The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 'HE CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST ADMIRALTY EMPLOYEE'S. The Saturday Review, in ditettssing Mr. Lowe's nnancial At the Central Criminal Court, on Firday, the case in i statement, observes that it has been the rare fortune of which__J . James Thomas Gambier,. a clerk in the Admiralty, I the Chancellor of the Exchequer to gratify the House of and William Rumble, an engineer in the Royal Navy, are ' Commons and the country with a pleasant surprise. When . I indicted for unlawfully conspiring together to obtain by all men looked that he should curse them with a tax or a 1 false pretences from Nicholas Mahon Maxwell the sum of loan, he has blessed them altogether. The re v e nue returns £3O, came before Mr. Justice Hannen. The Attorney of the financial year presented a gloomy and fuliginous General, with whom s ere Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., and appearance, and it was generally apprehended that Dlr. Harrington, prosecuted on behalf of the Crown ; Mr. the reduction of the estimates would not alone Serjeant Parry appeared for Gambier, and Mr. Nasmyth produce an equilibrium. Mr. Lowe has maintained, in for Rumble. the midst of lugubrious anticipations, unbroken silence, I congratulating himself perhaps on an o pp ortunit y of The Atterney-General opened the case, stating that exemplifying the artistic precept, ex fulgore, ex fumo dare lucem." the prisoner Rumble had sought to obtain money from " Non Mr. Maxwell on the pretence that he could through a friend fumum Bed Mr. Lowe evidently shares the opinion that exceptional at the Admiralty use such influence as would lead to t he outlay ought to be distributed over a series of years; and acceptance of a tender for a contract which Mr. Ma xwell if he is right in believing that his new mode of collection had sent in for the supply of timber to her Majesty's will be advantageous in itself, he is perfectly justified in dockyards. It would be shewn that Rumble had been profiting by the accompanying windfall; or, to use more in close and confidential communication wit h Gambier, accurate language, in picking up the fruit which he has and that when the latter was arrested there was himself shaken from the tree. There can be no difference found in his pocket-book an entry wh ich no reasonable of opinion on the expediency of substit u tin g offi c i a l person could doubt referred to the recei p t of £loirom tax-gatherers for parochial amateu r s ; a nd a lth ou gh l Rumble in respect of M a xwell's contract, and which bore 1 date about the time that Maxwe ll had p aid money on this excisemen will exercise additional vigilance, moderately account to Rumble. The pretence, mede sa te id A t i b r. e m le a a x rn we e l d honest taxpayers will welcome a c hange which l gentleman, which the prisoners removes their establishments and their private affairs from the c ur i ous su p erv i s i on o f neighbours. was altogether a fals e e pretence. They or with any other They had no influence whatever with for th o btaining theacceptance an In his estimat es o f revenue , M r . L owe has been prudently modest ; but there can be no doubt that in the absence of department,of - disturbing causes his expectations will be considerably 11a contracts. i If it were a fact that the accept disturbing o f contracts could be p rocured throu g h the exceeded, even if rich men should once more disappoint influence s of such means, it would b e a very serious matter him by obstinately refusing to die. With the exception indeed, and would indicate a rottenness in our public of the cotton trade, the principal branches of industry are ser • of a most alarming c haracter. But Mr. Mar vice in a tolerably healthy state ; and the rise in the rate of well obtained no benefit whatever from the prisoners, and interest chews that commercial enterprise is reviving. if they had succeeded in obtaining money from other con- Mr. Lowe has commenced his career with prosperous tractors in the same way, those contractors had paid their auspices, although at the commencement of his speech he money without consideration. If the jury came to the wisely propitiated the jealous powers by dilatingsupon the conclusion, after they had heard the evidence, that these unhappiness of his circumstances. i two persons were guilty of this offence, their verdict The Spectator refers to the discussion that has taken would he of the highest importance to every department place about Lord Stanley's politics, and declares that in the service. being what he is, it can be no surprise to anybody that he The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. should be somewhat of a problem and a perplexity to the Mr. Maxwell said he was a mining engineer and timber Tory party in days of hot conflict like the present. In merchant, at 49. Lombard-street. On the 12th of January times of rest, with no great issue before the country, he last he sent into the Admiralty a contract for elm timber for might do very fairly for their chief ; for he would win fox the dockyards. On the 15th, Rumble, whom he had never them the credit of small reforms and Vnsiness-like sagacity, seen before, called upon him, and told him he would not get while he would throw cold water with admirable precision his contract unless he used influence, and, indeed, unless of aim on the " heroic remedies "of Radical prophets cry- he made terms with him (Rumble) he would certainly lose ing like pelicans in the wilderness, and obtaining no heed. his contract. 'Witness said he would not bribe anyone to To have so candid a chief telling his party that all their use his influence; and Rumble then went away, saying as favourite ideas and war-cries are no use in the world, is of be left the office, " Very well, I'll do the best I can for you; course a scandal and a great source of new weakness. and after you have got the contract, perhaps you will Naturally enough Lord Stanley is at present the lea s t do something for me." Witness immediately went to popular of the Tory chiefs, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy, who Mr. Brady, Registrar of Contracts at Somerset House, has identified himself conspicuously with the Protestant and told him what had occurred. On the 18th Rumble religion, the most so. But Mr. Disraeli, we think we may came, and said witness would receive his contract in a venture to prophesy, is not likely to give place tofrom day or two. He had learned that his friend in the either of his colleagues. While Mr. Gathorne Hardy Admiralty, who was " pretty high up. " Witness asked fitly represents only the prejudice , Lord S tanle y "In the event of your receiving £2O or £3O from me, would you keep the whole of it, or would y ou h ave t o s h are it only the prudence, Mr. Disraeli ende avours to repre with any other person?" Rumble sa id, " I s h ou ld h ave sent—and more or less succeed s in representing— in the larger sense the policy of the party he leads. to divide it with my friend. My friend has great in- He enters into its prej udices so as to avoid drenchin g the linenee ' and when ardour of his supporte rs in ice-cold water like Lord be able you want your accounts passed, I shall toshewyou how to do so quickly." On the 2nd Stanley, and without being possessed by them like Mr. Rumble came again, and said witness' s c on tract was Gathorne Hardy. He duly appreciates the force of "smashed up;" the new Board wa s ver y diffi cu lt t o deal party passions which the former hardly does, but without with. He added that, while witness's contract was for being influenced by them like the latter. In a time when a leader even of the Philistines can only be - £914, the other was for £925. H e a ft erwar d s b roug ht a letter qualified for accepting the contract for Portsmouth Dockyard. Witness his post by having entered in some degree into the educa- asked whether the letter had b een o bt a i n ed through his tion and aims of the children of light, it is impossible for Influence, and Rumbl e re pli e d, "M os t ce rtainly ; if I such a man of Gath 118 Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Goliati hadn't ' used my influence you would not have got it." though he be, to lead them with any success. On the Witness had tendered for the supply of Woolwich, Chat other hand, it is equally impossible for one who is so ham, Sheerness, and Devonport ; and lie asked how it was purged from Philistian lore as not even to wish to see the those tenders had not been accepted. Rumble said, Philistines triumph, though it be also true that he has no " You are much better without them ; they are great wish to see the Israelites triumph and desires only a sus humbugs down there." 