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abroad are brought there they can come no further
than Gravesend ; they must come from there in
small steamers, and when landed at the Arse-
nal they are still two miles from the hospital. It
would certainly seem as if the genius of
contrariety had presided over this building,
from first to last, and achieved a complete success in
rendering it as uncomfortable and inconvenient as
possible. The regimental hospital at Hounslow is
also what Lord DALHOUSIE very appropriately
calls the " glass and glare " principle. Indeed, so
oppressive was the light, that the first regiment to
whom the hospital was handed over had the lower
panes painted a dark green. The noble lord gave
very sound advice when he proposed that the Secre-
tary of State for War should call in the medical
officers of the army, and thus obtain the best advice
in a practical form. He might then be successful
in erecting " Hospitals that would not be mere
temples of the sun, and barracks that
would not be mere temples of the wind."
Lord DE GREY defended the " glass and glare sys-
tem," which he more respectfully called the " pavi-
lion plan," from the attacks made upon it by the
noble lord in his comprehensive speech. He said
that the Royal Sanitary Commission, of which the
late Lord HERBERT was the head, approved of this
plan. This seems very strange ; but if these emi-
nent individuals made a mistake, it seems hard that
unfortunate patients should suffer from it to please
those who prefer or persist in a system, right
or wrong. It is unsatisfactory to hear from Lord
DE GREY that this new hospital at Woolwich is to
be a general hospital. It is a great pity that more
care and consideration are not taken when such
sums of money are spent, and what is still of
more consequence, the health and comfort
of our troops endangered. It seems of no use to
mention the errors that creep into the system of
official management, for the more that is said
against a particular plan the more strongly do the
Government uphold it. Lord ELLENBOROUGH de-
clared with great justice that the Secretary of State
for War should have taken the whole responsibility
of the erection of this hospital, and he could not
believe " but that if any Secretary of State
for War had looked into the details of
the plans they would not possibly have been
adopted." The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that they
could only judge of the hospital at Woolwich when
it was occupied, but then it will be too late to
remedy the mischief, which is now so properly com-
plained of, and to rectify the errors that those who
should be the first to admit them chose to deny.

The extension of the railway lines throughoir
the metropolis has given rise to a very importan

discussion on a matter which concerns us all more
or less, since none can say where the ever-growing
iron lines will stop, or what route they may select

