The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Tin2es, in commenting on the debate on the Mayor of Cork in the House of Commons, says that he will pro bably be surprised to find how much can be said for him. At the same time that the copy of the bill is officially served upon him, he will receive in due course the news papers with the report of the debate, and will find that though everybody attacked him and called his speech a moat disgraceful effusion, yet there were several distinguished people ready to put a stop, if they could, to the measure by which the Government proposes to rid the city of Cork of his mayoralty. He may also be astonished to find that some of the sharpest critics are among those Conservatives who a short time since dismissed him from the magistracy, Strangest of all, he will discover that the late Prime Minister and present champion of religious property and all our most venerated institutions in Ireland was so carried away by his zeal that he fell foul of the Irish Attorney-General, and alluded to that gentleman, or rather the office he holds, in such scornful tones as to elicit a burst of indignation from Mr. Gladstone. The Mayor's only disappointment will be that the objec tions, legal and constitutional, did not succeed in delay ing the bill. He will probably recognise, with mortifica tion, that there is a kind of opposition which is not meant to oppose. The House has given up a whole afternoon to his case ; but, precedent or no precedent, the country will not suffer such outrages as he has committed to pass un punished, and the bill will make its way without any serious difficulty, The Standard thinks the House of Commons has been placed in a most invidious position in consequence of the ill-advised steps taken by the Government in regard to the Mayor of Cork. Speaking of the House as a body, and always excluding the half-a-dozen gentlemen who sympathise with Mr. Maguire, we suppose that there is but one feeling as to the necessity of adopting stringent measures for putting an extinguisher upon the ill conditioned person who now occupies the post of chief magistrate cf Cork. All decent society is outraged by the spectacle of a high official, charged with the duty of maintaining law and order, exhibiting himself as the boon-fellow of Fenian ex-convicts, and glorifying the would-be assassin of the Duke of Edinburgh. Although the House, with the full concurrence of the Opposition, has sanctioned the first reading of this bill, there is no doubt that it raises a grave constitutional question, which must be carefully examined and fully dis- cussed before the bill is finally passed into law. Mr. Disraeli only discharged his plain duty in point ing out the inconveniences which might attend the mode of procedure which they have adopted; and Mr. Gathorne Hardy entirely represented the feeling of his party when he declared that under the cir cumstances he should give them his willing assistance in furthering the exceptional measures to which they have resorted. The effect of the discussion, we should hope, will be to induce the Government to regulate their mode of procedure under the bill with all possible regard for legal and constitutional forms, and at the same time to assure them of the hearty co-operation of the Opposi• tion. The Daily News declares that Mr. Maguire's theory, as Colonel French's theory, or some other theory, distinct from either, may be the true explanation of Mr. O'Sulli- van's conduct. But the question which the House of Commons has to decide is one of fact and not of motive. Has Mr. O'Sullivan said and done the things which are attributed to him? If the affirmative is proved, however innocent his intentions or patriotic his purposes, he is clearly unfit to hold any magisterial office in Ireland. In the interests of public decency, and it may be of public safety and order, it is imperative that he should be removed without delay from the post which he disgraces, under a disqualification from ever filling any similar situation in Ireland. To proceed against Mr. O'Sullivan in the ordinary courts of law would be to leave him practically undisturbed during th• remaining term of his magistracy ; and would not abate the mischief which calls for legislative interference. Evi dence on oath can be taken by the House of Lords when the bill comes before them ; and it seems natural that legislation which departs so far from the ordinary practice of the Constitution as the O'Sullivan Disabilities Bill should, in its very inception, receive the sanction of that House of Parliament which is in an especial degree the guardian of the public liberties, and to which the Execu tive owes direct responsibility. It is important that the measure should from the first be the measure not only of the Ministry but of the House of Commons. The Telegraph in answering the question—Why should the Government not introduce a bill which would give the Executive a general power of punishing such offenders as O'Sullivan, instead of singling him out for special vengeance ? says that the reasons are clear. Englishmen claim to be governed, not according to the wisdom which may guide the Executive —or, in less fortunate days, may not guide it— but by the laws which have had the sanction of Englishmen themselves, through their representatives in Parliament assembled ; and the same idea, no doubt, holds good across both the Tweed and St. George's Channel. In the case now before us, the Government has simply asked Parliament for authority to remove the present mayor. Sufficient for the day is the O'Sullivan thereof. No doubt great inconvenience, and even peril, might occur, if such an offence as that of Mr. O'Sullivan were committed during the parliamentary recess ; and it is a fit subject for debate whether, after the passing of the present bill, Parliament should not take precautions against such an emergency. Meanwhile we have to do with Mr. O'Sullivan. On Wednesday a parlia mentary messenger departed for Cork, to serve him with a notice of prosecution. Next Tuesday is fixed for the second reading of the bill ; and on that day—or on a later day, should he ask for delay— the Mayor of Cork can be heard by counsel at the bar of the House. After the evi dence shall have been heard for and against the accused, it will be for the Commons of England to return a verdict of guilty or not guilty. The Times refers to the Great Temperance Demon stration at St. James's Hall, and declares itself opposed to the principle of the Permissive Bill, preferring to look for the repression of intemperance to the moral and material improvement of the community. Nevertheless, the Times is forced to acknowledge that the advocates of the Permissive Bill have strong arguments on their side, and says it is always with regret we find ourselves opposed to any effort on the part of those who are struggling to put down intoxication, even when we have not the slightest doubt they are in the wrong. Not only are their sincerity and disinterestedness above all suspicion, but there cannot be two opinions as to the magnitude of the frightful evil against which they contend. We do not mean to say we quite accept all their accounts of it. Starting with a fore gone conclusion in search of certain one-sided evidence, they naturally find only what they seek, overlooking or undervaluing the facts which tell against them. But still one need not b e a t eetotaller or a temperance orator to appreciate the vast mischief done by drunkenness. From murder to insolvency, there is not a form of human sin and sorrow in which it do es not constantly play a part ; and yet—which is, perhaps, the most trying consideration to sanguine reformers—it i s , perhaps, the only f orm id a bl e evil for which there seems a remedy at once simple and sure. They may feel that the extinction of such evils as cruelty, lust, or fraud implies something very like a com plete revolution in human nature, and can be hoped for only in a millennium. Poverty, again, with its twin sister, ignorance, presents so many and such complex ramifications that the social reformer scarcely knows where or how to begin his grapple with them. But with intemperance, though by far the most fruitful of all sources of crime and misery, there is not the same diffi culty. Only take away from the intemperate minority the facilities which they now enjoy for getting intoxicating drink, and the battle is all but won. The temperate majority have the power to do this if they would but con sent to use it. The Star says that the rejection of the Alabama Con vention has not been rendered more agreeable by the cir cumstance that the blow which struck it down was dealt by a friend. Mr. Charles Sumner first achieved his reputation as an advocate of arbitration. Yet he has been one of the chief means of destroying an instrument which, considering the important nature of the issues involved, was the most notable recognition of the principle of arbitration ever made by the representa tives of two great nations. The impression generally prevails in this country that we are responsible for the losses inflicted by the Alabama and by her sister pirates, which were built, equipped, and floated in British waters ; but if we are responsible, it is not on moral grounds, but because, either by negligence or connivance, we have violated the recog nised principles of international law. We have no desire to ignore the moral considerations which bear on this subject. The full extent of our legal responsibility was, we think, embraced in the Convention. Our moral respon sibility is another matter and cannot be determined by any human tribunal. If the Amer:cans look for mural redress, there !s every reason why inolal redress should be Mr. Cl:c.nrErt, irdced, fr;:rn piece in the icunte, cAls upon us to cede Canada as a compensation f,r the injuitiee with which we have treated his country. Ent this gentleman runst Le aware that Canada is not ours to give. 