The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PLELIC JOURNALS, The Times rejoices at the rapid progress made by the House of Commons on Thursday evening. Two large Ministerial majorities disposed of the amendments of Sir George Jenkinson and Mr. Aytoun, and when this was accomplished nearly twenty subsequent clauses were approved in rapid succession. The issue raised by Sir George Jenkinson was simply whether the compensation should come out of the Consolidated Fund or out of the funds of the disendowed Establishment. The conclusive answer to the argument was that advanced by Mr. Gladstone. The Maynooth Grant and the Regium Donum are Irish charges imposed for Irish purposes, and they have been borne by the Imperial Exchequer simply as a compensation for the injustice of an Establish ment forced on Ireland by the Imperial will. Upon the abolition of the Establishment these charges are properly thrown back upon Ireland ; and if it be resolved, as a matter of Irish policy, that they shall be withdrawn, the compensation to be afforded in respect of vested interests ought to be provided out of Irish resources. The defeat of Sir George Jenkinson's amendment was a victory of common sense. The majority against Mr. Sinclair Aytoun, though numerically smaller, affords us, perhaps, higher satisfaction as an unmixed triumph of Liberal feeling. When we remember how liberal have been all the previous provisions of the bill, it is impossible, with any show of equality, to carp at the Maynooth settlement. Sir Stafford Northcote, indeed, declared that the disestablished Church had not been liberally dealt with, and, no doubt, to a, man who believes that nothing ought to be taken away, the gift of all the churches for nothing and of the glebe-houses for nominal payments has no appearance of generosity. The House of Commons has reserved for the Free Church and its mem bers property and interests estimated by Mr. Gladstone at nine millions, and if we exclude. as we think ought to be excluded, from the comparison the life interests of incum bents, the amount reserved for the Church in its corpo rate character will still be reckoned by millions. We prefer not to dilate on the enormous bribe which has been given to Irish landlords. The Presbyterian reeerve has been £750,000 ; and the whole contest raised by Mr. Sinclair Aytoun turned on whether a sum of £565,000 should be handed over to the trustees of Maynooth. The House of Commons resolved that it would not draw back from the liberal course pursued in the conduct of the bill. This is the true interpretation of the vote. The Standard thinks there is no manner of doubt that, under the influence of the irritation produced by the game of cross purposes, both parties went a little too far. Mr. Gladstone had no right to throw it in the teeth of the Conservatives that they had assented, without debate, to the compensation of the Presbyterians out of Church funds ; for he certainly gave them to understand that the entire question was to be debated upon the case of Maynooth. Nor can he fairly deny that the country did distinctly understand and expect from his speeches last year something very different from his actual proposal in regard to Maynooth. The possibility that if Sir G. Jenkinson's amendment passed, it might deprive the professors and students of Maynooth of their present incomes, without any compensation whatever, afforded an excuse for voting against it, and may account for the greatness of the majority. But Mr. Aytoun's was direct and simple, and put the issue between compensation and endowment broadly and plainly before the House, so that no man could record his vote against it without declaring himself in favour, not of justice to Roman Catholics individually, but of endowing a Roman Catholic college in perpetuity out of the spoils of the Protestant Church. Of this fact, and of those who so declared them selves, we trust that the nation generally, and the Scotch constituencies in particu'ar, will take accurate and heedful note, and remember the pledges of 1868 and the fulfilment of 1869 on the next occasion when a Liberal Government sends Liberal candidates to ask the suffrages of their coun trymen on the strength of their implicit obedience to Mr. Gladstone. The Daily News points out that the object of this May nooth debate was very obvious all through the discussion. As Mr. Bright said, it was another outbreak of that reli gious and political hostility to the religion of the Irish people which has now existed for three hundred years. Mr. Gladstone said that it was the rekindling in its last days of the very spirit of that evil institution which they were then engaged in removing ; an attempt to fan the embers of religious prejudice in order to hinder a great act of justice to Ireland. These expressions exactly characterised the situation. But all this anti- Popery zeal had been kindled for a purpose. Drown ing men catch at straws, and a straw had floated by in the shape of a presumed antipathy on the part of Scotch members to give money to the Roman Catholic Church. This was evident from the first by the dead set made at the Scotch members, but Mr. Lowther blurted it out. Mr. Aytoun's motion for more rigidly limiting the compensation to Maynooth seemed to look in the same direction as Sir G. Jenkinson's, and there seemed to be a chance of getting a few ardent Protestants to go a little further along the road which Mr. Aytoun appeared to indicate. The Opposition might then have enjoyed the rare excitement of detatching a few followers from the ever-victorious army, and of' taking their beating from a somewhat diminished majority. But the Scotch members were not to he caught by so obvious a ruse. The Herald declares that the annual banquet of the Royal Literary Fund has an interest beyond the profes sional circle which it represents. In fact, it can hardly be said to represent a profession, except that the individuals who come within its benevolence generally belong to a class that has staked itself upon one, and that, as Lord Stanley said on Wednesday evening, a precarious pur suit. For, letters are followed from all the high ways, down all the byeways of life. The peerage, the clergy, the army, the bar, medicine, music, idleness, take them up, and carry them, as though they were the lightest loads to bear in the whole of creation. The main question for the noble chairman of Wed nesday's dinner was " The fund existing, how to apply it." This for many years has been a vexed point both for the subscribers and the recipients. There can be no doubt that, under each head, considerable dis satisfaction has long prevailed. The names of few men of letters are absent from the donation lists in one year or another. They, respecting, as Lord Stanley did, the wise and generous rule of secrecy observed with regard to individual grants, never inquire concerning them ; they trust, as they ought to trust, in the council ; and they will, as he asks them, take Lord Stanley's word for it that this confidence is not abused. In a very high spirit, natural to him, Lord Stanley says he should like to see gifts to the fund, anonymous, from those wh o h ave enjoyed its bounty and risen to better fortunes. We, on the othe r h an d, s h ou ld lik e to feel sure that it, .as a rule, recognised th e c l a i ms of those who, in prospenty, have been it s constant supporters. We do not, emphatically, see th e lit erary class illustrated by the Literary' Fund. The blame, it maybe d s b o e . saA'dtitmualy lie as much on one side as on another.' is . a doubt in the matter which, if resolved, might place institution in a position which, candidly speaking, it has never yet occupied. The Star, in commenting upon the bill which M r. della and Mr. Hu g h es h ave laid upon thetabl e Mu Lls ll- House of Common s , says there are many evilsinie s world which legislation i s una bl e to suppress or t o control, but legislation can at l eas t prevent trades unionism being a perpetual sourc e o f angry controversy andiirrfratraa tion. It can do so by frankly recognising it as a great social fact, by concedi ng th e pr i nc i ple of the right of association, by imparting to unions an established legal status, and by rending its members solely responsible to the common law of the realm, which is strong enough to protect the liberty of the subject and to repress every form of outrage. This, broadly stated, is what is accomplished by the Trades Unions Bill, the provisions of which been fully discussed, and lucidly explained to the representatives of the amalgamated trades by one of its chief authors, Mr. Frederick Har rison. That bill will, we believe, be accepted in its integrity by the working classes of this country ; and its passage, while subserving every interest of law and order, would be hailed with satisfaction by tens of thousands of honest artisans, whose associations have hitherto existed only on sufferance ; who have enter tained a keen sense of the injustice of the ban under which they have been placed ; and who, in consequence of the lawless acts of a small minority, have been made to suffer an undeserved weight of obloquy. The whole question resolves itself into one of mutual confidence, which is a better foundation for the relations of capital and labour to rest upon than any that can be devised by legislation. Difficulties will, of course, arise under any system which the wit of man can devise ; but recent experience has shewn that a way is opening for the solution of one of the greatest problems of our time, and that ono day strikes and lock-outs will be superseded by the less exciting but more satisfactory machinery of arbitration. The Telegraph says that Mr. Sumner's speech was composed as a deliberate public expression of the views held by President Grant and his Cabinet; and Mr. Motley, a personal friend of the senator, comes to England as the representative of a policy based on these views. True, the new Minister will not arrive here with a palpably outrageous claim fur damages to the amount of two hundred and fifty millions sterling—the total at which Mr. Sumner, with an expression of dOlll,l - , as to his own prudence in be_i r Pg so very moderate, assessed our supposed liability. 