The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-22 00:00:00

:0 JOURNALS. I THE _RECOVERY OF THE MEN AT THE BRIERLY-HILL The limes considers that the report of the Commission on Trades Unions is not free from indecision and corn. plexity, though it bespeaks comprehensive research as well as energetic controversy. It is not to be supposed that any person placed on such a commission as this would justify the tyranny and coercion which unions employ, but whereas seven of the commissioners are distinctly against any relaxation of the present law, and even offer a suggestion for making it more effectual, the two dissen tients, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Harrison, are disposed to remove even the restrictions imposed by statute upon these objectionable proceedings. They do not, it is true, deny that the proceedings are objectionable, but they argue against the application of special laws to a particular class of persons. The public will not omit to notice that if trade is really "restrained," or, in other words, impeded, by the rules and proceedings of trade unions, the interests of the whole State may be jeopardised by the removal of this " restraint " from the cognisance of the law. But the question is either very obscure in itself, or else it is usually examined with fore gone convictions. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Harrison are unwilling to allow that harm has been done ; Mr. Booth thinks the mischief incontestable ; and Mr. Herman Slerivale, who has added some observations to the report, is disposed to suspect that, except for the unions in the building trades, houses in London would be somewhat better and cheaper than they are now, and that capitalists in certain branches of industry have been driven by annoyance to raise their terms against the operatives themselves. On the whole, however, the commissioners, on this as well as other points, are inclined to let the public form its own judgment—a decision which will be all the easier when the evidence on which the report is founded appears. At present we can hardly say that we have obtained anyting more definite from the commission than a recommendation, qualified in one part of the report and unqualified in another, to bring the funds of trade unions within the protection of the law. The Standard declares that the rejection of Mr. Roe. buck, at the late general election, by the great constitu ency he had so long represented, is a glaring illustration of popular ingratitude and popular intolerance. During a political career of forty years Mr. Roebuck has been one of the ablest, and, so far as his health has permitted, one o` the most active and industrious advocates of what is called the popular cause. He has been at the front of the Radical attack, whether upon persons, of whom he is no respecter, or of institutions, which lie has never pardoned unless they proved their utility by his own standard. Since he sat for Sheffield he has swerved in no degree from the line of political conduct which recommended him to the constituency. " Measures, not men," has always been his motto, and if he has voted against his party since 1849, he did so often enough before that year. Upon the new electors of Sheffield he had this special claim, that more than any member of the Radical party he had contributed to their enfranchisement. But unfortunately for Mr. Roebuck he had vigorously denounced the murderous outrages which disgraced the town, and had been instrumental in procuring the com mission of inquiry which revealed the complicity of so large a portion of the working classes in these crimes. Mr. Roebuck has made a name, although not perhaps of the highest. He will be remembered as an honest politician and determined foe to humbug of all kind ; but his fame will principally depend upon the speeches he has made in and out of Parliament, princi pally in Parliament—masterpieces of a short, sharp, pointed, and bitter style of speaking which seems likely to die out with him. We trust that Mr. Roebuck will yet sit in the Reformed Parliament, in the creation of which he played so active a part; but if his own presenti ment be correct, and his public career is closed, we take leave of him with great respect and much good will. We believe that he has often been wrong, but we believe, too, that the honour, the greatness, and the happiness of Eng land have always been the objects he has sought. The Telegraph remarks that it has been argued during the debate—in Mr. Disraeli's speech by implication, more directly in Dr. Ball's able address—that a policy of general endowment would have been more statesmanlike and more wise, A great deal can be said in favour of such a policy, and we are pleased that instead of a barren " No Popery" cry we have now to deal with an Opposition that shadows forth at least a counter-proposition. Many able English statesmen have held that the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church would have been a better solution than the disendowment of all Irish sects ; but after all it is only a balance of probabilities and a conflict of predictions. One man says, " You will appease religious rancour by con fleeting all the sects with the State ;" his antagonistic prophet says, " You will do more in that direction by disconnecting all." The advantages of general endowment are obvious, but if some of its drawbacks are not so prominent, they may yet he serious enough. It must be remembered that the Church of Home is always an encroaching power, and that, if you once enter into a course of enneagninn and compact, you will hardly know where to stop. All endowment of the Roman Church would require long and delicate negotiation, and Heaven only knows where it would lead us. But when we once cut ourselves free from all Irish Churches—when, to secure that freedom, we simply say " No " to all demands by al: sects for any favours—our attitude towards the Church of Rome will be much more suitable to the dignity of the State. We can act with a high hand on those questions respecting national education and laws of mortmain in which the rights of the citizen.come into conflict with the privileges of the priest. In short, we can be coldly firm when we have proved ourselves to be rigidly impartial and sternly just. The Star says that to conceive an Irish Churchman who could be satisfied with Mr. Disraeli's apology for his Church is to conceive a man either devoid of religious ideas or inhabiting a fool's paradise, in the belief that the Irish Church answered in any single feature the descrip- tion of that alliance of religion with authority which Mr. Disraeli so rapturously expatiated upon. Religion and authority can never be divorced where government is popular and the people are religious ; but in Ireland, while the Establishment and its uncanny attendant, Protestant ascendancy, exist, government is not truly popular, and the only religion which the people acknowledge— s religion, too, which Mr. Disraeli respects more than most Englishmen—is prevented from being allied with authority, and rather tends, as Mr. Disraeli's own history proves, to undermine authority than to help it. It is mere playing with words to suppose that authority can be usefully sanctioned or assisted by a reli gion which the people hate. In Ireland established Pro testantism makes English authority incurably alien, and English authority makes Protestantism doubly obnoxious. The principle of State Establishments of religion is one for which much may be said. Much was said for it by Dr. Ball, and something more fantastically, but yet with a certain power, by Mr. Disraeli. The principle is one which commends itself hardly less to the taste of a civilised and cultivated age, which demands a cultured clergy, than to the needs of a rudimentary period, when it is difficult to provide clergy of any kind on the voluntary principle. Indeed. the crutches of State Establishment are seldom thrown away with much good will, except by those who have so profound a faith in the spiritual verities of Christianity that they are comparatively iudifferent as to its conven• tional and temporal machinery. But even the warmest advocate for Church Establishments cannot fit his lan. guage to the facts of the Irish Church. After two nights of able debate, it is more conspicuous than ever that the more successfully Church Establishments are theoretically defended, the more is the Irish Church practically con• demned. In referring to the deaths of the unfortunate women a Sudbury, the Herald remarks that little need be said by way of comment on such a story. Granted that these poor women were wrong and perverse in their obstinate determination not to ask for help from the parish ; their very obstinacy is a failing that leans to virtue's side. And the story of their awful privations and fearful death does but teach anew a truth that has often been expressed in these columns. Parochial relief reaches only the lowest, and often the least deserving, class of paupers. Societies and organisations for the benefit of thos: in distress may touch a somewhat better class, always sup• posing that they are well and wisely managed. But people like the Readys, who proudly conceal their privations, and shut themselves up to suffer to the death in solitude and is secret, are especially difficult to approach, and almost impossible to relieve, except by some system of house-to. house visitation, or the discriminating and persevering efforts of those whom active benevolence prompts to spend their time and substance in ministering to the wants of their less fortunate fellows. In large towns the very vastness of the work to be done paralyses those who would be willing to undertake it. But Sudbury is not a large town, and one would have thought that in some way the wants of Mrs. Ready and her daughter might have been asce:. tamed and supplied. It may be that they were the greatest obstacles to the good intentions and benevolent purposes of those who would desire to befriend them. But still, the fact that they have thus died, and the fear tha*. ethers may at this moment be in almost as unfortunate plight, cannot be regarded a s o th er th an a reproach to th nation in whose midst such things are possible. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO A RAILWAY EMDANKMEYI. —On Saturday last the arches of an extensive drain at Barnsley, known as the "Sough-dyke," gave way. The consequence was that the embankment of the new line of the Midland Railway from Cudworth also gave way in several places for a distance of about 20 yards. It is not unlikely that, owing to the accident, the opening of the line for goods traffic, which wm to take place shortly will baTti ti 9. k 4. laggl.oo The following ate the details of the recovery of the bodies at the Briergy-hill Pit. The water was on Satur day got sufficiently under to warrant the attempt to get the men out. At about seven o'clock the attempt to descend was made. The searching party consisted of Mr. Frederick Smith, chief agent of Lord Dudley's colliery, Mr. M. Fletcher, Mr. D. Plant, and S. Thomson's doggy, and each was provided with a Davy lamp. On reach ing the level of the water, the party shouted into the " inset," but no response was made. They could see the top of the furnace, but the water had not fallen ' low enough to admit of connecting the cage and the fur ! nace by the ladder. One of the Davy lamps was extin guished by the damp. The first attempt to get into the workings thus failed. About ten o'clock the same night another attempt was made to descend, but the adventurous searching party was again beaten, this time by choke ' damp. All their lamps were extinguished by the foul gas, and the me - a were immediately drawn to the sur face again. Some of them were seriously affected by the deadly vapour they had inhaled. It was then seen that all that could be done was to continue the pumping until the " inset " was made passable, and then improve the ventilation so that human life might be possible in the passages about the shaft. The night was spent in working at the pumps, and at improving the ventilation. At about three o'clock on Sunday morning the men on the pit bank werestartled by a cry from below. It happened that the cry came up the shaft just when the pumps had been stopped, owing to a slight derangement in the machinery. The men above leaned overand listened, and again and again they heard faint cries come up the upcast shaft. They were then certain there was life below. Of course loud and half frantic shouts were sent down the shaft in response, and immediate steps taken to make another descent. IVith little delay the Governmentlnspec tor and Mr. Smith were again at the pit, and by ten o'clock the difficulties of ventilation in the shaft having been overcome, picked men, who, suitably attired, had for many hours been waiting, descended, and succeeded in entering the highest workings. They found four men and a boy not far from the bottom of the shaft ; all were sensi ble, but in a shockingly exhausted condition. The fact that cries had been heard having been spread about, an immense crowd gathered round the pit brow, and, before the men and the lad could be got to the bank, there must have been at least ten thousand people standing there waiting for them. This immense crowd was almost frantic with excitement. As the living bodies were lifted safely to the bank, and seen by the nearest of the dense mass of men, the suspense was broken by an indescribable shout, that came simultaneously from thousands of throats. It was some time before the half-mad enthusiasm of the crowd would admit of proper attention being paid to the rescued men. These were—David Hickman (24), married ; John Holden (27), married ; Timothy Taylor (25), married ; Stephen Page (27), married ; and Thomas Sankey (14). Hickman was the strongest ; and, in response to the great cheers which greeted him and his companions, lie waved his hands, and shouted, too, as well as he could. khe boy, as soon as he became sufficiently conscious, asked, with faint eagerness, "Have you sent to tell my mother ?" Hickman and the boy were sent at once to their homes ; but Holden and Taylor were kept under medical treatment in a hovel on the pit bank, where mattresses had been placed for them. So far as the men have been able to explain, the physical sufferings they have endured have resulted mainly, if not altogether, from hunger. The food they took down with them was washed away by the water, and they had been glad, indeed, during their imprisonment to eat the candles they had been using at their labour, and that were stuck about the workings. The candles were all the food they had. They were early sensible that efforts were being made above to release them, and they watched the receding of the water minute by minute, and marked its falling away by lines of stones. It was by means of these lines of stones that they speculated upon the time of their deliverance. One man who was with them, named Wil liam Ashmore, and who was about 50 years of age, died whilst they were down there. He went mad, and was raving when he died. STRIKES. The strike at Preston still continues, and there is much speculation as to how it will terminate. The operatives alone are sanguine as to the success of their movement. All the local papers suggest a judicious submission to the proposed reduction ; general commercial opinion is in the same direction, and throughout the town, among all independent circles, the idea predominates that the step which the operatives have taken is not a very wise one, and that in the end they will have to give way to the proposition of the masters. In some depart and it is confidently expected that they will belargely supple mented by subscriptions from other towns. The opera— tives on stike have received their first relief. It has come solely from local union funds, and ranges, it is said, from 7s. to 10s. per head for those in the spinning and weaving departments. On Tuesday night the question as to further increasing the relief given to spinners will be con sidered by the executive. There is a tendency in favour of emigration among the operatives. In about three weeks, unless some concession is made by the opera tives, nearly 16,000 of them will be thrown out of work, the masters having fully made up their minds to abide by their original decision. It is dis tinctly stated that the bulk of the masters, are, and have for some time been, losing money. Not six of them, it is mid, are working to a profit. Manufacturing property nas become a drug, and there are some mills in the town which cost upwards of £40,000 each, which are now in a good condition, but which cannot be sold for anything dke half that amount. All those mills making cloth— grey shirting-s, &c.—for the Indian market are losing money on account of the depressed state of business in that country, and at present there is not the slightest sign of any improvement. It is calculated that in Preston the spinners and manufacturers lose at least ls. on every piece of grey (371 yards), and that the merchants and ship pers thereof lose from Gd. to ls. The aggregate number of operatives in Preston is about 30,000. The principal manufacturer in the town, who is in the Master's Associa tion, has given no notice of a reduction, and it is thought tie will not do so ; but many of the other employers are not so favourably circumstanced with regard to orders, and with them it is argued that there is no other alterna tive but reduction. At two or three of the mills where strikes have occurred a few of the hands are working at s reduction of 10 per cent. .A great meeting of operatives' delegates was held on Sunday at Preston. The following resolutions were una• nimously pass e d : _g , 1. Believing as we do that the operatives of Preston have made every reasonable conces sion by offering to submit the matter in dispute to arbitra tion, or to suffer a reduction of 5 per cent., we consider it our duty to support them to the utmost of our ability. 