The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-12 00:00:00

QUEEN'S TiiEA T R E, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING. HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton. After which will be produced a New and Original Drama, entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner, Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with (17th 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, Montg,ornery, Heath, Sylvia, H. Everard, and H. Hodson. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Box-ollice open daily from Ten till Four. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Solo 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. Thorae, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, Newton, &c. To conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c. HOLBORN TIIEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott; Mesdames Llenrade, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. 3lesdarnes Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell, Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the stCre Little Rowena. • ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Lessee, Mr. 13. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. - Wigan. TitLs EVENING, HEN AND CHICKENS: Messrs. Ashley, S;ep'v,nson, and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling: After which, A FOND PARENT; or, One Too Many for Him. Ashley and C. Maihew6; Mesdames Caulfield awl E. Mes6r Farrou. To be followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. 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To ionnow.-Morning, 51). 29m.—Afternoon, sb. 50m, 7 .4, - }f -Al 53) , t 7 - Z - og ( LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1868 The debate on the Press Bill was resumed yester day in tie Cori,s LegUatif, and some amendments were proposed, curiously enough, identical in mean- ing, by M. GLTEROULT and M. BEAUVERGER, to the effect that the penalty of imprisonment should be maintained in the present bill in cases of defama tion of character, but they were rejected by one hundred and seventy votes to fifty-nine, thus making a majority of one hundred and eleven. This is satisfactory as a sign of progress, and the less imprisonment is put in the better in these items of the bill, more especially as we all know very well how slight a charge of this nature may be regarded in a very serious light in France. It is still believed by those most likely to know that this measure will be for the good of the country, and hence it is to be hoped that it may speedily pass the Legislature. If it never gets itself further than it has done we shall have the satisfaction of knowing that a great deal has been done by the discussion upon the point. The EMPEROR cannot shut his eyes to the fact that public opinion has declared it self against the course that he has so persistently pursued for years past. If he has stopped the voice of the Press, he has been taught very significantly by the language of the Corps Legislatif. The calm reasoning of M. Tut Ens, the fiery eloquence of M. FAvnE, and all the secondary speeches in the debate, have pointed in one direction, and have proclaimed the fact that the time has gone by for fettering the Press. LOUIS NAPOLEON is wise in his gene ration, and he knows full well how to ap preciate such an illustration as he has just had afforded to him. It cannot surely be that he will wilfully turn from the warning he has received and refuse to learn wisdom, though it be at the eleventh hour. At first sight, and at a hasty glance, he may not seem to do much, but before long we shall expect to see some change for the better come over his dreams. Be this as it may, the Deputies have done their work well, and their patriotic efforts must be appreciated by the country wherever any intimation of them has appeared. It is some time, indeed, since the French Senate came out so well, and we trust that the zeal, tempered with discretion, that it has exhibited may not be without its due effect. It is, however, to the Ministers that the speeches were really addressed, and it remains for us to see the impression which they have pro duced upon them. It would be more than a crime, as it has been said, for it would also be a blunder, if the Imperial Go vernment refuse to accept the situation in which it finds itself. Coupled with this Army Bilkand the hurry with which it is pushed on, it is indeed a momentous time in Paris, and it is not at all likely that, with the prospect of a serious war before them, the Government should any longer hesitate to pur sue the boldest and the safest policy, and render France internally secure from disturbances, what ever may be the storms that assail her from without. The news which the City of Antwerp brings us from New York on the Ist of February shows very plainly in what direction American Radicalism is tending. It reminds us of the reign of those doc trines of liberty, equality, and fraternity which ended in bringing every " brother" and " citizen" whom envy or malice might point out to the scaf fold. In those days the guillotine supplied an effec tual and convincing answer to every one who dared to think for himself, and to give utterance to his opinions. In that free and outspoken community, in which it has been sometimes thought that free speech degenerated into license, a man is nowadays to be called to account for his private conversation. The House of Representatives has just passed a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the truth of a report that a Judge of the Supreme Court had, in private conversation, denounced the Reconstruction Act as unconstitu- tional, and declared that the Supreme Court would so decide. The committee is instructed to report whether the offence demands impeachment. For a judge to express a personal opinion on a public measure of law is no doabt incorrect; but the au thority must be weak indeed which has so much reason to fear such breach of etiquette. The fact is that the Supreme Court is the terror of the Radicals, and one of their last moves has been to curtail its powers. This is a desperate course, and one that can hardly fail to provoke the strongest opposition. The subversion by the highest regal authority in the country can hardly be accepted with equanimity by any party but that extreme section which has lately domineered in Congress. The Radicals are above all things anxious to avoi the adverse decision of the Supreme Court in their Reconstruction Act, but this they will scarcely be able to do. Governor JENKINS, of Georgia, has notified the military acting governor and treasurer that he has filed a bill in the Supreme Court to in hibit them from using the State funds. General MEADE, as we know, has been using his power unscrupulously, and it