The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-10 00:00:00

, L SPIRIT OF TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TILE BAUNTS OF CRIME IN LONDON. i 711 E PRO, NDMENT. The Times, in; discussing the debate in the House of Lords on Chine se missions, takes an unfavourable view of the action of m i ssionaries. They have gone out with not much learningjand still less knowledge of mankind. They probably haveja vague notion that the Chinese believe in the doctrines of Confucius, which, whatever their merits, do not lead to salvation. With some eminent exceptions, ..they do not even seek to understand the religious system they would supplant. The commonplaces of the chapel and the prayer-meeting form the controversial armoury they have prepared before leaving home ; a poor ver nacular acquaintance with the language of the people they would convert is the amount of their later acqui sition. They rush into controversy with, perhaps, the most lamentable ignorance of the character, the • attainments, the tone of thought of those whom they 0 would convert. The result is that, after years of energetic members of the force who are checkmated. Such wonderfully sustained zeal and self-denial, the progress of an one may see two notorious burglars going along a the faith in those distant regions is not encouraging. Th e street at midnight. Ife can't stop them. .All he can do Chinese are quick to learn, and are destined in is to follow them as secretly as possible, and watch them the opinion of very acute judges to rise to a much try door after door with skeleton keys. He waits till he higher grade of civilisation. But in theology meets with the regular constable, whom, of course, the and metaphysics they keep to their traditional burglars have watched off his beat, and makes his arrest systems, and though they, doubtless, look with sometimes easily, sometimes not without desperate respect on anything that is promulgated by nations so resistance. Then follows the old story. Housebreaking powerful and ingenious as those of Europe, the teaching implements are found upon the prisoners, previous con of the missionaries probably fills them only with a senti- victions are proved against them, and they get three ment of wonder that the people who come in clipper ships months' imprisonment, with hard labour ! Before and who use the steam engine and the telegraph should they are out of prison two days the same detective take the trouble to address them upon religion. The ques- who made their capture may again see them late tion now is, whether the advice now given to the mission- I at night lurking about villas, but if they go away aries will be taken. The Times thinks not. The thorough- as he comes up he has no power to touch them. If - bred missionary will at once take high ground, quote the they persist in loitering he can, of course, arrest them, example of the ancient Christians, and declare that, gun- but this the thieves never do, but walk off, merely beats or no gunboats, he will go into the interior and balked by one night or so of their intended booty. In the preach in season and out of season. And no doubt same way there are recognised haunts and thieves' this high-spirited programme will often be followed. houses in London, which are as well known to the Men, however commonplace, tend to rise to the ideal Police as the Bank, and which are in fact visited by Of their calling, and a missionary must not be the police every night. Some are occupied only pusillanimous. To say the truth, missionaries are among i by convicted thieves—men whom the police know the most courageous of men. Their point of honour to live by robbery every day, and who will go out on their urges them to encounter danger as much as the soldier ; chance of larceny each successive morning. Yet, ueo and their interest invites them to propitiate their own . there is a specific charge against an individual, , sympathising world with exploits of hardihood and suspicion amounting to an almost legal certainty of romance. The societies of which Lord Shaftesbury speaks having committed a recent crime, the police have will rather have to check than to instigate the zeal of their power to ask these vagabonds a single question." I' t emissaries. So m uc h th e more reason f or urg i ng on the this introduction, "N. A. W." goes on t o d escr ib es s Chinese the concession of all the rights which are enjoyed visits which he paid under the guidance of two inspec . by civilised nations. If China were within this pale, each and a police -sergeant to some well-known thieves' hoi man would have the right of settling where he chose, and in the metropolis. In one night he went to penny theat each sect of propagating its own opinions. music halls, casual wards, refuges, thieves' haunts, The Daily Telegraph thi n k s th a t th e a t t i tu d e of t h e Ir i sh beerhouses, leaving shops, and c h ea p l o d g i ng -h ouses . 1 Protestants face to f ace w ith M r . Gl a d stone ' s bi ll i s cer- most interesting parts of his letter are hi s d escr i p ti on the thieves' beershops. Under th e p resen t system a k no tainly not worthy of th e i r o ld renown . Th ey speak with divers tongues ; every m an d oe th th a t w hi c h i s r i ght in thief may get an Excise license t o se ll b eer . Th e po t his own eyes ; there is no l e ad er . F rom one par i sh comes have no power over him, a n d so h e g a whine ; from another a men ace ; f rom a t hi rd a groan, on and flourishes. He ca nno t se ll s p i r i ts ; The bishops are silent and i nac ti ve ; except i ng the Bishop but anyone v magistrates can prevent th a t ; of Down and Connor, who l ong ago a d vocated a compro- puts his money down may take u p his leave to op e: house for selling malt liquor. "N. A. W." d escr ib es raise now pretty well " p as t pray i ng for. " We have to high-class house where the elite o f th e t hi eves cl never given very m uc h we i g h t to the boasts of visit eregated. "It is near an East- en d roa d. I t is brigh the Irish Prot es t an t s th at t h ey were the best - bravest, most industrious, and most intellig en t p o p u l a - lighted, clean, and comfortable. The landl or d an d e at c• lady are behind th e little bar. Both are k nown t o b e tion on the fa ce o f th e eart h ; b ut we did believe that, in pr esence o f a great pol i t i cal crisis, they victed thieves, both are k nown t o b e l ucrat i ve Una would exhibit m ore reso l ut i on an d read i ness of ceivers and expert di s p osers o f s t o l en goo d s. U • resource, greater real firmne ss , an d l ess f u til e vaunt i ng , a magisterial syst em th ese peop l e cou ld not h o ld t h They still utter the old and rather toothless deflancti license for a day. Let us pass into the parlour. It i "No surrender !" but wh a t d oes it mean ? "N o sur very wide, well-furni s h e d co ff ee - room , th e wa ll s o f w h i i render" of what? They have enjoyed certain exceptional are amply garnished with glaring pictures, and at I privileges of lordship an d titl es — w ill t h ey refuse to sur- tables in it som e e i g ht or n i ne we ll-d re ss e d n render these ? Will the vehement Bishop of Cork force are sitting over their cigars and beer. These w his way into the House of Lords after 1871? Will the the elite of the swell mob. There was nothing ab( clerical successor to any on e o f th e "lif e- i nterest clergy' them externally to distinguish them from the or dins retain perforce the church, the parsonage, and glebe ?j th f requenters of Pall Mall, or St. James's-street, : money to the new comm i ss i oners, and thus defy the law? a Will the landlords wh o p ay ti t h es refuse to transmit the ere was not one a ll, our our Inspector and sergel mired us, had not been convicted of `robberies from t ; person' over and over again—indeed, ou r sergean t rat e We all know th a t none o f t h ese overt acts is even imagined. What, then, i s th e mean i ng of " No surrender ?" We still markedly pointed out a ` gentlema n ' w h o h a d only ji believe that, n o t w ith stan di ng all the bravado and sulky come out from six months' i m p r i sonment on h i s (the s inaction now displ a y e d i n I re l an d , t h e Ch urc h , associated geaut's) own arrest, And aga i ns t w h om many convictio so long with crue l p ersecut i on, m ili tary terror, social had been proved befo re . O ur entry, lam sorry to sa seemed to throw a g enera l d amp upon the company. The disorder, and centuries of crime, will come to the feet of ' the Minister, no longe r " c l o th e d " w ith St a t e ro b es , but was an utter sil ence , an d t h en, at intervals of afe "in its right mind ;" an d w ill— a new G u i nevere prostrate seconds, one aft er ano th er went out to get a cigar or ' before the Arthur of our day—t ac itly con f ess it s "defeat glass of `old an d bi tter, ' all of which they must ha of fame." When we remember the st rong Ch urc h