The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-22 00:00:00

THE GRANT TO THE VOLUNTEER FORM An important deputation representing the Volunteers of Scotland waited upon Mr. Cardwell, on Saturday, at the War Office, for the purpose of bringing before hes Majesty's Government, the necessity of an increased capitation grant to the Volunteers of the "United Kingdoni. The deputation included several Scotch members'` ofiPakiament, and some of the leading officers ,of the Scotch regiments. It will be rememberga that a short time ago a deputation - from the metropolitan regiments urged the necessity of increasing the capitation grant by £l. The Scotch deputation held that the regiments they represented would be satisfied with an increase of 10s. per man. Mr. CARDWELL, in reply, said that the Government was folly sensible of the value of the volunteer force, and very desirous that it should be maintained in an efficient condi tion. The Government looked upon it as a most important part of the defensive force of the country, the efficiency of which was a matter of the highest moment, but they were not at all sure that an increased capitation grant was the best means of obtaining the desired end. If the Government were quite sure that the volunteer force was now in such a state of efficiency as would Vender it available for the purposes for which it.pight he required, but that an increased grant was necessary for the maintenance of that efficiency, Mr. Cardwell believed that the Government would have no objection to bring forward the necessary measure, and he had reason to believe that the country would sanction it. But they were not sure that such was the case. They were not convinced that the Volunteers were thus efficient, or that the increased grant would be the means of rendering them so. The most careful inquiry would be necessary before a conclusion could be arrived at. The Govern •ment felt the importance of the Volunteer force to the fullest extent, but they did not think that an increased grant would be the best mode of proceeding in the matter. Before such a step could be taken it was necessary that that there should be a careful examination of the whole subject of our defensive army. THE CONVENT CASE. The case of " Saurin v. Starr and Kennedy," was again before the Queen's Bench on Saturday, and it is likely, so it is stated, to last until Thursday next. This is mentioned as the earliest day on which -it can finish, and it may last longer. On Saturday at the opening of the Court, the examination of the Right Rev. R. Cornthwaite, Roman Catholic Bishop of Beverley, was proceeded with by Mr. Charles Russell. His lordship said he was appointed bishop in the month of September, 1861, and that the convents in question were under his juris diction. It was open to hiai to remove a sister whose conduct tended to produce disunion amongst the community, or its destruction, even although no grave fault in the individual was implied. There would be, however, an appeal from him to the Metropolitan, and thence to the Holy See. His decision must be founded on evidence, but that evidence might be obtained in any way he should think best. The power of removal had nothing whatever to do with the dispensation from vows. He had power to dispense from the vows of obedience and poverty, but the power of dispensing from the third vow, that of chastity, was reserved to the Pope. He remembered the Rev. Mr. Matthews calling upon him in the spring of 1862, relative to Sister Mary Scholastica ; he was, however, unable just then to do anything in the case, as he was upon the eve of starting for Rome. In consequence of a letter received from Sister Mary Scholastica in the September following, he determined to make a special visitation to the convent. He did not, however, disclose his object in doing so. He heard nothing upon that occa sion to authorise his taking any further steps. He was satisfied upon all points except that as to Sister Mary Scholastics. He could come to no conclusion as to her ; he contented himself with hoping that things might im prove with regard to her. In May 1865 he got a letter from Mrs. Starr calling attention to several faults in Sister Scho lastica. Shortly afterwards he went to Ireland for the benefit of his health, and his intention was to have availed himself of the opportunity to see Father Matthews to arrange for the withdrawal of his niece from the convent. His health, however, was too bad to allow of this intention being ful filled. In August 1865 he received a number of letters from the sisters at Hull. In consequence of those letters he directed the sisters to make notes of their individual expe rience in regard to Sister Scholastics. Accordingly on August 20th seven depositions were forwarded to him from the convent. Mrs. Starr's, however, did not come to him until some days later. He then came to the con clusion that he could conscientiously endeavour to bring about Sister Scholastica's quiet removal from the convent by her friends, and that if he was unable to attain that, he must take upon him the duty of removing her. He accordingly wrote to the Rev. Mr. Saurin asking him to come over to England and take his sister home. He told him her dower would be repaid on application at the mother house. Father Saurin, however, declined to mix himself up with the matter, saying he proposed that the Rev. Mr. Matthews should have the direction of things.. He subsequently received a most extraordinary letter from the Rev. Mr. Saurin, in which he described an inter view he had had with his darling sister. lie spoke of her terrible sufferings, and of a story which he had to recount more horrible than anything to he encountered in the lives of the saints. Ho wrote, " Under one opera tion, four times repeated, she had felt her body falling to pieces," but she was " sustained by an interview with the Saviour himself. Her crimes were only those of Christ." Mr. Russell : What did your lordship understand by that? Did you understand that Sister Scholastica had been - scourged? Witness : I can't say that the idea occurred to me. I couldn't understand the letter at all. Mr. Rtissell : What kind of a person is this Rev. Mr. Saurin ? Witness' : I have never seen him. The letter went on to say that they were "murdering both his sister's soul and body in the convent," and that they were denying her all access to his lordship. The witness continued : After the receipt of the Rev. Mr. Saurin's letter he determined upon issuing a commis. sion. He then entered into a correspondence with the Rev. Mr. Matthews, and Mr. Matthews came over to England and saw witness. He laid before him the depositions that had been received from the convent. Nothing was kept from him except where reference was made to third persons. Father Matthews said it was "all a got-up conspiracy." Witness then intimated that he might have a commission, and it was arranged that it should issue. After Father Matthews's return to Ireland he wrote that the family were quite willing to remove Miss Saurin from the convent if the decision of the commission should be against her. He added that he hoped his lordship would be present at the inquiry, as he had the fullest confidence in his judgment. I attributed many of Miss Saurin's faults to kleptomania— putting the most charitable construction on them. Especially was this so with regard to the medal stealing. The next witness was his lordship's secretary, who put in various documents belonging to his lordship relating to the case. The court was again adjotrned. THE POPLAR MD RDER. —The man tdooper, for whose apprehension the police hold a warrant, charging him with wilful murder, continues to elude the vigilance of the authorities. On Sunday morning a respectable mechanic, who had been unfortunate enough to lose his left thumb, and who answered in some other respects the description of the alleged murderer, was arrested in Lambeth. He was, however, speedily liberated. At Manchester, John Noon has been charged with assaulting John Griffiths. The assault was said to be in revenge for the evidence which Griffiths gave against the Fenians in the matter of the murder of Sergeant Brett. Griffiths complained that after these trials he was subjected to such annoyance that he was obliged to give up his shop, and was now in a very destitute condition. Mr. Fowler fined the prisoner 25, with two months' imprisonment in default of payment. The fine was paid, and the magistrate ordered half of it to be given to Griffiths. Mr. Thompson, agent of the Digby estates, part of which is the Island of Arran, has addressed a memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant with reference to the charges brought against him regarding the supply of bread to the inhabitants. He prays for a full inquiry, repeats his state ment that the trade in bread has been in no way interfered with, and declares that the inhabitants were satisfied up to the 16th of October last, when the people were forbidden by