The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-30 00:00:00

)g_miE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden, rt-iiiE LAI'E EDITION of "TIE SUN " at At_ W. SMITH'S, " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1868. To-night the House of Commons will commence a debate which is sure to excite general interest and attention, and form in fact the exciting part of the session. There was no occasion for this question to have been brought on at all this year, and the country must acknowledge that the waste of the time of the House and the general disturbance of things are entirely due to the misplaced zeal and inconsistent course of the framers and proposers of the motion which Mr. GLADSTONE will submit to the consideration of hon. members to-night. It is all very well to go back to first principles, and to dilate upon the vast importance of the affair, but the best answer to be given is that no one ex pected such an event as we are about to-night to witness. Seven years the Liberals were in office, and had ample opportunity to attend to Irish affairs, all the more so because the question of Reform was shelved ; but nothing of the kind took place. Inaction was the order of the day, carried on with more or less professions according as the exigencies of the case demanded. No sooner, how ever, is a Conservative Government installed in office than forthwith all is changed, and, presto, all vexed questions must be settled, and all awkward and embarrassing subjects be dis posed of. First on the list stood Reform, and that accordingly was taken up, but the striking success which the Government met with did not call forth a responsive satisfaction from all those who declared themselves the warm advocates of the extension of the franchise. No breathing time is to be allowed, and hence this last session of the moribund Parliament is to witness a faction fight on Ireland, all got up and carried on con amore for the purpose of damaging the Ministry in the eyes of the country, and making them compro mise themselves in some way or other before an appeal to the country can take place. Such con duct cannot be justified, and such a course is not a fair and straightforward one by any means. Yet the friends of Mr. GLADSTONE endeavour to dis guise his policy by calling it progress, and justice, and so on. We do not expect, however, that the generality of the assembly who will consider the question to-night will look upon the matter in this light. A very little reflection must show all who are not hopelessly prejudiced that the issue is not a fair one, for of what avail is it to commit the House to a policy which the next Parliament may differ from or totally disavow ? The folly or absurdity of such a scheme is rendered all the more glaring by the fact that the elections which are shortly to take place will not be ordinary affairs, because extensive alterations have taken place, and a considerable addition has been made to the number of the electors. We should arrive at a more correct conclusion of the whole affair, if we were to say that Mr. GLAD STONE is burning with eagerness to be at the head of affairs when the new Parliament assembles ; but be has no right to be there, and no claim to that honour, for he did very little towards the completion of the great work accomplished last year, and at one time he was very eager in his efforts to overthrow it altogether. Why, then, should he persist in obstructing further business for the sake of his own preferment? for it is idle to affirm that any result can follow the debate of this week that can materially affect the nature of the question itself. Who thinks that the matter of the Irish Church Establishment will be definitely settled this week after some hours' debate in the House of Commons? Before it could be determined on it must pass the House of Lords and encounter strong opposition there. Besides, quite apart from the merits of the case, it is evident that an important change of this kind cannot appropriately be carried out in such haste ; and that, above all, it must not be forced upon people at any cost to suit the convenience of disappointed statesmen, and gratify the ambition of aspirants for office. Sup posing, for the sake of argument, that the new House of Commons should assemble and pass measures for the legislation of Ireland, without doing any thing to remedy the evils complained of in the present system or modify the abuses that exist, then no one could blame Mr. GLADSTONE nor any other member of his party for coming forward and seeking to draw from the House a definite de claration on the subject. Just now, how ever, it is quite otherwise, and we can not regard the affair of to-night as otherwise than a factious attempt to gain an end and an artful device to steal a march upon the enemy. The Liberal party does itself harm by thus persisting in having recourse to such schemes. There was the celebrated Cambridge House conspiracy about Indian affairs, which resulted in so egregious a failure; and the last, but not least, a second was the proposition of last year, which was defeated prematurely by the Tea-Room Party. It seems strange that more wisdom should not have been gathered from the experience of the past ; but one thing is certain, that no good ever accrues to the country when those who gain office by such schemes attain their point. The Coalition Govern ment rendered themselves odious to the nation by the conduct of the Crimean War, and the devoted band of Reformers who took counsel together at Willis's-rooms did absolutely nothing when they came into office. Let us not witness another of these melancholy illustrations, but let the House of Commons boldly grapple with the questiOn before it, and decide promptly as to the course it will take. Of course, some time must be occu pied in the discussion of the subject, but that need not delay hon. members from making up their minds which way they will vote. The subject of Ireland was pretty well exhausted the other day in the long debate which took place upon it, and why, after so brief an interval, is the question re-opened? 