The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-12 00:00:00

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, THE SUN, LONDON, FRVAY EVENING ,y_- , 9
LIFEBOAT SERVICES.-During the Storms THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. The afflicted ulnas, which includes the blind, the GORSESDNDENOE FROM RAMS
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of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
deaf and dumb, and the incurable and idiot, takes
Tuts EVENING, at 7, MY WIFE'S' OUT. Followed by the
41.
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contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship- Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. £70,000, while Class G, for general assistance,
wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution
Onom )1711 OWN COItItESi'ONDENT.)
also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition to granting £2,431 for re-
THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. demands £Bl,OOO, of which £32,000 is for Food
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PARIS, THURSDAY February 11.
This EVENING, BLUE DEVILS. Messrs. Howe, Buckstone,
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- • - • .
wards.
Sits, Miss F. Wright. Afier which, HOME • Messrs. Sothern,
'HICKS argues, with considerable force, that Greece has acceted the decision of the COnference, Kul
The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the
jChippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavedish, Burke, &c. Concluding Rei‘liierf.
•wg are as-yet4 elt le'rx AioUt details eel the terms upon
public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, ex.; Mesdames Wright, Burke, the very names of some of our charities seem to speak which the •!siteesexit Ina tu `made {C` o.„i•'svhetbee the
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London Gwynn, &a Commence at 7.
for themselves of the inefficiency of the'Poor-law or its acceptance ii unnerved, e paucity of newt; from
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
administrators. A Poor-law:ought to be so administer- the East during the last' few days is inexplicable.
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
It has- eaue. ed Pie semi-official p. aides to abate
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
ed as to makeeharities for the houseless and homeless, siiine of their'COnficience even when the issue
TIM EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8,
LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W.
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refuges for the destitute, and associations of the kind, seems ilew to be Assured.
will
are much afraid that
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RAILWAY.
BARROW RACES.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AND 19.
SPECIAL TRAINS will leave EUSTON STATION Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore,
dfaclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclereq
Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.
THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. the acCeptance be preeceivill bociecompanied by some
totally Unnecessary. Outside the area of the Poor- .• s .- . - • -
law there must always be, as Mr. HICKS reminds us veri 4wkward "rei&vation; 'ln other' respects the aspect
7 of political affairs was.n.e-vr`r more cheerless.`' .There is
on both days of the Races, at 11.30 a.m. and 12.15 noon,
large scope for the action of individual charity ; but alesolutelynahingdoing. . The Corps Ldgislatif will meet
I
THIS EvENENG, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
returning from Harrow at 5.15 and 5.30 p.m., calling at TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15
Chalk Farm and Willesden Junction both going and re- to 8. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, at present the public, instead of supplementing the on Friday to discus the City of Paris Loan, but of general
i turning. G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs, Alfred Mellon,
interest there is mating on the cards.
Trains in connection will leave Broad-street (City Ter Miss Lennox Grey, &e, relief by the Poor-law, is, and has been doing for
Three chairs are now vacant in the French Academy.
minus) for Willesden Junction at 11.10 and 11.40 a.m.,
years past, the work of the Poor-law itself. Such a thing has iot been known for a century. Who
l calling at Valston Junction at 11.13 and 11.45 a.m., High- GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
bury 11.19 and 11.49 a.m., and Camden-road 11.25 and SUCCESS. 9.40,
at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CY__RIL'S
BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. It is quite evident that the whole question needs a
thorough examination. There is money enough spent will fill them is gill an open question, for there are
several candidates not one of whom, I believe, is in all
11.55 a.m.
Marshall Warner David Fisher, Andrews Hurlstone, J. Clarke: .
Trains will also leave Victoria (Pimlico) at 10.22 and Mesdamc:e Ilenra.de, C. Thorn, Brennen, Borend, Hughes, Ar-
respects satisfacto7y.
in London every year to render deaths from starva- Public curiosityis not to be gratified by a cause cdebre
i 11.22 a.m., Battersea 10.34 and 11.34 a.m., Chelsea 10.37 sold, and Stephens
ti and 11.37 a.m. and Kensington 11.15 a.M. and 12.15 noon,
in the shape, of the bonbon poisoning case. It is not to be
for Willesden 'Junction. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. tion impossible, and yet how many persons, especially
tried. The affair has become more mysterious, but less
Passengers from Broad-street, Victoria, Kensington, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh.
women and children, do annually sink from long-
ese.. will have to change carriages at Willesden Junction THIS EVENING, at 7.10, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
continued want it would be hazardous to guess. Far tragical. It was at first thought that certain authorities
both going and returning. ford, Clarke; Miss %non. THE FIELD 'as THE Ct.OTH
OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Mena
in high places, fearing revelations which would be painful
For further particulers see bills.
Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To too large a proportion of the money raised is absorbed to the distinguished family involved, had managed to
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. conclude with HUE AND DYE.
Euston Station, February, 1869,
in the machinery of the societies. Salaries, rent, fur- arrange that the Polish count should not be brought to
QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
trial. His punishment would be but poor compen-
GREAT SALE ! ! ! •
Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. niture, and other similar expenses consume much of it.
THIS EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, , sation for the injury and disgrace of the exposure.
A CHANCE FOR EVERY ONE!!
The following articles, amongst others, are
DEARER THAN LIFE: •• Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, H. I. has been estimated that a fourth of the money Whether this be the true explanation or not, it is certainly
• Irving, Miss Hodson. &c. With THE LITTLE REBEL And
manner, and the returns
collected is spent in this
TO BE SOLD : THE GNOME KING: Mr Toole.
not the one given. It is now stated that the bonbons con-
tained no poison, and that there is therefore no ground for
Chatelaine Doyleys Etchings - favour this impression. There are many small insti-
Coins Dressing Cases Illuminations THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.
. a trial. But if there is no ground for a trial, why has
Aquarium Furniture Painting Materials Tins EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George tutions for the same object, which might, with Count Kzidniakowski been ordered to leave France ?If
