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London, England, 1857-03-04 00:00:00

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Mr. Cobden's first resolution has been adopted by a ma-
jority of 263 to 247. We accept this decision. The over-
whelming preponderance of reason and eloquence on the
j side ofjustice and humanity would have amply compen-
sated for a smaller majority. The first stage of this discus-
sion has now closed. The time for criticising past mis-
management is over; the time to struggle for future repa-
ration has come.
The cbaracter of what has been done in China has been
sufficiently discussed ; what we have new to consider
is, what ought to be done next. There is not a moment
to lose. Hesitation, inaction on the part cf. Government,
will allow the horrors which are already being
.enacted
the Canton river to increase in magnitude and inveteracy.
And no English Government, after the five nights' debate
in the House of Commons, will dare
.to pursue unaltered
the policy of Sir John BelfriDg. It is for Government to
determine what is to be done. It is for Parliament to in-
sist upon knowing what the determination of Government
is, in order that it may be able to decide whether that de-
-1 termination deserves to receive its sanction.

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TRR ASHOTER BrMa-LAE-T.
On Monday, the prisoner, TkoniNa:VireiritCir;',Aafra
With the burglary at the hottap::,ol 4sepit:
Nodder, at Marsh-green, Achoref,' *as tnitigirt-Finai
fore Mr. W. Milnes and Mr. a Tatt?ittl;tatatnatigistrated
of the county, at the Greyhound Ina,- A.shcryer. fghe

.‘,_.,IK no,"
prisoner, who is st,ll very lame, was seater during the
examination. He was very pert, and during the exa-
mination he asked the Court to allow him to get hie
dinner

Miss Heeley, the young lady who was injured by the
fall through the window, is progressing very favourably,
though not at present convalescent.
Mrs.. Nodder r,tired to rest between 10 and
11 o'clock on the night of the 24th February. The dres-
sing-room adjoins my bedr.om, and the door opens on
the stairca.e. The window of the dres,inc,f•rootn opens
nn the court-yard. I gvt out of bed about a quarter
past 1 o'cl-ck, and while out of bed I hard a n,)i,e and
went to the window and saw the figure of a era, c'o4 to
the window. I ran to the drei;sieg-rocan d idr, opened
it, picked up my child, which w:,a to a co! between any
hod and the door,.rusted out of the room, clo,ecl toe door
after me, and beard the window of my bedroom s•ilaihed.
I c,l'ed nut, "Help, papa; th43ve!,, n;urdor I ' The

lnor wai pulled from we. I v. en.l.through the dressin,f,
room ci:,nr on the landing and (1111-e 1 it aAer we, and

~::in called out.

door wal struck tram the

anri I heard it smash-•d as I ran away r:;to
\lr. .N,:dder's room awl locked his r.)orn door. H 3
was just out of bed. I got into his b-d to the b 1 who
wae Fleeting there. Ttie d,:or was forn-)d open, a person
entered, and Mr. Nodder fired at him. I nt-x'-, beard a
noise and crash, at the window from the direztion of tlae
dressing-room win :ow.

The prisoner declined to ask Mrs. Nudjer any quos•
tions.

The Rev. J. Noider—l live at M-arsli Greer, and
went to bed :\t a cpnrter to LI o'clock, on the night of
the .20th of February. I looked round the house to see
all was safe. The windows on each side the front door
were closed, with bells attached to them. The shutters
to the upper room windows were not el used. I was
disturbed about 1 o'clock in the night by cries of "Papa,
papa !—thieves !" I heard the cry of a man or men,
" Here they are ; here they are l" and a running about
on the landing. I got up, and Mrs. Nodder met me.
It was dark. She said, "There are thieves in the house,
and I have locked the door." 1 said, "Get into bed ;
be calm." I -reached my pistols, which were loaded
with powder and shot. I proceeded to the door in the
dark, and stood close by it, hoping 1 should have a
shot before they entered. They went on crashing until
the door was forced open, I drew back to the foot of
the bed, and that moment the hideous figure of a man
presented itseV, elided against the wall, with a candle
in the left hand, and apparently nothing in the tight.
I could not say whether the face of the man was
blackened, or wearing a mask. I observed the shape
of the man's face, which had a peculiar contour ; it
was broad at the top and narrow at the bottom, with
a cap on. I sail, with a pistol in each band, "My
man, I'll shoot you !" My wife said, " Don't shoot,"
but 1 shot directly at his body. The candle went out,
and I saw the figure swerve to the left, and out of the
door towards the landing. I heard the crash of glass,and
ran to the alarm ha. I went out of doors, and said,

" New we'll have you." Lights were got, and we want
to search for Miss lie,l3y. The window of the drawing
room was smashed, glass aad framework as well, and
any person might have passed into the yard. The glass
in the window in Mrs. Nodder's room was broken, and

