The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-13 00:00:00

THE' FATAL EXPLOSION AT PIRMINGLEAM. :Auther of the men injured by the explosion has died, 'Making five who have succumbed through the injuries they received. It will be remembered that young Forrest, the son of the manager of the works was the man who swam, or rather waded across the canal and then ran home. It is said by seve ral people who saw him as ho raa towards his home that he presented a sickening spectacle, the flesh hanging from him as he ran. He was 37 years of age, and leaves a widow and six children. Rollaston's is a particularly distressing case. Ho was only 26 years of age. He had given notice and was going to leave the works on Saturday, his intention being to get married on the Sunday, and on the following day he was going into possession of a business at Dudley. The lad Bastable, who was injured, states that he was blown a considerable distance by the force of the boiler which exploded, but that he closed his eyes, and thinking it was safer anywhere than where he was thrown, he ran with all his ;tight, and so escaped with his life, but not without very severe injuries. It is confidently hoped, however, that his injuries will not result fatally. The other persons injured are receiving every attention necessary, and are gradually recovering. .An inquest was opened on Thursday afternoon, and after the bodies had been identified the coroner adjourned the in quiry until Friday next. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of AIP.LIE moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the question of the law of bypothec in Scotland. The motio❑ was agreed to. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE laid on the table a hill for the amendment of the bankruptcy law of Ireland which was read a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAFER took the chair at 4 o'clock. MUNICIPAL FRANCHISE IN IRELAND. Mr. FORTESCUE, in reply to Mr. MeCLURE, said although he agreed with him that the municipal franchise in Ireland was in an unsatisfactory state, he was unable to say at the present moment whether a bill would be brought in during the present session to deal with it. LAW AND POLICE. AN INDIAN SIIIT.—The judicial committee of the Privy Council gave judgment on Friday, in five cases, in refe rence to the appeals of the Rajah Sahib Perhbad Sein, the proprietor of Raj Ramnugger. The majority of the appeals were allowed, with costs ; but the fifth was in reference to a boundary dispute, and was dismissed. A PARTNERSHIP CASE.—In the Court of Chancery, before the Lords Justices of Appeal, the case of Mackenna v. Parkes was heard. Dr. Mackenna had ar ranged for a partnership for 21 years with the late Dr. Parkes, and the agreement provided that in case of the death of one partner, the other should have the option of purchasing his share. Dr. Parkes died soon after the contract was entered into, before Dr. Mackenna had paid the whole of the money agreed on. Mrs. Parkes, better known as Miss Amy Sedgwick, sued him for the remainder, and the right of purchase was discussed, as well as the sum which should be paid for Dr. Parkes's share. Dr. Mackenna argued that the state of Dr. Parkes's health was concealed from him, and Vice-Chancellor Malins had ordered that Dr. Mackenna should pay £425 for the share instead of £1,250 as originally agreed rpon. The Lords Justices, in answer to Mrs. Parkes's appeal, ordered that Dr. Mackenna should pay in addition £l7O, but gave no costs of the appeal. THE STAMP ROBBERY.-At Guildhall, on Friday, Albert Hotz was charged with having in his possession nearly £4OO worth of the blank stamps stolen from Man chester. The prisoner gave a long account of how they came into his hands, which Alderman Dakin said was not at all satisfactory, and sentenced him to two months' hard labour. A BEGGING-LETTER IMPOSTER.—At Bow-street, on Friday, an elderly man, named Thomas Rodwell, was charged with attempting to obtain money by false pre tences from the Duchess of Cambridge. The list of bene factors presented to her Royal Highness, however, excited suspicion, from the form of the signatures. The first was that of " Countess " Russell, and Lord Frederick Paulet, equerry to the Duchess, instituted inquiries, which elicited the fact that Rodwell was well known to the Men dicity Society. He was remanded. WITHDRAWAL OF AN ELECTION PETITION. — Notice of the withdrawal of one of the two petitions against the return for York—Gladstone v. Lowther—has just been given. The other case is to be heard. It is stated that the French tenor, Roger, has at this moment under his charge a young English soprano, 'Who sings magnificently the music of Handel, Haydn, and Itiendelssohn. The name of this " wonder," who is to appear during the coming season in London, is Miss Amelia Wat.. n. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur held a levee on Friday at St. James's Palace on behalf of the Queen. The general circle was well attended, and Lumerouspresenta tions were made, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's office for her 3lnjesty's np proval. It was announced that his Royal highness Prince Arthur will hold another levee on behalf of the Queen at St. James's Palace at two o'clock on Saturday the Rd April, on which occasion the State apartments will be open for the reception of company coming to court at one o'clock. THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.—The official " detail" of the metropolitan corps of Volunteers who are to take part n the Easter Monday Review, at Dover, has just been issued. The conveyance is thus divided :—South-Eastern Railway—from Cannon-street station, 6,150 ; from Charing-cross station, 2,905 men. London, Chatham, and Dover—from Victoria station, 3,505 ; and from Black friars, 5,774. These make a total of 18,4_25. The corps from Kent, Essex, Hertford, &c., are not included. The only country corps mentioned is the 35th West Riding of York. SOLDIERS' WIVES.—The officers at the head quarters of the Royal Artillery, with the concurrence of the Commander-in-Chief, contemplate adopting some scheme for the relief of the wives and families of men of their corps, which consist of about 35,000 men. It is pro posed to forward the wives of soldiers, married with leave, their husbands, when the women have been unavoid ably left behind at Woolwich ; to devise some means of employment for the numerous and unfortunate class of women married without leave ; to institute a nursery, or creche, where children may be left, so as to enable their mothers to earn something by work ; and to provide for ' , iris in industrial training schools, &c. EXTRAORDINARY POISONING OF RABBITS AND FOXES IN THE NORTH COTSWOLDS.—An extraordinary incident of poisoning by some malicious person or persons has occurred in the bunting field of the North Cotswolds. Lord Coventry's hounds met at Hilcote stone quarries, when there was a good muster of the right sort. Stoke Wood was drawn blank, and the hounds were proceeding towards Meon Hill, when they came :Ton what was afterwards found to be a poisoned rabbit, which they began eating ; they, however, did not go much further before three of the pack dropped dead. The names of the three were Liberty (for whom his lordship stated he would not have accepted 100 guineas, as she was the best he ever saw), Conqueror, and Conquest. There was, of course, great excitement, and much sympathy expressed for Lord Coventry, who was much hurt at seeing some of his favourite hounds lying dead before him, notwith standing every effort had been made by drenching them with salt water and applying other restoratives to save them. Of course, after this the field soon broke up, and the hounds returned home. One of the dead hounds and part of the rabbit have been sent to London to be analysed. Close to the remains of the poisoned rabbit a dead fox was discovered, which the huntsman (Squires) said could not have been dead ten hours. Considerable excitement and indignation has been occasioned in the neighbourhoad in which the affair has happened, and it is stated the matter will be made the subject of the stridest investigation. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF SCHLEsWIG-HOLSTEIN AUGUSTENBURG.