The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-21 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF SHED • ARD. On Tuesday the extreme penalty of the law was carried out in the case of William Sheward, convicted at the last Norwich Assizes of the murder, under extraordinary cir cumstances, of his wife, Martha Sheward, in June 1851. So long a period—nearly forty years—has elapsed since an execution took place in Norwich Gaol, that a drop was actually borrowed from the Norfolk County Prison. The scaffold was erected at the extreme end of the south-east angle of the prison, and as Sheward was a patient in the gaol infirmary, as he suffered from acute rheumatism in the ankles, he had to be removed for execution quite across the prison. The condemned man, having apparently relieved his mind by making a full confession of his guilt, slept well on the Monday night. He had some bread and milk at 1.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, and then went to sleep again until 4.30 r..m. About half-past five he got up and dressed himself, but declined to have any further refreshment. The chaplain of the 'gaol (the Rev. R. Wade) arrived at the gaol between six and seven a.m., and the next borr was passed by the convict in earnest prayer iLa rev. gentleman. On receiving the fatal summons from Calcraft, the executioner, the convict made an attempt to walk to the scaffold, but he could not do so in consequence of the pain in his ankles, and was carried by two warders to a room near the drop, where he was pinioned. The doomed man bad shewn a considerable amount of nerve and composure thus far, but after he was pinioned a tremor set in which continued until life had passed away. On leaving the pinioning-room the officials formed a short procession, headed by the Under-Sheriff of Norwich (Mr. F. G. Foster), and comprising the priscn surgeon (Mr. W. H. Day), the chaplain, the governor cf the gaol, Calcraft, the prisoner (supported by his two warders), and a few reporters. There were no other spectators of the gloomy scene. As the procession advanced, the chaplain, who was much moved, read aloud part of the service for the dead. On reaching the scaffold the prisoner again appeared to pray earnestly. The last preparations were then completed, and the convict, having shaken hands with those about him, was committed to his fate. His struggles were slight and brief. There was a struggling crowd of about 2,000 persons outside the gaol, and an intimation that the extreme sentence of the law had been carried out was made by the hoisting of a large black flag. The body of the convict, after hanging the usual time, was cut down, and an inquest was held upon it, in accordance with the new Act regulating executions. On Monday the convict had a farewell interview with his second wife. The interview was, of course, a very painful one, and appeared to have been unexpected by the convict, who had addressed the following letter, dated St. Giles, April 19, to the poor woman :—" My dear Wife, — I write to you under the impression that it is the last I ever shall write, and I sincerely beg of you, in the name of God, to be resigned to your fate, for it is God's Providence that has brought on this change ; and who knows but it may be for the best? I want you, by God's help, to forget me, save knowing that I have gone to eternal rest. I have by my prayers committed you and the dear children to the care of Almighty God, and I am sure He will hear my cries. Put your trust in the Lord, and He will in no wise cast you out. lam very sorry and heartily grieved that I should have been the instrument of drawing you into all this trouble and affliction, and I sincerely thank you, from the bottom of my heart, that you have been able to forgive me, so that now I shall be able to rest in peace with God and man. I think, if you look back for this past two years, you will see the handywork of the Almighty in reducing our stock-in-trade, and taking nearly everything from us, as a judgment on me for my hidden crime (as I have often thought) ; but now I have confessed before my Maker, I hope He will restore unto you and my children that peace of mind which passeth all understanding, that He will, by his Divine will, allow you all to prosper for the future. You will, I hope, try and keep up a little com munication with Mrs. —, and not stop because you don't get an answer from her to your letters, because you know she cannot see to write. I should wish you to correspond with Mrs. --- and Mrs. who, I am sure, would ever receive a note from you with much pleasure ; and, perhaps, when the children get older might be the means of finding them employment. Now it is my painful duty to say good bye, and that for ever, for I must turn my mind to higher things. It will give you great consolation to know that, by making all reparation in my power to God, I feel that I can die happy, in the full assurance of a blessed Redeemer interceding for me at the throne of grace, and that I shall be forgiven. May the Lord's blessing ever attend you, and may you and the children ever be haply is my utmost wish. Now by God's will, I must bow my head in peace, and say good-bye. Good-bye frOna your unfortunate husband, WILLIAM SIIEWAnD." The term " St. Giles" in the date of the letter refers to the uarith in Norwich in which the gaol is situated. LAW LIND POLICE. LORD BROLVIIA3I AND HIS DENTIST.—In the Court of Exchequer, on Tuesday, the case of the late Lord Brougham and his Carlisle dentist again came forward. At the last trial the jury returned a verdict for the p!ain tiff with £lO5 damages. Mr. Keane, Q.C.,now moved fora new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, and said that the two sets of teeth, which formed the principal item of the account, were delivered in December 1862, and that the defendant might, there fore, have pleaded the statute of limitations. The Lord Chief Baron said that it did not appear that Lord Brougham denied that the teeth had been supplied ; he only complained of the exorbitant charges. The case was one entirely for the jury, and the court could not usurp their function' The rule was, therefore, refused. MRS. BORRODAILE AND HER LITERARY ADVISER.— The case of Sutton v. Borrodaile " was brought before the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday. Mr. Serjeant Robinson, on the part of the plaintiff, moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, and that the damages were absurdly small. It will be remembered that the jury at the last Kingston Assizes gave a verdict for Miss Sutton, with £5 damages. After hearing Mr. Serjeant Robinson's arguments, the judges concurred in the opinion that there was no ground for a new trial. ►SLIGULAR CHARGE OF FORGERY.-At the Mansion House, on Tuesday, a singular case of forgery was tried by the Lord Mayor. An old man, named Chamberlain, poorly dressed, described as a herbalist, and his sister, both living at Hertford, and a woman, named Hutchinson, a pillbox•maker, of Bethnal-green, were charged with forging a transfer of £2,194 4s. 6d. Three per Cent Consolidated Bank Stock, standing in the name of Mary Ann Chandler. It appeared that the money had originally belonged to Chamberlain, but that, being accused of some legal offence, he transferred it to Mary Ann Chandler for security. He was acquitted, and wished to have it re - transferred, but Mary Ann Chandler objected. They had parsed as husband and wife for twenty years, but had since quarrelled. After the quarrel, Chamberlain persuaded the woman Hutchin son to accompany him and his sister to London and personate Chandler. By this means they obtained the stock, but the clerk at the bank discovered that Hutchin son's signature was a forgery, and subsequently the whole fraud was discovered. The prisoners were remanded, bail being refused. Victor Hugo's publisher has hit upon a quaint device for getting rid of his old stock of unsold kooks. The great author has just written a new work "1141-amm e Qui Bit," *hicb, of course, all the world wants to read. You are not, however, allowed to buy it, but only per mitted to invest .f.:4 in the purchase of "nightingales," as such surplus stock on hand is called, and as a reward are presented with M. Victor Hugo's work. Under the circumstances the title should be altered to " Grin and bear it." THE STRIKES IN BELGIUM.