The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-17 00:00:00

IFE BOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms of JLA the present year the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 1,027 lives from various ship wrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £29,655 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,444 for rewards. The Committee of the :Institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, and until further notice, will be per formed a new and original Farce, by R. Reece, Esq., en titled HONEYDOVE'S TROUBLES. Characters by M-ssrs. Joseph Irving, C. Warner, J. Morris; Me - dames Kate Hartleur and E. Melville. After which will bo performed the Drury Lano annual grand Christmas Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FAW FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer. Doors open at half-past six, the performance to com mence at seven o'clock. Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur day until Feb. 15. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAY MA R KET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. TIIIS EVENING. THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB. Mr. Gordon, Mr. Eraid, Mrs. Chippendale, &c. To be followed by A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstono, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &c., and lob!nson. After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE ARMAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Weathersby, Johnson, &c.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, &c. THE A TRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 20th appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville , Mr. R . Phillips, Mr. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 20 th appearance), Mrs. Alfrod Mellon, Mrs. Biilington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. - fi j OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, Grand -Combination of the Two Great Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For re3ter, H. Mellon, R. Cathcart ; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Racael Sanger, and Mrs. Addie. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. OLBORN THEATRE ROYAL , rietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. _ Sole Propl THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE ELYING SCUD. Messrs. Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott; Mesdames Henrade, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the B;g Bear and the Little Fiiry. Ilesdamcs Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell, Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the Great Little Rowella. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS 'EVENING, Jan. 17, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton. After which will be produced (9th Time in London) Mr. H. I. Byron's New and Original Domestic Drama, in Three Acts entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michae l Garner, Mr. J. L. Toole To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS; Mr. J. L. Toole. On Saturday, Jan. 18, DEARER THAN LIFE. After which (First Time) a New and Original Operatic Extravaganza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIVANDIERE; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Manager, M. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. 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It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. BIGLI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 7h. 30in. I Afternoon, 71i. 58m. To-blonnow.-Morning, Bh. 28m.—Afternoon, 9h. 4m. , „ ts3z.„ gije, LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 1868. The Educational Conference at Manchester has completed its labours, and we may fairly say that it has been successful for the present in the attempt to put the question before the public in a clearer form than misrepresentation has hitherto allowed it to appear. Some important sections of the subject were discussed towards the conclusion of the Con ference, and the report of the observations made will be interesting to those who are concerned in the solution of the problem. Rural Districts was the third point put forward for discussion, and con cerning this the Rev. Canon ROBINSON explained how these rural districts were varied in their cha racteristics. One class was concentrated in its po pulation, and eager to secure a good school. As things stand at present another contained a poor and numerous population, and education especially required, but greatly neglected. A third division comprises those districts where the parishes are numerous and small, and the people scattered about the land. No doubt there is great truth in the opinion expressed, to the effect that two things are requisite for the more effectual working of small schools in the rural districts— relaxation in the rules of the Committee of Council, and also increased grants in some cases. Some of the proposals made to remedy those evils might doubtless answer the desired end, if they could be carried into execution ; but it is to be feared that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to do so. As for the poorer districts being assisted by the richer ones, as it was said during the discussion, the same principle is carried out in other things, such as road-making. Secular schools likewise engaged attention, and this is a most difficult part of the luestion. It is all very well to say, as some of its advocates did, at this Con ference, that " efficient secular instruction ought to be the sole criterion of State aid," and that reli gious instruction must depend mainly upon home influence ; but those who know the habits of the poor intimately, know also that there is a deficiency of time, inclination, and often even of capability on the part of the parents, to impart such instruction themselves, and it seems very unsuitable for the State to come forward and neglect the most im portant part of education in its efforts to benefit the children concerned. The danger of establishing secular schools will be that it is sanctioning education without religion, and that is a wrong principle to establish. To this, as to other awkward points, the House of Commons will no doubt devote its time and thought, and seek to arrive at the wisest