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London, England, 1870-03-31

SALE OF POISONS-

Mr. AGAR-ELLIS asked the Solicitor General for Ireland
whether there was any law in Ireland for the prevention
of the unlimited sale of poisons ; and, if not, whether it
was the intention of Government to bring in a measure
for that purpose,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland said their was an
Act regulating the sale of arsenic in Ireland, but the
provisions of the Pharmacy Act did not extend to that
country. After Easter he proposed to introduce a short
bill for extending that Act to Ireland,

(LEFT SITTING

WEST AFRICAN MAIL.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

LIVERPOOL, March 31

The West African mail steamer Mandingo, with
27 passengers and a quantity of specie, has arrived
here. Among the passengers are Lady and Miss
Kennedy, from Madeira. The general state of health
on the West Coast was good. Trade wai at a stand-
still at Bonny.. The gold trade on the coast was
bad, owing to the war between the n.atives and Dutch.
A tremendous fire had occurred at Congo, in which
several factories were destroyed. The loss i 3 esti-
mated at £12,000.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

(THIS DAY.)

PUTNEY, Thursday.

Although the water was very low the Oxford crew
went out directly the flood began to show. They
were in their old boat, but the weather being much
more genial than heretofore, with very little
wind, the water was very smooth, and the
new boat, small as she is, would have
done very well. They pulled at about 38 strokes per
minute up to the Crab Tree, and then turned round.
They row freely and well in their old boat, which
enables them to lay out their strength to
the fullest advantage. There are many who
think it almost a pity that they sought to row
in a smaller boat than the one they had been used to
merely because their crew were a trifle lighter. Mr.
Morrison was out this morning with part of his crew
at pair-oared tub-boat practice. The crews will be
out this afternoon, and will probably go over the
whole course. The Oxonians are going to try another
new boat.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

PUTNEY, Thursday Afternoon

The wind chopped round this afternoon to the
westward, and making an agreeable change the tow-
ing path was early crowded with spectators. The
Oxonians launched their old boat at a little after
two, and rowing down to the Aqueduct, started up
to Mortlake at 37 and 38 strokes per minute, vigo-
rously pulled fore and aft. Their boat went very
fast, but, compared with the new one, looked very
large. They continued at a rattling pace through-
out, and, after a rest, rowed their boat down to
Putney.
Cambridge also rowed down to the Aqueduct,
and resembled their rivals in their form of starting,
with the difference of a stroke or two per minute.
It was admitted on all hands that their rowing was
much improved, although it was still open to amend.
ment. The boat slipped along very fast, and when
they had finished the distance, so close were they in
time with each other that their friends hardly knew
which had the advantage in speed.
London, England, 1870-03-31

A SQUARE MILE OF IMPOSITION.

Mr. G. C. T. Bartley, recently inquired at the
instance of the Society of kr ts into the
educational requirements of a square mile
of London, having Haggerstone for its centre.
The result of those inquiries was pub-
lished, and shewed a large amount of demoralisa-
tion existing throughout the locality. Mr. Bartley
now says that during the last two or three years the
district is utterly demoralised by so-called charity.
The very name of Bethnal-green, he states, is enough
to bring money from many persons' pockets, the con-
sequence. being that rents have gone up, and scarcely
a tenement, however miserable, Is unlet. Among many
other instances he mentions the fact that the
charity tickets distributed to the poor to enable them
to receive groceries, bread, coals, &c.,'are constantly
used to buy fresh butter at ls. 10d. to 2s. a pound.
Biscuits, the nice sweet ones, be says, are also pre-
ferred, and consequently purchased with charity
tickets in many cases, instead of bread.
London, England, 1870-03-31

THIRD EDITION-.

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iu time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

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IMPLRIAL PA ULIA AIEN

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs DAY.
The speaker took the chair at tour o'clock.
THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Airedale Gas Bill; Great Eastern Railway (general
powers) Bill ; Great Eastern Railway (Metropolitan
Railways, &c.) Bill ; Great Northern Railway Bill ; Hyde
Local Board Bill ; King's Lynn Gas Bill ; London,
Blackwall, and Millwall Extension Railway Bill ; North-
ampton Corporation Markets and Fairs Bill ; and Shipley
Gas Bill.

