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

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 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. Mundell& tells us that it actually pays to send batches of circulars intended for English destinations abroad to be 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 chews that, having once got the idea of the penny postage from us, foreign countries have developed it to an extent and with a nicetS, 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 whimsically low scale of charge, not merely that the British Governmenthave 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 I real extent of the service which it may render to the I 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. elusively 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 he accused of a disposition to resort unadvisedly to tyrannical measures. Sweep away the " alien " Church, restore religious equality —g o further if you like, and modify the laws which adjust the relations between landlord and tenant—but be as s' r ing as you are wise, and fortify the hands of the officers of justice by another temporary suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, till yon 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 Affghanistan 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 remarked, " 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 wit:. the needless dirt he had left behind him at Cahul. The Times remarks that an objection urged by Lord Salisbury against a provision of the Habitual Criminals Bill shews a misconception of the real principle of the measure. The bill empowers magistrates to prohibit for It 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• sible 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 landlord 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 co-operate with it more 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 Suet 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 ! 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 theyare treated with such unmerited 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 moat reliable supporters, and inflamed the hearts of 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. Foredgn 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 mewspapers is equally low. 'ln 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 spew 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 carried 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. 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 was not so fervent. Cordial it was beyond doubt, but not so markedly so as to give universal pleasure. The Conservative journals, indeed, profess to find it cold, and draw, therefore, the inference that the policy of the present Adminiidration 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 fl oa t e d over th e p r i nc ip a l b u ildi ngs , an d the inhabita n t s h as t ene d d own t o th e s h ore t o w it ness . the landing. This was arranged to be made at the Carlisle Pier, which has recently been undergoing some repairs, and was reopened on this occasion of the Prince's visit. simple. A covering of waslaid l and ac e The preparations for c t r h i e mson disembarkation cloth wereat the f ew p where his Royal Highness was to land, a guard o f h onour of the Grenadier Guards, with their band an d co l ours, was drawn up along the pier, and the C battery of artillery, under the command of Capt a i n Wh ynyates, took up a position on the east pier. At a quarter b efore 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 I 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 Fitigerald, M.P., Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King at Arms ; Major. General Cunyng hame, Colonel Wetherall, Under-Secretary; Colonell,:'ield ing, 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 etarNtvedestwiaithhdo.urotwdetlaeyrni, a n inu d s. in H t e w r e e lv t e h m e inz o t r e d s also manned, a n d th e b and played the National Anthem. 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 t o b 3 ma d e . Both wer e s h ort. The address, besides bid, in; 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 behre her children, as well as her subjects, a noble example as the centre of a family circle and ruler of a great emp:re." 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 band 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 be went to the Punchestown Races. The attendance, we are infcrmed, 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 Lunches. town at tw e l ve o ' c l ock. The Prince remained on the I course until six o'clock, and rode around it durin.- the day I in company with Earl Spencer. LAW AND POLICE. EXTRAORDINARY CIIARGE.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, a very singular case was heard by the L 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 diew 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 tha law. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and sentence was deferred, and the money was ordered to be given up tc eh' 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 or WORKS.