The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-18 00:00:00

2'ELE WHITSUNTIDE REVIEWS. GRIMSBY. By the advice of the coroner, the jury returned an open verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown, thus leaving the matter in the Lands of the magistrates. ENGLISH DIFFICULTIES IN CHINA. -~ Among the parliamentary papers just issued are some documents of importance relating to China. One of these contains the correspondence relating to the proceedings of her Majesty's ship Janus, at Sharp Peak Island, near Foo-Chow-Foo. It will be remembered that Consul Sinclair called upon Lieutenant Keppel, commanding the Janus, to employ force in the settlement of some differences between an English missionary and the natives of Sharp Peak Island, a line of conduct strongly censured by Lord Clarendon. Mi. Wolfe, the missionary, had obtained the title deeds of some land at the island, but the natives would not allow him to build upon it. Consul Sinclair described a Chinaman, named,Wang-Yew-Cbow, as the chief instigator of the disturbance, and recom mended that Lieutenant Keppel should land a large force of cutlass-men. This he did, and threatened to pull clown Wang-Yew-Chow's house if he did not agree to the pro. nosed terms, the result being that the Chinaman gave a bond for future good behaviour, of which a copy is given in these papers. Vice-Admiral Sir H. Keppel, in reporting the affair, says that in his opinion the Glint se xv,re the proper parties to take action in the matter, and that they had intended to do so, and the interference of the Janus was, therefore,unnecessary. Lord Clerendon, as we have said, severely censures the Consul, whose measures, he considers, " had a direct tendency to provoke without sufficient cause a collision with the Chinese authorities and people," and he iswarned to be more circumspect for the future. Another batch of correspondence refers to the engagement of H.M.S. Aigerine with junks supposed to belong, to pirates off Namoa harbour. It seems from the account given in these documents that the Algerine gunboat, with a man darin on board, encountered thirteen armed junks off Namoa harbour. The commanders of the junks refused to shew their papers, and fired on the Algerine. Lieutenant Domville engaged them forth with, passing three times along their line, and - pouring In grape and shell, which, he sayi himself, " told with fearful effect," and dispersed the junks. Vice-Admiral Keppel, in enclosing the account of the engagement, recommends Commander Domville for the skill and gal lantry with which he opposed a superior force. Unluckily, the junks subsequently turned out not to be pirates, but opium smugglers, who never allow even th e i r own vesse l s o f war to communi cate with them, and consequently the Admiralty instead of applauding Commander .Domvillo for " his skill and gallantry," censured him for beginning the action at all, and blamed the Admiral for giving his sanction to the affair. Orders are therefore given that Chinese vessels are not to be attacked unless there is no reasonable doubt that they are engaged in piracy. The suppression of these pirates in the Chinese waters is a difficult and troublesome task. The correspondence respecting the proceedings of her Majesty's ships Bustard and Drake in assisting the Imperial troops in the river Han gives an account of some more • satisfactory exploits than those we have referred to ; though, at Lord Stanley's suggestion, a sum of £2,000, exacted from the village of Choo-Chi, was refunded. Mr. Holt, acting Vice-Consul at Tamsing, was fortunate enough to obtain the necessary reparation for an outrage on British merchants in Banca without employing force, a full account of the affair being given in these papers. The fasting girl at Ulvcrston, after having ab stained from food since last October, has now, it is stated, commenced to both eat and talk. She has, according to report, been tweLty-five weeks without any solid food pass ing her lips, and sixteen wilLat having her lips even moistened. -• TREAP!');‘,OACHING MARRIAGE OF LORD LYTTEL .cuN.—The Birmingham, Post is informed that the mar riage of Lord Lyttelton with Mrs. Humphrey Alildmay, widow of the late member for Herefordshire, will be solemnised early in ;Tune. Airs. Mildmay is a niece of the Rev. Mr. Clive, who was sometime rector of Solihull. S ALE OF TH E OVERTON ESTATE.—We (Salisbury Journal) understand that the Overton estate (near Marlborough) which was purchased about three years ago of the Duke of Marlborough, by the late Mr. R. 0. Long, at something like £140,000, has just been sold by the . axecutors of that gentleman to Lord Earnest Bruce (as the representative of Sir H. Meux) at a profit of nearly £20,000. MR. GEORGE ODG ER. —A meeting. of the Green wich Advanced Liberal Association was held a day or two back, at which the following re3olution was carried unani mously :—" That the advanced Liberal 3 of the borough of Greenwich learn with satisfaction-that Mr. George Odger has allowed himself to be put in nomination as the repre sentative of the working classes for Stafford, and trust that the advanced Liberals of Stafford will send him to the Commons House of Parliament as the advanced Liberals of Greenwich returned the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone." Another yeolin bas acemplished the diflieu7t feat .4 falling off his horse. Sir Theophilus Biddulph has met with a selions accident at Warwick. While at drill with the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry his horse became very restive and began rearing and plunging about in a furious manner. Ev , •,:tnally* Sir Theophilus was thrown, and fell upon the ground with great force. Several members of the regiment quickly ran to his assistance, and he was conveyed to his lodgings in a car. Dr. Dullock was caged in, :.nd found the hon, baronet suf f ering from the dints of temporary concus sion of the brain and a severe flesh wound in the face, from Which he had lost a large quantity of Llood. Ile was also ercatly shaken. In the covree of the day, however, he was I •>atuch improved. .Tilitsurt Monday was a grand day for the volunteers of MI metropolis. Most of the regiments went off either to rarer Park, Tooting, or Greenwich. The tOview at Panshan ger, the seat of the Earl Cowper. in Hertford6hire, was a small one. Nine different battalions, of which half-a-dozen were Metropolitan corps, took part in the evolutions ; and as = despite the threatening clouds of the morning, the day tuzned out fine, the proceedings went off with complete satfeaction to all concerned, except those rigid critics who cannot pardon any departure from exact military rules in the manceuvring of our Litizen soldiery. The plan of the review was not perhaps all that i " real soldier " could wish. Certain of the forces took np their position in a wood, from which it was the duty of the other volunteers to drive them. They succeeded in doing so, and the two rival armies became one, and marched past in excellent style. The same kind of thing took place on Tooting Common, where Lord Truro commanded. We are told that "the enemy were defeated," and that the march past was really well done. THE FATAL POACHING AFFRAY NEAR The inquest on the body of Enoch Godly, the gardener shot dead by a poacher on Sunday morning at Grimsby, has been held. James Marshall deposed: I am game• keeper to Mr. Thorold, of Cuxwold. On Sunday morning last the deceased, Enoch Goldy, and I left Cuxwold for the purpose of watching game. We reached Eavendale about two o'clock in the morning. About four o'clock we observed two men on Mr. Thorold's property; I saw one of the men creeping down by the hedge-side with - a gun in his hand preparing. to 'shoot, a hare. The hare ran from them, and then the men came towards the hedge ; when they got opposite to us they stopped. I observed that they saw us, and I jumped up and endeavoured to get over the hedge. I said, "Hollow, what are you doing there this morning with a gun?" One of the men replied, "Do you mean that, you b—?" and he turned and ran back. In getting over the hedge I attempted to get hold of him, but did not reach him. The men ran away. Deceased jumped over the hedge after me, and we both gave chase. Deceased passed me, and I said to him, "If you can catch them, run up 'lt once while lam close to." Ge'dy said, " Aye, but they have got a gun ; I'll run them till they stop." After running about a mile and a half, going through a wood Goldy called out to give me an idea which way they were going. I then said, "Golly, run through a gate stead," when he stopped and hesitated a minute, as if he