THE (METRIC SYSTEM.
Mr. BAINES presented a petition from the Working
Men's Institute in favour of the Bill for the adoption of
the Metric system.
THE PUBLIC GALLERIES.
Mr. LOCKE presented a petition in favour of the open-
ing of the British Museum and public galleries on
Sundays.
Mr. C. REED presented a similar petition.
HARBOUR LOANS.
Mr. BoLcnow moved for a return of applications for
loans under the provisions of the Harbours and Passing
Tolls, &c. Act, 1861, which have been decided on by the
Public Works Loan Commissioners, with the result ; and
stating the amount of the loan applied for and granted.
the rate of interest charged, and the nature and object
of the works in each case, made up to the 31st day of
December, 1869.
The return was ordered.
MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS.
Mr. COGAN gave notice that on— the hon. member for
North Warwickshire, nominating the select committee on
this subject, he (Mr. Cogan) should move that the order
for appointing the said committee be discharged.
CHURCHWARDENS' ELIGIBILITY BILL.
Mr. MONK gave notice that on the motion for the
second reading of this bill, he should move that the bill
be read a second time that day six months.
LIGHTHOUSES.

Mr. Pue asked the Secretary to Board of Trade why
the recommendation of Professor Tyndall, for the further
encouragement in Ireland of the system of illuminating
lighthouses with gas instead of oil, as given in, his report
to the Board of Trade on the 29thTJune last, has not been
acted on ; and whether it was the fact that the Commis-
sioners of Irish Lights have asked the consent of the
Board of Trade to apply the gas to the lighthouses at
Mino Head and Hook Tower, and that that consent had
been withheld by the Board of Trade.
Mr. LEFEVEE said that in consequence of the report
mentioned, the subj ect had been referred to the Northern
Lights Commissioners, but as there appeared to be a
great difference of opinion with respect to the use
of oil or gas it had been thought best to have some
experiments made which were now going on, and until
those experiments were concluded no alteration of the pre-
sent system would be made. It was quite true that the
two applications had been made and refused, but it was
because the experiments he had referred not had been
completed,
London, England, 1870-03-31

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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

The opera season has commenced, and the opening
piece on Tuesday night, was made more attractive
than is usually the case. The debut of a new prima
donna took place. Mdlle. Mathilde Sessi appeared
for the first time on an English stage, and her effect
on the audience was undoubtedly favourable. Her
part was that of the heroine in "Lucia di Lammer-
moor," and when, in the scene where Lucia has gone
mad, she displayed her renowned length of hair, the
audience was electrified. The " glory "of the young
Austrian certainly is of a surprising character, and
was probably no small part of the cause of the
applause which greeted her. Her voice is a pure
soprano of compass and flexibility. Graziani, Capponi,
Rossi, and Mario were all efficient in their parts,
and a new chef d' orchestre, Signor Vianesi, gave
evidence of a firm and beneficial control over the
band.

THE KINDEFDNESS OF GENIUS.

A very pretty story comes from St. Petersburg
in reference to Madame Patti. The great
cautatrice is said to have discovered behind the
scenes of the Opera House in that city a
youthful prodigy. A little girl nine years of age had
heard the prima donna several times in the part
of Margherita, and imitated her singing to such
perfection that Madame Patti almost imagined it to be
an echo of her own words, or, as Moore hath it—

A lingering sound, a spirit air
Of melodies that had been there.

Finding, however, that it proceeded from a clever
and well-endowed little girl, she offered to adopt
her. This was declined by the parents, but her
patroness has procured her admission into the St.
Petersburg Conservatoire. The name of the little
girl is Adler.
London, England, 1870-03-31

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

An Account, lursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 82,
for the week ending Wednesday, March, 30,1870.
ISSUE DEP &RTMENT.
Notes issued ~....04,896,705 Governmt. Debt 11,015,19 A
Other Securities 3,984,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

£84,896,705
London, England, 1870-03-31

MR. HARVEY LEWIS, M.P.

