The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-25 00:00:00

A BETTING SCANDAL. A jury trial—Hutchinson v. Gardiner—which is excit ing considerable interest in turf circles, has been com menced in the First Division of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, before the Lord President. The circum stances out of which the trial arose are these :—Lieu tenant Hutchinson and other officers of the Bth (Royal Irish) Hussars, at present stationed at Piers-hill Barracks, were, during the last racing season, in the habit of making bets nearly every day with certain" bookmakers" in Edin burgh. It happened that duty in barracks sometimes prevented their arrival in Edinburgh for the purpose of betting till after the races had been run, although before the result was known there by means of the telegraph. On the 11th of September last Lieutenant Hutchinson, accompanied by two brother officers—Mr. Wentworth and Mr. Ricardo—waited on and backed with several bookmakers in Edinburgh different horses for the races run at Doncaster that day. Among other horses backed were St. Mungo and Ventnor, for the Nursery Stakes, and the largest bets were made with Mr. Gardiner, Turf Hotel. St. Mungo won the race, and when settling day came, Gardiner refused to pay the bets on St. Mungo. The matter was referred, at Gar • diner's request, to the stewards of Edinburgh races. It was alleged by Gardiner that Lieutenant Hutchinson and his brother officers had learned before they betted with him that St Mungo had won the race, and that thus they betted on a certainty. The stewards, after hearing evidence, decided against Gardiner, who appealed again to two b ookmakers of some note then at Edinburgh Races. They also decided against him, but Gardiner refused to pay the beta, and wrote a letter to Lieutenant Hutchinson, Mr. Wentworth, and Mr. Ricardo, in which he alleged that he had obtained "unquestionable evidence that they had been holding illegal and improper collusion with certain telegraph clerks," and that from his private telegrams they had " surreptitiously got possession of the information they contained, and by that medium betted and gained or won money" from him. This letter reflecting seriously on the character of Lieutenant Hutchinson as an officer and a gentleman, the present action for defamation of character had been raised. Damages were laid at 0,000. The jury found for the - )laintiff— damages one farthing. LAW AND POLICE. SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE.—In the Court of Chancery, on Wednesday, an appeal was heard from a decree of the Master of the Rolls respecting an educational , trust of some importance. In 1641 a gentle man, named Coombe, left part of his estate to the colleges of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, and Trinity, Oxford, for the use and education of certain descendants of his own and his wife's family. The Master of the Rolls directed an inquiry to be made as to what persons of the testator's kindred were now in existence. It proved that there were many descendants, but no poor kindred, and the Master of the Rolls thereupon declared that the trust was to provide education for the descendants at any place, whether male or female, and in de fault of poor kindred, ordered a scheme to carry out as nearly as possible the intentions of the testator. The Lord Chancellor, however, passed the decree, saying that it appeared to the court that the plain meaning of the will was that the colleges should give the descendants the benefits which they conferred upon all others who resorted to them for instruction ; not that the gift was intended as a trust for educating those persons at any time or in any place, whether boys or girls. The costs would go as directed by the court below. THE CHANCERY AGENT.—At the Middlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, a man named Hill, who had defrauded great numbers of poor persons by the pretence that he was an agent of the Court of Chancery, and had money to pay over to them, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. THE STRIKE AT .PRESTON. The strike at Preston unfortunately still continues. On Wednesday a large and influential meeting of the masters was held at the Bull Hotel, Preston, for the purpose of considering the position of affairs, the prospects of the trade, and the measures requisite for its protection. No resolu tions were passed as to the strike, but there was a strong and unanimous feeling expressed in favour of what has thus far been done by the masters. It was held that the price of cotton was so high, the markets so uncertain, and trade so depressed that nothing short of a reduction of 10 per cent. would give the masters any chance of working to an ad vantage ; and many were of opinion that unless business improved, they would lose a good deal less by closing their mills altogether than by paying their operatives the old rate of wages. _ _ The operatives of Blackburn are coming to the relief of their brethren. A meeting was held on Wednesday night, when, after several speeches condemnatory of the step taken by the Preston masters had been made, 16 '• , solved to make a levy of 2tl. per loom on behalf of the Preston weavers. - ree,c, in favour of emigration among the Preston operatives; but this is no new thing, emigration having for some years gone on more or less among them. This week, how ever, a larger number than usual has been ballotted for America. If the strike in Preston continues the spinners and minders' executive will make an effort to send out a number of hands weekly. It is rumoured that some alteration in the rate of wages is about to be male at Chorley. A letter from a Liverpool man, who describes himself as having suffered with the Preston operatives during the last great strike, has been published. The writer recommends a peaceful submission to the proposi tion of the masters rather than anything in the shape of a strike. A large number of operatives, including several on strike, went on Wednesday to the railway station, in order to meet Mr. Hermon, M.P., on his return from London. They had a band of music and two colours with them. There was a carriage awaiting Mr. Hermon at the station, but on his arrival the operatives unyoked the horses and pulled the carriage along to the hon. gentleman's residence, in Winckley-square. This demonstration was made not on political grounds, but because Mr. Hermon, who is a very large employer of factory labour in Preston, has not given any notice of a reduction in the wages he pays. The appeal of the Preston operatives has been issued, signed by the Trades Council. " During the last seven or eight months," it says, " the factory operatives in every department have suffered greatly, their wages throughout the branchei not averaging 10s. per week. By the stoppage of mills a vast number of operatives have been thrown into the streets, and for a time have sul.sisted upon the allowance from their associations, but even this must have an end, and the only resource has been the paltry pittance dOled out by the parish in the midst of all this wretchedness and distress. The master cottonspinners and manufacturers of Preston, apparently believing that the spirit of resistance is entirely crushed out of the operatives, now propose and insist upon a reduction of 10 per cent. One employer, Mr. George Smith, after a stop page of twelve weeks, recently opened his mill at a reduc tion of 15 per cent. His own hands refusing to work upon such terms, Mr. Smith applied to the Board of Guardians for hands, and this resulted iu the exclusion of all factory workers from the parish books, with the intimation that plenty of `good work' might be had at Mr. George Smith's. To prevent the acceptance of employment upon such conditions the society paid these hands the same amount as they had received from the parish. This prompt action on the part of the operatives' associations entirely checked in the first instance the proposed reduction, although from the influx of nondescript parish labourers and the threatened spread of the reduction, the contest as regarded Mr. Smith's mill was to some extent abandoned. Shortly after this, another employer, Mr. Sellars, offered a reduction of 10 per cent:, and all the hands were brought out on strike, as it was felt that if a reduction was sub mitted to at two mills in the town, all the rest would very soon follow--a conclusion which has been fully borne out by the fact that in a week after the proposition of Mr. Sellars a general reduction of 10 per cent. was proposed by the masters of Preston, with the exception of about six firms. Many of the employers only gave one week's notice, which expired on Wednesday and Thursday, March 17th and 18th. It has been .proposed by the operatives that