The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-15 00:00:00

PROPOSED EMIGRATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED. On Saturday evening a large public meeting was held in the Agricultural Hall, for the purpose of promoting the emigration of the unemployed to the British colonies. Mr. R. R. Torrens, M.P., presided ; and after recounting his personal experience of a settler's life in Australia, he said that emigration, although perhaps not an agreeable thing for a man to contemplate, was a far more manly course to pursue than to remain at home in poverty— whether it was that kind of poverty in which a workman could not get an adequate remuneration for his labour, or whether it was of that more genteel type which hid itself in silent misery and want. These evils had produced emigration, and would always do so until the waste places of the earth bad been populated, and the now overcrowded labout market had been relieved. While thousands were perishing for want of food in this country, out in Australia meat was being thrown away in tons, and there was this season a prospect of such an abundant har vest that wheat would probably be sold for 4s. a bushel. The working classes of this country had been greatly degraded, and in many ways robbed of their legitimate rights. Mr. E. Gibbon Wakefield once propounded a scheme to benefit the people and relieve the country of its surplus population. He maintained that the waste lands belonged to the people, and that it was only a figure of speech to say that they were the property of the Crown; and he proposed that instead of giving them to Government favourites, they should be sold at £1 an acre as a tentative price, and that the proceeds should be expended in bringing out labourers to per form the work of cultivation. For a time the plan was worked with admirable results ; but when the matter got into the hands of the colonial secretaries everything went wrong, because they did not under stand the question, and they soon deprived the people of their just inheritance. They sold the lands and spent the money in supporting the Government, instead of making taxes for the purpose. Numerous places, how ever, still existed where an emigrant could succeed. There was a fine tract of country as large as France near Natal, which had been handed over to Dutch settlers by an illegal document, and he thought that steps should be taken to restore it to the English people, who were its rightful owners, and not the 300 families who were now in possession of it. It was absurd to suppose that none but agricultural labourers could get on ; but intending emigrants should be prepared to forego their own trades, and turn their hands to whatever kind of labour offered the best prospects of success. As an employer of labour he wished to see the price of labouring work raised to Gs. a day. Captain Wake, RN., Mr. E. Jenkins, Captain Parker Snow, the Rev. A. S. Herring, and other gentle. men having addressed the meeting, a series of resolutions were passed asking for Government aid, and urging the formation of emigration committees throughout the country, and also for pressing upon the consideration of Parliament the necessity of an emigration policy for 6.0 unemployed. LAW AND POLICE. As EXORBITANT CHARGE.—In the Rolls Court, on Saturday, a remarkable case was heard. Dr. Clark, a physician, of St. Mark's-square, Primrose-hill, appealed from the decision of the chief clerk, who allowed £B2 13s. instead of a bill of £3lO. Dr. Clark attended a bc,,arding school at St. John's Wood, the two daughters of Mr. Wm. Sanger, whose estate is being administered in this court, being among his patients. One of these young ladies had a slight illness, which did not interfere with her school duties, and for his attendance upon her Dr. Clark charged £2O 9s. 6d. Her younger sister had a long and serious illness. Dr. Clark attended her, visit ing her at Brighton and W orthing, and charging £289165. Dr. Clark also charged forty guineas for letters, con sultations with solicitors, &c. The guardians resisted the claim, which the chief clerk reduced to £B2, and hence the appeal. The defence was that doctors were justified in raising their charges in proportion to the means of the patient, and the severity of the ailment. The Master of the Rolls said that if such claims were encou raged, the Court of Chancery wculd lay itself open to the charge of devouring the means of orphans. The case was not concluded. THE ORDER OF FORESTERS.-At Bow-street, on Satur day, Mr. Stimson, late secretary to the London district of the United Order of Foresters, charged with embezzling certain sums of money, the property of that society, was sent for trial, but was admitted to bail in two sureties of £lOO each, and his own recognisances of 1200. THE OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—At Clerkenwell, on Satur day, the case of the Highgate omnibus accident, which occurred at Christmas time, was again inquired into, and the omnibus driver was exonerated from blame. James Duval, a carman in the employ of Pickford and Co., who was driving the van which came into collision with the omnibus, was fined 20s. for furious driving. Mr. Henitz, one of the committee of Lloyd's, and a Mr. Street wero seriously injured. A PAINIUL CASE.—On Saturday three respectable young men were summoned by the Camberwell Guardians for refusing to support their father, who had become chargeable to the parish. He is 57 years of age, but ruined by intemperance. The magistrate held that as he was not incapacitated for work, it was not just to compel his sons td'maintain him in intemperance, and the summons was dismissed. ►SENTENCES OF DEATH AT ALINCHESTER.—Sarah Craw tord, aged 24, domestic servant, was sentenced to death for the murder of her child. Michmot Johnson, aged 20, was indicted for the wilfnl murder of Patrick Nurney, at saitord. A quarrel arose in a beerhouse, when Johnson stabbed Nurney, who died immediately. The prisoner was sentenced to death. PROSECUTION OF A BETTING MAN. —A betting man, named Frank Salmon, of James-street, London, was sum moned before the Cinque Ports magistrates, at Margate, last week, for keeping a betting stand at the Margate races in September last. Salmon did not appear, but it was clearly proved that he did keep a betting stand, and that he touted for bets. He was fined £5O and costs, and, in case of a distress failing, sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Proceedings were taken against a number of other professional betting men, but it turned out they had all given false addresses. RESCUE OF A WOMAN AND Two CHILDREN.—At the Stafford Assizes, on Saturday, a young married woman was charged with having tried to murder her child. She had thrown herself and her two children into a pool of water owing to great mental depression from the ill treatment of her husband, who was in the habit of drinking. An alarm was raised, and a young collier, named Clay, leaped in and saved them all three with great difficulty: The judge complimented him highly on his bravery, and said he would take care that it was pro. perly recognised. The jury acquitted the prisoner, think ing she was irresponsible at the time. AN "UNROMANTIC CASE. —At the Aylesbury Assizes a case of breach of promise of marriage has been tried, in which an elderly widower sued a middle-aged widow for damages. The defendant had £7OO a year, and the plaintiff appeared to hold an indefinite position, not having paid his rent of ss. per week for twelve months. The lady in September last signed a guarantee for the rent and taxes of a house at Reading, taken by the plaintiff for their joint occupation. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £3OO. A CLERGYMAN COMMITTED TO PRISON.—The Rev. Charles Collins, a clergyman residing at Drayton, a few miles from Stourbridge, has been committed to Worcester Gaol in default of finding two sureties of £lOO each to keep the peace towards Mr. John Harward, a Stourbridge solicitor. MEAT FGR THE NAVY. —We are glad to find that the suggestion thrown out in reference to this subject has already been acted upon. The Admiralty authorities have resolved to make a trial of the preserved boiled beef pre- pared in Australia, and imported into this country at a price very much lower than the cost of that preserved at the Victualling Yard. The contracts for which tenders are invited are for 200,0001 b. of beef, to be delivered between December 1, 1869, and January 31,1870. This is about one-fifth part of the beef preserved in the same Way last year at Deptford.