The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-30 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN .„_, RAILWAY. The following are the details of the accidents which occurred on the Metropolitan Railway yesterday. The train from Hammersmith to the City had passed Baker street station, and had arrived at Portland-road. The line not being clear to Gower-street caused a delay. Another train from Brompton immediately followed on to the up station to Portland-road, but had not passed the distance signal when it was com pelled to stop, the line not being signalled clear. From some unexplained cause a train from St. John's wood came in and ran into the train stopped at the danger signal, in the tunnel beyond the junction. The consternation of the passengers thus finding their train run into may be more readily imagined than described. Their shrieks were terrific. The guard's van, which was struck by the engine, was broken, and the passengers in the carriages were much shaken, many of them also receiving severe bruises and cuts, especially about the head and face ; some also suffered severely in the Legs. Several of the sufferers were taken to the Middle sex and University Hospitals. So far as we can learn, no bones have been broken, but several persons have been severely shaken. Among those who were attended to at the Middlesex Hospital are William Rogers, one of the employs of the company, who remains in the hospital : John M'Leod, John Down, William Day (who, though urged to remain in the hospital, chose to go home), and Caroline Thurlow. Nine of the sufferers were attended to at the University Hospital. Mr. P. Calder. 44-5, War wick-street, Pimlico, found himself covered with blood, after having performed an enforced summersault, and pre sented himself at the general manager's office with his coat covered with blood, which, as it was found, had come from a lady who had sat opposite to him. Mr . T. Stephens, 31, North Audley-street, received a severe cut on the lip; and Mr. Christy, of 32, Oakley-square, Chelsea, sustained an injury in the leg. The traffic on the line was stopped both ways for about three hours, and men were sent from the Edgware-road station to clear the line, and set right the carriages which had been dis placed. Another correspondent says that of twenty cases of injury reported to have been taken to the Middlesex Hos pital, only five sufferers were conveyed thither, and in each instance they were enabled to proceed to their homes after being attended to by the house surgeon. Five cases were taken to the University Hospital, namely : Ann Reeves, aged 60, Ernest-street, Notting-hill ; Jane Quinsey, 24, Onslow-buildings, Fulham-road ; James Noble, aged 36, Albert-road, Kilburn ; David Avery, aged 20, Thornton-alley, Whitechapel ; and John Hales, aged 34, Beard-street, Soho. These were at once seen to by Mr. Bartlett, resident surgeon ; but the injuries sus tained in either case were not of a nature to allow of their admittance. The most serious case was that of Ann Reeves, whose head was cut about in a frightful manner, the others being much bruised and shaken. Nothing could be remembered by those mentioned as to the accident. A few of the injured passengers were, it is said, taken to St. Mary's Hospital. LAW AND POLICE. LATTME/t'S CHARITY.—In the Rolls Court the Master of the Rolls gave judgment in the case of Latymer's Charity. It will be remembered that the inhabitants of Edmonton petitioned him to review a scheme which had been approved of by the Commissioners of Charities for the settlement of this charity. His lordship held that the term of education should be held to be co-extensive with the parish, as it now is. He agreed that the primary object of the charity was educational, and he thought it desirable, looking at the changes of the last 250 years, to add to the kind of education contemplated. He thought that the establishment of an upper school might add to the funds applicable to the general purposes of the charity. He thought that twenty or twenty-five boys might be clothed instead of the eight originally specified ; that twenty-five scholars should be elected according to the wish of the petitioners; and that the trustees hhould be guided in their selection by the merit as well as poverty of the can didates. The annual payment of 270 to each of the three kcal schools was also, he thought, within the scope of the foundation ; and it was desirable that a small capitation fee should be paid, as purely gratuitous education was not prized. In other respects his lordship approved of the scheme. Ma. DOULTON'S CASE.—In the Bail Court, Mr. Murphy moved, on behalf of the Belgian Public Works Company, for a rule to set aside the award respecting Mr. Doulton. The learned counsel having admitted that the application was not made within six months of the award, Mr. Justice Lush said that was fatal, and the rule must be refused. THE STATE OF THE COURTS.—In the Nisi Prius Sittings of the Court of Common Pleas an animated scene occurred. On the re-assembling of the court after the usual adjourn ment many of the jurymen found themselves unable to struggle through the crowd into their box, and as soon as Mr. Justice Brett took his seat complaints were heard from all sides. One juryman said that his coat had been torn off his back; another, that the miseries of a common jury were most uncommon ; while Mr. Digby Seymour, on behalf of the Bar, made a most pathetic appeal. "In the morning," said the learned counsel, in a melancholy tone, "my wig was beautifully powdered, and now look at it. I have only just saved my gown." His lordship said that their court was very bad, but others were worse. The only comfort was that in about five and twenty years they might have new ones ; meantime, be thought that a couple of constables might be spared to keep order. THE. NATIONAL DEBT. The London Gazette states that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt that there was no surplus of actual revenue over the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the year ended the 30th September, 1868, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice that no aum will be applied by them on account of the Sinking Fund under the provisions of the Act, daring the quarter ending March 31, 1869. LODGING-HOUSES. The delegates of lodging houses at Oxford have issued the following circular : " Undergraduates about to reside in lodgings are advised to come to a clear understanding with the lodging-house keepers as to the charges to be made under the following heads before engaging lodgings :-1, Rent of apartments ; 2. firing; 3, lights ; 4, boot-cleaning; 5, attendance." QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—The ship Flying Cloud, 2,500 tons burthen, belonging to Messrs. T. M. Mackay, Son, and Co., sailed on the 23rd inst. from Gray es end, for Queensland, Captain John L. Owen commander, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Paynter, assisted by Mrs. Barr, matron. The Flying Cloud is the 89th vessel that has sailed on the land order system of emigration, under the immediate direction of the Queensland Government. She contains 247 souls, divided into paying, assisted, and free passengers, and consisting of 82 members of families, 99 single men, and 57 single females. The late election for the city of Glasgow cost the four candidates nearly .£lO,OOO. It will be remembered that the candidates for the three seats were the two former candidates (Mr. Dalglieh and Mr. Graham), Mr. Ander son who stood as the working men's candidate), and Sir George Campbell (Conservative). In spite of the minority clause three Liberals were returned by tremendous majorities, Sir George Campbell being several thousands behind Mr. Anderson, who stood third. Mr. Dalglish spent .£1,425 19s. 2d.; Mr. Graham, £1,C29 100. 4d. ; and Mr. Anderson, £1,301 2s. 2d.; making a total of £4,356 18s. Bd. Sir George Campbell's expes amounted to £5443 18s. Bd., or £787 is. more than was spent by the three victorious candidates. The Roman Catholics of Liverpcol kva givea an entertainment to Mr. Moore, M.P., for Mayo. The chair was taken by Mr. Michael Hughes, President of the Ca tholic Club. Mr. goore thanked the Catholics of Liver pool for their kind reception, and declared his readiness to assist them in any of the vexed questions of the day which affected the interests of their religion. He regretted to see that the principle of civil and religious liberty seemed to be in Borne sort fading flom the Catholic mind, and civil and religious restrictions ware taking its place. As the Church had formerly won the minds of men from paganism, so now it must win them back from infidelity. M r . M oore conc l u d e d w i t h an e l oquen t descrip tion of th e p rogress of Cathol i c i sm, and prop h es i e d t h at i ts victoAes would extend to America. 