'Witness gave the prisoner three pension of hostilities, to lead the children of Philistia ; and £lO notes which he had received, through Clark, the de this is the case with Lord Stanley. Until there grow up a tective, from Mr. Brady. leader with something of Mr. Disraeli's detachment of Mr. Brady was then called, and deposed that after vision, and yet something, too, of Mr. Gathorne Hardy's receiving a communication from Mr. Maxwell, he Toryism of soul, the Conservatives will never have a really employed the detective Clark. The witness described the great leader. Such a stat esman as th e l a t e Si r R o b er t P ee l is not easily found twice i n a century—and even the late course of business with regard to corresponde nce about contracts, and said it could not be known at the Store- Sir Robert Peel had in him a grain or two too much of keeper-General's office, in which Gambier was a first-class Lord Stanley. ' clerk, that Maxwell's contract had been accepted until The Examiner and London Review says that how to be the 22nd of January, when the memorandum of the deci splendid without cash in hand, and to do the munifi- sion of the Lords of the Admiralty came down. Gambier, cent without anything to spare, was the problem which however, had means of ascertaining previously that Providence set Mr. Lowe. Mr. Childers and Mr. Card Maxwell's was the lowest tender. well had done their beat by dint of saving to furnish their Mr. :Horton, a clerk in the Storekeeper-General's office, colleague with the wherewithal, and but for the unlookede, and Mr' Girdlestone, a clerk in the Record Office, were for windfall of extra liability left him by King Theodore, next examined. The latter witness said he put letters the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have really hat which were to be dispatched into envelopes, which a surplus, with which he might have lessened the actual he did not fasten, but placed in a basket for amount of taxation. As it is, however, the whole the messenger. Cross-examined by Serjeant Parry: of the retrenchments on account of the army and navy Do you mean to say that at the Admralty, when will not suffice to square the account for glory purchases you put a letter into an envelope, you do not seal in Abyssinia. Indeed, we are not yet quite sure how it or moisten the envelope? I do not.—lt is too much we shall have to pay on that score. But taking the much trouble, I suppose. (Laughter.) The messengerhas most favourable view of the case, the bloodless expeditior to do it? Yes. (Laughter.)—And he can read the letters will cost no less than £9,000,000 ster!ing, and thus Mr.- if he likes? I should not allow him to do so if I saw him. Lowe has found himself driven to the necessity of Mr. William Henry Graham, another clerk in the inventing a surplus, in order that he play have the pleasure Storekeeper-General's department, Mr. Nelson Girdle of spending one. Instead of borrowing from the Bank or stone, Mr. Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the Navy, the Stock Exchange, he has ingeniously resorted to the Admiral Spencer Robinson, Comptroller of the Navy, and expedient of borrowing from to-morrow. He proposes to Mr. Baxter, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, anticipate £3,350,000 of assessed taxes, a large portion of were also called for the prosecution. which, in the ordinary course of things, would not become payable until a good way on in the next year ; and with the produce which he hopes thus to realise, he undertakes to relieve the community of burthens to the extent of £2,940,000, leaving a surplus, after balancing all, of £412,000 to strengthen the balances in the Exchequer. The total amount to be paid by the nation in the next twelve months will, in round numbers, remain the same ; but, in a variety of ways, the incidence of taxation is modified or shifted from one set of people to another. The whole affair, as Mr. Lowe himself candidly avowed, is the result of a dexterous resort to the art of "parliamentary magic," whereby a Minister of Finance is enabled to work wonders. For the defence it was argued, on the part of Gambier, that he had only given certain information, for which he had received £lO. To give that information was a com mon thing. It was indiscreet, not criminal. For Rumble it was contended that he had merely acted as agent. Wit nesses as to character were called, among others Alderman Sir Thomas Gabriel and it was shewn that Rumble and Gambier had only very recently become known the one to the other. The jury, however, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation, found the prisoners guilty. Mr. Justice Hannen, in passing sentence, said they had been convicted upon evidence which could not leave the faintest shadow of a doubt on the mind of any person who heard the case. With respect to Gambier, it was im- The John Bull declares that if the circumstances of Ireland are so peculiar as to demand exceptional treat ment, then the only logical alternative is to petition for an Irish Parliament. If the measure is one dealing (as it does professedly) with Irish interest only, it is only just that Irishmen should be allowed to decide the matter for themselves. We believe that all parties would admit that such a course as that at which we have hinted is a fair and reasonable one. But it may be alleged that in advocating a repeal of the Union, or even anything that may tend to such a consummation, one incurs a fearful responsibility. But the question is not whether Conserva tives should bring about such a cry, but whether they should support it before the bill becomes law, in order that English Liberals may be roused to the real danger of the situation ; for all who know Ireland agree in saying that the cry of repeal will wax louder every year should Mr. Gladstone's bill become law. The Irish Protestants will have been deserted by England. They will feel that they will not receive less justice from a Parlia ment sitting in College Green than in St. Stephen's ; and believing that the article of the Union which made their forefathers accept it has been sacrilegiously set aside, nineteen out of twenty of them will be repealers. Those who honestly believe that this cry of repeal will be fraught with peril, and that the bill of Mr. Gladstone will alien ate the Protestants without satisfying the Roman Catho lics, may be excused if they prefer that the cry of repeal be raised before rather than after the bill becomes law. The Saturday Review looks with great displeasure on those well-meaning but fanatical persons who view with equanimity, if not with positive satisfaction, the prospect of exchanging the established clergy of the Church of England for a more religious, as they say, and more earnest body of disestablished and disendowed ministers of religion. We are only concerned with the fact that a disestablished and disendowed clergy would be altogether, except in Church, an institution not only different from, but opposed in conception to, an Established Church. It is simply ridiculous to suppose that, with all the exist ing clerical conditiolf changed, we should have the same raw material to work with. As it is, there are clergy and there are clergy. We have the intellectual, intelligent, highly-educated clergyman consorting with nobles as his equals, which they are often by birth, sometimes by for tune, always by education ; the solid, matter-of-fact, temperate country parson, of Mackworth Praed's type ; the forward, pushing town parson, to whom popularity and pew-rents are powers ; and the vulgar, ignorant fanatic, who occasionally culminates in an Irish bishop. These varieties we have, and they have their value, their(rood as well as their evil ; but there would be few varieties in the disestablished Anglican parson of the future. For a time some thin g of the same cha racter would survive ; as Rome was not built, so Rome did not perish, in a day. But gr aduall y , orhr very rapidly, the clerical character only would the clerical level sink,r.t but character would be entirely changed, In the gr eat towns sliould have active clever men of the War d Peec )ts h o er type, m e n m a ki ng gre at incomes, and very mu ch of despots over their tlir viteg and money-makieg flocks. . And we shoaid have the p e tt e d shepherds of the sectarian petite the spiritual directors and t 3 rants of the women, and of the husbands who think that religion is a very proper empl,,yment for females and feminine-minded men. Air; we should. have, both among High Churchmen and Churchmen, Low