The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1865.

CRYSTAL PALACE. TO-MORROW to
FRIDAY.—Mr. STOKES, the Great DINESIONIST.
will give daily, at 3 o'clock, in the Lecture Theatre, Tropical
Department, his Entertainment, illustrated by marvellous
feats of memory by his pupils.
Admission to the Palace, as usual, One Shilling. No extra
charge to the Lecture Room.

CRYSTAL PALACE. TO-MORROW to
FRIDAY.—LUXURIOUSLY WARM and DRY.—
Arrangements daily :
Orchestral Band
Mr. Stokes on `• Memory" in the Lecture Room 3.0
Great Organ
Orchestral Band
No extra charge to the Lecture Room.
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The thousand and one other attractions of the Palace In-
clude :—The New Picture Gallery, the Fine Arta Courts, in
variety and beauty unequalled in the w rld; the decorations
of the Palace, with the Great Christmas Tree ; Shakespc-tre
House, Montanan' Models, Swinge, Roundabouts, Invizora-
tors, and other popular Amusements ; Galleries of Models
and Ships, Armour Plates and Armstrong 10-pounder, lent
by official authority ; the extraordinary Chimpanzee, the
unique Aquariums. All these things render the Crystal
Palace the one place of holiday enjoyment.
Admission, One Shilling. Children under Twelve, Six-
pence. ea for admission from 10 till dusk.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr .
JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in
which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BrRTHDAY ; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELE
AT TILE SEA-SLOE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening
;except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three.
- -ROYAL GALLERY Or ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-
street. Unreserved seats, Is., 28. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring
chairs, ss.
OPERA DI CAMERA the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by
Maetarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUESDAY and T HURSDAY, at Three.

T 0 X F 0. It
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).

ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera
Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song : "Mug. of Bceotia ;" The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and iliorus ; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; and final Minuet
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, - and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and
Lascelles.

Also, M A.SANIELLO, in which Mons. L AVESSIERE, the
successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will
make his appearance.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON
MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro-
curable Talent of the day.

CANTERBURY HALL.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).

HODGE PODGE,
the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
don (including the whole strength of the establishment),
every evening at half-past Nine o'clock.
The usual Operatic Selections by Aliases Russell, Barrie,
Hays, Godden, &c. ; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont,
Kimberley, dm.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs.; Randal', Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, tc.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'.
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
Operatic Selection, SONNAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss
ELLInON.
Comte --NELLY POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J.
G. FORDE. WEST, FRED. FRENCH, Madlle. CERITO
SYLVESTER. The BROTHERS ALTOFF, from the
Theatre Deserts, houen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the
Crystal Palace.
Stalls, Is. ; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at
Seven o'clock.
Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GLIEVILLE.

MA DAIIIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.
established 29 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street.

—.—
NEW ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL
of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast
taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.
Open, on Boxinz Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other
days from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., and from 7 1111 10.
Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England,
Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Qusdrille,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of
Dance Mm ic.
Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTI.
Admission, One Shilling.
Manager, M. GRENET.

HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourli
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app led. Sold
at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine,
Is. 6d,, or 20 stamps.

GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma-
nently— Ladies' hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss.
The Dye is sold at 35. Gd ,or sent free for 54 btamps. It i s
most easy of use.

HAIR DESTROYER, 248, high Holborn,
London.—ALEX.TOSS'S DEPILA CORY removes,
without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face,
neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post
for 5f stamps.

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES O IL, which t-peedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair. 35. 6d.; sent free for 54
stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 ,High Holborn, London. Essay
)n Hair, Id.

PDIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin
are improved by one dose of, ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE-
TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness
Sto. 28. 9d.; by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. RQSS, 248, High
Elolborn, London.

ALEX. !ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for
14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. ed., or 54 stamps. Skin
tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or so stamps.
Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 248,
High Holborn, London.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Dl' as-
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by, Messrs. Coats and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W .iliants, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Co., Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
STANFORD SMITH, Secretary.

Railway and other Companies.

lIULL AND SELBY.