'The answer is not very flattering to the reputation of certain parties, and it is worthy of note that Mr. GLADSTONE is forgetting the statesman in the poli tician, for nothing can be more unwise than to persist in bringing forward a second question of this kind, which is certain to give rise to excitement and to awaken feelings of jealousy and irritation in Ireland at this juncture. Even the temptation of inflicting a deadly woun d upon au adversary should I not be strong enough to override the considerations which prudence suggests, and never more forcibly than now. For all that may occur, however, to disturb still further the peace of Ireland, and to render the work of progress but partially effectual, those will be to blame who persist against the counsel of friends and the experience of the past in playing out their mad game at all hazards. Lord STANLEY'S Amendment is the very thing COUNTER VICTUA CLOTHS FOR LICENCED IFHE only article really suitable for that purpose, - ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address ).05, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7a. 9d. PER DOZEN. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., o. 105, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. 'TABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, I expressly for Licenced Victuallers. 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The advocat. 38 of Mr. GLADSTONE desire, of course, that the rim .stern should meet his proposition with a flat denial, a , id proceed a routrance, but such a course can never bt 'followed by tho s e w ho ha v e the i n tere s ts of their party .to consider and their own political re putation at sta.):"e• At any rate the encounter must now take pace, and the country will look with interest upon it. The House must be upon its guard against the cunning and stratagem that will be brought to bear upon it, and make a deci sive stand against the amendments of the Oppo sition leader. It will do him no harm to remain out of office another year, but it will be the most serious thing his friends can render him to put him into a false position, and allow him to gratify his ambition at the expense of reason, consistency, and good statesman. hip. It is a great pity that the question should have been brought on at all in this uncalled-for fashion, but since it has been there is nothing for it but to meet Mr. GLADSTONE'S attack in the right spirit, and for the House of Commons to support the Ministry in putting themselves in the right position before the country, as being neither directly opposed to the spirit of the motion nor yet in its favour, but re solved to follow that course which will best tend to the security of the country and meet with the ap proval of the public, and this cannot be done in such a hurried style as some propose. Mr. STANTON appears to set a considerably higher value on himself than is done by anybody else, and spends a miserable existence, tormented by the fear of some secret machinations against him. Perhaps a good many of these periodical alarms may owe their origin to the strong desire which undoubtedly exists in the minds of the leading Radicals to keep up public excitement, and to convince the world at large that the PRESIDENT and his supporters are capable of the most reckless and desperate wicked ness. A little time back we heard of a terrible scheme to put an end to the interference of Congress by the agency of nitro-glycerine, and every week the Radical journals are ready with fresh accounts of the conspiracy going on between Mr. JoHNsoN and the rebels. The latest panic has been created by an emphatic announcement of the intention of a band of rebels in Virginia to cross the Potomac, to seize the War-office—of course in the Radical view the most important office in the State—to expel Con gress, and carry off Mr. STANTON and the leading Radicals. Really, in such a case, the raiders would deserve our congratulations about as much BURNS'S satanic fiddler, who " danced awa wi' the exciseman." Their prizes would be of no great value to themselves though, certainly, their room might be better than their company in Wash ington. That staid old city has in consequence of the alarming report been favoured with a sight of military preparation. Of course Mr. STANTON must defend himself and his War-office from all risk of so terrible a visitation, and a strong guard has been placed at the Long Bridge. Forty army waggons have been prepared for a campaign, and a strong military force has been brought from the North. Perhaps Mr. STANTON likes to feel that he is in truth master of the War-office, and can yet direct the movements of troops,land marshal men, and the four companies of troops under arms for his protection, give him a sense of importance as well as of security. The PRESIDENT, however, holds no communication with him, and does not recognise him as Secretary of War, giving all his directions to General THOMAS. If it were not for the absolute standstill of public business owing to the Impeachment it would be difficult to carry on the Government under such circumstances. The prevailing topic of i di.3cut don is,:of course, the issue of the trial, and speculation is rife as to the result. The PRESIDENT, it is said, is confident as to his full vindication, awl no doubt if the trial were absolutely impartial such might be its consequences, but there is some reasan for doubting it under existing circumstances. The public impression is that the Senate is thoroughly hostile, and will convict him as soon as possible. Mr. CHASE, indeed, feels that the honour of the country demands a fair trial, the very last thing that many Republicans want, since they apprehend that with it the verdict must be one of acquittal. The Chief Justice's desire that the Impeachment should be conducted with impartiality and honour has drawn upon him the unmeasured hos tility of his own party. The Radicals, always ready and reckless in their charges, are unhesitatingly declaring that he is determined to prevent conviction, and has made a compact with the PRESIDENT. The object is supposed to be his nomination for the Presidency by the Democrats. It is no secret that Mr. CHASE is ambitious of the White house, and has been disappointed by the preference shown by the Republicans for General GRANT. At the same time it is most unlikely that he would look to the Democrats for a nomination, an d they have candidates enough of their own without selecting a nominee from the ranks of their avowed enemies ! But however wild or unfounded the accusation, if it serves the Radical purpose for the moment, it is recklessly put forward, the only aim being to damage an adversary's character, and truth being the last thing thought of. Before many days have passed we shall hear some further details of the trial, which, however paltry or futile in its aims or its origin, is in reality a critical and momentous event, whose issue must in a great measure decide the course and conduct of both the contending parties, as well as exercising a marked influence on the future of the nation. There is always a good deal of difficulty in deal ing with questions