The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-26 00:00:00

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A frightful accident occurred at the Welwyn Junction on Sunday evening, to the 8 p.m. train from King's Cross, whereby a man and his wife, named Walden, residing at Welwyn, were killed on the spot; and a man named Sell, a bootmaker, also residing in this neighbourhood, died 2 , csterday morning from his injuries. One of the guards of the train is much shaken, and some seven or eight passengers more or less injured, but aro said to be going on well. The accident occurred through the latter half of the train running off the lino at the junction, and the carriages falling over on their sides, killing and injuring sense of the occupants. The body of one carriage was literally smashed up; but it is remarkable that the carriages in which the people were killed were very little injured. The cause of the train running off the line is at present unaccounted for, as the block signals were properly set, and the night was nearly as light as day. The accident happened at nine o'clock, and the line was blocked for two or three hours. TEE LATE MURDERS. The calendar of the cases to be tried at the October Session of the Central Criminal Court, which was opened on Monday, before the Common Sergeant, is cne of the heaviest that has been known for scme time, both in regard to the number of offences and the gravity of them. In charging the grand jury the Common Sergeant said there were no fewer than four cases of murder, five of attempting to murder, and five cases of wounding. The first case was that in which a man named Henson, was indicted for murdering two persons named Death and Boyd, at Wood-green. It seemed that both the accused and Boyd were leading an immoral life, both being married, but living with other women. Death had lived with the prisoner for some years ; but on the day in question, either by accident or intentionally, she met. Boyd. The accused saw them at the station and assaulted the man, and seems to havo followed both the deceased, and to have shot one and beaten the other's brains out with a gun atipk. In this case the jury would havo no difficu ,- 'v in finding a true bill. The next case was that of IV , ..iiam Smith, who was charged with, murdering his wife at Hounslow. The deceased had been drinking with some soldiers, and the prisoner was seen to illuse her, and she was subsequently found dead on the stairs of a public house. It was known that the accused had a h4avy hammer with him, and though the skull was not broken, some vessel in connection with the brain was so injured that death ensued. The surgeon would state that death was most unlikely to have been caused by a fall. In the case of Joseph Welsh, he seemed to have quarrelled with a man at Rotherhithe, and, after angry conversation had taken place, he stabbed the deceased, and from the injuries then sustained the deceased died. Another case cf murder was that in which a man named Martini was indicted for killing his pa/amour. On the night in question the other lodgers heard a noise as if the inmates of Martini's room were scuffling. The accused was heard to go out, and in the morning the deceased was found with her throat cut. In another case a man named Lister was indicted for man slaughter. The deceased was a workman in his employ, and came to business in a state cf intoxication. The accused knocked him down several times, and at length— so witnesses said—lifted him bodily, and threw him into a copper of boiling water, which was the cause of his death. The learned judge then proceeded to refer to other cases. ANOTHER IRISH LANDLORD THREATENED. The campaign against the landlords of Ireland is opening with increased vigour and upon an extended scale. The agitation has already had the effect of unsettling the minds of the tenantry to a serious extent, and the prospects of the coming winter are very discouraging. Landlords must exercise their rights with a full knowledge of the in creased risk they incur, even where they are supposed 'to be popular, from the spirit of resistance, of which we now see some premonitory symptoms. An instance is furnished in connection with the property of the Count de Jamac, a resident proprietor, who has hitherto been regarded as a favourite of the people. A few days ago he received the following warn ing :—" Take Notice. If you are determined to bring about another Ballycohey affair you'll Le met with by a watchful antagonist, who will point at you with the hart ed steel and lay you prostrate upon Thostown plain. Take this caution if you value your days in this life. "To Count Jarnac, Thostown." Conscious that ho had done nothing to de serve the hostility of any man, and trusting to the intel ligence and justice of the people, he assembled his tenants, herdsmen, and labourers on his estate at Thomas town Cas - Lle on Saturday morning, and after reading the letter, said :—" It may be supposed that this letter has been sent to me in connection with the holding in Thcina.3- town village which has fallen in by the death of Thomas turns, the last life in the lease. Though the circum stances of this tenure are well known to mcst of you, I have had a short statement of them prepared, which I will also read to you.' Count de Jarnac then read the statement, frcm which it appeared that the lands—about fourteen acres statute measure—had been let on lease for lives in 1335. The last life, that of Themes Burns, died in America on the 26th of November, 1868. A farmer named Ryan had tilled the land and lifted the crops for the two preceding years, and on being asked to give up possession of the land he at first refused, but ultimately promised to do so, on condition that he should be allowed to take away the third year's crop. After he had removed the crop to his own home, however, he still declined to give up pos session, and an action for ejectment was brought. He went on to state that on the 18th instant Ryan called on the agent and stated in substance that ho would not give up possession. On the following morning the letter was received through the post. Count de Jarnac earnestly exhorted the people, for their own sakes, to assist in putting down such disreputable practices, but it does not appear that they gave a satisfactory response, although they lis tened with attention. The Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote has left Plymouth, on board Sir George Stueley's steam yacht the Deerhound, in order to bo present at tho opening of the Suez Canal. At Sebfigo Lake, Maine, another accident occurred on trrallway, owing, however, to the imprudence of a work man, who, having lighted a fuse, went close to the spot to ascertain why the explosion was delayed. He died shortly after. The rroject for the purchase of the island of St. Thomas is again being agitated at Washington. Ex. Senator Doolittle has been at the capital for several days, and has had interviews with the President and Secretary of State in reference to the sale of the island. Senator Doo little acts as the agent of the Danish Government. The President, however, is understood to be unfavourable to the purchase of the island at the present time. On Saturday morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, as two men, named Peter Keay, aged 40, pikeman, Duke-street, and John Bebb, doggy, aged 46, of John street, West Bromwich, were working in the New Caphall Colliery, the property of Messrs. James Bagnall and Bons, Greet's-green, a large quantity of coal fell, buried both of them, and somewhat seriously bruised a minor named William Bevan, who was close to the place at the time of the accident. The men were got out by William Poulton and several others, and Mr. Brown, jun., surgeon, of Carter's-green, sent for, but Lis attendance was merely a matter of form, as the men were dead when taken out of the pit, and were at once removed to their homes, at West Bromwich. A requisition baying been presented to Col. Les lie, M.P., as lieutenant of the county Monaghan, requesting him to convene a meeting of grand jurors and magistrates, to " consider what steps should be taken to cause propel investigation to be made into the dismissal from office of the sheriff of Monaghan," Colonel Leslie has refused, on the ground that (although ho thinks the dismissal of the sheriff "arbitrary and unfair") it was "more or less a political act," and therefore the lieutenant of the county, being charged with the maintenance of its peace, ought not to mix himself up with it. This requisition was signed, among others, by Lord Templetown, Sir George Forster, anl-Mr. S. E. Shirley, M.P. Mr. Madden, of Hilton Park, who was the principal mover in the matter, writes charging Colonel Leslie with In.ving neglected the inte rests 'IA the county of Monaghan in Parliament. A PERVERSE VERDrcT.