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THE TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1869. twrrdtobev notoonerwoold itb reported in Eng. a. i i. tj.

i that ns was anus up in as cage vi tuur int vuwi or that he ni being bastinadoed once awecaythan tbert would be mx almost irresistible outcry for his lee That largo and powerful taction of society which supports ivUfioosenterpriiet, and which has at fat something strangely decided and belligerent a its character, would demand reparation from the vjtuiaas. We cannot, therefore, expect that this country will erer be free from the task of support sf the Missionary whether it wills it or not. go ouch the more reason for urging on tho Chinese concession of all mutual rights which are enjoyed by drilised nations. It China re within this pale each wan. would hare tie liberty of settling where, he chose, and each sect of propagating its own opinions.

Questions ot the right of teaching could not ansa, and we should be no more concerned with the operations of the Societies in China than with sectarian punching ia the civilised countries of Western Jfr. Locst Kxxo last evening repeated his an. Aual motion for leave to bring in a Hill to male; real estate fare as personal estate in cases of Intestacy. Jbs persistence with which a simple proposition has fccta Quintained and opposed has consecrated it at thebattle groanl for a very much larger question. In fact, it is 44 the point of the wedge," in the Jan of party It is.

assumed freely that the whole custom of maling eldest sons," and all the insti tations in unison with it, are at stake, and that if we once agree to this first step, our landed gentry, our nobility, the Uouso of Lords, and the Throne Binst all come down with a run. It is only a few years slnee the Disestablishment of the Irish Church, and even Household Suffrage, would not hare been thought so revolutionary as Mr. Lorxx Knra's measure, Successire debates, if they hare not diminished the intensity of the sal cm one side or the other, hare obtained a common ad pmuw of no little importance. Itis that the actus! and direct operation of the Bill would bo very trying indeed. We are requested by the friends of the Bill to let it pass, because, at least, it will do BO harm to speak of and by its enemies not to let it pass, because it will hare to little effect as not to be worth passing.

It is, the principle, or, rather, the sentiment, that makes the real gravity of the question. A rapier can do all tw is wanted, even if it do not make a wound as deep as a well or as wide as a church door an imponderable quantity of venom can poison a whole system. But it is when a question seems to defy measurement, and to draw upon faith rather than the senses, that it makes the sharpest divisions and longest avoids settlement. After all, what is this BOl 1 What does it come to I Nothing next to nothing, we are told. Be it to.

Let that be ascertained. A little inquiry upstairs may prove it a rery tame monster, likely to do neither" good nor hszm in an appreciable degree. Not that the ground is unexplored or unknown. Instances are always forthcoming to illustrate the cruelty of the existing law. But one always seems to have heard them at least once before.

Yet, hackneyed as they are, one does not know taough about them. It must strike everybody how veryseldom it has occurred within his own code of acquaintance that a real estate has fallen or mete default to the heir at law, to the ruin of Others who might reasonably be supposed to have the intestate's affections. This is a point on which public inquiry is wanted to add somewhat to prV rate experience. The instances, may bo rare, yet many in the aggregate. Their rarity nay, singularity itself, has been met srith that style of argument which prepares to deal with the' worst.

It has been said that if there be one such case, that would justify legislation. We cannot see that. nnthrr reason given for some alteration is at least rational. It is that there are many in stances in which no rery great harm is done by the existing law, because the estate itself is not considerable, and because the persons affected by "the intestacy are otherwise provided for. If the public does not hear of such instances, it is because they are not of a magnitude to attract attention, or even to provoke much complaint.

They are, however, numerous so it is said. They cause inconvenience, and sometimes amount to; positive hardship. No principle is at stake in them. Either the intestate did not know he had the estate to leave, or he was under some delusion as to the way in which it would descend, in the absence of a will. If this be so, if there are many cases of inconvenience, or worse, and if they are not known because they aro on a small scale, that is a fair matter for inquiry.

We should like to know, too, whether it be the fact, as some say, that it is not possible there should be many cases ia which large real estates pass by default, because they are almost invariably subject to settlements, which provide for their descent. Bat it would bo vain to blink it, or to disguiso it these are not days when questions of purely material interset can be decided by sentiment, or by their supposed political bearings. It would now be only raising a needless prejudice against any cherished custom if it could bo proved that its maintenance iavolred a considerable, amount of private hardship. If it is neccfsiry that here and there younger sons, unmarried daughters or nieces, and whole families of small children, should be sacrificed for the good of the country, better reason must be shown than the preservation'of County Families and the. House of Lords.

Such institutions we may trust aro self supporting, and may safely point to the actual benefits they render in return for oar horaago and submission. They do not require to be propped up, nor yet that the country should bs educated and habituated to them by all sorts of minor arrangements and subsidiary legislation. If they are good things, they will stand of themselves if they are not good, they will hardly be strengthened and perpetuated by a law for the creation of accidental heirs at law, springing into existence by default of duty in the possessors of small landed popwties. But we may now go further. There Tery few parts of England, Ireland, or Scotland there the interest of the public does not lie rather is the division of large estates than in their accu nulaSon.

It is alleged that properties do accumu lts more than they divide and the fact is felt In many neighbourhoods. It may not amount to a grievance everywhere it may nqt be everywhere. Becessary that land should suffer the process of division rather than the contrary. As a general fide, it is best for agriculture and for the agricul teal interest that every aero of land should enjoy the oversight, the capital, the skill, and the industry of a wealthy landlord, a large tenant fanner, and a labourer paid the wages "he can only expect Under these circumstances. But the "question in Tolredin Mr.

Locke Knra's Bill is not whether large estates or small ones are best for the general welfare of the community, but whether the State, ia its capacity of administrator to the effects of an intestate, ought to distribute them in a mauner at finance with the plainest rules of humanity: and common sense. We do not say that this" is a question to be decided ofT hand, or without refer tnce to the circumstances of each particular It is possible that in some instances as much injustice would be done by applying, the law of relkind to the estates of intestate as is done by applying the law of primogeniture. But tho presumption is certainly the other way and so long as a nun enjoys the fullest liberty of testamentary dw. jotition he cannot complain if the law declines to so to his eldest son the positionwhich he neglected toteccreforhim himself. The whole question lias b60 too often debated upon false issues, and been made the symbol of a political school rather than the subject of deliberate investigation but the present teems a favourable opportunity for taking it out ol the domain of faction, said imposing upon the Government the duty of settlins it on a fair and satisfactory basis.

