The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-25 00:00:00

ID

A STRANGE VEN2URE.

(From the Anglo-Anierkon Ypres.)
We are invited to lay before our readers a chance
in a curious lottery, the Galleon Treasure Venture,
as given in our advertising columns. In the reign
of Queen Anne during the war between England
and Holland on the one side, and France and
Spain on the other, Admiral Rooke and the Duke
of Ormond with a fleet and an army which had
failed in an attack of Cadiz, were on their way
home when the English Minister at Lisbon induced
them to ma 4 a dash at Vigo, where a rich convoy
of plate ships from the New World bad taken re-
fuge. They arrived on the 22d October, 1702,
and after a vigorous resistance captured and de-
stroyed the fleet. Six galleons, containing seven
million pieces of Eight in plate and merchandise,
were taken, the remaining eleven or twelve with
the computed value of six millions of bullion being
burnt or sunk. This was Vie fate of the richest
flotilla that ever reached a European port, and was
duly trumpeted over England an 1 Holland as a
Qplt,ndid vic.ory. About the facts there is no ques-
tion, and the proof is ample that a large portion of
the treasure went to the bottom in the vess is. In
1859 an English engineer obtained from the Spanish
Government authority to seek for and recover the
treasure. After much 1 %bour and expense he dis-
covered and marked by buoys the position of nine
of these ships, all of which were in a fair state of
preservation, though so surrounded by mud as to
have assumed the appearance of mounds. Not
having the necessary capital to raise these vessels,
he communicated with Colonel Gowen, well
known for his success in recovering the men-of-
war and other vessels sunk in the roadstead of
Sevastopol. The Colonel proceeded to Vigo during
the early part of the present month, which he saw
as a land-locked harbour was admirably adapted
for the proposed work, presenting an agreeable
contrast to that of Sevastopol. On examining the
nine vessels he found that the deepest lay under
8i fathoms of water, ranging up to sf. Four of
them had not been burnt, and the hulls of the
others were almost perfect. On board one the
anchor was at her bows, a mortar and gun-wheel
were an her deck. He cleared the mud, generally
two feet, from the deck of another, and beneath
were bricks, which, on being removed, exposed the
deck planks six inches wide by five thick, shewing
that he had hit on the floor of her cook-
house. The richest of the ships ,A as taken by the
Admiral, but in going through the North Channel,
towards which he was driven the Monmouth prize
struck on a sunken rock and immediately foun-
dered, but as many frigates were near all the men
were saved except two. Col. Gowen supposes this
rock to be the same on which her Majesty's ship
America struck in 1842 in front of the South
Channel. The bottom is rocky, but he thinks
there is a reasonable chance of finding the
lost treasure by the aid of divers. The only
attempt made to recover the treasure was 20
years ago by the diving bell, which does not ad-
mit of any practical result, the divers being unable
to descend into the holds or bottoms of vessels ; and
he adds, "now with the modern invention of sub-
marine armour, the divers can examine the hold
and every portion of a submerged vessel, and carry
on their work with almost equal facility as on land.
My inspection, therefore, completely satisfies me
as to the practicability of recovering the treasure,
and that at an outlay which your capital fully
provides for." The scheme is, however, brought
before the public as a venture, being of an entirely
speculative character, though it is thought that
the recovery of the treasure from one ship would
concession 25
the
be sufficient to satisfy the most sanguine ex-
pectations.
of what
the
terms of the
is
recovered
Spanish Government and by agreement 7f per
goes
to
cent. to the concessionaire, who is also to get
£5,000 for the expenses already incurred, including
the plant and materials in hand. This is a strange
venture, which so caricatures history that the Eng-
lish of Queen Victoria's time are invited, with the
concurrence of the Spanish Government, to recover
for their own benefit the Spanish fleet their ancestor
sunk in the time of Qteen Anne in a harbour of
Spain.

