The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-02 00:00:00

EZTJaiI o lili PUBLIC JOUB,NAIS, --r --- The Times observes that we have entered upon a great work. The Ministerial plans for putting an end to the Irish Establishment were on Monday night unfolded to an overflowing House, and, we may almost add, to an over flowing public. For just three hours did Mr. Gladstone fix the attention of his hearers while he described the mode of dealing with the Irish Church proposed by the Govern ment. The task was enormous, but it was accomplished with a skill which could not but excite the admiration of all who watched the process. Whatever may be said of the details of the measure, or even of the principles which have guided the Administration with reference to some of its cardinal divisions—and it is inevitable that much indifference of opinion should exist with respect to such topics—no one could have listened to Mr. Glad stone's speech without admiring the art of arrangement he displayed. The order of procedure was so marshalled that the scheme of the Ministry was made intelligible to all. Some murmurs might here and there be heard, indicating doubt or hesitation as to the propriety of a recommendation which might have seemed objectionable or unnecessary to some members of the House, but it was impossible to detect any symptoms of that embarrassment among.an audience which follows the faulty exposition of a confused speaker. The scheme is a vast one. It deals with every branch of the question, with many subsidiary topics to which for the sake of simplicity we have not referred, and it was correctly described by Mr. Gladstone as one of the largest proposals ever submitted to a legislative assembly during a time of peaceful legislation. It must be added also• that it is a scheme which as a whole fairly accom plishes the task before the Government, and deserves, as it will doubtless receive, the warm support of Parliament. It is a great, a comprehensive work. It is an attempt to grapple thoroughly with the question, and it does so in such a manner as to justify Mr. Gladstone's sanguine expression of confidence, at the close of his speech, that the end of the great controversy of the Irish Establish ment is at hand. The Etandard, in commenting upon the Government measure, states that in a speech of some three hours' duration, delivered with all his wonted skill of expression and lucidity of exposition, the Prime Minister laid before Parliament his scheme for the secularisation of the State, and the spoliation of the Church. The prospect which opens before the friends of law and justice, of the national religion and the rights of property, is not, if we are to judge from the symptoms of Monday evening, by any means a hopeful one. Time and opposition have pro. duced their usual effects on Mr. Gladstone's mind ; the lapse of a twelvemonth has " developed " his views into an extremer form and into closer harmony with those of his more violent followers ; and the strenuous resistance which he has encountered at the hands of the Conservative party throughout the three kingdoms, and the strong and earnest disapproval of his policy and his personal conduct expressed by many of the best and most earnest of those men who, standing above and apart from mere party conflicts, may be said in some sense to represent the national conscience, and pronounce by anticipation the final judgment of history, have but exasperated and em• bittered the spirit of his measures, and provoked him into a renunciation of such scruples and such remnants of moderation as he certainly professed, and we believe sin•', cerely entertained, at a former period. He is evidently worse disposed towards the Church than he was when he introduced his notorious resolutions as a means of ousting Mr.: Disraeli from power. Then he appeared to regret the necessity of striking at his enemy through the side of his Church ; now he seems to have transferred to the Church some of the animosity he has always displayed for the leader of the party pledged to her defence. The Post declares that the scheme which Mr. Gladstone unfolded on Monday for the disestablishment and disen dowm ent of the Irish Church, and for the disposal of its revenues, whatever other faults may possibly be detected in it, assuredly is not deficient in comprehensiveness. The bill which the Government proposes to introduce deals with the Church in every aspect, both as regards its ecclesiastical government and its temporal possessions, and, having reduced it to piecemeal, provides for the rearrangement of the fragments under a new form. Its union with the State will vanish ; its subordi• nation to the Crown will disappear; its claim to be supported even by the voluntary aid afforded )1 its own members will be henceforth disallowed ; it will become, in fact, a free Church in the midst of a free people. Based on the principle expressed in the first of the resolutions passed by the late Parliament, the measure at the same time provides for the vested interests of individuals, whilst it almost immediately severs the connection between the Church and the State, and prevents the further creation of any liens such as those which are now disposed of. Whether the scheme be good or bad—and of course on this point opinions will differ— 't must be conceded even by those who will oppose it, that 't is a complete fulfilment of the pledge given I , y Mr. .lladstone when he first declared his ittention of sub , erting the existing Establishment. The Herald says that of the general scope and character of the measure we cannot better express our opinion-than in the words of Mr. Disraeli, Win declared that in his view disestablishment would be a grievous error and dis endowmcnt nothing but confiscation. There is nothing in the provisions in the bill, so far as we may judge frau Mr. Gladstone's statement, which can render the spolia tion more acceptable to the victims or induce them to be lieve that Mr. Gladstone is actuated by the kindest spirit towards them in his proposals for releasing them from what he calls an unnatural position. Tile right honourable gentleman expressed the utmost cdnfidence as to the success of the measure, and even told the Hous that if.it failed Constitutional Government would be proves a failure. We venture quite as confidently, but not so sanguinely, to assert that the chances are ten to one against the passage of a bill which must unite in opposi tion to it all sincere Protestants and all honest politicians, and to add that the system of Constitutional Government and the credit of the House of Commons have everything to gain by the rejection of a scheme. so crude and so unjust. The Daily News remarks that any member or stranger who was in the House of Commons on the 31st March, 1868, and again on Monday night, must have been struck with the difference between then and new. The fierce excitement of party passion which was conspicuous on the earlier occasion did not betray itself on Monday. That tense of uncertainty on which the interest of a crisis depends—of sanguine hope dashed by misgiving on thr one side ; of ' apprehension, mitigated by the trust in unforeseen chances and the leader's skill, on the other ; that thirit for battle on both—which gave zest last year to the first debate on the Irish Church, were wanting on Monday. It was the day after the battle. The House was in a judicial mood. It had the promises of last session, of the recess, and of the elec tion time fully in its recollection, and it was in some sceptical instances, perhaps, anxious to learn bow far the performance would correspond with them ; ani more generally, with what degree of practical skill the machidery for giving effect to them would be devised. Mr. Gladatone's proposals may require some modification in detail, but they form the basis and no inconsiderable part of the superstructure of a just and righteous settle ment, the character and probable effects of which justify the noble strain of eloquence with. which Mr. Gladstone brought his statement to an end. Mr. Disraeli's language, though he faintly uttered the old words that he sang out so bravely last year, affords hope that he sees, and will enforce on his party, .the necessity of submitting to the inevitable, and of avoiding the delay and exasperation which would be the consequence of an obstinate and fruit less struggle. The Daily Telegraph is confident that the " Night of Justice" will not soon be forgotten by those who heard the speech and saw the spectacle on Monday evening in the House of Commons. For a long time past the "set occasions " of the Chamber have been dedicated to party conflicts ; the issues have turned wholly or partially