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that the rules for the guidance of the workhouse officers ivere almost systematically neglected . Mr . Farnall lectured some of he officers rather strongly . He does not seem fo approve of the visit paid to the Lambeth Workhouse casual ward by the orrespondenfc of the Pall Mall Gazette . He contrived to drag an allusion to ifc uto tlie proceedings of Wednesday . What he said Avas in the nature of an explanation . The writer

in our contemporary found fault ivith the foulness of the bath . Mr . Farnall has an explanation . When the amateur " casual " visited Lambeth Workhouse , a boiler was being pufc up for the better supply of hot water to the bath . That Avas the reason the water lie AA'enfc into was so filthy dirty I Dramatic critics must be careful in future how they deal Avith actors who

may not , iu their opinion , be letter perfect in the parts they have to play . Tlie critic of an evening paper , writing about Mr . Emery ' s performance in a piece called the " Watch Cry , " said thafc the words of the part ivere spoken by the prompter . Mr . Emery thought this a libel upon him , and brought an action against the publisher of the paper for damages . The

action was tried ; and for tbe defence , Mr . Palgravo Simpson , the adapter of the piece , said he did nofc recognise what he had written in the Avords uttered by Mr . Emery . He added further that Mr . Fechtev himself did not know his part . The jury found for the plaintiff ; with five guineas damages . The inquest on the body of Grace Bingwood , who ivas stabbed by

her husband in Paddingfcon , Avas concluded on Wednesday . As the WOAV was struck in a moment of great provocation , tbe jury found a verdict of manslaughter against the accused . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The later news from Spain is certainly on the face of ifc more favourable for the O'Dounell Government . That Government has made tbe Queen express legvefc at the insurrection and confidence in themselves ; but

this ivas done in ISo-t , just when the insurgents were on the eve of victory . Again Ave are told that Prim ' s carriage and personal luggage have been captured , and that he and his forces were surrounded . Later still , we hear that three columns of tbe Royalists , marching upon Prim ' s position , hacl compelled him to retreat from the Toledo mountains aud make for Portugal . There is , however , a Avide diversity in the statements as to

whereabouts he was . According to fche latest account he Avas making for the Portuguese frontier by AA'ay of Puente del Arzobispo . NOAV this is a crossing of the Tagns much nearer to Madrid than to Portugal . Indeed , ifc is over 100 miles from the Portuguese frontier , Avhile ifc is not half tbe distance from Madrid . Meantime , it is clear there is a general feeling of

discontent . Madrid is said to be quiet ; but there have been some demonstrations in the city , and it is pretty certain , from the neivs to hand , that Barcelona is ivholly Avith the insurgents . The official despatches received from Madrid still represent General Prim and his forces as flying toii-arcls the Portuguese frontier . We are told further that stragglers from the insurgent

camp are every day coming into the royal troops . The whole story , however ,, is very suspicions looking , and there are parts of it ivhich by no means hang well together . Strange to say , the report at Madiid was that General Concha , whom Prim defeated the other day , is likely to come into power , rice BJarshal O'Donnell . Meanwhile , Spain will nofc be soothed by

tbe neAVS brought by the West Indian mail . It seems thafc in this Avar between Spain and Chili the republic has drawn first blood . In other ivords , a Chilian vessel , commanded , it is said , by an Englishman , has captured a Spanish gunboat , with Admiral Pareja ' s despatches on board . In another little naval affair , too , some of Admiral Pareja's sailors ivere captured . Altogether , Chili has had what for her are important successes . ¦ The neAVS from Spain is no move conclusive as to Avhat

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Prim is doing and where he is going . Of course we are still assured that he is making for Portugal . But then he has been doing that so long that he must have been over the frontier days ago unless Portugal receded from him as fust as he advanced . Moreover there is a total want of conseeutiveness in the stories of his wanderings . He appears to be not unlike that famous and oft-quoted bird af Sir Boyle Roche—only

that he is often , according to the telegrams , in more than two places afc once . He may be dispirited and defeated , but the despatches received here must certainly not be considered conclusive evidence of the fact . There seems * to have been an insurrection on a small scale in Syria . A demonstration had been made against Daoud Pasha , but , says the Moniteur , it was

pufc down , and Daoud receives the support of the population . AMERICA . — -The Cuba has arrived , bringing neivs from New Tork to the evening of the 4 th inst . The neAvs is anything but interesting . The Governor of Ohio had denounced the Monroe doctrine—a proceeding Avhich AA' 111 probably not have

much effect on the politics of the United States . Mr . Seward s visit to the Gulf had attracted some attention , but ifc does not seem to have any political object . Some of the papers insist that he is going on some mission to Mexico , and the Neio York Herald has a cock-and-bull story that Mexico is to be divided between the United States and the Emperor Maximilian . The public debt of fche United States on the 1 st of January was two

thousand eight hundred millions of dollars . Gold in New Tork on the 4 th Avas quoted at 142 f . WEST INDIES . —Another mail from Jamaica has arrived . It seems that the Constitution has been abolished by the Legislahture , in order that the Home Government may do as it pleases ivith the island . This strange proceeding is said to have been

done at the instance of Mr . Cardivell ; indeed the Governor in a message to the Legislature says , that in a confidential communication Mr . Cardivell had suggested this course . The news from the island is in no Avay specially interesting . The Governor ancl friends were evidenfclv preparing their defence .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

** w All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-sfcreefc , Strand , London , W . C . NOTICE TO SUBSCEIBEHS IS ABEEAKS . — Subscribers who are in arrears are requested to forward without delay the amounts due from them by Post-office Order , payable to tbe Proprietor , Bro . William Smith , C . E ., 19 , Salisbury-street ,

Strand , London , W . C . FEEE : IIASONHY Esr . TEBSEY . —Referring to the letter in our issue of Dec . 16 th , 1865 , ive are requested to state that the report of the Cesaree Lodge , alluded to in that letter , Avas not Avritten by our reporter H . H ., he being afc the time confined to his house by illness . We may add that we gladly embrac & this opportunity of making this statement , in order that our

correspondent H . H ., ivho has now for several years continued regularly to furnish us ivith faithful Masonic reports from Jersey , should nofc suffer in the estimation of our readers . Our correspondent H . H . adds , however , that " In justice to the brother who did ivrite the report complained of , I may add thafc Avhen at the next meeting of the Cesaree Lodge , I heard the minutes read for information , I found that the report contained nothing but what was expressed therein . "

Wifch these remarks the correspondence upon this subject through our pages must terminate . i . MARK MASON IN TUKKEV . —We are clearly of opinion that , under the circumstances stated , the brother ivas entitled to admission , and that this is the correct interpretation to be put upon that portion of the "Book of Constitutions " relating to visitors .