the question of the present reduction should be submitted to arbitration, and many points would have been conceded to secure the adoption of that mode of settlement. That course has been declined by the employers, and this, we think, is an evidence that their side of the argument will not bear the investigation of impartial judges. Being deeply convinced of the impor tant issues at stake in the present struggle between capital and labour, not only as regards the cotton operatives of Preston, but the adequate remuneration of labour and the power of union rary, and feeling that we shall be linable of ourscl s t the 4,009 hands now out on s t r ik e -- a bomb( r . nit al. '1 ) 1)( L be qoa,drupled on the expi ra ti on of the whole of th e '.ogees —we we earnestly appeal to our fellow-work e r 6 in every trade t render their best pecuniary asditanc e :Lod si:pi,ort iii this our urgent necessity. We make this appeal in the full assurance that as v the operatives of Prest, n, Lal e always done our best in answer to apr:eals from our suffer ing brethren in every quarter, their kindly will now be reached forth to he!p us in our strug;le, whieh win not ou:y be alleviated, but we hope shortened and hroulit to a successful c!ose by the powerful action of generous and extended union." A man named Thomas Morton wcs on Tuesday ivntenced to a month's lard labour by tho Manchester stipendiary magistrate for exposing for sale tho carcase of n cow which was proved to be unfit for human Lod. MORE ABOUT THE CABINET. Adolphe E. Borie, the descendant of a Frenc. family (his father having settled in Philadelphia from Bordeaux), was burn in Philad,lphia in 18!)9. and is now in the 60th year of his age. When 16 years old he i gr7dua:ed at the Pennsylvania Uni versity, and at 24 went to Paris, where he com pleted his education. After travelling in Europe be returned to Philadelphia, and became a member of ,ilia celebrated firm of M'Kean, Borie, and Co.. doing business at No. 153, Dock-street. In this position he has always shown tact, judgment, and business capacity, and has succeeded in amassing a large fortune. Politically he was an old-line Whig, contenting himself with a determined oppoition to the Democratic r arty, and especially devoted to the principles of protection to American industry, a quiet and substantial following of Henry Clay. After the election of Governor Seymour in 18G2, a number of the citizens of Philadelphia felt that it was necessary to take some steps to organize against the threatened advance of Seces3ion into the Not tit. From this determination arose the first Union League io the country, known as the great Union League of Philadelphia, of which he was the foun der. Ile was at Washing',on when nominated Sec retary of the Navy, and immgdiately left for Phila delphia, and many thought he would decline to act. Ex-Governor Jacob Dulson Cox was born in Montreal, Lower Canada, on the 17th of Octo ber, 1828. His parents were both natives of the United States, his father being a master builder in New York, who had taken the contract for the carpenter work on the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Montreal, and thus happened to be residing in that city when his son was born. The next, year he re turned to New York, where the childhood and youth of the future Secretary of the Interior was spent. In 1846 he removed to Ohio, and in 1851—then a young man 0! 23—hegraduated with distinction at Oberlin College, the great headquarters of Ohio Abolition ists. Ile studied law, and, very soon after taking his degree, began its practice in the village of War ren. Meantime he married the daughter of the Pre sident of Oberlin. For his brilliant military career, he was elected Governor of Ohio, but heref used to be a second time candidate on account of poverty, being only worth, all to!d, $5,000. lie removed to Cin cinnati, where he soon got up a handsome law practice, refu,ing the Commissionership of Internal Revenue when tendered by'Andrew Johnson, and he would also have refused the Secretaryship of War h td Grant succeeded in getting Johnson to end the Stanton difficulty by appointing him. He is known to be opposed to negro suffrage, and took the trouble of visiting Washington to urge on the Ohio Representatives the honesty and purity of Johnson's purposes beseeching them to forego their opposition, and t o yisld somewhat to his prejudices. He is one of the most upright, studious, and practicAl men in the country, and a great friend of both Grant and Sherman ; but the appoi❑tment is the least popular of all the President's nominations. John M'Allister Schofield was born on the 29th of September, 1831, in Chatanqua county, New I York. In 1843, at the age of 12, he removed with his father to Illinois, from which State, after having received his primary education, he was admitted to West Poliat. In 1853 he graduated and was breveted Second Lieutenant in the 9,1 Artillery. For two years he was stationed with his battery at Fort Moultrie, afterward made memorable in the War of ti.e Rebellion, and subsequently at Fort Cass, in Florida. Two years later he was appointed Instructor in Natural Philosophy at West Point, and held that position for five years. In 1860 he was granted leave of absence to occupy the chair of Natural Philosophy in Washington University, St. Louis, and was engage 3 in the duties of his ' position when the war broke out, and Le commenced the bi illiant military career which has made him so well known. Judge Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, President Grant's Attorney-General, was born at Concord, Mass., in 1816. He entered Harvard College in 1831, graduating with distinction in 1835, and after reading law with his Laher at Concord, he spent two years at the Cambridge Law Seheol. Imme diately after leaving college, however, he ingaged in teaching at Pittsburgh, Pa., and for two or three yews he lived in that and other we.stern cities. He was ad nitted to the b.r about the year IS4O, and bictl wf it h t c'aG C.L - t- - taw LAuL awl we neiLlthouring counties. After a few years he was appoittied a Ju tai: of the Court of Common Picas, but he tesigi:ed and returned to the pracice of his profession, this time opening au office in Boston, • where he aequirs.d an extensive and Inc-ative busi ness. In April, 1859, he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and has since held that office. Mr. J. A. J. Cresswell in 1861 and 1862 was a mem ber of the Maryland house of Delegates, and in the latter year he served for a time as an Assistant Ad jutant-General of the State. He was elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress from the Cecil District, Hs native county, in 1862. After a sharp contest he succeeded to Governor's Hicks's vacancy in the Se nate. He was a delkate to the Convention at Baltimore in 1864, and to the Southern Loyalist Convention in Philadelphia, where he led against negro suffrage, though he afterwards changed his views. He was chairman of the Maryland delega tion to the Chicago Convention, where they insisted against his wish in naming him for the Vic.:-Pre sidency. lie declared he was not a candidate, and cast his own vote for Ben. Wade. He might, had he liked, have succeeded Colonel Foruey in the Secretaryship of the Senate. He is a lawyer in large practice, eloquent and skilful in politics, and a Radical Republican. L SOME OF THE LATE ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS TO THE HO USE. • The Speaker, Mr: James Gillespie Blaine, of Maine, was born in Washington county, Pennsy lvania, Jan. 31, 1830, and has thus just completed his 39th year. He belongs to an old colonial family that settled originally in Cumberland county about 1745, having emigrated from Scotland in that or the succeeding year. his grandfather, Col. Ephraim Blaine, was a revolutionary officer of distinction. Mr. Blaine graduated at Washington College in 1847, went South as a teacher, was ad mitted to the bar, and settled in Maine ; succeeded to the editorial chair of the Kennebee Journal iu 1852, and of the Portland Daily Advertiser in 1858. For five years he was a member of the Maine Legislature, two as a Speaker. Elected to Con gress in 1862, and re-elected in 1861, 1866, and 1868. He works hard, and never makes long ' speeches. The Hon, Edward M'Pherson, elected Clerk of the House for the fourth time, was born at Gettys burg, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1831, and is of Scotch Irish extraction. He was educated at Pennsylvania College, an institution under the charge of the Luthe ran Church, situate upon the field of Gettysburg, and occupied by the rebel forces as an observatory during the memorable struggle. Mr. M'Pherson graduated in 1848, and 1851 edited a newspaper at Harrisburg, but relinquished it