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MOSES and it necessary to state that they do not employ any trJ , .Nlleis sr a.zents, and that their only Establishments are the abo ye-mentioned. "UGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Dar.—Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, Oh. 33m To-Moußow.-Morning, Oh. 57m.—Afternoon, lh. 18m. ,•.;7 , - 6 " IflL LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1868. Mr. GLADSTONE'S interview with the Trades' Union deputation naturally excites attention at the present juncture, and, considering that the right bon. gentleman was placed in a very awkward posi tion, be may be said to have got out of it in a satis factory manner. The points to be discussed were limited to four. The limitation to apprentices, the minimum rate of wages, piece-work and overtime, and the restraint of trade by trades' unions. Mr. GEORGE POTTER made a long speech, in which he set forth his peculiar views at some length, and delivered his opinions in the somewhat arrogant tone that distinguishes his remarks on most occasions. He said that there were several people who both in speaking and writing constantly attacked Trades' Unions, and repeated the " stereotyped fallacies" against them, but that they did not think it neces sary to pay any attention to them or to notice what they may say ; hut it was otherwise when one of Mr. GLADSTONE'S reputation uttered re marks on the subject. The reason for taking this step was, he said, that there might be no misun derstanding between him and the hundreds of thou sands of intelligent citizens who comprise the mem bers of these organisations. Mr. PorrEn ad mitted that the remarks of Mr. GLADSTONE were " widely circulated by the press, readily believed by the public, and eagerly endorsed by their oppo nents ;" but he seemed to overlook the fact that the reason of this was their truth, and that, however important Mr. GLADSTONE'S observations may be that they would not have had half the influence they possessed had it not been for the impression conveyed to all that he gave expression to what had of late become the general sentiment of the public respecting Trades Unions. In point of fact it does not appear very plainly how anything that can be said by these advocates in the abstract can alter the opinions that have been formed, in consequence of the. practical illustration of their views and purposes. It is really almost incredible that any one should say, as Mr. POTTER did, that Trades Unions are not a , restraint of trade, but are only a restraint of the overweening tendencies that spring from the conscious possession of large resources in capital and machinery—as if the overweening tendencies of these unions themselves had not already been pretty plainly demonstrated in a manner that could not be mistaken, and as if they had not in many in stances violated the principles u p on w hi c h they professed to have started. It is all very well for Mr. PorrEß to argue that, if they are not perfect, what human organisation is; but it must be borne in mind that when any irregularity took place, or any great outrage was committed, that instead of disowning such practices in tote, and denouncing their perpetrators, the rest of the body seemed always too much inclined to let things alone, and if they did not palliate the offence, at least they did not treat it as they ought. Mr. GLADSTONE declared that he could not give a positive assurance as to what he should do in Par liament on the subject, but he explained some of his views very clearly. In the first place, in treat ing of the word " right," he showed that it had two significations. A man has a right to things which are proper to be done, and at the same time he bas a right to do many things which are not proper to be done. It is, he considers, a very " ex treme" right for men who are Unionists to refuse to work with those who are non-union men. Mr. GLAD STONE touched chiefly upon the part as to whether the restrictions referred to were advantageous to the labourers themselves, leaving the question of the manner in which society was affected by them. He arrived at the wise conclusion that regula tions in restraint of labour "go to diminish the aggregate amount of the fund which constitutes the whole wages of the country." Mr. GLADSTONE also put another of the fallacies very plainly before these representatives, when he said that he could not look upon the women as alien oral separate prom the men, for they are their wives and daughters, and the earnings of the labouring class are increased by their wan - es. As for the rules concerning th e men themselves,' the right hon. gen tlemanthewould be pointedef e t c o t there l'a nc a i f s h a i r e, rule a n w d e raskedlaid d w o h w a n t to limit the number of apprentices in the cotton manufacture. "it is there," said he, "in the great staple trade of the country, that the labour of tie young is the not free ; and it is there that upon the whole the labouring men of this country enjoy the most independent and solid posi tion, as was proved by the manner in which they were enabled to meet the terrible calamity of the cotton famite." The right hon. gentleman very properly designated as a war against labour the several regulations that were made in various parts, TELE SUN, LONDON, HUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1868. t and illust rated the instance of the plasterers refus ing to ,:allow of lime-washing unless done by tbemselve‘ t. How far better it would be to cast asit to these absurd and short -sighted restrictions f and to allow of the free de velopment of intellect and industry ! As MT. GLAD NONE said, in conclusion, " the best condition of' the labouring community is that in which the way upwards is the easiest and most open ;" but we tear it will be long before such en lightened notions will prevail among