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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1866.

augmented ; that many of the sufferers through the
wholesale clearances that have been effected belong
to those who are not employed on public works, and
it is very hard that they should be turned out with-
out any compensation, while others profit largely
by the change that sacrifices them and their pros-
pects. Mr. HENLEY very properly called Mr. GIB-
SON to account for the arbitrary opinions he had
expressed, and declared that the right hon. gen-
tleman had laid it down in the most distinct terms
" that whatever the amount of hardship or difficulty
might be in sweeping away the houses of the poor
men the House of Commons was not to take any
steps whatever." As Mr. HENLEY said the house
should not go into the matter with a foregone con-
clusion "that nothing can be done." This would be
a fatal error, and we are glad to find that, notwith-
standing the evil example of the President of the
board of Trade, the House does not seem inclined
to fall into it, for on both sides many members
expressed their earnest hope that some satisfactory
solution might be come to on this question. Indeed
it is one which, more or less, affects the interests
of all classes, and imperatively calls for notice at
the present time.

On Thursday last Mr. SHERIDAN very properly
called the attention of the house to the case of Mr.
FERGUSON, the particulars of which were before the
public a short time since. A letter was read by Mr.
SHERIDAN, which ho had received from Mr. FER-
GUSON, and the details are certainly enough to
excite indignation at the treatment which he received.
As he was walking home late at night from a party
which he had attended professionally, carrying his
portfolio of music, he was met by a suspicious-
looking individual, who followed him. The
place being lonely, Mr. FERGUSON felt
alarmed, and quickened his pace, but the
stranger gained upon him and seized him by the
arm. He protested that he was a musician, and
and that what property he had he would gladly
give up, but the assailant contrived to persecute
him. Believing him to be a garotter, Mr. FER-
GUSON drew his knife, and the other man was
wounded. When in answer to his cries for assist-
ance two constables came up, Mr. FERGUSON
found to his surprise that he was considered to be
the guilty party, and was dragged to the police
station, where he was treated with great cruelty,
and, in fact, as if he were a confirmed offender.
Sir G. GREY was very indignant that Mr. SIIERI-
DAN should have meddled with the affair, and
exerted all his ingenuity to prove that no
one was to blame, except the unfortu-
nate individual who was so suddenly transformed
from a peaceable traveller on the highway to a
culprit in a cell. If it be necessary to have police-
men parading the suburbs in plain clothes, as the
Home Secretary seems to think it imperatively is,
let them, for the sake of justice, and in the name of
common sense, act with more discretion. How are
people, going along the roads to know, by intui-
tion, that such and such a man is one vested
with the authority of the law. Nothing is said
to prove that the policemen in question announced
himself in his real capacity, and asked for infor-
mation respecting the man he stopped in so summary
a fashion. If he had exercised a little more
patience, and examined the parcel which
Mr. FERGUSON was carrying, he would have disco-
vered his mistake in supposing him to be a thief, or
at any rate a suspicious character. Bad as his con-
duct was, however, that of the constables who tock
the unfortunate musician into custody was worse.
They had no right to treat him in the manner they
did, and it would have been much more becoming
had the Home Secretary reproved them for doing
so, instead of persisting in making the worse appear
the better cause. It is to be questioned if policemen
in plain clothes ought to be permitted to stop per-
sons on the highway at all ; and certainly, unless
they can contrive to manage more adroitly than did
the disguised officer at Sydenham, the sooner
the practice is put a stop to the better. How are
people who pass through lonely places at night to
know which is a thief and which a policeman? While
they are debating the question, if the former, he
will have every opportunity of getting the better of
them ; and, on the other hand, if the latter, he will
be consigned to the tender mercies of a station-
house if he seek to defend himself from assault.
There is something very wrong in all this ; and Sir
G. GREY, with all his skill, could not make it out
to be satisfactory. Tie defended Mr. TRAILL'S course
of action in particular, whereas that was unneces-
sary after what had occurred ; and the real ques-
tions at issue were the circumstances of the
policeman in plain clothes interfering with a person
quietly walking along, and the same person being
treated so harshly at the station. When the jury
have disposed of this question of the Sydenham
disturbance, it is to be hoped that the matter may
again come before the House, and that the very
awkward and inconvenient arrangements now made
respecting policemen in plain clothes may be
altered. Sir G. GREY is very decided as to what
the officials are to do, but he did not say what those
unfortunate persons ought to do who are thus
summarily assailed when they are passing quietly
along the roads of the suburbs. A better instance
of the folly and insecurity of the present system
could not be given than the late unfortunate inci-
dent at Sydenham.