The directors in their half-yearly report recommend the
following dividends to be declared out of the balance to
the company's credit of .£34,olo—viz., £2 9s. 6d. per £5O
share, £l4s. 9d. per half-share, and 12s. 4-0. per quarter-
share, less income tax, for the past half-year ending 31st
of December last.

cent. per annum was declared. A special meeting was sub-
sequently held to consider a proposal to widen, deepen, and
enlarge the New West Dock, as recommended by Mr. Hawk-
shaw, the company's engineer, and £40,000 was allowed for
this purpose. The extra accommodation would give them
about four acres of dock room.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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-HARROW FLAT RACES AND STEEPLECLIASES

SATURDAY.

The Middlesex Grand Open Handicap Steeplechaset--the
eventpar excellence of the Harrow. Meeting—was reserved for
this, the concluding day's sport; but as the majority of the
visitors on the first day had quite enough of it, the princi-
pal feature of the gathering failed to prove attractive. The
card was weakened by the absolute failure of the Stand Plate
and the Volunteer Vase, and with the weather much colder
than on Friday, no wonder that the attendance was con-
siderably less than on the first day. The racing, however,
was much better, the contest for the Hunters' Stakes pro-
ducing a particularly smart struggle. The Handicap
Selling Stakes, appointed for half-past one, was an event
upon which both bookmakers and bookers speculated with
evident suspicion. Four ran, and for some little time after
the numbers were hoisted no favourite could be found. The
moment, however, The Devotee party executed a commis-
sion on their animal, he became an immense favourite,.and
notwithstanding that the course was a perfect quagmire,
odds were laid upon Devotee. The race was never in
doubt, and the favourite coming away from Confusion,
before reaching the distance, wen in a canter. The Hunters'
Stakes, like the previous event, brought out the whole of
the entries. Of the eight starters four only were spiritedly
betted Upon. Wigley, an evitistif " roarer," was favourite,
Dispute being second in demand, while Rivet and Miss Joyce
found backers at sto 1 each. The issue of the race was,
after going two miles, confined to Miss Joyce, Dubious, and
Rivet ; but the latter, after a punishing finish, won in the
last dozen strides by a head from Miss Joyce, who had mad e
the greater part of the running. Othello fell before going a
mile, and it is believed was so seriously injured that he will
have to be destroyed. Dispute, in the same interest, also
came to grief atthe same fence the second time round, when
going strong and well, and with a great prospect of suc-
cess. The winner, Rivet, was bred by Mr. James Merry,
whose colours he carried successfully in the £5O
Maiden Plate for two-year-olds in 1861, which race was
won by Fig, Jack-in-the-Box being second, and thisette
third. There were eleven runners from the twelve
coloured for the principal event of the day, which excited
considerable interest until the last hurdles were cleared. At
that point Ibex, who had throughout kept a prominent posi-
tion, came to the front and won easily. Mr. Brayley landed
a good stake by the result, his jockey (Page) assuring him
on the previous day that Ibex could have won the Harrow
Steeplechase Handicap Plate had the horse not met with an
accident. A match of a very one-sided character, for the
Selling Handicap Steeplechase brought the proceedings to
a close. Full details of the running will be found below.
A Handicap Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added,
for all ages; winner to be sold for £4O. About five fur-
longs. 4 subs.
Mr. Kane's Devotee, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (Hibberl 1
Mr. Burrell's Lifebuoy, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (R.l'Anson 2
Mr. Saltmarsh's Confusion, aged, Bst 131 b (Comery 3
Mr. Coney's Lady Overton, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ...(S Mordan) 0
. _

Betting-5 to 4on Devotee, and 4to 1 bar one.