the generality. At the same timtl, we are glad that Mr. GLADSTONE should have takt.'n this opportunity to deliver his opinions on some of these important points con nected with this subject of Trades Unions. They cannot but be of service to all who attentively con sider them, and the thoughtful and unprejudiced will reflect upon their meaning, and readily recog nise how and in what manner the practice falls short from the preachings of these institutions. What society has to do with them n is this, that they have continued to go far beyond their original limits and are in reality themselves, at the present mo ment, the greatest tyrants and oppressors to those whom they say they wish to serve, which is an anomally the spirit of the age can scarcely permit to exist much longer. The debate on the Press Bill was again resumed in the sittings of the Legislative Body, and some interesting points were discussed. An amendment was brought forward to show the inconveniences that result from the rule now laid down, that " pre liminary permission" must be obtained before any foreign journals can enter France. Unfortunately the amendment was rejected, which is the more to be regretted, because it proposed the abrogation of the obnoxious restrictions. One of the speakers used the extraordinary argument against it that its proposal would be very injurious to the French newspapers and put them ou an unequal footing. It really is surprising that any one can use such reasons in discussing a matter of this sort, but it is quite certain that until these very retrogade notions are extinct in France it is idle for us to expect much real progress to take place. It is a great mistake of the EMPEROR'S, and has been all along, to persist in this exclusive practice, and he does his Government a great deal more harm than good by so doing ; only he will not be convinced to the contrary. It is inconsistent with the boldness which has characterised his policy in other matters. Those in authority may always rest assured that the truest safety lies in the en couragement of criticism, and not in its avoidance and whenever there is anything to be hid people are always ready to suppose that it is much worse than it is. Another amendment was also rejected that had better have been passed, to the effect that newspapers should be sold in the street, Among the many and various institutions in this metropolis which appeal forcibly to the sympathies and the compassion of the benevolent there is none that has stronger or more unanswerable claims than the Hospital for Sick Children. Its very title pleads convincingly in its favour, and he must, indeed, be hard of heart and dull of apprehension who can hear with indifference and inattention the advocates of such helpless little sufferers. We have in London a great number of hospitals, asylums, and infirmaries for men and women of every age. Provision'has been made for those suffering from every form of malady to which the human frame is liable. There are hospi als for specal diseases, there are hospitals for the insane and imbicile, there are hospitals for the immediate relief and assistance of those suffering from accident and sudden injury. So late as 1852, however, there was no such a thing in the whole of England as an hospital specially for children. What was the reason of this omission it is not easy to guess. Very certainly it could not have been owing to the absence of a want. The mortality of young children among the classes who require hospital aid is very great. Half the children in England, it has often been said, die before they are five years old, and if this is not strictly accurate, there is undoubtedly a pai n f u lly high death-rate among them. We shall not be surprised at this if we pause a moment to consider the circumstances amid which the infants of the poor are reared. The mothers are often compelled to leave them at very early age to go out to work, and the consequence is that they are either put in the hands of an elder child or taken charge of by a neighbour for a small daily payment. In either case the baby is the sufferer, and so injurious is the effect of this negligence or ignorance with which it is treated that in Lanca shire, during the terrible trial of the cotton famine, it was found that the mortality among young chil dren was much less than the average, notwithstand ing the general privation, simply because the mothers staid at home to look after them. This fact alone speaks volumes of the want of care from which the little creatures suffer. Again, they have to contend against the prevailing ignorance, and often what might at first be slight ailment is aggravated into a serious or dangerous illness by mismanage ment and indiscretion. They suffer, too, in a greater degree than their elders, from the lack of fresh air, from the close, unhealthy, overcrowded rooms in which they are crowded together ; from the irregular, scanty, and unsuitable food they eat ; from the impure water which they drink ; from the foul smells, and the thousand hardships to which the poor of a great, overcrowded city are liable. When they fall ill under such circumstances their chances of recovery are very small compared with those of the children of richer and more educated parents. When they suffer, as they often do, from painful chronic diseases, how greatly their suffer ings are aggravated by the want of those costly comforts and that unceasing vigilance with which the children of the rich would bo tended in such cases. Even the latter, however, derive some benefit from the establishment of the children's hospital, since it affords such excellent opportunities for the special study of children's ailments. During the sixteen years in which the hospital in Ormond-street has been in existence, it has been constantly increasing its area of useful ness, until last year it had no less than 700 in patients