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T HE AT RE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Leitsee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, and until further notice, will be per formed a new and original Farce, by IL Reece, Esq., en iitled HONEYDOVE'S TROUBLES. Characters by Messrs. Joseph Irving, 0. Warner, J. Moiris ; Mes dames Kate Harfleur and E. Melville. After which will be performed the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas Pantomime written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FAW FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer. Due notice will be given of the re-appearance of Mr. Phelps in the character of Dr. Cantwell in THE HYPOCRITE. Doors open at half-past six, the performance to com mence at seven o'clock. Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur day until Feb. 15. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Jl Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB. Mr. Gordon, Mr. Braid, Mrs. Chippendale, &c. To be followed by A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothern, Unekstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid , Weathersby, dte., and Robinson. After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE i 3 ItIGAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Waathersby, Johnson, &R.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, lIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. ,n. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. - 11115 EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 29th* appearance here), Mr. Billington. Mr. IL Neville, Mr. R. Mr. G. Berner°. Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Weisor Miss Carlotta L32lercq (her 29th appearance), Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 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. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For rester, H. Mellon, R. Cathcart; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addie. Doors open at half-past C, commence at 7. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, ; Jan. 28, HE'S A. LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton. After which will be produced (18th Time in London) Mr. H. J. Byron's New and Original Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner, Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with (6th 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. Grieva, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan, Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, R. Everard, and H. Hodson. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Manager, M. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. LOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee 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. Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, N ewton, &c. To conclude with OUR DOMESTICS. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott ; Mesdames Hcnrade, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell, Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the Great Little Rowella. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, HEN AND CHICKENS: Messrs. Ashley, Stephenson, and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling. After which, USED UP: Messrs. R. Soutar,Vincent, Vaughan, and C. Mathews; Miss E. Farren. To be followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. To conclude with BETTY MARTIN: Mr. Geo. Vincent and Miss E. Farren Commence at Seven. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN G GL }- 4 'NIE, of the Sporting übrary, • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to Inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general, that he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " THE SUN," and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town or country. G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he Is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "TIIE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Ruff's, Wright's, and M`Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Maga zines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint- Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tsis DAY. —Morning, 4h. 16m.—Afternoon, 4h. 81m. To-Monitow.-Morning, 4h. 46m.—Afternoon, sh. 2m. -4,i, 111T0 e j t ' • LONDON, 7 UESDAY, JAN. 28, 1868. The continual arrivals of mail steamers from America keep us acquainted with all the variations , of political life in the States. The steamer Ame- rica, which left New York on the 15th inst., does not bring us much later intelligence than we have , • already received, but it supplies some deficiencies in the former accounts. For instance, we were left in doubt what course Mr. STANTON himself had pursued after his forced reinstatement at the War Office, but it seems that up to the date at which the America left he had not issued any official orders. It is reported that Mr. M'CuLoca has ordered his department to hold no official communication with Mr. Swum until his status is determined. The Secretary to the Trea sury is naturally opposed to the Radical interest, as that party has done its best to complicate the position of the already embarrassed finances, and has stoutly resisted all his efforts to reduce the debt and contract the currency. One of its latest achievements has been a limitation of the authority hitherto possessed by the Financial Minister. The ' Radicals are fully sensible of the charms of poli tical power themselves, but they are very unwil ling to allow any other person to enjoy it. They make it one of their chief objects to restrict and curtail the power of every one else. The office of President, if they fulfil their designs, would be no thing more than a dignified sinecure. The Secretary of the Treasury is no longer to be allowed to regu late the currency. Even the Supreme Court is not beyond the reach of these ambitious reformers. Its constitutional power to control the laws naturally displeases the party which is constantly labouring to reverse the whole order of things ; and the ver dict of the Court has more than once been given against the innovations of Congress.' It has the power to annul unconstitutional legislation, and as there can be no question whatever that the Southern Reconstruction laws are directly opposed to the Constitution which all Americans profess to cherish, the advocates of the measure are not far wrong in apprehending the action of the Court. If it were not for the political bias of some of the Judges, and the desire of Mr. CHASE to occupy the White House, it is probable that the extravagances of the last few sessions would have been less productive of mischief. It is thus we see the danger of the American system of electing judicial authorities for a term of years only in stead of for life. The excitement and