—OR 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, an d several witnesses g ave testimony to the high ch aracter which he h a d a l ways borne, e question t o d ec whether the p r i soner had made h a mistak e 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 defeneant, 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 £223. A petition to the Home Secraary, pra3 ing for tho reprievo of Charles Wiltshire, eonv:eted at Gloucester of tho murder of Harriet Nurse, at i3t. Georg e ' s is b.irg got up. On uncir CONFERENCES. Tho council of the Church Association have resolved on holding 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, 1869, 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 lty, , and other practical matters, will be considered. PRINCE ARTHUR IN IRELAND. MISCR Samuel M. Arneli, Tennes3ea ; James Buffington, W. chusetts 4 Wm. H. Kelsey, New York; *Jacob S. (3° day, Kentucky. Expenditures in State D epartment.—Alex. H. Bailer New York, chairman ; Eugene Hale, Me. ; Ginery chell, Massachusetts; *John D. Stiles, Pennsylo * Stevenson Archer, Md. Expenditures in Treasury Department.—William, Allison of lowa, chairman ; William A. Wheeler, York; Israel G. Lash, North Carolina; *Sam. J. 5 dall, Pennsylvania; *Benjamin T. Briggs, Delaware. Expenditures in War Department.—William Willis of Indiana, chairman ; Adolph IL Tanner, New John Cessna, Pennsylvania; Clinton, L. Cobb, North' rolina ; *Albert G. Burr, Illinois. Expenditures . in Navy Department.—John Lynch , , Maine, c h a i rman; George W. Cowles, New York; 01' J. Dickey, Pennsylvania; *Patrick Hamill, Md. ; * A. Reeves, New York. -Expenditures in Post-office Department.—Wm. of New Jersey, chairman ; John A. Bingham, Ohio ;B. Hay, Illinois; John F. Benjamin, Mo. ; *Stepbell Mayhew, New York. Expenditures in Interior Department. —Mr. Ea, 1 0 chairman; David S. Bennett, New York; John B. Pael, Pennsylvania; *Philip W. Strader, Ohio; *Georgei Adams, Kentucky. Expenditures on Public Buildings. —John Churchil l New York, chairman ; Jacob H. Ela of N. H. ; 1)314 Phelps, Pennsylva n i a; *S amuel Hambledon, Md.; ,„, man H. Hoag, Ohio. Rules.—James G. Blaine of Maine, chairman ; Ivy Banks, Massachusetts ; Thomas W. Ferr, Michig James A. Garfield, Ohio; *Jam es Brooks, Ne y w York. IMPERIAL PAULIN The following appointments of Co mmissioners ° I the Union Pacific Railroad have been made by the Secre tary of the Interior:--lsaac N. Morris, of Illinois, in l 3e° of Frank P. Blair, jun.; Gen. Governeur R. Warren, i ° place of Gen. N. Buford; and James F. Wilson, of DO' in place of Cornelius Wendell. [ADVERTISEmENT 3— Consumption, and all bilious, nervon stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are only aggravan, and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectl curable by Du Barry's health -restoring Revalenta Arabian Feoe,, , as proved by thousands of cases which had been considers hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, ' Ol l. sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhcea,, all gastric derarlg: meats, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousnes" biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, D 1 fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism gout, in/Pr,' rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessnes.,,' acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, debility, droPs•Yi even in pregnancy sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest' pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, 1'. 3 0 We quote a few.—The Pope's h ealth restored by Du Barry f Food. Cure No 68,413—"R0me, July 21, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning s ',. o other lemedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a platen at every meal. It has pro laced a surprisingly benefle.% effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this July food too highly From the " Gazette du Mia 4 July 25. Cure No. 46,270.. Mr. James Roberts, timber war a, Chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lung__ spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. , Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant.; • Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No, 49,832. " Ft' i; years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousne_s_ d asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness 1' vom iting.—MariaJoly. Important Caution.—B eware of the many . 4 unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, withou t authority, Baron Liebig's name Is most audaciously attached_•,. , 22sIn; tins, 4 ib a: 4 l o s s . , ltd.; 0 1 D l b ur . B 2 A s . R v n d l . r ! s 2 R I b E s v . A 4 L S E . 6 N d r . A ; A SI R b A s . B lg c ; 147 4 , LATE POWDER is . packod in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 25., fo ~ for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cu p s i 6 n cl iabout one penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. lit, at cups p m s s at 3s . be are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post 0 e ° ' n" dBARRYaII r o p c Il e r B s A a l i n ' d u r C a h n e d m? s o t . ; . No. 77, don; Order.a Regent street. Lon Births. NEVILL—On the sth inst., at 58. Portland-place, the Bon' Mrs. Ralph Nevill, of a daughter. olrmtA ou the 3d inst., at 2, Berkeley-place, Mrs. °Vara , of Lsnaboy, of a son. Marriages. HILL—DRAPER —On the 3d inst., at Bebin g t on, Ch es hire' James E. fin , elder son of Sir Hugh llill, Knt., of 6 Oxford- square, London, t o K atharine, third daughter o , Henry Draper, Esq. 'TINTER -WEST- On the 3d inst. at Upper Norwood, Patrick Hunter, Esq., of Roden, Aropshire, to Elizabel Ann, youngest daughter of the late John West, E•tq., LAtle Bowdon, Northamptonshire. Deaths. DAvr—O n the sth inst., at SaWbridgeworth, Herts, E cl. mard Davy, Esq., aged 61. • MAZINI-- On the 3d inst., at the Bath Hotel, Piccadilly Signor Vincenzo Costanzo Mazini, aged 40. SOMERVILLE—On the sth inst., in Dublin, J ames Ri e bora Somerville, b rot h er of Lord Athluniney, aged 65. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREW of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tn SUN 0114c3, No 1 / Strand, in th e Precinct of the So roy to the °aunty 0 MiddleSex.--Wedncalay, Aptil 7, 1860. HOUSE OF LORDS -LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wo cei lo , at five o'clock. HABITUAL CRIMINALS BILL. On the report of this bill being brought up, The Earl of KIMBERLEY said he had framed amendments, which would, he hoped, meet the vievii those who objected to the original enactments of the On clause 10, Lord ROMILLY objected to the clause, as it made sons under police supervision liable on mere suspie . a year's imprisonment. lie telt it actually necessary 0 some evidence should be given that the mnn was g of living by di s h onest means before he was sent to pr 7 on the mere suspicion of the police. The Earl of KIMBERLEY said it was only perk who had been previously convicted that became subjec t , the surveillance of the police. The object of the was to call upon suspected persons to prove that tl ic were gelling their living honestly. Lord CAIRNS supported the clause. The Marquis of SALISBURY also support the Cl 4ii but suggested that the direct authority of the chief S I stable to arrest suspected persons should be adduced evidence. After some discussion tho amendments were agreed The report was then ad o pt e d , and the bill ordered Of read a third time. Lord Napier's Salary Bill, the Mutiny Bill, and 2/11 : Mutiny Bill were read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. 110 ti ...01.ISE OF COMMONS.. —LAST EVENING Tho SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NATURALISATION LAWS. Mr. V. HARCOITRT gave notice that on Friday ho would ask the Secretary of State for the HM O De went if the Government intended during the p session to introduce a measure founded upon the re recently presented by the Royal Commission app i o ted consider the neutrality laws and the laws affecting naturalisation of foreigners. PROPOSED DISESTABLISHMENT AND DISI DO WMENT OF THE ESTABLISHED CHUli° IN ENGLAND AND .SCOTLAND. Captain ARCIIDALL (M.P. f or Fermanagh counll, gave notice th a t on the third reading of tho bill for y disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Chnf v , he should move t h at the bill be extended to the BP ,, Eished Churches of England and Scotland. THE SLIGO ELECTION. Mr. SULLIVAN gave notice that on Friday he she ll , move an address to her Majesty for a Royal CommissP, to inquire int o corrupt practices at the last election forth borough of Sligo. INLAND POSTAGE. Mr. GRAVES rose and called the attention of house to th e rates of inland postage on printed mat,tef 4; He entered a t l ength into the various advantages would result from the lowering of rates now levied , 1 the Post-office, and c onc l u d e d by moving, that in fr o opinion of the house it is expedient to reduce the 0 to one halfp enny for two ounces, and that the postage t ' o d newspapers should likewise be reduced to one halfpenef Mr. MUNDELLA supported the motion. H o sa id th at the reduction was absolutely necessary, as by the prese arrangement a cir cu l ar could be posted from Paleralo „ Aberdeen for a less cost than it could be from t hs J house to the Strand. The Postage of circulars 111 1 become general . in all parts of the world, and the loves rate was taken in every place except England. The cle ; livery of ci rcu l ars h ad become so general that comptole. had b een s t arted for their delivery, the charge for distVf buting 1,000 b e i ng but Bs. 6d., whilst the Post-office fat° Federating the sam e serv i ce demanded XI 3s. 4d. (fie' l hear ) Mr. MACFIE also approved of the resolution, to he hoped the house would give its assent. He though t► would be a v ery beneficial arrangem en t if the post-al:ota were to reduce the charge for postage circulars down the rate of one farthiug each. The Marquis of HARTINGTON condemned the proe sition as one of too abstract a nature to lead to any fia tir factory result, even if carried. After a few words from Mr. C. Buxton, Mr. Brodril iC and Mr. Gl a d s t one, the horse divided on the motion "lilt ' the question b e now put, " which was negatived by 229'a 62. The motion accordingly fell to the ground. On the motion of Mr. COWPER it was agreed that it an instruction to the committee on Hungerford-bridge 39 Wellington-street Vi a d uct that they have power to inquire and report as to a ll th e lateral communications intended to be made betw een th e Embankment roadway and ill. Strand or Fleet-street. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN moved that in the opinion of • house the duty on fi re i nsurances should be at the earliest o pportunity reduced to 6(1. per cent., i nstead of is. 6d. 1 3 : t 1) cent. no w c h arged ; and that such a reduction would / 33 " a tenden c y t o i mprove the revenue by inducing the insure anco of property now uninsured. Mr GLADSTONE commented somewhat strongly the unfairness of pressing for a division just before the Budget, and move d the adjournment of the debate Wit that day week. The house was cleared for a division, but it was p ot pressed, and the Premier's motion was agreed to. The house then adjourned. IN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING NEWS. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. LURD STANLEY. The Pal Mall 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 he himself thinks. He offers an unqualified resistance to a bill which he believes to be in a great part just, and afterwards explains his reason fts being that the m oneys are really wanted by the Church. "We hardly know " (says the Gazette) " a more striking instance of Dolitical immorality unless la be that- suppnea ay tne party which, after such a declaration, is still willing to aoccept the author of it as its chief."' (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, M arc h 20 . The names of our leading politidans are freely used to get up a sensation, and more freely still to excite a flurry in Wall- s t reet. 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 Convention; indeed,was about todelivera 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 Lanny, 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. Leggett, also in his 84th 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 bri ng i ng out some European stars in New York. Mi ss K ellogg, or, 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. Mayes, the manager of the Olympic, is expected t o arrive this week from England. Mr. James E. Cooke has returned ; the Davenport Brothers have also come back, and arc 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 Ph iladelphia. The managers of Walnut Theatre at for Philadelph ia are making elaborate arrangements a "London Burlesque Combination," compris ing Felix Rogers, Jennie Willmore and Lizzie Will more, who have gained celebrity at the Strand, New Royalty, and other theatres in London. They present a popular burlesque, and as they left March the 3d, following Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, they will appear in a few days. Little "All Right," whom you perhaps saw 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 in the St. Pat - rick's Day d emonstrations. The weather was pro pitious, and N ew York jained heartily in the Irish holiday, the Mayor and Common Council reviewing the procession. The ship Bosworth arrived on 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 hverdescribed to be of a typhoid,remitten t 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 White ferry boat, from Harlem, ran into the wharf with 100 passengers on board. Sh e i ntended to touch at the foot of 12Gth street, and came up at full speed, when she struck 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. CHURC2i `The new Bishop of Mauritius is 'going to perrorm 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. Hatchard 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 Mastersuy 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 the mastership now, and contents himself in his old age (he is 79) 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 92 years of age, and quite incapable. The leading Western journal 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, avhile the whole diocese is ringing with the complaints of men who have been for twenty or thirty years labouring therein and are still only curates. THE AIR OF THE LAW COURTS. Revelations of the darker side of human nature nave occupied a fair share of attention within the last few days. The murder at Norwich has caused amazement from its commencement, and bids fair to cause 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 surroundin Sheward became ore mysterious tha n ever . If the letter from Brighton is a hoax, it is a well-planned one. That Mrs. Sheward had a lover, one Worseltine, and that he died somewhere about the time of the supposed murder, has already been announced. We are now told, further, that just bef ore hi s d eath lie left his own family o live with another woman to whom he was devotedly attached. Was this Mrs. Sheward ? Mr. Riggs, 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 1806 he was always ready with a helping hand, and averted ruin from more 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 home, gave it away to the poor, in concerts, and in grand entertainments. Montague Tigg, Esq., in Mr. Dick ens ' s " Martin Chuzzlewit," though he has often been denounced as a gross caricatufe, finds more than a parallel in Benjamin Higgs. Mr. James Greenwood writes to the ,S 7 a). com plaining of the decision in the Bow baby farming case. Hero 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 investigate it. It seems that the nom. ere.thire Dad seen found d`...1 in its boa, said bed consisting of an egg box. But what had caused its death ? There was nothing to sbew; till Mrs. Sa v ill na i ve l y 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 womaai without a stain on her character, the jury wanted to censure her. Why they wcra 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 ...ord George Lennox has given notice of a question to the Home Secretaiy, 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 20th 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, an id not give a s a ti s f ac t ory account of himself. At thestation he was detained till " the necessary inquiries Wore made," and then ho 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. ••••.............. WASHINGTON, March 19. Some individuals, at least, have found the dif ,erence between General Grant's and Mr. John son's Administration. Among them is Second- Assistant Sawyer. That youn g gentleman, when an officer i n one of our war-ships, Engineer Georg e P . 