—Br tisk Medical Journal. HORSERACING EXTRAORDINARY. The most sin gular race on record was run at the last Bangor meeting. For one of the stakes three horses started, and the distance to be traversed was a little over three miles. onn of th e an i mals, it is said, b olted i nto a ne i g hbouring Waage, 1 13 .1 a feed of corn, was brought back, remounted, and es!ntually won th e race by a m il e an d th ree quar t ers . Thethird horse was three milesbehind the second, and the time consumed in running was forty minutes. One or twc snore such meetings as this, and Bangor , will be as cele. bra ted as Epsom—only after a different ton. Journal. A MONUMENT TO lIUMEOLDT.—,It is contem phted by the friends and admirers of the philosopher, Alexander von Humboldt, to celebrate the centennia. anniversary of his birth, the 11th of September nest, by erecting a suitable monument of marble in Central Park, Mr. William Aufermann, of N o . C G, Exchange -place, a member of the committee, having the matter it charge, has written to the North German Minister at Washington on the subject, and has received in reply the following letter :—" To your inquiry as tc whether you might add my name to those of the committee, I beg to reply that I shall be proud and alway s tc sign my name in glorification of the memory of our gr ea t countryman, and to contribute my share towards the erec tion of his monument.—Yonrs, &c., Fit. Vox G The Park Commissioners have given their assent to the project, and the work of raising funds, therefore, will bt commenced at once.—.lVcw York Times. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Sprinfffild Republican, Ftb. 27.) Money has b:en rather easy in New York at comfort able rates, but at Boston it, is not so, for the banks are lean and discom.t very spari- gip. The last Boston Bank statement shows a decrease of deposits, in ono week, amounting to almost a million and a half, while the aggre gate loans have shrunk nearly half a million. There is, fortunately, no very pressing demand for money, else the market would be quite stringent. The western money markets show no changes of special importance. Pacific mail continues to be the shuttlecock of Wall-street, and be tween bulls and bears is getting badly battered. The latter seems to be winning the game, as the stock, with its varied ups and downs, stands 10 per cent. lower than it did a week ago. Although it recently sold at 120, it has this week been below par. There has also been a sharp decline in ex press stocks, on account of a threatened renewal of the war against the express companies by the railroads simul taneous with the campaign against "fast freight" lines. These latter have got to suffer, if the New York Central, Erie, and other prominent roads can work with their will, and to drive them off they have this week taken freights to and from the West at the lowest tariff ever known. Negotiations are in progress between the Erie and Fort Wayne roads that will give the former road the outlet to Chicago desired. The Atlantic and Great Westem road, now leased by the Erie company, crosses the Fort Wayne road at Mansfield, 0., and there is no necessity of building a new road. The Fort Wayne will either lay a third rail from that point to Chicago, or transship the freight upon their own cars. This arrangement will give New York two through lines to Chicago. The managers of the Hud son, Harlem, Now York, Central, Lake Shore, Columbus, and Toledo, and Buffalo and Erie roads are now harmo nious, and by making an arrangement with the Michigan Southern road a through line avid be bed via the New York Central. The most important financial legislation in Congress for a long time was the passage iu the House of Mr. Schenck's bill "to strengthen the public credit" by a very decided majority. The title of the bill is no misnomer; it undoubtedly will strengthen the credit of the nation, especially abroad, as it embodies an official and indisputable guaranty that the principal of our bonds shall be paid in gold, and so settle the bond ques tion raised by Butler, Pendleton, and other repudiators in the late Presidential campaign. The Senate ought to give the bill its first attention, notwithstanding the late ness of the session, for it is of a far greater importance than most of the measures now before it. It is sure to produce an advance in the price of our bonds, both at home and abroad, and this effect is already apparent. Gold, which has been growing weaker for several days past, is likely to be sent still lower by it, unless kept up by the large demands for export and for the payment of customs. Nu less than $915,000 in coin were paid to the government at New. York custom house on 'Wednes day— a larger sum than was ever paid in any single day before. The total receipts of specie at New York since January 1 are $1,730,140. The market for cotton fabrics continues to be controlled almost exclusively by the state of the cotton market, and prices advance or decline in almost exact proportion to the fluctuations of cotton. Stan dard sheetings and shirtings, however, have ruled compa ratively firm, owing to a small supply, and the fact that they cannot be profitably replacel with cotton at its present price. Almost all other kinds of goods run down, a few days ago, where cotton was, prints leading off with a decline of from 1 to 2c. a yard. Since then the market has been firmer in sympathy with the cotton market. Although some of the leading city wholesalers are doing a good business, trade in general is very drill and very unsatisfactory. Woollen goods are quiet wig h firmer prices sususined. The expels (exclusive of specie) from New York for the week and year are 83, - )61,173 and 820,1165,571 agaiu,t 82,968,819 and 825,912,129. The importations of last week were $7,439,293 gold, against produce exports of $3,228,06n in currency, equal to about $2,400,000 in gold, showing an increase of 85,000,00 n gold imports beyond expo! ts. The total imports silica January 1 amount to 837.096,402 in gold, against produce exports of 820,665,571 iu cur rency, equal to about $l-1,500,000 in gold, showing an excesi in imports of about $23,000,000 grid, or about 160 per cent. This excess of 823,000,600 in importations has been settled in part by shipments of $5,352,395 in specie, leaving a seeming balance of $18,000,00 (gtl,l) to be settled by remittances of bonds or other securities. Although the receipts of live stock at Cambridge and Brighton this week have boon much smaller than usual, there has been no improvement in the ni,rket. arid the surmount of stock sr etned to be fully equal to the demand. The wurml market continues active, and holders have oven ahle to obtain extreme figures for all desirable lots of do- mestic fleece, in good condition. Manurzicturers hays) been free purchasers, and stocks are fast disappearing. A firmer and higher market is prolicted, as a continuanc•.) of the present demand must soon clear the market. Cho:ce Eas ter❑ super has advanced to 57e, and large lots of Ohio and Pennsylvania are now held at 60c, although the ruling price has been 5.5 c to 60e. (From the Wall-street Journal) FRIDAY EVENING, leb. 20, Money cont:uues very easy at 6 to 7 per cent, en stock collaterals, and at sto 6 p-r cent. on Governments. Dis counts are readily obtained at 7 to 81 per cent, on first-class names. Government Boobs are advancing, and are to-day to 2 per cent, higher than the prices of yest•qday. The Senate Finance Committee having unanimously reported in favour of the Public Credit Bill we look for much higher pikes, more e'pecially as the demand from Europe is be coming rampant, and the supply of Bonds must henceforth be limited. Foreign Exchange is active, and the remitters aro buy ing freely. Tire rates are - Sixty Days. Three Days London Bank..rs ... 108} -109 t lulll-109i Lott:, u, Prime Commercial... 108-I- —lOB4 •••••• Paris, Bankers 5.J8- 5.16 4 5.15 —5.13} Bremen, Bankers -79 s Hamburgh, Bankers 34-36 Frankfort, O.M. 4o}-404 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.181-5 .1 6} Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss Express Stogy ks are lower, it haing understood that one or more of the leading Railroad Companies intend to be their own canters of express matt--r. We quote Adams 51; to 58i American Merchants' Union ... ... 40 to 404 Do. Old Stock ~. 16 to 164 United States ... ••• •36 t° 67 Wells, Fa t g o, an d C o . 30 to 30i _ . Quotations for specie:— Amer. silver 95 to 951 Mex. „ 104 Eng. silver 480 , 485 Five francs 95-1 „ 96i Eng. sovs 486 to 489 20 francs 381 „ 386 Thalers )R RAILROAD MORTGAGES. Chi. & N. W. Ist M 9l Tol. & Web. 2d M Ex B4 Gt. Western lstM 'BB 103 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist 31 — Gal. & Chic. Est 95 Gal. & Chic. 2d 11 Chi. & R. I. Ist. M OO4 ' Chi. R. 1. & Pacific 7's 94 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 99 N. J. Central Ist M N J. Central 2d M 102 Pitts. Ft.W., & Ch. Ist M 101 f Pitts. Ft. W , & Ch. 2d M 9B Pit ts. Ft. W. &Ch. 3d M — Cleve. & Pitts. 