after a few years on account of ill-health and returned to Getty s _ burgh. In 1858 he waselectedt Pennsylvania District, and X X D X\ r ' i l o t t l: Congress to the Six teenth and was re-elected to the XXXVIIth Congress, but in 1862, though again the candidate of the Re publican party, he was defeated_by on a e s r m al all itoy maj o o o r l i ds ty : Served ou the Staff of MajorG was Deputy Commissioner of Internalßesc'elneulk o Revenue in f 1863, in which year he was first elected the a)o G I e l o t e se i n s tin an el, editor aoti)or and proprietor T h o o pr r ie o t l o iio r t o a f l History of the United States during the Great Rebellion," is engagel on " The Life of 'Thaddeus Stevens," one of whose executors he is, was a regent of the Sinitlw,onian Instatution, married a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Smucker. N. G. Ordway, of New Hampshire, was elected Sergeant-a:-Arms. Otis S. Burton of New York, was elected Doorkeeper, having received 121 votes agai, st 54 for David J. Wagoner, of Illinois; and William S. King was elected. postmaster, having received 120 votes against 56 f.'or Williams Lines, of New York The Rev. Dr. Newman was elected Chaplain of the Senate on the isecond DuNvir.l.E awi Co., Belfaat. .are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French rrandy. Supplied in casks and cases tor home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Me ssrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings Strom London; W.C/ rtisement. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY' EVENING, MARCH 25, 1869. trast than there is between Sir John Lawrence and Lord Mayo, The late Viceroy was plain, and disliked state and ceremony ; the new Viceroy is determined to do the grand seigneur. He goes to the Opera in Calcutta in full fig, silk stockings, knee-breeches and all. Those who have conversed with him speak highly of his pleasant manners and powers of conversation. Anglo-Indians generally are rather glad to have a governor who has not very decided views of his own, but who will be open to receive impres- sions from people in the country. They think that Sir John Lawrence knew too much and interfered too frequently in details. At the same time they admit that he has made an admirable ruler, and they especially praise his self-control in refusing to do " brilliant" things for the mere sake of brilliancy when there was no room for them. Lord Mayo made one rather unfortunate mistake on his arrival, which has excited a good deal of laughter, and given occasion to the not over scrupulous Indian press to be sarcastic at his expense. He telegraphed from Madras to Calcutta, " Secure an interpreter for my French cook." This shewed forethought, no doubt; but that the vice-regal mind should be occupied about such matters on being first brought into contact with a new country—a country which he has to govern—is thought sufficiently ridiculous. Prince Frederick of Schleswig Holstein has been visiting the Punjab, and tells some amusing stories of his adventures in India. On one occa sion he was attacked by a Brahmin bull. With a natural impulse of self-defence, he lifted his stick to strike the animal. Whereupon the owners of the shop in which the Prince had taken refuge rushed out indignant at seeing his Highness, who was only a German prince, strike one of their sacred beasts. The Prince found that he had changed the fryingpan for the fire, and, being sore pressed by the infuriated bull and the infuriated Hindoos, he took to flight. The Bishop of Calcutta is a great favourite, and is as active as ever. He, too, had a amusing inci dent the other day. Sitting one day in the verandah of a friend, he was laughing heartily, when he suddenly heard his laugh repeated behind him in exactly the same tone. Turning, he found a cockatoo perched just above him. The bird had been meditating an attack upon his buckles, but had revealed himself by this irreverent mockery. It is becoming every year more and more the custom for picture dealers to open picture galleries on their own account. They bring together a certain number of works by well-known artists, and others by artists who have yet to make their name, and sell these either nn commission or after previous purchase. The business is not a little speculative, for artists of standing will not part with their pictures unless paid for them at once, and a good round sum into the bargain. For instance, Mr. Cox who has lately opened a gallery in a place where no one would sus pect the possibility of such an establishment—Change alley—had to pay by no means one of our chief artists, though a rising one, nearly £6OO for a picture that I should be very loth to purchase at that sum. In the same gallery are pictures by Landseer, Cooper, Sant, Etty, Goodall, Callcott, Millais (" The Tribe of Benjamin Seizing the Daughters of Shiloh," which obtained the Royal Academy gold medal), F, Danby, David Roberts, Turner, Collins, Nicol, Boxall, Mulready, Lee, Egg, Leslie, Hering, Stan field and Ward—a goodly list; but of course a fluctuating one, inasmuch as the pictures are all removed as fast as they are sold, Another picture at the same gallery, very large, and displaying much cleverness, is Jerry Barrett's picture of the last Drawing-room at St. James's Palace in which the Prince Consort took part. Nearly all the prominent figures are really excellent likenesses. Another collection of much interest is that of the late Wehnert's pictures. There are 150 of these, which nearly cover the walls of the Water-Colour Institute gallery. The collection shews great versatility on the part of the artist, and is the more worth visiting because the sketches of his principal pictures are placed by the side of the pictures themselves. Wehnert, a German by descent, was born in London in 1813, was educated in Hanover, and returning to England at 17, studied in the British Museum, and then studied in Paris, In 1837 he was elected a member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, now called the Institute, and remained one of its most valuable contributors until his death last September. His pictures include one very large drawing for a fresco, a few oils, in which he did not excel, and a great many water colours, by which he earned his reputation. Most of the works are for sale, and range from £5OO downwards. In literature, the chief announcement is that Viscountess Strangford is about to publish a selection of her husband's writings on Eastern Europe and Central Asia, subjects o which he had a special and extensive knowledge. Later in the year a further volume by the same editor will appear, prefaced by a short memoir, and containing Lord Strangford's contributions to philology, and a selection from his correspondence. The volume of Essays on Congfegationalism, mentioned in a former letter, will be out to-morrow morning. It is a work of 278 pages, is entitled " Religious Repub lics," and is written by three barristers—Mr. W. M. Fawcett, Mr. E. G. Herbert, and Mr. James Anstie ; two Independent ministers, Mr. Herbert, of Cheadle, and Mr. Pattison, of Newcastle-on -Tyne; and one M.D., Dr. P. 11. Pye-Smith. One more game only remains to be played to terminate the very successful meeting of the British Chess Associa tion. Th.,srcburne wins the challenge cup, Mr. ""nu err Stenitz takes De Vere taking the first Handicap Prize, Mr. Wisker the seconu ; ii Rev. G. A. Macdonnell wins the first Glowworm prize, and Mr. Wisker the second ; whilst the single Mongredien award lies between Mr. Blackburne and the Rev. G. A. Macdonnell. The decision of this last contest will finish all the four tournaments, and terminate a meeting which has brought together more British chessplayers than any previous gathering of the kind. A match is being arragned between Messrs. Blackburne and De Vere, and the contest will probably commence in a week or t wo . I a l so hear that an endeavour is bein g made to bring about an en counter during the summer between twelve chess represen tatives of the North an d a like number of the South. Lords Ravensworth and Benholme, Mr. Wyvill, formerly M.P. for Richmond, and . probably Sir John Trelawny, M.P., will take part in this i n t er esting contest. Opera-goers are . sorely vexed at the thought of losing Mdlle. Nilsson during the coming season. The Swedish Nightingale is now negotiating an engagement at the New York Opera. Mr. Cole is detetmined that his pet institution shall not hide its light under a bushel. He is now putting the South Kensington Museum in handbills, distributed to all the world, which would do discredit to Moses and Son. To such a pass of indignity has a Government institution been brought. MISCL bLANEOUS NEWS. OWL'S •WISDOM. The Owl says with regard to the Irish Church Bill that an attempt will