The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-27 00:00:00

THE RETURN OF ROSSA - FOR TIPPERARY. The Times' Dublin letter is taken up entirely with...the election of Rossa for Tipperary. The Fenian triumph, the correspondent says, has come upon the public with a startling effect of surprise, although it might have been anticipated from the course of events during the week. It is a fact of far deeper significance than usually attaches to the election of a popular favourite. It would have been as easy to select Kirkham or Gill to do battle for their cause, but, as either might take the seat if returned, it would be inconsistent with the doctrine that there is no faith to be put in Imperial legis lation. It would be a recognition of British rule and the constitutional system of a United Kingdom. The Fenians did not want to have a member in the House of Commons, but they wanted to make a demonstration of hostility to the Government in a most emphatic form. The accounts received from Tipperary since the nominatfon described the whole country as seething with excitement. It was stated that agents had been sent down from Dublin to organise the masses, and there was reason to expect that desperate efforts would be made to secure the return of the Fenian candidate. Contingents were expected to come in from the adjoining country to assist in the booths and en the roads. Mr. Heron, not supposing that the opposition was real, or would be pressed with such deter mination, neglected to adopt the usual course of engaging the services of professional agents until the last moment, when he could hardly expect to receive their hearty co operation. He also, it is reported, omitted to secure vehicles for the conveyance of voters, and when the critical moment arrived the Fenians got possession of them. Threatening notices were despatched to farmers who were believed to be favourable to him, and other modes of inti midation were resorted to, which the state of the poll proves to have had the intended effect. The total number polled for Rossa was 1,132, and for Heron 1,030, giving the former a majority of 102. When it is remembered that there are 10,800 voters in the county, the small number of votes appears the more remarkable. The ques tion will occur how did it happen that upwards of 8,000 electors were unpolled. It is to be observed that the Con servative electors, except those who voted for Collet, took no part whatever in the contest. The rest of the non- Fenian constituencies were painfully perplexed. It was a struggle in which the whole power of the priesthood was arrayed on one side and of Fenianism on the other. They were between two fires. If they voted with the priests, they were in danger of falling victims to the fury of the popu lace. If they yielded to the urgent demands of the Fenians, they were certain to incur the displeasure of their clergy. On the whole it seems to be not a moral victory, but a great triumph of brute ':force. The actual numbers polled for Rossa do net furnish in themselves any ground of exultation. Telegrams on Friday evening say, " Last night the mob in the-town of Tipperary broke the windows of the supporters of Mr. Heron. Rockets and squibs were thrown among the Dragoons, and several priests were hunted through the streets. Yesterday one had taken refuge at the police station. The mob surrounded it, and did not disperse until compelled to do so. In 'Cashel the mob paraded Ale streets with drums and fifes, played national airs, and displayed green badges. In Clonmel bonfires were lighted, and the Mayor was hooted at and driven away when he interfered. His windows were smashed. The mob paraded the streets on Wednesday night singing Fenian songs. The polling was generally quiet, and there was no foundation for the rumour that the votes were given for another Rossa substituted for the prisoner. Luby, it is reported, will be started for Queen's County. An immense torchlight procession was held in Cork on Thursday night to celebrate Rossa's re turn as member for Tipperary. Five thousand persons took part in it. There were 100 torches, and several bands and'banners, with ‘Rossa and Tipperary' inscribed upon them. Many tar-barrels and bonfires were burnt, and the houses were illuminated. A large military force was present, but there was no disturbance." • The Dublin Express, a Conservative paper, in com menting on the result of this election, says :—" Dark as the horizon is, we can discern faint streaks of the approach ing day. One grand result has been attained. The Irish people have discovered the hollowness and insincerity of the professional agitators, lay and clerical, by whom they have hitherto been duped. How weary, .flat, stale, and unprofitable ' would tinkering a Land Bill appear in the face of such stern realities as the election of yesterday ! The importance of the discovery and exposure of the political charlatans who have fattened on the sufferings of Ireland cannot be over-estimated. For there was always a danger of the English people being tempted to make terms with those self constituted repre sentatives of the people. The experiment of the Irish Church might have been repeated, until not a single valuable institution or loyal subject remained in Ireland. But with an organization like Fenianism, which puts forth such demands, it is impossible to parley." The Freeman's Journal, the Liberal organ in Dublin, says :—" The success of Rossa may be the defeat of the present land question. But suppose it were, would no land question spring up under the tutelage of Rcssa and his party? Will the Fenians triumphant ' beg ' for fixity of tenure, or "petition Parliament to `grant' them the ,iguD zu pay a perpetual rump : :mu. cruppuSO that Mr. Gladstone were to-morrow to abandon as hopeless, a settlement of the tenant question, and to succumb before the union of landlordism and Fenianism— and the supposition is not improbable—suppose that the priests were to fold their arms, and retiring from the con flict, declare that henceforth they will leave the landlords and the Fenians to adjust the matter between them—and this course is not an impossible one—how would the land lords fare with their new allies ? If the landlords will not trust Mr. Gladstone, he may be induced to bow to their demands, to let them and their friends settle matters in their own way. If the landlords hate and revile the priests as intruding un bidden into their affairs, a sense of self-respect may induce these reverend gentlemen to avoid insult for the future. If men anxious for peace are►denounced as stumps," they, too, mayrest from their thankless labours. and leave the land question to be settled between the landlords and the Fenians, who will, no doubt, speedily arrive at a settlement.' The election of Luby, the new candidate for the Queens County, whose placards are already in type, would tend to hasten it still more, and we will be amongst the first to congratulate the landed gentry of Ireland if, when the end comes, they declare themselves satisfied at the Fenian solution of the Irish land question." LAW AND POLICE. RAILWAY COMPENSATIO.N.—A suit has been brought in the second Court of Queen's Bench by a widow named Bridges to recover compensation for the death of her husband, which was occasioned by an accident on the North London Railway. He was returning from the City to Highbury one evening last January, and got out when the train stopped, on hear ing She call of " Highbury." The carriage in which he sat was not, however, clear of the tunnel, and he fell among some rubbish, being seriously injured. He died in consequence, and the action was brought for negligence on the part of the company's servants. The judge said he would direct a nonsuit, with leave to the plaintiff to move to enter a verdict for such sum as the jury should assess if the Court should think there was evidence of negligence. Damages £1,200, the plaintiff being non suited, with leave reserved as above. Amyrnza RAILWAY CASE.