An " influential meeting " of the Marylebone
electors has been held to consider the position
of Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P. for the borough,as affected
by recent disclosures before Vice-Chancellor Malins.
A full explanation was given by the National Bank
director, and the meeting agreed that Mr. Lewis de-
served its full confidence, implying no doubt that
the " false, fictitious, fraudulent, and disgraceful"
epithets of the Vice-Chancellor were only so much
libel. It • unfortunately happens, however, that this
" influential meeting" consisted of those gentlemen
who had acted as chairmen vice-chairmen, &c.,
of the various district committees in support of Mr.
Harvey Lewis at the last election. A. vote of
continued confidence from these personages is not
astonishing. The question is, what do the rest of the
electors think ?
London, England, 1870-03-31

-•
RUMOURED RETIREILT.NT OF MR. BRIGHT.
The 'Globe is informed, on authority which it be-
lieves Who trustworthy, that Mr. Bright will not re-
turn ickiiis duties as President of the Board of Trade.
The re sons for this step are not given. It has
gmerally been believed that the illness of the right
hon. g itleinan required only cessation from labour
in ord -.to disappear. - ~,. -
' , TIIALEE AND TUE O'PONIDGMITE. .
. ,
Th ',Donoghue has falleplmt9 sad disfavour with
the N-1, nalists foi his support of the Land Bill on
the setOd reading, and al-sb" for his speech on the
Coerce Bill; but he has risen- to proportionate
favour*ith the. Ministry. ..The Staiulard , mentions
a rut ar that the member for , Tralee will
shortl ' quit his . native _ heath, and take
ppst•. a colonial governor. ThiS, it is thought,
will gi .a seat to the Attorney-General fOr Ireland.
An op sition, however, is threatened to the law
officer*the person of Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks,'of
Kidwe, - Park, Maidenhead, who has very powerful
influe and territorial possessions in the neighbour-
hood , ralee. ' The colonel is the gentleman whose
child s recently stolen by its nurse at Maiden-
head.
. . CONVENTS AND. MONASTERIES. -
aTh i ivision on Mr. Newdega,te's motion for a
select mmittee to inquireinto the conventual and
11.,Q1.1 ' „institutions of Great Britainwasiapg4
iiiig. 44aif3 Oire*:--Tint 3li.'l.Sreii;*aegate*lSl
IoA the battle had not a large number of Liberals
come to his aid. He was• supported by Professor
• Playfair,• Mr. White, Sir David Wedderburn, Sir
John Lubbock, Mr. M'Laren, two of the Grosvenors,
and several other Liberal members.
London, England, 1870-03-31

THE LICENSING SYSTEM.

The Glasgow Herald publishes a communication
from a correspondent to the effect that Mr. Bruce
may not introduce his Licenses Bill this year.
There is too much work. " The work before
the House is already so great that the right
hon. gentleman foresaw there was no chance
of carrying so large and important a measure
this year, and he has consequently come to the con-
clusion that it will be better to wait." A large and
important measure means a measure which is
urgently needed, as the Licenses Bill undoubtedly is.
It is curious logic that the best mode, of dealing with
urgent claims is to postpone them. If this bill give
way, together with so many others, the work of
the Session will be reduced to very small pro-
portions.
London, England, 1870-03-31

MARYLEBONE.

ROBBERY BY A PUGILISTIC AND BETTING M AN.
James Tyson, a pugilist, and John Sadler, betting
agent, were charged with highway robbery, with
violence. John Palmer, a labouring man, said last
night he was on his way home, when Sadler rushed
upon him and knocked him down. Tyson then knelt
upon him and took 7s. from his pocket. Both prisoners,
ran off, and he gave information to the police.
William House, detective D division, apprehended
Sadler, and, on searching him at the Station, a Free-
masons' gold medal was found, inscribed on it, " The
most noble Augustus Frederick Duke of Leinster,
Grand Master of tho Order in Ireland. Dated 3d
January, 1848." Also a gold locket with a ruby
heart in the centre; and nine pawn tickets relating
to valuable gold and silver watches, and. gold Albert
chains. Also several watch bows that had evidently
been broken off. Both prisoners were frequenters of
race courses and were well known to the police as
ma,..:smen" and welshers." Mr. Mansfield re-
manded them for a week.