the su ppl e o b e di en t nominee who is patronised and instructed and interfered with and bullied by the great man of the congregation who finds the money, and keeps a church and person as an easy means of minis tering to his own state and importance and reflecting his vulgar munificence. But the independenee, the freedom, the pure liberal spirit of the English clergy would be gone. As to the country parishes, to suppose that their Church administration would rise much higher than it does under the present voluntaryism of Dissent is futile to argue. The Establishment, with all that belongs to it, its good and evil, its worldliness and political excellences, has made the English clergy what th e y are ; an d then we' are asked to believe that every one of these efficient causes ceasing, precisely the same results will follow from precisely the opposite system and principles. possible to exaggerate the enormity of his conduct. He was a person of good education, was respectably Con nected, and appeared to have troops of friends, so that one would have thought he would have been restrained by the desire men had to retain their reputation from committing such a crime as this. He had, however, violated the trust reposed in him in a high and responsible office. Regarded in another view it was impossible to conceive any offence likely to be more mis chievous in every way to society, for how many men who had never yet committed an offence of this sort might be easily induced to do so by some tempter saying to him, "Oh, you need not hestate ; it is done in the public offices." In the position in which he wus be set an example which might be followed in all ranks of society, and as far as he might he had tarnished even the name of his country. He (the learned judge) would not make any distinction between them, but pass upon them both the same sentence, which must be a severe one, namely, eighteen months' imprisonment with bard labour. A WEALTUY PAUPER.—A rather amusing case, and sheaving how difficult it is to know where to give relief, took place at Ilford, Essex, a few clays ago. A poor woman, named Smith, had, on representation of her destitution, which appeared true, been allowed a weekly pittance, which had lately been augmented by .► piece of meat. On her death about £6O in sovereigns was disco vered under her bed, much to the surprise of everyone who knew her. The Lancet regrets to hear that at least one death has resulted from the exposure to tempestuous weather of the volunteers who went to Dover on Easter Monday. An offi cer of one of the metropolitan corps, who was previously in good health, was attacked by erysipelas of the face on the following day, and unfortunately succumbed after two days' illness. What adds to the melancholy interest of - the case is the fact that the gentle man in question was to have been married within the next few days, and that every prepara tion for the event had been made. A NATIONAL COLOUR.—Brown is the character.. istic colour of Spain, from the drapery of Murillo and the walls of cathedrals, to the shadow of cypresses and the arid soil of the hills. Whether brightening into gold, or • ripening into purple, it always seems to give the key of colour. In the streets of Cardona it was the base upon which end'e s pictu; e. que groups of pe p!e ware painted —women spinning flax, children cooling their bare bodies on the stones, blacksmiths and cobblers forging and stitching in the open air—all with a keen glance of curiosity, but also a respectful greeting for the stranger. THE DISCOVERY OF RECORDS AT THE INDIA OFFICE.—The "find" of Timour's library at the India o:fice is, we hear, now considered not to be so valuable as Oriental scholars have been called upon to believe. A discovery of some interest to Oriental scholars has been made, but its real value is still uncertain. About thirty years ago a large quantity of manuscripts was sent to the aid East India Hotv,e in Leadenhall•street, from Beejapoor. These were in , pected by Professor If. 11. !Wilson, who de clared them worthless, and put them aside. But lately a Syrian, who is engaged unler the librarian in rearranging the manuscripts in the library of the India Office, found that on several of the papers huddled together in the box from Beejapoor was the seal of Timour ; and these have since been put together and bound in volumes. It is not yet known, however, whether they arc original memoirs or only copies of historical documents already familiar to students, awl the only evidence of their value so far is the offer made by an agent of the Pasha of Egypt to purchase some of them, on the strength of their - Paving Timour's seal on them. for £12.000. THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1.669. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. - - - The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. It was announced to their lordships that at the meeting of the Hudson's Bay Company the proposition of the Go vernment had been accepted. The house then proceeded to consider the motion of Earl Russell, with respect to the right of Lord Wensley dale to sit and vote in Parliament. The noble earl briefly reviewed the precedents, and stated that in the bill which he intended to lay upon the table he should provide that the number of life peerages should not exceed twenty eight, and that not more than four should be created in one year. Tho Marquis of SALISBURY said the bill appeared to be founded on sound principles. The bill was read a first time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE NEW LAW COURTS. Sir R. PALMER presented a petition from tho members of the Temple and Lincoln's-inn against tho alteration of the site of the courts from Carey-street to the Thames E nbankment MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. bergs, earthquakes, and hurricanes will do business with agents not empowered to buy, they run the risk of having the bargain contemptuously set aside by the Legislature, and there is then no use in blaming the Republic, and calling that, bad faith, which is really their own ignorance of the power of the men with whom they deal. Senator Sumner's earnest remonstrance may prevail, and the United States complete the purchase, but indications lead us to incline to a very different opinion. Our readers who turn to the article on the Tenure of-Office Act in another column, and see the lecture Senator Sprague fired at the galleries of the Cham fer, will sympathise with those accustomed to occupy these seats, as they cannot know how to behave in view of the action taken by the Senators themselves. On March 26, when discussing thelndianAppropria tion Bill, the two distinguished Senators, Morton and Fessenden, took headers into each other. Fes senden spoke with contempt of Morton's financial theories, and Morton sneered bitterly at Fessenden as a lecturer to the Senate. The galleries naturally re garded this as in earnest, but while eagerly looking for a further development of the quarrel they found the Senators chatting together in the most friendly way and shaking hands. Unless the Senators tell the spectators when to laugh and when to cry they can not know. We recommend the coursepursued by the lady in " Great Expectations" who sends for Pip, and says, " Now, play." If Senator Sprague would exclaim when the time came, " Now, laugh," the galleries would know what to do. The Andrew Johnson, whom the Times correspon dent killed some days ago, is " up and at 'em." De spatches from Greenville, of March 26, state that after suffering intensely from Bright's disease he has recovered, and is in his usual health. He was an nounced to speak at Knoxville last Saturday, on Tuesday at Nashville, and at Memphis and Louis ville on the 26th inst., and we have no doubt there are some, when they hear what Andy says, who will regret that the rumour which prevailed for an hour did not prove to be true. The report circulated at Washington was that the ex-President had died at his home in Tennessee at eight o'clock on the morn ing of the 25th of apoplexy, and great excitement prevailed till the evening, when the truth came out, that he had a stroke of paralysis on the right side, but that he had much improved. The family phy sician in Washington, Dr. Nims, had been tele graphed for to proceed at once to Greenville. The Nation in one of its little leaders again alludes to Mr. Montgomery Gibbs in connection with the Secretaryship of the Paris Legation. These are its words :—" Mr. Gibbs may be a very estimable gentleman, but with a large and worthy and per spicacious portion of the public he is not in good odour. One thing