The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY VENING/ JULY 17, 1868 .
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lr IFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of THE EY RE T E STI MON IA L FUND. fssted, the Government would have got the bill that Sir HENRY STORKS will be able to " change all CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS
PRESIDENT. through Committee yesterday. this," and if he does nothing more than effect a
ILI the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con.-
Sir RODERICK J. MURCHISON, Bart., K.C.B. .-----......
ribn to to the saving of 1,086 lives from various ship- Mr., HENLEY'S decisive remarks on the subject are thorough revision of our transport service, he will
wrecks and 36 vessels from destruction. The Institution VICE-PRESIDENTS. (ntom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
also expended £31,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat THOMAS CARLYLE, Esq. worth yof notice. The right hon. gentleman very be entitled to the lasting gratitude of the public.
The Hon. Major ANSON, M.P. and V.C. PARIS, THURSDAY, July 16.
Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. The doitesp- ondance Busse is troubled with-some inauie•
The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the COMMITTEE. truly said that there was a time when the people of
public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued Lord De Blaquire. the -metropolis paid as high a price for their meat THE issue which will be presented to the House of tude on the subject of Prince Napoleon's journey to Aus-
tria and Turkey. It 'frankly expresses its fear that the
heavy demands on their 187 Lifeboat Establishments. Field-Marshal Sir William
Col. Brownlow- Knox, M.P. Gomm, G.C.B.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London J. W. Cater, Esq. (of Cater Col. H. Lowther, M.P. as they do now, and when there was no greater dif- Commons on the Telegraphs Bill is a very plain
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, and Sons). Alexander Macdougall, Esq fetence between the price paid to the producer and • seducing reception" which the Emperor's cousin met
one, and the subject will be readily understood if . .
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. Sir William Bagge, Bart., H. G. Bohn, Esq. with in the Austrian capital may have caused him tc
M.P. J. A. Beaumont, Esq. thee price paid by the consumer. Mr. HENLEY the real question be put before the House. Parka- forget the tree interests of France. The latter country is
Si
MACHINE-MADE JEWELLERY c.g;i3orge Russell-Clark, W. Hon. Franc siawl o y . wo anal up by saying that if they had been allowed
t,s ment is called upon to determine 'whether it is warned against a Machiavellian scheme in which Austria
TheaonE s
18 Carat Gold, Ct. Walrond Clark. Capt.rnham. to o into Committee all the difficulties would be worth while to purchase the business of the tele- Is represented as desiring not only to acquire territory in
ap
Mr. EDWIN W. STREETER Ga g
" .3e per cent. less than hand-made, and more perfect.
S. C. Hall, Esq. Col. Henry De Bathe. graph companies on terms which have been agreed the East, which will compensate her recent losses, but as
Sir Lionel Smith Gordon, Bt. Thomas Chambers, Esq. speedily removed ; and, in reference to the
(Late Hancock, Burbrook, and Co.), to,
,subject to their approval. The amount to be aiming at the command of all the traffic between Europe
Lieut.-Col. Johnston. B. B. Greene, Esq. (of the firm
37, Conduit-street (five doors from Bond-street), argument that they were now a dying body in and Asia. Prussia would favour such a plan because it
Where the celebrated Maclaine-made Jewellery, in 18 Carat Gold Alan Lambert, Esq.❑
paid for this business is not an arbitrary one, but
would turn the attention of Austria from German unity,
so extensively introduced hy Mr. Streeter, Is only to be obtained Capt. Oliver, R.N. of Blyth, Green, and Co.)
Admiral Sir Will Bowles, this Parliament and could not pass the bill, why it will be determined by what the profits of the
and favour its development ;Germany would become one,
William Vansittart, Esq. K.C.B.
the right hon. gentleman the member for South
LONDON AND GENERAL W ATER Viscouut Melville, G.C.B. Lord Ormathwaite. telegraph companies are actually proved to be. and Austria would gain new strength as the great highway
PURIFYING COMPANY (Limited). John Arnold, Esq. Sir John Davis, Bt., K.C.B. Lancashire did not regard that as an
•insuperable Twenty times the amount of their annual to the riches of the East. The Correspondanee Busse is to
PATENT CISTERN FILTER, charged solely with animal Lord Headley. Hon. Rowland Winn.
eharceal. The latest patented Filter in general use, and requir- Lord Boston. objection when he dealt with the Irish Church. net profits will be paid if the business be pur- be complimented on its ingenuity. There is very little
hag, when once fixed, no attention whatever. Patronised and (With power to aid to their number.)