—A new trial in the case of "Johns v. the London and South-Western Railway" has been heard in the Court of Exchequer. The plaintiff is a market gardener at Isleworth, and the defendant's lino of railway crosses his lands, so that to go from one portion to another he has to cross the line on a level. The plaintiff's carman was crossing with a waggon, when a train came up without warning and struck the team, killing two horses. The jury gave the damages asked, £37 10s. The evidence of the former trial was repeated, with the addition that the defendants ne-driver had not used his signal. It admitted their engi appeared that sonic time before the accident the plaintiff's solicitor wrote to the defendants calling their attention to the dangerous state of their line. Mr. James, for the com pany, objected that the evidence was only of contributory negligence ; but Baron Martin said he always considered contributory negligence as matter of fact and not of law, and therefore could not withdraw the case from the jury, Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. MANSLAUGHTER BY A GIRL. --A young woman, named Eva Wallis, was charged at the New Court with the manslaughter of an old woman. Tho old woman, whose name was Griffiths, lodged at the house of the prisoner's mother, and was to leave in consequence of some disagree ment. She was standing at the door talking to a neigh bour, when the prisoner came up and pushed her into the house.. She fell and fractured her thigh, from which accident she died. Verdict " Not Guilty." DAMN() FaAtD.—Alfred Howard, described as a labourer, and a woman, named Nicholson, were charged with steal ing two dresses, worth £35, from Messrs. Jay, of Regent street. The prisoners selected the dresses at the shop, the male prisoner giving a fictitious cheque on a Fleet-street bank in payment. There were several similar charges against them, one for obtaining goods worth £35 from a dressing-case-maker in Cornhill. Howard was sentenced to Ave years' penal servitude, and Nicholson discharged. The property in the hands of the police was said to be worth M. he woman applied for some of it, whiob sto Skid belonged to her, but the Commissioner declined to WM an order 4dvtslng her to get a "pettifogging " 4004 t 4 bring an action for law if shilliatiitittiov_4_ CHARGE OF SIMONY AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. in the Court of Arches Sir Robert Phililmore, the Dean, has had before him the case of Lee v. the Rev. J. J. Merest for the removal of the defendant as vicar of Upton Snods bury, Worcester, on the ground of simony. The defendant had pleaded guilty to an indictment for libel, uttered with the intent to extort money. The defendant did not appear. The Queen's Advocate (Sir Travis Twiss), Mr. Archibald, and Mr. Conic appeared for the promoter, the secretary of the Bishop of Worcester. The offence of simony was laid under the 12th Anne, c. 11, section 2. The evidence proved that the Rev. Murray Richard Work man purchased of the Rev. Mr. Donald, the patron and in cumbent of Upton Snodsbury, for £4OO, the next presen tation, and Mr. Merest, the defendant was soon afterwards presented. Mr. Workman was examined in Court, and the conveyance was produced. Afterwards a disagreement took place between Mr. Workman and Mr. Merest. A criminal preceding by the former against the latter for a libel took place, and he pleaded guilty to an indictment for threatening to extort money. Subsequently Mr, Workman brought an action against Mr. Merest for £350, and judgment was allowed by default. An execution was issued, and only £5 was obtained. The Queen's Advocate and Mr. Archibald addressed the Court, and submitted that the case had been proved. His lordship, who had remarked in the course of the case that this case was the first instance under the statute of Anne, said at the conclusion that he had no doubt on the case, but from its great importance to the Church generally, he would look Tito the matter, and give judgment on Monday next. THE DISPUTED BOAT PACE. The case of Sadler v, Smith came before the Court of Ex chequer on Friday, before Lord Chief Baron Kelley, Mr. Justice Willes, Mr. Baron Channel, Mr. Justice Keating, Mr. Baron Pigott, and Mr. Baron Cleasby. The case arose out of the disputed boat-race between Joseph Sadler and Harry K elly for the championship of the Thames and £2OO a side, and the action was brought by Sadler against the stakeholder, to recover his share of the stakes, the whole of which has been paid over to Kelly by defendant, according to the decision of the referee, Mr. Biffen, which was given in favour of Kelly. It will be remembered that on the first day of the meeting between the two men a foul occurred, for which both men were held blameable, and a race over on the following day was ordered. According to these directions the men appeared at the starting point, but great delay occurred in starting, and at last the referee called Kelly and forwarded by him instructions to Sadler to the effect that if he (Sadler) did not start at once, Kelly was to row over without him. Kelly rowed down towards towards Sadler who did not start, and the referee, assuming that his order had been communicated to the cutter, awarded the stakes to Kelly after he had rowed over the course. Sadler also rowed overalmost immediately afterwards, reached the referee after the decision had been given, and protested against such decision, on the ground that he had received no order to start, and was unaware that Kelly had been directed to row over. On the written judgment of the referee, Mr. James Smith, the stakeholder and proprietor of the Sportsman newspaper, paid over the money to Kelly, after receiving an indemnity for the costs of legal proceedings threatened. Subsequently an action was brought by Sadler to receive his share of the stakes on the ground that there had been no race, and it was tried at the Guildhall Sittings of the Court of Queen's Bench, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a jury. A great deal of evidence was given as to whether or not Kelly communicated to Sadler the referee's order to start, the plaintiff Sadler contending that 'such order was not given, and the referee himself admitting that he had no means of ascertaining before the decision was given, whether his directions had been carried out or not. The jury, in answer to questions of the judge, found that the order to start had not been given to Sadler; hat therefore there was no race, and con sequently the plaintiff was entitled to the money he had himself deposited. A verdict was therefore given for plaintiff, and on the_case being tried before the judge in the Court of Queen's Bench, at Westminster, the court decided that though in a race the referee's decision must be final, in this case there was no .race, as there had been no start. The case now again came up as a special case from the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Henry James, and Mr. Brockwood were for the plaintiff Sadler; and Mr. Garth, Q.C., with him Mr. Tennant, for the defendant. Mr. Garth, at considerable length, contended that the referee's decision was absolutely binding and conclusive, and that whether or not he knew that his order was communicated to Sadler;his decision was final. The Lord Chief Baron considered it quite clear that the referee decided this point without the means of seeing for himself, or without taking evidence upon the matter. Mr. Justice "Mlles thought the referee's decision was that Kelley should have the money if he gave notice to Sadler, and the latter disobeyed it; but there was not evidence to shew that he did give that notice to Sadler. concludea .—”,„,„t_ I tc r itgo a fit h- ca ng upon tile respondents to argue the case, The Lord Chief Baron delivered the judgment of the court. He said the case was of great importance, because it involved a principle and a question applicable to, and governing a great variety of cases. The main question was how far the power of an arbitrator or referee to decide upon matters and questions within his jurisdiction was to be exercised subject, if at all, to the control of the court of law. In this case they did not intend to interfere with the settled law in the slightest degree, viz., that upon every question within the jurisdiction of a referee when ho had expressed and published his decision the court of law had no right to interfere. In the present case the referee had decided, not upon the questicn within his jurisdiction, for he had no materials and no means of knowing the grounds upon which he constituted himself to act. Ho made a communication to Kelly, ;which the latter was to communicate to Sadler when the men were rowing about before the alleged start ; and Kelly having rowed over the course without having communicated with Sadler, and without giving him a fair opportunity of starting, the referee awarded Kelly the stakes. The referee dearly thought that in order to constitute a start according to the agreement, Sadler was to be communicated with ; and this not having been done there was no start and no race; and consequently the matter never came within his jurisdiction, hence the decision was null and void. On this ground alone they must affirm the decision of the court below. The jad,gir.ent of the court below affirmed accordingly. The following notice appears in a Chicago journal :—" Personal.