Singing Birds Glass Paintings Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia
advantage, be amalgamated ; there are others there were no ground for an accusation, the Government
Parrots Linen Photographs
Foote and Larkin. After which, TURK() THE TERRIBLE :
which might be more economically and efficiently
Cows Washing Machine Prints
would not be justified in ordering the Count out of
Donkeys Perambulator Fernery Messrs F Hngtes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Hoppe':
Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton. Mise
administered. Our charities, like our other time-bon-
Eggs Ornaments Ferns
the country. There is much reason to believe that
Ferrets Screens Lawn Mower Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S
MAID.
the former version of the story is the true one ; that the
Goats Desks Bracelets
Honey Inkstand Breached THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. oured institutions, need reform, and the opportunity Beauffremont family have found it to their interest to
Horses Aprons Buckles This EVENING, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs. Atkins, has now come for reforming thous seials fell e‘lve.e.
hush un the e Frsle and the Count has been banished to
Dogs--Sporting and Bonnets Chains fanghan. G. Vincent, &c.; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. Pet Card Cases Chignon Combe After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H tape. The amount is large, but not excessive. Lon- avoid exposure. Comment on slime mode or aorniniesei.es
Pheasants Cloaks Crosses Ne-ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and ET.
Pigeons Dresses Earrings Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield don can very well afford two millions, or twice two justice is n3edless. Arbitrary proceedings of this kind are
Poultry Feathers Sleeve Links
Squirrels Flowers Locket
millions, annually out of her enormous wealth for the the rule now in France.
Portrait Album Furs Electra Plate ROYALTY THEATRE.
The Berryer subscription has produced £4,000. The
relief and the succour of those who at the best must
Books Garibaldiee Silver Mug, arc. Under the Management of Miss IL Oliver.
Magazines Habit Scarf Pin THTS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Mquestion now is, what is to be done with it. A pair of
Newspapers Hats Rings AL Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL ; Mr. Dewar,be content w
iss ith the crumbs which fall from the rich statues is contemplated, but surely the money might be
Valentines Accordian Scent Bottles &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND•
man's table ; but the question is not how much is better employed.
Lathe Cornet Studs
Fretwork Flute Necklaces
PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. spent, but how it is spent, and whether the desired At the ball given by the Minister of the Interior and
Botanical Collection Concertinas Watches
Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton end is fully attained with the greatest degree of Madame Forced° de la Roquette, the ladies' dresses were
Pair of Globes Music Piano
THIS EvENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague,
Electrical Machines Organ Guitar
Specimens of Sea- Canoes Harmonium Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss efficiency:and the minimum of expense. nearly all in the style of Louis the Fifteenth's reign, high
C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING headdresses and powder being worn. We are told that
Natural History Sire- Walking Stick Harness
weeds Sword Stick Crt rriages,
HAZARD. And INTRIGUE.
"the success of the powder was complete," whatever may
cimens Yachts Clipping Machine
Opera Glasses Inndoor Games Reins ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Wee= the air is thick with rumours of difficulties be the signification of such a triumph.
A day or two no an exciting balloon ascent was mane
Telescopes Guns - Breech and Whips THIS EVENING, the Great Carne Troupe and magnificent Stud among the political leaders of the nation, there is an
Collection of Birds' Muzzle loading Workboxes of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, Don Juan unusual outburst of loquaciousness on the part of less by two aeronauts of great skill. They went up to a great
Eggs Rifles Braiding Barto, t,e.
height and met with a tremendous south-west gale, which
Rats Revolvers Tatting
prominent politicians. Conservatives have been fea
Albums Skates Wool Work
sting carried them forward with unparalleled rapidity. In
CHRISTY 3IINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 at Birmingham, Liberals at Croydon, a Cardinal thirty-five minutes after setting out they were obliged to
Stamps Meerschaum Pipe sewing Machines
Baths Jackets Crochet Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.
Boxes Lace Knitting
Brush Dress Materials Woolwork Frame has been the guest of the new Lord-Lieutenant of cast anchor, having made no less than fifty-six miles in
ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - THREE BALLETS, Ireland, and seven bishops have been-not to the that space of time. Casting anchor, however, was one
Cake Shawls Fancy Work Mate- ROYAL
to Fishmongers' Hall, on the other side
China Trimmings rings Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. 15. Box-office
Tow thing, and getting out another. The wind
Churn Drawings Cotton Stands open from 11 to 4.
of London Bridge, where they were feasted by was still extremely powerful in the lower strata
Clocks Engravings
of the atmosphere, and the balloon was dragged •
&c., &c., &e.
the Prime Warden. Out of all this talk it
Full particulars as to price, &c., may be ascertained on perusal
.-S.is Is 97•341 ' - over the ground for a space of about three miles. The
of
.71.1.17
.!...a,i7,7j17,,., _4:i;..ik 54114.. ought. to be possible to extract something like inhabitants gave chase, and at length the two travellers i
THE EXCHANGE AND MART JOURNAL.
A copy sent to any one sending three stamps to W.g 1,7-3/4-, 'T.---471 4, 15.4 definite statements and a clear policy, yet we managed to arrest the progress of the dangerous convey- •
32, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. find it hard to do so. Conservative eloquence was ante, which fifty stout arms straightway placed in safety. I
confined for the most part to mild sarcasms at the One aeronaut was unhurt,!the other slightly injured on the e
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, F. B. Chatterton.
THEATRE RO YAL, DRURY-LANE.
LONDON, FI?IDA .17, FEB. 12, 1869. expense of Mr. BRIGHT, justifications of the leap in head and foot. It is noteworthy that the temperature in (
the upper regions was much higher than on the ground, c
THIS EVENING will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. ea.
al pauperism is becom- the dark, and prophecies of a repetition of the Reform Perhaps the south-west wind accounts for this. a
To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled
GRIMALKIN 'THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN Boors, The question of our nation drama, in which the Liberals would again prove A most singular attempt at murder is reported from r
tNe THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery
ing too important to be longer overlooked or slighted, bunglers, and have to hand over the settlement of Fontsnassaus-Reses, a pretty village in the neighbourhood t
oy Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire
strength Of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe
The actual returns of in and out-door paupers indeed the. Irish Church to their opponents. No doubt these of Paris. It appears that some days ago a worthy shoe- il
of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of
maker of the village, who always paid his rent regularly, o