THAMES.

George Sherry, aged 17 years, and Phillip Max-
well, 19, were brought before Mr. Lushington on
remand, charged with stealing five fowls, value £1
10s., the property of Mr. John Newland, 5, Mary's-
row, Bow Common-lane. It appeared from the evi-
dtnce of Daniel Elliott that he had the care of the
prosecutor's fowls in a yard attached to the Great
Central Gas Works. They were all game fowls of
great value and rarety. He lost three a few days ago,
and also missed four hens and a cock. He heard some-
thing which induced him to give Sherry into cus-
tody, and told him he was charged with stealing
fowls, to which the youth replied, " Have you got
anybody else ?" He • told him he had not, but he
knew who they were. The prisoner then said we
took them, but there was more with me. "We sold
the fowls in Hare street, Bethnal-green, for 145.,
we divided the money." The prisoner Sherry was
the captain of the Bow banditti, which was nearly
broken up by the police. The magistrate committed
both prisoners for trial.
London, England, 1870-05-04

DEATHS.

BROWN—On the 2d inst., atPutney, James Brown, 0
grove, Clapham, aged 70. Worsfoicif
WORSFOLD—On the Ist inst., at Dover, James
Esq., aged 75.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, May 3.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Louise, walked and drove yesterday after-
noon.

Her Majesty went out this morning.

The Princess of Wales, attended by the Coun
teas of Morton, drove out yesterday.
London, England, 1870-05-04

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIIESDAY.

The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.
MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S
SISTER.

Lord HOUGHTON, at the request of the Duke of Rich-
mond, proposed moving the second reading of this bill
until the 19th inst.
The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that on that occasion
he should move that the bill be read a second time that
day six months.

WAR OFFICE BILL.

Lord NORTHBROOK moved the second reading of this

bill, the object of which was to improve the administra-
tion of the Army by appointing an Ordnance and a
Financial Under Secretary. He said it was said that the
appointments spoken of in the bill would tend to weaken
the power of the Secretary of State for War,
but such was not the case, and he would take
that opportunity of denying that which had been
stated in another place, that the bill was not framed for
the purpose of giving the Government two more
additional votes in the House of Commons, neither was
it, as it had been characterised a Whig job. He antici-
pated the best effects would follow the passing of the

The Duke of RICHMOND did not oppose the second
reading of the bill, but he entertained serious objections
to portions of its enactments. He did not think the
Secretary of War needed parliamentary assistance half so
much as the Home Secretary, and he most strenuously
objected to anything which should diminish the responsi-
bility of the supreme head of the War Office. He thought
it would be much better that the new officials should be
subordinates, and not eligible for seats in Parliament.
After a few words from Lord HARDINGE,
Earl GREY said he was greatly disappointed that the
Government had not taken the opportunity of dealing
thoroughly with the re-organisation of the War Depart-
ment.

Lord NORTEiBROOK having replied, the bill was read a
second time.

The County Courts Buildings Bill went through com-
mittee.

The Customs Isle of Man Bill and the Survey of Great
Britain Bill were read a third time and passed.

Their lordships adjourned shortly after seven.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
The Speak,— took the chair at five minutes to foul
o'clock.

THIRD READINGS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed.
Female Orphan Asylum, Stapenhill Bridge, and Thames
Embankment (North).

THE BALLOT.

Mr. LEATHAM presented a petition in favour of the
Ballot Bill.

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,

Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham in
!avour of the appointment of a public prosecutor.

ENFRANCHISEMENT OF WOMEN.

Sir W. LAWSON presented petitions from Petersfield
and Great Grimsby in favour of the bill introduced by the
member for Manchester for the enfranchisement of
women.
London, England, 1870-05-04

THE ATTACK UPON ROME.