against him is that he was sent abroad in 1863 to report on the mode in which foreign imports into America were valued in the invoices, and that a Congressional committee, which investigated his doings after his return, re ported that he was not considered in New York ' a desirable exponent, advocate, or representative of an individual enterprise requiring responsibility, integrity, and veracity ;' that he had while abroad ' made for himself an unenviable reputation,' and that he had while there ' resorted to shifts, disguised names, constant misrepresentations, purposely to mislead, deceive, and entangle,' from which the Committee not unnaturally infer that it was well nigh ' impossible be could be a gentleman and man of honour.' We may guess, therefore, the effects upon the American name, and the efficiency of American diplomacy, of the appearance of a Secre tary of Legation at Paris with this kind of reputa tion, and of whom a Committee of Congress has spoken in this fashion." As we never saw the Re port, we are not qualified to give an opinion on the subject, but we know that Mr. Gibbs has been employed on special business by the Government in New Orleans, that he was recalled from Europe for the purpose, and that he brought that business to a successful issue. It certainly is strange if the late Administration could thus employ him, while with the present Administration he stands so high that he was supposed to be the favourite for a respon sible position, yet, should be, what this Committee describes. In fact the contradiction is so great that there must be some mistake. Mr. Henry C. Carey has written a series of letters in a New York daily, in answer to the Re port of Commissioner Wells. Exception has been taken to a remark of Mr. Carey, that the Commis sion was influenced by British gold. Whenever one man now differs with another in the United States, he who is contradicted usually retorts with the charge of corruption ; it is well known, that he who has had the audacity to dissent is a member of the Whisky Ring, stole spoons during the war, served shoddy in his contracts or paper shoes, or was bribed for his vote. The man who becomes a Free trader, more especially if he ever professed Protec tion principles, is declared to have his new opinions well ballasted with British gold. The amount of British gold which must have been spent in this way ought to have sent down the premium in Wall street. We would like to know who gives it, for we much wish to dip our hands in that abundant stream. If there are men in England idiotic enough thus to spend their money , it is a great pity that their names and address should be un known to the hungry mob, always in pursuit of fools. It has been suggested that Mr. Carey's best plan would have been to prove the assertion, and save himself the reams of paper he used to contro vert the Special Commissioner's statements. We confess we would require some of this British gold before we undertook to read these letters. All we know is, that ose of the arguments used by Mr. Carey was, "You are a thief, and have been bribed with British gold." What did Mr. Carey get for writing thirteen letters, each enough to fill two . columns of close print in the Ti»zesi Secretary Boutwell has asked Congress for autho rity to anticipate the payment of the interest on Bonds, and it was passed by the Senate, and is now under the consideration of the House Committee on Ways and Means. The Chairman, Gen. Schenck, thinks that the Secretary has already full authority under existing laws, and therefore there is no ne cessity for such legislation. This be pointed out to the Secretary, and the other members of the Com mittee agree with him. Of course, Secretary Bout well intends only to invite application from those who desire such prepayment ; not to force on the holders money they may not want, with a rebate of 6 per cent. discount. He has no more right to make a man take money not due, fixing the terms upon which this should be done, for one year than for ten ; and to those who mostly invest in such securities to derive a regularly paid income from a reliable source, it would be peculiarly hard, to have to take their income when Secretary Boutwell pleases, at a rate of discount decided by Congress. Representative Lynch, of Maine, has succeeded in getting a Select Committee of Congress ap pointed to inquire into and report at the next session the causes of the great reduction of American shipping tonnage engaged in the foreign carry ing trade, and the general depression of the navigation interests of the country, as well as to suggest the most advisable measures for in creasing American ocean tonnage, and to regain for the States the foremost position the Union once held as a maritime power. Many motions are now before Congress to forward the establish ment of steamship lines with Europe. There is a New York and Antwerp Company, which asks for a remission of duties on shipbuilding materials, and the contract for the mails not exceeding the postage of that they carry. One bill by Senator Wilson pro poses alinebetweenNewYork andßoston and Europe, for a 10 years' contract, with a subsidy not exceed ing $20,000 for each round trip. The North Ame rican Steamship Comp - iny of New York is patronized by Governor Fenton, who has introduced a bill giving that, together with the Commercial Navigation Corn patty of the State of New York, and the American Steamship Com patty of Boston, a contract for 15 years, the compensation being the sea and inland postage on all the mails carried. There is another bill of the National Steamship Company of the State of Dela ware, introduced by Senator Conkling. with the remarkable modesty characteristic Dela ware, the Government to needed, and to pay them exo r bitantly very long term of years, for carrying they offer no guarantee. The bill They want, of supply all the money and for a the mail; but appears to be a curiosity of legislation, and must have required no small amount in what, in slang phrase, is termed " cheek" on Mr. Conkling's part to present it ; but we suppose a short apprenticeship at Washington will supply even a modest Congressman with an unbounded amount of that commodity. Fernando Wood has gone in for the encouragement of yacht ing, and has got a bill for the purpose referred to the Committee on Commerce. Altogether there is abundant evidence to show that the citizens are about to make a strenuous effort to revive the ocean carrying trade of America, but not before such legislation was needed. One of ex-President Johnson's last acts was to direct the issue of $2,400,000 in bonds to the Cen tral Pacific Railroad for advance work, but Grant' got in in time to save a million, which he stopped. The Secretary of the Interior asked for legislation to fix the point where the Central and the Union is to meet. Ogden, says the Central; Promontory Point, says the Union ; the former being in Salt Lake Valley, the latter at the head of Salt Lake on the north, and the two seventy miles apart. But the Union ha; worked up to Ogden, and is now actively laying rails beyond it. Unless some one in authority interferes, both companies will have tracks running into Salt Lake City, as the contention is for the traffic of that city as well as of Southern Utah. On the 24th of March the Union Pacific Railroad had been extended to Ogden, 85 miles west of Evanstown, and the Central Road to Lucca, 74 miles east of Wells, thus leaving a gap of only 82 miles to be filled, in order to complete the two Pacific railroads ; and it is now asserted that the roads will meet in May. The nominations to the New York offices, on the 25th March, checked the persistent attacks of the office-seekers, as the mDst alluring prizes had then disappeared; but office-seekers are naturally of a sanguine temperament, for no man otherwise could pursue these phantoms, so they brightened up on re calling how many tempting morsels still remained. As for the high posts, the mission to England, it was positivelysaid, would beoffered to Mr. Motley, while Mr. Francis, of Troy, New York, was named for Bel gium ; and Mr. John Jay, of New York, for Aus tria. These are the great prizes, and we only hope the nominations suggested may be made. Edward S. Plumb goes to Cuba as Consul-General. It is said that Generals Sickles and Cochrane will be offered Foreign Missions. Mr. H. M. Williams has been assigned to the head of the Bureau of Seizures, 18th Division. Among the 48 Deputy-postmasters appointed are Miss .Julia P. Woolfolk and Miss Champlin—no great concession to women among so many ; the name is a misnomer. Secretary Boutwell has carried