The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-06 00:00:00

••W 44 1 MOSES and SON (the Originators of the • Ready Made Clothing System) beg to remind the public that in every department of their business a large and varied STOCK is constantly maintained, and excellence and cheapness are combined in a degree hitherto unequalled. The articles corn prising their stock are too multifarious to be enumerated in an advertisement, but a list of distinct departments is subjoined:— READY MADE CLOTHING FOR ADULTS. READY MADE CLOTHING FOR JUVENILES. READY MADE CLOTHING for SAILORS and MECHANICS. CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER. HOSIERY AND DRAPERY. 5I .1N ['LES, BILIWLS, & LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING HATS AND CAPS. 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, .... #l.s•mocnvmff ....• Normumen.m. THE AT RE ROYAL, . IFE BOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms of Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. ..1-4 the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con- THIS EVENING will be performed the Comedy of THE tributed to the saving of 1,092 lives from various ship- HYPOCRITE. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Edmund Phelps, Charles wrecks and 36 vessels from destruction. The Institu• ion Warner, T. Rouse, W. C. Temple, F. Moreland; Mrs. Hermann also expended £36,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat Vezin, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Miss Kate Harilenr. Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. After which, the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued FAW FEE FO FU3I; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. Killer. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur- and country bankers, and J ohn the Secreta ,Ric h ardh Lewis, day until Feb. 15. Esq., at the Institution, 14,-street, London. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET• 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, Weatheraby, &c., and Robinson. After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE BRIGAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Weather sb y , Johnson, &c.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, &c. ESTABLISHED 1842. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., LIGENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. 5, The Cavemen; Clapham-common (Southern Branch). COUNTER VICTU CLOTHSALLERS FOR LICENCED MITE only article really suitable for that p ur p ose, 1 ss. Gd. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. rip lIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. it Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, 3lrs. Alfred Mellon. TIES EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 37th appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Philips, Mr. Cr. Behnore, Mr. C. J. Smith. and Mr. Benjamin Wo'ister; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 37th appearance), Mrs. klfrea Meilou, Mrs. Killington, 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. aad Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For rester, H. Mellon, R Cathcart; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. N.B.—On Monday next, Feb, 10, " The Octoroon " and " Arrah na Pogue." QUEEN'S THEATRE , Lo n g -acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENLNG, Feb. 6, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton. After which will be produced (26th Time in London) Mr. H. J. Byron's New and Original Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner, Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with (14th 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, h. Everard, and H. Hodson. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James, and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynne. After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD." Messrs. Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, N ewton, &c. To conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c. IJOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. 1. 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 Rowena. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, HEN AND CHICKENS: Messrs. Ashley, Stephenson, and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling. After which, USED UP: Messrs. R. Soutar,Vincent, Vaughan, and 0. 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. Farren. Commence at Seven. LICENSED VICTUALLERS" GUARDIAN GR. GLENIE, of the Sporting Library , . 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general, that ho has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " THE SUN," and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town or country. G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Huff's, Wright's, and Mall's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Maga zines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint- Stock Coal Company. 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E. *MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS are CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENING at sunset, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. Every article is marked the lowest price in plain fi g,ree, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money bo returned ; Tho following aro the London addresses of E. MOSES and SON:- 154, MINORIES 1,55, MINOKIEq. 156, MINORIaz.4. 157, 0111 E .. 81, AL DGATE. 81, ALD(; %TT. 85, AL DGAT I • 86, A I.OGATE. 87, A L ()GATE, BS, AL Di; A r BJ, AI, MAT 1! . . N EW uX FoRD STREET. 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET. LO3„NEW OXFORD-STREET. 1, TI.OIT-S rnEE'r. 2, 11A11.T-S I RE ET. 3, HART-STREET. 137, ToTT ENH A M-CO TTRT-ROAD 138, TOT TE N HAM-COURT-ROAD. 283, EU SToN-ROAD. Also, 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BILIDGE-STRE 6T, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE. In consequence of frequent misrepresentations, E. MOSES and SON and A necessary to state that they do not employ any tra vellers or agents, and that their only EstAbliShll39llt3 Ars the aboye-metztiehect. GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., o. 105, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgato hill ; and No. 5, the Pavement, Clapham-common. TABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of every description. Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for Ladies' an:l Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. RIGA WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAr.—Morning, 011. Om.—Afternoon, Oh. 15m. To-ltionnow.-Morning, Oh. 46m.