be made in committee to modify the clause relating to the compulsory purchase of tithe rent -charge by the proprietors of estates in Ireland ; also that Mr. Aytoun's intended instruction to the committee, having for its object the dissolu tion of Maynooth Corporation, and the cessation of all money payments, except moderate compensation to the professors and the students, meets with favour from some of the Scotch and the Nonconformist members, and w ill probably give rise to a spirited debate after Easter. The opinion gains ground among the more advanced of the Liberal party that those who may suffer by the withdrawal of the Maynooth Grant should be dealt with no more favourably than the incumbents of the Anglican Church and the recipients of the Regium Donum. The same paper confirms the statement, we have already published as to the probability of the bishops abstaining from taking part in the division on the dill in the Upper House. The Owl gives the following miscellaneous items : sir John Lawrence has decided to preserve his name in his peerage, and will be known as Lord Lawrence ; concerning which we may add that the only reason against this selection is that there is already a Lord St. Lawrence, M.P. for Galway city. Howev er this is not so close an approximation as that of the last Indian peer, Lord Napier of Magdala, to Lord Napier, the Governor of Madras.—The Government contemplates increasing its debating power in the Upper House by raising a distinguished judge to the peerage. No name is given ; but, looking down the list of judges, we find none likely to receive this honour except Sir Alexander Cocaburn, who is known to have refused it repeatedly, and as lately as at the formation of the present Ministry —Earl Grey contemplates the introduction of a bill for amending and considerably modifying the existing law which regulates the election of Irish and Scotch representa tive peers.—Lord Monck, believing that the efficiency of the British army can be materially improved, its cost diminished, more complete organisation established between the active and reserved forces, and the militia better educated from a•" musketry point of view, intends early next month bringing the entire question befor e Parliament. —The Conservatives are following the example of the Liberals, who some months ago presented a testimonial to Mr. Brand, and are getting up one for Colonel Taylor, who a little while ago resigned the office of \V ip. a j or- G en. Simmons, .E. is ely to be the new Lieutenant Governor of th e Royal Military Academy, Wool wich.—Colonel Mire will probably succeed Lord Glasgow as Lord-Lieutenant of I enf re a: sh ire ; 110 doubt as a reward for giving way to Mr. Bruce when • the representation of that county beca , ne vacant some weeks ago by the death of Captain Speirs.—Lord Glasgow has left V 5,000 to Mr. George Payne, £B,OOO to Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, £5,e00 to Colonel the Hon. H. Forester, and has made General Peel his residuary legatee. His stud is to be divided between Gener: Peel and Mr. Payne. It is not stated why his heir and half-brother has received nothing. THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS I3ILL. - The City of London Corporations are in arms against Mr. Forster's Endowed Schools Bill. Posses sing plenty of money, these companies maintain schools noted for the curious uniform which the children wear, and the inferiority of the education in most cases imparted ; they are chiefly upheld because they afford redoubtable citizens the power of cheap charity. They are nearly all provided for by heavy endowments, and those who make presenta tions generally do so in the shape of children to educate. Thus the sons of an old and valued clerk or a faith ful porter may be provided for with little trouble and no expense. That the funds do not do all they might do, that in many cases they are wasted and squandered, no one doubts, except the wardens, masters, and clerlfs of the companies with whom they are connected. But these look upon them as very models of excellence, and are fairly startled with the proposition that the foundation shall be relaid. A meeting of those interested was held on Tuesday, and Mr. Forster's itching palm made the subject of a great many growls of denunciation. Ultimately it was determined to appoint a sub-committee to prepare evidence to be laid before the select committee to which the Endowed Schools Bill is referred, with a view to obtain such amendments therein as will preserve to the Livery Companies of the city of London the administration of their educational and charitable endowments. METROPOLITAN GOSSIP.— Wednesday. The fourth and concluding night's debate on the Irish Church was not ushered in by any of the excitement which had characterised the three previous evenings. Few strangers were to he witnessed in the lobbies, and fewer _ _ still assembled in Westminster Hall. It was felt on all sides that the question was exhausted, and that the only thing for speculation was as to the exact majority by which the bill would pass a second reading. Inside the House members sat listlessly on their seats during the whole of Mr. Walpole's speech, for that gentleman—even when in his best form—does not captivate either side with his eloquence. His tone was sonorous and grave, and he did not once raise himself out of the dead level of dullness which he had chosen. Sir Henry Bulwer received a hearty welcome from the Liberals, and if his voice was not so weak he would have made one of the best second-rate speeches on the Government side of the House. It was not until he had nearly concluded that those in the galleries could distinctly hear what he was saying. For three hours— from seven to ten—the House was comparatively empty, but at that hour members began to arrive in quick succession, as it was generally understood that Mr. Gathorne Hardy would rise before eleven. When Mr. Moore-who was constantly interrupted with cries of " 'Vide, 'vide " from the Con servatives—sat down, the late Home Secretary began to sum up the case on behalf of the Opposition. This was the signal for a chorus of cheers from the defenders of the Church, which were again and ►gain repeated during the whole of the right hon. gentleman's speech. During the time he was speaking the House presented a brilliant spec tacle, The Conservative benches were numerous enough to hold all the members of the Opposition, but the Liberals were obliged to find seats in the galleries, which soon became overcrowded. Even at such a late hour the Peers', Speaker's and Strangers' Galleries were packed, everybody appearing to feel the deepest interest in the debate. It was one o'clock before Mr. Gladstone cora- menced to reply. He appeared to be greatly excited, which, however, did not prevent the free utterance of his remarks. In dealing with Sir Roundel' Palmer's argu ments he was tender and respectful, but when he took up the different points advanced by the Opposition, he warmed to his work, and delivered himself of some bitter sar• casms. Exactly at twenty minutes past two the tremen dous cheers which greeted the conclusion of his speech announced to the members who were in the refreshment - - and smoking-rooms that the hour of the division bad arrived. 'ln a very few seconds the question was put, amid cheers and counter-cheers ; but although the Con- servatives attempted to drown the voices of their oppo nents, it was evident on which side the largest body of sound lay. Then came the division. The Conservatives had all emerged from the House in five minutes, but it took nearly double that time before the Liberal benches were empty. In a short time the Noes had all been counted, and a whisper ran round the House that they numbered 250. It was 'not, however, until ten minutes to three that all the Ministerialists had voted, and then the excitement was at boiling beat. The tellers having taken their posi tion at the table, Mr. Wyn began to read the numbers. He commenced, "Ayes to the right, three hundred an d -," when, no doubt through excitement, he stam mered a little, which prevented his proceeding for about a second, but which appeared to be a considerable length of time, judging by the impatience manifested. He recovered himself, however, almost instantly, and continued, " sixty-eight. Noes to the left, two hundred and fifty." Immediately he bad concluded the Liberals set up a tremendous shout, which was again and again repeated. The Conservatives sat cowed and dumb, and did not appear to realise the overwhelming defeat. For fully five minutes did the Liberals continue cheering, but not a single answer was heard from the Opposition. The scene in New Palace-yard, as Big Ben boomed forth the hour of three, reminded one of Regent-street in the height of the season, but in a quarter of an hour stillness once more reigned supreme in the Senate House of West minster. And now how will the bill fare in its subsequent stages. One hundred and eighteen is a very handsome majorit y . Few Ministers of late years have had such a splendid following as that. Is it conceivable that it can be fr ittered b a e w c a a y ve i s n an c d om t m ea i - t r t o e o e m ? p l ar c ti a e n s n p ot erh believe bu it t . 