'TARRING AND FEATHERING AT THE DIGGINGS. — A Melbourne letter says : " A very disgraceful case of tarring and feathering has re.-.ently occurred at Chines. A respectable person, named Black, went, accompanied by a surveyor, to a mining claim known as that of the New North Chines Company, respecting the proprietorship of which there is some dispute, and was in the act of pegging off a portion of the ground when he was seized by a number of ruffians in the employ 07 ihe company, stripped, bound hand and foot, and smenrO!, all over with Lot pitch or tar. In the absence of feathers, the unfortunate sufferer was then coated with fragments of wool, straw, or whatever rubbish of a similar character first came to hand. The first step taken by Mr. Black, after he had escaped from his tormentors, was that of securing indubitable evidence of their brutal behaviour in the shape of a photograph of himself, in his costume of tar and feathers, or rather of tar and sticks. The next step was that of instructing his solicitor to take legal Proceedings against thi, mining company, laying his damages at no less than e 2,000." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. OVFIIEND, GURNEY, AND CO. The Times publishes a letter from Mr. D. Ward Chapman, who, it was stated in the recent Overend and Gurney proceedings, had borrowed money from Mr. Edwards, the official assignee, while in the employ of Mr. Chapman's firm. The letter is addressed from Tours, to the writer's father. Mr. Cha pman says that no doubt Mr. Ballantine's business was to make out the best case for his client, but he (Mr. Chapman) can with a clear conscience, as if he were about to enter into the presence of his Maker, challenge the whole world to shew, or even state, a single instance in which he has sacrificed the interest of Overend, Gurney, and Co. even in the smallest particular, to his own or those of any of his friends. With regard to the transac tion with Mr. Edwards, given in his evidence, at the time it took place he was in no sort of want of money, and it was offered by Mr. Edwards as a simple deposit at 5 per cent. interest. He now sees that this was an imprudent step, but lie solemnly avers that it never weighed one iota with him in his dealings for the house with Mr. Edwards. The cir cumstances which led to the engagement of Mr. Edwards were as follows :—After the commence ment of those wild advances which resulted in the ruin of the firm, Mr. Edwards was consulted by Mr. Edmund Gurney with regard to some bankrupt estate in which the firm was interested; and the latter gentleman was so pleased with the sagacity displayed by the former that the consultations continued for a whole year. At the end of that time a present of £5,000 was made to Mr. Edwards, who said : " I hope, Mr. Gurney, that this large payment is not intended as a farewell, but that I may hope that I may reckon on the continuance of my relations with the house." Edmund Gurney's reply was, " Friend Edwards, I do not see how we are to get on without thee." Things went from bad to worse. Mr. J. H. Gurney became frightened at the involve ments of the house, and coming up to town learnt for the first time that Mr. Edwards was engaged in the management of the accounts, although (strange to say) he had at that time no idea of anything like difficulties in the concern. At last Mr. J. H. Gurney told him that the house was "in a mess," and asked him to continue his supervision. At the end of that time, Mr. Edwards having made himself master of the position of the firm, tried to force himself upon it as a partner (!) To soothe him, and to keep him from revealing secrets which would have compelled the house to put up its shutters in twenty-four hours, they made the best terms with him in their power; and Mr. Chapman asserts that he would do the same thing again under like circumstances. Mr. Chapman denies that he ever failed to account to Mr. Edwards for the £5,000 loan. It was Mr. Edwards's own wish that he should not be entered upon the list of Mr. Chapman's creditors, pre ferring to trust to that gentleman's honour. Mr. Chap man denies that he began the accounts with Mr. Mare and the Millwall Company, with Mr. Lever and the Atlantic Mail Company, or with Mr. Xenos and the Greek Company. He asserts that those three people are the bitterest enemies he has, because they look upon him as the person who stopped their depredations. He did wish, however, to keep their accounts out of the Bankruptcy Court, in order that the firm might not suffer from having been con nected with them. He goes on to say that he mis calcul -fed the strength of the firm and the extent of Cie assistance which in time of need could be brought in. 9e asserts that the limited liability company lost £1,:,',90,000 during its brief existence, through transactions Irliependent of the old firm. Finally, he was not aware that Mr. Edwards was receiving commissions from the aistomers of the firm. THE ROYAL MARINES. There is lamentation at Woolwich. An order has been received by the colonel commandant of the Woolwich division of the Royal Marines to the effect that the Lords of the Admiralty do not deem it advisable to maintain the four divisions of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and directing the command ant to make arrangements for the whole of the 4th division to leave Woolwich by the 25th of March next. The Times says: "This is short notice to officers and others who have engaged houses for certain periods. The dockyard artisan is treated with greater conside ration when he has eight months' notice given him to make preparations for the breaking up of his home. The fine band of the division, which is one of the best in the service, will be broken up. The officers and men are to be draughted into other divisions, except such of them as have completed their service the latter will be allowed to leave on pension." • MR. ERNEST JONES AND THE " ALLIANCE." According to the Alliance News, the secretary of the association was at the very hour, and almost moment, of the death of Mr. Ernest Jones, writing to him to congratulate him upon the fact that the Ballot had so signally confirmed his candida ture on behalf of the united Liberal party, and soliciting his aid at several important Affiance meetings. The executive of the Alliance have passed the following resolution :—" That the executive of the United Kingdom Alliance have heard with feelings of profound regret of the decease of their friend Mr. Ernest Jones, whose cordial ad hesion and generous promise of public support to the Alliance movement render his sudden and unex pected death a sorrowful shock to the committee and an inestimable loss to the cause. That the sincere condolence of the executive be expressed to the '3ereaved widow and family of the late Mr. Jones." THE WORKING CLASSES AND TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION. • Those persons who resist all efforts o put down drunkenness by declaring that they will not " rob a poor man of his beer," would perhaps sing another chorus if they were to become better acquainted with their protégé. It is clear that not every " poor man " looks upon his " beer " as the friend which parrot M.P.'s suppose it to be. At a recent crowded meeting of working men in Lambeth, which was addressed by Mr.. John Abel Smith, a resolution was moved and seconded by working men, and carried by acclamation, pledging the meeting to co-operate in the various measures likely to be brought before the new Parliament for the curtailing of the " power and direful influences" of the public-house. beershop, and wine licensing system. NATIONAL TRADE CONFERENCE. The Beehive , for the second time, suggests a meeting of trades delegates for the purpose of con sidering the royal commissioners' report. Our con temporary believes that in moderate compass a Blue book might be got up on behalf of the labour