—The Organe de Nons says :—" We have received very bad news from Borinage. The strike has now extended to Boussa and Dour. From 1,200 to 1,300 workmen assembled near the pit of Sainte-Croix Sainte-Claire, near Boussa, with a view of stopping the works. In anticipation of this the Mayor of Boussu asked that some troops might be sent. and accordingly two companies of the sth were sent at 0.30 in the morning from Mons to Boussu. The coal pits at Dour have been stopped. The situation is thus worse. .A squadron of the 4th Lancers is expected from Tournai. On Sunday evening about I,ooo;workmen assembled in the Place Quaregnon, and shouted " Vive la Republique !' There have been assemblages also at Flenu and Frameries, where the people seem to be much agitated. It is said h e Advocate, Splingard, of Brassels, has been t arrested. M. Coudroy was arrested as he was entering his house, and conveyed to Brussels.' THE PUBLIC HEALTIL—Last week the rate of mortality in London was 2,5 per 1,000, while in thirteen other large towns in the United Kingdom it was 28. It the metropolis, 2,157 births and 1,505 deaths were regis tered. The latter exceeded by 75 the estimated amount of mortality, and were more by 4.3 than the number recorded in the preceding week. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 320, the corrected average number being 326. Two deaths from smallpox, 23 from measles, 41 from scarlet fever, 3 from diphtheria, 103 from whooping cough, 24 from typhus fever, 14 from enteric fever, 17 from simple continued fever, and 21 from diarrliced were registered. During the last six weeks 480 children have died from whooping-cough, and within the seven days referred to in the report the number of children whose deaths from all causes were recorded was 602. During the week the mean temperature w as 55'2, or more than, tent JaggreeilANYLtbe RY9PECe. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TENURE OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading, the object of which was to provide that ill future leases should be in writing, and that after 1871 all leases by parole should be void. He thought the greatest benefit would result from the passing of the bill. Earl GRANVILLE opposed the motion as he did not think that the bill was at all sufficient to settle what was popularly known as the land question. After a few words from Lord ATILLUNINEY and Lord WESTBURY, The bill was read a second time, and Their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SrBAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE METRiI'OLITAN ASYLUM. Mr. TORRENS gave notice that on an early day he should ask a question relative to the proceedings which took place at the laying of the foundation stone of the Metropolitan Asylum at Caterham ; and also he should want to know out of which fund the sumptuous breakfast supplied on the occasion was to be &frayed. VISITATION FEES. BRUCE, in reply to Colonel Brise, said the com pulsory payment of visitation fees by churchwardens, where no chure'u rates wera now levied, VMS, he thought, a hardship, and the matter would receive the attention of the Government. IRISH ORGANISTS. Mr. GLADSTONE said, in reply to Mr. O'Reilly-Dease, said an amendment had been made to meet the case of organists, but it was not quite correct to sty that organists received their appointments for life. He had certainly not thought of treating the appointment as a freehold, but the whole subject had been looked into, and the Church Commissioners would have the po Fier of considering all the cases, and apportioning compensation, ou their award receiving the sanction of the Treasury. THE CROCODILE. Mr. GRANT DUFF said it was quite true that the Crocodile did come home from Malta without troops, but he knew nothing of the application of General Lysoms and other officers for a passage in her homeward voyage. If the application had been made in the proper quarter he had no doubt it would have at once bsen granted. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Mr. Collins, said the answer to the question, whether in the event of the dis establishment of the Irish Church bishops, priests, and deacons, who had or might be ordained, would be enabled to hold preferment in the Established Church in England, must not be consickred final. With respect to those already ordained, he did not think those could be any doubt, as they were to be secured the right to all privileges for employment elsewhere. With respect to those to be ordained, he was not so clear, but all doubt in the matter should be cleared up before the bill was completed. SIR CULLING EARDLEY. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Schofield, said that the statements that had appeared in the newspapers with re spect to the release of Sir Culling Eardley were without foundation. His predecessor in office had received an ap plication for the remission of the sentence after the pri soner had undergone some part of his 18 months' punish ment on the ground that further confinement would be dangerous to life. A very strict inquiry was made into the representations made to the Home-office by Mr. Perry, and he, finding that the prisoner was suffering from asthma and bronchitis, and also other diseases, and being of opinion that further confinement would bo highly dangerous to life, his hon. friend granted a remission of the sentence on the condition that within fourteen days after leaving prison Sir Culling Eardley should quit England for the remaining term of his sen tence and not return until it had expired. When he, Mr. Brace, came into office an application was made to him to allow a longer time than fourteen days to pre: pare, and eventually he granted another fourteen days, when Sir Culling Eardley left England, and he be lieved he was still out of the country. Ho could assure the house his right hon. friend the First Lord of the Ad miralty never in the slightest manner urged or asked for a remission of the sentence of Sir Culling Eardley. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HARDY confirmed the statement of the right hon. gentleman. The right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty never in any way asked kir a.departure from the course ordinarily pursued, and Sir Culling Eardley was treated just the same as any other prisoner. THE NEW LAW COURTS. On the motion for the house going into committee, Mr. GREGORY rose and moved that, in the opinion of the house, it was desirable to reconsider the question of Carey-street as the site for the new law courts, inasmuch as the Embankment between the Temple and Somerset House offered many advantages for erecting such buildings. Lie contended that the erection of the new courts on the Carey-Areet site would be a great mistake, and that it was advocated but by a cumPtrativo few interested persons living about Lincoln's-inn. The Thames Em inent offered facilities that male it most eligible for the purpose Le proposed, and, coati ared with those offered by Carey street with its want of proper approaches, it stuod out most remarkably. In point of exponse, the buildings might be put on the Thames Em bankment tied all the approaches made fJr a sum of no less than £1,650,000 below that of Carey-street, and with respect to the land so cleared, he was in possession of information which was to the effect that there was a perfectly solvent number of gentlemen who were quite ready to take it off the hands of the Government at the price paid for it. (Hear, hear.) If the new buildings were placed on the Thames Embankment, the Carey -street site would at once become highly valuable for the erection of chambers and other offices, so that no loss would ba sustained by the alteration. If the Carey-street site was persevered in no less than £700,000 would have to be laid out in the purchase of additional land; £lOO,OOO would have to be given for the Law Institution, and altogether an enormous outlay would have to be made, and after a ll t h ey would get a large pil e of builings, but without the con venience that the Thames Embankment site, offered. He thought it would be most bdneficial to the legal pro fession that the Carey-street site should be occupied by chambers, by which arrangement all the lawyers could be within bell-pull of the new L t aw Courts But there were a few persons whose interests the. alteration of the site did not suit, and the great outcry against the Thames Embankment was maintained and kept up solely by them. Sir ROUNDELL PALMER moved, as an amendment, " that in the opinion of the house it is desirable to proceed as soon as possible with the erection of the new Law Courts, and the offices connected therewith, upon the site appropriated for that purpose by the Act 28 and 2) Vic., c. 49, and that if additional land were necessary for the proper erection of such courts and offices, such additional land ought to be acquired in immediate proximity to that site." He did not stand up in favour of the Carey-street site simply because the ground was cleared. if not a brick had been displaced or a single individual removed from a local habitation he would still have been in its favour. