The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

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Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. LUIS EVENINJ, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROLTGIE7ARE. Mr. Fechter (his Zsth appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. B. pit l!ins. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin W,!•)sier; Miss Carlotta Leclerc,' (her3sth appearance), Mrs. Alfrod Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7: R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last Nights. THIS' EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. awl Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Me , srs. Dominick Murray, T. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For rester, IL Mellon, R. Cathcart; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Ilvdiel Sanger. and Mrs. Addie. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. N.B.—On Monday next, Feb. 10, " The Octoroon " and "Arrah QUEEN'S TIIEATR E, Lon g -acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. 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Fenianism, which has been a little too active of late in this country, has not, it would seem, quite exhausted its stock of mischief in Ireland. The good citizens of Cork have just been startled by the blowing up of a gateway with gunpowder ; though, so far as we as yet know, without any fatal result. Another wanton act committed at the same time is the cutting of all the telegraph wires simultaneously in a circle of four miles round the city. It is no great wonder that a goad deal of alarm should be excited among the residents by such acts, which naturally lead them to suppose that Cork is fixed upon as the scene of some despe rate attempt. It is possible that the main object of the conspi rators is to harass and terrify the population without any specific purpose, but as they have previously shown sufficient organisation to make them actively dangerous, and as none can tell whether his own person and property may not be implicated in the next outrage, the feeling of insecurity and appre hension which is kept up is most prejudicial to the social wellbeing. One conclusion must be drawn from all these occurrences. There are evidently some desperate and reckless characters still abroad, and there must bo a good deal of collusion among the populace, or they would not have so long continued to elude justice. What mad schemes they may be still planning it is im possible to say, but the most credulous and the most sanguine among them can hardly by this time sup pose that they will be able to resist the weight of English authority. The system will be kept up no doubt as long as possible, since there are always those who turn the credulity of their dupes to good account. We know of old that in America llead centres were living in ease and feasting at the chief hotels, while Irish labourers and maid-servants were hoarding up their hard-earned shillings and pence for their support and the cause of " Ould Ireland." These sudden explosions and destructive acts keep up the popular excitement, and convince the ignorant and unthinking that Fenianism is really a serious and formidable thing, which Englishmen will at last have to treat with the respect and con sideration it deserves. There is no cure for the evil but time and vigilance, and it is fortunate that arrests continue to be made, notwithstanding the ingenuity of the offenders. Two brothers, named BARRY, were yesterday arrested in Cork on suspicion of Fenianism, and the capture was an important one, since one of them was identfied as having taken part in the robbery of ALLPORT'S gunshop. On searching his house a sword, revolver, military books, and other suspicious articles were found. It will be remembered that it was thought very pro bable that the same desperadoes who robbed Mr. ALLront plundered the martello tower, and com mitted other outrages. It is very likely that the same men are now busy in Cork, and therefore we may regard the capture of the brothers BARRY, and their associate SULLIVAN, as most important. Another arrest was made of less note. A printer was taken into custody for threatening a police man who arrested WALsa a little while since. All these arrests have occasioned a good deal of excite ment, but they will, we may hope, be productive of the best effects, by reassuring the citizens, and by interrupting the course of these mischievous and reckless ofienders, who have no doubt been con cerned in a good many other disturbances. Yesterday the Bill on the Press was again under the notice of the Legislative Body, and the amend ments were considered. First of all came that of M. OLLIVIER, but it was rejected, as was also that of M. BAqTE3IONT. So far, certainly, much has not been done to retard the progress of the Bill, but, perhaps, those who COlll3 afterwards may be more successful in their attempts to alter the cha racter of the measure if they cannot wholly do away with it. To-day the first paragraph of the Bill will come on for discussion, and then we sup pose the excitement of last week will be renewed. There is great diversity of opinion prevailing about this, the chief subject of interest, in Paris. The Patrie and the France are unwilling to think that the Ministers contemplate the withdrawal of the Bill, and even go so far as to calculate the chances of a division, giving a majority of over a hundred for the Government. The Minister of the Interior has, it is affirmed, signified that it is not the in tention of the Cabinet to withdraw it ; but all this is rather vague, and we must not attach too much importance to it. At any rate we may be tolerably certain that the measure is extremely unpopular, and that all this confusion is the result of the recent prosecutions in Paris. The case of the ten journals was a convincing proof that there was nothing to hope for in the way of im- Frovernent from the powers that be, but that rather they were retrograding in the cause. It is long since such a decided disapproval wi,s manifested in France to anything that emanated from the Government, and this is the cause of it. Deputies and journalists alike feel that a vital principle is at stake, and that the situation is a critical one. Undercover