The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times, in referring-to.tloidebate on the Permissive Bill, says let us assume; bra slight stretch of imagination, the Permissive. Liquor Bill carried, and two-thirds of a population of, say, 100,000 men inclined to apply it against the remaining one-third. Imagine 33,000 English men, in the - present state of public opinion on the ques tion, suddenly deprived of their usual means for getting their spirits or beer. Serious riots would, we think, be a far more probable result- -- than the • promised decrease of intoxication, and, the riots over, their legacy would be an organised system of illicit drinking at private'in lieu of public-houses. Happily, however, this objection does not apply to more gradual measures for the suppression of intoxication—such, for instance, as that sketched on Wednesday by the Home Secretary—for the simple, yet all-important, reason that gradual measures will not excite the same opposition. There is all the difference in the world between telling a sober, hard-working man that lie shall have no public-house whatever, to get his daily beer at, and telling him that 116 - '4'all no longer hare his choice_ of half-a-dozen, or use even one, except under cSr tainstrietions. We doubt, for itvitanee, whether the partial clositig of the pnblic-housek on Sunday creates any 41i, , content atnone: reipset a ble pecde. but we are quite sire theta t•lt-sgetlice ould create w idesp raid and deep di- , satisfaction. If gradual roetvatres pave the way for'a e!lange in public opinion,. Lawso:t, or his grauds,it, may some day. have the pleasnre of carry ing through iu peaceful triumph a Permissive Prohibitory Liquor Bill. • The Staddaol thinks that the plan . of Sir Wilfrid LaW son is certainly simple enough ; so simple, that, : as he rather naively confessed, he had a difficidty hi ex laining it—perhaps because no •explanation "Was required. Ile - proposes to put it into the power of tWo-thifds o therate • payers in any borough, parish, or tournship,to pass a pin bibitive bye-law, the effect of which will be to pre v ent the rest of the inhabitants froni havin:g, a public-honse within their boundaries. The bill does net go so far as to make the mere drinking of beer by thirsty souls a statutable 'offence, but only to shut up the places where it is. usually bought and sold. It would draw a cordon round every Permissive Bill adopting parish, and would make the entire boundary between the adopting, parish and its non-adopting neighbour a trysting-ground for everyone who wanted "to liquor up," if only to slew his attachment to constitutional freedom and his aversion to statutory strait-jackets. We have no wish to see English independence cut down to the Saltaire pattern, and, therefore, while we acknowledge that our laws for regulating the liquor traffic urgently require amendment, we are pleased to observe that the second reading cf the Permissive Bill was lost by a majority of more than two to ore. The Pc, lt declares that the home Secretary hit the nail vu the head when he pointed out that if crime and drunkenness and immorality arc to be checked, it can be done solely by improving the condition of the lower classes by educational means, and by affording to them inducements to spend their leisure hours and their spare cash elsewhere than in public-houses. Mr. Bruce, how ever, admitted that special legislation with reference to the number of public-houses in particular districts, and to the hours during which they remain open, might become necessary, and he pledged the Government to bring iu next session a measure framed in that spirit. • The Daily News remarks that the friends of the Per missive Prohibitory Bill—in phraseology so paradoxical does the policy of its authors involve them— did not carry the second reading of that measure on Wednesday, neither could they have expected to do so. The English character must undergo a radical change before a bill which interferes so extensively with individual freedom can pass. But they obtained from the Home Secretary a declaration that the Govern ment were ready to deal with the general question of the licensing system and the regu lation of public-houses, by a bill in which the interests of those who require the use of public-houses will be con sidered, together with those of order, peace, and quiet ness. This assurance satisfied the Muse, and for the present, we believe, will satisfy the country. The Telegraph says that to the Permissive Bill there remains the fatal objection that it would mete out one law to the rich and another to the poor. For many reasons, the bill must be condemned as an unwarrantable attempt to interfere with private liberty, and as pregnant with the very spirit of legislative unfairness. -At the same time, it is impossible to defend the present system of licensing the liquor trade. Not a speaker in Wednes day's debate denied that the licensing system was a scandal to the country. Both by 3.1 r. Forster and Mr. Bruce that fact was stated with refreshing emphasis ; and the Home Secretary made the important announcement that next session the Government would introduce a sweeping measure for the reform of the liquor traffic. A Liquor Traffic Reform Bill is imperatively required. It must be sweeping, and it must not embody the principles which were on Wednesday condemned by the Ifonse of Commons. By these two facts the legislation on the subject must be guided. The Star reminds us that a great evil may require a radical remedy, but it is necessary that it should be 'a real one, and that it should not be made intolerable by imposing intolerable restrictions on the liberty of the subject. This line of argument is entitled to a respectful consideration on the part of those who support the proposed prohibitory legislation, and it likewise appears to us to justify the compromises which have been suggested. Mr. W. E. Forster struck the key -note of practical legislation when he raised his voice for " restriction, not prohibition." The whole subject is beset with difficulties to the statesman, because it is one which he must consider in all its aspects, and not merely from one point of view. It is, however, a matter with which Mr. Bruce is perfectly competent to deal, and we cannot doubt that his measure will consti tute such a settlement of the controversy as will satisfy the friends of temperance that they have not laboured in vain. The Times thinks it is gratifying to receive so emphatic a disclaimer of Mr. Sumner's extravagant propositions as wa.s contained in the recently-published letters of "An American Citizen" and Mr. de Tracey Gould. Both assure us that Mr. Sumner only spoke for himself ; that the printing of his speech by order of the Senate by no means commits that body to his reasoning; that the almost unanimous vote which followed it implies no more than a disapproval of one particular settlement ; and that we have no ground for doubting the pacific inten tions of the President or the nation. We entirely agree with Mr. Gould that war between this country and the United States is a contingency not, indeed, physically impossible, but as morally impossible as the strongest motives of national policy and sentiment can make it. Let Mr. Sumner disguise it as he may, the Americans know that our Government acted with good faith through out, and erred, if at all, from a misconception of neutral duties. Above ail, they know that, in submitting to arbi tration on the Alabama claims, we concede everything that Mr. Seward originally demanded, everything that was expected of us by any reasonable man in the United States befoie Mr. Sumner's mischievous speech, and every thing that it is possible to concede without lowering our selves equally in their eyes and our own. The Herald observes that the profession of the Liberal leaders was, that they, and only they, could heal the dis orders of Ireland. They alleged that a crisis in her condi tion had occurred ; a crisis demanding prompt remedies ; a crisis to.which .Mr. Disraeli was unequal ; remedies the apposite of those suggested by Lord layo. They insisted on the instant demolition of the Church as a pledge o f satisfaction to Ireland. They demanded access to office in order that they might conciliate the Roman Catholic population, or, as Mr. Bright calls them, the people of Ireland. They were taken at their word. - They were put in possession of