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted that the house would reconsider the question altogether afresh, and come down to something like the modest and fair estimate which was formed three years ago. What the new courts must have was air, light, quiet, and accessi bility ; and he deprecated the adoption of an enormous ex penditure without proper and renewed deliberation. The Government had suspended the purchase until the plea , sure of the House of Commons was known. He thought it would be well to put an end at once to the Royal Com mission, which had done its work; and the sums now ex pended on it were simply an unnecessary outlay. On the_ motion of Mr. HENLEY, the debate was ad , jourued. 4 ` l rhe orderg of the - day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ;.astrall.. and New Zealand, via Southamptoa..-...April 21, Ditto, via ......................... May 17 brazil, Buenou Ayres, and M on t e Video ....... .. . May 4 Ditto, by French packet . ..... . ....... A pr i l Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ....... , May 4 Cape of Good Aseenaion, anti St. lielena April 27. China, Penang, anti Singapore, via Soutbanapton.. April 21. via Southampton ............ April 24 Indla,via Southampton .......................April 24 vittn, via Mantel Les Lgypt, ......... kprll 24 Ditto, Marseilles... April 22 ewfoundla ...... ..„ ....... . May 5 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southamjtou Ditto, Marecilics May 9 Portugal May 4. United States, ( anada, CAlifdruia, &c., try British packet - . . . April 21 Ditto, by Canadian p.teket Ditto, by l t.ited states packet April Ditto ditt (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira. and Teneriffe ipiii 19 Baha.nas, via New York I ,Vet.t Indies and Pazltic ~ exnept Mexico and 3:tha - mos) Cub i awl Mexico Dermuda, via I Ap; ii 23 .... A p. i 123 May 5 A well-known eit:zen of Storey comity, says the Enftrprise, has gono to Washington to secure a land grant from Congress to aid the construction of a railroad from Elko, on the Central Pacific, via White Pine, to Call vine, on the Colorado, at or near which point it is in tended to intersect the Southern Pacific. DuNvILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preferehce to French Brandy. Supplied In casks and cases for home vse or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co. lfast; cr 4, Beaufort-builginzs,Strind, Loudon, W.O --[M TErt4ement. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. territory. •w o nave roolea away minions on Armstrong guns ; we may well spend less than the 9th part of one million in keeping India tranquil. TUE PURCHASE OF IRISH RAILWAYS BY THE STATE. The agitationin favour of the purchase of Irish rail ways by the State is b eiug conducted with vigour. Lord Clanricarde is the leader in advocating the proposed administrative reform, and he has brought over the majority of Irish legislators to his opinions. A meeting was held on Monday at the house of the noble marquis, where it was stated that seventy peers and ninety Irish representatives had signed the declaration in favourof the purchase and consolidation of the Irish lines and reduction of fares. It was resolved that Lord Clanricarde should send the lists to Mr. Gladstone, and request the attention of Government to the wish expressed. It was also arranged that Major Ormsby Gore should put his question as to the intentions of Government on the subject of the Irish railways on next Monday. Major Gore, how ever, will hardly get an answer that will be satisfac tory to him. For this session, at least, the Govern ment will be able to plead that they have enough on hand to occupy their attention. Sufficient unto the session is the consideration of the measures thereof. Moreover, Mr. Lowe, who would certainly have to be consulted in the case of such a measure, has already announced his decided hostility to the State under taliing the conduct of private enterprises. Amongst those he reckons railways and telegraphs. to free themselves. No exception can be taicen to tnis conduct, but the subsequent history of the affair is less satisfactory. Compensation or submission was refused, and 459 marines and seamen, with two field-pieces, were straightway landed. Tl.e Chinese, of course, made little headway against the Sniders with "stink-pots," " foofoo tubs," and the like effective missiles. Many were killed and wounded. The English had also over a dozen slight casualties. The question is, was this employment of armed force, instead of applying for redress at Pekin, absolutely necessary? The Times correspondent says that the neighbourhood of Swatow would not have been safe for foreigners if the outrage had been passed over. But killing and wounding several score Chinamen is heavy punishment for "pelting." THE BISHOP OF EXETEIL. The lively discussion which has been going on for some time in the Western Morning Hews respecting the (to use Mr. Gladstone's words) " absence of responsible episcopal government" in the diocese of Exeter, appears to have produced some effect. It is announced at Plymouth that Bishop Trower has accepted a commission from the Lord Bishop of Exeter empowering him to undertake generally the episcopal duties of the diocese. Bishop Trower was formerly a Scotch bishop, then Bishop of Gibraltar, and is now sub-dean of Exeter. Ile has for the last few months been confirming and consecratin g in behalf of Bishop Phillpotts, but had not received a legal commission. This commission involves, we believe, the exercise of episcopal patronage by the bishop commissioned THE POLITICAL SITUATION. The Dublin Evening Mail publishes a special tele gram from London which states that " the opinion is growing that Mr. Disraeli's Amendments will all be rejected on party grounds, but that the bill will be so modified in the House of Lords as to ensure its rejection on return to the Comm Ons." There does not seem to be any present foundation for this rumour. The perfect discipline of the Liberal party, and the repeated overwhelming defeats of the Oppo sition, will certainly make the Lords hesitate before they venture to reject a bill sent up to them from the Commons by such large majorities. Of course it is possible that some important amendments will be made in the Upper House, and that Mr. Gladstone will accept them. Possibly the substitu tion of 1872 for 1871, and the valuation of incumbents' incomes, without deducting the curates' stipends, will be among them. SICK LEGISLATORS. Mr. Disraeli has the gout. There is not any reason to ask the question which Talleyrand put when he heard of the illness of an ambassador, " Why does his Excellency have the gout just now ?" There is no particular reason for a diplomatic indisposi tion in the present instance, although Mr. Hardy is, according to some persons, better fitted to deal with the details of the Irish Church than his chief, who is too fond of paradoxes and too impatient of facts. Another member, Colonel Stuart, M.P. for Cardiff, is so seriously ill that prayers for his recovery have been offered up in the Cardiff churches. Colonel Stuart is a Liberal, and the heir-presumptive to the Marquis of Bute. Colonel Kingscote has recovered from his severe hunting fall, and has been able to take part in the divisions. LORD DERBY AND THE IRISH PEERS. That the election of Irish peers is a mere farce, that it is always directed by one hand, and that members of one party only can hope to . be sent to represent the Irish aristocracy in the House of Lords, are facts sufficiently notorious. Here, at least, even Mr. Bright would be convinced of the wisdom of the representation of minorities. The majority of the Irish peerage is 'Conservative, but the whole of the Irish representative peers are Con servative. The minority cannot raise its voice ;it has no voice to raise. When Lord Powerscourt wrote " I was elected a representative peer by Lord Derby," he told the simple truth. But Lord Derby is no Irish peer. Ralph de Peverel, writing to the star, asks, " Are the Irish peers, as a body, and especially those among them who are, or who seek to be, representative peers,' a set of slaves? Such, at least, is the obvious inference to be drawn from Lord Powerscourt's recently published letter on the Irish difficulty. I have looked in Burke's and Lodge's Peer ages in vain for any information as to Lord Derby's right to interfere in the election of Irish represen tative peers. His lordship has estates in Ireland; but he is Earl of Derby and Lord Stanley of Eickerstaffe in the British peerage, not in that of Ireland. What right, then, has ho to impose pledges on Irish noblemen, or to release' them from them ? " Perhaps the noble earl