—On Friday afternoon a telegram arrived at Frogmore House announcing the death of Christian Charles Frederick Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Augustenburg, son of the Duke Frederick of Schlesw'g. Holstein and of the daughter of Christian VII., King of Denmark (Princess Louisa Augusta of Denmark). The late duke was born July 19, 1798. He succeeded his father in the dukedom in June 1814 ; he married in September 1820, Louisa Augusta, Countess of Dales kolde. The late duke leaves two sons and three daugh ters. His eldest son, Frederick, the present duke, is mar ried to Princess Ada Huhenlohe, niece of the Queen of EL g land ; the second son, his Royal Highness Prince Christian, is married to her Royal Highness Princess Helena of Eng land. The daughte . rs are still unmarried. The late duke lost his wife last year. The duke wa.s considered the handsomest man of the Courts of Germany, and was of a most kindly disposition. His death has been expected for several days, and his daughter, the Princess Henriette, who had been visiting their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian at Frogmore, left England on Sunday last, in consequence of a telegram announcing the serious illness of the late duke. THE CENSUS IN AMERICA. - The important matter of taking the census of the United States is being, arranged at Washington, to be carried into practice next year. On the 19th and 20th February the Census Committee, of which Representative Garfield is the chairinan after discussion, decided to recommend the meat of a different Census Bureau, and to adopt the plan of Dr. Huff, who superintended the taking of the census in 1865 in the State of New York. Under the old system some districts were enabled by fraud to return many inhabitants in excess of what they contained, and it is now intended to appoint special officers to gather the returns, instead of working through the United States marshals, as heretofore. The committee favour an increase of the members of the Congress to 300. The present appor. tionment is one representative to an aggregate of 1`35,000 inhabitants, and if, as is probable, the House will reject this proposal, the next election will raise that aggregate to 150,000 inhabitants to every member. The effect must be, under any circumstances, to increase the representa tion of the Western States. The New England States will lose some of the members they now return if the numbers be not increased, and so will Pennsylvania, and even New York. Indeed, five is the estimated loss of the last State, two for Massachusetts, and one for each of the other New: Arland States.— dinolo- American 77,7148- LIFE ASSURANCE BY THE POST-OFFICE Lord ITARTINGTON, in reply to a question by Mr Wales as to whether the Postmaster-General proposed to bring in a bill for authorising the granting of life assur ances as low as £5, said it was the intention of the Govern ment either through himself or the Chancellor of the Exchequer to introduce a bill to that affect. (Rear, hear.) THE BANK OF BOMBAY. Mr. GRANT DUFF, in reply to Mr. Nichol, said he could not say when the report of the commission on the Bank of Bombay would be produced, but he could assure the hon. gentleman there would be no unnecessary delay. THE RATE OF POSTAGE. Mr STAPLETON inquired whether the Government bad any intention to further reduc the postage on news papers. Lord lIARTINGTON said he had not the power to authorise the transmission through the Post-office at a less charge than id.; the matter, however, was under consideration, and when the subject was being discussed next week he would state what intentions existed with re spect to the lowering the rate of postage on newspapers and other printed matter at a less charge than ld. THE AMERICAN POSTAL CONTRACT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hon. gentleman the member for Liverpool asked him whe ther a contract with Mr. Inman for a service from Queens town to New York, ou Friday instead of Thursday, on terms in other respects identical with the contract now before the house, had been sanctioned by the present Board of Treasury, and he must answer that question in the negative. The contract he spoke of the other night, made by the Duke of Montrose on thel.lth Dec., and which still awaited the sanction of the House of Commons, was the only contract he knew of, and if it received the approval of Parliament the Government would at once proceed to its completion. With the exception of the change of day from Thursday to Friday Mr. Inman does stipulate that the other conditions of his contract should be the same as that already entered into with the Duke of Montrose. BANKRUPTCY. In reply to Mr. CROSS, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said ho regretted that the Bankruptcy Bill was not yet in the hands of hon. members. The Government draughtsmen was much pressed just now, and that added to a desire to make the bill short and concise was the occasion of the delay QUEEN'S REMEMBRANCER (SCOTLAND.) Mr. GLADSTONE said, as the gentleman who held the office only died two or three days ago, he must be allowed time to corrs!der whether it would be requisite to fill up the appointment. Of course steps had been take❑ for the performance of the duty of auditing the accounts, which formed portion of the duty of the office. SCOTCH POOR LAW. The LORD ADVOCATE informed Mr. Cranford that it was his intention to introduce a bill during the present session to repeal the 37th section of the Scotch Poor-law Act, 8 and 9 Vic. c. 83, and to provide that all assessments in Scotland should be made on the gross rental. EDUCATION. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. MELLY called the attention of the house to the number of young children in our large towns who were growing up without any education, unaffected either by the educational clauses of the Factory Act or by voluntary efforts, and moved for a select committee to inquire into the serious state of matters, and report on a system of education that might remedy the same. Mr. DIXON seconded the motion. Mr. FAWCETT moved as an amendment the fol lowing :—" That in the opinion of that lions° it was inexpedient to grant the proposed committee, because the Government had at its command the it forma tion necessary for the framing of a comprehensive mea sure of national education, and that this house was fur ther of opinion that it was most important that such a measure should be introduced with the least possible delay." Mr. FORSTER conceded that the statement iu the re solution, that there were numbers of youn4 children growing up without any educailon, unaffected either by the educational clauses of the Factory Act or by voluuta• y efforts, was strictly true. The result was that wo had this fearful state of things—a people growing up iu our large towns with. ut education, and ready to become mem bers of the doe ,crous gasses. lle agreed with Mr. Fawcett, however, that the time had gone past for in quiry, and that the time for a comprehete-tve measure had come. lie might be asked, why not bring it in now? His answ,e- was, that to deal with this question as it demanded would require a session in which it would be, if not the principal work, at least one of the principal works. The problem to be solved was, how to change the present partial and denominational system into a national one, without doing injury to the former. Then there was the difficulties connected with religion, with rating, and aid from the Consolidated Fund, and with the question whether education should be free or not, and if the attendance should be compulsory. It was almost a fearful thing for the Government to fool that it was their duty to take up the question, but he admitted that it had become their business to do so. Whatever inNtsure was adopted, it must be of a more comprehensive character, applicable to every part of the country; and there would no doubt be an a'ivantage in the Government doing their best to obtain by offieial inquiry a statistical re turn of the actual amount of education in three or four of the largest towns. In this respect, anticipating the advice of Lord Sander], it was his intention to put upon the paper in a day or two a notice for a return which would make the duty of the Government to find out the number of scholars in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and Man chester, an d w h at d escr i pt i on o f sc h oo ls existed there. having given this pledge he hoped Mr. Melly wou!d with draw his motion. After some further debate Mr MELLY, accepting the offer of the Vice-President of the Council, withdrew his motion. • Mr. CRAUFURD then moved for certain returns as to the system o f creat i ng faggot vote's i n S co t c h counties, particularly in those of Bute and Peebles, and accused "gentlemen of the Tory persuasion" as being the first to commence the system—(derisive shouts of " oh") —al though he did not assert that the Liberals were free from blame. He advocated as a remedy the adoption, as in boroughs, of a resident qualification. The motion, after some discussion, was withdrawn, and the house adjourned. A part of the British Abyssinian Expedition has a 71 %1 , 1 7 ha in y, Sanwh ci . , 00, in the shap e o f 70 b a les of East ich y t rrted at the seat of war too late to be needed. The hay, is said, is nutritious, but railer tough and o w th i c ry. Official publication is made, on the 24th Feb., of the ratified convention between the United States and Mexico, providing for the adjustment of claims of citi zens of either country against the other. The claims n ap re po t in o te b d e referredby ythePresident o h to two Commissioners, mtisse United ioners,one s by and with th e a d v i ce and consent of the S e n a t e , andttaot be States, o na t , heL i b n y gt t o h n e , P ao re d si m de ay nt c o l ! 