The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-04 00:00:00

The Times refers to the brief "distussion in the House of Lords on Monday respecting the retirement of bishops lisabled by age or infirmity, and remarks that it is difficult to understand how so obvious a necessity can have been so long neglected. In no other profession or service would such a state of things be possible as has existed for many years in the diocese of Exeter. In the law or the civil service, in the army or navy, no man could retain posts If active authority who was no longer able to perform active duties. Due arrangements are made for superan nuation and for pensions, and it is found that, in spite of the love of work or of power which s.n energetic career may induce, men are generally very glad, as infirmities increase upon them, to avail themselves of opportunities for retirement. There cannot be any insuperable difficulty in providing similar facilities in the Church. The difficulty, in fact, has already been surmounted in three recent instances, and arrangements which were rendered possible by special Acts of Parlia ment for the dioceses of London, Durham, and Norwich must be equally practicable under a general Act of Par liament for all dioceses. As often happens, however, in this country, it has needed an extremity of inconvenience to bring about this Simple and common sense reform. When the whole South of England, from the Fore land to the Lard's End, is practically destitute of episcopal superintendence, the abuse can be no longer overlooked. In other affairs, however good the organisation, everything depends upon the fre quent presence of the chief among his subordinates, upon personal vigilance, and the encouragement of . the eye, the hand, and the voice. Religion, we are constantly told, and we fully believe, needs this per sonal influence more than anything else, and nothing is more evident-than the vigour which is at once inspired into diocese by the appointment of a new and energetic prelate. The great scheme, for instance, of the Bishop of London's fund is due, above all things, to the earnest per sonal efforts of the present Archbishop of Canterbury. The machinery, in a word, may be very perfect, but what is needed is a man to make it work. The bishops, perhaps, are rarely well-advised on such paints as these by those who surround them, but their clergy are much less contented with these mechanical arrangements than they are themselves. We may now hope that the evil will be remedied. But it must be owned, with Lord Lyttelton, that it would be more satisfactory if the bishops themselves shewed a little more anxiety for the efficiency of their order. The Standard says that Mr. Fawcett could hardly have used a more dangerous and more imprudent argument than to remind the House that the Irish Church Bill is likely soon or late to be drawn into a precedent for the construction of a measure to disestablish and disendow the Church of England. This is undoubtedly true; as undoubtedly it is a truth which Mr. Gladstone has obsti nately denied, which his party have done their utmost to conceal, and by ignoring which they have succeeded in za.rrying the constituencies with them. The avowal of that which has been so long, so loudly, so passionately denied, not only gives the lie to his leader and his colleagues, to the Liberal party and the Liberal press ; it gives the alarm at a critical moment to the friends of the Church throughout the country ; it warns tens of thousands of honestly deluded Liberals what they have really been doing, and what are the real intentions of those who have deceived and bamboozled them ; and it enhances in no ordinary degree the perils which still await the bill. The amendment might not be peculiarly obnoxious to Mr. Gladstone ; but the speech certainly must have dismayed and annoyed him extremely ; and he would no doubt have given away for ever the benefit of Mr. Fawcett's vote and support to have silenced him on Monday night. But the truth has been avowed ; the warning has been spoken ; and it behoves the friends of the Church to take note of it, and to see that Parliament and the country are not allowed to forget or to overlook it. The Telegraph declares that Monday's discussion in the House of Commons will be memorable as the battle of the Tithe Commutation Rent Charge. A majority of 148— the largest which has yet been recorded in a division on the Irish Church Bill--affirmed Clause 32, by which the Government provides for the redemption of that charge at the hands of the landlords. The greatnessof the majority is worthy of remazk, for the clause is unquestionably the most puzzling part of the bill. Mr. Gathorne Hardy has called it a specimen of financial hocus pocus. Sir Michael Beach brands it as a combination of sacrilege and bribery. Sir Stafford Northcote has spoken of the pro posal in much the same terms. Mr. Fawcett thinks that it robs the Ireland of the future in order to benefit the Irish landlords of the present. Even Mr. Gladstone has termed the scheme " a financial puzzle ;" and, as Mr. Fawcett hints, it has been defended by some Liberals, not because they consi dered it just, but because they fancied that it would "grease the wheels" of Irish landlordism, and help to push the bill through the shoals of committee. Nor, at first sight, can any wonder be excited by these conflicting statements. At present the tithe-rent is a charge payable on all the soil of Ireland for the support of the Church, and payable for ever. But the Government proposes that, after the disestablishment and disendo‘vment of the Church, the landowners shall be enabled to make such a bargain with the State as shall for ever free their property from the burthen. With the passage of Clause 32, one of the main remaining difficulties of the measure has been overcome ; and we may confidently rely on the correctness of Mr. Gladstone's anticipation, that before Whitsuntide the bill will have passed through committee. The Herald thinks that the work of Church spoliation goes on bravely in the House of Commons. One of the most important clauses in Mr. Gladstone's bill was passed on Monday night, after an animated discussion, in the course of which objections were raised to it on both sides of the House. As far as the principle of the measure is concerned it matters little what is done with the tithe rent-charge—that tax upon the landlords which has hitherto been devoted to the maintenance of the Establishment. The justice of the disposal of it provided for in the 32nd clause will seem fair or unfair according to the manner in which it is regarded. The view which seems popular now-a-clays is that these Church funds are the property of the State, and may be applied by the State to any other purpose which it may think best. This view, as suggested by Mr. Fawcett on Mon day night, may be brought to bear at no distant date on the question of the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church of England. This vaster project has not yet occupied the mind of the leader of the Liberal party, but the possibility of it seems continually suggesting itself to a large number of his supporters. Whether the intellect which we suppose still to be slowly ripening will in course of time mature to the full grasp of this grand conception, whether the appetite for confiscation will grow keener with what it has fed upon, time only can show. We can never profess to bestartled by any develop ment of Mr. Gl a d stone ' s convictions, and it - cannot be doubted that the success of his onslaught on the Irish Cnurch, supposing it to succeed, will pave the way to the demolition of a system coeval with it. The Daily News, in commenting on Mr. Sumner's , extra ordinary speech on the Al a b ama claims, sass . nto th i a sh t Ed at thenglls h men have read his speech, a n d h ave been astonished boldness of its rhetoric and th e still greater boldness logic, and they are asking, " Is it p oss ibl e that these can its be the words of a responsible statesm an , one of the fore most men of the American Republic? Th ere can be no doubt that the tendency of a speech like this, by a man of Mr. Sumner's eminence, is of a nature to produce in certain circumstances a grave situation. At present nothing has been done, the consequences of which it is not in Presi dent Grant's power to control. At the same time, it is not too early to point out what must be the effect of declarations of this kind, if they receive any sanction from those who are the official representatives of the United States towards this country. Englishmen, of course, can have nothing to say to any decision which the Government and people of the American Union may think called for by their honour and interests. But we are sure we may express the canfidence and expectation of the whole country that the Queen's Government will maintain a firm position against all exorbitant demands, of whatever nature they may be. Our Government has been supported in a policy of conciliation and concession for reasons of which, happen what may, we shall never be ashamed ; but there is a line beyond which concession is weakness and renunciation of duty. Mr. Motley, or whoever else may be sent here to represent the United States, will find the same honourable desire for peace, and the s a me good will towards his country which dictated our part in the treaty rejected at 'Washington ; but the Queen's Government will disappoint the expecta tion of the country and prove itself unworthy of its trust if it did not entirely and fir-nly repel every attempt to trespass upon the honour and rights of the nation. W e have clone what lay in us to compose diqltt!S and settle di cnliies . which grew up far incr.:2 out of the unhappy circumstances of the time than ozJ of any want of good feeling. tryxtrils the illncricn Popnblic ; now it is for the Government of the United statics to consider \I hat it owes to the cau3e of peace, justke, and inernational Ton oN . VELocirr6Es.