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 maintai n i n g that he c ou l d not be punished for the simple ex p re ssion of an opinion, he was reported and tried b y a naval Co urt -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 e gress, revoked the Borie, on his attention b e i ng Representati v e Davis in Co drawn to the case by sen tence, and obliterated the record, as far as possible, which was promptly sanctioned by the President. Last Wednesday we had a great row in the House, Benßutle r , of course, the chi e f actor, and the cause is not a littl e peculiar. The last the A Congress in passing Appropriation Bills enacted that the owners of bonded warehouses were to refund to the Govern ment the sal ar i e s is paid to storekeepers. In some way or another a whole section of the bill was omitted in the enrolment ; G enera l B ut l er in sinuated—by design—as it i nvolved a million and a half of d o ll ars . The e ngrossing clerk was said to have omitted it unintentionally; he and his fellows had been 40 consecutive hours at work (I imagine presented to them w this is no s ma ll exaggeration); and the Report whe n I n rep l y, as Butler held up the MSS ., ca l l i ng confused and diffi cu lt t o un derstand.attention to the omitted paragraph underscored with heavy black lines. The opposition came from the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, from M r. Reck, Representative of one of the largest distille ry districts, and from the Chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills. To this the latter replied that the remarks were unworthy of any gentleman Occupying a seat on the floor; and it was the first time that such a mistake had been coupled with the design of defeating the deliberate legislation and t heexpressed will of Cong ress.Astrong effort was th en made to legislate, so that the sec tion should beleft out, against which Butler protested, declaring the omitted 'section then to be a law of the land, which could not afterwards be altered by the accident or design of an enrolling clerk. He then alluded to the pressure brought to bear b to which M r . y a lobby, Schenck, Chairman,of th e C ommittee on Wayland leans, took exception, wh ereon the bad blood generated b oiled up. Butler was not to be diverted by a side issue, and Schenck dared him to reduce his insinuation to the shape of a direct charge. "I dare said Butl er , "f or the Treasury of the United courage States; age td up," Ohio has ahi aonur te the gentleman f rom g stand up for: the Whisky R ing. The country may judge between us'" " lIC may state what he knows to be untrue, if he knows anyti,in g about it," was the reply ; and Butler sail, 4,1 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 he 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 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 the minreformatoriesher e , 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 THE 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. oYsTEns. 1 Why are oysters so ve r y scarce, and? therefore, so very dear ? Who is to blame for keeping the public without its favourite dainty ? Mr. Francis Pennell says that over-dredging has produced the scarcity, and the Government is to blame for not enforcing a close time, and for not making such regatis as shall e nsure the quietness of public beds d u ring the breeding time. Not so, says Mr. Frank Buckland. 'La the weather not Parliament, or ahy other e s arthl of y body, th a t h as done the evil. It i no use making arrangements with Mr. Bright. Those who would have cheap oysters must to Allolus. The President of Board of Trad e may i nitiate legislation. make this rule and that all very wise and good, but he will not make oysters plentiful. But if .lEolus would only supply zephyrs, not cold north-easters, in Juno and July, we should soon have a good market. The god of the winds, Mr. Bucklaud informs us, was very good last year; and if he will only be as considerate in the coming season the public need 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 Napl es i n th e early part of this month. i over its inte res t s. Gener__ als Sheridan and Scho- .- lost and the joint resolution passed. The Senate field have , left, the former for Chicago, the latter resolution relating to the provisional governments for Leavenworth. Mr. Washburne, having handed in Virginia and Texas was passed.—On the 18th over his office to Secretary Fish, will in a few days Mr. Hooper, from the Ways and Means Commit follow his family to Galena, Illinois, which he will tee, reported the Supplemental Whisky and To leave to embark for France in May. The feeling bacco Bill. Among the ons one here runs hi g h i n f avour of Cuba. General Banks, the time for withdrawingpfrom bond is , subjeect xtendi to nn who has b een reappointed to the new House Com- additional tax of one per cent. per gallon a month. mittee on Foreign Affairs, has called on the Score- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. The Senate tary of State for the latest information on Cuba resolution extending the time for removal of dis and St. Domingo. Grant favours the view taken qualified officials in Virginia and Texas, was re by the Legislature, as well as by the nation, but I ported and recommitted. Mr. Bingham introduced am sorry to say not by the Spanish Mission. They I a bill to protect the freedom of transportation and have had the bad taste to remonstrate against our commerce within the United States. efforts to reconstruct Cuba, and have drawn up a I STANDING COMMITTEES. strong remonstrance and protest against the aid The following Standing Comm arc an- ittees and countenan ce th e i nsurgents have received from nounced (Detnocrats are marked time) :-- the United States. Secretary Bode is strengthen- Ways and Means—Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, Allison, air ing our squadron in Cuban waters. Two ironclads I m an ; S i r ue I Iro op er, Maynard,Ma T ss e a n c n h e u s s s e e t e ts . ; WilliamWilll' as well as a part of the Pacific squadron, have beenD il . A Kelley n ' P o enn a s ; ylvl c a .3 . *Jaines Brooks, New York; Austin Blair, sent to Key West, there to await orders from the Michigan ; Dennis M'Carthy, Now York ; *Samuel S. Admiral in command in the West Indies. 