The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-02 00:00:00

THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY AND THE THE FLOODS IN LINCOLNSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. THE CURATES' AUGMENTATION FUND. The Conservatives of the new division of Mid- Surrey are going to give their members, Mr. Broderick and gr. Peek, a grand banquet at Kingston. A Workman Men's Constitutional Association has been formed in the borough of Chelsea. In answer to an invitation to Lord Cairns to become the president, tho noble lord writes :—" I shall be happy if the Chelsea Working Men's Constitutional Association wish it, to become their president, and to give a donation of £5 to their funds." Dr. W. H. Russell, one of the Conservative candidates at the re cent election, is a vice-president of the association. A BUFF-COLOURBD WOODCOCK.—About a fort night ago, in Galway, in the wood of Garrylaud, about two miles from Gort, a buff-coloured woodcock was shot by B. B. Templer, Esq. The bird had the same marks and was of the same size as the ordinary bird, but his plumage was in different shades of light buff instead of brown. Mr. Templer has sent him to a bird -staffer in Dublin to be set up.—Field. On the day following Christmas the Pope officiated at the high altar of St. Peter's in presence of all the great dignitaries of Rome, the corps diplornatique, the royal family of Naples, and an immense concourse of foreigners. After the service he proceeded to the chapel of the Holy Sacrament s where ho received from Cardinal Patrizi, the sub-dean, the congratulations of the Sacred College. His Holiness responded to this address in a speech of some length, expressing his belief that the Church would not be deserted by all its supporters. Letters of administration of the estate of the late Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, who died intestate, were granted on the 24th of December to the present Duke, as the son and one of the next of kin. The personal property is sworn under £B,ooo.—The will, dated the 19th of me, 1852, of the Right Honourable Francis Lord Ash burton, who died on the 6th September, was proved on the 22d of December, by his widow, Hortense Eugenio Claire Baroness Ashburton, the executrix for life. The personal property is sworn under £250,000. The deceased peer has devised and bequeathed all his real and personal estate, whatsoever and wheresoever, to his widow, absolutely. ACQUITTAL OF PROFESSOR EWALD.—Judgment was given upon the case of Professor Ewald on the 20th ult. The President of the Court, Herr Etienne, read the decision of the judges, which was the acquittal of Pro fessor Ewald. The decision was based upon the two facts that it had not been proved that the King was personally referred to in the pamphlet, and that no evidence had been brought to shew that the author intended his remarks to be defamatory. The students received the deci sion with a loud hurrah, and other demonstrations of delight. PROCLAMATION OF BANKS OF MARRIAGE BY MOONLIGHT.—A contest in the parish of Forgandenny re garding the right to discharge the duties of session -clerk, led to the novel proceeding of a proclamation of the banns of matrimony at the gate leading to the church last Sun day. There, by the light of the moon, the clerk read the proclamation of banns, to which no objections were raised. On Wednesday the couple repaired to Perth, where the rcarriage ceremony was duly solemnised by a clergyman of the Established Church, who was evidently of opinion that all due formalities had been observed in proclamation, even though it was male by moonlight and outside the rarisli church.— Scotsman. Tin] DEATH IN A POLICE CELL.---The particulars of the case in which a poor woman, who had been ha n:ersed in the water and half drowned, was thrust half naked into a police cell, and left there to die untended, are of a peculiarly scandalous and inhuman character. The police order is that, in cases of illness or danger, the divisional surgeon is to be sent for immediately; or if he be inaccessible, then,to prevent delay or injury, the nearest qualified medical man. This order is too often disre garded by the police ; and this case is one in point. There is no reason why this woman's life should not have been saved; and the neglect of duty seems to us to come YiTYight9 ramikipghtogetr.gritidatedica Mimi. • One of the agents of the United Kingdom Alliance, rho was commissioned to wait upon the Earl of Limber y, the new Lord Privy Seal, thus states the views of his lordship as gathered during the interview : "This morning, December 19, I waited upon the Lord Privy Seal, at Kimberley Hall, and he received me in his library, where we bad a protracted conversation, but I find him adverse. He is opposed to every phase of the temperance movement, and thinks that wine and malt riquors are very good and very wholesome. The Permis sive Bill is merely a modification of the Maine Law, and there is no doubt it has been a complete failure. Nothing can be more certain than that a wonderful improvement has taken place during the last half century in the drinking habits of the upper and middle classes. This has been effected by education, And we have every reason to believe that the same agency will in time produce similar results among the lower classes. Fe4tina lode is his motto. He believes that the Alliance has become a powerful body, and can conceive it possible that a majority of the people will de mand the Permissive Bill, in which case he would yield, because sooner or later the voice of the people will prevail. Still, he does not think even this would alter his opinion as to the unsoundness of the principle and inutility of prohibition. He thinks, however, that a considerable improvement is desirable in the license laws, and that by agitating the question as we are doing, public attention will be so directed to the evil that some good and satisfactory law will be obtained. For this reason he wishes us well. He thinks we have done considerable damage to the Liberal cause during the recent elections, because he knows several places where seats have been lost through the interference of the Alliance party." Canon Blakesley (the " Hertfordshire Incumbent ") had a letter in the Times on the Curates' Augmentation Fund. The class of stipendiary curate; he remarks, has increased very greatly during the last thirty years, owing chiefly to the efforts made to meet the growing require ments of the rapidly-increasing population. Before that time there were not only fewer nnbeneficed clergy, but their chances of preferment were better. Too often several benefices were held by one person, and the curate, left by the absence of his superior "in sole charge," frequently obtained the livings on the occurrence of a vacancy. Almost simultaneously with the abolition of Church pluralities came the movement in favour of church buildings, church and school enlargement, the creation of new districts, and the establishment of special services. Everyone is familiar with the frequent appeals made on behalf of such objects, too often with the reason that the incumbent has made himself responsible for the requisite funds, which are not readily available. Canon Blakesley, in answer to the ques tion whether all this zealous effort is needed, quotes some statistics to show how rapidly the population has outstripped the ministrations of religion. He finds, from a recently-published table of comparison between the England of 1688 and the England of 1868, that whereas at the time of the Revolution there were eighteen clergymen to minister to every 10,000 of the population, and £llB from every £lO,OOO of the national income went' to their maintenance, at the present time there are less then nine clergymen for the same number of persons, and their share in the national income is only £57 of every £lO,OOO. Thus, while the population has quadrupled, the number of ministers of the Established Church has not been doubled, and their resources relatively to the wealth of the country have diminished more than one-half. Even these figures do not represent the actual diminution in the power of the Church over the population, owing to the altered distribution of the latter. Canon Blakesley thinks it unfortunate that the religious zeal which displayed itself some