The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-17 00:00:00

RPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL The Times reminds us that a lull has followed the popu lar excitement on the subject of Fenianism. We can afford to confess any extravagances we may have com mitted, and look things fairly in the face. Fenianism is a spring of real danger. There is no doubt about so much. It is, we are told, high time for us to be serious and sober in discussing Irish complaints and Irish proposals. A few instances will suffice to exhibit the unreasoning temper of the public mind which seems to us an occasion of danger. We are told by one great authority that we must learn to govern Ireland according to Irish ideas. The orator who threw out this phrase from his abundance was not very careful to explain what it meant, but it seemed from the context that Parliament ought to govern the inhabitant:, of Ireland as it would have an Irish Parliament govern England ; or, in other words, we should do to others as we would have others do to us. Government "Locording to Irish ideas" would thus appear to mean government according to justice, against which no one can say a word. But the phrase serves as a convenient cloak. Ireland possesses an unscctarian system of primary educa- tion and two universities—one unsectarian, the other partly sectarian. England possesses a denominationa: system of primary education, so qualified, practically, by the Conscience Clause that no child can be denied psi- wary education on sectarian grounds ; and two universi ties, partly denominational, which the House of Corn. mons has declared, by increasing majorities, shall cease to be denominational. It is plain, therefore, that if Parlia ment followed the simple rule of justice in governing In land as it would have England governed, it would maintain unimpaired the unsectarian character of Irish national education, and abate the sectarian character of its elder university ; but here the phrase " Irish ideas " is brought in, and the author of it, departing from the sound inter pretation to be gathered from his own speech, would appa rently urge Parliament to violate its own opinion of jus government in deference to a noisy section of Irish society. This suggestion, mischievous as we believe it to Ise, is not. however, so wild as the recommendations to hold a perio dical session of Parliament in Dublin, and to choose the highest Irish officials exclusively from persons born ii Ireland, which have come from other quarters. These pueriliti.es serve to exhibit the estimate their authors form of the Irish character, but they are unsupported by the experience of history. The Lord-Lieutenants and Chief Secretaries, who, as a matter of fact, have given the greatest satisfaction in Ireland, have been Englishmen, and we do not understand how anyone surveying the past can look upon a Home Parliament for Ireland as a panacea for its disorders. It is almost cruel to refer to the monstrous proposition that all the tenants-at-will in Ireland should be converted into proprietors in fee, subject to the payment of fee-farm rents equivalent to their present rentals. Apart from the question of jus tice and the shock to all our ideas of legality involved in such a suggestion, it is manifest that it could never eradi cate the discontent it is designed to remove. A new gene ration of landlords would supplant the old ; the occupation of land would become subject to a double set of rentals— the chief rent and the improved rent ; the experience of Ulster during the last century warns us that agriculture would become stationary, if it would not retrograde ; and in less than a generation we should have a recurrence of the present discont'ent, with a state of society affording less hope of obtaining the sanction of the country to more rational methods of improvement. The Daily News thinks that the proceedings at the meet ing of the Midland Railway Company, on Wednesday, were of a nature to give satisfaction to the shareholders. Misconceptions were cleared up and fears dispelled, and if the chairman's speech, maintaining, as it did, the too mag nificent policy which so startled the proprietors a month ago, only proved how necessary it had become for the pro prietors to take their affairs seriously in hand, it must also be admitted that it was a straightforward, clear, business like statement. True, there was a complacent impeni tence in his language, which abundantly justified the appointment of a Committee of Consultation ; but it ap peared that, apart from the great question of policy, there was not so very much to be repented of. The com pany's plans will now undergo a sober revision, which can hardly fail to lead to retrenchment. At the same time it would not be surprising if the main features of the London Extension were justified by the committee. There can be no doubt that the time had arrived when the interests of the company required that the line should be continued to London, and have its own independent station here ; and, this being admitted, it will not he denied that, as a general rule, it must be good economy to obtain at once the space which is certain to be required. The Committee of Consulation are hardly likely to sanction the erection of a costly and unnecessary hotel as an appendage to their station ; but, as men of business, they may be trusted to see the importance of making the arrangements for the conduct of the proper business of the line—the conveyance of passengers and goods—as complete and effective as possible. These and all questions of policy will come before the shareholders at their next meeting, and for their discussion the report of the Committee of Consulation titi ill have prepared the way. Speaking of the Rlue..tional Cenferenca at Manchester, the Star observes that, although no unanimous conclusion has been come to as to the advisability of compulsory rating, clearly the feeling of the Conference is in favour of Mr. roister's proposals to give a Government initiative for the benefit of neglected districts, and to extend Govern ment aid to secular schools. This is, indeed, a tide of educational enthusiasm, and it should be taken at the flood. The less we hear of Mr. Bruce's " enormous pres sure of religious and financial opposition" the sooner shall we perceive that a recent revulsion of public feeling has made that opposition insignificant. Referring to the proceedings that have been instituted against Louis Lavenburg, a pawnbroker, the Herald ob serves that the accused evidently knows how to make the most of his opportunities, and does not trouble himself with any conscientious scruples. His plan is to split each single pawn into as many items as possible, charging sep. rately for the ticket and the interest upon each. For in stance, a poor widow pledged a clock with this fellow for half-a-crown, for which he was bound to give a duplicate at a charge of one halfpenny, and to be paid interest at the rate of a halfpenny per month, from the time of pledging until redemption, Instead of this, he split the half-crown clock into three, making out one ticket for the works, a second for the pendulum, and a third for the weights, thus getting three time a.s much as he was entitled to for duplicates, while, as the same interest is chargeable on all sums not exceeding half-a-crown, he trebled his claim for in- terest by the same smart stroke of business. There were three other summonses against this man for as many offences under the statute, of all of which he was convicted, and ordered to pay £l4 2s. in all. But we suppose he has made his business answer pretty well, for it was stated that there were no fewer than seventy other well-known cases against him--sa number which pro• bably represents twenty times as many of which the world will never hear, because the suff erers are t oo i gnoran t t o know their rights, too poor to take out a summons, or too much ashamed of their poverty to let their resort to the pawnshop be known. It is, therefore, satisfactory to note that as tilts defendant had been previously fined, the magistrate inflicted substantial penalties, and warned the delinquent against appearing before him again. It is only fair to other pawnbrokers to observe that several of them were in attendance to deny that it was the custom of the trade