00 Mexico. They are t o mee t a t out of transaction of date prior to Feb. 2, 1848 , s h a ll be admissible und er t hi s Con umPire in cas es of dis agreement. N o c l a i m ar i s i ng a ye lp ° ITER M TISEENT.I Holloway's Ointment and Pills. A ' large and impurtent class f of halfs its pleasures th roug h society suff e r s year a f ter subjectionyear, and h to as so li ni fe e robbedo cutaneous complaint readily remedi able by Holloway's treatment. His wonderful productions part of the world ki l o 'h d e ise w a o a r e s s t , have now become so appreciated that they form a complete householvdati'ee:atsurfea. einbeeevn tried ° without ira ca effect, lo v cases of ulcers, wounds, and every for which so many remedies have readily succumb to their power ; they act som upon the system as to be considered a compl e t e phenome non in the healing art. For this reason they are advo cated by many model n practitione r s after everything - else has proved unsuccessful. [AD VERTISEMENT.]— Dyspepsia (Indigestion), Constipation Debility, Consumption, and all nervons, bilious, stomach, ad liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accele rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health -restoring Revalenta'Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless, such as —cough. asthma, also diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatuleney, nervousness. biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphthe ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza. noises in the bead and ears, rheu matism, gout, impurities. eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irrita t ility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debil pregnancy or ity, dropsy at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula. tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" Rome, July 12, 1866—The health of the llo , y Father is excellent, especially since, abandon ing all other rem idles, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Ara')ica Food, of which he consumes a plate ful at every meal: It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health. and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly.—From the "Gazette do 'Midi," July 25. Cure No. 46,270 - Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty yeas' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, a n , l partial deafness. Cure No. 1,771 —Lord Stuart de Decies, t.ord-Licnt. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, e asthma, cough, constipation, fl a tulency, spasms, zknlmportant ess, and vomiti ng .—Maria Joly." Caution.— which,ware of the mstny unsavo u ry and more than sloppy imitations to without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most auda ciously attached. In tins, at ls. I id.; 1 lb. 2s. 9d.: 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs. lls.; 12 lbs, 225.; 4 lbs, 40s, - -Also Du BARRY'S REvALENTA ARABICA CHOCO LATE POWDER is naelred in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 25., for 24 cups at 3s. 61. for 43 cups at 65., for 283 cups at :'Os., for 576 cups at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tin 3 are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. - BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Lou don; and all Grocers and Chemists. TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1869. 11 ALIAN AFFAIRS. FLORENCE, MARCH 8. My letter of the Ist instant had hardly been despatched before it transpired that the negotiations with the French banks had been broken off. This failure was totally unexpected ; and those usually best informed on such sub jects had been confident up to that time that matters were so far advanced as to render the conclusion of the conven tion a moral certainty, subject, of course, to the approval of Parliament. All kinds of reasons, more or less impro bable, were, as usual, assigned for the ruptur-. It has been asserted that the project received a fatal blow in the withdrawal of Messrs. Rothschild from the transaction ; and it is still more generally believed that at the last moment the capitalists concerned put forward pretensions which the Government considered wholly inadmissible. What these pretensions were nobody professes positively to know, and, in fact, all the prevalent explanations of the catastrophe are based on little more than conjecture. It is, however, probable that the recent sentence of the Court of Cassation, in a case relating to Padua, may have had a good deal to do with it. By this judgment it was finally decided that the property of the fabbriccerie, viz., that charged with the maintenance and repair of churches, and the expenses of public worship, is not subject to " incameration," in other words, to absorption in the General Fund ; and 180 millions had accordingly to be deducted from the total on which Government had based their calculations with a view to the proposed opera tion. However this may be, the scheme has failed, and a sub stitute has to be devised. The difficulty is a serious one, and the opinions of politicians are very much divided as to the expedient likely to be adopted by Government. The one most obviously suggested by the situation would be an attempt to obtain from the credit institutions of the country an advance on somewhat similar terms, and upon the same security, and this is considered not impracticable by many supporters of the Government. On the other hand, it must be remembered that Ministers will probably hesitate before they risk a second failure. That, indeed, which they have just experienced is not the first of the kind, and these unsuccessful applications for loans are too damaging to the public credit to be frequently repeated. There is another alternative, a second domestic loan ; if necessary, a forced one ; and to this, some believe, that it is the intention of Government to resort. The advocates of this measure are confident that by the offer of a few annual premiums, and the promise of speedy redemption, the idea may be rendered less unpalatable. It is true that the existing forced loan offers four yearly premiums, and will expire in about six years ; and, thanks to these expe dients, far from becoming depreciated, it has risen 10 per cent. since it was contracted, and is now at 80. The aversion of the country to such a measure is, however, strong and undoubted ; and the recent report of the commission on the forced currency has only given utterance to public opinion in asserting that, if Signor Scialoja had appealed to the country before the outbreak of hostilities, when its resources were still unparalysed, both forced loans and forced currency might have been dispensed with. It is, therefore, pretty certain that nothing .short of the most extreme necessity and the failure of all other possible expedients will induce Ministers to adopt so unpopular a course. The Peruzzi amendment to the Administrative Reor ganisation Bill has met with considerable opposition, even on the Right of the Chamber. It was felt that in many districts, particularly in the southern provinces, where, through the abstention of the larger proprietors and of the more respectable voters, the provincial deputations had fallen altogether into the hands of persons possessing no stake in the country, a direct official control over their deliberations was necessary as a guarantee for the finan cial interests of the locality. The commission which reported on the amendment accordingly proposed that, whenever the admininistration of the property of the communes or of their charitable institutions was in ques tion, the Prefect should retain the presidency of the depu tations, while, in all other cases, they should be presided over by a chairman elected by themselves out of their own body. M. Peruzzi, after developing, in a speech of remarkable lucidity and considerable eloquence, the motives on which he had based his amendment, proceeded to state that he recognised a certain force in the arguments which had been urged against the complete emancipation of these provincial assemblies, and announced that, for the sake of avoiding a conflict, he was ready to accept the compromise proposed by the commission. Another pro position, of which Signor Lanza was the author, had for its object to disqualify members of either House of Par liament as candidates for these deputations, and alma at removing in some degree the inconvenience which in several localities had resulted from the concentration of all public charges in the persons of three or four indi viduals. It was decided, however, at the close of Satur day's sitting, to shelve both of these questions for the present, and to bring them forward again when a separate law on the reorganisation of the communes can be sub mitted to Parliament. Considerable dissatisfaction had been produced by the refusal of the commission on the Budget to"pass the 12 millions demanded for the prosecution during the ensuing year of the works required to complete the Riviera Rail way, an undertaking interesting to northern travellers who dislike crossing the Alps. A compromise