The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-20 00:00:00

Bl'lnaiCF TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Saturday Review is severe in its strictures on Mr. Disraeli's speech, which it declares to be one of the worst s ever made on a great occasion in Parliament. The Saturday Review, moreover, laments:the continuance:of the debate, since it holds there is nothing really to say on the bill which can be worth hearing. It is voting, not talking, that i 4 now wanted. The action of the Conservatives upon the second reading is doubtful, though it is possible the whole party may concur in thinking that the sooner the Irish Church is out of the way the better. So long as the question is before Parliament the Liberal majority is not assailable ; but Mr. Disraeli may calculate that there would be some prospect of the majority breaking up if other questions of which the country and the party had so thoroughly made up its mind were brought up into promi• nonce. The day will probably come, for example, when Gladston will try his hand at a scheme for settling the chronic disputes as to Irish land ; and to deal with the land is more dangerous to him as the leader of a party than to deal with the Church, because his followers h ave not arrived at the stage of taking it as settled that to introduce exceptional measures with regard to land in Ireland is safe for Englishmen. There are, then, plenty of masons to be found, without seeking very far, why the Conservatives should be inclined to let the second reading p g sa, and to avoid having it recorded by how great a i nalerAity the principles of the bill are supported. But, en the other hand, the Conservative party would feel itself almost hustled out of existence if it did not divide against a bill which it has opposed as it has opposed this bill—which it has denounced as a scheme for sacrilegious ;robbery, dangerous to the Church and to religion, and to the security of private property. It is difficult to believe that Conservative members will decide to stultify them selves so far as not to protest by a vote, even though it be the vote of a minority, against a measure they think so wicked and so dangerous. The party, too, would be greatly disappointed throughout the country if their leaders were timid and easily beaten on so momentous an occasion. What would all the Lancashire and Shropshire Clergy, who worked themselves up into assuring their parishioners that if Mr. Gladstone had a majority, Pro testants would again be burned at Smithfield, think when they saw the men whom they had worked so hard to return adopting in silence the principles of a bill which would be the beginning of a new martyrology? There is apparently no help for it. The Conservatives must divide and get beaten, and then they need offer no further oppo sition to the bill, except such as is warranted and necessi• tated by the discussion of its details. The Spectator declares that Mr. Disraeli's speech at the opening of the debate on Thursday was a "brilliant failure " in a political sense, but that "as a literary man he surpassed himself." His speech was a miracle of poll tical artfulness and literary antithesis ; we say political artfulness, not art, because a great man in his place would at least have faced the Irish position in this matter, that ground for complaining of injustice which on other occa• sions Mr. Disraeli has so completely and candidly appre ciated, but which in the great speech of Thursday night he kept hidden away out of sight from his first sentence to his last. A stranger to the great conflict listening to him would never even have guessed that a national. C,,t1:0-lic lic Church in Ireland had once been robbed to c:. ~ 11 a sectarian Protestant Church, and that the nation ,:ow asking to resume what it holds to be trulynational wealth. That cardinal fact of the whole controversy was lying, we suppose, in some one of Mr. Disraeli's numerous mental pouches, whence he would " resume " it, with much greater ease than the Irish nation is allowed to resume its ows property, if ever it fell to him to attempt Mr. Gladatone's work. On Thursday night, however, Mr. Disraeli's " his tori• cal conscience "had conveniently got rid of it, and his speech was as fresh with surprise and indignation at the policy of " forfeiture without a pretext "—that old policy "of tyranny and oppression in the darkest ages "—as if he himself had never enforced with his usual lucidity in Par liament the gross injustice of an " alien Church." it is not the art of true statesmanship to keep the cardinal fad to a great controversy wholly out of view. But for the pur• poses of a single speech there may be great political art• fulness in such a feat ; and it is doubtless a :marvellous, ii a somewhat undesirable power certainly one which scarcely any man in the House save Mr. Disraeli possesses —to be able at will, and for a purpose, to disembarrass a wide and powerful intellect so completely of all reference to the moral centre and pivot of a great national conflict. This was the exploit, however, which Mr. Disraeli achieved, and, for the period of his speech, he effected in the House the same kind of feat which the electro biologists are said to achieve over their patients when they make them taste senna in drinking good wine, or find the fumes of the most pungent salts in a bouquet of violets. While he spoke, the listener felt nothing but the suddenness, the hardships, the apparent anomalies of the bill ; when he sat down, the effect of his speech melted away insen• sibly, like the effect of a mere charm or incantation villa has no solid basis in reason. The London Review thinks that Sir Roundell Pelmet skews to disadvantage when he is out of harness, but con• siders that he mistakes the question of the University Test Bill rather than that he is prejudiced about it. If he believed that such God-fearing men as Mr. Morley, Mr. Bright, and Mr. W. Fowler would be as natural products of the universities, when thrown open, as himself and Sir John Coleridge and Mr. Gladstone are on the present system, he would no longer resist the change. This is a great advance in liberality of sentiment ; but how weak is the position, regarded in the light of fact and common sense. What is there in Oxford and Cambridge training to make men religious? Absolutely nothing. The men who have kept up the religious reputation of the univer• sities were disciples of John Henry Newman, whom Or. ford repudiated, and of Charles Simeon, whom academic Cambridge scorned. Had the universities been open, these men would not have had less influence, but more. The truth is, that vital, spiritual religion is not the product of ecclesiastical foundations or of academic restrictions. It is a fire which flashes from soul to soul ; and human institu• tions never have caught, and never will catch, the secret of the flame. It burns best in freedom. It warms the whole heart of the nation. It dies of formal fanning. It expires when free air is denied to it ; but it breaks forth afresh and ° afresh. It glows, beautifully lambent, over the whole surface of this sincerely, though imperfectly, Christain country. You may smother it with bad fuel, but you cannot extinguish it by rude disturbance, or by leaving it to be sustained by the breath of heaven. Can Sir Roundell Palmer, who knows all this, who lives in the belief of it, whose life is made happy by it—can he suppose that the sacred fire is in danger because the universities are likely to be prevented from forcing it into repulsive forms ? He surely knows that no universities can sustain religion if it is not in the heart of the people, or extinguish it if it is cherished there. Dr. Playfair bears testimony from Scot land how thoroughly without irreligious effect have been the changes in the universities of that country. So it is in America, and (with differences arising out of the nature of existing institutions) so it is in Canada and in Australia. Make the universities the free resort of the nation ; and if the nation is Christian, the universities must be so. The John Bull fears that an Endowed Schools Bill in some shape is a necessity. It is but too evident that for many years past these schools have not been doing their work. There needed a power of adaptation to the changing wants of the nation which our foundation schools have not possessed. The upper classes still desire a classical education, and it is provided for them in our highest schools ; the poorer classes have no time for more than the most rudimental instruction, and this is furnished in our primary schools. Latterly the ever-swelling ranks of the middle classes have come to realise that if their children are