2. chat we employ no paid delegates in this struggle, and that if any district requires a person from Preston to lay the case before them, we send one of the operatives, and the district requiring him to pay the expenses." Other resolutions as to "ways and means," were afterwards passed. Great distress exists in Blackburn and East Lancashire, .)wing to the condition of trade. On Saturday the reliev ing officers of the Blackburn Union were engaged from early morning until late in the evening in dispensing relief :o the numerous applicants. In the whole union 4,271 persons were relieved, 970 of that number being able bodied operatives. There are now some 2,000 more persons on the books of the union than there were two years ago, and of course the weekly cost is something enormous. During Friday and Saturday last 1,500 persons were relieved at the Blackburn office, and during the five previous days there was an average of eighty per diem. Gloomy and distressing accounts of the homes of the opera tives are given by those in the habit of visiting, and the prospect is in no respect reassuring. In the course of the next fortnight or three weeks four more mills will be finished working up, whereby nearly 2,000 more hands will be thrown out of employment. The strike at Denaby Main Colliery, Yorkshire, also, still continues. Although every possible effort has been put forth to settle the dispute, the masters refuse to allow the men to work on any terms save their withdrawal from the Miners' Union. A number of men are at work, and these are provided with board and lodgings on the pit premises in 'order to prevent any interference on th e part of the old hands. The Government of India has sanctioned the employment of 2,000 European troops on public works in the Himalayas. FATHER, IGNATIUS. —On Sunday night the Rev. J. L. Lytle (Father Ignatius) conducted a religious service and preached at Store street Music Hall, Bedford-square, which was crowded. There was a marked modification in the treatment of the service, compared with the ritualistic tendencies that were apparent in the rev. gen tleman'F procedure in the same ball immediately after his temporary inhibition, some months ago, by the Lord Bishop of London. Intonation was entirely abolished. the utmost simplicity characterising the whole of the service, genuflexion and cros.,:ings being also less pro. fuse. Prayers were read by the sew, preacher in a plait surplice, assisted by a brother of the order, also in a plain surplice. Mr. Lyne preached habited as a monk, with embroidered purple stole, and large metal crucifix suspended from his neck. A pair of ordinary candles and candlesticks had taken the place of the large ornamented candelabra that adorned the altar table on the last occasion of the r ev . gen tl eman ' s appearance at the p 4 .33. 9 ' _ SPIRIT OP THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1869. DECESIVE VICTORY IN NEW ZEALAND. Oft the sth of January the New Zealand troops, under Colonel Whitmore, captured the Te Kooti's stronghold at Poverty Bay, with a loss to the enemy of 136 killed. This defeat is considered decisive to the war on the east coast. Te Kooti, the nibst formidable of the Maori leaders, has been rendered virtually harmless. The story of this en counter is as follows:—Te Kooti, after one or two repulses, retreated to the Ngatipa fortress, where he was surrounded on the 26th of December, by the troops under Colonel Whitmore, comprising 300 men of the Ngatiporos, sixty of the Arawat, and gOO of the white constabulary. The pa was a very strove. one, and was defended by 200 men, who had with theniianumber of women and children; but the enemy had not previsions enough to stand a siege, and they made two unsuccessful attempts to break through the besieging force. Colonel Whitmore made preparations to carry the place by assault, and on the sth January the outer works fell into his hands. The advance was pushed on by rifle-pits and sap under coved of the darkness, and snch preparations were made by daylight that the storm could not have been resisted. " Under these circumstances," writes Colonel Whitmore, in his despatch to the Defence Minister, "'Te Kooti shot the most influential of his priscpers, and escaped down the cliff, which was very high and steep. The women were first lowered, then followed the men, Te Kooti himself, wounded in the shoulder, and still lame of his wound at Ruaketure, apparently having been one of the last. This was effected from one to three a.m., during which time Major Fraser, who was the nearest of the force, fired heavily, and with some effect, on the place whence the sound came. The last native had barely escaped when our people entered, and however formidable the work looked outside, it was still stronger to look at from close by. The Ngatiporo and Arawa division, who have behaved splendidly throughout, started at once in pur suit. Te Kooti's followers spread out into the bush in small parties. The pursuit was carried out in the same way throughout the day till after dark. The friendlies then returned with prisoners and plunder. The rebels had engaged the Arawa contingent, and killed Ritngiho, a chief of note. Previously to that Nikora had been killed, and his wife brought in. In all, more than 120 of the enemy have been killed. These numbers are accurate, the bodies having been exhumed from the enemy's ditches, or found lying in or about the pa, stripped of their clothes and arms by those who overtook and shot them. I think very few women, and those only by accident, have been killed, and no children. The cohorns appear to have frightened the garrison very much, and killed some. The number inside must have exceeded our estimate, for the escort carrying Te Kooti must be some forty men, and only eighteen out of the Uriweras were killed. lam despatching fresh parties in pursuit, and still hope to catch Te Kooti. Every man of note in his hand is killed except himself, and he cannot be far off. I blew down a large portion of one of the walls, and fired a royal salute in honour of the capture." The loss of the attacking force was only eleven killed and nine wounded. The friendly natives are in pursuit of Te Kooti and his band, with the avowed determination of exterminating them all, in revenge for the massacre of their friends and relatives at Poverty Bay. It is now apparent that the band of men under Te Kooti, by whom so much mischief and apprehension were caused, did not number more than 250, though this was magnified at one time into a force of 700 men. Affairs on the west coast had been quiet, but Colonel Lyon was preparing to take the offensive with 400 men. LAW AND POLICE. THE INCOME TAX REPEAL ASSOCIATION.--At the York Assizes, before Mr. Justice Hayes, John Whorlow and Walter Gringer were indicted for obtaining money by false pretences. The prisoners professed to hold the post of secretary and collector to the famous " National Income Tax Repeal Association." Two other persons connected with the scheme were tried at the last Warwick Assizes and acquitted. Whorlow and Gringer were less fortunate, being found guilty, though with a recommendation to mercy. Sentence was deferred. A FORGER.—At the Mansion House, on Saturday, a well-dressed man was charged with forgeries to the amount of £470. He obtained a cheque-book from Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.'s bank, in Lombard-sereet, by means of a forged order, purporting to be from Messrs. Neumann, Sons, and Co., merchants, whose pass-book he also procured. He afterwards presented a cheque for £397 10s., and, on being arrested, was found to have on him other orders for cheque-books, addressed to different banks. He refused to give his real name, as he said it would disgrace his family. He was remanded. A MELANCHOLY DOWNFALL.—At the Southwark Police court a careworn-looking man, named Gilbert Pell, was enarsva46~wl,-eclock. It thixt he was the original " Bents " attached to the first company of Christy's Minstrels, and was formerly a prominent member of the company, having had a gold watch presented to him by her Majesty. The prosecutor said he wished to withdraw the charge, as he understood the prisoner was of weak intellect. his friends having promised to take care of him he was discharged. THE RIGHTS OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—At the Liver pool County Court a case of considerable importance has been heard respecting the rights of friendly societies. In 1864 John Jones was the treasurer of the Miners-a Lodge of the Oddfellows' Society in Liverpool, and resigned the office in December, having then in his possession more than £73 belonging to the society. In the month following he made a deed of assignment for his creditors without having paid over the money belonging to the society. Jones has since died, and the trustees of the society claim payment in full. After hearing the case, Mr. Blair decided that they were entitled to full payment before any division of the property. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. -o--- THR WATERFORD-VIVIAN ELOPEMENT. It is said that the Marquis of Waterford, who is still in his green and salad years, had a peculiar faculty for falling in love, and forthwith demanding to lead to the hymeneal altar the object of his affections, all the more readily if she chanced to be a notorious courtesan. From two or three misalliances of this sort he has been prevented only by something very like force. It is rumoured that he and his frail com panion have started for Spain. parent and younger suits was one earl, the Earl or Leicester (Mr. Coke, of Norfolk), one viscount, one viscountess, one baronet, and one clergyman ; and the matter was settled out of court after all ! Who, after this, will prate about English justice F MR. SIMS REEVES. Mr. Sims Reeves has been more fortunate in the new trial granted him, in reference to his non appearance at the Cheltenham concert, than at the former one, having obtained a verdict in his favour, and the costs in the first snit being divided. Medical evidence was produced declaring that the famous tenor was quite unable to sing on the night in question, and Mrs. Reeves, who travelled with her husband, confirmed this statement. The fine of £lO imposed on Mr. Reeves for not answering his subpoena was remitted by the judge, who said that he should not have inflicted it had he known the real facts. The defen dant has therefore escaped from the affair with more credit than was expected, though it is doubtful whether his actual pecuniary outlay will be much diminished, seeing that counsel were employed on both sides. No doubt Mr. Reeves feared a plentiful crop of actionk if this one were sustained. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The expectations which were formed of the com mercial utility of the Atlantic telegraph before its completion have been fully realised. We learn from the statement made by the chairman, Mr. t , ,J.:T:rt Wortley, at the recent meeting, that the income from messages is now on an average £7OO per day. He complains, however, that they have not yet derived much profit from social messages, which usually give large returns. The company is, not withstanding, able to pay the claim of the Anglo- American Company on its £1.25,000 preference, and a dividend of something over four per cent. on the eight per cent. preference stock of the company. The chairman advocates an amalgamation with the Anglo-American Company, which, he thinks, would contribute largely to the prosperity of both. The cables.are both perfect. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—A singular trial for breach of promise was brought to a close at the County Court of Warren (U.S.) on the Bth inst. The plaintiff was a milliner, 26 years of age, named Mary Ferguson, carrying on business in the village of Spring born', and the defendant, Mr. John Armstrong Brad shaw, who is 47 years of age, claims to be a descendant to Brad- tw, the English regicide. Evidence of the " prowise " having been given, the defendant urged in his defence that the plaintiff was of African descent, and for that reason he could not, under the laws of Ohio, legally wed her. The question of the purity of the plaintiff's blood was the most interesting that came up on the trial. It was shewn that she had lived until 9or 10 years of age with a woman known as Betsy Ferguson as her child, and Betsy, it was shewn, was a little lighter than a mulatto. Shadrick Ferguson and Pete Ferguson, two mulattoes, testified that the plaintiff was their niece, the daughter of their sister Betsy, that she was born on the Kanawha river in Virginia, and that a white man, named William Harvey, was said to be her father. Betsy Ferguson was living at the time at the house of her father, being a n unmarried woman. The Ferguson family, they say, came from Virginia to Springboro' while Mary was a nursing child. They were there with the family, and never heard anyone question the matter of her being the child of their sister. Three physicians were called, who said that they had attended Mary medically, and that as they saw her sick in bed—not appearing as she does in the court room--she exhibited undoubted marks ofAfrican admixture. Other parties, suNiosed to be judges of such matters, were called upon, and testified that they could observe indications of African blood in the plaintiff's appearance. On the other side, more than twice as many persons said that they saw in her no indications of negro blood. It was shewn that she associated with white persons and moved in good society. The trial lasted a whole week, and the jury returned a verdict of 10,000 dollars for the plaintiff, after being out but a few minutes. THE APPROACMNG DIVISION. The .Tehn Bull says the lowest majority "against " (of sourse" for" is meant) the Irish Church Bill isexpected to be 108. The same paper goes on to say that the course of the House of Lords will in no way be affected by the numbers on the division ; but their lordships will be very much influenced by the ex pression of p u bli c o pi n i on , such as that elicited at the great Belfast meeting. "After Dr. Ball's speech it was stated that some such compromise as he shadowed out, retaining the Establishment but en dowing Roman Catholics and Presbyterians, would probably meet the views of Earl Russell, and Lords Westbury and Clanricarde." It is a little hard of our contemporary to put Lord Russell in such com pany. Probably, too, the House of Lords will re member that it is not three noblemen but three kingdoms who have to be satisfied, and that any " compromise " which does not satisfy the second will be of very small avail even though it should meet with the approval of the first. THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM. Dr. Mal, in hie Drench on F./4,1.y, g aye the imprfs sion that he was for reverting to the original policy of the Conservative party, and for endowing the three Churches, on the principle that as it was impos sible to maintain the Protestant Episcopal Church alone, it was better to raise the other Churches to an equality with it, rather than to resort to the volun tary principle, which he denounced as a failure. Mr. Bright gave some remarkable figures to shew how entirely wrong was the major premise of the learned gentleman—the failure of the voluntary system. Nothing more telling has occurred during the debate than Mr. Bright's description of the great secession in Scotland twenty-six years ago. He said : "In 1843 nearly 500 ministers in Scotland, not waiting for an Act of Parliament to disestablish them, walked out of their manses. They left many charming residences, and many nice churches, and they quitted the homes in which they had spent some and many of the happiest years of their They went out as a Church absolutely naked. There was not a church left for them, nor a glebe house, nor a curtilage, nor a commutation ; and I am bound to say not a single good wish or ' God bless you' from any man on that side of the House followed them. Do not tell us that your Irish Protestant congregations are feebler and worse than the congregations in Scotland. What have they done since in Scotland? It is told in a sentence, though it would take you weeks to survey it all. They have built 900 churches, not less than 650 manses and houses for their ministers; they have built 500 schools, three theological colleges, and two training institutions. And during the last three years—l have not seen the account further back, but it would support what I say, I doubt not—they have raised on an average during the last three years, by the voluntary subscriptions of their members, not less than £370,000 per annum, and during the twenty-five years that have elapsed since these 500 ministers walked out of the church, their congregations have raised by voluntary contributions a sum exceeding £8,000,000 sterling." A very different authority from Mr. Bright, the Church Times, has no less faith in the voluntary prin ciple than has the President of the Board of Trade. In a leader entitled " Disestablishment in England," our very High Church contemporary says that a Dis establishment and Disendowment Bill in England would doubtless cause a great deal of trouble, but the result would give no cause for the friends of the Church of England to lament or to despair. It would make the clergy more earnest, and give the Church greater f ree d om , an d w i n f or h er greater respect. " Fat livings demoralise the clergy, and if they were all lost, the Church, upon the whole, would be the better for parting with them." " If ever the Church should be thrown upon her own resources she would be obliged to reorganise her missionary machinery in a way she can never do while she is fettered by her present laws and traditions." ELECTION ITEMS. THE REPORTED SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE. The Army and Navy Gazette says that a few months ago, when a gentleman wished to let his friends know that he was alive and well, he used to become a candidate for Athlone. Now such persons put themselves forward as army reformers. As every man can drive a gig and edit a newspaper, so he can reform the army. Sir Charles Tre velyan set the example, and, says our contemporary, with evident reference to a very sensational para graph which lately appeared in a Belfast paper, " his followers, down to Cole, C. 8., have been nearly as afflicting as London correspondents, who manufac ture fresh news out of the exploded scandals of a dozen years ago." The Gazette goes on to make special fun of Mr. Anderson, the new M.P. for Glasgow, who lately gave notice of a question respecting the appointment of the Duke of Cam bridge to the colonelcy of the COth Rifles, evidently thinking that his Royal Ilighners was a fearful pluralist. The question has disappeared from the notice paper, and no doubt the hon. member has learnt that of all the colonelcies which the Duke of Cambridge holds, only one has pay attached to it. NAVAL AND MILITARY ITEMS. As already mentioned, the Rodney, although only two years in commission, has been ordered home; but Admiral Keppel, has not been recalled. He will hoist his flag on the Ocean for the remaining period of his command. Captain Cochrane has been appointed Superintendent of Sheerness Dock yard. Mr. Childers thus carries out the intention of his predecessor, Mr. Corry. Captain Sherard Osborn will probably get one of the two good-service pensions now vacant. Captain T. Wilson, having been promoted to flag rank, there will fall vacant the post of -. Captain-Superintendent of the Royal Hos pital at Greenwich. It is not improbable that Mr Childers may decline to fill up this vacancy. THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW. The volunteer review at Dover this year is likely to be more interesting than former gatherings of the sort. It will be the first occasion on which the movements of the troops will have been managed during a field-day by telegraphing and signalling on a large scale. The experiment is to be tried of fighting a battle scientifically as regards the mode in which the orders are to be given. The Royal .Engineer Field Telegraph Train is to be employed, and as the troops march into their position the telegraph wires will be uncoiled, and communication established between headquarters, the commanders of the attacking and the defending forces, and the London telegraphs. Each commander of a division will be attended by an