The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times remarks that, an objection urged by Lord Salisbury against a provision of the Habitual Criminals Eill shews a misconception of the real principle of the measure. The bill empowers magistrates to prohibit for qt year the grant of licenses to beerhouses by whomsoever at the time kept, in the event of two previous convictions having been obtained against former keepers. Lord Salisbury argued that this was to make a landlord respon• 'Bible for the character of his tenant, and asked why the same principle should not be applied to all other kinds of property. It is certainly true that the provision makes a person innocent of the particular offence charged liable, in some respects, for it. But it is undeniable that a Jandlord has it far more than anyone else within his power to secure his property against being made a stronghold for marauders against the peaceably disposed. Under the circumstances contemplated by the bill of open war having been long waged against society from these localities, a proprietor can hardly complain if society, in the exercise of its duty to protect property generally, brings pressure to bear upon him to cooperate with it mere energetically and directly than would ordinarily be his duty. When Lord Salisbury can discover other kinds of pro. perty equally of a nature with the premises in question to be made instrumental to crime, and also equally capable of being marked as having been so applied already, it will be time to consider whether their owners should not have the like obligation laid upon them. The Standard complains of the manner in which Irish Churchmen are dealt with, and declares that if anything could be more shameful than the iniquity of this contrasted indulgence to Popery and harsh dealing with Protes tantism, it would be the way in which Mr. Gladstone has met the exposure of his injustice. " Very well," he says, enforce my pledge, if you will ; recall the Maynooth Grant, in toto, if you like ; but I will revenge myself by robbing Trinity College of every sixpence it possesses." Such is the menace he holds out to us through his respectable and influential organs in the press. AS if there were the least relation between a parliamentary grant and corporate estates enjoyed for centuries by a private society 1 As if the exaction of the fulfilment of a promise connected by Mr. Gladstone himself with the disestablishment of the Church could afford a plea for the vindictive spoliation of a college whose only offence is its connection with the Church and the support of Mr. Gladstone's opponents ! What must be the feelings of the Irish Protestants under such aggravated wrong and insult and injustice as this? What can they think of the Parliament which can tole rate such proposals ; or how must they regard the rival Church which is to be " conciliated" by such lavish indul gence, while they are treated with suchunmerited insolence and unfairness? And what will be the state of Ireland when the consummation of wrongs like these shall have effectually alienated from the English Government its most reliable supporters, and inflamed the hearts cf the plundered Protestants with that resentment towards their Boman Catholic countrymen which men of spirit and sensibility cannot but feel towards those who have been elevated by their degredation and enriched by their spoils; who triumph in their wrongs and insult their helplessness; who have brought about this robbery and assisted in it in deliberate violation of solemn engagements, of reiterated pledges, of every obligation that could bind the consciences of Christians or the honour of gentlemen? The Times, in discussing Mr. Graves's speech in favour of cheap postage, thinks it unreasonable that because a penny was the charge fixed for an ordinary letter in days when the post was hardly used at all for the conveyance of printed matter except a few newspapers, therefore the smallest coin for which the Government will carry any communication, written or printed, is still a penny. The] consequence is that England instead of being in the van of postage progress has fallen into the rear. Toreign countries give special facilities for the circulation of printed matter, whether in the shape of newspapers, literary magazines, or circulars of every kind. The post age of a circular in France costs one centime, in Italy two centimes, in Spain less than a farthing. The postage on newspapers is equally low. In France one-fifth of a penny carries a letter even into Algeria. In Tuscany, the Netherlands, Brazil, Portugal, the charge is only one fourth of a penny, while in Switzerland it is one-third of a penny. Many other instances equally remarkable could ' be produced. There are few English travellers in the United States who have failed to observe not only the number of newspapers, but also their wide diffusion. In a moderately-sized town of one State you will find at any public room papers from every other State, many of them published at places of no great importance. The cause of this is the special facility which the Government gives for the transmission of printed matter. Newspapers are taken at the lowest possible rates, and within certain dis tances a number of them are carried gratis. Small publi cations, such as magazines and serials, have similar advantages. If this can be done over an immense territory where, notwithstanding the enterprise of the people, the means of communication are still in a rude state, how much better can it be done in these small and and thickly populated islands, where there is hardly a village which cannot be reached in two or three hours from a neighbouring railway station ! There is ample evidence to shew that the high postage acts as a powerful hindrance to the spread of intelligence. Even if a certain loss were incurred by the giving of new facilities, it would be a wise policy to submit to it, for, though no one will despise the surplus derived from the Post Office, still a gain on this depart ment ought to be a consideration second to that of efficient service. If every newspaper were carr i ed for a halfpenny, it is impossible to over-estimate the advantage to all parts of the kingdom, and especially to the rural districts. The immediate consideration of the Government has been promised, and the arguments in favour of further reform are so convincing that there can be no doubt of the result. The Star thinks that the advocates of cheap postage must now be satisfied, since after sixty-four members have *been found to stand against a combination of parties in defence of a halfpenny postage for books, packets, and newspapers, the topic cannot be trifled with. Mr. Mundella tells us that it actually pays to send batches of circulars intended for English destinations abroad to he posted. He tells us of 400 circulars being despatched abroad to addresses in this country for 3s. 3d., which, if put into the post at St. Martin's-le-Grand, or anywhere in England, would have cost .£5. Such anomalies as these cannot possibly be defended. To name them is to mark them for removal. All testimony shews that, h . aving once got the idea of the penny postage from us, foreign countries have developed it to an extent and with a nicety which we have never achieved ; and that cheap ness—the leading idea of our penny post system—has also been the leading idea of the foreign improvements upon it. A newspaper goes from Palermo to Aberdeen for a less fee than would frank it from Fleet-street to Hornsey. This proves, not that the Italian Government have adopted a w himsically l ow sca l e o f c h arge, not merely that the British Government have given a foreign Power by treaty advantages which they do not reciprocate, but that our Post Office, with all its efficiency, has not grasped the real extent of the service which it may render to the public. The question of bulk is undoubtedly a serious one, but it is too late to permit it to stand between us and a copious extension of the parcel service of the Post Office. The Post considers the condition of Ireland, and affirms that we must not blame the Irish constabulary, who have repeatedly proved themselves to be an active and intelli gent body, for failures which are in point of fact inherent in the circumstances under which they are placed. The suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act was directed ex. clusively at the Fenian agitators, and with the extinction of Fenianism—properly so called—it was finally imagined that no further necessity would arise of resorting to so harsh and unusual a measure. But the fact is that these recent agrarian outrages, as they are called, are virtually only a different symptom of the same inveterate disease, that they owe their impunity to the same causes, and that they require the same treat ment. Severity has been tried in Ireland, and severity has failed ; liberality—reckless liberality—has been tried, and that, too, has failed. Why not combine the two? Give, and give liberally, those concessions which they can fairly claim to the just demands of the Irish people ; but while you concede so much with one hand, let the other restrain with prompt severity the excesses of a set of ruffians whose hearts, if they have any, your legislation can never reach. The time is ripe for a strong and decided policy. Mr. Gladstone, a Liberal Premier, at the head of the largest majority which has been seen in the present century, need not fear the assaults of any political detractor ; and the author of a measure so broad, so wise, and so truly Liberal as his Church Bill, cannot be accused of a disposition to resort unadvisedly to tyrannical measures. Sweep away the " alien " Ch urch, restore religious equality—go further if you like, and modify the laws which adjust the relations between landlord and tenant—but be as s!r ,ng as you are wise, and fortify the hands of the officers of justice by another temporary suspension of the - Habeas Corpus Act, till you can afford to the loyal inhabitant of Ireland some security from acts of personal violence which are a stain and a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. A VERY CURIOUS PEOPLE.