feelings . f ound i t particularly difficult t o fi n d , as none of them can b of the present Premier, his former pride i n uph o ldi ng the back, and o ur sergeant l aughed at the idea that his comir them would b e lik e l y t o k eep t h e house quiet an e Irish Church because he believed in its t ru th, an d his amone' 10] manifest tenderness even now in dealing with it— we can scatter its custom ers f or a d ay or two. The landlord, bad evidently arrived at the same conclusion, was not i well imagine his pity at seeing "lie so l ow th a t go ld en head," his "pride i n ear li er summers ." B u t not t h e less so jocose a mood, and scowled at us fiercely as w e p asse would he re-echo the voice of the nation if he summed up 1 I A low-class thieves' haunt is also described :—" The la out'" in Arthur's i m p res i ve wor d s th e s t ory o f a Ch urch that, is genera ll y in a after centuries of uni o n w ith th e St a t e , rema i ns barren of beerhouse f or th e wors t c l ass of thieves ill-favoured ' slum,' ill-l oo ki ng and worse smelling, with all but bitter f u it. "Th e c hild ren b orn o f t h ee were . sword and fire, red ru i n , an d th e b rea ki ng up of laws. " group of tawdry wome n c h o ki ng up it s narrow entra n ce and half-naked children playing about barefooted on th The Daily Naas remarks that the period of the slimy flagstones, hiding amid the dust-heaps, from amore , Gladstone Administration is likely to prove a millennial which they only sally out when the older inhabitants e era to the outcasts, and using the word in its honourable the court have come forth to lock upon the phenomeno sense, adventurers of politics. The leaders of forlorn hopes of a respectably-dressed stranger venturing into the; catch glimpses of victory. Mr. Berkeley has long pleaded district. At the upper end of the court is a broa to deaf or inattentive ears on behalf of the Ballot, and the dim light, to which our party at once ma d e tb e i Ballot is as good as gained. Mr. Locke King, with equal way, and rassed through a low bar into a small taproots assiduity , has asked session a fter sess i on fo r the assimila- Quick as we were, however, we were not quite quiel tion of the law which reg u l a t es th e des cen t of real pro- enough to prevent the large party there secreting the card perty in the case of intestates to that which prevails in . with which they were practising. I use the word practi; regard to personal property. In - other words, he demands ing advisedly, for most of them were only occupied i, the repeal of. the law of primogeniture. The fruition of attaining perfection in the three-card trick or in ringin g his patient desires is near. Mr. Gladstone avows that the endless variations of the cards with a view to futur • legislation is necessary, and that it must be more or less and certain profit at racecourses and country fairs. Ai in the direction of Mr. Locke King's proposals. The ill-looking bulldog, but by no means the most ill-looking o subject is one in regard to which the Government acknow- the company, came towards us as we entered, but was al ledges its responsibilities. It would be prepared to take once called off by his master, and then, as in the bette the initiative but for the fear of charging itself with more class of thieves' house, we sat down in our corner amid i work than it can hope to bring to a satisfactory issue this dead silence, broken only by a few muttered words of slap; session. In this aspect of affairs, Mr. Gladstone feels that or an occasional spitting on the table to efface the chall he is bound to give a private member every facility in undertaking a settlement of the ques ti on . marks by whi c h th ey h a d b een prac ti s i ng so me gambling game. When we had time to look around we found our The Times observes that the question involved in Mr. selves in a curious place and in curious society. The roon Locke King's bill is not whether large estates or small ones was low, ill-smelling, and very full—full, too, of tie are best for the general welfare of the community, but lowest description of broken-down fighting men, card and whether the State, in its capacity of administrator to the skittle sharpers, and thimble riggers. One is knowr effects of an intestate, ought to distribute them in a ' over half the country fairs and racecourses in England as manner at variance with the plainest rules of humanity , the very prince of successful swindlers. The others and common sense. We do not say that thi s i s a question to be decided off-hand, or without referen ce t o t h e were all known rogues and vagabonds, who had circumstances of each particular case. It i s p css ibl e t h at been co nv i c t e d as such over and over aga in.. As with in some instances as much injustice wou ld b e the swell thieves' beerhouse so with Cris infamous done intestates a p s e it; yin d o ne by applying the law of g the law of primogeniture.avelind to the estates o haunt, as so on as our party came i n, i ts regular occupants f But the presumption is certainly the other way; and so instantly and silently departed, with the single i differenc e . long as a man en j o y s the full e st liberty of t es t amentary th a t w hil e the first -named class affected gentility n thee disposition he cannot complain if the law declines to secure departure and wished ` Good night,' the latter did not to his eldest son the position which he neglected to secure conceal their fear, but slunk away as much as they could for him himself. The present seems a favourable oppor unnoticed. Y e t b o th c l asses were equally cr i m i na l, b o th tunity for taking the question out of the domain of facti on and of setting it on a fair and equitable basis. were known as having lived by crime only, and as certain only to liv e by crime whil e th e y were a t l arge . Yet to The Standard says th a t M r . Locke King has obt a i ne d leave to introduce once more his bill for what is naively neither one class or the other could the detectives called the "better settling the real estates of intestates"-- say a single word, for there was no specific in other words, f or th e a b o liti on o f th e E ng li s h cus t om o f charge agai', and they went out as usual primogeniture. - The arguments, or the phrases which rest them, passed for such, w ere o f th e c h arac t er w hi c h h as b ecome • from th e i r b eershops to prey upon society at large, familiar to the public, not only through the mouth of the whether rich or poor," "N. A. W." further tells us that the member for East Surrey, but from the speeches of greater police know every face in th ese h ouses , an d i ns t an tly orators and mere di s ti ngu i s h e d Liberals. There were the detect a fresh one—that generally of a man whose own usual claptraps about the injustice to the small land s e receivers . w hit h c 0 m A b m i n o e n th e holders, the inequality between the laws of real and of district has been made t oo h o t for hi m . He goes on to personal property, the unhappiness of families, and the over-exaggeration of properties ; the results of the pre. aspreeakthoofc l ass of beerhouses sent system, which prevails through the greater part of the kingdom, of permitting the eldest son , g beer- w se o ll rs in t gwith some other trade. These are always able to elude the vigilance to succeed to the whole estate when the owner dies of the police without a will. Of none of th ese po i nts were there an , and in th ese t h e regular receivers of y stolen goods wa it for the boy thieves, from whom cause shown why the ancient custom of the country—a custom not the creation of any law, b u t o f w hi ch the law , they will pu rc h ase anything —a, single shoe, a pewter itself is but the expression—should be disturbed in favour pot,. a waggoner's whine a horse's nosebag, a piece of of the new Principle of equal distribution in cases of bacon, a brace of pheasants, a watch or handkerchief— intestacy. Beyond a lame story of a prodigal son, who, , anything and everything, in fact, on which these fuss having taken to dissipated ways, contrived to get the whole estate upon his father dying without a will, and t o tiable se. , ung vagabo n d s can lay their hands. Th e amoun t ' squander it to the prejudice of a virtuous younger brother, they receive for each article i s a l most nominal, probably that the existing custom works injuriously. not more th an a t enth of its value, so that a young thief there was not even a single illustration adduced to pr ove has to pilf er t o t h e value of some 30s. before he gets 3s. or I P , 4s. to pay for his dinner, his place in the gallery of a cheap The Star declares that a very strong addition to the theatre, and . his supper and bed at a cheap lodging-house. case which may be made out for the bill is the fact that 1 . already local differences render the law of succession in cases of intestacy very irregular. In Sussex the law of , These receivers, under the present law, it is almost . 