officer who has been thoroughly instructed in signalling, and who will receive and communicate the orders. It is in tended also to have the fleet in communication with the Castle by means of signals. THE DOUBIAE CONTROL AT THE WAR OFFICE. The Telegraph announces that Lord Northbrook, Mr. Stansfield, and Mr. Anderson having just made their report on Financial Control, and being now required to investigate the subject of the Double Control at the War Office, have called into their council Sir Edward Lugard, to help them in military matters. A CIVIL SERVICE COLLEGE. The proposed Civil Service College now seems likely to become au fait accompli. The committee have for some tim e past been at a standstill in consequence of want of information as to the result of the canvass instituted on behalf of this undertaking a mong Civil servants of the Crown abroad, an d especially i n I nd i a. Within the last few d a y s, h owever, very gratifying com munications have been received, and it appears that both in India and the colonies the project has been recognised as likely to supply a want much and generally felt among servants of the Crown abroad. The committee have been given to under stand that from India especially a very large sum may be expected. It is the wish of the committee to make temporary arrangements for commencing their operations as soon as a sufficient sum shall have been received to justify them in taking such a step. SICK BISHOPS. The Daily News directs attention to Sir Massey Lopes's intended mooting of the position of the Episcopate in the South of England, and gives the following facts and figures, which certainly need no explanatory comments:—'t In five dioceses between Beachy Head and the Land's End Episcopacy is virtually suspended. The Bishop of Winchester, who is nearly 80 years of age, is disabled by paralysis ; the Bishop of Chichester is 83 years old ; the Bishop of Salisbury, though only 61, has for some time ' been incapacitated through severe and dangerous illness ; the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who is 70, is such a con firmed invalid that he is regularly carried up and down the stairs of his palace; the Bishop of Exeter is within seven weeks of attaining his 91st year, and has taken no active part in the affairs of his diocese since 1863. The Bishops of Winchester and Exeter are the only prelates who held their present sees when the Episcopal Act of 1836 was passed. Their incomes have, therefore, not been affected by the working of that statute, which enacted that on the next voidance of the see in each case, the value of Winchester should be re duced from £10,417 to £7,000, and the value of Exeter raised from ;t2,700 to £5,000. It should be added that the Bishop of Exeter's income is much larger than that given here, since he holds a canonry in Durham Cathedral. On resigning his bishopric the income of the see would be nearly doubled, so that there would be ample room to give him a hand some pension, perhaps equal to the income from the see. All that he would lose would be his patronage. That, it need scarcely be added, ought to be exer cised only by one who is able to be acquainted with his clergy. _o_i i r r n f F o l o r m r., a C t i o o L n i. i i l E a r b - een EXPLOSIONrec received il ed I bNyMO Mr.N MIOvIJ.TI- sIi F IR R E I . Brewer, coroner for the Western district of Monmouth shire, of a frightful colliery explosion which had occurred in the Staple Pit, Nantyglo, and that nine men had been severely burnt, one of whom had died shortly after, and three others were not expected to live out the day. The MURPHY AGAIN. accident occurred through one of the doorways having Is it not time that Mr. Murphy were suppressed been left open long enough to allow a large quantity of altogether? Is no one patriotic enough to watch gas to accumulate, and which exploded with such serious him closely, and to war n th e mag i strates and fatal results, wherever he i s about to stir up strife ? On Friday night the Protestant, 0 . , or (as we A LARMING ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN rather like to call nlm) the anti-Catholic lec- LINE.—On Sunda , a ar . 3 g .g of workmen were employed in turer, addressed a meeting at South Shields. While clearing away the debris of an accident which occurred on he was proceeding, a large body of Irishmen, variously the Great Western Railway on the previous evening, estimated at from 200 to 400, attacked the hall. They It appeared that about a quarter before eleven o'clock the were armed with bludgeons and iron slags, and m i xe d (Bristol) train passed the Hanwell station, and, it seemed to have intended to slaughter Mr. Murphy being a thick and foggy night, the signalman not and all his hearers. The doors, however, were closed by the police before the mob came up, and observing the danger signal or, from Southall, put on the white light (meaning " Come on.") In consequence Mr. Murphy escaped.. by the back way. His audience had to pro te vide in theixelv es with weapons of this mistake the second goods train ran into the rear of the other. Seven carriages were broken to atoms, the make ot their the e y out se' b y t h e samee m h e a a ll, and Ail theto engine of the suceeedil'g•train being very much damaged. windows of the hall were broken. A free ns fight in The engine driver and stoker, seeing that a collision was the crowd seems to have taken place, and several inevitable, jumped off, and thus saved their lives. George i persons were severely injured. Without for a Barnes, the guard of the train which was run into, had t moment justifying the deeds of the Irish mob, we his leg broken by the concussion, besides a num b er o f (. . on ., may ask why, when the result of his harangues is tusions on the bead, and as soon as possible he was taken so well known, is Mr. Murphy allowed to do as he to St. Mary's Hospital, Marylebcne. H e was not on pleases ? M ag i s t ra tes certainly s h ou ld have their eyes en to the fact that order is m uc h more admirable Sunday night expected to recover. An i nves ti gat i on is than license o f s p ee ch. It will b e gratifying to Mr. 1 being made into the circumstances of the occu rrence b y the 1 lurphy's admirers (we assume th a t h e has admirers) railway authorities. toknow that whoever else gets his head broken open THOUGHTLESS TEMPTATION.—Mr. Spurgeon, at Murphy always escapes with a whole skull. the annual meeting of the friends of his college, men- FREE CHURCH ASSOCIATION. tioned one circumstance in connection with that institu- A debate has just been held at Sion College on tion which reflects great honour on his housemaid. Some the objects advocated by the Free and Open Church unknown friend one evening dropped bank-notes to the Association. These are to maintain as the principle amount of £2,000 into the letter-box of Mr. Spurgeon's of the parochial system the equal rights of all residence at Clapham, which notes were found ne x t morn i ng parishioner s t o th e free use o f th e i r par i sh church, and f to revive the weekly offertory as a substitute lying on his oilcloth. The reckless generosity of this act almost leads to the conclusion that the donor had been dining out th r e p rolle .e g n e th,The took - ,Ihßevj. C a o n w d a r thed Pi c ie e t a d t e e nt w o aa f in the neighbourhood, and was acting under the influence opened by Mr. Clan oef chair, Liverpool, who read a paper of the hospitality for which Clapham is proverbial. Under on the importanc e o f making places of worship any circumstances, he should be more careful in future free and open to all. Christian humility was being when dispensing his charity ; for, though he has been sacrificed, he said, to ideas of respectability. He instrumental in demonstrating the probity of Mr. declared that the weekly offertory would be found Spurgeon's housemaid, he was unquestionably an occasion : sufficient for the surport of the Church, and that on of temptation to th a t g o od young woman ; and, mo reover , principle no ma n sold have an exc l us i ve r i g h t to the world would never h ave kn o wn but for hi m th a t th e a seat in God's h ouse, The Km J. Palmer Baia . reverend gentleman' s l e tte r -box needed rep a i r , that the cry w as t oo much ra i se d th a t th e Ch urc h o f England was the Church of 'the rich, and not of the BULLFINCHES VERSUS FRUIT BUDS.