The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-14 00:00:00

LATV AND POLICE. STEALING DRESSES.—AIfred Howard, a gentlemanly man, was charged at Marlborough-street with obtaining two dresses, value £3B, from Messrs. Jay, of Regent-street, by fraud. The prisoner, accompanied by a woman, went to Messrs. Jay, and selected the dresses which he ordered to be sent to Bolton-street. When they wore brought, he gave a cheque on Hoare's Bank for the money, but there was no account in his name. Two van-loads of miscellaneous property were taken from his lodgings, which it was believed had been obtained by similar frauds. The prisoner was remanded. STEALING Max.—Amen and wife, named Coleman, were charged at Clerkenwell with stealing eighty-six quarts of milk, the property of their employer. He visited their house and found in a can five quarts more of milk than they had been supplied with. The female prisoner said she had added some water to the milk supplied her, and thought the surplus her perquisite. The prosecutor denied that he had sanctioned such a practice, and the prisoners were committed for trial, bail being granted. CFMEITY TO A llonsn.-1 bute:er, named Gal fined £3, at Worship-street, fur cruelty t: a horse. .% constable saw the prisoner driving fast along Bethnal green-road, but the horse was going on three legs. The ;an, money was ran A BAD 111oTnnu.—A ragged lif;ble girl, 10 years old, way charged, on remand at Worship-street, with begging. llc r mother, it appeared, sent her out to 3211 fusees, telling her to run away if she saw a policeman. The child was beaten if she took home less than fourpcnce. The mother was charged with sending the child out to beg, but as the child was too ignorant to be sworn, she was discharged with a caution. Snell GOLD CIIAINS.—A woman, a day or two since, applied for advice to the Lambeth magistrate. Her husband bought a pawn-ticket for a "gold" chain, pledged for 2s. On taking the chain out of pledge it proved to be worthless. The applicant wished to know if her hus band could proceed against the pawnbroker. The magistrate said certainly not, but ho could proceed against the man who sold the ticket. Tim POA.CRING AFFRAYS NEAR BLACKBURN.—Thellack 'burn county magistrates have committed the five men implicated in the murderous poaching affray on the 2nd inst., in which two policemen showed extraordinary courage and were severely hurt. The three other poachers who were charged with attempting to murder the farmer Eastham have been discharged, as the prosecutor was unable to identify them. THE EUROPEAN IN CHANUTE Vice-Chancellor James was engaged yesterday in hearing the two petitions for the winding up of the European Assurance Company Mr. Serjeant Sargood, Mr._ Dickenson, Q.C., Mr. Higgins, and Mr. Kekewich appeared for the petitioners ; and Mr. Glasse, Q.C., Mr. Fry, Q.C., Mr. Amphlett, Q.C., Mr. Millar, Mr. Whitchorn, and others for the other parties. Mr. Dickenson at the commencement of the proceedings called his Honour's attention to the fact that a motion had been made to commit The Times for publishing certain matters sub iudice. The Observer had since that published a letter cf Mr. Lake's,which was quite as much a contem:4 of court as the article in the Times. The Vice-Chancellor said that he had certain matters before him to decide, and Mr. Dickenson must give notice of his motion Scrjeant Sargood then opened the petition of Mr. Cowpc, a sharPholder of the company, who asked that the company might be wound up, on the ground that the com pany was insolvent, and upon another ground—that it was prudent that it should be wound up. In reference to the first allegation, the learned serjeant explained that by insolvent he did not mean that the company could not pay any particular debt* but whether it could ray all its debts and viewing the peculiarities of insurance and assurance business, was the company in a solvent condition? The Vice-Chancellor: The Act of Parliament says "able to pay its debts." Scrjeaut Sargood then went on to say that the amount of policies was acknowledged to be ever £8,000,000, and that .£200,000 had been paid for amalgamation with the other companies. This sum was treated as an asset, whereas the learned counsel contended that such could not he done. As a proof that the company was not a1.:13 to pay its debts, the petitioner•in his atlidavit mentioned the fact that a shci t. time since a call of 1.75. per share had to be made. Dlr. Cowpc a1z.,0 alleged that the company ought at all events to have 42,000,000 in hand, whereas they had not £500,000. Notwithstanding that, the company was insolvent, the directors had been receiving fees, and dividends had been paid. Mr. Sargcod here laid down that the company was insolvent, not because it could not pay the obligations of the hour, but because it could not pay It 3 general obligations on a fair estimate of its general liabi- litics. Of course the retitioners were Acting sumo:v . ll:A in ignorance, a 3 they had not the bools before them. The Vice-Chancellor And yet you mr.l:e such whole denunciation; Serjeant E'argood meant that the information had only bean obtained from the c:m2any's own lalan?,e-sheet. Of course in that sheet aggregate sums were rut down, and the petitioners had no opportunity of seeing if they were right or not. There was originally another petiticnc r with Mr. Crawford, but he had withdrawn. In his affidavit he stated that he had been a member of the guarantee com mittee. In 1566 and 1367 he did not believe the company was in a position to pay a dividend, and when the - cheque for the amount of his dividend was sent to him he refrained from having it cashed. There was an affidavit by Mr. Martin, en actuary, who was of opinion • that the price put down for amalgamations could . be stated as assets ; but he (the learned counsel) would show several affidavits from well-known actuaries, who held a contrary opinion. Then there were affidavits from ten directors, but they merely said that they believed the company was solvent. Mr. Higgins then read affidavits from general actuaries of very high standing, who bore out the petitioner's view of the company's affairs. Mr. Bayley stated that the average life insured in the European was 42 years. Ho thought that 40 per cent. of the liabilities ought to be accuinulated, and paying 4 per cent. Mr. Tucker (Pelican Office), Mr. Pattison (Commercial Assurance Company), Mr. Charles Ingell (Mutual Life Company), Mr. Charles Ansell (the Atlas), and others, by affidavits, expressed pretty much the same opinions. Mr. Higgins next read some of the cress-examinations of Mr. Lake and others connected with the company, and which had been taken before one of the masters. Mr. Lake then stated that ho received £5OO per annum, and 1 per cent. on all premiums. In 1366 and 1367 his income was between £3,000 and £4,000 per annum. The late manager, when he lift the company was paid a compensation of £12,000 or £13,000. Mr. Lake believed an amount had been paid to Mr. Sheridan, M.P. for services rendered as a negotiator. Did not know whether that amount was £20,000; but believed it to be under £lO,OOO. The Vice-Chancellor said the object of such a cross-exa mination had evidently not touched the main ground of the inquiry, but had been done to create a prejudice. Serjeant Sargood and Mr. Dickenson endeavoured to spew his Honour that such was not the case ; but the Vice- Chancellor, after hearing them, intimated that his opinion remained unchanged. Mr. Higgins, after referring to the reluctance with which the witnesses had answered the questions and their refusal to produce books, though they gave evidence alleged to have been taken from those books, went on to read the examination and cross-examination of Mr. Walker, +lie actuary. Mr. Kekcwich then read portions of the eraraination of Mr. Palmiston. He said that several sums of money had been invested this year, and policies surrendered. The company had received £50,000 on account of calls. In 1563 there was a loss of ever £5,000 in the Kent Depart ment. The expenses had been £70,000 per annum; but under a new amendment that would be reduced to £50,000. Younger, who was the head of a departmcut, made an affidavit stating that the bonds which had fallen in on September 25, and cf which the society had notice, was £101,831, but only £50,014 was " proved." It was argued that the society did not attempt to say they could pay the first-named amount, but