'ben- Marshall, Illinois. ezer D. Bassett, the coloured principal of a Phila- Appropriations —Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts, delphia school, is talked of as Minister to Hayti; the chairman ; Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan ; William H. gentlemen of colour seem to have set their hearts Kelsey, New York ; Cal wallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin ; • on this appointment, desirin g , a b ove all things, to William Lawrence , iver J. lva have a dark representative abroad, by way of telling Indiana; Dickey,*James B, Penns B. Beek-,ntucky.YKenia ; *Willi:tu t E. Nibl ac k, the world th at a negro, a native of this country, Bankin g and Currency —James A. Garfield, of Ohio, is, in truth, a citizen of the United States. Diffi- chairman ; John Lynch, Maine ; Norman B. Judd, 111. ; culties can scarcely fail to arise as well with that John Coburn, Indiana ; Worthington C. Smith, Vermont ; island as with Cuba, and we will require in both to be well represented. Whatever may be said John B. P ac k er , Pennsylvania; Israel G. Lash, North Carolina ; *S amuel S. Cox, New York; *Thomas L. Jones, against Mr. S ewar d , i t i s generally admitted that Kentucky. Reconstruction—Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, be has steered skilfully to avoid embarrassing re- chairman ; John F. Farnsworth, Illinois ; Fernando C. salts from foreign complications. He resisted a I Beaman, Michigan; Halbert E. Paine, Wisconsin; Hamil strong pressure on Mr. Johnson from the agents of ton Ward, New York ; George W. Julian, Indiana ; Luke Cuba's revolution to recognizeits belligerency, and he .P j . a P rn o e l s an n d, V B e e r e m k ont • eßniuFc.kWlTGtemore, South Carolina ; even favoured the issuing of a proclamation for- r(sehioW. Woodward, Pennsylvania ; *George W. YAlorgan, bidding any aid to be sent. The most important Reorganisati on of the Civil Service —Giles W. Hotchkiss, subject discussed in the Cabinet has been the of New York, chairman ; Thomas A. Jonckes, Rhode, policy which should direct the nominatio ns t o o ffi ce . Island ; William H. Armstrong,- Pennsylvania ; Horace Nothing is known of the result, but it is considered , Maynard, Tennessee; *Michael C. Kerr, Indiana. The Nin,h Census—Willia m B. Stokes, Tennessee significant that important nominations, believed to 1 chairman; James A. G. Orfield, Ohio; Nathaiel P. Banks'. have been decided on have not been sent to the , m ass.; William B. Allison, lowa ; Addison 11. Larlin, Senate. General Butler has been working bard , New York; Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois; Morton S. Wil for Mr. Joubert, a coloured man, for assessor, at I kinson, Minn, ; *Richard J. Haldeman, Penn. ; *John G. New Orleans ; and his relative, Parker, for the i Schumaker, New York. Posinastership of the same city. General John ! Pacific Railroads —'William A. Wheeler, of New York, Cochrane is an applicant for a post in the New . hairman • John A. Logan 11l • Danii-1J Penn • R c obert T ' • Van Horn, Mo.' Benjamin in -17..H0 Morrill,Hopkins, Wis . ' York Custom-house. John B. Allison, formerly a : James Buffington, Mass. • ' Joi:l j rynch, Marne ; Francis ; Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, will re- 1 W. Palmer, lowa ; Logan 11. Roots, Ark. ; *Philadelphia ceive the appointment of Register of the Treasury, I Van Trump, Ohio ; *Daniel W. Voorhees, Ind.; *Samuel vice Jeffries resigned. Secretary Boutwell has B. Axtell, Cal. ; *Eugene M. Wilson, Minn. nominated the Hon. Henry D. Moore, formerly 'Claims—William B. Washburn, of Massachusetts, chair- State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, to be Collector of the man ; Giles W. Hotchkiss, New York ;*l , s Vill k iam S T . - Port of Philad e lphi a. T he President will send his J m a a c n o , b Ind. ; d ri3; . IlAmasa. N.H.; C o o l b iv b, er l Wis., Dockery, North & s. ' e E ry, tos ro e lin n a M .Hot ! nomination to the S ena t e. Secretary Boutwell has Moore, ---. ; *Joa D. Stil es , P enn . also appoint e d C. B. 'Carter, Superintendent ofCommerce— Nathan F. Dixon, of Rhode Island, chair the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of tbe ' Charles O'Neill, Penn. ; Ebon C. Ingersoll, Illinois; Treasury Department. Frank Moore is to be Second Philetus Sawyer, 'Wis. ; A. G. Finckelnburg, Mo. ; David Secretary of the Legation at Paris. The White S. Bennett, New York Oscar N D. P Co t n te g r er isT A e l w ich y . o ;: k W in . S. House has undergone the clearing and brieshteningi Holman, Indiana; *Clarkson., vJulian, of Indiana,chairman• ' Public Lands—George I . process, and the President and his family are now , ensconced therein. Joh n il Ketcham, New York ; W as hi ngton Townsend, The Minister of th e A rgentine ' Pa.; Thomas Fitch, Nebraska ; John B. Hawley, Illinois; Republic, Don Manuel R. Garcia, has been intro- James J. Winos, Ohio ; William Smyth, Iowa; *Eugene duced, and in responding to his remarks the Pre- i M. Wilson, Minn.; J. R. MiCormick, Mobile . . sident said :—" I notice that your letter of cre- 1 Post -offices—John F. ll l l !ir i nSW J Ol h th n of Hill,l i i CNOIR,J C . ha G il i 'M uc a r n ; dente is signed by your predece&sor, now the Chief ,TrNhvoitruciaisenW. M F .t . ss Fe . rry, m S e pro . . 