The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-24 00:00:00

THE CHAVG-.73 OF lIE.R.ESY AGAINST Mr. BENNETT, OF FROME. The charge of heresy against Mr. Bennett, of Frome, came yesterday before the Court of Arches. An important point was raised at the outset. An application was made on the part of the promoters of the suit that the letters of request from the Bishop of Bath and Wells should be accepted by the court. _ _ _ Air. A. J. Stephens, Q.C. (with whom was .or. Tristram), made the motion, and urged that the Bishop having issued his letters of request, the Court was bound to accept them and hear the suit. The Bishop of London had issued his commission, 'before whom evidence was taken in the case in November. On that report being forwarded to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, his lordship sent letters of request to this court. Sir R. Phillimore observed that he did not find any reasons why the court should accept the letter of request, or why the case should be sent from an inferior to a supe rior court. Ile could not find any reason set forth in the letters. Dr. Stephens submitted that it was not necessary. His Lordship said the point of the learned connsel then was that they were not letters of request, but in effect letters of command from an inferior court to a superior court. Mr. Stephens thought his lordship bad correctly put the point, and cited the 13th section of the Church Discipline Act, which he read. Sir Robert Phillimore : Your proposition is that I have no option. Mr. Stephens : That is so, my lord, provided the letters xre properly made and executed. Dr. Tristram, on the same side, said the practice under the Church Discipline Act was not to assign any reason. Mr. Stephens said but for the new rule of the court this present application would not have been necessary. His Lordship said the question was certainly an im portant one, and he would consider it before he gave his °Pinion. THE CONDITION OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY A very interesting discussion has been going on in America between the advocates and the assailants of the policy of Protection respecting the present condition of labour and wages in the United States. The report of the Hon. D. A. Wells, special commissioner of the revenue, on the condition of American indastry, attracted a good deal of attention. It was widely circulated in this country, and as it attributed most of the evils from which the labouring classes in the States now suffer to the method of raising the revenue, it excited great indignation among the opponents of free trade, who are, unfortunately for America, both numerous and influential in the States. Mr. Wells, whose report was founded on carefully com piled statistics, said that in 1867-8 the average increase of cost of family living was about 78 per cent. as compared with the standard prices before the war. Mr. Kelley, of Philadelphia, took upon himself the task of replying to Mr. Wells, and in a speech in Congress said that the prices of commodities were not, on an average, more than 50 per cent. higher than in 1860, and that really the labourer had gained instead of losing by the war, since skilled labour was now fully employed at an advance of from SO to 100 per cent. Mr. Kelley did not, however, inform his hearers what was the position of the unskilled labourers, who are certain to outnumber their more fortunate brethren. But Mr. Wells has not thought fit to leave Mr. Kelley unanswered. He has writ ten a let ter embodying the result of further investigations, and gives some statistics which fully confirm his statements. Flour has advanced iu price 88 per cent.; salt, 20 cents a bushel ; gold, 60 to 70 cents currency. Rents have also greatly advanced, and Mr. Wells mentions an instance of some houses in Mr. Kelley's Congress district, in Philadelphia, let to working people, whose aggregate rent-roll has increased since 1360 130 per cent. His investigations extend over the States generally, both in the cities and in the rural districts, and arriving at the conclusion that it must cost $2l 2:c. for the weekly support of an ordinary labouring family of five persons, he asks how many American workmen earn that amount. The comparative demand for labour is less than before the war. The population has increased, but pauperism has increased still faster. In Philadelphia, in 1863, there were 108,260 out of a population of 750,009 in receipt of poor relief, while in New York itself the dis tress from want of work has never been so great as during the past winter. It is disheartening to find the social perplexities of the overcrowded and overtaxed Old World repeated in the new ; yet this is the substance of an official report from New England. " A helpless crowd of workers, the oppression of low wages, inevitable poverty, and a dis guised serfdom, a rich master, a poor servant, and a mean population. Such is the story of manufacturing in Old England, and such is the story of manufacturing in New England." Yet, notwithstanding this dismal picture, the aggregate wealth of the country is increasing rapidly, but its distribution is most unequal. Under a system of inflated currency and indiscriminate taxation, says Mr. Wells, the rich are becoming richer, and t':e poor poorer. Exchange in kind for foreign commodities has become nearly impossible, thus restricting the employment of shipping ; while under the plea of protection to native industry special taxes have been levied on certain articles. The publication of Mr. Wells's report produced some discussion on the whole question of free trade and protec tive duties, but, unfortunately, the retarding influence was too strong. The wealthy manufacturers throw all their weight into the scale, and attempted to disparage the commissioner's statements by designating him a free trader. Mr. 'Wells rejects this accusation, and declares himself in favour of " a policy of moderate and judicious protection." The presentcondition of the labouring classes, and the exorbitant cost of the necessaries of life, prove very conclusively that whatever else is " protected," the true interests of the country are suffering severely from the manuraci,urers' favourite policy. The Duchess of Norfolk has contributed £lOO to the Pope's Jubilee Fund. Mr, William Craft, a negro, is now in this country, endeavouring to raise £1,500 to purchase and stock in one of the Southern States of America a tract of land, with a view to locate thereon a company of free negroes, who will be its cultivators on co-operative prin. ciples. Amongst the supporters of the schfme are Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., and Mr. T. Hughes, M.P. TRANSPLANTING IN THE NIGHT.—A gentleman anxious to ascertain the effect of transplanting at night, instead of by day, made an experiment, with the following result. He transplanted ten cherry trees while in bloom, commencing at four o'clock in the afternoon, and trans planting one each hour until one o'clock in the morning. Those transplanted during the daylight shed their blossoms, producing little or no fruit, while those planted in the dark maintained their conditions fully. He did the same with ten dwarf trees after the fruit was one third grown. Those transplanted during the day shed their fruit ; those transplanted during the night perfected their crop, and shewed no injury from having been removed. With each of these trees he removed some earth with the roots. The incident is fully vouched for ; and if a few more similar experiments produce the same result it will be a strong argument to horticulturists, gardeners, and fruit-growers to do such work at night. THE 0 VEREND AND GURNEY PROSECUTION. —A paragraph has gone the rounds of the papers stating that Dr. Thom, the prosecutor in the case against the Overend and Gurney directors, intends to conduct the case himself at the trial ; and the announcement has created some surprise, as well it might. It is monstrous enough that the investigation of such a case should be left to the energy of a private individual instead of being undertaken by a public officer. And the scanthil would certainly be vastly increased if the conduct •of the trial were to be left to unskilled hands. But wa believe there is no real fear of such a result. Dr. Thom is no doubt the prosecutor in the case, as any other of her Majesty's subjects might have been. But when once the grand jury has found a true bill against the accused, if they do so, the cause, like all criminal causes, will be one between the Queen and the prisoners. In the Court of Queen's Bench, to which the case has been removed, no one is entitled to appear and conduct a cause but the parties to the cause, or their counsel. We are, therefore, at a loss to see how in a case, the - parties to which will be her Majesty and the accused, Dr. Thom can possibly be entitled to open his lips, except as a witness.—Solicitors' Journal. SHOCKING SUICIDE.