would say that his monarchy is one exercised by the free will of his subjects. But what about the minority ? TIIE CORONATION OATH. It .is a lucky thing for the Queen that Lord Redesdale is not the keeper of her conscience, other wise she would have an evil time of it. His lordship has got the; notion into his head that the Queen having sworn to uphold' the Church "as by law established," she cannot without perjury assent to the disestablishment of any portion of the Church by law; In other words, the legislation of the beginning of the century is stereotyped for all time to come. The Queen is equally bound to uphold the laws of the realm, and if Lord Redesdale's theory be good for anything it means that the Queen must veto every Act of Parliament altering or abrogating one of the statutes which- as in force on June 28, 1838. Perhaps even this veteran Tory will be open to history, even if he is not to common sense. Lord Granville mentioned a fact of great interest. It that not only is the present Coronation o.lth different from that taken by William 111., i , nd from that taken by George 111., wh'eli of themselves differed. but the present oath was framed synply at the suggestion of the then Archbishop of Canterbury at the coronation of George IV., in order to include the Church of Ireland, which since the coronation of George 111. had been annexed to the English Church. This alteration was made not by Act of Parliament, but by Order in Council. So that the form of oath followed legislation, not legis lation the form of oath, as Lord Redesdale supposes. It will, therefore, be quite unnecessary to pass an Act of Parliament to alter the oath, or to relieve the Queen's conscience, as Lord Redesdale phrases it. THE QUEEN AND TILE POPE. While Lord Redesdale has been exercising himself about the Coronation Oath, the Queen has been sending a telegram of congratulation to the Pope on the fiftieth anniversary of the celebration of his first mass. After this we can believe everything that Dr. Cumming, Mr. Murphy, and the rest announce. The world clearly must be coming to an end. There re mains but one more crowning inivity—the esta blishment of diplomatic relations between the Courts of London and Rome, the appearance of a full-blown Minister at the Vatican instead of that nondescript official, Mr. Odo Russell, and the presence of a Papal .Nuncio at St. James's Palace. We shall then be like all the rest of the world, and it will be impos sible for us to apostatise any further. CARDINAL CITLLEN. The Herald is again much e:crcised about Cardinal Cullen's visit to the Lord-Lieutenant. According to our contemporary, the Cardinal is notoriously desti tute of such qualifications as would render him a genial companion. The only reason for feting him, therefore, must be that he is the Pope's representa tive, that he is the head of the Church. The Tablet has already been able to boast that in no country—not even in Catholic lands—are the chiefs of the Church treated with more respect and delicate attention than at the Viceregal Court of Ireland. "We are not aware," says the Herald, " that the sentinels as yet present arms to his Eminence as he passes, but from what has already occurred it seems certain that if a Protestant bishop ventured to dine in his company at the Castle the Roman prince would take pre cedence of the Anglican prelate." But the Conservative j ournal doesnot counselthat the cardinal for the future shall not be invited to the Castle. If he continues to go he will soon become a " Castle hack," the affections of his people will be alienated from him, his spiritual power will wane. And so, after all, the Lord-Lieutenant is doing unawares a good work. Even Orangemen cannot complain after this. The presence of the Cardinal at any future banquets must ilot be grumbled at. Roman Catholics must be liatisfiad r ._. Orangemen _..plaamietl, and it:ore liberal thinkers will be glad of peace and quietness between the two. THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL. If Sir John Duke Coleridge is wise, there is one of Mr. Gladstone's virtues which he will not imitate— humility. Mr. Gladstone is a very "'amble" person indeed, if words constitute humbleness. Since he has become Premier he hes been less sparing in his self-depreciation, thinking perhaps that it would be rather out of place for the fore most Englishman to adopt the language of Uriah Ileep. But ' the Solicitor-General is in the chrysalis state that his leader was last year. Ile is not yet fully developed, and so, though all the world looks upon him as a prospective occupant of the woolsack, ho must needs be so modest as to say that he would take a very small stun indeed by way of compensation for being deprived of his chance of becoming Lord Chancellor. In like manner a pretty girl expresses her fears that she is "an awful fright." LORD LAWRENCE. The late Viceroy of India has made his maiden speech. It was thoroughly characteristic of the man —plain almost to d r y ness; b u t it gave just the in formation th a t was requ i re d , and that in the fewest possible words. Air. Gladstone making such a speech would have filled four columns. Lord Law rence fills one ; and instead of an oration, we have all the succinctness of a ees!)atch. it is satisfactory to find that not mly does Lord Lawrence adhere to the policy which he upheld all the time that he was in India, but that Lord Mayo is adopting it also. We are not to mix ourselves up in the affairs of Afghanistan ; but the ruler of the country having proved a good friend to us during the mutiny, and it being desirable to maintain his friendship in the case of certain eventualities, to which Lord Lawrence very prudently did not refer, we pay the Amcer R 120,000 a year to help him to maintain a standing army. That army is really fighting our battles. It is a buttress against Russian invasion, and a much better one than an English force in Cabal or Ilerat would be, because the defeat of the army would not necessarily involve us in any serious consequences. It is also an effectual Check UDSILL Malarltqatall Cal2l3Dirao7 within nut,nwii A QUESTION FOR THE REPORTERS. Why is it that in reporting the debates in Parlia ment the gentlemen of the gallery use the titles of certain Government officials but not of others ? In fact, why do they use them at all ? Many years ago the practice used to be confined to the Home Secre tary, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Lord Chancellor, the first dignitary being called the Secretary of State. Since the appointment of Secre taries of State for the Colonies, for War, and for India, the Home Secretary has been mentioned by name. - But within the last year or two the use of dignities instead of names has been on the increase. It is applied not only to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Lord Chancellor, but also to the Attorney-General for England and for Ireland, to the Solicitor-General for each of the three king doms, and to the Lord Advocate. Considering that during the Administrations of Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli the law officers of the Government were changed every two or three months, this mode of designing the numerous gentlemen who filled the office s is very puzzling and irritating to those per sons who have to refer to the debates of a year or two ago. Why the Attorney-General should not be called Sir Robert Collier as much as the First Lord of the Admiralty is called Mr. Childers we cannot divine. We trust that the gentlemen of the press and Hansard will abandon a very objectionable practice. THE RATING ( F :UNDAY SCHOOLS. A body of workers which does not often obtrude itself into public notice has come before the House of Commons with a grievance. The Sunday-schocl teachers are compl a i n i ng. o f having to pay rates. A bill has been brought into the House by Mr. Reed, the memberforHacliney, and Mr. Graves, the member for Liverpool, for relieving them of the liar ' hip, and meetings are being held throughout the country for petitioning Parliament on the subject. A large one was held at Manchester on Monday, at which resoluti ons were passe d- approving the bill. The principle upon which the measure is founded is most just. Sunday-schools are institutions essenti ally for work, and are carried on in most cases with a very small amount of money. In the worst parts of large towns they are often conducted by the energy of one man, and he is very rarely able to put much money out of pocket. In London, the Sunday School Union has often to step in and pay the rent of the schools in the lowest neighbourhoods to prevent them from being shut altogether. OBITUARY. The death of the }lon. W. C. Dobbs is announced. Mr. Dobbs was one of the judges of the Landed Estates Court, Ireland, and thus the first legal post of importance falls to the gift of the present Govern ment.