Confusion held the lead till within 300 yards of the win-
ning post, where Devotee easily passed him, and Coinery
perceiving he had no chance of winning, subsequently
allowed Lifebuoy (beaten four lengths by. Confusion) to
get second. Lady Overton bolted soon aft 4 starting, and
took no part in the race.
A Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovseach,7with 20 added; 12st each ;
winners extra, and selling allowances. About three
miles.
Mr. Atldnson's Rivet, 6 yrs. vao, list 71b
(Capt. Harford) 1
Mr. It. Walker's Miss Joyce (11 b), aged (£100), 12st
71b (inc. 71b ex.) (Owner) 2
Mr Thomas's Dubious, aged (£5O), 12st (inc. 71b ex.)
(Holmes) 3
The following also ran :—Wigley, Dispute (late AnCho-
rite), Othello, Jenny Jones, and Dunston.
Betting--3 to 1 agst Wigley, 4to 1 agst Dispute, sto 1
each agst Rivet and Miss Joyce.
Immediately the start was effectediDunston ran to the
front, but in a few hundred yards Miss Joyce deprived him
of the lead, and clearingthe brook, which all got over with-
out mishap, she at once assumed a commanding position;
DunSton following second, Othello third, Dubious fourth
Dispute fifth, with Rivet, .lennyJones,. and Wigley well up
in their track. At the second fence Othello fell, and was so
seriously injured by one of the competitors jumping on him
that it was thought the horse's back was broken, but
the horse, however, with assistance, walked to his stable
in the neighbourhood. After going once round the
ground Dispute, who had taken a prominent position in the
race, fell at the same fence which had brought her stable
companion (Othello) to grief. Neither of the jockeys
however, Mr. Mumford and J. Knott (the latter of whom
had a narrow escape) was hurt, nor was Dispute.- Nume-
rous alterations of position occurred with the rear rank in
the last mile, but except being for a short distance headed
by Jenny Jones, Miss Joyce held the front position from
the time she took up the running on passing the stand the
first time, till within 50 yards of the winning post where
Rivet passed her, and after an exciting race won by a head.
Dubious finished two lengths behind Miss Joyce. Jenny
Jones was a bad fourth, Dunston (who injured himself in
jumping) being fifth, close up. Nothing else passed the
post. The winner was sold to Mr. Blencowe for 125 guineas,
placing a surplus of £75 to the fund.
The Middlesex Grand Open Handicap Steeplechase of 20
sovs each, 10 ft, with 200 added ; winners extra. About

three miles and a half. 13 subs.
Mr. E. Brayley's Ibex (h b), 5 yrs, 10st 111 b (Page) 1
Mr. T. Iven's Ladbroke Lass, aged, list 41b (Mr. Ellison) 2
Mr. G. Walker's Pigeon, 6 yrs, 12st 21b (Owner) 3
The following also ran :—lronsides, Crusade, Goshawk,
Balleycasey, Duster, Aggressor, Deception, and Goldfinder.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Pigeon, 6to 1 each agst Deception
and Aggressor, 8 to 1 agst Ibex, 9 to 1 agst Ironsides, 10
to 1 agst Ladbroke Lass, 100 to 8 each agst Crusade and
Goshawk.

Deception made play, followed by Ladbroke Lass and
Ironsides, to the brook, where Ladbroke Lass took up the
running. Next the Lass were Deception, Ironsides, Ibex,
Crusade, and Duster, who frequently changed places ;
whilst in their rear followed Balleycasey, Aggressor, Gold-
finder, and Goshawk in close company ; Pigeon lying last, a
considerable distance from the leader. Little variation oc-
curred until reaching the stand the second time, where De-
ception and Ironsides went in front of Ladbroke Lass, and
upon arriving at the judge's box Ironsides took command
but stumbling in the deep clay came on to his head, and
nearly threw States, who, in pulling the old horse together
baulked Deception, and Ladbroke Lass again went on with
the lead, followed over the brook by Balleycasey, Crusade,
Ironsides, and Aggressor; Ibex, Pigeon, and Duster being
close up. Half a mile from home Balleycasey, Ironsides,
and Crusade dropped astern, and Ladbroke Lass rapidly
compounding, enabled Ibex and Pigeon to draw upon her
in the last quarter of a mile. Young Page judiciously waited
with Ibex until the last jump had been cleared, and then
sending the ex-flat racer along at his best pace, quickly
caught Ladbroke Lass and easily defeated her by four
lengths. Pigeon, who looked formidable to the distance,
was there hopelessly beaten, and struggled home two
lengths from the second; Duster was a bad fourth, Iron-
sides fifth, Crusade sixth, Balleycasey seventh ; and Gold-
finder (who staked himself three fences from the finish)
walked in eighth. Goshawk fell and walked in with the
crowd, as did also Deception.
A Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 10
added ; winner to be sold for 40 sow. About 21 miles.

