The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

AhRIVALS AT HENDON.

Rosa, Donkey, Triumpher, Mistletoe, Neilgherty, Seiret,
Corinthian Tom, Boloro, Chemisette, Vision, Princess,
Annington, Fred of the Hills, Wild Duck, Lost Sheep,
Langford, Fanny Seaton, Dominic Sampson, Bice, my LT
Ccorebus, Polly Hopk;n, and several others for made up
races.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Sept. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate brecza and fine weather, but a little

oloudy.

PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Chris.
Line, for Montreal.

SWANSEA, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—John Hol-
man, for Coquimbo.

PLYMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Gipsy,
from Quebec—Cicerone, from London for Nassau. Sailed
—Mina Clarke, for Quebec.

CARDIFF, Sept. 20.—Wind S.—Sailed—George Henry,
for Buenos Ayres.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tamiaa,
from liavannah.

(151. MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRATESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 20.—Christian Sophia, from Lokken.
Arrive, Sept. 21 —Lauriell, from Riga—Bethesda, from
Malmo—Elizabeth Wright and Glen Droon, both from
Riga—Jannette, from DAntzic—Mary Gillespie, Charles
Stewart, Annie, Louisa, and Lizzie Lee—all from Cronstadt
—Maria, from Oporto—Ann Warren, from Pomaron—
Charlotte Ellen, from Leghorn—Active, from Nykjobing—
Rio Grande and Wilton, from Jamaica—Venus and
Whabys—both from St. Petersburg—Earnest, from Stettin.
Sailed, Sept. 21.—Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk—
Hanover, steamer, for (Calais—Rhine, steamer, for Bou-
logne—Leipsio, steamer, for Antwerp.
DIAL, 'Wednesday Morning.
Anchored—The Morning Star, from London, for Trini-
dad.

MELANCHOLY AFFAIR AT HOLLINGWOOD.—On
Sunday evening, a child, about three years of age,
named James William Taylor, son of Joseph Taylor, Cotton-
street, Copsterhill, Hollinwood, near Oldham, was acci-
tally shot by his cousin, Joshua Cartwright, son of James
Cartwright, of the same place. It appears that James
Cartwright bought a gun a short time ago, and he has
been in the habit of amusing his little nephew by allowing
him to fire off percussion caps. A man, named Butter-
gorth, came to borrow Cartwright's gun on Sunday fore-
noon, for the purpose, as he said, of shooting at a flock of
starlings. He returned the gun shortly afterwards, still
loaded, saying the birds had disappeared, and taking off the
cap hung the weapon on the ceiling, not omitting to tell
Cartwright that it was charged. About half-past 4in the
afternoon the child Taylor came in and, casting his eyes
towards the gun, said " Let me shoot ;" whereupon Cart-
wright took down the gun, forgetting that it was loaded,
and put on a cap. He then took the little fellow between
his knees, but the child would not draw the trigger. Joshua
Cartwright, a boy of 13, then took the gun and pulled tho
trigger. The contents of the gun lodged in the left breast
of the child Taylor, who after sobbing twice died.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LADY.—On Friday the
North Riding coroner held an inquest at Kirby Moorside,
upon the body of Mrs John Waines, the wife of Mr Waines,
solicitor, of that place, who met her death as follows :—A
few days ago Mr Waines, surgeon, with his wife, and Mr
and Mrs John Waines, were the occupants of a cog-cart,
in which the horse ran away in a eteep street in Kirby.
Mr \V. Waines finding he could not hold the animal, pulled
it short into a side street, but in crossing an iron drainage
grate the horse lost foot hold and fell, and both horse and
dog cart rolled over down the hill several times. Mr W.
Waines and his wife both received dislocations, but Mrs J.
Waines, the deceased, was greatly injured about the head,
and was rendered speechless, death ensuing on Thursday.
Tho sad event was purely accidental, and a verdict was re-
turned accordingly.—Eastern Morning; 11'e s,
THE INTERIOR OF A JAVANESE
,CRATER.—Se-
parated by a shelving ridge, we found on the oppo-
site side another crater, called the Kawa Ratu, which is seen
to better advantage by descending into the interior. Ihe
way, which at first glance seems easy enough, wo fou,nd
before going many steps to be quite the reverse: Ihe
descent is almost perpendicular; and, there being no
regular path, you aro obliged to pick your way amongst
loose stones and hard acts of clay, which in some places
were very slippery. When we had descended' about half
way, we came to an escarpment, from which we looked
down on the active portion of the volcano, wheneo
issued sounds like the moaning of the wind on a stormy
night. These sounds the superstitions natives believe
to be the groaning et certain giants chained under
ground by a wicked gnome. venturing to descend
still lower, we had a more distinct view of the chimneys or
apertures in the Kawa Ratu, some of which only present
the appearance of extinct craters in miniature, while from
others the smoke forces itself in dense volumes, preceded
by hoarse noises, as though the vents were too small for the
great rush of vapour proceeding from them. The sounds
we heard were very distinct and loud, in consequence of our
proximity. The orifices are encrusted with thick deposi:s
of a red and yellow substance, the ground on e.ll sides being
of a yellowish brown hue, in consequence of the quantity of
sulphur with which the air is impregnated. A few of the
holes were filled with water, blue as the sky above us, and
apparently boiling hot. We lingered to gaze on this won.
roue scene as long as we could stay, but the smoke, which,
sometimes rose in clouds before our faces, obliging us to clog)
our eyes, compelled us at last to retreat, glad of having
had the opportunity of seeing thus much. This crater. if
not more, is at least 400 ft long, and I should say about 300
wide.—Life lit lava, by TV. B. d'Alineida. ;