case, correcting, explaining, and amending the bulky one of the royal commission, and that such statements and facts could be given as would place the associations and policy of the operatives in a different, better, and truer light than they are now likely to appear. It is proposed that each trade society should bear all the personal expenses of its delegate; that each delegate should bring a written report of its own trade position in the royal commission report, and suggestions as to the right therein and wrong therein; and that having compared reports and taken counsel, a fit and proper person should be selected to con centrate and condense the several statements and considerations into shape. A copy of the report would be presented to each member of Parliament. UNPROF.TABLE JOURNALISM. Political extremes do not seem to prosper so far as their journals are concerned. One after another Tory newspaper has been born,have lingered on a few months feebly, and then died. F/oruit sine fructu, dvloruit sine luctu. The organ of Chartism and Trade Unioni sm seems to be living a very precarious life. At a meeting of the Beehive shareholders, as we learn from that journal itself, it was stated that the shares were " valueless," and in order to improve this sad state of things it was resolved that a committee of three should be appointed to work the paper, to receive a small weekly salary, and, provided they con solidated the paper and made it remunerative, they should receive .half of the unsold shares. AN INNOVATION IN JOURNALIS3I. The Times has begun an innovation which we have often wondered has not been adopted before by our voluminous contemporary. Over its first leader it publishes a table of contents . Thi s con t a i ns some sixty entries, a fact which in itself shews how much the improvement was wanted. It must, however, involve a vast amount of trouble, which only practical jour nalists can appreciate. A SHARP LESSON. An Irish "gentleman " in County Cork • 13 v er y desirous to be placed on the commission of the peace. He is so anxious to be entrusted w ith the administration of the laws that he breaks the laws by offering a bribe cf £2OO to the lord-lieutenant of the county for making him a magistrate. Lord Fermoy has kept the letter, and directed the would be magistrate to be prosecuted. lie will, therefore, make his appearance in a court of justice, only not quite in the capacity he meant. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. For the purpose of carrying out direct telegraphic communication with India two companies -are in existence. The British-Indian Submarine Telegraph Company (Limited) has a capital of £1,200,000, of which only £170,000 is for allotment, the contractors taking £400,000 in part payment for the cable to be constructed, and £350,000 having been privately subscribed, while £lOO,OOO is to be reserved. The line will be from Suez to Aden and Bombay, and arrangements have been made with the Anglo-Medi terranean Telegraph Company for through working, and also for a lease of - the land lines of the Telegraph to India Company between Alexandria, Cairo, and Suez. The cable will cost £1,000,000, and the work is to be completed by April 1870. Messages from London to Bombay will be at the rate of £3 for twenty words. The Indian and Australian Submarine . Telegraph Company (Limited) will be brought for- , ward immediately i n competition with the above, ants company proposes to lay submarine telegraphic cables direct from ,England. to India, and 4..ustralia, vid the Mediterranean and Red Seas; but it is intended, in the first instance, to construct the section between Suez and Bombay. Large subscrip tions of capital have, it is stated, already been promised. It is mentioned in connection wish tele graphy that Mr. Lowe, having become Chancellor of the Exchequer, has resigned the chairmanship of the French Atlantic Telegraph Company, and that he has been succeeded by Lord 11.1onck, late Governor- General of Canada. MEMORIAL TO ARCHBISHOP LONGLEY. It is proposed to build a new church at Cowley, near Oxford, as a memorial to the late Archbishop Longley. It was here that the deceased prelate commenced his ecclesiastical career. The cost. of the church is expected to be under t 20,000, and it will pro vide accommodation for 1,000 worshippers. Sub scriptions to the extent of £2,000 have been already nrom ised. HUSH BISHOPS. There is to be a meeting of the Irish Archbishops and Bishops on Wednesday next, when the position and the prospects of the Established Church will be taken into consideration. MR. LOWE'S LAPSUS LINGU2R. Some of the papers are pointing out that Mr. Lowe made a very ominous slip of the tongue at Gloucester on Wednesdaynight. He said: "The State is the trustee of large public property now devoted to the purposes of the Church of England; and is bound to employ that property equally for the use of all denominations of her Majesty's subjects." Of course the majority of our contemporaries took for granted that this expression was merely a contraction for the somewhat verbose nomen clature of the " Irish branch of the United Church of England and Ireland." Others affirm that there was no mistake at all, and that Mr. Lowe's arguments shewed that he was only looking ahead a few years, although perhaps he did not mean to give such plain utterance to his forecast. They add that all his arguments would apply to the English no less than to the Irish branch of the Established Church. ANOTHER RITUAL PROSECUTION. The Church Association has now announced authoritatively in its monthly circular that the ques tion of eucharistic vestments will be submitted to a legal tribunal, and that there is every reason to hope for a successful result. The Association says that it is " confident that, neither as a con sequence of the present, nor of any other legal decision, will anything become obligatory upon the clergy which has the slightest reference to Roman ising symbolisms, and which is not entirely in accordance with the spirit of the Reformers and the doctrine and teaching of our Protestant Church." There is great rejoicing among the ecclesiastical lawyers at the prospect of fresh litigation. Lord Ebury's advice not to squander money in law, which had better be devoted to church building, has clearly had no effect on one party. The Church Times advises the other not to spend any more funds on lawyers, but to appear in person. It suggests also that the Ritualists should take advantage of Lord Shaftesbury's "Act for Securing the Liberty of Religious Worship." This Act gives an incumbent the power to license any building in his parish for the performance of any sort of religious worship. The Church Times suggests that Mr. Bennett should build an oratory close to the parish church at Frome, fdr the celebration of mass after the Sarum use. Above all things, the Ritualists are cautioned against secession, concession, and pay ment of the Church Association's costs. With reference to this last matter, it is stated that if Mr. Mackonochie should go through the Bankruptcy Court, the Church Association will pray the judge to refuse his certificate FOREIGN NOTES. TURKEY AND GREECE. In the midst of the rumours and conjectures which prevail as to the issue of the present Eastern difficulty, the Independence Beige finds one satisfactory rest for the sole of its foot. Whether Greece accepts the declaration or not, it is certain that the Great Powers, and especially France, are all endeavouring to bring about a pacific solution. The Cabinets of London, Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg are equally energetic in pressing the Athens Government to avoid the dangers of a war. The Marquis de Lavalette has written to the Greek Premier, and the Emperor Napoleon has written to King George. to the same purport. ITALY. Incidents are continually occurring to prove bow very much the schoolmaster is abroad in Italy. The cold of the last few days has been intense, even with a clear sky and a little sunshine, and the unusual spectacle of iceblocks floating down the Arno has been witnessed. The people of Florence attribute the severity of the weather to the removal of the old ramparts. They are informed that the river has been freezing above as well as below the city, s) that the ramparts could have nothing to do with the temperature ; but the popular conviction