taught the same subjects as those who remain several years longer at school, their acquirements will be proportionately inferior, whilst they will remain ignorant of much which is essential for their future advancement in life ; and at the same time they have learned that if their children are not better educated than their inferiors, they will not be able to hold their own in the great race of life. The effect of this has been a great call for what is designated a "commercial educa tion." This the endowed schools have not unfrequently failed to pro% id:: ; they have clung to their old ways, sometimes because the masters wished to maintain the dignity of their schools, at others because they were glad of an excuse for doing nothing, and in consequence the schools have become partially or wholly deserted ; and now, when their practical working is examined into, they are found wanting. A fair adaptation of them to the existing state of things would delight all well wishers to their country. The fear is that the need for some change should lie seized upon to revolutionise the whole system of middle-class education. RAILWAY TRAVELLIN G IN THE UNITED STATES. —A party of gentlemen who have recently arrived at New York from California by the Pacific Railroad, give a startling account of their suffering 3 while snowed up, and of mistreatment at the hands of the railroad empl.oyds. They were detained ten days at a station on the route, where they were compeiled to pay exorbitant prices fol. the necesslaries of life, and on arriving at f,/ )v; drifts were compelled to shovel the snow away. Finally some of them got out and walked ninety a.iies to Port Laramie. SUORN SHEEP IN WINTER.—A deputation from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani• mall, headed by the Earl of Romney, on Friday called the attention of the City Markets Committee to the prac tice of exposing recently shorn sheep to the inclemency of the weather in the Metropolitan Cattle Market. They pointed out that at Leicester during the winter months there was a bye-law prohibiting the practice, which, besides being a cruel one, deteriorated the quality of the mat. The committee promised to do what they 0 . 44 41 Drevcathas ittgu,tilmoacc, THE INTER-UNIVERSITY SPORTS. Though victor on the river with the oars, Oxford is yet behind Cambridge in other athletic sports. The sixth meeting between the two universities came off on Thurs- day, and Cambridge carried away five firsts to Oxford's three, dividing the seconds by four apiece. The first event, the high jump, ended in a tie. Only one man. represented the Isis, Mr. Michell, of Christ Church. He succeeded in a trial against Hoare, of Trinity, and Phelps, of Sydney, Cambridge, the last-named failing at sft. 4in., and the others at sft. Gin. In the 100-yards race Oxford, represented by Wilson, was the winner by a yard and a half, doing the course in lm. 1 . 55. In the one-mile race Cambridge won by syds., in 4m. 35is. In throwing the hammer H. Leeke, of Cambridge, threw 103 ft. llin., Waite, of Oxford, 100 ft. gin. In the hurdle race of 120 yards, 10 flights, Oxford, in the person of F. 0. Philpots, won, doing it in 17m. 13s. In putting the weight, Waltham, Cambridge, won, putting it 34ft. Bin., against 331 t. llin. made by Lucas, of Oxford. In the quarter-mile race Cambridge was first and second ; the Oxford man, ahead within ten yards of the tape, falling there from exhaustion, and allowing Cambridge to pass him. In the broad jump Cambridge also was first, taking 20ft. Sin, against 19ft. Glin. Oxford. In the three-mile race Oxford was first by 170 yards, the winner, Morgan, leading from the first, and doing the first mile in sm. 10s., the second mile in 10m. 265., the third mile .n 15m. 365. THE CHINESE EMBASSY AND ST. PATRICK'S DAY. The Chinese Ambassadors, now in Paris, celebrated on Wednesday evening with an Irish lady the feast of St. Patrick. A large and cosmopolitan party of celebrities was asked to meet them. The Chinese conversed a good deal through M. Deschamps and a young mardarin from Pekin, who learned English admirably at the Pekin college, and who is travelling in Europe for pleasure and instruc tion. They shook bands on being presented—a social act of cordiality which they learned to practice in America. " None of them wore gloves, and I observed that they had little, soft, cream-coloured fists (which they constantlykept hidden in long loose sleeves), with nails of, I should say, several years' growth. The Chinese tasted some Irish whisky which had the merit of never having seen the face of a gauger. The young attach6s liked it, but the leading mandarins, after scarcely putting the glass to their lips, shook their heads disapprovingly. They went in altogether for the tea, and drank half-a -dozen cups each. Teh afterwards gave the lady of the house a lesson as to how she should prepare it, followed by a lecture on the manufacture of porcelain, in the course of a minute inspection of some old Sevres and Saxony teacups. They are all pleasant, gentlemanly men, but have a childish way of expressing pleasure or admiration. In them I could perceive nothing of that nil admirari which I have sometimes heard is a characteristic of their countrymen. On the contrary, when Miss Lajeunesse, a beautiful young American singer of high promise, now passing through Paris en route for Italy to complete her musical education, sang an air from " Lucia," M. Deschamps felt obliged to restrain his Oriental friends from pressing too closely around the piano. They remained as near as they could get, listening .with breathless attention and gazing with en tranced eyes." THE STRIKE AT PRESTON. The latest reports from Preston state that the manufac turers will either carry their point as to a reduction of 10 per cent., or close their mills ; and that, on the other hand, the operatives are determined to resist the proposal, and will strike almost en masse rather than be defeated. Throughout the whole of Preston the middle classes have no sympathy with theirresistance, the prevalent idea being that the masters really cannot afford to keep their mills open at the old rate of wages until some improvement in the markets takes place. The spinners in the employ of Mr. Paul Catterall, New IIall•lane, have struck, as also have the spinners, weavers, and their dependents at the mills of the following firms :—Messrs. Swainson and Birley, Zishwick ; and Messrs. R. and R. G. Threlfall. At Messrs. Birley Brothers all the spinners are out, but some of the weavers aro still working ; at Mr. J. Humber's every thing has been stepped ; at Messrs. W. Humber's, E. Gardner's, and J. Naylor's the operatives are working up the stock of cotton at the old price. At Mr. D. Irving's and Messrs. Rattray and Simpson's, the weavers nave struck. Mr. Huntiugton has his hands at work at a reduction of 5 per cent. This arrangement, however, will only last for a week, when the reduction may be taken off, or a greater one proposed. In another week the spinners' notices at Mr. Seed's, Derby-street, and Mr. Parker's, Roach Mill, will expire, and in three weeks the notices at the whole of the twenty-three mills where spinning is carried on will be up. About fourteen mills were stopped in Preston prior to the present agitation. At present there are between 1,000 and 2,000 weavers on strike and between 400 and 500 spinners. These figures lo not, however, give a correct idea of the total number on strike, for there are piecers, creelers, &c., dependent aeon the above whose number cannot at uresent be scertained. A LADY ArornrcAßY.—A young woman, named Poumergue, has just passed a brilliant examination before the Academy of Montpellier in the section of pharmacy, and been admitted, with one of the first numbers, to follow the lectures on botany, chemistry, toxicology, and elementary physics. THE NORWICH MunnEß.—Tlie trial of William Sheward, charged with the murder of his wife, Martha Sheward, under such extraordinary circumstances at Norwich, in June 1351, will take place in a few days at Norwich Assi zes . Th e tr i a l w ill exten d over two days at least. Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Mr. C. Cooper, and Mr. E. 'fillet are retained for the prosecution ; and Mr. Metcalf,: and Mr. S. Reeve will defend the prisoner. TllE EDUCATION OF NEGLECTED CHILDREN. 