The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

BRADFORD, Feb. G.—Choice sorts of good wool
continue in steady demand, at hardening rates.
There is a gradual and perceptible improvement,
slow and steady, from week to week. The scarcity
of good wool in the market enables holders to com-
mand their own rates, and some incline to the be-
lief that, with a better supply in the market, the
upward tendency must be checked. Some fair sales
of wool have been made during the week, and a con-
.:eitkrel)le, lot—of- very °holm Pir.lp linga_l444
lised as much as Is. Gd. per 113.,-showing a marked
advance during the past three weeks from the time
of Messrs. Towusends' sale. There is more inquiry
in worsted yarns on the part of export merchants.
Some fair sales have taken place during the last few
days in both single and twofold yarns. Not only
have stocks been reduced, but orders have been
placed for actual requirement. The piece branch
hardly partakes of the improvement visible in the
other branches. There has been a little more doing
for the Continent and for France, but little, if any,
improvement can be reported for other quarters. A
fair business seems to be doing in fancy goods.
Stocks, however, continue heavy in many hands,
and though prices have a hardening tendency, they
I cannot be said to be quotably higher. (Heavy goods
are an exception to this, having for some weeks been
higher in price.

The following is an extract from the Japan Times,
published at Yokohama, dated December 14, 1867 :
-" Yesterday morning, when her Majesty's ship
Basilisk, Capt. Hewett, V.C., which had left Yoko-
hama for the Inland Sea, was about 40 leagues on
her way, an alarm was given on board. of fire.'
One of the servants was engaged in getting up
some stores from the store-room underneath the
ward-room, when he accidentally upset a carboy of
turpentine, which immediately took fire from the
flame of the hand lamp taken by the man into the
store-room, and at once spread with inconceivable
rapidity. The alarm having been given, the crew
were called to fire quarters, and the five available
pumps, two worked by steam and three by hand,
were manned and brought to bear upon the flames,
which rushed up from below, but for some time
without producing any apparent effect. The boats
were prepared for lowering, and all necessary pre-
cautions were taken for saving life in the last ex-
tremity if the fire should obtain the final mastery,
but the exertions of all were at the same time re•
doubled towards its suppression, the lower deck
being also scuttled in several places to give the
water access to the fire, which by this time was
raging in close vicinity to the magazine. Nearly
four feet of water was in the ship's hold before the
fire slackened, but at length it gave way before the
determined attacks made upon it, and the good ship
was safe. The Basilisk immediately bore up for this
port, where she arrived about 1 a.m. Most of the
ship's stores, the officers' stores, and the ship's papers
have been destroyed."
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The cry for " something to be done" forlielaghasS
now arrived, says the Times, at a pass which we may hope
is preliminary to reasonable discussion, not to say legisla-
tion. For many years it seemed as if the agitators thought
their grievances worth more than any possible redress,
and really fostered the sores which gave them a good
quarrel and an interesting position. But a change is.
coming over the scene. In the order of nature a very bad
state of things has been gradually correcting itself, and if
Ireland is not yet all we could wish her, she is in a eon.
dition which better admits of the applicationdof legisla-
tive remedies than when her population was nine
millions and her food a bad sort of potato. No suggestion
could then be offered which did not imply that some
elitss was to be secured and perpetuated, that existing
tenures were to be strengthened, and that the normal
peasant was to be irremovable, if such were his desire ;
but to subdivide Ireland into two million copyhold pro-
perties was a climax which even Irish agitators shrank
from. The nino millions have now fallen to less than six,'
and the reduction is chiefly in those who were too small
to be dealt with by legislation, except as objects for
temporary relief. It is at least more conceivab7e now
that something might be done, and accordingly the pro-
?osals made are both more intelligible and more
;emperately urged. At the risk of offending not,
u!-3r those who agree with him on the religious
nation, but also the poorest, and most nume-zous
:lass of Irish tenant farmers, Mr. Bright has com-
mitted himself to a moderate and equal endzwment
If the three Irish Churches out of the existing Church
property, and has stated the conditions of a selieme for the
foundation of a proprietor class, with a scale of £4O a year.
That, of course, was for illustration; but the illustration
is significant. Mr. Bright has repudia'ded not only con-
iscation, but undue compulsion ; and if we could really
believe it an object of national importance to cut up Ire-
land into estates of forty or fifty acres, we should only
wish him success. The existing landowners would get
money, the existing tenants the land, and the British ex-
chequer might be as fairly charged with a part of the
expenses as with the ordinary Irish loans. But the policy,
of the scheme is the real question. Whatever is
done (continues our contemporary) ought to proceed
on the basis of ascertained facts, and for reasons
proved on good evidence. We are quite free
to admit that the opinions and even the testimony of
Irish landowners, managers, stewards, and agents, though
backed by the fullest returns, do not necessarily comprise
the whole of the case and thereby dispose of the question.
'-)n the contrary, the statesman has questions to consider
)ver and above those of crops and harvests, houses and
land. Even if it could be proved, as we think not at al;
an! •ssible, that every word said by the (Tow(' of agitators,
.a..) or clerical, turns out as pure nonsense as the ravings
Fenianism, still there is that in Ireland which we all
wish to see altered, if by any means possible that will not
re a remedy worse than the disease.