The opening of a new Parliament is, according to the oldest maxima of the a fit oppor tunity for broaching gnorancee, and the Reformed liouse o( Commons of 18C9 abides by the: tradi tions of its predecessors. Last night a curious but practical question, affecting, indeed, a strictly li rmted number, of Du MAJtsTrVi subject, but affecting somo of them rery materially, was brought forward by Mr. Srarunuv. His theme was the authorized method of electing the Representative Peers of Scotland and Ireland, and ho expatiated on the well known fact that the method in, practice a complete failure. The Scotch and Irish Peers are not represented in any adequate manner by those members of their own body who are deputed to attend the Upper House of Parlia ment and if we extend our view and consider the Representative Peers as designed to express the opinions entertained by the landed proprietors of Ireland and Scotland, we find that, in fact, they only represent the opinions of one party among tbera.

They bring to the. House of Lords the un checked prejudices of a predominant class, and they do injustice to tho reputation of tho Peerages of tho istcr Kingdoms oy leaving it to do inierreu tnat none of them have ever strayed, even in thought, beyond the straitost sect of Toryism. Sir. imriKTOw has hit an undeniable blot, and it is worthy of notice that in assenting last night to the introduction of a Bill to removo it Mr. Gru.MTOn not only recognized the defects of the existing system, but allowod that tho principlo for which Mr.

STArLrro contended is irresistible. The principle in question is the representation of minorities. The failure of the ordinary method of elections applied to the choice of Peers was often adduced in tho controversy of two years since, and Mr. Gladstoue now seems to ap prcciato the force of the illustration. It need scarcely be argued that whon tho Act of Union between Scotland and England was in tho reign of Ajtjik, it was intended that the sixteen Peers for whoso election at the begin ning of every Parliament that statute provided should fairly represent tho opinions of the Scotch Peerage.

A singular illustration of this fact is to bo found in a proviso referring to the manner of election, tho object of which has become almost un intelligible by the change of circumstances. With the double purposo of proven ting all attempts on the part of the greater nobles to overawe their fellows and of keeping tho Scotch Peers generally at peace, it was ordered, under the most grievous penalties, that when they assembled at Holyrood to choose tittir sixteen representatives they should come without any retinue of armed attendants. In our milder days the law secures to tho majority of the Scotch tho exercise of their influence without the ne cessity of supporting it by physical force. There are a'oout 90 Scotch Peers in all, and about 43 of them who are not also Peers of the United King Join. Tho majority of the 90 are distinctly Con servaiive, and out of the 43 they select the sixteen Representative Peers, who aro also, with some rare exceptions, Conservatives.

It ia commonly the Tractice to select tho samo Peers at the com nincement of new Parliaments, and a man first chosen when young and undeveloped may in this way keep a precarious foothold as a Representative Scotch Peer, even though he afterwards exhibits same independence but at the election last Decern ber a young Peer who had been somewhat unsteady in Mi allegiance to the Conservative leaders failed to secure his re election. Such a failure is, in the case of a Switch Peer, political annihilation. If he be not returned among tho sixteen for defect of party spirit ho is ostracized for life. He is absolutely ineligible for a seat in the House of Commons, and ho is cut off from Parliamentary life altogether. It would be invidious to mention names, but them are eminent members of the Scotch Peerage who are in this way shut out from direct participation in the legislation Of tho country.

Mr. Statxetox proposes by his Bill that at future elections of the sixteen Representative Peers of Scotland no elector shall be entitled to vote for more than ten Peers, and in this way all shades of opinion among the Sostch nobles would obtain representation in tho Upper Chamber, and: no one qualified for a public career would find himself exiled from it. Th'j ease of the Irish Peers would bo even worse than that of the Scotch nobility but for the provision enabling Irish Peers to sit for English or Scotch constituencies. This eligibility mitigates what would otherwise bo an intolerable position. An Irish Representative Peer is elected for life, and it consequently happens that the number elected at one time rarely exceeds one or two.

There, are about 170 Peers entitled to vote, and an the total number of Peers who are Peers of Ireland only is somewhat over 100, and the number of Representative Peers is 23, tho electors have generally, allowing for minors, about GO from among whom they may choose persons to fill up vacancies. In truth, however, the proceeding is much mora simple. A secure majority of the electors place implic it confidence in LbrdDsnBT, and Lord Dkrbt cnay be said to have the power of nominating their representatives No Liberal Irish Peer has a chance of election, and, in fact, there is not a single Irish Representative Peer who is not what may be called, in contradistinction to an advanced Liberal, a retrograded Conservative. The Irish Representative Peers are the bluest of the blue, or, more appropriately, the most orango of the orange. The result is an addition to tho House of Lords of a compact band of 23, each member Of which supports the.

leader of the Conservative party. A Liberal Irish nobleman who aspires to occupy a place in poli tical life is driven, like Lord Palmkrstox, to seek the rotes of an English constituency, and it is in this way that Lord Haxzxr sits for Northampton. But it rarely happens that Irish Peers can possess tiny direct claims upon the confidence of English voters, and tho more usual fortune of one of the body who developes abnormal Liberal tendencies is enforced idleness. Mr. Stapletos's proposed method of redressing this grievance is simple.

He recommends the adoption of the method of Limited voting in the form already adopted into the Constitution. He suggests that in future vacancies should be filled up in batches of three, and no Peer should bo able to give more than two votes, so that the Liberal minority of the Irish Peon might have a promise of securing a third of the representation of their order. "It. is impossible, Mr. Uladstoxx acknow ledged, not to see that the arrangements both for tho election of Irish and Scotch Representative "Perrsare unsatisfactory and require considera "tion." Tho" present methods, in truth, disturb tho balance of parties; in the Upper House, misre present the real mixture of opinion prevailing anions Scotch and Irish nobles, and operate with injustice to all Scotch Peers and most of the Irish Peers who happen to be in the minority.

Mr. STArtrros's proposals would redress theso evils, and, to quota Mr. Gladstone once more. thi argument in favour of his principle is irro sulible." Yet Mr. GLAnsroits: rery properly ad vised Mr.