Mr. Henry Cords Benefit.
4.-

The severe indisposition which has for some time
past -withdrawn Mr. Henry Corri from the lyric
stage, leaving no room to hope that he will be able
to resume his professional duties for many months
to come, several of his friends, who warmly ap-
preciate his artistic ability and private worth,
have organised a performance for his benefit,
which will take place at Covent-garden Theatre next
Wednesday afternoon. Many artistes who hold
very high rank in public favour have given gratify-
ing evidence of their kindly feelings towards the
beneficiare by the generous proffer of their valuable
services.

The entertainment will be partly musical and
partly dramatic ; in the concert Miss Louisa Pyne,
Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Madame Parepa,
Mme. Weiss, Miss S. Pyne, Miss Whytock, Miss
Emma Adami, Madame Arabella Goddard, Mr.
Sims Reeves, Mr. W. IL Cummings, Mr. Alberto
Laurence, Mr. J. G. Patey, and Herr Strauss will
appear ; and the programme will also embrace a
scene from the " Willow Copse," supported by Mr.
J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mrs. Alfred
Mellon ; and the celebrated tavern scene from " The
Ticket-of-Leave Man," in which Miss Lydia Foote,
Miss Hughes, Miss Raynliam, Mrs. Stephens, Mr.
11. Neville, Mr. G. Vincent, Mr. Atkins, Mr. Sou-
tar, and Mr. Horace Wigan, will sustain the cha-
racters—in which they have won laurels upon the
Olympic stage. Mr. Alfred Mellon will be the con-
ductor, and the band and chorus of the Royal Eng-
lish Opera have promised to co-operate in the good
work. A more brilliant programme has rarely been
presented, and certainly, the hearty readiness of
eminent artists to sacrifice their own convenience,
when by doing so they can give substantial aid to a
worthy sufferer, has never been more strikingly dis-
played ; it is earnestly to be hoped that the public
will do their part, and respond cordially to the ap-
peal now made to them in behalf of one who has
laboured zealously in their service, and afforded
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tening to a very varied and delightful entertain-
ment.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(111031 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Friday Evening.

The information I gave you yesterday in regard
to a meeting at Paris of the Powers to regulate the
affairs of the Danubian Principalities is confirmed
by the illoniteur to-day. It says representatives
will assemble on the part of England, France,
Austria, Italy, Prussia, Russia, and Turkey.
A letter from Madrid gives an explanation of
some offensive expressions alleged to have been
made by M. Mon, formerly Spanish Ambassador at
Paris, in regard to the Emperor of the French. M.
Mon, in the Chamber, expressed his astonishment
that such observations had been attributed to him.
He said that, so far for speaking against the Em-
peror of the French, he knew his eminent qualities,
the skilful mode in which he governed, his cordial
feelings towards foreign Powers, and his friendship
towards the Queen of Spain and for that country
generally. The preservation of general peace was
due to the Emperor, and he was incessant in his
endeavours to preserve it. Even with respect to the
difficulty in regard to the Pope, he was convinced
that the Cabinet, over which the Duke de Tetuan
presided, would be treated by the Emperor with the
justice and kindness demanded by the great and
important interests which were involved. While
speaking of Spanish affairs, I may notice that Gen.
Prim is expected in Paris from London, and that,
with the permission of the French Government, he-
is about to reside at Tours. The Prince Royal of
Denmark is also expected here.