11...0t1ey himself will, of course, be received with that courtesy s which British stat e smen always display toward the re pcesentatives of friendly Powers, and which his personal I rid ...tits and character would, undr.r any cssum stances, entitl , i him to receive at one hands. I His own unfriendly criticisms on this country and her policy will tot be remembered against him, nor will they in the slightest degree affect our behaviour to himself nor our judgment of his mission. But lie will be told, in language of the utmost clearness and sincerity, that his pretensions are utterly inadmissible ; that the claims he advances cannot even be examined, in the ab sence of a b as i s f or di scuss i on ; an d th a t t h e concessions we have already made go to the extreme verge of what our national dignity and our rights as an independent Power will permit. The bitterest enemies of England in the Irnited States cannot deny that we have throughout shewn a willingness bordering even on anxiety to con ciliate our angry cousins, soothe their susceptibilities, avoid causes of fresh offence, and arrive at a just settle ment of all disputed points. They cannot, then, mis apprehend the motive or the spirit with which we shall inform Mr. Motley that it is not the habit of England to depart from pled,,7es which she has given to her own honour and consistency in the presence of the whole world. THE MAY MEETING, The Earl of Shaftesbury seems to be as popular as ever for chairman at these May meetings. He is engaged nearly every day either at larger or smaller assemblies, and no one seems to please the public so well as himself. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. This society had the noble lord for their chairman at St. James's Hall on Thursday. The report stated that during the past year the total receipts had been £51,845 19s. 11d. ; the donations and subscriptions being £6,526 17s. 9d. ; the association returns and sermons, £31,801 4s. 3d. ; the legacies, £11,237 16s. ; the immediate annuities, £1,486 'Ts. 6d. ; and interest, £793 7s. 6d. This was less than last year by £5,324 6s. 9d. in legacies, and more in donations, &c., by £l5O 10s. Id., making a total decrease of £5,173 16s. Bd. The expendi ture which would be greatly increased by new grants which had been made, had been £49,110115. id. The total receipts since the formation of the society had been £1,110,822 9s. 7d. There were forty-six grants more than last year. To sustain all these grants an income of £61,443 was required. The society pro vides 730 additional public services on the Sunday, 497 on the week day, 740 schoolroom and cottage lectures, and 734 Bible classes. Its grants bad led to the erection, opening, or keeping open of 28G churches or chapels ; and in districts at present receiving aid 258 rooms were licensed for the celebration of Divine service. Additional and more systematic pastoral visitation was also provided for a population amounting to upwards of four millions and a quarter. The meeting was addressed by several ministers and gentlemen, and resolutions were passed approving the aim of the society. LONDON CITY MISSION. The report of the London City Mission, read at Exeter Hall, sheaved the number of missionaries for the past year as 361. The receipts for the general fund amounted to £40,288 12s. Bd., and for the disabled missionaries' fund £496 4s. 10d., spewing an increase over the preceding year of six missionaries, and in the receipts of £3,823 15s. 4d., while in the disabled mis sionaries' fund there is a decrease of £217 12s. sd. The chairman congratulated the meeting on having, for the I first time for some years, a sufficient balance to carry them through the coming year without anxiety; but this was mainly due to an anonymous donation of £2,000. In order to give this sum a somewhat permanent form, it bad been decided to invest about £2,500 in annuities, so as to provide some five or six additional missionaries. The disabled fund was a source of great anxiety, for it was not right to leave their servants who had grown old in their service perfectly destitute ; but in order to keep up their allowances during the past year it had been found necessary to withdraw £4OO from the general fund. He (the chairman) hoped that subscribers to the society would supplement their subscriptions with donations to this fund, and so obviate the necessity of withdrawing fnm the general fund for the future. THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. The annual soiree of the Evangelical Alliance was held at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, the Right Hon. the Earl of Chichester presiding. An address was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Robinson on "The union of Christians at the present time, with special reference to international conferences of this Alliance, past and pro spective." The Rev. Dr. Phillip Schaff (delegate from the American branch of the Alliance) and other gentlemen addressed the meeting on the subject of the past and future conferences of the Alliance, and the result of the Christian work in Spain and other countries. SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. The Sunday School Union has obtained a great honour amongst its fellow societies. Its annual gathering at Exeter Hall, on Thursday, is said to have been one of the largest ever assembled within the walls of the building, an occur rence which is the more remarkable inasmuch as no promi nent members of either House of Parliament were included in the list of speakers. In the absence of the Hon. A. F. Kinnaird, M.P., President of the Union, Mr. Wright, of Birmingham, who was very warmly welcomed, was appointed chairman. Mr. Groser read an abstract of the report, the first part of which gave some interest ing statistics regarding the progress of the movement which the Union Lad been established to promote in foreign countries. 'The number of metropolitan auxiliaries, it continued, was now 11, and of county unions 160. In the former there were 719 schools, 16,097 teachers, and 181,319 scholars ; in the latter, 2,797 schools, 69,367 teachers, and 524,899 scholars, making totals of 3,516 schools, 85,464 teachers, and 706,218 scholars, and chewing an increase over the numbers of last year of 136 schools, 1,956 teachers, and 13,350 scholars. The committee recorded an increase in the return of busi ness. The sales during the year had amounted to £21,179 2s. 7d., being £4lO 17s. 3d. in excess of the return of last year. The committee were making exertions to procure the repeal of the obnoxious statute which subjects Sunday and ragged schools to the payment of rates. The following resolution was proposed and carried :—" That this meeting is glad to find that public attention has re cently been directed to the baneful influence exerted by a large class of serial publications on the juvenile population. Believing that the extent of the evil has been by no means overrated, this meeting would urge upon teachers the im perative duty of seeking by every means in their power to provide healthy literature for their scholars, and to cul tivate a taste for reading such books and magazines as are at once attractive, useful, and elevating in their charac ter.' Petitions drawn up for presentation to the House of Commons regarding the rating of Sunday-schools and the opening of museums on Sundays were then submitted to the meeting. Mr. William Exham, Q.C., will, it is understood, contest Youghal, and will give an independent support to the Conservative party if returned. OUTRAGE ON RELIGION.—Baron Ferdinand Swit has just been tried at Venice for an outrage on religion and the propagation of scepticism by an article published in the Ragione, and in which he attacked the sacraments of the Eucharist and Baptism. He has been condemned to two months' imprisonment and 600 f. fine. SNOW IN MAY.