- -At nornsey, On Friday, a turnpike COliector was summoned for illef.;Ally demand ing and receiving the sum of 2s. ed. as toll for a velo cipede. The defendant contended that he was em powered to make the charge under the Act; but the Bench told - him that neither in the Local Act or the General Highway Act was there any clause under which the toll could be demanded. He was fined six pence and costs, the magistrates at the same time crder ing the restitution to the plaintiff of the 2s, Gd. illegally nceived. • -- SPIRIT OF TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS, I MISCE TIT E . ' is L..,; JEWS. There TV;iS a Lrge meeting ye.ztcr , :ay. James's llall, London, which cknion. , trated in beh ii of the Irish Church. Some influential meinbt-rs of Parliament took part in it. CORK AND DERRY. Cork and Derry, the North and the South of Ireland, the city of Roman Catholicism and the Orange Corporation, are in an equally unsatisfactory state. The language of the mayor of the former city is not, unfortunately, denounced on all hands. He has founddefenders; and, amongst a class by no means insignificant, he is the hero of the hour. He does not stand alone in the council room, but has friends ready to adopt his . language as their own. Only when amongst the magistrates does he seem to be friendless. The patriotic citizens, as they call them selves, have been holding Etes to commemorate the courage which Mr. O'Sullivan Iv.,s shewn. A large open-air meeting has been held, and passed a vote of confidence in the spouter of assassination. IFs "persecutors "—those who interrogated him at the Town Council—were condemned ;Is traitors, spies, and .informers. The Mayor has also addressod a meeting. Ile disavowed all sympathy with assassina tion, and expressed confidence in Messrs. Gladstone and Bright. Tar barrels were then set alight in his honour, and the Nationalists rejoiced with exceeding Joy. All this is most sad : but the worst part of the story is that it is very doubtful whether Mr. O'Sullivan will be removed from his post. "A 13 arrister," who writes to the Time. 3, giving the law, leans very decidedly against the possibility of calling the chief magistrate of Cork to account. The law, as laid down by this correspondent, would make a distinc tion between treason and the words of the Mayor of Cork. The only statute under which he could be indicted provides against inciting any perion to war against the Queen. The Mayor did not do that. His words are too vague to be laid hold of. If a crime were to follow his words, he might be brought up as an accessory. But the words themselves are not a crime. To attempt the life of any other but the sovereign is a mere capital offence, not treason. Lord Cairns thought the Mayor might be unseated by an ex qfficio information in the Court of Queen's Bench. The correspondent seems to doubt, however, whether this would be effectual. Mr. O'Sullivan said what is imputed to him when outside his official capacity. A special statute (10th George 11., c. 34) was found necessary to displace the Provost of Edinburgh, who was accused of neglect and misconduct in relation to the famous Porteous riot. Will not the same be required for Mr. O'Sullivan ? Meanwhile, the police -court is the scene of dis graceful squabbles. The magistrates are quarrelling' wan. the Mayor, and the crowd cheers and hisses as it thinks best. Prince Arthur has, - wisely enough, refused to go to Cork. In its present state he could not go there. The origin of the riots at Londonderry are being investigated. To by the principal fault on either side is impossible. The Ilibernian band in the pro cession was allowed precedence of the 'prentices' band. This produced unpleasantness in the latter company, which was increased as the Hibernians continued to follow them about. Stone-throwing, however, seems to have been commenced by the Orangemen, and was succeeded by pistol firing. The firing of the police will probably form the subject of a close inquiry, and the old question of firing without orders in riotings will be raised. The place has been proclaimed by the Lord- Lieutenant, under the Peace Preservation Act. There seems, however, to be very little reason for apprehending any renewal of the disturbances. AN APOLOGY FOR MR. BRIGHT. Mr. Bright's organ defends Mr. Bright's lapsus linguce on Friday night. The Morning Star will not see anything improper in one member of the Cabinet, and that one not the chief member, declaring, with reference to the question which is, above all others, the most important, "I" am Trepared to introduce a measure for dealing with that question. It is a great pity that it should be thought necessary to defend a clear blunder like this. That it was a blunder the Star itself would have admitted if the Marquis of Hartington, or any other scion of the aristocracy, had committed it. It is none the less a blunder on the part of Mr. Bright, although pardonable in a man who has spent all but a few weeks of his political life in fighting for his own sword. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. In spite of Sir Francis Grant's assertion at the Royal Academy dinner that every " accepted" picture this year has been placed, there is more than usual dissatisfaction among artists on account of the rejec tions which have taken place. It is not merely that artists little known to fame have had pictures sent back which not merely " partial friends," but good critics, thought safe to be exhi bited, but that some artists well known in every way have been among the excluded. Altogether nearly I,ICO pictures have been turned away, many of them of far greater merit than some of those exhibited. So strong is the feeling of resentment that it has been determined to start another academy, and it is stated that £5,C00 was subscribed on Saturday among well-known patrons of the fine arts on the Stock Exchange, although May I is a dies awn SD far rs 'Change is concerned. It is hoped that the movement thts vigorously begun will, next year, result in a formidable rival to the Royal Academy. TILE :NEW AMERICAN MINISTF.R. It is expected that Mr. J. L. Motley, the new American Minister to England, will be at his post in London about the Ist of June. He intends to sail from New York in the Cuba on the 19th inst. The Tinzes Philadelphia correspondent says his instructions are not yet completed, bat Mr. Nlotley and the Secretary of State have been in consultation at Washington. They do not, however, seem to have made much progress, for the Government scarcely knows how to deal with this question, which becomes more and more diffi cu l t. Amid all the bluster of American politicians and writers, there is no serious design of war. The new secretary of State, Mr. Fisk, is indeed decisively of opinion that it would be foolish to hazard a war with England, and counsels moderation. What kind of moderation will be found possible after the rejection .f the treaty it is difli cult to say. THE MERCHANTS' COMPANY. Mr. Diehard Stuart Lane does not seem to have learnt well the proverb " Least said soonest mended." He has been condemned as morally guilty of fraud by the Lord Mayor of London, but he dies not let the matter drop—he will not wait till the world forgets it. He writes to the Times telling his story over again, and protesting against the decision of the Lord Mayor. He as!.s of Mr. Alderman Lawrence who made him a judge" that he should decide such questions, forgetting, appirently, that the laws to which Mr. Lane is bound to submit give Mr. Lawrence, as magistrate in some sort, that office. Mr. Lane goes on to sly that be is in every respect responsible for what has been done. He sees nothing wrong in what Irs h: s committed. His defence is that the prosecution has confused two very distinct things. They point to losses in his business which are not mentioned in the prospectus. But these tosses, Mr. Lane