'he Council of the Yorkshire Board of Education, having had under their consideration the means to be adopted to promote the education of neglected children, have re solved upon convening a conference in each of the large towns of Yorkshire immediately after Easter. This action has been determined upon in order to elicit the opinion of all interested in the subject, of every rank and shade of thought. The conference will be of a semi-public cha racter, and will be followed by public meetings, at which general principles will be submitted for adoption. The several points of discussion have not yet been settled, but among them will be the consideration of the present sys tem of education, and the possibility of its extension to meet the necessities of neglected children ; whether ad ditional school provision be needed, and the source or sources from which such provision should be applied, and the nature of the management of schools so provided ; also the mode in which the religious question should be dealt with in such schools. The council do not look to local action to initiate new measures, but feel that it is necessary to keep the attention of the public consentrated en the subject, that Parliament may be urged to avoid delay in the introduction of an extended system of national lucation. ROMANTIC ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE AND COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A GIRL.—A very romantic attempt at suicide I occurred on Friday at the Duchess of Beaufort's 'Wood, Stoke Park, near Bristol. A young man of the grade of s commercial clerk, named William Derman, had, in company with a young woman, named Ireland, to whom he was paying his addresses, walked out from Bristol to the wood, which is a favourite walk with the residents of that city. Whilst in the wood some dis agreement arose, and young Derman left his companion and went away. minutes, he did notFreintudrning, 3: t i b i a s t s , l a r f e t l e a r n t d h l e y e l a n p t s e i n o f s m ea a r n ch y of him, and was horrified at finding her lover suspended by his handkerchief from the branch of a tree. As soon as the first shock had passed over, the young woman, with much presence of mind, clambered up the tree, and having no knife of any kind to cut the noose, and being unable to untie the knot, she seized the handkerchief with her teeth, and so far managed to tear it that it became unequal to the young man's weight, and he fell to the ground. Having removed the pressure from his neck, she screamed for assistance, and some labourers who were working in an adjacent field hastened to the spot. The young man was insensible, but a waggonnette was pro. cured, and the rash youth was driven with all speed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. THE BADDESLEY ENSOR MURDER. —The fol lowing is the written statement of Michael Atkins, who, at the late 'Warwick Assizes , was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, at Baddesley Ensor, near Atherstone, on the 11th of December last, but who has since obtained a reprieve:—" I reached my home on the 11th day of December last, 1868, about ten minutes after ten o'clock at night, and my dear wife was in bed, and chill, and she did light the candle and come down stairs and let me in ; and cn my return to the house I perceived that the gun was not on the nails ari it ought to be, and I reached it down, and sat me down on a chair that was under the gun. lly dear wife was in her night dress, and she had been to the cellar to cut a candle, and she was hanging up the scissors from cutting the candle in the corner that the witness Day said he saw my dear wife in, and I had got the gun in my hands when she did come in the corner, with one band above that piece of wire that is on the gun, and the other hand below the guard-loop, and my dear wife was in that corner, where, as the witness Day said, he saw her in, when the gun exploded and shot my dear wife. Whether my jacket did catch the hammer of the gun Ido not know. I was twitting the our, and whether it was that or not I do not know • but it ex I.:eled and ab9t ms sitar THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1869. 1111SCELLAIVEOUS NEWS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Royal Assent was given to the Consolidated Fund (.£8,406,272) Rill. PAROUHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND` BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL moved the second reading of this bill. Lord ABINGER expressed his approval of the general character and scope of the bill, but pointed out certain defects which he thought required amendment. The Earl of AIRLIE was in favour generally of the scheme propounded by the Government, but he thought the machinery of the bill defective, and would require to be remodelled. After a short discussion the bill was read a second time, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. LEFROY took the oath and his seat fur Dublin Uni veniity, and Mr. CORBALLY for Meath. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS. The Marquis of HARTINGTON, in reply to Mr. Samuelson, said that in the event of the Government pur chasing the interests of the electric telegraphs, as autho rised by the Permissive Act of last session, the valuation was formed, and measures for arbitration, in disputed cases, were being taken, but until the matters were all completed it was impossible to lay a statement of the valuation on the table. It was a fact thi.t a larger sum than that originally stated would become necessary, but the amount was not a very large ono, and if the Government decided to go on with the matter he would communicate the sum to the house. With respect to an estimate of the cost of the plan, he could not produce one, because the system was an en tirely new one. Ile thought it would be rather premature for him to say what were the intentions of the Govern ment until the arbitration matters had made some way. However he would, in the course of a few days, give the house more information on the subject. THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he would lay on the table of the house certain documents, being a copy of the leaves from O'Ferral's diary; a report of some conversation between the late Colonial Secre tary and the late prisoner ; several declarations in the nature of affidavits in support of the genuineness of the papers, and an explanatory minute by Mr. Parkes in his capacity of Colonial Secretary, which documents had been presented to the Legislative Assembly of Australia, and have appeared iu the Australian newspapers. Mr. MONSELL said he would have great pleasure in complying with the request of the hon. gentleman. THE IRISH CHURCH—THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. BALL strongly objected to the bill, and contended that the proposal of the Goveinment was most indefen sible, and the manner in which the bill proposed to treat the three great churches in Ireland, the Episcopal, the Boman Catholic, and Presbyterian was altogether opposed to the spirit of the Act of Union. It appeared to him that the great question that they really had to decide was, were they prepared to introduce the principle of voluntaryism—(hear, hear) was that principle right—and the answer to that question was one of enor mous magnitude, and the condition of the Church in Eng land, with the restless dissension that existed within its demanded far more the attention of Parliament than the bill now under consideration. What could be said for the voluntary system, when not one single State in Europe had adopted it ; it failed in all the most important essen tial points ; and it only tended to perpetuate the most ob jectionable state of society. It tended to increase religious fervour and religious differences, and it made every man an aggressor in religion against his neighbour. The system was altogether unsuited to Ireland, and he did not think it could be said to have worked in such a way as to call for its extension to any country, especially an old country like Ireland. (Hear, hear, fforn the Opposition.) He did not think the state of the Church in either Canada or Melbourne was such as to induce him to wish to see the system extended to any other country. He believed that the glory and greatness of England was solely to be attributed to the union which existed between Church and State—(loud cries of " Hear, Lear," from the Opposition)—and to break down the union that at present existed in Ireland could but result in plunging that country still further in discord and strife. The discussion was continued in a very thin house by the Attorney-General for Ireland, Sir F. Heygate, Sir J. Gray, Lord Crichton, Mr. Miall, and Sir S. Northcote. Mr. BRIGHT, after a powerful speech, claimed for the bill the support of the Supreme, as being founded on His glorious attributes of truth and justice, and drew down re peated bursts of enthusiastic cheering. On the motion of Sir H. PALMER. the debate was ad journed until Monday. A writer from Camp Supply, Indian Territory, under date Feb. 