—On Friday afternoon, at about a quarter after two o'clock, a shocking case of suicide occurred at the Ludgate-hill station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. It appears that about two o'clock a young man entered one of the water closets at the station. Not seeing anything of him for some time, Cab•inspector Oates was prompted to look through the fanlielit of the door, and there dis covered the body lying, blood having flowed from a pistol-shot wound in the forehead. The report of the pistol was heard by the boy in attendance, who, however, took no notice of it, believing it to have pro ceeded from outside the station. A revolver was found with the chamber discharged lying on the deCeased's knee, and in his pocket a receipt from Messrs. Reilly, gun makers, Oxford-street, made out to Bumstead, Esq., for the sum of £2 155., which is supposed to refer to the pistol found. The handkerchief of deceased was marked W. B. A cigar case, cigar• bolder, two hotel bills—one from Stanley's Hotel, Lymington Spa, and the other from the Red Horse, Stratford-on-Avon, with some other trifling articles, were found on his person. On a subsequent examination by the police the following articles were found :—A silver lever watch, by Frodsham, Gracechurch-street ; two £lO Bank of England notes, and a Crystal Palace season ticket in the name of W. C. ' Bumstead, Stonely Villa, Clanton. PA PL may TA 1? AND 31 U N 1P AZ ELECTIONS The Select Committee of the House of Commons charged with the inquiry into the manner in which par liamentary and municipal elections are conducted, met again on Friday, the Marquis of llartington in the chair. The first witness called was the Mayor of Brad ford whose evidence was interrupted by the rising of the committee on Tuesday. He said that unless vigorous measures had been taken at the time of the declaration of the poll at the last election the conse quences would have been of the most serious kind. The practice of having a nomination and declaration of the poll at such a place as Bradford was inadvisable. There ought, witness thought, to be some means adopted to prevent the fictitious nominations which now took place with great frequency at muncipal elections. Persons were often nominated merely for the purpose of obtaining the money which was paid, Was in favour of two or three days intervening between the day of nomination and election, both in the case of municipal and parlia mentary elections. He also comp!alued of the way in which auditors were elected. A voter could vote for any persons he pleased between the hours of nine and four, during which hours the Mayor and Aldermen had to sit. If an hour passed without a vote being tendered they could leave. If a vote was tendered every fifty-eight minutes they might remain there all day. Witness went on to say that the corruption at the parliamentary election in Bradford was confined to treating. The last election was very pure. At the general election in November he believed that many messengers were employed at 10s. each per day. Was in favour of the Ballot. By Mr. Villiers: There was an inquiry before Baron Martin against the return of Mr. Ripley, who was unseated chiefly because the expenses were excessive. A large portion of the money wai spent at public-houses. It was common in Bradford for the committees to be held at public-houses. Voters were allowed to obtain beer there before, and not at the time of, the election without paying for it. The practice was a very objectionable one, but proceedings were not taken against it. Believed that the adoption of the Ballot would he the best means of preventing bribery and treating at the municipal elections. Gentlemen who had opposed the opening of public-houses had been carried at the head of the p(,11. With the exception of some amongst the most uneducated class of the voters there was a growing feeling against the practice of treating. To Mr. Gathorne Hardy the witness said the legal expenses of a candidate at a municipal election were about £6O or £7O for the whole borough, in which there were eight warls. By Mr. Ward Hunt : The opening of public-houses at elections was very popular amongst a certain class. At the inns where the chief business of the committees was conducted little drink was given away. There were, however, many lower public-houses which were nominally used as committee-rooms, but were really used for the purposes of treating. Believed that in Bradford there was a better feeling growing up against corrupt practices at elections. People still thought they had a right to influence voters, but public-house treating and bribery were getting into disfavour. The Ballot would screen voters from the consequences of undue influence. With a certain class of voters whose education was defective some portion of the work necessary to vote by ballot (as in vogue in Australia), would have to be done by other persons. By Mr. Cross : It was a common practice in Bradford at municipal elections to Lave a number of fictitious nominations. This had prevailed ever since he had been connected with the borough. In some of the wards there was more bribery and intimidation than in others. This was owing to the lower condition of the residents. In Bradford acre were about 3,000 Irish voters. Believed that at the last e!ection, when Mr. Thompson was returned, there were only a few public-hou , res opened as wininittee rioms, and the election taken altogether was exceedingly free from corruption. This fact, he thought, proved that the feeling against corruption and bribery was increasing. There had been prosecutions for personating, but none for bribery. Witness complained that at municipal elections the number of voters at one polling place was excessive. In one room 3,500 votes had to be taken. It was thought that it was not legal to have more than one polling place in a ward. This caused great inconvenience. The next witness was Mr. Johnson, of Blackburn, who said he believed 90 out of every 100 of the persons who voted at the municipal elections had "substantial reasons" for doing so. Bribery was exercised in all wards, and by both political parties. Intimidation was more frequent on the Tory side. Witness proceeded to state that when the Blackburn election petition was before the judge a much worse case might have been made out. The practices adopted were so bad that had they been fully brought to light the franchise would have beets taken from the borough. Ife produced what was known as the" Screw Circu:ar," document which was sent out by the Conservative Regis tration Society to employers V labour and overlookers, asking them to influence those under them to vote for " Constitutional candidates " at the municipal election prior to the parliamentary election in November. At the election in March a good deal of intimialation prevailed. After taking some further evidence from Dl tckburn (of a similar kind to the above) and from Liverpool, the com mittee adjourned. LAW AND POLICE. --+--- CHAItGE or CoNsrluacv.— At the Guildhall, on Friday, the secretary, manager, directors, collectors, and agents of the National aud Provincial Union Assurance and Loan Society were summoned before Mr. Alderman Causton to answer a charge of conspiring to obtain money by false pretences. Mr. Straight, for the prosecution, said that the case against four of the defendants who were directors was very different from that against the others. They were gentlemen's servants, who had bitherta borne a high character, awl their masters had instructed counsel to defend them, and to ask the Court to discharge them as innocent agents in the hands of others. With regard to Reid, the secretary, the case was different. He had previously been district collector, agent, and messenger for another assurance society, which was wound up, and while it was in process of liquidation, Reid started the National and Provincial Union Assurance en 1 Loan Society, and, by keeping the offices at Chatham-place, poor people were induced to cuntinue their subscriptions, not knowing • that the original society was extinct. The defendants Broomham, Laing, Taylor, and Heather were induced to become directors and to sign the articles of association, in order to float the scheme. as a company. A statement was issued shewing the capital paid up, the cash at the bankers, the cash on deposit, &c. The fact was that there never was any cash at the banker's, and if £2,000 had been paid for the business, as represented,it should have been paid to the liquidator. The four counsel who appeared for the four direc tors referred to said that Mr. Straight had rightly judged the conduct of their clients, and Mr. Straight withdrew the summons against Broomham, Taylor, Laing, and Heather, who were discharged. Evidence was then given by some of the policy-holders. Alfred Single ton held a policy for six guineas in the Friend-in-Need Society as the nominee of his aunt. He paid 2d. a week on it. In April 1867 he received a certificate of membership in the Provincial Union Assurance Company (Limited), in substitution of the Friend-in -Need policy. He paid the 2d. a week until October last, when his aunt died. He Lad not been told that the Provincial Union had been wound up in June. He called at the office after his aunt's death with his policy and the certificate of death, and saw Reid several times. Reid put him off until he got suspicious, and one of the committee saw him and said he had no claim, as the company was wound up. Broomham, one of the directors, explained that he bad bean a member of another society, and that his signature as director had been obtained without his knowledge of what he undertook. The prisoners were remanded, two of them being allowed to go on their recognisances in £lOO, but bail was refused for Reid, the secretary, and Kiddie, the manager. TILE REDNAL MURDER.