The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-27 00:00:00

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extension of the suffrage without protection of the
voter's independence. Mr. BRIGHT and his friends
say—" Oh, let us get an increase of voters, and they
will soon get us the Ballot." It may be so, hut we
think the chances are quite the other way, and
we thank Mr. CAMPBELL for speaking out in such
manly style on that aspect of the case. We cannot
for a moment doubt that he will do the same in the
House of Commons. Let the House, by all means,

have public notice that if it shelves the Ballot now,
it shall do it with full knowledge of what it is
doing, and that the country also shall know it,
There is, indeed, little need to argue longer the
merits of the Ballot, or to meet the stock objections
of special pleaders, and men afraid to part with
ill-gotten power. What we now want is—busi-

ness. The case is proved. Two hundred and
thirty free members of the Liberal party—that is
more than two-thirds of it—have pronounced it

proved. We must now show that "we mean busi

ness." Another formal motion for " leave to bring
in a bill" is not the requirement of the hour. Mr.
BERKELEY must take higher ground; indeed, if he
do not, we know that there are gentlemen in the
House disposed and prepared to do so. Feeble,
indeed, will be the impression produced by the
announcement, tacit or exp:essed," We shall bring
forward our annual bill; but, gentlemen on the
Treasury benches,make yourselves comfortable—if
you reject it, we shall give just as hearty support
to your bill." This is not business. It is moon-
shine. It will produce no impressioa on a practical
house and a practical people. It will be dismissed
with good-tempered smiles by men in office, and
with sneers by their bitter anti-reforming though
party supporters.
Now, we call on Mr. BERKELEY, and on the
Society of which he is the president, to take quite
another course. Let them come prepared to say—
"We will give you no rest, we will be at you in
every way the forms of the house permit, unless
you allow the Ballot to become a part of the Re-
form Bill." We know how such an avowal
will bo met. Those who unite to make
it will be abused handsomely enough by Whig
Members and by Whig journals. " Never mind,"
as old COBBETT would have said, " Your demand
is right—you only make it and stick to it, and you
will see what a commotion you will raise." The
Ballot cause now wants nothing but boldness,
steady, considerate, intelligent boldness, on
tho part of its leaders. It is a good
cause, as those leaders well know ; but it
is damaged, from session to session, by being
brought forward, not as a cause which they seem
determined should succeed, but as one only re-
quiring a passable annual speech, or at most two.
When once the leaders speak as meaning to do
something, they will find a debate arise such as we
have not lately had on the ballot.
The consideration which Mr. CAMPBELL pressed
so strongly on the meeting is one of the greatest
weight. If the Whigs can wriggle with their
Reform Bill on their backs through this session, we
may not soon and easily gain public attention again.
People will say—let us try the now scheme a little
first. Bat there is a worse result than mere
procrastination to be dreaded. If the Whigs can
but succeed in getting a few elections with their
extended suffrage and without the Ballot, those
few elections will have so trained all the new electors
in the old malpractices, that the difficulty of carrying
the Ballot may be increased, at the very time that
the need of it will certainly be increased. The
first feeling of the new voters will, we doubt
not, be strongly in favour of the Ballot, but
after they have tasted the sweets of borough cor-
ruption, and worn the yoke of county intimidation,
they will become active or passive opponents of
secret voting.
Not a word, of course, was elicited from Lord
JOHN RUSSELL yesterday on the subject. He
talked enough about punishments for bribery,
but nothing about cutting off the means of tempta-
tion ; and not one word did he say about the uni-
versal coercion of the counties. He even deplored
the difficulty of detecting bribery, and yet
seemed quite to forget that he, and the most
intelligent men of his party, had once pro-
posed that it should be made difficult to
commit. There is no hope from him, if left to his
own course, but there is every hope if the real
friends of the Ballot will open their eyes to their
true position, and announce that they shall now
give up its merely formal advocacy, and declare that
the Ballot shall be a part of the Reform Bill of
1860.

Grand Morning Performances of the Pantomime on Satur-
day, Jan. 2S, and Saturdays, Feb. 4 and 11, at Two o'clock
each day.
Mr. Uocke respectfully intimates his Farewell Benefit will
take place on Monday, Jan. 30.