consternation into his Department, but the great flutter is among the " females." The lady clerks have been asked to give their names, residence, by whom appointed, and to state whether they had a father, brother, sister, or mother in the department. In the Cur rency Bureau, on the 26th March, alone, fifty were informed that their services would no longer be required. Tn no department has there been more bitter complaints of nepotism and favouritism than in the Treasury, and the Secretary's action is well calculated to cause dread. It appears that the lives of 36 miners were lost in Nevada last Wednesday by extensive fires in the shafts of three silver mines. We are at a loss to understand how this catastrophe could have hap pened, unless the miners, to escape the cold above, had descended into the mines. The suffering at White Pine had besn severe, as the snow lay ten feet on the ground, and the owners of claims feared to move lest their landmarks should be obliterated and their rights invaded. There was little shelter, while the population continued steadily to increase. The letter from " M.," which will be found in another column, is worth a careful perusal. It is written by a gentleman who thoroughly knows the country, havi ng been born and bred there. The European and North American Railway is a link so important in the international communication as to make it of equal importance to America and Europe. What our correspondent says shows this in a nutshell. This railway means, in lessening the distance from shore to shore the saving of two business days in time, reducing 3,000 miles of ocean to about 1,700. The day nears when Japan, China, Australia, and New Zealand will have an equal interest in this ; indeed, our corre spondent could not exaggerate the importance of a line whose value is now but little understood in Europe. - - The elections in Connecticut and Rhode Island have been held, and the Republicans have been tri umphant in both States. In Connecticut the en tire State ticket was carried by a majority of 500 ; be ing for Governor, Marshall Jewell; Lieut.-Governor, Francis Wayland ; State Secretary, Hiram Apple ton ; Treasurer, David P. Nichols ; Controller, James W. Manning. The Republicans returned two of the four Representatives to Congress. Mr. Staikweather was the only Republican in the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, and we may take it for granted that he has been re turned ; but who the other is we have no means yet of knowing. W. H. Barnum is the only Democrat of the last Congress who runs for this; the Congressional gain as regards Connecti cut to the Republicans is one Representative, and it is said that that party will probably secure a majority of the Connecticut Legislature on joint ballot. The Republicon State Ticket of Rhode Island just elected is—Seth Padelford, of Providence, for Go vernor ; Mr. Burnside having declined another election ; the remaining officers were re• elected. Pardon W. Stewart., of Newport, Lieutenant-Go vernor; John R. Bastlett, State Secretary; Wm. Sales, of Providence, Attorney-General ; and Samuel A. Parker, of Newport, Treasurer. That party have also succeeded in returning a majority of the Legislature. Messrs.Jenckes and Dixon, the former Representatives of the State (both Re publicans), had already been re-elected to Con gress. In these late elections but little interest was excited, as they have lost their national importance, and they failed even to command much local atten tion, the votes being very light. On Thursday night the House of Commons listened to the Budget for the next financial year, as expounded by Mr. Lowe. He proposes a penny to be taken from the Income Tax ; the shilling duty on corn abolished ; at midsummer next, the Fire Insurance duties to be removed : hair powder will in future not be taxed ; stage-coaches, omni buses, and four-wheeled cabs, whether for profit or pleasure, henceforth, being on the same footing, will pay two guineas a year ; foreign beer to be placed on the same scale as home-brewed ; the tax on male servants is fixed at fifteen shillings ; horse dealers in London and in the country are placed on the same footing ; the license for selling tea is also abolished. The cabs will cease to pay the duty of one shilling a day, and the omnibuses their mile age rates. On the whole, the House was agreeably surprised on learning that the country could afford to make these reductions. The President received a number of mixed Con servatives and Republicans from Mississippi on the subject of the reconstruction of that State. He said he thought the best plan would be for Con gress to authorize the Constitution to be again sub mitted to the people, a separate vote to be taken on the features objected to by the Conservatives, and that meantime the present Military Comman der should control the State. There is a great difficulty in ascertaining the true position in Cuba. Private letters received in Washington represent the insurgents as in posses sion of more than half the island outside the prin cipal towns, and they constantly receive reinforce ments from America. The Daily New's of Charleston announces the arrival of an expeditionary force in Cuba, composed of both officers and men who served in the Northern and Southern armies during the war. Captain-Gen. Dulce issued a proclamation on March 21, which concluded with a flattering address to the T w enty-five insurgent leader s an d executed, and two towns citizen i z e b n e been volunteers. captured had been burned by order of Cavada. Castellanos, a noted chieftain and blockade runner, had been captured. The impression prevailed that Santiago de Cuba had been taken by the rebels, and it was known that a severe action had been fought. On the 26th March Mr. Banks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a joint resolution declaring the sympathy of the people of -- Ile...''' the United States with the people of Cuba in their patriotic efforts to secure their independence, and to establish a Republican form of Government guaranteeing the personal liberty and the equal political rights of all the people, and that Con gress will give ita Constitutional support to the President of the United States whenever he may deem it expedient to recognize the independence and sovereignty of such Republican Government. Recommitted and ordered to be printed. Tha Spirit of the Times publishes the following extract, which it has received permission to print, from a private letter of Mr. Ashbury "Although I stipulated English, or Thames, measure ment, I am open to an -equitable 'arrangement, assuming our system is unfair to the American vessel, and I am ill hopes a run from Cowes to New fork will be settled to the satisfaction of all concerned." The Spirit concludes tbat there will be a grand match and a grand time this summer among the yachtsmen of England, America, and France, to be followed by one or more ocean races from Cowes to New York between English and American yachts. Notwith standing the gay times predicted and the interesting events to come off, the most exciting by far will ba the contest between the Dauntless and the Canibria from Cowes to New York. The Spirit contends that though the Dauntless is a little larger it will make no difference in the weather likely to prevail ; indeed it goes further,'and asserts that size gives little if any advantage. The yacht Challenge would have been backed against the whole clipper tea fleet from China to England, notwithstanding the ad vantage of the tea ships in point of size, which the Spirit maintains would only have availed them ill the heavy weather around the Cape and in making Europe in winter. This journal gives Mr. Ash bury much credit for his fairness and enterprise. Congress adjourns to-day, and we presume that a great number of appointments will be shortly announced as confirmed. Among them will be that of Mr. Motley, as Minister to England. Mr. .Reverdy Johnson's resignation will have reached Washington, and been acted on ere this. We ex pect that Mr. Johnson's work will be better appre ciated hereafter. The fact that he has been actuated by an earnest desire to promote good feeling be tween the nations, in which he has been singularly successful as regards England, will tell in bis favour ; the more so if it be found that he got all that England will concede without war, which the unanimous testimony of the English papers seems to declare. General Butler's Bill, providing a provisional Government for Mississippi, we learn by a tele gram sent from Washington, on Thursday, has passed the House of Representatives. The Bill 10 as follows : "It