—The higher ranges of fells and mountains around the lake district of Westmoreland were covered with snow on Monday morning to the depth of three or four inches. The cold was remarkable. During the day heavy falls of rain occurred, accompanied by a sharp breeze from the north-west. On Saturday the thermometer registered 90 deg. in the sun ; on Sunday the mercury fell to below 50 deg. THE RIGOURS OF AN ENGLISH SPRING. The British Medical Journal tells an extraordinary story. Among the patients in the new children's ward of University College Hospital (it says) are at this moment two under the care of Dr. Harley and Mr. Berkeley Hill, whose cases strongly exemplify the more than usual "severity of spring" this year. The one is suffering from frostbite, pro ducing mortification of the finger ; the other from sunstroke while playing in the sun on one of the hot days of last week. A MUNIFICENT DONATION.—The Council of the Royal College of Surgeons having accepted from Mr. Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S„ the munificent sum of £5,000, together with a fine collection of drawings and models, for the endowment of a Professorship of Diseases of the Skin, the committee appointed by the council will, on Thursday next, present a scheme, which has been agreed upon in concert with this benevolent gentleman, for the chair of dermatology to be thus founded. The British Medical Journal adds that the first series of lectures in connection with this chair will be delivered by its founder. AN AMBASSADOR AWKWARDLY PLACED.—A Paris correspondent of the Independance Beige relates and amusing incident which occurred at the Princess Mathilde's soiree on Sunday last, the Emperor Napoleon being present. An actress from the Od4on Theatre recited Victor Hugo's Ode to Napoleon 1., which is little else than a long invective against England. It so happened that our ambassador, Lord Lyons, was right in front of the actress, and it was to him, in utter ignorance of his name and position, that she seemed to address the poet's verses. The confusion of the rest of the company may be imagined. That nothing might be wanting to increase the embarrass ment of the ambassador, the Emperor had to lead off the applause. A LIBEL CASE. —Application was made to the Court of Queen's Bench on Thursday by Mr. henry Munster, a defeated candidate for Cashel at the general election, for a rule calling upon the publisher of the Sheffield Independent to shew cause why 6 criminal information should not be issued against him for libel. The article complained of appeared in February last, at the time of the inquiry into the allega. Liens into the Cashel election petition, which resulted in the unseating of Mr. O'Beirne. Some strong comments were made upon the large expenditure of Mr. Mun•ter, but the court decided that the observations were not of such a character as to warrant the issue of a criminal information. I1:87;: AND ECONOMY OF TEAMWAYS.—The economy of horse life, and of horse suffering, accomplished by the tramway are sufficiently evident. In the tramway car the work of the horse is natural, and comparatively easy —a straight pull by the collar, always in one direction— : in the ordinary omnibus the horse has the draught, and also the much more cruel work of stopping the vehicle by the sudden tug at the end of the pole, a process that does more to hasten the end of the poor brute than the pull. In the case of the tramway car the stoppage is effected by purely mechanical means. The horse, instead of having to bring another set of muscles into violent exercise, of having the collar violently lifted from its seat to the galling of the withers, has simply to relax the muscles in play, and rest until the brake has done its work, and the t driver is ready to resume the journey. THE SUN, LONDON, FIIIDAV EVENING, MAY 7, 181i9. THE lIAPPY FAMILIES OF RHODE ISLAND. (From the .-Irwlo-Anzerican Thus.) Senator Anthony addressed the Chamber with the card of Brown and Ives, of Rhode Island before him, which was read to the Senate. The general opinion is against Senator Sprague, whose extra ordinary speeches have astonished the Union and raised the ire of Rhode Island. Governor Burn side has been asked to accept a public ovation in response to the aspersions of the Senator on the Ist Rhode Island Regiment at the battle of Bull Run. The State is split, like Rome, into factions, and the followers of the two great contending houses have been roused into active enmity. The Spragues are the young( r, the more pushing, if not the richer. Brown and Ives are the older . and the prouder, having birth and breeding, deeper root in the soil, and greater culture. The latter preceded the Re volutionary War, and therefore the times of cotton spinning which made the Spragues, and to this day their old account-books are marked " The was l77 , o o n l e i sPCi of t r o y t o l o . en i Providence party n cef i captured t J h o e h G n a ' s/ l i r ::: i n n River, and h e hi his son, Brown di,h on a s U B n e n r : Boyn ton Ivrs, composed the firm, and they were suc ceeded by their sons, John Carter Brown and Robert H. Ives, now sole partners. Mr. Brown is about 70 years old, and Mr. Ives, perhaps, 65, and both are refined and cultivated men, but strongly Conservative. All the family in its various branches are familiarly spoken of in Rhode Island as Brown and Ives. Mrs. Goddard, a sister of the latter, has five sons, Thomas, William, Moses B. 1., Frank, and Robert, and two daughters, one of whom married Thomas B. Sheppard, and the other William Binney, a son of Horace Binney, Esq., of Philadel phia. A daughter of Mr. Ives married Professor Gammen, formerly of Brown University, and now supposed to influence the Journal newspaper wher ever the interests of Brown and Ives are concerned. John Carter Brown and Robert H. Ives may be the sole partners, though it is asserted that Mrs. Goddard's money remains in the house, and the Godclards are the agents of the great mill at Lens , dfCe, but these are the people whom Sprague had in his mind as Brown and Ives, the great family, the million dollars. The person referred to by Sena tor Sprague as losing his life in the late war by a mistake of "the million dollars," on the char acter of the man on whose staff he was placed, was a son of Mr. Robert 11. Ives, who served with Gen. Rodman of Rhode I.sland,and was killed at An tiet.tm. Amasa Sprague, the grandfather of .Amasa, and Wiliam, now its tepresen tat ices, founded that house. At the death _of Williatn Sprague, their uncle, in 1856, it had not assumed its present proportions. Then there were but six calico-printing machines in the factory at Cranston, now there are thirty, driven by six ergincs, with twenty-five donkey engines scattered over the mills, which form an ex tensive village, built on a uniform model, where the wants of all the operatives are supplied by an ad able combination of capital, so as to furnish the best things at the cheapest rates. Amasa Sprague resides at Cranston, about a mile from the city of Providence; but William lives with his mother in the town. Amasa hates politics, as did his father ; but William Sprague, the uncle, and William Sprague, the nephew, have been Governors of the State and Senators to Congress. Although Cranston is the head-quarters, where 2,000 hands areemployed, the Spragues have numerous other mills scattered over the country, as well as a controlling influence in several great companies. Every body asks why did Sprague attack Burnside. The Rhode Island cor respondent of the Tribune, from whom we have drawn largely for these particulars, says :—" The First Rhode Island Regiment was organized under the personal superintendence of Sprague, who was then Governor. Burnside was given the command of the men, but Sprague accompanied them to the front, and with the impatience of youth and the in trepidity of his nature, was anxious to see them do something worthy of the encomiums they every where received. It is even said he ordered Burn side to move forward and attack the en , my, but that Burnside flatly informed him that he, and not Sprague, was in command of the regiment, and did not move an inch. Ilow this is I cannot say. Per haps Sprague was ready and anxious to attack the enemy without the orders of the General command ing the army, and perhaps not ; but this Ido kn-,w that what he says about the first Rhode Ldand Regiment, just before and after the battle of Bull Run, is true. -It is not only set down in Sprague's speeches, but it is irrevccably printed upon the pages which contain our country's his- tory. It is unnecessary to repeat one word of all this here, but whatever were his official orders in relation to Burnside afterwards, it is cer tain that Sprague was personally dissatisfied wit that officer from the start. He regarded Burnside as incompetent even before he was tried, and if Sprague had had his way Fredericksburg would never have happened, at least under Burnside's guidance. And the Senator, then Governor. did not wait until the other day to vent his dissatisfac tion. It is not generally known, but it is true, that