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HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his IBth appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. T. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Wc')ster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 28th appearance), Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. 11. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEA TRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. _ _ • _ • Last Nights. THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. aad Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Copp%leen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For rester. H. Mellon, R. Cathcart; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Rttehel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, Jan. 27, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton. After which will be produced (17th Time in London) Mr. H. J. Byron's New and Original Domestic Drama, in Three Acto, entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner, Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with (sth Time) the New and Original Operatic Extravaganza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIVANDIERE; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan, Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, h. Everard, and H. Hodson. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Manager, M. W. 11. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. pOY A STRAND THEATRE. I, Sole I.essee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James. and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynne. After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD." :Messrs. 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AGUA AMA ItEi.LA. restores the Human Hail to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J.N.O. GOSNELL and CO. Irtve et length, with the air of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the publi, in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. So!il in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 78.6 d., and 15s. each. brush. R(1 Pull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93 , Upper Thames street,Loncten, E.C. MGR' WATER AT LONDO' BRIDGE. Tills DAY. —Morning, 3h. 41m.—Afto. i oon, 3h. 50m To-Monnow.-Morning, 411. I.6m.—Afternoon, -;1i. 31m town. ,47,-kt*P.V..,',llllllo LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 27, 1868. It is a matter of regret to all sensible persons that the French Government should have persisted in the prosecution of the editors of the Paris news papers. As might have been expected they were found guilty according to the law, and sentenced to pay a fine of one thousand francs and six months' imprisonment, in case of default in the payment thereof. This sentence includes ten responsible editors, and the step cannot be too much censured, for it is most decidedly one of retrogression. In La France we find a very sensible letter from M. de Lacluerronniere, and in this publication he condemns this persecution of the press in the strongest terms. Ile truly remarks that the doctrine implied by the sentence is an " excessive and impracticable restric tion ; and indeed it would be better to have absolute prohibition." Such an arrangement would certainly be the more suitable of the two, and most completely do we concur in the opinion of this writer, that the trial is an error of the Government which all sensible men must deplore. It is the more disappointing, because from certain changes that had taken place during the last ten years there seemed an indication of better things in this respect, but all the fair pro mises have faded away, and it is difficult to point to any amelioration in the condition of the freedom of the press since these last restrictive laws have been put into force. Public opinion in France is de cidedly against this mode of proceeding, but unfor tunately too little heed is paid to it, and too little opportunity even allowed for its expression. A protest would have been quite sufficient in the case of these journals, and this prosecution altogether has been one of those blunders that are worse than a crime. Lord STANLEY'S speech at Bristol has been com mented upon by M. EDOUARD HERVE in most flat tering terms. This tribute from one who is so well acquainted with our institutions is worth having, as it is interesting to follow the writer's observa " Lord STANLEY," it is said, " speaks as an honest man should speak to honeit men, and as a man of sense to men of sense." What seems to strike M. HERVE more forcibly than anything else in this speech is its extreme candour ; there is no attempt made to impart a false colouring to things, or to make events out better than they are, and it is this characteristic which makes the discourse so creditable both to the speaker and to the hearers. Some of the reflections upon the general policy of England that are here met with are also most admirable. It present a wiser and more generous spirit prevails, although great diffi culties have to be overcome in consequence of the effects produced by the errors of our predecessors ; this is especially true as regards Ire land. It is seldom that we find the French press treating the subjects referring to this country in so fair a spirit, and with such justice of sentiment. It is always something gained when the politicans of one nation can rightly estimate the feelings and sentiments of another, and yet the appearance of a criticism of this nature is as rare as it is valuable. M. HERVE seems entirely to enter into the meaning of his subject, and this makes his opinion the more deserving of notice. The impossibility of such a speech as that of Lord STANLEY'S being delivered in France need not prevent its being duly appre ciated and admired there for its sense and sagacity. tons. Mr. FERRAND has been displaying his eloquence at Bristol on the occasion of the Working-Men's Asso ciation having a meeting, and he spoke out in his usual independent style, though his auditory were not always inclined to hear him patiently. He en deavoured to impress some of his convictions upon the minds of those present, and made a successful hit against Mr. BERKELEY, wbo had declared in the same sentence that they must fix their hearts on GLADSTONE, and that nothing could answer in the way of Reform without the ballot. Now, said Mr. FERRAND, it is au extraordinary thing that he should fix his heart, and the hearts of his friends, on GLADSTONE, when GLADSTONE had always spoke against the ballot, and voted against it