The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-18 00:00:00

BPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. I • T.TIE TLYIVERSITY - BOAT RACE. The Times, in examining the arguments advanced by the Protestant declaration to which a thousand deputy. lieutentants, magistrates, and gentlemen of Ireland have attached their names, pronounces it to be a singular pro• duction. We need not go through this singular declara tion. Its propositions can be supported by no person of authority in the united Parliament. It strives to cover the weakness of the original title by which the Protestant Establishment holds its endowments by acts of subse quent recognition, and its authors at last work themselves up to the astounding assertion that it is not within the moral competence of Parliament to overturn the institution they would defend. They do not understand that the recognition of a bad title by the man who sets it up and claims under it is worth nothing—it must be recognised by the other side to gain any force—and that the assertion that Parliament is not morally competent to abolish the Irish Establishment is simply begging the whole question. There remains another fallacy, and it is the last we shall notice. The Protestant laymen declare it is an error to suppose that the Boman Catholic peasantry contribute, by pay ment of runt charge or others ise, to the main tenance o the Establishment, because the rent -chPrge is mainly paid by Protestant landlords. We might answer that Mr. Gladstone proposes to give back the tithe rent charge to the landlords, but we prefer to rest on a surer ground. The tithe rent charge is paid by no land lord. It is a national inheritance, reserved for public uses from a date far older than the ancestry of any existing Irish landlord—we believe we may add, as a strictly his torical fact, older than the recognition in Ireland of indi ♦idual property in landand to talk now of the titherent charge as paid by landlords is to repeat a fallacy so often exploded that we can scarcely understand how it can be once more advanced. Strong in the sense of the righteous ness of the cause, confirmed by the weakness of the attacks of its opponents, we bate no jot of our hope that the Establishment of Ireland, too long the scandal Of our justice and of our political capacity, will, before the close of this session, be overthrown. The Morning Post observes that the commissioners appointed to investigate the subject of trades unionism have published their report, and we regret to say that it displays a very serious conflict of opinion in respect to the best mode of dealing with the matter submitted to them. • There is no doubt very great difficulty in concocting any scheme which will at the same time afford to the opera tives the full enjoyment of their right to impose whatever conditions they please on giving their services to employers, and at the same time protect the latter from those strikes which so frequently paralyse trade. It is equally difficult to prevent voluntary associations of men who consent to be bound by certain regulations as to the conditions on which the members shall accept employment without striking at the foundations of that liberty of action which in a free State every indivi dual should possess. Now, looking to the recommenda tions of the majority of the commissioners, we very much fear that there is a good deal to which the working classes would object, and not altogether without a' show of reason. Some middle course must consequently be taken, and it will be for Parliament to decide what that course should be. The door of escape, if any there be, is, we believe, in furnishing facilities for courts of conciliation and arbitra tion rather than by coercive legislation ; but we fully agree with the report of the majority that these courts should have the most ample powers, and that their deci sions should be conclusive, and strenuously enforced. The Standard considers that one after another the barriers which separate the soldier from the rest of the community are being broken down. And now the first report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the present system of punishment for military offences proposes to remove still more of these marked points of difference between the military and civil popUlation. They submit some of their suggestions relative to military punishments at once, thinking they should be acted upon without loss of time, especially as the abolition of flogging in the army render‘ it all the more necessary to revise carefully the remaining punishments. And they commence with laying down a doctrine, which is unquestionably sound, that no man who has undergone penal servitude should be retained in her Majesty's service, and so that it should be only had recourse to where the crime is so serious as to involve dismissal from the army. Surely this is the dawn of a new era, whew dismissal from the army is to be the highest punishment that can be awarded. The whole report of the commissioners is based on sound reasoning, and is suited to the nature of our army and the times ; but certainly no portion of it will carry more weight and meet More universal approval from officers and civilians than their concluding recommendation that greater facility should be given for the discharge of soldiers who, from repeated convictions, afford grounds for believing that they are beyond the power of reformation ; for that the continuance of such men in the service tends to demoralise the young soldier, and is otherwise seriously prejudicial. The Herald declares that successive Liberal Adminis trations have strenuously opposed all attempts to protect children in print works from the excessive and torturing labour imposed upon them by their remorseless task masters. This scandal and disgrace of the system have been denied with an audacity which it is not easy to understand. And this, too, in presence of the admitted truth that Factory Acts were paned in order to remedy a state of things which in its cruelty was absolutely infamous. But if the Legislature be sincere in the sym- pathy it professes for these over-burdened younglings of the community, it ought, and itii.rnight at once, without waiting for any further reports this waiting for reports is the Old Man of the Moun tain in Parliament—to enact that no distinction shall in future be drawn between print works and ordinary fac tories. If there he a difference it is in favour of the latter. It may be conceded that an occasional demand may cause a sudden emergency in the print market ; but we legislate for women and children engaged in other branches of industry ; we do not permit seamstresses and milliners to sew and stitch after a definite hour on Saturday afternoons; we forbid the toiling and spinning of children in cotton factories, excepting during a specified time of the day, and let us hope the date is near when those horrid truths told in the last report on agricultural gangs will no longer be quoted to our shame by the press of Europe. It was written centuries ago that civilisation meant mercy, and notwithstanding some cold technicalities in the discussion of Tuesday evening we cannot imagine a member of Par- liament undertaking a more creditable effort than that of mitigating the severity, the dreariness, the gloom, and the monotony of children's labour. The Star says that it would be difficult to analyse the feelings which from year to year conspire to make the University Boat Race a metropolitan if not a national festival. The cynic may ask with a sneer whether the over-mastering interest in this annual exhibition does not encourage habits at variance With the intellectual exertions to which universities are devoted. He has undoubtedly large scope for his sharp tongue, both in the practice itself, and the motley crew who are drawn to give their promiscuous presence. He has a right to remind us that . . . _ it is the mind which makes the man. - Wire admit it all with due humility, but we would appeal to him, whether the united testimony of ancient literature and history is not in favour of the beneficial result of the various innocent games.of the Greeks on even the mental development of the race. Our old friends the Romans, again, with their usual thoroughness, when they once fairly became ena- ciured of a pursuit, went to extremes in the matter of wildbeasts. As their voluptuousness aud luxury increased, they gave themselves more and more up to the stimulus to he derived from the ainphitheatre. Had they only encouraged boat-races on the Tiber among the young patricians, instead of combats of gladiators with tigers and with one another, the