—Tho precise poor man. Mr. Eils also said that unless we ggp motive which actuates the bullfinch in its attack on the rid of the pew syst em we should not get rid of t - U buds of fruit trees has long been a subject of dispute. One evils that were conmeted with it. party has stoutly maintained that the bird feeds on the CEANCERY. healthy buds, and thus does damage to ou r orc h ar d s an d Mr. Dickens's suit)f "Jarndice v. Jarndice," which fruit gardens; the other as firmly maintaining that the only dragged its weary leigth through Chancery so very buds destroyed by the bird are those which are being de- slowly that all the poperty involved was swallowed voured by larv, or, which the bullfinch really feeds. Mr. up in costs before a lecision was given, has somewhat W. B. T ege t me i er gives in the Field the result of his exa- of a parallel in a sl i t wh i c h , accor di ng t o th e L aw born ii 1805, an d was reared and nur mination of the crop o f a b ullf i nch, shot in the act of feeding just i cen se ttl e d by a com p rom i se . Journal, has on the bud s o f an app l e tree, and placed in his bands for The suit was careful micros cu pi c exam i nation :—" Oh placing small tared through inf amy, yout h , an d man h oo d b y 31 portions of the con t en t s o f the crop under a 1-inch object- ! counsel and eight fi rms o f so li c it ors . Of the 31 counselfrom time tctil i a engaged in its education, one ne eig g glass, with th e l owes t eyep i ece, the nature of the contents and one is low Lor d Ch ance ll or, one was was immediately seen. They consist e d o f numerous (wass of the Roll, two were Vice-Chancellors of grains of quartz, and of the partially-developed stamens I England, one was Lord Chancellor of Ireland, one and petals of the flower-bud s of the apple. No trace of was Chancellor of ;h e Exchequer, one was Speaker any insect structure was evident, although searched for of the House of Ccnmons, one Accountant-General, with higher powers, and viewed under every mode of one Attorney-Genral, one Solicitor-General, two illumination, viz., with a dark ground, with transmitted were knights, monthan half-a-dozen were King's or light, and as an opaque object. As one w h o i s much more Queen's Counsel, ai d two were conveyancers of fin of a zoologist than a botanist, I regre t t o state that I mortal renown, l ie su i t h av i ng grown t o man h ood, produced four your; suits as its offspring, all of which think the case is clear against my little friend. I would much rather have found evidence for the defendant, but I t b i e le caa t e l e i x e r t ct e wi ( ti . their parent. The failure of ?ginal suit was the ,9 of a a m compelled to speak the truth, though it grates harsh - banking-house• , _ . ______ wick was formed in i 4 and aniastaw illag.4 l 9l l ;_! atoDDed in 1803. Anionic the parties to the :-..... zne election petitions. 'up to r rmay o cases nave been disposed of. The withdrawals number 36, in the proportion of 20 petitions against Liberals, and 16 against Conservatives. Twenty-nine members have been declared duly elected-18 Liberals and 11 Conservatives. Seventeen gentlemen have lost their seats under the provisions of the Act of last session —7 Liberals and 10 Conservatives. The only petition now in hearing is that at Oldham, affecting the seats of two Liberals. There are, in addition, 25 cases to be decided, involving the fate of 10 Liberals and 15 Conservatives. One of the latter is Mr. Hugh I3irley, whose return for Manchester is petitioned against simply on the ground that, like Sir S. H. Waterlow, who is no w see ki ng re-election in Dumfriesshire, he was a Government contractor at the time of his election. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the New York Tribune, March 9.) Government Bonds opened steady but declined from toe per cent. on the quotations from London, which were t per cent. lower than on Saturday. At the Second Board prices rallied to the opening rates, and there was a heavy demand for all classes. 62's sold at 1181 ; 65's, llq; 67's, 1121. At the close the market was steady, and there was a good demand for bonds, at our quotations. The market has been strong throughout the day, but lacks speculative spirit. New York Central was purchased largely, and Michigan Southern was in active demand for the election purposes. The strength of these stocks gave a firm tone to the whole market. The delay in the selec tion of a Secretary to the Treasury, and the disturbance caused by the new rule in certifying checks, had a ten dency to restrict operations. Rock Island sold at 129 1 Money was in good supply at 7 per cent. in currency. There was but little activity in call hours. Commercial paper remains unchanged at 7to 9 per cent. The Banks to-day generally enforced the new law in regard to the certification of checks. No checks were certified unless the money was in the bank to meet them. Considerable disturbance was caused by the change. Sterling Exchange was dull and steady atquotations— London, 60 days, 1081 to 109 ; London, sight, 1091 to 101 London, prime commercial, 108 i to 1081; Paris, long, 5.20 to 5.171 ; Paris, short, 5.171 to 5.15 ; Antwerp, 5.211 to 5.20; Swiss, 5.211 to 5.20; Hamburg, 351 to to 351; Amsterdam, 401 to 401 ; Frankfort, 401 to 40i; Bremen, 781 to 78i ; Berlin, 711 to 711. The Pennsylvania Railroad is quoted in the Philadel phia Ledger of March 8, at 561 to 57 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 93* 1 ; 2d Mortgage, 961 97. (From the Springfield Republican, March 6.) The course of the Money Market at New York has been fluctuating, with a decided tendency, during the early part of the week, to stringency. Subsequently the pressure relaxed, and money was abundant at 7 per cent. in gold, and in some instances in currency. The situation of the market has been so frequently changed, and always for speculative purposes, that it can hardly be said to have a distinctive or independent character, and probably will not settle on a firm and solid foundation until the new Admini stration shall have made its financial policy felt, and re stored to some degree the business confidence of the coun try. The danger of a "lock up" of currency still exists, and this bugbear is at any time used with effect to affright timid capitalists. The bankers and brokers are extremely wary in discounting paper, and only approved and un doubted names are received with any favour. In Boston the market is not materially different from that in New York, while at the Western monetary centres, money is scarce and in active demand. The activity, however, is said to be due to an unnatural and speculative demand rather than to any real necessity in regular and legiti mate business. Much capital is locked up in grain and provisions, and the real estate agents and stock speculators are the most active seekers for money. The farmers of the north-west are still holding on to their grain and other products in anticipation of an advance, which they are not likely to secure, and in tho mean time are causing stringency and pressure in the money market. Government Bonds continue to be the leading feature of the stock markets, at home and abroad, and the de mand is increasing and the price steadily advancing. On Wednesday there was a slight depression, on account of the delay and possible failure of the Public Credit Bill in Congress, but the final success of that important measure will doubtless have a speedy restorative effect. For, though the bill may fail to become law, because of the capacity of ex-President Johnson's " pocket," it will stand before the world as the expression of the Ame rican people and their representatives, that our debts are to be honourably paid, and paid in coin. The New York Sun, however, labours, and with good suc cess, to prove that the advance in our national securities is due more to the action of the Supreme Court, declar ing that contracts for payment in gold are valid, and can be enforced, than to the action of Congress. The lat ter ca❑ at any time be preserved by the power of the ma jority, but the decision of the Supreme Court remains firm and permanent. Bath events have combined to produce the same result, and both Wend harmoniously in their effect. If Congrooe would now Dill, ro sbraining the further issue of United States Five-Twenty Bonds, and the increase of the aggregate of the Funded Debt paying interest in gold, the financial legislation would be truly hopeful, and the situation more encourag ing for a speedy return to specie payments than at any time since the war. But the administration of General Grant will soon be iu running order, and with this new force at work in our financial legislation Congress may well make haste slowly. The foreign demand has almost exhausted the supply of Five-Twenties of 1862 in the New York market, and in some cases orders are trans mitted by cable front London and Frankfort fur the pur chase of 1867's instead. The Bonds of 1868 are an equally desirable investment. The National Debt statement for March I—Secretary 'M'Culloch's last—shows a gratifying reduction of $12,000,000 in the total indebtedness, and an increase of coin in the Treasury of nearly 89,500,000. The (Wailed statement, together with the corresponding figures for February 1, appear below : - DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. March 1. Feb. 1. 5 per Cent. Bonds 5221,589,300 $221,589,300 6 per Cent. Bends of 1881 283,677,400 283677400 6 per Cent. 5-20 Bonds 1,602,587,350 1,60!,583,350 -- - - Total DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Certificates,3 per Cent . $57,140,000 $57 ,4 10 , 00 0 Navy Pension Fund .. 1 4,000,000 14,000,000 Total MATURED DEBT NOT P RESENTED. Seven-thirty notes 3 ,422,460 TexasCompound e m i n n t i e t r y e st bonds not e s .. 