is not to be shaken. Philosophy has not yet taken the place of superstition. CHINA. The eighty-gun ship carried everything before it at Nankin. The gospel, backed by powder and shot, has been triumphant, and everything has been "settled." The com pensation to the missionaries has been paid, all who could be implicated have been punished, the necessary proclama tions have been widely posted, and " therefore " the Chinese steamer held as a guarantee has been released. The unhappy Chinamen caught it severely for their Yangchow escapade ; one of them was banished into slavery for life. Altogether, missionary zeal seems to have produced in this case a very cheering result. Tl.e upshot of the affair appears to have been that the Chinese Government preferred a little humiliation to the loss of a steamer. Compensation has also been exacted for the detention of the goods of some British merchants at a customs barrier. MEXICO. A rumour that Count Girgenti, son-in-law of Queen Isabella, was about to undertake an expedition to Mexico, is not, accordiug to the Journal de Paris, wholly IA i bout foundation. A Mexican general named Taboada has been for some time enlisting Spanish officers for a monarchical enterprise in Mexico. He has enrolled 300, with the con sent of the Provisional Government. He has a large sum at his disposal, and an army awaits him in Mexico. Santa Anna is understood to be the author of this project to make Count Girgenti a king. He seems to have omitted to take the 'United States into consi deration. AII2RICA. Finance is the one question in America. If, according to Mr. Lowe, every Englishman has a plan for the impo sition of new taxes, every American is equally provided with a scheme for the redemption of specie payments. Two hundred and nineteen projects have been submitted to the Ministers of both Houses of Congress. The oppres sion of the present financial condition of the country is so intolerable that the people seem prepared to undergo any thing to remove it. And yet there is no unanimity as to the mode by which the great reform should be effected' All cut-and-dried schemes are useless; the 219 projects might safely be thrown into the fire ; the only remedy is the restoration of confidence. But the Democrats do not appear willing to fully relinquish repudiation. The Democratic Convention of Connecticut denies that the party favours repudiation, but it will not decide fur the opposite policy. It has passed indecisive resolutions on finance, but does not hesitate to revive old quarrels by condemning negro suffrage. It gives a general promise of support to the new President. BLASTING AND DIGGING. Experiments with dynamite, with the view of testing its value as a blasting agent, have been tried in Norway. About 151 b. of the strongest quality, containing 75 per cent. of nitro-glycerine, were inserted in a narrow boring twenty-one feet deep. The effect was tremendous : 264 cubic yards of rock were blown away. It was considered that the superiority of dynamite to gunpowder for blasting purposes was clearly proved. Afro . , o; of earth removing, the Daily News correspon dent tells an amusing story of another agent, very effica cions and less dangerous, invented by a brewer of Essen. This brewer desired to enlarge his cellars, and, wishing to get the work done quickly, engaged a large number of men, but the excavation progressed slowly owing to their incorrigible laziness. Suddenly, however, a new spirit came over them, and they began to work with a will. Every man was at his place before the regular hour, and when the time for breakfast arrived they would. hardly spare a minute even to light a pipe. The brewer looked on, and rubbed bis hands with a somewhat roguish expression in the corner of his eye. When the necessary depth had been attained, the men could hardly be induced to leave, and were anxious to dig deeper still. And what was the explanation of this curious psychologial phenome non ? The brewer, cunning man, bad buried an old earthen pot near the surface, containing a slip of parch ment bearing an inscription in antiquated writing, of which the following may serve as a translation : Much money here lies buried deep ; Who thgv and finds, the same may keep. (From the Anglo- Anzerican Times.) The reason of the irregularity in the arrival of the mails from America is accounted for by the delay in the steamers reaching New York, caused by a series of heavy westerly gales, which detained all, more especially the Etna, which vessel took 23 days to cross. She lost an officer, washed overboard, and had eight seamen injured,while the Union had a life boat smashed, the Tarifa lost her rudder, and en tared Boston steered by an ingenious contrivance of spars, for which the underwriters• of Boston pre selited Captain Murphy with $l,OOO. The - Etna left on Christmas Eve, and to the day of her arrival at New York encountered a succession of frightful storms. On the 28th a sea broke amid ships on the starboard quarter, carrying Mr. Molyneux, fifth officer, from the saloon deck with such force against the iron bulwarks that he was almost instantly killed and swept overboard. Alexander Malcolm, second officer, had his collar bone broken, and several others of the officers and crew were more or less injured. Another sea broke into the officers rooms, drenching all. On the 31st a hurri cane from the north-west raged around for five hours, and this was but an episode calculated to make them appreciate the difference between the continued gale of wind and a cycloon. It has been proposed in the House to assume the protectorate over Hayti and San Domingo as a means of stopping the constant revolutions. The resolution was introduced by General Banks, and referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, who have consented to have it reported. MExico is even worse off than Hayti, and as that Republic borders on the United States, Congress has a much more clear right to reconstruct and pacify her than any island in the West Indies. Resolutions have been introduced, but not pressed, to recognize the independence of Cuba, as well as of Crete. Mr. Robinson, the " faithful Fenian," brought in one on the 12th instant to secure the annexation of Cube without purchase. He asserts that the Spaniards having thrown off their own Government, cannot impose that they have elected on the people of Cuba against their wish, and he desires either the independence of the island to be recognized or mea sures taken for annexation, provided " no payment be made to the dethroned Queen, or to any other person arrogating the right to dispose of or control that island contrary to the wishes of the people thereof." The Republican caucus at Jefferson City on the 13th instant nominated General Schurz, United States Senator on the first ballot. Senator Morrill of Maine disputes the election of Hamlin, as the choice of the caucus. His friends assert that the question is not settled, and that the Legislature will have to decide the matter. Hannibal Hamlin was Vice-President during Lincoln's first term. Of the 149 votes cast be received 75, and that 75 was exactly one-half of the members present in the caucus, but there was ono blank ballot inten tionally so cast by a member, as he afterwards stated. William M. Stewart of Nevada was re elected. New Hampshire will complete her elec tions next March, but she has already renominated her three Republican Congressional Representa tives, adopting as a platform impartial suffrage, the inviolability and sacredness of the National Debt, urging a return to specie payment, and the refunding of outstanding obligations in Bonds bearing a lower interest. The Senate has decided not to admit the Georgia men to seats in the Chamber. At any rate the Judiciary Committee settled the case on the 15th instant as far as Mr. Joshua Hill is con cerned. After considering the election of the Senators by a Legislature from which the coloured members were expelled on the ground that they were ineligible under the State Constitution, the majority ruled against that gentleman, a decision which it is thought, will be sustained by the Cham ber. Tennessee's claim to another representative was rejected by the House Committee on elections. The Reconstruction Committee of the Represen tatives have closely examined General Gillen about the vote in Mississippi on the Constitution. He