The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-24 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC JOUaNALS. The Times, in considering the close of the debate on the Irish Church and the subsequent division, remarks that the majority is great, overwhelming, decisive ; it is equal to the most sanguine hopes of the friends of the bill ; it exceeds the anticipations of many ; yet it kindles but a slight feeling of triumph, so much bad the certainty of victory taken away the excitement which hangs on a doubtful struggle. It is, of course, within the power of the Conservative party to insist upon using every oppor tunity and employing every weapon of resistance, but Mr. Hardy himself confined his threat of stubborn resistance to the House of Commons, and he would probably ac knowledge the unwritten principle upon the observance of which the stability of the Constitution depends. It must never be forgotten that the harmonious working of our institutions—the avoidance of the recur rence of dead-locks such as lately embarrassed the free colony of Victoria —depends upon the axiom that the clearly-ascertained will of the people expressed at the hustings must prevail. This truth was recognised again and again in the debate of last year in the House of Lords, and we cannot suppose it will be neglected this session. The question then provisionally discussed was remitted to the people free from all complication of side issues and extraneous subjects, and the verdict of the country was pronounced upon it. The division of Tuesday night was the expression of this national judgment. The majority of 118 which has affirmed the principle of the Ministerial bill corresponds to a proportionate majority among the people, and although the details of the measure may be profitably criticised and even amended in future discus sions, that it will be enrolled in the statute-Look must henceforth be regarded as a certainty. The Post observes that until the debates of the last and of the present session there were many tolerably well informed men who had no conception of what was meant by the Irish Church. The ideas entertained were con fused, and for the most part erroneous. The mass of the people simply knew nothing about the matter. They came to regard the Church Establishment in Ireland as something which because it existed must necoSsarily be good. It has been the special mission of the present Prime Minister to dispel the clarluiess. As.a this is certainly not too strong an expression to use. It requires a very bold man to attack an institution which has stood for centuries, and which, moreover, rests mainly on the prejudices and the religious partialities of a numerical majority in the empire. But that man must not only be bold, but must possess qualities of no ordinary kind who can successfully persuade that majority to dis card its prejudices and dissipate its partialities by the indomitable force of its will and the exercise of its reason. The triumph of Mr. Gladstone has been, therefore, exceedingly great. He had much to contend with, many obstacles to overcome, many difficulties to vanquish. But despite probabilities he has proved successful. He has appealed to the sense of a great nation, he has asked it to act in a spirit consonant with the spirit of the age in which it now lifes, and it has responded to that appeal with a readiness and with an earnestness greater than he himself could have anticipated. The llcratd asserts that on Tuesday night the division was a matter of comparatively little interest. If people speculated at all it was as to the number by which the majority would exceed a hundred, and when once such large figures are assumed, it is impossible to feel much interest in small modifications of five or ten. The majority turned out to be one hundred and eighteen, rather more than most people expected, but practically no greater triumph to the Government or discomfiture to the Opposi tion than if it had been eighty. That it at all represents the strength of parties in the House of Commons we can have no hesitation about denying. With a certainty of defeat so clearly before them, the supporters of the Church who had any urgent private reasons for staying at home, naturally felt no call upon them to respond to the formal appeal addressed to them by the Conservative Whip ; whilst the Liberals, on the other hand, rushed to the division in obedience to the order which required their presence to exercise a moral pressure upon the House of Lords. Mr. Gladstone has carried by a majority hardly given before to any Minister a measure which he spent the best years of his life in com bating. Is he to be condoled with or congratulated upon this assuredly decisive vote in favour of a policjr which he has so vehemently opposed? We leave that question for the present to the speakers and the writers, who in prais ing the Mr. Gladstone of the present day, condemn with such severity the Mr. Gladstone who represented Newark and the University of Oxford. The Daily News thinks that the splendid sanction prac tically given by the House of Commons to Mr. Glad stone's measure conveys a decision which is nithout appeal. In ancient Rome, the intercession of the tribunes of the people was good to bar the senatorial authority. But the intercession of the popular tribunes has in the matter of the Irish Church gone before the parliamentary vote. The Pleb iscitum has preceded the Smut us Con::iftt um.. The nation spoke emphatically in favour of Mr. Glad stone's Irish policy in the general election ; and through its representatives it Las now declared itself in favour of the specific measure by which he proposes tr give effect to his scheme. A declaration of opinion and purpose so decisive determines the course which the House of Lords must take on this matter, if it be guided by statesmanlike regard for the public good, or even by this instinct of self-preservation. Its function as a second chamber is not to give effect to the personal views of a majority of its members, but to weigh, sift out, and clarify, so to speak, the national opinion ; to precipitate it, in chemical phrase, by disentangling it from the foreign ingredients with which it may be wrapt up and hidden from common recognition. This work, however, was done last year, and there is no valid pretence for repeating the operation. In rejecting the Suspensory Bill of 1868 the Lords ranitted the main question to the country. The country has pronounced in a way which admits of no other response than that of acquiescence. The courage which might lead the Upper House to reject Mr. Gladstone's bill would be of that desperate and unintellectual quality for which the name of foolhardiness has been set apart. Still a certain degree of respect might be felt for it. The petty treachery and malice which would endeavour stealthily to spoil a measure, while affecting to accept, would add popular contempt to popular indignation. The Standard declares that there is no reasoning against a majority, and the division list is the real reply of Mr. Gladstone to the arguments urged against his bill. Still it augurs ill for a great political change when it can be defended only by the brute force of numbers. The true sen timental grievance of Ireland lies far deeper than thismea sure—behind all Churches, behind all questions of tenant right, all matters of legislative reform and parliamentary competence. The true sentimental grievance of Ireland is the British flag and not the British faith ; not an Established Protestant . Church, but a Protestant Establishment in every department of the State ; a Protestant Queen, a Protes tant aristocracy, a Protestant Parliament, and a Protestant policy. That grievance none of us mean to redress ; and if we do not we shall scarcely conciliate a single disaffected Irishman by sacrificing the property and alineating the hearts of 700,000 Irish loyalists. This is the weakness of Mr. Bright's argument, and the weakness of the Liberal policy,- and we could wish that the fallacy of " concilia tion" had been made as clear in the course of the debate now concluded as has been the iniquity of ," disendow went." __ - - The Telegraph asks, " What will thOLords do with it?" That is the momentous question. The Commons have played their part. After the discussion of Tuesday, Mr. Gladstone's bill may be altered in small points of detail, but the principle on which it is founded is irrevocably fixed. Mistakes of detail there may be. A trifle too much may be allotted to Rome ; a trifle too little to Armagh. Presbyterian Ulster, possibly, is entitled to half a fish or a crust more than has been set aside by the bill as the Ulster portion. We have not looked into the measure with the eye of an actuary or an auctioneer. We take the principle as Mr. Gladstone has laid it down ; ltis consequent proposals we ad. , pt with the , " errors excepted," and by all means let what is wrong in the working out of the scheme be made right. Let the Commons, in committee, carefully examine the chain link by link, and find if each link