The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP - THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, THE RECENT DOUBLE MURDER AND _ _ SUICIDE AT POPLAR The Times, in referring to the bill introduced by the :A.ttorney-General on Friday night, observes that there is universal assent as to the need of reform in the present law of bankruptcy, and most people are agreed on the general direction which attempts to amend it should take. But‘the same state of things has existed ever since 1861. Sir Robert Collier's bill follows the principle of restricting within as narrow limits as possible judicial intervention between creditors and the fund out of which they hope to be paid. The abolition of imprisonment for debt is promised AS the subject of a second bill, to be introduced in the course Of a few days. The Times agrees in the Attorney-General's conclusion that imprisonment for debt is doomed. Modern legislation has destroyed the sentiment of a kind of natural connection between imprisonment and debt. It is open to argument that debt is a crime to be punished, but the superstition is extinct that a punishment the essence o; which is that it bars any effort to make amends for the offence is the one special and appropriate penalty. The opportunity which the abolition of imprisonment would afford of doing away at the same time with a debtor's power to make himself a bankrupt is in itself a powerful bribe to acquiesce in the propriety of the abolition. So long as debt w About resort to a bank ruptcy court exposes a debtor to imprisonment, there is an obvious harshness in making bankruptcy and the consequent freedom from imprisonment dependent on the caprice of creditors. But a debtor has no intrinsic right to clear himself at his own discre tion from future liability for past debts. The Attorney- General's bill, or bills, will take away the creditor's power ( time his debtor's personal liberty, but will at the same time deprive the debtor of the liberty he now has of cur tailing his creditor's remedies over his estate. Such a change would remove what is at once a scandal on the bankruptcy law and an incubus on the courts. Whether this or that provision be erased, however, from the pre sent bill, the Attorney-General's propositions have, at any rate, what is in bankruptcy legislation the exceptional merit of being intelligible, and, yet more, of embodying the whole law. The measure is meant for a consolidation statute, and the interpretation of its clauses will not be embarrassed by the necessity of reconciling them at every turn with earlier Acts, speaking a different language, and framed on different principles. The Herald looks favourably upon the Attorney- General's measure, and says that the new Bankruptcy Bill is undeniably one of progress, but full of complications, nevertheless, and likely to undergo severe criticism and large amendment before it passes. The Attorney-General, in explaining it, remarked upon the long series of failures by Parliament to legislate satisfactorily upon this subject, although seven separate acts encumber the statute-book, and as many, or more, have been carried to a certain stage and abandoned. Two of the latest, although fromed by eminent legislators, collapsed almost without debate ; while the last of all, the work of Lord Cairns, was defeated by political events. The scheme of the present Government owes many of its principles to that of Lord Cairns ; but in other respects it may claim whatever merit belongs to boldness and novelty. It is based upon the simple proposition that a bankruptcy law is for the benefit of the creditor rather than for the punishment of the debtor, but that it is an engine which no debtor should be permitted to make use of for his own convenience or advantage. Therefore, the bill proposes to abolish an immense mass of officialism, to superannuate the present commissioners, to appoint a superior judge, with an appeal on cases granted by him to the House of Lords, to extinguish the practice of arrest and imprisonment for debt altogether, except under county court jurisdiction, and to prevent the adjudication of debtors on their own petition. The system, regarded as a whole, is a very near approach to that which prevails, and operates with much success, in Scotland. The Telegraph does not think that Lord Kimberley'. measure will be a success. Our view is, that an efficient administration of the police, which may be perfectly carried out without troubling Parliament for fresh powers at all, would cure two-thirds of the evils of which the public complain—and justly so. We say that a detective police, worthy of the name, simply has no existence at all, and that, before inventing more heroic remedies, it might be as well to make trial of the one which is ready at hand. If an ounce of Glauber's salts will cure a patient, why resort to poisons which may kill, as well as cure ? This we fully believe would be enough for the moment ; but, if it should be desired to proceed further in the matter, Lord Houghton's proposition of Friday night would recommend itself to the acceptance of men who are not fanatics, or system-mongers. Let there be a resolute and stern investigation by a select committee of all the facts of the case, including the ad ministration, for criminal purposes, of the Metropolitan Police. Let competent persons be called before the committee, who may inform its members of where the shoe pinches ; what remedies are possible, what impossi- ble ; let us, in a word, legislate upon facts, not upon a cry. Mr. Bruce said the other day that crime was not on the increase : why, then, this mad haste, when a few months would enable us to adopt proper measures for the public safety, in place of those which will certainly result in dis credit to the proposers, and disadvantage to the public whose lives and properties are at stake ? The Post remarks that the House of Lords seems seriously bent on freeing itself from the opprobrium a taking only a nominal share of those legislative functions' which in theory are divided equally between the two Houses. The session had hardly commenced when, to the great astonishment of the nation, there was heard in that august assembly the cry of "No work to do ;" and so clamorous were the Peers for employment that a measure, the introduction of which had been notified in the House of Commons, was transferred to the other House of Parliament. A mere sop of this kind, however, could not satisfy the industrial cravings of the Lords; and a few days later, the Marquis of Salisbury pressed upon their attention a measure which, if it becomes law, will unquestionably enable the Upper House, on the commencement of future Parliamentary sessions, to plunge at once in medics re; and thus utilise the time which, under existing arrangements, it complains of hanging heavily on its hands. The danger to the bill, if any, is to be dreaded from an unintelligible rivalry between the two houses ; and on this rock the similar bill introduced by the Earl of Derby (then Lord Stanley) in 1848 seems to have split. It is only right that the Commons should claim the initiative in all measures in the nature of money bills ; but when these have received their sanction it is not easy to understand why they might not be revised in the Upper House in a subsequent session, and then carried to their final stages. As, however, the matters dealt with in the bill concern intimately both Houses, and there must be something in the nature of a compromise, it may be well to submit it, as Lord Granville suggested, to a joint committee. Mutual concessions may thus be the more easily accom• plished, and the rejection of the bill by one House after receiving the assent of the other be the more securely avoided. The Standard declares that the noble chairman of com mittees looks the Irish Church question straight hi the face, and has arrived at the conclusion that the Ministerial scheme involves nothing less than absolute robbery. And he is not careful to keep his opinion to himself. He has an objectionable way of calling a spade a spade. He declates that to take away the property of a secular corporation is confiscation, and that in the case of a religious body it is " sacrilege." Lord Redesdale asked to be furnished with any Acts of Parliament sanctioning this mode of dealing with property. Of course it was a mere farce. Lord Redesdale knew perfectly well that the Legisla ture had never dealt with private or corporate propertyaftes this lawless fashion, but he had a right to bring the fact t. bear upon the Government. It was a piece of grave irony, and Lord Granville was not proof against it. He declined to take part "in any s arcastic controversy." As to the return asked for, he said what was perfectly true— that it would involve a