—A good story is told of a judge at ono of the Neapolitan Courts of Assize. So in• veterate is the prooen:;ity to opposition in the South= provinces, that jurymen almost invariably return the ver diet which they think will he most displeasing to the pro aiding magistrate. Some time ago a roan was upon his trial for matricide, and the judge summed up the case very strongly against the prisoner, who was accordingly acquitted forthwith, although there was no reasonable doub' as to his guilt. On the following day the case on ham' was one cf horse stealing, and the judge, rememembering his recent mishap, concluded his charge with the following words :—" Gentlemen, the prisoner and the horse were together all night in a stable; in the morning both had dis• appeared, and in the course of the day both were fount' together. Now of two things, one, either the man stole the horse, or the horse stole the man. You will decida gentlemen, according to your conscience, without reference 'to my opinion ; but I believe the horse stole the man." Ir less than five minutes the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty." If not true the story is " well found.* THE MYSTERIOUS MURDEIiS IN _BRUSSELS. This mystery nas not yet been solved, though it is now quite certain that the motive for the crimes was plunder. A few days ago Madame Vandepoel went to her notary, complaining of the little interest she received from her in vestment in the public funds. She instructed him to sell out, which he did, and only the day before the murder he paid her 11,000 f. in notes. These are missing, although a sum of 500 francs in gold and silver is left behind in a drawer in the very room where the murders were com mitted. The police have arrested a man on suspicion,whose face i 3 ismiked with scratches and clothes with blood stains. He fails to give a good account of himself cn the night of the murder. It is stated that he was employed by the deceased in repairing her property, and thus acquired a knowledge of the habits of the ladies. Much excitement prevails in Brussels. FOUR MORE MURDERS DISCOVERED IN BELGIUM. It is often said that murders come in battalions, and the saying seems to be verified just now in Bclgirm. For many years the country has not witnessed an execution, and the absence of carital crimes has been remarkable. Now, how ever, immediately fcllowing the sad murder of two ladies in Brussels, we have intelligence of the discovery of four murders c m nitted by one man, in a village called Hornu, near Mons, and about 30 miles from Brussels. The murderer for about three years has been a small farmer and sheep dealer. His name is Dessous-le-Moustier, and he is 23 years of age. About three years ago ho was married to a neigh bouring farmer's daughter. He was acquainted with three brothers named Thirion, who were extensive dealers in sheep in the forest of Ardennes. The eldest brother, Pierre Josh. Thirion, aged 62 years, was on friendly terms with the prisoner, and, it is said, aided him in stocking his farm. Ho also had considerable business transactions with him, and in March 1868 called upon him, but was never afterwards heard cf. He had then 3,000 f. in his possession. About a month afterwards his brother Nicholas Thirion, aged 58, visited the prisoner's place to make inquiries respecting his missing brother, and he never returned to his forest home. A month later the youngest brother, Gustave Thirion, went on the same errand and shared the same fate. These disappearances of course created suspicion and inquiry. The prisoner was summoned before tho authorities &nd interrogated, but succeeded in throwing off the inquiry by some plausible explanation, and he was discharged. A few days ago his wife was suddenly seized with sickness. The doctor suspected poisoning, and the wife's statements confirmed his opinion. The woman died, and the police, acting en the doctor's information, at once arrested the husband. The old suspicions were revived, and, directed by the woman's dying disclosures, they proceeded to examine., an old pit in the prisoner's garden that had been filled VII. and there, at different depths, they found the bodies of the, 3 murdered brothers, of course considerably decomposed. Int poisoning his wife the wretch appears to have had a double motive. He has for some time cohabited with another woman, who ii enceinte. To bring this paramour into his house, and at the same time to rid himself of a dangerous witness of his previous crimes, he determined to compass the death of hiz wife. When arrested and charged with murdering his wife, he, with great coolness, remarked, "Oh, is that all!" Ho was on Saturday confronted with the remains of his victim, but denied all knowledge of the matter. He has, however, since confessed his guilt, and inculpated an old man, who has been arrested as an accom plice. He pleads for a speedy execution. The stomach, &c., of his wite have been sent to an eminent chemist in Brussels for analysis. The remains of the three brothers were interred on Sunday in the village cemetery, in the presence of thousands of spectators. LAW AND POLICE. SEIWRE OF SHEEP.—Mr. John Clarke, ofEstcot, DEM*. sex, was summoned before the Brentford magistrates for sending diseased sheep to Southall market. The inspectors seized forty sheep, believing them to be affected with a; contagious disease, but some veterinary surgeons of con: sidcrable experience gave evidence to a contrary effect. The chairman said the Bench could not convict after such evidence, and the summons Was dismissed. Mr. Clarke complained that his sheep were not worth so much by £2O as they were before they were seized. FORGERY ON A SAVINGS BANK.—Joseph Addleton and Sarah Wood, charged at Birmingham with having obtained £27 from the Post-office Savings Bank by means of a forged order, have been committed for trial. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.—A case of some interest to travellers has been heard at the Liverpool County. Court. A solicitor, named Christian, brought an action against the Lancashire and Ycrkshire Railway Company to recover L 25, the value of articles lost on the line. His wife and daughter returned by rail from an evening party in Liverpool, bringing their dresses and ornaments in a box. The porter would not allow them to take the box in the carriage but said it must be put in the goods' van. Mrs. Christain objected, as it was insecurely fastened, but the porter undertook to cord it, and it was removed. When they arrived at Southpors the box was missing, and had not since been heard of. The. defence was that the plaintiff could not claim more than £l3 as no special declaration had been made to the com pany. His Honcur ruled that he could only allow tho plaintiff to recover for such articles as were really neces saries for passengers, and a verdict was given for £2 125.6 d. The judgment will be appealed against. ANOTHER POACLIDTO AFFRAY.—A curious affray with poachers has occurred at Stoughton, near Leicester, is which two men employed to watch the preserves of Mr. Powys were seriously injured. The two ringleaders of the poaching party were secured and brought before a magi strate at Leicester. They were remanded. As it is the third case of the kind in the district within three weeks, it is expected that they will be committed for trial on the more serious charge. TUB SOrTII-WESTEILN RAILWAY.—At the Hampton Petty Sessions Percy Dando was charged with a series of frauds on the London and South-Western Railway Com pany, He had travelled first-class from Waterloo io Twickenham, and second-class to Staines, without paying his fare, and also from Ashford to Richmond on another occasion. He was fined 40s. on each of the three cases, and costs amounting to 38s. in all. The magistrate com mented severely on his conduct. He was taken back to the police station, as there were other charges of fraud against him. The Indians in Dakota are said to be so demoralised by the introduction of whisky that more troops have been asked for to keep them in order. A large meeting of Mormons was held at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, at which a memorial to Congress was adopted asking to be admitted into the Union as a State. Utah now claims a population of 15 ),000. DEANERY OF DURHAM.—TIie letters patent pre- Golfing the Rev. W. C. Lake, D.D. (the new dean), passed the Great Seal of England on the ith September last. Dr. Lake has since been instituted by the Bishop of Durham and formerly installed in the decanal chair by the Chapter of Durham. The new dean preached his first sermon in the cathedral, and before the University of Durham on Sun day last. He went into residence before the commenec ment of the :October Term. He is, by virtue of his office, Warden of the University. SHOCKING DEATH AT NEwcAsTLE.—On Monday morning a shocking accident happened at the Trafalgar Goods Station of the North-Eastern Railway Company, Newcastle, by which a man named James Drummond was killed instantly. The deceased was employed as a ch •ck-taker, on the benches inside the goods station. About twenty-five minutes past eleven o'clock on Monday morning while some men were engaged in turning a loaded waggon on the turn-tables outside the Central Station,the deceased, by some means or other, was crushed between two wag gons, and killed on the spot. The deceased was about 40 years of age. He was a widower, and on Sunday last buried his eldest daughter. A 11,031 ANTIC STORY.