. Notwithstanding the appeals made in all direc- chased by the Government. 'Whatever the need, however, to warn Prince Napoleon, for, whatever he
may hay. intended, it is pretty certain that he has accom-
Luc,' by her Majesty the Queen at Osborne, by H.R.1.1. the Duke
of C Lnetridge, the elite of the Medical Profession, and at the , In consequence of the earnest wishes of a large portion . amount. of the purchase-money, it will represent a
Fusilier Gueris', Middlesex, St. George's, German, and London !of the public that a testimonial should be presented to lions to the opponents of the bill, they persisted inplished nothing. Austria's foreign polities must be nil for
Hospitals, and at the Regent's Park and Tower Barracks, and ; Mr. Eyre, to mark their appreciation of the services he
dividing the House again and again. Mr. DISRAELI proportietsate revenue equal to 5 per cent. on the
some time to come. Turkey would no doubt be glad to
purchase.- On the face of it, the purchase does not
nom-roes institutions, breweries, &e. has rendered to his country in saving from destruction a
Proreseor Frankland, F.R.S., in his analysis of the waters for declared that it was the usual practice of minorities accept any ally that might present itself, but who would
Dseem'ter, 1865, inand,
the report to the Registrar-General, states, rest British colon • and it being deemed unadvisable by
arsear to be a bad one for the public, but there
"With reeeatel to the filtration of this water (New River) through 1 t e.Committee of the..Defence
he
are some circumstances winch render it in a money Marshal Niel has been attacked again. The Opposition
animal charcoal, it will be observed that, although the total daily to interfere at present with the moneys at their disposal to defer to majorities, epecially when they were in
domestic supply of a house on Haverstock Hilt has passed (proceedings in the Court of (I;ueen's Bench being still so large a majority as they hal been that evenine.s?' point of view more advantageous than it seems attempted yesterday to suppress some costly military corn.
through the same filter for seven months, the animal charcoal pending), it has been determined to organise a special
still retains practically unimpaired its power of abstracting or- testimonial fund. To afford an opportunity to all classes Major JERVIS also said that those in favour of at first sights By the amalgamation of the existing mantis, and another display of warlike logic was the result
settee impurities." Last time an attempt was made to reduce the military
*4,* The above Filter was supplied by this Company. to contribute to this testimonial, amounts from Is. and up- .
going into Committee would not give up if companies itlias been estimated that a saving of
The Filters may be seen in operation, and full particulars ob- wards will be. received. A short address will be drawn up expenditure, the 'War Minister spoke of the unlimited
tainsi on application to the Secretary, at the Offices, and placed in the hands of authorised persons for the col- all night to withstand the expense would be effected equivalent to £45,000
lection of signatures. manufacture of Chassepots, of the necessity of keeping
157, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. (FOUR DOORS FROM it took them
attacks made. Seldom has a more factious exhibi- annually ; but by placing the business in the horses out of the hands of the agriculturists, lest their
SOMERSET HOUSE). The London Committee being most desirous that Local
Committees should be formed throughout the country, in- tion been seen, and it is little to the credit of those hands of the Post Office a much larger saving trotting form should be spoiled, and of the moral
COUNTER CLOTHS FOB. LICENCE!) vice persons willing to form such committees to communi- :an be effected, as in very many instances effect produced by artillery that would mow
cate with the Honorary Secretary, who will at once for- who persisted in the attempt to stifle discussion.
VICTUALLERS. ward printed instructions and forms.existing post offices and post-office clerks will be down entire regiments. These peaceful arguments
If any more of this takes place, we that the
rHE only article really suitable for that purpose, Ladies and Gentlemen of known position, or other per- hopesuitable for the work for which special offices and were immediately followed by the assertion that the
ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address sons furnishing references, will have collecting cards sent Prime Minister will declare on the part of the Go- Government did not contemplate war. Yesterday Marshal
105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. them on application. Provincial Bankers are invited to clerks are now engaged. Again : the continuous in-
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apply for subscription books. vernment his fixed determination not to let the :Tease in telegraphic receipts is an important clement Niel announced that he could despatch to the frontier six
GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED The first list of donations will shortly appear.
