The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-01 00:00:00

SOP•am THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Managcr, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING will he performed the Comedy of TIIE HYPOCRITE. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Edmund Phelps, Charles Warner, J. Rouse, W. C. Temple, F. Moreland; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mrs. B. Vandenhoff, Miss Kate Hartleur. After which, the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FA\V FEE FO FUJI ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur day until Feb. 15. T IIEATIE LOYAL, II A Y MAR KE'r. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB. Mr. Gordon, Mr. Braid, Mrs. Chippendale, &c. To be followed by A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &c., and Rob nson. After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE BR[GAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Weathersby, Johnson, &c.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, &c. (lIIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. .HIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his .3 , 1r,1 appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. 11. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin W.t`)st Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 33rd appearance), Mrs. Alfrud Mellon, Mrs. Killington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEA.TRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. - . . Last Nights. THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boncicault as Myles ua Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Me.:srs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For res,er. 11. 'Mellon, R. Cathcart; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Rv;hel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long - acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, Feb. 1, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton. After which will be produced (22nd Time in London) Mr. II J. Byron's New and Original Domestic Dma, in Three Acts, entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michae r l a Garner, Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with (10th Time) the New and Original Operatic Extravaganza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIVANDIERE ; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan, Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, 11. Everard, and 11. Hodson. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting !tanager, 31. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. t, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James, and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Crwynne. After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic Oriental Extravaganza THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD." Messrs. Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, I\ ewton, &c. To conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c. OLBORN 'I'ILEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott; Mesdames Henrade, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell, Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the Great Little Rowella. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. TATS EVENING, HEN AND CHICKENS: Messrs. Ashley, Stephenson, and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling. After which, USED UP: Messrs. R. Soutar,Vincent, Vaughan, and C. Mathews ; Miss E. Farren. To be followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. To conclude with BETTY MARTIN : Mr. Geo. Vincent and Kis: E. Farrell. 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The articles corn Prising their stock are too mu:tifarious to be enumerated in an advertisement, but a list of distinct departments is subjoined:-- READY MADE CLOTHING FOR ADULTS. P,EADY MADE CLOTHING FOR JUVENILES. P.r.ADi." MADE CLOTHING for SAILORS and MECHANICS. CLOTIIING MADE TO ORDER. HOSIERY AND DRAPERY. Al k.NrLEs, SHAWLS, & LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING HATS AND CAPS. BOOTS AND SHOES. OUTFITS for SRA or SHORE. List of prh7.es, with rules for self - measurement and patterns, forwarded gratis and post free. Winter Clothing o f every deription at unu sua ll y low pr i ces. E. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISIINIENTS are (;r.r)sEr) I.:VERY FRIDAY EVNNING at sunset till SAT It PAY EVENINCi at sunset, when busine ss i s resumed till 11 o'clo , :k. Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from Which no abatement can be made. .A ny article not approved of will he exchanged, or the money will be returned! The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and 50N:- 154, M!NORIKS 155, MINOKIE'. Al IN 0 RI Pis:. A LI .(IA'FF. St, A LD(.l.‘ T E. S 5, .1 L D(; AT . .11.1 A T A LIbIATE, 5.3, A Litt; A vv. A L t)(3 A r ESV XFoltD S CREI T. :07, NEW OXFORD-ti I'ItFE I. ••• EIVoX FORD-bTRNET. 1, 11 A RT-ST It EET. 2, HA It.T-S I It E I I A Rd RE ET. 137, , ToT I EN 11 A M-c RT-!:OAD 1:18, TOTT} v If 2-39, EUSTDN-ItOA Also, 19, BRIUGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 1:0, BUDGE-ST RE T, BRA D FORD, YOB Kt`• SPECJAL NOTICE. In correquence of frequent misrepresentations, E. MOSES and SON - find it necessary to state that they do not employ any tra villers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the hove-mentioned. LIFE BOAT SERVICES. — During the Storms of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con tributed to the saving of 1,092 lives from various ship wrecks and 36 r2ssels from destruction. The Institution also expended £36,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Aelt•lphi, London TO LICENCED VICTUALLEIRS. ESTABLISHED 1842. NVILLIAAI HOLDICH and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). COUNTER cLoms FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. only article really suitable for that purpose, 11 ss. 6d. per doz--n, hemmed, ready for use. Address 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. GLASS ciArrils SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, is. 9d. PER DOZEN. ‘VILLIAINI lIOLDICII and CO., No. 105, V Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate bill ; and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. rriABLE CLOTIIS, iu every Width and Length, 1 expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towelliugs of every description. Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGA.N JACKETS made expressly for Bar N...) use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for Ladies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM lIOLDICII and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pivement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, Fleet-street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, with Price List. THE WHEELER AND WILSON L OCK STITCH SE WING MACHINE : NONE SO SIMPLE; NONE S 0 POPULAR; NONE SO EASILY KEPT IN ORDER; NONE CAN DO SO GREAT A VARIETY OF WORK. THE WHEELER AND WILSON L OCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE : Superior to all Others; And Recommended for The following Qualities : Beauty and excellence of Stitch. It does not Rip or Ravel. Strength and durability of Seam Made with economy of Thread. Its adaptation to purpose and materials. Elegance of model and finish. Its simple and thorough construction. Speed, ease of operation, and management. Not liable to get out of order. Its durability and quick movement. Its adaptation for every description Of Sowing, from the finest. Gossamer, to several thicknaPes Of Cloth. THE WHEELER AND WILSON LOCK STITCEI SEWING MACHINE : The savage may doom his squaw to grind corn, and weave by hand ; but what MAN will admit that his wife does the family sewing by hand, in the land of the Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine ? THE WHEELER AND WILSON j~OCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE : Necessaries first, then luxuries : this is the ra tional order. The Wheeler and Wilson Sew ing Machine before the Piano. TIIE WHEELER AND WILSON LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE : Women may reject the ballot, but they want the Sewing Machine. Two hundred Wheeler and Wilson's are elected daily as the good genius of the household. THE WHEELER AND WILSON LOCK STITC II SEWING MACHINE : In setting forth a bill of Woman's Rights, at the head of the list shoald be put a Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine. THE WHEELER AND WILSON lOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE : "The luxury of doing good" may be enjoyed by any one who presents wife, daughter, widow, or friend, with a Wheeler and Wilson Sowing Machine. THE WHEELER AND WILSON L OCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE : Statistics show that the owner or operator of a Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine is as well prepared for self-support as a skilful mechanic with tools. TIIE WHEELER AND WILSON LOCK WCITCH. SEWING -- MACHINE : Consistency! an unused piano in the drawing room, and no Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine in the house; the wife doing the family sewing by band. THE WHEELER AND WILSON LOCK STITCH. SEWING MACHINE : At the Paris Exhibition, working sido by side, was Machine No. 1 and No. 300,000 of the Wheeler and Wilson Manufacture; the former not differing in principle from the latter, and doing as good work after fourteen years' use. THE WHEELER AND WILSON LOCK sTrrcii SEWING MACHINE With all the latest improvements and additions. Pricy from £B. THE WHEELER AND WILSON LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE Prospectus Post Free. Instruction Gratis. THE WHEELER AND WILSON LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE : 139, Regent-street, Wrest ; 43, St. Paul's Church yard, E.C. 111GII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 6h. 36m.—Afternoon, 7h. Om. To-Monnow.-Morning, 711. 25m.—Afternoon, 7h. 50m. ;1;'.; ttjgg, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 1, 1868. The great anxiety which exists among all classes to give substantial and satisfactory relief to the afflicted population of the East-end parishes has lately been mingled with a good deal of apprehen sion lest public benevolence might be misdirected. There seemed to be some reason to fear, not only that designing persons might successfully impose on the too credulous kindness of the donors, but that even respectable labourers and their families might grow too dependent on easily acquired gifts, and thus become eventually pauperised. It is ad mitted by every social philosopher that it is of vast importance to preserve that independence and self-respect which so especially distinguish the better classes of the English poor, and which are entirely opposed to a system of begging. At he same time these very feelings render it more incumbent on those who really wish to reliove dis tress to seek out such cases. The East-end of London- is a wide area, with a population num bered by hundreds of thousands, and the charity must needs be active and discriminating which would discover every case of real necessity among them, and would avoid distributing public funds to the idle, the drunken, and the undeserving. No less than nine societies have been labouring for the relief of distress in the East-end, but notwith standing their efforts much remains to be done. No doubt all the members were actuated by the best intentions, and addressed themselves to their arc'uous task with energy and self-denial, but the co ifusion which always results from divided autho rity necessarily resulted from their labours. Two or more of their officers might be separately re lieving the same persons in the same district, while others in equal or greater distress got nothing at all. Those best acquainted with the population have confidently affirmed, that while the improvi dent and worthless have obtained relief four or five times over, the really deserving have often got nothing at all. Some mistakes are, no doubt, in evitable among such a dense population, but the machinery at work was ill adapted to guard against them. Naturally enough, when the public began to hear so much about the ill effects produced by indiscriminate charity, subscriptions began to grow slack, and amid all the outcry about the advantage taken by the undeserving, people began to forget how great and how widespread •ere the destitution and distress which are now actually existing. It is with very great satisfaction that the public will learn that all the societies, with one exception, have determined on combining their efforts, and that henceforth the receipt and administration of funds will be entirely vested in the hands of " The United Executive Committee for the Relief of Special Distress at the East-end." The principles which guided the Manchester Committee through the perils and perplexities of the Cotton Famine have been - adopted by the societies. They have determined to leave the parochial authorities to deal exclusively with the pauper element, the guardians taking care that the relief which is given shall be sufficient to support life without supplementary aid. The charitable societies charge themselves with the care of those who most require their aid, and for whom the contributions were especially intended—the industrious poor who have been reduced to want by loss of employment and the stagnation of trade. It is members of this class who will sit and starve in their wretched attics rather than push through the crowds at the work house door, or go begging from one office to another. It is they who need to be sought out and assisted, and to whom timely relief during the period of the distress, especially if that relief be given by means of employment, is the greatest pos sible boon. There is room enough at the East-end of London for the action of every member of every committee, and as many volunteers as they can got to help thein:; only it is imperative that they should act from one central point, so that the diverging lines may not cross and re-cross each other. The public will henceforth be able to subscribe with confidence to the funds, knowing that unity of action is secured, and that a system of communication has been established with the guardians, so that there shall be no clashing of voluntary relief and legal relief. By this means imposture will be guarded against, destitution will be relieved ; and while