—Bishop, who stands charged with the wilful murder of a man named Peate, has been brought before the Oswestry magistrates. On Good Friday prisoner, deceased, and a man named Briscoe were drinking together. Briscoe left the others, but some time after wards he came up with them on the road, and found the prisoner attacking the deceased. He made sonte ineffectual attempts to r scuo him, and his injuries were so great that he died a fortnight afterwards. An inquest was held, and a verdict of manslaughter re turned. Bishop has been committed on the charge of wilful murder to the Shropshire Assizi s. TILE GREAT FRAUDS AGAINST A CEMETERY COMPANY.— A. clerk in the employ menu of the Abney•park Cemetery Company was on Thursday charged at the Mansion House with having, in the company of a fellow-clerk not in custody, conspired to embezzle the company's funds. It is believed that the defalcations represent a considerable sum. The case, however, was not gone into, but the prisoner was remanded. A cutlery Erin at Sheffield have suit ex-Secre tary Seward an elegant penknife with a star for each State of the Union set in gold upon the ivory handle. THE: BARKING EXPLOSION.—TIic inquiry into the cause of the explosion at the Chartered Gas Works, Barking, which resulted in the loss of four lives, has been :Ajourned to May 4, in order to give time for an exand• I.a.tion of the remains of_the destroyed boiler. TIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, L 69. MISCELLANEOUS' `NEWS• i 1.17. N EW LAW corm's. • - It is to be hoped that some arrangement will be made very shortly as to the site of the new law courts, and the disposal of the Carey-street site, should it be rejected. Every day's delay costs the nation £ll6 for interest upon the heavy sum which was paid for that site. Mr. Lowe has certainly treated the House rather cavalierly in the matter. The huge vacant space between the Strand and Lincoln's-inn was not acquired without much con sideration. A royal commission, including the most eminent lawyers in the land, consulted and decided upon the above mentioned locality. Parliament passed Acts authorising the purchase, and nearly a million sterling has been actually spent upon it. Mr. Lowe coolly proposes to ignore the Royal Com missioners and Parliament, to resell, probably at a loss of half a million sterling, the Carey-street site, and to transfer the settlement of the matter to the Treasury and himself. his own figures will certainly be severely criticsed. For instance, he says that the site which he recommends will cost £600,000, and the building £1,000,000, but he allows nothing for approaches. Sir R. Palmer declares that the Embankment site will cost £2,200,000 before building begins, and as it will be necessary to dig down 30 feet before a stone is laid, there is room here for the ex penditure of another half million. The discrepancy between the two estimates is so enormous that neither can be accepted without further investigation. One of the most amusing features of this controversy is the lively interest which the Metropolitan Railway Company feels in the Embankment site. Of course if the law courts were built there, a large amount of additional traffic would go over the line, and so peti tions in favour of Mr. Lowe's scheme lie at all the stations of the Metropolitan iliailways. A few days ago a number of little boys were seen exercising their caligraphy by signing one of these disinterested documents. The Builder says it "is obvious that if the plot of land pointed to by Mr. Lowe is sufficient for the building required, it must be a very different building from that necessitated by the commis ioners' instructions. A more remarkable mess was probable never made by a royal commission than that which is now before us." TEMPERANCE, POLITICS, AND RELIGION. Some little while back much stress was laid by the opponent of cert :in liquor bills on the fact that in Massachusetts the prohibitory liquor law had been tried and had failed. It was pointed out at the time that in its stead there existed a very stringent license law much more restricting the liberty of the subject than the prohibition. But the news now to hand shows that the license law hr.s failed. The local House of Representatives has repealed it, re enacting by nearly two to one the old prohibitory law. Meanwhile, in England the necessity for sonic alteration of the law is daily more pressingly felt. Convocation has condemned the present system; and the testimony of ministers of all denominations is that nothing so much prevents the successful pro secution of their work as excessive drinking. The annual meeting of the Leeds Congregationalists was held on Thursday, and their attention being directed to the subject, a resolution was unanimously passed, advocating the repeal of the Beerhouse Act, and the guppression of the excise licences. A special correspondent of the Alliance News calls attention to the evidence being given before the Elections Committee on the influences of the public- Louse at election times. Witness after witness has told the same tale, " too much beer." Treating prevails here and there ; drunkenness everywhere. Mr. Bright has pressed witnesses very earnestly upon the matter, and from several of them has obtained the opinion that the driashops ought to be altogether shut during the polling. A large pro portion earnest:y advocated that public-houses should not be used as committee-rooms. prcrurtezn lie TrISTICCI LO ZITTICTICL tIIc get Etc mta strongly averse to throw any factious opposition in the way of its further progress, This might be a ttseful lesson to Mr. Disraeli. WRY " NO SURRENDER ? " Lord Oranmore and Browne writes to the Tele graph explaining and justifying the cry of "No Surrender " which has been raised by the Church party in Ireland. Ile thinks that it is too much to expect a Church, whose principle is opposition to the Roman Catholics. to agree to a compromise by which property is handed over to Maynooth and the priests. But while the Churchmen are crying "No Surrender," their representatives in Par liament are trying to make the best of a bad job by modifying the principles of the bill. The moderate Liberals, according to Lord Oranmore, would, if the `• No Surrrencler " cry was dropped, help to alter the bill. Is it logical (he asks) to refuse to do so while the cry is continued ? Especially he calls their attention to the commutation of life interests. Maynooth is to be arranged with at fourteen years' purchase. On the same principle, he argues, should the Irish Church clergy be dealt with. `• Most Irishmen do not believe that the sacrifice of the Irish Church will in any way satisfy the Roman Catholic priests or people, but if Englishmen have a different convic tion, they should at least shew some consideration for the position, feelings, and interests of the Pro testant people of this country." by the Preiident to the post of united Slates Minis ter at Lisbon, and his nomination has been con firmed by the Senate. Mr. Basset, a negro, has likewise been confirmed, as we anticipated an African would be, as United States Minister to Ilayti. The appointment of the Hon. Freeman Morse, as Consul-General in London, we need scarcely add, has been assented to by the Senate. Among the Bills passed by the Representatives on the 9th April was that for removing political disabilities. It required a two-thitds majority, and there being 97 yeas to 47 nays, it was carried. But one Democrat (Brooks) voted with the minority. The Bill for the protection of soldiers and their heirs, facilitating the payment of bounties, was also passed. Mr. Myers was sworn in as Representa tive from Pennsylvania. The scat was contested by Mr. Moffett, but decided gainst him by a strict party vote. General Grant made a bold push to complete the reconstruction of the Southern States. Ile sent a message to Congress on the subject, which at first created fears that the debate would prolong the session, which the rapidity of the House dispelled. General Butler, who can be useful on occasions, acted with his usual vigour. Early the next morning, April 8, he saw the President, obtained his views, then explained them to the Reconstruction Com mittee he assembled, as well as his own opinions and those of the country. Of course this settled the question ; for the Committee had then the views of Butler, Grant, and the country. A Bill was agreed upon, and presented to the House when it met, and passed by the enormous majority of 125 to 24, all the Republicans and a few Democrats voting yea. After passing the House it was taken to the Senate, where it was carried by 44 yeas to 9 nays. Being slightly amended in its passage through that Cham ber, it was returned to the house, the amendments concurred in, and sent for signature to the .Presi dent on the night of the 9th inst., and this was the Bill the Cable informed us bad become law for bring ing back, as States of the Union, Virginia, Missis sippi, and Texas. The Post Route Bill has passed the house of