prolonged and laborious research, and that the facts would not turn out to he of much use after all. Considering that the return would be nil, seeing that there are no such Acts on the statute-book, the guarded reply of the noble earl was perfectly intelligible, and Lord Redesdale withdrew his motion as a matter of course. It has served the purpose, however, of eliciting from the Government a public confession that the measures which we deem with Lord Redesdale to be unjust, tyran nical, and wicked, are as entirely destitute of any warrant in parliamentary precedents as they are repudiated by the spirit of the Constitution. • The Star thinks that the public may be well satisfied_ with the result of the recent debate in the House of Commons on the introduction into the metropolis of street tramways. The opposition to the bill was so unsuccessful that we cannot doubt that every well considered scheme for improving the great lines of communication with the suburbs by means of tramways will meet with the approval of a decisive majority of the present Parliament. It is difficult to gather from the speeches of the gentlemen who opposed the bill upon what practical grounds they object to the proposed improvement. The metropolitan rail ways will either not he affected at all, or only to an infinitesimal extent. People who travel by steam desire great speed as well as cheapness, and the tramways can scarcely c ome i nto competition withl the railway train. As for the omnibuses, we do not know that passengers are under any special debt of obligation to them. They will be at liberty to use the tramways if they think proper. The " monopoly," whatever it may mean, does not con template their exclusion from any part of the road: which they traverse. They have no right to expect more. . The London omnibuses are not so roomy and comfortable ; the mode of ingress and egress is not so convenient the fares are not so equit ably imposed ; and they are not so distinguished by the rapidity of their motion—that we should feel par ticularly sensitive on their account. The omnibus interest naturally views the tramways with great disfavour ; but that is no reason why the travelling portion of the corn nuinity should share the prejudice. These carriages will run without jolting on a grooved line of rails flush with the surface of the road. The means of communication with the conductor—now often so difficult --will be instanta neous. Wherever the passenger may be seated, he will only have to touch a cord, and immediately the conduc tor's and driver's bells will be rung . , and th e ve hi c l e stopped. The bills before Parliament limit the maximum fare to a penny per mile, and the passenger will pay three. pence, where, generally spenkiag, he now pays twice that a4tount; The inquest on the bodies of Mrs. and Miss Browne was concluded on Saturday. Certain letters from a married woman to Bradshaw, the supposed murderer, were read, but did not throw any light upon the murder. The signer of the letters denied writing them. As far as the evidence went, it was proved that Bradshaw and the Brownes were well acquainted, that he was much mixed up with their affairs, and had several times quarrelled with them. He was evidently not a man of very high morals ; and there seems to have been several intrigues of which he was the centre. It is presumed, therefore, that he quarrelled with Mrs. Browne, and then committed the dreadful deed. The evidence, however, as to his being the actual murderer was conclusive. He was seen walking wildly up and down the street outside Mrs. Browne's shop on the day of the murder. At the inquest Superintendent Worrels produced a tablecloth he had found in the parlour of the shop where the murder took place, spotted with blood, and also a towel, on which, from its appearance, the murderer had wiped his hands after the commission of the crime. A hat was also found in the parlour, which had been identified as having belonged to Bradshaw. This had two spots of blood on the leather, and another onthe inner portion of the lining. Inspector Thomson, of the Detective force, and Inspector Maddigan produced som:. , locks and keys found on Brad shaw, and also his clothes, which were stained with blood. Then there was the fact that he, after an uneasy night, committed suicide. With this before them, the jury re turned a verdict that the deceased Mary and Annie Browne were wilfully murdered by John William "".. 1 . shaw. MURDER NEAR MAIDSTONE. Deeds of violence never seem to come alone. The norrible murders at Poplar, that of Wednesbury, that of Mullingar, are now supplemented by a deliberate murder in the vicinity of Maidstone. As far as the facts can be ascertained, it appears that shortly after twelve o'clock on Sunday, two lads were proceeding along the Ashford-road, and when near the wall enclosing the park of Mr. J. What man, M.P., they discovered the body of a man bleeding from the face, with a bundle close to him. They pro ceeded to give an alarm at Tinker Mill, within a few yards of the spot, when a man named Tover returned with tht m, when they discovered that the bundle had been taken away. Information was at once given to the police, and upon the arrival of Inspector Hills he had the body conveyed to the Artichoke Inn. Mr. Furber, surgeon, arrived shortly afterwards, and pronounced life to be extinct. Upon an examination of the body he found that the deceased had been shot through the mouth in an upward direction. Several teeth were knocked out. Shortly afterwards the body was recognised as that of a young man named John Phinn, tailor, residing with his friends at Weavering-street, near Maidstone ; to where he was supposed to be proceeding when he was brutally murdered. During Saturday night the deceased had been for a walk with his sweetheart, and left her at the door of her residence shortly after ten o'clock. He then called at a Mr. Knight's, tobacconist, for a parcel he had left, and hid him good night to go home. What became of him between that time and the commis sion of the deed is unknown. During the morning a por tion of the contents of the missing bundle was found near Gidd's Pond, about half-a-mile from the place where the deed was perpetrated. If the motive of the murderer had been plunder, he was frustrated, as upon the deceased was found his watch, purse, and contents. .AA OTHER TRAD E E OUTRAGE AT SR EFLELA Tf Mr. Roebuck's royal carnmission has thrown light on some of the dark deeds of Broadhead and his party, it has neither prevented rattening, nor, it would seem, the more ghastly deeds of trades unionists of Sheffield. We are told by the local journals that an attempt to blow up a non-unionist has just taken place at Sheffield, the means used being very similar to those which were adopted in the notorious New Hereford-street outrage. The outrage implicates the saw trade, and the object of it was a non-unionist. Some time ago the saw-handle makers in the employ of Messrs. Spear and Jackson left work in consequence of their being given notice of a reduction which was about to come into force. Since then Messrs. Spear and Jackson have been very short of men, and have from time to time employed non-unionists as they presented themselves for work. Amongst these was a man named Joseph Martin, 76, Broad-lane. He was, until recently, in the employ of another firm, but owing to orders being somewhat slack, on Tuesday last he went to Messrs. Spear and Jackson's, was taken on by thew, and continues in their employ. Unlike many outrages committed at Sheffield, he received no warning, either verbally or by note, that it would be better for him if he ceased to work for Messrs. Spear and Jackson, and until the very moment that the outrage was attempted he was in perfect ignorance that any one desired to do him harm. About one o'clock - on S turday morning, the inmates of the house were awakened by hearing a crash against the garret window, followed immecnately afterwards by a still louder crash on the pavement beneath. On getting up to discover what was the cause of this it was found that something had been thrown against the garret window, that one of the panes had been broken, but that owing to the missile, whatever it w›-, having struck the woodwork, it bad been prevented from coming into the room. A policeman who happened to be passing shortly afterwards discovered on the pavement a broken stone bottle, and the contents, which consisted of powder, steel filings, and steel scraps, were scattered around. The bottle was securely corked, and the cork had a hole through it, as if a fuse had been passed through, but we believe no fuse was discovered. A chalk mark was placed near Martin's door, and a similar mark was put on the pave. ment opposite. The man whom it is supposed was intended to be injured slept in another apartment, and bail the bottle got into the room and its contents exploded, the persons who would have been hurt were an old woman who is an invalid, and two little children. LAW AND POLICE. LEICESTER -SQUARE.