such pre cautions are taken against double being given to one applicant, there will be much less danger than heretofore of any case being altogether over looked. The one society which has stood aloof from all others is the East London Mission and Relief Com mittee, whose members, with more zeal than dis cretion, endeavour to combine religious teaching with substantial relief. No doubt much good may eventually coins out of this distress, by its bringing the ministers of all denominations into contact with those who had, in more prosperous times, kept aloof from them, and by familiarising the wealthier classes with the sufferings of the poor. But such good must come indirectly, and we shall trace it, we may hope, in enlarged schools, sewing classes, free libraries, and other establishments, and in an im proved tone of feeling and sense of sympathy among the population. lle who expects to make as many converts as he gives loaves and blankets to will be likely to make as many hypocrites as he has pensioners. g f r r e o a m t perplexity a u b e t out of the t h e E s a s h p - e w n r d i di tress itss arises have done great mischief to their neigh bours by alienating the work from their yards, and much interest was excited at yesterday's meeting by Mr. SAMUDA, who is naturally familiar with the whole bearings of the labour question. Mr. SAMUDA said he was informed that while the shipwrights were refusing Clyde wages here they did not scruple to go to the north and accept the wages paid there, sen ding up meanwhile their contributions to the Unions. Further, he had discovered that many m en who had left him had gone to work in the dockyards for ss. a day, though they held out against a reduction from 7s. in private yards. Other workmen have been equally to blame, eac h department choosing its own time to strike for an increase of wages. The result of all these temporary successes has been to drive work away altogether, and thus punish the whole district. No doubt much valuable informa tion in connection with this subject will be brought to light by the labours of the united committees ; and their exertions will thus be doubly valuable in relieving the present distress and in guarding against the chances of its future recurrence. The debate on the Press Bill was continued yes terday, and then was not compl e t e d , b ut w i ll be res umed to-day. M. J u ES FAVRE's speech was worthy of 'notice, for he represented • ' the opinions of the Opposition, and spoke with decision great ••on on the complicated question. In s oin ,, respects he admitted that the bill might be complete so far as it put a stop to the monopoly of pub]: • ishing and printing, and did away with the necessity for pre• vious authorisation. lie then went on to show the harm that had been done by the " b• • su jection of the Press," as he very properly styled it, maintaining that the result of it had been the expedition to Mexico, and had made France play a secondary part in the affairs of 1866, while at ho me it had created a complete stagnation in pub •he business, a new loan, anxiety, and disasters. This was strong language, but who can say that it is too strong, when we consider how completely, to all intents and purposes, the Press has been gagged, while all those matters should have been discussed. The policy of France during the last two years has not been so successful at home or so flourishing abroad that strictures may not be passed upon the inflexible determination which stops all expression of opinion, and checks the inclination to discuss the desirability and non-desirability of the changes which are proposed by the Government. M. FAVRE continued by denouncing the blows which have been aimed at the Press, and which had virtually condemned it to silence. A free Press ought to be adopted without the authorities giving way to any apprehensions as to the agitation which might be the result of it. The Opposition were not sparing in their criticisms on the measure, for M. GRANIER DE CASSIGNAC made some condemna tory remarks. He asked why the bill was brought in at all, for the Chamber did not desire it. It would give trouble to society, and end by impart ing additional strength to the enemies of the Administration ; besides, this speaker declared that if they only waited awhile until political pas sion should have expended themselves, it might be possible to adopt the system which prevailed in England. This would indeed be a desideratum, but we fear that there is little chance of it as yet, for it would but ill accord with the present policy of the Imperial Government. At any rate they have had plenty of warning, and some home truths were uttered during the debate which might well arrest the attention of the most indiffe rent, and shake the self-complaoency of the most THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1868. conceited. One speaker said that he saw a long file of persecuted journalists before him, and they would engage in the struggle with the certainty of losing eventually, for the fate of the distinguished men of letters who had been condemned during the system last year gave no hope of better things. Another member was still more emphatic in his observations, for he said that the true friend of the BONAPARTIST rule are those who demand a " regulated liberty," for the maintenance of the Empire and the future of the dynasty are daily being rendered more difficult by the thoughtless policy that is being pursued. " Take care that the day may not come when you shall hear that ill-omened exclamation, 'lt is too late.' " It is curious to con trast the present position of France with that cf Austria. Their progress is no longer a name or theory or idea, but a reality, and it is making giant strides id the great work before Austrian statesmen. The Constitution has been fairly esta blished, and we may now look out for the consoli dation of the great things that have been begun. To say that Fortune has governed the Vienna Government is hardly a fair way of putting it, because the result could not have been brought about without great courage and great assiduity on their part. A public meeting was held yesterday in the large hall of King's College, for the purpose of raising funds for a testimonial to the Rev. Dr. JELF, the present Principal of the College, as a token of regard, and also as a recognition of the services he has rendered to the institution during his quarter of a century's tenure of office in that capacity. The movement originated with some past students, but it was deemed advisable to make the affair partake more of a public character than it would have done had it been simply con fined to the committee at first formed. The Bishop of LONDON presided, and declared that it was with mingled feelings he received the an. nouncement of Dr. JELF'S resignation, for though he was well deserving of the repose he desired to enjoy, still they must feel his retirement would affect the prosperity of the institution over which he had so long and so efficiently presided. The chairman had the satisfaction of saying that, after an experience of eleven years, he could state that the candidates produced by King's College have not been behind any others at the examination. The right