The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-22 00:00:00

:a =Ems, I THE RECOVERY 19F THE MEN AT THE BRIER LY-HILL PIZF The Times considers that the report of the Commission on Trades Unions is not free from indecision and com plexity, though it bespeaks comprehensive research as well as energetic controversy. It is not to be supposed that any person placed on such a commission as this would justify the tyranny and coercion which unions employ, but whereas seven of the commissioners are distinctly against any relaxation of the present law, and even offer a suggestion for making it more effectual, the two dissen tients, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Harrison, are disposed to remove even the restrictions imposed by statute upon these objectionable proceedings. They do not, it is true, deny that the proceedings are objectionable, but they argue against the application of special laws to a particular class of persons. The public will not omit to notice that if trade is really "restrained," or, in other words, impeded, by the rules and proceedings of trade unions, the interests of the whole State may be jeopardised by the removal of this " restraint " from the cognisance of the law. But the question is either very obscure in itself, or else it is usually examined with fore gone convictions. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Harrison are unwilling to allow that harm has been done ; Mr. Booth thinks the mischief incontestable ; and Mr. Herman Merivale, who has added some observations to the report, is disposed to suspect that, except for the unions in the building trades, houses in London would be somewhat better and cheaper than they are now, and that capitalists in certain branches of industry have been driven by annoyance to raise their terms against the operatives themselves. On the whole, however, the commissioners, on this as well as other points, are inclined to let the public farm its own judgment— a decision which will be all the easier when the evidence on which the report is founded appears. At present we can hardly say that we have obtained anyting more definite from the commission than a recommendation, qualified in one part of the report and unqualified in another, to bring the funds of trade lions within the protection of the law. The Standard declares that the rejection of Mr. Roe buck, at the late general election, by the great constitu ency he had so long represented, is a glaring illustration of popular ingratitude and popular intolerance. During a political career of forty years Mr. Roebuck has been one of the ablest, and, so far as his health has permitted, one of the most active and industrious advocates of what is called the popular cause. He has been at the front of the Radical attack, whether upon persons, of whom he is no respecter, or of institutions, which he has never pardoned unless they proved their utility by his own standard. Since he sat for Sheffield he has werved in no degree from the line of political conduct wb ich recommended him to the constituency. " Measures, not men," has always been his motto, and if he has voted agaim t his party since 1849, he did so often enough before that year. Upon the new electors of Sheffield he had this special claim, that more than any member of the Radical party he had contributed to their enfranchisement. But unfortunately for Mr. Roebuck he had vigorously denounced the murderous outrages which disgraced the town, and had been instrumental in procuring the com mission of inquiry which revealed the complicity of so large a portion of the working classes in these crimes. Mr. Roebuck has made a name, although not perhaps of the highest. He will be remembered as an hoDest politician and determined foe to humbug of all kind ; but his fame will principally depend upon the speeches he has made in and out of Parliament, princi pally in Parliament—masterpieces of a short, sharp, pointed, and bitter style of speaking which seems likely te.' die out with him. We trust that Mr. Roebuck will yet sit in the Reformed Parliament, in the creation of which he played so active a part ; but if his own presenti meL'i be correct, and his public career is closed, we take leave of him with great respect and much good will. We believe that he has often been wrong, but we believe, too, that the honour, the greatness, and the happiness of Eng land have always been the objects he has sought. The Telegraph remarks that it has been argued during the debate—in Mr. Disraeli's speech by implication, more directly in Dr. Ball's able address—that a policy of general endowment would have been more statesmanlike and more wise. A great deal can be said in favour of such a policy, and we are pleased that instead of a barren " No Popery" cry we have now to deal with an Opposition that shadows forth at least a counter-proposition. Many able English statesmen have held that the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church would have been a better solution than the disendowment of all Irish sects ; but after all it is only a balance of probabilities and a conflict of predictions. One man says, " You will appease religious rancour by con. meeting all the sects with the State ;" his antagonistic prophet says, " You will do more in that direction by disconnecting all." The advantages of general endowment are obvious, but if some of its drawbacks are not so prominent, they may yet be serious enough. It must be remembered that the Church of Rome is always an encroaching power, and that, if you once enter into a course of concession and compact, you will hardly know where to stop. All endowment of the Roman Church would require long and delicate negotiation, and Heaven only knows where it would lead us. But when we once cut ourselves free from all Irish Churches—when, to secure that freedom, we simply say " No " to all demands by al'. sects for any favours—our attitude towards the Church of Rome will be much more suitable to the dignity of the State. We can act with a high hand on those questions respecting national education and laws of mortmain in which the rights of the citizen come into conflict with the privileges of the priest. In short, we can be coldly firm when we have proved ourselves to•be rigidly impartial and sternly just. The Star says that to conceive an Irish Churchman who could be satisfied with Mr. Disraeli's apology for his Church is to conceive a man either devoid of religious ideas or inhabiting a fool's paradise, in the belief that the Irish Church answered in any single feature the descrip _ _ tion of that alliance of religion with authority which Afr. Disraeli so rapturously expatiated upon,. Religion and authority can never be divorced where government is popular and the people are religious ; but in Ireland, while the Establishment and its uncanny attendant, Protestant ascendancy, exist, government is not truly popular, and the only religion which the people acknowledge— a religion, too, which Mr. Disraeli reapects more than most Englishmen —is prevented from being allied with authority. and rather tends, as Mr. Disraeli' own history proves, to undermine authority than to help it. It is mere playing with words to suppose thal authority can be usefully sanctioned or assisted by a reli. gion which the people hate. In Ireland established Pro- testantism makes English authority incurably alien, and English authority makes Protestantism doubly obnoxious. The principle of State Establishments of religion is one for which much may be said. Much was said for it by Dr. Ball, and something more fantastically, but yet with a certain power, by Mr. Disraeli. The principle is one which commends itself hardly less to the taste of a civilised and cultivated age, which demands a cultured clergy, than to the needs of a rudimentary period, when it is difficult to provide clergy of any kind on the voluntary principle. Indeed. the crutches of State Establishment are seldom thrown away with much good will, except by those who have so profound a faith in the spiritual verities of Christianity that they are comparatively iudifferent as to its conven• tional and temporal machinery. But even the warmest advocate for Church Establishments cannot fit his lan guage to the facts of the Irish Church. After two night] of able debate, it is more conspicuous than ever that the more successfully Church Establishment s are theoretically defended, the more is the Irish Church practically con- demned. In referring to the deaths of the unfortunate women a. Sudbury, the Herald remarks that little need be said by way of comment on such a story. Granted that these poor women were wrong and perverse in their obstinate determination not to ask for help from the parish ; their very obstinacy is a failing that leans to virtue's side. And the story of their awful privations and fearful death does but teach anew a truth that has often been expressed in these columns. Parochial relief reaches only the lowest, and often the least deserving, class of paupers. Societies and organisations for the benefit of thos: in distress may touch a somewhat better class, always sup- posing that they are well and wisely managed. But people like the Ready; who proudly conceal their privations, and shut themselves up to suffer to the death in solitude and secret, are especially difficult to approach, and almost impossible to relieve, except by some system of house-to house visitation, or the discriminating and perseverinz efforts of those whom active benevolence prompts to spend their time and substance in ministering to the wants of their less fortunate fellows. In large towns the very vastness of the work to he done paralyses those who would be willing to undertake it. But Sudbury is not a large town, and one would have thought that in some way the wants of Mrs. Beady and her daughter m;ght have been asce:- tained and supplied. It may be that they were the greatest obstacles to the good intentions and benevolent purposes of those who would desire to befriend them. But still, the fact that they have thus died, and the fear Via; ethers may at this moment be in almost as unfortunate cannot be regarded as other than a reproach to th nation in whose midst such things ; are possible. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO A RAILWAY ENIDANIOIENT.. —On Saturday last the arches of an extensive drain at Barnsley, known as the "Sough - dyke," gave way. Th e consequence was that the embankment of the new line of the Midland Railway from Cudworth also gave way in several places for a distance of about 20 yards. It it not unlikely that, owing to the accident, the opening of the line for goods traffic, which WM to take place shortly ; will have ta The following are the details of the recovery of the bodies at the Brierly-hill Pit. The water was on Satur day got sufficiently under to warrant the attempt to get the men out. At about seven o'clock the attempt to descend was made. The searching party consisted of Mr. Frederick Smith, chief agent of Lord Dudley's colliery, Mr. M. Fletcher, Mr. D. Plant, and S. Thomson's doggy, and each was provided with, a Davy lamp. On reach ing the level of the water, the party shouted into the " inset," but no response was made. They could see the top of the furnace, but the water had not fallen low enough to admit of connecting the cage and the fur nace by the ladder. One of the Davy lamps was extin guished by the damp. The first attempt to get into the workings thus failed. About ten o'clock the same night another attempt was made to descend, but the adventurous searching party was again beaten, this time by choke damp. All their lamps were extinguished by the foul gas, and the men were immediately drawn to the sur face again. Some of them were seriously affected by the deadly vapour they had inhaled. It was then seen that all that could be done was to continue the pumping until the " inset " was made passable, and then improve the ventilation so that human life mif,ht he possible in the passages about the shaft. The night was spent in working at the pumps, and at improving the ventilation. At about three o'clock on Sunday morning the men on the pit bank were startled by a cry from below. It happened that the cry came up the shaft just when the pumps had been stopped, owing to a slight derangement in the machinery. The men above leaned over and listened, and again and again they heard faint cries come up the upcast shaft. They were then certain there was life below. Of course loud and half frantic shouts were sent down the shaft in response, and immediate steps taken to make another descent. With little delay the Government Inspec tor and Mr. Smith were 'again at the pit, and by ten o'clock the difficulties of ventilation in the shaft having been overcome, picked men, who, suitably attired, had for many hours been waiting, descended, and succeeded in entering the highest workings. They found four men and a boy not far from the bottom of the shaft ; all were sensi ble, but in a shockingly exhausted condition. The fact that cries had been heard having been spread about, an immense crowd gathered round the pit brow, and, before the men and the lad could be got to the hank, there must have been at least ten thousand people standing there waiting for them. This immense crowd was almost frantic with excitement. As the living bodies were lifted safely to the bank, and seen by the nearest of the dense mass of men, the suspense was broken by an indescribable shout, that came simultaneously from thousands of throats. ft was some time before the half-mad enthusiasm of the crowd would admit of proper attention being paid to the rescued men. These were—David Hickman (24), married ; John Holden (27), married ; Timothy Taylor (25), married; Stephen Page (27), married; and Thomas Sankey (14). Hickman was the strongest; and, in response to the great cheers which greeted him and his companions, be waved his hands, and shouted, too, as well as he could. the boy, as soon as he became sufficiently conscious, asked, with faint eagerness, " Have you sent to tell my mother ?" Hickman and the boy were sent at once to their homes ; but Heiden and Taylor were kept under medical treatment in a hovel on the pit bank, where mattresses had been placed for them. So far as the men have been able to explain, the physical sufferings they have endured have resulted mainly, if not altogether, from hunger. The food they took down with them was washed away by the water, and they had been glad, indeed, during their imprisonment to eat the candles they had been using at their labour, and that were stuck about the workings. The candles were all the food they had. They were early sensible that efforts were being made above to release them, and they watched the receding of the water minute by minute, and marked its falling away by lines of stones. It was by means of these lines of stones that they speculated upon the time of their deliverance. One man who was with them, named Wil liam Ashmore, and who was about 50 years of age, died whilst they were down there. He went mad, and was raving when he died. STRIKES. The strike at Preston still continues, and there is much speculation as to how it will terminate. The operatives alone are sanguine as to the success of their movement. All the local papers suggest a judicious submission to the proposed reduction ; general commercial opinion is in the same direction,. and throughout the town, among all independent circles, the idea predominates that the step which the operatives have taken is not a very wise one, and that in the end they will have to give way to the proposition of the masters. In some depart ments the reserve funds of the operatives are Considerable, and it is confidently expected that they will belargely supple mented by subscriptions from other towns. The opera— tives on stike have received their first relief. It has come solely from local union funds, and ranges, it is said, from 7s. to 10s. per head for those in the spinning and weaving departments. On Tuesday night the question as to further increasing the relief given to spinners will be con- sidered by the executive. There is a tendency in favour of emigration among the operatives. In about three weeks, unless some concession is made by the opera tives, nearly 16,000 of them will be thrown out of work, the masters having fully made up their minds to abide by their original decision. It is dis tinctly stated that the bulk of the masters, are, and have for some time been, losing money. Not six of them, it is said, are working to a profit. Manufacturing property nas become a drug, and there are some mills in the town which cost upwards of £40,000 each, which are now in a ?cod condition, but which cannot be sold for anything Like half that amount. All those mills making cloth— grey shirtings, &c.—for the Indian market are losing money on account of the depressed state of business in that country, and at present there is not the slightest sign of any improvement. It is calculated that in Preston the spinners and manufacturers lose at least ls. on every piece of grey (37b yards), and that the merchants and ship pers thereof lose from Gd. to ls. The aggregate number of operatives in Preston is about 30,000. The principal manufacturer in the town, who is in the Master's Associa tion, has given no notice of a reduction, and it is thought tie will not do so ; but many of the other employers are aot so favourably circumstanced with regard to orders, and with them it is argued that there is no other alterna tive but reduction. At two or three of the mills where strikes have occurred a few of the hands are working at a reduction of 10 per cent. A great meeting of operatives' delegates was held on Sunday at Preston. The following resolutions were una• nimously passed :—" 1. Believing as we do that the operatives of Preston have made every reasonable conces sion by offering to submit the matter in dispute to arbitra tion, or to suffer a reduction of 5 per cent., we consider it our duty to support them to the utmost of our ability. 