The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-13 00:00:00

.T OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. payers in any borough, parish, or township, to pass a pro hibitive bye-law, the effect of which will be to prevent the rest of the inhabitants from having a public-house within their boundaries. The bill does not go so far as to make the mere drinking of beer by thirsty souls a statutable offence, but only to shut up the places where it is usually bought and sold. It would draw a cordon round every Permissive Bill adopting parish, and would make the entire boundary between the adopting , parish and its non-adopting neighbour a trysting-ground for everyone who wanted "to liquor up,' if only to spew his attachment to constitutional freedom and his aversion to statutory strait-jackets. We have no wish to see English independence cut down to the Salt a i re pattern, and, therefore, while we acknowledge that our laws for regulating the liquor traffic urgently require amendment, we are pleased to observe that the second reading of the Permissive Bill was lost by a majority of more than two to one. The Post declares that the Home. Secretary hit the nail on the head when he pointed out that if crime and drunkenness and immorality are to be checked, it can be done solely by improving the condition of the lower classes by educational means, and by affording to them inducements to spend their leisure hours and their spare cash elsewhere than in public-houses. Mr. Bruce, how ever, admitted that special legislation with reference to the number of public-houses in particular districts, and to the hours during which they remain open, might become necessary, and he pledged the Government to bring in next session a measure framed in that spirit. The Daily News remarks that the friends of the Per missive Prohibitory Bill—in phraseology so paradoxical does the policy of its authors involve them—did not carry the second reading of that measure on Wednesday, neither could they have expected to do so. The English character must undergo a radical change before a bill which interferes so extensively with individual freedom can pass. But they obtained from the Home Secretary a declaration that the Govern ment were ready to deal with the general question of the licensing system and the regu lation of public-houses, by a bill in which the interests of those who require the use of public-houses will be con sidered, together with those of order, peace, and quiet ness. This assurance satisfied the House, and for the present, we believe, will satisfy the country. The Telegraph says that to the Permissive Bill there remains the fatal objection that it would mete out one law to the rich and another to the poor. For many reasons, the bill must be condemned as an unwarrantable attempt to interfere with private liberty, and as pregnant with the very spirit of legislative unfairness. At the same time, it is impossible to defend the present system of licensing the liquor trade. Not a speaker in Wednes day's debate denied that the licensing system was a scandal to the country. Both by Mr. Forster and Mr. Bruce that fact was stated with refreshing emphasis ; and the Home Secretary made the important announcement that next session the Government would introduce a sweeping measure for the reform of the liquor traffic. A Liquor Traffic Reform Bill is imperatively required. It must be sweeping, and it must not embody the principles which were on Wednesday condemned by the Rouse of Commons. By these two facts the legislation on the subject must be guided. The Star• reminds us that a great evil may require a radical remedy, bnt it is necessary that it should be a real one, and that it should not be made intolerable by imposing intolerable restrictions on the liberty of the subject. This line of argument is entitled to a respectful consideration ou the part of those who suppokt . the proposed prohibitory legislation, and it likewise appears to us to justify the compromises which have been suggested. Mr. W. E. Forster struck• the key -note of practical legislation when he raised his voice for " restriction, not prohibition." The whole subject is beset with difficulties to the statesman, because it is cue which he must consider in all its aspects, _ _ and not merely from one point of view. It is, however, a matter with which Mr. Bruce is perfectly competent to deal, and we cannot doubt that his measure will consti- tute such a settlement of the controversy as will satisfy the friends of tetoperance that they have not laboured in vain. The Times thinks it is gratifying to receive so emphatic a disclaimer of Mr. Sumner's extravagant propositions as was contained in the recently-published letters of "An American Citizen" and Mr. de Tracey Gould. Both assure us that Mr. Sumner only spoke for himself ; that the printing of his speech by order of the Senate by no means commits that body to his reasoning ; that the almost unanimous vote which followed it implies no more than a disapproval of one particular settlement ; and that we have no ground for .doubting the pacific inten tions of the President or the nation. We entirely agree with Mr. Gould that war between this country and the United States is a contingency not, indeed, physically impossible, but as morally impossible as the strongest motives of national policy and sentiment can make it. Let Mr. Sumner disguise it as he may, the Americans know that our Government acted with good faith through but, and erred, if at all, from a misconception of neutral duties. Above all, they know that, in submitting to arbi tration on the Alabama claims, we concede everything that Mr. Seward originally demanded, everything that Was expected of us by any reasonable man in the United States before Mr. Sumner's mischievous speech, and every thing that it is possible to concede without lowering our selves equally in their eyes and our own. The Herald observes that the profession of the Liberal leaders was, that they, and only they, could heal the dis orders of Ireland. They alleged that a crisis in her condi tion had occurred ; a crisis demanding prompt remedies a crisis to which Mr. Disraeli was unequal ; remedies the opposite of those suggested by Lord Kaye. They insisted on the instant demolition of the Church as a pledg e o f satisfaction to Ireland. They demanded access to office in order that they might conciliate the Roman Catholic population, or, as Mr. Bright calls them, the people of Ireland. They were taken at their word. They were put in possession of power to fulfil their engagements. The constituencies returned a vast majority pledged to Mr. Gladstone's service ; bound to do his bidding un falteringly and unhesitatingly in all that concerned Ire land. Never had a Minister so clear a field. Never was a proffer of conciliation so complete and unconditional. If, then, the Jiuister has failed be stands condemned as a quack and his policy as a blunder. - If Ireland is not conciliated it is because there was no chance of conciliating her by the proposed method. No one will, we think, deny that Mr. Gladstone has failed in this respect. It is perfectly plain that Ireland is not one whit more loyal because she believes that the Church is about to be sacri ficed ; and no reasonable man can suppose that the con summation of the sacrifice will make any difference in her feelings. 