asserts it to have been given fairly and without in timidation against the Constitution by a majority of 6,000. The General's opinion is that Mississippi would ratify our embodying the principle of negro suffrage, but free from the disfranchisement of the whites by an overwhelming majority. It was its proscriptive character which brought against it the opposition of all white men who carried with them large numbers of the negroes. There are few subjects in which we take a greater interest than in the success of Mr. Jenckes' Bill, and as we feel sure that it will triumph, we rejoice to see that war against it has commenced. Whatever may be the shortcomings of the American press, it has always been well in advance of the people in advocating sound and judicious reforms, and it has so worked on the public mind in that of the Civil Service that such men as General Logan have be come alarmed. Ile attacked it furiously in the House on the 9th, but he showed that he neither understood the bill nor the reform it proposed to effect. "It was," he said, "the opening wedge of an aristocracy in this country," by which " the Vice-President would be made the supreme ruler and dictator, and first judge upon the application of employe's, thus making the public patronage sub servient to one man, who would know no superior." aThend, insteadriscr at of thewe Vice-President is system of patronage which this Bill would destroy, c: in truth, the present President being made under it the supreme ruler and dictator, he would have no patronage nor appointing power whatever. aristocratic Mr. Jenckes has been invited to explain publicly his Civil Service Bill at New York, and he was to have done this on the 16th instant, nor could he have bad a better place wherein to find ample illustrations of its necessity. Mr. Henry Willard announces tha t the meeting will be in the Chapel of the University building, University-place, and there will be present S. L. M. Barlow, S. B. Chittenden, Wm. B. Astor, jars., J. Cisco, George Opdyke, August Belmont, and A. A. Low. Mrs. Sue Murphy's case of Decatur, Alabama, has for the present been dropped by the Legisla ture, after a great deal of talk in the Senate. This payment as a loy a li s t f or d amage sus property during th e war . It h as pro ltaadieyedclatoimheedr duced an immense amount of discussion, not from its amount, but from the precedent it might esta blish. After two weeks' argument the bill has been recommitted, without a division, to the Committee on Claims, an d will perhaps not again be resuscitated. A Commission, however, is proposed to sift all these Southern claims, and to select from among them cases of real hardship. The repeal of the Tenure-of •Office Act begins to look doubtful from the action of the Senate. It is thought that the House Bill cannot pass the Chamber in its present shaPe,and that the T enure - o f-Office Act will be retained, but in a modified form. The Ju diciary Committee, however, has killed Senator Wdde's proposal to render the President and Vice- President of the United States ineligible for re election. Senator Trumbull, the Chairman, fa voured it, but he was overruled by his colleagues. We are told that Senator Chandler, on his no mination for Michigan, vigorously denounced Great Britain in a speech of acknowledgment to the caucus, declaring that at an early day he would foreclose his mortgage on Canada. Some one hints that it was to Great Britain's hostility ho owes the opposition to his re-election, and the circulation of the stories about his drunkenness. But Butler declares that opposition to be only part of a cru sade against all the promoters of President John son's impeachment. Senator Chandler has received certificates of sobriety from that gentleman as well as from Mr. Henry Wilson, and Mr. Stanton testifies to the confidence reposed in him by Mr. Lincoln. Some months ago, it may be remembered, a mys terious old plan of telegraphy was revived with a great flourish of trumpets. Without wire or any medium of communication men were declared to have instantly forwarded their thoughts across Lake Ontario. The inventor or resuscitator of a marvel incredible to mankind has turned up at Washington iu no less a place than the Senate, and with no less a sponsor than Mr. Sumner, requiring no less a sum to demonstrate the value of his invention than $50,000. But although the Senator from M Issachu setts presented the memorial of Dr. Mahlon Loomis of Washington to the Chamber, he did not endorse it. To say as he did " it was either moonshine or impoitant" was not to say much, for that it certainly is, which—being the question. Many Senators, as is natural on such occasions, laughed outright at Loomis and his invention, but Mr. Wilson brought them up with around turn, and for doing this he was well placed, as the speech of Prof. Morse had scarcely ceased to ring in the ears of some legislators. It was premature, said Senator Wilson, as yet to sneer, considering that many of the greatest men had to regret and recall with confusion the jeer with which they had received the first•intimation of the mag netic telegraph. Perhaps Dr. Loomis will not think us impertinent if we ask why he begs for so large a sum to prove the value of an invention which, according to his own showing, requires no mate rial, nature alone and unaided being the medium of communication? The schemes, the agents of which infest Wash ington, can only be described by Dominie Samson's favourite exclamation, " Prodigious !" Pacific Railways are the rule, not the exception, and arc multiplied as reclamation schemes once were at Bombay. Mr. J. C. Abbott, from North Carolina, proposed in the Senate a railroad and telegraph from Albuquerque, on the Rio Grande, to San Diego, California, capital $30,000,000, with the usual Government subsidies of $32,000 per mile, and alternate sections of the land. A petition was presented in the Chamberby Senator Frelinghuysen, signed by Messrs. Franklin Haven, George B. Upton, John T. Coolidge, S. S. Dana, Henry J. Gardner, George Baty Blake, Glidden, A. Williams, Joseph Nickleson and Co., John J. Blair, and W. S. Williams, offering to build the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Eastern Division of the Union Pacific for $15,000 per mile for the entire line. This is in opposition' to a proposal entertained by Congress to give the same subsidy as that allowed the Union Pacific of $16,000, $32,000, and $48,000 per mile, according to the nature of the ground. The petitioners offer to give bonds equal to the amount of the subsidy to guarantee the com pletion of both roads in ten years. Caleb Cushing is at Bogota on business relating to the Darien Ship Canal. Three routes for this Isthmus of 3o miles are proposed, of which two require tunnels, one nearly 600 yards long, or a third of a mile, the other seven miles, hewn through the stone of ship size, and the thirda cuttingthrough rock of two miles,which is the most feasible. A new York paper asks if a marine railway which would transport vessels bodily across the Isthmus would not be cheaper, and better ac commodate the commerce of the world. . From Germany we learn that a Consul-General of that country is to be established in Mexico, at the desire of the commercial community, and of many Mexicans ; and it is expected that this step will lead to a treaty of commerce between that country and the North German Confederation. By an arrangement with the North German post and the Lloyd in Bremen, Post-office orders payable in the United States, and vice versa, will be issued from the Ist February forward. Sums not exceed ing 50 thalers can then be sent by post to all parts of the United States. General Sheridan reports that 400 lodges of Co manche Indians had offered to surrender, but he had refused to treat with them except at Fort Cobb, where he would have them within range. A tele gram from Fort Hays, Kansas, Jan. 10, says : "Major General W. A. Nichols, Assistant Adju tant-General, Major Sheridan, commanding at Fort Dodge, reports that Lieutenant Martin of the 3d Infantry has just arrived from the camp, and states that Colonel Evans has captured a Comanche vil lage of GO lodges. Three men of the 3d Cavalry were wounded. No Indians were killed. Colonel Evans had returned to his depot camp on the Ca nadian River." A communication from the Secre tary of War to the Senate