NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2012, 16 October 1869, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

A matuh of cricket between eleven players with one arm and eleven with oie eg was recently played at Colchester. During tte whole day the one arms had the beat of it. The result was :—One arm, Ist innings, 36 ; 2nd innings, two wickets down, 43. One leg, Ist innings, 29 ; 2nd innings, 19. Some fun was created after the match, by some walking matches between one-legged com* pstitor*. It is stated that Baron Rothschild, ths owner of Restitution, laid a wager that h* would wini the Brighton Cup, and have it on his dinner-table in London by seven o’clock the same evening. Immediately Daley, who rode Restitution, had passed the scales, tho Baron rushed off with tho cup in his arms, and driving to the station, where a special train which had been ordered was in waiting, sped with the trophy to his town mansion, and arrived in time to win his wager. (Restitution is half-brother to Tom King, belonging to Messrs Maitland Brothers, Balclutha, they having both been got by King Tom.) The notion that duties on corn steady prices, and prevent fluctuations from year to year, was devoutly believed in by English protectionists, and has been urged as an argument for corn laws here. Economists have long since shown its absurdity on grounds of reason, but it has been reserved to the Board of Trade to demolish it by facts. A statistical table has lately been published which dies the average price of com in Great Britain for each of the 21 years prior to 1846—the year of the repeal of the com laws —and for each of the years for a similar period subsequent to that year. During tho years 1826 to 1846 the average price was 57a 41 per quarter ; daring the later period, 1847 to 1867, the average was 52s 6d. The maximum price in the fir t period was 70s Sd, and in the second 74s 8d; but the latter was in 1855, when, owing .o the Russian war, England had returned to a protective system, so far as one of her sources of supply was concerned. The min> mum nr ice in the first period was 39s 4d, and in the*second 38s 6d. The fluctuations from year to year were much less under free trade 'ban under protection the prices during 1854 and 1855 b ing altogether exceptional, md not approached in any other year. Duties in corn must have some virtue in tba eves of those who approve of them, but this table at least shows that whatever that virtue may b?, it does not consist in keeping prices steady. It is said that the preparation for the reception of the Empress ot the French in Eng. laud are being pushed on with great activity. An order for’ the live ies, which are to be unusually gorgeous, has been given to Mr Laurie, the Prince of Wales’s tulor ; and Air Marco Vide, who acted a mailre d'hotel at Salih Bazaar during the visit of his Royal Highness, has been sent to Paris with a credit of L 15.000, to complete the services of plate, and to arrange with one of the first purveyors of the Palais Royal to supply the table at Beylerby during her Majesty’s stay. A. subvention of 1 2,009 has also been given to Mr Naum for commencing his operatic season a month earlier than usual; and he has, it is said, already engaged a strong company in Italy, which will be in Pera by the Ist September. The Empress will bo accompanied by the Prince and Princess Murat, who recently visited Constantinople, J and by three ladies of honor and two chamberlains. An attorney's clerk has been committed for trial by one of the London magistrates for insulting a policeman by taking him round the neck and kissing him 1 The Esmondo will case has at last been decided at Carlow. It is stated that Lady Esmonds, being greatly hurt at the perversion of her daughter, the Countess of Granard, to the Roman Catholic religion, left all her property to found a college in Wexford to educate young men for the Protestant ministry. The validity of this will was disputed, and it was urged that at the time the will was made Lady Esmondo was of unsound mind, and was subject to undue influence. The jury decided in favor of the will, and an income of over L9QOO a year will go to the Wexford College, The Irish Times is responsible for the fol. lowing story “ Another remarkable iliac.* tratioa of the Rachel frands will shortly bo made public. In the present instance the dupe is a lady of good family and position ia the North of Ireland. She claims the sum of L2OOO lent to Madame Rachel. This amount) is but small in proportion to other monies, about L 6600, paid but not recoverable. Application was made on July 30 to the Governor of Millhank Prison, whore Madame Rachel is at present undergoingher sentence to serve her with a writ. The governor refused, and an application will bo made to a judge in chambers to substitute service, and to proceed with the action. The transactions in question disclose rare credulity, seldom met with among eanny northerners. The lady is connected by marriage with one of tho most distinguished members of the House of Peers."