of the b 11 at present put before the Corps Legislatif, it is easy to make a protest against . the whole style of management which prevails about these journals. Whether the bill pass or no - , it has been shorn of its prestige by this time, for few can admire what has been the theme of so much controversy, and also the subject of ridicule and unsparing criticism. The course pursued by the Government has neither inspired respect nor commanded obedience. It has resolved itself into a series of petty prosecutions, and a system of repression which could not but have had the worst effects upon all immediately concerned, and in the end irritate and bewilder the public, who looked to the Press for that (information which it did not receive. The very plain speaking regarding facts which has taken place in the Corps Legislatif may impress all who have doubt upon the details of the debate, and very little, if anything, was said upon which Ministers can plume themselves. M. PICARD'S remarks cut both ways, for he held out no hope for the Government as regarded the amelioration of its position. If they passed the bill they would seem odious, if they failed in the effort the weight of the responsibility which thereby must devolve upon them would be overpowering. Of curse we shall all feel the greatest interest in the fate of this mea , sure, but the prevailing sentiment concerning the whole affair is that of disappointment. It is so vexatious to know that a false system prevails, and that a wrong principle of action pervades those who rule the destinies of a great nation, and that neither time nor experience can suffice to influence them, or to induce them to take another or a better course. Granted that some of the details of this bill arn, improvements, does not the startling fact remain that the Press of France is gagged, and while this is the case what man of reason or reflection can give his sanction to such a proceeding ? Amid the stormy scenes which are taking place in France, and the very unsatisfactory nature of the work which proceeds in Prussia, it is really a relief to turn one's thoughts to the Austrian Em pire, and to note how calmly and courageously the friends of the Reforms are going on their way. The union with Hungary is likely to produce the most advantageous change to the Austrians—not exactly on account of material benefit, but be cause of the character of the people, and the con stitutional support they will convey. Nothing is of more moment, when any striking change is made, or any comprehensive work under taken, than for the parties most interested in such works to know what they are about. Experience, then, is not wanting to the Hungarians, and they can both act with discretion themselves, and also impart some of their wisdom to their friends and allies. Prussia, as we all know, is not a teacher to be depended on ; but Hungary has been trained in the school of adversity, and has gathered therein moderation to temper the fire of her ancient zeal, and to turn her impulsive energies in the right direction. Some doubts are entertained as to the propriety of the recent changes in some respects, and interpellations have followed as a matter of course. It is objected that the independence of Hungary will not admit of the titles of Imperial Minister or State Chancellor being used by the Ministers, and also that there is no Hungarian among the three Ministers, and thus the principle of equality is not maintained. These errors are apparently trifling, but a little reflection will show that their effects are not to be regarded as trivial. All that goes against the feelings or awakens the prejudices of others should be avoided in such a task as this; and, above all, it seems strange and peculiar that affairs could not have been so arranged as to let one Hungarian, at least, take part with the Ministry. It is to be hoped that the Government will be able to give some explanation on the matter, which will satisfy those who are so eager for these errors to be rectified. If not at once, perhaps in a short time they may be able to do so. In every respect it would be a grievous thing to witness l a v ff it a h ir i n n o te w r , es a t n w d a t i h f o u s l e ly who regard appreciate thetahn eyflaw importanceregimein the of the matter. It will very likely tura out that a little consideration on one side, and a little patience on the other, may smooth th ese difficulties, and leave the way open for future ne gociatious of a satisfactory nature. In all these matters some tiai must necessarily elapse before the change can be effectively carried out, but there is no reason to fear that those who have put their hands to the plough will look back, and thus mar the good work they have been so instrumental in effecting. The intelligence which reaches us from the Brazils augurs ill for the ultimate success of the Allied Powers. It is true that the war news is said to be unimportant ; but remembering how unreli able is the information which comes to us through the interested parties, we may be very sure that Fortune has shown heherselfiliirt ne tee sympathy more friendly to the Pa mies'S in their hould mis adventure. this b s e_ d sr a n gf t i t a le ya A n l s li t es ha m n ill to fin t find l Theys tState, eh,a with t oppressed h e and a persecuted uthnrity t than n a a gallantv e ntu r l ittle le droit du plus fort, and have attempted to play to wards Paraguay the same part which Spain didagainst Chili. Fortunately, in both cases the spirit of the smaller State has proved itself more than a match for the unwieldy forces of their powerful and un scrupulous opponents. Brazil is the real offender, the les3er Allies having joined her from fear as from love to her or from hate to Paraguay. In fact great chisatisfaction exists in parts of the Argentine Confederation, and in the province of Santa Fe there has been a revolution. Rosario, when the mail left, was in the hands of the insurgents, who declared, however, that their uprising was not against the national authorities, but only against Governor Anoso,. who was holding out in the capital. The great topic of the day, however, which has rendered the war comparatively unimportant is the prevalence of cholera. This deadly enemy has produced a panic in Buenos Ayres, where business