had lost sight of the men. Goldy then turned to the right, and was out of my sight. I then immediately heard a great clap, which turned out to Le the report of a gun. Then I heard deceased call out " Oh, dear! Come up, Marshall ; come up, Marshall." I then saw Goldy come back past the gate stead, and run right into the hedge. I was then about 100 yards away. I then saw the man that had the gun in his hand run up to Goldy,point his gun at him—not from the shoulder, but holding it with both hands—and fire at deceased. It appeared as though the man put the muzzle of the gun close to deceased, who was partly down on the hedge. I only saw one man with a gun. There was time to re load the gun between the two reports. When I got up to Goldy he was quite dead, and I perceived there was a great hole at the back of his head. Both men ran away, and whilst I was looking at the deceased I lost sight of them entirely. Mr. H. George, surgeon, North Thoresby, deposed that he had made a post-mortem examination of the deceased. He found a gunshot wound in the left breast, between the second and third ribs, which had gone through the left lung, from which he extracted a quantity of shot and wadding. He also found a wound at the Lack of the left ear, which penetrated the brain several hid:cf. Both wounds were sufficient to cause death. THE ENGLISH JOINT-STOCK BANK. -•---..:.,-- At the Mansion House, on Monday morning, Mr. Samuel Greenway Finney, the manager of the English Joint stock Batik, Mr. James Abbiss, Mr. Thomas Brad shaw, and Captain C. E. Mangles, the directors of the bank, were brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of conspiring together to defraud the share holders by means of false representations and false balance-sheets. Mr. G. Lewis appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Met calfe, Mr. Poland, Mr. Ormond, Mr. Straight, and Mr. Montague Williams appeared for the defendants. At the commencement of the proceedings Mr. Lewis took occasion to explain that on a former occasion he had stated that a sum of £1,250 had found its way into the pockets of Mr. Bradshaw. He had since, however. ascertained that this was not the case. Mr. C. Dradlaugh, who described himself as a financial agent, of Old Bond-street, was examined, and lie stated.that he had bad business transactions with the defendants. •an+l among other matters he had negotiated the purchase of the Nottingham Bank for the English Joint-Stock Bank for a sum of £lB,OOO, and he received £2,250 as commission for the transaction from Mr. Finney, the There were also some negotiations for the purchase of a bank at Norwich. Witness negotiated manager. a loan of £75,000 for the bank, and it was arranged that a sum of £4,000 should be paid as commission for the loan. The directors of the English Joint-Stock Bank afterwards refused to carry out this arrangement, and witness was very angry, and commenced legal proceedings against them. The result was that the bank only received £25,000, and they gave £2,000 as interest on that amount, and witness, in addition, raceived a sum of £l5O for himself. Witness was very dissatisfied with the operation. Mr. Metcalfe observed that the transaction turned out to be a totally different one to that which was opened by the prosecution. Mr. Siebel, accountant and broker, carrying on business in the City, proved that he negotiated the loan of £25,000 with the City Bank, and it was arranged that the English Joint-Stock Bank should give their own deposit note as security. lie received the £25,000 in Bank of England notes, and took them to the English Joint Stock Bank, and witness afterwards received a cheque for £1,350 for his commission for obtaining the loan. Evidence was then given to shew that £20,000 out of the £25,000 received under the circumstances above stated were paid as part of the purchase-money for the goodwill of the business of the bank of Rogers, Olding, and Co., and Mr. Lewis said he should shew that £2,000 were paid in to the private account of Mr. Tinney. Mr. Howard, a solicitor, proved the sale of the goodwill of the bank of Harding and Co., at Bideford, to the English Joint-Stock Bank for £12,000. The witness received £2,000 as commission for negotiating the sale of the business, and he said that a "suggestion" was made that a portion of this sum should be paid to Mr. Finney, the manager of the English Joint-Stock Bank, and he subsequently handed one-third of the -22,000 to that gentleman. Mr. Oswald Howell, the accountant, said he had been retained by Mr. Lambert, the prosecutor, to investigate the books of the English Joint-Stock Bank, and he had been so engaged for some time. He had seen the balance sheet as made up to the 31st of December, 186'5, by which the net profits of the bank were stated to be £14,173 15s. He had carefully examined the books, and the bank had certainly not only not made this amount of profit, but, according to his calculation, it had not made any profit at all. It further appeared by the books that a sum of over £140,000 had been expended in the purchase of other banks, fittings, &c., and the preliminary expenses were stated at £22,353 3s. 4d., and £12,500 of this amount consisted of the purchase of the West Surrey Bank, which belonged to the defendant. Captain Mangles : The books did not contain any entry of the payment of the .€2,CGO to Mr. Howard, and the books did not contain any minute of the directors authorising such a payment. Mr. Howell was examined at very considerable length, and the effect of his testimony appeared to be that it was his opinion that a number of items which appeared in the books in the character of assets ought to have appeared in the profit and loss account, and he said that they were originally so placed, but the mode of keeping the books appeared to have been changed. The inquiry was then again adjourned. LAW AND POLICE. A CONTRADICTORY CHARGE.—At Guildhall, On Monday, a labourer, named Russell, was charged with assaulting a constable. It se:ms that the constable, whose name was Outram, was looking for a woman who had robbed a man in Barbican, and caught hold of defendant's wife, suspect ing her to he the thief.. She called her husband, who knocked the constable down. The constable was in plain clothes at the tinaP. The man Russell bore a very good character, but Sir R. Carden said he believea he knew the complainant was a constable, and sentenced him to seven days' hard labour. Afterwards, on representations being made to him, lie mitigated the punishment to 20s. fine. ATTEMPTED Mum - mt.—On Monday, at the Clerkenwell Polico-court, Maar,' Beech was charged with cutting his wife's throat. The particulars of the case shelved the evils of intemperance. Both the prisoner and his wife were drunk, and one of the witnesses deposed that the man was usually a sober, hardworking man, while the woman pleaded for him on the ground that he did not intend to do her any harm. He was only prevented by force from taking his own life. The magistrate committed him for trial. TILE ATTEMPT TO MURDER A BIRMINGHAM TRADESMAN. —At the Birmingham Police-court, a day or two since, Baker, the young man who was charged with threatening to shoot Mr. M'Evoy, was brought up on remand. Mr. Duke, who appeared for Mr. M`Evoy, said there would be no prosecution, and Mr. 11P.Evoy was not now in any danger. The prisoners further had arranged to send him to America, and undertook to look after him till he left the country. Mr. Cutler, for the prisoner, said that he had been much deceived with regard to Mr. M'Evoy, who had in reality befriended him. Baker was then discharged. CHILD-STEALING.—At the Liverpool Borough Police court, a respectably-dr,ssed woman, named Sarah Hind, has been charged with child-stealing. On Wednesday she met a girl carrying an infant in her arms, two months old. She took the child in her arms and sent sent the girl away on some pretext, and then went away with the infant. As subsequently shewn, her object was a most curium one. She had been living with a man named Farrel, to whom she went with the child, and said she had been confined of it the preceding Monday, and that he was the father. Farrel gave information to the police, whose inquiries elicited the real facts of the case, and led to the restoration of the stolen child to its parents and the apprehension of the prisoner. The prisoner was remanded. The night mail train between Dublin and Belfast ran of the lino near Portadown. The passengers escaped unhurt, hut the guard and a letter sorter received injuries. A rumour, unconfirmed however, states that the engine was thrown off t•y a stone maliciously placed on the line. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool is, not satisfied with the Irish Church Bill. The substance of a ormon delivered on Sunday was a demand for more. Dr Gcss complained that Mr. Gladstone did not do full justice to the questim. Ile ought to have treated it from first to last as a cptesCon of State. If the Prime Minister had determ:nel to see the E:tablshed Church distinct from the State, it was his duty to have banded over to the Catholic Church all endowments which it possessed previous to the Reformation. The Catholics of Ireland had been defrauded of their rights and the endowments which they possessed previous to the Reformation. The liberality of England deprived the Roman Catholics of liberty of action. 110 decounccd alb bill intended to bo brought forward in favour of secular education, arguing that if such a bill were to lass it would prevent them from training up their child ren-in he proper faith. THE TREE OF LIBERTY.—A French journal is responsible for the following :—lna certain small pro vincial town one of the residents, M. A. 8., found that his house was rendered both damp and dark by the con tiguity of a large tree which was inconveniently near to his windows. He would gladly have had it cut down, but the tree belonged to the commune and was not to be meddled with. Being a man of resources, he sent for insertion to one of the Paris papers the following paragraph :—" There is still in existence one of the trees of liberty of the date of 1703. It nifty be seen at X., close to the house of M. A. 8., and the passers by reverently uncover their heads to tiiN venerable witness of our grandest struggles and our most is ustri,,us victory." Three days afterwards an order came . from the prefecture in Paris for the Mayor of X. to cause the said tree to be cut down—which was accordingly done forth with. PROPOSED RAILWAY TUBE UNDER THE SEVERN. —lt is stated that a scheme will be introduced next session of Parliament to construct a subway between the dock at Lydney and the intended new basin of the Gloucester Canal at Berkeley Pill, by sinking in the bed of the river an iron tube, and to connect the mouth thereof with the railway running, east, to a junction with the Midland and Great Western at Stonehouse, and the railway running west, connecting the subway with the Midland at Thornbury, the South Wales Union at Eking, and the Bristol Port and Pier at Avonmouth. The Glou• tester and Berkeley Canal Company contemplate an ex. tension of the canal, and the construction of a new entrance and a floating harbour for, vessels of a much larger ;lass than , :anuow trade to Glopeoter, THE SUN, LONDON,' TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1E69. MISOELLAA KO U NEWS. between 'this country and the' Uhifed — Cyrus Field. TEE FACTORY KING, Bradford and the neighbourhood around kept complete holiday on Saturday. The shops and factories were closed ; the workmen donned their best raiment ; flags and banners were hung from the windows in the great thoroughfares ; processions, composed in all of 30,000 men, headed by bands of music, paraded the principal streets; and the whole district turned out in vast crowds to do honour to the memory of Richard Oastler, the Factory King. A statue of the successful agitator of. the Ten Hours Bill was unveiled in the town by Earl Shaftesbury, and his lordship, Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Mr. Miall, M.P., Mr. Ferrand, and others addressed the assembled multitude. Earl Shaftesbury, who was the member of Parliament by whom the reform which Oastler advocated was achieved, paid a high tribute to the man " who in the feelings of the highest humanity, and in the true spirit of the Gospel, left his retirement to maintain the cause of the worn-out adult and the cause 01 suffering children." Mr. Forster counselled them not to let the cause die, but to carry it on, not withstanding that the man who had originated it was dead. The great evils to be dealt with at present were gross ignorance and intoxication. Something could be done by law to remove both, but much more could be done by the people themselves. The factory sys tem as now administered left it to a great extent in the power of the heads of families to do much for the education of their children, and to put down the dreadful evil of intoxication. It was his place now, connected with the Government to consider what legislation could do for the teach ing of the children. The little connection he had had with the Education Office did not make him one whit the less determined that the State should do its duty in bringing means of education to all childrer in the country; and if the parent either could not 01 would not do his duty, and if the neighbours did not or would not do their duty, then he would say that the State should step in and do it for them, and, sc far as it was possible and just, make them pay their share of the cost. TUE I.OIIDS AND THE DILL, The morning papers take little notice of the Jain Bull's statement that Lord Derby intends to move the rejection of the Irish Church Bill. Most of them do not even publish the paragraph. The Morning Advertiser prefers to wait a few days before com menting upon it. The twin Staadard and Herald are dumb, neither confirming nor contradicting the announcement. The John Bull's statement seems to be discredited by the fact that the standing committee of the Irish Church Conference have declined to recommend the Lords to reject the bill. There was a conference at the close of the week between the committee and Lord Cairns. The result of this meeting remains to be ascertained. But it is scarcely likely that, in the meanwhile, Lord Derby would decide to take the momentous step from which even Irisk Churchmen shrink. THE -MAYOR OF CORK. While the policy of forgiveness with which the present Government inaugurated its reign in Ireland failed most thoroughly, the little severity it has exercised seems to have had a most beneficial effect. The downfall of the Mayor of Cork has been acques3ed in by the masses of that city, and an attempt to get up a demonstration against it com pletely failed. While no notice was taken of him by the higher authorities he was the popular idol. Condemned, and without office, he has fallen from his place in the hearts of the citizens, and one of the popular journals declares " he has made an enormous ass of himself." THE COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDER. The revival of the compound householder question seems to have made confusion worse confounded. It is not very easy to understand all the grievances of which Mr. Sheridan complains so bitterly on behalf of the poorer class of tenants, the vestries, and the ratepayers generally; it is still more difficult tQ understand the measure by which the Government and the member for Dudley intend to set the matter right again. To the uninitiated there is very little difference between the two measures--Mr. Sheridan's and Mr. Goschen's. The Government is more care ful to abstain from altering the Reform Act of 1807 ; but in other respects the two bills when per fected by the amendments, accepted by the respective proposers, will be much after the same fashion. The anomalies to be set right were presented in one way and another at nearly all the election meetings of last year, though they were thoroughly uuderstopd by very few. The vestries complain that they cannot collect rates from the poorer tenants ; the tenants complain of having to pay in a lump, when by a convenient arrangement they might contribute to the support of the Government without feeling it; the ratepayers generally complain of having, because of alterations in the electoral law, to pay for poorer tenants who paid for themselves before the law was " reformed." To remedy this state of things it is proposed to allow tenants to deduct from their weekly rent—and, we suppose, to save in a corner for the quarterly tax-collector the amount of money which that functionary will demand. If a landlord chooses to become liable for the rates of his tenants he may do so, and obtain a reduction upon them of 25 per cent. In case he does so, he must hand over the list of his tenants thus paying rates to be enrolled upon the electoral register. So that after all the " principle " of Mr. Dimeli's bill—the rsonal payment of r rtes—is likely to stand only by the flimsiest of fictions. ANOTIIER, M.P. ON TLITC'ATI /N. The utilitarian cloerine of education, of which Mr. Lowe is the exponent, finds by no means universal favour, even among thinkers who c.lll themselves raid are regarded as advanced. .Professor Fawcett, speaking a few days back at Brighton, attacked it very energetically. He coudemned, as one of the MCA dangerous and mischievous speeches he had ever read, the address delivered by Mr. Lowe at Edinburgh. in which all knowledge which was not thought to be of immediate pra,ctial utility—acquain tance with the ancient hnguages, with mathematics, &c.