11T8ltertehawill is a substantial fact—which any num ber of tea-parties, which all Adullamy will scarcely be able to overcome. Moreover, Mr. Gladstone is so strong that he can a ff ord to make concessio ns should an y consider able section of his followers desire any, and should the concessions they ask seem to him reasonable. A Minister at the head of a weak party must rigidly repress the smallest symptom of disaffection ; but a Minister in Mr. Gladstone'. position can be magnanimous and de bonnair. Judging from present appearances, however, the Premier is not at all likely to yield the point upon which one of the sharpest discussions will take place—the compensation to Maynooth. He pointed out very forcibly last night how small was the """ "E the riven to the great majority of the Irish people compared With .:,,e n to the small minority. Mr. Aytoun means to press the mawa shape of an instruction to the committee, and it is said that he has obtained the co-operation of some number of Scotch members and English Nonconformists. I doubt if they will compensate for the defection of the High Church Conservatives, who view Mr. Spofforth's intrigue between the No-Popery Liberals and the Opposition with extreme dislike. Another point which report says is to be raised in committee is the purchase of the tithe-rent charge by the landlords. But this is scarcely a party question, and is not likely to afford the Conservatives a point of attack. The limitation of private endowments to the year 1660 will afford room for some interesting historical informa tion, but to scarcely more than that. Then comes the question, What will the Lords do? As I have mentioned before, the bishops, advised chiefly by the Bishop of Oxford, contemplate abstaining from a division on the second reading of the bill, should any take place, and it is believed that the majority of them have, after consultation, recommended that course. This, of course, will not pre vent them from " amending" the bill in committee. Should the right rev, bench decide upon this line of action, it will amount to something more than the withdrawal of some two dozen votes from the Opposition ; it will lead the lay peers to consider if this would not be the wisest course for them also. " Surely," they may argue, "if the bishops do not feel themselves called upon to put them selves in antagonism to the nation upon a matter which so closely concerns them, we, whom it much less deeply interests, may be excused from adopting a course which will place us in such an invidious and even perilous position." There has been a rumour during the week that Earl Spencer bad resigned the Irish Viceroyalty, and political speculators have been busy at work suggesting reasons for this action. Conservatives, of course, supposed that his lordship had left his colleagues because he disapproved of the liberation of the Fenians. It turns out that the whole story is a canard incubated and hatched by the Irish Times, whereof Colonel Knox, the unseated Conservative member for Sligo, is the proprietor. I have reason to know, however, that the Countess Spencer, who is one of the queens of fashion in London, is disgusted at the small attendance at her Drawing-rooms. Of course the slight is not a per sonal one, but is a political demonstration on the part of the Dublin aristocracy, who are, for the most part, Tory and Protestant to the backbone, and who resent with the utmost bitterness the loss of the political and religious ascendancy which they have so long enjoyed. While the Irish Church is the prominent question of the day, there is another, far more important, which is being quietly pushed forward by able and energetic men who' know what they are about, and have no intention of being put off by any number of unfavourable answers, by any amount of cold shoulder. The licensing question will, before the seventh decade of this century is out, attain the foremost place among the great political problems of the day. Your readers are aware that several deputations have waited upon Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bruce, and other members of the Government with reference to this matter, and that the Government has given them no hope of dealing with it, at all events for the present. Mean while some prominent M.P.'s are I - negotiating with a view to bringing the question before Parliament in a practical shape. Yesterday morning a deputation consist ing of the following M.P.'s—Mr. Baines, Lord Sandon, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Jacob Bright, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Pease, Mr. Candlish, together with Arch bishop Manning, and other gentlemen waited upon Sir George Grey, in order to induce the ex-Home Secretary to bring in a measure for closing public-houses on the Sunday. The matter was thoroughly discussed, and it was decided that another meeting should be held after the Easter holidays. Should Sir George Grey decline to undertake the task, Mr. Villiers will, not improbably, be induced to do so. Not having been taken into the Cabinet he has plenty of time on his hands just now. I need hardly add that when Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Bristol unite, the subject which they take in hand is not likely to be allowed to drop. The splendid new joint-stock palace in Pall Mall, called the Junior Carlton Club, is all but finished, and will be opened on April 20. Unfortunately for the members, they have to leaye their present temporary premises in Regent-street next Wednesday, so that for twenty days they will be without a local hp,bitation, and that,: too, during just the most active period of the club season; The new building towers above gill the rest in Pall Mall, and is really a very fine structure. The Carlton, not wishing to be altogether outshone by its own &and, is repainting and furbishing just now. Private letters from India give some details respecting the new Viceroy. There could scarcely be a greater con- TIIE BANKRUPTCY BILL. We have good news for the public in the matter of the Bankruptcy Bill. The lawyers are frightened. They aro going to lose their business; that is to say, creditors will no longer be obliged to pay away an estate in fees. "J. S. 5.," writing on behalf of his brother solicitors to the Law Times, says : " With regard to the letter of your correspondent ' A.,' it certainly appears that, as far as we haveanyknowledge of the proposed provisions of the new Bankruptcyßill, and, I will add, the collateral Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt, these measures will con siderably diminish the business of attorneys and solicitors who practice in bankruptcy and in common law, and the matte r undoubtedly requires serious and immediate consideration. . . . With regard to any one helping us, I am of opinion we arestrong enough to help ourselves in the only way in which there is any chance of our being helped—namely, by any obvious act of injustice which the measure may be shewn to cause being averted or modified in com mittee." It is to be hoped for the sake of the public that the lawyers are not strong enough to help them selves, for they will certainly do so at a most inordi nate rate. THE STRIKE AT PRESTON. Twenty thousand men out of work is an alarming , state of things. And this is what Preston, the " tow n of jubilee," is likely to witness within a few days. That there should be a strike at all is most lamen table, but that it should take place while trade is depressed to ruination, and manufacturers and public are suffering from dearness of material, is most dis astrous. - Whose fault is it ? Masters and men are recriminating on one another. The manufacturers say they are doing their business at a loss, and their position is that they only share the loss with labour ' • th a t capital cannot afford to pay full wages to labour when it gets nothing or less than nothing for itself; and that the workmen must take the wages the state of trade enables the master to pay them. To this the workmen reply that as wages do not rise when capital is making large profits, they must not sink when it is making no profit, and that a standard price for labour is practically a. bargain made on the basis of an average, the workmen agreeing to ask no more in times of exceptional prosperity, and the master agreeing to give no