upon matters of political emulation ; the speeches have been tainted with the rhetoric of rivalry ; the scene has been interesting and exciting, but not elevated. On Monday night all this was changed, and the great Assembly which governs England presented an aspect that might well make a cold spirit glow with patriotic pride. Over and past were the struggles of Liberal and Tory; the fruit of the troublesome and agitated period through which we have fought at length hung ripe and in reach. With such a majority at his back as could alone warrant the noble boldness, Mr. Gladstone rose to propose no- ordinary bill, but a solemn Act of national equity and amity, which will be remembered in all time as one of the fairest results of Constitutional Government and the purest piecesof abstract human right that ever came by legislation. In the same spirit, we are assured, the people of Great Britain will regard the able measure : on these grounds they will admire and thank the gifted and conscientious Minister. From his hands it was impossible that religion shiuld receive any injury. The things which injure religion— injustice, avarice, dominati on , u nc h ar it a bl e ness, and unchristian distrust of the sufficiency of truth and piety to vindicate themselves—ar- the only things which can be "injured" by a full, though '' tardy, act of national justice. The Star rejoices that Mr. Gladstone's Irish Church policy is not vague or undefined, lint iss thoroughly matured and developed into its minutest c seL! l t ( i ) e vmin uces. Much may have to be said h erea ft er on the 4 eent pro posals for appropriating th e surplus. Su'lice it at present to acknowledge that there are weighty against and weighty rc.as r (• e ri a s s? n l i s f i a your of any other appropriation, this. To give the i'.7,50,q/0 to education W new controversy. Railways are out of the , c r .u c t iesq i i ) o e i iu r : reference to these funds. To lighten the poor would which , t a t r tot only benefit the landlords. On tie othe r ; pro vide for lunatics, imbeciles, and for the instruction of the deaf and dumb and blind, is a work to once any meets the scruples of those who would object appropriation farther removed from the original objects of tee Church Establishment ; harmonises with the senti ments of the Irish ; and lessens the county cess, which falls on the poor occupiers. Thcre is much in the scheme that must provoke criticsim, and something. which will incur censure ; but it will be found exceedingly perfect and exceedingly hard to place iu an unfavourable light. Mr, Gladstone and his colleagues have nobly fulfilled their to the cenntry, and have at the same time been enabled to deal with extreme kindness and consideration to the Church which is about to be dispossessed of its zriateliAl resources. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. The agricultural statistics which the Registrar-General of Irelani has just submitted to the Lord Lieutenant contain some interesting items of information. The return of acre age under flax had been previously made, though the number of scutching mills-1,540—is included in the report before us. The emigration from Ireland during the first seven months of 1867 and 1868 is also given, and it is an encouraging sign of the times to find that in '6B the number was 11,543 less than in '67. In the extent of acreage under crops, too, we find a manifest improvement, an increase of 87,633 being visible. In some crops there has been, indeed, a striking increase, such as oats, which show again of 39,408 acres, and potatoes of 33,072 acres, but on the other hand flex has decreased by 46,811 acres, something being, perhaps, duo to the more sanguine condi tion of the cotton trade; while in some kinds of green crops there has been a slighter diminution. Something has also been done towards the cultivation of the waste and unoccu pied lands, but we find that the returns of live stock have in every instance decreased as compared with 1867. Horses show a decrease of 1,216, cattle of 87,451, sheep, 13,075; and pigs 572,748. The concluding paragraph ( f the report the Registrar calls attention to the great need for improvement in the dwellings of the labouring classes ; seeing that he tells us the number of fourth class houses in the Census of 1861 was 89,374, and that these for the most part consisted of mud tenements with only one room for all the members of the family, we must admit that his remonstrance is not uncalled for. A NATIOAAL INDUSTRIAL ARMY. The discussion on the paper by Mr. Cole, C. 8., on the efficiency and economy of a national army in connection with the industry and commerce of the country, was resumed yesterday at the hall of the Society of Arts, under the presidency of Mr. Mundella, M.P. The proposition of Mr. Cole was that every thirteenth man in the king dom should be required to serve, which would give an army of 4,600,000, and this system, he contended, would do away with the evils of recruiting, and prove far more eco nomical then the present. Sir C. Trevelyan argued thatthe system which prevailed in France and Germany was very much superior to our own, and that the period of enlist ment should be reduced to seven years, at the expiration of which soldiers might be reinstated to their ordinary occupations and their places supplied by - younger men. He strongly objected to the retention in the army of old soldiers. The man who served for seven years was sent abroad and acquired a knowledge of life which would prove valuable in after life, and it would be a passport to obtaining civil employment. He believed that the system he approved would do away altogether with drinking and gambling, with other vices which at present prevailed in the army. He believed, also, that a superior class would be induced to enter the army, and that hence forth they would not be dependent on the refuse of society. He was of opinion that central depOts should be established throughout the country foi the training of recruits who should be provided with the means of intellectual improvement, as well as of military knowledge and physical development. He referred to the constabulary. As regarded the colonies, he considered that Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, the West Indies, and New Zealand, as well as Canada, should provide for their own military defence. Amongst the other speakers was Mr. G. Cruikshank, who argued from the temperance point of view. • LAW AND POLICE. THE WESTMINSTEP. ELECTION.—CoIoneI Dickson on Monday applied at Bow-street for a summons against Mr. Thomas Jenkins, solicitor, and Mr. William Jenkins, his father, for conspiracy to obtain by corrupt means the return of a candidate to sit in Parliament. The pro ceedings, Colonel Dickson said, were taken to clear his character after what had been stated on the recent trial of the petition against Mr. Smith. Mr. Vaughan said he would consider the application if a sworn information were laid before him, and this Colonel Dickson promised to prepare. THE MANCHESTER STAMP ROBBERY.—AIbert Holz, tho Commission agent charged with being in the unlawful possession of some £4OO worth of the £lO,OOO worth of stamps lately stolen from Manchester, was again examined on Monday, at the Guildhall, and remanded. Part of the stolen property to the value of nearly £3,000 has already been recovered. THE MURDER AT SUNDERLAND.—At the Durham Assizes John Dolan was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Lush for the wilful murder of Hugh John Ward, at Sunderland, on the 4th December. It will be remembered that both men lodged in the house of a woman named Keesban. On the night of the 4th of December, Dolan, who had been drinking., began striking the woman. Ward interfered to protect her, and the police were called in soon after, when all seemed quiet. Dolan fetched a cobbler's knife front his bedroom, and stabbed Ward in several places. The prisoner, when condemned, declared his innocence, and said he forgave those v% ho had sworn his li'e away. A singular charga has been brought against a grocer r arced Halliday, of Tadcaster. A labouring man in that piece finding himself seriously ill on two occasions, and attributing the cause to some sugar he had bought from Halliday, complained to the police, who, on searching the grocer's stores, found there about three cwt. of moist sugar, which, by some accident, had become impregnated with petroleum. AN EYE EXTRACTED WITH THE AID OF CHLO ROFORM.