rep)rts that 25,601 regu lar troops and 1,213 volunteers are employed in the Indian hostilities. The Indian Commissioner wants an appropriation of pp() to pay for medals of Grant to be presented to the head men of the tribes where they deserve some mark of confidence. The Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw Indian delegates to Washington have united in a ,representation against the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War De partment, and also in a request that the recent affair between General Custer and Black Kettle's band shall be investigated. The Tribune of the 14th doubly " leads," and gives a' prominent place to the following para graph :—" General Grant authorizes the Tribune to say that the articles written by an occasional correspondent of the World, purporting to relate conversations, or furnish opinions of his in regard to public men and public matters, are utterly with out foundation. No human being has ever listened to or shared such conversations with him as those reported. General Grant would not deem it be coming in him to contradict the articles in question if they simply affected himself, but as they are evi dently published with a view to embroil his rela tions with prominent gentlemen, most of them his political or personal friends, or at least to outrage their just sensibilities, he thinks it best to deviate in this instance from his usual course, and pro nounce the articles alluded to incorrect, indelicate, and impertinent in an - extraordinary degree." The remarks referred to make Grant say that " E. B. Washburne is honest and economical,' and he will give him any place he wants, but don't know that he desires any. lie thinks Morgan a mere bag of dollars, and Fessenden the ablest statesman in the Senate. Logan is the coming man of. Illinois, : and his abilities are not properly appreciated. Morton is too much of a politician to be a safe financier. James Gordon Bennett is everready to make money out of the misfortunes of his adopted country. He has not offered M'Clellan a place in his Cabinet, though he has a great opinion of his abilities. He was gratified at Butler's re-election, and considers him a man of great force and character. He con siders negro suffrage inevitable, and says he op posed it till it was forced upon him by the logic of events." The Petrie of last Monday published the follow ing as the text of the speech delivered by Mr. Anson Burlingame on the occasion of his reception by the Emperor of the French :—" The wish of China to enter into the family of nations naturally manifested itself so soon as that country was able to appreciate the civilization of the Western nations. Thanks to the equitable policy which the represen tatives of the contracting Powers inaugurated and preserved when they came into contact at Pekin with the eminent men of the Celestial Empire, this policy consists in substituting the action of an honest and just diplomacy for the caprices of eager interests and the brutal energy of strength. Among the Ministers 'who resided at Pekin, none contri buted more to promote that policy than M. de Berthemy, the enlightened representative of• your Majesty.":. The Emperor, in reply, dwelt, upon the same sentiments of justice and policy which ani mated Mr.. Burlingame, and espe,cially insisted upon the fact that France wished more than ever to practise in China those ideas of justice which everywhere guide the international policy of his Government." In the " agony" column of the Times this extra ordinary advertisement made its appearance last Tuesday :_— "Missing, an Elderly Gentleman. —Left his lodgings, in Greville-street, Hatton-garden, a gentleman, aged about 75, named William Henry Bowran, or Beaurain. Descrip tion.—Respectable-looking old gentleman, middle stature, little whiskers, grey hair, walks upright, but very slow and feeble ; used walking stick. He was last heard of on the 25th November last, when he applied for relief at the relieving office of the district, in Gray's-inn-lane. Five pounds reward shall be paid to any person who shall fur nish sufficient evidence to 'establish proof of his death. Particulars to be addressed to Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Co, solicitors, 46, Parliament-street." It would appear that this respectable, feeble old gentleman was so tenderly cared for by those who had an interest in him that he bad to apply for charity at the relieving office of the district in Gray's-inn-lane. But the strangest part, however, remains, for although they conld not afford anything to sustain the old man's life, they can afford to em ploy solicitors to advertise in the " agony" column a reward of five pounds—we had almost said—to any one who would bring in his head. Despots, generally, when desirous of summarily finishing off their enemies, advertise a reward for their capture, dead or alive; but not so those interested in this gentleman, for they will only pay for his death, not a word being said of payment for any other intelli gence whatever. The advertisement is so worded that if any one found him in extremity, the gain would be to let him perish, and the loss to act the part of the good Samaritan, healing his wounds and restoring him to his friends. It is now settled that the Forty-First Congress will hold a session in March. Of course the Speaker will be elected from the Republican party, and the applicants are numerous and working hard to for ward their interests. Blaine of Maine and Dawes of Massachusetts are thought to be the strongest candidates. Following them Are Banks of Massa chusetts, Kelly of Pennsylvania, Garfield of Ohio, and Cullom of Illinois. Mr. M‘Pherson will, it is thought, be unanimously elected for the Clerkship ; Mr. Otis S. Buxton, long assistant doorkeeper, and lately promoted on the resignation of Lippincott, will be re-elected for the higher office, though there are many candidates. Judge Pitman has been elected President of the Senate, and Mr. Jewell Speaker of the Massachu setts Legislature. Out of the 280 members of both Houses 108 have sat before ; hence two-fifths are men with previous Legislative experience. We are informed that the menbers are composed as follows : —39 are manufacturers, 38 traders, 31 lawyers, 29 farmers, 28 merchants, 16 " in the shoe business," 12 mechanics, 12 gentlemen, 10 clergymen, 8 clerks, 6 physicians, 5 carpenters, 5 millers, 4 printers, 4 shipmasters, 2 editors, &c., among the 280 mem bers. It will be seen that merchants, manufac turers, and men of business generally are in a large majority over farmers, mechanics, and professional men. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. On Tuesday the galleries were crowded to hear General Butler's speech on the currency, and the attention of all remained fixed on that gentleman, notwithstanding the length at which he spoke, occupying an hour and a half. Immediately he finished there was a rush and a bustle, and it is not easy to judge of its effect on the Representatives, but all here acknowledge its ability. Some say that four of the Justices are in favour of declaring the Legal-TenderAct constitutional ; the names given are Grier, Davis, Miller, and Swayne, with the Chief Jus tice Chase doubtful, but inclined to favour it. Against it are Justices Nelson, Field, and Clifford, and, it is thought, under any circumstances, the decision will be postponed. In Mississippi the Conserva tives are ready to accept negro suffrage, and incor porate it if allowed to frame a new Constitution, for which they ask Congress on the understand ing that there shall be no disfranchisement of whites; while according political equality and suf frage to the negroes. The Reconstruction Com mittee desire to obtain the evidence of Generals Reynolds, Shepard, and Gillem, on the condition of Texas and Mississippi. The two latter Generals have already arrived here, and the former is due. The Committee wish to report on the action neces sary to restore these States to a peaceful and pros perous condition. On Monday the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Bill was proposed in the House of Representatives by Mr. Washburne, and carried, the previous question being moved. General Butler advocated it, as identical with that he had intro duced, and referred to the Judiciary Committee, from whom there could not be a report this session. He hoped