13, thus enumerates the warriors still on the war-path. "There are now about 200 lodges of Cheyennes, 90 lodges of Arai ahoes, and 60 lodges of Comanches on the war-path, together with a few Plain Apaches, and a few Kams and the Dog Soldiers under Fall Ball,' chief of the baud, numbering in all about 1,000 warriors. Gene ral Custar is now under orders to move west with his regiment—the 7th United States Cavalry and 1 the 19th Kansas Volunteers, under Colonel Craw ford—to Elm Fork of the Red River, scouring the country from the head waters of the Creek. Gen. E. A. Carr is to move south, locating his supply depot on the main Canadian River, moving thence south." The plan is to drive the Indians towards a com mon centre, when the troops can strike effectually, or force them to submit to whatever terms the Go vernment dictate. All the trails point to the fact that they were rapidly pushing towards the south and west, the head waters of the Red River and the Staked Plains. Colonel Evans, with the 3d Cavalry and a few of the 30th Infantry, was moving south, and Colonel Brooks is marching west. General Custar had just returned from a fruitless search for the Cheyenne Camp. Major Kidd, with the 10th Cavalry, is to be posted iu the Kiowa and Comanche reserve, with good animals, to watch the Indians, and strike effectually if they attempt to leave it. General 0. 0. Howard con•lucted the prayers offered in the Lutheran Church, Washington, on the sth inst., for the President., Vice-President, Senate, House of Representatives, Supreme Court, the new members of Congress, and for the Indians, in compliance with the President's ropiest. George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia, the Reverend Mr. Morgan, of England, the Reverend Doctor Butler, of Washington, the Reverend Messrs. Rush, Blake, Smith, Johnson, Hall, and many others, made very appropriate five-minute speeches. The Chief Justice headed a committee, with Senator Fre linghuvsen, from the American Bible Society, to present General Grant with a handsome bible bound in Turkish morocco. There were present, besides the Com mittee,Mrs. Grant, General Schofield, J. Patterson, for merly Treasurer of the Christian Commission ; the Rev. Dr. Dale of Philadelphia, the Rev. George A. Hall of the Young Men's Christian Association of Washington. Th o Chief Justice presented the letter from the President its of the Bible Society, expressing the wish that the adminis tration of President Grant might be guided by teach ings. The president responded : —"Gentlement I sincerely thank you for this token, and shall carefully preserve it, and hand it down to my children in commemoration of this day." Ex-Governor Brownlow was sworn in the Senate on the sth inst. ; he was so feeble that he remained seated, while a doorkeeper held his hand, which shook with palsy. He occupies an easy chair placed in the first seat in the front row, to the left of the President of the Senate. Carl Schurz occupies the next seat, formerly held by Mr. Ferry of Connecticut. Mr Cameron has changed his seat from the back row to the one on the front row for merly occupied by Mr. Conness. Mr. Conkling has changed his seat to the one formerly occupied by Mr. Dixon, on the right of the main aisle, and Mr. Sawyer, of South Carolina, occupies the old seat of Mr. Conkling. Mr. Fenton occupies a seat to the left of Mr. Tipton, on the left of the Vice-President. Parson Brownlow is said to have had a narrow escape from assassination while passing through Virginia. The Grass Valley Mining Company will be ad vertised next week. The proprietors of this California gold mine propose novel terms. Investors are to be se cured 5 per cen t . i ndependent of the profits, to guarantee which a large sum will be invested in selected Govern ment securities. The company then offers a well secured Interest, with the chance of a large profit ; certainty with speculation, and the terms are so inviting that a large portion of the capital has been already subscribed. THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.-- A most interesting ant instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and cloc k ma ki a , has just been published by Nir J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and GO, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint poofsWtagaeless,taseinnpdss,7s pamphlet to any address and . we cannot too strongly notice_of the intend ing puroheaer, romenceoniumt receiptte oPitfrttiworicot: THE MAYNOOTII ryrrannas. The negotiation between Mr. Spofforth and Mr. Aytoun received a fatal blow on Thursday night. Sir George Jenkinson, who has taken the place of Mr. Darby Griffith as inquisitor-general, asked Mr. Gladstone how it was that he intended to give four teenyears' purchase to the college of Maynooth, while he gave only eight years' to the Protestant clergy. Mr. Gladstone answered him effectually by declaring that Sir George was wrong in his figures. He had taken the gross amount of the income of the Church and mul tiplied it by eight, so as to make it about equal to the sum named for compensation to the clergy. But in the gross amount of the income of the Church much is in cluded which either never comes to the clergy at all or comes to them in money's worth and not in money— in the way of occupation of houses and land. The actual number of years' purchase so taken for the clergy and others who possess life interests varies in different cases. For bishops it is twelve years, for parochial incumbents thirteen, for Presbyterian minis ters fifteen, and for curates seventeen. The period of fourteen years is the mean between those points. Poor Mr. Aytoun ! Poor Mr. Spofforth ! TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GLADSTONE. On Mr. Gladstone being defeated in Lancashire a movement was immediately begun to present him with a testimonial. As far as we can learn this movement has not been very successful; but with the view of stimulating subscribers, the Premier has been communicated with as to what he would have done with the funds. In reply, the right hon. gentleman suggested that the money should be expended in the establishment or support of a convalescent hospital in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. Some time ago it was decided that the surplus of the Lancashire cotton fund should be expended in the establishment of two con valescent institutions at Liverpool and Manchester. The plan of the Liverpool establishm en t h as b een so arranged that small "cottage hospitals" ca n b e , added to the main building. It i s proposed there fore, that the fund raised by working men i n honour of Mr. Gladstone should be applied to the erection of one of these convalescent cottages, to be named the " Gladstone Hospital." It is hoped that Mrs. Glad stone will lay the foundation stone of the building, and the Premier will afford his numerous admirers an opportunity of seeing and hearing him on the occasion. THE REVENTJE OFFICERS BILL. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says that the division in the Commons on Wednesday on the Revenue Officers Bill is remark able for a circumstance which is said seldom to hap pen in political life. Mr. Monk had reason to reckon on the support of many members who eventually voted against him, having been, as they one and all declared, converted to the opposite view to that which they previously entertained by the telling speech of Mr. Gladstone. ME. LOWE. Complaints are made of Mr. Lowe's sarcastic man ner of dealing with independent members in the Lower House. It is noticeable that Mr. Whalley, who rarely elicits any sounds but those of derision from members, was cheered the other night when he told the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was both idle and impertinent. The first charge is scarcely appropriate. Mr. Lowe is busy now in preparing for a deficiency Budget. The question is whether he will pay off the Abyssinian war at once by imposing an additional penny of income tax, or spread the pay ment over two years, when the increased rece i p t s will be in all probability sufficient to meet the charge. The first plan has the disadvantage of throwing the burden of taxation upon ono class, while the whole working class goes free. The second plan has also a disadvantage, inasmuch as it delays the reduction of indirect taxation, which reduction is very desirable on both fiscal and moral grounds. The general belief is that Mr. Lowe will adopt the first course. MR. VILLIERS. Mr. Villiers has received the offer of a peerage, but has declined it. He wants a seat in the Cabinet, but there is no room for him. Should the Pensions Amendment Bill pass he will be entitled to a retiring provision of