—Dr. Ntllaton, of Paris, has just extracted an eye with the aid of chloroform from M. de Mortemart, who was threatened with total blindness. It is hoped that the sight of the other eye, which was in danger from " sympathy " with its diseased companion, may now be preserved. A dreadful hurricane occurred on Saturday at Wick, in Sutherlandshire, and resulted in groat destruction to property by sea and land. The Clifton Hall, of Sunder - land, foundered off Hoy Head in Orkney. One man was killed ; the rest of the crew and the captain's wife were saved. The Canadian, of Greenock, from Dundee, was wrecked at Brimsness; crew, 22 in number, were saved. A telegram received this morning states that a heavy snow storm is !ap ing, and that the roads are blocked up. A rumour is abroad that the proposed pro ceedings in the Court of Arches against the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, the v:car of Frome, are likely to break down in consequence of an indisposition to allow them to go on on the part of the new Bishop of London. The proceedings were commenced by Dr. Tait when Bishop of London, on application being mad to the Court of Queen's Bench, but the decision then given s not legally binding upon Bishop Jack son, who is said to be anxious to have nothing to do with the matter. Some startling orders have been received at IV 00l - with within the past few days. A nominal roll of men serving in th e R oyal Artillery who have performe d twenty-one years' duty has been called for ; and it is generally reported that a considerable scheme ' of reduction is contemplated. Very many of the non commissioned officers and a large number of the coast bri gade of artillery will coma under this list. It is also an nounceed that all soldiers of eight years' service who have not re-engaged will receive their discharge, if of bad character, or if from aEy other special reason, it is desirable. A Rome correspondent of the Liberte writes:— "111. Gounod is in a state of health by no means satisfac tory, and, as I am informed, seriously contem plates taking minor orders,' after the example set by Liszt. On Ash Wednesday he received ashes froth the hands of his Holiness, ar.d it is said that he has registered an oath to write no more for the theatre, intending to devote his remaining diys exclusively to h e t h l a e s s t e t r o v u i c c o h e o s f t r o d : nitsanta,owenetmitpleldoy'eCdali v n a r p y u , t the n h g e g s i :c n r . ed li ca e first hearing of which is reserved for Rome." A WORD OF ADVICE TO GUSTAVE DORE. Gustave Dora stands just now as the most startling art phenomenon in Europe. His genius at each turn changes, like colours in a kaleidoscope, into something new and unexpected. The artist seems to have reached the point where • nt where the two roads lie before him—the one of life and truth, the other leading unto death. The fruits of coming years, either for good or for evil, must greatly d e p en d upon whether age shall balance judgment and bring sobriety to imagination, or whether intoxication of success shall betray into more of carelessness and presumption. Henceforth the aim of Dot 6 should be to do but little, and that little well.—Scetteday Review. Henry Cooper, a Sussex Rifle Volunteer, of nine torn years, ] 1s been charged with attempting to murder his. father, a machinist, of in the same county. The son oa leaving drill on Wednesday vas allowed for the first time to take home his rifle, and about half an hour afterwards chemist in the High-street hoard the report of a gun, then a loud scream, end next Saw young Cooper running without his shako from his father's yard. On seeing the ch-mi,t, he Iv, nt across to him and said, " Oh, I am lost sin lost !" The report continues : Ile put his rifle down and leaned his head upon his hand. On being questioned, he said, "A man knocked me down, stunned me, took my cap and rifle, loaded it, and shot my father." He shortly afterwards wont home. It was soon ascertained that Mr. Cooper, senior, bad been shot just as he was about to leave his place of business. lie was unable to see his assailant, so that the case as against his son is one of suspicion only. The young man hag said nothing about the matter since Ids :arrest, end on Fcithy he was remanded by the magistrates at Steyn.ng, the father being unable to appear. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE, SUN, LONDO.S, TLT-ESDAY EVEN to him by Mr. 'Seward, and return to the unlten States. We in this country have too much reason To be anxious ab - out Mr. Revercly Johnson's movements. If in his own country they can manage to persuade him that open diplomacy has been and is likely to be a failure, his visit will not be without effect, and we shall be most grateful to his friends. ANOTHER WHIP. Mr. Gladstone's Government is creating another new officer. The Telegraph announces that Captain A. W. Fulke Greville-Nugent, member for the county of Westmeath, and one of the Grooms in Waiting to her Majesty, has accepted the office of Assistant Whip. The zealous services of Mr. Glyn and Mr. Adam are thus materially strengthened. With such a majority well kept in hand by so many Whips the Government ought never to lose a division. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. The Marquis of Salisbury, however Conservative in his professions, is yet evidently a Reformer 'in practice. He has no idea of opposing a change simply because it is a change; and he now comes forward with a measure which some y ears ago wou ld have run a fair chance of -being denounced as revolu tionary. Ile proposes that where a bill has passed one House of Parliament, and has been stopped in the other House from want of time for its due considera tion in the then session, the proceedings on such bill may be resumed and carried on in the next session, notwithstanding the prorogation of Parliament. This would undoubtedly lead to an economy of time; and, with the provisions with which his lordship would surround the proposed alteration, it can hardly be objected to. The bill so passed in the second House will not be submitted to the sovereign until the consent of the other House has been obtained; and proceedings on a measure cannot be resumed until the consent of the Crown has been obtained. Of course the measure does not apply to a dissolu tion of Parliament. GENEROUS CONSTITUENTS. So large have been the subscriptions offered to pay Mr. Gladstone's election expenses at Greenwich, that it has been determined to pay back to subscribers of 10s. and upwards 3-7ths of their subscriptions. The electors of Hackney had commenced a subscription to defray Mr. Charles Read's expenses, but he has written a letter in which he says that he considers the time spent by his supporters in his behalf more than sufficient payment, and he therefore would rather not accept the money. THE " TIMES " AND THE ELECTIONS. The Times takes no note of the Westbury elecuon any more than it did of the Wareham and , North Derby elections. In all three cases the seat was won by a Conservative. We do not find the same reti cence with regard to elections when the winner is a Liberal ; for instance, we find the success of the Marquis of Hartington duly recorded in Friday's paper, while Mr. Phipps's, at Westbury, was omitted from Saturday's issue. We are compelled to suppose that Conservative victories are so displeasing to the leading journal that it has not the patience to record them. Of course the only result is to drive its readers to other journals for their information. Perhaps by the next general election the Times will have so far developed its par tisanship as to publish only those returns through out the election which are favourable to the Liberal party. THE ARMY ESTIMATES. The army estimates shew a reduction of exactly 11 millions sterling, and are £14,230,400 against £15,455,400 for last year. The net estimates, after deducting estimated exchequer extra receipts, are £12,705,400. The reduction in the numerical strength of the army is 11,121, against which is to be put an increase of 880 native Indian troops. The chief reductions are—general staff and regimental pay, £435,100; commissariat establishment, movement of troops, &c., -1.100,900; barrack establishments, services, and supplies, £193,400; military stores, including the manufactory departments, £341,400 ; and works and buildings, £84,400. There are four items on which there is an increased charge ; the chief of them is the volunteer force, £28,900, and the army reserve force, 210,000. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. The Adjutant-General, Lord William Paulet, has issued a general order to the army stating that the Queen has commanded a medal to be prepared to commemorate the services of the forces engaged in the various military operations in New Zealand during the_years 1845, 1840, 1847, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1805, and 1866, and directing that one of the medals shall be conferred on every surviving officer, noncommissioned officer, and soldier of the regular forces who actually served in the field against the enemy during the periods alluded to, excluding deserters and those dismieilecl for misconduct. A medal 24 years after date is really a feat even for the Circumlocution Office to be proud of. We fear, however, that the time is gone by for such. The order announcing this medal affnounces also a medal for the Abyssinian war, which took place only last year. This is terribly common place. The medal will be as absolutely destitute of historic interest as a new penny. T.CONOMY IN THE SERVICES. The Woolwich division of the Royal Marines is to be broken up to-morrow. 'The office of inspector of machinery afloat and chief engineer at Chatham (worth Rii:lo a year and a house) is to be abolished at the clozie of the financial year, March 31. An official notice has been istiied to the workmen at Chatham Dockyarl, warning them that the absentee list will be more closely witched for the future, and that defaulters will be discharged or suspended. PRIVATE PROPERTY AT SEA. Mr. Vernon Harcourt, who, now that he has become M.P., drops the " Historicus," writes a letter of two columns to the Times on the important subject of private property at sea in time of war Mr. Revercly Johnson lately adverted to Air: riarcourt's opinions with an expression of regret. The junior member for Oxford city therefore feels bound to defend them. He says that he would not respect private property at sea, because he wishes to make war as serious a calamity cs possible in order that it may not readily be undertaken. Re believes that the fear of the loss that would be inflicted upon trade by a war has, more than anything else, prevented the French from commencing hostilities. " Who goeth to warfare at his own charges, and doth not count the cost thereof ? " "I, for one," adds Mr. Harcourt, " desire that the sum total should be as large as possible; for when the the dogs of war are once slipped from the leash I have very little faith in moderating their havoc." Why should the merchant be exempt from his share of the calamities of war ? Why should he be able to lay the burden wholly upon the soldier and the sailor ? Moreover, it is impracticable that there can be any such limited liability in a great national undertaking. The idea of an English and a French fleet fighting in the Downs while the tidal trains arc conveying passengers from London to Paris, is inconceivable. Equally impracticable would be any arrangements which would suffer the great steamers of our Cunard and P. and 0. lines to Carry reinforcements and stores to our ships of war. Even were this practicable Mr. Harcourt holds that it would be undesirable. "So great a transaction aswar, involving such horrible deeds and such tremen dous responsibility, ought not to be conducted on the principle of limited liability. It should bea partnership of _the whole community, foundedon what the Roman lawyer called a societal universorwn honorum. The proposal to exempt commerce from the operation of hostilities seems to me a direct encouragement to reckless trading in war. It resembles the conduct of a spendthrift who, in contemplation of bankruptcy, makes a settlement on his family, and then proceeds to ruin the rest of the world at his ease. For my part I prefer that the dreadful issue of war shall rest with those who feel that in pronouncing in its favour peril their all." they are placing in THE COTTON TRADE. The present position of the cotton trade is most serious. The Manchester Courier states that in Blackburn, at the present moment, out of a million and a half spindles, about half a million are entirely stopped, and a half of the remainder are on short time ; and of the 45,000 looms no fewer than 10,000 are entirely stopped, and 12,000 are upon short time. In Damen, also, there is much distress, and at Rawtenstall emigration clubs are being formed for the idle ope ratives. The applicants for relief at the Blackburn Board of Guardians are weekly increasing, and last Saturday about 1,200 extra persons were relieved, the majority being male and female factory hands. News to the same effect comes from Preston, and rumours of disasters are abroad. LOCAL TAXATION AND THE TITHE RENT CHARGE. " A Norfolk Farmer" writes to the Daily News pointing out a matter which will have to be con sidered whenever local taxation is readjusted. He says : "In the parish in which I rent a farm the amount of rates paid for the rector on his tithe compositions for the seven years previous to the commutation was computed to be £l2O a year, and was added to the average of the seven years' tithe compositions, and these together formed the amount of the rent change ; and, on the average of the thirty years and upwards since the commuta tion, the rates paid by the rector have been only between £6O and £7O a year, and he has continued and will continue to receive the £l2O a year, varying with the average price of corn." Ile goes on to ask if a fres!' scheme of taxation would not necessitate a fresh valuation and commutation of the tithes, a thing much to be avoided. The clergy, so far as they are the titheowners, will probably reply that while the farmer is allowed to deduct his necessary expenses befOre his income is assessed, they are com pelled to pay upon every farthing, even, for instance, upon the money which they give to their curates. MR. REVERDY JOHNSON. Those who are always looking out for " ominous signs," will perhaps find something to be uneasy about in the announcement of the .New York Times of the 17th ult., which says that Mr. Reverdy Johnson 7.7;11 .13,04.1.7 av ail himself of a leave of absence arantecl TURF POLITICS. The Jockey Club consists of seventy-seven mem bers, who include two kings, three royal princes (one of whom once wrote in the Spur), a Russian prince, six dukes, three marquises, nineteen " belted earls," and seven other peers. It holds rule over a vast interest, for about £360,000 are run for annually in stakes and added money, and of this only £2,773 was unpaid in December for 1808. No fewer than 800 owners declare their colours, and eighteen of them a second one. The Daily News comments upon the lower scale of weights which was adopted in the Derby, the Oaks, and the St. Leger of old days, And ascribes the heavier weights now in use to the fact that jockeys had of necessity to live a much more self-denying life in that era of small fees and few presents, and were kept in much harder training by riding on their hacks with saddle-bags sometimes immense distances, from meeting to meeting, through the season, instead of travelling in first-class carriages, and having perpetual invitations to champagne suppers. Besides this, unless they are very much misrepresented, clerks of the scale were much less Argus-eyed, and hence some of the most unscrupulous jockeys could help themselves to albs. or 41bs., and even more, by the " whip dodge," as they sat in the scales, and as there was then, comparatively speaking, very little money on, and less jealousy, if another jockey sat by and saw it done he did not care to peach. Another great change in turf politics is the way in which foals are " forced." Just as "young England" at 14 now knows as much as he was wont to know when he came of age, so foals are now expected to run at an age when their predecessors used to be in the paddock. Lord George Bentinck, generally considered the type of a thorough going Turfiite, was in no small degree responsible for this bad habit. The truth is racing has become a very serious business,involving a very heavy outlay, and so early maturity and quick returns are every thing. Racing men now expect to make their two year-olds earn their corn and something more. It now remains to be seen if the Jockey Club will interpose to prevent these young horses from being subject to the ordeal of the racecourse before they are fit to bear it. HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE. Once a year, when the two " eights" of the Uni versities compete in friendly rivalry upon the Thames between Putney and Mortlake, Hammersmith Bridge, from which the best view of the race can be obtained, is crowded to overflowing. Hammer smith Bridge is a, suspension bridge, and is therefore very convenient as possessing numerous chains, pillars, and rods, up which the more active can climb. But these chains and rods are very inconvenient in another way, inasmuch as they are subject to decay. The best samples of iron, which when first made were of the most fibrous kind, and able to bear a heavy tensile strain, become, after some years' exposure to concussion or vibration, quite granu