2. That we employ no paid delegates in this struggle, and that if any district requires a person from Preston to lay the case before them, we send one of the operatives, and the district requiring him to pay the expenses." Other resolutions as to "ways and means," were afterwards passed. Great distress exists in Blackburn and East Lancashire, raving to the condition of trade. On Saturday the reliev ing officers of the Blackburn Union were engaged from early morning until late in the evening in dispensing relief :o the numerous applicants. In the whole union 4,271 persons were relieved, 970 of that number being able bodied operatives. There are now some 2,000 more persons on the books of the union than there were two years ago, and of course the weekly cost is something enormous. During Friday and Saturday last 1,500 persons were relieved at the Blackburn office, and during the five previous days there was an average of eighty per diem. Gloomy and distressing accounts of the homes of the opera tives are given by those in the habit of visiting, and the prospect is in no respect reassuring. In the course of the next fortnight or three weeks four more mills will be finished working up, whereby nearly 2,000 more hands will be thrown out of employment. The strike at Denaby Main Colliery, Yorkshire, also, still continues. Although every possible effort has been put forth to settle the dispute, the masters refuse to allow the men to work on any terms save their withdrawal from the Miners' Union. A number of men are at work, and these are provided with board and lodgings on the pit premises in order to prevent any interference on the part of the old hands. The Government of India has sanctioned the employment of 2,600 European troops on public works in the Himalayas. FATHER IGNATIUS. —On Sunday night the Rev. J. L. Lyue (Father Ignatius) con :lucted a religious service and preached at Store street Music Hall, Bedford-square, which was crowded. There was a marked modification in the treatment of the service, compared with the ritualistic tendencies that were apparent in the rev. pen tleman'e procedure in the same hall immAiately after his temporary inhibition, some months ago, by the Lord Bishop of London. Intonation was entirely abolished. the utmost simplicity characterising the whole of. the service, genuflexion and crossings being also less pro fuse. Prayers were read by the rev, preacher in a plair surplice, assisted by a brother of the order, also in a 1 plain surplice. Mr. Lyne preached habited as a monk, with embroidered purple stole, and large metal crucifix suspended from his neck. A pair of ordinary candles and candlesticks had taken the place of the large ornamented candelabra that adorned the altar table on the last occasion of the rev, gentleman's appearance at the same SPIRIT OF E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1869. Affairs on the west coast had been quiet, but Colonel Lyon was preparing to take the offensive with 400 men. LAW AND POLICE. THE INCOME TAX REPEAL ASSOCIATION.-At the York Assizes, before Mr. Justice Hayes, John Whorlow and Walter Gringer were indicted for obtaining money by false pretences. The prisoners professed to hold the post of secretary and collector to the famous " National Income Tax Repeal Association." Two other persons connected with the scheme were tried at the last 'Warwick Assizes and acquitted. Whorlow and Gringer were less fortunate, being found guilty, though with a recommendation to mercy. Sentence was deferred. A FORGER.—At the Mansion Rouse, on Saturday, a well-dressed man was charged with forgeries to the amount of £470. He obtained a cheque-book from Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.'s bank, in Lombard-sereet, by means of a forged order, purporting to be from Messrs. Neumann, Sons, and Co., merchants, whose pass-book he also procured. He afterwards presented a cheque for £397 10s., and, on being arrested, was found to have on him other orders for cheque-books, addressed to different banks. He refused to give his real name, as ho said it would disgrace his family. He was remanded. A MELANCHOLY DOWNFALL—At the Southwark Police court a careworn-looking man, named Gilbert Pell, was charged with stealing a clock. It appeared that he was the original " Bones " attached to the first company of Christy's Minstrels, and was formerly a prominent member of the company, having had a gold watch presented to him by her Majesty. The prosecutor said he wished to withdraw the charge, as he understood the prisoner was of weak intellect. His friends having promised to take care of him he was discharged. THE RIGHTS OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—At the Liver pool County Court a case of considerable importance has been heard respecting the rights of friendly societies. In 1864 John Jones was the treasurer of the Minerva Lodge of the Oddfellows'Society in Liverpool, and resigned the office in December, having then in his possession more than .-. 1 .73 belonging to the society. In the month following he made a deed of assignugent for his creditors without having paid over the money belonging to the society. Jones has since died, and the trustees of the society claim payment in full. After hearing the case, Mr. Blair decided that they were entitled to full payment before any division of the property. FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN MONMOUTH SHIRE.--Information has been received by Mr. W. H. Brewer, coroner for the Western district of Monmouth shire, of a frightful colliery explosion which had occurred Pt the Staple Pit, Nantyglo, and that nine men had been severely burnt, one of whom had died shortly after, and three others were not expected to live out the day. The accident occurred through one of the doorways having been left open long enough to allow a large quantity of gas to accumulate, and which exploded with such serious and fatal results. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON TEE GREAT WESTERN LINE.—On Sunday a gang of workmen were employed in clearing away the ditris of an accident which occurred on the Great 'Western Railway on the previous evening. It appeared that about a quarter before eleven o'clock th• mixed (Bristol) train passed the Haswell station, and, it being a thick and foggy night, the signalman, not observing the danger signal on from Southall, put on the white light (meaning " Come on.") In consequence of this mistake the second goods train ran into the rear of the other. Seven carriages were broken to atoms, the engine of the succeeding train being very much damaged. The engine driver and stoker, seeing that a collision was inevitable, jumped off, and thus saved their lives. George Barnes, the guard of the train which was run into, had his leg broken by the concussion, besides a number of con• tusions on the head, and as soon as possible he was taken to St. Mary's Hcspital, Marylebune. He was not on Sunday night expected to recover. An investigation is being made into the circumstances of the occurrence by the rail way authorities. THOUGHTLESS TEMPTATION.—Mr. Spurgeon, at the annual meeting of the friends of his college, men tioned one circumstance in connection with that institu tion which reflects great honour on his housemaid. Some unknown friend one evening dropped bank-notes to the amount of R. 2,000 into the letter-box of Mr. Spurgeon's residence at Clapham, which notes were found next morning lying on his oilcloth. The reckless generosity of this act almost leads to the conclusion that the donor had been dining out in the neighbourhood, and was acting under the influence of the hospitality for which Clapham is proverbial. Under any circumstances, he should be more careful in future when dispensing his charity ; for, though he has been instrumental in demonstrating the probity of Mr. Spurgeon's housemaid, he was unquestionably an occasion of temptation to that good young woman ; and, moreover, the world would never have known but for him that the reverend gentleman's letter-box needed repair. BULLFINCHES VERSUS FRUIT Runs.—The precise motive which actuates the bullfinch in its attack on the buds of fruit trees has long been a subject of dispute. One party has stoutly maintained that the bird feeds on the healthy buds, and thus does damage to our orchards and fruit gardens; the other as firmly maintaining that the only buds destroyed by the bird are those which are being de voured by larvae, on which the bullfinch really feeds. Mr. W. B. 'regetmeier gives in the Field the result of his exa mination of the crop of a bullfinch, shot in the act of feeding on the buds of an apple tree, and placed' in his hands for careful microecopic examination :—" Oh placing small portions of the contents of the crop under a 1-inch object glass, with the lowest eyepiece, the nature of the contents was immediately seen. They consisted of numerous grains of quartz, and of the partially-developed stamens and petals of the flower-buds of the apple. No trace of any insect structure was evident, although searched for with higher powers, and viewed under every mode of illumination, viz., with a dark ground, with transmitted light, •as an opaque object. As one who is much more of a zoolo: - than a botanist, I regret to state that I think the case is le- against my little friend. I would much rather have . ..id evidence for the defendant, but I am compelled to e• :ak the truth, though it grates harslAy %WC DECESIVE VICTOBY IN NEW ZEALAND. On the sth of January the New Zealand troops, under Col(mel Whitmore, captured the Te Kooti's stronghold at Po . verty Bay, with a loss to the enemy of 136 killed. This de feat is considered decisive to the war on the east coast. Te Kooti, the mrost formidable of the Maori leaders, has lbeen rendered virtually harmless. The story of this en counter is as followa:—Te Kooti, after one or two repulses, retreated to the Ngatipa fortress, where he was surrounded on the 26th of December, by the troops under Colonel Whitmore, comprising 300 men of the Ngatiporos, sixty of the Arawaß, and $OO of the white constabulary. The pa was a very strouf one, and was defended by 200 men, who had with thentia.number of women and children; birt the enemy had not provisions enough to stand a siege, and they made two unsuccbssful attempts to break through the besieging force. Colonel Whitmore made preparations to carry the place by assault, and on the 6th January the outer works fell into his hands. The advance was pushed on by rifle-pits and sap under coveq of the darkness, and such preparations were made by daylight that the storm could not have been resisted. " Under these circumstances," writes Colonel Whitmore, in his despatch to the Defence Minister, "Te Kooti shot the most influential of