SrarXSToir to bo' content at present with introducing bis Bill to amend tho existing law. The HcKuo of Commons possesses an undoubted right to discuss such a Bill as Mr.STArxxroir was allowod to introduce, and might sand it up to the House of Lords for their approval but, on the other hand. the Lords might not improbably resent hasty Interference with their proceedings, and It clearly desirable to mrita them to take the initiative in a matter concerning the composition of their own body. It perhaps, not too much to hope that tome Peer may present to the Upper Houso Bill like that proposed by Mr. Sri rurroir.

The Lords the existing Minority Clanso with their approval, and thoy may fairly be askod to apply the principle to tho election of tho dele gations from the Scotch and Irish Peerages sit ting among themselves. Wa may probably assume that Mr. STArXKToif, having elicited Mr. Glad stone's approval of tho principle of his Bill, will defer to the rocommendation of the Pxm Mum tis, and wait until it bo seen whether the Lords take any action in the matter. In tho interest of the country and for their own reputation, we trust some Peer will move them to act on the bint thus convoyed.

What is an Habitual Criminal To this question, which is now exercising the discriminative faculties of our legislators, we reply this morning by introducing a few specimens of the class itsolf to the contemplation of tho public. In a letter to be found in our outer sheet these characters are de scribed as they actually appear in their own haunts, pursuing their own amusements or avocations in all the freedom which we aro considerate enough to learo them. Tho profession has its grades, liko any other, and so here is a company of first class thieves, and another company representing the opposite end of the scale. At one establishment they aro fashionably attired, and not altogether ill man ncred at another tho type is that of Bill Stkes himself, oven to his bulldog. But through all theso descriptions, whethor of house or inmate, host or guest, high or low, thief oe there runs one assumption which we press upon the notice of our readers as practically dedsivo of tho question before us.

It is this that about the "habitual criminality of tho wholo class there is not in tho mind of any human creature concerned the smallest doubt whatever. It is really almost ludicrous to compare the hesitations and uncertainties of Parliamentary dobatos with tho absolute practical convictions of the police. We aro wondering whether there is any test of Habitual Criminality any note or mark by which professional thieves may be dis tinguished. Tho police have got the names, haunts, character, and abodes of these practitioners all on record. Ther can take ns at a minute's notice to the places where they aro drinking, resting, gambling, or scheming.

Powerless as they are in other respects, they can enter tho very houses and rooms in which these ganzs are assembled, can point out the members of the com pany one by one, and tell off their previous con victioni" on their fingers. So complete is the information, and so perfect the familiarity esta bushed, that the constable detects a strange I.MJ HU UUMUI MW.f IU4UVM tlUUtff I man ever buds rus way into such company, but occasionally a malefactor who ought, according to the register, to bo somewheroin Whitechapel, turns up for the minute in Spitalfields, his proper abode being just then a little too hot for him. The understanding which prevails all through is perfect. a no police Know tne tQioves ana tne receivers as well as they know each other, and the thieves and receivers know the police. All parties appreciate tho situation with infinite exactitude.

The landlord and landlady ol a certain popular re sort aro both known to be convicted thieves. Vvt Vi lr Tisrr VtA fTiA TTisa I ti a ItvA va ceivers and export disposers of stolon goods in London." Tho company in the parlour comprises "tneuiMot tne swell riot one of tho nino'sitting round the table but had been convicted over and over again" as tho constables knew, and tho landlord knew, and everybody else knew. As it happens, however, ther all knew something besides this namely, that though the police might make a visit of inspection, count them, mark them, see what they were about, and show them off to any inquiring friend, they could: not lay a finger upon them to stop their doings. So, though the presence of a constable does create a kind of involuntary uneasiness by awaking recollections or anticipations, the "Habitual Criminal" submits to a visit in his lair without complaint or resistance. Of the question itself, therefore, we may say $olvitur ambulando.

You want to know what a pro fessional criminal is. Take a walk with the police, and they will show you the class in all its varieties as easily as you could bo shown the animals in Gardens. Hero they are, men about whose characters and calling nobody would ever pretend to entertain a doubt. We havo been all perplexing ourselves with the possible fate of some contrite convict disposed to become respectable, but thwarted in his efforts by the intervention of tho police. Why, among tho real, genuine representa tives of crime among the people described by our correspondent there is not a man who dreams, or ever would dream, of any honest calling.

Doubt ess in this metropolis thero ore reclaimed men eading, as far as they can, reformed but tho malefactors of whom the police speak the Habitual Criminals of whom we read the enemies of society of whom wa wish to rid ourselvesthese people, with all their belongings, exist in a perfect blaze of notoriety. Just take this simple statement: "Thero are recognized haunts and thieves honscs in London which are as well known to the police as the Bank, and which are, in fact, visited by the police every night. Soma' are occupied only by convicted thieves men whom tho police know to live by robbery every day, and who will go out on their chance of larceny each successive morning. Now, aro wo to be told, and must we really conclude, that this state, of things is to continue, because we can find no way of empowering the police to put a stop to it without encroachment on the liberties of the subject In the debates on tho question the scruples of the speakers have been all directed to the one point of discrimination. It was.

admitted on all sides, that "habitual crime" or reputo ought at length to bo recognized as an offence in itself, and that the time was come for. making it heavily punishable. But how and on what evidence was this offence to ba defined or established What amount of crime should be taken to constitute a habit," and whoso word should we receive as proof of repute Given the Habitual Criminal," and all would be ready to deal with him according to his own deserts and the claims of society to protection the misgiving was solely about getting the veritable culprit, and nono other. On this wo again say, look at tho tory told by our correspondent' a story which, in point of fact, any intelligent detective could have told, and which somo of. them did tell, long ago.

It was from the accounts of the police authorities that the question of new legislation first arose. The public cried out, most justifiably, against the in crease of robbery and crime. The police answered, We know these robbers and these criminals per fectly; wo can lay pur hands upon them at any moment, and we will undertake to sweep tho town clear of them if you will but give us power to do so. That, in fact, is exactly the position of the case at this present moment. Hero are these men, thousands in number, about whoso Habitual Cri minality it would bo sheer absurdity to raise so mucn as a question.