'The day has gone by for the bar tering away in this fashion of great and free cowmunitics. The people of Canada are masters of their own destinies; and their fate can never be ileciduil by any bargain struck iu London or in Washington. We are glad that the Nett York Tri'ilnie has taken Mr. Chandler to task for a speech which suggests that one wring should be patched up by creating another, and that, too, a wrong inflicted upon a people who, at all events, are not responsible for the depre dations of the Alabama or the shortcomings of tags mother ' ;9144trY. THE CO LINT OF PARIS ON TRADE UNIO.I 7 S. A royal author has just produced a remarkable book. The Count de Paris has chosen for his subject trade unions, and bestowed the greatest pains upon the work. He has studied the evidence taken by the English royal commissioners. The Count is not an advocate for trade unions; but he believes, after careful investigation, that they must exist, and that the State should allow them free action if they keep within the limits of the law. He states that it is his purpose to pursue his study witbout being influenced by party feeling, and that the subject should be treated In a practical manner. He pays a high tribute to the working-classes, and expresses his conviction that their solid qualities "constitute the strength and the honour of every great nation." The first chapter of the book contains a description of the doings which were the subject of inquiry before the Shef field Commission. It is worthy of notice that the Prince, writing before the report of the commissioners was made public, predicted what has come to pass, that a split would take place, and that they would not be able to sign a common report. The first attempt at combination on the past of labour was in 1348, when the plague had carried off a fourth of the population. An account is given of the unhappy struggle of the Luddites, which was brought about by many causes, and resulted in a ♦eritable insurrection. In speaking of the organisation of trade unions the Prince (the author) declares that when the unproductive expenses of strikes shall no more absorb the greater part of the funds of the union a new element of prosperity will be found for the working man. In the chapter on "Strikes," it is said that the general body of trade unions ought not to bear the reproach which attaches itself to the " iso lated villany" of some. An allusion is made to the great work of " conciliation " between master and workman, and the enterprises of well-intentioned individuals in that direction. This work is written in French, and published in Paris, but it will possess an interest for many English readers, expressing, as it does, the views of one who duly appreciates the importance of his subject and its connec tion with all classes of society. THE MAY MEETINGS. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. Exeter Hall was well attended on Wednesday, on the occasion of the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided. The report, which was one mass of statistics, stated that the income of the society for the past year had been nearly £200,000. Of this sum £98,160 was applied to the general purposes of the society, whilst £78,328 was ex pended in the production of Bibles and Testaments. There was upwards of £lO,OOO received for special objects—.£l,soo for the China fund ; £3,645 for the Spanish fund, and £6,317 for the building fund. The total expenditure amounted to £187,537, nearly £lO,OOO of that amount having been paid on account of the rew premises. The total amount of the society's liabilities on the date when the accounts were made up was £98,651. The issues of books from the society's depot during the past year had been over two millions. The total issues from the society's commencement now amount to the extraordinary figure of 57 millions. Through its means chiefly the Scriptures are now circulated in 185 languages. The adoption of the report was moved by the Archbishop of York, seconded by the Rev. Canon Smith, and carried unanimously. The Bishop of Vic toria, the Rev. L. Vince, the Rev. Dr. Schaft, the Rev. N. Muirhead, and others subsequently addressed the meeting. THE BOOK SOCIETY. On the same evening the Book Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge among the Poor celebrated its 119th anniversary by a son* at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, over which General H. Aylmer presided. The operations of the society are not confined to this country, but extend to India, Africa, America, Australia, and New Zealand, where it has friends and supporters. The demand for its publications continues to increase in all parts of the world, and besides having sent out many thousands of a large illustrated Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress,' the issue of the penny edition had reached close upon a million copies. Fox's " Book of Martyrs " bad likewise been in great request, as had also several modern works addressed to women and children, and the aim of the society is to satisfy this growing thirst for religious litera ture, by making the best books the cheapest. The receipts of the past year amounted to £8,760 Gs. Bd., and the expenditure to £8,610 Gs. 2d. LAW AND POLICE. T Inc LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY.—An important decision was given on Wednesday, by Vice- Chancellor Stuart, in the affairs of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. An application had been made on behalf of the creditors and shareholders requiring the directors to pay into court the sum of £150,000 now in their hands. The Arrangement Act of the company provided that certain moneys should be applied to capital and others to income, and it was alleged that the directors had applied to capital money which ought to have been reckoned as income. The Vice-Chancellor did not grant the application, but issued an order restraining the directors from applying the money to any purpose what ever until the judgment of the Court of Appeal had been taken. THE ELECTION OP MR. BIRLEY. In the Court of Common Pleas, on Wednesday, an inquiry was held into the legality of Mr. Birley's election for Manchester. It will be remembered that the objection raised to his election was based on the ground that he was a contractor with the Government. Mr. Birley is a member of the firm of Macintosh and Co., of Cannon-street, London, and Cambridge-street, Manchester, patentees of the vulcanized indiarubber. There had been dealings between this firm and the Secretary of State for India and the Broadmoor Asylum for Criminal Lunatics. The question was whether these contracts were within the meaning of the statute, and therefore whether they disqualified Mr. Birley as member. Mr. Manisty, for the petitioners, said that he should take the third contract only, that with the Secretary of State for India, as the strongest case. On the 13th of June, 1868, the respondent's company was invited to tender for the supply of certain goods ; on the 18th of July a tender was sent in, and on the 17th of August the goods were delivered. Mr. Mellish, for the defence, said he should argue that the contract was not within the statute. The money for the payment was paid out of the revenues of India, and was not voted by Parliament. As to the lunatic asylum case, he should contend that the contract was made with the secretary for the asylum, with no notice to the respondent's firm that he was a Government agent, and the contract must be knowingly made with an agent of the Government. Mr. Manisty, in answer to these arguments, submitted that the Indian Secretary was a public officer under the Crown, who had made these contracts with the respondent, and who was liable to be influenced by the Crown through this medium. As for the asylum contract, he argued that the fact of the respondent's not knowing that it was within the provi sions of the statute made no difference. Mr. Mellish contended that there was no Secretary of State for India when the statute was framed, and as the Council were independent cf the Crown, the case was distinct from that of other Government mean Governmen t En a sei c d, o steh n srEo t iu r . departments. As to the asylum, the statute could never t_ a lsd c .F t brsevaht:ivcilLNivuas the et Act. n T t h o e be co u w r i t t with took judgment. pye an apprentice, tim S e Tß t . his a and Criminal mistress, by Court a attacking a w c i k t na themattem pting.was charged to murder . co m uld th .id e e n n l t g i h fy t with a poker. Neither master norynutiusetreesl guilty,se having been him, but there was no trace of an there. The jury found the prisonerbut recom mended him to mercy. Sentence was deferred. Dow WITH lll3t.