2d M Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc 94 Chic: & Alton, S.F. lstM 101 MU. & St. P•tul Ist M 9l MU. & St. Paul 2d M B5 Marietta & Cin. Ist M — Morris & Essex Ist 31 97 Morris & Essex 2d 31 9O Joilet & Chic. Ist M — Chi. & Gt. East'n Ist3l B4 N. Y. & N. H. 6s Dubuque &S.City,lstM 9O Peninsula Ist M B5 Ohio & Miss. Ist 31 94 Ohio & Miss. Con. Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D B6 Atlantic & G. W. Ist 11 — CLOSING QUOTATIONS Fl N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 92 N. Y. Central Gs, 1887_ 91 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est 87 N. Y. Cent, al Cs, Sulj'n 87 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876_1001 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 — N. Y. Cen. 78, '65-'76 llO Erie Ist Mort, Ex 100 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879.: 101 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 Erb-, 75, 4th Mort, 1880_ 8,4 1888 Lung El;ur l ia. ff r e d l . . 7 e N nu sp i l . Y 5" l t :. hesk&t. 1 1. 11. 1 3 - I ,,l o o .? r i n t l l 8 ,31:75. 8 9_ 9 21, Hu , t. R. s, I,t M, 'I 9 100 Mich.M e Mich.h e. . . ea0 . 77N 1 , s7p.lets.'6B '7-) 101 M, A lc F 62 8 9, (ids ' ,7 7 m, p 282. 1 1 c 99 1 1638 8 i 111. Cen. Gosh. n Line '6B p. '7U. ll7l N 2 411 11 Alton &T. H. let 31 93 Alton & 'l'. H. 2d pfd 82i Alto° & T. 11. 2d &Line. 77 Han.& B t.J.LandGrants Han. & St. J. Con Chi. B. & Q., Ist bI 111 Chi. & N. West, S. F 95 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony 931 Chi. & N. W. Ex'n B B5 RAILROAD AND m' N. Y. Central 164 Erie Hudson Reading Mich. South. & N.l O6l Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 9l North-West North-West Preferred 91 Canton 6oi Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo 1051 PUBLIC FUNDS OF Sixes, 1868, registered Sixes, 1868, coupon to Sixes, 1881, coupon llsi to 1151 U.S. Cs. Pecific Rail, oad lOll to ICI4 i Fi ve -twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ll2 to 1121 Ten-forties, coupon llOl to 1101 Seven-thirties, 2d series — to Seven-thirties, 3d series Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 Petroleum Stocks continue to be largely dealt in, par ticularly Brevoort, Buchanan Farm, Central, National, Rynd Farm, United States. and in allfact to tset(r)rciksry in fe of those e companies either producing oil or own in g simple. ELLANEOUS STOCKS. Fort "Wayne Pacific Mail lOOl Atlantic Mail Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph Mariposa Preferred Ohio and Mississippi 33f Boston Water Power l5 Cumberland Bankers and Brokers lO7 M & St. Paul IM & St. Paul Preferred 781 CUE 'UNITED STATES. ................... to A dinner !o tiv, lion. 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Depot 266, High Holb THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH PARLIAIVIENTARY BUSINESS. - According to all appearances, to-night's sitting in the House of Commons will be a protracted one. The Endowed Schools Bill, which is down for second reading, will give rise to a long debate, and this will be followed by the adjourned debate and probably a division on Sir John Coleridge's University Tests Bill. The next order on the paper is the adjourned motion of the Attorney-General for a commis sion to inquire into the corrupt practices at Norwich. Mr. Bentinck is anxious to know some further particulars respecting Mr. Gladstone's Irish Church Bill, and will ask the right bon. gentleman what sum will be required to purchase the sites of the ecclesiastical residences under the provisions of the 27th clause of the bill. To-morrow evening Mr. Mellor will commence the busi ness by inquiring of Mr. Gladstone whether it is a fact that Archbishop Bramhall was instrumental in purchasing tithes from lay impropriators in Ireland, amounting to 130,000 per annum, and whether the purchase money was or was not raised by large private subscriptions in England ; and, if so, whether the tithes so purchased by that most right rev. prelate will be retained by the disestablished Church in Ireland. Colonel North will ask the Under-Secretary of State for India when the Kirwee bounty is to be distributed to the troops ; and Mr. Torrens wishes to know whether the Government intends to bring in a bill in favour of a uniform and permanent law of extradition. Mr. Leatham is to call attention to the expediency of taking votes by ballot ; and Mr. Whalley will move that it is expedient to repeal the income tax. The following bills are down for second reading on Wednesday :—Admiralty Jurisdiction (County Courts) Bill ; County Courts Bill ; Revenue Officers Bill ; Libel Bill ; and Money Laws (Ireland) Bill. An amendment will be moved to the last-named measure by Sir Frederick Heygate. Mr. Clive has given notice to bring in bills relating to two most important questions,, viz., the establishment of county financial boards, and for facili tating and regulating the supply of pure water in cities, towns, and districts throughout Great Britain and Ireland. The great battle on the Irish Church commences in earnest on Thursday. Mr. Gladstone's scheme is the first order on the paper, and will therefore come on for discussion before five o'clock. Sir George Jenkinson's amendment still appears among the notices, but he will probably give way to Mr. Disraeli, who will move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The debate arising on Mr. Gladstone's motion will be continued on Friday, and the division is not likely to take place until the Tuesday following,,when the House will adjourn for the Easter holidays. 1111SCELLANLOUS NEWS. county of Nottingham a separate aiocese, Wniun Dui was lost through some disagreement upon other matters contained in it ; or a resort to the statute still in force, 26th Henry VIII., c. 14, for suffragan bishops. Bishop Wordsworth would learn which of these is the better plan, or if any better still can be devised. 15, 1b69. There are forty-five candidates this session for the honour of fellowship in the Poyal Society; fifteen is the number to be elected.—A monopoly in opera is out of the question. ller Majesty's Theatre is almost ready for occupation, and whether or no this be opened for the coming season there will, it is con fidently asserted, be opera elsewhere than at Covent Garden. THE OPPOSITION. That Mr. Gladstone's bill will pass the House oz Commons no one doubts. Indeed, Lord Cairns is said by the London correspondent of the Elgin Courant to be preparing his speech to be made on the motion, "That this bill be read a second time this day six months." But there are grounds for doubting whether the mea sure will pats in its entirety up to the Upper Chamber. Although the bill is generally approved of, and Mr. Disraeli is supposed to be rather opposed to detail being g one i n t o i n the Com mons,it is stated by the same authority that " on the Maynooth question a pitfall is already in course of construction. I happen to know as a fact," he writes, "that powerful opposition from a very strong quarter is being organised against this part of the bill. When it reaches the stage of committee, Mr. Aytoun of Inchdairnie,M.P. for the Kirlicaldyßurghs, is to make a motion to the effect that the committee take powers to disestablish (or disincorporate rather) as well as disendow, the College of Maynooth, and to provide that the compensation payable under this head be awarded only to the professors, students, and others who can shew a personal loss incurred by such disincorporation and disendowment." It is, perhaps, rather early to inquire, " What will the Lc rls do!'" but Mr. Gladstone has pretty plainly hinted that if they are very troublesome. he will have to c'rescte a maioritv. I'o TIC LIT M . The John Jizilh s y. t . , e been several meetings of COESerViitiVU 111(211..:13 -St° the Endowed Schools Bill, and it has been determined not to meet it with a direct negative, but, if possible, to get it referred to a select committee. The same journal understands that Mr. Corry will, in committee on the navy estimates. " expose the fallacy of many of the economics introduced at the Admiralty, and the folly of the costly erection of turret ships." The serious illness of Lord Leconfield is aniy!ncel. Lis lordship is nearly 82 years old. II is dohf h cause a vlcancv in the representation '', est Sussex, which constituency is now represented by his