—Afternoon, lh. 15m, • •,:e. : _ A pe At Clit 474014 LONDON, 2HURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1868. Mr. BRIGHT has again been speaking at Bir mingham, and this time with more propriety than before. Yesterday morning the members of the borough were present at a breakfast given by the Chairman of the Birmingham Chamber of Com merce to those artisans who visited the Paris Exhi bition in connection with the Society of Arts. An interesting affair it was altogether, and the sub ject in question deserves especial importance just now, when so many different schemes and plans are concocted for the improvement of those who were represented in France during last season. The [Mayor made some suitable remarks, in the course of which he said very truly that they had again seen Mr. WRIGHT the Chairman of the Cham ber of Commerce, made reference to the report upon the Exhibition, and assured his hearers that a great deal,of the prejudice which existed among the people regarding the industry of other nations had been done away with by its appearance. Some useful lessons were learned by a more intimate ac quaintance with these matters. Continental artisans do not get such high wages as our men, but then they spend their wages far more rationally than is observable among ourselves. Also it is seen that there are more " artistic elements" in foreign labour, and in fact that there was was no danger like the unconsciousness of danger, and that in reality there was no need to feel regret at the vast strides the artisans of other countries had made in the way of progress, because it might act as a stimulus to our countrymen to pursue their course with increased energy, and to make re doubled efforts in the path of progress and excel lence. As for the great depression which unhappily has prevailed in a remarkable degree, Mr. AVERY said that he looked upon that with no alarm, as he regarded it as the natural consequence of the " excessive and inflated speculation" the last few years, and was undeniably a powerful incentive to urge our countrymen on, and to show them that they are not the manufacturers for the whole world. Among other suggestions which were made Mr. Hum put forth the importance of technical education, which alone can serve to extricate the English workman from his present somewhat invidious position. Mr. BRIGHT spoke out very sensibly on this subject, although he prefaced his observations by declaring they had entrapped him, and that he felt like the Conservatives who were dragged on at a rate which bewildered them. Mr. BRIGHT was able to show that some of his pre dictions on this subject have already been verified, for he said years ago that any compre hensive measure for the extension of the franchise would necessitate a general system of instruction, and already, before the bill of last Session has come into operation, we behold a " general rush into a new field of labour, and au excitement greater than has existed upon this subject in any previous time within our memory." Mr. BRIGHT, however, does not hold to the theory that we are to trust to the Government in this important matter, and thinks that those who seek to doso are falling into a great mistake. All that the Government ought to do, he considers, is to provide for the instruction of that class which has been neglected in previous times, and which does yet possess the actual means, and often lacks the requisite desire, to educate the children belonging to it. This is true courage, and there is no earthly reason why much should be done, or indeed any thing, for those who are so much able as the middle classes are to help themselves. " With respect to technical education," Mr. BRIGHT believes that some children will always be superior to others, and hence what is called Training is not of the usual account, as some suppose. He grounded this assertion on the fact that in the United States such a thing was unknown, and yet the Americans have been surpassed by no nation in progress of every kind. He attributes their surprising success which has enabled them in forty years to give the world more valuable information than all Europe put to gether to the fact that in the United States " there is no class which is not sufficiently educated to be able to read and to comprehend and to think ; and that, I maintain, is the foundation of all subsequent progress." We know that Mr. BRIGHT does not look upon all social institutions with a very favourable eye, and he con siders that the extremes of rich and poor among us are in a great measure the cause of our being be hind the Americans in many things. The rich have no incentive to make great exertions, and the poor have no inducethent, because they are ignorant ; whereas in the United States there is more equality, and there is a great reservoir of human intellect, power, and endeavour. It would not suit the people of this country to follow out all the transat lantic theories, but there is no reason what ever why they should not imitate those practices which time and experience have shown to work well and advantageously. The advice here tendered is sound so far as it goes. Mr. BRIGHT declares that if we were to establish throughout the country a system of primary edu cation, and " give to the people the power to read an d to think, that we should have a broad and great foundation, from which would arise almost all else that we want." So simple a remedy is cer tainly deserving of being tried, and it will be a great shame if it is not made after the various appeals that have *berm made in all directions and by men of all shados of opinion and division of politics con cerning Still it may be said that distinct and special ed rication is not to be neglected, for it may enable its possessors to attain to heights of excel lence th.lt else they could never effect. The notion of establishing museums in Birmingham and other great towns is a very good one, and Mr. BRIGHT very properly urges it as a desirable one, and wishes that some of our interested men would lend their aid to supply this deficiency. We agree with the hon. member for Birmingham that it is monstrous to say that a town like that should go to the Gov.ernment because it has not public spirit enough to act for itself. We are glad to see that Mr. BRIGHT is against a compulsory and forced attendance at school, which would tend, as he says very truly, to " produce a reactionary kind of feel ing among the people that would defeat the very purpose we have at heart." Some of the remarks made here by Mr. BRIGHT will disappoint the more eager and ardent devotees for im provement, but what he facetiously calls his " slow and conservative ideas" are the safer ones, and mote likely in the end to pro duce satisfactory results. Those who are taking the most pains in the matter are very apt to forget that those who are now ignorant must not be hurried and driven, but induced by slow degrees and with patient effort to realise great and compre hensive changes ; and, as Mr. BRIGHT says, it will not do to bring too much weight to bear on the people, or they will infallibly re fuse that support and co-operation so neces sary to insure success in this important under taking. Altogether we can confidently declare that this speech of Mr. BRIGHT'S on the great question of the day, the education of the people, may be read with pleasure and profit, for it is initiated by the right spirit, and is in no wise extravagant or ill judged. More exciting and anxious topics have of late engrossed public attention, and constitutional