—SOIIIO time ago a young man was received, by the express order of his Majesty the King of Prussia, as candidate for an ensign's commission into the 2nd company of the Ist Battalion of the 9th Regi ment, in Stargard, the same company in which his grand mother had served as a subaltern officer during the war of liberation against the French, and bravely won the Iror Cress and the Russian Order of St. George. This lady who was called Augusta Frederiea KrUger, was a native of Friedland, in Mecklenburg ; and nut content witl °tiding, like many ether of her cc•untrywomen, he] trinkets and hay fluwing locks on the altar of patriotism, sly.; entor;:d the ranks as a volunt - er, under the name cf " Liibeck," and distini;lied. herself by her in trepi,lity on many a hard-f„ught field. On the are of October, 1315, she received her discharge, and he] services were mentioned in this document in the mos' flettering terms. In January, 1316, being present in the garments cf her sex, at the festival of the Orde , of the Iron Cross, held at Berlin, she attracted the attention of an under officer of Lancers, called Carl Kohler to whom she was married in the garrison church of BeAir on the sth of March of the same year. The church on thi occasion was densely packed with spectat, all anxious to witness the marriage. v: ere on her breas the orders she had so hcnourably won, which, with he. ital.., still rather short for a woman, wore the only indica, tic= of her former military CAITOI'. THE .REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH WARK. --- ~...--..--- A good deal of excitement prevailed in Southwark on Monday morning in consequence of the announcement that Mr Layard is about to retire from the representation of the borough. Meetings of the leading members of the Liberal party will be immediately held, and arrangements made, if possible, for sending a powerful requisition to some gentleman to be named, so that the interest may not be divided. Already, however, there are active preparations amongst various sections of electors on behalf of special candi dates, and amongst those whose names are most prof—inently announced are Mr. Stuart Mill, Mr Beales, Sir F. Lycett, and Mr. Bernal Osborne. The " Liberal-Conservative" party, it is said, will start Mr. Alderman Cotton, who was a candidate at the last general election, when the numbers stood as fol lows :—Mr. Locke, 6,027; Right Hon. H. A. Layard,s,9oB; Alderman Cotton, 2,495. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1869. ROME AND THE COMING COUNCIL. (PROlt OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROME, OCT. 21. The Empress's voyage has given cause to groat discus sions in Rome, and but for the positive assurance that the French troops will not leave Civita Vecchia during the Council, and the fact that all the contracts for forage, &c., have been received for 1870, the studied slight implied in her Majesty's avoidance of Rome, while she spends several days at Naples for the relevailles of Princess Margherita,would give considerable uneasiness. The fact is that, as usual, the Emperor is playing fast and loose with the Pope and Victor Emmanuel, and every act favourable to the tem poral power is balanced by one calculated to gain the good will of the Liberal party. The weather has at last broken, after one of the finest autumns in the memory of the oldest residents ; and the rain, sirocco, and damp warm days which have succeeded are very unfavourable for the sight-seers with whom Rome is already thronged. The Minerva Hotel is as full as it usually is at Easter, and so are the Cesari, the Angleterre, and the' many hotels frequented by French and Belgian families. The excursionists are still here, but most of them will leave before November, as the lodgings are engaged• from that date for the Council. Persons of other than ample means will do well to avoid Rome this year, as the lodging house keepers' charges are more exorbitant than ever. £2O a month asked for a bishop's apartment, i.e., accommodation for the bishop and his servant, and this even in the most remote localities has been general. The agencies receive an enormous percentage on all apartments recommended by them, so that it is their interest to keep up their prices as much as possible, and your readers cannot too much avoid employing them. Mgr. Gueara, Bishop of Carraccas (Venezuela), and Mgr. Collina, Bishop of Puebla:de los Angeles (Mexico), have arrived in Rome. The "Aula Conciliare"is still in the hands of the decorators. The imitative mosaics have yet to be placed, and till after All Saints the effect will not be complete. The first stone of the Column of the Council was laid on the Janiculum last week, by Cardinal Berardi, Minister of Public Works in the presence of and in the name of the Pope. Bishops have already arrived from all quarters of the world, Mgr. Huerta, one of the Peruvian prelates, making the seventy-second now in Rome. The Bishops unable to attend the meeting will not exceed sixty-three, and many of these have sent ecclesiastical rep/ esentatives. The total number of the fathers of the Council are—Archbishops, 135 ; bishops, 631; total, 766. Of these, Great Britain and her colonies send ten arch bishops and 59 bishops, while the Two Sicilies send 26 archbishops and 92 bishops. The numbers for the United States are 7 and 48. France sends 18 and 75 ; Prussia and Russia each only 2 archbishops, while their bishops num ber respectively 6 and 12. The Pope received a great number of foreigners this evening in private audiences. The lay receptions will be very limited after the Ist of November. His Holinoss drove to Santa Maria, in Trastevere, on Thursday last, to inspect the restorations made, and the tobacco factory of Santa Cecilia, and San Crysogono, where he received the community of Redemptorist friars who are doing a noble work of education among the poor children of Trastevere. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ItEFOltli AT TIIE VAR OFFICE. Noticing that the Reorganisation Committee of the War Office ha v e aga i n commenced their sittings, a gentleman who has had" many years' connection with that department," directs special attention to the necessity for reducing the number of officials. This writer endorses the principle laid down by the Arch duke Albert of Austria, that " the more nume rous the staff of an office the more complicated is the business and the slower. It actually becomes the aim of employed people to make work, lest . they should b e caught doing nothing, and abolished." Precisely this evil exists to a formidable extent at the W ar Offi ce , an d there gives rise to an inegienncy of which the public can have little idea. / No . reform ca. be effective which does not begin in this directica. "It will perhaps be hardly credited that the- e is no regular code defining ~the duties nd responsibilities of each department of the office ; that the Secretary of State himself often does not know which department to call upon to fcirnish information he requires, or to execute his orders ; and that for several branches there are two distinct and independent authorities, both equally responsible (or irresponsible)." .NORIVICII ELECTION COMMISSION. A charge of perjury preferred against a Witness named Willament, who was examined before the Norwich Election Commission, has been dismissed by the local magistrates. The evidence given by Willament and which was com- Aainecl of was to the effect that Mr. J. Abel, a horse-dealer, had taken up drunken men in a waggonette to tho poll at the last Norwich election. The magistrates expressed a belief that the statement was false,but they did not believe it was wilfully or corruptly so. Mr. Abel threatens to prefer an indictment against Willament at the next Norwich Assizes. On Monday, Mr. A. M. F. Morgan, a surgeon, and another witness examined before the Commissioners, was summoned also on a charge of perjury preferred against him by Mr. S. Clarke, local inspector of nuisances. The words complained of in the evidence of Mr. Morgan were the following :—" I saw a body of roughs adorned with orange caps come out of a private house in Redwell street, opposite the house we were using as a central com mittee-room. I believe it was a house in the occupation of Inspector Clarke and his son. The men wore orange bills made into grotesque caps, and they had orange bills over their waistcoats. I could not say that they actually intimidated any one, but I was myself assaulted by some of them. They were a body of men who looked more like cannibals in their war paint than Christian men." These words amounted to a charge against Inspector Clarke of organising a band of roughs for election purposes, a charge the truth of which Inspector Clarke denies. Inspector Clarke conducted his own case; and Mr. Morgan was de fended by Mr. S. Reeve, barrister. The case created con siderable interest. DR. LIVINGSTOIVE. The following is the text of the letter (dated August 31, 1869) received by the Bombay Government from Dr. Kirk, aolitical agent at Zanzibar, relating to the supposed arrival of Dr. Livingstone at Ujiji : " Sir,—l have the honour to report for the information )f the Right Honourable the Governor in Council that an Arab caravan arrived here two days ago from the interior bearing a letter from Syud Majid's agent at Unayayembe, in the country of Anyamwezi, addressed to his brother at Zanzibar, in a P.S. to which the arrival of Dr. Livingstone at Ujiji is mentioned. I forward a copy of this extract in translation. I am informed that the native messenger who saw Dr. Livingstone at Ujiji was one month on the way to Anyayembe, and that therefore this information is at least a few months old. I under- Amid that a caravan is expected on the coast in about a month, when we may possibly receive further news of the goat explorer. The road between the coast and Ujiji is 9t present open and safe even to small bodies of men. I have the honour, &c., J. KIRK, Political Agent and H.M's Consul, Zanzibar." "(Translation.) "Postscript.