It would appear, if we can believe La Concorde,
that England was asked to join the Powers in sup-
porting Count Daru's note to the Papal Government.
It seems far from probable that the intervention of
England was called for. But at any rate
it is gratifying to find La Concorde credit-

ing the English Foreign Minister with
a remarkably sensible answer. Lord Clarendon, it
says, after hearing the note read, justified the re-
served attitude of the British Government towards
the Council, on the ground that the Court of Rome
is never strong except when attacked, and that it has
always been very feeble whenever it has assumed
the offensive. This sounds like an echo from Macau-
lay's essay on Von Ranke—that in which the im-
mortal New Zealander first saw the light ; but the
sentiment was not strictly correct. Rome has been
persistently attacked of late years from the side of
Austria, Italy, and Spain, and it can hArdly be pre-
tended that she has lost nothing.
London, England, 1870-05-04

BIRTHS.

EGERTON—On the Ist inst., at Oulton Park, the 11.°13"
Egerton, of a daughter. BS'
MARTIN—On the 2d inst., at Bath, the wife of '
Martin, Esq., of a daugter.
MARRIAGES.
ADCOCK —MOSELEY - On the 3d inst., at St. Mark's' )-"010,°'
ton-park, Poland Adcock, Esq., solicitor, to lifall„f To(
eldest daughter of the late Robert Moseley, Esq,
lin gton-par k. Ilf
df°rl
EISLINGBURY—HOOARD —On the 2d inst., at "r°° cd,
Arthur Kislingbury, of Woodford, to Ellen A.
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A HARD CASE, IF TRUE.

A case of wrongful conviction is just now causing a
great stir in Trowbridge. A poor half-witted man named
William Britton was convicted of stealing two ducks the
other day, and sentenced to twenty-one days' imprison-
ment. Although he protested his innocence, the magis-
trates, Messrs. W. R. Brown and W. Fowler, placed im-
plicit faith in the uncorroborated statement of a new
policeman, Thomas Carter. A day or two afterwards the
persons who had really committed the theft turned up,
and were sentenced to six weeks' hard labour. The erring
magistrates have memorialised the Secretary of State to
release Britton, but Mr. Bruce declines to interfere.
London, England, 1870-05-04

IBISH OPINIOV,

Mr. Thomas Eyre, late High Sheriff of Kilkenny,
writes to the Times on the " Inspection of Convents."
He says the deep and earnest feeling aroused by
Mr. Newdegate's proposed inquiry into conventual
institutions, if not allayed, may easily kindle a flame
that will not be extinguished for many years. ' This
danger he considers great even to England,
but infinitely greater to Ireland where there is an
excitable nation, a substantial grievance,
and every other element necessary to stir
up the passions and kindle the animosity
of the people. In England, he says, the
Catholics are weak, but in Ireland they are strong,
and will absolutely refuse to submit to be insulted.
Because he sees this determination unmistakeably
manifesting itself, he ventures on sending these few
lines of warning.
London, England, 1870-05-04

THE H.P. WHO WI!!NT 'WRONG.

The good people of Newcastle, in their zeal for the
success of Mr. Gladstone's Land Bill, not only severely
condemned Mr. Headlam for causing delay by a
troublesome amendment, and expressed their confi-
dence in the Premier, but drew up a petition in fa-
vour of the measure, and made a request through
Mr. Cowen that Mr. Gladstone should present it.
The Premier, however, naturally thought this duty a
little invidious. " Should I have occasion to state
in debate my view of Mr. Headlam's motion, and of
the incalculable mischief such motions may do,
you will remain in no possible doubt as
to the gratitude which I must feel to the
great community of Newcastle for the prompt,
spontaneous, and energetic manifestation of their
opinion respecting it. At the same time, I hope you
will kindly relieve me from the duty of presenting
the petition to the House of Commons.' It was
hardly likely that Mr. Gladstone would in person lay
before the House a document which was not only very
flattering to himself, but likewise condemnatory of an
old colleague.
London, England, 1870-05-04

EDUCATION.

Mr. LIDDELL asked the Vice-President of the Council
whether, in view of a lamely-extended system of national
education, the Government were taking, or were prepared
to take, any steps for increasing the present staff of
teachers, either by additional training in normal schools,
or by otherwise recruiting the teaching power of the
country.