fate of Rome might have been different. While Spain clings to her hull-tight, England may fairly take credit for refining her sports, and confining t;:em to bloodless exhibitions of the trial of speed of horses a.ul the power of sinew of students. Whether the latter is destined to endure in such companionship we cannot say, but We bid the cynic draw his deductions from what he saw of the bedizened crowd of 'Wednesday. The nlegraph regards the Customs and Inland Revenue officers with wholesome awe. No man who has any pre: tensions :to- a pl ace i n th e m iddl e c l ass esc apes the watchful glance of that great band of legalised freebooters, commissioned by Government to levy blackmail of SiX . pence in the pou n d o n ever y i ncome . "H ere comes Mr'. "Winter, surveyor of taxes ; I'd advise you to give him whatever he axes ; for, permit me to tell you, without any flummery, though his Dame may be wintry, his actions are summary." So impro. vised Theodore Hook, thinking, doubtless, with mournful humour- of the champagne, th e • hunters, the opera-boxes, and the costly late hours which, as he told the ineoree.tax collector, denoted, not his " income," but his "outgo." The surveyor of taxes is a tremendous personage to tolerate in a free State. He is such a despot that; had he been created by any consul like Cicero, the Ron - lane would have torn him limb from limb, and pitched Ids renivtins into the Tiber. Indeed, when describing the authority which the State had given to the officers of inland Revenue and Chstoms, Mr. Gladstone spoke almost with bated breath, lie hinted that if he were to tell the n-ise all lie knew about those rowers, the members " u m he liorroalick at th e terrible despotism which Parliament had. coupled with salaries of £2ooa year. And, , 3 b e added, we are in such a positi:in that we cannot do without the despotism. The koard of Inland Revenue rfloet , b e e great vigilance cc mmiLtee ; its officers ninst have eornetliing Ike alisolnte power 07CT It large b o dy (et* inannfactorers ; ard under 110 other cornliei o n can our revenue be levied. Mr. Monk is quite vie-lai n saying-t: tat it is hard to debar a large chola of men fienii Hie of political activity. But, though hard, it mar be necessary ; and in this matter the Pie - venue officera suffer •e• rompny. In an unanswerable speech, th e P r i me In -•e Minister poilited out that other clasaea of citizens were subjected to the same disabilities; that Government con tractors lik - e Sir Sydney Waterlow, though perfectly were incompetent to sit in P ar li ament honourable men, and that the members of the police force were debarred taking an active part in political proceedings. Mr. from Monk's friends cannot have their cake and eat it too. They cannot be at once"surveyors of taxes and political agitators ; they may not nniteshp functions of the . 04 eQllutar - d-- TEE START. It was nearly four o'clock, and the tier of steamers ranged above Putney Bridge had been a long time impa tiently wheezing and wallowing behind the umpire's boat, when Dark Blue was first seen upon the water. Every , one could perceive at a glance that Oxford had, as is ber wont, eight aquatic Anakim to row for her. They came out leisurely in their jackets and caps, and swung round to the starting-barge, where they were held to the Middlesex shore by the rudder yoke. A minute or two more and Light Blue !merged from the shadow of the boat-house, rowing along with the same quiet paddle to the barge. The Oxford men surveyed their competitors as the eights came together, and there was a general " unpeeling." Comforters and coats were loosened with one hand, while the other kept the oar-blade on the water, and this toilette of battle was soon and dexterously completed. Mr. Chitty, the time honoured umpire of the lists, nowistationed himself like an animated figure-head in the bows of his vessel, the youth ful athletes bent forward with i lhe edge of the blades " hunzry " to clip the water, and the word " Off !" was given by Mr. Seitrle. The start was fair and prettily effected, but the first .grasp which the dark blue blades took of the river lifted Oxford sensibly ahead. UNTOWARD ACCIDENT. At this mornext an accident occurred by which the Ittcnse excitement of the moment may be understood. Looking back from the position of advantage occupied by the privileged steam vessels, an ugly sight was tiiiihle in the thick of the nick of those following. A screw tug had jammed her gunwale under the sponsor of a paddle, and was heeling right over into the thronged and churning river, the water halfway up her decks, and people on board dropping off into the tide, and frantically. scrambling into thi craft on this or that quarter. Horrible as the accident looked—for it seemed that the little tug must fill and go down among the furious paddles of the steam fleet—the attention of those closely following the university crews wavered a little between the race and the peril, and then gave itself up to the race. No lives, fortunately, were lost. TILE RACE. For the first few strokes the nose of the Oxford boat shot ahead. However, this lead was not of long duration, for the Cantabs, having settled down to their steady way of rowing, at once began to make up lost ground, and before the first bridge on the towing path was reached, the lead, if any, was in favour of the Light Blue. From this spot to the point the two crews kept their respective distances, but when getting abreast df Craven Cottage, the Cambridge boat—in rather more stream, though slightly wide—had now a perceptible lead ; still, in the full sweep of the tide, which here runs diagonally to the boat's course, the Light Blue ship gradually showed in front, the Oxonians taking a shorter course in shore, but one upon the shallows and out of the tide. This lead of the Cantabs was responded to by loud shouts from the bank, which were redoubled when it was seen that instead of keeping their distance only the Cantabs were adding to it. By the time the two boats were opposite Ito:se Bank the Cambridge crew were three-quarters of a length to the good. At this point the steering of the .Cambridge coxswain had been as good as his opponent's was inferior, but by making too far for the Surrey shore before sighting the dummy at the Suspension Bridge, the Oxonians got the benefit of a straight line to the centre arch, while the Cantabs had again to go out to clear the pier properly. Here for the first time the signs of flagging were perceptible in the Cambridge boat, and for the first time since the start were some of the men out of stroke. FROM BARNES BRIDGE. The race was virtually over at Chiswick, and when the , )cats carne in view from Barnes Bridge the Cantabs were Neaten least two boats' lengths. They never gained ground afterwards. The smoke from the steamers was the first signal of their approach. Certain dots in the water, moving on its surface like insects, and hacked by a black wall of battering rams, each vomiting forth its quota of steam and smoke, were the first things recognised. Then I couple of white streaks stealing rapidly onwards, and in another second shelving what looked like antennae in the air, were said to be the boats. A moment more, and the colour of one set of antennae was said to be darker than the other, and simultaneously with this discovery rang out the words " Oxford first." The rest is soon told. The Cam bridge men looked fagged and sorry as they glided by, but pulled with a steady, regular stroke, while the Oxford crew went by easily, and in far better form than they promised a week ago. A perfect fleet of steamers puffed up imme diately afterwards, three of them coming into collision limier Barnes Bridge, to the outspoken satisfaction of the spectators ; fsor they had resembled nothing so much as a floating wall, advancing to engulf the hindmost boat ; and the crowd, whose sympathies were aroused, protested loudly against the unnecessary risks to which their favourite, the Cambridge boat, was exposed. THE CROWD. The hill at Epsom on the Dtrby-day ; the course at Hampton on the Thursday; Regent-street at an illumina tion time—if night were suddenly turned into day ; London festival at which all classes are represented, and upon wl..elf an influx of educated provincials had suddenly come—any of these were represented. The dubious brougham, with its bevy of painted brazen women, cackling, blatant, hoarse—the well-appointed drag with its aristocratic cargo, all clothed in white mackintoshes, as if in obedience to some secret sumptuary law ; the C - dbkney riders, addressed generically as " tailors," driven from the towing-rath, and earning not blessings