the Roman Catholic clergy in the chapel to buy from the local baker because he is a Protestant. These instruc tions have, he says, been continued weekly. His Excel lency has promised that the matter shall receive the fullest consideration. THE REPRESENTATION OF RADNOR BOROUGH. This election will take place on Wednesday. The Marquis of Hartington is to be opposed by Mr. Phillips, who declares his determination to go to the poll. The Marquis in his address says : " I voted in the last Par liament in favour of the resolutions for the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church which were passed by the House of Commons. . . . The Government which is now in power is pledged to carry into effect the principles asserted in those resolutions ; and though the task before them is no easy one, they will not shrink from the responsibility of dealing with the question, with the object of the establishment of complete religious equality in Ireland. I have, as you know, the honour of being a member of the Administration of which Mr. Gladstone is the head, and it is for you to decide whether you will ratify the choice which be has made, and will do some thing to support the statesman who has been called into power by the voce of so large a majority of the people of MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From. the New York Tribune.) WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3. Gold opened at 135-1, sold at 1351, 135 i, closing at 1451 bid. The clearings at the Gold Exchange Bank were $4.399,000, and the balances $2,018,347 52. Government Bonds were higher, with an active demand from the shorts; 62s sold at 113-} ; 65s 1104 ; new 655, 108 i; 665, 108-i ; 10-405,1081 to 1081-. The shipment of bonds to Europe to-day was quite heavy, the amount being al',out $1,250,000; it was made up of 625, old 655, and 10-4 0 ,5. The investment demand continues heavy for the rew bonds. State bonds were more generally dealt in. Tennesee 6 per Cents, sold at 671 ; new bonds, 67i to 67.1; Virginia 6 per Cents., 571 ; new bonds, 62 to 621 ; Georgia 7 per Cents., 93 to 921 ; North Carolina 6 per Cents., 621 to 6:21; new bonds, 61* ; Missouri 6 per Cents., 86} to 861. Western Railway Bonds ore in good demand ; there is a largely increased inquiry from investors, and no larg , lots can be purchased at quotations. Milwaukee and St. Paul lsts sold at 911; Michigan Sinking Fund, 97 ; Michigan Central 8 per Cents., 118 ; Toledo, Peoria, and Warsaw E. D. lsts, 851. Western Union Tele graph sold at 38* to 391- ; Delaware and Hudson 126. Pacific Mail was weak, opening at 119, selling at 1171, closing at 1171, on reports unfavourable to the quarterly dividend, which are calculated for speculative effect. So far no official statement has been made in re gard to it. The weakness of the stock is due more from the fact that capitalists feel assured that the whole of the first-class passengers, as well as large portions of those of the second class, will use the railroad the moment it is completed, and that a large portion of the first-class freight will take the same direction. The amount of revenue from these sources, which will be lost by the Pacific Mail Company, must inevitably be very large, and are to be made up on an increase in the South African and China business. Railway shares were steady on the Western list, with a fair demand for all the leading shares. New York Central was excited, opening at 165, selling at 163 to 1651, closing at 1651. There appears to be no settled opinion as to what the decision of the Court will be in reference to the alleged over-issue of stock, and the price is moved up or down rapidly in accordance to the various rumours circulated as to the probabilities of the decision. Hudson sold at 137, reacting to 1361; Harlem advanced to 140, reading to 138; Reading wits uniformly steady at 961 to 961 ; Toledo and Wabash was in demand at 651 to 66 ; St. Paul Common sold at 661, the Preferred at 82 ; Michigan Southern, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, Rock Island, and Fort Wayne were steady, with small sales ; North-Western shares continued firm, with considerable demand for both classes of the stock. The amount of Preferred stock taken for foreign account now amounts to 52,000,000. Purchases were made to-day for ship ment. The stock is dealt in both at Frankfort and Amsterdam. At the last Board the market was dull but prices were maintained with great firmness. At the close the market was firm. Government Bonds closed strong. The Chicago Republican of Monday sass :—The local money market has been maderately active, the demand for loans having been good, and though the supply in the hands of most bankers is liberal, and quite sufficient to to meet all calls from legitimate borrowers ; the market is not working with so much ease as one week ago. Several leading dealers in grain and provisions have been borrow ing large amounts and pinching these commodities as an in vestment, seeming to have great faith that present prices are lower than they ought to be—particularly grain—and that with the opening of navigation and the consequent movement of commodities to the seaboard an advance will be established. The lending of money for this purpose, the banks accepting as collateral the grain receipts has materially reduced the supply. The move ment of currency to and from the city has not been large, and rather against the city, inasmuch as grain is arriving more freely at this centre, and money has to be sent out for the purpose. Some little currency has been received, but the exports have been by far the largest. Rates of interest were firm and steady at 10 per cent. per annum. There is some very good paper offering on the street, which is taken at 11 to 2 per cent. per month. Eastern exchange was in fair demand, but the supply was limited, and the market was steady and fair, with sales between city banks at 70 to 75c. premium per 51,000. Over the counter bankers are taking at 140 discount, and selling at 1-10 premium. Of Printing Cloths The Prot:Hence Journal says:— Market quiet. Printers offer 9, + , to 9,1 c. for Extras; manu facturers hold firm at 9ic. Standards are firm at 91 to sic.; common goods at 9c. The following are the sales : —5,000 pieces, 56x60, Bc. ; 4,000 ditto, 56x60, 81c., heavy ; 5,000 ditto, 60x64, 81c. ; 3,000 ditto, 64x64, 9c. ; 15,000 ditto, 64x64, 9ic., standards; 5,000 ditto, 64x64, 9c., com mon. Total, 37,000 pieces. The following were the b Stocks:— New York Ocean Merchants' 107 120 Mechanics' America Phenix lO5l Mechanics' Association 117 Seventh Ward State of New York Commerce American Exchange... 115 i Bank of the Republic... ILS ids for New York City Bank QUOTATIONS Amer. silver... 93A to 96 1 I Bank of North America 109; Nassau lO5 Commonwealth Importers and Traders' 127 Metropolitan Central National Fourth National . 101 I Ninth National 1 Oriental Bank l3O Hanover Corn Exchange l3O Continental 9Bl FOR SPECIE. Eng. sovs 487 to 489 20 francs 385 „ 387 Tllulers Mex. dollars 10:3S „ 104 Eno - silver 480' 485 Five francs .... 951- CLOSING QUOTATIONS Fi N. Y.tCentral 68, 1883 91 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 N. Y.;Central 6s, R Est 87 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n 87 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876 102 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 — N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 — Erie let Mort, Ex Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879._ 98 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 92 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 B7 Erie 7a, sth Mort, 1888 Bs} Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. & E. Ist M, '77 9O Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69 100 Hud. R. 7s, 3d M, '75 — Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 101 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 118 Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 118 Mich. So., 7 p. c. 2d M 92i N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 97 111. Cen. 7 p. e,'7o 1141 Alton & T. H. Ist M Alton & T. H. 2d pfd Alton & T. H. 2d M. lue 77 Han.& St.J. Land Grants Han. & St. J. Con Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 110 Chi. & N. West, S. F 9Bi & N. W. Con Cony 93 ('hi. & N. W. Ex'n B 9O )11. RAILROAD MORTGAGES. Chi. & N. W. Ist M . 92 Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex. 90} Gt. Western 1 stM 'BB 89 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M Gal. & Chic. Ext 99 Gal. & Chic. 2d M 95 Chi. & R. I. Ist 31 100} Chi. R. 1. & Pacific 7's 934 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund — N. J. Central Ist 31 93} NJ. Central 2d 31 100 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. Ist 31 101 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 2d M 9B Pitts. Ft. W.. & Ch. 3d M 93 Cleve. & Pitts. 