and safest conclusion. At the resumption of the Conference yesterday Mr. FORSTER. made a speech, in the course of which he very sensibly remarked that "nothing would give him so much pleasure as to find the question taken out of their hands, and brought in by the Govern ment, who had advantages for carrying on adminis trative measures of the kind which no private member could possibly have." Mr. FORSTER is an advocate of the compulsory system, and disposes of the objection that it is un-English by declaring that, indirectly, such has been our custom for years past. The case of the factories is not, however, quite the same, because the children employed there are peculiarly circumstanced, and special regulations have to be made regarding their work. Great temptations are put in the way of the parents in these districts, and it is very needful that due restrictions should be interposed for the protec tion of the young from the cupidity of their natural guardians, and the indifference or greediness of their employers. To adopt the system over all the country would be quite another thing. Mr. FORS TER'S observation upon the inspections of schools are well worth noticing, and it would be well if his notion was carried out of making the duty devolve u p o n gentlemen specially appointed for the pur pose. We agree also with his remarks about the inadvisibility of making it a condition of work under thirteen years of age that a child can read or write ; it is far better to make the permission dependent upon its being sent to school, for other. wise by turning children into the streets they may become vagrants, and finally criminals. Industrial Schools and Factory Acts were also considered, and their operation was inquired into, and the desirability of extending the Factory Act also taken into account. Considerable difficulty arose in this part of the discussion upon the re lative merits of the compulsory system, and Mr. BntJCE was against it, saying that he had under taken to introduce the bill of last session on condition of the " compulsory clauses" being withdrawn. The gentlemen forming the commission to inquire into the school systems of Prussia and Switzerland have reported that the compulsory plan there is practically inoperative. As Mr. BRUCE very forcibly put it, under the best system possible we might go every day to the school and find fifty per cent. absent; and, there fore, the question was " whether it would be desir able that fifty per cent. of the population should be brought under the visitation of the law, as they must be under such circumstances." It is, in deed, no matter of surprise that the subject of education has been practically neglected for so long a time when we call to mind the great difficulties that lie in the way of its settlement, and the various objections that spring up directly any plan or scheme is proposed ; but the time has gone by when the question can be any longer disregarded, and the members of the Legis laturet get rig must set to work earnestly o obstacles as well as they can. ono thing isd of certainthe that no good can be done by losing any more time, while many and important advantages are to be derived from rendering a general system of good education over the couutryl more a fact than a fiction. Seldom have we had to record so many and such various complaints of poverty, distress, and scarcity. The condition of our East-end parishes is one of the topics of the day. Every one is THE SUN, LOINDO FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1868 ready with a suggestion or a scheme, a remon strance or a regret, with respect to what has this year risen into au open and acknowledged evil. From other parts of London comes the cry of distress, and the long-continued depression of trade has so seriously affected the labouring classes by diminishing their chances of employment that the inevitable hardships of winter are this year in creased tenfold. The high price of provisions, too, adds materially to the burdens of the poor, and the indispensable 41b. loaf consumes the main part of their scanty and fluctuating incomes. The ac• counts given by eye-witnesses of the distress in Poplar and Whitechapel are most painful, and all that public benevolence and private charity can do have as yet proved unequal to the task. Com plaints are being made of the want of unity and system in the manner of distributing relief, and it would be well if those actively engaged in the work of investigating distress and dispensing charitable funds would lay aside all local jealousies and par tisan feelings, and form a consistent and systematic scheme by which the worst parishes might be di vided into so many districts, and each apportioned to the care of one of the several committees. If they would combine to lay down certain general principles of action by which every committee would undertake to abide, much good might be done. By the adoption of such means the Lancashire distress was relieved with won derful success and impartiality, and though, no doubt, some mistakes were made, yet the number of successful impostors was very small. This is the great difficulty in dealing with all such comprehensive distress as now exists at the East-end. There are always a number of impostors who turn the help given them into drink, and in addition to these every one who knows much of the poor must be aware of the existence of a class who are not exactly impostors, but greedy for pelf. These make a trade of private begging, and go from house to house exaggerating their necessities and concealing the amount of the help they have already received. One family of this class will often have five or six bread, or coal, or soup tickets, while others close by in real want have none. It is this which makes it so neces sary to visit and examine the cases of applicants for help; and, indeed, it is often requi site to seek for the most deserving cases, since the more respectable poor are so averse to begging that they will suffer real hardships rather than resort to it. The impostors and the regular beggars when de tected do incalculable mischief to the cause of the really poor. Much is being said about the vast sums expended at the East end, yet with it all we find deaths from absolute want recorded every week. Last Saturday the Registrar-General included three in his return, and