The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-18 00:00:00

THE 'DEBATER IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER.

PARIS, MABC/1 16.

To-day in the legislative body the debate upon
M. Thiers' interpellation upon the foreign policy of the
government was continued. After a speech from M.
Latour, M. Rouher addressed the house. He commenced
by examining the course pursued by the government
during the late occurrences in Germany. Ile pointed out
that the unity of Italy did not involve any danger for
France, and declared that the government entertained no
regret for what had taken place in the Italian peninsula.
Danger, be added, could only ensue from revolution or
violent reaction. Then, reverting to the affairs in Ger-
many, be said:—" The conflict in Denmark was only a
pretext for the events which subsequently occurred. The
battle of Sadowa filled our hearts with patriotic anguish,
but we thought fit to have recourse neither to sullen
inertness nor to war, but accepted the task of media.
Lion--a labour which was not without difficulty nor
without glory. In presence of the partial realisation of the
unity of Germany what ie our duty? We must be firm
and precise ; there must be no hesitation and no compro-
mise. If it be thought that France has lost a single centi-
metre of her height we must draw the sword. I prefer
the solemn storms of war to a morbid disquietude, in
which our strength and prosperity would gradually be ex.
tinguished. France ought not to be alarmed at the events
in Germany, for the Holy Alliance is shattered and the
Confederation is dead." M. Rouher proceeded to refute
the assertion of M. Thiers that France had no allies.
" The day," he declared, "that Prussia threatens the
equilibrium of Europe, France and England will make her
comprehend that the age of ambitious follies is past.
Russia would also encounter the Western Powers united
if she should wish to realise the views in the East which
are attributed to her. No, no danger threatens France
from without. It little matters that France has not grown
in bulk if she grow in height ; and our sovereign has just
opened up to her activity new horizons of liberty."
In conclusion, M. Rouher said, "The coalition is extinct,
and will not revive under the sceptre of a Napoleon." M.
Rouber's speech was received with applause. AL Jules
Ferro, who then spoke, maintained that France could
have prevented the proceedings of Prussia and Austria in
the Danish question if she had wished. "The events," .
he said, " which ensued would not then have occasioned
the feelings of anguish to which M. Rouher has alluded."
M. Thiers subsequently proposed the adjournment of the
debate until Monday, which was agreed to. M. Picard's
demand for leave to interpellate the government relative
to the late senatus-consultum, which he alleges constitutes
an attack upon universal suffrage, has been rejected
by nine of the bureaux of the legislative body.
PARIS, MAsce 17.

The following are some additional details of the
speech delivered yesterday by M. Rouher, in the legis-
lative body :—He refuted the opinion that Prussia
would not be satisfied with the limits fixed by the
treaty of Nikolsburg, but would attempt to advance to
the Zuyder Zee. " Prussia," he declared, " has given
France the most absolute guarantees in this respect. Had
we not possessed these guarantees we should not have
',offered such acts of ambition, for France does not accept
unbridled ambition or unlimited pretensions." M. Rouher
did not believe th►t Russia harboured the ambitious and
perilous design of advancing to Constantinople. " If," he
added, "she were to make renewed attempts for that
object, she would encounter in the West, Powers having
the same interests, the same strength, the same will."
Prussia, he farther asserted, had no interest in facilitating
the alleged designs of Russia. He declared that the
relations of France with foreign Powers were of the most
friendly character, and said, as regards Russia, "Our
relations have never been more sincere, more loyal, nor did
they ever bear the impress of greater cordiality than at the
present time."

THE EASTER VOLUNTEER Revizw.—At a meet-
ing of metropolitan commanding volunteer officers,
held on Saturday at the rooms of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation, it was announced that it had been officially de.
cided that the forthcoming review shoule. be held at Dover.

The Newspaper Press Fund anniversary dinner
is fixed for Saturday the 29th of June, and even thus early
there are indications that the Right Hon. W. R. Glad-
stone, who has accepted the chairmanship, will be sup-
ported by a larger number of members of both homes of
the legislature, the bar, and the literary world generally, Mr. Henry William Burnett, Master, R.N., has
than perhaps has ever amvmbled to support the funds of been appointed amid mail neat an the Southampton
an excellent benevolent institution, station.

Drama.
ADELPHI.

Mr. Watts Phillips's long buried drama, Lust ix
London, which from a variety of causes has been rehearsed
and withdrawn many times during the last seven or eight
years, was at last produced at the Adelphi Theatre on
Saturday night, but not with Mr. Benjamin Webster in
the principal character. Mr. Webster is suffering from
illness, and the part specially written for him has been
transferred to Mr. Henry Neville, of the Olympic com-
pany, who undertook it, and made himself perfect in it at
a very short notice. Mr. Neville's forcible acting has much
to do with the success of the pieos, and the author may
consider himself lucky in obtaining so good and careful an
actor in the place of Mr. Webster.

It would be hardly fair to Mr. Phillips to criticise Lost
in London as if it were a drama hot from the anvil. Seven
years—so the natural philosophers tell us—is a period during
which all the atone of the human frame undergo an entire
change; and even with so stagnant and conservative an in-
stitution as the stage, a period of equal length rarely passes
by without witnessing some little alteration, disturbance,
or progress. The so-called " sensation drama " has been
introduced, has flourished, has shown symptoms of Aleut-
deuce, and has partially recovered its waning popularity,
since Lost in London was written. While Mr. Phillips% '
drama was quietly reposing in a dusty pigeon-hole of Mr.
Webster's room, Mr. Boucicault, with his Colleen Bairn
and his improved stage-management, has had triumphant
possession of the Adelphi stage ; Miss Bateman, the well-
advertised rival of Siddona, has come and gone ; Mr. Jef-
ferson,
with his Rip Von Winkle and intensely natural
acting, has appeared and disappeared ; soil glfeakaek has
had • short comic opera innings. If Mr. Watts Phillips
had written Lost is London recently we believe he would
have planned his drama so as to have avoided a number
of tedious " carpenter's scenes " that are only kept alive
by very conventional low comedy. His main plot is very
clear and simple, and is worked out by four characters.
Job Armroyd, a middle-aged miner, has married a young
wife, an orphan, who was left in his charge on the death
of her father. This girl, caring very little for her husband,
is flattered by the attentions of • mine-owner ruuned
Gilbert Featherstone, and she is half persuaded, half
forced to leave her Lome and fly with this man
to London. Job and • female friend named Tidily Drag.
glethorpe follow the fugitives, and, after a time, discover
them at a villa near Regent's-park. The erring wife, re.
pentant and broken-hearted, leaves her seducer and dies
at • cottage in the neighbourhood of London. This is
not a very cheerful story for the mere amusement seekers
of the theatre, and au attempt has therefore been made to
enliven it by introducing a comic tiger, who deals freely in
malapropisms, a mis-aspirating footman, and a lady's-
maid of the same type. Tidily Dragglethorpe is a serio-
comic character, one of those good, kind, gushing, blub-
bering, sturdy women, who appear to be the exclusive
property of Mrs. Alfred Mellon. There is no novelty
in the plot or characters. The villain is conventionally
bad; the poor people are conventionally good, and en-
dowed with a delicacy of thought, speech, and feeling that
is very far from being a copy of nature. The mining cha-
racter of the drama disappears after the first act, and has
no more to do with the plot than the coal mine had to do
with the play of Shadow Tree Shaft in which it was intro-
duced. Change the wicked coal owner of Lost is London
into a gay squire, the mining hand into a farmer, and the
mining hand's young wife into • village late, and we should
then have the familiar materials of that "domestic drama'.
which has so long been popular at our minor theatres.
The literary excellence of Mr. Watts Phillips's dialogue,
and the skill with which he has arranged the ending of his
first and second acts, alone raise Lost is London above
this level.