—The Ameer of A IT•zhanistan is described, by one who had the best oppor tunity of judging, as a clever well-informed man, with considerable knowledge of European politics. But his first experience of Anglo-Indian drawing -rooms is said to have greatly surprised him. "The English," he remaiked, " are a curious people ; they can fight, work, and bear hardships as well as any of us ; but when they are in quarters just look in what good order and how clean they have everything." He then contrasted this cleanliness wits the needleis dirt he h4d-left behind him at Calm': PRINC'E ARTHUR DT IRELAND. Prince Arthur's visit to Ireland is another attempt to make amends for the Royal neglect of which so much complaint has been made. Last year the Prince and the Princess of Wales visited the Irish capital. The welcome given to them was most enthusiastic. That given to the younger son of the Queen - .vas not so fervent. Cordial it was beyond doubt, but not so markedly so as to give universal pleasure. The Conservative journals, indeed, profess to End it cold, and draw, therefore, the inference that the policy of the present Administration is not looked upon with favour by the masses. The Times attributes this coldness in a great measure to the absence of military display. The Government steam-tender Vivid, with the Prince on board., entered Kingstown harbour at seven o'clock, on Monday morning, having left Holyhead at three a.m. A royal salute was fired from the Royal George guard ship, the yards were manned, and cheers such as sailors only can give, gave the first genuine greeting to the royal visitor. The morning was fine, and the Prince had an opportunity of leisurely surveying the pic turesque scene presented by the harbour, with its vessels gaily trimmed, and the town, which soon began to look bright and animated as flags and ensigns floated over the principal bu i ldin g s, and the inhabitants hastened down to the shore to witness the landing. which Thishas wraesc beenge d t obe undergoingmade at so h e e ar . h . s . le Pier, repairs, and was reopened on this occasio n of th e Prince's t. The preparations for the disembarkation were few and simple. A covering of crimson cloth waslaid at the place where his Royal Highness was to land, a guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards, with their band and colours, was drawn up along the pier, and the C battery of artillery, under the command of Captain Whynyates, took up a position on the east pier. At a quarter before twelve o'clock his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant arrived from Dublin by special train. The Vivid had meanwhile left its moorings and come alongside the pier. The Prince displayed on his breast the decoration of the Order of St. Patrick. The Lord-Lieutenant on his arrival proceeded on board the yacht to bid a cordial greeting to his guest. His Excellency was accompanied by Lord Charles Bruce, the Earl of Howth, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, M.P., Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King at Arms ; Major-General Cunyng. hame, ColonelWetherall, Under-Secretary; Colonel Fiel ding„ Colonel Lke, Mr. Courtenay Boyle, Assistant Private Secretary; Col. Forster, Master of the Horse, &c. A number of the directors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, and and other officials were present, together with a deputa tion from the Town Commissioners of Kingstown, who came to present a congratulatory address. This address was framed on the stereotyped model, ex pressed loyalty to her Majesty, and hoped (to express its effect simply) that his Royal Highness would enjoy the visit. Prince Arthur merely expressed his acknowledg ments. At twelve o'clock his Royal Highness landed, with his Excellency Lord Spencer and the members of the household, and, amid the cheers of the spectators, took his seat in the special train which was in wait ing alongside. A signal was given, and the battery sent forth a peal of homage, which was responded to by the guns of the Royal George, whose yards were also manned, and the band played the National Anthem. The train started without delay, and in twelve minutes reached the Westland-row terminus. Here the Lord Mayor and some members of the corporation, with the civic officers, were in waiting, together with a number of spectators who were admitted by special favour to the platform. Of course there was the address from the Dublin Corporation to be received, and a reply to 132 made. Both were short. The address, besides bidting him wel come, and hoping that he would be pleased with his visit, said: "The Irish people always look with the greatest satisfaction on any event that brings them into close personal relations with the sovereign or any member of her family, and we are confident that such friendly intercourses must greatly conduce to strengthen those feelings of loyality and esteem which are the truest supports of the Throne. Your august mother, our Queen, in her life and actions, has placed before her children, as well as her subjects, a noble example as the centre of a family circle and ruler of a great empire." Prince Arthur, in reply, thanked the deputation for their expressions of loyalty to her Majesty and esteem for himself. Of their loyalty he was well assured, and would commit their good wishes to the Queen his mother. From her he had learnt to take the deepest interest in all that concerned Ireland. On descending into Westland-row his Royal Highness was welcomed with respectful demonstrations by the mul titudes in the street, who manifested great anxiety to see their illustrious visitor. The troops, which were here drawn up, presented arms, and their Land played the National Anthem. Along the route, which was embel lished with flags at various points, his Royal Highness was warmly greeted, and cordially acknowledged the saluta tions he received. Shortly after one o'clock the Royal party arrived at the Viceregal Lodge, where his Royal Highness received a hospitable welcome from the Countess Spencer. On Tuesday he went to the Punchestown Races. Toe attendance, we are infcrrned, was nearly as large as on the visit of the Prince of Wales to the course. The day was dull, but not wet. Prince Arthur and Earl Spencer, with a large suite, left the Viceregal Lodge for Punches town at twelve o'clock. The Prince remained on the course until six o'clock, and rode around it durin^ the day in company with Earl Spencer. I4AW AND POLICE. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.-At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, a very singular case was heard by the Recorder. Samuel Benjamin, a woollen merchant, was charged with stealing various sums of money belonging to a firm of which he was a partner. The Legislature has now made it an indictable offence to rob a partner, and under the new Act the case was tried. The charge was, that in the absence of Cohen, his partner, on a journey, Benjamin sold all the stock, and drew the money belonging to the firm out of the bank. The prosecutor returned sooner than was expected, and found the warehouse shut up. The prisoner came up, and was given into custody by his partner. His answer was that he had put £l,OOO into the concern, and had taken the money to recoup himself, finding there were more debts than he expected. After hearing arguments on both sides, the Recorder summed up, and observed that the Act of Par liament under which the charge was preferred required great care in the administration of the law. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and sentence was deferred, and the money was ordered to be given up to ""- assignees. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Three men were charged on Tuesday at the Criminal Court with breaking into the warehouse of Alfred de Prima, and stealing a quantity of feathers, value £3OO. On the night of the 19th February the prosecutor's premises in Whitecross-street were broken into, and about £l,OOO worth of ostrich feathers abstracted. The prisoners were proved to have taken part in the robbery, and were sentenced to seven years' penal servi tude, and twelve and eighteen months' hard labour respec tively. A woman in whose possession 3,000 feathers were found was sentenced to three months' hard labour. THE BOARD OF WORKS.—On Tuesday, at the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Edward Hughes, late chief accountant in the employment of the Metropolitan Board of Works, was tried on a charge of embezzling two sums of money, amounting to £778. These amounts were duly entered in his pass-book, but the cheques themselves had been paid to his own private account. Mr. Serjeant Parry, in his speech for the defence, declared that the prisoner had acted in a fair spirit, and several witnesses gave testimony to the high character which he had always borne. The question to decide was whether the prisoner had made a mistake or was guilty of wilful appropriation. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prosecuting parties are to consider whether they are to proceed with the other charges. CURIOUS CASE. -A singular case has been tried at the Gloucester Assizes for the recovery of £360 for the main tenance of the defendant's wife by her father, the plain tiff, during 180 weeks. The plaintiff formerly kept a beerhouse, and his daughter went, in 1864, to live as cook to the defendant's father, who was an ironmaster. The defendant, who was very young, eloped with her, and married her at a registrar's office, to the great annoyance of his family, who had him arrested on the charge of stealing his brother's boots, which he had put on by mistake. The defendant told his wife to go back to her father's, and tell him to keep her in her own room, not taking any part in the business, and he would pay him handsomely. The father had maintained her on that footing since that time. The defendant was persuaded by his parents to go to America for three years, from whence he had only just returned. Nothing was contributed by the defendant or his father towards his wife's support. The jury found for the plain tiff for £225. A petition to the Home Secretary, praying for the reprieve of Charles Wiltshire, convicted at Gloucester of tho murder of Harriet Nurse, at St. George's is Ling got up. CHURCH CONFERENCES. The council of the Church Association have resolved on bolding a series of conferences in May next. Amongst the business to be done will be to consider a memorial to the two arch bishops, stating the precise points settled by the late judicial decisions, and praying that the same may be enforced ; and further, appealing to them on the question raised on the 24th and 25th of February, 1809, on the subject of the Lord's Supper in the Houses of Convoca tion of Canterbury and York by Archdeacon Denison and Archdeacon Churton. A scheme for joint action between clergy and laity, and olker practical wAttelv, will be_conisiderel '3."4 THE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. LORD STANLEY. The Pe Nall Gazette uses very strong language in its denunciation of Lord Stanley. Our contem porary has throughout been " unable to see " what has been so much praised in Lord Stanley. While others were extolling him to the skies for the Luxemburg treaty, the Pall Mall Gazette was declaring him to have made a muddle of it. And now when men are speaking of his honesty and . of his Liberalism, the Pall Mall refuses to admit either the one or the other. Lord Stanley, says our con temporary, admits the position of the Irish Church to be invidious and indefensible ; he declares that mere titular distinctions are not for a Christian Church worth fighting for ; he holds that funds not really wanted might be secularised, and yet he allows speaker after speaker to accuse the authors of the bill of sacrilege and robbery without a protest, and goes into the lobby with those who have so denounced their opponents without dropping a hint of what h e himself thinks. Ile offers an unqualified resistance to a bill which he believes to be in a great part just, and afterwards explains his reason as being that the moneys are really wanted by the Church. "We hardly know" (says the Gazette) " a more striking instance of political immorauty unless ane that suppucci ny tne party which, after such a declaration, is still want: to acceopt the author of it as its chief." AMF;RICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, March 20. The names of our leading politicians are freely used to get up a sensation, and more freely still to excite a flurry in Wall -street. One day, Ex-Sec retary Seward's name is bandied about till he be comes the subject of a red-hot controversy as to who induced the Emperor of the French to with draw his troops from Mexico. Bigelow and Webb are mixed up in the paper warfare, and there are manifestoes, and cards, and rejoinders till the subject sinks and rises again at the wave of an editor's wand, when at a loss for exciting subjects. Mr. Seward is very indignant at the pretensions of the Minister to Brazil ; and is said to be preparing a lengthy reply. The flurry was extracted from Senator Sumner, who, it was asserted, intended to take high grounds against England on the Alabama Claims Convection; i udeed,was about to deliver a war speech. Those who know Mr. Sumner had no doubt that the report so diligently spread, even printed and handed about, was untrue; yet it answered its ob ject, until the Senator pointedly contradicted it, declaring that if he spoke at all there would not be a war sentiment in his speech, and that it would strongly favour peace. Among the deaths is that of the widow of Dr. Lyman Beecher, and stepmother of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who was buried last Monday at Mount Auburn, Boston. A young lady also died on Monday, Miss Rebecca Talcott, and I mention her, as for five days she remained in a trance, thereby creating a sensation. For the greater part of the time her eyes were open and her appearance healthy, yet she was without any anima tion except the faintest, almost imperceptible, breathing. Two gentlemen, well known in Wall street, are among the deaths, though one occurred at Genoa, whither he had repaired in search of health. Mr. Stephen T. Clarke Was financial editor of the Evening Express, then of the Tribune, which has a long obituary notice of him. Mr. John A. Iselin died in his office of heart disease, when apparently in good health. He was once a member of the firm of De Launy, Iselin, and Clarke, and the Stock Board adjourned when the news was announced. Mrs. Frances Duer, widow of Beverley Robinson, died in her 84th year, and Abraham A. Leggatt, also in his 81th year, both well known in our city. I am told that Carlotta Patti will sing in the United States next season, that Miss Nilsson has accepted an engagement for the fall, and that Mr. Mapleson will carry into effect the intention he before failed in, of bringing ou t so me European stars in New York. Miss K e ll ogg , o r, as you call her in Eng land, Mademoiselle Clara Louise Kellogg, is our sun here. She was said to have lost some of her sim plicity by her season in Europe, but to have re gained it after re-appearing on our stage. Sim plicity is certainly one of the great charms of this lady's acting, and Miss Kellogg is a singer of whom we have a right to be proud. Mr. James E. Hayes, the ma nager o f the Olympic, is expected to arrive this w ee k f rom England. Mr. James E. Cooke has returned ; the Davenport Brothers have also come back, and are exhibiting in Steinway Hall. Talking of that hall, the Tammany has now followed its example, and commenced Sunday con certs. The Italian Opera Company is going to Philadelphia. The managers of Walnut Theatre at Philadelphia are making elaborate arrangements for a "London Burlesque Combination," compris ing Felix Rogers, Jennie Willmore and Lizzie Will , more, who have gained celebrity at the Strand, New Royalty, an d ot h er theatres in London. They present a popul ar b ur l es que, and as they left March the 3d, followin g Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, they will appear in a few days. Little " All Right," whom you perhaps sa w in London, is just leaving Philadelphia with the Japanese troupe. The card he issued on the subject of his benefit looked like an extract from a tea box. But enough of theatricals. About 40,000 persons are said to have participated in one way or another is the St. Pat rick's Day demonstrations. The weather was pro pitious, and New York j3inecl heartily in the Irish holiday, the Mayor and Common Council reviewing the procession. The ship Bosworth arrived ou Wed nesday from Java with jungle fever, and the name so terrified the authorities, as no one knew anything about it, that there was a general stampede. Those who went on board, however, found all healthy, the feverdescribed to be of a typhoid,remittent character, rapid and malignant, being gone. When she put into Table Bay six of the crew had died, and only three or four were fit for duty. The Nellie IV late ferry boat, from Harlem, ran into the wharf with 100 passengers on board. She intended to touch at the foot street, and came u p a t full speed, when of she struck 6 the wharf and tore away all her upper works, but the passengers were more fright ened than hurt; the Sylvan Stream had to convey the passengers, as the Nellie White was too much shattered to proceed. That steamer was the scene of an Irish faction fight on St. Patrick's Day, when some heads were broken. -.