The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, THE The Times, in referring to the bill introduced by the Attorney-General on Friday night, observes that there is universal assent as to the need of reform in the present law of bankruptcy, and most people are agreed on the general direction which attempts to amend it should take. But the same state of things has existed ever since 1861. Sir Robert Collier's bill follows the principle of restricting within as narrow limits as possible judicial intervention between creditors and the fund out of which they hope to be paid. The abolition of imprisonment for debt is promised as the subject of a second bill, to be introduced in the course of a few days. The Times agrees in the Attorney-General's conclusion that imprisonment for debt is doomed. Modern legislation has destroyed the sentiment of a kind of natural connection between imprisonment and debt. It is open to argument that debt is a crime to be punished, but the superstition is extinct that a punishment the essence of which is that it bars any effort to make amends for the offence is the one special and appropriate penalty. The opportunity which the abolition of imprisonment would afford of doing away at the same time with a debtor's power to make himself a bankrupt is in itself a powerful bribe to acquiesce in the propriety of the So long as debt without resort to a bank ruptcy court exposes a debtor to imprisonment, there is an obvious harshness in making bankruptcy and the consequent freedom from imprisonment dependent on the caprice of creditors. But a debtor has no intrinsic right to clear himself at his own discre tion from future liability for past debts. The Attorney- General's bill, or bills, will take away the creditor's power over his debtor's personal liberty, but will at the same time deprive the debtor of the liberty he now has of cur tailing his creditor's remedies over his estate. Such a change would remove what is at once a scandal on the bankruptcy law and an incubus on the courts. Whether this or that provision be erased, however, from the pre sent bill, the Attorney-General's propositions have, at any rate, what is in bankruptcy legislation the exceptional merit of being intelligible, and, yet more, of embodying the whole law. The measure is meant for a consolidation statute, and the interpretation of its clauses will not be embarrassed by the necessity of reconciling them at every turn with earlier Acts, speaking a different language, and framed on different principles. abolition. The Herald looks favourably upon the Attorney- General's measure, and says that the new Bankruptcy Bill is undeniably one of progress, but full of complications, nevertheless, and likely to undergo severe criticism and large amendment before it passes. The Attorney-General, in explaining it, remarked upon the long series of failures by Parliament to legislate satisfactorily upon this subject, although seven separate acts encumber the statute-book, r.nd as many, or more, have been carried to a certain stage and abandoned. Two of the latest, although fromed by eminent legislators, collapsed almost without debate ; while the last of all, the work of Lord Cairns, was defeated by political events. The scheme of the present Government owes many of its principles to that of Lord Cairns ; but in other respects it may claim whatever merit belongs to boldness and novelty. It is based upon the simple proposition that a bankruptcy law is for the benefit of the creditor rather than for the punishment of the debtor, but that it is an engine which no debtor should be permitted to make use of for his own convenience or advantage. Therefore, the bill proposes to abolish an immense mass of officialism, to superannuate the present commissioners, to appoint a superior judge, with an appeal on cases granted by him to the House of Lords, to extinguish the practice of arrest and imprisonment for debt altogether, except under county court jurisdiction, and to prevent the adjudication of debtors on their own petition. The system. regarded as a whole, is a very near approach to that which prevails, and operates with much success, in Scotland. The Telegraph does not think that Lord Kimberley' measure will be a success. Our view is, that an efficient administration of the police, which may be perfectly carried out without troubling Parliament for fresh powers at all, would cure two-thirds of the evils of which the Public complain—and justly so. We say that a detective police, worthy of the name, simply has no existence at all, and that, before inventing more horoic remedies, it might be as well to make trial of the one which is ready at hand. If an ounce of Glauber's salts will cure a patient, why resort to poisons which may kill, as well as cure? This we fully believe would be enough for the moment ; but, if it should be desired to proceed further in the matter, Lord Houghton's proposition of Friday night would recommend itself to the acceptance of men who are not fanatics, or system-mongers. Let there be a resolute and stern investigation by a select committee of all the facts of the case, including the ad ministration, for criminal purposes, of the Metropolitan Police. Let competent persons be called before the committee, who may inform its members of where the shoe pinches ; what remedies are possible, what impossi. ble ; let us, in a word, legislate upon facts, not upon a cry. Mr. Bruce said the other day that crime was not on the increase : why, then, this mad haste, when a few months would enable us to adopt proper measures for the puLlic safety, in place of those which will certainly result in dis credit to the proposers, and disadvantage to the public ~w hose lives and properties are at stake? - The Post remarks that the House of Lords seems seriously bent on freeing itself from the opprobrium of -taking only a nominal share of those legislative functions , _which in theory are divided equally between the two 11 ouses. The session had hardly commenced when, to the great astonishment of the nation, there was heard in that august assembly the cry of "No work to do ;" and so clamorous were the Peers for employment that a measure, the introduction of which had been notified in the House of Commons, was transferred to the other House of Parliament. A mere sop of this kind, however, could not satisfy the industrial cravings of the Lords; *and a few days later, the Marquis of Salisbury pressed upon their attention a measure which, if it becomes law, will unquestionably enable the Upper House, on the 'commencement of future Parliamentary sessions, to :plunge at once in medias yes, and thus utilise the time which, under existing - arrangements, it complains of hanging heavily on its hands. The danger to the bill, if any, is to be dreaded from an unintelligible rivalry between the two houses ; and on this rock the similar bill introduced by the Earl of Derby (then Lord Stanley) in 1848 seems to have split. It is only right that the Commons should claim the initiative in all measures in the nature of money bills ; but when these have received their sanction it is not easy to understand why they might not be revised in the Upper House in a 'subsequent session, and then carried to their final stages. As, however, the matters dealt with in the bill concern intimately both Houses, and there must be something in - the nature of a compromise, it may be well to submit it, as Lord Granville suggested, to a joint committee. Mutual concessions may thus be the more easily accom plished, and the rejection of the bill by one House after receiving the assent of the other be the more securely avoided. The Standard declares that the noble chairman of com mittees looks the Irish Church question straight in the face, and has arrived at the conclusion that the Ministerial scheme involves nothing less than absolute robbery. And he is not careful to keep his opinion to himself. He has an objectionable way of calling a spade a spade. Ho declates that to take away the property of a secular corporation is confiscation, and that in the case of a religious body it is " sacrilege." Lord Redesdale asked to be furnished with any Acta of Parliament sanctioning this mode of dealing with property. Of course it wa, A mum farce. Lord Redesdale knew perfectly well that the Legisla ture had never dealt with private or corporatepropertyaftel this lawless fashion, but he bad a ri g ht to bring the fact t. hear upon the Government. It was a piece of gravo irony, and Lord Granville was not proof against it. He declined to take part "in any sarcastic controversy.' As to the return asked for, he said what was perfectly true— that it would involve a prolonged and laborious research, and that the facts would not turn out to be of much use