asso ciations and provincial meetings have been little heeded. At the same time there were some features in the meeting of the Maidstone Constitutional Association which distinguish it from the generality of such assemblies. The inaugural meeting of the association was held on Tuesday evening at the Corn Exchange, Maidstone, so that it cannot boast of much antiquity as yet ; but it was chiefly no ticeable as being largely attended by working men, who listened to the speeches and cheered their favourite sentiments with great good will, and remarkable unanimity. The speeches were Conservative in tone, and the borough, as matters at present stand, is represented in Parliament by two staunch Liberals, so that it was to the credit of both parties that there should be no disturbance, nor even difference, among the crowds who filled the hall. It is an encouraging sign of the times that our working men are showing more interest in meetings and associations of this kind to whatever party they belong. Their influence cannot fail to be beneficial and elevating to them. Men who have been long in Parliament, who have mixed much in politics, and studied the affairs of foreign nations, take a very different and more enlarged view of things than those who write and speak specially to working men. The latter have been too much in the habit of addressing themselves to the precon ceived notions of the classes they are dealing with, of humouring their prejudices, of flattering their vanity, of trading upon their class jealousies and antagonisms. We have no doubt that the work ing men who visited the Paris Exhibition learned from that visit more wholesome truths than they would have listened to at home during many a long day. A range. of Au increase of knowledge theirsympathies,ande would widen the nablethemto un derstand the real effect of some of the mischievous doctrines of the day. The change which has taken place in the relative position of England and the continental nations with respect to manufactures, is due in a great measure to the partial and mis taken notions which have been current among our working men. Instead of all uniting heartily for employers and employed to keep up the prestige formely attached to English workmanship, and to secure for their country the majority of orders, there has existed among our men and their masters that internal division against which no house can long stand. In the abroad h a a t s h h o e m en e, t o h v e erl f o a o r ked mo o re r o a f b r c o l dangerdangerous e a l r o i v u s a i l e s r y disregarded, and the result is such as all must deplore. The best cure for the prejudice and narrow views which have had a good deal to do with the mischief is to enlarge the minds of our working men by a little more intercourse out of their own immediate range, which would teach them the tolerance gained by perceiving that every large question has many sides, respecting which honest men may justly and reasonably differ. The speeches Lordchesat MaidstoneiloL3m E, M.P., w spwAeLrefairand asin the reason able g chair, and the principal speakers were Dr. , h M op . e P fu . and Mr. RAIKES. view of the r 3 r l h o e N s e c K g - r e o n N t 1 , e m M e r n . took D YK a E politi cal situation, and rejoiced greatly over the events of the last session. In criticising the careers of the most prominent political leaders, one or two speakers referred with satisfaction to the recollec tion that it was Maidstone which first sent Mr. DISRAELI into Parliament. The Li berals were blamed for their long neglect of Reform, and their determination to keep the question as a political pressure of their own. It was admitted, however, in several quarters that much depended on the course which the gLoderate Liberals might adopt in the future. If they iden tified themselves with the extreme members of their party, who looked for nothing else than a total subversion of our institutions, great mischief would result, whereas if they followed a more moderate and constitutional policy their influence must be beneficial. While speaking on this subject, Mr. RAIKES very sensibly observed that the new consti tuents should never forget that it was the poor who were above all other classes interested in the pre servation of order. The recent outrages and attempts at anarchy in London had not, he said, taken a shilling out of the pockets of any landlord ; but who could say bow many thousands of working men they had been the indirect means of throwing out of work ? The new constituencies must not, he reminded them, overlook the importance of patience and caution, and must not believe that hasty legislation, how ever excellent, would set everything right in a day. The advice was taken in good part, and the pro ceedings came to an end, after a very satisfactory evening. The Atlantic Telegraph informs us that:the New York papers of the 4th instant contain a report of the resignation of Mr. ADAMS. As yet there is no official confirmation of it, so we may reserve our judgment, but the statement is not in itself im probable. Mr. ADAMS may well be weary of his laborious and responsible duties, and may prefer, under the existing circumstances of the American Government, to seek a less distinguished and less arduous office, or possibly it may be thought at Washington that a fresh Minister may throw fresh light on the Alabama claims and the Fenian difficulties. Under any circumstances the resignation of an able and experienced Ambas sador at a critical and complicated time is a matter of regret. Mr. ADAMS has acquitted himself with credit, and has contrived to negotiate awkward and irritating matters without giving offence. We have, too, owing to the lamented death of Sir FREDERICK BRUCE, a change of Ambassador on the other side of the Atlantic, so that there is a com plete alteration. The news may not be confirmed, but if it should be, we must hope for a prudent and enlightened successor to our old friend Mr. ADAMS. LATEST INTELL WINCE. (R EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YGRx, Feb. 5. President Johnson has signed the bill repealing the internal cotton tax immediately, and the im port duty on foreign cotton from Ist November, and also the bill authorising the sale of the sur plus ironclads. HUNGARY. PESTH, Feb. 5, Evening. The Emperor and Empress of Austria arrived here this evening, and m , ere received with acclama tions by the people. The streets of the capital were voluntarily illumi nated, their Majesties having declined an official reception. THE SERVIAN ARMAMENTS. VIENNA, Feb. 6. The Debatte of this morning states that, follow ing the example of Prussia, Russia has also sup ported the protests submitted by Austria, France, and England, to the Servian Government against the armaments now being carried on by that Power. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Feb. 5. The King, Queen, and suite have returned here, from their hunting excursion to Villa Viccosa. A tumult occurred near Braga, between the people and the troops escorting the Royal party. The troops fired, and killed and wounded several persons. TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1868. FRANCE. BOURSE, FEB. s.