any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at will be quite willing to undertake that or any other
half-past e commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. may be less this year than last, owing to the remark- carried the periodical sum to his landlord-an individual t;
able mildness of the season, but the standing army of measure which they have hitherto denounced,
not in the e njoyment of any great renown for re
their rivals, The
if they can thereby dish
THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET.
liberality. He presented his money, and demanded a li
destitution is so large that any variation in the num-
Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone.
Dublin banquet was a very splendid affair, but Earl
THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, bet of recruits affects but slightly the strength of its SPENCER had to avoid party politics, and in doing
yreocueitphte. "It is -
not ready," was the reply ;" I wag give es
recei t " Ishoemaker would
P to-morrow. But tle
Buckstone, jun., and Miss Fanny Wright.
After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chlppendale, Comp- battalions. Under these circumstances the con- so, dosed his fellow-diners with statistics so dry that not give up his money until he got the acknowledgment, g
ton, Aetley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, dtc. -
Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. ea essrs. Comp -
sideration of how best to resist its encroach- it must have taken a good deal of wine to wash them grumblingly made it out. The v
ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, Jun., &c. ; Mesdames
exchange was then cautiously made, the shoemaker w
the
down. The chief event of the evening was
Wright, Burke, Gwynn, etc. menu, how best to turn to account those re-
Commence at Seven.
marked deference shewn by the Viceroy to " that giving up the money with one hand and receiving the Re
T- sources which are at our command to meet it paper with the other. But. no sooner had the land- BI
HEA'TRE ROYAL, ADELPH I. becomes imminent. The sums annually expended Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WE'BSTER. illustrious Prince of the
Eminence Cardinal CULLEN." Church his lordgot
Catholic , the money than he snatched away the receipt, el
A portion of it remained, however, in the hand en
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. in this country for the relief of poverty and suf- „,
t turn to the Liberal dinner at Guildford of the shoemaker h b ' went
11 e mast , r, wo, o serving this, astutely away. le
THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
They notunworthy •
faring are very great. are
Soon he was sued for the rent again. The portion of the
TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Selmore, Mrs. L. Murray.
for anything l'k definiteexpression of Liberal
i e a
at
At 15 to 8T• , HE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, their munificence of the wealthiest nation in the ideas intentions.lireo - -receipt was produced in court, and the shoemaker came off he
and
Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash-
triumphant. Thfoiled
e exasperated landlord, and th
ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. world, nor unbefitting the generosity of a people who offered office in the present Administration, and who
Commence at Seven.
degraded, took the first opportunity of firing a double. ut
have always been prompt to answer any appeal refused it, we believe solely because of the uncer-
b 11 barrelled gun at his tenant. He missed his fire, and is me
ft 0Y A L PRINCESS'S THEATRE. for aid. Setting aside the City of London tainty of his re-election, has great hopes from the „min custody,
on
Sole Lessee and Manager,Mr. Vining.
charities, in the metropolis alone over two commercial policy of the present Government. He Three persons confined in the Castle of Thun, in Swit- th
Last 2 -Nights. _
TEAS EVENING, THE SECRET. millions are annutlly expended for benevo- said that we could well afford to rest on the laurels zerland, have made a very determined attempt to escai e. wl
After which tat 8 o'clock) Dion Boncicault's new drama, in
f sur acts. entitled AFTER D 1 RK, a Tale of London Life. lent objects, and this vast amount does not in- we had already won and he ,hoped that "the th 'na
' They had made hole in the wall of their cell, and, by cv
Messes. Welter T,acy, Dominick 31tirray. D. Leesom, C. Harcourt,
red line," of which Englishmen had always been so tearing their bed clothing into strips, had formed a rope. an
J. G Shore; Mete Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leciereq, elude parecbial charities. Mr. Mass has thrown
The first man who attempted to descend had scarcely rte.
Ent:rely new Scenery by efis F. T.loyde an ass,ntents. proud, would never be found fighting again the
To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. valuable light on a very complex and difficult subject I
betties of continental P launched himself into the open space when a knot of the tut
Does open at half-past G, commence at 7. Box-office open
Powers from whom we cord slipped and the man fell from a height of seventy for
daily from In till 5. charitable ius'itu- 1 .by his admirable synopsis of the . . gained 'but little thank "S• w
ge'2" On Monday, Feb. 15. a new Drama, entitled MARIE
tions of London, published in the Times of yesterday, s. ir .. ENT WORTH DILKE feet on to the pavement of the courtyard. He was killed. ha:
Y.) mentionedthathisex ' - •
ANToINETTE, in welch Mdlle. Beatrice will appear.
penenceatll allingfordhadshewn His companions, as was to be expected, then abandoned eat
and we hope that the issue of this remarkable state- him the necessity of adopting the Pllt f • in that `heir • t-
,a o , or projec
tin
-1--) OYAL STRAND TIIEATRE.
ds thorough agriculturalconstituency, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. ment will be only the first step to war a
miscalled a borough, he got ________________,
\V,
iv-THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrslt from atlea t
and searchina Report of all our national charities. s one-thirdof the voters the answer, "I votes eff
Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Buism and Maitland. .
THE WEATHER TABL.E'.-nus DAY.
After which, THE FIELD 011' ThE CLOTH OF GOLD. will be ofthem- as master votes.''
immense service to the institutions AVe commend this fact to the ______o_ aSi
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long-
notice of the Reform by
more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. public, and
selves to put their claims fairly before the League, and all persons who KETECE CLOG ICAL REPORTS.
To conclude with HUE AND DYE.
which think that the Liberal cause would bestrengthened _ an
to ascertain where and how the waste exists
Extreme Sea hag
ROYAL AMPHFrHEA FRE AND CIRCUS, undoubtedly
does exist, else we should not have so by the assimilation of the county to the borough Friday, A
It -0 we F, eta the
HOLBORN.
c Ise. sor -
fran h• I d HOL GHTON who as Mr. AIONEK
1 - . e - TON Feb. 12, B. r• e-pe - • Ito F. D. WR.
12 9 ant
Another change of Programme.-First appearance of DON much real and pinching distress in our midst in spite
MILNE-
s was a follower 8 a.m. i'
_____ __
JUAN BARTO, a Mexican Grotesque, and the most astounding
of that most Conservative of Nair - -,- -- love
29'76f. 36 .4 S.W. 1 5 Kw ;o.rb 0•05 1
it DO
Nairn Prestidigitateur ever witnessed. Without the aid of apparatus, of this flood of charity. One great reason for , Ministers, Lord P 35 34 W.S.W. 1 3 w, ~b.o. - 1 upc
or conredera,ey of any kind whatever, he will perform, in the ALMERSTON, frankly avowed that tabietVeen
29•331 38 36 W.S.W. 2 6 N.W. ! b.f. 0.02 '-
which centre of the Arena, feats of magic more wonderful than can doubt, is to be found in the total want of system. he had been w • 4ield . - 2 and
possibly be imagined. The Press in every city in America in