for their course. It is an instance in which a grew
public convenience occasions a vast amount o.
private inconvenience—so vast, indeed, that it be.
comes a public question. By a very just rule, the
railway companies are bound to give material
compensation to the owners of the property they
destroy ; and indeed they are unable to proceed
with their undertaking until the matter is defi-
nitely arranged. If they refuse to give adequate
compensation for the damage inflicted, the suf-
ferer can appeal to the courts of law to settle
the dispute. By this means a wholesome check is
put upon the torrent of speculation which other-
wisewould be inclined to sweep all before it, with-
out any regard to the injury, inconvenience, or
annoyance which it might occasion. A good many
citizens of London have had cause to be thankful
,for this provision of the statute during the last few
years, but sometimes even a round sum of money
will not atone for the loss or injury resulting from
a compulsory removal. A new point has now been
raised, however, which is of vast importance to the
commercial classes of this country, and which we
are not surprised to find many traders actively dis-
cussing. It appears, from the decision of three out
of five judges in the Exchequer Chamber, " that if
a railway company, in constructing their railway,
block up a thoroughfare leading to a shop, so as to
occasion loss to a shopkeeper in his business, by
preventing the passing of customers to his shop, the
loss of business is not the subject of compensation"
within the terms of the act. If so, this is a grievance
which calls immediately for redress, and it is a
pity that the learned judges could not take into
consideration the equity as well as the law of the
case. Two of the five judges present, Justices
BYLES and KEATING, dissented from the construc-
tion put upon the act by their learned brothers,
and the common sense of the community will un-
doubtedly endorse the sense and justice of their
decision. The case of a tradesman ruined by the
virtual stoppage of his business, is thus much
harder than his who suffers from compulsory re-
moval, since in the one case he has the monetary
compensation for his loss, while in the other the
victim sees his business destroyed without any
compensation, and if he thinks it necessary to
remove he does so at his own expense. So many
metropolitan lines are now in course of construction,
and so many more are under consideration, that this
is not a matter of mere class or local interest, but it
concerns a very large proportion of our commercial
men. In the City especially the iron highway is
rapidly extending its lines, and is threatening with
temporary suspension, if not with total destruction,
the ordinary traffic of some of our busy thorough-
fares. Every business man knows the damage done
by a sudden suspension of trade or even by an un-
timely removal; and while private interests cannot
be suffered to stand in the way of the public advan-
tage, neither should they be entirely overlooked for
the benefit of railway companies, which are likely,
in the metropolis, at all events, to make ample pro-
fits. Improvements cannot stand still to suit the
convenience of individuals, who must " step aside
out of the light ;" but they have a right to demand
a fair inquiry into their grievances, and a just con-
sideration for their losses. If such compensation
were a recognised preliminary to metropolitan
works, it would be thought no hardship by the pro-
jectors ; but so long as there is a loophole for escape
they will naturally endeavour to avail themselves of
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On the 4th instant the Minister of Portugal—the
Count de Lavradio—and l'qr. Gerald Ralson, the
Consul-General of Liberia, signed, on behalf of their re-
spective Governments, a treaty of amity, commerce, and
navigation, at the legation of Portugal in London. It is
noteworthy that one of the articles of this treaty assimilates
slave-trade to piracy, and condemns its guilty perpetrators
to the same punishment as would be inflicted on pirates.
It is most desirable that in all future treaties which the
negro republic may make with other nations this
grand principle should be recognised and established, as
has just been done with Portugal, and was previously
effected with the negro republic of Haiti, so that the inter-
national law of the civilised peoples of the world should be
enriched by this important addition to their codes. It is to
the high honour of the Count de Lavradio that he should
be the first European diplomatist to intrOdtVe
this impor-
taut principle into international

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 7.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Syria, Captain Parish, with the heavy portion of
the above mails, arrived heie this morning. She
brings 60 passengers, £1,438 in specie, and a general
cargo, including 1,218 bales of silk, to the value of
£99,000.

Throughout the voyage the Syria experienced
head winds and a heavy sea.

The British war vessels Racoon, Liffey, and
Procris, and the Italian frigate Principe Umberto,
were at Gibraltar. H.M.S. Victoria was cruising off
St. Elmo.

Tranquillity had been restored among the railway
labourers at Reinosa, but 40 men who refused
to work, notwithstanding the offers of payment, are
to be expelled the country ; and two companies of
the military are to remain at Reinosa until they
have left the province.
Gibraltar exchange, 90 days, 49 11-16ths ; Mar-
seilles, eight days, sfr. 14c. ; Madrid, 11 dis. ;
premium on sfr. pieces, 1i per cent. ; freights un-
changed.

BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS.

The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship,
Oneida, Captain P. M. Woolcott, arrived at South-
ampton, at 1 p.m. yesterday, with mails of the fol-
lowing dates, in charge of Captain Bingham, R.N.,

naval mail agent :—Buenos Ayres, January 26 ;
Montevideo, January 29 ; Rio de Janeiro, February
8 ; Bahia, February 11; Pernambuco, February 13 ;
St. Vincent (Cape Verdes), February 21; and Lis-
bon, March 2.
From Rio to Bahia the Oneida had fine weather,
with moderate breezes from S.W. ; thence to Per-
nambuco cloudy weather, and squally winds from
N. and E. ; to St. Vincent fine weather, with fresh
N.E. winds ; to Lisbon fine weather, with very
strong N.E. trade winds and heavy head sea ; to
Cape Finisterre fine clear weather, and fresh N.N.E.
breezes ; and the remainder of the voyage squally
weather, with strong westerly winds.
The Oneida brought 74 passengers, £20,435 in
specie (of which £17,100 was gold and £3,335
silver), 985 bales of cotton, 562 rolls of tobacco,
589 bags of coffee, 30 barrels of arrowroot, 28 casks
of wine, 4 packages of diamonds, 30 bales of beef,
and 130 packages of sundries.
There is very little war news by this arrival. The
following items of intelligence are extracted from the
Buenos Aryes Standard of the 26th of January :
" It was rumoured in town yesterday that Gen.
Munoz, who broke into the Brazilian territory at
the head of a body of cavalry, has carried every-
thing before him ; and some even go so far as to
say that he has more than 1,000 prisoners. The
war seems to be spreading now, for the news by the
steamer yesterday morning was that a couple more
bands of raiders' had left Montevideo a few days
ago for the same purpose. _ _