—The market is not altogether satisfactory to-day. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month... Ital 4 an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 6B 65 Mexican Loan ... 16 50 Credit Mobilier 176 25 Do. Bonds End of month... 178 75 Spanish Threes Credit Fonder ...1380 Home Debt End of m0nth...1383 75 Deferred — iIAILWA Account Orleans .,. 8821 Northern ll6lk Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Western Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain 7ok Saragossa Roman TilE WORKING BEES. The little woodcut which lies before us as we write tells of another year having gone over the head of an institution whose unbroken career of success has been for more than a quarter of a cen turybeehive, and the rapiogY growing figures, belong t o chronicled i n these columns. The well-known our old friends, the Provident Clerks' Association. Within a very recent time it seems to have sprung from a small, compact institution, whose merits were little known and by no means appreciated as they deserved, into one of those " great facts" which the energy and enterprise of our fellow countrymen now and then put forward to show what English intelligence and English self-reliance can achieve. We never meet their p lacar ds on those vast hoardings which are co vered wit h the announce mentslittle o f t hem among figures of their of every the of loud - sound in g mp any ; we hear but trumpets of the commercial world ; that the ir advertisements balanceare s iverys h eet et lainl mode ratescale , yshow;and the yet, in this plain and unobtrusive career , the y have contrived to get together an income exceed in g £ 70 , 0 00 a year, and a solid invested fund of THREE HUND RED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOUNDS. From what was stated at the p annual meeting, too, it is clear that the business is not only a large but a profitable one, as the bonus now about to be declared will not only equal but exceed, any of its predecessors. When the crash of the past two years is taken into account, and when we consider how many of the first class of offices have found it necessary to reduce their bonuses, and in some cases to suspend them altogether, it is indeed satisfactory to find an institution whose past history is e. guarantee for its sound and pru duent management able to show a clear realised profit of more than fifty thousand pounds wholly divisible among the assured. Such an institution must have before it a great future, and although the title of the office implies a class interest, its members (who now number more than 10,000) are found in every class in the country, nor could the " settlement policies" of the noble, or the heavy insurances of the wealthy merchant be better placed than in an association which has BO safely and so profitably guarded the careful savings of the clerk and the tradesman. We are much pleased to find that the directors have associated with this office a guarantee associa tion, which, though entirely distinct as to its capital, &c., is nevertheless worked so far in harmony with the life office as to benefit in a very large degree the members who are able to av a il th emse l ves o f the advantages held out by both institutions. AIR. BRIGHrS POETIC QUOTATION. -- ---0-- TO THE EDITOR OF THE 51114* SlB,—The lines quoted by Mr. Bright, and of which he avows his ignorance as to the author, are from Lord Byron's " Lara " : " Within that land was many a malcontent, Who cursed the tyranny in which he bent. That soil full many a wronging despot saw, Who worked his wantonness in form of law." This is only one of the very numerous instances in which Mr. Bright, the teacher of nations, the rectifier of the Mi n i s t ry, h as shown his utter igno rance of very co mmon English litera ture. portions of Feb. 5, 1868. I am, Sir, yours, &c., J. W. WORTHINGTON. THE CATASTROPHE AT BOW. —yesterday Mr. Humphreys, coroner, held an inquiry at the London Hos pital relative to the fall of the smoke-shaft at Messrs. Farman and Son's dye-works at Bow during the storm of Saturday last, by which Eliza Thompson, aged 54 years, Agnes M'Cormick, aged 44, and Grace Drumming, aged 38, lost their lives. The inquests on the two last-mon tioned women were opened at the Clay-house Tavern, Bow. The deceased wore the wives of dyers, and we; e employed at Messrs. Farman's works on Saturday last, when a shaft of s ome 40 f eet hi g h f e ll u pon the roof of a building, some and others. crushing Th i e t in killed tlaem , and witness remembered that it was re p a ired and 5 feet added to its height se ven t een years ago ; ano ther said that 10 feet was added to it a b ou t f our years ago. There were appeared was old. One seriously in jured iron ties as braces at the aide, but it did not appear that any had been added after the structure was raised in height. Ultimately the inquiry WM adjourned, in order that the evidence of a competent and impartial aurveyor might be obtained as to the condition of the structure of the shaft. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5. The French Press Bill may be consideted As now vir tually law. It is an extension of liberty which will leave France behind most of the States of Europe, Russia and Turkey being the principal exceptions, in respect to free dom of publication, but it is still a step in the right direction. Rumours have been current that M. Rouher and M. Pigard had resigned their seats on account of their being unwilling to modify the press law to suit the Arca dians. Persigny, Jerome David, and General Fleury were named as the ornaments of a reactionist Ministry to succeed the present. The Bourse fell slightly in consequence of these rumours, but it is now plain that they were without foundation. At *the same time it was supposed here that the Stock Exchange in London was under some bad influence. It was reported that Consols were g lower, and the spectre of the Eastern question was believed to have been seen by speculators. We are now told that neither Fenian alarms nor Russian designs had anything to do with it, and the Bourse is again quiet. As to M. Rouher and the Ministers, they are safe, and the debate on the Press Bill is hardly worth following. That the bill will be materially altered, or its punitive clauses made less severe, I do not expect. A report from Madrid states that the Queen of Spain has determined to send 10,000 men as auxiliary troops for the Holy Father. Another 1 - 1 ;gal present. The Emperor has transmitted to the Queen of Prussia two splendid vases of Sevres porcelain. It seems these vases attracted the Queen's attention at the Exposition. A grand banquet was held a few days ago at the French Embassy in Berlin. The magnificent bouquet presented by M. Benedetti to the Queen of Prussia was got up in Paris. It was composed entirely of riolettes de Parme, and cost 140 f. (25 125.) A grand ball is to come off at the Hotel de Ville on the 13th. A brilliant reception took place yesterday at M. Magne's. According to a letter