Mr. FORSTER said that on the Education Bill becoming
law it would be necessary to reconsider the conditions on
whieh grants have been made, and certificates given to
masters. The number of pupils in the training college
was increasing.
London, England, 1870-05-04

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam ... Short ... 11 171 ... 11 18
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 0 ... 12 0
Antwerp — ... 25 42 ... 25 IT
Brussels
llamburgh — ... 13 10 ... 13 10
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main — ... - 1201 ... 121
Vienna — ... 12 621 ... 12 67,
Trieste ... ... 12
_62f ... 12_6 .1

Petersburg
Copenhagen
Berlin
Madrid.. ...
Cadiz

28}- ... 28i
9 23 ... 9 27
6 '27 ... 6 271
48-1 ... 49i
49 ... 491
4'

Leghorn
Milan — ... 26 421 .., 26 47
Genoa — ... 26 42 .., 26 47:
Nap 1 e s
Palermo — ... 26 42f ... 26 47:
..
Messina
Lisbon 90 days... 521 ..,. 521
Oporto — ... 521 ... 521

With regard to the proposal to throw open West-
minster Abbey to the public all the year round, it is
stated that it would cost from £6OO to £BOO a year ; and
this is the great difficulty, for the present, in the way of
the extension of the free access for many years provided
to the nave and transept, and now on Mondays to the
Royal chapels.

The Dublin Gazette contains a notice placing under
the second part of the Peace Preservation Act—that
which requires special proclamation—the counties of
Mayo, Meath, and Westmeath, and those portions of the
counties of Sligo, Longford, Cavan, Roscommon, and
Kings County, placed under the general provisions of the
new Act last week.

The clerks in the War Office, says the Globe, are
not retiring from the public service as rapidly as the
authorities could desire. Forty-seven gentlemen--viz.,
fifteen on the Ist, seventeen on the 2nd, and fifteen on.
the 3rd class--have, however, expressed their intention to
accept superannuation in the event of the contemplated
changes being carried out.

The report of Mr. Bright's retirement from the
Cabinet is again revived. A Catholic journal now gives
currency to it. It says :—" Two months ago the right ,
hon. gentleman wrote to Mr. Gladstone tendering his
resignation of office, but was induced, at the earnest
request of the Premier, to remain, so to speak, a sleeping
partner of the firm for some time kniger.”
London, England, 1870-05-04

THEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARK ET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS I. VENING, at 7 o'clock. NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr
Kendal, Mr Compton, Mr Edward Osborne, Mr Clark; Miss F.
Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F Gwynne.
After which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK : Mr Sothern,
Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr Kendal. Mr Buckst.ne; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.
And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr Sothern, &c.
Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
London, England, 1870-05-04

THE CONSPIRACY IN FRANCE.

The Times thinks the alleged conspiracy against the
life of the Emperor Napoleon is, undeniably, a serious
matter, whatever view one may feel tempted to take of
it. The most striking circumstance connected with the
incident is its opportuneness, as calculated to serve the
interests of the exalted personage the plot was intended
to injure. The news of the Emperors's narrow escape
from Republican revolvers or Orsini shells, at this crisis,
is, it is reckoned, worth half-a-million affirmative votes
to the men in power, and the violent partisans
who grudge them this godsend are unwilling
to attribute the fortunate coincidence to mere
chance, and spew little hesitation in charging
the Government with having obtained this advantage
either by the fabrication of a totally imaginary plot or by
the exaggeration of a merely trumpery one. For our own
part, we have no hesitation in acquitting the Imperial
Government of any deliberate deception in this matter,
and we must take it for granted that it has been suffi-
ciently on its guard against the indiscreet zeal or un-
scrupulous officiousness of its subordinate agents.
If we allow ourselves any allusion to these einis=
ter surmises, it is not, we repeat, because we attach
the slightest weight to them in themselves, but
simply because we think in cases of this nature it is
the duty of an honest Government to remove every
cause of even unreasonable suspicion. If the Govern-
ment has not been too hasty in its conclusions, if it has
not suffered itself to be vainly disquieted by rash avowals,
false denunciations, and deceptive appearances, we are
compelled to the conclusion that some uncommonly
atrocious attempt was contemplated; that a vast as well
as a deep conspiracy has been detected, that some of its
threads at least, and some of the chief actors in it, are
in the Government's hands. It is a matter of
great concern for the honour of that Govern-
ment, for the welfare of France, and for the true
interests of her Sovereign and his dynasty, that
such a conspiracy should not be allowed to " vanish
into thin air ;" that the guilt of any persons implicated
in it should be aspromptly and as satisfactorily established
as may be found practicable, and that the punishment
should be not only adequate to the enormity of the
offence, but also to the distrust and uneasiness and demo-
ralization it has created, to the discredit it has enabled
the of ungenerous adversaries to throw upon the
Government.
London, England, 1870-05-04