i - moron in so far as he had opposed the s 3• • 39 37 IV N
roh 29'95f. ~, •..W. 1 3 le c.f. - 2
2 des
which he has exhibited unanimously proclaim him without an Mr. HICKS comments upon the want of all or anise- moderate political char Yarmouthcabo. 2916 f. 44 t.' lo• 2 3 w.N..w. 0. -
ges proposed by the Reformer,'
equal. Hundreds of criticisms might be quoted in praise of his
- Helder - -
exceeding cleverness, but one selected from a leading American tion there is in such efforts, loss of a dozen
and the consequent en years ago. For instanco, all parties Cux haven - - :e- - - - - -- - .
paper will probably be deemed sufficient: "We have seen dug of
ekudesnms -
lace to the are Reformers now and f. 4-i =.9 w..-e.w. -3 - - - in a
ing the past week,' says the joarnal in question, "the perform- V'. power. Benevolence overflows in one p , there is no statesmanship 4,
ea tileirossaa
Green castle 29 tet •4 W.N.W. rnco 08 -
antes of Don Juan Barto, the extraordinary grotesque, and are •
Holyhead - - reg,-
compelled to acknowledge that his tricks of Prestidigitation are impoverishment of several others. " Every one," says being so. But Mr. LOCKE KING was a Reformer years Liverpool , 29 95f. 46 44 W.S.W. 1 2 ws.w o.na o'o6 1 .:
truly wonderful. We have seen Hermann, Heller, Anderson, Mr II circle round
fus, " wishes to create a little _ _
ago, and he used to ad - t
N oca eßeform when it seemed-92f 44 42 Z.
Valentin 29 • 0 2 N.W. • mro o'os o or, ]
and numerous other professors of the magic art, but we have •
Cape Clear - -
40 N.E. - - - pos(
4 4 lex. r. 0'62 2
never witnessed any so dexterous, so complete in their perform- his Own articular
p • trather than
hobb and rens s a hopeless cause, and when his perseverance was Roch e's Pt. 29•89 f. 40
,_ N. ,
Penzance
7 S.W. r. 9'38 4
ances, nor so truly beyond comprehension, as this celebratedy,rewarded only b
OUT
magician. We accord him the praise of being the best nerforrner rewarded y defeat. Men like these, as Lord Plymouth
invites co-operation from those around him." Some
Weymouth 2912 f. 52 50s
se e • 1 1 S.W. r.o, 0-21 2 forg
that we have ever seen upon any stage.; In addition, Her Oscar
HOUGHTON remarked, Portsmouth 29'91f. 51 e,,.! te•ielY• 6 6 W.s.W. 0.0'51 5
carte and his Fifty wonderful performing Horses, and the un- other features in this synopsis deserve particular who can forecast the
London , 29 93f. 44 14 ' 2 3 W.S.W. o.r. 6'50 - In t
paralleled Scenes in the Arsna, including A. Bradbury, Eng-
future, are worth dozen 48 48 W. a visionary statesmen- canaries+ ez 2914 f. 9 8 w,s,w. r. o'l3 6 thin
land's Champion Equestrian, A, sesaneonsky, A. Caere, Mentes. mention. We notice that several wealthy charities, the statesmen who Brest - 4
Montego, Schwartz, Kremser, and Salamonsky, in a series of
evolve out of their o L'O rie nt ..
5 S.W. o. - 4 that
unparalleled acts of horsemanship. Castelotti and the Brothers such aa Guy's d St. Thomas
hospital an 's Hospital, consciousness theories Roch e fort - 2
Gira,rdes in their Thrilling Ladder and Trapeze evolutions. The . of the Constitution in order Biarritz
_•
c. _ 3 rest:
Clowns Burgess and Loyal, the greatest grotesque of the day give no report of their income and expenditure. to veil unconstitutional - Corunna.... - - - - - - - - -
best
"Mac persons form their estimate of a circus from some of
acts. Mr. KING got Brussels,,,, - - - - - - - - - -
those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the 1101- Other reports are unsatisfactory in their form, as a reception which his firm adherence
to Reform, Paris ...... - - -_-_- := - - - -- - stret
nn, Strasbourg.. - •- _ _ : _ _ _ _
:.
born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is
Shat
when
above that of a street ballad-singer."-Court Journal, Jan. 2. the practice is followed of deducting the cost of through evil report, deserved. He it was who won Lyons .. ...., -_ _
se . _ N.W. 5 -9-
N.R.
f- -
Toulon e ... 30'251. c:1
.c. - 5 that
Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per-
collection the of the Liberal battle in Heart's Con-
formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-Past from
imbl
Two.
local time) - - - - - -
charging it among the regular when ex- and won it so thoroughly that it has been main- Ai
= • expenses, or
=PLANATION
Afte
LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL, belonging to one year are carried over to the tamed ever since, He contended that Mr. GLAD- Barometer corrected end reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. next.
Some of the returns aregiven with admit-
e c ician in letter r, rising ;
of the mercury
f, falling ;s, steady-indicates direction of motion coun
within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in Hou
At 7, A. HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0,
taking the sense of Parliament the Irish
upon Church
BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, able lucidity, and there can be no reason why allshade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours once
David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C.
last year, instead of waiting until after the • b.-blue sky • c -cloud detached: f.-
h ld S Ou
general z•-calm. Weather .• • s, fog
The
Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be not be managed in the same clear, orderly
h.-hail ; 1.-lightning t m.-misty,
els z .
rend, Hughes, and Stephens.
) election-a delay that would have involved another 5 , 0.-overcast, dull ; r.-
and business-like method,
rain : s.-snow ; t.-thunder. Rain-fail, anew or hail (melted) merit
appeal to the nation. Mr. BUXTON'S speech was the daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. tore.
LIT. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent-street, Mr. Him has divided the charities into seven speech of the evening. Ile pointed out that the REMARKS. thou;
present
kj Langham-place. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. classes. In considering
noticed yesterday cont
The increase of pressure y continued at Nairn until
ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.e the question of pauperism Cabinet differed from preceding Liberal econt
Cabinets, midnight. Since last evening, however, a decrease has occurred along
Messrs. WILSON' and MONTAGUE deem it necessary we may set aside Class E alto hbelonging bwhile these were confined almost. scant
get er, as to because exclusively our south coasts, amounting to about three-tenths of an inch at the
to inform the nobility, gentry, and the public generally,
cease
that since their last appearance in the metropolis negro the professional classes, such • • • to men of the highest aristocratic position, the
as institutions for the present
• entrance of the Channel, and pressure is now falling generally.
Readings, though still high in the south-west of France, are much the
minstrelsy, under their immediate management, has ad- widows and families of T has the popular element paramount. In fact we have
Vaticcd far beyond that primitive form of entertainment mi itary or naval men, more uniform than of late ; but that at Nairn is 0'59 in. lower most
given on its
introduction into this country. The chaste and the various associations for the 1. f
re le a Government borne to power by the irresistible will than that at Rochefort. Temperature has decreased generally in of pr
. these islands, but remains unaltered in the west of France. South-
and simple ballads, and beautifully harmonised quartette of the
of the , people a Government imbued with the spirit insta;
poorer tier
gy.
westerly winds continue to blow with considerable force at all
and choruses aro still retained ; those they will haveWe may fairly -
the honour of introducing being composed exclusively ask, however, whether so large a sum a the people, and determined to carry out the pope- southern stations ;but over the Waists-Isle. light 'variable winds are of a
for this Company. by Benedict, 'be/ J. L. Hat-