to-day we have the account of an inquest held on a man 45 years old, who died from " exposure to cold, and want of nourishment," after a day's fruitless waiting for admission to St. Luke's Workhouse. The parochial machinery breaks down if left unaided. Until we have still further reforms in the administration of the Poor-law we shall be constantly harrowed by such histories during the winter months, unless we have a thorough and efficient organisation of voluntary assistants. These will search out the really destitute, and take care that while none are relieved from two sources at once, none are left to die for lack of bread and fire. But painful as are the accounts from the metro polis itself the present distress is by no means con fined to its area, or even to this country. From the Southern States of America we have terrible accounts. White and black alike are threatened by absolute famine ; and, what is worse, matters are complicated by the mutual antagonism of the races. The negroes, becoming reckless, plunder the property of the planters ; in some parts of the South they have even destroyed the domestic animals. The freedmen themselves are suffering terribly ; and no wonder, when in one State alone there are 100,000 idle men. Much, if not all of this misery, however, is clearly traceable to direct misgovernment ; but we find that Europe is not exempt from the troubles that afflict America. In parts of Russia, and more especially Eastern Prus sia, the distress is approaching actual famine. The towns are submerged by the rising tide of poverty, while in the rural districts the people are starving. The accounts which are given day by day of the condition of the East Prussians are something startling as coming from any part of a wealthy European State. What is more, the evil is not restricted to the districts which are at present suffering so heavily ; all Prussia is threatened with it. The national writers are not slow to attribute this alarming condition of affairs to the excessive weight of the military bur dens. They say that the whole strength of the n ation has been exhausted by the immense armies kept up during the last few years ; agriculture has been neglected, the fluids uutilled, the soil uuculti vated, and the consequence has been that the har- vest, which, in 1865, was worth 37,000,000 florins, was iu 1867 only worth 17,000,000 florins. The harvest, of course, depends more or less on the weather, but the loss of twenty million florins is partly due to the reckless ambition of Count Bis- MAME and his royal master. A Berlin journal plainly says, "A man may raise with difficulty a heavy weight, but it would kill him if he had to sub- stain it through twenty-four hours. Under the new military organisation the strain has been constant, and the existing distress is but the result of this excessive tension. Sadowa, it is said, has proved who was right in the military conflict. But there is another view of the question, and it may be con templated in the condition of the twenty-three dis tricts of East Prussia." The present pressure may not be solely due to the actual campaign of 1866 ; but the whole policy of the Prussian Government has for years past been directed to two objects ex clusive of all others—the increase of the royal power and of the military organisation. Such a policy is fatal to the best interests of a country ; and however brilliant may be its temporary results, it must eventually result in weakness instead of strength. The lesson is not without its moral, since it is the despotic and " paternal" Governments of Europe who are now anticipating with alarm the presence of actual famine, while the people whose energies and capacities they cramp and fetter are beginning to trace their national misfortunes to the errors of their rulers. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—The annual ball in aid of the funds of this admirable institution took place last evening in St. James's Hall, and was, as it de served to be, a great success. The ball-room was ready for the reception of the visitors at 8 o'clock, after which the grand hall was soon well filled by ladies and gentlemen who were anxious to pat ticipato in all the pleasure of la dense. The dancing was continued with great life and spirit, and about ten o'clock the largo hall became so densely crowded that it became necessary to throw open the two smaller halls. This arrangement was highly satisfac tory to all parties engaged iu the exhilarating amuse inept of tripping it on the light fantastic toe. About twelve o'clock the company proceeded to the re freshment rooms, after which dancing was continued until the small hours with as much gusto as at the very outset of tho evening. It is gratifyiug to know that the result of this annual reunion will be most beneficial to the funds of the noble institution on behalf of which it was held. A telegram from Toulouse announces that one of the buildings of the gunpowder-magazine of that place blew up yesterday. One workman was killed and four others wounded. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) rAms, THURSDAY, Jan. 16. Our Academy of Sciences has been engaged in a very interesting and important discussion, raised by a corn munication from M. Reiset, who started the proposition that the general belief held by agriculturists, that severe frost kills the noxious insects and larva that grub in the earth, is a fallacy. M. Emile Blanchard said that it•would be wrong to suppose that naturalists had hitherto lived in ignorance of the habits of larva feeding on roots, and that it was a well-known fact that while the temperature continued mild they remained near the surface, and descended to greater depths as the cold became more intense, so as always to escape the effects of frost. The idea, therefore, that a severe winter would rid agriculture of its greatest enemies was utterly without foundation. M. Chevreul said that M. Reiset had no intention of passing himself off as the discoverer of the fact alluded to, but had done science a great service by instituting precise experiments for the purpose of ascertaining at what depths, according to the temperature, larva would be found in the soil, and this had not been done before. These experiments had been carried on for upwards of a year, and M. Reisct had ascertained that while the