2d NI 93.1- Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc. Chic. & Alton, S.F. lstM.lol & St. P 9.01 Ist M 9l} Mil. & St. Paul 2d M B3 Marietta dc tan. Ist 31 — Morris & Essex Ist M 97 Morris & Essex 2d M 9O Joilet & Chic. Ist M — Chi. & Gt. East'n lstM Bs} N. Y. & N. H. 6s Dubuque &S. City, lst M — Peninsula Ist 31 Ohio & Miss. Ist 31 — Ohio & Miss. Con B6 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D — Atlantic & G. W. Ist M — (Prom the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Feb. 3.) There was a fair amount of business in stock yesterday, and prices ruled nearly steady. There is still a good in vestment demand for Government loans, and bonds of the smaller denominations of all classes are rather scarce. The Coupon Bonds generally were in most demand, and ad vanced Ito l. There was a steady, even money market. The bonds are able to accommodate the legitimate busi ness demands for their customers without that abundance of money that makes them eager lenders. It is only good names and short paper that find ready favour at bank. On ' the street such paper as is thrown out at bank, if properly backed, is placed at 7 to 9 per cent., and call loans at 6 per cent. The Comptroller of the Currency, in response to a House resolution, asking whether and what banks have been allowed to exchange gold-bearing interest securities of the United States for the 6 per cent. currency bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad, and when, and what amount, says, the total amount of such bonds so received in exchange is $12,582,000 ; the amount of 5-20 and 10- 40 bond• surrendered for them is $11,217,000 ; showing an aggregate increase in the amount of bonds held of $1,365,000. These currency bonds have been received as original deposits from National banks on their organisation to the amount of $3,917,000, many of these deposits being made in 1865 and 1866. The Comptroller argues that he has no right to refuse such deposits. Currency to the amount of 80 per cent. of their value has been issued on these Pacific Bonds. Circulation to the amount of 90 per cent. of their par value is issued on 5.205. Circulation to the amount of 85 per cont. is issued on 10-10 s. The following was the report.of a Boston journal of the market of that city, Feb. 1.:_« Cotton goods market very firm at full advanced prices. The amount of business done for the past week has been comparatively small, but every week brings us nearer the active season, which is close at hand. Southern buyers are taking goods freely and report larger sales for two months past and a very active demand. There has been no in dication thus far among jobbers to " let off goods," although all are always ready and anxious to sell, but we y h a a t all m od t . in hee rsae t e e e d v e e tu r y a h e d v . i d c h e c o general e a n s e t r r a o l n strong e ianrgk eprevails o li n i t. goods. All will wanted. T o l f ter d e i om s e n st o i t c goods made al desirable, and offers of any to remark wil t i t c o ss be ly th, e i g n ua m l Some little movement in iarket value would find ready takers. Dress goods q uiet. description e a n t r their withoutelainesandA ch r a tn n u g r , e , s . are selling well for the season. et.D goods will undoubtedly ment in that respect. have received the fal lowing more freelyfzetenlcilngatexbiesttts::ranpdrofits than heretofore— there is plenty of room for imp rove lowing message front Messrs. Stokes, M‘llaffie, asnedwCol.,ork correspondent : ports are 34,000 bales. Approxim New York, Feb. 17.—Four days' rec l e . i e pt e s st e i c a o t e t t s o n f e a r t theall week, bales. New Orleans, Feb. 17.—Middling cost . week, 73,000 bales; against same week last year, 93,000 in Liverpool, with all charges, 121 d. per lb. per v sai_l : Savannah, Feb. 17.—Middling froth this port costs -;i t l f with per lb., laid down in Liverpool, per sailing vessel, all charges. Galveston, Feb. 16.—Good ordinaiy costs from this port, laid down in Liverpool, with all charges, 12d. par lb. Markets weak. The above quotations in elude as allOwance of per cent. for loos in weight. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1869 MISCELLANEO US NEWS. - THE MINISTRY. The London correspondent of the Elgin Courant says there can be no doubt that Cabinet dissensions have been, and now are not. Mr. Gladstone has con quered. He is too deeply committed to temporise and as he could have got on well even if some of his co I:leagues had seceded, they have given in, and he ;las them well in hand. Probably the much expected bill will disestablish and disendow, without allocat ing any of the products of disendowment, but specially barring them from sectarian uses. There is said to be a growing feeling in favour of devoting some of the surplus funds to the purchase of Irish railways. The correspondent, who is a Conservative, thinks that Mr. Disraeli will find it hard work ,to repeat the strategy of 1866. Th en h e succee d e d with the aid of the Independents ; but now there is scarcely an Independent in the [louse. The same triter considers that in the Lords the Conservatives are " fearfully overmatched," and that unless Lord Derby can help the ex-Chancellor, it will be Lord Palms against a host. THE TWO SERVICES. We have more than a usually full weekly budget of news respecting the " the two services," as they are still called, as though there were no civil service. In the first place, Mr. Cardwell has made such rapid progress in his department that the army estimates are already in the hands of the printers, and will, it is expected, shew a reduction of over one million sterling. Mr. Childers follows hard upon his col league with a reduction rumoured at from £900,000 to a round million. Of course these reductions have not been effected without inflicting suffering upon divers persons. The barnacles do not like being removed from the ship's bottom. It is understood that Mr. Gladstone has interposed in order to mitigate their sufferings as much as possible. He has made to the chiefs of the spending departments the recommendation which Izaak Walton made to Piscator, in baiting his hook with a frog, " treat him as though you loved him." To Mr. Childers especially has this advice been tendered, and a number of Admiralty clerks who had been dismissed have been reinstated. No objection is offered to Mr. Childers when he practises economy at his own expense, and so he is to be allowed to pass his self-denying ordinance, by which First Lords of the Admiralty are henceforth to surrender their official residence at 'Whitehall for the public service. The Pay Office will be removed to Dover House, next door; so that all departments of the Admiralty will be brought together as far as possible, to the disgust of the legion of messengers who used to be emiiloyed. Another piece of economy is spoken of at the Admiralty. No successor is to be appointed to Rear-Admiral Wellesley at Ports mouth, but Sir James Hope will be asked to transact the duties of superintendent as well as those of commander-in-chief. To balance this piece of economy Mr. Cardwell means to abolish three lieutenant-colonels of the Guards. He will have to make other reductions and changes if he is to keep up with his competitor. For instance, Mr. Childers has ordered all Admiralty clerks to be at their posts punctually by ten o'clock ; whereas the War Office clerks may come at any hour, pro vided they complete six hours of work between ten and six p.m. Mr. Fellowes (Mr. Seely' sclerk, who did such good service in exposing Admiralty mis doings some three years ago) means to intro duce the system of double entry, so that Govern ment may comprehend at a 'glance the position of any speculation into which they h ave entered. Again, the further drilling of the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers is to cease on the coasts of England and Ireland, and for the future is to be con fined to Scotland ; this is the beginning of the end. Here, however, Mr. Cardwell is nearly up to Mr. Childers, for the Irish militia are not to be called out for training this year. Clearly the competitive system, now for the first time introduced into the Cibinet, is working well. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. Woolwich dockyard is to be closed, but not sold. Were we engaged in a naval war we could not afford to be without it. So it is to be let to a shipbuilding firm, if one will offer, on condition that immediate possession shall be given to the Government in case of hostilities; compensation of course being made to the tenants. THE ARMY. The question of how to reform our army has again been under the consideration of a meeting at the Society of Arts. The discussion, taken part in• by Mr. Edwin Chadwick, Si r W. D en i son , and Sir • C. Trevelyan, was very int e r es ti ng . Mr. Chadwick advocated early drill at school, and argued that without a better recruiting system it was hopeless to expect any improvement in the morality of the army. lle thought both men and officers should he encouraged to do private as well as public work, and that they should be allowed IN long furloughs for that purpose. 