The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-06 00:00:00

MERELY DUST. A microscopist, Mr. Dancer, T.R.A.S, has (says the Daily News) been examining the dust of our cities, The results are not pleasing. We had always recognised city dust as a nuisance, and had supposed that it derived the peculiar grittiness and flintiness of its structure from the constant macadamising of city roads. But it now appears that the effects produced by dust, when, as is usual, it finds its way to our eyes, our nostrils, and cur throats, are as nothing compared with the mischief it is calculated to produce in a more subtle manner. In every specimen examined by Mr. Dancer animal life was abundant. But the amount of " molecular activity"— inch is the euphuism under which what is exceedingly t tlisagreeable to contemplate is spoken about—is variable iccording to the height at which the dust is collected. And of all heights which these molecular wretches onnld select for the display of their activity, the height of five feet is that which has been fcund to be the favourite. Just at the average height of the foot passenger's mouth these moving organisms are always waiting to be devoured, and to make us ill. And this is not all. As if animal abominations were insufficient, a l arge proportion of vegetable matter also disports itself ns the light dust of our streets. And the observations skew that in thoroughfares where there are many animals engaged in the traffic, the greater part of the vegetable matter thus floating about " consists cf what has passed through the stomachs of animals," or has suffered decomposition in some way or other. This unpleasing matter, like the " molecular activity," floats about at a height of five feet, or thereabouts. After this, .one begins to recognise the manner in which some diseases inopagate themselves. Take cholera for example. This disease is not propagated in any way save one—that is, by the actual swallowing of cholera poison. The minutest atom of cholera poison received into the stomach will cause an attack of cholera. A small quantity of this matter drying on the floor of the patient's room, and afterwards caused to float about in the form of dust, would suffice to prostrate a houseful of people. We can understand, then, how matter might be flung into the streets, and, after drying, its dust be wafted through a whole district, causing the death of hundreds. One of the lessons to be learned from these interesting researches of Mr. Dancer is clearly this, that the watering cart should be regarded as one of the most important of our hygienic institutions. Supplemented by careful scaven gering it might be effective in dispossessing many a, terrible malady which now holds sway from time to time over our towns. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT POPLAR. Two inquests connected with the recent double murder in Poplar were held on Friday. The first on the body of the supposed murderer, and the other on the two mur dered women. At the first-named the woman who lived with the de ceased told the story of how he committed suicide. He was uneasy all through the night, got up earlier than he was used, and, saying he was ill, went into a room, where he was found almost dead by his paramour. The jury returned a verdict of felo de se. At the inquest on the murdered women the following evidence was taken. Samuel Cornwell; said : The deceased woman, Mary Anne Browne, was my sister, and she was in her 49th year. Her husband's name was John Brand Browne. He professed to be an engineer. She was separated from her husband, and had a protection from a magistrate. The deceased woman, Anne Browne, was my niece. She was a single woman, and her age was twenty-three. She lived with her mother. My sister had A lodger whose name was William John Bradshaw. He lived in the house six years. The Coroner: lam obliged to ask you a question. As far as you know, was there any particular intimacy between your family and the lodger Bradshaw ? Witness: On one occasion when I went down a year ago my sister took me into the room, and said, "Samuel, I have been honest all my life through, but Bradshaw has insulted me, and I have resisted him." Robert George Still : The deceased, Mary Annßrowne, Was my wife's sister. I last saw them alive on Monday at their own house. I know they had a lodger named Bradshaw. The Coroner : Was he intimate with any of the family ? Witness: Not to my knowledge. On Thursday last I was passing their house. Noticing it shut, I rang the bell, but could get no admission. Subsequently I gained admis sion through the assistance of a neighbour, Mr. Bingley, who lives next door. I effected an entrance at the back of the house. I got into the bedroom on the first floor. I went upstairs. I found my niece in bed, dead. I went down stairs, and in the back room at the back of the shop I saw my sister-in-law lying dead on the floor. A surgeon and the police came, and the bodies were then in the same position as when I saw them. There was no appearance of a struggle. As far as I knew they were not ;in pecuniary difficulties, and they lived very happily together. George Bingley gave corroborative evidence as to the entrance to the house, but threw no light on the reason which Bradshaw would be likely to have for committing the deed. Harriet Emberson, the paramcur of the deceased, was also examined, but, except that she said Bradshaw had told her that be bad bad several rows with Mrs. and Miss Browne, who were both, he said, of bad tempers, she was unable to give any reason for the murder. LAW AND POLICE. CRUELTY TO POULTB.Y.-At Marlborough-street, on Friday, Mr. Knox inflicted a penalty of 25 each on the two Colchester farmers who were charged with cruelty to poultry in their transit from Ireland. It will be remem bered that the birds were kept without food or water for forty-eight hours, and so closely packed that many of them died on their way. A summons was also obtained against the goods manager of the London , and North- Western Railway. PROVIDENT SOCIETIES.—At Guildhall, on Friday, George Reid, secretary to the National and Provincial Union Assurance Society, was charged before Sir B. Phillips, with assaulting one of the clerks. The case was dismissed, but the secretary had to defend another charge made by a poor woman whose father had subscribed 20 years, but who was unable on his death to get the £9 due on his account. Sir B. Phillips ordered the full sum to be paid, at the same time advising the poor people to invest their savings in the Post-office savings bank or insurance office. At Westminster Police-court a similar case was heard. A man had subscribed to the West London Philanthropic Burial Society for 12 years, and his wife for 20 years, but on the death of his wife he could not obtain the money to which he was entitled. Mr. Selfe granted him a summons, and said that he wished the Legislature would put a stop to such proceedings. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.-At the Mansion House, on Friday, John M`Murdie, one of the chief clerks in the London Assurance Corporation, was charged with the embezzlement of £1,500. The charges were not denied, but his former excellent character and his large family were urged in mitigation. He was committed for trial. THE DARLINGTON MIIRDER.—At the Durham Assizes, on March 2, John M'Conville, the Fenian head-centre, who has been tried for the wilful murder of Philip Trainer at Darlington, was found guilty by the jury after an hour's deliberation. Sentence of death was passed upon him. MR. TENNYSON'S PLANTATIONS.—At the Crown Court, Winchester, Samuel Kellaway was indicted for setting fireto a plantation belonging to Alfred Tennyson, the poet laureate. On the .sth November, a policeman stated that he saw the prisoner fire the furza, while, on the other hand, man came forward and said that he had done it himself. The judge remarked that it was an extraordinary case, and the jury acquitted the prisoner. The damage was estimated at £2O. HEALTH OF MR. BASS, M.P. —We regret to state that the health of our respected senior borough member is causing much anxiety to his friends. The hon. gentleman is suffering from a painful skin disease. — Derbyshire Advertiser. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A HOUSE.—The Derry papers report an atrocious attempt to blow up a house near Raphoe. A tenant had been dispossessd, and the new-comer received warning that he would be visited with serious consequences if he entered into possession, and he obtained the protection of a body of police. A few nights ago they were claimed by a tremendous explosion, and on going out to ascertain the cause, found that a barrel of gunpowder had been placed near the house, and fired by means of a fuse. Fortunately, no injury was done. THE MURDER AT WEDNESBURY. —There seems be little doubt that the murderer of the woman at Wednesbury has been discovered. Whcn alleged he sul lenly complied with the request of the police. As th y were leaving Darla,ston one of the heads of the concern said to him, "Do you know anything of the woman?" and he answered, " I know her." One of the officers quickly sa id, "What woman do you suppose he means?" and the prisoner made answer, "The woma n th a t was murdered, I suppose." His dwelling, a miserable cottage at the Bull Piece, Darlaston, was searched, and in a drawer there they found the greater part of a muffler, exactly corresponding in every respect, even to the number of the threads and the irregularities of their severance, with the piece left in Mud-lane, where the murdered woman w: found. The superintendent returned to Wedneshnry, and formally charged the prisoner with the murder, to which lalVailiktikailLiliaiDg Aga it." COMMITTEE or CO2 VO CA INTEMPERANCE. '.l - ON _. 4 ,.._ _...- Some months since, as our readers will probably remember, the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, becoming impressed with the great alarming evil, intem perance, appointed a committee to inquire into the subject, and to make suggestions for the suppression of the vice. The committee included four deans—Alford, of Canter bury, Hook, of Chichester, Champneys, of Lichfield, and Stanley, of Westminster ; six archdeacons—Coventry, Ely, Exeter, Leicester, Nottingham, and Salop ; seven canons—Argles, Cams, Gillet, Harvey, Oxenden, Wood, and Fraser ; and two prebendaries—Gibbs and Kemp. The Rev. John Sandford, Archdeacon of Coventry was appointed chairman of the committee ; and his name appears appended to the long report which has just been published. The inquiry instituted by the committee was thorough and searching in its character. They obtained the opinions of the clergy of the province, the evidence of the au thorities in the several parishes, and the experience of persons of position throughout Great Britain. Facts were also obtained to aid the committee from the governors and chaplains of prisons and heads of constabulary, from superintendents of lunatic asylums, from judges, recorders, coroners, and masters of workhouses. Landed proprietors also were here and there consulted ; so that the committee claim the report to be rather a reflection of the opinions of those who know best about the matter than the outcome merely of their own considerations. As to the extent of the evil, the committee state that drunkenness has de creased in the upper and middle ranks of society ; but has increased amongst the lower orders, especially amongst women and children. First among the causes of the evil is placed the Act which called beerhouses into existence. Passed for the purpose of drawing men from drinking spirits, it has created a class of the lowest houses, where crime and vice are fos tered and nurtured. The Act, to all intents and purposes, has proved a failure, and Lord Brougham at one time attempted to repeal it. As a whole, the complaint of the committee is that the number of public-houses is too large, competition, instead of being good in its effects, in this case only leads landlords to hold out greater induce ments to hard drinking. "Itis a matter of painful sig nificance that men of position, wealth, influence, and power, possess a large personal interest in the consumption of intoxicating drinks. It is well known that large capitalists—such as brewers, distillers, and others in the commission of the peace, and even occupying seats in the Legislature —own public-houses, which they let at high rents, thereby necessitating their tenants to resort to all sorts of inducements to attract people to their houses for the purpose of drinking." Other indirect causes of evil are pointed out in the social customs of the country; that which makes the public-house the place where bargains are made, and certain meetings held ; the part pay ment of wages in drink, which is adopted in the rural districts in harvest time ; and the use of large quantities of drink on festive occasions. The committee protest against the continuance of the hiring mopps or fairs ; against the billetting of soldiers in public-houses, and against the extensive adulteration of liquor ; and they call attention to the fact that policemen, who ought to suppress the evil, are often tampered with by means of treats. The results of the excessive drunkenness are referred to at some length. Unhappy families, shattered characters, destroyed health, full workhouses, lunatic asylums and prisons, decline in national life and character, loss of wealth and strength to the commonwealth, and consequent heavy taxes, these are among the many disastrous results of excessive drinking pointed out by the committee. "Nor can any sacrifice be esteemed too costly, or any efforts too great, to check and remedy what may be shewn by accumulated and undeniable evidence to be sapping the foundations of our prosperity, blighting the future, and lowering the reputation of our country, and destroying at once its physical strength and its moral and religious life." In proposing remedies the committee were evidently influenced by the important fact set forth in the last paragraph of the report, which runs as follows :—"Few, it may be believed, are cognisant of the fact that there are, within the province of Canterbury, upwards of one thousand parishes in which there is neither public-house nor beershop ; in consequence of the absence of the inducements to crime and pauperism, the intelligence, morality, and comfort of the people are such as the friends of temperance would have anticipated." Briefly stated, the committee propose that all benefit clubs should be removed from public-houses ; that the practice of paying wages in them should be discontinued, that good tea and coffee-rooms should be everywhere pro. vided ; that social gatherings should be encouraged, and all institutions likely to raise the minds of men above the sordid level of the beer-shop ; and that education, secular and religious, should be given to the people. Thus far the committee think the public can help themselves. To thek Legislature, however, it is proposed to apply for the repeal of the Beer Act; the closing of public-houses on the Lord's day ; the early closing of public-houses on week day evenings ; a reduction in the number of houses ; the placing the whole system under one autho rity ; the rigid enforcement of present penalties, both on drunkard and seller of drink ; the prevention of licenses for music, dances, and billiards being held together with a spirit license ; the closing of public-houses during the nomination and election clays in parliamentary boroughs; the prevention of such houses being held as election committee rooms ; the appointment of special police to look after drinking houses ; and the repeal of all duties on tea, coffee, chocolate, and sugar. The last paragraph in the recom- mendations in effect endorses the Permissive Bill, advo cating that a legal power of restraining the issue and renewal of licences should be put in the hands of inhabi• tants. IRISII REPRESENTATIVE PEERS. The Lord Chancellor reports that the right of the Earl of Bantry, the Earl of Shannon, and the Earl of Normanton to vote for representative peers for Ireland has been established to his lordship's satisfaction. SA IMIN v. STARK AND OTIIERS. —The Tablet states that the expenses of the defendants in this action will amount to 06,000, and if they are not successful in their appeal to the judges in banco, they will also be liable for the costs of the plaintiff. Subscriptions in their aid are requested. THE SNOW IN CANADA.