authorizes the reassembling forthwith, on the call of the President, of the Constitutional Convention hereto fore elected under the Act of March 2, 1867. If the Pre sident declines to issue the call within 30 days, the Cora mantling General of the Fourth Military District is to summon the Convention by proclamation. The Con vention is empowered to appoint a Provisional Govoinor to authorize him to remove and appoint Registrars and Judges of Elections, and to provide for forwarding the votes on the Constitution to the Provisional Governor, to be counted in hii presence and that of the General com manding the Military Division of Mississippi, &c. Convention shall not continue in session for more than 6 ° days, and the Constitution framed by it shall be submitted to the people 3 within 90 days after adjournment. The dis tricts unrepresented at the time of the last adjournment shall proceed immediately to elect delegates under the direction of the Commanding General. Any one or more previously may be submitted to a separate vote. The ordinances that may be passed by the Convention shall be in force until disapproved by Congress, or until the State shall have adopted a Constitution and it shall have been approved by Congress. The right of the trial by jorf shall not be taken away by this act. The Military Com mander shall, on the requisition of the Provisional Go vernor, give aid to the officers of the Provisional Govern ment in preserving the peace, &c. The Provisional GO' vernor may remove officials in the State and appoint their successors, &c., subject, however, to the orders and direc tions of the President of the United States, who may re move the Provisional Governor and appoint his suc' THE POLICE. Mr. BRUCE said that the case of the person' Mac donald, who was stopped by a police officer named Coucher whilst delivering Treasury circulars to members of the house and charged him with loitering, had been inquired into, and had the man answered the question put civilly to him by the constable he would have avoided the short detention which he suffered. The police had a very difficult duty to perform, and it was but just that as much assistance should be given them as possible. NEUTRALITY LAWS. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Harcourt, said he hoped to introduce a bill founded on the Report of the Royal Com mission appointed to consider the laws of neutrality, na turalisation, and allegiance during the present session. THE REPEAL OF THE CORN TAX. Mr. GLADSTONE said with respect to the cessation of the payment of duty on foreign corn, it could not be given up until the approbation of the house had been given to the substantial principle of the bill which it would become necessary to pass before the duty could cease. Mr. AYRTON, in reply to Mr. Barnett, said the proper time to ask for further explanation on the subjects referred to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last evening would be when the subject was resumed next Monday evening. INDIAN FINANCES Mr. G. DUFF in reply to Mr. Mitchell, said the Secre• tary of State would, on as early a day as possible recom• menu) drawing bills for India. CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICES. Mr. FAWCETT rose to move that, in the opinion of ' the house, all appointments to the civil and diplomatic services ought to be obtained by open competition. He contended that open competition for Government appoint ments would lead to the best results, and entirely abolish the demoralising effect of giving appointments for political services rendered. The system at present in practice was that a member of Parliament was waited on by an influen tial member of his constituency, and this person solicited an appointment for his son ;the member at once proceeded to the Patronage Secretary of the Treasury, and told him it was important for him to secure the support of such and such a person, and that if he was not obliged more than likely he would go over to the other side, and the seat would be imperilled at the next election. The Patronage Secre tary, who was always very obliging, on being appealed to in such terms, eventually said he shall be too happy to put the name down for the appointment, which, of course followed at no distant day. Now, when the less influential of the voters saw that Mr. So-and-so had got a good appointment for his son or nephew for his exertions at the last election, and they had got nothing, how could it be expected that these poorer voters would refuse a £5 note when it was offered them ? (Hear, hear.) To such an extent had the nomination system been carried that it was on record that Sir William Hay ter publicly boasted at one of his electioneering campaigns that he had been .a good working member for the borough he represented, and that he had succeeded in getting no less than 300 appointments for his constituents. (Loud laughter.) Another case which showed the advantages of open com petition was that which had occurred at Cambridge, where a person of high connection had been publicly expelled from his college for falsely filling up an examination paper, and committing other disreput able acts. But that was the result of the nomination sys tem, and that person, on the strength of his family con nection, had obtained a Government appointment, and now he was representing his country at a foreign court. Such a circumstance never could have occurred had open competition been the rule. (Hear, hear.) He thought the most beneficial results would follow the adoption of the system he advocated, and he concluded by moving the resolution. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the saject was one of great importance and difficulty, and he for one could not be classed amongst those who were op posed to open competition, but to say that all appointments for the future should be by open competition alone was an arrangement to which he could not consent. Ho thought that great hardship would result from the passing of such a resolution as that now submitted, and further he thought it would be unjust to the Government, because they had not even had time to consider the subject. They had been overwhelmed with work since they bad been in office— (hear, hear)—and knowing that there were some of the warmest advocates of open competition in the Govern ment, he did hope the honourable gentleman would feel satisfied the subject would not escape consideration, and that under the circumstances he would withdraw his rosolution. If pressed to a division he could not give hie vote for the reasons he had stated in favour of the motion. Lord STANLEY also urged the withdrawal of the motion, as the pressing it to a division on the present oc casion would place many of the warmest advocates of the system is a false position. If a division was taken he should not oppose the hon. gentleman, but he should not give his motion his support. The house divided. when there appeared— For the motion . Agair.st it Majority 281 -251 The house then went into Committee of Supply, and a sum of £1,586,000 was voted on account of the Civil S.- r vice Estimates, 'which would be equal to a supply for two months. Mr. AYItTON said the first intention of the Government had been to take a vote for four months. Mr. W. HUNT took exception to the original proposal for taking a vote for four months, and reminded Mr. Glad stone that last year, when in opposition, be had objected to the Government taking votes for more than six weeks. Mr. GLADSTONE retorted that Mr. Hunt had omitted altogether the cardinal point upon which the Opposition last session had resisted the attempt of the Government to take votes on account for more than six weeks. That was the circumstance that the Government stood condemned by a vote of the House of Commons on a question which the late Premier declared to be productive of consequences more formidable than foreign conquest. The objection now taken was frivolous. Mr. DISRAELI defended the course pursued by the late Government, and said the explanation given by Mr. Glad stone was not fair and candid. It was quite evident that the right hon. gentleman, when he made his rash and reckless accusation against the late Government was in perfect ignorance of the fact that they had introduced and passed a bill which remedied the very grievance of which he complained. After some further conversation the vote was agreed to, and the house resumed. After a considerable discussion Royal Commissions were issued to inquire into corrupt practices in the boroughs of Sligo and Beverley. The house then adjourned. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 11 ... 