The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-22 00:00:00

NEWSPAPEI? COPYRIGH7'.. The very important question of newspaper copyright was raised in a case tried before Vice-Chancellor Malins on Wednesday. It was an application made by the proprie tor of the Field for an injunction to restrain the defendant from publishing, copying, or otherwise using any portion of the "Hunting List " which appeared in the Field, in the Land and Water, a rival journal. The list which was published in the Land and Water was identical with that in the Field. In support of the motion it was contended that under the statute of copyright the proprietors of a newspaper had a property in the articles which appeared in its columns. On the other side, it was contended that the copyright statue extended only to books or works of a permanent, not an ephemeral character, and that in the contents of unregistered publications, such as newspapers, there was no copyright. Vicc-Chancellor Malins expressed his decided opinion that newspapers had a copyright in their contents, and overruled the preliminary objection the right of the plaintiff moving for the injunction. Hi Honour expressed a hope that as it was a small matter, which he thought should never have been brought before t c Court, the dispute between the parties would be arranged without further legal interference.—Air. Glasse, Q C., v. ho appeared, declined to accede to the suggestions o - the Vice- Chancellor, and proceeded to argue in support o the motion.—His Honour refused the motion, on the g..eund that the matter was too small to justify his grant- ia3 an injuucti.m. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. MR. OTWAY AND THE DOCKYARDS. Mr. Gtvay, M.P. for Chatham, and Foreign Under- Sacretary, gave his constituents the benefit of his leisure on Monday night. He spoke cf divers things ; but the most interesting part of his speech related to the dockyards. Admiral Elliot, who unsuccessfully fought Mr. Otway at the last election, had made more than one attack upon his successful com petitor, and upon the Government, in connection with their policy of cutting down the dockyard establish mints. According to Mr. Otway's speech on Mon day, the gallant officer has been singularly unfor tanate in his reasoning. On the very day when h 3 was accusing the Liberal party of ruining Chatham Dockyard and all its workpeople, Mr. Currie, the Tory First Lord of the Admiralty, claimed credit for what was done as a piece of Tory po'icy. Again, when Admiral Elliot accused the Wiii; - .7s of shutting- up the Woolwich Dockyard, an article appeared simultaneously in a Tory newspaper claiming credit for the proposal, and blaming the Liberals for not giving it prompt effect. Why was not the gallant Conservative better looked ar er? Unhappily, still worse reinains. Admiral Eliot made a double blunder. He said: "At the . present time the Admiralty are building, by private contract, ironclads whose aggregate t)inage amounts to 42,000 tons." According to M:. Childers, in a letter to Mr. Otway, the real fact i 3 that the present Board have contracted with no p:lvate builders; but the late Conservative Board did. They bargained with private firms for twenty three ships, worth £1,737,081, and when the present Ministry came in, work representing about a million remained to be done. Admiral Elliot, on the other hand, said that the Liberal Ministry which fell in ISOO left many ships contracted for with private owners ; Mr. Childers affirms that only two were left unfinished in the hands of private firms. The position, then, is this: Admiral Elliot charged the Liberal Government with contracting largely with private builders, and Mr. Otway replies that it was the Conservative Government which did so. The Admiral affirmed that Earl Russell's Ministry left so many ships in private hands that the Conservative discharge of dockyard workmen was enforced, whilst M. Otway remarks that only two ships remained under such conditions. THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL. There are many doubts as to whether the G overn mint will attempt to deal with education next year. Tile first authoritative statement yet made on the Libject appears in the Freeman's Journal. It is there distinctly announced that the Cabinet has dis cAssed the question, has egreed upon the outlines of a measure, and will bring a bill into the House of irds in the coming session. Of course, in tli3 Upper House, Earl de Grey and Ripon would hi.ve command of the bill. This seems rather unfair t i Mr. Forster, by whose hand,' if common rumour b 3 right, the principal points in the measure have Wan marked out. LAW AND POLICE. A Lir INstnAxca POLICY.—In the Rolls Court, a suit has been brought by a person named Atherton against the British Nation Assurance Association, to obtain payment of £l,OOO insured in the defendants' office on the life of John Rigg, the plaintiff's father-in-law, who had assigned him the policy. The office bad refused to pay, on the ground that Rigg and the plaintiff had concealed the true state of Rigg's health and habits, he having suffered frcm delirium tremens. In answer to the ques- tion as to his temperance in the rrinted form, the reply was " temperate generally," and his lordship held that this qualified answer should have put the office. on their guard as to the insurer's habits. After eight years had passed, and the office had received £3CO in premiums, it was sought to set aside the policy en grounds which should have teen acted upcn at the time. There must be a decree for payment of the policy money with interest and costs of suit. TILE IMrERIAL LAND COMPANY OF MAnsEniEs.—An application has been made to ti ice-Chancellor Malins in Chambers, on behalf of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, for leave to inspect the books of the Credit Fonder et Mobilier. His Honour, observing that the matters in dispute must be proved to the bottom, granted the application. THE BOSTON ELECTION PETITION.—A question of some interest connected with election petitions has come before Mr, Justice Mellor, in Judges' Chambers. A petitien had b en presented by Mr. Mason Jones against the return of the present members for Boston, Messrs. Malcolm and C ',Ens, which was withdrawn, an or(ler being made for the withdrawal on payment of costs to the sitting mem bers. No bill of cuts had teen delivered, and the peti - Caner took out a summons for payment of the depcsit money. Mr. Justioe Mellor made an order that the casts incurred by the respondents should be delivered to the petitioner within a fortnight, and adjourned the sum mons for that time. ATTEMPTED PorsoNlNG.—At the Wakefield Police-court, George Pickersgill was charged with attempting to poison •his wife. He had offered her a cup of tea which was found to contain enough phosphorus to poison two persons. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, in default of finding sureties to keep the peace towards his wife. MANSLAUGHTER 13T A FAR3SER.-At the Liverpool Assizes, John Brown, a farmer, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of a labourer in his employment. They had been drinking at a public house and returned to Brown's house, where, during a quarrel Brown so - seriously injured the other that he died next morning. SUNDAY TalraNG.—Several tradesmen have been sum mened at Marylebone Police-court, charged with trading on Sunday, in contravention of the Act of Charles H. These prosecutions have been frequent of late, and Mr. D'Eyncourt expressed the difficulty which he experienced in dealing with such cases taken under a statute nearly 200 years old, and adjourned the hearing for seven weeks, in order to consult his brother magistrates. A ti-r•.w C.B.