thirty years ago took the form of building churches and schools, rather than of providing for a more efficient pastoral agency. Owing to this, when the great demand for clerical assistance arose, it was necessary to ordain literates and others, who were not even partially inde pendent of the emoluments of their profession. Whereas the Oxford graduates ordained in the decade from 1834 to 1843 were 2,076, and those from schools and colleges not belonging to any of the universities were 533, in the years from 1854 to 1863 the number of Oxford graduates was 1,771, and those from other colleges and schools and literates amounted to 1,403. The "Hertfordshire Incumbent " thinks that such facts plead strongly on behalf of the Curates' Augmentation Fund, since the change owes its origin to a noble attempt to overtake the spiritual destitution of the masses, and there are no other available means for meet ing the difficulties of the case. The secretary of the Curates' Augmentation Fund wishes to make it more generally known that every claimant of a grant must have an income from a local source of at least £lOO a year —but of 700 applicants this rule excluded nearly 300, and it enables the society to confine its operations chiefly to those who work in town parishes, and who have no time to supplement their income by tuition or literary work. The secretary thinks that it would be sound policy to enable hardworking men with small private means to remain longer as curates, and not force them to take the first poorly endowed living which offers ; and to encourage men of large private means, and those who add to their income by educational or literary work, to take the small livings. The difficulty found now in obtaining curates is attributed not so much to the actual diminution of the number taking holy orders, as to the increase in the number of clergymen who devote themselves to literary and educa clonal work. TILE ALLEGED MURDER IN BARNSBURY. Dr. Lankester has concluded the inquest on the body of John Moir, who was shot on Christmas Day by a com panion, against whom a charge of murder is entertained, and a somewhat different complexion was put on the case to that presented before the police magistrate. The deceased and the prisoner, George Campbell, who is charged with his murder, were companions, and lived together with deceased's friends. Without any sign of a quarrel, the prisoner, deceased, and another young man left a party of friends who were enjoying themselves in the kitchen, and, going upstairs to another part of the house, the prisoner took up a rifle belonging to deceased's brother, went out of the room with it for a short space of time, which was fixed by one witness at a minute and a half, and on returning " presented" the rifle across the table to where the deceased and the other young man were standing. The deceased asked the pri soner what he was going to do, and his reply was "Put the light out," evidently speaking of a pm . ..lice which riflemen used to be taught of " snapping" off at a light. The light was on the table between the young men, and at the instant an explosion fol lowed. The deceased fell, while the other young man, who was shorter than deceased, was struck by something on the side of the nose, and was also wounded. The deceased was struck in the head, and was killed at once. The coroner had sought to have the prisont brought before the jury. To obtain this he had written to the Home Secretary, whose answer in effect was that he declined to comply with the request. The medical evidence proved that death was produced not by a rifle bullet, but by the " muzzle stopper," which is formed partly of iron and partly of cork, and placed in the muzzle of the rifle to keep the interior of the weapon dry and clean. There was no explanation as to how this came in the rifle after it had been loaded, as it undoubtedly was, though by whom could not be ascertained, and there was danger of the rifle bursting by the stopper being in at the time of explosion. The coroner had ordered an experiment to be made as to the course a projectile would take when fired from an Enfield pattern rifle, and it was shewn that at a few yards' distance a shot would strike above the point aimed at, the fact being that all these rifles are sighted, at the minimum, for the distance of 100 yards. The evidence of the deceased's friends shewed that there could be no malice between the two young men ; and the coroner, in summing up, remarked that it was hard to believe that if the prisoner contemplated murder he would ask others to go up and see him do it, and, moreover, it was just possible for him to have killed the other young man. The coroner further remarked that the crime seemed to he motiveless, and t y ligre was not a tittle of evidence to shew that the prison r loaded the rifle. If, however, the jury thought that the prisoner loaded the rifle with the idea of shooting Moir, they must find a verdict of wilful murder against him ; but if they thought he, in a spirit of mischief, arising out of practical joking, pointed the rifle, and so caused the death of the young man, though the doing of such a thing might not have been in his mind, it would be the duty of the jury then to return a verdict of man slaughter. The jury left the room, and after a short deliberation returned a verdict to the effect that deceased came by his death through a rifle being fired by George Campbell, and that the accused was guilty of man slaughter. The accused, George Campbell, was than brought before Mr. Barker, at the Clerkenwell Police•court. On the police-sheet he was described as 23 years of age, and an upholsterer by trade, residing at 42, Alfred•street, Barnsbury. He was charged with feloniously murdering John Moir, aged 28, by shooting him through the heae with a rifle-ball. Inspector Odell informed the magistrate that the coroner's jury had returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner. Mr. Barker said the case was adjourned for the purpose of calling the mother of the deceased, and to ascertain the result of the post-mortem examination. Mrs. Isabel Moir said she was the mother of the deceased. She had seen the prisoner about six weeks since take down the rifle in the presence of the deceased, and examine it. They were always on good terms together, and she had never heard him say anything against the deceased. Mr. Donald was next called, and gave evidence as to the cause of death. A solicitor who appeared for the defence said that there was no evidence of malice in the whole case, and observed that the coroner's jury had returned a verdict of man slaughter. Mr: Barker said that he saw no evidence of ill-feeling, and remarked that he supposed the prisoner would reserve his defence. He should commit on the charge of wilful murder. Miss Sarah Parker Remond, after a regular course of study at the Hospital St. Maria Nuovo, Florence, and successfully pasing the necessary examinations, has received a diploma for midwifery, and is commencing practice in that city. We are authorised to state that the Turkish Government, on the representation of her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, has decided that all Greek vessels which might be loading in Europe before the rupture of the relations between Turkey and Greece should be exceptionally allowed to enter the Ottoman ports to discharge their cargo.— Times. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT HAYDOCK.—The list of the persons killed by this explosion, which occurred on Wednesday last, has been further increased by the death of Peter Marsh, a lad of 13, who was very badly burned. This increases the number of the dead to 25. The inquest was opened on Friday morning at Haydock. Very little evidence - was taken, and the inquiry was adjourned. FROM LONDON TO CANTERBURY.--ID reference to the promotion of Bishop Tait to the Primacy of AU England, we may note the former similar translations from the metropolis to the greater archiepiscopal province. Sudbury was the first, A.D. 1375; and then Courtenay, 1381 ; Warham, 1503 ; Bancroft, 1604 ; Abbott, 1611; Laud, 1633 ; Juxon, 1660 ; Sheldon, 1663 ; Howley, 1828 ; and Bishop Tait, the tenth and last in five centuries.