to practise Lavenburg's tactics, or to adopt a system which should be held up to universal opprobrium, because of the cruel and heartless exactions it levies upon those in the East of London whom a concurrence of mis fortunes has steeped to the lips in poverty and privation Many persons, remarks the Telegraph, prophesied that the negro re l ease d f rom s l aver y wou ld go too far in the " other" direction, and would want more liberty than white men enjoy. The truth of the prediction is clearly proved by the news that a negro delegate in Georgia has proposed a resolution that " no man and woman of either race be allowed to intermarry unless he and she, the con tracting party, want to." Really our friend Sambo is going very fast. Do we not know from our best instructors that maidens are but mantraps ; that men are entangled in mother's wiles and forced to the altar ; and that all our people of rank compel their daughters to marry dukes or millionnaires, while Strephon, with only six hundred a year, is dying of unhappy love ? Yet this audacious dole gate wants to escape the common lot of man and not to marry unless he "wants to." He may be quite sure that when his hour has come no law will save him, and the poor Predestinated darkie may well go up smiling and take his dusky br“i\lve.hyLdeiedenh,t-dyrasoeuw geta surly driver scolding his conductor. "'They slid they didn't want to t at 'ereyarty to come want to come ! I like that! WharlaesTl" They (Han:, that i,is to do with it? D'ye call that conducting a 'bus ?" negro notion that he does not " want to marry, and tliiereforeineed not, is equally absurd. If Dinah wanes h made up her mind to have him, " what has tha m t'to al i with it ?" his "not wanting " will not save hi m , nor • his proposed new constitution of the United States.w even The Standard replies to the arguments of those who, in effect, say, " Let the colonies go." It consid ers it some. thing very much the reverse of a "rational policy," the idea of so ruling the empire that it may be the most qui c kl y and conveniently dissevered. Ought we not rather to govern with the opposite intent, to preserve the unity and to keep from dismemberment ? At least, the colonies have a right to ask that they shall be consulted upon the ques tion of separation. At present it is certain that they have no wish, no thought of a severance ; that, as the reception o f the li n k, if Edinburgh proves of the Alitralians at thiAns,:kv; as much a part of En,qla , ll rn , ji t!.,ln , eivi•!. We have no t-4;lit to ant:yi pate that anytitint7 harpen ti 11:,:tilrb this fooling. It i-; thee enolPfli to talk of the ili;iii , n;l; ,. rm , nt of the empire when the 1:)1;; cannot hang to the and wIL-n time it will prove not 1111101 t,l::`,t. the limb art! superfluous a.; that the trunk is rotten. The Post thinks that in the present condition of affairs in Europe it is much to be regretted that a general nail simultaneous disarmament between the Great I'ower3 can not be arranged. If Prussia will only consent to wear het new honours a little more meekly, there need be no enmity or ill blood between her and France. They need not come into collision if they do not stand constantly scowling at each other ; but it is undoubtedly a very awful thing for two immense armies in the highest state of efficiency to be constantly drawn up in array within sight, and only too ready to come to blows on the lightest cause of Quarrel. ME FENIAN OUTRAGES. The prisoner Lennon, who was arrested a few days since, has been committed for trial on a charge of high treason, for having led the Fenians in the rising at Stepaside. He has also been identified by Sergeant Kelly as the man who wounded him on the 31st of October, the night that Kelly and Kenna, who has died from the wound, were shot at. Another attempt to use Creek fire has been made at Cork. At about 9.30 at night a bottle was thrown at the head of a gentleman passing through North Main•street. It re bounded on the pavement, and ignited. No mischief was done. It is supposed the man was mistaken for a detec tive or an informer. The miscreant was not secured. The report of the visiting justices has been laid before a meeting of the Middlesex magistrates. It states that part of the roof of the Clerkenwell House of Detention was much shaken by the recent explosion. In accordance with the recommendation of Mr. Hardy, the justices have re solved to advise the purchase of all the houses in the neigh bourhood of the prison, so that at least no outlying building shall command the walls. A letter was read from the Home Secretary complimenting Mr. Pownall on his energy and promptitude in attending to a caution received from th e Home Office just before the explosion, and thus frustrating the attempt to rescue Casey and Burke. LAW AND POLICE. A SEWAGE DIFFICULTY.—The Lord Chancellor bad before him an application, in the matter of Goldsmid v. Tunbridge Wells Improvement Commissioners, to sus pend an order for sequestration which had been issued because the defendants had not complied with the decree of the court, requiring them to abate a sewage nuisance, whereby the water of an ornamental lake on the Somer. hill estate, near Tunbridge Wells, was polluted to the in jury of the plaintiff. It was now stated that the defend ants were doing everything in their power to comply with the decree, and that the sequestration stood in the way of the requirements of the order of the court. Ultimately it was agreed that the case should stand over. THEBLAKZIA ORDNANCECOMPANT.— Lord Justice Cairns has decided in the matter of this company (Stockers case) that the Master of the Rolls was right in his order, that where shares had been forfeited for non-payment of calls, though an action could be maintained in respect of those calls, no interest was payable for the time since they had been forfeited. MN. DION BOLTICAULT'S " FLYING SCUD."—Vice :Mancellor Wood had before him the case of Boucicault v. Warde. The defendant was manager of a theatre at Halifax, and Mr. Dion Boucicault, finding that he was representing a play which was pirated from his (plaintiff's) drama called " Flying Scud," filed this bill against the defendant ; and in April last the court made an interim order against the defendant to restrain the representation of the pirated play. Mr. Boucicault, being determined to repress piracies of his dramas, thought it expedient that the court should be asked to grant an injunction against the defendant, extending throughout the remaining period of Mr. Boucicault's copyright. The defendant did not appear, and the Vice-Chancellor granted an injunction accordingly. THE ARREST OF MIISTANIA FAZIL PASHA.—The case of Campbell v. Mustapha Pasha, which wa 4 adjourned from last term, has again been before the Queen's Bench. It will be remembered that the defendant was arrested by the plaintiff for a large amount of money, which was alleged to be owing as con-mission for negotiating an advance of £BOO,OOO on his Highness's estates in Egypt. At the time he was arrested he was in the suite of the Sultan, and a rule was obtained in Michaelmas term, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the order for the arrest should not be set aside, on the ground that at the time of the arrest Mustapha Fazil Pasha was engaged in the suite of the Sultan. Cause was shewn against the rule last term, but the case was adjourned to ascertain from M. Musurus whether Fazil Pasha was really a member of the Sultan's suite. The Ambassador had stated that he was, and the court discharged the rule. At the same time their lordships were of opinion that no action should be brought against the plaintiff for false imprisonment, as Mr. Campbell appeared to have taken every step in his power to ascer tain whether the Pasha was a member of the suite. No costa would, therefore, be given. THE MEMBER FOR BARNSTAPLE.—An application was made in the Court of Exchequer for a new trial in the case of Hayes v. Cave. It will be remembered that the plaintiff brought an action for 100 guineas, which he said Mr. Cave, M.P., had promised him in consideration of his obtaining for him,the office of Sheriff of London and Mid_ dlesex. At the trial, before the Lord Chief Baron, a verdict was found for the defendant. The Lord Chief Baron now expressed himself satisfied with the verdict, and their lordships refused the application. SHOEBOTTOM V. EGERTON.