The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-01 00:00:00

- BP - all OF W TEE PD JOURILLia. I ''ll ' GREAT CONVENT CASE. The Saturday Review, in discussing the present On Friday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, the convent aspect of the Irish Land Question, remarks that case, "Saurin v. Starr," was again brought before the it is impossible to say w h e th er t h e a i m l ess a nd cold- judges. The Lord Chief Justice (Sir A. Cockburn) took blooded assassinations which now make Tipperary his seat once again on the bench. Mr. Mellish was called worst than Calabria or Mexico, are due in any upon to go on with th e case . Th e j u d ges on th e b enc h degree to the declarations of the present Government besides the Lord Chief Justice were Mr. Justices Lush, about the land. It is easy for Opposition speakers to take Hannen, and Hayes. the counsel present were Mr. one side, and for Government speakers to take the other, Hawkins, Q.O a., Mr. 'Mellish, Q.C., and Mr. C. Russell but the simple fact is that the very best-informed Irish- for the defendants.' men are wholly at a loss to account for the recent buret of Mr. Mellish said in the case of " Saurin v. Starr," for agrarian outrage. Anyhow, Mr. Gladstone and his col- which there was a verdict for the plaintiff, damages leagues are responsible for the general expectation, with £5OO, which was to be reduced to £2OO if there was a all its attendant excitement, that the present Government restitution of something hm] Baeot-street, Miss Saurin intend to do something as regards, not only the Irish now seeks in the Court of Chancery to have it declared Church, but Irish land and Irish education, such as no that the property of Bagot-street may be valued, and the Government has wished or dared to d o b e f ore . Theyhave property be distributed amongst the members. He appre assigned themselves the task of entirely remoulding the headed that the damages must be reduced to the £200; policy of England towards Ireland. Whether this task is and that she must not be entitled to anything in respect of beyond their strength, and whether what they may here- a division of any property. He should move on the third after propose will be wise and acceptable to the country and fourth count. for a new trial. time alone can silent. It 13 SlaCklit for the present that The Lord Chief Justice :My attention was not called the measure with which they have begun is hold, states- to it. manlike, and successful. That they co u ld have dealt Mr. Mellish said he was sorry that he had not dcne it. with more than one great Irish question in a session He was also instructed to move for a new trial for a verdict is quite impossible, and no one except a peer full against the evidence. One of the grounds for moving is of the bitterness of Tories in opposition, or of that in the suit in Chancery it is treated that this suit is the deeper bitterness of neglected Whigs, can don finally disposed of ; and if he did not move it would that they were right in dealing first with the Church. be token for granted the defendants acquiesced. According to the principles of the Liberal party, the The Lord Chief Justice said there was matter for con existence of the Irish Church in its present form is alt., tradiction and explanation, and it was left for the jury to gether wrong. It is a thing quite indefensible, and decide on it, and they decided against it by impression. He opposed to all the doctrines that the Liberal party spend found that he must remove the impression of theSolicitor their lives in asserting, to maintain by the exercise of Im- General's speech. The effect of the verdict gave £2OO perial power a Church symbolical of hatred for the religion damages to the plaintiff for being compelled to leave the of a conquered people. Until this wrong is remedied, religious establishment, and £3OO for what she had paid other questions between Ireland and England cannot, from into that establishment. He thought Mr. Mellish would the Liberal point of view, be approached with an easy would have to urge his objections in Chancery. conscience. We know that we are wrongdoers in one Mr. Mellish said he should move for a new trial on the material point, and we cannot discuss other points freely. ground of verdict against evidence on the third count of Some day, perhaps, the discussions between Ireland and the declaration, in which the plaintiff was alleged England may reach a stage when Ireland will ask what to have been deprived of benefits of establishment. England cannot grant, what her. honour or her care for her That was a matter of fact. The first question own safety will forbid her to conceive. Irishmen must to consider was whether Miss Sarnia had kept then be made to understand clearly that they are not going the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to get what they ask. Firmness, and, if necessary, the which were exacted of every nun. There was to be extreme of firmness, must be shewn. To yield out of lazy absolute obedience to the mother superior as though good humour, or under the influence of a dreamy senti- it was the - voice of God. Besides the plea of not. mentalism, everything that cliques of noisy, ignorant, gu ilty, th e pl a i n tiff was no t a m em b er l aw f u ll y en titl e d t o fanatical Irishmen choose to ask, would bee .equally de- the advantages and Trivileges—that is, being fed and grading and disastrous to England. But how should we clothed. This is a conventual establishment for the mem have the heart to be firm, how could we feel comfortable hers to remain there for their natural lives. in putting forth the strength of England, if we knew that Me. Justice Lush : Until they like to go away. at the time we were doing a wrong to the Irish people ? Mr. Mellish : This is a contract the law of England will The great use of settling the Irish Church question at not enforce as againit the nun, who entirely subjects herself the outset is that the Liberal party will then have to the will of the superior. But this is a contract between qualified itself to discuss, without fear or self-reproach, two persons, the plaintiff agreeing that she would stay all other Irish questions, or to consult the interests of the there for the term of her natural life. Empire rather than to earn the fleeting gratitude of insas Mr. Justice Lush : Could Mrs. Starr (supposing Miss liable Irishmen. . Saurin left the convent) sue her fur breach of contract? The Spectator says there is one idea running through Mr. Mellish : I contend that she could maintain an Mr. Newdegate's mind, and that of a great many worthy action for breach of contract. In the course of his further people in England, for which we could never account, argument Mr. Mellish referred to the statute of George and that is, that an English Catholic must necessarily ' 111., which repealed the penal laws against Catholics. be at heart hostile to the dynasty.. He would not, he On the passing of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act said, trust Dr. Maiming with any secret affecting the these disabilities were removed ; but there were certain Royal Family. Why not? That an Irish Catholic restrictions against the founding of ecclesiastical should be disloyal out of some hope of founding a separate establishments, and especially against the taking Irish State is conceivable, though, as a matter of fact, of vows, which was considered a demeanour. Irish Catholic bishops no more wish for an Irish Republic But this was not to affect females who than Mr. Newdegate does; but what conceivable or were excluded by this prohibitory clause; ar.d if the inconceivable motive should induce an English gentleman law did not emereise nay restrictions at present, the law of Catholic opinions to prefer a Republican r(ginze to that still remained in force, Lut he apprehended it of Queen Victoria? Because, Mr. Newdegate will reply, would never now be enforced. The progress of that is the interest of Rome ; but why i 3 it the interest legislation bad been continued to remove all of Rome ? It is the interest of the Papacy, no doubt, those disabilities ; and were it not that the law would that England should be converted, and that it should never be enforced against tiara, a fresh statute would cease to be friendly to Italy, and that it should be dis- have been introduced ere now . to repeal those which . at posed to support the Temporal Power ; but which of uresent may be said to have no existence. then objects would be promoted by killing or terrorising The Lord Chief Justice :Do you say that the present the Royal Princes? The alternatives