—An a ccoun t also i s pu blished of the death of a Waterloo ve t eran, Moses Dyer. He enlisted in 1801, was in the chief battles of the Peninsular campaign, and was severely wounded at Waterloo. He was 86 years old. His eldest son was in eleven engagements during the Indian mutiny, and from the effects of this campaign suddenly dropped dead on board ship as he was returning to England.—A. Baltimore paper mentions the death of Lord Fair fax, that is to say, of the gentleman who was entitled to this dignity. He was a descendant of the great Lord Fairfax, of the Civil Wars, and was the great grandson of the eighth baronet, and succeeded to the title in 1846. He never claimed the title, pre ferring to die as he had lived, an American citizen. He was born in Virginia, but resided the greater part of his life_ in California, where he held high office. The peerage now descends to his brother John, who lives in Maryland, and is not at all likely to claim it. LIVING STONE. Sir Roderick I. Murchison, writing to the Times, confirms the news which we gave our readers yester day, that the rumour of Dr. Livingstone's safety is an unfounded canard. The veteran geographer gives a hypothetical explanation of the reason of the non appearance of the great traveller, which also agrees with our own. The hon. baronet says that when last he heard from his friend he was led to believe that the explorer,wakproceeding a l ong th e eas t ern s h ore o f Lake Tanganyika. As Dr. Livingstone haddiscovered the height which the lake was abovethe sea,l,Booft., he would doubtless be anxious to discover its outlet. Sir Roderick thinks, for reasons which he gives, that it flows west. The doctor finding this, would foil the river or rivers towards the West Coast of Africa. He could not reach any . civilised - place for some months yet, a s the region i s vas t an d un k nown . Instead of coming home rid Zanzibar, he will probably be heard of first from one of the western Portuguese settlements, possibly those on the Congo. " While I correct the erroneous intelligence which has just appeared," says Sir Roderick, "I beg your readers to understand that I still entertain a well founded hope that my distinguished friend—thanks to his iron frame and undying energy—will issue from Africa on the same shore at which, after a very long absence, he reappeared after his first great traverse of Southern Africa." And who does not wish that it may be as the hon. baronet hopes ? FOREIGN NOTES. COAST DECENCE OF NORTH GEMIANY. Thes plans for the erection of defensive works on the coast of North Germany are now complete, and the forts will be rapidly pushed forward. The Baltic is to be connected with the North Sea by a canal, the entrance to which will be protected by Duppel on the one side (mit Kiel on the other. Some of the fortifications of Kiel have been completed, and all the rest are well advanced. Save that one or two of the forts at Dlippel are only designed to serve temporarily, the works at this strong place are finished. It forms the extreme west point of the coast-defence line. The port of Jabde is to be protected, both on the land and the Sea side. The mouth of the Elbe will be defended by strong works at Grauerfort, and the mouth of the Weser by batteries at Brinkamahoff. A complete railway system will unite these places with each other and with the interior. 1874 is fixed as the date for the completion of the entire system. FRESH DIFFICULTIES IN CRETE. The Inclipenclance Beige states that the Porte has com promised the decision of the Conference and its own wise policy throughout the dispute with Greece by a very injudicious action in Crete. A body of Albanian irregulars bad been ordered to form part..of tha_garrison. The arrival of these troops, who earned an infamous reputation for cruelty and lawlessness during the late insurrection, has caused the greatest irritation amongst the Christians of the island. The population is disarmed, and exposed without protection to the rapacity and brutality of these semi-barbarous Albanians. It is even rumoured that the insurrection has broken out afresh in the Eastern part of the island. This time, at least, the Greeks have nothing to answer for. SPAIN WITHOUT A GOVERNMENT. The Spaniards seem to get on tolerably well during their prolonged political crisis. In any other country rampant anarchy would have set in long ago ; but the Spaniards are used to political collapse. The Siecle says that the people are beginning to contemplate the possi bility of a republic. 'fbe bulk of them would prefer a monarchy ; but they sagaciously conclude that if they get a republic things cannot be much worse. The correspondent of the Star has more definite informa tion. He says that an understanding has been come to ivithin the last few days between the independent Progressists, led by Prim, and tie heads of the Republican 'party. It is now no secret that the Minister of War has made overtures to the minority. The Republicans have felt from the first that sooner or later the Progressists would come round to them, and had resolved to accept the first of the rival military chiefs who should take the initia tory step. It was in the nature of things that Prim, who is amLitious, should steal a march upon Serrano by joining his Powerful Party to the Republicans. Some portion of this result is due to the Republican, Castelar. The Tinze 4 correspondent h as ca ll e d this deputy a " wind-hag," but his recent speeches 'thew Olathe is one of the ablest orators in Europe. THE "BATTLE" OF SIVATOW. The affair at Swatow was not a missionary difficulty, but it seems that the usual error was committed on this occasion. A connected sketch of this encounter. states that the crew of the Cockchafer had gone up the river for boat exercise and drill. The Chinese assembled on the banks and pelted them. The boats tried to regain the sea, but at a narrow part of the river the Chinese cut them .of. The Enalishinen the b_ad 111149 th.gignisleri THE GUNPOIVDER PLOT IN EGYPT. The case of the Viceroy of Egypt is particularly hard. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," but the Vice roy has, so to speak, only a semi-crown, and yet no poten tate can well be in a snore uneasy position. More than one attempt has been made upon his life. Ruling a nation i i all very well, but when it is accompanied with the imminent risk of being elevated into the air as you lie on your hedisr as you sit in your chair, ordinary mortals may well congratulate themselves. The last attempt to assassinate the Viceroy seems to have been founded on the model of the Guy Fawkes conspiracy. It was projected to blow up the Viceroy as he sat at the theatre. His Highness's chair is on a slightly raised platform, and in the floor was found the infernal machine, composed of an apothecary's mortar. At the bottom of the mortar was found a layer of gunpowder, above which was a layer of balls, upon that another layer of powder, and on the top of all a layer of bullets and small pieces of glass. Between each layer was placed paper, and aquantity of powder was also strewn about under the raised platform, and so arranged under the main gaspipe that fire could soon have finished the work of destruction. A wick, impregnated with some inflammable matter, was then )ntroduced into the mortar, and passing down the wall was hidden sufficiently by the gas-pipe to escape observa tion, while the other end of the wick was attached to a beam near a gas-jet in the side scene, where it could easily be ignited. The theatre had been closed for some days previously, thus giving the conspirators every opportunity of arranging the details of this neat scheme. But who the conspirators are is not disclosed, even if they are known. THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA. The Washington Ministry had a very long deliberation on the 6th touching the affairs of Cuba. The decision of General Grant's Cabinet was, according to the American papers, that the strictest neutrality should be observed throughout the struggle in the Spanish island. This con clusion, as the only proper one, will surprise nobody ; but it is clear that the American Government will experience the greatest difficulty in preserving neutrality. The sympathy of the American people is all on the side of the insurgents. It has been ascertained that many Cubans, directly or indirectly concerned in the revolution, have been naturalised as American citizens.' Many native-born Americans are in the ranks of the rebel army. If any of these subjects of the United States be massacred by the Spanish