eldest son, the Hon. Henry 'Wyndham. His second son, Mr. Percy Wyndham, sits for West Cumberland. There was no contest for West Sussex at either of the two last elections, the constituency being thoroughly Conservative. The return of Mr. Miall by the large majority of 1,500 must be gratifying to the Liberal Government in general, and to Mr. Forster in particular. Since Mr. Ripley was unseated the contest has been looked upon by the friends of Mr. Arian as a vote of confi dence or censure in the Vice-President of the Coun cil. This was in consequence of a statement, con tinually reiterated by both Mr. Thompson and Mr. Ripley, that in the event of the former being successful, both these gentlemen would stand together at the next general election. On the morning of the nomination the Bradford Observer emphatically declared that should .Mr. Thompson be returned, "it can hardly be imagined that Mr. Forster would again appeal to a consti tuency that had made choice of an ingrate and an enemy to him." Mr. Miall sat for Rochdale from 1852 to 1857, and first contested Bradford in October 1867, on the death of Mr. Wickham. Ile was then opposed by his late antagonist, who, however, was on the Continent. At the close of the poll Mr. Thompson was declared to be the winner by 403 votes. By a curious coincidence, when Mr. Miall fought the contest personally, and Mr. Thompson was absent, the absentee won ; now that Mr. 'Thomp son has been in the thick of the fight, and Mr. Miall stayed away, the absentee has again been the victor. The editor of the _Nonconformist polled 367 votes more than he did at the general election, whilst Mr. Thompson mustered 1,534 fewer than Mr. Ripley. Several hundred voters who polled at the last election did not come to the booths on Thurs day, but, as we have already shown, the discrepancy lies w h o lly with the " Independent Liberals," probably owing to the severe stricture passed upon Mr. Ripley by Baron Martin. Independently of p a rty politics, all friends of order and sobriety will rejoice in the overthrow of a brewer by one whose name has always been associated with the temper ance movement. Mr. Samuel Pope, who has unsuccessfully con tested Stoke-upon-Trent and Bolton, has been appointed Recorder of the latter place, and he is thereby precluded from contesting th e b oroug h again, at least during his tenure of office. Mr. Pope condu,cted the recent election petition at Salford. The Conservatives of Burnley are about to present a testimonial to Sir James Yorke Scarlett, as an acknowledgment of his kind ness in becoming their champion at the general election. The petition against Mr. Lowther, M.P. for York city, has been withdrawn. The requisition to Mr. Edward Cecil Guinness, requesting him to allow himself to be put in nomi nation as the Conservative candidate for the city, has been presented and complied with. It is stated that in three days it received the signatures of more than 2,000 electors. WHEN DOCTORS DIFFER, &C. Many things which Mr. Disraeli's bill was intended to alter it has not done, among other things diffe rent rulings on the same point. For instance, Justices Blackburn and Martin hold entirely diffe rent views on the relation between a candidate and the local political association with which he is con nected. At Taunton the Conservative member, Mr. Serjeant Cox, was held responsible for the acts of the secretary to the Conservative Association, unseated, made to pay the costs, and his opponent seated in his place. At Wigan the Liberal members, Messrs. Woods and Lancaster, were entirely absolved from responsibility for th e ac t s o f th e secre t ar y an d tendered i d eassistance other paid officials of the Liberal Associ a tion ed t acceptedth that society adbeen formally (thougha before the electi on ), d ec l are d d u l y elected, L themid the peti tioners ordered to pay the costs. A CAUTION TO MR. GLADSTONE. Mr. Gladstone can be eloquent,as everybody knows. He can also be slipshod occasionally. A few nights ago he wanted to say that some people do not make their wills because they do not like to think of death. This is how he said it :—Men sometimes neglect to settle their affairs from an " etTeminai e dislike to the contemplation of that eventuality in relation to which the execution of wills is neces sary." Dr. Johnson could not have surpassed this. Such a remark from most other persons the reporters would have translated into idiomatic English, but it is considered in the gallery a bounden duty to record the ipsissinta verta of Mr. Gladstone. INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE. Dr. Wordsworth has signalised his entrance into the episcopate by 1m act of considerable self-den:al. He has addressed a letter to his clergy, asking them to give him their opinion as to the best means of dividing his unwieldy diocese. Two methods have occurred to him—the reintroduction of Lord Lyttle tort's bill of 1867. which proposed to constitute the CHURCH ITEMS. The accounts of the Bishop of Salisbury are very sad. He suffers from the bursting of small blood vessels near the heart, and it has been found neces sary to bleed him in the feet. His illness is said io have been brought on by over-work. The Dorset shire papers say that there are but slight hopes of his health ever being re-established. Dean Stanley has been returning good for evil. When he was appointed Dean of Westminster his appointment was violently opposed by the then Archdeacon Wordsworth. The archdeacon has now become Bishop of Lincoln, and the dean took occasion, in a recent sermon, to refer to Dr. Wordsworth's promotion in very flattering terms. Referring to the fact that hymns bridged over all controversies and united all parties, he mentioned that at the recent consecra tion of three bishops a hymn composed by one of them had been sung. That hymn so greatly pleased a Nonconformist minister when he heard it that he introduced it into his own service. That hymn was composed by Bishop Wordsworth, and, added the Dean, " the author of that hymn has now left us for a wider field of usefulness; but during the twenty four years with which he was connected with this place he had endeared himself, by his fine Christian gift, to all. We shall often be reminded of him by the use of his favourite hymn ; but still more closely by his holy life, and the many good works which he has left us all to imitate." DR. JEREMIE'S PLURALITIES. Some further correspondence appears in the Tele graph on the case of Dr. Jeremie, who holds, together with the Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge and the Deanery of Lichfield, the Rectory of Somer sham. A Cambridge graduate defends the very reverend dean. " The Regius Professorship of Divinity in the University of Cambridge is endowed with £4O per annum, and, by the gift of James 1., with the living also of Somersham and its chapelries, situated in the county of Huntingdon. This is secured to the professorship by a specific Act of Parliament. This Act frees the Professor from all processes of ' presentation, admission, institution, or induction,' relieves him likewise of the care of souls ; but it requires that he shall appoint for this especial purpose a competent substitute—in truth, he holds the position with regard to the living of Somersham rather of a lay rector than of a spiritualpastor. As to the emoluments of Somersham, the existence of any payments to curates—of whom by the way, there are three—and the usual out goings incidental to all incumbencies seems to be ignored." To this the Telegraph retorts, "We cannot see the force of the apology which affirms that if Dr. Jeremie neglects Somersham he does so as ' a lay rector.' Does he keep two consciences, then—one for his lay duties, another to regulate the spiritual man ? Again, when, in defence of pluralism, covetousness, and wordly greed, we are met with quotations from Acts of Parliament, we are rather taken aback. We never doubted the technical strength of Dr. Jereinie's position ; he has a perfect legal title to the emoluments of Somersham ; but, while there are many over-worked and half-starved curates in the Church, has he a right to draw any profits from a situ a tion the duties of which he does not discharge ?" The real point at issue is not if Dr. Jeremie, as professor, may hold Somersham, but if Dr. Jeremie, as dean, may hold the professorship cum-rectorship. RELIGIOUS JOURNALISM. Dr. Lee's endeavour to unite High Toryism with extreme High Churchmanship having failed, the Church News has it is said, passed into the hands of the " High Chu ' rch Radicals," the Church Press Company (who now publish the Church Tin:es) having