-- WASHINGTON, March 19. Some individuals, at least, have found the dif ference between General Grant's and Mr. John son's Administration. Among them is Second- Assistant Engineer George F. Sawyer. That young gentleman, when an officer in one of our war-ships, expressed the opinion that "Mr. Johnson was liable to impeachment, and ought to be impeached, and he hoped and believed the Senate would im peach and remove him." On his repeating this, and maintaining that he could not be punished for the simple expression of an opinion, he was reported and tried by a naval Court-Martial ; suspended a year from rank and duty, reprimanded, and placed on half pay. Mr. Sawyer resigned, and took an active partin the late Presidential election. Secretary Borie, on his attention being drawn to the case by . Representative Davis in Congress, revoked the sen tence, and obliterated the record, as far as possible, which was promptly sanctioned by the President. Last Wednesday we had a great row iu the House, Ben Butler, of course, the chief actor, and the cause is not a little peculiar. The last Congress in passing the Appropriation Bills enacted that the owners of bonded warehouses were to refund to the Govern ment the salaries it paid to storekeepers. In some way or another a whole section of the bill was omitted in the enrolment ; General Butler in sinuated—by design —as it involved a million and a half of dollars. The engrossing clerk was said to have omitted it unintentionally ; he and his fellows bad been 40 consecutive hours at work (I imagine this is no small exaggeration); and the Report when presented to them was confused and difficult to un derstand. In reply, Butler held up the MSS., calling attention to the omitted paragraph underscored with heavy black lines. The opposition came from the Chairm an of the C omm ittee on W a y s an d Means, from M r. Bec k , R e presentative of o ne o f th e largest distillery districts, and from the Chairman coupled with the design legislation aidthezdP of the Committee on Enrolled Bills. To this the remarks were unworthy of latter replied tbat the any gentlem an occupy ing a seat on the floor ; and it was the first ti me that , such a mistake had been osnog thatre sA t : e t r s o e n e g_ of defeating the deliberate will i 8 ° a f t e C , effort was then COD 811 0111dbejeft ou t, against which Butler protested, declaring the omitted section then to be a law of the land, w h ich could no t afterwards be altered by the r e e to ssed leg accident or design of an enrolling clerk. He then alluded to the pressure brought to bear by a lobby, to which Mr. Sch e nck, Chairman of the Committee on Waysand Means, took exception, whereon the had blood generated boiled up. Butler was not to be diverted by a side issue, and Schenck dared him to reduce Lis insinuation to the shape of a direct charge. " I dare stand up," said Butler, "for the 'Treasury of the United States; the gentleman from Ohio has a high courage to stand up for the Whisky Ri ng. The country may judge between us." " Ile may state what he knows to be untrue, if he knows anything about it," was the reply ; and Butler sail, " I understand the gentleman from Ohio thoroughly. I know fully all his ins' and and outs,' and some day he shall have them in vestigated when be desires it." Butler's con nection of Mr. Schenck with the Whisky Ring has generally been condemned, but the clerk's error, to say the least, was strange, and the country allows some latitude to those who thus practically watch CIIITROX ITZAIII. '1 he new Bishop of Mauritius is going to perform the rite of confirmation at Brussels, Calais, Paris, and Boulogne. The Bishop has not yet completed above one-third of the time which is usually allowed to elapse between the appointment to a colonial see and the departure for it. Dr. Ilatchard has still more than two years wherein to act as super numerary in England and Europe before he goes into banishment in Africa. Archdeacon Robinson has resigned the Mastersuip Or the Temple. This is really a portentous event for pluralists. Dr. Robinson was formerly not only Master of the Temple but a canon of Rochester, and rector of Therfield. He resigned the rectory in 1860, resigns th e mas t ers hi p now, and contents himself in his old age (he is 70) with only a canonry. The Western papers announce that the vicarage of Sithney, worth £460, and a house, say £5OO a-year, " has been conferred by the bishop of the diocese upon the Rev. H. 11. Du Boulay, domestic chaplain to his lordship." Mr. Du Boulay is a young gentleman, not long in holy orders, and is the grandson and the secretary of the Bishop of Exeter, who is 02 years of age, and quite incapable. The leading Western jodrnal has been protesting vehe mently from day to day against Mr. Du Boulay's patronage, and now, with a cynicism that is really almost sublime, is presented to one of the best livings in the diocese, while the whole diocese is ringing with the complaints of men who have been for twenty or thirty years labouring therein and are still only curateß. THE AIR OF THE LAW COURTS. Revelations of the darker side of human nature nave oxupied a fair share of attention within the last few days. The murder at Norwich has caused amazement from its commencement, and bids fair to came bewilderment to its end. The career of Mr. Benjamin Higgs has called forth admiration at his cleverness, wonder at the slovenly way his employers went to work, and indignation at his villainy. The revelations of baby farm ing have once more raised disgust. The circumstances surrounding Sheward became more mysterious than ever. If the letter from Brighton is a hoax, it is a well-planned one. That Mrs. Sheward had a lover, one \Vorseltine, and that he died somewhere about the time of the supposed murder, has already been announced. We are now told, further, that just before his death he left his own family to live with another woman to whom he was devotedly attached. Was this Mrs. Sheward ? Mr. Higgs, the great swindler of Teddington, seems to be not only admired, but sympathised with. One would think, to read a letter about him in the Daily News, that he was the victim of some plot hatched by himself against himself. We are told, as if in extenuation of his offence, of his numerous acts of charity. The poor of Teddington absolutely love him, and some of them would not discover him to the authorities if a thousand pounds were offered for his capture. During the panic of 186 G he was always ready with a helping hand, and averted ruin from mo re than one person of position in the City. A kind man Mr. Higgs was doubtless with other people's money, but he did not scruple to rush away from home without a word to his wife. He did a bit of speculating, it seems, with the funds of the Central Gas Company, and in one lucky hit cleared many thousands of pounds. Then he went hone, gave it away to the poor, in concerts, and in grand entertainments. Montague Tigg, Esq., in Mr. Dickens's " Martin Chuzzlewit," though he has often been denounced as a gross caricature, finds more than a parallel in Benjamin Higg - s. Mr. James Greenwood writes to the Star com plaining of the decision in the Bow baby farming case. llere was a woman who had harboured eleven babies, of whom five had died. The fifth death 's such that a coroner's jury is called upon to investizate it. It seems that the non,. creature had been round ciAztd In its nect, said bed conisting of an egg box. But what bad caused its death ? There was nothing to show; till Mrs. Savill naively explained that in the month of October she " slipped down," and, falling on the child, broke its thigh, and that it cried very much, but she put it to bed, and did not dis cover