that the second was the only sum that had been "proved." Consequently the company did not say they could pay these debts, but that they could " stave them off." Serjeant Sargood then proceeded at some length to con tend that the company had no right to trade on the society when the latter had not the wherewith to carry cut its contract. By refusing to interfere, the Vice- Chancellor would say that the company was a staple one, and could pay its debts, and that would be indirect contradiction to skilled actuaries, who said that the company could not pay its debts. They were told that a society ought to put away 40 per cent. of its premiums, -and the European had not done so. They did not say this meney - bught to be in bands paying no interest, in bor rower:3'hands that could not pay, but somewhere where it could earn 4 per cent. He thought it an idle mockery to ask shareholders "for money out of their pockets, and then to say the company was solvent, as the money so received was only to make up a deficit. The case was adjourned till Friday. "Biddy," said a lady to her servant, "I wish you would step over and see how old Mrs. Jones is this morn ing." In a few minutes Biddy returned with the inform= tion that Mrs. Jones was just omcnty-tnyoue, govvi 149Athaimmiliabinoll : FOREIGN NOTES. TIER ARCTIC RESEARCH. D. Hall, the Arctic explorer, says that the result of his :.:tedge journey to King William's Land may be summed up in the fact that none of Sir John Franklin's companions ever reached Montreal Island. The same year that the Erebus and Terror were abandoned one of them consummated the Great North-West Passage, having five men aboard. This vessel was found by the Ook-joo-lik natives near O'Reilly Island, it being frozen up in the midst of a smooth and unbroken floe of ice, of only one winter's formation. In order, to complete the history of Sir John Franklin's last expedition, it will be necessary to spend a summer in King William's Land, for little or nothing can be done while that land is clothed in its winter garb. All over the Arctic regions the natives possess relics of the ill-fated expedition. The result of Dr. Hall's taking with him in his sledge journey to King William's Land, seamen that Reither he nor their captains knew much about was most unfortunate, and ho narrowly escaped the fate of Henry Hudson. He adds that this report is but a slight instalment towards giving a full idea of the interesting infoimation he has gained from the natives, relative to the fate of Sir J. Franklin's expedition PRINCE AliTIIUlt IN CANADA Prince Arthur has been taking part in a Canadian hunt ing excursion. The party were Lighiy successful, having bagged nearly 400 ducks in two days. At Brantford, Canada, the Prince was rec:ived by tic chiefs of tho six Nations Indians, gaily decorated with war-paint and feathers, who made him a chief of their tribe. BOILER EXPLOSION AT INDIANAPOLIS. On the Ist of October a terrible accident occurred at the state fair of Indiana by the bursting of a steam boiler. Twelve persons were instantly killed, and the number of the wounded will reach nearly one hundred. It was after wards reported that some more persons had been killed, bringing up the number to nineteen. The boiler was at tached to a saw-mill, and had just been fired up for test with another machine. The scene at the fair ground was most heartrending. Many of the killed were torn into fragments, and it is feared that several of the wounded will die, as they have been most seriously injured. Governor Balser was on the ground at the time of the explosion. A portion of the boiler passed over his head, and struck him, injuring him severely. TUE CHINESE COOLIE TRADE. The St. Helena Guardian publishes a terrible account of the Chinese coolie trade. The French barque Tamaris, Captain Rannie, left Macao on February 6th, with 300 emigrants, a Chinese doctor, a Portuguese interpreter, and a crew of eighteen men. After proceeding for some time quietly enough, a revolt broke out among the free emigrants. The crew took to the boats, leaving the captain behind them. He was cut up and thrown overboard, and the coolies remained in possession of the ship for thirty days. A Dutch man-of-war was sent in pursuit, and captured the vessel. Her captain placed the leaders of the revolt in irons, and took the ship to Padang, where the remnant of the former crew rejoined their ship. A now captain and chief officer were appointed and on the 15th of June the ship started once more. The number of coolies had been reduced by arms and disease to 245, and many of these jumped overboard when they beard they were to proceed on their voyage. Others com mitted suicide in other ways, and some died from the effects of opium. When the last account was heard, only seventy-five living emigrants remained on board the Tamaris. THE OUTBREAK IN SPAIN. The Spanish journals of the 10th instant announce that the English and French Governments intend to send ships of war to Spain in order to protect their national interests. These vessels are expected at Barce lona, Cartha;ona, and Madrid. The ' , , ,, ir;ents of Valencia were still in possession of the town on the 11th, and the commander of the troops was waiting for the reinforcements from Catalonia before he attacked them. The revolutionists are not in possession of any other town ofsensequence throughout the Peninsula. The Govern ment has informed the Cortes that seventeen deputies have joined the insurrection and taken up arms. The Chamber was - painfully struck by the intimation, and a commis sion was at once appointed to propose measures to be taken against these deputies. The Regent, Marshal Serrano, has published a decree, in which he says that, owing to the anomalous state of affairs, he suspends all elections to the Cortes until such period arrives as will admit of the free exercise of the suffrage. The military governor of Gerona has telegraphed that the insurgents have quitted the town, abandoning their artillery and their munitions. AUSTRIA. The Eastern Budget says that, according to present arrangements, the Emperor of Austria will leave Pesth on the 24th or 25th. He will proceed by rail to Basiasch, and thence by steamer to Rustschuk anl Varna, whore the Austrian squadron will be waiting to receive him. He will then embark, with Vice-Admiral Tegethoff, on board the yacht Greif, and Count von Beust, with Count Andrassy, Herr von Plencr, and Herr von Holmann, on board the steamer Kai;erin Elizabeth. The Emperor and his suite will return on the 2Jth•cf November. It is not yet settled who is to act for him during his absence, but it is probable that, as on former occasions, his cider brother, the Arch duke Charles Louis, will be appointed to this duty. In another telegram from Vienna, in the same paper, it is stated that there is no truth in the rumours of a Ministerial crisis in the Austrian Cabinet, and that no change what ever is contemplated in the internal policy of the Govern ment. DIPLOMACY. It is said that the Austrian Ambassador at Paris has been catechised by M. de la Tour d'Auvergne as to the political purpose of the Crown Prince's visit to Vienna. The Austrian Minister replied that the visit could have but one effect, and that was to restore Austria and Prussia to the relative positions which they occupied before the publication of the famous Thiele and Beust circulars, which affected the finances of Europe, and threatened to produce a war. Baron Werther is to be the new Prus s i an Ambassador at Paris, and the Prussian representative at Dresden is to be recalled, though his successor is not yet known. The health of Count Bismarck is stated in communications from Berlin to be so uncertain that he is not likely to resume the offico of President of the Council. The ultra-Conservatives are in hopes of regaining the position which they have lost during the last two years, and conjecture is busy in various quarters as to Bismarck's probable successor. Genoral Manteuffel has been talked of but his appointment would be unpopular. Jib-day the Emperor leaves for Ccmliegne. li e h e ld ~, Council of Ministers previous to his departure. The Ministers will follow him on Thursday, in or,ler to carry on their legislative work. They will go to and fro from Compiegne to Paris in order to assist the Emperor, and to see after their respective departments. It is affirmed that the Emperor sent for M. de Forcade la Roquette and M. Pietri yesterday