was at a complete standstill. All the horrors of the time of the plague are reported from the devoted city. The coffins were being carried about in fur niture vans, and the public cemetery was filled with the dead waiting for sepulture. Half the population, it is said, have left the city for the camps, but as the epidemic was believed to have come originally from the pestiferous quarters of the Allied armies, where it originally appeared, this seems to be only exchanging one danger for another. The municipality, who had taken no measures to allay the epidemic, had been forced to resign their posts by the indignation of the people, who were greatly excited by the disastrous condi tion of affairs. The Government had been active in cleaning the streets and taken other sanitary mea sures, and the mortality was beginning to diminish, 11 favourable change having taken place in tin weather. In the camps at Corrientes and Gran Chaco the epidemic was still virulent, and had pro bably greatly weakened the Allies, for we learn that they had no intention of attacking Humaita, which LOPEZ still hold=, and they were contentil4 , themselves with strengthening their lines. \V hear no more of the disputes between the rival commanders, the presence of the one overwhelm ing foe having apparently silenced all minor dif ferences. If the Paraguayans continue to stand firm, as we hope they will do, there is little doubt but that the victory must eventually be '[RE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1868. theirs. The number and strength of their oppo nents are in fact sources of weakness, and the com pact and united front which LOPEZ and his troops present has stood unbroken by many shocks. The triumph of Paraguay, like the triumph of Chili, will be the success of popular independence and national spirit. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD.—The authoress of " The Chronicles of Carlingford," and as such the creator of Tozer Deacon of Salem Chapel and Butterman of Carling ford—Mrs. 011iphant, in other words—here brings her latest serial story in Maga to a conclusion. Al though, as we took occasion to remark last month, it has been rather spun out of late—now that it is done with, we shall miss " rownlo ws." Oddly enough the tone of almost all the characters towards the completion of the narrative might be the most aptly defined as—querulous. There is a fretful irritation about them, nearly one and all, that at last seems almost to infect the reader of the tale as well. Alto. gether we cannot look upon this narrative as by any means the most successful production of one of the most voluminous and accomplished among the female novelists of our generation. A review of the recently published " Memoirs of Sir Philip Francis" is in no way complimentary toFrancis himself, to his alter ego " Junius," to his latest biographers, Mr. Joseph Parkes and Mr. Herman Merivale, or to anything or anybody in any conspicuous manner associated with a discussion, the prolongation of which appears to be simply insufferable to the critic in Blackwood. A fifth instalment of " Linda Tressel" is followed by an other cluster of apropos sbythis the time,inex inexhaustible and con jecture urehow (numberingmany) " from always exhilarating " Cornelius O'Dowel," who is to Charles Lever what " Elia" was to Charles Lamb—not only his other self, but almost his better self. The first of a series of " Historical Sketches of the Reign of George IL" portrays for us his Queen—Caroline. Another Queen—rather worthier of contemplation—Maga here enables to portray herself through a series of charming, and by this time tolerably familiar extracts; meaning of course our own beloved Sovereign, through the medium of her recently published " Journals." The political article in Blackwood for February is a vigorous paper on " Fenianism"—descriptive, at the same time, of the Irish both at home and abroad, evi dently by the same writer who has of late con tributed to Maga so many interesting papers upon subjects relating for the most part to America. ST. PAUL'S.—Mr. Anthony Trollope's magazine of St. Paul's is chiefly remarkable in this February instalment for a political enquiry which is thus put (rumour says by the Editor himself) —" Whom shall we make Leader of the New House of Commons ?" The choice lying, as the writer puts it, between these five possible leaders—Mr. Disraeli, Lord Stanley, Lord Cranborne (!), Mr. Bright (! !), and Mr. Gladstone. Manifestly—as it is here put—the leadership is expected to devolve upon the right hon. gentleman last mentioned. That, at any rate, is the anticipation of the political vaticinator of St. Paul's. " All for Greed," politely but for all that absurdly put in the place of honour in each number of Mr. Trollope's magazine, advances by three chapters—Mr. Trollope's own serial story ad vancing by four in the instalment fur February. Phineas Finn, during the course of it, returns to Killaloe " like a god " (he's always being likened to a god) and then back again to London, where he dices with Mr. Turnbull (Mr. Trollope's mode of spelling the name of Mr. Bright), besides seeing Lady Laura more than once, and catching a glimpse or two of Lord Brentford, Lord Chiltern, and some others. Another of Mr. Millais' charming illustrations to " Phineas Finn" shows us this month at a glance Lady Laura, Lord Chiltern, and Violet Effingham. There is an amus ing magazine paper descriptive of Paul Gossett's adventures among the brigands, and entitled " My First Mission under F. 0." The upshot of the whole being 8- i mply —a sell ! There are among the contents besides the papers already mentioned—a sensible article on Army Organisation, and a vigo rously outspoken one on " The Irish Church," as well as a chapter " Ou Sporting," full of pleasant anecdotes of an illustrative character. TEMPLE BAR.