too. There is always a good deal worthy of notice in Mr. FERRAND'S speeches, notwithstanding their one-sidedness and occa sional exaggeration. In taking a retrospective glance at past events, the bon. member said that "the Duke of WELLINGTON made the great mistake , of his life when he declared in the House of Lords that he was opposed to all reform. The Whigs, then the Liberal party, took advantage of that avowal, and made an agitation throughout the country. They raised the passions of the ignorant, the roughs, and rowdies, and dangerous classes then as they arc attempting to do now." Mr. FARRAND proceeded to give an animated account of the mis loings and mistakes of the Whigs, which resulted in their majority of 350 dwindliug down into one. Ile also animadverted upon Mr. BRIGHT'S conduct in charging the Tories with being the ene mies of the working classes, while the hon. member for Birmingham himself had always been opposed to factory leg'shtion, and all other changes that had been effected for the benefit of the operatives. At one time women worked for fifteen hours a lay, and women and children were employed in coal mines, and there i no denying that those ,vho effected those alterations did great servime to their country. During the course of Mr. FER EAND'S speech, and subsequently to it, a great deal of disturbance was created by the unseemly de monstration of certain classes who had evidently come there to promote the cause of discord. Such an exhibition is always to be regretted, and it is a pity that those who, directly or indirectly, fur- ther such interruptions, do not see how con temptible is their device. It is never any proof of wisdom to refuse to hear what is said on all sides, and there was great force in what Mr. FERRAND said, that it must go forth to the world that the " Liberal party in Bristol were Afraid of free discussion." Several resolutions were passed, the first of which was that the meeting expressed its full confidence of the home and foreign policy of her MAJEsTY's Ministers, and, at the same time, to "record its deep gratitude to them for having, under circumstances of great difficulty, restored the franchise to a large number of their fellow-countrymen." . _ In the former part of Mr. ROEBUCK'S able and vigorous speech at Sheffield, the other evening, he `ook a survey of the politics of the past and the pr,sent. In the latter half he turned the attention of his audience to the asp. cts of the future, and iaid that the main politics of the coming year might be summed up iu three things—the Sco•ch Reform Bill, the Irish Reform Bill, and some legislation with respect to the trades' unions of the country. As to the increase of the Scotch represen tation, he spoke very hopefully, and refer ring to the juncture of Scotland and Eng land through her Parliament, he said that from that time to this Scotland has learnt the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1868. benefit- of being connected with a richer people. " She l las brought into our laws and literature, into our habits Aof thought and feelings of society every thing that could honour, distinguish, and heighten a nation." Why should not the result be the same with Reim id? She has eloquence to adorn our laws, ' she has genius to enrich our literature, she has ' fervent feelings, keen wit, ready humour, and her own special light-heartedness to bring into our social and intellectual circles. If Scotland has felt the benefit of connection with a richer people, why should not Ireland be equally susceptible of the ad vantages to be derived from her union with Eng land ? Mr. ROEBUCK did not, however, examine the case in this aspect. He denounced, as all rational politicians do denounce, the idea of a separation between the two countries, and pointed out that under the law there was no recognised inequality. Trial by jury and all other vital mat ters were identical in both, and there was no law in England to compel landlords to grant leases to their tenants. There was something more than law wanted to improve the condition of the sister coun try. " Depend upon it," he exclaims," it is not law that will make Ireland what it ought to be. It is the teaching of her teachers ; it is the reception of that teaching by her people ; it is a determination on the part of everybody to do his duty in that state of life in which it has pleased GOD to call him, and not to turn round to talk nonsense about " Erin-go-bragh or Bryan Born." But we have for centuries done mischief, as Mr. ROEBUCK said later on, and the mischief of centuries cunot be undone in one generation. Fenianism, though a great evil, may be ultimately productive of good if it eliminates the professed agitators and noisy riorters from the real and earnest reformers of Ire land. England has often shown her anxiety to remove the grievances of her sister coun try, and strong as is the indignation against Fenianism, Englishmen are magnanimous enough to distinguish between the crimes of a few conspirators and the mistakes of their dupes, still more between the reckless agitator, whose hand is against every man, and the loyal and conscientious Irishman, who feels that his country is unjustly burdened. As for the American Irish element, Mr. ROEBUCK spoke the truth when he said the Irish emigrant who arrived in America with his feelings embittered against England found two parties fighting against each other, be tween which he held the balance. Both parties courted him, and Democrats and Republicans alike talked nonsense to obtain his vote. Without doubt this fact introduces an awkward element into the question, but the greater the difficulty, the more need for patience, promptitude, and resolution in dealing with it. general NewlV We by to by th th e e lasrtrhivajlaonfuatrhye, Caeudba th n e ewsfrom in a manner embroglio at the War - office continues aspect of affairs is anything bu t encoura g ing. The which we should in this country imagine to be in- On the 14th, the d a y p rior to the departure of compatible with the dis char g e of public business. the Cuba, Mr. STANTON' resu med possession of the War Departmen t. General GRANT volun tarily gave up the ke y s so soon as he re ceived the resolution o f the Senate, and notified the PRESIDENT that under the Tenure of Office Bill his functions of Sec r e tar y of War ad interim ceased the moment be received notice of the action of the Senate. The General is evidently very apprehensive of assuming too much, and car ries the reticence which distinguishes his speech into action, lie is apparently fearful of identifying himself with either party, and