—And here we must pause to notice one of the amiable privileges which certain palities arrogated in the days o f o ld. I t was this:inun' ever their magistrates happened t o displease tlemw,ien. h burghers were given to flinging them h ea dl ong froth tthee windows of the Itathhaus, or Town I [all. So that th "Down with So-and-so," vague a s it i s j ust nowe eN7' tolerably intelligible in the Middle Ages. Th e cm: tom", of course, had an origin ; b u t th a t' is a matter of dispute. Be the origin, however, what it may, he thing itsel( was s u ffi c i en tly common. I n this ' way the weavers of Louvain disposed of no less than seventeen of their magistrates in 1382 ; thus, too, the citizens of Breslau dealt with the whole body of their town-councillors in 1420; and thus the good people of Vienna got rid of their obnoxions burgomaster and syndics in 1401. Traces of the same pleasant custom may be met with in the record,: and in the civic architecture of Nuremberg, Angsborg, Dantzie, a n d h a lf a h un d re d other places. lint s it was at Prague that &fenestration, as they called it, was practised in all its glory. And n3t without sidiicieqA reason. No other medixval was lia!f so well qualified to assert the orivilege, or so a.ltnirably adapted to exercise it. Prague was tenankd by various race 3 - conquering and conquered. Tiwse, of course, hated one another devoutly, and took the utmost pains to preserve intact their several barbarous dialects and conflicting usages. And from the days of Huss and Zisca downwards bitter religious of the i l e f i t t s tro u sities were superadded to the other choice elements of dis of delighted in a riot. cord. Besides, the city was always thronged by thousands gitylerdlYulfleslel;es all —who o t , ies the place was divided into three different municipalities, each with its separate llathb aus. The course of time had taught the magistrates of most other old German towns to neutralise this custom vely t:onsiderably, by providing secret outlets from the council chamber, specitnens of wliich way be noticed at Ratisbon and otherplaccs to this vary " Wau et w e i n Ina Sid Mg; if& Ute CorMig THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE IRISH CHURCH COIIMISSIONERS. Speculation is at last ended by the announcement of the three gentlemen whom Mr. Gladstone pro poses to make commissioners of the Irish Church. To the appointment of Viscount Monck, who has done good service to the State as Governor-General of Canada, no possible objection can be taken. His lordship is an Irishman by birth, education, and title. He is in his 50th year. The appointment of the Right Hon. J. A. Law son is more questionable, simply because it is intended that he shall continue to be one of the judges, whereas it may well he doubted if his new duties will not occupy all his time. Mr. Lawson is also Irish by birth and education, and was a scholar and gold medallist at Trinity College, Dublin, and for five years held the Professorship of Political Economy in that university. He was called to the bar in 1840, and made a Queen's Counsel in 1857. He was appointed law adviser to the Crown in Ire land in 1858, Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1801, and Attorney-General in 1805, and went out with the Russell-Gladstone Government in 1800. He sat for Portarlington in the Parliament of 1805-8, having previously unsuccessfally contested Dublin University. Ile was not a candidate at the last election, and last year was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He is 52 years of age. Mr. George A. Hamilton, who is to be Mr. Lawson's colleague, was formerly his competitor, having beaten him in a contest for the representation of Dublin University in 1857 by 791 votes to 272. Mr. Hamilton is a grandson of a former Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, was born in 1802, and is therefore 07 years old—rather an advanced age to undertake his new duties. Ile was educated at Rugby and Oxford. He unsuccessfully contested Dublin county in 1820, 1830, and 1832, and the city of Dublin i n 1835, b u t was sea t e d on petition, after an inquiry which lasted fourteen months. He was beaten again for the city in 1837. He was returned for the University in 1842, on Mr. Jackson becoming a judge, and continued to repre sent that constituency until January 1859. He was a strong Conservative, and pronounced himself in favour of " sound scriptural education," the with drawal of the Maynooth grant, and " the protection of the Established Church against spoliation." Thus the supporters of the present Establishment will have a friend on the commission. When Lord Derby first became Premier in 1852 Mr. Hamilton was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury. H e held the same post in Lord Derby's second Adminis tration, and in January 1859 was appointed perma nent assistant-secretary. He subsequently became permanent secretary. It will be seen that two of the commissioners are Liberals and one is a Conservative. " THE OWL.° The feathered symbol of wisdom has little that is new to tell us this week. Two facts are worth men tioning. One is that there will be a recommenda tion in the forthcoming report of the Courts Martial Royal Commission for the abolition in toto of brand ing. As we do not brand our civil criminals, there seems no reason why we should brand military criminals. If photography is sufficient to apprise us of a previous conviction in the one case it should be sufficient in the other. The second piece of information is that " the electors of Dumfriesshire are preparing a case for the consideration of the Select Committee on Municipal and Parliamentary Elections, presided over by the Marquis of Hartington ; and the forty two parishes in the county are to furnish illustra tions of the peculiar description of ducal pressure under which it has come to pass that Major Walker, who was himself worsted in December last at the general election, was enabled last month to defeat Sir Sydney Waterlow, who on each occasion was his opponent." impress this upon the Government. me dome Secretary said that London was truly charged with having the worst description of cabs of any capital in Europe, and that the Government hoped to bring forward a bill on the subject this session. execution received the full amount of the fee he would be entitled to for collecting the judgment, even though he does not secure a cent. It is calcu lated that this would add to his perquisites a quar ter-million of dollars, which would enable him to pay $lOO,OOO for its passage. Its effect will be to throw the collection of debts into the Bankruptcy Court. Our Senators are now closely watched to see who are under the influence of Tammany. A bill has been passed forbidding the leasing of stalls in the New York markets to non-residents. By this means men from New Jersey will he unable to carry on such business here. From the South the report is that the sharp cold we have experienced was severely felt by the cotton plant, which was just rising above the ground. Though the days are hot even here, the nights are frosty, and snow is still in the woods and on the hills. The Sun has been writing neon Horace Greeley telling why he went to Washington. Its correspondent asserts that object was the English mission, but he failed in bringing the President over, so he we:it to the Senate and lounged about till he heard the nomi nations, when "he indulged in a volume of not polite abuse of the Administration to every one that would listen to him, an 