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

taT CP TSB PUBLIC JODIRALS. The Times considers that the new - Irish Church will start with large remains of its present advantages, such as they are, and an amount of liberty and self-government which will amply compensate for whatever - has been taken away. The landowners, who are almost identical with the laity sf the Irish Church, will be gainers by the. bargain to be made with them, and will thereby have a margin which, if they please, they may devote to sacred and useful pur-, poses. The clergy will have the power of commuting their life interests, and, by the action of the governing body, will he able to consult their convenience and the welfare of their congregations much more than is possible ander the existing system. At least three-fourths of the clergy of this country would gladly welcome a change of this character. As it is, they must grow where they are planted, whether the soil is suitable or not, whether the fruit they happen to bear is in request there or not. There they are, and there they must remain till they die, even if they are conscious that they do but encumber the ground. Elsewhere they might do good, but not there. For a thousand reasons they would prefer another post, even though with half the pay. Or perhaps they are poor but most willing to work wherever the labourer is thought worthy of his hire. Under an establishment this is hardly possible, unless it be in the miserably ill-paid class of curates. As for the bishops, who are commonly supposed by women and half-educated men to have almost absolute power of appointment, dis tribution, suspension, and removal, they may labour for many years, but in vain, to put a man where he is wanted, to displace a man who is simply in the way, or to make any suitable provision whatever for populations urgently wanting somebody to help them. The loss of power arising from the want of free action destroys more than the just influence of wealth and position rives. The governing body of the Irish Church, starting with a large amount of compensation, of which a consider. able portion may be made permanent endowment, with all the advantage of position, and with the strongest appeal to the love and loyalty of the richest class, may, before long, recover more than it has lost, and find that, after all, the best endowment of a Church is its natural appeal to those who accept its teaching, love its teachers, and desire to extend to others the blessings they enjoy. T,he Telegraph declares that next in interest to the character of Mr. Gladstone's bill is the probable course of the Conservative party. We do not, of course, affect any alarm. Should the Conservative party "fight to the last man," they could at the worst only " die in the last ditch;" and they have no more power to frustrate the work of justice than Mrs. Partington bad to sweep back the Atlantic. "No-surrender" is a fine old watchword, but it would mean nothing in this case excepting the delays caused by repeated divi sions. We may take it, of course, as perfectly certain that the Opposition will record their hostility to the prin. ciple of the measure on the second reading. There will be, on that occasion at least, a great party division, with a result that can be anticipated by all. After that the combat will be on points of law and questions of detail. The considerate indulgence shewn to the dis. established Irish Protestants in every line of the Government Bill indicates the readiness of the statesmen who now rule the country to make the transition as smooth as possible, and to soften the disendowment by every grant consistent with equity. On many questions of importance a well-managed Opposition might be able to win for its Irish clients even a better bargain than that now offered by the lenient Reformer who has taken the business in hand; and, if the Irish Church is wise, it will direct its ability and influence to obtx.ininq substantial concessions in detail. Mr. Disra.eli's tone o 4 Monday was singularly guarded ; for no sustained objec tion in principle to disestablishment or to disendownaem need prevent him moving in committee clauses that wit make disestablishment less immediate and disendowmenf less complete. The Standard says that after taking ample time f0: , 4 deliberation, the Lord Chancellor has given his decisio4 upon that particular passage in the personal and officia l history of Mr. Edward Watkin Edwards which recently attracted so much attention. While the case was still sub judice we felt it due to the inculpated person, and to the judicial dignitary who had to pronounce upon his ,case, to refrain from all comment upon the extraordinary circum stances which first became known to the world throne the institution of criminal proceedings against the direc tors of Overend and Gurney (Limited). Now that Lord Hatherley has removed the confidential friend and adviser of the great discount house from the post which, untie Wednesday, he had filled with more advantage to himself than to the public, we may say thai those who are conducting the prosecution of th Gurneys and their former colleagues had deemei it essential to secure the attendance of Mr. Edward: as a witness at the Mansion-house inquiry which ended the other day. The evidence which that gentleman gave, seemed to take by surprise even those who had been instrumental in compelling its production, while, by the audience that crowded the court, it was heard, at first with undisguised astonishment, and eventually with mani festations of indignation, which, though out of keeping with the place or the time of their occurrence, were by no - means unnatural. The dismissal of Mr. Edwards there fore is in no way affected by his peculiar arrangements for conducting business between the Gurneys and himself, which may or may not have been entirely fair and above- board, so far as the partners were concerned. We are all willing to make every favourable assumption with respect to these matters ; but we are not surprised that Mr. Edwards's chief should have declined to accept his assvr, ante that he neither neglected his ordinary work nor uses his official position improperly, in order to assist Overend and Co. in their business, or in proving himself worthy of the money they paid him. The Daily News observes that the Lord Chancellor has dismissed Mr. Watkin Edwards, formerly the confidential adviser of Overend, Gurney, and Co., from the office of official assignee of the Court of Bankruptcy. The public would give a Lord Chancellor of less simplicity of character than Lord Hatherley credit for sincerity when he stated that he had made an order of this kind with much pain. But in the interests of publi c anal official morality the Lord Chancellor could do no less. As he himself points out, Mr. Edward's must have been well aware that he could not hi properly performing his official duties while he Val rendering to Ovcrends services which in his own clAniot were cheap at £5,000 a year. It is painful that the aoces• say should arise for applying extreme measures to met who have been knoVin in good and honourable positions• but in these days it seems nothing less will suffice. Oe commercial and financial offenders will take no gentle an_ timely hint ; they rather try, as indications of dance: increase, to carry everything off with a high hand an, • triumphant smile. No one can look around at the preser moment and not perceive that public opinion has still great work to do amongst offenders of this class. Yen! lately words of gravest censure, words which only came short of the imputation of a criminal offence, fell from one of the oldest judges of the Court of Chancery, relating to some highly equivocal operations in the City, one of the persons most directly affected by his censure being a mein• ber of the House of Commons, sitting for one of the first constituencies in the kingdom. The public, which naturally expected to hear that this person had had sufficient core• sideration for the honour of the Legislature to relieve it or his presence, has only heard that he has surrounded him. self with his " friends " to accept from them the advice to brave the judgment of the country. The Post disapproves of the scheme last week laid before Convocation proposing to organise a deputation to the Christian Church in Abyssinia, with the view of establishing religious intercommunication. The Pose refers to the case of the Armenian Archbishop, who is still detained a captive in that inhospitable country suffering from want of the common necessaries of life, and asks whether Archdeacon Mackenzie can be in sober