after all. Considering that the return would be nil, seeing that there are no such Acts on the statute book, the guarded reply of the noble earl was perfectly intelligible, and Lord Redesdale withdrew his motion as a matter of course. It has served the purpose, however, of eliciting from the Government a public confession that the measures which we deem with Lord Redesdale to be unjust, tyran meal, and wicked, arc as entirely destitnte of any warrant znparliamentary precedents as they are repudiated by the spirit of the Constitution. The Star thinks that the public may . be well satisfied_ with the result of the recent debate in the House of 'Commons on the introduction into the metropolis of street 'tramways. The oppoSition to the bill was so unsuccessful *that we cannot doubt that every well-considered scheme for improving the great lines of communication with the suburbs by means of tramways will meet with the approval of a decisive majority of the present Parliament. It is `difficult to gather from the speeches of the gentlemen who epposedthe bill upon what practical grounds they object to the proposed improvement. The metropolitan rail ways will either not be affected at all, or only to an infinitesimal extent. P eop l e w h o travel by steam desire great speed as well as cheapness, and the tramways can scarcely come into competition with the railway train. -As for the omnibuses, we do not know that passengers are under any special debt of o bli gation to them. They will be at liberty to use the tramways if they think proper. The " monopoly," whatever it may mean, does not con template their exclusion from fro) , part of the road: whic:i they traverse. They have no tto expect more . The London o mn ib uses are net so roomy and comfortable ; the mode of ingress and egress not 5 , ) convenient ; the fares are not f4O equit •ably imposed ; and they are not so disti ngu i s h e d by the rapidity of .their motion—that we should feel par licularly sensitive on their account. The omnibus interest .naturally views the tramways with great disfavou r ; but that is no reason why the travelling portion of the tom. 'munitv should share the prejudice. These carriages will -run without jolting on a grooved line of rails flush with the surface of the road. The means of communicati on w i t h ,the conductor-110W often so difficult—will be instanta. 1130115. Inerever the passenger may be seated, l ie w ill only • to touch a cord, and immediately the conduc t er's and driver's bells will be rung, and the v e hi c l e ~topped. Tire . bills before Parliament the maxim um fare to a penny per mile, and the passenger will pay three. pence, .where, generally speaking, lie Low pays twice that -amount. RECENT DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT _POPLAR The inquest on the bodies of Mrs. and Miss Browne was concluded on Saturday. Certain letters from a married woman to Bradshaw, the supposed murderer, were read, but did not throw any light upon the murder. The signer of the letters denied writing them. As far as the evidence went, it was proved that Bradshaw and the Brownes were well acquainted, that he was much mixed up with their affairs, and had several times quarrelled with them. He was evidently not a man of very high morals ; and there seems to have been several intrigues of which he was the centre. It is presumed, therefore, that he quarrelled with Mrs. Browne, and then committed the dreadful deed. The evidence, however, as to his being the actual murderer was conclusive. He was seen walking wildly up and down the street outside Mrs. Browne's shop on the day of the murder. At the inquest Superintendent Worrell produced a tablecloth he had found in the parlour of the shop where the murder took place, spotted with blood, and also a towel, on which, from its appearance, the murderer had wiped his hands after the commission of the crime. A hat was also found in the parlour, which had been identified as having belonged to Bradshaw. This had two spots of blood on the leather, and another on. the inner portion of the lining. Inspector Thomson, of the Detective force, and Inspector Maddigan produced some locks and keys found on Brad shaw, and also his clothes, which were stained with blood. Then there was the fact that he, after an uneasy night, conimitted suicide. With this before them, the jury re turned a verdict that the deceased Mary and Annie Browne were wilfully murdered by John William 1 1 * - 3 4 - shay. MURDER NEAR MAIDSTONE. Deeds of violence never seem to come alone. The aorrible murders at Poplar, that of Wednesbnry, that of Mullingar, are now supplemented by a deliberate murder in the vicinity of Maidstone. As far as the facts can be ascertained, it appears that shortly after twelve o'clock on Sunday, two lads were proceeding along the Ashford-road, and when near the wall enclosing the park of Mr. J. What man, M.P., they discovered the body of a man bleeding from the face, with a bundle close to him. They pro ceeded to give an alarm at Tinker Mill, within a few yards of the spot, when a man named Tover returned with th( m, when they discovered that the Lundle had been taken away. Information was at once given to the police, and upon the arrival of Inspector Hills be had the body conveyed to the Artichoke Inn. Mr. Furber, surgeon, arrived shortly afterwards, and pronounced life to be extinct. Upon an examination of the body he found that the deceased had been shot through the month in an upward direction. Several teeth were knocked out. Shortly afterwards the body was recognised as that of a young man named John Phinn, tailor, residing with his friends at Weavering-street, near Maidstone, to where he was supposed to be proceeding when he was brutally murdered. During Saturday night the deceased bad been for a walk with his sweetheart, and left hei at the door of her residence shortly after ten o'clock. -le then called at a Mr. Knight's, tobacconist, for a parcel he bad left, and hid him good night to go home. What became of him between that time and the commis sion of the deed is unknown. During the morning a por tion of the contents of the missing bundle was found near Gidd's Pond, about half-a-mile from the place where the deed was perpetrated. If the motive of the murderer had been plunder, he was frustrated, as upon the deceased was found his watch, purse, and contents. AAOTHER TRADE OUTRAGE AT SHEITLELD. If Mr. Roebuck's royal ciamission has thrown light on some of the dark deeds of Broadhead and his party, it has neither prevented rattening, nor, it would seem, the snore ghastly deeds of trades unionists of Sheffield. We are told by the local journals that an attempt to blow up a non-unionist has just taken place at Sheffield, the means used being very similar to those which were adopted in the notorious New H ere f or d- s t ree t ou t rage . The out;ago implicates the saw trade, and the object of it was a non-unionist. Some time ago the saw-handle makers in the employ of Messrs. Spear and Jackson left work in consequence of their being given notice of a reduction which was about to come into force. Since then Messrs. Spear and Jackson have been very short of men, and have from time to time employed non-unionists as they presented themselves for work. Amongst these was a man named Joseph Martin, 76, Broad-lane. He was, until recently, in the employ of another firm, but owing to orders being somewhat slack, on Tuesday last he went to Messrs. Spear and Jackson's, was taken on by them, and continues in their employ. Unlike many outrages committed at Sheffield, he received no warning, either verbally or by note, that it would be better for him if he ceased to work for Messrs. Spear and Jackson, and until the very moment that the outrage was attempted he was in perfect ignorance that any one desired to do him harm. About one o - clock on S %urday morning, the inmates of the home Were awakened by hearing a crash against the garret window, followed immediately - afterwards by a still louder crash on the pavement beneath. On getting up to discover what was the cause of this it was found that something had been thrown against the garret window, that one of the panes had been broken, but that owing to the missile, whatever it having struck the woodwork, it bad been prevented from coming into the room. A policeman who happened to be passing shortly afterwards discovered on the pavement a broken stone bottle, and the contents, which consisted of powder, steel filings, and steel scraps, were scattered around. The bottle was securely corked, and the cork had a hole through it, as if a fuse had been passed through, but we believe no fuse was discovered. A chalk mark was placed near Martin's door, and a similar mark was put on the pave ment opposite. The man whom it is supposed was intended to be injured slept in another apartment, and had the bottle got into the room and its contents exploded, the persons who would have been hurt were an old woman wino is an invalid, and two little children. LAW AND POLICE. LEICESTER -SQUARE.