session close without passina the bill for it would „F•4l, bargain, corps d'armice, fully equipped for war, in five days. A
VICTUALLERS, 'le. 9d. PER. DOZEN. Subscriptions may be paid to any of the undermentioned w ) •-a.•ae and if the question had gone to declaration in favour of peace followed in ludicrous
London Bankers : —Messrs. Coutts, Strand; Messrs. Smith, be a pity to give way to such manifest prejudice arbitration there can be no doubt that an arbitrator proximity to this announcement. He further added, of
WILLIAM HOLDIC II and CO., No. 105, Payne, and Smith, No. 1, Lombard-street; Messrs. Childs,
Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, Temple-bar ; United Service Bank, 9, Waterloo-place, as that which has been shown from the outset about would have awarded to the companies a large sum course to prove the same conclusion, that sixty-two regi-
The Pavement, Clapham-common. Pall-mall ; London and Westminster Bank ; and Messrs. this measure in certain quarters. It makes it the on this account. This increase is, however, included ments of the line and twenty-four regiments of cavalry
Herries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street.
p ABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, All communications to be addressed to 9, Waterloo- more unsuitable, as the public have always been so , were now under canvas. Ho afterwars, however, at-
in the twenty years purchase which the Govern-
place, Pall-mall. tempted an explanation by comparing the forces
of Franco and the North German Confederation to
1 expressly for Licensed Victuallers. Damask Napkins went have arranged to give. At the present time
HAMILTON HUME, Hon. Sea inconvenienced by the high price of meat, and
the numerical advantage of the latter. People, here, how-
for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings ofthe increase is going on at the rate of £50,000 a
every description. Patterns gratis and post free. is people are tempted to say that any change must be
year, so that when the Government take to the ever, are thinking ipi:it
Inetfelka:te ihanroe:gv
id
yea:
million
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Statesddnei
medarilejngum.
as:trir
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away
7o
Ifithhieaen
tßoetbriefe remarkablebrsliapaieciess
1 css7 .4, for the better, and are quite inclined to take their
rIARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar business this time next year they may disbandingiffowtit
ir:time
ee rabove
kJ use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for Zstt : -.. --E-).' "Le *Mt chance of the proposed alterations. fairly expect to receive an income greater by
..,arlies' ani Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH - ,1.
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and CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet- £50,000 than that for which they are
street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. _....._ The new arrangements at the War Office gave paying. If, therefore, the Government chose to
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_ rise last night to a prolonged discussion in the carry on the business which they propose to purT, Marshal Niel, I hear, has armed himself with another
peace argument. He has just purchased 3,000 horses—of
LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 17 , 1868.
course to preserve their trotting powers.
W 1
VICTr
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RI
80'DRAPERS,
Easntdabli9shoe.,d
1L8412C LICENSED SIEO
ap Lords. The conditions affecting the appointment chase on the same terms as have hitherto been
_______... maintained, they would at once obtain an income The last pillar of the Exhibition of 1867, and the last
Fleet-street, City ; SoUthern Branch—No. 5, The Pave- of Sir HENRY STORKS were regarded with some sus-
taqicritliotnoa7l p2errcerenct.enetn. the
accrues ur c
fhraosme
ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, ,The House of Commons was yesterday the sceneingTloief trace of the fairy city which surrounded it have vanished.
with Price List. picion, and even the Duke of CAMBRIDGE expressed
. of most factious opposition on the subject of the The Champ de Mars has once more become the arid waste
himself dissatisfied on the that constant col- a
expense in consequence of amalgamation and the
Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Bill, and the style ground -ni
theon se ay;
of yore. We have profited by your experience. The pre-
TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS.
ESTABLISHED 1842. adopted by the Opposition did them no credit. It lisions would be likely to arise from a divided au-
)olfuPthr:vbelcilsiinnecsosm. e arising from the natural increase cedent of the Brampton boilers has not been followed in
WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., thority. It is very certain that whatever may be
The Government will, therefore, the case of the Paris gasometer.
LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. was not till after several divisions had been taken the result of the changes in prospect, no one is sates'
• Yesterday the Imperial advocate, M. Cheerier, an-
receive more than double the rate of interest on
105, Fleet-street, corner of Farring-don-street ; and at No.