A French officer, General Count de Lostanges
de Sainte Alvene, who distinguished himself in the
late Crimea, has just died in Paris after a long and
painful illness.

A Marseilles paper publishes the following in re-
ference to the volcanic island of Santorin, in the
Greek Archipelago. The last vessel of the Mes-
sageries Imperiales, which left Marseilles for the
Pireus, had on board a photographer, whose object
was to represent the various phases of this strange
phenomenon. It is very long since there was a
similar occurrence, but on the last occasion when
our island rose out of the sea at a point not marked
in the maps a French vessel stopped to make ob-
servations. The captain went ou shore and hoisted
the French flag, but on the summit of the hill he
met John Bull, who had already planted the Eng-
lish flag there. The question was to whom did the
island belong. The matter was referred to diplo-
matic authorities, and ultimately it was decided that
England had the right to it. After some time,
however, the same volcanic revolution which had
formed the island, caused it to disappear, and at
the same time when England sent to take formal
possession of it the island was no longer in exist-
ence. It still, however, appears in the list of the
possessions of England, under the name of Lost
Island.

It will, perhaps, excite some astonishment that
the French Chamber is occupied with a proposal
to modify the system of free trade— at least as far
as corn is concerned. Such, however, would be
the effect of an amendment proposed to the ad-
dress in the paragraph relating to agriculture by
M. Pouyer-Quartier, who wishes to have a fixed
duty of 2f. per hectolitre upon the introduction
of foreign corn into France. The agri-
riculturists of France have long complained
that the price of corn is not sufficiently
remunerative. The grain statistics, which
I sent you the other day, however, show that
there is no proof of any foundation for their com-
plaints. The importations of corn into France have
materially decreased, and the exports have increased.
The Chamber is still occupied with the subject, but
be the fate of the amendment what it may, there is
not the least probability that the French Govern-
ment will change its policy, which, like that of Eng-
land, is decidedly in favour of free trade. The
Baron de Veauce, who defended the principle of
free trade in corn, supported his arguments by
facts and statistics, and, indeed, argued in support
of unshackled commerce generally. At the present
time the statistics in regard to the produce of corn
are supplied by authorised agents for the various corn
producing localities, but some of the deputies, it is
said, intend to make a proposal having for object to
institute inquiries relative to agricultural matters,
under the direct sanction and authority of the
Chamber.

The literary fact of the day is the reception of M.
Prevost Paradol at the Academie Francaise, in the
room of M. Ampere. It was unanimous, and
great interest was manifested. M. Paradol, who is
still a young man, is the author of several much-
esteemed literary productions, and his newspaper
articles have increased his reputation. M. Paradol
made a:speech very eulogistic of his predecessor, and
used many phrases replete with classical knowledge.
M. Guizot, who presided, followed in the same vein,
and complimented M. Paradol upon the
triumphs he had already achieved, not only
in literature but in science. M. Guizot
Paradol,e great moralists of France,
" Whether you have
saattidempotfed t3old escribe the
Montaigne, Pascal, La Bruyere, La Rochefoucauld,
or to bring to light the merits of the great writers
of divers times and divers countries, poets or prose
writers, orators or philosophers, Aristophanes, De-
mosthenes, Tacitus, and
mosthenes, and Seneca,
Macaulay, you have imbued your labours with that
generous power of admiration, that powerful sym-
pathy for the master works of human intelligence
which form the honour and the authority of literary
criticism. M. Guizot also made a powerful enco-
mium upon the predecessor of M. Paradol, M.
Ampere. Both speeches Were enthusiastically
applauded.

The illoniteur of this evening states that the
health of the Prince Imperial is entirely re-
established.

One of the most eminent sculptors of France, M.
Jean Duseigneur, has just died in Paris, in his 58th
year. Some of his' works are to be seen in the
churches and in the Museum of Versailles. le also
executed some admirable busts of well-known
personages.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

HUNGARY.

PESTH, MARCH 10.

The draught of the address in answer to the
Imperial rescript has already been prepared by the
Committee entrusted with the report thereon, and
will be laid before the Lower House of the Hunga-
rian Diet on Monday next.
The draught adheres to all the former demands
of the Diet.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

PARIS, MARCH 10.