CANTERBURY. -
EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY

QUEEN.
And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of
D NOIIA 11.
Comic Vocalists -Messrs. Geor;re Holson (the Trish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis. _ _

Mr. N

RASA BON lIEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE
FAT El is now added to the already magnificent Collection of
Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The
gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

At a dinner given yesterday evening at the
Albion Tavern, to celebrate the 72d anniversary
of the foundation of the Australian colonies, various
speeches were made, all more or less eulogistie of
the advancement and government of our dependen-
cies at the antipodes. The Chairman, Mr. J. E.
FITZGERALD, in proposing the health of her MA-
JESTY'S Ministers, dwelt at some length on the ulti-
mate separation of the colonies from the mother
country. That Australia will sooner or later become
an independent republic like America few doubt, but
those who anticipate an early day for such an
event will find themselves mistaken. They must
bear in mind that England can never again resort
to the suicidal policy she attempted with her trans-
atlantic possessions. The Australian colonies have
in effect all the advantages of a republican go-
vernment, joined to the protection afforded by their
connexion with the British Empire. The eccen-
tric Doctor Lang, of Sydney, is the only man in all
the colonies who has declared for an unconditional
separation, or, as he terms it " cutting the painter"
and the contempt with which his proposition was re-
ceived on all sides gave a fair indication of the feel-
ings of the public. It would have been more satisfac-
tory to the well-wishers of Australia if, at a meet-
ing of gentlemen, all more or less interested in her
advancement, some mention had been made of that
all-important subject of present agitation—the land
question ; but what with personal compliments and
other customary formalities the question on which
the real prosperity of Australia depends was over-
looked altogether.
When the flocks and herds of the early colonists
in New South Wales began to multiply, and the
sheep farmers and stockholders to assume the rank
of gentry, it became incumbent on the Legislature
to assign certain districts or " runs" to each and
every one of the numerous claimants of such privi-
leges ; these assignments were necessary to prevent
disputes, and certain laws were enacted regarding
tlem, regulating the number of cattle or sheep re-
quired for a given area. New South Wales was at
that time dependent on her wool and tallow for
her exports, agriculture being little attended to.
Something of the American system of squatting
was resorted to ; proprietors sought good pasture
beyond the limits of the surveys, and even the
settlements of the white men. It was their inte-
rest so to do, and the Government encouraged it by
granting runs, with long leases, at nominal rents.
The extent of these runs may be conceived, when
we state that several at the present day exceed one
hundred square miles in extent. The squatters were
not backward in availing themselvesof the advantages
held out by the Government. There were men of
enterprise and spirit amongst them. The first
merino sheep were introduced into the colony by a

TIIE WEATHER.—Stni OFFICE, JAN. 27, 1860.
TIrEE.MOILETER, IN TICE MADE.
40—highest since noon yesterday.
46—lowest this morning and during the night.
50—this day at noon.
13AnomnrEn-29.30 ; another sudden fall.
WIND, WN.W., but variable ; light, with dull weather,
and rain in the night.

lIIGI-I WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 30m.—Afternoon, 4h. 45m.
To-MORROW.-Morning, sh. Om.—Afternoon, sh. 15m.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 1860.

We entirely concur with the Hon. W. F. CAMP-
BELL in his admirable remarks at the Whittington
Club, which appeared in yesterday's &in, on the
course which ought to be taken by the Liberal party
in regard to the Ballot and the Government Reform
Bill. His views are, indeed, the same as those
we have for some time entertained and ex-
pressed. Not for a moment doubting Mr.
Batcwr's sincerity as a Reformer, or that of those
who work with him, we have said, and we still
think, that regard for Lord JOHN RUSSELL—a half
personal regard, perhaps—has misled them. It
is. therefore, very gratifying to us to see the son
of the Lord Chancellor of England urging
with a force of con' .on sense and logic which
cannot easily be met, the claims of the Ballot to a
plate in the new Reform Rill. Mr. AYRTON, also,
at the ;fleeting referred to, spoke with great effect,
and we ,trust that the result of the whole will be
to embolden Mr. BERKELEY and his supporters to
a more busines,s-like course.