rings true. Why perpetrate little wrongs when you are struggling to do that which is so broadly and plainly right? For the bill, in the Commons, we have no longer any fear. Mr. Gladstone and his majority are doing a great work. It might, indeed, have been wished, as we have said, that somebody had briefly told the House that we were but finding our way back to the point from which our fathers made a false start three centuries back, with very grievous results to themselves and to those who came after them. We have no fear of what will happen from this bill when it passes into law. We look upon it as a noble legacy, bequeathed by the British Parliament and people of the year 1869 to those who will come after us. When such a principle as that contained in the bill has made its way into the mind of a great nation, fanaticism and bigotry may do their worst. The Star believes the country will derive from the results of th e I r i s h debate all that satisfaction which must naturally ar i se from tiie realisation of hopes long j persever e d i n against hope. That the Irish Church Esta,_ blishment must disappear has long been the conviction of I all Liberal statesii ai except the few who cherished the design of e.ta.hlishii . l e e n Carbolic and Presbyterian establish. meats by the side. design the people of England have never becilfaVollral) , l l3 o:•e e n tolerant. All the hopes, therefore, of so many a li s xe ‘ t le , r in e willing to do justice to Irel t the discsfahhs!onent of the a l: . ish_ Church. Butt till quite lately they were entertained t , s ; Lt n l , l l the greatist difficulty. The noble ri•aolutioo drat, this questicn should be settled in the only w:(a followed, however, by a great revival of liti.LBthile wayi eceived by this policy at the eleAt( e insV es. plaeft,wlll how easy it was to arouse and draw forth the sy n i : : • long been cherished ; and we inay , 1 7 ,, 1nd . in the niajo. a - lW nt Mr. Gladstone's back—a, Upon. ue said on Ttiesday,representin44;:li:rttelo''t,natsiiyila'elliei in nothing so fully as in kindliness of feeling land—the fruitful awl secure assurance of the ° L a n n i ' I ' re , of that scheme of justice which has 1 ern by the Government since thei r accession to i , :hee. 1114 .1 .. who take a broad view of political progress, and who regard the improvement of legislation as more impel , taut than the gains of parties, may gladly perceive, in the grand enlightened enthusiasm of Mr. Gladstone's closing speech, the sure promise of a lengthened day of uninterrupted progress such as no temporary Liberal reverse could stay —a day of success which the great patriotic triumph over which we have now to rejoice inaugurates with peculiar and .unsullied brilliancy. DIPERIAL FARLIA EN _~~ ,~ HOUSE OF COMAIONS.—LAsr EVENING. The SPEAVTB took the chair at 4 o'clock. SLIGO BOROUGH IMPROVEMENT BILL. A short debate took place on the motion for the secoad reading of this bill. The house eventually divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it ll9 Majority in favour of the bill -16 OPENING THE MUSEUMS ON SUNDAYS. A great many petitions were presented against the pro posal to open the British Museum and other public iusti tutions on Sundays. THE RELEASED FENIANS. Mr. C. FORTESGUE, in reply to Sir G. Jeukinson, i•a'd it was quite true that language of a very objection able character had been used at two banquets given ateork and Ballenasloo in honourof the released Fenims. Only two of those persons released h•ld so grossly and disgracefully abused the clemency of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) The seditious language had not escaped the attention of the Government, and it was now under the cons:d..,ration of the law officers of tho Crown. He hoped too much importance would not be given to the mischievous eloquence of these persons, as the Go vernment were not indifferent to the matter, and were quite determined that such things should not continue. (Hear, hear.) The persons who had been set at liberty did not receive a free pardon, but were set at liberty with certain conditions being enforced on them. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the case of those r ersons in Australia, he had already on a former occasion stated the intention of the Government, but ho could only say that each individual case would be considered on its own merits. With respect to a statement which appeared that morning in one of the newspapers that day, that the two Fenian convicts, O'Donovan Roser and Newby had been re leased. Such a statement bad no foundation in fact. Mr. GLADSTONE said that the Mayor of Cork might feel confident, if he felt so disposed, "that they bad Mr. Gladstone on their side, and that all the other Fenians would be released." (Laughter.) All he could say wa-, that there was no intention on the part of the Govern-melt to release any more Fenians. TIIE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IItELAND. Mr. VANE asked whether the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) noun give the house any information on the rnmourcd resignation by Earl Spencer of the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. GLADSTONE said be had no communication to make either to the housa or the Lon. member ou the sub ject. The rumour was wholly without foundation. THE SNIDER RIFLE. Mr. CARDWELL sail it was proposed to issue the Snider rifle to 24 militia regiments proceeding either to Aldershot or Shorncliffe. AGRICUL ruRAL STATISTICS. Mr. BRIGHT said it was proposed to collect the agri cultural statistics on the 25th of June. THE IRISH The adjourned debate on the disestablishment of the Irish Church Bill was resumed by ' Mr. WALPOLE, who said the present measure was ono of the most arduous subjects of legislation ever submitted to the House of Commons, as they were for the first timo in the history of civilisation to do away with the religion of a country as a national religion—(oh, oh, and no, no)—and so to cause what might be termed a legislative revolution m the religion of a portion of the country. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) lie obj• cted to the bill in the strongest manner, because it dissolved every cor poration and so entirely put an end to all parochial orga nisation —(hear, hear) —because it took away the property of the Church and invested it with commissioners —(hear, hear)— because it deprived the Crown of appointing bishops and the true government of the church, and because it severed the Royal supremacy from the Church of the country, through which supremacy the worship and doc trine of the Church had been preserved. (" Hear, hear," from the Opposition.) The bill he looked upon as an attempt to introduce the voluntary principle—a principle which bad failed as far as e d uc atioa was con cerned, and which would wholly and entirely fail in the dissemination of religion. (Hear, hear, from the Opposi tion.) The bill proposed altogether to divert the endow ments the church poz , sesseil to purposes quite different from those for which they wero made, and ou that ground alone the bill ought not to rective tha sanction of Parlia-.. ment. Sir H. BULWER descanted on the long course of inis governtiant in Ireland, and urged that the question at issue was how they were to govern that country, and iu dealing with this the house should remember enat they were statesmen and not theologians. The debate was continued by Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Agar Ellie, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Miller, Mr. Verner, The O'Do nogltue, Lord G. Hamilton, and Mr. G 11. Moore. • NH-. G. HARDY pronounced the measure not one of justice, ,but of vengeance. He believeti the Church of Ireland was doing au excellent work, and tint recognition of religion by the Sate was a distinct acknowledgment of the gen.ral superintendence of the Almighty in all humau affairs. The real ques.fou was—Were the inn. j pity of the population to give way to the minority, who were very gliev, d that the Sovereign of the realm was a Protestant ? But the real fact was, that the Church did not injure the Roman Catholics in any way. In a very elaborate speech he proclaimed that the Church of England in Ireland had held forth the light of the Reformation in all parts of the werl 1, and condemned the confiscation of what belonged to Cie Irish Church alone. He reviewed the various items of the bill, com menting on the unjust way in which Mr. Gladstone pro posed to deal with the properly of the Church, and quoted from the speeches of the right hon. gentleman to show his previous opinion that if the Irish Church was destroyed the Repeal of the Union must be the next step. As to the arrangements of the Government, it was nothing but a miserable evasion of the real point. Mr. GLADSTONE rose to reply at one o'clock, and was warmly cheered. He deprecated the conduct of the man who would quote a line and a half of a speech de livered three-and-thirty years ago to prove that he (Mr. Gladstone) had talked of a probable course of conduct tending to a Repeal of the Union between England and Ireland. He censured the highly-coloured reptesenta nous which had been made as to the state of Ireland generally, which could only have been done for party purposes. There was nothing to be seen in Ireland but the aggregation of long misgovernment, wrong, and oppression. The right honourable gentleman replied iu detail to the various arguments advanced in the debate, and in conclusion said that, as rapidly as the clock was at the time of his speaking advancing to the early dawn, su surely and a p parent l y s il ent l y were th e l as t hours of the Irish Church Establishment approachiug. At twenty m i uu t es past t wo t hi s morn i ng the House divide-t, and the numbers were— • For the scond reading Against it . 