—(lf living) - vk ill the gentlemen who left 195 * ave., last Sunday evening, to fight a duel on the prairie, call and claim their property. If not called for within ten days, will be sold for debt.—J. and B." George Francis Train has commenced a suit against the Kansas Pacific Railway, claiming $300,000. He is also, he says, entitled to recover a similar amount from the Union Pacific Road. Mr. Train has served no com plaint upon his opponents, and it is not, therefore, yet apparent what his actions are brought for. A BOILER EXPLOSION IN KENTITCKY.—A ter rible boiler explosion is reported from Conington, Ken tucky, the boiler in a large planing mill and sash factory exploding, and creating the greatest alarm. At first the wildest rumours were current, but it appeared that one man only was killed and fourteen injured. Not one brick of the building was left on another. The cause of the ex; plosion is not known. Three burglars lately entered a house at Mason ville, New Jersey, belonging to a Mr. Kelly. After tying the family to their beds they proceeded to search the premises. Mr. Kelly, releasing himself, escaped, and pro curing firearms from a neighbouring house, on his return fired at and severely wounded a person whom he saw getting out of a window. To his surprise this proved to be his wife. The burglars escaped. WHAT THEY LIKED, AND YET DID NOT LIKE.— It is related of the Duke d'Ossana, Viceroy of Naples, that by a skilful play upon words he prevented the execution of a great injustice. On the death of a very rich but bigoted citizen it was found that, negligent of the claims of his only son, he had left his property to a convent of Capuchins, at the same time with a proviso that the monks should give the young man any part they liked. having been put into possession by the authority of a magistrate, the Capuchins offered a small sum of money to the rightful heir; but instead of accepting it, be brought the affair before the Viceroy, who summoned all the parties concerned to appear before him. When he had heard both sidas, of the question, he turned towards the magistrate sa ying, "It does not surprise me that the Capuchins, having obtained possession, should wish to retain as much of the property as they can ; but I am astonished to find that so wise a judge as yourself should have so wrongly read the terms of the will. Does it not ordain that the monks should give their benefactor's son the part they liko ? Now, when they offer him eight thousand crowns, while purposing to retain the remaining forty-two thousand crowns themselves, it is quite plain to roe that the part they like is the forty.two thousand crowns, and not the eight thousand► I degree, therefore, that the 111011/0 Astil liomedl4tely WIT out the 111014111 Pg of the will,,anti deljyer aver the fetty=twre themeti4 grow rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1869 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. T'Er BIRTH or Arrotumt. ratNerss. We have much pleasure- iii .stating that the Prin cess of Wales was safely delivered, early yesterday morning, of a girl, and that by a bulletin issued yesterday afternoon ~. her Royal Highness, as well as the infant * Princess, were doing well. The Prince and Princess of Wales were married on the 10th of March, 1863, and there are now five children—two sons and three daughters—viz.: Albert Victor, born January 8 1864 ; George, born June 3, 1865 ; Louise, born February . 20, 1867 ; Victoria, born July 6,1868; and the Princess born yesterday morning. avi tegstration secretary4Wthe ineflicliibefor the lodger franchise. Withi certain limits the lodger can now have a vote. But the difficulty of getting and keeping his name on the register is so great that the franchise is practically a dead letter, except for the intervention of some society ; and it is only by a large expenditure on the part of such societies that any proportionate number of lodgers can become and remain voters. Of the London boroughs t only West minster has many lodger voters, and m this case success has been attained only at great cost. Mr. Carr, secretary of the Westminster Liberal Registra tion Society, calls for one or two changes m the present law. The first is, that a lodger who has once proved his claim, and had his name placed on the register, should not be called to attend again unless, as in the case of householders, he should be formally objected to. The second, which would be more comprehensive, and, indeed, includes the first, is that what is at present the list of claimants, should be compiled by the parish authorities, and be published simultaneously with the householder list; that any objections should be made and published in the same manner as objections to householders ; and that the revising barrister should deal with the two hats in precisely the same manner, striking off those only against whom objections had been published and sustained. Either of these two remedies, but more especially the latter, would, Mr. Carr thinks, effectively remove the difficulties which lodgers encounter yearly in sustaining their claims. THE NEW CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. The Marquis of Salisbury was, on Thursday, admitted formally and fully to his position as Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The ceremony took place at Hatfield House, Lord Salis bury's mansion, instead of at the University. The Standard explains, in picturesque language, that "it is usual for the University when it elects a Chancellor to go out to him, and to fetch him in and to welcome him to her arms." For this purpose, therefore, delegates were chosen, and went to do honour to the new head of the Uni versity. One of the galleries of Hatfield House was converted into a Convocation House ; the beadles were sent after his brdship ; he soon came in; (vas addressed in Latin, and replied in the same language; and thus was recognised as the occupier of the place held by the late Lord Derby. Bible that there may be such a slip in the transfer of the Hudson Bay Government to the new Do minion. Red River District, bordering on the State of Minnesota and the Territory of Dacotah to the South, and Lake Winnipeg with the Swan River Territory to the north, has risen iu arms, and pursued Governor M'Dougall over the boun dary into Dacotah. At first, 600 strong, they ap pear to have seized Fort Garry, on the Lake, and to have been reinforced with a number of Irishmen, when they took possession of stores belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company. On the arrival of Governor M'Dougall, who was but newly in stalled, the half-breeds at Fort Garry raised a disturbance, which soon subsided, and it is probable that these gentry have successfully re newed them, with Irish aid. The Red River Settlements cover the most fertile portions of the Hudson Bay Territory, and the insurgents may cause very much trouble on account of their proximity to the boundary. The Governor is adopting a conciliatory policy, endeavouring, like a sensible man, to settle the matter amicably. What the insurgents demand appears to us to be reasonable, and that which must eventually be con ceded—a Legislature of their own. It would be absurd to suppose that Canada can do what the Federal Government does not even attempt to do, that is to govern locally every portion of so vast a territory. The Dominion must follow the example of the United States, or its Imperial aspirations may soon, and effectually be extinguished. The Hudson Bay Territory comprises 2,250,000 square miles, with a population of about 150,000, land enough, it might be supposed, to divide into many States. The United States man-of-war Albany sailed from New York on the 10th November with 1,000 tons of ammunition, field pieces, guns for fortifi cations, rifles, and other warlike implements. She is under the command of Captain Batch, with a crew of 250 officers and men, a company of marines, and about 40 guns. Her destination was stated to be the Tortugas, where it is said she will take on board a regiment 500 strong. On board are Sena tor Cole, General Badcock, and judge O'Sullivan, who have a roving commission to converse gene rally, and with• President Baez in particular, but not to commit the United States to any bargains. The Tribune says :—" The tenour of our advices from Washington hardly warrants the belief that Sa❑ Domingo is even now, so to