HONOURABLE D ISCH A RGE OF Mn. B. R. KEITH.—..
After a rigid examination in the Court of Bankruptcy,
Mr. B. 11. Keith, of the late firm of Belding, Keith, and
Co., was honourably acquitted, on Thursday, of any par-
ticipation in the events which su unexpectedly wrecked
that house. 'We wore not aw ire that such charges had
over been brought against him, as we thought that the
extraordinary circumstances which destroyed the business
were known to have been caused by an aberration of mind
iu the partner then remaining in London, and which even-
tually led him into suicide. The assignees opposed, on
the grounds of excessive expenditure, rash and hazardous
speculations, and contracting debts without reasonable ex-
pectation of payment, but Mr. Commissioner Bacon not
only acquitted Mr. Keith of these charges, but fully ac-
quitted the firm. He remarked on one item of expense
for entertaining customers, that it was the ordinary and
well known practice of all large mercantile houses
in London, and, ho asserted, that had it Lot been
for the sudden departure, in so unlooked-for a man-
ner, of Mr. Belding the business might have gone
on. Indeed it is now believed that the house would have
been a marked success had it not been for the unfortunate
infirmi y Mr. Belding is supposed to have inherited.
There is no use, however, in crying over spilt milk, and
we now allude to those facts only to do an act of justice we
consider to be due to Mr. Keith, to whom our article written
on the receipt of the astounding intelligence of the failure
of this firm did injustice and gave pain. His Honour
said that Mr Keith had bean unfortunate, but not culpable,
and had acquitted himself in the face of the Court and of
his creditors with credit to himself, and an order was
granted for an allowance to him out of the estate, an un-
usual circumstance, proving how very favourable was
the impression left on the Commissioner's mind.
Now that velocipedes are the fashion the follow-
ing paragraph from the Philadelphia Post may be of inte-
rest : —l, The latest vehicular invention (but still, like
great many inventions, one of the earliest known) is the
property of a Milesian of Philadelphia. He calls it a wheel-
ocipede.' It has the advantage of only needing one wheel,
and is not only one of the most useful of this description of
vehicles, but absolutely the safest. The operator rests his
feet on the ground, and his whole body upon his feet, and
guides the arrangement by means of a pair of bars. It is
capable of use in building operations, for the conveyance
of earth, sand, and such materials, and will doubtless su
persede, in the end, all the bicyles and other descriptions of
velocipedes."
The lands granted according to the Report of the
Secretary of the Interior to the United States Senate, un-
der existing laws for railroads and waggon roads to States,
Territories, and corporations, up to Jan. 30, 1867, is
21,561,000 acres; for canals nearly 4,500,000 acres. The
quantity certified to the following-named States since that
date is as follows : —Minnesota, for railroads, 670,000
acres; California, railroads, 26,000 acres; Wisconsin,
waggon roads, 72,000 acres; Oregon, waggon roads, 19,000
acres ; Michigan, canals, 280,000 acres; making a grand
total of 27,000,000 acres.
sian papers as announcing the presence, in St. Petersburg,
of the American General Sharma
n• The General having
.
The Angle-Italian Gazette alludes to " the Rus •
been communication with the Government, it is
The It o
the new President elect, General Grant • ussian
invented this, or been deceived, for
papers have either have
elie believed thated n
heis c h
arg e d with a niiss,ion on behalf f
Generala have
Sherman, having just concluded the Indian War,
m
St. Louis about the time they wrote.
His next post will most probably be that vacated by Grant.
There are now nineteen lighthouses on the Pacific
beena
t
coast, and it is proposed to erect sixteen others, five to be
built next summer.
LADVKRTISEMENT —Consuription, and all bilious, nervous,
stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated
and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly
curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica. Fool,
as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered
ng'aonuet, sleeplessnessollpPsayat:
hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, "0/
sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derange_
resents, hcemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervous'
biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds,
cramps,
in-
fluenza,rtaieins
p,s eruptions,snroaiss einssinn
hysteria,at hu
nausea
ehaeaan iasniedkne neuralgia,easr
irritabilityr h
evene umi
nat
pregnancy
r
scidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache,
h ewde healthdj3rea h, .
Barry's
Btl,4rleo3snLcohra:::i bronchitis,
hr scrofula,ea,nja t,blye
2: tightness
Gn the6e_s_s of th
espee healthial restoredl.
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Food.s sinking
Ct
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the Holy
quo t e
Father tfhe :7;7 sThe excellent,Po °b
abandoning 1).1 er'
Yall
other remedies, he has confined entirely
Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he cons to Du Barry's
consumes a plateful
at every meal. It has pro laced a stir • prisingly beneficial
effect on his health, and his Holiness
excellent food too hicdal • " From cannot praise this
o 3. the "Gazette du Midi,'
July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberta,
chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirt timber mer
spitting of blood, liver derangement,3 years'
partial deafness
lungs,
Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de ,s li.,Ciardutieuetaennaensts.—of
Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,837. " Fifty
years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness,
asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness and
vomiting.—MariaJoly." ImportantCaution.—Beware of the many
unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without
authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached.
In tins, at ls. 11d. ; 1 lb. 2s. ad.: 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; S lbs. lls.;12 lbs,
225. ; 4 lbs, 40s, - Also DußiusY's REVALENTA AILABICA. CISOCO
LATE POWDsit is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 25., for 24
cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cupsat Gs., for 288 cups at 'Os., for 576 cups
at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 550. tins
are sent tree of carriage in England on receipt of Poet Ofaeo
onier. BAILRY ptr row and Ce., No. 77, Regent-greet, I,oy-
doni ad 411cirocers sad Gkessisti