affecting the rate of wages, or the relations between employer and employed, and the benevolent promoters of the interests of our agricultural labourers have already discovered this. On Saturday a conference of gentlemen interested in the subject met at Willis's-rooms to discuss the present condition of the agricultural labourers of England, and several points of importance were fully and fairly discussed. Canon GIRDLESTONE, who has bestirred himself so much in the labourers' cause, was present, and moved a series of resolu tions recommending a system of registration and organisation, while strongly deprecating any attempt to coerce the employers or any appear ance of aggression. The general condition of the agricultural labourers was, he said, deplorable, and must continue to do so, while they were 'expected to support themselves and their families on wages ranging from 7s. to 10s. per week. lie had suc ceeded in getting the wages in his immediate vicinity raised to ten shillings ; but he held that every agricultural labourer iu the country ought, in addition to his cottage or room, to have twelve shillings a week, in order to enable him to bring up his family and put something by for ad verse circumstances. This minimum is cer tainly reasonable enough, but there is one thing that metropolitan reformers must remember in legislating for agricultural labourers, and that is the vast difference in the cost of living in town and country. Eight or ten shillings a week in a rural district are probably worth quite as much as four teen or sixteen shillings in thriftless and costly Lon don, where dock labourers and others get no more, and where a wretched room in populous places can: not be had for less than two shillings a week. The price of food makes a material difference in the poor man's weekly earnings, and thus though the condition of the agricultural labourer certainly deserves inquiry, and probably in many districts calls loudly for improvement, we must not take it for granted that he is always so much worse off than his fellows. The plan of compulsory edu cation of his children up to 13 years of age is im practicable, and could never be carried out, though we should like to see some effort made to improve the educational standard of the agricul tural class. At any rate the discussion of the question must do good if conducted fairly and temperately, as was the case on Saturday. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PROPOSED SUBMARINE CABLE' TO INDIA. ALEXANDRIA, March 24. The commander of the Hydra, surveying vessel, disapproves Kooria Mooria as a station for the pro jected submarine cable to India on account of the approaches being rocky. He proposes taking soundings for a direct line between Aden and Bombay, where the cable would pass over a smooth, undulating bottom. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 28—Three o'clock. —The market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month 69 20 Credit Mobilier Bank Shares 3160 ItaPan Loan End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spaaish Threes 37 75 Home Debt — Deferred — End of month... 270 Credit Foncier ...1480 End of month... RAILWAYS. Account Orleans ... 900 Northern llB5 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 577 Western Eastern . — Sardinian COUESPONDENOR PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) .!ARIS, SUNDAY, March 29. It is now no longer denied that the Emperor has been contemplating a dissolution of the Chambers. The semi official Etendard admits this, and believes itself able to state that the measure has been postponed for the present. It is understood that a decision will be postponed until the crops are further advanced. If the prefects should warn the Emperor that a bad harvest is probable, he will not wait until next year (when the Corps Ldgislatif must be dissolved by effluxion of time), but, fear ing the combined effect of dearth and the discontent caused by the new Army Law, he will hasten on the elections, which will then take place in September. In connection with this event every item of news and gossip is greedily devoured. For instance, there are many rumours afloat respecting the reception given to the deputies at the Tuileries last week. The Emperor talked with some of the deputies. He is said to have advised the Conservative members to organise their action inde pendently of the Government, since their support could always be counted upon. He made a direct appeal to some members of the Opposition. He dwelt upon the progressive laws which the Chamber had just adopted, and added that he had no fear of the consequences, for " while one can give liberty with one hand, one can keep the other firmly grasping the hilt of the sword." Another speech of the Emperor is quoted. He is said to have remarked to a group of deputies: "They say I am getting old ; but I shall prove, perhaps very soon, by an exploit (un coup d'eclat) that that is nothing." As bearing upon the dissolution a matter has turned up which is likely to prove of considerable importance. Your readers arc aware that in the departments the influ ence of the clergy is very strong, and that Napoleon has always endeavoured to keep on good terms with them. They are now about to make a great effort in order to retain t he control which they have acquired of late years over the higher education of the young. M. Chaix-d'Est-Ange has just presented to the Senate a report respecting the petitions presented to that body in behalf of liberty of teaching. This report has given rise to much discussion among the clergy, and it is understood that the cardinals and bishops intend to speak upon it. They complain that the debate has been postponed until after Easter, when they will have' less opportunity for speaking, and they demand that it shall take place immediately. Closely allied with this circumstance is another. M. Duruy, Minister of Education, annulled a few days ago the thesis of a candi date for the degree of Doctor of Medicine because he avowed materialistic opinions, and he was compelled to undergo another examination. This event gave rise to much angry discussion in the Ecole do M6dicine. Thus M. Duruy is between two schools. On the one side he is accused as the oppressor of " free thought ;" on the other he is looked upon as the great foe of the clergy. It is thought not improbable that he will have to surrender his portfolio ; and as it is known that certain distinguished members of the clerical party have lately been at the Tuileries, it is believed that the Protestant Minister of Education is very near his fall. The France has published in a very