The cry o!" obstruction" will of course be raised
by a small la .of of formal reformers. We wish not,
nor does Mt...CAmPBET.T., anything of the sort.
Heaven forbid we should obstruct any political good
the Whig lead ers and tlTe House of Commons would
do—we know it will be little enough. But
we may be allo aced to protestagainst their converting
such good as t they would do, into a bait—a bait to
catch honest : Reformers, and deprive them of the
life of their j If irty. 'This we believe to be the true
light in whic h to regard the offer of a considerable

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`ARTHUR, and care has been taken by the
colonists to foster and improve the breed. Within
the last few years we find the name of WARTHUR
again before the public, in conjunction with those
of Messrs. LOYD and LEDGER, engaged in the
importation of alpacas from South Ameriea. When
a few ad-venturers determined, in spite of previous
failures, to settle in Victoria, liberal grants were
given to the stockholders, much on the same prin-
ciple as that adopted in New South Wales.
South Australia, of course, was different;
being specially an agricultural country the squat-
ters were there a secondary power ; while in New
South Wales and Victoria they were omnipotent.
The former being here in the ascendant, the squat-
ters had to seek for runs on the banks of the Mur-
ray, leaving the plalas and fertile valleys to the
husbandman.

When the gold digghlgs broke out "a change
came o'er the spirit of the dream" of Victoria. A
few years wrought wonder 3 ; and although the
Government lease did not protect the runs of the
squatters from the researches of the miner, still it
was felt to be a grievance that so much
land should be taken up for pastoral purposes
when it could be so much more profitably
employed for agriculture, while Victoria was de-
pending on South Australia and America for flour,
while thousands of rich acres were lying idle
within her own boundaries.

rights." The third—moved by the Rey. Dr. ROB-
SON, and seconded by W. P. PATON—" That this
meeting, while acknowledging the principle that
every nation has an absolute right to regulate its
own affairs, including form and manner of Govern-
ment, desires to assure the Hungarian nation
that it never ceased to feel the liveliest
sympathy for its wrongs, and would hail
with intense satisfaction its restoration to
national freedom and independence." The
fourth and last of these resolutions, moved by the
Rev. Dr. SMYTH. Seconded by Bailie YOUNG.

"'That this meeting expresses its unbounded ad-
miration of the character and efforts of the cham-
pion of Hungarian liberty, Louis KOSSUTH, and
appoints the chairman to request the illustrious
Magyar to convey to his patriotic countrymen the
sentiments of the meeting, as well as to express the
hope that he may soon find it convenient to visit Glas-
gow, to explain more at length, than in hiv recent
admirable letter, the grounds on which the people of
Hungary are entitled to the cordial sympathy of
every lover of civil and religious freedom in this
country." We doubt not that these expressions of
earnest sympathy will resound hopefully from that
public meeting at Glasgow across Europe to the
homes and hearths of the patriotic Hungarians.

But the country was wide; and if the squatter
held part, still there was enough, and to spare.
" Let the Government survey new ground, and let
ns purchase and cultivate," was the cry. The Exe-
cutive, after much delay, did extend their surveys,
and land, in small quantities, was thrown into the
market at an upset price of £1 per acre ; but now
the squatters were aroused; were they to suffer
small agriculturists to settle down among them to
impound their cattle and curtail their runs P No,
that would never de. Backed by the Melbourne
banks, they entered the market and ran up allot-
ments beyond the means of the would-be small
purchasers, and, in certain cases, sublet the pro-
perty to those, who but for their intervention,
would have been the proprietors of the soil. The
matter has stood thus for some years in Victoria,
but the time has come when a change must take
place. The people of Australia are no longer the
wild, devil-may-care class they were seven or
eight years ago. Then the sole desire of the
digger or speculator was to amass wealth,
and leave a country alike destitute of com-
fort and safety; but things are now altered—
an efficient police organisation has rendered the
roads comparatively secure, and the vast influx of
immigrants has, as a matter of course, brought with
it not only the necessaries, but even the luxuries of
life. Consequently,when a storekeeper,gold-digger,
or other adventurer has gathered,together an inde-
pendence, he would, if possible, settle down in the
land of his adoption, rather than return to
a country where, after a long absence, he
might find all his former associates dispersed.
It is this feeling which is now moving the people
of Victoria to combine ; for although the
Victorian Government is not altogether free from
blame, it is not fair to lay that to their charge,
which by right and justice belongs to a negligent
and apathetic public. It is impossible for a Minister,
however good his intentions may be, to carry a bill
through the house of Assembly when the majority
is against him; and if the free and independent
electors will not return men to vote in favour of
measures conducive to their interest, let them thank
their own want of foresight and promptitude rather
than animadvert on those who, without the support
of the great body of the electors, cannot do justice
to the country in the face of a well organised and
determined body of men who represent one of the
richest and most influential sections of society. What
is at present required for Australia generally, and
for Victoria in particular, is, that the crown lands
should be thrown open to the public for free selec-
tion, of course reserving such as are supposed to
be auriferous, and such as, from their peculiar posi-
tion, may command special attention. If already
surveyed, let the first applicant take what ground
he requires at the upset price of £l, or whatever
price may be determined, but we do not think that
1 per acre would be objected to when the pur-
chaser has a free selection ; and if unsurveyed, let
the settler who first sits down on the land, when the
survey reaches him, purchase his section or half
section, as the case may be, on the same terms as
though he had applied for it at the Surveyor-
General's-office as surveyed land. And, as a check
on land speculators who would buy up allotments
to make money out of them by a resale when the
property had advanced in value, let there be a heavy
tax levied on all estates which had not, within a
year after the date of purchase, a certain proportion
fenced in and cultivated. Thus would the harpies
who prosper by the exigencies of their country be
held at bay, and honest industry reap the fruits
of its labour.

