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would not provide therequisite training ships riggeland

fitted up, private benevolence would come forward and
do so. We have no doubt but that this hope would
prove to have been well-founded, in the event of
official assistance being withheld, but the work is
clearly one which falls within the range of Govern-
ment obligations. The Administration is bound to
provide our ships with sailors—an axiom which no
one would be likely to dispute—but the Government
is also bound to check roguery, to repress crime, to
care for the future prospects of the hosts of children
whom unfavourable circumstances have thrown upon
the guardianship of the State. The establishment of
these training ships affords a ready solution of the
double difficulty. The kind of employment is admirably
adapted for boys who have been occustomed to
an irregular and unsettled life in the open air. Con-
finement is irksome to them, the dull routine of
raechanical work is monotonous and uninteresting,
and the change from all their former inclinations and
habits is sudden and violent. A seafaring life, on
the other hand, possesses inexhaustible attractions for
boys of all ages. It needs no strong coercion of
their wishes to induce them to follow so fascinat-
ing a profession. Indeed the whole influence and
authority of parents and guardians has often to be
exerted the other way. It is very certain, too, that
if the boys chafe under restraint they will not be
able to escape so readily from the training ship as
from the industrial school. So far as experiments of
this kind have yet been tried they have always been
eminently successful. The active invigorating out-
door work proves the best counterpoise to
the restless, unsettled inclinations, where the
old evil associations and companionships are
necessarily thoroughly broken off. In the naval
profession more than in any other early training is
necessary, and this is in itself an obstacle in the way
of obtaining recruits. Parents are often averse to
sending their sons to sea, and are not consequently
very likely to undergo the expense and trouble of
fitting them for it. It requires, too, an early deci-
sion, while the boy is still young enough to have
many other careers open before him, and before it can
be seen whether he is not better fitted for land work,
it is requisite to decide whether he shall be a sailor or
no. The seaman has always been in the abstract a
favourite character with the people ; but, in point of
fact, the numbers of naval volunteers have been ex-
tremely limited. Here, then, is a ready means of
supplying a great national want in a systematic and
thoroughly reliable manner, while it gives us, too, a
resource for the better training of our homeless boys,
and for those boys who, though not absolutely desti-
tute, are yet without the means for fitting them-
selves, by careful and costly training, of the most
important of our national services.

ON the hypothesis that the public opinion of
America is represented by the New York press, the
prospect of a speedy settlement of the Alabama
claims could not be regarded during the last few
weeks as other than doubtful. In the United States

the terms of agreement just decided upon between
Mr. BEVERDY JOHNSON and Lord STANLEY
met with a decidedly unfavourable reception.
Mr. JoHNSON's arrangements were decried as
far too liberal, and not only were greater
concessions demanded, but the American journals
did not hesitate to clamour for terms which they
well knew could not be accepted on this side of the
Atlantic. Some objected to the Convention appa-
rently because of their hostility to the Ambassador
who concluded it ; others because of the principle of
arbitration involved ; and the .21-ew York Herald
because England ought to pay the bill without
further ceremony. All the more
,serious of these
rumours are unfounded. The Government of the
United States is by no means indifferent to the
settlement of this long-pending dispute, and the
English Ministry so thoroughly approves of the
action of the late Cabinet that the negotiations have
been taken up precisely where Lord STANLEY left

them. Mr. SEWARD suggested certain changes,
but none of these was such as to affect
the principle of the agreement, nor such as
to compromise in any way the interests of
England. Lord STANLEY'S negotiation has simply
been continued by his successor, and on Thursday a
Convention, upon terms substantially the same as
those we announced some time ago, was signed by
Lord CLARENDON and the American Ambassador.
The principle of arbitration is to be retained ; the
prime question of liability for the depreciations of
the Alabama and other vessels is to be referred to
an independent sovereign. The mixed commis-
sion will be constituted as before, and will
be charged with similar duties. When the decision
of the arbitrators is given, the Anglo-American Com-
mission will proceed, as before arranged, to inves-
tigate all individual claims which the decision may
involve. The changes in the original settlements
have been made on suggestions from both sides,
Mr. SEWARD having obtained some modifications
of the mode of procedure, whilst Lord CLARENDON
confined himself to some verbal alterations. But
we are given to understand that in no case is
any point of importance involved.

So far, then, the evil auguries which came from
the other side of the ocean have proved erroneous.
The result is satisfactory, both because the United
States' Government has persevered in a policy of
conciliation in spite of strong pressure from without,
and because the interests and dignity of England
have been so far upheld that a Liberal Ministry has
no hesitation in completing what the Conservative
Government commenced. This unanimity is itself a
guarantee that we have in no wise purchased peace
at the sacrifice of honour. Of course the question is
not yet closed ; indeed, in a measure it is but opened.
The treaty now signed is only that which has been in
abeyance so long, and it will require the ratification
of the English Parliament as involving money, and
of the American Senate because no treaty whatever
can be concluded by the PRESIDENT without the
sanction of the Upper llouse. As far as regards the
first of these conditions, no difficulty need be appre-
hended. The action of the English Govern-
ment has the general approval of the nation.
The general desire for a settlement of the
Alabama difficulty is justified by the fact
that a precedent in such cases is necessary for our
own welfare in the future, and the wish for good
relations with America is founded upon a recognition
—too long delayed—of the joint interests of the
two nations. Nor is the hope that the Senate
will finally ratify the convention without ground.
The chance of its accepting the terms agreed upon
will be the greater for the delay, since the proposi-
tion will now come before it during General GRANT'S
regime. The danger which might arise from the
antagonism between Mr. ANDREW JOHNSON and the
Legislature will be avoided, and should General
GRANT, as is probable, continue the work of concilia-
tion, a favourable result is certain,

THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE POLlCE.—Yes-
terday morning an order issued by the Chief Commis-
sioner of Police was read to the constables at all the me-
tropolitan police-stations informing them that the police-
sergeants and constables on duty at the British Museum
were for the future-to receive is. per day extra for refresh-
ments, and arrears from the Ist of April, 1867, would also
be paid.

TIIE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND C LOCK S.
A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly
but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and
clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of
25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam
Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely
illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches
and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase
without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly
valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the
United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for
themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent
to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint-
ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address
on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly
100111210114 it to the_l;lot4Co Qi gal tatualg purcluer;

TILE GUNFERENCE AT I'ABIB.

"The plenipotentiaries entered into afresh engagement
to observe absolute secresy as to the course of their delibe.
rations." This piece of intelligence, telegraphed on Thurs.
day evening, is the crowning absurdity of one of the most
absurd procedures in the history of diplomacy. It
might be fairly asked how it came to be disclosed
that the Ambassadors had resolved to disclose
nothing. But there can be no doubt that such
a resolution was needed. There is every reason
why the proceedings of the Conference should be kept
secret, for in truth they will not hear the light, but they
have, nevertheless, been disclosed, and the public is sub.
stantially as well acquainted with the deliberations as the
plenipotentiares themselves. The proceedings have been
published almost in full by the Paris journals, the reports
were copied into the semi-official prints, and as they have not
been denied, but rather confirmed, there is not the slightest
reason for questioning their truth. M. de Lavalette has
made a most unalespicions commencement of his career as
Foreign Minister. The Ambassadors have been got
together before the consent of all the parties has been
obtained. Greece has been insulted, and in tune
has insulted all the Powers. The proceedings are at a
standstill ; and, finally, though of such an awkward
character, they have all been made public. Even the order
in which the unfortunate Ambassadors sit round the still
more unfortunate m. de Lavalette has been ascer-
tained. To prevent all trouble with susceptibili-
ties, they are arranged alphabetically Austria,
Great Britain, Italy, Prussia, Russia, and Turkey.
In addition to this interesting detail, we are informed that
the French Emperor is exceedingly angry at the turn
affairs have taken, and M. de Lavalette's mismanagement
may cost him his place. There is this foundation
for these reports : if the Emperor be not angry,
he has ery reason to be. Every day that has
passed since the Greek Ambassador made his extra-
ordinary refusal has increased the difficulty and danger
of the situation. The first meeting of the Conference
was held on Saturday. The Powers immediately
afterwards made representations to Greece, but
no answer bad been returned up to Friday. The Liberty
belie Yes the Conference is a "still-born infant" of diplo-
macy. It thinks the resistance of Greece is serious and
definite ; and not only will a protocol without
the signature of Greece be of diminished value,
but the Powers have agreed beforehand that they will
not guarantee its stipulations, and that therefore it will
have no value whatever. It is difficult to conceive what
could be the object of this gathering except to prove that
diplomacy could do nothing. La Frarce believes the Con-
ference will adjourn indefinitely to avoid more humiliating
consequences. The Patric had no hope that a reply would
come from Greece. The Temps thinks the representatives
of the Powers will adjourn after having in a manner
formally recorded their impotence. It believes that nothing
that the Conference can now effect will content Turkey,
and a war in the East is all but inevitable. The Independance
Edge, which has most earnestly believed in the success of
the deliberations, has now little hope. The Globe is appre-
hensive of a war, and the other English papers are scarcely
more hopeful. To sum up, it is evident that, supposing
the Ambassadors finish their labours without Greece, the
protocol can guarantee nothing ; indeed, it has been
expressly declared that it shall guarantee nothing; and if
the Conference be adjourned sine die, the rupture between
Turkey and Greece remains in worse case than ever. The
best result that can be hoped for is unsatisfactory.

.t ennslyvania, it is said, has nearly five liquor
shops to each school teacher.
The Alaska belles are said to begin dinner with
a bottle of whisky, and close the repast with a copious
draught of whale oil.
The total sum subscribed by the Metropolitan
Police for the erection of a memorial to the late Sir
Richard Mayne, K.C.8., Chief Commissioner of Police,
is 474 18s. 9d.

Coal is cheaper in Sydney than it "is in Liver-
pool, and the quality is no longer questioned, since the
City of Sydney screw steamer made the shortest passage
on record from Melbourne to Suez with Australian coal.