lated, and weaker than cast-iron. It is feared that the rods of Hammersmith Bridge have become unable to bear the weight of an excited crowd such as now gathers upon it each spring. The vibration of the bridge has already been noticed as excessive, and the secretary to the Royal Humane Society writes asking that the bridge should be examined and tested. There is yet time to avert a very serious danger. RITUALISM IN LONDON. The Star seems to have started a Church commis sioner of its own, who is making the round of what he calls the " ritualistic" Churches. (By the way, why is not " Ritualist " sufficient ? If it is necessary to add another adjectival suffix, why not add two, and say " ritualistictil ?") his latest visit was paid to St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Paddington. " Matins " receive his gracious approval ; he saw nothing to find fault with in that service. But in the Communion Service he was altogether bewildered. True, there are no lights, incense, elevation, prostra tion, mixing of the chalice, gorgeous vestments, nor even acolytes. True, every word of the service is uttered in a tone of voice that can be heard to the farthest part of the church, but the singing put him out. The number of communicants struck him as large, yet it was small compared with those at the earlier celebra tions, especially that at eight o'clock, when there were probably 250. How far the gentlemen of the press are likely to benefit by services which they attend with the intention of finding fault, we leave it for them to say. There has been a good deal too much of this kind of writing lately. It does not tend to edification. THE LECTIONARY. The Daily Nei calls very eam.^.stly for a revisa, of the Lectionary. It points cut that on Sunday last the -second Lesson at morning prayer was one or the longest chapters in the New Testament, and from it also the Gospel of the day was taken. Thus con gregations heard first of all the fifty-four verses of Luke .xi, Toad from end to end, and within the hour heard_ fourteen of the same verses read again. In the eVening, in like manner, the epistle for the day was repeated in the Second Lesson. There is another evil also that wants correction. " Every educated . and candid person can understand that in a sacred literature of high antiquity there may be found passages, important in their historical connection, which a r e no t su it a bl e f or reading aloud to a mixed assembly. It is surprising that steps in this matter have not been taken long ago." The Table of Proper Lessons would not take long to revise, nor is any great learning required to undertake the reform. The question is not a party one, and now when all are agreed that everything should be done that is possible to attract to religious services, this little " stumbling-block," small though it be, might, the Dail) News u rges , sure l y b e remove d i out of the way. It sto be hoped, however, that the purists will not be allo we d un li m it e d con t ro l . There are certain sins, ugly enough in name, no doubt, yet too 'common for us to afford to surrender a public denunciation of them. So long as there are sinners in the streets sins must be denounced in the Church. DEADLY LIFE -BUOYS. Mr. James Greenwood h as wr itt en aga i n t o the Star on the subject of the " Life-buoys." He is unable to report that the evil is less deeply-rooted than it appeared to be at first sight. He has ascertained that there is only one re cognised firm of cork life-buoy makers in London, and never do ship-chandlers come to them for their buoys. The " murderous mischief " that has existed for so many years canno t b e a t once extinguished. Mr. Greenwood thinks that it is our own fault if this system i s no t put a stop to, he proposes i s th a t a ll b uoy - ma k ers and the remedy should be compelled to convey their " naked honest wares" to some Government establishment to bo covered and stamped. He states, as an instance of the usefulness of life-buoys, that out of seven men saved from a wreck four were provided with them. In America they manage these matters much better, and a Government officer is bound to see that every sailor and passenger possesses a life-buoy, and if he doubts the efficiency of the article ex hibited, he im me di a t e l y t es t s it. M r . Greenwood concludes his remarks by declaring that the cost of providing a sufficient number of life buoys and life-belts for each ship is comparatively small. SIMS nr.ErEs. The chief English tenor wr:te-,. to the papers corn laining o f th e very inaccurate report of the case lately heard at the Cheltenham County Court for breach of contract. He says that the facts have been grossly misstated, and he quotes the certificates of his medical advisers, who stated at the time that he was quite unable to sing, as he was suffering from ass ulcerated sore throat, which would make it dan gerous for him to leave the house. COUNT BISMARCIL The North East Correspondence is responsible for the assurance that Count Bismarck is not able to endure the fatigue of public life. His health, after a short resumption of his official labours, has again broken down, and he is confined to his chamber, suffering from a serious relapse. A POSTAL TREATY WITH GERMANY. Some time ago two representatives of the Postmaster- General in London went to Berlin to negotiate a new postal treaty. It was afterwards announced that an arrangement had been made by which the carriage of a preraid letter between England and the North-German Cotafederation was to be reduced to threepence, the new rate to come into operation on the Ist of April. The day was inauspiciously chosen. The correspondent of the Daily News says that the negotiations appear to have been broken off. The North-German authorities are anxious to conclude the treaty, but difficulties are raised at St. Martin's-lu-Granl. PORTUGAL. A decree abolishing slavery in all the Portuguese posses sions has just appeared at Lisbon. This is very good ; but the internal necessities of the kingdom are more pressing, discontent increases daily, and if Portuguese miseries be not alleviated, the abolition of slavery in the colonies may not prevent a revolution at home. SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. 1116 st people who have not forgotten the war between Spain and the Republics of the west coast of South America will, doubtless, have concluded that the conflict died a natural death. So it did, but it has to be formally disposed of. The mediation of the United States hls been accepted by all the combatants, and a contess to frame a treaty of peace will meet at Washinzton in April. NG, MARCH 2, 1869 THE UNITED STATES. General Schenck's Finance Bill, as passed by the House of Representatives, is not decisive and unequivocal enough for the Senate. It has passed the measure, but has modi fied it so that it now declares the faith of the United States to be solemnly pledged to pay all obligations in coin, unless the law authorising the issue of such obligations expressly stipulates that they be paid in greenbacks. The House of Representatives sanctioned a clause providing that no redempkion should take place before maturity, unless gold and greenbacks became of the same price. The Senate has struck this out. If the Lower House accept this amendment it is safe to conclude that repudiation will be finally disposed of. The bill will then form the decisive and unambiguous manifesto for which the world has been waitingso long. The constitutional amendment sanctioning negro suffrage has gone through both Houses of Con gress, and it remains only for the State Legislatures to ratify it. The Government of Columbia has conceded to the United States the exclusive right to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, and thus connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The concession is of the most ample character. The United States is to have full control of the canal, and will be allowed to construct it at any point. The treaty is to be ratified within ten months, the surveys made within two years, the work begun within five, and finished within fifteen years after the rati fication, or the charter fails. It is to run for a century The canal will cost some 25 millions sterling. It is to be open to all nations except belligerents. The forty-first congress will open on Thursday with a Republican majority of four-fifths in the Senate, but less than two-thirds in the House of Representatives. INDIA. Great is the rejoicing in " society," says the Times of India, at the auspicious opening of Lord Mayo's term of government. Not only is his Excellency determined to make himself acquainted with all the necessities of the Indian Empire, not only is he indefatigable in getting up sewers, irrigation works et hoc genus omne, " but. he has also resolved that in every outward circumstance of impe rial power the viceregal dignity shall be faithfully upheld; Ile has visited the opera iu state, and intends visiting the theatre." His first levee as Viceroy was very numerously attended. The gentlemen present occupied an hour and a half in filing past. The emoluments of the Indian Viceroyalty are not insignificant, but neither is the work. Abundant falls of rain have greatly diminished the prospect of serious scarcity in the north-west provinces, and nobody seems to believe the alleged cause of the deadly accident on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. A commission has been appointed to investigate the matter. THE CONS7ITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Last Saturday the House of Representatives agreed by 140 votes against 33 to the Senate's Constitutional Amendment prohibiting any distinc- tion from being made with regard to the tsuffrage on account either of race, colour, nativity, property, education, or creed. The PRESIDENT doubtless will veto the proposed amendment, but the majority is so large that his veto will be over-ridden and the question submitted to the States. 