the sash wide open. The left band window in the en-
trance hall was open. There was a ladder outside,
against Mrs. Nodder's window, against the stackyard,
which was to heavy for one man to carry. Miss Heeley
gave an alarm in the village. I took my gun and
pistol, and, believing the disabled man would be about
the premises, I went in search of him. No shot was
found in the room wh,re I fired, but some was picked
up on the landing. We traced footsteps to the cart-
hovel, and some stones had been put in the cart which
corresponded with stones found in the yard close to the
house. Oa Monday miming about 10 o'clock I took
three men and we made a search for footsteps, and on
getting into a wheatfield abaut 300 yards from my house
I observed the footsteps of a man i❑ the direction of the
Chesterfield and Ma lock road, and along tie turnpike
to a ga,,, there ware the i•ame footmarks I had
seen in the wheatfield. I picked up two pieces of
a Birmingham newspaper, and a piece of black
glazed calico saturated with blood. Marriott, one
.4 the men with we, showed me a life-preserver.
Afterward.: we retreiced our steps Mersh-,nreen, back-
wards, and traced clearly that trey were the wounded
footsteps of a lame person, from the impressions of one
foot being much deeper than the other. We came to
the point wb• re the man had clambered up the bank,
and there we sav plainly the marks of feet and hands.
Thomas Ogden, butcher, Wirksworth—Tae pr soner
is the man I ,00k up on the road in my cart about half
a mile from the White Horse.

The prisoner was asked to stand up.
Witness—Oh, I know him as well sitting as standing.
He is the :awe man, and is lame of a leg.
Prisoner—Perhaps you go by that.
Witness—l saw his hat.
Prisoner—Did you see that (pointing to his cap)!
Witnes—Y',2s, I di(%
'Prisoner—You I had a hat on—learn t.l speak
the truth.

Witness—The prisoner came through a gate very
lame, and put his hands on the shafts. He said, "Where
are you going to ; have you been carting in the lane I"
I said, "No ; wo are butchers going to Chesterfield
market." .Prisonor said, "I wish you would take me ;
give you 2s. 6d. if you will." I asked him for the
money and he gave it me, and I got him into the cart.
When we got to the Slate Pit Dale Tolibar I said to the
woman, "Here is 63. for you." Prisoner said, "I'll
pay instead of you," and he paid her. On the road I
asked him what he had been doing sleeping under the
wall? Prisoner said, "I have been there since half-past
11 o'clock last night." Didn't you (to prisoner)
Prisoner--You talk to these gentlemen ; talk to
you another day.
Witness—l asked him what business he was. Ho
said he was a cork haWker, and had been robbed of 61.
by five men and a woman, who had thrown him over the
wall. I said, " What quantity of corks had you I" He
said "80 gross." I said, "Why, my man, 80 gross
would fill a woolsack ; you could not carry then on
your back." I said, "It was very lungus' of them to
throw you over the wall after they had robbed you."
I asked him where he was bound for. He said, " Shef-
field," We drove him to the White Horse, at Chester-
field, where we left him.
John Hickton, a youth about 14 years of age, who was
travelling to Chesterfield with Mr. Ogden, his master,
in the same cart, identified the prisoner, and corrobo-
rated the last witness.

Joseph Marriott, employed by Miss Nodder, proved
accompanying Mr. Nodder, and finding two pieces of
glazed cal:co stained with blood, the footmarks, and two
stones near the wall where the prisoner was picked up.
There were many footmarks about it, and underneath one
of the, atones he found a life-preserver, and a piece of a
newspaper with blood upon it ; also a piece of black
gl ,zdd calico, saturated with blood.
Eliza Hole, a domestic servant of Mr. Nodder's,
proved finding a crowbar or "jemmy " on the pave.
'cent underneath the window which had been smashed
by the burglar.
Other witnesses deposed to circumstances tending to
connect the prisoner with the burglary. He did not
make any statement or defence, and was committed for
trial at the Derby assizes.
Mr. Nodder wishes to express his thanks for the nu-
merous letters of sympathy and condolence which he has
received from all parts of the country.

SUDDEN DEATR.—The Freeman's Journal announces
the death, yesterday morning of the lionoureble and
Very Reverend Charle-4 R. Pakenham, alias Father
Paul Mary, of the order of the Passionists. He was to
have preached a charity sermon on Sunday, the day
upon which he died The deceased priest was son
of the late, and brother of the present, Earl of Loneford.
He was nephew of the late Elizabeth Duchess pf Wel-
lington, wife of the here of Waterloo,
and also of the
Hon. and Very Rev Henry Pakenham, Dean of Si
Pa•rick'e, and he was first cousin of the present Dukes
of Wellington.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Jane Hallett, of Whitty Head,
near Netherbury. Dorset, suffered for many years from
a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several
wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about
the house. She tried a variety of means and applica-
tions, but without obtaining a cure: By the blessing of
God and using only three pots of Poor Man's Friend,
and taking three boxes of pills, she was perfectly cured.
medicineiscl vend9odra,
Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds and erup-
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sold inbyboaxlels,
SPECTACLES,
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TTIEA.TRE ROYAL, D RURIZ LA NE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Nrathews, every evening.
Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley.
Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the
most magnificent ever produced on the English stage.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the
popular Comedy,
A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til-
bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss Cleveland, and Miss M. Oliver.
After which will be produced
SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ;
Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
house to suit every one :—Galleries, fid. and Is. ; Second
Circle of Boxes, ls. FA. •, Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes,
2.. 6d.; Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls, Ss. ; Private Boxes,
10s. 6(21., ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 21. 25.!

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two
acts, called OUR WIFE ; o The Rose of Amiens. Princi•
pal characters by Messrs. litcler, Harley, Fisher ; Misses
Murrey wid C. Leclercq.