—A motion was made to the same court in the case of Shoebottom v. Egerton. This was an action by the v. idow of a bargeman against the trustees of the Bridgewater Canal for the damage she had sustained by the death of her husband in consequence of his falling into the canal through a defect in a bridge ; and at the trial at Manchester, before Mr. Baron Martin, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages, £4OO. A motion was now made to enter a nonsuit, or for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection. The deceased met with the accident as he was going, about two in the morning, from a public-house, where he had been drinking, to his barge ; and the question was whether he had any right to go over the bridge in question, which it was said formed part of the pri vate property of the trustees, and had never been dedicated to the public. The Lord Chief Baron said, as the defendants allowed, for hire and reward, barges to be moored along the banks of the canal, they were legally bound to keep in good repair all the approaches from the public highway to those barges. In this case they permitted the barge to be moored near to an enclosed space, which included a basin, sheds, and vacant ground, as well as the bridge in ques tion, and people had been in the habit of passing through that space in going to and coming from barges on the canal. There was, therefore, a legal obligation upon the defendants to keep the bridge in proper repair, and it mat tered not that there were other and better ways which the ' deceased might have taken in returning to his barge. The other judges being of the same opinion, the application was ref used. COMMITTAL OF QUIGLEY, THE LIVERPOOL MURDERER Thomas Quigley, who recently murdered his wife at Liver pool in the most cold-blooded and atrocious manner, has been committed by the Liverpool magistrates for wilful murder. The facts of this case have recently been ~übl ished. "In consequence of the deficient corn harvest," says the Moscow Gazette, " the position of Polish Galicia is frightful. The population is threatened with a famine. The representatives of that province have solicited a Vienna a loan of a million of florins (2,000,000 f.) ; but the Austrian finances are in such a critical state that the urgent request has not been taken into con.sidera- tion." THE CORONERSHIP FOR WESTERN MIDDLESEX. —Dr. Whitmore, the medical officer of health for St. Marylebone, who was one of the candidates for the vacant coronership of Western Middlesex, has signified his inten tion of withdrawing from the contest. At a conference of his friends and supporters it was found, it [is said, that after deducting necessary expenses the net emoluments of the office would not exceed £350 per annum, whilst the election could not be contested for less than £1,500 or £2,000. GUNNERY ExPEßimENTs.—Considerable interests will be felt in the experiments which took place at Shoe bnryness on Wednesday and Thursday, especially in the first trial then made by the proposed new muzzle-loa.ding field-pieces, which will probably supplant the present Armstrong breech-loaders. A further attack with nine inch Palliser shot and shell was also made on the Gibraltar shield with no better results for it than formerly, except in the hold the Palliser main three-inch bolts obtained through the additional washers and wood tubing applied to the shield after its failure in its original state of construction. FENIAN BONDS.—" P. H. 5.," in the Morning Herald, tells a good story apropos of Fenianism. A gentleman of his acquaintance employed a widow, whose son wishing to emigrate, the gentleman assisted him to do so. The son regularly remitted money to his mother, till last year a letter came, containing a printed document, The letter was taken, as usual, to the master to read, who found that the money had not been remitted because the son had invested in Fenian bonds, chargeable on the master's estate. As the master had been kind to the family, however, when the writer took possession he was going to allo w him to reside at the gate lodge. It is stated that the Duke of Leinster's estate has been parcelled out and sold at least twice over. THE REAPING MACHINE. —The testimonial sub . cribed among Scotch agriculturists and others to the Rev. Patrick Bell, minister of Cannylie, Forfarshire, for his invention of the "first efficient reaping machine" was presented at Edinburgh by the Marquis of Tweeddale. The gift consisted of a salver, bearing a suitable inscription, and an engraving of Bell's reaping machine, and of a sum of money, which Mr. Scott Skirving, on the part of the committee, stated only fell short of £l,OOO by about £ 9 O or RM. The noble chairman said that, so highly did he appreciate Mr. Bell's invention, he would be happy to make up the sum to £l,OOO. Mr. Bell, in acknowledging the gift, said it was just forty years since he came to Edinburgh to exhibit the model he had construrted of a machine to save the labour of the reapers. The original model, the property of the Highland Society, waa exhibited on the table. THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1868 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE• Her Majesty's 11th brigade Field Artillery (11, E, F, and G batteries) recently arrived at Wool wich from India, under the command of Major F. J. Soady, was yesterday inspected at the Royal Artillery parade at head quarters. Woolwich, by Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commanding the district. The inspection commenced at 11 a.m. The officers present were as follows :—Major Soady, Lieut.-Col. Ingilby, Veterinary Surgeon G. A. Oliphant, Acting Adjutant Lieut. F. F. Ditmas, Captain Wyllie, Lieuts. Greene, J. Mainwaring Douglas, J. R. Wilmer, T. Hine, N. M. Burt, C. E. Beadnell, H. E. Dolphin, and E. A. Olivant. Medical Officers—T. J. Orton, C. 11. Y. Godwin, H. H. Maclean, and R. P. Ferguson. After a care ful inspection of the brigade the men marched past in slow and quick time, and were put through some few inaticeuvres showing their state of drill. The General then said he was glad to welcome them back to England after their long service in India, extending over ten years. It was satisfactory to him to be able to announce publicly that their sol dierly appearance before him on parade at their first inspection since their arrival was such as to call forth, with but few exceptions, remarks of com mendation. Ile hoped that, on their return from the furlough which they would be granted to enable them to visit their friends, they would settle down o their duties, and retain the high reputation the brigade had always borne in India. They would, find, on returning to Woolwich, that there was every kind of recreation and opportunity of amuse ment afforded to those who might be disposed to benefit by the resources of the public reading rooms, &c. He regretted much to find that some 30 of the men were now absent from parade, and, of course, he was disposed to make reasonable allow• ante for the defaults of men returning to their native country, and meeting their friends and com rades, after a long service in the far East, and being cooped up on board a troopship at sea ; but he must tell them that drunkenness was a crime almost ex- tinct in the Woolwich garrison, and that a drunken soldier was now looked upon with the same kind of curiosity that would be excited by a camel or ele phant at large in our public streets. The officers afterwards fell out, and the General addressed a few words to them. Furlough will be granted to all men, on application, for two months, and to most of the officers, the restriction with regard to leave, owing to the late Fenian riots, not applying to officers re turned from foreign service. Orders were yesterday received at the Royal En gineer establishment, Chatham, from the Horse Guards, directing a detachment of 28 non-commis sioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers to embark for Bermuda in the Isabella on the 4th of February. Detachments to the number of 31 sappers, with three non-commissioned officers, have proceeded from head-quarters, Chatham, for the purpose of augmenting the companies of Royal En gineers at Shorncliffe, Dover, Woolwich, Wey mouth, Portsmouth, and Cork. Lieut. R. W. Stewart