ACCELERATION OF NORTHERN DAY MAIL
FROM LONDON.

ALTERATION IN TIME OF POSTING NEWS
PAPERS AT THE CHIEF OFFICE.

On the Ist of February, and thenceforward, the day
mail from London to the North will be despatched
earlier than at present, and will be accelerated..
In consequence of this alteration, the latest time for re •
ceipt of Newspapers at the Chief Office, St. Martin's-
le-Grand, at the Lombard-street Branch, and at the prin-
cipal office in each postal district, for despatch by day mail
to the North will be-6.45 a.m. without a late fee.

Newspapers will be received at the chief office only, on
payment of a late fee of one half-penny each, up to 7 o'clock.

The change will apply to newspapers by day mail for
the whole of Scotland, and for such towns in England as
receive their day mails by the L mdon and North-Western
or Great Northern line of railway.
The time for posting letters will remain as at present,
viz., at the Chief-Office and Lombard-street Branch
until 7 45 a.m., and at the principal offices in each postal
district until 7.15 a.m.—By command of the Postmaster-
General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, January 27, 1860.

LATEST

the authorities.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will
remove from his apartments in St. James's Palace to Glou-
cester House during the present month, the improvements
and interior decorations having been completed for his royal
highness's reception.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary come to town on Wednesday
next, from Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season.
His Highness the Prince Gabrielli and Count
Ludo have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for
Paris, en route for Italy.
The Duchess of Inverness entertained a select
circle at dinner last evening, at her apartments in Kensing-
ton Palace.

The Marquis of Lansdowne left Lansdowne
House on Wednesday for Bowood.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will leave
Cambridge House to-marrow for Windsor Castle, on a visit
to her Majesty.

The Right Hon. E. Cardwell, ALP., and Mrs.
Cardwell arrived in town on Monday, from the Oatlands
Park Hotel.

The steam-ship Portugal, E. Courtenay, com-
mander, belonging to the Anglo-Luso-Brazilian Royal Mail
Steam Navigation Company, arrived at Milford Haven yes-
terday at 2 o'clock, after a run of four-and-a .half days from
Lisbon. Weather very bad ; she brings the usual mails,
cargo, specie, and passengers.
OFF TO TIIE DIGGING.-391, Strand.—The
gold fields have lost a great deal of the interest which they
once excited, and the present exhibition is more likely to
meet with support from returned diggers, who will visit it
just to see whether a true representation of a gold field can
be got up. in the mother country; but we advise any
one who wishes to understand the mode of working all kind
of aurefrous ground in Australia, and the various mechanical
contrivances used by the miner, to pay a visit to this model,
which is a faithful representation of the appurtenances of a
gold field.

GRAY'S INN, JAN. 26.—At a pension of the
Honourable• Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, the
undermentioned gentlemen were called to the degree of
barrister-at-law—viz., Lionel Uniacke Steele, Esq. ; Hugh
Shield, Esq., of Jesus College, Cambridge, M.A., holder
of the studentship awarded by the Council of Legal Edu •
cation in the present Hilary Term ; John Edwards, Esq.,
of Owen's College, Manchester, in the University of Lon-
don (certificate of honour of the first class), awarded in the
present Hilary Tenn ; and James Cornelius Brough, Esq.,
of King's College, London.