12 11 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 3 ... 12 31 Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 45 Brussels — ... 25 371 ... 25 45 Hamburgh — ... 13 11 ... 13 111 Paris Short ... 25 15 ... 25 221 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 120/ Vienna — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Trieste — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Petersburg Copenhagen 9 20 ... 9 23 Berlin ... 6 27 ... 6 27 1 Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 49f Leghorn Milan — ... 26 471 ... 26 55 Genoa — ... 26 471 ... 26 55 Naples Palermo — ... 26 471 ... 26 55 Messina Lisbon — ... 521 - ... 521 Oporto — ... 52 ~. 524 Rio Janeiro ••• a•• - New York •• .... An Englishman relates that he recently dined in Nevad:e with an editor of that commonwealth, who inquired after the health of Tennyson and "Thozras T. Carlyle," remarking—" Them men kin sling ink, they kin." LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.—Bilious affec tions and sto , ilach complaints induced by atmospheric heat or too liberal diet, if not early checked, are often at tend,d with serious consequences. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical or mental, ho may be quite sure that he is in im mediate need of some cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send at once for a box of Holloway's Pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits be elevated, and all his energies restored. Printed directions 'for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable medicine are affixed to every box. THE BUDGET. The resolutions setting forth the provisions of the I Budget occupy three folio printed pages of the par liamentary sessions papers. There are no fewer than thirty-four different articles which, under the abolition of the shilling duty on corn, will b e s e t f re e from taxation. These includo every conceivable variety of farinaceous food, from wheat to " bear or bigg," from barley to "manna croup." The exa miners for the India Civil Service compe titi ve exanli nation would puzzle their candidates not a little by requesting them to translate all these terms into French or German. The remission of the duty on hair powder involves only three articles ; but it will be new to some of our readers, we suspect, that starch is applied to this purpose. One would have thought that this material would have made a flunkey's hair stand on end. " Mum "is the next word we have to deal with ; it is one of the recognised terms of the brewers' vocabulary, and henceforth both mum and spruce will be subject to a duty of a guinea the barrel of 36 gallons. Other sorts of beer will be taxed according to the specific gravity of the wort before fermentation; viz., from Bs. for a specific gravity not exceeding 1,065 degrees to 16s. for a specific gravity exceeding 1,090 degrees. The new excise duties on male servants, carriages, horses, armorial bearings, and horse-dealers occupy a page, and vary from 10s. 6d. for a horse, to £l2 10s. for a horse-dealer. The most simple of the resolutions are the sth, which totally repeals the excise locomotion duties; the 7th, which repeals the percentage duty on fire insurance ; and the Bth, which repeals the excise duty on tea licenses. This, the last resolution, includes coffee, cocoa-nuts, chocolate, and pepper, as well as tea. The repeal of the taxes on locomotion will pro bably have one effect which Mr. Lowe did not con template. It will lead to the revival of stage coaches by way of rivals to the railway trains. The coach from London to Brighton has proved so successful that it is intended to run one from London to Dover over Shooters' Hill. A. coach will also run to Sevenoaks. The truth is, Lon doners are so weary of being whirled to and from town perhaps every day of their . lives, that they want a change—a change wh i ch will give them an opportunity of going instead . over hills of under them, of seeing a glorious view instead of being buried in thick darkness. A tunnel has long ceased to be a novelty. We must go back to the days of our fathers in order to enjoy the deliuihtful Spectacle of four gallant horses galloping down hill. Twelve miles an hour will then be much more of a sensation than sixty miles an hour is now. BUDGET NIGHT. The Star remarks that when Mr. Gladstone used to make his financial statement the avenues of the House were crowded all day by persons anxious to obtain admission, but that Mr. Lowe's statement diminished attracted no such gathering. Our contemporary has forgotten that this ch an ge is due, not to curiosity on the part of the public, but to improved arrangements on the part of the officials. There is no need now to waste a whole day in order to have a chance o f h ea ring the Budget. It is no longer the rule first come, first served; and, therefore, it is no longer of any avail for persons to take their seats at 5 a.m. The admissions are arranged by ballot, and it is necessary only to be at the House by 3.30 p.m. in order to ascertain if you will be among the favoured seventy and odd persons privileged to hear the Chancello r Exchequer unfold his s ecret. of the IRISII NOTES. The Churchmen of Ireland are getting more violent as disestablishment becomes more a matter of certainty. Rev. gentlemen in several districts are in effect c alling upon their flocks to rebel. One peaceful pastor, at Monaghan, asked a recent meeting if they had any great de sire to g o through the oper a ti on o f being trampled upon. Nobody appearin g t o an swer in the affirmative, he was encouraged to continue his questions. " Would the sons of the men who would not suffer a tyrant king to deprive them of their rights allow a tyrant Parliament to doso ? The Prot es t an t s o f Ireland were ready to do just as their ancestors did, and before they would stand to be tyrannised over they would rally round their Queen, and resist their and her enemies to the utmost ; and if a treacherous Ministry dare to bring her into a difficulty, s h e would find her Protestant subjects of Ireland prepared to stand by her." But even the Queen was not to be sacred. A. Justice of the peace, who came after this speech, declared they were ready to stand by their Queen as long as she was prepared to stand by them, but no longer. They would stand by the Queen and Government as long as they maintained inviolate the national contract, but not one day be yond that. The Government of England at the present moment had fallen into the hands of men who, for their own purposes, were endeavouring to break the Act of Union. It was most likely the bill would pass in the Commons in a modified form, and he doubted if the Lords would have firmness to resist the pressure that would be brought to bear on them. Then the great point would be to support the sovereign in her duty, which plainly would be to exercise her prero gative, and put her veto upon the measure. To put against this we have news that a most enthusiastic meeting was held in Belfast on Thursday night in c onnec tion with the Presby terian Cork contradi c t s o n ce again most Association, and in support of Mr. Gladstone's bill. The Bishop of emphatically the statement that he consigned Mr. Gladstone to the devil. As a bishop and as a gentle man we are bound to believe him. At a recent meeting at Dublin, his lordship asked all the papers which had published his alleged s p eec h t o p u blish his reply. He said : 66 The senten ce I never use d. These words, or words e mbodying such sentiment as they do, I never used. T he s entiment expressed in them I or implied by them , I ut terly abhor. Such words would not use, could not use. S uc h sen timent I could not entertain tow ards the meanest creature merely a land of strong lan guage lives, and bow far les s t owar d s t h e em i nen t person to w h o m they refer." But Ireland i s not ere ; it is a land of violent deeds. Threatening notices are becoming very common, and that they are' not merely threatsdeem IS proved by the way in which so many of them have been followed by their fulfilment. The Times correspondent says that in some instances th e p ers ons who have been menaced it necessary to have a guard of police constantly with them for their protection, and when th ey go a b r oad are accompanied by one or two constables. 