his prisoners, and escad down the cliff, which was very high and steep. The women were first lowered, then followed the men, To Kooti himself, wounded in the shoulder, and still lame of kis wound at Ruaketure, apparently having been one of the last. This was effected from one to three a.m., during which time Major Fraser, who was the nearest of the force, fired heavily, and with some effect, on the place whence the sound came. The last native had barely escaped when our people entered, and however formidable the work looked outside, it was still stronger to look at from close by. The Ngatiporo and Arawa division, who have behaved splendidly throughout, started at once in pur suit. Te Kooti's followers spread out into the bush in small parties. The pursuit was carried out in the same way throughout the day till after dark. The friendlies then returned with prisoners and plunder. The rebels had engaged the Arawa contingent, and killed Rangiho, a chief of note. Previously to that Nikora had been killed, and his wife brought in. In all, more than 120 of the enemy have been killed. These numbers are accurate, the bodies having been exhumed from the enemy's ditches, or found lying in or about the pa, stripped of their clothes and arms by those who overtook and shot them. I think very few women, and those only by accident, have been killed, and no children. The cohorns appear to have frightened the garrison very much, and killed some. The number inside must have exceeded our estimate, for the escort carrying Te Kooti must be some forty men, and only eighteen out of the Uriweras were killed. I am despatching fresh parties in pursuit, and still hope to catch Te Kooti. Every man of note in his band is killed except himself, and he cannot be far off. I blew down a large portion of one of the walls, and fired a royal salute in honour of the capture." The loss of the attacking force was only eleven killed and nine wounded. The friendly natives are in pursuit of Te Kooti and his band, with the avowed determination of exterminating them all, in revenge for the massacre of their friends and relatives at Poverty Bay. It is now Kooti,e caused, by d N a y ho notm s a o pp m a u re c n h t in tl i l s a c t h t ie h f e a l n )a d n a d number more than 250, though this was magnifi e d a t one p o p f r m e h e e n n s u i o n n d e w r e l r time into a force of 700 men. - 1111SCELLA.NEOUS NEWS. THU WATEPFORD-VIVIAN ELOPEMENT. It is said that the Marquis of Waterford, who is still in his green and salad years, had a peculiar faculty for falling in love, and forthwith demanding to lead to the hymeneal altar the object of his affections, all the more readily if she chanced to be a notorious courtesan. From two or three misalliances of this sort he has been prevented only by something very like force. It is rumoured that he and his frail com panion have started for Spain. THE REPORTED SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE. The Army and Navy Gazette says that a few months ago, when a gentleman wished to let his friends know that he was alive and well, he used to become a candidate for Athlone. Now such persons put themselves forward as army reformers. As every man can drive a gig and edit a newspaper, so he can reform the army. Sir Charles Tre velyan set the example, and, says our contemporary, with evident reference to a very sensational para graph which lately appeared in a Belfast paper, " his followers, down to Cole, C. 8., have been nearly as afflicting as London correspondents, who manufac ture fresh news out of the exploded scandals of a dozen years ago." The Gazette goes on to make special fun of Mr. Anderson, the new M.P. for Glasgow, who lately gave notice of a question respecting the appointment of the Duke of Cam bridge to the colonelcy of the GOth Rifles, evidently thinking that his Royal Ilighneks was a fearful pluralist. The question has disappeared from the notice paper, and no doubt the hon. member has learnt that of all the colonelcies which the Duke of Cambridge holds, only one has pay attached to it. NAVAL AND MILITARY ITEMS. As already mentioned, the Rodney, although only two years in commission, has been ordered home; but Admiral Keppel, has not been recalled. He will hoist his flag on the Ocean for the remaining period of command. Captain Cochrane has been appointed Superintendent of Sheerness Dock yard. Mr. Childers thus carries out the intention of his predecessor, Mr. Corry. Captain Sherard Osborn will probably get one of the two good-service pensions now vacant. Captain T. Wilson, having been promoted to flag rank, ther e w ill f a ll vacant the post of Captain-Superintendent of the Royal Hos pital at Greenwich. It is not improbable that Mr Childers may decline to fill up this vacancy. THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW. The volunteer review at Dover this year is likely to be more interesting than former gatherings of the sort. It will be the first occasion on which the movements of the troops will have been managed during a field-day by telegraphing and signalling on a large scale. The experiment is to be tried of fighting a battle scientifically as regards the mode in which the orders are to be given. The Royal Engineer Field Telegraph Train is to be employed, and as the troops march into their position the telegraph wires will be uncoiled, and communication established between headquarters, the commanders of the attacking and the defending forces, and the London telegraphs. Each commander of a division will be attended by an officer who has been thoroughly instructed in signalling, and who will receive and communicate the orders. It is in tended also to have the fleet in communication with the Castle by means of signals. TIIE DOUBLE CONTROL AT THE WAR OFFICE. The Telegraph announces that Lord Northbrook, Mr. Stansiield, and Mr. Anderson having just made their report on Financial Control, and being now required to investigate the subject of the Double Control at the War Oflice, have called into their council Sir Edward Lugard, to help them in military matters. A CIVIL SERVICE COLLEGE. The proposed Civil Service College now seems likely to becom e au fait accompli. The committee have for some time past been at a standstill in consequence of want of information as to the result of the canvass instituted on . behalf of this undertaking among Civil servants of the Crown abroad, and especially in India. Within the last few days, however, very gratifying com munications have been received, and it appears that both in India and the colonies the pr o j ec t h a i been recognised as likely to supply a want much and generally felt among servants of the Crown abroad. The committee have been given to under stand that from India especially a very large sum may be expected. It is the wish of the committee to make temporary arrangements for commencing their Operations as soon as a sufficient sum shall have been received to justify them in taking such a step. SICK BISHOPS, The Daily News directs attention to Sir Massey Lopes's intended mooting of the position of the Episcopate in the South of England, and gives the following facts and fi gures, which certainly need no explanatory comments :—" In five dioceses between Bcachy Head and the Land's End Episcopacy is virtually suspended. The Bishop of Winchester, who is nearly 80 years of age, is disabled by paralysis ; the Bishop of Chichester is 83 years old ; the Bishop of Salisbury, though ()ily 01, has for some time been incapacitated through severe and dangerous illness ; the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who is 70, is such a con firmed invalid that he is regularly carried up and down the stairs of his palace; the Bishop of Exeter is within seven weeks of attaining his 91st year, and has taken no active part in the affairs of his diocese since 1803. The Bishops of Winchester and Exeter are the only prelates who held their present sees when the' Episcopal Act of 1830 was passed. Their incomes have, therefore, not been affected by the working of th a t statute, which enacted that on the ne it voidance of the see in each case, the value of Winchester should be re duced from £10,417 to £7,000, and the value of Exeter raised from £2,700 to £5,000. It should be added that the Bishop of Exeter's income is much larger than that given here, since he holds a canonry in Durham Cathedral. On resigning his bishopric the income of the see would be nearly doubled, so that there wo uld be ample room to give him a hand some pension, perhaps equal to the income from the see. All that he would lose would be his patronage. That, it need scarcely be added, ought to be exer cised only by one who is able t o be acquainted with his clergy. 