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TELEGRAPHS IN THE EAST.

Mr. W. H. GREGORY gave notice that on the 31st of
May he should call the attention of the House to the con-
dition of the telegraphs in the east.

THE INDIAN ARMY.

Major ANsoN asked the Secretary of State for War
what he proposed doing in order to remedy the present
supersession of the British colonels by the colonels of the
Indian army.
Mr. CARDWELL said his Royal Highness the Commander-
in-Chief, the Duke of Argyll, and himself had deter-
mined on the course to be recommended to her Majesty,
and he hoped to be able to make it known in the course of
a few days.
London, England, 1870-05-04

THE INCOME TAX.

An inquiry as to the proper deduction of income
tax from half-yearly payments of rent and interest on
mortgages falling due since the sth of April, has
elicited the following reply from Somerset House : "The
deduction should be at the rate of sd. in the pound
on the portion of the payment of rent or interest
applicable to the period of the fifth of April, and at
the rate of 4d. in the pound on the remainder." The
fifth of April, it is scarcely needful to explain, is
the date upon which the reduction of the income
tax took effect.
London, England, 1870-05-04

INDIA.

(By Indo-European Telegraph.)
CALCUTTA, May 3.
Exchange on London, 6 months' Bank Bills 1.111
4 per Cent. Government Securities...
5 46
5} 64 00
71bs. Shirtings, sr. lla.; 811bs ditto, Or. 12a.; 40's Water
Twist, 6a. Bp. Market steady.
Bengal Cotton, 24r.
London, England, 1870-05-04

THE ADMIRALTY INQUIRY AT CROMER'

Some weeks ago we gave -a
detailed account of an
inquiry instituted by the Admiralty into the conduct of a
Coastguardsman, named Daniels, at Cromer, Norfolk, in
the matter of the stranding of the Spanish brig Faro
Devigo, at Cromer beach. It will be remembered
that Daniels behaved in a very insulting man-
ner to the Spanish Vice-Consul, Mr. ICeston,
of Yarmouth, and refused to allow the Vice-
Consul to go‘on board. During the inquiry certain facts
of a very ugly complexion also came out about Lieutenant
Hurrell, an officer of the Coast Guards, Cromer. The
result of the inquiry, which was conducted by Captain
Forsyth, of Hull, is, that Daniels and Hurrell have
been removed at an hour's notice to Lincolnshire main
station.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

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London, England, 1870-05-04

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THE GAME LAWS.

Ou the tenth of September last, says the Daily Hews,
Colonel Nelvdegatei Major Newdegate, and the
Rev. Mr. Harman wi'd Mit shooting, and a bird
was winged by one of the parts and fell upon
Colonel Newdegate's land. Here it was picked up by
one Rae, a bargeman, who was thereupon Charged
with larceny at the Derby Quarter Sessions, and con=
victed. It was found that the bird was alive when
picked up by the prisoner, and that he took it fraudu-
lently, and with intent to deprive the owner of it. The
question has now been re-heard as a Crown case reserved,
and the conviction has been quashed: The judges have,
we are glad to say, ruled that no larceily liras committed.
A partridge is ferce naturce, and a§ such is
not property—nor does it become property simply be=
cause it has been winged. A poacher is a poacher merely,
and not a thief ; and the conviction of a poacher for lar-
ceny cannot be sustained. Country squires have a strange
logic of their own, Game are, they would have us be-
lieve, ferce naturce, and yet private property. As ferce
naturce they can eat the green wheat of farmers, and ruin
the gardens of cottagers, and against them no action lies,
nor against their owner, as thy have no owner. And
yet now the Derbyshire county justices want us td
believe that game is private property, and that
to take it is larceny. Such law is absurdly illo-
gical. Rae no doubt broke the Game Laws, but to
brand him as a thief was a very uncalled for piece of
injustice. If country gentlemen wish poaching to become
a theft, they Must make game, whether alive or dead.
private property, and so attach to its owner duties as well
as privileges.
London, England, 1870-05-04