The part of Job Armroyd, idmirably played by Mr. H.
Neville, gives ample scope for passionate acting, and it
cannot fail to increase the reputation of the performer.
Nelly, the wife, in the hands of Miss NeiLson, becomes
little more than a pretty girl with a tendency to collapse
on sofas, carpets, chairs, 'Miscues, and tables. It wants
an actress of more experience and with a better delivery
than this young lady has at present to do it jus-
tice, Mrs. Alfred Mellon is, of course, powerful
and successful as Tidily, but her acting might be toned
down with advantage. Mr. Ashley bas a roost unthankful
part as the coalowner—the villain of the piece ; and we
have seen Mr. Toole to much more advantage than in the
conventional fooling of Blinker, a cockney tiger. Mr.
Phillips has sprinkled his drama with songs, comic and
serious, the comic song being an obvious device to gain
time for the setting of a scene. It is well sung by Mr.
Toole, a better vocalist than Mr. Ashley, who is entrusted
with the sentimental ditty. The play is well put upon
the stage, one scene, representing the interior of a coal-mine
in full work,bringing the whole stageof t he Adelphi —a very
fine stage—into use. The only fault we have to tind with it is,
that the practical shaft, up and down which the cages
ascend and descend with miners, is lighted with gas
instead of with the lime-light—the nearest approach to
daylight. A garden and villa near Regent's-park on a
winter's night is also an effective scene, and the ball-
room scene is also set with greater attention to details
than we have lately noticed at this theatre. The drama,
in spite of its dismal ending, was very successful, and Mr.
Watts Phillips and all the chief actors were called before
the curtain.

THE THREATENED STRUM OF ENOINZ-DRIVERS
AND FIRENEN.—The threatened strike of the driven and
firemen of the London, Brighton, and South Comet Rail-
way, which it was expected would take place to-morrow,
when the notices sent in to the company last week would
have expired, will not, there is now ieroon to believe,
occur. A deputation, consisting of seventeen drivers of
the line, waited by appointment on the dinettn at the
London-bridge station on Friday, and fur several hours
were engaged with them discussing the requirements con-
tained in their memoriaL The directors t were Sir
P. Arthur, Mr. Stewart, Mr. C. Child, . Cunningham,
and Mr. Wishes., besides the traffic manager and
superintendent. The chairman was absent. Objections
were made by many of the directors to the scale of
wages proposed in the memorial, and also to the ten hours
asked fur, and considerable discussion took place with re-
ference to the latter. The men were, however, firm, and
ultimately they gained this point. They will from Tues-
day, accordingly, work ten hours per day. It was gene-
rally admitted that all the requirements of the men might
he granted, but the chairman of the company being ale
sent, the deputation was asked whether they mould meet
the board on !Monday next, the 25th inst., and in the
meantime withdraw their notices. At first the men were
not inclined to consent to the latter ; but on an express
understanding that if at that time their v lobes were not
conceded, their notices would still be in force, the request
was granted, and the men having thanked the directors
for the conciliation displayed towards them, with-
drew. The memorials of the Great Northern,
Great Eastern, end South Western have not
yet been answered, but it is expected that a deputation
will wait on the directors of the latter company this week.
Mr. Beanie, the locomotive superintendent of the South
Western, received. representative of the driven on Friday,
and entered fully into all their grievances. The result of
the interview leaves little doubt that the confenmee of
the deputation which is to wait on the directors will be
satisfactory to both aides. Last evening meetings of the
engine-drivers and firemen were held, and much ,itisfac-
tion was expressed at the result of the interviews which
have already taken place.
FIREox A RAILWAY.—A singular accident
happened on Saturday morning on the Severn Valley
(Great Western) Railway, neer Shrewsbury. This railway
is down to its terminus at Hartlebury a single line, and is
worked on what is known as the block system." At
the Shrewsbury end, a short distance from the general
station, seignal-man'sbox was erected, anti fitted up with the
telegraphic apparatus necessary for the working of the
line. On Saturday morning, after the passage of the first
up-train, the signal-man went to his breakfast, leaving a
large fire in the stove, and in the course of about a .marter
of an hour the box was discovered to be on tire. The
flames, aided by a sharp wind, rapidly spread, and in a
very short time the place was completely burned down.
The telegraph batteries were of course destroyed, and com-
munication with the other stations being 'revered the
tragic was stopped till • pilot engine could be gut ready
and sent down the line to announce all clear. Throughout
Saturday and yesterday a pilot engine preoeded eachtrain,
train and this precaution will continue to be adopted till
the telegraph couaulutication can be mowed.
INDIA, CHINA, AND ADSTRALIAN (HEAVY) MAT/R.
--GHHUI.TAE, MARCH 16.—The Ceylon left at 9 CIO. to-
day for Southampton' where she may be expected early on
the 21st inst. All well.

On the 30th instant the Chancery vacation will
commence, and terminate oa the 9th April, both days in.