11 . H. Boyd, Mo.; James M. Magistrate of the Argentine Republic. The per- Tyner, Ind.; ThOmas, Fitch, Nevada ; *Joseph S. Smith, sonal and official character which be maintained Oregon, *George M. Adams, Ky. while here warrants the assumption that in select- 1 Manufactures —Daniel J. Moerell of Pennsylvania, ing you as the Minister of that Republic he was chairman : Oakes Ames, Mass. ; Philetus Sawyer, Wis. ; actuated by his usual discretion, and had no reason Worthington C. Smith, Vt. ; Stephen Sanford, N. Y. ; W. H. Upson, Ohio ; Samuel Morrill, Me. ; *Orestes Cleve to apprehend that your career would not justify his land, N. J. *John M. Rice, Ky. choice. A similar confidence is entertained by me." Agriculture—John T. Wilson, of Ohio, chairman; Wm. Mr. Roberts, the newly-accredited Minister from Loughrid ge , Iowa; John Fisher, N. Y. ; Wm'. J. Smith, Spain, was presented to the President to-day, and Tenn. ; David P. Dyer, Mo. ; Jacob Benton, N. H.; *J. General Grant replied to his remarks, which did M. Kreb s , 111. ; *Samuel B. A x t e ll, C al.; * Henry A. not convey a wo r d a b out Cuba, as follows :—"The Reeves, N. Y. recent events in Spain, to which you advert, lndian Affairs—Sydney Clarke of Kansas, si chairman; have I. have excited, and will continue to maintain a lively RobertTaffee T. Van Nebraska; ; E Joh E n ail P e . , C. N. y i, Shanks, John • T. interest here, hoping, as we do, that they may ulti- 1 Deweese, N. 0•; Wm. H. . Armstrong, y Penn . . ; *William mately lead to an increase in the welfare and hap- 1 , Mungers, Ohio ; *L. S. Trimble, Ky. piness of the people of Spain. The disposition I Military Affairs —John A. Logan of Illinois, chairman which you express to exert yourself during your I Amaze. Cobb, Wis. ; James S. Negley, Penn.; Jasper mission, to the end that these friendly relations 1 Packard, Ind.L. Stoughton, Mich. ; John S. i Witcher, West Vs. ; Joel As er, Me • *Goo W _Morgan, which have always existed between the two coup- ,West Ohio ; *lfenr W . ' Slocum, N ia Y. ' ' .W. tries may be strengthened, will be cordially recipro- 1 The Militia —J o h n P. C. Shanks of Indiana, chairman ; cated by me." The President has discontinued : Sydney Clarke, Kansas ; William Smythe, lowa ; Thos. the military guard which, since the assassination 'Boles, Arkansas; James B. Donley-. Pennsylvania ; Elia of President Lincoln, has been mounted over the ' kim 11. Moore, Ohio l ; *L . . S.,Trinable, Kentucky; *John White house, and Captain M'Keever has been or- ' H.,,eD Reading, i P et en o n f svznia J. Columbia —Burto n es B . t 1.1 eecko,oKkenotfuleililyn.ois, tiered to join his regiment at Atalanta, Georgia. chairman ; Martin IVelker, Ohio ; William William's, Lscut.-Coluncl V. R. Pease is to be relieved from Indiana ; Calvin W. Gilfillan, Pennsylvania ; Thomas duty as Professor of Military Tactics at the State Boles, Arkansas; Charles M. Hamilton, Florida ; George University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and he will, W. Cowles, New York; i *Frederick Stone, Maryland; *J, at the end of the present college term, proceed to Pr T oc h tor j. K ud n i o c t i. t, ry Ke n J t o u h e n cy i. Bingham of Ohio, chairman , his borne in Brooklyn. As the President has signed The IN Davis, ;mi., New York; Benjamin F. Butler, Massa- • the bill for the further security of equal rights in - chusetts; Burton C. Cook, Illinois ; John A. Peters, the district of Columbia, the word "white" has Maine ; Ulysses Mereur, Pennsylvania ; William Long been stricken out of all laws relating thereto, and it bridge, lo l w, d a . ; *Charles A. Eldredge, Wisconsin ; *Michael is now a punishable offence for any one to enforce t cLitKeveo7utioniaar—na.Clai S of Missour such a restriction. Ex-President Johnson took chairman; JacOb A.' . Ambler,n Claim s much e mopbrioo .HWilliamßoydF. Prosser much interest in the discussion of the Tenure-of- ITennessee; William L. Stoughton, Micliigan ; John S. Office Act, but when some long-winded speakers Witcher, West Virginia; Alexander H. Jones, North got on their legs he is said to have bolted, making Carolina; James S. Negley, Pennsylvania ; *John Mor tracks for Tennessee. rissey, New York ; T. W. MeNeeley, Illinois. Public Expenditures —john Cobur n of Indiana, chair man ; Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin ; John T. Wilson, Ohio; Isaac R. Hawkins, Tennessee Charles S. K na pp, SENATE. 1 New Y or k ; J ames B. Donle On the. 15 th ult. vari o us bills were introduced. J .Patrick Hamill,onesNorth Carolina , *J. awrence Getz, Pennsylvania;nnsylvani; Al v a. H. . Mr. Trumb u ll , from the Judiciary Committee, re- I Private Land Claims—Godlov e S. Orth Indiana, chair ported bills relating to the removal of officials in man; Charles O'Neill, Penn. ; Nathan F. Dixon, R. I ; Virginia and Texas, to reorganise the judiciary sys- ' i Martin Welker, Ohio ; Horace Maynard, Tennessee ; C. tern, t o suspend the Tenure-of-Office Act until O. Washburn, Wisconsin *Thomas Swann, Maryland; the next session of Congress, and to enforce the , J. Proctor Knott, Kentucky ; *C. N. Potter, Now York. disabling provisions of the fourteenth amendment. I WNFaevrarl Affair,—aGnle. nAnaieroWn.FScshtofield, cNhairman ; Thos. Mr. Morton offered a resolution to enable a majority :Ketcham, N. Y.; ° George W. M‘Cervaernys, ,Johnlolia..E F. of any State Legislature to ratify a Constitutional Hall, Maine; *Stevenson Archer, Maryland ; *Ch u a e r e les e amendment, even where two-thirds are required to 1 Haight, New Jersey. form a quorum for business. The House bill to Foreign Affairs—Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachusetts, strengthen tbe Public Credit was concurred in— , chairman ; Normanß. Judd, Illinois; Austin Blair, yeas 42, nays 13. After an executive session, the I Michigan; M. S : Wilkinso n ,Vi wr i l M. innesota ; Porter Sheldon, Senate adjourned. On the 1G th the House re- 1-N 'Ambler ' Charles Willard, Vermont ; Jacob A. Ohio ‘Fernando Wood, Now York ; *Thomas solution for an adjournment on March 26 was _ o wenn, Maryland. tabled. 