The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-17 00:00:00

:0 JOURNALS, jIIIPERIAL FARMAN LNT 'IRIT OF The Times is dissatisfied with the debate on the Ballot, and, as usual, strenuously opposes its introduction. It complains that with bribery diminishing, with the means of repressing it further brouplt to light, with undue influence renounced, we are asked to make a change now which was not before thought necessary. If we free our selves from the disturbing influences of accidents, the conclusion should apparently he to persevere, in the con fident hope of continued improvement, rather than to fall back upon a system confessedly founded upon a lower view of public life. The time has doubtless come wher all attempts to play fast and loose with the exercise of the franchise should be frankly abandoned. If we maintain open voting as the proper form of dis charging a public function, we must be thorough in our resolution to purge its exercise of all the blots which can be removed from it by legislation. The Election Petitions Act was an honest attempt last session; and if the timidity of some judges has in any degree diminished its efficiency, it has served to bring to light many faults capable of amendment. Mr. Lcatham dweb on Tuesday night upon the bribery between three and four o'clock remarked upon by the judge at Norwich, and both he and Mr. Hardcastle urged that the Ballot would put a stop to this form of corruption. But it is as easy to provide that the state of the poll should be kept secret until its close without the Ballot as with it, if members are really self-denying enough to acquiesce in ignorance of the course of the election until all is over. The inquiries again have proved how possible it is to corrupt a con stituency by the lavish waste of money on services all but nominal ; but they have shewn, also, how easy it is to cut off one by one these methods of indirect bribery. Once more it has been demonstrated that nothing is more powerful in stimulating passion and riot than the practice of nomination ; but it has also been demonstrated that nothing is more unnecessary than this unmeaning form. If the House of Commons be sincerely resolved to purge elections they can do so, and they will find that the judges who have already threatened to be more strict next time will be encouraged by their approval ; but the danger is —and it is well it should be stated and faced— that a short-sighted Opposition will refuse to approve any of these obvious amendments in our election procedure, and thus compel the adoption of that mode of secret voting which we should view as a lapse and a declension. The Daily News holds that there is - no doubt of the success of the Ballot in the present Parliament. The country will never go through another political Saturnalia like that which disgraced the summer of last year. The committee appointed on Tuesday night must, of course, sit, inquire, and report ; but the Government will do well to condone their mistake in referring the question, by expediting its business, and seeing that no more delays are interposed between the policy on which the country has resolved, and its embodiment in legislation. The argument on Tuesday night was all on one side. If the House wanted " confirmation strong as Holy Writ," both of the evil to be remedied and of the certainty of the cure, both were before it. Mr. Tor rens's remarkable account of his personal experience in two successive elections at Adelaide—the one before the Ballot a scene of violence and bloodshed, the one after it as quiet and orderly as a vote of the House itself—was a real contribution to the discussion. It was impossible to listen to that debate without feeling the certainty that the battle of freedom and purity of election is virtually won. Mr. Leatham said, amid loud manifestations of approval from the Liberal benches, that the time had come when no Liberal Government could keep their seats on the I Treasury bench for two consecutive sessions which did not make the Ballot a Government question. The statement is entirely true, whether the present Government receive it as information or hear it as a warnirg. The Telegraph declares that Mr. Leatham took up too much time in replying to the objections that have been urged against the Ballot. State the facts brought out by recent election inquiries, and all merely theoretical objec tions will seem trivial. In particular, Mr. Leatham erred by giving a long and elaborate reply to the arguments of Mr. Mill—who, on this point, as the public well knows, differs from the advanced Liberals whom he leads. We have the authority of the Liturgy for saying that "we are miserable sinners ;" yet the philosopher insists that we must give our votes at the dictate of the purest, the loftiest, motives by which men were ever swayed. Voting should be a religious ceremony. A man should " plump for Smith " as solemnly as he should take deacon's orders. He should disdain the power, the threats, the bribes, the evictions of the rich ; he should bear as meekly as a martyr the fisticuffs of the poor. That is Mr. Mill's teaching ; and when the Millennium shall come no doubt the great thinker's teaching will be realised. But, alas ! we are meanwhile poor " miserable • sinners." We must sell our tea and our joints ; we must earn our weekly wage ; we cannot afford to pay more rent ; we are loth to lose our farms ; we shrink from the displeasure of our fellow-workers in the mill ; and to exercise the electoral privilege of a Briton amid a shower of stones, is repugnant to our feelings. Yes, being " miserable sinners," we must have the Ballot; and, despite the fact that Mr. Leal speech and motion were superfluous, cAn pudt nLm in consideration of the point and force with which he stated a great fact. The Herald, in discussing the pawnbroking clauses, a_ that lending money on such moveables as find their we s' to the pawnshop is not an occupation which everybody would like, but still most people out of the Cabinet would draw a broad distinction between it and " crib cracking,' pocket-picking, and other pursuits of the same order. W. are quite sure that any other set of shopkeepers would resent such an indignity, and thatthe whole tribe of retail tradesmen would be up in arms, if they found the re Reformed Parliament speaking of them in the same Urea* with the worst of City Arabs. But if Lord Kimberley'r bill had passed without amendment, every pawnbroke would have been a marked man. The abodes of receiver of stolen goods are, or ought to be, as well known to the police as any place devoted to more reputable purposes. But these adepts in crime do not take things in pledge, retaining them as pawnbrokers are bound to do, fox twelve months at least. Neither do they give duplicates, keep books, and make entries of names, dates, and othe particulars, only to be obtained by direct inquiry of the customer. Both thief and receiver know their business a great deal too well for this. Their maxim is, no entry made, no receipt given, no questions asked, and no goods returned. The produce of each day's crime is sold out and out, for anything between one-fourth and one-tenth of its value, and then the rogues part, the one to renew his depredations, and the other to get rid of his pur chase in some speedy and secret fashion. These pests of society the bill does not touch, unless, indeed, they have been previously convicted and imprisoned Careful calculations, based upon accurate returns. shew that no fewer than 28,334,880 pledges ar annually deposited with pawnbrokers in the metro politan area, giving an annual average of 67,464 . fox every one of the 420 pawnbroking establishments, and nearly nine per head for every man, woman, and child i• apopulation'of over th ree m illi ons. To justify the pro visions of Lord Kimberley's bill there should have bee. some large and manifest proportion between the above enormous total of transactions, and crimes connected with them. But such a justification is altogether wanting. Out of the 23,331,000 pledges there were givea up under orders from jtu'g or magistrates an average of lin 12,0'30 the whole of London, while one pawnbroker, with thre, , large shops, reports that in seven y, , ar s lie took pledges, only 53 of which, va ue _ 818 ~ he had to give up, thus she wing an average of 1 m in number, and something under 15s. in value. Returns obtained from th large towns and from the country g nerally do not greatly differ from those relating to London. The Star thinks that the return obtained by Mr. Torrens, and issued on Saturday, shows that th ;re is still tune to check the operation of Mr. Har.iy's bill if the House of Commons are inclined to do so, and the que:Aior ought not to be hung up a day longer than can be helped. It appears, however, that the fist Thursday after 112:e recess is the earliest ( pportuni' y Mr. Goschen can have of unfolding his policy to the House. In the meantime the . bill will be printed and circulated, and as i t totally extir.