The Prince and Princess of Wales in

Denmark.

(From the limes' AS'pecial Correspondent.)
COPENUAGEN, Saturday.
Last evening the great reception in the Christians-
borg Palace was held—the first event of the kind
that has occurred in Copmhagen for close ona
quarter of a century. It Wll3 said to owe its origin
to a desire on the part of the Princess of Wales to
see again and thank all those who interested them.
selves in the rejoicings upon the occasion of her
departure to be married, and that having once
determined to open the Palace for festive purposes,
the numbers rapidly increased until the gathering
attained the dimensions of last evening. Be this
as it may, it afforded an admirable opportunity for
bringing together the Prince and Princess of Wales
and the elite of society in Copenhagen, and the
assembly uniting as it did the splendour of a State
ceremony with the charm of a private entertain-

went where the hosts exert themselves to

half-past eight o'clock, a load ;leer outside the
gates announced to those within that the Royal
p Arty was arriving from Berestorf. T more
distinguished guests were formed meanwhile, acs
cording to the Danish custom, in a trip '« circle in
the inner or Blue Room t and a, on as the
folding doors which led from the privat, apartments
were thrown open, the Royal party were received
with a general reverence, Taking opposite sides of
the circle the King and Queen of Denmark walked
the entire length of the room, nearly the whole of
those in the inner circle being known to and recog-
nised by them; others, on the contrary, more re•
moved in position being brought forward and intro-
duced. The Prince and Princess of Wales followed ;
as far, however, as her Royal Highness was cons
caned, there seemed little need of introduction, the
great majority of those present appearing to be
known morn or less to her. To each she had some
pleasant word to address, some agreeable recollec-
tion to call up ; and it was only necessary to watch
the gait and smile with which she passed from
young to old, and from point to point, to learn the
secret of her popularity. Much of this hearty win-
ning manner the Princess undoubtedly inherits
from her mother, but she has added to it a grace
which is all her own. To the Prince of Wales a dd.