3 subs.
Blencowe's Jenny Wren (late Stays), aged, list 51b
(J. Knott) 1
Capt. Fitzgerald's Rolling Stone, aged, 11st 41b
(Mr. Ellison) 2

Betting-2 to lon Jenny Wren, who made all the run-
ing, and Rolling Stone refusing in the last mile, trotted in.
The winner was bought by Mr. Ashby for 41 guineas.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATuRDAY.

There was a fair attendance, but very little business was
done. No transaction worth any special comment occurred.
Closing prices :

WATERLOO (COURt3ING) CUP.
100 to 6on the field (offered)
28 to 1 agst Mr. J. Johnstone's nomination (offered)
30 to 1 agst Mr. Randell's nomination (taken)
33 to 3 agst Mr. Jones's nomination (offered)
50 to 1 agst Mr. Blanshard's nomination (taken)

TWO THOUSAND.
7to 1 agst Broomielaw (Offered)
100 to 8 agst Chattanooga (taken)
100 to 8 agst Archimedes (taken)
THE CHESTER CUP.
25 to lon the field (offered)
40 to 1 agst Balham (taken)
40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken)
40 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken)
50 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken)
66 to 1 agst La Toucques (taken)
THE DERBY.
sto 1 agst Liddington (offered)
10 to 1 agst Brea&Thane (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bedminster (wanted),

A LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT.—The municipa-
lity of Ravenna have just voted a sum of 2,000 f. for the
erection of a monument to Anita, the courageous wife of
Garibaldi. General Garibaldi having married again, and
his wife (No. 2) having soon after the nuptials ran away
from him with an Austrian officer—this tribute must come
rather awkwardly.

PRICE 4d.
STAMPED sd,

The Garotters at Sheffiela.