LINCOLN'S-INN, JAN. 2G.—The undermentioned
gentlemen were this day called to the degree of barrister-
at-law by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz. :
Henry Allison Pottinger, Esq., M.A., Oxford ; Andrew
Richard Daubeny, Esq., 8.A., late of Oxford ; Francis
Smale Drake, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ' • William Hale Willats,
Esq., 8.A., Oxford; John Rigby, Esq., M.A., Cambridge;
Andrews Commins, Esq., M.A., Queen's University, Ire-
land, and LL.D., London; Cecil James Monro, Esq.,
8.4., Cambridge ; William Hornby Birley, Esq., M.A.,
Oxford ; James George Edwards, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ;
Henry 'William Woodbridge, Esq., 8.A., late of Oxford ;
Richard Yapp, jun., Esq., M.A., Oxford; Henry Main-
waring Sladen, Esq. ; William Leverton Donaldson, the
younger, Esq., 8.A., London; Dennis Milner Esq. ; New-
digato Hooper Kearney Burne, Esq. • William Charles
Harvey, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge; and Edward Rudge,jun.,
Esq., 8.A., Cambridge.

„
INNER TEMPLE.—The undermentioned gentle-
men were yesterday called to the bar by the Honourable
Society of the Inner Temple :—Mr. Francis Joseph Colt-
man, Mr. William Court Gully, M.A., Mr. John Martineau
Fletcher, M.A., Mr. Alfred Cuthill, 8.A., and Mr. Gate-
ward Coleridge Davis.
FIRE AT • LUNATIC ASYLUM.—The inhabitants
of Wells were on Wednesday last, about 10 o'clock, pain-
fully excited by a report that the Lunatic Asylum, contain-
ing at present about 400 inmates was on fire. Upon pro-
ceeding thither it was found that the laundry and appur-
tenant offices had become ignited, it is supposed from the
overheating of the hot water apparatus. The 'Wells fire
engine was soon on the spot and at work, and there being
a good supply of water, the fire was confined to the place
where it originated. The damage is roughly estimated at
..£4OO to £5OO. Arrangements had been mode in anticipa-
tion of the flames spreading for the removal of patients
from those parts which were is danger, but fortunately such
a step was unnecessary. The loss is covered by insurance.
—Sher borhe Journal.
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Civil and Religious Liberty, once so popular a
rallying cry in this country, has latterly almost
died out and been forgotten. For the simple rea-
son that that grand twin boon has long since been
realised by Englishmen. It is already a year or
two since the very last of the religious disabilities,
for example, was abolished, when the Jew was
first enabled to take his seat in Parliament
amongst the ranks of the popular representatives.
If we nevertheless have ourselves broken down the
barriers of intolerance which hitherto impeded
the national progress is the development of our
civil and religious institutions—it is still far other-
wise beyond the boundaries of the great empire
ruled by the sceptre of our constitutional sove-
reignty. However, little reason, therefore, we may
have now amongst ourselves to hearken to the
echoes of the old cry of Civil and Religious Liberty
(having ourselves now the "material guarantees" of
both), we have peculiar cause, for that very reason,
to thrill with responsive sympathy when the old
rallying signal comes resounding to us from a dis-
tance, from some remote and still struggling
nationality. It has been so—how long shall we
say 9—alas! but too long in the instance of the
gallant and heroic Hungarians. Often and chival-
rously as they have fought for their civil and reli-
gious liberties, they have yet to achieve the victory.
The day of their eventual triumph, we may now
rest assured, will not be much longer in com-
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anticipation
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Resolutions—fraught with encourage-
ment to the hopes "of Hungary and the
Hungal ians. The First of these Resolutions, moved
by the Rev. GEORGE JEFFREY, seconded by JOHN
HENDERSON, of Park—" That the citizens of Glas-
gow have witnessed with profound sympathy and
hearty admiration the manly attitude assumed by
the Protestants of Hungary, in resolutely opposing
the encroachments on, and despotic interference
with, their religious liberty and chartered
rights of independent self-government in Church
and School." The second, moved by the Rev. Dr.
ANDERSON, seconded by ALEXANDERHASTIE,ESCI.
" That this meeting expresses its high appreciation
of the support and high-minded countenance which
the Roman Catholics of Hungary are lending to
their Protestant brethren in upholding their