and 12,574 out-patients. What would most of these little ones have done without its kindly aid ? It is one of the most satisfactory fea tures of the institution that the cheerful kindness and tender care of the officials and nurses is always the subject of grateful remark by the anxious mothers and relatives who have to leave their little charges in its wards. Her MAJESTY, with true motherly instinct, has taken especial interest in it, and has proved that her patronage is some thing more than nominal by the number of gifts she has sent for the little patients as well as for the hospital itself. The annual festival of the institution, held last night in Willis's Rooms, under the presidency of s tl e i e e Ar chbishop valuable addition d i o o ß n K t , o produced, it s we aree s u glad r p to. coffers, h tious and donations amounting to nearly £ 2,000. t bsc The Chairman, in proposing the toast of the even ing, referred to the address delivered at the first festival of the kind by Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, who had left little to be said by any one who came after, him. By no one, indeed, could the _ claims of suffering - childhood be wore touchingly advocated and more faithfully drawn than by the gifted delineator, whp gave us the likeness of TINY TIM. The Chairman of last night, however, made a forcible appeal, and dwelt especially on the im portance of treating children's diseases separately. "It must be evident," he said, " that every hospital was not only a place where disease was treated, but in one way or another a school where the science of medicine was advanced. In the case of young children the patients were of necessity wholly unable to throw light on their various ailments, and therefore in a special manner required sepa rate treatment." The community, added the speaker, had yet to understand the diseases of chil dren and the enormous evils which devastated their class. Three gaunt spectres—misery, vice, and stu pidity—haunted them from their cradles, and the tainted constitutions which the children of the drunkard and the vicious inherited contributed largely to the results they saw. There ought to be in London an hospital on a large scale for the treat ment of children ; but we may well be thankful that there is one so efficient within its limits. The country homes connected with it at Mitcham and Croydon are invaluable for convalescent chil dren, and the change produced by a few weeks in the country air, with good food, pure milk, and plenty of freedom, is often little short of marvel lous. Whatever doubt or scruples may exist as to other modes of giving relief, there can be few about the aid afforded to the sick and infirm, and most especially when those sufferers are children. The reception which the new British Minister has received from the PRESIDENT of the United States certainly does not accord with the rumours which have been of late so industriously circulated of Mr. JOHNSON'S hostile intentions towards Eng land. The cordiality with which Mr. 'THORNTON was welcomed at the White House might, indeed, belong to the courtesies of diplomacy rather than to the genuine feeling of the PRESIDENT as an in dividual ; but we have no reason to question the sin cerity of his assurances of friendship and goodwill. Mr. THORNTON assured Mr. JOHNSON of her MAJESTY'S friendship towards America, and expressed the sense which his Government had of the sympathy shown for the death of Sir F. BRUCE. The PRESIDENT, in replying to the assurances of the new Minister, said that Queen VICTORIA, more than any other Sovereign, enjoyed the respect and sympathy of the American people, and that her kind message encouraged him to hope for a speedy adjustment of the existing differences between the Governments. Sir F. BRUCE had won the respect of the American nation, and the same sonfidence and consideration would be extended to his succes sor. So far, then, we may believe that Mr. THORNTON has entered upon his duties auspici ously, and will, we may trust, prove a fitting and worthy representative. Another reception of an Englishman by the PRE SIDENT, though less politically important, is more generally interesting. CHARLES DICKENS has been cordially welcomed by the PRESIDENT, who, no doubt rejoiced, in the opportunity of making the personal acquaintance of so distinguished a visitor. Mr, DICKENS'S trip will, no doubt, do a good deal towards strengthening the bonds of friendship and good understanding between the peoples, without which no diplomacy will much avail. COLticiESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. ( 1%; 0 M OUR OWN C 0 BEER' ONDENtS PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19. It is reported that the Abbe Lucien Buonaparte will be ft French, and not a Roman cardinal. This will give him the right to sit in the French Senate. The 16th of March next is to be distinguished by' an lumens number of promotions and decorations in the magistracy the army, the marine, and the Legion of Eloncur. Alrudy a long list has been prepared for this :telebration. The Press debate continues. All that remains for the Legislature to do is to emasculate the bill of any little Liberalism it contained. The Administration retains the power to suppress a literary journal for touching on poli ;les or social economy, to seize foreign papers, to condemn 'ine political journals for false news, and to interdict at pleasure their sale in the streets. Every amendment against these privileges is shelved. The Paris press continue to comment on the narrow :scope of the Government from defeat on the question of the judicial announcements ; 101 is a large minority in France. It is all the more remarkable that there were thirty-tlnee absentees. It appars that the repr-lentat!on of " Kean" at the Odtsou was Liken advantage of by the audience, many of them students, to make a regular political