partiality of electioneering is thus carried into the judicial world, and the best of judges are doubtless more or less influenced by it. Nevertheless ou more than one occasion the Supreme Court has pronounced against Radical innovations, and the PRESIDENT has not hesitated to refer vexed ques tions directly to its decision. The Radicals, there fore, have been wishing for a change, and latterly . the Judiciary Committee have reported a bill alter ing the Judiciary system, and making it necessary for " two-thirds of the Judges" to declare an act of Congress illegal instead of " a majority" as heretofore. By this means they hope to escape the adverse influence of the more constitutional judges. This bill is not yet law, and possibly may never become law, since it meddles with matters entirely out of the reach of Congress, and its object is transparent. Meanwhile the effect produced by three recent measures—the bill in question, the bill destroying all civil government in the South, and the reinstatement of Mr. STANTON at the War Office—has been highly flattering to the Radicals, and satisfactory, no doubt, to the public at large. Gold, which stood at 133 premium, in a few days rose to 1411—a proof how much confidence is placed by the country in the good effects of Radical legislation. GRANT and SHERMAN have, it is said, been urging STANTON to resign. Un less he has learned moderation during his brief absence from office, their efforts are not very likely to prove successful. M. MAGNE'S report upon the Financial Condi tion of France has just been published in the Moniteur, and it appears, according to this state ment, that affairs are not so bad as some had sup posed them to be. The receipts of the Budget of 1867 show a deficit which is not to be wondered at, considering the circumstances of the case, and the unfortinate aspect of the year. It is here said that it resulted from events beyond control, and the loss amounted to the sum of twenty-six millions of francs, as compared with the estimates. It is necessary to add to this sum the " ex traordinary credit" voted by the Corps Le gislatif last May and the cost of the expe dition to Rome, and this brings a total of one hundred and eighty-nine millions necessary to cover the outlay of the past year. The report goes on to say that there will be supplementary expenses to be felt in the Budgets of this year and the next, and that su pplementary resources must be shared be tween these two periods. These will amount to the sum of eighty-two million francs, and the report then shows us that it will be better to reform the war materiel and the fleet " in the interest of the defence of the country and the national honour," or a sum of one hundred and eighty-seven millions must be devoted to that object. No one will be surprised to hear that the report goes on to state that it is idle to expect that this sum will cover all requirements ; aud, finally, in order to meet all exigencies, a loan of four hundred and forty mil lions of francs, and this will be negotiated by public subscription, and the monthly payments divided into twenty instalments. All this seems to pro mise fairly if it be possible to carry it out after the manner proposed. The EMPEROR has evi -1 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1868. THE LATEST EDITION cf "THE SI7N supplied as soon s.s pubti, ha 1. conts!uin7. oa t'ls r k.• NEWS a nd SPORTING INT Ll. E it..‘ Newspaper Agent, 4, Eis.ch:ri.tr,r,,..l. 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The discussion in the Senate on the Army Bill still goes on, and various opinions are given thereupon, but it seems that the bill is very unpopular throughout the country. We do not suppose, however, that these considerations will weigh very much with the EMPEROR and his councillors. At any rate, the Report on the financial affairs of France has been more satisfactory than was expected, and that is encouraging in the present depressed state of things. It must inspire confidence in quarters where doubt prevailed previously, and render the position of the French Government more secure. M. MAGNE may be congratulated upon having got over his awk ward task in so successful a style ; and if the expec tations he holds out are realised, even partially, there will be no great reason to fear for the pros pects of the future. Mr. ROEBUCK has been exhibiting his common sense and downright action under circumstances of difficulty. He has raised his voice against unfair combinations and unwarrantable strikes in the hot bed of trades unionism ; but we venture to say that he never delivered a speech during his life which did him more credit than the address he last night made to the large audience of working men in Shef field. The subject was " Capital and Labour," and the hon. member proceeded to put before his hearers the plain truths connected with the subject in his usual effective manner. He intimated at the commencement that he was not speaking as a member of the Trades' Union Commission, but as member for effield only. He urged upon his hearers the im portance of keeping their mind under the dominion of reason, a piece of sage counsel, but which un fortunately was not attended to by many. Various modes are employed in different countries to keep down the excess of the demand for labour, and Mr. ROEBUCK observes that in England the trades unions perform the ungracious task, add this is not the least cruel mode that can be employed. When we study the true nature of this proceeding, we find that it is " cruel, selfish, and grossly unjust." It interferes directly with the privilege of the working man to provide .for his family according to his ability, and it also forbids him to use the talent and opportunities be stowed upon him by Providence by imposing arbi trary restrictions and condemning him to keep within narrow limits. Nothing is more effectual than an illustration, and Mr. ROEBUCK did a wise thing when he put forward an instance of cruelty and op pression displayed by the trades 1111iJI1 authorities, and showed their utter disregard of principle and recklessness of consequences. A working man in Sheffield had adopted his brother's child, an orphan, and as the best means of providing him with a livelihood he apprenticed him with his own son to himself to learn his trade. Forthwith he was waited upon by the authorities of the union, who objected to his nephew being bound as an apprentice on account of his being the son of one who was not a member of their trade. In vain the man represented that the boy was an ophan, and could not learn a trade if he were cast off. They were inexorable, and threatened all sorts of things unless their demands were complied with. The result Mr. ROEBUCK has not yet heard of, but heF pointed out the consequences of such zonduct, and its foul iniquity in the abstract. Their hearts were, indeed, " hard as the nether millstone, and they were not only crud, but pre eminently selfish." Such an act as this is, indeed, an offence against GOD and man, and an outrage of our laws, human and divine. To cast an help less orphan on the world as an outcast is a crime that cannot be palliated by any sophistry of argu- men', and this, as it was well described i n the lecture befure us, was done in a great city in a Christian country by working men who are for ever appealing to just principles of liberty and virtue," The hon. member concluded by cautioning them against any renewal of violence, and declaring that public opinion had declared against them, for recont disclosures had deeply affected men's minds. 