declares, were not incurred in com missions, the legitimate business of the firm—the business sold—but in speculations on cotton and shares i carried on by the fi rm , b u t h av i ng n othing to ao with its proper transactions ; and, therefore, not necessary to be mentioned when the business was sold. A JUDTCIAL WIGGING. A Rev. Mr. Johnson has presented a petition in the Court of Chancery to wind up a limited liability company, called the Cheltenham and Swansea Carriage a:ld Waggon Co. Vice-Chancellor Malins administered a seve:e wigging to the petitioner. It appeared that some time ago the shareholders were asked to say if the company should go on or be wound up, and it was agreed that those who wished to retire from the company should do so. Johnson, however, had not availed himself of this privilege, but had ac t ua ll y decided in favour of going on. The company did go on ; it redu ce d it s debt at the banker's nearly one-third ; it entered into a remunerative contract with the Russian Government, and is now in a position to discharge its liabilities. The Vice-Chancellor therefore said that Mr. Johnson had seemed resolved to make himself as disagreeable as he could, and instead cf applying to the 'directors for the amount for which he was liable, which no doubt they would gtally have paid, presented this petition. His Honour then went on to comment upon the petitioner's conduct in terms of great severity, and concluded by dismissing the petition. EMIGRATION. It is satisfactory to find that there is a competition going On for oar surplus labour'.• The only danger which was feared—that we should be discharging our piupers into a country where they were not wanted, as of cli we discharged our criminals—does not, therefore, exist at the present time. The Pro vince of Ontltio (formerly Upper Canada) is abc-nt to :I(lVertiS: extensively in this country the advan t:gcs of that F;rtioutir colony. Placards will inform the prosers-by tint to the small capitAist, to the tenant farmer, to the &Ailed and the unskilled labourer, Ontario will ne2ord a welcome, while sl ipplying many material advantages. The sma ll capitalist' will there receive S per cent, interest with first-class security; tenant farmers will have it in their power to buy and stock a farm at the price they rent awl manage one in Great Britain, good cleared land with a dwelling and barn on it being purchasable for from k-1 to £lO per acre ; while for labourers there will be plenty of work at high wages. To those who are willing to become per manent 'eider% but are unable .to purchasie land. LORD WILLOUGHBY D'ERESBY. It is well for the credit of the British peerage that there are few peers who would venture to outrage public opinion in the way Lord Willoughby D'Eresby has done. Everyone will remember that scandalous trial in which he was sued by the lady who had forruei-ly lived with him as his wife, and whom, on coming into his title and fortune, he turned off. Everyone will remember the Lord Chief Justice's severe remarks upon the defendant, and the still severer comments of the whole newspaper press. It will be remembered, too, that the suit was referred to arbitration, and that Mr. Vernon Harcourt decided that the lady should receive £lOO a month, £5,000 down, and £l,OOO a year as rent. Nevertheless his lordship, who has rn income, we believe, of - £70,000 a year, has paid only £:500 a year under the award, and the lady has been so embarrassed in consequence t':at -her creditors have im prisoned her for debt, and her health is Low broken down. More than that, they even demanded bait, under the pretence that she was go - lug io inn . away from h er cre dit ors. A s t hi s would be running away from her income Wiewise, one cannot help suspecting a special m o ti ve f or , an d a hidden instigator of, proceedings so needlessly harsh. In the meanwhile Lord Willoughby D'Eresby is a second time the theme of un i versa l scandal, the object of universal condemnation. TWO DEKES OF WELLINGTON. Saturday was the centenary of the birth of the first Duke of Wellington. As long as he lived he used to keep up the memory of his battles by a grand banquet at Apsley House. Most of the Waterloo and Peninsular veterans have followed their great captain into the other world. Yet surely the second Duke of Wellington might have honoured May Day. 1769, by some sort of gathering on May hay, 1869. Perhaps he feared that the contrast between the first and the second Dukes of Wellington would be too striking. THE BISHOP OP BATH AND WELLS. A Bath paper states that " though feeble in body, the Bishop of Bath and W e ll s i s p er f ec tly we ll a bl e to attend to business." It would be interesting to know wherein our contemporary supposes episcopal duties to consist. When a bishop has to be carried up and down stairs, and his journeys are confined to a perambulation of the palace grounds in a Bath chair, it is difficult to understand how he can accomplish the overseeing of his diocese, which is the essential meaning of the word " episcopacy." When Lord Derby's attacks of the gout became more frequent, so that he was often confined to his room, he resigned the Premiership, although his mental faculties were perfectly unimpaired. His lordship has since then recovered and taken part in the debates of the House of Lords. The recovery of Lord Aucliland is impossible, yet he does not resign. It comes to this, that what would be unpardonable sticking to office in a statcsman is perfectly justifiable in a bishop. What wonder if the world says that the Church can very well get on without her chief rulers ? THE DAGENHAM DOCKS. The unfortunate shareholders of the Dagenham Docks are still suffering from the caprice of Sir Thomas Freemmtle and the ten other commissioners of her Majesty's Customs. A short time ago the Treasury were asked to receive an influential deputation on the matter, but declined, on the ground that it was not in their department. It was then proposed to wait upon the Customs' Commissioners, and several M.P's. were prepared to back up the directors, but the commis sioners declined to receive M.P.'s, on the ground that they (the commissioners) were not a political body. The docks have now been inspected by competent engineers, and the directors hope that, in conse quence of their favourable report, the commissioners will not be any longer able to refuse the necessary license. But is it not disgraceful that a great under taking which has received the sanction of the Legis lature should be hindered by a tanglement of red tape in this way ? Things could hardly be worse in Italy or France, where every step has to be won by a liberal payment of backsheesh. THE FIRST CLUB-HOUSE AT BIRMINGUAM. Club-houses are no longer to be confined to the metropolis. The joint-stock palaces, which th e l a di es dislike so much, are spreading to the provinces. Birmingham has erected a refuge for gen tl emen. The Midland metropolis opened yesterd a y a l arge club-house, built in the Italian style, capable of accommodating 700 members. The building is said to be very fine, and will form one of the ornaments of Birmingham. THE PAPAL STATES. -----~ - (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROME, Ann 27. The Austrian alliance with Italy is not yet a fait accom phi, as the cession of the Trentino is a condition which the Catholic party in Austria and the province itself are resolved to combat to the very last. Trent has just sent a large sum of money to the Pope, and among the many members of her noblesse who have enlisted as simple Zonaves, I may rame the Count Josef di Paoli, who took service last week. Letters from Vienna speak of the suggestion of a mixed occupation of Rome as impossible, as the Austrian Liberals would not retard the fall of the Temporal Power by a day; and the Austrian Catholics would join those of all other countries in oppo sition to the insult implied in the presence of the Italian troops in Rome. In Florence a withdrawal of the French Corps Expeditionnaire is looked upon as certain after the French elections, and in such a case the attack of 1867 would probably be renewed. In Rome itself an optimist view seems to prevail, and far too much reliance is placed on the discomfiture of the Garibaldians in 1867. Another invasion would now be attempted, if at all, with the ban et arriere ban of the Italian army, and the whole "dangerous class " of Italy, and would be a very different matter to the levy of raw boys and canaille of Mentana. Moreover, it would have the full benefit of Mazzinrs direct aid and experience, and, as is nearly certain, the under hand help of the United States, whose fleet is relied on by the Mazzinian party, as pledged to the unfortunate Hie of Admiral Mundy's squadron in 1860. On the other hand, the Pope's position, as not exclusively dependent on France, is greatly improved, and the Catholic party in Italy is strengthened by the recent gathering in Rome. The