3 at sunset was s.!en making tracks for the railroad depot behind a huge carget-bag fife 1 with the good advice he ha I in tended for Grant." It also asserts that he could not be relied on for courage to maintain American rights. His effort, too, to secure for Major-Gene ral Walbridge the New York Collectorship, was so outrageous as to shake the President's faith in the philesophers's common sense, and though it did not help Walbridge it helped to settle Greely, adds the Sun, for Grant did think of sending him to Eng land before he saw it; at least so says Mr. Dana, who has himself got a good appointment. Mr. Greeley answers that if the President thought of bestowing the English mission on him, he never intimated it to any friend or suggested that he might be nominated for any office. Ile always uu derstood that Mr. Motley had been decided on, and the wisdom of that choice had never been con tested by him, for he believed it to be a good (tee, and he has always given it his hearty approval. Apropos of Mr. Greeley, there is a handsotne por trait of him, painted by Mr. F. B. Carpenter, on exhibition at the National Academy of Design. considered to be the best yet taken. A prisoner was brought before one of the New York Courts the other day charged with being a member of a Vigilance Committee and spreading inflammatory reports about crime in the Courts. Notice has been given of the 36th annual meeting for the 11th of May of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Frederick Doug lass will address it, and I hear there will be a groat demonstration in honour of Etnancipatio-r Day. An article in the Tribune on the annexation of Canada, in which, by the way, you were haed somely mentioned, has attracted great attention, and set all our journalists writing on that subject. The New York Times pooh-poohs the i let, and asserts that there would be no chance of persuad ing the Canadians to accept such a benefit, :dchouh it is generally believed that their gain would be the greatest. I find this in one of our papers—" The Canadian Cattle imported into the United States during the first three months of 1869, have greatly exceeded in value those imported during the same period in 1868. The value for the first three months of 1869 was $236,252, paying $47,250 duties. The value for the first three months of 1868 was $131,303, paying $26,260 duties." The brokers believe they have gained a triumph on the question of taxing their loans as capital. It was supposed that Assessor Webster was supported by the Deputy-Commissioner at Washington, and he stated that he would press the question into the Courts for a decision, if the Senate did not take it out of his hands by " rotating" him out of office It appears, however, that he has been " rotated" out, and Mr. Cleveland appointed his successor, at which the brokers greatly rejoice, considering it a triumph for themselves. WASHINGTON, April IG. It is not surprising that amid the throng and Babel of office-seekers around the White house, the Senators, and the Public Departments in Washington, that mistakes should be made. If Carl Schurz, a simple Senator, almost before he had made his first speech, received 7,000 applica tions for office when of right he had n) offices to give and had no business even to recommend, what must he the number that a Cabinet Minister would get or the head of some great branch of a Depart ment. A. B. Ketchum was nominated Assessor of Internal Revenue of the Ninth District of New York by mistake, as be happened to be already nominated and confirmed by the State. A great number of m-s -takes in naming, wrong men have been made. Mr. N. D. Sperry, a supporter of the late President, who was expelled from the Republican Executive CornmEttee, has been made Postmaster at New Haven, but several Johnson men have been appointed, a few of them being nominations that had stood over fr,m last session. The people also make mistakes. They reported a nominee to a post to be black, but he turned out on inquiry to be the President's cousin, as usual the spiteful say, for it is one of the charges • brought against. General Grant that he quartering the clan on Uncle Sam. Negroes nowadays are coming in for their share of good things. Some have been set to work in the mechanics' department of the navy-yard for the first time. Mr. J. R. Clay, an African, was one of the few men who declined a❑ appointment ; he was nominated Minister to Liberia, but he had evidently no wish to return to Africa. Justices Nelson and Grier will, it is thought, retire, under the provisions of the new Act, which enables those who have attained the age of 70, after a service at their post of not less than ten years to do so, retaining their Pay. Sonic suppose that Attorney-General Hoar wilt. get the additional judgeship of the Supreme Ciurt created by the law. The President, however, desires to retain him, and he desires to remain ill the Cabinet. Mr. Fisher does not take over the P,At?nt Office, to which he has been nominated Commissioner, for the present, as he is about to leave for Cincinnati to prepare for his residence in this city, and Judge Foote will remain in charge till he is ready. Mr. Richardson, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, is getting :id of the women clerks by the score. He has already signed 100 discharges, and another 100 permanent vacan cies will be created in a few days. Speaker Blaine stole away by a back door from home yesterday, and left an eager crowd of office-seekers waiting for the opportunity of button-holeing him at the front door. Mr. Van Aernam,the Commissioner of Pensions, is to take over his office from Governor Cox on the Ist May. Senator Sumner's great speech on the Alabama Convention is generally accepted as a fair statement of the subject, as seen from the American side. It is not, perhaps, as tersely and lucidly arguel as was expected, and presents weak points through which holes will be driven on your side. The " little" bill is, however, growing, and shows a marvellous tendency to increase. American ideas have always been noted for expansion, and the people are pre-disposed to take broad views on this subject, more especially on the " naughts" to follow the first figure representing the damage. Senator lloward spoke against the San Juan Boundary Treaty for an hour, but no vote has been reached, nor in the case either of the Darien Canal treaty. At the National Academy of Science, the Honourable Samuel B. Ruggles stated, on invitation, the progress in Europe of monetary uni fication. It commenced iu 1863 at the Berlin Satis tical Congres4, and it has progressed with such s4ccess as to include ten European nationq, containing 130,000,000 inhabitants, to which Germany wont,' soon add another 33,0A090 and Ruisi t 68,000,000, Ire considered the plan of the Paris Conference to be sufficiently metrical for all practical purposes, and that any new scheme would but keep the United States in perpetual isolation, sending Auter;can coins into the mints of Paris and London. Chief Justice Chase has delivered the opinion of the Su preme Court in the long-pending INPArdle case, and after elaborate argument dismissed the appeal of the petitioner for want of jurisdiction. PARIS, April 29. The summer season has set in in Paris, everything has changed as if by enchantment, and the culti vators of the vice are looking forward to a vintage as excellent as that of the past year, and last, not least, for the moment, the - price of vegetables, espe cially those used for spring salads, has now rapidly lowered. As one of the principal aims of your journal is to learn and - point out with the greatest readiness all points of international progress as re gards France, England, and America, I had great pleasure in accepting an invitation to visit the new English laundry which has been erected on the bor ders of the Seine, at Boulogne-sur-Mer, near Saint Cloud, which should rather be called an institution than a laundry, and which reminded me forcibly of certain large hospitals I have visited, especially in reference to its extreme cleanliness, reflecting great credit on its manager, Mr. Checkley. It has been fitted up for the purpose of carrying into operation on a large scale the washing, mangling, and other machines of Messrs. T. Bradford and Co., which, like the sewing machines of the late lamented Mr. Howe, have become a speciality in almost every country, and have obtained especial attention in France, having been introduced under the imme diate patronage of the Emperor and Empress into the Palace, the Fleet, and various benevolent insti tutions in whose welfare her Majesty takes deep in terest. On different occasions I have had the p'easitre of meeting in Paris both Mr. Howe