—lt is stated that Mr. Thomas L. Sercombc, for many years Financial Sccrctary to the India Office, is about to be nominated to the Civil Ccmpanion ship of the Bath. It appears from the Almanach de Gotha for 1870 ; which has just appeared, that the Pope is the oldest 01 European sovereigns, being 77 years old ; Duke Leopold of Anhalt is second, at 75; and King William of Prussia third, at 72. ARREST OF TUE MUTILATOR OF Mn. O'CONNOR. —The police of Frankferd, in the King's County, have arrested a man who has been fully identified by Mr. O'Connor as one cf the party which attacked his house and mutilated his face. An attempt has been made to represent the 'occurrence as accidental and greatly exagge rated, but the statement is unfounded. The outrage was deliberately committed. One of the party seized Mr. O'Cenner by the nose, and with a knife hacked it almost off, together with a piece of his lip. He had his hands severely cut in attempting to protect himself. Thurlow Weed tells the following story about him self :—"During the late war, after the evacuation of York town by General M'Clellan, I entered a car in a Philadel phia train, and sat by a gentleman who wore a military cap, but shewed no other sign of military rank. We got into a discussion of M'Clellan's campaign on the Peninsula. He defended him mildly, and I answered with a scorching exposition of his incapacity and blunders, demonstrating them fully. When we reached Trenton, a young officer came up and saluted my companion very deferentially, and, on inquiry, I discovered that I had been talking to ➢l`Clellan himself. I think he felt, however, that I was right in what I had said, by the feeble way in which he answered my criticisms." THE PUBLIC 11EALT11.—Last week the rate of mortality in London was 26 per 1,000, while in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom it was 29. The city with the lowest rate was Dublin, whore it was 24 ; whilst 40, the highest was recorded in Glasgow. In the metropolis, 2,229 births and 1,566 births were registered, the latter having exceeded the estimate by 25, but it fell short of the number in the previous week by 193. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 404, the corrected average number being 359. Eight persons died from small po.T, 26 frcm measles, 186 from scarlet fever, 3 from diph theria. 62 from whooping-cough, 12 from typhus fever, 16 from enteric fever, 16 from simple continued fever, and 14 from diarrhoea. The deaths from scarlet fever were less by 23 than the number registered in the previous week. The mean temperature during the week was 44.7 dogs., or 4.3 degs. above the average. There was a consequent de cline in the mortality from affection!) of the breathing organs. THE LORD RECTORSHIP OF ABERDEEN UNIVER SITY.—As Friday of this week approaches the excite ment among the students of Aberdeen University, consequent on the coming election of Lord Rector, becomes more intense. A very noisy meeting of students was held in the Quadrangle of Marischal College on Saturday afternoon, when both candidates were proposed and seconded. The show of hands seemed to be about equal, and we believe that the contest is to be very keen. From the lists of the various committees it appears that Mr. Grant Duff will have a majority in the Angus and Buchan Nations, and that Sir William Stirling- Maxwell will have a decided majority in the Moray Nation, while in the Mar Nation the numbers are about equal. Mr. Duff's committee believe they will have a majority of ' two or three in the Mar Nation, but they are not very certain. The result of the election will thus hang mainly en the Mar Nation, where strenuous efforts aro being put forward on each side.— Sccisnzav CHANGES IN CHATHAM DOCKYARD.—Further important changes and reductions are to be made in Chat ham Dockyard. An order bas been received from the Admiralty giving directions as to some of these. As had been expected for some time past, the workmen are hence forward to be superannuated at the age of 55—several years earlier than has been the practice. Returns are being prepared of the ages cf the menorah a view, it is believed, to the spee2;y carrying out of this order. The office of "inspector' in the various departments of labour in the yard is in futare to be abolished, the senior inspectors are to be s'aperannuated, but ten years will be I t‘) service so as to increase their retiring ren sions. In fuLare tio salax:ei of foremen of the yard will commence at £l5O per annum, rising £lO every thr,:e year, until a raa7imum cf £2OO has been attained ; hitherto these offlccin ecramcncc, 1 with a salary cf 2i.Y). The order also directs that hervefcrth theannualgratuity of .-C.1:0 given to one of the foremen of the yard shall be abolished. There are rumour} of the reduction in numbers or removal from thbyard to Sheerness yard of the'riggers : aportion of these artisans would be discharged under the new rule en superannuation; and from the change in the shipbuilding at Chatham thsre is not the work for riggers that there was formerly. Other changes at Chatham yard are extectoti to bo announced.--Times, DIERION - ETHSIILRE. In case there is no plurality of Liberal candidates for the seat left vacant by Mr. Williams, it is under stood that the Conservatives will not try a contest. But if a "split takes place in the Liberal camp, the opposition will bring forward the Hon. Charles Wynn, of Rhfig, near Corwon, a son of Lord Newborough, or Mr. Oakley, of Plas Tanyb wlzh. The Hon. Charles Wynn will have the sal)port of Sir Watkin Wynn, who was a trustee of the Mug property during Mr. Wynn's minority. There are at present some signs that this gentleman's services will be required. For the Liberals, Mr. Morgan Lloyd, of the North Wales and Chester Circuit, has offered himself, and so has Mr. C. E lwards who sat for Windsor in the last Parlia mmt. Mr. S. Holland, of Glanwilliam, restiniog, is also spoken of. BERWICK SIIIItE. The Scotsman says that Lord Dunglas's friends have issued a circular to the electors of Berwickshire, announcing that his lordship will not continue his canvass of the county. It does not appear that Mr. Robertson will be made a peer. THE TRIUMPH OF ROSSA. The Irish& Tines states that Mr. Heron has decided not to present a petition against the return of O'Donovan Rossa, but to leave the matter in the hands of the House of Commons. "It is expected that the House will be asked to adopt the course of summoning Rossa to the bar, and that a motion will then bo brought forward by a member of the Government declaring the election void. This would hare the effect of rendering a new election necessary." Mlt. HARVEY LEWIS, M.P. The member for Marylebone is on the Continen spending V the recess. Unfortunately for his consti tuents, Mr. Harvey Lewis found it beneficial to spend the whole of the parliamentary session also on the Cjntinent. During the whole year he has not voted 0 Ice. Plaintive wails have at different times gone u 2 from Marylebone. A borough which contains the p trish of St. Pancras is not likely to put up with any brt the most active a::d efficient officers. "How long, how long is Marylebone to have but one member?" was the cry. But Mr. Harvey Lewis re mained stolidly indifferent, and so he still remains. In a letter from Brussels he quietly thanks his constituency for their indulgence during the past session—as .if the constituency could help itself—and promises that he will be faithful and assiduous next year. Thy condemnation of his actions as " false, fictitious, and fraudulent " is no disqualification in his eyes for a seat in Parliament. He is still fit to make laws for the nation, because ho has not broken the laws which now exist, but only engaged in those transactions for which, unhappily, no statute provides. MR. VANDERBYL ON TIIE BRIDGWATER ELECTION. Mr. Vanderbyl is under prosecution for bribery, and is most uneasy in that position. There were four candidates at the last election ; he alone is singled out for prosecution. Not unnaturally, he is displeased with tho reception of this mark of the Commissioners' favour. Mr. Kinglake was called back from the Crimea and examined ; in other cases indemnity was given; but Mr. Vanderbyl, when he tnidered his evidence, found it rejected, and has received a writ which places him in quite another position to that of a witness ; which, in fact, makes him a defendant under a charge of bribery. Mr. Vanderbyl, therefore, protests against the favouritism of the Commissioners, and urges that it is unfair to allow the evidence condemning him to go forth without his answer thereto. Tie writes to the Daily News declaring his perfect freedom from any participation in, or sanction, or knowledge of, corrupt practices of any kind at the last Bridgwater election, and his perfect confidence oi establishing his innocence