'We hope that thi s impres- sive language may have due effect, and that the earnest eloquence and solemn truths here met with may receive the attention they deserve. The meetings of the Royal Geographical Society at Burlington House are always attractive to in tellectual and cultivated minds ; but it is no wonder that last evening the large room 11 as densely crowded, and the audience fUll of eager interest in the proceedings. Mr. YOUNG, of the LIVINGSTONE Search Expedition, read his report to the Society, and gave a most interesting account of the course of his journey and of the evidence which induced him and his colleagues to believe that the illustrious traveller was still alive and pursuing his arduous journey. The principal members of the Asso ciation fully concurred in Mr. YOUNG'S opi nion, and even Sir SAMUEL BAKER, who has from the first been apprehensive of the worst tidings, admitted that the intelligence obtained was most satisfactory. He still feared for the con sequences of Dr. LIVINGSTONE'S journey amid so many great dangers, but it is a great point to know that the terrible tale of the Johanna men had actually no foundation in fact. It is to be regretted that the gifted President of the society, who stoutly kept up hope when all else were hopeless, was pre vented by illness from presiding on an occasion so interesting to him; but he must have rejoiced to find that his confidence was so well placed. Mr. YOUNG'S report states that the people received the expedition in a most friendly spirit, and were very ready to give the desired information. At Moponda, where they arrived on the 28th of September, Mr. YOUNG saw the mother of the chief of the district. She said that an Englishman had been there a year before, had stopped three weeks to rest his party, and then left. The Johanna men afterwards returned that way. The Englishman w as a g reat friend with her son, who n d o i t ed let the a r n e y , a o n n d e moles molest him. the old lady laughed e d o thefatßh the idea u a r l d t y of LIVINGSTONE having been killed. " I felt convinced that had he died there," said Mr. YOUNG, "we should have heard it from some of the numbers I questioned on the subject. There seems, i ndeed, no reason to doubt this, since not in this par t onl y , but all along the route, the,peoplo were ready with their answers." More than one of the natives on the route had helped to carry LIVINGSTONE'S baggage, and they were, as Mr. YOUNG tells us, full of complaints about their neighbours, and only too ready to inform against them. Such a remarkable event as the murder of an Englishman could hardly have been concealed by so many persons totally unconnected with each other, and we may there fore hope and believe for the best. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT TO A FARMER.—Mr. James Shoosmith, a fanner, went to the Red Lion Magham Down, on Wednesday, to see a friend, and while in the house stood his loaded gun over the fence of a little shrubbery in front of the inn. On leaving he went to take his gun, holding the muzzle towards him as he took it over the fence. From some cause the hammer fell, and the contents entered the right side of the face and head of the unfortunate man. He died im mediately. VORRESPMENOE PROM PARIS. Cit, OUR - OWN - .CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. MONDAY, -.Titill/it M. lklagne's statement bas just appeared. It surpfised no mid. It had been anticipated that a loan of at least 400,000,0001 r; would be necessary, and public feeling is somewhat relieved that it is not larger. One grievance at a thine. The military laii at Piesent absorbs attention, and leaves room for no other complaints. I) Trade is slack in Paris and in the provinces, and if you belieVe tradesmen and market reports, business is as near as possible at a standstill. Several of our manufacturers continue to diminish the number of their hands. I fear that the addition of 440,000,000 francs to the burdens of the State will not tend to strengthen confidence. The assur ance that it is a peace loan deceives nobody. Peace is, no doubt, what we want, but it is peace upon a different appui than 1,280,000 bayonets can give. Of course, mili tary expenditure when bank coffers are suffering from re pletion will give some sort of temporary relief. Orders are out, it is said, for 1,200,000 pairs of boots for our army and 800,000 for the Austrian army, which may help to put the sons of St. Crispin into good humour, but cannot possibly give more than a fictitious stimulus to trade. In the midst of this stagnation I take it as a proof of n sensible administration that the Com pagnie du Chemin de fer du Nord has been authorised to reduce its rates for coal and coke to Paris and Rouen 40 centimes (4d.) per ton. On this point I may notice a state ment in the Charleroi iron trade report. The reductions in the prices of coke and of labour have enabled the employers to keep their works going, " these circumstances being to the producer equivalent to a rise in price." At the present moment, the report adds, English m akers cannot compete in our markets. I observe that Russia has just given out a contract for 1,600 tons of iron at Charleroi. The Moniteur contains a statement by the manufac turers of Elbceuf of the depressed state of their industry— the woollen trade. They state that they are finding em ployment for their hands at a loss to themselves. One third of their winter productions they have had to dispose of at a great sacrifice. They do "not take the liberty of raising a question of principle," but they " cannot avoid remarking that, under the protective system, our interests increased, and its products were made perfect ; and that since the commercial treaties they have diminished in value and, generally speaking, lost the qualities that for merly distinguished them ; that we have had serious losses, and that we are now in a state of crisis, the con sequences of which are incalculable." It is not unlikely that an official investigation will be made into these allegations. It is reported that the Due de Persigny is about to favour the public with a second letter, the subject to be the right of assembly. If he is as much a friend