in this country are law will not touch a monastic establishment if it has fur not, as they once were, a Protestant dynasty or a Catholic its objects religiouseducation ? King ; but a Protestant dynasty or a sovereign House of Mr. Mellish : Yes, my lord. Having passed in re- Commons, which, if we know anything of our country- view the other Acts on this subject, the learned counsel men, would reflect Protestant suspiciousness quite ,as contended that the evidence at the trial was against the strongly as the present rule, and would be far more ener- verdict. In reference to the alleged libel, the defendant's getic in its dislike for Papal pretensions, and far more counsel objected it was not proved in the proper way. There disposed to sympathise with the sentiment which Catholics was an imperfect deposition, and the -Lord Chief Justice denounce as " Garihaldism," and which would, by its not having allowed us to amend, the question is whether mere existence, give a tremendous impetus to the " Red" we are not entitled to a new trial on that. spirit of the Continent, the spirit which Rome dreads with There was scarcely a single important statement in the a dread that turns her boasted wisdom into folly, induces deposition of the uncle which was not contradictory. The her to throw away her last chance of supremacy in the learned counsel then pointed out those matters which he world—an alliance with the European democracy. Does considered contradictory. It was perfectly untrue that- the Mr. Newdegate think that the author of the Syllabns p'aint;ff was removed from thepaltry allegations againsther. really wants republics ;orif he does, why does he dread Now take the case that she is dissatisfied with her veil, a Power which, on that theory of its objects, must be at clothes, and boots. This was met by Mrs. Starr, who once imbecile and inconsistent ?. The Irish Catholics are, st a t e d that she wilfully tore her veil and asked for, a new by the accidents of their position, Liberals—though the one; and she was always asking for more clothes than the Irish character is inherently and strongly Conservative, rest of the Sisterhood. over -Irmo to rencreree and to loyally—hut the English The Lord Chief Justice : All the depositions were sent Catholics are, except on Chnrch questions, horn Tories of by the defendant to the bishop. the least manageable kind, loyal to authority, reverential Mr. Mellish said Father Matthews charged Mrs. Starr of tradition, proud to contentiousness of pedigree and n ith sending depositions to the bishop maliciously position. Why, on earth, should they, of all mankind, The Lord Chief Justice : The Solicitor-General asked wish to overeat Queen Victoria in favour of Mr. Bright? for copies of depositions of what tock place before the The Examiner and Load. n Review says that now that court of inquiry, and at my suggestion the defendants the 110150 has been stolen, the directors of the Ga at vcry fairly gave them up. Central Gas Consumers' Company have issued an official Mr. Mellish : There were depositions of Father ! report upon the method of the robbery. A more helpless Matthews which were not contained in the count against picture of generalimbecility than isofferedby thisdocument the defendants, and I believe the jury assessed the it would be difficult to imagine. From beginning to end, damages partly on the count and partly on the depo it points out the perfect infallibility of the system under sitions ; and I submit that that state of facts entitles me which the accounts of the company were regulated ; and to a new trial. yet the fact is not the less apparent that a clerk who The Lord Chief Justice: I think you may take your rejoiced in a salary of £145 a year was able to abstract, rule on the reduction of damages. during the tong period of seven years, a sum of over Mr. Mellish :In case I should not succeed on that, I seventy thousand pounds, without incurring the least sus- should like to have a rule for a new trial. picion. Not only do the directors designate the company's The Lord Chief Justice : I should be very sorry method of book-keeping as " a perfect system of check," to have that cause tried before me again. The but the auditors " state that they are unable to suggest plaintiff had the benefit of these depositions, any improvement in the system of the company's as part of an alleged conspiracy, and therefore she no accounts." Of course, the one admission is the corollary doubt bad the benefit of them in the damages awarded of of the other, for you cannot improve that which £5OO. I think the jury intended everything to be included is perfect ; and yet we are of opinion that the in that. company's system did not quite reach perfection, or Mr. Mellish : I should like a special rule, with power else the £70,000 would not have disappeared unobserved. to reduce the damages from £5OO to £2OO. Another suggestion, in the opinion of the Examiner, de- The Lord Chief Justice :I do not think that can make serves attention. It is, that Higgs was placed in great any difference in the Court of Chancery, where the temptation by the inadequacy of his salary to his respon- equities will be decided without regard to the finding of sibilities. A man of fixed moral principles and strougwill the jury. would, of course, allow no such considerations to interfere Rule granted accordingly. with his probity ; but Higgs was not one of those. Nay, to speak frankly, it would be very hazardous to say what Proportion of men, finding themselves in Higgs's position, might not succumb to the great temptation of it. Heaven forbid that we should say one word in excuse of Higgs's wanton and gratuitous thievery; but, on the other hand, we do not consider that the. directors should have been so much surprised, as they appear to he, at his departure from the paths of rectitude. Above all, it is incompre hensible that they s h ou l d not have seen any indicatio n that 'liege was livin g a t more than £145 a yea r . Th e i r confession, as-we say, is on time whole, a humiliating docu ment. It leads us to doubt those notions of the superhuman quickness and keenness of City men which are current. Dogberry wished much that some one should write him down an ass ; but the directors of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company have been content with publishing their report. ABOLITION OF THE HEAPED MEASURE.—In the Yorkshire towns it has always been the custom to sellfield and garden produce by quartern, peck, and bushel, the diversity of shape of these measures giving the dishonest salesman the power of defrauding the customer—usually the poor, who buy in small quantities—to the extent of 10 or 20 per cent. The practice was rendered illegal by the Act 5 and 6 William IV., c. 63, s. 7 ; but the Act has never been enforced. The glaring robbery practised on the public by the heaped measure system has become so patent that the inspectors of weights and measures are enforcing the Act. Time, however, is being given to pro. vide weights and scales. In the Malton market no measures will be allowed after Saturday next, notice to that effect having been issued by Superintendent Gregory. The John Bull declares that the debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday was remarkable for the vigorous speech of the Earl of Derby, with whose c‘mclusions as to life peerages we most thoroughly agree. The Liberal papers endeavour to make capital out of the fact that the bill AN INCAUTIOUS TRAVELLER.—Two men, named Icard and Palanca, have been tried at Nice for attempted murder and highway robbery. The prosecutor, Pellegrini had crossed the frontier of Italy into France on the evening of the 27th January last, and having eutored into conversation with the prisoners, who were ti ...fling in • the same direction as himself, imprudentl . % •1 them ' that be was on his way to purchase cattle. 8 .• v after wards he was walking a few paces in advance ;3 com panions, when !card fired a pistol, wounding .• lin the bead, and the two accused followed up the ack by striking him with the same arm and with a heavy , tone on the skull until they supposed him to be dead. Tl:ey thei commenced rifling his pockets, but were interrupted by a labouring man named Albert, who bad witnessed the struggle, and hastened to render assistance. They then took to flight, but were shortly afterwards arrested, when hiding in a stable. Icard, who had already undergone several previous condemnations for acts of violence, was now sentenced to death, and Palanca to twenty years hard labour. was read a second time, and argue that practically it has become law. But this is far from being the case. 