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1869.
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ip, MOSES an SON. - - - THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN- " age was about to bring reform into this the las the increase is caused by more humane treatment of '
J. HJLMES begs to inform his friends and the pubre CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.
-I—i • rsneraUy that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE stronghold of antiquated customs and the abode the insane ; unfairly, so far as it is a charge upon
that overtaxed class, the owners and the is
(FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
• SON "as soon as published.-No. 10, Hampstead-read N.W. of the prejudices of past days. We have all
NO
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rday Februarywith g
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EXCEL L E N C E WITH CHEAPNESS.
occupiers of land. The punishment and preven-
rpHE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN " heard enough and to spare of the untiring zeal and
tion of crime is another matter only less purely The "Haussmann battle" PARIS,
wentWEp
i supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST energy with which tin members of the new Adminis-
national and therefore the maintenance of vivacity, and is resumed today
ow. asltawbisiotuhhtasrtodealyarpeteeolayokml,easusnedhfehrtoveosduairsd.
EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, KEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W HARRIS,
4, ewspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. tration are about to institute improvements and to '
the police and kindred charges ought to be borne by M. Thiers's appearance in the Corps Ldgislatif was suffi•
READY-MADE or MADE to MEASURE,
'T"E"SUN" NEWSPAPER.—G. R. GLENIE inaugurate changes into their several departments .
but they may not after all appear sogreat in the per-7 the nation. The fundholder has just as much inte-
rest in
,having his person protected from robbery thatcleat
speak
thei n,
adnicadgrtevioetnrythabtlyhthe
Oppositiona deputy has seldom made a
delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn,t
greater effort. It made the Right as unvcoerymfohratpapbyletaosutchhe.
8 ; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Wf d, formance as the promise, and it may turn out that and assault as the landholder, and the first
FOR ALL CLASSES. 9.45.
the public will think some alterations are not im- ought to pay as much in proportion to his
,,,„„-1 PORTIN G.—J OHN ROBERTS supplies the Left was hilarious. I may notice
provements. This will not apply to the army, how- income as the second. Altogether the case Speaking of the many works of noone
PRICES BASED ON READY-MONEY Li LA TES P EDITION of "THE SUN "as soon as pub- public utility upon
SYSTEM lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. ever, for owing to causes, in some respects beyond the is as strong as it can be, and we are glad to see which the money of the city of Paris had been spent, M.
A N UNFQET A L L E P STOCK control of any Minister, the efficiency of that that Mr. GLADSTONE refused a Royal Commission, Thiers said : "Why construct an avenue from the Tuileries
THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN ' at to the new Opera? Cannot his Majesty go to the theatre by
in EVERY DEPARTMENT.
branch of the public service has not been not because he did not wish to be convinced, but be-
'-'
SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S
CLOTHING. Strand.
above par, and indeed hardly up to it.
THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN "at Mr. CARDWELL spoke out well, and we have no fault .
cause he is convinced already—not because he wanted
to delay, but because he wished to accelerate le la- which would permit him to pass by the foot of the column
on which stands the statue of his uncle." This sally
. ton. He believes that the matter is not so compli- caused the most uproarious amusement. M. Thiers turned
O VERCOATS IN EVERY S I YLE AND J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden.
to find with his remarks, but at the same time it is
31 A TERIAL. cated but that he can master the details. If we up his face, and elevated his hand as high as possible, as if
v.-11HE LATE EDITIoN of " 'THE SUN" at well known that those in official positions are gene- should find on Monday that he has mastered those to indicate to what an elevation the mental vision of
OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. tW. SMITH'S " Camden Stores 78, Park-street, Camden
rally more ready with their words than their Sc-Napoleon 111. must ascend in order to attain the level of
town. of the Irish Church, we shall believe that this con-
Napoleon I. Like M. Caroler Pales, M. Thiers took a
tions. It must be understood that the question of fidence is not unfounded.
1-30OTS and SilbES. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. moderate tone. He did not refuse his approbation to all
c'ole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Army reform is one in which the country takes an
THIS EVENING. at 7. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by the works ; but he declared that many were of little
MACBETH. Concluding with BED A. especial interest, and that its complete and effectua I utility, and some of none whatever. I cannot enter into
Er OSIERY and DRAPERY. realisation ha I better be accomplished. It may he -7 x 5-4."
et wp the details of the speech, for they would be hardly
THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET intelligible ; but it may suffice to state that M.
Tins EVENING, RAI ING THE Wl\ 10: Messrs. Kendal suggested to r
Mr. ~ARD WELL that in consider-
AND HATS and CAPS, Buckstone. jun., Mis- Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern,.
Chippendale. &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c Concluding
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ing the items of improvement and retrench- CO il ".
. Thiers divided all the new streets and improve-
with THE FRIGHTFUL 11 %IR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal,
,-,,\--;-= ..l-,;.• s
Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames C. Hill, Scott, went he could with great advantage decrease the _l-.7-..s' c''
' Cirtniin ments into three great networks, one of which was
altogether useful, the second only partially useful, the
IN GREAT VARIETY. Gwynn, &a, Comment, at 7.
number of general officers, whose incomes take im- third wholly useless. It was a masterpiece of clear expo-
HER MAJESTY.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE. mense sums, and who are really not required in such --.....___ sition, but I confess that I should have liked it better had
A LARGE STOCK of BLANKETS, at Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. it been a little more fruitful in its result. Beyond doubt
Tars EVENING. at 7, to commenee with THE SECRET. At a numbers. It is surprising how peoole overlook the
unusually Low Prices. OSBORNE, Feb. 24, the finances of the city are in a deplorable state, but M.
quarter to 8, MARIE A TOIN ET IE: M r W. Rignold, Mr.
J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud- fact that one decided cutting off in the topmost rank The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Thiers had no remedy to suggest. Apparently he thinks
COMPLETE t )UTFI l'S for ALL CLINIATES. ing with a CUP OF T• A: Mai e.Bea.trice.
is worth innumerable driblets of saving in the inferior and attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole, the case as nearly hopeless as possible ; and so it is.
THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.
drove out yesterday afternoon. What would the London ratepayers say to eighty millions
DID YOU EVER SENO YOUR WIFE places. " What millions died that Cis might t
ALL GOODS MARKED in PIA' N FIGURES'
TCPCINs - -ai. at 7,
Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, sterling spent by the Board of Works ? .
to 8. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, be great" is true of more circumstances and plans The point-blank question as to whether the Government
walked in the grounds this morning.
G. Be'more, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, than those of whom it was said, in health. and it would be a intends to retain or abandon the system of official =di-
ARTICLES NOT APPROVED OF EX- Miss Lennox Grey, &P Prince Leopold is rapidly improving datums is to be put shortly. If the Bureaux allow the
CHANGED or the MONEY RETURNED. good study for a political calculator to find out how
GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. interpellation, the question will be embarrassing, but it
This EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S many clerks must be decapitated to effect a will be evaded as usual.
AN ea,..sy and pccurate System of Self-measure, SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN. AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. . LATEST IN TELL MENGE There was a concert at the Tuileries the night before last.
introduced by E. ATOSES and Son, has served to extend Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; saving of two thousand a year to be spent in
their connection to all parts of the kingdom. Mesdames Uenrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar-
the creation of a new want in the shape Murska performed, and was complimented by the Emperor
- aold, and Stephens (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) on her brilliant execution. After the concert, the attrac-
ORDERS by POST promptly and carefully
ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. of another Lord of the Treasury. This sort of
._____....._ tion of the evening was the ball in celebration of
attended to. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongh. thing irritates some and disgusts others, and the
SPAIN. Washington's birthday. This was entirely aucccessful.
Tins EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel-•
Amongst other musical items I may mention that Gounod
TAIST of PRICES, with Rules of Self-measure, ford. Clarke: Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH disciple of innovating changes finds in it an un-
MADRID, Feb. 25.
OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria is struck with amazement at the magnificence with which
Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free.
The Constituent Cortes held an evening sitting his " Faust "is about to be put upon the stage in the Rue
Longmore, B. Goodall. Lydia 3Taitland, Claire, and Hughes. To answerable argument for the promulgation of his
conclude, with HUE AND DYE
doctrines. At any rate, Mr CARDWELL seems to
EMOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS to conclude the discussion on the motion thanking Lepeletier. The reports of the rehearsals " savour
• are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. have put his hand to the plough, and as he muststrongly of fairyland." There was a great rush to see Government and charging Marshal
Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11 Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. the Provisional
Serrano with theMurska foundation of a new Cabinet. The Hungarian was thoroughly successful. As for Mdlle.
"EMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke Emery. T.ssmlTroia,..solne: &e. With THE BIRTHPLACE OF hand, we may confidently expect that he will work 'The Minister of Justice delivered a speech ex- Minnie Hauck, the opinion that she bad better have been
• Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, out some comprehensive change in a master ly style plaining the motives of the Government in reserv- kept to tuition a.little.longer is confirmed. The ramshackle
Hosiers. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters
for all Classes. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. and he may rest assured that the public expect
int-, to the Cortes the right of proclaiming liberty old Vaudeville Theatre is coming to the ground.
THIS EVENING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. Mr. E. Price, e' The Prussians are taking the lead in hippophagy.
The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby. After which, FETTERED: such a course of action to be pursued, and will
CON:- Messrs. Cowper, Neville, Parselle, Drew, Brunton, W. Arthur, f v r shi
p.