). that the bill got into committee. By this stage sohas hitherto flounced his opinion on the case brought by the United
the purchase-money which they will have to pay States Government against MM. Armen and ship-
s, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch fled with our military system, as it C0.,.,
much time was wasted that it was necessary to ad- been falling very short of the mark. Lord for it. It is true that it is not proposed to deal builders, and M. Erlanger, banker. He has decided
HER MAJESTY'S OPERA. NORTHBPOOK probably expressed the general with the business precisely in this way, as it is against the American Government, his principal argument
(THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE). journ, but the large majorities carried against the '
Last Night of the Subscription Season. feeling when he said that no one could thought to be more advantageous to the public
Production of "Il ,Julyco opponents of the bill prove that they did anything interest that sulstantial reductions should be made
upon the Confederate funds.
TO-MORROW EVENING (STURDAY) 18, Mozart's Grand
Opera, rather than express the opinion of the House collet-
have had dealings with the War Office Schemes for bridging, in various ways, the narrow sea
IL FLAUTO MAGICO bt• d' in the cost of telegraphy. The result of this policy •
which so greatly interrupts communication between Eng-
Trebelli-Bettird,
Mesdames Titiens, Christine Nilsson, Sinico, tively on the matter. A more paltry device than without feeling the necessity of extensive u ju 1-
will probably be that the public will gain a double land and France are contiviall being • y discussed here,
Rose Hersee, Zandrina, Drasdil, Bauermeister, Corsi.
Signori Bettini, Fiorini, Belli, Agretti, Bertaechi, Casaboni,
aclvantsg .1 • obtaining at the same time cheaper For the most part, however, they are merely repetitions
Lyall, Foll, and Stantley. this of perpetually adjourning can hardly be ima- mender-in-Chief admits that the " modifications '
telegraphy and a good interest on the money of old plans modified or improved. The Emperor is now
Conductor—Signor Arditi.
The scenery by Mr. William Beverley. The miss-en-scene by glued, and it shows that those who persist in it are required by the War-office are so important that \
invested in the business. considering one of the simplest of the many projects pro-
Mr. Edward Stirling.
Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight. very badly off for argument, since they rest their er The Duke of posed. This is a variety of the design of an enormous
they cannot be delayed any long .
Stalls, One Guinea; Amphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and Is.; Reserved Some objection has been raised to the terma
Box Seats, 10s. 6d; Gallery, 2s. 6d. chief hopes on such a stratagem. It is really too CAMBRIDGE expressed au earnest desire that there offered by the Government, on the ground that they raft, to be placed upon three steamboats, each of 1.00 horse-
Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box-power. The train, locomotive and all, will be received
office, Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second. bad that at the close of a harassing Session, if it delay in carrying out are highly should be no unnecessary
doer from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super-with rom ti- telegraph companies. need that
intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, has not done too much, there should be so much whatever reforms were decided upon p p No one regret straits in all weathers.
Drury-lane (under the portico in Brydges-street), open from 10 they will be benefited. If the Govern- The torrid heat of the last few weeks has given place to
till 8. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. pertinacity displayed in the postponement of a tude, since the uncertainty which hung over offices
ment have made a good bargain for themselves, -errible storms, which have visited nearly the whole of
measure which is intended for the benefit of the when reforms are in contemplation could not be
T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
it is all the better if the bargaia is a. good France. Normandy and other northern districts have
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
community at large. First of all an energetic otherwise than mischievous both within and
one for the shareholders also. It is a satisfactory suffered very severely. Rain, hail, and the electric fluid
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. without." It is essential that it should
attempt was made to substitute the Corrupt prat- have combined to render the country a desert ; the
THIS EVENING, July 17, at 7 o'clock. TOM THRASHER. element in the transaction that it allows of a large
trees have been stripped and the crops swamped
Mr. G. Belmore, Mt. J. G. Taylor; Miss Harris and Miss Nelly tires Bill and other matters for the Cattle be clearly understood that whenever changes
Hart is. Bill, but advantage to both parties. The several telegraph
At a quartqr to 8, A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Mr. Charles Mr. DISRAELI very properly refused to accede to are thought desirable and are determined companies have undertakings which may be with water or beaten down by the wind. Several fatal
Mathews, Mr. Belmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. Ashley, Miss upon they should be at once commenced accidents from lightning are reported. The devastation in
Maria Harris, Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. the request, but informed Mr. GIBSON that the ; Made much more profitable by united working. the south, especially to the vines, has also been great. I
Concluding with IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. Parliament would notCor- and although they should be carried out The Government can bring about this unity, and hear the heat in London and other parts of England is
Mr. Charles afathews, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. H. Stephenson; Mrs. be prorogued until the even greater than in Paris. It is quite possible that the
Biilington, and Miss Louisa Moore. rupt Practices Bill had been completed. The Me- with the greatest forbearance for those concerned, they have made a bargain for doing so, subject to
war of the elements may pass over to you, and it would be
ng out parliamentary approval, which seems to have
tropolitan Forei n Cattle Market Bill came on for yet it should bo with as little delay in carryi well to prepare for a similar visitation.
ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEA'TRE. - gadvanced the value of the shares about 20 per
-
Sole Lessee and Manager,Mr. Vining. discussion at the evening sitting, and was lame- a great measure of reform as possible. This re-
cent., and which may make a still further improve-
THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr.
Allerton Messrs Dominick Murray. J. G. Shore, Leeson, B. diately assailed with great rancour. It would seem, minder is by means superfluous to any Govern-
ment in their value. It is right that the substan-
tial profit and the intrinsic increase in value which
Potter, B. Ellis, Meclean, Berwyn, Crellin, Cathcart, and Gres-
indeed, that the spirit of discord which was so rife at meut, for too often matters are delayed until half ---s—
-ham ; Mesdames Eleworthy, Kemp, and Emily Cross.
will arise upon the whole transaction should be ;
Preceded by TH te DAY AFTER THE WEDDING.METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS.
the middle 'period of the session, and was for some the good to be effected by the changes proposed is
divided between the shareholders and the Govern- *
To-morrow, RUTH.
ee___ N.B.—Doors open at 7; commence at 7.30. weeks laid dormant, had suddenly revived, in con- sacrificed, the public attention is wearied, - and the Extreme Sea
work remains in a most unsatisfactory state. The ment. This appears to be th ei Friday, ,e,..e; ;F.
QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. sequence of this particular measure being advo- e case, as ie share-
e••
te A 12 I 9
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. sated. A. " protectionist device," and other signal-
• • • question last night was opened by Earl DE GREY, holders will obtain an advanced price for their 8 a'ra' i _
' THIS EVENING, at a quarter to Eight, TIVE AND THE who asked the Under Secretary of State for War shares, and the Government will get double Nairn
HOUR. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L. Toole, &e. cant terms were given to it, and when Mr. HAD- Aberdeen
To conduits with "FOWL PLAY;" or, A Story of Chikkin whether the arrangements for the establishment of interest for the money invested in the purchase. Leith
Hazard. Mr. J. L. Toole, etc. FIELD proposed to adjourn the debate soon after it 'Shields
It is to be hoped that the course which Scarborough 30•00 r. 60 59 N. 1 3 8 S.R. b.to 0-50, 2
• the new Department of Control in the War-office, ' has yarmouth
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11111EATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.— Elegantly which personalities were the order of the day. and for the closer union of the civil departments..teetnyen ..
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-I- repainted and redecorated.—Under the management ofllnot be
the wi
of the army, were completed • and if so, whether Arclrossan .. 30'03r. 59 55 N.W. 1 2 N.W. o.c. —, 1
'prise Fanny Josephs. First of all, Mr. HADFIELD declared that the Minis- 1 House of Commons. The parties interested in Greene:tittle 30 04r. 61 57 W.S.W. 1 2 N.N.W. r.c. 1---
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, FOUL PLAY. he would state their general nature. Sir HENRY Holyhead .. 30104 r. Si 57 S.S.W. 1 2 W.N.W. r.o. 011 ,--
After which, WHO'S TO WIN ram ? ters were nearly all absent, and took no interest on telegraphic communication had a right to appear Liverpool .. 30 07r. 62 a 7 W. 2 2 W.N.W. c.b o'l7 1
To conclude with THE RENDEZVOUS. Mr. H. Cox. the subject. Lord R. MONTAGU answered this
• STORKS was appointed to the office of Controller at before the committee to oppose the bill. All the valentia .. .. 30'12r. 61 57 N. 3 3N. N.l 'c.
Cape Cl ear .. 30'07 64 61 N.E. 2 2 N.L.N.N.W. c.b. ---
2
For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to the close of last year, and entered upon his duties chief telegraph companies did so a Roche's Pt. 30'10r. 61 53 N. 3 4 N. t• e 3
Penzance .. O'CBr. 67 65 Z 0 3 Wsw 'e 1
9ve. attack in a spirited manner, and said that the oppo- appear,
Plymouth .. 30'07r 67 63 Z. 0 3 W.S.W. In.
i
• on the Ist January, an appointment which seems but they stated their willingness to waive their Weymouth • 30'09r. 68 63 W.N.