earnest in desiring that fresh victims should be offered up on the shrine of misplaced enthusiasm. There is plenty of hard work for zealous Churchmen and ardent philan- thropists without going so far afield ; and it would be no bad thing if more real endeavours were made to heal the wounds which are now galling the Church in this lard before it is sought to establish a community of religion sentiment with African savages. Besides, at a peri9u when even all the members of one family are seldom in accord as to the vital principles of their religion, it seems something like a mockery to set ourselves up as the reformers of Abyssinian backslidings. The Star, in commenting on the loss which France has sustained, declares that 21 years ago no name was more frequent in the mouths of men than that of Alphonse de Lamartine. In the early months of the world-fFmu s " year of revol u ti ons ," th e poet, orator, and historian of Republican sentiment bad seemed for a moment to grow to the proportions of a statesman, and as the leading figure in the Provisional Government, to shape. a policy and lay the foundAions of a polity at which Europe looked with varying emotions, with wonder, suspicion, exultation, hatred, hope, or fear. As a natural conseqten;e of the revolution Lamartine took a leading place in the Provisional Government. How lie was overburdened with the weight of power, and how he failed to keep in a firm grasp the reins of the state, we have already told. He wavered between the temptation of leading the Socialist Demo cracy and the fear of alienating past recall the affections of the b ittegeoiie of Park Like all waverer& he con ciliated neither party ; yet it would be unjust to deny that, at a critical moment, when the aspect of ' affairs was darke,,t, Lamartine boldly faced a maddened crowd, and refused to abandon the tricolour for the red flag at the bidding of the populace. Fur that act of civil cyurag; no words of praise can be t o warm. We forg e t, in contemplating this noble passage of an unequal and chequered life, all the failures and the errors of the man , an d we remember only his high aspirations, his purity of life and integrity of purpose, his eloquence, his poetic fervour, and his pas sionate zeal. Lamartine had survived all the glory of his career, and had lived to taste its bitterest disappointments •, his nine-and-seventy years were crowned with sorrows and humiliations. Yet he may have found consolation in the fact that his name has obtained a permanent place in the lterary and political history of his country, and will not for.,-etten while Frenchmen read poetry and remember t rung days of lfra. THE TISCHENDORF ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT. taron Tauchnitz, the eminent publisher, of Leipsie lately finding that he had carried his series of editions c. English authors to the 999th volume, determined to marl, the publication of the I,oooth by a special production. Accordingly he invited the eminent scholar and critic. Constantine Tischendorf, to prepare an edition 0. the English authorised version of the New Testa ment. The result is before us in as pretty a volume as could be desired. The peculiarity of this edition may be soon explained. The English authorised version, as we may be excused for observing, was trans lated from the Greek text, as it was in use among Pro testant theologians in the days of Elizabeth and James 1., that which Erasmus and Robert Stephens had founded upon manuscripts written after the tenth century. But since their days Greek manuscripts of the New Testament have been discovered far older than any with which they were acquainted, and scholars now for the most part agree that the older manuscripts must come nearer to the original than those which, though more numerous, are of later origin. The work of Tischendorf in the present edition has been to take the three texts which are most highly valued by Christian scholars, and to supply from them at the foot of every page translations of those readings which vary from the text from which the authorised version is translated. The texts he has used for this purpose are, first, the CodexTraticanits, which appears to have been in the Vatican Library nearly 400 years, and which is assigned to the fourth century ; secondly, the Codex Alexandrines which is in the British Museum, a MS. given to Charles I. by the Patriareh of Constantinople, and probably written in the first half of the fifth century ; and thirdly and lastly, the Sinaitic MS. obtained by Dr. Tischendorf himself, in 1859, from the Convent of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai, and believed to be the oldest of the MSS. of the New Testament, and of the fourth century. The history and description of these precious documents, accompanied by an estimate of their comparative importance, is presented here in a gracefully written introduction by Tischendorf, who acknowledges the assistance he has received in the preparation of the work from our countryman, Mr. B. Harris Co„ per. Facsimiles of portions of each Codex are given opposite the title-page. The volume is published for about the price of one of the cheap yellow-covered novels that we see on the railway book-stalls. — Daily Neu•s. .2 1 /1E IRISH CONVENT CASE. In answer to the writ of Habeas Corpus, the Hon. Miss Eleanor Maria Ffrench was in attendance in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Monday, accompanied by the superioress and one of the Sisters of the Loretto Convent, Eathfarnham, The Hon. Miss Ffrench had a private interview with the Lord Chief Justice. The counsel at either side (Mr. Walsh and Mr. Butler for Lady Ffrench, and Mr. Buitagh and Mr. ()Weill Burke for Lord Ffrench) and the Sisters of the convent were subsequently admitted. lite Lord Chief Justice then said he had had some conversation with the young lady, and she expressed a wish to go to her mother, which was perfectly natural. He therefore had nothing further to do than to see that she was safely conducted to her mother. His lordship also intimated that he would punish anyone interfering with the exercise of the writ dEabeas Corpus which interference he should regard as a contempt of court. Mr. Walsh said Lady Ffrer.ch was in attendance. The Lord Chief Justice : Then Mr. Nagle (Clerk of the Crown) will conduct the young lady to her mother. Mr. Walsh, Q.C., said it was the wish of all parties, and it had been expressed to the Lord Chancellor, that the young lady should not be removed from her present residence pending tl:e proceedings in the Court of Chan cery. The Lord Chief Justice said he had nothing to do with that; but he had no doubt the wishes of the younc lady could be easily ascertained on that matter. The Hon. Miss Ffrench was then conducted by Mr. Nagle to Lady Ffrench who was waiting in a carriage out• Bide the Four Courts. LAW AND POLICE: NEGLECT OF CHILDREN. —At the Surrey Sessions, on Tuesday, James and Amelia Beard were indicted for cruelly neglecting the children of the male prisoner and his first wife. The case was the worse from the man occupying a respectable position as clerk in a stationer's establishment, while the woman possesses landed property. 'They were each sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour OBSTRUCTING THE THOROUGHFARE.—SeveraI tradesmen in the Whitechapel-road have been summoned by the police for placing articles for sale outsid2 their shop windows. They admitted the offence, hut pleaded that trade was so bad in the East-end that if they net exhibit their wares they might as well " shut up shop." They were each fined ss. and costs. A CLERICAL QUARREL—At the Thames Police Court, the Rev. Richard Lee, rector of Stepney parish, was charged with threatening to stab the Rev. 'l'. Hall, curate, in the vestry. The dispute arose respecting the relief tube given to an applicant. The magistrate expressed Lis great regret that two gentlemen occupying such a position should appear as opposing parties in a police court, alai strongly advised some arrangement. The hearing of the summons was adjourned till Tuesday next, when a hope was expressed that the matter might be adjusted.` THE TINEIIPLOYED.—A deputation of unemployed waited on Wednesday upon the Lambeth police mazistrate, stating that although a large number of men out.,: - k had obtained orders for the labour yard of Lambet“ 7 : - house, they had been refused admission. It turned out that the labour yard contained accommodation for 120 only, and as it was quite full no more could be entered. Mr. Woolrych hoped the attention of the authorities would be called to the lack of proper accommodation. A SCENE ON A RAMOURSE.