power to fulfil their engagements. The constituencies returned a vast majority pledged . to Mr. Gladstone's service ; hound to do his bidding un falteringly and unhesitatingly in all that concerned Ire land. Never had a Minister so clear a field. Never was a proffer of conciliation so complete and unconditional. If, then, the Minister has failed he stands condemned as a quack, and his policy as a blunder. If Ireland is not conciliated it is because there was no chance of conciliating her by the proposed method. No one will, we think, deny that Mr. Gladstone has failed in this respect. It is perfectly plain that Ireland is nut one whit more loyal because she believes that the Church is about to be sacri ficed ; and no reasonable man can suppose that the con summation of the sacrifice will make any difference hi her feelings. Those that are traitors will be traitors still ; those that . are restrained from treason by fear will be a little less fearful ; we wish it were as ce r t a i n that those who have been loyal will remain so. The Daily News considers that so far as parliamentary eminence is concerned, the choice of the electors of Lis li,ard is not open to censure. Mr. Iforsman is 7 notabl e a,:.iition to the del ating power and the intellectual (quill, vnt•za Par;i:oni , rit. plat career Pnggvats, however, twrne tic-t tr.) 142 futtirP Thrre wprol I:lormers befOre the I,Lforrnation, and Mr. Iforsman was an Ada:lamite years before the Cave of riari was formed. Ire was in revolt dnringth of I.nrsl Palmerston's second Admin:strat;on..rin ‘ahich he is a. 3 , not . asked to r*l•surne the oTee ! t hief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. liorsnian has more than once propounded a theory bi p.ditical Caves, and a defence of their inhabitants, which he is %veil qualified to undertake, for he has Eyed more in them than out of them. Iris %indica tion need : not be scanned too closely, if it is intended. as an apology for the past ; but the same in: . dulgence cannot be extended to it if it be designed as a declaration of intentions as to the future. It will be for Mr. Horsman to show that he has learned wisdom from his own m i stakes. Otherwise the electors of I Liskeard are not likely to be blinder to his errors than they pro7eiti,ernmelvett a fw jear3_l,l2 t 4 > 11 hilatil an the part of Mr; Bernal Osborne. The new member cannot feel himself perfectly secure in his seat. He has some ground for anxiety. Post equitem, sedet atra cura. Black care sits behind the horseman. As formerly, - so now on the great questions which occupy, or are likely to engage, the nation, Liberal principles are less revolutionary than Conservative expedients. Mr. Gladstone is a more con stitutional statesman than Lord Derby; and Mr. Bright is less dangerous than. Mr. DOraeli. If Mr. Horsmaii has taken this lesson home to himself, his abilities may !liable him to render good service in Parliament. If he has not, he cannot be acquitted of a more than Bourbon perversity and unteachableness, and will not escape the inevitable fate which these qualities entail on their possessor. REPORT ON TRE SALMON FISHERIES. The reports of Mr. Frank Backland and Mr. Walpole an the improvenient and - extension of salmon cultivation in this country contain some interesting information. The salmon Acts of 1841 and 1815 have given an impetus to this branch of pisciculture. The number of boxes of English and Welsh. salmon sold at Billingsgate • has :nerea.l from F 11.3 in 1F45 to 2,•l L in 1.507 Last , year, it s tine, the number deetinnd to 1,725, but that was attri :.isitable to the unfavourfilte weather in the fishing season. London is not the only inarket for English and Welsh slirten, but the variations in the general supply may' be inferred from th.e.se figures. The supply from seutlanit has also largely increased. Mr. Bucklaild, is -sanguine.. as to . the-.ultimate development of the - fisheries, and anticipates that salmon will become a - nutrition's article of food at a cheap rate" for the Returns have been sent in from thirty-two dii triets, in which there are 3,728 fishermen employed in olnion net fishing, besides the licensed anglers-, of whom there are 1,805. Mr. Walpole, however, tells us that, judging by the standard of the 'Tyne, the Ifumber ought to occupy,lo,ooo fishermen, and its tributaries 1,000 rods, while 50,000 net fishermen ought to find profitable employ. ment in the English rivers. The Tync is the most pro luctive river in all England, but illegal fishing is carried on there to a great extent. The Eden,. in Cumberland,: 'a a fine river, '7O miles in length, and yields 15,000 salines year. In some of the rivers there are obstructions ti.; the passage of the fish, in others the waters are polluted by mills or poisoned by mines, and in all these cases the fish suffer. The river Exe, in Devon, was once celebrated for its salmon, and is naturally a salmon and sea trout river. The fishing has been injured by the obstructions, but it is now being preserved and improved. The Camel, • running through Cornwall, is pronounced by Mr.,Buck land to be a most promising river, but the Exe suffers `Tom the numerous weirs. The Exeter Town Council ire exerting themselves to render it passable. The York 'hire rivers, Kidd and Ouse, are expected to haven good supply of fish next year. The mischief done by mining ind mill poisoning is shewn by the Tavy, in Devon, which used to be a famous salmon river. Its fish have sow been poisoned by the " 4 -owning out" of a mine, and 't will need great care to restore its former value. Mr. Walpole, in his report, insists upon the necessity of prohibit ng the opening of amine until precaution hasbeen taken to prevent the flow of all poison from it into the river. Mr. Buckland insists with equal energy upon the opening of the weirs, and trusts that Parliament will soon provide `that every weir in every salmon river shall be made pas. table to fish at all times." The other points on which the !ommissioners recommend legislation are the formation )f local byelaws, the regulation of hatches and gratings to Hills, the increase of power to water bailiffs, and the regu ',talon of sea fisheries in the estuaries, of licenses for nets, !el traps, itc. The reports are, on the whole, encouraging is to the prospect of our salmon fisheries, while those who ive near the salmon rivers will certainly profit if the 7ecommendations of the commissioners are put in practice, since the water which poisons salmon cannot be very well adapted for the use of human beings. L.4IV AND POLICE. TILE LOAN SOCIETY.— At Guildhall, on Wednesday, Reid and Jones, the secretary and collector of the. National Crovincial Assurance and Loan Society, which, it will be •ememhered, was mainly comiosed of gentlemen's ser ;ants, were committed for trial, the magistrate refusing to ake bail. RAILwAY llosnEniEs..---A system of robbery on the London and North-Western Railway has recently been - ,rought to light. Many valuable goods passing between England and Ireland ri4 Chester have been missed at Bangor. Fourteen days ago a parcel porter named 'Filson, and a tradesman named Hughes, both A Bangor, were minnitted for trial for the •obbery of a box of watches and jewelry valued at £5BO. 4ince then the same persons Were committed on a second :barge of stealing eight .gold watches, ca route from 7ovetAry for Dublin, and on Wednesday they were vought froM Carnarvon Gaol, and charged with stealing _ _ _ •,me valuable trinkets belonging to the daughter of Arch leacon Jones, of Anglesea. lt seems that Mr. Aronson the ;caner of the Missing box, bad been commissioned by Miss /ones to make soine alterations in her trinkets. Knowing )y his former losses the insecurity of the route to Bir ltingbam, Aronson sent his son with them to that town. When the alterations were completed, they were, however, sent in the ordinary way, and they never reached Mr. 4 .-ronson. Part of the property was found in the possession A Wilson and Hughes, who were committed on the three :barges to take their trial at the Carnarvonshire Assizes. ComairrrAL or Two BOYS FOR ATTESIPTING TO UPSET 4. RAILWAY TRAlN.