—was held up to contempt. ProfessorFawcett pro tested earnestly against this view of things. Of what real practical utility (he asked) was music P. It could not be turned into pounds, shillings, and pence. But it gave those who understood it a refined pleisure which could hardly be over-estimated. So with Greek and Latin, so with mathematics. It was not right, moreover, the member for Brighton went on to say, to calculate the good education did even in this way. Training was given to the mind by subjecting it to a certain course. But still he advo cated some reform. His idea of a really properly devised system of education was one in which a boy's mind was directed to that which it was best inclined to follow. If the bent wr.s towards abstract sciences it was not to be thought that the time engaged in them was thrown away. Knowledge ought to bE loved for knowledge' sake. The greatest ple;.surE that could be obtained was, in the Profess-pis opinion, to be derived from intellectual cultivation. THE PRINCESS CHRISTIAN. The Royal with the exception of Prince Leopold, usu - ally enjoy such excellent health tint it is qu:to a r:le occurrenkre to he: r of any illnels among them. It 's now s`ated aat the confinement of the Pr:wess Christian has been attenied symptoms which at one time gave rise to serious uneasiness. Her Royal Highness is now better, and she will as soon as possible join the Queen a' Balmoral. THE SICK BISHOPS. The health of the Bishop of Salisbury varlet' greatly from clay to clay. The latest report is very encouraging, and mentions that his lordship has made so much progress during the last few days that he is now in a fair way to recovery. The Bishop of Carlisle, on the other hand, is worse rather than better, and suffers a good deal. 1318110 P JENNER. The Bishop of Dunedin is described by the Wel lington correspondent of the Times as thoroughly wearied and disgusted with his position. In a recent letter Dr. Jenner writes :—" The truth is, I am nearly wearied out with this business. The isolation, the humiliation of my position, which culminated last Sunday in my having to sit under a lay reader, have well-nigh bro'•;en me down. I feel inclined to let matters take their chance, give myself no further trouble, and ask my friends to leave me to myfate." His explanations have made him some friends, but many of his old antagonists maintain their opposition on the ground that he is not sufficiently candid on the question of Ritualism. A new diocesan synod was summoned for last month, and it would then be decided if the bishop should be rejected or accepted. INDIAN NOTES. The Indian Government ought to b e muc h grati fied at the result of the subscription t o th e l oan. India wanted 2 millions sterling; 61 have been offered. This is very satisfactory. Still more so is the fact that a large proportion of the applicants for the loan, 110 out of 240, were natives. This not only shews a confidence in the stability of our Govern ment, but will tend to confirm that stability. When the natives begin_to have a large stake in the Govern ment, they are not likely to assist any attempt to overthrow it. This has been the great source of strength to Napoleon. When the Cassandras begin to prophesy misfortune and revolution, he can point to the fact that the class which supplied the revolu tionists of twenty-one years ago has invested in the Rentes. The negotiations between the Ameer of Afgha nistan and the Viceroy of India, at Umballah, h ave being kept secret, " out of deference to the Secre tary of- State (the Duke of Argyll) and the Home Government," Lord Mayo givEs out. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times attributes this silence to a very different cause—the fear that a hostile Ministry in England may criticise his lordship's pro ceedings with some severity. The Bombay Gazette corrects sundry statements that have gone abroad. It is not true, for instance, that the Ameer asked either for the services of European officers or the presence of European agents in Afghanistan. On the contrary, Shere Ali Khan had a keen percep tion of the complications that might arise were servants of the British Government to be stationed in his country, and had the proposal to place them there been made, he would have formally expressed his dissent. Nor is it less incorrect to say that Lord Mayo himself favoured the project. Not only did he not regard it with approval, but he would not have listened to the proposition for a moment had it been Ameermo f ade thee Persians anyone, uerrgsatnile which it VW 210 t. Nor did the Viceroy s eta n t , o notice nor d the i dh encroachments request th the establishment of an Affghan conti n g en t, und e r English o ffi cers, nor the residence of an English ae n rmo o lp)a l riaa b tat l blessed agent in Afghanistan. Indi t i / t t k h ret p tr r . a i 1 l c " t i a no r into o r s oil D l i..vor N ee or A i e s t, th w e l .t ii. ‘. e c h t Madras acid A t has latter ca.g . e is said to r e l a t e t o persons in high society, and the ct . ,.mages are laid at a lakh and a half of rupees. The arrival ~.)f the Duke of Edinburgh is already talked about, although it does not take place till December. It is expected that Major- General Sir Neville Chamberlain will be attached to the suite of his Royal Highness, and be entrusted, under the title of Special Commissioner, with all the necessary arrangements. The 63rd Highlanders are to form the guard of honour at the Agra Durbar. THE PEACE SOCIETY. The Peace Society is hoping to have an influential gathering this year. Four M.P's., Mr. Pease, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Fowler, and Mr. Richard, are expected to attend, as well ns that gentleman who, perhaps, wore than any of them 4 has rendered war difficult out anew in Rhode Island, as-the following card published in the papers will show : " TO THE HON. WILLIAM SPRAGUE, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM RHODE ISLAND. "Availing yourself of your position in the United States Senate, and abusing its privileges in a base and cowardly spirit, you have in your speech of the Bth inst. charged DLO with having deserted my post in the hour of danger, while a member of the Ist Rhode Island Regiment. Gene ral Burnside having, over his own signature, denied the truth of your assertions, it remains for me to pronounce you before the world, and with a full apprehension of the words I use, a liar, a ealuminator, and a poltroon.—l am, "FRANCIS W. GODDARD, "Late Captain Carbineers, Ist Rhode Island Regiment. "Providence, April 24, 1869." Meanwhile the National Intelligencer in which it is said Mr. Sprague has purchased a large interest, came out with an article headed, " What is Needed," and answering "The spirit of a Hampden; courage, and bold championship to reoist the evil influences of the party in power," showing Sprague to be the man in the Senate. This is taken to indicate that the Senator has swung round and now stands on the Democratic platform, and we confess we are not sorry to see it, as the overwhelming Republican strength in the Senate is demoralizing. That Cham ber wants a stronger opposition, and the Senator has cause enough to denounce corruption. He denies, however, having purchased any interest in the National Intelligencer. THE PACIFIC RAILWAY (From the Anglo-American Times.) Simultaneously with the announcement that the ast rail had been laid on the line connecting New York and Sacramento, the Peninsular and Oriental Company advertise an acceleration in their com munication with Japan. Notwithstanding the pains taken by the Economist, followed by the Portnightly Review, to re-assure the proprietors of that great Company's Stock, it is evident that the Directors feel the quickening spur to save their China trade. Their steamers now run direct between Hong Kong and Yokohama, thus dropping Shanghae, by which five days will be saved homeward and two out ward. Unfortunately for the European traffic over the Union Pacific Line the directors of that Cor poration, having become involved in the endless litigation, recrimination, bickering, andsquabbling, the fate of everything with which the Erie comes in contact, have not been able to forward its interests in Europe, and were it not for the Anglo-American Times Europeans might be