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ADELPHL—At Seven, Too Much of a Good Thing. the Promp
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OLYMPIC—At Seven, Frou Fron The 'Varsity Boat Race. My
Turn Next.
GAIETY—At Seven, The Happy V.llage. Lucky Friday. The
Princess of Trebizonde.
QUERN'S—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Tirixt Axe and Crown.
STRAND—At Seven, WidoW's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon.
A Fish Out of Water
VAUDEVILLE--For Lore or Money. Don Carlos.
ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage.
GLOBE—At Seven, Milky White. Robert Macaire. Vandyke
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London, England, 1870-05-04

MORE BRIBERY OF OFFICIALS.

Some few weeks ago we reported the detection of the
Admiralty master-butcher at Gosport in the offence of
receiving presents of money from the contractor of fresh
meat. We regret to have to record another case
of that corruption which we fear is wide-
spread in the service, and which the present
administration at the Admiralty has set itself
to cure. Within the last few days the master
butcher at Plymouth has been convicted of
systematically taking presents from the contractor
in consideration of " value received," or rather in
consideration of his negligence of official duty.
It is satisfactory to know that, as in the Gos-
port case, the offender at Plymouth has confessed,
though not until after conviction. We are glad
to learn that both have been dismissed the ser•
vice. The Admiralty, at the same time, have
entirely altered the system under which bribery seemed
almost to be encouraged. The detection of these plague
spots in the Government service is another proof of the
advantage of the business affairs of the Admiralty—we
should like to add the War-office—being in the hands of a
business man like the hon. member for Montrose, to whose
great energy and knowledge of men and of business the
present Government and the country are so much indebted.
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London, England, 1870-05-04

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LORD GRANVILLE AND THE CAPE.

The relations between England and her colonies
are being continually brought before us. We are in
perpetual perplexity about New Zealand. Our
North American provinces, what with Fenians
on the frontier and local jealousies within,
are in a constant state of commotion. And now we
have before us a copy of "Further correspondence
regarding the establishment of responsible Govern-
ment at the Cape of Good Hope, and the withdrawal
of troops from that colony." Governor Wodehouse,
in transmitting the petition in favour of the
troops being allowed to remain in the colony, ex-
presses his opinion that until the Colonists " commit
the error of establishing- responsible government," it
is desirable that the troops should remain
on their recent moderate footing. Lord Granville,
in acknowledging the receipt of the petition,
answers the arguments of the colonists seriatim. He
does not doubt that the protection of life and pro-
perty is essential, but he refuses to believe that the
cost of defence which now averages 10s. a head, is
too great a strain, when 16s. a head is paid
by the inhabitants of Great Britain for
their defence independently of police. The
Home - Government, continues Earl Granville,
far from being desirous of retaining its
present control over the affairs of the colony,
is only anxious that the Government should be
effective. This looks like a hint that our
Colonial Secretary would have no objection to
seeing the colonists of the Cape set up for themselves
independently of Downing-street. He gives them,
however, some consolation in his concluding para-
graph, by agreeing to leave for the present one regi-
ment in the colony.
London, England, 1870-05-04

THA RTES.

Hubert Lee, aged 23, and Samuel Buckley, 29, two
notorious thieves and burglars, were brought before
Mr. Lushington, charged under the Habitual Crimi-
nals Act, clause 9, with being in a place waiting for
an opportunity to commit a felony. The magistrate
said the prisoners were persons of bad character,
they were loitering about the neighbourhood of Alie-
street from 1 until 2 in the morning without any
lawful excuse, and one of them was seen at the'very
door where the safe was brought out. Buckley was
seen at that particular door. He convicted the pri-
soners, and.sentenced them to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour fur three calendar months.