'Those that are traitors will be traitors still • those that are restrained from treason b y f ear will be a'. little less fearful ; we wish it were as certain that those who have been loyal will remain so. The Daily Nre. - ,. considers that so far ns parliamentary eminence is concerned, the choice of the elector s o f keard is not rpen (!enstire. Mr. Iforsinan is a notable ail lititin to the debating power and the intellectual emin ence of Parliament. His past career suggests, however, viiics as to his future course. There were r,formers lleforc the Rtformation, and Mr. Horsman was Adittlamite years before the Cave of NA; was formed. a during the whole of Lord Palmerston's oil, in which he was licit :liked to resutne the 4,1:c of el d,•( - tary for frel.:ml. Mr. llursinan has more tl:an oiwe proi)onwicti a theory of political Cave,, and a defence of their inhabitants, Which he is well qualified to undertake, for he has lived more in them than out of them. His vindica tion need not lie scanned too closely, if it is intended aa an- 'apology for the past ; but the same in dulgence cannot be extended to it if it be designed :tr.: a declaration of intentions as to 'the future:' It will be for Mr. Horsnaan to shew that he has len:riled ~ , i sdom from lils own mistakes. er Oth wis - e - iliz'''electors of 1 4'4kt:qr.:I are not 111-.. - ely to be blinder to his errors than they pw - ei thenpelus few - y 0640 tQ Akagarf U 1 m Its WIL4 iu r 'ri•uil(l The Times, in referring to the debate on the Permissive Bill, says let us assume, by a slight stretch of imagination, the Permissive Liquor Bill carried, and two-thirds of a population of, say, 100,000 men inclined to apply it against the remaining one-third. Imagine 33,000 English men, in the present state of public opinion on the ques tion, suddenly deprived of their usual means for getting their spirits or beer. Serious riots . would, we think, be a far more probable result than the promised decrease of intoxication, and, the riots over, their legacy would be an organised' system of illicit drinking at private in lieu of publiC-houses. Happily, however, this objection does not apply to more gradual measures for the suppression of intoxication—sueb, for instance, as that sketched on Wednesday by the Home Secretary—for the simple, yet all-important, reason that gradual measures will not excite the same opposition. There is all the difference in the world between telling a sober, hard-working man that he shall have no public-house whatever to get his daily beer at, and telling him that he shall no longer have his choice of half-a-dozen, or use even one, except under cer tain restrictions. We doubt, for instance, whether the partial closing of the public-houses on Sunday creates any discontent amone- respectable people, but we are quite sure that to close them altogether would create widespread and deep dissatisfaction. If gradual measures pave the way for a change in public opinion, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, nr his grandson, may some day have the pleasure of carry ing through in peaceful triumph a Permissive Prohibitory Liquor Bill. The Standard thinks that the plan of Sir Wilfrid Law son is certainly simple enough ; so simple, that, as he rather naively confessed, he had a difficulty in explaining it—perhaps because no explanation was required. He proposes to put it into the power of two-thirds of the rate an th' part of Mr; Bernal Osborne. The new member cannot feel himself perfectly secure in his seat. He has some ground for anxiety. Post equitent sedet atra cura. Black care sits behind the horseman. As formerly, so now on the great questions which occupy, or are likely to engage, the nation, Liberal principles are less revolutionary than Conservative expedients. Mr. Gladstone is a more con stitutional statesman than Lord Derby ; and Mr. Bright is less dangerous than Mr. Disraeli. If Mr. Horseman has taken this lesson home to himself, his abilities may enable him to render good service in Parliament. If he has not, he cannot be acquitted of a. more than Bourbon perversity and unteachableness, and will not escape the inevitable fate which these qualities entail on their pOssessor. REPORT ON THE SALMON FISHERIES. The reports of Mr. Frank .Buckland and Mr. Walpole pn the improvement and extension of salmon cultivation in this country contain some interesting information. The salmon Acts of 1801 and 1855 have given an impetus to this branch of pisciculture. The number of boxes of English and Welsh salmon sold at 'Billingsgate has increased from 868 in 1865 to 2,405 in 1867. Last year, it is true, the number declined to 1,725, but that was attri butable to the unfavourable weather in the fishing season. London is not the only market for English and Welsh salmon, but the variations in the general supply may be inferred from these figures. The supply from Scotland has also largely increased. Mr. Buckland is sanguine as to the ultimate development A the fisheries, and anticipates that salmon will become "` a nutritious article of food at a cheap rate" for the people. Returns have been sent in from thirty-two dis tricts, in which there are 3,728 fishermen employed in salmon net fishing, besides the licensed anglers, of whom there are 1,805. Mr. Walpole, however, tells us that, judging by the standard of the Tyne, the Humber ought to occupy 10,000 fishermen, and its tributaries 1,000 rods, while . so,ooo net fishermen ought to find profitable employ. ment in the English rivers. The Tyne is the most pro luctive river in all England,but illegal fishing is carried on there to a great extent. The Eden, in Cumberland, 's a fine river, 70 miles in length, and yields 15,000 salmot A year. In some of the rivers there are obstructions tt, the passage of the fish, in others the waters are polluted by mills-or poisoned by mines, and in all these cases the fish suffer. The river Exe, in Devon, was once celebrated for its sahnon, and is naturally a salmon and sea trout river. The fishing has been injured by the obstructions, but it is now being preserved and improved. The Camel, running through Cornwall, is pronounced .by Mr. Buck land to be a most promising river, but the Exe suffers !run the numerous weirs. The Exeter Town Council lre exerting themselves to render it passable. The York 'hire rivers, Kidd and Ouse, are expected to have a good supply of fish next year. The mischief done by mining Ind mill poisoning is shown by the Tavy, in Devon, which used to be a famous salmon river. Its fish have aow been poisoned by the " drowning out" of a mine, and 't will need great care to restore its former value. Mr. Walpole, in his report, insists upon the necessity of prohibit ng, the opening of amine until precaution has been taken to prevent the flow of all poison from it into the river. Mr. Buckland insists with equal energy upon the opening of the weirs, and trusts that Parliament will soon provide `that every weir in every salmon river shall be made pas sable to fish at all times." The other points on which the commissioners recommend legislation are the formation A local byelaws, the regulation of hatches and gratings to mills, the increase of power to water bailiffs, and the regu lation of sea fisheries in the estuaries, of licenses for nets, sel traps, &c. The reports are, on the'whole, encouraging is to the prospect of our salmon fisheries, while those who ive near the salmon rivers will certainly profit if the 7ecommendations of the commissioners are put in practice, since the water which poisons salmon cannot be very well tdapted for the use of human beings. LAW AND POLICE. THE LOAN SOCIETY.-At Guildhall, on Wednesday, Eteid and Jones, the secretary and collector of the National Provincial Assurance and Loan Society, which, it will be •emembered, was mainly comgosed of gentlemen's ser vants, were committed for trial, the magistrate refusing to ake bail. RAILWAY ROBBERIES.—A system of robbery on the London and North-Western Railway has recently been nought to light. Many valuable goods passing between England and Ireland rid Chester have been missed at Bangor. Fourteen days ago a parcel porter named Vilson, and a tradesman named Hughes, both )f Bangor, were committed for trial - for the .obbery of a box of watches and jewelry valued at £5BO, since then the same persons were committed on a second ;barge of stealing eight gold watches, en route from loventry for Dublin, and on Wednesday they were ,nought from Carnarvon Gaol, and charged with stealing -nne valuable trinkets belonging to the daughter of Arch lc:aeon Jones, of A nglesea. 1 t seems that Mr. Aronson. the )wner of the missing box, had been commissioned by Miss Jones to make some alterations in her trinkets. - Knowing his former kisses the insecurity of the route to Bir llingham, Aronson sent his son with them to that town. When the alterations were completed, they were, however, ient in the ordinary way,. And they never reached Mr. iironson. Part rf the property was found in the possession A Wilson and Hughes, who were committed on the three :harps to take their trial at the Carnarvonshire Assizes. • COMMITTAL OF Two BOYS FOR ATTEMPTING TO UPSET & RAILWAY TRAlN.—Sarnuel Morton, aged 13, and jalues Brien, aged 9, have been brought before the county magis ;rates at the Shire Hall, Nottingham, charged With ;lacing two railway metal "chairs" on the Alidland line," l tt Sutton-Bonington. -From the evidence adduced it appeared that one of the metal "chairs" was placed on ;he line in the morning and another in the evening of. Friday last. They were, however, cleared off without :ausing any damage, the driver of the morning train Saving stopped the engine - for that purpose. The boys ;old a witness who appeared against them that they put ;he chairs on the line to see if they could " jag" the engine. l'he bench committed both the lads to take their trial at he next sessions. SALE OF INDECENT PnrNTs.