The Agricultural Gazette says the cattle plague,
obeying the law which seems to regulate contagious
diseases generally, is advancing westward from its
reputed home in the Steppes. Our contemporary is
apprehensive that the plague may be re-introduced into
this country.

The Philadelphia Public Ledger says :—" It is
estimated that no less than 200,000 persons are now resid-
ing in New York City who have no work, no real homes,
and no means which ensure them a livelihood. Some of
them beg or steal outright ; but a large number eke out a
miserable existence by running into debt for lodging and
board, or by borrowing from week to week of whomsoever
will lend them, or by quartering themselves on reluctant
relatives or friends. The result is reported to be an
aggregate of want, squalor, misery, and degradation fearful
to contemplate.

Yesterday the body of Viscount Strangford
was removed from his town residence, Cumberland-place,
Hyde Park-corner, to Kensal-green, for interment. The
funeral consisted of a hearse and four horses, with three
carriages containing the relatives and friends of deceased,
followed by many carriages of the nobility. The service
was read by the Rev. Charles Stuart, M.A., chaplain of
Mensal-green Cemetery. The body was deposi!ed in the
family vault. The coffin bore the following inscription :
"Percy Allen Algernon Freak Wm. Barnes Sydney, eighth
and last Viscount Strangford, and Baron Penhurst. Born
Nov. 26, 1825; died January 9, 1869."

Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., was present at the annual
dinner of the Rochdale Merchants' and Tradesmen's Asso-
ciation on Thursday. The hon. gentleman responded to the
toast of " The County and Borough Members." Refer-
ring to the state of trade, he said the dawn of a better day
could not yet be seen, but he hoped the recent good harvest
would soon produce a good effect. At the present moment
they could purchase three loaves for the same price they
paid for two 12 months ago, and this being the case they
knew there must be something left in the pockets of the work-
ing class. The question of free trade was a subject he migh
ventur to touch upon. Tho treaty with France would
soon have to be renewed. Ile hoped that the trade of the
two countries would continue to prosper, and that the duties
now imposed in France would be still further reduced. He
thought it would be wise if the association took up these
subjects.

The " masons' case" came again before the Shef-
field Bench yesterday. A man named Crane bad aigreed
to serve Mr. Powell, and then broke the contract. For this
he was sentenced to imprisonment. Against that decision
an appeal was made, and the sentence of the Court below
confirmed. Mr. Powell had offered not to enforce judgment if
Crane would return to his work and pay costs. Crane
refused, and yesterday Mr. Barker, barrister, asked
the Bench to enforce his judgment. Mr. Sugg, for the
defendant, denied the.power of the Cor:t to do so; and
Mr. Albert Smith said the Bench had no power to act
at present, for they had no official notice of the decision
of the Court above. Tho case was brought to a close by a
vertal agreement that Crane should return to work on
Monday, and serve Mr. Powell for three weeks, at the end
of which time he is allowed to depart. On the other hand,
if he does not fulfil this agreement, Mr. Powell is at liberty
to proceed to enforce the judgment of the Court.
THE GLADSTONES.—John Gladstone was twice
married. He does not appear to have had any issue by
his first wife. He married secondly Ann Robertsoo, of
Stornoway, N. 8., daughter of Andrew Robertson, who
had been Provost of Dingwall. One who knew he, well
testifies that she was "a lady of very great accorn; 'ish-
ments, of fascinating manners, of commanding pre-
sence, and high intellect ; one to grace any home
and endear any heart." By her he had a family
of four sons and two daughters. Of these, three sons—
Sir Thomas, Bart., of Fasque ; Robertson, the
Liverpool merchant ; and William Ewart—and one
daughter, who is unmarried, survive. John Neilson, a
captain in the navy, and M.P. for Portarlington, died a
few years ago. John Gladstone was made a baronet by
Sir Robert Peel in 1845. He died in 1851. Besides the
provision made for his family by will, he gave to each of
his sons £lOO,OOO in his lifetime. William Ewart was
born on the 29th of December, 1809, in the same bedroom
as that in which, five years later, his friend Mr. Cardwell
first saw the light.--Gilchrist's Life of IV. E. Gladstone.
PUBLICATION OF THE NAMES OF DEFAULTERS.--
A most disgraceful act has recently sullied the pages of
the Racing Calendar. The name of Mr. W. H. Gladstone,
M.P., has appeared in the forfeit list as a defaulter. On
Mr. Gladstone's attention being drawn to' the publication
of his name in the turf defaulters' list, the hon. member
thus explains the circumstance :—" The default of £5 is
not on account of any bet or ena•.gement which I have
failed to fulfil, but is a forfeit on account of a horse n t
starting at the last Chester races, which had been without
my knowledge entered in my name, as a member for the
city. Long after the races were over it was intimated to
me that this forfeit had been incurred. I objected to pity
it because I demurred to a liability, whether great or
small, made known to me ex post facto, and of which I
bad been till then in total ignorance. Net only had I
received no notice of it, but there was no evidence,
through the local papers or otherwise, by which
a person unacquainted with turf matters, like myself,
could have been cognisant of the arrangement." Mr.
Gladstone's name is not the only one that has been un•
justly branded as a defaulter, and the sooner the Jockey
Club order the suppression of this annual list, except in
cases where the defaulters have been guilty of ungentle-
manly'action, the better will it be for the Vrestige q toe
Atiagsmtiam=lead £ll Water. " -

'PEE BALLOT.