lAfter a protracted delay, the Sheffield police have suc-
ceeded in taking into custody two of the men who committed
the atrocious outrage upon Mr. Burnby, coal agent to Earl
Fitzwilliarn, named Dennis Carr and Henry Smith. They
were brought before the Sheffield magistrates on Se.. turday
charged with the crime. Carr was apprehended in Birming-
ham. Another of the ruffians, named Edward Hall, ab-
sconded soon after the robbery, and escaped out of the hands
of half-a-dozen police officers in Birmingham, leaving be-
hind him ample proof to convict him of several serious
crimes. The evidence against Carr and Smith was gone into
at some length. Mr. Burnby, who is still very ill, said—
" On Friday, Dec. 23, I was returning home between 6 and
7 o'clock in the evening-. When within a couple of hun-
dred yards of my own house, I was seized by the throat
from behind, and swung round by the man who had hold
of me. One of the other men struck me a blow over the
left side of the head. I observed a third man, and he
appeared to be keeping watch about two or three yards
from the persons who were striking me. The man then
struck me over the chest and ribs, and I held up my hand
to protect my heart, as the blows were so severe. I
received a very severe blow over my hand, and it fell.
It appeared to be with some instrument. One of my eyes
was filled with blood. The man who was pressing my
throat said to the one who was striking me, Hit him
lower,' and he did so, and hit me below the ribs, on the left
side. I then became insensible ; but when I came to my
senses I was laid on the causeway or footpath. I felt in my
pocket to see if my purse was there, but it was gone. It
contained £2 or £3 in silver. A silver lever hunting watch
which I had in my fob, and which was fastened 13/ a leather
guard, was also gone. Part of the guardiwaileft round
my neck. A gold pin which I had in my cravat, and in
which was set a large amethyst, was also gone. I heard some
one coming before I was attacked, and I moved on to the
kerbstone to let them pass. The silver hunting watch case,
silver dial, and plate now produced I can identify as portions
of the watch stolen from me. I had the watch for upwards
of 20 years, and I have no doubt as to the parts produced
belonging to it. I was taken home by three or four gentle-
men who heard me groaning on the ground. There was a
new building close by, and some one was working on it. I
was attended by Mr. Skinner for about a fortnight or
three weeks. I was a week in bed. I suffered much pain
about the throat and body. When I swallow anything
now my throat hurts me, and I have a pain in my left side
near the heart. I cannot articulate plainly yet." Mr.
Skinner, surgeon, said Mr. Burnby was as nearly murdered
as it was possible for him to be and yet live. The injury
to the heart, produced by the violent blow, was very seri-
ous. The. most important witness in the case was a
working watchmaker named Martin Cooper, to whom Hall
and Carr offered the stolen property. He said—"A very
short time after the robbery, on the same night, the pri-
soner Carr and Edward Hall came into my house. Hall
produced a silver lever hunting watch and a gold pin, with
an amethyst stone. The stone was a large one, as if it was
intended for a brooch. Hall asked me what I thought
about the watch. I looked at it, and asked him what he
wanted for it. He said, Would 30s. be too much ?" and
I said ' No.' Carr laid the pin down on the board. While
I was engaged in examining the watch Carr said to me,
By Christ, be careful, for there's 20 years and a good
flogging for it.' Hall asked me what I could do with the
pin, and I said I could do nothing with it, and he told me
to break it up. Hall asked me to take the name out of the
watch while he stayed, and I did so. I took both the num-
ber and name out. It was a name of some one in Lincoln,
and I think the number was 298. The name was either
Wilson or Williams, lam not sure which. The place was
Lincoln. (Mr. Burnby.—The name was Richard Wilson,
Lincoln.) I broke the pin up, except the stone. I did
not then pay the 305., and they went away, leaving
the watch and pin with me. On the next night
(Christmas Eve), Hall, Carr, Smith, and Skinner came
to my house several times from between 6 and 7 o'clock
and 11, Carr and Hall came together ; then Smith came by
himself, and so did Skinner. They were altogether at my
house about 11 o'clock. At that time Hall asked me for the
money for the watch and pin. I had some money in my
hand, and he said, Can you pay me for that watch and
pin ?' I had been out previously to get some money, and
when I went out I think Smith was not there. lie was in
when I came back. I paid Hall the 30s. in the presence of
Carr and Skinner." The witness went on to say that he
gave the watch back to the men, and it was afterwards re-
stored to him from a garden in the Abbeydale-road, outside
of the town. He informed the police, and they took the
step& which led to the apprehension of the prisoners. The
case was adjourned until Thursday for corroborative evi-
dence.

The Debate on Langiewicz in the Austrian

ReicEsrath

The petition of Langiewicz was brought before the
Reichsrath by the petition committee on the 23d January.
The committee strongly urged the liberation of the late
Dictator of Poland. The Minister of Police, Baron Mecsery,
disputed the right of the Swiss Government to require the
extradition of Langiewicz. Very extraordinary conse-
quences would follow the recognition of such a right. Any
Government, by simply naturalising an individual, might
influence his relations towards the Government on whose
territory he resides, although such Government may have
claims upon him. The point was, that Switzerland should
take upon herself the duties which Austria has to fulfil re-
garding Langiewicz ; and Switzerland had not accepted
this obligation. He declared, in conclusion, that it was the
ardent wish of the Government to liberate Langiewicz as
soon as possible from the measures taken against him, and
that the Government hoped it would soon be in a condition
to do so; but it reserved to itself the liberty of determin-
ing the suitability of the time for so doing.
Dr. Muhlfeld thought the Swiss Government had a per-
fect right to make the demand in question. There was
nothing in the Austrian law against Langiewicz being made
a Swiss citizen, even though he may never have been in
-Switzerland. This was not disputed by the Minister of
Police, and he (the speaker) was thereby strengthened in
his conviction that the conduct of the Government in this
matter had been mainly influenced by consideration for a
certain Power. If the case had been that of a naturalised
Englishman, he was sure the Government would never
have so treated a demand from Great Britain for the extra-
dition of its subject. The case of Langiewicz was that of
all the Poles confined in Austria. The insurrection,
which had been the cause of their confinement, had
ceased; their confinement should therefore also cease;
it being, moreover, contrary to the Austrian law. If
any of them had committed any offence against Austria,
they should be tried and punished, but it was contrary
to law to keep them in confinement without trial. This
arbitrary and exceptional measure affected the laws for the
protection of personal liberty and the feeling of right among
the citizens of the monarchy. He moved therefore, " That
the petition be referred to the Government, which is
strongly urged to liberate M. Langiewicz, and put a stop
to the confinement of the other Poles."
The Minister of Police said that the Government had
already determined to carry out the objects of the above
motion, and that stops were being taken with that view.
At present the only question was the provision of funds to
enable the Poles to leave the country.
Dr. Muhlfield withdrew his motion after this statement.

