The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE IUBLIC JOURNALS. The SatlinV y Review draws a graphic picture of the difficulties with which a kindhearted man has to contend when he wishes to do something for the poor. A host of societies beseech him to check his first instincts of benevo• lence, and set before him the evils of indiscriminate alms. giving ; but no sooner does he depute to his censors the !task of more widely administering his charities, than thes societies themselves are denounced as the chief producer= of pauperism. He turns to the clergy, but the clergy are half convinced that their course of la . ^ has been only revival of the old system of doles ; while a chorus of guardians attributes to the almoner, the sister of mercy ; :Ind the district visitor the sudden increase of mendicancy which has undone the work of the poor laws. A little discomfited, perhaps, at finding that there is really nc roam for any personal benevolence of his own, the philanthropist buttons up his pocket, leaves the poor to the poor laws, and plunges into his Times. But even here he is far from peace. Morning after morning his breakfast table is seasoned with denunciations of the very system which professed to be al fficient, which protests against the incompetence of the central office, the ignorance of guardians, workhouse mismanage ment, the neglect of the sick, the starvation of the poor. The Saturday Review thinks that the cure is to be found in more direct communication with the poor and in the display of more personal interest towards them. It is not a question of giving money; benevolence in this sense destroys the very relation which a true friend to the poor would wish to create. The sense of a friendly interest taken in them, the offer of a healthy sympathy, the know- certainty ledge where to go for counsel and advice, the that there is someone to look to for help when help may fairly and rightly be given, these are moral elements whose power it would be impossible to exaggerate in the redemp tion of the poor. A word will often ensure the child's regularity at school, the cleanliness of the house, respect able dress and demeanour. A very little time and thought will often find new spheres of work for the unemployed, get the girl out into decent service, or find the boy a remunerative place. No one who has not worked per sonally among the poor knows how wanting they are in shiftiness and inventiveness, how thriftless in prosperity, how apathetic when the bad time comes. But it often needs only a suggestion to induce them to "lay by," or to rouse them to new efforts to obtain employment. That, as a class, they are wonderfully grateful for any sympathy, and inclined to repose only too great a confidence in any whom they believe to he their friends, the experience of every clergyman and district visitor could tell. The lesson is a very simple and homely one, but it is a lesson of the Elberfeld experiment, and it is none the worse for being an answer to our wandering and disappointed philanthro pist. We would simply advise any reader who is gently tormented with his desire to do some good to the poor, to take the first four families on the relieving officer's list, and to see what a year's personal friendship, counsel, and aid can do towards putting them into a position to help themselves. The Spectator remarks upon the change which has taken place in the views of the Home Secretary with respect to the Ballot, and considers his approval of the measure to be one of great importance. Mr. Austin Bruce has, we believe, impressed both the late House of Commons and the country generally as one of that most popular type of English statesmen which, without being particularly radical at heart, is radical through the firmness and clear- MISCELLANEOUS IVEWS. ADMIRALTY REFORM. " Nauticus," writing to the Star upon the new Admiralty circular, expresses much disappointment at finding that the old system of divided responsi bility is to continue. The circular uses for the first time the words " The First Lord and the Board of Admiralty," so that there are two masters, not one. The members of the Board change with the Ministry, and consequently are obliged to gain their knowledge from the heads of the several departments. To remedy all this, " Nauticus " proposes that the First Lord should alone be responsible, and issue his orders after the fashion of a Secretary of State q being assisted by two secretaries, one political and one permanent. The work of the Admiralty should, he thinks, be divided into four great divisions : 1. To construct and repair the ships. 2. To store and provision. 3. To equip and man them. 4. To keep the accounts. The head of each of these departments should be permanent, and these officers could form a council to advise the First Lord on practical questions. In the dockyards this reformer would like to introduce the competitive system, and to require each yard to send in its sepa rate account of work done annually to Parliament. By these means the losses entailed by the ever changing policy of an irresponsible Board and the want of a well-defined system in the dockyards would be avoided. IRISH RAILWAYS. At last a correspondent of the Times is allowed to answer the arguments of others against the acquisi tion of Irish railways by the State. These arguments are to the effect :that by doing so the Government would be striking a blow at "private enterprise," they would not be able to manage a railway, and the public would thus be needlessly burdened. To this the Marquis of Clanricarde answers : Private enter prise has hitherto meant public inconvenience—he might have said private ruin ; it has entailed on Great Britain a cost of £500,000,000 for 2300,000,000 worth of railways, and has left a number of companies struggling in debt, while high fares make the public grumble. In no other country is such a system perpetrated, and even in our colonies we carry out a different plan. Why, then, should Ireland alone be made to suffer, her trade to dwindle, her locomotion to be stopped, and her civilisation to be impeded ; and this because the Commission mg!' have made a mistake in comparing Ireland and Belgium, which it the only argument which can be advanced ? FENIANISM. ness of his intellect, which cannot endure to see a real evil merely trimmed or truncated when it might be eradicated. He is usually supposed—and, we believe, very justly-. to be a man whose actions have always a very strong pre sumption of reasonableness in their favour even when they seem least reasonable.; ancl, certain' unanswerable vintlieation of his, at first sight, unintell . gible leniency in advising the Queen to reprieve the convict Bisgrove is another confirmation of the public confidence in his strength of judgment. When, then, we find a states man of this type—without any of the old animus in favour of a radical formula—telling his constituents that, iu spite of his dislike to secret voting, and his steady refusal hitherto to support it, he has, under the lights of the facts brought before him by the last election, decided that secret voting involves less evil than open voting, and that he shall support the Ballot in future, we cannot but admit that the chances in favour of the Ballot have assumed an entirely new aspect, and that the reasons which have induced such a states man as Mr. Bruce to support it require and deserve the gravest consideration. And this accordingly we now propose to give it. Mr. Bruce admits that " the institutions of a country ought to foster a manly, truthful, . fearless spirit, and that any institution which would have a con trary effect would be a mischievous institution." " I have myself," continues Mr. Bruce, " often quoted the famous saying of Sydney Smith that it was not by the ballot-box, that it.was not by concealing their political opinions, that the Dutchmen drove the Spaniards out of Holland, or that the Americans achieved their independence, and I may add that it was not by secret but by open action that Scotchmen maintained their civil independence and gained their religious liberty. I have also, no doubt with con siderable truth, insisted on the benefit to all of us which trial is, and that every man who once performed an action which exposed him to risk was a stronger and a better man for doing so." Yet, in spite of these admissions—which are, by the way, far from bringing out the full strength of the case against the Ballot—Mr. Bruce has wi tli drawn hiB objec tion