—Be good enough when the slave returns to send a box of brandy similar to that which came for the white man, one of which was broken on the way, so that none remained. And he (the white man) has reached Ujiji ind may pass this way and on his coming we will give it to 'dm. Do not neglect this. Dated 4th Rabin-el-Awul 1286 (June 12, 1869)." ANOTHER LETTER FROM MR. GL ADSTONE ON TEE FENIAN PRISONERS. Another letter from Mr. Gladstone on the Fenian pri soners is published. It is addressed to Mr. Isaac Butt, 4.C., dated "Haworth, Chester, October 23rd, 1869," signed W. E. Gladstone," and runs as follows :—" I have ;he honour to acknowledge the receipt of an ad iress adopted at a great meeting of the citizens of Dublin and others' on the 10th current, which ex sresses a strong desire for the release of the persons still cohfined in Ireland on account of political offences. With respect to the general purpose of the address I have respectfully to refer you to a letter addressed by me' m the 18th to the representatives of a meeting called with similar object at Limerick. I think it my duty, how over, to notice a portion cf the address in a special manner, which refers to a publication of mine, in the year 1851, with regard to the political prisoners in the kingdom of Naples, and which constitutes a particular and personal appeal. It is desired that I should bring to the considera tion of the lately-pending Irish question 'the same strong sense of justice which has induced me to raise my voice on behalf of the political prisoners of other lands' I should be sorry, indeed, to suppose myself capable of advising, Jr desiring, that a severer measure of justice •hould be applied to my misguided, yet, I hope, not irrecoverable, fellow-countrymen than I was led to ask on behalf of any persons suffering elsewhere. Permit me, however, to observe that, saving the fact that in each case the persons concerned were within prison walls, in no particular can the two cases be said to correspond. In due course of justice, as fixed by the law of the land, the Fenian priscners received a free and open trial, under a lawful government; and they were found guilty by juries of their fellow-countrymen. The prisoners in the kingdom of Naples were arrested and imprisoned without One legal process, wore in a vast proportion not tried at till, and, when they were tried, were tried largely by exceptional, not regular, tribunals. When they were condemned they were condemned not by the free verdict of a popular body, but by serdences of judges dependent on the Government for their bread; on a Government, more over, of which the title rested on a flagrant breach of the most solemn oaths, and of the written legal constitution of the country. The acquaintance, sir, which you possess with Italian history and affairs, in addition to your many other distinctions, renders me glad to have the opportunity of addressing to you this reference to the facts." Admiral Farragut, of the American navy, is lying dangerously ill at Chicago. The admiral played a conspi cuous part in the great civil war. A. CAUTIOUS LOVER.- 4 4 When I courted her," said Spreadweasel, " I took lawyer's advice, and signed every letter to my love, Yours, without prejudice— D. J.'" FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE AT BATII.--It is gated that this disease has made its appearance in Bath and the neighbouring districts. At the county magistrates' qffice, on Saturday, Mr, Superintendent Morgan reported that from information he had received ho went that day, accompanied by Mr. Broad, veterinary surgeon, to a farm at Twerton, in the occupation of Mr. Schackell, where he found five cows out of sixteen suffering from the disease. He had also examined the stock of Mr. Kelston, of Wester', the whole of whose cows, fourteen in numner, were affected by it. The bench directed the superintendent to see at once that the regulations of the Act relating thereto were stringently enforced in each case. THE FENIAN PRISONERS. — On Sunday afternoon a demonstration was hold on Newcastle-on-Tyne Town moor, for the purpose of petitioning the Houses of Parlia ment for the release of persons who were confined for complicity in the late Fenian conspiracy. The meetingcon sisted mainly of Irish labourers employed in the iron ship building yards and factories in the district; and there were about 10,000 persons present. The chair was occupied by Mr. 13. Bl'Anulty. Mr. Charles Larkin, surgeon, Mr. James 'Watson, and Mr. Kelly, Englishmen, took part in the proceedings ; but the principal speakers were Irish men. The tone of the speeches was moderate, anti the petitions were agreed to. Ey the direction of the Mayor there wore no policemen on the Moor, and the proceedings were extremely orderly and well conducted. DISSATISFACTION AMONGST IRISII SCIIOO deputatiin cf national schoolmasters waited upon the Chief :.'eci . et,ary fo - .• Ireland, at Dublin, cn Satur day, with a statement of grievances which they desire to have redressed. A memorial set for th the subjects of complaint. First, they are inadequately paid. Their salaries were previously augmented by the pupils' fees, but since the decrease in the population of the country, those contingent emoluments have fallen off, while the price of the necessaries of life has greatly increased. They have not the power of enforcing the payment of fees from the pupils, so that the receipts from this source are the more precarious. They also protest against the threatened application to Ireland of the system of payment by results, which they contend would be fatal to their interests. Several of the teachers who formed the deputation addressed the Chief Secretary, and enlarged upon the hardships to which they were exposed. Mr. Fortescue informed them that their state umt should receive the host consideration. AN UNSEAWORTHY SHIP. We aro glad to notice that the question of wise& worthy ship is being generally agitated. The simple fact is that over a certain class of vessels no control is exercised ; any leaky ship which can get a crew may, so far as the Govern- ment is concerned, go to sea. It is notorious that many vessels go out in a totally unsea worthy state ; some rough day the craft goes to pieces; and then the report comes home "all crew drowned," or " crew taken ofi by a lifeboat." There is no provision whatever made for the examination of ships unclassed at Lloyds. The Board of Trade is very chary, too, ia instituting inquiries. A case in point is given in a correspondence published by the Times. An application was made by Mr. Dells, of Newcastle, for a Board of Trade inquiry into the case of a bark built in 1818, and bound only recently foi London. In giving the details of the matter Mr. Dells said that the vessel previously to commencing loading was so leaky that several sailors and a master whohad engaged to navigate th e s hip, a ft er go i ng on board, refused to sail in her. She was, however, sent on her voyage bound for London, but got no further down the river Tyno than the Low Lighthouse, "when, in consequence of the crew refusing to proceed further, the ship was towed back again. . . . . in a sinking state. ller cargo has since been discharged. Tho vessel . . . is still lying . . . empty, with one man on board. Altogether, the ship is notoriously unseaworthy." Now in answer to this application the Board of Trade reply that "this does under the Mercha n t Shipping Act." not appear to them a case in which they should order an inquiry PORTUGUESE TELEGRAPHY. It has been generally agr ee d th a t th e t e l egr aph service from India is bad; but the messages from Lisbon can claim a vast pre-eminence in confusion, muddle, and delay. The recent doings in connection with the mail steamship Araucanria are ini mitable. That vessel arrived at