he at once preferred charges against Burnside to General Scott for inefficiency and incompetency. These charges were smothered in the War Depart ment, but the smouldering fire rankled in Sprague's bosom. It is the breaking out of this fire which makes him exclaim : " The regiment went home ; paid claqueurs were ready, and an ovation fol lowed." It is this that makes him ask, "How did the country, and my colleague, and the Senate, re ward this action ? By a commission as Brevet Bri gadier-General." The claqueurs were of course in Sprague's mind the adherents of Brown and Ives —the tools of the million dollars--the men whom he describes as receiving stipends at the hands of the great family who sneeze when the great family sneezes, and shake their heads _ _ _ When the hydra-heads of the great family shake. Senator Sprague declared that his colleague Senator .... __ Anthony held his place by bis bounty; and it is _ . stated that the hostility of Governor Smith at the time to his return was only overcome by a free expenditure on Mr. Sprague's part. Mr. Anthony, the correspondent asserts, was then secretly un friendly, and this feeling has grown into open hatred. Now Senator Sprague opposes his re-election next year, when a fierce contest will occur between the Capulets and Montagues of Rhode Island, and for this fight both families are already preparing. Sprague maintains that the Providence Journal lost no opportunity of damaging his commercial credit, and to this one of his remarks in the Senate alluded Anthony is a sharp newspaper paragraphist and hasa polished and sarcastic way of speaking which demo . . fishes his opponent's theories, and he has been able to dismiss contemptuously as crude the study and con- vi,vi were r t e i o n n 0 of t w S e p l r l agne w put. ,which,however t mentioned a os c fo u rnti e lee in these wc i reality, wrceu emk 8 weeks ago, before we k new anyt s t i t o a n n c o e f s R , that s S e n e n t a a t t i o v r e Sprague , share of the aspersions so f ree ly c asp, for he's declare oppose wlio c d o t m h y e s r i in -e f o l ercda to have covered the business interests of the State with disgrace. "The re-election of Mr. Jenckes to Congress, and the circumsta ices attending it, undoubtedly helped to sour Sprague, and contri buted to the animus of his recent speeches. At the time of Jenekes's renomination Sprague was con fined to his room with a broken leg. That he was opposed to Jenckes everybody knew, but he took no direct or indirect interest in defeating him. I Still, Jenckes barely received the nomination by one majority, three memb(rs of the Convention who were pledged a;rainst him voting for hint mirk r the eye of Mr. Robert .11. Ivi.s. Probably Sprague expected 'Tenths to be defeated without his appear ing to take an interest in the matter, but if so, Mr. Ives's personal effort turned the scale. The victory was honestly won so far as Mr. Ives is concerned, but it did not ,Indear the great family to Sprague any the more. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL lIAIR.-MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR 'DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair-to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In largo Bottles Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Choral:4s and Perfumers, Depot 266, High Holborn MISCELLAAEOUS NEWS. - 40. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANES. It is not surprising that the banking interest is jealous of the Post Office, and strongly opposed to the bill which the Marquis of Hartington had intended to bring in, but has now, in consequence of the pressure brought upon him, withdrawn. It appears that in .larch 1864, two years and a half after the Post Office undertook the banking business, the deposits amounted to £4,000,000 ; at the end of 1866 they exceeded £8,000,000; while at the end of last year they were rapidly approaching £12,000,000. The old savings banks in the meantime steadily declined. Though they offered three and a quarter per cent, in lieu of only two and a half per cent. to their depositors, they were unable to compete with the more convenient arrangements and the indisputable security which the Post Office was able to offer. Last year alone £341,003 were transferred from the old savings banks to the Post Office, while only £15,462 were transferred from the Post Office to the savings banks. The new scheme is in fact slowly destroying the old one. It is further remarkable that in spite of the depres sion of trade and the commercial crisis the deposits have steadily increased. It would seem as if the Post Office had been used not only as a savings bank but as an ordinary bank, for since 1861 there have been no fewer than 2,745,000 deposits withdrawn. In other words, as the Mornin g P o st w e ll observes, the Post Office has taken the place of the old stocking, and the money fructifies in the Post Office instead of lying idle in the workman's pocket. Obviously there is more chance of a balance on the right side at the end of the quarter if it be drawn out from time to time when it is actually required, than if it be allowed to remain an ever-present temptation to extravagant expenditure. Thus, although the jealousy of the bankers is very natural, it is a fair question if it ought to be permitted to influence the Government. The Government wished to extend a system which the public find very advantageous. The Government is compelled to abandon its inten tions because a small section of the community fear it will interfere with their interests. In a word, the many are sacrificed for the supposed benefit of the few. tower, which will bear carvings of the Crucifixion, O'Connell's arms, the Ir;sli wolf-dog, the Irish crown and shamrock, and various suitable inscrip tions. The expense will be borne by the Cemetery Board, and the removal of the body from its present to its new receptacle will be made an occasion for a " becoming ceremony and accompaniments." It may be added that Foley's sculpture of O'Connell will shortly be placed in situ at Dublin. Thus the Government have before them the prospect of two demonstrations whi c h a re sure t o a s sume a political character. DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE CHURCH DIL! The battle in the Commons is fought out. The hope of the opponents of the Church Bill is now in the Lords. To encourage them in rejecting the bill a series of demonstrations—commencing with the one at St. James's Hall—is being held throughout the country. Two were held in London on Wednes day. At one of these Mr. Morgan Howard, the late candidate for Lambeth, moved the adoption of a petition praying the Lords to throw out the bill, and the meeting passed his resolution. Do they really mean to counsel that the Lords should put themselves in opposition to the nation? THE LIBERATION SOCIETY. In spite of the Reform Bill, the Liberation Society do not seem to have much influence in Parliament. At the annual meeting, just held, there were but five M.P.'s present—Mr. Aliall, Mr. Illingworth, Mr. M'Laren, Mr. Dowse, and Mr. Richard. Remember ing the large number of M.P.'s there are in the House who represent clerical ideas and interests, there does not seem much reason at present for Churchmen to fear this much-dreaded association. At the same time, the influence of the association is not to be measured solely by the number of its members who sit in Parliament. Mr. Morley, for instance, although he has withdrawn from the society, approves for the most part of the measures which it supports. So do many other M.P's., including not a few who belong to the Church. Mr. Bennett, of Frome, who has lately adopted Mr. Bright's language, and stigmatised spiritual peers as the offspring of an adulterous union, has not yet, we believe, paid his subscription to Mr. Carvell Williams. In the meanwhile, the association is very jubilant at the rapid spread of its main principle— the separation of the religious from the secular, of the Church from the State, which is declared to be gaining ground throughout all Europe. The speech made by Mr. Henry Richard, M.P., and ex-Dissenting minister, was very animated and vigorous. He referred to that period of suspended political animation five years ago when, owing to the influence of Lord Palmerston, no legislation was proposed to arouse the enthusiasm of the nation. The young politicians of the period affected, and probably felt, a cynicism and indifferentism with regard to public affairs that was most injurious. The middle classes also became quite indifferent ; and so, when Lord Palmerston went out and Lord Derby came in, it was in their eyes merely the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee. But as soon as Mr. Gladstone succeeded to the leadership of the Liberal party, all was changed, and such earnestness was infused into the nation as it had not felt for many years. The result was that, so far as Wales was concerned, the Liberal party had increased from 17 to 23 members, and the Conser vatives had decreased from 15 to 0. The