The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TFIURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1868.

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tone of overwise politicians, there is no reason why
it shoral not address itself in confidence to its
lab, WV., andtrust to carry them to a successful

issue—

Tlae Increasing interest which is felt in the cause
of popular education has encouraged the Govern-
ment to lend their aid and countenance to a project
of semi ) importance. The East of London, popu-
lous et tough in all conscience, and inhabited first
by these classes who are more easily reached
through the eye than through the reason, has long
stood, in need of a Public Museum. The western
parts; of the metropolis have their rendezvous at
Saida Kensington, the northern and central dis-
tricts have the British Museum itself, but the
workmen of Bethnal-green or of Spitalfields must
spend half a day in getting to and fro. The expe-
rience of every day shows how necessary it is for
the English working man to cultivate his mind a
little more, to improve his taste, to extend his
opportunities of observation if he is to com-
pete successfully in the struggle with his more
vivacious ana quicker witted, if less solid, rivals of
the Continent. Industrial Exhibitions have done
a great deal in this way, but more remains to be
accomplished. Museums have always been found
most valuable means of instructing the populace.
The curiosity of the sight-seer is mingled with the
desire to obtain information, and the former feel-
ing attracts a good many whom the latter would
seldom influence. We want more of such channels
of improvement for our people, and at least it
should not be said that this means of improvement
has been totally neglected with regard to a very
large section of our citizens. We have reason to
hope that there will not long be room to complain
of the omission, for a bill has already passed the
House of Commons with the object of securing
a site. A deputation yesterday waited upon the
Duke of MARLBOROUGH on the subject, and
was very favourably received. The deputa-
tion complained that the bill had been
stopped in its progress through the Upper House
through some objections raised by Lord REDES-
DALE. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH, however, was
of opinion that the difficulties could be easily dis-
posed of, and declared that the Government was
very favourable to the scheme. It seems that a
site has been secured, on very favourable terms, at
Bethnal-green, and the iron buildings from South
Kensington, which have been recently taken down,
are already upon it. The work is, therefore, in a
forward state, and it was hoped that the passing of
the bill last November would have enabled the
Trustees to proceed actively with the work of re-
construction, so that it might afford employment
through the winter. Lord REDESDALE'S objections,
however, stood in the way. He held that sufficient
notice had not been given to the public, and that
the bill should have contained provisions binding
the Government not to erect any other building on
the land than a Museum. The first objection is now
answered by the lapse of time, the second by the
fact that the land will be in the hands of the De-
partment of science and art. The land originally
belonged to a charitable gift, but being let to
butchers only produced £4 a year for the benefit of
the poor, whereas they will now receive the interest
of £2,000. This part of the affair is in the hands of
t the Charity Commissioners, and provision is made
for the compensation of any interests omitted to be
purchased. The scheme appears to be a most appro-
priate and reasonable one, and we cannot but hope
that no technical objections will be allowed to stand
in the way. Mr. THomAs CONALLY, a mason,
spoke ably and forcibly as the representative of the
working men, who he said were beyond the reach
of primary education, but could learn much by ob-
servation and comparison. Mr. AYRTON, M. P.'
, who introduced the deputation, remarked on the
advantages of the site at Bethnal-green. In
a densely populated part of London, land, he said,
( might cost £20,000, while in a remote dis-
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green there were probably more working people
than in any equal area in London. Under these
circumstances we trust that before long the East
1 London Museum will become an established fact.