3' dare not— and it need Borough English prevails, and in a case of intestacven ' impossible to get hold of, fur the boys themselves will not tell of them —the that county the whole of a landed estate has gone to the hardly be said that the receivers don't tell of themselves. cases where there is no will a distrution similar He also draws attention to the "leavi ng shops," the ?ter.that which would take place every 7here if thieves' pawnbrokers. Mr. Locke King's bill were to pass into law. lowest districts of the Boron h g ,of Rateliff • Mr. Beresford Hope is no true Kentish man in . RlghwaY, or complaining of this local law. The existence of such dis- Spitalfields which has not one or more of them. The crepancies proves most irrefragibly the necessity of some pledges are kept for a month, and interest is cba ree a e „ change in the law, and also suggests that whatever change i advances at the rate of a penny for every sixpence, wV e sh w er " takes place ought to be effected by a carefully prepared and comprehensive m easure . S o f ar as we know, Mr. ' redeemed the same day or at the e n d o f the four weeks. Locke King's bill would do all that is necessary on the What this rate of interest is I must leave others to cal. particular point is which he has so long devoted himself. culate, though it really matters little. It is the syst But the law o f rea l property requ i res to be generally , em a overhauled and perhaps a ll p ar ti es wou ld b e b est pleased which I complain. ' with a measure which should effect the changes desired in I The limes commenting on this letter, says : "We bays emanner more e l a b ora t e - an d b alanced than Mr. Locke ' been all perplexing ourselves with the possible fate of some King, for obvious reasons, could, as a private member , I - ' contrite convict disposed to become respectable, but • propose with any chance of success. The Herald is dissatisfied ,c i .ar we s with Alr. C d ll' in his efforts by the intervention of the police. 1 reduction I thwarted in the number of army office rs. Why, among the real, genuine representatives of crime— we it c i a l n be s h own that , have a larger army than „“ wa nt, we and good ; but , among the people described by our correspondent—there if this fact be not shewn, then - it is t, clear that we are pre- 'is not a man who dreams, or ever would dream, of any paring to do with a smaller arras la i ti 11,3 want, and to take the chance of conse,, re no n •ed, even in the cause of ;co oreover, there was : w rnlY. to reduce the honest calling. Doubtless in this metroplis there are re- numerical strength of the army claimed men leading, as far as they can, reformed lives, but enaniviulation of the staff ; criminals' might he ,gained by a judicious -41 !,1 5 the same object 1 the malefactors of whom the police speak—the habitual i --.------=---------------- and administrative expenses trittie.Y• the loss of ! of whom we read—the enemies of society of I The Anglo-Italian Gazette informs us that the e ffi c i enc y or prejudice to existin gg t .ere:sts . . The only ; whom we wish to rid ourselves—these people', with all 1 American colony at Napleimet en the 22d February, at defence of the plan adcpted i 8 sacrifice machinery—that the compnies , re h d a u t c ( it does not , tie it belongings, exist in a perfect blaze of notoriety. 1 the house of the Unit3d States Consul, to celebrate the au can be filled up at any time when e the ; Now, aee we to be told, and must we really conclude, that niverFary of the birthday of Washington. officers set to work for the purpos,... But this • re i erut ttng i tn .,. , this state of things is to con ' b - tinue, ecause we ca ou ee d LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL fIAIR.—MRS. S. A. n no applies only to men—it does not extend to a' 01 - '.- ' It has been urged by some military reformers that t he & ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR 1 Way of empowering the police to put a stop tO: te witteu e Hair. D RESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded to its youthful colour and proportion of officers to men is unnecessarily large in the encroachment on the liberties of the 8,11 , ,m e British army, and it is certainly larger nominally than i . beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de some continental armies. In the English army it is 1 tC I ) ~._...____ . ______. lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from 28, in the French 1-to 33, in the Austrian Ito 40, and in in the falling off. it prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; the Prussian Ito 40. But against this comparison must be PA event of Mr, liat , vey Lovist mtplijv tat it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all placed the fact that the English army has a f ar more 1 v'At toe' liar le the Zteo ckre l R,,t o,m j u vr i mit i mil d dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In lar ge Bottl es _ extensive range of service, even in times of peace, th 1 ,42 1 that borough pill ttivite Dr% fialariAi "' • a lib 'am o I Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists e,Tai Perfumer, any of the great armies of the Continent --- -----, Vktiiiii_tt -- atltti t l,-- --- '." 'a - m - - ;11:3::: , Depot 266, High Holborn reitasekdentetion. . • NDON, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1169. (From the Anglo-A mer i can. Ti mes.) A correspondent, signin g hi mse lf "N. A. W ., " wr i tes a long letter to the Times un d er th e h ea di ng, " The Kansas and Louisiana h ave ra tifi e d the Constitu- Haunts of Crime in London," which will mate- tional Amendment relating to the Suffrage. - The rially strengthen the hands of Lord Kimberley in New England element rules strongly in Kansas, but his conduct of the Habitual Criminals Bill. no of strongly enough to induce the Senate to strike argument of "N. A. W." throughout the letter 3a ! the word " white" out of the State Constitution, that power should be put into the hands of the police to although it is asserted that three " Female Suffrage" arrest those who are known convicted thieves when they Senators bolted, as they were more interested in are evidently up to mischief. Referring to the grumbling; against the in e ffi c i ency o f t h e pol i ce, " N. A. W. " striking out the wor d " ma l e. " The Louisiana says: "The p o li ce are f ar l ess to blame than it is the Legislature does not pr e t en d t o express more than fashion to suppcse or assume. Their hands are the feeling of a se c ti on o f t h at State ' s citizens. A tied tip with legal difficulties in every direction. Of course there Parliament of negroes and carpet-baggers might are culpable and negligent members in such a large body securely be counted upon to pass the Amendment, of men, and these are exactly the ones who can plead even without discussion. The opposition will be excuses under the present laws. It is the active and experienced in the most loyal of the States outside New England, perhaps greatest, in the Western States. Indeed it will be difficult to predict what they will do ; although the result could easily be told if each American dropped his answer " Yes" or " No" into a ballot-box. In that case the Amend ment would be lost by an overwhelming majority, but in this case it has to be decided by Republican Legislatures pledged to the principle on which it is grounded. The Pacific States of California and Oregon may not only reject but most likely fiercely oppose it. Indeed the danger to the Amendment is in the feeling it will engender on the Pacific slope, where, although now powerless to withstand a measure as hateful, as in the opinion of Califor nians, hazardous, no small split may hereafter be caused. There is a sympathy which runs through from the Pacific to the Atlantic, losing force, of course, the further it gets from the one ocean to wards the other, but still a power which will exert its influence unless the Amendment be rushed through the Legislatures without discussion. It will be felt in the 'Western States, and will go to make up the opinion which decides the ques tion, if time for argument be given. A Western farmer will say, if this Amendment be adopted, the Pacific slope will eventually pass into the power of the Chinese, who by force of numbers will outvote the American element, and whose in telligence is just sufficient to enable them to make an effective use of their power and place their own men in office. It will only be a question of time, for China can beat Europe and America combined in peopling California, if it becomes to them not only the land of wealth, but the land of liberty—a liberty beyond their wildest dreams. In endea ;oes vouring to secure the equal rights of the African in the the Southern States this Amendment may give to 441° China the most promising portion of American ter 'hls ritory, a result never con t