is well for Georgia that her civil governor is a man of sufficient deci sion and energy to resent his displacement after a constitutional fashion. In Georgia itself the dis tress continues very great, and the State Conven tion has passed a resolution asking Congress to vote a loan to the destitute planters in the South of $30,000,000 on Mortgage Bonds. This appeal is not very likely to receive much attention from Con gress as at present constituted, since the misery of the Southern States seems a matter of perfect in difference to the Radical party, excepting as it furthers or retards their political ends. The most important item of intelligence brought by this mail is the account of a De mocratic mass meeting in New York on the 30th of January, at which resolutions were adopted denouncing the course of Congress as re volutionary and partisan, and endorsing the acts of President JOHNSON. The principal speakers were in favour of Mr. JOHNSON as a candidate for the Presidency. This would be an unexpected move on the part of the Democrats, especially a s since the adverse elections of last year Mr. JOHN SON has been believed to have no chance of a re newed term of office. lie has himself disclaimed any wish or intention of being nominated, and his whole course has been marked by an indifference as to the popular verdict on his acts, rare in an American statesman. The leading politicians of the States are, from the constitution of the coun- try, so constantly immersed in the excitement of contested elections—past, present, and to come — that to gain the breath of popular favour becomes their primary object. Mr. JOHNSON'S disregard of the ordinary means by which Presidents strive for re-election, Ministers ingratiate themselves with Congress, and rulers generally flatter the public, has no doubt brought him many times into gr,:at disfavour. nis own rash and intemperate language at a critical time has also militated very much against the success of his policy by throwing weight into th,l Radical scale during the elections. At the same time the people are beginning to recognise the truths which he has often roughly and inconsiderately proclaimed. They are forced to admit the fulfilment of his warnings that th© Radicals, unchecked, would do more to overthrow the Constitution than the Con federates ever did, and they cannot help acknow ledging that the policy of his opponents has re sulted in total failure. The country is disorga. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1868. - --r nised: Ind dismembered, the population of the South degru led and disaffected ; gold is at 142, and t h e d lebt is steadily increasing. The old gur.ran.tees of civil liberties are being over turiled and thrust aside, free discussion in the Legislature has become a thing of the past, and the old, cherished Constitution of the States 120. f; become a shadow. In face of such a position of affairs, since GRANT has proved himself unworth y of confidence, the moderate men of all parties L :light do worse than re-elect the',PREsmENT, who has proved himself, whatever his failings, to be firm, cos stitutional, and disinterested. When the brief autumn Session terminated, per haps so me were sanguine enough to expect that, by the time , Parliament reassembled, Fenianism would be pretty -well done for, if not extinguished ; but, if so, their e. Tectations have been deceived. The last news front Ireland is anything but satisfactory. The rioting in Cork has been so serious that the Riot Act has been read, and we learn, by ac counts from Cork, that the attacks on the police have continued for a long time ; indeed for nine hours the mob assailed them with stones, and the constabulary were obliged to charge them with drawn swords and fixed bayonets, altogether forming a scene of the greatest confusion. Many of the rioters were wounded, and one died in the hospital yesterday morning. It shows the pertinacity of the conspirators, that, notwithstanding all that was done by the authorities, they attacked the house of a gentleman in the night, and three men demanded arms, and obtained a gun. It is surprising that this state of things should continue after the lapse of so much time, but the most strin gent measures will evidently have to be enforced in order that the disaffection may bo put down effectually. All that leniency and moderation could do were tried last year, and we are very glad that they were, although it is now plainly shown that a contrary course would have been the wisest and the safest to adopt. Still it cannot now be said that the Executive resorted to violent measures of repression without having given more merciful legislation a fair chance ; and the foolhardihood and chief iniquity of Fenianism are thereby most freely exposed to all but the wilfully perverted and prejudiced on the subject. At any rate, we must all feel now that it will not do to tamper with the matter any longer, and it would be much better for certain politicians to think more how to put down Fenianism than to inquire too particularly into its causes. One thing should be par ticularly understood before Parliament renews its discussion ; and that is, that there should be no com promise in the matter. It is beneath the dignity of this country to dwell upon the cause of this conspiracy until it has been put down at once and for ever. In this Mr. BRIGHT and others are much to blame, and a great responsibility rests upon them. In point of fact, the session which commences to-morrow will . not be a fitting one in which to treat of the affairs of Ireland. All that justice demands, and all that reason can sanction, should be done to put a period to any acts that press hardly upon the community, or that may be felt to be annoying ; but legislation on the topic is out of the question, unless this vile conspiracy is ranked among the things that were. Still less can t be thought of when the insidious evil has made its way among us, and interfered with the peace of our population. It does not require much thought to come to this decision, we should imagine. The wrongs of Ireland are very much exaggerated at 211 times ; but, come what may, we are not to be threatened 'into compliance with demands that put otherwise are just ones. We would impress upon all public men who speak on this topic to cast poli tical prejudices aside, an(l to look at the question on the broad grounds of principle. Is it right to allow the spirit of discontent to gain ground among us, and then to stop to argue or daily with it ? And if such a course be wrong and impolitic, by all means let us put a stop to the evil that is known to exist before we begin to talk of other improvements. The accounts which we receive of the reception given to the Duke of EDINBURGH by our colonists in the Southern Seas are full of interest and