before a jury, , and obtain. ing from them (notwithstanding his having been de: privod, by the course adopted by the prosecution, of an important witness) the same acquittal as was pronounced upon him by the lion. Mr. Justice Blackburn at the trial of the election petition. THE LATEST SCANDAL ABOUT THE PREMIER. The latest doings of the Premier are very saddening indeed. He has bought, as most of our readers know, an estate in Uheshire. That he bought an estate does not surprise one; the wonder is where he got the money. The disestablisher of the Irish Church, how. ever, does not stop at trifles. He adopted the simple method of making baronets and levying black mail from them. But even then, he had not enough to obtain the land he so earnestly coveted. He therefore bethought himself of creating a bishop, who would supply the deficiency. Dr. Temple was ready to his hand. Mr. Gladstone made his proposal. The then head-master of Rugby objected to paying down so large a sum of money the exact amount demanded was £2,917 15s. 90. Then said the Premier " let's toss for it. You shall be a bishop in any case. If heads turn up, then you pay ; if tails, then you shall have a bishopric without cost." The would-be bishop consented ; the Premier flung up the penny, and triumphantly displayed the head to the beaten doctor. 'We need hardly add, our readers will already have guessed, that the coin used was double-headed. How are the mighty fallen I THE AMERICAN PHILANTIIROPIST. After several days' delay, the remains of Mr. Pea body are at last on their way to his native land. The Monarch, in company with the United States corvette Plymouth, yesterday morning weighed from Spit head,, and commence d s t eam i ng ou t f or th e Ch anne l . The wind at the time was northerly and light. DISARMAMENT. The positive statement in the • Times that France had proposed disarmament at all the leading Euro pean capitals caused an. immediate rise in foreign stocks. On the London 'Change English Funds ad vanced t, the French Rentes 1 7 and other foreign stocks, with one or two exceptions, went up still more. It is a remarkable testimony to the importance of disarmament that such an effect should have been produced by a statement which, though coming from a good quarter, had, nevertheless, no official character. Confirmation of tho news Was anxiously awaited. Unfortunately, the Tines itself lays nothing about this commercial activity, and makes no fuitfier &on to its correspondent's statement. BISHOP TIIIRLWALL AND MU. BURGON. The Rev. J. W. Burgon, of Oriel College, Oxford, hq - 7 been havi' a warm controv.a.sy with llishoi) upon Pr. Temple. hishop som t vears ago con lemned "Essays and Review's in a charge, ted spoke in terms of not very decided disapproval )1' Dr. Temple's contriLution, making a wide distinc tion however between it and the other Essays. Mr. Burgon pointed out these passages, and asked him to condemn Dr. Temple's appointment. This his lordship refused to do, and chewed Mr. Burgon that another clergyman, Canon Girdlestone, whose_orthodoxv is undoubted. 4,kought_ the _• rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECIMBER 2), 1869 the vas consecrated the better. Mr. Burgos replied warmly. The Bishop returns a letter in which he appeals to Mr. Burgon to exercise tolera tion and forbearance. He denies that he has at all changed his opinion : The only point on which my opinion has undergone any change is as to the propriety and desirableness of any de c'aration being made by Dr. Temple with regard to his stare in "Essays and Reviews" on the occasion of his ap pointment. Even before I read his answer to the Bishop of Lincoln I was convinced that such a step would be nuga tory and mischievous. I was confirmed in that opinion by his letter, which seems to me both conclusive and satisfac tory, and my conviction has been strengthened by the Bishop of Lincoln's reply, which, as I think, fails to meet it in any single point. Mr. Burgon's answer to this is not altogether in gooa temper. He repeats that Bishop Thirlwall gave Dr. temple a " good castigation" in his charge : I am aware (Mr. Burgon says to the Bishop) that you fenced your criticism (you always do) with exemplary skill and decorum ; insinuating, or seeming to insinuate, more than you actually assertcd—Euggesting, what you never theless in terms denied—freely supplying the guilty pre mises, but withholdin7 or rather setting aside, the obvious inclusion. Your controversial' style is, in fact, beyond all praise ; so inimitably courteous, and yet so terribly severe ; so reticent of \slat the reader thinks is coining, and yet sa vitisitcly su7Lestive of the very wcrst. The Bishop of London, in his reply to the Arch deacon of Taunton, tells us of what use a protest is. It way do good, says his lordship, in suggesting to the advisers of the Crown, that in recommending men for high °lnce in the Church, regard should be had, not only to ability, earnestness, and high moral worth, but to -freedom from any imputation, however con tracted, which can shock and distress any considerable number of the Church's members. The result of 3arryinc, out this rule would be that bishops would all oe milk and water mediocrities. The protest has, how ever, another use ; it should warn all to be careful, test by unwillingness to retrace a false step they become in appearance partakers in the errors of others. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION AT OXFORD. We were in error in stating yesterday that a Roman Catholic had been allowed to become tutor at Oxford. The Rev. R. F. Clarke writes, stating that he holds the position of independent M.A., ind he has no connection whatever with the teaching A' the college. strong comments on znose prueectulig., ledges the honourableness of the course which Mr. -Watltin has chosen, and recalls all its animadversions. Mr. Noble, another offender, also manifests a wish to reconsider matters. Thus all is quiet for the time. May it continue so. The St. Pancras board seems hopelessly divided on im portant questions of parish policy ; but at any rate the guardians may fight out their differences in a gentlemanly manner. "THE BOARDS." The departure of . Mr. Charles Mathews for Aus tralia is to be signalised by a complimentary benefit at Covent-garden. All the leading theatres will con tribute their brightest stars, no name of note being omitted. The entertainment will come off under royal patronage on Tuesday morning week. A dinner, too, will be given, and the most distinguished votaries of science, literature, and art are to be present. —Mr. Wybert Rousby, a well-known favourite at Hull, Plymouth, and other provincial towns, has appeared at the Queen's, in London. The metropolitan press gives a very favourable notice of his performance. AMERICAN AFFAIP►S. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, Dee. 4. Mr. James Gordon Bennett, jun., of the Derald arrived in New York on Tuesday in the Pereire, leaving the Dauntless in European waters. His father has been ill, and it is necessary for him to look after his newspaper, about which many ru mours have been in circulation. Senator Chandler was also in the same steamer, with his family, as well as General Thomas and Mr. Ruggles. Mem bers of Congress now arrive every day, and a great many Senators have passed through New York to Washington. Messrs. Lockwood and Co., minus Mr. Benedict, resumed business on Wednesday. The residence at Norwalk is to remain the pro perty of Mr. Lybrand Lockwood, and arrangements have been made with the Western depositors, who will continue their business with this favourite house. Another failure has resulted from the September panic. Messrs. Wood, Ricci:, and Co. having sus pended, being among the severe sufferers on that occasion. Albert Spyers, whose transactions on the Friday amounted it is affirmed to $10,000,C00, is accused of concealing his property, and a motion was made in the Superior Court to vacate the at tachment obtained by W. B. Langton. Numerous accounts remain to be settled, and questions of law are looked to with interest, each case being a test for others. The Gold Exchange has been reopened, and is again transacting business. Several good firms decline to deal there, still the Gold Room by degrees fills, and the work has