entrance of Germany on the Ultramontane stage is a great event, and this has con siderably lessened the danger of an attack, although it has by no means assured its not being made. A meeting of the heads of all the national Catholic committees now in Rome was held yesterday, Count von Biome (married to a daughter of Count Bush) repre senting Austria ; the . Chevalier De x m e t, F rance ; Mgr. Stonor, England ; M. D'Emptine, Belgium ; and von Gheeland, Holland. Measures for the better organisation and mutual understanding were discussed, and a common plan of action decided on. The maintenance of the Papal army costs above £600,000 annually, and the levy on the usurped provinces £BOO,OOO, making a total of £1,400,000, to be supplied by Catholic funds. The feast of St. George was observed by the English contingent of Zouaves this year with great festivities. The young men, above sixty in number, and among whom were Messrs. Vavasour, Stourton, Watts, Russell, Cullingridge, Woodward, Welman, Vansittart, Maxwell, and Errington dined together at the Parigi. Mgr. Stonor was in the chair, and gave the Pope's health, which was drunk with a genuine burst of English cheer ing, and then, in a very excellent speech, her Majesty Queen Victoria's, impressing on his young hearers the duty of every English Catholic of being a loyal subject to the Crown, and alluding to the baneful effects of treason, rebellion, and sedition, which they, in a most special sense, were pledged to oppose at home and abroad. There was evidently very little necessity for the Zouave chaplain's appeal, for a scene of great enthusiam followed, the cheers only ceasing to give place to the " God save the Queen," sung in chorus, to the great astonishment of the Romans. a n T d he si n P a o l e p d e r o e u c t e i e v s ed he pe c t ial i y the English Zo " veterans," e ra v n e s shsame , and e th eday,sur viving brothers of Julian Russell and Alfred Collingridge, both killed in action in the last campaign. A soirée to the Catholic gentlemen now in Rome was given at the English Zfulave Club in the evening. Victor Emmanuel has, the telegrams of this evening inform us, left Naples, Prince Napoleon arriving in his yacht an hour later ; and as the royal visit had been timed expressly to meet the Prince, this hurried departure is the subject of much comment. All along the line the King was hissed at the sations, and cries of "Abasso la Monarchia !" " -Viva Mazzini!" " Viva Garibaldi !" saluted him. The conspiracy of Milan is considered to be far from arrested. Its ramifications extend to every city in Italy, and to Naples and Florence especially. The Italian Government has made a strong remonstrance to M. Pioda, the Minister of the SWi99 Confederation, against Mazzini's residence at Lugano, and as it has not obtained any satisfaction, it has established a cordon of troops across the Ticenese frontier, with the object of preventing the passage of the Mazzinian agents, by whom the mot d'ordre has been daily given from other parts of Italy. The Garibaldians disclaim any complicity in the Milan plot ; but no one gives any credit to this disavowal, as both Menotti and Ricciotti have been con stant visitors at I,ugano this spring, and the former was on his way back there when the arrests at Milan were male. The resumption of diplomatic relations between the Coats of Rome and St; Petersburg is currently reported THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN. 100 acres will be given gratis. The more Upper anct Lower Canada and the United States advertise their peculiar 'advantages, the better fcr the country which can offer the poor labourer no other inducements than the casual ward and the stone-yard. here, and the Embassy is being renovated. As far, h9w ever as I can judge, there is no official intercourse pro bable unless the Czar makes up his mind to accept the Pope's terms, i.e., the recall of the Polish bishops to their sees, and the withdrawal of restriction laws against the liberty of worship for the Polish and the Russian Catholics. The great increase of revolutionary agitations in Russia has, however, alarmed the Government, and the religious sects, all holding subversive principles, and numbering 22 million fol lowers, are rapidly sapping the old Muscovite orthodoxy, and therefore Roman Catholicism, always conservative in its tendencies, is not at the present moment what Russia most dreads. Moreover, he is very anxious to make his Polish subjects believe that he is on excellent terms with Rome. Prince Vladimir's visit to the illumi nations of the Russian Consulate for the Pope's jubilee, and the present report, which is traceable only to Russian sources, are so many means of creating this impression, which a few weeks will dispel or justify. As yet it is not confirmed by any reliable information. The Queen of Portugal is seriously ill, and is ordered by her doctors to go to Nice for the summer. She will arrive in the first week in May. The Duke and Duchess of Parma left for Austria last week. They are on their way to Holisdorff, where they intend spending some weeks with the Count de Chambord. 7'HE FOREIGN MISSIONS. (From the Anglo -American Times.) General CASSIUS CLAY corrects an error reported about him in a letter we publish to-day. The difference, however, is not material, as we presume the discussion at Washington was whether ANDREW JOHNSON should observe the conditions with which he coupled his resignation; which would naturally raise the question whether an officer of the Govern ment could lawfully dictate the terms whereon he would resign. That Mr. ROLLINS did so, is true; but he was backed by the Legislature, while many con sider that the Executive was right, however un popular, and Congress was wrong ; though might lying the other way, right succumbed. Mr. MONTGOMERY GIBBS was long the.favourite on the PRESIDENT'S list for Consul-General to Paris. He was strongly backed by the Ambassador, E. B. WASHB URN E, who leaving New York to-day, we may expect iu less than a fortnight. What effect the attack of the Nation had, we cannot tell ; but Mr. GIBBS, though thus powerfully supported, failed in getting his name sent to the Senate ; but it is doubtful whether he desired the change proposed from the post he has held for many years which he has just returned to Europe to resume. The New York Evening Post may, by its furious assault on General SANFORD, have injured him with the Senate, who, we learn, has rejected the promotion designed for him by General GRANT from the Belgian Mis sion to thatof Spain. How this rejection came to pass we do not yet know, as the Foreign Affairs Committee had agreed to report favourably on the nomination. While we freely acknowledge the right of a journal to criticise the nominee for an important public ap pointment, it ought never to be absent from the mind of the writer in such a case that the person criticised being on another Continent cannot reply, nor take any measures of defence from his asper sions till the whole matter is settled. The Post begins by mis-spelling the Ministers name while proceeding with assertions which require an intimate acquaint ancewith him for the writer to know. That his tastes and habits are un-Republican is a very general and safe mode of criticising a public officer, and one worthy of M'CRACKEN. The I'ost should first lay down what it considers to be Republican tastes and habits. The Republican habits and tastes of Maine differ a good deal from those of New Orleans, and we would like to have a standard whereby to mea sure the Republican tastes and habits of American Ministers. Some such charge was brought against Mr. MOTLEY, who was pronounced to be by one who declared himself to be a Republican authority an "unmitigated flunkey," and this haslately bee n re newed with great bitterness by the World. We do not know whether CHARLES SUMNER iS considered to have Republican tastes and habits, or to be a qualified judge of them in others; but, if so, he has made EOlllO mistake in Mr. SANFORD, as well as in Mr. MOTLEY, for he is, we believe, an earnest friend of both. Mr. SANFORD, the Post says, has no ability, and that he acquired his position by bribing Sena tors. He must be a very virtuous man who passes this wholesale condemnation of others, among whom Senator FENTON has received the largest dose. Mr. JONES has been nominated toßelgium, and it was said that General SICKLES, after refusing Mex'co and one or two other appointments, was offered Spain, but also declined it. A report he has contradicted then spre&l that hecalled ou the PRE6 I DENT, by whom he considered himself to have been slightelon learn ing that the Spanish Mission had been filled to tell him so, but this and other stories of the same sort arc we believe wholly untrue. lie has, how ever, retired from the army on the full pay of a colonel. Governor CURTIN'S nomination to St. Petersburgh was virulently attacked by Senator CAMERON, who not only