31URPllY AGAIN. Is it not time that Mr. Murphy were suppressed altogether ? Is no one patriotic enough to watch him closely, and to warn the magi s t ra t es wherev er h e is about to stir up strife ? On Friday night the Protestant, or (as we rather like to call him) the anti-Catholic lec turer, addressed a meeting at South Shields. While he was proceeding, a large bo:ly of Irishm en , variously estimated at from 200 to 40 0, atta c k e d the hall. They were armed with bludgeons and iron slags, and seemed to have intended to slaughter Mr. Murphy and all his hearers. The doors, however, were closed by the police before the mob came up, and Mr. M urp h y es caped by th e b ack way. His audience had to provide themselves with weapons out of • the seats in the hall, and to make their way out by the same means. All the windows of the hall were broken. A free fight in the crowd seems to have taken place, and several persons were severely injured. Without for a moment justifying. he deeds of th e Irish mob, we may ask why, when the result of his harangues is so well known, is Mr. Murphy a ll owed to do as he pleases ? Magistrates certainly should have their eyes open to the fact that order is much more admirable than license of speech. It will be gratifying to Mr. Murphy's admirers (we assume that he has admirers) to know that whoever else gets his head broken open Murphy always escapes with a whole skull. FREE CHURCH ASSOCIATION. A debate has just been held at Sion College on the objects advocated by the Free and Open Church Association. These are to maintain as the principle of the parochial system the equal rights of all parishioners to the free use of their parish church, and to revive the weekly offertory as a substitute for pew rents. The Rev. J. Coward, President of the College, took the chair, and the debate was opened by Mr. Clark, of Liverpool, who read a paper on the importance of making places of worship free and open to all. Christian humility was being soon :iced, he said, to ideas of respectability. He declared that the weekly offertory would be found sufficient for the support of the Church, and that on principle no man sho u ld have an exclusive right to a seat in tiod's h ous e . The _Rev. J. Palmer sato that the cry was too mu c h raised that the Church of England was the Church of 'the rich, and not of the poor man. Mr. Rills also said that unless we g 0 rid of the pew system we should not get rid of A. evils that were connected with it. CZEANCEBY. Mr. Dickens's suit of "Jarndice v. Jarndice," which dragged its weary length through Chancery so very slowly that all the property involved was swallowed up in costs befor e a decision was given, has somewhat of a parallel in a suit which, according to the Law Journal, has just been settled by a compromise. The suit was born in 1805, and was reared and nur tured through in f an c y youth, and manhood by 31 counsel and eight firms of solicitors. Of the 31 counsel from time to ti me engaged in its education, one was and one is now Lo - rd Chancellor, one was Master of the Rolls, two were Vice-Chancellors of England, one was Lord Chancellor of Ireland, one was Chancellor of th e E xc h eq uer, one was Speaker of the House of .Commons, ono Accountant-General, one Attorney-General, one Solicitor-General, two were knights, more than half-a-dozen were King's or Queen's Counsel, and two were conveyancers of im mortal renown. The suit having grown to manhood, produced four young su it s as it s offspring,all of which became extinct with their parent. The occasion of the birth of the original suit was the failure of a banking-house which was formed in 1794 and IttODDed Lll 180 a. Alpouft the Darties to the parent and younger suits was _one .earl, the hari or Leicester (Mr. Coke, of Norfolk), one viscount, one viscountess, one baronet, and one clergyman ; and the matter was settled out of'court after all ! Who, after this, will prate.allout English justice F MIL SIMS BEEVES. Mr. Sims Repies has been more fortunate in the new trial granted hiM in referen ce t o hi s non appearance at the Cheltenham concert, than at the former one, having obtained a ver di c t i n hi s favour, and the costs in the first suit being divided. Medical evidence wasproduced declaring that the famous tenor was quite unable to sing on the night in question, and Mrs. Reeves, who travelled with her husband, confirmed this statement. The fine of £lO imposed on Mr. Reeves for not answering his subpoena was remitted by the jUdge, who said that he should not have inflicted it had he known the real facts. The defen dant has therefore escaped from the affair with more credit than was expected, though it is doubtful whether his actual pecuniary outlay will be much diminished, seeing that counsel were employed on both sides. No doubt Mr. Reeves feared a plentiful crop of actions if this one were sustained. THE ATLANTIC TELEGUAPII. The expectations which were formed of the com mercial utility of the Atlantic telegraph before its completion have been fully realised. We learn from the statement made by the chairman, Mr. '.llJart Wortley, at the recent meeting, that the income from messages is now on an average £7OO per day. He complains, however, that they have not yet derived much profit from social messages, which usually give large, returns. The company is, not withstanding, able to pay the claim of the Anglo- American Company on its £125,000 preference, and a dividend of something over four per cent. on the eight per cent. preference stock of the company. The chairman advocates an amalgamation with the Anglo-American Company, which, he thinks, would contribute largely to the prosperity of both. The cables are both perfect. BREACH- OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—A singular ;rial for breach of promise was brought to, a close at the County Court of Warren (U.S.) on the Bth inst. The plaintiff was a milliner, 23 years of age, named Mary Ferguson, carrying on business in the village of Spring boro', and the defendant, Mr. John Armstrcng Brad shaw. who is 47 years of age, claims to be a descendant to the English regicide. Evidence of the " proniise " having been given, the defendant urged in his defence that the plaintiff was of African descent, and for that reason he could not, under the laws of Ohio, legally wed her. The question of the purity of the plaintiff's blood was the most interesting that came up on the trial. It was shown that she had lived until 9or 10 years of age with a woman known as Betsy Ferguson as her child, and Betsy, it was shewn, was a little lighter than a mulatto. Shadrick Ferguson and Pete Ferguson, two mulattoes, testified that the plaintiff was their niece, the daughter of their sister Betsy, that she was born on the Kanawha river in Virginia, and that a white man, named William Harvey, was said tole her father. Betsy Ferguson was living at the time at the house of her father, being an unmarried woman. The Ferguson family, they say, came from Virginia to Springboro' while Mary was a nursing child. They were there with the family, and never heard anyone question the matter of her being the child of their sister. Three physicians were called, who said that they had attended Mary medically, and that as they saw her sick in bed—not appearing as she does in the court room—she exhibited undoubted marks ofAfrican admixture. Other parties, supposed to be judges of such matters, were called upon, and testified that they could observe indications of African blood in the plaintiff's appearance. On the other side, more than twice as many persons said that they saw in her no indications of negro blood. It was shewn that she associated with white persons and moved in good society. The trial lasted a whole week, and the jury returned a, verdict of 10,000 dollars for the plaintiff, after being out but a few minutes. THE APPROACHING DIVISION. The .Tehn Bull says the lowest majority "against " (of sourse" for" is Meant) the Irish Church Bill isexpected to be 108. The same paper goes on to say that the course of the House of Lords will in no way be affected by the numbers on the division ; but their lordships will be very much influenced by the ex pression of public opinion, such as that elicited at the great Belfast meeting. " After Dr. Ball's speech it was stated that some such compromise as he shadowed out, retaining the Establishment but en dowing Roman Catholics and Presbyterians, would probably meet the views of Earl Russell, and Lords Westbury and Clanricarde." It is a little hard of our contemporary to put Lord Russell in such com pany. Probably, too, the House of Lords will re member that it is not three noblemen but three kingdoms who have to be satisfied, and that any " compromise " which does not satisfy the second will be of very small avail even though it should meet with the approval of the first. THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM. Dr. Ball, in his speech on Friday, gave the impres sion that he was for reverting to the original policy of the Conservative party, and for endowing the three Churches, on the principle that as it was impos sible to maintain the Protestant Episcopal Church alone, it was better to raise the other Churches to an equality with it, rather than to resort to the volun tary principle, which he denounced as a failure. Mr. Bright gave some remarkable figures to show how entirely wrong was the major premise of the learned gentleman—the failure of the voluntary system. Nothing more telling has occurred during the debate than Mr. 13right's description of the great secession in Scotland twenty-six years ago. He said : " In 1843 nearly 500 ministers in Scotland, not waiting for an Act of Parliament to disestablish them, walked out of their manses. They left many charming residences, and many nice churches, and they quitted the homes in which they had spent some and many of the happiest years of their 1:v s. They went out as a Church absolutely naked. There was not a church left for them, nor a glebe house, nor a curtilage, nor a commutation ; and I am bound to say not a single good wish or God bless you' from any man on that side of the House followed them. Do not tell us that your Irish Protestant congregations are feebler and worse than the congregations in Scotland. What have they done since in Scotland? It is told in a sentence, though it would take you weeks to survey it all. They have built 900 churches, not less than 650 manses and houses for their ministers ; they have built 500 schools, three