A-meeting of the advocates of Vote by Ballot was held on

Friday evening at the Arundel Hall, Arundel-street,
Strand. The admission was by ticket, and the hall was
well filled. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson presided,
and was supported by Mr. Buxton, M.P., Mr. Richard,
M.P., Mr. Sartoris, M.P., Mr. C. Reed, M.P., Mr.
Holms, M.P., Mr. Fowler, M.P., Mr. E. Beales, M.A.,
Mr. Handel Cossham, Mr. G. J. Holyoake, Mr.
Lucraft, &c.
Letters expressing sympathy with the objects of the
meeting were announced as having been received from
Captain Grosvenor, M.P., Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P.,
Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., Mr. Forster, M.P., Mr. P. A.
Taylor, M.P., Mr. Torrens, M.P., the Right Hon. C. P.
Villiers, M.P., Mr. Brand, ALP., Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P.,
Sir Francis Crossley, ALP., Mr. M. Chambers, M.P.,
lion. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P.,

Alderman Carter, M.P., Mr. E. Baines, M.P., Mr.
AVArthur, M.P., and many other members ; Messrs. W.

Edwards, Bernal Osborne, General Thompson, &c.
The CHAInMAN, who en rising was loudly cheered, said
that they were met to consider whether any better plan
could not be adopted than that which now existed for
taking votes at elections, in order to enable the electors to
record their votes in a genuine and independent manner.
There were on the platform many gentlemen, members of
Parliament and others, who were in favour of free voting.
He was sorry that illness had prevented the attendance of
Mr. F. H. Berkeley, M.P., who was an old and tried friend
of the Ballot. Another distinguished gentleman had also
wished to be present, but was prevented by a severe cold
from attending a public meeting —Sir Henry Bulwer, M.P.
Sir Henry had given notice of his intention of bringing
the question before Parliament in the ensuing session,
but on hearing that Mr. Berkeley proposed to
again advocate its adoption, ho had withdrawn
his motion in favour of the hon. member for
Bristol. There was no better friend to the Ballot in this
country than Sir Henry Bulwer, and no one better able to
elucidate the subject. The present time was opportune
for discussing the question. The events of the late general
election were still fresh in their memories. There was

scarcely any one of them who had taken an active part in
any of the recent contests but was perfectly conscious of
many electors who had been forced to record their votes in
a manner antagonistic to their wishes and opinions, and
also of many others who had abstained from voting
from a lively apprehension that they might give
offence to some person or other who might be
enabled to injuriously affect their interest. Another
reason why the present time was opportune to discuss
the Ballot was, that a very large proportion of members of
the Liberal party had expressed opinions favourable to
the Ballot on the hustings. They knew that the party
now formed a large majority of the House of Commons.
Many persons even thought that there was an actual
majority in Parliament in favour of the Ballot. They had
also a Government certainly not hostile to the Ballot,
perhaps favourable, but certainly at the worst only neutral.
He did not know why the Conservative party should be so
strongly opposed—as some people said they were—to the
Ballot. For his own part, he did not consider that it was a
party question. He believed that both parties—Conservative
and Liberal—had an interest in getting rid of the present
system of open voting with all its mischiefs—intimidation,
corrupt practices, bribery, and the rest. In Australia it
was not treated as a party question, but, on the contrary,
was promoted by the leading and best men of all parties,
who felt that they had an interest in securing purity of
election, and in getting from the electoral body their
genuine and independent opinions. The Liberal party
in this country could carry the Ballot if they would. It
rested in their hands. And he felt perfectly convinced that
if a few men of the party determined that it should be a
real question, a question to be passed into law, the Govern-
ment would not stand in the way ; and he doubted, if the
House of Commons agreed to the change, whether that
august body the House of Lords would not think it expe-
dient to concur. The real question which they had to
consider was whether the Liberal party should make the
Ballot a question of the present session, would it be right
for them to press it upon the Government, and insist that
as there was a favourable majority in the House it
should be passed through that assembly, and sent up to
the House of Lords? He was of opinion that it
was. The public mind was awake to the evils of the
present system, and the sooner they made the change the
better, for who knew how soon they might have another
general election, and then if the Ballot were law they would
be prepared to take the votes of the electors without the
attendant evils of which they had hitherto complained.
Reason, authority, and experience were all on the side of
the Ballot. Open voting was in many instances a restric-
tion on the privilege of the franchise. There was no coun-
try in the world where the Ballot at the present moment
was more needed than in England—where it was more neces-
sary to adopt it to secure freedom to the voter, and as a means
of abolishing the unseemly practices which at present pre-
vailed at elections. Every cause which led to its adoption
in Australia existed here in greater force—the feudal element
in the counties, the notion that the vote of the tenant
belonged to the landlord—the social influence—also the
mob intimidation which sometimes prevailed in large
towns, and which existed by the influence of large organi-
sations ; and also in other ways, when it was thought that
a man wished to give what was termed an unpopular
vote—these and other influences made it necessary that
we should adopt the Ballot. Was there any other remedy
for intimidation? Had any other method ever been sug-
gested for securing freedom of election? We had judges
sitting at the present time carrying on investigations of
the most tedious and fruitless character, and when he read
of the pains and penalties which were enacted ostensibly
to put down bribery, it occurred to him that all this
waste of time and money, and judges engaging
in duties somewhat beneath their dignity, might
be obviated by the adoption of the Ballot. No
one had any right to know how the elector voted. It
was only those who were afraid to trust the constituencies
who opposed the measure. They had given freedom to
the voter; they knew that the Ballot would increase the
power of the elector ; and therefore they thought that the
next best thing to not extending the franchise at all was
to take care that its exercise should be under the control
of those opinions which they knew prevailed in our cora-
munit? of England.
Mr. C. REED, M.P., said that this was his first appear-
ance upon the platform on behalf of the Ballot. He had
always been open to conviction, and the landlords of
England had convinced him of its necessity. He moved
" That the recent general election has proved that the
increase in the number of voters in the several counties
and boroughs in which contests took place did not diminish,
as many persons expected, the intimidation and corrupt
practices which have always been more or less attendant
upon our present system of voting."