—At the Windsor Petty Sessions, a private in the 2nd Battalion of Coldstream Guards was charged with assault and robbery. The pro secutor described himself as a commission agent at races, and it seemed that the dispute arose from a disturbance at the Windsor steeplechases. The soldier and some corn. rades mobbed Mr. Shearn, accused him of being a " welsher," and robbed him of nearly .£3O. The Chief. Superintendent of the Windsor police said that Mr. Shearn was well-known at Tattersall's, while the prisoner and his witnesses bore-every bad character in the regiment The prisoner was committed for trial. A CURIOUS DISGUISE.—A singular case was heard at the Tnnbridge Police-court a day or two since, when a young woman, about 21, was committed for trial for burglary. It seems that some years since she ran away from her place as nursemaid, and disguising herself as a young man, she obtained ern• n ployment fi rs t as h op-picker, and t h en as groo m. She was charged with b rea ki ng i n t o a s hop, and wileU Taken into custo CIY was found sitting at her parenti house properly dressed. Her disguise was never susuecte4 s,ntil chance led to its discovery. LICENSING SYSTENI—A conference is to De heia on this subject at the Town-hall, Manchester, during Easter week, under the auspices of the License Amend ment League. This association recommends, not only the amendment of the beerhouse system, but a general measure calculated to remove at least the worst abuses which now prevail. We understand that her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to forward the munificent donation of £l5O to the British and Colonial Emigration Fund, of which the Lord Mayor is president, for the relief by emigration to British coloniesof the distress existing among unemployed workmen and their families. THE MARRIAGE OF VISCOUNT MAIION AND MISS EVELYN PENNEFATHER.—The nuptials of Arthur Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (eldest son of the Earl and Countess Stanhope) and Miss Evelyn Henrietta Penne father (daughter of the late General Pennefather) were celebrated on Tuesday morning at St. George's, Hanover square. The telegraph gro3sly exaggerated the account o 2 the disaster at Kohat on the North West frontier of India. Government has received intelligence to the effect that a police post at or near Kohat had been surprised by an in cursion of one of the border tribes, and that threo of our men had been carried off and cne killed. A force had been promptly ordered out for the putih hment of these iibturbers. Our tel•'gram states that GOO had been killed. SALE OF A WIFE. —A remarkable story) whether true or false, is reported from Totnes, in Devonshire. A bachelor becam3 enamoured of the wife of a mau living at Dittisham, and negotiations were concluded for her purchase for the sum of £59. The money was duly paid and the husband left the place, promising never to return to claim his wife. Soon after wards, however, the woman was missed from the house of the purchaser, having proceeded to rejoin her husband at Totnes, where, with the .e,50. they are ektioving a second honeymoon. THE FIRST SHIP IN THE LEITH NEW DOCK.--. Through stress of weather the new dock has been opened sooner than was e) petted. On Saturday morning, when the gale was blowing fiercely, the brig Sarah Ann, of North Shields, drifted from her moorings in the harbour, and was carried int.) the new basin connected with the new dock. In her cowrie she broke several piles, and threw Town staging and a pile-driving machine. So high was the wind that the Sarah Ann could not be taken back to the har bour. The only way the vessel could be placed in safety was by bringing her into the new dock.--Edinburgh ReriAut THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1869. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAsT EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. BRAZILIAN SLAFE TRADE. The Earl of CLARENDON moved the second reading of the Brazilian Slave Trade Bill, and explained that the object of the bill was to repeal the Act 8 and 9 Vic., commonly called the Aberdeen Act. The provisions of that act were very stringent, and when it was first passed it was intimated to the Bra zilian Government that it would not be permanent, but as soon as the Brazilian Government took steps to check the enormous traffic carried on on their coast, it would be repealed, The time had now arrived for the fulfilment of that engagement, and to effect that was the object of the bill. Lord CIIEL3ISFORD said he was Attorney-General at the time of the passing of the act, and had he been con sulted he should have objected to the passing of the act at all. After some discussion the bill was read a second time, and the house.adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. Mr. AYRTON gave nottce that on Thursday next, on the house going into Committee of Supply on the Supple mentary Estimates, he should move that votes be taken to defray the expenses of the Abyssinian expedition. MISCELLANEOUS AE TVS. and the burglar was captured. The Oriental Bank was nearly robbed by two nice hoys who got in through the basement from a liquor saloon ; but the janitor interrupted their operations. General Grant has arrived and departed. On the 4th he was to have been the guest of ex-Governor Fish, but he passed the day in looking over Messrs. Appleton's publishing establishment, and in the evening was at a great reception given by Mrs. M'Kean, 445, Second-avenge. On the sth he dined with Mr. Grinnell, and afterwards went to J,,hn Brougham's theatre. On the 6th he went to Brooklyn accompa nied by General Badeau and staff, and dined with ex-Governor Fish. On Sunday he made one of St. Paul's Methodist Church congregation. Next day the Union Republican Committee waited on him at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. It was headed by Charles Spencer, Dennis Burke, and John Cockrane, but Mr. Spencer's speech only elicited the words, " Good day." Some people even assert it was " Get away." The President was prepared for their attack, as what was in store had been made known to him, when he dryly remarked that he had half a mind to get New York to run the whole Govern ment by contract. He had received an Irish dele gation, who told him they numbered seven millions, and should not be overlooked in the distribution of the plunder. After getting rid of his persecutors, and banding a large pile of cards, which they in sisted on thrusting on him, to his aide- de-camp for a bonfire (an individual left two cards, drawing Grant's special attention to his place of busicess in Broadway) he went out. with Mr. Bonner for a trot behind Dexter. ' He dined with Mr. Chittenden in Brooklyn, and afterwards left by special train for Philadelphia, where he arrived at the Continental Hotel about six o'clock a.m. on the 9th inst. He did not there receive visitors, though most prominent citizens called, and sent in cards. 'The General would be fed to repletion if he went everywhere he is asked. The Army and Navy officers of Burnside's expedi tion have formed a permanent organization, with Gen. Burnside as President, and their first annual dinner was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on the Bth inst. Edwin Booth's acting on the night of the 4th inst. was a "sell" to the speculators who had purchased two-thirds of the seats, which the public showed no disposition to occupy, and therefore the house had but 75 in the dress circle and 500 else where, though made to accommodate 1,700 persons. Indeed this actor was influenced by malice afore thought, for he allowed the speculators to buy as many seats as they chose, but refused to let them sell to the people entering the theatre. These middle-men are a nuisance, besides being a heavy tax on the public. Apropos of theatricals, Mille. Nilsson is expected in New York during the spring. Mr. Fisk received a message from London stating her terms, and an answer was returned,l believe,accepting them The Elevated Railway in Greenwich-street is proving satisfactory. It runs in a line with the second storeys of the houses, the wheels being covered with wood to deaden the sound. The principal daily journals report the following receipts to the Internal Revenue Office for the last three months : The Herald, $189.645 ; Times, $130,038 ; Tribune, $131,859 ; Journal of Commerce, $24,500 ; Express, $24,106 ; Evening Post, $28,106 ; the Commercial, $6,844 ; and Pomeroy's Democrat, $10,658. A terrible tragedy occurred before day-break last Thursday in No. 116, Seventh-avenue. Sarah Boerd, a young servant girl there employed, ap pears to