and Mr. Bradford, and have been in •ch struck with the same restless energy apparent in the manner of each ; men alike self-made, and never wandering from the absorbing idea to which each had consecrated the labour of a life. The former is, unhappily, lost to the world upon which he conferred so great a benefit ; but Mr. Bradford yet remains, not only for the more perfect development of his own system, if that can be, but also, it is to be hoped, to aid in other great national improvements, which will do yet more to link America, France, and EnJand together in the bonds of unity and social progress. One of these contemplated improvements is the proposed estab lishment of a quicker and more effective communi cation across the Channel, and to accomplish this various proposals have been submitted to the Em peror. That which has been most favourably re• ceived is the employment of large steamers of a peculiar censtruction, with railway communication on each opposite shore, upon the principle of a ferry— a plan which, organized and perfected in America, has been adopted with complete success in that go-ahead country ; and under the surveil lance of one of her ablest engineers, it will probably be carried into effect between France and England before long. I have noticed in the columns of the Daily Telegraph that a project of this nature has been already contemplated in England, and that, according to this journal, it has fallen through, principally from an alleged apathy on the part of the French Government. Ido not wish to advance premature statements, but I will venture to assert that no man living is more alive to improve ments of such a nature than the Emperor of the French ; but heAill commit himself to no plan, unless be the most perfect and most feasible, in proof of which his Majesty has expressed by letter his warmest interest and sympathy in the success of the talented report and plans which have been recently laid before him by a gentleman who has already acquired a world-wide reputation for the scientific improvements he has introduced in marine matters, and which have been universally adopted not only in the various mercantile steam lines, but also in the navy of Great Britain. As regards the small talk of Paris, the domestic menage of Me. Patti and her illustrious spouse is s mid not to be of the happiest description. Great things are said of the extraordinary success which attenls tit e treatment of the exhibition of hypophosphites in consumption and other tubercular diseases by Dr. Churchill, and as many of our friends are now on the wing from Nice and elsewhere, it would be well for them to know that every information on this head can be obtained from Mr. Swann, the chemist to the American Embassy, Rue Castiglione. An amusing incident occurred yesterday. Two old friends, who had feted each other alternately during the day at the various Marchands de Vins found on their route, were staggering homewards in the direction of the Bastille about four o'clock p.m., mutually sustaining each other, when all at once they encountered a waggon laden with empty wine casks, slowly advancing along the Rue St. Antoine. At this sight our two friends melted into tears. " Poor old casks," said one, "to think what they have contained, and what they have come to." " Perhaps," said the other, " we may even our selv,is have drank of the petit-bleu from them. L A us follow the mournful remains to their resting place." "It is but just," said the first, and the inhabitants of the quarter derived no small amuse ment from observing the two friends following the vehicle iu the guise of mourners chapeau bas, even as far as Bercy. THE LATE CIIIEF JUSTICE LEFROY. The announcement of the death of ex-Chief- Justice Lefroy, in his 06th year, reminds us that it is not only bishops who cling to their places when they are past work. The late Chief Justice of Ireland positively refused to resign, in spite of the fact that he was so deaf that he often missed the points in an argument, and frequently dozed while counsel were pleading. When the public began to cry out, the Conservatives supported the judge, declared that though he was upwards of 90 years old he was in full possession of his faculties, and denounced, as scandalous and ungenerous, the assumption that a nonagenarian was not as capable of administering justice as a man half his age. But the Russell-Gladstone Administration went out, and it was then discovered that justice might be better served by having a more vigorous man in the chief judgment seat. Those few weeks wrought a rapid change in the opinions of the Conservative party on this matter. Fortu nately for them, the Chief Justice was not troubled with " conscientious" scruples about resignation. He did not consider that to resign would be to commit sin against the Iloly Ghost; but being a good party man, he did what his party wanted, and made way, as soon as his friends came into office, as they all along intended that he should, for another party man, Mr. Whiteside. The legal Nestor was destined to see his party out again, but he had the consolation of knowing that the seat he had so long occupied was filled by one of the most pronounced Tories in all Ireland. THE MAYOR OF CORK. That the Government are bringing in a bill to remove Mr. O'Sullivan from his mayoralty at Cork, and to deprive him of his other offices under the Crown, will cause general satisfaction on this side of the water. The feeling that a Ministry with Mr. Gladstone at its head paid with Mr. Bright as a member would not have the moral courage to adopt restrictive measures, is shewn to be unfounded, and the malcontents on the other side of the water are plainly told that they may carry their conduct too far. The Mayor is, we are glad to see, meeting with the just consequence of his extravagance among his own countrymen also. As long as they gave him encouragement the Government would find their task a hard one. But the Yacht Club of Cork has been taking means to expel him, and he saved them the trouble by sending in his resignation. lie has left Cork and the other magistrates in peace for a while, and is now probably in Dublin. • THE STAFFORD ELECTION PETITIONS. We can hardly congratulate Mr. Justice Black burn on having to try the Stafford election petitions. If both of them are proceeded with to the issue his lordship will have by no means a lively time. The return of both Mr. Alderman Pochin (Liberal) and Colonel Mellor (Conservative) is petitioned against on the ground of bribery, treating, and undue influence. But the most tedious part of the business is the scrutiny. Nine hundred and twelve of the Colonel's votes are objected to by Mr. Chawner, the defeated Liberal candidate. In return, 497 of Mr. Chawner's votes are oppo se d. The statement of the petition against the return of Colonel Mellor makes the case against that gentleman very dark. If it can only be borne out in evidence, his seat is worth less. There would seem to have been a most elabo rate system of treating carried on, for which the electors paid ostensibly, by mock collections and absurdly-inadequate instalments, but for which the Colonel really paid. THE REDUCTION OF NEWSPAPER POSTAGE. The Marquis of Hartington is m ov i ng in the matter of the reduction of newspaper postage. Ile has ordered inquiries to be made of business men and others throughout the country as to the probable effect of the change on correspondence generally and on the work at the various offices. The Advertiser says that, under the direction of the principhl officers in the mail department, a series of experiments is about to be made upon one of the northern lines with an improved mail-bag delivery apparatus, by which it is stated several bags may be rcceived and delivered at the different stations whilst the trains are at their ordinary speed, and irrespective of their weight, so as to meet the difficulty named by the Postmaster- General as at present existing when the debate took place in the House of Commons upon Mr. Graves's motion. The experiments will take place as soon as the Post Office authorities have had time to fit up the carriages for the purpose, the use of which has been readily granted by the railway company. LONDON IMPROVEMENTS. metro polis; and we have a Chancellor of beauty in who— w hil e h e h as no appreciation We have no Haussmann to im o p f ro th ve e o h icr ciieguer, public buildings—is uild i ii i i i g a Ls—iosnddeoti is c i rmin i e m d p t r o o keep ling well-locked nevertheless. a Miss Burd e tt C ou tt s h as recen tl y p u t a ver y beautiful market i n th e m id s t o f th e slums of Bethnal-green ; the Thames Embankment will be when finished the finest walk in the kingdom— and, perhaps, if all