to freedom of public meeting as he is to the freedom of the press, and no more, the duke will not add much to his popularity Apropos of this subject, Reform banquets are being organised in various towns. The Patriote des Alpes reports a ban. quet at the small town of Pont-de-Beauvoisin, where the " Marseillaise " was sting, and, as was to be expected, the authorities interfered. The Opinion Nationale is to be prosecuted for an article headed " The 19th of January." The offence is that it excited to hatred and contempt of the Government. The Constitutionnel contradicts the rumours that have been current of the intention to send M. Benedetti be. Florence. Had that taken place, it would have bees accepted here as a proof that the Italian Government have recovered their position in the favour of the Emperor. But M. Benedetti remains at Berlin for the present. The news from Naples is not favourable to the House of Savoy. The Duke and Duchess of Aosta have been coldly received, the visit of Victor Emmanuel is deferred, and the Bourbon demonstrations !grow more lively. Cholera rages in Calabria, especially at Reggio, and brigandage in several of the provinces is more audacious than ever. The Syndic of San Vittorio has been obliged to payr.a ransom of 59,000 f., besides suffering the loss of one ear. A leader named Mora is the brigand in chief of the moment. Some thousands of Poles, who were transported for their share in the late rebellion, have recently been allowed to return to Poland, or, as it is now Russiiied, the Vistula Provinces. News reaches us from Spain that fresh risings are appre hended. Some emphatic declarations have recently been made by the President of the Council in the Chamber of Deputies to assure the public of the loyalty of the Queen and her Ministers to the Constitution. These, it is believed, were inspired by the bad reports from the provinces with respect to the projects of the partisans of the grandson of Don Carlos. The widow of the latter has, it is said, trans mitted forty million reals in view of a sozaavement general of the Carlists. They are probably the most powerful party in the country, including as they do a very large proportion of the bishops and clergy, and heaven knows there are ab uses enoug h t o feed the flame of revolution. A terrible storm broke over Havre two days ago. The building ,in course of erection for the Maritime B a 'thi. bition was a good deal injured by the wind. ACTION FOR SLANDER.--In the Court of Exchequer, oefore Mr. Baron Bramwell and a common jury, the case Df Challis v. Woodin came on for hearing. The plaintiff, Samuel Challis, entered the service of the defendant, who kept Woodin's Shades, Bishopsgate, as potman, at a salary, if he gave satisfaction, of £3O a year, with board and lodging. After a few weeks, the defendant gave him notice to leave, and when he had gone, a railway porter called upon the defendant for the plaintiff's character. On that occasion the defendant was said to have used language to this effect : " I will not give him a character ; he is a - scamp, a vagabond, and villain and the biggest thief that ever stood behind a bar." The defendant added, according to the testimony of the same witness, that his barmaid had seen him take some silver out of the till one morning. In consequence of this slander, the plaintiff said he had been prevented getting mother situation. The defendant, on being called, swore positively that he made no such statements. He said he became dissatisfied with the plaintiff as he broke glasses and destroyed measures, and did not seem to he a boy used to his particular kind of business. They had no quarrel either before or at the time of his leaving. What he said to the railway porter was this— that he could not give the plaintiff a character as he was so careless in his doings, and that his barmaid had said that on two oc- ea ions she had missed money from behind the counter in the morning. Ti. e railway porter observed, " Then, I suppose, you call him a— thief ?" and he replied that he could only say he was a careless fellow.—Upon this evi dence the jury found a verdict for the defendant. ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT.—At the Sittings in Banco, in the Court of Exchequer, before the Lord Chief Baron and Barone Martin and Channel', the court gave judgment in the case of Platt and others v. Higgins and others. It has been repeatedly before the public. It was an action for the infringement of a patent for certain improvement 3 in the machinery used in carding wool, and at the trial before Mr. Baron Martin inMiddlesex the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs. Subsequently a rule was obtained for a new trial, and it was argued at con siderable length on both sides. Their lordships were of opinion that no good grounds had been shown for a new rial, and discharged the rule. STEALING COATS FROM THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.- Henry Brown, 40, Lagle-street, Red Lion-square, mail cart driver, was brought up before Sir Robert W. Carden, at the Guildhall, charged with stealing coats from the pas- sage leading to the letter-carriers' kitchen in the General Pest Office.—James Pinch, a sorter in the Gene ral Post Office, said that on Saturday he received a coat from Smee, and he hung it up in a passage leading to the letter-carriers' kitchen. — William Smee, a constable attached to the Post Office, said he gave the coat produced to the last witness to hang up in the passage, which he did about five o'clock, and about twenty minutes to six o'clock he met the prisoner at the foot of the stairs, leaving. He was then putting the coat on. He said to the prisoner " Is that yourcoat you aro putting on?" and he looked up frightened, and said " No,sir." Witness took the prisoner into his private room, and left him there in charge while he went and searched a cart which prisoner said he drove, and found another coat that had been taken from one of their sorters about a month ago.—W. T. Chamberlain, a sorter, identified that coat as his, which he had lost about a month ago. He gave nobody authority to take it away.—Stephen Hirgs, a mail cart driver, in the employ of Mr. Bolton, a contractor for the Post Office, produced a coat which had been stolen from John Hall, a sorter, and which he (witness) had pur chased from the prisoner for 2s.—The prisoner was fully committed for trial. ROBBERY OF PLATE.