promote the pleasure of their guests, the mutual
introduction of which, though little was said
about it, may be regarded as a material item
in the programme of the evening, was effected
under the most favourable auspices. Christiamborg
Palace, where the Royal " at home" was given, is
quite equal in extent to Buckingham Palace, if in-
deed, counting the apartments allotted to the Danish
Houses of Parliament, to the Supreme Court of
Justice, and the Royal collection of pictures, it be
not actually of larger size. For the grandest room
of all, the Rittersaal, there is no parallel in the
English royal abode. Its magnitude, in fact, strikes
the spectator at once as out of keeping with the
present dimensions of the monarchy. It dates, how-
ever, from a period when Norway still was under
Danish sway, and when Frederick VI. hoped,
through the.favour of Napoleon, to become even-
tually King of Scandinavia. In a land of giant
memories such as Denmark, a palace a little out of
keeping with its actual daily wants is, after all, no
great anomaly. The invitations were issued for 8
o'clock, and shortly after that hour the two princi-
pal reception rooms were filled with a distinguished
company, all en, grande tenue. In the act of entering
the first of these apartments, a stranger ignorant of
the country must at once have felt that he had set
foot in the head-quarters of a nation whose pedi-
gree runs back to the gray times of old. The walls
are decorated—to say covered would be more
strictly accurate—with paintings by some of the
first Danish academicians, tracing the progress of
the people in knowledge and in power from the time
when white-robed bards and priests sang or gashed
themselves, after their fashion, before the great
stone images of Thor and Odin, through the period
when the " still small voice" of the Christian reli-
gion was first heard to repeat its marvellous story
in these regions under the shade of the great
primeval forests, down to the epoch when, in the
middle and yet later age, the sway and might of
Denmark culminated. The inner room was dif-
ferently, it would be hard to say more suitably,
adorned. The pictures in this case were re-
placed by gigantic panels of the richest
satin that can be conceived, having in
the centre a design in shaded white. The
walls and hangings of the room corresponded
in colour, so that the whole looked like sheets of
the most delicious verdure, with which the white
sprays intermingled very naturally. In the day
time, it is right to add, the apartment wears an en-
tirely different aspect, being distinguished by the
appellation of " the Blue Room." The sole ornament
of this chamber, beyond its mural fittings and the
brilliant company which it contained, was a meg-
nificent vase of antique Sevres, one of a pair valued
at £5,000. It is the characteristic of all continental
assemblies that uniforms and decorations largely
predominate. Those persons even, engaged in the
civil service of the country, who would net in Eng-
land be entitled to any distinguishing attire, ap-
pear abroad in uniforms more or less gorgeous, and
after a certain number of years would consider
themselves slighted if they were not possessed of
at least as goodly a show of stars and crosses as
their colleagues and acquaintances. In Germany
this universality of striped ribands and badges has
passed into a proverb. "There are two things,"
says the Eckensteher," that a Beainee cannot avoid
—death and the third class of the Red Eagle." It
must not be supposed, however, that because all are
more or less decore, there are not in Denmark
special distinctions earned by high birth or special
services. For instance, among all the rare and
valued orders in Europe there is none holding a
higher place for honour and antiquity than that of
the Elephant, peculiar to this Court. It was con-
sidered a singular and almost unexampled instance
of favour when it was conferred upon the Prince of
Wales shortly after the King's accession to the
throne. Looking round the apartments as the com-
pany fell into little conversational groupswhile wait-
ing the arrival of the Royal party, it was impossible
to resist the impression that the assembly had on the
whole a strangely English character. At the very
outset there must have been many points in com-
mon between the nations, and of late years, among
the better classes, the process of assimilation has
been favoured by facilities of travel,by frequent in-
termarriages, and by study of the English litera-
ture. Even at this moment, though France, for
political reasons, is specially the object of Danish
attention in a soe:al point of view, the English are
far greater favourites. Add to this, that the State
uniforms and Royal liveries are all, as in England,
scarlet ; that both countries are nautical in taste, as
well as by necessity, and that the naval services re-
spectively were on this occasion well represented;
and it will be seen what a British tinge prevailed
the assembly, held though it was in the north of Eu-
rope. Of late years, indeed, the Danish army, from
some cause which it is not easy to discover, aban-
doning the traditional colour, has dressed its armies
in blue; but the Gaards at least retain their scarlet
tunics, and wear them on State occasions. Last night
accordingly the sentries at their posts, and their
officers in the saloons, might almost have been
taken for an escort especially sent from England.
In the aggregate the military wardrobe is less
costly in Denmark than any of the southern na-
tions; there were, however, uniforms last night
on which both the ornaments were rich and the
colour tastefully chosen, The most costly service,
in strict analogy to our own, is the regiment of
Royal Horse Guards, about 100 strong, the corns
missions in which are always held by men of good
estate. The mere star of Denmark worn by them
is an ornamented cuirass on grand occasions, must
be of great value, since it amounts nearly to a sheet
of silver. In every corner of the rooms names were
heard that in the late unhappy troubles attained
a world-wide currency. M. Halle, late Foreign
Minister, was present, as was likewise M. Schelle, a
predecessor in the same office. M. Tiilisch, Minister
of the Interior, and Gen. Hansen, Minister for NV ar,
represented the existing Cabinet, and M, Quaade,
though engaged in the negotiations at Vienna, may
likewise be treated as in attendance since Madame
Quaade was among the prisileged circle. There were
also present Captain Lutkin, Minister of Marine ; M.
David, the Finance Minister ; M. Halsen, Minister
of Justice, &c. The names of General de Meza and
General Gerlach recalled the brief but bloody
struggle in which they were engaged. Both are men
far advanced in life, and of the former it is said
that he prides himself not less on his musical gifts
than upon his professional attainments. Both were
called on in the late war to perform practical im-
possibilities, and both of course felt the bitterness of
Popular disappointment, bat they never ceased to be
regarded as brave able men, for whom the circum-
stances of the time proved too strong. The members
of the diplomatic,.eee corps mustered in considerable
force.aveo ; the included the American Minister, Mr
Belgian Minister,
Minister, M. Bosch-Spencer ;
the French
Count Dotezic ; the Minister
for Holland, M. itoehuss ;. the Italian Minister ;
the Charge cl'Affeires for Spain, Pcial,An,ffM.. Louis de Castillo;
Baron D'Essen, Charge
the
Danish
for Sweden;
M. Gosch, secretary to
diptiliesmhat. Legation
in
London, &c. Many of the
buitststresent
were more profusely decorated,
two
figures among their ranks by which the eyee
most attracted were unquestionably those of wasthe
Danish Minister accredited to the Court of Spain,
and now staying temporarily in Denmark, and
the English Plenipotentiary in Copenhagen. About