rev, chairman concluded his speech by declaring that a more courteous Christian gentleman could not be found than he who had so faithfully performed his arduous duties, and instituted so many improve ments during his tenure of office. The meeting separated after some resolutions had been agreed to in support of their previous determination. During the course of a long and arduous career there are few moments more gratifying than when a tribute like this is afforded. It is a proud thought for one who is about to retire from the active part of his profession to reflect upon that he has been appre ciated in his efforts, and Dr. JELF may well be con gratulated upon the expressions of approval and goodwill that were elicited from the speakers at yesterday's meeting. It will be a day to linger in his recollection during the rest of his life, and the most satisfactory part of the affair is that the praises were well earned, for he has been most assiduous in his vocation, and gained the respect and regard of all who came in contact with him during his important and influential work. LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRA3IS.) THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 2G. A revolution has broken out at the province of Santa F 6 (Argentine C o nfederation), and the town of Rosario is in the hands of the insurgents, who have declared for Urquizl. Cholera is subsiding at Buenos Ayres, but is still very prevalent in the allied camp. Rio JANEIRO, Jan. 9. Advices from the seat of war state that no further fighting had taken place. President Lopez was re ceiving supplies through the Cha po. Four vessels left Rio yesterday with troop s, and carrying cannon to force, if necessary, a passage by Rosario. GERMANY. The result of the general census in Wurtemberg effected la , s b t ut Decemberitisknown to show a has not yet been no on officially y he pu 3 b d ofedlish total of 1,778,109 inhabitants against 1,748,328 in December, 1864, being an augmentation of 29,781 inhabitants in the three years. As the fraction above 100,000 souls exceeds 50,000, there will be 18 deputies instead of 17 to be nominated for the Customs' Parliament. FRANCE. BuRE ' j —Transactions a re very aative, and°thesmarkAN. 30 etisfirin. Three o'clock. —The market closed as follows :- 43 per Cent. End of month — Ital'an Loan ...... 43 30 3 per Cent End of month 6B 67i Mexican Loan 16 7 5 Credit Mobilier 173 75 Do. Bonds ..... 130 End of month 175 Spanish Threes 37 Credit Fonder 1390 Home Debt ...... 341 End of month 1390 Deferred ......... Account. Orleans .. 878 i Northern Lyons and Mediterranean, ............... 8564 Southern..... ................................. 5381 Western ....................................... 565 Eastern • • ........................ Sardinian ........................ ........... 371 Austrian ....................................... 5161 Lombard ....................................... 330 North of Spain .............................. Saragossa .................................... Roman .......................................... 45i RULWAY THE SALMON SEASON.—To-day (February 1) the annual fence time, during which it is illegal to take salmon in England, closes, and the season would open to-morrow, the 2d, but as the day falls this year on a Sunday, and a weekly close time is established by the new Fishery Laws, from Saturday at noon to Monday morning fishing, will not actually commence until G o'clock on Monday morning. In one or two fishery districts established under the Salmon Fishery Act, 1865, the annual fence time has been pro - longed, and fishing for salmon will not take place for a fort night to come, whereas in some Irish rivers fishing com menced a fortnight ago. The prospects of the ensuing season are consid ere d f avourable. Some palpable results may now be fai r ly l oo k ed for from the working of the Sal mon Acts 1861 an d 18 65. There can be no doubt from the nature of the reports from different parts of the country that there is a material increase of salmon in our rivers. On the Severn fishery district, which embraces a length of no less th an 668 miles of river, the largest district yet formed under the new law, there has been for two or three winters a remarkable increase of spawn ing fish. This year the salmon showed themselves on the spawning beds in November. The chief rush of fish up the rivers was in the following month, and those having deposited their ova kayo been seen falling back towards the sea, there to recruit themselves, to return to the fresh water again in the summer as seasonable fish. Some high freshes in the middle of January materially assisted the progress of the exhausted "kelts" (as the spawned fish are called) seawards, and these wore met on their way by another run of gravid-salmo n , which at the end of the close season had not yet all performed their natural func tions. But, although there are still a good many unsea sonable kelts in the rivers, there have also been a fair sprinkling of fresh run fish, which will be available for the fishmonger next Monday. PRESENTS TO SUIT EVERY PURPOSE, TASTE, AND POCKET AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—Photographic Albums a choice of 3,000 ; d espatch boxes, writing cases, dressing ink stands, travelling b ags, envelope cases, blotting books, stands, desks, book slides, work boxes, tea caddies, hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent bottles, albu ms f or postage stamps, crests, etc.; cigar cases, card baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Ser. vices, in every type. Parkins and Gotto, 25, Oxford' street. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new WO fresh ; cozwesiwilt VPOA tk raid 640.—LiDrra CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (that OUR OWN CORREOONDENT.) PARIS, FIIIDAY, Jan. 31. ,Journalism 9 5 a PreeirionS busineSs in France, as the debates in the - doips L4gislatif have shewn. The condi of its existem are continually changing, but not for the better. By the new law imprisonment of editors and printers is put an end to, but the fines will amount to confiscation. On this point M. Pelletan made some extraordinary statements. It appears that the "caution " required for a journal will be enormous, thi lowest fine for a press offence £4BO, and the highest £3,200; in other words, confiscation. It must be remem beied that accusations brought against the Paris pres'S never fail. This has been the case for the last sixteen years. M. Pelletan remarked this, and was charged with calumniating the magistrates. " All that I ask," he replied, "is that there shall be a few acquittals to break the monotony of condemnations." The report on the new law remarked that the press was a productive enterprise ; to which M. Pelletan replies, that of the seventy journals published in Paris, two or three prosper, four or five live— that is, meet their expenses—and the other sixty are dying, or are only prolonging their existence by incessant sacri fices on the part of their friends. Even this is not all. The taxation on the press is enormous. The Dc'bats, with forty to forty-five thousand readers, pays to the State 800,000 f., and to its proprietors 200,000 f. M. Glais- Bizoin might well exclaim C'est monstrueux. " Under