questioned his acts as Gover nor of Pennsylvania,.but also his integrity. Where men fight as is the Quaker State, even leaders of the same party opposing each other with the bitterest animosity, more so indeed than the common enemy, we know how to appreciate such charges, and ex- Governor C URTIN being on the spot, the same objection does not hold as in the attack on General SANFORD. The opposition, however, was of no avail in the Senate, powerful as Senator CAMERON undoubtedly is . in Pennsyl vania. Mr. MOTLEY, who has been receiving lessons from the late Attorney-General on international law, was soon to take his departure for England, filled to overflowing with instructions. He will be empowered to embrace a wide range with re spect to future treaties, and his directions are said to differ entirely from those given to Mr. C. F. ADAMS and to Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON. General ADAM BADEAU accompanies him as Assistant-Secretary of Legation. Mr. MOTLEY desired this arrangement, probably to have one near him who so intimately knows the PRESIDENT, while conducting negociations of such an important character for, General BADEAU has long served on GRANT'S personal staff, and commands his full confidence. This distinguished officer will, we feel assured, meet a hearty recep tion in England, where he at least can be " dined," swear some after dinner eternal friendship, and be treated with a little extra civility, without rousing feelings of indignation. Mr. MORAN remains in his present post at Mr. MOTLEY'S especial request, who will thus be fortified by one who knows all the negociations and records of this office ; and, ou theot her hand, in Badeau, by an officer who commands the PRESIDENT'S entire confidence. The publication of the SEWARD- lIA LE-PERRY correspondence in the public papers almost as soon as it reached the Senate has caused much surprise and no small scandal. The documents were not worth the fuss likely to be made about them, and it only shows what the indefatigable reporter will do. What we publish of the correspondence•was in type last week, but crushed out by an unexpected demand for space, which shows that we, at least, did not con sider it to be of such overwhelming inter3st to our readers. How it became public is to be investigated, and authority has been given to a Committee to send for persons and papers. EDWARD L. PLUMB, the new Consul-General to H a vannah, is about to leave Washingto n f or hi s post ; emphatically in structed to take high ground as regards the impri sonment and ill-treatment of American citizens by the Spanish authorities, while declaring the strict neutrality of his• Government. Although as our list of nominations, given in another column, shows a successor has been named to Consul-General MURPHY, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, his is the only one in that grade not yet sanctioned, and we know that it caused considerable discussion, as the present incumbent is strongly backed at Wash ington. Senator CARL SCIIITII7. uses all his in fluence in favour of Mr. PILE for the Bra- zilian Mission. but when the mail left the Senate had not decided, nor in the cases of Mr. CARLISLE for Sweden, nor of Mr. JONES for Bel- gium. The Committee of Commerce report on the Consular appointments, and four-fifths of the names sent in were passed by that Committee on the 16th April, and the most that remain will not be _ . favourably reported on., but it is thought that many of the names will be withdrawn, indeed many already had been. Although Mr. HARVEY was first no minated as minister to Portugal, it was announced when the mail left that Judge SIIELLABABGER, of NG, MAY 4, 1869. Ohio, would get the post, which the cable confirms. Itlas been noticed that the Western men get the South American appointments, and the Eastern men thosa to Europe, perhaps on the principle of sweets to the sweet; and roughs to the rough. Maine has one Consul-General and four Consuls ; New Hampshire, two Consuls; Vermont, one Consul; Massachusetts, one Minister, one Consul-General, and one Consul ; Rhode Island, one Consul; Con necticut, one Minister and three Consuls ; New York, one Minister, two Consuls-General, and seven Consuls; New Jersey, one Consul-General, and two Consuls; Pennsylvania, two Ministers, one Secre tary of Legation, and seven Consuls; Maryland, one Minister and one Consul ; West Virginia, one Minister; Virginia, one Consul ; North Carolina, two Consuls ; South Carolina, one Consul ; Louisi ana, one Minister and one Consul ; Texas, one Minister and one Consul; Arkansas, one Consul; Tennessee, one Consul ; Kentucky, one Consul ; Ohio, two Ministers and six Consuls ; Indiana, one Minister and two Consuls ; Illinois, two Minis ters and five Consuls ; 'Michigan, one Minister and three Consuls ; Wisconsin, one Minster and two Consuls; lowa, one Minister and two Consuls; Missouri, two Minister: and three Consuls; ; nesota, one Minister; Kausls, two Consals ; C fornia, three Consuls ; Oregon, one Consul ; Ne vada, one Consul ; Utah, one Consul ; and District of Columbia, two Consuls. The follosling named States have thus far received no foreign appoint merits : Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Nebraska. SY 111PATRY IN POLI7ICS. A letter appeared in a London morning paper on Wednesday from an American on the ignorance of the English press regarding the desire of his fellow citizens, to annex such countries as Cuba, and espe cially Mexico. tif course, he was contradicted, and his own ignorance exposed by a flippant evening paper, which professes to know all about everything, more especially when it is genteel. The American merely repeated what Gen. SCOTT had said of Mexico, an opinion held by the best informed, that its an nexation would bring a deluge of barbarism into the Capitol. He estimates the Senators to which a population so extensive would have a right at 13, and the Renresentatives at twice that number. Ile does not explain how the " odd" Senator could get in, as they always run in couples ; but acce-pting this calculation, and a powerful influx is shown as the result into the very citadel of American freedom of bigoted Catholic Indians, who, on the whole, are seven preferable to their half-caste or Spanish de scended fellow -countrymen. And for what ? To ac quire a territory, more than half of which is irreclaim able desert! Americans consider that they have evil influences enough at Washington without the addi tion cf such an element, which they know cannot be productive of good, but might probably produce evil. There are, in truth, two conflicting feelings at work, the one an aspiration for unity--a continental Ad ministration, in such contrast to what prevails in Europe as to be the reverse ; the other, a desire to make the best of present circumstances, a convic tion that the country is already too large accord ing to its population for comfort and good govern ment, territorial additions but increasing the evil. The former is the dream of the future, the latter the present hard material fact, which any English man will feel on going even a short distance into the country from New York City. These conflict ing ideas convey to foreigners an erroneous impres sion, making America appear to act a contradictory part. The masses give utterane to the sentiment, and what they say is heard over the world, while it precedes the action of the Adminiitration the dry legal r facts, ance which is felt, and th e act i on is not in d with the talk. S o it h as been with a l e c Cuba. Notwithstanding the overwhelming vote of the House on the resolution of its Committee on Foreign Affairs in sympathy with Cuba, notwith standing the arguments of the press and the frantic oratory of the Cuban patriots scattered over the Union, the Philadelphia correspondent of the Times telegraphed last Wednesday to Printing -house square, that— " The Government will not interfere in th , ) Cabin affairs further than for the protection of American in terests. Two weeks ago the belief was that some act of recognition would be made, but the views of Government changed ou intelligence being received from Cuba that the ir.surrection could not sustain itself without acCve foreign aid. As recognition might involve America in a war, any idea of interference seems to be abandoned." This, if it were pcksible, ought to make Englishmen comprehend the character of the news supplied by such pretenders as the Owl, but we have no hope, for they continue as ready to receive and the press to publish any sensational rumour intended to ex cite ire and keep alive the discord which, unfortu nately for mankind, appears to be the normal con dition between England and Atneric t. Those who read that portion of the American press which in fluences the Administration could have anticipated when the Owl wrote the course of the Executive at Washington as the exposure of the Cuban re volt had been as comp l e t e as that of the Fenian. It is true, Cuban patriots had supplanted" their Irish competitors in New York, where they alsc had established a Republic, working vigorously to gather in subscriptions, waging from platforms war to the knife with Spain, and in s pirit-stirring words sketching the d own f a l o f th e w hole line, of Ityran nical and effete European Governments. 