ferent field was open, and he too was busy, if not in
making conquests, at least in winning golden
opinions. To say that society accepted him as a
worthy consort of " their own Alexandra,' is proba-
bly as short and as accurate a summary as could be
given of the general feeling. Society, on these occa-
sions, looks for some account of the attire of the
lady forming the most conspicuous object in the re•
union. Accordingly, it may be interesting to state
that the dress of her Royal Highness, which it was
easy to see was of more recent mode than has yet
become general in Copenhagen, was of a smoke
colour, with deep black lace trimming, looped up at

the side with wreaths of coral and seaweed. The or-
naments worn with this consisted of a scarlet tiara,
studded with diamonds and pearls, and a massive
necklace, covering the greater part of the
chest, consisting of similar precious stones.
Ia the case of most other wearers this
necklace would have shone like a sheet of dazzling
light, but, placed where it was, it had a dull and
almost cream coloured effect. Her Royal Highness
farther wore, suspended from the left shoulder, a
medallion likeness of her Majesty Queen Victoria,
set round with brilliants. The Prince of Wales wore
the uniform of the 10th Hussars, of which regiment
he is colonel, a dress certainly more becoming, in the
evening at least, than his ordinary costume as a gene-
ral officer. With this he wore the Order of the Ele-
phant, the blue riband of which much resembles,
but is somewhat broader than that attached to the
Garter. The other members of the Royal Family
accompanying the King and Queen were the Crown
Prince, the Princess Dagmar, the Landgrave of
Hesse, Prince Carl of Glucksburg, the Princess
Maria of Anhalt, and the Princess Hilda, her
daughter. From the Blue Room the distinguished
company, at a signal that all was ready, passed into
the Concert-room, where a selection of music occu•
pying two or three hours was performed by the
orchestra and most gifted members of the company
attached to the King's Theatre. About the middle
of the concert there was a pause of 20 minutes or
so, daring which the Royal party left their seats,
and proceeded individually to converse with the
guests. Refreshments were brought in, and handed