theological colleges, and two training institutions. And during the last three years—l have not seen the account further back, but it would support what I say, I doubt not—they have raised on an average during the last three years, by the voluntary subscriptions of their members, not less than £370,000 per annum, and during the twenty-five years that have elapsed since these 500 ministers walked out of the church, their congregations have raised by voluntary contributions a sum exceeding £8,000,000 sterling." A very different authority from Mr. Bright, the Church Times, has no less faith in the voluntary prin ciple than has the President of the Board of Trade. In a leader entitled " Disestablishment in England," our very Thigh Church contemporary says that a Dis establishment and Disendowment Bill in England would doubtless cause a great deal of trouble, but the result would give no cause for the friends of the Church of England to lament or to despair. It would make the clergy more earnest, and give the Church greater freedom, and win for her greater respect. " Fat livings demoralise the clergy, and if they were all lost, the Church, upon the whole, would be the better for parting with them." " If ever the Church should be thrown upon her own resources she would be obliged to reorganise her missionary machinery in a way she can never do while she is fettered by her present laws and traditions." ELECTION ITEMS. the election petitions. 'up to rriaay csz cases nave been disposed of. The withdrawals number 36, in the proportion of 20 petitions against Liberals, and 16 against Conservatives. Twenty-nine members have been declared duly elected-18 Liberals and 11 Conservatives. Seventeen gentlemen have lost their seats under the provisions of the Act of last session —7 Liberals and 10 Conservatives. The only petition now in hearing is that at Oldham, affecting the seats of two Liberals. There are, in addition, 25 cases to be decided, involving the fate of 10 Liberals and 15 Conservatives. One of the latter is 111 r. Hugh Birley, whose return for Manchester is petitioned against simply on the ground that, like Sir S. H. Waterlow, who is now seeking re-election in Dumfriesshire, he was a Govern men t con t ractor at the time of his election. MONEY AND BUSINESS. The Pennsylvania Railroad is quoted in the Philadel phia Ledger of March 8, at 56i to 57 ; Sixes, let Mortgage, 93-} ; 2d Mortgage, 961- 97. (From the Springfield Republican, March 6.) The course of the Money Market at New York has been fluctuating, with a decided tendency, during the early part of the week, to stringency. Subsequently the 'pressure relaxed, and money was abundant at 7 per cent. in gold, and in some instances in currency. The situation of the market has been so frequently changed, and always for speculative-purposes, that it can hardly be said to have a distinctive or independent character, and probably will not settle on a firm and solid foundation until the new Admini stration shall have made its financial policy felt, and re stored to some degree the business confidence of the coun try. The danger of a "lock up" of currency still exists, and this bugbear is at any time used with effect to affright timid capitalists. The bankers and brokers are extremely wary in discounting paper, and only approved and un doubted names are received with any favour. I n Boston the market is net materially different from that in New York, while at the Western monetary centres, money is scarce and in active demand. The activity, however, is said to be due to an unnatural and speculative demand rather thin to any real necessity in regular and legiti mate business. Much capital is locked up in grain and provisions, and the real estate agents and stock speculators are the most active seekers for money. The farmers of the north-west are still holding on to their grain and other products in anticipation of an advance, which they are not likely to secure, and in the mean time are causing stringency and pressure in the money market. Government Bonds continue to be the leading feature of the stock markets, at home and abroad, and the de mand is increasing and the price steadily advancing. On Wednesday there was a slight depression, on account of the delay and possible failure of the Public Credit Bill in Congress, but the final success of that important measure will doubtless have a speedy restorative effect. For, though the bill may fail to become law, because of the capacity of ex-President Johnson's " pocket," it will stand before the world as the expression of the Ame rican people and their representatives, that our debts are to be honourably paid, and paid in coin. The .New York Sun, however, labours, and with good suc cess, to prove that the advance in our national securities is due more to the action of the Supreme Court, declar ing that contracts for payment in gold are valid, and can be enforced, than to the action of Congress. The lat ter can at any time be preserved by the power of the ma jority, but the decision of the Supreme Court remains firm and permanent. Bath events have combined to produce the same result, and both .lend harmoniously in their effect. If Congress would now enact the Hooper Bill, re straining the further issue of United States Five-Twenty Ponds, and the increase of the aggregate of the Funded Debt paying interest in gold, the financial legislation would be truly hopeful, and the situation more encourag ing for a speedy return to specie payments than at any time since the war. But the administration of General Grant will soon be in running order, and with this new force at work in our financial legislation Congress may well make haste slowly. The foreign demand has almost exhausted the supply of Five-Twenties of 1862 in the New York market, and in some cases orders aro trans mitted by cable from London and Frankfort for the pur chase of 1867's instead. The Bonds of 1868 are an equally desirable investment. The National Debt statement for March I—Secretary ‘M'Culloch's last —shows a gratifying reduction of $12,000,0_00 in the total indebtedness, and an increase of coin in the Treasury of nearly $9,500,000. The detailed statement, together with the corresponding figures for February 1, appear below : - DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. March 1. Feb. 1. 5 per Cent. Bonds 5221,589,300 $221,589,300 6 per Cent. Bonds of 1881 283,677,400 283,677,400 6 per Cent. 5-20 Bonds 1,602,587,350 1,60',583,350 Total DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Certificates,3 per Cent 557,140,000 $57,410,000 Navy Pension Fund 14,000,000 14,000,000 Total MATURED DEBT NOT PRESENTED. Seven-thirty notes Compound interest notes 3,422,460 3,599,170 Texas indemnity bonds Treasury notes, Act of July 17, 1861 Bonds prior to March 31 , 1848 Treasury notes, March 31, 1863 Temporary loans Certificates of indebted- 1896 . -45,- 103,313 ness 12,000 13,000 $6,422,463 $6,910936 DEBT BEARING NO INTER EST. United States Notes ... $356,021,073 00 $ 3 56,021,073 00 Fractional Curreacy ... 36.781,547 00 35,511,127 00 Gold Certificates 28,775,560 00 32,659,520 00 • Total $121,578,180 00 $424,191,720 00 Six per cent. lawful money, bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Companies 'Total debt • $2,660,931,644 0052,662,379,707 00 AMOUNT IN TREASURY. Coha in hand Currency in hand 16,853,529 00 17,441,332 00 The contest in Dumfries promises to be a close one. Both sides are putting forward their utmost endeavours, and meetings are being held in all parts of the county. Those called by the Liberal candi- Amount of debt, less date are public, but Major Walker's have hitherto cash in Treasury ... $2,545,236,904 052,556,205,658 00 been of a private nature. Th e S cotsman asser t s th a t The warrants issued by the Treasury Department d r ing February wer e , i n roun d numbers, as follows u - the screw is being p u t on b y the exclud thatConservatives, and they rely solely up on this weapon in order and to reverse the decision o f th e cons tit uenc ing those of th e redemption of the üblic debt ' : —Civil, miscellaneous, and foreign intercourse, $3,433,200 ; int eres t y Our contempo rary rem i n d s the Conservative Party on the pu debt, $2,206, where he declar e d th a t a certain circular 700; war depart men t , $2 , 493 ,400; of the judgment o f J us ti ce Wi lles at Blackburn, navy, slblic ,028,000 ; a n d i n t er i or, pensions and Indians , issued $5,496,200. Th e go ld market is rather quiet and the by the lead ers o f t h e same party in the ~ It is well known,„ town, was inti m id a ti on, general tendency d ownwar d . The decline of United continues the S co t sman, " that not one, but States bonds on W e d nes d ay had no perceptible effect ' several circul ars o f th e same class on the gold mar k et, and the popular impression that , but more peremp- gold will her ea ft er b a lower is undoubtedly correct. employed in Dumfriesshire o tory and i ncau ti ous i n their exprn behalf of Major essions have been Thus far at l eas t events favour the theory. The in- Walker. In short, in the highly improbable and un- crease of gold customs receipts during the present desirable event of his being elected, there is already fiscal year, of which eight months have elapsed, is about evidence enough to unseat him and expose all his $10,500,000 over the amount for the corresponding time factors." The day for the election has not yet been in the last fiscal year, and the aggregate amount for the fixed. The Liberals speak confidently of being able entire cur ren t year w i ll undoubtedly be $175,000,000, and is even set a s high