now that the elec tions are drawing nearer and nearer, he shrinks from giving offence to the Republicans. He leaves the battle between the Legislature and the Executive to be fought out by other parties, and will await the issue before he takes independent action. He cannot, indeed, refuse to obey the orders of the PRESIDENT as his military comma.uder, and it now seems that he is equally reluctant to disregard the commands of Congress. The bill reinstating Mr. STANTON was passed in the Senate by thirty five votes to six. Mr. JOHNSON, however, is not inclined to submit to dictation, and has an nounced that he will issue all militay STANTON.orders t h roug h GRANT instead of thr oug h g GRANT'S military position woald enable him to do this ; but whatever course Mr. JOHNSON resolves u pon, it is certain that he will not allow his au thority to be so completely set aside as the Radicals desire. They are scheming now to remove all the prominent men who oppose them in their headlong course. General HANCOCK has become remarkable for his temperate and constitutional administration of his district, and the PRESIDENT, it will be re membered, expressly recomtnended him for approval to the Senate. That august body has shown their sense of his services by the introduction of a reso lution to reduce the quota of major -generals in the army, the resolution being so framed as to cause the discharge of HANCOCK and ROUSSEAU. Another resolution adopted by the Senate recom mends the consideration of a law for the suspension of officials from office pending impeachment and trial. This is no doubt aimed at the PRESIDENT, though his wildest antagonists one would imagine could hardly dream of reopening the Impeachment ques tion. The Houle of Representatives, it is true, is ready for a good deal. No hesitation or misgiving interferes with the vigour of their resolutions. The bill denying the validity of the civil Governments of the South, which we learned by the cable last week, had passed the Lower House, makes it a high misdemeanour for the PRESIDENT to employ the army or navy to enforce the authority of the present civil governments in the rebellious States. This is evidently intended to prevent the action of the troops in repressieg the riots in the South. It would seem that the !louse of Representatives is really in earnest in endeavouring to rekindle the flames of civil war and rebellion in those distracted and desolated provinces. Whether they seriously desire the confiscation of the planters' lands, hoping .for personal en riching of the members, or whether they are carried away by their dislike to the PRESIDENT, it is certain that the system which they are delibe rately pursuing in the South would be intolerable to any but the most degraded people. To set aside all civil law, and to know that the military law is ad ministered by men of known partiality and harsh ness, is simply to provoke a fresh revolt against the arbitrary power that is so unworthily employed. The condition of the Southern States has excited the commiseration of Europe, but it is powerless to awaken the sympathies or moderate the political rancour of their own countrymen. How can it be supposed that capital will flow into a country so harassed and so persecuted? in which the most or dinary guarantees of popular freedom and indivi dual rights are completely set aside, and the old traditions of civil law and liberty are overriden without scruple? Under the existing rule, while senators and representatives are quarrelling about the rival claims of white and black, both negroes and planters are in danger of starvation. But who will invest money in the cultivation of land that may any day be taken from him? Who will till the ground when he is uncertain of his wages? who will speculate, who will'advance money or give Lcredit to men in such t condition? Even the Radi cals must allow that the Southern States, as they are at present, are a source of national weakness, and they may thank the breadth of the Atlantic rather than their own administrative powers, that no foreigner has yet availed himself of the ready opportunity which they offer to the enemies of the once United States. LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. M. MAGNES' FINANCIAL STATEMENT. PARIS, Jan. 27. The Moniteur of this morning publishes M. Magne's report upon the financial condition of France. According to this statement, on the Ist December, 1867, the floating debt amounted to 936 million francs. In consequence of events beyond control, the receipts of the Bu3get of 1867 show a deficit of 26 millions as compared with the esti mates. Adding to this the extraordinary credit voted by the Corps Legislatiff on the 31st May, 1867, of 158 millions, and the cost of the expedition to Rome, there is a total of 189 millions of francs necessary to cover the outlay occasioned by the events of 1867. The report denotes various augmentations of ex pense which will be felt by the budgets of 1868 and 1869, and concludes that supplementary re sources to the amount of 82 millions of francs will be required to be shared between those two years. The report calls to mind that it is neces sary to reform the war materials and the fleet, in the interest of the defence of the country and of the national honour. From reports submitted to the Ministries of War and Marine, a sum of 187 millions ought to be devoted to that object. It would, however, be illusory to suppose that these resources would suffice to cover every requirement, but relative to the war material every essential would be therewith met. The details of his urgent importance would be completed in proportion to the annual resources. The report concludes by proposing a loan of 440 millions of francs, which would meet all exigencies. The funds in the army dotation chest are not dis posable. The loan will be negotiated by public subscription. The report proposes to divide the monthly payments of the loan into twenty instal ments. THE SWISS CONSTITUTION. BERNE, Jan. 27. A popular vote was taken yesterday in the Canton of Zurich upon the question of revision of the Constitution. The revision by the constitutional council was decided upon by 47,776 votes to 10,057. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. (Via Southampton.) (Noon.) Mr. Stanton has nNoEtwpaYsseßdKn Jan.nyofie 15 official orders. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 26. The Ceylon, from Southampton 25th inst., ar rived at 10 p.m. yesterday. Sh e e xperienced ter rific weather in the Bay of Biscay, lost three boats , decks swept, bulwarks, b r idge, and Post-offs; in jured ; ship's galley sma3hod, and figure-head carried away. Damage being repaired here. Otherwise, everything all right and well. Ship leaves at 4 p.m. to-day for Alexandria. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SuEz, Jan. 26. The Baroda, from Bombay on the 14th inst., ar rived at 4 p.m. to -day. FRA.N main feature is a very moderate, yetß pOrUißceSsE,wJeAllNs.up2pso._ rtedl' r , a a n n s d a c t t i h o e n s —' slight increase of confidence. Three o'clock. --The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. ...... 99 90 Bank Shares 3203 End of month... —•— Italian Loan 42 85 3 per Cent on . h .. 68 35 End of mouth_ 42 821 End of month... 68 30 Mexican Loan l7 _ Credit Mobilier ... 167 50 Do. Bond s End of month... 167 50 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1387 50 Home Debt 33 75 End of m0uth...1385 Deferred ___ Account Orleans 875 Northern 1153f Lyons and I\lediterranean n_, Southern..... Z3‘7Bl Western 565 Eastern ............ Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman BAIL' MARK.E7S.-:(This Day.) CORN. With some improvement in the Nveasttheeard,iltyhodeaviclooupnedts. arbeslep.oeting farming operations are rather more favour there was a fair attendance, with come is to 2s higher, and of other grain the turn against From T hemfiorsmt l o l s t s h i e n p t r h o e vi t n r c aidel quotation s m is ar b k e o i t n s 6Y t u ter of eondition, but the buyers. r o descriptionsporbtibetter seocfondaly qualid pro nee, and an generally. ,mst inquiry uno A Eprupe t qp; M ,evi stz a ts r r ehd k o u bv l l a hipa n fresoi e asrit to-day eaa sl a severalirno e ratherp ties. For all good samples there was a steady sale, at is advance. Foreign wheat w as more firmly held, a n d purc h ases could only be effecte d on advanced ter ms, say is more than on this day week. both Flour was in mode rate demand, and bo ,, English and f o reign the turn de arer. Grindin g barley sold steadily at slightly higher rates, and inaltinc , 0 was also the turn higher. Beans realised full prices. Peas fully as dear. Malt sustains its value fully, but meets only a quiet sale. Oats sold on terms favouring the importer. NEWGATE AND LEADENUALL. MEAT, —The dead meat markets have been quiet but s p c li A es T .; T o L ur E pi: l v A io n u: E q T uo . tations The supply of live stock to-day was moderate and the trade brisk. Of beasts there wore 2,775 English, 50 Scotch, 390 Irish, and 715 foreign, making 3,930 in all. striteitaydby(3ttMETßOPOLlTANh e repeated. moderate The Beef trade was brisk, and prices rather higher. Of sheep there wore 1 6,880, including 1,010 foreign. The demand was steady, and quotations unaltered. Of calves there were 102, the proportion of foreign be ing 48. ' A fair demand pr eva il ed for veal, at higher pr i ces. Pork sold slowly, a t previous rates ; 310 pigs at mar k e t. Quotations :—B ee f , 3s 5s 6d to 6s ; pork, 3 s to 4s. to 58; mutton, 3s 4d to 5 s ; veal, PROVISIONS. The butter trade was here generally brisk, and fine makes hava supported their value, secondary sorts selling unevenly. Fine Friesl an d , this morning, quoted 124 5. COLONIALAND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR.—There is not much inquiry, and the market is without appreciable alteration. COFFEE remains steady in value, with a moderate in quiry. RICE is inactive, but not lower. COTTON meets a good demand, and maintains an upward tendency. OlLS.—Linseed is firmer at 34s 9d; rape steady at 35s for brown English. - TURPENTINE quoted 28s Gd. METALS much lower. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 27.—Tire market opened steadily at Saturday's rates. Sales probably 12,000 bales. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—Messrs. Henderson, Coulburn, and Co., of Renfrew, have launched a composite s crew o f 850 tons, built for the East India trade. This vessel has boon named the Sakura, and she is now being fitted by the builders with a pair of compound engines of 110 horse power, nominal. Messrs. R. Duncan and Co., of Port Glasgow, have contracted to build a paddle for Messrs. J. Brynsner and Co,, of Greenock. Messrs. Robertson aud Co. have contracted with Mr. J. Kincaid, of Glasgow, to build and engine a saloon steamer for the South American river trade. This will make tne sixth Yessol 11011 , on hand by Zoom liobertson, anti Co, CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRODI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PARIS, SUNDAY, Jan. 24. Dumas has presented to the Senate the report of the cemmission on the new Army Bill. It is a curious docu ment, made up of excuses, first addressed to those who deem it an addition to the burdens of the country, and second, to those who supposed the power of substitution, of re-enlistment, and whatever other concessions to popular feeling the bill contains, needed apology. This kind of apology is a recognition of the alarm and disgust which the Army Bill has unmistakeibly created throughout the nation. We learn from the International one of those facts which you often need to go abroad to learn, that the prefects of eighty-seven out of eighty-nine departments have reported that the bill is regarded by the populations under them with undisguised dislike. To efface this feeling the Emperor himself wrote the pamphlet referred to by the Patrie. That they will not succeed I feel certain. But there is a curiosity about the way in which the justification is being attempted. As your readers are aware, political publications require a stamp. Yet the numerous brochures that are in circula tion M. Paris in defence of the Army Law bear no stamp . The question is, first, is that a political subject? second, how would the Government treat the publishers and editors of similar brochures to the Exposé Succinct if they resort to the same method to attack the law? As to the merits of the scheme, the public do not take the same - view of the four years in the reserve which the Government wish them to take. They look at the fact that nine years of service will be required, and though the term of active service is reduced from seven to five years, they cannot be persuaded that the reduction in one direction compensates for the aggravation in the other. Then, again, there is no dis guising the fact that the yearly contingent " has increased, ' is increasing, and ought to be diminished." Under the Royalty, after the fall of Bonaparte, there were seven contingents of 60,000 men, and an army of 420,000 men ; under the Republic of 1848, seven contingents of 80,000 men ; under the Empire of 1852, seven contingents of 100,000 men; now