volunteers, there is too much reason to apprehend that the clamour of the Americans will compel the Government to interfere. '1 ha. volunteers beyond doubt commit unjustifiable atrocities; but it is equally certain that the American filibusters are doing their utmost to provoke the worst. The situation is very deli cate. The American West India squadron has again been reinforced. THE HUDSON'S DAY TERRITORY. Though the terms of settlement proposed by Earl Granville were accepted by the Hudson's Bay Company, they have yet to be referred to the Government of the Dominion. But there is no ground for the apprehension that the arbitration of the English Ministry will be ques tioned in Canada. Indeed, the colonial papers look upon the question as settled ; but it seems they do not like the terms. One-twentieth of all the land in the Fertile Belt is reserved to the company, which will thus become a large landholding association. It is feared that the policy of keeping back the land until it has been made valuable by the labour of others will be adopted. But surely a difficulty of this kind can be of little consequence when the territory is so vast, and for years to come will be so thinly peopled. In any event, the Canadians would act very unwisely in seeking to reject a great end for the sake of a small question of means. There is, however, no talk of doing this. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, April 3. Towards the end of last week the weather changed, and on Monday an easterly gale set in which kept every ship in the harbour, but sent gulls in from sea by the hundred. Poor Grinnell has had a hard time of it. He used to lead a quiet life, and so did the President, comparatively. Grant has been worried to his bed, and confesses that, had be known what was before him, he would have voted for Andrew Johnson, for he thinks that if the ex- President, used to badgering as he was, • had had what he has endured previous to his last attack, it would have made an end of him. But, joking apart, Mr. Grinnell received on one day over 13,000 applications for place, and his house, the Custom House, and his private office in Wall-street were all besieged, the latter to such an extent that he had to employ a powerful clerk (he ought to have chosen a prize fighter) to hear applications, while the police had to keep the crowd out of the Custom House. He will find it easier to get rid of his ships than to get rid of this pressure. He met Mr. Smythe to take over charge on Wednesday, who greeted him with his congratulations, which were made the more pointed when Mr. Smythe said, " The pleasure with which I resign the post arises from the fact that I am to ezcape, at last, the many per secutions and annoyances that have attended my administration ;" adding, with a sigh and a look of commiseration, showing how little he expected it, " I hope you will see and feel less of them than I have." Mr. Grinnell replied that it would be a warning for him to avoid, as far as possible, sitni lar embarrassments. He was not infallible, but he would do his duty to his country and to General Grant, who had, unasked, so graciously placed him there. Grinnell had not to wait long before he had another taste of the sweets of office. The aching Post has fiercely attacked the appointments to the Custom House, which it represents to be in the hands of rogues, and there is no hope under the present management. He was sworn in, however, on Tuesday, his bondsmen being Moses Taylor, R. M. Blatchford, Edward Minturn, and Marshall 0. Roberts; and next day, after taking over the of fice, he presented formal warrants to the following gentlemen as deputy-collectors :—John R. Lydec ker, George W. Embree, S. T. Blatchford, H. K. Murray, Rufus King, John Cooke, J. S. Steadman, E. C. Banfield, Moulton, Grigsby. A com mission has been appointed by the Secretary of 'War to report on a bridge across the East River, be tween Brooklyn and New York, and Generals Newton and Wright, together with Major King, of the Engineer Corps, have been selected. This is in in compliance with the Act of Congress, and we may now hope to have the work soon commenced. _General j.aasloff, Danish Minister of War r has re turned from Washington and stopped at the Brevoort House before embarking for his home, for which he starts to-day, after his unsuccessful nego tiation at Washington. Logan, No. 2, was re leased, as the grand jury failed to find an indict ment ; no evidence being produced to warrant try ing him for the murder of Mr. Rogers. The girl's evidence broke down after the police thought they had got the case up. Logan behaved very well during his long imprisonment, and thanked the police for their kindness to him, exhibiting no small ' joy at his liberation. The murderer Real has been granted a respite although the scaffold had been partly erected. He bore up to the last with forti ' tude, though things had grown to be really serious. When told of the reprieve, notwithstanding efforts made to moderate his transports, he danced about with joy. In compliance with the recent decision of the Attorney-General, orders were received at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to reduce the wages in proportion to the time struck off by the Eight Hours Bill. The sailmakers struck at onc., and are likely to he followed by other trades. i.soin given over h practice Abram Wakeman. has The H on. on his off - I (3f Port- Surveyor to A. B. Cornell, and resumed ris of law Mr. Merritt when enterinc , a little speech. He asked the 7made emptoires for fidelity, and said that he had made ' .no definite arrangements for removals,but would be . ' guided by circumstances. The express train from Boston umstances. to New York with an accident on the Connecticut River met Rail road, ten miles above Hartford. Three cars were thrown from the track passenger and broken Colonel James M. Thompson, up, and Springfield, were injure. t and Mrs Norton, of severely bruised, and several wo or three more were also occurred lately on the slightly.. An accident Pacific road, which altfornia end of the smashedl4 cars and resulted in the death of the conductor, two engineers, two firemen, and three brakemen ; and the company's buildings at Truckee have been burned at a losslof $50,000. The Albany Express, in defence of Go vernor Fenton against the attacks of the Evening Post, alleges that the editor is a relation of Edgar Ketchum (better name, by the way, for a detec tive than for a thief), and is angry with the Senator, because he refused at the Editor's solici tations to pardon that convict. The ice has been broken up, and the river is almost:clear to Albany, and it is now believed to be open, and that navigation ca❑ be resumed. In spite of an action commenced by the Union Pacific Railway against Jatnes,Fisk (jun.) and bis agents for tresspass, the damages being laid at $ 1 ,000,000, the safe was broken open. It required the unremitting exertion for hours of workmen, the employed,it is said, - tindcr Mr. Cornell, the maker. At last the vault xC%ag i opened, and Mr. Durant, who had been quietly smoking his cigar, entered with the Sheriff. Together with several others, the stock book and the cash ledger were tak, n. The examination is being continue], and Several other law suits are likely to spring from these proceedings. WASIIiNGTON, April 2. If our people are ugly towards Spain in Cuba, it is not that they desire anything but the good of Spaniards in Spain. At the meeting of the Americ tn Tract Society of New York, held at the Congrega tional Church here, Spain figured prominently. It was for that country the most urgent claims were made: there, the work is said to be most encouraging, vouched for by the Rev. F. C. Fletcher, who gave his personal observations of his missionary labours. Chief Justice Chase presided. The Home evange lical work since the war has been directed to the South and taken the most prominent place with the Society ; 2,800 Sabbath and secular schools there have been assisted, and 300,000 United States primers have been distributed. Abroad publica tions have been circulated in 141 different languages and dialects, many in Arabic. The whole publish ing work of the Society, which has existed for 45 years, has been the issue of 23,500,000 bound olumes, 300,000,000 tracts, and 112,000,000 pe riodicals. The new Attorney-General is upsetting the legal decisions of the old Attorney-General, and furnishing a very pretty lesson of how seldom doctors agree. Mr. Evarts ruled that the labourers em ployed by Government were to receive their full wages, though the time, iu accordance with the lath law, had been reduced from ten to eight hours. Attorney-General Hoar reverses that decision, and says that the