purchased the News for " a ridiculously small sum." The Union Review, hitherto also an organ of Dr. Lee and his friends, has undergone a similar chance. The first number of the Britannia is announced for April 10. It is intended "to provide the Conservative working classes with a good substitute for the many cheap Radical papers which they now read." GOSSIP IN EXCELSIS. The John Bull, referring to the elopement of the Marquis of Waterford with the wife of Captain Vivian, and that gentleman's vain pursuit to Paris, whence he returned on Friday, says "the fault certainly does not rest upon one pair of shoulders." The same paper says: "It is rumoured in fashionable and sporting circles that the eldest son of a duke, well known on the turf and in the hunting-field, and himself a first-rate sportsman and popular officer in her Majesty's Household Brigade, is engaged t) a fair and fascinating marchioness recently widowed and bereaved of her father." This, being interpreted, means that the Marquis of Wor cester, eldest son of the Duke of Beaufort, is engaged to the too-fascinating six-months' widow of the Marquis of Hastings. MILITARY AND NAVAL ITEMS. Lord Strathnairn is to succeed Lord Gough in the command of the Royal Horse Guards. It is probable that Lieutenant -General Colomb will succeed to the 02nd *Highlanders, that the Duke of Cambridge will be Colonel-in -Chief of the 60th Rifles, and that Major-General Hodge will be appointed to the Ist Dragoons. Sir H. Havelock. will succeed Lieutenant- Colonel Fending; as Assistant-Adjutant-General at Dublin.—Tho Broad A2TOW is responsible for a statement which, if true, reflects little credit upon those concerned. It is th a t th e re d uc ti on o f th e force in Canada is to be modified in order to pro vide for the reten.tion o the Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade in the Dominion during the service of Prince Arthur with that corps.—The same paper mentions that the deadlock at the Woolwich Arsenal continues, and that Sir IL Codrington is a candi date for the command - in - chief at Devonport, at the on Friday, recalling H.M.S. Admiral Keppel. Martin's time.—A tele gram e o p d i r n a ew t y i a o , snt sent n f aStgio sChinaWilliam f HABITUAL CRIMINALS. - ------ . Police, writing to the T i mes on t h e Colonel Fraser , the Chief Commissioner of the points out that the one great cause of the success of the police system in Ireland is that there the police are under one head. In England and Wales, to which Lord Kimberley's subject of o L f o ' n 'l d l o a n bitual Cri m i na l s, " . the metropolis and the City of Criminal Bill applies, " there are, exclusive of mg like 200 separate forces, acting of the . having each local interests to distinct local authorities, and un accustomedciLtlitoievepoonil;ilcsdeoemp co-operate for the furtherance of any It is owing in a great measure to ct of 1804 . has not been more effi cient." to In serve, nio n s o subject j b t j e co e t e . t A this cause that the supervision Of convicts in Eng land thinks that a combined action Lord . Kimberley's measure would upon a ipe n on d nt. under Cieovleos t n l; se e lli c h a s require, would be almost impossible under the present plan. He therefore proposes that every convict, on being liberated on license, and every person after a second conviction of felony, should b e m a r ked in prison l in such manner aas each the con vict Se cretary being ofii Statebdeisig t i in me s t e i t g h f rte directe from that on another. the mark INDIAN FINANCE. Mr. Massey having had his say ab ou t the Indian Budget, it is now Mr. Laing's turn. He says that for some unaccountable reason there is a constant disposition on the part of the India Office to present Indian finance under the most unfavourable aspect. Other countries, such as France, Austria, and Italy, have an ordinary and an extraordinary budget, in other words a revenue and a capital account; and invariably use the latter as a means of easing the former and disguising unpleasant results. But the India Office invariably strains the account in order to shew a deficiency wh er e none exists. Thus in the controversy of 1802, between Lord Canning's Government and Sir Charles Wood, a deficit was manufactured by charging the account of India with a losion exchange, and with the prospective expendi ture for.the new India Office, in Downing-street, which was not begun until two years later. Mr. Laing adds that when he left India he pledged himself to two proposals : 1. That the finances of India had been so thoroughly restored that, in the absence of extraordinary con tingencies, such as wars or famines, the reign of deficits was at an end. 2. That the revenue from opium, though subject to fluctuations from year to year, was, if we take the aver a g e of s uccessive periods of three or four years, as reliable and progres sive a source of income as thatderived in this country from gin or whisky. The result of six years' experi ence has fully confirmed both of these propositions. Mr. Laing shews that during the last twenty-five years the annual receipts from opium have doubled (a result mor e sa tisfactory to the financier than to the moralist or the philanthropist). He goes on to assert that during his administration and those of both 11:s successors India paid its way, and more than met all th e l eg iti m ate revenue expenses out of ordinary income. lie praises the extreme accuracy of the Indian accounts. Ile says that he always con sidered th e es ti mate f or th e Abyssinian war too low, and never cou ld place it a t less than £8,000,000. In conclusi on, h e has a hit a t his politic a l f r i en d s . "I can only iy that I do not think it right to come to any sweeping conclusion adverse to the efficiency of Indian financial administration from this circum stance, when I reco ll ec t th a t a still more ab sur dly inadequate estimate of the cost of the List Chinese war was given to the Parliament of England, not ten years ago, in an English Budget." LITERATURE AND ART. In the weedy gossip of the Athenceunz it is stated that Mr. Deutsch has started for a journey in Pales tine and Egypt connected with his studies of the whinh ill ennui der ably advanced.— HAM ME R SMITH BRIDGE, The Engineer, a high authority on such a subject, considers that the apprehensions of a break down of Hammersmith Bridge during the University Boat Race are not unfounded. It appears that the struc ture is nearly 45 per cent. weaker than the regula tions of the Board of Trade allow. FOREIGN NOTES, CONTINENTAL DIFFICULTIES. Gentlemen who have speculated for a rise on the Paria Bourse are not likely to make large profits at present. Rumour, as efficacious on the Bourse as fact, is still busy. Some facts, too, of a rather significant character have just come to light. For instance, the Etendard, which for the last few days has been confident of a speedy and peaceful solution of the Belgian difficulty, persists in this assertion, but unconsciously admits that the dispute has been serious Enough to warrant the interference of another Power. It says "We are happy to be able to announce that the influence of England has been exerted in this question for the purpose of bringing about a peace ful settlement, thus shewing how thorough is the spirit of conciliation which animates the British Cabinet." The controversy is now, says the semi-official paper, confined to the question of fares. When that essential point is settled, all the objections of the Belgian Government will have been satisfied, and no obstacle to the fusion of the two companies will remain. The Temp; and other journals state that M. de la Garonniere, after having been imaginatively sent to Brussels two or three times, set out in the flesh for that capital on Friday evening, "his instructions being ready." The Constitu tionel publishes a hazy article, highly condescending to Belgium, but also of a conciliatory tone. It is satisfactory to find that this affair promises to end quietly ; it was difficult indeed to imagine that such a wretched "ques tion" could bring about a war ; but the declaration of the Etendard, though reassuring in one sense, is disquieting in another. The interference of England proves thatßelgium must at least have been bullied by France. The nature of the negotiations now going on is much disputed. The Constitutionnel seems to be informed that the settlement is less forward than the Etendard represents it. A mixed commission has been proposed to regulate the tariff question, but this the Consautionnel says is as —et but a project. This Belgian question, together with other signs which have been unfavourably