15Y1tON says that "They who would be fre; - themselves must strike the blow" and a pity it is that the Republic does not write these words over an arch for the consideration of the incoming pa triots who pass into the States prefaced also by BYRON'S query, " Know ye not." Why s'iould the Republic be made the tool of every community of conspirators stocked with clap-trap to spout from the balconies of New York houses to cheering thousands? The patriot is feted, the patriot is pa tronized, and it is something to be patronized by a great nation. He forms the subject of sensational leading articles, thousands beg for an introduction, parties contend for the honour of lionizing him, and this is all gained at the expense of an easy flow of language. IVhat wonder, then, that no oppor tunity is lost of playing this safe and agreeable role in the Union. But while the people are en joying their little excitement, they have no idea of the injury sustained by the American name abroad. The world considers the Republic to be the f of established Governimuts. • The House of Repre- seutatives,which assented to aresolution encouraging the bogus Fenian Republic, passed another of sym pathy with the Cuban Republic, while neither had much more of an existence than an office in New York. The one aimed at the dismemberment of the United Kingdom, the other of the Spanish Dominions, yet both were assented to by the popular branch of the National Legislature, while urging the Executive to enforce demands against England for its sympathy with the American re bellion. The truth is, that the Anglo-Saxon race, while as ignorant and as little capable of appre ciating the sentiments of foreign communities as Hottentots, insist upon meddling in foreign affairs, gad interpretingthe feelings of other nationalities by their In consequence, the ex p ress i on o f o.xn. England's sympathy has been a tissue o f p ern i c i ous mistakes, s ' ,with that one of overwhelming magni tude in the American Civil War. If the English went to the utmost extremity of wrong on that occasion, considering that the quarrel was between their own English-speaking cousins, how can they be qualified to decide on the rights of a national dispute in Spain, in Italy, in Austria, in Turkey? Perhaps nothing has tended to make the English more hated than the ignorant injustice of their freely expressed opinions of others, and the stupid obsti • navy with Nt hich they have taken up the wrong side. In America the case is somewhat similar. The people there, are equally ready as here to pro nounce a very decided opinion upon a quarrel which equally divides the most intelligent men of an in telligent nation. Living further away, not having so large a class wholly to devote themselves to study, to travel, and to politics purely for the sake of power, Americans are even more ignorant of Continental European matters than the British. The country in the magnitude of its unoccupied ]and, in the liberty and freedom from want of all its citizens, is wholly dissimilar to Europe, yet they apply in judg ing European questions the " American view," and, taking it as an infallible test, endeavour to square the circumstances to that pattern, and arrive at 'such resolutions as those so strongly advocated by General BANKS and favoured by the Representatives. Instead of wishing to be unjust, it is the generosity of their nature which prompts to this action, and so often enables designing men to use them as their tools. Hard as it may appear to say so, the sym pathy and kindliness of American nature have produced harm both abroad and at home, and caused the national character to be misunder stood. The Red Republican, who aims at disorgan izing society and rioting in the saturnalia of a French Revolution, while apostrophising Liberty and spouting of Fraternity, strikes a sympathetic chord in the American heart who will not believe in the creature's vice, and that he is simply a hateful out cast of the nation he misrepresents. The same feel ings enable criminals to escape punishment, and have led to a laxity of law, and au itnmuniry to crime, which is telling injuriously on American society. Sympathy is the worst possible control ling influence for a nation ; yet Congress is over flowing with it ; for the Irish, for the Cretans, for the Cubans, for the Negroes in the South, for the Chinese on the Pacific slope, for anything that ap pears weak, and has voice enough to cry. There is, however, too much sense to permit this feeling to obtain the mastery ; for the people are too prac tical to let it go far beyond mere talk. The opro sition daily strengthens to any increase of territory inhabited by inferior races. The African has brought with him woes enough, and it was literally a black day for the continent when he first. landed on its shores. Is the Legislature to be over-run with all shades of colour, and the absurdity to be daily witnessed of laws being enacted for the lordly white by men with whom he would scarcely deign to sit in the same railway car? Nor should it be forgotten that the :days of States' Rights have passed ; that centralization now rules. Hence countries, such as Mexico and Cuba, were they in troduced, would not be still governed locally, throwing an influence into the Central Adminis tration not strongly and generally felt, but the new States would be ruled from Washington, where they would exert a great influence, probably as tools of " rings" and cliques. Before the Republic can admit any States from Mexico or the Antilles, she must be fortified by the Canadas, and th ose most interested in this fact are the New Englanders and the citizens of the States bordering on the Lakes and the St. Lawrence. It would, indeed, be a mistake to legislate on a dream, or to act on the Utopian conviction that the mission of the Republic is to regenerate savage or half-civilized races, to right the wrongs of the world, and to cram Repub lican liberty down the throats of reluctant peoples. -Anglo-American Times. 7HE CASE OF THE SECRETARY OF LEGATION AT _MADRID.. Some of the letters relating to the squabble in the American Embassy in Spain have now been pub lished. Among them is Mr. Perry's defence of him self, under a very recent date from Madrid : "In the spring of 1867 I was made aware, through a reliable channel, that a Cabinet Council had been held to consider what was to be done in view of the repeated complaints from the officers of the Customs of the abuse by Mr. Halo of his franchise for the importation of arti cles free of duty. Some of the Ministers were in favour of immediately informing his Government, but it was finally decided that Mr. Bale should be informed that the Spanish Government were aware of his operations, and expected they would immediately cease. It was also decided that if afterward there should be any re petition of the offence his Government should be informed, and the circumstances published in the official Gazette. This .report of what had taken place in the Cabinet was not known to me till after the circumstances which fell under my personal knowledge, and which I will now re late. On the 18th of March, 1867, I received a note from the Chief of the Bureau of Commerce in the Department of State, inviting mo to call at his office, as he wished to speak to me about a certain affair. [Vide Enclosure No. 4,1 I went, and Mr. Aseusi put into my hands some docu ments—among others a royal order from the Minister of Finance, of Fob. 21, informing the Minister of State of the circumstances attending the introduction of merchandise by Mr. Hale, for a commercial establishment in this city, uuier his diplomatic franchise, stating that it was the second offence denounced, and leaving it in the hands of the Minister of State to apply the remedy. [Vide lnclo sure No. 3.1 I was then informed by Mr. Asensi that the Sp wish Goverume •t wes not disposed .0 pursue this matter any further than was absolutely necessary to pre vent a recurrence of the abuse, ant that Mr. Hale must be informed that if there should be no repetition of the offence the matter. would stop there, and no further ac tion would be taken upon these papers, and that they would be kept oetirely secret in the Department. Mr. Asensi sail he would be charged with this affair, and by the instruction of the Mini .ter it had boen decided to call me, and by me to communicate these things to Mr. Hale, as the need° least wounding to his pride, and best calculated to arrive at the object proposed. lat first de clined to take any part in the matter, but I was afterward convinced that