'The Earl of Derby, the Earl of Malmesbury, and Lcrd Cairns, distinctly reserved to themselves the right to vote against the bill on the third reading, if its provisions were not modified in committee. The summary manner in which Earl Grey's bill was treated may serve to skew that their lordships will not allow their privileges to be tr:tled with ; and the Liberal papers may be satisfied that the bill of 7arl Russell, as it stands, has no chance of becoming law. Modified, so as to extend the princfple of a. b biil suggested by Lord Derby himself more than ten years ago, it prob. ably will become law ; but we take the opportunity of urging on our hereditary legislators that an active dis- charge of their duties, more frequent interpelletions of the Ministers, longer sittings, and more constant participation in legislation, are the surest ways to increase that strong. hold on the affections of the people which the House of A SPHunTAL CRITIC. —A gentleman who called at our office on Thursday last has made known to us hit experiences of spirit power. He states that he is never under the necessity of calling in the services of a medica man, for whenever he has the misfortune to be ill the spirits give him advice, upon which he acts, and he is cured forthwith. A friend of his, who was given oyes by the docters, was cured by the prescription of r spirit, made known to him by a child medium. H( once bad an interview with a clergyman who was loth to believe. 'The following Sunday he went to the church where the rev. gentlemar officiated, and sat near the pulpit. While the sermor was in progress, the spirit raps were heard with great distinctness and frequency. Sometimes they esc pressed approval, sometimes disapproval. The next day the clergyman asked what the raps signified. " The spirits approved when you spoke of the loving-kindness of a( Deity," was the reply ; " but when you spoke of hell-fin and such matters the raps became lend and angry intimating extreme eispleasure." If it wont' not by pr.sumptuons on our part is offer a suggestion to it sp ,'t we should respectfully urge that in future it wouU be better, when a clergyman preached a bad sermon to rap, : not his pulpit, but his knuckics.--Tiic Eestcrr Poat. Lor,lsalready pcssesses, as afford:Lig the surest guarantee for tempered freedom, and the best bulwark against rash changes. Let us hope that the Colonial Secretary will prove alike his own consistency and the inherent wisdom of the house he leads, by repeating, on a suitable occa. sion, his assertion, in a, former deicer. onon life peerages, so well recalled by Lord Derby, that "it would be considered both in this House and the country a serious blow if the number of the 'ores spiritual were to be diminished even by the removal of a single prelate." The Weekly Register understands that Mr. Weld, the newly appointed Governor fur West Austral a, is to be be knighted. CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council held at Downing -street on Friday, the Ministers present were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chan cellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Kiniherley, thaßight Hon. 1.1. A. Bruce, the Earl of Clarcn,lon, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cmi•xcli, the Duke of Argyli, the Chancellor of the 11::ehecicr, the "Right lion. Hugh Childers, the Right Hun. J. Eri b lit, the I:rglit 'lon. G. J. Goschen, the Marquiz of Ilartinton, and the Right Ron, C, Fortescue. TIIL SV.N, LONDO N, SATURDAY EVENING, MISCE LAN EO US N ETV S. le preaches his farewell sermon on 7t:unday at n. Lawrence, Jewry, and sails on that day week. Dr. Turner, who is the son of the late Lord Justice Turner, succeeded Dr. Sawyer, who was accidentally drowned in crossing a river. It should be said to the credit of the Bishop of Sierra Leone, whose return to England we lately announced, that he has remained out in his unhealthy diocese for a much longer time than any of his pre decessors remained. He has filled the see, in fact, since 18CO3 a lengthened period for such a climate as the West Coast of Africa. Among the subscribers to the defence fund of the Rev. Clarks Voysey are Professor Jowett and the Dean of Westminster ; so that Lord Amherley finds himself in good company. According to the RecOd,the Bishop of Oxford has proposed in the Ritual Commission that no caange should be made in any rubric without consent of Convocation ; but the right reverend prelate was left without any supporter. The Bishop of Norwich has recently appointed the Rev. H. Groome Archdeacon of Suffolk, in the place of Bishop Ryan, who has resigned in order to take charge of the practically bishopless diocese of Win chester. ArAdeacon (frame has caused some e:citemeut in the diocese by refusing to hold his v:sitation in the church of St. Mary-le-Tower, 4swich, because of the " pronounced " ritual of the services there. It is stated that a judge, when on the assizes lately, refused to enter the church again for the same reason. TUE RATEPAYERS AND TUE PERMISSIVE BILL. The Beehive, the organ of the trades unions, has an article on the Permihive Bill, which is especially interesting from the fact that it appears in a journal devoted to the interests of the working classes. The article is also of great interest in itself. It begins by pointing out that "the broad princi ple" of this bill is that "the ratepayers of a parish are fully entitled by themselves or their representa tives to be its licensers." It then goes on to say that in this matter the upper classes are as much inte rested as the working classes, for " when gentlemen in Parliament talk of education as a preventive of intemperance, they only exhibit their own unhappy or wilful ignorance of society." The article next chews that whereas the increased number of . tailors' shops in a locality would not lead to an improper expenditure upon clothes, an increased number of public-houses does lead to an improper expendi ture upon drink ; and even from a moderate drinker's standpoint, all such superfluous expenditure is waste; in other words, " the licensed increase of temptations is extravagance." Unfortunately extravagance is only a small part of the evil. Undue consumption of drink leads to pauperism and crime, and thus the whole community becomes injuriously affected by our licensing. But, as the Beehive points out : "The industrial, manufacturing, and mercantile classes have, however, a more urgent quarrel with the present system. If 60 to 70 million pounds be annually expended on intoxicating drinks, and if even the moderate users of them say that 20 to' 30 millions would be rather extravagant, we have 40 millions squandered, from any proper point of view, and 60 millions gone from the correct view. This expenditure employs certain number of the people in the manufacture and cir culation of these commodities ; but if a family expend five shillings weekly in this way, and other five shilings in clothes, books, furniture, metal goods, or any comforts or necessaries of existence, they will pay amongst the first five shillings one only for labour, among the second five four for labour, including profit with wages." _ . Assuming that two-thirds of the alcoholic drinks now consumed are uselessly drunk, there is a waste of 40in illions sterling, which is sr; fricient to give honest support to 2,500,000 persons. Another matter is the horrible waste of Lod which goes on in the conver sion of grain into alcohol. Finally, the Beehive declares that it does not greatly care what form legis lation assumes, provided the licensing power be taken from the present holders of it, especially the Inland Revenue Board, and put into the hands of the rate payers. Trade unions are, therefore, exhorted to use their influence with members of Parliament, in order to convince them of the importance which their working-class constituents attach to this question. This is one of the most sensible things ever done by the trade unions. MAY 1, 1869. when they saw that no was tanng precautions would immediately prevent them from touching the wrecked property. But they would have their revenge. The receiver had to re ascend the gully—a task difficult enough to experts and still more difficult to a novice, especially with a badly-wounded hand. They determined that lie should never ascend at all. They got three granite boulders, and running these down the gully, hoped to strike down the man who had prevented their taking the spoil. Happily he avoided them, and is able to give information which, it is to be hoped, will tead-to the apprehension of the men. It would seem that the highlanders of the northern coast have im proved very little since Scott wrote " The Pirate." Secretary Ilout Well t,as l iven notica that the in tetest-'conpons, parable on the Ist July next, will he paid on presentation to the prover offices, upon a rebate of interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. The last offer lately made by the Treasury to anticipate the payment of interest was largely taken advantage of by the mercantile community, and tended to give a little ease to a very tight money market, though only by anticipating funds not due, which but tends to help the inflation and furnishing ready means of living beyond income. - New York has ratified the Fifteenth Constitu tional Amendment, which makes 21 States up to the departure of the mail ; the others being Maine, Mas .sachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, West Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Kansas. It is considered now to be almost beyond the possibility of defeat. It will not be news to our readers to learn that a junction is announced as having been formed of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads at Promontory Point, Utah, and it was expected that the through line would be completed by to-day. 