speak, cut-and dried for annexation ; or indeed that the sensations about the instant annexation of the island have any substantial warrant." It is, however, noteworthy that General Badcock and Senator Cole have but a few weeks returned from a secret mission to St. Domingo, that Badcock is on General Grant's staff, and rumour has for a long period associated his visit to the island with annexation. So important do we consider the following ex tract from the New York Evening Express that we desire to bring it prominently forward. We doubt the truth of the report about one of•the old cables, as arrangements have, we believe, been made with Germany to hand over one of the two for the ex clusive use of the people of Northern Europe : "Negotiations, it is understood, aro going on between the - Western Union Telegraph and the French Cable for a union of force and operations. There is a report that one of the wires of the old cable is so eaten by some small insect that it is very slow and uncertain in its operations if not gone ; and hence the prospect of a union of all the Atlantic Cables with the Groat Western Union Telegraph, which reaches all over the English-speaking part of this continent." A question of deep interest is being tried in the Superior Court of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the expul sion of the Bible from the public schools upon the petition for an injunction restraining the execution of the order of the Board of Education. That Board has appropriated $2,500 for the defence, and both sides intend to fight the battle out. Judge Storer will deliver the opinion of the Court during the first week of December, and as the Supreme Court will then be in Session, an immediate appeal will surelybe made to the highest tribunal. The legal existence of the Board is questioned, and the judge has remarked that it is open to attack, as it is doubtful whether it could be sustained by the law under which it claims to act. Nearly all Protes tant Clenumitiatlons uptioia the reading of the Bible in the schools, and the Young Men's Bible Society has taken vigorous action on the subject. The Catholics arc divided, the German priests opposing the Board as Feniaus oppose reform in Ireland, because by using the Bible in the schools Catholic children will be kept away from them altogether, n „d r w.aly Catholic. The liberal Catholics, on the contrary, who appreciate the Free Schools, sustain the Board, as its action removes the chief objection of the priesti to the at tendance of their children. Generally the Ger man element takes sides with the Board, as do the Jews, who are numerous and powerful in Cincinnati. They are willing to have the Psalms and Proverbs bound separately and distributed gratuitously, the reading being without comment or other religious service. The controversy which has thus arisen in Cincinnati has been growing into importance, and for many years has threat ened a collision. The spirit of Roman Catholicism, which has been strengthening with Irish immigra tion, was sure sooner or later to fan such a dis pute into a flame. On the other hand, it may be doubted whether in any other country the animat ing spirit of Protestantism has so strong a hold. Hence the danger of the antagonism. To scores of thousands the Bible is the Book of Life, the ground-work of law, education, of all that is good in this world, and they regard its expulsion from their schools as neither more nor less than pro fanity. To suppose that the powerful holders of such a doctrine will lightly abandon the position taken on such a point is to ignore all past expe rience, and as with them it is a subject beyond ar gument, of belief, of faith, and their first duty. They will keep alive the little fire now smouldering at Cin cinnati, which may ere many months be a fiercely burning flame throughout the Union. Mr. Gladstone's speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet has been received iu America as indicating an early resumption of negotiations on the Alabama Claims question, and probably a satisfactory settle ment. There are many articles on the subject in the American press, where the belief is general that after the question again comes up in London the negotiation will be transferred to Washington, as the Senate is the American Treaty-making power, in connection with whom it is essential that the pioceediogs should be carried on. Though Richard Cobden and Sir Frederick Bruce are dead, Bright still lives, and there are other Englishmen whose names would command the confidence of the Ame rican people if entrusted with such a mission to Washington. The Saturday Review and the Pall Mall Gazette are always sneering about the intro duction of sentiment into this question, indeed into all questions relating to America, and they show an ignorance which is pernicious about the other side to the dispute. The venom of the subject is sentiment, for the material losses have been borne, and would but form a small item in the bill for the war which the American people have paid. If Mr. Gladstone sincerely desires to settle this question satisfac torily to both nationP, he must first make up his mind to have the negotiations conducted at Wash ington, and then put such a pressure upon Mr. Bright, or Mr. Forster, or the Duke of Argyle, that one or other would undertake the mission for England. Whether it be sentimental or not, such men would find a far easier path to satis factory terms, although prejudiced people might raise an outcry that the interests and honour of England - were being sold. On this subject we may menttion that a letter of Mr. F. M. Edge, ad dressed ',;o Mr. Gladstone, has just been published by Ri4!way, Piccadilly. It contains a mass of in formati, .m which the writer has gathered in the United States, and, if extensively read in Enoland, will co•avey to the public a notion of the injury sustained by the United States through the conduct of E ngland during the rebellion, which may have the more force coming from an Englishman, who er.rnestly desires to have the question settled with nonour to his country. On the 19th inst. Walter Brown, of Portland, Maine, defeated William Sadler, of Putney, on the Tyne in a sculling match for £lOO. Brown won the choice of station, and went off in grand style, rowing so rapidly that he was soon four or five lengths ahead. About half way Sadler began slightly to gain, but no material difference was made till within a quarter of a mile of the winning post, when Sadler gradually came up to within half a length, and the excitement became intense. The effort, however, was too severe, and when within 200 yards of the goal the Englishman stopped, and nearly fell from his boat exhausted. Brown then paddled the rest of the way, coming in alone. The betting was in favour of the American champion, rapidly rising from sto 4 to sto 2. Much credit was given to Sadler for the " pluck" with which he rowed so long as he bad any rowing left in him ; and he is said to have arranged another match with Brown, who was well received on the Tyne. There appears to have been some fine racing on that river last Saturday as well as on the preceding day. Henry Kelley, the Thames champion, and another Thames man, rowed a double sculling match against James lienforth, the Tyne champion, and another Tyne sculler. The Tyne men had beaten the Thames men in the regu lar four-oared race, both on the Thames and the Ty ne, and this match arose from a boast made by Pen forth, offering to scull any two Thames men, the first for two miles, then to be replaced by the other for two miles more. Kelley offered to take another man from his crew against Itenforth and another of his crew and row a double-sculling race, and one of the best contests which ever came off on the Tyne was the result. The North countrymen felt sure of success, and freely backed their champions, but the Thames men bad great confidence in Kelley's sculling. He chose Joseph Sadler, the elder brother of William, who rowed against the American cham pion. Kelley pulled stroke, Sadler bow ; and lien forth pulled stroke, and Taylor, of the Tyne mew, bow. It was blowing hard, and Kelley, who had removed the washboards from theboat's bows,brought his boat in half full of water. Notwithstanding, however, after a close and most exciting contest, the Thames men won. The election of O'Donovan Rossa to serve in Parliament as the member for Tipperary has called forth some doleful articles from the London papers. The Times drew this fearful picture, taking ano ther leaf out of "a he Literary Body-Snatcher's" journal:— " Black