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THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, i 1867.
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Weak wea concemioa ;-
its.
i. CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERALISM. but at such a price as even the manager of an • terminable. attacks upon 016 Pune engendered by ewe •
. LATEST • INTELLIGEN ." THE FENI
unlimited company would hardly be bold enotigii -,,,,______
2. A NEW MORNING PAPER, to recommend. , I .
.. Discussing tie question elf flogging ia the army, the GARMALDI IN TURDT. ~ • ' Own oeft o
Discussing
'acmes to the conclusion that the danger of DI
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3. PRICE ONE PENNY. • mutiny in peculiar cases is not such as to compel the
without railway companies. They enjoy a kind retention of an objectionable punishment, rarely carried was) says the Naxione, the object of continuous . The eeeennts from
- • of practical monopoly checked by many legal into effect, and hedged round with cumbrous Wiens. PoP
ular demonstrations. He received various de_ is quiet. The City.
4. THE DAY. .peaceful than last nig
, plovisitms for .the protection of the public. But the whole solution lies in drawing to the army a sure- putations and amongst others those of Roman and -
5. T ORGAN OF CONSTITUTIONAL
This, however, applies only to their daily work- riot class of men, and by rendering the service so &Wm m
- Polish exiles. After 1 o'clock on the 12th the stu- The Dublin Liming At
HE
five as to make dismissal the highest punishment a soldier LI BERALISM. ing. The possibility that any great line
City of Dublin, have pai
can suffer. dents of the university in a body, preceded by a depu- sions for the county of E
orpooe
of cation from them, and accompanied by an immense
6. WILL IIE PUBLISHED TO-MORROW should cease working (exclusive of parlia-
The Post analyses the estimates for the p issued from the Hamner
crowd, came to pay him their respects. The general, . •
Tneeda)), March le mentary trains) would cause incalculable trouble settling the absolute requirements of the corning budget.
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temptation of the govern 7. OFFIOE-49, ESSEX-STREET, STRAND. and inconvenience. Most persons will think this The result is we have 2,008,0001. estimates for army, navy, havingbeen repeatedly called for, showed himself at foe limerick, Tipp, ,
danger remote, but it is far less remote than it and civil more than Mr. Gladstone sanctioned last year, the window, and after thanking the students, not yet been made."
BENSO'NS WATC H E S. seems. A year or two back the chance of a gnat and thus, in spite of revenues allowed to grow at a rate of said that he would see them at the Univer- -
58 and 60, Ludgate-1M; 25, Oldßool-grest railway being stopped by legal or financial clinical- 2 per cent, per annum, there must occur a deficiency of $
no sit
SUNDAY.-
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quarter of • million. city at 4 o'clock. Some persons having cried "terbium. whaeev.
JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD CHAINS by troy ties would have been considered out of the ques-
The Dail Naas tells Lord Stanley that he ought at a out that they wished to have one word report unusual tranquilli
weido. at realisable value, and the workmanship at tion. Now-a-days the event has too frequently .11 from him then, the general said :-" Well of drunken and disorder',
wholesale nianufarturerf pekes The gold In the chains gua- much earlier date to have used in the of the Tornado
threatened to occur to excite much more than a the peremptory language that at last was yielded to. But then I shall speak a few words, but on what sub- The Roman catholic prier
ranked, and repurehased at the prisiLcmhnisrgale
note,
passing remark. It is becoming a matter of serious to be peaceable and loyal
How much your chain weighs to the utmost carat, indemnity is none the less due by the Spaniards because jest I Shall it be Rome I (" Yes, yes.") Then I
The tlneuest if the gold, and charge for faahlon." consideration how the railway interest is to be sus- we have been lax in permitting their continuance in injus- shall speak of Rome to all of you who hear me, the shamrock. A nasal
Sera,unrEAßK attended divine service. I
Manufactory, 16, Henrietta-street, Coventuard W.C., London. faired. A government guarantee for the renewal lice. And the causeless sufferings inflicted upon witnesses and whom I love, without distinction-students quiet on the Cheshire aid
.„.; of loans has been refused, notwithstanding the are a barbarous contempt of decency, which finds no excuse and workmen-the one the apostles of intelligence, appearance whatever of
BROWN and POISON'S CORN Irld3uit' precedent ((f public assistance being promised to in any system of law*circulated on Saturday ta
for CHILDREN'S DIET. The .SVor directs attention to the fact that the Church. the others the missionaries of labour," He then the Albert Dock bad be
To mama extra profit by the sale ether Weds see soomeime the Irish lines. Suppose, however, that the
, rate Abolition Bill steads on the paper of the House of began to speak about Rome-the natural capital having been tampered a
offered Instead at BROWN and POLININE.
•• John B„4- •• Job. pow... is iv,/ b,, the maws ci, railways ascertain that they cannot pay their Commons for Wednesday. of Italy-which, by a liberticide marriage warehouses surrounding
each packet. way, and cease work. Can Parliament
_ was still politically separated from the rest of, mense value, and even
greatest precautions are 1
- compel them to run trains at a loss 1 or at least Italy. At 4 o'clock he proceeded to the Univer- by business with the pre
gite Orptetoo. what the directors choose to consider so. Perlis- the Court.
.___.,,,_ porters and others envie
arty, where a crowd of persons were assembled to out in the ere I
menu will soon have to consider the wholenine
-.---- WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 17. hear him. He addressed the students and people tance therefore attachi
question, since it involves an interest which t, but
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Yesterday being the anniversary of the death of from the gallery, and spoke about Trieste, the Zr.' evderld greathe cou
Advertisements soteeded for " The Expresa." London Evening in importance yields to none in the United Ring- lamented Duchess of Kent, her Majesty and the royal Trentino, Rome, and Nice, and suggested the authorities that it was e
Pater must be at the °Mee, 10, Bouverie-street, by Two dun, the national debt alone excepted. When ',does on the day of pablicatios. family went in the morning to F ore and visited the raising of a monument to the students who were
once the public take a view they hold it with a Duchess's mausoleum, and her Majesty gave permission the mine day the men be
killed in 1821. On the 13th the general left at soef rv
ae ' att.2tiore the
nt
1 i the rBdaliulol i
DRURY LANK. truly English tenacity. To reason is futile, to for it to remain open for a space of time to enable the 7.40 in the mo • for San Fioreno. ing certain resolutions ix
Taro Evaniso, FAUST. Mr. Phelps, Messrs. E. rhelpa, P.
Busby, Pit/mica Harcourt. a yre,Warner,
m./ ,
of their revered mistress. - any disturbance arise. 'I
SOH ; !Ira lIVITMLO %Ma. Mrs. H. A anienhort, & Isabel Adams. formed, and they will be obstinately held up to cant Hamlin, and &mom]
-And WANTED HUSBANDS FOR SIX. NISI L. Thompson. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied THE POPE AND THE ITALIAN ARMY.
thu very point when the holder begins to have a b _ .r, . . The Florence correspondent of the Times tele- Johnston, A. Pearson,
&KATMAI k RT. dim idea that, after all, he may have been wrong. rri ems Christian.
yPrince Arthur, attended present were Lieutenan
Dickey. The chairman I
Ton EVIUMPL DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Buck- • •arrived graphs under date of yesterday : nded by Major Elphinstone, conaideration the preseni
stone, Chippendale. Rogers, Clark. de •. Mesdames Moore, chip- We may conclude this to be the case with at the Castle in the eve • mug. " The Pope allows the Italian troops to enter conspiracy it is the duty
persist& ec.-Tilli SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buckstorte, the British public now. Railway securi-
nose, lama, dc.-And JENNY LIND AT. LAST. Miss Burke. The Queen, Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince his states to help the Pontifical troops to suppress Royal Naval Reserve to (
the local
ties, the next best to the funds, are de re Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, and the brigandage. Cardinal Antonelli was adverse. The ..meatiautentoant Pelt seconds
PRINCrIFS.
Tens HVIOIIIIO. Ills LAST LEGS. Meer/ Verner & Fenton: elated merely from an absurd distrust that can Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine ser- ' Blacks' are furious." Lieutenant Johnstonpro
Ilrs. B. White awl Miss Wentworth.-And THE STREETS OF hardly last long. If the public would take the vice this morning in the private chapel, seconded, "That Capt. FL. INDON. Messrs. Vining, V. Villiers. Shore, Catheter. Forrester,
Montagu sod li. KA and Mele Rev. W. Brookfield (chaplain in ordinary to the TURKEY AND CANDIA, be requested to forward Ireachd th Mellon ; Mn.Mrsnko. Miry trouble to consider, they would find that discrimi-
the
Queen) pee sermon. vitae,
A Vienna telegram of Saturday's date says :-
Ti end iead
rngok; ex')
ent ent
LI CHUM. nation will be their best safeguard, while vague The Duke of Buckingham (Secretary of State for the ~
m ITENING, SIMMS AND CO. Meseta. Emery &Price: l
aarm will only aggravate the existing and meet Colonies) had an audience of the Queen to-day. France, Austria, and Russia are unanimous for corps." The men preset
Miss Elswortlty. - DON CESAR DE BAZAN. Messrs. Pechter,
the cession of Candia to Greece. To-morrow it is rennmed resolve to sup
Jordan, DWI A. St. Alhyn ; Mrs. L Murray, and Silsbee limeade unreasonable evil.
services be required. ( and C. Leclerc.' -And THE TWO POLT& Mr. Widdicomb. The Prince of Wales attended Divine service at the to be proposed to Turkey." ment was felt on the
grEAND. Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. - -- Saturday, as several rum
Ting EVENINO, MARRIED DAV/HITTER AND YOUNG HIM OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The Communion Service was read by the Rev. Thos. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) effect that simultaneous)liAlies.-listittßALOA ; Olt. THE SENSATIONOOAT. Messrs. !Edmore and the Rev. J. R. Wood. commence in Liverpool
Thome, Janie., mduon, and Turner ; Mesdames Bwariborough, AUSTRIA. Fenian° would take ph
Hughes, Newton, Weathersby, Ac.-And A SUIT OF IWIJiIYs. (THIS DAY.) Anthem, "O taste and see," Goss.
New Brighton. In orde
..._.„„_._ Sung by Master Wood, Messieurs R. Barnby, Cum. VIENNA, limit' 18. inhabitants, Captain SiHOLBORN.
se THIS EVENING, MY TURN RECT. Mr. Belmont; three THE LAST REFORM PROPOSALS OF THE mirage, GOVERNMENT. " Herren Hopat and Haaner are said to have been Cheshire constabulary,
and Whitehou
Foote and LE01.01.-And FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Bel- Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. appointed President and Vice-President of the 3 o'clock in the afternoonmore, Blake, Vollalre, etc. ; MadamesF. Josephs, C. Saunders, If the position which the conservative ministry
arrived at Egremont, ass
Brie Foote. Addis', Lennox, ilaymead, etc. hold at the present time-a position created for them The sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop of Meath, lower house of the Reichsrath. volunteer drill-abed at ti
from 2 Samuel, chap. 12, vv. 13, 14.1,
BRITANNIA. partly by the natural course of events, and partly by the
The Duch of Cambridge and the C 1 Duchess of Admiral Tegethoff has been recalled from the
.and every precaution tai
THIS EVENDIG, THE FLIRT. Mews. Reynolds, Raeford, faults of their opponents-be lost, it can never again, mission assigned to him of inspecting the United 1 nx 7
' Mecklenburg Strelits attended the service. SHREWSBURY SUNDAI
and 11ic0,..1 Mrs Lane a Mesdames Ede in and ilacarthy.- remarks the Times, be recovered for the conservative States navy, and will be appointed to a command was prevalent here last
After which THE WATERMAN. Miss Esther Jacobs-To con-
clude with THE LAST LINK OF LOVE. Miss S. Miles. party in our generation. Springing from a deliberate
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the in the Austrian marine. out to-day, in oonseque
conviction that labour has not hitherto obtained
official residence of the First Lord of the Tree- the authorities had reo
visit of the Feniaus, wit
due weight in our representative system, the de-
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. scary, in Downing-street. The ministers pre- SERVIA. of the county armoury, mend for a comprehensive settlement has been made
TIE DAY -Morning, Oh. 24m.. „Afternoon, Oh. 50tn. of Derby,the sent were the Earl - BELGRADE, MARCH 17, Evittowa. area. The rumour rece
Marlborough, the Right Hon. Yesterda evening Turkish courier
To.nossow-Morning, la lam afternoon. lb. Cm more serious by the past treatment of the question. In
cellor, the Duke of y a
the measure to be proposed to-night the weakness consista .-.
opencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Duke of denly called up, and pb
-rod yesterday afternoon ade
here with despatches relative to the evacuation of where they remained on
in the provision for duality of voter', which has not the idu . •n
CKI gham, Su John Pakington, Sir Stafford meat took place on the
LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 18. slightest chance of being accepted in the House of Com- the Berrien fortresses by the Turkish troops.
Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the a depUt in the town.
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nions, and in the plan for redistribution which will never
Right Hon. H. L. Corn , the Duke of Richmond, simply precautionary, m
Tile railway interest is at present in grievous be accepted by the public. The paramount ascendancy pro- Lord J. Manners , and the Right Hon. Gathorne THE BRAZILS strafes on receiving in:
Mani* and the unexpected occurrence has taken pert, has in the electoral "oody is so firmly entrenched that Hardy BUENOS.
AYRES, FEB. 14. pearance of the Femme
universal suffrage itself would be powerless to dislodge it, Exchange on London, 50i to KU Wet salted to the present hour no
place of the chairmen and directors of rival lines. .
at the railway station, al
and a graduated suffrage shows &mistrust of those unique Mr. A. Laden Light, C.E., introduced by Viscount
waiting together upon the CHANCELLOR of the Monck, had an interview with the Duke of Buckingham hides, 32i. for GO. Dry hides, 41 for 23. Wool,
of true aristocracy.
safeguards which guarantee the security •
47 to 90. Tallow, 14. Lumber, 35 to 41. (of whom there are a cot
demonstration beyond tt
EXCHEQUER to solicit Government assistance, not
of attending chapel in la
No extension of the franchise that requires to be corn. and Chandos at the Colonial-office on Saturday.
to their several undertakings, but to one single pensated by a plurality of votes deserves to be carried at Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial- BOMBAY MAIL ins sprigs of shamrock
company in particular. The application has all Whether electors should be allowed to give all their office to the Governors of the West India Islands, British The militia and pensions
MALTA. MARCH 17. to remain under arms til
elicited nothing but a decided refusaL The Go- votes to one candidate is a wholly different question. The Columbia, British Honduras, the North American pro-
The Ripon left at 1 p.m. to-day, and the &mine SHErristo.-Dwing h
vernment seem to take the ground that if railways temper of the liberals and of the nation favour the work of Time., and Bermuda.
leaves at midnight. siderable excitement pre
the government if they will but abandon unworthy Weis- of an expectation that th
are virtually bankrupt, they must stand so before
The former may be expected at Marseilles on the of the town would alienthe public. No one would dream of asking a Chan- giving` HEALTH OF THEin RINCESS OF WALES.
P 8
DAY.)
The Daily News f Mr. Di li's "Mondays" in a. 2oth, p
--a telegram having beer and the latter at Southam ton about the • " riling." There were
color of the Exchequer for the loan of one or the house will be known to parliamentary history as the 27th inst. Liverpool, to the effect I
two hundred thousand pounds to save a mercan- blank Mondays, reminding seine hundreds of artless mem- We learn this afternoon that the Princess of GIBRALTAR, Mallen 17. intended making a demo
tile firm from stopping payment, and it is held hers of unsatisfactory hunting experiences, when no reynard Wales experienced but little rest during the night, The Syria, from Southampton 12th inst., ar- morning, ainudtre;.monyin
that a railway company has no claim for excep- can be found ; but nothing now can save the most secret of but there is an improvement noted to-day. rived to-day at 2p. m., and leaves at 7 p.m. fur ""
that " Love•bine,"c°whict
nsta
Ronal assistance. minister,' from breaking covert. Agood many "ten minutes° The Queen of Denmark's journey to England has Alexandria. She experienced bad weather. parts of the town, sou th
have elapsed since Friday, and since we know that ten
take place. Besides the
The Great Western Company has long en- . . . been delayed in consequence of the bad weather ; but from
minutes is the time requireiPby the leaders of the great a telegram received several rumours as to eon
joyed a peculiar position in the railway world. constitutional at Marlborough House this morning, it
party"for taking the British constitution to • •
seems that her Majesty maybe expected to arrive at Calais WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) inhabitants, which it war
Partly from its situation, and partly from a kind pieces and putting it together again with a new main- thia afternoon. Should the weather be then faverweble,the MoNDAT, MARCH 15, 8 A.M. to disregard, and accordi.
self in readiness to give •of undefinable prestige, perhaps remotely attribut- spring and a new balance-wheel, it is impossible to feel Queen will immediately craw to Dover, where aspecial train should they attempt any:
able to possessing the broad gauge, its position may quite certain before half-past 4 this afternoon that the has been prepared for her Majesty, and this will, as already 18. T. w. IiEtOI,. E77T"...1 pi. lu. i t milifai7authoritiesat the
be defined as the most aristocratic of modern lines. measure to be introduced by the Chancellor of the Ex- stated in the Express, proceed direct to Charing-erosa.
_l_,_ 1 4 as were also the officersof
- --- town, and it was detennin
The individual proprietors are unusually wealthy, chequer will be the same as, or even similar to, the one The Danish Minister and Lord Alfred Hervey left London Nwri, 24.04 26 8.8 E. 1 1 W. be 1- 1 arms all night, and that
and it is a well known fact that a certain distinc- upon which preliminary consideration, were offered on last night in order to meet the Queen on her arrival, and toitrldean • •
81.34', lit ? I W.N.W.. so.o o,oii t their drill rooms to protl
they will accompany her Majesty. tion attaches to a large holder of Great Western Saturday Z. modmailnlgo,ws that the • ministerial Ardroman 2976.331 E. 6 4 E. b- 1 4 :tteattionon Itet-erii„,°flie.
Itsnofittantheyntet.tilt
Oreenesstle 2568 se Z. I II EA.& co 0.02 6 .4
!stock. If ho receives infinitesimal, or, as on the measure in parliament is uncertain'!"N..k.u i _
~....1 - - _ _ -- - was a large reserve
quellat I
present occasion, no dividends at all, he is tram- says, conatitute its danger; but it must pass as a whole, His Excellency the French Ambassador had a ara.Z".:::tra-.62.-3, it.S.g. 6I -6 -I. .0- _.. -5 menu's notice
lether these penaated by a rise in social estimation. The case or as a whole be rejected. The only feature in it which dinner party at Albert-gate house on Saturday evening. Holyhead Sue 34 E. N.& 9, •
11 E. es/ -.„. ! leffect of preventing any i
of the railway is like that of a large landowner could safely be altered is that which limit. the India- Among his excellency's guests were the Marquis Clermont Penamm•-•
Proof ;II 2 Ittli. 1,7, 1; 1.7,A. ioar 1:71 ; rumours as tlitlie rising
whose estate is so eaten up by mortgages that he tributionf of. seatsth much too narrowly. The rest must Tonnerre, the Marquis and Marchioness San Germano, tortett 24:1351 144
1:31./. 141 :il KNNIL Ter I re: • v:,
or . aceable
whole" of
Count and Countess Clermont Tonnerre. Viscount Ewe. has next to nothing to live upon. Still he has the
stand
The Post condeemen; the government measure, and de- nines, Baron and Baroness Biome, Lord Houghton, werneetiL.
Plymouth 29.80 37 E.KE. II
Su 41 30 K Ili 11
it E.S.E. r '0.62 8 quiet. if not quieter, than
I. rs 0.9/ 8 The Irish parts of the
honour of being the - nominal proprietor of many dares the threat of dissolution to be dangerous and Baron Bartholdi, Lady Molesworth, Ac. Portsmouth is.ol V. K.S.K. 1 8 9 ILK& a int{ 7 were visited by our come
thousand acres which in point of fact belong to unpatriotic. It looks upon the administration VA having The Marquis of Has • has arrived at the St. 7"don .- • 76.617 77 L 9L41-1- night, but no signs of a
Yarmouth 29.70 34 LS.L 10 2 W.N.W.WW :bo - 7 his creditors. Of course the crash must come sooner already received its death-blow. George's HoteL Scarborough 29.82 Si KZ. ,6 6 K also nee 5 wen-
or later. A great estate is sold up, collections of The Standarsl taunts the Times with having contributed His Excellency Khalil Bey, with a numerous FiLeuld„ 2 76.b6 76 N.E. 17 6 NA " i .7. 7 Baseroan.-A detach
- at the Bradford berm
works of art dianormid_ and their rm.. illnatrirere nothing to the solution of the reform difficulty but the