Representatives, and another authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad to extend its branch line from a point near Portland, Oregon, to Pauget's Sound, and to connect the same with its main line west of the Cascade mountains, the company not to be entitled to any subsidies, money, bonds, or lands, except as such lands may be included in the right of way. The Union Pacific Railroad was com pleted on the 20th March to within seven miles of the mouth of Weber Canon, which is virtually to Salt Lake. We may here observe that explorations made by General Conner on Salt Lake, in his new steamer, prove that the water has risen thirteen feet since the first surveys, and is rising now one foot per year. The boat ran for a mile in one place over what was grazing land five years ago. It is thought that perhaps the subterranean outlet has been partially choked up. On the Bth inst. the President issued a proclama tion calling for ail extra session of the Senate to act upon nominations. Grant's first wording must, we presume, have been " 12th day of April next," instead of 1869, for Senator Fessenden pointed out that by the phraseology the Senate would have to assemble on the 12th day of April, 1870, and the proclamation was informally scut back to the Pre sident for correction. It is as follows : Whereas, objects of interest to the United States re quire that the Senate should be convened at 12 o'clock o❑ the 12th day of April, 1869, to receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of O, Executive. Now therefore, I, U. S. Giant, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, declaring that an extraordi nary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol in the City cf Washington on the 12th day of April, 1869, at 12 o'clock noon on that day, on which all R ho shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice. The Buenos Ayres Standard says that the Eng lish Government has thanked, through Mr. Seward, Minister Washburn for the protection he extended in Paraguay to English suljects, and his efforts to save • them from the grasp of Lopez. Mr. Wash burn considers the false reports circulated in Europe abbut Paraguayan affairs to emanate from the French author who wrote the pamphlet lately published in Paris, which we at the time reviewed. Dr. Stewart, now in London, had numerous interviews both with the Emperor and his Ministers when atßio, before he embarked in the Mataura for England. He had just arrived from Paraguay, it being his good fortune to escape, notwithstandiug the inten tion of Lopez to shoot him early last De cember. The Eml eror expressed the wish that Dr. Stewart should publish his experience? of Lope z in the English papers, to correct the erro neous impressions circulated in the country. It is evident that things are in a very bad way with the Allies at Ascuncion, the army being in a ter tible state or disorganization, as Marshal Caxias bad left nothing but confusion behind, while his successor, General Guillermo, is represented as in capable of doing anything. Lopez having gathered arms and horses is in possession of most of the country. An expeditionary force had moved from Ascuncion against him, but at the moment he is more master of the situation than the Allies, and it is evident that the war is by no means ended. The American built steamer Zi had been burnt to the water's elgo at Buenos Ayres, and four of the crew are missing. To the last it was doubtful whether Mr John Jay or Mr. Motley would be nominated Minister to England. It was urged against Mr. Motley that Massachusetts had already two members in the Cabinet, and it would be unfair to other States to add the most important mission to its share. For Mr. Jay it was argued that New York was more than any other State interested in the settlement of the pending claims against England and in questions of commercial intercourse, and the State that did most business with Great Britain was best entitled to send the representative. Both gentlemen re mained on and off at Washington till this question was settled. Americans often allude with astonishment to the fact that half the land in England is held by less than ten score people, and perhaps less than one score hold half the land of Scotland, but it is sur prising to see how time compasses the same result in America. New York is the third city of the world, yet a dozen families do little less than own it, while it is no great exaggeration to say that a State belongs to o ne man. Senator Sprague in herited one-half of the State of Rhode Is'and from his father, and the other half he has acquired since; but there is another family of great wealth and in fluence in Providence. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (Front the Springfield Republican, Aprillo.) The expected release of the money market from the stringency which has for so many days embarrassed it seemed to begin last Saturday, but the ease on that day was only temporary, and since then the market has been as tight as over in Now York, Boston, Chicago, and all other money centres. The quarter-day settlements have no longer perceptible effect, and easier times would be looked for at once but for other causes which now seem to threaten a prolongation of the distress. This uncomfort able situation of affairs attracts, very naturally, much at tention, and a largo number of reasons are assigned to account for it. The banks all over the country, it is be lieved, are carrying more loans than their reserve of law ful money is capable of sustaining without embarrass ments to themselves and the mercantile community. But there are some indications that the present condition of affairs, though bad enough, is made worse than need be by artificial means; that money would be easier awl cheaper but for combinations among lenders to keep up the price; and that there is really no such extraordinary scarcity of currency just n w as some people wouli have us.believe. On this point the Xew York Ilerald's financial article says :—" Money is had, and always had, provided the borrower pays the rate demanded. The lenders by the present system of a sidewalk exchange are enabled to gather the borrowers into one group and thus aggravate their need by its apparent magnitude. The banks are con fessed ly unable to enlarge their accommodation, but are not shipp: lag currency to the country. Reports differ as to the extent of the amounts received in return. On some sides it is state '1 as trivial, ou others as satisfactory. The southern and ea 'stern exchanges have veered quite coquettishly and inel•plicably. Currency has come this way. Then the consig . nments were intermitted, and currency has gone out of the city. The pressure on Tuesday was more m:gent than on Monday, but the effects of artificial ihrcnces were plainly vsible." It is also worth stating that a powerful clique has been at work to keep up the money rate, in order to depress the price of Government Bonds, but so far with only partial success. The ano malous condition of affairs previously noticed at the New York stock boards—a strong market in the face of money stringency, is still a striking feature of the financial situation. Usually the bears welcome nothing more than a tightness in money, if it doesn't last too long ; but at present the prices at the stock boards are maintained with surpri,ing strength. Ono reason for this is doubt less the fact that ninny brekers, in anticipation of the Ist of April stringency, obtained thirty and sixty day loans, so that the present condition of the market has little effect upon them. There is a determined move ment on foot to force Pacific mail up to par, and this stock and New York Central have been the principal fea ture of the week. There are renewed rumours that the 80 per cent. issue is to be lega'ized at Albany. The pro rata bill now pending in the Legislature there provides that merchandizo transported not less than 150 miles shall be carried at as low rates per mile as through freight. Of course Vanderbilt and other railway princes are fighting the bill. They declare that if it were to pass the New York Central would be compelled to aban don the through freight business entirely, and throe it into the hands of the Pennsylvania Central and the Canada roads. Government Bonds have fluctuated rather more than usual during the past week, but their tone has generally been firm in spite of the effort, al ready noticed, to depress them. Considerable amounts have been placed upon the market by bankers and others who can temporarily realize greater profit by loaning, at the present high rates, the money, which they sell for, than by holding the bonds. But the confidence in Government Securities is so great that home and foreign buyers are always ready, and so the market is generally well sustained. Mr. Van Dyck, the assistant treasurer at New York, gives notice that coupons for interest due May 1, will now be received for examination, and the same cashed, if desired, on a rebate of the interest from the day of payment to May 1, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum in coin. Gold continues to sell for 131 and a fraction with inconsequential fluctuation. The market has been firm, and there are some indications of a slight advance in price. Cash