" We read in the Reforma that General Basilic)
Munoz had invaded Rio Grande, and taken 1,000
negro prisoners. Flores and Netto are said to have
arrived at the Gerrito on Tuesday morning. Among
the passengers per Tevere were 42 National Guards,
and several families are expected to-day by the Rio
del Plata. The blockade of Montevideo will pro-
bably be put on Monday next, the 30th inst.
" The Tribuna publishes a list of foreign war
vessels in the River Plate, of which 16 are Brazilian,
eight English, three French, three Italian, two Spa-
nish, and one Dutch—total, 33 vessels, carrying 229
vessels.

The Standard of the 25th says :

" Possibly the most important event which has
occurred in the River Plate since the sailing of the
last packet has been the suspension of specie pay-
ments by the Maua and Commercial Banks in Mon-
tevideo. The unpleasant but not unlooked-for event
has been the result of the civil war, which has now
desolated the Banda Oriental for nearly two years.
The Montevidean Government having exhausted
every possible means to raise more money for the
subjugation of the rebels, has at last had resort to
the unjustifiable measure of forcing a loan from the
Maua and Commercial Banks for $500,000. The
securities which this impoverished and barefaced
Government could offer being of a most questionable
character, the suspension of specie payment for six
months has been legalised by an edict of the Presi-
dent,
and the consequence is that gold commands a
premium of 10 per cent. in Montevideo to-day. Pre-
vious to the enforcing of this loan it is right to ob-
serve that owing to the dull state of business inMon-
tevideo, and the great scarcity of money in Buenos
Ayres, the drain of gold from the former city was
excessive, and close observers believed that sooner or
later resort would be made to the ' inevitable paper
dollar,' to save the whole fabric of Montevidean
commerce from a fearful crash. The indigence of
the Government has, however, precipitated this
event. Political animosity and private jealousies
have for the last ten days been brought to bear
against the credit of an institution which is so justly
popular in the River Plate—the Maua Bank ; but
we are pleased to say that this institution has
triumphed over all, though sorely put to the test by
the scandalous attacks of a press which in England
would be characterised as licentious. In Buenos
Ayres the Maua Bank not only paid every demand

hi gold, but actually sustained the market by giv

ing facilities at a period when other establishments
declined to lend a dollar. One of the bitterest
attacks ever published against any monetary insti-
tution appeared in a paper which is the acknow-
ledged organ of President Mitre's Government ; it
called on the people to withdraw all deposits from
the Maua Bank, and even stooped to the lowest
personalities against the deservedly esteemed Baron
Baua, but the Maua Bank owes its prominent posi-
tion
in Buenos Ayres to neither clique nor party ; it
is sustained by three-fourths of the whole commer-
cial community of this city, and all the slanders
and calumnies of a venomous press failed to disturb
the confidence of the public in a bank which is so
ably managed and well directed. We cannot leave
this subject without remarking that, with the experi-
ence which the Maua Bank has already had of the
arbitrary conduct of needy Governments, any re-
fusal on the part of the bank to conform to the
terms of the Monte Videan Government would lead
to a repetition of M. Riestra's conduct in 1860,
when, disregarding the solemnities of a contract,
and trampling upon the rights and privileges secured
thereby, this gentleman, who was then Argentine
Minister, and is now the consulting director of
the London and River Plate Bank, put his name
to a fiat prohibiting the circulation of the Maua
notes in the Republic. To avoid this, and save the
whole commercial body in Montevideo from ruin,
the bank had no other alternative than to act as it
had done. The Legislature of Buenos Ayres has,
in its hurry to redeem the paper currency, forced us
into the crisis through which we are at present pass-
ing. The present period being the wool season,
paper money is in the greatest demand, and has be-
come so scarce that interest has risen to a rate which
no business in Buenos Ayres can afford to pay.
All the surplus paper money hitherto in circulation
has been burnt, and still the burning continues with-
out any provision whatever for replacing the cur-
rency so destroyed. The consequence is that wool,
hides, tallow, real estate, stock, all have fallen, to
the great prejudice of the unfortunate producers
and owners."