FI EATRE ROYAL, ErAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,
with the successful new Comedy, in three acts, entitled,
DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone,
Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers,
Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz-
wil iam.
Followed by (13th time) a new drama, called A WICKED
WIFE.
To conclude with Moncrieff s comio drama of THE
IRRESISTIBLES.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the romantic drama
of DOV CJESAR DE BAZAN, with new scenery, costumes,
&c. Don Cesar, Mr. Dillon.
Followed by a new drama, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., entitled
ANGEL OR DEVIL. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dillon, Mr. J. L.
Toole, Mr. Barrett, &c.
After which, a new farce. entitled MY FRIEND FROM
LEATHERHEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B.
White.
To be followed by
CONRAD AND MEDORA;
or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of
the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brongh, Esq.,
founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her
Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene.
ml. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F.
Fenton.

Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar
Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole
Medera
Clowns
Mr. H. Marshall
The box-ofilca open daisy, from 11 to 5, under the super-
itrudence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
Carriages conveyinz parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burleigh-strect.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
Legqee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama
of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams.
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Pael Bedford will appear.
Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND
OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams
To conclude with the new original comic drama, called
BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Tcole, Mr. Barney
Williams.

fr)) OYAL SURREY THEATRE,
LPAgef-a, 1.11,54r5, Shoplierd a,n l Orsswick.
THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND
ITS VICTI CIS. Mes-rs. Creswick, Shepherd. &c.
After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER
QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr F. Mover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa-
mily; Columbines. Meld lmes Mario and Agnes.

THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS
Under the Man-gernent of Mr. Phelps.

THIS EVENING, HENRY IV. Sir John Falstaff, Mr,
Phelps ; Henry. Mr. A. Rayner; Hotspur, Mr. H. Marston ;
Prince of Wales, Mr. F. Robinson ; Francis, Mr. L. Ball;
Carrier, Mr. J. W. Ray ; Lldy Percy, Miss M. Eburne.
To conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES.

TRAND THE ATRE.—Manager, M. T.
i. 77 Pavne.—This Evening will be performed
a new Drama, FASHION AND FAMINE ; or, The Straw-
berry Girl. Julia Warren. Little Cordelia Howard.
Affer which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which the
Howard Family will appear.
Followed by a Ballet Divertissement.

To conclule with DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA.
Commence at Seren. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.
Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
This Evening, the new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq.,
sailed A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING.
A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robs-m.
Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq.,
callel A SPLENDID INVESTMENT.
Commence at half-past Seven.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Ilk Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
This Evening, with the original vocal music, and novel
nd startling Equestrian Illustrations, invented 'iv Mr. Will.
'Cooke, the equestrian operatic drama of ROB ROY. Rob
Roy, Mr. James Holloway.
After which, the brilliant SCENES in the CIRCLE.
To conclude with the equestrian harlequinade called PAUL
PRY ON HORSEBACK.
Gommetco at seven o'clock. Dress Tines. 4s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from Ti., no charge for booking ;
Et, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
qox-oflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

' voted this morning. Consequently there were as
many as 138 of the popular representatives, after
all, still most unaccountably absent from to-Jay's
Division. Actually 138 members unaccounted
for—being only twenty less than the whole
of the representatives of Scotland and Ire-
land ! Scotland with her 53—Ireland with her
105—yielding together an aggregate of 158:
nearly a score above the number of absentees
from the momentous division in the mat-
ter of this Chinese Difficulty.
Cui Bono ? The Opposition ? Hardly—in a
direct manner : seeing that the motion upon which
the House has divided emanated not from their
side but from a back bench below the gangway
on the side of the discomfited Government. The
Manchester School? Scarcely—even in an indi-
rect manner seeing that they, as Free-Traders
and Peace-Men (we had almost said Peace Hum-
bugs), have had to fraternise with the strenu-
ous and magnanimous upholders of the late
War, and with the long-persistent and long-
persevering Champions of Protection ! The
Peelites, or rather let us call them the Gladstone-
ites ? Barely—seeing that they constitute, after
all, but a marvellous little cluster of leaders, with-
out any followers whatever, good, bad, or indif-
ferent. Again, then, we ask in the presence of
this startling majority of "sixteen," in a House
of 510 voting representatives—Cui Bono ? It is
a problem of which the House and the Country
have now eagerly to await the solution. That solu-
tion, if it be vouchsafed soon, will be vouch-
safed in plain terms simply as a gratuity by her
MAJESTY'S Ministers. For the decision arrived at
this morning by the Commons, though adverse
to the Cabinet, is not in point of fact expressive
of a distinct censure, much less expressive of a
want of confidence. It is literally a decision in
favour of a Select Committee, in answer to certain
resolutions proposed by an independent member
on the Ministerial side of the House—not in
answer to any resolutions emanating from the
side of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. It is conse-
quently, as LISTON had it in the Farce, "quite
optional"—if Ministers show themselves in any
signal manner,. influenced by the result of to-day's
division. There is neither any political ne-
cessity fir a Resignation, nor any Parliamen-
t try necessity for a Dissolution. Supposing
either of these strong measures to be acted upon,
in consequence of this majority of "sixteen," the
result, we repeat, will be, in either instance, a
gratuity on the part of Lord PALMERSTON'S Ad-
ministration.