'Sir il h i am Denison seems to have the most perfect faith n the present system. Army morality, he thought, was not especially bad, and things altogether were about as well as one could expect them to be. Ile characterised the policy of withdrawing troops from the colonies as " dirty miserable economy." Dr. Stallard took a totally different view from Sir Wil liam as to army morality, and erred in the other extreme. Ile put down every soldier who entered the army as (in the consideration of society) " a blackguard, who was sure to go wrong." Sir Charles Trevelyan advocates hi s pl an as b e i ng a cure for the present immorality. Short serv i ce wou ld ma k e celibacy to be regarded as no great evil. THE CHARGES AGAINST ADMIRALTY CLERKS. According to the Broad Arrow, the charges against Messrs. Rumble and Gambier, for corruptly obtaining a Government contract, reveal a state of things which will require a thorough investigation into the manner in which Admiralty contracts have hitherto been arried on. Our contemporary speaks highly of Mr. Gambier, but has evidently no exalted opinion of Mr. Rumble. It seems that he is, as we snspected, the Mr. Rumble who was concerned in the very shady " Rappahannock " business. It will beremem beredthat our Government sold an old ship, the Victor, to a private person, and that this afterwards became converted into the Confederate ship Rappahannock, a proceeding which involved a prosecution of Mr. Rumble for a breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act. It is remarkable that a person who had thus laid himself open to a Government prosecution should still be in Government employ, especially as, accord ing to the Broad Arrow, the same person, having first acted as the agent of the Confederate Govern ment, afterwards rendered very considerable assis tance to the United States Government by affording them information regarding the position and extent of the property of his former patrons in this country. TYE VOLUNTEERS AND THE CAPITATION GRANT. The supporters of the Volunteers are carrying on a powerful agitation for an increased capitation grant. The . celebrated Tea-room of the House of Commons has just been used for a meeting of peers and members of the House of Comm ons , i n w hi c h th e su bj ect was considered. The Duke of Manchester was in the chair, and noSerjeant-at-Arms putting in an appear ance to end the meeting, a memorial was agreed to, on the motion of Lord Elch o , secon d e d b y t h e Duke of Abercorn. It sets forth that the " under signed," being members of the Volunteer force, were entitled to speak on its behalf, and lays down as the almost unanimous opinion of the force that the voluntary army is a valuable one to the State, and that those who join it ought not to be called upon personally to spend money in providing for the necessary expenses. As a difference of opinion, however, exists on the matter, the memorialists " respectfully urge such an inquiry as will defini tively and satisfactorily determine this disputed point, as thus only can Government and Parliament rightly judge whether the present capitation grant ought or ought not to be increased." It is also sug gested that the organisation of the Volunteers might be improved. Mr. Cardwell received an influential deputation of Volunteers and M.P.'s. on Saturday, who waited upon him in the hope of moving his resolution with regard to the capitation grant. But he was immovable. His reply intimated that the Volunteers %n in e v o a n s ey tn u i p ultifv u T e n n v i i sLe .g re er n e o x t p i e n n s a u a c t h ir a e . s o ta i te tn o e f than is now authorised. THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. The Archbishop of York stated at the recent meeting on the licensing system, " that in this country on an average every man, woman, and child drank no less than four gallons of strong spirits per annum." A correspondent of the Times writes to relieve his Grace's mind, and that of the public gene rally, by informing them that the actual consump tion of all kinds of spirits in this country is, as nearly as possible 29,000,000 gallons, or, in other words, about one gallon only per head—just a fourth of the quantity attributed to them by his Grace . THE UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN. This project has been hanging on hand for some time through lack of funds. But the promoters are determined to make a start on a small scale, thinking, no doubt, that seeing is believing, and that subscribers will be more willing to bestow their gifts when they see an actual brick and mortar and flesh and blood institution to bestow it upon. So a house is to be taken at Ifitchin, and the college is to be opened next autumn, provided sufficient sweet girl graduates can be induced to lend it the light of their golden hair. Having made a start, the promoters hope to earn the support which a sceptical public will not give them on faith. The chief movers in this most laudable undertaking are Miss Davies (sister of the Rev. Llewellyn Davies) and Madame Bodichon, the English wife of a French husband. MB. COSTA. Opera goers will lament to hear that Mr. Costa is not t(t g=dl=LAWU.4llLAl2Proachinz Beason, _;M has refused to occupy his old post becatSe an attempt has been made to deprive him of the independent control he- has so long exercised in the selection and direction of the orchestra and chorus. PALESTINE EXPLORATION. Mr. Conybeare, writing to the Times respecting Lieutenant Warren's interesting discovery of an underground cistern in the garden of the Haram Area, Jerusalem, observes that there is little reason to doubt that the structure was originally intended for a tank, as its design exactly corresponds with that of many subterranean vaulted reservoirs constructed as tanks in Roman times. The Piscena of the Villa Cardito, near Naples, and the Piscena Mirabile, near Baite, are speci mens of this kind ; but more splendid examples are found at Constantinople. One of these, called the " Cistern of Bin-birderell, or the Thousand and One Columns," is now dry, and used as a silk factory. It occupies an area of 20,000 square feet, and can hold 1,237,000 cubic feet of water. The other, which still remains a cistern of water, has a vaulted roof supported by 330 marble columns having exqui sitely sculptured Corinthian capitals. Both these cisterns have the root constructed in the same way as Lieutenant Warren's tank. TIIE TI:11F. The discussion about the question whether two year-old horses are the best to run races is getting very warm. Dr. Shorthouse, writing to the Times, charges those whose views do not agree with his with reckless writing and ignorance generally. It must be admitted that the views advocated shew that the writers are not enthusiastic lovers of the turf. They oppose the present system on the ground that it tends to create a class of horses fit for nothing but racing. Racing, they argue, can be defended only on the ground that by competition it produces better horses than we should have without it. In one of these letters the correspondent declared that fast half milers were simply fit for nothing but to run a half-mile at a killing pace, and then to rest. Dr. Shorthouse disputes this, declares that the half milers are horses fit to draw any reasonable weight, and instancing several cases, offers to put one of these animals against the best dray-horse in London. He believes that the dray-horse would leave off pull ing first. On the whole, he believes that racing has improved the breed of horses, and that the animals of to-day are " immeasurably superior both in speed and bottom" to those of a century and a half ago. IMPRISON3IENT OF A CHILD. The singular case of arresting a child, 14 years of ago, for debt, has received some further explana tions. The case was.heard in the Judge's Chambers on Friday, when it was stated that in November last the plaintiff sought to eject one Richard Evans froin some premises, which he claimed. An affidavit was made by Emily Cope, the elder sister of the imprisoned girl, to the effect that she and her sisters were the landladies of the premises in question. Emily Cope was not of age, but she and her sisters made an affidavit before a magistrate in the matter. . The affidavit contained statements which, in the judge's opinion, were groundless, and he ordered tlio Copes to pay the plaintiff the costs which he had.Deen put to by them. The costs and writ amounted to the sum of £53 lls. 3d., for which the girl Elizabeth was r.rrested. The judge, on hearing , the . full particulars on Friday, expressed great surprise, and ordered the child to be released from custody and exonerated from the payment of costs.