to the Ballot on various grounds, chiefly this, that at election times intolerance rises to so artificial a height that even honest and brave electors are exposed to an amount of insolent pressure—not only from the rich, but also from the poor—which makes an election under the present law an intolerable nuisance to them, and one to which they ought not to be exposed. The London Review declares that Mr. Gladstone must be firm in dealing with the Irish Church question, for dangers lie ahead in the way of compromise, and he is by no means bound by those terms which he made last year, and which were spurned. The elections have well shuffled the cards, and a new combination has been dealt to each player in the great game of politics by the sure hand of public opinion. The hand of public opinion is sure, not always because public opinion is very distinct or unani mous, but because by common consent the voice of the majority is accepted as final. No one at this. moment disputes the dictum of the constituencies. No one takes any further thought of the Tory victories by which the general defeat was softened. Mr. Disraeli set the example of resignation in a double sense, and a general disposition to make the best of it has set in amongst those whose policy during the debates of last year and the general elections was "no surrender." In fact, when "no surrender" surrenders, the submission is apt to be characterised by great alacrity and a keen eye to what may be saved. The very arguments by which the overthrow of the Irish Church was resisted render it obviously prudent for its supporters to make friends of the mammon of Gladstone unrighteousness. The more they staked the more they have to hedge. The more absolute the fall they strove to avert the greater their eagerness to break the fall which they now see must come. And the danger is that, a bargain too favourable for them may be made. What •it is necessary, therefore, to make clear to the conscience of the Liberal party is that they and their leader are free to do absolute justice to the Irish people by disestablishing the Irish Church, without refe rence to the pledges of partial provision for the future which were given last year. Of course life-interests must be protected. On the State-Church system a benefice is necessarily a benefice, and the duty of ministering in sacred things means the right of receiving so much money by a yearly national provision. The State ean•no more • take this away from individuals than they can deprive • freeholders of their freeholds, although the fact that such benefices will not be - renewed condemns the present occu pation as unjust and indefensible. But beyond the life interests we need not go, and they ought to be satisfied by • a payment as unlike. as possible to the manner in which the stipends now accrue. The policy of last year, how ever, was not thus conceived. Mr. Gladstone sedulously devoted himself to the conquest of English prejudices by proving how slight the change of disestablishment and disendowment would be to those dependent on the Church. He has now to effect the conquest of Irish discontent by proving how absolute the-change will be to those who are offended by the Church. This is the duty of the present year, in contradistinction to that which last year Mr. Gladstone so ably performed. And be is entirely fzee to undertake it. The Jolin Bull makes some observations upon the con duct of the Ritualists, and declares that they are incon sistent themselves, and seek to compromise others to suit their own purposes. Mr. Mackonochie's open declaration of policy in favour of the Liberation Society has some what astounded the world, and enchanted the Dissenting papers. But to Close behind the scenes it is a matter of - •no surprise, and his letters may well be quoted in triumph by Mr. Disraeli as a justification of the one fatal mistake he made when he allowed himself to Le influenced by . ultra-Protestant fanatics, some of whose followers have recently held ar. e i at Ll;l,gton, where professing to advocate and State, they' pleaded for ' - lav,:ey which would be as great as that so-called liberty of which Mr. Mackonochie dreams. Mr. Lowder, like Mr. Maciconuchie, living in a world of his own, talks very dreami:y of v. - itin,4 far GoO's providence, Lot the Arch deacon of Taunton coneu=_ , ively proved, to the satisfaction of all who have not arrived at a preconceived conclusion, and wilt n o t Le convinced, the utter inconsistency of the poßition he has taken up. We have always urged consideration and fair play for the Ritualists, we have acknowledged their self-sacrifice and devotion, but if they put themselves beyond the pale of the law and are a law to tlemselves, it becomes impera tively necessary that we should now disclaim any sym pathy with those who set themselves against the law. Mr. James Skinner, in one of those lengthy letters to the Guardian which are so characteristic of the writer, and in which he splits hairs to perfection, says that he will obey the law if his bishop tells him, but not otherwise. We trust that the Bishop of Worcester will do nothing of the kind unless Mr. Skinner should resort to him for his fatherly counsel in an open and bond flute manner, and with no desire to put his lordship in a fix. The Ritualists are willing, they tell us, for the bishops to carry out the judgment. Yet, if they do so, what an outcry there will be, A correspondent writing from Rome mentions that in the course of a conversation with Dr. Manning, the Archbishop attributed the decline of Fenianism to the influence of the Roman Catholic priests. They have steadfastlythscountenanced it, and as the Sacra ments are forbidden to all persons who are members of a secret society, the Archbishop believes that Fenianism will die out. There is no doubt that the Roman Catholic Church has set its face against this conspiracy ; for behind Fenianism it has seen Red Republicanism, afar more dangerous antagonist than any religiouS heresy. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRISONERS. The appointment of chaplains to the Roman Catholic prisoners was considered by the Middlesex magistrates on Thursday. Like the Aldermen of the City of London, these worthy gentlemen were most anxious that the Establishment should hold its own in the gaols. To pay a " Romish priest" would be to allow "a foreign prince" to triumph in these dominions. The magistrates are "Protestants" against Inman Catholic assumptions, and so they would not provide any kind of religious instruction for persons who hold the faith of Rome. Though pure doctrine may thus flourish in our gaols, there is great room y, his complete and I for the development of Christian charity on the bench. TILE RITUAL CONTROVERSY. According to the Church Times, the Church Asso ciation has determined to pay the costs of the pro moter in the recent suit of Martin v. Mackonochie. In doing this the association will take a step that will considerably improve its position in the public estimation, and that, too, at the very time when the ultra-Ritualists are damaging theirs by a refusal to obey the ruling of a court whose authority they had acknowledged by pleading before it, and whose judgment they would have obeyed had it been favourable to them. With reference to this matter, Mr. Lowder sends his answer to the second letter of Archdeacon Denison's to him, which we noticed a few days ago. Mr. Lowder does not deny the charge of disobedience, but retorts it upon his correspondent, and asks him if he obeys the judgment by wearinc , the eucharistic vestments. Bather, has not the Archdeacon shewn that it is impossible for any party to obey the judg ment? Mr.Lowder contends that he is reallynnich nearer obedience than those who cry out against him. This is really a remarkable statement. The Privy Council has ruled that certain specific practices are illegal upon grounds which the persons who have resorted to them affirm would render legal and obligatory certain other practices. The inference is, at all events, doubtful ; but even supposing it is justified, it is a strange way of sheaving obedfeme to adopt the practices which are only inferentially sanc tioned, and to maintain those which are expressly prohibited. Probably, Mr. Lowder will say that he does not recognise the tribunal at all : then why did he and his friends appeal to it; why, too, have they laid so much stress upon the fact that this decision is at variance with others by the same court ?