morning, and that they did not leave St. Cloud until two o'clock in the afternoon, the subject of the conference being the disturbance at Belleville. The Constitutionnel declares that there is no foundation for the statement put forth by some journals that the Emperor will change the date of the convocation of the Corps Legislatif to the Bth of November, and that in con sequence of this arrangement, there will be a new Cabinet. If we are to accept the narratives circumstantially pub lished by the Liberte, the. divisions in the Cabinet are by no weans at an end. M.M. Gressier de Fcrcade and Le Roux wish to present themselves to the Chamber with a definite programme. M.M. Magne and Chasseloup-Laulat, on the one hand, who are the leading Liberal spirits of the Cabinet, maintain that, considering the transitory character of the July Ministry, the Government ought to listen to the wishes of the Deputies instead of taking the initiative itself. The last two Councils have, according to the Liberte, been very stormy in consequence of this division of opinion. Finally it was decided that the Cabinet should only discuss those measures which had been definitely announced, reserving the settlement of the point at issue for the eight days' retreat at Compiegne, when the Ministers and the Emperor are to confer unmolested by other visitors. According to the Constitutionnel, a modification of the famous Article 75 of the Constitution of the Year VIII. is in progress. We are not told, however, in what quarter .he proposed reform is being discussed, or whether the Minister of the Interior has any hand in it. It is reported that M. de Forcade, finding no one else in the Cabinet will join him in supporting the present electoral system, is so disgusted that he has offered his resignation to the Emperor, who refuses to accept it. It has been asl:el, if M. de Forcade goes, who is to fight the battles of the 7refects ? Perhars this question has something to do with his retention of office. I believe, however, that the 116 have decided to concentrate their attacks upon the Minister of the Interior as soon as the session re-opens. You may expect soma stonily scenes when that long delayed event actually occurs. I hear that the Empress does not intend to return to Paris until the sth or 6th of December, in order to give positive contradiction to the report that the opening of the Chambers wes affected. by her movements. The Libertd affirms that the Government will not intcr e:o with any manifestation of a pacific eh tracter whi.;ll alfly take place on the 26th October. So long as the demon strations are confined to speech-making, neither soldier nor police agent will interfere ; but if any attacks are made on those hostile to the manifestation, the authorities will exercise their rights. The Siede is very indignant at the whole affair, and admits that the Temp had sonic reasen or it 3 incredulity. Without busieotipg the Geverlunenti xs considers that the course it pursues is a contradictOry one, in being tolerant with regard to the press, and severe •ospecting the holding of meetings. I told you that the delegates of the provincial press were to have an audience with M. de Forcade yesterday. The interview took place, though not until the afternoon, having been postponed on account of the Minister's hasty -ummons to St. Cloud. M. Garnier-Pages has written a letter to the electors of 'he sth circumscription of the Seine in answer to their address to him. He thinks that the present crisis is duo not to this or that contro versy about a particular da, but to the Govern ment's endeavour to make a national constitution without consulting the nation. M. Jules Simon has written to the Gironde, defending his language at St. Etienne, and denying that he is at all disposed to ally himself to the Monar chical Government which effected the coup d'etat. A hopeful sign of the increasing moderation which is now to be found among French Liberals and Reformers is Oven in the note which four of the collobarateurs of the Reforme have addressed to M. Malespine, the editor of that• impracticable and irrational journal. The writers see with regret the course pursued by the Refforme, which, in their eyes, as in the eyes of most sensible per sons, can only have cne tendency—the consolidation of personal power, and the postponement cf the Liberal triumph. They will not take part in such a policy, and therefore retire from the staff. An ordrinnce officer left St. Cloud yesterday for Aubin, and the Minister of Public Wciks sent a general inspector of mines to the district. Many other strikes in the neigh bourhood of Paris are talked of. In the municipal elections of Toulouse the Democratic opposition carried the day in ten sections out of sixteen, and- out of thirty-six counsellors who were elected it ob tained twenty-five. The Government only gained four candidates, and those in the suburbs. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. niE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1869. NeWeastle West, hi' Limerick. Dearilinfrien re sided. He polished off the landlords in good style, and declared that the aspect of will carelessness the country presented was owing neither to ignorance nor to want—for there are twenty millions of unpro ductive money in the banks—but to tie feeling of uneasiness engendered by the present state of the 'law. THE ELECTION COMMISSIONS. The more startling revelations made by the instru mentality of the Election Commissioners would appear to have exhausted the sensational part of their duties. Their proceedings on Tuesday were comparatively uninteresting. At Norwich Mr. J. 11. Tillett, the Radical candidate at the last election, declared himself free from personal bribery, and added that he had no knowledge of any illegal practices on his behalf. At Bridgwater Mr. Padwick also protested his innocence. The only suspicious cir cumstance which he confessed about his candidature in 1859 was the handing over during its early days of £l,OOO, to be used to pay outstanding debts, so that the party might be kept tog,ether. How the money was used is not clear ; but the matter undoubtedly demands inquiry. The Liberals, Mr. Padwick declares, began to bribe on the polling day, and he loft the town in disgust. Before he commenced to canvas on the Conservative side ho was assured in Mr. Spofforth's presence that the election would be a pure one. The candidates in Ireland would appear to have been more directly implicated than in th e corrupt boroughs of England. Bribery itself does seem to be considered disgraceful by most of thos e w h o h ave confessed to allowing it in this country, and they have tried to shield themselves from it by casuistry founded on multiplicity of agency, and th e indirect ness of their connection with it. But at Cashel the witnesses say point blank that they rec e i ve d b r ib es and promises from the different candidates. Even there, however, some little shifting and dodging was accomplished : the sons of voters had the money pro mised them instead of the voters themselves. In case of inquiry, the bribers hoped to say they had not given money to electors. SIR THOMAS BAZLEY ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, The senior member for Manchester addressed a large meeting of the National Reform Union on Tuesday night. After being warmly congratulated on the honour recently conferred upon him, the hon. baronet went on to speak on some of the leading topic s of the day. Prominence was given to the Irish land question, and this part of his speech derives a special interest from the fact that he has recently visited Ireland with the view of preparing himself for the great battle which is to be fought next session. In reply to his inquiries as to what was requisite to give peace and satisfaction to Ireland, he was almost universally told that it was indispensable that there should be a tenant-right established by the law of the land. Seeing that the Ulster custom had worked, upon the whole, satisfactorily, the inhabitants wished to have the Earue principle adopted in the other three provinces. TILE NEW CONSTITUENCIES. Mr. Dudley Baxter estimates the strength of the new constituencies in England and Wales. - A. return of the borough electors has just been issued, in virtue of the motion by Dlr. Hibbert. The number given is 1,203,170; but this is ex clusive of four boroughs which have made no re turns, for which the following numbers were given in the newspapers in December last—viz., Brecon, 704; Carnarvon, 3,376 ; Dudley, 11,847 ; Haverfordwest, 1,528. The total may, therefore, be taken at 1,220,71;5, The county voters are 791,910. In 1806 514,020 exercised the borough franellise, and 542,038 voted in counties. The borough votes have thus increased 137 per cent., and the county votes 46 per cent. The net result is that the total number of electors has been very nearly doubled. TUE NEW ZEALAND POLICY OF TME GOVERNMENT. Earl Granville states in his latest despatches to the Governor of Now Zealand that the policy of con fiscating land taken from rebel natives " has always been regarded by the home Government as pregnant with danger," The accuracy of this declaration is questioned by supporters of the right of the colonies to English troops: they say precisely the contrary. Mr. Henry Sewell, in a letter to the Standard, endeavours to prove that the Colonial Secretary is altogether wrong. 