Rumours reach us from Washington of a pro-
posed renewal of the demand for the Alabama
claims, but it is necessary to accept all such reports
with very great reserve. According to this account
the subject has been debated in the Washington
Cabinet, and Mr. JOHNSON is resolved to make a
bold bid for popularity and the Presidency by pre-
senting an ultimatum to the British Govern-
ment. The alternative offered is to be the
immediate settlement of the Alabama claims
according to the demands of the American
Government, or the suspension of diplomatic rela-
tions, between the countries. Mr. JouNsoN is said
to reckon confidently on the support of the Ame-
rican people in this demand, and to'relieve that in
the present internal condition of England the Bri-
tish Government will be obliged to yield. Such
a report, however circumstantial and inge-
nious, carries its own contradiction on its
face. Mr. JOHNSON is too shrewd a poli-
tician to believe that the British Government
is likely to be intimidated into a compliance which
would bring upon them the indignant repudiation
of the people. He knows better whit the " inter-
nal condition" of England is than to suppose that
it could influence the matter. The internal con-
dition of the United States is a question much mere
to the point ; and the talk of another war, more
gigantic than the last, might well fright not
Wall-street alone, but all America, from its
propriety. The American public generally
have common sense enough to perceive the absur-
dity of prosecuting demands for compensation in
the Alabama case when they have been kind
enough to give shelter and encouragement to Feni-
anism for the last year or two, and when so many
of their disorderly spirits have found a congenial
safety-valve in its ranks. Without their American
head-quarters, their American leaders, their
American money through Irish channels, the Fe-
nians would very soon have collapsed into their
original insignificance. The fact is that the Ala-
bama claims are very useful as a stock in trade to
American orators, and whenever they wish to make
an impression on the crowd they afford an excellent
opportunity for a little bombast. Anything more
serious would be however very different from the
flourishes of the platform or the denunciations of
the Press. Mr. JOHNSON, for his part, has never
shown so much anxiety for re-election that he
should so far forget prudence and patriotism
in his endeavours to secure votes. If he had been
the man to bid for popularity at any cost he would
have acted very differently with regard to the
Radicals. When Radicalism was the order of the
day he resolutely opposed it, and his interference in
suppression
from raid
Government. e i c iltieed.hacsoorfdteianl
theof Britishthe Fenian
expressed his confidence in the support of the
people, but that has been rather with a view
to the underlying feelings and convictions of the
nation than to the temporary ascendancy of any
political party. The strength which be has lately
gained has been from the results of his adversaries'
Policy rather than from any change in his own eon-

duct. Feeling secure of their power, and confident
in their majority, they have proceeded on so reck-
less a course that the people have become alarmed
at the consequences, and have learned to fear
and dislike Radicalism, more from what it itself
has done than from any arguments or oppostion of
its adversaries. Public opinion has come round to
the policy of the PRESIDENT, the PRESIDENT has
not moved towards it. He still maintains the same
theories respecting the Constitution of the Union
and the government of the Southern States that he
did when the general voice, through the elections,
pronounced against him. If, then, he has now re-
solved to sacrifice all his previous convictions to a
bid for office, we must believe that the stubborn
and unimpressible ANDREW JOHNSON has under-
gone a marvellous change. It is more easy to
believe that the coming elections have had their
share in the matter, rather promulgating
the report from interested motives than in influ-
encing the diplomatic policy of the PRESIDENT.

The Press Bill, with its various details, still
continues to occupy the attention of all inquiring
minds, and numerous speculations are afloat re-
specting its nature ant character. M. DOLLFUS
writes to the Temps or the subject, and enters fully
into the consideration of the question. He takes a
very mournful view of the situation, and seems to
think that prosperity is far distant from jour-
nalism, and that its prospects are by no means
bright. Per ission is given to the papers to ap-
pear, he admits, but immediately rejoins, "You are
prevented from living." An ephemeral existence is
what the authorities condescend to devise for these
unfortunates. " The spring and autumn of the
Press will not be far distant from each other, and
the summer, if any, will be but short."
Next it is asserted that the journalists will
have judges, but not justice. The Govern.
meat will have too much to do with the
matter, and the Correctional Court is not the fit
one to decide on such cases, and the paper that is
indicted is all but certain to be condemned, for the
terms are in fact almost synonymous ones in
reality. Perhaps we may be permitted to hope that
this is too sombre a view to take of the affair, and
that experience will show that these fears are ex-
aggerated. Perhaps more may follow from this
legislation than appears at first gght, and at any
rate good service has been rendered to the cause of
Europe through the earnest efforts of the speakers
in the debates. The penalties which are proposed
to be inflicted in lieu of imprisonment are very
heavy, and can scarcely be put in force un-
less reason and common sense are cast to
the wind. Imprisonment, at all events, is
done for, according to the last decisions of the
Chamber. Take it for all in all, then, this Bill for
the Press is not so bad, and it may Is well have a
fair trial since it has gone so far, for it will not be
impossible at a futare opportunity to revise it, and
to strike out any portion which militates against
the cause of freedom and progress, while other
clauses of a better character could be appropriately
introduced.

LATEST INTELL GENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

BELGIUM.

BRussms, Feb. 13.

A strike and serious disturbances have taken
place in the Mareinelle and Gilly Coal Mines, near
Charleroi.
Several arrests have taken place.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE FRANCE.

QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 13.

The National Steamship Compalnayud'sinsgteamship
France, from New York, arrived off this port at
throe n'elock nicn Lang• After
passen-
gers she proceeded for Liverpool. All well.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.

The New York papers contain contradictory
accounts from Washington regarding the Alabama
claims ; one stating that the President has resolved
to bring the question to an immediate issue, while
another avers that the report has no foundation,
but that a correspondence on the subject of the
claims will be at once opened through Mr. Thornton.
The plan of settlement by arbitration is said to have
been abandoned.

News from Peru to the 12th January confirms
the disastrous defeat of Prado by the revolutionists
before Arequipa, and states that he retreated in
escaping capture.
pdirsaodrdoerafuteprownardLsi Lima, narrowly
left
forch
Intense excite-
ment prevailed at Lima and Callao. The whole
country is now held by the revolutionists.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, Feb. 12.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :-
4i. per Cent.
End of month —
3 por Cent
End of month 6B 65
Credit Dlobilier 195 —2

Bank Shares 3230
Its,Pan Loan
End of month 43 40
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes 38
Home Debt 34
Deferred —
Ys.

End of month... 190
Crodit Foncior _1406 25
End of m0nth...1383 75
RAILWA'

Account
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 545
Western
Eastern • • Z4S
Sardinian
Austrian

535

Lombard 363;
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman 46

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—On Wednesday, the
19th instant, Mr. George Turpin, box-bookkeeper of this
theatre, will take his annual benefit. The performances
will include the comedy of "David Garrick," with Mr.
Sothern in the principal character, and the farce of "Box
and Cox." These attractions, coupled with the general
estimation in which so old a servant of the establishment
and of the public is held, will no doubt ensure a full at-
tendance on the occasion.

PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB.— The annual
ball of this club took place on Tuesday night at the Free-
masons' Hall. Dancing commenced at ten o'clock, and was
continued with great spirit until five o'clock yesterday
morning, broken only by the short interval of supper,
which was presided over by the commodore, Mr. Cecil
Long, who proposed the usual loyal toasts and " The
Ladies." There were nearly 200 present, and everything
passed off very agreeably.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE CLERKENWELL OUT-
RAGE.—Last evening Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the
Red Lion Tavern, Lower Rosoinan-street, Clerkenwell,
on the body of Eliza Leeland, aged 60, who died from the
effects of paralysis. Deceased was the wife of a journey-
man baker, living at 43, Skinner-street, in the neighbour-
hood of the late explosion, which took place on the 13th
December last, and at the time of the event she was pur-
suing her usual domestic duties, and was thrown down
by the force of the concussion. On the 21st January she
returned
a s
vwhich
o f
"Death
taken into the Clerkenwell Infirmary, suffering from
paralysis, produced by shock to the system and fright,
The
juryfromthe effct ofe rd
accele-
rated by the explosion which took place at Clerkenwell on
the 13th December, 1867." eedaiethd
foronmSu pnaid.aalyysli ass,. t
WITCHCRAFT IN BERKSHIRE.—Maria Giles, " the
cunning woman" of Newbury, and William Tranter,
man with whom she cohabited, have been committed to take
their trial at the next Barks assizes at Reading, for ob-
taining from Isaac Rivers, an elderly farm labourer, living
at Hampstead Norris, the sums of 2s. 6d., 9s. 6d., £1 35.,
and Os. 6t1., by falsely pretending that they could, by the
power of cumin "stuff" bought at a chemist's, recover for
Rivers a silver watch he had lost.

PIGEON FLYING MATCH.—Yesterday morning 25
members of the Kennington Pigeon Club flew a match
from'Brighton for a sweepstakes of ICs. each. The birds
were tossed up at intervals of five minutes, and the win-
ning pigeon (of the Dragon tribe) accomplished the dis-
tance in one hour and six minutes, including trapping on
it arrival and the production at the winning goal.

LO23:inEnNDENCE FROM rAmo.

FROM OUP, OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12.