CON:- los tp. He justified the suppression of the 3.800 horses were eaten in Berlin during the past year.
CITY ESTABLISHMENT. Bartleman, and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, not becontent with anything short of it.
Jesuit conferences at the Monastery of St. Vincent,-
Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU-
-155% MINORIES CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Alias Fanny Josephs, George Honey. --- whereby conspiracy had been fomented, and he THE WEATHER TABLE,—THIS DAY.
156, MINORIES
157, MINORIES SIR MASSEY LOPES ifi to be congratulated upon stated that among the accomplices in the murder of
having obtained the first important success of the
ltohnegCinivgictoGtohvaetr;loornoafsteßryur.gos were three friars be-
THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC.
83, ALDGATE METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.
THIS EVENING, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs. Atkins,
84, ALDGATE taughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. session. He has elicited from the PREMIER the Extreme lies
85, ALDGATE After which. at 7.45, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan,
86, ALDGATE H.Neville, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper. and Smithson; distinct promise that so soon as the Irish Church Thursday, .es
._ F. 0
87, ALDGATE Mesdames' Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris, and St. Henry.
question has been disposed of the important subject The Minister of Public Worship addressed the Feb. 25, B. T. lig W. Ito F. D. WR. to
8s m•
12 9
83, ALDGATE House and was several times interrupted by cheers. :---2--1— - --' -- ---- -;-.
89, ALDGATE ROYALTY THEATRE. of local taxation shall be taken in hand by the respon-
. He declared the proceedings of the clerical party Nairn - 38- S.B.W. 5 7 B.S.W. &leo - a
Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver.
OXFORD-STREET BRANCH.Aberdeen
Tina EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss Bible advisers of the Crown. Mr. GLADSTONE intl.- ,_ _ _ .„. .. 3 Leith -
506, NEW OXFORD-STREET M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar,
&c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. mated in his election speeches his willingness justified the measures which had been taken to pre- Shields
Scarborough 29 93r. 37 35 W.S.W. 3 6 W.N.W. cro 9'22 3
''.o7, NEW OXFORD-STREET Yarmouth 29 98r. 38 37 N.W. 3 3 S. r.m. 014 3
to consider this question; but he was then serve the objects of art in the churches. Helder - - - - - - - - ---
sog, NEW OXFORD-STRt.ET
PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.
1, HART-STREETa private member, and his words had not the The motion was adopted by 180 votes against 62, BCikiulestivneL . . - - - —:: - 1-- =
Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Ardrossan - 297i8f. 4-1 4-0 S.S-.W. -8
7 N.W.- jc.r. 0'39 7
2, HART-STREET Tins EvENTNo, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, weight or binding obligation of those which he has When the result was announced Marshal Serrano Greencastle 29'62f. 45 44 W.S.W. 5 7 N.N.W. h.r. 012 _
3, HART-STREET Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss Holyhead -
uttered as Premier. It was fortunate for Sir addressed the House amidst frequent cheering, ap-
C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING Liverpool
TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH.
HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. Velem tia 30•01f. 51 8 N.N.W.era' o'l3 5
137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD . MASSEY LOPES,though scarcelyfair to the PRESIDENT pealing to the minority to observe a conciliatory at- Cape Clear.. 30'01f. 50 48 W.S.W. 8 8 N.W. c.m e• 10 4
Roch e's Pt. 31'02f. 47 47 S.W. 4 8 W.N.W. cs.r. 0'25 3
138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. of the POOR-LAW BOARD, that the member of the
THIS EVENING, the Great CaereTroupe and magnificent Stud titude in view of the inexorable principles of the ma- Penzance •,
ro:2lr. 42 41 W. 7 S.W.Ir r.: 020 1
283, EUSTON-ROAD. Government who spoke first on the question should • •t Weymouth 30171: 44 ea NW. 1 5 S.W. 0. 012 2
Country Branch: 'of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c. jority, y, and promising on his own part loyalty, Portsmouth 3015 r: 39 38 N.W. 3 7 W.S.W.o.e. o'2l 3
19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. not have been instructed to speak definitely as to the London -.. 30Th. 39 37 , W. 2 8 S.W. rhc 016 -
patriotism, and abnegation. C'peGrisNez 3004 f. 41 37 N.W. 8 8, W.S.W.' r.c. 011 4
20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS
ST)RaGtEB'STIIEATRE, REGENT STREET. Ministerial intentions. Mr. GoscrrErr might have
the sitting only terminated at half-past 2 o'clock Brest ...... 30:29r. 48 43 N.W. 4• "
SPECIAL ' 0 ICE.-In consequence of frequent misrepre- L Orient .... 30 27f. 45 45 N.W. 4 7 S.W.
THIS EVENING,THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S been spared the necessity of some feeble logic if heo'o3 1
sentations. E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that
MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque _ Roche fort.. 30'281. 48 46 N.W. 7 8 N.W.l'Tw
they do not employ any (re yellers or agents. and that their -this morning. Biarritz .... 30101. 46 46 S.W. 5 - - r.s. - 4
Extravagsnza, THE VERY GI AND DUTCH-S. had been commissioned to make the promise which
ply Establishments are the above-mentioned. Cor unna.... - - - - - - - -- -
closed as follows : _____. Parisels .... - - - - - - - -- -
Mr. GLADSTONE subsequently made. As it is, the
__ - ....
CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
THEA IRE Itt/Y AL. DRURY-LANE. , Wednesdays and - aturdays, at 3 arida all the year round. member for South Devon has received the pledge
..:'RANCE. • Strasbourg ---- - - - -
Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. CbattArton. BOURSE, Feb. 24.—Three o'clock.—The market Toulonrls '': : : : 30-'2l -12 Z. -0
-I
S.W. r.c. 7- 1
of the First Minister of the Crown, and even political Heart's Con- 8' 46
Doors open at half-past a commence at 7. Box-office open
i ROYAL A.L II AMB It A PALACE. -THREE BALLET, tent (9 a.m,
from 1 . till 5 daily. . _
_.... - local time) - - - - - - - -