—The contribution in which Frances Power Cobbe has gathered together a choice assortment of French and English Epitaphs is the most amusing paper in • T e mple Bar for February. And yet the best of the droll things here given are long since perfectly familiar to us. They are so good, however, that we are glad to renew our ac quaintance with them. Among the most laconic, for instance— " f horps' Corpse." Or, that rather equivocal tribute to a celebrated pyrotechnist -4' He is gone where a lone his fireworks can be exceeded." Or, that slanderous one on a neighbouring defunct— " Here lies Margaret Sexton, Who never did ought that vest one, Not like the woman under the next stone." Or, that delightfully ridiculous one on Lady O'Looney-- " Here lies Lady O'Looney, Groat Niece of Burke, commonly called " Th 3 Sublime." She was bland, passionate, and deeply religious ; Also she painted in water colours, And sent several pictures to the exhibition ; She was first cousin of Lady Jones, An - 1 of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." The two serial storie s in Tem p le Blr are now rapidly winding out to a com p letio n -- here the one by the author of " A rchie Level," nam ed , "Stephen Lawrence, Yeoman ;"—here Sheridan L 3 Fanu's novel, called " A Lost Name." The fourth an l concluding chapter is also given of the minor tale, entitled " The Little Gordon." IVellhaven contri butes some animated " Sketches from Norway." Lady Herbert, dating from " St. Thomas, December, 1867," describes, with her always lively and lumi nous pen, "Two Months in the West Indies." Lovers of fiction at its lightest, will turn with satisfaction to " The Truth, the Whole Truth,,&e.," by the author of " Co:neth up as a Flower ;" and to " The Squire's Pow,",by the author of " Denis Donne." Temple Bar, a few years back, would have been a marvel of cheapness at half-a-crown. THE CORNHILL. — CharIes Lever's serial story of " The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly," adorned with another of Miss Edwardes' coarsely pencilled yet pretty illustrations carries the reader from Albano to Louvaiue. The gossipper on " Talk" discourses again very pleasantly on a theme suggestive enough in its way of agreeable anecdote and amusing re miniscences. There is a solid, substantial argument enough, "On Iron Forts and Shields ;" and a sprightly, vivacious, discursive paper on " Three Lyrists"—by the addition of Moore to the group, „he number might just as well have been made Four—" Horace, Burns, and Beranger." Not enough, however, to our mind is said about Horace—a great deal too much, according to our judgment of him, is made of Burns—while not a syllable too many have we here or anywhere else about Belanger, that eriuee of Songwriters. Matthew Arnold's notable disquisition on " Anarchy and Authority" is simply continued —not completed. " Neighbour Nelly" was the title, some years ago in Household Words, of a charming, dainty little lyric by poor Robert Brough. It is here taken as the title of a graceful magazine tale—the illustration to which, by George Du Manlier, makes us marvel anew how it is that All Mr. Du Maurier's ladies are so exactly like one another that they seem not only to be near rela tions, not only members of the same family, not only twin sisters, but almost, one might say, one and the same individual tricked out in different costumes—the dresses, however, being so very much .dike as to aid iu no way in g carryin ' out any illusion. MACMILLAN.--As with a flourish of trumpets, we here have set forth in the place of honour as the New Poem by Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, thJ following : Glory of warrior, glory of orator, glory of song, Paid with a voice flying by to be lost on an endless sea— Glory of Virtue, to fight, to struggle, to right the wrong Nay, but she airn'd not at glory, no lover of glory she : Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages of sin is death: if the wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure fur the life of the worm and the fly ? She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet koa Of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : Give her the wages of going on, and not to die. •With the highest admiration for the genius of Mr. Tennyson, we cannot think that anything like this put forth thus separately and conspicuously will advance by a hair's breadth his already immense popularity and his already great reputation. Arthur Helps continues his " Realmah," and the author of the " Heir of Redcliffe" her " Chaplet of Pearls." George Meredith sings of "The Orchard and the Heath," reminding us of Esher and of Wey bridge. Fanny Kemble descants on the charac ter of " Lady Macbeth." And Professor Seeley pronounces judgment on " Milton's Political Opi nions." Other contributions of a miscellaneous kind make up the February number of Macmillan. LONDON SOCIETY—AIways as light and airy as the gay young Barnacle of " Bleak House," Lon don Society is as profusely illustrated and as merrily written as ever. John Gilbert's is the first embel- lishment in the February number—a Van Am burghish picture in its way sufficiently sensational as an incident. Major Whyte Melville continues his oddly entitled —"Bones and I, or the Skeleton at Home." Robert Buchanan has another of his " London Lyrics," this time about the moon ! "Thumbnail Studies" carry us this time—like the children's game of honey-pots—on a crossed pencil and pen—into the playhouse. G. B. Goddard— whose horsey sketches in Punch have been the only equine pictures worth looking at in that London Charivari since the lamented death of John Leech—delineates "More Dogs of Note ;" one of these animals, however (vide p. 179), being simply incomprehensible. A strange story, called " Twenty-four Hours," and another, entitled "A Modern Vendetta"—a commemoration of " The Westminster Play," drawn both in pencil and pen-and-ink—a few " Theatrical Novelties," and some " Police My steries"—a tale about " Miss Sophy's Crutch"—" Answers to Charades" +-" Meeting a Valentine," and we know not what all, make up the February number of London So ciety. The " sensation" of the number, however, is the incident illustrated by John Gilbert iu " The Modern Vandetta," as the tale is here told by the authoress of " Barbara's History"— an incident in which Jungla, the Van Am- burgh of the occasion, saves himself from being treacherously given up to certain dea' h by the Manager (who has kept the Lions without food for three days), by snatching up the little child of the Manager (whom Jungla suspects by the way) just before entering the Lion's Den at the climax of the performances. The situation is --the confession of his own guilt by the Manager in order to save the life of his little daughter ! DM PARIS. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. Sir S. Northcote has received the following tele gram from Sir Robert Napier, dated Koomagloo, January 25: " Cart road to Senafe open. 114 carts with sup plies proceed to-morrow up the Loroo Pass towards Senafe. The most friendly relations are being es tablished with Prince Kassai. An advance force will proceed immediately towards Antola. The shell batteries will be moved to the front. One shell battery will accompany the advance troops. All well." VIENNA, Feb. 4. The Debatte of to-day asserts that the English Government is endeavouring to determine Austria, France, Russia, and Italy to suspend the transport of Cretan refugees to Greece on board vessels be onging to those countries. ARRIVAL OF THE BREMEN. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 4. The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen, from New York, has arrived hero with 66 passen gers for this port, Havre, and Bremen ; 44 sacks of mails for London, •and $147,494 in specie for Eng land. The Inman steamship City of Boston, from New York, is now passing Browhead Signal Station en route for Queenstown. FRANCE. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a decree promulgating the law on the reorganisation of the army. A meeting of the shareholders of the Credit Mobilier has been convoked for the 20th of February. BOURSE, FEB. 3.—The market was very active, and firm. Three o'clock. —The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month... Itaßan Loan 3 per Cent End of month 6B 57+ Mexican Loan 16- 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... 176 25 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1380 Home Debt — End of m0nth...1388 75 Deferred . RAILWA Account Orleans ... 8814 Northern ll6O Lyons and Mediterranean Southern-- 540 Western Eastern . 537} Sardinian Austrian 520 Lombard Bs7} North of Spain Saragossa Roman 47 DUBLIN, Feb. 3, Evening.—David and John Barry, brothers, and Cornelius Sullivan, three young men, were arrested in Cork to-day on suspicion of Fenianism. David Barry was identified as one of the party who robbed Allport's gunshop. On searching his house the police found a sword, with belt, military books, and revolver. A printer named Fitzpatrick was arrested for threatening to assault the policeman who arrested Walsh in connexion with the recent explosion of Greek fire. The prisoners were conveyed to Bridowell under a guard of constabu lary. THE FORTHCOMING EASTER REVIEW.—At the quarterly meeting of the PortsmoUth Town Council yes terday a discussion arose upon the motion of the ex- Mayor of the borough (Mr. Emanuel) as a t° the desira bility of holding the forthcoming Easter Volunteer Re view at Portsmouth. The suitability of the place for such a purpose was enlarged upon at some length ; and a mo tion favourable to the election of Portsmouth having been unanimously agreed to, a committee was forthwith appointed to carry out the arrangements which might be deemei necessary to bring the matter to a successful issue. PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION FOR SCOT LAND.—EDINBURGH, Monday Night.—A meeting, called by the Lord Provost, of the inhabitants of this city and others interested in securing adequate representation for Scotland in the House of Commons, was held in the Music Hall to-night. The meeting was largely attended. The first resolution, which affirmed that the share of represen tation assigned to Scotland, in proportion to other divisions of the kingdom, whether viewed with reference to their respective population or their contributions to the Impe rial Revenue, is much too small, was proposed,by Mr. D. Itt'Laren, M.P. Other resolutions in support of the object of the meeting, and demanding 15 additional members for Scotland, were also passed, and theaLord Provost was au thorised to sign on behalf of the meeting a petition em bodying the resolutions. it was also resolved that copies of the resolutions should be sent to the counties and burghs in Scotland for support. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—A distressing accident oc curred on Sunday at Doncaster. Miss Weeks, a lady 70 years of age, usually had a fire in her bed-room, and on Sunday morning the servants were awoke by the alarm of fire. It was soon discovered that the fire was in the room which Miss Weeks occupied, and assistance was quickly at hand, but before she could be removed she was fatally burnt. 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It is necessary to remind some Englishmen that though a tight hand represses, not to say restrains, French journalists, they do continue to criticise the Government with a freedom and often a bitterness that are remarkable. One might almost say that to defame the powers that be was meat and drink to the Opposition editors. They return to the task with unflagging energy and untamed severity after each new fine and fresh imprisonment. The same thing is true of the speaking out in the Chamber. The more public speaking and political demonstration are repressed out of doors, the more the deputies in dulge in acrimonious attacks on the existing regime. But then it must be in the Palais Bourbon; the orator may not call a public meeting and say the same things, nor dare he commit them to paper. This is not the place to discuss how much restraint is necessary in France, where, accord ing to Alison, a free Government is impossible. One may be permitted, however, to doubt whether the Government does not bestow an extraordinary importance on the mem bers of the Opposition, simply by the fear of them which it betrays. The present Emperor was elected by all but a few hundred thousand votes. At the end of 1863 the Opposition had risen to two millions. The majority argue that a freer press will swell the number. They forget that the effect of a half-bound press may be greater than one fully emancipated. In the course of this debate the political character of French tribunals has been frequently in question. The• Opposition claimed to have press offences tried before juries, and not by the magistrates alone. That amend mend would have satisfied them perfectly. M. Picard_ drew a picture of press trial. He said : " I wish to intro duce you into the narrow enclosure where a political offence of the press is under judgment. It is said the audience is public. Let us see. The true public, the press reporter, is ty. eluded. You enter a hall filled by means of tickets given in advance, and occupied by a number of guards. How' many of these may be placed there? The law does, not say. You might fill the halt with them— an audience more likely to intimidate than to reassure. (Laughter.) There are the judges—there our colleagues have appeared, accused of having met ins.