Tboy are not merely known thieves, but known to be thieves and thieves only. They tako the measure of their privileges very accurately, and submit to the little inconve nience, of "criminal repute" in tha way of nightly police tIsHs with the comfortable reflection that though the constable may look at them he can do nothing more. The two social parties surprised by our correspondent and his friends owned to their own characters quite They knew the police bad come for, and in what capacity they were thus brought under notice. They know they, were thieves thieves by incorrigible habit as well as common repute in short, precisely such criminals as we are now seeking to identify and define. In their eases the identification and definition were accomplished facts, and what we now ask is whether, with so much already dona to our hands, we cannot manage to do a little more.

COURT VIUCULAR, BUCK.INQIIA&I PALACE, Masco 9. The Qaeea, aeeompuied by Priaeest Lodise, Prince IUitriea, sad Priaea Laopold. left Windsor Cattle st 11 o'clock this moraine, tad visited Prince and Princess Christina tt Freemen. Her Usjestv afterwards drove to (the railway station ia Windsor, and proceeded by apodal train on the Great Wtatern Bail way to London. On arriving at Ptildiiigtoa Her Hajsatj and the Boyal famllr were conducted to their earrUses sad drove to Buckingham Palaae, eaeorted by a detachment of tie 17th Lancers.

Ia attendance were Ladr Waterpark, Lord Charles FiU roy, and Mr. Duckworth. The Qaeea arrived at tbe'Palaee at 20 minute put 12 o'clock. Their Bojal Ilisanessea Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, PrioceM Loniso, and Prineeu Victoria of VTalea at tended by Ladv Carolina Barrinston and Colonel the Hon. A.

Liddell, at the Palaoe shortly after 11 o'clock. from Windsor Cattle, Tha Queen drove out this afternoon, accompanied by Prineets' Loniae, and attended by Lady Walerperk. The Equerries in Waiting were la attendance on horse back. Iler Majesty honoured If curt. Philip, Bell, and J.

Boehm with visits to their studios. At Mr. Philip's studio Her Majesty inspected the memorial to be placed in the Cathedral at Calcutta to the memory of the late Lord Elgin and at Mr. Bell's studio the (roup of statuary representing America, one of the four group at the base of the memorial to the Pnnee Consort. Her Majesty and Princess Louise afterwards visited M.

and Madame Van de Werer at their residence. Lord Lureaa baa sueoueued tne Carl oc Uotier as Urd in Waiting to Urr usjesty. Deraatches were received veaterdsr at the ColooUl office from the Governors of the Straits Settlements. Despatches were sent to the Governor General of Canada, and to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and the West African Betuemenw.

DRURY LAJtK TBXATRR. Tha fint oart of Sbakeipeare's Henry with ita elabo rate representation oi tne uaiue oi snrewsoury, naa lor some time past been a speciality at Drury Lane. This week it haa been received with the wonted effect, the principle being still followed of alternating the chief character between Mr. Phelpe and Mr. C.

Dillon, On Monday Lord T.vUnn'i RfrLcfeu will be revived, for the duidom of intro ducing Mr. T. C. King, an actor of great provincial celebrity. to the London puouc.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt, of the first half of a note for from Tns Maiia. Socthamptov, Tuesday. The North Lloyd aerew ttaanuhip. Union. Captain F.

Drejer. sailed at 2 p.m, for New York, with the English, Praneh. uid German mails. 73.0001. in cold eoin from Lon don, jewelry from Prance Talao 147.000 frioa, and a fall n.

i i garget S00 wees oai imrcs aaniDer puHDgvn, uHRig whom er sir. r. it. uannam, nr. u.

j. ouiiivaavar. Herman Tefeld. Mr. HabbcIL Mrs.

Mr. Robert Bailer, ke. The Koysl Mail Company's steamship La Plata, Captain A. Hole, also left to dy, with the Brazil and P.irer Plato mil, in Eogliih gold eoin, in Pnneh cold coin. Eailish iewelrr value 550t.

French Jewelry valne 7,040., and a full csro of general merchao. diae. Lord Beouuuax xsu Da. Uac vur. Ihe case of Lord Brougham and Dr.

Csuvin is drawing to a dote. The chief clerk, Mr. Church, at tha Bolls Chambers, has fixed the compensation for tha literary assistance rendered to the late Lord in arranging his correspondence at 3306 on a claim made of 1,0 0 guineas. Lord Brougham, the present plaintiff, has applied to vary the certificate of the chief clerk as to the amount, and the matter will in a few days go before the Master of the Bolls for his decision and probable settlement, before the publication the life and times of the late noble and learned Lord. Tha Bishop of London has been pleased to appoint the Bev.

Thomas Fraser Stooka, M.A., Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, to be one of his Lordship's chaplains. Itrcxns TAZ. Tne property ana income cnarged with iaeome tax ia the year ending tha 5th of April. 18C7.

imonntad to 37442.902. 316.C7a.079t in Eoelaod. 32,393,133. in Sootland, and in Ireland. This was an increase oi i per cent, over ue preceoing year 242 per cent, in England, 513 per cent, in and 339 per cent, in Ireland.

The anesaments'on "houses" in EogUnd ahow ao increase of in Seotlaad in Ireland in Lancaahire 318,000., MtddleMX zn.ww., ourrey xorcaaire Kent 132,000. Mines show an inereue of 411,000. in England, and 138,000. in Scotland; ironworks an in create ot in cgiani.anu iltjaaa. in Scot land: casworks an increase of in England.

The amount of profits of trades and professions charged with income tax on the average of the three preceding years under Schedule in En land for the year 1836 was in excess of the amount charged for the ear 18G5 to the extent of 4,019,000. The aisetamenl advanced in lAver mol from 7.882.000. to 8.G3X000.: in Manchester, from 5,132.000. in Birmingham, from 2,092,000: to in Leeds, from L812.000. to in Bradford, from to in uruuu.

irora 1,379,000. to 1.51C.0O0.; in Sheffield, from 1.334,000. to 1.427.000. In Westmintter district the increaaa waa from I pffi rrroL4llTL7( national. feeling should bo ma.

iMnedltrlcm Day in form of a 1 HE LAND. PA It LI A MB NT A IZ NOTICES. a I HOUSE OF COMMONS WsnsfxMDAV, ilaacn la OM.OKU or rats oar. Caotatiooji Dlnass tAnmir. lUt jMoiai nmii.