largely increased within the few days that business has been resumed, though it represents but a small portion of that transacted there before the panic. A very young employe of a Wall-street firm, entrusted to carry po,ooo in securities and cheques, together with a bag of gold containing some $5,000, was felled by a robber in Nassa.o street in broad daylight. Fortunately the thief got only $lOO in gold, but the boy remained all the evening insensible, with a large swelling on his forehead. It was one of those audacious robberies for which our city is growing famous. A drunken rough named Moore was shot dead by Langan, a policeman, on Tuesday. Moore threatened to shoot a woman with whom he was boarding. She called in the policeman, who endea retired to arrest him. Moore, who had been drink ing hard, still half intoxicated, fired at Langan, who ducked as he saw the man about to shoot, and, escaping, whipped his own revolver from his pocket and sent a bullet through the brain of his antago nist, who was on the eve of again firing. The sen sation of the week continues to be the homicide in the Tribune office. Mr. A. D. Richardson is so generally known on the press, and so much liked, that his case was sure to excite a wide interest, and this has been fanned by the Tribune, which has pub lished very full reports of the letters of condolence and of sympathy received, together with long de tails, not only of the tragic event, but of Mr. Richardson's career. On Tuesday a decided change for the worse set in, and on Wednesday morning his friends bade him "good bye," among them Mr. Beecher and Mr. Greeley, and a very affecting sight it was. He rallied during the day, lingering until 5 o'clock on Thursday morning, when he died. The most extraordinary score occurred on Tuesday evening, when the dying man was married to the divorced Mrs. M'Farland, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the Rev. O. B. Frothingliam performing the ceremony. A number of excellent men and women were there, for Mrs. l‘PFarland was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Sage, Mrs. Lucia G. Calhoun, Mrs. Thomas B. Holder, and Miss Lily Gilbert. Charles A. Richardson, of Bos ton, his brother, was present, and his son was sent for to Jersey City, but did not arrive in time. After a prayer from Mr. Frothingham, Mr. Beecher said to Mr. Richardson —Do you take the woman whom you have by your side now, in this hour, standing near the heavenly land, and renew to her the pledges of your love ? Do you give your heart to her, and your name ? Is she, before God and before these witnesses, your beloved, your honoured, and your lawful wife? Mr. Richardson (in an audible and clear voice)—Yes. Mr. Beecher (turn ing to Mrs. M-Farland)—And do you accept him as your head in the Lord? And are you now to him a wife sacred and honoured, bearing his name? And will you love him to the end of your life? Mrs. MeFarland —I do and will. Mr. Beecher-- Then by the authority given me by the Church of Christ, I do pronounce you husband and wife ; and may the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit rest upon you and abide with you. Amen ! After this the attendants re tired, and Mr. Greeley, Mr. Whitslaw Reid, and Mr. Samuel Sinclair, of the Tribune, came in and had a short conversation with the dying man. On the news of Mr. Richardson's death reaching Mr. M•Farland, he remarked with apparent un concern, " Well, I'm sorry ;" but ho showed more feeling when be was asked if he had heard of the ceremony. He seemed quickly to guess what it was, and threw himself back on his pillow, drawing a long sigh. Mr. Richardson was unconscious all Wednesday evening, until within two hours of his death, when his bed was sur rounded by the following persons :—His brother, C. A. Richardson ; his son, L. P. Richardson ; his wife ; Dr. Swann, Mr. and Mrs. holder, the Gilbert family, and one or two members of the press. After his death Vice-President Culfax called and had a long and affecting interview with his wife. The post-mortem exansina - tion showed that nothing could have saved him, the intestines and liver hav ing been perforated, indeed the wonder is he lived so long. The body has been removed to Franklin, Massachusetts, his native place, after the usual ceremonies. One of the morning papers published a list of contributors to the testimonial raised for General Grant some years ago. Many of the con tributors expressly stipulated that their names should sever be published, therefore much surprise has been expressed how the list could have got into the papers. Invitations are already issued for the wedding of Miss Bessie Cheerer and Eugene Lyman of Boston, at Mrs. George Townsend's re sidence on Madison-square in New York, which will surpass anything yet seen in this city. They are to be married under or in a pagoda or temple, composed entirely of exotics, from the dome of which will be suspended a floral marriage bell. The German will be led by Count Gustav Futter and the bride, the bridegroom to lead the second couple with Mrs. Townsend. From what I remember of Great Britain, most of the illicit distillation has been done on wild Scotch mountains or in the dreary bogs of the sister island. Here, too, a suspicious smoke may sometimes be detected curl ing from the ground of a waste, but the main busi tm,,z, of illicit whisky-making is carried on close to the Brookii.7l Navy-yard, the Government concern and the other ben,; run side by side. Brooklyn rum has got a good name, tied it is the product of a district infested by some of worst class of Irish. You may recollect in one of former l e tt ers that I told the story of a raid into :bc Ward, when gooele rum was scattered about for the benefit of the soldiers wdv accompanied the Re venue officers, and when they na.2 all become drunk two of the officers were fatally beater:. On another occasion several stills were destroyed, but not until after a serious conflict. Yesterday another attack on the Brooklyn den was made by the Revenue officers, covered by a force of 500 soldiers, who were early scut to the Navy-yard by General Vogdes. Little-street, only separated from the Navy-yard by the wall,r,was occupied by the troops, and then the detectives began to hunt up the illicit nil's. A rush was made up a narrow alley, and five or six men scrambled from a shanty, which was assailed, the barrels smashed, and the distillery knocked to pieces. The inmate, taken by surprise, watched the pro cess, but as the work progrcsied the crowd in ats:Sod, and became so excited that it was danger ous for any PtlM.ti to be found outside the line of soldiers. Stones were thrown and some men hurt; but not dangerously, and after destroying about 12 stills the soldiers were put on board the two tug boats, and started for parts unknown, but there is an uneasy feeling among the fraternity of illegal distillers. There was a ferocious fight yesterday in the liquor store of Thomas Donahue. The 44 poli , . AS BROTHERS JOINED. It is not altogether creditable to the charity which prevails in the Churches, that a meeting of ministers Df all denominations should be looked upon with wonder ; yet such is the fact. The religious cliques in the cathedral city of Wells have been talking, with admiring or deprecating astonishment, of a prayer meeting, over which th vicar of East Wells presided, and at which Baptists, Independents, Wes leyans, and representative ministers of all denomina tions came together, by the vicar's invitation, to pray for (or against) the (Ecumenical council. The meeting was actually held in the vicarage ! Such an occurrence, says an astounded local paper, is unprecedented. And so near the Bishop's residence, too. It all comes, doubtless, of the absence of the spiritual lord. Lord Arthur Her vey will set things right after his consecration. THE DAIVEINS-PAULET CASE Colonel Dawkins writes to protest against the decision in his case against Lord F. Paulet. It was held by a majority of the judges that a civil court could not take cognisance of Colonel Dawkins' charge of slander, because the offence was committed in the routine of duty and must come within the scope of the military courts. The complainant urges, however, that such is not the. case in fact ; for be has made repeated application for a