the new law," said the orator, making a splendid hit, " I see a long file of journalists who will struggle and succumb fatally, yet, undismayed, exclaiming, 'Ave Ocesar ntoz:ityri to salutant."' M. Thiers's speech contained nothing specially remarK able for him, though there were of course many brilliant passages. The philosophy of freedom of speech are seldom better stated than in his words—" Liberty is a grand lottery organised by God ; great nations may invest in it without fear ; sometimes they may lose, still more fre. Cluently they gain." He did not deny that there was such a thing as moderation, and that it was desirable to have a guarantee that it would be exercised by writers. " But what is moderation ? It is justice in criticism. We cannot define moderation, but every man must give his neighbour the right to use own judgment. The veritable public opinion in France is formed by moderate men." M. Thiers demanded the newspaper as a necessity occurring not only every day, but indeed twice a day I must content myself with a passage relating to England. " I do not forget the terrible legislation that has existed for a long time in England ; and very severe legislation exists there still. I do not contest that at all. But the English press, in spite of it, has raised itself to a high position—almost on a level with history. You have read what was written at the death of Lord Palmerston ; and when his death compelled the retirement of Ms colleagues, Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone (the speaker should have said their promotion), I declare there is no person who would not have wished to be judged by history as those Ministers were then judged by the press. That phe nomenon is explained by two reasons. In the time of Elizabeth, of Cromwell, of James 11., the press was cruelly treated. The iron collar, nay, capital punishment itself, was not deemed too harsh for the offending journalist. In the eighteenth century these punishments became lighter, as manners became more refined. At the epoch of the French Revolution there was a renewal of severity, but peace at last calmed the passions, and the press of England has attained the position in which we see it to-day. Who will deny that it is the voice of the English nation ?" M. Pinard, Minister of the Interior, followed Thiers, and defended the law. He maintained that neither the fines nor the caution were excessive. Nous verrons. It seems to me that under this regime the condition of the press will be more intolerable than ever, though I am bound to state that journalists themselves think otherwise. How they can exist, in spite of constant drains in the shape of heavy fines like those I have mentioned, is incom prehensible. The worst part of the business is the fixing a minimum so high. The actual advantages conceded in the new law are that any one may start a newspaper with out the preliminary authorisation, and that suspensions, avertissementS, and the like are buried for ever; but the fines are ruinous. The conductor s of the Philosophe has been fined 2001. :or publishing two numbers without authorisation. Terrible disorders appear to prevail at Naples. Ac counts received here state that the streets are deserte d at dusk. Assaults and assassinations are the dis-order of the day. On the 16th instant a certain M. Paresi was robbed ; he reported the matter to the Questor, who simply congratulated him that he had got off so cheaply—that he had 'not been assassinated. The villains are seldom arrested. The Spanish Budget just presented shews a deficit of 48,000,000 reals. The Government ask for a credit of 140,000,000 reals for the expenses of the Pacific Expedi tion. Authority is asked to sell the State forests. A. disastrous fire was caused a few days ago at Stras bourg by the ignition of a barrel of petroleum. I notice the fact to mention that two children and a woman were thrown from the second story of the house in which the fire occurred without any injury ; mattresses were spread in the street to break their fall. The attention of the French Academy of Sciences has been called to the deleterious effects of cast-iron stoves. It is said that they give off a quantity of carbonic acid gas. In Savoy something like an epidemic Las been produced by them. It would appear that wrought•iron stoves are not injurious. A remarkable rise has taked place in tha waters of the Seine. The total rise amounts to about eight feet. It is attributed to the melting of the snow. SPRING CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES. The following is a complete list of the forthcoming Spring Circuits :--_ . HOME (the Lord Chief Justice of England and Mr. Justice Byles).—Hertford, February 27; Chelmsford, March 2 ; Maidstone, March 9 ; Lewes, March 16 ; Kings_ ton, March 23. WESTERN (Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Mr. Justice Blackburn). —Winchester, February 26 ; Dorchester, March 4 ; Exeter, March 7; Bodinin, March 13 ; Taun ton, March 13 ; Devizes, March 24 ; Bristol, March 27. OXFORD (Lord Chief Baron Kelly and Mr. Jus!.ice Keating).—Reading, February 23 ; Oxford, February 29 ; Worcester, March 4 ; Stafford, March 10 ; Shrewsbury, March 19 ; Hereford, March 24 ; Monmouth, March 26 ; Gloucester, March 31. No:troLN (Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Baran Bram well). —Leiceeer, March 2 ; Northampton, March 5 ; Oakham, March 5 ; Aylesbury, March 9 ; Bedford, March 12 ; Huntingdon, March 17 ; Cambridge, March 19 ; Bury, March 23 ; Norwich, March 23. MIDLAND (Mr. Justice Shee and Mr. Justice Mon o.gue Smith).—Warwick, February 26 : Derby, March 3 ; Nottingham, March 7 ; Lincoln, March 13 ; York, March 17 ; Leeds, March 21. . NORTHERN (Mr. Justice Mellor and Mr. Justice Lush). —Appleby, February 17 ; Carlisle , February 18 ; New castle, February 22 ; Durham, February 27 ; Lancaster, March 4 ; Manchester, March 7 ; Liverpool, March 21. NORTH WALES (Mr. Baron ChanneU).—Welshpool, March 9 ; Bala, March 12 ; Ruthin, Marcia 14 ; Carnar von, March 18 ; Beaumaris, March 21; Mold, March 25 Chester, March 28. SOUTH WALES (Mr. Baron Pigott). —Haverfordwcst, February 24 ; Cardigan, February 27 ; Carmarthen, February 29 ; Swansea, March 5 ; Brecon, March 19 ; Presteign, March 25 ; Chester, March 28. - Mr. Justice Wiles remains• in town. THE BRITISH ASSOCLITION. —The next meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science will commence at Norwich on Wednesday, August O. The inaugural address will be delivered by the president of the year, Dr. Hooker, of Kew. The Duke of Buc clench, who was president last year at Dundee, will open the proceedings, and deliver up the chair to Dr. Hooker. The local committee are pressing forward their arrange ments, and the various sub-committees (eight in all) have each held meetings. MUSICAL EDUCATION.