have excited the love and jealousy of Peter Bamberger, a tailor, in the establishment of John Rhodes. Both the girl and her lover were found in the hall insensible and bleeding profusely, with a six-barrel-revolver, contents discharged, lying near. The girl's examination acquits Ban. berger, stating that he had not shot her, and all sorts of wild rumours are in consequence afloat, but there was a letter found on Bamberger's person which shows how jealous and desperate he had grown. The talk of Vigilanze Committees is, I believe, unfounded, though the Rogers and other murders, together with these hints, have had a stirring effect on the judges. The hardihood of the thieves arising from the impunity con ceded in this city to theft, has lately re ceived a shock. They used to walk through the courts of justice with the policeman's hand on their collar as they entered, and their finger at their nose and their tongue in their cheek and the police man as they left. Recorder Hackett and others have been taking the shine out of them within the last few days. Pat Martin got 10 years for bur glary ; Pat Moore 20, fo: robbery; Johnson 20, (or larceny; Maguire, ditto ; and two others, sen teuces scarcely less severe, this in one day. There will be little necessity for vigilance committees, if the judges do their duty. John Real, who mur dered policeman Swedick, is to be hanged on the 2d April ; the court stating that too much time had been lost already iu that and other cases. John Trimble and Maurice Leonard have been ar rested for the daring burglary at the Messrs. Bene dict's jewellery store. I told you the circumstance attending the smashing of a window of the Broad way Bank cashier's desk. Well, the instrument for breaking the jeweller's window was similar, and the jewellers in alarm are protecting their glass with wire netting. A dinner was given to Senator Casserly, of California, at Delmonico's, last Mon d .y. The chairman, Charles O'Couor, proposed— " The States of California and New York, gene rous rivals ; one welcoming from the Atlantic, the other from the broad Pacific, the commerce of the world—who can foretell their wondrous future ?" An American Press Directory is about to be pub lished. Mr. Bowles's account of California, its rocks and mountains, as it came out in the Spring field Republican, will also be given to the public. Mr. E. P. Whipple has left the Boston Transcript, but the literary news which excites most interest is the rumour that the President Elect and his supporters, desirous of controlling a New York journal, are about to purchase the Wol ld, of which Mr. Marble is now sole proprietor, having lately bought out other interests. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Yesterday the Alabama Claims Treaty was under consideration by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and on all sides strong objection was taken to it. Whether it can be amended so as to satisfy England and at the same time pass the Se nate is at present a doubtful question. As it stands the Committee is sure to report against it, but the protocol relating to the rights of naturalized citizens and the treaty with regard to the boundary of San Juan are viewed with favour. Indeed the Com mittee have authorized Mr. Sumner to report them for ratification. Au inauguration ball will after all be given, but in the new Treasury building, where there is excellent and ample accommodation. Both the President and the Vice-President with their families will attend, and the tickets at Islo each are going off like hot cakes. They will admit one gentleman and two ladies to the dance and supper, for which several bands have been engaged, and an accomplished caterer. The pend ing nominations by President Johnson are 188 for civil offices, ranging from Smythe and Cummings down to justices of the peace for the District of Columbia. There are also 8 naval and 495 military nominations, two-thirds being brevet appointments. A bill for securing equal rights in the District of Columbia has passed the Senate. It strikes out the word " white" from the laws of the District of Columbia and the charters of Wash ington and Georgetown. Though before twice passed, it was in each case within ten days of the end of the session, which enabled the President to defeat it. The house Committee on Elections have decided the contested election for Louisiana by declaring that Colonel Mann, the deceased member, was duly elected, and that neither Hunt nor Menard were legally chosen, which disposes of the Afri can on the floor at least of this Congress. General Grant returned on Wednesday, an d as the time is so short for nominations to be made the office-seekers broke through all re straint, swarming through every cranny into his presence. Nor is the contest for place confined only to the public service, fcr there is a rush for the White house kitchen, as well as for the Government de• parttnents. The competing chefs are black, and three in number—Geo. T. Downing, Henry Johnson, and \V. 11. Smith. The latter aspires to be promoted from Vice-President Colfax's kitchen to that of President Grant's; and Alr.Downing considers that $2,000 salary, with the eclat of the position, to be better than the house Restaurant at the Capitol. Both Grant and Colfax will be officially informed of their election to-morrow, and the Speaker has appointed Mr. Wilson, of lowa, and Mr. Pruyn, of New York, on the part of the House, to announce the fact to himself ! Andrew Johnson's life was sought by a crazy woman--Anne O'Neill—who was actually arrested in the White House on Wed nesday, armed with au unloaded pistol. She asserts that war is declared, and that she has a Divine commission to kill the outgoing President. The family are already making way for their successors Mrs. Stover and her children have already left for Tennessee, and the White House will soon be empty. Baltimore has tendered Mr. Johnson the hospitalities of the city. Secretary Seward is still at work on his guano islands; those belonging to the United States in the Carribean Sea, he thus enumerates : —North Keys, two islands ; Northeast Key : Triangle Keys, three islands ; Anchor Key ; Sand Key ; Booby Keys ; North Rocks ; Serrana Key. All these islands are situated in lititude about 14 degrees 20 minutes north, and longitude about 80 degrees 15 minutes west. Yesterday the Sub- Committee having favourably reported to the Ways and Means Committee on a Treaty of Reci procity with Canada, the subject was considered. It has confined itself, however, to requesting the President to open negotiations with the Canadian Government for the free navigation of the river St. Lawrence, the protection of the Fisheries, and for general commercial intercourse. The Canadian people desire some such treaty, and as General Schenck will report it to the House its passage is probable, and is likely to be immediate, if it is to be passed this session. The Senate Judiciary Committee have agreed upon a Naturalization Bill, somewhat similar to that introduced into the House. The Dyer Court of Inquiry has finished the examina tion of Colonel Balch. Lieutenant-Commander John S. Barnes has resigned. General Thomas S. Leslie is appointed Chief Paymaster of the Pay District of New York. General Fremont, General Heintzelman and others have been examined before the House Committee on the Pacific Railroad on the advantages of the 32d parallel for such a line. A bill is about to be introduced, pro viding that hereafter brevet commissions shall °lily he conferred in time of war, and only for distin tinguished conduct in the military service of the country. In the U.S. District Court at Richmond, a nolle prosequi has been entered in the treason cases -of Davis, Lee, Breckinridge, Hampton, Longstreet, Wise, Early, and others, and the sureties of Davis have been discharged from their responsibility. Two I students of the university over which General Lee presides have been turned out for going about in a threatening manner and discharging pistols, thereby Wounding a negro. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Mr. RYLAND, said the Government were of opinion that the law was in a satis fact ry state, but, considering the amount of business now before the house,',he was not prepared to say that the Government would bring in a bill on the subject, but if the motion was taken un by a private member, the matter of course would be given the be©t consideration. CARDINAL CULLEN. Sir T. BATESON asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land whether, as was stated in some of the public prints it was in the contemplation of the Government to recom mend to her Majesty that Cardinal Cullen should be ap pointed a member of the Privy Council in Ireland. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he was not aware that it had been so stated until he saw the hon. gentleman's ques tion on the paper, but he had to say that such an intention had not been entertained. TURNPIKE TRUSTS. In reply to Mr. CLINE, Mr. BRUCE said it was intended, on the part of the Government, to introduce a bill during the present session on the subject of turnpike trusts. CHURCH PATRONAGE (IRELAND). Mr. GLADSTONE said he believed the Lord-LieUten ant of Ireland had exercised a wise discretion in filling up the vacant living of Valeutia, county Kerry, in a t,rupo rary manner, rather than making the new appointment in the usual manner, which would have had the effect of making a vested interest for life. THE NAVAL RESERVE. Mr. CHILDERS, in reply to Mr. Hanbury Tracy, said he would state the course he intended to pursue, with respect to the royal naval reserve, when he moved the Navy Estimates. RYDE PARK, Mr. COWPER asked whether the large accumula tion of refuse from brick-kilns that now cover the green slopes of flyde-park over tilt , lower end of the Serpentine had been pla,..ed there in the hope that they would imitate rock work, or, if not, for what purpose it had been placed there? Mr. LAYA RD said there was certainly no intention to imitate rock work over what the hon. gentlemen in poetical language called the gree❑ slopes of Hyde-park, which were, in fact, the muddy banks of a stagnant ditch. The refuse, he believed, was put down merely for making a good substratum for the planting of shrubs and trees, certainly not to counterfeit rock work. AUSTRALIAN BEEF. Mr. LUSK asked whether, considering the high price of the beef preserved, viz., elevenpence in the pound, and the excellence and cheapness of the Australian preserved meats, it was intended to introduce it for consumption in the Royal Navyy Mr. CHILDERS said the Australian meat had been fur nished to a certain number of ships for the use of the officers and men, and had heen reported on favourably. Tenders would shortly be issued fer preserved beef, but he would refer more particularly to the subject when the navy estimates were under the consideration of the house. THE ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT. Mr. M'EVOY slid he would take the earliest opportu nity of fixing the second reading of the bill for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, but be did not think it would be at all/possible to take it before Easter. THE REPORTED MASSACRE AT COIIAT. Mr. WY LIE asked what fraction of truth there was in the alarming telegram which had appeared in the papers that day from India stating that the natives bad mas:acred 300 Europeans at Cohat ? Mr. G. DUFF said he was thsnkful that an opportunity had been given Lim of immediately contradicting a rumour which must have pranced so much anxiety to many homes in England. The Government hail a telegram from fa ia, which stated that the natives had surprised a police cost, carried off three men, and one unfortunately had been killed. Colonel Pears and a number of men had marched in pursuit with a view of punishing those who bad com mitted the outrage, and the latest item mentioned was that Colonel Pears had been successful in carrying out the orders given Lim. (Hear, hear.) A GRICULT URE. Mr. ACLAND then rose to move for a select committee to inquire into the actions, with reference to agriculture, of various public authorities, with a ♦iew to consider the expediency of recommending that some one department be made responsible for dealing with administrative and legislative questions affecting agriculture. The motion for an inquiry was supported by Mr. Pell, who thought the sewage question of itself justifiel it; by Lord ITenl-y, who laid principal stress on the road ques tion ; and by Mr. Corrance and Lord F. Cavendish ; but Mr. Newdegate, on the other hand, treated it as entirely unnecessary. Mr, BRIGHT, in reply, pointed out that agriculture and trade were pretty much in the same condition of having their interests looked after by different offices. This was not a very defensible thing, but he doubted whether a committee would discover so satisfactory a remedy as a consultation of the heads of departments among them selves. Agriculture, however, in Mr. Bright's opinion, had never less to complain of, and the notion of agriculturists applying to either the Board of Trade or to the House of Commons reminded him of the lady who sent for the doc tor "because she felt so well she was sure something was going to happen to her." Sun and shower and industry would do more for agriculture than Government or Legis lature, and his advice to farmers was to come as little as possible to any Government office. The Home Secretary was even now considering whether there could be any interchange of functions between the different offices; and if anything could be done in furtherance of the objects of the motion it should be carried out. Satisfied with this assurance, Ur. Acland withdrew his motion. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN bronght iu a scheme for remedy ing the ratepaying grievance by repealing altogether sec tion 7 of the Reform Act, which extinguished the com pounder. Mr. Gladstone offered no opposition to the introduction of the bill, but Mr. iibbert regretted the foi m in which it was frambd, and announced his intention of opposing it at a future stage. A first reading was given to bills brought in by Mr. lladficld to amend the law regulating the burials of Dis senters, and by Mr. M‘Lagan to amend the Game Laws fn Scotland. The House adjourned at half-past nine o'clock. COURSE 0 F EXCHANGE.—Last Ecenzny. Amsterdam Short ... 12 ... 12 .1 Do Rotterdam...... — ... 12 1t ... 12 21 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels Hamburgh ... ••• 13 10f ... 13 11 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 121 ... 120} Vienna — ••• 12 45 ... 12 1,5 Trieste — ... 12 45 ... 32 55 Petersburg Copenhagen ... ~ 9 20 ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 48.1 ... 481 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 35 ... 26 40 Genoa .. — ... 26 35 ... 26 40 Naples Palermo — ... 26 35 ... 26 40 Messina. Lisbon ... 521 ... 521 Oporto ... 521 ... 52g Rio Janeiro — •.• New York "II - .... ... The Price of Gold. The quota.iin of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251.153. per LI sterling. )0 comparing these rates with the English Mint price of cis. WO. per ounce for stanianl gold, it appe.% - . Patt gold at the above price is ab ut 140th per cent. dearer in l'• iis 0 , n in Londob. The course ct exellinge at New York on London for bflis - Lt GO ditys' si4lic was ca the last date :ii,out I Si i w r ,yrf. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of ;.. , ;o ;t1 rocs the Uni:cd z,tates. DUNN - I LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest Molders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re ummended by the medical profession in preference to French izandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta lion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co. Belfast; cr 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand. London —[Ad v, rtieement. CONSIIWATIVE JOURNALISM IN SCOTLAND. Conservative journalism does not seem to prosper in Scotland any more than in the provinces of England. The Scotsman, as presenting the latest news and as the organ of Liberalism, is almost universally read. Because it gives news which its contemporaries do not have till next day, newspaper readers are obliged to take it in, spite of its opinions. But the Tories of the North have at last discovered a plan by which they can overcome the " fause Wheegs." They are going to start a halfpenny Conservative paper, which they do not expect to pay, bnt which those who love the cause are expected to pay for. They do not think the venture will be a commercial success ; but they hope to obtain from those who have money to spare, and whose sympathies are with Mr. Disraeli, a subsidy sufficient to pay all costs. We thought that, in this country at least, free trade was the acknowledged principle so far as newspapers were concerned. But Sir Thomas Gladstone and Lord Dalkeith do not think so, and so we are likely, though nothing is settled to have a subsidised newspaper in Scotland. ATHLETICS. The authorities at Oxford shew themselves rather hostile to the athletic sports which have lately become one of the chief events of the University year. The leading journal is inclined to support