Meanwhile—simultaneously with this division
of the House of Commons, in the matter of the
Chinese War, comes the timely intelligence that
the Persian War has been brought to a sudden
and satisfactory termination. Than which latter
event nothing could scarcely be more happily well-
timed ! Here is our opportunity. Let the Squad-
ron under Admiral Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR. be at once
enhanced by the combination with it of the military
and maritime forces recently despatched against
Bushire, under the joint command of Admiral
LEEKE and General OUTRAN. Let our energies
be now directed in a compacted and concentrated
manner upon the lawless cause represented by
the insolent scoffers at the British Flag, and the
audacious and contumacious violators for fourteen
years of the Treaty of Nankin I That is the
course which we look to her MAJESTY'S Ministers
to follow in the present emergency ! That is the
course upon which the newly negotiated peace with
the Shah of Persia affords them now the opportunity
of adventuring 1 That is the course, the ener-
getic and patriotic, the national and rational
course which we are encouraged to anticipate at
the present moment from Lord PALMERSTON'S
Government. Encouraged JO to anticipate it by
the bold and chivalrous, the manly and statesman-
like attitude assumed this morning towards the
close of the late protracted discussions by the
Noble Viscount himself, the Leader of the present
Administration.

CANTERBURY HALL. Wegtroinster-rnad.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—TiIe follow-
ing company of Vocalista are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far ant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. -Melling, P. Corii. Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. Ilime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and
Corii; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackuey, and C. J. Wilkins,
Pianotorto, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
iir-,oor, Mr. J. Caulfield. Cornmcrlce at Seven o'clock pre-
cisely. S:appers, &c., Turtil twelve o'clock.

the Commons by the First Lord of the Trea-
sury. Yet, in spite of all this, Colonel Tim-
LOCH and Sir JOHN M'NEIL, notwithstanding the
acknowledged merit and success of their extraordi-
nary Commission of Inquiry—notwithstanding the
almost universal acclaim attended upon that
merit and that success, have remained up to this
moment unrewarded. They have, it now appears,
been not only unrewarded, but have actually
been grossly and unjustifiably insulted by
her MAJESTY'S Government. Hote—any one
may understand in a few moments by
glancing over a remarkable correspondence
published elsewhere in our impression of
this eYening. A correspondence between Sir J.
M`NRIL and Lord PANMIIRE, at the outset
of which the last-mentioned " ready writer"
coolly announces to that distinguished gen-
tleman—" I have the honour to acquaint you
that her MAJESTY'S Government have de-
cided to mark the services rendered by you in
the discharge of your duties in the Crimea by ten-
dering to each of you the SllO2 of 1,000 !" In
most impertinent explanation of which very asto-
nishing
announcement the Noble Lord goes on to
remark—" This grant is intended not as a mere
pecuniary equivalent for the results of your in-
quiries, but to convey likewise in the manner
which appears to them most proper the recogni-
tion by her MAJESTY'S Government of the zeal
and ability with which those inquiries were
conducted, to which Lord PALMERSTON in
his place in Parliament has already borne
testimony." As if these two high-minded gentle-
men were really nothing more than a couple
of honest bagmen recompensed by their employers
with a douceur, instead of being her MAJESTY'S
Commissioners Extraordinary ! Is not this, we
ask, an insult most monstrous, megt gross, most
wanton, most unjustifiable ? And an insult—
to whom ? On the one hand, to an eminent and
veteran diplomatist, a Grand Cross of the Bath,
and formerly Minister Plenipotentiary, in the
name of Queen VICTORIA, at the Court of the
Persian SHAH at Teheran ! And, on the other
hind, to a Colonel in her MAJESTY'S Army,
eminent by his long services in his twin capacity
as an officer and a gentleman To these two dis-
tinguished men, in recognition of their last, and
not by any means their least, good service to
their QUERN awl Country, her MAJESTY'S Minis-
ters have been offering the as-blinding insult of a
bounty of 1,0001. a-piece by way of reoit appro-
priats recompence ! No marvel that, in a
haughty spirit of scorn and amazement, Sir
JOHN M`NEIn and Colonel Mums have
declined to be the recipients of alms
from Her MAJESTY'S Government. No wonder
the latter shrinks with horror from what would
almost have been resented by a German Jager,
and the former (as with a genuine " British stare"
of amazement) from an " act of grace" scarcely to
have been expected even from the creatures of a
German Princeling.

It is scarcely possible that, under existing cir-
cumstances, the Chancellor of the Exchequer can
contemplate pressing the enhanced duties en
Tea and Sugar on the popular branch of the
Legislature. It would require a strong Govern-
ment to inaugurate a total change in the fiscal
policy of the country. A change opposed not
only to the wishes and feelings, but even to the
express pledges of the majority of their supporters.
A change, moreover, which will be steadfastly
resisted by many influential members, and which
even, if carried, must materially damage the
Ministry in the estimation of every consistent
Reformer. Surely Ministers aro not now in a
condition to set public opinion at defiance, or to
risk another serious defeat. If an appeal to the Cotlll,.
try is in contemplation, they will have far bt t ter
prospects if they can simplify the question by
eliminating the fiscal element. Their financial
policy is, so far as the people are concerned, their
weak point, and while a general election is irlN-
pending, they must, at least, "assume a virtue,
if they hare it not." Even the most hackneyed
waiter on PROVIDENCE, the professor of the most
elastic vertebrae, perceives the necessity of resist-
ing a proposition which, if carried, might oppose
an insuperable obstacle to his triumph at the
hustings.

WATER AT LONDON BRIDOE.