The Great Western Company has long en-
joyed a peculiar position in the railway world.
Partly from its situation, and partly from a kind
of undefinable prestige, perhaps remotely attribut-
able to possessing the broad gauge, its position may
be defined as the moat aristocratic of modern lines.
The individual proprietors are unusually wealthy,
and it is a well known fact that a certain distinc-
tion attaches to a large holder of Great Western
stock. If he receives infinitesimal, or, as on the
present occasion, no dividends at all, he is com-
pensated by a rise in social estimation. The case
of the railway is like that of a large landowner
whose estate is so eaten up by mortgages that he
has next to nothing to live upon. Still he has the
honour of being the nominal proprietor of many '
thousand acres which in point of fact belong to
his creditors. Of course the crash must come sooner
or later. A great estate is sold up, collections of
works of art dispersed, and their once illustrious
owner vanishes into obscurity.
The Great Western Railway is threatened with
a similar fate. The obligation to meet debts proves
just now particularly inconvenient. Railway
companies do not possess the public credit in any-
thing like the same manner that they did a
year ago. Defaults have been unpleasantly nu-
merous, and have not been confined to the smaller
and often insignificant undertakings. The Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover set the involuntary
example. The Great Eastern and North British
have not proved much better. Now the Great
Western is in difficulties; yet by the statement
of accounts for the past half-year at all events
a dividend had been earned for the ordinary
stockholders, although it appears now that it cannot
be paid. The ledger balance is satisfactory, but
the cash balance is just the other way.
Of course the whole question resolves itself
into the bestowal of credit. The public have,
until every recent period, been taught that rail-
way debentures represented a good security
more tangible than even • mortgage upon a
private estate. In the former case, the title—
the great point—could not be disputed, since it
rested upon a distinct Act of Parliament. In the
latter, tedious investigations were always neces-
sary. By recent decisions, however, it appears
that a debenture holder of a railway
has rather less right than a creditor on
account current. The possessors of LLOYD'S
bonds, for example, seem to have a priority.
We will put a familar case. A person
who has advanced say a thousand pounds upon
what he concludes to be a mortgage on a certain
property finds that his claim is subordinate to
that of a tradesman who has supplied 4001. or
500/. of goods on the personal security
of the proprietor of the estate. This
doctrine may be technically right, but its effect on
the public is seen in the refusal to renew deben-
tures as they fall due.