- 44theruxum. THE POPE'S (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. The Tablet states that " active preparations are going on for the General Council ; that the bishops of South America and of other distant countries are already preparing to leave their dioceses for Rome ; and that the cost of stalls alone, which are to be occupied by the prelates in the public sessions, in the right transept of St. Peter's, amounts to £10,000." THE ARCHBISHOP OP CANTERBURY'S CHURCH PATRONAGE.—The new Archbishop of Canterbury will have in his gift two canonries in his cathedral, which are connected with the archdeaconries of Maidstone and Canterbury, six preacherships in the cathedral, and nearly 200 livings. .Amongst these are the rectory of Lambeth and several in the City of London, some of them alternately with the Crown and the dean and chapter of St. Paul's. DEATH OF A BABY AT A THEATRE.--All in quest has been held in Thomas-street, Kingsland-road, on the body of Mary Wright, aged six weeks. The mother had gone to sec the pantomime at the Britannia Theatre with the child in her arms, and on uncovering its face inside the theatre she found it was dead. The medical , vidence showed that death bad resulted from suffocation rrf pressure, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect. ROYAL AGRLCULTUIUL SOCIETY OF ENOITAND.-2- At a meeting of the Oxford Town Council, held on Friday, attention was drawn to the fact that Oxfordshire was one of the counties in which the Royal Agricultural Society of England could hold its meeting for 1870, and it was determined that steps should be taken to induce the society to select the city of Oxford for that purpose. It was thought that with the railway cominunication pos sessed by Oxford it would stand a soca chance of being tickee., The Stamford Mercury gives an account or a - sifigular accident which occurred at Crowland on Monday evening, and the particulars of which were detailed at an ingfiest held on Wednesday. It seems that at about live o'clock on Monday evening last, Mr. Crowson, builder, of Deeping, accompanied by Thomas Garford and William Gibb, two plumbers in the employ of Mr. Whyles, of Deeping, started in a horse and cart to cross the Wash on their return to Deeping, Garford driving. When about three parts • of the way across, a boat with five labouring men met them on the gravel; it was snowing and blowing very hard at the time. The horse shied at the boat, and, wheeling round, backed on to the boat, which began sinking in about two or three feet of water ; and in a moment the horse, trap, and the three men were plunged into the lake. Crowson appears either to have fallen out or jumped just at the brink of the deep water, as he contrived after a few minutes to struggle on to the cradge, where he was in comparative safety. The other two poor fellows were, however, seen no more alive. The occupants of the boat also got to the cradge, and although' they still retained the two sprits with which they had been rowing, they appear to have been too much paralysed, either with fright or cold, to be able to render the slightest aid to the drowningmen. Thecoroner's jury returned a verdict of ".A ccidentally drowned," accompanying their verdict with a presentment, calling the attention of the justices, and also the commissioners of the Washes, to the necessity of some kind of fence being laid down by the side of the lake for the Protection of the public &rine. flood time. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1869. Itargi on both parties equally. Other correspondents believe that the result of the decision will be the disruption and the disestablishment of the English Church. AUTISTIC-AILISTOCRATIC. The penultimate day of the year saw born an infant who is the incarnation of a union not often seen in this aristocratic country—the union of art and blue blood. "On December 30, at 20, Portman-square, the Lady Rose Weigall, of a son," says the " ladies' column "of the Times. The father of this infant is Mr. Weigall, the artist. The mother is Lady Rose Fane, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland. Their marriage last year was one of the social events of the season at the 'West-end, and most brilliant was the bridal company at Westminster Abbey on the wedding-day. The scene has been made the subject of one of the pictures in one of the Winter Water colour Exhibitions. HORRIBLE MURDER. An atroclons child murder was committed on Wednes day morning at the quiet little village of .Allesley, situated about two miles from Coventry. The murderess is a married woman, named Jane Elizabeth Holmes, and the victim is her youngest child, Ellen Jane Holmes, only nine months old. It appears that at about half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday morning a woman named Sim. monds, who resides at Allesley, was alarmed by Mrs. Holmes shouting, in front of her house, that she had murdered her child. On going out of her house to see what was the matter, Holmes said to her, "I've done it, and the knife is under the body." Mrs. Simmonds at once entered the house, and found the child lying upon the floor in a pool of blood, its throat being cut almost from ear to ear. The woman questioned Holmes as to her motive for committing the murder, but the latter gave no satisfactory reply. The prisoner is the wife of a wheel wright at Allesley, and both parties have been much respected by the people of the village. It seems that she is the mother of three children, hut the other two were at the village school at the time the murder was committed. No reason has at present been assigned for the wicked deed. THE LAST COLLIERY EXPLOSTOY AT WIGAN. The following are additional particulars of the explosion at the collieries of Messrs. Richard Evans and Co., at Haydock, on Wednesday. For a colliery village, Hay dock has an unusually neat appearance ; the coal dust does not appear to have begrimed the trim colliery buildings which are to be seen in all directions ; while the land around is excellently tilled, and at the county ploughing matches the firm are always able to send formidable competitors into the field. At the eight or nine pits which are worked by Messrs. Evans in this township fully 1,500 men are employed, most of whom reside in the immediate neigh bourhood of the collieries, in long rows of clean-loooking and well-built cottages, or in the adjacent parish of Ashton in Mackerfield. At one of these pits, the Pew fall, the water has recently broken in, in consequence of excavations made in the course of constructing the Lan cashire Union Railways, and by this occurrence 300 men were thrown out of employment. Several of these went to work at the Queen Pit for the first time on Wednesday, and three of them are numbered among the dead. The last body has been recovered. A cart-house at the colliery offices was found to be the best place in which to lay the bodies for identification, and in an hour and a half this was converted by the car penters into a large, airy room, containing a couple of platforms, upon which the last sad offices could be per formed for the dead. A large proportion of the number were very severely burned— more, in fact, than is gene rally the case, and some of the faces were fearfully mutilated by the action of the fire. In the course of the night after the accident another death took place, making the total of those who have lost their lives twenty - four. This was the lad John Flannigan, who was brought out of the mine early, but who suffered severely from the effects of choke damp, and was unable to throw off the effects of the gas. At the large carpenters' shop close to the offices the construction of the coffins was commenced as early as possible. The firm have shewn a commendable care for the feelings of the bereaved families in this matter, for they have directed that the coffins shall be made of oak, and that the fittings shall he of the best description. One of the saddest cases arising out of the accident is that of Henry Ilindley, a school-lad home for the holidays, who had gone down the pit with his father to watch him at work. Both father and son are dead. Among the killed are three firemen, said to be among the best and steadiest employed by the firm. The man Joseph Mercer was employed in Yates's Level; a different district to that in which the explosion occurred. The men working in the same district all escaped, but Mercer refused to believe that the noise of the explosion was anything more than the firing of a shot, and he refused to accompany the others to the pit eye, but stayed behind till the deadly choke damp overpowered him. The manager and underlooker, together with the Government inspector, Mr. Peter Higson, and his son, have descended the workings to make a fuU examination. GREEK RAILWAYS.