is done that is talked of, the finest in the world ; more to the west, mansions are springing,' up, which have some real architectural beauty ; and the small, cramped shops are, in most of the principal thoroughfares, being gradually turned into spacious, well-built houses of business. Two very important works are also to be opened to public use in June or July. The first is the Ilulborn ViAuct, across Farringdou street. This, while it would hardly satisfy a strict student of [esthetic; will be the means of improving the neighbourhood very considersbly. And the new bridge at Blackfriars is to be opened nearly about the same time. The bridge has been enthusiastically described as the best bridge across the Thames. But it will be hard to beat the massive granite of Waterloo, or the neat, finished appearance of Westminster. THE CAD QUESTION. As Londoners are dissatisfied with the omnibusses so are they with their cabs. They want to divide the cabs into two or more classes, and, by paying a little more money, to be able to get a better vehicle than they can 8- _et now. A deputation from the S o ciety of Artaivait on Mr. Alesudasctio SCIENCE V. HUMANITY. The Pall Mall Gazette, ever energetic in condemn ing cruelty, calls special attention to a serious case of ill-treatment of a hospital patient by a Dr. von Trautvelter, as reported in the Berlin papers. The doctor first dissected some eight dead bodies. Having done with these he selected for further experiment " a woman of twenty eight, almost in articulo mortis from cavities in the lungs," and proceeded to subject her to an experi ment far too horrible to detail. The patient died an hour afterwards, " whether from the progress of the disease or the effects of the experiment is not clear." Our own Lancet, with a coolness that almost makes one fear for the education of the doctors by whom it is read, thinks the question whether he did wrong or not a matter for discussion. We should suggest the Old Bailey as the place where the discussion should be held—a judge and jury for the audience. TIIE VOLUNTEERS OF SWITZERLAND AND ENGLAND. The volunteers are becoming rather a cosmopolitan than a national body. Instead of fighting against, they are fraternising with, other nations. First they shook hands with the Belgians, and met in friendly rivalry the riflemen of Brussels. Now Switzerland holds out the loving cup, and asks the English volun teers to partake of the national rejoicing at Zug. The managers of the annual Swiss shooting festival send, through Lord Elcho, a cordial invitation to the volunteers of England to be present, and the friendly missive is couched in terms the most warm:— " When, in the great troubles of 1848, European diplo macy bore so harshly upon Switzerland, Great Britain Tave many evidences of kindness and loyalty towards us. his will never be forgotten. Our marksmen especially remember the hearty reception with which you honoured them at your last shooting festival at Wimbledon. They are anxious to be afforded an occasion to recip rocate these attentions and marks of friendship, and they hope that such an opportunity will be presented at our next national shooting festival at Zug. We intend to make this shooting festival even more interest ing and important than any one preceding it in Switzerland. We beg you to advise us as early as con venient of the number of v isitors which we may expect, in order that we may be enabled, so far as possible, to make the proper arrangements for their reception. The Federal shooting begins on the 11th of July, and ends with the 21st of the same month. We expect a very numerous participation on the part of English marksmen at our national shooting festival." The volunteers have thus an evident " mission" to perform. They, who were called together to defend the nation, are making an attack upon it more diffi cult by producing friendly sentiments towards us in the minds of the people of other countries. Who knows P—we may yet have members of the Peace Society joining the rifle brigade. THE COLONIAL EPISCOPATE. Dr. Beckles intends to resign his bishopric on account of ill health. Nine years of episcopacy in Sierra Leone is enough for any man, and no doubt Dr. Beckles will get rewarded by easy but lucrative preferment at home. It is not stated why Dr. Alford, Bishop of Victoria, has returned home from lying Kong, after having given his diocese only a little more than a year of episcopal supervision. It will be remembered that great difficulty was found in filling up this see when it became vacant. Lord Granville is likely to find some difficulty in filling up that of Sierra Leone. THE FREE AND OPEN CHURCH ASSOCIATION. It is satisfactory to find one society which in these days of religious antagonisms receives the support of all parties. At the annual meeting of the Free and Open Church Association which has just taken place, the speakers included Lord Eliot, Mr. Brassey (both of them ex-M.P.'s for Devonport) and the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, son of Lord Shaftesbury. The society includes among its patrons a large number of members of both Houses of Parliament, including two or three members of the present Cabinet. (From the Anglo-American Times) NEW YORK, April 17. Mr. Marshal 0. Roberts was neatly eased of his watch, chain, and pocket-book last Saturday, as he was incautious enough to go to the Custom -house where the throng of office-seekers keep up a crowd. The Special Committee of Investigation paid Col lector Grinnell a visit onWednesday, and have been assigned a room in the Custom-house, where they intend deliberately to proceed with the investiga tions. Assistant-Collector Clinch has been sum moned, and the officials are in a state of nervous curiosity as to the cause. Charles A. Dana, of the New Fork Sun, relieves Mr. M'Elrath as Ap praiser of Merchandise. The appointment has given rise to much discussion, as the Sun has lately animadverted bitterly on some of the no minations, Mr. M'Ardle too was formerly con nected with the Tribune ; and I may here add that Adam Badeau, your new Assistant Secretary, was once employed on the Evening Express, and was the author of the series in the Sunday Times, called the " Vagabond Papers." lam sorry to s ty that Miss Kellogg is suffering from a severe sore throat, which prevented her from singing at a coreert on Monday for the benefit of the Cubans, which, in consequence, had to be postponed. Sheriff Moran has very adroitly managed to transfer himself to Sing Sing instead of a prisoner committed to his charge. What inspired his action in court is as little known as his action on the road, but perhaps he was growing weary of the trial, was progressing and ac for he got up while it knowledged his guilt, receiving in return a fiveye,trs' sentence. What has made the most noise in this city has been the action of the Legislature at Albany, surrendering Broadway and Lexington avenue to the tender mercies of a railroad company. The bill passed both Houses, though opposed by all the owners of property on these thoroughfares. It is believed that it will lessen the value of real estate by one quarter, and it is hoped that Governor Hoffmann will veto it, though the combination is said to Le powerful enough to over-ride his opposi• tion ; the press denounce it as a measure of bribery and corruption, but it is not easy to arouse our Citizens by such cries. If any people know what corruption and bad government mean New Yorkers ought to do so, but they still live and thrive, and think it best to take the world easy. The names of A. T. Stewart and William B. Astor have been used without their consent in coninction with a Board of Commissioners for which the bill provides, as follows : "The Governor, the Mayor of the City of Now York, the President of the Central Park Commission, and Wm. B. Astor and Alexander B. Stewart of said city, are hereby appointed Commissioners of said railway, and consti tuted members of a Board of Commissioners to be known as the Central Elevated Railway Commission of the City of New York,' whose duty it shall be to promote the ob ject of this act," Ste._ The Underground Railroad Bill is meeting with opposition from the Church. A sermon was preached in St. Peter's against it, the priest (the church is a Roman Catholic one) asserting that it would un dermine that edifice, as well as Trinity Church. There has been another "strike ;" the drivers of the Second Avenue Railroad having stopped work for an increase of iwages. The company got new drivers, and continued their operations without in terruption. The police have to watch the num bers of men who daily assemble round the de pot, fearing a fight might at any time occur between the new and the old hands. The