- In con elading his letter. Mr. Lo-,viler says that each must follow for himself the indications of God's will, and " while we may best be serving the cause of the Church by patient submission, another may be called upon to suffer and witness for the truth." Mr. Lowder does not seem to recognise that there is athird course—secession from a Church which requires him, as he supposes, to disobey either God or man. A correspondent of the Daily Yews mentions that agents of the Church Association will, on the approaching Sunday, .visit various churches to see that the Ritual judgment has been complied with The Association mean to enforce the law now that it' has been declared in their favour. TWO LETTETIS. The Timex publishes a letter from Lord Ebury ; the Daily Telegraph a letter from a far abler and more noticeable man, Dr. Rowland Williams, one of the seven Essayists and Reviewers. Lord Ebury says that so far from " desiring a new Prayer-book, which shall make his doctrine the only one tenable within the pale of the Church," as Mr. Prowett had asserted of him, he wishes to have the broadest possible compre hension, and his hindrances have arisen quite as much from the Low Church party, to which Mr. Prowett assigns him, as from other parties. Ile would make one exception from his inclusiv e p olic y . He would exclude the Romanists. "We desire," he says, "to see those who condemn th e Reformation, revile its confessors and martyrs, and desire to make use of their influence in our Church to bring us back from the Church of Rome, absolutely shut out from our Church Establishment. In all other respects our object is comprehensive, and our mode of effecting this is by means strictly conservative and constitu tional—royal commissions." The Bible, he declares, is, "so far from being conducive to minute dogma, an untiring protest against it, and there fore against that mountain of human regulations and shibboleths which the enemy of mankind has persuaded us to adopt for the purpose of dividing and conquering." He would have Jeremy Taylor's " Liberty of Prophesying" trans lated into modern English and largely circulated. He concludes by pointing out that the Church has now, at the cost of a few conc,:ssions so trifling that it seems astonishing that its rulers in Church and State should hesitate to make them, an opportunity of uniting and regulating the entire Reformed Churches of the world. "If our Church will not, it needs no prophet to predict her future downward career, namely, that after fostering for a while every species of controversial asperity, she will separate into sects unusually embittered against each other, and will sink into well-merited insignifi eance.—Absit omen." Dr. Rowland Williams heads his letter " Are not limits to ecclesiastical freedom its best preservatives?" He begins by saying that he should never forgive himself if he added to Mr. Mackonochie's difficulties at the present time. But since that gentleman has in his recent letter to the papers, paraded his belief in Scripture as stronger than his neighbour's, and especially than his (Dr. Williams's), he feels bound to protest. He asks Mr. Mackonochie to say, for instance, where the New Testament has Enjoined the use of incense in church, not to say the worship of a bodily God or a material altar. Cr, how does it appear that candles were used symbolically in that upper chamber of the Gospels, when we know that for three centuries the heathens ridiculed Christians for not using such things ! Or, where is it written scripturally that water was mixed with wine at the Last Supper. Does not the practical difference between Mr. Mackonochie's friends and myself (to mention the less than the least of those whom he abhors) amount to this, that while we hold fast the religion of Scripture, rightly interpreted, but claim a freedom of expansion, co-extensive with the march of human progress, for its accidental accompaniments, he and his school permit themselves to develope religion and ritual licentiously, but forge out of Scripture weapons or fetters, which may enable them to interfere with social order, arrest scientific discovery, and perplex the human mind? _ . . ...... He will never admit that his own religious doctrine is as little scriptural, or as little willing to be tested by Scripture, as that of either our younger Ritualists, or of their more cautious progenitors who stand be hind them." He goes on to allirm that if the decision in the " Essays and Reviews" case had been given against him it would have operated more fatally as a decree of excision against Mr. Mackonochie and all his generation than against himself or any friend of his. Mr. Mackonochie complains that spiritual things have been tried by purely secular tests. Dr. Williams reminds him that he (Dr. Williams) annealed to Convocation to hear_ him before T v, SUN, LONDON, S.\ TURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1869. synodlcaliy condemning nun, ana 'Mat It Solemnly refused to do so. In referring to this matter he would not say a word against one who has been by divine permission his diocesan, and who is now passing into a world where nothing will conceal from him the nature of his own acts ; but it is not for those who prosecuted him in the secular courts, and who denied his appeal to Convocation, to com plain of the character of those courts now that they have given a hostile judgment. Dr. Williams draws as a moral from his " reverend assailant's" letter that If ever his friends and precursors become as powerful to legislate as they are now prompt to litigate, the first result will be at least two additions to the number of our Thirty nine Articles. Or, again, if in the meantime the coquetry of a veteran dogmatist with Wesleyanism should have led to the temporary abeyance of our Articles, it will soon be followed by a bland suggestion that, to escape spiritual anarchy, we should do well to adopt the regulations of the last great Council of the Western Church. No doubt the Articles, framed during a crisis of danger, might be revised with advantage ; but he would not like to surrender them " without devising something else to bind Dr. Pusey's sons (if the serpent's brood can be bound) with links of iron." Dr. Pusey he styles " the great Oxford heresiarch," and his objections to the articles are mostly objections to Scripture. Dr. Williams would not surrender those articles on the plea of toleration in order to make room for Dr. Pusey's criticism or Mr. Mackonochie's law. Finally, if the necessity for doing justice to Ireland should give the advocates of " ecclesiastical disintegration " a temporary appearance of advantage as regards England, Dr. Williams hopes that a derangement of the balance will be rectified by consideration for the principles of truth, freedom, and order. THE PRIMATE AND THE CURATES' AUGMENTATION FUND. The inquiries and comments made by the press m tne matter of the management of the Curates' Aug mentation Fund have rather damaged that institution. The injury, however, we imagine, may easily be repaired bya closer application to economy on the part of the committee. But they have taken another course to repair lost prestige ; they have invoked the aid of the Archbishop of Canterbury. "A. C. Cantuax " sends the following certificate of respectability:—" I am very sorry that the cause of the Fund should have seemed to be prejudiced by anything which has been recently said about it in the newspapers. I have every reason to think that the fund is doing a good work. The leading rules which your committee have from time to time adopted have been (as you know) submitted to me, and fully discussed ; and I have always felt that no other society could, consistently with the purposes for which it was founded, do the work which this association proposed to itself to do." ZWUCEEDINGS AGAINST THE DIRECTOR OF OTEREND, GURNEY, AND CO- The criminal suit against the directors of Overend, Gur ney, and Co. (Limited) was resumed in the Court of Queen's Bench, at the London Guildhall, yesterday, before the Lord Mayor and Sir Thomas Gabriel. Th€ court was again crowded. Mr. Lewis, jun., conducted the case on behalf Dr. Adam Thom, the prosecuting shareholder, and the six defendant: (who occupied seats below the counsel) were represented a.: follows :—For Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. E. H. Gurney, and Mr. R. Birkbeck—Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. J. C. Mathew appeared ; Mr. Barclay was represented by Serjeant