Notwithstanding all the eloquence lavished on
the wrong side of the argument during the recent
debate—notwithstanding the " opening" attack of
the Uonourable Member for the West Riding of
Yorkshire, and the "closing" onslaught of the
Right Honourable Gentleman, the Member for
Buckinghamshire—Mr. COBDEN'S roll of thunder
and Mr. DISRAELI'S forked lightning—the facto,
the dates, the law, the justice, nay, let us add,
the real humanity and morality of the question
rest to the very last, we still believe, in this
case upon the side of Her MAJESTY'S Government.
The decision of the Commons in this respect
cannot, we rest assured, influence in the end
the final and more authoritative judgment of the
Country. This, be it said, in spite of all the
really extraordinary powers of debate squandered
upon the support of the resolutions before the
House by the more remarkable and conspicuous
members of the late motley and triumphant Oppo-
sition. In spite, for example, of all the matchle,s
rhetorical artifices of the Hon. Baronet the membe
for Hertfordshire. In spite of the brilliant orate-
rical display of the Right 11(m. Gentleman the
member for the University of Oxford. Notwith-
standing the great forensie achievement accom-
plished, to very general admiration, in the
Home of Commons on Monday night !
Notwithstanding the brief but noble burst
of eloquence with which the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman, the member for the borough of Leo-
minster, yesterday adorned the fallacious argu-
ments of the Opposition ! Although assailed thus
formidably by a combination of genius as well as
by a combination of parties—the cause of Mi-
nisters in this Chinese Controversy, the cause, in
other words, of Truth and of Justice—remained
to the last serene, erect, and unshaken
in the midst of the contentions of the De-
bate, and in defiance even of the adverse
majority of the Division. In striking testi-
mony of which it is only necessary to direct at-
tention to the one really Great Speech delivered
on the side of the Government, the impres-
sive, logical, argumentative, and incontrovertible
harangue with which Lord PALMERSTON himself,
at the close of the debate, memorably and authori-
tatively vindicated the China Policy of his Ad-
ministration.

Parliament has now received unequivocal notice
of approaching dissolution. Its days are numbered.
It only exists on sufferance until indispensable
arrangements can be made. All disputed points
must be carefully eschewed, and more especially
a question like tho tea
_duty, which may be re-
garded as the introduction of a retrograde policy,
diametrically opposed to everything that has beau
ventilated by any Ministry for the last 16 years.
We have pointed out some of the many seriuus
objections against indirect taxation, and which
especially apply to the duty on tea, the most ob-
noxious of all. The very proposition is a viola-
tion of faith virtually pledged to the nation, as
well as of the more direct understanding arrived
at with the importers and dealers in tea. It is
the abandonment of the principles of Free Trade
for the petty doctrines of Mr. ARTHUR YOUNG,
the shining light, that has bewildered the faculties
of poor Sir G. 0. LEWIS.

This 9AT—Morn. 25 min. aft. 7-14v6ning 0 rnk. &ft. 8
ro-'.0()P.P.,.,,,,--31,,ru. 46 Gain. aft. B—Evening 35 rnir,aft 9

THE WEATTIKR—SuN OFFICE, MARCU 4.
THZEMOMMTER, IN THE SHAD&
51—highest singe noon yesterday.
46 -towest this ;morning snd during the. night
52 this lay ao neon.
s'zi, 3018—falling rapidly.
WIND, S.W. to W. Fresh, with cloudy weather.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1857

We must have a speedy intimation of the course
which Ministers intend to adopt. It would
greatly tend to the convenience of men of all
parties if Sir G. C. LEWIS would intimate his in-
tention of withdrawing the resolution respecting
the duties on tea and sugar of which he has given
notice, and which stands for Friday next. He
would thus meet the wishes of the community at
large, remove a very serious difficulty in the way
of Ministers, and greatly improve their position
in the inevitable contest that must take place.
The sooner a distinct umderstanding can be arrived
at the better for all parties. Sir G. C. LEWIS
may be assured that promptitude and decision in
making his views known will be very beneficial to
himself and his colleagues. He has already suffered
sufficiently by the mystery so unnecessarily and so
injudiciously maintained on the subject of the
" pettifogging quibble." The very notion that
he intended to avail himself of it greatly damaged
the Ministry. Let them carefully avoid a similar
mistake on the present occasion.