—A woman, named Potter, las been convicted at the Middlesex Sessions of having lolcl a number of indecent books and prints, and was sen ',c,nced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months. A FEMALE EXAMINING PIIYSICIAN.—The New York papers state that "Dr." Adelaide Grennan, of St. Louis, has been appointed examining physician of the Iloinceopatbic Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York—the first appointment of the kind ever made. STEAM ENGINES.—The value of the steam engines exported in the first three months of this year was £294,478, as compared with 2290,796 in the corresponding luarter of 1868, and £397,8.13 in the corresponding quarter A 1867. The demand for our steam engines in British India has considerably fallen off, probably because fewer locomotives are now required to be sent out for the great Indian railway lines. TONING DOWN.—When Napolen I. escaped from Elba, the Moniteur, then edited by Louis XVIII., thus .hronicled the progress of Napoleon :—" The authroPo hagist " has escaped = the " Corsican ogre" has landed— " tiger" is coming —the `monster" has slept at Gre roble—the " tyrant" has at4ived at Lyons—the "usurper" '.as been seen in the environs of Paris—" Bonaparte" advances towards, but wilt never enter, the capital— ' Napoleon " will be under our ramparts to•morrow— '.the Emperor" has - arrived at Fontainebleau—and, lastly, " his Imperial Majesty" entered the Tuileries on the 21st of March, " in the midst of his faithful sub lectA." GREAT FLOODS AT MONTREAL. —Ac vices from Niontreal give long accounts of the floods there. A do spatch, dated April 21, says :—'"The river still continues to rise, and the inundation is spreading, being worse now than in 1865, and promising to equal that of 1861. Relief boats with provisions, &C., sent out to Gritlintown, in some parts of which there are now five or six feet of water." Another of the same date is thug worded The inundation is momentarily increasing, and much distress prevails. In some cases whole families of women and children have been without food for over 21 hours. The police have found some, who lived in back lanes and yards, completely prostrated from hunger and cold. The police are told off their beats as usual, and go about in boats endeavouring to relieve distress." At the latest advices the floods were subsiding. ,- ANIEItIcAN jOULNALER :U.-- AR MICIIWM..1011:114 excitement has sprnu..^ np among the reading classes of New York by an elaborate attack, sustained apparently by original documents which has been Made in the Sun newspaper, of New York, 1;y Mr. Chai les A, Dana, its editor, against Mr. .Tohn Pus - sell Young, managing editor of the Nei, 1'0.4. Tpiiiirlie: Mr. Voting is charg , d with having sold the editor:al cobenns of the Tr . ilivi/e to Simon- Calneron, 0f Pell nßy!vanin, for a a moneyed consideration, nd with having, i:1 v.,le&on of p!i,„;htel faith, transmitted the deApo.tch es of the As:lcdated Press " (corresponding to Renter's telegrams) to a daily paper in Philadelphia, of which he was the clandestine proprietor. Moreover, he is &pounced because he caused to be in serted in various journals great, swelling words of vanity about himself; puffs, in connection with M.. Charles Dickens, who visited Mr. Young, , , and thereby reflect e d immense honour on that peccant journalist, when he (Mr, Dickens) was last in New York. 'To all which Mr. Young replies by the arrest of Mr. Dana upon a libel suit, wherein th e damages art !ail - at one hundred thou. nod &Ibis THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A VENERABLE PLURALIST. The death of Archdeacon Croft leas already been. announced. The Times says that the deceased dig• nitary was one of those who have found Godliness to be great gain, and who have always been devotedly attached to the Established Church. Besides his canonry, which is reputed to be of the annual value of £l,OOO a year, and which he had held • since 1825, the Archdeacon was incumbent of two of the best livings in the gift of the Archbishop of_ - Canterbury, viz., Saltwood, near Ilythe, which is valued in the Cleivy List at £784, and Cliffe-at-1100, near Roches ter, valued at £1,297. Ile had enjoyed the former of these since the year 1812, an d th e latter since 1818. It is calculated that the Archdeacon had received during the sixty years he had been in orders £lOO,OOO from the revenues of the Church, besides occasional windfalls. Ile was not a distinguished divine ; he never, in fact, published even a sermon ; but he was the son-in-law of Archbishop Manners- Sutton. Compared with such splendid dowries as this all modern nepotism seems mean and despicable. Is it not sad to think that in these days no arch bishop would dare to promote his son-in-law or grandson to more than two preferments at the out side ? If democracy continues to make such stridea as it has made of late years, pluralism will actually be impossible. ENGLISH AND FRENCH RIFLES. An interesting account of a trial between the Henry-Martini and the Chassepot rifles has just been published by the Royal Artillery Institution. From the trial, which took place at Woolwich, it appears that, as regards accuracy, the Chassepot was greatly inferior to the English arm. The worst target made with the Henry-Martini at 4500 yards was 1.62 feet ; the best with the Chassepot was 2.38 feet. The best target with the Henry- Martini shewed a still higher degree of accuracy, viz., 0.96 feet. In simplicity of manipulation the English rifle is superior, and it is far less fatiguing to use. In firing for rapidity, the Chassepot gave 20 rounds in lmin. 42sec. ; the Henry-Martini, 20 rounds in 48sec., or more than twice the rapidity. The Chassepot ammunition is lighter than that of the English rifle, in consequence mainly of the bullet of the former weighing 380 grains only, against 480 grains. The lightness of the French ammunition appears to be the only point in its favour, and against this many set the following advantages on the side of the English rifle :—lncreased strength anti safety of ammunition, greater accuracy, longer range, flatter trajectory, higher penetrative power, greater safety, strength, and simplicity of construc tion, and increased rapidity of fire. It would have rendered the trial more interesting if the Prussian needle-gun and the Snider rifle had also been tested on the occasion. British Minister would venture to entertain, even though he had a majority twice as large as Mr. -- Gladstone's. It is all very melancholy and very absurd. The Hon. William Barrington is appointed , to the Legation at COpenhagen as second secretary. Mr. Barrington is, we believe, a brother of Viscount Barrington, who was Lord Derby's private secretary for some time. It may be presumed that merit, rather than political influence, has led to this pro motion. for the operations of the Free Trade League were supplied by foreign manufacturers. In other words, that native Americans received money from foreign countries to get up an agitation -to the prejudice of their countrymen's industry. It is hardly necessary to remark that there is not the slightest foundation fur such a statement. VELOC IPEDOMANIA. Those who are thinking about learning and using the velocipede may be interested in the fact that on Tuesday the Newcastle magistrates fined a boy for riding the new vehicle on the footpath. Incapable of being used on rough roads, turned off the foot path, excluded from the London parks, frowned down by those who are not fond of " new hobbies," the velocipede has certainly a deal of difficulty to strive against. But the Post-office authorities, always economical, have substituted the " dandy-charger " for the corn-consuming horses which used to convey the postmen in mountainous Wales. THE ISIS V. THE CAM. Cambridge University hopes by improvinc , its river to obtain means ere long of beating Oxfordt' in the annual row i ng match. Oxford objects to be beaten ; and Sir George Bowyer, as representing it, suggests that the Isis shall be improved as well as the Cam. The Isis overflows its banks at uncertain seasons; the inundation is unhealthy and incon venient. For £lO,OOO it might be prevented. Sir George suggests that the money be immediately raised by subscription. THE PEERS AND THE BILL. The question," What will the Peers do ?" depends to a great extent on what the Conservative party will do. The organ of that party states that a meeting of Conservative peers will be convened after the Whitsuntide holidays to consider the course to be taken upon the second reading of the Irish Church Bill iu the House