113 adduces an extract from a despatch of the Duke of Newcastle, dated November 30, 1863, (at which date the control of native affairs rested with the Imperial Government. It was written in answer to the Governor's despatch, recommending the confiscation of land in the Waikato, in order to plant military settlements in that district : " I do not disapprove," says his grace, "of this measure. I think that any body of natives which take up arms against her Majesty en s u ch grounds as those allogedby the Waikatoes may properly be punished by a confiscation of a large part of their commcn property. I think that the lands thus acquired may properly be employed in meeting the expenses of carrying on the war, nor do I see any objec tion to using them as sites for military settlements." This extract is conclusive to Mr. Sewell in showing that "if the preoent dangers of Now Zealand are really attributable, as his lordship suzgests, to the adoption of a policy of confiscation, the responsibility for that policy rests with the Imperial Government, not with the colony." THE REPRESENTATION OF THE LAITY LN THE IRISH CHURCH BODY. The laity of the Irish Church aro diming to the consideration of their position in the new General Synod. The great lay conference was commenced on Tuesday in Dublin, with the Primate in the chair ; and two very important questions were decided. First it was resolved that voting in the new General Representative Body should be by " order"—that is to say, though the clergy might meet in one house with the laity, and have one discussion, the votes should be taken separately. Then, unless both the decision of the representatives of the clergy, and the votes o the laity tend in the same direction, no resolution would stand. This is upheld as Conservative policy, as preventing the ascendancy of one order over the other; and as making legislation in a panic impos sible. The lay delegates next decided that the repre sentation of the laity should be in proportion of two to one of the clergy. MORE DEMONSTRATIONS. The great and joint work of letting loose the Fenian prisoners and demolishing landlordism pro gresses apace in Ireland. The agitations in favour of an amnesty and tenant right have been formally united and meetings are being held all over the land. At Kanturk 10,000 persons mustered on Sunday, under the presidency of the Very Rev. P. (Megan, P.P. This gentleman admitted the difficulty of passing a measure which would do justice to the tenants without despoilinr , the landlords ; b u t h e h a d f a ith in the Ministry, "because the earnest, truthful, high-minded Gladstone, whose word is his bond, has plighted that word." Two clergymen proposed a resolution in favour of fixity of tenure, and then came the turn of the incarcerated patriots, whose sufferings provoked a mildly-expressed, but firm resolution. The same day day there was an amnesty meeting at Bandon and another at Nenagh. At the latter place there was a procession of 600 young women ; 20,000 persons assembled. " Give us back our heroes " was the plaintive cry on many a flag and banner. One Roman Catholic clergyman got into hot water for treating the release of 'the prisoners as an act of mercy. The assembly thought the amnesty a matter of right, not a favour. Warned by this example, the Rev. Mr. • Quaid committed no such error. The Government were blood-thirsty ; the men in gaol were noble. He was there, he said, to tell the British Government to their face that their talk of Tulin ; Ireland according to Irish ideas was all "bosh." and he did not believe in them. "Oh, how," he exclaimed, " are the mighty fallen I That nation which was once a great one is now governing in fear, and may God increase that fear." This suitable Sun day prayer exactly met the ideas of the gathering, which cheered vociferously. At the Bandon meeting the Rev. Mr. O'Keefe mentioned the obnoxious word "mercy," and was angrily interrupted. On Sunday, tock_there 'wail an. immema . tenant-xiglat ancAtinst ut THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR NOTTLNGHAM. The summary manner in which the collision at Long Eaton Junction was disposed of Et the inquest has given rise to some complaints. It is thought by many that the jury did not devote sufficient atten tion to the departure of the trains and the arrankc"- ments in general at the Nottingham station. It appears that the mail train left—according to the testimony of the driver—twenty minutes after the departure of the special train. Upon reaching Beeston (four miles from Nottingham) the special had passed that station only two minutes before the mail train came up. The driver further stated that he waited at Beeston station three minutes, and then at a speed of sixteen or eighteen miles an hour ran into the Leicester special. The interval between the departure of a heavily freighted excursion train and a fast mail, with a luggage train, too, ahead o both, does appear small. Excursion trains break down so often that considerable allowance should be made for the chapter of accidents. THE cnAmr.Eu. Or• 11011P.OES. The Times is evidently bewildered at the catas trophes and crimes which it has been its duty to lay before the public. With the events of the last eighteen days it knows not how to deal. In a vague sort of way it suggests that homicidal negligence ought to be frowned down by society as well as homicidal anger : Any death by violence should be looked on as importing primd facie a crime, and one which deserves punishment. The old rule of law which held even an inanimate cause of a violent death guilty, and forfeit by way of deodand, was not without salutary consequences. It is almost a pity that the rule should have grown obsolete before steam and companies had shewn their idiosyncracies. The idea of reviving the forfeit of deodand—wreaking vengeance on inanimate things—seems to shew that we have come to a deadlock. But it is not clear how severely treating deaths through negligence—in other words, accidents of various kinds—can have any effect in reducing the number of wilful murders, now so ter ribly large. There can be no doubt that one murder leads to more, and that these crimes occur in batches. When a man finds that another has taken the revenge over which ho is brooding, he is irresistibly impelled to go and do likewise. He follows an example which he would never be the first to set. But this influence cannot be affected by greater stringency in the matter of accidents, though that may be wise in itself. The gallows will be unusually busy withih the next few weeks, and probably that may have some effect. THE NEW THAMES TUNNEL. The new Thames Tunnel has progressed with such wonderful quickness that it is expected to be opened about the middle or end of next month. Through 1,280 feet out of the 1,300 the bare has already been made, and the shafts at each end have been sunk. There are various peculiarities about the new tunnel. One of the most striking is the clearness with which noises overhead are heard. The passage of a steamer i s heard with a noise so loud and vibrating in the at present confined air of the tunnel that it is only the knowledge of the unalterable and almost immovable strength of the structure in which he stands that gives the hearer confidence. Not only can every ves sel be heard passing —we speak, of course, of steamers large or small—but even such slight noises at hammering on the ships in the Pool above can be distinguished, not only by the sound but