by their had horsemanship and clumsy ways upon the carriage road ; the family coach, well laden and well provendered, and with sight-seers of both sexes and all ages, absorbed in interest ; the hired carriage of university lads, joyous, noisy, and a little inane—all these were crowded and crowding together pell-mell. THE RETURN. The million was generally dissatisfied : they wanted Light Blue to win ; and what general cheering there was, was good•naturedly given to the defeated boat, as it paddled back along Use southern shore. Oxford kept to its own side in returning, and was as nearly as possible swamped by one of those odious and übiquitous little screw tugs which Nolte the Thames above bridge hideous and perilous. A brutally mismanaged craft of this description steamed at full speed past the victors, and sent its offensive wash right over the gunwales of the Oxford boat, all but sinking it. The Dark Blu-s were luckily near their own stern-barge, and got on board it, for another such experience would have set them swimming. Nor must we fail to remark that two conspicuous examples of i nsu b or di na ti on were set even in the upward course, whereby the office of the umpire was rendered difficult, and the eights endangered, to say nothing of the discourtesy of pushing before the steam-vessel which bore the royal standard of England and carried the son of the Queen. THE DINNEE. The crews dined together in the evening, and compli • meats were passe:l on both sides. The Cambridge men thanked their coach, Mr. Morrison, an Ox ford man, for the way in which he had trained them. Mr. G. Morrison said he hoped that he 1a 1 done some good a'; Cambridge and laid the foundation of good rowing there. The Cambridge crew had made t, good race of it with an untrained No. 7, and if they had done as much as they had with an untrained man, what might they not have ex pected with one in good condition? Next year Cam bridge would have a better pick of men. The Cam, he could assure them, was not an engaging river to any man, and to him, an Oxonian, the least engaging of any river he ever saw. If Cambridge had won, he said, he would not have offered his services again ; but that not being the case, he. should, if Oxford did not object, again go to Cam• bridge (though ho had no wish for six months' hard labour and coach thc:r crew. A MoNsTER.— A human monster, a female child with two heads, was horn a few days ago at Zerhst. A careful examination has hewn that the spinal column divides into two at the first of the true vertebra, and that from this point two perfectly developed necks and heads proceed. The breast is half as broad again as i s usua l , the limbs simple and well formed. We have not yet heard in how far the internal construction of the breast is simple or complex. It appears that the child died in the c ourse of birth, from the pressure of the two heads against each CORRUPTING MILITARY STUANTS. James Quintlan, aged IS, of 2, Nelson-street, St. Peter's -square, hackney, was chared at the Woolwich Police-court, on Wednesday, under Lord Campbell's Act, with offering Indecent prints for sale amongst the military students at Woolwich. The prisoner bad been previously in custody for offering similar pictures for sale amongst the cadets of the Royal Military Academy. Henry Somerset fritisald said one was 17 years of age, and a student at Mr. Mu!caster's rstablisinnent. The priso.ier, who had been turned of t f the premises on a previous occasion, cane and shewel the students a nurnlier of prints, and he ;witness) gave Lin: •tx book in exchange for one of V:cm. books were tdacational works, which his father had bought him prior to his coming to Woolwich. The prints were handed t the magistrate, who, after turning over a few of them, spoke in the most unmeasured terms in condemnation p! the prisoner's conduct in selling prints of that description to students of 10 or 17 years of ago. Mr. Maude ordered the prints to b.! retained, with a view of their being examined more minutely, and if found to come within the Act of Parliament, he promised him that he should has effectual punishment, and ordered the prisoner to be kigghtop cluLfOure THE S,ITN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1869. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) THE QUEENS LEVY.—Taxes. THE PAYMASTER-GENERAL.—Mr. John Bull. AGRICULTURAL MACHINES.—Farm labourers. " PARTY PROCESSIONS."—Going down to supper. THE HEIGHT OF FASHlON.—Ladies' Hair as now worn. A SWEET IDEA.—Giving sugarplums to children, if not an act of bonhomie, may surely be regarded as an act of bonbon-homie. 818 DABIT.-Mr. Eastwick has postponed his motion on Central Asia. We thank him. If he would only add tc his kindness by going thither and delivering his speech, our happiness would be complete. LEGAL CHARGE.—A contemporary stated that "The trial of the great Nun case cost about two hundred and fifty pounds a day." A Cockney friend adds, that was about a Nun-dred every two hours. IA SAINT REHABILITATED.-St. George, in his character of a gallant knight on horseback, spiking a dragon, was dis gracefully removed from the sovereign ; and Mr. Punch has scarcely cared to take a sovereign since. If he does, it is only to do like other people, and because that coin does as well as any other to shy at a waiter after dinner, and in ex change for the cigar-I ght. But St. George, as the jolly Cap padocian Baker, has never had half justice done him, and Me. Punch inclines to consider him in this light. The notion came into h's head at St. George's own Hall, nearly opposite the Polytechnic, the other night, while he was listening to the Christy Minstrels, who made musical the echoes of that highly superior edifice. It occurred to Mr. Punch that he would write them an opera, to bo called George, the Cap padocian, or the Brave British Baker. We hereby copyright the idea. There be passages in the life of St. George which would not only delight, but in-trust. We should not leave out the Dragon, but should put bins in a new light. George was brave, bnt a cheat. The Dragon was the type of the Magistrates who seek to prevent bakers from cheating. We should not give George the victory, though he gets it now a-days, thanks to the imbecile idiotcy of Vestries, but we should repress him by means of the beautiful Princess. We forget whether Cappadocia is a place where blacks live ; but no matter ; we should certainly let the Christy Minstrels wear their sable, though we never could comprehend why really charming melody-should come more pleasantly through redded lips than from au artist's natural mouth. Yes, we are rather nuts upon our Cappadocian opera, and shall pro bably give the scenario at an early date. Meantime, go to St. George's Hall, and hear the Minstrels ; for they are exceed ing good, both in serious and comic work, and they have excluded all the vulgarity which used to make Punch long to break the woolley heads of other days. (From Judy.) "A I,TRAIGHT TIP."—" Direct bribery." THOUGHTFUL HOSPlTALlTY.—Entertaining an Idea. A " HANGING MATTER."—The Sword of Damocles. To BANDMASTERS.—Does the " March Wind" enter into the composition of a "Military Air ?" A METROPOLITAN PECULIARITY.—It's strange that Bow should lie in the East, and Harrow in the West ! DISTANCE " LENS " ENCHANTMENT, &C. Artist (Photographic) : " Oh yes, Mum, we can take anything—• we can take the sun, which is millions of miles off." Old Lady (struck with an idea) : "Oh, you can. Then, if you would besergood aster take half-a-dozen of my son iu Austeraylia, which it's only thousands of miles off, I should take it as a favour." (From Fun.) THE END OP A " FAST " LIFE. —Starvation. THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE.— Mr. Iron monger, Mayor of Wolverhampton. A HERO OF FinascE.—Mr. W. E. Edwards, Ex-Official Assignee in the Court of Bankruptcy. A *" TRULY" LIBERAL POLICY (recently displayed by the Crystal Palaca Company—read this announcement, never mind the bull).—" Guinea Season Tickets Free!" PITCH AND Toss.