Life in Paris is made up just now —that is, the external
life of those who live in society—of two things principally,
the Chamber and the ball—the legislative talking and the
administrative dancing—at the Ministerial receptions.
The former may be more important, but the latter certainly
attracts most attention, the untimely hours notwithstand-
ing. As to the Chambers, the Press Law is still the
abeorbirg and all else excluding topic. Yesterday
the Government was credited with a disposition
to reduce the tax on the issues from 5 cents to 3,
and that in the departments to 1 cent. They
have, however, determined to continue the timbre on
the political press at five cents each number, while the
literary press may deal out scandal or rubbish to any ex-
tent without let or hindrance. Of one thing the journals
complain with manifest justness—the inexplicable privi-
lege accorded to the Petit illoniteur. It is exonerated from
the t!mbro as well as from postal tax. In a word, a poli-
tical sheet which to pay under the present law six
centimes of tax and four centimes for the post, is sold in
the remotest hamlets of France for five cents. It cir-
culates to the extent of 150,000 copies per day, and there-
fore robe the Treasury to the extent of 3,000,000 francs.
The other papers in paying the tax help to support their
cheapest rival. Is this rega/ite or l'arbitrairel

Some of the members of the Corps L6gislatif are very
anxious to retain the use of the dungeon for French
editors who assail private persons. The Emperor is said
to have discovered that sending editors to prison only in-
creases their popularity and power ; be prefers to fine
them. M. Guillotet has proposed a liability to a fine of
500 to 5,000 francs as the safeguard of private life. In
point of fact, the whole discussion is beside the principal
question, for nine times out of ten the offence charged is
political discussion, and when that is the offence the
offender rarely escapes.
The Government are still troubled with Satan. A short
time ago I mentioned that no printer could be found who
would have any dealings with Satan. Since then it reap-
peared in the streets and the courts. It was charged with
treating of political and social economy without authorisa-
tion, and with continuing under a disguised form the pub-
lication of the Corsaire, which had been interdicted. Satan
was ordered to be suppressed. The manager and printer
will have to suffer each five months' imprisonment and
2,100 f. gne.

The causes and objects of M. Bismarck's retirement are
still the theme of gossip. According to the Gazette
Nationale, the Count has not yet left Berlin. He will, it
is said, visit the provinces of Eastern Prussia to study on
the spot the circumstances of the famine which desolates
the country.
The fate of England will have some interest for your
readers. The Etenclard predicts it. Commenting on a
telegram relating to the riots at Cork, in which it
i 3 stated that a suspected person had, it was sup-
posed, been carried away by the mob, the Eten-
dard says : " Thus the crowd, exulting over these
horrible massacres, which recall those of Warsaw, carried
away this corpse tenderly, as if it were that of a martyr !
This drama contains in the germ the future of England.
She must instruct and emancipate the people—in a word,
give them equality, which is the only true liberty, or fear
their vengeance. But to enfranchise the people of London
would be to whiten the black at New York : Pa: lament
can do all except that." On reading this, I only asked
myself whether your M.P.'s and your people are sighing
for a Caesar. On looking again to the article, I find that it
is the common vice of all constitutions except that of
France. The people are enslaved by Ministers. "With
restrained suffrage the supreme power is restrained, and
the Chambers are sovereign : that is fatal." Happy
Prance, did she but know her advantage !
The Papal Nuncio had an interview with the Emperor
on Sunday after the mass. It is supposed that the
business must have been urgent. The audience had only
been asked for two hours before. Nothing has transpired.
It is currently rumoured that General La Marmora is in
Paris, and all sorts of errands are attributed to him,
probably on very slight grounds.

The last stronghold of feudalism in Germany is threat
ened. Mecklenburg, compelled to enter the Confedera-
tion, to become a member of the Zollverein, is about to
follow Austria and Prussia in the path of progress. The
agriculturists and middle-classes are demanding their
emancipation. They are signing petitions extensively,
asking for a constitutional system in accordance with the
spirit of the Confederation. A few years ago such a
movement 1.%.0u1d have obtained prison lodgings for its
authors, but things are changed even in Mecklenburg.
now.

The alarm created by the recent telegrams from the
East, announcing that Bulgaria was threatened by armed
bands, has subsided. It was only in cennpeti,,,
Russian designs that these filibusters could be dangerous,
and Russia is for the moment credited with pacific inten-
u,,,.. ;,t Cheat c-Ira nd-Duke Constantine will
be sent to Poland, and that the bellicose General Ignatieff
will not be returned to Constantinople. .
Recruiting throughout Russia has been completed
within the last month. The total number of recr tits
amounts to 92,104 men, of whom only 7,851 can both 1 cfc-
and write. Poland contributed 10,155 men, and of tin.:
8,235 were Roman Catholics.