VmtrmAj Tm KA. am.l ilt. Tinlinnt irramr.titiiiwSfit Tail ftflt om rm tlra. Bmp3iT. VanumiiXm.

Ysntox ottat nw rutinrtmniiT.) DUBLIN, MAKCH 9, I The alarm excited by Mr. AnketeU'a murder has not since been allayed, On the contrary, further circumstancet have come to light which justify a belief that the thirst for venzeanca is not yet sa tiated, ind that tha rnvaWinm mtpm tn which tlil pJac oa ta crtMof bmt tit HMt Parttawtm. crime ia attributed is aeeking out other victims." JolZ ZjZZngXi It is now evident that a conspiracy had been nU entered into against: the station master, and it is air. Bcrwi wpm. ouptm ot eorrasoadaao nuuu aa Capal DwaDw.

To ak iaaiu ratatire at tW feared that another officer of the marked but for assassination. Mr. Anketell received threatening letters some weeks similar letters nave been addressed to many persons in tne county. The manager of the railway, on hearin? of the threats which bad been ottered against Mr. Anke tell, offered to transfer him to another station, or send a body of picked men to protect him, but, witu more courage than prudence, ha declined to adopt either of tne snzzestionav otnea his murder feel ings of anxiety an'd dread prevail among the ser vant ol the company.

On Satorday three porters named Dixon, Finn, and Hbnken arrived from Dublin on temporary duty. On Sunday evening Dixon went to the station, in company with another porter named rarreU. to await the arrival ol tne down1 train from Dublin, at half past 9 o'clock, On their way they were stopped by three men ana two women, or persons dressed as women. who made some observations to them which filled them with alarm. Different versions of tha words are given, fsome stating that they were warned that they were not wanted in MuUinnr.

and to tako example from Mr. AnkctelTs case," others that Orangemen were not wanted there, and Farrell that he was not the man wanted. In wnatever terms it was conveyed the waruinz has produced great agitation. One of the porters has left the place. His life had been threatened on several occasions, and he could not be induced to remain another! night in his own house.

Mr. Short, the foreman of the loco motive department, refused to remain in Mulhngar. and returned to Dublin. 3Ir. Sullivan, the head porter, who ia accused of having aided Mr.

Anketell in the duties which rendered him obnoxious, is reported to have also refused to stop. The magis trates beld a private meeting yesterday for the pur pose of concerting meaaares for the prevention of further outrages. At the lnnuest yesterday nothimr was elicited which is likely to afford any clue to the discovery of the murderer. Mr. Short, above alluded to, stated that about four minutes before 10 clock: no met Mr.

Anketell on the platform proceeiinj; in the a il at direction oi nis own noma, un Hearing me snot na hastened to the house and saw the deceased, who said, Short, some blackguard has shot me who ever the ruman is 1 fonnve him, and added. touchinglyi Qod help my wifo and little children." Ellen Kilroy, a servant, deposed that her master went out at mmutea oast 9 to see tne 3o tram oS, and shortly afterwards she went into the front garden to bring in some turf and water. She had to pass down the little steps, and saw no one, nor was there nay or straw upon tnem then, but there 1 1 I i 1 a migat uaio oeen persons' in uo gaxuen or toe tun bouse, as the night was very dark and she had no light with her. She heard him shut the gate entering from tha railway as ba came into the yard, and immediateiy afterwards heard a report and her master scream. Dr.

Jliddleton, who first arrived, found him sitting on a chair in the kitchen in a state of collapse. Tha wound was between the second and third ribs on the right side. Dr. Ferguson then arrived' and probed the wound. Dr.

Middleton made a short will for him. bequeath ing everything he had to his wife. He was asked if ha would wish to see his spiritual adviser.and he said. Oh no, I am not afraid to die." Drs. Tuffnell and Fleming were subsequently brought down from Dublin to see him Dr.

Dungan, who visited him at midnighlstated that the wound was externally the size nF. SiilKnfT TV Vi. 11 atmi the uvymd tmK tar ing it and driving one of the spUnters into the tissue of the lung along with portions of his topcoat and button. He thought it 'must have beenlarze sizea pisioi: nans wnicn were usea. xie ooservei that ha had rarely seen more patient fortitude and endurance displayed by anyone.

The deceased said he had not the slightest knowledge as to who it was who shot him. The. jury found a verdict of wilful murder against some person unknown. Mr. Anke ett remains were brought to Dublin and buned yesterday in the Jerome cemetery.

The release of the Fenian prisoners has afforded great delight to tne population ol yorkr. Un Sat unlay night crowds of souse thousands, paraded the streets with bands, awaiting the arrival of boats and trains, in the hope of seeing the libe fjv4 ir infim 'rarwimallv fJantain' Af Vv whn i. their idol. They serenaded the families ot tha pri soners and tne wno arrived dv tne a.m. train, and, failing to meet the captain as each train came, theyj returned for the 2 p.m.

and 4 p.m. trains' from Dublin with persistent enthusiasm, iney clambered on the walls, the tops of the carriages, and even the roof of, tho terminus of the Great Southern and Western Railway, ran wildly along the line in spite every effort to restrain tnem, and stood in eager crowds upon the rails unconscious or reckless of danger in their desire to catch the first glimpse of him. Mrs. Mackay was among them, and telt more bitterly' the disappointment they expressed when they found ber husband was not among the passengers. Barry, O.Sullivan, and Coghian, who arrived by steamer, received a nearry welcome.

mi i a 1 lL.i .1 tf in a insnman nas suggested mat a uemonimuoa made on at. atnek ireneral collection after mass in aid of mmrtan was 1 mm mrwumc tar torn jtww awmii uumt. company was UiJHotn. Hmim rUaU la araaf acama aiatilud irniv.n Ji.trii from l.OKLOOuLto 1.2Q2.oa in Saath. in the Roman Catholic chapels wark, from 1,034,000.

to I.lM.OOOtj in dis the political prisoners and their families. Limerick trieLfrora 931.000. to 1,034,000.: in Greenwich, from hivn tKn ifiml Vil.irn to TMrxind. On SundaT diSicrtheTb. Schedule O.

show any considerable thTdecreaaa city assembled in Swinbttruo's great room, under being from in 1S65 to 23.601.000Z. in 18C0. This the sanction of Dr. the Roman Catholic last wutbo year of the failure of banka and companies bishop. The Mayor presided.