—An Athens letter says : M. Bulgaria, the Premier and Minister of the Interior, has interfered to atop the work on the Piraeus Railway. He is preventing the contractors from laying down the rails they brought from England, on the ground that the lives of the subjects of his Hellenic Majesty cannot be trusted to such weak materials. These rails are not so solid as the rails of the Great Western. It seems they only correspon I with those of the London and Brighton." NEW REGULATION AT RAILWAY STATIONS.— The following provision in the New Railway Act (31 and 32 Viet., c. 119) has now come into operation :—Section 1.5. "On and after the Ist January, 1869, every company cause to be exhibited in a conspicuous place in the booking-office of each station on their line, a list or lists— painted, printed, or written in legible characters—of the fares of passengers by the trains included in the time- tables of the company from that station to every place for which passenger tickets are there hazed." The Gaiety Theatre, recently opened on the site of the Strand Music Hall, has a very cathedral-like style about its main entrance, situated on the crowded thorough fare. On Christmas Eve the doors were thrown wide, and a blaze of light burst upon the passers-by. A clergyman who happened to be in the neighbourhood, attracted by the ecclesiastical appearance of the balcony approaches, quietly sauntered in, under the impression that an evening service was going on ; but abruptly fled in dismay on finding that quite a different entertainment was provided for visitors.—Echoes from the Clubs Tuz SOLDIER'S KNAPSACK. —The Pack Com mittee, consisting of Generals Eyre, Rumsey, and Ilorsford, and Drs. Logan and Parkes, have now made their fourth report to the Secretary for War. During the last five years they have been unremitting in their endeavours to determine upon a form of accoutrement which should do the least pos sible damage to the heart and lungs of the infantry soldier, and should also meet the necessary military requirements. After persevering, extensive, and lengthened trials of every conceivable form, they now once more report that the principle of the "brace system " will entirely remove the evils now complained of. They therefore express the hope that it will be considered the time has now arrived for coming to a final decision on this important question, more especially as it appears that several regiments require to be supplied with the least possible delay with fresh equipment. The military authorities have shewn great interest in this matter, and it may be hoped that the foot soldier will soon be relieved. —British Medical Journal. FORESTERS AND THEIR DINNERS.—A case of some interest to members of friendly societies has just been decided by Sir E. J. Wilmot, Bart., at the Marylebone County Court. It appeared that in October last the members of court " Lord Dudley Stuart," of the Ancient Order of Foresters (who hold their fortnightly meetings at the Queen Hotel, Paddington, celebrated their anniver sary with a dinner, which plaintiff agreed to supply at 3s. per head. No stipulation (according to the plaintiff) was made as to the character of the repast, which com prised three legs of mutton, a piece of beef weighing 301 b., vegetables, cheese, celery, and eight gallons of stout and ale. For the defence it was urged that when a former dinner took place at the same house, for which a like price was paid, poultry and pastry were provided. This was also promised again, but nothing of the kind was placed before the guests. Some of the meat was declared tobe only half-cooked, and many of the "brothers" had to content themselves with dirty celery. The plantiff, when remonstrated with, said, "If I had known you were all coining so hungry, I would have provided some sheeps' heads." The defendant (Mr. Vincent, secretary), had offered to pay 2s. per head, which was refused, and that amount had been paid into court. His Honour considered the sum paid into court ample, and gave a verdict for defendant with costs. A SCOTCH CONSERVATIVE M.P. AND THE NEW MlNlSTRT.—Speaking at a public dinner in the county of Dumbartonthire, Mr. Orr Ewing, who was recently re turned as the Conservative member for that county, thus referred to the new Government :—" We have recently had a new Cabinet called together, under the superinten dence of that talented and brilliant man, Mr. Gladstone ; and I am satisfied • that whatever difference of politics there may be here, one and all of us will admit that it is a Cabinet of enormous talent. Some people seem to think that there are discordant elements within it, and that the great intellect of Mr. Lowe—the logical mind that sees through every thing faster than almost any other person=will not wish to continue under the dominion even of Mr. Glad stone. But all I can say is, that if the different members of that Cabinet are actuated by the self-denying principle which was enunciated by the great Mr. Bright at Bir mingham when he was re-elected, it may last for many years to come. Mr. Fright said that if his constituents found him . goinginto a different lobby from what they had ex pected from the principles he had hitherto announced when unattached to office, they must not think he had deserted his principles, but that he had gone there for the sake of harmony. These are noble sentiments. I trust they are the sentiments which actuate every member of the present Cabinet, and that we shall have a powerful Government, able to bring in measures whiCh will strengthen and reform and improve the institutions of our country." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Mn. ERNEST JONES ON THE MANCHESTER ELECTION, Mr. Ernest Jones, in making some remarks on the Manchester election, spoke in high terms of the manner in which the Liberal portion of the community had conducted the affair. They had, he said, a proof that virtue brought its own reward, in the peculiar dilemma in which the Tories of Manchester now found themselves. He had the honour of appearing before them as one of the defeated candidates of the united Liberal party, and he was proud of the efforts they had all made in the great contest. Mr. Jones then adverted to the peculiar positionin which hefound himself respecting the claims of another election for Manchester. In the event of Mr. Birley's retirement, he had supposed that no doubt would exist as to the candidate selected by the united Liberal party. He found, however, that some gentlemen wished to have another candidate put forward, and he felt much LILA at the knowledge. He was unwilling to give offence, and therefore he had consented to be balloted for at the next election that would take place in Man chester. He believed that he had suffered more than any other man for the cause of the people during the last twenty-five years, and he did not deserve that the working men of Manchester should desert him now. Ho considered that the confidence of the working men of that city towards himself had been shown in an unmistakeable manner during the recent contest, and he should not fear for the future. LORD NAI'IER AND LORD MAYO AT ADEN. The simultaneous arrival of the new Governor- General of India and the hero of Magdala at Aden gave occasion for an interesting demonstration in their honour. The address presented to Lord Mayo was got up by natives of India and Arabia, the president of the committee being a Parsee, and the vice-president an Arab. The secretary, who was also a Parsee, read the address in English with fluency. The address presented to Lord Napier was from all the inhabitants of Aden, who were naturally much interested in the war, in which they played a subordinate part. The city was decorated m honour of the two celebrities. An avenue 2GO yards long and two triumphal arches enhanced the display, while a number of Arabs from the interior, in their national costume, added to the picturesque effect. Lord Mayo, in acknowledging the compli ment