Lisbon on the evening of the 19th, and left on the evening of the 20th. First came a telegram to Live'pool announcing the departure of the Arancarvia from Liverpool, at 7.30 p.m.. .on the 20th, Then came "supplementary news" messagebanyotthheermailtelegram being despatched from Lisbon five and a half hours before the s team e c r o , n t t h ai i n s containing preceding. Thirdly came a message announcing the arrival of the vessel, this new reaching Liverpool thirty hours after the announceme n t athe departure. The contents of these missives were quite in keeping with the style of their transmission. Two sentences are recommended to the reader's ingenuity :—" Con gress has gefealted cuante," and " ronesings generally brisek.accetA in.uiahete bade." CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. Layard, Member for Southwark, and Chief Commissioner of Public Works, will succeed Sir J. Crampton as British Minister at Madrid. At any rate this change is likely to secure a contrast between our past and our future representation in Spain. It was averred of Sir J. Crampton that he paid very little attention to his business, that ho left the Tornado and other difficulties to settle themselves, and bestowed his attention chiefly to private hobbies in the way of old manuscripts and the like. Probably the Spanish system of letting things take their own course is infectious. But Mr. Layard is not likely to give offence by doing too little. He will peer into the inner life of Spanish politics as zealously as he unearthed the hieroglyphics at Nineveh. His lively temper too is just the thing to bring the sleepy Spaniards to a sense of their condition. Mr. Ayrton will reign in Mr. Layard's stead as Chief Commissioner of Public Works. Thus there will be a vacancy in the representation of Southwark, and as Mr. Ayrton is a Secretary of the Treasury, his promotion will leave a post for somebody. THE HALFPENNY NEWSPAPER POSTAGE. The halfpenny postage for newspapers is, it is once again announced, to be definitely adopted. The Post master-General has been won over to the reduction, and agrees to it on two conditions. The first of these is that the halfpenny stamp shall be available for one day only ; the second, that the publishers of the newspapers using the stamp shall themselves impress the date upon it. In explanation of the regulations imposed, the London correspondent of the Scotsman gives as his opinion that a paper bearing the halfpenny stamp will be carried if put into the post any time before midnight on the day, the date of which is marked on the stamp, but after that the stamp will be worthless. As to the stamping of the date on the paper, the object of throwing that duty on the publishers or other persons availing themselves of the halfpenny postage is of course to save expense to the Post Othee. It is expected that such a vast quantity of newspapors will be sent through the post on the reduction of the stamp, that the mere process of "marking" would require such an addition to the Post Office staff throughout the country ai would render the project for financial reasons quite impracticable. TUE DEAN OF RIPON AND EARL DE GREY, Dr. M'Neile coquetting with a member of the Government which passed the Irish Church Bill is a sad spectacle. If the Dean of Ripon takes to for olgibur And forzivino. whom shall wo have-to "hold out 16 - the Yet the very rev, gentleman was very nearly doing this on Frid.ay last. He attended a banquet at Ripon at which the President of the Council and Lord John Hay made speeches. The Dean first censured those who did not believe in Protestantism, and then praised his evangeli cal bishop. He was followed by Earl do Grey and Ripon, who sought how to give an address without party politics. The earl discoursed on the repression of bankruptcy, on the promotion of education, and the •:evontion of cattle disease. He was not sanguine as to last session's Bankruptcy Bill, having seen so many schemes fail; but ho hoped for the best. The notorious misappropriation of funds intended for middle-class education really demanded reform. He hoped the money would be utilised ; and would give the work ing classes also a means to rise. The Cattle Diseases Bill he defended on the ground of its elasticity— giving laxity where severity was not required, and yet allowing the Privy Council power to stop in at any moment. The Dean, after this speech, proposed Lord_ do Grey's health, and said the discourse they had just listened to was magical : politics were left out, and yet the whole session was brought before the hearers. Lord do Grey would not have this, however,— It, seemed to him that the speech he delivered was like nothing so much as the play of " Hamlet " with the part of Hamlet omitted. He had undoubtedly alluded to the past session, but the allusion loft out the great question to which some people objected, while nobody objected to the repression of bankruptcy, the promotion of public educa tion, or the stoppage of cattle disease. 'Therefore he felt that his magic had been but of a feeble description, treat ing as it did of minor work, while it left untouched that measure which would form the real mark of the past cession in the history of coming times. THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Speculation is already rife as to the probable suc cessor of the late Earl of Derby to the Chancellorship of the University of Oxford. We have already stated that the Bishop of Brechin has written strongly recommending the Marquis of Salisbury. A. strong feeling is now stated to be in favour of the Earl of Carnarvon, who has held the office of Seneschallus, or High Steward of the University, since 1869. This young _nobleman has attained the highest honour the University can afford, viz., a first class in classics, in 1852, and he will be backed by the powerful influence of the society of which he is so distinguished a member. The Duke of Marlborough has also been men tioned as likely to be brought forward. No stipend is assigned to the appointment; on the contrary, the custom of many years has entailed expense on its holder. The installation of a Chancellor is a proceed ing attended with unusual interest at the Univer sity. MR. BUXTON, M.P., ON THE LAND QUESTION. Mr. C. Buxton, M.P. for East Surrey, has been enlightening the farmers of the Chertsey neighbour hood on the occasion of a ploughing match. The Irish land difficulty was the one topic of his speech, which was an excellent specimen of the fencing, hesitating style of thought displayed by most politicians on this difficult and dangerous problem. 11fr. Buxton is a little more definite than Mr. Archi bald Smith, the Liberal candidate for the Scotch Universities, whose views on the land question, according to the Saturday Review, are that "leases would do good in Ireland, but then leases won't do ; and no bill can be of any use, but of course we must have a bill." The member for East Surrey, though he lacks the luminous originality of Mr. Smith, goes a little further in his remedies, but not much. There is, he says, an Irish and an English plan of settlement ; the latter consisting in giving compensa sation for improvements, the former demanding fixity of tenure. Mr. Buxton thinks that the Irish demand can never be conceded by British statesmen ; but tenancies-at-will ought to cease. The law, in fact, must not recognise any tenure except leases for a considerable number of years. The member for East Surrey did not specify how many years, in fact, his sketch contained no details whatever ; but he said enough for his audience, and the chairman, General Wood, plainly hinted that their unfortunate Liberal guest was rushing headlong towards Socialism. THE SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES. Mr. Archibald Smith, the Liberal candidate for the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen, has made rather a curious announcement at a meeting of elec tors in Edinburgh. In his printed address Mr. Smith was rather shaky on the subject of compulsory edu cation. But he has found that, since his address was written, " a considerable change has occurred in the aspect of the question." And what is this change ? Simply that compulsory education has been made one of the points on which the Edu cational Congress at BirminFham insisted. And because the Congress insisted, therefore Mr. Smith must insist. The doings at Birmingham have confirmed his wavering; if ho had to pen his address again he would' go in for compulsion, root and branch. No doubt the Leaguers will be equally amazed and gratified at this anouncement. If they make converts at this rate there will soon bo no edu cation difficulty. After Mr Smith's speech it appears that a professor and a sheriff moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Smith, expressing the satisfaction with which the meeting listened to his sentiments. It is to be regretted that they did not tack on to the resolution a plain statement of what those sentiments are. TUE INQUIRY AT BEVERLEY. Lord Londesborough