landlords, however, were taking vengeance upon the people, especially upon the Nonconformists, and there was at this moment a perfect reign of terror in some parts of the principality. M r. Ri chard concluded his speech with an impassioned app ea l t o E ng li s h Nonconformists to support their Welsh brethren. Sergeant Dowse followed in a very animated speech, and avowed his wish that the experiment of disestablishment in Ireland would be before long applied to England. Mr. Miall had a very enthusiastic reception, and moved a resolution expressing satis faction with the Irish Church Bill as a complete fulfilment of the pledges made by Mr. Gladstone last year. FINANCIAL REFORMERS. The financial reformers want to strengthen the hands of the Government, and intend, about Whit suntide, to hold a great conference in London, for the purpose of protesting against extravagant expen diture, and for calling for reductions. THE NEW LAW COURTS. Notwithstanding the ridicule which the plan has met with, it is now manifest that the Government intend to persist in abandoning the Carey-street site for the ne w l aw cour t s, an d i n erecting them in the narrow opening on the Thames Embankment. The Government surveyors are at work measuring and inquiring, and other officers are endeavouring to find out the terms on which the houses are held. The ground belongs to the Duke of Norf',Jk. OUR DEFENSIVE FORCES. General Sir John Burgoyne and Colonel Hamley have both addressed the Times on the subject of our national defences, Sir John Burgoyne does not con sider that an invasion of this country would be likely to succeed even with its present means of defence. but he believes that we could not go to war with any of the great Powers without being subjected to loss and humiliation. Ile states briefly the motives . and means for an attack upon us, leaving those facts to be compared with our own means of defence. The doctrine of non-intervention will not save us from acts of aggression if too weak to defend our selves, and the large military forces of the Continent are constantly available and fully equipped, while ours are comparatively small in number, with imperfect and inefficient reserves. With the view of improving our position, he there fore directs our efforts to two objects— the establishment of a standing army on the smallest possible basis, and the formation of a powerful, ready, and efficient reserve. He suggests that the Militia might be so combined with the Regulars as t o become a reserve of good troops ; an object which might be obtained by shortening the period of service in the standing army, and Mr. Bright has his wish. We have an Irish session. transferring the men to the Militia. Colonel Hamley Nothing else but Irish religion, and Irish politics, and on the other hand, has little faith in the Militia. lie Irish treason, and Irish riots, and Irish murders are dis believes that we may obtain a vastly superior reserve cussed in Parliament. There is not a d a force in an o th er way, w hi c h, however, he d oes y passes but what the sister island avenges hers e lf f or years of past not specify. C o l one l ll am l e y is strongly opp ose d t o neglect by monopolising the whole att en ti on o f the Legis the theory that w e s h ou ld li m it ourselves to the de fensive in war. He thinks, therefore, that we should lature. The truth is, Ministers have a very difficult job i n pause in the d es i gn o f adakting oni ..aro: mainly to hand, more difficult than they calculated when they first purposes of defencea undertook it. If the disestablishment of the Irish Church THE STRAITS SETT',7.l.iir.Nw, is but the first step towards the consummation they so The Secretary of the Coilwtiert hlf. recently been devoutly wish—the pacification of Ireland—it is only a waited upon by a large deputation who wanted to short step ; a far longer and more difficult one will have the government of the Straits Settlements re- have to be taken next year, if not this. Even the Liberal formed. The Straits Settlements is a colony journals are now freely admitting the excitement which formed by the inion of the islaas of prevails in Ireland about—not the Church, but the land. Singapore and Penang, and of the pro- The very remarkable letter which appears to-day from the winces of Malacca and Vellesley. They ware special correspondent of the Daily News, writing from formerly governed from Calcutta, as a part of the Thurles slims that while there may be noisy Bengal Presidency. In 1867, however, Lord Derby's meetings of a few persons in Dublin and Belfast Government changed this. The c o l on y was handed . with reference to the Church, the nation attaches very over to a governor ;Ind council. A majority of the council is appointed by il:e governor, his nominees little importance to the matter, considers it settled, in fact, being bound to support him, lie lu.s the power of and needing no longer any attention on its part. At appointing and removing ,judges—is, in fact, given the same time it is intensely interested in the land ques arbitrary rule, The deputation protested against tills, tion, profoundly penetrated by the idea that those who The governor, they said, was military, and imbued till the soil ought to own it. It is this prevalent feeling which with the old style of Indian rule. The colony, being renders the position of the Government so difficult. Any purely commercial, wanted d , fferent treatment. The measure that they bring in must fall short ,fudges, being creatures of the governor, were looked of the national expectation and there is no telling what upon with disfavour. Free trade in the c o lony wa s results will follow when the first feeling of disappoint threatened. Would Earl Granville step in and help and the merchants ? The earl ment arises. At th e same time it may fairly the colonists, justice, be questioned if it wou ld no t b e sa f est an d w i ses t to put an briefly replied that he had no intention of doi n g so at present ; that he would do what lie could to keep end to extravagant expectations at once by an official down extravagance, either of expenditure or govern- declaration of the Ministerial intentions on this important silent, and he w ould take the other question into question. Mr. Bright (whose views are most dreaded by consideration. the Irish landlords) has indeed declared that he will not sanction any l eg i s l a ti on t rans f err i ng t h e es t a t e s from the MISS RYE'S EMIGRATION SCHEME. Miss Rye writes to the Times informing the public landlords t o th e t enants w i t h out t h e consen t o f the first; that she is going to take out to Ca na d a 100 more all that he wan t s, i n f act, i s to f ac i l i tate t h e qu i e t and un working women on the 10th of June, and asking for revolutionary establishment of a native Roman Catholic . money to help her to carry on her wo r k. She gives proprietary. It is doubtful if this is clearly understood reasons for refusing to do two things which she has by the Irish people. repeatedly been asked to do. She will have nothing It is very probable that the present agitation will be to do with women of bad character. The waters of the turned to account for party purposes, and that by the Atlantic she has not yet discovered to be waters of time the Irish Church Bill has reached the Upper House regeneration ; nor has the ocean air the power of the position may have grown so strained that Lord West dispelling bad habits, bad principles, and bad lives. • burg's contemplated She has taken bad cases in hand, and h a s failed inserious, manoeuvre of demanding the whole Irish program me o f th e G overnmen t may become every one. Nor will she take out girls of from 12 to 16 years of age. Children may go abroad secure and involve decisive action. This is rendered more in the love they bring with them or cr ea t e ; grown likely by the conduct of Mr. Disraeli yesterday. women have experience enough to snake the best of One would have supposed that all parties would supp ort their positions. But young inexperienced girls , im- the bill for deposing the Mayor of Cork. Nevertheless, patient of control a nd ignorant of the world, are not the leader of the Opp os iti o n delivered a most hostile fit subjects for emigration. speech, and adopted such a carping and unworthy tone THE ROMANCE OP THE CITY, that men like Colonel Knox and Mr. Beresford Hope One of the most interesting works which the repudiated it, and even Mr. Hardy refused to endorse it, failure of Overend, Gurney, and Co. has called forth and came to the aid of the Government. Altogether it is that by Mr. Stephanos Xenos, the Greek was an exciting debate, and spewed to what leng t h s p art y merchant, whose extraordinary statements at the spirit will carry even men like Mr. Disraeli. Lord Stanley's time of the mag i s t r ates' committal attracted so much speech on Friday night, in which he declared that Govern attention. It reads like a romance • the style is racy deal with the Chur ch and the ment could not ossibl and vigorous; real characters are described ; and we l an d i