grati fication. No doubt his Royal Highness himself found the exuberance of colonial loyalty somewhat physically fatiguing, however much ho might be flattered by the cordiality and splendour of his welcome. The Australians were indefatigable in their exertions; their enthusiasm knew no ebb, and the excitement which prevailed when the Galatea was first expected remained unabated up to the departure of the last mail. Even the Chinese, unimpressible as they are supposed to be, joined in the general welcome, and presented an address, couched in all the flowery language of the East, declaring that the sweet rain fell in the PRINCE'S track, the earth yielded her golden trea sures to him, and the sight of his countenance was like the sun bursting forth from clouds. Our Eng- lish sailor Prince must have been not a little amused at these hyperbolic compliments, though the good will which they expressed was no doubt very agree able to him. Melbourne has exerted itself be yond all other cities in giving the PRINCE a truly Imperial reception, and has fully sustained the golden reputation of the colony. We have already heard of the magnificence of the trowel with which the Duke laid the first stone of the new Melbourne Town Ilall. The little instrument was so dazzling that the PRINCE handled it with evident care, to the amusement of the rough lookers-on. A banquet to 500 guests, in the style of Guildhall, succeeded, and a grand public ball and regatta, a farmers' show, besides endless lesser entertainments, have kept the Royal visitor ac- tively engaged during his whole stay. He will cer tainly bring back with him a pleasing impression of Australasian loyalty, liberality, and hospitality. COGERS' HALL.—I bad up to this night been guilty of grave injustice to this venerable society. To my darkened understanding "Coger" had been "Codger," and I had taken a grave and complimentary title for a stroke of facetious and corrupt slang. " What ? Origin of the name Codger, Old Codger, sir!" said the landlord, aghast, during our preliminary visit of inquiry. " Call it 'Coger' (making Lis mouth like a cart-wheel)—call it 'Coger,' if you please, for it comes from cogitate, and signifies Thoughtful Men.' The Cogers, sir, have always been calm and deliberative politicians. The great John Wilkes was a Coger, sir"(this in a convincing tone, as if further testimony to calmness would be absurd); " and there's first-rate speeches here—young barristers from the Temple, and a great many literary men, writers in the newspapers, and gentlemen who take an interest in public affairs. You've perhaps heard of Ser geant Thrust—a Coger, sir, in his youth ;so was the late Lord Macgregor and the present Judge 0 wlett ; and though the speaking varies, of course, you may allus count upon hearing some that's first-class, and if you wouldn't mind rernemizering that it's Coger, not Codger, and means Thoughtful Men,' I'm sure the gen tlemen would be happy to see you, and perhaps to hear you speak. There is no charge for admission, and visitors may come in without being introduced. It's just a public room with a society meeting in it, and every one present is permitted to take part in the evening's di-eussion ; but if a member wishes to speak, of course he takes preeedeaca over a strang'r. The niches, as you call em, sir, aro alcoves for the Grand and Vice-Grand to sit in ; and these two Grads are, with the secretary, elected every 14th June, be tween ten and eleven at night, by show of hands among the members. This has been the way, sir, ever since 1755, when %Ir. Daniel Mason founded the society, and it has prospered wonderfully and done a deal of good. Those portraits are of gentlemen who used to speak lere. That dingy one with the dim eyes was a great speaker."— Dickens's "Add the Year Round." cOaIIE3FONDENOE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, Feb. 11. The Government has caused the expose des motifs of the Army Law to be distributed among the members of the Corps L4gislatif. As you are aware, 100,000 men of the class of 1867 are called up to replenish the forces of land and sea. The document in question contains one curious paragraph, confessedly inserted " to dissipate the ground less anxieties and the imaginary fears" which the law has created. I fear it will not remove the ugly fact that these 100,000 young men would, under the old law, have been free at the end of seven years, but under:the new will be compelled to serve nine. M. Girardin insists that com pulsory servitude in an army is essentially white slavery. The Press debates continue. The Paris papers discuss little else. The point now in suspense is how low the Government will consent to reduce the tax on the journals. For the press offences it is rumoured that a special tribunal will- be formed, with seven judges chosen by lot. At present this is rumour only. M. Derryer was prevented speaking on this subject by a sul .1 indisposition. Apropos of the imprisonmer, F. Peyrat, the Phare de la Loire writes :--" The sy ...hies of independent journali.en will attend the chief editor of the Avenir Na- Cowl in the prison whither he goes to study the liberties by which we are overwhelmed." You do differently in England ; but I see that some of your magistrates have sent a man to prison for a month for picking up a dead pheasant. A month for picking up a dead pheasant over looked by a shooting party in England : a month for an adjective in France. So the world wags. Vandalism on one side of the Channel, and feudalism on the other. A translation has just been published in the Paris journals of the celebrated decree of Maximilian, dated 2nd of October, 1865, against guerillas, and under which Salazar and Ortega were executed. Whatever may have been the circumstances in these particular instances, the reasons set forth for the proclamation are of a kind to justify it . It began by declaring that the Emperor had spared no means to consolidate the public peace, and had made the utmost efforts of clemency to induce his oppo nents to give up a useless contest. It then proceeded to shew that those still in arms had not the slightest pretext for so continui4g, since Juarez had left the kingdom. Their only action must be vandalism, and it would place the judges under the necessity to act with rigour ; and so on. This will be enough to shew that the unfortunate Emperor at that time really believed that the time had come when rigour was a lawful necessity to reduce the empire to peace. The political gossips profess to know that there are grounds of disagreement between M. de Bismarck and King William. The latter is more Conservative than his Minister, and appears to think that the Count is moving too fast, conceding too much. Hence the retirement for a while. That Bismarck actually tendered his resignation is rumoured, but