there would be a direct vote upon the re peal of the law, as all had made up their minds. The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee said that the majority had decided to report in favour of the repeal of the bill. Mr. Washbnrne's bill comes into effect on the 4th of next March, aisd being passed by 121 yeas to 47 nays it goes to the Senate for concurrence. The Court of Appeals of Kentucky has decided that the widow of a Con gressman, and not the executor, is entitled to re ceive his back pay. The case came up in the estate of Henry Girder, who died Sept. 8, 1866, when a member of the Thirty-ninth Congress, with the sum of $3,127 of compensation owing. On appeal the Court reversed the decree of the inferior tribu nal, who held that an anti-nuptial contract by which she relinquished her right to her husband's estate was valid and included this clai.n, but the Superior Court held that the suns was not her hus band's at the time of his death, but became hers then, the law intending it as a pure gift and an act of benevolence. Chauncy H. Snow has been appointed Govern ment Director of the Union Pacific Railroad vice Rollins, elected to the State Senate of Missouri. Gen. Grant gave a dinner party, at which Attorney- General Evarts, Gen. Rawlings, Moses H. Grinnell, and several Congressmen were present, and as usual, under such circumstances, Evarts is rumoured to retain his present post. He has come out with a letter, which was read in the Criminal Court7n Wednesday on the subject of the indictments against Jeff. Davis and J. H. Surratt, charged with engaging in the rebellion. Mr. Evarts in this letter calls the attention of the District Attorneys to the full nature of the President's Proclamation of par don, in order that as opportunity offers they may enter a nolle prosequi for the Government upon such indictments, and directs doubtful cases to be re ported to himself. District Attorney Carrington, in obedience to the Attorney- General's notification, en tered a'nolle prosequi in the case of Jefferson Davis and of John C. Breckenridge, but as that of Sur ratt 'differed, he would' report to the Attorney- General. If Surratt is to escape, of which now there appears to be no doubt, it is certainly hard that Dr: Mudd is to wallow all the rest of his life in the mire of the Dry Tortuga..s. The President received a deputation from Maryland on Wednes day, with a petition asking for his pardon, which he said he would forward for the consideration of the Attorney-General. A claim has been allowed, after long dispute, of $34,000 against the Govern ment in favour of Mr. Cochran, a banker, whose country residence, Harewood, was taken as an hos pital during the war. Quartermaster-General Meigs reported against the claim, but a board of army officers, with General Hardy as Pre sident, over-ruled his opinion. This banker has another claim against the Government for $lOO,OOO. A singular tragedy occurred in the galleries of the Senate Chamber while Mr. Howard was speaking on the Sue Murphy Bill last Wednes day. Richard B. Dorsey, an old man, who for years has taken his seat t 3 listen to the debates, suddenly dropped, and being carried to the repor ters' table by the doorkeepers was found to be dead. The great assembly of negroes I before mentioned came off on Wednesday at the Union League Hall, the delegates from the States numbering 300. The editor of the Anti-Slavery Standard, Aaron M. Powell, and others, were made honorary members, and Fred. Douglas, of New York, permanent Pre sident. I told you that the Home had resolved that the Capitol should be the scene of the Inauguration Ball, when the Rotunda and other portions were to be gaily decorated and lighted. But on the question coming up in the Senate it was defeated by 30 against 22, on the plea that it would be inappropriate and undignified to dance in the Capitol. Davis and Whyte, the two Democratic members of the com mittee, bad reported in favour of the resolution, and Senator Patterson, the President's son-in-law, joined the yeas. General Longstreet has had an interview with Grant. Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, has returned and taken his seat in the House, as has Senator Morrill, of Maine, who is going to fight the ques tion of his defeat by Hannibal Hamlin4Talking of the latter gentleman, he was in 1860 on the ticket with Lincoln, and when the chief was re-elected Hamlin was turned out to make way for Andrew Johnson. He felt like a goose when defeated with the shears, but, verily, he has had his revenge. Indeed, Andrew Johnson's failure may have done much to help him back into notice. Efforts are being made for the re-admission of the excluded States. The Virginia Committee has been in con ference with the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and the House, and a bill is to be proposed for the admission of Virginia on the adoption of a constitution, with all the features of the most ob jectionable clauses omitted. An amnesty will follow the ratification of the constitution, and not only do the majority of both Houses sanction the scheme, but Grant and' Schofield do also. Th e advocates of women suffrage have assembled at Washington, and are hard at workg le e y ttin s g to t n lp e memorials and holding meetings. L lectured to a large audience—Senator Wilson pre siding. THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.— A most interesting and instructive little Work, describing briefly but with great cledrness, the rise and progress of watch and clock tnakin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address on 'receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too stiongly recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser. REPOR7 OF COMMISSIONER WELLS• The Hon. DAVID A. WELLS will soon be the centre of a free fight. It did not require a keen insight into the future to discern that a great. con test has been brewing in the United States—the attack of Free Trade on Protection. Men may Call Mr. WELLS what they please, but he will be more or less compelled to head the Free Trade party. His last report is acknowledged to be among the most able of American State papers, and is known to have discomfited the extreme Protectionists . One journal says that every one who wants to form a rational opinion on the great questions which are to agitate the political world during the next two years ought to read it at least twice. The Commis' sioner, aware of the effect he was likely to Po' duce, has taken care to keep plenty of ammuni tion in reserve in the shape of facts damaging to monopolies, such as the dividends of mat' facturing companies sworn to by the Unlt ed States assessors. When he took up his po3itioa he fortified it, because he saw that it was essential for the benefit of the country ; and notwithstand ing the fury with which he is likely to be assailed , he is generally considered to be impregnable. Th e truth is that the tariff is so absurdly incongruo us that it even damages the manufacturers it was in" tended to protect ; and, in consequence, the Com missioner receives support from unlooked-for quar ters. His attention is mainly directed to internal revenue and the tariff; and there are two subjects eon' netted therewith he especially advocates—an' 1131 : provement in the machinery of collection—by which he means areform in the Civil Service; and a revision of the tariff on a rational system which will really pre" tect industries which ought to be fostered and are in need of such protection, and stop the r idiculous, system which oppresses the people for the benefit ° I a few monopolists. The first he illustrates by st:ov i : ing that the total yield of the internal revenue is now $150,000,000, which, if honestly collected , i would be increased to at least $225,000,000, and f this estimate of the best judges be correct the country; is swindled to an amou n t equa l t o h a lf th e preser l4 internal revenue, or $75,000,000. But it is when he touches on the tariff that difficulties &aka around him. Whisky rings may be powerful, bat they cannot openly attack ; like rats they have t° make their holes in the Capitol, but the case differs with the Protectionists and monopolists. It- is a subject which many wish to pervert instead of whicho elucidate ; it is one of great difficulty, perhaps can never be illustrated to the understand" ing of