there are to be nine contingents and a total army of 1,250,000 men. The chances of the French man's escaping the military net arc therefore growing less and less. The frienis of Count Montalembert—and there are many in England—will be glad to hear that he has so far recovered his health as to resume his pen. It is in the old cause—Poland. The death at Paris of Ladislas Zamoyski, the Polish patriot and exile, furnished the occasion. It is unnecessary to say that Mon talembert's biographical sketch is brillant : and it reads like an eloquent speech. I must give one short passage to illustrate its force :—" The 19th century, which already inclines towards its close, will have in the course of its history nothing more grand, more touching, or more impressed with moral beauty to shew than Poland, vanquished, proscribed, and abandoned by the world What a spectacle and what a lesson—a nation in mourning and in blood that will not die—a race of unconquerable men and women surviving all species of torture, of treason, and of calamity. Its :existence is at once a defiance and an appeal —a defiance flung at the insolence of fortune—an appeal to the slow justice of an avenging God ! Forgotten, disdained, calum n i a t e d by triumphant iniquity, by selfish opulence, by sycophants of the successful, insupportable to the vanquishers and the prosperous of this world, it stands, like Mordecai before Hainan, immovably resolved never to forget, never to despair, never to capitulate —an incomparable type of suffering, of sacrifice, of untiring patience, of indignant patriotism ; martyrs and invincible confessors not only of the faith that is in them, but of right, of country, and of liberty." The press prosecution has passed through the first act. A fine of I,ooof. (E4O) and the costs has been inflicted on each of the ten journals. This is the penalty for publish ing a summary of the debates in the Legislative Chambers for the sake of discussion merely, instead of the official reports given to the press. It is regarded as the most vexatious prosecution to which the Parisian press has yet had to submit. The decision just given renders it all but an impossibility for the French press to discuss the debates at all. Everybody now feels that the law must be altered. The discussion on the new press law, which should begin next Thursday, is looked forward to rectify a state of the law which virtually annihilates free discussion. It is stated that an amend ment is in contemplation to give the papers liberty to discuss the sittings of the Chambers with or without the official compte-renia. The present decision condemns the journalists without enlightening them. It leaves un certain how much of speeches they may quote in the ar ticles in which they are discussed, or whether they may discuss at all speeches which they do not report in full from the official account. Under the new law editors will not be liable to imprisonment, but they will still be subject to heavy fines. One of the most striking instances of the severity of the present discipline is the case of the Franch e Comte, the editor of which dared to dispute the correct ness of a communique by a provincial prefect, and has been sent to prison for twenty-four days, without the power of A good story is told of a poor man who fell among thieves recently, and who adopted a novel and successful way of bringing the police to his assistance. He set up the cry lustily " Vive la Republique." The sergents de tille were there in an instant. Seditious cries gave wings to their heels. A man in one of the departments, by a similar expedient, got a night's lodgings a few days ago. Refused admittance at the office of the commissaire, he began to sing the " Marseillaise." That was enough, he was soon lodged by the police. The poor fellow was ac quitted on consideration of the facts of the grave charge of seditious cries, but for vagahondage he was incarcerated a whole month. THE UNEMPLOYED 1N LONDON. An aggregate meeting of the unemployed of th yards of Cubitt-town, Miliwall, Limehouse, and ePoplar,ship in Burdett Hall, Lime house, was held on Saturday afternoon, house, for the purpose of adopting means for remedying the distress at present existing in these localities. 'iN l l ll2. Green, jun., having been called to the chair, rociebded thetro. explain that the meeting had not been ' ca p ll relief committee, but by the men themselves, L' for y the purpose of considering what they should do, and whether they could adopt means for bringing work back to the neighbourhood mentioned. The chairman went t that he supposed the men would pass resolutions stating that they . were willing to meet the hard times by ° accepting work on a new scale. If they did, those resolu tions would do a great deal of goo d or a great deal of harm. When it became known that they were willing to work if they could get it, gentlemen would enter into speculations, for there were many ready to do so if they could only get their work done cheaper, and on a sliding scale. It was, he said, a great mistake to imagine that the employers were making large profits, and equally a mistake for the employes to ask for high prices while times were so bad and money so scarce. This was not an attempt to reduce wages, but to enable the shipbuilders of London to compete with the firms of Scotland and those abroad. There was, he said, plenty of work to be had, but the high price of wages kept it away from London. —The Rev. Mr. Whitmore said the future prospects of the men depended upon their vote that day, for this was not a question of trades unions, but a question as to whether the trade should be driven away from London.— Mr. Filter said that a gentleman whom he knew had been compelled to have a vessel built in Glasgow, because wages were too high in London.—Mr. Ronced, a workman, denied that the workmen of London received higher wages than the men in Scotland. On the contrary, the wages of London were less per hour than those paid in Glasgow.