—In the Rolls Court, on Saturday, his lordship gave judgment in the suit of " Webb v. Wyld and Tulk," and decided that the plaintiff's case had failed, as the court could not grant an injunction to compel the defendants to keep the ground in proper order. Mr. Tulk, he held, was morally bound to get the square put in a proper state, and as Mr. Wyld could not be in a better position than Mr. Tulk, he should dismiss the bill against both defendant; without costs. PIRATING ENGRAVINGS.—At Southwark Police-court, on Saturday, th ere was another conviction f or se lli ng pirated copies of engravings belonging to Mr. Graves, of Pallll,.lall. P ena l t i es amounting in the aggregate to £l2O wereinflicted, with the alternative of six months' imprison ment. Less than a month ago an equally heavy sentence was pronounced at the same court under similar circum stances. A CLERICAL DISPUTE.—At the Worcester Assizes, the caie of the Rev. J. Merest, rector of Upton-Snodsbury, who was indicted for sending threatening letters to the Rev. R. Workman, of Southampton-street, Strand, was concluded. Great interest was excited by the charge, and the court was crowded. Differences had arisen lictvreen the from negotiations about the sale of livings. The prose- cutor expected to derive an advantage from the purchase and sale of the living, and the defendant thought, as trustee, he had no such right. The plaintiff's object was to prevent further annoyance, and as the defendant pleaded guilty and offered an apology, the matter was Adjusted. ALLEGED POACIIING.—At the Framlinghatn Petty Ses sions, a gentleman, named C u ll ey, was charged b tl D uke Hamilton's gamekeep er w ith h av i ng killed hare.aY l t seems that Mr. Culley was dri v i ng h ome from a cou coursing match, and had his greyhounds with hi m. The hare crossed the road, and the dogs chased and killed it. He denied any intention of killing it, but he and hi s compa nion were each fined £2 10s. and 12s. costs. ASSAULT BY A LADY.—A singular case was heard at the Winchester Petty Sessions.. Miss Louisa Rivers, daughter of the late Rev S'r H. Rivers, Part., was charged with a sau tng Miss A mai. Tire complainant said that she was going along the Hornsey-road with a friend, who was reading poetryto her, when they met Miss Rivers, who said, " Can't you move off the path for a lady ?" and struck her, knocking her off the path. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said " she had given the girl a slap." She was fined £1 and costs, 10s. 6d. TRIALS 808 MANSLAUGHTER. ---At the Lancaster Assizes . two men have been 'found guilty of the manslaughter of their wives. One of them, named Martin, while infuriated by drink, beat his wife so cruelly on Christmas Day that she died twl days later. He was sentenced to five years' penal - servil acie. The other man who was recomn. !tided to mercy CO account of the pro vocation he bacl received before. striking his wife, was sentenced to twelve months' impris,,nment. THE RELEASE. , OF THE FENIAN PRISONERS. There appears to be some doubt about the avowed inten tions of the Government. No in telligence had been received by the Irish or English committee, up to Saturday even ing, which justifie•l a belief that it was the intention of tli Crown to pardon all the prisoners, but, on the other hand the English committee had received intelligence of a directly opposite character. In order to set all doubts at rest on this head, Mr. M'Donnell, the secretary, has been instructed to write to the Under Secretary for the Home Departm Cut ca th.s. subject. THE SUN, LONDO 4, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. FAGGOT TOTING IN SCOTLAND. The important question to the border country, whether voters with illusory qualification shall swamp the resident constituency, is to come on for debate in the House of Commons on Friday next. At the last election for the united counties of Peebles and Selkirk, Sir Graham Montgomery beat his Liberal opponent, Sir John Murray, by only three votes, which was stated at the time to be attributable to the system of faggot voting at present carried on in the Scotch counties. A petition, largely signed in Peeblesshire, calling attention to the subject, is to be presented by Sir E. Colebrooke ; and Mr. Crawford, the member for the Ayr burghs, will move a resolution, declaring that there ought not'to be non-resident voters in counties for properties of less than h5O yearly value. It is stated that Mr. Bright intends to speak in favour of the motion, and that a debate of much interest is expected. is easily explainable; but not so another annuity. "J. W." vouches for the fact that Caine rturned a Lowe to the Long Parliament. Said Lowcseems to have been sought for and repudiated by boh parties, but neither could claim him. Ile was ried and found guilty of Royalism, and had to pp for his faults ; the Royalists imprisoned him, and the Covenanters afterwards compelled him tesubscribo to the solemn League. But he appears to offer from the Chancellor of the Exchequer in thatwhile the one disagrees from his own party because d indepen dence, the other agreed with each partvbecause of his pliability. true, of which there is little probability, the catastrophe must havebeen most unexpected, for all accounts represent the head of the Catholic Church as recovered from the indisposition which caused some uneasiness a few weeks ago. Our Rome correspondent writes in perfect confidence respecting the health of his Holiness, and adds that he was never more active in the discharge of his duties. Great preparations are being made for the Pope's Jubilee, or the fiftieth anni versary of the day when he entered the priest hood. He will say Mass at St. Peter's, hold a military review, and receive deputat!ons sent from all parts of Europe to present offerings towards the expenses of the forthcoming Council. The clergy of the diocese of Westminster have resolved to present an address. The Jubilee falls on the 11th of April. During the past week the foreign Catholics at Rome have presented an address expressive of their loyalty and devotion. ELT-CTION NEWS. The Taunton election petition is the first in which the petitioner has claimed and obtained the seat. It often happens that a petitioner would claim were it not that the expense of a scrutiny is (if the differ ence of votes between him and the sitting member be large) so enormous, that it is cheaper to have a fresh election. In the present instance the peti tioner, Mr. Henry James, was only twenty-eight votes behind the sitting member, Sergeant Cox, and - therefore he succeeded in establish ing his position without much difficulty. The Daily .News gives the following statistics as to the election petitions which had been decided up to Friday night :—Petitions against the returns of 70 members have been disposed of, in the propor tion of 40 Liberals to 30 Conservatives. Of the Liberals petitioned against, five have been un seated, or 121 per cent. ; while of the Conserva tives six have been unseated, or 20 per cent. Of the six seats vacated by the latter, four—Bewdley, Norwich, Sligo, and Taunton—were Conservative gains at the general election. The Conservative losses by the election tribunals are already equal to the entire number of their unseated members in the last Parliament, and are three times as numerous as they were - in inc uhloa ithuwo, rivat ioou to 18G5. The Birmingham Post (Liberal journal) says it is improbable that there will be any opposition to the return of Mr. Canliffe, the Conservative candidate for Bewdley, although there has been a rumour that Earl Dudley would bring forward a candidate. It is believed that Mr. Hemming, who was in the field for some time in conjunction with Mr. Thomas Lloyd during the general election, has no intention of again offering himself. The Alliance News is glad to state that Mr. Allan s election committee have not one public-house or beerhouse committee-room engaged, or in any way whatever used, for election purposes. School-rooms, vestries, and private houses are being used, and are found in every way better for the transaction of business than the drink shops. Mr. Thompson ap pears to be following in the steps of Mr. Ripley, the unseated candidate, for he has engaged numerous public-houses. THE BOLL OF THE HOUSE OF PEERS. The roll of the lords spiritual and temporal has just been published. It contains the names of 470 peers. But of these some ten or twelve are minors. The list is headed by the name of the Prince of Wales, who sits as Duke of