'The present Congress has eagerly hurried this measure, in order to submit it to the States Legislatures now in session, hoping for its immediate ratification, push ing is expressly on these grounds, so it is prob able that we may have an early reply to the inte resting inquiry•—to be, or not to be. By every means open to debate its enemies retarded action, carrying the discussion through a whole night to weary out the Senate, but in vain. Our Lon don contemporaries are not always correct on Ame rica, and the English, who go by their guidance, are likely to fall into the ditch. The Pall Mall Gazette on this amendment observes, " where the blacks are allowed to vote it is generally under re strictions not placed upon the whites, as in the State of New York, where a property qualification is ex acted. Such restrictions will stilt be lawful under the new Constitutional Amendment, only negroes must not be excluded from the franchise on the mere ground of colour." Let any man, not an idiot, read the amendment and read the Pall Mall's comment, and learn whether that is the intention of the amend ment, or wholly to abolish such restrictions. Why, " property" is expressly mentioned ! Can this paper tell us, supposing the States agreed to the amendment, how an individual State can hereafter restrict negro suffrage ? Indeed, as it is aimed at depriving a State of such power, if it does not, there must be a flaw in it. The only loop-hole is closed by the previous or 11th amendment, which defines citizens as persons born in the United States or naturalized by a residence fixed under Federal law, nor does it stop there, but pronounces them to be not only citiz3us of the United States, but of the State wherein they re side. Negro children born in the Republic are citizens alike of the United States, and of that State wherein they dwell. A Federal law could make them United States citizens, but it could not im pose that citizenship on an individual State which required a Constitutional Amendment, and this is a difference our English readers ought not to over look. It is within the power of each State to re strict her Suffrage, and such laws might practically nullify the object of the Federal Legislature, for the citizen might be told that his citizenship of the United States was recognized, at the same that it was denied in theindividual State, which would practically disfranchise him. This is met by the 14th Amend ment—the first words being " All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citi • zens of the United States." The naturalization laws make the applicant a citizen after a continued residence within the Republic for the five pre ceding years, the last being within the particular State. Here, then, is the clear definition of a citizen • one . born iu the States, or an applicant after five years' residence, though a new bill on the sub ject has ',been introduced by Mr. JENCKES, and others changing these provisions. It was still within the power of a State to enforce re strictions already existing in the. suffrage. No privilege or immunity is abridged in New York, where a negro property qualification is in force by continuing it in force, nor in not giving a vote in a State where negroes never were permitted to vote; but the present Amendment, if passed, sweeps such restrictions away, and prevents their renewal. Having defined citizenship by the pre vious amendment, that now proposed will, if passed, enact— "Art. 15th. No distinction shall be made in the United States among the citizens of the United States in the exercise of the elective franchise, or in regard to holding office in any State, on account cf race, colour, nativity, pro perty, education, or creed." This we take clearly to mean that all restrictions shall be illegal, except, of course, criminality, idiotcy, infancy, sex. For ins tan ce, Massachusetts has enacted that no person is entitled to a vote, or is eligib!e to office in that State, who is not able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name. There is no discrimination of per sons in Massachusetts in this restriction, for a white man who cannot comply is disfranchised, and a negro who can is qualified. According to the wording of the amendment, however, Massachusetts will be unable to enforce such a restriction, for although impartial in that State it imposes an educational distinction in the United States among citizens of the United States. But the amendment dues not stop here, for the following is added : "Art. 16. The second clause, first section second article of the Constituticn of the United States, shall bo amended to read as follows : "Each State shall appoint, by a vote of the people thereof qualified to vote for Representatives in Congress, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Re presentatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative or porson holding au office of trust or profit under the United states shall be appointed au elector ; and that Congress shall have power to prescribe the manner in which such elec tors shall ho chosen by the people." This alters the Constitution, wherein it leaves to the State fpgislature3 the manner of selecting tho Pre sidential electors. Even in the 13st election it was the Legislature that voted in Florida, not the people, and this was formerly the constant practice in South Carolina. Now comes the question whether the Stat:s will sanction the Amenchinnt, which we doubt, as there are, combined with strong preju dices, sound reasons against it. It will strike any intelligent person that prohibiting an e lueai Mind rinalitication is a p!•t3 niwa to ignoiant.tt, phtc iag, as it: does, ignoranee oil a to el ledge ; and if the majority be iguoraut the Go. vernment will be at the mercy of that class of citizens which common sense tells a man are least fitted to exercise power. The possession of property is the exception, instead of being the rile; but most enactments affect it, and very many have special reference to it. Is the principle to be accepted, alike in the municipal election in States and of Federal Representatives and officers, that the man of no property is to make laws for the man of some property ? The experience of the Republic is the experience of other nations on this subject. A marked degree of corruption has crept into the Government, and this has mainly been generated and fostered by the extension of the suffrage to poor and ignorant men. Setting aside then the strong Prejudice which exists against placing the negro on the political footing of the white man there are at least plausible reasons why the States should re ject the amendment; but what will be conAdere.d the greatest in the Union remains in the infringement of States Rights. The tendency of recent legisla tion is to merge citizenship of the States into citizenship of the United States, to absorb State sovereignty into national, compelling the inhabitants toregard their allegiance as to the Union, not to their own State, and this amendment is a long step in that direction. The Standard thus comments on it : " All attempts to enforce an unnatural equality between unequal races can only result in pro voking the stronger, and establishing an inveterate antagonism, which cannot but be fatal to the weaker; and the policy insisted on by the dominant party in America, on the score of justice and pro tection to the negro, is proving, and will prove, even more