clouds overhang the southern half of the island, and apparently refuse to lift; and though streaks of light flicker about the edge of the darkness, they do not pene trate, still less dispel it. The most frivolous must become serious in considering such a phenomenon." We should think so ; indeed, the whole article is calculated, if not to raise the hair, in the Indian acceptation of the term, at any rate to make it stand on end. The return of O'Donovan Rossa is one of the freaks so common in Ireland, but the Times and other papers may desire to use it as a means of crushing what they justly term the " seditious national press." Mr. Heron probably encouraged the useless voting for Rossa, knowing that if he could come next he would secure the seat; and we do not suppose that even a Tipperary man thought the British Government would send a car riage and four to the Portland Gaol, and an express train to bring Mr. Rossa to Claridge's Hotel to await the assembling of Parliament, on learning the result of the ballot. They knew that their votes were merely an expression of their Fenian sympa thies, and that Mr. Heron would get the seat, and we cannot see in this intelligence what has so scared the Times. Andrew Johnson, nothing abashed by his defeat for the Senate, hopes to be elected to the House as Repre sentative from Nashville. lie wants a stage whereon to act the part wherewith he bursts, and a stage Andy will have, though all the world should say him " Nay." We have always had a certain degree of admiration for his in domitable obstinacy, which oscillates between the sublime and the ridiculous. True, Andy failed in one great role, for he failed to play out his part of Moses, but he did not 'elect it, and it was rather thrust on hit* by his African allies, for he had too much in him of the born Southerner heartily to take up such a character. But when it comes to wreaking his vengeance on the heads of his enemies those who hear Andy's cry, Clear the way ! know ho means what he says. Senator Brownlow, for whom it is meant, resists, refusing to die to make a place in the Senate for the ex-President. On the contrary, he has written to the Tennessee State Agent at Washington, "Should I lire to get to the Senate in December, my friends and ene mies alike will know bow little truth there is in the state ment that 1 have forsaken the Republican party, joined ine .vemocrativ, or 111UOU lu Do,iviu6 tiav vt,vuluu Lti LLItl Senate of Andrew Johnson." The General Superintendent of Schools among refugees and freedmen has just issued his eighth semi annual report up to July 1, 1869. Organized opposition has nearly ceased, and most of the Southern States profess to favour schools for all. The numbers established are : Day and night schools, 2,118; Sabbath schools, 1,196; total, 8,814. Teachers in day and night schools, 2,455; t , achers iu Sabbath schools, 5,451 ; total, 7,909. Pupils in day and night schools, 114,522 ; pupils in Sabbath schools, 89,731; total, 204,253. Of these pupils, 192,227 aro reported as having been slaves before the war. Of the above day and night schools, the freedmen sustained wholly or in part 1,581, and are the owners of 759 of the buildings in which the schools aro held. The Bureau furnished 772 of the buildings used for educational pur poses. The majority of schools are on tho most approved system, 312 being reported as graded, and rival many of longer standing in the North. The Superintendent knows of the following though unreported : —Day and night ;total, total, 1,110. Teachers schools, 794 ; Sabbath - schools, 310 in day and night schools, 1,594 ; pupils in day and night schools, 34,722 ; pupils in Sabbath-schools, 17,378; total, 52,100 —giving an aggregate of 4,424 schools of all kinds total teachers of all kinds, 9,503 ; total pupils of all kinds, 256,353. The Peabody Fund has been found of much ser • vice, and immense progress has been made in all the Southern States, with the partial exception of Alabama, a failure attributed to detective legislation. Georgia pre- cents the most cheering results, which we hope give pro mise of an end to Ku-Klux outrages some day. These efforts are likely to end in the firm establishment of the free school t4ystein throughout the country. A pretty little quarrel has arisen between Great Britain on the one part and Liberia on the othe-, the con _ _ sequences of which we hope the Consul-General in Lon don, Mr. Gerard Ralston, may be able to avert, and settle more amicably than at present appears to be the case. Liberia has extended its territory, and does not know exactly how far it reaches, perhaps to the Suez Canal; but it ap pears to have seized a schooner, belonging to English sub jects, named the Elizabeth, to have broken up factories be longing to the people of Sierra Leone, established in what was asserted to be Liberia, and to have sold the goods cap tured under the decree of the Admiralty Court. For this the Governor of Sierra Leone demanded redress, requiring the Elizabeth to be immediately delivered up, and on the 10th Sept. her Majesty's hips Sirius and Petrel anchored at Mon rovia, when his ExcelloncyJ. J. Kendall, signified ho was there to seek redress. In reply, he was invited ashore to discuss the subject, and informed that Mr. Gerard Ralston was in communication with the British Government in London on the subject, the result of which ought to be awaited. Governor Kendall was willing to see the Presi dent on board the Sirius, while he confessed it would be of no use, as he was not there to discuss a question of boundary or any other question, being unauthorised, but to carry out the instructions of his Government ; that the messenger was directed to wait until 4 p.m., after which if no settlement was arrived at, the matter would be handed over to the officer commanding the squadron. Upon this the Liberian authorities surrendered, signifying that they un derstood a refusal to mean an immediate bombardment, and that they were unable to oppose forco by force. The Elizabeth was given up, $2,400 handed over, as well as the bond of the Government to pay the balance of $16,000 by equal instalments at six months each. The Liberians term this, shameful oppression by force, but they seem to have hesitated little in resorting to forco when they cap tured the schooner, and broke up what they termed illegal trading factories. The following description of the President and his Cabinet is from the pen of a Washington correspondent —" General Grant's chief mode of recreation is a long walk early in the morning and a ride after dinner. One day he walks towards the Capitol along F street and back, and the next day along the avenue towards George town. Ho walks very slowly, with ono hand in his trowsors pocket, and the other either holding a cigar or thrown behind his back. He never l ooks to tho right or left, but straight befora him, or towards the ground, and seems not to notice any of the passers. Many who know him pass President Grant in these walks, but very f ew venture to join him. Mr George S. Boutwell's chief amusement is billiards. He is not a professor of the game, but is a fair player. He has a cue of his own which he brings with him to the billiard saloon and car ries home with him when he finishes playing. lie may be seen issuing from the saloon sometimes as late as mid night. Secretary Fish rides to and from the State Depart ment in a stylish little cantle, and after official hours generally passes his time at home in entertaining select parties at dinner. Messrs. Belknap and Robeson are great walkers. The former is a splendid looking man, the very picture of good health, with fine, clear, dark oyes, ruddy complexion, and a well put together frame. He has made a very good impression. Mr. Robeson likes good dinners and gives them. Messrs. Cox and Hoar are reserved and quiet, and Mr. Hoar seems to some a little bit sour." Mr. Lewis Chalmers, the manager of the Im perial Silver Quarries Company, writes from Bullion a, Alpine Company, California, to the Mining and Scientific Press, calling attention to the taxation of undeveloped mining claims, which ho states, if persisted in, will have a n injurious effect on the investment of foreign ca P ite/ in those mines. He asserts that the assessment is in 3 hi gh degree arbitrary and unequal, not intentionally, but because there are really no means of ascertaining th eir value until the claims yield bullion. One of the ledges assessed had been worked through by Mr. Chalmers, which " notwithstanding the assurances of the vendors to the contrary, had proved no ledge at all, an d there