'Whether the grand demonstrations so long talked of will come off on the.happy event of opening the road we cannot tell, but we do not suppose that the late acrimonious contention in the Courts of New York, and the struggle in the Capitol at Washing ton, has encouraged the directors in their hospit able intent. The Atlantic and Great Western Railway shoWs . by the . violent fluctuations in its stock its connec tion with the Erie Railway. The Erie has a re markable habit of jumping up and down, which surprises people as a " Punch and Judy" showman surprises a child by his dancin g a figure while the strings be pulls are concealed. These securities in the London market appear to be danced much in the same way by operators in New York working through the wires which lie under the ocean. The holders of the property ought not to believe any rumour, or to notice any fluctuation ; but if Messrs. Fisk and Gould's . operations disturb their minds, they should avail themselves of an opportunity to sell out. Senator Ross, of Kansas, has quarrelled with the President over an appointment. He called on the President to give him a slice of his mind, but Gene ral_ Grant•persked in sending in his own selection for the Postmastership at Lawrence. Mr. Ross repaid him by getting it r e j ecte d in the Senate, and in executive ses,ion he asserted that the selection of a postmaster for a S •nator's own town belonged by usage and courtesy to the Senator, a view the Chamber sustained, only 8 votes being cast in the negative. A. J. Ricks also was rejected as Pension Agent at Knoxville, Tennessee, through the who st a t e d t h a t h e was inter vention of Senator Brownl.m, personally objectionable to hits. This shows the drift of Senatorial nsurpati-)n, and the reasons why they so tenaciously held to the Tenure-of-Office Act. Indeed, some openly atim that of - right the patron age of the Federal appointments in each State belong to in two Senators, which would really bear out the proud boast of Senator Sumner, " We are the Government," which may yet become as cele brated a saying as Louis the Fourteenth's exclama tion, E Etat, c'est Murders are the order of the day in that country ou g ht t o b e o f. riots •and seditious sprecries. If the counter-irri being c a l cu l ate d to immense e p n r i s l e s c be ttor England,e , draw off all bad humours. A few atrocious mur ders have been committed of - late ; the Mayor of Cork made a speech at an entertainment to Warren and Costello which, if truly reported, has a strong smack of sedition ; and Prince Arthur was the centre of a free fight in Derry, as the apprentice boys availed themselves of his presence to make Protestant demonstrations, which excited the wrath of their Roman Catholic fellow-townsmen. A col lision occurred, revolvers and carbines were used, and some men killed. Last Thursday, in the House of Commons, Mr. Dilke asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention had been called to a teleghiu dared Shanghai, March 31, and published in the London newspapers, in which it was stated that in a despatch from Sir Ruther ford Alcock to the British Consul at Shanghai the former says, that " the Government at Pekin Shows no wish for progress according to Western ideas and desires, but, on the contrary, will not yield to the introduction of any such projects, except un _der pressure and coercion ;" and whether such a de spatch from her Majesty's Minister in China to a consul had been publish:Al by the authority of the Foreign-office ? Mr. Otway said the telegram had not been authorised by her Majesty's Government, and he doubted whether it was founded on fact. Papers relating to China would be laid upon the table shortly. A letter from Mr. Reverdy Johnson to Lord Clarendon has lately been published, not only on his own behalf, advocating cheaper oceanic postage between the United States and the United King dom, but enclosing a letter from Mr. Seward, when Secretary of State, dated 21st January, wherein he asserts that this was urged on England by vernrnent when the preselm Convention was being negotiated, but that her Britannic Majesty's Minis-. ters then declined to entertain it. Mr. Sumner. be lieves that much good would accrue to both nations, and a great increase of correspondence ensue, if the rates were materially lowered. The nomination of Eli S. Parker as Commis • sioner of Indian Affairs bas been confirmed. Gene ral Grant wants to let the Quakers try their band at this mission of peace, and Parker, who is an Indian Chief and was a colonel on his Staff, is selected to aid in this good work. Delegations from Philadelphia have had interviews with the President on the subject, but Grant is well 'aware that the honest expenditure of the money voted by Congress for the Indians is what is most needed. Eighty per cent. is said to be retained by the Indian ring," the " odd " twenty only reaching the Indians in whisky and articles to them useless, adulterated in the highest degree. Between the promises contained in the treaties and the per formances there is a remarkable discrepancy, which is not the fault of •Congress, but of the Indian agents, a fertile cause of discontent %%hid.' has bad no small share in the c )nstant outbreaks. A cam mission of eleven, distinguished for philanthropy and intAlligence, will be appointed by the President as the Act provides to emsult on these affairs vvi!lt the Secretary of the Interior. I One of those charming appointments which did so much to bring Andrew Johnson into favour has lately produced fruit, now being gathered in a Wash ington Court. Mr. Perry Fuller, who had been an Indian agent, was made Collector of the port of New Orleans. The present suit is brought by ' General Thomas Ewing, jun., for a share withheld of the profits on various jobs. A letter from Fuller to Ewing was read in Court, dated from New Crleans 25th Jan. last. Fuller therein says that wow() lu. fixed up right wh en . th e aprropriations for the contracts in which they were interested ' were made. He then proposed to prnceed to Wash ington, and t.) close on the House, but the mean time he puts Ewing up to a " big" thing, in whi c h he purposes to place him and Huntingdon. All required was to get a bill endorsed by Congress to pay the interest on State Bonds for levee purposes. Ewing is then informed that he let a good thing slip in not appearing in the wine cases as Fuller advised hi m . I?e desires to get Colonel Casey appointed in his flace, when he would remain at New Orleans and have a bank ior a fine business, and he would place in E , %ing's hands all the Custom House Claims and toils, ready money transactions. Casey was among the first appointments made by General • I Grant, - but it is asserted that his name was thus used by Fuller without authority, and to convey a false impression. General Banks is the chairman of the Sub Com mittee now investigating the Paraguayan affairs, - in which Messrs. Washburne, Bliss, Masterwatt, and President Lopez were mixed up as well as the United States naval officers. Admiral Davis had not arrived, hut Secretary Fisk had subbiirted a counnui:icatior received from the Chargé d'Affaires at Rio relating to these events. It contained docu ments concerning the fate :nd inhuman treatment by Lopez of 720 prisoners, of wl ow many were foreigners, giving details of the manner in which the s,ntetices of