368 250 Majority The announcement of the numbers was received with loud and repeated cheers. The division occupied twenty five minutes. ADJOURNMENT FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Mr. GLADSTONE—I move that the House at its rising do adjourn to Thursday week. (Hear, hear.) Agreed to. The other orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at three o'clock to Thursday, April 1. LUNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAncn 23. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Wm. M'Mahon to be Captain; Cornet Herbert Ray to be Lieutenant ; Hector Guidon ltebow to be Cornet. Pith Dragoon Guards—Captain Edward Napier to be Major; Lieutenant Henry Hamilton to be Captain Cornet Frederick Rasch to be Lieutenant. Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant Edward Griffith to be Captain, Cornet Corbet Smith to be Lieutenant ; Robert Lllowel lyn to be Cornet. 4th Hussars—Lieutenant Henry Collings to be Captain ; Cornet Edward Williams to be Lieutenant; Alfred Gambier to be Cornet. 14th Hussars—Lieutenant John St. Vincent Saiimrez to be Captain ; Cornet William Beaumont to be Lieuten ant ; Cornet Charles Chaplin has been permitted to retire from the Service ; William Ward to be Cornet. 3d F oo t —Ensign George Carr to be Lieut enan t ; Mi chael Spence to he Ensign. 4th Foot—Arthur Chamberlain to bo Ensign. Bth Foot —Captain Edward Tanner to be Major ; Lieu tenant Martin Cole to be Captain; Ensign Lewis Wise to be Lieutenant ; Ensign William Macbay to be Ensign. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Blanchard, to be Lieu tenant. 13th Foot —Ens'gn John Bailey to b 3 Lieutenant, Walter — Gaskell bribe Ensign. 17th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Bros to be Captain, En sign Henry Nares to be Lieutenant. 18th Foot— Ensign Alfred Swindley to be Lieutenant, Ilan,pd , nt Richards to be Ensign. 20th Foot - Lieutenant James Smy th to be Captain, En sign el.arles 'Wilber to be Lieuteu tut, Gerald Browne to be Ensign. 3t; h Foot—AsFistant-Surgeon James Reynolds to be A fzsistaut- S urgeun. 43 Foot—Lieut. Augustine Lefroy to be Captain; Ensign Be:inch:lmp F. I;:tgenal to b.) Lieutenant ; Ensign Ai th nr L!oyd to b., Ensign. 4Gth Foot —Lieut. George Martin to be Lieutenant. 57sh Foot—Assheton Biddulph to bo Ensign. Foot—Ensign - Henry Going to be Lieutenant; 11enrY Pideock to be Ensign. 70th Foot—Edward King to be Ensign. _ . 73d Foot—Staff-Surgeon Elector Ferguson to be EnsFgn• 7Gth Foot—Staff Asssistant-Sur,;eon Samuel Popham, MB.. to be Assistant-Surge MIL Foot—Lieutenant DonalT'Sbaw to be Captain, En sign Francis Bertram to be Lieutenant, George H a wkins to be Ensign. Nth Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Lloyd to be Ensign, Eustace Bevan to be Ensign. 2d West India RegimentLient. Charles Irwin to be In structorof Musketry. THE SUN, LOND6I4, ; WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1869. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. (From the Anglo-American Times.) . . . The proposed Fifteenth Constitutional Amend ment was introduced into the House of Representa tives by Mr. BOUTWELL, of Massachusetts, after the re.assemblyof Congressin January, and in this form was passed by 150 yeas to 42 nays. " Art.—, Sec. 1. The right of any citizen of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or any State, by reason of race or colour, or previous condition of slavery, of any citizen or class of citizens of the United States. Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this Article." On reach ing the Senate it became the subject of asevere strug gle, that body being more Republican than the Re presentatives. Mr. WILSON offered an amendment to protect the rights of the coloured people to hold office, and it was further amended so as to read as telegraphed to this country, the change being after the word "colour," to " nativity, educa t ion , property, or creed." Tacked to it also was an amendment altering the manner of appointing Presidential elec tors, taking the control from the State Legislatures, and deciding the election by a popular vote. The Democrats rather favoured these alterations, as they expected they would insure the defeat of the Amendment. Indeed, it was Mr. BUCKALEW who first moved the additional section requiring Presiden tial electors to be chosen by the people. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, wished all Constitutional amend ments to be also submitted to a direct vote. That party, however, had two strings to their bow ; if by fillibustering they could delay the measure till the term of the Fortieth Congress expired, then within a few weeks of its end, it was thought that the next House of Representatives could not muster the necessary two-thirds majority, and there was little probability of the Republicans again finding the requisite overwhelming majority in COngress and in th lic E lcalatriwco. Out I'ob. 44h the g . ss i o n was carried throughout the night, terminating half an hour only before that of the 9th commenced ; but the Republicans persisted, and the amendment was passed by 40 to 16, as published in our leader of the 27th Feb., "on the Proposed Fifteenth Consti tutional Amendment." Among the nays were the five Republican Senators CORBETT, GRIMES, AN THONY, EDMONDS, and FOWLER. On Feb. 15th Re presentative BotrrwELL got therules suspended in the House so, as to take up the Senate's amendments, moving to non-concur, and for a CommiWe of Conference, which were carried by decisive majori ties. This action was reported in the Senate on the 17th, when a confused debate took place, which will, if the clerks correctly record it, form a singular chapter in Parliamentary annals. Mr. STEWART moved to agree to a Committee of Conference, but, seeing no prospect of success, be substituted to recede from the Senate's proposition, and to concur in the House amendment. As the mo tion to recede required but a bare majority, while the motion to concur required two-thirds, it was necessary to divide them, the former being gained by 33 to 23, and the latter lost by 31 to 27. The old Amendment, as reported by the Senate Ju diciary Committee, was then submitted, and after a long discussion adopted by 35 to 11, as follows : " The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or any State, on account of race, colour, or previous condition of servitude." On the 20th this Amendment was taken up by the House_ Mr. BINGHAM in lieu proposed the Amend ment as formerly passed by the Senate, thus : "The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by any State ou account of race, colour, nativity, property, creed, or pre vious condition of servitude." And this was carried, when it was telegraphed to to Europe that the House had concurred in the Senate's Amendment, the substance having been published in England abridged, while we gave the words in full on the 27th February, concluding as a matter of course that the proposed Amendment had passed Congress in the form then given to it by the Senate. A week after REtrrEß's telegram another was published in the Times' to the effect that the Negro Suffrage Amendment having pissed Congress had been forwarded to the State Legislatures. Not knowing the contradictory proceedings of both Houses it was difficult to comprehend the import of the In ssagc. The first conveyed a wholly erroneous impression, the second withheld all the information necessary to understand its meaning. The House Amendment was considered in the Senate on the 22d, and next day Mr. STEWART carried his motion fora conference, himself, CONKLING, and EDWARDS being appointed the committee, the committee of the House being Messrs. Botrrwm„ BINGII k3l, and LOGAN. On the 25th the Report of the Committee was submitted by Mr. BOUTWELL, recommending the House to recede from its Amendment and to agree to the Senate's proposition ; and the Amend ment, as reported in our last issue, was finally agreed to by 143 to 43. Mr. WOODWARD claimed the necessity of obtaining for the joint resolution the approval of the PRESIDENT of the United States, which called forth an elaborate ruling from Speaker COLFAX setting aside the point of order. The question had been raised before in 1803, and it had since been decided by the highest authority in the United States, as well as by eminent