NEW METHOD OF REEFING AND FURLING SAILS.
When a ship is short-handed it is difficult to set or take in
sail. Ships in the Indian Seas are manned, very frequently,
with coloured seamen, and they cannot always be persuaded
to go aloft on a dark windy night to furl the top-gallant-
sails or royals. The consequence is that full advantage
cannot be taken of the canvas, and the the voyage is re-
tarded. If a steamer is manned by Lascars it follows that the
consumption of coal must be increased if the upper sails are
not set when the wind permits. The ships of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have coloured
seamen on board of them in the Red Sea; and if by any pro-
cess the sails can be quickly set, and taken infrom the deck,
the company would be much advantaged by its adoption.
Captain R. F. Finlay comes forward with an invention
which accomplishes this object. He has taken out a patent
for reefing and furling. The latter is the most useful, for
by means of a few rings on the sail, and a rope to the mast-
head, the sail is run out to the yard arms when hoisted,
and runs in again to the bunt when the yard is down. The
sail is then brailed to the mast, like a staysail, and the
sheets can be kept home. If the wind freshens the sheets
are let go, the clews and the bunt line hauled up, and then
the sail is brailed to the mast, and as it is furled up and
down with the mast, on fore part, it is well protected from
the weather. In harbour a line round it, and a jacket over
it, gives the line a neat appearance. In reefing a topsail
fitted with this contrivance the points are made fast to the
rings on the yard, so as tot to interfere with the working of
the sail, The patentee, who has been master of steam and
sailing ships for 21 years, believes that if a ship of war was
fitted with his invention, a smaller number of hands would
be required on deck to work the sails, they would be pro-
tected from rifle balls, and allow a greater number of men
to fight the guns.
WATER IN PARlS.—There is one all-sufficient
reason why the French use as little water in their houses as
they can avoid. It is pr id for by the bucket. The system
of egoats, or drains, for supplying water to cleanse the streets,
to fill fire-engines, and to carry off the rain-water, is com-
plete ; but every drop of water for household purposes is
brought to the door in butts, and retailed by the waterear-
riers, who are a powerful corporation, numbering 10,000,
with whose privileges no government, since waterworks
were invented, has been strong enough to interfere. The
Emperor is strong, and called absolute ; but he has many
masters, not the least of whom is the water-carrier of Paris.
Nothing could be easier than to supply Paris with water to
the very attics, for the Seine has a greater fall than the
Thames at Richmond Bridge ; but every attempt to intro-
duce waterworks is opposed.by the water• carriers, who will
not allow water to be taken from the fountains in greater
quantities than in bucketfuls, except by themselves, and it
is a hazardous thing for a touch-and-go dynasty to throw
10,000 able -bodied men out of employment. —Once a Week.
THE ASHCOMBE WOOD MURDER.—It is said to
be not improbable that the trial of the Spaniard, Serafin
Manyano, who is now in the Devizos prison, charged with
the horrible murder of Anastatia Trowbridge, at Berwick
St. John, may be removed to London, in order that he may
have the full benefit of a right to which he is by law enti-
tled, viz., the right to be tried by a jury composed of half
foreigners. But should such be the case, he would, in the
event of being found guilty, be brought back to Devizes to
be executed. The man's demeanour, since his confinement,
would, but for the strong evidence that was adduced at his
examination before the magistrates, induce a doubt that he
could really have been guilty of so foul and bloody a deed
as asl one he
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fellowses thetcehl
vat withslhi
simple-hearted,
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THE S4CIrN, LONDON,- FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1860

TURKEY.

NAPLES.

N E W S.

THE COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
PARIS, JAN. 26.
The Constitutionnel publishes several articles of
the commercial treaty between France and Eng-
land, which are as follow :
On and after the Ist of July, 1860, the import
duties on cotton and wool will be suppressed.
English pit coal and coke will be subjected to
the same duty as in the Belgian tariff.
After October, 1860, a duty of 7f. will be substi-
tuted for the actual duty on iron.
From December, 1860, the duties on the impor-
tation of machinery will be diminished.
From Jannary, 1361, the duty on sugar will be
reduced.

From June, 1861, the prohibition on the impor-
tation of threads, tissues, and hemp will be replaced
by a duty not exceeding 30 per cent.
From October, 1861, all remaining prohibitions
will be abolished.
The advantages granted to France by the treaty
will be stated shortly.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 21.

It is stated that the paper money is to be with-
drawn by the end of March by the proceeds of a
tax of 10 per cent. on rents of all houses in Con-
stantinople.
The Bank of Turkey is to be opened in June
next.

Sir Henry Bulwer has ordered the English Con-
sul in Rodosto to break off his official relations with

Ahmet Wifik Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador to
the French Court, will leave for Paris at the end
of this month.

PARIS, JAN. 26.

The Patrie of this evening says :--A telegram
received from Naples, dated the 25th inst., does
not mention that General Filangieri had tendered
his resignation, nor does it state that the Neapolitan
Cabinet was in a state of dissolution."