injurious, cruel, and disastrous to him than it is unjust and oppressive to the white man." In this we cannot agree, although it may contain some truth. It is admitted in the United States that the franchise is the best protection of weak ness, and it is under this impression that the late amendments have been so strenuously and persis tently urged. But however anxious many may be to secure for the negro his equal rights before the law, and to protect him to the best of their ability, there are very many Republicans who will vote against this amendment. It is a grave difficulty, for, without the voting power, the negroes cannot help themselves, nor can the Federal Government interfere for their protection once a State is recon structed. Indeed the whole question, as far as the negro is concerned, lies in the truth or the re verse of what the Standard asserts, but the amend ment has been passed by Congress under the itn pression that it would subdue race hatred, and give to the negro the only constitutional weapon he can use in his defence. SCENE ON COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES. On Wednesday the Senators and Representatives met in the ball of th latter at one o'clock to count the votes of the Electoral College for President and Vice-President. The rules prohibiting the privilege of the floor had been suspended, and in consequence the wives of the Representatives occupied their seats, and the sofas were filled, and the place crowded with women and children of every degree, some of the degrees of the former not being of such a quality as might there be looked for. The read ing of the joint rule of the house for the meeting of the two bodits followed the announcement that the House would prepare to meet with the Senate. Then the Representatives vacated five circles of their seats for the Senators, who, led by the Sergeant at-arms, entere 1 two and two, Wade, the Presi dent, and Gorham, the Secretary, being first, Sum ner and Wilson following, then Cameron and Mor ton, and so on to the number of GO. Mr. Wade took the right of Colfax at the Speaker's desk ; Sumner, Cameron, and Wilson sat together in the front. Senator Conkling was teller for that Cham ber, with Wilson, of lowa, and Pruyn for the House, whose places were immediately below the presiding officer. Mr. Wade, who had a bundle of envelopes before him, called the House to order, and from the • bundle he took an envelope, broke the seal, and handed the documents to Senator Conkling, who read them aloud. They were from the Governor of New Hampshire, certifying to the choice of the electors, that they had met at the Capitol of the State and cast their five votes for Ulysses S. Gran., of Illinois, for President, and the same number for Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, for Vice- President. had all the certificates been read the House wouldsoon have been cleared, for they were dry, legal, tedious papers, but Mr. Wade announced that on the motion of Mr. Sumner and Representative NVashburne the result only of the others would be told. Massachusetts came next, then Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont. The vote of New York was given for Horatio Seymour and Frank F. Blair, by Representative Pruyn, whi c h was followed by a suppresed titter throughout the House. Maryland made an amusing blunder, having omitted " Junior" after Frank Blair's name, and on this becoming known the laughter was general. On reaching Louisiana, Mr. Mullins asked that the certificates accompanying the reports be read, which was done by Mr. Pruyn, when the same mistake as that committed by Maryland was found to be re peated, as well as " States" omitted from the term United States." Mr. Mullins then objected to Louisiana's votes being counted. The Vice-Presi dent showed that on such an objection the Senate must withdraw and the question be submitted to each body separately. Mr. Eldredge maintained that such a rule was in violation of the Constitution. After some conversation and much persuasion, which was sternly resisted by Mr. Mullins, his formal objection . was sent to the clerk's desk as follows :—" I object to any of the votes certified from the State of Louisiana, and I raise the ques tion in relation to it that no valid election of elec tors for President and Vice-President of the United States Las been held in said State." The Senators withdrew amid some confusion, and the question was then submitted to the House whether 137 members sustained the vote of Louisiana being counted against 63. Three-quarters of an hour elapsed ere it was announced that the Senate had also arrivedat the same conclusion, and then the Senators returned, the Representatives standing while they took their seats. After going through many States Georgia's turn arrived, when Ben Butler, having insisted on the reading of the certificate, made the following objection to the vote being counted : I object, under the joint rule, that the vote of the State of Georgia for President and Vice-President ought not to be counted ; and I object to the counting thereof, because first, among other things, the vote of the electors in the Electoral College was not given on the first Wednesday in December as required by law, and no excuse, in justi fication for the omission of such legal duty is set forth in the certificate of the action of the electors ; second, be cause, at the date of the election of such electors, the State of Georgia had not been admitted to representation as a State in Congress since the rebellion of her people, or be come entitled thereto ; third, that at said date said State of Georgia had nut fulfilled in due form all the require ments of the Constitution and laws of the United States, known as the Reconstruction Acts, so as to entitle said, State of Georgia to be represented as a State of the Union • in the Electoral vote of the several States for the choice of President and Vice-President ; fourth, that the election pretended to have been held in the State of Georgia on the first Tuesday in NoveMber last past was not a free, just, equal, and fair election, but the people were deprived of their just rights therein by force and fraud. Senator Drake, actuated by the laudable object to save time and trouble, here threw in an objection he intended to take to the vote of Nevada, which, he thought, might be decided at the same time. " Too late," said the presiding officer, Nevada has been counted. Drake's mistake raised a laugh, which swelled into a roar, when Mr. Pruyn got hold of it instead of Butler's, and read, the ob jection being " that it did not appear that Ne vada voted by ballot." A passage of arms then occurred with Mr. Butler, Senator Edmunds having objected on the po'nt of order, when But ler rose to speak, whereon Mr. Wood called him to order, observing that the rule forbade discussion, which was sustained by the presiding officer, who, i to Butler's inquiry, if he had not the right to state the question, replied that he had stated it in writing, to which Butler, quick as thought, observed—" But Senator Edmunds has not." A strong opposition was evidently brewing to Butler's objection, and the presiding officer was irresolute. lie said : The Chair is vety natal disposed to hold the Senate and the !louse to their own doing to the joint resolution which they passed, the purport of which is, if we understand it, that if the votes °{ the State of Gedrgia did not alter the result of t he election they mi g ht b e counte d, an d if they d i. alter the result, they were not to be counted ruling which led to an- uproar of merriment. The President did not seem to be much strengthen ed 4 , - his wise decision, f or h e ma d e some f u rther efforts to suppress Butler, but sank in the ateiuevt eventually taking shelter i n th e w ithdrawal of the Senators to co ns id er th e o bj ec ti on o f t h e Representa: tive from Massachusetts. On putting the q uestion l to was decided in the nega ti ve , b y nays 150 to ayes . and then the House awa it e d f or a cons id era ble ti ta: resultin theSenats. Wh a tit t oo k t h e ß epre sentativ e a few minutes to decid e requ i re d an h our and a h ag for the more deliberati ve an d di gn ifi e d assein hi t t who bad come to the opposite conclusion, the ohie c : , Lion of the gentlema n f rom M assac h us etts he la6 , overruled by that body. Then Butler burst ($ 1 " I rise to a point of or d er ;" M r. Wade, iga °rilig Butler, directed the tell e r s t o go on w ith the v °to J, of Georgia; Butler, det e r m i n i ng not t o be, igo ere' o f shouted—" The House s us t a i ns th e objection the gentleman from Massachusetts, and I now mit a resolution. We do not consider that "„ are to be