constitutional lawyers, among them Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON, indeed by the Supreme Court, by all of whom it was laid down that the PRESIDENT has nothing to do with the proposition or adoption of Amendments to the Constitution. Even quite lately the question came before the Senate, when a resolution was agreed to without a division, wherein allusion was made to an amendment having been inadvertently presented to the PRESIDENT for his approval, asserting that such approval was unnecessary, inconsistent with former practice, and should not constitute a prece dent for the future. The Amendment reached the Senate on the 26th, when the Report of the Committee was read and adopted by 39 to 13. The Amendment having then got through Congresz, and it being ruled that it did not require to be sub mitted to the PRESIDENT, it was only necessary to forward it, through him, as the proper official chan nel to the State Legislatures, and it was telegraphed to Kansas, Nevada, Louisiana, and other State Legislatures, then in Session, by whom it was at once confirmed. On comparing the Amendment as passed by Congiess with that first proposed by the Senate, it will be seen that the words " hold office" have been struck out, as well as " property," " education," or " creed." Tbis leaves it in the power of the States to enact restrictions either in property or education so long as they are impartial. I I For instance, the law in Massacbusett permitting those only to vote who are able to read the Con stitution in English can remain a law .should the proposed Amendment be passed by the States ; Massachusetts might even enact that no person should vote in that State who could not read the Bible in Arabic, or New York maintain annualt hatn o i o n n eo e m w e a s o f a 61 oq ualified o Whatt er t t h h e a t s h t a a t d e s n c o an could ul d not then do is. to enact that a citizen of African or Chinese origin must hold property, or prove an educational qualification not required from a white man, and . as the States will retain the right to fix the qualifying period for naturalization much of the old power will remain with them. If, for instance, California insists on an English educational quali fication, it will effectually bar the Chinese for seve ral years. Although the Amendment did not satisfy the extreme Republicans, the jump is suffi cient for the present, for, if it answers, further pro- press can be made in the same direction, but if the nation finds it is getting into a quagmire, it is as well to have the power of retracing its steps. ' As GRANT in his Inaugural advocated the adoption of this Amendment, it is likely to be passed by,the necessary three-fourths of the State Legislatures. SOUTIIDOWN II NT STEEPLECIIASES.—The Open Han dicap closes on Tuesday next, over the same course as last year. Mr Marcus Verrall has paid particular attention to the ground. The fences are large and quite natural, 'with nothing objectionable, and we expect to see as geed a meeting as last year. The Hunters' Stakes will close on April 5. Th e Regimental Challenge Cup of the 4th Dra goons will be ruu at this meeting. DONVILLF, 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 exports, tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort -buildings Strand, Loudon; W.C—Eitd- Tertiseraent. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. should do so; he has investect too mu ii money in this business to allow it to be invaded by other per sons more enterprising than scrupulous. In a case which has just been partly heard before Sir B. Phillips at the London Mansion House, it wizs stated that Mr. Graves had given £24,000 for Mr. Frith's " Railway Station'' and copyright. It seems almost impossible that this enormous sum can be repaid, Another incident mentioned was, that Mr. Millais is still very seriously ill . at Hastings. 313 VENTLR LEGISLATORS. During Lord Palmerston's last Government the House of Commons was famous for the number of octogenarians it contained. The present Parliament is no less remarkable for vigintarians. There are more than fifty M.P.'s under thirty years of age. A large proportion of them belong to the Upper Ten Thousand, and represent county constituencies, or boroughs which are under the control of great landowners. The youngest member in the House is Mr. Hutton, who represents Northallerton, and is just of age, Ile is the owner of an estate close to the borough, and " Dod" tells us that " he will oppose to the utmost of his power the disestablishment of the Irish Church." No doubt if Troy is to be saved it is Master llutton's right hand that will save it. Next youngest to him is Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, who sits for his brother, the Marquis of Lansdowne. This young gentlemen is in favour of the disestablishment of the Irish Church, the abolition of religious tests, and " amodilied system - of compulsory education." No doubt he has thoroughly mastered a complete scheme. North Northumber land has a particular penchant for juvenile legis lators, and is represented by members aged respec tively 22 and 26. It need scarcely be said that other great families besides the Fitzmaurices and the Percies have their cadets in the Legislature. The Duke of Abercorn succeeded in winning a seat for his son, Lord George Hamilton, aged 23, in the county of Middlesex, one of the most remarkable Cen.servative triumphs throughout the election. The Duke of Argyll's son, the Marquis of Lorne, and the Duke of Sutherland's brother, Lord Ronald Gower, both 23, sit for safe Scotch counties, where their relatives are nothing less than sovereigns. Lord Fitzwilliam has seated a son, aged 29, in Wicklow county, and another, aged 30, in South-West Yorkshire. Lord Lyttleton has placed one, aged 26, in East Worcester shire; Lord Derby one, aged 27, in North Lanca shire ; Lord Belper one, aged 28, in East Derby shire ; and the Earl of Bradford one, aged 23, in North Shropshire. Mr. Glad stone and Mr. Hardy have each an alter ego in the House. Sometimes young men have won important constituencies in an open fight. For M.. T-inarr. naed 2fi, , beat lUr. lkinffatt hy seventeen votes at Southampton, but has to stand a petition ; Mr. Lea, aged 27, won Kidderminster by 451 majority ; Mr. Samuelson, aged 25, beat another juvenile at Cheltenham. As a rule, however, con stituencies which have a tree choice preter repre sentatives who have not just left school or the university. THE ERNEST JONES COMMEMORATION. It is now definitely decided that the procession and meeting in memory of Mr. Ernest Jones shall be held on G oo d F r id a y ; and as yet no order preventing the meeting has been issued from Scotland Yard. The speakers announced are Mr. Holyoake, the Rev. J. Applctree, Messrs. Bradlaugh, Howell, Wade, and Lucraft. Amidst general con demnation, Mr. Holyoake raises a solitary note in defence of the meeting. He says the objections to it proceed from th e m iddl e c l ass , whose con ventional cant Mr. Holyoake is much disgusted with. The working men, he says, have sympathies which they want to express. "Do we live in Paris, that working men should be required to obtain per mission of Colonel Henderson, or the Home Office, whether they shall listen for twenty minutes to a few words spoken for the dead whom they have it in their hearts to hononr ? Is the sentiment of reverence and unforgetfulness by the people for one who spoke for them alike in peace and peril so i common that t needs no encouragement ? and are the regulations of London such that its manifesta tion must be frowned down ?" With regard to the fitness of the day, Mr. Holyoake says, " I would take no part in any public p rocee di n g which could justly be held as inconsistent with the decorum of a day regarded as sacred by my countrymen, but I have always learned that grateful reverence for the ser vices of the dead is an act sacred in itself." GOOD FRIDAY AT THE LONDON DOCKS. The Rev. C. F. Lowder, incumbent of St. Peter's, London Docks, has given notice that on Good Friday " The Way of the Cross will be made with litanies and hymns in procession through the parish, and short addresses will be given at each station." The Daily News disapprov es of this announcement, and hopes that " Mr. Lowder and his friends will find it convenient to conduct their worship next Friday somewhere within doors under guarantees of peace, quiet, and good order." Whatever may be thought of the particular ceremony which he has selected, it is obvious that a service " indoors" would fail of the very objectwhich Mr. Lowder desires. Ile wants to impress upon the vast mass of heathen living in his parish, and which never can be persuaded to enter a thumb, the great event which is celebrated on Friday. Services ever so impressive, sermons ever so eloquent " indoors " are of no avail to those out side. How are these to be reached ? The Daily News fears that there will be a disturbance. If we remember rightly the Apostles created several disturbances, but thcpe did not persuade them that they ought to