- Meanwhile the plaintiff's attorney has written to the Times defending his client from the charge of inhumanity, as neither he nor the attorney was aware of the age of Elizabeth Cope. As they knew thift she was the youngest of three sisters, all under age the public impression of unnecessary harshness is not likely to be removed by this plea, 'OREIUN NOTES. traprioN OF THE " ALABAMA" TREATY. -- --- The A/abama.Clairns Convention has been the one topic of discuseion in America since the text reached the States, and its rejection is now gravely occupying public opinion in England. All the leading papers discuss it, and almost all in a kind re d sp i r i t, am id general regret that public sentiment in America should be so hostile to England. The opinion is equally general that England has escaped mischief by this rejection. The Times will not regret any postpone ment, however indefinite, of the ratification by the Senate, nor will it deeply lament if the Convention be immediately rejected. If it should appear that the rejection of the Con- vention has been agreed upon by the Senate upon such grounds as were submitted in Mr. Upton's petition, we shall be compelled to adopt one of two conclusions— either that there is a disposition in the Senate to main tain an unfriendly feeling towards this country among the citizens of the United States, or that a resolu tion has been formed to advance pretensions which are incapable of being settled by peaceful diplomacy. In either event, the rejection of the Convention would leave our national conscience clear—clear, we are frank enough to admit, to a degree we have not hitherto known in this matter. The Tinos believes that the prospect of a good understanding between the two countries will not be en dangered by the decision of the Senate, foreshadowed by the Foreign Committee. A new and better treaty will soon take the place of the dangerous agreement which Mr. Reverdy Johnson brought about. The Daily News believes that the whole subject will now be re-discussed from a point of view less favourable to America. The English people have put themselves right before the moral judgment of the world by these concessions. The Standard concludes that England has gone as far as she can in willingness to meet their views, and that she will yield no further. The Telegraph and the Post both note that the more England concedes, .the more America i s i nc li ne d t o d eman d. It remains for the United States Government to come forward with its scheme of settlement. The tone of opinion in America, on the other hand, is not less decisive. We have already given various quota. tions from one of the leadi n g New York papers, and in one or two cases only was the Convention discussed in any conciliatory spirit. For the first time we hear the Alabama spoken of as a "pirate." The Spirit of the Times reablishes a series of very strong articles on the Convention. The editor is a personal friend of the President elect. This journal considers us responsible not only for the ships burned, but for the co mmerce which Anglo-R e b e l p i rates " drove from t h e sea. Many of the dailies write moderately, but only one or two support the 'Convention. None of them, in their indignation against English hostility to the United States, say anything about the bullyi ng o f E ng l an d b y A mer i ca —tbe sympathy with our enemi es i n all our wars, the tone of American statesmen in their despatches, the foments of the Fenian movement. . If the balance were struck between English and American animus, there can be little doubt on which side the advantage of moderation would lie. FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. The Daily News . notes a very reassuring circumstance Lonnnection with Public. feeling in France on the ones of peace or war. _the acturesses ot canmaates tor election to the Corps L 4 gislatif are unanimously in favour of peace. Whether official or independent, no candidate has ventured to omit from his address to the electors a par agraph distinctly an d emp h a ti ca ll y pro testing his repugnance to foreign expeditions, and his abhorrence of wars of intervention or aggression. It would be strange indeed if this homage of the lips did not proceed from the heart when the general election is to take place in May — in the middle of the spring which some still believe will wit n ess the march across the Rhine. TgE PARIS CONFERENCE. The reception of the answer of the Greek Government seems to have been a pure formality. The Conference met to dissolve, and is now a thing of history. At the seventh and last sitting nothing was done beyond signing the various documents and winding up this diplomatic suit. The Greek Plenipotentiary had a protest to make respecting the denial to his country's represen- tative of an equal position with Turkey, but this protest was embodied in the reply from Athens. The answer of the Greek Government is such as we have already sketched out. It calls attention to the state of public opinion in Greece, and notices " with regret " that the refusal of equal rights to the Greek Ambassador rendered it impossible for him to take part in the deliberations at Paris. Th e Greek Foreign Minister says : " In the presence of the unanimity of the six Great European Powers and of your own declaration to the effect that the plenipotentiaries, by diverting the debate from the matter of fact, had in view only to lay down the rules of conduct which are to guide the relations between Greece and Turkey, I hasten to inform you that the King's Government adheres to the general principles of international jurisprudence contained in the declaration of the Conference, and that it is determined to conform its attitude with them.'' The proclamation of the Zaimis Cabinet to the people of Greece has also been published. It says that various sovereigns and Governments counselled King George to accept the declaration. Greece accepts because she is not prepared for war ; but the acceptance " does not bind the future of Greece, nor endanger its hopes." SPAIN. Queen Isa,l4la's last manifesto has produced an effect. But this is of a nature very different from that which the editor of that document probably anticipated. A Spanish journal, the Estandarte, has ceased to appear, the editor'l last effusion stating that it was impossible to uphold a cause which was based on such doctrines as those con• tained in the, manifesto, (From the Anglo-American Times.) A movement is being made to appoint General Spinner, collector of the port of New York, as Mr. Pollard's charges against Collector Smythe have tended to damage that gentleman in the opinion of the public, Francis E. Spinner is thought highly of, but it is doubtful whether he would accept the post. The President, notwithstanding the Senate's rejec tion, continues his nominations. lle has sent to the Chamber the name of Thomas S. Wilson, of Cali fornia, to be Consul at Copenhagen. The officers he selected for promotion to the two vacant briga dierships have been disappointed, as these appoint ments are not to be filled, and it has been decided that on vacancies occurring in the offices ,of Adju tant-General, Chief of Staff to the General of the Armies, Inspector-General, Commissary General of Subsistence, Paymaster-General, Chief of Engi neers, or Chief of Ordnance, the officers to fill such vacancies shall rank only as colonels. The telegrams from America announce that the trial of Jefferson Davis has ended, a nolle prosequi having been entered on the indictment at Rich mond.—President Johnson has pardoned Dr. Mudd, who was convicted of complicity in the assassina tion of President Lincoln.—Whalen, the assassin of Mr. D'Arey,M‘Ghee, was executed on the 11th inst. at noon. No disturbance occurred.—The steamer .Nellie Stevens was burnt on Thursday night, the 11th inst., on the Red River, Arkansas ; 63 lives were lost, and 43 persons were saved. It is now certain that Angostura has capitulated, and Ascunci.:)n is occupied by the Brazilians. The war is said to be over, as Lopez had, according to the Lisbon telegram, "either fled to Bolivia or is con cealed at Corrientes. The execution of his brothers, Berges the bishop, and prisoners is confirmed. The Brazilian fleet was ascending the river to Matto Grosso. The Paraguayan population was returning to Assumption ;" but by the news from Rio de Janeiro he had only gone into the interior, accom panied by the American Minister. Lopez may yet prove dangerous to Brazil, for it is clear that he has carried with him the sympathy and respect of the Paraguayan people. These telegrams, coming from Brazilian sources, do not tell the whole truth, and it need not surprise any one to hear that the war has broken out afresh. " The United States flagship hag arrived at Rio, with Messrs. Bliss and Mastermau, who have been detained in Paraguay as prisoners. At Montevideo Ministerial changes are about to be made." In our miscellaneous column some further news is published, of the - truth of which people must judge for themselves. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. Instead of the " strikes " coming to an end they have been growing into handsome dimensions and spreading to other trades. The clothiers are now agitating, and they hope soon to enlist all the journeytnan,b3 which their strike will be made general and continuous. The printers and the " bosses" still pull different ways, and neither side as yet shows who is the stronger. The journeymen hold daily meetings under the Union, and confidently predict that their employers will have to give way. Married men receive from the union $l2 a week, single men $7. The publishers think of bringing compositors from the British cities, where they say many are out of employment. The work of some houses has been sent to Hartford and New Haven, where it can be transacted by the New York firms without much increased inconvenience and expense. The event, however, is likely to prove that the compositors are too much for their employers, some prominent houses yielding to the pressure, the New York Printing Company among them. It is from May-day that leases run in our city, and notices of increase are given up to the Ist February. Tenants are there fore now made aware what their landlords propose, and it is said that the increase is very small on the whole ; indeed, on an average, nothing. In Pearl, Front, and Water streets there is a decline, but in the upper parts of the city there is a tendency to rise. Along Broadway there is an advance and in favourite situations, but it is not so with cheaper tenements, and it is generally conceded that transit only is required to make a large portion of the po pulation flit into Westchester county and other suburban localities. Property is, of course, rising in New Jersey as we overflow our boundaries here. The State Controller gives the total valuation of the property in that commonwealth as $502,645,949, being au increase of $27,120,937 over the valuation of 1867. The valuation in Camden county is placed at $16,500,000, in Burlington county at $25,984,951, and in Cape May county at $3,200,000. The annual report of the Commissioners of the Central Park s tys the expenditures for construction for that period amounted to $247,822. The number of visitors at the park is estimated at over seven mil lion persons. Twenty-one musical entertainments weregi yen, which, it is asserted, could not be equalled anywhere in excellence of performance and general acceptability. Upwards of 20,000 children of the pub lic schools used the playgrounds of the park, and large numbers of adults availed themselves of the winter amusements. The best material for the roads most occupies their attention, and they incline to the bituminous composition used in Paris, the surface being smooth and noiseless, easy to move on, and having no perceptible smell when laid. But the question is, if it can withstand our sudden and Thegigiven E a x i t c s i s r e e p ß o o r a t r . d , i Its n a g existence r f e o f 3hlealvnyonrtahins,s has? ceipts have been $4,047,608 ; for licenses, penalties, and interest during 1868, $1,447,157, which was distributed to the various charities and sinking funds within the jurisdiction of the board. The sale of intoxicating liquors having been prohibited on Sunday, and reduced to 18 of the 24 hours per week day, the result is as follows :—" A record kept for a period of eight months in 1865, before the re gulation mentioned above went into effect, showed 3,516 arrests for intoxication on Sundays, and 3,380 for the same cause on the following Tuesdays of each week. From January 1, 1867, to Nov. 1, 1868 (the whole period including 95 Sundays and 96 Tuesdlys), the entire number of Sunday arrests for intoxication was 5,263, and the whole number of Tuesday arrests for the same cause was 11,034. This gives on an average 55 arrests of persons for intoxication on each Sunday, and 114 such arrests on each Tuesday, being a daily excess of cases of intoxication on Tuesday over those of Sunday of 59, and an aggregate excess for the period of Tuesday over Sunday intoxication of 5,771 cases." The Rogers' murder has assumed a new phase, each sue cessive flurry turning out to be moonshine. Logan the large and Logan the little prove to be kinocent, but a new excitement has sprung up. Two lodgers in the Spring-street station were arrested last Mon day at the instance of Mr. Everett B. de la Noy, who was formerly in the police, but dismissed for some misdemeanour last February. Ile became mate of the steamboat Connecticut, plying between Troy and this city. A hat came into his possession among others lost by passengers, from which he picked the size 7i, putting it inside the band, and throwing the loose lining overboard. In June, 1866, James Mahar came on board at Troy, desirous of working his passage to New York, and the mate gave him this hat with a coat he had soiled, as he was badly clothed. As Mr. de la, Noy became street-car conductor and afterwards a pedlar of patent chair-springs, he sometimes met Mahar, and he did so so December 24 or 26, and again January 22, when he touched his shoulder and said "Jim," on which he started and slipped away. This surprised the right detective, arousing suspicion, and he asked the police he met to see the coat and hat in their possession, and it was proved that the coat was that he had given the man in the Connecticut. The hat was also the same, for Mr. de la Noy stated that the number would be found inside the band, which, on examination, was there found. Mr. de la Noy being guaranteed the place he for merly occupied in the police in the detective force is engaged in unravelling the mystery, but hitherto has not succeeded beyond the identification of the coat and hat. The coroner's investigation was concluded on Monday, the jury finding that Rogers came to his death from a stab in the abdomen by sonic person or persons unknown, adding—" they are led to the conclusion, for the reason that the testi mony is certainly insufficient to indicate with any degree of certainty the perpetrators of this horrible crime, although they are satisfied that in a part of the evidence produced there is deliberate perjury." 1 The Manufacturer and Builder is the title of a new monthly periodical devoted to the subject of indus trial progress, published by Western and Co, New York. It contains a variety of practical articles on different branches of industry, and is illustrated with several appro priate engravings. The name of Henry Ward Beecher is on the list of contributors, who furnishes a good articl e ou "Real Estate for Working Men." MODERATION AND GOOD GOVERNMENT The assertion may appear strange to Americans, but we believe in its truth , that Great Britain has been at times useful to them as a foil, though detrimental in the end. If in the future England were destined to sink into the third-rate power they so often pre dict, this would probably be injurious, not bene ficial, to the Republic. Nortli - America is a great continent, and has not only now, but will hereafter have many and varied adverse interests. A conti nent that extends from tropical jungles, wherein are buried cities of unknown origin up to regions lost in eternal snows, must generate different types, though the race throughout be the same. That this has been so even on the more limited theatre embraced by the United States is an ascertained fact, which strangers who traverse the coun try cannot fail to see. There is no human being a Georgian white more cordially detests than a Green Hill boy or a Massachusetts man; there is no person with whom a genuine New Englander has less sympathy than with the Georgian. Our minds must be enlarged when we call a continent our country, and give to it all the affection others reserve for narrower region=. l'Ve may grow t') it, but no nation as yet has attained to so Catholic a patriotism. Interests on the Pacific slope will diverge from the interests of the States east of the Allegliany Mountains. The manufacturers will have objects to attain or to hold adverse to the interests of agricultural communities. The men of the far North will accord tolabou r a soc i a l p os iti on o p pose d t o th e feeling generated by the climate in the men of the South. Nor can pursuits, which differ as much as the temperature of the air the inhabitants breathe, fail to add its influence in severing sympathy. The Texan riding wildly over prairies, in pursuit of his cattle, will have little in common with the Maine lumber. man hewing logs in his forest. The Nevada miner will not think in the same groove as the New Bedford fisherman, nor will the Illinois farmer and the puddlers of Pennsylvania agree on many points. It is as certain as that the sun will rise on the eastern shores of the Republic, and set on it western coast, that the civil war has been but the forerunner, not the exterminator, of national differences, which will require moderation, wise legislation, and delicate handling in statesmen safely to get over, and one of the most essential of the qualities necessary to a nation so placed is to be taught the habit of mode ration. It was the absence of this which led the South into its fatal conflict. So accustomed had Southern men