Wt' 11° guarantee that the other nine m i g ht not turn out ra° r ., e , valuable." However unanswer a ble the argument, it will prove but cold comfort to the English shareh o lders, wil e : we believe, lately met to consider the disagreeable posr tion of having got through all their funds, then occugliig the hopeless position of Oliver Twist at dinner, whe n he asked "for more." The shareholders may, however, de rive comfort from this extract from a local paper gilled the Chronicle of the 10th Oct., which should make then' pause ore sacrificing the work already done. "T he , Thialtd penal Silver Quarries Company up to Monday l ast made 1,200 feet of tunnel, and was within 360 fee t of tb° perpendicular of the Florence lode. There is no claial this country more promising." Advices have been received from Tahiti to Oct' 16, via San Francisco, giving an account of one of those frightful massacres which periodically occur in t he trm'i r port of Chinese coolies. A massacre seldom o r °Ye a does occur where the coolies voluntarily come' foriva and pay for their transport to a county where they 05 .. -° to work ; but the case differs widely when they are 10 1 carried to such countries as Peru, when the passag eis „rti very dissimilar to the slave trade from Africa. The ":";,- Cotton Company about six mouths ago sent the hod Margaret Gander, Capt. Blackett, to the Gilbert Isle „g for a cargo of coolies. The captain ' succeeded in secil ti :; about three hundred, and during the return voyage beg Bold mutinied and killed the captain and two officers, cirri,;,"f mutilating their bodies. The mato escaped to th e ' the the vessel. There he placed a keg of powder under main hatch, and, having arranged a fuse, called the cooltebe when the savages crowded around the hatchway' st fuse was then fired, killing nearly all on board. T he jumped overboard or fell victims to the mate and rein a i ing men. The vessel was brought safely to Tahiti. During the quarter ending September 30th 135 , 0 the receipts of the United States Treasury from revee-0 were $109,642,079 12, and the expenditures for carrying en, the Government and paying the interest on the P ub n ' i d debt were $88,034,163 03, The Report of the Se ee t - bo Auditor contains some curious information. During year the total number of accounts audited was 1 8 ' , "„ S ho ' involving $207,563,432. The accounts unsettled at 18-'the beginning of the year numbered 265,311, and at th e 179,588. The clerks averaged 392, and the ave rage' The respondence for each working day was 1,300 letters. s Pension Office commenced the year with 96,883 ci3etto; to which were added during the year 51,883. l a „ s a same period there were settled 85,279. Ab ou t half t w - t . reeeived were rejectOd. The claims of the coloured Sew diers are peculiarly difficult to investigate, while al l co volve immense trouble. As many as four or fiyo N° the will claim to be the widow of one coloured man, sa d be whole career of a white soldier has to be trace d ere "0 claim can be verified. The records of the office occ ti P l the large rooms. From the army fines were levied to amount of $858,032, which went to the National Mile for disabled volunteers. r Mr. Ross Browne, Mr. Burlingame's suce ess° ,it Minister to China, delivered a lecture on the Bth ine"- at San Francisco on China and its Governmen t ' Browne is a practised writer, and a good speaker, silt" is, f i l therefore, well able effectively to uphold his view °I /11th sort of relations Foreign Powers ought to maintain 0 the Government at Peking, with which he de t3iled, i to experience, contrasting the scant welcome a ccorde,. the American Embassy at the Chinese Court with the Vieth° did reception of Mr. Burlingame at Washington an d f capitals of Euro., e. Ho mentioned numerous in stanc" :a the hostility of the Chinese to foreigners, and ass than that the Chinese Court was never more exclusive —, now. Notwithstanding the opinion of the Englishovi:e, who holds a high post in the Emperor of China's r at that Ross Browne is substantially right, the E xecutive,. Washington appear to desire that the system of coneilte";b°oit t should be fully carried out, and have signified this . new Minister, at the same time leaving him a Wide do tionary tionary power. Mr. Low will not, however, Prne, e ec ; p his post till after Congress meets, and he has had t'," port unity of discussing the subject with both the h e o - t i and the Senate Committees on Foreign Affairs. - 13 ' 1 ,, 4 0 i ho will d 'cline to go at all unless Congress raises the sion into the first class, as he dislikes the post , and ' Y r a gladly resign and return to California. Mr. Lo w Was bor e in Frankfort, Maine, in 1828, but he was on e of the ear in liest settlers at San Franoisco, having join ed the 4fire neer band in 1849 when twenty-one years of age. :Dt he commenced business as a banker, and in 1861 Was an as a Representative to Congress. On his r eturn to wvtas Francisco he was made collector of that port ; orein chosen Governor of California, but declined a ren t:ou on the expiration of his term. When self lifer' man for the Mission, General Grant had a list a Cad 00 lams made out who wore qualified for the post, . ":. E , by U cuta al Otici Luau, he at once eelocc od for who is said to be in every way singularly well fitted the appointment. The Suez Canal was successfully opened las t 1 53 ,. turday, and the Journal Official announces, Nov. 2,,00t "The canal has been traversed from end to end Acit'clicl hindrance, and the Imperial yacht Aigle, after a splt bu s passage, row lies at her moorings in the Red Sea• i t hig are realised the hopes which were entertained °A or groat undertaking—the joining of two seas. ti'll!,f3c vernment of the Emperor cannot but look wi th 05t'srer tion upon the saccess of an enterprise which it has 90 ceased to encourage. A work like this, successful-110a complished in the face of so many obstacles, does 1 s a to the energetic initiative of the French m ind, and iis• testimony to the progress of modern science." . 6- 4. 11 0 - penal decree has boon issued, dated the 19th 101 the pointing M. de. Lesseps to the rank of Grand Cross' ° Legion of Honour, in consideration of h is servictloir piercing the Isthmus of Suez." On Monday l ast si% "ow sand five hundred and ten metres of the Mont-Cenis ofro jO, an nel on the Italian side were completed. T h e W therefore, half finished, and the works have uovr en t°cl upon French territory. THE TIPPERARY ELECTION. The voters of Tipperary seem to have honoured their functions more in the breach than in the observance at the remarkable contest which has just terminated. Out of 9,500 electors on the register only 2,161 recorded their votes. The reason is clear. - The vast mobs who beset the polling booths were well enough disposed towards the supporters of Rossa; but in some places scarcely anyone cared to vote for the more moderate candi date. In the town of Tipperary only ten votes were given for Mr. Heron. With one exception, the total number is less than on the occasion of any previous contest in this county. At the general election of 1852 Mr. Francis Scully polled 5,150 votes, and James Sadleir (afterwards expelled from the House of Commons) 5,083. In 1865 Mr. Charles Moore, who died in August last, was returned at the head of the poll by 2,722 votes, the late Mr. Dillon muster ing 2,662, while Mr. Peter Gill, the " national" candidate, registered only 938. In October 1866 3,419 electors voted for one candidate, and 2,865 for another. Last November there was no contest ; Mr. Moore and the Hon. C. White were returned without opposition. HOW WILL IT END ? The intimidation on the part of the Fenian element seems to have been so gross, that even if O'Donovan Rossa passed muster on other accounts, a peti tion must inevitably dislodge him. But it is more than doubtful whether his election can be considered valid in any sense. He is a felon ; and it has always been held that no person convicted of treason or felony can hold a seat in the House of Commons unless the term of punishment have, from any cause, terminated. James Sadleir was expelled for haying fled from justice. The Daily News quotes a still more decisive precedent. In 1848, when Smith O'Brien had been convicted of treason, Lord Rus sell, then Prime Minister, moved, "That it appears that William Smith O'Brien has been convicted of an offence which necessarily incapacitates a person, hitherto a member of Parliament, from remaining a member of this House." Smith O'Brien being thus civilly dead, incapable of retaining his seat, and