it was my duty, and that it was a courtesy to my Government not to wish to humiliate the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, forcing him to stand in person before a Spanish official as a convicted culprit. I determined not to refuse my assistance to ease over the matter as smoothly as possible. I confess I st:11 hoped, also, that there might be some explanation. In this I was disappointed. I broke the matter to Mr. Hale as kindly and even as tenderly as possible, but his extreme agitation did not allow him to attempt any explanation. He, however, at my suggestion, and in my presence, immedietely addressed a letter to the commercial house iu question, who, it seems, were in possession of still another order furnished them by Mr. Hale for the admis sion of merchandise in his name, then expected, request ing them to pay duties on those packages, as if that order were not in existence, and to stop all farther importations in his name (Vide inclosure No. 5.) This letter was promptly answered. (As per im;losnre No. 6.) I communicated the cessation of the abuse to the Spanish State Department, and the matter dropped. I soon after became aware, however, that there are certain services which a subordinate may perform for a superior officer which are more unpardonable than any injury. In spite of the secrecy promised in the State Department some con fused indications of this affair leaked out, perhaps from the Finance Die tett-neat, and were made the subject of con versation. A libellous letter, dated on the 17th of April, was published in the New York Herald of the 4th of May, seeking to throw upon me the onus of this transaction, and alleging culpability in me in regard to a telegraphic grant, which, however, was obtained and held by me in 1859, two years before I en`ered the Government service hero in 1861. This was, not long afterward, followed by an official representation to the Secretary of State of my cul pability in the telegraph matter, made by any superior officer secretly, and without any indication of his inten tion to me. The good faith of the 'Department seems to have been surprised to some extent by that statement of the responsible officer of the United States at this Court, for I received a very hard and severe despatch from Mr. Seward, based on that statement, which I have never yet seen. I answered the Depart ment immediately and satisfactorily, still ignorant that my superior officer was the author of the charge. This I learned subsequently. I had also learned that the libel in The Herald was done with his peevious knowledge, and he so confessed to me, but avowed he did not write it. From that time to this 1 have been the object of the most un compromising and most cowardly hostility from my supe rior officer. Complaint, upon complaint has been poured into the State Department, whenever a misrepresentation of any fact giving the slightest pretext could be availed of. Hundreds of private letters to all the friends and political connections of a man who had lived '25 years in Wash ington burdened the mails, moving every spring and wire to secure my removal. j'A. corresponding treatment here of me and my family has been adopted, and relentlessly pursued with the evident purpose of making my life so intolerable as to force my resignation. He has drawn some foreign adventurers about him to aid him, and has made his house a centre of defamation. I have been sustained here by the public conscience and the general respect which comes only after long residence. I have failed to appease Mr. Hale by my silence; I have cared for the decorum of this Legation, and have never criti deed my superior officer, nor allowed hint to be criticised in my presence. Ho has not - been able to draw me into any divute or public scandal here.• At hotno I have had only my record, my services rendered to the country, and not one personal acquaintance in any branch of uhe Administration, or in either House of Congress. Under the circumstance., I feel grateful to the Department that, after tho surprise of Mr. Male's first charges in June, 1837, and on every subsequent oc casion, I have boon allowed an opportunity to be heard b fore being condemned. The letter signed by Mr. halo, Jan. 1, and published in the New York. Times of Feb. 7, besides some new stir among his foreigners, admonishes me that I ought not to longer delay the communication I now make. After the libel in the Herald seeking to in culpate me, and after the developments of Mr. Male's un scrupulous conduct toward me during the summer of 1887, as stated, I addressed to Mr. Asensi, Chief of the Bureau of Commerce, the private letter dated November 20th, and received his answer dated November 24th. It was understood that I was not at liberty to print the document; seeing that the Spanish Government had declared the affair settled, and did not wish to revive it, but I was authorized to use them confidentially, with my owh Government, if .at anytime it should become neceesary for my ow; de fence.--I have the honour to be, &c., H. J. PERM' " The Hon. Wm. 11. Seward, Secretary of State." An extract from a process is enclosed, found in the department of Finance, which reads as follows " The Collector of Customs gave information mi th e Ist of Oat., '66, that on examining eight packages contain ing carpets and other things for the Minister Plenipoten tiary of the United States, was found a case co ntaining 377 kilograms of cotton stuff, collar crack, and 7 packag ee f containing 636 kil ograms o f woo ll en f e l t , an d 19,9 5 ° e ll Magueta carpet s; th a t suspec ti ng , un d er t h e l a w allows the diplomatic body the entrance of goods free 01 duty, the interests of the Treasury might be prejudiced , be decided that on the goods leaving the Custom House they should be f o ll owe d t o th e p l ace w h ere t hey were ' e bo delivered, and th e resu lt was t h at 377 kil o grams °f crack were deliver e d i n t h e C a ll e d o C appa ll ane s, No. 10 a store for the sa l e o f li nens , an d t h e carpets an d felts 3t , a store whor e suc h goo d s are so ld. T he di rec tion propo se the Minister o f St a t e s h ou ld b e i n f orme d o f what had t occurred, so that h e ma y propose t o her 3laj,isty , steps should be tak en t o prevent a recurrenc e of stab things. The matter to which reference is made is notab l) ; known., that it is necessary it should ba investigated, f some means adopttd t o pr eveu t i n f u t ure a repetition °` abases like the one stated." Two of the letters are addressed to a merch`til with reference to the accounts for procurkg the importation of pols free of duty. There are On ; letters fro.a the lion. P. II de, in one which he states that on Oct. 14 last Mr. and grs. Perry took a conspicuous place in one of t he largest public meetings ever held in Madrid :-- " Mrs. Perry i s a m iddl e - a g e d woman, not f ar from ov years of age, and on the present occasion she appeared oa the stage before th e i mmense assem b lage w i th her long hair flowing down her neck and shoulders, and, with WI effect, delivered a s h or t p oem i n :f avour o f t h e a b o lition ° slavery in Cuba. The meeting then voted itself a so ciety for the abolition of slavery in Cuba, with Mrs. Perry as it i e President. Mr s . P erry ' s poem was pr i nte d an d c irculate u in great numbers throughout the kingdom. This action Mr. Hale pr o n ou n ces hi g hl y i mproper an d repre hensibl e on the part of representatives of a Government maintain ing neutrality." This most unfortunate controversy began w ith a letter from M r . Seward' to M r . P err y, da l— ,„ July the 16th, 1867. Th e S ec t re t ary te ll s him L'" resign if the allegation b e . t rue o f hiS conn ection with.-. telegraphic or other enterprises. This lt r ' Perry denies, asserting that he had entirely witD; drayvn from commercial tr ansac ti ons . The next 1 a letter from Mr. Hale to Mr. Seward, enclosing one from Mr. James Eldridge of Cdifornia , defence of Mr. Perry. On the 15th Sept., Mr. Hale complained to Secretary Seward of Perry's discourtesy in having anticipated him 1 - 11 conveying to Queen Isabella a letter of congratu lation on telegraphic communication being es t „ a ,,, lished between the United States a n d Spain. Perry explains that it wa s unofficial, comity: , fr o ill the officers of the company as his friends. The re ply of Mr. Hale involves a serious charge. The simple fact is, Mr. Perry took the private despate d of the President of the company to himself. and obliterate the address to himself as Vice-President of that c omPai?„Y' and the dat es o f b o th ti me an d p l ace , an d gra t u it o usly sorting what was not true, to wit: that ho had receive' , i f from Havana ; endeavoured to give it every a ppearance :1. 