—lf instrumentalists require new horns in consequence of the alteration of the pitch, does it follow that mad bulls will require new horns for their toss? The question leaves us on the horns of a dilemma. MISCELLAAEOUS NET'S. the establishment will remain open unto every aririi:Aii in pawn is redeemed by the owners." The result of the debate in the Lords was, however, no sooner made known than this and similar announcements were withdrawn. mankind." from having the slightest public effect. The result is natural ; on these topics the public become more and more ignorant. Fifty years ago the foreign relations of America were more equitably adjusted than those of any other nation in the world ; to day they are assuredly not in a good way. It was only the other day that a number of discontented Irishmen planned, under the protection of our flag, the invasion of a country with which we were at peace. They organized, equipped, and despatched an army across the Canadian frontier. It seemed as if we were returning toa state of nature when a nation pretending to be civilized could permit such prac tices. Many of our newspapers and orators ap plauded, and when President Johnson, prompted by the simplest dictates of duty, doing what he ab solutely had to do, arrested the movement, and per formed the one act which entitles him to the respect of the country, abuse was showered upon him from every side, and the affair was spoken of in many quarters as if one of the inalienable rights of man was to take advantage of neutral territory to orga nize thieving, murdering attacks upon his neigh bours. Again, a little later some of these same in- vaders, being captured, were held for trial. The law was simple enough ; they were on the same looting with pirates. But a cry was raised that their being American citizens made a difference, and the trial was spoken of as an insult to this country and the invasion of American rights. The Admi nistration was requested to expostulate, and, al though nothing had been done except to treat a crime as a crime, we seemed for a while to be really nearing war." It considers such humiliations might he avoided if the people could hear the reasons which influence the most intelligent and cultivated body in the country, and thereby escape the injury done by the Howe of Representatives, whose de bates are published, wherein are prescribed the rela tions of nations to one another. Although the Senate is the assemby which ratifies treaties the House is the great forum of debate on Foreign relations, and Mr. Banks, and Mr. Robinson, the " faithful Fenian," are the instructors of the people on inter national law. The Tribune argues very forcibly the injustice done to the United States by the conduct of England in permitting privateers to prey upon American commerce. Remarking on the correctness of the New Fork 7inaes that the war would have ended at least a year sooner than it did, had England not taken so unjustifiable a course, it says : —" But from this sound premise it proceeds to deduce the curiously illogical conclusion that the Senate should declare war or confirm the treaty. The right to declare war is one thing, the duty of declaring it is quite another ; and when there is a reasonable prosyect of obtaining reparation without war, an unnecessary declaration of war would be at once a blunder and a crime, and especially would this be so in the case of England and America, which are closely allied by kindred blood, one lan guage, an identity of interest, and a coirunom heritage of freedom. . . War may arise suddenly, especially since Mr. Reverdy Johnson's too amiable and too undiscriminating affability, and where then would be England's commerce?" Undoubtedly there is a strong belief on this side the water that America has no sea-going ships that could for a moment stand against those of Great Britain, and that her powers are much smaller in constructing such, although very powerful in floating batteries and vessels for coast defences ; and expresssion was given to this by the Right Hon. Hugh Childers in his speech on the Navy Estimates. The London Times also signified this in a recent article, wherein it expressed disbelief in the power of America to sweep England's commerce from the ocean, while it laughed to scorn the idea that it could be done by vessels of the class of the Alabama or Florida, alike devoid of speed and strength. As regards the capture of the British possessions in North America, the result is beyond doubt ; what the Tribune states being the only course open to the Canadians, viz., quietly to enter the Union and avoid a desolating war, ending in an inevitable conquest. The concluding remarks of the Tribune are in accordance with the opinion of no small section of the English people ; it will take some time to grow more general ; but we verily believe that the end will be what the Tribune suggests, on which we have frequently written, and which forms the subject of a chapter in Mr. Dilke's work, Greater Britain. At present we will content ourselves with giving the words of the Tribune, but we will hereafter offer our reasons for advocating such a policy :—" The London Times of Feb. 1.9, in an article on the Alabama Treaty, says: 'We have done our best; we have gone to the verge of national humiliation to secure a settlement of the question at issue. We seal' now await propositions from the new Ad ministration of General Granf.' Is this quite correct? asks the 7 ribune. Is there any na- tional humiliation involved in England's prof f, ring us of her own accord the amplest repara tion from all that we have suffered from the in defensible conduct of her subjects, and the grave error committed by her Government - in mea- suring their national duty by their municipal law ? Does not the same rule apply in such .. cases to Governm en t s w hi c h app li es to gentle men—whose honour never appears more bright and pure than when repairing a wrong, and doing, at whatever personal inconvenience, au act of justice ? Under these circumstances, should England promptly and frankly tender to the _ _ _ United States in full satisfaction of the debt she owes us, first, the amount of the Alabama claims due to individuals, and then the relinquishment o her sovereignty on this continent, with the con sent, of course, of her Canadian subjects, might we not, consistently with our national self-respect, accept the tender as cordially as it was offered, with the understanding thal bygones should be by-goner, and that we would revise together the International Code, and remodel it on that of Washington ? That such an offer will be made to us by England seems the more probable when we remember the length of time through which Eng land and the Cana'las have been looking forward to their separation ; that such an arrangement now would but slightly anticipate the early and inevitable future ; that it would more comport with England's truest interest to make the transfer of her own free will and with the free con sent of the colonies, and that such an offer, discreetly made, although it would not restore our lost commerce, might be regarded as a proper reparation for our wounded pride, our violated rights and .shattered interests. Our people have been displeased, and justly, at the childish unwisdoni which has been ready to swell our indebtedness, at a most inconvenient motnent, by indiscriminate and needless purchases, from the North Pole to the Equator, of icebergs and of earthquakes. But the voluntary cession of the British rule in North America, where it has ceased to be advantageous to England or beneficial to its matured colonies, would be a❑ imperial gift, which England might with dignity tender, and America gracefully accept. Such an olive branch from England, healing the past and restoring the gooi will that has been so rudely broken, would un doubtedly be scouted by' those who are seeking to embroil the two countries in war, from personal hate or what Governor Andrew used to call a principle of "general cussedness;" but we think it might be fearlessly accepted in all honour by the muses of our countrymen, who trust, in the lan. guage of John Bright, " that the two nations, separated as they are by the ocean, come as they are, notwithstanding, of one stock, may be i❑ future time united in soul, and may work together for the • advancement of the liberties and the happiness of According to the Providence Journal, Mr. William Hamlin, of that city, is the oldest living Free mason in the United . States, if not in the world. He i s nearly 97 years old, and has been a member of the order 65 years. [AnvmarsEmENT.l—Holloway's Ointment and Pills A word of promise.