—The committee of the Society of Arts on musical education has been appointed, consisting of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, K.G., who is the chairman, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Sir John P. Boileau, Bart., Sir John Harington, Bart., Sir Francis Sandford, R. K. Bowley, Edgar A. Bowling, C. 8., Harry Chester, Henry Cole, C. 8., Captain Donnelly, RE., Herbert Fisher, 'William Hawes, chairman of the council, R. F. Putt'cic, Samuel Redgrave, and Colonel Scott, R.E. ; with power to arrange for a deputation to polder with her Majesty's Government. BEQUESTS TO CTIA.RITABLE INSTITUTIONS. —A ;orrespondent informs us that an old gentleman named Musgrove, of Bramley, near Leeds, has left a large sum of money to a gentleman, on condition that he adds the name of Musgrove to his own, and that he pays to the trustee of the Leeds Infirmary £lO,OOO ; to the Eye and Ear Inf.ir mary, £lO,OOO ; to the Leeds Fever Hospital, £lO,OOO ; and to the Bradford Infirmary, £lO,OOO. With the latter institution the testator endeavoured to drive a hard bar gain. Being above 80 years of age, and having no use for £lO,OOO, he offered to give it to the Braiford Infirmary provided the trustees of the institution would pay him 10 per cent. for it during his life. The trustees very wisely refused, and perhaps were thought better of by the mil• ;ionaire for so doing, for he left the Bradford, as the other hospitals mentioned, to be benefited by his legatm THE DUDLEY GALLERY, LFIRST NOTICE.] mattvoild happen if the authors of all the articleb " declined with thanks " were to starea periodical of their Wiat kind of magazine would it be? We suspect that' it would bear comparison with the oldest and the most exclusive. Editors are a servile race for the most part. They will not take the trouble to discover youthful genius, to bring out mute, inglorious Milton% Publishers, too; think more of the name at the end of the article than of the article itself, just because the public think more. ProVided the first can announce the Right Hon. this and the Very Rev. that as contributors, they care very little about the contributions ; for the second would rather read twaddle from a swell than wisdom as profound as Plato' from a nobody. The young author must push hieway for himself until the time when he no longer needs assistance, and then he will find plenty to " encumber him with officious help." It is very much the same with artists as with authors. Go into any one of our old-established exhibitions, and you will find a few well-known names ~ 1 engrossing the " line " with their commonplaces, while the Raffaelle or the Rembrandt or the Rubens of the future is, if not banished altogether, placed close to the ceiling or down on the floor. What can they Flo but protest ? They can exhibit. Five-and-forty years ago the young artists of that day challenged the verdict of hanging com • mittees thus. The Royal Academy and the British Institution were close corporations, and so the Society of British Artists established themselves in the Snffolk street Gallery, and numbered Clarkson Stanfield and David Roberts among their earliest members. The Dudley Gallery is no less a challenge to the water-colour societies. In a zoom far more capacious than either of the two galleries in Pall Mall some 350 artists exhibit nearly 700 pictures. Of course in such a number there are varying degrees of merit, but we never saii , so large an exhibition with so little rubbish in it. We must add that the artists are by no means all of the class unrecognised genius. There are, for instance, three Royal Academicians—Cooke, Ward, and Redgrave. Holman Hunt, Marcus Stone, Yeames, and Poynter are among the exhibitors, and the catalogue contains such names as the two Severns, W. H. Paton, Thomas Macquoid, H. S. Marks, and the Solomons. Cognoscenti will recog nise many another name with which the public is less acquainted. The first picture that attracts our notice Is (12) Mr. Walter Paton's " Dunnottar Castle." This is a rainy dayat sea, and is more to our liking than the piece which stands next to it (13), Dutch Boats hugging the shore, even though this is the work of Mr. Cooke, R.A. Mr. Lennard Lewis has found in Tours (18) a scene that Prout would have transferred to canvas. A market is being held in the wide open place under the shadow of a fine old church tower, with its stone of greenish grey. Very charming is the love lorn maiden (19) by Juliana Russell. She stands with her golden hair negligently flowing over her blue serge dress, and with hands laid wearily over the wounded breast, a sight to soften stern hearts. Mr. Walter Field takes us 'o a hay-field (42) of the modern time, where the hay maker is a machine, but where, for all that, there is room for the artist, who has rendered with faithful skill the green swathes in regular row. In 48 we have what seems to be an Egyptian scene, so clear is the atmosphere, so dry and brick-fed the soil. But it is Sicily, and the artist is not Vacher, but Talmage White, who shows us Calatafimi, the locale of Garibaldi's first victory, eight years ago. Mr. Arthur Severn's Bay of Penzance, is an old acquaintance, though, we believe, it has not been shewn in public until now. It is a work of genius in the highest sense. There is naught out sea and sky and sun. No ship, nor bird, nor any sign of life is there. The long line of surf comes tumbling on to the sands, and the sun, lurid though haze, lights up the centre horizon with an almost unearthly glow. This is a very po .ful picture. We prefer it greatly to the other works by the same artist—" Near Torquay" (141), with its red and blue rocks, vivid and staring in colour beyond any thing that we remember to have seen there or elsewhere ; or "Falmouth Harbour" (234), which, however, is a clever picture ; or " Evening after a Storm " (267), though we see the artist values this last almost as highly as the three others put together. Mr. John Steeple's " Glen Coe " (53) is a striking picture. The scene is in accordance with its tragic memory. Dark clouds sweep over the sky, weeping mists gather over the hills. The bridge that spans the gorge is just the place for some mur derous deed. "Night in the Pool" (67), and " Wapping" (296), are satires in chalk. The Thames, "large, gentle, deep, majestic king of floods," is anything but royal. It is a servant of servants, and has to bear puffing tug and lirty collier, and is as matter of fact as the verses are grandiose. Mr. Simeon Solomon has three pictures, all of them exceedingly clever, and remarkable as studies of colour. " Bacchus " (70) is not the tipsy, bloated sot as we know him, but a handsome youth, clad in a leopard skin that falls gracefully around him, and holds a long gold-headed staff in his right hand, and a cluster of purple grapes in his left. Behind him are the blue sea and the bluer sky of Southern Italy. "A Patriarch of the Eastern Church pronouncing the Benediction of Peace" (103), is an even bolder piece of colouring. The olive skin and jet black hair of the Patriarch are set off by the golden headdress and the gorgeous robes which he wears. In his hand he holds a staff with twisted serpents, somewhat like the Caduceus of Hermes. In " Heliogaba lus " (252) we have a noble-looking man, bearing the em blems of divinity and of royalty, and far other in appear ance than the monster whom his name conjures up. These three works are not for sale. They would scarcely leave the artist's studio unsold. Mr. Charles Potter has been very successful in his rendering of "The Fitful Head" (74). The ghostly cliff seems bending down before the storm as a man will bend before a sudden