Mr. RICHARD, M.P., seconded the resolution. There
was no political question on which argument was so com-
pletely on one side as that of the Ballot, nor was there
any obstacle so formidable to its being made law, as that
class of men who possessed land and money. He believed
that they would live to see the day when even bishops
would be elected by ballot. They were told that it was
beneath the dignity of a man to vote by ballot, but he
wanted to know how the present system preserved the
dignity of the man. He contended for the protection of
the Ballot specially and emphatically for the Principality
of 'Wales, because they were Nonconformists in religion,
and consequently Liberals in politics. He would not say
anything disrespectful of the Welsh landlords, Tories
though they be, but somehow or other they all seemed to
have a kind of monomania, labouring under the delusion
that they had the right to dictate to their tenants the
religion and politics they should follow. But after two
centuries of hard struggles the people of Wales had won
for themselves what he believed they would never shake
off, and that was perfect freedom to worship their God ;
but before they could have perfect freedom of exercising
their political privileges, they must be allowed to vote by
Ballot, and he trusted that the present meeting was
simply one of a hundred. He believed that this was the
" tide in the affairs of the Ballot," and if taken at the
flood would lead on to victory.
The motion was then put, and carried with acclamation.
Mr. CHARLES BUXTON, M.P., then moved a resolution
congratulating the friends of free voting on the large
addition which had been made to the number of sup-
porters of the Ballot in the House of Commons. In the
past election he fully believed that there had been little
bribery, but a very great deal of intimidation. No doubt
the Ballot was considered to be a very unpleasant thing,
and he, for one, wished they could go on without it ; but
there were so many proofs and arguments in its favour
that he certainly thought its want seriously interfered
with the expression of the genuine sentiment of the people
of this country. He thought that if they had the Ballot
it would enable men of no great wealth, but of ability, to
push their way into Parliament ; and arguments in its
favour went to spew that the opinions of the British people
would be more emphatically and fully expressed.
Mr. ONSLOW, M.P., seconded the resolution. He con-
tended that there never was a more important moment
than the present for discussing the vital question of the
Ballot.

Mr. BEALES supported the resolution, which was carried
unanimously.

Mr. TioLms, M.P., in moving the third resolution, gave
it as his opinion that the time had arrived for the Ballot,
and that without it the people of England would never be
honestly represented. He trusted, therefore, that the
people of this country would never cease their agitation
till they had the Ballot.

Mr. ARNOLD- seconded the motion in a brief speech,
describing the operations of the Ballot in Athens, and it
was carried.

Mr. H. COSSHAM moved, and Mr. FOWLER, ALP.,
seconded the adoption of a petition to the House of
Commons.

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OSBORNE, Jan. 15.
The Queen, accompanied by Pridcess Louise,
drove out yesterday afternoon.

Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds
this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice.

Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went
out.

The Duke and Duchess of Abercorn arrived at
Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining
with the Queen and the Royal Family.

ADELPIII THEATRE.—Yesterday evening their
Royal Ilighnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess of Teck, accompanied by their suite, honoured
the performance of this theatre with their presence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day.

THAMES.