Dr. Bechbauer said that Langiewicz was imprisoned like
a common felon. No one was permitted acess to him, and
the door of his cell was guarded by two gaolers. Even
in the time of Metternich, persons who were confined in
the country for political reasons were not kept in prison.
Why had Langiewicz not be tried ? It was evident that
he had been confined without trial because he was guiltless
of any offence punishable by the Austrian law. In Austria,
political offences are only penal when committed on Aus-
trian territory or directed against. Austria. The only Power
which could demand his extradition by treaty was Prussia;
but Prussia can no longer do so, for he is now a Swiss sub-
ject. Prussia had allowed this, and freed him from his
duties as a Prussian subject. Prussia had done this under
Bismark—that same Prussia which had been condemned
for its convention with Russia, at a time when Austria had
joined in supporting the five points. Austria would now
be condemned by all Europe if she persisted in detaining.
Langiewicz, and thereby continuing a course of action
which is only possible in a State under the government of
the police.
The Minister of Police denied that the conduct of the
Government had been influenced by any special agreement
duty
imposed another Power. It was simply the result of a
imposed by the law of nations.
importance to the
com-
mittee, said the committee attached no
wrether he be a
Dr. van der Strass, the reporter of the petition
question of Langiewicz's nationality.
be
liberated, for
Prussian or a Swiss subject, ho ought to
protection of
Austria, and particularly to the his detention is opposed to the lalNaS
hlel as the causes which pro-
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healthy horse in good condition if sold dead at the price of
beef would not realise as much as if sold living, The sus-
picion arises therefore that it is only the flesh of old and
lean horses which is offered to the public at such a cheap
rate. Some information on this ' point would, the Diritto
thinks, be desirable.

- Reform Meetings ' •
•
NOTTINGHAM. ~..IVX4/
A meeting of the inhabitants of Nottlnght
promote the cause of Parliamentary Reform wa
held in the Exchange Rootn, Nottingham, on Friday
evening. The Mayor occupied the chair, and there
were present, among others, Sir R. Clifton and Mr.
Paget (the borough members). The large room
was crammed to suffocation.

The Rev. J. R. LITTLE proposed_,‘ That the
present state of Parliamentary representation, ex-
cluding as it does a large majority of the people
from a share of the Government, is most unjust and
unsatisfactory."
The resolution was seconded and unanimously
carried.

Mr. lIEATII proposed the second resolution—
" That further delay in remedying this injustice,
after it has been repeatedly admitted in speeches
from the Throne and by the leaders of both parties,
would be derogatory to the character of Parliament
and destructive of public morality."
This resolution was seconded by the Rev. P. W.
CLAYDEN and carried unanimously.

• Mr. PAGET and Sir P. CLIFTON both spoke strongly
in favour of the movement.
The proceedings were of a perfectly unanimous
character.

ROCHDALE.
On Thursday evening a crowded meeting of the
inhabitants of Rochdale presided over by the Mayor
(Mr. Tatham) was held in the Public Hall, for the
adoption of a petition from the non-electors of the
borough to the House of Commons " for the speedy
passing of such a measure of reform as will give the
rights of citizenship to the great body of the indus-
trial classes." Several aldermen and town coun-
cillors accompanied the mayor upon the platform.
The MAYOR brieity, introduced the proceedings.
Mr. W. SHEPHERD, a non -elector, elector, moved—
" That this meeting is of opinion that it is the duty
of the present House of Commons to pass a measure
of reform which shall admit the great body of the
working classes of this country to the electoral
franchise ; and further, that the meeting views with
just indignation the conduct of Lord Palmerston's
Government in failing to redeem the pledge it gave
upon accession to office, to use its full influence to
II carry a Reform Bill."
Mr. W. COOPER seconded the resolution.