paid him, declared that it would be his great object in ruling India to preserve unbroken peace and to encourage every measure for the social and material improvement of the people. Lord Napier, in reply to the address presented to him, acknow ledged the assistance which he had derived in the conduct of the Abyssinian war from the trading community of Aden. He observed that for his own part he hadalways endeavoured, in his conduct towards the people of India, to show the regard and just feel ing which the Queen and the English people generally entertained for them. The departure of Sir John Lawrence was a matter of regret, but he was convinced that Lord Mayo had come to India with feelings of the warmest interest, and that he would devote himself to protect the just rights and promote the welfare of its people. A GOOD SEA CAPTAIN. A passenger by the steamship Columbia during her late perilous voyage from New York to Glasgow has given a graphic account of the risks which the vessel ran, and of the coolness and courage displayed by her commander. The danger to which the Columbia was exposed needs no comment, as it arose from the very same accident which occasioned the total loss of the Hibernia very recently The accident to the screw propeller occurred on the 4th of December, nearly three weeks before the arrival of the Columbia at Queenstown, and there is very little doubt that had the captain been a man of less courage, firmness and energy, and h a d h e b een l ess a bl y seconded by his officers and crew, the story would have been a sad one. The first intimation which the passengers received of the disaster was the sound of a violent knocking. They were naturally much alarmed, but were reassured by Captain Carnaghan, who told them that an accident had happened to the propeller, which might delay their arrival in Glasgow. The gentleman who writes the account was surprised, on going on deck, to see the boats getting ready. He was told it was a matter of precaution, and was asked to say nothing about it. After consultation with the engineer, Captain Carnaghan tried to withdraw the shaft and let go the screw. The men stood firm at their posts while the experiment was made. The rush of water into the ship, however, compelled them to replace the shaft to stop the leak, and it was then determined to make fast the screw, so that it could not again break loose, and thus the fatal hammering on the stern of the ship, which threat ene d every moment to carry it away, would be arresttd. The passenger in question gives an animated descrip tion of the difficulties met and conquered during the process, and of the active part taken by Captain Carnaghan, who was hung over the stern by a rope that he might superintend the work more effectually. The screw was made fast, and never moved again till the Columbia was safe in Queenstown, her passengers owing their lives, under Providence, to the courage and coolness of her captain. A REJECTED BISHOP. Some time ago Dr. Jenner, Bishop of Dunedin, finding that his active and prominent participation in English ritualist services had rendered him very unpopular in his diocese, deferred his departure, and after a long delay he agreed to submit the differences which had arisen to a diocesan synod, and to accept any decision to which that body might come. The Synod has now decided that it will be for the benefit of the Church that Bishop Jenner should not take charge of the diocese, and lie is therefore requested to resign the bishopric. He will be the more able to do this because, although he has been consecrated three years, he has not resigned his living, but has placed in charge of it the Rev. A. Cherol, f ormer ly c ura t e of St. Raphael's, Bristol, an " advanced " ritualist Church. It was stated a short while ago that Bishop Jenner had set out for his diocese, but the Church News of this week states that he was last month taking part in services at a clerical gathering in Albany, New York. THE CHURCH IN NEW ZEALAND. The primacy of New Zealand has fallen by election to Bishop Harper, of Christchurch. This prelate stands high in the public estimation, although he has not the commanding abilities and force of character which distinguish his predecessors. But then men like Bishop Selwyn are not to be met with every clay. Bishop Harper has filled the see of Christchurch since 1 856. lie was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, and graduated B.A. 1820, so that he is probably about 03 years of age. He was for sixteen years before his consecration vicar of Stratfield. Mortimer, near Reading. The income of the see of Christ church is £OOO from lands set apart by the Canter in the c o l on y. By the promotio n o f Bi s h op H arper bury Association, and the interest of £l,lOO ves t e d Earl Granville will be called upon to exercise his Church patronage for the first tine, THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS ON CHURCH AND STATE, The Religious Society of Friend s i n Great Britain have just issued an address to their countrymen on the relati ons between Church and St a t e. They begin with a review of Church establishments generally, and of the effects produced upon Christianity by the alliance of religion with the State, so that the Church became a political power. The Mosaic law, they argue, was consistently national, because it could Produce its divine charter of incorporation ; but the Toleration Acts of our own Parliament have rendered the Church no longer national and the Acts of Uniformity are b ase d on principles diametrically opposed to the Acts of Toleration. The payment of tithes was never compulsory under the Jewish law, and it was not for some centuries after the Christian era that any stipends were paid to ministers ; in fact, not until they assumed to themselves the office and position of priests, which were never c l a i me d i n th e early days of Christianity. The Friends illustrate all their a rgumen t b y references to the early Christian writers. They attack the p r i nc i p l es upon which all State religions are founded, and they make particular allusion to the question of the clay. The Church of England in Ireland, they affirm, is especially objectionable. It is founded on compromise ; it is not national; it produces arrogance on one side and irritation on the other; it tends to foster a spirit of narrow Anglicanism ; it has secularis e d an d weakened the Church by pro moting the abuses of patronage ; it keeps the people in a constant state of pupilage and dependence on the clergy. All these objections, in the opinion of the Friends, apply much more strongly to the English Church in Ireland than in England. Little has been done towards its avowed objects, for tho proportion of Roman Catholics to Protestants in Ireland is now g re at er th an i t was a century ago. The society ask if any really imagine that in removing the existing legal Establishment the State would cease to be Christian. " Can there be a greater fallacy ? It is not the State that makes the Christian; it is rather the Christian that moulds the character of the State." It is noticeable that the pamphlet in question emanates from the Society of Friends in Great Britain only, the members of that body in the sister island having as yet taken no part in the matter. TUE RITUAL JUDGMENT. The ritual judgment continues to give rise to a large amount of correspondence. The Daily News, as the organ of the philosophical Liberal party, LI evidently taking alarm at a decision which is now seen to restrain the liberty of the clergy in a direc tion and to a degree that was not at first understood. Our contemporary publishes a large number of letters on the subject. One, from "A Liberal Churchman," commenting upon Archbishop Tait's letter to Mr. Mackonochie, rebukes the Archbishop for his " cool assumption" that the judgment has reference only to one party, and calls upon him and other bishops to Prtninilt an the best nipansi of enforcinz thin 'luck. TUE STATUE OF HENRY GRATTAN. Lord Gort, a representative peer of Ireland, hns written to Mr. Sullivan, ex-Fenian prisoner, applauding his " generous effort to do h onour to one of the greatest of our fellow -country men." Lord Gort says : "Had my family been the strongest political opponents of :Henry Grattan, I should, nevertheless, have felt bound, out of national pride, to aid in erecting a statue 'in Dublin, and near that hall which was so often electrified by his eloquence in his most brilliant days, to that Irishman whose later fame has long since been recognised in ,the Palace of Westminster. But as one whose name I inherit supported Grattan in many of his greatest struggles, I shall have special pleasure in joining the committee, and shall hope to attend the meetings when in Merrion-square. In the meantime I enclose my cheque on the Bank of Ireland for in aid of the funds." 