—In the Rolls Court, on Saturday, his lordship gave judgment in the suit of " Webb v. Wyld and Tulk," and decided that the plaintiff's case had failed, as the court could not grant an injunction to compel the defendants to keep the ground in proper order. Mr. Tulk, he held, was morally bound to get the square put in a proper state, and as Mr. Wyld could not be in a better position than Mr. Tulk, he should dismiss the bill against both defendants, without costs. PIRATING ENGRAVINGS.—At Southwark Police-court, on Saturday, there was another conviction for selling pirated copies of engravings belonging to Mr. Graves, of Pall Mall. Penalties amounting in the aggregate to £l2O were inflicted, with the alternative of six months' imprison ment. Less than a month ago an equally heavy sentence was pronounced at the same court under similar circum stances. A CLERICAL DISPUTE.-At the Worcester Assizes, the ca3e of the Rev. J. Merest, rector of Upton-Snodsbury, who was indicted for sending threatening letters to the Rev. R. Workman, of Southampton-street, Strand, was concluded. Great interest was excited by the charge, and the court was crowded. Differences had arisen between the plaintiff and defendant from negotiations about the sale of livings. The prose- cutor expected to derive an advantage from the purchase and sale of the living, and the defendant thought, as trustee, he had no such right. The plaintiff's object was to prevent further annoyance, and as the defendant pleaded guilty and offered an apology, the matter was adjusted. ALLEGED POACHING.—At the Pramlingham Petty Ses sions, a gentleman, named Culley, was charged bythe Duke of Hamilton's gamekeeper with having killed a hare. It seems that Mr. Culley was driving home from a coursing match, and had his greyhounds with him. The hare crossed the road, and the dogs chased and killed it. He denied any intention of killing it, but he and his compa nion were each fined £2 10s. and 12s. costs. A S SAULT BY A LADY.—A sing u l ar case as heard at th e Winchester Petty Sessions , Miss Louisa Riv ers , d aughter of the late Rev. S r H. Rivers, Bart., was charged w ith wsa,u tng Mks At man. Th e complainant sa id that she was going along the Hornsey-road with a, friend, who was reading poetry to ber, when they met Miss Rivers, who said, " Can't you move off the path for a lady ?" and struck her, knocking her off the path. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said " she had given the girl a slap." She was fined £1 and costs, 10s. Gd. TRIALS FOR MANSLAUGHTER.—At the Lancaster Assizes two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of their wives. One of them, named Martin, while infuriated by drink, beat his wife so cruelly on Christmas Day that she died two days later. lie was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. The other man who was recommended to mercy on account of the pro vocation he had received before striking his wife, was sentenced to twelve months' imprbEonment. THE RELEASE OF THE FENIAN PRISONERS.— There appears to be some doubt about the avowed inten tions of the Government. No intelligence had been received by the Irish or English committee, up to Saturday even ing, which justified a belief that it was the intention of the Crown to pardon all the prisoners, but, on the other hand, the English committee had received intelligence of a directly opposite character. In order to set all doubts at rest on this head, Mr. M'Donnell, the secretary, has been Instructed to write to the Under Secretary for the Houle Department cu the aubiect. THE KIN, LONDO %: MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1869. MISCELLANEOILS A'ETVS. is easily explainable ; but not so another similarity. " J. IV." vouches for the fact that Caine returned Lowe to the Long Parliament. Said Lowe seems to have been sought for and repudiated by both parties, but neither could claim him. He was tried and found guilty of Royalism, and had to pay for his faults ; the Royalists imprisoned him, and the Covenanters afterwards compelled him to subscribe to the solemn League. But he appears to differ from the Chancellor of the Exchequer in that while the one disagrees from his own party because of indepen dence, the other agreed with each party because of his pliability. Artie, of which there is little probability, the catastrophe ;Must havebeen most unexpected, for all accounts represent the head of the Catholic Church as recovered from the indisposition which caused some uneasiness a few weeks ago. Our Rome correspondent writes in perfect confidence respecting the health of his Holiness, and adds that he was never more active in the discharge of his duties. Great preparations are' being made for the Pope's Jubilee, or the fiftieth anni versary of the day when he entered the priest hood. He will say Mass at St. Peter's, hold a military review, and receive deputat!ons sent from all parts of Europe to present offerings towards the expenses of the forthcoming Council. The clergy of the diocese of `Westminster have resolved to present an address. The Jubilee falls on the 11th of April. During the past week the foreign Catholics at Rome have presented an address expressive of their loyalty and devotion. FAGGOT VOTING IN SCOTLAND. The important question to the border country, whether voters with illusory qualification shall swamp the resident constituency, is to come on for debate in the House of Commons on Friday next. At the last election for the united counties of Peebles and Selkirk, Sir Graham Montgomery beat his Liberal opponent, Sir John Murray, by only three votes, which was stated at the 'time to be attributable to the system of faggot voting at present carried on in the Scotch counties. A petition, largely signed in Peeblesshire, calling attention to the subject, is to be presented by Sir E. Colebrooke ; and Mr. Crawford, the member for the Ayr burghs, will move a resolution, declaring that there ought not to be non-resident voters in counties for properties of less than h5O yearly value. It is stated that Mr. Bright intends to speak in favour of the motion, and that a debate of much interest is expected, ELECTION NEWS. The Taunton election petition is the first in which the petitioner has claimed and obtained the seat. It often happens that a petitioner would claim were it not that the expense of a scrutiny is (if the differ ence of votes between him and the sitting member be large) so enormous, that it is cheaper to have a fresh election. In the present instance the peti tioner, Mr. Henry James, was only twenty-eight votes behind the sitting member, Sergeant Cox, and therefore he succeeded in establish ing his position without much difficulty. The Daily News gives the following statistics at to the election petitions which had been decided up to Friday night :—Petitions against the returns of 70 members have been disposed of, in the propor tion of 40 Liberals to 30 Conservatives. Of the Liberals petitioned against, five have been un seated, or 121 per cent. ; while of the Conserva tives six have been unseated, or 20 per cent. Of the six seats vacated by the latter, four—Bewdley, Norwich, Sligo, and Taunton—were Conservative gains at the general election. The Conservative losses by the election tribunals are already equal to the entire number of their unseated members in the last Parliament, and are three times as numerous as they were in the Parliament which lasted from 1859 to 1805. The Birmingham Post (Liberal journal) says it is improbable that there will be any opposition to the return of-Mr. Canliffe, the Conservative candidate for Bewdley, although there has been a rumour that Earl Dudley would bring forward a candidate. It is believed that Mr. Hemming, who was in the field for some time in conjunction with Mr. Thomas Lloyd during the general election, has no intention of again offering himself. The Alliance News is glad to state that Mr. Mian s election committee have not one public-house or beerhouse committee-room engaged, or in any way whatever used, for election purposes. school-rooms, vestries, and private houses are being used, and are found in every way better for the transaction of business than the drink shops. Mr. Thompson ap pears to be following in the steps of Mr. Ripley, the unseated candidate, for he has engaged numerous public-houses. THE ROLL OF THE HOUSE OF PEERS. The roll of the lords spiritual and temporal has just been published. It contains the names of 470 peers. But of these some ten or twelve are minors. The list is headed by the name of the Prince of Wales, who