not credited. It is said that the Count feels it necessary , to emulate Beust in Austria. The Belgian Chamber of Deputies is still discussing the army organisation bill. A large number of the usual sup porters of the Ministry contend stoutly for voluntary in stead of compulsory enlistments. The Left and a good part of the Right would have an army of volunteers like that of Switzerland. The Minister of War, General Renard, contends that a volunteer army is dearer than a permanent one. In 1830, said he, the Belgian Volunteers made war in the streets and secured national independence, but in 1831 they were no match for Le Dutch in the open field, and the country was saved only by the intervention of the French. The Ministers are by no means confident, and it seems likely that concessions will be made to public opinion. There is really no reason for the Belgian frog to try to blow itself out to the dimensions of a French ox. The papers publish President Johnson's speech on the reception of the Prussian Minister, M. de Geroltz. The point of it was that universal instruction in Germany had been the basis of national unity and aggrandisement. Napoleon 111. makes the greatness of the nation depend on the number of men under arms : the President on the: number educated. Which is right ? The shares of the Isthmus of Suez Company shew an improvement. The advance of the works shewn in the monthly reports strengthen the belief in the ultimate success of the undertaking. The excavations at Naples to disentomb the bodies of those who were involved in the landslip proceed slowly. The workmen are overcome by the emanations from the dead toles ; it is feared there are at least forty. The Avenir National announces the death, in London, of Francois Taffey, a political exile of the Sees Empire. Letters have been received from Zulla dating down to January 25. The Times correspondent states that the chiefs are afraid to ally themselves with us on account og, having proclaimed that as soon as the captives are released we shall quit the country. If any reverse should occur to our forces the chiefs would be ready to unite against us. Everything shews the loss we have suffered through delay in starting the . expedition. It is now clear that our troops had no means for coming up with Theodore and of attack ing him, as has been suggested, in the flank before he Could reach Magdala. By the sacrifice of his artillery he could reach Magdala within five days from the 3rd Dec. At that time not a British soldier had reached Senaf6, which is 340 miles from Magdala. The Times correspondent justi fies the largeness of the force, on the ground that it is necessary to fortify positions, and keep open communica tions along 400 miles. In one of the tribes, the Daubali, of the Koomayloo Pass, the taking of life is the sole proof of manhood and the sole passport to marriage. It has created surprise that the Emperor of China :lould select an American as his ambassador to Western Europe. The appointment in itself shewed that Chinese policy had undergone a remarkable change. It was pro bably given to Mr. Burlinghame as the representative of the peaceful policy which the Americans have always pursued towards the Celestial; and which they of course prefer to our policy of force. China appears to be fairlyi Dpened to foreigners. A correspondent writes :—" Game' laws are unknown, and trespass not resented, so every ono is going up-country, shooting, during the Christmas and; N e w-Year holidays, leaving their goods and chattels nuclei the guns of her Majesty's ship Pearl." The Siecle publishes a letter from a member of Via Japanese national party to Count de Monthlane, which 'skews that the resignation of the Tycoon was by no means voluntary sacrifice to the cause of national unity. Our s,dvices just received also shew that the late Tycoon was striving to monopolise the benefits of foreign commerce, in which the powerful Princes of Satsuma, Chosin, and ather coast pros inces wished to participate. According to the letter in the Siecle, the national party are prepared for the liberal treatment of foreigners. Strong rumours are flying about town that Lord Derby either has actually intimated his intention of at once re signing office, or that he is immediately about to do so. The gossips at the clubs are busy with the reconstruction 3f the Conservative Cabinet. One conjecture is that the Duke of Richmond will become Prime Minister ! another that Lord Stanley will at once be called to the Upper Hope, as his father was in 1844, and that he will then formally take the leadership of the Cabinet. A. third impression is that Mr. Disraeli would not quietly acqui ;see in seeing a man twenty years his junior promoted Dyer his head, but that he would prefer to take the Pre miership, remaining at present in the House of Common". All these are, of course, mere surmises, arising from the general belief that Lord Derby does not intend long tqr retain his place as head of the Ministry.. At Stoke•upon-Treat Mr. Melly has addressed several crowded and enthusiastic meetings. He is opposed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposal to give en larged representation to Scotland by increasing the num ber of the House instead of taking from the rotten boroughs of England. He is an advocato of the ballot, and an opponent of the principles of the representation of minorities. Mr. Melly has announced his adhesion to Mr. Bright's plan of dealing with Ireland, and to the Manchester compulsory system of education, and said he would give two-thirds of the inhabitants of a locality power to prohibit the opening of a new licensed house in that locality. He advocated a reform of the bankruptcy laws, and would not release a bankrupt from the power of his creditors, they acting together, until he had paid 10s. in the pound. He was willing to give legal protection to the funds of trades unions against frauds by servants. He would abolish the present game laws, and substitute a stringent trespass law, which would, he believed, more effectually stop professional poaching than the present game laws, and he would throw open the uni versities to Dissenters. The National Reform Union have held a numerously attended conference at the Town Hall, Manchester. Mr. George Wilson presided, and among the speakers were the two members for the city, and Mr. R. N. Philips, M.P. It was decided to "put forth renewed efforts" to obtain the ballot, triennial Parliaments, the re peal of the ratepaying clauses of the new Reform Act, the abolition of the representation of minori ties, the assimilation of the county to the borouel fran chise, and " a just and equitable re-distribution of seats in proportion to population and property." A lady who was announced as Miss Wilson made an effort to in duce the Union to add