n the same sess i o n, and Mr. Hardy's spee ch above arey almost let into the inner workings of the minds of those who have played so promin en t a p ar t i n the in for an armistice between mentioned, chew that there are statesmen who reco g nise a political crisis aperiod financial history of the last few mon th s . If M r . Xenos may be trusted, the City mu s t b e worse than political rival s . it has ever yet been painted. Men in the sorest Much interest i straits to-day find themselves suddenly rich, and day'sdebateonths felt in ererrameeting at St. anticipation_ T of he next Wednes have hardly time to grasp the fa c t ere they are as James's Hall on Tuesday night was by far the most poor as ever. The City—at least that portion of it enthusiastic that the supporters of the measure have ever to which Mr. Xenos belongs —seems to do all its work, had in London, and it chewed that the Alliance has at to gain mid lose its fortunes, on commissions, last made an impression upon that great inorganic Merchants getting into the hands of financiers, find, as mass population called the 'metropolis. The the result of extended capital, that their businesses are Times which hitherto has ridiculed the Alliance, increasing, when lo ! commissions blast their hopes, this morning condescends to argue. The Times Money, handed about i n f a b u l ous sums , seems t o b e regarded much a s a b ag o f mar bl es i s amongs t - no d doubt well aware that the Government is schoolboys. We are t o ld b y M r . Xen os o f a seriously discussing this topic, is resolved upon doing gentleman who three years before had to hold his something, and so far it is an open question if the per furniture in the n ame o f hi s au nt, from pr u d en t mi ss i ve veto shall be included in the Government measure considerations, ranked upon a bankrupt estate for or not. It is, I believe, quite intended that the operation £15,000, and got it paid ; how a versatile Greek of the Beerhouses Act shall be suspended for two years, and gentleman had led a rich banking finn into such that no fresh licenses shall begranted to fill up the vacancies difficulties that they gladly paid his debt of £lOO,OOO occurring through death and bankruptcy, and other causes. to keep things quiet; how one beat his breast because . It is not yet decided if a division shall be taken on Sir Wilfrid he had allowed an opportunity to slip of asking for Lawson's bill next Wednesday, or if the debate shall be £5,000 commission for walking across the street; adjourned. Should the House divide, it is probable that how the clerk bamboozles his master, and goes up. the numbers in favour of the bill will ' be nearly twice a s while the other goes down ; how the clerk in his turn becomes involved an d go es to the dogs with a large as in the division which took plac e i n th e l as t Par 'lament but one. Now that Mr. Bi r l e y re t a i ns hi s seat troop of vultures hov er i ng ar ound for their "com missions." City life seems to have all the excitement all three members for Manchester will be found voting of the racecourse, all the respectability of philosophy, for the bill. Remembering that Mr. Miall when with all the advantages of a training amongst those ' he first divided the House on the Irish Church question, whom it would perhaps be too severe to call " habitual had under SO votes, and that he has entered the House criminals." again, after a lapse of a few years, in order to see that measure carried by majorities of over 100, no Reformer need despair, least of all the members of the Alliance. American matters still occupy much attention, and excite more interest than satisfaction. I hear that Mr. Motley, who will arrive early next month, will be instructed to make demands which it will be impossible for us to grant. They will probably include a bill for a very large sum of money which, acting on Mr. Sumner's suggestion, will be considered due from us for having pro longed the war by our recognition of the Confederates as belligerents. Our Government, I have reason to know, considers that the present position of the Alabama question is serious. The conviction seems to be gaining ground that Mr. Thornton isnot strong enough forhis place. Itis thought that he ought not to have been so badly informed as to let us sign a convention which the Americans meant to throw in our faces. However, Mr. Reverdy Johnson was deceived no less than our Minister at 'Washington. Mr. Thornton owes his position, I believe, to Mr. Ham mond, the Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs—a gentleman little known to the public, not even thought worthy of mention among " Men of the Time." METROPOLITAN G OSSlP—Thursda y. TIIE TOMB OF O'CONNELL. It is just twenty-two years since O'Connell died, at Genoa, leaving "my body to Ireland, my heart to home, my soul to heav en ." In accordance with this dying wish, his body was brought to Ireland, and was buried in Glasneven Cemetery. A most elabo rate memorial of him was planned. It was designed by Petrie, the w e ll-k nown I r ish arclifeologlst, and was to consist of—" first, a church on the ancient model. which should serve as a mortuary chapel; next, a lofty round tower, surmounted by the cross, which, while it cou ld b e seen from a f ar , w ould bring back the old religious associations of the land ; and lastly, the group was to be finished by a monumental cross." The erection of the church and the cross was postponed on:the ground of want of funds, and it was filially determined that th e t ower a l one s h ou ld cons tit ute the O'Connell mon ument. B ut even thi s i mper f ect adaptation of Petrie's idea has by no means secured such a preser va ti on of the - Liberator ' s remains as might have been expected. A committee recently ap pointed describes the vault in whichthe body lies as in a very sad condition. It is now proposed to remove the body to an altar tomb at the foot of the round yet who is really, far more than the Secretary of State, the director of our foreign policy. There is much talk about a very grievous scandal in upper circles which will involve a good many persons of very high position. Probably the matter will come into the Divorce Court ; if so, every effort will be made to keep back the name of one individual holding a very prominent position. The crowd at the Royal Academy this week has been something extraordinary. So great was it that there was ' a regular fight to get to the umbrella department, and visitors would do well to come without those implements. The rooms are really a noble gallezy, and the exhibition is very fine ; but considering the large number of pictures rejected, it is almost a pity that more were not hung. There is one very serious omission from the Gallery—the handrail in front of the pictures. For want of this the people rub up against the pictures in a manner that must he most distressing both to artists and to purchasers. Yesterday I interposed to save Marcus Stone's picture from something very like destruction by a portly woman who was bearing down between the picture and the crowd, evidently in great haste to " do " the Academy as quickly as possible. Mr. Philip Hardwick has sent in his resignation as an honorary retired Royal Academician, so that M r . D oo will be the only one retaining that position. Mr. Hard wick was a noted architect some thirty years ago. He built the Euston Square Railway Station, the great hall at Lincoln's Inn, and other public buildings. He is now about 76 years old. Woolner's statue of Lord Palmerston will probably be placed in the Palace yard during this month. I understand that the abortive statue of Sir R. Peel which was erected there, and sent away in disgrace, was melted down in order to serve for Lord Palmerston. It is a novel idea that of using up old Ministers in this way. They will hardly like bronze statues in future, but will prefer " enduring marble." Mr. Dickens, lam glad to say, is better. He broke down from sheer overwork. It may seem but a small thing to read for a couple of hours for a few nights every week. Nor is it this which tries him. The real toil is caused by the fact that these readings have to take place in all parts of England, and involve long and constant railway journeys. It is a little singular that Mr. Dickens should have broken down at his sixtieth reading. He had sixty readings in the United States, and at the last of them he felt so knocked up that he declared he could not have managed another. Unfortunately when he had com pleted that number in England there were still forty more to get through ; so there was no help for it but to disap point thousands of persons in obedience to the doctor's imperative orders. Your readers will remember that last year Mr. Cooke, the editor of the Saturday Review, died somewhat unex pectedly. He was buried in Tintagel Churchyard, close by the house which he had erected in one of the wildest and grandest parts of Cornwall. Wild as it was, it wit- nessed during Mr. Cooke's time many a gathering of literary and artistic notables. The old church stands on the