left to guess that there was a shorter, healthier, and more agreeable Western route than the Eastern, now so long in operation to China. The great railway, however, being finished, through tickets must be arranged to Japan and China, and we may expect that in conjunction with the Pacific Steamship Company measures will be taken to let the public on this side know the advan tages the route offers, and the cost at which the traveller will be carried. We have alluded to an article in the Fortnightly Review, which is of much interest, written by Dr. WILLIAM A. BELL, who was one of a party employed on the survey of the Kansas Pacific Line through Arizona, New Mexico, and California, of which the particulars are already in the Press, and, judging from this extract the nar rative cannot fail to be of interest. • "So extensive a surveying expedition was probably never before organised. The total length of the routes, accu rately chained, levelled, and surveyed by instruments, was no less than 4,464 miles, and a considerable distance more was examined, and the various elevations barometrically obtained. And these explanations were conducted mostly through a country inhabited by hostile Indiana. Every party had to be guarded whilst at work by a body of cavalry, and every suntreyor carried his fire-arms by his ide, and his surveying instruments in his hands. Nor were these precautions unnecessary, for although the sur veyors escaped to a man, they had to fight more than once for their lives, and many of the escort were killed on the way." The first scheme to lay a railway across the conti nent followed the gold discoveries in California, which itself followed the cession of the territory by Mexica after the war. In 1850 surveys were com menced, but it was not till March, 1853, that the War Department was directed byAct of Congress to cause surveys to be made from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, to report on, and recommend to the Legislature, the best route. Under the authority of Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS, then Secretary of War, eleven bulky volumes were published with the re sults, tracing five paths, of which that-gentleman favoured the last, the most Southern, as might have been expected. Dr. BELL thinks Mr. DAVIS had, however, many excellent grounds for preferring the road from Preston on the Red River, in Eastern Kansas, o San Francisco, which would emphati cally have made the Pacific Railway a Southern the line. The political troubles which culminated in rebellion radically changed this with many other ques tions, for the idea got into the Northern mind that it was necessary to bind California to the Eastern States by iron ways if the Pacific slope was to be preserved to the Union. Had the line Mr. JEFFER SON DAVIS favoured been constructed before the war, California in all probability would have been added to the seceded States ; and the North not only saw the necessity for a railway, but that it should pass through the heart of the loyal States. While the war was at its height, and the Union armies in a train of disaster, a bill was introduced which char tered three companies, after a fierce contention be tween striving interests whereon money was lavishly expended ; the Union Pacific working west from Omaha, the Central Pacific east from Sacramento to meet it, and the Union Pacific (Eastern Division), now called the Kansas Pacific, to connect with the first before entering the Rocky Mountains. The last road was commenced in 1863 ; the Union Pacific broke ground in July, 1865, but at first got on so slowly that only 40 miles were constructed up to February, 1866; while the Central Pacific began work in June, 1864, their operations being characterised by extraordi nary vigour, stimulated by a lavish generosity, both on the part of private individuals and of the State. The line now opened is the junction of the Union Pacific and the Central ; and it illustrates the superior energy of the Northerner, was Chicago and the north-west, backed The by y tru N gg ew le backed by Philadelphia ; and it is the York, against St. Lo u is and the mi f d e d r l m e er States, com bination that has achieved a rapidsuccess,n Kansas Pacific, though first coml.en e , ed ll a s hung e tfire.h e This,instead of resulting from natural ad vantages , was for the Omaha Road accomplished in spite of them, passed through a series of irreclaimable deserts over an elevation more than 7,000 feet above the sea blocked, as is now certain, for winter weeks together by snow drifts. Nor that only. So rapidly did the Central Pacific push its work, that it dashed over the Sierra Nevada regardless of grades, protecting the line from snow by sheds extending twenty miles, leaving the surveyors to discover a pass, showing this labour to have been worse than ill directed. It is asserted that so expensive is the task of convey- ing goods up steep inclines that it will eventually be necessary for the company to carry their line through this pass, abandoning the expensive work already completed. Dr. BELL considers the road the sur veyors have traced for the Kansas Pacific by way of New Mexico and Arizona to be in every respect supe rior. He says it will be shorter than that via Salt Lake, without a tunnel, or obstructions from snow in the winter ; the highest range can be crossed at an elevation of 4,008 feet above the sea, and the steepest grades are but half those of the Central Pacific; the country instead of desert, being fertile and rich in all that gives wealth to settlers. But it is the Northern Pacific that offers the greatest advantages. The report to Congress describes the territory west of Minnesota as the finest land on the American continent, alike superior in climate and soil, and possessing advantages over even such rich 'States as Illinois. That a line so far north should pass through so genial a climate may surprise, butfor some unexplained reason its climate along the 48th parallel has not the winter severity of t he Eastern States much further south. It would be possible to proceed from New York 2,480 miles by steamboat towards Portland on the Pacific, leaving but 825 miles to go by rail. Near the border of the British pos sessions the line will run for 1,500 miles to Puget's Sound, opening Territories surpassing in natural ad vantages the rich. Prairie lands. Dr. BELL accepts the statement made by the Economist of the time to Hongkong by the Eastern route via Bombay when the railway system of India is completed; and he believes that though some passengers may prefer to proceed to China via New York and San Francisco, the opening of the Suez Canal would not only pre vent any chance of the transport of goods that way, but were it not for the enormous duties levied in New York would still keep for the Eastern road the carriage to America of silks and teas. What is meant by the completion of the railway system across India we know not, but some confusion appears to exist in the mind of the original writer about a road from Bombay across Hindoostan as a link to China. We cannot see how this would materially economize time, but were a few hours saved, it would be at such a cost of health, com fort, and money, as to mike it a dear bargain. Dr. BELL says New Zealand will be brought within 37 days of London; San Francisco being 700 miles nearer to Wellington than is Panama. He adds that the line running from New Zealand to Panama has been discontinued, and a new one opened with San Francisco. We were not aware of any such arrangement, for, although the line between Pa nama and Wellington has failed, no new one that we know of between San Francisco and Wellington has as yet been opened, and in this respect Dr. BELL is, we believe, premature in his statement. But our proposition made long ago has been discussed in Sr Francisco, and will probably be carried out, of connecting both Auckland and Sydney with the Feejee Islands, and the Feejees with the Sandwich Islands, to which a regular line has long been ply jng from San Francisco. This is the true road to the Southern Pacific, and must quickly be brought into operation. The effect of the opening of the Pacific Railway will soon be shown, and there is little use under the circumstances in speculating thereon, but we believe the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company have good reason for advertising extensively the reduction in time to Japan, and working to make people believe that the Eastern route is still superior to the Western, notwithstand ing the opening of the Pacific Railway. A weekly emigrant train will, in the first instance, be estab lished across