is ordered to join at head-quarters, Brompton Barracks, and Lieut. W. G. Nicholson to proceed from Chatham to Aldershott, for service with the detachments of Royal Engineers at that station. For some weeks past frequent cases of smallpox have been announced among the men at the garri- son at Woolwich and their families. The disease first made its appearance in the division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, spreading to some considerable extent in the families of the married men. The division is now entirely free from any infectious disease. The principal medical officer, Dr. Salmon, who was incessant in his attention to the invalids, was slightly affected himself, and carried the infection to his own home. His four children caught the disease, but have all recovered. A number of the garrison troops are still under treatment in the Herbert Hospital, and a constable of the dockyard police is just pronounced convales cent. Captain Biddlecombe, C. 8., the late Master Attendant of the dockyard, is also suffering from an attack. The depot of the 35th Regiment, now at Colches ter, is under orders to proceed to Portsmouth this week to meet the head quarters of the regiment. Cart. Corbon, 49th Regiment, is under orders to join the depot at Colchester. Lieut. Hart, 100th Regiment, and 15 rank and file have left Colchester for Harwich, to increase the strength of the force stationed at the Redoubt at that port. Captain Priestly, 32d Light Infantry, is under orders to em bark for the service companies in the Mauritius. Captain Murray, 84th Regiment, is under orders to proceed to Jamaica with a draught of his regiment from the depot, to the service companies. Captain Josselyn, 96th Regiment, is under orders to join the depot at Colchester, and Captain Scovell is to proceed from the depot to the service companies. Lieutenant Percy, 2d Battalion 16th Regiment, is to proceed from the depot to the service com panies with a draught now under orders for Bar badoes. Captain Burke, 2d Battalion 18th Regi ment, has been transferred to the Ist Battalion, and has left Colchester for Chester. An order di recting Lieut. Creagh, 96th Regiment, to proceed with a draught of his corps to India, has been with drawn ; Ensign Scougall is ordered to proceed to India in his place. Captain Madan, 49th Regi ment, is under orders to proceed to India to join the service companies of his corps, in the room of Captain Gillespie, who has been withdrawn. Staff I Assist.-Surg. Lithgow, M.D., and Staff Assistant- Surgeon Thornhill have joined the eastern district for duty. The former has assumed the medical charge of the troops at Laudguard Fort, Harwich, vice Staff Assistant-Surgeon Jennings, M.D., who has been posted to the 4th Depot Battalion at Col chester, for duty. The 51st Regiment, from Dover, under the com mand of Lieut.-Col. Agg, arrived at Aldershot ou Monday afternoon, and proceeded to occupy quar ters iu A, B, C, and D lines, North Camp, recently vacated by the 70th (Surrey) Regiment. The 56th Regiment, under the command of Colonel Lacy, will leave Aldershot for Ireland as soon as the ves sel which is intended to convey them is ready. The strength of the regiment is 38 officers, 48 sergeants, 40 corporals, 21 drummers, and 577 privates. The K company of the regiment, which has been on de tachment duty at Hampton Court for some time past, returned to head-quarters at Aldershot on Tuesday. They were relieved at Hampton Court by about 120 men of the 51st Light Infantry. A detachment of the Royal Engineers from Chatham, consisting of 24 non-commissioned officers and sap pers, arrived at Aldershot on Monday, and joined the service companies there. 'l'lle 68th Light Infan try at Aldershot, under the command of Col. Greer, C. 8., is under orders to proceed to Manchester on or about the 2Gth inst., there to relieve the 72d Highlanders, who are under orders to proceed to Ireland at the same date. The 98th Regiment, from Portsmouth, under the command of Col. Peyton, arrived at Aldershot Camp yesterday, and pro ceeded to occupy quarters in L, M, and P Lines, North Camp. The 44th Regiment, under the command of Col. Hort, is under orders to leave Aldershot for Ireland on or about the 20th inst. The strength of the regiment is 42 officers, 48 ser geants, 40 corporals, 21 drummers, 556 privates, 68 women, 65 children, and 10 horses. The regi ment will be inspected to-day by Brigadier-General Carey, C.B. On Tuesday C, D, and E batteries of the C brigade Royal Horse Artillery, at Alder shot, under the command of Col. Wintle, C. 8., proceeded on route-marching duty, taking the direction of. Farnborough. On the same day the Ist (King's) Dragoon Guards, under the command of Col. Pattle, C. 13., marched out in the direction of Farnham. Yesterday the Ist Infantry Brigade, under the command of Major-General H. Renny, and consisting of the 40th, 54th, and 56th Regi- ments, were marched to the Queen's Parade, Note h Camp, where the brigade was exercised in various field evolutions. Capt. J. I. Preston, 45th Regiment, and Lieut. G. 11. Singer, 2d Battalion of the 10th Regiment, have been placed under orders to proceed from Chatham and embark for India, to join the service companies of their regiments. Lieut. F. P. Wash ington, Royal Engineers, has been ordered to pro ceed from headquarters to Weymouth, SPECIAL CONSTABLES. The number of special constables who had re sponded to the call of the Government up to yester day was in the City and metropolitan districts no less than 46,201. A return which has been made shows that, following the advice which was given some time since, the selection of superintendents has in a vast number of cases been made from gentle- men holding her Majesty's commission who happen to reside in the districts. In the parish of St. Mar- garet's and St. John's, Westminster, a force of 1,785 has been organised, and at St. Peter's, West minster, those engaged at the Board of Works, to the number of 33, have been enrolled as a separate force. A body of 1,658 men have their head quar ters at the police station, Paddington-green, while the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square, boasts of an organisation numbering 2,052. 111arylebone would appear to have been early in the field, for la body of 1,057 men was reported as having been organised by the 21st of December. At Bermond sey there are 250 at present sworn in, and 250 more are expected. West Ham has, for the pur poses of more easy management, been divided into seven districts, and to the 700 specials already en rolled a large increase is expected. In St. Paul's, Covent-garden, the members of the corps of Com missionaires have volunteered for the service, and in- addition to the 200 on the list 60 or 70 messengers are available. The orderly room belonging to the Inns of Court Rifles is the headquarters of 308 gentlemen who have been enrolled for the protec- tion of Lincoln's-inn, but the services of this body are Lot available for night duty. In St. Pancras there are 1,387 special constables, inclusive of 483 sworn in for the protection of the Imperial Gas works at King's-cross. Woolwich has returned a force of only 310, but in addition to these 7,050 of the men employed in the dockyard and arsenal have been sworn in, although their organisation has not yet been arranged. It St. Mary's, Lam beth, there are 2,800 men ; in Holborn, 482 ; in Islington, 1,C41 ; in Kensington, 684 ; in St. Giles'• in-the-Fields, and St. George's, Bloomsbury, 700 ; in Bromley, 638 and in All Saints', Poplar, 1,100. in St. Thomas's, Southwark, 37 of the members of Guy's Hospital are formed in a separate body, and a force of 134 is returned from Gray's-inn. ,The Royal Mint also has a separate force of 100 men, and in the city of London 6,000 special constables are returned as being organised under the direction of the Commissioners of the City Police. St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, has probably not done itself justice, for it is credited on the list with only 67 men, though, perhaps, this may be accounted for by the fact that no return has been made from that parish since the 23d of December last. From country towns 38,535 have been returned as having been sworn in, so that the grand total as reported is thus increased to nearly 85,000. There can, however, be little doubt that