256,000 Treasury notes, Act of July $1,977,150 3,599,170 256,000 17, 1861 Bonds prior to March 31, 148,411 148,41 1848 Treasury notes, March 31, 202,800 278,100 1863 Temporary loans Certificates of indebted ness 375,432 1 415,492 89.010 103,313 12,000 13,000 $6,422,463 $6,910,936 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. United States Notes 5356,021,073 00 $ 3 56,021,073 00 Fractional Currency 36,781,547 00 35,511,127 00 Gold Certificates 28,775,560 00 32,659,520 00 Total Six per cent. lawful money, bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Companies ---- --- Total debt 52,660,931,644 00 52,662,379,707 00 AMOUNT IN TREASURY. Coin in hand Currency in hand 16,853,529 00 17,441,332 00 The contest in Dumfries promises to be a close one. Both sides are putting forward their utmost endeavours, and meetings are being held in all parts of the county. Those called by the Liberal candi- ,mount of debt, less date are public, but Major W a lk er ' s h ave hitherto cash in Treasury ... $2,545,236,904 062,556,205,658 00 been of a private nature. The Scotsman asserts that The warrants issued by the Treasury Department dur the screw is being put on by the Conservatives, and ing February were, in round numbers, as follows, exclud ing those of the redemption of the public debt : —Civil, that they rely solely upon this weapon in order to miscellaneous, and foreign intercourse, $3,433,200 ; interest reverse the decision of the constituency in November. Our contemporary reminds the Conservative party on the public debt, $2,206,700; wardepartment, $2,493,400; navy, $1,028,000 ; and interior , pensions and Indians of the judgment of Justice Willes at Blackburn, where he declared that a certain circular, issued $5,496,200. The gold market ' is rather quiet and the by the leaders of the same party in th , e , general tendency downward. The decline of United town, was intimidation. "It is well known, continues th e S co t sman, " that not one , b u t 1 States bonds on W ednesday had no perceptible effect • several circul ars o f th e same class, b ut more peremp- 1 on the go ld market, and the popular impression that 1 gold will hereafter be lower is undoubtedly correct. tory and incautious in their expressions have been Thus far at least events favour the theory. The in employed in Dumfriesshire on behalf of Major ! ! crease of gold customs receipts during the present fiscal year, of Walker. In' short, in the highly improbable and un desirable event of his being elected, there is already which eight months have elapsed, is about evidence enough to unsea t hi m an d ex p o se all hi s $10,500,000 over the amount for the corresponding time year factors." Th e d ay f or t h e election has not ye t b een i n th e last fiscal year, and the aggregate amount for the fixed.. The Lib era l s spea k confidently of being able entire current will undoubtedly be $175,000,000, to return Sir Sydney Waterlow by a larger majority and is even set as high as $180,000,000. Last year they than the number he obtained at the general election. , ye were only $16 4,492,000, and as the interest on the gold- We under s ta n d th a t it i s th e i n t e nti on o f th e bearin g d e b t for the current aris only 6124,255,1'92, there Conservatives t o b r i ng f orwar d th e E a rl of M arc h as will rema i n from the customs receipts about $56,000,000 candidate f o r W es t S ussex , i n th e room o f C ap t a i n in gold, to b e applied to the reduction of the principal of the d e bt. The receipts of the customs at the New York the Hon. H enr y W yn dh am, w h o t a k es hi s sea t i n t h e House of Lords by the death of his father, Lord offic e of the United States Treasury, from July 1, 1868, to Leconfield. . February 28, were $80,725,627, and the gold interest paid correspondi ng months The writs for H ere f or d an d Blackburn wi ll b e $63,158,3 46, against $73,631,248, and $51,166,606 for the moved for to-night, th e f orme r by Mr. Gly n, t h e during tho previous year. The ex latter by Mr. Noel. ports of specie from New York, since July, 1868, have been It is stated that M r Whitworth, lately un sea t ed at $28,184,46 1 against $38,562,730 for the corresponding Drogheda, and Mr. Bagehot, editor of the _Econ om i s t , time in 1867 and 1868, and the exports exclusive of specie, - will become candid a t es i n th e Liberal int eres t f or for the week ending March 2, $2,108,,'76, and s i nce Janu ary I, $26, 035,420 against $3,980,200, and $29,892,329 Bridgwate r , w h ose represen t a ti on is now vacant by the unseati n g o f M essrs . Kinglake and Vand for the sa me t i me i n erbyl. I s 1868. Tho supply of California not this state men t a littl e p rema ture I' B r id gwater, gold an d s i lver in New York, for the current year is over Beverley, and Norwich have been proved to be $ 6 ,000,000 less than for the corresponding months a year thoroughly corrupt, and the two first are old and ago. notorious offenders. We suspect that the result of . The railway share market has been variable, in sym a royal commi ss i on wou ld b e the disfranchisement Pithy with the money market, and its general course has of at least the two first boroughs. Should the writ be been active and upward. No great excitement or panic issued, it is supposed th a t the old Conservativ e midi_ has marked the week, but the demand for most of the dates, Messrs. G r ay an d WTestropp, will stand. M r. western railroads has been sharp and competition lively. Westronp was on a former occasion unseated for The new stock board has not yet gone into operation, but bribery. . reports are plenty of the strength which it will command, THE ELECTION PETITIONS. 1 and of the power it will exert when it commences busi - The ,D ill I tailB thus summarises the results o f i 14 e$ 6 . Tho 19w-freights war between New York an ct Total cash in Treasury 8115,594,789 00 5106,174,049 00 Chicago has ended, with a victory for Commodore Van derbilt and the despatch companies in league with him, and prices are back to their old rates. The reduction, while it lasted, was entirely unprecedented and the busi ness enormous. Freights went down from $l.BB to 25 cents per hundred pounds, and on the last day of grace, Saturday, 27th ult., 70 car loads of merchandise left New York for Chicago by way of the Central Railroad. The order of ejectment of the United States Express Company from the Erie Railroad has been suspended for a week, and in the meantime it is understood that negotiations are pending to retain the company. The Erie and the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroads are re ported to have made up their differences and to have effected an arrangement, by which a third rail will be laid from Mansfield, 0., to Chicago, thus giving the Erie the terminus at the Garden City, which it lost when the "Ben Smith" roads —the middle tier of Ohio and Indiana—were taken out of its mouth by the Pennsylvania and Pan-handle. The annual earnings of the Union Pacific Railroad will ba $46,491,500, provided it reaches th) average of the New York Central, Erie and Pennsylvania, $18,515 per mile, but it will hardly do this for the first year of its operation, althougt the Senate Committee at Washi,gton on the road express the opinion that its busi ness will prove greater than the capacity of its single track. The opening of the spring trade iu Now York wholesale houses is moderate and a heavy business is not expected. Money is not plenty at the West., and the Southern demand is mostly for domestic and heavy goods. The Southern buyers, however, are purchasing judiciously and paying cash, or on thirty days, which is a great im provement over the old system of large and endless credit. The wool market at Now York is firm and strong, with an upward demand for all descriptions, and at Boston no ma terial change in prices has taken place. Prices of rail' cotton are firmly held, and there appears no desire to press sales at any considerable concession. The boot and shoe business of Boston is under all sale, and the manufacturers are bard pushed to meet their orders. The Brighton and Cambridge cattle markets have been but scantily supplied with northern stock, on account of the heavy snowstorms and railroad blockade, but the trains from the West were not greatly delayed, and prices did not advance over 500. per 100 on the best grades. (From the Wall-street Journal) FRIDAY EVENING, March 5. Money is freely offered and borrowers have no difficult/ in supplying their wants at legal interest, occasionally in gold, but mostly in currency. Discounts show little change, the extreme rates for first-class names 8 and 10 per cent. Government Bonds are generally strong, being stimulated by the heavy orders from Europe, buyers well knowing that although the ex-President forgot to sign the Public Credit Bill, that the emphatic declaration of the inaugural, that the Government indebtedness must be paid in gold, will send prices much higher, whicb, cGupled with the appointment of A. T. Stewart as Secretary of the Treasury, gives much latisfaction. Gold is heavy, and with few fluctuations to-day, closes at 1311. Quotations for specie:— Amer. silver... 95f to 951 I Eng. soya 4BG to 489 Mex. d011ar5...1031 „ 104 20 francs 381 ~ 336 Eng. silver 480 , 485 I Thalers Five francs .... 951 „ 961 I Foreign Exchange is weak and unsettled, with little doing : _ . _ Sixty Days. Three Dili' Londcn Bankers Loral; n Prime Commercial lOBl-1081 .. 520 —5.16 k —5 Paris, Bankers .... _ .1° . n , Bremen, Bankers Hamburgb, Bankers 354-351 GO" Frankfort, 0.M... 4Ol-401 ••••. Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.20 —5.16 f ..... Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss Express Stocks are higher, with more confidence. quote:— Adams ... ... ... American Merchants' Union _ Do. Old Stock ... 62} to 621 ... 424 to 43 161 to 154 United States - 7.: --- ::: Wells, Faigo, and Co. ... ... 53 to ... 31/ to 32 PUBLIC FUNDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sixes, 1868, registered — to Sixes, 1868, coupon .. Sixes, 1881, coupon U.S. 6s. Pacific Rail lo ad Five-twenties, 1862, coupon 118; 6 Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 Ten-forties, coupon Seven-thirties, 2d s er i es Seven-thirties, 3d s er i es .. Oregon War Lo an , Si xes, CLOSING QUOTATIONS F, N. Y.jOentral 6s, 1883... 91-} N. Y. Central 6 s , 1887 ... 91 I_osi to o 10 6 N. Y. Central 6s, It Est.. 87 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n.. 87 N. Y. Central 75,:1876...100f N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76!... N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76...110 Erie Ist Mort, Ex Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 — Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 B5 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 — Long Dock Bonds 92/ Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M, '77. 