A resolution, and tha citv of London is the place where most of these S.nlri'rx. the hUhnn far rvrmittinf tha eol ettablithmenU had their head offices, and rendered their 0, Mr Henrr O'Shea. income tax aceonnta. In Scotland tne aaseatmentf nnJer: SuleI)foVl866 an iocreaae of LOW.OOOt over who observed that they were not met to identify those for 18G5, and in Ireland there it an increase of themselves with the principles of the prisoners a 630,000. It is another indication of the commercial I dia sentiment from which tho meeting very audibly dis treasin 1866 that ia the United Kingdom persons Iented.

assuring him that they were, and uttering an incrawjoi rr" I crip c.f CJlorr to them." Another resolutiou ex wt ireo oil" preaseu satisiaction. at tne. onui release ui iuo convicts, and recommended that an appeal bo made on behalf of their suffering families. The Itev. Mr.

Shanahan avowed himself a sympathizer of tha un who had suuered for their country. liaLremiation of taxation.br the allowance tax on incomes of 100. and under 200. a year the icebme thus exempted from tax amounting to 13,572,000., and Uxrivenup 236M99L Coal Exports. Return of the quantity of coal exported from the port of Qrim.br February 1S3 To fortunate men rvvi i.v...

SVSFb "LL.a niffiliTm Ue said not know exacUy what a Fenian was, 1W Vortu3aL3097spain, 744; Turkey', 203; but if it meant love for Ireland Ireland for tho 13.876: coastwise, 2.S23 total, 16,639. Corretpoodinj Irish, and that they ought to be able to govern ICCa Vas trrrs rVaSaalt a 1SU tnfevl WCBSa ATUJ avtwikH 2,732. Inerease this year, sjfSl tona. Attkiitt to Mcrpeb. John: Davis, a painter.

at Cheltenham, bis just been committed to Oloceater county eaol, charged with, attempting to murder Anne H. Aleock. The prisoner had been paying hit addresses to Miss Aleock, who wit the daughter of an innkeeper at Cheltenham, but th lalr had renneated him to discontinue hit attentions. On the ISthult. the prisoner, who lodged at the inn kept by Miss Alcock's father (the Bell), met ber on the stairs and poketober.

Soon alter sue reureu to rest, ana aoout i clock on the following morning, she found the prisoner landing orer her in bed and attempting; to cut her throat. She screamed out. and ber brother, who heard footsteps on the stairs, immediately rushed into his sitter's room and seized hold of the prisoner, who ssid he must have been walking in his sleep. Two wounds had been inflicted with a sharp instrument on Miss Alcock's shoulder and chest, 'one fire inches loos and of some depth. A razor newly wiped clean was found in a drawer in the prisoner room.

themselves, he was a reman in heart, and so was everyjpriest in Ireland. A correspondent of the Kxprr calls attention to the character of the debates carried on in the Literary Society connected with the Queen's College, Gal way. He complains that political harangues of an exciting nature are delivered, and hostile sentiments towards England are uttered in the presence of the lower classes, who cheer them to the echo and hiss at every loyal expression. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE, Mosdav, March Government Securities, Three per Cent. Consols, 92 New Three per Cent.

91 ditto, for account, April 8, 91 i India Stock, 4 per cent, October, 1883 (transferable at the Bank of Ireland). 101. Banks. Bank of Ireland (100. paid).

234 1 234 Hibernian Bank ing Company (25. paid), 39. 40 National Bank (30. pall), 41 42; ditto, for account, 41 42 National of Liver tr. OauftmWnMt la CoaaaBtaaov raw Low mooalaM oaiat of II awbin Hr.

CTaafart. I mil (I illimt ITIi R. Aaxrataar. Sir. Aadanon.

Xt AraMMcaJ, Mr.Ciacra, Blr XV CoWtnaoka. Kr. JDUcm. Hi. Qwtitic, Hi.

urr SWtat Sir. Tcrtym. to a MouicwafT. StrTrartwr. dear p.

Mrbcia. air. CmtiaeX. M3 1 awkla to (topaamng U.eo alaea lh doaor avarda laawtunl at Oarbaaa, SO. UcaaUm.

Mimnil rUasol OwiaarfoM Vmt'mm (Aatam EUL to axna, Vaal tt raaJ a oooi Urn mom Ibim tfaftU atonUka. Sir. Jtobr7, On Sacaxl ot CalraaiU TmU BX.IO iaaw that is raad a aaecod Oat apoa tali du all avmtaa. Ci I 1 J.fc. i and Canal Company BO.

moa. tha Um IU ea rmirlttrl a eommjtsSo omnia Urt ay Sat OaaamiHea ot iltrtlaB. aad Itaa kaaa taamcUoB as tb OannlUs ot Satacaioa kber aara MoTlNr OX BtiABD A MkRCHAJTT SUIP. On pool (limited) (15. paid), 13 ditto, for account, 13 Pro Monday morning William Foster and 15 other able seamen belonrins to the ship Simla, 1,444 tons, were brought beiora tne magistrates oi jriTuiouia ior uaaoorainauon.

The Simla was from London for Calcutta, and Captain Edmonds stated the prisoners were in debt to her, and that in Channel they had refuted to do duty, and compelled hies to put into Plymouth upon the pretence that the ship was leaky. The masiitratea, bavin appealed without success to the men, determined to send on board Mr. W. B. Cumins, Lloyd's surveyor; accompanied by three of the The Court reassembled at 5 o'clock, when the aurveyor reported that the ship was staunch, pn which the crew ei Creavnl a with to return to her.

They were all 16 sentenced three mooths'imprisonment, with hard labour. Jottox laif oKTS AJfD JsxroBTs. ino trade (and navigation accounts for the month ended the 31st of January, 18G9. ahow that 3GG.001 cwt. of raw cotton wereimported into the United Kingdom, of which 193, 116 came from the United States, 31,406 cwt.

from BrasU, 43,221 cwt. from Egypt. 9L103cwt, from the British East Indies, and 1,135 rom other eountries. ahowins a total increase of 17227 cwt. at compared with tha correapoadins; month of last rear.