edge of a cliff close to the sea, and being of great age (it dates from Norman times) it is sorely out of repair. Mr. Kinsman, the rector,. has for some time been endea vouring to raise funds for the restoration of the Church ; but though his own few parishioners, as well as himself, have subscribed liberally, the necessary amount has not been raised. He is now asking the help of the friends whose acquaintance he made at Mr. Cooke's house. If they respond, one part of the church will be restored byliterati, and another by artists, the first writing and the second painting for him. The idea is good, and if carried out it will continue the connection betiveen the great world of London and that far-off village on the shores of "thunder. ing Bude and Boss." The Wykehamist dinner this year is likely to be more than usually brilliant. It takes place on June 16, and among the " old boys" will be no fewer than three Ministers—the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Monsell. Sir H. Palmer and Dean Hook are also down in the list. The discovery of Keble's letters to Hurrell Froude has already been announced. The circumstances, however, have not been mentioned. . The letters were sought for diligently in the house of Mr. William Froude, of Dartington, near Totnes, brother of the historian, but without success. At last an old cupboard, which had been overlooked, was noticed, and on this being searched there were found not only the much-wanted correspondence, but some valuable diamonds. The letters will, I hope, be incorporated in the new edition of Sir John Taylor Coleridge's life. They will supply the information respecting Keble's share in the Oxford movement, the want of which most readers of the biography have regretted. Another biography—that of a man who equalled, if he did not excel, Keble as a poet, Faber, has been written by Father Bowden, and the proof sheets are at this present time being corrected at the Brompton Oratory. The two names I have mentioned suggest two others, and I may mention for the information of your readers that the writer of the exceedingly interesting article in the Dublin Review on _Dr. Newman is Mr. Henry Wilber force, formerly editor of the li'eed•ly Register, and who, like Dr. Newman, was " a 'vert." These four names suggest yet another—that of Dr. Pusey—and of him I may state that the second part of his " Eirenicon " will be out very shortly. It consists of letters to Dr. Newman on the "Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception" and kindred topics. The volume will be published by Messrs. Parker. GEN. SHERMAN AND THE SURRENDER OF JOHNSTON. General Sherman has written a letter to the New York. Tribune, in regard to the frequently re peated statement that Mr. Lincoln himself was the author of his terms to the army of General J. E. Johnston, at Durham, in April, 1865, and we re print the essential portion of it, as it is the first statement that General Sherman has ever made public in regard to his much-criticised action there. Alluding first to bis last preceding interview with Mr. Lincoln, General Grant and Admiral Porter also being present, Gen. Sherman says :—" I can not pretend to recall more than the subjects touched upon by the several parties, and the impression left on my mind after we parted. The interview was in March, nearly a month before the final catas trophe ; and it was my part of the plan of opera tions to move my army, reinforced by Schofield, then at Goldsboro, N.C., to Burkesville, Virginia, when Lee weuld have been forced to surrender in Richmond. The true move left to him was a hasty abandonment of Richmond, join his force to Johnston's, and strike me in the open country. The only question was —could I sustain - this joint attack till General Grant came up in pursuit? I was con fident I could ; but at the very moment of our con versation General Grant was moving General Sheri dan's heavy force of cavalry to his extreme left, to prevent this very contingency. • Mr. Lincoln, in hearing us speak of a final bloody battle, which I then thought would fall on me near Raleigh, did exclaim more than once that blood enough had already been shed, and he hoped that the war would end without any more. We spoke of what was to be done with Davis, other party le tders, and the rebel army ; and he left me under the impres sion that all he asked of us was, to dissipate these armies and get the soldiers back to their homes anyhow, the quicker the better, leaving him free to apply the relaiedy,and the restoration of civil law. He (Mr. Lincoln) surely left upon my mind the impres sion warranted by Admiral Porter's account, that he had long thought of his course of action when the rebel armies were out of his way, and that he wanted to get civil governments reorganized at the South, the quicker the better, and strictly conforming with our general system. I had been absent so long that I presumed, of course, that Congress had enacted all the laws necessary to meet the event of peace, so long expected, and the near approach of which must then have been seen by the most obtuse ; and all I aimed to do was to remit the rebel army surrender ing to me the conditions of the laws of the country as they then existed. At the time of Johnston's surrender at D ur h am , I d rew up the terms with my own hand. Breckinridge had nothing at all to do with them, more than to discuss their effect, and he knew they only applied to the military ; and he forthwith proceeded to make his escape from the country, a course that I believe Mr. Lincoln wished that Mr. Davis could have succeeded in effecting, as well as all the other leading Southern politicians, against whom public indignation always turned with a feeling far more intense than against Generals Lee, Johnston, and other purely military men. I repeat that, according to my memory, Mr. Lincoln did not expressly name any specific terms of surrender, but he was in that kindly and gentle frame of mind that .would have induced him to approve fully what I did, excepting, , probably, he would have interlined some modifica tions, such as recognizing hia several proclamations antecedent, as well as the laws of Congress, which would have been perfectly right and acceptable to me and to all parties. I dislike to open this or any other old question, and do it for the reason stated, namely, lest I be construed as throwing off on Lincoln what his friends think should be pro P e rl borne by me alone. If i n th e or i g i na l t erm s I ha' as I certainly mean t, i nc l u d e d t h e proc l a mations , the Presid e nt, th e y wou ld have covered the slav ery question, and all the real St a t e ques tions wh ich caused the war ; and had not Mr. Lincoln been as : sassinated at that ver y moment I b e li e ve tb° b° " terms" would have taken the usual course of ali c i proval, modification, or absolute disapproval, 90 been returned t o me , lik e h un d re d s o f ot h er otlici ai acts, without the newspaper clamour and unplea: sant controversies so unki n dly an d un pleaga nt :: thrust upon me at th e ti me ."—S pr i ng fi e ld liectn. OUR SALMON FISHERIES. Ten years ago we looked to Scotland, to Ire l3 l or to the Rhin e t o supp l y our ta bl es w ith f" h Salmon. The yield of our English and \V el l rivers had b ecome so sma ll as to b e o f little ta or no account i n th e annua l supply requ i r ed 1 , our markets. Mo r e over , th e sma ll cro p of s,f still gathered out of our h ome waters wa s Ye 4 ; by year rapidly di m i n i s hi ng. S evera l ri . r g e ht which once annually p ro d uce d many tons 'we t . of fish had now ceased to produce a single salal° l3 o ; and it became e v id en t t h a t , if someth i ng w ere done, and th a t s p ee dil y, sa l mon woul d at 13st become totally exterminated from English wa ters ; Many persons argued that, no matter what wet done, the Englisli salmon fisheries would D ev i again become o f any i mportance i n the na tion' economy. Navigation, mines, manufactoriAa drainage, all our national industries, were d en t against the salmon. S o it was sa i d. Wnilst the same time it was argued that in their na tilr ,' o constitutien Et4glish rivers we re ver y inferior their neighbours in Scatland and Ireland. 