—Samuel Morton, aged 13, and James 13rien, aged 9, have been brought before the county magis. ;rates at the Shire Hall, Nottingham, charged with ;lacing two railway metal "chairs" on the Midland line, at Sutton-Bonington. From the evidence adduced it appeared that one of the metal "chairs" was placed on ;he line in the morning and another in the evening of Friday last. They were, however, cleared off without :ausing any damage, the driver of the morning train 'laving stopped the engine for that purpose. The boys ;old a witness who appeared against them that they put the chairs on the line to see if they could " jag" the engine. Ile bench committed both the lads to take their trial at he next sessions. SALE OF INDECENT PRINTS.—A woman, named Potter, gas been convicted at the Middlesex Sessions of having cold a number of indecent books and prints, and was sen tenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months. A FEMALE EXAMINING PHYSICIAN.—The New York papers state that "Dr." Adelaide Grennan, of St. Louis, has been appointed examining physician of the Romceopathic Mutual .Life Insurance Company of New York—the first appointment of the kind ever made. STEAM ENO rNEs.—The value of the steam engines 'sported in the first three months of this year was £204,478, as compared with £290,796 in the corresponding luarter of 1868, and £.397,83J in the corresponding quarter ,f 1867. The demand for our steam engines in British India has considerably fallen off, probably because fewer locomotives are now required to be sent out for the great Indian railway lines. TONING DOWN.—When Napolen I. escaped from Elba, the Moniteur, then edited by Louis XVIII., thus •hronicled the progress of Napoleon :—" The anthropo hagist" has escaped—the " Corsican ogre" has landed— le "tiger" is coming —the " monster " has slept at Gre• ruble—the " tyrant"has arrived at Lyons—the "usurper" '.as been seen in the environs of Paris—" Bonaparte" advances towards, but will never enter, the capital— `-Napoleon " will be under our ramparts to-morrow— ' the Emperor" has arrived at Pontainebleau—andi "his Imperial IsTajesty entered the Tuileries on the 21st of March, " in the midst of his faithful sub. cots." GREAT FLOODS AT AIoNTREAL.—Advices frein Montreal give long accounts of the floods there. A de. ;patch, dated April 21, say s :—" The river still continues to rise, and the inundation is s p rea di ng, being worse now than in 186,5, and promising to equal that of Isyq. Relief boats with provisions, &c., sent out to GrifEntOwn, ;.n some parts of which there are now fire or six feet of water." Another of the same date is this worded `The inundation is momentarily increasing, and much distress prevails. In some coes whole families of women and children have bee;rl Cvithout food for over 24 hours, The police have found soma, who lived in back lanes and yards, completely prostrated from hunger and cold. The police are told off their beats as usual, and go about in boats endeavouring to relieve distress." At the latest advices the floods were subsiding. AIIERICAN JOURNALI6AI.-1- An unquestionable Pxcitement has sprung ~111) P.m.onk the reading classes of New York by an cit, tide * ,attack, sustained apparently by original . 4 . l, 7;derrits, whi c h h as b een made in the Sun newspapot, of New 'York. by Mr. Chalks A. Dana, its editor, against Air. J..lm Rwsell Young, managing editor of the New Yor.: . Tribz:ne. Mr. Young is charged with having sold the editor'al columns of tile 2', it un e t o Si mon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, for a moneyed consideration, and with having, in violation of plighted faith, transmitted the despatches of the Associat e d P ress (corresponding to R en t er ' s telegrams) t o a daily p aper i n Philadelphia, of which lie was . the clandestine proprietor. Moreover, lie is denounc.A because he caused to he in sorted in various journals great, swelling_ Words of vanity about himself; puffs, in connection v..ith M.. m u l es Dickers, who visited Mr. Young, and thereby reflected immense honour an - that peccant Journalist, when he (Mr. Dickens) was last in New - York. To all which Mr. Young replies by the arrest of Mr. Dana upon a libel suit, wherein the damages an.; laiti at one linndred-thon m4 ciourv, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ~- r e. - r • T MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. •' ' • A VENERABLE PLURALIST. The death of Archdeacon Croft has already been announced. The Times says that the deceased. dig. nitary was one of those who have found Godliness to be great gain, and who have always been devotedly attached to the Established Church. Besides his canonry, which is reputed to be of the annual value of £l,OOO a year, and which he had held since 1825, the Archdeacon was incumbent of two of the best livings in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, viz., Saltwood, near Ilythe, which is valued in the Clergy List at £784, and Cliffe-at-Hoo, near Roches ter, valued at £1,297. He had enjoyed the former of these since the year 1812, and the latter since 1818. It is calculated that the Archdeacon had received during the sixty years he had been in orders £160,000 from the revenues of the Church, besides occasional windfalls. He was not a distinguished divine; he never, in fact, published even a sermon; but he was the son-in-law of Archbishop Manners- Sutton. Compared with such splendid dowries as this all modern nepot'sm seems mean and despicable. Is it not sad to think that in these days no arch biAop would dare to promote his sJu-in-law or grandson to more than two preferments at the out side If , .democracy continues to make such strides as it has made of late years, pluralism will actually be impossible. - ENGIJSII AND I'IIENCII An interesting account of a trial between. the Hen ty-)itirtini and the Chassepot rifles has just been published by the Eoval Artillery Institution. From the trial, which took place at 'Woolwich, it appears that, as regards accuracy, the Chassepot was greatly inferior to the English arm. The worst target made with the Iknry-Martini at 500 yards was 1.62 feet ; the best with the Chasiepot was 2 . 38 feet. The best target with the Henry- Martini shewed a still higher degree of accuracy, viz., 0•96 feet. In simplicity of manipulatiox the English rifle is superior, and it is far less fatiguing to use. In firing for rapidity, the Chassepot gave 20 rounds in I min. 42sec. ; the Henry-Martini, 20 rounds in 48sec., or more than twice the rapidity. The Chassepot ammunition is lighter than that of the English, rifle, in consequence mainly of the bullet of the former weighino. 380 grains only, against 480 grains. The lightness of French ammunition appears to be the only point in . its favour, and against this many set' the following advantages on the side of the English rifle :—lncreased strength and safety of ammunition, greater accuracy, longer range, flatter trajectory, higher penetrative power, greater safety, strength, and simplicity of construc tion, and increased rapidity of fire. It would have rendered the trial more interesting if the Prussian needle-gun and the Snider rifle had also been tested on the occasion. • VELOCIPEDOMANLt. • Those who are thinking about learning and using the velocipede may be interested in the fact that on Tuesday the Newcastle magistrates fined a boy for riding the new vehicle on the footpath. Incapable of being used on rough roads, turned off the foot path, excluded from the London park s, frowned down by those who are not fond of cc new hobbies," the velocipede has certainly a deal of difficulty to strive against. But the Post-office authorities, always economical, have substituted the " dandy-charger " for the corn-consuming horses which used to convey the postmen in, mountainous Wales. THE ISIS V. THE CAM. Cambridge University hopes by improving its river to obtain means ere long of beating Orford in the annual rowing match. Oxford objects to be beaten ; and Sir George Bowyer, as representing it, suggests that the Isis shall be improved as well as the Cam. Th e I s i s over fl ows it s banks e.t uncertain seasons; the inundatiou is unhealthy and incon venient. For .?