of Lords, ELECTIONS IN SCOTLAND. Envy may be a very bail thing, but if all that is said is correct, one cannot help envying the Scotch their electoral purity. The evidence given before the Parliamentary Elections Committee, now sitting, shews what an effect education has upon a country in this respect. There is no bribery; there is no corruption at all in boroughs. In the counties there is oppression by the higher classes upon tradesmen, and fictitious voters are made occasionally by the Conservatives ; otherwise all is pure. A man who takes a bribe is looked upon as a thief. Would that it was so in England. THE MAYOR OF CORK. It is-to be hoped that we have now done altogether with Daniel O'Sullivan, the late Mayor of Cork. Instead of being a " martyr for the Constitution," instead of standing up and defying the House of Commons, as his admirers seem to have thought he would do, he has collapsed utterly—has very meekly, but none the lens wisely, re signed his office. Ilis submission does not seem to have been brought about without . difficulty. He was fully prepared to defend himself almost up to the last moment. He suddenly changed his mind about appearing in person, 'and—notwithStanding that he denounced his Cork friends- as traitors for suggesting such a thing—retained Mr. Edward Keogh, the brother of the judge, to speak for him to the HouSe. • But he has now resigned ; and the Government and the country are well rid of him. The :public will have to pay for sending him away, however. The Treasury have a bill of t 2,500 " to expenses in re the Mayor of Cork." Attention will now be turned to the city itself, to see what new mayor the Corporation will choose. There is much anxiety expressed on the subject. The ultra-Liberal party is strong, and may elect su c h ano th er , firebrand a s has just 'been given up. But it would be difficult to discover such another ; and moderate counsels, it is to be hoped, will prevail. Two more threatening letters have been received by Alderman Lyons, who brought the matter before the Council, and Mr. Collins, another town councillor, has also received an intimation that assassination may be anticipated: TUE O'CONNELL CELEBRATION. The ceremony which is to take place in Dublin on Friday, on the occasion of the removal of Daniel O'Oonnell's remains, does not seem likely to become a dangerous demonstration. As many Protestants and Tories as can overlook the celebration of High Mass are to be present, the Lord Mayor of Dublin is to attend, and the llOinan Catholic Bishop of Down and CO/lltOk ha's promised his presence. Archbishop Manning expresses his sympathy with what is to be done, and, as no opposition will be raised, no bad feeling. it seems probable, will be excited. LONDON GAIETY. Her Majesty has redeemed her promise. She is once more making London alive by visiting it and holding her Courts there. The season is enlivened; society is en fete; tradesmen are delighted. At her Drawing-room on Tuesday there were present Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Hassan, the son of the Viceroy of Egypt, the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, the Prince and the Princess of Teck, foreign Ministers ad lib., and the fashionable world in abundance. Though the weather was dull enough, the parks were crowded to over flowing. :Yesterday her Majesty attended the Royal Academy, which was closed, in consequence, to the general public. Last night there was a grand concert at Buckingham Palace. DIPLOMATIC CHANGES. Sir John Crampton, our Minister at Madrid, has sent in his resignation. Sir John was born in Dub lin, in 1807, and his father was Sir Philip Crampton, an eminent surgeo:i. The son was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Dublin. Entering the diplo matic service, he rose by successive steps until he became Minister at Washington. His career there was cut short by a quarrel between the United States Government and our own. During the Russian war we recruited for troops in America; this Was resented 13y the statesmen at Washington, and the dispute grew so serious that Sir John Crampton had to return home in 1850. In the following year he represented Great Britain at the Court of Hanover. great a(io deal of ne_was transferred from thence to St. Petersburg in o l f let w ol o i? 1808, and to Madrid in 1800. Lately he has had a The T . Tornado o o u n tra his o.es hancls involved an immense amount of ne , aotiation:' Then came the fall of the reigning dylinsty, and now the dispute about the Mary Lowell. It is not stated if Sir John's resignation is hi s own act, hut it may readily he imagined that a younger and more ^ energetic man is required at the Spa n i s h C ourt, especially as the cession of Gibraltar is su re t o b e d emanded so soon RS the Spaniards have a settled Government. To-day Mr. lieverdy Johnson takes leave of Lord Clarendon, and will present 31r. B. Moran as Men* t're.3 until the arrival of Mr. Motley. Pew diplomatis!s have had so unfortunate a career as Mr. Johnson. Ile came to this country full of goodwill, and his advent was heralded by announce ments of peace and concord. He arranged a con vention by which all disputes between his Govern ment and ours were to be settled. lie travelled up and down the country making pacificatory and conciliatory speeches. But the more amiable he was the more angry grew his fellow-countrymen, until at last they absolutely refused to accept an arrange ment, which was one of the greatest triumphs American diplomacy has ever won. Mr. Johnson re turns to his own country re infectd, and is succeeded . H0N017113. The Owl states that, "as a part of the plan for the extension of the Order of St. Michael-and St. George (the Colonists' Order), the Earl of Derby, Earl Grey, Earl Russell, and . Viscount Monck will receive the G.C.M.G." The three first of these have filled the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies, and it is to be presumed that they, as well as the late Governor- General or Canada, will receive the Order to do honour to it. For inether reason—in order to do honour to them, Lord Lyttelton,.Sir F. Rogers, Mr. Adderley, Mr. F. Peel, Mr. T. F. Elliot (cela va sans dire), and Mr. Henry Taylor will be made Knights Commanders. Lord Lyttelton is the founder of the Canterbury settlement, New Zealand, and he, Mr. Peel, and Mr. Adderley have filled the office of Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Sir F. Rogers is Permanent Under-secretary. Mr. Elliot is an Elliot. Mr. Henry Taylor, the poet, has been in the Colonial Office forty-five years. THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATION. The Owl announces that the Government will introduce a bill for the registration of trade-marks ; that Mr. M‘Mahon's Poor Law (Ireland) Bill, whose object is to substitute union testing for that by elec toral divisions, will be referred to a select committee; and that Mr. Stansfeld will probably succeed Mr. Hamilton as Permanent` Secretary to the Treasury. THE BILL ON 'EVIDENCE. The Godrich case is likely to strengthen conST derably the hands of Mr. Demnan in the passage of his Evidence Bill. That one jury should find two persons guilty of crime, that two other juries should exonerate the accused, and that a fourth should be very doubtful about the matter, is certainly not at all satisfactory. Mr. Denman writes to say that his bill wants no amendments to make it possible for the whole case—the stories of the accused as well as the accusers—to be laid before the first jury. SUDDEN DEATHS. The number of sudden deaths during the last few days has been remarkable. In addition to those of Mr. Wescomb and Sir Wentworth Dile, the sudden death of Sir Edward Wetherall, the Permanent Under- Secretary for Ireland, -is announced. Sir Edward was a military Man who had held office at the Horse Guards, but just as Mr. Disraeli's Government was in est) ends was appointed Under-Secretary for Ireland, a post not usually assigned to a mili tary man. The arpointment gave rise .to a good deal of adverse criticism, and also to a debate in the House of Commons. • On that occasion the Government intimated that though they did not intend to remove Sir Edward Wetherall, they should take the earliest opportunity of offering him suitable military employment. It is but about a fortnight ago that one of the military papers stated that he had been appointed to the command of a division in India. This statement -was subsequently contra dicted, and now we have ;the. news of Sir Edward's sudden death on Tuesday night at his official residence. Beside the gentlemen above mentioned who, during the last few days, have died suddenly, we have accounts of the almost instantaneous decease. of the Rev. J. W. Massie, D.D. LL.D., in Ireland, and Mr. Tho mas Joyce, formerly editor of the Mornin g Chronicle, and then of the Levant Herald. Mr. Joyce arrived in London on the day of his death. Ile fell..down in one of the streets insensible, was conveyed to a police station on a stretcher, and died shortly afterwards of apoplexy. CAPITAL AND LABOUR. /s it possible to send into everlasting oblivion the antagonism between labour and capital? Messrs. 