t 1,200 a year by virtue of his continu ous service as Judge Advocate and President of the Poor-law Board. TIIE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARMY. It is stated that a special inquiry has recently been resolved on by the Treasury into the organisation of the A\ ar Department and the Horse Guards, with a view, it is supposed, to their closer identifi cation, as well as to economy and reduction of future estimates. TILE SHIP OF THE PERIOD. At the annual meet i ng of the Institution of Naval ;architects, Sir J o h n Pak i ngton who, whether as Minister for the Colonies or Minister for War, will never forget that he once wielded Neptune's trident, and ruled the sea as First Lord of the Admiralty, presided. He referred to the new ships which Mr. Childers is about to build, ships without masts or sails, and carrying their guns in turrets, ships which Mr. Corry does not at all fancy. Sir John Pakington apparently likes them very little better ; yet, being not in the House of Commons, but at the Institute of Naval Archit ec t s , not in a political, but in a professional assembly, he said he had no wish to decry these ships. We should not run down anything new without good reason. lle had much doubt that they could be so l safe without masts, acid the quantity o f coa l w hi c h they should carry wcs immense. s n p e lea k .E l l e : that in war the masts and rigging we re greatly in the way. to zllow Is A i l r t . o c g ehtillideerrsStio try Sir .foh t i h i e s experiment grac.iou ly THE DEFORM LEAGUERS. n d is a ing resolution de c l ar i ng the Ernest J ones demonstration hav f e or their intention to persist in holdi ng th e meet i ng at committee p o a r s g s a e Trafalgar-square on Good Friday, orders from Scot land Yard prohibiting the demonstration notwith standing. It is to be hoped that Colonel Henderson will think twice before he issues any such orders. If left alone the absurd affair is likely to be tame enough, but with the prospect of a row all the roughs in London would be brought to gether. While in the one case we should have a few loafers—dangerous enough, it must be admitted, but controllable by a stron g body of police—in the other we should nave all the rascais or London brought together to see the " bobbies " thrashed and help to thrash them. It is a case of choosing the lesser of two evils. It may be an evil to allow the letter of the Act pro hibiting meetings so close to Westminster Palace to be broken ; but as the meeting is not intended to overawe the Houses of Parliament (which will not be sitting), and the spirit, of the Act is not broken, the evil is much less than would be a repetition ir Trafalgar-square of the Ilyde Park riots of 1807. ANOTHER PARLIAMENTARY VACANCY. Lord Leconfield's death, which had been expected for some time, causes a vacancy in the representa tion of West Sussex, through the succession of the Hon. H. 'Wyndham to the peerage, and the Conser servative party will thus number one less in the division on the Irish Church Bill. Mr. Wyndham has represented the constituency for fifteen years, having succeeded Mr. Prime in 1854. He has never had to go through the ordeal of a contest any more than his brother has, the member for West Cumberland. In fact, West Sussex is such a Con servative constituency that there has been no con test there for thirty-two years. This is the more remarkable because originally the constituency was Liberal. In 1832 and 1835 it returned two Liberals, Lord J. G. L ennox and the Earl of S u r r ey. In 1837 the old mem bers were opposed by General Wyndham, but i n va in, for he was nearly 200 vo t e s behind the second Liberal candidate. But the Lennox family subsequently sided with the Conser vatives, and the D u k e o f Richmond and Lord Lecon field have f r om th a t ti me forward virtually had the control of the divi s i on i n their hands. Lord Lecon field received hi s peerage when the Conservatives went out of office in 1859. TAUNTON ELECTION PETITION. "A Correspondent" of the Morning Herald writes some particulars respecting the conduct of the Liberal party in Taunton in connection with the recent election petition, which if true, are exceedingly dis creditable. The correspondent states (but the herald does not assume the responsibility of endorsing the statement) that both parties bad been in the habit barrister's court money, which i s a f ee of five shillings to e o v f ery pa m yin em g berwhoaft isthe called p a rty who attended the registration court, and that the Libera l party set the example. When, therefore, the Liberals petitioned against Serjeant Cox, the Conservatives, in self-defence, petitioned against Mr. Barclay, the Liberal member. Thereupon the Liberals gave their opponents reason to believe that the petition against Serjeant Cox would be withdrawn. Acting upon this belief, the Conservatives formally withdrew their petition against Mr. Barclay. No sooner was this done than the Liberals violated their engage ment, and proceeded with the petition, and thus Mr. Cox lost ten days f or p re paring his defence, in which he would have occupied himself but for the belief that there was no occasion for doing so, and he was deprived of the opportunity of . striking off Mr. James's voters, who were disqualified under the same circumstances as were those of Mr. Cox. We have yet to hear the other side, and until that is heard we must refrain from passing judgment upon what is ex pante a very dishonourable manoeuvre. TOUGHAL ELI C TION. We still wait to hear the decision of the Court of Common Pleas in Dublin as to the Youghal election. The case was a very bad one. Mr. Weguelin, the successful candidate, had, in one form or another, paid money to a third of the electors who voted for him. Although these were but 127 in number, the election cost him over £5,000, or £4O a head ; for though__ the trigilLsagrn of 41.4__SAP4,a_a only - about £2,100, it was tonna aunng tale 141 - litl that he had spent the amount above named. It was shewn also that for four months before the election a hotel was kept open, and that there all his friends enjoyed at his expense wine, " brandy and soda," whisky, and cigars. A worse case could hardly have occurred, and yet Judge O'Brien hesi tated to unseat the member, on the ground that this corrupt expenditure occurred before the issue of the writ. If this should prove sufficient to save Mr. Weguelin from unseating, we may as well give up altogether the attempt to put down electioneering malpractices. It is only necessary for candidates to do all their bribery and treating before the issue of the writ, and to be very scrupulous afterwards, to sanction debauchery for weeks and to practice absti nence for days, in order to defeat the present law and to demoralise a constituency with perfect impunity. ST. PATRICK ' S DAY. Whatever uneasiness may have been felt as to the way in which St. Patrick's Day would be spent in Ireland, now appears to have been unfounded. Beyond some absurd spouting at a meeting . at Cork, presided over by the mayor of that beautiful city, and a slight riot, roused by some mountebanks playing wildly before the Lord-Lieutenant in the quadrangle of Dublin Castle, nothing took place to call for special remark. There were the usual patriotic signs; green was as popular in Ireland as blue was in London ; but it was not worn as a mark of sedition, shamrock being displaye 1 in the button-hole of Earl Spencer, and in the head dress of the Countess, as well as in the hats of the crowd. The collection for the released Fenian prisoners was a failure, and no great excitment was apparent either in Cork or Dublin. At the first-named city "Warren, the released convict, declared himself a believer in the sabre as a means of uplifting a down-trodden nation; but was promptly snubbed by the not over zealous mayor. And at Dublin some satyrs, who took it upon them to dance before the Lord-Lieutenant and a low crowd, raised discord by (in the midst of the wildest excitement) falling upon the bystanders and each other, and hissing loudly the National Anthem. The vice-regal party had to leave the balcony from which they were looking on, and to retire, but the riot, at no time serious, was soon stayed by the police. TIIE JEWS OF TO-DAY. The continuance of the ancient Hebrew race, which has before now been cited to prove the truth of Holy Writ, is not more remarkable than the way in which they are now developing and taking a posi tion in the world. Their ambition to be rich has given them power, and 60,000 of a race for a long time hated and despised by every Christian, later still unrecognised by those who disagreed with them, are to-day represented in the Parliament of the nation