Austria and France are said to have come to a
complete understanding in reference to the Rou-
manian question. It is denied that Austria is con-
centrating troops on the frontiers of the Prin-
cipalities.

AMERICA.
QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 10.
The National Steam Navigation Company's steam
ship Scotland arrived off Roche's Point from New
York last night at 12 o'clock. She has 84 passen-
gers, 13 of whom she landed, and proceeded for
Liverpool at 12.30. All well.

THE OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.

MALTA, MARCH 9.

The Poonah, from Marseilles, the sth inst., arrived
at midnight on the 7th, and left at 9 a.m. on the
Bth for Alexandria.

The Nyanza, from Southampton, Feb. 27, arrived
to-day at 9 a.m., and will leave at 4 p.m. for
Alexandria.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MARCH 10.

The Menzorial Diplonzatique of to-day declares
the statement that the French Government had
consented to prolong the Extradition Treaty to be
without foundation.

The draught of the Concordat drawn up at
Rome, on tho bases agreed to by the Emperor
Maximilian, has been forwarded to Mexico.
BOURSE, March 9, Three o'clock.—The market
closed at the following quotations :-
41 per Cents 9B 20
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 621
Do. end month 69 75
Credit Mobilier 697 50
Do. end month 695
Bank Shares 3640
Credit Fonder —
Italian Loan 62 35
Do. end month 62 35
RAIL'

Roman
Ottoman Fives —
Mexican Loan 4B
Do. Bonds BO7 50
Russian —
Austrian ......
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

YAWL
Cash. Amt.
883 75
... 1133 75
.... 905 -
- ... 557 50

Orleans

Northern .
Lyons and Mediterranean.
Southern
Western

Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian

-- -- ... 546 25
- - ... 140 -
- -- ... 407 50

Lombard

417 50

•.. 170 —37 50
North of Spain
... 2
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

- ... 116 25

The New Palace of Just.c'.

(From the Law Times of To-day.)

The profession will, we are sure, be of one mind
as to the propriety of opening to competition the
design for the new Palace of Justice, and will pro-
test against all attempts to make a job of it. The
magnificent site presents an opportunity which
should not be lest for producing one piece of archi-
tecture creditable to our age. This can be obtained
only by the freest admission of genius to strive for
a work which will band down the name and fame
of the artist to far distant generations. The lawyers
are entitled to a voice in this, for to their persistent
demands is the project itself due, and they have the
most direct and personal interest in its successful
completion. It seems, however, that, as at present
arranged, the competition is to be limited to six
selected favourites, and that all genius outside
the charmed circle is to be sternly excluded. The
lawyers should protest against this by petition :
let them pray that the design for their Palace of
Justice may be opened to public competition. There
is yet time to change the purpose of the Govern-
ment. Thus does a legal correspondent of the
Times express what every member of the profession
must feel :

"In the House of Commons last week, Mr.
Cowper, in reply to a question put by Mr. Bentinck,
stated that the design for the new courts of jus-
tice were to be submitted to competition among
six architects whom ho named. Now, sir, I am
not saying too much in stating that this announce-
ment has been a source of disappointment to the
whole body of architects in the United Kingdom,
as well as to a large portion of the general public.
Surely, the choice of an architect for a national
undertaking like the above, involving an outlay
of at least £750,000, ought not to be made in
any degree a matter of Government patronage.
No one can doubt that the most advantageous
course in these matters, as well as the fairest, is
to throw them open to public competition.
It is to public competition that we owe some of
the finest of our modern structures—for instance,
the Houses of Parliament ; St. George's-hall, Liver-
pool ; Town-hall, Leeds ; the new Foreign-offices ;
and also the Manchester .Assize Courts ; all these
were the result of fair and open competition. It
must be borne in mind, too, that we are indebted
to public competition for the discovery of some of
our best architects. Sir Charles Barry was himself
unknown to fame until in an open competition he
obtained the first prize for his Houses of Parlia-
ment ; the same may be said of Mr. Waterhouse,
the architect of the Manchester Courts, and also of
many other eminent men I can name. Why, then,
since there are so many arguments in favour of
open' competition, has it not been adopted in the
construction of the new Palace of Justice ?