TIIEA IRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Doors open at half-past h. commence at 7. Box-office open
from I till 5 daily.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a
Musical Folly.
Followed by. at 7.45. M CBETH: Mr. Dillon ; MeEm's ' yder,
H. Sinclair, J. Rouse. B -rrett, M'lntyrc, &c.; Mrs. Howard Paul,
Miss Poole, Miss M. O'Beirne.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled B DA.

rHEATRE ROYA A YNIARKET.
Solo teßgeo Afr. Bnekstone,_

ROYAL A.L 11 AMB It A PALACE. THREE BALLET
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARJENS, Reger b-i..ta in, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, la.; on V"ndays, 6d.; Children
under twelve. Cl.

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444+4f4

THIS EVENI \G. RAINING TUE R7l D: ISlessrs. Ken-
dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal-
ton. le
After which, HOME: Messrs. So,hern, Chmpenda,le, Comp-
ton, Astley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, kc.
Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. essrs. Comp
ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames
Caroline Hill, Slott. Gwynn, &c.
Box-office open daily.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining
T HIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, anew Drama. in four acts,
entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE Louis XVI., Mr. William
Rignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five
years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea-
trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray, D. Leeson. New Scenery by
Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses,
new Properties.
Preceded by THE SECRET.
To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA.
Mdlle. Beatrice.
Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open
daily from 10 till 5.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE V'IDOW HUNT. Messrs
Cl‘rke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ,sn and Maitland.
After which. THE FIELD OF TL. E CLOTH OF GOLD.
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long-
more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland. &c.
To conclude /nth HUE AND DYE.

ROYAL AMPHITHEA THE AND CIRCUS,
HOLBORN.
The most varied Entertainment in the metropolis.—THlS
EVENING, Herr Oscar Carte will introduce his Six splendid
Trick Horses—Topaze, Saladin. edlid, Tancredi, Freischutz,
and Abdallah—pronounced by the entire Press to be matchless
for symmetry, breeding, and intelligence. In a dition. the
Incomparable Scenes in the Ar ins, including Engand's Champion
Equestrian, Mr. A. Bradbury, Mr. A. Carne, tlr. A, Salamonsky,
Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero, • malls, Schwartz, and Krembser,
"The trick horses are magnificent animals. every lover of horses
a.bould make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard.
Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of
those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol-
born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is
above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2.
Doers open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per-
formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past
Two.

GLOBE TITEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor an 4 Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.

At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.10,
BRow-:s7 ND THE BRAHMI S: Messrs. Marshall, Warner,
David Fisher. Andrews. Hurlston, and J. Clarke: esdames C.
Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be-
rend, Hughes, and Stephens.

ST. GEORGE'S HALL. Reuent-street.
FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862.
Great and triumphant success. Nrver in the annals of
Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided
nit. Every song was encored on the first night of
Performance.
ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS
(Proprietors, Messrs WILSOM and MONTAGUE)
The Only Company of Christy's who have had the
honour to appear. by special command. /*fare
THE hLTEEN AND OURT.
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS.
EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and
SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT.
Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur-
day night at eight Admission, One Shilling.
Private boxes and places may be secured at Jr. Mit-
ehell'a Royal Library, at the musicsellers, and at the ball.
Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO.

THE 4, SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE,
Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road,
3elivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver
.3opies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by
9.45 o'clock

TIME TIIIRI) EDITION OF ,c THE SUN,"
giving all the SPOR'rl N G NEWS of the day, may he seen
at J EM :AY MANTON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe,"
Little Britain, City, E.C.

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T. 4, Connaught-terr.-tee, Tryde-Far'z, London, \V., begs to
Lift= his customers, and the Licensed Victuallees in general.
that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named pager ii
addition to his agency for the Sportlng Edition of "Tsg StN,"
and can supply the same 112 Friday ereitng, if requited, in town
or e

onntry.
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LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier
than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi-
cation. No connection with any other persons. Baily's, Ruff's,
Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines,
and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for• the Joint-Stock
Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. •

Sift MASSEY LOPES is to be congratulated upon
having obtained the first important success of the
session. He has elicited from the PREMIER the
distinct promise that so soon as the Irish Church
question has been disposed of the important subject
of local taxation shall be taken in hand by the respon-
sible advisers of the Crown. Mr. GLADSTONE inti-
mated in his election speeches his willingness
to consider this question ; but he was then
a private member, and his words had not the
weight or binding obligation of those which he has
uttered as Premier. It was fortunate for Sir
MASSEY LOPES, though scarcely fair to the PRESIDENT
of the POOR-LAW BOARD, that the member of the
Government who spoke first on the question should
not have been instructed to speak definitely as to the
Ministerial intentions. Mr. GoscirEN might have
been spared the necessity of some feeble logic if he
had been commissioned to make the promise which
Mr. GLADSTONE subsequently made. As it is, the
member for South Devon has received the pledge
of the First Minister of the Crown, and even political
opponents will admit that the evasion of pledges is
not a fault for which Mr. GLADSTONE is conspicuous.
The case which Sir MASSEY LOPES brought for-
ward was indeed too strong for the Government to
resist. There were three separate counts, and each
of them was fully sustained. The amount of local
taxationhas during the last ninety years risen beyond
all proportion to the increase of the population. A
large portion of this taxation, though levied locally,
is really for imperial purposes; and whether properly
local or not, this taxation is laid unfairly upon the
land. Assuming that the figures given by what we
may call the council for the prosecution are correct
—and they were not materially disputed—the poor
rate and the county rate have risen from less
than 14 millions in 1776 to nearly 11
millions in 1867. The whole amount of local taxation
is now 21 millions just one-half of the imperial
expenditure, setting aside the National Debt ; and
this amount is assessed solely upon real property—
upon only one-seventh of the property of the
kingdom. The continued increase of these burdens
has had the unavoidable effect of reducing the real
value of land. Its price may be maintained by
reason of the keen competition that there always
will be for a commodity limited in supply
among a rapidly-increasing population ; but the
profits upon the working of land are smaller than
they were. Land is worth more to the seller,
for there are more persons willing to take it, not as a
pecuniary investment, but for the social status it con-
fers. Land is worth less to the tenant who invests his
money in it in a business way. Ex-Professor ROGERS
will no doubt say that land has its peculiar privileges
with regard to taxation. Too much has been said
about this. The farmer is, indeed, free from duty on
insuring his stock and premises against fire, but this,
since the recent reduction of the duty on other kinds of
stock, is a mere bagatelle compared with the local
rates which he has to pay. The succession duty has
for the last fifteen years been extended to the land.
Moreover, the way of putting one item against
another is most unbusinesslike and unfair. The
same burdens should be borne by all interests
equally, and there would then be no room for these
vague set-offs, which on examination are generally
found to do anything but balance, The fact that six-
sevenths of the property of the kingdom are exempt
from local burdens is in itself a condemnation of the
present system of taxation. There ig no need of
further evidence.