gold is by no means plenty. Mr Amasa Walker pro tests in the Neil, York Time.; against " the oft-repeated fal -1 cy that r increased productiveness' will bring about a re sumption of specie payment ; that a groat crop of cbtfon and cereals would restore our currency to par with gold. There is no truth whatever is this popular assumption. Should we have for the current year a crop of 4,600,000 bales of cotton, as in 1860, and a surplus of a hundred million dollars worth of wheat and corn for export, it would make no difference in the convertibility of our currency, because while there is such an immense redundancy of it as at present gold will not be brought into this country in any event, but be constantly flowing out. Owing to our great surplus of currency over the normal amount required by the exchanges of the country, gold is a cheaper commodity than any other. Should we have an extra crop of cotton, wheat, ecc., so that a large amount must be exported, tin result would be a heavy fall of prices. There is only one possible way in which the currency can be restored, and that is by reducing its volume to the national limit, when it will be, as a matter of course, on a par with gold, the currency of commerce." The figures confirm the oft reiterated statement that the imports of foreign dry goods at New York last month, were very large. The total amount (foreign gold cost) was 13,321,059 dols. against $9,361,654 duls., an increase of nearly 50 per cent. over March of last year. In the three months of this year now past the dry goods im ports amounted to $30,183,267 against $23,055,783, a gain on the first quarter of last year of seven millions of dollars. The corresponding footings in the nine months :ince July 1 are $73,199,277 against $62,120,141. Thu current lei 4- ness is not so very large for the demand, and all desirable goods are . aken without material sacrifice, but the trade is not so animated as to leave large margin for profits, except ing on a very few scarce fabrics.—The foreign imports at New York (including general merchandise but excluding gold)aro $7,682,19 . 2 (foreign geld value) for the week, and $77,367,354 for they' ar, against $5,701,225 and $61,328,423. The exports (exclusive of spec:e) fur the week and year are $3,878,951 and $40,982,107, against $4,731,689 and $17,194,634. Thus it will be seen that, compared with last year, our importa are increasing while ourexports are falling off. The exports of specie for the week and year are $5i5,585 and $9,352,612. The latter item shows a de crease of $6,652,839 in comparison with last year. Sub tracting receipts of gol 1 at New York from the amount exported there appears to be a loss since since January 1 of $948,048. Railroad earnings in March :—lllinois Cen tral, $701,559 ngst $462,316 last year ; Chicago and North- Western, $1,149,258 against $267,091 ; Milwaukee and St. Paul, $420,774 against $333,510. In 1868 the Ohio and Mississipi Railroad earned $1,230,981 from passengers, $1,586,818 from freight, and $146,239 from expresses and mails—a total of $2,964,040. Compared n ith 1867 this is a decrease of $495,278, or about 161 per cent. The net earnings of the road last year were $663,426. The Cleve land, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Road earned last year $2,962,613 gross and $739,513 net. The latest New York quotations for seed leaf tobacco are these : Connecticut and Massachusetts, 8 to 12c ; wrapping lots, 18 to 45c ; fine wrappers, 50 to floc. (From the Wall-street Journal) FRIDAY EVENING, April 9. The money market is growing easier, and by the 20th of the month we look for a great change from the present, stringeney. To-day the rates on call have been 7 per cent. in gold on stocks, and 7 per cent in currency on Govern ment Bonds, with a commission of 1-32 d to 1-Ititit per c .nt. Discounts are st'il difficult, even at 10 to 12 per c.:nt for first-class names. Gold is very strong, and has risen to-day.one ter cent., having opened at 1321 and closed at 1331, Quotations for specie are:— Amer. silver... 95 to 95f I Eng. sous 485 to 488 Mex. d011ar5...104 „ 103 f 20 francs 382 „ 385 Eng. silver 475 ~ 480 I Thalers Five franca 95 ~ 96 I In Foreign Exchange iates are steady:— LondcnSixty Days. Three Days. Lo..d Bankers ............... 107' —108; 1081-1081 n, Prime Commercial... 107 f —lo7f Paris, Bankers .................. 5.24 5.20 5.21-1 —5.181 Bremen, Bankers ............... 774-78 Hamburgh, Bankers ............ 34-351 Frankfort, 0.31. ................. 40-401 Berlin and Cologne, .......... 74-71 Antwerp ........................... 5.261-5.2 i Amsterdam, Bankers ......... 34 —44 Swiss .............................. 5.261-5.211 Government Bonds are strong and active, with au ad vance to-day of I per cent : Sixes, 1861, registered ll4 to 1151 Sixes, 1881, coupon Sixes, 1868, coupon ....... to U.S. Gs. Pacific __road 1 Five - twenties, 1862, c upon 1191 1 to to 103119 Five - twenties, 1864, c oupon Five - twenties, 1865, coupon Five-two - les - to 116' ''z' - -4 -wenties, 1885, coupon, new Five - twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 C oupons, 1868 to 113 113f 4 1 Ten-forties, co u p on lO5 to 105 f to Seven-thirti es , 2d series Seven-thirties, 3d ser i es -- to Oregon War L oan, Sixes. 1881 Railroad St oc k s are active and buoyant, wit h a large business in Chicago and North-Western, Milwaukee and and St. Paul, Harlem, Hudson River, Michigan Southern, Reading, and Toledo and Wabash. In Miscellaneous Stocks the principal business has been in Pacific Mail, closing at 921, and in Western Union Telegraph, closing at 4n. N. Y. Central 1631 Fort Wayne Erie Hudson Reading Mich. South. &N. L ... 961 W. U. T e l egrap h Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 9Ol Ohio and Mississippi... 321 North-West North-West Preferred 96 Cumberland Canton 59 Bankers and Brokers... 106 Rock Island Dleveland and Toledo 1311 lM & St. Paul Preferred 841 At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division, held in Lawrence, Kansas, on April 6tb, the name of the company was changed to the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, and the board increased to 11 directors. The board organized, by re-electing John D. Perry President. The annual report of the company shows a total income from all sources of over $ ?,100,000. The company resolved to push forward the work of constructing the road to Denver. Messrs. Drexel and Co., Philadelphia, report that on April 9 the latest sales in Pennsylvania Railroad Shares were 59 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 99 991; 2d Mort gage, 95 951. Express Stocks are dull. We quote : Adams ... ... ... ... ... ... 584 to 591 American Merchants' Union ... ... ... 40 to 40i Do. Old Stock ... ... ... ••• 154 to 16 a to 534 .. United State s , ... ... ••• n-ii to ail Wells, Fa t go , and Co. ... ... ••• '" • CLOSING QUOTATIONS FOR RAILROAD MORTGAGES. N. Y.lCentral 6s, 1883... 90 Chi. &N. W. Ist M — N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... 90 Tol. & Wab. 2d M. Ex B5 N. Y. Central 6s, It Est.. 874 Gt. Western 2d M 'BB 79 N. Y. Central 6s, Suh'n.. 874 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M — N. Y. Central 7s 1876... -- Gal. & Chic. Eat 96 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 Gal. Sr Chic. 2d M 95 N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 Obi. & It. I. Ist 21 9Bl Erie Ist Mort, Ex — Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7'5... 934 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund... 99 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 B9 N. J. Central Ist M 97 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880_ N, J. Central 2d M B9 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888... Pitts. Ft.W., & Ch. Ist M 1021 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist DI, '77 B7 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 3d M. 91 Hud. R. 7s, Ist M,•' , ;9 100 Cleve. & Pitts. 2d hI ... 90 Had. 11. 7s, 3d M, '75 100 Chic. & Altoa, S. F. Inc. Harlem Ist M, '6B Ch i c.. &Alton, S.F.lstM.lol C. Ist 3'i, 69'72 ll2 Mil. & St. Nul Ist M... 90 Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'ti`l 113 Mil. & St. Paul 2d Nl_ Mich. So., 7p.c.2d M 93 Marietta & Cin. Ist M.„ N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Morris & Essex lsi M... 100 Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 991 Morris & Essex 2d M... 90 111. Cen. 7p. c, '7O — Joilet & Chic. Ist M... Alton &T. 11. IFt M Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton &T. IL 2d M. Inc 791 Dubuque &S.Ci_ty, Ist M. 90 Han.& St.J.LandGrantslo3 Peninsul a I s t M B5 lieu. & St. J. Con 112 Ohio & Miss. Ist M. Chi. B. & Q., Ist M Ohio & Miss. Con. Chi. &N. West, S. F.... 95 Tol. P. W. Ist 31. E. D — Obi. &N. W. Con Cony. 97 Atlantic &G. W. Ist M — Chi .