conspicuous form an announcement to the effect that Count Bismarck has sent out a circular respecting Prince Napo leon's visit to Berlin. The Count is said to affirm that the Prince had no diplomatic mission, that he was received with the honour befitting his rank, and that the relations between France and Prussia are of the most cordial character. All this may be true, and yet the Prince may have had a mission. No doubt he was not an openly accredited agent of his cousin, but all the world believes that the Prince did not go to Berlin for nothing. The world is very curious about the Prince, and cannot understand, for instance, why he should be selling off his fine collection of pictures and antiquities. It is understood that he is going to be present at the wedding of his brother-in-law, Princo Humbert. The papers publish tp-day the repert of Marshal Niel, Minister of War, respecting the National Guard. It is a very long document, occupying nearly two pages, and goes .nto all the minutia of the formation an 1 management of the Guard A. few days ago M. Greppo was tried and s :nt to prismn for importing into France a copy of the Etoile Edge. It was proved that he was unaware of there being any pro hibition against the circulation of that paper ; neverthe less, the rigour of the law was enforced against him. The Opposition journals are now pointing out with great glee that the semi-official Eerie has been quoting from the forbidden paper. Mr. Goldwin Smith has been delivering at the ll6tet Brighton, in this city, a speech which the French papers assume to be the manifesto of the English Radicals. Mr. Smith declared in favour of manhood suffrage. The Journ../ des Debats has au article upon it, which attributes much importance to the speech. Great preparations are being made to carry out the approaching Imperial Horse show on a large scale. It will take place in the old Palais de i'lndiistrie. Already horses have been entered. English and German horses will be represented. The Emperor and the Empress were present la 4 weelc at the representation of the new opera, " Hamlet." The Empress was very much affected by Mdlle. Nilsson's ren dering of Ophelia, and after the performance sent her a bouquet of violets with a gracious me sate of thard:e. The Emperor sent a more substantial present, consisting of a bracelet, brooch, and earrings of emeralds, pearls, aad diamonds Sir Robert Montgomery, late Lieut,nant-Governor of the Punjab, has written a very valeahle memorandum upon the mooted question as to whether our Government is popular or the reverse among the Indian native population. He says that in favour of the British Govern ment are the facts that the people are more prosperous, that there is greater security of life and property, that there i 3 religious liberty, better protection from open and daring crime, that trade is free, the agricultural classes better off, &c. On the other side of the account there is a long list. The nobility, courtiers, native chiefs, native gentlemen, sacer dotal and military classes, the producers of Indian manu factures, are all opposed to our rule. We are aliens in everything, and thus there is a great Wulf between the governors and the governed. Our judicial system is most unpopular, because of its long delays and costliness. The natives are bewildered by the multitude of our departments and the constant alterations of law and procedure. While they like a cheap and vigorous administration of the law, they like also that the law should be unchanging. They dislike our sale of land for arrears of revenue, imprisonment for debt, our system of taxation, our constant interference in the everyday concerns of life, especially in sanitary arrangements. They feel as a grievance the frequent summoning of witnesses from their homes to give evidence without adequate compensaoon. They prize pageantry, and there is nothing of it in our Government. Our rewards are few, and given grudgingly. Our ofEc'als are young, and mostly overburdened with work - , so that they have little opportunity of mixing personally with the natives. Sir Robert states his opinion to he that, in order to do full justice, it is indispensable that we legislate with the aid of a native council, assemLial by each local governor. It need not be permanent, but its object should be to unite the landed gentry and men of wealth and ability in the administration of their country. We mei an enlightened native opinion, and for our rulers to know what it is. Every effort should be made to try and soften the hard straight lines of our unbending and uncongenial rule, and to adapt it more to the feelings and sympathies Li the people ; to attach the people to their local officers ; to remove the dull sense of restraint and repression which now overpowers them, and to afford scope for their legiti mate aspirations and love of distinction in our service, both civil and military. This will be effected, not by checking the power of English superiors, as have been done in some of our oldest provinces, but by raising the natives distin guished by ability and integrity, to participate and aid in upholding the needful authority. When the Government Education Bill comes clown to the Lower House, it will probably be referred to a select committee, together with Mr. Bruce's Education Bill, lately laid before the House of Commons. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A lamentable accident took place on Saturday night at the Blackfriars. road station of the Charing-cross Railway. A passenger opened a carriage -door and got in as a train was starting out of the station, and in endeavouring to shut the door a porter fell between the platform and the train. The poor fellow was literally cut to pieces, and was taken in a hope less state to the hospital. FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CIIOIRS.