by seven members. On Thursday Baron Lionel Rothschild laid the foundation-stone of what will be a grand synagogue in the West-end of London, in which the Jews may worship. Th e y have had no very grand building until now. This appears strange when we remember that the richest men of our time have been Jews. But this is to be changed, and they are to be represented among the churches of London by a Gothic-1 uresque building. OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE. An ocean penny postage is now but a work of time, and ere long, it is to be hoped, letters will go to the United States with a penny head. The Star states that the National Steamship Company (Limited), with a view to furthering the establishment of a cheap postage to the United States, have written to the Postmaster-General, offering to run large steamers with regularity every Wednesday from Liverpool, and Thursday from Queenstown, to New York, charging one penny per ounce for all letters, in order that the Post Office authorities might be able to reduce the charge to the public to one penny per half-ounce. The steamers are said to be not as quick as Messrs. Cunard's Saturday boats, but to be about equal in speed to Messrs. Cunard's Tuesday boats, and to some of the Inman boats which are now employed in carrying Atlantic mails. The objection that the public might not be satisfied with the speed of the boats would be met by an arrangement that no letters should be sent by their boats except those specially marked by cheap post. Thus, if unsatisfactory to the public, the cheap post would not be used, and would not interfere with the receipts under the sixpenny rate ; while, if much used, it would prove that the reduced rate was a pub lic benefit. There is no difficulty to be encountered on the other side of the Atlantic, and the only tuestion is that of subsidising. FOREIGN NOTES. TIE SUEZ CANAL. M. de Lesseps's great undertaking is rapidly approaching completion. At eleven o'clock on Thursday, in the presence of the Viceroy of Egypt, a ceremony was performed which may fairly be considered as the beginning of the end. The waters of the Mediterranean were admitted into the Bitter Lakes—a wide and shallow natural series of exca vations through the middle of which the canal passes. The Bitter Lakes are remote from the Mediterranean end of the canal, and near the Red Sea. M. de Lesseps's calcula- tion that the whole canal will finally be opened in October is supported by the best authorities who have examined the work. THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY. Whether the Hudson's Bay Company accept Earl Granville's proposals or not, it is clear that even these amended terms are bitterly disappointing to the share holders. A report has been current in the City to the effect that some of the shareholders will move the rejec tion of Earl Granville's offer and the opening of negotia tions for the sale of the territory to the Americans. Of course such a proposition cannot be accepted, the company, in fact, will commit a grave indiscretion in considering it. It is evident, however, not only that the interests of the company are opposed to the interests of the British Em pire, hut that there is no reasonable prospect of recon ciling them. As Earl Granville says, it is necessary that this seven years' negotiation be speedily ended. THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT GRANT. March 4th was a day of tumultuous rejoicing at Wash ington. The crowd at the capital is always immense at the quadrennial ceremony of inauguration, and on this occasion it was greater than ever. A long and imposing procession was formed, consisting of large detachments 3f troops, marines, and sailors, a variety of civic societies, firemen, officials, and other bodies, most of whom had come to Washington from distant places to do honour to the occasion. The new Presi dent was at the army headquarters, and with his staff, all riding in coaches, placed himself at the head of the line. axle passed along the streets uncovered, bowing his acknowledgements to the applause of the crowd. The procession first halted at the White House to take up Mr. Johnson. It had been arranged, on account of personal differences, that the in-coming and out-going presidents should ride in different coaches, not side by side, as is usually the case, but Mr. Johnson declined to join the procession at all, and it moved on without him. When it arrived at the Capitol, the President and Vice-President were conducted to the Senate Chamber, where Colfax took the oath of office. Then, headed by Chief Justice Chase, a procession was formed to the eastern front of the Capitol, where the new President took the oath and his seat in the sight of the multitude. The firing of cannon, the ringing of bells, and the shouts of the people made up the deafening noise by which civi lisation and barbarism alike give vent to their delight. General Grant was President of the United States. The ceremonial ended by the reading of his inaugural address. BISHOPS AT TIC CCM The consecration of the Rev. V. . stacrorie has taken place without disturbance at St. Georges Cathedral, Cape Town. Unpleasant incidents appear to have been appre hended, but though the concourse was great and the pro ceedings lengthy—occupying three hours —everything passed off quietly. The Bishop of Capetown has received divers protests against Mr. Macrorie's consecration, but has simply ignored them. The new bishop will take no specific title beyond that of " Bishop of the Province." FRANCE AND BELGIUM. The Tantalus labour of making the preliminary arrange ments for the settlement of the Belgian railway difficulty still goes on, but there are as yet few signs of its comple tion. The French and Belgian Governments are agreed that a mixed commission should open an inquiry, which is to embrace all the industrial relations between the two countries. But France desires that the examination of the treaty between the East of France and the Luxemburg companies should be the starting point of this inquiry, and this Belgium is not at present disposed to concede. This account of the status quo comes from several well informed quarters. The difference is of great ha. portance, but we are still assured that the ntarche satis faisante of the negotiation goes on. There is no reason to doubt that the marche is satisfactory, but it is clearly not a (u'ek march. The Paris correspondent of the Independance Belge, says: " It is understood that England has not ceased to exert her influence in the hope of bringing about a con ciliatory issue. It is certain in any case that the attitude of the British nation, so wisely devoted to the maintenance of peace, will have contributed much towards the solution of these international difficulties." To this the Memorial Diplontatique adds that the English Government has given its opinion that France has something to com plain of in this Belgian affair, and has consequently recommended a conciliatory policy (From the Anglo-American Times.) We were in error in accepting a private telegram said to have been received by a member of the London Stock Exchange, that Schenck's bill had been re-enacted in the Forty-first Congress on the 6th, and Signed by the President on the Bth inst. This Finance Bill, as amended, was passed by the House of Representatives on the 12th' inst., the sec tion legalizing gold contracts being struck out and agreed to by the Senate on the 15th by 42 votes against 13. Last Wednesday it was signed by the President, and it is therefore law. The old Con gress passed the bill in this form, the section legalizing gold contracts being omitted : " Be it enacted, &c., That in order to remove any doubt as to the purposes of the Government to discharge all just obligations to the public creditors, and to settle conflicting questions and interpretations of the laws, by virtue of which such obligations have been contracted, it is hereby provided and declared that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coi❑ or its equiva lent of all the obligations of the United States not bearing interest, known as 1 nited States notes, and of the interest bearing obligations of the United States, except i❑ cases where the law authorizing the issue of any such obliga tion has expressly provided that the same may be paid in lawful money or other currency tha❑ gold or silver ; but none of said interest-bearing obligations not already duo f•hall be paid or redeemed before maturing, unless at such time United States notes shall b 3 convertible into coin at the option of the holder, or unless at such time bonds of the United States bearing a lower rate of interest than the bonds to be redeemed, can