Parry and Mr. Montagu Williams ; Mr. Gordon by Mr. Serjeant Sleigh and Mr. Ledgard ; and Mr. Rennie by Mr. Hardinge Giffard, Q.C., Mr. Poland, and : Mr. Gardyne. The proceedings commenced yesterday morning with the reading over of the previous evidence given by Mr. Robert Palmer Harding, who is a partner in the firm of Harding, Whinney, and Co., accountants, appointed by the Court • of Chancery to assist in the liquidation of Overend Gurney, and Co. (Limited). In coming to the evidence concerning the Greek and Oriental Company which appeared on the books of the limited company as a debt of £144,000, witness desired to give an explanation with regard to his conduct in not taking any steps to recover the amount. Leave was granted, and witness said he was not aware till ques tioned of the liability of the Greek and Oriental Company : and he was so put aback by the manner in which Sir Thomas Gabriel pressed him that he did not think of referring to the books which would have shewn that the debt was treated as irrecoverable in December 1865, which was previous to his coming into the liquidation, and therefore they did not take any further steps in the matter. Mr. Harding's examination was resumed by Mr. Lewis, who handed the endorsements to documents of the several defendants, to which the witness replied to each what he thought they were. Witness said he wished to explain the total loss of the old firm ; he was afraid Mr. Oke had given the suspense and guarantee account with the profit and loss. The re discounts were £30,000,000. And conducted with ordinary care it would yield large profits ?—Yes. Was there, during the period that these gentlemen were nrrying on this business, a panic 2—Yes ; the Bank of England rate rose very much. There was a large depression in the funds, and it was through the peculiar state of the money market that much of the loss accrued to the limited company. What was the amount apparent to the old firm in the Limited company?—The debit to Overend, Gurney, and Co. is £4,213,000. But the transfer reduced it to £2,909,000, the debt due by the old firm to the limited company. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : Have you gone through the books of the old firm, and can you +on us the quantity of bills discounted ? Witness : Yes. In 1801 the total of bills discounted was £53,000,000 ; in 1862, £54,000,000 ; in 1863 £63,000,000 ; in 1864, £74,000,00 0 . Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : I presume this was entirely irrespective of the excepted account ? No ; the bills would be repeated as bills discounted. Do you find that the profits would have been conside rable ? Witness : The advances and securities on shipping must have realised large profits. What is the amount of the bills discounted by the ew company during the nine months ?-256,000,000 had gone into the guarantee of the estates of their privste pro perties. The landed estates were not included in the securities ; there had been realised under the deeds of inspection of th , .'t estates £600,000, and it was expected that snore wou . d be realised. Some portions of the estates had been sold previous to the realisation, and this went into the suspense and guarantee account. Would the sale of this property during the existence of the new limited company have had any effect ?—This was the case to some extent, it being known that some of the estates were being realised. A book was handed to witness, and he was asked about some of the pages that were alleged to have been torn out. Witness was of opinion that the pages torn out had been blank, because there was no reference to them in the index. It was not an unusual thing to have a sheet torn out of a press copy-book to put away with the original document. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : Your lordship will remember that it was said that this was a guarantee book ; and the insinuation was that the leaves had been torn out for the lurposes of fraud. Witness's examination continued : The amount of the ..eposits actually withdrawn during the last four months was more than £4,000,000. That was partly owing to the realisation of some of the Gurneys' estates. With respect to the calllof £5 mentioned on witness's last exami tion, he expected that if commercial matters should not get worse some of this money would be returned. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : Take care you don't promise them. By Mr. Serjeant Parry: Mr. Barclay had contributed £35,000 in respect of his calls. By Mr. Serjeant Sleigh : Has Mr. Gordon held 200 shares in the company, and paid upon them £7,000 ?—Yes • that is so. lie•examined by Mr. Lewis : Was2oo shares the qualifi cation for a director ?—I think it was. Mr. Rennie held 200. The Messrs. Gurney held 8,320 shares. You said the limited company had made £2,000 without reckoning the bad debts ?—That was after debiting the rebate. Mr. Lewis : Yes ; I know that. What was the gross interest of the company during the nine months, without reckoning interest, on the suspense and guarantee ac count? Witness : £1,413 was the profit during the nine months, without deducting the bad and doubtful debts. What was the profit on the £56,000,000 of balance dis counted ?—I do not know; it would be about the £1,400 mentioned. What was the loss by the bad and doubtful debts £1,053,000. Are there any other than the £1,400 as the interest from the £56,000,000? Have you ascertained during the five years preceding the transfer how much they lost?--About £4,000,000. You said that part of the failure was to be attributable to the realisation of the private estates of the defendants, the Messrs. Gurney ?—Yes ; I believe that had something to do with it. At the time of the stoppage I was casti7 up the balances in the company's house. Was one of the auditors of the company appointed in March 1866. Mr. William Turquand, of the firm of Turquand, Young, and Co., was appointed a liquidator of the Overend, Gurney, and Co. by the Court of Chancery. Messrs. Peto and Betts agreed with Messrs. Gurney and Co. about a railway in Turkey ; rnd after surveying the place it was given up, and the two parties to the agreement had each to pay £14,000. That appeared in the new company's suspense account as £14,000 standing to the credit of Gurney and Co., whereas it was a loss. The Greek and Oriental Company was composed of a person of the name of Stephanos Xenos, and the Messrs. Overend and Gurney advanced him several sums of money, amounting to £144,000, for which the Messrs. Gurney took over several ships, which were afterwards incorpo rated as the Levant and Black Sea Company, and on this there was al' ss of £38,000. These were both handed over to the limited company, under the head of excepted accounts. The next witness, Mr. William Peek, put in severa, letters, notably one from " H. E. Gurney," in which it was stated that no bad debts had been made by the old firm until " Pinto and C 0.," and assuring the interrogator that all losses to the firm caused by the failure of the Millwall Company would be debited to the old fun. After some further evidence the court adjourned. FOREIGN NOTES. MR. COMMISSIONER KERR. ---- - Mr. Commissioner Kerr is a judge of what may be called the County Court of the City of London. Mr. Commissioner Kerr is noted for possessing a temper easily ruffled, for a dispute in which he called Mr. Ribton (the criminal pleader) an Irishman, but chiefly for his presidence at Madame Rachel's trial, which trial his presence seems likely to make null and void. Mr. Commissioner Kerr is known also for a row with the authorities of the City of London, which has waxed very warm indeed. lie says he is entitled to certain fees of his court. The autho rities refuse to let him have them ; so that the feeling between them is anything but pleasant. There is now a chance of a compromise, but several members of the City Council do not seem to have a " proper respect" for the " dignity of the Commissioners' court "—which, according to the learned judge himself, is something inexpressibly . - great. TEE LATE SIR. RICITARD MAYNE. The orations over Sir Richard Mayne were not all eulogies. One or two of our contemporaries have buried the late Commissioner of Police without praise, and they have not forgotten the remark of Antony about the "evil which men do." ller Majesty, it seems, has noticed these attacks. Co she has desired General Grey to say " how grieved and con cerned she is to hear of Sir R. Mayne's death. Not