do their teaching . " indoors" and leave the outsiders to take care of themselves. Our contemporary has no idea of mission work, and yet it is needed quite as much at the London Docks as in Patagonia. Repeating "Dearly beloved brethren" twice a week is not quite adequate to the occasion. EMIGRATION. A meeting of the me Managing C omm itt ee o f th e Dritish and Colonial migration Society was held on Monday at the Mansion House, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. A letter was read from the Home Secretary discouraging the proposal to issue a royal commission on the question. A report from the sub-committee was read recom mending that 200 emigrants should be sent as soon as possible to Q ue bec, 100 of them being sent from Woolwich, where many men are now unemployed. Free passages are given to families, but the society has never assisted single men, and some debate was hel d on the question. Various suggestions were made, but the point was not finally decided. It was resolved to ad vertise that the society was ready to receive applications from persons willing to pay part of their passage money. Very encouraging accounts were received from Mr. Dixon, emigration agent for Canada, who thought there would be no difficulty in settling in that country 20,000 farm labourers, 2,000 female se r v ants, 0,000 female farm servants, 3,000 navvies, 4,000 mechanics, and 0,000 agr i cu l tura l labourers. It was also stated that about 3,000 emi grants could be placed in g o od positions in West £3,000 in hand. Australia. The society has now EQUALISATION OF POOR RATES. On Monday a numerous deputation had an inter view with the President of the P oor -l aw B oar d to request the Government to introduce a bill for the equalisation of the poor rate thro ug h t h e metropol i s. Mr. Lo c k e , M.P., explained the purpose of the deputation, and a memorial was presented, which had been adopted by an aggregate meeting of vestry district boards and boards o f guar di ans. M r. Goschen said th a t his own opinions were in favour of the equalisation of the po or ra t es , an d h e thought that they were travelling in' the right direction for the accom plishment of such an object. Ile saw diffic u lties, however, in the way of equalisa tion if the local management were left as it was. The question was, what control would there be by the ratepayers over the management of the rates when the equalisation was effected ? Ile wished to be candid, and he thought that means must be taken to prevent on e pari sh from being lavish at the expense of another. If the ratepayers of London would support the Poor-law Board in the matter, he had no doubt that they would arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. VELOCIPEDES. Velocipedes in the streets of large towns are like 'dirt—matter in the wrong place. Perambulators are not altogether pleasant to foot passengers, but velo cipedes are perambulators run mad; and one might almost as well have a locomotive steam engine careering through the streets as one of the vehicles which are now becoming so fashionable. A few days ago a man was driving one of them through Clerkenwell at the rate of twelve miles an hour. lie knocked down three persons, ran over the foot of a third, and then tried to run away. But he was seized by the police, and will be prosecute d b y the vestry. Intending buy ers of velocipedes will do well to defer their purchase until it is known if the prose cution will be maintained. THE THAMES AT 'WAPPING. It may be a very grand thing to live on the banks of the noble river Th ames, but those who reside in the classic region of Wapping evidently cannot under stand the honour of dwelling - in sight of the noble forest of masts about which poets and essayists have been wont to prate. A meeting of the inhabi tants of the district was held a day or two back, when one of the speakers stated that whenever there was a high tide the river overflowed, entered the houses, and but a very s h or t time ago the whole of the inhabitants of one street were compelled to remove from their tenements. When the water subs Med the Boors and furniture of the inhabitants were coated with mud, which emitted a most dis gusting odour. Another speaker, the landlord of a public-house said he had had his cellar full of water four times in three weeks, and on the last occsion it was full for two days. A boat was then plying for hire along the main street. The meeting proceeded to pass resolutions calling upon the Government to erect an embankment. The Hercules of the Treasury will be sure to tell the .:sr to put his own shoulder to the wheel, v, - :1; Hse the Thames-siders to make the embank I. y. them selves, for certainly the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not help them. PIRATING ENG RAN G Mr. Graves, the engraver, of Pall Mall, is making a succession of raids upon the printsellers who are iairating his pictures. It is not surprising that he OBITUARY. To-day's obituary contains the names of the Earl of Wicklow, aged 81 ; Sir Henry Jervis, aged 70 ; and Sir J. T. Ibettson-Selwin 85. Lord Wicklow was one of the Irish Howards, and was marriedto a sister of the Duke of Abercorn. He was a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick, and a lord-lieutenant of the county of. Wicklow, and those two dignities are now at the disposal of the Government. He was also a representative peer of Ireland. His heir is the Ilor, Charles Francis Arnold, who is in the Lancers, and is just 30 years old. Sir Henry Jervis-Whyte Jervis was also an Irishman. He was the second baronet. and succeeded his father in 18.0. He was formerly in the navy. His eldest son, Humphrey, w.:s born it 1821; his second son is the somewhat promineir Colonel Jervis, M.P. for Harwich. SirJ. T. ibettson- Selwin, was the sixth baronet, and succeeded his nephew in 1801. He is succeeded by Mr. Selwin- Ibbetson, M.P., for West Essex, and who married the daughter of the late Lord Lyndhurst. THE DESTRUCTION THE TOL3I AEN. The destruction of the Cornish Tolmaen, in Con stantine parish, near I'enrhyn, which we recently recorded, seems to have been an act of wanton bar barism. The singular natural bridge, called by borlase the most astonishing monument of its Rana, was blown up simply for the sake of its granite. But why it should have been blown up even from a love of gain it is hard to understand ; for Sir John Lubbock writes to the Times that having been informed some wceis ago by the Rev. Mr. Win wood that the Tolmaen was in danger, he put himself in communication with the proprietor, Mr. Haskin, intending to offer some compensation for, or, if possible, to acquire it permanently for the nation ; but ho was assured that there was no reason for aiiy anxiety on the subject. The feelings of geologists and scientific men generally towards Mr. 4-nrrnrils his man Dunstan (who was -the perpetrator of the act of vandalism) " may b.) better imagined than described." THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION. The Bock has at last got hold of a formidable bogey with which to frighten itself and to produce fear in other people. The question " Whither are we drifting ?" is answered by our contemporary. We are now and have been engaged as a nation for some time past "in removing every obstacle that the wisdom of our ancestors had raised against the transference of the throne from the Protestant House of Hanover to the Popish Stuarts." And the time being fully ripe, the Stuart has now appeared. A writer in the Church 14ews has alarmed the Rock by saying " under all circumstances, I wonder we hear nothiqg of the representative of the Stuarts. He is kept bottled-up in America for service in England or Ireland, when opportunity may offer. I once had a glimpse of him, and he wanted to incite me to mortal combat for having talked about the obsolete tyranny of the Stuarts.' All in good time for his appearance on the scene." The Rock does not quite put faith in this bottled-up gentleman ; but tells its readers that the ex-Duke of Modena is—treating the hateful incursion of Dutch William as a mere usurpation—the rightful heir to the English throne. FOREIGN NOTES. THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY. The governor and directors of the Hudson's Bay terri tory have determined to recommend the acceptance of Earl Granville's proposal to the shareholders. Whether the latter will listen to the advice of the board is a ques tion which will be settled at the meeting which takes place to-day. But it is abundantly clear that the com pany will never have an opportunity more favourable to their interests than the present. The terms offered by Earl Granville are good, though not what the company expected. The shareholders retain all their hunting rights, and, in addition, will receive a sum of money equal to a return of £3 a share on all their subscribed capital, a large extent of land around each of their present trading stations, the right to select two millions of acres in the best part of the country, and will enjoy a certain freedom from taxation. Of