thermometer stood at 15 deg. Cent. below freezing-point in the air, the temperature of the soil at a depth of 50 centimetres did not fall below zero. This happened, how ever, on an occasion when the ground was entirely covered with snow. After these important experiments, M. Reiset had told agriculturists that they were utterly mistaken if they trusted to frost for the preservation of their crops from insects, and that they must exert themselves if they wished to rid themselves of the impending scourge. Last autumn M. Reizet, knowing that the white worm was still quite near the surface, caused a field to be slightly ploughed and harrowed. Two women followed the harrow with baskets, and collected 344 kilogs. of white worms, at a cost of 12f. per 2l acres. The field produced an excellent crop, while that next to it, which had been let alone, prc duced nothing. _ _ _ The brother of the Marquis d'Orvault has been sound guilty and sentenced to twenty years' hard labour. \\Then the verdict was given the mother of the condemned man half opened the door of the court, fell on her knees, and , lifting her hands to heaven, cried piteously, " Twenty years' hard labour 1" and fell to the ground. It is rumoured that the Marquis intends to apply for a divorce. The second State Ball of the season takes place next Wednesday. The German Charity Ball is postponed for a week in consequence of the funeral of the late Emperor Maximilian, which takes place at Vienna on Saturday. AcAding to a statement contained in the daily journals, public beneficence keeps pace with the wants of the destitute. The twenty soup-kitchens of the Prince Imperial distribute daily from 40,000 to 50,000 portions. Thanks to the aid given by the Civil List, each portion, consisting of bread, meat, soup, and vegetables, costa only five centimes. The kitchen of St. Onen, where the greatest wretchedness prevails, distributes gratis daily, in the Emperor's name, upwards of 2,000 rations. His Majesty is not satisfied with making personal sacrifice for the succour of the poor during the rigours of winter. He has invited the co-operation of the city of Paris, which has ordered the establishment of additional kitchens in the sth, 18th, 12th, 13th, 19th, and 20th arrondissements. The city, besides, distributes fuel in large quantities at the various offices of public charity, and the quantity of bread supplied to families who are assisted has been increased. The breaking up of the frost will do much towards alle viating the sufferings of the poor. The death of the Duo de Luynes removed from our midst the richest member of all the old nobility of France. In his chateau of Dampierre, near Versailles, is to be found a magnificent collection of paintings, sculpture, and works of art and vertu of all kinds ; and his collection of medals and antiquities, presented to the nation some time since, forms a special department of the Bibliothbque Imp6riale of Paris. Every intellectual labour found a patron in the late duke : he aided greatly in the restora tion of the art of glass-staining ; he gave a sum equal to a thousand pounds to any one who invented a new process in photography, and threw it open to the world ; when a famous medal was stolen from the old collection of the Bibliothique Imperiale the duke took the trouble to find a similar one, purchased it for the sum of seventy two pounds, and presented it to the director, M. Naudet, saying that a public collection had greater claims than a private one ; a large number of splendid books owe their appearance to his munificent aid. The Chiiteau of Dampierre is surrounded by admirable roads, all made at his own and his father's expense ; one of these is thirty leagues in length. He made more than one ex cursion in the East for scientific purposes, and aided many other explorers ; and he was himself a distin guished artist, writer, and connoisseur, but so retiring that he could never speak in the Chamber. Probably your readers know that the duke's son and heir, who was a volunteer in the Pontifical Zouaves, presented the Holy Father with twelve rifled guns. The Pope asked how he could acknowledge this act of devotion. "By allowing me to give twelve more guns, in case these should not be suffi cient," was the prompt reply The removal of Mr. Adams from the British Embassy is the subject of genuine and wide-spread regret. The best wishes of Parisians, as well . as of English:residents in Paris, will follow him to his new post of duty at Japan, whither he has been promoted. Court circle gossip has it that Mdlle. Patti will be married to the Marquis de Caux in the course of three weeks. It may, I think, be accepted as a fact, that when ever the marriage takes place, it will not immediately dissolve La Diva's connection with the stage. The Marquis is not a very wealthy man, and the great songstress is supposed to be pOssessed of a fortune much less than was originally supposed. LATEST INTELL MENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The Senate has passed the bill repealing Mr. M'Culloch's authority to contract the currency. An amendment which was introduced, prohibit ing any further issue of legal-tender notes, was defeated. NEW YORK, Jan. 16. The Allan steamship Nestorian arrived out yes- terday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing Prices.—Gold, 1398. Sterling exchange on London, 1091. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1882, 1091; ditto, 1885, 1081. Ten-Forty Bonds, 102-1. Illinois, 135 ; Erie, 741. Cotton— middling upland, 161 c. Petroleum, standard white, 25c. Flour—extra State, $lO 50c. Corn—old mixed, $1 41c. CHINA. (By Malta and Alexandria Telegraph.) AEXANDRIA, Jan. 16. Advices received here from long Kong to the 15th ult., announce that the Imperial troops under the Footai had been severely beaten by the Nienfei in Southern Shantung. The cotton combination of the Canton merchants has been broken. Q UEENSL AND GOLDFIELDS A few days after the Gumpie Creek goldfield was pro, claimed a commissioner was appointed, who on the 28th Oct. reported as follows c--" The country being worked consists of a low greenstone ridge, the surface of which is strewn with loose stones and the top covered with quartz, pebbles, and boulders, contai n i ng par ti c l es o f go ld. The ridge is intersected with a number of small, shallow, rocky, water-channels, extending