as to return Sir Syd ney W aterlow by a larger majority 5180,000,000. Last year they than the number he obtained at the general election. were only $164,492 , 000 , an d as t h e i n t eres t on th e go ld- We understand that it i s th e i n t en ti on o f t h e bearing debt for th e curren t year i s on ly $124,255,092, the re Conservatives t o b r i ng f orward the Earl of March as will remain from the customs receipts about $56,000,000 in gold, to b e 'candidate for West S ussex, i n th e room o f C apta i n applied to the reduction of the principal of the Hon. Henry Wyndham, who takes his seat in the the debt. Th e rece i pts o f th e cus t oms a t th e N ew Y or k House of L or d s b y t h e death of his father, Lord office of the United St a t e s Treasury, from July 1, 1868, t o Leconfield. February 28, were 580,725,627, and the gold interest paid The writs for Hereford and Blackburn will be 563,158,346, against $73,631,248, and $51,166,606 for th e moved for to- n i g ht , th e former by Mr. Glyn, th e corresponding moths during the previous year. The ex latter by Mr. N oe l . ports of specie from Now York, since July, 1868, have been It is stated that Mr Whitworth, lately unseated at $28,184,461 against $38,562,730 for the correspondi ng Drogheda, an d Mr. Ilagehot, editor of the _Economist time in 1867 and 1868, and the experts exclusive of sp ec i e , will becom e can did ates in the Liberal interest for for the week ending 'March 2, 52,108, 6 76, and since J anu - B ridgwater, whose r epresen t at i on i s now vacant by arY 1 ' $26'035'420 against $3,980,200, and 529,892 , 329 the unseati ng o f for the same time in 1868. The supply of C a lif orn i a Messrs. kinglake and Vanderbyl. Is not this statement a little premature ? Bridgwater, gold and silver in New York, fur the current year is over Beverley, and Norwich have been proved to be $6,000,000 less than for the corresponding months a year thoroughly corrupt, and the two first are old and i a g o. notorious offend ers. W e suspect that the result of The railway share market h as b een var i able, in sym a royal com m i Es i m would be the disfranchisement ' pathy with the money mark e t, an d i ts general course has of at least the two first boroughs. Should the writ be been active and upward. No great excitement or panic issued, it is suppose d t h at the old Conservat i ve candi- has marked the wee k , b ut t h e demand for most of the dates, Messrs. Gray and Westropp, will stand. Mr. western railroads has been sharp and competition lively. Westropp was on a former occasion unseated for The new stock board has not yet gone into operation, but On I .zery. reports are plenty of the strength which it will command, THE ELECTION PETITIONS. 1 and of the p ower it w ill exert when it commences busi- The. ba Aews thus, summarises the results of 1 noes. y The low-freigllts war between New Y or k an d , Total cash in Treasury $115,594,789 00 $106,174,049 00 (From the New York Tribune, March 9.) Government Bonds opened steady but declined from I to 1 per cent. on the quotations from London, which were ; per cent. lower than on Saturday. At the Second Board prices rallied to the opening rates, and there was a heavy demand for all classes. 62's sold at 1181 ; 65's, 1161; 67's, 1121. At the close the market was steady, and there was a good demand for bonds, at our quotations. The market has been strong throughout the day, but lacks speculative spirit. New York Central was purchased largely, and Michigan Southern was in active demand for the election purposes. The strength of these stocks gave a firm tone to the whole market. The delay in the selec tion of a Secretary to the Treasury, and the disturbance caused by the now rule in certifying checks, had a ten dency to restrict operations. Rock Island sold at 129 Money was in good supply at 7 per cent. in currency. There was but little activity in call hours. Commercial paper remains unchanged at 7to 9 per cent. The Banks to-day generally enforced the new law in regard to the certification of checks. No checks were certified unless the money was in the bank to meet them. Considerable disturbance was caused by the change. Sterling Exchange was dull and steady atquotations— London, 60 days, 1081 to 109 ; London, sight, 1091 to 10.4 London, prime commercial, 1081 to 1081; Paris, long, 5.20 to 5.171 ; Paris, short, 5.171 to 5.15 ; Antwerp, 5.21; to 5.20; Swiss, 5.211 to 5.20; Hamburg, 35; to to 35;; Amsterdam, 401 to 401 ; Frankfort, 401 to 401; Bremen, 781 to 78; ; Berlin, 711 to 711. ' Chicago has ended, with a victory for Commodore Van.- derbilt and the despatch companies in league with him, and prices are back to their old rates. The reduction, while it lasted, was entirely unprecedented and the busi , ness enormous. Freights went down from $l.BB to 25 cents per hundred pounds, and on the last day of grace, Saturday, 27th ult., 70 car loads of merchandise left New York for Chicago by way of the Central Railroad. The order of ejectment of the United States Express Compaq from the Erie Railroad has been suspended for a week, and in the meantime it is understood that negotiations are pending to retain the company. The Erie and the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroads are re ported to have made up their differences and to have effected an arrangement, by which a third rail will be laid from Mansfield, 0., to Chicago, thus giving the Erie the terminus at the Garden City, which it lost when the "Bea Smith" roads—the middle tier of Ohio and Indiana—were taken out of its mouth by the Pennsylvania and Pan-handle. The annual earnings of the Union Pacific Railroad will be $46,491,500, provided it reaches the average of the New York Central, Erie and Pennsylvania, $48,54 5 per mile, but it will hardly do this for the first year of its operation, althougt the Senate Committee at Washit gton on the road express the opinion tbat its busi ness will prove greater than the caracity of its single I track. The opening of the spring trade in Now York wholesale houses is moderate and a heavy business is not expected. Money is not plenty at the West, and the Southern demand is mostly for domestic and heavy goods. The Southern buyers, however, are purchasing judiciously' and payiug cash, or on thirty days, which is a great im provement over the old system of large and endless credit. The wool market at Now York is firm and strong, with an upward demand for all descriptions, and at Boston no ma terial change in prices has taken place. Prices of raw cotton are firmly held, and there appears no desire to press sales at any considerable concession. The boot and shoe business of Boston is under all sale, and the manufacturers are hard pushed to meet their orders. The Brighton and Cambridge cattle markets have been but scantily supplied with northern stock, on account of the heavy snowstorms and railroad blockade, but the trains from the West were not greatly delayed, and prices did not advance over Oa* per 100 on the best grades. (From the Wall-street Journal) FRIDAY EVENING, March 5. Money is freely offered and borrowers have no difficulty in supplying their wants at legal interest, occasionally in gold, but mostly in currency. Discounts show little change, the extreme rates for first-class names 8 and 1 0 per cent. Government Bonds are generally strong, being stimulated by the heavy orders from Europe, buyers wel l knowing that although the ex-President forgot to sign the Public Credit Bill, that the emphatic declaration of the inaugural, that the Government indebtedness must be paid in gold, will send prices mush higher, which, coupled with the appointment of A. T. Stewart as Secretary of the Treasury, gives much satisfaction. Gold is heavy, and with few fluctuations to-day, closes at 1311. Quotations for specie:— Amer. silver... 94 to 951 I Eng. sous 486 to 489 • Mex. d011ar5...1034 ~ 104 20 francs 381 ~ 386 Eng. silver 480 , 485 I Timtors Five francs .... 95k „ 964 I Foreign Exchange is weak and unsettled, with little doing : London Bankers Sixty Days. Three pay n s, 108i-109k 109k- I °'; LoLd, n, Prime Commercial 1081-108 f ...... _., Paris, Bankers 520 — 5.1 6 k — 5 . 1 3 Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, B an k ers 3 51-354 •••• Frankfort, O.M 4Ol-40f .... Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.20 —5.16} ..••• Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss Express Stocks are higher, with more confidence. quote:— Adams . ... ... American Merchants' Union Do. Old Stock ... United States .. ... Wells, Fargo, and Co. ... PUBLIC FUNDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sixes, 1868, registered — to Sixes, 1868, coupon .. Sixes, 1881, coupon ll6l to 11 6 1 U.S. 6s. Pacific R' ail' oad lOll to 102 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1865 coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupon s , 1868 1 133 36 13 ttt t to 11 3 11 1 1 1 3 0 3 n 6 1 1 Ten-forties, coupon .. lO5l to 10 8 Seven-thirties, 2d series .. Seven-thirties, 3d series .. Oregon War Loan, Sixes, CLOSING QUOTATIONS F N. Y.lCentral 6s, 1883... 911 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... 91 N. Y. Central 6s, It Est.. 87 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n.. 87 N. Y. Central 78,:1876-1001 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 761 N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 ...110 Erie Ist Mort, Ex — Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 .— Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 — Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 B5 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 — Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. & E.lst 31, '77 BB m]. IL 7s, Ist M, ', 9 — ii Lid. It. 7s, 3d M, '75 102 Harlem let M, 'JB '72 101 Mich. C. Ist 34, 69'72 _I 18 Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 118 Mich. So., 7 p. c 2d M 934 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Micb.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 96} 111. Cen. 7 p. r, '7O 118 Alton &T. H. let M Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton &T. H. 2d M.lnc 79 Han.& S LI. LandGrantslos Han. & St. J. Con — Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 111 Chi. & N. West, S. F 95 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony 92 Chi. & N. W. Ex'n B BB RAILROAD AND MISC N. Y. Central l5Bl Erie Hudson Reading Mich. South. &N. I 951 Illinois Central l4l Cleveland & Pittsbrg B9l North-West North-West Preferred 89f 1 Canton.. : 59 Rock Island Oleveland and Toledo 105 I ... 62f to 62} ... 42i to 43 ... 16 to 13 53 to 5 ... 31i to 32 to --- 1881 ... OR RAILROAD MORTGAGES. Chi. & N. W. Ist M...... Tol. & Wab. 2d M Ex. 84 Gt. Western IstM Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M.. Gal. & Chic. Ext .......... 9 `" Gal. & Chic. 2d M........• 95 1 Chi. &R. I. Ist ......... 1002 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7'5... 9 „ 4 „t Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund... ~,"V N. J. Central Ist M.....• N J. Central 2d M ...... 101 Pitts. Ft.W. & Ch.lst M. 192 Pitts. Ft. W. & Ch.2d Pitts. Ft. W. &CI 3 , 1 M. Cleve. & Pitts. 2d . M ••• Chic. & Alton S. F. Inc. Chic. & Alton,'S.F.lstM.l9" Mil. & St. Rini Ist 31... Mil. & St. Paul 2d Marietta & (An. Ist M... Morris & Essex Ist M... Q -4; Morris & Essex 2d M u"" Joilet & Chic. Ist M.... :7, 1 Chi. & Gt. East'n lstal v. ' N. Y. & N. H. 6s ... :.. Dubuque &S.City,lstM . 85 Peninsula Ist ....... Ohio & Miss. Ist ...... 93 Ohio & Miss. C0n......." Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D..• 8 Atlantic & G. W. Ist M. , ELLANEOUS STOCKS. 41 7 Fort Wayne ............ 1,4 t Pacific Mail ............... Atlantic Mail .......•• 2 } Quicksilver .............371 W. U. Telegraph ...... A Mariposa Preferred 331. Ohio and MississiPr s ." 161 Boston Water Power... a„7l Cumberland ............. iO3O Bankers and Brokers... 6 5 M & St. Paul ...........96 M & St. Paul Preferred The following reply was sent by the Poet .011 r Club fellow to th e i nv it a ti on o f t h e J un i or Unite d S e rvice il to become an honor ar y mem b er: —" Laugh:m.l{o°l Ja t 4, 1868. Dear Sir, 7 —l beg leave, through you, to Pre s : l to the committee of the Junior United Service Chib a 01 thanks for the honour they have done me in elecfil;g 'Honorary Visitor' of the Club during my stay in a rivi - It will give me great pleasure to avail myself of this P lease lege as soon my engagements perm i t. kleanwiD . ," e, b r o lieve accept my acknowl e d gmen t s o f your courtesy', an d me your obedient servant, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.' is LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and r i nd s of Systematic Treatment.—F ew s t a t emen t s a re more the truth than the assertion that for the cure of diseas e, col ailing part alone demands attention, whereas bot h to and general mischief require redress. These Inedi caL ' e lief boldly face the evils they profess to remedy. LO 3. 1 scd the d ie° ' and general purification progress together, w ay portion is cured, the foul whole is cleansed. Lt el ! ° oB the Ointment rubbed on the throat and chest e xercis. tt, an d most beneficial influetce over sore throats, diphth el :bron" coughs, whether resulting from catarrh, asthma, ~. the chitis. This unguent acts miraculously in a rrestie.: dig extension of sores , healing ulcerations, curing 61%futur eases, and completely stopping all destructi ve 1 'nation. l a sh lo [AD VERTISEMENT. ] —Henceforth no on e will doubt the Toicre properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revolents „wings Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of 11,3,:d been it has already received from Invalids whose position poPs; deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness L. , srs of whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty Y't, unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "lg, OM Midi," July 25th :—" Ro me, J u l y 21 , 1866. The health rove ," oth . Father is excellent, especially since, abandonin,, , s govalel, dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barr( „. v toa d Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at eve fib, and It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on hi 5 , 11, 1 5,." his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too ..,n 1 .7' 8 216, extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures :—Cure °_ cn plain the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years. liver u ipita tions wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervons,t i m ost , de all over, bad digestion, co n st an t sleeplessness, and Smart tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771: Lord dyspepsia' Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years uleuen . No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony freln "Y;p r asras , nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, Bat 46,2 , 0. _ sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Cure br. o . ' s ,' James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 par' aLn'nesa. spitting of blood, liver derangement, and ial dead wore t ha,° v• big portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury „„ ro u sloppy imitations to which, without authority, -.`" name is most audaciou s ly a t tac h e d. 110.; 2 co- In tins, at is. lid. ; 1 lb . 2s. 9d.; 2 lbs. 4s. ed.; 51-s' xcA CB O „ 4 228. ; lbs, 40s, —Also Du BARRY'S BRVALENTA ARAD a. 25., for LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups 5 76 cull c at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 238 cups at 305.. 655. ti n s at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 3 0 s- rp o st Oa ° . are sent free of carriage in England on receit Order.—BAßßY nu BARRY and Co., don; and all Grocers and Chemists. No. 77, Reg.-- street, Lon Gnosnotolt—On the 19t B h ir in t s hL t., at St. Lavrre nce , or, Ve lltil Lady Constance arosvenor, of twins —sons. the IfAavitir—On the 19th inst , at Sunnyside, Weimer, wife of Rear-Admiral Eiarv . ey, of a daughter. Marriages. vrr. (1 ' PROTEST—NIXON—On the. 18th inst , at Windsor, . • _f - the late Thomas N A Provest, to Mary Stephen e+ RAMSDEN—CLARK—On the 11th inst , at St. SteP — A u dlq; Paddington, Thomas Ramsden, of .29, North i n x n o n F , Fanny Nixo n, ' eldest daughter v street, Grosvenor-square, to Catherine Mary, (laugh"' ( f John Clark, of 28, Tavistock-crescent, Westbourue park. Beathg. late MATHER —On the 19th inst., Robert Mather, Esq.', Captain 14th Hussars, aged 34. SHELLEY— On the 19th inst., at Shobrook e Park, De'r°ll, the Rev. Sir Fredk. Shelley, Bart., aged b 9. THOMAS—On the 18th inst., at his residence, Fulh, W. Thomas, Esq. London : Printed and Plbliehod by WILLIAg A-N D , II 11/, of No. 112, strand, Printer, at Can SUN 010 , o f t-trand, in the Precinct of the du ivy. in the 02 ' 44 Aliddlopex : --119nday, Much 22, 1868, T i r INA, This cote Prize Medal. It Pure, Sold In B the Agent s t 8, GI Observe ti han'g LL Wl . Ern 1 4, Elms ADVANCIV hold or Lea able weekly, Forma free ROYA Mr. ABU o'clock—Prc Arab Conjtn Evening at I day. Open at Private bone traction. lft;W" Not April 21. AT ADA LlFE (the tirAt try LUTHER, J Seen op en Admittance, rooms, 6d. AR(11 EVE] Rooms have Ind Co. Ti an attractivt Dance Music Musical THE ab Lunch for deviling ] ORIGINAL A SHI Very Fine Pi Old Crushed Shipping), Sparkling Cl lery, Quail Sample ea bottles Sher 1p B. I • nod Consignee f celebrated P Bordeaux W Whiskies, 17 also be seen number of of others wa' SCIENT: nRNAT \-• and I sortment of lisks, Inkst Ste., in Itali shire Spar. TENNAN' W.C., Lond Mr: Tent MINERAL of Lyell'a E tate the i GEOLOG gnineae eec PRA.CTI MINERAL 149, Straw THE ' Offices— The Inve Fire Reveni The modern Bonus for 1 value as E render thet ' leave is gra thirty days k-)EA111E off Gre Naficns, wi The recei 4879 less tt SUBSCR Williams, I the Secretai street, Lon , Qual fi cal Governor, 1 a•rrC Rich' Under therm Whereby a 1 Girls of all a the kingdom The cibie,t lish edueatio and laundry, wise provide suitable situ! The Coma entirely Bust Office. 121. ►[iiE President Treasurers- DONAT] solicited, to expenditure at Walton ; Banke Office, 32 11 Rim X. Macke Patron- For the destitute or and of all prosperous One hunc stitution ; ai Increased endowed, al assistance. subscribe Institution, its peculiar The last Secretary. Offices, 71 Bankers lane ; and 3 HEALTH RI 1W BA: -1.1 and eaves fifty t perfect digs refreshing E most disori effectually I gumption, I rangementE nervousness catarrhs, cl rheumatism ralgia, irr heartburn, Imma and atm, branch the pit of tl the most dii for invalids IMPORTAI and more tl rity, Baron Hencefor Du Barry's and Infants has already been deems nese the Po by it after t We quote 18,413) :—" Holy Fails; other remel darry's Rev 111ateful at ( 'beneficial e praise this ( - Cure No. years' liver nese, irritab digestion, c, ervons agi Cnre No. Stuart de D , ford:—'"l l food.—Srn Waterford." Cure No from dyspei flatulency, of Lynn.y, Cure No. nervousness 'roue fancies Cure No. years diarrh The Food b., 4s. 6d. twisters, cs &Ivy a Rev tin tranistera cups at 6a., about cna p free of carri biattßY DI also at voi Grioeohutel New North- '~-=:.~,