--At the Central Criminal Court, Henry Sturges, silversmith, pleaded guilty to an indict ment which charged him with stealing a quantity of spoons and other goods, the property of Henry Holland and an other, his masters. The prisoner was a finisher of plate, and had been for three years in the employment of the pro secutors, who carried on the business of manufacturing sil versmiths, at No. 16, Jewin-crescent. On the 7th January, Mr. Holland attended a sale at Messrs.Debenham and Storr's and purchased eighteen silver spoons, which he found to bear his own marks, and which had passed through the hands of the prisoner. It was afterwards discovered that the spoons had been pledged with a pawnbroker in Sloane_ street for £3 75., in June 1866, and not being redeemed were sent f, r sale. Duplicates for other property were also found at the prisoner's house, and the property was identified as having belonged to the prosecutors, from whose premises it had been removed without their know ledge.— He was sentenced to nine months' hard labour. ATTEMPT TO DROWN A THAMES POLICE INSPECTOR.— At the Thames Police-court, Michael Lannon, a well known pugilist, was charged on a warrant with having attempted to drown Daniel Taylor, an inspector of the Thames division of police. A few days ago a prize-fight took place in Long Marsh, which was attended by many members of the ring. The party started from the Temple Pier. Upon the arrival of the steamer at Tunnel Pier, Wapping, Inspector Taylor, accompanied by other officers of the Thames police, rushed on board and warned the captain that lee had prize-fighters andthieves on board, and that he was assisting in an illegal act. Inspector Taylor was in official uniform. A cry was raised by several of the fancy of " Drown the ; throw them overboard," and Taylor was surrounded by the prisoner and others, who actually made an attempt to throw him into deep water some distance from the pier, and while a large steamer was going up the stream, head against tide. The captain and a prize-fighter interfered when Inspector Taylor was partially over the rail and his legs in the air. The steamer was backed astern, and the inspector and his men forced out of the steamer. In answer to Mr. Benson, the inspector said he was literally thrown out of the steamer after the:attempt made tothrow him overboard. The steamer was going ahead when he was hanging over the rail, and if he had fallen into the river he would have been cut to pieces by the paddles. Other evidence was given, from which it appeared that Sir Richard Mayne had given instruc tions to stop the fight if possible, and that Inspecto r Taylor had received instructions at the last moment to go on board the steamer and proceed to the place of meeting. Last night Inspector Silverton, of the C division, went to the Old Friar, Friar-street, where there was a dog-show, and captured the prisoner among 160 of the fancy. Mr, Benson remanded the prisoner for a week. EX.TRAORDINARY VOISONING UASE.—A very strange case of poisoning is reported from North Shields. An old sailor, named Reed, got a bottle of medicine from the Dispensary, and having taken three table spoonfuls of it, was seized with an attack of rigidity, and shortly afterwards died. Medical evidence given at the inquest showed that the man had been poisoned. It was stated by the surgeon at the Dispensary that deceased had been given a bottle containing four oun ces of chlorody ne in eight o unces o f wa t er . The - contents of the bottle are to be analysed, and in the meanwhile the inquest stands adjourned. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE DEFALCATIONS.—Yesterday, at the Warrington Borough Court, George Parry, who, for some years past, has been managing clerk in the goods department of the Great Western Railway at Bank Quay Station, was charged with embezzle ment. The prisoner absconded about a fort night ago, and the audit clerk of the Com pany, in subsequently examining his books, found defalcations to a considerable amount. Infor mation was given to the police, and the prisoner was arrested in London on Friday, and brought back to Warrington on Saturday evening. He was re manded until this morning, bail to the amount of £4OO being accepted for his re-appearance. 'TIE MURPHY RIOTS AT ASHTON AND STALY BRIDGE. —Mr. Murphy's lectures in Ashton and Staly bridge have caused much bad feeling between the English and Irish populations, and apart from the riots which have already been reported many persons have been assaulted or threatened. In Stalybridge a large number of special , constables have been sworn in. At the Stalybridge Police-court, yestFr day, Police-constable Grundy was char g ed with wounding a lad named John M'Carty. It appeared that the police were attracted to Back Castle-street by a noise soon after twelve o'clock on the morning of the 19th inst. When they got to the place they found a large number of Irishmen and Irishwomen assembled. The crowd had all armed themselves, and said they had met to resist a mob of the Murphyites, who were coming to destroy the iron, a in that neighb o urhood. A bar of a yard and a httlf long, and a brush h andle, on which a steel spike had been fastened, were taken by Grundy from some one in the crowd. A number of witnesses deposed that the defendant struck WCarty, and though none could swear with what, some of them believed he used the bar of iron. Several police officers swore positively that Grundy had not struck the lad. The charge was dismissed. ANOTHER FORTUNE-TELLING SWINDLE. —At the Chesterfield Police-court yesterday, two gipsy women were charged with fraudulently obtaining money and goods from Mary Baker, a domestic servant, at Moorgate, Rotherham. The prisoners gave their names as Selina Smart and Rachel Lockett. One day last week, Baker met the prisoner Smart, who said she should like to tell her fortune. Baker asked what the fee was, and Smart said Gd if told by the hand, and is by the cards. Baker forthwith paid a shilling, and she was then told there was mach happiness in store for her. On Sunday she would meet a young man, whose complexion was described, but Smart could not say whether or not she would be married until she " made the charm." A day or two afterwards, Smart said she could not make the charm without some other articles, and she thus obtained a dress, shawl, skirt, and a pair of boots. On Sunday Lockett re turned with the boots, and said her companion could not complete the charm, as the clothes were not good enough. Baker then gave her another dress and cloak, altogether clothing of the value of £2 10s, and 3s 8d in money. These facts having come to the knowledge of her employer, Baker was required to give the two women into custody. They were thti,r4ity_the captody of_ the kellieskej &ITT l'*-Yr'y mn b r ; HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 27. The Queen walked in the grounds this morning, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. The other members of the Royal Family walked in the grounds. LATEST INTELL ME GE. (R EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. SUEZ, Jan. 27. On the 18th the advanced ports were pushed for ward and occupied Goom Gooma, 12 miles. beyond Senafe. It is probable that Sir Robert Napier will in a few days advance with the leading troops to wards Antalo.. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. During the agitation which took place in Manchester many years ago in favour of a national rating fur educa tion, it was proposed by some members of a committee to include in the scheme a provision for allowing reLmious instruction to be given by ministers of various denomina tions in the school buildings themselves. This was objected to among others by the Rev. Francis Tucker, then of Man chester and now of Loudon, and who was one of the few Evangelical ministers who at that time were i n f avcnr of the Manchester project. Mr. Tucker wrote to Mr. G-bde i on the subject, and received from him the following inte resting reply : " Midhurst, Nov. 3, 1853. "My dear Sir, --Your letter reached *me:yesterday, only, in consequence of my absence from home, or I would have 1,-dlied to it earlier. I . agree with you enti re ly in our -news as rest the ' facilities' to b e a ff or d e d f or religious ethicatiln. I prefer your interpretation to that of those who would wish that places in the school building itself should be set apart for the use of ministers of reli gion. It cannot be denied that the resolution as it stands might bear both interpretations, and some of those who were present when it was a greed to, an, A probably rev. seconder himself, appe ared to wish that convenient space In t'-o school buildini should be set apart for the use of a primitive little miLlous teachers. 'I he interpretation I should wish t , put upon my resolution is this—flat we wish to be under stood as willing to give all facilities for ministers of roll rion to reach the children which they could possibly have iotlt) a w l , n her l e ivi e n v g ery h b e o r d e y in goes to the parish if secular schools did not exist. For instance, take an p ex a t r i i - s e h me (H c e a y se si . church. Now let us suppose that the clergyman has his stated periods for catechising or instructing in religion the children of the parish. I should say tha t i n such a cai the secular teacher ought to afford every facility for enabling the children to attend those religious services. And so I would say of every other denomination and of and behove }elan, elove me, my dear s ir, most faithfully your s, " It. COBDEN. - 1 "R ev . F. Tucker." every case that might arise. We sho uld recognise the necessity of giving r eli g ious instruction, and, not bein , ourselves coniretent to g ive it, we ou g ht to set out with the avowal that w e were anxious to afford th ose who are., }elan, d and d nough to give th e opportunity of giving it. But I agree with y ou th a t we ought not to pro fess to find rooms in the school-house for the purpose. I hope your view will b e generally con curred in. May I hope that you will be 3c,oo nufr influential eriAi tll th c° t co h e - l* opera Pr'r ri o t n e r ? n s THE MURPHY RIOTS AT A,SIITON. The violent language used by Mr. Murphy, whilst lee. turing in Ashton and Stalybridge, has led to a considerable amount of bad feeling between the English and Irish in Ashton, Stalybridge, and Dukinfield and their neighbour hood, and, besides the riots which have occurred, many persons have been assaulted or threatened. In Ashton every precaution has been taken by the authorities to preserve the peace. The same precautions are being taken in Stikhridge, a large number of special constables having been sworn in in the latter borough, both on Saturday night and Monday morning. On Monday morning the magistrates on the bench at the borough court, Stalybridge, were engage d out of the existing ill feeling in for several hours in taki ng ev i dence as to two c h arges o f assault, no doubt a r i s i ng Stalybridge between the English and Irish. The first case was a charge laid ag a i nst Police-constable G run d y , o f un lawfully wounding a lad named John M' Carty. Mr. Noah Buckley, solicitor, appeared for the constable. It appeared that the police had been attracted to Back Castle street by hearing a great noise soon after twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, the 19th [inst., and when they got to the place they found a large number of Irishmen, women, and young boys and girls assembled. The crowd had all armed themselves, and said that they had met to resist a mob of the Murphyites who were coming to destroy the houses in that neighbourhood. A bar of iron, see mingly part of a rail, nearly a ya r d an d a half long, and a brush-handle, on which a steel spike formed of a spindle out of a cotton mill had been fastened, and made quite sharp, was pro duced in court, and which all the witnesses both for and against the defendant proved had been taken by Grundy from some one in the crowd. A number of witnesses deposed that the defendant Grundy had struck the lad M'Carty ; but it being c l ear that the wound was not pro duced either by the bar of iron in question or by the constable's staff, the charge was dismissed.—John Farrell, an Irishman, was then clia,rgeil with unlawfully wound ing John Ainley, at the Talbot Inn Market-street, on Saturday night. Ainley stated that lie was in the Talbot Inn, between seven and ei ,, ht o'clock on Saturday night. There was a row near tie bar door ; he went to see what it was, when he was struck by the prisoner and then kicked, and he kicked him in return. During the row he lost his cap, and got into a room where the prisoner was. as Whilst in the roo m l oo ki ng f or hi s cap , prisoner struck _hp on the left side of th e h ea d w i t h a t u mbler gls, and I . which had been fastened with a poker,. was broken_ oppi, bled very much. Subsequently the door of the room, and afterwards the prisoner was given into custody. a The complainant had beer. cut on the head and face, and wit ness deposed that the complainant had been covered t ith blood, and would have been killed by the me n il l was if the door had not been broken open.- 1111 ° mamittecl, for trial, pawner PORTUGAL. LISBON, Jan 27. The King to-day distributed the prizes to the pupils of the Polytechnic School. The country continues tranquil. CALCUTTA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 27. The Bangalore leaves about 9 p.m. this evening. She may be expected at Southampton about the Ist proximo. FRANCE. BOURSE, JAN. 27.—Transactions very few, yet prices are generally well supported. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3240 Ital'am Loan End of month 42 90 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Homo Debt Deferred 3l 50 Account. 4 per Cont. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 6B 32 Credit Mobilier 170 End of mouth_ 170 Credit Fonder l3r'o End of mouth 13S RAILWAY Orleans Northern 1155 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5381 Western • 5631 Eastern 6.1 5371 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3521: North of Spain Saragossa Roman 4B THE FORTY-EIGHTH .111IDDL.43EX IiIFLES. M OZ4 Y. MARKET AND INTELLIGENoBb CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Funds show much steadiness, and they are apparently firmly held, though for the present no in vestments of importance are being made. As to rail ways, they are prejudiced by the report of the Brigh ton directors, and by the closing of engagements in anticipation of the settlement which commences to morrow. The decline, however, does not average more than per cent. Foreign Stocks, more espe cially Spanish New Threes, are better. The French Loan proving less than was expected has disap pointed the expectations of adverse operators in this market. The Discount Market continues very quiet, and supplies are undiminished. At the Bank there is literally no business, and the principal houses are in vain offering discounts at 11 to 1-1 per cent. Consols are steady at 93f to 93f for money and account; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 93f to 93 3 . ; India Five per Cents., 112 to 112 f ; Bank Stock 1 better, at 241 to 247 ; Exchequer Bills, 235. to 275. prem. Foreign Stocks are firmer in sympathy to some extent with continental prices. The French Loan was expected to depress the market ; but just the reverse has occurred, and the " bears" will now be buying back. New Spanish Three per Cents. are I to per cent. better, at 351 to 35k. There is an ad vance of I in Brazilian, at 77 to 78 ; and off in Mexican, at 152 to 16f ; in Greek, at 12} to 13 ; and in Italian (1861), at 421 to 42j; Turkish (1865) are steady, at 31f to 31f ; and Portuguese, 2k to 22 prem. The New Ilcrnduras Loan is steady at to 1 prem. ex coupon. In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds are i t lower, at 71! to 72 ; Erie Railroad, worse, at 49 to 50, while Illinois are quoted at BGf to 87i, being higher. Atlantic and Great Western Railway debentures have risen to 24} to 25k, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds j , to 221 234. English railways are heavy, in consequence of the constructions put upon the reports so far issued, and the adverse rumours so industriously circu lated in regard to others yet to come. There is a fall of in Brighton, at 451. to 461, of lin Sheffield, at 42i to 431, and Caledonian at 754 to 76f ; and of i f in South Eastern, at 671 to 681 ; in Metropolitan, at 115/ to 1161 ; and in Great Eastern, at 30k to 304. Great Northern Old and A Stock is better, the former being 107 to 109, and the latter 108 to 109. Lancashire and York• shiro are 1251 to 1251 ; Midland, 104 k to 105 ; Loudon and North Western, 1171 to 1174 ; Great Western, 461 to 464 1 ; and London and South Wes tern, 79 to 81. • London and St. Katherine's Dock Company's stock is better, at 49 to 50. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The America, from New York, has brought £9,000 fu specie. _ The Hungarian Loan is still regarded in this market with little or no favour, and the dealers in the Stock Exchange appear to be disinclined to deal in it. It is thought, however, that the French Loan will not interfere with the success of the operations in Paris. In that market it seems to have been well received, for it is stated that the Societe Generale has already received subscriptions to double the amount that had been anti cipated. The adjourned meeting of the Brazilian Land and Mining Company, to be held on the 31st, will be only pro forma, for the purpose of further adjourning the meeting until the 28th February. The Credit Foncier of Russia, under statutes ap proved by imperial ukase in November and December last, has obtained power to issue bonds to the amount of ten millions of silver roubles, bearing 5 per cent. interest made out to bearer, the interest of which is to be payable in January and July in Lon don, as well as in all the great financial centres of the Continent. ' In the first instance only five millions aro issued of 100 silver roubles each bond. The security is the floating capital of the company, its reserve, its social capital, and the guarantee of all the property hypothecated by the company, and the bonds as well as the coupons are• printed in five languages—Russian, German, French, Dutch, and English. The subscription, which opens on Thursday next, is fixed at 75k per cent. for Russia, 57 4-sths per cent. for Holland, 76 per cent. for Bel glum, and 76 per cent, for other places ; and the bonds are to be paid off at par in fifty-six years by amortisation, the first drawing to take place in, May next. Messrs. Barings have received a remittance ot: .£697_Bs lld on account of New Granada dividends. A dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, was agreed to at the meeting of the Liverpool Adelphi Hotel Company. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Manchester Bonding Warehousing Company, held yesterday, a dividend was declared of 15s per share (£24 paid) for the half year ended 30th September last, after paying which a balance of £1,465 3s 3d will be carried forward to the credit of profit and loss account. The following paragraph is from the report of the London and Provincial Maritime Insurance Company : —" The other side of the account shows that after the payment of all losses and claims relating to the past and previous years, to the extent of £108,547 17s ld, the working expenses of the company, and interest amounting to £lO,OOO paid to the share holders, there remains a balance to the credit of income and expenditure of £68,358 14s 3d, in addition to the Capital and Reserve. The directors, with the concurrence of the auditors, as a matter of precaution, consider it prudent to provide against any depreciation in the value of investments, and therefore propose to charge the accounts with the sum of £5,000 for this purpose. It is with satis faction that the directors can report that the class of the business for the year 1867 has been highly satis factory, and of such a character as to enable them to recommend to the meeting the payment of interest for the half-year at the rate of ten per cent. per annum free of income tax." It is announced that Mr. A. C. Guthrie has retired from the firm of Messrs. Chalmers, Guthrie, and Com pany, and that Mr. T. Ranken has become a partner. The time for receiving applications for then Ten per Cent. Preferential Stock of the Atlantic Telegraph Company has been extended to the 24th of February inclusive. We understand that a larger number of passengers than usual are proceeding to New Zealand and Aus tralia, via Panama, by the steamer leaving Southamp , ton on the 3d of February. The traffic receipts of the Erie Railroad Company for December were £208,330, being .£lOO in excess of those of the corresponding period last year. The Cape of Good Hope Steamship Company have received the following telegram from Madeira, via Lisbon :—" Steamship Kaffraria, with the Cape mails and passengers, arrived and proceeded on the 13th of January." BRITISH FUNDS CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT _FUNDS. 