from Athens, dated 30th ult., a Russian frigate had landed 1,200 Cretan women and chil- dren at the Pirmus. The Greek Government has given an order for 10,000 Chassepot rifles. The Havas Agency have forwarded to the papers a Japanese official document, intended to explain to foreigners events that have recently transpired in that empire. The Tycoon's address reads like a communiqué. He states that he has resigned his authority into the hands of the Mikado, "to warn the public against com ments which could only cause disquiet." The Tycoon had, however, come to the conclusion that unity of power was essential to good government, and he preferred to sacrifice himself to the public weal. Foreign Powers are assured that treaties will be faithfully carried out, and their for bearance is asked for during the operation of the changes in the government of the country. The Itloniteur contains an interesting résumé of facts lately published in England of the wealth and pauperism of the United Kingdom. The article admits that the poverty existing in the large towns is only a social (not a political) danger. Efforts, the writer thinks, should be made to employ more of the people in agriculture. The mail steamers bring us frightful pictures of the condition •of nearly all the Spanish republics in South America. War or revolution appears to be everywhere. The last rising seems to be in Bolivia, where General Acha is seeking supremacy. The Nacion Argentina professes to give the secret of the power of Lopez in Paraguay. Ac. cording to the Nacion, the Dictator has had an enormous cage of iron constructed, in which he keeps ten jaguars. The bodies of those who are accused of treason are em ployed to nourish the jaguars. A decisive battle was be lieved to be imminent the date of these advices. Almost the only good news we have is that an excellent harvest has been gathered in Chili. AL Emile Angier is to be made a commander of the Legion of Honour. Count Bismarck has announced in the Prussian Cham ber another step in a liberal direction. It is the inaugura tion of a scheme to give to each prince of the Confedera tion the management in part of its own finances. Thi l was announced as a matter of high importance, tending towards a large and wise measure of decentralisation. A Florence telegram appears in the continental papers, which may explain the recent mission of Lord Clarendon to Italy. It states that a daughter of his lordship is about to be married to Mr. Odo Russell. The famine in Tunis is producing dreadful effects. The crops in the Regency have failed for two years in succession, and the inhabitants are reduced to the last degree of desti tution. A letter is published, written by Mr. Wood, her Majesty's Consul-General at Tunis, relative to the suffer ings among the Arabs in the Regency. He states that " the famine is hurrying thousands 4 , 1 our fellow-beings to their graves from sheer starvation. In the streets of the town, on the roadsides, in the fields, the corpses of the wretched Arabs are found in frightful numbers. A -ghastly harvest is gathered in the morning of those who have died in the night." In some cases parents have de serted their children on the roads, being no longer able to find food for them, and in others they have .sold them for a few shillings to buy food for them selves. In the city of Tunis alone the mortality from . starvation amounts to 100 per clay, and as private charity becomes exhausted the number will, it is feared, go on in creasing. The famine extends to the cattle, the grass having disappeared from the fields. Notwithstanding the severity of the calamity, no disturbances or acts of violence have been reported. Steamers from Glasgow touch at Tunis, and Mr. Wood undertakes to distribute any relief that may be sent to him. Rebellions and revolutions are the principal - political phenomena of Mexico, as they have ever been. Yucatan has been favoured with a pronunciamento and a forced loan by Don Villafana, and the country placed by the Government of Juarez in a state of siege. The butcher Escobedo has perpetrated a series of executions to suppress mutinies among his soldiers. One Sunday morning he had thirty-three of them shot and a number flogged. Most of the northern part of the country seems to be in a state of revolt. Bandits and kidnappers pervade the whole of Mexico. A gentleman was recently seized near the capital, and was only released on payment o f $15,000. A child was carried off to the moun tains, and as parents were told that unless a ransom of $2,000 were sent the child would be killed. For the ransom of a banker $60,000 dollars were, it is said, extorted. It i s supposed that Juarez will ask Congress to invest him with the " ample faculties " he lately resigned, on the plea that the country needs a Dictator. The Government sets a bad example to its subjects. The British Legation had no sooner left Mexico than the Government seized a sum of money in the hands of Barron, Forbes, and Co., belonging to the English conventional bondholders. They pretend to acknowledge the validity of the debt, and allege that they will pay it over to its owners. Perhaps Lord Stanley will see to that. The Herald is enabled to state that Sir Charles J. Selwyn Q.C., M.P. for the University of Cambridge, has suc ceeded to the Lord Justiceship of Appeal in Chancery, vacted by Sir John Rolt, and declined by Sir Roundel]. Palmer. The new Lord Justice is a son of the late Mr. William Selwyn, Q.C., of Richmond, in Surrey. He is a brother to the new Bishop of Lichfield, to Dr. Selwyn, Mar garet Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, and to Captain Jasper Selwyn, R.N. He was born in 1813, and was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. In 1840 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, of which he is a bencher, in 1856 he was made a Queen's Counsel, and for several years has enjoyed a leading practice in the Rolls Court. He was appointed Solicitor-General on the elevation of Sir John Rolt to the Lcrd Justiceship in July last, and the conse quent promotion of Sir John Karslake to the post of Attorney. General. • The changes in the Court of Chancery Appeal since the accession of the Conservatives to power have been of a most remarkable character. Before Lord Derby took office for the third time, the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner sat together year after year as regularly as term succeeded term, 'until they almost came to be regarded as permanent fixtures in Lincoln's Inn. They sat out three Parliaments, and while they heard argu ments and delivered elaborate judgments, no fewer than five Administrations came into existence and passed away. They witnessed the transfer of power from the hands of Lord Aberdeen to those of Lord Palmerston, from Lord Palmerston to Lord Derby, from Lord Derby back to Lord Palmerston again, from Lord Palmerston to Earl Russell, and from Lord Russell to Lord Derby. No wonder that rising equity barristers made the longevity of the judges a proverb in their courts. Lord Derby had not been in office a quarter of a year before Lord Justice T(night Bruce bent beneath his weight of years, siu-ren• , tiered his post, and died within a fortnight of his retire.. lient. Eight months afterwards the hell of Lincoln's run tolled for the memory of the colleague with whom Sir James Knight Bruce has sat so long, and with whose olccisions he so generally concurred. Sir John 11(..lt, who succeeded Lord Justice Turner, enjoyed the reward of a long and laborious professional life only six nlonths, when he was stricken with paralysis and obliged to resign that which he had so deservedly won. It is earnestly to be hoped that with two comparatively young men on the bench, the Court of Chancery Appeal will now be able to make some progress with the business be fore it. Lord Cairns is six years younger than Sir Charles Selwyn ; he was called to the bar four years later, and received his silk gown in the same year wllich saw his colleague invested with the dignity o: LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MIIRRAT V. 