—The trien nial festival takes place at Gloucester this year, and Dr. Wesley has just made the preliminary arrangements. The dean and chapter have granted the use of the cathedral for the oratorios, and the week commencing September 7 is fixed for the festival. There is no falling off in the interest excited by these gatherings ; on the contrary, such an array of stewards has never before been pre sented in the history of these festivals. The list already reaches eighty, and others are expected. On Saturday an explosion of a serious character took place at the carriage-works of the North of England Railway Company, the Marsh, Preston. A number of workmen were employed in casting a large " shear leg," and when they had got about six tons of metal in the casting an explosion took place, caused by the splitting of a core. A current of air got between the cinder-bed and the core, which forced the metal out, scattering it about the shed in all directions. Sand and other deJris were thrown into the room above. Some of the workmen a e tigd tc. be 4140;01181y wqtuadecl Austrian 550 Lombard . North of Spain Saragossa Roman 378 k THE FENIAN PROSECUTION. BOW-STREET—This DAT. To-day Peter Mohan, alias Monahan, was again placed before Sir Thomas Henry, charged with in citing soldiers to desert from her Majesty's army and to enter that of the Fenian Brotherhood. Mr. Poland attended on the part of the Treasury to prosecute, and Mr. Roberts defended the prisoner. The first witness examined to-day was Mrs. Farrell, the wife of Michael Farrell, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, stationed at Woolwich, who stated that on December 27, 1865, she was at quar ters with her husband, when she for the first time saw a civilian named Thomas Farrell and a man named Conningham, a gunner in the same brigade Las her husband. Her husband went away with those two men, and she never saw him again till 14th of February, 1866, when her (the witness's) husband was then wearing plain clothes. He said he had just returned from Liver. pool. Thomas Farrell was after that sent to prison by the magistrate at Woolwich. Cross-examined—She never corresponded with her husband after his desertion : and inquiries were made of her about him, but she knew nothing about him previous to his return to Woolwich. The officers of the regiment were very kind to her, and she was allowed to remain in barracks for some time after her husband left. Her husband gave himself up as a prisoner in the guard-room for desertion, and he was confined to the room for nine weeks before he was tried. He did not give any in formation to the officers about Fenianism when be gave himself up, but he has since. He was sen tenced to 59 days' imprisonment. - After that he re mained with her until February, 1867, when he was arrested again on suspicion of being concerned with Fenianism. During the time between his release from prison and his arrest he did duty as a soldier. He was eventually taken to Dublin as a prisoner and kept there some time. After he had been there some weeks he was released. He gave some information about the prisoner before he was released. Her husband was unable to at tend on account of his being at present confined by illness to the hospital. Henry Emby, a sergeant-major in the Royal Artillery, stationed at Woolwich, proved the deser tion of Michael Farrell. Neil Conningham and Thomas Connolly were also deserters from the same brigade. Farrell and Connolly returned to the head-quarters and were tried by court-martial, but Conuingham never came back. William Lambert, a sergeant in the Military Train, 12th troop, stationed at Shorncliffe, said in 1865 he was at Woolwich. He knew a pri vate in the troop called William Lennon. He deserted on the 27th of December, 1865. He never saw Lennon again until the summer of 1866, in Dublin, when he (Lennon) was tried by general court-martial. He believed he was still in custody. He was sentenced to five years' penal ser vitude for desertion and Fenian treason. Cross-examined--The sentence was inflicted for desertion to the best of bis belief ; he had said Fe nian treason, but he didn't exactly know what it meant. John Cutler, a troop-sergeant in the Military Train, proved the desertion of a trooper named M' Keogh. John Joseph Corydon was then called. He said —I was a member of the Fenian brotherhood. I joined in 1862. The object of the association was to overthrow her Majesty's Government in Ireland, and to establish in its stead an Irish Republic. I know the prisoner. I have seen him in Dublin in Jan. and Feb., 1866, but I had not known him before that time. I saw him several times in Dublin in different public-houses, in com pany with some Fenian American officers and some deserters from the Queen's army. I have seen the prisoner with Capt. Burke, Capt. Deasey, Capt. O'Brien, and Captain Doheny. The Captain Burke I speak of made his escape to Ame rica. He has never been in custody. Captain Deasey was the one that was rescued in Manchester, and Doheny also had gone to America to the best of my belief. All these officers were members of the Fenian brotherhood. I did not see the prisoner sworn in as a Fenian, but to the best of my opinion Le was one, or he would never have been allowed with the officers I have mentioned had he not been. When I have been with the prisoner and others the subject talked about was Fenianism, and an early rising was intended in Ireland, in 1866.- The plan for the intended rising was dis cussed when the prisoner was present, and he took part in these discussions. The rising was fixed for the 17th of March in that year. Mr. Poland--What have you seen the prisoner do in Dublin ? Witness—Pay men for deserting from the army. Prisoner has told me that he had done so. Mr. Poland—How many have you seen him pay ? Witness—Sometimes six, sometimes twelve at a time. The money was given to the men to support themselves until the rising took place. Captain O'Brien was executed in Manchester under the name of Gould. I know the Curran public-house in Dublin. It is off Leicester-street. I have seen the prisoner pay money to men in the house. Mr. Poland said that was as far as he could go that day, and the absence of the witness Farrell compelled him to ask for another remand. Sir T. Henry thought it would be well, if pos sible, to complete the case at the next examination, as the Central Criminal Court sitting would com mence on Monday. Mr. Poland said he would do all that Nci as pos sible to complete the case on the next occasion. The prisoner was then remanded for a week. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. EAST MM.—During the past week the two candidates at present soliciting the suffrages of the electors of East Kent have addressed meetings in the several polling dis tricts almost daily, and have been both well received, as far as good audiences and hearty cheers go. Mr. Tufton, the Liberal candidate, has been very successful in all his meetings. He has addressed crowded audiences in Rams gate, Margate, Whitstable, Dover, and Faversham, and this week will still further prosecute his canvass. The con test w4ll be a hand-to-hand struggle, and no exertions are being spared by the Liberals to secure the other seat for the eastern division of the county. Mr. Knatchbull- Hugessen, M.P., who has generally accompanied Mr. Tufton, has enlisted the sympathies of many who would otherwise perhaps have been wavering. Mr. Pemberton, the Tory candidate, and his committee have also visited Ramsgate, Margate, and Dover during the week, and much activity prevails in the Tory camp. WYCOMBE.