gust of wind. The mist and sea-rack are driven before the blast, and the great waves come rolling in, and we can almost believe, it is Norna herself who has awakened the elements and stirred them to this mad strife. "Sweet is calm after storm," and it is a relief to turn to Mr. George Mawley's two pastoral scenes (75 and 92) with their soft summer sky and blue distance, and quiet peaceful life. None of the exhibitors has succeeded better than Mr. Mawley in de picting Nature at rest. Surely "Ariadne in Naxos" (88), by Mr. Spencer Stanhope, is one of the most excruciat :ng pictures ever painted, always • excepting those by Mr. Burne Jones. Everything is contorted in agony—woods, clouds, and Ariadne's hair. The hair is as solid as the, trunks of the twisted trees. If the sun shines in Naxos it casts no shadow, or, at all events, Ariadne has succeeded in doing that which Goethe declared impossible jumping out of her shadow. The committee have placed Mr. Stanhope almost on the line, as a caution, let us hope. " Exorcising" (87), by Mr. Yeames, A.R.A., is the antithesis to Mr. Solomon's. The second artist revels in rich colours, the first has almost done without colour. A group of monks, some ten in number, are 'all clothed alike, in the white frock and cowl of the Dominicans, and most of them are kneeling down, but the positions are so skilfully varied that there is no monotony in the piece. In front of them kneels, bare-backed, a possessed brother, who is receiving the blows which another brother is administer ing with no gentle hand. The whole group is in the presence of the mitred abbot, who sits and directs the exorcism, and whose robes are the one bit of brightness in ; -Mg remarkable piece. Both England and France have garrisons in the Tapanese port of Yokohama, within twenty miles of Jeddo, the capital. Each garrison has the flag of its nation float ing above its quarters. IMPORTANT POINT.—IS the clergyman the holder of the church in which he officiates? This was the ques tion raised in a case at th e Cl er k enwe ll P o li ce - court. The Rev. A. Thomas, incumbent of St. Paul's, Camden-square, was summoned before the magistrate for the non-payment to the paving board of St. Pancras of £693, the cost of forming a carriage-way and paving the footway by his church. The claim was resisted on the ground that the incumbent was not the owner of the edifice, and therefore not liable. Mr. Barker gave judgment in favour of the rev. gentleman, and dismissed the case. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—An accident of an extra ordinary kind, and resulting in the death of two boys, occurred on Friday at the Brighton parish school, War ren Farm, near Brighton. It appears that the water used at the schools and at the new workhouse on Rose bill is drawn from an artesian well, one of the deepest in She world, the shaft of which is within the school build ings. A steam-engine is used to pump the water into a reservoir, and there is suspended over the shaft of the well a " monkey," worked by a winch , this " monkey " being used to let persons down the well whenever any adjustment or repair of the pumping apparatus is found necessary. The engineer is allowed the occasional assist. ance of two boys, and on Friday morning these two, taking with them two others, went into the engine-room. They must have previously ascertained that it had not been locked over night, as is customary. The four boys un covered the shaft of the well (which is usually guarded by a fence and an iron grating), and having rigged the "monkey," proceeded to let each other down the well in couples, two working the winch and two sitting on the " monkey." This was gone through more than once, when huddenly, either from a jerk on the rope or some strain on the winch, the two poor boys in the well were thrown off their seat and were hurled into the depth below, falling 500 feet and crashing through an intermediate stagi ng or platform before they reached the water. The two boys on the surface immediately gave an alarm, and the supeiin. tendent (Mr. Hales) descended the well in search. One body was recovered alinost immediately, the other not for some time afterwards. Both lads were quite dead, and the top of the head of each had been crushed away in the fall. A labourer had previously been killed by falling down the foLue slftft,, v,r ft A giunlGN OrEN v urtu Itar. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 31. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Christian, and attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morn ing, accompanied by Princess Christian. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold is better to day, but is still very weak. Viscount Jocelyn and Colonel the Hon. Strange Jocelyn have arrived in town from visiting tho Earl of Rodon at Tollymore Park, Ireland. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons and Lady Charlotte Denison will entertain a succession of friends at Ossington Park till the meeting of Pai liament. THEATRICAL GOSSIP. -4 — The Vaudeville will soon produce a new five-act piece of 11. Amadeu RoPend. M. Gaston Dufey succeeds M. Maurice Costs as manager of the Theatre du Prince Eugene. "La Duchesse do la Vaubaliere" is in rehearsal at the Theatre de (Many. There are now thirty-nine theatres in Paris, and twenty three eafd's concerts. At the Theatro des Nouveautes, "La Crevette et le Philistin," of M. Paul Avenel, is in preparation. Vavas sour, of the Folios Dramatiques, will play the principal part. There is some talk in Paris of commencing cheap trips to Brussels to enable the Parisians to see the performance of "Buy Bias," which has been interdicted in France. • Aladlle. Celine Montaland has been engaged at the Gait& to play the Duchess de Nevers, in the "Refine Margot" of Alexandre Dumas. At the last performance of the "Grande Duchesse," at Liege, the audience presented Madame Rosa Bell (the Grande Duchesse) with a valuable diamond ring and a splendid bouquet of the French national colours. A four-act drama, by Alexandre _Dumas, " Valentin et Valentine," is in preparation at the Theatre due Prince Eugene. There is some question of reviving at the same house the "Chasse au Chastre" and "Paul Jones" of the same author. Fifty-six academicians voted at the appointment of the new perpetual secretary of the Acad6mie des Sciences. The votes were as follows : —M. Dumas, 30; M. Coate, 23, M. Claude Bernard, 2 ; and ono blank vote. "Le Patd de Grives," a one-act comic operetta, by MM Meilhac and Busnacb, with music by Madame do Grand val, has been read at the Opera Comique. It will be sup ported by Potel, Leroy, and Madlle Cico. The Holborn will open early in March under the ma nagement of Miss Fanny Josephs. A new drama by Mr. Dion Boucicault and Mr. T. W. Robertson is in active pre paration. We are requested to state that the "super" so favour ably alluded to in a notice of "La Vivandiere" at the Queen's Theatre last week, is Miss Cushing, of her Ma jesty's Theatre, with whom a special engagement has been made, in order to give additional effect to the con certed music. Madlle. Schneider having returned to the Variads Offenbach's " Barbe-Bleue" has been revived. A crowded and extremely fashionable house welcomed back