withstanding the attacks lately made upon him, her Majesty believes him to have been a most efficient head of the police, and to have discharged the duties of his important situation most ably and satisfac torily in very difficult times." THE WOMEN'S CLUB. A slight agitation was caused some time back by the discovery that virtuous girls alone in London were shut out from all society save that which was likely to be for their harm. Milliners, and such like, were, it was pointed out, unable to obtain any amusement. A women's club was projected to obviate the evil, and until within the last few days was reported to be on the road to success. Then, how ever, a letter a.ppea red from the Countess of Portsmouth, announcing her withdrawal from all connection with it. 'Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson and Mr. Hodgson Pratt have since taken a similar course, for the same reason as that which actuated the countess. The point raised is a difficult one : Shall the members of the club be allowed to receive male visitors daily ? If not, there is the objection that the club may become " slow " and prudish. But the evil to be avoided seems to us the greater, and though there may not be much danger, the public will easily understand the motives which lead those who have withdrawn to shrink from responsibility. ON LEAVE. There has been a great cry about liberty of the subject anent the criminal controversy. But let such as are timidly fearful of arresting a known evil-doer who is evidently " up to no good," ponder a case which lately occurred at Hull. A ticket-of leave man, who was doing no wrong according to out ward appearances, but whose movements' attracted the attention of a couple of detectives, was arrested and taken to the police station to be searched. There were found upon him two pistols (loaded and capped), a black mask, several wax-tapers, knives, and various other articles mostly known to those whose income is derived from illegitimate sources. Had the man been allowed to go unwatched he would probably have committed some crime, perhaps murder. Prevention is better than any amount of after punishment. THE GIBRALTAR QUESTION AGAIN. Rear-Admiral Sullivan has come forward in sup port7.'of Admiral Grey's statement that the town anchorage of Gibraltar would, in case of war with Spain, be exposed to the fire of long-range guns. Admiral Sullivan considers that the suc cessful bombardment of Sweaborg affords a good illustration of this argument. He thinks that the result of that attack proves that no town or mass of buildings of any kind is safe from destruction by bombardment either from sea or land, unless the protecting batteries are considerably advanced. The bombardment of Gibraltar could be met in only two ways : either we must resign ourselves to the destruction of the town, or we must send a large force to occupy, if possible, a position in advance. On the expense or risk of such a proceeding it would be useless to comment. The Admiral further gives his opinion that there has ' been much exaggeration as to the expense of making a secure harbour for coaling at Ceuta. Ho thinks we could provide an excellent harbour, far superior to anything possible at Gibraltar, for a million and a half, and he believes it could be com pleted sooner than Admiral Grey proposes. Before Ceuta is condemned as more unhealthy than Gibraltar, its sanitary condition should be inquired into. Admiral Sullivan quotes from his own early experience to prove the dangerous character of the anchorage at Gibraltar in stormy weather. An Illinois inventor has a machine for cutting down corn two rows at once. The stalks are taken be tween projecting metal-faced fingers, and as the machine advances the butt of the ear is brought in contact with a short sickle, playing at the rear of the fingers, cutting it off, while the stalk passes under the machine without being pulled up ; the ears are received into a large hopper at the rear of the machine, and discharged when it is full LADTERTUEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Disorder of the Throat and Chest —Whoever has once made trial of these invaluable remedies can truthfully bear testimony to their astonishing efficacy, their curative and preservative powers against the many maladies of winter. The ointment, rubbed on the chest, acts most beneficially in arresting inflammation, irritation, congestion, and all pectoral complaint.. In ulcerated sore throat, diphtheria, mumpz. quinsey, and similar ailments, the ointment should be well rubbed upon the throat and summit of the chest at least twice a day, while the pills are taken internally, ac cording to the plainly-printed directions. Holloway's re medies constitute in themselves a perfect safeguard against most diseases dependent upon changeable or inclement weather. They counteract the sources of disease. 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The Prince and the Princess of Wales are attempting a quiet tour of Europe on their way to the Nile ; but their incog. only partially protects them. They are assailed at every capital by royal and diplomatic, if not by popular receptions. At Vienna they were met by the Austrian Emperor, several archdukes, and the British and Danish embassies. The Emperor, who wore the uniform of a field-marshal, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, kissed the hand of the Princess when helping her out of the carriage, and conducted his guests to the Hof burg. What is called a family party took place later in the evening. TURKEY AND GREECE. The intelligence of the Con ferenceproceedings is becoming contradictory. It is certain that the Turkish Ambassador has signed the protocol, that M. Walewski has been sent to Athens to learn the decision of the Greek Government, and that the Conference will not dissolve until a reply has been received, But the terms on which the assent of Turkey was obtained are involved in some doubt. The Times correspondent telegraphs that the declaration was signed without any reservation. The Standard holds that a most important saving clause was appended. It says :—" Amongst the reservations made by the Turkish Plenipotentiary, when he signed the final protocol, it is mentioned that the Porte shall act as an independent Power, and without any interference from the Great Powers, in case Greece should on any future occasion transgress the principles of international law laid down in the said protocol. These reservations are included in the protocol." High praise is given to the ability and tact displayed ny the Italian Minister in these negotiations. Instea iof the voice of Italy being the most feeble in the Conference, the Chevalier di Nigra has rendered it one of the most influ ential. This able diplomatist has several times provided his colleagues with the solution of a diffie,ulty without, says the IncUpendance Beige, any pretence or obtrusiveness. Hobart Pasha has announced the blockade of Crete in an official document, notifying that every vessel violating the blockade shall be confiscated. The Levant Herald is appre hensive of a serious rupture between Turkey and Persia. The Ambassador of the Porte was so offensively treated that he has returned to Constantinople. sram There can be no doubt the Spaniards, so much calum niated for their deficiency in the good qualities of citizens, have behaved in the most exemplary manner at the recent elections. One disturbance only took place, and that was at an insignificant town in the province of Malaga. At Madrid the soldiers were not allowed to take their weapons into the polling-booths, and the voting went on entirely unwatched either by the regulars or the militia. The electors did not become intoxicated, partly because they were not Englishmen, and still more because none of the very numerous booths was erected near a house where drink was sold. Some writers complain of the lack of interest displayed. At any rate the first trial of universal suffrage amongst a half-educated people had better be characterised by listlessness than anarchy. The correspondent of the Tenips says that one of the most glaringly illegal acts was committed at Antequara by the under secretary of the Department of Justice. This functionary, in order to secure his own election, dis missed several of the local authorities who were unfavour able to him, in some cases with violence. The Constieu tionnel says that popular disturbances broke out in two or three places—a chairman shot here, and an alcalde