sits as Duke of Cornwall. Then comes the Duke of Edinburgh, then the Duke of Cumberland (who is still styled King of Hanover), followed by the Duke of Cambridge. The list shews further that there are 20 dukes, of whom the Duke of Norfolk, one of the youngest peers, is the head, as Earl Marshal of England. There are 20 marquises, headed by the Marquis of Winchester, and 127 earls, Shrewsbury and Derby coming first; 30 viscounts, the spiritual peers; 20 in number, the Irish repre sentative peers, and 234 barons make up the list. WHAT ARE 44 THE THREE ESTATES ? " The Daily News calls attention to a common blunder made concerning " the three estates." These are often spoken of as the Crown, the Lords, and the Commons. But the Crown is not an estate at all. The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the Commons are correctly designated by that name. LORD SPENCER AND THE LAND QUESTION. Earl Spencer has a very difficult task to perform ; he has to answer deputations advocating views of the most advanced kind satisfactorily to the opinions of the said deputations, and with due regard to what are called the exigencies of Government. It must be confessed that his Excellency has shewn himself most skilful; as, for instance, in the following reply made a day or two back to a deputation on the land question :—" You may be assured that whenever the Government see a prospect of securing to this question the time and attention which its importance deserves at their hands, and the hands of Parliament, they will not fail to use their best endeavours to settle it upon a satisfactory basis." ARMY AND NAVY ITEMS. Mr. Childers does not mean to dispense with the Royal Naval Reserve, as was generally reported.—lt is thought probable that Lord Stratlmairn will succeed Lord Gough as colonel of the Blues.—Lord Clarence Paget will very shortly be succeeded by Sir Alexander Milne in the command of the Mediter ranean squadron.—The Channel Fleet will return to England before the end of the month.—lt is under stood that Lord Northbrook's report 'respecting the reorganisation of the,. army has been approved by the Treasury. ➢iR. CHILDEItS'S "JOB." Mr. Pease has clone Mr. Childers a kindness; he has given the First Lord of the Admiralty an oppor tunity of explaining the Greenwich Hospital " job." It appears that there was no job at all, so far as he and his colleagues are concerned, and the professional papers, which ought to have known the facts better, have been entirely misled. In May 1865, Mr. Childers being then a Junior Lord of the Admiralty, objected to the creation of the sinecure office of Governor of Greenwich Hospital, and defeated Sir John Hay by four votes when that officer attempted to constitute that sinecure. But Sir John was not to be beaten, renewed his attempt, and compelled the Admiralty to give way. In appointing Sir Houston Stewart to the sinecure the other day Mr. Childers therefore was merely carrying out the instructions laid upon him, against his will, by an officer who afterwards became a Conservative Lord of the Admiralty; so that, in fact, it was the Conservatives, not the Liberals, who are responsible for the job. It is satisfactory to know that it is not so costly as was at first supposed. The salary allotted to this sinecure is not £1,200, but £433, and as the holder of it remains on the active list no additional charge for pay or half-pay is incurred. GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPHS. The Railway News vigorously defends the in tended purchase of the telegraphs by the Govern ment. A London correspondent states that the sum necessary for the purchase will be included in the civil service estimates. Mr. Scudamore, released from his Custom House labours, is busy at work getting ready for his protege, and the propriety of creating a new Government establishment to control the working and keep the accounts of the new branch is receiving the serious consideration of the authorities. SCOTCH SALMON FISHERIES. Those interested in the Scotch salmon fisheries are beginning to agitate for the appointment of inspec tors. A deputation has waited upon the Home Secretary to urge the necessity for an Amendment Act. The movement is not a political one, as repre sentatives of both sides joined in it. Mr. Bruce promised to consult the Lord Advocate on the subject, which is of no small importance. In England the value of the salmon fisheries has been estimated at £36,000 per annum ; but in Scotland it amounts to more than £200,000 ; yet in England there are two inspectors while Scotland has none. Mr. Mon crieff's Salmon Bill of 1866 provided for the appoint ment of inspectors to act under the authority of the Home Secretary, and to superintend the fisheries. The bill passed the Lords, but fell a victim to the over crowding of business in the Commons, and though it was afterwards adopted in substance by Mr. Gordon in 1867, the valuable provision of inspectorships was overlooked. Another point which the deputation urged on the Government was the extension of the weekly close tune. In the Highland rivers, where the lower pools are constantly harried by net fishing, the present intervals of repose arc too short. The fixed engines are more efficient than the old rod and line, 'and as scientific knowledge increases, the salmon fishery is likely to profit by it. SCOTTISH EDUCATION. Mr. Cumin, late secretary of the Scottish Educa tion Commission, writes to the Times to dissipate the fear that rating closes the source of voluntary support. He gives instances to shew the fallacy of this notion, one being that the Scotch landlords are not hound to contribute £35.a year as salary to the parish teacher, but they often contribute much more. In Scotland there are many schools which are entirely supported by voluntary contributions ; so that the rate system has not hitherto acted as a check to voluntary support. Mr. Cumin also observes that the enforcement of a conscience clause will not be so obnoxious to the Scotch as people have prophesied that it will be. Its principle has always practically prevailed in Scotland, and all the witnesses who were examined before the com missioners recommended the abolition of denomina tional inspection. He considers that-.the bill now before Parliament favours the Scotch practice with regard to religious teaching. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. The list, lately published, chewing that the county families had not lost their influence between' iha time of the Lone Parliament ancl our own des. THE TURF. Lord Rosslyn, in a letter to the Times, speaks very cAndidly of the power and position of the Turf:—" I do not agree (he writes) with those who consider racing is, pier et simple, an institution to improve the breed of horses. It is mainly supported by private individuals at a large private outlay. It has a mani fest object, the desire to win certain prizes. These are allotted among two-year-old, and four, five, and aged horses. The desire for early maturity has caused breeders of horses (as in cattle and sheep breeders) to select such animals for the pur pose as ripen quickly and are available for racing at the earlie3t possible period." As to the alleged deterioration of breed, he denies that it has taken place, but suggests a " simple plan by which those who covet the nimble ninepence may still secure their early profits, and those who patriotically race only to improve the racehorse may have an additional incentive to keep their horses for three-year-old races. I would suggest that two year-old races remain as they are, but that all three year-old horses that have never faced the starter should be treated to an allowance of, say, 31b.. 51b., or 71b." THE CASE OF MICHAEL ATKINS. The Star thinks that the conviction of Michael Atkins, at Warwick Assizes, for the murder of his wife, demands further inquiry. The condemned is a young man only 22, who lives at the village of Baddesley Ensor, and is by employment a miner. There is no evidence of his having any motive for the crime of murder, for though the parents of the deceased said that Atkins and his wife had formerly differed, they admitted that of late they had agreed well together. On the evening of Mrs. Atkins's death, her husband, according to his written statement, h2d come home quite sober. His wife let him in, and they went into the sitting-room together. Atkins took up his gun, which was in a corner of the room, with the intention of putting it by, but while he was handling it it accidentally went off, and his wife dropped dead. A neighbour, awakened by the noise, heard Atkins exclaim " Oh, my Harriet. They need not say I have done it. I would not have done it for a thousand pounds." Unfortunately Atkins became afterwards so terrified at the position in which he stood