66 It is not now thought a very extraordinary circumstance to see a gentleman, when going out to hunt, escorted by two policemen for some piles until he crosses the borders of the district within which he apprehends dangers when he dispenses with their attendance, but has a strict appointment with them to meet him again at a certain place when returning home." The following is an extract from one of the notices recently sent i n Westmeath :—" If you or any one else violate the laws laid down in the public notices you shall receive the re ward, that is, your_lives will be the forfeit. If you have already taken the grass farm, retract the bargain—Every one must have an equal chance of getting grass for his stock the poor as well as the rich you will be no worse than another. Do not be deceived by any false counsels the laws are made and must be carried out effectually as sure as the sun arises land or stock will be of little use to a dead man. However if you incur the danger of taking the grass farm—We advise you to get your life insured for a pretty good round sum in order that some relative may be the better of you bear in mind the bullet awaits you We remain enemys to oppres sion. Give up farm if you care to live." OBITUARY. Four deaths are mentioned worthy of note—that of Dreyschok, the pianist, who has died at Venice, aged 51; that of Mr. Il assa rd, also at 51 years, and who was during ten ye a rs M.P. for Waterford, and since 186 G one of the referees of the House of Corn who served under N e l son , Saumarez, and Troubridge, I n a n ° d n : v ; that howas of Capt a i n R o bert Martin Cole, R.N., in his 81st year ; and that of the Arch deacon of Down, Mr. Mant, a son of the well-known Bishop Mant, the commentator, and 02 years old. WITEN FOUND, 3IAKE A NOTE OF. The Daily New s , in one of its leaders to - day, is irresistibly remi n d e d o f S co tt's lines about "Freedom's battle once beg un , handed down from sire to son." Where did Scott say anything of this sort ? If our contemporary will t urn u p his Byron, he will find the words he h as ascr ib e d to the Border poet in the introductio n t o t h e story of the Giaour. In calling upo n th e G r eek to rise, and make the " clime of th e un f orgo tten braves " his own, the noble poet remi n d s hi m that though he die in striking for his country, h e will " leave his sons a hope, a name they, too, will rather die for than shame— For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed f ro m bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft is ever won." (From the Anglo-Awricen 7 im(s.) We learn that the Danish agent is returning from the United St a t es, b u t nothing is said of his success or failu re regar ding the purchase of St. Thomas's by the Republic. Our own opinion is that he has failed, for the United States show the most unmistakeable disgust at the Alaska pur chase, and the means by which it was accom plished, and are sensible enough to perceive that it is not waste lands that the Union wants, con tinental or island, tropical or frigid, but the deve lopment of the demesne already possessed. The citi zens desire it to be thoroughly understood abroad that no Ministers have the power of negotiating such bad bargains for them. If foreign dealers in ice- cessor." BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEllB.—General Scott's former residence at Elizabeth, N.J., has been .sold for $9,750.—Ex-Senator Conness was married to Miss Mail Davis, at Greenfield, Massachusetts, March 16.-- -31ig° Emma C. Stebbins, of lowa, has vindicated woman'S rights by getting herself appointed a Notary Public. -- Ex-Governor Harriman, of New Hampshire, it is sari will be nominated for Consul to London by Preside' Grant.—President White of Cornell is said to give al l his salary for prizes to the students of his University.' Mr. Connell has expended in all on the University , $2,500,000. —There are 550 American students in the Irg lious German universities, and over 1,000 male and female American pupils at first-class boarding schools. At the Musical Conservatory, Stuttgardt, there are 25 America n students.--Twenty of Brigham Young's wives are tO a journey East visiting their friends. They were at COO" cil Bluffs, lowa, ou the 23d March. Two of his sons gc ° travelling about Europe, where the American papers sag they are regarded with such suspicion that the Danish police have orders to arrest them.—General M'Clellan leas declined the Presidency of Union College, New Yorlc, being engaged in other business enterprises of high 10 r, portance.—Mrs. Bainb r id ge , mo th er -i n -l aw o f Generg', Reynolds, has been appointed Postmistress at Hampteet Virginia.—General Grant has received from Connecti cut a cigar six feet long, weighing sixteen po u nds! Vice-President Colfax, with his wife and sister, has lef t Washington for a few days, for Adover, Ohio, his wife's former home, and Senator Anthony officiates in the House in his stead. Baron Schirmer, Minister from the North German Union to the United States, arrived at New Yori t by the Westphalia on the 24th March, and is stopping at the Brovoort House.—The President has appointed Jame W. Haines, Frederick A. Tridle, and William Sherruagt Government Commissioners to examine and report on the completed sections of the Central Pacific Railroad of Cali" fornia, and ile Western Pacific Railroad, in place of Job° Bigler, Frank Denver, and Thomas J. Henley, rernovo cl • —Prince Metternich's butler receives the same salary 0 . 4 President Grant; wo wonder what the Prince's cook gets?' Mrs Capt. Maguire,who recently brought her sick husbarUl vessel safely into port at New York, has been presente d with $l,OOO by the underwriters.—Congressman Dawes has declined the Judgeship of the Massachuset ts Supreme Court, offered him by Governor Clafln.' Report says General Pleasanton is to be appointed Unitg a , States Marshal at N ew Y or k . —G en. M err itt , nom i na ted for naval officer, was formerly on Governor Fenton's staid' and is not the cavalry officer of that name.—Presiden t Grant's old partner in the real estate business in St. Lotl l9l Mr. H. Boggs, died in that city on the 13th March.- 31 ' Bruin has been appointed Consul-General of France at Sai l Francisco.— Secretary Boris, like a true denizen o f tb° " City of Brotherly Love," asks for power to transfer the Navy-yard at Philadelphia to the Navy-yard at Leagg ° Island. Each State is earnestly anxious to have a Repre sentative in the Cabinet, and we congratulate Pennsylvaa i ' t on Secretary Borie, wh.mo first effort is to abolish i t 4 navy-yard ; if Boutwell and Hoar do as much fo r Massachusetts, the citizens of that State will have reason to rejoice at their good fortune. The Italian papers are lavish in their praises o f Mr. Pierce Francis Connelly's work which we recently noticed, which he has named "Honour Arresting th e Triumph of Death." L'Opinione Malone, Gazzeta del P°' polo, La Riforma, Gazzeta D'italia, and L'ltalia Artistica ate unanimous in consid er i ng the grou pi ng a wor k o f go ° merit, involving artistic difficulties, which have been Or mounted with entire success. New Orleans is a hotbed of political excitemen t. Governor `Yarmouth appointed Mr. Delayze auditor, via Wickliffe, removed; but on his presenting himself at 0)0 office on the 25th March, Mr. Wickliffe refused him 0 . 41 ' mission until he was himself ejected by the Superintc o ' dent of Police. He then notified the public against trios' acting business, as the auditor's office had been illegal seized by the Governor, and the financial dep ar t me nt 00 1 virtually suspended. c Mr. Binckley has been fi ne d $lO O and costs h ° t his assault on Thomas A. Harland. He pleaded gr ° t L ' o p r ovocation in the publi ca ti on o f the letter so injurious .3 his character, which J u d ge W ylie fully allowed, but sal he had his legal remedy. Births. Cnunn—On the 9th inst., at Radcliff House, Brixton - r lSe ' the wife of John Chubb, Esq., of a son. LEWIS —On the Bth bst., at Ashford Lodge, Putney, 91 Frank Lewis, of a son. Marriages. BURRELL —PORTAL —On the Bth inst., at Streatham, Burrell, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Mary, second (hol l e r ter of Ittchard B. Portal Esq., of Tongo House, Lo i. Norwood. 11 0_ GREEN—TAUNTON—On the Bth inst., a t St . Mary's, ° o a t stone, Colonel M a l com G reen, C. 8., Bombay Staff C°:g Di to Elizabeth C aro li ne, on l y daughter of WalterTauo' Esq., of Boulogno-sur-Mer. Deaths. BLomiT —On the 9th i ns t ., , at 37 Gerrard-street, 01°' Thomas Blount, a ge d 58. COAI.ES—On the Bth inst , Daniel Coales, of 152, 0111 inn -road, aged 54. oe i DAVIES —On the Bth inst , at Cheltenham , Lieut.-C° l° fie Davies, aged 79. London : Printed and Pabliehed by WILLIAM AND 01 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TRa SUN Ofilce, No t / Of Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f t h e S avo y to the Ca gti " . 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