—A despatch from Montreal states that the snow in the streets of that place is eight feet deep, and some streets are almost impassable. A statement had been published sheaving that the fall of snow during the winter had been about 118 inches, which exceeded by 38 inches the total fall in any year for twenty years past. There are rumours afloat in the north rof England that the North-Eastern Company are about to run to Edinburgh this season, thus exercising their long dormant running powers over the North British Railway. It is also said in well-informed quarters that another attempt is to be made to fuse the North Eastern and North British. " The East Coast Railway" is suggested, and the open s t ocks of both companies, when fused, would bear th a t d esignation. It is very confidently ex pected that a bill for this purpose will be advertised in November. We give the rumours without being in a position, at present, however, to say that they are well sounded. They are at least probable.—Railway .Yews. THE MINISTRY AND THE UNIVERSITIES.—The Oxonians beat the Cantabs in the Ministry. Cambridge can only claim four of the Cabinet —Lords Clarendon, Hatherley, Hartington, and Mr. Childers. Oxford has Messrs. Gladstone, Lowe, Cardwell, Fortescue, Goschen, Lord Kimberley, and Lord Granville. " England never before," says the A theaceunt, " bad a Ministry with so strong a force of brilliant Oxonians. In addition to this affluence, the Cabinet has an abundance of literary laurels. The Premier is a premier amongst men of letters ; Mr. Lowe forced his way into public life by his pen ; the Lord Chancellor and the Indian Secretary are writers of high mark." TRADE AND COMMERCE OF NEW YORK. The report of Mr. Consul Archibald on the trade, navigation, and commerce of New York for 1867 is not without its lesson for the American Protectionists. The coal trade to New York continues to decline, owing to the operation of the high duty. In 1865 there were 355 British vessels employed in this trade, while in 1867 there were but 189. The trade in all British ships to New York, indeed, decreased about 14 per cent. from 1866 to 1867, but the trade in British steamers steadily increased. The burthens on shipping still prove very vexatious to shipmasters, and the State Legislature seems indisposed to remove them. The statements of the whole trade of the port of New York for 1867 shews a diminution of 208 vessels entered, and 179 cleared with proportionate tonnage ; an average decline of about 4 percent. from the precelngyear. The foreign commerce fell short both in exports and imports. The foreign wool trade is much depressed, and it is said that under the existing tariff the importation of foreign, wools must almost cease. This is the more to be regretted as the finer wools, such as those of the Cape, Australia, and South America ca:.not be produced in the United States, and the American manufacturers are conse quently unable to compete with the European manufac turers in the better kinds of cloth. The exports of petro leum have again been very large, and the supply has been more than equal to the demand, without signs of a failure. The statistics of emigration shew that the number of emigrants who arrived at the port of New York during 1867 was 242,731 sliming an increase in alien emigrants of 9,313 over the preceding year. Of these 33,712 came from England, 6,315 from Scotland, and 65,104 from Ireland. Germany, however, sent 117,591. The majority of these arrived in steamers, which are altogether superseding 3-432 naigWats favour. THE POST-OFFICE. In reply to Mr. BAZLEY, The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the ccntracts for carrying the American mails terminated in December, 1867, and in the August of last year tenders wore sent out for a renewal of the service. It was not correct to say that the contracts were renewed by the late Govern ment, as the arrangements for carrying the mails to America by the Cunard, Liman, and North German Lloyd companies for the year 1868 was merely temporary. However, the contracts had been renewed with the before-mentioned companies before the present Government took office. The only Governmental act they had to do with the matter was the laying a copy of the contracts on the table of the house, which they had dno already. If these contracts re mained unquestioned for the period of a month, then they would be considered complete, and the matter would be at once closed. He was glad the hon. gentle man did not press that part of his question, as to whether the signing of the contracts was not au infraction of the promise made by the late Gpvernment with respect to the establishment in future of self-supportidg ocean postage. He thought the proper time to consider the matter would be when the debate, which he felt would be taken on the contracts he had mentioned, arose. If the present arrangement was adhered to, it would render the establishment of an ocean penny postage an impossibility for some time to come at least. ADULTERATION OF FOOD. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Lord E. CECIL called attention to the slat) of the law as regarded the use of false weights and measures and the adulteration of food, and concluded by moving the follow ing resolution—that in the opinion of the house it was expedient that her Majesty's Government should give their earliest attention to the wide spread and most repre- hensible practice of using false weights, and of adultering food, drink, and drugs, with a view of amending the law as regarded the penalties now inflicted for th , so offences, and of providing more efficient means for the discovery and prevention of fraud. Mr. URQUHART said the chief cause that led to adul teration was the dearness of food generally ; and the great object of all adulteration was the desire to sell that which appeared as good au article at a km price. He thought the best thing tho house could do was to reduce if they could not altogether give up, the duty laid upon the importation of articles of food. He believed all police regulations and inspections would fail, and therefore the best thing to do was to remove all temptation to adulteration by cheap ening the cost of the genuine article. (Hear, hear.) Mr. POUCHIN said it was much to be thankful for that in all the articles of food analysed very few were found to contain matter antagonistic to human life. Those articles which contained the most dangerous adulterations were pickles, sweetmeat; and Cayenne pepper. (Laughter.) The others being so adulterated as to make it more an attempt on the pockets than the bodily health of the public at large. M:. BRIGHT stated that her Majesty's Government were inquiring into the question of the standard of weights and measures, but they could not promise a bill on that subject this session. If tradesmen—men of business —were to be dogged by Government inspectors every hour of the day life would hardly be worth having. Such subjects as these were the least advantageous that Parliament could possibly entertain. After a few words from Mr. BENTIXCK and Mr. H. W. PEEK, the motion of Lord Eustace Cecil was withdrawn. Mr. SELWIN-IBBETSON inquired whether the at tention of the Board of Trade had been cal►ed to the in creased number of railway accidents during the past few months. Mr. BRIGLIT denied that railway accidents had in creased, and affirmed chat there could be no greater secu rity offered to passengers than tho damages so often awarded by juries, and the acknowledged liability of rail way companies in courts of law. In Committee of Supply the Post-office Packet Service Estimate (Excess), £6,989 Os. 6d. was voted, and also the Civil Service Estimates (Excesses), and £400,891 P2s. 4d On the resumption of the house, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave tc brinc , in a bill to consolidate and amend the Law of Bankruptcy, shadowed forth at some length a somewhat complex scheme. Its more prominent features were that no per-. son shculd become bankrupt on his own petition ; that al, post-nuptial settlements made within two years of bank ruptcy should be void unless the bankrupt should ,prove that he was solvent at the time of the settlement ; the county court judges would exercise more extended jurisdiction in bankruptcy ; a chief judge would be appointed, not a fresh one, but a learned member of the present staff of judges ; his functions would be to form rules and regulations, to order the practice in his own and local courts, and to exercise a supervision over the whole of the officials of the court. There would also be power to remove causes of great importance, and too heavy for the county courts, to the superior judge, who would also have the power of summoning a jury to try issues of facts. A. new writ was issued for Drogheda. The House then adjourned. LONDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 5. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Corporal-Major Robert Steen Gray to be Cornet Gth Dragoon Guards—John Moore to he Cornet. 6th Dragoons--Cornet Henry Mills to be Lieutenant. Bth Hussars—Lieutenant Henry Norris to be Captain ; Cornet James M'Calmont to be Lieutenant ; William Abbott, Gent. to be Cornet. 18th Hussars—Thomas Hope to be Cornet. 4th Foot —Francis Harrison to be Ensign. 15th Foot—William Franks to be Instructor of Musketry. 27th Craufurd to be Ensign, William Scott to be Ensign. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Gerard Thorpe to be Lieutenant. 46th Foot — Lieutenant George Thomas to be Lieuten ant. 54th Foot—Ensign Charles Ibbertson to be Lieutenant ; John Macartney to he Ensign. 70th Foot —Lieut. Augustus Munsey to be Lieutenant. 78th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Valentine McMaster, M.D., to be Surgeon. 91st Foot—Ensign William Craufurd to be Ensign., 98th Foot—Ensign Osmond Johnson to be Ensign. Rifle Brigade—John Mansel to be Ensign. 2d West India Regiment—Lieut. Augustus Rolleston to bo Lieutenant. 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In wounds, sprains, glandular swellings, enlarged vein. and diseases of the skin, Holloway's medicine. - used with -safety and certainty, witho' system, or transferring the dis.- __, _..• Twenty- 4- - - - AFTAGoagisTs. coyears ago Lord Shaf tesbury (then Lord . _matey) and Mr. Roeback were engaged in a very any t „; bitter election contest it Bath, the result of which _... weakening the was that his lordship succeeded in ejecting the old __ c ow) to other partN, raeraber_a_aulozen....Yeare. wbo_ kit...UN ._ _ THE - SUN, LONDON, SATWWAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 18(9. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT MISCELLANEOUS' NEWS. HOUSE OF LORDS. -LAST EVENING. The Lout) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY laid on the table a bill to amend the law relating to clergy discipline and ecclesiastical courts. The University College of London Bill was read a second time. Lord REDESDALE moved for a return of the acts of Parliament to which any individual corporation or trust were deprived of their property for any purpose without full compensation or offence alleged to justify such deprivations. He believed there would be found to be no precedent for the manner in which it was proposed to deal with the Church of Ireland, and argued at some length that disendowment was neither more nor less than confisca tion, and the Government was the first to enter upon a course which was revolutionary, and destructive to the security of property. In Ireland untilling it would lead to the belief that all property was held at the will of the ma jority, and would lead to a most dangerous agitation. He ould only apply to the whole proceeding that the terms which he used last year that it was not only confiscation but sacrilege. After some discussion the motion was withdrawn. The Habitual Criminals Bill having been moved a second time by the Earl of KIMBERLEY, Lord PORTM..A.N expressed his approval of the mea sure and suggested that it might be usefully extended to misdemeanants. The measure was then read a second time, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE NORWICH ELECTION. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that on Friday he should move the issuing of a Royal Commission to inquire into the corrupt practices which it was said took placo at tho last election. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. In reply to Mr. PEASE, Mr. CHILDERS said it was quite true that he had formerly objected to the filling up of the sinecure office of Governor of Greenwich Hospital, but his opinion had been overruled. It was also true the office had lately been filled up, but not at the salary of £1,200 a year, the salary now attached to the office was only £l3O, as the name of the officer getting the appointment was kept on the active list. There was no truth in the statement that some of the pensioners had not received their pensions. One of his first Ministerial acts was to inquire into the circumstances relative to the matter, and finding there was some irregularity he had the matter thoroughly inquired into, and now every per son received his proper pension. With regard to the medical officers he did not intend to increase the number of those officers merely for the purpose of giviu addi tional employment. THE IRISH ELECTION PETITIONS. Allthe Irish election petitions have been tried. There were 15 constituencies affected ; and the result is that Mr. Devereux (L.) was unseated on an infor mility, and has since been re-elected ; that Mr. Whitworth (L.) has been unseated for intimidation, Mr. O'Beirne (L.) for bribery, and that two 'Conser vatives, Sir A. Guinness and Major Knox, have been unseated for treating. Seven Liberals who were petitioned against have been declared duly elected. The Youghal petition remains undecided, some points of law being reserved. Four petitions have been withdrawn. Omitting Youghal, the result has been to leave the relative strength of parties what it was, two members on each side having been unseated. LORD SALISBURY ' S BILL. Whatever theoretical or constitutional objections there may be to Lord Salisbury's bill for allowing the Lords when they have not been able to pass a measure in one session to take it up in the next at the stage at which it dropped, there ought to be no room for jealousy between the two Houses. The Commons always must have the chief place in the Legislature so long as they retain the power of the purse. Therefore it is not fair to taunt the Peers for indolence, which is for the most part involuntary/ nor to hinder the efforts which the Peers are making for improving their own efficiency. The true cause of such jealousy as does exist seems to be that the Peers take their places in Parliament without trouble or expense, while the Commons have to go through the unpleasant and costly ordeal of a contested election. THE BALLOT. " Wintoniensis," writing to the Telegraph, opposes the general opinion that the Ballot is American in its origin. In proof of the error of that notion he pro duces a transcript from the Archives of Winchester. The document is dated 30th October, 1656, and pro vides for the election of mayor and all other officers of the city "by pewter." It sets forth that whereas the municipal elections had formerly caused clamour and ill-blood, for prevention thereof in time to come, and for the end that the citizens may be more free in their votes, it is ordained and established that there "be forthwith provided One hundred Bullets, of colours Red and White, in equal proportions, and that the said Bullets be kept in a fit box, to be pro vided for that purpose. And that at all such P u bli c Assemblies and Meetings, one of each of the said Bullets be delivered to each citizen then present, and that the Mayor for the time being do declare in writing, under his hand, for what Person