Balfe, Clan . ,
£413,428, shouldb as
gar will. Evidently Mr. BUXTON considers that the general, and an easterly breeze has shown itself in London and in they
ton, and others. The hackneyed and meaningless negro annually e absorbed b th.
y es class, first the Irish Channel, Rain has been continuous and heavy in the Gove
rst work which the Government will have to accom- south. The s with thick for on the east coast.
sketches, with other absurd vulgarities, havegivenplace
leaving, as we know, so much sky is generally overcast, bl' pu 1,
spectacles, from genteel poverty*, the plish is one of great difficulty. Disestablishment is :•.
to operatic extravaganza and burlesque
.the
da
hardest to bear of
millio
all, still unassisted? Our
the pens of the most popular burlesque writers of y.
aon the sub- Church, no easy task, but the appropriation of the funds will The hearing of the Tamworth election petition result
Second night of the burlesque extravaganz . s our Army, and our Navy, can certain!afford
jeer of Offenbach's popular opera bouffe, the Grand Ducnes y to pay prove the real crux that will try the quality of the was resumed yesterday morning before Mr. Justice Willem, for e,
of Gerolsteirs written by O. Bernard, Esq., entitled the their members sufficiently to enable them to support Ministry,be &lee ations
scenery,
very Grand Dutch-s of London, with beautiful
their families respectably, andprovide pport He would have it remembered that Irish and further evidence in support of t e econoi
of treating was given. It is reported that mess,
elegant costumes and appointments, and supported by a for them de- Church property was left originally by Irishmen for
picked staff of vocalists, orchestra, &c., nearly 100 per- cently, and if they do not do so now, they should Irish purposes, and would have that principle ono of the witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the
su the sy
formers. Acting Manager, Mr. Andrew Nimmo.
petitioners attempted to poison himself last night by swag- small
_ amend their accounts until these three professions, at respected in the distribution of the Church property. lo • -and he is
wing laudanum. Ills name is Radford,
least, no longer require so much supplementary aid That done, and ho had no fear of opposition from the of the White Lion Inn at Fawley. When it was known of Coi
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WHILE the air is thick with rumours of difficulties
among the political leaders of the nation, there is an
unusual outburst of loquaciousness on the part of less
prominent politicians. Conservatives have been feasting
at Birmingham, Liberals at Croydon, a Cardinal
has been the guest of the new Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland, and seven bishops have been—not to the
Tower—but to Fishmongers' Hall, on the other side
of London Bridge, where they were feasted by
the Prime Warden. Out of all this talk it
ought to be possible to extract something like
definite statements and a clear policy. Yet we
find it hard to do so. Conservative eloquence was
confined for the most part to mild sarcasms at the
expense of Mr. BRIGHT, justifications of the leap in
the dark, and prophecies of a repetition of the Reform
drama, in which the Liberals would again prove
bunglers, and have to hand over the settlement of
the Irish Church to their opponents. No doubt these
will be quite willing to undertake that or any other
measure which they have hitherto denounced,
if they can thereby dish their rivals. The
Dublin banquet was a very splendid affair, but Earl
SPENCER had to avoid party politics, and in doing
so, dosed his fellow-diners with statistics so dry that
it must have taken a good deal of wine to wash them
down. The chief event of the evening was the
marked deference shewn by the Viceroy to " that
illustrious Prince of the Catholic Church, his
Eminence Cardinal CULLEN."
We must turn to the Liberal dinner at Guildford
for anything like a definite expression of Liberal
ideas and intentions. Mr. OssLow, who has been
offered office in the present Administration, and who
refused it, we believe solely because of the uncer-
tainty of his re-election, has great hopes from the
commercial policy of the .present Government. He
said that we could well afford to rest on the laurels
we had already won, and he hoped that "the th'n
red line," of which Englishmen had always been so
proud, would never be found fighting again the
battles of continental Powers, from whom we
gained but little thanks." Sir WENTWORTH DILKE
mentioned that his experience atWallingford had she wn
him the necessity
of adopting the Ballot, for in that
agricultural constituency, miscalled a borough, he got
from at least one-third of the voters the answer, "I votes
as master votes." *We commend this fact to the
notice of the Reform League, and all persons who
think that the Liberal cause would be strengthened
by the assimilation of the county to the borough
franchise. Lord HouGnToN, who as Mr. MONCKTON
MILNES was a follower of that most Conservative of
Ministers, Lord PALMERSTON, frankly avowed that
he had been wrong, in so far as he had opposed the
moderate political changes proposed by the Reformers
of a dozen years ago. For instanca, all parties
are Reformers now, and there is no statesmanship in
being so. But Mr. LOCKE KING was a Reformer years
ago, and he used to advocate Reform when it seemed
a hopeless cause, and when his perseverance was
rewarded only by defeat. Men like these, as Lord
HOUGHTON remarked, who can forecast the
future, are worth a dozen visionary statesmen—
the statesmen who evolve out of their own
consciousness theories of the Constitution in order
to veil unconstitutional acts. Mr. KING got
a reception which his firm adherence to Reform,
through evil report, deserved. He it was who won
the Liberal battle in East Surrey twenty years ago,
and won it so thoroughly that it has been main-
tained ever since. He contended that Mr. GLAD-
STONE had shewn himself an admirable tactician in
taking the sense of Parliament upon the Irish Church
last year, instead of waiting until after the general
election—a delay that would have involved another
appeal to the nation. Mr. BUXTON'S speech was the
speech of the evening. He pointed out that the present
Cabinet differed from preceding Liberal Cabinets,
because while these were confined almost exclusively
to men of the highest aristocratic position, the present
has the popular element paramount. In fact we have
a Government borne to power by-the irresistible will
of the people a Government imbued with the spirit
Of the people, and determined to carry out the popu-
lar will. Evidently Mr. BUXTON considers that the
first work which the Government will have to accom-
plish is one of great difficulty. Disestablishment is
no easy task, but the appropriation of the funds will
prove the real crux .that will try the quality of the
Ministry. He would have it remembered that Irish
Church property was left originally by Irishmen for
Irish purposes, and would have that principle
respected in the distribution of the Church property.
That done, and he had no fear of opposition from the
Lords, who were too wise a body to follow the
example of the Ceylon elephant which charged a rail-
way train. He gave great praise to the Ministry for
their reductions in the public expenditure. He praised
them because theywere acting as trustees of the nation,
bound to account to them for the money spent,
instead of being at liberty to use it in promoting the
interests of their own party ; bound, too, not to be
deterred from discharging useless officials because
in doing so they might have to inflict pain, and
even hardship. This is a point which has
not yet been sufficiently dwelt upon. Hitherto
Government have economised only so far as the
nation desired it and insisted upon it. To economise
on principle is a new feature in statesmanship, most
welcome, most commendable.