The mode of remedying the grievance involves
many considerations. At present a man living in a
rural parish, but deriving an income of, it may be,
£lO,OOO a year from funds or shares, is wholly
free from local taxation so far as that £lO,OOO is
concerned ; be pays only on the house whioh he
inhabits, and which may be rated at £lOO. On the'
other hand, the farmer who rents a farm rated at
£5OO a year, and derives his profits from the
produce of that farm, has to pay rates upon £5OO,
which is, perhaps, considerably more than his whole
income. In fact, the farmer may be assessed
on twice his income, while the fundholdea
may be assessed on only a hundredth part of
his. To adjust this most real grievance would,
under the present mode of levying rates, involve an
inquisitorial investigation into the private resources
of the fundholder, which is bad enough when con-
, ducted by the income-tax commissioners, who may
be strangers, but would be far worse if conducted by
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possible so long as every parish levies its own taxes,
A further reason for the partial substitution of impe-
rial for local taxation is to be found in the fact
that many of the objects for which this taxation is
levied are of a really imperial character. As Mr.
LIDDELL well pointed out, what could be a more
purely national object than the care of the insane
The danger-of-extravagance argument does not apply
here. No amount of pressure on local taxation
can prevent the birth of a single lunatic;. yet there.
is no item of local expenditure which has been more'
largely increased than thi:); fairly increased so far as

BOURSE, Feb. 24.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :-
41 per Cent. ...... 103 25 Bank Shares 2935
End of month... Itaran Fives 57 80
3 per Cent ......... 71 47 End of month —
End of month— 71 55 Mexican Loan
Credb Mobilier 292 50 Do. Bonds
End of month_ 297 50 Spanish Threes 33i
Credit Foncier - - Home Debt., —
End of month... Deferred —
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans
Northern

Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 6231
Western
Eastern ............ . 585
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard ........................... ..
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

TILE STREET ORGAN NUISANCE.-Luigi Malverni, an
Italian organ player, was charged with playing an organ
to the annoyance of Mr. H. De 'lodes, a gentleman re-
siding in Clarges-street, Piccadilly, and refusing to go
away when requested.
Mr. Albert interpreted.

George Nichols, servant to Mr. De Bodes, said that
about ten o'clock the previous evening, he told the pri-
soner, who was playing his organ near Mr. De Rodes's
house, that he must go away as there was a lady ill. The
prisoner reluctantly walked to the end of the street,
and played again, and about 20 minutes afterwards re-
turned
and
As th
begange an
playing
nearly opposite Mr. De Rodes's
house. prisoner refused to go away or to stop
playing, Mr. De Bodes gave hint into custody.
Mr. De Bodes said the prisoner bad frequently played
his organ to his annoyance before. About a month ago
the prisoner came and played near his house, illness then
being in it, and as he refused to go away he sent for a con-
stable and gave him into custody, but afterwards went to
the station and having made the prisoner understand that
he must go away when requested to do so, and his pro-
mising not to offend again, he did not press the charge.
The magistrate said that organ players, though pre-
tending not to understand when told by persons to go
away, understood very well what was meant, but the fact
was they thought they could extort money from persons
to go away, and often got more by that means than by
playing. The prisoner would have to pay 205., or 14
days.

REMARKS.

The oscillations in barometrical readings sines yesterday have been
extremely variable and sudden. Pressure, after recovering quickly
from the depression then noticed, has again fallen four-tenths of an
inch since midnight in the north, where it is now falling very fast.
The decrease in the W. has been less, and the change has not at pre-
sent extended to the S.E. of England, where pressure has risen since
last evening. At the game time a diminution during the night is
reported from the W. of France, where, however, readings are still
high—that at Brest being 0.87 in. above that at Nairn. Temperature
has increased in the extreme south, but fallen irregularly elsewhere,
varying from 3deg. to 12 deg. Winds, after veering to the north-west-
ward generally, and blowing hard, have, at the N. and W. stations,
again backed into S.W., and are blowing strongly. In the S., and
over France, however, they remain north-westerli, and are moderate
to fresh. Rain has fallen everywhere, and hail ineLondon and Green-
castle. The sky is overcast, and weather damp and very unsettled.
The sea is high at Ardrossan. Warnings were issued to all coasts
yesterday.