11°sr : ever, our salmon str eams b a d some goo d frin ,l and true, w h o s kilf u ll y put forward the hope ° cheap food for the people, aroused the entil; siasin of sports mrn , an d , a b ove all, showe d t' actual increase br o u g ht a b out i n t h e Y ield nf the salmon rivers in Ireland under judici ° " management. We were told of one single tils• trict's being so r es t ore d as to produce b e twee n £30,000 and £40,000 worth of fish in one year, Government was thus induced, first, to nok e most necessary outlay i n th e R oya l C omm i s sioa ° to 1860, for the purpose of inquiring carefully iu the state of the English and Welsh salal ° fisheries, and then t o p resen t us w i t h t h e Sa ll3l°o beAot of 1861. Th a t A c t was care f u ll y prepa red , Me. George Cliv e , M.P. f or H ere f or d , wi der ' 3l advice of the lat e M r . Fl enne ll , w h ose l ong . pr actie be experience and singul a r success i n reorgan ising t . O Irish salmon fisheries enabled him to speak wi e j high authority. But P ar li amen t w.is not prepar e at once to accept a th oroug h reform in the inatiAge, ment of our waters for the sake of their sal' lle' produce; and th ere f ore t h e promoters of the Salmon Bill did no t a t tempt too much, b u t r ests satisfied with a f ar l ess comp l ete measur e , they had at first contemplated. Nevertheles;' t they knew we ll th a t i t was only necessary r prove the vas t capa bili t i es of our rivers in orJe to develope a source of wealth and food, w ° ! - could be utilised without injuring the othe r 1 : 1 ; dustries, p o p u l ar l y supposed to be irrecone il 0 , with salmon fisheries. The Act of 1861 also . F r it vided that the inspectors appointed under be should keep P ar li amen t i nstructed concerning t progress of the salmon fisheries, by presen ti b3 anually a report the reon . Th e e i g h t repor t of t series is now before us. But, ere, we review the progress there record'y.tle we must observe that two important acts 113 110 since passed for the further preservation of t d English salmon fisheries. In 1863 it was f° lll3 an practically impossible to prevent unclean" unseasonable" salmon f rom b e i ng extensively poached from En g lish an d W e l s h rivers, for the purpose of exportation to foreign niAr ke Parliament therefore passed an act e nforcing penalty, not exceeding £5, f or every suc h 511 130 1 entered for exportation. B e f ore t hi s A c t came m ' )0 , force 'inen was poached i n enormous qua lltit' c s i 0 to be shipped to F rance an d elsewhere, when an " unclean " st a t e , t h at i s, j ust b efore or a' spawning ; and it was poached still more e/ttetva' sively du r i ng th e annua l close tilw, whe t! fish were cro w di ng i nto t h e streams over thee nests. In 1865 another Bet was parsed for tb ,e purpose of p rov idi ng l oca l mac hi ner y—the ril ° ' l3 ic J power, as it were—with ou t w hi c h i t wa s f °tl lo s impossible to put she psovisions of the new ti , into motion, s o as t o ren d er i t an act i ve it' st ment for the benefit of the fisheries. lioder the e o Act, salmon di s t r i c t s , vo l untar il y f orme d, " er empowered to constitute local boards of o lis g a vators for the various r i vers . Th ese b oar ds 11- 0 0 required to assess li cence d u ti es on all implenct 0 1 , for the capture of sa l mon ; th e f un d s thus 1 00 ected of course to be ex p en d e d f or t h e cultivat , t and preservation of th e sa l mon belonging ‘"000 district. In 1867 31 s a l mon di s t r i c t s bad 1 ; re o formed under this Act. Th ese th en are the pabrlia i . , instalments we have a l rea dy rece i ve d f ro m - 0 men towards the restoration of English sa l a p e rivers ; and the question is, What have they for us? In the present report, the inspector tells us 133 0 f that is satisfactory. A n a b s t rac t o f t h e retur ri ' s salmon sold at Billingsgate shows that there W 3 13c 1 falling off in the quantity sent from Englis h the Welsh rivers to that market, as compared wit i h rg e previous year, while fro m th e sco t c h r i v ers a o cl increase was received. In 1867, of English ; 01 , Welsh salmon, 2,405 boxes, each containing 11 00 weight of fish were received at the market ; W rre i e , in 1863 only 1,724 b oxes were received.-"" graph. tiP Y .'be quotation of gold at Paris is about at P „ 4 04 toe short exchange on London is 2M. 171 a. per £1 ri 6 t e c 0 1 ,e ; na comparing these rates with the E ng li s h P £.3 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it apPe' rzi you gold at the above price is of about the same value don and Paris. t 6° The course of exchange at New York on London for Or a r ote days' sight was on the 3d inst. about 1091 per cent. At t li t ° jo ite 4 there is no profit on the importation of gold from the States. 4404 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Dyspepsia (Indigestion), Cons"* „, Debility, Consumption, and all ner fens, bilious, stoDat,,cceg i i liver complaints in every siage, are only aggravated an d b y v b f rated by drugs of every description, hub perfectly curabL"Tecl " 0 .4 Barry's health-restoring Reva , enta, Arabica Food, as PL",,ucil t o, thousands of cases which had bean considered hopeless , "„ii t ie r —cough, asthma, also diarrhea, hemorrhoids, liver cellt'„ato o , flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats , u s ir jle ty ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and e tl .'l matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, n euralgi:;ao,o , l o bility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, ii ` e ce o , s B debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness , „ io 44o,o pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, , ,,' of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and bet t oriliti shoulders, &c. We quote a few :—The Pope's health re% 6 ,...- Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 65,413—" itome, July 12, I %anc l a health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since , too' , ing all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely pl , O Barry's Revalenta Ara,bica, Food, of which he consume ‘ _s e orip ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisinglY effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this e'` cr e i, food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," Jul!! irilt i , t er No, 46,270 -Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, 0f, 00 d,1 1 0 4 Surrey, of thir,,y years' diseased lungs, spitting of ~.1 -' l „ ,r c iSt_t o ti• derangTment, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1 771-1 r dcDeces, I.ord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many years A .f is per o g . No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from "' s as,,,, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulencs' , „,tie:' 4 o sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly." Important ilo t atl' a , , Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppY ' t o t au to which, without authority, Baton Liebig's name is ciously attached. 11) AT P In tins, at Is 11d; 1 lb 2 s 9d ; 21b s 4s 6d; 5 lbs Il s ; ~o c obti -24 lbs 40s. Also Do BARRy'S REVALENTA A .E.A.B ics t„,4. c o o Powomt is packed iu tin canisters: for 12 cups at os, ° ,,ps seat at Is gd, for 48 cups at Gs, for 288 cups at 30s, f,,r raid.% are ~ —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55,4 orc,i . `o o free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Offi e f do p,, BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Lon all Grocers and Chemists. BII?TILN. IV ! ' QUICKE—On the sth inst., at Ashbrittlo Rect nl l; o iel' et lington, Somerset, the wifo of John Charles P. of twin daughthe . wife _of RICHARDS On 4th inst., at Tottenham, t he Basil Richards, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. 1 Cr c°' li,_,. ESTE--SMITH On the sth inst., at Upper Nor , " ° ii;11 01 Beste, of M ans f orn H ouse , Darnall-park, to A lice Yid * third daughter of Henry S rn itl, Esq., of Beau f°rt South Norwood. tn bait FOUND—WOODHOUSE— On the sth inst., at 11°— ii n''' George Pound, Esq., of Odiharn, tiaras, to I di . o n u se, woo P Lewin, eldest daughter of the late T. T• Esq., of Basingstoke. DF;ATI7S. , k Oil til ENGLETIEAIte On the 6th lust , at Park Ilouse,B1;“.11 Park, Natld. B. Engloheart;Esq. aged 79. . ,i , s a o ' WHITBY —On the sth iest.. at Birch Hall, `Vin ',,,,.00 Th6mas Edward Whitby, Esq., late Capt. 3d D r " Gutirds, aged 46. -....ei k .ttF• W '' . _ Lonthyrr: Printed.aik.l.Pa)lishea by wur,,LtA ) l -- - , N 0 1) c.trafi j :. of No. 112, atrand , Printer, at THE SUN Oflicc,:;°;iy,;-ii;,,ek— in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the comity Friday, May 7, 1869. I( DTA Thiß cel, p ri ze Nteaft urf Sold P in I th e A gents rt 8, G vbFe rve LL V lIT- 14, itrrs "vANri 4 kl or Ls abl e weekl. fre, 11°Y , InlnTenge s nox-offic retierved sf Roy, ,AfACIL aIAOT: MACL; MAn : p t (of ak the niornin G ▪ RV] and d' u ". n o u attr:lo,t*l Da nce 1%5 Music HE Lim ror ORIGIN AI -...,_ A s II 17 e , '3' Pine Old CruPh( Shippi ng oparklin; lery, Q ua Sampl e bottles Shi B. eon nE (: , ele knee z brated ord eattx Whiskies, also he n umber of of others ROTE N , ORNA Rprtinent and 114„, Ink 4. , e , in it, Rniro gpai 'PENN Al 'llc*T 111 NERA or Lvall's tat,' " I. G EOLOG gllioPaa p; 11 13 1NERA i 149 , Strai TnE Offices r , The I r ire Royn, The mode'a fo value agr render th l eave is thi r t y d ay gi I NT G t r 4 ,,, PP EA-L rolses. SEAM. orf Gr ns T heree £879 less gIIBSC the Se cr et street, Governor NATI •u oder t Biel he wher e b y G irls of slal the ki ngdo. The ° e bah Y eriuc.i , laundr wipo Imoyi enitsble sit The Com entirely ell, °Mee, 12 Mac] Patro Por destituto and of a . prosperou One h u stitution • Incre a ; endow e d assistance Subscri Institutio Its peculi f The las. Becretary o fil ti ce ko s r, Lan ; and REAL TII Du B. an(