has now happily been effected, by which 9 millions are to be granted, and the works will be carried on without interruption. It is hoped that about two years will suffice to complete tho trunk between Genoa and Nice. A longer period will be required for that between Chiavari and Spezia, as the engineering difficulties are great, and two very conside rable tunnels will have to be pierced ; but as far as Sestri a bridge only is wanting to complete the line, and a service of small steamers will connect that port and Spezia. A SCENE IN COURT. Mr. Payne, who by some mistake or another holds the high office of deputy-assistant judge at the Middlesex Sessions, seems to be a most unfortunate man. True he is able to string together rhymes to recite at Exeter Hall meetings when the Earl of Shaftesbury takes the chair; and he is considered very clever in moving the feelings of a favourable audience. But his audience not being always favourable, and Mr. Payne himself being a very impressionable man, every now and again he gets into little difficulties. He has to preside over a court where young criminal lawyers commence their career. Young lawyers have not always learnt, like their older brethren, to shake fists in court and hands out side, but they fall to hitting one another in right earnest before the representative of the law. This Messrs. Cooper and Warner Sleigh did in the Deputy- Assistant Judge's Court on Thursday. So hot did they become that Mr. Payne had to adjourn the court until they had been brought to their senses. But when he, came back, instead of letting the matter rest, the counsel began to abuse one another again. The judge interfering, Mr. Sleigh began to lecture him, and, in return, was told that he was a very foolish young man. This put the passionate barrister out of all patience, and for the next half-hour he amused himself by interfering with the business of the court, and calling upon the bench to fine him. Notwith standing that he had earned that attention, the bench was inexorable, and would not comply with his request. This little episode took place almost imme diately after Mr. Payne had soundly scolded a jury for bringing in a verdict of "Not guilty," notwith standing that his charge was dead against the prisoner. We hope therews no note-taking foreigner, with a profound belief in the majesty of English law, at the sessions. There are now nine seats vacant, viz., one each at Norwich, Drogheda, Dublin, Cashel, and Sligo, and two each at Bridgwater and Beverley. It is exceedingly unlikely that the two last-named con stituencies will have the honour of sending any more representatives to Parliament, both being filled to the brim with corruption. Of the nine seats mentioned above four were formerly filled by Liberals and five by Conservatives. The election at Drogheda will come off on Monday, when the son of the late member, Mr. Whitworth, is expected to be returned unopposed. As a commission is to inquire into the electioneering practices at Norwich, it is scarcely likely that this city will have more than one vote in the coming divisions on the Irish Church. MISCELI , ANb.,OUS NEWS. THE FENIAN CONVICTS. The return of the names of the Fenian convicts proposed to be released by the Government was issued yesterday. The list contains forty-nine names, fifteen of the prisoners are confined at home, and th irty four in Australia. Amongst those confined at home ; the man John Warren is serving a sentence of fifteen years, passed in October, 1867; another fourteen years, passed in January, 1866 ; a third (Costello) twelve years, passed at the same time; and three ten years, passed in, or very close upon, 1866. The others are under sentences of seven and five years. Of those confined in Australia there are two on whom death sentences were passed, but whose sentences were commuted to penal servitude for life • there are three t en - year sentences ; none is under five years. The extreme partisans in London are still agitating for a release of all the prisoners, and express their great dissatisfaction at the present " small instalment." SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE. The papers have been whispering mysteriously of late about a terrible scandal in high life. The whole truth is now told. The Manchester Courier says that the Marquis of Waterford has run away with the wife of Captain Vivian, member for Truro, and a Lord of the Treasury. Captain Vivian is in his ,61st year, and married Florence, daughter of the late Major Rowley, of the Bombay Cavalry, in 1861. She is his second wife, and much younger than he. The Manchester Clout-ter says that the whereabouts of the runagates has not been traced, but another account gives it that the unfortunate captain has had an interview with his wife, but has returned from the Continent alone. SICK BISHOPS. The Morning Advertiser has a really sensible article on the state of the Church in the south of England. Pointing, out as we have repeatedly done, that, owing to the extreme old age of the Bishops of Exeter and Chichester, the infirmity of the Bishops of Bath and Wells and Winchester, and the illness of the Bishop of Salisbury, there is not one diocese from the Land's End to Beachy head wherein Episcopacy is not suspNided, our contemporary says: " This state of things ought to drive Churchmen into seeking for a remedy. Those who deem the laying on of hands,' spoken of by the Apostles, to be an usage still of value, ought not to leave things in this deplorable position. If we had an army in the field, in some important war, and three or four of the generals were confined to their tents by illness, we should n o mo re dream of leaving them in command than of sending out batteries without gunpowder." Some i n fl uen tial Churchmen, like Mr. Hardy, Mr. Walpole, or Mr. Mowbray, should bestir himself, and bring the matter before Parliament. The Advertiser rightly says that the s t o e m p pl - o g y a m p e s n y t s t e o m f o a u g r h e t t i r n e o d t e t o o l o b n e i a s l a n b c is t i h o o n p e ( t, , s h i o n a. e th note likely to be troubled with super fl uous energy) leads to the jurisdiction o f men b e t ween whom and the diocese no permanent r e l a ti ons ex i s t . T he following remedy is suggested :—App o i n t a commission,° consisting of the two archbishops and the Lord Chancellor, who shall meet monthly, and in case of any complaint being made' of the decay or illness of a bi s h op b e i ng lodged, let a physician visit the sick prelate and report if there is any hope of his returning to his work within an interval of, say, three months. If there is, let a temporary substitute be appointed; if not, there should be a coadjutor bishop, paid £l,OOO a year out of the revenues of the see. Our contemp orary r i g h t l y says, " The present condition of our southern counties is such, and their destitution of bishops 'so complete and total, that if this state of things is allowed to continue much longer, men will be apt to draw the conclusion that episcopal superintendence is not, after all, one of the essentials of human existence." But surely £l,OOO a year is not sufficient f or th e working bishop when the income 0,000. More over, what is to be done if one of the archbishops bA inv0 101 ? • STRIKE IN THE COTTON TRADB. Notice of a reduction of 10 per cent, on the Wages was given on Thursday by most of the millowners of Preston. In consequence of this notice a densely crowded meeting of operatives and millowners was held the same night. It was contended that the masters had broken an engagement, made in 1860, by which they bound themselves to make no change in wages without the consent of both masters and men, and it was said that the masters denied that any such arrangement had been entered into, and that the present reduction was necessary to save them from ruin. After some strong speeches, a resolution was passed, pledging the meeting to stand out against the reduction. The masters are said to be resolved to carry it out. THE COBDEN C 1,1313. The Cobden Club have chosen an admirable sub ject for their next prize essay—" Free Trade in its Relations to the Dependencies and Colonies of Great Britain." One of the most remarkable political features of the day is the extensive adoption of Pro tection by our colonies, as well as by the United States. This is done, not in ignorance of the prin ciples of political economy, as was done before 1846 in this country, but with open eyes. The colonists never urge the fallacy which used to be heard five and twenty years ago, that it is the consumer, not the producer, who pays the duty. Australians and Americans know well enough that by putting Pro tectionist duties on English produce they have to pay more heavily for it. Nevertheless they levy these duties, and they do so, as they say, in order that they may build up a manufacturing class of their own, which for a time must have protection, or it would not be able to compete with England. They do this also in order to check immigration and pre vent themselves from being