'WEBSTER.-- This case was concluded in the Bail Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Shee and a common jury. The action was brought against the lessee of the Olympic Theatre, upon a contract. It appeared that in 1866 the plaintiff was engaged at the Olympic, when under the management of Mr. Horace Wigan, to play first low comedian, and Irish parts, at a salary of £8 per week, and a clear half-benefit. When the defendant became th e lessee of the Olympic, the plaintiff entered into an engage. ment for a salary of £7 per week. The engagement was for the season, a period which depended upon the manager and the success of the piece ; and it was generally termi. rutted by a notice put up in the green-room. In the begin ning of July plaintiff asked Mr. Kinloch, the acting manager, when he was to take his benefit. Mr. Kinloch suggested his applying to the eefendant, and he accordingly wrote to the defendant to fix his benefit. The defendant admitted that he had received the letter, and it had escaped his memory. The plaintiff, receiving no answer, made an engagement for the ensuing season to perform at the New Queen's Theatre. On the 3rd August a notice was posted up in the greenroom to the following effect :—" 'Those ladies and gentlemen who are desirous of renewing their engagement for the ensuing season are requested to snake their application in writing to Mr. Kinloch"—an intimation that the season was draw ing to a close ; and as by the rules of the theatre thrree weeks' notice was required to be given to the manager before a benefit could come off, the plaintiff contended that he would not be allowed sufficient time in which to make his arrangements, and he according spoke again to Mr. Kinloch, and again pressed him to fix his benefit. He afterwards saw the defendant and spoke to him about it. Defendant complained that he thought the plaintiff had not acted fairly or courteously towards him in not giving him the refusal of his services when the mistake with reference to the letter was explained. On the fol lowing day plaintiff asked the defendant to arrange about the benefit, and he was told to apply to the manager. He pressed the manager to fix a time, but he said he could not without Mr. Web. ster's consent ; no benefit was offered, and no day wasfixed. " The Two Puddifoots " was cast, and the character of Ba f fles was cast to him, on the ground that it was not first comedy. Mr. Wigan said he was much annoyed with the plaintiff for so doing, and, in reference to the benefit, all Mr. Wigan said was, "As you will not play Ba f fles, I shall fine you a week's salary, and not allow you to make any change in the programme." Five benefits bad taken place prior to this date, and the actors and actresses had the invariable privilege of changing the programme and select ing their pieces, subject to the approval of the manager. Plaintiff estimated a clear half benefit to be worth between £6O and £7O at the Olympic. The part of Baffles, in " The Two Puddifoots," was not a first comedy part, but de cidedly a farce old man. Puddifoot, jun., was the first low comedy part. That character was assigned to Mr. Horace Wigan. The farce had been cast three times at the Adelphi, and Ba f fles had been cast for Mr. Stephenson. Mr. John Clarke read the farce, and considered Puddifoot, jun., was his part. The defence was that the character of Ba f fles was the only low comedy part in the piece, and that plaintiff himself re fused to take his benefit.—His Lordship asked the jury the three following questions s-Ist. Did the defendant offer the plaintiff a benefit during the season, and, if so, in what • piece ? 2nd. Did he, by the rules of the theatre, give the defendant three weeks' notice? and 3rd. Did the plaintiff refuse to play in " The Two Puddiforts," and if so was Baffles a first low comedy part ? And in the event of their.finding for the plaintiff with regard to that benefit, what damages had been sus tained ?--.The jury having answered the questions in favour of the plaintiff, the learned judge directed a verdict to be entered for the plaintiff for £7 for the week's salary, and £5O damages for the clear half benefit, with leave to the defendant to move on the question of the benefit. ANOTHER ACTION AGAINST THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—In the Court of Common Pleas, before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and a special jury, the case of Hunt v. the London and North-Western Railway Company came on for hearing. This was an action to recover damages for injuries sustained upon the defendants' line.—Mr. Prentice, Q.C., and Mr. Matthews appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Giffard, Q.C„ and Mr. Staveley Hill for the defendants.—The plaintiff was a secretary to four of the Starr Bowkett building societies, and last summer h e was in the course of establishing two more of such societies, to which he was to be secretary. On the night of the Ist July he was returning from Bushey, he having been to Watford to attend a meeting of one of the new societies; when the train ran into an engine which w as u p on th e li ne. Th e pla i nt i ff sa i d that he was shot forward as though from a gun, and fell upon the floor. He got upon the seat, and after a short delay he went on his way to Londcn. When he was examined, it was found that there was a skin wound on the leg, and the plaintiff felt pain all down one side of his body, and had great difficulty in walking. For six or seven weeks he could not attend to his business, and then, when he went to his books, he suffered from headache, and was unable to work as he had done before. These symptoms continued in a mitigated form down to the present time. As to pecuniary loss, the plaintiff had to give up the two societies which he was in the course of forming, and his income from those already established was in three instances about £6O, and another £5O a year. He had paid £lO for as sistance in his work during his incapacity ; and in addition there were the charges for medical attendance. — Mr. Jenkins, a surgeon, and Dr. Buzzard were examined in reference to the plaintiff's injuries, and it was said that a medical man of eminence had examined him, but this gentleman was not called as a witness because he required twenty guineas as a fee for attending in court. 