- guishes some ni ne b oar d s o f guar di ans . it i s just possible that it may meet with considerable opposition. Under the present arrangement of London for the purposes of the Act, the smaller parishes are as fully represented in the Central Asylums Board as the larger, and the largeer have no more representation than the smaller. This is one anomaly which will be corrected by the bill which Mr. Goschen will introduce. He adds another measure of relief which will apply to the whole area of London. lie fixes a certain sum in the pound, calculated on the assessment of each parish, above which all expenses incurred for buildings shall be borne by the common fund levied on the whole metropolitan area. Those parishes which have already spent a capital sum of 2s. 6d. in the pound on the assessment will at once come upon the com mon fund, while others will do so as socu 'is their expen diture has reac h e d that limit. Soell ' are, I ' ve believe, the main items of a scheme whieli will be warmly bot which commends itself at the first ' as ' '. reason: ably adapt e d t o so f ten without reversing Mr. .I.la;dv's legislation. The Heral(.l declares that the poliey of present Government presents a forcible .on of n) Mr. Dis raeli's warning that " confiscatio n is c It is impossible, on reflection, not to discern a inigarls.cVatior between several measures, some introduced by ra t )crs of the Mini,try, others by the more eminent s sup porters, all of which tend to an invas!on of tl g . l " of property, and are eharaeb rised by a dangerousit: laxity of principle in reg ir d t o corporate- rand individnal interests hitherto hell sacred even by Liberal legislators. No one can fail to discern a close connection between the measure introduced by the So:ieitor-General and the Church Spoliation Bill of the Prime Minister; and a still more intimate connection between the arguments by which they are defended. T a k e the two measures together- 7 supply the omissions of the one by the provisions, of the Other—combine the prin c ipl es of both, and the result is a clear and complete precedent for the total confiscation of all property belonging to the Established Church, whether intended for the maintenance of her wkahip_gr_the education of her clew: HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Their lordships sat for a short time this eve Ling. The Common Law Courts Bill passed through committee after an amendment had been inserted, on the motion of Lord Wesbury, to the effect that the patronage should be left in the hands of the Judges of the Court, and not in those of the Lords-Lieutenant. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o clock. NEW MEMBERS. Sir Harcourt Johnstone took the oath and his seat for Scarborough, and Mr. Devereaux for Wexford. PETITION FROM DUBLIN. The Lord Mayor of Durum/ presented a petition from the Corporation of Dublin, praying for perfect religious equality with all her Majesty's subjects in Ireland, for an amuest• ; to political offenders in prison for political offences, now suffering punishment for the consolidation of the Irish railways and fur a reduction of the tariff for goods and passengers. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Mr Mzia.ou, sail he did not think it was a fact that Archbishop Bramhall was in: strumental in purchasing tithes from lay impropriators in Ireland amounting to £30,000, neither did he think that there whs positive Froof that the purchase money was raised by public subscription ; by the clauses of the bill the tithes would not be retained. EXTRADITION. Mr. OTWAY, in reply to Mr. Torrens, said it was the intention of the Government to introduce a bill with re spect to extradition. BANDA PRIZE MONEY. Mr. G. DUFF, in reply to Col. Nortb, said the money had all been paid, and the papers relative to it he thought had lost their interest, however, he would have great plersure in affording he hon. member every information on the subject possible. COMMUNICATION WITH AMERICA. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he had not thought it necessary to make any provision on the suppo sition that the contract now under consideration would not be carried out, as the contract with the North Ger man Lloyd's would provide for a weekly despatch of letters to America. PATRIOTIC FUND. Mr. CARDWELL, in reply to Mr. Locke Bing, said the last audit of the Patriotic Fund took place in 1867, but the accounts were all ready, down to the present period fur examination. HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE. Viscount BURY asked whether the Secretary for the Home Department had taken any steps with a view of as certaining the condition of Hammersmith Bridge. Mr. BRUCE said he had had an examination as to the condition of the bridge, and the report he had received was to the effect that although the bridge in the first instance was not a very strong erection, yet it appeared to be as strong as it ever had been, and therefore he had not thought it proper to prohibit its use on the occasion of the great boat race to-morrow. Notices would be affixed and police constables posted to confine the pedestrians entirely to the, footway, and thus the'icarriage way would be left open for vehicles. There doubtless would be a very large attendance of the public, but he believed that, with the re gulations that were to be carried out, the bridge would be quite able to bear all those who might go upon it to morrow. KHANSI PRIZE MONEY. Mr. DUFF, in answer to Mr. Chamber, said that nearly the whole of this money had been paid, and that a second distribution would be very trifling. It included all the treasure captured by the troops under Sir Hugh Rose. THE BALLOT. Mr. LEATHAM then rose to call the attention of the house to the expediency of taking votes by ballot at Par liamentary elections. He said the necessity for the ballot was now more apparent than ever, and Le thought that no set of gentlemen would sit on the Government benches for the next twelvemonths that did not adopt the ballot as a Government question. The ballot was neither an experiment nor innovation, and it had been adopted by all free nations, the exception being that it was still objected to by Russia, Turkey, and England, and the, titne had now come that it became actually urgent that the ballot should be adopted in this country. He should be met, doubtlesQ, with the objection that the ballot was un-English, but he had turned up a caso in which in times gone by a member had been returned by the ballot. The right hon. gentleman then reid the ex tract in question, and contended that he could not under stand t .e great objection that was made to the ballot. That corruption existed was unfortunately too true, and they were continually trying, up stairs, to washtheir hands clean,' yet that they never succeeded in doing, and never would as long as they set their faces against the adoption of the ballot. In one of the committees that had sat, one of the witnesses, a most important one, said that in places where the ballot was ad, , pted elections had be come as quiet as funerals. (Laughter.) The bon. gentle man concluded by moving, "That it be an instruction to the select committee appointed to inquire into the pre sent mode of conducting elections, to take into considera- tion the various methods of taking votes by ballot, which are at present in use in portions of the British empire, and in other countries, togetl.•er with any modification thereof which might be suggested, and to report upon the most efficient and convenient system of balloting." After criticisms from Sir H. Bulwer, Mr. Scourfield, Mr. C. Weguelin, Lord F. Cavendish, Mr. Chadwick, Sir F. Cressley, and Mr. Gladstone, the motion was withdrawn. Leave was given to Mr. GOSCHEN to introduce a bill to amend the Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867. On the motion of Mr. Secretary BRUCE, the Committee on Parliamentary and Municipal Elections was nominated. The Party Processions Bill, which stood for second read ing, was briefly discussed, and adjourned until Wednes day (to-day), on division, by 113 to 70 votes. The house then adjourned. LONDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, MARCH 16. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—General the Right Hon. Hugh Lord Strathnairn to be Colonel. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Major-General Charles Ain slie to be Colonel. 60th Regiment of Foot—Field Marshal his Royal High. ness George William Frederick Charles, Duko of ea,m- bridge, K.G., G.C.8., G.C.M.G., to be Colonel-in- Chief. 3d Dragoon Guards—Cornet Arthur Coats, has been per mitted to retire from the service. Ist Dragoons—Cornet Shireburn Weld has been permitted to retire from the service. Bth Hussars—Captain Thomas Bowen, from the 6th Foot, to be Captain. 18th Hussars—Lieutenant Henry Howard to be Captain, Cornet Edward Nolan to be Lieutenant, Quartermaster- Sergeant Geore Rurnsey to be Cornet. 20th Hussars - Ensign William Irwin, from the 104th Foot, to be Cornet. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Hatch to be Colonel ; Captain George Brown to be Lieu tenant-Colonel; Second Captain William Cumberland to be Captain ; Lieutenant Ross Lewis to be Second Captain ; Lieutenant John Alexander to be Second Captain. Royal Engineers —Lieut-ColoLel Henry Freeling, Super numerary List s to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Captain John Wilson to be Lieut.-Colonel; Captain Joshua Smith to be Lieut.-Colonel , Second Captain Walter Campbell to be Captain ; Lieut. George Collings to be Second Cap tain ; Lieut. Rirhard Buckle to be Seconded on appoint nti.nt as Assistant Surveyor -General at Hong Kong. The undermentioned Lieutenants employed in the Public Works Department in India to be placed on the Seconded List: George Robert Walker, William Robert Purchas. Grenadier Guards—Lieut. Henry Legh to be Adjutant. 6th Foot—Captain Frederick Helyar to be Captain ; Lieut. James Fitz Gerald to be Captain; Ensign Richard Mere dith to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Andrew Macpherson to 9 7t t h h beF F E r e nt t s l igL A mi s e e n is t ie G n e t _ o s ff e ry ra B ee a n rtor ea t a o e be He A y d e j tte it d a nte t. be Assis tant-Surgeon. 11th Foot—Major Thomas Peebles to be Lieutenant- Colonel, Captain Richard Maunsell to be Major, Lieu tenant John Trotter to be Captain, Ensign Charles Man sergh to be Lieutena n t, Ensign Thonias Lewis to . be b Lieutenant, Charles Frederick Morgan to be Ensign Lieutonaut Edward Dacikow,in. uelnstructo r Musketry. 14th Foot—Lieutenant Herbert Woodland to bo Adjutant. 17th Foot—Ensign Lawrence Hussey to be Lieutenant, Henry Morris to he Ensign, William Cl ar k e to be Ensign. 20th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Webster to b o Captain, Ensign Robert Woolley t o b o Li eutenant, Charles Hi n d e to be Ensign, RobertDenn s i t s ai t n obe rt Ensign. 27th Foot—Ensign Philip feh to be Lieutenant, Vanrenen to be Lieut enant, Thurlow Dowling to be Ensign. 34t E h ns Foot—Lieut. tEodbwea Ensign. 34th Ens b i e gn 42d Foot—Ensign Nicholas Lieutenant ; 41st Foot—Ensign Foster Wai3deretpobyto be to be Captain; Ensign . Andrew Stevenson to b . e Ensign. 49th 49th Foot -Lieut. Edwin Edward Thornton to bo Lieutenant ; Ensign Edward Dickson to be Ensign. 52d Foot—Lieut. William Blakeney to be Captain ; En sign Gilbert Biddulph to be Lieutenant ; Walter Gun cliff,' to be Ensign. s , l ‘ed thFodoetrbu—Erunstio 63 1 Ensign. gnlarrisßrown to be Lieutenant ; James v G4th Foot—Ensign Gerald Paterson to be Lieutenant; 59th Foot—Ensign Shirley Apthorp to bo Ensign. Alexander Morison to be Ensign. 75th Foot—Lieutenant Donald Macqueen to be Instructor of Musketry. 83d Foot—Ensign James Bell to be Ensign ; Ensign Chas. flinde to be Ensign. 94th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick R. Mein to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Ist West India Regiment--Lieutenant Joseph Smith to be Adjutant. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 12. The undermentioned officers have this dny been pro moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 6th March, 1863:—Mr. John William Owen, and Mr. Thomas hunter. John Ellis Knight, Esq., has been promoted to the rank of Staff Vogunandor in her Majesty's Fleet. MISCE LLANEOL rS NEWS. said, ' But I am a Protestant,' upon wnicn ne oecame deadly white, and said, Oh what a revelation I have made.' He tried to make her promise she would not reveal what he had communicated to her under the impression that she was a Roman Catholic." Such is the story; its accuracy may be estimated by the fact that Dr. Pusey was educated at Oxford, and has passed his whole life there since he was a lad. The tale is very like one that Mr. Newland used to tell of the same divine. One day a clergyman and an old lady were travelling together in the same train, and the lady, after a little while, began to speak of Dr. Pusey and his doings, to the great edification of her companion. Among other high crimes, she attributed to him the sin of " sacrificing a lamb every Friday." The clergyman suggested that she might have been mistaken, but she indignantly asserted that her authority was un questionable. Whereupon the clergyman replied, " But, my dear Madam, I am Dr. Pusey, and I never killed a lamb in my life, and should not know how to do it." THE UNIVERSITY TESTS BILL. The House of Commons had a good laugh on Mon day night at an exceedingly amusing incident. Mr. Beresford-Hope moved, and Mr. Bentinck seconded, the adjournment of the debate on the University Tests Abolition Bill, and when beaten on a division, they assumed that they had the right to speak, but were put to silence by the Speaker, who informed them that they had " exhausted their powers in that debate." The hon. gentlemen did not see it. They felt that they were by no means exhausted, but on the contrary, were like new bottles ready to burst. Mr. Newdegate, having already spoken, met with no better success. Amid loud laughter one after another was snubbed by the Speaker, and the House did not seem at all to regret the loss of Mr. Newdegate's funereal tones, or Mr. Hope's Batavian grace. The great event of the evening, however, was Sir Roundcll Palmer's speech. Formerly he op posed legislation in the direction of the Solicitor- General's bill. It was not known for certain if he would still do so, and great curiosity was felt on both sides of the House as to what course he would take with respect to that measure. The Opposition cheered him loudly as he rose, hoping that he would be on their side. They must have felt not a little mortified as he went on and sheaved that some such measure as the present was the necessary result of '.the legislation which he formerly opposed, but which Lord Stanley and Lord Derby approved. The end of it was that the bill passed a second reading with out a division, and thus for the first time the principle that the universities belong to the nation and not to the Church was affirmed nem. con. There will be a fight over details in committee, especially over Sir R. Palmer's proposal that lay professors shall undertake to teach nothing contrary to the Church of England, which proposal Sir John Cole ridge declares nothing shall induce him to accept. For once the Liberals stuck together on Monday night—or, to speak more technically, yesterday morn ing —in their opposition to the adjournment of the debate on Sir John Coleridge's bill. With the tellers and Speaker, there were 331 members in the House when the division was taken. In the majority (251) there were 242 Liberals and 9 Conservatives, but no Liberalsvotedwith the minority. The Conservatives who went into the lobby against their party were Viscount Barrington, Lord Elcho, Mr. Orr-Ewing, Mr. Russell Gurney, Mr. W. Johnston (Belfast), Lord George Lennox, Mr. M e yri c k, M r . Cl are S ewe ll Read, and Mr. Waterhouse. The most prominent Conservatives who wished the debate to be adjourned were Mr. Cave, Mr. Ward Hunt, Mr. Mowbray, and Mr. Walpole. Mr. Gathorne Hardy left the House when a division was called for. Nearly all the members of the Government supported Sir John Coleridge, and Mr. Miall voted for the first time in favour of a question specially interesting to the Nonconformist body. The tellers for the Ayes were Mr. Beresford Hope and Mr. Bentinck, and for the Noes Sir John Coleridge and Mr. Bouverie. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1869. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. cers, have commenced operations :—President, Jas. Baker ; Ist Vice-President, C. C. Parks ; 2d Vice- President, E. R. Tremain ; Treasurer, Charles Unger; Secretary, C. M. Delmar; Assistant Secre tary, John R. Lansing ; Chairman of Arbitration Committee, George P. Clark. We cannot yet make out for certain whether the rents in this city will rise on May-day or fall ; but the weight of testi mony goes to rrove that they will remain about the same. The people cgrnplaiu that in the upper part there are but two sorts of houses—a brown stone front, at a rent of from £3OO to £5OO a year (I give your money as your readers will understand it best), or apartments in tenement houses, and those who know the expense of , the one and the misery of the other are not surprfs - ed that so many families live in hotels. On your sle American ladies are supposed to prefer hotel lite, because it saves them trouble, and that they are gregarious, with no taste for homes. This is one of your English mistakes, for, as a rule, we are as homely a people as any in the world ; but circumstances often compel a surrender of inclination to necessity. It requires considerable means to support a house in this city, for servants are as costly as the dwellings, and their insolence is often unbounded. An Irish girl, fresh from the bogs, is a nappy illustration of the proverb of put- ting a beggar on horseback, and a delicate, refined American lady has often to do work which woald make the hair, chignon and all, stand on end of your more portly dames. What surprises me is that any of them, except with very large•fortunes, could be prevailed on to undertake the management of a household, when fine hotels are open to them at less cost and trouble, and that many American families live in these houses is the best proof of the value they attach to homes, A case came up in the United States Circuit Court last Tuesday against Chas.A.Dana, accusing him when Assistant Secretary of War, of casting the plaintiff Gazaway Lamar into a loathsome gaol filled with vermin, taking him from his home in Savannah to Washington for this pur pose. Dana pleads in defence the Act of Indemnity. Wars for monopoly have been raging ; the great railway war between the Philadelphia Railroad, the Erie and New Yoik Central is for Western traffic and the overland route to San Francisco. That has been the big war which has long been waged, but is now culminating on the completion of the Grand Trunk Line to the Pacific. Governor Haight, of California, has been asked to Chicago to celebrate the opening of the Pacific road on the 4th 'July with the Governors of the other States. Besides this fight, one has raged between the Express Companies. Cases are constantly being brought forward in our courts; the other d:►y one wa3 up before Judge Cardozo to prevent a consolidation scheme, an in- junction being asked for, and the appointment of a receiver. In one of the suits Judge Ingraham ruled on Wednesday that the Executive Committee were not authorized to chanze the bnQinp.. .f th. nr,r- poration, or to terminate the existence of the Association, and that the injunction, so far as it restrains the directors and executive Com- mittee from enforcing a compliance with the terms of consolidation on the part of those unwilling to be members of the new company, should be continued up till the final decision of the case. Mr. Fisk, jun.. is making a raid against the conductors of the Erie, many suspected of stealing having been discharged, while others who objected to his manner of finding them out, and denounced been him, have asked toresign. The Society of Free masons has brought on its head the wrath of this dragon, and those professing the craft are to be discharged as not good enough for such a holy em ploy as his. The Oddfellows, by the way, arc to _ . celebrate, at the Steinway-hall, the fiftieth anniver- sary of their establishment in America. The Exp ress Companies are also to suffer from the formidable Fisk, as the Erie is to do its own express work hereafter. A great Republican meeting is to take place in Union-square next week, to impress on the Senate the advisability of repealing the Tenure-of-Office Bill. On Thursday there was a consultation ; Horace Greeley was not there, nor was Hugh Hast- ings, Raymond, nor Bryant, though the last three are known to sympathise with the object. There has been a discussion in our Legislature at Albany about pressing the repeal ; also relative to Horace Greeley's appointment as Minister to England. Mr. Mattoon brought forward a resolution, which (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, Feb. 27. The telegram announcing the arrival of the City of Paris at Queenstown, forty-five minutes ahead of the Russia, has caused the transfer of some money in this city ; for although the papers gene rally state that there was no such thing as a race contemplated by either vessel, it being against the stringent orders of both the Inman and Cunard Companies, the people persist in believing that they cannot help racing under such circumstances. One New York paper boldly asserted that ocean racin g was a thing to be encouraged, but this is the re verse of the general opinion. The Cushing Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Darien is likely to be the axle of a very fine ".ring." A lobby has left for Washington, and Peter Cooper expects the job, though there is a strong opposition. Peter Cooper's Company, however, is powerfully backed, though there is a rumour that the Pacific Mail Company favours the others. The Fenians are still hard at work, they have had a great meeting at Baltimore, which John O'Neill addressed. A naval expedition is being organized by them, and the following advertise ment appeared in the New York Sun :—" To EAR NEST IRISH NATIONALISTS. —All Irishmen of action, desirous of taking part in the Irish Naval Expedi tionary Corps, now organizing, are requested to communicate at once with Wm. J. O'Connell, Secretary, 323, West 21st St., City. Men of nau• tical experience are particularly called on." They propose to make a descent on the coast of Aus tralia, and it is said that the list is nearly complete. There was a great meeting at the Cooper Institute some days ago, but perhaps the news of the re lease of Warren and Costello, who are to be wel comed on arrival with a grand reception, may have a deterring influence. The officers of the Army of the Potomac held a meeting in Fourteenth-street, General Butterfield presiding. Among the distin guished officers on the platform were Major-Gene rals G. B. M'Clellan, French, Heintzelmann, Plea santon, Wright, Davies, Casey, Hooker, Hancock, Slocum, Franklin, Humphrey, Ingalls, Torbert, Webb, and Gibbon. Gen. M'Clellan acted as tem porary chairman. A grand reunion is to take place during the summer, and five generals were selected to make the arrangements. Washington's Birth day was dull, foggy, and wet ; in fact, the day was, on the whole, a failure. The fireworks, notwith standing the $20,000 voted for them, did not come off, nor was there a military procession. The na tional colours, however, were hoisted on the public buildings and the shipping, while many of the mer chants gave their employds a holiday. The anniver sary furnished the liveliest time to the burglars and thieves, who, knowing it was a legal holiday, strove to drive as active a business as they could in the deserted offices and stores. Bonds amounting to $40,000 belonging to Messrs. Jay Cooke and Co., were stolen from the Star Insurance Company, 96, Broadway, last August. Some of them are alleged to have been found on Edwin R. Lee, who was arrested, and, after an examination, committed for trial. The United States Circuit Court has sen tenced the counterfeitors John L. Deese, to four years Penitentiary, Charles Harper, Albany Peni tentiary, 6 years ; Literio Moletta, ditto, 4 years ; Stephen Morabeto, ditto, 3 yrs ; James Carr, 3 years, King's County Penitentiary ; Joseph Bar nabo, 3 months, ditto; George Myers, fined $250 and committed till paid ; and James M'Laughlin, alias John H. Fuller, and Harrison Shaw, alias John Lamartine, for making false charges against Internal Revenue Collector Bailey, were sentenced to five years each, in the Albany