interpreted, has rather strengthened than diminished the uneasiness prevalent on the Continent. The Illemorial Diplomatique attempts to give a serious turn to the Belgian difficulty, by stating that a short time ago Prussia offered the annexation of Belgium to France as the price of the Emperor Napo. leon's assistance against Austria. The tffer was rejected then, but the inference is that annexation may be thought of now. Then there .is a general move ment, almost a panic, amongst the Ambassadors. The Prussian representative has been recalled from Florence, the Italian Minister at Paris has gone back to Italy, and the French Minister at Vienna is expected in Paris. Finally, the despatches of the Russian Govern. ment relating to the Turco-Greek affair shew clearly enough that so far as regards the greater questions at issue between the two States Russia is directly antagonistic to England and France. But, as the Indio. penclance Beige remarks, apprehensions founded on these data spring rather from instinct than reason. SPAIN._ Admiral Topetc completely "let the cat out of the bag" at the recent debate in the Cortes. He not only declared for Montpensier, but imprudently admitted that the Duko offered to take part in the insurrection last September, AUSTRIA AND ENGLAND. The Presscstates that the negotiations touching the treaty of commerce between Austria and England approach a favourable termination. We are yet without information as to the nature of the new tariff, but the Presse adds that the English Government has accepted the Austrian pro- Dom's. THE ALABAMA TREATY. Mr. Bright has written privately to Senator Sumner, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, urging him to use his influence in finally disposing of the cause of enmity between England and America. It is understood, says the Railway News, that Mr. Bright has since received an answer couched in a similar spirit, and conveying the assurance of a desire to settle the differences now outstanding between the two countries. The same journal states that General Grant is distinctly in favour of settling the question, and that he supports the plan of submitting the claims of both nations to a joint commission. Amongst these claims is that of the Confederate bondholders, whosa case is that large quantities of cotton, which were legally in their possession, were unjustly seized and sold by the authorities of the United States. The Senate has simply ignored the treaty so far, but the Railway News hopes that it will still consider it favourably. THE UNITED STATES, The Tenure of Office Act may probably cause a serious complication in Congress. General Butler has reintro duced the bill for its repeal, and it has passed the House of Representatives by 143 to 16 votes—all but unanimously. If the Senate persists in rejecting it, a struggle will ensue, not a party fight, but a contest for supremacy between the two Houses. In the House of Representatives the support of the bill is not guided by any party considera tions, for whilst General Butler introduces the measure for repeal, the Tribune, the organ of Bntlev's section, opposes it. The contest is one between the two branches of the Legislature, and the action of the Senate is therefore awaited with the greatest interest. Should the Senate persist in rejecting the bill, General Grant cannot fail to side with the Lower House. The differences of the civil war are smoothing down. President Grant's appointment of General Longstrcet as Surveyor of Customs at New Orleans is a conciliatory act. Longstreet was one of the reading Confpflerate officers, and has fought against Grant himself. (From the Anglo-American Times.) On the expiry of the postal contract with the Cunard Company with the year 1867 a provisional arrangement was made for last year for the convey ance of the mails across the Atlantic. In conjunc tion with Mr. Inman the Messrs. Cunard and Com pany offered to perform the service for a subsidy of £150,000 a year ; their steanattra::d.rrying two thirds of the mails, and receiving .tiVo-thirds of the sum, the other third going to Mr. Inman. The Go vernment cut this down to £105,000, at the same time shortening the term of the contract from ten years to seven, which was accepted by the companies, the contracts being signed by the end of 1868. Parlia ment had, however, to ratify the engagement, and as the Ministry changed during the interval the new Government asked to shorten the agreement to six in stead of seven years. This the companies declined, and the original contract has just been discussed in Parliament, and will doubtless be ,sanctioned. However important may be a penny postal rate, it is even of more importance to have the letters quickly and regularly delivered, which cannot be done without a special subsidy. Indeed, it would be impossible for any but old and well-established companies to keep up such fleets as those of the Cunard and Inman on such a subsidy as £105,000 a year, scarcely the cost of one of their steamers. The amount has evidently been reduced to the closest margin, and the Government may rely on this, that they would never hear ag tiu of eight-day passages from New York to Queenstown if the subsidy was decreased or withdrawn. The enormous difference in the expense of a fleet which saves one or two days in the passage across must be known before the question of subsidy can be appreciated. Strike off the subsidy, and off go the two days, and were it not for the strong competition the com panies would make far more by throwing up the subsidy and taking their time to cross the ocean. General Caleb Cushing's Treaty for the Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Darien has been favour.. ably reported on by the Foreign Affairs Cmi_ mittee of the Senate, and the Chairman, Senator Sumner, asks for its ratification. It is regarded as of great commercial importance to the world. It is favoured by General Grant, who may be trusted to carry it out during his present administration, even supposing that General Butler failed to secure his reelection in 1872. The Danish Treaty and oilers are for the time postponed. Among the schemes for reducing the United States army the most prominent were those of General Butler, Mr. Dodge, and Mr. Blaine. Butler's Ilan was to discharge men and officers till the estimates should be reduced to a fixed sum. The bills of Mr. Dodge and Mr. Blaine differed in principle from Butler's, but not from each other. Butler's plan was defeated in the Representatives by 111 to 64, and the bill that finally passed that body provided for a reduction to 25 regiments of infantry, and 5 of artillery and cavalry, by not issuing new commissions nor enlisting men; while no further promotions are to be made nor any ap pointments in the various departments, many of which are to be consolidated as tke General of the Army may deem best. As finally passed in the Senate, Mr. Wilson's amendment being adopted, the number of infantry regiments arc to be reduced to 35 ;:the number of brigadier-generals to 8 ; the term of enlistment being fixed at five years: it mustersout of the services about 14 infantry regiments, and provides that the Yc esident shall consolidate the regiments as rapidly as the requirements of the public service will permit. Considering that army expenses will be less in proportion to the cost of living than in the days of Buchanan, this wholesale reduction of both army and navy is a singular com mentary on the remark of the Times, that the ex penditure of the United States Government is rapidly growing in all directions. It is these ignorant or untruthful statements which so mis lead the English, and give them such erroneous ideas on the United States. Where population grows denser many of the cus toms though condemned in Europe by the United States are adopted by the latter as their necessity be comes developed. The rivers, and what in England would be designated lakes, though called in America ponds, have been almost emptied of fish by a lazy, vagrant class, who use any means which answer the purp3se of the moment. It is to replenish the de struction they have caused that Seth Green and the Commissioners appointed by different States have been at work tore-stock, but unless the result of their labours be protected they will be fruitless, because these people will consume the fish as fast as the waters are replenished. Massachusetts has set the example in fish culture, and that State feels most strongly the necessity of protecting the work, and establishing the principle that the fish cultivated by the owner of a farm on his own property are as much his as are his sheep and cattle ; but this is a new idea to the in habitants, and an infringement of a good old cus tom, savouring of feudal Europe, t hough it is becom ing clear that it must be enforced or the lakes and rivers will become lifeless. A game law has been sub mitted to the New York Sportsmen's Club, amend ing on various points that now in force. Trout fishing will not be allowed during September ; woodcock shooting is no longer controlled by the ebb and flow of the tide, a very curious provision of the present law in the United States, but commences o❑ the 4th of July all over the States ; partridges cannot be shot before the Ist of September, and the sale of quail, partridges, venison, and prairie chickens is absolutely prohibited after the Ist of Nlarch, regardless of the time or place of their being The important matter of taking the census of the United States is being arranged at Washington, to be carried into practice next year. O❑ the 19th and 20th February the Census Committee, of which Representative Garfield is the Chairman, after discussion, decided to recommend the establish ment of a different Census B treau, and to adopt the planof Dr. Huff, who superintended the taking of the census iu 1865 in the State of New York. Under the old system some districts were enabled by fraud to re turn many inhabitants in excess of what they con tained, and it is now intended to appoint special offi cers to gather the returns, instead of working through the United States Marshals as heretofore. The Com mittee favour an increase of the members of Congress to 300. The present apportionment is one Repre sentative to an aggregate of 125,000 inhabitants, and if, as is probable, the House will reject this pro posal, the next election will raise that , aggregate to 150,000 inhabitants to every member. The effect must be, under any circumstances, to increase the representatio❑ of the Western States. The New England States will lose some of the members they now return if the numbers be not increased, and so will Pennsylvania, and even New York. Indeed, five is the estimated loss of the last State, two for Massachusetts, and one for each of the other New England States. The House of Representatives on the 23d Feb. struck out the Appropriation for tba salary and ex penses of the Special Revenue Commissioner, the Hon. David A. Wells. Mr. Cake, a Republican of Pennsylvania, wished to know if the Commissioner could not get on without any salary since his trip to England ! General Butler defended Mr. Wells, and so did Mr. Allisoa, of lowa ; but the amendment was adopted, though it will probably give rise to a fight hereafter, for it certainly has a very curious appearance that a singularly able and honest pub lic servant should be suddenly deprived of his means of existence because he truly stated the result of his lengthened investigation into a very difficult sub ject, and his opinions and figures militated against a powerful and well-combined interest. It has al ways been the curse of Protectionists that they never know where to stop; and in the end lose what they had gained by pushing to an extreme, and disgusting the nation by the violence and injustice of their attacks against all who oppose their doctrines. This action can scarcely fail to damage their cause with the public, and to drive the man generally conceded to be best acquainted with this subject fairly into the arms of their opponents. Power is passing from the Atlantic to the Prairie States ; even the census of next year will make this change distinctly felt, and we cannot but doubt the wisdom of the Pro tectionists in making the question a war to the knife, as the Free-traders can scarcely fail to interpret an act that deprives a Government officer of his salary because he faithfully reported the information he was specially appointed to collect. We are glad to notice ,that next day, on M r . Al l i son ' s motion, the provisb was amended, the words, "after June 30, 1870, being inserted." THE DYING ADMIIVISTR,ATION. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The weakness of Legislatures is to talk. Pre cious time is wasted in useless debate, and when the session draws towards its end, a frantic rush ensues to get bills pushed through. It is but fair to Congress to say that more business is there transacted with less talk than in any other as sembly ; yet Congress is open to two charges— first, that bills which ought to be debated are often rushed through under the pressure of the previous question, and they are then found to be bad only when in operation as laws; the other is that on a measure comparatively unimportant members ex pend golden hours in ventilating commonplace opinions, holding possession of the floor and de luging the country with their overflowing elo quence. We cannot say much time has been lost by the late Congress in its last session, yet it be came during February a sort of Steam Bill-Manu factory, working at the highest pressure and on the longest hours. Evening sessions were the rule, and once the Senate sat all night. At times that body would get into splendid working order, when they would rattle off bills as an American Legislature only can. Then a fit of " cussedness" would come over them, when fillibusters would commence operations, and pugnacious members raise their voices for a row. It was ANDREW JOHNSON who kept both Houses up to the mark, for time slipped rapidly away, and they knew that no bill passed by them was safe if a margin was not left beyond the ten days. As it was several bills have been lost by drifting into the prescribed pe riod. Among them that of Gen. SCHENCK'S, pledging the country to redeem its bonds in gold wherever other payment is not distinctly specified. What the other " innocents" are the late PRESIDENT has massacred we cannot tell, but we fear there are some as important. Among them, it is to be hoped that ANDREW JOHNSON has throttled the Omnibus Railroad Bill and other &signs against the Treasury. The Copper Tariff Bill he was obliged to veto, for it was passed in ample time, and had he kept it ten days without signing, it would have become law. His veto message, which was sent to the House of Representatives Feb. 22, is an able document, but the House managed, by a bare two-thirds majority, to pass the measure over the veto. While Congress was hurried to death by this pressure to beat time, and the fatal ten days which gave ANDY JOIINSON the whip hand, the PRESIDENT was beset by the friends and associates of all the rascals who ha•l "come to grief"--revenue thieves, counterfeitors, forgers, burglars, and murderers. With his exit from the White House will vanish the hopes of pardon for the convicted, therefore their pressure to push their business through, equalled that in the Capitol. Some of the pardons have astonished the conntry,!as crimes of a deep dye and without shade of excuse had been fully proved against the culprits. But ANDREW JOHNSON was not the only individual beset. Those who had designs on tl e Treasury, o n th e P u bli c L an d s, or on any other , species of plunder, s w a rme d i n t o th e l o bbies an d surrounded their Senators. It is vain for any me n to set up for lobbyists without having a Senato r who is erected into a little god, before whom they spend half their time grovelling on their knees, an cl i , bowing their heads into the dust. " Ch'n-chinieg their Josses became fast an d f ur i ous as t h e end of the Administration drew nigh, and the Washing ton sun of the 4th of March rose on shatteredb o P e° and broken heart, , , on a new era advancing, and a° old era retiring. Let us hope as we do on 11 1 ' 3 ' nishiug night of strife and corruption, and on t he dawn of peace, honesty, and justice. THE NEW YORK ELECTORAL FRAUDS. For some time a special Committee of the lln gse of Representatives, instigated thereto by the Unie e League of New York, has been inquiring h i t° the frauds by which the Democrats gained the late ele c t ; tions in New York fo r th e P RESIDENT o f t h e Unite States and the Governor of New York. The repo t . agreed to has been presented and published ; it voluminous, not only giving the full details a t" evidence, but advising the enactment of five bill: and two joint resoluti ons p ropos i ng amendment: to the Constituti on . Th e C omm itt ee asser ts th 3t many thousands of aliens were enabled to ve te : that many hundreds voted i n th e names o f fictitio us persons; that hundreds more in New York G i l t cast from two to up war d s o f f or t y vo t es eac h ; th at extreme frauds were committed by entering voters on the poll lists, where no such persons voted ; tb these were accomplished only through a gross 313 . 