round by the King's runniag footmen, dressed in the

same extraordinary liveries that were described on
the occasion of the arrival at Bernstorf. The leader
of the orchestra was M. Gade, a composer whose
works have attained considerable celebrity, not only
in his own country but in Germany. The musical
pieces performed and sung were, with the excep-
tion of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" and one
overture, exclusively Danish. They were of high
merit, and the only drawback was that the second
portion of the programme may have been a little
too extended. In the Concert•room, it was pos-
sible to distinguish many faces which in the
rooms previously passed through were lost in
the crowd. Among those receiving the heartiest
greeting from the Royal party was the
poet, esteemed almost as much i❑ England as in
Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen. Shortly after
eleven o'clock the concert came to an end, and the
King and Queen led the way to the Rittersaal, the
gem of all the apartments in the palace, where a
supper had been prepared for the 400 or 450 guests.
Of this, the closing and most brilliant scene of all,

I propose to send you a separate account.
In the early part of the day yesterday the Prince
of Wales took part in a battue in the deer park at-
tached to Bernstorf Castle, and met with very toler-
able sport. The proceeding's consisted partly in
shooting foxes—an amusement which sounds bar-
barous in the ears of an English sportsman, but
which is perfectly legitimate, and in fact commend-
able here, where it is not the fashion to hunt these
animals with horses and hounds.

To-day a grand review of the National Guard of
Copenhagen, reinforced by such regiments of the
line as are now in garrison, was to have been held
a short distance to the north of the town. The
troops did actually assemble, but upon a report that
the Prince of Wales, who was to have inspected
them, was indisposed, the men marched back to
barracks and the review was postponed.

TBE SUN U)NDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1864.

Ludlow Agricultural Society's Dinner.

The 18th anniversary of this society was held within the
courtyard of the ancient Castle of Ludlow on Monday, and
was one of the most successful of the society's gatherings.

The dinner in the afternoon was v. 4,11 attended.

The lion. G. W. OLIVE, M.P., in responding to the toast
of "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," said--The present
timo is one of some anxiety to those charged with maintain-

n the efficiency of England, and that anxiety is caused by
.be largo number of mom who within the next few months

will be entitled to claim their disebarge under the provisions
of the Ten Years' Enlistment Act of 18A. The difficulty

of tilling the positions of an unusually large number of
trained men by recruits, and within a short time, must be

apparent to most of us. Now-a-days men upon entering the
army enlist, not as they formerly did, for the Lest or greater
part of their lives, but simply for a period of 10 years, at the

end of which time every man worth having in the army is
transformed into a highly trained soldier, worthy of trust and

confidence. Indeed, many men who enter the army from the

ploughtail, which is a considerable source whence to draw
recruits,under the discipline of the army, soon become highly
intelligent and highly trained men, fit to obtain, as they do,
good places in civil life upon leaving the service. It is then,
of course, to the interest of the authorities, as it is of tho
public purse, to keep as many as possible of these men in
the service for the benefit of the country. How this is to be
done without adding largely to the expenses of the public
purse is the question now seeking solution at the hands of
those who hold the reins of power, and it is one we must all
feel anxious to see satisfactorily settled. Another subject just
now occupying much thought in the army is the substitu-