cars are all out of time, and several accidents have happened the inexEerience of the untrained drivers. At a meeting of the Union League Club, held on Thursday, a committee of seven men was named to decide on the best way of expressing the Club's high appreciation of its President, Mr. John Jay, previous to his departure onhis mission to Austria. A clever forgery has been perpetrated, by which the firm of Messrs. Jay Cooke and Co., was robbed of $26,000 by cheques ranging from $9OO to $9,000, which bore the signatures required by the house in proof of genuineness; namely, first that of the firm, next the indorsement of the boklcr, and thirdly that of the cashier. The New York Herald has been astonishing every one with the number of quadruple sheets it has issued during one week. These issues are of 16 pages each, and rival the London 'Fait's. Although it is known that the burglars who robbed the safe of the St. John's Be nefic-al Gahty Fund of Philadelphia belong to a gang of cur city no clue has yet been obtained. The Sub-Treasury officers throughout the States have been ordered to Ecrutinize all-bonds offered for sale, and to stop payment of the coupons. All the bankers and brokers also have received full lists. A split is believed to be imminent between Gover nor Hoffman and his party. He has been vetoing numerous bills, and he ought to veto a good many more. He vetoed the first City Railroad Bill, chartered for the season, and it is to be hoped that he will also veto the Sheriff's Bill, which pro- Videß for enabling him to charge upon every THE MITCHELL MURDER CASE. Mrs. Twitchell has replied to her husband's C 311.- fession. Two representatives of the press had an interview, when she appeared composed, though somewhat depressed ; she readily answered all ques tions, and presented a very long statement, accom panied by two letters from Twitchell. Both con tain false confessions, which he urged her to make, with long circumstantial details huw the murder had been perpetrated, and ample instructions what she was to say, and how she was to act. The ori ginals were closely written, in pencil, on small pieces of paper, but evidently in Twitchell's hand writing. They are dated the 7th and Bth March. In answer to cbse questioning she asserted that her statement, though written some time, had not been earlier published, as she could not endure to assist in the execution of her husband. The first letter was conveyed to her while shaking hands with him March 24, and two other confessions on the 31st March, of which she was to take her choice ; while, on April 1, she received the fourth and last. As she disliked receiving these, and being thus pressed, she ceased to visit her husband, a circumstance noticed by the public, and of which he complained. Portions of these confessions are written vigour ously, and words are used which throw a doubt an their being genuine, while in places they are rambling and incoherent in strange contrast, as if the writer, suddenly recollecting himself, thus endeavoured to act out the position of a man situated as was Twitchell. In them all he appaars as the innocent victim, having taken no part what ever i❑ the murder, while his wife and some strange man are the culprits. One, a Mr. Lee, a handsome, pleasant man, to whom she became greatly attached, is made the murderer; in another, she is made to com mit the murder herself, and, under the Satanic in fluence which prompted the act, she got her hus band's shirt and coat and put them on ; in a third, neither she nor her husband did it, but she had made arrangements with a Mr. Gilbert to have it done ; but all are accompanied with minute instructions. Her own statement is as follows : "On Sunday afternoon, about half -past one, George and 1 went out to take a ride, leaving at home mother and the girl. We went to the Abbey, I observed that George appeared low spirited, and in no way disposed to enter into conversation. I inquired ii he was sick, and was told he was not. We returned about four o'clock. I found my mother pleasant and - agreeable. George came in shortly afterwards, and remained in the dining-room until called to tea, reading a paper. 11e was very thoughtful during the afternoon and evening. We took tea together. After tea he left the table and went to the dining-room. In a few moments I was with him, leaving my mother in the kitchen. In a few minutes ray mother came into the dining room. Mother and 1 conversed together, George making. no remark whatever.. Mother said to me I had better go to b d, she did not wish me to wait up. She would read the paper and wait for the girl herself. I went to my room, saying at the same time. George, I am going to bed ;' to which ho replied, Very well.' My mother arose ant went with me to my room, remeining and conversing pleasantly with me until I went to bed, when she passed out of the room, and in a short time, how long I cannot sav, George came into the room uudresstl, and came to bed. I was seen asleep, and knew nothing more until awakened by the girl tine; the door bell; I cannot sly if George was asleep, but think he was not. I said, George, that must be the girl. He replied, he supposed it was. He made no attempt at that time to get up and let th 3 girl iu. I came out of my room into the entry, and called my mo ther twice, to which I received no reply. I returned to my rcom with the intention of finding something to throw over my shoulders, when George got \ip, and said to me in an abrupt manner, "You come to .sed and I will go down and let the girl in." I remained at my room door, waiting for George to comp up, thinking mother was down stairs. I heard Sarah call hint. Heard what he said when he went into Yard. Ifiew-do-wn stairs, And saw my mo ther laying on the settee in the kitchen, a dead woman down stairs. This is all 1 know about the murder. 1 i knew nothing about my husb an d' s b us i ness . I believe t to be in a flourishing condition, being told by him but a few days before the murder that he was doing well, making money, and out of debt. I was kept in perfect ignorance net only concerning his business affairs, but many other acts of his private life. I deny that I ever deserted nil husband, but to the contrary repeatedly offered to give every dollar :I ipossessed to save his life, if possible. After my acquittal I treated him very kindly, visited him three times every week, never in any way referred, by looks or words, to the murder, never spoke an unkind word to him, and never once said to him, mother. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR NOMINA- TION,S. The following nominations have been sent to the Sena' c : For Foreign Ministers —*J. Lathrop Motley, of Massa chusetts, to England ; *John Jay, of New York, to Aus tria ; *A. G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, to Russia ; rtlenrY T. Stauford, of Connecticut, to Spain ; *Thomas IL Nelson', of Indiana, to Mexico; William A. Howard, of Michigan , to China; nonce Ruld , c, of Wisconsin, to S witzerlaud U. C• Andrews, of Minnesota, to Den nark ; •A• Pilo, of Missouri, to Brazil ; James R. Pat tridge, of Maly . land, to Venezuela ; Charles N. Riotte, of Texas, to Co: ta. Rica ; Charles E. Delong, of Nevada, to Japan ; Henry Baxter, of Michigan, to HoLduras. For Ministers Reident —*Robot t C. Kirk, of 011'0, to the Argentine Republic; *Ebenezer D. Bassett, of Penn sylvania (coloured), fatyayti ; *Leopold Marlibreitt of - Ohio, at Bolivia. For Assistant Secretaries of Legation—Ada m B at London, England ; *George W. Wurts, of Pennsylvania , at Florence. For Consuls-General—*Freeman 11. Morse, of Maine , at London, England ; *I. Meredith Read, Jun., of Ne' York, at Paris ; William P. Webster, of Massachusetts , at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, Germany; *William A. 0 * Dart, of New York, for the British North American Pro vinces, at Montreal, Canada; *Thomas B. Van Buren, of New Jersey, at Florence, Italy. For Consuls—James C. Fletcher, of Indiana, at Palermo , Italy ; *George P. Hanson, of Illinois, at Copenhage° , Denmark; *Robert T. Holley, of Vermont, at Barbadots; Dexter E. Clapp, of New York, at Buenos Ayres; *Frede rick Cox, of Peunsylvania, at Leghorn, Italy; *llarveill . Davis, of Pennsylvania, at Cardiff, Wales; Henry Erne, of Tennessee, at Basle, Switzerland ; Wm. D. Farrand, of California, at Valparaiso, Chili; *Robt. M. 1111S011, of Obi" , at Bremen, Germany; G. 11. Hortsman, of Pennsylvania , at Munich, Bavaria ; T. C. Juttiug, of —, at Maracaibo , Venezuela; *J. F. Hauser, of Wisconsin, at Brindisi, Italy' *James Haggerty, of New York, at Glasgow, Scotland ; *E. B. Jones, of Wisconsin, at Newcastle, England; *Richard N. Johnson, of Missouri, at Hankow, China, w Herman