course they will suffer in one respect: the value of the region as a hunting-ground will diminish as it becomes colonised. But this deterioration, which must be a work of time, will be counterbalanced by the increase in the value of the land which is retained. LORD MATO'S INDIAN POLICY. The Telegraph has good grounds for believing that Lord Mayo is already active in his efforts to promote üblic works in India, especially branch railways and irrigation canals—the most urgent needs of the empire. Lord Mayo also supports the "policy of peaceful advantage" in Affghanistan. Shere Ali has been already helped with monetary presents, and will probably meet Lord Mayo at Umballa in the present spring ; but the Viceroy is also making handsome offers of asylum and maintenance to Azim Khan and Abdool Rahman, the enemies of the reigning Emir. If these be accepted, our position in the country will be still stronger. TILE UNITED STATES. Mr. A. T. Stewart's inability to take office under Pre sident Grant has lost the United States a Alinister of rare public spirit. Mr. Stewart was disqualified from taking the Secretaryship of the Treasury by the Act of 1789, which excludes from the post all persons engaged in commercial pursuits. In order to get over this legal difficulty—which the Senate would not remove— Mr. Stewart offered to place the profits of his immense business in the hands of trustees for purposes of charity. But the most eminent lawyers have decided that this philanthropic expedient will not suffice to escape the con sequences of the Act. Mr. Stewart has therefore retired altogether; but he takes with hi'n the respect of all men. DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH MINISTRY. It is clear that the National Assembly is not disposed to become the tool of the Ministry. Senor Orense has bas brought forward a proposition making State employ ment incompatible with the position of a deputy. The Government, represented by Sagasta, opposed this motion, but the Cortes, by a majority of 91 to 82, have resolved to consider it. This is the first defeat of the Ministry ** THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE." The reports of a compact, more or less rigorous, between France, Austria, and Italy are still persistently circulated. The " triple alliance " is the one topic nf the day in Italy, though none of the leading organs are able to furnish any information respecting it. The Geneva Journal is, how ever, more fortunate. It says nothing about Austria, but affirms that no doubt exists as to the fact of an alliance being concluded between France and Italy. THE ELECTIONS IN HUNGARY. The Government cannot fail to command a large ma jority at the termination of the elections now pending. About 200 members have already been returned, and of these the Government has secured a majority of 50. In Transylvania it is expected that this superiority will be still further increased. The result shews that the people have now confidence in their rulers, and the Vienna journals all agree that this feeling is increased by the friendship which, all alliance rumours apart, has un doubtedly been established between Austria and Italy. GREECE AFTER THE RUPTURE. King George has returned to Athens, after his tour through the southern part of his kingdom. He has been absent twenty days. The Ind(pendance Beige says that the young sovereign has everywhere met with a warm and sympathetic reception. Nowhere did the conduct of the populace justify the rumours of the discontent which was said to have been awakened by the solution of the difficulty with the Porte. The internal condition of the kingdom is improving . , though, of course, at no very rapid pace. Changes are to be made in the personnel of the Administration, which greatly needs such reform. TURKEY AND PERSIA. The dispute which threatened to culminate in a war between Turkey and Persia is now to be settled by the popular remedy for international disorders. The diffi culty, which relates to the frontier of the two countries, will be referred to a commission, which will definitely map out the boundary line. Several European repre. sentatives will take part in the deliberations, as in the case of the commission which determined the frontier of Montenegro. " Pound parties" are the latest Boston notion. Those invited are expected to contribute one pound at least of something to eat. Debates in the Louisiana LPg - iilatarc are eon (.itict,,ri partly in Eaglish, p trtly in French, and sometimes in German. The steamer China sailed from San Franeisc' for Hong Kong, ria Yokohama, March 5. She carried 8823,000 in treasury, of which 1196,000 was for Yoko hama, 8303,000 for Hong Kong, and 834,0110 for !flag i. [ ADVERTISEMENT.I-llolloway's Ointment and Pills Better than a fortune.- -The study of disease, its causes, and a perpetual search for its remedies, have anxiously engaged the attention of philosophers from time immemorial. Yet this grand discovery was reserved for Holloway. It is purely vegetable extracts : can be safely and effectively used by all persons suffer ing from external and internal ailments. The directions wrapped round every pot of ointment and every box of pills are amply sufficient to guide the most diffident, and to encourage the most timid. When illness makes its appearance and remedies are eagerly sought after, none will be found more effectual than Bolloway's in alleviating and encouraging the pains of the dis eased and the afflicted. Both ointment and pills purify and preserve. CONGI?ESS. SENATE. On the 26th Feb. a conference report on the Naval Appropriation Bill was concurred in. The bill " to strengthen the public credit" was reported with amendments, by Mr. Sherman. from the Finance Committee. The conference report on the Suffrage Amemtnent was considered and finally adopted by a vote of 39 to 11. Fowler, of Ten nessee, voted with the negatives. The bill relat ing to National Banking reports, to prevent certifying of Checks by the banks in certain cases, and to protect passengers in vessels, were passed.—On the 27th the credentials of Hannibal Hamlin, Senator elect from Maine, were presented. The bill to strengthen the public cre.lit was con sidered and passed —yeas 29, nays 16. Mr. 'Wilson introduced a bill for the more equal distribution of National b Inking capital, and Mr. Sherman one for the recognition of the independence of Cuba.-- On the Ist March the credenti ils of Senators elect T. F. Bayard, of Delaware, Boreman, of West Virginia, and.Brownl )w, of Tennessee, were pre sented. The bill authorizing sentences of hard labour, in addition to imprisonment, for certain offences against the United States, was passed. A House resolution suspending the rules so as to allow the transmission of bills from either House within the last three days of the session was con curred in. The Army Appropriation Bill was con sidered.—On the 2d a Conference Committee was appointed on the Public Credit Bill. A conference report on the Diplomatic Appropriations Bills was agreed to. The Legislative Appropriation Bill was considered, and Mr. Morton moved to add a sec tion repealing the Tenure-of-Office Act. the pro position was rejected—yeas 22, nays 26. The bill was passe I with various amendments. The Post office Bill was then taken up.—On the 3d the Pub lic Credit Bill was reported by the Conference Committee, and agreed to yeas 31, nays 24. A resolution of respect to Mr. lV age, the retiring Pre sident, was offered by Mr. Davis and passed. A night session was had to dispose of the appropria tions and other unfinished business. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On the 26th the Civil Appropriation Bill was re ported. The Deficiency Appropriation Bill was passed. Conference reports on the Naval Appro priation Bill and the Bill for Compensation of Deputy Collectors and Assessors were adopted. The Legislative Appropriation Bill was con sidered. On the 27th the Louisiana contested elec tion was taken up, and Mr. Menard, the coloured contestant, spoke in favour of his right to the seat. Finally, the House declared that neither Hunt nor Menard was elected; an I then, on motion of Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, the whole subject was tabled. The Senate amendment to the Indian Appropriation Bill was considered in Committee of the Whole.—On the Ist March a joint resolution was passed to secure the proper completion of the Pacific Railroad. The Miscellaneous Appropria tion Bill was considered. Mr. Schenck moved to take up the Public Credit Bill, but objection was made by Mr. Butler.—On the 2d a number of bills were passed. The Senate amendments to the bill relating to the certification of checks by national banks were concurred in ; also the Senate amend ments to the bill exempting the manufacturers of naval machinery from tax. The conference report on the Diplomatic Approwiations was agreed to. A conference was ordered on the Public Credit Bill, also on the bill relating to reports of national banks. A substitute for the Spanish sympathy re solution was adopted and sent to the Senate. The first part expresses sympathy with both Spain and Cuba in their efforts for liberty, and the second authorizes the President to recognize Cuban inde pendence.