less in periods of exceptional depression. The workmen have this claim for sympathy, that they agreed to accept a reduction of five per cent., or to submit the matter to arbitration, both of which offers were refused. Altogether the disagreement is most deplorable. The Standard very strongly urges the men to give in, reminding them of 1854. "Eighteen thousand operatives then struck; seventeen thousand are preparing to strike now. The streets were full of starved children, wandering about in search of.food ; men and women with hungry eyes standing idle on the pavements ; soldiers and police in readiness to quell violence and protect property ; and after vast sums had been spent, when positive destitution was at hand, when thousands of homes had been broken up, when the furniture of the poor had been pledged to the last stick, and when women had sold their marriage rings to buy a meal for their little ones— all that fancied heroism was found to have been fruitless ; work was resumed without the slightest advance of wages ; the place was physically and morally desolate, and the battle had been fought in vain. ST. PANCRAS, CANTERBURY. A correspondent of the Times calls attention to the disgraceful state of St. Pancras, of Canterbury. " On the occasion of a short visit to Canterbury,' he writes, " I had been reading Stanley's Memorials of the City.' Fresh from his glowing pages, I bent my steps to the venerable ruin of St. Pancras, expecting with eager eyes the traditional scene of the first celebration of Christian worship in England. I fonid the interior of the church, garrisoned by swine, a mass of reeking filth. Such was the revulsion of my feelings that it has induced me to trouble you with this letter, in the hope of constraining the authorities to rid the town of an unworthy stain upon its religion, and the country of the disgrace of so indecent a desecration of the earliest memento of its conversion." Mr. Gladstone makes provision in his bill for Ireland for the maintenance of national memorials. Can no such provision be made for AMERICAN VOLIJ The question of Am erica.nVoluntaryism is exciting some interest just now. On the one hand we are told of complete success, of good congregations and good ministers, stimulated to good work by each having to bear part of the burden, identifying them selves most thoroughly with a cause because each has something to do. On the other hand, we hear of poor ministers preaching fanatical sermons to narrow minded people, and are informed of the total failure of the system to sustain anything like a popular kind of worship. The higher classes sneeringly hold aloof, the lower are not touched. The Rev. F. T. Hill, vicar of Terling, in a letter to the Times, supports in some measure the latter view. He quotes Dr. Dwight in favour of his theory. The eminent United States theologian long ago called attention to the fact that in those States in which the ministers were endowed the proportion was one minister to every 1,361 inhabitants, but in those States where the voluntary system prevailed there was only one to every 19,300 persons. Mr. Hill declares that things have not improved since. The report of the American Tract Society for the year 1860 states that at least "one third of the entire population are unreached by the ordinary means of grace." It goes on to say, " Wherever we look, whichever way we turn, we are met by the fact that multitudes of ourpeople—perhaps the bulk of our whole population—are not brought directlyunder the influence of the sanctuary and public) worship." What does this prove on behalf of a State Church ? Are things better in this country? Is it not the universal complaint that do what you will there is a certain class which is not, and apparently cannot be, reached ? Mr. Hill's second point is more to the purpose.. He calls attention to the recent complaint of the Bishop of Pennsylvania. "Itis a melancholy fact," said he, " that some of the most useful clergymen who have left us during the past year have been constrained to do so by the entire inadequacy of their means of subsistence. THE LAW ON CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN JERSEY. The Pall Mall Gazette calls attention to a singular decision in the Court of Correctional Police in Jersey recently. A tradesman and a couple of officers were charged with inciting four bull terriers to worry a cat. The evidence shewed that the utmost torture had been inflicted on the poor creature, the de fendants apparently trying to prolong its sufferings as much as possible. At one time the dog had fastened the cat by the neck, another held the poor animal by the shoulder, another by the body, and a fourth by the leg. Theypulled the cat in such a way as to dislocate its limbs. The scene lasted from seven to ten minutes. The last time the dogs were set on the cat was dead. This was sworn to by four wit nesses, but the magistrate held that the prisoners were only taking steps to get rid of a nuisance. lle much deprecated the foundation of a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the island. In England, it might be all very well, but Jersey was too e nlightened for that kind of thing. " I do not consider," he said, " that such a society is at all necessary in this island, wher e the prosecutions are carried on by the police and th e Crown officers, without the prosecutor being sub jected, as in England, to any expenses." DEMOLITION OF HOUSES. At a meeting of the City Commissioners a report was brought up from the Sanitary Committee con demning some preMises as unfit for human habita tion, and recommending their demolition. A discus sion of some length took place, and it was stated that the commissioners had no authority to erect new buildings in place of those proposed to be taken down. The solicitor to the commissioners stated that the Labourers' Dwell inns Act had been so altered In committee tnat it was CUIRCUIt tonlocail autnorme% to put it into operation. After some dtevussion the report was adopted, and the houses rrP• be demolished. or TTITARY. To-day's obituary contains the names of Sir John Hadley d'Oyly, Bart., and Major-General Travers. Sir John was the eighth baronet, was born in 1794, brought up by the celebrated Warren Hastings, entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1812, was a jud ge in India, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother in 1845. He was twice married, and his first marriage was dissolved. He is succeeded ty his son, who has seen much military strvice India, and . is in. his 47th Major-General Travers entered the Royal Marines in 1841_,"md . hecanicimajp;-_gpiaeral in 18Ga. He had out a snort tune succeeaea limutenant-erenerat Stransham as InspectOr-General of the Royal Marines when he resigned the post, somewhat to the surprise of the public. It would seem that he was not in good health. He had seen a good deal of service. He joined the battalion during the Carlist war ; he obtained a medal for his services on the coast of Syria in 1841. He served in the Baltic expedition in 1854-5, and received a medal for the part he took in the capture of Sweaborg. Tic served as brigade-major on the China expedition of 1857-8, and was at the storming of Canton, where he was wounded. He was wounded also at the capture of the Takoo Forts, and at the subsequent operations which resulted in the occupation of Pekin. For these services he obtained brevet-major, was twice mentioned in the despatches, was made a C. 8., and received a medal and three clasps. He was subse quently appointed Assistant Adjutant-General, and then Inspector-General Royal Marines. THE INA UG ("RATION. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Seldom has Washington presented a more gay and excited scene than on the 4th March. The city of magnificent distances had not space in its wide avenues for the throngs. Brass bands, string bands, drum bands, firemen, Zouave3, glee clubs, Grant clubs, Tanners, Wideawakes, Volunteer corps, militia corps, the regular army, Irish, Ger mans, Negroes, the man from the Rio Grande, and the Green Mountain Boy, the Californian and the New York loafer, the Southern chivalry and the Massachusetts scholar, elbowed and pushed while a great procession formed to do honour to the nation's choice. Many remembered former inaugura tions and contrasted them with this mighty gather ing and grand display. One writes, " When Jef ferson was inaugurated, he rode to the Capitol on horeback. No friends accompanied him, and no procession filled the streets. I was a mere boy then ; but I remember all the facts. When he reached the Capitol, he dismounted, and with Lis own hands tied his horse to the fence. He then went in and took the oath of office, returning in the same manner." At about 10 o'clock the pro cession formed between the White House and the Georgetown line, to which thq org tnizadons ex tended. The chief point of interest at this time was General Grant's headquarters, in the vicinity of which a large crowd had collected. At 10.45 Gene ral Grant appeared and took his seat in his own carriage, Avhich was in waiting. He wore a dark suit, Vack silk hat, dark blue overcoat, and black pantaloons, and bore the gaze of the people with a composure. befitting the day set apart for the greatest event of his life. The park phaeton in which he sat bore his monogram on the side panels. Seated by his side was General Rawlings, his Chief of Staff and firm friend. In the car riages which followed were the Vice-President elect, Senators Cragin and M'Creery, Admiral Bailey, and the remaining members of his Staff, Gene ral 13adeau and Dent and Colonels Webster and Leet. Under the escort of the United States troops, commanded by Col. Wallace, consisting of a detachment of cavalry, the carriages were driven to the front of the NN hite House. The in- fantry detailed to perform escort duty were in line on the avenue, and saluted the party in the usual manner. Contrary to the general expectation, President Johnson did not join the procession, which also lacked another feature--a Cabinet, the seven wise men following the example of their chief in avoiding a participation in the ceremonies of the day. The procession was in motion at 111 o'clock. Brevet Major. Gen. A. S. Webb, the Grand Mar shal, had for his aides Major E. B. Russell, Captain Eugene Wells, Win. Remsen, Major R. M. Hill, Col. Know, Col. Graves, Gen. H. H. Bing,tm ; Capt. S. C. Plummer, Albert Delafield, Colonel Thomas, J. Hoyt, Capt. R. H. Montgomery, Capt. A. W. Preston, Willie A. Harlan, Lieut. Story, Lieut. Totten, Thomas M. Shepherd, Lieut. Met calf, Lieut. Garrison, Major Gardner, Lieut. Gray, Mr. M.Blair, and Col. M'Nett. The first division was commanded by Colonel C. W. Wallace ; the second by Chief-Deputy Marshal Col. Jas. A. Mag ruder ; the third by Chief-Deputy Marshal Gen. Gallatin Lawrence ; the fourth by C. D. M. Major Church Howe; fifth by C. D. M. General James A. Ekin ; sixth division by Chief Deputy Marshal J. Abendroth ; seventh division, by C. D. M. Ge- neral J. R. O'Beirne ; eighth division, C.D.M. K. C. Clary. The brilliant procession passed up the aventy, and midst the din of artillery, the so'ind of drum and timbrel, entered the Capitol un dismayed by the rain and mud. The galleries pre sented a most brilliant si•ectacle. The ladies pre dominated in number, and one vast panorama of pink and blue, interspersed with lovely faces an 1 bright eyes, was the scene presented to the specta tor. Mrs. Grant, and her son in cadet uniform, were there, so were also Mrs. Colfax, Mrs. Wade, Mr. and Miss Matthews, Mrs. Thornton, wife of the English Minister, Mrs. Ford, and Mrs. Kil patrick. Ben Butler, always safe to be doing some thing uncommon, stalked into the Senate Chamber late, with an unfinished cigar in one hand and his broad black hat in the other, and Generals Sherman, Thomas, Hancock, and Ferry, were in full uniform ; near them was Admiral Farragut, Gens. Sickles and M'Dowell, Paymaster-General Brice, Generals Butterfield, Ingalls, and Meigs, Vice-Admiral Por ter, General Heintzle-.nan, and Rear-Admirals Shu brick, Smith, Goldsborough, and Dahlgren, Rear- Admirals Stringhatn and Stribling of the Charles town Navy Yard ; and on the right from the en trance were numerous Governors and ex-Governors of States and Territories, Assistant Secretaries of Departments, the Assistant Postmaster-General the Assistant Attorney-General, and the Judge- Advocate General, several Controllers, Auditors,and Registers of the Treasury, and many solicitors of the various Departments ; also, numerous Judges, ani the Mayor and ex-M a y or o f W ashington. Generals Sherman and Hancock attracted much attention, and the noble appearance of the former, from whose face the old compressed, anxious, care worn look has quite vanished, was the subject of frequent remark. The entrance of Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker to the floor of the Senate, and the assign ment to her of a seat on the extreme right, under the pursuivant protection of several old gentlemen, created many remarks, and some criticism. The ladies were curious to know what business she had there, questioning the propriety of her thus thrust ing herself into the immediate proximity of Ex ecutive dignity. She was neatly but plainly dressed in dark-coloured garments, and her long hair hung over her shoulders. The lady took notes daintily, in an elegantly-bound reporting-case. Baron Von Gerolt of Prussia headed the diplomats. The Tribune describes Sir Edward Thornton as a noble-looking Englishman, with thoughtful but rather severe countenance, who now and then stroked his white whiskers, and looked at the clock anxiously On either side of hitn were ranged Mr. Berthemy French Minister, with his attachés, the Comte De Faverny and the Vicomte De Aulan ; Waldemar De Bolisco, the Russian Secretary of Legation, ad interim ; Senor De Altos, Portuguese Minister; M. Maurice De la Fosse, Belgian Mini ster Resident ; Mr. Hits, Political Agent of the Swiss Government; M. Rangabe, well-known for his judicious representation in the United States of Grecian affairs; Senor Garcia, of the Peruvian Lega tion ; Senor Don Valles, second Secretary of the Spanish Legation ; M. Mazel, Representative of the Netherlands; Mr. F. E. Belle, of the Danish Lega tion ; Senor Fontecilla, of Chili; Senor Mogaha gens, of Peru ; Senor Vela, of Guatemala ; Cay i stano Romero, Acting Second Secretary of the Mexican Legation ; General Acosta, of the United States of Columbia ; and Senor Cortes, represent ing Venezuela. Beside Secretary Edward Thorn ton, there were present of the British Embassy, Francis Clare Ford, First Secretary ; Mr. Pierce Williams Freeman, and Mr. Vance, Second Secre taries ; Hon. Messrs. French, Howard, and Ward. The hours of the Fortieth Congress were ended. The Supreme Court, headed by Ju lge Chase, and clad in flowing robes of black, entered and took seats near the President's desk. Cheers and in describable confusion outside gave nonce that the inaugural procession had arrived, and that Grant would soon appear on the Senate's floor. All heads were turned toward the entrance near President Wade's desk, and just upon the stroke of twelve the door opened, .and the hero of the day, clad in a neatly-fitting black dress suit, and wearing yellow kid gloves, entered un ceremoniously, and pointing to the chair in front of the clerk's desk, seemed to inquire by a look if he should take it. He was politely motioned to it, was seated, and in a moment seemed utterly oblivi ous of the prying gaze of the thousands around him. It was enough to make any ordinary mall nervous, but seemingly he moved not a muscle, save when he looked curiously at this or that fea ture of the great occasion, doubtless as solemnly im pressive to him as it could possibly be to any arofind him. Vice-President Colfax appeared at the Prot dent's desk and read his inaugural, and after a brief and pointed address President Wade administered the oath of office. Then the President, taking u p the mallet, announced that the Fortieth Congress had ceased to exist, and the new President, taking the mallet, called for the swearing in of the Senators:elect , upon which ceremony General Grant looked with interest. When completed, the President of the Senate gave notice that the proles3fon woul I pro ceed to the platform on the Capitol front. The view fro:n the platform was very imposing. Th e structure, draped in the national colours, seemed an immense magnet to which thousands of people were rapidly and irresistibly drawn. In the park, in front of the Capitol, the ground was radiant with variegated t dlettes, and all the trees bore human fruit. The concomitants of procession arrested Mere and the 7 to made the scene very picturesque. here was a fragment of a Zouave company on one hand , a line of cavalry not far away, an artillery trale advancing in the distance, and there a long array Of muscular firemen. The rain had ceased when General Grant reached the platform, and he gazed for some little time at the scene before him with evident astonishment, and he may well have done so, for not even the most enthusiastic expected such a spectacle. He then took his seat between the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and Chief Justice Chase. The Committee of Arran g e ments occupied the place President Johnson wo u ld h a ve used had he been present. The Associate Justice° of the Supreme Court, and Vice-President C 0 1" fax, and the Secretary and members of th e Senate, were seated still further to the rea The Diplomatic Corp 3 were assigned seats nes in order, and the remainder of the procesalen was disposed about on the left and right. Aft er the shouts of the crowd an I the thunder of th e salvoes of artillery had ceased, in a low voice he read his inaugural. Ex-President Johnson bei n g ill, had all day kept his room in the house of Pig' John F. Coyle, whose guest he is till he leaves fo r Tennessee. General Grant still remains in his ow n house, while the Executive mansion is being r e • decorated. The evening closed with the Inaugural Ball, for which the limited number of 1,500 ticket; were issued, each admitting a gentleman and t' ladies, not to mention the invited guests! 