SIXTEEN was this morning announced from the
Chair of the Commons by the Right Honourable
the SPEAKER, to be the very notable majority—in
a House of 515 Members—against Her MAJESTY'S
Government ! The SPEAKER himself, of course,
standing aloof, and the four tellers counting out
into the opposing lobbies—" for" the resolutions
of the Member for the West Riding 263
"against" them 247 ! Altogether, as we have
said, there were present last night in the House
of Commons 515 out of the nominal aggregate of
658 representatives. A very unusual number to
have assembled together for division upon any
Question whatever—a most unusual number to
have divided upon a Question involving, in all
probability, in its settlement—the state of poli-
tical Parties—the fate of the existing Admi-
nistration the future of the present
Parliament I It remains now to be seen,
of course, How it may affect all this
—How it may operate in regard to political com-
binations—How it sway influence the fortunes of
the Cabinet—How it may tell upon the duration
of the House of Commons as at
the at
presentconsti-gheri
ng
Commissioners intrusted with the task of enter-
tuted ! As we have intimated,
ing upon a most delicate and difficult Inquiry—
was unusually large upon the occasionof this most ,K Colonel TULLOCH and Sir JOHN M`NElL—it now
unre-
however,Although unusually large, important Division.pp lly
appears, have not only been who
e
warded, but monstrously and wantonly insulted
it was still, as we have remarked,
assemblage of but 515 out of what we have termed in Her MAJESTY'S name
through the instrumen-
theate of 6
nominal aggregsB representatives ,
Of tality
Her MAJESTY'S Government ! Every-
A n aggregate advisedly so designated, seeing that body knows by this time how judiciously how
V.— disfranchisement successively of St. Alban's ; effectively,
how •
chivalrously and uncompromis-
distinguished persons acquitted
themselves from first to last in the conduct
and of Sudbury has reduced that nominal total, ingly thwo two
by four, t 3 the still merely nominal maximum of
654 altogether ! One of the most conspicuous of their most complicated
and responsible
seats out of all these 654 as a residue—namely, one investigation.
The merit
and the success
of the four seats for the City of Lond%l--
being I of their joint commissions, indeed, have been so
shut up (in vindication of a lofty principle) at the conspicuously and vividly recognised as to have
instance of the Jew Banker, the saying i.,
t;-
the Baron LIONEL become by this time "patent," as
DR ROTHSCHILD. So that, in point of fact, put-
to the whole population. They have been acknoby the Administration. They
ting on one side the Hebrew M.P., and the no ledgel officially-
longer createable M.P.'s for St. Alban's and Sud- have been eulogised authoritatively in both
bury, and the Speaker himself, and the four tellers Houses of the Legislature —in the Lords
--out of the remaining 64$ =imbue but 510 by the Secretary of 6 the
-APR Department.iu

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1887.

"dog in the manger." Ile will neither
do what is required himself, nor permit
others to do it. Thus with really good
intentions he obstructs and impedes every whole-
some suggestion, and does far more tkan the most
strenuous supporter of legal abuses to maintain
matters in statu quo.

The bill of this year is, with some trifling ex-
ceptions, the same as that of last session, on which
we have already commented. The alterations
are merely in the details ; the principle is to all
intents and purposes identical. There is still the
new court authorised to grant divorces a vinculo
matrimonii without the triple test at present re-
quired. But having granted so much, and it
would have been impossible to have resisted the
general demand, the concession is doled out with
the most niggard hand. There are to be five
Judges of the New Court—the Lord Chancellor,
the Chief Justices of the Queen's Bench and the
Common Pleas, and the Dean of the Arches, who
has been substituted for the intended Judge of
the Court of Probate. It is scarcely necessary to
remark on the extreme difficulty of procuring the
attendance of these noble and learned Judges,
who have so many other important functions
to discharge. The expense, although far
less than that of passing a bill through
Parliament, will still be very considerable, and
far beyond the means of any but wealthy
persons, who can afford to spend 4001. or 5001.
at least in getting rid of the chain by which they
are fettered, and which destroys the happiness of
their existence. It is, a middle course, which will
ccarenly ploaae any party. Some will object to a
divorce being granted in any form, or under any
circumstances, and they will of course object
to any additional facilities being granted.
Others who feel that where an insuperable
obstacle has arisen to the parties living
together again, a complete dissolution of
the unfortunate contract should be allowed,
will naturally complain of the heavy expense,
which leaves the law still open to the animadver-
sion of being one way for the rich and another for
the poor.

LATEST NEWS.

SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY OF
PEACE WITH PERSIA.

Yesterday afternoon the Treaty of Peace with
Persia was signed in Paris by Lord Cowley and
Ferukh Khan.

WHOLESALE POISONING BY THE
CHINESE.

The clause that prohibited the subsequent mar-
riage of the guilty parties has been very properly
omitted. Lord CRANWORTII pointed out its proba-
ble effect, which would be to encourage the adul-
terer when assured that he could not be required
to act as a man of honour towards his unfortunate
victim, whom he could get rid of whenever the
passing fancy bad departed from his mind.
Separations between husbands and wives are also
b) be legalised without the intervention of trustees.
The wife will be competent to contract with her
lord and master. These are the main features of
the bill. All we can say for it is that it is a step
in the right direction, although by no means going
as far as the urgency of the case demands. Unless
it be greatly extended in committee it can scarcely
be considered worthy of acceptance. A bolder
hand than that of Lord CRANWORTH must operate
before the wishes of the people can be fulfilled.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The official Moniteur, this morning, publishes
despatches from Hong Kong, dated 15th of Jan.

When the despatches left, the European colony
of Hong Kong appeared to have been poisoned,
and the family of Sir John Bowring especially was
suffering from great pain.
All the Chinese bakers had fled.
It is believed that these men have poisoned all
the foreigners.

DEATH OF MR. SERGEANT WILKINS,

Fortunately, up to the moment of the mail
starting, no death had occurred.

This forenoon Mr. Sergeant Wilkins died at his cham-
bers, No. 8, Queen's Bench-walk, Temple, he having
been for some weeks past in a state of health which
almost d prived his friends of any hope of his recovery.
A. few days ago there was some expectation that he
would recover, but, as is stated, he was prescribed
for under the homoavathic system. Symptoms
soon app?ared which tended to justify the opinion that
his recovery was impossible. During the week the most
anxious inquiries were made by barristers, solicitors, and
all others connected with the Temple, about him. The
Temple Church bell, short)); after his demise, tolled the
event, which, upon becoming known, was received with
deep melancholy.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 2.