overruled by the Senate in that v ia l . ro Mr. Wade setting a sid e th e reso l ut i on, " the teb e will goon with the vote a s di rec t e d." Th en in 0 06641... fusion and excitement whieh. follows, But lersP ; peals to the Convention, "We will see if we bade any rights here," but the imperturbable Iv continues never minding, and th e t e ll er s areXP rder ; to make out the resoluti on as t h e concurr ent PO I tion directs. Then Butler, in a most overbear/4 111611 ; ner, asks " if the chair entertains his resolution to t whereon Wade, roused beyond endurances oh:_ tio °6 "He did not." " I appeal," cried the Massachw' Representative, "from the decision of the Cl " The chair entertains no suc h a pp ea l," re tortsthe: d nator from Ohio. " Doe s th e c h a i r ," solemillit T er with great empha s is s a y s B u tl er , "hold as a ma" ri of order that the Senate can overrule the ilo ase n Here was a nice row—the Senate on one side f r ; :; porting Wade, the House on the other sugPor7 f Butler. Mr. Farnswo r th rose , b ut was ii3stail suppressed by Butler, w h o b egan tuc ki n g 1113 his '' _... sleeves, rolling them up t o th e e lb ow, as if a bout th ere and then to pitch i n to th e P res id en t, t o w . h°n/ shouted, " I do not und ers t an d th a t th e Represents the tives of the people c an b e so over - ru l e d. I raise sta "" question of order, sir, that th e d ec i s i on o f the Sea of shall not over-rule the orders and resolutions " b 0 this House, and I kno w th a t I th ere i n Epot sentiments of the House." T urn i ng to the mein b ; bers around him—" D o I no t ?" to w hi c h WWI e contradictory replies—" he does," "he does ° , (3 ',.. 0 Amid increasing c on f us i on b e as k e d , "Sh a ll we o , this unseemly scene?" the President only gnaw s " debate was not in or d er ." " l am not debating,'' Butler, adding, in a disrespectful tone, 6t no a r ' oo trary proceedi ng s w ill be suffered here." `` )r „ are not deb a ti ng ," sa id W a d e, " s it dow - ',, Butler tried " the imploring," and " the wad er ' ' , with as little effect as " the ste rn " an d " nienacito the presiding officer only replying, that tellers will declare the vote." Mr. Ingersoll ee7f. to Butler's aid, b u t w i t h as li t tl e e ffect. 3 ito Eldredge, jocularly, when the row was a t, j e t height, asked if it would not be ai well to c , us have peace." Mr. Driggs mov e d that the 'l oc i vention adjourn, and B u tl er sa id th e Senate , „d, leave to retire. At l eng th C o lf ax jeterw - Liso quietly ordering the Sergeant -at-Arms of the 11° to arrest any one refusi ng t o ma i n t a i n order, wOO ir Mr. Ordway immediat e ly l a id hi s h an d on Mr. , 00 gersoil's arm, Butler resume d hi s sea t, there . ^ kw silence in the House, and the votes were V ie w . counted. Then th e resu lt was anno unced 0 1 Senator Conkling, that, i nc l u di ng G eorg ia, Gr3 o r and Colfax had r ece i ve d 214 votes, and SeY°ln-es and Blair 71, and that, excluding Georgia, the tired' were 205 to 80. Af ter th e S enate h a d re Butler offered the following reeolution co { solved, That the House protest that the coun tir li, the vote of Georgia by the order of the Vice -gr a so dent pro teat. was a gross act o f oppress ion, 7 1 invasion of the right s an d pr i v il eges o f the 1 1 ° 11 . 1 ' e, 0 but no decision w as reac h e d t h at day, tro' strong vote of censure was on the next duced into the Senate against Butler hims elf giS Mr. Davies from Kentucky, describing oo noisy and disorderly, disturbing and obstruct' business in a manner so disreputable as to he 4 wrong and an ins u lt t o the peep Le. th' 3 Butler's resolution was discussed at length, au fateded by 130 ay e s t o nays 55 ; b ut the Vest re herein raised w ill b e lik e l y to give r i se t o fut-i re : e t legi s lati on , an d h as caused the grea t e st exeit° 3- in Washington, indeed throughout the count* Foreign Mail Packet Lie'. MAILS DUE. b 2 1. • ustralla and New Zcaiand, via Southampton. ••• Fe gar. 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Bahamas, via New York .......................... • J 31 1; -trt, Captain Isaac Lilly, who died at Atigu. t ioo , 30, at the age of 92, was a member of the Con s "Liatilr,, e ; ' Convention of Maine in 1819, and of its first LI: five years before he represented Dresden, Mob"' iu folic; Massachusetts Legislature. sirgooo LAnvxansEmErrr.]—Avoid Medicines: they alw" , „, chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious heal ,r 00 1 ."'; s, Revalenta Arabica Food, which yield h times ree'4 8 t ree r ro ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in ot e so 0 1 and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong Iler v iiieeti ° o lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleen ~l ed • re d regularity, and energy t o th e most d i sordere d o r enfeeu ro te 6. extract a few out of 68,000 cures; " The Pope's 1 1„iy21, I S O by Du Barry's Food. C ure No. 68,413. "Rome, • 1 " - : —The health of th e H o l y Father is excellent, espeeo;f otir et abandoning all other remedies, he has confined hitas e , o ess°,, o to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic°, Food. of which be, 'Ay De' ce t a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surpris' u r ti ie e% 03 flcial effect on his health, and hiHoliness cannot pra r il e ,.. C „, t lent food too highly." From the "Gazette du Midi, Ju l "o ' 9 No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven 0 0 4 01 complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, wit,,eesstr 'Lo palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant s i e epleo , 771; the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure NO . Y e tro Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of fr,„ dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable 5,4,01870 dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, ' •-Cer a ors' spasms, sickness, and vomiting.--Maria 3 01 3'• of 30 Y c ii ed 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, et ecet , diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derang,the to partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware 0 . 1 isuq,`, o ,l unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to wh ic 'ettsc't,4, authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audeeie usi fie ; 121 c9 ibs.. WO 4 In tins, „ r 225. 4 lbs, 40s, —Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA /8., '7,00 LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups 7 0 , 576 ` d eg cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at Gs., for 288 cups at As., 55s me e at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s • an t e at, are sent free of carriage i n E ng l an d on receipt o Order - BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent'str don; and all Grocer s an d Chemists. ,4 BOSWELL—On the 23d ü ß lt i ., r a t t h P ß. utney, the wife of Oei 0 v--° N. G. Boswell, o f a son . GRENFELL —On the 24th u lt., at 13, St. Jarn es's-* Mrs. Henry Gr en f e ll, o f a daughter. STURT—On the 27th tilt2s, at Upper Brook-stree t ' do Lady Augusta Sturt, of adaughter. Marriages. Cletl3 ol3t° NEILSON—ALEXANDER -On the 23d Ult ., At St. k• o • - A o piet attles, Thomas W. Neilson, of 239, Stra nd, i c ' sa ., of the youngest daughter of B. B. D. Alex ander, THOMAS —RUCK— , Somerset House. 11 D avi d g u ~ Morgan Thomas, of the Inner Temple, to Alice , "Areeti On the 25th It at Stockwe_ ,cecov_ daughter of Cornelius Ruck, of King Willia city, and Brixton. Deaths. ~,e sp itel . DAVENPORT—On the 21st ult ,at Braman Ilan, ii" s ge. William D. Davenport, Esq., l a te 94th RegialeDt" 57. a the GREATES On the 28th ult , Richard Grcaves, I.lcl' . ° Stock Exchange, aged 65. , r i c JO MACDONNELL —OD the 27th ult., at liudding ..- LL ' Leslie Macdonnell, Esq., aged 84. J am e WYNFORD —On the 27th ult ,at 7, Park -place. Sit', ' agel the 7 i Right Hon. 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Lunc he ORIGINAL 7 A s II L Yer; Pine Pa ulc,_Cruhed 'fliDDing), *Darkling Cl L er Y , Qnalit S ample eat bottles Shen °lnces- The / ~..e vn v /;7 1 F ' e m it od en r Bono s f o: valu e ag render th le ave e thi,ty days ls'rT SE AXE xr off Go w h e rece 879 less t WiISUBSCI liams, the Secrets Bil6 et, Lon Qualifies tiovernor I\TA'r rr Bad under hen Whereby a Girla of all the kingclot The ()hie( geh edueati and lanndr w be Provii suitable elf The Com entirely en: Office. 12 THE Preside Treasurer DUNG' solicited, t e xPenditu at Waltor Baal Offic e Mac' Pi an 11 e i For t e a l destitute) r P t e a i e t f o tr a t t l i r°:i j , Increa E en dowed, assistance subs cr It stitutic its peculi 0 Ths /a r 3 Offices, MILlc lan 11 ALTri b ij E an