MARKETS--This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
Trade dull
CUMBERLA-ND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per, load.
A slow demand,
WHITEcHAFEL.-11eadow hay, £4 4s to £5 55 Od ; clove;
£5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
Trade inactive.
COLONIAL.

TEA.—Business has been dull, operations having been
postponed until, the public sales, which commence to-day.
SUGAR.--The market has exhibited rather more anima-
tion, and full rates have been obtained for superior qualities
of West India; other descriptions have remained without
material change in prices. In the refined market late quo-
tations are fully maintained.
CC/MR.—Mere has been a strong demand for colonial
descriptions at fully previous rates.

moderate amount of business has been done in
Eaf t India, which has generally maintained previous prices.
TALLOW.---The market has exhibited symptoms of im-
provement after the late depression. P.Y.C. on the spot is
quoted 40s. 6d, ; June, 41s. 3d. ; and last three months',
425. 3d. per cwt.

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.-011 Sunday morning
last the Rev. L. Thornton, MA., who was elected Presi-
dent of the Wesleyan Conference, at the recent annual
meeting of that body, suddenly expired at his residence.
The rev. gentleman rose at his customary hour, and while
preparing for the usual ministerial duties of the day, was
suddenly attacked by illness, and died in the course of an
hour afterwards. Intelligence of his sudden decease
quickly became known among the members of the Wes-
leyan Connection, and the melancholy event was the sub-
ject of special reference by the ministers of most of the
Wesleyan chapels on Sunday evening throughout the
metropolis.

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attended with serious consequences. When any one finds
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head dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical
or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate
need of some cooling, and purifying medicine. Let him
send at once for a box of Holloway's Pills, after a few
doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits be
elevated, and all his energies restored. Printed directions
for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable
imedicine are Antoci to every box..

The Davenport Brothers and Messrs. liulley

and Cummins.