its dreadful injury till next day. And so it was allowed to languish and die. The coroner sent away the woman without a stain on her character, the jury wanted to censure her. Why they were not allowed to do so does not clearly appear, except that append ages to verdicts as a whole are not considered proper. But the public is likely to do what the jury could not. That a woman who keeps a child in straw in an egg box, falls upon her, and does not attend to her cries until next day, should be allowed to go away without even a word of warning, to repeat, maybe, the same thing, looks very much like misplaced leniency. If babies are to be "put away," at least let us do it without unneces ary cruelty. We do not break the legs of kittens before we drown them. THE ARREST OF LOITERERS. A. story is told in the papers concerning which Lord George Lennox has given notice of a question to the Home Secretary, and which is likely to be used in the debates in the Habitual Criminals Bill. It appears that a most respectable Scotsman, Mr. Peter M'Donald, an assistant in the delivery of Treasury messages, was on the nth of last month, at about eight p.m., engaged in the performance of his regular work about town. In the course of his duty he was in Piccadilly, when one Robert Croucher, police sergeant, came up to him, and insisted upon knowing what he, Mr. Peter M'Donald, was about. He replied, "_Mind your own business. What's that to do with you ? You're too officious. They've removed several of your sort, and they ought to remove you." Ser geant Croucher instantly collared the cheeky " loiterer," and whipped him off to the station. Peter M'Donald protested in vain. Croucher said that Mr. M'Donald was loitering, and did not give a satisfactory account of himself. At the station he was detained till " the necesmry inquiries were made," and then he was allowed to go free. This will probably be used as an overwhelming argument against giving policemen power to arrest criminals who are merely loitering. But M'Donald was not a criminal, and Croucher did not know him as such, and, therefore, had no right to apprehend him. Nor would he have a right under the Habitual Criminals Bill. GUTTER CHILDREN. What is Miss Rye going to do with her " gutter children" when she gets them into America? Place them in reformatories for a time ? • If so, why not place th em in ref orm atories here, and take out, instead, boys of from ten to fifteen years old who have already had some little training? To this there would not be the objection which she will certainly meet with in America, that she is bringing over un trained children with whom we have failed to deal, and calling upon a nation to nurture them to whom they do not belong. ARBITRATION IN VIE IRON TRADE. The first attempt at arbitration at Darlington is now being made. The Board of Conciliation met on Monday to consider whether the wages in the iron trade should be raised or not. The discussion was very long, we are told, and warm. In the divi sion the votes were equal. The County -court judge of Worcestershire has been appointed to settle the dispute. OYSTERS. Why are oysters so very scarce, and ? therefore, so 'cry dear ? Who i s t o bl ame for keeping the public without its favourite dainty ? Mr. Francis Pennell says that over-dredging has produced the scarcity, and the Governmcnt is to blame for not enforcing a close time, and for not making such regulations as shall ensure the quietness of public beds during the breeding time. Not so, says Mr. Frank Bricliland. 'Tis the weather, not Parliament, or any other earthly body, that has done the evil. It is of - no use making arrangements with Mr. Bright. Those who would have cheap oysters must apply to 2Eolus. The President of the Board of Trade may initiate legislation, make this rule and that all very wise and good, but he will not make oysters plentiful. But if 2Eolus would only supply zephyrs, not cold north-eastern, in June and July, we should soon have a good market. The god of the winds, Mr. Buckland informs us, was very good last year; and if ho will only be as considerate in the coming seiison the public neat not fear that oysters will always be dear. Time must be allowed, however, for the small ones to grow. The Naples and Florence Observer says that a portion of the American European squadron is expected in Naples in tho early part of this month. .NG, APRIL 7, 1E69 over its interests. Generals Sheridan and Scho field have left, the former for Chicago, the latter for Leavenworth. Mr. Washburne, having handed over his office to Secretary Fish, ivill in a few days follow his family to Galena, Illinois, which he will leave to embark for France in May. The feeling here runs high in favour of Cuba. General Banks, who has been, reappointed to the new House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs, has called on the Secre tary of State for the latest information on Cuba and St. Domingo. Grant favours the view taken by the Legislature, as well as by the nation, but I am sorry to say not by the Spanish Mission. They have had the bad taste to remonstrate against our efforts to reconstruct Cuba, and have drawn up a strong remonstrance and protest against the aid and countenance the insurgents have received from the United States. Secretary Borie is strengthen ing our squadron i❑ Cuban waters. Two ironclads, as well as a part of the Pacific squadron, have been sent to Key West, there to await orders from the Admiral in command in the West Indies. Eben ezer D. Bassett, the coloured principal of a Phila delphia school, is talked of as Minister to Hayti; the gentlemen of colour seem to have set their hearts oa this appointment, desiring, above all things, to have a dark representative abroad, by way of telling the world that a negro, a native of this country, is, in truth, a citizen of the United States. Diffi culties can scarcely fail to arise as well with that island as with Cuba, and we will require in both to be well represented. Whatever may be said against Mr. Seward, it is generally admitted that he has steered skilfully to avoid embarrassing re sults from foreign complications. He resisted a strong pressure on Mr. Johnson from the agents of Cuba's revolution to recognizeits belligerency, and he even favottred the issuing of a proclamation for bidding any aid to be sent. The most important subject discussed in the Cabinet has been the policy which should direct the nominations to office. Nothing is known of the result, but it is considered significant that important nominations, believed to have been decided on have not been sent to the Senate. General Butler has been working hard for Mr. Joabert, a coloured man, for assessor, at New Orleans ; and his relative, Parker, for the Posmastership of the same city. General John Cochrane is an applicant for a post in the New York Custom-house. John B. Allison, formerly a Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, will re• ceive the appointment of Register of the Treasury, vice Jeffries resigned. Secretary Boutwell has nominated the Hon. Henry D. Moore, formerly State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, to be Collector of the Port of Philadelphia. The President will send his nomination to the Senate. Secretary Boutwell has also appointed C. B. M'Carter, Superintendent of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the Treasury Department. Frank Moore is to be Second Secretary of the Legation at Paris. The White House has undergone the clearing and brightening process, and the President and his family are now ensconced therein. The Minister of the Argentine Republic, Don Manuel R. Garcia, has been intro duced, and in responding to his remarks the Pre sident said :—" I notice . that your letter of ere- I deuce is signed by your predecessor, now the Chief Magistrate of the Argentine Republic. The per sonal and official character which he maintained while here warrants the assumption that in select ing you as the Minister of that Republic he was actuated by his usual discretion, and had no reason to apprehend that your career would not justify his ' choice. A similar confidence is entertained by me." Mr. Roberts, the newly-accredited Minister from Spain, was presented to the President to-day, and General Grant replied to his remarks, which did not convey a word about Cuba, as follows :—" The recent events in Spain, to which you advert, have excited, and will continue to maintain a lively interest here, hoping, as we do, that they may ulti mately lead to an increase in the welfare and hap piness of the people of Spain. The disposition which you express to exert yourself during your mission, to the end that these friendly relations which have always existed between the two coun tries may be strengthened, will be cordially recipro cated by me." The President has discontinued the military guard which, since the assassination of President Lincoln, has been mounted over the White House, and Captain llPKeever has been or dered to join his regiment at Atalanta, Georgia. Lieut.