swamped by the " pauper labour "of England. The essayist who will shew that even on these grounds Protection is a failurc will deserve the gold medal offered by the Cobder. Club. INDIAN FINANCE. Mr. Massey, ea-Finance Minister of India, writes that the mode in which the Indian accounts are made up renders it impossible to exhibit an intelli gible result of the financial year in a short telegram. We know that the estimated deficit was £1,020,404, and that the real deficit is £2,801,244 • but we do not know h ow thi s diff erence o f £1,800,000 (in round numbers) is made up. No doubt it comprises various charges which could not have been included in the Budget in March last—such as disbursements on account of the apprehended drought, and advances to Shere Ali, together, possibly, with payments on account of the purchase of the interest of the East India Irrigation Company, and other items which will ultimately be repaid. We must, there fore, wait for the detailed figures before we can form any opinion as to the present financial condition and prospects of India. In the meantime, it is certain that the proceeds of the opium revenue fully sustain the regular estimate of 1807-8, and are considerably in excess of the Budget estimate of 1808-9. TUE DAY OF ECONOMIES Attention is called to a piece of lavish expenaiture which the War Department is said to be about to make. In consequence of the inconveniently early hour at which the Foot Guards quartered at Windsor are compelled to attend Trinity Church, it was some time since determined to erect a new church near the Osborne-road, for the especial accommodation of the military garrison. As it seems rather prepos terous to build a new church to save officers the troublef getting up early once a week, it would be worth the e while sonic M.P. to. inquire whether the erection of a new church could no t b e p os t pone d until the national finances are in a more flourishing state. EMIGRATION. A society been established for promotin, emigration from has the East- en d o f L on d on to the colonies. The commit tee contains some good names— Zealand), Earl Grosvenor, Lord Shaftesbury, Sir Powell Buxton, M r . Glyn, Sir George Grey (ex- I T l N' a oe n rwd d Wigram, the ship owners , Pres cotts, the banliers, a nd others. Amongst the Messrs. NG (ex- Governor v i i e h i • b n r o Go r or o ke f e, Mr. Torrens, M.P.. the D u k e o f C am b r id ge, t h e Gladsto ne, M r. Bruce, the E ar l sub of Clarendon, Mr. C ardw ell, M. Gosemen, Admira2 Lordscrisub scribers s h a a n r e c e t l h l oer Queen,, Cochrane, Earl Ze tland , and Mess... 3. Peek aii Goldsmid, M.P.'s. Mr. THE TI/NCTION OP THE. OPERAS. The says that M r . G ye h as d en i e e t that foundation for th e re p or t th a t the arrangement a fusion of th e t wo O peras h a d there Dai was lY ;a: n i r t y 's come to an end. It appears that the Daily News received a comm unication from M r . H argrave Jennings to the elect that the union of the Operas had terminated. PERCUSSION CAPS. The decision of the Liverpo o l P o li ce - cour t , th a t percussion caps may be regard e d b y th e ra il way Chamber of Comm erce , l e tt e rs Birmingham. The subject being company, and charged as dangerous, has created quite taken e a n up by git tion from well-k nown men, have b een o bt a i ne d , an d goo authority is produced , for saying that there is nothing whatever to be feared from the explosion of percussion caps. Steps are to be taken to disabuse the public mind of the erroneous impression. the en T HE NEW REPEALERS. i A new repeal agitation s being excited in Ireland. The authors of it are not Fetuans, nor even Nation alists ; are not Captain Mackay, nor even The O'Donoghue ; but certain Conservatives and Pro testants. The Irish Times, whereof Maj o r K no x, the unseated Conservative member for Sligo, is the pro prietor, declares that the indifference of Whig states men (exemplified by Mr. Gladstope's t rea t men t of the Irish rail wa y s que stion) is convinci ng a ll th oug htf u l conviction, we a ffi r m," says the journal i n question, men of the necessity of a native legislation. " This " is daily spreading, not among the lower and power less strata of society, but among the great middle classes, the landed gentry :and the educated men of all professions amongst us. They will not, unless coerced, seek a separation from England or a sever /Ince from the S overe i gn ty ; but they believe that justice to this country can only be done by a local sitting of the Irish members, with full power to dispose of the Irish revenues in the way the country wills." The mantle of Daniel O'Connell has fallen upon Major Knox. He has numerous followers among the clergy of the Established Church, who write to another local Conservative paper that if the Church is disestablished they will be ready to join the repeal movement. It is not plain how that would improve their Position. ELECTION ITEMS. An analysis of the polling at tewdley shows that the Liberals have recovered some of their lost ground since the general election. In November 936 voters went to the poll, of whom 518 were supporters of Sir Richard Glass, and 418 recorded their votes for Mr. Thomas Lloyd, the latter gentleman being exactly 100 behind his antagonist. On Thursday only four more persons voted, 477 being in favour of Mr. Cunliffe, and 463 for Major Anson. Therefore, the Conservative champion polled 41 less than Sir Richard Glass, whilst the Liberal candidate brought up 45 more than the number voting for Mr. Lloyd. According to the Conservative return, Mr. Cunliffe maintained the lead from the first hour, but the Liberal return at twelve o'clock stated that both candidates had polled an equal nuinber-367. The present member is a merchant in the City: It may be added that the Birmintiha»z Post says it has "good reason to believe that if a scrutiny takes place the places of the candidates will be reversed, and Major Anson will become the member for the borough. Indeed, the gallant Major intimated on Thursday, at the declaration of the poll, that a petition would be presented, and that Bewdley would receive the honour of another visit from Mr, Justice Blacliburn." Two elections came off yesterday, viz., Bradford and Scarborough. At the latter place Sir Harcourt Johnstone, the eldest son of the late member, was returned without opposition. Mr. Milner Gibson, who had been invited to come fotward by some of the advanced Liberal party. declined the invitation. DR. DUMPIIREY SANDWITII. It was a very happy thought to call the late candi date for Marylebone " Dr. Sandwith of Kars," for Englishmen would find it difficult to give the name of his residence —" Llwynywormeood Park." But we believe there is a place with such a name, and that Dr. Sandwith lives there. At any rate he dates his letters from it, and they contain nothing else so ugly. Writing to the Star, denying a' report that he did not pay his election expenses for Marylebone, he adds : " But what is not true of the past is, nevertheless, my determination for the future. I would only con sent to sit in Parliament for any place on condition of being sent there free of cost. Some may say I an' hardly worth the expense ; then by - all means let the electors find one who is (by no means a difficult task), and if this process obtains through out the constituencies we shall have a more select House of real workers and representative men." MR. JAMES AYTOUN. The opinions of one Aytoun are worth those of any two other men, and so he always writes in the first person plural, even though he signs his name to the letters wherewith he favours one of our contem poraries. " We" is of opinion that " the Irish Bill will never pass," because of the Maynooth clause. "We" asserts that " Mr. Gladstone pledged himself out and out, and all the Ministerial candidates pledged themselves equally, to do away with the payment of Maynooth, either from the Con solidated Fund or the secularised revenues of the Anglioan Church." "We " considers that the country will feel itself betrayed, and although " a servile majority" in the House of Commons may pass the bill, the Lords will—not throw out the bill —but reiect the clause. In that case what will Mr. wactstone do r aslis " we." Ile could not accept the bill so altered because it would be a breach of his covenant with Dr. Cullen." He will probably attempt to intimidate the Peers with his majority ; but if he do the nation will rise in its majesty and send Mr. Gladstone to the right-about. Mr. Aytoun is one of those men who holding up a farthing to the eye blot out the universe. He can see nothing but Maynooth ; it is the alpha and omega of his politics. FOREIGN NOTES. FRENCH POLITICS. The Times Paris correspondent gives some details respecting the intrigues of 1867 for and against liberal reform in France. He argues that M. 011ivier, though outwitted by the many-sided Rouher, was not to blame. It will be remembered that in 1867 M. Emile 011ivier, deputy for Paris, a rising speaker, and connected, though not indissolubly, with the Liberal