Mr. Hulley, of Liverpool, has issued a statement
in which he says :
The Davenport Brothers challenge Mr. Cummins and
myself to tie them with the so-called tom-fool's knot, "in
the presence of a jury of twelve gentlemen of position and
character in London, instead of an excited and prejudiced
mob—the knot to be applied so as not to subject the brothers
to needles pain, of which two respectable surgeons shall be
judges, and the jury of twelve to report to the public the re-
sult." I don't know that a man who, casually attending an
exhibition of spiritualistic imposture; makes it his business
to expose it, pledges himself thereby to devote the remainder
of his days to the exhilarating occupation of following a
couple of conjuror; who ridiculously pretend to be the
passive instruments of an incomprehensible power. But
as my name has become identified with this business, I at
once frankly declare that I have no objection to again at-
tempting to baulk the Davenports of then prey—the
money of a swindled public—if they will permit the trial
to take place on terms that may benefit society ; but before
specifying those terms I must make a few comments on
the particularly modest and accurate account which they
have published of the treatment to which they have been
subjected. Once for all, neither I nor Mr. Cummins have
had anything to do with smashing cabinets. lam under
the impression that in Liverpool the onslaught on that
precious piece of furniture was instigated by the con-
federates of the brother, and it is a remarkable circum-
stance that about one half of those present paid no
admission money, but entered with orders. Certain it is
that we did our best to keep the invaders off the plat-
form, and had left the hall before the cabinet was touched.
At Iltddersfield, where we are represented to have deli-
vered stimulating addresses, we did our best to prevent any
display of violence.
My connection with this affair arose by the merest acci-
dent. I met Mr. Cummins about half-past six on the even-
ing of the Tuesday, and he showed me a knot which he
had been taught, and which he firmly believed the Daven-
ports could not get out of, proposing that I should accom-
pany him and tie up one of the brothers. I agreed, and,
from my position, being well known in the town, it hap-
pened that I was called on by the audience to act as one of
the committee whom Dr. Ferguson invited them to nominate.
I consented on condition that Mr. Cummins should be the
other.ln this capacity we proceeded to tie the brothers, and the
one who was consigned tome soon complained that I was not
only hurting him, but stopping the circulation. The brothers
say we refused to retire. The fact is the audience loudly
called upon us to remain. They say the audience were
made to believe that they objected to the particular form
of the knot, and not to the severity of the tying. Not a
word was said to the audience on the subject ; but a well-
known Liverpool surgeon testified that there was no cruelty
in the mannerof tying, and upon this the audience naturally
redoubled their manifestation in our favour. The fact is
that the form of knot, which is the simplest thing in the
world, enables it to be applied effectually without pain, if
the person tied will only remain passive. But William
Davenport persisted in wrenching his hands out of the
position in which I placed them—a remarkable thing
for a man to do who says his power depends on his
passivity—and the consequence was that it needed deter-
mination, though not the least roughness, to give the knot
a fair trial. ;The performance of the Tuesday evening was
virtually upset by the refusal of the brothers to be tied by
us ; and when at length we left the platform, a late portion
of the audience left with us and their money returned.
Next day there appeared in the papers an advertisement
attributing brutality to us, and undertaking that regula-
ions should be adopted which would prevent all dis-
urba,nces in future. When we attended in the evening,

as we felt bound to do after this aspersion upon us, we
found that the only one of the new regulations likely
to serve the Davenports was that which gave them tho

right to refuse any committee named by the audience,
" When they discovered a disposition to deal unfairly."
This of course meant that they intended to refuse Messrs.
Hulley and Cummins, an intention which they immediately
avowed when the audience selected us. The right to act thus

may belong, as the brothers say, even to criminals on trial ;
but the assembly were of opinion that it did not become per-
formers who professed to court the severest investigation.
Accordingly they stood by us. It is not true, however, that
we went to the platform backed by a crowd of our friends,
except in the sense that a considerable proportion
of those present loudly applauded our determination to
fulfil the duty they had assigned us. That we
in " various ways excited violent manifestations in
the audience, " is simply and gratuitously untrue.
It is equally calumnious to call us "the heroes of an assault

of some hundreds of brave Englishmen." We had nothing
to do with the riot. Our only function was to tie the Da-
venports as the representatives of the audience, and no se-
verity whatever had been committed by us when Ira
Davenport stopped the proceedings by having his rope
cut, and pretending that the blood caused by Dr. Fergu-
son's knife had been occasioned by the tying. If the
brothers will only accept as committeemen or jurors those
who don't believe them to be humbugs, they will have
great difficulty in selecting a committee or jury whose im-
partiality will satisfy the public. They have no business
to talk of any person being a foe, who is
selected by an audience at their own request to tie them,
and whose manner of tying is surgically certified not to be
painful or injurious. They must submit to be tied; to re-
main passive during the operation; to insist on no objec-
tion which competent surgeons do not corroborate ; to get
out if they can ; and to accept the consequences in public
. estimation if they cannot. It is not necessary for me to criti-
cise the preposterous pretensions of the more general pas-
sages of the Davenport manifesto. It is a deliberate and
flagrant affront to the intelligence of the community which
had better be treated with contempt. I will conclude,
therefore, by stating on what terms I will meet the Daven-
ports and respond to their challenge.
1. At an early date (say the week after next) the
Hanover-square Rooms shall be taken for six nights on the
responsibility of the Davenports.
2. That they will appear and be tied by me and a friend
whom I will nominate every night of the six whether
they succeed or fail in extricating themselves.
3. That no free admissions shall be given, and that
the ordinary prices shall be charged.
4. That Mr. Fay, Mr. Palmer, Dr. Ferguson, and the
Brothers accept as their remuneration one guinea each
for the week's performances.
5. That there shall be no committee or jury, but that
two known surgeons shall be appointed on each side and
properly feed, whose sole duty shall be to pronounce
whether our tying is calculated to give pain when the
hands are held passive.
6. That after the rooms have been paid for and the be-
fore-named expenses discharged, the whole of the pro-
ceeds, which shall be deposited from night to-night with
a person upon whom the Davenports and myself shall
mutually agree, shall be handed over immediately after
the performance to the Liverpool Children's Infirmary.