Cornwall. Then comes the Duke of Edinburgh, then the Duke of Cumberland (who is still styled King of Hanover), followed by the Duke of Cambridge. The list shews further that there are 20 dukes, of whom the Duke of Norfolk, one of the youngest peers, is the head, as Earl Marshal of England. There are 20 marquises, headed by the Marquis of Winchester, and 127 earls, Shrewsbury and Derby coming first; 30 viscounts, the spiritual peers, 29 in number, the Irish repre sentative peers, and 234 barons make up the list. WHAT ARE 44 THE THREE ESTATES ? " The Daily .IVetes calls attention to a common blunder made concerning " the three estates." These are often spoken of as the Crown, the Lords, and the Commons. But the Crown is not an estate at all. The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the Commons are correctly designated by that name. LORD SPENCER AND TILE LAND QUESTION. Earl Spencer has a very difficult task to perform ; he has to answer deputations advocating views of the most advanced kind satisfactorily to the opinions of the said deputations, and with due regard to what are called the exigencies of Government. It must be confessed that his Excellency has shewn himself most skilful ; as, for instance, in the following reply made a day or two back to a deputation on the land question :—" You may be assured that whtaiever the Government see a prospect of securing to this question the time and attention which its importance deserves at their hands, and the hands of Parliament, they will not fail to use their best endeavours to settle it upon a satisfactory basis." ARMY AND NAVY ITEMS. Mr. Childers does not mean to dispense with the 'loyal Naval Reserve, as was generally reported.—lt is thought probable that Lord Strathnairn will succeed Lord Gough as colonel of the Blues.—Lord Clarence Paget will very shortly be succeeded by Sir Alexander Milne in the command of the Mediter ranean squadron.—The Channel Fleet will return to England before the end of the month.—lt is under stood that Lord Northbrook's report respecting the reorganisation of the army has been approved by the Treasury. Mil. CUILDERS'S " JOB." Mr. Pease has done Mr. Childers a kindness; he has given the First Lord of the Admiralty an oppor tunity of explaining the Greenwich Hospital " job." It appears that there was no job at all, so far as he and his colleagues are concerned, and the professional papers, which ought to have known the facts better, have been entirely misled. In May 1865, Mr. Childers being then a Junior Lord of the Admiralty, objected to the creation of the sinecure office of Governor of Greenwich Hospital, and defeated Sir John Hay by four votes when that officer attempted to constitute that sinecure. But Sir John was not to be beaten, renewed his attempt, and compelled the Admiralty to give way. In appointing Sir Houston Stewart to the sinecure the other day Mr. Childers therefore was merely carrying out the instructions laid upon him, against his will, by an officer who afterwards became a Conservative Lord of the Admiralty ; so that, in fact, it was the Conservatives, not the Liberals, who are responsible for the job. It is satisfactory to know that it is not so costly as was at first supposed. The salary allotted to this sinecure is not £1,200, but 433, and as the holder of it remains on the active list no additional charge for pay or half-pay i s incurred. GOVERNMENT AND TIIE TELEGRAMS. The Railway .News vigorously d e f en d s th e in tended purchase of the telegraphs by the Govern ment. A London correspondent states that the sum necessary for the purchase will be included in the civil service estimates. Mr. Scudamore, released from his Custom House labours, is busy at work getting ready for his protege, and the propriety of creating a new Government establishment to control the working and keep the accounts of the new b ranc h i s receiving the serious consideration of the authorities. SCOTCH SALMON FISHERIES. Those interested in the Scotch salmon fisheries are beginning to agitate for the appointment of inspec gaeu4 0811}0i°11-has waited upon the Home - I Act. The movement is not a political one, as repre sentatives of both sides joined in it. Mr. Bruce promised to consult the Lord Advocate on the subject, which is of no small importance. In England the value of the salmon fisheries has been estimated at £30,000 per annum ; but in Scotland it amounts to more than £900,000 ; yet in England there are two inspector; while Scotland has none. Mr. Mon crieff's Salmon Bill of 1806 provided for the appoint ment of inspectors to act under the authority of the Home Secretary, and to superintend the fisheries. The bill passed the Lords, but fell a victim to the over crowding of business in the Commons, and though it was afterwards adopted in substance by Mr. Gordon in 1807, the valuable provision of inspectorships was overlooked. Another point which the deputation urged on the Government was the extension of the weekly close time. In the Highland rivers, where the lower pools are constantly harried by net fishing, the present intervals of repose are too short. The fixed engines are more efficient than the old rod and line,' and as scientific knowledge increases, the salmon fishery is likely to profit by it. SCOTTISH EDUCATION. Mr. Cumin, late secretary of the Scottish Educa tion Commission, writes to the Times to dissipate the fear that rating closes the source of voluntary support. Ile gives instances to show the fallacy of this notion, one being that the Scotch landlords aro not bound to contribute ; 4 235 a year as salary to the parish teacher, but they often contribute much more. In Scotland there are many schools which are entirely supported by voluntary contributions ; so that the rate system has not hitherto acted as a check to voluntary support. Mr. Cumin also ebser. - es that the enforcement of a conscience clause will not be so obnoxious to the Scotch as people have prophesied that it will be. Its principle always practically prevailed in Scotland, and all th e witnesses who were examined before the com missioners recommended the abolition of denomina tional inspection. He considers that the bill now before Parliament favours the Scotch practice with regard to religious teaching. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. The list, lately published, chewing that the county families had not lost their influence between tim a of the Lone Parliament and our own day. THE TURF. Lord Rosslyn, in a letter to the Times, peaas very candidly of the power and position of theTurf:—" I do not agree (he writes) with those wlo consider racing is, pur et simple, an institution to inprove the breed of horses. It is mainly supported by private individuals at a large private outlay. It las a mani fest object, the desire to win certain pries. These are allotted among two-year-old, and fotr, five, and aged horses. The desire for early rntturity has caused breeders of horses (as in cattle and sheep breeders) to select such animals for the pur pose as ripen quickly and are avrilable for racing at the earliest possible periol." As to the alleged deterioration of breed, he denies that it has taken place, but suggests a "iimple plan by which those who covet the nimble ninepence may still secure their early profits, and those who patriotically race only to improve the racehorse may have an additional incentive to keep their horses for three-year-old races. I would suggest that two year-old races remain as they are, but that all three year-old horses that have never faced the starter should be treated to an allowance of, say, 31b.. 61b., or 71b." THE CASE OF MICHAEL ATKINS. The Star thinks that the conviction of Michael Atkins, at 'Warwick Assizes, f or th e mur d er o f hi s wife, demands further inquiry. The condemned is a young man only 22, who lives at the village of Baddesley Ensor, and is by employment a miner. There is no evidence of his having any motive for the crime of murder, for though the parents of the deceased said that Atkins and his wife had formerly differed, they admitted that of late th e y h a d nen - Gogetner. Via Luc evening oi Dirs. Atkins's death, her husband, according to his written statement / had come home quite sober. His wife let him in, and they went into the sitting-room together. Atkins took up his gun, which was in a corner of the room, with the intention of putting it by, but while he was handling it it accidentally went off, and his wife dropped dead. A neighbour, awakened by the noise, heard Atkins exclaim " Oh, my Harriet. They need not say I have done it. I would not have done it for a thousand pounds." Unfortunately Atkins became afterwards so terrified at the position in which he stood that he declared, on his being taken into custody, that he was not in