-Colonel IV. R. Pease is to be relieved from duty as Professor of Military Tactics at the State University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and he will, at the end of the present college term, proceed to his home in Brooklyn. As the President has signed the bill for the further security of equal rights in the district of Columbia, the word " white' has been stricken out of all laws relating thereto, and it is now a punishable offence for any one to enforce such a restriction. Ex-President Johnson took much interest in the discussion of the Tenure-of- Office Act, but when some long-winded speakers got on their legs he is said to have bolted, making tracks for Tennessee. CONGRESS• SENATE. On the 15th ult. various bills were introduced. Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, re ported bills relating to the removal of officials in Virginia and Texas, to reorganise the judiciary sys tem, to suspend the Tenure-of -Office Act until the next session of Congress, and to enforce the disabling provisions of the fourteenth amendment. Mr. Morton offered a resolution to enable a majority of any State Legislature to ratify a Constitutional amendment, even where two-thirds are required to form a quorum for b us i n ess. The House bill to strengthen the Public Credit was concurred in— yeasan executive session, th e 42, nays 13. After Senate adjourned. On the 16th the House re solution for an adjournment on March 26 was tabled. Mr. Sherman introduced a joint resolu tion authorizing the recognition of Cuban indepen dence. Mr. Grimes's bill reorganizing the navy was passed, with amendments. The bill suspending the Tenure-of-Office Act was discussed. On the 17th Mr. Wilson introduced a bill continuing the edu cational and collection departments of the Freed men's Bureau, Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, reported the bill to enforce the Four-. teenth Amendment in Georgia, and also the cre dentials of the Senators elect from that State, with a recommendation that they be tabled until the re solution is acted upon. Mr. Morton introduced his resolution relating to proceedings by State Legislatures on Constitutional Amendments, and on his motion, it was tabled. The bill to repeal the Tenure-of-Office Act was discussed. On the 18th various bills were introduced and reported. Mr. Conkling reintroduced the Naturalization Bill of the previous session. The Supplemental Cur rency Bill was considered ; also the Tenure-of- Office Act. Mr. Trumbull said lie would press a vote upon the latter to-day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On the 15th ult. various bills were introduced, among them the following :—Establishing a free system of national banking ; regulating the conver sion of gold into currency; to prohibit further in crease of the public debt ; relating to gold con tracts; and to repeal the act requiring military orders to be issued through the, general of the army. The Standing Committees were announced. Mr. Schenck is chairman of the Ways and Means ; Dawes of the Appropriations ; Garfield of the Bank ing and Currency ; Butler of Reconstruction ; Logan of the Military ; Bingham of the Judiciary; Banks of Foreign Affairs ; and Scofield of Naval Affairs. Mr. Kelley, from the Coinage Committee, reported his Nickel Coinage Bill. On the 16th Mr. Kelley's Coinage Bill was considered and recom mitted with an amendment by Mr. Butler, pro viding that the purchase Of material for the coinage shall be by public advertisement, and from the lowest bidder. Mr. Beaman introduced bills divi ding Texas into several States and Territories, which were referred.--On the 17th Hid Indian Ap propriation Bill was reported. A joint resolution was also reported to supply omissions in the enrol ment of some of the appropriation bills last session. One of these was the section requiring owners of bonded warehouses to reimburse the Government the salaries of storekeepers, &c. Mr. Holman moved to strike out this paragraph, but the motion was lost and the joint resolution passed. The Senate resolution relating to the provisional governments in Virginia and Texas was passed.—On the 18th Mr. Hooper, from the Ways and Means Commit tee, reported the Supplemental Whisky and To bacco Bill. Among the provisions is one extending the time for withdrawing from bond, subject to an additional tax of one per cent. per gallon a month. Ordered to be printed and recommitted. The Senate resolution extending the time for removal of dis qualified officials in Virginia and Texas, was re ported and recommitted. Mr. Bingham introduced a bill to protect the freedom of transportation and commerce within the United States. STANDING COMMITTEES. The following Standing Committees are an nounced (Democrats are marked thus*) 'Ways and Means—Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, chair man ; Samuel Hooper, Massachusetts; William B. Allison, lowa ; Horace Maynard, Tonnossee ; William D. Kelley, Pennsylvania; *James Brooks, Now York; Austin Blair, Michigan ; Dennis M'CArthy, Now York ; *Samuel S. Marshall, Illinois. Appropriations —Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts, chairman ; Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan ; William 11. Kelsey, New York ; Calwallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin ; William Lawrence, Ohio; Aaron A. Sargent, California; Oliver J. Dickey, Pennsylvania ; * William E. Niblack, Indiana ; *James B. Beck, Kentucky. Banking and Currency—James A. Garfield, of Ohio, chairman ; John Lynch, Maine ; Norman B. Judd, 111. ; John Coburn, Indiana ; Worthington C. Smith, Vermont ; John B. Packer, Pennsylvania; Israel G. Lash, North Carolina ; *Samuel S. Co; New York ; *Thomas L. Jones, Kentucky. Reconstruction —Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, chairman; John F. Farnsworth, Illinois ; Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan; Halbert E. Paine, Wisconsin; Hamil ton Ward, New York; George W. Julian, Indiana; Luke P. Poland, Vermont ; B. F. Whittemore, South Carolina ; *James B. Beck, Kentucky; *George W. Woodward, Pennsylvania; *George W. Morgan, Ohio. Reorganisation of the Civil Service —Giles W. Hotchkiss, of New York, chairman ; Thomas A. Jenckes, Rhode, Island ; William H. Armstrong, Pennsylvania ; Horace Maynard, Tennessee ; *Michael C. Kerr, Indiana. The Ninth Census—William B. Stokes, Tennessee, chairman ; James A. G. Orfield, Ohio ; Nathaniel P. Banks. Mass. ; William B. Allison, lowa ; Addison H. Larlin, New York; Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois; Morton S. Wil kinson, Minn.; *Richard J. Haldeman, Penn. ; *John G. Schumaker, New York. Pacific Railroads—William A. Wheeler, of New York, chairman ; J ohn A. Logan, 111. ; Daniel J. Morrill, Penn. ; Robert T. Van Horn, Mo. ; Benjamin F. Hopkins, Wis. ; James Buffington, Mass. ; John Lynch, Maine ; Francis W. Palmer, lowa ; Logan H. Roots, Ark. ; *Philadelphia Van Trump, Ohio ; *Daniel W. Voorhees, Ind. ; *Samuel B. Axtell, Cal. ; *Eugene M. Wilson, Minn. Claims—William B. Washburn, of Massachusetts, chair man; Giles W. Hotchkiss, New York; *William S. Hol man, Ind.; Amasa Cobb, Wis., Wm. B. Stokes, Tenn. ; Jacob H. Ela, N.H.; Oliver H. Dockery, North Carolina ; Moore, ; *John D. Stiles, Penn. Commerce—Nathan F. Dixon, of Rhode Island, chair man ; Charles O'Neill, Penn. ; Ebon C. Ingersoll, Illinois; Philetus Sawyer, Wis. ; A. G. Finckelnburg, Mo. ; David S. Bennett, New York ; Oscar D. Conger, Mich. ; *Wm. S. Holman, Indiana ; *Clarkson N. Potter, New York. Public Lands—George W. Julian, of Indiana, chairman ; John H. Ketcham, New York ; Washington Townsend, Pa.; Thomas Fitch, Nebraska ; John B. Hawley, Illinois; James J. Winos, Ohio; William Smyth, Iowa; *Eugene M. Wilson, Minn. ; *J. R. M'Cormick, Mobile. Post-offices—John F. Farnsworth of Illinois, chairman. Thomas W. F. Ferry, Mich.; John Hill, N. J. ; Ginery Twitchel), Mass.; Sempro H. Boyd, Mo.; James M. Tyner, Ind.; Thomas, Fitch, Nevada; *Joseph S. Smith, Oregon, *George M. Adams, Ky. Manufactures—Daniel J. Moerell of Pennsylvania, chairman : Oakes Ames, Mass. ; Philetus Sawyer, Wis. ; Worthington C. Smith, Vt. ; Stephen Sanford, N. Y. ; W. H. Upson, Ohio ; Samuel Morrill, Me.; *Orestes Cleve land, N. J. ; *John M. Rice, Ky. Agriculture—John T. Wilson, of Ohio, chairman ; Wm. Loughridge, Iowa; John Fisher, N. Y.; Wm. J. Smith, Tenn.; David P. Dyer, Mo. ; Jacob Bunton, N. H.; *J. 3 1- Krebs, 111. ; 'llanauel B. Axtell, Cal.; *Henry A. Reeves, N. Y. Indian Affairs—Sydney Clarke of Kansas, chairman; Robert T. Van Horn, Mo. ; John P. C. Shanks, Ind. ; I. Taffee, Nebraska; Alex. H. Bailey, N. Y.; John T. Deweese, N. C. ; Wm. H. Armstrong, Penn. ; *William