1111 a ball was given in the United States Treasury . , e t° ~ a of the grandest granite structures in the world, and was on the same gigantic scale as everything al', done in Washington on this day to be remember''''' ss inaugurating a new era. BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEMS. —(general A. j ; Hamilton is a candidate for Governor of Texas.—A T°l l the arrivals at Washington to witness the inauguration ° the President was his son, from Harvard Univer sit Y .-- Ex-Governor Henry A. S wilt, of Minnesota, died onThurs.' day, Feb. 25, at St. Paul. -Dr. Thomas E. Wilson CO mitted suicide, in Louisville, on the 25th Feb.—Pr° fe l s t ° l ,- Louis Agassiz has been re-appointed agent of the S" sonian Institution by a Senate joint resolution. — ll '-' rn3 ,: e Wyard claims $125,818 for steel guns supplied to Navy Department in 1811, and a bill to pay being preseece by Mr. Scherde, from the joint Cotarn'ttee on Ordnaececi was passed by the House. Senator Sumner has reeei ve n ,, a letter from the Right Hon. John Bright, asking bi 6 fluence to wards the settlement of outsta a din g -- J. with England, to which he sent a cordial respon se. H. Hatch, Republican, was elected Mayor of Des ge'iliej lowa, over the Democratic incumbent, by three h" d d re e d majority. Secretary Seward's State Depa-tment W e° e a $4OO last year for soap.—Henry Ward Beecher earnor $10,006 last year, of which $12,000 was made by P re3 o n iug, and $28,000 otherwise.—Secretary 111'Culloch , his retirement, it is said, intends to try his hand at dusu ciering on Wall-street. Ex-Governor Samuel Dinsra°rbe: of New Hampshire, died at Keene, in that State, F°o 23, aged 70.—Mr. Kingsley, of Yale College, n ow at Spain, narrowly escaped being shot by an insurgee'qo-.. Cadiz. —The Hon. Samuel Titcomb is the Republican c' diate for Mayor of Augusta, Maine.—Mr E. M. C. G re „ 'tl i t - Pensi,a Agent, at Philadelphia, has tendered his ren'b-d.. tion. General Ituboden sets forth in a letter the disc or. vantages of Virginia as a field for emigration. ° OS munication is one of great interest, and ho fully proves of case. —The Boston —journal says that one of the la st net ,b 0 President Johnson was grautinga pardon toJ.D.Ma rtio, defaulting cashior of the National Hide and Leather jo Mr W. D. Todd, who acted as clerk to Mr. Colfax w u cre „ Speaker of the House, has been appointed private 9 ., ir e or ic to to the Vice-President. James Brooks of N ew sa id is the oldest, aad C. C. Bowen of South Carolina isgre.. to be the handsomest and youngest Congresatria n ' o ote silent D. D. F. Farnsworth of the West Virginias 0 of has been inaugurated Governor of that State in PlTiacaitecl Governor Boreman, resigned to take his seat in the v a n of States Senate. Dr. F. Hall, a well-known p h y sic Rochester, New York, has died suddenly. Acr e At the studio of Mr. P. F. Connelly, t he r oue rican sculptor, No. 10, Via Nazionale, Florence , is avge„tb, representing Honour arresting the Triumph °f Unite d with reference to those who fell in the late war in th States. Death is imagined on the field of battle, rer to b ig in slaughter, with banner flying and the reins gi ven iii w ith horse, riding in triumph over the dying. Th e skA forth which the difficult subject is grouped has calls Studio. much praise from the visitors to the young artists s' iced Sufficient evidence is thought to have tranlaiust to warrant the Grand Jury in finding an indictment 11/4'hl James Logan, No. 2, for the murder of Mr. gerst.. ther testimony has been given by Martha Els wor n amitait has hitherto been too ill to be brought up for ex .. 0 vr i , Lion, and this, it is believed, will fix the guilt on t u t " it soner. A dreadful murder was perpetrated in s',,, sh ij a z , Cal" Sixty-sixth-street., on the morning of the 7th. D' otor nan lahan was there found dead, and John Hilbert , a orior of scavenger, was arrested for the murder. The int o Kle in his hovel presented every trace of the desperate str which his mistress had been deprived of her life. LADVERTISEMENT.I-11olloway's Pills —lt is the duty of every man to promote as far I f eto lli the public welfare, and no one does this more eff°,:sease. than he who enables the community to withstand u . ; th t he Holloway's Pills exert this preservative power : 0 ,1.4 b e : most striking success when their aid has been ° Ti l e o' 4 fore the malady has become deeply grafted 111) 00 ,„'" octies tern. They keep the blood pure and the bodilY regular, even amidst the varying influences of our ties o They protect the body against the deleterious o.se:avort, changeable temperatures, keen winds, exees s l v o rarin ti " 31.1: co spheric moisture; and Holloway's medicine 1 so i o tari exerts a neutralising or expulsive power, high l / 0 , 10 - to persons exposed to malaria, and those &ogal-co:tie" tions which are constantly present in som e lo the imminent risk of human life. g grasl (ADVERTISEMENT.]—Avoid Medicines: they aiwaYigoster,lsly chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicio us heath, noddles, Reva.enta Arabica Food, which yields three ocherti reale ment of the best meat, saves 50 'imes its cost in rfos, and invariably restores perfect refreshingg, n , e , fun. t 'stre lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, so°, , ,bleo• r ed regularity, ant' energy to the most disordered or eree itia re ste B66. extract a few oat of 68,000 cures; " The Pope's br,,;„, 21, 1, 0 ,0 by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413. —"Rome, ec l a ily st ro ll —The health o 7 the Holy Father is excellent, °BP „if ent:Lst. abandoning all odier remedies, he has confined hi oons:::oe to Du Barry's, Revalenta Ambles, Food• of which .I.llttgly eel a plateful at every meal. It has produced s urprl i . se th is e car e flcial effect on his health. and his Holiness canl l .9tfl o w f i ver lent food too highly." Frei:lathe "Gazette du 2 , 1.. , , e ars _ 00 .9 No. 58,216, of the - Marchioness de Brehan, of sevett,„? ari en . .„d complaint, wwitir 3 away, debility, nervousness, vr',L.':soess,,7,-id palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant 51eg,11771; the most intolerable nervous agitation.:' Cure r 4 i'mailY / fro nt Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterrord,g, agerl i r e ed , dyspepsia. No 49,832; ".Fifty years' indescri.ber„ fiat i, dyspepsia, nervousness. asthma, cough, c onstilal w .r2_ol o° 4 ,rs spasms, sickness, vomiting.—Maria J 0 1 5% of 30 Y', 0 41 46,270: Mr. James Rozertz, of Fernley, Surre_Y;tieruer'oisa diseased !Jugs, spitting of blood, liver der_ o f tho . ,, ft hotl t partial deafness. Important Caution.—Bewar'"_bich, ;Oleo' unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to . v. 0.. „ 1 . 0 . st . .„ p, dutherity, Baron Liebig's name is most audito!us'llo..4oco' In tins, at ls. lid.; , or 2 4 228. 4 lbs, 40s, Also Du BARnY's REVALENTA,...:'n's /0::6.0p0 LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 1 2 eZ . 6 5 ‘ ,59 tin Cus at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cues at ~4s b ad , t Or! at 55e.—being about one penny per cup. The to f PO'. 1,0 0 t 4 ;.r r e de s r e . nt ß f A re n e ß f Di c F a ß rr A i n a a g y e ti t_stro" don; and all Grocers and Chemists. i a n ncM oglrNdo.o7n7V GUEST —On the 22d instl3.,iartthB. 12, Upper ro ' o k-stre e 13 t the `l l' Lady Cor NE • a Guest, of a daugh ter. P 31. 31 Cornelia MARTI . AV —On the 23d inst., at Esher, ldrs. -- • tincau, of a daughter. Marriaes. the l ate LEE —Si/Aw—On the 21th lust, Arthur, son of -, ter of :1' , .. Lee, Esq., of Leeds, t-) Marion, eldest (Wog" „.. IG. Shaw, Esq., of Gipsy hill, S.E. St. 318 I" zIAC DONALD —MAR/MICK-013.0e 22d inst. li nt ld I:scl a garet Fattens, Rood-lane, city, John ao-- ° na il ;0:0 - of 125 Fencburch street, city, to Eliza lisswe''' daughlcr of the late Wm. F. Markwick, Esq* Deaths. Stec° BUTLER— On the 2 2 d lust, a t Brighton, George utler, Esq., age 74. wife Catherioe, M B Es—On the 23d d inst., at Leigh Court, of Sir Win. Miles, Bart., aged 71 . ...,- Joh!' WARD—On the 22d inst., at Ry de, 1.W., the .11012. 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