The nnmnnteJ real value of raw eottoti imported durinr last year was as compared with 1867, ana in aouu. a totu oi cwt. waa exported danDjr the month of January, of which 34,903 ewt, were sent to rrusaia.eVt,847ewt. to the Hanae Towns, ewt. to llollaod, and 88,935 cwt.

to other eoun trie. Durinr tha same mouth of cotton yarn were exported from the United Kingdom, of which were taken by the Haas Towns, by Holland, by Naples and Sicily, and 1,654,44 by British India, amoaoting to a total declared valne of 1.175.193. aterlior. Tha cotton manufactures exported am ousted ia value to 4,160,171. sterling, or an inercara of as compared with the errespeailing month of Isst rear.

vincial Bank (25. paid), 89 Royal Bank (10. paid), 3l. Mines. Mining Company of Ireland (7t paid).

Hi: Wisk low Copper (all 'paid), for account, 121 Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas, No. 1 (10. paid), for account, 12; ditto, No. 2 (4L paid), 51. KaUwaya, Dublin and Drogheda (100.

paid), 94J; Great Southern and Wettern (100A paidl, 961: Midland Great Weatern (100. GO 61 6W. lUilway Preferense. Dblin, Wicklow, and Wexford, 6 per cent, perpetual (100. paid).

112 x.L Railway Debenture, Stock. Great Southern and Western, 4 per cent, free of stamp (lOOf. paid). 9. Tub MnitOBS ear JIai dstox k.

An inquest was held yetterday afternoon on the bod of John Finn, tailor, residing at Weavering street, near Maidstone, before Mr. J. N. coroner, at toe Artichoka Inn. Maidstone.

The only evidence offered ia addition to tha facts recorded in our columns on Monday waa tho testimony of a young man who, in company with three others, bade the deceased Good night" about a quarter put 12 at the corner of Huntsmaa's Ianea, leading into tha Ashford road. They had previously seen a man dressed ia dark cloth ing 'fin king ia the laav and as soon as the oV ecaacd latsnil tha maa walked rapidlr oat of tha lane and followed Kan. At 20 minutes past 12 Mrs. Carpenter, keeper of the lodge at Mr. WbMaaa part heard the report of firearms, aod thorUyarterwafdsthahieless body of the deceased was found lying on the road, bleeding profusely from a wound in tha faoa.

Mr. Farter, surgeon, deposed to making a pott mortem examination, and caaaa to tha ootsala aionthat the deceased had bee killed by tha firing of a piatol close to the face. He extracaad several shots from the upper part of the tongue and akulL CapUia Raxtoo, of the Kent County OonaUbulary. was la attendance, and stated that no due had yet been diacorered of tha murderer. lTiajury returned a verdict of YTdtvl murdur ajiias tome jwrsoo or persons power So aepuiaS Um eoaauuea on tbe 193 to att and procanl oat A USEFOL PUBLIC SXRVANT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, Several times lately while passing from Pall mall to Pimlico I have been accosted by a foreigner in St. James's Parle, who addressed ma with an appeal for alms in French, and when I passed on without listening to him poured forth a torrent of foul mouthed abuse, which showed that he at least is a firm believer in those rloomv.reeiona in which soma theologians are said to put no faith. Tha same thing happened to me to day just opposite the parkkeeper'a lodge at the eutranoa to tha Stable Yard. 1 hope I am as well able to faco eternal punishment as most of us miserable sinners, but still it is irritating to be consigned to Ma les every day, and tnat by a foul mouthed Frenchman So, seeing no policeman, I turned towards the parkkeeper's lodge, followed by my re viler, and walking up to that who was sitting at his gate resplendent in green and gold, I asked him if it was not his duty to pro tect the public from insults such as those to which I was subjected.

The parkkeeper thereupon uttered these, remarkable words, I know my duty without your interference, and your duty is not to interfere with me." This remarkable dictum was hailed with great applause by a friend who looked like a discharged soldier, and naturally br the foreunier himself, who stood dealiu? out damnation on ma and on police, to whom I had ventured to threaten an appeal. Xsow I want to know what is the use of this gor geous livery, and of this lodge, and of this parkkeeper himself if, when such offences happen under his very eyes, and when filthy beggars overwhelm those who will not listen to them with foul abuse, he re mains clued to his seat, and will neither star hand nor foot nor voice to protect the public If his duty is as no himself interprets it to do nothing let it be known at once, and let him bo reduced, and tha saving of his wages added to our other reductions but if ho is there to protect tha public, let his Royal Highness, who is Range Uhief nde through the stable lard, and, st his deputy Iodre. enlighten him on bis and. if possible, unslue him from his seat. Tile foul mouthed foreigner 1 commend to the tender mercies of Colonel Henderson, who may, perhaps, think it right to send A 35 in search of that delinquent.

I am. Sir; yours obediently, March 'X flUUllAJUt. stopping at bis duties. AaaivAL or 'tux Cockt rnou two. Ye tenia Her Majesty the Queen, with' the Princesses Louisa and sod attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the suite, left Windsor Caatla for town ia order to bold israwioz iWJom icxiaj at oosauizaaiu run; an am luro noon too Veaa uror srom xoiaoe vtu a rogaaaea hooae.

aad paid a viait to Her Eotal Highness Pfiaeesa Christian of Schleswig IInlstein From rogmcve Her ifajeaty proceeded to the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway. left for town precisely at half put 11 o'clock, aad arriving at. Paddiactoa at a few taioatcs afUr noon, drora to Baelangnam ralaee. It waa anderstood to be the Queen's intention to remain is tha metropolis until Friday, and then to return to Windsor Castle. The uxrrxxMTY xJoat KAcx.

roe crews were both out yesterday in the forenoon for practice. Tha wea ther was fine, aad the water smooth and favoarabia for rowing. The Cambridge men were first afloat, about half past 11 o'clock, aad rowed at full speed from opposite Sim mona'a boat yard to ihe Ship at Mortlake, on a sluggish, flood tide, doinz the distance in 21min. lSaee. After a real ashore they paddled back to Putney, coached by Mr.