death were executed, the dates, and number on each day, making a total. of 521 lanced, shot, and tortured. The Allies arc s ti.l to be in • the neighbourhood of Lopez's stron;lhold in the mountains; and if Count D'Eu, the newly-ap pointed Commander-in-Chief, captures Lopez, we hope he will send him before General B ,nks, %vim will take means to extract his evidence, and the opportunity of delivering to him a high-toned lecture liberty and morality. The grand jury of the United States Cirouit. Court, in session at St. Louis, found an indictment against General Burbridge, of Kentucky, for bribery as a Revenue officer, summoning him from Washington to appear before the Court. This bri bery is a long whispered s'ory, and appears to have been in circulation when s weral United States Se nator recommended General Bumbridgefor the iiu portant post of Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Next year the census of the 'United States will be taken, and preparations have been and are being made to render it as complete as possible. The House Sub-Committee, consisting of five Se lected members, will make a summer tour, taking New York, Pennsylvania, Boston, Uincinmiti i 'and Chicago, and wherever else the spirit moves them to go, at Uncle Sam's expense. There they will it4ite information, take evidence s and gather every useful fact bearing on their subject, which includes the • resources as well as the growth of •the country. They will thus come into communication with the different statistical societies, nor will they c - mfine research wholly to . the States. *A commis sion is to be sent, but not at Uncq'Sam's expense, to the National Statistical Congress which meets this summer a- the Hague; but though the two or three gentlemen selected will have to pay their own ex penses, they will be recommended by the Committee, appointed by the President, and represent the United States. Postmas'er Creswell will have enough .to do before he gets his department into order. During February the New York Observer received infor mation of 24 different letters being poste-1 to its address containing money, amounting in the aggre ga. eto $127, but not one reached the offico. 1. he Boston Congregationalist took up this statement, asserting that it knew of 66 letters which ought to have reached it during the same month, containing in all $239, but of that number not one had been re ceived. From so large a list the Congregationalist ‘l, as enabled to trace and indicate the most unsafe mail routes which it openly did. The impression is becont-* ing general that the most insecure tneans of transrnis-* sioa in the United States is by po,t. Robbery so wholesale as the instances recorded must .compel the attention of the Department, and a elose in vestigation into the ch cumstances. Philip I'. Hag gerty, for the l ast 15 y, ars a &erk in the Post office at Lowell, Ma-kachusetts, has been arrested on the charge of robbing the mails, and other ar rests will doubtless soon be made: Some time ago a person describing hers , flf - as Han nah Tyler, clerk in the Tratsu ry Department, wrote to the Independent, making serious charges against her associates. The letter attracted attention, and on investigation it was found that there was no such person, and that her statements in the main were untrue. When the sulject came to be looked into it was discovered that nearly all were the widows, the daughters, or the mar relations of officers and Others killed while serving in the Union Army. Many of these ladies had themselves during that period performed good service. On Miss Wright's information Sheridan fought the battle of Win chester, and she wears at her desk the cavalry trin kets presented to her by the General in acknow ledgment for her service.-% Anothi r was captured with the Gettysburg hospital, where she was au . efficient nurse, just before the great battle. Gen. Spinner speaks in the highest terms not only of the character of these employees, but of their work. They arc the most rapid counters of money and most expert in detecting counterfeitA, and liar lly a day p.tsses that they do not discover forg,!ries which have escaped the keen mutiny of the most accom plished of the bank officers. It is curious that opi nions should differ so widely as to the number of fe male clerks employed. In one account they are put down at 600 in the Treasury out of 6,000 clerks ; in a second 1,500, and in a third 2,000. As a rule they are underpaid and overworked ; women of irre proachable character, who have secured their ap poittments by means rather creditable to them than.the reverse, and we believe the more closely this was investigated the more clearly did it appear. The Cambria is ready for her race, all the alte rations having been completed, though some nau tical men consider that Mr. Ashbury therein has made a mistake at least in filling up the hollow of her bows under water by which the owner hopes she will gain buoyancy and speed ilia heavy sea way. Her masts and bowsprit have been bored— .a ,difficult and delicate operation—which will re duce them almost three-quarters of a ton: Her masts have been lengthened by " tongueing" them at foot. Her rudder is being altered upon a new and improved principle, which will add much to her qnickness in stays. Her windlass has been re moved, and a neat capstan substituted for it. This gives her more deck room on tre forecastle. Her cabins have also undergone extensive alterations, and are decorated with old paintings representing incidents in her matches during 1868. The chal lenge of Harvard University included Cambridge as well as Oxford, but if Harvard can beat the Ox ford men, they need not trouble themselves to row against Cambridge. The latter have, however, conditionally accepted the challenge. . The President has set his mind on the speedy Re construction of Texas, Virginia, and Mississippi. Ile evidently intends to be Chief Magistrate of a real Union, with no lost stars on its banner. Gen. Reynolds, - commanding at Texas, has been in structed immediately to begin the registration of voters, and to hurry it through that the Constitu tion may be quickly *submitted to the. people. Governor Welles, of Virginia, has been in consul. tation with the President about that State, and Gen. Grant has been gathering information every where on Mississippi. It is said that almost imme diately the day will be decided on for the election in each of these States. The poor Imperialist does not find the, soil of America congenial. People scarcely know what to make of . it ; some' thinking Democratic it a - Deocratic dodge to bring the President into disrepute and to awaken prejudices against hien ; others that it is a: joke, but there are those who believe it tO be a serious rea lity. A report was circulaied 'that it had died on learning the inexorable decision of the. News Coin- pules not to circulate it. The proprietors, how- ever, announced that the ,paper had already ob tained a circulation of 10,000, and that it intended vigorously to carry on the campaign of Monarchy against Republicanism in America. The indefatigable Bishop Gray of the Cape of Good Hope has sent an official to the Bishop of the Episcopal Church at New Mors announcing the consecration of Dr. Allemric as the Bishop of Na tal. In his letter he says :—" I cannot mike this announcement without onc , 3 more expre7zing my hearty thanks to the American Church for the sym pathy and support which it gave to the Church i n South Africa when called to contend with great dif- Unities." What will be Colensu's end with three continents stirred up against him ? Lieut -Governor Dunn (coloured), of Louisiana, complained to Gen. Beauregard that he was not per mitted to sit in theordinary railway cars when on his . _ way from New Orleans to Washington. The General, who was president of the Railway Company, an swered that he had no powers to alter the old re gulations of the Corporation which excluded co loured men, but that he, would submit the matter to the BOard. Two hundred and - fifty years ago, S ir John Hawkins, knighted by Queen Elizabeth, as a ll American paper says, for piracy, slave -trading , and other British virtues, sailed up the James Riv et with a cargo of slaves, whose descendants are 0° il ted . in the governing Ta n k s . Tw o h ave b e en app°j to foroign missions, and several o th e rs have seta ren places in the late scramble, while the only Virginia ° Consul is Colonel Chenoweth, who instead o f trac t big his pedi g ree t o th e C ava li ers goes back, throg his mother's side, to Oliver Cromwell. - S RIAL --ALT \TIENT - HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EvENING• The Loity CiLINCELLOR took his seat on the wo° s3° at five o'clock - . Their lordships were occupied' the whole of the early; part of the evening in considering the motion of L °rt Westbury for t' e sucond reading of the Fin Arts Cog tight CeDso:idation and Amendment Bill, which W' re ferred to a select committee. Their lordships then adjourned„ HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EMNISO. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PARK LANE. - Mr. LAYARD, in answer to Mr. C. Denison, said L i r rights of the'Crown over Hamilton-garden were precise the same as over the adjoining portion of Hydo-pm:k• very little portion of the gardeus would be taken, a° . under those circumstances no a lt era ti on wou ld b e made ° the present arrangement. rHE PUBLIC OFFICES. , A Mr. LAYARD, in reply to M r . W. H. Smith, ss i " - was intended to take further property in Great George street, Delahay-street, and Duke-street. It was most d sira,ble that the owners of th e p rem i ses requ i re d slo tllc n i .be informed of the intention 3 of th e G overnmen t as 6 ' 3°- as possible. THE SURVEY. '3l . r. CARDWELL, in reply to Mr. Andrew johns °° ' said that arrangommts would be made to conduct the sgAr vey of deer forests in Scotland with the greatest cons i4.. ration for the interests of the proprietors. CORRUPT PRACTICES. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was intended b. the commissioners to commence their inquiries on the C rupt practices in Norwick, Bridgwater ; Beverley, Du b lin Cashel, &e., as soon as, possible. TITJIE BENT CHARGE. Mr. GLADSTQAE, in reply to a question from Charley, said there did not appear to bo any necessity f er ' o and neither had the Government t a k en th e m atter j ilt consideration. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. GLADSTONE said with respect to the inconVe" nience the Irish members would encounter in their at tendanco on committees by the house meeting on Tuese W t morning, ho hoped as the matter w o u ld l as t but a 0 110 r time an effort would be made to get through the cont' mittee business as speedily as possible. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE—THE MAYOR 10 • CORK. • Mr. GLADSTONE said he had now to make t he motioa that the h ouse wou ld mee t at two o ' e l e cic °!!, Tuesday morning next. Th ere was t he greates t desire to get through the provisions of the bill as early as possi bl6 and with that view he had . to appeal to hon. menibe who had motions on the paper, which it was their iat'n tion of proceeding with o n th e mot i on f or g oing committee of supfly. Most of those motions V alo been postpenel, and he did hope that th e h on . 'new t : h et opposite who proposed to c a ll th e a tt en ti o n of '" t, ouse to the cause .of Lavelle versus Proadfoo: Lied at the last Gelway assizes. He bad to - say that yet the Attoiney-General had not complete.' his arratir ments. The Government was in communicetion w:tb the Lord Lieutenant,. in order to determine whether it was desirabk) to propose any measure to meet to strengthen the repression and suppres si° „ ll of outrege, as it, would be impossible to prOceed wit out complete information. With respect to the r h °.. o port that h a d b een p u bliehed in the newepipere of t speech of the chief magistrt . ete of the second city in Irelas viz.. the Mayor of C or k, th e G overnment at on ce t °c ' x sr steps to obtain corre c t i n f ormat i on on th e po i n t. .hod received certain statements that the meeting at wb' c the objectionable remarks were uttered was n ot w h3 , could b) properly call e d ' a p u bli c meet i ng, as veil fe., persons were present. •At present he was not ja position to ray. the words us e d were corre cti t i reported ; but as yet they had not receive the requisite information. If it s h ou ld t urn cu t that rO r(y were correctly reported, he need hardly say the Gov ern s ment would be in a condition to take all those meass`'n it might be proper to adopt. As the inform:gime op tij ;subject was as yet very impe r f ec t, h e h o p e d the 110 member for Liverpool, after the stat emen t l ee had 1 10(10 t o would not press forward his motion that evening, vi z " ; call the attention of the house to recent events in Irelaa''' Sir It. PEEL said the right hon. gentletnau said tb meeting wes only a small ono, and that the remarks 11' 11°) not been made in the capa c ity o f M ayor o f Cork -o , ' , r —but be that as it may, b e s h ou ld lik e to k now w heth e the Government had received any telegram from the 3.f 3). (1 ' of Cork to the effect that the remarks that he had 0 13 were not intended to bear the inference that bad D ee put open them. t, th e Mr Q. FORTESCUE sa il th e G overnme nt were 3",ee present moment not better informed than other tneta i T, of the house, as the infor ma ti on th e y posse ssed sirl o all . derived from the newspapers. had 151 %0 the best course he thought he could adopt, viz" to had written to Vie resident magistrates in Corg know if the worth of the mayor were correctly reP rte fle and to that inquiry ho had not yet received a replY• t thought they would all agree th a t it was °lre, desirable that that information should be in t hands of Government bef o r e a di scuss i on o f the 1113 "; was gone into. He had just h a d a t e l egram p l ac ed 111- 4, hands by all hon. friend, which was to the following elletthe that, pending the intentions of the Government oa r o subject, the municipal council would take no notice of t` o , matter, but the feeling of the council was entirely agate the mayor. „ The motion for the house meeting as p ropose d on rr day was then agreed to, and Mr. GRAVES then proceeded to make his motion respect to the dangerous condition of certain parts of land. In the first place he wished to know how a P yr ' ° who had been removed from th e comm i ss i on o f the P e ' ii i ; had been appointed mayor of C or k, an d vi llet ; o lie was the same parson who h a d never allove - b i o single opportunity to pass of making treason"it speeches with respect to England. H e had hea rd of stated in some quarters that the dreadful ga t° itt matters in Ireland was Feuianism cropping up ent another form, but he did not believe that. He th,9 l Lo o f the land question was the matter that lead to 133ti eb 0 a , the bloodshed that had - taken place in I re l an d, and t dition to that it became their duty to ascertain wil e. ~fee there was any defect in the administration of the 13%. in Ireland, or whether the Lord Lieutenant was w antia o f firmness.. Altogether the state of things in some l' 3lts tin t Ireland was alarming and dreadful, and he did hope , Government would give the house some assuranc e " 1:0 1 they were doing all in-their power to put down critn e 3 • outrage. heti' Mr. C. FORTESCUE sa id h e cou ld assure the , gentleman that the Gove rn me n t, wore not wanting i ° - 131 °, sire to put dow n th e cr i me t h at h ad now reache d an 9151. t ing height. He must, hoWilfter, remind the hon. n' e u tni 9 but these agrarian crimes were not of sudden groli t 'il:r they had began to showlyernselves when the presen t — ao , vktrnment came into 'ofitte last year. The er igj d it seemed, were chiefly confined to Tipperat9 the Westmeath, and he could assure the hon. gentlenl°' l3 Government would d o a ll i n th e i r power t o put ci ° " b o the disturbed state of things i n th e strongest manl ier t law allowed. - - stio li° After SOllll discussion, in which very few new go svero raised, the made allowed to drop. ,v, to r e j A motion was by Sir J. ELPIHNSTO , "' ne fer the question of the Game Laws iu Scotland to a Commission Ultimately it was withdrawn. 03 0' A divibiou was Challenged and gone through v/A 8 tion for the issue of a new writ for Youghal, but It agreed to by 102 to 70 votes. The house then adjourned. Jed' •1 , LA DVERTISEMENT. 1— Flollovray's v- r ‘ 3 ,4 - d TL is famous family me di c i ne has withstood 01 0 r ill: time, and the most unrelenting opposition. Thes ° ,,f are a direct purifier of th e bl oo d and all other fluids °0 human body. During the winter and early 0 1 )11 : 6 0 ) °, house or home should b e W i t h out the means of arfs.toe); disease at its onset. S uc h mea n s are safely and 01013' presented in these excellent Pills when they are ac 3 according to their accompanying directions. medicine removes dyspepSia, promotes digestion, n ° ,, o glY as a mild and eff ec ti ve aper i ent. These Pills arc etrolli recommended to those persons who are constitut'' t,) weak, and wh ose nervous s3stems have been shatte fe fo rt• illness. On such t h ey will confer indescribable COl'i Pr STAVELEY—O n the 29th ult., at Government 'louse, vooport, Lady Stavely, of a daughter. vigil , TALtitt—Ou the 28th u l t.. a t B at h . the Hon. Mrs' ‘Valbh : of a daugirt r, pOs;hu:nous. MARRIAGES.. _ . PEGO—DIXEY On the 29th ult., at Fineblen Pegg, Esq., of Birch Grove, near Swansea, to Matilda, young.