Mongers, Ohio ; *L. S. Trimble, Ky. Military Affairs—John A. Logan of Illinois, chairman Amasa Cobb, Wis. ; James S. Negley, Penn..; Jasper Packard, Ind. ; Wm. L. Stoughton, Mich. ; John S. Witcher, West Va. ; Joel Asper, Me. ; *Goo. W. Morgan, Ohio; *Henry W. Slocum, N. Y. The Militia—John P.C. Shanks of Indiana, chairman ; Sydney Clarke, Kansas ; William Smythe, lowa ; Thos. Boles, Arkansas; James B. Donley. Pennsylvania; Elia kim 11. Moore, Ohio ; *L. S. Trimble, Kentucky; *John R. Reading, Pennsylvania ; James B. Becic, Kentucky. Tho District of Columbia—Burton Cook of Illinois, chairman ; Martin Welker, Ohio; William Williams, Indiana; Calvin W. Gilfillan, Pennsylvania; Thomas Boles, Arkansas; Charles M. Hamilton, Florida ; George W. Cowles, New York; *Frederick Stone, Maryland; *J. Proctor Knott, Kentucky. The Judiciary—John A. Bingham of Ohio, chairman ; Noah Davis, jun., New York; Benjamin P. Butler, Massa chusetts; Burton C. Cook, Illinois; John A. Peters, Maine ; Ulysses Mercur, Pennsylvania; William Long bridge, lowa ; *Charles A. Eldredge, Wisconsin ; *Michael C. Kerr, Indiana. Revolutionary Claims —Sempro H. Boyd of Missouri, chairman ; Jacob A. Ambler, Ohio ; William F. Prosser, Tennessee; William L. Stoughton, Michigan; John S. Witcher, West Virginia ; Alexander H. Jones, North Carolina ; James S. Negley, Pennsylvania ; *John Mor rissey, New York; *T. W. M'Neeley, Illinois. Public Expenditures—John Coburn of Indiana, chair man ; Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin ; John T. Wilson, Ohio; Isaac R. Hawkins, Tennessee ; Charles S. Knapp, New York; James B. Donley, Pennsylvania; Alex. H. Jones, North Carolina; *J. Lawrence Getz, Pennsylvania ; *Patrick Hamill, Maryland. Trivate Land Claims—Godlove S. Orth, Indiana, chair man ; Charles O'Neill, Penn. ; Nathan F. Dixon, R. I. ; Martin Welker, Ohio ; Horace Maynard, Tennessee ; C. C. Washburn, Wisconsin; *Thomas Swann, Maryland; *J. Proctor Knott, Kentucky; *O. N. Potter, Now York. Naval Affairs—Glennie W. Schofield, chairman ; Thos. W: Ferry, Michigan; Aaron F. Stevens, N. 1L; John F. Ketcham, N. Y.; George W. M'Crary, Iowa;. Eugene Hall, Maine; *Stevenson Archer, Maryland; *Charles Haight, New Jersey. Foreign Affairs—Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachusetts, chairman ; Norman B. Judd, Illinois ; Austin Blair, Michigan; D 3. S. Wilkinson, Minnesota; Porter Shelden, New York ; Charles W. Willard, Vermont ; Jacob A. Ambler, Ohio; '•Fornando Wood, New York; *Thomas Swann, Maryland. Territories—Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois, chairman ; Hamilton Ward, New York ; John Taffee, Neb. ; David P. Dyer, Mo. ; Charles Pomeroy, lowa ; Eliakim H. Moore, Ohio ; Isaac H. Duval, W. Va. ; *Samuel Hambleton, Md. ; *Orestes Cleveland, N.J. Revolutionary Pensions—John T. Deweese of North Carolina, chairman; Chas. W. Willard, Vermont; Chas. S. Knapp, Now York ; Calvin W. Gilfillian, Penn. ; James J. Winans, Ohio ; Robert B. Butler, Tenn. ; *Thlin M. Rice, Ky. ; *A. A. C. Rogers, Ark. ; *Joseph S. Smith, Oregon. . Invalid Pensions—John F. Benjamin of Missouri, chair man ; Jacob Benton, N. IL ; John T. Wilson, Ohio ; John B. Hay, 111. ; Darwin Phelps, Penn.; C. C. Bowen, S.C. ; Randolph Strickland, Mich.; *John T. Bird, N.J. ; *Wm. M. Sweeney, By. Roads and Canals—Ebon C. Ingersol of Illinois, chair-- man ; Oakes Ames, Mass. ; Clinton L. Cobb, N.C. ; John A. Smith, Ohio ; William F. Prosser, Tenn. ; James C. 31 Grew, W. Va. ; *Erastus Wells, Mo.; *Boyd Winchester, Kentucky. Mines and Mining—Orange Ferris of New York, chair man ; Aaron A. Sargent, Cal.; Isaac R. Hawkins. Tenn. ; Randolph Strickland, Mich.; Charles Pomeroy, Iowa; Isaac H. Duvall, W. Va.; Logan 11. Roots, Ark.; * Edw. F. Dickinson; *Boni. T. Briggs, Dol. Freedman's Affairs—Olivery H. Dockery, of North Carolina, chairman; John P. C. Shanks, Indiana; Alex. ; H. Bailey,,New York ; Le w i s Tillman, Tennessee John B. Hawley, Illinois ; James C. M'Grew, West Virginia ; *John Moffatt, Pennsylvania. Reduction and Labour—Samuel M. Arnell, of Tennessee, chairman ; John Betty, Ohio ; George F. Hoar, Massachu setts ; Washington Townsend, Pennsylvania; Charles M. Hamilton, Florida; Sam. S. Burdett, Mobile; James M. Tyner, Indiana; * Thomas W. M'Neeley, Illinois; *A. A. C. Rogers, Arkansas. Revision.of Laws —Luke P. Poland, of Vortnont, chair man; Orange Ferris, New York ; Au s tin Blair, Michigan; George W. Al‘Crary, lowa ; George F. Hoar, Massachu setts; G. A. Finckelnbu rg , Mobile; William H. Upson, Ohio ; * Dan. W. Voorhees, Indiana ; *Jamos A. Johnson, California. Coina ge , Weights, and Measures—David Heaton, of North California, chairman ; William D. Kelly, Pennsyl vania ; Samuel Hooper, Massachusetts ; John Hill, New Jersey; Noah Davis, juu., Now York; *Francis E. Shober, N. C.; *John A. Griswold, New York. Patents —Thomas A. Jencks, of Rhode Island, chair man; Aaron F. Stevens, New Hampshire; John A. Smith, Ohio; Lewis Tillman, Tennessee; Jesse A. Moore, Illi nois ; *James A. Johnson, California ; Stephen Sanford, New York; *Dan. M. VanAuken, Pennsylvania ; *Harvey S. Calkin, New York. Public Buildings and Groucds—Benjamin F. Hopkins, of Wisconsin, Chairman ; John Beatly, Ohio ; William J. Smith, Tennessee ; Adolph H. Tanner, New York ; *J. Lawrence Getz, Pennsylvania. mil e age—lsaac R. Hawkins, of Tennessee, chairman ; Ulysses Melvin-, Pennsylvania ; Jasper Packard, Indiana ; Job E.'Stevenson, Ohio ; *John Fox, Now York. Accounts,—Henry L. Cake of Pennsylvania, chairman ; Samuel M. Arnell, Tennessee ; James Buffington, Massy chusetts ; Wm. H. Kelsey, New York; *Jacob S. Gelb' day, Kentucky. Expenditures in State Department.—Alex. H. Bailey o f New York, chairman ; Eugene Hale, Me.; Ginery Twit' chell, Massachusetts; *John D. Stiles, Pennsylvanis : *Stevenson Archer, Md. Expenditures in Treasury Department.—William Allison of lowa, chairman ; William A. Wheeler, Net York; Israel G. Lash, North Carolina; *Sam. J. litu r dall, Pennsylvania; *Benjamin T. Briggs, Delaware. Expenditures in War Department.—William of Indiana, chairman ; Adolph 11. Tanner, New York , John Cessna, Pennsylvania; Clinton, L. Cobb, North cfr rolina ; *Albert G. Burr, Illinois. Expenditures in Navy Department.--John Lynch d Maine, chairman ; George W. Cowles, New York ; Olive J. Dickey, Pennsylvania ; *Patrick Hamill, Md. ; *Hen4 A. Reeves, New York. Expenditures in Post-office Department.—. Wm. MOO of New Jersey, chairman ; John A. Bingham, Ohio ; Job s B. Hay, Illinois; John F. Benjamin, Mo. ; *Stephen I' Mayhew, New York. Expenditures in Interior Department. —Mr. Ela, N. El•' chairman ; David S. Bennett, New York ; John B. Packet:. Pennsylvania; W. Strader, Ohio; *George Adams, lidlatualty. Expenditures on Public Buildings.—John Churchill New York, chairman ; Jacob 11. Ela of N. A. ; Dar Phelps, Pennsylvania; *Samuel lambledon, Md. ; *T man 11. Hoag, Ohio. Rules.—James G. Blaine of Maine, chairman ; Banks, Massachusetts ; Thomas W. Ferry, Michigs James A. Garfield, Ohio ; *James Brooks, New York. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENI HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wOolss at five o'clock. HABITUAL CRIMINALS BILL. On the report of this bill being brought up, The Earl of KIMBERLEY said he had framed certai l amendments, which would, he hoped, meet the views thOse who objected to th e or i g i na l enac t men t s o f t h e pi' t, On clause 10, Lord ROMILLY objected to the clause, as it made V eg ` sons under police supervision liable on mere suspicion ° a year's imprisonment. He telt it actually necessary tb i some evidence should be given that the man was gu ilt, of living by dishonest means before he was sent to pri 6 ' on the mere suspicion of the police. The Earl of KIMBERLEY said it was only persd who had been previously convicted that became su bject the surveillance of the p o li ce . Th e o bj ec t o f t h e I ' l was to call upon suspected persons to prove that 0 14 were getting their living honestly. Lord CAIRNS supported the clause. The Marquis of SALISBURY also support the clad but suggested that the direct authority of the chief O r stable to arrest suspected persons should be adduced evidence. After some discussion tho amendments were a gr eed t°' . The r e p or t was th en a d opted, and the bill ordered tot' read a third time. Lord Napier's Salary Bill, the Mutiny Bill, and gar ° Mutiny Bill were read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF CO I IMONS.