13 riggs, of Whitwood Collieries, who boast of having done so in their own individual case, make a.proposal of universal application. Its gist is expressed in a term which they use, " labour-capital." They would treat labour as a thing invested, and having as much right to participation in good profit as capital. They propose that the wages given to the men shall 1 be equal to that received for the same work in the neighbourhood. The income derived by the proprie tors must be fixed according to the capital invested, at a rate, also similar to that taken by other pro prietors in the same district. Then if any further capital remains, it shall be divided as a bonus in the form of an equal percentage over the aggregate amount of " invested capital " and of wages or salaries ( " labour-capital") earned during the period in which such profit has accrued. How about the losses? FOREIGN NOTES. SETTLEMENT OP THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. After months of uncertainty and danger, the revolu• tionary leaders have at length agreed upon a form of government. They have been unable to find a king, and they now abandon the thankless search. Marshal Serrano will be appointed sole Regent of the kingdom, and will govarn with the aid of a Ministry, of which Prim will be the President. At present, however, the Cortes has not arrived at that portion of the constitution which is to determine whether the Government shall be A Monarchy or a Republic. The deputies are accordingly to hold morning and evening sittings—nine hours in all — so as to get through the 33rd Article in the course of the present week. On Tuesday they had arrived at Article 31. The 33rd Article provides that "Monarchy is the form of government adopted by the Spanish nation." Immediately the Parliament has voted this article—about which there will be a very heavy debate—a motion will be brought forward to elect Serrano as sole Regent. This being done, the Ministry will be reconstituted. The effect of this arrangement will obviously be that Serrano becomes for life, or for so long as he may choose, King of Spain. Should he die or resign, another regent must be chosen, or, if Republican principles do not profit by this compromise between Monarchy and Republicanism, a hereditary king may be selected. But Prim will be the chief ruler of the country. He will be President of the Ministry, and he will have the command of the army— the all-important influence in Spanish politics. Moreover, Serrano cares nothing for power. He has been the visible head of the Government Since the revolution, but he initiates nothing. His influence is exerted chiefly in con. ciliction and the smoothing down of difficulties, rather than in the direct exercise of power. In some quarters it is asserted that this arrangement will be strongly opposed, and that Serrano himself dislikes it. But the Times correspondent gives it as finally deter mined upon. CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES. The news respecting Cuba is more pacific than any that has arrived since the insurrection broke out. The United States Administration seems to have completely changed its policy. The hopes of the insurgents were raised to a high point by the exceedingly unwise motion to recog• nise their independence passed in the Washington House of Representatives. The unfortunate Cubans now find the cup dashed from their lips. General Grant's Cabinet will avoid all complications ; the strictest neutrality will be preserved ; even the bellicose Senators declaim against a war with Spain on the ground that it would at least be expensive. This change of front will, it is expected, dispose of the insurrection. The ,Cuban agents in New York themselves affirm that the insurgents cannot bold out sixty days-without recognition or material aid from the United States. - THE ALABAMA DISPUTE. The information of the Times correspondent leads him to the conclusion, now adopted by most people, that the negotiations for the settlement of the Alabama dispute will be entirely suspended. Mr. Fish, the rew Secretary of State, gives out that Mr. Motley will take no prescribed instructions to England ; that he will be authorised to treat on the basis of Senator Sumner's speech ; that the Secretary believes this will be declined ; and that, in such an event, Mr. Motley is to wait and not revive the matter unless here after specially instructed to do so, leaving the question an open one, a position which the Secretary thinks will he advantageous to the United States. Mr. Chandler's foolish talk about Canada is treated with ridicule, even in quarters where he might have expected support. Mr. Gould, of the United States, writes to the Time on the friendly relations between England and America, protesting that Englishmen should not accept an individual utterance as an expression of official opinion or of popular feeling. Mr. Sumnerhasneverbeen anything but an imprac ticable theorist. It is of no significance that hiaspeech was printed by order of the Senate. President Grant is an eminently practical man, and the Americans a pre eminently practical people. "An American Citizen" also writes on this subject, and declares that the United States was never less inclined to go to war with Great Britain than at present. The real grievance of the Americans is that the Alabama was in truth an English vessel, and remained so in law and conscience. There is not a respectable minority in any party that would justify an attempt to wrest the Canadas from the British Crown. FREE TRADE V. PROTECTION. The American Protectionists begin to perceive that their cause i 3 in some danger. The movement in favour of Free :Trade has become so active that the Protec tionists have resolved to get up a counter agitation. They held a meeting in Philadelphia on the 9th of May, and though we do not learn the precise result of their delibera tions, we find that they contrived to betraythe weakness of their case by slanderinz their opponents. The circular con. veiling the meetinz was si,-ned by manufacturers and ~~- THE BELGIAN RAILWAY DIFFICULTY. The Owl hears that M. Frere-Orban speaks in high terms of the conduct of the Emperor during the recent negotiations, and of the conciliatory course of M. de Lavalette; Nothing, however, is said in favour of M. Rouher, and this silence strengthens the impression that M. Itouher adopted a very high-banded policy with Belgium, and that the Emperor found it necessary to undo his chief Minister's work. M. FrZ:re-Orban is sanguine that the settlement agreed upon will be equally satisfactory to both patties. The Owl adds that this happy result is largely owing to the good offices of the British Government.. The line taken by Lord Clarendon had an important influence on the decision of the disput e . It is, indeed, true that M. FKre-Orban's policy, which has the support of King Leopold, is vehemently contested by the clerical party, who are beginning to look with favour upon annexation to France ; but no exceptional impoz tance is to be attached to these party differences. The end of this railway quarrel can hardly fail toimprovo the good relati)ns between the three countries. MAZZINI. The Swiss Government has prohibited 3lazzini from residing in any of the cantons—eight in number—which border upon France or Italy. If he choose to continue his residence in Switzerland he must remove from the frontier provinces. The Government of Berne has ordered all the Italian deserters, of whom a great number have taken refuge in Switzerland, to remove from the two cantons which adjoin Italy. The Indepen dance Beige says that no representations on this subject have been made by the Italian Ministry. The Swiss authorities have of their own accord taken the measures which they deemed essential to the proper fulfilment of international obligations. Of course the Milan conspiracy is the cause of this interference. MR. SUMNER AND THE PROCLA MA7I(O OF NEUTRALITY. (From the New York Nation.) There is little doubt that Mr. Sumner's exposi tion before the Senate of the so-called " Alabama claims" receives the approval of a great