court-martial, without effect. " I was indaced to render possible a Court of Inquiry, upon the deceptive promise from the Adju tant-General that the injurious statements against me should be investigated, which, among gentlemen, means, should receive decision upon their merits but the Court of Inquiry, finding the allegations I made were correct, actually evaded, and was allowed to evade, decision upon them, and convicted me without a proved"fact, aid without even precedent grounds for such conviction, upon a charge which, contrary to acknowledged rules of justice, had been kept secret from me—namely, to the effect of whether my com mand was beneficial." The Court of Inquiry Colonel Dawkins calls a mock tribunal, and sums up that if the civil law refuses redress, no redress exists. LOCAL RATES AND INCOME TAX. A meeting has been held in London, with Dr. Brewer, M.P., for chairman, which protested against the great increase of local rates, the llouseless Poet Act, and the present mode of levying income tax. The objection to the Houseless Poor Act was that it created a race of wandering vagabonds without home ; and thus, as each of them must be housed by the State, increased the local rates. The usual objection was made to the inquisitorial character of the income tax, and a general complaint was urged against the exces sive parochial expenditure. ORGANISED CHARITABLE RELIEF. The London parishes arc malting a movement to- wards carrying out Mr. Goschen's suggestion for corn billing the work done by charities and the poor-law. A. strong meetin was held in Westminster on Mon day afternoon. Lcrd Lichfield, Lord AMA Churchill, Mr. Talbot, M.P., Mr. W. 11. Sliith, M.P., and seve ral clergyne.:n of different denominations attended. Mr. Talbot advocated that a register of all persons receiving poor-rate relief be kept for the information of those who are engaged in the distribution of charities, in order that the operations of the latter may not interfere with the routine of the parish functionaries. The great evil at present is that the parish gives its assistance on the one hand, and the charities scatter their bounty on the other, neither side having the slightest conception of what the other is doing. But in order that there bo full co-operation it would he necessary, Mr. Talbot explained, for the charities also to furnish an account of their work to the guardians. It is not proposed that one form of assistance should interfere with the other; all that is required is to provide means for enabling each to regulate its own conduct. Mr. Talbot likewise thought it well that the system of tickets should be adopted for cases of casual begging. The meet ing almost unanimously approved of the scheme — there being, of course, the one inevitable guardian, like the Derby dog, to advocate things as they are. Church of England, Roman Catholic, and Dissenting ministers alike testified to the need for such a plan. Mr. W. 11. Smith, M.P., observed that though there was no hope of eradicating pauperism, yet a proper organisation must bas e a good effect. A. committee embracing all shades of political and relig,ious creed was appointed to work out the details.— Another meeting was held the same evening at Islington, and there, too, it was resolved to form a society to methodise charitable relief and repress mendicancy. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. An alarming column of information is given by the Chamber of Agriculture Journal. It records the pro gress of the foot and mouth disease among cattle. The disease has broken out at Woolhope, Ledbury, it prevails in the district of Alford, Lincoln shire, in the region around Carlisle, and very extensively at Thornbury. It has just made its appearance near Swindon, near Kidderminster,. at Shirehampton, and in the county of Dtirsetshire. From Spilsby in Lincolnshire a large number of cases are reported, some of them of a very serious nature. It is satisfactory to note that, while the disease is raging . in some districts, others are free from it; and that it is dying out, for instance in the Bakewell division of Derbyshire, in and around the town of Worcester) and elsewhere. FIELD-SPORT MORALITY. Mr. V. A. Freeman's letter, condemning fox hunting, has, of cowrie, called forth intne tottesptin:- deuce on sllch ft poptittt and exciting subject. "Reytin,rd '3 writes in person, and pleads in favour of being hunted. It is much better to run into the open, and incur the risk of being torn to pieces b 7 dogs, than to be poisoned, trapped, and shot, as "if wo were no better than so many rats." What there is in being hunted to render it a preferable mode of depth to poisoning or shooting, it is not easy to tell. " tey nard " says that without fox bunting his race would disappear altogether. This is the common argument, but surely it is wide of the mark. What particular necessity is there for keeping up the breed ? The question is whether the sport is so cruel that to in dulge in it is inhuman. If it be so, then the preser vation of foxes can be no consideration whatever, PUDDING, The great pudding question is really becoming very serious. Pudding is universally wanted for next Saturday. The Telegraph prints a whole column of metropolitan appeals on behalf of this great necessity, and the country pudding agitations are not less vigorous. The key. It. neeker claims pudding for 7,000 costermongers and labourers in the Walworth neighbourhood. The Rev. J. Eden wants Christmas fare for Bethnal-gr.:6. Five hundred children of Ijope Schools, Chequer-alley, are in a einatr strait. In the region ab e ttt NeNT.CMS4..road, a Christmas dinner is waited for the poor old women. And 93. on, Thu Tdefp.arh suggests that .political economy be in abeyance for next Saturday, and that pudding reign supreme. Mr. Ooschen's minute about co-operation between public and rrivatt ohttrity Wtt be all very well, but for this Onto there must b. via exception to the rule. A slice ought to be given eve!' to the undeserving casual, who has iwithcr bzo.cen stones nor picked oakum in a zealous and e.ithusiastic u-ay. AN ATIMISTICE IN 11 THE " PARISH. Mindful of the approaching season, the St. Pancras Guardians have concluded a peace. At the last weekly meeting, Air. V.Tatkin, whose name figured rather prominently in the report of the preceding week, asked permission of the Board to withdraw some expressions which fell from him on that occa sion, adding that he had regretted th em ever s i nce . 214_1200We t which published some very OBITUARY. The Earl of Antrim died on Sunday, at Glanarm Castle, Antrim. He had been suffering from a lingering disease for several months. The deceased peer ivas the eighth earl, and was born in 1814. His eldest son, Viscount Dunluco, born in 1851, succeeds to the title. FOREIGN NOTES. TUE AMEEICAN CUSTOMS. Commercial men in the United States are clamouring I ,udly fora reform in the Customs duties ; but, unfortunately such is the division of interests that it will be impossible for Congress to take any decisive step without creating as much discontent as it gives satisfaction. The shipbuilders have been organising an active agitation in favour of the free ad mission of shipbuilding materials, to enable them to corn p-Ae successfully with European builders, but the iron workers of Pennsylvania complain that the iron duties are too low, and the free admission of foreign hemp would alarm Missouri and Kentucky. In almost every department there is some drawback of this kind. Pennsylvania, indeed, is a general marplot. She wishes to retain the salt duty, and New York agrees with her in this demand, while the Western States want to have it reduced or abolished. Pennsylvania likes a pro hibitory duty on coal to protect her large mining interests, while a neighbouring state, wants coal t) be free. New England, however, would like a heavy tax on exported cotton, which is as obnoxious to the Southern States, as dear coal is to the New Englanders. The sugar duty is popular in Louisiana, but unpopu lar farther North, while the same feeling ex tends even to financial and monetary circles, to the production of paper money, the circulation of gold, and the establishment of blnks. It is only to be expected that a country which is, in fact, an empire, including a number of