the Continent at low rates, to be in creased with the demand. These charges are given— from New York to Chicago, 960 miles, £3 15s. ; Chicago to Omaha, 496 miles, £3 10s. ; Omaha to Salt Lake, 1,070 miles, £8; Salt Lake to San Fran cisco, 775 miles, £l5 10s. ; total, 3,299 miles, £3O 15s. ; from Oaklands to San Francisco being 6 miles, the total distance is 3,305. It is, more over, said, that on the Ist July the cost of the through ticket will be reduced to £23. The Panama route from New York to California is cheaper and easier travelling ; but, although the charge must be considerably more, those who can afford the splen did accommodation provided by the cars the rail way company are now procuring, will not find the jourrey so fatiguing as an English journal predicts, and already passengers are announced to have tra velled from Washington to Sacramento in eight and a half days. UIVI7ED STATES SECURI7IES. sgs The policy of the London Times, followed by other papers, is to hit the credit of the United States where most vulnerable. All weapons are said to be fair iu war, and we do not deny that the Republic, does much to provoke the British lion. Yet we hold these to be mean, dastardly attacks, calculated, even w hen most effective, to foster and perpetuate that very feeling it is the interest of all to eradicate. In some papers this is openly avowed ; as for instance in the Morning Advertiser, where the writer of the City Article, as well as of a letter, perhaps from the same hand, advocates the inaugu ration of a financial war which will interdict Ame rican Securities of all sorts, bankers and money lenders being advised to make no advances on such property. The writer truly asserts that the first fruit of Mr. SUMNER'S speech was to throw down American Securities five per cent., depreciating their value £30,000,000 sterling. 'lbis, however, would not have occurred had the Times not aided the damaging effect by insinuating that the bonds were passed to Europe to be ultimately repudiated ; that having got rid of an amount of more than one hundred and fifty millions sterling, another hundred and fifty millions were ready on the same terms, and that the money so obtained was used in unscru pulous speculation, which would end the moment it ceased to be thus procurable in a national smash. Here was the cue for the other journals, and the notes of warning sounded over the land so as to make the hair of the English bondholder rise in terror. We know not how many were frightened out of their property, but no sooner did the "hears" see the drift than they rau to the Stock Exchange to sell, and the drop with which last week closed must have made many English investors, who be lieve in the faith of the United States, spend an unhappy Sunday. On Monday there was a rally, due to the Germans taking advantage of the low rates in London, and to the news that Secretary BOUTWELL had commenced the long -proposed plan of purchasing the bonds as a sinking fund, at the rate of $1,000,000 a week. The Times could not allow even this to pass without that subtle manner of insinuation by which it has done so much to injure American credit, while writing plausible leading articles seemingly in the interests of peace. The Washington Treasury, it says, is enabled to invest $1,000,000 weekly in bonds at the present moment, owing to the unusual Customs Receipts on the excessive importations of foreign goods. This likens the Republic to a German town, , making the very excess of the importations which must ruin it the means of a temporary prosperity through the imposts collected at the gates. In the English at tempt to damage American credit may be recognised precisely the same folly as in the American attempt to damage English commerce through Protection. Suppose the Times, and those journals which aid it, succeeded in creating such a scare as to bring about the commercial crash in New York they predict, who would be the next greatest sufferers to the Americans themselves?--. w hy, the English. Is that shopkeeper a wise man who, by underhand rumours affecting the stability of his best customer, attempts to drive him into bankruptcy ? The first effect of a panic in America would be to shut up numerous founderies and other manufactories in England, to throw hands by the thousand for support on the ratepayers, to leave ships to rot in dock, and to tax to the uttermost the homes provided for unemployed sailors. Suppose, too, that the desire to lessen the value of American Securities met with the most complete success. According to the calculation of these very people, one-third the loss would fall on Europeans, and half that third perhaps on the Bri tish. The point of our argument is, always has been, and always will be, that no nation can in jure another without the recoil hurting itself ; and where the two nations are so intimately con nected as the United Kingdom and the United States, the loss of the one must be severely felt by the other. Admitting this, and it must be admitted, for it is an undeniable economic fact, what can we say to the wisdom of a race that is always cutting off its nose to spite its face? The effect of Senator SUMNKR'S speech will be felt by the United States in a financial way for a long time. It has given a tremendous shock here to the growing confidence of investors. The belief in England is that United States Bonds would not be worth more than French assignats in the event of a war with England, and that that event is in a high degree probable. In Germany the confidence is so great that these Securities are to some extent upheld, otherwise there would have been a still more disastrous fall following the speech. We regret this, as there is nothing like investment for giving an interest in any country, and if these Securities are ever to rise buoyantly it must be by growing into s___ THE MILITIA. "A. Field Officer of Militia "writes to the Post or the organisation of the militia, which would, he thinks, under certain improved conditions, supply us with an efficient reserved force at a moment's notice. lie thinks that the first thing to be done is to secure efficient field officers and captains, and he suggests that every colonel, major, and captain should be called upon tc perform varied and unexpected duties, in order tc test their fitness to command a battalion. A militia man should be thoroughly drilled for three months ae soon as he enlists, and by this meansmuch of the con• fusion now arising on the assembling of a regiment may be obviated. To enable the adjutant tosee after and drill the number of recruits _ which would be con stantly coming and going, the " Field Officer' proposes that he should devote much of his time to the drilling- of his staff sergeants. These are now idle for about eleven months in the year, and cpsequentiv fall into bad habits. kite] the -recruit bne passed his second month, the writes thinks that his clothes should be made to fit and properly numbered, so that the absurd effect policed by the reckless distribution of clothing among men of various heights and sizes would be avoided. Several other improvements on the present system are suggested, with the vitw of enabling the regiments to mu s t er a t th e s h or t e st possible notice. BU; ZING A JEW. Thcse who have the management of the work house funerals at Swindon seem to be terribly orthodox. Jews are treated with an austerity worthy of the age of Richard T. some conversation about the pauper's grave at the recent meeting of the Board of Cluardians led to the discovery of the circum stances connected with the burial, by the parish, of a body whose owner when alive had been of the Hebrew " persuasion." The porter who had to see that-the last offices were properly performed was called in am' interrogated, lie said that the coffin was placed it the hearse and taken to Swindon. en its arrival there three men were obtained, and they with him (the porter) carried the coffin from the hearse and put it into the grave, the dirt was at once thrown in and they all left. A Mr. Morris seems to have beer aranyed at such a very summary method of corn miLting a body to the earth. Was there, he asked "no bell rung, no religious service—nothing more, in fact, in the burying of this old man thar there would have been had you been burying a log of wood. Was he, in fact, buried, as we say, like dog ? " To which latter question the porter Iva! obliged to return the answer "yes.'' And what More could a pauper Jew, " whom nobody owns,' expect ? THE DANGER OF THE LONDON STREETS. London streets seenito be becoming more dan gerous than ever. A man who falls clown ill is immediately