party, persuaded the Due de Morny and Count Walewski that certain Liberal con cessions were essential to the stability of the empire. Through these statesmen M. 011ivier was introduced to the Emperor, whom he also converted to his views. The reforms—they were not excessive—were proposed, but M. Rouher, fearful less his influence might be weakened, contrived to modify all the contemplated changes, so that practically they became useless. The Times correspondent argues from personal knowledge that both Count Walew ski and the Duc de Morny were really convinced that the proposals of M. 011ivier were advisable, if not necessary, whilst M. 011ivier, on his part, acted at least with sin cerity. M. Rouher, however, not only regarded all reform as injurious to himself, but was personally jealous of both the Duke and the Count. Both these believed that the growing power of M. Rouher must be bane ful to the empire. M. Rouher was not less certain that the influence of the two noblemen was dangerous to himself. He set himself to baffle the scheme of reform, and suc ceeded. M. Emile 011ivier has been treated with undue harshness. The issue of the whole is not hopeful. The Duc de Morny and Count Walewski are both dead, whilst M. Rouher's power is greater than ever. If the hour for liberty is come, the man has yet to be found. GERMANY. The Chancellor of the North-German Confederation has submitted a new electoral law to the Federal Parlia ment, which has just been opened. This important mea sure proposes to substitute a uniform franchise for the various provisions at present in force in the different States. Universal suffrage is to be the principle of the change. Every citizen not under 25 years of age, in the enjoyment of civil and political rights, is eligible as a voter for the State where he resides. Every citizen, too, is eligible on the same conditions for election as a deputy to the Federal Parliament. The Confederation will be divided into districts in the proportion of one deputy for every fifty thousand inhabitants. HUNGARY. The Hungarian elections have begun well for the Government. The Minister of Finance has come off victorious, after a desperate struggle with a Honved colonel, one of the leaders of the Left. The Deak party has carried Presburg—a favourable augury, it is thought, SPAIN. The Madrid correspondent of the Independance Beige notes that the candidature of the Duke of Montpensier is making extraordinary progress. Public opinion, both in the upper and lower grades of society, is becoming equally`' favourable to the brother-in-law of the deposed sovereign. " Everyone is now convinced that as soon as - „the Duke of Montpensier ascends the democratic throne of Spain, a new era of peace, prosperity, and liberty will be inaugurated in this country—so utterly trampled down during a long series of years." The Paris correspondent of the same journal is decisive, though less enthusiastic. He believes that Dom Fernando would have been preferred, but as he will positively not accept the crown, the Duke must inevi• tably become King. The Patrie publishes some strange news. An attempt, it says, was made the other day, at Madrid, to poison six thousand soldiers, stationed at the barrack of Guardia. " The attempt was frustrated by the vigilance of an officer." This week the same barrack was set on fire in four places, and a great conflagration was produced. The Patric is awaiting further details, which seem to be required. THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA. The Americans are carefully shewing their strict respect. for the principles of international law by affording every encouragement and powerful material aid to the Cuban in surgents. The declaration of the House of Representatives that the independance of Cuba ought to be recognised as soon as possible, is being supplemented by the departure of many American volunteers to assist in securing the inde pendence which is soon to be proclaimed. They cannot go as a regular expedition, but they divide themselves into parties of ten or twelve. The New York Times acids that arms have been sent, including fifteen guns, which are " doing good service against the Spanish troops." A Cuban committee is at work in New York. General Dulce, on the other hand, is quite sanguine of putting a speedy eud to the revolt, and has sent home another telegram to that effect. But the end has clearly not come yet. GENERAL GRANT'S CABINET. President Grant seems to have involved himself in some awkward complications with his Ministry. The Secre tary of the Treasury, Mr. Stewart, was ineligible on account of a law which prohibits Treasury officers from engaging in trade. The President hoped that Congress would repeal this law on Mr. Stewart's behalf, but Con gress has declined to legislate for the benefit of a single official. Now, Mr. Washburne, the Secretary of State, General Grant's most intimate friend, and General Scho field, Secretary of War, have resigned. The former will be Ambassador at Paris, in place of General Dix. The cause of these latter changes is not stated ; but it is strange that three of the principal appointments should be altered within a few days. (From the Anglo-American Times.) General Butler re-introduced the bill into the House of Representatives last Wednesday for the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Act, and it was passed by 143 to 16 votes. The action of the Senate may be looked for with intense interest ; for if the Chamber stands firm there will be a fight in Con gress, in which Grant cannot fail to share on the side of the House. This will not be a party fight, but a struggle for supremacy on the part of the Senate. Butler is the leader of the extreme Radical wing, yet be has introduced this measure. The 7r/bane is the representative of that party, yet it is the journal which throws the whole weight of its in fluence against the repeal. The proceedings in the Legislature of New York and by leading Republi cans in that city to convene a meeting to press the Senate into the repeal, while the leading organ up holds the Senate in retaining the power, are proofs of a threatened split in the party. If the Senate refuses to yield a split there must be, hence arises the great interest in the Senate's action on the sub ject, for the step either way is of the utmost im"- portance. Mr. E. B. Washburne's nomination, as Minister to Paris, will leave the Chair vacant of the Com mittee of Appropriations, to which it is arranged that Mr. Dawes, who withdrew from the contest for Speakership, will succeed. Mr. Benjamin Field is a candidate for the Surveyorship of the Port of New York ; Reader W. Clarke, a member of Con gress from Ohio, is to be made Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, vice Governor Anderson. A move ment has been organised to supersede Mr. Wilson, Commissioner of the Land Office, by Colonel A. O. P. Burnside, a nephew of the celebrated Ge neral. • As usual the " special" messages of the Times differ from Reuter's telegrams in the account of the New Hampshire elections. Reuter says : " The Republicans have carried the elections in New Hampshire. Mr. Stearns was elected Governor of the State, and the three members to Congress have been re elected by increased majorities. The number of persons who voted was not large." The Times says : "The Republicans have carried the elections in New Hamp. , hire by a majority of 3,000, being a Democratic gain of 4,000." Jacob H. Ela, Aaron F. Stevens, and Jacob Benton are all Republicans, and according to Reuter's tele gram they were re-elected by increased majorities, as well as Onslow Stearns as Governor, while the Times says there was a _Democratic gain of 4,000. The following is the text of Gen. Schenck's bill as passed by the House, which we give, as we believe it substantially to be the same as that which last Monday became law : " A bill to strengthen public credit, and relating to con tracts, for payment in coin. " Be it enacted by the Congress of the United States, that in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose of the Government to discharge all just obligations to public cre ditors, and to settle conflicting questions and intepreta tions of law, by virtue of which such obligations have been contracted, it is hereby provided and declared that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all interest-bearing obligations of the United States, except in cases where the law authorizing the issue of such obligations has ex pressly provided that the same may be paid in lawful mo ney, or other currency than gold or silver. Provided, however, that before any of such interest-bearing obliga tions not;:already due shall mature or be paid before ma turity, the obligations not bearing interest known as United States notes shall be rendered convertible into coin at the option of 'the holder. "Section 2. And be it further enacted, That any con -1 tract made specially payable in coin, and the considera tion of which may be a loan of coin, or a sale of pro perty, or the rendering of labour or service