the real numbers are largely in excess of these figures, for in some cases no returns have been made, while those sent from other quarters have frequently been incomplete ; in addition to which many men may have been sworn in who have not yet been embodied in the parochial divisions. It is proposed to distribute the country returns as soon as they are printed among the local authorities, police, officers of special constables, &c., so as to facilitate intercommunication, and to enable the directing officers of parochial divisions to render the services of the special constables more available. On Wednesday the Benchers of Lincoln's-inn issued a notice that to-dap and on Saturday two magistrates for the county of Middlesex will attend in the Council-chamber, Lincoln's-inn, for the pur pose of swearing in such gentlemen belonging to the Inn as may desire to be enrolled. The magistrates will attend between the hours of 4 o'clock and a quarter past 5 o'clock on each day. The directors of the London and St. Katherine Docks Company having offered to their officers and servants and to the labourers employed in their several establishment the opportunity of being sworn in as special constables nearly 4,000 immediately gave in their names, although it had been distinctly intimated that their doing so must be a voluntary act on their part, and that they were not bound to assign any reason either for offering their services or for refraining from doing so. On Wednesday Mr. Flowers, the magistrate at Bow-street Police court, was engaged at the London Dock swearing in 2,800 of the persons employed in the London and St. Katherine's Docks ; and it is understool that in the course of a few days between 400 and 500 men belonging to the same company's Cutler-street tea warehouses will be sworn in by one of the aldermen, those premises being within the city, and upwards of 600 men at the 'Victoria Dock by magistrates of the county of Essex. On Wednesday night a detachment of the Tower Hamlets Artillery Volunteers, consisting of the 4th battery, assembled at headquarters under command of Captain Worman (of the Angel Tavern, Isling ton), where, after going through several military evolutions, they " formed fours" and marched to the Vestry-hall, Upper-street, Islington, to be sworn in as special constables. Sir James Tyler and other justices of the peace of the county of Middlesex were present and administered the oath to a great number. They were then marched to Mr. Clarke's, the Red Lion, Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell, where a meeting was held, Captain Worman, in the chair, and one or two speeches were delivered expressive of their devotedness to the Queen and the State, and willingness to do their duty firmly should they at any time be called upon. The special constables of Newington have re ceived permission from Colonel Labrow to drill and sheds of the 19th Surrey On Wednesday t he Surrey magistrates continued Rifles exercise tw o i u da th y e s a c o w v e e e r k ed . their sittings at Lambeth Vestry-hall to swear in special constables for the parish. The workmen of Alderman Lawrence and of Messrs. Doulton, potters, have been enr olled.l his force is now 2,600 strong, and forms seven divisions, which are organised and drilled. For some reason not made known, the large body of special constables in Marylebone and St. Pancras have been called out. On Wednesday they were placed upon duty early in the evening, and were detailed off to the various churches and chapels in the respective parishes. A large number also patrolled the streets in !pairs until seven o'clock on Thursday morning. Nothing remarkable oc curred throughout the night. Last night the super intendents of divisions were again ordered to report themselves upon duty at four o'clock, with those men who were not on duty the night before. The specials are rather unreasonably required to be " on duty" from 4 o'clock in the evening till 7 o'clock the next morning, taking two-hour turns of active duty. It does not seem expedient to require special constables to be " under orders" for fifteen hours at a stretch while there is no apparent dis order. Shorter and more frequent periods would, we think, insure a stronger and readier muster of men. At Streatham the number of special constables enrolled now exceeds 400, organised under Major Coles. About 600 special constables have now been sworn in at Colchester. 11fajor Papillon has been appointed general superintendent, and the borough has been divided into four districts, each under an assistant superintendent. The Leeds borough magistrates, who have already sworn in a large number of special constables, chiefly of the tradesmen class, are about to swear in as special constables nearly 1,500 members of the three corps of Leeds Volunteers --artillery, engi neers, and riths. A fatal accident h.is just occurred in the Rue Compans, Buttes-Chaumont. A master gardener was oc cupied with one of his men in extracting sand from a pit, when the sides fell in and buried them both. They were extricated in twenty minutes, but had ceased to live. [ADVERTISEMENT.) —Holloway's Pills and Ointment —A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inflamma tory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion and general debility. A few dose's of these pills, taken in time, aro an effectual preventive against gout and rheumatism, but any one who has an attack of either should use Hollo way's ointment, also the powerful properties of which, combined with the effect of the pills, must infallibly effect a cure. These pills act directly on the blood, which they purify and improve. They also regulate the secretion; and give tone to the-stomach, and thus the whole system is invigorated and pat into a condition which enables it to stop the approach of the disease or throw it off. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. VARNA. A special general meeeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Angel-court, Throg morton-street ; Mr. W. Gladstone in the chair. Mr. G. BROWN, the acting secretary, read the report, which stated that the meeting had been convened for the purpose of considering certain propositions made by the bondholders in Belgium. In the report submitted at the general meeting in September last the shareholders were in formed that the railway was accepted by the Go vernment, and the guarantee acknowledged as from the Ist of March last ; that the rolling stock had been found inadequate for the demands of the traffic ; and that an agent had been sent to Constantinople for the purpose of obtaining further assistance from the Government, either in the shape of a loan or as a payment in anticipation of the guarantee. This request, although favourably received by the Government, had not yet been com plied with. The directors had, therefore, been un able to liquidate the three unpaid coupons on the obligations, which had led to the proposals on the part of the bondholders now submitted to cacitalize the said three coupons, and to accept in payment bonds redeemable in ten years, bearing interest at 6 per cent. The convention submitted by the commit tee of bondholders stated that, as the company were unable to liquidate the three outstanding cou pons of 7f. 50c., each on the obligations payable in January and July, 1867, and in January, 1868, the holders of the obligations would consent to defer the payment of the same for a term of ten years upon the following conditions :—That bonds re deemable in ten years by yearly drawings, com mencing Jan., 1871, and bearing interest at 6 per cent. per annum, be given in payment of the said three coupons, and of the obligations required by the terms of the statutes to be drawn and redeemed at par in 1867 and 1868 ; that from the Ist of July, 1868, the company duly paid the interest and redemption of the obligations, and as a guarantee for the same the company shall delegate to the Bank of Belgium, on behalf of the obligation-hol ders, the sums to be received from the Ottoman Government on account of the guarantee ; from the amount so received by the bank the company may claim sufficient for the payment of the debts of the company and the expenses of administration, and the bank will pay for repairs, completion of the way, construction of sidings, warehouses, &c., and the