4 being a communication dire c t t o th e Q ueen • and it W .; ) , with this sp u ri ous , manu f acture d despatch, that Mr. ii was enabled t o an ti c i pate :no i n t h e execut i on w hich .Y (', devolved on me by y our t e l egrap hi c commun i ca ti o n of tll 12th of December." After enumerating Mr. Perry's di sc ourtesies, tl/ .., e Minister asserts that he i s more of a Spaniard tha ne an American, that hi s family on ly s p ea k SpO is that he has not been in th e U n it e d St a tes for is years, and has no idea- of resuming citizenshiP' again asserting his connection with Spanish c °l3 ; tracts and jobs. Mr. Seward sustains Mr. Pa r ' in the telegraphic congratulation business, ree o-1 ; mending an amicable settl emen t. Th e ne xt char' was made by Mr. Hale on his return from Par'' wherein Mr. Perry was accused of attempting; to er e3 r. a feud betwee n hi m an d a Sp an i s h S ta t e Ministe d Perry's defence is termed a direct falsehood, 3 . 11 his letter a piece of unb ec o m i ng i nso l ence and ; 0 1 4 . subordination. Mr. Perry replies that Mr. Da le complaint arose from his attempt to ignore hill' a Charg6 d'Affaires during his absence. The sex letter.of importance was from Mr. Hale, dated Fe b, 8, 1868, wherein he de c l a r e s th e f a l se h o od of ,Ir. Perry to be met clearly, and shown by irresisti ble testimony, concluding thus •--- "Mr. Seward, I claim it as an incontostible right je l l; as a man to d e f en d m y re p u t a ti on w h en th us wanto ir a assaulted, as in the present case, and I am certainlY. ° o willin gto send in my resignation until this a trocle calumny of Mr. Perry's can be refuted." As usual with such quarrels, both combatants 31e to be removed, so the fight will give as little pr°, fit as pleasure to any one, except, perhaps, to the" successors. Foreign Mail Packet List. NAILS DUE. ustraila Z.Gd New Zealand, via k`ioutbaraptoa gay!! Cif to, via P lresilles MaY " .!razii. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video 3ISY 4 Ditto, by French packet :.:ape Verds. by Brazil packet .... .„,,, 11.1AY 4 , Cape of Geol li pc. Ascension. and St. licicua 51537 1— .: 1 31 - 9p, eenzng, nnu :tiing:ipore, via Southampton 3,1d1 a '. , 3ihrHitar, via Southau3Wou ... MAY 6 indta.via South:Lou:non Lititz, via Marseil es Italia, t:gypt, sze. MaY 3 Litto, Marseilles MaY ; Sewfoundla n c ............... .....„_„. ....... MaY " Mauritius, Cape of Good nom and Natal, via Scuthareri ton liarseiites ~ 91aY 9 vortug al .... United States, • anad3, California, &0., by British ' packet ......May • •MaY 8 Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by L. Lited :...tates packet Ditto, by Inman packet.... ..... . May 5 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Ar v 6 Balsa nag, via New York Webt India and Pk:3itic (except Mexico and Saha mos) Cuba Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via „ BUY 6 Bo LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRg-• S : to ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never ••• -il4 quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour, L ie beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss u“ fr ot lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair A ll; falling off, It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant gr°' • ,11 it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It reme": o dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large ne t ' o rs. Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Peri ° Depot 266; High Holborn LADVERTISEMENT.I-110110 way's in true n A o.nu c a i s- A Pains.—lt gratifying to bear. sufferers recount th e t to they derived when first they applied this Ointow il v ea ulcers, sores, or abscesses, with which they ba.Ll d lee' afflicted for years. Soon after it application to a 1 " 3 od' or inflammatory ulcer it restrains the excitement of b , lci a ti v2ssels and nerves, which at once brings coolues' comfort, and furthers the gradual deposit of healtl , ?:_ it ior, terials to fill up the ravages caus'd by violence, di s or disease. It exrels all noxious matters, and Ile s yes, sores soundly. It gives ease to varicose veins, bid and swellings of the feet and joints when the ar a at' o almost unremitting, and the pai n t oo muc h for S I strength. atio Ti j [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (Indigestion), COl lO l Debility, Consumption, an d a ll nervons, bilious, stonalch oe c ola' liver complaints i n every stage, are only aggravated an" V ,, rated by drugs of every des cr ipti on, b ut perfectly cura ble Barry's health-restoring Revalenta, Arabica Food, as Pr c)l' ett "' thousands of cases which had b ean cons id ered h o peless, 0 1 0, 06 —cough. asthma, also diarrhoea, hemorrhoids, liver eera,P„btl r itulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, ("woe , ' ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and cers , , rr itiv matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia , ( 1 0 1A hility, sleeplessness, ac idit y, pa l p i tat i on, heartburn, he3ceo Ia debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness , pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tigl, Oa; of the chest, pains at th e pit o f th e s t omac h an d betw ee .. 2 ,l l ", shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The Pope's health res lo 6 _,.• Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" tome, July I`2, 1 8 , 6 01‹, health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since , a ,"„ to Y„.. ing all other remedies, he has connect himself entire' , v jatv i Barry's Revalenta, Arabic.% Food, of which tie consumes s „ e fiPt ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly e e .„''', 0 11 01 1 . 3 6 effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this e' Ce, food too highly.—from the "Gazette du Midi," July 2 , 5 '001 0 ,, , ; No. 46,270 - Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blettg l ii , derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. I,77l—Le r „ e ep°l,, do Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dY,'„r e ps'",Z No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dY'r o .o l ' sP nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulenq , „ t i0. , „ 0 sickness, and vomiting.—Maria. July." Important L' a , o ,tic'L Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy to which. without authority, Baron Liebig's name is 1 -w -- ciously attached. 12 0 In tins, at Is lid; Ilb 2s 9d ; 21bs 4s Gd ; 5 lbs lls; 12 113 0 TO 24 lbs 10s. - Also Do BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA. CILO~~ C u POWDER, is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at Is, cut'sos 4 at 3s 6cl, for 48 cups at Gs, .for 288 cups at 30s, fur 576 —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tine a r cler• - t i O free of carriage in Engla n d on receipt of Post-Offle e , • 00 BARRY Du BARRY and C o., N o. 77, Regent-street, Lon''' „ " all Grocers and Chemists. BIRT. LIVINGSTON Oil the &i i ns t i l at 33, Cleveland-scit fla e' Mrs. W. P. Li v i ngs t on. of a ' daughter. i foo' e M"soN" - On 1110 29th ult., tit Kirby-under-Dale, th Mrs. T. Monson, of a daughter. MARRIAGES— _ Fig ° t" BRUNTON—SWIFT -- On the Ist inst. at BeckenlifelThistocY Spencer, eltli.st eon of A. J. Brunton, Esq.. of I ', l ' ' sicif t. ' square, to Janet, eld er daughter of Henry ildwa r ' 11t,q.,•0f The Ferns, Beck th enham. PINNIGER—EVENDEN -On e Ist inst., at Bydo,vD,ri°ol),,r-Of l'inniger, of Denb , igh House, Ryde, to Sarah, the bite james Evenden, of Dover. DEATHS. BERING— On the 2d inst. at 11, Argyll-street, Revert' street, Fredk. Hering, Eeq., architect. :aged 69. g&D m od HOODING—On the Ist inst., Warminster, Kitty spinster, aged 91. Con l ' 11ALLocx— On the 30th nit" Thomas lial/ock, Esq" mander R.N., aged 69. -...4 London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM A NDI L B in No No. 112, Strad, Printer, at THE SUN Oface, .112, the Precinct n of the Savoy, in the Lonnty of 310' 11 ' 35c Tuesday, May 4, 1569. RENA This eelc Prize Medal ur( - 1 nold P in E tho Agent s i _ 8, G Observe t r an's LL 1v 11 UT] 14, BUs , • AtTYVANGF °old or L e ' t %hlo weekly nrma froe ~Ol'~l Immense si 130 X-offlc e l'Oßerved He ,__ jtoyA mAssii.Ao:ll: . MACLA M ACLA AIA DA 11.1.k0 (or No. Nvich th e mornit ;, ; : ----------: AR G) . Co . " 001 118 have Ml d Co. I , en attract), . Dance liusi'i IrtMica •-•—._.__________ THE al Lund for ORIGINAL ASH] °Mces— The I nv Fire Revn The modem Zon us for t valu eas s render then leave the y 18 grar days RING'S APpE penses. As SE AMEi off Gree aictie, why £879 lear4 SI MSCRI th e s rns, 13, eereta r st met, Loud; Quali6eati ° vernor z] finder Richmthe pat !hereby a titrla ot l the kingd al oTn lieh Th e b . at< edu°catleion w aniscl laundry, provid e( suitable Ritual Th e c ommi entirely eueta Offico, 121, 1 ORITI; mackei Patro n Por a e stitute or nd of all 13, prosperous O ne bond stitution , Increa; e an end o ,, v , d, a n assista nce. Subscronbe i Instituti 1 its peculiar , c : n ecret Tile last r i ary. Ofßees, s 3 7 Banker ' a ce ; a.ndAl 11 ZALTri RE! Du BAP and IT