the house when the event occurred, and that his wife had shot herself. Mr. Justice Hannen told the jury that they might r e t urn a ver di c t o f manslaughter, butinfluenced by the manifest falsehood told by the prisoner at first, an d b y t h e na t ura l i rr it a ti on o f hi s wife's parents, they passed a verdict of guilty, and Atkins lies under sentence of death for murder. The Star believes that the case is one which demands further investigation before the full penalty of the law is inflicted. MUSIC AND TIIE DRAMA. Carlotta Patti is projecting a German tour, ana All go as far as Constantinople, where, by the way, Wieniawski is already making music for the Sultan. The Jaells are in Paris; Vieuxternps and Albert, the violinist, come to London in April. The Marchioness Caux, (Adelina Patti), is now in St. Petersburg, and the Orchestra mentions that in " Barbiere " she sings a national air to please the Russians, as, when in Loudon, she used to sing " Home Sweet Home," to please the English. Nevertheless, this air is no t English, but Si c i lian. The same paper says : " Rumour goes that a young and rather pre possessing lady of an old English family will make her appearance at one of the West-end theatres at Easter in an 'equestrian drama of great m,-,gnifi cence and abounding in wonderful and sensational effects. The young lady is well known in the hunting-field as one of the most fearless and daring of riders." We understand, however, that this drama has been postponed, though it is likely that Miss Sandford, the lady referred to, will have another opportunity of appearing in public. POLICE OPPRESSION. "An Engli s h man " wr i tes t o th e Ti mes to com plain of the conduct of an " over-zealous " policeman who handcuffed t wo f ore i gners a t th e G a i ns b oroug h Station. Their only offence was that they had each a small bundle, and they could not explain their right of possession from ignorance of our language. It turned out that the bundle contained their personal luggag e , an d th ey were allowed to proceed on their way when the affair had been explained to the over-zealous official. It may be suggested that the, superabundant activity of the police had better be employed in tho detection of real criminals than in the molestation of unfortunate foreigners. TIIE OPPOSITION. The Julia BO hears that the incetin; of Con servatives at Lord Derby's on 'Thursday, which resulted in the motion whereof Mr. Gathorne hardy gave notice is to the Irish Church Eill,was most hearty and unanimous. With regard to thi s same measure, an English Roman Catholic paper (the JVC. , klv R(vistc)) says that it is an honest measure, credit a bl e t o th e worthy of the accomp li shed statesman introduced it, and e minen tl y calculated to w G i o lo ve h ri a i s meiit, confer inestimable benefit upon the - United Kingdom. The popular n otion of Mr. Disraeli is well illus trated by a leader in the Times. Its subject is the motion made by Lord Redesdale in the 'House of Lords. The chairman of committees i s d escr ib e d as of the olden time. He is of " th e d ar k est c l ays o f Tory narrowness." But Mr. Di srae li i s more enlightened. Indeed, in effect he is considered as a Liberal ; if he acted conscientiously h e wou ld b e the last to propose that M six months. L or d St an l ey e e ni t i l g la h t te d n a e y dConservati ve . H ow can Mr. Gl a d stone ' s Bil l b e read work with Lord Rede s d a l e an d M r. tisahes s e a ecno another ee t nr i m w Hardy ? " After struggling to be with his party, and not of it—to be supported by their power, yet to be separated in public opinion from their prejudices—we see the leader of the Opposition tied, as it were, to the post by Mr. Hardy." Lord Stanley, if he votes at all, will, the Times predicts, vote silently. And Mr. Disraeli, be has done what he has done because he could not help it. Either that or he must submit to anarchy and disorder. Either fight and be beaten, or sit still a n d b e d ome dis organised. The Times advises him to make a show of resistance, and pen etfeet a retreat—to speak and protest, not to divide. Tint misu CIIURCH. --- According , to one London correspondent, Mr. Chichester Fortescue is the author of the suggestion for applying the surplus fund of the Irish Church to the relief of " unavoidable calamity." Another devising Mr. Gladstone and lr. l is.e : ' "The gli t to.T credit e o e ff 1 da tetr e ng een the entire scheme is be y gentleman i s attributed the idea of applYing the surplus in relief of the County Cess, as well as that of giving tenants a preemption to Church Lands. Mr. Lo we 's portion s l a 13 1e r o latter between of the measure consists of the clauses providing for the commutation of the life interests of the clergy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is very anxious to get rid of the Irish Church altogether, and wishes to hold out every inducement to those connected with it to relinquish even the slender connection with the State which the bill Will PRESIDENT GItANT'S PROCLAXAMON. General Grant's political proclamation meets with a universally good reception. The Spectator says it is short and good. The new President speaks "as one having authority, and not as Mr. Johnson, vile vanishes now— finally, we trust—from the political eninence which he has disfigured and disgraced." The Tines says the pro clamation reads like a familiar and honely royal speech. " In the principles which it enunciates, lriefly as they are expressed, we see hopes of a beneficial and honourable career." The Standard pronounces the document to be "manly, straightforward, practical, ani sensible." The Daily News gives a similar opinion. Mot of the leading journals think the financial policy of (ongress and the eclaration of the new President to be qtite decisive. It ends the question of repudiation. The well-informed " Y an kee " who ofciates as special correspondent of the Spectator consider it by no means certain that the harmony between Genial Grant and the Senate will extend to all questions. Tr bone of conten- , tion will be office. The conflict ma not take place, because it has been foreseen ; but it can►ardly be avoided unless one party or other give up pretesions which they now regard as essential. The Presirnt looks to the command of office appointments as c means of puri fying the corrupt Administratior, the Senate considers its power of preventing thaemoval of any official as of the utmost consequence • party manage ment. At present General Grant can ►point or remove subordinates only with the consent of ►e Senate. This power has, however, degenerated ; instil of being a just means of supervision, it has become. powerful party weapon ; even the pettiest places are fill in the interest, not of the Senate, but of individual nators. General Grant will make war upon this abuse ;2d "A Yankee" believes that as the house of Repres(ntives will support him there can be little doubt of the THE I),PE. The health of Pius IX. has been thubject of much diverse report of late. A French joml, the other day, asserted that his Holiness was seriouslill, to which the Etendard replied by the assurance thae was perfectly well. The Liberte followed up the cont'ersy, by report ilia a rumour that the Pope was dead. Jle statement be SPAIN. The Republican party has assumed a very threatening attitude in the Cortes. The majority carry everything their own way, but the Republicans do not silently acquiesce in the rule of the greater number, and they annoy and oppose the Ministry on the most trivial questions. An important sitting of the Assembly was held the other day, and a commission of fifteen members was elected to draw up a draft of the new Constitution. The Monarchists voted to a man, and elected their candidates, the polling being so uniform that the highs numb r was 181, and the lowest 174. The Republicans cast fifty-two blanks into the urn, thus testifying their determination not to vote at all on this momentous occa sion. The correspondent of the Standard believes that their next step will be to withdraw in a body from the House. Another writer is informed that should a king be finally decided upon, the Republicans will raise the standard of revolt in Andalusia, which they will attempt to separate from Spain. One reassuring circumstance, however, presents itself. The Republicans are in no haste to bring about this consummation, for they make the most of every chance to gain time and cause delay. ITALY. King Victor Emmanuel made a promising beginning at Naples in 1860. He offered to endow twenty poor girls +hat twenty young patriots could be found to accept them. The marriages took place, but, according to the correspondent of the Weekly Register the money has never been paid. After waiting this tolerably long period of nine years, the deluded patriots are bringing the matter before a jury, and the suit is now being tried in the courts of Naples. DUELLING. Recent attemps to revive duelling in England have ended in the ridicule of their originators; but on the Continent the practice of appealing to the sword is still far too common, Setting aside minor conflicts, at least a score of duels between persons of distinction have occurred within the last three months. The correspondent of the Daily News records a distressing encounter which has taken place at Turin. Two young students had a discussion upon some trifling matter at dinner, lost their tempers, quarrelled, and a challenge was the result.