the authorities. It believes that too much attention is now being giyen to athletics, that we have, in our adoption of the new religion of muscular christianity, rushed into an extreme by no means desirable. Athletics now encroach upon the time which should be given to mental education ; a serious fault, because athletics have necessarily a somewhat coarsening effect upon the mind, which can be counteracted only by good mental training. And after all what is it that athletics do for us ? Take the crucial test, the march of an army on a campaign, and we shall find that the Prussians, during the campaign of 18G6, marched as well as our troops can do. So did the Americans under Sher man in his famous march through Georgia. The higher French officers are in great part highly instructed men, and no class of them, any more than Prussians or Americans, have given themselves up to rowing and jumping from hnyhood to manhood. But they march, and they make their nicn march with far more alertness and agility than is shewn by an English regiment, whose officers have been athleticising all their lives. The truth is, that in foreign countries athletic exer cises are practised sufficiently for the development of the body, but they are not allowed to invade the more serious province of education. With us there can scarcely be a doubt that this limit has been passed, and that, under the pretence of healthy exercise, a devotion to a too engrossing class of pursuits has become general. THE EVILS OF COMPETITION. The exceedingly old discussion on the merits of the prize system at public schools threatens to crop up again. Instead, however, of the old ground being taken, the effect of strife on the morals and disposition of the scholars, the disputants have chosen a new battle-field, and are now fight ing on the question of health. Dr. Bence Jones, writing to the Times, pointed out that boys and youths were continually failing in body and mind in consequence of over study. To this "A. Head-70 L; , r " replies that the effect is such in a school th r q now -a -days cannot afford to dig pense with the system Dr. Jones condemns. "If a master gives prizes, not only to the first or second boy of a moderate form who has distinguished him self in classics, but also for mathematics, for history and geography, for modern languages, for natural science, and for Scriptural knowledge, there are a very few boys in a well-worked school who do not feel the effects of su c h enc o u ragement, and who do not in their time gain, o r , a t l eas t, comenearto gaining, aprize in one of these subjects. Thus the general spirit of work is awakened and encouraged, and is felt even by those who fail of gaining the first place." The fact is that life in this country of late years has be come terribly in earnest ; the passion for getting on has seized most powerfully upon all classes ; and he who will not recognise this, and strive to his utmost, finds himself ere l on g behind those who are really his equals. The passion, good in many respects, most disastrously evil in others, is inculcated with the first lessons in reading and writing. Maybe, as the Spectator has predicted, the passion, having reached its height, will soon begin to decline. THE PRINCE CONSORT MEMORIAL. Though it . is open to serious question whether we ought to spend £190,000 on a memorial to a deceased prince, however noble his life may have been, yet we have this satisfaction, that the monument to be erected in Hyde Park is likely to be satisfactory as regards artistic design and execution. The Post an nounces that it will be impossible to " inaugu rate " the memorial, as was originally in tended, on the Ist of May. So far as the structural portions of the monument are con cerned, they may be said to be complete, but the proposed decorations and sculpture have not kept pace with the building, owing to their magnitude and the wonderful care with which they have been exe cuted. The memorial has been so often described that we need not enter into detail, more than to observe that, according to the Post," the spire, which forms a guide to its site from almost any part of the park and rises high above the surrounding trees, is perhaps the principal feature of the whole. From its cross to the base is exactly 120 ft., and the metal used in its construction weighs over XOO tons. This enormous weight is supported by four massive crossed wrought iron girders. Only an . inadequate idea can be con veyed of the magnificence with which this spire has been decorated. There is not an inch of space which is not covered with a scroll work, a pinnacle. or flgures " THE AGracuLTuRAL LABOURER. Ex-Governor Sir George Grey has addressed another letter to the Daily News respecting the con gri dition of the v c ultural p oor. Th e recen t l eg i s l a ti on of Parliament with regard to the employment of children in agricultural gangs has, he fears, done more harm than good. The public gangs are likely chara c t er, an d th e wors t o f th e to be improved in unable t o o bt a i n li censes ; b u t gang-masters are owing to these restrictions the private gangs have increased in number, and those who cannot get the necessary license for a public gang form a private one. The worst evils of the syst em h ave a l ways ex i s t e d i n these private gangs, and they are not, we fear, likely to improve. The cruelty practised on the little ones, who are at the mercy of these reckless taskmasters, is very great, and it is a scandal that it should be longer tolerated. Children of 8 and even 6 years old are compelled to work from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m., being kept u p to their work by the blows and threats of the gang-master, and in addition to this excessive exertion they have often to walk several miles to and from their work. One little girl of 0 had to walk eight miles in the morning, to work from eight to half-past five, and then to get home as best sh e cou ld i n th e e vening. The report of the Parliamentary Commission reveals some startling facts as to the physical suffering and the moral degradation which this evil system entails on those engaged under it. DISHONEST PAWNBROKERS. The Earl of Shaftesbury spore very severely a night or two back in the House of Lords on the sub j ect of dishonest pawnbrokers. His lordship did his best tomake his hearers understand that these arethe men who foster our criminals, and that as such they art enemies of society. Nor did he confine his remarks to the very lowest class, but expressed his opiniol that more respectable men, as the world goes, were amongst the delinquents. For this he was called to account by the first pawnbroker of the metropolis—Mr. Attenborough—who defended his cloth with ardour. Lord Shaftesbury, in reply, say* he has no doubt the majority of the pawnbroker? carry on their business uprightly. He referred . moreover, in this p ar ticular speech to general dealers as well as to pawnbrokers. Ile declines to retract hi, statement, as he thinks it to be true. (From the Anglo-American Timm) NEW YORK, Feb. 13. We are in Lent, and the gayest season known in New York for a long time has come to a close. Masquerades have been the order o f the night, about a third of the hundred great public balls having been in fancy dress. If New York now puts on sack cloth and ashes, it will not be before it wants some such covering, but I am pretty sure it only intends to go from one extravagance into another, and when the first lady with a Grecian bend is offered this attire, may Ibe there to see. One extravagance I can tell you about, and that was at St. Albans and Christ Church, Fifth-avenue, on Ash Wednes day. Our St. Albans has just imported a reverend gentleman from your St. Albans. What he did I do not know, for I was not there, as I did not care to see. We have another little sensation at the same time to keep us alive. Notwithstanding the Vigilance Committee the thieves are carrying all before them, and the audacity of some of their operations is almost ludicrous. Not long age a clerk put a large bundle of greenbacks on the counter of the bank into which he was paying them. Down came the hand of the loafer next him, and away thf , y all went before the astonished eyes of the crowd. Then commenced the chase now so com mon in New York. On the morning of the 16th such a chase was maintained from Mr. Davies's house at the corner of Throop and Myrtle-avenue after a burglar who fired six pistol shots during the pursuit, but when running not being the time to make good practice, so the pursuer escaped harm, lIENRY COOKS DIPROITD TELEGR.IPITY. We translate the