13 IPROVE1IE1VT OF THE LABOURER. In resuming the consideration of this subject, the writer points out the steps that the Legislature should take to better the condition of the labourer. These are to improve the administration of the poor law, to increase facilities for saving, and to put the machinery of education into more active motion. The working of the poor law has not been at all satis factory, and it will be found that its reform should take place in detail, or rather in local administration. It would be better to give more power to the central board, and this would correct m an y o f th e ev il s that now arise from maladministration. This has been the source of great mischief, and has produced much increase in pauperism. As opportunities occur, most likely Mr. Gladstone's system of the post-office savings bank will be developed, but it is much to be desired that the agricultural districts should obtain a better know ledge of its regulations. It is very important that the labourer should send his children to school, but the difficulties to be overcome in this respect are very great. Something might be effected if it were made illegal to employ young children who were untaught, and the labourer must be assured of the material as well as the moral advantage of education. The want of sufficient funds for a school interferes with the work of progress in some places, and the Government grant might often be very suitably increased. The true way to improve the condition of the agricultural labourer is to teach him how to improve himself ; but to effect this excellent object we must have patience, for it will be a work of time. THE LAW OF PRIMOGENITURE. " L." has a letter in the Times, honoured with large type, on the law of primogeniture. " L." points out how loosely this subject is discussed by politicians who profess to attach importance to it. For instance, Mr. Dixon, M.P. for Birmingham, declared that among the first objects of the new Legislature would be to "abolish primogeniture," which means, grammatically, abolishing the pro creation of eldest sons, and, practically, the abolition of children altogether. Even if we substitute for this expression " the law of primogeniture," we are still far from exactness. There is no such law, i.e., no general l aw enac ti ng th e d escent of landed property to the eldest son. The law permits such descent, and there are two cases in which it does something more— in that whereby it is provided that the land of a man dying intestate shall descend to his eldest son, and in the case of the law whereby entail is limited to a life in being and twenty-one years afterwards. The second is rather a restricting law than otherwise, since it is only recently that the right of unlimited entail existed in Scotland. The first is that which Mr. Locke King and the Radical party wish to abolish. "L." does not believe that if they succeed they will effect much practically. The first result would be an enormous reduction in the number of intestacies. But the principle of Mr. King's bill " L." believes to be thoroughly unjust. A law ought to represent not an ideal state of things, but a condition which the people themselves wish to establish. "L." thinks there can be no doubt but that the people generally prefer the present arrangement, and this is proved by the fact that directly a man becomes possessed of 1,000 or even 100 acres of land he " makes an eldest son." The truth is, this crusade against the law of primogeniture is only a portion of the Radical cam paign. The ultimate object of the Radical party is a pure democracy. They mean to abolish the House of Lords, the Established Church, the unpaid magis tracy ; and if they think that they can continue to maintain the Crown they are very foolish. Already they complain of the only overt act of Mr. Gladstone's—the constitution of his Cabinet— as not democratic enough. "L." thinks that this discontent " may perhaps point to a serious diver gence of principle, and shew that Mr. Gladstone is not the democrat or revolutionist which he is in so many fond and so many terrified imaginations." "L." goes on to say : "My belief is that the aristocratic feeling in this country is still one of the strongest things in it. As long as it is so, mighty little - will be done by such file-nibbling or tinkering.over law of entail, of which, were that feeling to change, the force would be imperceptible." INSURANCE OFFICES. It is stated that the income o f e l even insurance offices is over £13,700,000, that the invested funds in 110 are nearly £87,000,000, and that the sums assured in 107 offices are over £ 338 ,000,000, or a little less than half of the national debt. There are six offices which decline to make any return to parliament: the London Assurance, the Royal Exchange, the Sun, the United Kent, the Nottinghamshire and Derby shire, and the Royal Farmers.' Eight others have neglected to make any return during the last few years. The Government Registry costs £2,000 a year, and has published once during twelve years the accounts of twenty-six offices doing business, Ss. 2d. being charged for each copy. Rather a costly department this, considering that a private publisher brings out a register every quarter at the price of id. (From the Anglo-A-7-7—mertean Times The Java arrived yesterday at Queenstown with intelligence from New Y or k to the 23d December as follows :—Mr. Sumner has presented to the Senate a memorial asking that the word gt white" be struck out of tlie naturalization laws. A special Congressional Coninaittee has arrived in New York to investigate the:illeged election fraud. The Arkansas refugees allege that the State Militia pamper the negroes and murder and plunder the whites. General Upham, Commanding the Militia, asserts that the Militia only enforce the laws, and quell rebellious demonstrations. Martial law continues in several counties. Mr. M'Culloch has instructed the Collector of New Or leans not to seize or detain Peruvian ironclads, as their transfer to the Peruvian flag had been properly made. Mr. Raisloff, the Danish Minister of War, has arrived at 'Washington, and has been cordially received. The Governor of British Columbia has announced to the Legislature that the confederation project will be held in abeyance pending the set tlement of the Hudson's Bay question. The Cana dian Assembly has adjourned until the 6th of Ja nuary. The Toronto Court of Queen's Bench has refused to grant Whelan a new trial. Anti-Con federation leagues are being organized in Nova Scotia. General La Tree and General Esping, with Spanish reinforcements. have arrived at Havana. It is reported that Mr. Caleb Cushing has left for New Granada to negotiate on behalf of the United States Government for a grant of the right of way for the purpose of making an interoceanic canal. General Grant has sent two members of the staff to investigate the late disturbances in Louisiana and Arkansas. From Mexico the news is that President Juarez has vetoed the bill permitting the free ex portation of Mexican ores. The news from Cuba is that the Spanish troops arriving at Havana are immediately despatched to insurrectionary dis tricts. We are happy to say that the Columbia has safely arrived at Queenstown with her hundred cabin and steerage passengers, whom she forwarded to their destination. She had a full cargo o merchandise, none of which appears to be in jured, nor was any discharged while under going the necessary repairs on the bank oppo site Spike Island. These were so promptly executed that the vessel proceeded to her destination on Wed nesday or Thursday. A very high testimony is borne to the conduct of Captain Carnaghan as the same accident happened to the Columbia as to the Hibernia, and probably in the same gale. The im mense strength