thought to be drunk by the policeman a stretcher is provided, and he is lodged in the police court till the doctor can do nothing for him ; and from a recent inquest, it seems that a man may even go before a doctor at the hospital, be mar:fed off there ts drunk witho:lt examination, and die before further aid can be obtained. At least this was so in a very recent cace. A cabman who, falling off his cab; brO!:e several ribs, was taken to the hos pital. The doctor saw him, and would have that he was drunk. This was, he said, the cause of his incapability. A walk would do him good. The man was made to walk from the hospital to the police statlon. The fractured ribs pierced his lungs. The next day he was insensible in the cell in which he had been placed, and before he got to the hospital again he was dead. Nobody was to blame—at least so the coroner's jury said. But though one may escape such a fate as this, there is the ruffian on the one hand and the lastly-driven vehicle on the other, placing ono's property, limb, and life in danger. What can be done when a thief can snatch a watch from the pocket of a hirer -of a hansom cab as it is bowling full speed along the street. It is satis factory to know that the police have caught the man who tried and succeeded in accomplishing this clever trick; and it is equally interesting to note the many suggestions and inven tions by whiclLcrossings may be rendered safe. The engineers are just now discussing the advisability of bridges. The late Sir Richard Mayne thought a semaphore solved it; refuges in the middle of the street are suggested by others. MORE OF SENATOR SPRAGUE'S SAYINGS AND DOINGS. The rumour gained ground that Senator Abbott's colleague, Pool, was to con vey a message f rom that gentleman demanding an explicit reply from Senator Sprague whether he was the puppy ; and if so, an apology. In the meantime the latter kept two loaded pistols handy, declaring that he would neither give nor accept a challenge, and the only notice he would take of Mr. Abbott would be an effective defence in case of attack, while Abbott, still boiling over with wrath, refused to be com- forted or to drop the affair, although Senator An thony begged he would do no personal violence to Sprague. The next day Senators Sumner • and Sherman called upon Senator Sprague, and while discussing a basis of settlement Senator Pool ap peared, bearing this letter from his colleague : " WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26. "TO THE HON. WILLIAM SPRAGUE. "Dear Sir,—On the 22d inst., in the United States Se nate, you uttered the following language : "' Mr. President, —ln answer to the tirade of the Sena tor from Nevada and the Senator from North Carolina, lam reminded of a little illustration. Iu my travels from the centre here into the rural districts, through the worlds and farms of the surrounding neighbourhood, chance at or.e time brought me to a farm-house. I found, on look ing up, a large mastiff and a mongrel puppy dog. The little dog moved on me with rapidity from behind, bit at my heels, and, frightened at his temerity, ran howling away, followed by his larger companion. The Senate will observe that the mongrel, whining puppy, encouraged by the mastiff, and emboldened to attack from the shadow of his backer, ran rapidly away, alarmed at his temerity, while the overgrown cur followed, with both oars lopped and his tail between his legs, to a place of safety besiae his menaced companion.' " This language has been understood as meant, in part, to be applied to me. lam not aware that I gave any oc casion in my remarks for you to wish to be offensive or insulting in reply. I therefore deem it proper to ask that you state distinctly whether you intended to apply any of the above offensive language to myself.—l am, Sir, very respectfully, "JOSEPH C. ABBOTT." On this the mediators held a consultation, and the following reply was to be placed in Mr. Abbott's hand, on the understanding that the language used by him in the Senate should be withdrawn "TO THE HON. JOS. C. ABBOTT. "Sir,—l have no hesitation in at once replying, to your note of this morning just received, that the paragraph of my speech referred to was written and in manuscript some time before it Was delivered is the Senate, and before you participated in the debate, and therefore was not intended to apply to you.—Your obedient servant, IV. SPRAGUE." This letter was delivered on Mr. Abbott writing the following : "TO THE HOS. WU. SPRAGUE. " Sir,—l have pleasure in acknowledging your letter of this date, which shows that I had misconceived your lan guage. Mlfy own allusion to you afterward in the Senate was founded on this misconception, and I ask you to con sider it as uusaid.—l am, sir, very respectfully, Jos. ABBOTT." But as the turmoil subsided in Washington it burst avour on the London Stock Exc'iange. It is easier to break down than to build up, it is easier to weaken than to strengthen credit, and Senator SUMNER in two hours managed to produce a fall as great as was the rise which followed GRANT'S dee- tion. That speech was merely intended to help the desire for a union with Canada, and as such it was Wholly unnecessary, being only calculated to defeat the object by the bitterness it creates, and by generating the belief in England that the Republic intends aggression, which England must stand prepared to repel. The train being thus hid, an accident might precipitate the explosion; or either of the nations, taking a false step, may find itself in a position from which it can )not retreat with honour. Thus though the United States does not intend war, and will be surprised at the attitude assumed by 'England, that speech, backed by some unfortunate contretemps, might cause war; and the Times, believing in American hostility, considers it fAir to dam age to the utmost American credit in Europe. One of its cards, by the way, was Mr. GOLDWIN letter to the Beehive, a production written from Senator Sol- NEIL'S town, with earnest voices sounding in his Eng lish ears praising that eloquent exposition of Atne rica's wrongs, and. denouncing .English " cussed ness.'"fhe effect is not calculated to make a man write in the coolest temper, and he naturally ex aggerates the importance of what grates so hare , ly on his tympanum. But this letter aids in preventing English emigration to the States, so hateful to some, and it therefore gets an undue importance and the widest circulation.--A nglo-American Times. The Hon. G. B. Washburne, ou the 29th April, two days previous to his; departure, was accorded a grand reception by Mrs. John A. Dix, at her residence, No. 3, West Twenty-first-street, Now York, and a very large number of his friends assembled to bid him " good bye. Mr. Frank Moore had Lot arrived from Washington, but he alone accompanied the .Minister, whose family remains art Galena till the autumn, when they will join him ia Paris. BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEMS. —The President has recognized Charles EL Hagan as Consul of the Turkic Empire in Philadelphia. It is the first time the Sublime Porte has been represented there.—Speaker Blaine arrived at Washington, April 26, and left for Boston next day.- - Mrs. Senator Sprague and Miss Chase are in Augusts,. Georgia.--Capt. Warr en G ar d ner an d H enry Brown, b o th of Gloucester, Massachusetts, were committed to gaol in Boston, April 26, by U. S. Commissioner Hallett, charged with purposely casting away ou the high seas the schooner Fairlight, an . offence punishable with death. — Colonel John W. Forney and party arrived in at Wilming ton, North Carolina, April 27, and left next day for Charleston.—The captain and mate of the ship Richard Robinson, on board of which it is alleged most brutal atro cities were committed on a late voyage, have not yet been arrested. The ship has been libelled for wages dun the sailors, and a criminal action will be entered in-the United States Court.—The Hon. Henry Dalton, formerly Go vernor of the State of Connecticut, died at New Haven, April 26, aged seventy-three years. Mr. Dalton. was the defeated Whig candidate for Governor in 1865, but was elected in the following year.—Ex-Senator Doo little has opened a law office in Chicago. This gentle man is misnamed, for it is his nature to "Do-much."—. John C. Breckinridge is to bo chosen member of the Ken tucky Legislature.—Mr. Clay, coloured, of New Orleans, declined to be Minister to Liberia, for he has an income of $30,000 year.—The body of Miss Sophia A. Howe, who disappeared from Springfield, Massachusetts, last Janu ary, has been found in a pond near that city, but bora ne signs of violence.