(5,000 it might be prevented. Sir George suggests th a t th e money be immediately raised by subscription. THE PEERS AND THE BILL. The question," What will the Peers do?'" depends to a great extent on what the Conservative party will do. The organ of that party states that a meeting of Conservative peers will be convened after the Whitsuntide holidays to consider the course to be taken upon the second reading of the Irish Church Bill in the House of Lords, • ELECTIONS IN SCOTLANP. Envy nbad thing, but if all that i s saidsco;art be a very t,onecot help envying the Scotch their electoral purity. The evidence given before the Parliamentary Elections Committee, now sitting, chews what an effect education has upon a country in this respect. There is no bribery; there is no corruption at all in boroughs. In the counties there is oppression by the_higher classes upon tradesmen, and iictitious voters . are made occasionally by the Conservatives ; otherwise all is pure. A. man who takes a bribe is looked upon as a thief. Would that it was Bo in England. Tirr. MAYOII OF CORN, Tt is to be hoped that we have now done altogether with Paniel O'Sullivan, the l a t e M ayor of Cork. Instead of being a "martyr for the Constitution," instead of standing up and defying the House of Commons, as his admirers seem to have thought he would do, he has collapsed utterly—has very meekly, but none the leis wisely, re signed his oflice. his -submission does not seem to kwe been brought about without difficulty. lie was fully prepared to defend himself almost up to the last moment. He suddenly changed his mind about appearing in person, and—notwithstanding that he denounced his Cork friends as traitors for suggesting such a thing—retained Mr. Edward Keogh, the brother of the judge, to spear for him to the House. But he has now resigned ; and the Government and the country are well rid of him. The public will have to pay for sending him away, however. The Treasury have a bill of £2,;ko " to expenses in re the Mayor of Cork." Attention will now be turned to the city itself, to see what new mayor the Corporation will choose. There is much anxiety expressed on the subject. The ultra-Liberal party is strong, and may elect such another firebrand as has just ,been given up. B u t it wou l d- b e difficult to discoV** er, another ; and mo d erate counsels, it is to be hOPedit will. prevail. Two more threatening letters have been received by Alderman Lyons, who brought the matter before the Council, and Mr. Collins, another town councillor, has also received an intimation that assassination may be anticipated. THE O'CONNELL CELEBHATION. • The ceremony which is to take place in Dublin on Friday, on the occasion of the removal of Daniel O'Connell's remains, does not seem likely to become a dangerous demonstration. As many Protestants and Tories as can overlook the celebration of High Mass are to be present, the Lord Mayor of Dublin is to attend, and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor has promised his presence. Archbishop Manning expresses his sympathy with what is to be done, and, as no opposition will be raised, no bad feeling, it seems probable, will be excited, LONDON GAItTY. Her Majesty has redeemed her. promise. She is once more making London alive by visiting it and holding her Courts there. The season .is enlivened; society is en fete; tradesmen are delighted. At her Drawing-room on Tuesday there were present Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Hassan, the son of the Viceroy of Egypt, the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, the Prince and tht Princess of Teck, fOreian Ministers ad lib., and the fashionable world in abundance. Though the weather was dull enough, the parks were crowded to over- Rowing. Yesterday her Majesty attended the Royal Academy, which was elosed, in Conseilnonce, to the general public. List night there was a grand concert at Buckingham Palace, IDIPLOIt Abe CHAN is ES. Sir Sohn Crampton, our Minister at Madrid, has tent in his resignation. Sir John was born in Dub lin, in 1807, and his father was Sir Philip Crampton, an eminent surgeo:), The son was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Dublin. Entering the diplo matic service, he rose by successive steps until he became Minister at Washington. Isis career there was cut short by a quarrel between the United States Government and our o*ri, During the Russian war we recruited for troops in America; this was resented lwast by the s t a t esmen at W as hi ngton, an d th e. di spu t e grew so s er i ous th a t Si r J o h n C ramp t on h a d t o return home in 1800, In the following year he r e presentedranse r r e r a ed ti go ita m ili th a e t n t c h e to eCsotti.rtpoefterlaunrogveinr. 1858, and to Madrid in 1800. Lately he has had a great deal of work on his hands. The Tornado and Victoria outrages involved an . immense amount of negotiation. Then came the fall of the reigning dynasty, and now the dispute about the Mary Lowell. It is not stated if Sir John's resignation is his own act, but it may readily be imagined that a younger and more energetic man is required at the Spanish Court ; especially as the cession of Gibraltar is sure to be demanded so soon as the Spaniards have a settled Government. To-day Mr. Reverdy Johnson takes leave of Lord Clarendon, nal will present Mr. 73. Moran as charge aires until the arrival of Mr. Motley. Few diplomatifes have had • so unfortunate a career as Mr. Johnson. Ile came to this country full of goodwill, and his advent was heralded by announce ments of peace and concord. Ile arranged a con vention by which all disputes between his Govern ment and ours were to be settled. Ile travelled up and down the country making pacificatory and conciliatory speeches. But the more amiable he was the more angry grew his • fellow-countrymen, until at last they absolutely refused to accept an arrange ment, which - was one of the greatest triumphs American diplomacy has ever won. Mr. Johnson re= turns to his own country re inftctd, and is succeeded • • • ;sf EVENING, MAY 13, 1.869. British Minister would venture to entertain, even though he had, a majority twice as large as Mr. Gladstone s. It is all very melancholy and very absurd. The Hon. Williani Barrington is appointed to the Legation at Copenhagen as second secretary. Mr. Barrington is, we believe, a brother of _Viscount Barrington, who was Lord Derby's private secretary for some time. It may be presumed that merit, rather than political influence, has led to this - pro motion. for the operations of the Free Trade League were supplied by foreign manufacturers. In other words, that native Americans received money from foreign countries to get up an agitation to the prejudice of their countrymen's industry. It is hardly necessary to remark that there is not the slightest foundation for such a statement. HONOURS. The Owl states that, " as a part of the plan for the extension of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (the Colonists' Order), the Earl of Derby, Earl Grey, Earl Russell, and Viscount Monck will receive the G.C.M.G." . The three first of these have filled the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies, and it is to be presumed that they, as well as the late Governor- General of Canada, will receive the Order to do honour to it. For another reason—in order to do honour to them, Lord Lyttelton, Sir F. Rogers, Mr. Adderley, Mr. F. Peel, Mr. 'T. F. Elliot (cea ra .ans dire), and Mr. Henry Taylor will be made Knights Commanders. Lord Lyttelton is the founder of the Canterbury settlement, No* Zealand, and he, Mr. Peel, and Mr. Adderley have filled the office of Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Sir F. Rogers is Permanent ..Under-Seeretary. Mr..T.Aliot is an Elliot. Mr. henry Taylor, the poet, has been in the Colonial Office forty-five years. TUE CJOVERNMENT AND LECUSLATION. The Owl announces that the Government will introduce a bill for the registration of trade-marks ; that Mr. M'Mahon's Poor Law (Ireland) Bill, whose object is to substitute union rating for that by elec toral divisions, will be referred to a select committee; and that Mr. Stansfeld will probably succeed Mr Hamilton as Permanent Secretary to the Treasury. THE BILL ON EVIDENCE. The Godrich case is likely to strengthen cone:- derably the hands of Mr. Denman in the passage of his Evidence Bill. That one jury should find two persons guilty of crime, that two other juries should exonerate the accused, and that a fourth should be very doubtful about the matter, is certainly not at all satisfactory. Mr. _Denman writes to say that his bill wants no amendments to make it possible for the whole case—the stories of the accused as well as the accusers—to be laid before the first jury. SUDDEN DEATHS. The number of sudden deaths during the last few clays has been remarkable. In addition to those of Mr. Wescomb and Sir Wentworth Dilke, the