demonstration. [none part of the piece it is said, " There is equal justice for all in England ;" whereupon the naughty hearers cried out "Not in France." Afterwards "Pas en France " was re peated in all places where the audience could put it in, by way of chorus. The Arenir National has an article discussing the probabilities of a rupture between England and the United States. The writer, Eugtne Chatard, dismisses the idea of any rupture being imminent. At a time when the wounds of an intestine war of four years' duration are still unclosed, when the country is labouring under a • debt of two milliards of dollars, when the eleven secessionist States remain under military rule, it would be a blunder, for which nothing but absolute necessity could atone, for the Union, even in alliance with Russia, to go to war with England. The French are bestirring themselves in the matter of education. The Minister of Education, M. Duruy, has just issued some instructions relating to the education of the agricultural classes ; they are really very creditable to the Government. Throughout France rlylr.inent is gene rally too uniform and strict, and industry has been somewhat incommoded by establishing in the pri mary schools tin; same hours for the classes and same epoch for the vacations. The new instructions recog. nise the services of children at certain periods in the field, especially at harvest and vintage times. The " minute " allows the local authorities to modify the rules, so as to secure that the children shall be educated and yet not be entirely taken from field labour. The discretionary power thus given will have a good effect, both in con ciliating employers of labour and encouraging parents to promote the education of their children. The people of Paris hope to see something of the annular eclipse of the sun on the 23rd. It will be invisible, says the Journal du Ciel, in England, Sweden, Norway, Den mark, and North Russia. It begins at Paris at 3.48, and ends at 4.23 p.m. The L!berte has a Japanese correspondent—Namoura Sooshti. It professes to regard the latest telegrams from Japan as a verification of his predictions. According to the Liberte, the Daimios are a " party of action," and right and law are therefore about to triumph in Japan, as they must do when there are parties of action every where, The official press of Prussia is' particularly sore about the popularity which the blind King a ore of Hanover has acquired in Austria. This explains the fact that only Hanoverians were present when the King celebrated his "silver wedding "—the 25th anniversary of his marriage. The Berlin Cabinet persists in regarding as unfriendly the act of Austria in shewing hospitality to the refugee monarch, and in giving passports to his followers, by which they have been enabled to reach France. On both these points the Austrian Cabinet has given explanations, but the Cabinet of Berlin refuses to be satisfied. Notwithstanding that the Southern Germans are strongly disposed towards the unity of the Fatherland, they are prejudiced with still greater strength against Count Bis marck. The elections for Bavaria to the Customs Parlia ment are a proof of this. Of the forty-two members re turned, no more than from twelve to fourteen are favourable to the extension of the Federal institutions to the South. Six or seven, among them Prince Hohenlohe, the Premier, will advocate the maintenance of the offensive and defen sive alliances with Prussia, without spewing any particular desire to supplement the military by the political re union of the two divisions of Fatherland. All the rest are secessionists. There is a large party in Italy -.010 attribute the financial difficulties of the kingdom in a great measure to the extravagance of Vict(T Emmanuel, and its political embarra:;sments to his duplicity. This party includes, it is said, La Marmora. A correspondent, writing from Florence, believes it is true that on a recent occasion La Marmora, on being sent for to the Palace, refused to go. It is openly reporttd that he has told the King the best thing he can do is to resign, and that he is ready to become his successor's Prime Minister. We have just had a little war in India with the Wegheers. We were, of course, victorious, and the Times correspondent told us that we must shew no sympathy with the defeated, as they were simply brigands. The Times of India takes a different view. That the outlaws of Katty war were brigands is admitted ; but the Times of India asserts that in handing their country over to the Guicowar after he was dispossessed in 1819, the rights of the people were not secured. There are fugitives from justice in other parts of India, but to give to outlawry the persistent vitality which it has exhibited in Kattywar there needed some distinct political or territorial grievance, and this will be found in the constant attempts of the Guicowar's agents to defraud the Okhamundel chiefs of the allowan6es and villages granted them under our joint agreement. The Times of India fears it may be now too late to remedy the wrong, but it ventures to think that something must yet he done in the way of meeting the fair claims of any Wagheer leaders whose hands may not be stained with the blood of defenceless villagers. It hopes that renewed attempts may be .made to settle and reclaim a race of valiant and extraordinarily energetic men. The Russians are actively occupied in Central Asia in preparing to construct a railroad to unite Oranburg, Taschkend, and Kokand. The policy of Russia in Central Asia creates no alarm in Bombay. When the mails left it was understood that General Ignatieff was to succeed Prince Gortschakoff in the Russian Foreign Office. Twelve years 'ago the General was at the head of the Russian mission to Bok hara. In India he is regarded as anything but anti- British. He can read, write, and speak English, and he has ever