The following is the challenge of Mr. R. Bruce
Cummins, of Liverpool :—" I will engage to tie
Mr. William Davenport, in Liverpool, before a com-
mittee of twelve gentlemen, six of whom may be brought
from London by Mr. Davenport, it being understood
that Mr. Dion Boucicault be excluded. The other
six shall be gentlemen of unquestioned character and posi-
tion in Liverpool, selected by myself. Mr. Davenport
and I shall each invite a well-known medical man—l would
suggest to Mr. Davenport the celebrated Mr. Fergusson,
of London—to ensure fair treatment. The trial shall
take place in a room selected by the committee, the fur-
niture to consist of a single chair. I will tie Mr. Daven-
port in the presence of the committee and surgeons, after
which he shalt be left alone. If, at the expiration of ten
minutes, Mr. Davenport readmit the committee and satisfies
them that he is free, without having had recourse to any
cutting instruments, and in another ten minutes appear re-
tied in the manner I left him, I will hand to Mr. Davenport
£5O; but should he fail, I shall then claim the like amount
from him.

MURDER OF AN ENGLISH MERCHANT IN PERSIA.
—Sir F. Crossley, M.P., has received the following
letter relative to the murder in Persia of a Huddersfield
merchant, from W. Hammond, and dated :—" Foreign-
office, Feb. 10, 1865.—Sir,—I am directed by Earl Russell
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst.,
enclosing a letter from Mr. Edward Langfield upon the
subject of the circumstances under which Mr. Benjamin
Langfield had been murdered by some Persian soldiers,
near Shahrood, in July last, and I am to inform you
in reply that her Majesty's Government has already
received from her Majesty's Minister at Teheran the
particulars of this melancholy occurrence, from which it
appears that Mr. Benjamin Langfield, accompanied by his
brother Abraham, passed through Teheran in February
last on their way to Shahrood, with a view of speculating
in cotton, and that they were duly warned by her Majesty's
Secretary of Legation of the extreme risk they incurred by
travelling in Persia without proper escortwith large sums of
money in their possession. It appears that on the 22d of
July, as Mr. Langfield and his servant were proceeding from
the port of Gey to Shahrood, on entering the district of
Bostam, they were attacked by some cavalry belonging to
the Persian army, who, after having shot both master and
man, robbed the dead body of Mr. Langfield of all the
money he had in his possession, and decamped. Their
bodies were subsequently recovered by a Christian resi-
dent of Shahrood, who had them removed to that place
and buried there ; their clothes and other articles found on
them were placed in a room, where they are now locked
up. Mr. Alison at once took measures to endeavour to
trace the murderers and recover the stolen property, and
with this view obtained the necessary order from the Shah
to the Governor of Shahrood and to the Persian com-
mander-in-chief for the discovery and arrest of the crimi-
nals. It does not appear, however, that those measures
have as yet been attended with success, but instructions
will be sent to Mr. Alison to make further inquiry into
the matter, and strong representations to the Persian
Government. Mr. Alison speaks in high terms of the
assistance rendered by the Russian Minister at Teheran
and by the Russian consul at Asterabad in the steps taken
for the apprehension of the murderers.

(Court ---t-ttrahr

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 6.
The Queen drove out this morning, attended by
the Duchess of Roxburghe.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and
Princess Louise rode in the Home Park.
The Prince and Princess de Joinville, and the Duke,
and Duchess de Chartres, visited her Majesty, and
remained to luncheon.