88 Hod. B. 78, Ist M, Hod. H. 7s, 3d M, '75 102 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 101 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 llB Mich. now Ist M 85,'82 118 Mich. So., 7 p. c 931 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 961 111. Cen. 7 p. e, '7O 118 Alton &T. 11. let M 921 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc 79 Ilan.&St.J. Land Gran tslos Han. & St. J. Con Chi. B. & Q. Ist AS 111 Chi. & N. West, S. F 95 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony 92 ('hi. & N. W. Ex'n B BB to to 1881 ... OR RAILROAD MORTGAGE& Chi. & N. W. Ist 31...... 9 1 Tol. & Wab. 2d M Ex. 84 Gt. Western lstM '88...104 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist 31- Gal. & Chic. Est .........• 96 , Gal. & Chic. 2d b 1......... 9 ° Chi. & R. I. Ist 11. 31 ......... 1 0 °/ Chi. I. & Pacific 7'5... 91 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund... N. J. Central Ist M....•• 98 N J. Central 2d M ...... 101 Pitts. Ft.W. , (1.- Ch. Ist M. 102 Pitts. Ft. W , & Ch. 2d31. Pitts. Ft. W.. & Ch. 3d M. Clove. & Pitts. 2d M Chic. & Alton S. F. Inc. Chic. & Alton'S.F.lst3/.1‘,9," Mil. & St. P a ul Ist 31... A:(1. & St. Paul 2d M... 8° Marietta & (din. Ist 31... Morris & Essex Ist 31... Morris & Essex 2d 31... 891 Joilet & Chic. Ist 31... ;7 1 , Chi. & Gt. East'n N. Y. & N. H. Gs ........• 97, Dubuque &S. City,lst M. 91,-1 Peninsula Ist ...... ... ~Q Ohio & Miss. Ist ...... Ohio & Miss. C0n......... Q 6 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D... Atlantic & G. W. Ist RAILROAD AND MISCI N. Y. Central l5Bl Erie Hudson Reading Mich. South. &N. I 931 Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg B9l North-West North-West Preferred 891 1 Canton... 59 Rock Island :Neveland and Toledo 105 I 1 'ELLANTOITS STOCKS. Fort Wayne ............ 1,; Pacific Mail ............... Atlantic Mail ............ Quicksilver .............371 W. U. Telegraph ..... 331 Mariposa Preferred 3 3 Ohio and Mississippi... 1 6 Boston Water Power... 37 Cumberland ............. Bankers and Brokers... 1 6 5 M & St. Paul ........... ,76t M & St. Paul Preferred ' The following reply was se n t by th e Poet Long b Clu fellow to the invitation of the Junior United Service to become an honorary member Longhorn Hotel, Jul t 4, 1868. Dear Sir,—l beg leave, through you, to Pre s t v to the committee of the Junior United Service Clubrail thanks for the honour they have d one me i n electing il o d. Honorary Visitor' o f th e Cl u b d ur i ng my s t ay in 13,14,60' It will give me gr ea t p l easure to ava i l mysel f o f this rho*, lege as soon my engagements permit. bleanwhil%PlieVe accept my acknowledgments of your courtesy, an", me your obedient servant, HENRY W. L ONGFE LLOVi % vs LADVERTISEMENT.I —Holloway's Oi n t me nt and F l of Systematic Treatment.—F ew s t a t emen t s are more W oe t ips truth than the assertion that for the cure of diseastod ailing part alone demand s a tt en ti on, w h erea s bot h t 9 and general mischief requ i re redress. These tnedi ca j re lief boldly face the evils they profess to remedy. lic' ea. ea s ed and general purification progress together, the di s _y'e portion is cured, the foul whole is cleansed. gollo; the Ointment rubbed on the throat and chest exer cis . e sed chitin. This w T h h e is th u er ng r u e e s n ul t t a in c g ts fr m om irac ca ul most beneficial influence over sore throats, diphtherttrow asthma, Or the extension of sores, healing ulcerations, curing e k .Tfieur oases, and completely stopping all destructive to motion. tu rr s h li [AD VERTISENERNY.]—Henceforth no one will doubt the vabbca of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalen ta iessWg ° Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of h ad been it has, already received from Invalids whose position ha POI deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness ~a r s ° whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty 3, 40 du 46 in arresting unsuccessful medical treatment. We uote from the the 0" 13 Midi," July 25th:—" Rome, July 21,1866. The health of ber ro ve Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all et n e valea t f dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry . ' -- r y Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at ere aith , a . „.0 d It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his he , - we his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too high 1.216, of extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures:—Cure the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver , : inits tie_a: wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous Pt...,,, e5 t all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness and t_ihesTaart de tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.77 i: Lord d aY Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years , Y s ,,pSith No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony fro c _ - n os nervousness, asthma, cough, • constipation, flatulency , 0: 31r sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Cure disc 1001 James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years . d ro°r e ' spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial deafue s ' than portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury an d sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron name is most a u d ac i ous l y attached. vibe , be 118 ' CO" In tins, at Is. lid. ; 1 lb. 2s. 9d.; 2 lbs. 4e. 6d.; 61 coo 225. ; 4 lbs, 40s, —Also DU BARRY'S REvALENTAARAIinrs., for 24 LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups 57 6 cup s cu at 3s. 6d., for 43 cups at 65., for 238 cups at 300, 660. r e , at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 3 06 • p“ost . Den are sent free of carriage in England on receipt „street , Order. - BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, 'lege don; and all Grocers and Chemists. . GROSVENOR—On the 19th Births in t at St. Lawrence, V e li " Ma, Lady C o n s t ance Clrosvenosr, at twins —sons. EfAu ri vry--O the 19th inst., at Sunnyside, viraluler , the wife of Rear-Admiral Harvey, of a daughter. ST-- IXON— Marriages. C. PROVE NT Provest, to Mary Ann Fanny eldest daughter of Nixon,ixo SDEX—CLARK—On the 11th inst , the late Th On the 18th inst ,at Windsor, g.r. omas Nixon, Esq. RAM 11 . 4 Paddington, Thomas Ramsden, of .29, North Au d i e lp; street, Grosvenor-square, to Catherine Mary, da"- ( f John Clark, of 28, Tavistock t Westbourne" -crescent, , park. at St. Stephe Deaths. l a te MATHER—On the 19th inst., Robert Mathe r, ~ SHELL Captain 14th On the Hussars,l9th inst., flt aged 34 Sh o b r ooke Pars, -- . n o vev, the Rev. Sir Fredk. Shelley, Bart., aged 59. F W. TETOMAS—On the 18th inst., at his residence, Fulham, Thomas, Esq. ws London : Printed and Pabliehed by WILLIAg 4-119,,13!;112, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, st 'Fan SUN Ofll o, of Strand, in the Precinct of the Se vor inSh e dou Middlesex." - MCMCIV, March 22, 1869 1,C1\7 Al This celel Dr'n. Tt Pure,. Sold in B( ho Agents ii -„ Observe th an's LL WI UTE 14, BUSS ADVANCES Sold or Lea! <ble weekly, ~ 'orme free < OYA Mr. ARTII o'clock —Prn Arab ConioT P.venin-,a at 1 (Lir. open at 7 private bore traction. E Not April 21. A T A D A LIFE (th,,, first trf LiTTIIER, Reen Open Admittance, 6(1. AR (1 FVE Rooms have and Co. Tt an attractive Dance Music Musics Tx ,• at Lunch for deviling 'ORIGINAL • ASIII rery Fine P Old Crushed Shipping), Sparkling C lery, Quali Sample ea bottles Sher PB. B I . nexl Consignee f celebrated P Bordeaux NV' Whiskies, fi also he seen number of E of others wai SCTENTI nRN A 3 " and I sortment at }irks, Inkst, &e., in Itali shire Spar. TENN AN . N.C., Low] Mr. Tenn MINERAL of Lynll's E tate the GEOLOGY guineas eael PRACTI MINERAL 149, Strand THE I Offices— The Inv() Fire Revenu The modern Bonus for t value as S render then leave is gran thirty days t SE ME: ^- 1 off Gree Na'icns, V7ll , The receit £879 less th SUBSCHT Williams, D the Secretar street, Lena; Qualificati Governor, £. 7 \T A'llO: Rich= tinder the r)at Whereby a h Girls of all ag the kinftlem: The oble^t lieh elueatior end laundry, wise provides suitable sitna The Commi entirely susta Office, 121. T HE M President Treasurers— DONATII solicited, to e expenditure at Walton ; Banker Office, 32, BRITL Macke! Patron— For the destitute orp and of all prosperous c One hund stitution 4 an In creased endowecVan assistance. Subscribes Institution, its psculiar c tlis last E Secretary. Offices, 73 , Bankers— lane ; awl M HEALTH RE ly BA! and eaves fifty tii perfect diges refreshing sl most disorff effectually it surnption, hE rangoments, nervousness, catarrhs, co rheumatism, ralgia, heartburn, 1 nausea and s fits, bronchi) the pit of th, the most dip for invalids t L►tPORTAN and more thi rite, Baron I Hen eefortl Du Barry's and Infants' has already been deemed ness the Pop by it after th WA quote fi 18,413):—"I Holy Father other remedi 'darry's Revs Plateful at el beneficial off praise this el - Cure No. 5 years' liver ness, irritabil digestion, co: ervons agita Cure N 0.7 Stuart de Del ford :—" I ha fon.l.—STra] Waterford." Cure No. from dyspeps. flatulency, sr of Lynn, Nol Cure No. 4 norrousness, vo , !, faneiep. Cure No. 5 years di, rrhe The Food h., 4s. 6d.; anisters, car arry g lieva titz cnuistera 3upq at ;lg., ft thout coo pol free ,I,:arristi hit tillY DU also ; , ,t. T?ort Graceohm eh- NOW.Northi 8, GI