or purpose each of the said Bullets shall stand at every Nomination or Election ; according to the dictates of his consci ence; and that the Mayor put in two Bullets for his cast ing Vote (in case the Bullets so put in as aforesaid shall happen to be even); and th a t upon v i ew of the said Bullets, the Election to pass, stand, and be deter mined, according to the major part of the Bull e t s ." This curious resolution is followed by a provision " That it shall and may be lawful to and for any Citizen, if he think fit, openly to publish and make known his Vote, and to declare th e reasons an d inducements leading him thereunto." THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL. If we may gather anything from th e hi n t s th rown out by the Opposition papers, the Government Endowed Schools Bill is likely to be resisted on the old question of religion. The measure contains a conscience clause, makingattend ance at da i ly prayers and religious instruction optional on the part of the parents. The Standard publishes a petition from the trustees of Chesterfield S c h ool upon the sub ject, in which it is urged that the enactment would inflict a very severe blow on the religious teaching, discipline, and moral tone of schools throughout the country, and have the eff ec t of lower ing the value of religious worshi p an d i nstruct i on in the eyes o f the rising g eneration." The old objections to the Conscience Cla use h ave lost much of their for ce since the publication of the r e po r t s o f th e Educational Committee. It IS no longer considered impossible to allow such as d o not wish to receive religious teaching to withdraw from the classes in which religion is being imparted. But, on the other hand, the question has passed into a party one, and party is a great enemy to any practical discus sion. SIB GEORGE JENImsoN. If Devizes has lost its Darby Griffiths, North Wilts (of which Devizes is the capital), has its Sir George Jenkinson. He rushes in where states men might fear to tread. lie could no t wa it t o see what hi s c hi e f s were going to do about the Irish Church Bill, but must place a notice of his own on the paper. It will, of course, have to b e w ithd rawn now that M r . Disraeli has given notice of his amend inent, but it h as serve d th e purpose for which it was intended, and has made the world ask who Sir George Jenkinson is. During the discussion on the Abyssinian extra estimate, the same pushing member came to the front, and when Mr. White proposed a committee to enquire how so much money had been spent, the Wiltshire baronet proposed that the committee should inquire by whose blundering the expedition had been neces sitated. These are by no means the only occasions on which the hon. member has delivered his soul. Now that Mr. Ayrton is in the fetters of office, Sir George J e nkinson will assuredly be the most frequent speaker in th e Houses Frequent does not mean forcible, THE Am nEvENUE• The twelfth annual report of the Inland Revenue Commission, which was delivered yesterday, does notshew thelarge in — crease which the statements of the commissioners have been wont to shew. To the writers the mass of figu ms i $ not satisfactory ; to ourselves there appear s t o b e more cause for gladness than for sorrow. There has been no actual decrease of the Inland Revenue; indeed, in 1867 the sum total reached only £ 39,169,781 against R 39,268,782 in. 1868, a difference on th e right side of £109,000. But this is not equal to the large increase which has been re ported year by year. An inquiry into the items, however, will shew th at this is cause d b y what is encouraging rather than the contrary. True, had it not been for the increase of the rate of income tax, the balance would have been on the wrong side, but the decrease is m a i n ly shewn under the headings " spirit" and " malt." In the former there was a decrease (in round numbers) of £344,000 and in the latter of nearly £514,000, a total decrease of more than £858,000, The other chief reduction is that of Marine Insurance £318,000, which is due to Mr. Disraeli's Budget, Increases are shewn in holism £335,000 (caused by the dog license), legacy and succession duty 23 14,70 Q, and incorle tax (caused by the addition of one penny • to 4d.) £514,800 , the prdinary rate of OLD place, Snaking oil the dust of his reeT, agmiNo it. They have now just met together in order THE BEWDLEY WRI T . to take part in the same work, th e l a yi ng o f th e Corn-foundation stone of some almshous es a t Sh e ffi e ld, By a majority o f t wo t o one t h e H ouse o f Corn- which are to be built at the cost of the Master Cutler. mons has declared th a t it sees no reason why the Both spoke on the same subject—the necessity of main writ for Bewdley should be suspended for twelve . W il i ng good relations between capital and labour if months. But although the majority is large, it is the country is to continue prospero us an d un it e d. conclusively p rove d th a t there is a considerable Lord Shaftesbury said that as Whitefi e ld h a d appro number of members of th e H ouse w h o w ill endea- priated secularmelodies to divine worship, b ecause th e your to punish cor r u pt cons tit uenc i es, although the devil ought not to have all the best tunes,so Ema question is not taken up by the Government. There me n might appropriate to good uses the democratic is no doubt that the strongest argument brought cry of liberty, fraternity, and equality. "We should against Mr. Muntz's amendment was the fact that have the same and equal liberty for all, no the Bradford writ had been granted without opposi- tyranny of trades unions, no private tyranny, tion. If, therefore, the writ for Be w dl e y h a d b een but full, complete, and equal liberty for all, withheld, it would have looked too much like party Equality we could have without disturbing any social spite. The Government found themselves—for the arrangements—equality in rights and in law, w hi c h first time this ses s io n -- on th e h orns o f a dil emma. , the law would recognise ; and as to fraternity, there With scarcely an excepti on , th e Lib era l s w h o gene- 'was mo reason why we should not be a nation of rally station thems e l ves b e l ow th e gangway were brothers, having such a Constitution as that which heartily in favour of the amendment. Indeed, when we enjoyed." Mr. Roebuck said that British Sir Roundell Palmer was speaking, hewas continually interrupted by the "independent "men, whilst not a trade had two dangers ahead—foreign competition and internal discord. Competition was inevitable, sound of approval or otherwise came from the and the only way to prevent discord was for the Treasury bench. Both Sir Robert Collier and Mr. capitalist to consider the well-being of those in his Bruce endeavoured to throw oil upon the troubled employ, and for the labourer to remember that waters, but they signally failed, and the Government without capital there could be no trade, and, there were obliged to vot e ag a i ns t th e i r own par t y. I t fore, that he ought to assist, instead of making war was some time before the division was taken, great laughter being indulged in by th e " noes " a t see i ng i upon, capital. 64 Mr. Glyn an d M r . N oe l wor ki ng together. It must LORD BROUGHAM AND THE TIMES." be confessed that the Government—Mr. Gladstone I One of the most curious incidents told by Lord included—appeared to feel the humiliation of allying Campbell in his Life of Lord Brougham relates to themselves with the Conservative party in order to that celebrated man's relations with the Times. For defeat their own supporters. Altogether, instead of along period the un erer, "Th d "as it was then popu the Government being victorious, they certainly larly called, used to eulogise the Chancellor in terms received a well-merited rebuke from the men below , which the better taste of to-day would think the gangway. intolerably fulsome. Some coolness sprang up between Mr. Barnes, the editor, and certain of the The division list spews that not a single Conser- Whig chiefs. One day while Brougham was witive voted against the granting of the writ. But sitting in Chancery he received the following letter the Liberals who recorded their aversion to such a from Lord Althorp :—" Dear Brougham,—What I course represent some of the larg es t cons tit uenc i es i n want to see you about is the Time s—whether we are the kingdom. These were Mr. Bazley, Mr. Jacob to make war on it, or come to terms.