The retiring Governor of New South Wales seems to
have given good advice to the colonists before his depar-
ture. Democratic institutions, he told them, would not
succeed unless they were founded upon and cemented with
sterling qualities in the people, forethought and self-
sacrifice in the leaders. He pointed, by way of warning,
to the republics of New Spain, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Sir
Joln Young has governed the colony since March 1861.
He is to be succeeded by Lord Belmore. The question of
State assistance to public worship has been settled during
the expiring Administration by a decision in favour of
complete independence of State aid. The most important
remaining is whether education is to be national or deno-
minational. On the whole the country is prosperous ; but
sat the departure of the last mail it was suffering much
from want of rain and from excessive heat.

The Standard does not appear to believe its Washing-
ton correspondent's " official " announcement with regard
to President Johnson's Alabama "ultimatum." We sus-
pect that few persons will believe it. The Standard is not
happy in some of its correspondents. They have a war-
like scent, which, like Homer's poetic charger, smells the
battle on the wind afar off. Fortunately these battles
continue to " loom in the future," with the Protection
once promised by a distinguished statesman.

From the list of motions which already crowd the order-
book of the House of Commons, it is evident that the old
Parliament has a great deal of work to do before it dies.
The Conservative papers seem to think that no legislation
during this session, upon any of the vital points of public
policy, has any chance of being accepted as satisfactory
or final ; and even if we were sure that it would be so ac-
cepted, in the present character of the House and the dis-
position of the members, it would be manifestly improper
to make the experiment. On the other hand, the Tele-
graph, while admitting that public opinion is not yet quite
ripe for the settlement of one or two great questions, points
out that this is the last year of the life of a Parlia-
ment which, waiving all other comparisons, is certainlymore
Conservative Lan the new Parliament can possibly be, and
now, therefore, is the golden opportunity for early Conser-
vative concession. A skilful compromise might sail beflre
the lit;lit winds of present opinion : no storm of anger has
yet arisen to demand thorough and exhaustive measures.
The Daily Arcics urges the importance of effecting a settle-
ment of many long-putstanding measures, and especially
of amending the bankruptcy laws. The Star advises the
Government to abandon the principle of the personal pay-
ment of rates as a condition of possessing the franchise.
Amid the multitude of its counsellors the Ministry will
doubtless find that there is wisdom.

Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell, M.P., who was the Chairman
at the Edinburgh banquet to the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, is also presiding over Mr. Beresford Hope's Lon-
don election committee. The hon. baronet writes to the
morning papers with reference to a statement that the name
of the Bishop of Lichfield was placed on the list of Mr.
Hope's committee without his lordship's sanction, and
that it had been withdrawn by Dr. Selwyn's direc-
tion. So far from this having been the case, the
bishop's name was placed on the committee by his lordship's
permission, conveyed in a cordial letter written to Mr.
Beresford Hope. The Bishop of Ely has, unsolicited,
expressed his willingness to join the committee. On the
other hand, Profe,sor Selwyn, brother of the Bishop of
Lichfield and of L rd Justice Selwyn, has had his name
placed on the committee of Mr. Cleasby.

The rejection of Mr. Thorold Rogers as Professor of
Political Economy :at Oxford is the subject of a letter by
Mr. Goldwin Smith in a Manchester paper. Mr.
Smith says that the vast majority of the residential
part of the University constituency voted for Mr. Rogers.
Ilia defeat was effected by a " swamping incursion of
Tory non-residents, brought up by the party whip through
the political organisation which was set on foot for the
rejection of Mr. Gladstone." So ignorant were some of
these interlopers of even the name of their own candidate,
Mr. Bonamy Price, that one Tory member of Parliament,
after the election, actually called on Mr. Bartholomew
Price, the mathematician (of course a totally different
person), and congratulated him on the result. Mr. Rogers
has issued a letter to the members of Convocation,
thanking those who voted for him, and defending himself
from the charge of having plunged the University into a
useleEs contest.

The Ea;lers' actzette of St. rotersburg annoilh6tl
that in the great arms-factory of Toula great activity pre-
vails at this moment. The establishment has already
prepared 15,000 needle-Emus, and hopes are entertained
that 100,000 will be furnished before the end of the year.
These muskets leave nothing to be desired : a soldier can
fire seventeen shots a minute if the cartridges are placed
on a table beside him, and nine when he has to take them
1-.-om his cartouche-box.