be sold at par in coin ; and the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make pro vision at the earliest practicable period for redemption of United States notes in coin." As given in the letter from the United States published iu yesterday's 7 ivies, the words United States Bonds in coin are substituted for Notes in coin. A resolution was introduced by Mr. Banks into the New House of Representatives in favour of re cognizing the independence of Cuba, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. A similar re solution was afterwards introduced into the Senate, and also referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The House called- for the official corre spondence relating to Cuba, and the Navy Depart ment has ordered heavy reinforcements to the United States squadron in the West Indies. It is evident that Spain is in imminent danger of losing her colony, but if a country cannot govern herself it is proof that she is not fit to govern other people. The feeling in America runs very strongly in favour of the Cubans against the Spaniards, and it would be difficult for any administration to withstand the pressure brought to bear. The United States, too, is deluged with fugitives, 200 Cubans having arrived in one steamer. The appointment of General Longstreet, as Sur veyor of Customs, at New Orleans, is indicative of Grant's policy towards the South. General Longstreet ranked after Stonewall Jackson in dis tinction, and since the war his course has been marked by the same discretion as that which Cie tates General Lee's. Indeed, he has gone further, openly advocating submission and reconciliation. If such appointments as these are to be made, the days of carpet-baggers are numbered. The Senate, however, show a different feeling, for they have referred a bill for the restoration of military rule in Georgia to the Judiciary Committee. The only further telegram of interest is that the House, by a concurrent resolution, agreed to ad journ on March 12 until the 6th of April. Ex-President Johnson was to visit Baltimore on the 11th, where he was to be welcomed with a grand military and civic display and banquet, and to re ceive publicly during the day. Then he was to return to Washington, and proceed at once, by way of Lynchburg, to Tennessee. The astonish ment excited by his last official act, just before he left his office on the 4th March, is extreme ; for he then pardoned the two notorious members of the whisky ring, Jacob and Moses Deprew, at the in stance, it is said, of Judge Fullerton. Marshal Thompson was so incredulous that, before liberat ing the prisoners, he telegraphed to Commissioner Rollins, who had an interview with Grant, and the men are retained in custody for the present, al though the pardons are doubtless genuine. We congratulate the House of Representatives on being rid of Mr. Robinson (Democrat) of New York. He may be a very " faithful Fenian," but, even making every allowance for him as an Irish mac, still such people tend to bring the House into contempt abroad. This person is utterly unknown in England, indeed how could such as he be known, when daily papers of London profess never to have heard of George S. Boutwell, one calling him " Bontwell, whoever he may be." The few persons who ever do hear of such a man as Robinson do so only through " occasional notes" cooked for the amusement of English readers, and with the evident intention of making the House appear ridiculous. They have only literally to transcribe what sueli mem • bets ray to effect their purpose. Mr. Robinson's farewell speech was to show the result of his efforts. Prussia, England, and other European Powers had been compelled by him to abandon their continued error and•heresy of perpetual allegiance. He had libe rated from prison Meany, Warren, Costello, and many others, and now he darkly intimated to Great Britain that she would do well by setting free all the Fenian prisoners, and by submitting to the people of Ireland the question of annexation to the United States. We will leave George Francis Train, a " faithfuller Fenian," and one who really is known in England, a distinction which Mr. Robinson does not share, to settle to whom is due the high honour of having liberated these prisoners and of having cowed these effete European monarchies. The last Cabinet meeting held by Andrew John son was on Wednesday, the 3d instant, which all his Secretaries attended, who, with the exception of General Schofield, tendered their resignations to take effect from the end of his term. Neither the President nor any of these gentlemen graced the ceremonies of inauguration with their presence, and the Procession was delayed waiting for him, a coach having been provided. One of the last acts of the Fortieth Congress was to pass a joint resolution requi r i ng the Union Pacific Railway Company to provide adequate security for the proper construction of that road and its branches, and suspending the issue of bonds till a satisfactory report is made. A party of gen tlemen, who recently came over the road, complain loudly of the treatment they received. They were kept ten days at a railway station, and it was only after an indignation meeting that they could in duce the officials to start a train. Mr Hepworth Dixon and Mr. Dilke, M P., complain that they had to pay for their journey by the mail to Denver, which they were compelled to guard at the risk of theirlives; but these travellers were used to shovel off the snow at one place through a drift of 1,000 feet, working on very bad food. The officers of the train got drunk and stuck in the snow, when 50 of the party of 200 had to get to Laramie, 90 miles dis tant on foot, reaching that place after four days of great suffering. D. D. Ball sent a telegram from Laramie to the Postmaster-General on the 27th Feb., to say that about half a ton of letters and papers was lying there, as the road had been blocked by snow for 15 days. The ribune asks, " Have we a Pacific Railroad'?" and seems much inclined to answer the question in the negative. The Erie Railway is always in a scrape. When not " bearing," " bullying," or " watering" its own Stock, it is engaged in trying to damage the Stock of its neighbours. It bas got up a fight with the Northern Central, which uses its rails at El mira, New York,the cause of quarrel being unknown. Mr. Pratt, of the Erie, issued orders on the 4th inst. that the trains of the Northern Central were not to come on the Erie track; when the switches were spiked, and the cars in either direction stopped. One of the great passenger trains from Washington was brought up there, and there it remains until the officers of both lines now in consultation ar range their differences, which are said to have grown out of the struggle for the possession of the Fort Wayne Road to Chicago. Whatever truth there may be in the saying that Republics are ungrateful, no such charge can be brought against the people individually who form these Republics. In the United States the most distinguished men who have lost their chances of making fortunes by giving their services to the State are often the recipients of princely gifts from their fellow-citizens. When Mr. Bowen of the New York lndepend,nt alluded in an interview with General Grant to the increase of his salary as Pre sident, Grant said, "Whatever Congress gives,'l will spend ; I will save nothing from my salary, for my kind friends have raised me above anxiety for my self or family, and it is better for my children that they should not rely too much on money." M T. Stewart was the spokesman of a few admirers of Gen. Sherman, and it devolved on him to present to Sherman from them the title-deeds of a splendid house, fully furnished, together with about £15,000. This is a royal way of rewarding service. The house was purchased from General Grant, to whom also it had before been presented by his friends. Grant moves to the White House, of which he has now a lease of at least four years, probably renew able at the end for the term ! General Sherman re ceived the gift with much emotion, and it certainly was an occasion which could scarcely fail to affect any man. We have not positive information on which to calculate the period of interruption on the Grand Trunk Pacific line by the snows of winter. Great diversity of opinion exists, and the question can only be solved by actual experienc. This fact cannot be disputed that the road has lately been impassable, indeed to such an extent that the Post master of New York has received orders to de spatch the mails for California and the Pacific coast by Aspinwall. We fear that the Rocky Mountains cannot be penetrated throughout the winter, and that a