even by the slight though perceptible vibration of the air. Yet, the whole tunnel is not only water-tight, but air-tight The shafts are fitted up with lifts, by which those who wish to pass through the tunnel will be conveyed down to. it. An omnibus will run from end tc end, and the lift will restore the passenger to the street. THE DECEASE OF THE 44 MORNING STAB." The Morning Star—the first penny daily paper published in London—came yesterday to the end. of Its life. It was first published fourteen years ago, It was dreaded by the Liberals of the time, and hated by the Conservatives on account of its extreme opinions. It had, moreover, to meet at first starting the prejudice against cheap newspapers. Since then, however, penny journalism has been universally recognised ; and the creed of Liberalism—as the Star justly says in its last address to its readers—now consists of those principles which, fourteen years ago our deceased contemporary assisted to spread. But, nevertheless, the . prejudice against it never wholly died out; and circumstances seem to have been against it continually. When the Daily .News became a penny paper the Star received its death blow. The two " advanced Liberal " journals will now become one ; for it is announced that the interests of the Stor have been transferred to the proprietors of its younger and more successful rival. OUR FOOD SUPPLY. A highly interesting and important experiment relating to our supply of food will shortly be made. Early in November, it has been decided, the first of the line of steamers built expressly for the trans port of live cattle from Buenos Ayres to this country will sail from London. There is much reason to believe, and every reason to hope, that this 6nterprise may prove successful. As in Australia, vast herds of cattle roam the South ' American prairies, and through the difficulty of transport are incapable of being utilised. But Australia is so far off that the only mode of getting meat hero is in a preserved condition, its use being thus limited. Buenos Ayres, however, is so much nearer that it is hoped to bring the animals over eye, and thus fur nish fresh meat in abundance at a low price. The . supply of cattle South America is so inexhaustible that the meat, with the cost of transrort added, can be sold at a figure much lower than that now charged in England. THE TIDES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIGH. The lamentable failure of the late tides to swamp the British Islands has, of course, brought out the authorities. Mr. Dowson, of NV estminster, begs "to say a few words for the pfirpose of shewing to those unacquainted with the subject that there is not the slightest uncertainty or doubt as to the nature, extent, or duration of our tides." lle then goes on to shew that divers peculiarities of the English coast pro duce remarkable local currents and modifications in tides. At one place, where the water neither rises nor falls, there is a strong current at spring tides. At another place, where the tide both rises and falls, there is no current whatever. In the Solent there is sometimes what is called " double high-water'' —that is, after the tido has been ebbing for about an hour it turns and flows again for some time. Trumpet-mouthed estuaries extending far inland exhibit interestingphenomena. Large volumes of water enter by the wTde mouth, and as the estuary narrows the water is obliged to rise. For the safety of navi g ation, it has been ne cessary t o c l ose ly observe and record the effects of all those local phenomena, and elaborate tables are published every year by the Admiralty. They give every information touch ing tides at different points on the coast. These tables, which are " a monument of the successful application of science," shewed clearly enough, Mr. Dowson thinks, _that there was no occasion for alarm a few days ago. Very likely ; but the British public is hardly in the humour to think so at present. The " monument of the suc cessful application of science " did not save it from a decided swindle. The British public was deluded into the idea that there would be a flood. It mus tered in great force at suitable points for the purpose of seeing its beloved brethren drowned out. The fun did not come off, and nothing, therefore, is likely to induce the injured persons who vainly paid their excursion fares, to put further trust in tide-tables. To talk about infallible tables now is only adding insult to injury. MALARIA MANUFACTURE. The inhabitants of London are realising to the full the blessings of red tape. The Serpentine in Hyde Park has become a pestilential swamp. Typhus fever lurks in it s mu d . M r. Layard, the Chief Commis sioner of Public Works, has given orders that the lake shall be reduced to a uniform depth, with a solid bottom. This is now being done : the water has been drawn off; and a hideous expanse of black mud has been revealed. The Londoners are reaping the full benefit of this proceeding. The effluvium is overpowering, the weather is . unusually warm, and the plat© "t eems w ith a n insidious and deadly poison." " Chi rurgus " wr ites to say that ho has offered himself up a sacrifice for the public weal. " Fortified with some biscuits and wine "—it is fortu nate he did . not fortify himself with medicine— " Chirurg,us " pr ocee d e d to the deadly spot, but speedily had t o - beat a retreat. " A feeling of nausea and loathing came suddenly upon me, coupled with headache and heating of the central arteries, giving unmistakable indications of blood-poisoning." And . what is the cause of all this dissemination of pestilence ? Simply that only half-a-dozen labourers were employed, and that these, having laid bare the mud, are rejoicing in the prospect of spending several weeks in leisurely scratching it away. It is true that fifty men might have been set to work and proper disinfectants used ; hut the Chief Commis sioneris absent from town, and who shall dare to employ fifty men, when Mr. Layard, it would seem, has appointed six ? Nobody appears disposed to take upon himself such a responsthilit The question of the proposed union of the Wash ington and Jeffereon Colleges was effectually settled by Judge fkl'Candless of the United States District Court at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Sept. 18. The court de cided that an injunction restraining them from removing the college buildings and property thould ho granted, which leaves the colleges separate as heretofore. A CHAPTER OF HORRORS. In a house at Parkvillo, Missouri, three skeletons were found last summer under circumstances caus ing suspicion. The teeth of one had been filled with gold filings, showing that the men were whites. On the 13th Sept. a girl went to a closet to hang up clothing, and on leaving turned round instead of backing out as usual. On the wall for the first time the following words, which had before escaped no tice, were seen : "John Brink, California, Missouri. Should I not get away with my life, will some one report me to Dr. M. Cotter, California, Missouri. They are trying to murder us.—Feb. 2, 1837." The Learemi.orth Times thinks they were " Free Statesmen," either on their way to, or kidnapped, from Kansas in 1857, and killed by " border ruf fians." The proprietor of the house at the time is still living in the county, and although suspicion strongly points towards him, his character stands so high that it is not believed that he could have lwen guilty of any murder. At the date indicated, the house was so isolated that the crime could easily have been perpetrated without immediate detection. 