7 -The jury found for the plaintiff ; damages, DAMAGES FOR AN ASSAULT.—MUSICIANS IN COURT. — In the Sheriff's Court, Red Lion-square, before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and a special jury, the case of Cooper v. Best came before the court. This was an action in the Exchequer brought by Mr. Wilbye Cooper, th e vocalist, against Mr. William Best, the organist of St. George's Hall, Liverpool, to recover compensation for an assault. The defendant had allowed judgment to go by default, and the only question for the special jury (required by the plaintiff) was the amount to be awarded. The damages were laid at £2oo.—Sir George Honyman, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Roger Gadsden, appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Butler Rigby for the defendant.— Mr. Gadsden opened the case. —Sir George Honyman proceeded to narrate the circum stances under which the action was brought. Mr. Wilbye Cooper was the well-known public singer, and had belonged to the choir of the Temple Church. The action was brought for a most brutal assault com mitted by Mr. Best, who was the organist at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, at a salary of about £4OO or £5OO a year. The " Messiah " was to be performed. When Handel composed the oratorio there was an accompaniment of the solo parts by the organ, and when Mozart's accompaniment was played the organ did not play. On the occasion in question Mr. Best insisted on playing, and when Madame Rudersdorff was to sing her well-known air, "I know that my Redeemer liveth," Mr. Best still played, and that lady sent him a message. There was some dissatisfaction in the hall, and the people did not seem to appreciate Mr. Best as he appreciated himself. Mr. Cooper was annoyed, as well as Madame Rudersdorff, at the defendant's insisting on playing the organ, and Mr. Cooper said the way in which he was playing was " perfectly beastly." After the perform ance some conversation took place in the library between Madame Rudersdorff and the defendant, and he told her she was an impertinent woman. She appealed to Mr. Cooper, who forbore expressing any opinion ; but when requested to say what he had stated he gave his opinion, upon which the defendant rushed upon him and struck him. Mr. Cooper felt much hurt, and it was with pain he fulfilled his other engagements at Edinburgh and Glasgow._The jury gave a verdict for £5O. THE PERILS OF WRIT-SERVING.—At the Marylebone Police -court, Charles Thompson, milliner, was charged on a summons for violently assaulting a solicitor's clerk in the employ of Mr. Cooper, of 6, Portman-street, Port man-square.—Mr. Wilding, of Tichborne-street, Edgware road, defended.—Frederick William Perkins, the clerk, said he was ordered by Mr. Cooper to serve defendant with a writ. He had twice evaded him. On the 20th ult, he went again, and saw him in the window placing out the goods. He (complainant) was about to enter the door when defendant struck him and caused his mouth and nose to bleed. He had told defendant he had a writ for him to appear in the Court of Common Pleas. On the previous day complainant saw defendant, and he then said he was not Mr. Thompson.—He was fined 40s, and costs. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 5. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Christian, Princess Bea trice, and Princess Henriette of Schleswig-Hol stein. Her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Prince Leopold left bis bedroom on Monday. His Royal Highness is progressing most satisfac torily, though still very weak. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—Last evening was held the county ball, the chief event in the festive week at Kimbolton Castle, in honour of the visit of his Royal Bighness the Prince of Wales. The entertainment was a most brilliant one, and worthy of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and their august guest. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Misses Longley have arrived at Lambeth Palace from Addington Park, Croydon. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived at Byram, near Ferrybridge, on a visit to Sir John and Lady Gwendolin Ramsden. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans are ex pected to return home from their tour in Egypt and the Holy Land at the close of the present or early in the en suing month. The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort, Lord and Lady Londesborough, and a select company are staying with the Duke and Duchess . of Beaufort at Badminton. The coming of age of the Marqu,S of Worcester, in May, will be celebrated with extraoirdinary rejoicings at Badminton. The Earl and Countess Grey have arrived at Hickleton Hall, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Halifax, from spending a few days at Ossington with the Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison. Viscount and Viscountess St. Vincent and the Hon. Miss Jervis have left Brown's Hotel. Viscount Hamilton, M.P., arrived in town yes terday from Vienna, after attending the funeral of the Emperor Maximilian. His lordship has beers indisposed, but is rather better. He is still under medical advice. Viscount Bangor has left Claridge's Hotel for Dublin. Lady Langdale and the Countess Harley Teleki have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from EyNN ood, Kitigton, Herefordshire. The Dowager Lady Wombwell has been very ill at her house in Bryanston-street for the last month. We hear that her ladyship is gradually improving. THE PROPOSED FOREIGN CATTLE MARKET.— MEETING OF BUTCHERS AND SALESMEN.—On Tuesday a meeting, convened by the Butchers' Trade Society, was held in Butchers' Hall, Eastcheap, for the purpose of tak ing steps to oppose the establishment of a separate market for the sale and slaughter of foreign cattle ; Mr. Healy, J.P., in the chair. Resolutions in accordance with the ob jects of the meeting were adopted. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—The second whip to the Marquis of Hastings (Mr. Judd) has met with a serious accident near Gaddesby. His horse, which was some what spent by the chase, in taking a railed fence, caught the top bar and fell upon its rider, who lay several seconds without being able to extricate himself. Although there was no fracture he received considerable internal in jury. THE LATE GENERAL COUNT ZAMOTSKl.—Yes terday a solemn requiem mass was sung at the Polish Chapel, Gower-street, Bedford-square, by tho Rev. E. Podolski, for the reposo of the soul of General Zamoyski, who died at Paris, which was fully attended by his fellow countrymen, as well as many English Later in the day a meeting of the Polish Historical Society was held at Sussex Chambers, Duke-street, St. James's. Major Szulczewski occupied the chair, and paid a tribute to the memory of the departed, whose loss is also regretted by a large circle of friends in England, where he was known and respected. MR. APLAREN, M.P., ON COMMERCIAL MOR TALITY.