Professor Williamson, in a paper recently read before
the University College, London, supported the view that
scientific education should be given to the child at school.
No mere training in the accurate use of the words was, in
his opinion; equal to a training in experimental science,
followed by a rational study of grammar and logic. Asto
technical education, that could only be taught effectually
in a workshop, where the operations of the manufacturer
or workman were conducted with a view to profit. Tech-
nical education should be kept separate from general edu-
cation, and the basis of the latter should certainly be
science, which should be extended and developed in its
various branches. That would be the best preparation for
the business of life.

An Industrial Exhibition has just been held by the
Society of Arts. In the award of the judges there are
some remarks worth notice. The society left the exhibitors
to choose their own designs. The result has not been
,uccessful, for with few exceptions the works wrought in
accordance with the prescribed designs are in all respects
superior t 3 those in which the workman has followed his
own inspirations. This circumstance, the judges think,
shews that want of training is the weak point of the
English art workman. Mr. Digby Wyatt, one of the
judges, was of opinion that the English workman required
elevation from the mechanical to the creative function.
The elevation now needed was of an elementary and
general kind, in order to economise labour. It was men-
tioned that Mr. Leicester, the glass-blower, had success-
fully reproduced the Tazza from South Kensington.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, M.P., has just delivered his
annual address to his constituents at Dudley. He com-
menced with a reference to the Reform Bill, maintaining
that the Conservatives were heartily to be thanked for it.
The Liberals could not have passed such a measure with-
out an agitation out of doors which would have been pain-
ful to contemplate. The ratepaying clauses must either be
altered or abolished. Passing to other subjects, the hon. gen-
tleman was met by a cry of " Education," but he confessed
he was not up to that mark. With regard to the Irish
Church, the scheme enunciated by Mr. Bright had re-
ceived the approval of nearly every periodical in the
country. Though he did not think a panacea could be
found for all the ills of Ireland, should the Ministry come
forward without any scheme their tenure of office would
be short. Fenianism, in the hon. member's opinion, had
been greatly exaggerated. A man that could believe that
anyone, whether Irish or American, could convince Eng-
lishmen that any power could succeed in separating Ire-
land from England, was only fit for a lunatic asylum. Mr.
Sheridan also said a word on the poor law system, which
he characterised as abominable. The poor rates should be
lollected and the poor maintained by the direct action of
.he State. A vote of confidence was subsequently passed.

The Bishop of Capetown has forwarded to the Bishop
of London what may be regarded as a final letter on the
Colenso-Macrorie difficulty. Dr. Gray says to his right
rev, brother : " I leave you to judge whether your course
has been consistent with equity hitherto, or whether it
will be either fair or generous to repeat it when those who
have been most anxious to meet you in that open discussion
from which you shrunk shall have left these shores. Your
avowal of being in open communion with Dr. Colenso I
must leave to the judgment of the Church of England.
You have at least now spoken out fully and boldly as to
your spiritual relations with him." The Bishop of Cape-
town concludes by observing that very eminent lawyers
have held that Dr. Colenso was spiritually:and canonically
deposed, and that there is no lawyer of repute who holds
that the consecration of an orthodox bishop would be a
violation of any law.
The Marquis of Waterford, who sat for a short time in
Cie House of Commons as Earl of Tyrone, has been very
seriously ill. Whilst hunting at Curraghmore he was
thrown from his horse, and sustained sonic very serious
contusions. On his return to London he was seized with
a dangerous illness, and for some hours his lordship's life
was despaired of. Judicious medical treatment has sue-
eded in bringing the marquis out of danger.
Reference has more than once been made to the alleged
oppression of some London branches of the Reform
league. At the last meeting of that body Mr. Beales
read a statement, drawn up by the landlord of a
public - house in Leather - lane, which chewed that
a detective had intimated that unless the meet-
ings accustomed to be held in his house were
discontinued he would lose his license. Mr. Beales
encl.ised this statement to Sir R. Mayne. The reply was
to the effect that the Chief Commissioner declined to enter
into any correspondence concerning a communication mada
by the police to the landlord of the IN ag's Head. Mr.
1-I,n evasion, and said he would
repeat his inquiry by what authority the police interfered
with the meetings. It was then agreed to have a lecture
at the house as soon as the correspondence closed.