from near the top and feeding the main channel running round the base. It is in these small channels that the bulk of the gold has been obtained hitherto, the miners having con. fined their operations simply to what is termed by them gully-raking,' by which is understood laying bare the bed rock, picking out the coarserpieces of gold found in the ddbris occupying the crevices, and stacki ng th e d6bris and surface earth on one side for puddling and cradling, as soon as a sufficiency of water can be obtained for the purpose. From one of these small water channels three men obtained 180 ounces of coarse gold, including a nugget of 41b. weight ; there are others whose earnings vary from £1 to 10s. per diem, while many are not making more than one-half the lattersum, and several nothing at all, chiefly *wing to the want of rain, which, I am happy to be able to state, is now coming down steadily. The d6bris referred to was tried, and yielded six ounces to the load. Several new localities have been tried, and in every in stance with satisfactory results. The country for a dis• tance of five miles from this towards Maryborough, on both sides of the road, I feel convinced, will prove auri ferous. It is admitted by all who are engaged in pro• specting that the gold is distributed over a very consi derable area, and - requires the persevering efforts of experienced men to develope it properly. I estimate the number of persons on the diggings (all males) at 350. Good order prevails throughout. Provisions are good, plentiful, and reasonable in price. The present road from Maryborough to the diggings is exceedingly good for an ordinary bush track." On the 9th of November the com missioner made a further report, in which he says : " The number of persons now on the diggings and dispersed among the gullies and creeks in the immediate neighbour hood I estimate at fully 1,600 ; 700 of these form a central population, the remainder being principally, if not wholly, engaged in developing, by prospecting, the extent of country over which gold is distributed in this part of the district. An estimate may be formed of its richness from the fact that the discoverer estimates the quantity of gold in about 801 b. weight of rock at ten ounces. The gold thus obtained was free from all foreign substances. The general opinion obtaining among the miners of experience is that the country for miles in every 'Erection is auriferous : and should the numerous quartz reefs occurring on the Glastonbury and Widgee Creeks prove gold-bearing (samples of these, exhibiting them selves in the Kilkivan country, having been assayed at the Sydney mint, and found to contain gold, silver, and copper in payable quantities), the area represented by the reeks watering that portion of this district will represent • goldfield of certainly not less than 100 square miles." The working men of Colchester have formed a Liberal Association fur the protection of their political interests. It has just been inaugurated, Mr. Edmond Beales assist-, 'ng at the ceremony. The borough is now rcpresented by Nfr. Uurdon Rebow, a Liberal, and Mr. E. K. Karslake, Q. C., a Conservatiev. The Birmingham Post states that arrangements have been made by the Liberal Association and the Reform League for a public meeting in the Town Hall, on the owning of Tuesday, February 4, at which Mr. Bright and Ur. Dixon, the borough members, will address their con ,tituents. As the subject of Ireland is just now invested with peculiar importance, it is not improbable that Mr. Drigh%inaY dcsl especially with the Irish question in his address; HUNGARY. PESTI', Jan. 16. Count Andrassy is said to have been appointed to act as Royal Commissioner with the Hungarian delegations. The conclusion of the Hungarian Railway Loan has been postponed for a short time. CROATIA. AGRAII, Jan. 16. Fourteen members of the Croatian Diet, belong ing to the Autonomist party, resigned their seats, protesting against the new constitution of the Diet. SPAIN. MADRID, Jau. 16 (Evening). In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the discus sion of the bill upon public instruction was closed. The American squadron, under Admiral Farra gut, has left the Balearic Isles, sailing towards the East. FRANCE. " Public beneficence in Paris," says the Droit, keeps pace with the wants of the destitute. The twenty soup kitchens of the Prince Imperial distri bute daily from 40,000 to 50,000 portions. Thanks to the aid given by the Civil List, each portion, consisting of bread, meat, soup, and vegetables, costs only 5 cents. The kitchen of St. Ouen, where the greatest wretchedness prevails, distributes gratis daily, in the Emperor's name, upwards of 2,000 rations. His Majesty is not satisfied with making personal sacrifices for the succour of the poor during the rigours of winter ; he has invited the co-opera tion of the city of Paris, which has ordered the establishment of additional kitchens in the sth, 11th, 12th, 13th, 19th, and 20th arrondissements. The city, besides, distributes fuel in large quantities at the various offices of public charity, and the quantity of bread supplied to families who are assisted has been increased." ---___ BounsE, JAN. 16, Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 41- per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month 6B 67i Bank Sharps 3250 ItaFan Loan End of month 42 95 Mexican Loan l7 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — Account Credit Mobilier ... 163 75 End of month... 