independent kingdoms, each with its own individual interests, preferences, and prejudices, should find it difficult to produce one common law which would repre sent all alike. The only solution of the problem is to be found in a thorough Free Trade policy. The laws of supply and demand would very soon regulate the inequali ties of the natural products, and would speedily compen sate any temporary inconvenience to particular interests by the general stimulus to trade and revival of commerce. TILE EXPORT OF CATTLE TO AMERICA. The American Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular respecting the importation of cattle from Europe, the Government of the United States being manifestly very anxious to avoid the risk of introducing the cattle plague :into the States. The collectors of customs are directed not to allow the landing of any animals brought into their ports from England or from the continent of Europe, except upon the production of a consular certifi cate that they are free from any contagious disease, and that no such disease prevails in the coun try whence exported. Consular officers arc directed not to give certificates to persons shipping cattle to the United States, except in cases whore the animals have been ex amined by a Government inspector or other expert, and pronounced free from disease ; and further, no animals coming from the vicinage of the disease arc to be certified by consul. THE BAVARIAN CABINET. The opening of the Bavarian Parliament is fixed for the 3rd of January. The position of the Ministry is unaltered, Prince Hohenlohe remaining at the head of the Cabinet and the offices of Minister of the Interior and of Public Worship being still vacant. It is reported that these posts were offered to several politicians, who declined them, even provisionally, and it is believed in some quarters that the Cabinet will be altogether remodelled in the coming session. Prince Hohenlohe's position has, un doubtedly teen much shaken. The Univers, the French Ultramontane journal, has a long article on the Bavarian Ministerial crisis, and the situation of parties in that country. The last elections were, it avers, patriotic, and the patriotic party which is now in the majority is radically opposed to the Holienldie Ministry, which represents the Literal party now in a ndnority. The Ministers, though Literal, are not, however, willing to obey the popular will, but seek rather to guide it. The Univers believes the Ministry to be at the end of its career, and thinkt . : t i.e ideas which it represents are irrevocably condemned. Dr. Joerg, the most eminent member of the Patriotic party, lately de clared that it was not a party of doefrinafrcg, but a grand social league, composed of all the small landholders and of the whole estate of the clergy, indeed, of the whole powerful body which has given the name of Ultra montane to the Patriotic party. This party, according to Doctor Joerg, has no pretensions to any particular pro gramme, but only nuns at opposing the Hohenlohe Ministry in particular and the Liberal party in general, which desires annexation to Prussia. It is the hatred of annexation and the desire for the full and complete autonomy of the Bavarian soil which gives the party a claim to the title of "patriot." The Ministerial crisis has now lasted for three weeks, and no ono can tell from whence a new Cabinet is to spring, supposing a change to be decided upon. TUE AMERICAN BISHOPS. According to the correspondent of the Times, el e American Bishops at the Council are in a difficult position. They complain of the impression that has been produced at home. The Syllabus has been most unpopular in America, and the people will not tolerate those who uphold tho Papal Infallibility. The American Bishops are, therefore, anxious to avoid the discussion, and not commit them selves with respect to new converts who are desirous to preserve their liberty of thought. TIM PRtSSIAN BUDGET. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies has passed the final vote on the Baget. Some incidents in the debate deserve notice. In spite of the opposition of the Ministry, the Chamber, by a majority of five, suppressed the Prussian Legations at Hamburg, Aldenburg, and at Weimar. This note is favourable to the principle of absorbing the smaller States I y Prussia. At the same sitting Herr Lasker, head of the national Liberal Tarty, pretested against the discre tionary administration of the sequestrated revenues of the dispossessed princes. The Ministry refused to give an account of the expenditure of these funds, and the majo r' ty failed to support the motion of Herr Lasker. The Crown Prince of Prussia, has been svromoncd to Cannes by the illness of ono of his children. CHINESE ANBASSADOES IN PRUSESIA. The appearance of the Chinese Ambassadors and their attaches in the rrurrisn Lower Chamber created an tintlSuid sensations The Ministers were conducted by Mr. 13urlingbailie, Stilt took their seats in the front row of the diplomatic boy. NO of the Ministers appeared in a blue robe, over which he wore tb -white satin jacket, while his colleague fig-nred. in a tasteless yellowi3h-green long silk garment. Several of the mem bers of the Chamber paid them a visit in the loge, and ex tdalutid to them hi Ptench the mrangement of the House and the benches of the diffentit patties , The Chinese remained fully an hour in the Chamber. TEE PICIIAIZDSON CASE. ----- The inquest on the Richardson case—the murder of that person by M`Farland, through jealousy, the former having cohabited with the woman whom the latter claimed as his wife—has just been concluded at New York. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that M'Farland had caused Richardson's death by shooting. The prisoner on being called upon said, through his counsel, that he would trust his vindication to a jury. A.t the opening of the Court of Fcssions, Rece rdcr Hackett delivered an i nportant charge cn the Richardson case, and recommended the grand jury to indict Ministers of the Gospel for aiding and abetting bigamy. In connection with this subject the New York press have cr.lled attention to the faulty arrangements that exist in respect to the waning() ceren;er.y. The _American system shot:ld rcuLli n(r.rer rrevails in Furore . for the rment facility cper.s the door to all sorts of abuses. 10,000 PRESENTS, from `js; dd. to t 3, at PatkirtS anti Gotto's. Portrait albums, writing cues, diesAing cases, tf aTel= ling haws,drtiliol•l4 ttltj fcfitlil iifai@rieis3 en 2 ctdp~! Chelg; d espatch boza, blotting hooks, iuk stands, desks, iitatietieq, cabinets, book elides ; work boxes, tea-caddies, hand bags and retleulea, card Ca' as, purses, scent-bottles, clot' cases, card hatikete, pocket hooks, e'eetrc-gilt and elegantly mounted goods ; ornamental articles for mantel shelf and table; bagatelle boards, chess and draught boar,ls, and men, and evening games of every kind. Bibles, prayer book, and church services, in every type —Parkins and Golo, 24, • 5,27, and 2 4 , Oxford-street, London. PORTRAIT ALBuin are now an established article of interest whether in the palace or cottage, and are to be found ou almost every sitting room table. No article is more welcome as a gift. hen first introduced they were badly made, but are now got up in the most perfect style and strongly bound, so that they will last t. r years, and at extraordinary low prices, by rarkinn and Gptto, 27 and 28, Oxfordiatreet,Lcoldpn, W. • • ticians," as the supporters of Tammany Hall arc called, have split about the election of some muni cipal officers, and there was a gathering of on., side in the back room of Donahue's store, when another gathering of the opposite side, in a bar room on Third-avenue, decided to look them up, and at tempted to enter the room, forcing the door, and producing clubs hitherto concealed. Some of those inside sprang from the windows, but others had to run the gauntlet of the clubs. Pistols were fired, and Thomas Johnson was fatally wounded. Dona hue received a ball in the right arm, and Florence Scannell was hit in the shoulder. Several were taken into custody, and the prisoners were locked up, as the magistrate refused to accept bail. WasoixoToN, Dec. 3 Secretary and Mrs. Fish gave their first party of the season yesterday, the President and Mrs. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, and many members of the Legations, as well as of the Cabinet and connec tions of the President, were there, but no members of Congress. As Judge Dent has returned from Mississippi, where he reports a majority against him of 25,000, he was one of the company. Senators and Representatives now arrive too fast for me to give their names. So many are setting up house keeping that a gay season is expected; still, although the arrivals are numerous, when all are counted there are not more than between 70 and 80 Repre sentatives, and as Congress will meet on Monday only a bare quorum will be present, while as yet scarcely half the Senators are here. General Butterfield paid this city a flying visit, but he returned to New York almost immediately. Among those attracting attention is General Breckenridge, who, though refused admittance by the President, having been so busy with his Message and other work that he cannot permit interruptions, received a pleasant and genial welcome from General Sher man, who reminded him that the last interview was in North Carolina, when terms were arranged for the surrender of Johnson's army. General Brecken ridge, whose quiet and unobstrusive manner is not calculated to draw attention towards him, is stay ing at the Ebbett House awaiting his son's wedding, who is to marry a daughter of ex-Senator Johnson, of Arkansas. Among the events of interest is the marriage of Miss Matthews to Colonel 0. J. Hollis ter, Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Utah. The ceremony took place at the resi dence of the bride's near relatives, Vice-President and Mrs. Colfax, and was largely attended by the friends on both sides, among whom were the Presi dent,Mr.and Mrs. Boutwell,and Mr.and Mrs. Delano. Senator Brownlow's health is reported by himself to be much improved. He and his wife are expected this evening to remain during the winter ; this is bad for Andrew Johnson's chance. A delegation of Republicans from Nashville are to meet here after Congress assembles. They give a bad account of the proceedings of the Te.nnesse Legislature, who have gone as far as they dare against the rights of the coloured citizens. The reports from South Carolina are also bad, but as a National Coloured Labour Convention assembles on Monday the freedmen's grievances will be ventilated. Many of the delegates are white, and some of them are women. It is thought that their platform mainly will be sympathetic with the labour movement in America, Europe, and elsewhere, advocating Pro tection and Co-operation, but only embracing po litics so far as labour is affected thereby. The advocates of female suffrage have resolved to form a Sorosis, and Mrs. Dr. Lockwood, Mrs Spur geon, and Mrs. Coldby are to draft a constitution and bye-laws and nominate officers. The new Ar lington Hotel was opened on Wednesday, a very good time. The Mexican Claims Comtnissionare coal fortably seated in the lower part of the house occu pied by Caleb Cushing, which is convenient for that gentleman, as he is the attorney for Mexico. The claims already filed amount to $16,000,000, and if they continue to increase, all Mexico sold up would not liquidate them, if allowed. One set has been struck off, as the depredations of the Indians between the United States and Mexico are con sidered inadmissable. Mr. Wadsworth, the United States Commissioner, will arrive immediately, and then the 430 claims of our citizens, as well as 130 of those of 'Mexico, will be considered. As you may imagine, we are not likely to lose by asses sing our claims at a low figure. One man asks for half a million dollars as compensation for a day's imprisonment by brigands. Demand will be made to recognize as a claim the accrued interest on Mexican bonds, as well as the bonds themselves, under the provisions of the treaty anthorizing the commission. The amounts awarded to the claim ants are to be collected from their own Govern ments, which in their turn will be reitnbarsed by the Government against which the claim is made. This may end in accumulating a debt against Mexico to our Government, which we all know it cannot pay except by a concession of territory. John Parsons, of Ohio, has been appointed Consul at Santiago de Cuba. An effort is being made here to have General Sigel placed in the post of United States Marshal, of the Southern District of New York, as well as to secure other offices for Representative Germans, and Messrs. Cochrane and Taylor have been here to urge this on the President. Assistant-Postmaster -General Earle has thrown up his office to return to his law practice, which he finds to be much more profitable ; and Mr. J. W. Marshall, of Clarke County, Virginia, has been ap pointed. There was a great rush for the place, but it was gone almost before the plunder was scented. The Secretary's doors are now besieged, and lobby ing will begin in earnest. It is a marvellous to see how much further Congressional pay goes than any other pay. Senators and Representatives arrive here, without means, from unpretending houses of poor districts to live in Washington in handsome residences, in handsome style. It is now believed that the question of fixing the relative rank of the Naval officers, line and staff, will have to go to Congress for settlement. The board has adjourned sine die, after drawing out majority and minority reports. The judiciary House Committee has fin ished its business in the Judge Busteed Impeachment case. Mr. Busteed, having adjourned his Court un til May, is expected here before Mr. Bingham sub mits the Report to the House, which will be in a fortnight after Congress assembles. There has been some discussion about Secretary Boutwell's course in declining the offer of Messrs. Trevor and Colgate, New York bankers, for $600,000 at 21k, after it had been accepted by Assistant-Treasurer Folger. The firm sent one of its members to Wash ington to see the Secretary on the subject. Mr. Boutwell maintains that the law reserves to him the right of cancelling acceptances, and as he con sidered the price too low he would not give his con sent. The iVetv York 'limes tells in its letter from Paris of Mrs. Grant's preparations to eclipse all the other ladies in Washington. From Paris, with the mail which carried the letter, went a large case containing dresses, bonnets, and all the latest fashions, valued at six or seven thousand francs, and all selected by a person of un d en idbl e taste. It a 4 Las that stringent orders have been given by the p res i den : to have any cases addressed to him for warded through ‘ l , l ‘e New York C ustom- house,there to be carefully examined ,;2cl cleared, so that detractors will have no semblance of a ha;2lle against him. Gen. Georg*: W. Cole has, I believe, sucee'eded in getting a place in tiic New York Post-office, tn. :ough the interest, I presume, of his brother, the Senator : roar California. I suppose that Mr. M'Farland, having qualified by homicide, will get the next vacancy. Mr. Hopkins, Representative from Wisconsin, is very ill, and will, it is feared, be obliged to return home. Secretary Stanton is losing heart from hi sufferings through asthma, and says he will soon only want six feet of ground. This climate is too damp for his complaint, and he would certainly improve ic be went to a thy, rarified atmosphere. To give you an idea of the expenses of lieb i p in this city, I send you this extract from the papers ;--c , A member of Congress from Wisconsit, pays $5OO a month in Washington for three romw and board for himself and one daughter, or $6.50 a day for each person." The rumour is that At torney-General Hoar will take his place on the Supreme Bench, that he will be succeeded in the Cabinet by Judge Pierrepont, of New York, whi!e Ethan Allen, another New York lawyer, will suc ceed Mr. Pierrepont. Allan has interest, and is thought highly of in his profession, though quite 3 young man. Sur, —in the Telegraph of the 13th there appears an article which is remarkable in many respects , and mere particularly as regards the ability and character of the American General Burnside. This gentleman is now in England, and as the article re ferred to seems so ungenerous and unjust, and cal culated to mislead the mass of the