K. A. Linderman, of Missouri, at Lyons, Franc' , le John L. Ner, of Michigan, at Port Sarnia, 0.1 V.; *Henri S. Neal, of Oak), at Lisbon, Portugal ; *R o b ert P. K e ep, of Connecticut, at Pirasus, Greece; w D. B. Randolph Kai" of Pennsylvania, at Foo-Chow, China; *Robert E. Mack , of New Hampshire, at Londonderry, Ireland; *E lward Neil, of Missouri, at Dublin, Ireland; *Milton M. Price, of lowa, at Marseilles, France ; Charles H. Perkins, of Con nect:cut, at Barcelona, Spain ; Charles E. Perry, of N° l York, at Aspinwall, United States of Columbia; *An drew C. Phillips, of Maine, at Fort Erie, C.W. ; *James Read, of Illinois, at Belfast, Ireland ; *E. F. Partridge, ° f Illinois, at Bangkok, Siatn ; James A. Sawterny, ofTer's at Stuttgart, Germany; *John L. Stevens, of Maine, 3t Birmingham, England; C. D. Simms, of Arkansas, at Pres cent, Canada West; *Dewitt C. Sprague, of Conn., at Edward Stephens, of New .Jersey, at Leeds, England ; Eli F. Shepard, of Ohio, at —; *Frederick Schutz, of New York, at Rotterdam, Holland ; William Thompson , of the District of Columbia, at Southampton, England *David Turner, of California, at La Paz, Bolivia; 1 1011 S. Whetmore, of Pennsylvania, at Manchester, England; B. 0. Duncan, of South Carolina, at Elsinore, Denmark; J. A. Skiltou, of Louisiana, at the City of Mexico ; Clinton J. True, of Ke n t uc k y, a t S t. Thomas; *IL J. Wieser, o f New Jersey, a t S onne b erg, S axony; * Charles W e il e , of Nevada, at Guayaquil, E cua d or; *Willi am Y oun g, 0 1 Ohio, at Carisruh e; w ll ugo Hill e b ran, o f North C aro lina, at Smyrna, Tu r k e y ; *J o h n S . R uunells, of lowa, at Tien" tsin China; *dharles O. Sheppard, of New York, at I Yeddo, Japan; Geo. W. Swift, of Michigan, at Windsor, Nova Scotia ; S. T. Trowbridge, of Illinois, at Vera Cruz, Mexico; *Samuel Lyon, of Oregon, at Ktinaew 3 ' Japan ; *Felix A. Matthews, of California, at Tangier , Morocco; Edward Slaughter, of New Hampshire, at --- *Francis S. Webb, of Massachusetts, at Zanzibar, Africa Joseph T. Atkinson, of Maryland, at Nantes, France' *David W. Armstrong, of New York, at Rome ; Geo. Allen, of Indiana, at Morocco ; *Freeman H. Blake, 0f Kansas, at Hamilton, C. W. ; Digby V. Bell, of Michigan' at Goodrich, C. W. ; Edward Conroy, of Penn., at San Juan, Porto Rio(); Wm. M. Conroy, of North Carolina, at Stettin, Prussia; Charles J. Clark, of New York, at Bor deaux, France; *Augustus L. Chetlain of Utah, at Bru n : ads, Belgium; John Caldweli, of Maine, at Callao, Per u ; B. I'. Charowith, of Virginia, at C triton, China; Alfred N. Duffie, of Rhode Island, at Cadiz, Spain ; *Joseph C ' Brand, of Ohio, at Luxemburg, Belgium ; Fred, Engle, ° I , Penn., at Talc a h usna , Chili ; Th omas Pitman, Distr i c t 0' Columbia, at St. Helena ; *L. L. Glasgow, of lowa, aS Havre, France; *J. P. Grier, of Kansas, at Matanioras, Mexico; *J. B Gould, of Maine, at Cork, Ireland; Ed ward Robinson, of New York, at Hamburg!), Germany James Park; of Indiana, at Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany' Henry 0. Rogers, of Minnesota, at Hosse-Cassel, Nassau; and Hesse-Homburg, Germany; Alexander Jourdan, 0 ` Pennsylvania, at Venice, Italy; J. W. Grower, of Sou th Carolina, at AncoLa, Italy; James C. Fletcher, of India :A at Oporto, Spain ; John Caldwell, of Maine, at Valparals° , Chili ; M. M. Delano, of Colorado, at Si nga p o re, Eas t . Indies; Samuel D. Jones, of Califor n ia, a t R eve l, Russia' . Joseph V. Schofield, of Missouri, at Hakodadi, Japan Albert D. Shaw, of New York, at Toronto, Canada Samuel D. Pall, of Michigan, at Sarnia, Canada; d. Delano, of Colorado, at Foe-Chow, China; Oscar Malin roos, of Minnesota, at Winnepeg, Canada. * Confirmed ; r, rejected ; w, withdrawn. Those who are wearied of the fishing haunts 01 Great Britain, might obtain some hints and a large amoun t c of information from a book lately publi s h e d by liar P et.. ., Brothers, entitled " Fishing in Americ an W a ters," v - 1 Mr. Genio C. Scott. It indicates that brook trout must be looked for on Long Island ; lake trout in Maine ; t i f" striped-bass in Hell Gate and on the rocky coasts of N England ; pickerel in Jersey ; maskinonge iu Rico Laic ( '' slicepshead in Jamaica Bay : bluefish below the Ligh; ship ; Spanish mackerel off Fire Island ; and salmoo.lo the rocky rapids of the Canadian rivers. Here is a is% range over what would be to many an icteresting and 1 . 1-- trodden country The Department of Agriculture p r op oses to 1 113 , 1 j: a collection at Washington of all the var i e ti es o f marv i , found in the United *tates. "Express ch arges " on sP. e A c e " wens, which should be six inches lo n g, f our i n ches v 0" t .. one thick, and polished, will be defray e d by th e Del''' r ment. A .-- [ADVERTISEMENT. 1— [lolloWay'S Ointment an— P ills' A word of promise.—All sufferers from sores, ulcei,d scorbutic affections, and skin diseases may confideuittl, commence the treatment of their several infirmities vv.„, o those healing and cleansing remedies. Under 1.10110vt%0 well-tried medicaments the worst cases will soon ass o ; be a more kindly aspect, and in the progress of the cure A i g , afflicted will neither be embarrassed by difficulties nor " c/0 „ heartened by failures. A little perseverance and ril° 4 ol rat, attention to the " directions for use" envoloping,T To packet of o i n t ment an d p ill s, w ill ena bl e every i nva ll° 4o l cure himself, and t o con d uc t hi s comp l a i nt to a suc cess issue; and he m a y f ee l assure d t h at b y following 'de simple, but searching treatment, his skin will be 0 35 sound, severe suffering spared, and health restored. ab le LAD YERTISRUENT. ) — Ilencefort h no one will doubt the va l— bietb properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta A rp ' 43 gs Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of bleneel, it has already received from Invalids whose position haa o re. j deemed hopeless, we may now add th at o f hi s Hol i ness the ,' fs Of whose health has been perf ec tl y restored b y i t after thirty Ye' te i ts unsuccessful medical treatment. W e quote f rom t h e " Gezewool9 Midi," July 25th :—"Rome, July 21,1866. The health of the e _„e , Father is excellent, especi a lly s i nce, a b an d on i ng a ll o ther r7; ti . dies, ho has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revt e al• Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at everY,7 o , o 3 It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his heal!' oro his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highlY.ol6, of extract a few out ofmore than 63,000 cures :—Cure No. 5 8 ia jel the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver con!,l; t ioa. wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palP"'.t ii all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the 11 1 °'.. de tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771 : Lord Stu r , Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dYsl ) .%ja, No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dysP o l,lo, nervousness, asthma, cough, co ns tip a ti on, flatulency, sN. sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly " C ure No. 4 637 lane' James Roberts, of Frimley, Surr e y, o f 30 y ears ' di s eased Inv spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial deafness: o t be portant Caution—Beware of th e man y unsavoury and ratoig ° sloppy Imitations to whi c h, w i t h out aut h or i ty, B aro n name is most audaciously attached. lbs TR Ia tins, at Is lid; 1 lb 2s lid; 21bs 4s 6d; 5 lbs Ils; 1 2 „„ 0 0. g 24 lbs 40s. Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA CFI"' cur, POwtokk is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at •4s, for st s° " t at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for CBB cups at 30s, f 576 cal' s ., oe o —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 53s s t e er free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Office.';,..ai d BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Lonac'''' all Grocers and Chemists. CooK —On the 4th inst ,at 2 7 , Berkeley-square, t he fi of Major E. A. Cook, of a son. vire MosTYN---On the 341 inst., at Buckworth Rector'', the s r. of the Hon. and Rev. Hugh . W. Mo3tyn, of a da u g hte AIARRIAGES. al l; a , BEWLEY—WEATIIERLEY On the 4th inst., at pu. —l,O- Tollingtou- creseen t , R o b ert B ew l ey, of B e3 i hill, Camden-road, to Mary Ann, elder d au ghter -roa d. Weatherley, E sq ., o f D evons hi re H ou se, HornseY BURNSIDE —FisnEn..--On the sth inst., at thf, Chureti.de, 6t. Philip, Earl's court, Kansingtuu, Joseph 80 , 5 1 , 111. . of Clapham, t 9 A ugus t a Jim; eldest daughter of Fither, of Kensington. 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