-- On the 3d Speaker Colfax delivered his farewell address. At its close Mr. Woodward, of Pennsylvania, rose and offered a resolution highly eulogistic of the retiring Speaker, which was un•rni mously adopted. Mr. Pomeroy, of New York, was then unanimously elected Speaker for the rest of the session. Mr. Hooper, from the Ways and Means Committee, reported a bill relating to whisky and tobacco, which was passed. It extends the time for withdrawal of whisky from bond. The Conference report on the bill to strengthen the public credit was agreed to—yeas 118, nays 57. The bill, as agreed upon ia Conference, is substantially the same as passed by the Senate. A night session was held to dispose of Appropriation and other bills. The Fortieth Congress terminated at noon on the 4th of March, both Houses having remained in ses sion during the prece ling night until a late hour on the mor Ding of the 4th, disposing of Appropriation Bills, when the llouses retired to make way for the incoming Congress, and thus closed the Fortieth Congress. We shall shortly publish a full and com plete list of the members of the present Congress, as we await now only a few names, the elections being almost complete. The well-known Prussian statesman seems to have a kindly feeling towards Grant. Scarcely had he been sworn in as President when this despatch was placed in his hands:—"Berlin, March 6.—P re side nt General Grant, White House, D. C.: My cordial congratulations on this solemn day. —BISMARCK." General Sandford, the United States Minister at Brussels, has lately been in London, li e l eft for Paris on Thursday evening. M. Gibbs, Esq., having successfully settled the Government Treasury business which took him to the United States, will return immediately to Europe. An officer in her Majesty's 53d Regiment, named Whittaker, was fatally shot in the skating rink at Quebec, on the 3d inst., by Challoner, a lad, who alleges the officer insulted his sister. He has been arrested. Sir John Lawrence, the late Viceroy of India, has arrived in England. He was educated at Foyle Col lege, in the North of Ireland, and on his elevation to the Peerage proposes to take the title of " Foyle." It is be lieved that he will be created a Viscount. --- General E. J. Davis, the President of the Re construction Convention, the lion. J.W.Flanagan, Morgan C. H am ilt on , W. M. Farnell, James Burnett, a W. White, and C. W. Whitmore, Commissioners, appointed by the Texas State Convention to represent the condition and wants of the loyal people of that State, have arrived in Washington. On Monday, March 1, the case of the State against George D. and John A. Wise, indicted for shoot ing Edward A. Pollard, was settled in the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, Md., on payment of costs by the de fendants. It is understood that Mr. Pollard hearing of some magnanintJus remarks made by the Messrs. Wise on the death of his brother, H. Rives Pollard, declined to prosecute the case any further. General Butler, in a late speech, said Lorenzo Ad Interim Thomas, for the last two years, has served as "Inspector of Graveyards" at " two cents a mile." It is said that Mr. Gladstone was first induced to demand a peerage for the late Lord Macaulay by an article in an American newspaper. The will of Jonathan Burr, of Chicago, which was lost, but recently found, according to the telegraphic report, disposes of about $325,000, the bulk of his fortune, to charitable societies and other public institutions, 13 in all. The American Bible Society of New York receives a large donation for the education of the blind. At Nashville, Tenn., there is a widow lady aged 114, who has outlived three husbands, all of whom served in the Revolutionary war, and for whose services she draws three pensions. Her name is Dinah Vies ; she has 400 descendants, and her daughter, aged 90, lives with her. THE FRENCH WINE CASES.—Tbe result of the great contest between the United States Government and the importers of French wines is given in the following extract from the news report of the " Associated Press," dated Washington, March 2, 1869 :—" Intelligence was re ceived at the Treasury Department to-day that the cele brated wine case which has been on trial for a month in the United States Court at Orleans, before Judge Duren, has re suited in a judgment for the Government against the wine importers on all the points at issue. The amount involved in the cases which aro dependent upon the issue of this case is nearly half a million dollars, and the judgment settles very important questions of revenue law which have been in controversy for many years. The Govern ment was represented on this trial by Mr. Gibbs, special counsel of the Treasury Department, and the United States Attorney and Randall Hunt. The Court overruled an opinion of the Treasury Department, cited by the de fence, which was to the effect that false and cheap wines invoiced, labelled, and represented to be genuine wines of high grade, are not imitations. The new south Park of Chicago will include in two sections, with a very broad avenue between them, an area of more than 1,000 acres. It will be considerably larger than the New York Central Park. • The great excursion over the Pacific Railroad is beginning to attract considerable attention. The Chicago Republican says its managers will =IE4 their own an nouncements in good time. CAUSE OF TIIR TEXAN CATTLE DISEASE. A startling statement was made by Mr. Gould before the Social Science Meeting at Albany, Feb. 18, to the effect that the cattle disease which had attacked the droves from Texas last year was attri butable to the cruel manner in which the animals were driven. The drovers sometimes drive them ninety miles during the first two days, which leaves them in an over-heated, worn out, starved state. Then they cat a Texan grass wherein grows a small cryptogarnous plant, propagating itself, like all cryptogams, by spores, the effect of which is thus described These spores are constantly taken into the stomach of the ox grazing where they are found, but in his healthy condition they ara harmless. When the creature is heated, how ever, by over-driving, a condition of the stomach is produced in which these spores germinate, and in their growth they draw directly on the blood cor uscles, and deprive them of their vigour, sucking up the very essence of the blood. From this comes disease, which attacks and ulcerates the fourth stomach, or digestive apparatus of the ox, causing rapid decline and death, unless the progress of the malady is stopped. If it is stopped, and the ani mal recovers, he never regains complete health, an 3 cannot so readily be fattened, because his ulcerated stomach, when healed, loses a portion of its diges iive power, and cannot dispose of all the food put into it." The average loss of weight in the beasts between Texas and Illinois is from one to three hundred pounds, and from Illinois to New York one hundred pounds more. Mr. Gould cited the experience of Mr. Alexander, the greatest cattle raiser in Illinois, whose sales are reckoned by the ten thousand, and who says that it takes a hundred bushels of corn-6,000 pounds—to carry an to through the winter, without adding a pound to bi° weight. And why does it take so much? Because in Illinois there is no shelter for cattle in the winter,l lo separate stalls or feeding places, but each animal is compelled to struggle and fight with scores or hun dreds of others for the food he gets. Under such cir cumstances he will not grow fat, while if he were cared for as eastern cattle are, the 6,0001 b. of corn would produce five or six hundred pound of flesh, in stead of only keeping him in the flesh he had at first. A. Texan steer weighing I,ooolbs. costs the drover but $4O in the New York market, where they sell for $lOO, and the difference is the loss caused 11 the c nel treatment which destroys the animal. , "If th, , se facts can be r e li e d on ," says th e Springfiel d Republican, " and we have no reason to doubt thew , the high price and poor quality of meat is largely due to cruelty and carelessness in bringing the Texas cattle to market. Considering that Tess s now his 12,000,000 of cattle, and that these increase rapidly—having quadrupled in nine years—it is of the utmost consequence to check, and, if possib le : prevent the Texan fever from infecting these grea t herds, and thus spreading over the country. 'l'o do this legislation will be need e d, an d we hope tha t our Massachusetts cattle commissioners, co-operat ing. with the society for p r eventi ng crue lty to an' nuts, will see to it that we do our part in the legis lation requisite, daring the present session ° f the General Court." O n e o f th e l as t a cts of o a r Fortieth Congress was to appropriate $15, 000 f 0 investigation of the subject. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 1 ... 1 2 ? ",t Du Rotlerdam — ... 