—The chair man said the employers were quite willing to listen to any , one who would throw light upon the " knotty point,' namely, " how to get the work back to the neighbourhood? ' —Mr. Gibson said, undoubtedly there was more work at Glasgow, Greenock, and 3ther places than at Millwall and the Isle of Dogs. He had been informed that work which cost 6s. 6d. in London could be done on the Clyde for 4s. Gd. In addition, the London employers had to bring coals and iron to London, and therefore they could not compete sue cessfully with the North. He would, therefore, ask the men to look the matter in the face and reduce the wages, so that their employers might compete with other parts. (Cries of " No, no.") —Captain Camp bell said that one . great cause of the want of work in the London ship. building trade was the system of net contracts. —Mr. Bullivant would shew where th e work had gone to. The orders on hand in Glasgow for t he present year a mounted to 141,595 tons, while last year the number only amounted to increased in tons, sheaving how ir on shipbuilding had in Glasgow. If they could build a ship at anything like the price per ton as on the Cly de he could put tw . o ships of 2,000 tons in hand immed iatel y . The que r stion was were they prepared to work fo r less wages? (1\ oise, and shouts of " No.")—After the meeting had been addressed by other speakers, Mr. Beck ett moved the appointment of a committee of workmen to meet the e mployers, and to report the result of their interview at a futur ied e meeting . . The motion having been seconded was carr unani mously, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the business. Fanny Kemble is tobegin a series of readings in New York about the Ist of March, and afterwards to visit Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. It has been determined at the annual meeting of the Leeds Liberal Registration Association, to memo rialise the mayor to call a public meeting in favour of the ballot and the rcp3al of the ratepaying c'an,,,ni of the Reform Act. The meeting, it is suggested, shoul ibe held early in February, and Mr. Baines, M.P., will lie invited to Attend, BISHOPRIC. V are informed that the reason why it is desired to consecrate Mn Macrorie at once is that two of the African bishops—Dr. Cotterill, Bishop of Graham's Town, and Dr. Twells, Bishop of the Orange River—are about to re turn to their dioceses forthwith, and have taken their passages in the Cape Mail steamer, which leaves Plymouth on February 10. It being thought very desirable that the consecration should be performed by African bishops, and the departure of the above-mentioned prelates being un. avoidable, it has been suggested that the Bishop of Cape town should accompany them, and perform the rite in Africa ; but Dr. Gray is unable to do this, as important business detains him in this country. Under these circum stances the ceremony will, in all probability, take place in Scotland very shortly, although Mr. Macrorie is fully alive to the undesirable impression which, to use the words of the Times, such a " Gretna-green" consecration would produce. Mr. Macrorie was educated at Winchester School, and was subsequently a master at Radley College. His friends say that while, perhaps, decision is not his strong point, he possesses remarkable tact and power of getting over difficulties, which will stand him in good stead in a position as troublesome as that which he seeks to occupy. He has addressed a letter to the Accrington Times (having been until this appointment incumbent of Accrington), and in this letter he first of all comments on the recent criticisms of the Times and the Pall Mall Gazette, and protests against the theory that the Church is simply a human institution, the creature of an Act of Parliament, and then goes on to contend-1. That Dr. Colenso has been deposed by the only court which has authority to depose him, i.e., not only has he been condemned by Convocation and by forty-one bishops, but he has been " spiritually deposed by the Court of the Metropolitan, whose jurisdiction he is bound to recognise—firstly, by virtue of his letters patent (those letters patent which he now flaunts in the face of the Church that has disowned him) ; secondly, in virtue of the solemn oath of due obedience taken at the time of his con. secration. 2. From the judgment of this court Dr. Colenso appeals, not to, which as provided by the letters patent the appeal lies—viz., the Archbishop of Canterbury—but to the Crown. The Crown, by a stretch of its prerogative, commits the trial of this appeal to a tribunal of modern institution which has never possessed the confidence of Churchmen--the Judicial Committee of Privy Council. 3. What is the judgment of this tribunal ? That every act of the Crown towards the Church in South Africa is utterly null and void in law ; that the letters patent arc not worth the paper on which they are written ; that the position of the Church in the colonies is that of a voluntary association, the same, no better and no worse than that of the Wesleyans or any other religious body. 4. The trustees of the Colonial Bishoprics' Fund, having a strong conviction that Dr. Colenso was no longer entitled to the emoluments of an office from which he had been deposed, withheld his stipend from him. Dr. Colenso brings the case into the Rolls Court and obtains a judgment in his fairour. Thus we have two utterly irreconcilable judgments from two of our highest courts of law. It is ruled by one court that the Church is in the position of a voluntary associa tion ; by the other that the moment she assumes the rights and privileges of such an association she is to be forced to relinquish them—in plain words, that with none of the advantages of a Church established by law, she is to have all the disadvantages. Such a state of things is clearly indefensible to Englishmen, and cannot last." Mr. Macrorie then answers the objection that the bishops of South Africa have acted precipitately, and says that it is forgotten that for six years the diocese of Natal has been in this distracted state, and that the Church of England, if she would not forfeit her right to be a branch of Christ's Church, was " bound to assert her vitality, and wipe out the dark stain that rests upon her." Holding this view strongly, Mr. Macrorie felt Lound to accept the responsible office committed to him, and which he a few weeks ago as little expected to fill as that of commander of the Abyssinian expedition. He ridicules the idea of going out to St. Helena, when " we could go comfortably down to Scotland, and there act without the slightest violation of the law." He meets the objection that, in the event of the see of Natal becoming vacant hereafter in the usual way, there is no guarantee that he (Mr. Macrorie) would not be superseded by some other bishop, by declaring that the Crown certainly would not appoint such a bishop, and that there are no three bishops in England who would conse crate him even if he were appointed. In a postscript he comments upon the Bishop of London's letter to Bishop Gray, and says that it must be remembered that " for twenty years Dean Stanley, the avowed apologist kr Dr. Colenso and his 'sieves, has