& N. W. Ben Til F. STIt ,K F:S. The strike in the Preston cotton trade seems to be dying out. The enthusiasm is gone, and a large proportion of the men are anxious to return to work. At lilac b:.rn much ill-feeling prevails amongst the men, and may ultimatelycause a strike, consequent on the refusal of the masters to hold a meeting for the discussion of the subject. Elsewhere little progress seems to be made on either side. 1011GItATION. Emigration is by no means considered universally a panacea among the working classes. A working man, referring to s the recent meeting at Millwall, which was addressed by Mr. Measor, two captains, and two " reverends," protests against the resolu tion which was passed, " that immigration is beyond the power of private charity, and can be effected only by the Government." He asks, " What does Government mean ? It means that you and I, who remain at home and stick by the oil ship, are to be taxed, in order that William Sy',es, .Lints Bates, and others may ' abscond,' :old leave us to fight the battle against the money lords and the landlords. Tlicse men have never asked themselves, Why is every man who is willing to work not at work ?" He then criticises another resolution recommending that "information be diffused among the working clE.sses on the subject of emigration,"' and asserts that it would be one-sided ; that nothing would be said of Canadian snow or Australian heat. "lon would never hear that the land specu lator is there ready to pounce upon you, and that heavy as is the extortion of the usurer in this country, his little finger in the colonies is heavier than are his loins in the land of your birth. One word more. Always suspect movements at the head of which are parsons and many captains. Any man who proposes emigration to the United States is a traitor to old England." It is curious to find such strong prejudices among a class who might have been expected to fall into the opposite error, of con sidering emigration as an infallible cure for pauperism, which the Government was bound to apply at the public expense. EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN. . Mr. Smee writes to the Star on the proper employ ment of women, which he considers to be one of the most difficult social questions in the metropolis. He proposes that a new department of the Post Office should be created, quite separate from the letters, where everything printed might be sorted and arranged ready for delivery, and that this work should be done exclusively by women, the daughters of the letter-carriers being pre ferred for these appointments before other appli cants. If the working of this scheme should prove successful in London, it may be extended to other towns. The duty in question could be as well done by women as by men, and would not entail respon sibility. A useful and profitable employment for females would thus be created in the metropolis, and a great social benefit conferred. THE CASE OP WILTSHIRE. The reply of the Home Secr e t a ry t o Si r G eorge Senkinson, giving the reason for the respite of the man Wiltshire, is both satisfactory and alarming. it entirely vindicates the action of Mr. Bruce in the matter, and demonstrates to a nicety the expediency of having some such court of appeal as the Home Office provides. But it is enough to destroy one's faith altogether in th e administration of the law. The story Mr. Bruce presented to the House is most difficult of explana tion. We know that twelve men sworn to do justice, under the direction of a judge, found Wiltshire guilty of having committed a most atrocious crime— with having most brutally violated and murdered a woman. But no sooner does the excitement incidental to the trial wear off, no sooner is the over heated air of the court exchanged for a freer atmosphere, than ten of the twelve men write off to the Government saying that they do not think that Wiltshire committed murder after all. The woman, they say , probably died from exhaustion caused by drinking. In this theory they are supported by the judge ; and, of courze, the home Secretary is bound to do what he can to rectify . the blunder. But is this the usual way that judge and jury do their business ? Are they often so hasty that when they come to collect their thoughts they find that they have made a mistake? Is the excitement of a trial for murder such that a trained j u d ge an d a sworn jury cannot be trusted ? In thi s case it mus t b e n o ted the evidnce urged upon the Home Secretary was given at the trial, but no notice appears to have been taken of it. It looks as if trial by jury were degenerating into a machine for the col lection of evidence. If this cannot be prevented, at least let us h ave a r ecogn i se d C our t o f Appeal appointed, and let us no longer look to one hard worked man to try these cases over again privately, and to bear the odium of all the mistakes into which luries may fall. LIBERAL UNANIMITY. pern aps nO stronger proof has been furnished of the unity pervading the Liberal party than was witnessed in the house Commons on Thursday night. During the proceedings in committee on the Irish Church Bill, Mr. Pim, the Liberal member for Dublin, moved a certain amendment, which Mr. Gladstone refused to accept. A brisk discussion ensued, and the Conservative party declared their intention of dividing the House on the matter. A divisi on was accordingly called for, and it was but natural to suppose that the mover of the amendment would support his own motion. Instead of doing that, however, he went into the lobby with the Minis terialists—a fact which was Dot discovered until he walked up the floor of the house with the Ayes. No sooner was it seen that he had gone in favour of the Government than the LiLeral members set up a loud cheer, much to the surprise of Mr. Pim. The Coniervatives -raised an ironical cheer at the erratic course pursued by the hon. member for Dublin. Mr. Pim justified his conduct by stating to his friends around him that THE REPEAL OF THE UNION. A:pamphlet of a somewhat sensati ona l c h arac t er has just appeared in Dublin, under the alarming titl e of " Irish Loyalty and English Gratit u d e , or R epea l of the Union the Certain Result of the Destruc tion of the Irish Church." It is the production of Mr. Robert Staples, J.P., of Dunmore, wh o se t s hi mse lf to prove that a startling change of feeling has taken place among all classes . of Irish Protestants during the last few weeks. This new sentiment of distrust, which is of course to be attributed to the Irish Church Bill, is likely, in Mr. Staples's estimation, to lead to serious consequences. He warns English men not to shut . their eyes and ears to the signs of the times in Ireland. Discontent is dangerous when it exists among the lower orders, but when the leaders of society join in it and direct it to an object, and that object the repeal of the Union, it is time to reflect. All reliance and trust in England must cease for ever with the passage of the Irish Church Bill, and a determined and united demand for total repeal will be made—a demand which England cannot and dares not refuse. How ever, Mr. Staples consoles himself, if not his too credulous readers, by the reflection that Ireland will be much happier and more prosperous after the repeal. The Irish nobility will then remain in their own country instead of seeking fashion in London. They will lead the national feeling, live at home, improve their estates, and take in hand the regene ration of the people. The social, political, and mate rial prosperity of Ireland would, in Mr. Staples's opinion, receive a quickening impulse, like life to the dead ; so that the gloomy tone of his first anticipa tions is somewhat contradicted by the cheerfulness of his concluding expectations. Clearly Mr. Staples ought to be one of the most vigorous supporters of the Irish Church bill. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LAND QUESTION. There seems to be a good deal of dissatisfaction felt, not merely among the Opposition, at the con duct of the Government respecting the Irish land question. It is felt that in such a question as this delay is 'dangerous. It is stated that the most extra vagant expectations are being raised among the Irish tenantry and peasantry, and it is urged that these ought to be checked at once. The political opponents of the Government say plainly that in refusing to support Lord Clanricarde's measure, or to bring in a bill of their own Ministers are intentionally " providing matter t o lieep alive for another year (the words are Lord Salisbury's) the expectations of every man who hopes for revolutionary change in regard to the landed property of Ireland from the Liberal . Government." In the meanwhile the desperate tenacity which the Opposition are dis playing in disputing every clause of the Irish Church Bill, and the enormous number of amendments which have been placed upon the notice paper, extending to fifteen printed folios, are affording the Government just the excuse that they wanted for not dealing with the land question this session. They may well say in the face of such resistance that one great measure is enough for them, and that how ever desirous they might be to bring forward a second, there would be absolutely no time for them to do so. TIIE TRADES UNIONS DILL. The organ of the trades unions appears to be satis fied with the measure which Mr. Hughes and Mr. Mundella have introduced into Parliament. It will be remembered that the Government, while declining to legislate on this question during the present session, have expressed their willingnes3 to sup part the bill enlorse4 by the members for Frome and Shetiichl. The principal features of it are the repeal of statutes