11 . 4 r. Sherman introduced a joint resole- 1 Territories—Sh e lb y M. Cullom of Illinois, chairman tion authorizing the recognition of Cuban indepen- i Hamilton Ward, New York; John Taffee, Neb. ; David dente. Mr. Grimes's bill reorganizing the navy was P. Dyer, Mo. ; Charles Pomeroy, lowa ; Elialtim H.Moore, passed, with amendments. The bill suspending the Ohio ; Isaac 11. Duval, W. Va. ; *Samuel Hambleton, Md. ; *Orest?s Clevelan N J Tenure -of-Office Act was discussed. On the 17th Revolutionary (1, . . Pensions--Joh n T. Deweese of North Mr. Wilson introduced a bill continuing the edu- Carolina, chairman; Chas. W. Willard, Vermont Ch cational and collection departments of the Freed- s. Knapp, Iv©w York; Calvin W. Gilfillian, Penn ;;Jamaess, men's Bureau. Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary J. Winans, Ohio ; Robert B. Butler, Tenn. ; *john M. Committee, reported the bill to enforce the Four- Rico, Ky. ; *A. A. C. Rogers, Ark.; *Joseph S. Smith, teenth Amendment in Georgia, and also the cre- i or6gon. dentials of the Senators elect from that State, with I Invalid Poensions—John F. Benjamin of Missouri, chair s recomm en d at i on that they be tabled until the re ' m o a h n n B. H a y, 111. , D ; .ton a , r Iv /a - H. P.lLlp.Jso,hpnelnln. W • C il . s C on . d, ' Bo O t i :e io n ; so lution is a c t e d upon. M J r. Morton introduced S N.J. ; hi s resolutio n re l at in g to proceedings by State I .C. ; Randol ph Strickland, Mich.; *J o hn T. Bir Legisl a t ures on Constitutional Amendments wat. M. S weeney, Ky., and Roads and Canal—Ebo C. In of chair on his m ot i on, it was tabled. The bill to repeal man; Oake s Ames, Mass. ; n Clinton gersol L. Cobb, lllinois, N.C. ; John the Tenure-of-Office Act was discussed. On the A. Smith, Ohio ; William F. Prosser, Tenn.; James C. ]]]'Grew, W. Va.; *Erastus Wells, Mo.; *Boyd Winchester, 18th variou s bills were introduced and reported. Mr. Conkling reintroduced the Naturalization Bill Mines yand Mining—Orange Ferris of New yon,of the previous session. The Supplemental Cur- man ; Aaron A. Sargent, Cal.; Isaac R. Hawkins. Tenn. ; rent Bill was considered ; also the Tenure-of- Randolph Strickland, Mich. ; Charles Pomeroy, Iowa; Office Act. Mr. Trumbull said he would press a Isaac H. Duvall, W. Va.; Logan 11. Roots, Ark.; *Edw. F. Dickinson ; *Benj. T. Briggs, Del. vote upon the latter to-day. Freedman's Affairs—Olivery IL Dockery, of Carolina, c h a i rman ; John P. C. Shanks North 'lndiana; H. Bailey, N ew York; Lewis Tillman , ana ; Alex. , Ten nessee ; John *John Hawl e y, Illi nois ; James C. 3PGrew, Nest Virginia ; *John Moffatt, Pe nnsy l vania. Reduction and Labour—Samuel M. Amen, of Tennessee, setts; ; John Betty, Ohio ; Georg e P. mennessee, Hoar setts ; Washington Townsend, Pennsylvania • 7 assachu- Hamilton, Florida ; Sam. S. Burdett, mobil , .Charles M. Tyner, Indiana ; *Thoma s W. 1.4% 1 - e , James M. C. Rogers, Arkansas. OO ey, Illinois; *A. A. Revision of Laws —Luke P. Poland man; Orange Ferris, N ew A , , .of Vermont, chair- York • George W. M'CrarYl Iowa; Ge , Austin Blair, Michigan; h setts; G. A. Finckelnbur). mo o b r . ge . P. .IL . aar, Mas u sac u- Ohio ; *Dan. W. Voorlieeendi Ile ' William 11. Upson, California. Indiana ; *James A. Johnson, No C rt o h i n e a ge! Weights, and Measure s —D av id H ea t on, of altforeia, chairm an ; William D. Kelly, Pennsyl vania ; Samuel Hooper, Massachusetts: John Hill, New Jersey; Noah Davis, jun., New York; *Francis E. Shober, N. 0 .; *John A. Griswold, New York. P atents —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. VamAuken, Pennsylvania ; *Harvey S. Callan, New York. Public Buildings and Grounds—Benjami n F. Hopkins, of Wisconsin, chairman; John fleetly, Ohio; William J. Smith, Tennessee ; Adolph H. Tanner, Now York; *J. Lawrence Getz, Pennsylvania. Mileage—lsaac R. Hawkins, of Tennessee, chairman ; Ulysses Mercur, Pennsylvania ; Jasper Packard, Indiana; Job E. Stevenson, Ohio ; *John Fox, New York. Accounts.—Henry L. Cake of Pennsylvania, chairman ; CONGRESS. 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 llith Mr. Kelley's Coinage Bill was considered and recom mitted with au amtlndinent by Mr. Batler, pro viding that the purchase of material for the coinage shall be by public advertisement, and frotnh e t lowest bidder. M r. B eaman introduced bilis div ding Texas into several States ail, Territnories, which were re f erred. ---On the 17th the India 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 TiiiE prize 1 Sold the Ag Obse ban's I ADVA hold c able w Forms Attrac Portra tuns. ed. 0 R` Mr. IA quist (Magic C. Du Packet Lizzie Duettis Ear place man w Al Rooms and C( an atti Dance r for del ORIGI A' - Very 1 Old Cr Ship Spark] lery, Sam] bottles P. 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