The Daily News fears Mr. Disraeli's " Mondays " in
the house will be known to parliamentary history as the
blank Mondays, rewinding some hundreds of artless mem-
bers of unsatisfactory hunting experiences, when no reynard
can be found ; but nothing now can save the most secret of
ministers from breaking covert. Agood many "ten minutes''
have elapsed since Friday, and since we know that ten
minutes is the time requiredby the leaders of the great
"constitutional party"for taking the British constitution to
pieces and putting it together again with a new main-
spring
and a new balance-wheel, it is impossible to feel
quite certain before half-past 4 this afternoon that the
measure to be introduced by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer will be the same as, or even similar to, the one
upon which preliminary consideration were offered on
Saturday morning.
The Herold allows that the reception of the ministerial
measure in parliament is uncertain. Its many merits, it
says, constitute its danger; but it must pass as a whole,
or as • whole be rejected. The only feature in it which
could safely be altered is that which limit* the nobs-
tribution of seats much too narrowly. The rest must
stand or fall together.
The Post condemns the government measure, and de-
clares the threat of dissolution to be dangerous and
unpatriotic. It looks upon the administration as having
already received its death-blow.
The Standard taunts the Tinges with having contributed
nothing to the solution of the reform difficulty but the
suggestion of the cumulative vote—a plan to which all the
objections to dual voting must equally apply. Any go-
vernment which should seek to please the Times must
abandon in despair all hope of solving the reform problem.
The truth is that the lines has declared itself just as
plainly to be an " outcast" on this question as Mr. Lowe
himself. It will not, or it cannot, propose anything, and
t opposes everything. It has built a little cave of its own,
and sits growling within like • bear which has found a
bone too big for him, but which he will not give up to
anyone else. As to absolute household suffrage, there are
not 50 men in the House of Commons, and perhaps not
one in the House of Lords, who would support such a
measure.