-greater number than one-and-twenty ; there the right of association and die right of public meeting were decided. Writers of all classes succeed them. All enter there with a certain feel , - ing of dread, but without emotion : they know their fate beforehand." (Uproar.) The last sentence contains the sting, but it would probably be true with juries. It is difficult to find a judge who will acquit ; it would be almost impossible to find a jury who would convict. rho Pays reports an interview of the representatives of ,he provincial official press with the Emperor. These delegates of the departmental press, we are told, respect fully supplicated the Emperor to withdraw the press law. His Majesty replied that the attitude and language of the press for the last year had destroyed much of the hope that, he had built upon the new law. Nevertheless, it was now committed to the public councils of the nation, and they, would treat it agreeably to their' sense of duty and of patriotism. The papers are all occupied in discussing the crisis brought about by the Arcadian Club. The Siecle says it is a crisis for the Government rather than the press. Probably the Siecle might prefer the present regime. According to its own statement, it pays to the exchequer, by the tax on its circulation, over a million francs per annum, which would require a daily issue of about 46,000. The first article, which is to be made the point of attack by the ultras of the Right, would allow any person to start a newspaper without the preliminary authorisation, and therefore might increase the competition which exists. The Democratic Liberals have suffered a check at Lille. The Government candidate has been returned by a ma jority of 20,000 to 9,000. The Temps admits that its hopes were deluded "by administrative pressure and electoral manoeuvres of all kinds." The Courrier Francais will no doubt withdraw its declaration that " France waits for the electors of Lille to set an example which all the con stituencies will follow in 1869." Public opinion in Paris is incessantly occupied with Russian designs real and imputed. At present M. Bismarck is quite forgotten, and the Czar is the single element of exterior politics to cause alarm. First, we are told that the agitation in the Danubian Prcivinces is in creasing ; next, that an extraordinary deputation is on its way to St. Petersburg from Bucharest ; then, that the Pan-Sclavist ferment is working everywhere ; that the Russians are concentrating their forces and material of war at Samarcand, and at the same moment buying horses in Gallicia and vessels of war in the United States, and increasing their forces on the Polish frontiers. Lastly, the Liberte has got an item of intelligence which if true is considered still more alarming. According to this, Russia has addressed a note to the English Cabinet, declaring categorically that if the Western Powers do not come to some agreement to protect the Christians in the East, Russia has determined a faire seule lee cleinarehe,s on her own responsibility. The Liberte asks if this news be true. It would be easy to answer that it is not very likely that Russia will proceed to any ex t rem iti es y e t CRoolulAvEN, Feb. 4, 6.30 a.m. awhile. Our news from South America is to the effect that Brazil is negotiating for a conclusion of the Paraguayan war, having no more forces to send to the scene of the conflict. The Etat'lard censures the Argentine President, General Mitre, for persisting in the war for merely per sonal ends. It is certain, however, that Lopez did not unite the three Powers against him without having given them some very colourable pretexts. Paris has felt the storm very severely. There have been accidents in the city and also on the Seine. The Patrie an nounces that the French Government has prevailed on PARIS, Feb. 4. Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Baden, Wurtemberg, Den mark, And several other States to adopt the system (~! semaphores. The Echo du Commerce has been debating the question of corn supplies. The Echo believes that large amounts of corn will be sent from America when the canals re-open. Before they can be received France must receive by Havre or Dunkirk two or three million hectolitres of wheat. A hectolitre is 2'75 bushels. Bargains for delivery in March and April have, been made at slight reductions, but there `does not seem to be much prospect of amelioration till next harvest. A correspondent of the Sdcle describes the emigration which is taking place from Italy to South America. He states that the Italian colonies in La Plata, Brazil, and Peru are increasing every day. Whole villages have been depopulated in Lombardy by these voluntary expatria tions. It is not the population of the South, of Rome, or of Sicily that are leaving the country, but Lombards and Piedmontese, especially those who live near the shores of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic. Poverty is the moving cause, brought about by the excessive subdivision and dearness of land. A large amount of suffering exists throughout the peninsula, but this correspondent denies that there is any risk of reaction, still less of a coup d'etat. The Constitettionnel gives some interest:ng statistics re lating to the colonies of France. Their total population now am( unts to 2,192,275. The most populous is Mar ;lniq e , 159,109. The most valuable commercially is Cochin-Cbina, and then follow, in order, Rdunion, Mar tinique, Guadaloupe, Senegal, and the establishments in The Luxemburghers have been demonstrating against their Grand Duke. The King of Holland debited his subjects of the duchy with 6,720,252 florins of the national debt of Holland. Under the influence of strong remon strances, he has lowered this claim to 212,440 florins. They refuse to