.W. 3 3 E.S.A. c.o. ----- 2
sition to this bill was of a most factious character,
13 OY AL STRAND TIIEATRE. Portsmouth 30'03r. 71 67 N.W. 2 3WN 1V b•o 1
to have been received on all sides with satisfaction right if suitable terms could be arranged. The London .... 30'00r. 72 63 W.S.W. 1 2 'W. . b.' •_
IV Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. while those who desired to pass it had before them C'peGrisNez 29'965. 66 64 S. 3 —g, 1
THIS EVENING. at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE; Messrs. and approval. Earl DE GREY, however, was not Government then agreed upon the terms we have Brest
Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan the desire to cheapen butchers' meat, and referred L'Orient.
After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. fully satisfied with the position occupied by the named as the price to be paid to the telegraph R chefort 32'o3s. 72 69 S.W. 3 5 w 1
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swanborough, to the dodges employed in order to circumvent its Biarritz - W'S' ' c'f'
companies if the measure received the sanction of coreena —' 2 :2 = .:-
Lydia. Thompson, Sheridan, Hughes, &c. new Controller, and there seemed to be an ap- •
To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. passing. Mr. Al-11TON, of course, had his say, the House. The companies then withdrew their Przrlrls _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and tried to show that the Ministers were ignorant prehens
'on in many quarters that he might be
opposition ; and it was with the knowledge of this Strasbourg..
- •-= 2:
OVAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, called upon to resign his office before the oulon ... 30'03r. 72 70 E. 4 —e, 2
HOLBORN. of the subject. Mr. FRESIIFIELD, who had been a agreement, and after a full discussion of its terms, serf's don-
_ _ . ---- --a --tee,- ea_ e .~~„ - that the committee passed the preamble of the bill. localtent e-; 1 (La Tej., 30'045. 57 56 W.N.W. 1 1 W.N. al' f. 3

The new arrangements at the War Office gave
rise last night to a prolonged discussion in the
Lords. The conditions affecting the appointment
of Sir HENRY STORKS were regarded with some sus-
picion, and even the Duke of CAMBRIDGE expressed
himself dissatisfied on the ground that constant col-
lisions would be likely to arise from a divided au-
thority. It is very certain that whatever may be
the result of the changes in prospect, no one is satis-
fied with our military system, as it has hitherto
been falling very short of the mark. Lord
Nounnuoox probably expressed the general
feeling when he said that no one could
have had dealings with the War Office
without feeling the necessity of extensive but judi-
cious changes. Even his Royal Highness the Com-
mander-in-Chief admits that the " modifications
required by the War-office are so important that
they cannot be delayed any longer. The Duke of
CAMBRIDGE expressed au earnest desire that there
should be no unnecessary delay in carrying out
whatever reforms were decided upon with prompti-
tude, since the uncertainty which hung over offices
when reforms are in contemplation could not be
otherwise than mischievous both within and
without." It is essential that it should
be clearly understood that whenever changes
are thought desirable and are determined
upon they should be at once commenced ;
and although they should be carried out
with the greatest forbearance for those concerned,
yet it should bo with as little delay in carrying out
a great measure of reform as possible. This re-
minder is by means superfluous to any Govern-
ment, for too often matters are delayed until half
the good to be effected by the changes proposed is
Sacrificed, th© public attention is wearied, and the
work remains in a most unsatisfactory state. The
question last night was opened by Earl DE GREY,
who asked the Under Secretary of State for War
whether the arrangements for the establishment of
the new Department of Control in the War-office,
and for the closer union of the civil departments
of the army, were completed ; and if so, whether
he would state their general nature. Sir HENRY
STORKS was appointed to the office of Controller at
the close of last year, and entered upon his duties
on the Ist January, an appointment which seems
to have been received on all sides with satisfaction
and approval. Earl DE GREY, however, was not
fully satisfied with the position occupied by the
new Controller, and there seemed to be an ap-
prehension in many quarters that he might he
called upon to resign his office before the
reforms which he set on foot were ac-
complished. The Commander-iu-Chief looks
with some jealousy on the appointment of a new
military adviser to the Secretary of State, a post
which has hitherto belonged to the Commander-in-
Chief. Then the management of the finances gave
rise to a good deal of discussion, but it appeared
after the Earl of LONGFORD'S explanations that
many of these fears were groundless. There is no
intention, according to the Under Secretary for
War, either of removing Sir HENRY STORKS from
his office, or of interfering with the functions of the
Commander-in-Chief. Lord LONGFORD promised
that there should be no needless delay, but admitted
that there was some hindrance owing to the neces-
sity of consulting the vested interests affected in
the different departments. Lord LONGFORD does
not seem to be very confident of the effect of the
changes proposed, which, he says, have been rather
exaggerated in their importance by the public.