His Excellency Khalil Bey, with a numerous
suite, has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris.

Fr

From end to end, mays the Telegraph, the career of this
government has been a stratagem, and their bill is an
elaborate hypocrisy. They are chuckling in their sleeves
to find it so much as debated.

The Star thinks that only in one case could the govern-
ment, with confident*, appeal to the oountry. If they
consented to strip their measure of all its ugly and repul-
sive excrescences ; if they flung away the dual principle,
the ratepaying principle, the restriction of the county
franchise, and the long residential provision, put off the
re-distribution clauses to a better time, and allowed the
bill to stand before the House of Commons as a bill to in-
troduce household suffrage—if they did that, and parlia-
ment rejected such a measure, thou, indeed, even a tory
government might, with some chance of success, appeal to
the judgment of the country. If they venture to dissolve
under any other circumstances, they will go, as Mr,
Disraeli once amid to Sir It. Peel, from the parliament
they have betrayed to the country which despises
them. There is literally nothing in the measure that is
not positively objectionable, except the bare name of
household suffrage.

The question is really one of considerable im-
portance. The amount of railway debentures held
by the cautiously investing classes may be reckoned
by many millions. If, as seems likely, these
lenders choose to insist upon being paid as fast as
these bonds become due, and to refuse renewal
upon any terms, it is difficult to see what railway
company can avoid becoming bankrupt. The
company may not be able to borrow, offer what
they will, and the higher terms they offer the
more does the public suspect the security. Of
course the operation could be done " at a price,"

IS TOPICS.

Remarking that it is the good fortune of Louis Napoleon
to be saved by his adversaries, the riIACJ contends, and
proceeds to show, that a better apology for the imperial
foreign policy than the one given by M. Thies in his last
Thursday's interpellation could hardly be produced in the
most elaborate ministerial speech, or in the most carefully
compiled bluebook.

Mr. Charles Dickens gave the first of a series of
three readings from his own works on Friday night at the
Dublin Rotunda The round mom was well filled, and
the reception given to Mr. Dickens was most enthusiastic.

Cardinal Cullen has issued a pastoral, the theme
of which is st. Patrick. His eminence refers to the sub-
ject of Fenbulisto, and says :—" I have learned on the best
authority that the rural population, the bone and sinew
of the country, could not be induced to join in any attempt
to resist authority, or violate the law. This feeling, I
believe, is prevalent in every part of the kingdom. Though
the people sorely feel their grievances, they are determined
not to have any recourse to revolution, violence, or blood-
shed in order to obtain redress." He praises the lenity
and moderation of the government, the humanity of the
police, the military, and all who were actively engaged in
➢reserving the public pease. " All," says his eminence,
" seem to have been animated with a most praiseworthy
spirit of humanity."

Sir Roderick Murchison having been furnished
by Lord Stanley with the despatches of Dr. Seward, the
British political resident at Zanzibar, as well as with more
detailed letters of Dr. Kirk, says be can now scarcely cling
to the hope that Dr. Livingstone is still alive. By the
latest intelligence from Zanzibar, dated the 7th of January,
we learn that Drs. Seward and Kirk had sailed in ber
Majesty's ship Wasp for Quiloa to make inquiries and
obtain any further evidence.

The Laity News points out that Sir J. Rolt's Bankruptcy
Bill is in most repecte an adoption of the measure of Sir
Roundell Palmer of last year. It is, like its predecessor,
based upon the system which has proved so successful in
Scotland, but with some modifications which will open
wide held for controversy. The general principle is that
creditors are to manage the estate for themselves, by
means of a trustee to be elected by them, and paid by •
commission, and subject to no further interference by the
court than is absolutely necessary for obtaining ►uthorisa-
tion of their proceedings.
The Herald counsels directors, shareholders, and the
public to present a determined front against any demands
of the engine-drivers and firemen that are either outrage.
ous in themselves, or that may be compassed by out-
rageous means. The inconvenience of not being able to
travel for a few weeks, would be leas serious thew in.

MR. CHURCHWARD AND THE MAGISTRACY.—Mr.
P. A. Taylor has given notice of • motion for to-morrow :
" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty,
praying that she will be graciously pleased to give direc-
tions for the removal of Mr. Churchward from the com-
mission of the peace for the borough of Dover."