1 he Dubuque Thrall tails the following story : "A man named John Murphy, living on the outskirts of Cedar City, lowa, was startled one night recently, just as he was retiring, by loud cries of ' murder,' coining from some man in the street near the bottie. Mr. Mur phy went to the door to ascertaiu the cause of the alarm. The man rushed by him and into the house. He discovered that his visitor was armed with a huge knife, which ho was frantically flourishing, and at the same time pro claiming his ability to cut the throats of his pursuers, of whom he evidently suspected Mr. Murphy as being one. The man was almost entirely nude, having but a single garment on his stalwart limbs. It needed but a glance to show that he was a maniac of the most desperate sort. By a movement of marvellous agility the maniac entrenched himself behind a trunk and under the bed, and an oppor tunity was given Mr. Murphy for casting About for aid. Fortunately, the nearest neighbour was up; staving had a visit from the maniac still earlier in the evening. It seems he had called, and in a quiet way, requested lodg ing, which was granted. Soon after the family retired the paroxysm of insanity had seized him, and he ,had be gun a murderous assault upon innumerable imaginary assailants with his large knife. When the proprietor en tered his room to ascertain the cause of the disturbance, he made at him viciously, but was arrested by a knock down blow before doing any damage. During the mele3 that followed the maniac succeeded in escaping from the house, crying murder, and took refuge in Mr. Murphy's house. The neighbour was called by Mr. M., and three men who were passing in a waggon. All entered the house, and by various artifices sought to dislod3e the visitor [torn his position under the bed, but in vain. Once he made a sally out, seizing a loaded gun which one of the men had rested against the side of the room, but he seized it by the muzzle, and in the struggle which followed was forced to release it. He then re treated under the bed again, and renewed his throat cutting upon imaginary enemies, occasionally turnin: upon those in the room, as though wishing to try Lis knife upon them. Mr. Murphy sent a boy for an officer, and after some necessary delay he arrived. By stratagem the maniac was surrounded, amid in a sudden rush of the six men ho was overpowered and securely ironed. It was discovered that ho was a tailor named Smith, who had been drinking excessively for several months, and was therefore suffering a violent attack of delirium tremans. With much thfficulty he was conveyed to Cedar Falls and lodged fn the calaboose for the remainder of the night. In the morning, when taken out, he was still raving, and during his imprisonment had beat his head against the walls of the prison, until he presented a most sickening sight. During the following night 110 drops of lauda num administered to him failed to reduce Lim to quiet ness."--A terrible tragedy occurred at Union Hill, near Hoboken, New Jersey, about one o'clock in the morning of Sept. 17. A , Gerinan named, Joseph PaschArdt, of in temperate habits, went to the bAI where his two sons, aged respectively 23 and 21 years lay sleeping, and stabbed them with a knife, inflicting wounds from which they are not expected to recover. Ho then attempted to commit - suicide by cutting his own throat, bat the injuries in flicted are not mortal. William Moody, an old and respectable farmer of Madison, Indiana, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, mur-• dered his wife, dragged the body from the house, and set fire to the dwelling and outbuildings, stand ing guard over them until they were consumed. Ile then shot himself dead.—At Niagara Falls, on the .24th of September, a party consisting of one gentleman and four ladies, all be longing to Providence, Rhode Island, stopped there while on their way home from Buffalo, and after viewing the sights on the Ameri can file, crossed the river to the Canadian side. While their carriage was passing the curve op poeite the precipice in front of the Clifton lions the horses became unmanageable, and as it was evi dent they would go over the bank, the driver and Mr. Tillinghast, the Providence gentleman, jumped off the seat, and escape I with slight injury ; the hors- s and carriage, t rgether %jai the four ladies, went down the bank, however, a distance of some 50 fie`. Mahala Smith, one of the party, was horribly mangled and instantly killed, and Miss Mary Ann Ballou was so dangerously injured that she cannot possibly recover. Mrs. Tillinghast and a Mrs. Fisher were badly bruised, but their wounds are not dangerous. The body of Mrs. Smith was to be forwarded to Rhode Island the next day, and the injured parties will be cared for at the Spencer House, on the American side. The accident hap pened while an inquest was being held on the body of a man who committed suicide at the same place a day or two previously. Imprisonment of Dr. Sim mons.—Dr. Simmons is a native of Ontario county, New York State, where he was reared and educated. When a young man he went to reside in Vicksburg, where he became editor and proprietor of the Vicks burg Sentinel, and was afterwards elected a Senator to the Mississippi State Legislature. In 1856 he emigrated to Cuba, where he continued the practice of the medical profession at Santiago. On the 19th of August last Dr. Simmons had been called away to Puerto Principe to attend a very sick patient., and while engaged in the performance of his duty he was arrested by Spanish Volunteers, and led away without further ceremony. Dr. Simmons states that the charge on which he was captured and imprisoned was wholly false, and that the only ob ject the soldiers had in arresting him was to obtain his money, knowing that lie had a large sum in his possession. This they took from him, besides a large amount of gold which was afterwards taken from his residence, leaving him almost penniless when released. The Volunteers at that time were receiving no pay from the Government, and relied entirely upon plundering the wealthy Cuban citi zens. To procure money they would rob, murder, sack, and burn, it is alleged, and after desolating a homestead of all its wealth, in many instances the men were murdered. Notwithstanding the ignorance of the Volunteeers they are filled with a spirit of bra vado, and of ten indulge in threats, saying they would annihilate the inhabitants of the whole island if they did not succumb ; declaring their intention to kill all, beginning with the fighting young men, and ending with the old men and women. They also boasted that in case the United States in terceded on behalf of Cuba, they would whip them too. They often made the assertion that l i 10,000 Spanish soldiers would go in at New York and out at New Orleans. Many horrible murders are related which came under Mr. Sim mons's own notice. In one instance, some soldiers went out to a plantation in the country and de manded the owner's money. Ile was very wealthy, but refused to give them anything till they com pelled him, by pricking him with their bayonets, to surrender. Under his bed was concealed $20,000 in gold. The soldiers took this, and before leav ing, raised the cry of rebel, and stabbed the aged man to death with their bayonets. After the amnesty proclamation of Captain-General Dulce a considerable number of volunteers went over to be pardoned. They cause - in squads each day, and if their old companions in arms found them out they were sure to be killed. In one instance thirteen of these men were caught, and twelve ef them were taken to the outskirts of the town and shot, while the remaining one was tried, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and hard labour. lie was confined to the same prison as Mr. Simmons, and was serving with the chain gang when he left. As an example of the honesty of Spanish officials, Mr. Simmons relat_s that, after the earthquake in 1854, $lOO,OOO was sent from Spain to be distributed among the suf ferers at Santiago. The agents intrusted with the distribution of the funds went about and gave $5 to a person on condition that he would give a re ceipt for $5O. The receipt being given, the agent paid out the $5, and put the remaining $45 into his pocket. In June last Mr. Simmons, becoming so impressed with the cruelties all over the island, wrote a long account of them to President Grant, giving the true state of affairs at that time, hoping it would have the effect of causing the United States to interfere. After many vicissitudes he obtained Lis release, and is now in America, where he has brought an action against the Spanish Go vernment. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW Yorn Sept. 25. Another heated term marked the first days of the week, yet the city is not only full of its own people returned, but of strangers from the country. The book sales have been going on, and were animated on Saturday, satisfactory prices being obtained. Among the London sellers were R. Reeve and Co., Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Provost and Co., and B. Qiaritch. Spurgeon's sermons sold freely at 80 cents per volume. If I wished to point to an in stance which shows the necessity for an untiring supervision of every human institution, I would take the defalcation at the Methodist Book Concern. It was founded in 1789, and continued to extend, a bindery being added, till its business amounted in the year 1868 to $69.1,000, with net profits of $104,000. It has lately been conducted by clergy men, and as a mission enterprize, founded and carried on for missionary purposes, no one ever thought of verifying . the reports of the one or two good persons who handled the large sums in which it dealt. There was a committee of fifteen who assembled once a year, but as it was not com posed of business men, the general conference, as it was called, really only tended to delude. Lately, de falcations were suspected, which on the appointment of Dr. Lanahan, as agent, became a certainty. The Rev. James Porter adopted a system of purchasing all materials used in printing and binding through brokers, to whom it yielded a profit of $lO,OOO per annum without a shade of benefit to the institution but considerably to the benefit of the sons of the rev. gentleman, who were the brokers. Mr. Good , enough was superintendent of the printing depart ment and treasurer of the Sunday School Union. H e might, under other circumstances, have proved good enough, but it appears he was in a place where his price was reached, and the society, finding he was not good enough for the place, permitted Lim to resign two months ago; and Mr. Hoffman, in charge of the book-bindery, followed him a month after. What the result will be is as yet conjecture, but there appears to be no inclination to shield those who betrayed their trust, and a very search ing inquiry is anticipated, as the scandal created has been considerable, as it is associated with the greatest Church in our land, while the Concern is perhaps the most extensive establishment of the kind in any country. Considering the enormous opportu nities and temptation offered the wonder is that af fairs have so long gone on so well. Talking of paper dealers, Mr. John Nichols, well known in that trade, blewhis brains out last Monday with a pistol, owing to some losses in business. Koopmanschap and Co. have been doing business here. On Tuesday they contracted with the Texas Land Company, No. 29, Broadway, to supply them with 5,000 Chinese labourers or emigrants, to be employed upon their lauds, which are situated along the line of the Houston Central and Red River Railroad. The company inteni to establish towns and set tlements along the track of the railroad, and they will give to each Chinaman who will locate himself permanently in Texas 20 acres of good tillable land. Koopmanschap goes round by Memphis and New Orleans home, and he expects by the time he gets backs to San Francisco to have contracts for many thousands, both for land companies and for private individuals. With these in his pockets, he will proceed to China, and ship Celestials as fast as he can catch them. Reddy, the blacksmith, was brought up for trial, but remanded in the absence of a witness. The event of the week is the Great Crisis in Wall-street, which has swallowed up all other interests for the last few d Sys. What it is all about none of us know ; but that there is a tre mendous flurry, and that the city is filled with men rushing about ha'f demented ; indeed, last night, it was i npossible to discriminate between men in a state of intoxication an 1 gold bulls. As I have nothing to lose I can look on with complacency if with ignorance, and wonder what it is that makes this stir. The rumour was that Spain had declared war against us, backed by France and Austria ; that everybo ly had " bust up," an 1 that the nvublic itself had run off the track, and was found to be so heavy that it could not be got on again. New York Central came tumbling down on the head 3 of the bulls, and gold went flying up till a col'apse suddenly occurred in consequence of an order from the Secretary of the Treasury to sell, and then the cry was that the Gold Exchange B Ink had smashed. At any rate the scene in New York ii considered by older men than myself to have been unequalled since the panic of 1856, and I therefore suppose you will hear a great deal about it. In the wild hubbub an event which would otherwise have attracted attention passed without notice. Mr. Headley, a member of the firm of Vanderwenter and Co., walked off with what he could get, leaving the house to take care of itself, and as they could not ascertain the state of their affairs, the books being apparently as unsettled as their balances, they stopped payment for the moment, telegraphing to Mr. Vanderwenter, who was at St. Louis. Mr. Headley resided at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and on discovering that the bank balance, which accord ing to thee, books ought to have been $21,000 . in their favour, was heavily against them, he was looked for at the hotel, and was pursued to Philadelphia, where he had gone with his wife, but no trace of bin could be discovered. It was sail, by hi , friendsthat he could not have done any thing dis honourable, a delusion from which many of us awake with a start. About what happened to Charles M. Simonson, however, there can be no doubt.. He was passing Twenty-fourth-street, near Third avenue, with $9,000 of greenbacks in hand, when, on reaching a butcher's cart,fuur ruffians, who there lay in wait, rushed at him, and this in broad day light. He was struck in the face with an iron gloved fist, his arms grasped, and, for the moment, gagged. His eyes were battered, his nose broken, and his head a mass of blood. Why the scoun drels should thus have treated him, having secured his satchel, unless it be to show their contempt for the society which can permit such action to occur with impunity in a crowded street, I know not. Three of the brutes jumped into a waggon and drove off at a gallop ; but the fourth, named Hart, was cap tured by the police. Mr. Anthony J, Drexel, the great Philadelphia banker, returned in the Scotia on Wednesday morning, after an absence of a few months in Europe. His health has much improved, which his many friends will be glad to learn ; in the same steamer was Mrs. Scott Siddons. The Ville (le Paris and Sinidt arrived next day filled with pas sengers ; indeed every favourite boat now returning is thronged. There has been another suicide in the Central Park. It was Mr. Charles Muret of 150, West Thirty-ninth-street, who must have been insane, for he appears to have mistaken himself fur a rat, and to have given himself a dose of arsenic, await ing the result in a thicket. Poor fellow ! business troubles, as usual here, was at the bottom of it, and I fear next week may witness many such cases. •-- WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. 'Washington continues to fill. Besides the Pre sident and the Cabinet a considerable number of leading people have returned. Among them, CLief Justice Chase, preparatory to the meeting of the United States Supreme Court next month. Gen. Howard arrived to open the Howard University, within which it is impossible to accommodate all the coloured applicants for adinL•sion. Ex-Secretary St inton's family have come, but not Mr. Stanton himself who remains with Mr. Hooper in Co nit, Cape Cod, and wid not be here for some ten days, though his health is better, though still suffering from asthma. By the way, Secretary Robeson has re covered from a sharp attack of illness. Among the lh presentatives in the city arc Ingersoll of Illinois, Hopkins of Wisconsin, O'Neill and Myers of Penn sylvania, and Bowen of South Carolina. Governor Walker was installed in the presence of General Canby, receiving over the office, in the mansion at Richmond, from Governor Wells. He to9k the iron-clad and other oaths of office, and immediately appointed Col. Wm. E. Cameron of the Petersburg Index his Private Secretary, an officer formerly is the Confederate service, and a firm supporter of the Walker ticket in the late catnpaign. So you see " robs" are getting into office in the South, a good sign, for we shall never have real peace and union until they do, if then. The alternations in t h ' 3 , weather, varying from hot to cold, and from 01 " to hot, have again been marked during the last few days, the thermometer ranging from SO t° 90 in the shade. The persistent way in which the whisky distillers have been pursued is beginning t: bear an unexpected fruit; some having discevere' and intimated to the Revenue Office, that they cl make most by working according to