has been examined before the Election Commissioners at Beverley. In 1857 the present peer was the Hon. W. 11. F. Denison, and was returned to the House of Commons as the representative of the model Holderness town. But nothing could be more complete than Lord Londesborough's ignorance of the doings at his election, or of Beverley election morality in general. His evidence was utterly nega tive. " No," "None," "Never," and "Not in the least," formed the sum and substance of the great majority of his replies. Money was paid to his sup porters, but he knew nothing of the transactions. With money matters, in fact, his lordship had nothing whatever to do; the bribery was all managed by the kind and disinterested local wire-pullers, and. the bills were all paid by his father. The aristocratic candidate was returned in complete ignorance of the means by which his victory was won, and he remained under the impression that his election had been conducted with purity until the recent disclosures enlightened him. What an admirably simple way of avoiding all unpleasantness 1 THE RELEASE OF THE FENIAN PRISONERS. Tho chairman of the Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary Farmers' Club has also received a refusal of the Government to free the prisoners, in answer to a memorial asking in kindly words for their release. The Premier's second letter is conciliatory in tone. It is signed by his private secretary, and reads as follows : " I am directed by Mr. Gladstone to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th inst., enclosing a resolu• tion adopted by the Limerick, Clare and Tippera r y Farmers' Club for amnesty to the political prisoners of Ireland. Mr. Gladstone desires ine to inform you, in reply to that resolution, that after a careful and anxious investi. gation her Majesty's Government have been unable to arrive at the conclusion they desire. The admirable temper in which the resolution of the Farmers' Club is written convinces Mr. Gladstone that they will view his reply as ono dictated by a sense of public duty." The grammar of the letter is not so excellent as its tone. After a reference to the Farmers' Club, we are told that her Majesty's Government have been unable to arrive at the conclusions they desire. Now whether " they " refers (as we suppose it does, for then the meaning is clear) to tho Farmers' Club, or we are to understand that the Government are striving to arrive at a conclusion they have failed to reach, remains to us a perfect mystery. The refusal of the Government to release the Fenian prisoners seems to have caused no great sensation in Ireland, except amongst the knot of turbulent spirits from whom the original inspiration proceeded. No doubt many Irishmen could he found to display their hostility to the British Government and nation z and these persons found in the punishment of the prisoners a convenient pretext for stirring up th© passi ons o f th e mu ltitud e . But it is equally - certain that a large number joined the demonstrations for the sake of pastime. The Times' Dublin correspondent says that loyal and peaceful citizens of all shades of political opinion would rejoice at the liberation of the prisoners if they believed that it would conduce to the peace and contentment of the country, but they cannot help feeling that such an act of unmerited clemency would ho highly impolitic at a time when the sympathisers glory in the acts of the prisoners, and the Fenians, so far from showing any signs of penitence, are collecting arms and resuming the drill exercise—at least in the South. The writer adds that the Premier's letter is not considered a final refusal, but rather as an intimation that a release will depend very much upon the conduct of the prisoners' friends. Amongst the news from Ireland late on Sunday, comes the statement that large amnesty meetings wore held on that day at Carri galine, near Cork, at Tralee, and Tipperary. At the latter place, says ono statement, nearly 70,000 persons assembled. The proceedings passed of very quietly; the decision of the Government V: fLS received with considerable moderation. At Carrigaline, Alder man O'Sullivan, who resided, expr esse d uns h a k en confidence in the good disposition of the Government; and, says the correspondent of the Dail,/ Neu-s, " the language of the speakers and demeanour of the people were generally temperate, violent or offensive sentiments being discountenanced by the vast mai oritv." 20REIG . N NOTES.-- FREE TIZAD^u• IN AMERICA. A di: , cussion has been held in America between ITorace Greeley, editor of the New 1 Birk Tribune, and Professor Perry, on the relative merits of Free Trade and Protection. The debate took place at Boston, and there was a large audience. •Professor - Perry argued that as a great tax collector, the Government was interested in having the exchanges of the people as numerous and as profitable as possible. Protection, he said, was never heard of in the ancient world, though the Athenians sometimes forbade the export of figs, and the Romans of corn. Pro tection as it is now understood is but two hundred years old, and Belgium and Germany had flung it to the winds. Even Russia was relaxing its com mercial fetters. Massachusetts exchanges products with Louisiana without let or hindrance; why should not Ver mont with Canada ? Protection is nothing but an expedient to make what is naturally cheap artificially dear. Free trade compelled no one to trade with foreigners, it only allowed him to do so if he found it profitable. In conclu sion, Professor Perry said there was a large class of Protec tionists who cared little for words or things so long as they got a geed profit. A late distinguished member of the committee of ways and means said to him " If anything will make a man a free-trader, it is to sit on this committee. There have been before us during the session just closed at least five hundred men who wished us to lay en increased protective duties, with no intent in the world but to increase the price of their product, and thus rob the public." Mr. Greeley, in reply, said that tariffs were owing to the necessity felt by the people for protection to theirindustry in seasons of distress. In 1817, at the close of the war, there was a great influx of English products. Every other house shewed signals of distress. Goods were cheap, but there was nothing wherewith to buy. Universal bankruptcy prevailed. Upon this basis was founded the structure of protection by men who were not the champions of an existing interest. The thread of commerce, he said, radiated from London. Boston was but a side port. Between an agricultural and a manufacturing country, the advantage was always with the latter. Manufactures can be transported from Eng land to lowa, in return for corn, for one-twentieth the price of moving the agricultural products from lowa to England. Mr. Greeley, in closing, said he believed in a diversified industry, which increased the education of the country. Protectionists had faith in tit popular intelligence, which would render them indtpendent of foreign manufac turing aid. TILE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. The 12th of October was the 377th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus on American soil. The Italians in New York comemmorated the event to the best of their ability. At Boston, New Orleans, and Cincinnati due honour was paid to the memory of the great discoverer. At Cincinnati there were two series of entertainments, some of the Italians dating the discovery from the day Columbus came in sight of America, and others from the day when he landed. At the ball which took place on the 11th inst., an Italian lady of the city, 101 years old, led off in the grand march, and afterwards danced ten sets. DISTURBANCES IN THE EAST. The Indian payers state that serious disturbances have taken place in the Persian Gulf. Mahemed bin Kaleefah, the Sheik of Bahrein, was expelled from the island a year and a half ago for piracy, Colonel Kelly, the Britishßesident, having some hand in his expulsion. He has, assisted by some Bedouins of the Wahabee territory, made a sudden descent on the island, killing his brother, the reigning Sheik, and sacking the town of Bahrein. It is thought probable that the Persian satrap of Fars may interfere and endeavour to restore the place to the Shah. The Arabs are raising disturbances in Mesopotamia, where the exactions of the Pacha of Bagdad from the Arab population are found intolerable. In some cases these amount to soven-tenths of the agricultural produce, while the conscription for the Turkish army has been increased. The revolt has taken the form of a guerilla war, the Arabs having risen against the Turkish authorities, destroyed the stations, and fired into the Turkish steamers wherever ac cessible. THE LOSS OF THE CARNATIC. The loss of the P. and 0. Company's mail steamer Car natic in the Red Sea has created a painful excitement in India. At Bombay the news was at first discredited, as it came through Calcutta by the