TAIS PROSLCUTION OF COLONEL NELSON AND
LIEUTENANT BLAND.—We are informed that the Jamaica
Committee have resolved to prosecute Colonel Nelson and
Lieutenant Brand for the murder of Mr. S. Clarke and
Mr. Lawrence, in addition to the murder of Mr. Gordon.
It will not be necessary for this purpose to repeat
any of the proceedings at Bow-street, because as the
prisoners are already in custody for the murder
of Mr. Gordon, additional indictments may be
preferred against them without any preliminary pro-
ceedings. The reasons for bringing in the oases of
Clarke and Lawrence are, first, to provide for the con-
tingency of the prosecution in Mr. Gordon's case being
defeated on some merely technical ground ; secondly, to
show that the illegality of what was done in Mr. Gordon's
ease does not wholly arise from the fact that he was
arrested out of the district in which martial law pre-
vailed ; and thirdly, because, in the oases of Clarke and
Lawrence, the responsibility of their illegal execution reeds
solely upon Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand, the
Sentence not having been referred to and approved by Mr.
Eyre. The cases of Clarke and Lawrence are in some
respects even more remarkable than that of Mr. Gordon ;
both having been executed, not only without any proof of
guilt, but after a proclamation of amnesty had been issued
by Mr. Eyre, all disturbances having ceased for about
three weeks.—Doily Mug.

REMARK&

Atroosphtrical pressurel7M-71cereased considerably since
Sunday morning, especially In the south and west, where tem-
perature has increaswi, and where a large amount of snow and
rain has fallen. Last night the wind incramed to a strong gale
in the south of England. This morning the winds are south-
easterly, strong to a gale in the south, light to fresh in the
north.

A New York correspondent writes :—" You are
likely to have a female consul sent to you from this
country very shortly—a great encouragement to the advo-
cates of woman's rights. The candidate is a Mrs. Frances
Lord Blond, of Ncw York, and it is understood that her
application has been taken into favour, and that the Presi-
dent has promised to nominate her for a British port. The
success of the new consuls will depend somewhat on the
discrimination with which they are selected."

Mr. Fox and other officers of the Miantonomoh
have been permitted, by act of congress, to accept the pre-
sents tendered by the Czar. Among the gifts is a snuff-
box set with diamonds, presented to Mr. Fox. The
customs duty upon these diamonds, amounting to 4,000
dollars, has been remitted by special set.
A French journal says that the blind man on
the Pont des Arts was recently observed to have shifted
his placard of " Pity the poor blind, &c., from his chest
to his back, to have turned himself round, and to be in-
tensely gazing into the water. On being addressed, the
man turned round and proved not to be blind at all. He
explained the matter by saying that he was the intimate
friend of the paurre areugk, who had gone to the wedding
of one of his relations, and begged his friend to do duty
for him during his absence.
THE TRADE 07 THE UNITED KINODOM.—The
trade of the United Kingdom during the past year was in
money value nearly 14 per cent. in excess of all former
expenence. The mode of its distribution is shown in the
following table, in which the various countries are placed
in the order in which they stand as our customers. Of
the total of 188,827,7881. nearly 30 per cent. was to our
own possessions ; but, large as this proportion is, it is re-
latively leas than in preceding years. once, although the
increase in our colonial shipments in 1866 was about II j
per cent., in those to foreign countries it was nearly 15 per
cent. The moat important feature of the list consists in
the extraordinary growth of our trade with the Ameri-
can continent. Notwithstanding their protective tariff,
the United States have taken goods from us to a greater
value than those taken by the whole of Germany and France
combined, while as regards the countries of South America,
Brazil now ranks higher than any European State with the
exception of Germany, France, and Holland. New
Granada comes next to Russia, and the Argentine Re
next to Belgium and above the mother country Spain as
well as above Portugal, Denmark, Norway, and weden.
Chili,Uruguay, and Peru likewise figure for • good Increase ;
but Mexico, on the renewal of anarchy, shows • consider-
able reaction. Our aggregate shipments to the South
American States have been 19,528,8701. In our intercourse
with France, which in 11165 showed an improvement of
more than 10 per cent., there has bees a further rise of 29
percent. With Germany, in consequence of the war,
there has been • falling off. Italy shows • recovery.
Turkey likewise presents a very favourable total, includ-
ing the Danubian Principalities, whither our exports have
advanced from 694,0631. to 926,7531. Egypt occupies an
equally prominent position. China shows • remarkable
increase, and with Japan our trade has again been large,'
although slightly lass than in 1865.

THE FENIAN MOVEMENT.

(mom oos owl ooassaroirDirr.)
DUBLIN, SUNDAY Mawr, 10.30

The accounts from the country report that all
is quiet. The City of Dublin wee never more
peaceful than last night and to-night.

The Dublin Diming Mail says—" The special commis-
sions for the county of Dublin, and for the county of the
City of Dublin, have passed the great seal, and have been
issued from the Ilanaper-ollice. We believe it is in con-
templation of the government to issue special commissions
for Limerick, Tipperary, and Cork, but the final order ha,
not yet been made."