female suffrage to their programme. Mr. Jacob Bright—who has, naturally enough, formed nir mean estimate of the political judgment of the sex to which Mra. Lily Maxwell belongs—supported the proposition ; but unfortunately the word " male" occurs in the first, P.vticle of the congitution of the Union, and the chairman doctored that they bad no power to strike it out, AUSTRALIA. Tho following items of Australian intelligence are from the BeMourne Argus of December 27 : The Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the goldfields is tccoultable for the past month having been one of less than ordinary activity in the mines. Some good fields have nevertheless been chronicled. It appears that luarlz-reefing operations have extended as far north as kturrumbidgee, and that a very valuable reef is at ?resent being worked in that locality. A new reef, said present very promising indications, has also been dis ;overed near Beechworth. A new rush has broken out it Bulgandra, forty miles from Albury, where some very pretty quartz specimens have been found ; and it is dated that the fresh ground also affords shallow alluvial ;inking. A magnificent nugget, weighing about 1300 z., was recently sold at Alaryborough ; but the lucky finders withheld all particulars concerning it. In the Castlemaine listrict the finding of a nugget, almost of pure gold, weighing 770 z., has also to be recorded. The newly liscovered Duke of Edinburgh Reef, at AVlvor, has been turning out splendid stone. Some of the reefs in Bow man's Forest, Ovens district, also promise and turn out exceedingly rich. There is in this neighbourhood a perfect amphitheatre of some miles of auriferous qrtartzose ranges, which have scarcely yet been tested. The recently discovered auriferous ground in Queens. umd, though it has not yet realised the sanguine expecta tions formed concerning it, appears to be turning out moderately well, and doubtless more favourable accounts dill will come to hand ere long. An attempt, which it is hoped will result in success, is oeing made to open up a direct trade from Melbourne to Japan. This is the commencement of a trade which may possibly grow to very large dimensions, and prove of the utmost value, not only to the shipping interest of the port )f Melbourne, but to the principal producing and manu facturing industries of the colony. Breadstuffs have risen very much:within the last month, partly on account of the favourable prices obtained for Australian wheat and flour in England, but principally because of the partial failure of the crops in South Australia and this colony. England must not calculate Dri receiving so much wheat and flour from Australia during the next twelvemonth as she did in the year about to ex pire ; but if prices keep up, we may still be able to send a few thousand tons. A very highly complimentary address has been presented oy the- married ladies of Queensland to Lady Bowen on the occasion of her approaching departure for New Zea land, Sir George Bowe' having been appointed to the governorship of that colony. Sir George and Lady Bowen have been resident in Queensland for eight years, and har been active in all good works. Professcir Halford has been continuing his experiments on snake bites, to investigate the cellular formations in the blood which he has discovered to result from them, and to test the efficacy of Shires' antidote. He has published a list of his experiments on seventeen dogs which were bitten by tiger snakes. Of these, twelve were , at 'the expiration of a minute treated with the antidote, and the others were left without any. The net result — that of those so treated only two recovered, while one recovered of the seven to which the antidote was not applied—is not very reassuring as to the efficacy of the composition. The miners out on strike in the Ashton-under-Lyne dis aict have had a meeting in consequence of the announce ment that the coal proprietors of the district would re duce the wages of the miners twopence in the shilling, work the men ten hours daily, and refuse employment to union men. It was resolved to accept the reduction ; but the meeting firmly resolved not to concede the other points mentioned. Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in addressing a. meeting at Warrington, insisted upon primary education as a desideratum which could not be dispensed with. Going on to notice the Abyssinian war, he said he thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer would find the finances of the country a little behindhand, and would have to ask the House of Commons to take into its earnest consideration the best means of restoring equilibrium in the national finances. There is a whisper abroad to the effect that Ministers intend to lay the Army and Navy Estimates on the — table :orthwith, and that the Budget will be fixed for an early -lay, in order that when the indispensable business of the session is disposed of, and parties get quarrelling over the Scotch and Irish Reform Bills, Government may be able to close the session without their being passed, and thus have an excuse for deferring the general election for smother year. The Opposition will scarcely be willing to accede to this, for they are beginning to tire of being over borne by a minority. Mr. Samuel Plimsoll has just completed in the Times a series of letters on the iron trade. To him it is clear that the Belgian ironmasters get, on a very moderate calcula tion, rather more than double the work out of a ton of raw fuel, coal, or slack than we do in the blast furnace. The same results are true also of the subsidiary processes of roasting, heating the blast, and making steam. His point that by our present process of blasting we not only waste our material, but spoil the atmosphere as well. Mr. Plim soll is so convinced of the evils of this system that he offers £5OO, in a series of prizes, to the puddlers who shall most auickly, and with the least consumption of material, " get a tun of bloom under the hammer from the pig." Mr. C. Minton Campbell, the Conservative candidate for Stoke, has issued his address. He states that he comes forward as a local man, and that his " politics are Con servative, with a great desire to promote improvements in the working of our institutions," and adds : " I shall alvtays do all in my power to aid in the removal of all proved abuses, and to redress grievances affecting the great body of the people. lam not prepared to give any pledges as to particular measures, but should I be returned as your member, my earnest attention and support shall be given to every measure which I may deem likely to improve the social condition of the working classes, and to confer the greatest amount of benefit upon the country at large." There is undoubtedly a strong Liberal element in the Staffordshire Potteries, but the Conservatives believe that Mr. Campbell, as a gentleman well known and highly respected, stands a good chance of filling the seat of Mr. Beresford Hope. The Times in its Money Article raises the cry that by the restrictions of the Inland Revenue the manufacture of transparent soap is being driven from the country. In the preparation of this article a considerable quantity of rec tified spirits must be used, but as the duty on such spirits is very high, and as the soap cannot be made without it, no operationsiftatever can be undertaken, since it is im possible to compete•wit h the continental maker, who has his spirits free of duty. 