—Yours ever, Bright, Mr. Alderman Carter, M r . Di xon , M r . Dilke, ALTHORP." Brougham tore up the letter and Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Law- rents (London), Mr. Locke, M r . M‘L aren, M r. answered it. A reporter picked up the fragments, Morley, and Mr. M u nd e ll a . Th e mem b ers of the pasted them together, and took the restored letter tM.r. Barnes. He, having occasion to ask for Government voting with the Ay es were M r . Ad am , so .ome special news that same night, an d it being Mr. Ayrton, M r . B ax t er , M r. B ruce, M r. Chil- refused him, took for grant e d that Brough am ders, Sir R o b er t Collier, Mr. Forster, Mr. had decided upon " war." Barnes lost no time in Gladstone, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Goschen, Mr. opening fire. He began by publishing rumours un- Knatchbull-Hugessen, Mr. Otway, Mr. Sullivan, and favourable to the Chancellor, expressing an earnest Mr. Trevelyan. M. Bright was In the House wish that they might receive an authoritative denial. during the discussion, but absented himself from the Soon this masked mode of attack was exchanged for division. The most prominent Conservatives voting open hostilities, and it was not long before the fault with the Government were M r . R usse ll G urney, Si r less Minister of a few months before was held up to I John Hay, Mr. H en l ey , M r . W ar d H un t , L ord ridicule and contempt, Brouham, who had been almost Robert Montagu, a n d Si r J o h n P a ki ng t on. Roundell Palmer al so wen t i n t o th e l o bb y w ith the Sir g suffocated with praise, felt the change acutely. majority. Colonel D yo tt an d Some time afterwards he caused it to be rumoured : Mr. Goldney acted all tellers for the Ayes, an d M r. M un t z an d D r. B rewer 1 that he was dead, hopi n g that on the principle for the Noes. of de mortuis nil nisi bonum the papers would come ; out with ppegyrics, and restore his reputation. lle was grievously disappointed. His eccentricities were too recent, and he was severely handled. The Times did not credit the report, and some days afterwards insinuated that Brougham had originated it. The only result of this manoeuvre was such ridicule and sarcasm as few men but Brougham would have survived. TURKEY AND SERVIA. The Liberte gives no sufficient account of the difficulty which, according to its information, has sprung up between Turkey and Servia. Some Servian subjects have made "grievous complaints," but the injury they have sus tained has yet to be learned. The note which the Servian Regency has addressed to the Porte is " very summary and very menacing." The Servian Government must be allowed the credit of considerable courage in making such a demand, notwithstanding Turkey's recent triumph. which enforce payment in each case. The Supreme Court, therefore, ruled that the State had the right to collect taxes in coin. The way this deci sion affects Five-Twenties is that the United States have undertaken the obligation to pay the principal at their option, after five years from the date of issue, but in any case after 4 further term of 20 years. The Bouds, therefore, are not a debt until after the twenty years have expired, and as the Supreme Court asserts that greenbacks are a legal tender only for debts, it follows that they cannot be legally offered in payment of the principal until the period expires after which it becomes a debt, while the payment in gold of the interest, which a debt after it becomes due, is provided for. An interesting case was lately decided by the Maryland Court of Appeals. A Mr. Hillan dep . : sited on account, with the Commercial and Farmers' Bank of Baltimore, a cheque for $4,600, drawn by Horace 'Abbott on the first National Bank, pal able to HiPan's order. The first National Bank credited the Commercial and Farmers' bank with the amount, the cheque having r eached them through the clearing-house, and its cus tomer, Mr. Abbott, was debited with the amount. Two days after Hillan called at the Commercial and Farmers' Bank with his cheque for $4,500, which the Bank paid, taking as granted that that sent through the clearing house was good, for otherwise, according to usage, it would have been returned. A week after, on balancing Abbott's account, the First National Bank discovered that the cheque was a forgery on which it paid Abbott, and suc7 cessfully sued the Commercial and Farmers' Bank' From this the latter appealed, and the Court re seived the decision on the ground that the law fastens the obligation on the receivers of deposits of knowing the signatures of their own customers , maintaining " There is no reason why the loss, 8,13 between parties equally innocent and equally de7 ceived (but where one is bound to know and ad upon his knowledge and the other has no means of knowledge), should be thrown upon the latter i 4 exoneration of the former." The New York Yacht Club accepted Mr. Ash , bury's challenge to race for the Queen's Cup, pro:, vided that an organized yacht club of any foreign country accredits him as its representative, as the challenge cannot be accepted from him in his indivi- dual capacity. Theditlicultyabout the ocean race was the difference in the mode of measuring the yachts. By the Thames system the Dauntless is nearly double the size of the Cambria, but by New York measure ment the Dauntless would be 246 and the Cambria 222 tons. The English system is derived from the old style, which ignored depth; and as the English yachts are narrow in the beam, but very deep, they are measured at less than their real tonnage. The American, on the contrary, are shallow and broad in the beam. It certainly does appear more equit able to measure the actual space ; indeed the main interest in the contest is between the style of build ing adopted in America, and that in England, the two now differing widely. Most of the American newspapers have been be' labouring Butler for his Wednesday's proceeding in the Hall of the Representatives on the countins of the electoral vote. It Is said that " bluff Bai l Wade" has scarcely recovered the scare. Ever since Butler has been very piano, as instanced by his all, sion to Grant's sp ee dy i ns t a ll at i on, when he con!: give Congress direct advice, which, he said, " 1 / 1u be heeded by me with that respect, that honour , and that loyalty which is due to General Grant e s , the head of the nation; and with that cordial an' earnest support which I propose to give him as t he head of the Republican party of the nation." Among the items of State news the West 'Of' giuia House of Representatives on the 17th Febi passed a bill makin g P ar k ers b urg t h e capital passed a State. The Lo u i s i ana L eg i s l ature h as pasee? a Civil Equality Bill, similar to that vetoed by the Governor last year. The Lower House Wlg also passed a School Bill providing for Schn° l Commissioners to be appointed by the Goverpnr• In the United States Court, at Richmond, Vir ginia, Judge Underwood presiding, a negro, nam ed Stevens, was awarded $1,600 damages against th e Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad Compaq for the forcible placing of his wife in a second' class car, after she bad purchased a first-clas s ticket. The Jud ge ' s c h arge to the jury, w hich was of mixed colours, was strongly in favour of the plaintiff. The news from the British possessions by Sa ll Francisco, under date Feb. 18, was that the Legis lature of British Columbia, after a long debate, de cided against confederation, The vote stood 11 against it to sin favour of it. The appropriation O f the encouragement of female immigration to Brit! Columbia was unani mous l y passe d b y the C ou ncil. There is nothing by