rejoiced in friendly interchanges with our people in the East. The Times of India is willing to believe the Western Russians when they say that they are " not on the look-out for subjects, but for roubles ;" though the Russian commanders in Asia have too often been on the look-out for " decorations," as the St. Petersburg Cabinet is now finding out. From informa tion received regarding affairs in Turkestan, it is evident that General Kauffmann has his hands full ; and, at all events, it will be quite time to prepare to meet the Musco vites when we know that they are really coming to invade us. Sir John Lawrence is resolved to have no war unless it be forced upon him, and not to be impatient under com pulsion. The participation of natives in the government of India is being discussed with increased interest in the depen dency. The best authorities appear to think that our rule is not popular with the masses. They recognise the benefits of security and prosperity, but they have a fondness for their own institutions which our rule has overlooked. It is believed that we must consult national feeling much more than has been done. We must, it is said, take a lesson from the Mahometans, and raise Hindoos to positions of trust and emolument. The pages of Mill and Orme she w how much was achieved under this system. King Theodore's treatment of his captives remains the Abyssinian mystery. To our advanced force this mystery may ere now be solved. This force consists of 1,300 men, of whom 550 are British. They started for Antalo on the sth or 6th instant, and it is believed that they would make rapid progress. The depots in their rear would be abun dantly supplied. They carry with them a battery of steel rifled guns, the mountain train battery, and a rocket battery. They were to proceed straight on to Magdala. For this purpose it was computed that a mule to each man would be sufficient for the traneport of tents, baggage, and a month's . provisions. The correspondents seem to think there will be no great difficulty in coming up with Theodore if he should attempt to decamp with his prisoners. The worst feature about him is that he is a drunken, fitful tyrant, who may in the meantime put "his dear Mr. Rasiam " and li!s comrades to death. • All accounts unite in stntir:g that Lord Derby continues to improve in health. So much feebleness, however, re mains that the greatest care is necessary in order to ensure a restoration of the noble earl's strength. All danger of a relapse appears now to be over. Lord Stanley has re turned to London. Her Majesty and the Prince of Wales evinced their anxiety for information as to the Premier's condition by sending frequent telegrams to Knowsley during the day on which his lordship was believed to be so - - COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. tro T p h ol e is which are now latest novelty heorien itali;troTroduupceed, into the me. nightly giving their entertainment at Covent garden Theatre. The troupe consists of about 16 persons —men, women, and children—who, we are informed, travelled night and day from India, in order to meet their present engagement. The first part of the entertainment consists principally of acrobatic feats ; amongst them being the one long known in the metropolis, viz., one man balancing another at the top of a very "g pole. One of the great novelties is the somersault throwing by the females, but the sensational feat . is the extra ordinary contortion of her body by one of the ladies at the time that the points of more than a dozen sabres are placed near her mouth and ey e s. Th e performance is quite indescribable, and the precision required to successfully accomplish it must be re markable. We have also a conjuror who accom plished a variety of very elegant tricks in a neat and clever manner ; and, taken as a whole, the per formance of the Oriental troupe will be found very peculiar, and to a great extent extraordinary. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. " Henry the Eighth" has been revived here, with Mr. Phelps in the character of Cardinal Wolsey. The performance of the part by Mr. Phelps is now so well known and appreciated that we have on the present occasion only to say that it is marked by all that dignity and pathos which have rendered it one of his most successful em bodiments. Mrs. Herman Vezin appeared as Queen Catherine, and added another successful character to her already long list of parts. The splendid pantomime, " Jack the Giant Killer," still con tinues to attract very large audiences, and we see now no cause to doubt the realization of our anti cipation, pronounced the first night of its perform ance, that it would continue a brilliant career up to Easter. Richard 111., in which Mr. Barry Sullivan will appear, is announced as the next revival for Mon day the 24th. PRINCESS'S 2 HEATRE. Mr. Vining is doubtless one of the best and most successful managers, for he not only attracts gene ral attention, but he continues to keep it concen trated on his theatre in a most extraordinary man ner. The " Colleen Bawn," although not at all diminished in its powers of drawing brilliant houses, has, in order that certain arrangements might be fulfilled, had to be withdrawn, that the. " Octo roon" and " Arrah na Pogue" might be produced. It would be superfluous at this time to say a word of praise in favour of both these excellent dramas. They are now as finely acted as they originally were, as, in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault, who sustain their original characters, Mr. J. S. Clark has been engaged to support the character of Scudder in the " Octoroon." The scenery in both pieces has been repainted, and more beautiful scenic representations have never been placed on any stage in the metropolis. The attractions at the Princess's are now of a very extraordinary nature, and it is no wonder that the house is nightly crowded from floor to ceiling. THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND " THE OXFORD FrrE.