• The encounter was with pistols at twenty paces, each combatant having the right to advance five paces. Lots having been drawn, the lad entitled to fire first discharged his weapon, and sent a bullet through the other lad's heart. This event has brought affliction to some of the first families in Piedmont A delegation from the Union League Club of New York has been sent to Washington with me morials to Congress, signed by 27,000 representa tives of all the States and territories of the Union. They desire the new naturalization law shall vest in the United States only the right to make citizens, with a more strict system of registry—that no por son shall be naturalized for a given period extend ing over several months before an election, and that a residence of four and a half years shall be neces sary to qualify aliens for naturalization. Judge Lawrence presented the petition, with a request that it be referred to the New York Committee on the ele3tion frauds. The delegation consisted of Dr. Francis Lieber, with Mr. Collins, General G. P. Howes, and Col. Painter. Grave apprehension is felt regarding the con struction both of the Union Pacific and of the Central Pacific Railways. Mr. Huntington, pre sident of the latter road, testified before a Com mittee of Congress that the former is not making what the " law requires, a first-class road, but is constructing a road with a view of getting a 3 many bonds as possible !" while the San Fran cisco Herald asserts Mr. Huntington's own road to be both badly constructed and badly managed. The correspondent of that journal says—"l can not speak knowingly of more than about two hundred miles of this road, running east from Reno, but I will defy any man to match those 200 macs in the United States. The road is literally tin the top of ete ground ; and while the com pany had the best valley through which to con struct a first-class road that there is in the whole cou❑try west of the Missouri River, they have built the worst that could be constructed and be a railroad at all." This might be expected, considering that they were literally contesting the ground to Salt Lake, foot by foot, hut when constructed it will be for their own interest to ballast, and render the road as subuantial as possible. It is but fair to both companies to state that although they cirdulate all manner of evil reports about each other, there is strong testimony to prove that the roads are quite as well built as could have been expected under the circumstances. Deepatehes hare been received from the Washita mountains up to January 22. Excepting four or five lodges, all the Eiowas bad c. .me in,- and were about to be settled on the reservation. Some Ara pahoes and Cheyennes had also arrived, and the re mainder were approaching, so the worst tribes may soon be expected to be gathered on the reservation. General Sheridan was to arrive at St. Louis about the 20th February, when the return of Gen. Sher man was looked for. The 7th cavalry were to be withdrawn from the plains. In the more distant territories, however, the war still continued. A San Francisco telegram of the 17th Feb. says, Arizona advices have been received which state that Capt. Young's command of 140 men were attacked by the Indians, numbering 300, on the night of the 27th of January, between Williams and Prescott. The savages succeeded in capturing a pack train be longing to the command. Bonds to the amount of $1,280,000 have been issued to the Union Pacific Railroad on account of the completion of two additional sections, termi natiug 1,000 miles west from Omaha. On the 16th Feb. the President accepted the report of the Government Commissioners on the additional sec tion of 20 miles of the Central Pacific Railroad, extending to the 510th mile post, east from Sacra mento, and directed that Government bonds be issued thereon. The junction is within less than %We ritBo Eti f erit i ti t rtrgt . Salt Lake Valley. Judge Campbell has presented a bill in the New York Legislature making it a misdemeanour to enter a railroad car without a ticket, and for a con ductor to receive money for the fares. The public carriers all over the United States have been con stantly victimized by persons who choose to be carried without payment, and the question when the money is demanded has to be settled by the conductor. This frequently brings him into colli sion with the passengen, gives rise to a brusqueness of manner, and a habit of " promptly ditching those rho cause him trouble, or who he imagines intend to evade payment. At the same time, it cannot fail to be a source of loss to railroad coin panies if the conductor be permitted to receive fares without a check. Both the pilots of the steamers America and the United States, which collided on the Ohio Rive r with such disastrous consequences, have been found guilty of carelessness and discharged from their posts. Considering how fatal was the result of their negligence, merely to revoke their licences is almost an encouragement to such conduct. In Eng land they would be tried for manslaughter, and the companies might consider themselves fortunate if thoy escaped heavy damages. In addition to Professor Goldwin Smith's histo ricAl library, the Cornell University is t,) rec!ive a silndid cabinet of the cereals of Great Britain (of which there are only two sets) from the Government Museum of Science through Dr. Lyon Playfair, M.P. for the University of Edinburgh ; and Mr. Greene Smith, son of Gerrit Smith, has presented to the University his large and valuable collection of birds. O the 16th February Senator Sumner moved the grant of a pension to Mrs. Lincoln, the blank being filled up with the words five thousand dollars. A long and rather angry discussion followed. Mr. Morton considered that Mr. Lincoln had been killed by the enemies of the country during war, while Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and if .FO, his widow was entitled to such a pension as became that rank. A million of dollars had been expended in doing honour to his remains, and if now they should refuse to make a moderate provision for the mother of his children, it would be a new evidence of the truth of the old adage, " Republics are un grateful." Senator Van Winkle was informed that the lady had got $30,000 of her husband's estate, which, with the balance of the President's salary for the year, made $50,000, a sum he considered to be a very comfortable provision for a lady with children grown up and provided for. The debate proved how strong was the opposition, although the pension was powerfully advocated by Senators Sumner, Morton, and Nye, the consideration of the question being eventually postponed. The scene towards the afternoon in the Senate, on the same day, became simply uproarious. After the morning hour expired, a round dozen of Sena tors spent an hour in shouting at each other whe ther this bill should pass or give way to another, and Mr. Wade, perhaps subdued by his late treat ment at the hands of Butler, appeared unable to control the situation. On Mr. Morton moving t.) bring up the report of the Tenure-of-Office Act the confusion became general, and retorts were freely bandiM. Senator Edmunds accused the mover of desiring to appropriate the thunder of the Retrench ment Committee, characterizing his action as dis courteous; whereon Mr. Morton insinuated that the committee wished to stifle the bill, in proof of which he referred to the fact that although it had been before them for four weeks they had made no effort to take it up. Mr. Sherman strongly advocated the repeal, and alluded with asperity to Mr. Morrill and other Senators' Railroad Subsidy Bills, on which Mr. Morrill literally began to scream, for his voice ran into such a key that no one could under stand yoss.s 6o o%ia. Then Mr Pe:menden, in great disgust, censured the whole Chamber, and moved au Executive Session, as he despaired of anything practical being done ; whereupon the naughty, noisy boys felt rebuked, and Mr. Fessenden's mo tion was carried, but this did not preveut a repeti tion of the row on the following