STEALING LEAD IN THE LONDON D
Pearson, aged 44, a dock labourer, was brought
before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing 4lbs. of
old lead. He was stopped by Inspector Ellis of
the London Dock Company's police as he was leav-
ing the dock, and 41bs. of lead, in the form of a
breast-plate, was discovered under his clothes and
suspended to his neck by strings.
Mr. Paget said the only way to stop the continued
pilfering in the docks was by severe punishments.
He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two
months, and kept to hard labour.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—John Walter Ban-
nister, a youth charged with killing a child named
James Barwood, about seven years old, while
driving a grocer's horse and cart, in Red Lion-
street, Wapping, surrendered on bail before Mr.
Paget.
It appeared that the deceased was playing with
some other children, and attempted to run across
the road and was knocked down by the horse, the
wheels passed over its body, and it was killed on
the spot. The prisoner was on the wrong side of
the way, but it was done to avoid a coke cart un-
loading on the other side of a narrow way.
Mr. Paget thought the coroner's jury had come
to a right conclusion in a verdict of accidental
death, and discharged the prisoner.
DARING STREET ROBBERY.—George Webb, aged
20 years, a wood-cutter, who was described as
having no home, was brought up on remand before
Mr Paget, charged with stealing an umbrella,
value 75., from the person of Mr. James White.
The prosecutor was on his way home on the
night of the Bth, carrying au umbrella in his right
hand, and in Church-lane, Whitechapel, he was
accosted by the prisoner, who snatched his um-
brella from him and ran off with it. He was hotly
pursued, and dropped the umbrella, which was
picked up by William Andrews, a policeman, who
restored it to the owner.

The prisoner was stopped by William Bird, pot-
man at the Mulberry Tree, in Mulberry-street,
who, in spite of a determined resistance, secured
him.

The prisoner pleaded guilty at the first examina-
tion last Saturday, and said that he wanted a lodg-
ing, and took the " numbereller" to procure one.
It was now stated that inquiries had been made and
nothing was known of the prisoner.
Mr. Paget sentenced him to six months' impri-
sonment and hard labour.

MONEY MARKEi

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Crrr, Two o'CLoca.
Business showed an improvement to-day. Consols
advanced slightly, and the favourable turn which
showed itself extended to the foreign market. In
the house money can 13e had at 11 per cent. on Go-
Vernment paper.
Consols are 93 2; for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 92i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931
New Three per Cents, 931 e ; Bank of England
Stock, 4 per Cent., 241.
India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, ;

ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; iitto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, 1024 k ; ditto Enfaced Paper 5
Per Cent., May, 1879, 110 k ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO,
22 prem.
In the Foreign Market Turkish of 1858 and 1862
have advanced 3- per cent. ; ditte 1865, 4 ; Egyp-
tian of 1864, 1 ; and Italian 1861, Y. Prices are
quoted as follows •—Brazilian of 1865, 79k to 80 ;
Chilian of 1867, 93 to 94, ex dividend ; Egyptian
of 1864, 87 to 88 ; ditto of 1868, 704 to 71 ex
; Italian of 1861, 531 to 53:1, ex div. ; ditto
Tobacco Loan, 1 to 11 prem., ex div. ; Mexican,
15k to ; Peruvian of 1865, 771 to 77, ex all ;
Russian of 1866, 901 to 91 ; ditto Nicolai, 661 to
; ditto Orel, 80 to k ; ditto Moscow, 78k to 79 ;
ditto Charkof-Azof, 79 to k ; Charcow-Krement-
schug, 79 to k ; Spanish of 1867, 30} to a ; Turkish
of 1858, 63 to 64 ; ditto of 1862, 621 to 631 ; and
ditto of 1865, 38i to ex div.
In the railway market there is a reduction of
per cent, in Great Eastern, viz., to 42/ to 1. Lon-
don and Westerns are 115 k to ; Great "Western,

491 to f ; Midland, 1141 to 1154 ; South Eastern,
794 to 80 ; London and South Western, 88 to 90 ;
Brighton, 511 to 52 ; Metropolitan, 109 to 4 ;
Great Northern, 107. i. to 8 ; ditto A, 1081 to 1 ;
Caledoan, 771 to ; and London, Chatham, and
Dover, 17 to 1.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are quoted 741 to
75a ; Illinois Central Railway Shares, 921 to 931,
ex div. ; Erie, 26k to 261 ; Atlantic and Great
Western Debentures, 414 42 ; and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds, 451 to 1, being lower.
Banking and Miscellaneous shares are without
variation, the dealings being upon a very limited
scale.

There were no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
The arrangement of the last half-monthly ac-
counts has passed over in a most satisfactory man-
ner. The differences were in many cases large, and
it was feared some of the weak operators might have
to be declared. It now appears that the great ma-
jority have exercised prudence, and that the con-
sequence has been a steady adjustment of diffe-
rences. The quiet arrangement of the Turco-Greek
question would have a beneficial effect in preserv-
ing credit.

The Parliamentary deposit on the proposed new
line to Brighton has not been paid, and the project
has thus, for the present, been abandoned. It ap-
pears that as many as five petitions against the
bin, on the ground of non-compliance with stand-
ing orders, has been lodged in the Private Bill-
Once of the House of Commons—one by the
Brighton Company, one by the South-Western
Company, and three others nominally by private
individuals.

The subscriptions in Paris to the Madrid Muni-
cipal Loan have been stopped by superior order.
The reason for this measure is not definitely
known. By some it is attributed to the lottery
that is associated with the loan, and by others to
political causes.