163 75 Credit Fonder ...1347 50 End of m0nth...1360 - RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern 1150 Lyonsand Mediterranean Southern..... Western Eastern •• Sardinian Austrian so2i Lombard 3414 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 45 560 IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jan. 16. The press has had ample time to avow its senti ments on the prosecution of the Irishman, and it is not flattering to that great organ that so little notice should have been taken of the proceedings against it. Perhaps this seeming indifference to the fate of a journalist whose name is an appeal to national sympathy arises from an instinctive belief that, after all, he is not in very serious dan ger. As far as any comments have been made, their tenour is one rather discouraging to the Govern ment. The Mail deprecates a weak prosecution, its objection being not to the policy or principle, but to the conduct of the prosecution. The Evening Post thinks it unfair that what was tolerated a month ago should now be complained of. The Cork Examiner considers it a hardship that a news paper should be held responsible nit only for the opinions it expresses, but the news which it pub lishes. The Northern Whig takes a dispassionate view of the subject, and observes :—" No impartial person who has read, during the last few months, some of the extreme ' national' organs published iu Dublin can hesitate to declare that the liberty of the press has been grossly abused. British freedom was deliberately turned against itself. Every art of misrepresentation was employed, and the advi sers of the Crown never had the slightest credit given them for the leniency with which the insurrec tionists of last March were treated, nor for the mo tives which impelled them in the case of Allen, Gould, and Larkin, to allow the law to take its course. Many most influential Liberals, including Mr. Gladstone, approved the action of the Administra tion. The national' organs, however, refused to make any allowances, or to see anything but their own prepossessions. They continued, as with direct malice aforethought, to inflame the public mind. . . A prosecution is, however, a ques tion of policy, and, when decided on, ought to be conducted with discretion. We may ap prove the end the Government have in view, but we may not altogether approve the means they take to accomplish that end. The Adminis tration is clearly right in preventing, by all pro per means, the diffusion of sedition among the people. Few Liberals have blamed the admi nistration of Lord Wodehouse for suppressing Mr. Stephens' organ, the Irish People, in Dublin, or, when it was afterwards printed in America, for pre venting its circulation in this country. But, whether the Irishman be guilty or not, there can be no doubt whatever that more persistent and more directly inflammatory articles might have been selected for prosecution from other journals ; while, by found ing the summons on letters of Col. Kelly, which have appeared as news in such papers as the Times and the Daily News, the Crown lawyers are really complicating a question which might have been very simple and intelligible." Mr. Daniel Downey, a tailor in Dawson-street, who was tried and acquitted at a commission in Green-street, on a charge of having arms concealed in his house, was arrested yesterday, under the Lord-Lieutenant's warrant, and lodged in Kilmain ham Gaol. An unusual compliment is about to be paid by the Lord-Lieutenant to the legal profession by con ferring the honour of knighthood on Mr. 11. J. J. Orpen, president of the Incori °rated Society of Attorneys and Solicitors. Mr. Orpen is respected by all classes, and the exercise of the Viceregal pre rogative will be received with general satisfaction. THE CLERKENWELL uITTRAGS. ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST.—TIIIS DAY. The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances con nected with the deaths of Humphrey Evans and Martha Evans was resumed to-day before Dr. Lan kester, at the Vestry Hall, St. Pancras. James Wells and Capes, the warders of the House of Detention, were examined, and repeated their evidence with respect to the ball coming over the prison wall on the Thursday before the explosion. In reply to the questions of a juror, Capes said there was nothing on the ball when it came over the wall, and although Ile could not say he had ever seen a ball come over the prison wall, he bad often seen shuttlecocks and pieces of wood, called cats, come over. Richard Maskell, another warder, spoke to the exact place at which Burke stopped when he fell out of the ranks of the prisoners at exercise, to take his boots off on the day before the ex plosion. A Juror—Would he have been out of harm at that spot supposing the explosion had taken place that day? Witness—Yes ; that is the only place where any one would have been saved alive. Inspector Thompson, to the Coroner—The wit ness Capes wishes to add something to his evi dence. Coroner—Let him come forward and state it. The witness then said—On Friday morning, at a quarter past nine o'clock, we were ordered to ex ercise the prisoners instead of the afternoon. At this time Burke was under my charge, and when 1 went to his cell to tell him to come out he appeared surprised, and said, " What ! exercise at this time ?" and I replied " Yes, you must come out." Burke then went back to his table and began fum bling about his papers, and said he must take them with him. I told him he did not want them, as he would soon come back, but he said he must have them, and having selected some of them put them in his pocket. He was exercised, and then in ac cordance with the direction of the chief warder he was locked up in a different cell. When I next saw Burke it was about 1 o'clock, and then I saw the female called Burke's sister talking to him. I told her time was up. Burke was again shifted to another cell. I was then posted in the octagon to guard. Coroner—To guard against whet ? Witness—To guard against any explosion. I wa s armed with a loaded rifle. Coroner—Then you expected an explosion ? Witness—Yes. Coroner—Were you all within the prison expect ing an explosion ? Witness—Yes. Richard Maskell—l wish to add something .to what I have already stated. On Friday afternoon Inspector Thomson came with a person to identify Burke, who was then in 89 cell. Burke was taken out of his cell, but ou this occasion he also gathered up his papers before leaving. I said, " You need not take them, as you are coming back soon," to which he replied, " I don't leave my papers for any one to see." After Burke had been seen he was taken back to his cell, but Chief Warder Moore told me to put him in one of the cells on the opposite side. At this time Burke said to me, " I feel so ill," and he appeared to tremble violently. In a moment after this the explosion took place. Coroner—Did you see him after the explosion ? Witness—Yes ; he was very quiet indeed, both he and Casey asked what was the matter, but no reply was given to them. A Juror—Can prisoners write as many letters as they please ? Witness—Yes, provided they find their own paper. Coroner—We will now examine Vaughan