law, provide" that all are compelled to comply with it, they pro pose to form associations to aid in detecting the law-breakers, and cease themselves to incur th e penalties resulting from detection. A strong lobby will, it is anticipated, endeavour to raise the t - a- °TI whisky. Tlii4 will be resisted both by Sccretarl Boutwell and Commissioner Delano, to whom We rience has shown the wisdom of the present duty' Congress reduced the rate to enable the revenue officers to collect the tax, and the result has P. ls ' tified the calculations. If increased, the whisky ring will be strengthened—the higher the incr ess, ; the stronger being the ring. All the secreta rie are bard at work on their annual report% that of the Treasury being looked for w it o most interest. Perry Fuller and Waddy ThomP se . have been arrested at St. Louis, and will b° arraigned in New Orleans before the United Stat es e Commissioner charged with defrauding the reven s Waddy Thompson was released on a writ of babe corpus in Memphis while on his way to New Orl eans as a prisoner, but was rearrested on the affidavi tef Mr Thomas J. Kinsella, and bound over in $1 0,000 to appear on the Ist of October. The affidavit sta tes Kinsella to be a special agent of the TreasurY Pe t ; partment, engaged in investigating the all e g e d frauds in New Orleans, and accuses Fuller an e Thompson with unlawfully combining to rov e d warehoused goods without paying duty. r er h i g Fuller has been held to bail in $20,000 for 1, appearance on trial in November ; his deputy vi ja lector, Gray, seeing the turn affairs had taken , 0 , a - fond but rapid adieu to the United States. & ti ' ther suit has been brought against a distingu is " o l officer, General Steadman, to recover upwa r3 , B ,„ e . $600,000, alleged to be due by him as tax - c oal tor. Ido not know what has been done to-dg e d the Cabinet meeting, but Cuba was to be disce ss o f as well as a new Minister to China. The cours e d our Minister at Madrid has rivetted attention , called forth the comments of the press. It i s e ;o g dent from telegrams there has been much darlcell'o, of couns e l by wor d s w ith ou t k now l e d g e in the It i ,a don press on the relations between Atneric a Spain, attributing vacillation where there was n e at , but a straightforward attempt to get rid of a c l3le : 6 ' b to oils question, and one very embarrassing b ni nti t , this country and to Spain, on peaceful and h° l3 ; o f able terms. What I have told you as to the f °P ocl it our Cabinet you will find to be the case, al th it t there has been some disagreement, the more ar V co , desiring quicker action. No one disputes th e g ral sympathy of Americans for the cause of the flie d surgents, and any Spanish excitement, accereP s o to with defiance, is more likely to increase thiloity quench that feeling. The progress of negro rc l ii of may in a small way be gathered from a g snie t. " - t ocl base-ball played here between the White ClOl-%050 the Coloured Club last Monday. Maly P,, er tho were attracted to the ground, but thous no r coloured gentlemen were satisfied with the 11 . ° 0 bat and the progress the event marked, they m 3(1 , 0 30 a poor struggle, being beaten by 56 to 4 . ' 3 t he Fisher, in the Criminal Court, has overru le ' 033 0, motion to instruct the jury to acquit Sch ure fro p charged with abstracting unsigned currencY 60 0 the Treasury, on the ground that certain alleg s t he in the indictment had not been proved. Am nag o to arrivals is Major James Haggerty, who has ena ref complain of the English Government, whic h re will his exequatar as Consul to Glasgow, and he i t he , have an interview both with Secretary Fish President. A great number of Congressm en hi ve also returned, the President and the Cabine t 5 a 1 ing brought back politicians and office-s3ek er o o' well as men of note. Among the latter are be e n' tors Cameron, Drake, and Sawyer, and g , 'P rci i p , t i atives Clarke (Kansas), Potter (New York) , 000 1 1 kins (Wisconsin), Cessna (Pennsylvania), Ing c , o 3' (Illinois), Bowen (South Carolina), arid of naugh (Montana) ; General Gorham, Sccretltt, the Senate, end Colonel Ordway, Serg es t " e pi Arms of the House. A meeting was held Y es _ity evening to consider the proposed Internatioveov hibition at Washington in 1871 —Henry D' iise d, in the chair. A resolution was unanimouslY 1,1 teo of enabling him to appoint an executive con itn ; ac tbe fifteen, and to frame a plan of organizatio n Ra s ' ir consideration of the general committee. "tej to sian Secretary of Legation not only conser ro btg serve, but promised every aid and assistanc e I sbo akt Government. It was suggested that the profits lo ot, be devoted to complete the Washington re cdl a t tha t andform a national Polytechnic College , fin gad subscriptions to the stock of the Exhibition : 0 A n be opened in all the States. K oo p m anschuP t l e h be interview with Secretary Boutwell, after W"oer left for Memphis to attend the Louisville Cn ret Trea' cial Convention, with the assurance that th i s etn i i sury department would not interfere w ith n fi g. gration schemes unless he violated the 13 grieve to say that Paul Bagley has also tuNiiore to notwithstanding his oath n ever to return %d the United States, except w ith the liher st co rl e nians. The President told him to leave his Co e; spondmce at the State Department. I\,,:fre.sidel tts i stautiue Catacazy was introduced to the ibre to-day as Russian Minister. He delivered t to g appropriate sentiments, describing the g res f i e oc l ' the two nations, and the intimacy of their t _ e fro . : ship, the correctness of which descriptio eto ogitlP sident acknowledged. The White Hou besieged. A General Press Despatch say s ' st ,te 9 / , " A commission to select the site for the new a t he .4 1 partment, consisting of the Secretary cf State ntl ia so vev e , terior, and the Architect of the Capitol, haVo is meetings of late. The plan of Architect Clark Wit'oa tenetoi coolish the present War and Navy Departraent%d pit/ c , a new building on the same square, to be Oce ll P i go crt° o o 'by the 'Par, Navy, and State Departments. ''' ot 0 13 0 0 , 0 , Fish, however, argued that the State Deparitil e ,. i , e tl y be by itself, and the others finally agreed to P,,titeeatlw The site selected is an oblong space, inclosed by o f 1 , ( 1 street, Vermont-avenue, and K-st. The P hl oa re , building contemplates a structure covering the sfssioo,,3 three stories high. The report of the Conir tb l er 0 1 " quires the approval of Congress before any fu arc taken." Ot ce the 0110 Commissioner Delano is going to ge -4. ro ve to decided on by his committee for cancellingria stamps. Fractional currency is at last Pe a n, o g a , ' o f the Treasury, a sum of nearly $200,000 . 10 :i xri al 00 received from the bank-note printers. T n ee titt r o Tennessee has adopted a resolution for a her, If le, Louisville on the 17th of next Novee 3 l be 11 . i t, General Eli Parker will deliver a eulogy o ro icloP character, and services of its lamented r the late General Rawlins. ej ect c ola" ne st It is said that the Empress EllgCl3le a, sta te ° „io' by the Prince Imperial, will visit the 110itet d tor',0 pro t o o 7 o, /41 15- 0 51 year with a suite of 30 persons. She w ill delphia, Boston, Newport, New York,"Sa ra c oo ° 0 0° Falls, and perhaps Clalifornia. "lt has ben ~,o d dreams to visit America," says the BrnPr e n, year I shall see New York and Niagara Fall s ' ir e, E n t z e A n w n i f s e — o O f stool' sli BIRTHS. o f a daub la ce, th NUGENT - On the 13th inst., at 10, Eatop;P: Of Edmund C. Nugent, Esq., of a dangig Clof nuothloenlelthEdinwsat.:dast, Ness Stritn. .100 AftIRRIAGES. too tle e , C I I I I O BRAITHWAITE—KAY—On the 12th inst.7;_„oo;_,,; nett, youngest son of the late Garnett_.!szl;o`ll,, of Plumtree Hall, Westmorland, to Inil aver br a lai n, e of E cito eldestvn Satin. le li l2 B t y h , Ft De ° 3 ( ost e r' daughter of TER—On ti Farmer Ecroyd, 0 1 Spring G o o f G e org° to Anna Maria, ela.:Ot daughter -eler -,, a sting!'clar ° itbden, Lancashire. -, 8 134 A BURGES —On the Caroline s inane, the DrOTal e l LANE—On the 13th ins.; rat Kwg 51 12th Newton Lane, Esq., ages c 9• vc , 1 0,0 1 jo. t " toor, 10 11 0 London: Printed and Published by s of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE o V i rt; o r . in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the e Thursday, Octopi 11., 184'0. 1