day. It is probable that the Rev. Paul Bagley is now in London on a mission from America to obtain the release of the Fenian prisoners. He was to have left New York on the 17th Feb., after an interview with Secretary Seward, who read to him a letter he was about to forward to the American Minister at St. James's. Mr. Seward was acting in response to a • ,e ition to the President signed by 40 Senators - and 108 Representatives. We we happy to say that Mr. Bagley will find most of his work anticipated, :Lod he has our best wishes for his success in what remains to be done: The petition was worded as follows :—" The undersigned respectfully request y.ur Excellency to give the bearer hereof, Paul I Bagley, rnisiionary, such moral support, or letter, l to our Minister at the Court of St. James, as may enable him favourably to present to the British Go vernment such petition as he may desire in behalf of our fellow-citizens there held as prisoners." We now learn he has arrived, and commenced work with interviews with Mr. Reverdy Johnson. The Rev. Paul Bagley is well known as a missionary in China and India, and an earnest philanthropist, to whom no Government could refuse to listen with respect, for his exertions are entirely independent of any political motives, having been made as strongly for Southerners when the tide of Northern opinion set hard against them, as they can be for the Fenians. A numerous and influential meeting was held at the Adelphi Club, Adelphi-terrace, on Thursday, and it is evident that the Government in abolishing a great wrong to Ireland, will accom pany this act of justice by another of clemency and conciliation in liberating all the prisoners. We regret to learn that Colonel Finley Anderson, who, since the close of the war, has resided in London las the representative in Europe of the New York i Herald, is about to return to the United States. Even the columns of the Times during the Abyssinian expedition often gave proof of the extraordinary efficiency with which the work of ; gathering and transmitting news was performed by him for that most enterprising of all papers, the New York- Herald. It was little short of ri; iiculous to see England instructed in the progress of her own expedition by a gentleman on the staff of a foreign newspaper who threw telegrams to the Times from Abyssinia as scraps in which England was more interested than America. Those who know Colonel Anderson's indefatigable energy, and his quiet, un assuming, yet practical way of gathering news of interest are not surprised to see in the columns of the Herald important items of European ink eld gence unknown in Europe. The fact is that Minis ters and men in authority speak to him more freely than to the re, resentative of any European organ, for the information transmitted to America takes a fortnight to get back, when what was under discus sion has occurred. It often surprises us who have to read the principal papers of both nations frequently to see English intelligence published in America which has escaped, or perhaps never been known to, English papers. New York, Feb. 20, Peter Bamberger is dead, and his victim is in a bad way, with little chance of recovery. The exe cution of Real, the murderer of Smedick, is likely to be postponed, as it will fall on Good Friday, that is, if the law will admit of the change. Several cases of trichina spiralis occurred in a German boarding house in Carlisle-street, of which two proved fatal. The keeper of the house is accused of supplying them with unwholesome meat, but the complaint is said not to be confined to one house. A panic in pork has been the result. Great excitement has been aroused here by the race between the City of Parts and the Russia, and heavy betting has been ma d e . Those who have backed the Russia are in glee at the news by the steamer Siberia, which re ported seeing the two vessels 160 miles from Sandy Hook, the Russia a mile and a half ahead, and this was confirmed by the City of New York, which arrived on Wednesday, stating that she passed both oG the, 13th, u hen the Russia was four miles ahead. The well-known sailing qualities of the City of Paris keep up the spirits of her backers, who as sert that they can scarcely get across without a westerly gale, when the Inman steamer will make her running.* A grand excursion has been orga nized to start over the Union Pacific Railroad to flick Juty. rhe not to exceed 250, but they will b e a rare number lot, as invitations are sent over an immense area to lead ing men in Europe as well as in America, and it is bound to bea grand affair, perhaps headed by the Pre,ident himself. One of its features is, that a similar party will start from San Francisco to this city, and the East and West are to shake hands on the Rocky Mountains—a genuine occasion for high faluten, for if a Yankee is to be forgiven for bounce, it would be on such a meeting as this, and on such a spot. Last Sunday it rained more heavily than has been experienced here for some time, but it cleared up on Monday, and we have since had splendid weather. The violets are out, and the river will be opened to Albany if it continues as mild. Business has greatly improved ; the stir is perhaps due to the reviving demand for the South, where the cotton crop has turned out well and the prices better than expected. Speculation is increas ing; and there is a perfect flurry in Government Bonds. Everybody is rushing into that security, not merely to hold for a rise, but as a permanent investment iu anticipation of a rise ; the savings' banks being among the largest buyers. Last week the business in real estate was the largest sold at auction for any week in February, being $6,000,000. This week, however, it is likely to be the excess of this amount, and the rise is marked, which is the more surprising, as a fall has taken place in rents, andadecided tendency is shown to an exodus towards Weatclmster and New Jersey. The "strikes" are spreading. The printers met at Ashton House, and drew up a scale of prices for the consideration of the compositors. Some girls have been sent to work, but as yet this is bat a very feeble effort to meet the emergency. The Typographical Union have declared every office to be "rats" who refUS3 * Our correspondent was right, for this is what actually did happen, with a result that justified the backers of the City of Paris, to accede to the scale, and 'the movement has ea' tended to newspapers. At New Jersey there has been a strike among the printers, and the True American was indebted to some gentlemen, editors and others, who had been trained as compositors, for bringing the paper out. The clothiers believe that their strike will soon be successful. Th e coopers, who have lately closed a very extensive strike, have got up another, so there is a good deal of legitimate warfare going on ; but I an ) sorry to add that the war of ruffians agains t society is still more threatening. Th e jadgel have been driven by public opinion into seve re , measures for the suppression o f cr imes 191 violence and robbery, lately so increasing fre quent. The ruffians, evidently alarmed at the treme severity of the sentences awarded, have bee ° , making demonstrati ons . A roun d t h e C ou rt General Sessions they assembled in large numbers, well arrded, and assumed a defiant attitude, be t some police being brought up they had to giv e way. Commissioner R o lli ns was p a t on the stand to give evidence in the trial of the Mbfienry pe r " jury case, and for a long time was questioned as to what he bad received from members of the whisky ring. The examination was as close an d as ugly as it could w e ll h ave b een ma d e . On the 28th May the counsel for th e p rosecu ti on seemed under the impression that on the 28th M a Y 5 package had been placed in Mr. Rollins' hands by a Mr. Loeb, and his questioning on this point we ° , very close. As it was plumply d en i e d, he turns' to Mr. R. Rollins' history, which he extracted to the mot minute particular s . H e p rac ti se d law at Summerwell, New Hampshire, and earned abo ut $2,000 annually. For five or s i x y ear s be worke d with another gentleman, with whom he left L iis s books, but with whom he h a s n ot y e t se ttled.