Dr. J. H. Stallard has read a paper at a meeting of the
S,,3ial Science Association upon the necessity for a full in-
,.- iry into the administration of the poor law and its effects
01 the phi sical and moral condition of the poor, and on
is terests of the lower orders of ratepayers. He
-71ged that the workhouse was demoralising, and the test a
:alisation of vagabondism. The machinery of the poor
.w conspicuously failed in so relieving the sick poor as
promote industry. He thought out-relief should be
-Sore freely exercised ; and in conclusion expressed a hope
that the Government would take up the subject. In the
discs .sion that ensued, Mr. Buxton, M.P., who pre-
sided; said that a considerable amount of reform was abso-
lutel3 imperative, for they had reached a point at which a
strenuous movement was necessary. The first thing they
wanted was that every destitute person should receive
shelter and support, but at the same time they must
take care that the self-reliance of the poor was not
destroyed.
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Amongst the M.P.'s who addressed their constituents
on the eve of the opening of Parliament were Mr. P. A.
Taylor and Mr. Harris at Leicester, Mr. Wykeham
Martin and Mr. Serjeant Kinglake at Rochester, Colonel
Gray at Bolton, Mr. Candlish at Sunderland, and Mr.
Baines at Leeds. The address of the last-named hon.
gentleman was delivered at the annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce. The general depression in corn-
rnercial affairs was the topic on which he chiefly touched.
There must, he thought, be some cause for the remarkable
contrast between the state of the country two or three
years ago
and its state at the present time. In his opinion,
it was in a very great degree owing to the excessive specu-
lations and over-trading which cpparently had been
brought about by:an overweening confidence in the con-
tinuation of good trade. Mr. Baines, while thinking that
a simple yet stringent measure of bankruptcy law reform
should be passed, doubted the wisdom of placing the tele-
graph system of the country in the hands of the Govern-
ment. He urged caution in dealing with technical educa-
tion, for he feared that we were inclined to proceed too
rapidly with the consideration of this important question.
HOW OUR TAXES ARE RAISED.—A. return has
just been published " of rates of all taxes and imposts
raised in the United Kingdom, together with the gross
amount yielded by each tax or impost, spewing the gross
revenue in the year ending the 31st day of March, 1867."
It chews that the customs duties raised on tobacco amounted
to £6,50(,000 ; sugar, £5,800,000 ; tea, coffee, chicory, and
cocoa, £:7),100,000 ; wine, £1,300,000 ; corn, &c., £800,000;
dried fruit, £400,000; and other duties, amounting alto-
gether to £22,350,000. This is nearly a million over the
returns of 1866. With regard to the excise, the duty raises
on malt is stated at £6,900,000 ; spirits, £11,500,000 ; and
brewers' licenses, £370,000 ; amounting with other imposts
to £21,500,000. The stamp duty is given at £9,600,000 ;
the income tax at £5,700,000. The total assessed taxes,
including
_income and land tax, £9,200,000. The total
amount, including the castoms, excise, stamp, and other
taxes, was £62,700,000.

MADNESS AND MIIRDER.—An inquest has been
held at Wickham Market, in Suffolk, respecting the death
of a child aged 2 years and 2 months. The 'deceased was
the son of a young woman named Clara Coleman, whohad
been confined in the Melton Lunatic Asylum,- but was dis-
charged thence in autumn last, although not cured.
Since that time she has resided at her mother's house,
and has been watched with great care. On Sunday
-evening, at about seven o'clock, she took the child With
her into the yard at the back of the house ; and as some
time passed without her returning, her parents went tr.
seek her. They were astonished to, find that she had
managed to escape from the yard, and had taken the child
with her. About an hour later she returned to the
house, but did not bring the child. She was in a most
pitiable state. Her clothes were completely saturated
with water, and in her hair stuck briars and brambles.
There was an unusually wild look about hei face, and ii
her excitement she repeated the words "The bridge, th•
bridge !" but nothing more. A search was Made for the child.
and at about ten o'clock the same night its body was fowl(
floating in the river nearly two miles away from the house.
It seemed clear that the poor mother had -in her insanity
taken the child with her from the yard, through field after
field, bedragging herself with dirt and wet, and catching
bits of briar and bramble in her hair, until she reaches
the riverside. Then she appears to have thrown the
child into the water, and so drowned it. How she manage(
to keep the child quiet throughout that stolen journey
cannot be surmised. The jury returned a verdict oi
wilful murder against the mother, and were careful
to state at the same time that they were aware of her
insanity.