which make certain acts crimes when done by workmen which are not crimes when done by other persons ; the legalisation of agreements as to conditions of labour, however restrictive ; the authorisation of combinations to carry out such agreements (provided that there be no violence or inti inida tion, which would be treated as con spiracy); and provision for the registration of unions and for the protection of their funds. Commenting upon this measure, the Beehive asks, " Trades unionists, is this bill what you require? If round its promoters, and by your unity and enthu- Parlianient." There would tsiiansl s m ar prospect of this important carry tbetharoguogohd subject being dealt with by the Householders Par n Par liament in its first session, and in a way satisfactory to both employers and employed. This is the first fruits of the enfranchisement of the working classes. A NEW PEER. It is rumoured that Mr. Gladstone is about to create a new peer. The gentleman named for the honour is Mr. .Tohn Pemberton Heywood, of Norris Green, West Derby, Liverpool. Mr. Heywood has hardly obtained a world-wide fame as yet. By pro fession he is a banker, by calling a magistrate for the county of Lancashire, and by election he was made a high sheriff in 1855. Ile has a country seat in Shropshire, and a town house in London. Of the reason for his elevation and his capabilities of per forming the office which he is to till we know nothing. The Liberals of Here to ave determined to hol d a banquet on the 18th of May in order to celebrate the triumphant return of Messrs. Clive and Hoskyns. It is in tended to ask Mr. Bright to attend, and a requisition to the right hon. gentleman inviting him to pay a visit to the city is being numerously signed. The Bristol Times says that the Rev. Benjaniin Spoke, whose mysterious disappearance excited such general interest and almost consternation throughout the kingdom sonic two years ago, is likely to appear in another and more pleasing character very soon, as a bridegroom, he being en gaged to be married to a daughter of a Wiltshire squire. (Front the Anglo-American Times) Andrew Johnson has begun. At Murfeesboro' a reception committee from Nashville met him, hav ing travelled there in a special train to receive and convey him to the city. Along his route he was the recipient of enthusiastic demonstrations. De tachments of police, headed by a brass band, and followed by a bang 'procession, escorted him to the St. Cloud Hotel, to which he proceeded in an open carriage, the streets being lined with shouting thousands. He made a brief speech from the balcony, and in the course of his remarks announced that he favoured the removal of political disabili ties from every one in Tennessee. Numbers of coloured men were there to welcome the " Moses" back, who had striven so earnestly for their deliver ance ! On the 3d inst. he spoke at Knoxsville, when he declared his intention to devote the rest of his life to his own vindication. Doubtless he will spare a little time, even from so important an object, to abuse Congress and Grant. Speaking as one risen from the dead, lie warns all, that there is danger in the Government, that danger being in the Legislative department. "Let me tell you," he said, " that a wise and good Prince is infinitely superior to a despotic and arbitrary Congress ;" but General Grant he does not hold to he the man, of whom he spoke without reserve, " as a bundle of prejudice s , ,, characterizing the Executive as a great " Gift Enterprise Cabinet." A fire broke out in the Yellow Jacket Mine,' at Gold Hill, Nevada, on the 7th April, and extended to the Ketituck and Crown :Pohl - Mines. A num ber of miners w e re working at the time, and a dispatch dated on the evening of that day says that the de el numbered thirty-six. It is, however, feared that forty men perished by the calamity. A despatch sent at midnight, April 8, informs us that the fire was burnin g on the 800 feet level, but as a strong stream of water had been brought to bear it was expected to be extinguished before morning. This, however, proved delusive, as the fire broke out afresh in the drift of the Crown Point Com pany, and the shaft had to be closed to smother the flam,s. Ten bodies had not been recovered, and those taken out presented fearful evidences of the struggle for life. There are no telegrams of importance from America this week. Samuel Shellabarger, the Re publican representative to the. Fortieth Congress from the 7th district of Ohio, has been appointed IMPERIAL - 1 - 4), - .IL I A 51 ENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord MONCK drew attention to the military con dition of the country. As to our forces at home, he wag quite satisfied with the number provided, and the Quality also was good ; bur the organisation of the staff and of the force itqelf, the means of transporting it from point to point, its reserves and supplies were most ddrective, and in the event of 'an emergency arising would have to be Lastily reconstructed. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE begged the noble lord to remember that, although generally by that means it Iva° easy to obtain a cheap army, it was not so when a volun tary service entered into competition with the labour market. The bills on the table were advanced a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. Mr HEADLAM gave notice that :on an early day be should move for copies of correspondence in reference to the existence of riuderpest on the Continent. Mr. HARDCASTLE gave notice that when the ben. member for Wick moved for a select committee to iniltu re into the game laws of Scotland he should move that the inquiry be extended to all parts of the United Kingdom. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. Mr. GUEST asked the hon. member for Bath Wilethor it was true that the dock at Ferry-street, Lambeth, bad 13 C 4 been male by the Metropolitan Board of Works, although ordered the Act 26 and 27 Vic., c. 75 ; and, if so, th e reasons for its not having been const r u c t e d ; a nd, whethe r three docks had been constructed on th e Th ame s embank ment (south side) fur private fi rm s ; an d if s o, whethe r they had been made at the expense of the ratepayers ? Mr. TITE said it had been decided not to construct the dock for various means. The dock on the south side of the embankment had been constructed at the expense 0f the firms. THE ROAD AT SEA. Sir J. HAY ask e d th e P res id ent o f t h e Boond of Trade when the remainder of the correspondence on the subject of the rule of the road at sea would bo laid up on the table ; and whether he would agree to a motion for the appointment of a select committee of the house to inquii e into the causes of the loss of life and property at Sea b f collisions, and as t.) the possibility of a remedy by sc t° modification of he existing rules of the road, so as to bring them into harmony with the custom of tho sea and the decisions of the courts of law. Mr. BRIGHT said he was not aware that there Wi ts any correspondence that was really worth the expanse of printing. He objected to the appointment of a select committee for the reason that no ground existed for t ' change in the rule of the road at sea. YACHTS. In answer to a question, Mr. BRIGHT said it was under consideration whether yachts should be included in the Sea Fisheries' Bill. SHEEP PDX. In answer to a question by Lord R. AloweGu, Mr. FoRsTEu observed that both the cargoes of s heep' some of which on their arrival iu London and Harwich Antwerp were found to be infected with sheep pox. tfu fortunately the present state of the laws did not give the Privy Council authorities power to compel the o wners c' the vessels which carried infected sheep to disinfect theu l before carrying another cargo. He bud, however, Pr °- vidrd against that unsatisfactory state of the laws iu t he 69th clause of Ulu bid he was about to bring in. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE appealed to those hon. ineinW ° who had motions on the paper to give way, in order that tha house might . go into committee on the Irish Church Bill. Mr. COERANCE, who hal intended to call attoutiou to the exiting state of pauperism and vagrancy in 136-. land, postponed his motion. The house then went into committee. On clause 18, Mr. GOLDN LY mored that after the word Ascer tan," the following should be addei— "as hereivaaur mentioned." Ofr. Gladstone and Mr. Chichester Fortescu3 oplics ed the amendment, which was supported by Mr. Newdegat°' The committee divided, with the following result-- Ayes Noes 273 Majority against --112 Loud cheers greeted the announcement cf the nureb3ro from the Government benches. Clauses 20 and 21 were, after some discussion, ag reed to ; an I clause 22, after a division, was carried. On clause 23, Mr. DISRAELI moved an amendment, to the effect that on application of the Church body, at time during the y ear 1871, t h e lif e i ncomes mentioned 1". section 14 might be commuted for a capital sum of four' teen times their amount, such sum to b) paid to the Chute body. On a divi6ion the amendment was cegatived by 294 t 0 194. The clause was agreed to, and Ir - ogress reported. 