equally incapable of being elected, a new writ was at once ordered for the county of Limerick. If then the person elected on Thursday be really a Fenian con vict, the return must be void, and the seat will be given to Mr. Heron. But in some quarters it is said that the O'Donovan Rossa who has been placed at the head of the poll is not the man in prison, but his nephew, who bears the same name. The proposer of the Fenian candidate announced this fact to the High Sheriff before the opening of the poll. LONGFORD COUNTY. Mr. Reginald Greville-Nugent, second son of Lord Greville, has issued his address to the electors of Longford County. He promises to give an indepen dent support to the present Government, and declares himself in favour of the denominational system of education. He believes " that the release of the Irish political prisoners would be an act of wise statesmanship, grateful to the Irish people." On the land question Mr. Greville-Nugent speaks out boldly : " I am prepared to support a measure calculated to secure the tenant in the permanent occupation of the holding on which he resides as long as lie pays a fair rent." This declaration, says the Freeman, can not be misunderstood or misconstrued. It is gene rally expected that there will be a walk over. SOUTHWARK. The fluctuations of politics in Southwark are endless. A fourth Liberal candidate has now come forward. This is Sir Sydney Waterlow, who was asked to stand the other day, but, as it was under stood, declined. He now accepts the invitation, and his address is already out. Sir Sydney pronounces for the Ballot; promises to agitate for readjusting the basis of local taxation—that is, to make the richer parishes help the poorer ; declares in favour of throwing open the universities ; and in the matter of the land will support a measure for securing to the tenant farmer, on the determination of his tenancy, full and ample compensation for improvements. There are now in the field for Southwark Mr. Labouchere, Sir F. Lycett, Sir Sydney Waterlow, and the as yet impersonal working man's candidate. MR. HOUSMAN, M.P. The Right Hon. E. Horsman sketched out his platform for the next session at a meeting of his con stituents at Liskeard on Thursday night. He pro nounced for a continuance of the policy of conciliation to Ireland, so as to remedy the injustice of centuries. The land laws must be modified ; but if Mr. Glad stone were to comply with the demands of Fenian fhp :Fpnion yulgenera anti ing fixity of tenure, the lite or L-roveniment would not be worth three weeks' purchase after the assembling of Parliament. Mr. Horsman expressed himself to be in favour of compulsory secular education, because it was national, and the only system that could reach the mass of ignorance and crime. The last vestiges of religious inequality must be destroyed by throwing open the Universities to Dissenters. CROWN PATRONAGE. Not the least irksome of the duties of a Prime Minister are those which have to do with the disposal of patronage. The making of new Bishops, the creation of fresh peers, the bestowal of baronetap;es and knighthoods, and the distribution of " Orders " are all embarrassing, inasmuch as they have to do with the settlement of personal claims. Mr. Gladstone is coming in for a heavy share of these duties. Besides the prelates, barons, baronets, and knights he has already promoted, he has now two Garters and a Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George vacant. The Garters are especially perplexing ; the Prime Minister has so many jealous friends on whom he might bestow the honour. Lord De Grey is put down for one of them, but the other is a puzzle. Common rumour divides the chances between the present Marquis of Westminster as a Liberal ; and the Earl of Derby, the Marquis lof Salisbury, and—will it be credited ?—Mr. Disraeli as Conserva tives. Another Conservative peer, Lord Lytton, has accepted the St. Michael and St. George held by the late Earl of Derby. The order is the newly-esta blished colonial one. Lord Lytton was in office when the two colonies of British Columbia and Queensland were formed. The selection, being a non-party one, is creditable to the Premier. THE LAND QUESTION. A public meeting, convened by the Lord Mayor, has been held in Dublin, to take the land question into consideration. There was a good attendance of M.P.'s, D.L.'s, J.P.'s, P.P.'s, and other notabilities of that ilk; but the debate added little to the stock ofinformation on the subject. Indeed, it would have been surprising if it had added much. It is notice able, however, that Mr. Bright's scheme of convert ing the peasantry into yeomanry proprietors—a plan which seems to have fallen entirely out of sight lately—was brought up and approved of in a resolu tion. FIXITY OF TENURE. Mr. Buxton, M.P., is an advocate of tenant-right in Ireland ; and Mr. Buxton is an Irish landlord. The hon. gentleman has got tenants on his land whom he is content to allow to remain. Once upon a time, how ever, such was not the case ; and Mr. Buxton's oppo nents are pointing to his proceedings then as a practical enunciation of the impracticability of his proposal. In a work which Mr. Buxton has published he tells the world that he bought his land, with a number of small tenants upon it. The land was rich, but had been and was being villainously treated ; it was un drained, and badly tilled. He tried to improve it, but found the opposition of his small tenants too much for him. So at last he determined to clear the ground ; he bought out the tenants, they destroyed their wretched hovels, and took their departure. He then drained the land, put a Scotch farmer there, and that farmer is now prospering. It is hard to see where the story tells against Mr. Buxton. He " bought off" his tenants; surely in so doing he acknowledged their right to hold the land, unless they were com pensated for the loss. THE LAND QUESTION AS A ROCK AHEAD. The Liberal Government, notwithstanding its large majority of suppert)rs in the House of Commons, is in a very sad state, according to Mr. Cecil Raikes, M.P. for Chester: it is like a vessel drifting inevit ably upon a rock. The rock ahead of course is the Land Question ; and in Mr. Raikes's opinion—the hon. gentleman is considered the rising . man of the Tory party—if the Government bring in a Radical measure it will split to pieces ; if it does not do so it will split to pieces. This prophetic warning virtually amounts to an announcement that, whatever the Government does, the party to which Mr. Raikes belongs will not help it. They mean to oppose the men of the present ministry ; meanwhile, principles may go to the winds. Or else certainly what ho would consider a moderate measure would have the support of the member for Chester. Yet Mr. Raikes urged that there must be no alliances on the part of the Con servatives with the Whigs. How else is the " Radi cal " measure to be defeated ? , THE LODGER, Crag ennullainfft are macle. esne, AN EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN NEWCASTLE. A most important conference is being held at New castle. The Educational League has held its congress at Birmingham ; the Union has been making its prin ciples public at Manchester. Now the two schemes are brought together and discussed at a conference in Newcastle. The representatives of both parties muster strongly. Mr. Dixon, M.P., is the leading counsel for the League ; the newly-appointed Dean of Durham (Dr. Lake) leads on behalf of tho Union. Sir. William Armstrong, Mr. Headlam, M.P. clergymen, ' :r. Cowen, M.P., severa l c anons, archdeacons and local opponents of compulsion, secular educationists, some working men, advocates of compui denommationalists, pleaders for local rates and manage ment, upholders of centralisation —are all present. As may be expected, the discussions are lively enough. Each speaker, so far as we have the report before us, admits that the present system is unsatis factory ; that some change must be made. But the addresses on behalf of the Union are to the effect that it is sufficient to supplement voluntaryism, not to overturn it. The League, on the other hand, demands that all the present system be swept away ; that in place of denominational schools, unsectarian establishments be instituted, and that local rates be levied for the purpose. Some pleasant discussions have taken place on the advisa bility of abolishing school pence. The general weight seemed to be against that course. Two working men spoke on theneral subject on Wed nesday. The on e a d vo cate secular education ; the other denounced the