workmen are only to get eight-tenths of the wages, while Secretary Boric presses for the repeal of the eight-hour law. Mr. Hoar is also of opinion that the late Mr. Bates, who was Mr. Lin coln's Attorney-General, was wrong in his law, whereby Secretary Welles raised the rank of the staff to correspond with the rank of the line officers when the grade in the navy was raised from Com modore to Admiral. The line officers asserted that he had no power to do this ; Attorney-General Bates said he had ; and Attorney-General Hoar says he had not ; and the new Secretary of the Navy asks the Naval Committee of the House to have the relative rank fixed, or he will be compelled to reduce the rank of the staff officers in accordance with this decision. Secretary Boutwell is justifying the trepidation among the female clerks employed in various departments of the Treasury, for a very large number have been discharged. A number of special agentsformerly appointed for political services are to be removed en masse. But it is even easier to get them out than to keep them out, which constitutes the real difficulty, just as the bottom of an iron ship is scraped clear of all barnacles readily enough in dock, but look at that ship's bottom after she has been a short time at sea, and you see the same thins quite fast and secure there, and feeling evidently very much at home. The President has been laid up for the last few days, and did not receive till Tuesday, and a report was circulated in New York that the attack was so severe that he was not ex- pected to recover ; so our rumour-mongers ma naged in one week to kill both the outgoing and incoming Presidents. Much opposition is develop ing itself to General Grant in the Republican press, particularly in New York, where the Evening I'ost and the Sun show very plain symptoms of swinging round the circle. The Hop. J. Lathrop Motley will, it is now generally believed, be the Minister to England, though Mr. John Jay has lately been. mentioned. Mr. Motley is now in \% ashington, and is often in the Senate Chamber. When the announcement was made of the second adjournment resolution of the House, Mr. Sumner shouted from his pace Impossible ;" in fact it would be very difficult to get through the mass of buziness await ing action, but there is one way cf dealing with it which the Legislature will adopt, and that is leav ing it to take care of itself. Mr. Washburn, of Paraguay, made a statement to the House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs, respecting the treatment by Lopez of his officials, Bliss and Master-man, but nothing new transpired. Witnesses have been summoned, and the official conduct of Mr. Wash burn and Admiral Davis wiil be investigated. The correspondence relating to the dispute at Madrid has been printed and distributed to the Senators, though permission was refused to allow the letters to be published. They are from Secre tary Seward, John P. Hale, and Secretary of Lega tion, Perry. The no.nination of General Long street was discussed in the Senate, and gave an opportunity to Governor Brownlow of attacking that officer, which the feeble old man did with no lack of bitterness and spite ; the Senate, however, refused to be guided by Brownlow, and sanctioned the appointment. Secretary Boutwell asked Mr. George A. Halsey,who once represented in Congress Newark District, New Jersey, to take the post of Register of the Treasury. Mr. Boutwell would not receive a refusal, and declared that the President would immediately send his name to the Senate. Mr. Halsey arrived at Washington last Monday, and rejected Mr. Boutwell's pressing invitation unless permitted to continue his leather business in New Jersey. The question was referred to the At torney-General, who considered that the law which disqualified Mr. T. Stewart applied to Mr. Halsey, which is much to be regretted, as he saw more of the workings of the Treasury Department when on the Retrenchment Committee of the Fortieth Con grees than any other man. The Secretary of the Treasury asked for the power of paying interest on the public debt in advance ; and, after some legis lation on the subject, it appeared that this joint re solution app rove d i n 1864 was still in the Stat u t e - Book :—" Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to anticipate the payment of interest on the public debt by a period not ex ceeding one year, from time to time, either with or without rebate of interest upon the coupons as to him may seem expedient; and he is hereby autho rized to dispose of any gold in the Treasury of the United States not necessary for the payment of the interest of the public debt, provided that the obli gation to create the Sinking Fund, according to the Act of February 25, 1862, shall not be impaired thereby." In accordance with this order, the Sec retary has given official notice that the interest due on the Ist May will be paid on demand at the pro per offices on a rebate of interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum in coin. General Howard will continue in charge of the Freedmen's Bureau for the present. Large reductions are to be made in the bureau. The coloured people are coming in for a share of office, as two Justices of the Peace for the District of Columbia; one postmastership and an assessorship of Internal Revenue have fallen to their lot. The President has also granted an interview to Lieut.-Governor Dunn, of Louisiana, who is a coloured man. Butler's bill for reconstructing Mississippi has been postponed till next session. Theßeconstruction Committee, however, are taking evidence on the subject of Texas, from which State there is a delegation now in Washing ton. The Pre-ident received it yesterday, but, as he does not allow reporters, what transpi re d is not known. John W. Douglass has en tered on his duty as Deputy-Commissione r of In ternal Revenue. The Post-office Department is organizing a special ageiit service. These agents will be divided into three classes ; one to superin tend railway postal service, another for the examin- atiou of postal accounts, and the third as detec. tives. The case of George W. 'l'witehell, petitioner, against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, came ) before the United States Supreme Court to-day. Mr. Hubbell, attorney for the plaintiff in error, argued his motion for a writ of error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and to the General Gaol Delivery of the city and county of Philadelph ia and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for the Eastern District. J 7 IIIG.INIA. Governor Wells, of Virginia, and other promine nt Republicans, were arrest e d on th e c h arge of steali e g a letter from the Post- o ffi ce , b ut a U n it e d Stat es Commissioner who was sent t o Ri c h m ond order ed his discharge. Th e G overnor h as b een displace d s by Gen. Stoneman, the m ilit ary comman d er , as well% several other " Rads," b u t th e P res ident h a w superseded the General, till the officer 13° t in Texas can reach this command the in command, temporarily taking his . P ince. Au amusing account is given in the Springfield publican of a convention in Virginia, in whic h person named Buttz, who is thus described, took 3 prominent part. " lle hal been expelled f°l, knavery from three different counties of Virg inia ' and forced to fly to EnglAnd, where he formed 3 swindling stock comp an y an d re t urne d. W°e to the man who attempted to p u t d own the favour ite 6 candidate of Buttz. Th a t cur i ous mor t a l 1 011 , 3 shriek out offensive l anguage , b urrow i n the slonoti a of abuse, to overwhelm the daring opponent, all if be could carry his p o i n t i n no o th er way, W°ll,, leap upon a bench, and by cr yi ng t h ree cheers for his man, attempt to raise a riot." W e have be en puzzling our brain to find out if this is the B uttzia tet, in London. He was opposed by Samuels, ahands° ll3 young man, refined i n l anguage , described.as 0 "plug-ugly" of Baltimore, and a carpet-bagge r ' ne meeting was di v id e d i n t o W e ll s an d au ti : Wells men. An anti-Wells man was named for chairman, wh en it seeme d as if pandemon i u m 113 d been let loose. Buttz and Samuels rushed to t" platform, shouting "Down with Wells." A dozen negroes grasped Samuels, exclaiming, " We gw itl° ,, to wring yo' neck, befo' yo' leave dis State !" 