" The measure should be taken," he says, "for what it
is—an important interior re-arrangement, and not
a panacea against all future shortcomings." We
scarcely need his assertion that we must still ex-
pect to find traces of red-tapeism, but it is something
that the work should be a little cleared and simpli-
fied, and if, as we are told, the Chief Controller is
now to be the sole authority over departments
which have hitherto been under four or five diffe-
rent heads something has certainly been gained.
One of the greatest evils of our military system has
always been the multiplicity of departments, the
subdivision of authority, and consequent loss of
individual responsibility. We are all too painfully
familiar with the effects of this in the Crimea ; but
the evils which bore such bitter fruits then are still
extant among us, as Lord STRATHNAIRN'S remarks
on Sir ROBERT NAPIER'S difficulties with his
transports abundantly proved. " Their lordships
might be surprised to hear that one of the
great difficulties which Sir R. NApIER had lately
to encounter was a total disorganisation of the
transport for the Abyssinian campaign. That dis-
organisation had been the cause of the delay of the
operations for one month at Bombay. Hundreds
of mules were landed on the sea shore, and there
was no one to take care of them. They ate up 15
fathoms of rope to which they were attached, they
were badly tethered, and the whole arrangements
were so bad that the officer in command was
obliged to name an officer from the 3d Dra-
goon Guards to have the commonest attention
paid to the animals." Could any stronger
proof be wanting of the imperative necessity for
a thorough change in the controlling departments.
The mules played a most important part in the cam-
paign, and were not the least costly of the requi-
sites for the expedition, and yet there was an entire
lack of the simplest forethought and commonest
care in providing for them, We earnestly hope

journ, but the large majorities carried against the
opponents of the bill prove that they did anything
rather than express the opinion of the House collec-
tively on the matter. A more paltry device than
this of perpetually adjourning can hardly be ima-
gined, and it shows that those who persist in it are
very badly off for argument, since they rest their
chief hopes on such a stratagem. It is really too
bad that at the close of a harassing Session, if it
has not done too much, there should be so much
pertinacity displayed in the postponement of a
measure which is intended for the benefit of the
community at large. First of all an energetic
attempt was made to substitute the Corrupt Prac-
tices Bill and other matters for the Cattle Bill, but
Mr. DISRAELI very properly refused to accede to
the request, but informed Mr. GIBSON that the
Parliament would not be prorogued until the Cor-
rupt Practices Bill bad been completed. The Me-
tropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill came on for
discussion at the evening sitting, and was imme-
diately assailed with great rancour. It would seem,
indeed, that the spirit of discord which was so rife at
the middle 'period of the session, and was for some
weeks laid dormant, had suddenly revived, in con-
sequence of this particular measure being advo-
cated. A " protectionist device," and other signifi-
cant terms were given to it, and when Mr. HAD-
FIELD proposed to adjourn the debate soon after it
had begun, a most striking scene took place, in
which personalities were the order of the day.
First of all, Mr. HADFIELD declared that the Minis-
ters were nearly all absent, and took no interest on
the subject. Lord R. MONTAGU answered this
attack in a spirited manner, and said that the oppo-
sition to this bill was of a most factious character,
while those who desired to pass it had before them
the desire to cheapen butchers' meat, and referred
to the dodges employed in order to circumvent its
passing. Mr. AYRTON, of course, had his say,
and tried to show that the Ministers were ignorant
of the subject. Mr. FRESIIFIELD, who had been a
member of the select committee, referred to it very
forcibly, and dwelt upon the inconsistencies of Mr.