hung there— but these, it believes,were cases of private revenge. GERMANY. The Prussian Government has never manifested any extravagant amount of toleration, but it has rarely been found wanting in the quality most essential to a mitigated despotism—prudence. One of its recent acts is, however, decidedly ill-advised. It will be remembered that Pro fessor Ewald was indicted for publishing a pamphlet in which King William was distinctly alluded to in terms by no means complimentary. The purport of this production was a denunciation of the dethroning of King George of Hanover and the confiscation of his territories. The eminent professor was tried for this offence, but, to the delight of the German people and the satisfaction of Europe, was acquitted. It was thought the Government would accept this verdict ; but it has not. The Crown advocate has appealed to a higher court. A correspondent of the Daily News says this appeal has caused much excitement and ill-blood ; and there was enough before—far more than most people are aware of. The convention signed by Prussia and Baden for the purpose of permitting the landwehr troops of either nation to serve their term in the country where they reside, is but the first of a series. Similar conventions, it is announced, are to be concluded with the other South German States. These regulations are, in fact, only supplementary to the treaty between the North and the South, by which the army of Germany is to form one homogeneous defensive force, subject in time of war to one authority--the King of Prussia. CANADA. The Hudson's Bay Company has sent a vague reply to the despatch of the Imperial Government relative to the incorporation of the great northwest territory in the Dominion of Canada. The Company does not absolutely refuse to accede to the hard terms proposed, but it does not wholly abandon its fond hope of a money payment. The fur merchants expected a large sum in hard cash for "their" territory ; the Canadian Government offers them only a portion of the land sales, the minimum price being fixed at is. per acre, and a pro portion of the proceeds of gold licenses. The unhappy Company expected a million at least. This vague answer leaves opportunity for further negotiation, though of what kind it is difficult to imagine. The Canadian delegates, it may be positively affirmed, will not give way ; there fore, the Company must. Smallpox is very prevalent just now at Montreal. The Toronto Globe says that the experience of this visitation is a decisive testimony in favour of vaccination. Where vaccination has been adopted scarcely any deaths have occurred ; but where the precaution has been neglected — and the neglect has been very general—the ravages of the disease have been very serious. CUBA. Mr. Seward is attempting another bargain. This time his aspirations are directed to a patch of ground far supe rior to the " collection of icebergs, earthquakes, and vol canoes" for which a good round sum was paid to the Russian Government. The Times correspondent telegraphs the important intelligence that negotiationsliave begunbetween the United States and Spain for the purchase of Cuba. The news is the reverse of improbable. The bargain would be advantageous to both parties, for the Spaniards are rapidly losing the great island, whilst they are much in need of the money which its sale will bring. The United States will acquire a most valuable possession, which the Americans will well know how to utilise. The Cubans, according toall accounts, are disposed to annex themselves to America. (From the Anglo-American Times.) A telegram from Washington says that on the IGth inst. President Johnson sent to the Senate the treaties concluded with Great Britain for the adjust ment of the Alabama claims and the recognition of the rights of naturalized citizens. The expiring Administration at Washington is now making loyal efforts to settle this matter before its term ends, and we hope it may be successful. At the moment the President was submitting the Convention to the Senate it was being published in the London news papers, a fact little creditable to this side. It is impossible to predict what the action of the Senate will be, for, as a body, being overwhelmingly hostile to Mr. Johnson's Administration,it could not have a worse recommendation than one from him. On the other hand, however, the Senate of Mr. Johnson's DOING DOUBLE DUTY.—A Paris paper states Administration will be, to all intents and purposes, that every seventh day Queen Isabella receives a small the Senate of General Grant's Administration, and packet containing the chemise which Sister Patrocinio has - Majesty in her turn, it could scarcely do p a r s e s t i o worn during th e p r eceding week ; her . reject a treaty becaus e r wears this garment for a similar period: dent, and accept the same three months after be- THE MAN WITH Two MEMORIES.—Under tho cause recommended by another President. We may, above title the Spectator enters into a very interesting dis cussion of a m e t a physical and psychological character, therefore, conclude th at it will be accepted, unless It appears th a t George Nickern, a German, of New there ar e details that are unsatisfactory, and re q uire modification. Orleans, after being nearly killed by a fall from a an formplat- some men th e ago, and for many weeks deprived A telegram on We dnesda y from America pounced Of conscio usness , r ecovered his health and mental Ithe Senate had p assed the Co pp er that Powers complete:y, with the exception of his memory, Tariff Bill, carried through the House before the at p resen t dates entirely from the begin- adjournment. It goes ba ck, however, for concur whichning of his recovery, and is a complete blank rence on amendments. as to everything of which he had acquired a knowledge The further telegrams of the week are to the before hi s f a il. 'there are some curious cases in which effect that " the steamer Gulf City was wrecked off all knowledge of a particular language has been lost, the Cape Look Out, on the coast of North CarOlina, memory retaining, however, its power in all other on Monday. Twenty-five persons were drowned restozcts. If ours serve us aright, we have read an and three were saved." This is the first disastrous 'account of a patient who, on recovery from a severe i wreck for some time recorded off the coast of Ame illness was found to be unable to express herself rica, althou g h the river and lake steamers have in the language which she spoke immediately before her attack, but used another which turned out to be bee., singularly unfortuna te. There the accidents have not only been nu merous, but Welsh—a language which she had acquired in attended with childhood, and subsequently forgotten. We beard only the a frightful loss of life. o'ler day the following case :—A young lady staying in A telegram last Wednesday announced that ne- Germany was attacked with typhoid fever, by which she i gotiations have begun between the United States and nearly lost her life. On her recovery it was found that 7 Spain for the purchase of. Cuba. Spain begins to everything preceding her illness was a blank. She knew feel the difficulty of retainieg that island, and it neither English nor German, although well acquainted . may be wise in the Provisional Government to get with them before, and she : a : not the faintest recollection • rid of it for a sum that would replenish the ex of her brother, She had to hegin her education again Witt hausted Treasury of Madrid, instead of getting rid her letters like a child, for tha most simple story books cl Ou 031.1.1010 Were as gabrew 4 ;. ) 14 0 ;7 - Aancet. . lofit at a disastrous loss to the nation in the vain attempt to strive against fate for its retention. The problem of emancipation has to be solved in Cuba, and Spain can scarcely solve it. There is a strong party in the United States opposed to these acquisitions. The idea of buying States and popu lations is in the highest degree repugnant to them. et Cuba, if she so desires, assert her independence, and apply humbly to Congress for the high hon our of being enrolled as a State of the great Re public. The Austrian brings news from New York to the evening of the 9th instant. " A small military force sent by General Stoneman to assist ti e Sheriff of Princess Anne county, Virginia, to execute some writs of ejection upon negroes, was resisted by the black persons and a sergeant was killed. The negroes were thereupon attacked by the