THE COMIC PAPERS.

(From Punch.)

THE EY-MEMBER TOR BEWDLET.—A Parting Glass.

Which is the wickedest portion of America? Why
Sin-sin-naughty, to be sure.
THE VOCALIST'S REAL "FRIEND AND PITCHER.'—Mr.
Sims Reeves.

TO SYDNEY.—The Lord Chamberlain's recent edict
about the Ballet's brief skirt is at all events one mode of
re-dressing a grievance.
CLERICAL CRITICIS3I.—CIerk in Civil Service, /oq. :
" Ministers don't say this time that the Estimates have
been framed with a due regard to economy. Haw ! No !
Fact is, they've been framed with an undue regard to
economy."
A FINE OPENING.—Here's a chance ! The Strand
Union is prepared to give twenty pounds a year and part
rations to a night nurse. Her hours are to be from seven
in the evening till seven in the morning. What munifi-
cence ! Almost as much as the wages of an errand boy.

REVERSING THE ORDER OF THINGS.--At a recent
meeting of the " Victoria Institute " a paper was read
"On the Doctrine of Creation, according to Darwin,
Agassiz, and Moses." Would it not have been more
reverent if the last of these three names had been placed
first ?

EXTRAORDINARY MILDNESS OF THE POLITICAL SEASON.—
( Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone exchanging flowers and
concealing rods.) Mr. Disraeli : "Delightful ' Speech
from the Throne '—quite charming ! " &c., &o.—Mr.
Gladstone : "So glad you liked it—the replies to the
address were admirable ! " &c., &C.
AN UNLUCKY BLOW.—The Scotsman says that during
the very high wind, the other day, a lady who bad been
drawing five hundred pounds out of the National Bank
was surprised to see several notes fly off, some of them over
the housetops. Many of the notes still remain so high that
the tallest tenor can't reach the fivers. Probably the lady
will get them back when the pitch is lowered.

(From Judy.)
The London Direct-Tory—Judy.
SKT.LIGHTS.—The Sun, Moon, and Stara !

(From Fun.)
When is a reptile a general favourite ? When, home.
ward bound, you sight the Lizard.
HOW LOCKE'S MUSIC SHOULD BE PLAYED.—On a key.
bugle.
LITERARY NOTE.—A journal now extensively advertised
as The Ayr Observer must not be mistaken for the organ
of the Meteorological Society.
JUST So !—Agreeable Youth : "Well, old Chawbacon,
you sow, but we reap !"—Old Chawbacon : "very loike
genTmen—l be sowin' hemp !"
A BAD LOOE-OUT.—Taxpayers may well skake in their
shoes when they learn from such high authority as the
Ministerial announcements that " The Exchequer is
Lowe ! "
HARD HlT.—Donebrown, who has lost tremendously in
some transactions in shares, says that the old saw,
"Exchange is no robbery" must have been invented before
the Stock Exchange existed.

-._ • -
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... .
j supplied, as soon as publisheil,-Eresy tveralieby-W.
XLEXA Dt B (late Brooks), Newspaper Agout, INo. 4, Old
cavadish street, Word-street,

(From the Owl.)
THE UNCIVIL LIST.—The Discharged Clerks.
NEW VERSION Or AN OLD LINE, BY KING GEORGE.
" Save me ! oh, save me from my Candiote friends.'!

ELECTORAL NOMENCLATURE.
For Cashal.—Casb
For Youghal.—l, 0. U-gbal,
For the Unseated Member for Bradford.—R. I. P-ley.

The following telegram was sent from Europe to
the United States, Feb. 1:—"A report is current that
General Dix has protested against the unusual honours
with which Jefferson Davis was recently received at St.
Cyr while on a visit to the military schools there. It is
officially denied by the French Governmant that the Minis-
ter from the United States has made any such protest."

AQUATICS.-THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND
TSB AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES.—We learn from Oxford
that the renewed challenge from Harvard University,
United States, has not yet come to hand. The inference
is therefore that the Americans have abandoned the idea
of coining to England to rdw against the Oxford Univer-
sity eight.

ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

The members of the Associated Chambers of Commerce
re-assembled yesterday at the Westminster Palace
Hotel.
INTERNATIONAL COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES.

This was the first subject brought forward yesterday.
Mr. BEHRENS introducing the following resolution from
the Bradford Chamber :—" That, in accordance with the
report presented by the Royal Commission on International
Coinage, dated 25th July, 1868, her Majesty's Govern-
ment be requested to take necessary steps for convoking
or joining an international conference, with power to
arrange not only for international money, but at the same
time for a uniform system of weights and measures."
The subject, he said, was one of great importance, but all
the chambers were asked to do was to support the report
of the Royal Commission on the subject. The
resolution was seconded by Mr. Law, of Bradford, and
carried unanimously without discussion. Resolutions on
the same subject from the Bristol and Kendall ChamLers
were withdrawn. •

FOREIGN BILLS OF EXCHANGE.

Mr. BEHRENS proposed, and Mr. ATKINSON, of Hull,
seconded, a resolution approving a circular issued by the
Bradford Chamber on the subject of foreign bills of tx-
change. This was carried without discussion.