of any kind, the price of which, as carried into the contract, may have been adjusted on the basis of the coin value thereof at the time of such sale or rendering of service, shall be legal and valid, and may be enforced according to its terms." A motion to reject the first section, relating to the payment of bonds in coin, was defeated by a vote of 129 to 55. The bill was finally passed as intro duced by Mr. Schenck by a vote of 119 yeas, com posed of 106 Republicans and 13 Democrats, to 61 nays, composed of 37 Republicans and 24 Demo crats. Gen. Butler voted " nay." The history of this bill is interesting. It was amended by the Se nate so as to strike out the provision of the first section ; but the House stoutly contende, I for it, and in a joint convention gained their point. The bill thereon was sent to Andrew Johnson, who quietly put it in his pocket and snuffed it out, as his term ended in less;than eight days after Congress had passed it. The, new Congress assembled ou the 4th, that is, a week ago last Thursday, and on the following Saturday re-enacted this bill, which the new Pre sident signed on Monday, so it was law before Andrew Johnson got back to Tennessee. It has had a great influence on American Securities iu the markets of Europe, and we could point to no better proof of the ignorance prevailing on this side than that the defeat of the bill by Andrew Johnson caused a considerable fall. That is, the people here estimated the damage at about £2,000,000 sterling, while in reality Andrew Johnson's action did not matter a brass farthing. The Post-office Committee have reported against all the telegraph schemes of transfer to the Govern ment. The franking privilege is now confined to the autograph signature of members, both branches having passed the bill. Our own opinion is that it would - have been better wholly to have abolished the privilege, for it is worth little to honest Congress men, and offers temptation to the dishonest. The Alaska Investigating Committee cannot agree upon a report, the question at issue being whether or not to condemn the conduct of Walker and Stanton in receiving pay to lobby the measure through Con gress ; and whether, also, the report shall censure newspapers for advocating the passage of a measure through Congress for pay. The great American railroad war is a matter of such viral importance, that we regret our columns, already overcrowded, preclude our condensing an interesting article from the 7ribune on the subject. That journal seems to think that the Pennsylvania Railroad (its directors repudiate the term " Cen tral," as will be seen by the report we this day publish) will, if not the victor, at least hold its own. Next week we will treat this very interesting subject more fully, and in the meantime we desire to refer our English readers who desire to be better acquainted with the American railroads to the report. Madrid informs us that a telegram had been re ceived last Sunday from General Dulce, Captain- General of Cuba, setting forth that the districts of Cardenas and Colon have been ridden of insur gents, and that order would be restored there in the course of a few days. At Cienfuegos and Vil laclara several chiefs of the insurgents have been shot by order of court-martial ; others, however, have succeeded in escaping. A battle had bee❑ fought between 4,000 Cuban insurgents and ?tie Government troops, in which the former were de feated with heavy loss. By mail via New York the news from Havannah is up to Feb. 27, the day the steamer left for England. It alludes to an engagement at the mouth of the Dainuji Ri v er, in which the rebels were defeated and a steam-tug recaptured. The volunteers had exhi bited a mutinous spirit, urging the Captain-General to measures of severity, and calling aloud for the shooting of the prisoners. It was reported that General Dulce bad finally yielded to their clamour, and ordered that no prisoners should be taken ; all captured Cubans to be shot. After the above ac tion some wounded, among them a Mexican Gene ral, had been shot. Reinforcements were arriving in large numbers. In the U.S. House of Representa tives the following joint resolution, introduced by Mr. Cullom, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs :—" That the Congress and people of the United States are not indifferent to the struggle for National Independence and Emancipation in the Island of Cuba, which had been so long delayed by the exercise of European Monarchical Powers and African Slavery, but now begun under auspices as favourable to American interests as Universal Freedom." Lieut.-General W. T. Sherman arrived at Wash ington on the 26th February, from St. Louis, and is stopping at the residence of his brother, Senator Sherman. The house purchased from General Grant for him is to be thoroughly repaired, and he will not remove to it before the Ist of June. He has been promoted General of the United States Army, and now occupies the post vacated by Grant, Major-General Sheridan being promoted Lieute nant-General, and succeeding to Sherman's com mand in the West. The sum raised for Sherman is $lOO,OOO, of which $60,000 are to be paid for Grant's house. It is not a little surprising to find that an errone ous message on a subject so important as the pro posed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution as adopted by Congress and submitted to the States should have been transmitted to Europe. The two versions concurred in stating that the Amendment had been passed as agreed to by the Senate, removing restrictions on account of race, colour, nativity, property, education, or creed either in the exercise of the franchise or in the holding of office in any State. The Conference Committee reported the Amend ment as adopted by the House as follows, and it was agreed to by the Senate on the 26th Feb. by a vote of three to one, and sent to the State Legisla tures :—Art. 15—" The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State, on account of race, colour, or previous condition of servitude. Sec. 2—The Congress shall have Dower to enforce this article by appropriate _legislation." This makes a wonderful difference, and accounts for the ready acquiescence in it of so many States, Nevada among the number. The following Legislatures have now sanctioned the Amendment—Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, Maine, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The Legislature of Nevada has passed a Consti tutional Amendment providing for triennial ses sions, limited to 90 days each; also a resolution ask ing Congress to annex to Nevada the territory south of Snake Island. It has reconsidered the vote rejecting Female Suffrage, adopted the amend ment, and then rescinded its action striking out the word " white" from the Constitution. The numerous friends of the Cunard Compaq will be glad to learn that the action so long pend ing against them for the Scotia having run into and sunk the ship Berkshire has been virtually decided in their favour. The owners of the Berkshire, on the plea of carelessness on the part of those naviga ting the Scotia, brought the suit for $400,000. The Court holds that the proofs show that the light n f the Berkshire was improperly displayed from the anchor stock, thus deceiving the Scotia and causing her to mistake the Berkshire for a stea!ner, and therefore to steer in a wrong direction. A decree is ordered dismissing the libel, on the claimant amending their answer so as to conform with the facts found by the Court in relation to the improper display of the light of the Berkshire. The number of Senators who voted for th e Amendment was 39 ; against it, 13. All for It were Republicans ; all against it, but Senators Fowler and Poole, were Democrats. On the Pre sident announcing that the joint resolution 1 131 , passed, Mr. Davis of Kent uc ky ra i se d a point 01 order. He said that an Amendment to the Coo' stitution required a vote of two-thirds of the Senate, not merely of two-thirds of the SenatorS present. As there were 34 States, there should he 68 Senators, two-thirds of whom would be 45. While arguing this out, Mr. Ashley, who had come up from the House to hear what was going on, lauglie d scornfully in the face of the Senator, who looked at him fixedly and said, " Yes, chuckleheads may laugh, and interlopers may laugh, but the point' make is technically, constitutionally, and tally right " Whereupon Mr. Ashley did not fin d the Chamber so pleasant as when he had all th e laughter on his own side. The Senate has passed a bill that the Supreioe Court of the United States shall hereafter consis t , of the Chief Justice of the U n it e d States an d tight associate Justices, any six of whom shall con: stitute a quorum, and for this purpose there sha ll be appointed an additional associate Justice of the Supreme Court : Section 2. And be it fu r th er enac t e d , Th a t f o r eac'•l, ofa the nine existing judici a l c i rcu it s th ere s h a ll be aprinteil a circuit judge, who shall reside in his circuit, and sll e possess the same