- became cashier of the Internal Revenue, and after' wards was promoted to d e p u ty- comm i ss i oner , whic h raised his salary from $2,500 to $3,000. In Nov' 1865, he was made Commissioner, and the salar , :,' which had been $4,000, was increased t o s6l°°,`" After eliciting this information th e q uestion s": suddenly put—" Are you a man o f property?', to which the reply was as prompt, " Not much, sir. His real property consists of t wo l o t s a t his hol e ' small unimproved track in Kansas, and half ° is unimproved portion at Rochester. Q. Wh at its value? " Less than $l,OOO ; I would sell it to you for that." The last, question of the verY lellg examination rvlated again to the mysterious PO' ,, age, which the lawyer imagined had been received by Mr. Rollins from Mr. Loeb. The defeat of the Negro Suffrave Amendmen t i° the Kansas Senate on the 16th February is pote coura2ing to the proposed 15th Amendment the Constitution. The question before the I ° ll , sas Legislature was whether the word " should be stricken out of the Constitution, and it was decided in the negative by 17 to 14. Xa llsg wasthe State that suffered most in the cause3l of negro emancipation, and where the most effe c i tu ve stand was made against the ex t ens ion of ' 31 %, territory ; and, with s o me i ncons i s t enc y, the Le°ol,l lature which declined to alte r its own Constitu tl a , has been the first to ratify the proposed Arme n ment to the Constitution of the United States. A BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEMS.—The h e alth o f ex-President Pierce is imp rov i ng . G enera l Long 6 , tre et has, it is said, applied for the Collectorship a „ Orleans. John C. Breckiu r id ge i s t o b e pre sident ° L i p Kentucky railroad. General Kilpat r i c k h a s made $ 161° ,. 0 , this winter by his l ec t ures . P arson B rown low e signed the Governorship of Tennessee to take his seat Senate on the 4th M arc h . H e was i n very d e li ca te be s 'd: and has to be carried a b ou t i n a litt er. W in . Geh l° , Democrat, was elected M a y or o f R ea di ng, P a ., by 164 fil; jority on the 12th F e b. Th e appo i n t men t o f Wien F°r „ ', 1 , t 0 Esq., editor of Harrisburgh State Guard, as Librarian °` State of Pennsylvania, has b e en confirmed. The ,1 a d John Bigelow, late United States Minister to France , .; n - og on the 16th Feb., before a s pe c i a l mee ti ng o f the New 0 Historical Society, at the Library on Second-awnue' " paper containing "Some Reminiscences of M. BerrYer'r which was listened to with much interest, as M. Be ri r e o was one of the best friends in Eu ro p e o f the United St d - f throughout the war. General Grant sent a copy Badeau's Military History of himself to Count Bis;o3l.cg through Baron Geroldt, whereon he received hearty and warm letter from Bismarck.—Mr. Bonfield candidate for the Surveyorship of the port df New nrs I A new t r i a l h as b een grante d i n the libel ease of -41,0 Frances M. Wilkinson against the New Fork Tribune, former damages awarded being $7,500. Mrs. Williiosl,, has also instituted a suit against Mrs. Ellthorpe, fo r .,`' f ing into Mrs. Wilkinson's apartments, while in pur se her husband, who was with Mrs. Wilkinson.—Arnong. the citizens of Worcester, Mass., who are about to make 3 to Europ?, are ex-Gov. Bullock and family, Joseph 3111 ' '9 0 f and family, and Rev. R. R. Shippen. The exPe' use la the latter are to be borne by mem b ers o f the congreg 3 ; o .. A Providence (Rhode Island) paper announces that .L OOl , fessor Sweet, the pedestri an an d rope - wa lker, Will c o I mance on the Ist of June th e unpara ll e l e d feat of P rc4 :oo ling a velocipede 3,000 m il es i n 30 d ays , a veraging io to miles a day, for a wa ger o f $5,000. D ur i ng the trip h e tr ial ride the velocipede 150 miles in 24 hours, and only ono air will be allowed. Senator Henderson, of Minso3ri'ola vernor Gardner, a n d G enera l C ass id ay a rrived a" s ire vanuah, from New York, in the Moro Castle, Feb , 9 • c ol hope the ex-Senator has not taken his defeat by • 13 1 Schurz so serio us ly to heart that he is about to tsro vi e b , l O. self on a Spa n i s h b ayone t an d di e i n t h e caus e of fre On the 16th February Officer Flick picke d ., o at Seventh and W as hi ng t on - avenue, PhiladelP l Too human finger, having upo n it a pl a i n g o ld ring, /grit initials "M. C. S. to W. H. F." Cy , of The Re " e publican candidates for the C.- 1 3 ' h ° Pe New Orleans were William Lloyd G a rrison, Rag' fl ora ,- A. Hanford, and Julia Ward H owe ; w hilst the De ns voted for Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby. saYs ' A writer in the Philadelphia Evening Star ea t hat "I have it from what may be termed an official SO'S t let General Grant having extended t o Vice-Presidern sleet i Colfax the usual courtesy of naming one persoa r ,' c,4ees, 0 binet appointment, he h a s se l ec t e d J o hn D. li r - o stal a t ig Indiana. The place to be g iv en t o hi m is that of _ n os ter-General. The Legislature of Nebraska renabioey General Thayer, Senator from that State, as a oos officer. A rcise LADVERTISEMENT.I Holloway's Pills e- , - a.to A wonderful power in promoting appetite, improvA7ousee tion, regulating the bowels, and removing ne r f .003 tir bv and debility. The weakest will take no harm use of this alterative and tonic medicine, but No ll t here; ally regain their health. The strongest will preservfoote' selves from many of th e m i s h aps into which the ir u the e : strength and fearlessne ss o f results often betraYtifyiit c Long suffering invalid s may look towards this ttsvii,T and revivifying medicine, with the certain hope ° l ', wetter their maladies mitigated, if not removed, by thel ' o° ,,c In short, for all ag es , c i rcumstances, an d conditie' l te nt "*" loway points out the treatment which check the progress of disorder in and expel its see" the human frame. is conal' e ,,, fron z ale a • the ° 1 3 ° [A D VERTISEMENT.)—Henceforth no one will doubt i tra.o R e valeta? b i e s. ei t properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands ° I bad uv ie• it has already received from Invalids whose position tbepo deemed hopeless, we ma now add hat of his Holiness yea il ja whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thiTglotteoli unsuccessful medical treatment. Wo quote from the `; t he 1 - I _,Er yidi." July 25th uty 21, 186 G. The health _t r re_T o ether is e=cenent. especially since, abandoning all , u Bevel v , 4 dies, he has coalned himself entirely to Du 13arry er y o' o l AraWca Food, of which he consumes a plateful at 0 001 41,1 0 It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on hie,, ll ,,iy: e o f his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too 1 2,16 - 6t 32lTh i t extract a few oat ofmore than 68,000 cures :—Cure ° ' c ornf il %o, the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver ~,,ipitso wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervouar; woo!, de all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and t rstuilr„ w s ia• tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771: La' ysP e fi r Decies, Lord - Lieutenant of Waterford, of many year' d el ysPer o l9, No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony asthma, cough, constipation, froln „,,as - , nervousness, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly " Cure Nn• 105, James Roberts, of Frimle Surre of 30 years' diseas 1 „ spitting of blood, liver derangement, anddeafnete tiatuleneY , „.7, Wa s partial portan t Caution—Bewaref unsavoury and nictiopig sloppy imitations to whichwithout o , then authority, Ba r°° name is most audaciously attached. b 1 1 '* ; oc° In tins, at Is. 118.; 1 lb. 2s. vd.; 2 lbs. 45. 6d.; 5 1 - s ;„0, ~04 225. ; 41135, 40s, -Also Du BARRY's RavALENTA ABAI 2 ,, i O. O O LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups for 57 6 tins cups at 3s. Gd., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 3 05 . , 655; e at being about one penny per cup. The 30 5 . 1".,0, 0 4 are sent free of carriage in England on receipt o i L reet , Order. BARRY DO BARRY and Co , No. 77, lU:ige n" don; and all Grocers and Chemists.. S BA M Rl r is s iGiT h O o n the 4th a ri i : 0 , f Birth aat s 3 s. 0 0 n , . Old BOTlingt°ll treet' -. WILTON—On m the sth inst ,at Chalk-pit S ouse, Sutt°ll. a Surrey, Mrs. Wilton, of . daughter. Marriages. portlO PCl' ALCoCK—PARKER—On the 3d inst , a t Little A-- cbe" street, John Aleock, Esq., of High.field, Brodburpokeli shire, to Mary Ellen, second daughter of R. li• Esq., of 41, Bedford-row. i t g i r KINGSFORD—ITOLLINSUEAD -On the Gth lag.. ft - 8 ' o f t- f thew's, Bayswater, Douglas Kingsford, 13 "',.hter °- Middle Temple, to Beatrice Emma, eldest &11 , . the late Henry Brock Hollinshead, Esq., °f 13 1 11jog e Stair, Lancashire. Deaths. se I °. BOARDMAN —On the 4th inst., at Faringto n lOU ' Boardman, Esq., aged 69. a te P 9°. CAPON —On the 4th inst. at Craven-hill' BaYsw d . 3. wife of General Sir Da ' vid Capon, ILC• I3, li g e T35(1•1 ' RAWTRORN—On the 4th lust Robert flawthorD, Gower. street, aged 78. " London _ •• Printed and Pahlished by ViriLLIA% A NDt S.. , 91 Strand, SUN oic the ° 2°3 -itrand, tint in Precinct of the Sr voy, -- alatUeeez.—Monday, March 8, 180. 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