been the Bishop of London's intimate friend and personal ally," and that the Dean has recently declared that " the doctrines of the Bishop of Natal are such as the universal Church has never con demned ; such as within the Church of England are by law allowed." Mr. Macrorie does not say anything with respect to the letter of the Archbishop of York, who certainly has no sympathy with Bishop Colenso. On Sunday, the Bishop of Capetown, preaching a sermon at St. David's Church, Exeter, thus referred to the pro posed consecration of Mr. Macrorie :—"I will.not dwell, my brethren, upon this subject at any length to-day— indeed, it will not be expected that I should dwell upon a matter thatis still under discussion—but this only I will say, that the Bishop of Africa will take no step without consul tation with the Primate of the Church of England, and whatever course they may eventually pursue will be adopted in hearty concurrence with his grace's wishes and instruc tions. But I doubt whether the Church in this land feels how great a hindrance and how great a danger and scandal to the Church in that land as well as to the Church at home exist,because he who went forth to preach Christ's truth am: gospel now declares that the Holy Scriptures, which are the records of God's revelations, do not contain au unerring record of His truth—do not contain, indeed, even upon faith and morals, that which we are toll to adhere to ; and asserts that our Blessed Lord knew no more than an intel ligent Jew of his own age and period ; that it has been reserved to a critic of this nineteenth century to point out the blunders of his Incarnate Lord ; and that He whom all the angels of God worship is not a fit object for our adoration. These things, day by day, are being taught in the name and with the claimed authority of this Church of England, and we in that land feel that it compromises us, that it compromises you, and that if we tolerate such teaching, we are unfaithful and untrue to Him--we betray His cause, and we shall lose His blessing." The Earl of Derby, according to the latest accounts received in town from Knowsley, is somewhat better. An artesian well of naphtha has (says the Grocer) been discovered at Kudaco, in the Caucasus, by boring. At the depth of 274 feet from the surface the liquid was first struck, and for a whole month (from Nov. 24 to Dec. 24) gave a supply of 1,500 barrels daily. Since then a f res h source has been met, which rises with irresistible force to the height of forty feet above the ground, the jet being four inches in diameter, and delivering a daily supply of 6,000 barrels. The correspondence relating to the dismissal of M r . D. O'Sullivan, of Cork, from the commission of the peace has been published. Mr. O'Sullivan says, in reply to a letter from the Lord Chancellor, " I shall always consider the offence of the three Irishmen executed at Manchester purely political, and that opinion is endorsed by Catholic Ireland. I should consider it wrong if I en couraged any other than constitutional means for redress of their wrongs." The statue of Sir R. Peel has been placed upon its pedestal in front of the principal entrance of the New Palace-yard, in Parliament-street, Westminster. It stands upon a double plinth, about six feet in height. The lower plinth is of a grey and the upper of red polished granite, relieved by worked moulding, and they are of an oblong octagon shape. The statute remains still enveloped in a canvas wrapper. TRAIN AGAIN ON THE BAILS. —Mr. G. F. Train makes the following announcement in the Cork papers : " Imperial Hotel, Cork, Jan. 23, 1868.—T0 whom it may concern.—When in the course of human events an Ame rican citizen visiting a foreign land on important financial business is incarcerated in a felon's cell, a decent respect for the opinion of the authorities on his release (without any apology for outrage) impels him to state why he remains a few days in the suspect district ':-1. I like the people. 2. I introduced the prepaid passenger and exchange busi- Ress into Ireland twenty years ago that has brought over from America since that day, 12 millions sterling. 3. lam preparing the documents to prosecute my claim against the Government for one hundred thousand pounds. 4. Having had the concession for street railways for Cork, and the ready money to lay them down, I wish to see if Ireland is ready to have some American capital invested in improv ing the locomotion of her cities. 5. And most important, I wish to prove to the authorities by my lectures, that the only way that I have interfered with the law was to wish well to Ireland and Irishmen, Catholic and Pro testant alike.—Sincerely, GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN." Mr. Train also advertises a lecture at the Atheneum, Cork, on Monday evening. He states the subject as— " Ireland in America : Ten Millions Sterling sent here by Irish-Americans since Mr. Train initiated the prepaid Passenger System twenty years ago ; Travel, the Royal Road to Knowledge ; Personal Reminiscences ; Tem perance and Father Mathew ; How to get Rich ; Th e Eye-glass Style of Conversation, or the Governor of a Gaol. Mr. Train is desirous that the ladies of Cork will be present, as he wishes to explain why 9,000 Irishmen voted for Female Suffrage in Kansas ! Everybody turn out to hear the Great champion of the 1.6114 Lacv,►, (tzar ° t rtia TYIT • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 26. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied byPrince Leopold and Princess Beatrice. The other members of the Royal Family walked in the grounds. 7'IIE GALE, THE WRECKS UPON THE GOWER COAST. In our impression of Saturday we gave the brief particulars of one of the most disastrous catastro phes which had occurred in this district within the memory of man. The spot where it took place is on the wild and rocky coast of the Peninsula of Gower, at the extreme end of the county of Gla morgan, and for many miles it is strewed with wreck and portions of cargo. The cause of this disaster is somewhat singular. On Wednesday no less than 19 vessels, chiefly brigs, brigantines, and schooners engaged in the near continental and coasting trades, took advantage of the exceedingly fine night, and left Llanelly with the hope of beat ing down channel. During high tide there was but little wind, but it having been blowing half a gale from the west for several hours previously, the sea is described as running mountains high' over the bar at the mouth of the Burry river. There was not sufficient water over the bar to float vessels across, and, notwithstanding