It is to be hoped that some independent member
will bring the matter before the House, and thus
endeavour to prevent it being made a Government
"job" of.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.—Their Royal Highnesses
the Princess of Wales, the Princess Helena, and the Prin-
cess Louise, visited the Olympic Theatre last evening.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—His Royal Highness Prince
Leopold honoured the performances at the Adelphi
Theatre yesterday evening.
STRAND THEATRE.—The promised production at
this theatre during the approaching Easter holidays
of a posthumous play by Mr. Sheridan Knowles is antici-
pated with no little interest in dramatic and literary circles
The work in question, which has never been published or
performed in any shape, is a romantic drama in two acts,
written in blank verso.
ST. JAMES'S DRAMATIC CLUB.--The gentlemen
amateurs of this club will perform the following pieces on
Thursday, the 15th inst., viz.:—" Who Speaks First,"
"Charles X 11.," and the screaming farce entitled, "A
Thumping Legacy." The entertainment will be in aid of
the National Lifeboat Institution. The performance is
under the patronage of many leading members of the
nobility.
GREAT FIRE AT BRADFORD.—A fire broke out on
Thursday night at Bradford, on the premises of Messrs.
Wilson and Son, builders, White Abbey. The fire spread
with such rapidity that it could not be checked until the
workshops and their contents bad been destroyed. The
books were fortunately saved from the counting-house.
The woi kshops were stocked with the newest machinery
and the best materials, and the loss will be, at a rough
estimate, nearly £12,000.

DEATH OF SIR JOHN ROGERS KYNASTON, BART.
—On Wednesday last the above baronet died from
the effects of an accident at the Great Western Hotel, at
Paddington. The late Sir John Rogers Kynaston, Bart.,
of Hardwicke and Worthen,' county Salop, was born 2d
July, 1797. He succeeded his father, the second baronet,
in 1839. The late baronet had not taken any prominent
part in politics, although an active magistrate in his county.
He was educated at Rugby School, and afterwards pro-
ceeded to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A.
in 1820. The late baronet was a deputy-lieutenant of
Oxfordshire, and served the office of sheriff of Montgo-
meryshire iu 1842.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

WEST WORCESTERSHIRE

The address of Mr. W. E. Dowdeswell, the Con-
servative candidate for the seat in the western divi-
sion cf Worcestershire, vacated by the death of
Earl Beauchamp, and the consequent elevation to
the House of Lords of the Hon. F. Lygon, was is-
sued last night. It is dated Pull-court, March 9,
and, after referring to the death of the late Earl
Beauchamp, proceeds—" Born and bred among you,
I shall, if elected, actively employ myself for the ge-
neral welfare of the country ; and, warmly attached
to the principles advocated by the Coaservative
leaders, heartily support that party, reserving to
myself that independence of action which is due to
every country gentleman. An ardent supporter of
the Church of England, and jealous for the main-
tenance of her fabrics and services, I am anxious for
a fair adjustment of the disputed topic, The aboli-
tion of Church-rates ;' and, although opposed to
total abolition, would suppoei a moderate scheme
calculated to set at rest that much-controverted
question. While I deprecate any hasty or precipi-
tate lowering of the franchise, I would support a
measure for the lateral extension of the suffrage to
those who prove themselves entitled to be admitted
to the exercise of so important and responsible a
trust. lam an advocate for economy and the dimi-
nution of the public expenditure, so far as is con-
sistent with the maintenance of our naval and
military forces on an efficient footing without en-
dangering our colonies and commerce." Mr. Dowdes-
well adds that he is opposed to the system of cen-
tralisation, and in favour of local self-government.
Mr. Brown Westhead, late M.P. for York, is spoken
of as the probable Liberal candidate.