majority of the people of the Northern States, including many who have no sympathy with his favourite ideas, and who generally skip his classical allusions with some contempt and more impatience. His argu ment was, in closeness, directness, and legal force, happily superior to many of his recent speeches. The character of the su'.ject appears to have re vived in the Senator's mind the effect of that juris tical training to which it was subjected in earlier days. In rejecting the Johnson and Clarendon convention it is clear that the Senate has acted in • accordance with the general sentiment of the coun try. It was very desirable to have some generally received statement of the foundation of that senti ment, and it is likely that Mr. Sumner's argument will stand as such, at least for the present. Even those who differ from Lim as to the extent of the claims of the United States may agree as to the objectionable form or character of the convention, and its failure to correspond to the circumstances on which those claims must be foutyla, even sup posing them limited to compensation for the vessels and cargoes actually destroyed by ships of the Ala.. bama class. The English journals, in charging the Americans with unreasonable dissatisfaction with the proposals on the English side, have often repre sented these proposals as including a positive con sent on the part of England to make such compen sation. From the confessions which have been publicly made in England during the last four years, and the compliments which Mr. Johnson's appearance at British feasts as our representative has elicited, the American public had been led to believe tbat this consent, with at least an implied acknowledgtnentof something very like wrong doing on the part of the British Government, was virtu ally given. They do not look upon the offer of an opportunity to refer the question of payment for i such and such a ship or ships and cargo to some accidental arbiter, on the same footing as any private claims which may be brought forward on the other side, as being a fulfilment of ex pectations hitherto entertained. There is a gene ral feeling that in this respect the national sentiment has been trifle:l with. The difference between the recognition of the Confederates as belligerents according to their actual military and naval force, and the concession of belligerency to the Southern States in their confederacy, so as to I give nationality to armed shits i-:suing out of . a neutral port, has not hitherto been made s.ifh ciently prominent in this discussion. Mr. Sumner's argument is good for its statement at least, if not for its application ; of this distinction, which we are inclined to regard as giving the key to the contro versy about the " Alabama claims," so far as it involves a question of strict international law. But we are by no means confident that in this contro versy our Government should insist that this dis tinction was overlooked by Great Britain in taking international cognizance of the rebellion by the Queen's proclamation of neutrality May 31, 1861 ; as Mr. Sumner says :—" Close upon the outbreak of our troubles, just one month after the bombard ment of Fort Sumter, when the rebellion was still undeveloped, when the national Government was beginning those gigantic efforts which ended so tritrnphantly, the country was startled by the news that the British Government had intervened by a proclamation, which accorded belligerent rights to the rebels. At the early date when this was done the rebels were, as they remained to the close, with out ships on the ocean, without prize courts or other tribunals for the administration of justice on the ocean, without any of those conditions which are the essential pre-requisites to such a concession ; and yet the concession Was general, being af.plic able to the ocean and the land, so that by British fiat they became ocean belligerents as well as _land belligerents. In the swiftness of this bestowal there was very little consideration for a friendly power ; nor doeiit appear that there was any in quiry into those conditions precedent on which it must depend. Ocean belligerency being a fact,' and not a principle,' can be recognized only on evidence sholving its actual existence, according to the rule first stated by Mr. Canning and afterwards w recognized by Earl Ressell. Bu t no such evidence adduced ; for it did not e xist, and never has existed. Too much stress cannot be laid upon the rule that belligerency is a fact,' and not a prin ciple.' It is perhaps the most important contribu tion to this discussion ; and its original statement, on the occasion of the Greek revolutiog; does ho nour to its author, unquestionably the brightest genius ever directed to this subject. According to this rule belligerency must be proved to exist, it must be shown. It cannot be imagined or divined, or invented ; it must exist as a ' fact' within the know ledge of the world, or as a 'fact' susceptible of proof. Nor can it be inferred on the ocean merely frOm its existence on the land. Unfriendly in the precipi tancy with which it was launched, this concession was more unfriendly in substance. It was the first a stage in the depredations on our commerce. H a d it not been made no rebel ship could have b een b u il t i b n ee E n n p g i l r a a n e d y .. E N ve n r r y e s a t u e l p d in her building would r have have munitions of w been furnished. The direct consequence of this u i o r s n el w v a es s i t n o a place i t t h i s e h rebels e o ts n , an equal whetherequality w co i n th ces o s ships or munitions of war. As these were open to the National Government, so were they open to the rebels. The asserted neutrality between the two began by this tremendous conce • sston when rebels, at one stroke, were transformed not only into belli gerents, but into customers. In attributing to that bad proclamation this peculiar influence, I follow the authority of the law lords of 11,' 1 ng and, who, ac cording to authentic report, announced that with out it the fitting out of a ship in England to cruise against the United States would have been an act of piracy. This conclusion was clearly stated by Lord Chelmsford, ex-Chancellor, speaking for himself and others, when he 'said If the Southern Confede racy had not been recognized as a belligerent power, he agreed with his noble and learned f • 'send (Lord Brougham) chat, under these circumst • ances, if any Englishmen were to tit out a privateer for the pur pose of assisting the Southern States against the Northern States, he would be guilty ofpiracy.' This conclusion is only according to analogies of law." raclt494 11A7 IA 1 404 tO 81411: oft lm es- . scrtions. Up to the time of the proclamation any American might have been a customer for ships or munitions of war in British ports. The S nailer ners had been buying in preparation for the war, and if no notice whatever had been taken by the British Government of the existence of a rebellion, as Mr. Sumner appears to intimate 'vas possible, any per son, British or American, Northerner or Southerner, might have gone on exporting ships and muni tions to Southern or Northern States, provided he took them as articles of commerce and not in a ship under a new flag, not known in com merce or hostile to the United States. Of course our consuls must soon have begun to refuse the necessary papers, and our Minister would have begun to call for the arrest of the parties engaged in the commerce with the South, as persons engaged in piratical enterprises, or as subjects of Great Bri tain engaged in unlawful designs against our peace and safety, and, as such, coming within the provi sions of the Foreign Enlistment Act. Mr. Sumner insinuates, ratter than affirms, that it was the duty of England to have taken this course throughout the rebel lion. But this woul 1 not b ave ben to ignore the rebellion. That was impossible. Unless we assert that by the rules of international law e very Government, in case of a rebellion, is entitled to receive the commercial assistance of every friendly pot; er, without reference to the actual strength of the rebellion, it must be admitted that the British Government would have been justified at some time er other in taking the position of neutrality. Mr. Sumner's argument is, that if this position of neu trality had not first been taken there would have been no such belligerency in fact as could justify this position on the part of any foreign power. On this point, which we cannot now properly consider, we may be obliged to differ from the prevailing opi nion. We have recently said that there were