—All sufferers from sores, ulcers, s;-,or butic affec , ions, and skin diseases may confidently com mence the treatment of their several infirmities with these healing and cleansing remedies. Under Holloway's well tried medicaments the worst cases will soo❑ assume a kinder aspect, and in the progress of the cure the afflicted will not be enibarassed by difficulties, nor disheartened by failures. A little perseverance and moderate attention to the " directions fur use," enveloping every packet of oint ment and pills, will enable every invalid to conduct his complaint to a successful issue, and he may feel assured that by following this simple but searching treatment his skin will be made sound, severe suffering *pared, and health restored. THE ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT. There is another blow in store for Messrs. Newde gate and Whalley. Ministers intend to support Mr. McEvoy's bill for repealing the Ecclesiastical Titles Act. This Act was passed by Lord Russell in a time of excitement, and, like all panic-stricken legis lation, was exceedingly foolish. The Act has never once been enforced, although •it had been violated every day by the men against whom it was directed. Nothing can be more undignified than for a great nation like ours to have upon the statute-book measures which are not enforced. If the members for North Warwickshire and Peterborough have not had the enterprise to put the pains and penalties in operation, it is certain that no one else will, and that the sooner it is got rid of the better. The ablest men of the time—men like Sir James Graham and, we believe, Mr. Gladstone—opposed the measure when it was introduced. It will be for the last to assist in repealing it. MR. It VALLEY. The hon. member for Peterborough having seem ingly exhausted himself on Jesuitism and Roman Catholicism, has got hold of a new hobby, or rather, has found out a new object of aversion, in the income tax. For the future, instead of cardinals, Papists, and priests the House of Commons is to be bored with returns and schedules ; instead of the exorbitant claims of Rome, is to be told of the horrible charges of the tax gatherer. Mr. Whalley commenced operations on Tuesday night by moving a resolution tending to the unconditional abolition of the income tax. Two hundred magistrates, he told the House, had signed petitions in favour of his motion. The reply of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was intended to act as an extinguisher to the persistent loquacity of the mover of the resolution. But it rather added fuel to the flame. Mr. Lowe rather doubted the good judgment of the 200 gent l emen who had selected Mr. Whalley as their spokesman; and while admitting the magnitude of the question which he brought before the House, left it to be inferred that the Government could not seriously entertain a proposi tion coming from such a quarter. This roused Mr. Whalley's mettle. He told the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was young in his place, that he had therefore no right to be discourteous. But he had also been impertinent. Then, as if antici pating the cries of " Sing, sing " (which, however, did not come), he assured the House that he was suf fering from a severe cold. He could not speak, but he would have his revenge, he would put the House to the trouble of dividing. Here Mr. Bright inter fered, and by a little friendly advice succeeded in pacifying the hon. gentle man . B ut M r. Whalley declared, before sitting down, that the House had not heard the last of the subject; and from what we know of Mr. Whalley, we are really afraid it has not. THE PARTY PROCESSIONS ACT. The suggestion of the Irish Secretary that the debate on the Party Processions Act should be ad journed, in order that the Government might be able to state what they intended to do in the matter, did not seem acceptable to the Conservative party. The division list shews that of the 113 members who voted for the adjournment only four were Conservatives, v i z ., Mr. Bromley-Davenport, Earl Percy, Mr. Talbot ( W es t Kent), and Mr. \\Tethered. Two Liberals voted against the motion—Mr. M'Clure and Mr. Whalley. Mr. Johnston, who brought forward the original motion, voted as one of the tellers for the Noes, whilst The O'Donoghue, who seconded the motion, went into the lobby with the majority. CANVASSING IN GOVERNMENT OFF CEq. Sir Arthur Guinness writes to the TimeB con tradicting a report that in his canvass of the Lublin Post Office he was accompanied by the Secretary of the General Post Office in Ireland. "I did obtain from Mr. Corms - all, the secretary of the Post Office, (Writes the lion. baronet), permission to canvass the voters in the various offices of his department, exceit the sorting-office; but it is not true that Mr. Corn wall, or any of the leading officials accompanied ms in any portion of my canvass through the Post Office, and I may add that Mr. Cornwall said that under no circumstances would he vote or take any part in the election." COMPENSATION TO WORKMEN. A. bill is about to be introduced to Parliament, under the auspices of the Miners' Association, to amend the law for Compensation to Wor:imen. Its provisions declare that any workman or servant who is injured in consequence of his master neglecting to provide for his sifety when at work shall be entitled to claim damages for all such injuries. Whenever power is given to other persons to direct servants and workmen in the absence of the master they shall be responsible for any neglect that may tale place. All actions for compensation shall be begun within twelve months from the date of the injuries received. THE PA I VNDROHLII3 AND THE HABITUAL Clt T3I MAL BILL. We are now informed how very angry the pawn brokers were at being classed with habitual criminals in Earl Kimberley's bill. They held a meeting just before the clause was rejected, and subscribed in a few minutes £l,OOO for agitating against it. Many of the leading men in the trade declared they would abandon the business as soon as the bill became law. The rejection of the clause in the by the House of Lords has, however, altered their intentions. One pawnbroker at the East end, who is the proprietor of three extensive esta blishments, had large bills printed to the following effect i--- 44 The House of Lords having thought proper to class the pawnbrokers with habitual ciiininalLUQl34QMPledge s .l l 4ll klicaud hataut sfl JOHN LAWRENCE,. Sir John Lawrence has chosen his title, and though a Scotchman, will take an Irish name, Foyle. He was educated at Foyle College, in the north of Ireland, and bears, we presume, a pleasant recollec tion of his school days. No doubt .the ex-Viceroy will be created a viscount, with a pension for three lives. THEODORE'S CROWN. The crown of King Theodore wax bought at the capture of Magdala from a common soldier, by a Prussian officer attached to the expedition, and by him was presented to his sovereign. King William having had his attention drawn to Lord Napier's order, forbidding the sale of articles taken by the army, has now forwarded the trophy to this country. The Owl says it has just arrived here, and will find a more appropriate home than in a Berlin museum. Can there be any doubt as to where the crown will go ? King Cole is not likely to let it escape him. TILE BANK OF ENGLAND. It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good, and the commercial hurricane of 1800 was certainly not that wind. Though the House at the Corner was blown down, and buried a number of other houses in its ruins, the still bigger house at Threadneedle-street was only the more established. Since then it has prospered so much, and its business has increased so- largely, that albeit money has for ever so many months been ranging at from 2 to 3 per cent., it is found necessary to enlarge the premises of the Bank of England by the addition of another storey at the western portion of the building. The truth is, Overend and Gurney was the Bank's chief rival, and that having been re moved out of the way, the Bank has all the business it likes to take. ••••• • THE NEW DOMINION. The completion of the Confederation scheme becomes more probable.every day. The Owl sk.tes that the long-pending dispute between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Confederation, for the transfer to the latter of the territorial rights of the former, is likely to be submitted to the arbitra tion of the Privy Council. The case of the company will be stated by Sir Roundell Palmer. I'M lAN TILEGITAPHS. There is a pretty quarrel going on between two of the recently-started companies for effecting tele graphic . communication with India. The direct hiiglish, Indian, and Australian Submarine Company propose to lay a line from Brindisi to Malta. There upon the Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Com pany give notice to warn off all intruders from their territory, asserting that they have an exclusive concession from the Italian Govern ment to lay lines between any part of the Italian coast to Malta. But it appears that when this con cession was granted (1859) our Government, in the interests of free trade, strenuously opposed the grant, and in deference to this opposition the company surrendered it. This company now, with an assurance that is almost sublime, declares that it renounced the concession onlyso far as the British Government was concerned, and that as it still holds good with the Italian Government the company has applied for a prohibition of the line from Brindisi. It is probable that our Minister at Florence will be instructed to interpose in this matter. OBITUARY. ---- - We regret to announce the death of Admiral Sir Peter Richards, K.C.B. Sir Peter was 82 years of age ; enter e d t h e navy as a fi rs t- c l ass volunteer in 1798, on board th e C am b r idge; served i n th e Ch anne l and 111edit erranean squadrons, 180 2 -7 , i n the Cullo den, Prin cess R oyal, Hercules, Ocean, &c. ; was made lieutenant in 1807; commander 1816, for his services at the bombardment of Algiers ; he became captain 1828; served in Portugal and China ; was Captain- Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard 1849-54 ; a Lord of the Admiralty 1854-7 ; and a Commissioner of Greenwich. Hospital . 