—The" forthcoming fete at the Crystal Palace, is aid of the employes at the Oxford, sufferers by the late fire as will be seen by a glance at the advertisement in another column, is likely to be a brilliant success. Artistes in all directions have tendered their services to make up a monster performance. From the Alhambra Palace will be contributed the rustic ballet, " May Blossoms," and the fine band of that establishment. There will be military bands, the spendid baud of the Crystal Palace, and Distin's grand instrumental silver band. Two grand ope ratic selections will be performed by the Oxford Company, and such a combination of comic talent will appear on this occasion as perhaps never was assembled before. The spontaneity of the offers of assistance from the musi cal profession generally, and of great entrepreneurs, must be extremely gratifying to Mr. Morton, who has evidently the cause of the employes deeply at heart. Monday, the 2d of March, promises to be a red-letter day in the annals of the Palace, and we hope it will be productive of substan tial financial results. All receive with satisfaction the announcement, that in consequence of the Reduction in Duty llornimares Pure Teas are sold Bd. per pound Cheaper. 2,500 Authorised Agents—Confectioners in London and Chemists in the pro yi n oi..:gupply this Tca only im Rick . TIE BOMBAY TAIL. The arrival of the Bombay mail furnishes us with intel ligence from that Presidency to the 29th of January. The following items of news are from the Times of India :-- A telegram from Secunderabad states that on the 27th the life of Salar Jung was attempted while on his way to a durbar of his Highness the Nizam. The Minister escaped uninjured, but one of the sowars in attendance on him was killed. Sir Robert Napier's first despatch from Abyssinia to the Bombay Government has been published. The whole of the Third Brigade of the Abyssinian field force has sailed for Annesley Bay. The second batch of elephants for the Abyssinian trans port department left Bombay on January 19. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald presided at . the convocation of the Bombay University on January 14, and its Chair cellor delivered an address on education. The Customs revenue of Bombay during the past year was over £718,000, chewing a decrease in this revenue as compared with the preceding year of £52,000. There was a decrease of about £90,000 on the salt revenue of the Bombay Presidency during the past year --owing to the depression of trade, and the delivery of salt by weight instead of by measurement. In the Bombay Presidency 1,976,000 acres of land are this season employed in the' cultivation of cotton. The returns chew an increase of 27,000 acres under cultivation as compared with the preceding year, but the yield is esti mated at 2,000 bales less. On January 25, the Government and public deposits in the New Bank of Bombay amounted to £1,727,000 ; and the paid•up capital to £302,500. The liquidation of the Financial Association of India and China has been practically completed. The A tiet Rahoman, a Bombay ship, was totally lost in a cyclone near Mauritius in December. The new lighthouse at Cochin was brought into use on the 15th January. . Affairs at Muscat are quiet ; the trade is brisk, and the Imaum has strictly enjoined the inhabitants to respect the British. It is stated that a bill for the re-imposition of the income tax is to be introduced into the Council of the Government of India by Mr. Maine. The accounts of the Indian military department are to be reformed and the system assimilated to that in use in England. A British agent is to be sent to Ladakh on the opening of the trading season each year. It is proposed to appoint a Financial Commissioner for the North-Western Provinces. A census of the inhabitants of the North-Western Pro vinces was taken on the night of January 9. The Akola Industrial Exhibition was opened on the 27th January, and promises to be very successful. Dr. Norman Macleod preached his first sermon to a Cal cutta congregation on January 19. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald left Bombay on January 2i. for Kurrachee, where he arrived on the 24th, and held levee the following day. The Maharajah of Cashmere has given a lakh of Chilka rupees (26,300) towards the funds of the Oriental Uni versity. The official report for the past year as to the condition of Coorg chews that the State is in a very satisfactory con dition. Penalties levied on native States for robberies of mails within their jurisdiction are to go towards a fund for increasing the security of mails. Warrant officers of the Indian Army are to receive an increased rate of pay from January 1. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Euphrates arrived in Bombay on January 16 with Royal Artillery and details Of different corps. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Jumna, with the 94th Regiment and details, sailed for Suez on January 24. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Euphrates, with the 12ad Highlanders and details, is to leave Bombay for Suez on February 1. The British ship Southern Queen ran ashore at the en- trance to Bombay harbour on the night of January 26, but was got off without any serious damage. OBITUARY.— Captain R. Barlow, 45th Regiment ; Cap taiu Patrick Cowley, Bombay Army. SAVING LIFE.-At a public meeting held at Romney, the Rev. C. Cobb, rector of Dymchurch, Kent, was presented with a gold medal of the first class, /warded to him by the Emperor of the French, for having saved the life of a French sailor during a recent storm at sea. A MARK-LANE LIFEBOAT. —The members of the Corn Exchange and of the London Corn Exchange, Mark• lane, have presented, through Messrs. 