sudden death of Sir Edward W etherall, th e Perm anent Under- Secretary for Ireland, is announced. Sir Edward was a military man who had office at the Horse °bards, but just as Mr. Maraeh's Government was in es: : ends was appointed Under-Secretary for Ireland, a post not usually assigned to a mili tary man. The ai paintment gave rise to a good deal of adverse criticism, and also to a debate in the House of Commons. On that occasion the Government intimated that though they did not intend to remove Sir Edward Wetherall, they should take the earliest opportunity of offering him suitable military employment. It is but about a fortnight ago that one of the military papers stated that he had been appointed t o the command of a division in India. This statement was subsequently contra dicted, and now we have the news of Sir Edward's sudden death on T ues d ay n i g ht at his official residen ce . Beside th e gent l emen a b ove m en ti one d w h o , during the last few days, have died suddenly, we .have accounts of the almost instantaneous decease of the Rev. J. W. Massie D.D., LL.D., in Ireland, and Mr. Thom as Joyce, formerly editor of the Morning Chronicle, and then of the Levant Herald. Mr. Joyce ar r i ve d i n L ondon on th e d a y o f hi s d eat h . He fell d own w Conveyedin one of the streets insensible, as to a police-station on a stretcher, and died shortly afterwards of apoplexy. CAPITAL AND LABOUR. h it possible to send into everlasting oblivion the antagonism between labour and capital ? Messrs. Briggs, of Whitwood Collieries, who boast of having clone so in their own individual case, make a proposal of universal application. Its gist is expressed in a term which they use, " labour-capital." They would treat labour as a thing invested, and having as much ri4ht to participation in good profit as capital. They propose that the wages given to the. men shall be equal to that received for the same work in the neiglibmirbood. The income derived by the proprie tors must be fixed according to the capital invested, at a rate, also similar. to that taken by other pro prietors in the same district. Then if any further capital remains, it shall be divided as a bonus in the form of an equal percentage over the skgrfgate amount of " invested capital " and of wages or salaries ( " labour-capital") earned during the period in which such profit has accrued. How about the lot;ses FOREIGN NOTES. SETTLEIIENT OP THE srANisii GovEr.NitENT. After months of uncertainty and danger, the revolu tionary leaders have at length agreed upon a form of government. They have been unable to find a king, and they now abandon the thankless search. Marshal Serrano will be appointed sole Regent of the kingdom, and will govarn with the aid of a Ministry, of which Prim will be the President. At present, however, the Cortes has not' arrived at that portion of the constitution which is to determine whether the Government shall be a Monarchy or a Republic. The deputies are accordingly to hold morning and evening sittings—nine hours in all— so as to get through the 33rd Article in the course of the present week. On Tuesday they had arrived at Article 31. The 33rd Article provides that "Monarchy is the form of government adopted by the Spanish nation." Immediately the Parliament has voted this article—about which there will be a very heavy debate—a motion will be brought forward to elect Serrano as sole Regent. This being do ne , the Ministry will be reconstituted. The effect of this arrange will obviously be that Serrano becomes for life, or for so long as he may choose, King of Spain. Should he die or resign, another regent must be chosen, or, if Republican principles do not profit by this compromise between Monarchy and Republicanism, a hereditary king may be selected. But Prim will be the chief ruler of the country. He will be President of the Ministry, and he will have the command of the army— the all-important influence in Spanish politics. Moreover, Serrano cares nothing for power. He has been the visible head of the Government since the revolution, but he initiates nothing. His influence is exerted chiefly in con elation and the smoothing down of difficulties, rather than in the direct exercise of power. In some quarters it is asserted that this arrangement will be strongly opposed, and that Serrano himself dislikes it. But the Times correspondent gives it as finally deter mined upon. CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES. The news respecting Cuba is more pacific than any that has arrived since the insurrection broke out. The - United States Administration seems to have completely changed its policy. The hopes of the insurgents were raised to a high point by the exceedingly unwise motion to recog nise their independence passed in the Washington House of Representatives. The unfortunate Cubans now find the cup dashed from their lips. General Grant's Cabinet will avoid all complications ; the strictest neutrality will be preserved ; even the bellicose Senators declaim against a war with Spain on the ground that it would at least be expensive. This change of front will, it is expected, dispose of the insurrection. The Cuban agents in New York themselves affirm that the insurgents cannot hold out sixty days without recognition or material aid from the United States. _ THE ALABAMA DISPUTE. The information of the Times correspondent leads him to the conclusion, now adopted by most people, that the negotiations for the settlement of the Alabama diipute will be entirely suspended. Mr. Fish, the new Secretary of State, gives out that Mr. Motley will take no prescribed instructions to England ; that he will be authorised to treat on the basis of Senator Sumner's speech ; that the Secretary believes this will be declined ; and that, in such an event, Mr. Motley is to wait and not revive the matter unless here after specially instructed to do so, leaving the question an open one, a position w hi c h the Secretary thinks will be advantageous to the United States. Mr. Chandler's foolish talk about Canada is treated with ridicule, even in quarters where he might have expected support. Mr. _Gould, of the United States, writes to the Times On the - friendly relations between England and America, protesting that Englishmen should not accept an individual utterance as an expression of official opinion or of popular feeling. Mr. Sumner has never been anything but an imprac ticable theorist. It is of no significance that his speech was printed by order of the Senate. President Grant is an eminently practical man, and the Americans a pre eminently practical people. "An American Citizen" also writes on this subject, and declares that the United States was never less inclined to go to war with Great Britain than at present. The real grievance of the Americans is that the Alabama was in truth an English vesel - , and remained so in - law and conscience. There is not a respectable minority in any party that would justify an attempt to wrest the Canadas from the British Crown. FREE TRADE V. PROTECTION. The American Protectionists begin to perceive that their cause is in some danger. The movement in favour of Free Trade has become so active that the Protec tionists have resolved to get up a counter agitation. They held 'a meeting in Philadelphia on the 2th of May, and though we do not learn the precise result of their delibera tions, we find that they contrived to betray the weakness of their case by slandering their opponents. The circular con vening the meeting, was signed by manufacturers and THE BELGIAN RAILWAY DIFFICULTY. The Owl hears that M. l'rreOrban speaks in high terms of the conduct of the Emperor during the recent negotiations, and of the conciliatory course of M. de 'Lavalette. Nothing, however, is said . in favour of M. Rouher, and this silence strengthens the impression.. M. Rouher adopted a very high-handed policy with Belgium, and that the Emperor found it necessary to undo his chief Minister's work. M. Fr;:re-Orban is sanguine that the settlement agreed upon will be equally satisfactory to both parties The Owl adds that this happy result is largely owing to the good offices of the British Government. The line taken by Lord Clarendon had an important influence on the decision of the dispute. It is, indeed, true that M. FKre-Orban's policy;which has the support of King Leopold, is vehemently contested by the clerical party, who are beginning to look with favour upon annexation to France ; but no exceptional importance is to be attached to these party differences. The end of this railway quarrel can hardly fail toimprol's the good relati ludAt - ern the tbree count riet4. MAZZINf. The Swiss .Government has prohibited Mazzini front residing in any of the cantons—right in Lumber—which border upon France or Italy. If he choose to continue his residence in Switzerland he must remove frOm the frontier provinces. The Government of Berne has ordered all the Italian deserters, of whom a great number have taken refuge in Switzerland, to remove from the two cantons which adjoin Italy. The Indepen. dance Beige says that no representations on this subject have been made by the Italian Ministry. The Swiss authorities have of their own accord taken the measures which they deemed essential to the proper fulfilment of international obligations. Of course the Milan conspiracy is the cause of this interference. 