5 per ()out. Consols Do. Account, F e b. 0 931 3 per Cent. Red uce d 931 New 3 per Cent 93 New 21,- per Cont. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. t., an. 1873 — Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Au a ~ 1908 — E Echequer Bills, £l , OOO , 2 &2k per Ct 23 pm Do £5OO pm . Do. £lOO & £2OO pm Bank of England Stock, 4-1 per Cent — Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian took - , 101 per Cent., Apri11874... 215 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 pee Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 por Cent —l Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 lOB4 Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO. Do. under .£l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Bra.3,ilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 771 1 Do. £lOO Bonds — BueLos Ayres 6 per Cent — Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Oniiian 6 per Cent — Do. 43 per Cent — k , o. 6 p.:r Cont., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 - Do., Scrip .£32 paid 0 )Hoibian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 p , 3r Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. consequence of some false and ridiculous statements having been circulated respecting the 48th Middlesex Rifles, it appears that an idea has got abroad that this corps is about to be broken up, and, as this is not the case, I shall esteem it a favour if you will allow me (on the authority of the adjutant) to inform the public through the medium of The Sun that this corps is in a sound and effi cient condition. The "muster roll" at this moment is 540, allowing for a few who have resigned, and who are in the employ of one of the dismissed officers. With respect to " Officers," I have sent, and am now sending in, to the Lord-Lieutenant applications for commissions from gentlemen who have served in the army, and others who hold, or have held, com missions in the militia and volunteers ; and in a very short time I expect the Lord-Lieutenant will appoint " two majors," and that I shall have seven captains, only leaving one vacancy for that post, and a few vacancies for lieutenants and ensign's, and that with the assistance of the officers now in the corps, and the L ather gentlemen when ap pointed, I also fully expect that the number of members in the corps:will increase under the com mand of—Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGIE CRUIKSHANKS, Lieut.-Col., 48th Middlesex " Havelock" Rifle Volunteers. 263, Hampstead-road, Jan. 24, 1868. P.S. There is attached to this corps a company of cadets amounting to about GO. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. An Admiralty circular order has been received at Chatham, announcing some important alterations in the system at present in force for carrying, con sequent, it is understood, on the recommendations recently made by the naval committee appointed by the Board of Admiralty. The order directs that, when transports are engaged within the usual limits of a naval command, they are to be under the sole charge of such an officer as the Lords of the Admi ralty may think fit to appoint. The officer so ap pointed will have the title of " Principal Transport Officer Afloat," or, if engaged on shore, he is to be designated " Resident Transport Officer." The officer so appointed is to be provided with a steam vessel for the more efficiently carrying out his duties. The order further states that, although the appoint ment thus created is to be considered as giving the command of a separate squadron, the officer will be under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the station. The duties connected with this important office will be the entire superintendence of every thing connected with the transport service, includ ing the loading and unloading of vessels, the em barkation and disembarkation of troops, sick, and wounded ; the conveyance of provisions, water, forage, &c. ; and all duties in connection with carry ing out the sanitary regulations for the crews of the transport vessels. Mr. W. B. Robinson, valuer and inspector of dockyard work, and Mr. W. E. Seccombe, assistant inspector from the department of the Controller of the Navy, are engaged at Chatham Dockyard in the examination and valuing of the accounts relating to the stores of timber at that establishment. The new class of twin-screw composite unar moured steamers of the Beacon class, a complete squadron of which is either completed or building, are to be officially designated as gun vessels of the second class. Advices received by our Southampton correspon dent from the West India station report that her Majesty's steamer Urgent, 6 guns, Capt. Hender son, left Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 3d inst. for Colon, with seamen and marines from England for the Pacific squadron. The Urgent was to return to Port Royal from Colon with invalids from the Pacific squadron, on her way to England. The Niger, 13 guns, Captain Bruce, from Vera Cruz and Havannah, arrived at Port Royal on the 30th ult., and was placed in quarantine in consequence of the reported prevalence of cholera at Elavannah. The Fawn, 17 guns, Capt. Hall, from Tortola, arrived at Port Royal on the 30th ult., and, this being the first visit of her commander to that port, she saluted the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Leopold M'Clintock, which was returned by the guardship Aboukir. The Cordelia, 11 guns, Commodore Parry, left Port Royal for Vera Cruz on the 7th inst. The ships at Port Royal when the mail left were the Aboukir, 80 guns, Com. Snliti t i h e e tt o , m n ' y it x h , flag of Sir F. L. M'Clintock ; the Fawn, the Phoebe, the Niger, the Barracouta, the Nettle, and The Doris was at Barbadoes. THE QUEEN'S BooK.—We are informed that her Majesty has sent to Dr. Jenner a box filled with copies of her "Journal in the Highlands,". to be distributed by hi m among the several hospitals, so that the library o f each of these institutions may possess a memorial which none of them can fail to prize. TILE EIGHT HON. J. R. MOWBRAY AT DURHAM. —DURHAM, Jan. 27.—The Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray, Judge Advocate General, addressed a crowded assemblage of his constituents in the Town Hall this evening. H e was most cordially received, and a unanimous vote of confi donce iu him was passed. IMPORTATION OF CATTLE FROM BELGIUM. —An Order of Council has been issued to the effect that from and aftor the let February next, all sheep, lambs, and go a t s brought to Great Britain from Antwerp, or any other port in Belgium, arc to be placed under the same restrictions as to landing, movement, and slaughter as are applicable to foreign cattle, under any orders of the Council, wh e th er general or relating to particular porte and places. ID( egy] 0( Elrec 11a . Iron Itt ii•rx blot bloc Nov