WILSON, and referred to his idolatrous love for
free trade, which began and ended abroad, however
his love for the foreign ox, and the foreign sheep,
was very great, but the centre of his affections ap-
peared to be the foreign goat; the only animal, in-
deed, for which the right hon. gentleman bad
neither affection nor sympathy was the genuine JOHN
BULL of our own native island." This is more true
than satirical hits of ten are for Mr. GLADSTONE, and
many others, of whom Mr. GIBSON is conspicuous,
are certainly putting the claims of foreigners befor
those of our own people. Free trade is all very
well in its way, but it has its abuses as well as its
uses ; and it behoves the Legislature to see that it
is not misled by apt teachers, who have made up
their own minds and do not care very much if
in carrying out their project it is pleasant or pro-
fitable to others. As for the arguments often made
use of, that this measure was only for a portion of
the community, that is fully answered by the ob-
servation that the mass of foreign cattle are landed
at London, and it stands to reason that if foreign
cattle are admitted there in an unhealthy state the
plague must be disseminated over the whole
country.

Some objection has been raised to the terms
offered by the Government, on the ground that they
are highly advantageous to the shareholders in the
telegraph companies. No one need regret that
they will be benefited. If the Govern-
ment have made a good bargain for themselves,
it is all the better if the bargain is a good
one for the shareholders also. It is a satisfactory
element in the transaction that it allows of a large
advantage to both parties. The several telegraph
companies have undertakings which may be
blade much more profitable by united working.
The Government can bring about this unity, and
they have made a bargain for doing so, subject to
parliamentary approval, which seems to have
advanced the value of the shares about 20 per
cent., and which may make a still further improve-
ment in their value. It is right that the substan-
tial profit and the intrinsic increase in value which
will arise upon the whole transaction should be
divided between the shareholders and the Govern-
ment. This appears to be the case, as the share-
holders will obtain an advanced price for their
shares, and the Government will
get double
interest for the money invested in the purchase.
It is to be hoped that the course which has
been taken by the opponents of the bill in
the committee will not be renewed i i the
House of Commons. The parties interested in
telegraphic communication had a right to appear
before the committee to oppose the bill. All the
chief telegraph companies did so appear,
but they stated their willingness to waive their
right if suitable terms could be arranged. The
Government then agreed upon the terms we have
named as the price to be paid to the telegraph
companies if the measure received the sanction of
the House. The companies then withdrew their
opposition ; and it was with the knowledge of this
agreement, and after a full discussion of its terms,
that the committee passed the preamble of the bill.
on of the terms pro-
posed of the promoters
the passing of the
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of the measure, after the preamble was passed,
Mr. GOSCIIEN again raised the question of terms,
and proposed to give the companies sixteen years'
purchase instead of twenty. Well might Mr.
DENISON declare, after such a proposition was
made, that some men were " inconvincible." The
proposition was only one of the many schemes
which have been devised for delaying the measure,
in the hope that it might become impossible to
present it to the House this year. The Govern-
ment, however, appear to have determined that
Parliament shall have an opportunity of expressing
its opinion on the measure during the present
session, and, if necessary-, to prolong the sittings of
the two Houses for that purpose.

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Mr. GLADSTONE'S grand objection was one of a
finance nature, and he declared that the question
must be considered of getting in oney before any-
thing definite was done. As for the Privy Council
part of the argument, which the right hon. gentle-
man specially alluded to, Mr. DISRAELI said that as
for this case the Council could not meet it, and that
London must be dealt with by legislation. Mr.
HADFIELD withdrew his motion for adjournment,
on the advice of the Premier, who urged the House
to pronounce a decided opinion on the merits of the
bill, and not to evade the responsibility by ad-
journing. It would have been well if this excellent
counsel had been taken on it the evening before.
When the Opposition found straightforward plans
failed, they had recourse to stratagem in order
to serve their turn. Throughout the whole of
the evening the majorities against the faction
were large, and they cannot congratula to
themselves on the effect their oratory produced.
In short, persuasion, pathos, and invective alike
failed to convince the general 1313 y of the house ;
and Mr. GIBSON'S r.solatioa that any me isure of
this kind ought to be general was rejected by a
majority of 109. Mr. GLADSTONE again renewed
his financial objections, to which the Chancellor of
the Exchequer replied, and said that the Metropoli-
tan Board of Works and the Corporation of Lon-
don would undertake the responsibility. Sir C.
RUSSELL and Mr. DE GREY advised the Govern-
ment to put off the prorogation until this bill be
passed, a:A very likely the advice will be takea. No
doubt, had not such bitter hostility been mani-