'To remedy the difficulty it has. been proposed to prepare the soap in a free manufactory until it is in the stage necessary for the introduction of the spirits, and then remove it into a bonded warehouse, where, under the supervision of the revenue Aft ers , the spirits could be added and the manufacture completed. Several applications have been made to the Government departments which might act in the matter, but as yet without effect. Supposing these representations to be correct, it would appear that a valuable branch of business is to be driven from the country ;imply because the revenue officers are unable or unwilling ko devise such measures as may be deemed necessary to enable those interested in it to carry it on. " C. T. M.," of Morley's Hotel, writes in answer to the tueries made by the correspondents of the newspapers. There has been, says the writer, no insanity whatever in Mr. Speke's family. The only money in his possession was about RM. With respect to the house of his sister in Queen-square, it is, in "C. T. M.'s" opinion, most im probable that, knowing his sister was in Gloucestershire, he should have gone to the house ; and as to the sug gestion:that he might have gone into the garden adjacent to Birdcage-walk, the gate is always locked night and day during the absence of the family, and evidently has not been opened for a considerable time. Inquiries have already been made at the house by the police, and the replies are perfectly satisfactory. With regard to the suggestion that Mr. Speke has been found, it is stated that his family " are entirely without further information than what has already been made public, and this sad and wearing suspense is pressing with great severity upon his parents, who have already lost two sons by violent deaths—one in India, and the other more recently, as is well known." The question is again asked, however, whether there is any cause for the disappearance, such as " disappointment in love ;" and whether Mr. Speke was missed some time ago, and turned up some weeks after in Paris. The law of aliens furnishes a peg on which " HiAtoricus" hangs a letter of more than three columns long in the Times. He presents a summary of the doctrines laid down by the best authorities as to the rights and duties of nations towards one another according to the recognised system of international law. The point to which he calls particular attention is that of criminal jurisdiction over .diens. He presses this qu-sticu on the serious considera tion of our statesmen. Mr. Harccurt• believes that, sub ject to proper limitations and conditions, the real solution will be found in the concurrent admission and establish ment of three principles-1. A general right of expatria tion. 2. A universal criminal jurisdiction over all persons within a State, whether subjects or aliens, alike, for offences, wheresoever committed, against that State, and, perhaps, against its subjects. 3. A liberal and extended practice of extradition. The obstacles to the settlement of these questions exist, in the writer's opinion, not so much in any difficulties of law or considerations of policy, but rather in the combined influence of pride and ignorance -rating upon popular prejudice. It is the true and wholesome business of public discussion to enlighten that ignorance And to mitigate that prid? 4 • • - • &int HER MAJESTY: OSBORNE, Feb. 11. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise and Princess Bea trice. Her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Christian. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales,with Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, and the Princess Louise, arrived at Marlborough House yesterday from Sandringham. The Duchess of Inverness entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening at Kensington Palace. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricardo arrived at their residence in Stratton-street, on Monday evening, from Portumna Castle, Galway. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor and Lady Mauriel Campbell have arrived at their residence in South Audley-street, from Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire. GARIBALMAN HOSPITALS IN ROME. A correspondent of the Standard writes from Rome, under date the Bth inst., as follows : Garibaldi has just published the following letter to the D eputy Barili, which I transcribe according to his request, and which will show your readers the lengths the revolutionary party is prepared to go in its calumnies of the Roman Government : " My dear Barili,—As I believe any reclamations addressed to the present Government as to the treatment of our wounded in Rome will be useless, I beg you to publish the following brief lines, which I hope to see reproduced by every journal of the Peninsula. " Our wounded at Rome are dying'the victims of the most ignoble treatment, of the inquisitorial practices of the priests and perhaps . . . (the blank is left to be filled up by horrors h discretion). " Are not such persons capable of any degree of crime (scelerat izza). " Whether the wounded enter the hospitals with grave or slight wounds, they die. Such are the de tails which I hold from several respectable persons, who draw, moreover, the most deplorable picture of the privations and brutal insults which have been inflicted on our unhappy brothers in arms in the capital of the Jesuitic world. t--Yours, " GARIBALDI." The facts on which this marvellous document is based are these—that out of 175 wounded prisoners taken at Mentana and Monte Tarioli, about 50 are dead in the two hospitals of Sant' Onofrio and Sant' Agata. The ratio is almost identical with that of the Zouave deaths from wounds received in the same and other engagements, and this, although the wounds received from the Chassepot were in general very severe. About three-fourths of the wounded Garibaldians have been discharged free and perfectly cured to their own homes ; among others,- Majors Guglielmi, Stalla, and Ronco, Rosetti, and Cairoli ; and it is to their testimony I would fear lessly appeal against the absurd calumnies of Gari baldi—calumnies which I am quite