cir cumstances attending the proclamation of neutt ality and the progress of the rebellion which have made the question between the two countries one of feel ing, and we really concede the force of Mr. Sumner's exposition of the reasons for the feeling on the Ame rican side. But it must, we think, be admitted on the part of the United States, if we propose to ne gociate at all, that the proclamation of neutrality, at some time before the issuing of the Alabama, could not of itself be a ground of international com plaint. Mr. Sumner says, " That Engl tad became an arsenal' for the rebels we know, but this could not have been unless the proclamation had prepared the way." But it was the violation of the procla mation and of English laws that made England an arsenal for the rebels. The effect of the proclama tion was to close " the markets of ships and muni tions," not to " open" them, as Mr. Sumner states it, to the two " contending parties," as the procla mation styles them. The concession of belligerency, if it may be called by that name, which violated the principle laid down by Mr. Sumner, was not made by this proclamation. It is now urged by the English jurists that a violation of the munici pal laws can be no grievance to another nation, unless the act itself is also contrary to international law. They claim further that as this law now exists, privateers, or armed cruisers in the service of a foreign state, may lawfully issue out from neutral ports. Now it is here, we think, that the principle which Mr. Sumner has brought fcrwatst becomes applicable. The proclamation must be, because it can be, interpreted as recognizing belligerency ac- Cording to the fact. The point we would make, and which Mr. Sumner states elsewhere in his speech, is, that the Confederacy had no such status that is cou'd make a privateer of a ship equipped in a netitral port. The American Government did not accord this status to the Confederacy by proclaim ing a blockade of Southern ports, because that was a r: cognition of belligerency only according to the " fact." Ihe United States had that status, and might, as the law of privateers now is, have sent out such a cruiser. This is a superiority which every recognizsd nation must have, if there are to be such things as recognized nations. Mr. Sumner argues as if a proclamation of neutrality between the two " contending parties' on the part of England could give the Southern Confederacy this status. Of course it may be that in the minds of Mr. Laird and the British public, the proclamation was taken to have this effect. But that is not our affair. Mr. Sumner, and Mr. Seward before him, have erred, we suggest, in making the recognition of the Ala bama, as a lawful cruiser, the legal consequence of that recognition of a civil war which was. made by the British proclamation. According to this rea soning, France is equally responsible with England for the issuing of the Alabama. With the view we here take, we can admit the cruisers sailing from a Southern port and putting into English harbours were properly treated as belligerent ships, and not pirates. We can even admit that, had the Alabama been run out to a Southern port as a mere article of commerce, though in violation of English muni cipal laws, and had thence sailed as a cruiser, she might have been entitled to like csnsideration. The ship once identified, in fact, with the Confederate force, would admit of belligerent recognition to the extent of the fact. But, on the other hand, there could be no recognition of the belligerency of the Confederacy by land and sea as a " principle," which should apply to an armed ship issued out of a neutral port, least of all by the neutral from whose ports and against whose law shehad issued. Isis from insufficiency of legal terms that we connect " belli gerency" with the Alabama. The ship, on the facts, was in the same category as if the English procla mation had never teen issued, and no " contending , parties" had been recognised by the English Govern ment. Mr. Sumner says, with justice, " The dedi cation of the ship to the rebel service, from the very laying of the keel and the organisation of her voy age, with England as naval base, froth which she drew munitions of war and men, made her departure as much a hostile expedition as if she had sailed forth from her Majesty's dockyard. At a moment of profound peace between the United States and England there was a hostile expedition against the United States. It was in no just sense a conamer cisl transaction, but an act of war." Mr. Sumner's speech has the old ear-mark of the emancipationist. lie seems to think that England was bound, by ancient anti-slavery ties, to render assistance against the Confederacy. Southern secession was is the interest of slavery, therefore, &c., says Mr. Sumner. But if he really means to maintain that nations are bound by the professions of their public men, who is to answer for Messrs. Banks and Chandler ? 'While . _ generally agreeing with Mr. Sumner in his argument for the rejection of the Johnson and Clarendon Convention, we cannot wish that it should be a foundation for future negotiation. It was understood that Mr. Seward had abandoned the position that the " Alabama claims" are founded on the proclamation of neutrality, and we hope that the present Administration will not return to it. 11'c agree with Mr. Sumner, that we are entitled to a convention, giving reparation on the ground that a principle of international law has been violated on • --- -- •------- the part of England; and if it is clear that that has occurred, the acknowledgment is perfectly consistent with national honour and dignity. A% e would con fine our claims to the limits of fact and international ; the existence of a certain national feeling or sympathy may have been an ulterior cause of greater !oases, but it cannot be made a basis of demant and reparations. ATCHISON, Kansas, April 21.—One hundred and fiftrNew Yorkers arrived at Waterloo on Sunday. They design taking laud in that vicinity, and are the advance guard of 2,000 families who are making arrangements to join them. A Danish colony have purchased a large track of Kickapoolawls ' costing s7;),Oaft. They will be here this week. Agents of other large colonies are now out locat ing lands. it is reported that an incorporated company of St. Louis men have purchased a site in this city, and wil soon build a large hotel.—Tribuite. The American Biole Society closed its financial year with the end of March. Its receipts from all sources have been upwards of $731,000, being the largest, with the exception of ono year, ever recorded. ADVERTISEMENT. I —ll,Aloway's Ointment and Pills.— Hopes and Feare.—Wbatever be the ailment, let no one despair of meeting with a cure till these searching and purifying remedies have been fairly tried. A vast variety of chronic complaints, which bad baffled the most learn. d prescriptions, have readily been relieved by the conjoint action of Holloway's curatife agents. They - act primarily in discharging all deleterious dregs from the.blood, and, secondarily, in rectifying disordered conditiona of the secretions, caused by unknown nr unavoidable impurities existing in the air or in the food, or resulting from late bourn or dissipated habits. Cutaneous diseases, so fre quently afflicting the scrofulous, consumptive and feeble, yieldiwith surprising rapidity to the steady uo.of Uollo wv'a COURT OF ALDERMEN. - ~ The ordinary meeting of the mlgibtrate4 of the City waC held yesterday, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding. DISAPPEARANCE OF A STOCKBROKER. Mr. Oppenheitn, barrister, appeared in support of a petition by Mr. Edward Barge, complaining of the conduct of Mr. William Allison, stock and share broker, 2, Birching-lane, and praying that his sure ties might be proceeded against on their bon's• The petition had been presented at a former court, and was now set down for hearing. Mr. 11. W. SEWELL, the sword bearer, said be had endeavoured to serve the u-ual notice relative to the petition upon Mr. Allison, but found that be had gone away in March last, and had not since been heard of. Under the peculiar circumstances of the case the matter was, on the motion of Sir SYDNEY WATER - Low, referred to the Brokers' Committee to inquire as to what course should be adopted. THE MAGISTERIAL DUTIES OF THE LORD MAYOR. Sir B. PHILLIPS moved—" that it he referred re the General Purposes Committee to inquire whether any, and, if any, what alterations are desirable with a view to the nnre equal division of the me' gistcrial duties at the Mansion-house and