that he declared, on his being taken into custody, that he was not in the house when the event occurred, and that his wife had shot herself. Mr. Justice Hannen told the jury that they might return a verdict of manslaughter, but influenced by the manifest falsehood told by the prisoner at first, and by the natural irritation of his wife's parents, they passed a verdict of guilty, and Atkins lies under sentence of death for murder. The Star believes that the case is one which demands further investigation before the full penalty of the law is inflicted. MUSIC AND THF. DRAMA. Carlotta P a tti i s pro j ec ting a German tour, aria . go as far as Constantinople, where, by the way, Wieniawski is already making music for the Sultan. The Jaells are in Paris; Vieuxtemps and Albert, the violinist, come to London in April. The Marchioness Caux, (Adelina Patti), is now M . St. Petersburg, and the Or c h es t iw men ti on s that in " Barbiere " she sings a nati ona l a i r to p l ease the Russi ans , as , w h en in London, she used to sing " Home Sweet Home," to please the English. Nevertheless, this air is not - English, but Sicilian. The same paper says : " Rumour goes that a young and rather pre possessing lady of an old English family will make her appearance at one of the West-end theatres at Easter in an equestrian drama of great magnifi cence and abounding in wonderful and sensational effects. The young lady is well known in the hunting-field as one of the most fearless and daring of riders." 'We understand, however, that this drama has been postponed, though it is likely that Miss Sandford, the lady referred to, will have another opportunity of appearing in public. POLICE OPPRESSION. "An Englishman" writes to the Times to com plain of the conduct of an " over-zealous " policeman who handcuffed two foreigners at the Gainsborough Station. Their only offence was that they had each a small bundle, and they could not explain their right of possession from ignorance of our language. It turned out that the bundle contained their personal luggage, and they were allowed to proceed on their way when the affair had been explained to the over-zealous official. It may be suggested that the superabundant activity of the police had better be employed in the detection of real criminals than in the molestation of unfortunate foreigners. THE OPPOSITION. The John Bull hears that the meeting of Con- , servatives at Lord Derby's on Thursday, which resulted in the motion whereof Mr. Gathorne Hardy gave notice as to the Irish Church Bill, was most hearty and unanimous. With regard to this same measure, an English Roman Catholic paper (the Weekly Register) says that it is an honest measure, creditable to the Government, worthy of the accomplished s tatesman who has introduced it, and eminently calculated to confer inestimable benefit upon the United Kingdom. The popular notion of Mr. Di srae li i s we ll illus trated by a leader in the Times. Its subject is the motion made by . Lord' Redesdale in the House of Lords. The chairman of committees is described as of the olden time. Hi e sof " the darkest days of Tory narrowness." But Mr. Disraeli is more enlightened. Indeed, in effect he is considered as a Liberal ; if he acted conscientiously he would be the last to propose that Mr. Gladstone's Bill be read a second time that day six months. Lord Stanley is another e nlightened C onserva ti ve. llow can these men work with Lord Redesdale and Mr. Hardy ? 4 , After struggling to be with his party, and not of it--to be supported by th e i r p ower , ye t to be separated in public opinion from their prejudices—we see the leader of the Opposition tied, as it were, to the post by Mr. Hardy." Lord Stanley, if he votes at all, will, the Times predicts, vote silently. And Mr. Disraeli, he has done what he has done beiNiuse he could n o t h elp it. E i ther t h at or he must submit to anarchy and disorder. Either fight and be beaten, or s it s till an d b ecome dis organised. The Times advises him to make a show of resistance, and then effect a retreat'—to speak and protest, not to divide. InISU CHURCH. According to one Londo n corres pondent, Mr. Chichester 'ortescue is the author of the suggestion for applying the surplus fund of the Irish Church to the relief of " unavoidable calamity." Another says : " The credit of devising the entire scheme is believed to lie chiefly between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright. To the latter gentleman is attributed the idea of applying the surplus in relief of the County Cess, as well as th a t o f g i v i n g tenants a preemption to Church Lands. Mr. Lowe's portion of the measure consists of the clauses providing for the commutation of the life interests of the clergy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is very anxious to get rid of the Irish Church altogether, and wishes to hold out every inducement to those connected with it to relin qu i s h even the slender connection with the State which the bill will 44 -- 97 FOREIGN NOTES. PRESIDENT GRANT'S PROCLAMATION. General Grant's political proclamation meets with a universally good reception. The Spectator says it is short and good. The new President speaks "as one having authority, and not as Mr. Johnson, who vanishes now— finally, we trust—from the political eminence which he has disfigured and disgraced." The Times says the pro clamation reads like a familiar and homely royal speech. " In the principles which it enunciates, briefly as they are expressed, we see hopes of a beneficial and honourable career." The Standard pronounces the document to be "manly, straightforward, practical, and sensible." The Daily Nei" gives a similar opinion. Most of the leading journals think the financial policy of Congress and the eclaration of the new President to be quite decisive. It ends the question of repudiation. The well-informed " Yankee " who officiates as special correspondent of the Spectator considers it by no means certain that the harmony between General Grant and the Senate will extend to all questions. The bone of conten tion will be office. The conflict may not take place, because it has been foreseen ; but it can hardly be avoided unless one party or other give up pretensions which they now regard as essential. The President looks to the command of o ffi ce appo i n tments as a means of puri fying the corrupt Administration ; the Senate considers its power of preventing the removal of any official as of the utmost consequence in party manage ment. At present General Grant can appoint or remove subordinates only with the consent of the Senate. This power has, however, degenerated ; instead of being a just means of supervision, it has become a powerful party weapon ; even the pettiest places arc filled in the interest, not of the Senate, but of individual senators. General Grant will make war upon this abuse ; and "A Yankee" believes that as th e H ouse o f Representatives will support him there can be little doubt of the rault. THE POPE. The health of Pius IX. has been the subject of much diverse report of late. A French journal, the other day, asserted that his Holiness was seriously ill, to which the Etendard replied by the assurance that he was perfectly well. The Liberte followed up the controversy, by report ing a rumour that the Pone was oieask. If. the statement be SPAIN. The Republican party has assumed a very threatening attitude in the Cortes. The majority carry everything their own way, but the Republicans do not silently acquiesce in the rule of the greater number, and they annoy an d oppose the Ministry on the most trivial questions. An important sitting of the Assembly was held the other day, and a commission of fifteen members was elected to draw up a draft of the new Constitution. The Monarchists voted to a man, and elected their candidates, the polling being so uniform that the high( numb r was 131, and the lowest 174. The Republicans cast fifty-two blanks into the urn, thus testifying their determination not to vote at all on this momentous occa sion. The correspondent of the Standard believes that their next step will be to withdraw in a body from the House. Another writer is informed that should a king be finally decided upon, the Republicans will raise the standard of revolt in Andalusia, which they will attempt to separate from Spain. One reassuring circumstance, however, presents itself. The Republicans are in no haste to bring about this consummation, for they make the most of every chance to gain time and cause delay. ITALT. King Victor Emmanuel made a promising beginning at Naples in 1860. He offered to endow twenty poor girls with £l2O each, provided that twenty young patriots could be found to accept them. The marriages took place, but, according to the correspondent of