tion of the breechloader as a weapon of war for the muzzle-
loader. The old weapon has unquestionably done good
service in its day, but I feel pretty certain that before long
a good breechloader will be produced that will enormously
increase the efficiency of our army as compared with
the armies of our Continental neighbours. I observe there
has recently been published an elaborate account of the
Crimean war by a general in the Russian service, in which
he speaks in strong terms of the precision and accuracy of
the rifle firing of the English army, to which ho mainly
attributes the success that attended our army at Inker
mann. We should not, however, pass over the efforts that
have been made to improve the sanitary condition of the
army, with a view to check the excessive rate of mortality
among its members as compared with that in civil life both
at home and abroad. This is a serious undertaking, and
one that cannot be fully attained in a moment ;but as far
as the undertaking has proceeded the results have been of
the most beneficial character, and year after year I hope
these endeavours will continue, to the benefit of this highly
important service and the country. (Hear, hear.)
Mr IL BAILEY, of Shrewsbury, having proposed "The
Health of the Members for the Southern Division of the
County of Salop," and argued strongly in favour of the re-
peal of the malt tax,
Viscount NEWPORT, M.P., said—l feel that the flatter-

ing compliment paid me is especially due to my having the
honour to fill the position of one of the representatives of
this county in Parliament, but the terms in which nay
friend spoke of me are too eulogistic for any service I may
have been able to render to my constituency. I will not
break through the rule of this society by touching on any
question of special politics, but I may be allowed to confirm
the truth of Mr Bailey's remark that the duties of a mein•
ber of Parliament, though very honourable, and in some re-
spects very delightful and agreeable, are by no means light.
It has been said, and very truly, that the last session of
Parliament was one singularly barren in great political
events, in the addition of great acts to the statute bock,
and of alterations in any respect to our Constitution; but
it is equally true that the agricultural, commercial, and
trade prosperity of the country is so great, that what is
called the private business of Parliament has increased to
such an extraordinary extent, that especially upon those
who act as chairmen to private bill committees the labour
that falls is enormous, and almost more than individual
members of Parliament can get through, and oven the at-
tendance of those who form the ordinary members.ot com-
mittees is so continuous and laborious that it requires a
great deal of individual exertion and perseverance to per-
form the duties required of them. Ido not say this in the I
spirit of complaint, but to show you that the private busi-
ness of the House of Commons forms a most important part
of the duties, and is one of the most serious taxes upon the
time, of representatives of the people. I believe some at•
tempt will be made in the commencement of next session to
alter the present system of private business, by which it is
hoped a greater amount of work will be got through with a
diminution of labour, At all events, I feel proud of the
House of Commons, I have been a great many years a
member of that body, and the longer I have been so, the
more experience I have gained of what the House of Com-
mons is in all its bearings, the greater is my admiration for
it as the constitutional and governing body of this country.
I believe it fairly represents the opinions and feelings of the
great bulk of the educated community of this kingdom, and
by it not only the public but the private business is, upon
the whole, conducted to the sati afaction of the community.
I believe it would be very difficult to find tribunals which
would be more satisfactory to the country than the House
of Commons, and I think this is the general feeling of the
people. I will not sit down without replying to the sug •
g( stion offered me that I should say something about the
repeal of the malt du' y. I quite understand by that expres-
sion of opinion that the question is one that has the greatest
interest for you, and naturally so, not only for the agricul-
tural community, but for all those who take an interest in
the welfare of the financial arrangements of this country.
(Hear.) Now, it is a very difficult thing for any individual
member of Parliament to make any very decided expression
of opinion as to what ho will do when called upon to record
his vote. The best thiag I can therefore do is to refer you
to my last votes in the last session of Parliament. The
subject of the repeal of the malt tax was brought fora and at
least twice, if not in a practical, at all events in an abstract

manner, last session. The first occasion was the motion by
Col. Barttelot, in terms which I did not entirely approve,

as it seemed to be putting a soot of pressure upon the
Chancellor of the Exchequer in a particular way at a parti-