The Post has a leader on the subject of the amount of
:‘mlpensation given to the King of Hanover. It is not
cry surprising that several of the members of the Prus.
shin Parliament should be found to grumble at the ratifi•
ation of a treaty which to all appearances assigned a large
mm of money to a deposed monarch without any counter.
^ailing tangible consideration. Prussia has acquired Han.
over by sight of conquest, and it seems to them a profligate
waste of money to purchase what has been already ac-
luired. This view was, however, successfully combated by
:;cunt Bismarck in a statesmanlike speech, the text of
which was lately published. It is, as he pointed out, a
iiise policy to act generously towards a dethroned
and, by making his lot as easy as possible to bear,
,bus prevent his becoming a rallying point for the dis.
:out, ated. The evil consequences of a different policy
vere instanced in what followed the expulsion from

France of the members of the Royal Family at
le time of the first Revolution, and in the in.
;riguys of the several dethroned Italian princes at the
(resent day. The question, as the Minister urged, was
got whether the king of Hanover should be paid. The
3-ovcrnment hid an alternative between the concession of
tlrritorial possessions and the payment of ready money,
and they selected the latter. The former was seriously
mooted, but was rejected for reasons which must recom-,
mend themselves even to those who are not inclined to.
tndorse the general policy of the Government. To the
)bjections taken to the magnitude of the sum, Count Bis-
elarek justly remarked that the fruits of a seven days'
war had been bought cheaply, and that it was necessary to
?.mciliate those who by an act of violence became merged
Kith the Prussian people.

hi Mr. Gladstone's late moral eulogy of Scott every one,
'll the opinion of the Daily Nan% will coincide. His esti,
mate of his rank in the literature of the world will fill
k most every one with amazement. In Mr. Gladstone;

'icw Scott occupies the third place in imaginative litera

: ire, being only inferior to Shakspere and Homer. This
praise is as extravagant as Mr. Carlyle's disparagement
of the " pretty tale-tilling Sir Walter." To mention the
names of Dante, Cervantes, Milton, Goethe, of the men

age, who have been the bright consummate flo.VViiin-which
the intellect of their nation has blossomed, is to refute this
astonishing criticism. The perpetuity of an influence is
the best proof of its force and range. Who can nude
Sc(,tt among the mighty dead who rule men's spirits froiz
their urns ? Mr. Gladstone confesses and complains that
he is not now read. In Scotland itself half a dozen songs
of Burns have had and still have an influence outweighing
all the poetry and prose of Scott. The innocent, though
not very exalted, ambition of his life, to found a family
and transmit a landed estate, unlocks the secret of his
genius, which was in strict unison with his character. He
was a worshipper of feudalism ; but feudalism surely ca..-
not supply the highest inspiration of modern genius.
Mr. Gladstone's noble eulogy of Sir Walter Scott is so
timely, and in its general character so true, that it would,
the Star thinks, be unfair and idle to criticise it in detail.
For ourselves, we so thoroughly agree with the broad views
expressed by Mr. Gladstone, and so heartily approve of
the object he had in mind in delivering his lecture, that we
feel little inclined to indulge in any minute criticism.
Much as he has claimed for Scott, we do not think he.
has claimed too much. When he declares, for
example, that the tragic grandeur and pathos of the
" Bride of Lammermoor " are not exceeded even
by the noblest tragedies of the Greek poets, he affirms an
opinion expressed in language not less emphatic by
Macaulay, and which, lofty panegyric though it be, is not,
we are convinced, hyperbolical praise, When Mr. Glad-
stone declares that nothing but the extinction of civilisa-
tion could pos.iibly extinguish Scott, he proclaims a con-
viction the soundness of which it would be to the discredit
of civilisation itself to deny. One can, indeed, no more
imagine the literature of Engl-nd's future with Scott
wholly faded out of it than we can imagine the extinction
of Shakspere ; than we can think of Italy forgetting
Dante, or Spain ceasing to read Cervantes.
Though the announcement of Mr. Adams's retirement
has not been offiCially confirmed, the Herald comments
upon it. If Mr. Adams is going back to America he
takes our good wishes with him. Amidst the crowd of
empty talkers, emptier thinkers, would-be statesmen, and
half-bred politicians, who seem now to be having it all
their own way in North and South, Mr. Adams will stand
pre-eminent facile princeps, by virtue not only of his birth
and superior culture, but by his advantage in all the
qualities which make men rightfully rulers over their
fellows. Whether, on the other side of the water they
call him Democrat or Republican, Conservative or Radi-
cal, we neither known nor care much. If he is nominated
for the Presidency, we know of no man more likely to
succeed—more worthy of the suffrages of the electors to
that high office. If the masses of America have any
common sense left in them they will prefer- this quiet,
moderate, and yet resolute statesman to the blatant dema-
gogues who are appealing to the negro vote, or the suc-
cessful General who has made such an exhibition of himself
in his first public trial in the political arena.
United When
people of the mental calibre of Zr. G. P. Train tell us
that they are aspiring to the Presidency of the
States of America, we almost feel as if we could promise
Mr. Adams "a walk over the course."
idrmecilnagrhedarnthalltWine&eeploTsgasYsof
dsaecrdon,dAir. speechßright at B
had forgotten almost all he had
however, inclined to belieVe that, hatveiancunnfsrancfhigdhe
from the traditions and the ever learned. We
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scsulapol. i-
bmittliwghilicihmshelef liveda
fre s
hallanhdisg
healthier
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course of education. Already
slough of mere noisy Radicalism,•he is throwing off the
arts of the demagogue. He looks
and abandoning the
e looks at great questions from
o
the statesman's point *f
view, aims to deal with them in
the mode which he deems possible, rather than in that
which he considers de • states his views with a
desirable and
degree of calmness and moderation which leaves little
room for improvement With all its faults of logic, his
speech on the Irish question last Tuesday exhibited a
marvellous advance upon the addresses which he delivered
in Dublin about fifteen months back. The circumstances
of Ireland were far less stirring than now, and offered far
less scope for incendiary declamation ; but the contrast
between Mr. Bright's language on the two occasions is as
marked as it is significant. In the one case we are li3ten-
ing to the demagogue breathing out burning words in the
ears of an excited people ; in the other the orator is
evidently impressO. with a sense of responsibility, .and
speaks with the caution of one who feels that he is a
Cabinet Minister in posse.
Within a short time the University of Cambridge will
be called upon to select a representative in the place
piace o
t. f
it
- ac ive,
Sir Charles Selwyn. Iris own party s •
hedrea Conservative
and, as was anticipated on Wednesda ,
"Yated Mr. Cleasby,
members of the university have nominated
s the Telegraph,
Q. C , as their representative. ,
h eLiberai members of the
it:is not a day too soon thefordo_n, It
is
a disgrace to the
academic body to be up and I i
rsityathat it should be repre-
great English Liberal nive
series of Conservative medio-
crities; year after year by a
were brought
'ties • and if an eminent Liberal forward,
,
11 of Cambridge to believe that he wonld
we think tooa
fairvechance of election. The. mere fact of a
not stand Tories to exert their
determined contest would force the
strength, and to select some man of high attainments and
repute. If we cannot have a Liberal representative for
Cambridge, let us at least have a statesman whose
name will confer souse credit on a constituency in which
members are all ex officio men of learning and education,