Mr. Alderman HEALEY supported the resolution.
Mr. E. AsuwouTir (a town councillor) made a
long and eloquent speech, which he began by say-
ing he was invited to this meeting by the non-
electors' committee, and he wished it to be dis-
tinctly understood that this was a non-electors'
meeting, organised and arranged for by them-
selves, and that all the speakers were in-
vited by them alone, without any intimation.
stimulus, or suggestion whatever from the electoral
body. (Cheers.) It appeared as if, by an almost
magnetic influence, the great masses of the people
were once more burning with something like that old
enthusiasm which had carried them and the middle
classes on to so many victories in the past, and was
the best earnest of triumph in this cause for the
future. He thought that working men had a peculiar
cause for disgust with the present Government and
the present Parliament. What must we think of the
man who made them a promise to obtain a certain
end, and, when he had gained that end neither
regarded them nor his promise ? Would any
other assembly in the country have so trifled
with the language of the Queen ? Had the
Royal speeches been addressed elsewhere. would
they not have been responded to years
ago by a large and just measure of reform?
But it was not so. There was something waited
for. What was it ? For 32 years the people had
been petitioning for reform. But it was rightly
said by Earl Russell's eldest son—(loud cheers)—
that the delay arose from that indisposition to self-
reform which was universal in human nature. The
House of Commons would never reform itself ; it
must be reformed by the great mass of the people,
whose servant it ought to be. And lie believed they
were prepared to test the matter at the next dee-
, tion. (Cheers.) The history of the last Reform
Act had been calmly and cleverly written by a
fellow-townsman—(cheers)--and surely some respect
might be claimed for the words of a clergyman, the
son of the vicar of Rochdale—(cheers)—when,
speaking in Conservative circles of that great mea-
sure, he said that in some places it positively im-
paired the direct influence of the working classes
by restricting the suffrage where it had been
nearly universal. That was a strong argument
for supplementing the Reform Act now by
not merely extending, but restoring the franchise of
the working classes. He (Mr. Ashworth) repudi-
ated the language of those who had the audacity to
say the people had earned or merited by their con-
duct that franchise which was their birthright.
What had been the conduct of the electoral body
itself during the crisis of distress which had tested
the magnanimity and the loyalty of the unenfran-
chised operatives ? Had all the possessors of votes
kept clean hands and resisted temptation, though it
was not backed by a dying wife and famishing
children ? Had not scores and hundreds of the
electoral body despised her Majesty's proclamation,
violated the laws—(cheers)—and for the sake of the
pelf they might gain and fatten upon, sought to
weld faster and firmer the bonds of slaves in
another land ? (Great cheering.) It had been
said that the working classes, in the day of
their prosperity, waxed fat and kicked—that
they were insolent in their demands ; and
if they were the only classes who were ever
insolent in prosperity, he should certainly be
inclined to disfranchise every insolent working man.
(Laughter and cheers.) But that was no argument
for the disfranchisement of the men who were not
insolent. (Cheers.) He retorted upon those who
excluded them this accusation of insolence, and he
concluded by pointing to America in her strife as a
vindication of the greatness of democracy. That
strife was not the result of democracy, but of its
union with an aristocratic element, which could not
fail to produce trouble. It was as certain as Divine
truth itself that democracy would never pass away,
would never fail—(cheers)—and if it made mistakes,
those belonged to no class or section of the people,
I they were unhappily the common heritage of man-
kind. (Great cheering.)
The resolution was also supported by Mr. G. T.
KEMP, and was carried unanimously.
The adoption of the petition was spoken upon by
Mr. J. Petre, jun. ; Mr. T. Cheetham, Mr. t;
Hartley, and Mr. Councillor Robinson.