1111?. SUMNER AND 771 P, PROCLAMA7ION OF NEUTRALITY. (From the New Pork Nation.) There is little doubt that Mr. Sumner's exposi tion before the Senate of the so-called " Alabama claims" re..eives the approval of a great majority of the people of the Northern States, including many who have no sympathy with his favourite ideas, and who generally skip his classical allusions with some contempt and more impatience. His argu ment. was, In closeness, directness, and legal farce, happily superior to many of his recent speeches!. The character of the au' ject appears to have re vived in the Senator's mind the effect of that juris tical training to whi3ll it was subjected in earlier days. In rejecting the Johnson and Clarendon convention it is clear that the. Senate has acted in accordance with the general sentiment of the coun try. It was very desirable to have some generally received statement of the foundation of that senti ment, and it is likely that Mr. Sumner's argument will stand as such, at least for the present. Even those who differ from him as to the extent of the claims of tl:e United States may agree as to the objPctionable form or character of the convention, and its failure to correspond to the circumstances on which those claims must be founded, fdeudr„tehve vessels and them limited to compensation and cargoes actually destroyed by ships of the Ala , barna class. The English journals, in charging the Americans with unreasonable dissatisfaction with the proposals on the English sile, have often repre sented these proposals as including a positive con sent on the part of England to make such compen sation. From the confessions which bare been publicly made in England during the last four years, and the compliments which Mr. Johnson's appearance at British feasts as our representative has elicited, the American public had been led t believe that this consent, with at least an implied acknowledgment of something very like wrong doing on the part of the British Government, was virtu ally given. They do not look upon the offer of an opportunity to refer the question of payment for such and such a ship or ships dui cargo to some accidental arbiter, on the same footing as any private claims which may be brought forward on the other side, as. being a fulfilment of ex pectations hitherto entertained. There is a gene ral feeling that in this respect the national sentiment has been trifle I with. The difference between the recognition of the Confederates as belligerents according to their actual military and naval force, and the concession of bellig.Tency to the Soutqtern States in their confederacy, so as to give nationality to armed ships issuing out of a neutral port, has not hitherto been made sitli ciently prominent in this discussion. Mr. Sumner's argument is good for its statement at. least, if not for its application, of this distinction, which we are inclined to regard as giving the key to the contro versy about the " Alabama claims," so far as it involves a question of strict international law. But we are by no means confident that in this contro versy our Government should insist that this dis tinction was overlooked by Great Britain in taking international 'cognizance of the rebellion by the Queen's proclamation of neutrality May 31, 18611 as Mr. Sumner says :—" Close upon the outbreak of our troubles, just one month after the bombard 'tient of Fort Sumter, when the rebellion was still undeveloped, when the national Government was beginning those gigantic efforts which ended so triumphantly, the country was startled by the news that the British Government had intervened by a proclamation, which accorded belligerent rights to the rebels. At the early date when this was done the rebels -were, as they remained to the close, with out ships on the ocean, without prize courts or other tribunals for the administration of justice on the ocean, without any of those conditions which are the essential pre-requisites to such a concession j and yet the concession was general, b e i n g applic able to the ocean and the land, so that by British fiat they became ocean belligerents as wellassla:d belligerents. In - the swiftness of this bebestowal y power ; nor does it appear that the there was very little considerationrefor wasa f a r n ie y n d in quiry on a which it fact,' must u at depend.-.into ths; s e o -conditions an b u and not a principle,' can recognized only on bege pLez y de b n u t i the rule first:stated by Mr. Canning an 11 But no such evidence evid e nce showing its actual existence, adcacoftredri%nvgantios recognized by Earl gesso . fact,' and not a prin ciple.' was adduced ; for it did no t n ex u t u s t t, be an iu d id n u ev p e u r n has tite existed. Too much stress ca rule that belligerency is a tion to this discussion ; a nd its „ It is perhaps the most uruimportantiivairictaotnetmriehu: u t t , laeG genius ever directed to this sub j sct. Accordin g to on e nour to " its e author, t ; f o unquestionablyreek revolution, does ho the brightest this rule belligerency must be proved to exist, it mas tbe shown. It cann ot be ima g ined or divined, or invented ;it must exist as a fact' within the know ledge of the world , or as a ' fact ' susce p tible of p roof . Nor can it be inferre d on the ocean merel y fr om its existence en the land. Unfriendly in the precipi tancywith which it was launched, this concession was more unfriendly in substance. It was the first stage in the depredations on our commerce. Had it not been made no rebel ship Could have been built in England. Every step in her building would h ave been piracy. Nor could any munitions of war have been furnished. The direct consequence of this concession was to place the rebels on an equality with ourselves in all British markets, whether of ships or munitions of war. As these were open to the National Government, so were they open to the rebels. The asserted neutrality between the two began by this tremendous 'Concession when rebels, at one stroke, - were transformed not only into belli gerents, but into customers. In attributing to that bad proclamation this peculiar influence, I follow the authority of the law lords of England, who, a s _ u co u r t d i i t n t g he to li a t t t l i t u le g en u t t i l c re, ipainunEotaidu.dthtaotunr.liitil sie against the United States would have been an act of piracy. This eoneu-ion was clearly stated by Lord Chelmsford, ex-Chancellor, speaking for himself and others, when he said If the Southern Confede racy bad not been recognized as a belligerent power, he agreed with his noble and learned friend (Lord Brougham) chat, tinder these circumstances, if any Englishmen were to fit out a privateer for the pur pose of assisting the Southern States against the Northern States, he would be guilty of piracy.' This conclusion is only according to analogies of law." Exception may well be taken to many of then as- sertions. Up to the time of the proclamatien any American might have been a customer for ships or Munitions of war in British ports. The Southerners had been buying in preparation for the war, and if no notice whatever had been taken by the British Government of the existence of a rebellion, as Mr. Sumner appears to intimate was possible, any per son, British or American, Northerner or Southerner, might have gone on exporting ships and muni tions to Southern or Nerthern States, provided he. took them as articles of commerce and not in a