The Grand Council approves the statutes of
the National Bank, and ratifies the concession to
Mr. Wilkins.

BERLIN, TUESDAY.
The Roman Catholic proposals for a law of
divorce have been rejected by the Assembly. M.
Manteuffel made an appeal to the Chamber, de-
claring the high importance attached by the Go-
vernment to this law, which had been prepared
for two years past. The general vote will be taken
to-morrow.

Her Majesty and bis Royal Highness the Prince left
Buckingham Pa'ace yesterday afternoon for Windsor
Castle. The Queen and Prince Albert were accompa-
nied by the Royal family.
Uis Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester
House, on Monday afternoon.
The Duchess of Somerset has arrived at the Claren-
don, from Stover House, Newton Abbott, Devonshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of DJnegal and family
have arrived at their new residence in Grosvenor-square
from Ireland, for the season.
The E srl of Hardwick° arrived in town yesterday,
from Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire.
The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers
arrived in town yesterday, from Middleton Park.
Viscount and Viscountess Villiers are expected in
town to-day, from Middleton Park.
Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for an assem-
bly on Saturday next.
Lord and Lady
Raglan are staying on a visit to the
Earl Beauchamp, at his lordship's seat, Spring Hill,
Worcestershire.
Lord Panmure has taken the mansion in Chesham.
place, late the residence of Lord John Russell.
Lord Crewe has left the Clarendon, for Crewe Hall,
Cheshire.
Lord and Lady Lilford are still at Lilford Park,
Northamptonshire, and will not come to town until after
Easter.

Sir Roderick and Lady Murchison entertained a see
.ect circle at dinner at their residence in Belgrave-square,
last evening. Her ladyship " received" in the evening.
The Hon. Mr. Justice Macdougall has left the Cla-
rendon for the Priory, near Douglas, Isle of Man.
The negotiations for a fusion of the Great Central of
Franca Railway Company with the Orleans Railway
Company have been re-opened.
The firm of Messrs. Denham and Sharer, ship and
insurance brokers, has been reconstituted, under the
title of Sharer, Lainb, and Co.
A project is on foot for the junction of the North-
Western and South-Eastern Railways by means of the
Thames Tunnel. One side of the tunnel is to be used
for the railway, the other for passengers.
The letters from China gave a renewed impulse to the
tea market on Monday morning, and some large opera-
tions were effected in common congou at ls. id. per lb.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—Monday, the 15th, Wednesday,
the 17th, and Friday, the 19th June, have been fixed as
the days for the three performances of the grand Handel
festival at the Crystal Palace. The oratorios to perform
on the above days are the " Messiah," "Judas Mecca-
hams," and "Israel in Egypt."
IMPORTANT TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS.—An instru-
ment has been invented to show the number of passen-
gers and the amount of fires received by the London
omnibuses during the day. The instrument is about to
be fixed to the whole of the omnibuses of the London
General Omnibus Company.
MEXICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY.—There
was a meeting of the Mexican and South American Corn
pany yesterday, Mr. Schneider in the chair, who gave a
statement of the position of the company. This not being
the meeting for the accounts, no balance-sheet was pre.
seated. During the year the realisation of copper from
the operations here and abroad, in Chili, had been about
1,500 tons, but the percentage had been loot. The yield
of copper for the current year would be improved, and it
was expected that the high price of copper, and the free-
dom from debt now enjoyed by the company, would ena-
ble the manager (Mr. Barnes) to secure a fair profit on
the current year's operations so that dividends might be
again forthcoming. Some discussion was about to arise
in consequence of the charges brougt against the direc-
by a quendam ernploy4, but it was negatived, as a
The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was
rtencreonciliation appeared t ) be on theta pis betwixt the
'ast night read a second time in the House of part's'.
SMITHA vote of thanks was passed to the directors.
O'BRIEN ON IRISH TRANQUILLITY:—Mr.
Lords. That legislation is urgently required on
Sm7tah. O'rie, who is serving on the county of Lime-
the subject is beyond the possibility of dispute or rick grand jury at the Spring Assizes, took occasion
difficulty. None have the hardihood to defend ttohetho other day
of m
to
acfaoltl
ain
thL attentiont
the existing law of husband and wife—a law so dis-
trict at its present establishment.h f
Til force of the e
population had
unfair to females, which renders the wife rather decreased, and the general tranquillity of the country
no longer rendered necessary an expenditure for a
the slave than the partner, and gives her
surplus force which had formerly been put on to
meet. the o €,xigt.nciesAof, extraordinary convulsions or
no redress for the most serious grievance. But,
although almost any change must be an improve-e toe noceuhrereniedot:7:thAear bchaesreuawlty7
g rrea
forwardson s a personal
motion
on
no
meat, we cannot say that we greatly
.admire the hPagenracherklaetallihnidthhfo-:ufghhtf the expense of duct' a force ulfnnhe-
measure submitted by Lord CRANWORTH. The
the matter,
Noble and Learned Lord is afraid to apply a h® thought it would be advisable for some member of
remedy at all adequato to the extent of the evil. grand jury to act upon his suggestion and bring the
the
• did he
e
matter under consideration. In speaking as he
GewassHarr.Ylu. reluctant to Although
He halts in the path, and stops very far short of did not wish to cast a slur upon the constabulary, which
be well-arranged, and a sort of Irish
the goal at which he should arrive. He is, in
that was a credit to the country so far
fact, constitutionally timid, and is clearly not as its administration was concerned. But as an indi-
ined very great doubt, which amounted
made of the stuff from which a great Reformer victual
eeenrttelritnat_ n
shteancodtilnsgidaerremdy t
almos
e, het it was not necessary to ma can be o-rwitrueted. Unfortituately, however, be latge imee, oockiting ~u the ratepayerd the
stands in the way of those useful propositions on payment othiraonsuhmAodfa4r,eshoeol. a-year.h
lln passing
oaf few
w-
Which bolder politicians adventure, He is just s aice, go through
consideringg what it iat we:fate, regimentwas twice too
at K.,,ent the repremtative Q the time-hueured large,';