troops, and three of them were killed. It was reported that the blacks were organizing to renew the attack." "The State press, so far as heard from, stands as follows on the new movement for universal suffrage with the hope of universal amnesty :—ln favour of it, 14 Democratic papers ; and against it, 10 Demo- cratic and 2 Republican papers. The revenue col- lections in the district of Richmond, for last year, were $700,000, being nearly $200,000 more than in 1867. Governor Wells writes to say that a supple- mentary victory to Grant's election will soon re ward the Republican party in Virginia, and place her again in the Union. lie concludes his letter with hese words :—" A little more patience and fidelity, and these rights and privileges will be so well secured that no man or party will undertake to deny them, take away or restriet their exercise." General Porter, of General Grant's staff reports " that the rebels in Arkansas had committed out rages on the Unionists, and that he had organised a militia for his protection, and had authorised them to subsist upon the property of the rebels." This, if true, is a very strong measure, and will probably meet with a very determined opposition. Such action, however, indicates wrongs sustained by the Unionists at the hands of the opposite party, and it will be necessary for the Ku-Klux to break up their organization at least for violence, or violence will be meted to them as indiscriminate and perhaps as remorseless as their own. spatches regarding the Ogeechee troubles had been received at Washington, Jan. 6, from Brigadier- General Sibley through General Meade. The negroes appeared to be more alarmed than violent, and were eager to surrender to the military. The quarrel originated in a dispute between the owners of two plantations and the blacks they employed, who, urging that they were not properly paid, seized a portion of the crop. The planters obtained warrants for their arrest, but the sheriff was op posed in executing them ; but no great harm appears to have been done further than a scare to both whites and blacks. Vigorous measures w have to be taken to prevent these negroes from stealing, but the first thing to do is to set them an example of equitable dealing. In the llouse on the 6th instant a discussion followed an amendment moved by Mr. Brooks, when the Consular and Diplomatic Appropria tion Bill was taken up. He desired to insert an appropriation for the mission to Rome, the head-quarters of art, as well as of the oldest of the great branches of the Christian Church, yearly visited by thousands on thousands of American citizens. Mr. Covode opposed this on the strange plea that all the fraudulent voters were of the Church of Rome. " The fraudulent natu ralization papers came, he said, coffee stained, and were voted on by these green Irish." Mr. Judd opposed the amendment on the sensible ground that there was no public necessity for such a Minis ter, that it was a mere ornamental posidon, in volving useless expenditure. The House seemed to concur in this, and the amendment was rejected. An attempt was then made to strike out the mis sion to Turkey. Mr. Wood could not see why they should deny a mission to the most ancient Christian Government, and yet send one to an infidel Govern ment. Mr. Judd had again to inform the House that the United States Consular and Diplomatic missions were not sent to foreign States like those of missionary societies to convert the heathen, that they had nothing to do with religion, but had to conduct the business of the Government, and the motion was thrown out. The President of the Society of Engineers, lately gave his inaugural address, when he alluded to a bet ter communication between England and the Conti nent. Ile considered the three proposed schemes of a bridge, a tunnel, and a ferry ; pronouncing the first an improbability, if not an impossibility ; the second practicable, but enormously expensive ; leaving the third as the plan for adoption. This has always been the opinion of Americans, who consider the connection between Dover and Calais to be a disgrace to Europe, and an extraordinary in stance of a want of energy and resource. Mr. I'. Silver, at present in Paris, not only advocated what now seems to be taken up by the Society of Engineers, but years ago drew plans showing how the scheme might best be carried into practical effect., availing himself of his American experience where such ferry boats have been carried further than elsewhere towards perfection. The records of the electoral votes are now all in the hands of Senator Wade, except those of the Pacific States, Oregon, and Nevada. The messen ger from California died on the Isthmus of Panama while on his way to Washington, but he gave the despatch to another with a power of attorney to carry to its destination. This being illegal, a new messenger must be chosen by the electors of Cali fornia, and we suppose the records must also be sent back to California to be again conveyed in this circumlocution but orthodox manner back to Washington. From Oregon the messenger is on his way but delayed by the snow, but he tele graphed that he would. reach Washington by the 12th inst. Nothing had been heard of the Nevada messenger, though he had left some time before. The artillery school was established at Fortrets Monroe in 1868, and has proved a marked success. During the summer months the pupils have great opportunities for drill in light and heavy artillery, mounting and dismounting, heavy ordnance, build ing batteries, platforms, and other structures. Par ticular attention has been paid to the mounting and drill of heavy sea-coast guns and mortars, and the troops now stationed there are, it is asserted, the most proficient in this branch of any in the service. Upon a platteau, on the outworks of the fort, has been erected a laboratory for the manufacture of artillery, ammunition and pyrotechnics, in which both officers and non-commissioned officers are thoroughly instructed. In winter the studies are confined to gunnery and its theories, and engineer ing. The students have the opportunities of wit nessing the great experiments, one of which artil lery v. granite masonry, faced with iron, was lately recorded. Her Majesty's engineer officers were so astonished at the destruction wrought by the heavy American guns directed against massive blocks of granite faced with the thickest iron plates, and we may add so incredulous that they have asked for further information. An order has been issued that the 15-inch guns shall use mammoth powder only in firing, other kinds being expressly for bidden, until the recoil can be checked. No charge greater than 501 b. is to be used without instruc tions from the Ordnance-office, and the chassis rails are to be covered with earth. Tenderness is very well, but it should not be per mitted to protect criminals from punishment. This exercises even a more injurious influence in the United States than in Great Britain, and in conse quence violence and murder are more general there than here. We know the result of the trial of Cole for murdering Hiscock, and we know the sentence passed on Twichell, but whether it will ever be executed is another affair. After a fair trial Twichell was found guilty of brutally murdering a feeble old lady, the mother of his wife and his own benefactress, when, in a false security, asleep in her own house. lie beat out her brains, and threw her body from the window; yet even 'l' wichell finds peo ple to agitate for his pardon. Nothing but mawkish sentimentality can lead to such an effort, which tends in success to render life insecure in the coun try ; to arm ruffian; against law-abiding citinns, an 1 to foster that evil of America, the too ready recourse to pistols. rwichell and Cole were bocii men holding good positions in society, and if the vul- gar ruffian is to be hanged for murder, while the wealthy blackguard is to get off, the world will h e : lieve that there is alike one law for the rich and another for the poor in Republican America as in MonarchicalEngland,and to that end invariablytende the code of an Anglo-Saxon community. w e do n not however anticipate, if Philadelphia has 13, ' doubt Twichell committed the murder, that he r . i escape, for society is becoming alarmed at the ir e quency of these audacious crimes, and we look f°r a strong reaction. Senator Edmunds' Bill was reported unanin3oesi.): from the Judiciary Committee, who seem to think' : prudent to prevent Grant