emp l ate d b y the Legisla :on- ture. Nor can such action be controlled, once set in motion, for the tide of Chine se em i grat i on may 6 i n tlz flow over towards the Atlantic, and exert a stu :on. pendous influence on a nation exercising a great re- , control over the affairs of mankind. Regarded Lder from this point the subject assumes a magnitude weir simply world-wide, and it behoves those on whom is a rests the responsibility to know the full import of Lich what they do. The Western Lamer may conclude tie that Congress with its eyes fixed on one view only TICII Ten• of this question is blind to another of infinitely , out greater extent, and in sympathy with the Cali ary fornian he may vote for the rejection of the Amend yet ment. Nor earnestly, asis to be desired the success of ant the principle o n w hi c h thi s A mendment is grounded, the can we arrive a t any other conclusion. Are the her Chinese fitted by nature for the future this Amend ust ment would open to them ? If not, the farmer mixwould as soon thi n k o f cross i ng h i s breed of fi ne I 17, pigs with some l ean , h ungry, unprof i ta b le k i nd, as ire voluntarily to i n t ro d uce suc h an em i gration. The ew essence of the question lies in the fitness of the .a Chinese for such a part, and as no half-bred races me have thriven, it becomes narrowed to the American one versus the Chinaman. It is almost impossible to ng present nations in greater contrast. America is the Id newest and most advanced in civilization, China the ho oldest and most decayed; America is the most rapid, in changing, inventive, speculative, and energetic— ed China the most passive, unchangeable, and least iw inventive, remai n i ng i n a l e th argy , f or a thousand sn years befcre A mer i ca was di scovere d. China is th e a country of tradition, veneration, irreligion, and moral :e, pedantry ; America has no veneration, no tradition, ie but religion. Nor is the difference in appearance 'g less marked, while the habits and customs are af wholly dissimilar. To say that the'superior race is it deliberately to make way for the inferior, or rather to put its neck under the latter's yoke, with whom , ir it has no sympathy whatever,• is something too ' extravagant to be entertained if the result be under :k stood. The question then is—Are we justified in do believing in a probability so dangerous ? The best is. answer is to be found in the ri g ht place to see k f or it—California. A Chinaman there, is scarcely re cognizedas a human is n being, ot a indeedpers "person" 'ge courts sba b v y e tdheceilwdaed that a m w e n b t i t ; e his man, t a e s n t d i m t o h n e y f is rm a n within the meaning of the Fo ur t eent h Amend )f o o f t b received t b against Hgeivreenare m against en each unable other,hold dy realprovoke ig oath, derision. k perty, who have no status before the law, to whom g the superior race scornfully throw their dirty linen r• to wash, still pouring by every av4ilable means n into the country, notwithstanding the repression attempted. From this, two facts are eliminated_. the earnest desire of the citizens of the Pacific States to fend off Chinese immigration, and their inabi s lity to do so notwithstanding measures wholly op ] posed to the spirit of Republican government. It 5 is then clear that the Californians, who are best s placed to appreciate it, entertain so strong a sense of the danger, that they endeavour to turn back the I men most useful to them, who cheapen labour, and give to the State so much of its prosperity ; yet ' tbat their measures are inavailing to avert the in vasion they dread. The Federal Congress passes the proposed Amendment, and States wholly over looking the position on the Pacific slope, sanction it in the teeth of the Californian remonstrance, and what then becomes of the situation there? The repression being removed, the immigration is in ' creased, and Chinamen become a voting, office holding power with which it is difficult to deal ; or • California and her sister States refuse theAmeniment when carried, maintaining, in violation of it, the 1 discrimination on account of race and colour, which is tantamount to secession! We have always re garded this question with anxiety, and we only hope that means may be found, if the Amendment be passed, to provide for the difficulty. We believe that the American press has seriously taken up the discussion of this subject, as we did on receiving the Cable messages, and let us hope not too late. But, as is natural, on what affects two score millions, while the Pacific slope numbers little over half a million, the discussion must turn on the interests of the vast majority. Hence the cancelling of educational qualifications, even for holding office, is the provi sion most forcibly exposed. On this subject the Neu, York Sun says :—" Are we to be denied the privilege of insisting that our candidates for judges shall know the law ? Must that excellent Act of Congress be annulled which provides that persons who apply for clerkships in the Executive Depart ments at Washington shall be examined to ascer tain how far education has qualified them for the places they desire? If a State wishes to institute a geological survey, may it not require that the gen tlemen who apply to do the work shall know the difference between limestone and hornblende ?" The Chinaman sitting as judge iu the court wherein his testimony had lately been refused on oath would present a startling picture to a San Franciscan ; but if this Amendment be passed, what is to prevent the tables being turned in California, and the Celes tial Judge refusing to receive the evidence of au American against the naturalized Chinese citizen. The intelligence received yesterday adds Missouri, West Virginia, and even Nevad t to the States which had ratified the Amendment. Pr a his no rich mne ;ton ruses is of Dwn lice AIISCE NEWS. to the Continent. A. plan has been started for reaching Europe under the sea. Among the pro moters are Lord Richard Grosvenor Mr. Bazley, Mr. 'Thomas Brassey, Mr. Hawkshaw, M. Michel Cheva lier, M. Arles Dufour, and other influential English men and Frenchmen. The idea favoured by these gentlemen is that of tunneling through the submarine chalk. In order to prepare the way, borings have been made on both sides of the Straits. On the English side the chalk was bored through, and the green sand reached at 540 feet below high water. It is assumed that no " fault " occurs in the chalk formation underneath the Channel, and in that case the tunnel could be carried through the lower or grey chalk, where there would be little percolation of sea water. Of course it is possible that sea water may find its way through some unexpected fissure, in quantities too large to be overcome. To ascertain this it would be necessary to drive preliminary driftways under the sea. It is anticipated that the work would cost ten millions sterling, and take ten years to execute. THE JUNCTION OF THE OPERAS. Mr. Williams, of Tree flow, Cornwall, has written to the Morning Post on the proposed combination of the Opera-houses for this season. Ho regrets the attempt being made to establish a monopoly, and thinks it is likely to prove injurious to the future fortune of the Italian Operain London. The arguments in favour of the scheme are plausible, but wrong, and it is quite evident that London can support two Operas. Mr. Williams complains of the ill-judged system that has lately prevailed of extending the performances to four, five, or even six nights a week, which left no time for rest, or for the due preparation of the works produced. The strain thus put upon the orchestral and choral forces by the amount of additional work, has caused deterioration in many respects. The virtual dismissal of Mr. Costa augurs ill for the success of the new under taking; and the repertoires of the chief singen will be brought into direct antagonism. It is suggested that the lessees would feel it more to their own interests if they agreed to open their houses on alternate nights, and by this means a healthy competition would be secured, without ruinous drawbacks to success. It is reported that the proposed scheme to effect the amalgamation of the two Opera-houses has failed. ELECTION TRIALS. The praises bestowed on Mr. Disraeli's measure for the trial of election petitions have become more moderate of late, and, instead of unqualified praise, we have a considerable amount of grumbling. It is, perhaps but natural that the party in each district which suffers from the new measare should attribute the loss. rather to bad legislation than evil actions. But to those not concerned in such a way it must bs clear that we have not yet got a measure for ensuring purity of election. Mr. Disraeli's measure may be very well so far as it goes ; but it does not go far enough. Take the case cited 1 y gr. Vernon Harcourt in the House the other night of the Irish borough, where