bear this even mitigated burden. The poverty of the people makes them apparently insensible to the great benefits of independence guaranteed to them by the late Congress. A telegram from Constantinople states that the Cretans are giving in their submission in considerable numbers and that the Grand-Vizier will leave the island shortly. The marriage of Miss Hoare, only child of Srr Henry and Lady Hoare, of Stourhead, Wilts, and Mr. William T. N. Angerstein, will take place on Saturday, the 22nd of the present month. The internal fittings of the Athenreum in Cork, where Mr. G. F. Train delivered his recent orations, were seriously damaged. Many of the seat 3 were deprived of their backs ; the doors in some instances were carried off the hinges, the glass in the windows was smashed, the gm pipes wrenched from their positions and broken, and the great organ was so tampered with by the unruly mobs that assembled to hear him th - tt it is seriously injured. It is stated to be Mr. Train's intention to repair all the damage. A SOLDIER "DEMII,,IED OUT " FOR FENIANISM. —On Monday morning the rare ceremony of " drumming out " a soldier was performed at Walmer Barracks, the culprit being John Quin, late a private of the Ist Battalion 7th Royal Fusiliers, who was tried by court martial at Dover, on the 3rd ult., for making use of treasonable and traitorous language towards her Majesty the Queen, and also avowing himself a Fenian. The qjth depot battalion having assembled on parade, were formed in square and the prisoner placed in the centre. The sentence of the court was then read by Captain and Adjutant Godfrey, after which the pri3oner's facings, numbers, buttons, good-conduct badge, &c., were cut off by two drummers, and his tunic! turned inside out. Th e men were then formed in two hues, facing inwards, and the culprit marched down the centre, followed by drummers and pipers playing the " Rogue's March" to the barrack gate, when he was handcuffed, and at once removed to the military prison at Canterbury, to undergo his sentence of two years' imprisonment. Previous to being drummed out the prisoner was branded on the left brew. with the Utters "B. Sir Roundell Palmer has, as we anticipated ten days ago, declined the Lord Justiceship of Appeal in Chancery. Indeed, had the hon. and learned gentleman accepted it, ho would have exposed himself to some little criti cism. A mild Conservative from 1847 to 1857, he remained out of the House of Commons four years, and when Lord Palmerston, in 1861, wanted a leading equity man as Solicitor-General, he offered the post to Sir Roundell Palmer, and it was accepted. First a Conserva tive, then a law officer of the Crown under a Liberal Government, and afterwards a Lord Justice of Appeal by the grace of a Conservative Premier, would have been rather too much even for the present times of startling changes. So Sir Roundell Palmer prefers to wait until the next Liberal Ministry comes into power, when there is no doubt that he will fill the post of Lord Chancellor. He is but 55 years of age, and is therefore young enough, taking the ordinary ro-1 of lawyers' lives, for the Chancel lorship. Lord Campbell was 79 before he got there ; the present Lord Chancellor was 64, and Lord Westbury was 61. Sir Roundell Palmer, with an unrivalled position at the equity bar, wh-ze he must be making his £12,000 or 1;15,009 a year, can well afford to wait for the return of the Liberals to power. The question with the Premier is as to whom he shall ve the important position vacated by Sir John Rolt. is c::traOrdinary and unprecedented run of luck in the way of legal patronage has exhausted his list of competent men. Even were the Solicitor-General a man of sufficient weight to take the office, Lord Derby would not care to spare him from Parliament now that the session is about to open, and just as the hon. and learned gentleman is pre pared with his Bankruptcy Bill and his measure for the working by the Government of the entire telegraphic sys tem of the country. So the rumour runs in Westminster Hall that the Prime Minister is about to follow the course which was generally taken by Lord Cran worth whcnhe nomi nated puisne judges; that is to say, make the appointment apart from all political considerations. It is said that the Lord Justiceship has been offered to Mr. Mellish, one of the most eminent counsel in practice at the bar. The learned gentleman's abilities qualify him for the discharge of his high duties if his health permitted him to undertake them. He has, however, long been a martyr to gout, and but for this circumstance he would have long ago sought a seat in Parliament. It appears to be doubtful whether the tempting offer will be accepted. Should Lord Derby have to fall back upon Sir Charles Selwyn, there will, of course, be a vacancy in the repre sentation of Cambridge University. The Liberal portion . of that constituency are ready with a requisition to the Marquis of Hartington, inviting him to stand as the Low and Broad Church candidate against Mr. Beresford Hope, whose High Church principles are generally known. It is, however, scarcely to be expected that the noble mar quis will abandon the seat, of which he feels himself so, secure, in North Lancashire. At length Mr. Doniton has made up his mind to run the gauntlet of another contest for Lambeth. He has issued, an address, announcing that at the next election he will again solicit the suffrages of the electors. The document states at great length the hon. member's views upon affairs. Mr. Doulton says, that having a very lively ,collection of the reception he had from some, ill-disposed persons unconnected with the borough, on the last occasion of his publicly meeting them, and having received several intimations that those demonstrations would be repeated, he was unwilling to expose his friends to further personal annoyance, or himself to the unseemly treatment he then experienced, and he has therefore pre• 'erred to address them by a written communication. The death is announced of Mr. Francis Bernard Beamish, who from 1837 to 1841, and again from 1853 to 1865, sat in Parliament for the city of Cork in the Liberal interest. Mr. Beamish died on the Ist inst., at his resi- dence, Beaumont Lodge, Totnes, in the 66th year of his age. The death is also