following from a French viper : —New System of Telegraphy. —This morning the Emperor - Napoleon 111. condescended to examine at the Tuileries the now telegraphic system invented by the late Mr. Bonelli, and Mr. Cook, partner of the American bank ing house of Messrs. Norton and Co. After a practical and complete examination of the new apparatus, his Majesty expressed his saisfaction on all points, and invited the inventor to come the following day at noon to show the Empress the rapidity and accuracy of the in struments, which far surpass all yet seen in telegraphy. The advantages of Mr. Cook's system consists in the absolute exactness of the messages transmitted, and we need not point out this value to men of business who are aware what errors are committed with the instruments in use,occasioninginconvenience and pecuniary loss. MrCook's system also enables three messages to be transmitted in the time now taken for one. In short, his Majesty con sidered the benefits of the new system so important that he has authorized M. the Count do Vougy, Director-Gene ral of Telegraphs, to give the inventor every facility necessary to bring his telegraphic apparatus into gene ral use. Mr. Cook, in connection with the celebrated Italian telegrapher, M. Bonolli, has devoted many years and very large sums money to the perfection of Bonelli's system. Since the decease of the latter the im provements made by Mr. Cook have been so satisfactory as to attract much attention to the system, not only in Europe, but in the United States, where plans are be ing arranged for its general introduction. For Great Britain it has been most favourably considered by Lord Cla rendon, who has had au opportunity for a careful ex amination of its merits. At the second interview both the Empress and Prince Imperial were present. The printing and autographic instruments were tested with great success. The special objects of the improve. ments of Mr. Cook are perfect accuracy and great rapidity in all seasons. No action of temperature or climate have any detrimertal effect on these instruments, which so far have worked better in bad weather than in fair. The special importance of positive accuracy cannot be denied, and with these instruments it is insured. Mr. Cook is an English gentleman, and a partner in the banking-house of Norton and Co., Paris. His system is grounded on Che valier Gaetono Bonelli's patent, which he purchased iu 1860, and by years of labo ur and outlay improved into the instrument just submitted to the Emperor. The ori g i na l i nstrumen t constructed from this patent was automatic, and required 50 wires working simultaneously, yet inde pendently, while the present needs but one. Th e fi rst i mproveme nt was the production of a telegraphic machine, reducing the number to 11 wires, then to 5, though even this number barred its general adoption, notwithstanding its power to print 40 messages per hour, insuring ac curacy, and being independent of synchronism. The present instruments were further modified by Messrs. Bonelli and Hipp, but to Mr. Cook is due the final improvements which now make them so nearly perfect. The machinery is simple and strong, the parts delicate in substance, are of steel, and there is nothing which with ordinary wear should get out of order. The instruments are said to be capable of transmitting 160 messages per hour, but in reality they can accomplish from 80 to 100, the maximum of other instruments b e i ng f orty. The system also permits greater speed in delivery. The address is first printed, and the envelope can be addressed while the rest of the despatch is printing off. When finished the:paper is passed between rollers of blotting paper, and despatched—no need to read it —its accu racy is sure. The simplicity of the plan enables the authors of the system to engage to send messages cheaply, childr-n, boys, or girls being soon able to set up the typo. Experiments prove that 14} words per person Per minute can easily be attained ; thus machines, at the rate of 80 messages per hour, would transmit 1,600 words per hour ; two type-setters would compose 1,740 ; one machine clerk and two type-setters can therefore keep the instrument at the maximum pace of work. During the interruption of a line the time by existing systems is now lost ; by Mr. Cook's apparatus the messages are set up as they arrive. The moment aline is reported good the mes sages are sent through at the utmost speed, and lost time may thus to a great extent be retrieved. ANNUAL REPORT OF SOME OF THE NEW YORK MINING COMPANIES.-11e New York and BoAon Silver Lead Company, report that they have no debts ; the Keystone Silver Mining Company of Nevada that the amount of existing liabilities are, $501,594 52 ; the Benton Gold Mining Company of Colorado, about $9,000; the New York and Eldorado Mining Company, about 1,200; the Church Union Gold Mining Company $60,000 ; the Hope Gold Company of Colorado, $130,000 ; the Briggs Gold Company of Colorado, £135,000 ; the Chase Gold Company of Colo rado, $15,000 ; the Eagle Gold Company of Colo rado, $lOO,OOO ; the Ophir Gold Nlining Com pany of Colorado, $185,826 ; the Black Hawk Gold Mining Company of Colorado, $215,000 ; the Casco Gold Mining Company of Idaho, $20,000 ; the Mendota Mining Company of Lake Superior, $lB,OOO, and Mortgage Bonds $117,000 ; the Sherbrooke Gold Mining Com pany of Nova Scotia, no debts ; the Alameda Silver Mining Company of Nevada, $150,000 ; the Lehigh and Susquehanna Coal Company, not ex ceeding $175,000; the Owyhee Mining Company, $30,612 ; the Manhan Lead Company, $225,000 ; the Smith and Parmelee Company, of Colorado, $23,836 ; the Corydon Mining Company of Colo rado, $35,200; the New York Gold Mining Com pany of Colorado, $34,796 ; the New York and Silver Peak Mining Company, $100,646 ; the Plea sant Valley Gold Company of Colorado, $7,000 ; and Waddingliain Gold and Silver Mining Com pany, $36,000. James T. Brady, Esq., the eminent New York lawyer, died suddenly, Feb. 9, aged 54.—Murray M'Con nell, a State Senator of Illinois, was found murdered i❑ his offi at Jacksonville, Feb. 9. —Hon. Sampson Mason, M.O. from Ohio from 1835 to 1843, and for 40 years past an active politician, is dead, aged 76. • LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL II AIR.-M RS. S. A ALLEN'S WORLD'S lIAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles - Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. Depot 266, High Holborn THE GREAT WIIVETYASE:. We reprint from the New Orkans 11(publican, of January 29, an interesting article in relation to the controversy which has now been pending for three years between the United States Government and 3 large number of French wine merchants. This con troversy has been the subject of a vast amount of newspaper comment on both sides the Atlantic, and several efforts have been made to make the q uarrel a diplomatic one. After much correspondence be tween the representatives of the French and Ame rican Governments, it was concluded to allow th e courts to determine the important questions at issue' The result, involving over 40,000 packages of Frenc h wine, valued at half a million dollars, is a waited with much anxiety by the parties interested. W re shall he able to state the result in an early issue 4, We Lave taken pains to ex amine the records. which show how these cases, which have excited so much attention in this community and throughout the country, originated, what is the theory of th e Government in their prosecution and the defence interposed by the defendants. In 1862 the atten tion of the Government was called to the extensiv e under- valuations of imported goods, from whi ch under-valuations the Secretary of the Treasury stated to Congress resulted in an annual loss of me re than twenty million dollars of revenue. Acting upon the recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury, Congress in 1863 passed the present law requiring copies of all invoices of goods shipped t _ ° the United States to be fil e d w ith the Unite d ' States Consul at the port of shipment, and impos ed heavy penalties for the falsification of invoices. New and stringent regulations were made requiring all Consuls to examine such invoices, and fat er comparing the prices at which goods were invoiced, to comp Are the prices as therein stated with th e real market prices at their respective parts, a nd t° report to the Government any under-valuatio ns ; To better secure the executio n of th es e laws a n regulations, and to supervise the action of th e Consular corps, an agent of the Treasury was sea' to reside in Enrope. Among the multitude of alleg