0 criminal neglect in some Courts, while Deneocratla officers and partisans of every grade aided ins te3 of preventing them, and protected the perpctrat oll when arrested. Finally, the Committee is of ()pin ° that it was through these frauds that the Wl °• crats succeeded in carrying th e St a t e . In On se quence, the Committee r e c ommen d s t h e enaetlue/3t 0 of the laws and co ns tit u ti ona l amen d men ts abo ve alluded to. Though th e annua l na t u ralizati n ° average only 9,207, yet, between Sept. 16 and Oct' 23 of last year, the New York Printing Com Pa ll struck off 105,000 blank applications for, 311 , 69,000 certificates o f, na t ura li za ti on . The clef t s fees were recovered from Tammany Hall, and °ve t th e 40,000 of the red ti c k e t s upon w hi c h they We l i e ,- paid were furnish e d t o the Committee. Whi le ; I ,f applications to the Supr eme C our t f o r the .'" u, weeks up to Octobe r 6 were near l y four th e e sand more th an th e recor d s s h ow t o have nbtd fore been issued, still thi r ty t h ousan d additle'd, blank applications and twenty-five thousand 3 11 , ditional blank certificates were procured, ten th° 4o sand of which were i ssue d w i t hi n t h ree d a ys of ' tie time the work of nat ura li zat i on c l ose d . The St3of Supreme Court entered h ear tily into the busin eg eo making out these fraudulent papers, sc ittering ° air broad-cast over the city t o p ersons w h o did not apt ply forthem in Court. Th e ac t ua l num b e r used iZ es , t can be known; but including those sent froth York City over the State to persons never aPP' t i, ing in Court, it i s st a t e d th a t f rau d u lent ce nt , ficates were issued fr o m t wo C our t s on ly ar ti°u ht iug to not less, and p ro b a bl y more, t h an sixty - e l o• or thousand three hundred and forty-three. . I ‘ l3f e j, GREY HALL was among the witnesses exa tti :; l 1 . and he could not d en y th a t th e vote i n New of was largely in exc ess o f th e l ega l vo t ers . -M e ! i i d t the fraudulent papers were deposited in the n a , i , boxes, and repeat ers c ons id era bl y swe lled the nub ber. Indeed, if thi s C omm it tee i s to be bel ie '° the Democrats had arr ange d so b e autifully th at - t og game was in their hand s , and their informatio n a so exact from all p a rt s o f th e St a te that they to only to keep throwing in th e i r f ra udulent vo tes t o be ahead of the rival party from the begiuningoiti the end. In the Sixth Wa r d o f New York e i t et there were 1,000 votes for the Democratic !Itrict alone, in excess of the whole nu m ber in that &s at o of legal voters and if they could carry th e fr i o , to such an unblushi ng ex t reme , we may safely ' ea st elude that they were ready, if necessary, t° more votes for their candidates than there ' ire o la habitants in the U n it e d St a t es . V er il y, theY sT ° O have raised the deal, and piled up g qieratinii tbe generation, for they were bound to succeed -,° o f election ; and those who ar e p re p are d to sx'' l ' , ° ts vo whale, laugh scornfully at the id ea o f mak ilib w itil bites of a cherry. The assertion is positiv e ' t bitt what truth we leave ou r rea d ers to decide, tll o l , ot io for these wholesale frauds the llepublico s , 61/ 15' have carried the Stat e f or G RANT a nd electe d c, ag woLD as Governor. T o p reven t the recurr ed t 0 e e population increases and su ff rag e is extend force' every man, a very per f ec t sys t em m ust he ' l3 i o te• administered by honest officials who have rest whatever in the result, or elections will de r' r izeo rate into a game with loaded dice, giving i falls into the hand s o f th ose w h o can c h ea t most s' . . egi pt and unscrup u l ous l y. Thi s report l e d to the P v ' ttiv o passage of a bill by the House of Repr eseli pv t forbidding th e State and County Cour ts ef' Ing ir York to naturalize foreigners hereafter."' American Times. ocr Ativ Gen. Bedel, who was nom i na t e d a s the Deal tell t' dl° • y Candidate for Governor of New Ham shire, u se , 00 , story how, on a former occasion, on hearing of 1 ,7, 3 , 0 0ti r ,% tion be remained iu deep thought for hours °°"— A Ow , fil . The to recollect what mean action ho had ever peri °- I ,i i i. „. o as could have led the Democrats to nomini t° - o l lina h "ea inference is that, as he had now accepted th e n fo ° su e "Det , extent that for two or three he is aware of what the mean action i 5, c 1 to l 'er 5° 1141 the story. E ....- 4 10 [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointine n " . tb° "it wounds, ulcerations, and other diseases years he has coaa' a ffecting ue ot., ac i are amendable by this cooling and healing nog w ho P; 0 has called forth the loudest praises from per ^llll ' co 9' suffered for years from bad legs, abscesse s arissed affect ulcers, after every hope of cure had long T i t hing ! be' None but those who have experienced the so ° fat P' iii, of this Ointment can form an id e a of the ceg l ,.. r ;„. pa b' stows, by restraining inflammation and alla)lhaS s'p'it Whenever this Ointment has been once used' . iy s ottg o , lished its own worth, and has again b e en eag e i l ou s c' e o e for as the easiest and safest remedy for all n ice the a 5 plaints. In neur a l g i a, r h eumat i sm, and g out ' f 1191 application, properly used, gives wonderful relic s ~erf ot oj stomach,and liver complaints iu every ' stage are '''' P d o _ iy u a kgr r. r:c o tl 4 . LADVERTISRMENT 3—Consumption and all bike ' bat fo a and accelerated by drugs of every description, . ra bic,a, de re curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalents zl i c oos' oli catarrh ' o ut~ 5 15 4 as proved by thousands of cases which had b ° -thill 5 ; 1 0, hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, trio do oil, sumption, habitual constipation diarriacea, all O s n ervole la ments, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulene9,, _, col a3' ' -tr biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatisnis,l:olo o psii rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability"ity, tir o , A acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, de ul du anelhe , ' cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in Pr ° 74 tlie ro, p r , sea, sinking fits. bronchitis, scrofula, tightnes e ,,ol ,l l, o afi f pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the - • f ia P itt , 0, We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored b,s',„C e be!i', i4 l Food. Cure No 68,413.—"R0me, July 21, 1866. -- ,,,,,,'" 0 ,1on ia „, 113 111 the Ho Father is excellent, especially since , a '"r. o Da "' L i, (eN t other remedies, he has confined himself entirely . _ 0 , IN f ici Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes bone oil at every meal. It has pro laced a surpris in ' t 'prallfiX , effect on his health, and his Holiness eannotte du of excellent food too highly." From the “ G a r t ixabe, t wi g ; July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James chant, Bobel sos ou es sr of tial cle°l :to t 4 of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' spitting of blood, liver derangement, and par, Lie uteo„ Oft , Waterford, of many years' Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart r 'de Decies, Lo ru s , &V. excess years' indescribable agony from dysp e p s i a ' 00' 11 %0 0 1 asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency , BP" — ' eo f 01 I va , _ Bev/ ar ~_ N o d vomiting.—MariaJoly." Important Caution. to w ive.: c be •,,,, dyspepsia. — N°• ,- , ner voll o 0 0 unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations . _,, a tta . ~1 1 1)_ authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audacto2.7. ii 5.0 0 ,4 In tins, at ls. lid.; BAB CA for , 225. ; • , 4 lbs, 40s, —Also Du BARRY'S Rxv.ALENT A n„ at ' 2 !:6 o_ l ' s LITE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 '..;;;‘, (01 ,',. ti , ', s at ”v d 5, file cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at Gs., for 288 cup „„ s. g,,e (0 0 0 at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The o,u, ~ fpo ~ f j o Order. BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Rao are sent free of carriage in England on recely e L o `c,tree' , don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. Pji ATEILITNINEY—On the 12th inst., Somerville, 00' . Atlilumney, of a daughter. BANKES On the 9th inst , at Eecleston-street , th° Mrs. Nugent Bankes, of a daughter. Marriages. itic V r I u' 6, Lir Mounts—TURNER-0u the 9th just., at St..; ) -1 0' r mond, James Morris, 111. 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