it was admitted that " the sitting member had spent upwards of £5,000, and had obtained only 127 votes, and the question was reserved for the Court of Common Pleas, to determine whether that had any relation to corruption." Without drawing attention to parti cular cases, within the last few weeks there has been enough to make even enthusiastic supporters of the Leader of the Opposition doubt whether, after so much has been gained by giving the work to the judges. Perhaps there is an improvement, but the heart of the evil is still left untouched. MAY.NOOTH. Some .or our contemporaries seem to be so hard up for any objection to the Irish Church Bill that they are compelled to raise the old exploded anti- Maynooth cry. They .quote Mr. Gladstone's letter to Mr.' Jubb, written during the general election, in which the Premier said, "Not only my own declarations upon every occasion, but the resolution unanimously passed by the House of Commons, bind me in honour, as I am bound in purpose and conviction, to propose that the Regium Donum and Maynooth grant should be wound up, and should cease with the Church Establishment. Can words go further ?" They then assert that Mr. Gladstone's present proposal is a direct violation of this promise. It is nothing of thesort. He always said it was hi 3 intention t a ",,,,, n" the Irish Church, the Itegiu m . u onum , an tffi q e ay nooth grant. He has fulfilled his promise by proposing to wind them up in precisely the same way. The State connection is to cease, and the revenue is to bo capitalised in each case ; only whereas at present 500,000 Protestant Episcopalians enjoy £700,000 a year, and 5000,000 of Roman Catholics only £20,000 a year, Mr. Gladstone does not find any surplus fund in the latter sum as he does in the former; does not propose, therefore, to appropriate any of the May nooth grant as he does of the Church revenues. If he has over estimated the value of the grant and the buildings that is a detail capable of alteration. OCEAN POSTAGE. The House of Commons will shortly be called upon to decide a question of great interest to the mercantile community. It has become necessary to arrive at a final decision respecting the manner in which the postal service between this country and North America shall be conducted. On the termination of the old contract with the Cunard Company in 1867, a provisional arrange ment was made for 1868. Last summer the Govern ment, desiring to put matters on a regular footing, advertised for tenders, and received, among others, offers from Messrs. Cunard and Inman, the heads of the two well-known lines of mail steamers. These gentlemen proposed to under take the service conjointly for a subsidy of £150,000 a year, Mr. Cunard undertaking two thirds of the service and receiving two-thirds of the money. The Government thought these terms too high, but offered £70,000 a year to the Cunard Company, and £35,000 to Mr. Inman. They pro posed also that the engagement should be reduced from ten years to seven. To these terms the contrac tors agreed, and the contracts were signed at the end of the year, but waited for the ratification of Parliament. The new Ministry proposed to reduce the term of years to six instead of seven, but the con tractors objected on the ground that they could not construct the ships required for the special service with so short a term in view. Parliament will, therefore, have to decide upon the contract as originally signed, and if not disapproved within a month from this time it becomes bindi ng . The contract or s argue , i n behalf of the sub s id y sys t em , that it would not answer the purpose of any company to take the mails like ordinary cargo. The entire service, even to the build and tonnage of the vessels employed, is regulated by the exigencies of the Post-office contract. When the notice of th e t erm i na ti on o f the old contract with the Cuna r d company was g i ven in 1866, they immediately suspended their shipbuilding operations. The mercantile community are generally of opinion that a special contract service is necessary for trade. No doubt the work can be done for less money, but if we are contented to send our mails by ordinary , vessels, we must also be contented to wait their time and suit their requirements. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT TUE ITABITUAL CRIMINALS BILL. Mr. James Greenwood, in an interesting letter to the Star, raises a solitary note of opposition to Earl Kimberley's Habitual Criminals Bill. He styles the measure the "New Cruelty to Criminals Bill," and protests against the premises on which the argu ments in favour of it are founded. The whole of his present letter is devoted to sheaving that there is no cause for alarm. Criminals do not co o CHINESE MISSIONARIES. perate ; each man necessarily works for himself, and to the papers is taught by the very nature of his employment not recently presented with respect to the missionaries in to trust in others. The present force is sufficient to The Duke of SOMERSET called attention meet a disorganised body. Mr. Greenwood does not bill, except that it does not go to work in the in this letter state his objections to the working of sionaries into China, and then to use the fleet to pro theChina. H e asked what right bad we to send inland rais in them when they meet with the treatment charitable Ch r i st i an way b y w hi c h cr i me is robbed of Iwhich they would only have wet with after they its attractions. B u t t o hi s a rgum en t, as f ar as it had preached obnoxious and unpopular doctrines goes, it must b e o bj ected t h a t th e present organisa- in Bi rm i ng h am un d er p ara ll e l circumstances. He tion has pro ve d altogether i nsu ffi c i ent to battle with strongly condemned the whole system pursued an undoubt e dl y great evil. Besides which, c er t a i n t y in China as nothing else than promoting Christianity by of detection an d punishment, w hi c h the bill seeks to means of gunboats. obtain, would rob crime of many, if not all , of its T he Earl of CLARENDON said the q uestion w as one attractions.of growing interest, and in order to prevent a recurrence instructions had been sent out to the Consuls and the offi cers of the ships of war to withdraw all persons in dan ger rather than make reprisals. Lord CLANRICARDE, in moving for certain returns, made observations on the proper rule to be adopted in Ireland as to granting the aid of the police for private purposes, with reference to the attack on Mr. Scully at Ballycochey. Lord DUFFERIN said the papers were not in a fit state to be produced at present: Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Bruce's Restitution Bill was read a third time and passed. Mlt. MACRORIE. The London agents of the Cape and Natal News are advertising that their next number " will contain full particulars of the consecration of the Bev. Mr. Macrorie as Bishop of Pietermaritzburg." It appears, therefore, that the Anti-Colensoites have fully resolved to incur the responsibility of, to use the language of their own party, settingup altar against altar. It will be interesting to see in what way Bishop Colenso meets this invasion of rights which the law courts have confirmed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE IRISH SOCIETY. Ml'. MAGUIRE gave notice that on the 6th of April ho should move amongst other things the abolition of the Irish Society. Mr. DILL WYN gave notice that on that day week he should move for a return of all persons convicted within the metropolitan police district of using false weights and measures, with the sentences inflicted. GIBRALTAR. Mr MONS ELL, in reply to Mr. Ribbed, said that vari ous matters were in procase in order to improve the condi tion of the convict prison at Gibraltar, and also to supply better water for the garrison as well as the prison. THE FENIAN . CONVICT MACKEY. Mr. C. FORT ESCI.TE said the list of crimes commit mitted by the convict Mackey, as well as the other assump tions, were in the main all correct with but one exception, and that was that the convict had been discharged. (Loud laughter.) There never had boon the slightest intention of granting a pardon to Mackey, and the name of that person would not be found amongst those mentioned in the return. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. (From the Anglo -American Times.) General GRANT was installed as President of the United States last Thursday, when he broadly shadowed his designs in his inaugural address. In the first place he announced a well-known fact, that he will commence his duties untrammelled. Then he states that, although without a policy to enforce against the people's will, he will have a policy to recommend. In this he clearly intimated his well considered intention of upholding the power and dignity of the Presidential Office ; and that there might be no mistake, he added that he will veto bills whe❑ he believes such an exercise of the Executive authority to be necessary. Having thus quietly in formed Congress of the position with regard to them and the extreme Republican tarty he de signed to take up, which tallied with his announce ment to the Congressional Committee sent to in form him officially of his election, that he would remove officials, whether appointed by his predeces sor or himself when they failed to discha!ge the duties of their office to his satisfaction, he stated the measures he considered most advisable—the pay ment of the United States debt in Gold, and the early resumption of specie payments. He thinks the public debt can be discharged within 25 years, but for this a system of economy and retrenchment must be enforced, and honesty insisted upon in all officials. No repudiator should, in his opinion, hold any public office —a declaration which will be re ceived with dismay by many, and probably direct against him much animosity. His conclusion, however, is based on sound reasoning ; for those who advocate a dishonest policy for the na tion can be but little influenced by feelings of honour in the regulation of other business, and as the PRESIDENT holds it to be of paramount import ance that the affairs of the nation should be admi nistered by honest men, he is justified in taking such views as indicative of immorality. He sup ports the adoption of the recent Negro Suffrage Amendment, and in this he appears to be in bar mony at least with the State Legislatures, if we may take the rapid ratification of Kansas, and Lou isiana, Missouri, and West Virginia, and what really does surprise us of Nevada as proof, though that State has just introduced a bill to protect Chinese settlers. The PRESIDENT had the good sense to abstain from committing himself on the Alabama controversy or about Cuba. Although he might have spoken a few words on either subject to arouse enthusiasm in thecountry,'yetGen. GRANT is not the man to imperil his reputation for a wise caution, the national peace and that of his own administration, for the sake of any popularity. There are subjects enough likely to cause difficulties without the complication of a PRESIDENT committed by a hasty and inconsiderate pledge. The address is satis factory in the highest degree, as it embodies the policy to carry out which GRANT was elected, and his firm determination to uphold the Constitu tional status of his office will meet with approval, for men now begin to ask themselves whether during the unfortunate contest between ANDREW JOHNSON the Republic has not drifted too far from its Constitutional landmarks. The Senate has evidently been pushed by Senator MORTON into a direct vote on the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Bill which it has refused to pass by 26 to 22. This itself proves the danger of placing an authority out side the Constitution in the hands of any body. The Senate now has the power, and though both the PRESIDENT and the House of Representatives desire to withdraw what is no less than an encroach- ment on the prerogative of the PRESIDENT they have as yet failed in doing so. It is in vain to tell the Chamber that it was a temporary power dele gated to it to checkmate ANDREW JOHNSON, that the necessity having ceased, the unconstitutional weapon should be given up. Like in all such bodies, once secured, the power is tenaciously held, and even in an an expiring Senate, with some members voting about to leave the Chamber for ever, the repeal of the obnoxious measure could not be ob tained. Thus the PRESIDENT commences his term with a subject of dispute between the Executive and the Senate, which it is evident from his address may ripen into a quarrel, for it is clear that he has no intention of being a " dummy," however silent, and not only has be a policy, but has determined to select and remove on his own judgment alone the great officers of State. CO..VGI?ESS. SENATE. On the 11th Feb. the Judiciary Committee asked to be discharged from the inquiry into Judge. Un derwood's decision, as they did not think it proper to interfere by legislation with the special adjudica tion of a court. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, offered a resolution declaring " the noisy and disorderly conduct of Benjamin F. Butler and other members of the House of Representatives, during the count • ing of the electoral votes, a wrong and insult to the Senate of the United States." At the instance of Mr. Ferry the resolution was laid over. The bill for the execution of judgments i❑ capital cases was passed. The Currency Bill was considered. The bill authorizing importation of machinery for repairs was passed. An evening session was held, at which the River and Harbour Bill was considered.—On the 12th the bill for the better administration of justice in the Territories was reported with amend ments. The bill relating to the public debrand currency was considered. Mr. Williams' amend ment to prevent the conversion of more than two millions of currency into bonds monthly was re jected. The River and Harbour Bill was considered in evening session. On 13th the credentials of Sena tors-elect Fenton, New York, and Stockton, New Jersey, were presented. Mr. Stewart introduced a bill to allow of naturalization at once. Mr. Robert son introduced a Constitutional amendment provid ing for the decision of questions as to the validity of electoral votes. 'The Judiciary Committee reported a Naturalization Bill, making the term four years and six months, and requiring application to be made of the United States Courts or of the Regis ter in Bankruptcy. The River and Harbour Bill was recommitted.—On the 15th Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Ordnance, reported a bill to esta blish an Ordnance Commission, and consolidate the Ordnance with the Artillery Department. The bill to authorize payment of Treasury officials in the South who could not take the test oath was dis cussed. The replies of Gen. Grant and Mr. C3l - to the notification of their election were pre sented. The Indian Appropriation Bill was consi dered.—On the 16th the House bill to prevent loans and United States notes was passed, and goes to the President. The credentials of Carl Schurz, Senator elect from Missouri, were presented. The joint resolution granting a pension to Mrs. Lincoln was taken up, and Mr. Sumner moved to make the amount $5,000. After considerable discussion the bill was laid aside, and a local bill taken up, by a vote of 21 to 19. Mr. Morton moved to suspend the order and consider the bill. repealing the Tenure-of -Office Act, but the Senate, without act ing upon it, went into executive session, and thed took a recess. An evening session was held, at which the House bill relieving certain Southerns was concurred in. HOUSE OF ItEPRESENTATIVES. On the 11th Feb. Mr. Butler's resolution yester day, protesting against the counting of the vote of Georgia by order of the Vice-President, came up as the first business in order. Mr. Butler suggested that it be referred to a Special Committee, upon whose report a full discussion could be had. Messrs. Shelia barger, Thomas, and Eldridge spoke against the re solution, and were followed by Mr. Bingham, who strongly denounced it. Mr. Schenck took different ground, and favoured Butler's side. After further debate, the resolution went over until to-day. —On the 12th a bill was reported and passed, giv ing $lOO,OOO to be distributed as prize money to Commodore Winslow and the men of the Kearsarge for the destruction of the Alabama. The Recon struction Committee reported a bill reorganizing a Provisional Government in Mississippi, which was ordered to be printed and recommitted. Mr. But ler's resolution protesting against the- counting of the vote of Geo rg i a was di scusse d , and f i nally, on motion of Mr. Logan, the whole subject was tabled by a vote of 131 to 55. A motion to recon sider was then tabled, which prevents any further A COLONIAL SOCIETY. A new association has, lately been form e d h av i ng for its object the furtherance of Indian a n d co l on i a l interests. It "inaugurates " its formation to-morrow in the usual British mode, a publi c di nner. Vi scoun t m iry, my., will preside. The committee con tains some di s tinguished nam es : Th e D uke of Marl borough, the Marquis oflN Normanby, Viscount M onc k, Mr. Bailie Cochrane, Sir W. D en i son , M r. Chiches ter Fortescue, M.P., Sir Willoughb y J ones, Si r H . D. Wolff, and some other M.P.'s and colonial cele brities. THE a BOCK" AND THE "RECORD." The Rock and the Record have attained an eminence in theological journalis m w hi c h h as not yet been reached by other journal s o f th e c l ass. Th e two papers have not only f a ll en foul of their opponents, but of each other. It appears that the Record, in its admiration for Lord Shaftes bury and all his family, stated that Lord Ashley's name appeared "at the head of the list of first classmen." To this the Rock replies