the Weekly Register the money has never been paid. After waiting this tolerably long period of nine years, the deluded patriots are bringing the matter before a jury, and the suit is now being tried in the courts of Naples. DUELLING. Recent attemps to revive duelling in England have ended in the ridicule of their originators ; but on the Continent the practice of appealing to the sword is still far too common, Setting aside minor conflicts, at least a score of duels between persons of distinction have occurred within the last three months. The correspondent of the Daily .11Tcul records a distressing encounter which has taken place at Turin. Two young students had a discussion upon some trifling matter at dinner, lost their tempers, quarrelled, and a challenge was the result. The encounter was with pistols at twenty paces, each combatant having the right to advance five paces. Lots having been drawn, the lad entitled to fire first discharged his weapon, and sent a bullet through the other lad's heart. This event has brought affliction to some of the first families in Piedmont A delegation from the Union League Club of New York has been sent to Washington with me morials to Congress, signed by 27,000 representa tives of all the States and territories of the Union. They desire the new naturalization law shall vest in the United States only the right to make citizens, with a more strict system of registry—that no por son shall be naturalized for a given period extend ing over several months before an election, aril that a residence of four and a half years shall be neces sary to qualify aliens for naturalization. Judge Lawrence presented the petition, with a request that it be referred to the New York Committee on the election frauds. The delegation consisted of Dr. Francis Lieber, with Mr. Collins, General G. P. Howes, and Col. Painter. Grave apprehension is felt regarding the con struction both of the Union Pacific and of the Central Pacific Railways. Mr. Huntington, pre sident of the latter road, testified before a Com mittee of Congress that the former is not making what the " law requires, a first-class road, but is constructing a road with a view of getting a 3 many bonds as possible !" while the San Fran cisco Herald asserts Mr. Huntington's own road to be both badly constructed and badly managed. The correspondent of that journal says—" I can not speak knowingly of more than about two hundred miles of this road, running east from Reno, but I will defy any man to match those 200 miles in the United States. The road is literally laid on the top of the ground ; and while the com pany had the best valley through which to con s:ruct a first-class road that there is in the whole country west of the Missouri River, they have built the worst that could be constructed and be a railroad at all." This might be expected, considering that they were literally contesting the ground to Salt Lake, foot by foot, but when constructed it will be for their own interest to ballast, and render the road as sub-tantial as possible. It is but fair to both companies to state that although they cirdulate all manner of evil reports about each other, there is strong testimony to prove that the roads are quite as well built as mid have been expected under the wrcimistances. Despatches have been received from the Washita mountains up to January 22. Excepting four or five lodges, all the Kiowas had c-me in, and were about to he settlt.ll on the reservation. Some Ara pahoes and Cheyennes had also arrived, and the re mainder were approaching, so the worst tribes may soon be expected to be gathered on the reservation. Generd -',lleri,inti was to arrive at St. Louis ~1:out the 20th February, when the rt-turn of Gen. Sher man was looked for. The 7th cavalry were to be withdrawn from the plains. In the more distant territories, however, the war still continued. A Sun Francisco telegram of the 17th Feb. says, Arizona advices have been received which state that Capt. Young's command of 140 men were attacked by the Indians, numbering 300, on the night of the 27th of January, between Williams and Prescott. The savages succeeded in capturing a pack train be longing to the command. Bonds to the amount of $1,280,000 have been issued to the Union Pacific Railroad on account of the completion of two additional sections, termi nating 1,000 miles west from Omaha. On the 16 , 6 Feb. the President accepted the report of the Government Commissioners on the, additional sec Von of 20 miles of the Central Pacific Railroad, extending to the 510th mile post, east from Sacra mento, and directed that Government bonds be issued thereon. The junction is within less than three- mouths of being effected; and Pullman's palace sleeping-cars now run within fifty miles o Salt Lake Valley. Judge Campbell has presented a bill in the New York Legislature making it a misdemeanour to enter a railroad car without a ticket, and for a con- ductor to receive money for the fares. The public carriers all over the United States have been con stantly victimized by persons who choose to be carried without payment, and the question when the money is demanded has to be settled by the conductor. This frequently brings him into colli sion with the passengers, gives rise to a brusqueness of manner, and a habit of " promptly ditching" those echo cause him trouble, or who he imagines intend to evade payment. At the same time, it cannot fail to be a source of loss to railroad com panies if the conductor be permitted to receive fares without a check. Both the pilots of the steamers America and the United States, which collided on the Ohio Rive r with such disastrous consequences, have been found guilty of carelessness and discharged from their posts. Considering how fatal was the result of their negligence, merely to revoke their licences is almost an encouragement to such conduct. In Eng land they would be tried for manslaughter, and the companies might consider themselves fortunate if th.. 3, escaped heavy damages. In addition to Professor Goldwin Smith's histo rical library, the Cornell University is to rec.'ive a spl !mild cabinet of the cereals of Great Britain (of which there are only two sets) from the Government Museum of Science throu,:h Dr. Lyon Playfair M.P. for the University of Edinburgh ; and Mr. Greene Smith, son of Gerrit Smith, has presented to the University his large and valuable collection of birds. On the 16th February Senator Sumner moved the grant of i pension • to Mrs. Lincoln, the blank being filled up with the words five thousand dollars. A long and rather angry discussion followed. IVir, Morton considered . that Mr. Lincoln had been killed by the enemies of the country during war, while Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and if so, his widow was entitled to such a pension as became that rank. A million of dollars had been expended in doing honour to his remains, and if now they should refuse to make a moderate provision fur the mother of his children, it would be a new evidence of the truth of the old adage, " Republics are un grateful." Senator Van Winkle was informed that the lady had got $30,000 of her husband's estate, which, with the balance of the President's salary for the year, made $50,000, a sum he considered to be a very comfortable provision for a lady with children grown up and provided for. The debate proved bow strong was the opposition, although the pension was powerfully advocated by Senators Sumner, Morton, and Nye, the consideration of the question being eventually postponed. The scene towards the afternoon in the Senate, on the same day, became simply uproarious. After ' the morning hour expired, a round dozen of Sena. tors spent an hour in shouting at each other whe ther this bill should pass or give way to another, and Mr. Wade, perhaps subdued by his late treat ment at the hands of Butler, appeared unable to control the situation. On Mr. Morton moving to bring up the report of the Tenure-of-Office Act the confusion became general, and retorts were freely bandied. Senator Edmunds accused the mover of desiring to appropriate the thunder of the Retrench ment Committee, characterizing his action as dis courteous; whereon Mr. Morton insinuated that the committee wished to stifle the bill, in proof of which he referred to the fact that although it had been before them for four weeks they had made no effort to take it up. Mr. Sherman strongly advocated the repeal, and alluded with asperity to Mr. Morrill and other Senators' Railroad Subsidy Bills, on which Mr. Morrill literally began to scream, for his voice ran into such a key that no one could under stand what he said. Then Mr. Fessenden, in great disgust, censured the whole Chamber, and moved an Executive Session, as ho despaired of anything practical being