ed fraudulent under-valuatio ns re p or t e d t o thi s agen t were those in the invoicing of Bordeaux wines' The shippers of these wi n es were r e qu i r ed, lik° 3 ,1 others, to present to the Co ns ul t ru e i n voices a nd descriptions of their wines, and to declare befor e the Consul that their invoices were in all respec ts true.' While this formal ev id ence o f th e kind an d f description of wine shipped o ver th e signature o 1 shippers, the Consul u n d er t oo k t o compare invoic e ' l , values with the values we ll k nown i n t h e open marke t of Bordeaux. Ihe bulk of the wines shshippedNew Orleans were d e sc r ib e d i n th e i nvo i ces on th e bottles and on the c as k s an d b oxes as pur e wi ne : . of well known growth s an d y ears , an d of wel known values. But i ns t ea d o f t h e rea l ma rke t values, those p u t d own i n th e invoices, and 03 which duty w,ts to be paid, were greatly ke iell f , such market value. The wines in the cases now el trial were invoiced, f or examp l e, as B 1 lye save; rior,' and at ninety-th ree cents t h e case o f twel v bottles. Many wines of w e ll-k nown grow ths v ' e „ r) s invoiced for entry at the C us t om -h ouse a s lov eighty-five cents the case. The well. established an authenticated quotations at Bordeaux Pro ved most of these invoices to b e f a l se . Expe rts were sent to Bordeaux car e f u lly t o exa mine i llto ot the matter. The invoices were declared by th e e to be false, and their re p or t s , w ith t h e eviden ce ' were forwarded to the agent o f th e T re asury v of partment at Paris, and by him to th e Secretary the Treasury, who thereupon directed the seizare; The Government, in the c a se now on trial, alle% that the wine is i nvo i ce d at muc h l ess than l e. real market value, a n d i s li a bl e to f or feitu re. To prove this the pro secu ti on prove d by " 5 , foreign experts that Blaye Superior of 18 as in cases, was worth e i g ht t o n i ne f ra ncs P e case, and that the w i ne ac t ua ll y shipped, °'h, subsequently seized, was goo d w i ne an d 'w° r : en , at least, eight francs and a h a lf per case . It is la portant here to mention that wi nes i n cas es val ued 1 ,, f at less than five francs s even ty-fi ve centimes per case are subject to a duty o f t wen ty cen t s per gal io; and twenty-five per cent. a d valorem; those worth more than that sum are li a bl e t o a d u ty Of fi fty cents per gallon and twenty-five per cent. ad valore; An advance i n th e va l ue o f t h ese w i nes o f one fran c , or say 19 cents; per case, would have placel tije in the second category. After making out a P riin n t jack case as p rov id e d b y l aw, the Gove rnined-, rested, and the d e fe nce was commence d by a°3.130 mission that the invoi ce was not true ; that wine invoiced and described as Blaye SuP eri° ,l o of 1865' was really a common mixture or low g r3 e , —common wine falsely named and branded to : be present a good n a t ura l w i ne. M r. F ue ntes, o f first witness for the defence, a large inVrterres wines, testified that the wi n e was a c h ea p iniic",a fa and that it was not such wine as is describe l ', the invoice upon w hi c h it was en t ere d a t the C oof tom-house. He further testified that 13 ° 3e Te i `gadOrleans high gr a de n at ura l w i nes are s hi ppe d in a d Orleans ; that th e b u lk o f t h e w i nes rec eived r , sold here are not natur a l w i nes , b u t c h ea p ini xt .! e es i t ,' which are labell e d ' M e d oc ," Margaux," St. &c., and that wines with all these labels ar e :01 here ' out of the same cask.' The defence i : t he engaged in examining witnesses. Some 0 ' th e ablest counsel i n the c o un t ry are engag ed j a case. The United States Government is r e f ) of seated by the Hon. M. Gibbs, a gentletnalithe exalted character and legal abilities, wile IS A S' special counsel of the Treasury Departmet t oti sisted by District Attorney Mo rgan , Randell tor of H C. Judd, and Mr. Billings ; w hile the Nes 4iool the New Orleans bar, the Ho n . Ch r i s tian Re s represents the defence." , LADVERMEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment, d ILA Instant relief—Sores which are daily extending, ulcers W v-e g res s ' hourly deepening, may be arrested in th e i r torturing P r b e eA lia and indnced to take a healthy action by applying th is ointment and taking these purifyin g pill s . It s oothes a ll 0 1 ' 4 &e ver, pers of and extracts all morbid hum ours from the 51;iu• its ulcers of the leg, inflammations caused by varicose N reirt eD ort ls ; cramps of the lower limbs can sensibly be eased a nd p res se cured by Holloway's never-failing ointment, which r e „ c tiA excessive and stimulates sluggish vascular and nervousietDer In consiitutious breaking down under pil es , fistulas, ari . 0 0 ; similar painfnl maladies a few applications of this coolu i c e ot "' ment will give comfort, and a persistence in its use rG ill e cure 14 [ADVERT I sEMENT.]—Henceforth no one will doubt the ml°lo eb o , o properties of Du Barry' s h ea lth-restoring Revelent u b les sl Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands o f d p ee it has already r ece i ve d from Invalids whose position hii; e l 7o }',;l deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness errs whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thi,rtlaYetteol" unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the 0, 0 Midi," July 15th:—"Rome, July 21, 1866. The health' et . re'',, t A Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all , c "itovo le- 3 1 , dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry 5 „.y 0 15 ,4 Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at eve`eiql, aQe It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his of his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too hjg - 5 3,21n 0 t extract a few out ofmore than 63.000 cures:—Cure =10•,..00p1s."00, the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver op itat' i r waing away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous& t oost, all o st ver, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and t, d e tolerable nervous agitation. Cur e No 1.771: Lor l 4 y ,per;i 6 , Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many Yea rs dysrePatis , No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony fra`",,, sP A '3.lr• nervousness, asthma, cough, co ns tipation, flatule ll s , 2•7o: fi gs, sickness, and vomiting —Mari a J o ly . " Cure Nu* ed lu jer James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' dise_ es s. „ A O spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial deal f t`„ore'r,'S portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury ant .. . o " - a Die' w sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Ba' 1111,5' name is most audaciously attached. its.; OC ° In tins, at le. lid. ; 1 lb. 2s. lid.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs..„ . 225. ; • 4 lbs, 40s, --Also Du BARRY'S BEVALENTA fO' up g LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups 576 c t itil cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 283 cups at 305., 2-' Ol 555,;„.. i0 e at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 305. au oat tiro are sent free of carriage in England on receipt o street , Order BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Rege nt - don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. ALDRIDGE —On the 25th ult , at 29, Eccleston-Witlie' wife of Major Aldridge, M:P , of a son. „fnulseil DAWSON—On tho Ist inst at . Madoc house, E. " the wife of Osborne Dawson, Esq., of a daughte Marriages. , orelit MALLOCK—HART—On the Ist inst. at at All Souls' Qvsteri andrfleomas Mallock, Esq., of Millba.ok-street,Westooctreet, of West Croydon, to Sarah Hart, of L I'a no London. ii,A , Spar 'o 'N DALE—On the 23(1 nit., George SimpsoiL , liA , of Earby Ilall, Barnard Castle, York,hiret to iript only daughter of Josopli Langhatn Dale, 1%..,41, ° rington-square, London. .-inghion- Deaths. CALVERT—On the 25thiult., at 48, Glcucestcr-creScel'ti John Calvert, Esq., aged 62. , Olin II;' HYDE—On the hat inst., at 13, 3laida-hill w est, J" -- , Esq., aged 64. , tril ico EIDLEY—On the Ist inst., at 11, St. George' 6-road, l''' the Hon. Mrs. Ridley. " ' . WALCOTT—On the 28th ult.., at Clfton, Win' L• W'dc°t(' Esq., aged 78. ---'-'-'' 0 2, London : Printed and Piblishod by WiLLIA-.„ C S') o f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at :CDR SUN 0) 1 1 0- 2 0:1 Strand, iu the Precinct of the Sa VOY, to the liddlesex.—Wednesday, Match 3, 1869. 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