to have houses. Mr. KEIGHLEY then said he would amend the resolution by striking out the words relating to the building society. Mr. LLOYD moved, as an amendment, that the best thanks of the members were due to the board for their able management of the fund. He said that this was, in his view, the proper way to meet such a proposal. Had the previous speaker sug gested a conference with the board, in order to de vise some means for enlarging the scope of the Fund, although he should not have supported such a proposal, being of opinion that they had quite enough to do in providing for the present claimants, the proposal would at anyrate have been unobjectionable; but when it was proposed that an outside committee should be ap pointed to legislate on such a subject, he thought it in the highest degree uncourteous and ungrateful to the directors, who had so ably and so successfully conducted this Fund, and whose services to it were gratuitous. He therefore hoped the chairman would not allow the ,resolution to be put. Mr. Lloyd's remarks were received with loud and unanimous c heering. The CHAIRMAN put the amendment to the meet ing, when it was carried almost unanimously, there being only two hands held up for it. The meeting was then made special, to consider the rules relating to voting for candidates for the annuities, and au alteration was made, altering the present mode of voting, which was found to operate in soma respects unequally, and giving more votes to insurers in proportion to the amount of their insurance. The proceedings terminated with a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman. „traar, ttroe curt HEIR MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 26. 'lke Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise, and attended by the 1) uchess of Athele. Prince Leopold went out. attended by Mr. Duck worth. Her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Countess of Morton. 71IE CORONERSHIP FOR WEST MIDDLESEX. There is now no doubt that the validity of Dr. Dip - lock's election to the post of coroner will be tested. The proper legal steps have already been taken to try the question in the proper place. The mode in which the recent election was conducted has shown how eminently unsatisfactory is the composition of the list of " freeholders" by whose voice the coroner is chosen. The sheriff had no power to remove any votes from the list, although he may have been well aware that they were improper ones. If this be so, it follows that unlimited bribery and corruption of the worst kind can be perpetrated without fear, in the interest of any and every candidate. The duty of the sheriff at Brantford on Monday last was merely ministerial. He dealt solely and simply with the written words before him, and, merely casting us up the votes, declared that Dr. Diplock had been given 21 more than Dr. Hardwicke. Objections were taken by Dr. Hardwicke to a very considerable number of votes : firstly, those of watermen, 223 of whom polled for Dinlock and 73 for Hardwicke. Mr. Everfield, who is the proprietor of the Thames ferries in the division of West Middlesex, contends that he alone has the right to vote on them, and that the watermen have no claim whatever in re spect of their barge or boat work. Secondly, the holders of graves to the extent of nearly 400 per sons, polled ; it is contended these have no right to vote, since they are not possessed of " freeholds." 272 graves from Kensall-green and Brompton Ceme teries polled for Diplock and 100 for Hardwicke. The illegality of the vote is said to be more clear in the case of the graves in Ealing and Hanwell Ceme teries, 39 of whom voted for Diplock, and 12 for Hardwicke. If the whole of these votes on the two sides be disallowed, Hardwicke would have a large majority. It is further stated that Diplock has a lot of people who polled as watermen, " who do not live in the district," amply sufficient to reverse the majority, and that if real freeholders alone are taken into account—that is to say, omitting " graves" and watermen—the majority for Hard wicke is 300. Hitherto, the question at present is dispute has not been brought into court. At the election for the coroner for Central Middlesex, when Dr. Lankester defeated Mr. Lewis, both can didates polled perpetuity graves, but in that case Dr. Lankester's majority was so great that Mr. Lewis saw it was useless to press for a scrutiny', and so the question whether graves and watermen are really entitled to vote was not settled. Nothing can more strongly show the necessity of making some immediate alteration in the mode of elec tion for coronerships. In the first place, those en titled to vote should be registered, and a proper scrutiny should be provided at a less costly risk than that which at present obtains. It is only in this way that public interests can be secured. Foreign lail Packet List. MAILSADUE. &ustralla and New Zealand, via Southampton March 29. Ditto, via Marseilles March 27. Ditto, via Panama Feb. .. 8 . Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video ',larch 5. Ditto, by French packet . Marcb. 22. Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ....... . March 5. Jape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Holena Feb. '. 7 L;hina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton March 5. Ditto, via Marseilles .. Falkland Islands ...... ...... March 5. Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 26 fudia,via Souttiaulptou ..... , ......... ..... ...• Feb V ,. Ditto, via Aarseil ei 118.1ta, Egypt, ..z. : . ... ... • • Feb. 2 ' 4 ' Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 27 ' Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Ilar.;112 5!• Southampton DiLitt), Marseilles Newfoundland March 1,. 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