certain neither of his sons would venture to endorse. When, on the morning after Mentana, it was re ported that Ricciotti Garibaldi was among the wounded, every effort was made to find him in order that all care and attention should be given him. At Nerola the wounded were attended to by the Zouave surgeons, and those gravely so were sent to the Garibaldian ambulance at Scandriglia, among them Capriano, a Roman emigre officer, as I can myself bear witness,having crossed the Piazza under the fire of the Garibaldian fort, to the private house where he lay to re-assure him, as he was in a foolish state of alarm, that if the Zouaves stormed the castle the wounded Garibaldians would be mas sacred. The first care of M. de Charette was to place a sentinel at his:door to prevent any disturb ance, which, in his wounded state, might have been dangerous, and the chaplains of the Zouaves went up to his house, and those of the other wounded, to afford all the assistance in their power. At Mentana our cares were most impartially divided between the wounded of both parties. During the night after the battle we devoted ourselves to gathering the unfortunate men, without respect of party, from the fields and woods around our head quarters, the sisters of charity and volunteers of the ambulance, among whom I was, never leaving the field of battle even for the necessary repose, and doing all our resources enabled us for the relief alike of fricnd and enemy. It is too disgraceful on the part of those for whose adherents we in many cases risked our lives to spread so baseless a calumny. Mgr. Stonor has received numerous letters from the late prisoners and their families, expressing their gratitude for the kind treatment they have received. Among these Giovanni Cairoli and seve ral of his friends may be cited, and their testimony, which has also been publicly given in the press, the Riforma especially, should outweigh the groundless reports of the persons interested in calumniating the Papal Government. Dr. Wayne, Dr. Small, M.D., Dr. Topham, M.D., as well as the Earls of Clarendon, Mount Edg cumbe, Hinchinbroke, Lords Hyde, Beaumont, and the English and American consuls, have all visited the hospitals, and have been all witnesses of the kindness of the authorities. I was at Sant' Onofrio only three days since. There were only 19 remain ing, almost all of whom will be in a condition to travel in a few weeks, and some of whom have since been discharged. One young boy of 19, named Gregori, was receiving his dinner when I entered with a party of English friends. We were not a little surprised at the bullying and insolent tone he assumed towards the sisters in charge, complaining - of the food, which was precisely the same as that given to the Zouaves, and which consisted of roast chicken and rice soup. This promising young patriot, while we were there, threw his dish full of dinner into the middle of the room, with a volley of abuse which no English hospital authorities would have tolerated for an instant. The goof and patient nun in attendance merely said, " Poor boy, he is very cross to-day. His wound hurts him, and the Signori must excuse him." Menotti Garibaldi's guide, a native of Terni, a subject of the Pope, is one of those still remaining. Ile is nearly well, and will be discharged as soon as his wound is healed. The amputations have in most cases failed, it is true, but the same unhappy result has taken place at St. Spirito, where only one seri ous amputation has succeeded. This is attributable solely to the climate, which is most unfavourable to surgery, and the season, which has been a violent alternation of sirocco and north wind of the most bitter kind, and there have been few days since the 4th of October I have not spent in the hospitals, and I therefore feel qualified to give a direct and explicit denial to the statements contained in the above letter. The Pere Gorlacbe, the, Abbot Casarette, of Subrara, Mgr. Stonor, Dr. O'Connor of the Ame rican College, and the entire English and foreign medical staff in Rome, whether civil or military, as well as the innumerable visitors of all countries who have been invited to inspect the Garibaldian hospitals, are the best possible guarantees that no cruelty or insult was practised or thought of. As an extern of the hospitals, and in constant commu nication with their authorities, I venture to add ns own, both in Rome and on the fields of battle of Nerola and Mentana. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE FROM CRIEFF.--• Great excitement was caused in Orieff on Sunday morning by the disappearance of Mr. Brown, the manager of the 0 9 works. It would appear that he had boon complaining , and was under medical treatment for some time back, and hence the anxiety of his friends. it is said that he left hiS lodgings somewhere about six o'clock in the morning by means of the window, and, considering his state of health, the alarm was given so soon as the discovery was mad' Scouring parties left in various directions, buf no trace of him was found, and the search was renewed on 3riondall but no intelligence was received. EDUCATION OF YOUNG WOMEN.—Lord Taunton, as chairman of the committee for arranging for the Oxford local examination at the Taunton centre, has forwarded memorial on behalf of the committee to the Oxford dela ' gacy, setting forth the advantages that would accrue if ti l h f examinations were extended to girls—a concession has been already made by the sister university, and Wit h sotisfactory results. LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) + - _. THE ABYSSINIAN EXP EDITION. ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 9. Advices received here from Annesley Bay to the 29th ult. announce that Sir Robert Napier had ar rived at Senafe. The Punjaubees landed yesterday. It was reported that a skirmish had taken place between Abyssinian freebooters and a British recon noitring party in the direction of Antalo. ITALY. FLORENCE, Feb. 11, Evening. The Report of the Committee on the Budget of Count Cambray Digny proposes an increase of the amount demanded by the Minister, from 649,040,264 lire to 736,228,344 lire. • This differ ence arises principally from the expenses attending the conversion of the ecele.iiastical property. The Committee also propose a reduction of 1,109,818 lire in the administrative expenses, and an increase of 1,250,090 lire for supplementary circulation of Treasury bonds. The value of the remaining eccle siastical property is estimated at 1,027,000,000 lire. The Committee propose the institution of an Agri cultural Credit Establishment, based on the mutual principle, and the abolition of pensions, substituting for them a system of private assurance banks. It is stated that Count Di Passeranno has been ap pointed Prefect of Turin. FRANCE. Bour►SE, Feb. 11.