1857-65. He was made a C.B. in 1842 for his Chinese services, and a K.C.B. 1805. Hp died after a few days' illness at Wimpole street, London. THE WEATHER. Was there ever such a season for those who watch the weather as this season of 1868-9 ? Having, as Mr. Allnatt points out, had " March winds and April showers" in January and February, which brought out our peach blossoms, we are now, mutatis mutandis, plunged into the depth of winter. Writing from Frant, Sussex, on March 14, the meteorogical correspondent of the Times says :—" On the Ist of January the mean temperature was 35 deg., which was the only instance during eighteen days of that month of the mean sinking below the estimated average. From-the 2nd to the 18th the temperature rose, and was daily in excess, the surplus ranging from 1.6 deg. to 12.8 deg. During the past fourteen days of March the mean has been exceeded thrice only, and that by a very small amount. On the remaining thirteen days the deficiency ranged below the average from 1 to 8 deg. On the 14th, the ground at several places was covered deeply with snow, and mean temperature sank 8.3 deg. below the average value." THE ,ILABAII,I CONVENTION. (From the Anglo .American Times.) There is no further development, in the United States, at least up to the time we write on the subject of the Alabama Convention. The decision of the Senate was to pass it over to the next Congress and the new Administration, but it was known that Republican Senators would vigorously urge its rati fication. Th e p..ople, however ignorant as a miss on international law, cannot help seeing the incon sistency of screaming aloud at Great Britain's con duct in her precipitate recognition of Confederate belligerency, and the immediate recogni ion, not of belligerency only, but of the indepdndence of a Government whenever a revolution has been suffi ciently successful to establish a de facto Govern ment. Of course, the world can no more be hood winked than can the American people hoodwink themselves, an.l the position therefore assumed is, that rebellion is justifiable against any Government but that of the United States ; and this is in a measure avowed, on the ground that it is the only Republic ever firmly established on true Re publican principles—the inalienable right of man— which the Fifteenth Amendment will recognize as a right not to be limited or restricted by any cause whatever. W hat the Republicans then say is, that all other Governments are based on error, in a greater or lesser degree, which it is our duty, as the champions of human right, to remove as the opportunities offer, and we are pledged tosu pport our doctrine where v er it is advanced, for we then contend,n o t f or t h e U n it e d States, but for the broad principle of the Ri g hts of Man. In warring to split asunde r th e R epu bli c , our enemies were not ours only,but of the human rac • ; the contention being that of an oligarchy against the people, in supporting which the English Govern ment sinned against the principles of liberty. Hence the very doctrine to which we are pledged, forces us to uphold nationalities struggling for :inde pendence, and however apparently inconsistent to condemn the effort to destroy us the champions of that cause. In this there is no inconsistency, but the con trary , t h oug h there may b e b ot h egot i sm and dogmati sm . I n Europe the apparent contra diction is too obvious to escape notice, and the fact is that the action of the Republic really places her in the position of asserting that what she does against other countries is justifiable, but what other countries do against her is an unpardonable sin. Many Americans emphatically condemn the assutnp tion and the interference ; but little impression can be made upon men who are enthusiastic believers in their doctrine. The New York Nation hits straight out in an article on Secret Sessions against the Senate deliberating with closed doors on such a Convention as the Alabama claims. Setting aside wi!h the utmost contempt the appeal " to God and humanity" o f such men as M r . Y a t es , it d es i res that the nation should be enlightened by hearing the opinions on points of international law (whereon it is profoundly i gnorant), o f t h e t ra i ne d men an d theSumners, Fessendens, Trumbulls, Edmonds, like Conklings. It remarks, "In the first place, one of the greatest evils arising from the system of secret sessions is, that a public which is of course very ignorant of international law finds no means of en lightening itself, while it is able, notwithstanding, to exert the most powerful pressure on our foreign relations. In a country in which it is a trui3m that all power comes from the people, a principle is in troduced which seems founded on the belief that the people are of no consequence whatever. No sound progress in Democracy is possible at all unless all make progress together ; whatever is done by the leaders must at least be understood by the rank and file, for if this rule be neglected, the rank and file, knowing they have the ultimate power, will nullify in some way or other the acts of the leaders. Now, we cultivate in the Senate a body of picked men, the most able representative body in the country, but on some of the most important topics that come before them we prevent their debates PARAGUAY-THE STORY OF MESSRS. BLISS AND .11ASTERMAN. These gentlemen arrived at New York in the Brazil mail steamer Mississppi, Feb. 21, and after a short stay proceeded to Washington for au inves tigation of the charges made against them by Lopez. Mr. Porter C. Bliss, from Western New York, is about 30 years of age, and eight years ago accom panied Minister Webb to South America, where lie studied the languages and the geopraphy of the continent. His appearance indicates what he ha s suffered, and tends much to confirm his story, a does that of Mr. Masterman, an Englishman, who, in 1861, entered the Paraguayan service as chief military apothecary, on au engagement made in London. In substance their tale is as follows. Benigo, the brother of Lopez, having access to the Treasury at Ascuncion, abstracted a large sum, for which he was tried and found guilty. To avert punishment, he professed to know of a conspiracy, to further which the money had been taken. Minister Washburn, the Paraguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Berges, the Portuguese Consul, Masterman, Bliss, and others, were accused. Many were arrested, as were Messrs. Bliss and Masterman when on their way to a United States steamer in company with the United States Minis ter, to whose Legation they were attached. They were placed in irons, weighing about 40ibs., and taken 36 miles from Ascuncion after being rifled of everything they had. For weeks they were kept in an open field without shelter until some branches were tied together and covered with grass. A sentry kept watch and allowed no communication, the monotony only being broken when they were taken before the revolutionsry tribunal. Both prisoners were tortured, a musket being placed under the knees and another over the neck with connecting thongs, which, on being tightened, force the head between the knees. When thus fastened the executioner strikes the muskets with a mallet, while a priest urges confession. Under this pro cess, the prisoners, who knew of no conspiracy, in vented one, and Mr. Bliss was compelled to write a pamphlet, and it was from this Lopez made his extracts which so astonished Mr. Washburn, giving what professed to be a full, true, and particular account of the conspiracy in which he had engaged. At the time Mr. Washburn expressed his belief that a narrative so untrue