—In addressing the members of the Scottish Trade Protection Society, in Edinburgh, on Monday, Mr. Duncan M'Laren, M.P , said he hoped the experience of the last few years would be a warning at least to the present generation, and that we were not likely again to have the railway mismanagement or cooking of accounts which we had seen, and that still less would there be new companies got up with names as decoys, as had too often been the case, to lead the unwary into speculations which ought never to have been started. He believed that the number of distinguished persons who em barked in those new concerns, and set them agoing was very small. He believed that the same parties had been paraded over and over again, and that lists had been made up showing that directors in London were direc tors of more than a dozen companies ; and that they got the sort of nickname of guinea hen or guinea pig, from the fact that they went from one company to another in one day, getting their names put down in the sederunt, and getting their guinea—picking up in that way some 10 or 15 guineas in a single day by going the round of these companies. They could easily guess how these companies were managed when such a sys tem prevailed. It was really the fault of the publio themselves. The gullibility of the public was really _extraordinary. They saw some chairman advertised who happened to be a lord, a baronet, a member of Parlia ment, a general, or an admiral ; and that led them to take shares in these companies. It was amazing that people should be so gulled by mere names as to ven ture their money on such hazardous speculations and he hoped that the severe lesson that had been taught would be ono of a very lasting kind. He might state that he had had such a horror of these things that he had never bought a share in any company for the last ten years. DISCOVERY OF HAND GRENADES AT COLDBATH FIELDS.—Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, James Stanlake, living at 1, King's-cross-road, on going to his work at Mr. Birch's timber yard, at the corner of Calthorpe-stroet, found concealed amongst the timber two large hand grenades, both in heavy iron cases, and of a spherical form. One of them was empty, but the other was loaded and quite ready for use. There was a plug inserted in the end, with an aperture for the fuse to be ap plied, but the fusee was missing. The empty grenade showed appearances of having been discharged. How they came there remains a mystery, but Stanlake went to the Bagnigge-wells-road station, and placed them in the hands of Mr. Superintendent Gerron, who immediately communicated the finding of these missiles to the police authorities at Scotland-yard. At present no clue has been obtained as to the person who placed them where they were found. ACCIDENTS WHILE HUNTING.—A sad accident occurred in the hunting field, near Bristol, on Monday. In the morning Lord Fitzhardinge's hounds met at Almonds bury, and, having started two or three foxes, had a splen did run towards Iron Acton. Following them was Mr. William Young, of Stock Farm, who rode a capital horse. At Lattridge :Hill there is a heavy drop fence, and the horse in jumping it stumbled and fell upon Mr. Young. He was carried into the house of Mr. Blanch, a relative living at Lattridge, and it was found that he was so seriously in jured that medical aid had to be at once called in. The unfortunate gentleman died in a short time from the effects of the injuries he sustained. The horse was a well known steeplechaser. On Tuesday morning a serious accident befell Captain Ogilvie while out with the Burn ham harriers, near Huntspill. His horse took a leap over a ditch, and on landing on the other side slipped and fell , rain" over its rider. Captain Ogilvie was at once picked up, and removed to his residence at Puriton. When exa mined it was found that there was one or two broken ribs, besides a very severe shock to his system. On Mon day, during a run with Lord Middleton's hounds from the Scagglethorpe meet, a gentleman visiting Lord Middleton at Birdsall House, Mr. Wood, was injured by his horse falling at a fence, and was himself caught on the head by one of the animal's feet. The case is not so serious as was at first expected. TRESPASS ON THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S FisnERY.--At the Preston Sheriff's Coart, held on Tues day, a jury was sworn to assess damage in a case in which the Duke of Devonshire was plaintiff, and four fishermen, named respectively William Bird, John Bird, Wm. John eon, jun., and John Hall, were the defendants. The alle gation was that the defendants had committed trespass by fishing in a fishery belonging to the Duke of Devonshire, extending from the foot of Windermere to Morecambe Bay ; and this they virtually admitted by not entering an appearance against the writ, so that the jury wore only called upon to assess damages, in order that, if neces sary, an injunction might be obtained t 3 prevent the de fendants again taking fish within the limits mentioned. William Robinson, fisherman, living at Flookborough, said he had been in the habit of taking fish for the Duke of Devonshire within the limits mentioned for four years, and had known the district all his life. He knew the defendants well. They had never fished before last year, and then they took .arge quantities-as much as 401 b weight at a draught. The river contained more' fish last year than in any previous year lie had known, but fewer fish were caught. The defendants wore fishing nearly everyday during the season. They used the draw net, and he should think they took 400 fish, the average of which would be 101 b., so that they actually caught about 4,1001 b. weight The average price was is. per lb. Air • Thomas Rawlinson gave corroborative evidence, and said the quantity taken for the Duke of Devonshire was 3,615i1b. iu 1863, 2,118i1b. in 1866, and I,oBAlb. in 1867 —although in the last year there was a more plentiful supply than in 1865. The jury returned a verdict for AO SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE — This Day. (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Tweed, from Trieste; Louise, from Guernsey; Georges, from Shanghai ; Furet and Napoleon, both from Gravelines ; Lusitania, from Lisbon ; Admiral Nelson, from Guernsey ; Antonia, from St. Malo ; Beta, steamer from Oporto; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne; Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. _ _ Sailed—Shun Lee, for Adelaide ; Fern, for Nassau ; Greatharn Hall, steamer, for Lisbon ; Nineveh, for Syd ney ; British Admiral, for Bombay. _. _ DEAL, Thursday M orn i ng. Passed—Undine, from Baltimore, from Bremen. DEATH OF A JOURNALIST.—We (Birmingham Gazette) regret to announce the death of Mr. M acm ill an, editor of the Worcester Herald, which event occuared at h:s residence, at Renwick, on Monday night last. The de ceased gentleman was in his 63d year, and had been editor of the Herald for 32 or 33 years. -*) CH DI q Cirmlar.