—The Hon. Charles Robert Carington, the sitting member for Wycombe, having assumed the family honours rendered vacant by the demise of the late Lord Carington, has issued a farewell address to the electors. The Ilon. William Carington, brother of the late member, and second son of the deceased nobleman, is a candidate for the seat now vacant. He has issued an address to the constituency. The new candidate is not much known to the electors of Wycombe, but he is represented to be a " true and sincere Liberal" in a Gladstonian and not in a Disraelian sense. There is not any likelihood that Mr. Carington's election will be at all contested. RADNORSHIRE. —The address of Mr. Arthur Walsh to the electors of Radnorshire, offering himself as a candidate in the place of his father, is out. He comes forward, he says, on principles of Conservatism, combined with those measures of judicious progress which the increased intelli gence of the age requires. He also professes himself in favour of the foreign policy of the present Government. He has commenced his canvass. LEOMINSTER.—Lord Mahon, having canvassed the elec tors of Leominster, has issued a second address, thanking them for their promises of support. Mr. A. Walsh, the present member, has also issued a valedictory address to the electors. No opposition is yet talked of. DEATH OF THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. We regret to announce the death of the Earl of Cardigan, at his seat, Deane Park, Northamptonshire. Several accounts had been received in London of an accident to his lordship, to which his death was attributed, but most of the details which obtained currency proved to be incor rect. It appears that on Wednesday, about one o'clock, his lordship was trying a young horse at a leap, when the animal came down, and unfortunately rolled upon his rider. The unfortunate nobleman was taken up in a state of insensibility, and conveyed to the hall. The nearest surgical aid was obtained, and Mr. Barnard Holt, of Savile-row, the eminent surgeon, was telegraphed for. Everything was done that scientific skill and careful attention could deliise, but in vain, and his lordship, who never recovered his consciousness, expired at about eleven o'clock on Friday night. The late Right Hon. James Thomas Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan and Baron Brudenell, of Stanton Wyvill, county laeicester, in the peerage of England, and a baronet, K.C.8., was the second son of Robert, sixth Earl of Car digan, by his marriage with Penelope Anne, second daugh ter of the late Air. George John Cooke, of Harefield Park", Middlesex. The deceased nobleman was born 17th October, 1797, and married 19th June, 1826, Elizabeth Jane Henrietta, eklest daughter of Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache and Lady Elin beth Stratford, daughter of the Earl of Aldborough. His lady died in 1858, and his lordship married secondly, in the same year, at the Royal Chapel, Gibraltar, Miss de Horsey, only daughter of the late Mr. Spencer de Horsey, by his wife Lady Louisa, youngest daughter of John, first Earl of Stradbroke, who survives his lordship. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and succeeded his father in the family honours and estates on the 14th August, 1837. In May 1824 he entered the army as cornet in the Bth Hussars, and remained in that regiment until after he had attained the rank of major, in 1830, when he went on half-pay. His promotion was rapid, and by the 3rd of December, 1830, he had become lieutenant-colonel. While Lord Brudenell he was a member of the House of Commons from 1818 to 1837, when he succeeded to the title. He was tried before the House of Lords in February 1840, for feloniously wounding Captain Harvey Tucket in a duel, but was acquitted. In March 1832 he was pro moted from half-pay to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 11th Hlissars, and applied himself at once to increase the efficiency of his corps. He was highly complimented by the late Duke of Wellington in 1848 on the discipline and efficiency of his regiment. On the outbreak of the Crimean war the late Lord Cardigan was selected to command the Ist Brigade of Light Cavalry. It was the first time he had had the opportunity of shewing his qualities before the enemy. The light cavalry were not employed at the Alma; but in the battle of Balaklava,, on the 25th of October follow ing, he led the celebrated " death charge" which has be come so fertile a theme for military criticism and for poetical genius. After the battle of I nkerm a n Lord Cardigan returned home invalided. Shortly after the war with Russia he was appointed inspector-general of cavalry, which post he held for the usual period, since which time he had been unem ployed. His lordship was nominated a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, for his military services; the Emperor of the French made him a Commander of the Legion of Honour ; and the Sultan conferred upon him the Order of the Medjidie of the second class. He had also received the war medal and clasp, and the Turkish medal. He was appointed, in August 1859, colonel of the sth Dragoon Guards, and in August 1860 he was trans ferred to his old regiment, as colonel of the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars. In default of issue the earldom and family honours de volve upon his cousin, the Marquis of Ailesbury. The Earl of Roden, according to letters received rom Tullymore Park, is much better, and in a fair way to speedy recovery. The army signal question has been finally decided, and henceforth instruction in signalling will form part of our military training. A good many military signal stations will shortly be established in Ireland. THE TODMORDEN AND DROYLSDEN MURDERERS. —The convict Miles Weatherill, the Todmorden murderer, who now lies in the New Bailey Prison, Salford, under sentence of death, will be executed on Saturday morning next, together with Timothy Faherty, who occupies another condemned cell in the same gaol, for the brutal murder of his sweetheart at Droyisden, near Manchester, on Christmas Day last. FEMALE P.ARISII OFFICERS. The Aylesbury oench of magistrates, at their annual session for the ap pointment oifarish officers for the several parishes in their division, have appointed Mrs. Sarah Wooster to the offices of overseer of the poor and surveyor of highways for the parish of:lllmire, there being no other " person" resident there so well qualified to perform