Guild• hall." Mr. Alderman. SALOMONS, M.P., seconded the motion. Alderman Sir WM. ANDERSON ROSE, thought a motion of this kind ought not to have been moved and seconded without comment. It was quit ° true thaewithin the last few months there had been a great deal of heavy business at the Mansion-house , but this was an exceptional state of matters, and he should not like to see important cases conducted under the responsibility of the Lord Mayor falling into the hands of the magistrates who might be at Guildhall, as it very often happened that a junior member of their body presided in that court. li e made these observations because the motion hid e tendency to disturb the existing arrangement wi ll regard to the magisterial duties, and might possibil lewl to some difficulties. At present, when ther e were causes of an important character coming n e at the Mansion-house, the lighter business w e always disposed of by a brother magistrate, and l)o did not see why this arrangement should not b e continued when necessary. Alderman SALomms remarked that they did n/ want to take away any of the honours or privileg e of the Lord Mayor, but it was felt that he might be relieved of a great many of the petty cases that Do s ' t occupied his time; and with that view it had bee°, considered the better course that the matter shoul d go to the committee and be discusse I there. Alderman SIDNEY, after remarking that the dutie s at Guildhall were pretty equally divided betwee° those who palsied the chair and those who had n O4 said he agreed with Sir Williatia Rose in tbiu k. in}; that the business at the Mansion-house Iv° somewhat exceptional, and he was afraid it O s caused by what he considered a piece of errati c legislation. The r e w a s no d ou bt a grea t influx 0f business had been caused by th e un f or t una t e Limite d Liability Act. It was perfectly astonishirig to gee so many gentlemen of high position brofight befor e the Lord Mayor, and he only hoped that the pub li ‘ cation of the proceedings at the Mansion-hou se from time to time would have its effect Upon the House of Commons, and induce them to rede eill their error. Alderman and Sheriff COTTON said it seemed to him that the motion was rather an unnecessary one• It was always in their power, to transfer any cas e from the Mansion-house to the Guildhall. Mr. Alderman BESLEY thought the subject a proper one for an inquiry, and observed that 3 transfer of the business would necessitate an alter'' tion in the police districts. Alderman Sir WILLIAM ROSE said it was for tbs reason that be had been a little anxious about 0 ! matter. If the districts were to be altered, it svP a very serious question. After some further discussion the motion is' agreed to. A report was brought up from the General Po r : poses Committee, recommending the appointment of a junior clerk at the justice-room of the Mansion' house, at a salary of £BO a year, with au antal li increase of Xlo until it reaches £lOO, the perso n appointed to be not less than 18 or more than 25 years of age. The report was approved of, and it was referred back to the clavni tee to make the meessary gr pointmeut. The proceedings then terminated. The Rev. Dr. Bellows delivered the third an last of a course of lect ures , i n All S ou l s ' Ch urc h , co rner ° f Twentieth-street and Fourth-avenue, April 21, "Oe th e Footprints of Humanity." These lectures have been given for the purpose of aiding the en t erpr i se i naugura t e d by tb" . Young Men's Union of All Souls' Church, of furnishing free preaching, and free seats every Sunday in the Lag°, hall of the Cooper Union. After speaking of the grndt development of the r ace th roug h th e ages o f t h e past, t 'l speaker said that, though our own modern civilization ba its more immediate beginning upon the banks of the terranean, we were dependent upon every age of the O s bt Americans, especially, wer e di s p ose d t o f orge t the de which the present age owe d t o th e ages t h at wer e pa st ' They were very much disposed to think that the Atlanti c had washed out the past. But in reality no nation vi ° more dependent ou the past th an we . Th e discovery ° f the New World was made under the auspices of Sp 3 i' and had been settled by peopl e f rom every na tion 1° Europe. Our politics, our reli g i on , our op i n i ons , and 001 ' tastes were in a wog Old measure derived from the O ld World. The fabrics we wore, the vessels u e travel l ° ' the beverages wo drink, were in a large degree of E° r° ; peen origin. When the American visit e d E uro pe he 03 not among strangers. He was visiting his gr andparen i . ts, o Lis uncles, and his aunts. He was s imply v isiting " 1 0 home of his ancestors, the land that hi s re li g ion el s from ; where the printing-press was invent e d, and bo ok s first made. The spirit of the nineteenth century vi, ° ;.) , as active in the Old World as in the New. Even Che r was influenced by the spiri of progress. The spea7 u , thought we were yet to derive great 'benefits fr` i ,„ a more intimate acquaintance with these p00P7,,,' from whom we had heretofore been so complet el y separated. He thought that the result of Aruenc i t e ta avel in Europe would soon bo that we . would know Old World bettor than it knew itself. It was a mists a to suppose that religion was on th e decline in the we rl There was mor e money expended in the erection churches to-day tha ever before. The great prnine-I"inciPe of Christianity were taking deeper hold on JaS every day, and would continue to do so as the arts and sciences became more universally known and practised. , itoVEaTISEIIENT.]-11enceforth no one will doubt the valuab le properties of D u B arry ' s h ea l t h- restor i ng R evalenta Arable , Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessia g ,, it has already received from Invalids whose position had 10,e deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pori whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years°, unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " Gazette l; Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21,1866 . The health of the O °Y, Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other Mali', dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revaleu Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every rola It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, 1, 0 his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures:—Cure No. 58,2 1 . ~ :i s the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver conlP l , o 4 ';, ,0 , wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpiten all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most ' d e tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771: Lord Stuart Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyslisP:l o , No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dysPeP rn ' 0 , nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, sPa s i lr. sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly " Cure No. 46,270: ' ;,g, James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased 11,', spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial deafness. , - 10 portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more tt'.s sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Lieb t s' name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at Is lid; I lb 2s tkl; 21bs 4s 6d; 5 lbs 11 s ; 12 lbs 4 lbs 40s. Also DG BARRY'S REvALENTA ARABICA CHOCOId4, powpts is parked in tin can' @ter,: : for 12 cups at s, for ' at Is 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at los, f..r 576 cups a',o4 —being about one penny per cu p. Th e 30 s an d 55 8 t i ns are se,_ free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Office Order:4 BARRY DII BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London.; all Grocers and Chemists. ANNESLEY —On the 12th inst., at 5, Leinster-terror; Hyde-park, the wife o f th e li on . Syd ne y A nnes leh daughter. ATELAND —OR th 3 11th inst., at 12, Belgrave• square, LOY Ayeland, of a daughter. • _MARRIAGES. CLOSE—MAINWARING —On the 11th inst. at Peover, C he' shire, Henry, eldest sou of the late James ClosP E 5 41 of Naples, t o Elli nor 0. L ou i sa , youngest d au ghter Sir harry Mainwaring, Bart., of Peover. DAMPIER—HUTTON On the Bth inst., at Bath r , , C. •—• rL ti „ Dampier, Esq., `kith Regt., to Mary E. Francis, da ti g ter of John If. lint on, Esq., of Lloughton-le - Sp rin Durham. . DEATHS. BLAKE —On the 11th inst., at Binfiehl, Berks, (leg° IS ' Blake, barrister, of the Middle Temple, aged 29. GILL—On the . 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