Penitentiary, President Johnson has pardoned. John H. Eagan, sentenced for obtaining bounty money and back pay, on bogus papers. It might be supposed that Andy was recruiting an army of rascals for after operations, so extraordinary are some of his pardons. The Erie Railway people continue to circulate all kinds of favourable reports regarding the annexa tion of Western lines to their road. Their new board of brokers, having elected the following offi THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House of Commons will be considerably shorn of its numbers when it conies to divide on the Irish Church Bill. There are at the present time no fewer than eleven seats vacant, viz., one each at Norwich, Dublin, Sligo, Cashel, and Dumfriesshire., and two each for Bridgwater, Beverley, and Here ford, none of which will be filled up before the divi sion. Five of the vacant seats were filled by Conser vatives and six by Liberals. THE HOUSE OF LORDS. If " one black sheep infects the flock," one white one certainly communicates a virtuous influence to his fellows. It is many years since the Lords shelved themselves so set upon business as they are at the present time. Lord Salisbury has aroused them into action, and within a month from the assembling of Parliament they have passed through committee a measure of such first-class importance as the Habitual Criminals Bill. They sat till nearly ten o'clock to accomplish this. They are now about to make arrangements with the Commons for doing still more work, and a committee of both Houses has been appointed with this object in view. Lord Russell, however, is not satisfied, and means to try his hand at life •peerages. TIIE TRADES UNION COMMISSION. We have very unwelcome news on the Trades (Juice Commission. Instead of a unanimous report, on which legislation could be taken without doubt, we are told—and who expected other—of divisions and subdivisions. Those who had hoped that Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Harrison would be found to agree on such a subject must certainly have been very sanguine indeed. The Manchester Guardian says that one report, signed by seven members, recom mends various changes in the combination laws, and suggests recourse to arbitration. A second report ; to which the names of Lord Lichfield, Mr. T. Hughes, and Mr. F. Harrison are attached, proposes the repeal of the combination laws ; while a third report, signed only by Mr. Hughes and Mr. Harrison, goes still further. "At present, however, we are unable to state the details of the changes—' sweeping changes,' as a correspondent describes them—which the member for Frome and Mr. Harr:son desire to see established .;i'Es stripe COTTON sris Tit in the relations between labour and capital." T IbE A pother masters of Preston have deteralii 1 to wages of their workmen; the operatives will not labour for less than they are at present getting. There was a great meeting of operativesheldnEt. Preston on Mo n d ay n i ght, and tFeutm utmost osdetermi nation was manifested. to resist the proposed reduc tion in wages. A strike was not exactly resolved upon, but only because it is gecl tj 1 c wise to allow th e masters (as a l oca l journal puts l it • ) a place for repen tance. Th a t th ey w i ll repent does not seem to be believed, and it is improbable under present circum stances that the men will give in. TIM CONSERVATIVES OP STALYBRIDGE. On Saturday a large political gathering took place at Stalybridge to celebrate the return of Mr. James Sidebottom to Parliament as the first representative of the borough. Mr. E. Bates presided, and declared that they were met to do honour to double victory in the return of Mr. Side bottom, and in his triumph over a vexatious petition. Mr. Sidebottom, M.P., returned his cordial thanks to the meeting, and rejoiced at the success which the Conservative cause had met with in that borough. He did not touch upon the leading questions of politics, but declared that he should never consider party interests where the good of the country was concerned. As a proof of this he referred to the recent vote ho had given against what would be called his own party. CHANCERY DELAYS. Another complaint h as b een made on the almost hopeless xel,eiscstisnlllect of Ch ancery d elays and expenses. states that it has taken him two years and a half, and has cost him £3OO, to get out of Chancery £BOO paid in by a defaulting trustee. In the suit i n which the payment was made the accounts were waived, and the trust ee or d ered to pay all costs, yet the plaintiffs solicit or t e ll s hi m that he has.got very easily out of Chancery. He has also registered some freehold building land, under the Land Transfer Act of 1803; . and now finds that should a dispute arise the question may be carried to the higher Courts of Chancery. The proceeding of the registry should, in the opinion of this gentleman, be much simplified, and he hopes that Lord Romilly; as chairman of the Land Transfer Commission, will effect the same good work in England as he has done in Ireland, and egablish a land court altogethem aeparate from the Court of Chancery. HUSH BENEFICES. Mr. Petrie writes to the Standard respecting the 199 Irish benefices, which, according to the census returns of 1861, have a Church population of less than forty. The writer states that he has made strict inquiry, and finds that either the census returns must be untrustworthy, or the Irish branch of the United Church has made great progress. He gives the names of all the benefices in question, with the Churchpopu, lation according to the census, and according to his own inquiries on the Ist of January last. The second column shews a very decided augmentation of the numbers, the great change being in Dallymas coulon which has in the ermsuß n 1 1 137 "" the 1 return 225. Tho Church population of the greater portion, however, is still far below 100, in some instances numbering less than 20. The figures do not include the Protestant Dissenters, who, for wantten very of their small,o local ministers, usually attend' the parishincuiri neighbouringechurch.optaTer parishes eprsl of e e N t i e en , ues of the benefices are of and the r ec t ors ac t as cura t es i n moreand a ifmnipiohretranlicset. will T be The issued in a few days. THE REV. JAMES KELLY AGAIN. The notorious Mr. Kelly, of St. George's, Liver pool, has come forward again, and in a long letter falls foul of Mr. Gladstone, because, being the patron of a small living in Liverpool, worth only £lOO a year, he will not transfer his patronage to the Crown, and thereby make it £3CO. I-Ie then goes on to denounce Mr. Gladstone as " a second Pilate!' consigning Christ to the tender mercies of the wicked Jews—the Irish Church taking the place of the victim, and the Rationalists, Romanists, and Radicals of the persecutors. A TALE TOIL TIIE MARINES. A correspondent of the Rock, says that twefity years ago a lady he knows was res i d i ng in Austria, in a house belonging to some nuns. She paid the rent regularly to a Jesuit priest, who, supposing her to be a Roman Catholic, dilated on the great work that was going on at Oxford, and said that some of the Jesuits had got into the university, and that the leading man there was a Jesuit. The lady asked his name, and was told it was Pusey, and that her informant and the doctor were educated together at the same college in Rome. " Some days after the Jesuit asked . her where she went to max/4.,_as..hitiutd—neng_9lvencilltk She OBITUARY. A well-known politician has died within the last icw days, Sir William Clay, Bart. He was formerly a merchant and shipowner. In 1832 he entered Parliament as member for the newly-formed borough of the Tower Hainlets, having for his colleague lir. Lushington. In 1835 the same two members were returned, the Conservative candidate polling only about one-si _th of Sir William's votes. In 1837 there was no contest; in 1841 Sir William was first of five candidates. In 1847 Mr. George Thompson polled 6,268 votes, Sir William Clay 3,839, and General Fox 2,622. In 1852 Mr. Thompson lost his seat. Sir William was at the head of the poll, with Mr. Butler only ten votes behind him, and Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Newton a long way in the rear. In 1857 Mr. Ayrton astonished everybody by coming to the head of the poll, with Mr. Butler for second, and Sir William Clay found himself out of Parliament for the first time in fifteen