8.. L. Judkin and K. K. Jackson, to the National Lifeboat Institution £.500. [n compliment to the subscribers, the institution has lec.ded to name the Yarmouth large lifeboat " The Mark Lane." Her Majesty has been pleased, on the recom mendation of the Government, to appoint the following Royal Commissioners to examine and report upon the pro 2eedings and recommendations of the International Con ferenee held in Paris -last year, under the auspices of the Fren:th Government, relative to the establishment of a universal system of international coinage : —Viscount Halifax (chairman), Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M. 8., Right Hon. Stephen Cave, M.P., Right Hon. J. Wilson Patten, M.P., Right Hon. M. Longfield, Sir John Lub bock, Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P., the Governor of the Bank, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. Thomson Hankey, 111. P., Mr. Hubbard, M.P., Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., the Astronomer-Royal, and the Master of the Mint. Mr. Rivers Wilson, of the Treasury, who was deputed, with the Master of the Mint, to attend the Paris Conference, will act as secretary of the commission. THE LAND TRANSPORT TRAIN FOR ABYSSINIA. — ..Me Commander-in-Chief of the Abyssinian expedition Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Napier) has expressed to the Governor of Bombay his great dissatisfaction with the working of the Bombay Commissariat in connection with the provisioning and supply of the Land Transport Train en route for Abyssinia. iquch delay and obstruction have, it is said, ham pered the movement of the corps at Bombay, and the Commissary-General was accused of actually refusing the supplies required by Captain Blakeney, the director of the Army Works Corps. All this had to be settled by appeal to the Commander-in-Chief,. and a communica tion from him to the Governor of Bombay has had the effect of quickening the movements of the Bombay Com missariat. The death of Mr. Justice Shee causes another vacancy on the judicial bench. ' In the ordinary run of things, :11r. Brett, the newly-appointed Solicitor-General, would have the refusal of this. post. As a rule, when a lawyer has become an officer of the Crown, he prefers to remain in practice, and run the chance of some day getting a chief ship to accepting a puisne judgship. By the latter he places himself upon a permanent shelf with a salary of £5,000 a year, with a contingent pension of £3,500 when he is no longer able to discharge his duty. It is not always that " Mr. Solicitor" prefers the chances of his public life to a permanent post upon the Bench. For instance, in December 1859, on the death of Mr. Justice Crowder, Sir H. S. Keating, then Solicitor-General, succeeded to the vacant place in the Court of Common Pleas. During the Solicitor-Generalship of Sir R. P. Collier three judgeships fell in—two in the Queen's Emelt and one in the Common Pleas, neither of which was considered. worthy of the hon. and learned gentleman's acceptance. It may be mentioned that after a law officer of the Crown has been sworn in he is excluded by pro fessional etiquette from going on circuit. Should he have the misfortune to go out of office with his party he thus loses a most lucrative practice. The debate in the Upper House of Convocation on the lanai question was resumed on Wednesday, when the Bishop of Llandaff renewed the discussion and spoke in favour of the Bishop of London's resolutions. The Bishop of Salisbury moved " the previous question." He opposed the resolutions as feeble and calculated to irritate well disposed people and aggravate the mischief they so much deplored. The Bishop of Rochester held that so long as the Ritual Commission was sitting they were not called upon to move in the matter. The Bishop of Ely questioned the policy of bringing forward the resolutions, but felt bound to give them—now they were brought forward—his support. The Bishop of Lichfield wished to know what they were wanted to do. He really could not understand the resolutions. The Archbishop of Canterbury believed the resolutions would have the effect of bringing about harmonious action between Convocation and Parliament, as they invited Parliament to legislate. The previous question, on being put, was lost, only four bishops—Oxford, Salisbury, Rochester, and Lichfield —voting for it. After a long discussion, in the course of which the Bishop of Oxford moved an amendment, the original resolutions were withdrawn, and an amendment by the Bishop of Winchester was passed with only one dissentient (Salisbury). The amendment carried contained an addi tion to the original resolution, to the effect that " means should be provided for enforcing the clue observance of the rule laid down at the end of the Rubric concerning the services of the Church." In the Lower House, Archdeacon Wordsworth moved that the House acknowledged with thankfulness the act of his Grace the President in writing to the Eastern Patriarchs, and communicating to them the address of the Lambeth conference. The Dean of Westminster having expressed his opinion that there was some awkward ness in sending the letter to the Eastern, and not to the Roman or Western Protestant Churches, the resolution was carried unanimously- Tcrr -4 6111 co , C .40,30%-„lcitratiar. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 19. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise. Her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. LATEST INTELL tGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20. The Crown Prince is about to leave in a few days upon a visit to England. The Copenhagen papers state that H.R.H. the Princess of Wales has been invited to be present at the inauguration of a monument at Nice in memory of the late Czarewitch, but has been unablo to accept .he invitation. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 20. A circular has been issued by Dr. Giskra, the Minister of the Interior, to the provincial Governors of Upper Austria and Styria. The Minister calls attention to the agitation fomented by the clergy in the above-named dis tricts against the new Constitution, and in structs the Governors to warn them against encouraging intrigues. They are desired to inform the Bishops that the Government has no intention of interfering with the clergy in the execution of their spiritual duties, but that it also demands that they should not consider themselves as above the laws. In case of non-compliance the Government will be compelled to bring the disturbers of the public peace before the tribunals. FLORENCE, Feb. 19 (Evening). The Chamber of Deputies continued to-day the discussion of the estimates of the Ministry of Fi nance. The Report of the Committee proposed an additional vote of 20,000,000 lire to cover the loss sustained by the payments abroad in gold. Signor Ferraris opposed the payment abroad in gold of all coupons of the different debts without distinc tion. _Count Cambray Digny, the Minister of Finance, asked the Chamber to pass to the order of the day on this question, and said that the adop tion of the proposal of Signor Ferraris would ruin Italian credit abroad. Count Cambray Dign y refused to accept a proposal made by Signor Fossa to suspend the discussion of the question, declaring that such an adjournment would have an equally injurious effect. Signori Sella, Minghetti, and Finzi condemned the proposal of Signor Ferraris as con trary to the national good faith. The close of the discussion was then proposed, but not put to the vote, the Chamber not forming a quorum. Signor Ferraris will reply to-morrow. THE COLENSO CONTROVERSY. NATAL, Jan. 13. (via Plymouth). Judgment has been declared in the suit of Bishop Colenso against. Dean Green. The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Privy Council, and declares that Natal was a Crown colony when the plaintiff's patent was issued, that Pr. Colenso is, therefore, trustee of all the buildings, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The judgment further ejects Dean Green from the deanery, and prohibits him from officiating in any of Dr. Colenso's churches. „The friends of the Dean have since held a meet ing, at which it was resolved not to appeal against the judgment, but to erect or hire temporary churches, and that Dean Green should at once pro ceed to England. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 19.—Three o'clock.--The market closed as follows : 4 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent • 68 5 End of mouth 6B 65 Credit Mobilier End of month l9O Credit Foncier 1422 50 End of month 1383 75 RAILWA: Bank Shares 3230 It&P.an Loan End of month 43 40 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — Account Orleans ... 895 Northern ~ 1175 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 545 Western Eastern • • 545 Sardinian Austrian 560 Lombard B76} North of Spain 7l} Saragossa Roman 47 DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE SHEE. We have to announce the decease of Sir William Shee, one of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, which took place yesterday morning at a quarter past eight, at his residence in Sussex-place, Hyde Park-gardens. The late judge was the son of Mr. Thomas Shee, of Thomastown, county Kil kenny, by the daughter of Mr. John Darell, of Scot ney Castle, Kent. His lordship was in his 64th year, having been born in 1804. He was educated at Ushaw Roman Catholic College, and in 1823 was called to the English Bar, selecting the Home Circuit, of which he became at length the leader. In the year 1837 he married Miss Gordon, daughter of Sir Jas. Gordon, Bart., of Gordonstown and Letterfourie, Banffshire. In 1840 he was created sergeant-at law, and in 1845 became Queen's sergeant. In 1847 he was a candidate at the general election for Marylebone ; and in 1852 he sought the suffrages of the men of his own county with such success as to come in at the head of the poll. His sound sense and honesty, however, did not suit the factious party of Irish members whom he had joined ; and, in consequence of his readiness to accept a bill proposed by the Government to redress the grievances of the Irish tenant farmer, he was accused of political treachery and rendered unpopular among his constituents. Nevertheless, on the dissolution in 1857 he again sought their confidence, and his bold and manly defence of his political course and consistency pro duced no small effect amongst those who had been led to oppose him, but it did not turn the tide in his favour. On the next election ill 1859 he again attempted to obtain the representa tion of his own county, but was again defeated. On this occasion he received such support as hag rarely in Ireland been given to a Roman Catholic candidate—for he received the vote of at least one Church of England rector. After this failure the learned sergeant made an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a seat for an English borough, but, with this exception, took no part in political affairs. We position at the bar and his known ability had long marked him out for a seat on the bench, but the fact of his being a Roman Catholic rendered some of those high in office unwilling to appoint him to this position. Hence he was once or twice passed over, and it was not till the bar and the press bad strongly urged his clainup that in 1864 he was appointed , on e of the judges or the Court of Queen's Bench, a position the duties of which he ably discharged during his short tenur e of the office. It appears that the learned judge, who bad at tended to his duties in court on Friday , the 7th instant, was struck with apoplexy on SaturdaY+ and, though he rallied a little, he soon again bog! : to decline in strength till be passed away as a bov e mentioned.