grown to buncombe, and to carry their demands with a high hand, that they were be trayed into the position from which they could not escape, and suffered as much in a few years as most nations endure in a century. This was, per haps, the first terrible lesson taught the Republic of the necessity of compromise and moderation. After the staggering blow the different sections of the United States are again springing up intovigour, and new elements, more especially ,the one on the Pacific slope, has entered the arena. Although Britain furnishes an admirable foil against which to take off the sharp edge of a home difficulty, and has been, and will continue to be we hope, of much use in this way, yet she ought not to be too freely used, for the habit not only generates an intense dislike in the subject which has to bear the blows while the two factions in America are contending, but it has a demoralizing effect on the Republic. Men who there aspire to enter on public life or to conduct journals should more than all be moderate, not merely averting a difficulty by directing into another quarter the superfluous abuse, which, if not so turned, would flow against themselves, but in moderating the passionate expression of public feel ing. Instead of restraining, this encourages license, and it is known that none so indulged in vitupera tion against England as the Southerner prior to the war. Not only did he use this weapon in its full force, but he was mainly instrumental in bringing it into fashion, and the habit in no small degree betrayed him into the over bearing attitude he assumed towards his couns trymen of the North. It is a marvellous, almost a laughable, ignorance which led the English into sympathy with the men who had spent their lives, not so much in generating hate—for it was not hate on their part--but in fierce invective, and in hurling defiance against them. What is to be feared is the too rapid growth in power of the nation ;—that without the varied and sad experience which so re strains the greatest of countries, she may have at tained to a higher power than any, of them. It would not do for a child suddenly to grow into the force, the energy, the wealth, and appetite of a strong man, for it is reasonable to suppose, if such a thing could be, that these gifts might not be used with the moderation and concilia tion of which experience alone can teach the value. The first necessity for a great country is to be mo derate in her external demands ;. to be courteous in the tone of her address, and conciliatory in inter course. The great power behind will be always feared, while such an attitude will command re spect and esteem ; but it will have another effect, beneficial to the country itself. The people being taught to see both sides of a question, and to treat that opposed to their prejudices with attention and respect, will be prepared for the task which must henceforth prove so difficult for America,to forward the genuine union of the States. In this the Re public has a difficulty of which history can furnish no example ; one wholly her own, to be met and overcome by herself. In success she will h ave ac hi ev ed the most magnificent position of which a nation ever dreamt; in failure she will split into warring communities worse than those of Europe, for hatred glows most hotly between a people speak iug the same language who are thoroughly alienated, and have interests wholly opposed. Th ere is ni; splendid achievement without a n unusua l d i splay of some kind of virtue, and Providence will not per mit any single nation to occupy a rich continent without that people showing their fitness for so great a trust.—Anglo-American 7 tales. An American paper says :—" The great Euro pean-American Emigration Land Company recently in corporated under the laws of the State of New York, has commenced its operations under the most favour able auspices. The New York office is at 20, State-street, directly opposite Castle Garden. The officers are : The Hon. Caleb Cushing, President ; the Hon. Isaac Tallmadge, Vice-President; J. A. Bartlett, Treasurer; Count Henning A. Taube, General Superintendent ; the Hon. J. D. Reymert, Secretary and Councillor at Law ; J. Jay Watson, Manager. The company have also established branch offices in Stockholm, Sweden, Hamburg, and Liver pool. One of the main objects of the co.npany is to protect emigrants as far as possible, have them properly cared for during their voyage to America, and, upon the arrival, trans port them to their place of destination. Besides the prin cipal office in New York,and the branch offices in Stockholm, Hatnburg.and Liverpool, the company has agents through out the greater part of Europe and America. Count H. A. Taube, of Stockholm, and brother to Count Arvid Tanbe, General Superintendent of Railroads in Sweden, has been on a visit to America during the last five months, and has become thoroughly conversant with the location and qua lity of lands now in the possession of the company and in the market. Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish emigrants who contemplate settling in America will emigrate under his immediate supervision. The company already possess land in Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Georgia, Virginia, Ten nessee, and Texas, and are negotiating for land in other States. Several American prominent citizens have pur chased interests in the stock of the company, which is fixed at one million dollars in gold. A prospectus of the enterprise may be obtained at the office of the secretary, No. 136, Nassau-street. Count Taube returns to Europe immediately." The Athenivum, in a very severe critique on Ad miral Semmes' "Adventures Afloat and Ashore in the Sumter and Alabama," calls attention to what appears to be the case, that the publisher under whose name it has been brought before the British public did not publish it in the trade meaning of the term. Mr. Bentley has, if the surmise of the Atheimum turns out to be true, merely printad Richard Bentley, New Burlington street on the title-page of a book sent over from America; an unusual circumstance in the trade. There is no prin ter's name except on the illustrations, and it is evident that they are American. " Mr." "Captain ' " " Admiral" Semmes, as th e Athenmum calls him, has taken rare to trust no English penny-a• liners again with the full, true, and particular account of his exploits, after the mess he says Messrs. Saunders and Ottley made of his log. Those who read the Athemeunt review will consider our re marks absolute praise. General Forrest says he has given up politics and intends to devote himself to railroading. Gen. Imboden has written a letter, urging emigration to Virginia, and denying hostility to Northerners DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or export& tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co. Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.Q—[Ad vertiseraent.l CONGRESS. THE SENATE. On the 29th January the credentials of Senator Chandler, of Michigan, were presented. Th e suffrage amendment was discussed. Mr. Morton/ from the Committee on Representative Reform, re ported Mr. Buckalew's amendment for the choice of Presidential electors directly from the people, a nd advocated its adoption. The Military Bill, intro duced by Mr. Wilson, was passed, with amendments, and goes to the House. A resolution for a commis sion to inquire whether legislation is necessary for the taking of the next census was adopted. On th e 30th Mr. Conkling introduced a bill for a mail steamship line between New York and Amsterdam. Mr. Morton introduced a bill for the admission of Montana as a State. The Pension, Military Aca demy, and Navy Appropriation Bills were passed. —On the Ist February, Mr. Henderson, from th e Indian Committee, reported the bill transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department, with 3 recommendation that it be i n d e fi n it e l y p o stponed' The bill to facilitate telegraphic commu niftatiaa between the Eastern and W es t ern Continents wa s reported with a substitute. The Diplomatic APP r° ' priations were considere.l.—On the 2d, the DiPla matic Appropriation Bill was considered, the gal tion being on an a men d men t t o re d uce th e pal ° the judges and arbitrators appointed under th e slave trade treaty with Great Britain. The amend ment was finally altered so as to provide for pal' ment of the judges only while they are at OW posts. Mr. Wilson introduced constitutional amend ments providing for universal suffrage, leaving t° the States only the regulatio n o f th e p er iod of rest deuce. Mr. Henderson introduced a bill establish' ing a Department of Home Affairs. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 3 On the 29th of January the Patent-office a n Post-office Appropriation Bills were reported. M r ' Moorhead introduced a bill to provide against th e dangers of life and property from petroleum. On motion of Mr. Cullum, the President was re quested to furnish any information he may bol e ' showing the desire of the people of Hayti and S 3 Domingo to be annexed to the United States. 