purchase of the rolling stock, a statement of the amount to be so expended to be drawn up by engi neers severally appointed by the bank and the direc tors, the referee being named by the President of the Civil Tribunal of Brussels ; and that the bank be authorised from the present time to pay, when due, the interest and redemption of the bonds to be issued in payment of the coupons in arrear." The CHAIRMAN said they had met to consider the proposal of their Belgian colleagues ; but they had received a telegram from Constantinople which told them not to proceed with the proposition, and re commended that it should be postponed. They had been informed on Thursday last by their agent in Constantinople that the Minister had recommended an advance to the company of £150,000, of which £60,000 was for rolling stock ; but it appeared sub sequently that the Grand Council had refused the advance. It was also stated that the Belgian Minister had entered at Constantinople a protest in respect of the promised advance or the gua rantee. The chairman could not comprehend why the Belgian Minister should have interfered, and he could not understand why the Turkish Go vernment should not assist the company to obtain sufficient rolling stock to carry the immense traffic brought to the railway, as it was clearly the interest of the Government that the line should pay as much as possible towards the guarantee. He believed that the company was entitled to re ceive £200,000 ; every locomotive sent out to Varna cost them double the original price of it in England. They had 14 engines on the line, and required a much larger number. The traffic this winter had been stopped for four days, in consequence of the snow on part of the line being 30 feet deep. The real difficulty now was to obtain sufficient rolling stock to carry the traffic uver the line. The Belgian people were the first mortgagees of the line, and it appeared that the committee of bondholders had not interfered at Constantinople in any way. After some further observations, it was agreed to adjourn the meeting to a day to be fixed by the Board. On the motion of Mr. FENTON, a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the pro ceedings. SOUTH AUSTRIAN, LOMBARDY, AND CENTRAL ITALY. The total traffic receipts on these lines for the year 1867 amounted, on 2,492 miles of railway, to £4,392,456, and for the year 1866 to £4,739,330, on the same mileage, showing a decrease in the re ceipts of £346,874. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this c3mpany's lines for the week ending the 28th of December last amounted, for the conveyance of 22,691 passengers, to £6,996 ; for mails, &c., to £1,027 ; and for the carriage of 12,573 tons of freight and live suck, to £13,819 total, £21,812; against £22,961 for the corre sponding week in 1866, showing a decrease of £1,122. The total traffic receipts from the Ist of July to Dec. 28 amounted to £711,650, and for the same period in the preceding year to £730,810, showing a decrease of £19,160. THE RENTERS- AND DEBENTURE HOLDERS OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Yesterday afternoon the renters and debenture holders of Drury-lane Theatre held a meeting in the saloon of the building, for the purpose of consi dering a proposal made by Mr. Mapleson for their accommodation during the opera season. The meet ing was well attended, and Dr. Deaman, the senior trustee, presided. - - Mr. JAMES ROBINS, having read the notice con vening the meeting, proceeded to read the following proposals made by Mr. J. 11. Mapleson : Mr. Mapleson proposes that a row of scats should be made and kept exclusively for the use of the proprietors having admissions, renters, and their nominees, the row to comprise about 30 in number. Also a certain number of reserved half-guinea dress-circle seats, having a good view of the stage, to be numbered and exclusively set apart for the use of those who have proprietary or renters' -ad missions, to complete the number to fifty. Mr. Mapleson also proposes to give each of the gentle men who have proprietary or renters' admissions an opera ivory, that the aforesaid may receive pro per attention and civility from the various officials and employes, and which would also insure him a seat, should the number applying exceed fifty ; that each proprietor with a life admission, renter, or his nominee to also have his right of entrance to the pit and to the other parts of the house, for the pur pose of visiting • those of his friends who may be there. The arrangement to continue during the whole of Mr. Mapleson's tenancy of Drury-lane Theatre. If the renters require these proposals embodied in legal forms, Mr. Mapleson agrees to pay Mr. Kingsey, the solicitor of the renters, the expense of so doing. Mr. BYEFINCII explained that he, with other renters, had had an interview with Mr. Mapleson, who had promised to do all he possibly could for the accommodation of the renters. There would probably be an average number of 50 renters each night, and the seats Mr. Mapleson proposed to set aside exclusively would accommodate about thirty, so that the remaining twenty would be accommo dated with seats in the dress circle. This he con sidered a very excellent arrangement, inasmuch as it would give to those of the renters who did not care for the trouble of dressing the advantage of an entree without going to the stalls, for all those who choose to occupy seats in the stalls would necessarily have to dress. He could but think that Mr. Mapleson had met them in a very liberal spirit. A VOICE.—WeII, I am sure we wish to meet him in the same spirit. Mr. BYEFINCII—WeII, I will simply move this resolution :—" That the proprietors who liaye ad missions and renters of the theatre, and their nomi nees, having heard the arrangements proposed for their accommodation by Mr. Mapleson during his operaticseason,inthe event of his taking the theatre, accept thesame in good faith, and pledge themselves to act conformably therewith, it being understood to be without prejudice to their respective rights re lative thereto." Mr. SIIAW seconded the resolution. Mr. M. SIIARPE thought the proposition of Mr. Mapleson very satisfactory, and if they desired to bring the opera there, he was sure they could not expect to get better terms. Mr. CLTFDEN said he considered it a great privi lege to have Mr. Mapleson upon any conditions. Mr. Deputy TEGG said that if the meeting did not know their privileges he would read them the Act of Parliament. The CIIAIRMAN said that was not the question before them. They were there to consider whe ther or not Mr. Mapleson's proposition should be accepted, and he would therefore put the resolu tion. This he did accordingly, and the motion was car ried with acclamation, amidst cheers of " Success to Mr. Mapleson." A vote of thanks to the chairman then closed the business. ROYAL MEET WITH THE WEST NORFOLK HUNT. SANDRINGHAM, Thursday. The Prince of Wales has been a subscriber to the West Norfolk Hunt almost ever since he has been the owner of Sandringham, and Overton, the head keeper, by the desire of the prince, has to achieve what is by many persons believed to be an impossibility, the preserving of foxes and pheasants. During the past shooting season the royal sports. men have had several passing glimpses of Master Reynard whilst shooting through the coverts. The Prince of Wales not only hunts with the West Norfolk, but also welcomes the members of the hunt to Sandringham, dispensing hospitality in the most liberal manner, and one of those brilliant meets on the lawn in front of Sandringham House took place yesterday. Favoured with beautiful weather, the sun shining as if it were a spring morning, a large number of ladies was present, the scene on the lawn from 11 to 12 o'clock being ex tremely gay. At the start the Prince of Wales rode one of his splendid stud of hunters, and the prin cess drove, with extraordinary skill and nerve, her exquisite greys in the waggonette. The departure was witnessed by Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, and the Princess Louise from one of the windows of the house. There were also present Sir William and Lady Knollys and the Misses Knollys, Major Teesdale, Sir Willoughby Jones, Capt. Lane Fox, Capt. Bateson, Capt. Campbell, Mr. A. Hammond jun. (master of the hounds), Mr. F. Knollys, Mr. L. W. Jarvis, and