The Paris correspondent of the Times
(Second Edition), in his letter, dated yesterday,

says :

" For some days past it has been repeatedly stated
that the Treaty of Peace between England and
Persia was signed in Paris. The Belgian journals,
and particularly the Nord and the indgpendance,
were especially remarkable for their premature an-
nouncements. The latter journal, on the strength
of a telegraphic despatch from Paris, declared that
on Sunday or on Monday the signatures were posi-
tively affixed. Both journals were in error. It was
not signed on Sunday or Monday, nor up to two
o'clock this day. I may, however, now inform
you that it is very probable that at the hour I
write the treaty is signed. At least, it was this
morning fully expectel that such would be the
case. Feruk Khan stated last night that every-
thing was concluded yesterday. He added that he
had made some sacrifices. What the sacrifices were
he did not mention ; that they are of the nature
I have already alluded to I think very probable.
But, according to him, the peace is one which is
under all the circumstances honourable to his coun-
try. I only trust that my anticipations, founded
on the best authority, are now realised, and that
Lord Palmerston may have the satisfaction of an-
nouncing to-night in the House of Commons that
the war with Persia is at an end, and that, among
other desirable conditions, Herat will be eva-
cuated.

"N ow that matters have been brought to so satis-
factory a conclusion after many difficulties and
delays, arising in great measure from thelpeculiar
character of the persons with whom Lord Cowley
had to deal, and whose patient perseverance enabled
him to overcome them, it is but an act of justice to
speak of the gentlemen who have lent their co-
' operation. Lord Cowley has been assisted in nego-
tiating with Feruk Khan by several Persian scho-
11rs sent out from England by the Government.
They are Mr. Redhouse, Colonel Otter, and Colonel
Ouseley. But it was, I believe, to Captain Lynch,
C. 8., of the Indian Navy, that the country is in-
debted for the settlement of this question. Captain
Lynch took part accidentally in the negotiations,
but he distinguished himself by his zeal, as well as
by his intimate knowledge of the Persian language,
and the great skill he displayel in dealing with
Feruk Khan. It so often happens that those who
render important services to the Stat 3 receive little
or no acknowledgment from the public, that I think
it but just to mention these facts."

period of 72 years of service has afforded such a match-
less example to the army, induced you on my arrival in
try Lombardo-Venetian kingdom to represent with noble
candour that your years weighed heavily on you, and to
petition to be removed from your post m Commander of
the Army and Governor-Gener.A.
" With the greatest regret I accede to your request,
but I do so only became your rcl,lase from such a great
weight of business affords me the hope that you may,
for a series of year 4, and in perfect health, enjoy a life
which is so dear to me and so glorious. At the same
time with this I issue orders concerning everything re-
lating to your future personal position. You will always
be a heartily welcome guest in any of my castles? as
well at Stra, Monza, and in the Villa Reale at Milan,
as at Vienna, in the Burg, in the Palace, in the Au-
garten, and at Hetzendorf. Your presence will afford
me an opportunity of learning your wise views, and
of taking your approved counsel whenever it may
be require(?. May you ling live—loved and.honoured
by me and by all true Austrian hearts—to serve my
army as a living proof of its glory. Your reward for the
eventful past you will find in the grateful remembrance
of your Sovereign, and in your own glorious reminis-
COMO".

" Milan, Feb. 28, 1857."

" FRANCIS JOSEPH,

11.
"Dear Brother, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian,—
In order to give my subjects in the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom a special proof of my livtly soli-
citude for their welfare, I have resolved, being
moved to confidence by the great circumspection which
you, my well-beloved, have hitherto divlayed, 0 ap-
point you to be Governor-General of the above-
named kingdom. As my alter ego (Stellvertreter) in
the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, you are furnished
with the necessary Dowers in order that you may wor-
thily represent me. The powers received will enable you
to see that everything proceeds in a regular and lawful
way, and that the business of the different branches of
the public administration is quickly despatched. You
will watch over the moral and material development of
the country ; you will observe any necessities that may
arise, and at the proper time, and with energy, take
the initiative in introducing those measures, and in
making those arrangements which may be best calcu-
lated to satisfy them. You will reside alternately in
Milan and Venice. I impose it on you as a duty always
to ctnploy the powers which I now confide to you in my
service, and for the welfare of the country whose pro
gress I have so much at heart.
"Milan, Feb. 28."

"FRANCIS JOSEPH,

On the same day (yesterday) the Emperor ap-
pointed. the Field-Ma,s!)al Count Gyulai to be
Commander of the Second Army, and Commander-
in-Chief in the LombAi...Jo-Venetian kingdom, in
Carinthia, Carniola, and on the maritime coast,