of the vessel resisted the heavy blows struck upon her stern by the propeller. The captain seems to have been more favoured by the weather in the delicate operation by which the three bladed screw was secured by chains so firmly as never again to move during the voyage. The passengers appear to be indebted to his skill and coolness, as well as to the strength of the ship, for escaping the fate which overtook those of the Hibernia. There is trouble on board the two ironclads sold to Pcru. The crews were engaged in New York on the understanding that they were to have two months' wages in advance, and to serve for one year under the Stars and Stripes. On the 12th of December, however, the officers hoisted the Peruvian flag, when the crews mutinied, and the officers appealed to New Orleans for the police to enforce the obedience of their men. The men, however, assured the officers that if forced to sea they would throw them overboard ; and as the New Orleans police declined to interfere on the ground of no jurisdiction the conflict progresses On the 14th the crew of one of the ironclads gave way, but the other still maintains its ground, and the crew, we understand, hem discharged. A couple of Spanish vessels are reported to be cruising off the mouth of the Mississippi to pick them up. The Havana was cleared at New York as an Attie? i can merchantman, but it was not till her arrival in New Orleans that the Peruvian flag was hoiste.i, and upon her commander declining to enter her at the Custom-house the authorities threatened to seize the vessel. Differences are said to have grown out of this subject between Peru and the United States. At Washington it was announced semi-officially that a letter had been despatched to Mr. Reverdy Johnson, reminding him that diplomatic business should be kept more quiet, especially in negotia tions with England, the publicity his after-dinner speeches had given to the negotiations having greatly embarrassed the Government. It is also asserted, and evidently believed by Congress, that Caleb Cushing had been sent to England to see Mr. Johnson on this matter, though he is now known to have gone South, and not to Europe. The incoming House of Representatives will organize on the 4th March, and sit two or three weeks for business ; but it is not thought the Com mittees will then be formed, excepting two or three The question most eagerly discussed is the Speaker ship. It is thought Mr. Colfax will resign a few weeks before, and be succeeded by Mr. Pomeroy, of New York, who, had he been re-elected to Con gress, would have been a formidable rival for the post which now Mr. Dawes is considered certain to secure. Of the 152 Representatives whose votes were recorded on that portion of the resolution in answer to the passage in the President's Message proposing repudiation six only were in opposition. It was, therefore, carried by 146 Yeas " That all forms and degrees of repudiation of national indebtedness are odious to the American people." Half of the six were Kentucky Democrats—Adams, Grover, and Jones ; of the others, Archer is a Democratic Repre sentative of .Indiana and Mungen of Ohio; the only Republican being John Trimble, of Mr. Johnson's own State. The latter has not been re-elected, nor has Grover, though both Jones and Adams of Ken tucky were returned for the incoming House, Archer of Maryland and Mungen of Ohio being also re elected for their old districts. It is not improbable that instead of being John Trimble of Tennessee it is Lawrence Trimble of Kentucky that is really meant; the newspapers not unfrequently make such mistakes, forgetting that, however small the con sequences to them, they are serious to the gentle man whose opinions are thus misstated. Mr. Kassin, U.S. Postal Agent, has not succeeded in his mission to France to obtain a revision of the postal convention between the two countries, although acting on the invitation of the Emperor's Government. ri'he• present rates between the United States and France are 15 cents per + ounce, while with England they are 12 cents per t ounce. No action has been taken as yet on the subsidy granted by Congress during its last session for running a mail line of United States steamers, although the terms proposed were exceedingly liberal.* We pre sume that the first step must be permission to pur chase foreign-built vessels. While on this subject we may remark on the Glowworm's geographical knowledge, as it wrote a flourishing note on the in telligence that a line of steamers had been placed between Liverpool and the ports of Africa —about the increase of the passenger traffic with Americ.t— that this new fleet of powerful steamers was being added to the numerous ones already plying, the writer being impressed with the belief that New York was among the Africa❑ ports mentioned. For more than a year the correspondence on the Alabama has been in course of compilation, and is at last about to be published in four of those plain, unadorned volumes usually brought out by Con gress. They will contain a full and complete his tory of the Alabama (as all the claimants described the capture of their vessels) and every diplomatic notes referring to the subject will also be given. It is said that the President changed the wording of the reference to the Alabama in his Message, a day or two before he delivered it, and it is also asserted that the settlement cannot be made by the present United States Executive, as a majority of the Senate has decided to keep it open for the action of the incoming Administration. On the inaugu ration of a new President a new Minister is nearly always sent to the Court of St. James's, an appoint ment ranked amongst the highest, and it is not pro bable that an exception will be made in the case of the present Ambassador. Horace Greeley de sires, and is qualified for the nomination, and his strong claims are aided by the hearty support of many newspapers of the Empire City. But who ever succeeds, Mr. Johnson will not, we believe, have the satisfaction of removing this bone of con tention, which we regret, considering how earnestly and loyally to his country he has devoted hirnsel to accomplish it. Not only is the United States Government mak ing provision for the support of an American steam line to Europe, but it is pushing to place another fleet in operation on the Pacific, taking the route we so strongly urged some months ago on the attention of the Australian and Panama Steam ship Company. The new vessels are to run between San Francisco and Sydney, by way of Honolulu and the Feejee Islands. As the time will be shortened at least five days, and the way, over a more varied scene and through more healthy climates, no other route to Australia can hope to compete ; and the Panama and New Zea land line will, when that is in operation, have no chance of running in opposition. High tariffs lead to smuggling frauds, and the United States may depend on the fact that higher tariffs will give greater breadth to the operations of smugglers. Messrs. Fegelstock and Bentina have made a hasty move into Canada, after having smuggled into New York silks and goods for more than a quarter of a million dollars. An error in the writ for their arrest enabled them to get off after burning the entries and in voices, but leaving a certified check in their haste. They are believed to have acted as the mere agents of Messrs Guiteman, Brothers, of Leonard-street. The firm has given securities for the whole amount, and they have real estate in New York worth over $200,000. Rumours are afloat of collusion between the importer and certain Custom-house officers, and that the examination will bring to light a wide ramification of fraud of which that discovered is but a small part. Senator Morton has introduced a bill appropriat ing $125,000 for the purchase of a site for a new White House; an effort will also be made to in crease Grant's salary, and to annul all the Acts passed to fetter Andrew Johnson. Even in the matter of his Cabinet, Grant is allowed an un usual latitude, for although his interview with General M'Clellan has ended in the report that that distinguished officer was to obtain a seat, nowhere as yet have we seen Grant abused. Gen. Itosecrans has reached the city of Mexico, where he met a warm reception as Minister from Washington. Since