The success of the Brazilian forces against those
of Paraguay induces the public to believe that the
War is entirely at an eud. It is now generally ex-
pected that the trade of Brazil and the Argentine
Republic will be speedily developed, and that the
effect will be very favourable. There is a rise in the
shares of the Brazilian Bank consequent upon the
encouraging nature of the intelligence.
Telegrams from Paris announce that the French
West India packet due at St. Nazaire, with
£600,000 in Mexican dollars, partly on English ac-
count, has met with bad weather and an accident to
the machinery, and that her arrival is not expected
till the 19th.

At the annual meeting of the General Credit and
Discount Company (Limited), on the 4th of Feb.,
the directors intend to recommend a dividend at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
The report of the Imperial Bank (Limited), to
be presented on the 19th inst., recommends a divi-
dend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
The report of the Fore-street Warehouse Com-
pany (Limited), to be presented on the 19th inst.,
recommends a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent.
Icier annum.

At the general meeting of the East and West
India Dock Company, a dividend of 3 per cent. and
a bonus of 1 per cent. was declared for the past
half-year, free of income-tax.
At a meeting yesterday of the Peel River Land
and Mineral Company (Limited) a dividend was
declared of 11 per cent. for the six months, making
a total payment of 21 for the year.
The half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Austra-
-1144 Investment Company (Limited) is convened
for the 29th inst., to declare a dividend, &c.
The half-yearly meeting of the Electric and In-
ternational Telegraph Company will be held on the
tth of February.
The half-yearly meeting of the British Indian
area February.
Company (Limited) is called for the Ist of
The petition for the winding up of the London
"'n-Operative Commissariat (Limited) is to be
beard
before the Master of the Rolls on the 23d
Instant,

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
a UOVERNMENT FUNDS.:
Per Cent. Consols
Ditto, for Account,
ir per Cent. Reduced 93i 1
1,,T 3 p 93i -1-;
er Cent
~,w 2it per Cont. Jan. 1894
.... i "0. 5 per Con L./n.11.1873
-`oo.uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
'2O. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t DO (Red Sea Teletiraph), Aug., 1908 —
Do,
equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct —
. £5OO
100 £lOO & £2OO —
44'Llit of England Stock, 4 per Cent
~., Do. account
40ttda 4 per Cont. Bonds —
.titer-Colonial Omni= —
x„, liin tAx GOVERNMENT BECURITIES
""ia tock, 0} per Ceut., April 1874 —
O. Opening, for Account -
,-,l)°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 -
O. 4 pen Cent., D°. Certificates
e. Enfaced Paper 4 per CAnt —
Do.
5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
1-)."°. 5i per Cszt. May 1879 —
'-') 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
, Do. do. 1882 —
D- Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ —
"0• u,£l 4er Cent., £l,000
nder 000
A OREIGN FUNDS—OLOSING PRICES.
.4.
ri,entine Re 77blic 6 per Cent 7si
Do P £45 '.
Au .1 Scrip paid ..
Aria Bonds 5 per cent ...
Do. 1859
Brazilian 5 per Ceat
On 4 1
n— -9- per Cent., 1852
-1,0• do. 1858....
/,`)*
d0.,186
D-°• do., 1863 —
8,,°. 5 per Cent., 1865
'-'0 A.ecount 79,1 80}
11008 Ayres 6 per Cent.
Pn,-) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.)
0, 'l7 6 Geerr Cent.
'ili4 0 p Cent
1210. 44 per Cent...,
I,°' 3 Per Cent.,
o• 6
b • per ce t. 1867 93i
C 10° .per Cent., 1866
Dan; u'nao 6 per Cent.
ba,., '4l: 3 per Cent 1825
.60.1tjan Principa.fities, 7 per Cent —
':
t _ . per Cent., 1867 ...... .. ....... ....••• ---
quador New Con,olidsted 1 per Cent
Bo•gYptitti, ' ' '
D , 7i per Cent
...
Secood 1 82
ssue
~ 45K Bonds —
4-10..£100 Bonds ..... 82i 31
Do. ' 1864.. — Do, Do
-0 - Account
.`,..-10.10C Bonds . . ..
English Script-186.......,
-18.a.....' 7l
Do ..7..
, Gov, do. £45 pd — dis
vreek rtmlent Railway Detentures 951
Do. , Per Cc/A.4824 5, ex Coupe •
AvcCilat ousitstottowsionsustimte..• '-'"

Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent . —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 85}
lt3lian 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Jo. Account . —
Do Maremmana Railway —
I.lexicaL 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account

Dn. 1861 —
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French —
dontevideau 6 per Cent. . —
Uoorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Do 3 per Cen , 351
Do. Deferred
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I —
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account 761 7
Do ili per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 -, —
Do Account —
Po:tiiguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'69,'2.%) 361
Do. do. 1867 364
Do. do. Scrip, .£2O pail —
ltassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 4i per Cent . 1850
Do 11 por Cent., 1860 ~ —
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1861!
~
Do. Angle-Dutc'i, 1861, £lOO 1i0ndr...,, 91 4
Do. • do. £Bl 158. do. .
1)0., 1866, .£lOO Bonds 9l
Do. do £B4 158. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 6(i4 i
Sar iluiau a per Cent 714
Spanish 3 por Con
Do. Acc,,unt ..
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferrou
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Corn. Cort. of Coup. not funded ...
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864 ..
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip
Turkish 6 per Cent.
••.•

32

301

92t

Do Accoiint
Do 6 per Cent. ItioB —
Do Account
...

Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do .£IOC Bonds 631 3
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1863 GO 594
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Acc.unt
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21- per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .....
Do. Account
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 2sf.
Do Account s3k 1
CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Money 924 3
Do. Account, Feb. 4 924 3

THE PROSECUTION OF 7HE DIRECTORS
OF 0 VEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY
(L 13117 ILD).

THIS DAY.

The further hearing of this case Was pro,
ceeded this morning before the Lord Mayor
and Alderman Gabriel, in the Court of Queen's
Bench, Guildhall.

Mr. Barrow, a magistrate of Derbyshire, said

;hat in consequence of reading the prospectus of
,he company he purchased 200 shares at between

two and three prem., and since the winding-up he
had paid two calls of .E 2 103. each. He was in-
duced to purchase these shares by believing the
statements in the prospectus were true. If he had
known the actual condition of the company, he
should certainly not have purchased any shares
in it.

Mr. Hohne, a gentleman residing near Carlisle,
gave similar evidence. lie purchased 120 shares,
and paid £l5 upon them, and £2O for calls.
Ile was greatly induced to buy the shares by the
belief that the Gurneys were highly honourable
men, and incapable of fraud.
Mr. Peek recalled. It will be remembered that
on the former occasion it was proved that this wit-
ness had paid £84,000 on account of the prices of
the shares and calls. He now added to his former
evidence that he was induced to purchase the shares
by the statements in the prospectus, and the
belief that the directors were honourable, trust-
wortby men.
Mr. Howell was then recalled, and stated that
during the ten days in May previous to the stop-
page the Gurneys and Mr. Barclay drew out
£llO,OOO from the coffers of the limited company.
When the stoppage occurred £41,000 only re-
mained to their credit.

Mr. Harding, an accountant, carrying on busi-
ness in Old Jewry, one of the liquidators of the
limited company, stated that at the time of the
stoppage the amount of money paid by the share-
holders was Z 1,200,000. The total capital would
have been £1,500,000, but a number of shares
were handed to the directors in part payment of
the good-will (£500,000), upon which, of course,
no money was paid. Since the stoppage,
the amount paid upon calls was £1,642,000.
The total amount they owed the company at the
time of the stoppage was £2,970,000, and this would
be in addition to the amount that was due upon
calls upon 8,000 shares.
Mr. Lewis said the fact was the directors sold
8,320 of these shares at from £1 to £5 premium, and
they could not sell any more, but they paid no
calls upon the remaining shares.
Mr. Harding said the calls would have produced
£160,000, which would be added to the amount of
their indebtedness. The limited company had been
benefited by the private estates of the directors to
the extent of £695,000, and there were other assets
of a miscellaneous character which he estimated
would produce about £lOO,OOO. The proposel call
of £5 per share was not in any way caused by the
costs of the present prosecution.

The examination of this witness occupied the
court until its rising.

111ARKE7 S-2 lIIS DAl'.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
January 16.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Market
very firm.

HAY.

Prime clover, from 120 s to 1308 ; inferior ditto, 85s to
100 s ; prime hay, 1108 to 120 s; inferior, 858 to 95s ; straw,
26s to 38s.

COVENT GARDEN.

Fruit and vegetables are abundant, and prices barely
kept up. Altneira grapes are exceedingly fine, and worth
from 8s to lUs per 121bs. Very fine onions are arriving
from Bordeaux at 12s to 14s the cwt.

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL iIIEMS.

Miss Nelly Moore still remains seriously unwell.

Mrs. R. llonner, once the star of the old Surrey
Theatre, is also suffering from severe indisposition.
Miss Elise Holt's burlesque company has met
with great success in America.
Miss M. Simpson has joined the company at the
Prince of Wales' 'Theatre.

Mr. Watts Phillips has written a new piece for
the Holborn, Queen's, and Adelphi.
Mr. Barry Sullivan has been very successful in
his Irish tour.

A new burlesque, entitled " Claude Duval," is
announced at the Royalty.
(From the Musical Standard.)

A monument is to be erected at Eisenach to
Bach.

Since our last the illness of Madlle. Lucca has
unfortunately proved fatal. The cantatrice died at
St. Peteisburgh.
The Royal Conservatoire of Music and Declama-
tion at Madrid has been suppressed by a decree,
and a new school of music is to be substituted in its
place.

Strauss has composed a quadrille on Motifs from
" Les Horreurs de la Guerre," which will be accom-
panied by two hundred singers and discharge of
firearms.
Madlle. Nilsson has received from the Philhar-
monic Society of London a magnificent piece of
plate.

The Hermes, third-rate hulk, late the Minotaur,
in No. 3 dock of Sheerness dockyard has been com-
pletely broken up by men hired for this especial
purpose. The men have laboured under great dif-
ficulties, the timbers of the ship being as sound as
when first put together. The Devonshire, third-
rate, is next in turn to be broken up in Sheerness
dockyard,