0 The remaining business was disposed of, and the ao s adjourned. LONDON GAZ ET ill-LASiEVENING. WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, Amu, 23. A 3d Rozima n t o f D eagoon G uar d s —Li eutenant Algerny Dawson to be Lieutenant. 7th Dragoon Guards—Major John Peyton to be M a jor. 4th Hu , s.rs—Eusizti Witliam Wilsoli to be Cornet. sth Lancers Cornet Alfred Harvey to be Lieutenant. 17th Lancers —Cornet Ernest tiel.ord to be Lieutenant. 18th Hussars—Major Christopher Barton to be Major. iv Military Train—Ensign Edward Holbertou to be yid tenant. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles De St. Croix t ° be Captain: 3d Foot—Ensin Ethelred Slad e n t o b e Lieutenant, FI --- J" wards Ilowey to be Esign. i.rll 4th Foot—Li eu t. C harles Hammond to be Captain, Blis-D Henry Moore to be Lieutenant. 13th Foot— Liet. John Harwood to be Captain, —u s ' Christian Hollingworth to be Lieutenant. ico 83d Foot—Capt a i n J o h n H enderson to be Capta i n , T P. C. Browne. 98th Foot—Ensign D om i n i c k M 'Caugland to be Liat ite' pant; Richard Tyacke to be Ensi gn . 18th Foot—Geor ge Everard to be Quartermaster. va , 20:h Foot—C a pt a i n Alf re d Addi son to be Captain; to sign John M•Caus.land to be Lieutenant ; John Mac' be Ensign. 22d Foot—Ensign George Christian to be Lieutenant. or 23d Foot—Captain Browne to be Captain ; Ensign Arta Hutehinson to be Instructor of Musketry. Or 34th Foot—Lieutenant Cha r l e s F ox t o b e C a ptain ;, os e sign John Cowslade to be Li eu t enan t ; H arc ourt lb to be Ensign. Basig ° 52d Foot —Lieut. Henry F ano t o b e C ap t a i n ; t. 600 Lord Charles Pratt to be Lieutenant ; Lieut. S. to be Instructor of Musketry. 53d Foot —Ensign Arthur Brooking to be Lieutensnl• 54th Foot—Lieut. Michael O'Brien to be Captain ; ? s 1 ) 0 Arthur Tidy to be Lieutenant ; Charles Gore to Ensign. 60th - Foot—Lieut. Marcus to be Captain, Ensign Th °ll ;ro Clarke to be Lie u t enan t, E ns i gn Al gernon St. Ma oor - be Lieutenant, F re d er i c k Bl eauc l er k , G ent., t o be jo i,4 sign, Clement Archer to be Ensign, Lieutenant Baillie to be Instructor of Musketr. 64th Foot—Ensign Richard Dennistouyn to be Lientenapt. 66th Foot— Captain George Priestley to be Captain., o f 67th Foot—Ensign Th omas K nox t o b e Li eutenan t, Cowe to be Ensign. t. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Winship Roche to be Lieutena n ip ; 72 d Foot—Lieuten an t Th omas Pardoe to be CaPt%lg Ensign Thom as Wilki nson to be Lieutenant ; F red eri Holland to be Ensign. 75th Foot—. Ensign Orfeur Cavenagh to be Lieutenant. 76th Foot —Ensign Charles Gore to be Ensign. C on stipated [ADVERTISEXENT.]— Dyspep s i a (Indigestion), Constir- Debility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomachic' liver complaints i n every stage, are only aggravated and tw: p6 rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable 1) . -4 by Barry's health- restor i ng Revalenta Arabic:). Food, proV,..b. a9 thousands of cases whi c h had bent considered hopeless, 5%i004 — cough. asthma , also diarrhoea, haemorrhoids , liver conliN„ t be' flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diPfbetr ria, catarrh s , colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears , 46o - matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgis , t 4 c hs , bility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitati on, heartburn, heg',, oo iu debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, ,e, t oes! pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scro f u la, t ho of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and betvie e 'd by shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The Pope's health restore ote Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" Rome, July 12, 1 8 , health of the Holy Father is excellent, especi a lly s ince, &b"' pu ing all other remedies, he has confined himself entirelY Barry's Revalenta, Arabic& Food, of which he consumes !Awls: , ful at every meal. It h as p ro d uce d a surprisingly bem,Bs° effect on his health, and his Holin ess canno t p ra i se this Cure food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," July 2 ., 5 %, D 01eY:, No. 46,270 -Mr. J ames R o b er t s, ti m b er merchant , of xi l ie Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of I,l°° tO r derangement, and partial deafness. C u r e N o . 1,771 — Lords ,sjit. do Decies, Lord-Li eut. of W aterfor d , of many years' dYsPesis. No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dYsP;'" O lO, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency , °dont; sickness, and vomiting .— Maria Joly ." Important Cs%ttoll Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy 011 aud iv to which, without authority, Baron LiebigN name is roos t ciously attached. 12 I DS, In tine, at is. ; 1 lb. 2s. 9d. : 2 lb s. 4 5. 6d ; 51b8.11iLbooe°. 225. ; 24 lbs, 40s, Also Du B ARRY ' S REVALENTA AF PICA for ti LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 2 !;:6 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cup s a t C s., f or 288 cups at :Ate., fol tie s at 538.—being about on e p enny per cup. The 30s. bed ` - oflie vn are sent free of car r i age i n England on receipt of post 1.10 Order. - BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent street don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. MANN On the. 22d hist , at White Hall, Hayes, — I sex, the wif e o f Robert' W. Mann, of twin daughters' yd MUIRIIEAD —Oa the 23d i ns t., a t Th e Hil l, P utne y, the of E. W. Muirhead, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. iISO ORD JER.voisE —On the 22d inst., at Chester -g l - tb o . Lieur._O o l one l P. W. Craven Ord, ILA., to Clari ce, o s, Youngest daughter of Sir J. C. Jervoise, Bart., of worth, Hunts. I • 10 1 ' OATLEY —SALLis—On th e 22d i ns t.. a t Dalston,N.: ll oe W . eldest son o f . Oat . ley, of Aldermanbury, E uer trade, daughter of the late W. W. Sails, of Cross" square, Little Britain. Deaths. llip m BURIIIDGE—Ou the 21st inst., at Shaftestury ‘ v 1 Burridge, Esq., aged 72. vred ° LANE—Ou the 21st i ns t., a t Ch e l sea, M a j or James - Cane, late 23d Fusiliers, aged 81. • ---2 -------- -- ------ -TIO So I London : Printed and P.thlished by wthLuat A----, 0 1 3 A of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tan Sus Odle', "' i t/ g' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy to the 4 .P‘ i- Alitidleaex.—Saturlay, April 21, 1809. li' INA Hi ,Tide celebra pr;o Tide fiel4 n Bcati the Agents in tl tlanObserve6th3-11h-tzi UTUA (Tic 14, Russ El tIYVA.NCIES N Oldabl or Le ase t w eekly no Forme free 'on ROYAL Great sueees I ,; f ust.-11r. rt .ones in the gre9.teat Ventri wonderful Inn, Aetre sse , " —T ian's , and' I talented artiste 9pen at 7.". f Dilut e bosea ; IFZ" MA .14 ADAIt , Bake •-st: tor Norvvieh) h mission, ls.; C the morning In] A RVENII nootn9 have bef "1 Co. Th e attryttive I D ance 31usio. Musical D THE aboN Lunched tot deviling 10 , 1 ORIGINAL ASS-ILE V ery Fine Pale Old Crushed Pc hiPPing), Vi SParkling Char lery, Qualite F. Sample cases bottles Sherry, GAR to B. HA • next t' ' °lll a'nee for celebrated PAL Bordeaux Wine Whiskies, from also he seen at number of Hot( or others crantec SOTENTIFI nR,NAME \--• and Din Portnwnt of V )4, 6, InkAtanC &e., in Italian, Shirr. Spnr ke. TENNANT, W. 0., London, Mr. Tennant MINERALS, Of Lyell's Elen tate the into GEOLOGY, guin.aa each. PRAO TO A INER A T LOG 149 , Strand. T HE LP Offices-12: pir T e h ß e e l v n e v n e u s e te t , The moderate Bonus for the value as SPE re nder them 1 heave is Zrantec thirty days afte IIiING'S street, APPEAL for Penses. Assisi I:a:t i £ N B OT 7 v4 9 O7 l A o. y r t .t h l n o n 1 R e t e I t , B S C ore : Z N t o P fnAt i 1811 1:1 h e T:il S 1;-: .' 1 e As:l c sr .rb l‘ r r Ge . : 3 4 . e le: t r n Ee , a 8I Il td i t Secretary, I :______: Q (.iee u rl a i l :it ificatio n i e e I: o a m n t rio: whereby a horn' l?ir . of all ages hale kingdom ' and laundry, to 1 wi 0 Provided fc suitable sitaation The Commits entirely Basta:: Ogee, 121, Pall ITISE Mackenzie rPorattrhon—grll: ill)salli3ll:_;s:lutst ettloufrtll:lal°nnsalr,dmPcx:ldhiPneradici assista nce.ell!Bll enu h ew e crliee l ida a: radn ß e c:l sa : ii Becreta Offt ; c a e u s q" 7 .aL'r 3 e O B4 Bankers2bleauee REALTR RESTC hI7 BARR' and Infa: TH eaves fifty times Perfect digestioi refreshing sleep most disorder& effectually indi s sumption, habit rangements, 111 rirra.thasntthiabtzt les,eyuaginr nervousness, tipazibßiblatrruaao eoltrrnnaifoniscdrriimthiyLbt jear Gi iebeg bronchitis, catarrhs, colds, ts d foyri t .nee h oteahr e arireetirryi m eing,nd o v:oe s lani t ßirtfmi c oodsez i edi i rertvi g ittiat ) tes(l s iItPORTANT C and more than h n binila enusd i s y t o nlt ur nha s fre a after ar y a nP t' e oss r P' thirty F i : 1,8.1)—" Ron en t o. 3 o rv i plateful at ever bsneficial eff e ct Prsise this exe,e l flew, irritability gestion, ennst; Cure No. - Stuart 8 " de Deciee ford :—"l, have S /5 : (1 A 47,1 ' searsLl:of-111W 1 riff:( : 1 3rele ) e'°::tdv , Bt4ut:uh:: 4 - - —rfrrerearnuda: s eafi I F FIi eNanr.6:l('l3lTro(7ort:.:.h.f'. fancies. ; Paaisf4:l l'°,2 56,89 2';( 133 atnisters, carriol t 1: r rY e Revalen 4 eanisters : I` ' l ' 4 , Pe at Cs., for 2 rout cna penn3 ree carriage bsatRYDU BA also at Portnm r 4 _r tcechm oh-str e w tsT crth- r a 1 t 4