from strengthening binlsell by filling his Cabinet with military officers boldnig commands in the army. The bill provides that an! officer accepting a civil position shall resign his Inv e litary command, and it decrees that the aceeP talle n f of the civil post carries with it the resignation the military one. How would this affect even the position of the President Elect? and what will be l a influence on General Schofield, t o whom r ein % assigns a Secretaryship? We confese, th at 13° : ' ever satisfied of Grant's honesty, we think the P r :' caution wise, for a distinguished General with 3 11 ; binet of distinguished subordinate General s raig prove a dangerous Executive, and be tempte d in to summary and highly unconstitutional man eer hs t suppress all opposition, and we know to vwha tt e t leads. All we can say is that " prevention is b e et than cure ;" and the wisest man is not he with p 0 confidence in human nature. From the irregular arrival of our newsPaP ers :l: have only seen comments on the late report of be D. A. Wells, but not the document itself. Tribune of the 7th inst. has a long article to 61 / 4 % 0 up its errors, but with what truth it attempts• exposure we are unable as yet to say. It , C i a c e dent that Mr. Wells inclines towards Free l r i : while still a Protectionist. Indeed, he is nin e ' ha s the same state as Sir Robert Peel was wh en celebrated statesman had well commenced the P r i cess of swinging round. He urges the rein 1 5 the 25 per cent. tariff on lumber, and of tbe o ' f cents. per cwt. on salt. The Tribune ' d uc e a singular fatality, Mr. Wells aims only re.,o, the tariffs on those articles which we are producl7 by our own industry. A reduction on c offee, t e r ; sugar, or molasses would reach and relieve far rots.'' homes homes than a reduction on salt, in greater atno ell too It cannot see the force of the Free Traders' ass erwi li j that the tariff must be kept up on tea, eeff ee '.: o o, molasses for revenue, but not on salt, coPPe r ,' 1- i te d lead, paper, &c., manufactured in the 1 - )e- er , States. This the Tribune thinks monstrous' . 1:1 ; 00 looking the obvious reason that a heavy tan' tr y the import of articles manufactured in the eclee.. eventuates only in filling the pockets of the inalitireo turers at the expense of the community ; whe the a high tariff on articles not manufactured itl.ooo country, tax all alike who consume thos e arti.veg for the benefit of the revenue. The Nat i° g • t i jea the following summary:—"As regards the condi of the country, Mr. Wells asserts that whillie3ro the last five years one million of emigrants tho landed in the United States, bringing wi th t he 80 million dols. in gold, during the same P eri° c ot' increase of the national wealth, as ex hibited is bg, ton and iron manufactories, railroad,., telegrePoe sheep and other agricultural products, and i° bag consumption of certain foreign commoditils, t he been greater than during any similar period 11 se to national existence. The agencies whi ch be T oed down as having contributed to this result w e 0 01 4 + hardly enumerate. On the other hand, h e ba d as the result of the war, that in a great he le s oicii the more important branches of industry, 13 w ere before the war American labour and capital 00' able to defy competition, they are now total i bio able to m ike head against foreigners , ae eci tis l melancholy state of things he ascribes to un c oil and heavy taxation, an irredeemable pa per O rr p ert and a limited supply of skilled labour. In slethil of these statements he adduces a w eo re cca, variety of illustrations drawn from the - 13 0 history of various branches of induster• a pos into this tempting collection of facts 'w r b _ 1 : 1 100 11 1 space or time to follow him at presen t. ition for recovery through the restoration of the n' t 0 re' credit, the refunding of the national debt 5,,e cost duced rate of interest, and the reduction of the of national production,, which, of course nl e3 a th e reduction and simplification of taxation n a pt ion practice of rigid economy. His p'an of resell's,'" is the application of 4or 21- per cent. theoro debt year after year to the purchase i n o p en of the of gold-bearing bonds, with the concession Ol eo' privilege of contemporaneous convers ion of e'ertaia backs into bonds at certain rates and ifi: v at sums. He says the only mode of fen ch° ;itr il ii lower rate of interest is to improve the se c/ t " lesson which some of our financiers ar e s l ip 11° learn ; and he winds up with what Joel° rec olt e attack on the present beautiful tariff hi.„ 0 001 i; a mending an enlargement of the free li sw j t . 41 ); general reduction of the rates of duty, !sfipeel? abandonment of the ad valorem duties for - duties." h The Senate adopt e d a reso l u tion on the 6t 001 proposed by Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, t°,.oo# the authority under which he issued the late P" . 0 0: 0 mation of amnesty and pardon. The Tribiln!otefiv —" While the Constitution declares that th o e ci ' c Ar; dent shall have power to grant reprieves a it si% dons for offences against the United Stat ee ',,,,. declares that Congress shall have power vi e . fo) , all laws which shall be necessary and P r(l ft e th e fi ef carrying into execution' all the ° powers o po 0 dent, including this. In pursuance of t bi to ti lil to tiel e vested in Congress they have from iderlt passed % arious laws authorising the P r ; oa et grant amnesty to certain classes of rebel /37). taro conditions. This implies that he Wot 9 have the right without law to grant ailitbero t h e disctiminately to all offenders, nor e exare t 00 precedents for such proclamations, exc ep t >n b 3 part of monarchs in whom the legislative Lie s t with the executive power." Hence it argideetbeot either these acts are worthless, or the Presrtitott e r ceeded his power. The principle is io- I P ° io 4 11 , 0 0, the amnesty, the legality of which it ca lls he 00 0 00 , tion, was in accordance with the wish °f d or, /1 0 and will not, we presume, be invalidate ' r d. it will be re-enacted in a more leg al been,, i :o ° , learn by the Austrian that " a bill 1 30 ,s e f - 03,0v 4 v' t ie i ' duced in the Senate providing a loan u": " for 30 years in bonds, bearing interes; Co l lifor cent., to the American Asiatic TelegrnP 0 Ca' to aid in laying a submarine cable bet Wee 12re nia and China." d 0 0 General Butler is executor to his '-' ec e ..,1 tir e tiler's estate, and he finds the charge b l t o AP3 the an easy one. Too close an inquiry d 0 11 A t Louisiana possessions would not, it is sal dee ide" 0 i General, yet the Court of Appeals ha ° ec ato' p re appeal from the Surrogate that as ‘ 4 o f th t e ple l incumbent on him to file an invenhe to Smote ol perty without as well as within t York. _--- of vil ie l ° Births. , ii , tb e e o, c ll'Annuat—On the 19th inst., at WoolorNoon- rif I/ Lieut.-Colonel Charles APArthur, 10379 Age, daughter. ~ of, v6' l e , 1 TOLLEMACHE —On the 19th inst., at Ti lstolv e,s Emma Tollemachp, of a daughter. A tli/ TILLEY—On the 21st inst., at St. Ge°l.seS- Tilley, of a son. fP lif ~tll dt f Marriages* itt Yocl JOHNSTONE—PLUNKETT—On the 20th ins'„A " co, Louth, John D. Johnstone Esq., u3L-ttier 41'7, to the lion. Augusta A. M. Plunkett, s ''' V'ol; t plo t e t et sent Lord Louth. ° VAUGHAN—COLLETT—On the 20th inst., tit Ralston, V: 1. Vaughan, Esq., to FauO T f,sl l daughter cf the late W. D• Collett, oi l 1 1: 0, oo Deaths. ri t otg e, co CON.II3EH—On the 221 lust , at Thames u°. 0•1 fle 01 Ann, widow of the late . William Conlb9l' DELVES C D li e e le — s r : O L a , n g s e q t d . h , 95. svelk, 4, ward Gibson, e Le" A to GIBSON . —On the 20th inst., at Friar's C° t°s ' ii 4/1 , eaEgselqd9.t,Bha2g.inedst.6,B.at Tunbridgo AO, • 0 0, lIARPER—On the 21st in,t at Bristol, btk le% bf P T Esq., aged 72. .) , A w 1 11 i • r RALPH On the 19th inst Mr• Jaracs P" . ''' P I 150, Strand. '7 * ~f1;1 . WoLLEN On the 19th inst at Tollioe ''' z. 4 ' ton, Colonel W. K. \\Toiler:, aged O. „ --- „ . Fto - 419P' of ____ _ _ - 1,4: $ ,!,•,'' ! jo .i 0 London : Printed and Riblished by 3(1- WIL' I ', 4 ofic''o os ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at '.: K s 010 Ltrand, in the Precinct of the 6a fol. ll' Middlesex.--Saturday, Januai y 23, 109' at-law. fi IN This ( Prize Me It pi Sold I i the Agen 8, Obsery hat's LL I 'iU 14, R' ADVAN hold or able wee Forma h ATA . 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