the last mail to indicate al change in feeling regarding the Alabama " wrong' as the New York Tribune calls it in an able article published in its edition of Feb. 20. The Sena te Committee were unanimous in condemning t he Convention, and although strenuous efforts ba le been made to secure the two-thirds majority in t Chamber, eve n M r. S ewar d d espa i rs of accomplish ing this, and is said to have telegraphed to M r : Reverdy Johnson the unanimous decision of the Foreign Affairs Committee to report adversely* What Mr. Johnson said at Manchester tallies s ° little with our information, that we would hesitate , to accept the l a tt er . The Minister there asser ted that he had telegraphed on Monday, the 22d Feb . ; to his Government for information as to the alleg,e.,' report of the S ena t e C omm i ttee on t h e A/abatiz a ci question, and the answer was that no report ha d been made, though the majority it was rumonr e , b were opposed to the C onven ti on . A t W as hington ' l ' was known on the 18th Feb. that the Chaira i n Senator Sumner, was d ea d aga i nst th e " l e tter aa o spirit" of th e d ocumen t , an d t h at S enators Morto ; Harlan, P a tte rson , an d C ameron h e ld the sa me . view, and h a d i ns t ructe d t h e C ha i rman to repo rt adversely, and belie ve d th a t thi s d ec i s i on was c onl, municated to Mr. Seward, who immediately sent a telegram to the Minister in London, authoris ing : him to communicate th e f act to the Br i t i s h Gore men t. 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The correspondent of the Constitutionnel says that the adhesion of Prim to the Montpensier candidature is no longer matter of doubt. • Another scarcely less im portant accession has been gained in the person of Rivero, leader of the Democrats, and President of the Cortes. This influential politician has, like Prim, joined the Montpensier party, because he can perceive no other resource for the country, and thus all the sections of the majority—Progressists, Unionists, and Democrats—are united. The semi-official Paris journal would not be likely to announce the probable success of an Orleanist unless there were good reasons for the belief. The same journal states that the Duke of Montpensier, if made King, will renounce all pretensions to a civil list, and support his state upon his own income until the Spanish Budget shews an equilibrium. This is a patriotic determination, especially as his income is likely to be called into requisition for many a year to come. Several representatives of the higher clergy were elected to the Cortes, and form part of the small Absolutist party. These ecclesiastics have written to Rome for instructions as to the line of policy they ought to pursue. The Pope has informed them that they can take part in the deliberations of the Assembly, but only on religious questions, and that they are to obstain rigorously from joining in any discussion relating to politics only. This is an exceedingly satis factory and moderate response, but it would be more con venient if the party had lay representatives who could express its opinions on all topics. (From the Anglo-American Times.) It is very strange to see how Reuter and the Times' correspondent invariably differ in the simple figures pulslished by the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the monthly statement of the public debt of the . United States. That for the Ist March is thus 1 announced byßeuter :—" The total debt amounts to $ 2 , 6 61,000,000 against $2,662,250,000 on the Ist ult., being a decrease of $1,250,000. The cash in the Treasury amounted to $115,500,000 namely, $ 98 ,500,000 in coin, and $17,000,000 in currency, against $106,250,000 last month, being an increase of $ 9 ,250,000." The Philadelphia correspondent makes the decrease in the debt $1,500,000, and the receipts in excess of expenditure $11,000,000. This revenue statement is very satisfactory. Last month we pointed out the cause of the de crease in the United States Treasury, and the in crease in the debt, to correct the impression which the correspondent of the Times endeavoured to convey. His nabit of putting these figures in a light to damage the credit of the nation has been the more persistently exposed by us that we were alone in these efforts. For months and months we have given our readers the opportunity of testing the value of the predictions of that dweller in the city of " Brotherly Love," but it affords us some gratification to see a powerful advocate range alongside. An excellent letter, signed " Five-Twenty," asking—" Are there two Congresses in America ?" appeared last Thurs day in the Daily News. Let any one read that, written, as it evidently is, by one who thoroughly understands his subject, and they will see a forcible expose of the man in Philadelphia. The fact is that his predictions, his careful surveys and minute analysis, have been so wholly belied by the results, that public attention is now directed to a subject we have so long discussed, and the holders of United States Securities, particularly those who were alarmed into selling, are beginning now to learn what they owe the Times. Mr. Johnson issued a valedictory address on re tiring from office, defending his administration, and stating that the motives by which he has been actuated during his term of office have been those of honesty and sincerity. That they have, few surdas/Ens' JARGON. doubt, for Andrew J o h nson h as not b een con- There has been another Viceregal C our t a t Dublin I demned for lack of either; b u t f or pugnac i ty, obsti , and the Dublin papers again contai n some co l umns navy, and want of judgment, am ount i ng, i n a man of small type, in which the ladies' dresses are de- so placed, almost to a crime. Whatever might be , g scribed. The language used se ems t o b e a cross t h e t rue va l ue o f the policy he ad voca t e d findin between English, French, and Italian. For instance, that it was impracticable, he ought to have dropped take the following, and then say if it i s not worse or modified it getting as much of his own way as even than heraldry :—Train of white poult de soiel I he could, and not sacrificing all because he could not trimmed with bouillones of tulle illusion, nceuds of • satin ribbon, and rouleaux of same; cor- g et all. sage to correspond t r i mme d w i t h M ar i e An- President Johnson has nomin a t e d G eneral Sm i th toinette berthe, with a handsome fall of fringe as Consul-General to Cuba. The selection is not and blonde, and fastened at back with a considered a good one, as lie is said to have severely handsome camargo sash to correspond ; petticoat of attacked Grant's character as a General. Consi rich white glace under a jupon of tulle plissed, and trimmed with rouleaux of satin en tablier,ress, and 'tiring the position of Cuba, and th e t rou bl es aris agraffed with nceuds of satin ribbon. Headdress, lug from the harsh treatment of American citizens court plume and lappets, placed on a band of velour the person appointed ought to have the in-coming gist, en bias. President's confidence. The revolt has grown into very serious dimensions, as the insurgents have cap tured and fortified towns, and a proclamation has been issued by the Captain-General, closing ports east of the Bay of Cadiz Lighthouse, and other parts of the coast, except where Custom-houses are provided. One hundred and thirty-seven Cuban refugees arrived at Key West on one day. So numerous are they in New Orleans that the Spanish Consul has asked the Governor to protect Spaniards from their assaults. Senior Mauricio Roberts, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain to the United States, who arrived at Havannah on the 19th Feb., from Cadiz, was to leave for Washington in the next steamer. Ex-President Johnson and his family were to , vacate the White House on the 3d March, and to leave Washington two days after. One paper as serts that he has accepted the offer of a free passage to Europe of a steamship line embarking after a brief visit to settle his affairs in Tennessee. The same paper says