Tho arrangements for tho great dinner to the -working classes continue to progress, and it promises to be a most interesting affair. The Earl of Denb : gh will preside supported by the Duke of Marlboroueh, and the vicechairs will bo filled by Messrs 0. Reed, M.P.; T. Hughes, M. P.; A. J. Mnndella, M.P.; W. M‘Arthur, M.P.; R. Torrens, M.P.; all of whom have promised to attend, if in London; -while the Stewards’ list comprises the names of about forty of the lead mg men in all philanthropic movements. The guests, 1,500 in number, will be selected from the working men's clubs and all the large bodies and establishments near London. Each club or establishment will elect those by whom it will be represented, and female suffrage will also be recognised, as the invitations are to be each for a man and his wife ; and, in order that the affair may be rendo-ed as characteristic as po siblo, it is intended that it shall be cooked by thirty hona fide working men’s wives, selected one each by the clubs in the Lon lon district. The whole thing seems oouc- ived in an ingenious manner, and reflects great credit on its author, Mr D. Tallcrman, who ha< undertaken the management of its details. It will take place about the middle of October. A well-known old colonist, Mr Edward Hamilton, has taken his scat in the Hou.-e of Commons, for Salisbury. He was just in time to take partin the Parliamentary re • quiem over the Emigration Board, which is about to be abolished. A prisoner having been convicted of murder in one of tho criminal courts of New South Wales, his counsel obtained from the colonial judges an order for a new trial, on the ground that newspapers wore in the room occupied by the jury when they agreed upon their verdict. From this order an appeal was made to tho Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which has decided that a new trial cannot be granted. At the same time the prisoner’s case is recommended to the favorable consideration of the colonial judges A letter which Queen Victoria wrote to Mr Peabody on his leaving England has bean published in America. Her Majesty wrote “ The Queen is very sorry that Mr Peabody's sudden departure has made it impossible for her to see him before he left England, and she is concerned to hear that he is gone in bad health. She now writes him a line to express a hope that ho may return to this country quite recovered, and that she may then have the opportunity, of which she has now been deprived, of seeing him and offering him her personal thanks for all he has • done for the people.” The note was transmitted by Mr Arthur Helps, the Clerk of the Privy Council, who adds that the Queen also commanded him “to be sure and charge Mr Peabody to report himself on his return to Eng'anil.” The programme for the opening of the Suez Canal, on the 17th, 18th, 19tb, and 20th November, is now settled. All merchant ships or vessels ci war arriving at Port Said or Suez during these days will bo allowed to pass through, free of all dues. From the 21st, the charge will be according to the terms of the concession, 10 f (8s) for pypry passenger, a fid for every ton according to the legal measurement of every flag. The last clause seems a little ambiguous, as there are great rare ties of tons, and the ships of some countries may thus be compelled to pay more than others. The mutter is one which the Board of Trade and Foreign Office should me to on bohalf of English shipping, so as to prevent any inequality. It is difficult for a private company to settle such matters without giving rise to controversy; but they should be able to do so with the assistance of an impartial board representing the Governments interested. There is a comparative dearth of news from America. Politics have subsided into a temporary quiescence. President Grant has extinguished the Cuban filibusters, Ins stopped the building of some war vessels designed for doubtful purposes in Peru, and may be trusted to interfere if the Fenians should carry out their threat of making another raid on Canada. Perhaps (he most suggestive fact is that, while the Californians are beginning to agitate for the expulsion of the Chinese from their state, the Southern planters are moving to seen re an importation. Herr Koopmanschap, a Californian contractor, a Dutchman, has undo taken to bring over 100,000 Chinese as a fist instalment. The Northerners am opposed to the movement as tending to reduce white wages, and say the Coolie Act forbids it. Far more startling intelligence, if it be true, is that an aerial machine has been invented at San Francisco, which has already made a trial trip, and is shortly to proced overland to New York. With the means of locomotion at present in use, a tour round the world may be made in 80 days, or about the lime employed in the olden time for a journey from London to St Petersburg. The" itinerary is as follows:—Paris to New York, 11 days ; to San Francisco (rail), 7 ; Yokohama (steamer), 21; HpngKppg (steamer), 6 ; Ca'cutta (steamer), 12; Bombay (rail), 3; Cairo (steamer and rail), 14; Cairo to Paris (steamer and rail), 6 ; total, 80. Of that immense route, the only portion on which steam is not usoil is about 140 miles between Allahabad and Bombay, and that interruption will shor ly cease, as the works for completing the railway are being carried on actively.