ship under a new flag, not known in com merce or hostile to the United States. Of course our consuls must soon have begun to refuse the necessary papers, and our Minister would have begun to call for the arrest of the parties engaged in the commerce With the South, as perams eng aged in piratical enterprises, or as subjects of Gm eat Bri tain engaged iu unlawful designs against our peace and s ,fety, and, as such , coming wimhin the provi sions of the Foreign, Enli,tment Act. Mr. Sumner insieunes, rat! Cr than affirms, that it was the duty_ of England to have taken this course throeghout the rebellio n . net this would not have ben to ignore the rebellion. That was impos3ible. Unless we assert that by the rules of international law eve, y Government, in case of a rebellioe, is enti led to r.csivc the commercial assistance of every friendly power, without reference to the actual strength of the rebellion, it must be admitted that the British Government would have been justified at some time or other in taking the position of neutrality. Mr. Sunmer's argument is, that if this position of neu trality had not first been taken there woul I have been no such belligerency in fact as could justify this position on the part of any foreign power. On this point, which we cannot now properly consider, we may be obliged to differ from the prevailing opi nion. We have recently said that there were cir cumstance a attending the proclamation of neutt ality and the progress of the rebellion which have made the question between the two countries one of feel ing, and we really concede the force of Mr. Summer's exposition of the reasons for the feeling on the Ame rican side. But it must, we think, be admitted on the part of the United States, if we propose to ne gociate at all, that the proclamation of neutrality, at some time before the issuing of the Al :barna, could not of itself be a ground of international com plaint. Mr. Sumner says, " That England became an ' arsenal' for the rebels we know, but this could not have been unless the proclamation had ptepered the way." But it was the violation of the procla mation and of English laws that made England an arsenal for the rebels. The effect of the proclama tion was to close " the markets of ships and muni tions," not to " open" them, as Mr. Sumner states it, to the two " contending parties," as the procla mation styles them. The concession of belligereney,• if it may be called by that name, which violated the principle laid doWn by Mr. Sumner, was not made by this proclamation. It is now urged by the English jurists that a violation of the munici pal laws can be no grievance to another nation, unless the act itself is also contrary to international law. They claiai further that as this law now exists, priv.mteers, or armed cruisers in the service of a foreign state, may lawfully issue out from neutral ports. Now it is here, we think, that the principle which Mr. Sumner has brought hrward becomes applicable. The proclamation must be, bee muse it can be, interpreted as recognizing belligerency ac cording to the fact. The point we would make, and which Mr. Sumner states elsewhere in his speech, is, that the Confederacy had no such status that it cou'd make a privateer of a ship equipped iu a neutral port. The American Government did not accord this status to the Confederacy by proc'aim ing a blocked.: of Southern ports, because that was a r.. cegui ion of belligerency only according to the " fact." 2he United States had that status, and might, as the law of privateers now is, have sent out such a cruiser. This is a superiority which every recogoiz al nation must hive, if there are to be such things as recognized nations. Mr.' Sumner argues as if a proclamation of neutrality between the two " contending parties" on the part of England could give the Southern Confederacy this status. Of course it may be that in the minds of Mr. Laird and the British public, the proclamation was taken to have this effect. But that is not our affair. Mr. Sumner, and Mr. Seward before him, have erre I, we suggest, in making the recognition of the Ala bama, as a lawful cruiser, the legal consequence of th it recognition of a civil war which was in by the British proclamation. According to th's rea soning, France is equally responsible with England for time issuing of the Alabama. With the view we here take, we can admit the cruisers sailing from a Southern port and putting into English "mart:ours were properly treated as belligerent ships, and not piretes. 'We can even admit that, had the Alabama been run out to_a_Southern port as a mere article of commerce, though in violation of English muni cipal laws, and had thence sailed as a cruiser, she might have been 'entitled to like consideration. The ship once identified, in fact, with the Confederate force, would admit of belligerent recognition to the extent of the fact. But, on the other hand, there could be no recognition of the belligerency of the Confederacy by land and sea as a "principle," which should apply to an armed ship issued out of a neutral port, least of all by the neutral from whose ports and against whose law shehad issued. 15 is from insuAieiency of legal terms that we connect " belli gerency" with the Alabama. The ship, on the facts, was in the femme category as if the English procla. Illation bad never been issued, and no " contending parties" had been recognised by the English Govern ment. Mr. Sumner says, with justice, "The dedi cation of the ship to the rebel service, from the very laying of the keel and the organisation of her voy aee, with England as naval base, from which she drew munitions of war and men„ made her departure as much a hostile expedition as if she hal sailed forth from her Majesty's dockyard. At a moment of profound peace between the United States and England there was a hostile expedition against the United States. It was in no just sense a commer cial transaction, but au act of war." Mr. Sumner's speech has the old ear-mark of the emancipationist. Ho seems to think that England was bound, by ancient anti-slavery tics, to render assistance against the Confederacy. Southern secession was in the interest of slavery, therefore, &c., says Mr. Sumner. But if he really means to maintain that nations are bound by time professions of their public men, who is to answer for Messrs. Banks and Chandler? - While generally agreeing with Mr. Sumner in his argument for the rejection of the ,Johnson and Clarendon ConVention, we cannot wish that it should be a foundation for future negotiation. It was understood that Mr. Seward had abandoned the position that the "Alabama claims" are founded on the proclamation of neutrality, and we hope that the present Administration will not return to it. We agree with Mr. Sumner, that we are entitled to a convention, giving reparation on the ground that a principle of international law has been violated on the part of England; and if it is clear that that has occurred, the acknowledgment is perfectly consistent with national honour and dignity. 1% e would con fine our claims to the limits of fact and international law ; the existence of a certain national feeling or sympathy may have been an ulterior cause of greater losses, but it cannot be made a basis of demands and reparations. • . ATCHISON, Kansas, April 21.—One hundred and fifty New Yorkers arrived at Waterloo on Sunday. They design taking land in that vicinity, and are the advance guard of 2,000 families wit, are making arrangements to join them. A Danish coloay have purchased a large track of Kickapeolawls ' costing. $7•.000. They will be here this week. Agents of other large colo!des are now out lac:at ' ins lands. it is reported that an incorporated company of Louis wen have purchased a site in this city, and wil soon build a large hotel.--T , ibune. The Atherican Soziety closed its financial i year with The end of March. Its receipts from all sources have been upwards of $731,000, biing the largest, with the exception of one year, ever recorded. LADvstrusEmsxr.l—llolloway's Ointment and Pills.— Hopes and Fears.