cular time ; but holding the view; I did upon the subject.
I folt it to be my duty to vote with Col. Barttlelot upon that

occasion. Another motion set upon the paper by the mem,
ber for the North Riding of York was one in which I en,

tirely concurred, for it only asked the House of Commons
to express an abstract opinion that the question of the repeal
of the malt tax should be dealt With. It may appear to you
that it is of no use to give effect to an abstract vote, but

from my experience of the House of Commons that is, the
way in which a beginning must be made in these matters.
Englishmen, I am happy to say—and the remark applies to
the House of Commons—are not ye' y fend of making great
alterations in a hurry. They want to see their way before

they agree to follow a very energetic leader. They like to
have a question entirely sifted or thoroughly investigated,
more especially in matters of finance. lam old enough to
remember the agitation that preceded the repeal of the corn
laws, a subject upon which the country was very much di-
vided, and that it was only after a long period of time, which
some thought too late and some too soon, that the end sought
was attained. Great alterations were made in. regard to the
Customs duties upon corn and other articles, and since that
time the majority of the House of Commons has been
largely in favour of the reduction of duties upon articles
of use, such as paper, glass, and so forth. By very con-
siderable majorities these duties were repealed in pre-
ference to the duty upon malt, I have had a desire to
bring about a reduction in the malt duty, but we have been
outvoted. It therefore becomes much more difficult, when
other duties have been repealed upon which we might have
fallen back—l say it becomes under these circumstances
much more difficult to deal with the malt duty, because it
is a question of a vary large am flint of revenue. This ses-
sion I have twice given my opinion that it ought to be dealt
with; but I am far. from saying I would vote for a repeal
of the malt tax were it proposed to-morrow, for I hope I
have far too much honest patriotism and far too much re-
spect for the responsibilities of those who govern to say a
word or ask a vote, hero or any where else, unless I felt
certain it might be done without the least injury to the
financial arrangements of the country. (Applause.)
In reply to the toast of "The Borough Members,"
The Hon. G. WINDSOR CLIVE said—Last year I ventured
to indulge in the belief that once in a way this country was
at peace with the rest of tho world, but since that time we
seem to have recurred to the views of the last century, that
England muse have one or two little wars'on hand, costing
a large sum of money and much precious life. During the
last 12 months wo have had a difficulty in Japan, followed
by the bombardment of Kagosima ;
we have had a war in
India with the hill tribes, and a war with the Ashantees,
though only disease cost a great loss of life. Still we have
a war in New Zealand, which I am afraid is very far from
being finished. This country has however escaped a still
greater difficulty by getting out of a European war in which
it seemed at one time to be involved ; but the course taken
by Great Britain in hat matter was not such as to main-
tain for this country the position she should occupy as one
of the principal countries of the world. Casting our eyes
abroad, I think it is not unreasonable to hope that the
calamities of that war which has raged so long in America
have induced the people of the Northern States to see the
hopelessness of endeavouring to fora') the Southern people
Lack into the Union. (Applause.) It is to be hoped, in-
deed, that men may be found sufficiently honest-minded to
admit this and act upon it at the proper time, when the
next Presidential election comes on, and in the meantime
it is to be hoped som2thing will be done to bring about a
restoration of peace, although it seems evident, I may
say inevitable, that one condition of that peace
must be the recognition of tne independence of the
Southern States. These calamities must set all men deeply
to think upon the political results they lead to, the vast
amount of misery they bring about, and the serious extent
to which progress has been thrown back in that part of the
world. White this is the case we in this country may look
forward with assurance to the future, seeing that the value
of the fundamental principles of our Constitution were never
better appreciated by the people at largo than at the present
moment. The hon. gentleman concluded by apologising for
the absence of his colleague, Sir AV. Fraser, who was in
Switzerland for the benefit of his health.

THE EASTERN FISHERIES,—The deliveries of
herrings at Great Yarmouth during the past week have
been small, but the quality of the fish sent in has been
good, Prices have ranged from £l4 to £2.5 per last,