12 2.1 ... 12 ,i . Autwerp - ". 25 3t) ... 2 5 421 Brussels ... 25 35 ... 2 5 42, 1 i Hamburgu - —. 13 101 ... 13 111 Paris Frankfort-on-the-Main k fo r Ditto t ain Marseilles -on-the-M ... 25 324 • 25 3 :1 ....... 1270 120 k ....... 12 . Vienna — 12 8 ° Trieste — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Petersburg Copenhagen - ~.. 9 3 2 4 0 ....• 9 '31123 , Berlin, .. . ... 6 26} ... 6 24; Madrid.. 491 Cadiz — ... 4bl. ... 50 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 421 ... 26 5 0 Genoa — ... 26 4:4 m . 26 -5 0 Naples Palermo — ... 26 421 ... 26 50 Messina .. 26 421 ... 26 50 Lisbon ... 52 ... 521 Oporto — ••• 5 2 ... 521- Rio Jan eiro — •.. — -- New lurk — Foreiim em ail i'aciiet List. MAILS DUE. r 2r. tustralla and New Zealand, via Southampton 31 * • Mar. 23 Ditto, via Y`Arseilles il Apr 13 Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video liar. 22 ' Ditto, by French packet . APrils6o. Cape Verde, by Brazil pack e t ... .••• April of Good 114)e. Ascension, and St. Helena.-- M ar ' ; 7 : l;hlos. Penang, and Singap ore, v i a So u thampton••3llr. ... .31ar 20 .ibraltar, via Southa mp t on . ....... 20. ' ad,a, via Southampton unto, via Marseil'es . %fa P. 16. lialta, Egypt, &o , . ....... ............. r 1.1 Ditto, Marseilles. ............................. ewfoundianc ........ I.4Lritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via uthacq ton .............. .............. .• • gr. 19 Ditto, Marseilles Ap t'ortugal United States, l anada, California, arc., by British 2 0 „ .... 3,10 packet .. Ditto, by Canadian packet TtLir 24 Ditto, by 1. Lited States packet ............... • Ditto ditt t ( Baltimore) Wt , st Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ...... Webt. Indies and Pll.3ilio (except Mexico and Baba- jai . 31 mas) ...... . .................... ............... ; T ar. 31. Cubs and Jlexioo ........ • • • • siar Bermuda, via lialifax „,„ .... • B %hazes, via New York nCKg• -•-• THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CL -- en hri A. most interesting and instructive little work, describing n o but with great clearness, the rise and progress of w atcu i ; of clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. r' ens s ° te ant 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the CitY fus el! Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is P r° oo hes illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of w robs se and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make :11s trulY without visiting the above establishments or consuln- th f tte valuable work. By its aid persons residing it anY P art elect for United Kingdom, India, or th e C o l on i es, 'a re enabled to s it so ot themselves the watch best ad a pt e d f or t h e ir use, e , nd " ye °Mt' to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the "Sires,' ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to anY ou gll on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too stt recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser ner °l l [ADVERTISEMENT ]—Consumption, and all bilious , fays te. stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are onlYagg e — f and accelerated by drugs of every description, but P F o od, curable by Da Barry's health-restoring Revalenta consideredArhi as proved by thousands of cases which had been eon hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, cough, 0411T:range ments, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatule ncy , ne „WS, in biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, t lm pu flueuza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gclesseess rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep u dropsy. at acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, cy or cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in Preg n le ches t . l e l ne g y a , strie n _ ous ness , sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of _ ant ,. fie pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shou l l 3o ,rrY'; We quote a few.—The Pope' health restored by p u bea lth of Food. Cure No 68,413.—" Rom a e, July 21, 1866.—Th e —jeg the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, a ba7l2 n3sr r Y .l other temedies, he has confined himself entirely to latefo; Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes be n eficia l at every meal. It has pro laced a surprising fy reise th ia effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot P excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette. du m ar July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, OW . l' io gS, chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseaseufoess.-- spitting of blood, liver derangement, and P arfia L l i , e d ,‘ u . a t a eurF t jf ° t; Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49 ' 8 .1ryonsn e n years' indescribable agony from dyspePsia , s?cheese any asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, sPeon 9, e f the nl a ,, - e s vomiting.—MariaJoly." ImportantCaution.—newalicch, win","` unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to vi ' attach e- 1;0, authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously its. . 121_ 0. In tins,lld.;6d.; 51° : af eA bg oc 2 4 225. ;.e 4 lbs, 40s, --Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA AR t 25., fo r 0 th, ot 576 LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cOPs cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at Sus"l 555. one 0 a " Ofg°' at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 3 S.: post are sent free of carriage in England on receipt t. l .st l.; o t, Lon Order. - BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Itege u don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. upper Gr °S"- SACRNILLESWEST—On the 22d inst , at 17, nor-street, the Hon. Mrs. Suckville-West, of a son. the SEYMOUR— On the 22d inst., at 104, Ebury-streett Hon. Mrs. Seymour, of a daughter. Marriages. arl - JoNEs —Moss—On the 9th last., at Trinity Church 31 JehouP., Edward Jun,s, Esq., Ashburton, Sarah M •my Moss, Regent's-parlr, London. OSMOND - BLYTII On the 23d inst., at South frael,cerjue),:: Jove to 1 , rances, eldest daughter of Robert Blyth, 5 , .r tine-place, Cambridge-heath. Deaths. i-r.,dlel D'OrLy—On the 21st inst., at Stepleton, Sir Jobe Lt. D'Oyly, Bart., aged 74. ventaor, G - neva:shire, to ROSNENOR—On the 21st inst., at St. Lawrence, Lady Isle of Wight, George, the infant son of Earl and Constance Grosvenor. .j n• l teo T RAVER S— On the 23 d inst , Major-General J o seph -'-' T ra vers, 0.13., R.M. of No. 112, Strand, London : Printed and Pibliehed by vriarAyi ▪ , 0, 2, Strand, in the Precinct o f the Seroy, f u the O ottat, Middlesox.—Tuesday, March 24 1869. Printer, at Tan Sus OW, N- o KINAHAN'I Thia celebrated prize Medal. it Pare, Mild, Sold in Bottles, the Agents in the p. 8, GREAT. Obser;egiTi -- Ed lan's LL Whisky. SAL ancorp 14, 11IISSELL-E Ani ADVANCES MON hold or Leasehold tble weekly, mont 17. 0rMA free on ree( - ROYAL pi Mr. ARTHUR o'clock —Profesßol Arab Conjuror, w' Evening at 10 o'cl , day. Open at 7 3 1 . C private boxes, lna N.P.—An entire traction. IM. - Notice.-- April 21. M ADAME LIFE-SIZF, (the first translai LUTHER, JOHN seen Open fro: Admittance, la.; rooms, 641. ARGYLI EVENIN( Rooms have been and Co. The ce an attractive Pr Dance Music. WE Musical Dii THE ahoy( Luncheon tor deviling Lep ORIGINAL All A SHLE Very Fine Pale, Old Crushed Po Shipping), Vi Sparkling Char lery, Quante F.. Sample cases bottles Sherry, GAR pi B. ILI • next t Consignee for celebrated PAI Bordeaux Win( Whiskies, fror also be seen at number of Hot of others want SOIENTIF (ARNAMI and Dii sortment of liaks, Inkstan dec., in Italiat Shiro Spar. Sr TENNANT, W. 0., Londo Mr: Tennai MINERALS of Lyell's Ele tate the ini GEOLOGY, guineas each. _ PRAOTIO MINERALO 149, Strand. THE L Offices-1 The Invos Fire Revenu4 The moderat Bonus for tl value as Sl render them leave is gran thirty days a sEAMEI off Gree Ih'icns, why The receir £879 loss th SUBSCRI Williams, D the Secretor street, Lona Quftlificati Governor, £ NATIO Thehn Under the oa whereby a t Glrla of all a the letnedom The obje^t lash eincatio and laundry, wise proyld( suitable eitm The Coma entirely oust 021e.e. 121, THE Presicien Treasurers DONAT solicited, to expenditur at Walton Bank Office, a RIT Macli Patrol For the destitute c and of al prosperous One bui stitution ; Increas endowed, assistance Subscri Institutio its peculic The las Secretary Offices, Banker' lane ; an(' n E ALTII ly B an saves fift perfect d refreahin most die effectual] sumptiot rangeme nervoun catarrhs, eumat ralgia, heartbur Imam' a fits, broi the pit o the most for inval harm] and MOT rite, Bai ITenct Du Bar: and Infi has aim been dei ness the by it aft quc 18,413): Holy Fr other r( Harry's plateful 1 1911461 praise t Cure years' 1 ness, in diestic ervow Cure Stuart I ford : food. — Water'' , Ciro from d: flatuter of Lyn Curo norvou vow; fa Care years d The b.. 4e &nine arry :fa cart onpß al 3.b011t free of battli also a Gra oec