people, I beg you will allow me a brief space in your journal to reply. When the late American rebellion or civil war broke out General Burnside was one of the first to buckle on his armour and enlist in the cause of the Union. Ile always proved a brave and generous soldier, and never lost the confidence of the Government or people in his patriotism or coin ry2tency to command at least a division or corps of the army. The facts are, that General MA:it:thin-- although at one time the idol of the army and time hope of the country—after his disastrous campaign on the Peninsula, began to lose ground in the e sti " ma•ion of the Government, the people, and the soldiers, anti there was a great pressure brough t to 1 car upon Prey lent Lincoln to remove Gen eral M'Clellan and appoint a succ ssor. Mr. Lin coln withstood the pressure for a long tine, until, in fact, it appeared that General M'Clellan and Gene' ral Porter had atteinpted to sacrifice General Pop° at the battle of Bull Run, and the former had re fused to follow up General Lee after the battle of Antietam,—when he gave way, removed Gener al M'Clellan, and appointed General Burnside his successor. The editor of the Telegraph should know, if he does not, that General Burnside de clined the promotion, giving as reasons that he dil l not aspire to the honour, and that he did not con sider himself fit to command the whole army. Ma ll Y people were of the same opinion at the time, b ut they thought he could do no worse than General M'Clellan had done, and possibly might do a gre at deal better, and, besides, there seemed at the mo ment no person better fitted. The command, eon se quently, was forced upon General Burnside s° ° ,, n .tfter the battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg, and “ e reluctantly accepted it. About that time, or soon after, the two opposing armies were brought face to face at Fredericksburg. Here they r emained for weeks fortifying their respective positions, until la fact the Government and people began to be veil impatient for a forward movement. The pr essure became so great that General Burnside was ° r : dered finally to attack the enemy, and against better judgment the attack was made and res ult in a disastrous defeat. People said at the time 03 Gen. Burnside should have resigned, rather thal! attempt to storm the position at Fredericksburg a` such great odds. This was easily said, but f or soldier to disobey the orders of his superiors wa' 3 ' quite a different matter. The fiat went forth froiar Washington, General Burnside obeyed, and f° the result he must shoulder the whole blame a c i cording to the Gr oner elegraph. We know that Groner Burnside has testified against no one. This r ather shows the character and magnanimity of the We may as well inform the 2 &graph that Gen era Burnside was not disgraced, th a t although the command was taken away from him, still his sue cessor did little better under much more favour:Alit,: circumstances. Notwithstanding all this, Ge neral Burnside and Hooker are to this day estee med s two of our best fighting Generals, and c omni . a n the confidence and gratitude of the Am erican _ people. There are many other points in the 0 ., 1 title referred to calculated to mislead, but I wit, simply refer to one, and that is the se ttlement the Alabama claims. Recent news from the Satoe,s confirm the report that the President, C abinel l ' Congress, and the people are united as to hir e these claims should be settled. Can as much be said of the British Government and people ? I,b " memories of Englishmen" may possibly " longer and 'more tenacious," &c., but Nye C L assure the Telegraph that the course taken by i ; 0 England during our American war will n ot quickly or easily forgotten by us or our c hild and that " it is high time" that the Telegraph a ll o f its readers should learn that upon the other side the Atlantic a firm resolve has been made by 4vr millions of people that the Alabama and ot be „ claims growing out of the late war shal l be t-'..,t justed and settled upon no other principles but those of equity and justice. We only ask for bat England would demand under like circum sta n r i and I venture to predict that the Great Brita,varue_ to-morrow and her people will grant what we quest in due time, and without bloodshed or war ' Yours truly, AN AMERICAN CITIZES. he War Department is anxious to make so nic changes in roads leading from Old Brompton to New Brompton, near Chatham, with a view. 3 avoid having ground used for fieldwork exer°ls'd on the Great Lines intersected lay public roads 39 5 footpaths. The first project, it is underst ood, 'I % to close the road leading from Brompton overo lrawbridge to the centre of New Broropton, 'r close a road leading from this ro Id to the lo w t , part of New Brompton, and also some fle paths ; while a new road should be 013 b 6 b by the sallyport on the Inner Lines ,1 tween the two Bromptons. Such a scheme,. by diverting traffic, would have been most iniu ri % o to Old Brompton, while inconvenient is New Bromptou. Now a modified schen' e . s expected to be submitted to the parish author'tle The main road over the drawbridge to remain 0 1 3 c% the road leading from this main road and Sor e footpaths to be stopped, and a new footpat h ' b e way of St. Mary's Barracks, to be m ade to tgl. lower part of New Brompton and tilling Marl This plan would be much less injuriou s that' t,e, first one ; but as it would cause public inoo n.. nience it is not likely that the parish N vonll 3 1 ; sent to it, and it could only be effected by th ell be of an Act of Parliament, which would doubtlezis opposed. Job ° 1.).° Her Majesty's ship Monarch, Captain re w Commerell, V.C., C. 8., and the United States 6 corvette Plymouth, Captain Macomb, sailed f t° a s pithead at 11 a.m. yesterday for Portland,T-10itero. States, leaving under steam and by the ess‘-r 3fo passage for the Channel. The wind was ° and northerly. The screw steam corvette Juno, 6, CaPt . in dinge, from Cbina and Japan, w hi c h arriv e ' Plymouth Sound yesterday (Tuesday), as a ! e ,: di ith reported in 7he Sun, left England January 0 1; , o 0 519 persons on board, called at Madeira , the l's3ra, of Good Hope, Singapore, Labuan, Hongko n g' ilcd gasaki, Lobe loba, and Yokohama. She 6 :18, thence July 24, arrived at Hongkong Allges',ber left September 3, arrived at Singapore SePtelLth, 12, left 16th, cleared Anger Point o n the 'OO arrived in Algoa Bay October 19, sailed e ll ile a 22d, arrived in Simon's Bay on the 25th , s 3 t o November 1, arrived at Ascension on the 1 8 t h ' a jo s left on the 19th. She has brought home CaP,r,)9l Ilammil and Daniel, of the 75th Regiment, ae",:or supernumerary officers and men and i u diag l the North China and Japan squadrons, iceh the Icarus, Cormorant, and Manilla, and the g sm , boats Insolent, Weasel, Trim, and Cockchaler•froo has also several time-expired officers and me n o ja the Adventure; the remainder are coming h °l3 3i .y. the Rodney, which is expected about Fe hru f ti p The Juno experienced remarkably fine wea tbe- og cut ter to within the last few days, during which westerly winds prevailed, and the starboard etilt,g was lost. The ship's steward Slaney died at l' ° aa e. kong, and three invalids have died on the O N . ° IV. The Juno spoke, Nov. 4, about 200 miles %. 46 off the Cape, the ship Silver Eagle, and ic la N., long, 25 W. the bark Imogene. BIRTHS. rovi BLACKWLLL—On the 20th inst., a t The Cedars, 1193.- Weald, Mrs. T. F. Blackwell,d au ghter. tV I PA.Rx . nt i ---On the 18th inst., the wife of Mr. James publisher, Oxford, of a son, MARRIAGES. p Oa " : FAWSSETT—LEDOI.7R—On the 18th inst., at S— _ a or , Kensington, John Fo.wssett, of 24, Ldwardcsq, to Emilie, widow of the late Alexander .Lebour, o' , Kensington. t• fluo dison-ereseent nEs—DuNN— On the 20th inst., at Holy Trii rtl iov , Austoll, Arthur S. Hughes, of Dalston, to MarY,orn only daughter of Robert Dunn, of St. Austell, wall. DEJTDS. nail(' CAPON - On the 17th inst., at 8, Craven-hill,lV dc-1' G , n r.,1 Sir David Capon , K.C.8., aged 76. de heS COIGNY —On the 19th inst., a t Paris, the Du Coigny, aged 63. • _Col' Jerson li i°ll 1 ' VISME -On the 18th inst at Elyse° , 0 de Visme, aged 75. 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