if he is in attendance. Inspector Thomson—Yes, sir, he is here. James Vaughan was then sworn, and, in answer to the Coroner, said on the day of the explosion Timothy Desmond came to my place, and, as he appeared to have been drinking, I asked him if he had been muddling it, to which he said no, but that his son had gone off to sea. He then said he was going to take a jump, and bid my wife good-bye, and whispered to me and said it must be done. I asked him what must be done, and he said to blow up the House of Detention. I said nonsense. He said they had found out by sending in Anne Justice with Casey's dinner the best time for the affair, and that it must be done between half-past 3 and 4. When he left me he said if he was not killed the next place I should see him would be at Mill bank. He also told me Bill Desmond and Keefe would do the trick for Corydon, Massey, and Devany. The witness then proceeded to relate the conversation he had in the evening after the ex plosion with William Desmond, and also to the meeting of Nicholas English the next morning when he was reading the newspaper bill, when he (English) told him the whole of London would be blown up after Christmas, and that would be more " diabolical" than the act perpetrated at Clerken well. He next referred to the conversation that took place in Bove-street between himself and William Desmond previous to the arrest of the latter, who, he (Vaughan) inferred from what he said, had been sent back by the other prisoners previous to their effecting the explosion because he was in liquor. He (Vaughan) told him he thought he had better " hook it," as he had heard he was being watched by detectives. By a Juror —My wife is not related to the Desmonds. I was sworn a Fenian by Timothy Desmond. I consider myself an Englishman, born of Irish parents. The qualification for making a Fenian is that the party must himself be a sworn in member of the Brotherhood. A Juror—Did you know anything of the plot before it took place? Witness —Not before the Friday morning, when Timothy Desmond called on me and told me what was going to be done. A Juror—Have you attended Fenian meetings? Wituess=---Yes. The meetings have been always called raffles, but it was well known the object of the collection of money was to buy arms. A Juror—When were you sworn in a Fenian ? Witness—ln the year 1865. A Juror—Do you know the party who fired the barrel ? Witness—No, I don't. A Juror—You positively state that you know nothing of the explosion before it took place ? Coroner—The witness has already stated so, and now you are trying to worm out of him something that may lead to an opposite conclusion. A Juror—How do you account for your igno rance of the plot ? Witness—l cannot sly. • Coroner—l should like to know when Justice went with Casey's dinner whether he knew he would not be exercised in the afternoon ? inspector Thomson—Casey knew he had been exercised in the morning. He could not say whether he would be so again in the afternoon. A Juror (to Vaughan)—Do you know the " boss ?" • Vaughan--No. I only know he is the head centre. The Coroner said he had bad a communication • from Inspector Thomson, and from what he had told him there was further evidence, but that he was not in a position to offer it on that occasion. The jury, therefore, would now decide whether they would again adjourn, or whether they would now consider their verdict. •lle felt that the jury ought to be in a position to come to a conelwion on the subject, simply from the evidence they bad called before them, irrespective of anything they might have read ; however, it was for the jury to say what course they would a lopt. All he could say was that the result of eTery adjournment had been to throw further light upon the very melancholy affair. Inspector Thomson—lrrespective of -what I have told you, sir, I should like to ask for another ad journment. The Coroner—Well, under these circumstances, it will be best not to conclude the inquiry to-day. . The inquest was then adjourned until Friday, the 31st. . e q,%frirtnlar HER MAJESTY. --~ OSBORNE, Jan. 16. The Queen and her Royal Highness Princess Louise drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Duchess of lloxburghe. P:ince Arthur accompanied her Majesty upon horseback, and Colonel Ponsonby rode in attend- ante. The Queen went out in the grounds this morn ing, accompanied by Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold. Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice also went out. The Bishop of Lichfield and the Dean of West minster left Osborne yesterday. Mr. Theodore Martin, who recently met with an accidont upon the iee, is progressing favourably, Mrs. Martin has been invited to Osborne. BANK OF FRANCE PARIS, Jan. 16. The following is the return of the Bank of Franc for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Jan. 16. Jan. 9. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 31,807,320 38 34,114,275 78 Treasury account cur- rent ci - oditor 72,124,544 04 76,399,407 07 Current accounts, Paris 335,531,687 25 49,596,003 11 Do. branch banks 37,299,909 38,580,709 Dividends payable 3,894,885 75 5,827,313 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed - - Sundries Total CREDITOR. Jan. 16. Jan. 9. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over t- duo Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 267,580,064 79 287,322,807 36 Do. branch banks 257,760,669 263,638,138 Advances on deposit of bullion 57,4 3 -6,200 58,507,400 Do. branch banks 14105,677 10,988,677 Do. on French Public Securities 12,259,100 12,257,900 Do. by branch banks 7,570,100 7,806,800 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fencier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 -- Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Uentes Immobalisdes (Law, Juno 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 -- Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed propel ty branches 8,287,894 8,268,702 -- Expenses of manage ment 72,030 98 53,283 10 Sundries Total 1,931,881,999 86 1,924,839,384 23 Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of Franco (Signed) ROULAND. HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOT LAND.