had been extorted only by torture, and Mr. Bliss, now in the United States, solemnly asserts that such was the case; that he knew of no conspiracy, but that he was compelled to save himself from so horrible a death to invent the story. In this Mr. Masterman fully bears hum nut. Mr. Bliss adds that he lived on terms of the closest intimacy with Mr. Washburn, as well as with the most prominent foreign families in Ascuncion, and that they could not have been engaged in a conspiracy without his knoaiug it, yet 500 of these foreigners have lessen shot for this phantom conceived in the Dictators' brain, a man as cowardly as he is tyrannical. Mr. Bliss alludes to Lopez as a wretched fool, and speaks of him personally as a poltroon ; and he considers it a strong proof of his folly that he should have.ac cepted as truth these statements, wrung from men under torture. The greatest care was taken in re vising his pamphlet to make it complete, and in every particular to bear out the charge. He was kept in cessantly at work often 14 hours a day, and some times roused up at midnight. He had to alter and revise the fictitious history at the dictation of the authorities, which, of course, under the circatn stances he readily did, and he attributes his preser vation to having made Lopez believe every word. During the time he was writing be bad at least a roof over his head and was better fed. Mr. Masterman, after five years service with Lopez, had been thrown into a dungeon for not obeying an impossible order by telegraph. He was kept in a loathsome cell for eleven mouths, and being close to where the poli tical prisoners were confined he could hear their shrieks and groans, and see them carried back covered with blood from torture. When released he accepted the post of surgeon to the American Legation, offered him by Mr. Washburn, scorning to return to the service of one who had thus treated him ; a proceeding Lopez never forgives. He had been most useful as a chemist in improving gun powder works, making fulminating powder, extract ing sulphur from pyrites, and designing tarpedos, for he was thoroughly Paraguayan in sympathies, regarding the inhabitants as a brave and noble people, who freely poured out their best blood " in defence of the most hideous tyranny the world could show—for the Republic existed but in name—Lopez ruled alone, with a power so absolute and unques tioned that no one who has not lived in the coun try can form any adequate conception of it." After being arrested with Mr. Bliss, and hurried to Villeta on mules, with 401bs. of irons hanging to their ankles, he was brought up for examination, brutally flogged with a stick, and then thrust into a hut, where he found Capt. Falcon, and a priest, who acted as secretary. The former said, "Ah ! we have got you at last ; now confess that you are a traitor, and that Washburn is the chief in the con spiracy." He replied that he could make no such confession, since, to the best of his knowledge, no conspiracy bad ever existed, and that the charges against Mr. Washburn and himself were false. Falcon "Then y ou w ill not con fs smake you." H e was th en p l ace d ;li shouted see i f savagely, jc an on the ground outside the hut and close to its thin straw wall, so that the captain, seated within, could hear all that was said, while the priest superin tended the application of th e torture called the t' Ur ug uay a n bound a"-- hY which th e p r i soner had his arms behind him b y t wo soldiers, and tightly then being seated on the ground with his knees separated, and a musket bound beneath tho rn , one of the men put his foot between his shoulders, and forced his bead down until his throat rested on the musket. Another was then placed on the back of his neck, and the two tied firmly together with thongs; at intervals the execu tioner struck the ends of the muskets with a mallet, while the priest continually exhorted him to confess and claim the forgiveness and bounty of the President. After a time he was unbound and another musket added to the weight on his neck, but as they were forcing his head down he threw it forward to avoid the pressure on the throat, and his lips were so severely cut that his mouth was filled with blood, nearly choking him. The pain was so excruciating that he fainted, and on recovering consciousness found himself lying on the ground, while the priest, who had left for a short time, came back saying that Bliss was already confessing, and urged him, as the only means of saving his life, to follow his example, while dull, heavy blows, each followed by a shriek from the negro servant of Dr. Carreras, who had been also arrested, showed that they were inflicting some other form of torture upon him. It was, therefore, useless to hold out longer; Dan Benigno, Jose Berges, Carreras, Rodriguez, and Bliss, with many others, hal all been made to say that Mr. Wash burn was guilty, and with a sense of bitter humi liation he told them, as they were about to apply the torture for the third time, that he would confess all he knew—that is to say, falsely declare that a conspiracy, which he was positively aware bad never existed, bad been organized and presided over by Mr. Washburn. The confession was interrupted by incessant threats of the reapplication of torture, for not knowing what he was expected to confess, and forgetting what the others had stated, he was constantly at fault. After the executian of Drs. Carreras and Benitez, both of whom had suffered excruciating torture, and some fifty Paraguayan officers, they were a little better treated. Finally, they were summoned before the revolutionary tri bunal, and informed that their evidence would be read over in presence of two officers of the United States, and that their lives depended on their ad hering to the depositions. Captain Rams tar was about to ask Mr. Masterman a question iu presence of two Paraguayans sv!io understood the language, but he entreated him not to do so. The officers evi - dently . regarded the m as cr i minals, and treated them superciliously. About midnight of the 10th De cember they were put on board the Wasp, when the following scene occurred :—Commander Kirk land, without replying to their salute, called the Master-at-Arms, and said :—" Take these men forward, put a sentry over them, and don't let A them loaf about." Mr. Masterman said :—" capt• Kirkland, we are nut mechanics, and I hope you will not send us forward. Mr. Bliss is the son of a Minister, and I have held the rank of Lieutenant for about ten years." The rough reply was " Wha t would you have me call you ? Go forwnrd!" Mr• Masterman continued :—" It is true, sir, when you last saw us we were regarded as criminals. I hope you don't think we are so." He said, " I receive you as criminals, and I shall treat you as such until you are proved to be innocent." He then left thew. They remained in the forecastle, eating pork an d hard tack, until at Monte Video they were trans' ferred to the flagship Guerriere, where, in spite of renewed remonstrances, they were placed in the warrant officers' mess, with a sentry over theta. On the 4th of January Admiral Davis accepte d Mr. Mlstertnan's parole, but neither he nor big companion were permitted to communicate with the shore until the morning of their transfer to the Mississippi. Mr. Masterman most feelingly a °. knowledges his gratitude for the service rendered him by the United States in saving him from im pending death, but at the same time can but think that a generous service was most ungenerously performed. Both these gentlemen uphold Mr' Washburn's policy and that of General Webb wit h regard to Paraguay, and very strongly condemn th e actions of Admiral Davis. Mr. Bliss, when at Wash' ington, was about formally to lay a complaint of WI treatment as a member of the Legation on board th e U.S. ships of war, and Mr. Washburn had alreadyPre ceeded there to press the matter on the attention of the Government. When we consider that it bas taken more than half a century even to approW mate to the facts of the battle of Waterloo, it is 0 (4 surprising that what transpires in a little Republ ic in the interior of South America should be but little known, and be told so that one story neutralize s another, for all is a mass of contradiction. lb ° circumstantial account, however, of Bliss and 1‘13 5- terman must have a damaging effect on the prestige of Lopez, and will be taken as strong evidence in proof of the hideous cruelty of the Dictato r abut to be published by the Allies. If what they say is confirmed, not only will the Allies be justified in declaring Lop e z a n ou tl aw , but le setting a price on his head ; for