— What-ver he the ailment, let no one de,p sir of meeting wait a cure till these searching and purifying remedies have been fairly tried. A vast variety of chronic complaints, which had baffled the most learn d prescriptions, have readily been relieved by the co':joint action of Holloway's curative agents. They act primarily in discharging all deleterious dregs from the blood, and, secondarily, in rectifying disordered conditions of the secretions, caused by unknown or unavoidable impurities existing in the air or iu the food, or resulting from late hours or dissipated habits. Cutaue:ms diseases, so fre quently affiicting the scrofulous, consumptive and feeble, yieldlwith surprising rapidity to tj Ae 6 t ea d y use of mu°. way'e unclicalucutr. COUR? OF ALDER►MENV. The ordinary meeting of the magistrates of the City was held yesterday, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding. DISAPPEARANCE OF A STOCKBROKER. Mr. Oppenheim, barrister, appeared in support of a petition by Mr. Edward Barge, complaining of the conduct of Mr. 'William Allison, stock and share broker, 2, Birching-lane, and praying that his sure ties might be proceeded against on their boni!s• The petition had been presented at a for.ner court, and was now set down for hearing. Mr. 11. W. SEWELL, the sword bearer, said he had endeavoured to serve the u-ull notice relative to the petition upon Mr. Allison, but found that be bad gom;e away in March last, and bad not since been heard of. Under the peculiar circumstances of the case the matter waP, on the motion of Sir SYDNEY WATEN LOW, referred to the Brokers' Committee to inquire as to what course should be adopted. THE MAGISTERIAL DUTIES OF - nu Low, Al.kron. • Sir B. PHILLIrs moved— ,, that it be referred to the General Purposes Committee to inquire whether any, and, if any, what alter.itions are desirable with a view to the mire equal diviziou of the mo. gisterial daties at the 31:Insion-house and _Guild hall." Mr. Alderman SALOMONS, M.P., seconded the motion. Alderman Sir Wm. ANDERSON Rost; thought motion of- this kind ought not to have been moved and seconded without comment. It was quite true that within the last few months there had been a great deal of heavy business at the Mansion-house , but this wai an exceptional state of matters, and he should not like to see important - cases conducted under the responsibility of the Lord Mayor falling into the hands of the magistrates who might be at Guildhall, ai it very often happened tl at a junk''' . member of their body presided in that court. Ile made these observations because the motion hid a tendency to disturb the existing arrang, merit wi , b regard to the magisterial duties, and might possibli lead to some difficulties. At present, when there were causes of au important character coming on, at the Mansion-house, the lighter business W 5 always disposed of by a brother magistrate, and he did nf,t see why this arrangement should ; not be continued when necessary. Alderman SALOMONS remarked that they slid want to take away any of the honours or privilege of the Lord Mayor, but it was felt that he might be relieved of a great many of the petty cases that nay' occupied his time; and with that view it bad been considered the better course that the matter should go to the committee and be .discusse 1 there. . _ Alderman SIDNEY, after remarking that the duties at Guildhall were pretty equally divided between those who passed the chair and those who had not , said he agreed with Sir William Rose in think ing that the business at the Mansion-house we° somewhat exceptional, and he was afraid it wa s caused by what •be considered a piece of erratic legislation. There was no doubt a great influx of business bad been caused by the unfortunate Limite d Liability Act. It was perfectly astonishing, to ee e so many gentlemen of high position brought before the Lot d Mayor, and he only hoped that the publi cation of the proceedings at the Mansion-h(u s from time to time wou:d have its effect upon th e House of Commons, and induce them - to redece l their error. Alderman and Sheriff COTTON said it seemed t° him that the motion was rather an unnecessary one. It was always in their power to transfer auy 0 6° from the Alansion-house to the Guildhall. • Mr. Alderman BESLEY thoug!tt the subject 3 proper one for an inquiry, and observed that a transfer of the business would neci:t sitate all alterA' tion in the police districts. Alderman S:r IVILLWI ROSE said it wits for till% reason that he had been a little anxious about the matter. If the districts were to be altered, it Wa s a very serious question. After some further discussion the motion vtro s agreed to. A report was brought up from the General Par pows Committee, recommending the appointmen t of a junior clerk at the jnstice-room of the Mansion' house, at a salary of £B') a year, with an a nnuli increase of £lO until it reaches £lOO, the person appointed to be not less than 18 or more than :! , d years of ago. The report was approve.l of, and it was referred back to the c3fnini tee to make the necessary : 1 1?" poin Uncut. The proceedings then terminated. The Rev. Dr. Bellows delivcre 1 the third an a , last of a course of lectures, in All Souls' Church, corner e ` Twentieth-street nod Fourth-avenue, April 21, ‘• Oa the Footprints of Humanity." These lectures have been gi`i ell for the purpose of aiding the enterprise inaugurated by t ile Young Men's Union of All Souls' Church, of furnishi 4 free preaching, awl free seats every Sunday in the larg i ball of the Cooper Union. After speaking of the grade` development of the race through the ages of the past, tbl speaker said that, though our own modern civilization 1)3 : its snore immediate beginning upon the banks of the itec h terranean, we were dependent upon every age of the Po st Americans, especially, were disposed to forget the which the present age owed to the ages that were pa ,t• They were very much dioposed to think that the Atlantic had washed out the past. But in reality no nation ' 035 more dependent ou the past than we. The discoverY f the New World was made under the auspices of Sp ai° :, and had been settled by people from every nation 1 ; Europe: Our politics, our religion, our opinions, and eu tastes were iu a gloat measure derived from the O ld World. The fabrics we wore, the vessels wo travel Of the beverages we drink, wore in a large degree of IJu rl9 ; pan origin. When the American visited Europa he ' l ' l . not among strangers. Ho was visiting his grandpstre nV ,; his uncles, and his aunts. He was simp'y visiting tu,, home of his ancestors, the land that his religion eot„ from ; where the printing-press was invented, and bo e '; first made. The spirit of the nineteenth century Was as soave in the Old World as in the New. Even CIO, was influenced by the spiri of progress. The spes j ,, e ll thought we wore yet to derive great benefits fl u a more intimate acquaintance with these peopl e, from whom we had heretofore been so complet e ?: separated. He thought that the r esu l t - o f Amoriet; navel in Europe would soon be th a t we would kno w t e Old World better than it knew itself. It was a mist 3 r i i to suppose that religion was on the decline i n the w° r ',l There was more money expended in the erection churches to-day than ever b e f ore. T he great prinellt of Christianity were taking deeper hold on huinan'A every day, and w ou ld con ti nue to d o so as th e a rts a" - Sciences became more universally known and practised . LADVERTISEMENT.]-11enceforth no one will doubt the valuablo properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Rovalenta Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessing; it has already received from Invalids Whose position had bes deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pa c e r whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty yea r' do unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "Gazette,i, Midi," July 25th Rome, July 21, 1866. The health of the 11 ` Father is excellent, especially. since, abandoning all other rew t o dies, he has confined himself entirely to Dn Barry's Reval en t,l o. Arabic°. Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every In e It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, „ his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." „f extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures:—Cure No. 56 , 21 n -et the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver conalno, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous pal pio n is' all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the snot d o tolerable nervous agitation. Cure Igo 1.771: Lord Stuar t . 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