years. He did not sit again. During his Parliamentary career he was one of the foremost holders of ad vanced Radical views. He advocated exten sion of the suffrage, the Ballot, triennial Par liaments, and the abolition of church rates. He was the author of the Small Tenements Rating Act f which led to so much discussion during the debates on Mr. Disraeli's Reform Bill. He was Secretary to the Board of Control from 1839 to 1841, and went out of office with Lord Melbourne. He published a book on joint-stock banking, and other works on kindred subjects. He was born in 1791, created a baronet in 1841. He is succeeded by his eldest son, William Dickason, who was born in 1828, and was married in 1855 to the daughter of Mr. Leo Schfut - 3r. Sir Charles Christopher Parker, who has just died at 77 years of age, is the grandson of Sir Peter Parker, Admiral of the Fleet, the first baronet. He saw a good deal of service in the Mediterranean, and was lieutenant of the Malta at the siege of Tarragona. Ho Ho has been on the reserved list since 1863. In 1835 he succeed his brother in the baronetcy, and was the fifth baronet. He leaves no issue, and the baronetcy of Parker of Bassingbourn, Essex, there fore, becomes extinct, having been in existence 8 7 years. Sir Joseph 011iffe, whose death has just occurred, was well known to English residents in Paris. He was the son of Mr. Joseph 011iffe, of Cork, and was born in 1808. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, physician to the English Embassy at Paris, and an o ffi cer of the L eg i on o f H onour. He was knighted in 18.53. He married the daughter of the late Ald erman Cubitt. H e di e d at Brighton. whither he had cone for chance of air. 111-TURN OF SIR JOHN LAWRENC2. The late Viceroy of India after a most successful reign returned to the old country on Monday night. His rule has gone a long way to establish in peace our dominion in India. Quietness has hardly yet been secured on all hands ; but if his policy be persisted i n b y hi s successors, we shall soon have massacres, and threatened revolts. At the no more news of rising natives, Charing-cross Station, on Monday night, he was met by Sir R. Montgomery, Sir A. Phayre f Colonel Becher, C:B., Mr. George Campbell, and other gentlemen among his friends and acquaintances, who were anxious to welcome the late Viceroy of India on his return to his native country. Sir John came in her Majesty's steamer Caradoc t o Brindisi, and thence over Mont Cenis and by Paris to England. • THE REPRESSION OF CRIMINALS. The humanitarian view of the criminal qucshon is still taken by a small minority of our public writers, by Mr. James Greenwood amongst the rest. On the day after he wrote protesting against the theory of . thieves co - operating together, and of pawnbrokers quickly disposing of stolen property, the letters of "N. A. W." appeared in the Times. These conclusively shewed that the thieves do, for some purposes at least, co-operate together. They act to protect and hide one another, and have houses in which they regularly meet. There are regular leaving shops which take in,. and very quickly —too' speedily the police say for detection under the present system—stow away, the goods. Mr. Greenwood appears to be still unconvinced however. The latest thing which has frightened him is the proposal for a branl on criminals. He brings before , our eyes the old picture, albeit not from life, of the would-reform-if-he-could criminal being hunted down by the brutal officer, not being able to obtain work, and being driven back to live the life he wished so much to shun. The criminal has Mr. Green wood's full sympatiy. His extermination is a thing to be guarded against. The policeman, on the other h e a a n d d t is th l e eanftdiestbvhialan and Mr. G reenwoo d h as one con solationthe suppr ess i on o f cr i me would l ding of the odious officers of the law. We should have no objection to th e ti mes interests," be sent about his business. But whit Mr. Gre enwoo d wou ld re j o i ce becominge s o to q alluie t v o t h t a e t d the policeman might, " w ith due regard rd at the absence of tie man in blue, we should more exult if the slouching rascal who had been wont to live on other people's money had disappeared. In connection with this subject the complaints con cerning the Irish police may be noticed. We are about to model our system somewhat on the Irish plan, and we should be careful that we copy only that which is good. The Dublin correspondent of the Standard, referring to the increase of un detected crime, stye " The strictly military organisation of the force disables its mem bers from discharging the most important duties of a police ; they cannot lay aside the habits and bearing of the parade, alter their personal appearance, mix with the people as if they were of them, and become " ill things to all men," as the Londen detective or the French monchard does with such effect when ferreting out information or hunting down a criminal." The Tipperary magistrates have taken the ratter into consideration, and have unanimously resolved that the attention of the Government should be called to the matter, the opinion of the meeting being that a special corps of detectives should be added to the force, and that encouragement should be given to those members of the general body who should distinguish them selves in, or spew special aptitude for, the tracking of criminals and discovering the plans of the insti gators of crime. MURDERERS ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. We must commend to Mr. Gilpin, M.P. for North ampton, a r 3werful argument in favour of the aboli tion of capital punishment, which h e will hardly fail to use when next he brings the subject before Parlia ment. The American papers report a meeting held under permission of the warders in Thomaston State Prison. The iacetmg was made up of con \ cted persons, and all the officers were under sentence of death. The question discussed was capital punishment. The following resolution on the subject was pas s ed :—" That we appeal to the humane Christian citizens and legislators of the State in behalf of society itself—society which is brutalised and made a breeder of criminals by its infliction of punishments which are vindictive—not to go back a quarter of a century, and re-establish this relic of barbarism, the gallows—not to go back to incurring the ever-impending danger of shedding the blood of innocent men—to statutes which statistics shew 12inw.,asol!ftill?y i i ife . a . s . e_cfim m e tile a i n r d pe n rs la o lt n e s and property. We ask this because it is not so much Harris we would save from ignominy as the State." This is not extracted from the pages of Punch, but is, so far as we know, a trio Story. The extreme unselfishness of these men is remark• able—" it is not so much Harris we would save from ignominy as the State." CROWNEVS QI/EST LAW. A book detailing some of the more remarkable incidents connected with coroners inquests would make Riding of Yorkshire. jury comes from the West grimness very of ple th as e an i t m iea ding m • our if one Asingular getretfhae n T a h m ey e . d we ß r e e eN c .e a r ll . ed l t in t o app que eairredinttohate t h he dea wa t s h r o i f a man dingon the shafts of a waggon, and driving it on the high way, the wheels - of the cart came in contact with some large. stones on the road, and the man was n t . ibeehrlogax.d, out. 