-st daughter of Charles W. r-:" e Y' of Park House finehley. aeorg e ; ; TOLLE3IACIIE HOPE —On the 29th inst , at St. - E sq ., to rn ° 61G. Hanover- square, Lyonel A. Tollenntelie, Margaret, youngest daughter of Major-Gee-col • DEATIIS. seela t ' COCKERELL—On the 28th inst., at 9, Adelaide - c re- Brighton, John Cockerell, aged 83. ' rr o lloi ll Smint On the 28th ult , at Lancing, Sussex, -- Smith, 1.;:1, of Llighgaie, aged 53. ___......!--‹ -. 4 D A ' Loddon Printed and Published by WILLIAM ft str awn of No. 112, z,tr ,nd, Printer, at Tug Sux Office, No.l l '. g in tLe Precinct of the Savoy, in the •.ounty of 31 1(1,1.°-° Saturday, May 1, 1861). THE lIIISS CHVRCTE AND TIIE GLEBE LANDS. For the first time during the progress in com mittee of the Irish Church Bill, several Liberals refused to follow their leader on Thursday night in his refusal to concede its parsonages and other ecclesiastical residences to the Protestant Episcopal Church of Ireland. Those who voted with the Opposi tion were Mr. Butler-Johnstone, Sir R. Clifton, Mr. Foljambe, Mr. G. H. Moore (Mayo), Mr. Oetavius Morgan, Sir Roundel' Palmer, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Saunclerson. - No Conservatives supported the Government. Mr. Bagwell, who appealed to Mr. Gladstone to give Way on the question, did not vote, but Mr. Martin, the member for Rochester, who was the first to throw out symptoms of disloyalty to his leader, voted with the majority. Sir Roundel' Palmer recorded his vote against the Government in every division. Sir Robert Peel went with the Conservatives in the two _first divisions, but absented himself in the third. WHAT CAN TIF Lomas Do? The Rock is about to publish a series of articles in reply to the question, What can the Lords do That these articles will be both interesting and instructive is guaranteed by the Rock's statement at the outset, that it does not know what their lordships will do. All it can pretend to say is what can the Lords do, which, we had supposed, was known to everybody. As usual, there are three courses—to throw out the bill, to pass the bill, to alter the bill. Our contemporary relates at considerable length the history of the last great occasion on which the Lords and the nation were at issue; and infers that there is no such hostility now. Has not Nottingham returned two - Tory candi dates ? have not Westminster and Middlesex each returned one ? has not a Tory ventured to stand in Finsbury and in Lambeth, and have not those two valiant men been beaten by the narrow majorities of G,:306 and 7.510 ? " Ths comparison, therefore, of 1831-2 with 1839 wholly fails; or rather it shews that what the House of Lords could do in 1831 it may repeat in 1860, with far greater safety, and more evident propriety. We may be reminded of the ebullitions of popular feeling in 1831,2, and may be asked, whether we wish to run the risk of new riots in Bristol and Nottingham, and of many broken windows in London ? We reply that the ris7s. in Via present case is far smaller than it was then." Whatever the risk, our contemporary, at all events, is prepared to incur it—is prepared to bare its rocky front b the popular storm. SAIL AMONG THE I ROPIIETS. The Record finds something "amusing'' in the entente cordiale between Lord Westbury and the bishops. The ex-Chancellor, who has baen an nounced as the f it':coining champion in behalf of Church and State, " may now be seen occasionally sitting on the front row of the Episcopal Bench between two of the prelates, and evidently a much favoured emest." And this is the man of whom it Was said, t with more wit than reverence, after the 44 Essays and Reviews " trial, that he had " dismissed hell with costs." . Lord Westbury has clearly been studying the recently-pUblished lives of two eminent Chancellors by the late Lord Campbell. He is resolved that if the Liberals think they can do with out him, they shall find themselves mistaken. If he is not to be their colleag ue, he will assume the part of " candid friend ;" so that they shall be forced to say, " Nec tecum, nec sine te, vivcre pcssum." With reference to this matter, the London corres pondent of the Lublin Erenin'll Mail, who, we believe, derives his information from Fr. Pa.l!, says :—" I have re: son to believe thet Lord Westbury is quite serious in his opi.o3ition to the Irish Church Bill. e w:11 certainly propose amendments of a very important character, and justify a practical defeat of the measure by the argument he used on Mondly night, viz., that the country and Parliament ought to know the entire policy of the Govern ment before they can be properly called upon to adopt a portion of it which is in itself subversive of the rights of property and the Constitution. The importance of Lord - Westbury's oppos:Con may be estimated by the auger it has excited among his former allies. No epithets are tao bad for him. In other words, Lord Westbury is going to attempt the same tactics as Mr. Lowe adopted in 18CG. The Government measure before Prriiament is to be opposed because the whole of the Government policy is not announced. Whatever ground there might have been for this course with respect to the Reform Bill, with regard to which there was at least some show of reason for saying that the redistribution and the franchise arrangements ought to be produced simul taneously, there is abs 'lately no ground for such a course with regard to the Ir:sh Church Bill and the Irish Land Bill. They have nothing in common. P E i v i e n i i i e l‘ il lr lin D st is e r r ae h l n i, o w w h s o w , h h at avi i n t g is fi t i o la p l as t s he on o e lli g c l e e o a f t Ab'eenpttizzLetod once. at clsre two ure suchat a in t ' time, sores r i e l a s s il nth'eaatsoughte never o THE STATE OF IRELAND. The Opposition journals, pointing to the present strAc of Ire s thi.t " a policy of spoliation is producing its legitimate fruits." The Lic!,l.'n Eveniv s'ys:— " We report a murder near Athlone—treasonable speeches, under an of sanction, in t'crk—ri,:ts and loss of life in Derry ! This record of twenty-four hours forms an eloquent chapter in the history of the new Pacification of Ireland. 11.1 r. Gladstone found Ireland in peace, and what is now its condition ? 11 is policy has recalled Fenianisin to life—it has acted as a stimulus to Agrarianism —it has evoked again that fanaticism which employs violence to pre vent Ulster 103 - alists from manifesting their opinions. The failure of the `pacification' of Mr. Gladstone is complete, signal, and retributive. It has been demonstrated sooni r than v expected, and with a much bolder emphasis. The ' message of peace' is a mistake so visible and enormous that, sooner or later, the empire must recognise it." The Freeman, on the other hand, is indignant with the 'prentice boys of Derry for raising the " No Surrender " cry. That cry, it says, must always end in riot and bloodshed. And we suppose there is no help for it. While the line between the two parties is so hard and fast; while the one section of the community is taught to hate the other ; while Christianity is identified in the minds of the populace with sectarian'sm ; 82,1,d love, charity, and peace are regarded as applicable only to the respective parties amongst themselves, there must always exist the fear of disturbance. The duty of the State meanwhile is clear. It must skew no favour to either party, and must do what it can to prevent the ebullition of party feeling. It cannot control the passions of the mob after a demon stration of " No Surrender," or religious equality. It must do what it can to prevent these demonstrations. The affair of the Mayor of Cork is another very ticklish matter to deal with. In the city itself it has produced the greatest alarm amongst the loyalists. There can be little doubt that Mr. O'Sullivan coun selled the assassination of Prince Arthur. The magistrates are aghast, awl have called a meeting to take the subject into consideration. The Cabinet is also moved on the sub:,ect. It is stated that the law officers of the Crown, Irish and fnglish, have been requested to consider the speech delivered on Tues day night by the Mayor of Cork. An authentic copy of the short-hand writer's notes was telegraphed for on Thursday, immediately after the conclusion of