The hearing of the Tamworth election petition
was resumed yesterday morning beforo Mr. Justico Willes,
and further evidence in support of the allegations
of treating was given. It is reported that
ono of the witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the
petitioners attempted to poison himself last night by swal-
lowing laudanum. Dis name is Radford, and he is landlord
of the White Lion Inn at Fazeley. When it was known
that he had taken poison remedial measures were taken, and
the man is said to be still alive, although in a very precarious
condition.

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Yesterday Dr. Lankestcr investigated the cir-
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the great bookmaker, who was found dead with his
throat cut on Tuesday morning, in tho library of
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But, after all has been said, we are still in the dark
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the Irish Church question. There is reason to think
that the Cabinet is not so entirely of one mind on
this subject as the Liberal party could desire. If this
be so, we are scarcely likely to have a very definite
statement of policy from Ministers at the banquet
which comes off to night at Fishmongers' Hall.
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critical circumstances than those under which Mr.
night's illustrious gather-
GLADSTONE will address to-

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cans believed that the Alabama outrages might have been
Prevented by the British Government not recognising
the belligerency of the South, cr preventing the Alabama
getting out. Lord Russell, in conversation with hint (Mr.
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that of the book societies, which actually amounts
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THE MINISTERIAL BANQUET.,

ingly ; and if we are true to ourselves, the House of
Commons will be true to us, and the country will be true
to them.