'l le Boutwell Suffrage Amendment and Bill were coo' sidered and various amendments were offered.- --°13 the 30th Mr. Schenck reported a bill for the corn' pensation of Deputy Revenue Collectors and Asses' sors, which was passed. Mr. Boutwell's Constita' tional Amendment was taken up and, after sot° discussion, passed as originally reported, by a v ete of 150 to 42.—0 n the Ist inst., bill s were intr o ' duced by Mr. Butler to prevent the collection of State taxes on railroad passengers; by Alf • Robinson, increasing the President's salary `" 100,000 dollars, and 75,000 dollars to the wide! and children of Mr s . Li nco l n ; by M r . Haigh t ' in reference to the militi a ; by M r . Spoulu' ing, to amend the Constitution by empow er ' ing Congress to provide for Electoral D;stric ts ' each to chose a Presidential elector ; by Mr. AlY er ,,„ ° ' appropriating $200,000 to fit u p L eague Island' - a naval station. Various financial bills were also introduced. Mr. Orth, of Indiana, offered a r es f o lution providing for the admission of San Doming o to the Union, and moved the previous question °., `; its passage, saying he did so in accordance with t u a wishes of a majority of the Committee on Foreiti Affairs. There was opposition to a passage the bill without discussion, and Mr. Holma n ' of Indiana, moved to lay it on the t 3 ,`" o i which was agreed to by a vote of 110 ags'? 62. The Senate amendments to the ros ie r° and Military Academy Appropriation Bills W e e , concurred in. The Naval Appropriations were t o ferred. The Patent-office Appropriation Bill w 6 passed. Mr. Schofield, of Pennsylvania, offer e ,be resolution for an inquiry into th e S ec r e tary of "r, Treasury's refusal to co n fi rm th e di sm i ssa l of c e , lain custom-house employ6s i n Phil a d e lphia, „ B % n ' which was adopted. M r . S c h enc k o ff ere d a n 3 °' l o l looking to evening sessions for the considerati on the Tariff Bill, but his motion was lost; es , subsequent motion by him for evening tht , sions from Tuesday (to-day), to dispose of, , internal Revenue Bill, was agreed to. Mr. Nl oo , head then tried to get the Tariff Bill„ fore the House, but the Senate resolution for a ki ° l ag mittee on Civil Service in the next Congress Isrd, taken up and concurred in. The Senate ain en c ic inents to the Copper Bill coming up, Mr. Sche e bo moved to suspend the rules that they nlightb consi,lered at once, but th e hiouse adjourned out acting on his mo ti on till F e b . B.— O n the ° J . inst. various r eso l u ti ons o f i nqu i ry were a doPt f . Mr. Perham's P ens i on Bill, with amendment s,, chiding the omission of the section withdr 3 ing widows' pensions for misconduct was reeo ei ; mitted. A bill was passed authorizing the ce n t struction of a bridge across the East Itiv er ' t he New York. The President's Message, givi n ge q r correspondence iu referenc. ) to Costello and l e , "r - ren, held a s F en i an pr i soners i n E ng l an d, was to ferred to the Foreign Committee, with leave 06 report on the subject at any time. The SI O 3 amendments to the bill removing disqualified °,, ja holders were concurred in. The Indian ApPr°X;4o. tin Bill was considered in Committee of thel%" - ,go Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, desired to offer a suo v r a l;.. amendment, but objection was made by Alr• dall. The Internal Revenue Bill was considers evening session. 000 Frederick A. Goodall, Wesley Lynn, Pof Wolf, and James Wilkinson, well-known Wal l-s Tug brokers, were arrested Feb. 1, charged with defra a b i the Union Pacific Railroad Company of $124,000 'e' first mortgage bonds. The complainant is a oar'ncii to jamin F. Ham, 20, Nassau-street. The bonds are have been procured by misrepresentations by tu"1:11 0 , cused, after which they were used to raise money'. sell' magistrate refused to take bail, and so all hands vre r ", sl oi' to gaol until next day, when th e y will have an °- nation. LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.—The Sto'ogol Liver, and their ailments.—Alterations of temperature, 'floe, weather, a troubled mind, sedentary habits, excesses of the itiflo' and a gay, reckless mode of llfe, exert the most deleterons a re ence over the liver and stomach. When once these orgai3gßeor fairly out of order, great inroads are q u i c kly made on t he de' ral state of the health. The constitution, which has be e es e 6 prived bf two of its noblest organs, soon gives way, and cll , s , e oce /I quickly follow, from which, if neglected, the worst conso 4 ; pills will inevitably result. If a course of Holloway's celebrate ',osg be persovered in, all will be well again, as they a re t ero ill and noblest correctives of the blood ever known, and ha C cure for all disorders of the liver and stomach. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia , (Indigestion), Cons 4 ft nd Debility, Consumption, and all nervons, bilious, storal' o cel' il liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated an','„ py rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cure yeti Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as P r s u ch thousands of cases which had been considered hopelesscoln, l w ' at s ' —cough. asthma, also diarrhoea, h emorr h o id s , liver i pths flatulency, nervousness, bilio usness f evers sore throats, `', l ' rhe a, ria, catarrhs, colds, influen za , no i s e s i n tae head and e9'r''irilte matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgi,,,cret RO" bility, Gleeplessners, ac idity , p a lpi ta ti on, h ea rtburn, - e ye debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness , til inti pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofu la ' t h - 5r of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and betic ro d shoulders, de. We quote a few :—The Pope's health re5".....0" Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 63,413—" Rome, July 12, 1 ;,, 0 de; health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, 1„ tO ing all other remedies, he has confined himself entire .1 9, plala Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consinn e ,, s o efle ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this ; 5. Ce' y food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," J ul) ; Frie lic e; No. 46,270 —Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant. c tli ,r r ; Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of bio rd s ol g„ derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. many'l77l-Ispello, de Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, of years' s pa s 0 , No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agony front nervousness, asthma, cough, constipatlon, flatulency., sickness, and vomiting.—Maria July." Important Vrotwi.tioe° Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloPPY:„,, t os t to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is " 11 ' f ' ciously attached. its.; 12 oco- In tins, at is. lid.; 1 lb. 2s. 93.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 Li' s ' 225. ;24 lbs, 40s, --Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARae t . for ,0 LATE PONDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cuPs 7 0/ 576 e u i r i g cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 ' cups at 305., 555. I t o , at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. en v ' s t 0 0 , are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of treat, Order.—BAßßY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regen t ' s • don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. Sh e r . DEERE—On the 20th inst ,at 2, St. Agnes Irillao, of ii ' herd's-bush, the wife of Richard T. H. Deere, BSCI.' son. . 001 IlAwus—On the 18th inst , the wifo' of W . Fox P°' Eeq., barrister-at-law, Of a daughter. Marriages. ~b t oo, DIPLOCK—VERRALL—On the 18th in ic st e . n , John Diplock, Esq., of Forest-hill, t:ttoBA•117:f111111; eldest daughter of tho late Mr. Henry Verralil - New-road, Brighton. , Is° - MORGAN—WHITE —On the 16th inst., at St. Geo r g e over-square, Henry Morgan, of Plymouth, t° ,f Or elder daughter of the late John M. %Vhite, Bsq , - tninster, Wilts. Deaths. Ilig li DE TABLET—On the 20th inst., i n Brook-street, the Hon. Lady Do Tabley. rfil 11. GORDON -On the 18th inst., at 17, Pull-mall' A“- - Arn 1 Gordon, of Abergeldie, aged 72. ov -r e HANSARD -On the 19th inst. suddenly, Biebarit:oiscit Hansard, Esq., son of the ' late Luke Graves"' Esq., aged 47. OY Cle' WITT-On the 20th inst., at 22, Princos-torraeel r . park, George Witt, Esq., aged 61. v Di WITHALL -On the 18th inst at Streatharer s utra- ' James Withal!, aged 73. .' -------- _ A N DW I s. London :_Printed and Pabilahed by WILLIANL, ( of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TRH SUN 0 1 ° 4 l o ot/ - Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the February 221_0'9'