the Cabinet Council. The anti-English party is also impressed with the importance of the speech. One thousand copies were sent off to America by the mail. According to the Dublin Daily Express, the Government have information of further intended operations on the part of the Fenian conspirators. Lord John Manners elicited the information that the Government were putting into operation all the powers they possess to put down the crimes of violence which are now becoming so lamentably frequent in Tippenry and Westmeath. It is not improbable that the Mayor of Cork will be called to account fOr his recent treasonable speech about Prince Arthur. THE DEIVIILFX ELECTION PETITION. The result of the second Bewdley election retition is to seat one of the bitterest opponents of Mr. Glad stone in the last Parliament. But although Major Anson was at that time a strong Adullamite,, ho is now one of the staunchest members of the Liberal party on the Irish Church question. The gallant major has not found an entrance into the Reformed House of Commons quite so easily as many of the members of the present Parliament, for he has had to go through no fewer than four contests before he succeeded in attaining his object. In the first place he was beaten by Colonel Dyott, at Lichfield, last November. He petitioned against his opponent's return, but in vain. Ile next went to Ilewdley, and got def ea t e d by M r . C un liff e by th e narrow majority of 15. Ile again petitioned, and has succeeded in striking off a sufficient number of votes sine f general elin el liffe'spoll. e the there majority. to put himself in a _election have been 20 vacanci es in the House. Of these, the major part-22 —were through the ath operation of petitions, (the Radnor Boroughs) by the resignation one s . itting member, and one (West Sussex) through ation of the Hon. Mr. Wyndham to the byoids ieeacv the decease of his father. Of the 20 vacancies 14 ol occurredt on the .i.,:utral side of the ll ouse, and 15 sition. Since the last e l ect i on the I4iberlaelsUEP°- gained four seats—London, T aunton, BreCon, and e Bewelley ; and have lost tw o —W are ha m and Dum friesshire—thereby leaving a net gain of two, or counting four votes on a division. The seats at present vacant are—Liberals : Cashel, Bridgwater (2), and Yong:Jai ; Conservatives : Norwich, Sligo, and Beverley (2). CHURCII ITEMS. The new Bishop of Graftou and Armidale, who w=:3 consecrated on St. Alaithias's Day, is shewing laudable promptitude by setting out froui his diocese iu three months. froai the . time of his consecration. THE EUTIIERLAND GOLD DIGGIYGS. A correspondent of the Tilies gives an animated account of the Sutherlandshire gold diggings. Kildonan Strath is, at present, one of the most interesting and curious scenes in the country. Three hundred people are employed as diggers, with a following of bakers, butchers, and store dealers. The Duke, on his recent visit, met with a most cordial reception, and had lengthened interviews with Ur.. Gilchrist, th e Australian miner, to whose sagacity and remem brance of his native strath the present discovery is due. All admit that good wages can be made by skilful hands who are able and willing to work hard, though opinions are still vague as to the future. But as the Duke is understood to be very willing to encourage the gold industry, experiments will probably be made in every direction. The only stibect of complaint is the manner in which the Government levies its royalty. Each miner has to make a declaration of his earnings once a month, and to pay 10 per cent, as royalty dues. This plan raturally encourages false returns, and is regarded as The royalty, it is thought, a grievance in every way. should be levied as a percentage on the license. The number of licenses taken out this month exceeds 230, and it is satisfactory to find that the men are remarkably sober, well-behaved, and peaceable. Two towns have sprungnp in the strath, and business of all kinds is prospering in the locality. TILE EDMUNDS' SCANDAL. The cause (Wlebi•e connected with the office of Commissioner of Patents, which has so often been announced as concluded as far as the public is con cerned, seems to be still hanging unsettled. Arrangements are no sooner made than broken, arbitrations no sooner agreed upon than rejected. = The latest announcement is that, nothwithstanding all agreements, references, and settlements, the libel case of " Edmunds v. Greenwood" will be tried before an open court of law. TIIE FRAUDS OF lIIGGS. The sins of Mr. Benjamin lliggs seem likely to be visited upon the directors of the Central Gas Company. The shareholders are very bitter against them ; men of busi ness are no t satis fied with their report ; the select committee of the House , of Commons has reported against their system of accounts ; and a prosecution against them is talked of. Perhaps this will end in talk ; but the indictment against them from a moral point of view is rather formidable. Their system of accounts is imperfect; they allowed arrears to run on to the extent of - some £65,000 ; they have borrowed money without the sanction of the share holders; they have published no balance sheetof late ; and it is said they have had none before them. In short, they seem to have slept a way most of their time, to have spasmodically a wa k ene d an d t r ied to set things right. Their officials also seem to hare been in a chronic state of coma. The only man who was wide awake was Mr. Benjamin Higgs. He worked while other men slept. LONGEVITY. in proportion as sanitary science becomes better understood human. life lengthens. The saving of human life effected every year by such works as the great sewers in London must be larger than the loss of life inflicted in any two of the great European battles since Waterloo. Thus every day octogena rianism becomes a more common thing ; thus it is that we see the spectacle of men filing posts in Church and State at the age that Moses was when he headed . that marvellous emigration of some 3,200 years ago. The most remarkable instance of veteran vigour that we remember to have met with is mentioned in a foreign paper. Count de Waldeck, of Paris, has sent a picture to the Fine Arts Exhibition in that city, which opens to-day. The picture represents 255 persons. The artist is 103 year s o n lie is married to an English lady of 40, and has a son 18 years old, who was, therefore, born to him when he was 85. We see no reason why men of this sort should die at all. At all events doctors are very sanguine that in the course of a generation or two hygiene will be so well understood that they will be able to prolong life almost indefinitely. Only what will be said by the heirs of these of us who have anything to leave ? Post-obits will surely deteriorate in value if cente narianism is to be the rule. On the other hand, life insurance offices will wax so rich that they rill. F.- , persons to insure. THE DENIZENS OF CAPE TrnATH. In the current number of Good Words the author of " Debenham's Vow " describes how her hero dis persed some villagers of Italy who were anxious to steal from a wreck. If Miss Edwards had merely wanted-to introduce salvage-plunderers, she need not have gone to a. foreign country. Scotland would have supplied the needful material. This we learn from an announcement that the Board of Trade have determined to pr- s ent Mr. Cox, the collector of Customs at Wick with a binocular field-glass. The description of the services of Mr. Cox makes us almost doubt whether it refers to Scotland and to the nineteenth century. The reward is to be given for the protection of the goods of a ship wrecked six miles south west of Cape Wrath. Mr. Cox promptly replied to a telegram telling him of the wreak, and went througia many difficulties to reach the place. He had there to go down a rock 400 feet, having only a water-worn gully to descend by. In his descent he slipped, and caught hold of the granite roc';, a piece of which ripped up hs hand, dividing the tendon of the thumb. When he got to the bottom of the gully he found wreckers in charge of the property, all more or less drunk. Ile coll ec t e d th e cas k s o f sp i r i ts, and found that tiloy were mixed with salt water. He therefore destroyed the whole quantity. This made the wreckers furious, 'they did not get more amiable P Consie eelebn Borden Whisk also be buntbe of othe ROI] O R. Rortrn E Hak e j dtc., in shire E TENT Mr. MINE of 4, tote tl GEOL guinea; PRA MINE' 149, si TA' The Fire Re The in , Bonus I value n render leave is thirty d ~lr E A.PpE 1 pauses. 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