Countess Blucher left the Castle to-day.

The Prince and Princess of Wales
The Prince of Wales, attended by Licut.-Colone'
Keppel, rode on horseback yesterday morning.
His royal highness went to the House of Lords 111
the afternoon.
The Prince and Princess of Wales had a dinnter,,
party in the evening. The company included 0:
Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Portugues
Minister, the Marquis and Marchioness of 138111,'
Lord and Lady Colville, Lord Bloomfield, 51.`ci
George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. W• 311/z
Mrs. Gladstone, Sir Charles Wyke, the 110',.5
Meade, the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, the Hon. P',
Bruce, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Lieut.-ColoDe
Keppel, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Holzmann.
During dinner the band of the Ist Life Guar&
(conducted by Mr. J. Waterson) performed a
tion of music.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, who has been C°l/-
fined to Lansdowne House for the last fortnight by
attack of gout, is now better, but is still unable to I°l''Yt
his room. The noble marchioness is still in Paris, °l2 a
ViEl
to the Count and Countess do Flahault.
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has returned t°
town fromvisiting the Marquis and Marchioness of 'lne
bury at Savernake Forest, Marlborough.
The Earl and Countess Spencer -left Speneer
House, St. James's, yesterday, for Althorp Hall, Nortbal-d
tonshire, whence they go on a visit to the Marquis
Marchioness of Exeter, at Burghley.
accounts
The Earl of Bradford, according to r
received in town yesterday, was better, and was clailY

gaining his strength.
The Earl of :Wilton has returned to EoertOn
Lodge, Melton Mowbray, and is likely to remain there w 5
the close of the hunting season. Viscount and Visceunte
Grey de Wilton are staying at Egerton Lodge.
Lord and Lady Skelmersdale have taken al4°
in the neighbourhood of Windsor for a few months. on .
Mr. and Lady Cecelia Brinkman left torn
Saturday to pass a few weeks at Brighton. t the
THE CESAREWITCH.—We understand tha-
Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia (the Cesarewitch) -tends
Hereditary
to visit London in the summer, and that he will 6ttil -
for at least a month.

ed that

THE PASHA OF EGYPT. We are infOrnl- ,it to
U
it is the intention of his Highness the Viceroy of Y'"
visit England in the course of the ensuing summer'

Drury-lane Theatre.
ASO
The tragedy of " Cymbeline," which Prcrtie-i ale
attractive last season, was again perfornleu
evening in a very spirited and skilful mapper'
present cast differs from that of last seasoil ia
in the introduction of Mr. Anderson and gr. Ilas
Montgomery—the former of whom aPPear:t ors
Posthumous,land the latter as lachimo. B°th his
sustain their parts with spirit and judgraelit.,,,if.)l,4ll
impersonation of Cloten Mr. Walter Lacy a
combines with the fantastic drollery of the Pa'coi
certain air of good breeding, and even a PrillAtv
dignity, which enhances the attraction of t11e;
ratter. Mr. Edmund Phelps is very effeeP Pellet
Pisanio, and Mr. H. Marston makes ari
ea
ers,
Belarius. The most distinguished of the perf°r plays
however, is of course Miss Helen Faucit, uratc
Imogen with sympathetic skill and with an oc 4„a
sense of what is due to the gentleness, fonduess'
devotion of one of the most lovable of Shaksl3,,e to
women. Nor, while giving eloquent expressi°;ls,
the grace and tenderness in which the part 313°11,nes$
does she neglect to portray with equal distioc- of
that heroic constancy and that noble
.energY
nature which enable Imogen to encounter e,eocl
danger for the sake of him to whom her I°ve hick
loyalty are due. The scathing disdain with 1‘;-•„1
she repels the aspersions cast upon him by 13c,i1,,0
and Cloten is grandly expressed, and dra's "iy-i A
great applause. The tragedy was preceded of
iaa
brief farce, called " Going to the Dogs," the socl
which is chiefly in the hands of Mr. Bellil°r-' e a
the performances concluded with the pailt43mh-
" Hop o' my Thumb." to
It is due to Messrs. Falconer and Chatterneal
say that they are redeeming with honcurabiiielic
the engagement they came under with the Ptl'
r
undertaking the management of DrurY-lane, t°
den
vide genuine, attractive, and varied entert3iiino;
for their patrons. Since Christmas "
and " Richelieu" have been produced. Ue
line" is now added. "As You Like ft" ‘' 1 for
brought out on Wednesday, and The sclii,°:B
Scandal" is announced for Thursday. the
tastes of all classes of playgoers are effective'
suited.