a man who acts such a part can be regarded only as an encal of the human race. Still there are facts in contra" diction, such—as the action of Ad m i ra l Davis and of General M•Mahon, who has accompanied Lope: even when his fortunes seemed t o b e desperate. It appears, however, certain that if Lopez has acted the part ascribed to him a terribl e p un i s h men t hang s over his head, and will inevitably fall on it. The Brazilians are said to have sacked Aseuncion, plundering the deserted city for three days, t he Brazilians taking no part being stationed fo ur miles to the north, at T r i n id a d. Thi s i s re garde d in the Argentine Republic as a breach of the treaty' by which the independence and the property of the Paraguayans were to b e res p ec t e d. M ar shal a e Caxias, as well as the Brazilian Admiral, have r e; signed their commands. In Caxi as ' or d e r, he 07 his successor has been informed of all required " t° carry on the war." This the Rio papers take up sharply, as he had repeatedly announce d that the W Sr was over. Lopez is sai I to be at the naturally strill position of Piribeby with a force e s ti m ated as big ti as 10,000 men, while the Alli e s on ly numb er about 20,000. The En g li s h men i n th e service a, c ; Lopez are stated to hav e vo l un t ar il y f o ll owe d bin' to the mountains. General M'Mahon has certainlye done so, as well as the foreign Consuls. T hef f are signs that Brazil desirea to retain possession ° ci Paraguay, which th e A rgen ti ne R epu blic 1 0111 , resist. Garibaldi i s reporte d t o h ave asser ted th at Brazil is altogether in the right in the present vi sr ; The Argentine Republic owes its prosperity t° tb t expulsion of Rozas, which was accomplished eio great cost by Brazil ; Garibaldi adds, and be acquainted with South America, where he sp ent many adventurous years :—" Lopez, I feel certai n ' n is even worse than Bos, and Paraguay also o will owe to Brazil its civilization and liber t y . A dreadful accou n t i s g i ven by a P arag uayan °L6, f cer, Captain Liguier, o f th e b ar b ar ous acts ° 0 Lopez. Berges was flogged before being sb° t ' was Dr. Carreras, and Don Benign° Lopes /v almost cut to pi eces . L ' di es were compelled t 0 witness the torture and execution of their husballi° and even his sisters were thus treated. Dladat D Lynch, his mistress, is Irish by birth, and is the wife of a Frenn surgeon, whom she left abol' years ago for Lopez. Site is described as a 9. 701°3 0 of fine personal appearance, still bearing the mar, of the beauty by which Lopez was first captiva te " and exercises great influence over the Paragu a y an President. She has borne him several child° t ; Lopez has never ma rr i e d. Atnc,ng the docuniell. which fell into the h an d s o f th e Alli es was 3 will made in her favour, giving to her absolute': all his property, rights, and claims. It was i c e dressed to Ge nera l M'M a h on as t h e repr esenta ti of a friendly p ower , enc l ose d i n a l ette r, ur a he g t itig him to place th e d ocument i n t h e h an ds el . Ti , lady, and b e g g i ng hi s a id i n carry i ng ou t its °e sions. With this was another le t ter, Wh i g" think it but just to Lopez to publish : as to "Honourable Sir,—A s y ou h ave h a d th e kinclil°',od take charge of my children, I now presume to eert u !d them to your entire protection, in case anything B ;pg happen to me, g i v i ng you aut h or i ty to ta k e w hatever o f you may consid e r neces sar y f ur t h e f u t ur e we lfar° te iv these poor creatures, especially for Leopold, e 7ll°se on. der years give me the grea t est concern re vectitig Your compliance with this request will euti:lo you ` ' .id heartfelt gratitude, since th e th oug ht o f these ch!l'ildr elf, meat, only thing that troubles m y m i n d at this trYu l gi se lf, meat, when I am called upon by duty to dedicate ta l or te at every risk, to my count r y' s cause . Th e y will be 1 ,16 nate to be near a gentleman possessed of the ad rnr oort qualities which it has been my happiness, on °u „ r ro siti acquaintance, to find in you, and I trust to your g en-- to accept the task. Your most obedient servant , S. Loll` FRANCISCO t tbi f " Ia accordance with the statistics of the .as;, that teen years the New Yo r k S un says i t i s a lmost Cert,4 the some 50 persons will be mur d ere d i n t h at city di & year 1869. doe roustiP tt sal [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (Indigestion), Debility, Consumptio n, an d all nervous, bilious, steed acev i v liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated e 7 ,18 Di, by rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cer e " ro vea ‘. Parry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica, Food, 0 , ,e P. suct i s, thousands of cases which had bean considered hope' es ;ple''', r —cough. asthma, also diarrhoea, hemorrhoids, liver ee dl pht flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat e e , 9o , , r ll ,;„ ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and, •a, 0 11 , 4 0, matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuref e acie' bility, aleeplessnees, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, _ e ven _ l O debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sicknenightnfo pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofele4 y eet; of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and b e 'earecl o s shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The Pope's health re is 6s--, 0 , Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" Nome, July 12, 00,1 01 pa health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially e in __T!,;elY °Toe ing all other remedies, he has confined himself e " & e bb! Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he c onsumes bO e ijeet ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisinPY e ve , _.,. 6 effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot pra i se hle 2s. Cr y, food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," J ul Z, Frilo.„;er No. 16,270 Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant; ' - ' b i c ,od,:;o4 Surrey, of thirty yean' diseased lungs, spitting IN Lo rd s l y` de derangement, aud partial deafness. Cure No. 1,771- -- , vspeP. o , Decies, I.ord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many y ears c f;,,pee oo4 No. 49,8J2—" Fifty years' indescribable agony fr, ein „,y sp , nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu'„ e realit' ° iatie sickness, and vomiting.—Maria July." Impert e ",, itaU e : u are Beware of the many unsavoury and more than eleP,l" : l oeat to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's narne ' l3 be .„..12 1 0 ciously attached. 51bs• .• - "bsoe, In tins, at Is. 14d.; 1 lb. 2s. (id.: 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; el,. g ar 225. ; 4 lbs, 40s, Also Dc BARRY'S REVALENTA AR"at LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 Cu f or 57 6 till% cups at is. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 283 cups et OS ',„ad B , s titiee at 513.—being about one penny per cup. The 3 "°' f LO are sent free of carr i age i n E ng l an d on receipt ° stree t ' Order BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, I Lp -I:Lt don; and all Groc• rs and Chemists. Births. K titk- -f 6 DRUMMOND —0 n the 16th i n st. at 2, Bryanst°l2- the 11. n. Mrs. Edgar Drunu'nd, ouate°' Es ' - , SEX—On the 14th i ns t ,at Cassiobury , the C u Essex, of a d aug ht er , 'stillborn ore , the ROSSL'iN —On the 16th inst , at 20, H a nover -F ( 1 Countess of Rosslyn, of a .son. of a daughter. of ANDREWS -FIELD- Legation, Marriages. stAtO oth 17th • tl Uni te(' - 14 n o inst., at lo , . 0 0 Paris, James B. Andrews, to FannY u y - r o i r g. Field, daughter of Cyrus W. 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P 1 . • Consign celebrate Per:lean' Whiskie also be E number of others SCIEI nRN `J as sortmen flak:a. In &c., in I shirP Sp TENN./ W. 0., I Mr. T MINER of Lyell' tate thE GEOLO guineas PRAC MINER. 14 9, Str THE The Ir Fire Rev, The mod Bonus fol value as render ti leave is p thirty da:, REAM off G Naficns, The rec £879 less SUBSC Williams, the Secret Street, Lo Qualific Governor, NATI. Ric Under the whereby Girls of all the kingdo The obie lish educat and laundr wise provi suitable sit Tho Coin entirely Ent Office, 12 T HE Preside] Treasurer DONAI solicited, ti expenditul at Walton Bank Office, 3 -11 -. Matll Patrol For the destituto o and of sr Pr"Perous One bur atitution ;1 Increase endowed, fteßistance. Snbscril Institution its D.C11 . 1 411 Th. last Secretary. Offices, 7 Bankers lane ; and REALM Ti DII BA and Office N. 8.-