—The half-yearly meeting was held at Edinburgh on Wednesday—the Marquis of Tweeddalo in the chair. The Duke of Buccleuch was elected president of the so ciety, and the Earls of Dalhousie, Fife, Southesk, and Kintore were chosen vice-presidents. About 50 new members were admitted by ballot. It was resolved to record an expression of regret for the death of Sir Geo. Clerk, honorary secretary. Mr. Kinloch reported that the Glasgow Show of 1867 had boon attended with a degree of success beyond anticipation, and that a ba lance of £1,307 remained at the credit of the society upon the year's accounts. It was proposed to hold the present year's show at Aberdeen on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of July, and the sum of £1,500 had been voted for premiums. A requisition having been received, influen tially signed, by the proprietors and occupiers of the three Lothians to the effect that the show of 1869 should be held at Edinburgh, it was resolved to accede to the request, and to appoint next year's show accordingly. Mr. Campbell Swinton reported from the directors a proposal to offer an endowment of £l5O a year to the Chair of Agriculture in Edinburgh University, on condition of the Treasury mak ing an equivalent grant. The circumstances of this Chair and its meagre endowment bad been brought before the University Commissioners in 1862, but from the paucity of the funds at their disposal they were unable to do anything for it. It was now thought a favourable opportunity to bring the matter under the notice of Government. The proposal was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Gillen reported proceedings since last week in regard to the effort to obtain a veterinary charter for Scotland, and Dr. Dalziel men tioned that a memorial praying for a Scottish charter bad been signed by the great bulk of the profession in Scot land. Mr. Waldegrave-Leslie, M.P., moved " That inas much as the system of supervision of drainage and land improvements by local inspectors in Scotland under the authority of the Government Enclosure Commissioners has been found to work in a satisfactory manner, it is the opinion of this society that a like system of supervision as regards the plans and erection of farm buildings and cot tages, under Improvement Acts, be entrusted to the super vision of an architectin Scotland, to act under the authority of the Commissioners." Ho stated that the claims for loans coming from Scotland had almost entirely ceased, owingto conditions being insisted on which were quite inapplicable to Scotland. Mr. M'Lagan, m.r., seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. - - oo ray OF REMEMBRANCE.—An opinion Pre vaiDlsEVErtVl very generally amongst the inhabitants of Shef field that great praise is due to Mr. W. C. Long, the editor of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, for his spirited advocacy of the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the origin and causes of the outrages which for many years past have cast discredit not only upon the manufacturing interests of Sheffield, but upon the inhabitants at large, and for having, in de fiance of numerous threatening letters, personally sought out and found for his own information one of the principal perpetrators of the outrages which had so long disgraced the town—a perpetrator whose evidence subsequently formed the key of the inquiry. A number of gentlemen have resolved to raise a testimonial fund, with a view to manifest ing in some appropriate manner their approbation of Mr. Leng's conduct, and among the names on the subscription list we already find those of the Archbishop of York ; the Dukes of Devonshire , Argyll, Beaufort, Rutland, Manchester ; Lords Dalhousie, Grey, Shaftesbury, Stanley, Zetland, Wharncliffe, Fortescue ; Sir F. Crossley, Sir John Brown, Sir R. Murchison, Sir William Armstrong, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. Goschen, M.P.; Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P.; Mr. T. M. Dos, M.P., &e. COLONEL WILSON-PATTEN ON ART EDUCATION.'" Colonel Wilson-Patten, M.P., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, presided at the annual meeting of the Warrington School of Art on Wednesday evening. In presenting the prizes to the students, the Chairman said that in looking over the proceedings of the School of Art he found that it had occupied a favourable position among similar institutions in the country, as compared with other towns; that, taking all circumstances into consideration, it stood perfectly unrivalled in the country. 11° found that in one year the school had obtained the whole of the thirty medals offered for competition , and he did not know of any other school which Isa done so. Between 1853 and 1866, the students ob tained 266 medals, or an average of nineteen PI year. An opinion was fast gaining ground t hat a better system of national education must b,.. ° adopted. Ho ilad been very much strucw . with the remarks of sonic friends of it with reference to it. If they did not exact'? disparage education in art, they did interi c he regretted, to make it part of the general educa tion of the country. Nothing struck the foreig n g commissioners to the Exhibition of 1851 so much 4 the deficiency of this country in art as apP li e to manufactures ; and in 1862 one of the (° 13 ,1 tnissioners told him that since then we L a made a progress which was quite surprising. still be believed, from what took place in Paris 1 "7 0 year, that not only had the country not made t i h'a advance in art which was to be desired, but she n actually gone back. Any influence he had 5 h0u1d , .. 1 % brought to bear in support of institutions of t" ce kind, as he believed that schools of art and scie u were , optribating to the welfare of the country. MC The 1 amount With au] 1 i to 11. The C The 4,5. ably i n fl, ket, an d affairs. Consol account. 0 4 to 9 Bank St to 27,. Italian per cent prern. Greek, 1 ( 1 865), 3 tug uese 92 1 ; Bra Th e Area, ex diq, ; and aue _ Da of the elei dividend s , comrnereit Week the payments forth the fitienee 01 demand Yet. On Possession lar ge supr effect of 1 serve, an bullion. be en mad, a further 1 t he reSerN f aVOUrablE fOliowi„ 1 r eturn : Increa Decree Deere:: Increa Decres Increa Increa Decres 1110 Iteaerl The foil )y eudi Mr. j, Jan, Jan, Jan, Jan, Jan, Jan, „ A dine Fer cent. Of the NI payable It was l 'ent 1 • a jou a eqiiire a as T r g limpti o castir thi s state' (),! 5 4,00( 1..' 341 1ted && ence, it