—LAsT ' E VENING' , The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NATURALISATION LAWS. Mr. V. HARCOURT gave notice that on Friday 13 _ 4 he would ask the Secr e t ar y o f St a t e f or the Home De n ment if the Government intended during the press' session to introduce a measure f oun d e d upon the re r o recently presented by th e R o y a l C omm i ss i on app l ii ted consider the neut ra lity l aws an d th e laws affecting o naturalisation of foreigners. PROPOSED DISESTABLISHMENT AND DIS ° DOWMENT OF THE ESTABLISHED 0110 IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. Captain ARCHDALL (M.P. for Fermanagh coon- gave notice that on th e thi r d read i ng of tho, bill for , /, disestablishmeut a n d di sen d owment of the Irish Cist,iggiv he should mo ve th a t th e b ill be extended to the If' blished Churches of England and Scotland. THE SLIGO ELECTION. Mr. SULLIVAN gave notice that on Friday he slic 4 move an address to h er M a j es t y f or a Royal Comratas'' to inquire into corrupt practices at the last election for borough of Sligo. INLAND POSTAGE. ' Mr. GRAVES rose and called the attention of house to the rates of inland postage on printed Matti He entered at l eng th i n t o th e var i ous advantages i would result from the lowering of rates now l e vied 1 ,, the Post-office, and con c l u d e d by mov i ng, th a t in Ail opinion of the house it i s ex p e di en t t o re d uce t he ' al to one halfpenny for two ounces, and that the postag e newspapers should likewise be reduced to one halfpea% Mr. MUNDELLA supported the motion. H e sa id 0 1 „ the reduction was absolutely necessary, as by the pr° se , arrangement a circular could be posted from P a lertal o Aberdeen for a less cost than it c ou ld b e from tbi house to the Strand. The postage of circulars become geteral.in all parts of the world, and the to dr rate was taken in every place except England. Th e livery of circulars had become so general that comfal j i had been started for their dell 7er y, th e c h arge f or di fe buting 1,000 being but Bs. 6d., whilst the Post-ofile!, performing the same service dema n d e d £4 3 s . 4d. (P e hear) Mr. MACFIE also approved of the resolution, to Vi b t i he hoped th e h ouse wou ld g i ve it s assent. He thougbot would be a very beneficial arrangement if the post- 0 p were to reduce the charge for postage circulars do° the rate of one farthing each. The Marquis of HARTINGTON con d emne d the p r e. salon as one of t oo a b s t rac t a na t ure t o l ea d to an y ° 9t factory result, even if carried. iro After a few words fr om M r . C. B ux t on, M r , Broc -1 and Mr. Gladstone, th e h ouse di v id e d on the motion '94 the question be now put," w hi c h was negat i ved by 2' 44 62. The motion accordingly fell to the ground. 0 On the motion of M r . COWPER it was agree d that 11,0 an instruction to the committee on Hungerford-bridg e Wellington-street Viaduct that they have power to ia r t ll e and report as to all the lateral communications intend e d be made between the Embankment roadway and Strand or Fleet-street. oliohouse H. B. SHERIDAN moved that in th e opinion 0 0 house the duty on fire insurances should be at the ea r opportunity reduced to 6d. per cent., instead of is. o'4 ,0 cent, now charged ; and that such a re d uc ti on wou ld '; a tendency to improve the re venue by i n d uc i ng the iv ance of property now uninsured. 0 - Mr GLADSTONE commented somewhat strong'' , ) the unfairness of pressing for a division just befor e d Budget, and moved the adjour n m en t o f th e debate that day week. The house ova; s cleared for a division, but it W pressed, and the Premier's motion was agreed to. The bouse then adjourned. The following appointments of Commissione r the Union Pacific Railroad have been made by the tary of the Interior:- Isaac N. Morris, of Illinois, of Frank P. Blair, jun.; Gen. Governeur It. Warren' o place of Gen. N. Bufo r d ; an d J ames F. Wil son , o f I°' in place of Cornelius Wendell. LADVERTISEILENT Consumption, and all bilious, 11- stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are only aggT„ fe e and accelerated by d rugs of every description, but pe .000' curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica.V as proved by thousands of cases which had been cone , ',, hopeless; such as indi gest i on ( d yspepsia), cough, asthu l3, , sumption, habitual constip a ti on, di arrhoea, all gastric dera ments, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nerveu; biliousness, fevers, sore th roats, diphtheria, catarrhs, c oll 4;if, fluenza, noises in th e h ea d and ears, rheumatism, gout, 'I rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, F aceplee s acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, 411. °4 A cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancY 10; sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the c o. r i pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shouldef We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Du bro Food. Cure No 68413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—The he 3 the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandon/ 0, ot other lemedies, he ' has confined himself entirely to Du ii: t er!, Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a P at every meal. It has pro luced a surprisingly ben effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praialiA excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette du ` - i f July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber, oo l chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deaw4 i , Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieuteu,i: Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832 r . 0 A asthma, a,incdoeusgehr,ibeallsetipaatgioonny, flatulency, spasms, s n ic e i r c v n o c % ill e vomiting.—MariaJoly." Important Caution.—Be ware of W it ) unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attac., l l, In tins, at is. ; 1 lb. 2s. Pd. ; 2 lb s. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs. lls. ;4i 225. ; 24 lbs, 40s, -Also Dij BARRY'S REVALE NT A A RAB IC& ' - 'fol, LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305,, for 5 7 `, at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 5 , are sent free of carria ge i n E ngland on receipt of POP V Order. - BARRY DC BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street , don; and all (Irwin and Chemists. A Births. NEV ILL—On the sth inst., at 58. Portland-place, the oi Mrs. Ralph N ev ill , o f a daughter. / fi O'HARA— On the 3d i ns t., a t 2, B er k e l ey-place, Mrs. - 0 ' of Lsnaboy, of a son. Marriages. Mu 5 1 / — DRAPER—On the 3d inst, at B e bi ng t on , rh old James E. Hill, e ld er son o f S ir Hugh Hill, Knt.•tot Oxford-square, Lond on , t o K a th ar i ne, t hi r d clang° Henry Draper, Esq. • if TfuNTER--WEST— On the 3d inst., at Upper JN°: 11 ,37 Pair' H atric. muter, Esq., of Roden, Shropshire, to Ann, youngest daughter of the late John West, "- Little Bowdon, Northamptonshire. Deaths. DAVY—On the sth inst., at Sawbridgewortb, SOW' ward Davy, Esq., aged 61. il l‘ ' MAZINI--On the 3d inst., at the Bath Hotel, ricctO Signor Vincenzo Costanzo Mazini, aged 40. m ~,dOl SOMERVILLE—On the sth inst., in Dublin, Jameor Soerville, brother of Lord Athltunney, aged 6,'• London : Printed and Pabliehed by WILLIAM of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TnR SUN Office, Strand, in th e P rec i nc t o f the &troy zn the Co' Bl iddionexe—Wednoday, April 7, 1869. KINAE This eelebri prize Medal. It Sold iiiott the Agents in t 8, GRE Observe the ban's LL Whis IVI - lITUA I.Y an, 14, BUSSE] ADVANCES] hold or Loasel ablp weekly, n Forms free on ROYAL Unprece Mr. !Arthur L Original Christ quist'of the da3 (Magic)—Lelia C. Burton, T Packer, from Lizzie Reed, Duettists—and ft " lIKEr Mr. P. place on Wed. man will take MADAM A Tway New and Beai RACHEL, ant under ten, 6d.; A RGYI EVENI Rooms have be and Co. The an attractive Dance Music. Musical I /THE nrbol Luncheo for deviling Lea ORIGINAL A ASHLI Very Pine Pale Old Crushed P, Shipping), Vi Sparkling Chas lery, Qualitd Sample easel bottles Sherry, GAR pB. HA next t Consignee for celebrated PAI Bordeaux Wine Whiskies, fron also be seen at number of Hot, of others wante SCIENTIF" nRNAMI and Din sortment of V Inkstan( &c., in Italian shire Spar, kc TENNANT, W.C., London Mr. Tennan MINERALS, of Lyell's Eler tate the irate GEOLOGY, guineas each. PRAOTICA MINERALOC 149, Strand. T HE Ll' G Officea-.1, The Investe Fire Revenue 1 The moderate Bonus for the value as SN render them leave is grante thirty days aftl KING'S street APPEAL for penes, Assis S E off Groom Nations, who s Tho receipts £879 less than SUBSCRIP' Williams, Dea the Secretary, street, London Qualificatim Governor, LH NATION. Riehmoi Under the patre whereby a hor Girls of all age! the kingdom. The obieA of lish education, and laundry, tc wise provided Suitable altnati( The Commits entirely austair Office, 121, PI Macken: Patron—: For the g destitute orpl and of all d prosperous ci - One hundr otitution ; am Increased endowed, an( assistance. Subscriber Institution, a its peculiar c The last R secretary. Offices, 73, Bankers— . lane ; and M HEALTH RE: DO BAT and Ix