the united and strenuous exer tions of the crew and the pilots, the vessels took the ground, where they were completely at the mercy of the waves, and in a short time became either partial or total wrecks, being driven high upon the oppo site sands. In consequence of the length of the sands upon which the wrecks and bodies are cast up, extending some 14 or 15 miles, the exact extent of the loss of life has not yet been ascertained. Nineteen vessels left the port of Llanelly on the night in question ; 42 of the crews of these vessels are known to have been saved, and 52 others are supposed to have perished. Five or six hands are supposed to be the average crew on board the ves sels which have thus been wrecked. The vessels lie in all conceivable positions and state of wreck. One vessel, which left Llanelly with 143 tons of tin plates, is completely imbedded in the sands, so far settling down as to be scarcely perceptible. Other vessels are broken up most effectually, and nothing can prevent others from being broken up and totally destroyed. We need scarcely say that this disas trous catastrophe has created a mournful sensation throughout the entire district and in the adja cent ports of Swansea, Llanelly, and Neath, &c. Many of the unfortunate mariners belonged to the port of I Llanelly and. the neighbouring places, and their being wrecked within sight of their own homes and within an hour or two after leaving, renders it still more distressing. There is a lightship and look out in Broughton-bay, but the sea was running so high at the time that no boat could possibly have lived had any attempted to reach the vessels. Disasters to shipping are also reported from vari ous parts of the coast. At Plymouth many vessels have put in for shelter. Two vessels belonging to that port have been wrecked—the Majesty, Capt. Gaswell, in Penberth Cove ; and the Juno, Capt. Green, which foundered off the Land's End. Both crews were saved. From Ramsgate the wreck of the Briton's Pride, of Falmouth, is reported. She struck on the South Brake. The crew were rescued by the lifeboat. The Graces, of Whitby, has foun dered on the Kentish Knocksand, the crew aban doning her ; and the Intelligent, a French vessel, which had also been abandoned, has been brought into Ramsgate harbour. The smack Clipper, of Great Yarmouth, was rescued by the lifeboat sta tioned at that port just as she wa4 drifting on Scroby Sands. At Shields, the gale being off shore, no wrecks took place, but anxiety is feit for the safety of the colliers which sailed a few days pre viously. TRIAL OF SIR CULLING EARDLEY FOR BIG AM I'. Sir Culling Eardley was placed at the bar of tho Central Criminal Court this day to take his trial for feloniously intermarrying with Mary Elizabeth Allen, at the district church of St. George's, Hanover-square, his wife Emily Florence Magee, to whom he had been previously married at New York, in the United States of America, being alive. Mr. Giffard, QC., was specially retained to pro secute, with Mr. Green and Mr. Benjamin. Mr. Montague Williams was the counsel for the de fendant. This case appeared to create considerable interest on account of the position of the defendant, and the circumstances connected with the charge. Evidence was adduced to show that on the 12th of December, 1859, the de fendant, being then Mr. Eardley, married Miss Emily Florence Magee, at New York, and continued to live with that lady for some time after wards, when a separation took place. In the first instance Sir Culling Eardley, the father of the de fendant, was ignorant of the fact of the marriage having taken place, but when he became aware of the fact that his son had married a lady of position and respectability, he at once acknowledged her as his daughter, and made a settlement of £1,500 a year upon her. After the defendant came to the title by the death of his father, he seemed to have induced the prisoner to procure a reconciliation with his wife, but she refused to live with him again, and in Sept., 1867, the defendant contracted a second marriage with a lady named Allen, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The marriage was advertised in the Z imes, and the father of the defendant's first wife immediately commenced the present prosecu tion. Mr. De Tracy Gould, a member of the American bar, practising in England, proved that the mar riage in America was a perfectly legal ceremony. In answer to questions put to him in cross-exami nation, he said that, according to the law of Ame rica, it was not even necessary that the ceremony should be performed by a clergyman, or in a church, or that any witnesses should be present to render it Evidence having been given of the second mar riage, Mr. M. Williams proceeded to address the jury for the defendant, and he said that the answer he was instructed to make to the charge in his behalf was, that at the time he contracted the second marriage he believed that the first marriage was not legally contracted, and that it was not binding upon him. He urged upon the jury the considera tion of the fact that &the second wife, who was the party really injured, had nothing to do with the prosecution, and there was nothing to show that the defendant had been actuated by mer cenary motives in relation to the second marriage- He that if the jury should be of opinion that the defendant really did not believe that he was committing an offence at the time he married the second lady, they would be justified in acquitting him. The Recorder, in summing up the case to the jury, said that he really did not see any answer to Lhe charge, or any facts in the case that would justify them in coming to the conclusion that the defendant had not committed the offence imputed to him. The jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty. The Recorder inquired if the defendant had obtained any money with his second wife ? Mr. M. Williams said he was informed that he did not. Mr. Giffard said he was sorry to inform his wor ship that the information he had received upon the subject was of a totally different character. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that in the absence of any information as to the circum stances connected with the second marriage the Court must deal with the case as it stood. The defendant had deliberately com mitted a very grave offence, and one that was calculated to do serious injury to the per son who was the victim of it. There did not ap pear to be any extenuation for his conduct, and the sentence he felt bound to pass upon him was that he be imprisoned and kept to harcl labour for 18 mouths, I I Ift