on the first night both piece and singer. "Barbe-Bleue" is cer tainly one of the best works of the most popular of com posers. Another new Parisian theatre will be opened next month. It is situated in the Rue Richer. Its title will be "Les Folies-Bergere." It was at first intended to call it the "Folies-Trevise," but to this the Due de Trevise was opposed. Desire and M. Gobin, a young and intelligent tenor of the Palais Royal, have been engaged. A grand concert is to take place on the 6th of February, at the Salle Herz. The orchestra, consisting of 150 musi cians, will be under the direction of M. Charles Lamou reux. Among the pieces to be performed are Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, Webar's overture to " Oberon,".and a march and chorus from Wagner's opera, " Lohengrin." Pike's new opera-house, New York, of which an account has appeared in the papers, is rapidly approaching com pletion. A private performance has already taken place within its walls. The auditorium will seat 2,600 people. The decorations of the theatre are beautiful, though the roof is a trifle too ornate. The presence of Charles Dickens in America causes many of his works to be performed. "No Thoroughfare" has been produced at the Boston Museum ; "Dot" is being played at Selwyn's Theatr e , Bosto n; "Ni c h o l as Ni c kl e by' at the Howard Athenaeum; "Our Mutual Friend" at Ban yard's Theatre, New York ; and " Oliver Twist" at Wallack's Theatre in the same city. The great success attending the pantomime of " Little Red Riding Hood," at the Crystal Palace, has induced the directors to communicate to Mr. Nelson Lee, through the general manager, their intention of continuing its repre sentation. The entire pantomime is admirably acted, and produced on a scaler of completeness not often witnessed. It reflects the greatest possible credit on Mr. Nelson Lee, the popular pantomime writer. The transformation scene is ono blaze of splendour. The Gymnase has had a run of bad luck of late. All its recent productions have been failures, and the latest piece is the greatest failure of all. "Le Comte Jaques," a three act comedy in verse, is by M. Gondinet, the clever author of "La Cravate Blanche." Like more than one English dra matist we could name, M. Goudinet is not content with the reputation his short and brilliant pieces have brought him, and has ventured on a bold and dangerous experiment. " La Comte Jaques" is a poorly-conceived and feeble story, which, under the most promising conditions—which, how ever, do not attend it—could scarcely hope for much suc cess. Le Comte Jaques, owing to a quarrel with his father, has lived for many years away from home. At length his father dies, and he returns to enter upon the estate. He finds it in the possession of a pretty girl, Blanche, whom his father had adopted when a child, and who, as the sud denness of the attack from which the old count suffered left him no time for explanations, conceives herself the legitimate owner of the estate. He will not shock her by revealing too suddenly the truth. Accordingly, he re mains as her guest. Blanche and the Comte fall in love with each other. Misinterpretations arise. He thinks another is the favoured suitor, and retires, leaving Blanche mistress of the estate. After he is gone Blanche learns all; summons him back, and bestows upon him her hand and happiness. This story is simple, but it is too trifling for a three-act piece. Many not over-ingenious devices are resorted to in order to strengthen it. The hero is led into a duel, and a variety of other adventures are thrust upon him. The piece, however, remains dull and uninteresting, and failed on the first night to please any one except the claque. It was fairly acted. Madlle. Massin, i who played the heroine, is one of the prettiest women on the French stage. MITSICAL ITEMS. Rossini is reported to be ill. Donald Cameron, the celebrated champion piper, is dead. We are happy to state that Mr. Costa is recovering from his severe illness. Rubinstein, the pianist, will play in London this season at the Musical Union, and possibly elsewhere. The death is announced at Berlin of Herr M. Ganz, con cert-meister and solo violoncellist to the King of Prussia, aged 64. It is calculated that, at the present time, full choral ser vice is celebrated in nearly one-fifth of the metropolitan churches. Of these services rather more than oue half aro Gregorian, and nearly all the choirs are surpliced. It is stated that Mr. W. A. Barrett, of St. Paul's Cathe dral, has written an anthem and presented the copyright of it to the Oxford Choral Association for the festivals of the present year, as Dr. Stainer, organist of the Oxford University, did last year. Mr. 11. F. Cowen, a young English pianist at present in Berlin, has recently performed before the Crown Princess in the Palace. Mr. :Cowen met with much approval on the part of her royal highness and the court, and his talents both as a performer and composer are said to give fair promise of future celebrity. —.31 usi , ictl Standard. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certifi cates to practise, on Thursday, Jan. 30 : —John P. Baker, 6, York-place, Portman-square, of University College, London ; Other W. Berry, 26, Canonbury-road, N., of the Charing-cross Hospital; Richard Cresswell, Lewisham, Kent, St. Mary's Hospital. The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their first examination :—Richard Banks, Guy's Hospital; John Dawson Mason, Guy's Hos pital. A HARD CASE.--A " Sheriff's Officer" writes to the Hull News : I beg to lay before your readers a casa nearly approaching that of the girl Griggs in seve rity. A poor and aged man, named Nelson, some time ago was standing in the Driffield Market-place selling confec tionery, and, after a hard day's work, was counting his small earnings, when a man who had been watching him suddenly snatched the money out of his hand and ran away. He was caught by the police, and afterwards com mitted to the East Riding Sessions, and Nelson was bop(' over in £2O recognisance for himself, and £2O for the ap pearance of his daughter (who witnessed the theft, and is a minor), at the sessions. Nelson being unable to read or write, relied on the police to inform him whether ho would have to appear at the sessions—which they (the police) failed to do, and the consequence was that Nelson did not appear against the thief, who was at liberty, and Nelson is now lying in the gaol of this borough ter non payment of the £lO for not appearing in discharge of his own and daughter's recognisances, and thus the innocent. is made to suffer and the guilty eacape. The Mayor and Sheriff of Hull kindly interested themselves in his behalf, and I am informed that the Treasury have issued an order for his release after two months' imprisonment, which Was expire on February 11." 67TH PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED TO WiIEELER AND WILSON; FOR PERFECTION OF THEIR LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES and BUTTON-HOLE MACHINES, AT THE EXPOSITION IUNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1867. THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL, GIVEN TO SEWING MACHINES. Over 82 Competitors from all parts of the World.