that no steamship lire will risk the unpopularity of offering him a free passage back to America. The Hon. Da Witt Clinton Sentor, be , came Governor of Tennessee on the 25th February when Governor Browniow resigned. After the ex piry of the term Andrew Johnsen is most likely to be his successor, for it is now certain he intends to run for the post, backed by a party in all proba bility too strong for the Loyal Leagee to defeat. His views on the public debt and the martyrdom he has endured for the South will make him popular in Tennessee, and the Governorship is but a step to the Senate, at which he aims. The Fortieth Congress adjourned on the 4th March sine die, and the new Congress then assem bled. Mr. James Blaine, of Maine, who had been nominated by the Republican Caucus, was then elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in succession to Vice -President Colfax, now President of the Senate. It has been long evident Mr. Blaine would be the successful candidate, although he had some powerful Republican competitors. Latterly, when Mr. Colfax temporarily vacated the chair, Mr. Blaine always took it. The first case touching the Constitutionality of the Legal-Tender Act has been decided in the United States Supreme Court in a way curiously to affect the future payment of the Five-Twenty and other Bonds, if a question about their payment ever reaches the Supreme Court. The Oregon Legisla ture enacted that the State taxes should be paid in coin, and the collector refused greenbacks. In this he was upheld bythe Courts of Oregon, and the citi zens, interpreting the United States 1 lay to bear them out, appealed to its Supreme Court. The Federal Justices ruled that the Act making greenbacks legal tender for all debts, public or private, with certain specified exceptions, did not make greenbacks a legal payment for what was not a debt. This involved the questionwhethertaxes levied by a State are debts, which was decided in the negative, as the grounds differ of an obligation to support the Government expenditure and a sum due for value received, a difference recognized very distinctly by the laws, CHURCH PLURALITIES. Attention is again called by " A Cambridge M.A. and a Lincolnshire Rector" to the case of pluralities held by the Dean of Lincoln. Dr. Jeremie is dean of Lincoln, rector of Somersham, and Regius Pro fessor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. For the deanery he gets 22,000 a year, for the rectory 81,770, and for the professorship 840; for which modest sum the following work is expected, according to the laws of the Church and the University—eight months at Lincoln, nine months at Somersham, four months at Cambridge the work of twenty-one months to be got into twelve. And yet the very rev. doctor holds on to all three posts, working Somersham by curates, and, if all tales are true, doing the other work but indifferently. " A Cambridge M.A." says : "I have heard (though I don't vouch for its truth) a report that the Dean justifies his retention of the Professorship by the plea that there would be a • difficulty in supplying his place, and that Cambridge could not provide one fit to succeed him. Unhappy university ! (ex claims the correspondent), wherein this Elijah of her divinity schools has been labouring for eighteen years, without having trained an Elisha worthy to take up his mantle—a Jeremiah without an Ezekiel. If this be true, it is a more damaging estimate of the value of the Professor's work than his worst enemy could wish to form." FOREIGN NOTES. THE UNITED STATES. Mr. Andrew Johnson will not retire from public life. The accounts from Tennessee are all positive as to his intention to " run " for the governorship of his native State, and the Nation believes that he will be successful. He has the advantage of not being mixed up in the recent State quarrels, whilst his view on the public debt will be very popular in Tennessee. Many of his friends. however, desire that he should return to the Senate. THE " ALABAMA" TREATY. A. clear majority of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations expressed itself opposed to the provisions of the treaty as soon as it came under discussion. Mr. Sumner, the chairman, was of opinion that Minister Johnson, in negotiating the treaty, had lost sight of the real points at issue between the two Governments. Too much had been conceded to Great Britain; and in view of the fact that a par tial acknowledgment had already been made by the English Government, too little Government attention had been paid to American interests. On Feb, 18th the treaty was reported back with the recommendation that the Senate should not confirm it. THE WAR OF 180. Two articles by Signor Bonghi, in the Nuova Antologia of Florence, contain some revelations which do much to clear up the intrigues which preceded the war of 1866. Signor Bonghi says that the Emperor of the French was the only European sovereign to whom the secret alliance between Prussia and Italy, concluded on the Bth of April, was communicated. He approved of the alliance as the' means of obtaining Venetia for Italy by diplomatic means, but he did not dissuade the Florence Government from it even when it was seen that a war must be the result. On the 4th of May Austria formally offered to give up Venetia to Napoleon, to be ceded by the latter to King Victor Emmanuel, but on the condition that France and Italy should remain neutral in a war with Prussia, and permit Austria to compensate herself by conquering Silesia. This proposition was rejected, and then Austria offered to give up Venetia unconditionally provided Italy would remain neutral. Resolved to abide by the faith of her treaty, Italy also declined this offer. THE PARIS CONFERENCE. The history of the Paris Conference is well-nigh com plete ; but the papers laid before Parliament prove that though the Conference was in the first instance suggested by Prussia, and then supported by France, yet the inter vention of England was the direct means of securing a successful issue. From the first Lord Clarendon defined a line of policy, which was accepted by Turkey, and rigidly adhered to afterwards. The British Minister urged that the discussion must be strictly limited, or delicate questions, more likely to endanger than to secure the peace of Europe, might be raised. In another despatch he suggests that the Powers should not go beyond suggest ing the bases of reconciliation to the disputant States. This proviso, together with the remarkable firmness of the Porte, prevented any dangerous complication. It was a happy thought of the French Government to call to the Conference all the Powers which took part in the Congress of 185& The Times thinks it may be taken for granted that henceforth the concerns of the East will be regulated by a council of the six leading States. The Independence Beige states that not even a change of ambassadors will be required for the resumption of diplo matic relations between Turkey and Greece. Photiades Bey will return, to Athens, and Delyannis to Constan tinople. GERMANY. The Rrosisui monarchy will Blioaly be enriched by_ the incorporation of the Duchy of Lauenberg. Th is hula tern tory was ceded by Denmark by the treaty of October 1864, and was acquired by Prussia, along with Schleswig-Holstein, in 1866. King William thus became Duke of Lauenberg instead of the King of Denmark, but the duchy has not yet, owing to some scruples, been incorporated in the monarchy. The Prussian Chambers have repeatedly urged that the formal act of annexation be made, and at length the Representative Assembly of the Duchy itself has preferred the same request, which will now be granted. Another item of annexation has been completed. The principality of Waldeck has ceased to exist. The Prince who ruled this territory had leased to Prussia the care of his 60,000 souls for a term of years. He has now sold them. EMIGRATION TO CANADA. Mr. Frank Lynn writes to the Star on the subject, of his tour in Canada, when he paid a visit to the free-grant territory of Muskoka. 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