'rho mau rrh e n J a i f i n ry ed , j a e i r r i e :l ion fr o oi f n iii hi e s ro ica d t s a u fd ve f y e o ll rs u , nder the wheels, and Crti was killed. It appears that the stones were placed on to prevent under. the prevent the road fr: in the first instance, found . that th e man ' s death " h a d b een cause d as stated,' and recommended the surveyors to mercy. The coroner said that he could not accept such a recommendation, but the jury must find whether the deceased came by his death through not using due caution, or whether through the conduct of the sur veyors. The foreman of the jury proposed to decide this point at once,.but the coroner told him he must consult his colleagues, and the jury, having retired again, brought in a verdict of accidental death, caused by the carelessness of the deceased. Then a juror took upon himself to state that they did not want to get the man Taylor into trouble, or they W4Natiliticht in344oauglittrj , was sent back to him. No one knows who the Minister is to be, and I suppose you will, as soon as I do. WASHINGrON, Feb. 26. Washington is gay, as every one is here to get what they can from the old or from the new Ad ministration. Mrs. Colfax gave her last reception on the 24th, and that it was the last rather tended to damp the pleasure the guests would otherwise have experienced. Mr. Colfax gives a dinner to day, which will also be a grand affair. Senator and Mrs. Harlan entertained 200 persons on Wednes day. The Mayor is arranging a welcome for the expected visit of a delegation from the New York Councils, who desire to insf ect the public buildings with a view to improve those of that city. The inaugural ball has been arranged. There is to be a grand procession. Part will form in the First Ward, the military on Pennsylvania Avenue, and other divisions where convenient, and the whole will march to the corner of Seventeenth and First streets, Grant's headquarters, where they will take him up and proceed by the Avenue to the Capitol. The procession will return with the President after he is sworn in, along the Avenue, disbanding where convenient, and all the troops are ordered to take part. Attorney-General Evarts has replied to the Senate's resolution of the 17th February, calling for a list of persons convicted of violating the reve nue laws and counterfeiting, and aswell as the names of the persons pardoned by the President. The Attorney-General has cleverly evaded this by point ing out that it is impossible for him to understand from the terms of the resolution, what was the actual information the Senate wanted. He has also furnished a long despatch in answer to the inquiry why he had ordered the postponement in the Courts of the trial of the New York whisky frauds. The letter is very long, and is accompanied by a voluminous correspondence, explaining the reasons which induced him to act in the few cases where the proceedings were suspended, but in no case had he directed the discontinuance of such proceed ings. The Congress Yale Club has dined with the Attorney-General. District Attorney Courtney had an interview with the President last Monday to urge the trial of Judge Fullerton, as well as a second trial for M'Henry, and another Judge to be ordered to the Circuit Court of New York. Colonel Parker, the Indian officer on General Grant's staff, is to be made Commissioner of Indian Affairs if he resigns his commission. General Breckinridge has arrived here, and had a reception in the rooms of Mr. Beck, which was largely attended by his admirers. Re ports on frauds continue to pour into the House ; there never were such people for " crying stinking fish." In one breath, we assert that there was not such good fish since the world began, its quality be ing unequalled elsewhere on the globe ; in the next breath, we proclaim that there never was such a set of rascals, that we cannot touch anything without stealing ; indeed to read our newspapers foreigners would suppose that the most quiet and law-abiding of all people were the most dishonest, cut-throat rogues, who spent their whole time in shooting on sight, or in the Divorce Court, or in swindling the Government, or swindling each other ; in forming " rings" and organizing gigantic speculations. We wash too much of our dirty linen in public. Mr. Hurlburd has finished his report on the Alaska bribery and corruption matter, and Judge Law rence has finished his on the frauds by which the State of New York was carried for Seymour and Hoffmann ; but as I suppose you will have some thing to say on that subject, I need not discuss it. Grant is meeting the fate of all successful heroes ; his phiz grins from every wall and his colossal sta tues are about to take dignified und commanding positions in squares, parks, and streets. Some of his principal friends propose to erect an equestrian statue of him on the southern portico of the Trea sury Department. A model of the statue has been received by General Spinner, executed by a Boston artist. A life size statue would cost $35,000, heroic $50,000, and colossal $75,000, the material being cannon captured by Grant, on a granite pedestal. The remains of Henry Wirz have been given to Mr. Lewis Schade by order of the President. He has the distinction of being the only man executed after the close of the war for his part in the rebel. lion, and even then, as he was very ill at the time there was but little life taken from him. Con sidering that it was he who was in command of the prison at Andersonville, where Federal prisoners perished in thousands, many of them of sheer starvation and neglect, his fate is not surprising, though I think that our great nation ought_ in this matter to have had a record wholly pure, unsullied even by the taint of so small a re- venge as tbat. His body was removed by an under• taker from the Arsenal grounds, where it had been buried. No further action, however, is to be taken this session according to the decree of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the removal of political disabilities. Mr. Buck, who ran against Mr. Arnell for Congress in Tennessee, contests his election ; both are Republicans. Among the brevet appoint- ments in the army transmitted by the President to the Senate are John T. Sprague, Thomas Wilson, Milton Coggswell, Richard N. Batchelder, Allen Rutherford, ani Robert Avery to be Brigadier .. Generals. Also the last-named to be Major. General for gallant and meritorious conduct. Iu a case nvoiving $lOO,OOO, the Richmond and New York Railway Company against the National Bank of the metropolis, the former was nonsuited. It had been on trial for two weeks in the District Supreme Court. The Committee of Conference have agreed to report on the Diplomatic Appropriation Bill, though , retaining, at General Butler's special re quest, the mission to Chili, so as not to interfere with General Kirkpatrick, although it was to inter fere with him, that the amendment was introduced. Hereafter, instead of Ministers resident, accredited as heretofore, Commissioners may be sent to the Governments of Honduras, San Salvador, Nica ragua, and Costa Rica in Central America, and to the Governments of Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay in South America, at a salary not exceed ing $3,000 per year. M‘Garrahan's claims to the New-Idria Quicksilver Mines is reported by the Committee of the Senate, as decided by the Su preme. Court, to be worthless, being based on the assumption that mining lands of immense value may be so given away by Congress as to unsettle - - all the mining titles on the Pacific Coast. minority of the Committee differ, however, and the fight is likely to be protracted. There has long been a squabble over Mr. Corcoran's claim, who is a leading Democratic banker of this city. The in vestigation has gone on. from day to day. Some property of that gentleman had been used by the army for hospital purposes, and the question was whether so rank a " sesech" should get anything out of the Federal Treasury, and this was opposed by men who accused him of openly stating at his +.lO. +h. --la 8 ;,. otoo,ooo Lu have Mr. Lincoln put out of the way. Brewer heard him, and Senator Bayard, set this price on Lincoln's head. He was then the butler of the Russian Ambassador, Baron Stoeckl, and a question arose as to whether he could be brought up as a witness, having respect to the privileges of an Embassy. An old story then came up how a British ambassador at Berlin said at his dinner table he would give a reward to any one who brought him Franklin's papers. On this the butler behind his chair broke Into Franklin's room, forced his desk, and ab- stracted the papers to earn the reward. Ido not see the connection between the stories. Mr. Dawes wrote the following letter to Mr. Blaine, which settled the question of the Speakership if there had been any doubt :—" House of Representatives, Feb. 24, 1869. The Hon. J. G. Blaine.—My dear Sir, — Having determined not to be longer a candidate for Speaker I deem it duo to the friendly relations which have all along existed between us that I should communicate this deter mination to you at the earliest moment.-1 am truly yours, 11. L. DAWES." The Constitutionnel of the evening of March 5 says that the address of President Grant shows a straight forward, firm, and enlightened spirit. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAUL—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to tho Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dyo. In large Bottles Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers, Depot 256, High Holborn SPURGEON AND THE TABERNACLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TOTES. DEAR SIR,--YOU asked me to tell you what I thought of Mr. Spurgeon and the Tabernacle, which I visited on a recent Sunday for the first time. I was among those who had no ticket, and had to take my place on the steps, and there to await, in the ofcr o t ‘ h v e d p , the vi l o e p g e e nig of the d e n onti n ue d d t o o () p r s o , u p r a i s n t s v d h e i . c streamh i‘ a rhea o d f o o a r s t h w e e a r t e r e o , p w e n h e e d r e t h t e h r e us h applicantsw as like f t o h r a p t l a t o c es t h e the were twice the number of the places to be filled. It was a struggle, a surging of the dense mass to and fro, and in the throng I was borne up the steps into a gallery. When I looked up, having secured my place, I was surprised at the sight which greeted me, notwithstanding my expectation. The hall is an oval, with two galleries circling it all round , tier steeply rising on tier, so as to present a solid mass of faces, all turned inwards, looking towards a platform, the passage to which passed through the central gallery at th e ex t reme opposite to me, w here railed round was a large carpeted space, on whic h sat many gentlemen, and before them, facing th e audience, stood Mr. Spurgeon, in a plain suit of black. This platform led by two winding stairs , one on each side, to a lower railed space, where numbers sat, b u t th e prom i nent place was occup i ed by a table, over which a white cloth was spread. When I looked, I felt that indescribable feeling with which the presence of a multitude inspires an individual when first and unexpectedly introduce d. It was a sea of white faces, row rising over row, even the steps leading to the seats being occupied' leaving no breach in the round lines. Beneath the people sat, still preserving the circular formation, s e that every face was directed on the central figur e ' The hall is light and graceful ; the thin pillars supporting arches, and the centre of the building rising into a dome. Though well lighted, I could not distinctly see Mr. Spurgeon, the atmospher e growing vitiated, gathering into a blue haze throtig h the great distance. Every window seemed to h e carefully shut, as if the fresh air of heav en was an enemy to the dwellers in the tabor' nacle. I doubted whether the voice of a n y. man could fill the buildi ng an d reac h eac h ea r through a su s t a i ne d serv i ce, b ut I was qu i c k l y uudeceived, for after a prayer, every W I sounding clearly over the building, Mr. Spur geon read a psalm, which the people sang verse by verse after the reading. It is but in few c hurchl unless the hearer h as th e h ymn beforo him or kno ws it by heart, th a t th e wor d s of the reader are di st inctly conveyed. Not only were tile words given so as to be understood, but emphasized with a bea ut y that gave all the pathos and the fire of the po etry; Years before I h a d h ear d M r. S purgeon at Eoteti. Hall, and hi s vo i ce was f amiliar, unchange d, as precisely as I reme m b ere d i t. I t d i d not t h e refore e surprise me wh en I f oun d t h at full melod i ous tone searching through e v e r y noo k o f t h e ta b ernac le, b ut what did surprise me was th e s i ng i ng t h a t followe d ' I expected the shout o f a mu l t i tu d e —the h°3 6ue murmur of innumerable vo i ces , b u t i ns t ea d, a s'mi' le intonation, so one a n d di s ti nc t t h at l d o not re melnu er ith to have heard anoth er congregat i on s i eg a psalm vght such clearness that the wor d s t h ey uttere d til er be known in the s t ree t. I cannot te ll whe t the congregation i n genera l j o i ne d , b u t if s o, I w a s disappointed in the effect. P er h a p s it wa s beean' e e could not duly app rec i a t e the depth of the sound, for I mu s t con f ess th at I was in 60 same way disappointed in the great festivals at the Crystal Palace. Mr. Spurgeon, and a gentleta.., who advanced to the rails, directed the sin,g tb g o but there were other leaders scattered throun_ to congregation. Mr. Spurgeon's power appea r . me chiefly to lie in his aptitude for illustration:to think in this he is the greatest master alive. ± 1 . ,, ag reat CO . ' t must have a rich and vivid imagination; wand of language as well, always using the plaices Anglo-Saxon words, and pronouncing them wi th distinctness in his well-toned, mellow voice, which Solve seems to add to their app ro p r i a teness. ke h iS times he descended t o o l ow i n or d er to ma meaning plain, co ns id er i ng th e di gn ity of the Sub. was ject, and the n hi s ill us t rat i ons b or d ere d on vul garity, and came clo se t o th e pro f ane. There nothing striking i n th e a dd ress b e gave ; it was o a subject so well wo rn , as t o l eave b ut l i ttle new t 0 bo said, and I had therefore no opportunity of hea r/no any burst of eloque nce , th oug h i n c l os i ng the a $ ddreS , he gave us a specimen of hi s p owers o f a' t , i 3 j which are of no mea n or d er . " L es t I h a ve 13-11ebil my mark, one illustration and I have done," he 5 _ 3 1 . 1 0 ': his object being to sho w th a t t rue f a ith must,F, sre, duce works. "A ship i s d r ifti ng , s h e n ears the s we n v u er, and must be inevitably wrec k e d. A pilot, he reaches her, and he t e ll s th e ca pt a i n and crew ebe t he can save the m if th ey w ill pu t i m plicit fa . l tll 'd him. To this th e y rea dil y assent ;" w hen he turn the • like round, and out rang the preacher's vote at the roar of the pilot in a gale of wind to the man 7 3,00 wheel, "Down with your helm: not a mov e. ... eo t 3 with your helm," thundered the pilot. 66 Stli ci l ; ir e a move." "I thought," said the pilot, "Yo u ow er• to be saved, a n d expresse d your fa i t h i n tny _ 1 . 31 nu g "Yes, pilot ;" an d Mr. Spurgeon folded hie' but ing changed hi s vo i ce, phis whole attitudeu but ing that of a t ar; " we have full faith in Y i .o oft , an d we are not g o i ng t o wor k . " " Away reef topsails" again pealed through the e t il "not a move." " H ow i s thi s, captain?" asks he i f yoa " You all profess fai t h, y e t will do nothing: , and if have belief in me, surely y ou w ill show , r , b, yes, you do not you m u s t i nev it a bl y b e lost." , oin g pilot, we have faith i n y ou , b u t w e are not ' 6 rgoo a to work." " What sort of faith," le- Ir• bP e tl , • asked, "is this ?—a mi m i c moc k e ry of faith entire though the illustration was f au lty, for 1 -‘-i r e ' c i r , his geon's handling of the ship was far from P er ' acting was decidedly good, an d it struck mer tho • i is tn It must often use his latform as a stage. u ntran'''' opinion a great adv p antage to stand b o ards, but by gown or pulpit o n th e open h° 4 gr• he must be an orator w h o a ttempts th i3 us ing freely' Spurgeon moves restl ess l y a b o ut, taild in° the space open to him. A preacher s old eot there tamely, to read a written sermon, w ould find his position trying, but to the eu .o..ata in don he would appear as if the I see, red had given place to a stagnant pool. cens er , American papers, that Mr. Spurgeon I . 6 n _ _ oa ths for returning to his glass of wine, a fter ir n t i_ n e el L e sys.; trial, finding that, under the total a i °O rb Di f tern, he could not sustain the tremendousme wheit work requires. Nor does it surprise en L d by the o. ,_ sparkling t b u y to saw the single phase of that work pres n " thre tt ., , a a evening service in the Tabernacle last' an hour and a half, during which every came from Mr. Spurgeon. in a tone to reach thousands piled onvigthrdousslni'des' ' _ ------ A II arie LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment.--°'- vtionS, ties of ulcerations, bad legs, sores, Wounds, and soothing'eruP can be cured by the diligent use of this cooling, aioa and, healing unguent. U'llc, old and often failing fashion u t strapping the edges of ulcers together with P'"" e a entirely given way before the more reasonable "the has ment by Holloway's Ointment, which builds up fronl Iv bottom of the wound with sound and healthy g ri Z of dons; these gradually grow till they' reach Ahead ,0.. the surface, then zontract, harden, and immAY ro m ~, come covered with a new and wholesome skin. 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