Mr. Gladstone has become a Fishmonger, and enrolled
his name after Mr. Peabody's and Mr. Cobden's in the
roll-book of the famous Liberal corporation—the same
which had, two days previously, entertained "the seven
bishops" at their "grand old hall." Great interest was
naturally felt in the proceedings at the banquet which
followed the " swearing in " of the Premier, seeing that
this was the first time the new Ministry had presented
itself as a body in public. Mr. Gladstone's speech con-
tained as much as anyone could expect at a banquet. It
did not forestall the Queen's Speech, but it contained
quite sufficient pledges as to the policy of the Government.
He began by denying the rumours that he was about to
depart from the policy laid down by him during the elec-
tions. "It is sometimes said and thought—perhaps
lightly, though occasionally with a degree of truth—
that the changes of parties are but changes of
men, and that with the transition from one side of the
House of Commons to the other, pledges, opinions, and
principles are compromised or forgotten. It can hardly
be feared that on this occasion such is likely to be the case.
I look to the characters, experience, and ability of the
friends with whom I have the honour to be associated ;
and I believe that such an appeal, if it were made, would
be effectual. But the nation has other guarantees for our
fulfilment, to the best of our abilities, of the purpose for
which we have been called. Never in our history—
certainly not within the history of living man,
has there been an occasion upon which the issue
raised at a general election was more intelligibly and
distinctly raised than when the late House of Commons,
condemned by the Government of the day, was summoned
to the bar of popular opinion, there to receive its final
acquittal or condemnation. Every man who had to give
his suffrage throughout the country knew for or against
what that suffrage was to be given ; and if the issue was
distinct, the verdict also has been distinct—for upon no
occasion has the nation made its meaning more clearly
known, or laid down alike for those who are the objects
of its preference, and for those whose opinions it
was disposed to put aside—laid down with greater
clearance the lines of public policy and of action."
with cheers, and "applause" was very loud when the
right hon. gentleman went on to say—" I am not about to ,
anticipate that sketch or outline of the policy and
measures of the session which must, within a few days, be
communicated to Parliament and to the world, but with-
out telling any secrets, those who have taken part in the
struggles of last autumn, and especially those who watched
the determining issues of the last session of Parliament
may well judge that we, who took upon ourselves the ,
heavy responsibility of raising and submitting to '
the judgment of the Legislature such a question as the
continuance of the religious establishment in one of ti
three kingdoms, may well judge that we, having bee
permitted thus far to make good our ground—to mali
good, in the first instance, by repeated divisions in ti
House of Commons after due discussion, and to make
good, above all, in that which our opponents are careful t
tell us, and not unjustly to tell us, was the final meanin
of the deed ; that having proceeded thus far, having the
set our hands to the plough, we are not likely to loo:
back, but to face it—to go steadily onwards, and to persc
vere, with prudence, indeed, and with consideration, bu
without hesitation, and without delay, to the end we hav
in view." Mr. Gladstone then went on to say that h
was encouraged in the task he had commenced by the con
stitutional knowledge and character of the sovereign, by th
character and abilities of those who had determined to co
operate with him in forming an administration, by the
concurrence of the public judgment in the policy he wat
about to propose, and by the deep conviction that that
policy was one of justice, and for the public weal. "If
there be curiosity as to the course which the Government
is endeavouring to follow, and will pursue shortly after the
opening of the session, I am afraid I must not attempt at
this moment to gratify that most natural and intelligible
sentiment ; but I do venture to give a pledge that not a
moment will be lost in the maturing of those measures
which, when produced and explained, will, I believe, affordit
a full gratification." The Premier then went on to con.
gratulate himself and the meeting on the great. Liberal
victory gained at the elections. But such a great victory
was not without dangers. It might produce slackness of
mind, and no great force would overcome errors of general-
ship. "But if it shall be our happy lot to avoid these
dangers, then I will venture to say that never were public
men more happy in the nature of the tasks which they
have been called upon to take in hand. For what can be
an object dearer either to the understanding or to the
heart of man than an endeavour to bring about
throughout the whole of this vast community that
union of feeling and interest which, even in the degree
we have hitherto possessed it, has been the source of
our strength, but which still presents to view here and
there some points on which it is fatally defective, and
which we wish to bring up to that condition in which
every man will almost forget whether he is a ScotChman,
an Englishman, or an Irishman in the sense 'of conscious-
ness of his belonging to a common country? For cen-
turies we have been associated together in political wrongs;
for centuries our policy, so successful in most respects,
has failed to attain the great and paramount purpose'of
carrying that sense of brotherhood throughout the
three kingdoms associated under the rule of her Majesty.
We are now called upon to make a great and supreme
effsrt for that purpose. In a day it cannot be done. By
a single measure it cannot be done : nay, it may be that
by many measures the whole result cannot be produced as
an immediate consequence of acts of legislation. But we
have to deal with a people certainly not less susceptible
than ourselves, not less capable of gratitude, attachmerst,
and affection— not less inspired with a true and genuine
love of justice. I have faith in a policy which is founded
upon justice. This is the opinions with which I
and all the colleagues with whom I am associated
desire to approach the consideration of the Irish Church
question. We well know that there is nothing we can do
in any other department of the public interest or of public
affairs which can possibly compensate for failure with
regard to the Irish question. But I won't ask you—
or, if I may so say, allow you for one moment—to sup-
pose that because we are in heart and mind to make this
our first and paramount object, we shall therefore be
forgetful of the other great interests of this country.
In truth, sir, there is but one consideration that tends, I
think, to depress and sadden the mind of public men, and
that is, the consideration how the demands of those inte-
rests in this vast and diversified empire, multiplied far
beyond the powers of human time, intelligence, and
strength, are to be met. In every department of the
State it has been endeavoured so to distribute the strength
that we may possess as to secure the efficient discharge of
public duty.
Mr. LOWE responded for the House of Commons.
After remarking that one of the great blessings of the
country—undisputed succession—was not extended to the
House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer at
once proceeded to the question of economy. He said :
The House of Commons comes in pledged, as the Govern-
ment is pledged, to rigid economy in the public expendi-
ture. Here we get rather into difficulties—because
though I have remarked that no man ever objected to
economy in the abstract, no man ever saw abstract
economy practised in this world. As soon as it
ceases to be the abstraction, and decends into
the region of concrete, economy becomes one of the
most distasteful matters in the world. If it is economy
of public stores and munitions—shall I say pens, for
instance ?—it is meanness and it is cheeseparing unworthy
of a great nation. Every man mends his own pens when
they won't write any more, but it seems intolerable that a
Government clerk should be asked to mend his. Is it
public politics where millions have to be employed—where
millions have been before lavished with very doubtful
results? Then we are told that a thing of beauty is a joy
for ever. Is it the most painful act of economy, the
economy of reducing the staff of offices, which is recom-
mended ? Then the sympathies of the public—and, I fear,
the sympathies of the House of Commons—go with the
small minority, and there is necessarily suffering for the
public good. Now, I hope better things for the House
of Commons. I hope it will show among the virtues
which belong to its station public spirit, and that when
there is a question, and there is nearly always, between
the public and some class of individuals, it will array
itself on its own side—on the side of the public, and not
on the side of individuals ; and I hope, moreover, we shall
no longer have that strange inversion of functions we
now witness in the theory that the House of Commons
is the guardian of the purse of the people, and
that the persons who are to be dreaded as likely
to invade that purse are the Ministers of the Crown.
People think the House of Commons represents
the economy of the public, and that the Ministers of the
Crown represent the desire to spend, and are, in fact, a
profligate executive. The fact is exactly contrary. The
House of Commons, instead of being the guardian of the
public purse, is the source of increased expenditure, and
the department which the House of Commons ought to
check, being saddled with the responsibility of the matter,
is most sinmuous and most unceasing in its exertions to
retrench. I Lope that these things will he altered, not
that the department over which I have the honour to
preside will become anxious for extravagance, but that the
House of Commons will be so kind as to give us a little
assistance in reducing the expenditure, or at least pre-
venting its increase. After a few remarks to the same effect,
the right hon. gentleman concluded by saying : You
know that the country has lately been divided on the
most momentous question of modern days. On that
question it has answered in no doubtful or ambiguous
voice. The present Government is backed by a majority
unexampled in history. That majority throws upon us
great obligations, and. I trust we shall be equal to the
9ccadon, MA 0414 discharge thoK. 01ig44044 uutlincib