Main Drainage of the Metropolis`
k
•
Another section of this very important 5c491.-.00
141
been just completed, namely, the Northern .to coa,
Level Sewer, which has this week received to the
de grace by the admission of the sewage at hia
aqueduct crossing the Metropolitan gad
1L )1
back of the Sessions House, Clerkensn 0 fee:
apieduct is of the extreme length of :tiobe°'
between the bearings, and is constructed el t
_O
-
boiler plate, the tube being suspended betiecillate"ea
girders, which are 12 feet deep, and are test
to bear a load of 600 tons, they having heell
to 250 tons, with a deflection of half all
The tube itself is 8 feet 9 inches in the c'-rois it°l;
is calculated to contain 60,000 gallons, hut W;
has been made for its not been fully ch3rg-tiie fc);ii
the view of preventing undue pressure bLch 1-,t
mation of storm outlets at each end, w—v.
receive the sewage after it has reached a Or %011ie;
in the tube. A noticeable feature in the cogetlier
tion of the aqueduct is, its having been Plit • ora6
11° ed
five feet six inches above its present levei:la !;i
to admit of the necessary staginer be-
the the
without interfering with the traflio
way, which has not been iniPedeth of 'eci
slightest degree. On the completion
replogif
aqueduct the temporary staging vias iterno,,s
and the ends of the tube were aottot'r
lowered by two hydraulic rams placedliPe joe111):0,
timber cradles, the rate not exceeding 4):100 rilrfer
time in order to obviate any straining (:).` best lei
The magnitude of this operation will be. n°
stood when we state that the tube weig this
p
than 240 tons, and the care bestowed °I)1,, ttild.
tion of the work has been amply rePod._sd Ivs
proving itself, on being tested, to be pert
tico;
tight. co
n ot
This aqueduct may be considered the ortion oje
link between the eastern and western 1) le of of
the contract, as by its completion the stero clog,
sewage from Mensal-green and the v
at Bar
the metropolis is conveyed to the outle:s Piore.
insteadof discharging into the Tha°lr 0,0 De `rillfriars-bridge, by means of the Fleet sevitiive rig
The effect, therefore, on the regime of ioo
or' .7
be very important. f thi° P of
The contract for the construction 0
lation
„,
of the main drainage embraced the for°4 feet tue
miles of sewers, of sizes varying frfnci out 1)1001
feet, and the whole has been came , 00.0
anu te the
eminent firm of Brassey, aiget eef,
under the superintendence of Mr.
resident entoro•
engineer in chief, Mr. Lovick, the re
ra
of
and the staff of the Metropolitan 13°a_... 0,50 f;

The EXTENSIVEweather-worn
WindsorenedheeCw s
- ----------------------
*while th°
RE---STORATIOIOAT
Castle, better known as the Belfry Tovler,o 0111cj
repaired, the window openings and loorD°lecoPe
reand there whereTh
light what were once the dungeons of the prisonero
_., 6tooef
at the 'r
faciann: ancient tower of Julitto is
veil
'royal pleasure, are being recased with 06"troogiV
work. Portions of the buildings in the gorse $1 eit),, Deco I'4;
arnaccieusirsetdrele.lyt ltliai
which abut
`those upon the wall at this point, have 01`lcorilA0
stored,
which have been reraved.
with and new stone windows inserted inore ilt-otie 0011
the general style of then arclaitecture of ale
To
eilabseeerlii:colooif:te°oll