that the Oxford class-lists are alphabetically arranged, so that Lord Ashley's position was due to accident rather than to merit. Thereupon the Record is very wrath with the readers of the Record the infor mationits cheap contemporary and rival, rebukes it An- pettiness, and says that it was not necess a r y w t h o Supplies to its readers. Thereupon the Rock very aptly replies that its con temporary either did know or did not know that the list was alphabetically arranged. The second suppo sitionvery pretty implies i ignorance, the first wilful quarrel. THE TEMPERATURE OP THE MONTH. deception. It is a ch giv e the considerable Roc k .The temperature of February was another gift to the meteorologists. Mr. Allnatt, writing to the Times his usualthe 21st, inclusive, the temperature " From the Ist to of the past month was dail y in monthly exe letter, ess of the say s average of 60 years, some times by abnormal amounts. On the Ist it registered 11.8 deg. above the mean; on the 4th, 11 deg.; on the 6th,12 deg. ; 9th, °deg. ; and on the llth, 13.4 deg. This consecutive run of high atmospherical temperature for February is quite unprecedented. It then began somewhat to decline, but still maintained an excess until the 17th w hen it agai n rose to 10 deg. above the aver age . On the 22nd the wind, which had been almost invariably troPical, suddenly backed, and brought a Polar current into contact with the equa torial. Immediate condensation ensued, tempera tures declined, and snow fell to the depth of nearly four inches. On the 28th the temperature was below the mean, and snow again fell." Another point noticed by Mr. Allnatt is important. Some very alarming accounts have come from some , districts of wh ea t see d r otting in th e groun d , on account of the e xcess i ve ra in. Mr. All na tt, noticing the exoess 13th the com bined gauge Was nearly an inch and a quarter. The aggregate fall of the m on th was 3 . 90 inches, which is in excess of says th m th e a an t b o y n i t . h 7 e s 12th iileh and . PROM LONDON TO PARIS. The Daily Telegraph spins a yarn two columns long about the journey from London to Paris. Briefly told, the following are the plans which have been sug gested for abolishing that mauvais hour . and a half which has now to be endured by Britons on continental touring bent. First, there was Mr. Boyd's scheme for erecting a vast tubular bridge across the Channel, which was perfectly practicable from an engineering point of view, but inasmuch as it s cost was £35,000,000, was financially impossible. Then there was M. Boutet's gigantic suspension bridge, attached to huge piers, erected in mid-channel, and having ten spans, each fastened to a pier 360 ft. above the sea. The piers, which, since M. Boutet started his scheme, have increased from nine to twenty-nine are "in dimensions something like St. Paul's Cathedral." For this scheme the inventor ' wants £8,000,000, and he boasts that he has the patronage of the Emperor Napoleon and of Earl Granville. Some persons, at all events, have faith in the scheme, for they have subscribed £4,000 towards the expense of a model which is now being constructed at Calais. Mr. Fowler, the eminent enoineer of the Metropolitan Railways, proposes a sea' ferry. Suitable docks will be constructed on both sides of the Channel, and they vsill shelter vessels 450 feet in length, 57 feet beam, and 12 feet draught, driven by four independent oscillating engines. The vessels, it is supposed, will ensure steadiness and prevent sea-sickness, and will make the voyage in an hour. They will receive a train bodily, so that a passenger taking his seat at either terminus need not alight between London and Paris. A bill to raise £500,000 for carrying out this project was deposited last November, but in all probability the scheme will require a inneh larger sum. Over the lea and ou _thrtielarg notijiie iallY_YasitAgottille NOMINATION DAY. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Willyams, said one of the duties of the select committee on the method of conducting Parliamentary and municipal elections, would be the con sideration of the propriety of abolishing nomination day at Parliamentary elections. THE AMEER OF AFFGHANISTAN. In reply to Mr. B. DENISON, Mr. GRANT-DUFF said the late Governor-General had authorised the payment of six lace of rupees to the Ameer of Affghunistan, and had also authorised the pay ment of six other lacs, which doubtless by that time was in the treasury of the Ameer, and also a quantity of arms. No condition was attached to the gift, which was given as a pledge of goodwill. To call it a subsidy was by no means correct. ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL. In reply to Mr. HARDY, Mr. FOSTER said it was the intention of the Govern ment to proceed with the Endowed Schools Bill on Mon day next. THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Mr. GLADSTONE announced that on Tuesday, the 23d, he should move that the house, at its rising, should adjourn until the Thursday in the following week. REAL PROPERTY. Mr. LOCKE KING moved for leave to bring in a bill for the bettor settling of the real estates of intestates. At present the real property of persons dying without a will passed to the eldest son, and the object of the bill was to effect an alteration in the law on that point, to the effect that the property instead of passing to the one child should be divided equally amongst the whole of the children then living. He quoted many cases where the disobedient eldest son had succeeded to the propertyagainst the known intention of the testator, who had died without making a will, and thus the younger children had been rendered entirely destitute. It was not his desire to introduce the French law on the subject into England, because he altogether disapproved of their mea sure. Mr. B. HOPE objected to the bill, and stated he should state his reasons more fully when the motion for the second reading was under consideration. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Stapleton, Mr. Goldney, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Walter, and Mr. Gladstone took part, leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. V. HARCOURT obtained a Select Committee to inquire into the law affecting the registration of borough voters. The remainder of the sitting was occupied by a short debate on the Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill, The house adjourned at 25 minutes to 9. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, ate the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports Lion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co. Belfast; cc .1. Beaufort-buildings Strand. London W.O —[AC- Tertisement. The first piano sent from America to Japan has just been shipped by a New Haven manufacturer. LADVERTISEMENT.I Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— Healing not harmful.—No application has met with the same uni versal approbation for curing all external ailments as that which this unguent has received. Skin sores, deep ulcers, fetid dis charges, burns, blistered surfaces, and many similar affections, are at once soothed and, on the road to soufidness by Rollo way's ointment. With his ointment and his pills the wealthy may save thepselves much suffering and the poor may help themselves to health, since these medicaments are reasonable in price, and can be purchased in every hamlet. They have effected cures of stiff, swelled legs, and lacerated limbs, and opened out the prospect of a happy future after hope of recovery had been 84811 up. `'eas_s=plo bringing up of the subject. The "Air Line _gall' road Bill" for a railroad between Washington and New York was passed —yeas 99, nays 54. The TO Bill was considered in evening session.