the departure of Thomas Corwin the United States have not been represented by one accredited as Ambassador to that city. Mr. Edwin M. Stanton has announced that he has retired from political life and resumed practice in the Supreme Court. It is asserted that the main object of Mr. Collector *Later advices show such action has been taken. mythe in seeking the mission to St. Petersburg was to meet his family in Paris, and he desired to go to Europe in an official capacity. Captain R. J. Hinton, a Spy correspondent, who set the Alaska corruption rumours afloat, has been examined be fore Mr. Hurlburd's committee, when he admitted that he wrote the letter on untrustworthy informa tion, the basis being a conversation he had heard in a newspaper office. Mr. Martin, it is alleged, ori ginated the scandal, showing a list of those bribed. The committee had notified to the Russian Chargé d'Affaires that they would sit on the 19th Decem ber for further investigation if he would like to at tend. The Hon. Robert J. Walker did receive $25,000 in gold, not a bad fee for advising the Russian Minister, and for one of " my two papers, both daily," $3,000 were given to Colonel Forney in payment of the space allotted to Mr. Walker wherein to write up the purchase. The Presilent has, as we know by cable, granted the petition praying him to proclaim amnesty to all persons who were iu rebellion against the United States. For party reasons it was withheld from presentation during the late Presidential canvass. It was signed as follows :—C. R. Buckalew, William Pinkney White, George Vickers, J. R. Doolittle, J. A. Rayard, J. R. M'Cormick, W. H Barnum, S. J. Randall, George W. Woodward, Fernando Wood, R. M. Boyer, A. G. Burr, Thomas L. Jones,' J. S. Golloday, J. Proctor Smith, Garret Davis, T. C. 111'Creery, Asa P. Grover, George M. Adams, Charles A. Eldridge, W. E. Niblack, D. M. Van Auken, J. V. L. Pruyn, H. M'Cullough, L. W. Ross, J. Brooks, W. E. Robinson, R. D. Hubbard, Julius Hotchkiss, Stevenson Archer, J. Lawrence Getz, A. J. Gloss brenner, John A. Nicholson, J. B. Beck, W. Mungen, L. S. Trimble, Charles Sitgreaves, G. E. Phelps, F. Stone, S. F. Cary, Demas Barnes, Jas. A. Johnson, Stephen Foster, S. S. Marshall. We believe the proclamation has met the approval of nearly all. Of course the Democrats rejoice, and the Republicans, having carried the elections, are only too happy to see the end of this question. The Postmaster-General at Washington will re quire $24,500,000 to keil his department going during the next fiscal year, and as he anticipates that no sum approaching to this, will be derived from the postal revenue Congress must be prepared ' to make up the difference. One main reason is the abuse of the Congressional franking privilege, to which the Senate pertinaciously adhere, angrily resisting an effort for its abolition. It is mar vellous to see the United States keeping up such pernicious absurdities long after they have ex ploded in Europe. Senator Ramsay, Chairman of the Senate Postal Committee, will report a resolu tion directing the Postmaster-General to make a contract with the New York Steamship Company, in accordance with the Bill of last session. The Fenian cause seems to progress favourably in the United States, while many English journals allude to the movement as dead. A great meeting has lately been held in New York, in which the Mayor-elect, Okey Hall, presided. They had assem bled, he said, to feel the pulse of Irish freedom, and he introduced P. M'Corry, as well acquainted with that pulse, who proceeded to deliver a glowing oration on the patriot martyrs of Ireland for the last 70 years. A Mr. Hinds, an active Democratic agent in the late election in New York, claims to represent the Fenians of that city, and is now in Washington to induce the Committee of Ways and Means to allow goods from Ireland to be imported free of duty by Fenians, for disposal at Fenian fairs to be held throughout the States. This is a new dodge to raise the wind, presenting the cause under another aspect before the servant girls. An effort was being made by the Brotherhood in New York to give G. F. Train a welcome worthy of -his ex ploits and sufferings in Ireland in the cause. The roughs and speculators who make a-pande monium of the town at the head of the Union Pacific Railroad have been sold. They took it for granted that headquarters would be established for the winter at Bear River, and there they estab lished the city, but the road passed on without even laying down a switch, leaving that blood-stained locality to its own resources, and instantly the town vanished, springing up at Echo at the entrance to the Canyon of that name. There was some hard fighting at Bear River between the gamblers and murderers, and the better class of inhabitants, but the rowdies cannot, in a town of such a cha racter be controlled. Promontory City, at the head of Salt Lake, where the roads are to meet, is the ground now most speculated in. Speculators who hit off the spot will secure sections in a town which will speedily rival the Mormon City, for not only will the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific there meet, but branches will connect with Idaho, Oregon, Puget's Sound, and Salt Lake City. The road is now open, trains carrying the mails to Evanstone, 957 miles west of the Missouri river; the bridge at Omaha which had been injured has been repaired and the communication is complete. Our readers may judge of the necessity in waste regions for the most just and energetic of the citizens to be banded in a Vigilance Committee, by the experience of one Wednesday evening at Bryan River. At this little town on the Pacific Railway the paymaster arrived that day and settled with the employes ; in a few hours afterwards three men were robbed with violence, in one case amounting to murder, and another was drugged and robbed. On the same night J. A. Whitehead, clerk in the Union Pacific Railroad office at Omaha, was robbed of $9,000 at Cheyenne, by three highwaymen, who walked him out half a mile on the prairie, with pistols to his head, where they left him gagged and bound, after they had robbed him. IADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pins.. 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No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spawns, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly " Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 80 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial deafness. Ink portant. Cr ation—Beware of the many unsavoury and more tha ll sloppy imitations to w hi c h , w i thout authority, Baron Liebig'a name is most audaciously attache& In tins, at Is. 11d. ; 1 lb. 2s. 9d. ; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; Slbs, lls. ; 12 lbs., 225. ; 21 lbs., 40s.—Alco Du BARRY'S REYALENTAARABICA. o Crtoeo- LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters ; for 12 cups at 25., for 24 cups at 3s. 6J , for 48 cups at 65., fr 288 cups at 305., for 576 cnpll at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 308. and 555 dug are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order.—BAßßY nu BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Lon don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. DOYNE —On the 30th ult., at 19, Grosvenor-square, Lad) ? Frances Doyne, of a son and heir. FERRYMAN —On the 28th ult., the wife of Major-General Ferryman, C. 8., of a daughter. HARRISON—On the Ist inst., at Bushey, Herts, the wifo Of Frederick Harrison, of a son. Marriages. HODGES —WATERS —0 n the 31st ult., at the Sardinian Chapel, Frederick Hodges, Esq., of No. 16, Cavendish square, to Eliza Rose Manisty, eldest daughter of Jelln. Waters Esq., M.D., of 15, Bedford -square. WALTER BURT-0 n the 31st ult., at Stoke Damerol, Walter, Esq., 11.M.C.5., to Amelia Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of J. Burt, Esq, Paradise-place, Stoke Devon' port. Deaths. ADDINGTON—On the 29th ult., at his seat, Langford Court , Bristol, IL J. Addington, Esq., aged 82. ADKINS - On the 31st ult., at Wimbledon, Thomas Andy(• Adkins, aged 61. ANDREWS—On the 29th ult., at Epsom, Surrey, Mr. Heal A ndrews. BUTCHER —On the 30th ult., at Bristol, Lieut.-Colonel Ja g. E. Butcher, Madras Army, aged 67. 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