considerable check is certain during that season, unless a more southern line be construct ci. Mr. R. Von Fischer Treunfeld, the constructor of the Telegraph lines in Paraguay, has published a long letter, dated Ascuncion, Jan. 12, 1869, describ ing what he saw of Lopez's atrocities. It is only fair to Lopez to say that t he letter is addressed to his enemy, Mr. Washburn, of whose conduct in Paraguay he writes in the highest terms. The fitacements of Messrs. Bliss and Masterman are confirmed by this authority, and the executions are certified to of Don Benigno Lopez, the brother of the President ; Barrios, the brother-in-law ; the Minister Borges, the Bishop, the Portuguese Consul, Leite Pereira; Colonel Alen, Captain Fidanza, the very old mother and wife of Colonel Martinez, and the Priest Bogado. He adds, "We also had as companion prisoners the sisters of the President and the other brother, Colonel Vincencio Lopez. These latter were taken and shut up, each one in a cart, and carried off, Ido not know where. People speak here of their also being shot, but I could not assert the truth of it." The latest advices received via New York show that Lopez is intrenched with a force of about 4,000 men at Gaape, 21 leagues from Ascuncion ; that dissensions increase with the Allies, and the Argentine Republic appears willing to enter into negotiations with the Dictator. Mr. Geo. H. Stuart would, it is said, have been nominated to the Cabinet had he not been in deli cate health. General Terry is to succeed Gen. Meade in command at Atalanta, Georgia, and this wil l but commence several important military changes. General Augur has been appointed to the vacant Brigadiership ; and General Schofield to be Major- General. Gen. Sherman was to receive his com mission on the 6th instant, when several importan t changes were to be made among the general offl cers. Sickles and Thomas are to go South, besides Terry. Hancock is to serve under Sheridan, who succeeds Sherman in command of the West. Meade will take the Military Division of the Atlantic; others are to be created, and Schofield will be assigned one ; Gen. Rawlins, chief of Grant's Stag , has been made Secretary of War, and must therefore have resigned his commission. General Badeau be comes first secretary to the President, and many other changes will take place. These are the bills that Ex-President Johnson managed to snuff out by pocketing them :—The Act reorganizing the Judiciary System..—The Act for Reducing the Navy and Marine Corps.—The . 0 for the further security of Equal Rights in the Pis" trict of Columbia.—Mr. Schenck's bill for Strength ening the Public Credit.—The resolution authoriz; ing the Secretary o f W ar t o l en d 4,000 stand of arms and equipments to visiting military organiza tions that take part in the ceremonies of inaugura tion.—The Act granting permission to build Bridge over the Willamette. It is amusing to note how Miss Vinnie Bean; manages to keep her name before the public, a u( ' extract an immense advertising business out of the Senate. An appropriation of $5,000 was asked for to carry out the terms of the contract with Ni s° Vinnie Ream for her statue of Lincoln. Mr. SO P. ner very ungallantly asked if there was any me° of getting rid of the contract for a statue which, wil en completed, Congress could not place in the Capito l ' Mr. Howard, as uncomprising in his remarks 01 3 6 lady as in the Report he submitted on the O r Corps, said he had examined the model, that it was not at all like Mr. Lincoln, in truth , complete failure, with which Congress and the people would be dissatisfied when finished. S e ; nator Sumner was, however, caught tripping , f t o or Miss Ream had friends, one of whom is Sen a to o and another put to Mr. Sumner th_ ci ° question whether he had e ve r seen the model , a tb u e on his acknowledgin g that he had not, he said Senator had no right to criticise a model in la very building which he had n ot taken the troub le to inspect. Though Mr. Sumner had the last we ea ru in which was not very complimentary to Miss R the as an artist, the l a dy had the best of it, as motion was carried. A very important Ku-Klux arrest was repor tea from Memphis on the 2d instant. His name is Josiah t. Earl, a citizen of Marion, Crittenden County, A rk , 3 2 o and on his person was found an order, signed by him lap. disbanding the association known as the The greatest excitement prevailed in the city 3rl ' .. - many prominent citizens when the arrest was knor o ' is M RRIED.—At the United States Legation, P 3r n ; on Wednesday, March 17, James B. Andrews to Griswold Field, daughter of Cyrus W. Field, all of 4 ' e York. d ping [ADVERTISEMENT:I—HoIIoway's Ointment a n brat ° Sure Cure.—Be the ailments external or interne ,. c d may acute, inflammatory or otherwise, a certain renlertY;pars•- be found in one or other, or both, of HollowaY s P„oly tions. In the nursery and the toilet they are e 4 lop' place. The use of them involves no danger ;_ the pre ' ment of them need not cause the most timid"lgarid by hension of doing mischief. 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"Ronle, July _ —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, espeeVentireel abandoning all other remedies, he has confined llini su o nsuo' to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which 1r. n045 , b eve l a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surPr l T e this e,_,1 u 76 flcial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot P 0 ; 1 1, 25 lent food too highly." From the "Gazette du Midi, u ' ea rs' l iver B 6 No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven t h n erco o d complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, ir,!„B„,ess,..._rd palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleepieLni, the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure l'l' i nanY i e ro ui Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, _ ~o ry dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribtd?r_s:RatuleP74,o dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constiPapo,;:.....cure spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria JolY• 30 yet'a diseased lungs, spitting of blood, 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, surrey , u .`„,,eut, , v l;y 6 the 410 partial deafness. Important Caution.—Bevr are w e b., l'O'beti. unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations tow 9 /37 atta c co authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audacion 118. . 12 co In tins, at Is. 14d.; 1 lb. 2s. vd.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 511 ";,,0 2 4 225.; 4 lbs, 40s, —Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA.ARA., fOlc, LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups C liver derangre cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 300., i re go, LT . ; at 558.—being about one penny per cup. Th e 30 _rpost a. are sent free of carriage in England on receips "' t-s treet, Order.—BAßßY DO BARRY and Co., No. 77 , — re g en don; and all Grocers and Chemists. mw Births. ife of G. COTTSINS—On the 18th inst., at Edinburgh, the yi of g‘ W. Cousins, Esq., late Captain 85 t h Lt. infant* daughter. t e STEDALL—On the 19th inst., at 15, Woburn-Slue ' Coburn wife of Henry Stedall, Esq., of a son. Marriages. GI UTT SEALE —On the 15th inst A C la marylebiale Church, Captain Arthur W. Gillett, R.N., to LOY k of K ic s N e .s c EK o y n i tid—sledvyaouto.(g)DhELtAleiNrz Eliza, f Sir Henry Pa ul Seal° , 14ri " Mount Boone, Devonshire. George Woodland, lsOdgen: the surviving uagt lißtreirghoftotnii,ellitef; LE G c e o o x r r g i e 7 B D a 1 - .o o n n Deaths. g u sse% Le th co e eadt MARTIN—On the 16th inst., at Milton-next-G Captain Win. N. Mariin, aged 76. ufilBeitdh, aged 82. Petwortb, STENNING —On tho 13th inst., at Croydon,Benj. Se Esq., aged 58. 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Offices, 7 Bankers lane; and: ARALTII R DU BA and eaves fifty 1 perfect dig 4 refreshing most disor effectually eumption, 1 rangementi bervousnes catarrhs, c rbenmatisn ralgia, in heartburn, imusea and fits, brood the pit of t the most for invalids IMPoRTA and more t] city, Baron Ifeneefor Du Barry'e and Infantf has alread3 been &erne fleas the Pc by it after t We quote 18,413):—" Holy Fathe other rem& 'darry'a Rev 'WOW at sneficial praise this - Cure No. years' liver flees, irritat digestion, c ervous ngi Curo No. Stuart do Di ford :—" food.—STui Waterford." Cure No, from dyspcj flatulency, of Lynn. N( Cure No. ncrvou sum vous fancies Cure No. years diarrh The Food b., 4s. 6d. anisters, ca arry s Rev . fmnfsterm oups at 65., about cna p free of carri. bAttRY DE also at PO/ Gra.cechute. New North-