a people until they are made sharply to ot perience the effects of the fallacies. When ta u secretly defraud like the revenue robbers they kn elt they are cheating, and do not attempt the useless task of deceiving themselves or others. But not so with the private interests involved in an erroneous system of import duties. Those who feel that the blow is directed against them howl aloud and drovin all argument and scientific research. The reforme r meets men braced f or a con t es t to d o or to die, while he finds it difficult to inspire the rest of t l : e community with the conviction that it is th eir battle he is fighting, and their business to give hire a hearty instead of a lukewarm supp or t. IndeeJ7 . the first instance, the extreme Proteetioaists alwai s succeed in persuading the people that their interest lies in fostering the monopolies. Mr. WELLS lin e , steered a middle course on this diffi c ult subre turning as deaf an ear to Free-traders as to Protec tionists. Every nation, he asserts, legi s lates on t h e principle of Protection, and no European Governs meat has adopted Free-trade further than to g 1 1 the fullest play to the national faculties and natur e advantages the people possess. What the C° l3l ‘ missioner bits at are the monopolies he considers We i l " corners" against the nati on . T a ki ng t h e ease% pig-iron, Mr. WELLS exp oses th e e ff ects o f a sein e monopoly; and what i s t rue o f i ron i s t rue o f e°° , " but in both he strikes at the most powerful interee" in America. The report is exciting the keenest at tention throughout the country, and DAVID ll ' WELLS has taken the lead on tax a tio n and finan ce subjects too new in the U n ited St a t es to be as y et thoroughly understood. Indeed it is asserted that t he Senators are too old to learn, and what little kne vi ledge exists is to be found only among the ReP re d sentatives ; but on both Houses the report has ", a great effect, w hi c h w ill b e seen w h en su ch gn es tions as the tariff and the reform of the civil e , el ' vice are discussed. General Sickles has declined th e a pp o intment ot Delegate at Large, conf erre d upon hi m b y th e Union Tic'.„ publican General Committee, as he cannot, w ithout Pl rl ; judice to o th er d u ti es, t a k e par t i n l oca l po liti ca l orga nations. O It is said Go vernor B u ll oc k i n t en d s to ILS Europe in April, w ith a ll hi s f am il y, an d t o b e a bsent fr eo one to two years from America. to The Levant Time s asserts th a t it i s intent 1 1 recall Mr. Morris, the American Minister, in March. probable successor would be General Nye. Thomas Crompton Moore has left a legaeJ te over $20,000 for the relief o f th e su ff er i ng an d des"; u r widows and c hild ren of Southern soldiers who die' ° n large ir e bg r u e et t killed fund n e i d da i fforhutethhlea Carolina.t e r e b w u ailra He one-fifthg or rheaopsfa alsoirwhichrepairing of be is ne t eh o aut bE i de i t w without regard to de nom i nat i ons, injured in the late . ar n d within the Stat es o f N ort h and South Carolimijj. Georgia. Messrs. James Hall, Francis J. Porcher' De Saussure, E. H. F ros t , an d R ev. John Rumny, ofDeciir Carolina, are trustees of this fund, and are charged to tribute it within seven years. r kbl? [ADVERTISEME NT .] H o ll oway ' s Pills. —Rama' • ell' Recovery.—Few things surprise and shock intellig_4 persons more than the fact that multitudes wlio throc(p want of knowl e d ge o f th e b est remedy for disease:in; ist, their money to little advantage. Mr. Gamis, co d f o r Yeovil, writ es th a t a l a d y residing in that town ha and many years been suffering severely from i n digestio! l 09 ,0 liver complaint, for the reli e f o f w hi c h h er m edical t his told her he could do nothing further. Unnerved bY„, of announcement she sought sympathy f rom f r iends, 7, at whom recommended Holloway's pill s , w hich w e , c , t he once procured. The in va lid, carefully attending pe r. accompanying directions, took tha pills, and 8 000 00 ceived a change which astonished and delighted WO' gradually got well. . Oh. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (Indigestion), Constnl , o u. Debility, Consumption, and a ll nervous, bili ous , stonlact„ol o- , liver complaints in every stage, ar e o n ly aggrava t e d and b9pa rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cura,blev7d nf Barry's health-restoring Reval en t a A ra bi ca F oo d, a s Pro an t, thousands of cases which had been co ns id ere d h o peless, —cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver coilf,bthir flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, YrDelle ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and earn,, matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia , 001 16 ' bility, sleeplessness , acidity, palpitation, heartburn, he' v e i f ; debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, e bt oes„ pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tig':„ of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and betsvov - d shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The Pope's health re5t0,......00 Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413-.." Rome, July 12, IS 6u n eoV health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since , sba io P t ' ing all other remedies, he has conlned himsel! entirely .„1 5 ts - Barry's Revalenta Arab' Food, of which he consumes 9 10clii fill at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly b e .?,, e 110. effect on his health, an d hi s H o li ness cannot pra i se t h'S oat' food too highly.—From the Gazette du Midi," July No. 46,270—Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of i47itae r , Surrey, of thirty years' diseased l ungs , s pi t ti ng o f bloo,ci st o: derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1771—Lor a psi'' de Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, o f man y years' dY'P e osio' No. 49,852—" Fifty years' indescrioable agony from dysP o ; j ust , nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency. B „P t iou s sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly." Important C a to ,tio;', Beware of the many unsavoury a n d more t h an s l o ppy I "° , ' t a aca to which, without authority, Baron Liebi g ' s name i s most ciously attached. 12 1D t In tins, at ls. lid. ; 1 lb. 2s. 9d. ; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs, 1 .- 8 • • G 00C, 4 225. ;24 lbs., 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S REYA.LENTA.ARABICA., f o r LA.TE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at to cii,,P g cups at Ss. 0., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305., fl - o 5 at Ms.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. 50 " t Offi c e „ are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of rc' g Order, —BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, don; and all Grocers and Chemists. BRAND - On the 29th ult. at ßirths 70,. Prince's-gate, the W ife 01 Henry R. Brand, Esq., M.P., of a son Wo v FOWKE—On the 29th inst., at Bramley, Surrey! t he Fowke, of a son. pig TRENCH - On the 23d inst., at Lenaboy, Galway, t he Anne Trench, of a son. Marriages. LYSLEY—LOWTRER—On the 27th inst W. Bawtrj , fsCi• e f shire, William Jerard, e ld es t son o f J. Lys l4l 44°,i of Pewsham, Wilts, to Frances Eli za b e th, only (I°lo7 of Sir Charles 11. Lewther, Burt. of o f Swillingl °— Wilton Castle, 'Yorkshire. TRACERS—Poeocx—On the 28th inst. at at Notg we, Dr. Travers, F.R.C.S., o f 19, L ower . Philimore4ooo.4 Kensington, to Annie, youngest daughter of 1 Pocock, Esq., of 24, Ladbroke-gardens, W. Deaths. 1/IC bcl. FOSTER —On the 27th inst . at Castle, jper Lostwithieli Foster, Esq., aged 60. ) FREME —On the 27th inst., at Hastings, Janie" Esq , of Wretnall House, Shropshire, aged 7 0 . Ki.w—Ou the 28th inst., at Wandsworth-roa d i Kew; Esq., aged 83. 11 01' NASII —On the 28th inst., T. Nash, nen of BO ' 'l° and Old Kent-road, aged 79. 1.1 l 5 &limo:Nips—On the 27th inst., at Bath, Lieut. --° Simmonds, aged 84.re°' WALLIS—On the 28th inst. at 25, Bessborong t. cl i rgs S.W., Charles E. Wallis, Esq., 0 15 London : Printed and Published of No. 112, Strand, P r i nter, at MN SUN 0 131e3 c ) oati ° Strand, in the Precinct of tle s , voy, in the Middlesex,—Saturday, January 30, 1869.] - < '• • ~~~. e s• • AC • t - : , .