—Three o'clock. —The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 por Cent End of mouth 6B 65 Credit Mobilier Bank Shares 3230 Itaban Loan • End of month 43 40 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt 34 Deferred — End of month... 190 Credit Foncior ...1400 Bud of month-4383 75 Account Orleans 000 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern__ 5531 Western Eastern •• Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman RAILWA' 535 365. 75 91 1 4U THE MAGAZINE :. Z INE THE STUDENT—A new andluable accession to the number of our scientific, literary, and artistic periodicals has, with this first instalment, been very ably inaugurated. It assumes the office of an " Intellectual Observer." That, in effect, is its second or sub•title—its distinctive name, as " The Student," being borrowed (unconsciously, it may be, but still borrowed) from the title of Lord Lytton's earliest collection of Essays, before Edward Bulwer had dreamt of merging himself as an essayist in his assumed individuality as Pisistratus Caxton. Two coloured plates adorn this initial number of the new periodical, which is an eighteenpenny magazine—one illustrating the Screw-Pine Pan danus, a tropizal plant remarkable for leaves four teen feet long and four broad, branches shaped like those of a chandelier, and roots of au aerial charac ter the other plate illustrating the Rocky Mountain Goat, which animal is pronounced by that mighty huntsman, Mr. I. K. Lord, one of the most difficult creatures to get within shot of in the wide world. Mr. Heaton winds up an account of Ozone with the highly satisfactory assertion tha we know nothing at all about the effects, for good or evil, that important part of the atmosphere is designed to produce, or, in other words, produces ! An introductory paper on " The Miscroscape in Education" gives fair promise of leading toothers of greater interest. Thomas Wright contributes the first of a series of chapters on " Womankind"—rather oddly selected as a subject, and one rather oddly illustrated, too, for a student's magazine. The Astronomical Notes for the current month are of singular a bility and attraction. " The Student's" First Number, as a first number, is more than merely satisfactory. THE FORTNIGHTLY—contains the last instalment of Whyte Melville's " W hite Ro se," already re viewed by us in The Sun a t some le ngth, as a sepa rate publication. Professo r Henr y Morley's paper re ference r c r e ll t r o e that Olci Yorkshire Saxon biblical po e t r y of Poems" has es p ec i a l re - Caelmon, to which the Co unt de Montalembert, in the latest volumes of his g reat work on " The Monks of the West" made such eulogistic allusion. ancient Professor Morley seems to regard Cielmon as a Poet with as high an admiration as th e C oun t de Montalembert himself. Frederic See bohm's paper on "The Christian Hypothesis,' should be read by every reader of Mr. Gladstone's criticism on " Ecco Homo." In one part the writer h says—"-:ae reality of the phenomena of the lives of Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David, the Hebrew prophets, John, of Christ, of Paul, of the thousands of Christians who have lived and died since during eighteen centuries,though not all of them altogether with the same degree of certainty, rest like those of the lives of other men—Zoroaster, Homer, Socrates, Alexander, Cae3ar, Charlemagne, Napoleon—upon historical testimony." In anothe r par t th e wr it er r e m arks—" The Christian sacrifice has, during these 1800 years past, been put to the test. It has reconciled thousands and thousands in every Chris tian generation to God. It has more than reconciled them. It has kindled in the hearts of Christians from St. Paul's downwards during eighteen cen turies, and is kindling still a love of Christ so tender that the very mention of his name will sometimes bring a tear into the eye of the strong and the brave ; a love not confined to his beloved disciple, or to one or two of his nearest companions, but so Widely felt amongst Christians that there have been thousands in every age who would at any moment have been ready to die for him ; a love, both in depth and extent, unique in the history of mankind. It the sacrifice—has kindled this love. As a matter of fact in the lives of Christians it has been so. As iron can only be melted by heat, and is so melted every day in the forge, so the set fish heart can only be melted by love, and is so melted every day bf the love of Christ." 'There are no less than two political papers on Ireland in The Fortnightly for February. CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL—for the past month in augurates Mr. Cyples' serial talc of " A Change of Luck ;" besides which there is a life drama in three acts called " Making their Game," together with the usual variety of prose and verse of a most mis cellaneous kind. CassELL's—The piece de resistance, here, is still " Poor Humanity." The author of " A Night in a Workhouse" gives three instalments of his new series of London sketches, called " Grim Realities." The rest of the magazine is of average merit. TILE QUIVER.—The prettiest trifle in the number of The Quiver f or F e b ruar y i s the opening paper by the author of " Mary Powell" —relating ‘‘ Another Story of the Que e n," a n d, it should be said also, of Prince Albert. THE SUNDAY.—Edited by Dr. Guthrie—has more chapters of Edward Garrett's " Occupations of a Retired Life," and more of " The Seaboard Parish" by George Macdonald. its other contents are rather of a religious than of a literary character —its illustrations being throughout very excellent. THE ART JOURNAL--besidea continuing its won derful catalogue of the late " Paris Exhibition," profusely and appropriately embellished, is re markable for two first-class engravings from origi nal paintings--one of these paintings being from the hands of two Royal Academicians (T. Cres wick and F. Goodall)," The Wayfarers"—the other, a beautiful and interesting picture, by E. Crowe, depicting "De Foe in the Pillory." Looking at the latter, it is some consolation to see that the author of " Robiuson Crusoe" is having votive flowers scattered before him by the populace, the pedestal or platform of the pillory being festooned with gar lands, a nosegay held towards the victim's face at the end of a pike-staff, and libations of wine poured forth at his feet in homage and sympathy for a great author who was there being punished as one of the earliest champions of the Liberty of the Press. T 1 wan term the meal seem C( few t are c per ( toria Ai Bow of reap and men atioi East Com ern 46 341 Nor 106 shin to 7; Gre to 3 109; haw --N 23i die. ere( doin 23 ; dis. Co r 9 - .-0, the Coll tors X-6 141v1 B Ir on ce £l3 for for ] ace, th a se e ; •X 4 a " E ti l f ) ,, N e , E 4111