Q. Morrison as usuaL Tha Oxford craw were out aaoat a quarter of an hour later, aad, paddling down to the Aqueduct, atarted oe a somewhat worse tide than theiroppoaeata aad rowed to Hanunersmith bridgs, completing the be tweea bndres. course ia 9ml a. llaeo coached by aa aid University oarsmaa on horseback. They then turned rooad and made their way back to Putney.

Ia tha afternoon the Oxford crew were again out, between 4 aad 8 o'clock. paddUng up' river towards Hammersmith with aeveral breaks, aad subsequently retarning home. Both boats may be expected to row thia morning on the flood tide, aad oa Thursday afternoon the Cambridge crew are to have some atarta with tha London Bowing Clab twelve car, which will, in all probability, coo tain a particularly strong team. Tn Fatal Accidxxt at BccsuxanaM Last evenin Mr. Bedford, tha coroner, held aa inqseat at St.

Ccorge'a Hospital, oa tha body of Kalher Ceilings, sged 3jw Frederick of the division of police; said at a quarter to four on Friday last he waa standing near tha iron bar at the foot of Constitution HOI. Ha saw a horse ridden by a gentleman coming along at full gallop. At thia momeo tncre waa a una ot peopw ex kwudj mua turn kiu oa. the Mall looking it the front of the Palace, and before they bad time to look round the horse dashed through them. knocking down a child.

It passed the witness, galloped up to tha riflings, aad raised itself oa its hiad legs. Ha then saw tho whole of the panel of tha ratlings giro way and the horsa pass through. The rider fell off unhurt. Tha witness and omer constanica rusnea to ua spot, ana it waa then found that a woman aad a little child had been seriously injured, and taey were taken to tbo hospital. Tha borse earned away tne wnote or ooo pami ot ia raua, wiap ping them right out with the exception of tha top crocs Mr.

Percy Howard, 3, Westboume Crescent, said ba waa tha rider of the horse. It was, a horse named Star, hired from the Crosvenor Riding ecbool. South street. He waa told by the proprietor, of the horsa thai it woald pall wit ness's arms but the animal could not run away witness would.be supplied with a patent bridle. Oa Friday ha went to the stable aad for tha horse.

UewaatoU tne patent brulia wat out. out taas aa eoaia have a ttrooz bridle. He mounted, the horse at the Charinr croes railway station, and the man who brought it said tha hone waa atroag. tie west to tne unieuoerriGBiao, the horse "screwing'' all the time. Witness met a friend mounted, and thev rode tosether to Marlboroazh houae.

and turned into the Mall, when the other mare, ridden by hia friend, began to trot. Tne wi local called out. For God's sake. Bill, stop; I can't hold her." Ua thought the other horse stopped, but Star galloped past, and ngnt oa tarouga toe peopur. ue couia do bold it, aad did not recollect aaything mora tut it dashed through the railiags, when be fell off.

and aaw the womaa Iving oa the ground. Mr. Payne, of tha Groa veaor Riding school, said the bona wss a quiet one, and had not a vicious quality. It waa ruldea irequentiy ay latues in Rotten row. It wat also ridden by Mr.

Smaller. oiOaborne he used Griffiths' patent bruiie, aa be aid the animal went better with it. The patent bridle as a very mild one, but he preferred the bridle used by Mr. Howard oa Friday. Tha bone waa ia use every day, and there waa not a vicious trick about it, Ha believed Mr.

Howard capable ofridicg any' bona ia the establishment. Mr. Biahop, house aurgeoa at tha capital, amid tha deceased died wittua a few minutes of her admisaioB. The aaoie of death waa ruptured liver. The Corooer, ia summing up, said it waa a merer mat more urrm uu jury returned a verdict of Aecideatal death." MrTRoroiJTAjr Boa an or Woaxs.

A. return moved for by Colonel Sykes and recently published abows that the total expenditure to tha 1st of aly, 13fi8, araouated to 3,178,7167. for main aewers aad ordinary exprasev for the approach to Corent ranien, ZGff.OTZL. for South wark and Weatoiaater communications, for Victoria park approach. for Finabury perk, forSouthrark Tire Brigade, VXJXDt.

tor improvements 'in Whitechapel, for impreva meaU ia Holborn, and for Kensington improva ments. for metropolitan main draicage, 100,052. for the North Thaoses or tha Southern Embasknaest, aad LSU.C1U. far asatou haaae street. The total of sums reeeivrd annually from the several vestries aad district Boards aod from tha of London for sewerage works sad general expenses aiuoeo ted to 222.12&.

for main drainage to 301.411L. and for the Fire Brigade to 3L7i and for 18o7 aod 1S68 reapeciirely. Thk Loid CHAKcaxLoa's Livrsca. Since tha paasieg, ia 1863, of tha Aet relatina to the Lord Chancellor's betMfieee, the advawaonsof ST of tha poorer livings have been sold 11 of the livings of more than 2001. a year have also been sold, aad realised 33,550., of which neariy the wfiola haa been applied ia augmentation of poorer Image aad granta far parsonage bouses.

Tne total antoaas of tha' purchase money of idrowsoni aoU ataicU at isaw. sales bow are few there hava beea oedy si ia tha laat 15 mouths, aad one of these waa rendered void by lmns becoming racant by death before' the iwrebase meaty tad beea paid. CHAsrcriY SurroEs' Fcttd. Tha annual accounts, presented to Parliament show that the divideeda reosired oa the suitors' fund ia the. year ending ia October, 186X.

amoanted to VXJUL, out of whkh ware paid salariea aad. camncnsarioB aaant" aJv it, Wa. is aVirpl ns of 46, i68t to be earried over to the suitors tea fund account. Oa this latter aooouat atasee itaeiptafor fees, brwoght the total iaeome of year, with the balance roat the previous year, up to from which 'wera paidsalanea aad compeaaatiaa anauities to oficers of tea caartasooaatlnftolfrl.su. Tha aaltora faad eoaaiated oa tha lrtrf October.

1868, at afXHUL steak lia UeT. SlOf. stcckwassak rslsa3eVoee aarsuaat u. the. 8th seetiaa of taaOaarta of Jastloa RafldiBg Aetof lSSaai ia 1363 a at ther sum ef tftfitfl.

of Use jSoek was sold. so. 'vaisuaucaof IhaaaaieAeV tiwiawB a5BKHe a.