—On the 13th Mr. Hooper's bill relating to the reports of National Banks was reported and passed ; also the bill to prevent loans on United States notes. The bill " To Prevent further Increase of the Public Debt" was also passed, with an amendment requiring Pat ° of coin to be at public auction. The Senate hi" supplementary to the National Banking Jaw wa s diScussed, and an evening session was held for general debate. On the 15th a number of bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. Hubbard , of West Virginia, supplementary of the Nations! Banking Act. A joint resolution was passed anew . rizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Company t° issue bonds for the construction of its road. O lt motion of Mr. Spalding the evening sessions wer e set apart for the Appropriation Bills. The S.2nat 3 amendments to the Constitutional Amendmen ts were non-concurred in, and a conference asked. A bill was reported and discussed relieving many re r i sons of their political disabilities. The Tax , was considered in evening session. On the 1 6 t h tlit bill reported by the Reconstruction C om mittee , . removing the di sa biliti es o f a l arge num b er 01 , Southerners, p asse d. Th e S upp l ementary Nat i o nal Banking Bill was considered, and the previou s question seconded thereupon, with the understand' ing that a vote would be had that day. The T° Bill was considered in evening session, and passed' PRESIDENT GRANT'S cABINE7. (From the Anglo-American Times.) General GRANT made his longest speec4 spEech the conversational style of his remarks O ° be called—to the C ongress i ona l C omm i ttee appoioteLlA officially to notify to him his election as President of the United States. Senator MORTON,. and Re" presentatives PRUYN, of New York, and Waseg, of lowa, comprising the delegation, were at t he Army Head-quarters at 10.30 a.m., 13th February', half au hour in advance of the time appointed. Th e General was in his office transacting army business when .those gentlemen were shown in. On Pre senting the com m i ss i on as P res id ent of the United States for the term of four years, commencing froili last Thursday, Senator MORTON assured bum be ° much his election gratified his countrymen, were convinced that he would exercise the duties °f his distinguished office with the energy, integrithv and patriotism which had always characterized hiu l, and he concluded by asserting that he would ban e the support of the people in administering the Ge" vernment, even where they differed politically fres; him. On receiving the certificate, General GRA S remarked that he accepted the office with the deter ruination faithfully to fulfil its obligations, eo ee ,„ l ; ally in an hon es t an d consc i ent i ous discharge of the Revenue laws. He would select officers earnestly desirous of enforcing economy, retrenchment, an honesty, which the p eo pl e o f t h e country most ee' sired. Those who did not satisfy him in the di s ; charge of their duti es h e wou ld not be-sitatts to remove as quickly in his own appointtnen as in those of his predecessor. He had in tended to make k n o wn th e names o f the ol e he desired to form his Cabinet when official,'" lir formed of the result of the election, but after eee; t sideration had induced hi m no t t o d o so , even the gentlemen selected un til th e names we re se° s to the Senate for con fi rma ti on. Th us a pre ssure ; ;would be avoided, w hi c h cou ld not f a il i mme diately to commence from var i ous quarters to i n d uc e hi to change his d e t erm i nat i on, t h e opposition ,beiedsi perhaps prompted, not so much from per s°l3 o motives as on acc oun t o f t h e i nterest gen tlen3e „ naturally took in their friends. For this a ndoth e i ; reasons he had co nc l u d e d no t to annou nce b Cabinet until th e ti me ment i oned. He sPeite ,0 openly and without re serve , an d was li s tened " with both int eres t an d appro b at i on. M r . Pi 11,4 then, on behalf of his p ar ty, assure d hi m that a would have Democratic su p por t an d co - o peratie o in carrying out the principles he had announced , s s assurance the Preside nt El ec t rece i ve d with smile. In all, the num b er present did no t exeee d twenty, including the General's staff, and altbou ro the three or f our reporters di ffer sJmewhat t. the words used, th ey a ll agree as to their pur port Guam's attitude throughout the whole election bag added materially to his strength, as it commands th e people's confidence, and support. H e i s pledge d neither to party nor to politician, being alike 11 : trammelled by promises t o w i re - pu ll ers or pie to policy. Never sin ce th e d ays o f W as hingt , o e t he White a President less c omm i t t e d h ave ente red eti White House. He ca nno t th ere f ore b e terei bo " traitor," as was A NDREW JOHNSON, if .0g shows a Conse rva ti ve i nc li nat i on i n ma ,1. . up his C a bi ne t, approach i ng the boundary ir which sepa r at es th e D emocrats from the RePtio, licans for the material he uses. As PuEsioE tra the Constitution i nves t s hi m w i t h the Exeeiltiot power of the U n it e d S tates of America. Cabin do officers are not charged with any of that power, e re , even their opi n i ons are only to be given w hen quired by th e P RESIDENT upon subjects relating toos the duti e s o f th e i r respect i ve offices. The politie7o, have managed t o ves t i n th e S ecretar i es an a lit ,1 rity wholly unr ecogn i ze d b y t h e C onst i tu tion, a ° . 0 in a lat e i nstance a Secretary actually hel d h e office, as our rea d ers are aware, i n sp i te of th nd i f PRESIDENT, so fortifyi ng hi mse lf t h ere as to Sta necessary the anticipated siege. There is no di s g t he ing the fact that that proceeding was not only ar e highest degree imprope r , b u t ill ega l, an d people the now awaking to the kno sledge that eve ° " cussedness" of A NDREW J OHNSON did not elK o oo e it. Congres s i s no t lik e l y to try that little g be with GRANT ; still it i s i mposs ibl e to say; w ets enormous power the General wields, roig hv urs e. deter even the wildest e n th us i as t f rom suc h a c° n " wait, however, the list of the Cabinet i u t ° ters, which we hope will reach us before we - press, but in this we have been disappointed: ^Wit [ADVERTISEMENT J— Consumption, and all bilious , u rac atso and accelerated by drugs of every description, stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are onlYagg er fecl but .r e ' s Foo curable by Da Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Ara b ' side ° as proved by thousands of cases which had been con_ , els such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea , asthilfroas hopeless; ments, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, n erv ,. o lds, a ll gastrin 7 0 0eso , biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs , iulp u fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, glassne s " rities, eruptions, hy s t er i a, neuralgia, irritability, sleep dra psii acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debilltn or cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in progn a t, sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of t , Aer g, pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the sho,...°'" f 3arrY f We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by v u bea lth Food. Cure No 68,413.--" Rome, July 21, 1866.—The ping 91l -0 the Holy Father i s exce ll ent, espec i ally s i nce, a bandn_ 1 301_ 1 other remedies , he has confined himself entirely to D u „later.l Revalenta Arabic & F oo d , o f wh i ch he consum es n at every meal. It has pro laced a surprisingly bA a.tl!l effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Pr.' 3116 14 excellent food too highly." From the Gazette roe 1 . July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, tinar 1 ,4' 8 ! chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseari:coss.-_—, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial ae.7 o ,at Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies Lord Lie .2 u . ' Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia . -No. 49'83ervousoes5 years' indescribable agony from dys pepsin, yr.kness.„.,:a asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, f ut vomiting.—MariaJoly." Important Cautio n.—Beware °f „Atli° unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to authority, Baron Liebig's name its most audaciously a ils. , W e° whieu ttacl ed io, In tine, at ls. lid. ; 1 lb. 2s. vd.: 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 51 b% ic a CO /4 225. ; '24 lbs, 40s, —Also Du BARRY's EzvALENTAA nA " t LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters ; cups at 3s. Gd., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305., 555. E u ro for 12 cups at 576 c. t !. Y 4 at 555.--being' about one penny per cup. The 30e. tri: os t Or o are sent free of carriage in England on reeeijt„TOtreeti Order. BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Bea- - don ; and all Grocers and Chemists. C O j I:O C M . B R — . Births. I 80 ' 1.0 41 USO Ocnoiothmeb!tßh.minsAt..,,aotf at Lilford H aSosuotoh.sea, the wife_f L RD—On the Bth inst., A the Lilford, of a son. Marriages. icnrc le' GUISE—DotrGAL—On the 9th inst., at S. Marys. -L" . ""' tit ~, t it I b L, o ra n r=k e , , B J NL a i i i3 i:e .E s_John Guise, Esq , to Mary Ann, i ri l' e ft , t ho' daughter of J. Dougal, Esq., Of Glenferness, ttli'• -' 1 i On the 6th inst. , SE City-toad, Robert Hargrave, eldaettbesoWn eosifralkCirigoreo•; Self, to Helen, youngest surviving daughter of "" ' Diane. T ae°lla Deaths. DRAWBRIDGE- On the 7th inst., at Roches Drawbridge, Esq.; M. 8., aged 71. 4 A 1 •91 JONES—On the Bth inst., at Dalston, John D. Jon e't F.L.S., aged SS. (1, ciso ll SEABROOK -On the Bth inst ' at Butler's Farm,, - g Heath, Samuel Seabrook, aged 52, ,onden: Printed ancr -------- Pablished 1;y WILLId AN of NO. 112, S tr0—n..., ,1 Printer at Bic SUN 0 th 1 0, " Of 6tratki, in tns Precinct of ' the Savoy, In e C °ul' Alva 10, 1.8t9. 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