LIVEJLPCK)L, SUNDAY.—Up to four o'clock this afternoon
no disturbance whatever has taken place. The police
report unusual tranquillity in the town, and the number
of drunken and disorderly cases is much below the average.
The Roman catholic priests appealed to their congregations
to be peaceable and loyal, and give no offence by wearing
the shamrock. A number of Roman catholic soldiers
attended divine service, and were well received. All is
quiet on the Cheshire side of the river ; in fact there is no
appearance whatever of any disturbance. A report was
circulated on Saturday to the effect that the gatekeeper at
the Albert Dock had been apprehended on suspicion of
having been tampered with by Fenian agents. In the
warehouses surrounding this dock are stored goods of im-
mense value, and even under ordinary circumstances the
greatest precautions are taken that no persons unconnected
by business with the premises obtain admission. As the
porters and others engaged about the dock or warehouses
pass out in the evening they are searched. The impor
tance therefore attaching to a charge of this kind
was very great, but our correspondents were in-
formed dung the course of the day by the police
authorities that it was entirely without foundation. On
the same day the men belonging to the Royal Naval Re- I
serve, at present drilling in Liverpool, met to the number
of about2oo at the Sailors' Home, for the purpose of adopt-
ing
certain resolutions concerning their conduct, should
any disturbance arise. The chair was occupied by Lieute-
nant Hamlin, and amongst the other officers of the reserve
present were Lieutenants J. Read, J. Clarke, D. H.
Johnston, A. Pearson, and Sub-Lieutenant S. T. T.
Lackey. The chairman proposed, " That after taking into
consideration the present threatening aspect of the Fenian
conspiracy it is the duty of the officers and men of the
Royal Naval Reserve to offer their services to the govern-
ment to assist the local authorities in case of need."
Lieutenant Peat seconded the motion, which wan carried.
Lieutenant Johnstonproposed, and Sub-Lieutenant Leckey
seconded, "That Capt. Fisher, of her Majesty's ship Eagle,
be requested to forward to government a tender of such ser-
vices, and to express the feeling of devotion to her Majesty
and her government entertained by every member of the
corps." The men present evinced the most lively and de-
termined resolve to support the authorities should their
services be required. Considerable anxiety and excite-
ment was felt on the Cheshire aide of the Mersey on
Saturday, as several rumours had been promulgated to the
effect that simultaneously with the movement supposed to
commence in Liverpool on St. Patrick's-day, a rising of
Fenian. would take place at Seacombe, Egremont, and
New Brighton. In order to allay the apprehensions of the
inhabitants, Captain Smith, the head constable of the
Cheshire constabulary, was communicated with, and at
3 o'clock in the afternoon about 170 of the Cheshire police
arrived at Egremont, and are at present located in the
volunteer drill-shed at that place. The men are all armed,
and every precaution taken to suppress with promptitude
any rising that may take place.
SHREWSBURY, SUNDAY, 4 P.M.—Considerable excitement
WSW prevalent here last night, and has continued through-
out to-day, in consequence of a report to the effect that
the authorities had received intimation of an intended
visit of the Fenians, with the view of obtaining possession
of the county armoury, in which are stored 1200 stand of
arms. The rumour received support from the fact that
yesterday afternoon a detachment of the militia were sud-
denly called up, and placed under arms in the armoury,
where they remained on guard all night. A similar move-
ment took place on the part of the pensioners, who have
a depOt in the town. These measures were, however,
*imply precautionary, and were wisely taken by the magi-
strates on receiving information of the threatening a
pearance of the Fenians in Liverpool and Birkenhead. Up p-
to the present hour no unusual arrivals have taken place
at the railway station, and the Irish residents in the town
(of whom there are a considerable number) have made no
demonstration beyond that customary on St. Patrick's-day,
of attending chapel in larger bodies than usual, and wear-
ing sprigs of shamrock in their button-holes and caps.
The militia and pensioners have, however, received orders
to remain under arms till morning.
Snerrim.r.—During Saturday and Saturday night con-
siderable excitement prevailed in Sheffield in consequence
of an expectation that the Irish portion of the inhabitant.
of the town would attempt to honour St. Patrick's-day by
• " rising." There were some grounds fur this supposition
—a telegram having been received from an authority at
Liverpool, to the effect that the Feniiina in the town
intended making a demonstration at f o'clock on Sunday
morning, and an anonymous letter found its way into the
hands of the chief constable, Mr. J. Jackson, intimating
that " Love-lane," which happens to be one of the lowest
ports of the town, was the spot where the " rising " would
take place. Besides these two intimations there were
several rumours as to some action on the part of the Irish
inhabitants, which it was thought advisable not altogether
to disregard, and accordingly the chief constable put him-
self in readiness to give the Fenian, a warm reception,
should they attempt anything against law and order. The
militaryauthorities at the barracks were communicated with,
AS were also the officersof the several volunteer corps in the
town, and it was detennined that the soldiers should be under
arms all night, and that the volunteers should remain at
their drill rooms to protect their arms in case of any
attempt on the part of the Irish to make away with them.
In addition to the policemen on duty in the streets, there
was a large reserve at the station in readiness at a mo-
ment's notice to quell any disturbance that might take
place. Whether these precautionary measures had the
effect of preventing any rising, or whether it was that the
rumours as to the rising were ill-founded, fortunately the
peaceable inhabitants of the town slept undisturbed
throughout the whole of the night, and the town was as
quiet, if not quieter, than it generally is on Saturday nights.
The Irish parts of the town, and especially Love-lane,
were visited by our correspondent several times during the
night, but no signs of a Fenian or of Fenianiam could be
seen.

Basugoarf.—A detachmentof the 19th Infantry arrived
at the Bradford barracks from Sheffield shortly after
1 o'clock on Saturday morning, • precautionary move-
ment on the part of the authorities, in anticipation of
St. Patrick's-day. In Bradford there is an Irish popula-
tion of 2.5,000. The troops did not receive marching
orders at Sheffield till after 7 o'clock on Friday night.
Arrangements had been made to meet any emergency ;
but, as had been generally expected, though the autho-
rities seemed to have grounds for apprehension, yesterday
passed off with the usual quiet.

SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OP
THREE CHILDREN AT HALIFAX.

On Saturday, a man named James Whittaker, a
wool warehouseman, living at Wheatley Bottom, near
Halifax, poisoned himself and three of his children. The
man was 57 years of age, a widower, mid lived in • cottage
with three children, twins, a boy and girl, 7 years, and
one 13 years of age. From the statement of the children
it appears that he opened some powders, the con-
tents of which he wanted to spread upon bread for then,
to eat, telling them that it war medicine. One of them
objected, and asked to have the powder mixed with meal
and water to drink. He, however, appears to have mixed
it in • cup of water, and the three children drank it. He
also drank something out of the cup after. He
then went upstairs and laid upon the bed. The chil-
dren became ill, and vomited much. A neighbour becoming
aware during the evening that the children were ill went
into the house, and was informed of what bad taken place.
Other neighbours dropped in, and on going upstairs the
wretched man was found lying on the bed, but unable to
speak. He died soon afterwards. The policeman of the
district was informed of the occurrence, and he gave infor-
mation to his superiors at the Town-hall, Halifax ; and
Mr. Wright, the police surgeon, visited the family. The
signs showed unmistakeably that the father had died from
poison. The children he found in • hopeful state.
On examination, he found • sediment of poison in the
cup, which was taken possession of by the police. Some
white papers were also found, which had evidently
contained the poison, but there was no printed label
upon them. It is supposed that the powders were
similar to those sold for the destruction of vermin.
The surgeon is of opinion that the children escaped on
account of the father nut having sufficiently well mixed
the powder. Having prescribed for the children, the
stourytLn. left, and when last
Decased was until
ofn ttyheiwwere.vearllblltkelz
consequence of impaired eyesight, his employer, Mr. Ap-
pleyard, Wheatley, provided him with more suitable
work in the wool warehouse. He has been a widower
about three years. His house is a scene of great wretch-
edness.

THE QtrZEN AT THE TOMB OF TIM DIICHESS OF
KENT.—On Saturday morning, soon after breakfast, the
Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prin-
cess Christian, Princess Louise, and Princes. Beatrice, and
Princes Leopold and Henry of Prussia, attended by the
ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite, proceeded from
the Castle to Frogmore to pay a visit to the tomb of the
Duchess of Kent, that day being the sixth anniversary of
the death of the lamented duchess. After remaining a
short time in the tomb-house, and offering up an appro-
priate prayer, the Queen and royal family, on leaving,
placed wreaths of Mustered/4s about the sarcophagus, and
then returned to the Castle. Between the hours of 1 and
half-past 3 a number of the royal household were admitted
previous to closing the gates of the tomb.
CRYSTAL PALACI. DALF-A-CROWN DAY.
Batrunriar, Masai 18.—Admisions on payment, 892;
ditto by mama tickets, 4,782 ; total visitors '5,674.