done ; whereupon the naughty, noisy boys felt rebuked, and Mr. Fessenden's mo tion was carried, but this did not prevent a repeti tion of the row on the following day. It is probable that the Rev. Paul Bagley is now in London on a mission from America to obtain the release of the Fenian prisoners. He was to have left New York on the 17th Feb., after an interview with Secretary Seward, who read to him letter he was about to forward to the American Minister at St. James's. Mr. Seward was acting in response to a pe.ition to the President signed by 40 Senators and 108 Representatives. We are happy to say that Mr. B,igley will find most of his work anticipated, and he has our best wishes for his success in what remains to be done. The petition was worded as follows :—" The undersigned respectfully request your Excellency to give the bearer hereof, Paul ' Bagley, mis=ionary, such moral support, or letter, to our Minister at the Court of St. James, as may enable him favourably to present to the British Go vernment such petition as he may desire in behalf of our fellow-citizens there held as prisoners." We now learn be has arrived, and commenced work with interviews with Mr. Reverdy Johnson. The Rev. Paul Bagley is well known as a missionary 'in China and India, and an earnest philanthropist, to whom no Government could refuse to listen with respect, for his exertions are entirely independent of any political motives, having been made as strongly for Southerners when the tide of Northern opinion set hard against them, as they can be for the Fenians. A numerous and influential meeting was held at the Adelphi Club, Adelphi-terrace, on Thursday, and it is evident that the Government in abolishing a great wrong to Ireland, will accom pany this act of justice by another of clemency and conciliation in liberating all the prisoners. We regret to learn that Colonel Finley Anderson, who, since the close of the war, has resided in London as the representative in Europe of the .New York Herald, is about to return to the United States. Even the columns of the Times during the Abyssinian expedition often gave proof of the extraordinary efficiency with which the work of gathering and transmitting news was performed by him for that most enterprising of all papers, the New York Herald. It was little short of ridiculous to see England instructed in the progress of her own expedition by a gentleman on the staff of a foreign newspaper who threw telegrams to the Times from Abyssinia as scraps in which England was more interested than America. Those who know Colonel Anderson's indefatigable energy, and his quiet, un a•sitming, yet practical way of gathering news of interest arc not surprised to see in thq columns of the Herald important items of European intelli gence unknown in Europe. The fact is that Minis ters and men in authority speak to him more freely than to the rei resentative of any European organ, for the information transmitted to America takes a fortnight to get back, when what was under discus sion has occurred. It often surprises us who have to read the principal papers of both nations frequently to see English intelligence published in America which has escaped, or perhaps never been known to, English papers. New York, Feb. 20, Peter Bamberger is dead, and his victim is in a had way, with little chance of recovery. The exe cution of Real, the murderer of Smedick, is likely to be postponed, as it will fall on Good Friday, that is, if ino law will admit of the change. Several cases of trichina spiralis Occurred in a German boarding house in Carlisle-street, of which two proved fatal. The keeper of the house is accused of supplying . them with unwholesome meat, but the complaint is said not to be confined to one house. A panic in pork has been the result. Great excitement has been aroused here by the race between the City of Parts a n d the Russia, and heavy betting has been ma l e . Those who have backed the Russia are in glee at the news by the steamer Siberia, whicli re ported seeing the two vessels 160 miles from Sandy Hook, the Russia a mile and a half ahead, and thii was confirmed by the City of New York, which arrived on Wednesday, stating that she passed both on the 13th, w hen the Russia was four miles ahead. The well-known sailing qualities of the City of Paris keep up the spirits of her backers, who: as sert that they can scarcely get across without a westerly gale, when the Inman steamer will make her running.* A grand excursion has been orga nized to start over the Union Pacific Milroad. to San Francisco about the Ist July. The number is not to exceed 250, but they will be a rare lot, as invitations are sent over an immense area to lead : ing men in Europe as well a 3 in America, and it is bound to be a grand affair, perhaps headed by the President himself. One of its features is, that a similar party will start from San Francisco to this city, and the East and West are to shake hands on the Rocky Mountains—a genuine occasion for high faluten, for if a Yankee is to be forgiven for bounce, it would be on such a meeting as this, and on such a spot. Last Sunday it rained more heavily than has been experienced here for some time, but it cleared up on Monday, and we have since had splendid weather. The violets are out, and the river will be opened to Albany if it continues as mild. Business has greatly improved ; the stir is perhaps due to the reviving demand for the South, where the cotton crop has turned out well and the prices better than expected. Speculation is increas ing, and there is a perfect flurry in Government Bonds. Everybody is rushing into that security, not merely to hold for a rise, but as a permanent investment in anticipation of a rise ; the savings' banks being among the largest buyers. Last week the business in real estate was the largest sold at auction for any week in February, being $6,000,000. This week, however, it is likely to be the excess of this amount, and the rise is marked, which is the more surprising, as a fall has taken place in rents, and adecided tendency is shown to an exocius towards Westchester and New Jersey. The "strikes" are spreading. The printers wec at Ashton House, and drew up a scale of prices for the consideration of the compositors. Some girls have been sent to work, but as yet this is bat a very feeble effort to meet the emergency. The Typographical Union have declared every office to be "rats" who ref us„ * Our corresp on d en t was r i g h t, f or t hi s i s w h a t ac t ua lly did happen, with a result that justified the backers of the City of Paris. • to accede to the scale, and the movement has el' tended to newspapers. At New Jersey there has been a strike among the printers, and the P ile American was indebted to some gentlemen, editor° and others. who had been trained as compositor s, for bringing the paper out. The clothiers believ e that their strike will soon be successful. Ile coopers, who have lately closed a very extensi l l strike, have got up another, so there is a g euu deal of lecitimate warfare going on ; but I el sorry to add th a t th e war of ruffians aga inst society is still mo re th r e aten i ng. Th e j u dg : A have been driven by pu bli c op i n i on into s evere measures for the s u pp ress i on o f cr i m es ° f violence and robbery, lately -so increasing fee' quent. The ruffians, evidently alarmed at the er treme severity of the sentences awarded, have b ees making demonst r ati ons . A roun d t h e C ou rt General Sessions they assembled in large n umber °' armed, and assumed a d e fi an t a t t it u de, b n some police being brought u p th ey h a d to gi ve way. Commissioner Rollins was pnt on the sta ll to give evidence in the trial of the M•Henry P er ; jury case, and for a long time was questioned!, to what he had recei v ed f rom mem b ers oft7 i whisky ring. The examination was as close fl e as ugly as it could well h av e b een ma d e . On the 28th May the counsel for the p rosecu ti o n seelli ea under the impression that o n th e 28th May $ i) , package had been placed i n M r . R o lli ns ' hand 3 a Mr. Loeb, and his questio n i ng on thi s point ivv very close. As it was plumply d en i e d, he turns' to Mr. R. Rollins' history, which he extracted the most minute particulars. He practised law of Sumtnerwell, New Hampshire, and earned abf ed $2,000 annually. For five or six years he vin o with another gentleman, with whom he lef t ao books, but with whom he has not yet settled. i m er, became cashier of the Internal Revenue, and al ,* wards was promoted to deputy-commissioner, vir° l raised his salary from $2,500 to $3,000. In 5 ,., f ° 1865, he was made Commissioner, and the ss'a which had been $4,000, was increased to $ 6 17, 10 After eliciting this information th e que stion " to suddenly put—" Are you a man of p ro p e rty? r ,, which the reply was as prompt, " Not muebt 8/ 036 His real property consi3ts of two lots at his b e , so a small unimproved track in Kansas, and ha lf unimproved portion at Rochester. Q. W ba ., t o its value? " Less than $l,OOO ; I would sell g you for that." The last, question of the very lcn examination related again to the mysterious P`, 3 4 age, which the lawyer imagined had been ree lo by Mr. Rollins from Mr. Loeb. The defeat of the Negro Suffra,.fe Amendui ent en , the Kansas Senate on the 16th February is 11( t t o coura2ing to the proposed 15th Arneudtpe e , 4o , the Constitution. The question before the sas Legislature was whether the word oli it should be stricken out of the Constitution, e° was decided in the negative by 17 to 14. leooosof was the State that suffered most in the 01.1° $1 e t° negro emancipation, and where the most en io o stand was made against the extension ,of: e00 . territory ; and, with some inconsistency, the. att e os lature which declined to alter its own Const" en a• has been the first to ratify the proposed A l3l meat to the Constitution of the United States' A BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEM heltS.