thi duties. Last year the same magistrates appointed not fewer than four females to similar posts, in parishes within Aylesbury petty sessional division. One of the first acts of Stephen J. Meany, after the Government set him free from gaol on the condition that he should not return to this country again from America, was to write a letter to " his dear George Francis Train," regretting that he could not " grasp his honest hand before leaving England for the land of honest hearts." Meany has " much to say and do" on reaching the . States, and he asks Train to write to him " fully and unreservedly, as his advice and suggestions will aid him." He speaks of that " very little, little man, Charles F .ancisAdarns, who courteously - declined to assist him." Though there is a good deal of speculation in local circles about who is to represent Dewsbury in the House of Commons, nothing has been publicly clone by either political party. Mr. Goldwin Smith certainly has been asked to,.become a candidate, and has been promised that his election shall not involve him in any expense, but he has felt himself compelled to decline the honour, and has informed his correspondent that he will not be in England at the next general election, nor in all probability for some time afters ard s. REPRESENTATION OF ENNISKILLEN. — TheTO is a rumour abroad, and gaining ground, which points at a change in the representation of this borough before the general election. It is said that the lion. Mr. Cole, who is not in good health, is about to resign the seat, and that Lord Viscount Cole, son of the Earl of Enniskillen, will offer himself to the electors. Mr. Cole does not like to retain the seat and be absent from Parliament at a trying time ; and it is said that the present time is thought more suitable for the change than after the advent of the new constituency.—Northern MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED M4DONNELL.— ~ast week there was placed in the Holy Trinity Church, Windsor, where the military of the garrison attend Divine service, a memorial tablet, in white marble, to commemo• rate the death of the bandsman M`Donnell, who was shot by the Fenians in September last, in mistake for another person. The tablet has a beautifully-executed carving in alto-relief of the breastplate of the unfortunate soldier, and bears the following inscription :—" In memoriam Lance-corporal Edwin M`Donnell, 2nd Life Guards, aged 23 years, who was shot in the streets of London, on 28th September, 1867. This tablet is erected by the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the 2nd Life Guards, in sorrowful remembrance of his untimely fate." A monument has also been subscribed for by the regiment, and erected over his grave in the Windsor Cemetery, atk,‘„ "'"V: NOP.N7P* , 61114 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 29. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Louise; Lady Churchill was in attendance. The Queen, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Christian, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. HER MAJESTY'S OPERA. Mr. Maplcson has made a good beginning. The performance of "Lucrezia Borgia," with which his operatic season commenced on Saturday evening at Drury-lane Theatre, was as fine a performance of that work as could possibly be heard. " Lucrezia Borgia" is one of Donizetti's masterpieces, and, if not a masterpiece absolutely, is at least an excellent specimen of modern of era. It is full of pleasant singable music, which here and there is really beautiful, and in one scene at least is very nearly being grand. It has, moreover, the advantage, or disadvantage, as the case may be, of containing four excellent parts. At Her Majesty's Opera this was manifestly au advantage, inasmuch as it afforded, at the very outset, an opportunity of showing the strength and compactness of the company—or, rather, one section of the company. Mdlle. Titiens is not the only soprano engaged, as Madlle. Clara Louise Kellogg and Madlle. Christine Nilsson can bear witness; nor, as Signor Mongini and Mr. Tom Hohler will allow, is . Signor Fraschini the only tenor ; nor, as Signor Gassier will admit, is Mr. Santley the only baritone. But the quartet of singers who took part on Saturday evening in the representation of " Lucrezia Borgia " was remark ably complete. Signor Fraschini, as a debutant, made his first appearance in England many years ago, in the days of Jenny Lind, when he sang with great effect, but not with thorough success, the part of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and of Robert in Robert le Diable. He was said to enjoy a special celebrity in Italy for his manner of delivering the curse in the finale .to the second act of Lucia, and was called emphatically the tenor " della maledizione ;" but, somehow or other, his foreign reputation was not maintained iu England. It is very re markable that what Signor Fraschiui's ad mirers now find to praise in his singing is not the power of his voice and the energy of his de livery, but the art to which he was formerly sup posed to be a stranger, and of which he is now a master. His singing, for intelligence and expres sion, is admirable. He sings naturally, in his na tural chest voice, and has a good manly style. ID has lost a note or two, as the greatest beauty, with advancing years, may lose a few teeth. But be Is still a tenor of merit and ability, and, in the pre sent dearth of tenors, is a great acquisition to the operatic stage. Of the other performers what can we say that has not been said in these columns a score of times Madlle. Titiens was, it is true, in even better voice than usual ; and the effect of a full house, a die• tinguished audience, and perhaps also of a novel arena, seemed to be felt by both the other leading vocalists—Madame Trebelli-Bettini and Mr. Sant" ley. This trio of the second act was encored, and Madame Trebelli was called upon to repeat the last verse of the drinking song. Signor Arditi conducted, which is as much as to say that under his direction all went well. That there was a brilliant attendance has already been mentioned ; an I we must not forget to add that the theatre has been repainted and redecorated; in fact, entirely renovated as to the interior. The whole of the pit has been converted into stalls ; but a commodious amphitheatre and gallery have been provided up stairs. On e ach Of the five tiers there are private boxes ; and three tiers are given up to private boxes exclusively. The new decorations are of gold, on a white ground , with which the crimson hangings of the boxes har monise admirably. IVe earnestly hope that all the late patrons and admirers of Mr. Mapleson will rally round him, and make the present season one of the greatest ene" cesses he has ever bad, to reimburse him for the great losses he sustained by the fire at her Majesty's Theatre. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. In consequence of the bad state of the tides this week the crews will have to do the greater part of their work in the morning early, and this they be gan to-day. Both crews went out within ten minutes of each other between 11 and 12 ; the Oxonians went first and proceeded up the river, steered by Mr' Tottenham, and coached from the bank by M r ' Risley, an old experienced Oxford oar ; they rowed slowly, against the ebb, but with a swing and lif e fast nearing perfection. The stroke, it is true, 15 rather short, but the stamina in the boat is just the requisite to stand the . fatigue and the necessary spurts required in a five miles' row. The crew pro ceeded in the fog ,that hung over the river ahoy° Hammersmith, and then rounding came down a t smart pace over the ebb. The Cantabs were the next to appear, and the/ also went up the river at a steady pace. Their row ing was admired by some of those hanging about, but to an experienced eye it is unfortunately t oo patent that the reason why the boat has not so much t life in her is because the crew have not Y e properly learned that boat-rowing axiom—the us of their legs ; their form in the boat truly looks fine' and the manner in which their arms are brought t° the chest would induce one not well up in the prac tice of rowing to the belief that there was av,tretne e " dous lift; but that is what the men most lack , and all must be well aware that arm and body w or d over the Putney to Mortlake course is useless, 5° must bring inevitable defeat. As to the individual oars in the Oxford boat, th e best are Benson, Gume, and Willan ; while in that of their opponents, Anderson (a splendid bow Still, and Lowe. Mr. Ross, of Bladensburg, in the Oxford, is u° ,: t doubtedly a fine oarsman, but boils have not Yet allowed him to show himself to perfection ; th e rest of the men are well. The Cambridge crew were only out half an be ttr ' the Oxonians much longer. 9 to i Betting is still 7to on Oxford offered, 2 c, however is taken. Both crews will resume p r° tice at five this afternoon. , SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The usual — e Ot performances of Handel's "Messiah" in Exeter 0 911 , b 0 Friday next, April'3, and on Wednesday, April 8 , , given by this society. Principal vocalists—Mdlle. Ca rr. Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, a nd Santley. MENDELSSOHN'S WALPURGIS Y e n :l formance of this great work by the National Society on Wednesday, with 700 performers, at '3;O-,1 Hall, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin, has c ,, s re — ,ea so much excitement in the musical world that Air. ao-p has i© to give a repetition performance. de " Messiah" will be performed the Monday in rs s—c'tl Week, Mr. SAntley singing presented the hat to 1,31 1 , 11 Buonaparte he is reported to have said—" that he rl';sv-beo not only to honour France, but the great Sovereig° had done so much for Rome." AO A complete and authorised edition of M r. Dr'e speeches is in preparation. p d In 'l'he Gentleman's Magazine is to be r abic — price from 2s. 6d. to is. • o Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault will in al , P r ba bility visit the United States next year. ne of KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD. —The first so :) ' - t he this college, founded in memory of the author the " Christian Year," is to be laid on the 25th proximo, vifi,oa Archbishop of Canterbury. Before the ceremony a' church will bo preached by the Bishop of Oxford, iu tb ° is th e of St. Mary the Virgin. A meeting is to be he ruo - Theatre after the ceremony, at which most of the Pro tors of the college will deliver addresses. Th eir Ilorniinan's Pure Teas are Bd. per pound cheaPer• ;s 2,500 agents—confectioners in London, and chenl;;,-$ of the country—are constantly receiving fresh ouPP those long-c - ipproved kw. 591 d only in pack' MO Tlitr tor attention (to-morror conflicting Movement; Caledonian sales, the since been to declines, firmer. E fluctuated iruo The dem Was during business ri . § creased. The Live an advance English of Is per n Consols quoted at and ReJuc Five per C better ; an , 7s to 12s r The marl principal n again lowe, both lowe 89) respecti Loan 1 wor Nine per C Greek are f Spanish Thi steady at Peruvian (1 Mexican, 11 The certil vernment T The Nevi Prem. In Amerii are k lower to 49, being lower, at 89 Atlantic I lave recede Mortgage I to 34. Caledonia a further fal The present Great Nort Original ste is a fall and of k to 1251 ; in Great `'PE 491 to 50/ ; London and Northern, 11 to 114 i. The new prem. In Foreign is I- higher, 9 to 9f. Bank Sha prices are loi 28 to 29 ; a London, also and 30i to Imperial Ott (A) steady, a Anglo-Austri, to 4i ; Itnl Minster, 67 ti Stock, 31 to In Foreigi I. better, at Chontale Miscellanec generally are graph, 21/ tc Fore-street Bay steady, a 11 to 2. The Board Months endin, The declared £14,340,979 t and £15,116 two months t in 1868 ; In 1866. The January, and 1868 ; £lO,Ol 1666. Darin, amounted to ,C4,.178,224. The :Douro from the Wes brings £3,119 United Sal wafi withdraws The annual Packet Compa A. remittent account of Ei account of Ne The commit and Gre.a W morning's mail question of the Lebenture ant cities consulted States of Nem Mr. O'Conor, United States) opinions affirir taken by the co tore create ne except so far Ponds deposite lidated Bonds I rnent will subs ditors. The dividend pally of Cana& of January is al annum, leaving sod £2,725 6s After payme Interest the Itailway Comps pest half year which a divi de This will allow Belgian Gover carried forward. The calls du have transpired, A dividend o 1 Payable on the : b anking firm any ates, of the St The following current in the donian, to b ,0 2s contango, tto ditto ; die tang o ; Leeds S even ; London a closin g 1-16 to contango, closin even to k back, contan.,go ; Shelf 13 ritish 1-16 bat Of Canada, 6d tc - .1 to is 3d di Western, k to The officially I Week ending the kid the imports 1 .£32,076 again The following t tnri ng March : Cheat Laxey bevork Qreat Conso k wyncly Iron Cireat Wheal Vor rineraft litunipet Consols— Wheal Mary Ann Rut P 001...... I)Lith Frances bklamillas uortu na rdiktres . g o / pe rQuoevuElß. BRITIS 13 a Do. Account, Api 4Per Cent. ReduceL ),,,,c 3 W 3 per Cent - ' o lv , 2i per Cent. J: A " 6 0. 5 per Com. 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