Mr. BRIGHT responded to the "Trade and Commerce
of the United Kingdom." He was received with specially
long and demonstrative cheering, and spoke with much of
his usual frankness. Alluding to the great change in the
House of Commons, he remarked that the only injury
which the " great revolution" had done was the slaying
of certain reputations. After some general remarks on
his department, the President of the Board of Trade passed
at once into very precise details of policy. He said : The
other day at Glasgow an address was presented to the
Minister of the United States, and.many good things were
said, and there was one piece of good advice given, in the
hope and expression that the principles of free trade would
take root and spring up and extend in the United
States. Well, we all say that ; but we have no great right
to lecture other people. As far as we are concerned
in this country, we have no protective duties ;
all men are equal in regard to their industry
in its sale to any other country in the world, and we
are all equal in our right to receive back from every
country what every country can offer. But if we were
Americans, and were discussing the conduct of England,
we could not say that England has established free trade
because protective duties are abolished, I;ut we should say-
England is far from having established free trade, because
she still receives more than twenl y millions sterling per
annum at her custom-houses, and prohibits the natural
extension of trade with many articles which are of first
necessity to her people. I will not say that wine is an
article of first necessity. Some say it is ; but at any rate
we may say that sugar, tea, and coffee are articles of the
first necessity, and yet upon them we levy a duty still of
50 per cent. ; and an American might say that, especially
if he came from the State of Virginia, on the produce
of his State, which many people think not avery wholesome
thing, we levy a duty of something like 300 per cent. Now
if I am not absolutely silenced by entrance into the
Government, I shall take repeated opportunities of bring-
ing my colleagues before the bar of public opinion. I
shall say that I am at the head of a department which
is permitted to advise ; that we have in our department
men of remarkable ability in connection with commercial
affairs ; that in all questions submitted to them—and
many are almost daily, from the Foreign Office and else-
where—they give good advice, but very little of it,
unfortunately, is accepted or followed. My right
hon. friend opposite, who spoke just now about the
House of Commons, says, with a most absolute air,
" This thing cannot be done ; the Abyssinian expe-
dition must be paid ; the estimates are so and so ; the
surplus is so small ; the proposition is so unreasonable, the
thing cannot for a moment be entertained." And then the
unfortunate Board of Trade finds itself shut up for giving
advice which cannot be acted upon. 'The new Parliament,
I hope—and I cannot agree with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer that there is positive uncertainty as to what
it will do—will do something positive and intelligent on
this question of economy. When the majority in the
House of Commons is so small as it has been for many
years back, there is a great temptation on the part of the
Ministry and leader of the House of Commons to adopt
various foolish propositions leading to an increased expen-
diture in order, as it were, to buy the support of various sec-
tions in the House, but with the majority which has been re-
turned to this Parliament, a majority so large—it may be
nominal, as somebody has called it, or it may turn out to
be real—l say with such a majority as that returned by
real constituencies throughout the country, the country
has a right to expect from the Government a stronger
hand in dealing with the national expenditure than we
have hitherto seen. I apologise for saying all this. Perhaps
it is not considered right. It is not, however, very common,
I find, at public dinners for public speakers to be very
much in earnest, bnt the fact is that with me these things
are, and have always been, very serious things. If I
have given my life to them, and have sacrificed any
interests of my family to them, so it is because I believed
they were serious; and there is no walk in life,
none whatever, to which a man is more bound to
bring serious convictions and serious conduct than
in the management and advocacy of public affairs.
Mr. Bright was then " down upon " the bishops. I might
ask the Prime Warden, and his predecessor in his digni-
fied office, whether they have ever had here so jolly a
company as that of the other night. (Loud laughter; the
reference being to the banquet to the bishops.) I almost
envy those right rev. gentlemen, so light and airy were
they. What an extraordinary point of imagination that
man must have arrived at who could say that life peerages,
the ecclesiastical peers, were really the only liberal
element in the House of Lords. (Roars of laughter.)
That may be true, but if it be, I very much pity all the
rest of the House of Lords. (Renewed laughter.) There
was an old Syrian monk I read of many years ago
named Ephraim Cyrus, and when they wanted to make
him a bishop he was terrified at the idea of undertaking
that then laborious and perilous office, and he feigned
madness and absconded, that he might avoid it. When
my right lion. friend at the head of the Government asked
me to become one of his colleagues, I did not for a

moment think of feigning madness, but I was on the

point of absconding by an express train on the North
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Western Railway. But if Ephraim Cyrus had lived in
our day, I doubt whether he would have preferred

madness or absconded if they had asked him to be made
a bishop. My:hon. friends around me laugh, as if such

a thing as that was • absolutely impossible. But, judging
from the men, some of whom we have known as

bishops, I do not think that anything need to be won•

dered at ; and if I had been a bishop, with an income 0,

from £5,000 to £15,000 a year, why, it is very likely ]
might have been as full of humour as those right rev,

gentlemen were. I might have been as merry as any of
them, because I should have had an inexhaustible source
of rejoicing and merriment, certainly in the generosity, if
not in the credulity, of my countrymen. I trust to your
forgiveness for making this little speech. To speak as a
Cabinet Minister is a thing so strange to me—as strange
at one time as it would have been if I had been madea
bishop—that I hope I may be pardoned for anything I
may have said or left unsaid. I thank you very heartily
for your kindness in the new and strange position in which
lam placed. (Loud cheers.)

The Echo understands that a Bankruptcy Bill
will be among the announcements in the Speech from the
Throne.

THE SIAMESE TWINS.—Sir W. Fergusson has
carefully examined the twins, and, we understand,
concurs in the general opinions of surgeons, that any
surgical separation would be most likely attended with
fatal consequences, not so much on account of any
obstacle presented by the structure of the uniting band
of flesh, as the moral effect of the disunion on the two
brothers.

THE LATE MR. KEBLE AND THE IRISH ESTA-
BLISHMENT.—In his "Memoir of the Rev. John Keble,
M. A.," Sir J. T. Coleridge publishes a letter from Father
Newman, describing an interview with Keble in 1865, from
which we extract the following passage :--" Mr. Gladstone's
rejection at Oxford was talked of, and I said that I really
thought that had I still been a member of the university
I must have voted against him, because he was giving up
the Irish Establishment. On this Keble gave me one of
his remarkable looks, so earnest and so sweet, came close
to me, and whispered in my ear (I cannot recollect the
exact words, but I took them to be), `And is not that
just ?' It left the impression on my mind that he had no
great sympathy with the Establishment in Ireland as an
establishment, and was favourable to the Church of the
Irish."

THREE PERSONS DROWNED. —A shocking acci-
dent happened on Wednesday evening, on the quay by the
side of the River Severn, at Worcester, where at the time
was a menagerie of wild beasts, and the music attracted a
crowd of people. Among them were a young girl named
Priscilla Clarke, aged 18, and a youth named Francis
Glover, employed at an iron foundry. These two young
people were larking together, when the girl ran backwards
and fell off the quay into the river, which happens to be
much swollen with flood waters, and is very deep. Glover,
seeing the accident that had befallen his companion,
jumped into the water to save her, and caught the young
woman by the clothes. He called loudly for help ; but
although the accident was witnessed by a considerable
number of psrsons, no help was afforded, and both sank.
A boy, aged 10 years, is also supposed to have been
drowned about the same time, within sixty yards of the
same spot.

I THE UNEMPLOYED.—The London Mechanics
institution is taking IT the question of the unemployed
poor, and is about to convene a public meeting to consider
Ithe following resolution :—" In the opinion of this meeting
the enforced idleness of enormous numbers of the
people, their compulsory residence in the filthy slums
of large towns, elbowing the professional thief and
mendicant; the rearing of children in these slums in igno-
rance, idleness, and dirt, with the ever-present examples
of immorality, drunkenness, and a hatred of work, arc the
chief causes of crime, pauperism, and disease, and that
Parliament be at once petitioned to consider the following
remedies for these evils and the present scarcity of em-
ployment, viz. :-1. An Act authorising the Government
to establish factories and start public works in all
parts of the United Kingdom. 2. An Act authorising
the Government to establish schools in all parts of the
United Kingdom for the housing, feeding, clothing, and
educating the children of the poor and working classes
between the ages of thr'ee and 12 years. 3. An Act
authorising the Government to make life assurance com-
pulsory on every man and woman on attaining the age
of 21 years, no matter what their state of health may
be. 4. An Act for a national rate on property of
£lOO agd upwards for the immediate exigegviekst jhe
POW!