the leading families of the country side. At about twelve o'clock the start was made. The hounds were first put into the Jocelyn Wood, from where they did not suc ceed in getting a fox away, but all trotted off to Wolferton Wood, which, to the surprise of all, was also " blank," and no better fortune attended them in the covers at Frankfort. The hounds were then taken to the Anmer covers, where the squire, Mr. CoWham, always keeps a few foxes for the amuse ment of his neighbours, and there, as usual, was a fox ready to contribute to the amusement of the field. The scent was but indifferent, and, though Reynard afforded a run, it was but slow, and it was at length determined to give him up. Their royal highnesses returned to Sandringham louse. The Prince and Princess of Wales gave a ser vants' dance on Wednesday evening in the spacious new servants' hall. NEW THEATRES WANTED. "An Elderly Baronet," in a letter to a contemporary, says :—" I have three daughters of marriageable age, and one son still at Eton. I have no complaint against them. They aro good and dutiful children, but the noise they make after dinner has a disturbing influence upon the tranquillity of mind which I am always desirous to enjoy at that season. When the boy is at home—an event which, Icannot help observing, recurs rather too frequently to comport with a studious life—their incessant chatter and the sounds which they make in their various games en tirely puts to flight all philosophical speculation, and pre vents my maturing those thoughts which 1 havo hoped might earn for me the gratitude of my country when com municated to the public by oratorical moans from my place in Parliament. "It has been suggested to an ingenious friend of mine, in like circumstances, that we might obtain a brief respite from the uproar made by our posterity if we sent them all off to the theatre, under the escort of their governess and an uncle just returned from India, with a keen appetite for pleasure. But, after anxious inquiry, lam credibly in formed that there is no theatre within many miles of my residence, and that in order to accomplish my object with propriety, I should be obliged to put into requisition all the resources of my establishment, and forward them to their destination in my carriage, as well as the brougham. I have, therefore, been compelled to abandon a hope which promised me much happiness and tranquillity ; for it is rather too serious a thing to send three horses and four servants rushing about on Wet or :frosty nights to take a few children to the play and bring them home again. Is it not just possible that it might bo a profitable as well as a convenient thing to establish a well-conducted theatre in some habitable quarter of this metropolis 2" FOOTBALL. ETON AND HARROW V. TILE WORLD.—The great match between the above-named celebrated "teams" was decided yesterday afternoon at the Vincent-square Cricket Ground, Westminster. The ball was set off at about three p.m., and play continued for an hour and a quarter without a goal being taken on either side, which speaks a vast deal for, tho manner in which the game was contested ; and at the end of that timo tho match was drawn. Subjoined is a list of the players: — THE WORLD. —W. J. Dixon (captain), J. P. Nichols, S. Rawest, J. B. Dasert, E. C. Bovill, A. Baker, C. M. Tebbin, A. 11. Shaw, and S. Taber. ETON AN]) HARPOW.—A. F. Kinnaird (captain), P. Nor man, E. Norman, J. Goldney, E. Lubbock, C. J. Thornton, E. Hall, P. B. Martin, C. W. Alcock, and G. Hogg. THE FINANCES OF INDIA.—We understand that Mr. Childers, M.P., who was Financial Secretary to the Treasury towards the end of Lord Palmerston's and dur ing Lord Russell's Administration, has been offered the office of Financial Minister in India, from which Mr. Massey retires during the spring. The offer is said to have been made in the most handsome terms on the part of Sir Stafford Northcote, b .t we hoar that Mr. Childers, for family reasons, has b3en unable to accept the appoint ment. THE REAPING MACIIINE.—The testimonial sub scribed among Scotch agriculturists and others to the Rev. Patrick Bell, minister of Cannylie, Porfarshire, for his invention of the "first efficient reaping machine," was presented at Edinburgh on Wednesday by the Mar quis of Tweedale. The gift consisted of a salver, bearing a suitable inscription, and an engraving of Bell's reaping machine, and of a sum of money, which Mr. Scot Skirv ing, on the part of the committee, stated only fell short of £l,OOO by about £2O or £3O. The noble chairman said that, so highly did ho appreciate Mr. Bell's invention, he would be happy to make up the sum to £l,OOO. Mr. Bell, in acknowledging the gift, said it was just 40 years since he came to Edinburgh to exhibit the model ho had con structed of a machine to save the labour of the reapers. On that occasion he had received such encouragement from the then secretary to the Highland Society (Sir C. Gordon) and others that next year he had a machine con structed, which was successfully tried in cutting grain on his brother's farm. The original model, the property of the Highland Society, was exhibited on the table. [ADVERTlSEMENT.J—Dyspepaia(lndigestion), Constipation, De bility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and live' complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica, Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, haunorrhoids, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, in itability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, head ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 63,413.—" Rome, July 19, 1868.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has c,:ntined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every mea,. It has produced a sur prisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the " Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cure Nu. 46,270 Mr James Roberts, timber merchant, of Friniley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart do Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness. ,Asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency. spasms, sickness and vomiting.—Maria July." Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, withou' authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached.— In tins at Is. lid.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 6di; 5 lbs., lls. ; 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 403.— BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, amgent-street, London; also Fortnam and Mason, 182 Piccadilly ; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63, 150, and 289, Oxford-street; 830 Strand; and. all groceraand chemieta. THE OLD SROTVMAN. (From Anson's Dramatic Almanack.) The hamlet of Highgate is some what altered since the days of Matthew Paris who, speaking of it in his curious life of the Twelfth Abbot of St. Albans, says " that the Forest of Middlesex was the harbour, not only of thieves and robbers, outlaws and fugitives, but of several sorts of wild boasts, as wolves, wild boars, stags, and wild bulls, so that the good Pilgrims were in imminent danger of their lives and property. The rapid progress of civilisation has entirelyremoved all this, and that despotic monarch King Rail seems inclined to sweep all the remnants of antiquity entirely away. With Highgate, all wo have at present to say about it is connected with the " Old Showman," who lays peacefully there. In the beautifully diversified grounds of its cemetery rest the remains of the " Travelling Zoo logist" George Wombwell, surrounded by the ashes of the great lawyer and orator, Chancellor Lyndhurst, Gilbert A'Bcckett the punster, and Toni Sayers the lion-hearted pugilist. Wombwell VMS, in his day, quite as renowned as " Mus- ter Richardson" (whose fair fame is annually kept alive at the Fancy Fair of that excellent and well-managed charity the Dramatic College. Long may it flourish.) Womb well was born at Malden, in Essex, and when a boy de voted much of his time to the breeding and rearing of birds, pigeons, rabbits, dogs, and other domestic animals. In this he followed the example of Bisset. The first trace of the showman which we have was as a cordwainer in Compton-street, Soho, where, in addition to the making and repairing the understandings of his customers, ho car ried on the rearing, breeding, and teaching the various animals before mentioned. But " there is a tide in the affairs of man," and it so happened that 'Wombwell, being at a publichouso in the neighbourhood, purchased of a sailor a pair of boa constrictors; be abandoned soles and upper leathers, and carried into execution a plan he had long been forming, that of becoming a "Professional Show man." Bisset commenced his career by training a horse and dog to exhibit wonderful feats. He brought out the celebrated and amusing " Cat's Concert" in the Haymar ket, and died after having brought his "learned pig" to a fine market. Wombwell commenced his career by exhibiting in a small way his "Wonderful Boa Constric tors" at Camberwell, Croydon, Bow, and Stepney fairs (three out of the four, no more), and, rapidly accumulating money, became the largest proprietor of wild animals in this country. At one time the cost of his establishment was, upon the average, ..