Birmingham League. Both claimed to represent the working men. The Dean of Durham does not shrink from compulsory educa tion ; but protests against any divorce between it and religion. no clergy generally follow him on that point. ANOTHER EPISCOPAL PROTEST AGAINST DR. TEMPLE. Another episcopal protest besides Bishop 'Tower's has been sent to the Archbishop of York. Of course the Bishop is a "colonial—he is head pastor of Victoria. He appeals to Dr. Thompson, as the next in pro cedure to the Primate of All England—whose illness makes an appeal to him impossible—to give the episco pate an opportunity " of expressing before the Church their judgment on the lawfulness of the consecration of Dr. Temple." There is, the Bishop of Victoria must know, no impediment to their lordships announc ing their opinion ; nor is it quite clear what the Archbishop is wanted to do. Bat the memorialist is very precise in giving his own opinion. He uses Dr. Tait's own letter to prove him wrong; and regard it as "impossible not to admit that the Church has a right to an unequivocal disclaimer from Dr. Temple, before Dr. Temple be admitted by solemn imposition of episcopal hands to the order of a Bishop." lIODGE IN DORSET. Lord Shaftesbury- complains that the condition of the agricultural labourer on his Dorset estates has IL — agricultural population. The weekly wages are in money only 12s. a week, but the statement omits to take note of the allotments which are attached to every cottage, and which are worth at least 2s. a week more. The rent of the cottages is only ls., though they cost MO a pair. Lord Shaftes bury adds:—" The labourers in this district work only from seven to five, with time off for meals—a less time of labour than in almost any agricultural part of England. And they will not work any more ; for when my principal tenant offered them an increase of wages for an increase o f wor k, th e y flatly ref us ed it." The Dail!! News does not, however think . that ..i.-I:nation'ntlefecto l 7. No doubt Lord Shaftesbury does his best for the Donet - .sliiie labourer, but this very fact proves that the wages are insufficient to maintain the peasant. Lord Shaftesbury treats his cottagers liberally in order to eke out the miserable weekly money payment. It is only by charity that the labourer can reasonably exist. What must his condition be on estates the owners of which are less liberal-minded ? THE TIMES V. THE SPANIARDS. The war between Spain and the Times still con tinues ; but the London journal holds its own bravely. The Madrid papers affirm that the Times has been bought to write dawn the candidature of the Duke of Genoa, but that King Victor Emmanuel will setae everything, and make the D u ke have the crown, whether he likes it or not. To these foolish remarks the London paper once more repeats calmly that the Duke and his family entertain insuperable objections to the scheme of seating th e yo ung prince on the throne of Spain ; and that it is not responsible for the will, the intention, or the power of King Victor —albeit it is by no means clear how even a King can compel another person to become a Sovereign, if that person andhis relatives refuse. The Times recommends that the Spaniards settle the difficulty of the crown by electing the son of the ex-Queen ) or even the son of Prim or Serrano. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Tha two famous Admirals of the United States, Farragut and Porter, cannot agree about the cap ture of New Orleans, for which bounty and prize money are clainied from the Government. Admiral Farragut asserts that the mortar fleet under Admiral Porter did not effect anything during the operations, whereon Admiral Porter filed a deposition with the Court controverting that statement. In this he set forth that the mortar fleet first crossed the bar at the Mississippi's mouth, and that Farragut's fleet only got over by its aid ; that the mortar fleet com menced the attack on the fortifications, which it destroyed. It then attacked Fort Jackson, and in his flagship Admiral Porter had several men killed and wounded before Farragut's fleet fired a gun, and it was he who arranged the terms on which the fort capitulated. Whil e on the subject of differences in the navy we may remar k that one of the moat seri ous is likely t o b e h a ppily compromised. The officers of the li ne an d the staff have been at war on a question of relative rank, but some representa tives of the Staff having submitted to Secretary Robeson their grievances and their desires, that Minister sees his way to a compromise, which he will embody in his report to Congress. Rumours are continually afloat of a change or a disagreement in the Cabinet at Washington, but they seldom possess even a shadow of truth. It was said for instance that Secretary Belknap no sooner took charge of the IVar-office than he fought with the man who selected him, General Sherman. In conversation with a prominent member of Con gress, th e P res id ent i s alleged recent l y t o h ave re marked that hi s C a bi net was exce ll en t, b e i ng com • posed only of men o f good judgment, who gave all their attention to their official duties to his en tire satisfaction, and that this would soon be per ceived by the pu bli c . A c h ange, h owever , w ill shortly occur, as the Attorney-General has decided to accept the vaca n t sea t i n th e S u p rem e C our t, and is arranging the affairs of his office previous to transferring it to his successor. It is an old saying that " there is many a slip . between the cup and the lip," and it is not iwpoti• NEW PEERS. (From the London Gazette of last evening) WHITEHALL, Nov. 26. ti t to b The Queen has been pleased to direct letters ce i ' e o f e B e passed under the Great Seal, granting the dige iV A fry Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain all", 1010 land to the following persons and the respective he irs - of their bodies lawfully begotten : frolt eci James, Earl of Southesk, in that part of the v an d Kingdom called Scotland, K.T., by the name, et Y lo ' 'of title of Baron Balinhard, of Farnell, in the ecn itlV Forfar, ffe tle loa William, Earl of Listowell, in that r t of th e u-1 of Kingdom called Ireland, by the namsrs tyle, s o ti Baron Hare, of Connamore, in the county of Cork. ~, we ra r ° wa r 0b Right Hon. Edward Geo Fitza lan- 41°- 0, (commonly called Lord Edward Georgeg Fi tza lan ii ° raoss 4l by the name, style, and title of Baron How ard, of -- in the county of Derby. ,mote, The --- ote- The Right Hon. John Wilson Fitzratri clr, , town Manor and Lisduff, in Queen's County , by the 13e-ii; style, and title of Baron Castletown, of t i ppe r 0 150°11 ' CI u S e i e r n ; s oh C lrE n ni ty e . rich Edward Dalberg Acton, o f .4%.113°11 le eil ham, in the county of Salop, Bart., by the name , stY o ti ' of title of Baron Acton, of Aldenham , ' in the • sai d con e Salop. tale th Thomas James Agar Robartes, of Lanhydreel'l . - of county of Cornwall, Esq., by the name, style, an d the g all titl Baron Robartes, of Lanhydrock, and of T ruro, in ef county of Cornwall. ~,, of Mi G dd eo le r s g e e x ° , by the i d title of 139 name, /Ape, an „ Di g , Wolverton a E r s r q C ., lyn, of Stanmore Park, in the county , of Wolverton, in the county a Suck in ham. r s le, ,1 Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, of Clonya --,6te the county of Westmeath, Esq., by the name, etY:tif' 0 0' title of Baron Greville, of C lon y n, in the county ei " meath. _.„ ./ ilit:g LADYERTIMMENT. 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R st T ., g a 3 ; 83, Lancaster -g a t et BUTLER—On the 25th inst ,at 65, Grosvenor -o'r bter• the wife of the Hon. Flea . ry E. Butler, of a clii iig a 'Of MARRIAGES. ~ a org - t o A SHTON—Pmrs—On the 2ith inst., at m• -43 zn , of F r odsh s ill' Tuffnell-park, Georgo Ashton Esq Margaret, second daughter of 'John"Philps, 854.7 drop-crescent, Camden-town. 1 I' S" Huxrut—OuvEn—On the 25th inst , at Whitsv el f e vi, t • c' William Hunter, of Lincoln's-inn,. barrister-at,013 Elizabeth Hannah, younger daughter of the lateui.'" Sir Robert Oliver, R.N. D EAT ES. v i ii ny' e it ' t . BLA - , /s TIRE—On the 24th inst., at Nice, Lady J- - eti A , " CLIFTON . —On the 26th inst., at 510, oxford_otro of James Clifton, aged 51. WHITE—On the 25th inst., Alexander White, s''''' Somerset-road, Tottenham, aged 76. 0 05 , London: Printed atilt Published by WILLIA3I 112,14 voliJs of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office 140.1,00/4 in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of V"' Saturday, November 27, 1539,