—The tr eat ex-President Pierce is improving. General Le l l s iieff has, it is said, applied for the Collectorship c ", of • Orleans. John C. Breckinridge is to be presidenlooo Kentucky railroad. General Kilpatrick has mad e 9 , 10 re' this winter by his. lectures. Parson Brownlow ta t be signed the Governorship of Tennessee to take his se e ,,„,,abi Senate on the 4th March. He was in very delicat e "' b oas and has to be carried about in a litter. Wm. EL 9 e 6 r 4 Democrat, was elected Mayor of Reading, Pa., bY raeff jority on the 12th Feb. The appointment of Wien x f Esq., editor of Harrisburgh St a t e G uar d, as Libreria ° ° IRO' State of Pennsylvania, has been confirmed. 111_.(3 reed John Bigelow, late United States Minister to Frafw"yorlf on the 16th Feb., before a special meeting of the Na ll 10 , 0 , Historical Society, at the Library on Second - a ven fv er, paper containing "Some Reminiscences of M. P er ' o fet which was listened to with much interest, as M . 13e 4ts te 0 was one of the best friends in Europe of the Unite d ',, of throughout the war. General Grant sent a eePlarcX Badeau's Military History of himself to Count. l3ier Ped through Baron Geroldt, whereon he received a id io hearty and warm letter from Bismarck.—Mr. Ber ifle yol 4. candidate for the Surveyorship of the port of Ne vi f )fri A new trial has been granted in the libel case ° t he Frances M. Wilkinson against the Nezo York Trab s oe former damages awarded being $7,500. Mrs. has also instituted a suit against Mrs. Ellthorpe, l e " it of ing into Mrs. 'Wilkinson's apartments, while in r ' d the her husband, who was with Mrs. Wilkinson.—A reev :tril i citizens of Worcester, Mass., who are about to inate,,, oa to Europe, are ex-Gov. Bullock and family, Josen b ' 505 of and family, and Rev. R. R. Shippen. The exP e° tioo the latter are to be borne by members of the congregero, A Providence (Rhode Island) paper announces thaf , co ' o3 , fessor Sweet, the pedestrian and rope-walker , w ill ro pe!' mence on the Ist of June the unparalleled feat of 1 00 ling a velocipede 3,000 miles in 30 days, averaglee into miles a day, for a wager of $5,000. During the triphootrOi ride the velocipede 150 miles in 24 hours, and on l l o 0, 0(r will be allowed. Senator Henderson, of Miss e i g .t vernor Gardner, and General Cassiday arriveuo vannah, from New York, in the M oro Castle, Feb' h . ; of e ' hope the ex-Senator has n ot t a k en his defe.a t Schurz so seriously to heart that he is about to th r 7 ee do o self on a Spanish bayonet and die in the cause of fl off ; u .0n the 16th February Officer Flick P- cke bio, , at Seventh and Washington-avenue, Philad e ! i ti, tb human finger, having upon it a plain gold riot, initials `Rep C. SW. The üblican candidates for the ChaP lai r li b l o b6- 4 New Orleans were William Lloyd Garrison, R elr ' n oorl it A. Hanford, and Julia Ward Howe ;_whilst the Pe voted for Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby. t A xi; ri t•-r in the Philailelphia Evening mar' "I have it from what may be termed an offs ;id Oll`ptael,re General Grant having extended to Vice-Pr eeici f e or Colfax the usual courtesy of naming one pers ee o fe o ;ir binet appointment, he has selected John D. - ros fr a . 4 l Indiana. The place to be given to him is that e ' 0 00% et ter-General. The Legislature of Nebraska ree o,lla General Thayer, Genatoz from that State, as a n it 4 officer. verci'" digt, LADVERTISEMENT.I Holloway's Pills e- tu g „ 0 ,, , wonderful power in promoting appetite, improc-r-cotts-tio tion, regulating the bowels, and removing De /NO do' and debility. The weakest will take no harm grs use of this alterative and tonic medicine, but wi ro tti! te j ally regain their health. The strongest will pres e „ boPos. selves from many of the mishaps into which thet'r`ort,l3,o strength and fearlessness of results often be ectO ir ia Long suffering invalids may look towards this r f lo os , and revivifying medicine, with the certain heP e ,:ir their maladies mitigated, if not removed, by tO, to In short, for all ages, circumstances, and conditt 00000 loway points out the treatment which is c els'P dg fr check the progress of di sor d er i n an d expel its 8 Ab le the human frame. lAD VERTISEBIENT.J—Henceforth no one will doubt the 1:001100 properties of Du Barry's health-restoring R evs ,4 l ., ell of Ve :e! Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousand. 13° Por t it has already received from Invalids whose positioss wo% deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his thirtyllolil ;01i whoSc health has been perfectly restored by it after 0 0 2 0 _ 00, unsdccessful medical treatment. We quote from the u o f tli v e rls Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866. The ) 20 ° 1 ,1 0tbe r ,,,,1 0 ,1, Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning ~ s 111 . ,'",1 dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du 133r 1 ele"tb, l 7o , Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful a, boaf„ It has produced a surprisinglybeneficial effect on 13 .1 0 1111 . ,•,.,16,,„ ° his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too extract a few out ofmore than 68.000 cures ;--Guiipvui,erpoco;l6oos the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a new (be (be 0 0, 1 , all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, an „rd Stn alp tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771: dY ° ' Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of ma,nYr a dysP e sd No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable ago u l atu rr ie ° e 4 c 6 l:4o l : o , 7o - ,0 , ' nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly " Cur' A l ois James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 year ° , doaf o ` - '4 O spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pal* . and alqriel) portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury ; a non l bA sloppy imitations to which, without authoritY, name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at ls. lid.; 1 lb. 2s. Yd.; 2 lbs. 4s. Sd.; - „ Alt f 225. ; 4 lbs, 40s, --Also Du BARRY'S REVALENT 1; LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for IF f ,5 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at Cs., for 288 cups 1 a 2A t 5 ; 1: ::0 11 : 4 "i C..6: 0 1 1 0 ::::4 : : at 55a—being about one penny per cup. The . ;of poet, are sent free of carriage in England on receiPenot2;" Order. BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, B e g don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. BARING—On rs. hom the u. 4 B t h a r inst., n . g s t ; 0 , f at s 3O, . Old ...4 „ -str e44 tt° ll ' Sti WILTON 0 WILTON n the sth inst., at Chalk -pit house' Burlivi6ll Surrey, Mrs. Wilton, of a daughter. ' lia Marriages. ALCOCK—PARKER—On the 3d inst , P or t s 3e• street, John Alcock, Esq., of 11',1;field, Brel rtir'' . Shire, to Ellen, 7 Mary second daughter of 1 1 - . v Id Esq., of 41, Bedford-row. 4 . t S t ' a { til Krcasron • '- ---1)-11OLLINSHEAD -On the Gth in 5....,. 4 - o• thew's, B,,yswo.ter Douglas Kingsford' riEcl'',,btorde Middle Temple, to'Be,itriqeErnii. eldest dol3illio7 the late Henry Brock Holliushead4, s c i'' °f Scair, Lancashire. at Little rver, ` Qat• Deaths. goos e ' Bo i tt a n r izi a - 11, 0 E n sq t . 1:e ag 4 e tl , i i 6 irjst., at Farington 00 e f tli f a. , , i CAPON—On the 4r la inst., at Craven-hill, 8a9" 17 ,( a o ` wife of General Sir David Capon, 1..C 13 '' I , 9 ' e , 96-4 RAWTHORN—OII the 4th inst Robert Hai' Gower- street, aged 78. 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