1 31°c ; were falling in every di rec ti on , " B u tt z was E inkie to the floor, his eye-ball s s t ar ti ng f rom th e i r social,„ ' under the grasp of a h u ge Af r i can , an d c ad Prev , ous Question' Bayne, a coal-bl ac k ce l e brity O' rose to notice in the reconstruction convention, W brandishing a white hat, a n d ca lli ng , t ru e to bi name, de previous question.' The police fl o urishe d their clubs, but did not d a re to s t r ik e . This seei ned curious to me—but I was infor me d th a t the killi n° of any one would have led to the most disastrou s i results. Dozens w ou ld h ave b een s h o t h a d bloo d _ once been seen. A p rom i nen t R epu bli can t o ld that the Union League members were very nui ller t i ous in the crowd, inside and outside the house; anf would have support e d th e M ayor at any sacrifice °f life." Another attempt of to get up the meeti n g under the mayor himself was attended with even worse consequences. Vi rg i n i a i s said to be 11°." the best field open f or em i grat i on to the United % States, but it is not y e t, po li t i ca l ly speak i ng , in - reconstructed condition. The following curi ous regu l a ti ons f or th e use of ye Royal Household of Henry VII. compare arnusieg'i with those of he r M a j es t y Q ueen Victoria : —l. The b a rbe r must always keep himself clean, in order not to coillP rcr „, miss hiS Maj es t y ' s h ea l t h . 2. The treasurer shall not iteer ragged scullions who walk about almost naked, and si e l or lie down b e f ore th e ki tchen fire. 3. No meat beY°l34, a certain price shall be served on the King's table. The servants to furnish a sufficient guarantee to P ro d vide against the substraction of wooden platters o r copper utensils belongi ng t o hi s Majesty. 5. relg te plate being too costly for daily use , th e greatest car e 0 15t 6. be taken of the wooden platters and pewter spoons' No boy or commissioner shall be kept at Court for the us of the servants. 7. W omen, who are prodigal, shall b 0 t a banished the Court. 8. A s lik ew i se a l l kinds of dogs, e% c f,,,, a small number o f span i e l s, reserved for the use "; ladies. 9. Th e o ffi cers o f t h e King ' s household to higt; in harmony with each other. 12. The stable boys w 9 t ;.. steal his Majesty's straw to put in their beds; as a dent quantity has been given them. 13. Between 81 and seveno'clock the office r c h arge d w ith th e serv i ce of tljo King's chamber shall light the fire and lay straw in ti t ': private apartme n t s o f hi s M a j es t y. 14 . Coal w i l l 0 1 9 a furnished for the apartments of the King, the Queen, 41i , thoio of Lady Mary. 15. The Ladies of Honour to 3 ': apiece of whit e b rea d an d some beef for their breeki; 16. A pre sen t w ill b e made to any of the King's of marrying, on conditi on th ey make a present to bj" , Maj,sty. William M‘Willie, who died at Kirkwood, If f ' di ; son county, Mi ss issippi, on M arc h 3 , wa s born y e, ; Liberty Hill, Ker s h aw Di strict, South Carolina, on l'4°.; 17, 1795. He graduated at South Carolina College December, 1817, was a d m i tted to the bar in 1818, at °y ° entered upon a successful career as a lawyer, and WO 1 ::a pcatedly elected to the House - of Representatives qE Senate of South Carolina. In 1845 M`Willie removed r Mississippi, to res id e on a p l antat i on, which ho had purer chased ten years previously. He was elected a Repres e to tative to Con gress f rom Mi ss i ssippi; serving from 1849 ar 1851, was president of a bank, and was elected Gover ll " of Mississippi in 1858. We clip the following from an American W et : —"Mr. Aird, a not e d L on d on b arrister, was a printer: , y too, was Douglas Jerrold ; J o h n Kitto, the editor of i ll pictorial Bible, wa s by t ra d e a shoemaker ; D r . Livia; stone was a factory ope ra ti ve ; J o h n C assell a journe3lll4. carpenter; and William Gifford, the founder of the Ed il4 burgh Review, first a cabin boy and then a shoemaker's or prectice." • The largest kitchen in the world is that of Li e ; big's Extract of Moat Company's establishment at 1711. 7 Bentos, on the river Uruguay, South America. The bui ld ing covers an area of 20,000 square feet. In one hall they' are four meat cutters, which can dispose of 200 bullocl each per hour. There are 12 di ges t ers, i n w hi c h the nil is boiled by steam. They c a n h o ld a l toget h er 140, pounds of beef. About 80 oxen per h our are actualLY slaughtered for this immense establishment. The Legislature of British C o l um bi a h as apPr o.• priated $20,000 to bring servant girls from England. FAD VERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. —The Hsu . ! Danger. —Disease comes on w ith - s li g h t symptoms, whcvy „ when neglected, increase in i n t ens it y and gradually gr", „ dangerous—a condition which b e t rays the grosses t , c missness, when these Pills, taken in accordance with the c i accompanying directions, would not only have check ° !, but conquered the incipient disorder. Patients daily f ur, ward details of the moa t remarka b le and instructive ca ses' in which timely attention to Holloway's advice has 11 1; doubtedly saved them from severs illnesses. These PI" : act primarily o n th e di gest i ve organs, which they sioua' late when slow and imperfect. [ADVEItTISF,HENT ]— Consumption, and all bilious, nerVo U te sl i stomach,and liver compl a i nts i n every stage are only aggra/atif and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfee curable by Du Bar r y' s health-restoring Revalenta Ara,bica Fe O as proved by thousands of cases which had been consider e hopeless; such as i n di gest i on (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, 410 0, sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derail s , meats, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousno.„.. biliousness, fevers , sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, 1 ,,`". fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, lintg rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplossne - , acidity, palpitation, h eart b urn, headache, debility, drop at cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the cili a pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Da I; s T o f Food. Cure No 68,413.—"R0me, July 21, 1866. —The health the Holy - Father is excellent especially since, abandoning other 'medics, he has confined himself entire ly to Du BerrY,,ful Revalenta, Arabia,. Food, of which he cons umes a Piew c i A l at every meal. It h as p ro laced. a surprisingly bene ll ,o effect on his health, and his Holiness can no t praise ? d i , ' excellent food too hi g hly." F rom th e " Gazette dulf July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Ro bens, timber ';„fi• chant, of Friml e y, Surrey, of thirty yea rs' di sea sed , spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness' of Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieuten Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.— No. 49,832. o e6S: years' indescribable agony from dye pepsia, nery on! s oa asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sicku,e 6b „ i sa s vomiting.—MariaJoly." Imp ortant Cautio n.—Beware of tur,ti'i j ou unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, no. authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously In tins, at Is. lid. ; 1 lb. 2s. s d.; 2 lbs. 4 s. 6d ; 5 lbs. lls• 225. ; *44 lbs, 40s, Also Du BARRY'S REVA LENTA AF.t ptcJ fo r 0 LATE POWDER is packed in tin ca n i s t ers; f or 12 cups at 25., s cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at s Os.. foe 57 ,"„ ca. tiV5 at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. Th e 06 s , Lo d L. ' r oc° are sent free of carriage in England en r ece ipt o f Poi." 6 Order.— BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent street. don; and, all Grocers and Chemists. Births. ---- ILuurrox— On the 19th inst., at 22, Eaton-square, Lad/ Laura Hampton, of a daughter. MORRIS—On the 19th inst., at Englemere, Ascot, Be r " 1 Mrs. Mowbray Morris, of a daughter. Marriages. _ Coos—SAXON—On the 19th inst., at St. Barnabas, Ken sington, Thomas Cook, late of Ipswich, to Mary An"' tho eldest daughter of the late James Saxton, of ,rytrt ford. rE3IBERTON—GARTII—on the 20th inst., at St. Savioul; Pimlico, Henry Leigh, youngest son of Edward Log, Pemberton, Esq., of Eaton-pla ce , an d T orry -hill, lien" to Mary. Eliza, eldest daughter of Richard Garth, Esq . ' Q.C., of St. George's-square, and Morden, Surrey. Deaths. ALLNUTT —On the 19th io t. at Loose Hill, near Maid . stone, Henry Allnutt, Esq., aged 81. COOK—On the 19th inst., at Gloucester-square, Hydf: - park, William Cook, of , t. Paul's-churchyard, and EN_ don Hall, Kent, aged 85.: SINGLETON—On the 18th inst., at Brighton, Captain E• C. Singleton, late 51st L. Infantry. London : Printed and PabHailed by WILLLIaI ANDII - BW I of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tan SUN Odle-, No 114,, i Strand,. in the Precinct of th e Savoy _ln the Oaulti ° miaalesez,--Wedneiday, Arai! 21, 1869. 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