power and jurisdiction therein as Justice of the Supreme Court allotted to that circuit. T he circuit courts in eac h c i rcu i t s h a ll b e h e ld b y the Justices of the Supreme C our t a ll o t te d to t h e c i rcu i t, or by the District Judge of th e Di s t r i c t , s i tt i ng alone, or b y soy Oa t of them coming tog e th er , an d suc h courts may be the same time in different districts of the same Cl relll e and more than one such co ur t may b e h e ld a t the 85„„ `" time in the same dist r i c t. Th 3 Ci rcu i t J u d ges shall re ceive an annual salary of five thousand dollars. in Section 3. And be it f ur th er enacte d , That nothi n g this Act shall affect the powers of the Justices of the Supreme Court, as Jud ges o f th e Ci rcu i t C our t excee la the appointment of Clerks of the Circuit Courts, which each Circuit shall be appointed by the Circuit Judges that Circuit ; and the Clerks of the District Courts sh e be appointed by the Judges thereof respectively. be Section 4. And be it further enacted, That it s hall . t the duty of each Justi ce o f th e S upreme C our t to atten d 4 least one term of Ci rcu i t C our t i n eac h di s trict of n' circuit during every period of two years. Nevi The Bill has passed the Senate to allow the - York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Ce—i o pany to land their sub mar i ne ca bl e on the shores as the United State s . M r . S umner ' s m otion was adopted, whereby a section was added to give C° 4lB gress the right to regu l a t e , b y a gener al rule, tariff for the transmission of messages. BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEMS.—Andrew TAnsoo released Mr. Devlin, convicted a year ago of whit; frauds in Brooklyn; he threw the responsibility 03 leading men who signed th e p e titi on ; Amos Pillsbmo•lt Superintendent of the Alb an y P en it e ntiary, Gn ve r ttr a Hoffmann of New York, General H. W. Slocum, Fl re" O'Gorman, R. B. Connolly, Pet e r B. Sweeney, ll .i or x Rcbinson, M.C., and many members of the New 6 , 0 t Legislature. Dr. Craig is ex p er i men ti ng os P r c u ' e ,; ho Gamgee's process for preservi ng mea t. J ames Grant! " iti has been out on bail since the murder of Pollard, w as '. the 18th February, committed to prison to await trisa R. T. Leonard, of St. Louis, M o bil e , h as j ust accomPLs t h iv e e the feat of walking one hundred m il es i n 21 ce nse° , - h a hours. He performed the last mile i n 11 m i n utes. " ° eo W. Coleman, au ex-Freedman Bureau officer, has h 3 OO , arrested at Boston, on the charge of absconding from Baton Rouge with funds of the Bureau. Mr. De n To ner who assaulted General Duncan, Assistant Cornmis sl o i t h of Patents, has been awarded ten days' imprisonment La 0,(.. a fine of $2OO by Jud ge Fi s h er . Th e su it ofJohng• a ranee, the City Commissi oner , aga i ns t Murat Ilalstea oor The Ciccinnati Daily Commercial for libel, was ,0 menced February 19. The damages are laid at froni General Sherman retu rne d, as expec t e d, to St. Lo uis to New Orleans, wh e r e h e met G enera l Sh er idan, and proceed in a few days to Washington. A Baltinio7 od, spatch says that " A n d rew J ac k son C reswe ll, of AlarY . l et. , , thinks he sees his way clear to a place in Grant's Cablsubtor Not a bad gu ess o f M r. C reswell ! S ena tor St i ab. 21 fell from his carriage in Washington, on Sunday , ~,t h ert and broke his l eg . J esse R . G rant, the P re sident was knocked do wn b y a h orse i n Ci nc i nn ati, on 7 atsot t Feb. 19, and barked his knee. General James N ar aer Webb and family ar e among th e passenger s by the s' litt iog South America, for Rio Janeiro. Mr. Seward, in dec a l oil to receive an honor ar y v i s it on th e 3d M a rch, sai d : w hich expecting to retire from public service on the d 0 :. °D'Ol is thus indicated. It is m y p urpose to seek an o°3l thereafter so much of rest and freedom from P usi bili , c studies and labours as is compatible with the reW itio ns• ties which I share in common with all my fello w " .. c io thecl , —Captain Mullins captured a poor demented, h alfc r to 1° r : wild white woman of plains, and brought h e- r he lex - Hays, Kansas. Not kno the wing what to do with be „ i Gran t her on the bands of the hotel proprietors. Genertol 3°l‘ ' was telegraphed to, but as he had other business E tO after did not reply, and the Governor will have, r is special Act of the Legislature to secure a home I°, hush'c the State Asylum. The Convention for which C 3 7a ing received so much praise is the twenty-first Columbia, but the persons, whether corporationg:he oo' indiol duals, all failed in performing the terms•-tfrorti gig" Walter Brooke, formerly a member of Congress to ,tion, sissippi, died at Vicksburg last month by str t g . wash" produced by eating an oyst er .—The lion. .. ( : ylo stet burns is now recovering, a n d h as been out. -- of William A. Winslow, so n o f Commodore Wil t l er a brief Kearsarge fame, di e d at W as hi ngton, F e b. 25, af Not illness.—August Belmont's gallery of painting s York is valued at $500,000. Gerrit Smith has written to John Stu t a io rt n• censuring his course on the temperance ques.,,tinish% would leave, says Mr. Smith, the dram seller n u r v et for keeping a soul and body slaughter-house/ ,A o lenr it would have his customer punished for drunken_ ijigli!_a Much more does Gerrit Smith say to the unlialli 3 `, to , 3 0 philosopher, upon whom everybody now,n, w hen P „ down. It was au evil day for John Stuart iw-"`, the Enb a emerged from the seclusion of his own study, • lish Smith who defeated him for Westminster did e ln° good service in taking away his seat. hea l l i th r. toG e N o e rg w e y l o V rk i . lkes He h w as rot r e e f t r uze p d ari the part taken by the Spirit of the Press in f3v„blicart; Rep wha t Fisk against Mr. Bowles of the Springfield isntooeroxerPcioitgl he condemns in the strongest terms not 0 7 e 1 i , het *f ed calls Mr. Fisk's dastardly arrest of Mr. 1 . 3 " i• ' g rotil?" dorses the article on which the action for libel fis k against the Springfield Republican. lie considoleave prewa transactions in Wall-street would in England r ison, an cured him a residence of five years iu a State p in France the galleys for life. „ fl astery The American steamship .4rago, Brow, iu , 71 We d from Bremen, for New York to Falmouth, nesday afternoon to obtain a supply of fuel. Births. n ande li' K barristerg. grove., o T v e O K n eaSnt at-law, I wg r d t, o a o c the 13th March at I, ' 3 7 'P(1• 1 SHANNON—On the 11t Wa h 1 1 ,„t, t e Countess of Shannon, of a . son. $Ol l d ., ainu th sgt e h.t w ea i r f t. e 20f6, Ci3hraurtleos:ste: WHITE—On the 12th inst., at 37, Eaton-place, the Mrs. Luke White, of a daughter. Marriages. „ 30 4 to s t O e, FIRBY—FLINT—On the 11th inst., at Upp er clap 3tl rio Firby, Esq., of Pelham-place BrOMptoD, tO C , 1 ,,„ f youngest daughter of the late Abraham Flint, Canterbury-. rrr ioiti LING DAGLlstr—On the 11th inst., at holy -`" Oar - Church, Scuthpoit, David Laing, Esq., of Eeed?' t°Scl*/ net Catherine, eldest daughter of George of Wigan. GLASGOW—On the 11th lust ,at Deaths. Ilawk h ea d, the ill g l ' t llon. James, Earl of Glasgo . w. ... t, " GLASSUP —On the 11th inst at 2, Grosvenor-V.Boo* Mrs. Sara' Sophia Glassup,. teat of the late 1. Glassup, compositor, aged 78. Niro' WILSON —On the 10th inst., at 12, Kildare-gardet!F,el6. bourne-grove, Bayswater, Jos e ph Wilson, egia______.„..l London : Printed and P.thliehed by WLLLI.4.II aNDo 112' O of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tag qtyyQN of Strand, in the Precinct of the Sr vof ,the - Middlesex.—Saturday, March 13, 180. "CNA! This eel& prize 31e It Pure, Sold in Bc the Agents b 8, GI Observe th ban's LL rn UTI 14, RUSS h KDVAN oId or Le CE a able weekly, Forms free, o il i c Mr. pm l'oena Long - rep:ft tee' Fannin —A Open at 7 Private box( oti kr A n:1 LIFE (the first tr LUTHER. s een Opel Admittance room,, gd. A G i loomg hay( " 14 Co. T an attrarth bailee Musi Musict T " Ltinf‘: for (I,,•viling ORIGINAL A sll: fiery Fine l OM ('rnshe, Shipping) B Parkling ( lery, Qual Sample e bottles Sher P• B ey Consignee celebrated Bordeaux Whiskies, 1 a lso be seep /lumber of Of others w: SCIENI ORNA and sortnaent c licks, Inks &C., in ha' shire Spar. TENNAN W.C., Lon Mr. Ten MINERAL of Lyell's t ate the GEOLOG guineas ea PRACT .„ INERAI 149, Stran THE Offices- The Inv Fire Row') The model. Bo us for value as I rende r the leave • gry thirty days SENATE Nafic Th ar c' off n n l nrn e sr s s o e s s er cwG : , l ( l . , th 3 Sec ra t a & tract, T Qualifica NA' r r( Rich under the whereby a G!rla et all s the kinzion , The objet dah educath and laundry Wiße proyid suitable Situ The Cori aZitirely sus lem, 121 THE I Presider Treasurers DONAT solicited, tc e xPAnditur at Walton Danko Office, ' .' iII RIT M aa Patron Por the destitute o and of all Prosperous Ono but Stitution Increase endowed, assistance. Subscril I nstitutiot ftg peculiar The last Secretary. Offices ' Bankers 44 rie ; and REALTII I blj BA and