ordinary post. The wreck occurred on the 13th of September, but it was not until the 26th that a telegram was received in Bombay, though the disaster was known in Egypt on the 16th. The Bombay gazette attributes the telegraphic delay to the inter ference of the Arabs with the Turkish line. The Times of India publishes two long accounts of the wreck, from surviving • passengers, one of whom declares his conviction that the accident need not have occurred. THE ASSURANCE COMPANIES IN INDIA. The directors of the Bombay branch of the European Assurance Society have forwarded a letter to the Bombay papers, giving the substance of a private telegram received from London respecting the petiticns to wind up the com pany. The directors thought it right to make this infor mation public, though they had received no advice of the kind themselves, and stated authoritatively that the Bombay branch was in a most prosperous condition, the funds being invested in Government securities only. Of the general position of the society they could not, of course, speak. The statement of the Bombay branch in August, shewed the year's income, from premiums old and new, to be £BO,OOO in excess of the payments on life and guarantee claims, including bonus additions. The Bombay committee appointed to watch the interests of the Indian policy-holders in the Albert Assurance Com pany, held a meeting on the 24th of September, and resolved that the policy-holders were not bound to con tinue to pay their premia unless they were disposed to join in the scheme for reconstruction, and that the committee could not recommend the scheme already proposed. It was further resolved that as there were many policy-holders who had originally invested in other companies, and been transferred to the Albert, the possibility of enforcing their claims against the shareholders of the companies in which they originally insured should not be lost sight of. A sub scription at the rate of two rupees for every 1,000 rupees insured was asked for. ITALY. Signori Rudini and Vigliani, the two new Italian Ministers, have taken oaths on their appointment. It is thought doubtful whether the Cabinet which has been thus modified will last long. Some believe that the meeting of the Chambers will e signal for a Ministerial crash, but others think the Government may last a long time. The Menabrean Cabinet contrived to exist in spite of parliamentary opposition, and so it is argued may its suc cessor. The Lobbia trial is looked upon as a sad blunder undertaken in the vain hope of revenge. (From the Anglo American Times.) The President of America has said that on the morning of the panic Secretary Bcutwell communicated the state of affairs when he said, "Sell $5,000,000 of gold." The Secretary replied he had come for the pur pose of advising the sale of $3,000,000, and immediately after the order was dispatched for the sale of $4,000,000, the difference, we presume, being split. This information was extracted from the President by the Washington agent of the Associated Press, who, in fact, "interviewed" him. No story is too gross or improbable for the New York Gold Room, and charges had been made against the Ad ministration of being mixed up in the Fisk clique. The President freely discussed the subject, telling the agent the simple facts. Mr. Fisk has come out in a new character, and brought on himself another charge. Mr. Corbin, brother in-law of the President, when "interviewed," as we last week reported, stated that he did not associate with such men as Fisk. Immediately on learning this, Fisk wrote to the New York Sun, asserting "that Mr. Corbin has con stantly associated with me; that I have been in his house repeatedly since last summer ; that I visited him on the very afternoon of the day on which he made these state ments ; and that he spent more than an hour with me in the Erie Railway office on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 25, the day after the gold panic. It is, further, proper for me to say that Mr. Corbin has been a party in interest with us, and others whose names it is not now necessary to men tion, in the recent gold speculation, and that be has con stantly communicated with me respecting this gold specu lation. In fact, Mr. Corbin was in this speculation long before I was." Indeed, Mr. Fisk was admitted into the ring by him, as it was he who originated the grand scheme, Fisk disclaiming the honour in his favour of having devised what he calls this bold and brilliant operation. Mr. Corbin's assurances of bringing powerful influences to bear were carried out till the 23d Sept. In support of his assertions, Fisk furnishes affidavits showing the intense excitement and anxiety displayed by Mr. Corbin at the Erio office during the Gold panic in Wall-street on the Friday. Another gentleman asserts that he was waiting outside Mr. Corbin's house for Mr. Fisk when the Sun reporter was re fused admittance. C. W. Pollard swears that ho had been f requently the bearer of messages between Fisk and Corbin ; that on the Friday ho saw the latter in great excitement, when ho said he feared he would lose a great deal of money. On the next day Fisk sent him in his carriage to bring Corbin to th e o ffi ce . Mr. Corbin said, on greeting him :—" How does Mr. Fisk bear his losses ?" and added, "It is terrible for us." He then asked Pollard to bring Mr. Fisk up to his house immediately, as he was indisposed, and did not feel able to go down to his (Fisk's) ofli o. A second visit was made by Lim on Monday, when Mr. Cor bin told him ho and his wife had just returned front Wash ington, travelling two nights, and that he was too ill to go to the office, and urged him to bring Mr. Gould or Mr. Fisk to him. A reporter called on Mr. Corbin on the sth inst., and found him very ill. "I know the object of your visit," he said, slowly and with effort. " I cannot now give you a detailed statement, but this I will say, I never in my life conversed with James Fisk, jun., upon tho sub ject of finance, nor have I ever, either verbally or in writ ing, requested through him or by one in his interest the purchase or sale of one dollar of gold or stock. At the time when one of his mon alleges in the affidavit that I was at the Erie building, I was in New Jersey. Nor of my own knowledge do I know that the President or any of the Cabinet officers ever conversed or communka with any of the so-called Gold Clique. On the contrail I believe that it is a sheer and wicked fabrication fr °lll beginning to end. Fisk's carriage has never been befog my door to my k now l e d ge, an d t h e words put i n to 11 11 ' i by the reporter of the Sun are also base and wicked falS e ' hoods." But Mr. Fisk, about whom we fear our reader° are growing weary (though we must discuss him, for thel cannot otherwise understand the new phase), was ',inter' viewed" by another Ne w Y or k paper, t h e repor t e r bong , anxious to ascertain his mo ti ve f or expos i ng hi s a ll e ged °°°,, federates—" Because they went b ac k onus, h o sa id,and 0 ' 1 ; near ruining us. They would have ruined us bad we 11° ,, been smarter than chai n - li g ht n i ng , an d manage d to iti h r ; when the log turn e d. W e r i s k e d our m illi on s 00 n. : assurance that the Government would not interfere' Grant got scared, however, when the crisis came, gave Boutwell instructions to sell. And now I'dl e , you what scared G ran t. Ki m b er, agen t o f Stern .7," n there, London, o p era ti ng th roug h C ammann a nd 0., Wall-street, a man who was in the pool with us, be c- r - t out at the l a st momen t. H e so ld out an d got 611°,4; Discovering that he had de ce i ve d us , G ou ld 'put g ° ;. o on him and brok e hi m . Th en Ki m b or leaked. Iciinbe-0 statement was telegraph e d on t o G ran t , an d th e result W Boutwell's orders to sell. Now, up to the time the GoT er d ment interfered with our operations, I held in my t il de the cards for fifteen millions, and should have that had they let us alone that day. But the crash r , before I had made nine milli ons even . N ow, you are s t u ." o prised that I sho u ld b e w illi ng t o expose the ot h e r 1 131%1 1 engaged in this transacti on ." R epor t ers are iu full °D after Mr. Corbin's p rocee di ngs, trac i ng hi s oPeraihnig through his brok ers an d b an k ers, an d if h e s t a nds t' bf ordeal and trial in the action brought against I `,. i , ra , a to Gould, we will have n o h es it a ti on i n pronounc ing w" -- be innocent, and the other party vile slanderers. the However mildly the subject was treated I/ dif , President, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher took a ve r i u r ferent view. He was clearly opp ose d t o th e undue 1 010 ing up of treasures upon earth, taking as his text e n s t Sunday following the " Gold Gamble," the words oe subject in the Sermo n o n th e M oun t. Th e pre acher served that the nearer a m an li ve d t o h e ll , if he is g thi l the better he is. There are some in Wall-street, bu t the do not walk in platoons. The treasures alluded to w OO text are not those r un a ft er i n Wall-street. Va let ' 1 0 54 varnish a man with smiles, to become rich at his e%P e then you sell yourself as did J u d as. "L arge be 11 5 0 501 always poorly cast, and sooner or later they crack . . 