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IIEA.TRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING will be performed the Comedy of THE
HYPDCRITE. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Edmund Phelps, Charles
\Varner, J. Rouse, W. C. Temple, F. Moreland; Mrs. Hermann
Veziu, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Miss Kate Harfleur.
After which. the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas
Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled
FA\V FEE FO FUll ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant
Killer.
Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur-
day until Feb. 15.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB. Mr.
Gor.lon, Mr. Braid, Mrs. Chippendale, &c.
To be followed by A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothern,
Buckstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &c., and
Robinson.
After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE
BRIGAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid,
Weathersby, Johnson, &c, ; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton,
&c.

MIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
,s. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
THIS EVENING., UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW.
After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his
38th appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R.
Phillis, Mr. G. Belmore 'L J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin
Wo`T pter; Mks Carlotta eclercq (her 38th appearance), Mrs.
Alf rod Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. 11. Lewis, &c.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
Last Nights.
THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great
Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF
LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles no.
CoppAleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger.
Messrs.
IL Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore. G. F. Neville, H. For-
rester, Mellon, R. Cathcart; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett,
Ilar.:hel Sanger, and Mrs. Addie.
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7.
N.B.—On Monday next, Feb. 10, " The Octoroon " and " Arrah
na Pogue."

QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, Feb. 7, HE'S A. LUNATIC. Mr7Johit
Clayton.
After which will be produced (27th Time in London) Mr. IL
J. Bon's New and Original Domestic Drama, in Three
entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. ' Michael Garner, Mr. J.Acts L.,
Toole.
To conclude with (15th Time) the New and Original Operatic
Extravaganza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIVANDIERE;
and
or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W.
T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L.
Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan,
Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, H. Everard, and H. Hodson.
Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting
Llanager, Mr. W. H. Liston.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Four.

ItOYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James,
and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynne.
Altar which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic
Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD." Messrs.
Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough,
Johnstone, Harland, Holt. Newton, &c.
Tp conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c.

ITOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs.
Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott; Mesdames
lleurade, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders.
After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE
D ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy.
Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell,
Nrthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupin°, Green, and the
Greet Little Rowella.

OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Pti New Management.
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, LIEN AND CHICKENS: Messrs. Ashley,
Stephenson, and GI. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling.
After which, USED UP: Messrs. R. Soutar,Vincent, Vaughan,
and C. Mathews ; Miss E. Farrell.
To he followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR.
To conclude with BETTY MARTIN: Mr. Geo. Vincent and
Miss E. Farrell