—The Alta Californian has "positive and authentic" information that President Grant Wil l "certainly" visit California during the coming summer. -- Ex-Governor Henry Dalton, of Connecticut, died at New Haven, April 26, aged 73.—Adelaide Greenman, a doctresg, has been appointed examining physician at Si. Louis for s New York insurance company. It is believed to be the first appointment of a woman to such a position.—Edwin 21, Stanton returns $10,664 income.—Amongst the dis tinguished foreigners in New York is Major Hunsen, CE Norway, eight feet high.— Horatio Seyni our, according t° a western paper, has been buying extensive tracts of land iu lowa.—The Pope was 77 years old last Thursday. —The Cornell University, at Ithaca, N.Y., is said to he • negotiating with John Stuart Mill to get him to accept a professorship.—F. G. Jewett, the long-missing banker of Skaueaties, N.Y., has returned home.—Mr. Hotley has been elected a member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.—The late Major Charles 0. Rogers, of Boston, loft an estate valued at $BOO,OOO, independent of The Jour - nal establishment, which is said to be worth $500,000. — Mrs. Tom Hood, the younger, has written a cook-book, to which her husband has furnished a preface. It is called "'f'ib's Tit-bits," and has over two hundred recipes. --- General Sherman has advertised for sale his residence at St. Louis, Mobile, which was presented to him by leading citizens.—Senator Fessenden, of Maine, w" present in the Canadian House of Commons dur ing a debate on Reciprocity, on Thursday night.-- Mr. Dana, who was recently arrested by Mr. Young, giv e° the Deputy-Sheriff who did the business a first-rate notice, as he is described as a "perfect gentleman," and the notice concludes, " o cordially recommend Mr. Bancker to all persons who wish to be arrested."—The New 'Y . er k; Herald thinks the recen t ex t ens i ve publications nj. the Congressional Globe show Sprague to be a "man el 'letters."—Ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia, ret.irns $11,618 income.—A clergyman has just been turned out of the Boston custom-house to make room for a one-legged negro soldier.—George W. Paschall has issued a pamphlet in Washington, announcing himself as a candidate for United States Senator from Texas, and favouring A• 1. Hamilton for Governor.—Jay Gould returned an income °' $150,000 for 1868.—Victor Yugo will come to America during the present year.—George Lunt is lecturing in Boston on "New England, past and present."—Attorney General Hoar has appointed as his first assistant in the Government law office at Washington, Walbridge A. Fiel d ' of Boston. Mr. Field was formerly a member of the law firm of Jewell, Gaston, and Field.—Walbridge B. Field, of Boston, had succeeded J. Hubley Ashton as Assistant' Attorney General, the latter having returned to priva l° practice. Mr. Field will act as Attorney-General during Mr. Hem's visit to Massachusetts. -Messrs. Henry CleweS and Co., the New York bankers, were the chief purchaser° on the first Thursday's sale of the million dollars in gold offered by the United States Treasury.—Mr. H. Starr leaves Liverpool in the City of Paris next Thursday for New York, but he will only be absent from his businese in Moorgate-street for a few weeks. Ex-Governor Henry Dutton, who died at Nevi Haven, Connecticut, on Monday, April 26, was born at Plymouth, Litchfield county, in 1793. He was a lawyer by profession, and was formerly an anti-slavery ViThiP In 1853 he was nominated, by the Whigs for Governor, and was elected to that offize by the Legislature, the re being no choice by the people. Governor Dutton bacon° an ardent Republican, when that party was formed, 0 0 remained so thereafter, although never an active politician* He was Associate Judge of the State Court of Errors from 1861 to 1866, and for a long series of years has been at the head of the law department of Yale College. Joseph Howe, of Nova Scotia, has been re-elected to the Parliament of the Dominion, and his return is CO D ; sidered as a triumph by the consolidation party. He ha d i to resign his seat on accepti ng a pl ace i n th e C a bi ne t, and was therefore necessary for him to appeal again to his con" stituents. Major-Gen, Woodward, commanding the Second Division, N. G., S. N. Y., has announced the follovinfg appointments upon his staff : —Col. George C. Hall, Engi neer ; Col. Henry J. Cullen, jun., Judge Advocate ; Joseph M. Homiston, surgeon ; Lieut.-Col. John E. I ' l 'Y' Ordnance Officer; Lieut.-Col. Charles P. Gulick, Quar termaster; Lieut.-Col. Robert B. Woodward Comm:lune` of Subsistence • Major Henry L. Cranford, Aide-de-COW:, The Philadelphia Public Ledger say s : —P res ident Grant appointed General Quimby to an office in l're/ York; the Senate, owi ng t o a c l erical mistake, confirmed Quinby ; Quimby can 't qua lif y on Quinby's papers, and in solicitude, as Quinby' s p rospective salary will reinw e undrawn by Quimby. The Governor of. Ceylon, Sir Hercules Robb:lWO, the Hon. Lady Robinson and family l eave to -day ff c Paris en ro u t e f or C eylon after a few months sojourn England. Th e h eavy bereavement they h ave s ustaine d in the death o f th e i r eldest daughter has called forth the deepest sympathy in their large circle of friends. S ir Hercules was Governor of Hongkong during the last 1 1 in China, wh en h e an d L a d y Robinson, by their unaffected courtesy and kind ness an d un b oun d ed hospita li ty , Nv°- n golden opinions from all with whom they camp in cow tact, and he is at present considered to be the most rising governor in the service of her Majesty. The body of Mr. Pete r B. V an Houton was foun d on_the 28th April in the N or th Ri ver , o ff th e f oo t o f Can d a l o street, with som e mone y an d hi s wa t c h i n hi s p oc ket. 1. „ left his home on the sth M arc h w ith e i g ht h un d re d done': in Treasury notes and seven h un d re d i n cert ifi e d cheques' since which time the efforts of his family have proved um . availing to find him. LADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. Enfee ble !. Existence.— This medicine embraces every attribute ,r,7 0 quired in a general and d omes ti c reme d y, it overturns the foundation of disease laid by d e f ec ti ve f oo d an d ilnP air. In obstructions or congestions of the liver, lung, bowels, or any other organ, thes e pill s are especiallY,Vt viceable and eminently su c c ess f u l. Th ey s h ou ld be 0 4, in readiness in every family, as they are a medicine out fault for young persons and those of feeble const i ` Lions. They never cause pain, or i rr it a t e th e mos t nel3 re tive nerves or most tender bo we l s . H o ll oway ' s pillsr 0.0 o the best known j uriiiers of the blo o d, an d th e best Pill motors of absorption and secretion, which remove poisonous and obnoxious particles from both solids an fluids. BIRTIM. CARMARTHEN—On the 17th i ns t. , a t 58 , Lowndes-s,- ang el the Marchioness of Carmarthen, of a daughter. DUNMORE— On the 18th inst., at 40, Great Cumber land' place, the Countess of Dunmore, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. CHANNEL CURTIS— On the 13th inst. St. MarY' 6 .' dington, Frederick William, youngest ‘ son of the 111 1 Pike Channel!, Esq., of 2eckbam,to Mary Anne- tbfr daughter of the late William N. Curtis, Esq., Essex. WOOD —Rix On the 15th inst., at nornsey Cburcb, Au gustus Alfred, son of E. G. Wood, Esq, of 74 ' C o b rtho side, E.C. to Annie Isabella, youngest daughter late John ' Rix, Esq., of Watling-street, E.C. of Leytoo, DEATIIS. ALBEMARLE —On the 16th inst., at the hotel do ITUrOPef Lyons, Frances, Countess of Albemarle. GROVE—On the 14th inst., at . U ppo. .1. N ood orw I William T. Grove, aged 58, °f TomragsoN—On the 16th inst., Colcnel Tomli nson, Llwyndu Clouse , Monmouthshire, aged 65. —.. , . London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDIZEWS; of No. 112, Strand, Pri n ter, at TUE SUN Office, oN. stran., in he Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of 1/1.1416"1"—d Tuesday, !day 18, 1869 I 4 ; -5 prlze ON ban's Ils .ADV bola able Vonx ~R oe th the e nte jlittsh have most celeb chef, posit' YI FSigl w. G Thou for (I( ORIG _Very C Shii snore 'ors bottle P. Censtl R Qlebr Pori el NThigl fl'RO nembc of Ott( ROT 0' sortm lißks. Are., shirt+ TEN] W.C., Mr: MINT of Lys tato 1 GEOI guinin PR: M INF 149, Tn Tian Firnl Tho n- Bemis rervier lear 3 i thirty N~ Under Wherel Girls o the ki❑ The? Rah and int wise p gultabl The entire] ~~ Th Secret om, la ne; REAL' D TI Wator Sol he A, l K K Mr T Mr F Mr L The] Miss . 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