£35 per day. Ho possessed 30 caravans full of rare beasts and birds. His stud of horses was of the finest breed, varying in number from 110 to 120. His band cost him at the rate of £4O per week, while the amount he paid for turnpikes in the course of the year formed a prominent item in his expenditure. The ele phants were amongst his most expensive animals, for they not only consumed loaves of bread, hay, and grass at the rate of 1681bs. per Oay, but all this weight of food was washed down by copious draughts of old ale, and that of the best quality, for the elephantine tribe are good judges of old, mild, and bitter. In spite of all the heavy ex penses of travelling, keeping a large staff of persons, the wear and tear of vans, carriages, harness, horses, &c., he became a man of wealth and a great traveller, for there was not a town of any consequence in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales but Wombwell and his travelling menagerie visited it ; but the greatest exhibition that brought his name more prominently before the public was the lion and dog fight at Warwick, on Tuesday, July 26, 1825. It was a fearful, wonderful, and, in many respects, a disgusting sight, for in the first combat with the lion Nero, the once noble monarch of the forest was as playful and harmless as a cat, so mild and docile as to follow Wombwell out of his den into the fighting arena with all the docility of a Newfoundland dog ; when the combatants (dogs), Captain, Tiger, and Turk, were brought before the lion he crouched down before them, and seemed rather disposed for a game at play than mischief ; when they flew at him he shook them off with out attempting to hurt them, but when they fastened upon his nose and lips he sprang up roaring round his den, until his natural instinct returned, and he torn them off with his claws, mangling two of them fearfully in the ope ration, bui, still not attempting to act on the offensive• At last, however, ho was left with one dog (Turk) who showed a courage of the highest order. It was a most extraordinary scene ; the dog, left alone with an animal more than twenty times its weight, continued the unequal combat with unabated fury, and, although bleed ing all over from the effect of the lion's claws, seized and pinned him by the nose at least half a dozen times, when, at length the lion by a desperate effort re leased himself, and flinging his whole weight upon the dog held him down upon his fore paws for more than a minute, during which time he could have bitten his hoed off a dozen times, but, on the contrary, ho made not the slightest effort to hurt him ; at last Turk was got away in a dying state, but, the moment he was released, he courageously seized the lion again, but NOS ultimately borne off a terribly mangled Turk. The second fight was with Wombwell's lion Wallace, a different affair to that of Nero ; the Scotch lion's temper was not quite so mild, he would very seldom let his keeper approach to feed him, and was extremely disinclined to he upon friendly terms with any one but those of his own species, and even then, at times, family jars broke out. Wallace was turned into the same den that Nero fought in ; the dogs were to be handed to the stage once onlYr Tinker, Ball, Billy, Sweep,Turpin, and Turk. In the first round Tinker and Ball were let loose, and both made gallant attack, the lion calmly waiting for them ; he clapped his paw upon poor Ball, took Tinker in his teeth and de liberately walked round the stage with him as a oat woula a mouse, treating Ball with a kick now and then ; ho at last dropped Tinker, who crawled off maimed and wit h bellows to mend. Ball would have been swallowed like his force-meat namesake, but his second rescued On through the bars—rather a dangerous game. Then fol lowed Turpin and Sweep, who were treated in a like man" ner ; Turpin, like his great namesake, bolted as soon as he got out of Wallace's grasp; Sweep brushed off the first opportunity ; and the Scotch lion, like his great and glo rious namesake on many occasions, came off victoriou s. Wombwell was sharply censured for exposing Ne i.° to be baited by dogs, because of his extreme do" cility and tameness. The showman, however, alwaYg after displayed a large painted cloth in front o f his shows at all the fairs illustrative of the "great dogs and lions fight." Wombwell was short in stature, with a sharp face, somewhat rubicund in apPear ance. When ho was not travelling he resided in a hand some van, surrounded by his menagerie, in Commercial' road East, close by the Regent's-canal ; there he bough t and sold, or exchanged, all sorts and sizes of foreign animals, birds, monkey, &c. He possessed unusual ability and energy in his peculiar calling, and spared neither pain ti nor expense in rende r in g hi s c oll ec tion perfect. Its gre at feature, in 1830, was the Elephant of Siam, a theatrica l performer in the grand spectacle of the "Fire Fien d, wherein it uncorked bottles and various other feats, an d ; ended by placing "the rightful heir upon the throne of his ancestors." On each side of his show he placed tlr ° miniature elephants, "the smallest in the World." in , spite of his heavy expenses, and, some times failures a' some of the fairs he attended, he amassed a large fortune. On the 16th of November, 1850, he died at Northaller ton, in Yorkshire, at the good old ago of 72, leaving, in addition to a largo sum of money, three monstre travelling menageries, with a collection of birds, wild animals, an d reptiles, unrivalled in the world. On the 26th of Novem ber his remains were placed in a brick vault in the come" tary at Highgate. They were first deposited in a highlr, polished oak coffin, manufactured from timber recov ere" from the Royal George ; the wood was presented to lih ° by the late lamented Prince Consort, the Showman havio . been eminently su ccessful in saving the Prince's har rier :. when many celebrated veterinary surgeons had f The coffin, highly polished, formed one of the most co: spicuous pieces of furniture in Wombwell's van and pla c _, of dwelling, until it was required for the long , lon g rest Q' the Lion Showman. Peace to his manes.--W. T. T. The weather at Paris continues exceedingly tol l for the season. Rain fell yesterday during part the day. The ice has not yet broken up on Seine, but it is expected every hour to do so. I ° , precaution's have been taken to prevent accidell: when the movement occurs. The thermometer AAt three in the afternoon marked 7 above zero egu ti ‘ grade (44 0-5 Fahrenheit). —00! BRISTOWE—On the 16th inst t .h, a s t 4, Charles-street, Lowilde! square, the wife of S. B. Bristowe, Esq ., of a daught % ' DALKEITE—On the 15th inst., at Bowhill, Selkirk, Isi."'' the Countess of Dalkeith, of a son. EOUTLEDGE —On the 16th inst., at Kingwater, noruSer lane, the wife of Robert W. Routlodge, of a son. Marriages. • tan BEDFORD --DARRINGTON-011 the 15th inst., at ....OS A . Bedfordshire, 'Thomas Bedford, Esq., of Horsham, sex, to Jane, third daughter of Samuel Darrington, - 0 " of Chawson House, Roxton. s's DUCKETT —MORON Y —OO the 16th inst., at St. Ja o l ° , , r Church, Piccadilly, Win. Duckett, Esq., of Ducice', h e grove, county Carlow, to Anna, third daughter late Thomas H. Morouy, Esq., of Miltown House, town Malbay, county Clitre. Deaths. 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