announced, at No. 3, Chesham-place, of Sir Norton Joseph Knatchbull, in his 60th year. The de ceased baronet will be remembered as having fought two very close contests in East Kent with Sir E. C. Dering. Early in 1862, on the death of Mr. Deedes, Sir Norton was started as his successor in the Conservative interest, while Sir Edward Dering, who had re presented the division from 1852 to 1857, was selected as the Liberal champion. Lord Palmerston's: Government attached so much importance to the winning' of the seat, that Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, the English Lord of the Treasury, went through East Kent canvassing and addressing meetings on behalf of Sir E. Dering, and this although the Conservative candidate was his own brother. The contest was a very tough one, and of 5,462 votes recorded, the Liberal was returned by a majority' of 88. At the general election of 1865 Sir Norton Knatchbull again endeavoured to displace his antagonist, but although each polled several hundred more than in . 1862, Sir Edward Dering was victorious by 276. Sir Edward did not shew his gratitude to those who had worked so hard to secure his seat. In several important divisions he voted against the Liberal Government, and as in 18541 he had joined those who entreated Lord John Russell to withdraw his Reform Bill because it was a time of war, so in 1866 he voted against the Representation of the People Bill of the same Minister because it was a time of peace. The Liberal com mittee sat in judgment upon his last offence, and though Earl Russell entreated that " Dering should be received back into the fold," no decision was arrived at. By the removal of Sir Norton Knatchbull, he is relieved of some little anxiety as to a contest for East Kent at the next election. A deputation of London cab proprietors has just waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, asking him to con sider the reduction of the tax upon hackney coaches. It was stated that no class was so heavily taxed as eab pro prietors, who had to pay £l9 ss. per annum for every £5O worth of property. It was shewn that although the capital invested in stage carriages was more than four times the amount invested in cabs, the proprietors of the latter description:of vehicle had to pay over £33,000 per annum more than omnibus owners. While the price of fodder, too, had gone up, the cab fares remained the same ; and, railways—especially in the metropolis—had to a great extent taken away the cabman's living. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he had a great objection to taxes upon locomotion in any way, and he thought the tax in London created many disadvantages which did not exist in foreign cities. He promised that the whole matter should me; ve the careful consideration of the Government. Further than this Mr. Disraeli could not very well have gone in the face of decreasing revenue and the increasing expenditure with which we are threatened. .Ir. Webster, Q.C., in a paper read at the Social Science Association, on Monday, stated that the cost of crime in this country was at least between seven and eight millions a year. Estimating the number of criminals at 113,500, and supposing each to abstract on an average £4O a year from the industrious classes, we have to debit crime with £4,500,000, and this does not include any expenses of our police force, or of prosecutions, gaols, and judicial establishments. Referring to the d.strcss in the East-end of London, Mr. Websteilurged that many were forced into dishonest courses by the circumstances against which they had to contend, while others were lying and emasculating their industrial energy by performing some ridiculously useless task in order to get a bare subsistence. The learned gentleman argued that useful Government works should be taken up, and a provision made of " work and wages." He suggested that a society should be formed, which should be provided with money by a Government grant, and that it should provide employment, by reclaiming forests, &c., which could afterwards be sold at auction or otherwise, and would thug pay for any money laid out. The United Executive Committee for the relief of tl4 distress in the East-end of the metropolis has held a meeting at the Guildhall, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, and passed a resolution to the effect that it was not expedient to give relief where the guardians also were dispensing money. The question about co-ope ration between the committee and the East London Mis sion having come before the meeting, the Rev. Septimus Hansard expressed his disapproval of any worrying of the East London Committee to compel them to join the Cen tral Executive. Let the mission, he said, go on, and ho was sure they would see the wisdom of the principle on which the United Committee proposed to act. DEATHS DY LIGHTNING.—In the fourteen years,. 1852 65, 242 deaths were registered in England and AValea, from lightning, of which 199 were males, and 43 were females. The numbers in each year fluctuated con siderably, and indicated the periodical disturbances of the electric tension of the atmosphere. Thus, in each of the, seven years 1852-58, the deaths were 45, 10, 17, 17, 14, 18, and 20 respectively. In the seven years 1859-65, they vere 17, 12, 26, 3,6, and 19. THE CHARGES AGAINST " COLONEL " The Morning Post is given to understand that the Crown in in possession of evidence of a character to lead to the belief that the recent attempt to destroy the House of D.,tention at Clerkenwell was instigated by " Burke, one of the prisoners now in Warwick Gaol await• ing his trial for treason-felony. The probability, there• fore, is, that the Crown will include him in any indict. ment which may be framed against the Desmonds, Barrett. Ann Justice, and others now in custody for wilful murder arising out of the catastrophe. In connection with this subject it may also be added that Mullany, the last ari. prover, has been admitted as a witness for the Crown 10 consequence of a document having been traced to hirj containing references to a certain very high personagef and which document it is not considered desirable shoule, be given in evidence at the trial, either against Maas* • himself or any of , the other prieonem j a kigge citv i‘ hion:slotioied.