0 overgrown rich men are like those big bells, full of ° se a, and they soon lose all the sweetness they ever Po ese dof Death is God's bankrupt court, where men are clear Ug h their debts and of their riches, and when they go through the gate opening into the other life they have not W h o to pay their ferriage over." The Rev. H. T. DT° l l - 0 ie addressed his sermon to the same point, and he 811° : - 0 to very plain words:—" If ever any people had occe e ' ° t ie , . believe that unl aw f u l d e t erm i na ti on t o b e r ich ef ro4 with it a snare, and i s f raug ht w ith ev il WI!" t i l if swift, that people is our own. Financial crises country, when the whole money fabric treral:d es ol ie wealth bursts like the bubble that it is, have b ee the periodical and chronic. We have the broadest aor °g :4o longest rivers, the vastest na t ura l resources , the I rof amount of egotism, and th e bi gges t mone y panic/ 3 e' bot il nation of the face of the globe. . . . Gold111 10 0.: 0 at in fitful fashion ; s t oc k s go crazy, an d p l ay suc h tr i ' d make men weep ; b an k s are se i ze d w i t h convo lsio 3 ' o houses break lik e ex pl o di ng b om b s h e ll s' all cond ael3 .o l shaken, and amid th e genera l wrec k men do not 101 0 10 1'' they are wo r th, nor i n d eed whether they are wortliiso'o, thing. We hav e h a d one o f t h ese period i ca l coo' DO during the last few d a y s , an d if i t w ill only sweep tbe,ticbli'l away so far that it w ill never get back it will be 3 blessing. This whole thing is one stupendous fa ro oe 6 cept in its results—th ese are ser i ous enoug h. The were extravagance, love of pleasure, haste to be ri eb n 'oo he drew a plea s i ng pi c t ure o f W a ll- s t ree t , d es elet°i"ng shut, and those wh o bad c l amoure d so l ou dly Pe' s ; n tbe t hearses to the grave. The R ev . M. P. G a ddi s took' 3— ,a it text which bore on the same subject. He consid ° ,,7,o s justifiable to strike d own th ose w h ose thi rs t for r ba d ruining the country. These gold gamblers writi / blasted the financial state of America to enlarge their it were worse than the rattl esna k e , w hi c h war ned br ). ` tie for struck. He pictured th e f armer w h o rece i ve d so ? t viroP tho fruits of his labour because gold was so high T for th e street, and that canoed by a v il e gang w h o worhee' most selfish ends. tg The Morgan surveying party has returP A ` o sSI Salt Lake City from exploring South-Eastern Ne": 10 Southern Utah. They started from Elko in A ll ° ll %lo o but were delayed by the sno w till O c t o ber. I° „"beia valley Indian salt works were di scovere d, the sa lt four feet deep for ten miles, w ith an averag e width o 'o o miles. "In the southern section of the same val ltl so rid curious collection of ro c k s , moun d s, an d pillar's, °o ' o f several acres in extent, and resembling the r ein 's 00 06 , ancient city. We saw s ome remnants of what ba ber been arches with keystones still perfect, and a f t e " 4 small stone pillars con s t ruc t e d w ith a p ec uliar ki nd e 8 " mortar or cement, set upright about 20 feet a 1341 ." ger they had been used t o su pp or t an aque d uc t fa _„ccit.ll rote ing water from a la rge s t ream, h a lf a m il e dieti t osfr the outskirts of the city. In some places the lines el " to , were made distinctly visible by the regularity of t he t deep' t c These streets were now covere d w ith san d m any f ee „ 3 and seemed to run at ri g ht ang l es t o eac h other•b bed the the stones had evidently been cut into squares sf it ;s tools, although their forms h a d b een nea rly destr (l- 0 14 centuries of time. The impression forced upon °ur soi oss was that the place h a d b een once i n h a bit e d by bute s° o tic el somewhat advanced in civilization. Many t r aders ° co o' the existence of simil ar ru i ns i n o th er sec tions of Lb° ta iC s ' try between the Rocky and Sierra Nevada gloia They may probably be th e s it es o f th e once 11°11r fields and habitations of the ancient Aztecs." e sf)°' A banquet was given on the 6th Oct. to G°lit Dixi' Hoffman by the Commander and Staff of the Firs ri isv sion at the Glenham House, Fifth-Avenue, and e s ir o e v ere ° , l. posing affair it was. In response to his health, “ ss sic; Hoffman observed that this was the first occasion 0 1 ' 1 1 ' he had ever appeared in a military capacity, an d l' s e i 0 0$r i only make a few remat ks. To review the Nations he bad was no new thing for the Governor to do. Sine; be bad been, by virtue of his office, Commander-in-Chief, 11's had no officer cashiered or no officer arrested. . to esSe"; exceedingly gratified at the display he had W s i o f se lls and at the fine appearance and excellent atarchilienslitgr't of the regiments. The interest he felt in tk,iie d rethei matters of the State was very great. He w s , ° " - s s ts see twelve regiments with full ranks, well epi c s e po oN k drilled, than twenty-four regiments with thin rse i Ti o st it i officered, and badly drilled. He knew the grea t P - 00 0ife which this suggestion of consolidation would be ere ee by those to whom their present organisations '' o r ;/ 4 deared either by long connections with the a p e I goe ) services rendered during the recent war . :oclet oe r illi be very glad to confer with them as 00113wss pro to Chief, and should be glad to receive through tu b a channels any suggestions they should make iiyali do' consolidation. Colonel Bayer of the British f/ i i jog i s, was present, in returnin g thanks, said be j2B , sired to see a review o f th e N a ti ona l Guard, °` ed had heard a great deal, and that he had beell i t ittf l o the display he had wit nesse d. Whil e it would he Wog ous to name any single regiment as excelling+ ..„„en e a say that there were th ree or f our w hi c h would nave &se ous competitors on the parade-ground to the be A English volunteer regiments. she 03" ; Father Hyacinthe has embarked for o pa States, where he proposes to remain two Ille nt r o ss o f jot probably be the " lion" of the day. The 1 )5 %1 0 0 te r! 0, Evangelical churches of Boston and other °l v o be st him e s public reception, and if he consents 12 1. 10 010 recipient of a warm and hearty welcome. it w for ° •o 0 America that he does not d e fi n it e ly with drtivi t de d° o communion of Rome, but r a th er p r otests age bis se te j tS o and practices which Ro me h as eng rafted upon 010.4 and which he claims are no t Ch r istian, are oll tr aeg l o o past teaching of that church, and destructive ° 0 414 1 o f in her members. H e protests also a gainst the e 3 io tter ti s perversion of the Word of God, the spirit 3/l a i s os of the which are trodden under foot by the pherlso oar° 0 0 new law ; and intimates that he fears the vi °r , sp . lia' te n St Roman Council, soon to meet, as 'it will probily 'ohoffr more liberty in its deliberations than has be e° the preparations to convene it. Oirit`i!re ice [ADvERTiaEmENT. .1 —Holloway's Pills xooe- the Premature Decay.— When from free living', l i , s ate: dulgence, or the enervating effects of hot s , fite j o id's nervous system becomes shaken, the m uscly ro tli et heart's action irregular, and the bodily Fe W : g ed is debilitated, Holloway's remedies may oe,iikopel.,;' obi certainty of their producing relief. For quo, l b tbels compaint, sick headache and loss of aPP, e ,.; 0ire,r,110 . ,,P4 meet should be very well rubbed twice a u..„"J o y'S of the stomach and right side, whilst 11 011° " t fy 1,8 00 1 , being taken in such doses as can conversion all 0 0 0 This treatment will always restore strength hetsoo Nervousness, flushes, and fainting fits m a i o - se ° I vented by a timely recourse, and diligent remedies. Ise BIRTHS. t he Ott JENNER -On the 25th i ns t., a t 63, Drook-stren oaf of Sir Willi am J enner, B art , M.D., of a 811^- f l OP - MILLS —On th e 23d i ns t ., at W.ildernesse, Louisa Mills, of a son. B EBt Ma Ne Bennett, n E r i ei T et — tb, oc i T n i r , e 0 1; I n i s p L b E e Y I • ifP iv 2 0 , 1 ° 11.• rit .0,5 31 ,...... Iv On the 21st inst. ci w 1 L T o f Mr. cl :f 11 :1 i is t : CLOUT—Oa the 23d just., at St. Sav i° , l f i r - (I C' r iag wark,. George A., ot.l survivng sou of A i ' , e su rl o c , Effi., of Union-street ) : to Alice Mary, ° 7,4 1 T c a daughter of the late Thos. Clout, Esq, ° f ...'--6 4 f pi. Cox—On the 24th inst., ::l ll E l: 4 T B ll enTatnin Go~' ° tirr° ,:pli Hounslow, aged 71. M . Vss°% j°S LISTER On tho 24th inst., at Upton Rouse, Jackson Lister, F. 8.5., aged e 3. O f ' A 0 : 0 0 4 ' London : Printed and Published by WILLII.,OII, w00..° of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tile SUN Offic e , - 141.1a ie in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County 0' Tuesday, October 26, 1829. 1112.11?RIAGES. L !