The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-15 00:00:00

~., kil ..- .0 JGUENLLS, The Times thinks that the Married Women's Property - Bill is too extreme in its nature. Flagrant evils ensue, under certain circumstances, from the principle of the present law ; the bill proposes to meet the difficulty by abolishing the principle and substituting its direct oppo site. In an old establi s h e d soc i e ty like our own, it is evi dently preferable, if it be possible, to provide special pro tection in the circumstances in point, but to leave the main principle of the law unaltered. This view of the case was recognised by the opponents of the mea sure, but justice was scarcely done to it. We cannot conceive a more complete change of prin ciple than the bill contemplates. The present law goes upon the understanding that the family is a kind of unit, under a single head, who is solely responsible , for it, and who is, consequently, invested with complete control over it. 'This bill would render a married woman as independent in respect of property as an unmarried woman. The married state would, therefore, become a contract between two equal partners, irresponsible to each other, and neither wholly responsible for the family. In its present form, indeed, the bill would leave the husband under his present responsibility, while depriving Lim of the corresponding authority. It would be impossible, however, if the bill were accepted, to maintain so unfair an arrangement, and Mr. Shaw-Lefevre on Wednesday ex pressed his readiness to place husband and wife on an equal footing in that respect. But the more completely and the more fairly this equality is carried out the more complete becomes the social revolution the bill proposes. As a rule, the husband must always be the person who con tributes most to the family, and who is its principal support and its chief protection. Is it fair, under such circumstances, to deprive him of all control over the expenditure of his wife? Is it right she should be told by the law that she may act in complete disregard of his wishes ? We grant it is not just that he should have abso lute power over his wife, but is it just that he should have none ? Looking at the character of the relation and to the facts of life, it appears to us that our law has followed nature, and has laid a just foundation, in recognising the husband's supremacy and responsibility. It is only in conditions of society more or less unnatural that a diffe rent principle has been or ought to be recognised, The amendments to the Irish Church Bill of which Mr. Gladstone has given notice are, says the Post, distinguish. able from those of the leader of the Opposition in this very material respect, that their object is to extend the application of the principles on which that bill is founded, and not to render them completely nugatory. It is material to observe that none of Mr. Gladstone's proposed amendments affect the general tenour of the bill, nor can they be construed as conces sions to any objections taken to it by the Opposi tion. That some concessions may ultimately be called for is not impossible, and the Premier declared in the debate on the second reading that he was prepared to entertain any proposals honestly brought forward by the Opposition with the view of improving the bill. But, for the present, Mr. Gladstone's task has been confined to making corrections which sre suggested by the additional information he has received, and a more attentive conside ration of the possible operation of certain clauses of the bill. The amendments of the leader of the Opposition, as we have already had occasion to point out, attack the foundations of the bill, and must be rejected without exception by everyone who approves its principle, The principal amendments of which the Premier has given notice in no degree militate with the general principle of the bill, and can scarcely challenge the hostile criticism of any save those who are opposed to the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church. The Standard declares that Sir Massey Lopes did good service in calling attention to a very grave evil which for years past has exercised a most injurious effect upon the administrative system of the Church of England. In a word, there is no legal provision for the voluntary or enforced retirement of prelates who are, from age, ill health, or other causes, admittedly incapacitated for the discharge of their duties. It may happen that, for one or other of the reasons we have indicated, a bishop may for years have been totally unable to attend to the affairs of his diocese, even so much as to go outside the walls of his palace, or to write a letter. We do not for a moment assume that any member of the episcopal bench would voluntarily consent to retain his post under circum stances fraught with such obvious detriment to the inte rests of the Church throughout his diocese ; but it is a simple matter of fact that there is no provision known to the law by which he can resign his office, and hand over his trust to a competent successor. The system under which the Established Church is at present administered takes it for granted that under any circumstances the bishops will die in harness. Whatever is now done in the way of remedying this obvious anomaly is done by a side wind. What is wanted is an enactment by which bishops who may be presumed to be permanently disqualified for the discharge of their duties, may be enabled to resign their sees with a fair provision for the remainder of their lives. There should be no difficulty as to this latter point. There should be but one bishop of one diocese. Even the idea of a dual jurisdiction should be avoided, and we doubt whether there is any case now extant in in which the absolute avoidance of the see would not be required by its special circumstances as well as on the ground of the inadvisability of establishing a divided authority. It might be fraught with hardship in some in stances, but we believe that on the whole the interests of the Church would be most effectually secured by the establishment of the rule that a prelate who requires per manent aid should give place to a capable successor. The Herald asserts that Mr. Howard's petition was a blunder. He gave the late Premier another opportunity of showing that in the exercise of his patronage he was guided by an undeniable zeal for the public interests. But, from the point of view of the. Radicals, the hon. member for East Cumberland did his party a very ill service. If he had not provoked the discussion of Tuesday evening, the Radical newspapers and lladical speakers might have continued to declaim against the shower of appointments which fell in the beginning of last December, and instance the nomination of Mr. Lowther to the lieutenancy of these two counties as a flagrant illustration of their impropriety. Now, however, even the most pertinacious of the assailants of the late Government will be abashed and silenced. Mr. Howard, sacrificing himself as Mr. Charles Buxton did the other day, for the vindication of Mr. Disraeli's reputation, elicited from the right honourable gentlemen a statement which must satisfy everybody that these appointments were not only in accordance with constitutional precedent, but were the result of an earnest desire to consult those local interests which would be affected by the ch o i ce o f a lord-lieutenant. About the constitutional right of a Minister in Mr. Disraeli's position to recommend such an appointment to the Queen there can be no question. Of the perfect propriety of the arti cular recommendatio n no d ou b t can be entertained after the discussion of Tuesday, and Mr. Howard may be credited with having performed a service, which he never intended, in the signal illustration which he was the instrument of giving to the public of the fairness and fitness of the appointments made by the Conservative Government. THE ELECTION PETITIONS. Three petitions are now in hearing, and in all a certain amount of progress is being made. Mr. Justice Black burn is at Hastings, Mr. Baron Martin in the South-West Riding of Yorkshire, and Mr. Justice Wiles at North allerton. HASTINGS. Brassey entering the public-house.—Mark Martin said that on the evening of the nomination Mr. and Mrs. Brassey came to see a voter named Burt, who lived in the same house as he did. He saw Mr. Brassey had a parca in her hand, and she gave it to Mrs. Burt, saying, " Here's a parcel I'll leave with you." He was at the Pelham Arms on the polling-day with another man for four hours, and only a portion of the beer they had was paid for. At the Royal Standard, on the day of the municipal election, he and two others had tobacco and beer, forwhich they did not pay. He also spoke of further treating at different Liberal houses. He voted for 1\ orth and Brassey. Some further evidence to the same effect was called. One of the principal cases, however, for the petitioner broke down. Mr. J. W. Davis, silk mercer, ca.rryingon a large business in Hastings, was examined as to the amount of Mrs. Brassey's dealings at his shop, and it appeared that whereas her bill in 1867 amounted to only £78105., it amounted in 1868, the year of the election, to some £ll3. He denied, however, that this circumstance influenced his I vote, as he was always a Liberal. SOUTH (WEST RIDING) YORKS11:1111 The petition against Mr. Beaumont, of the South (West Riding) of Yorkshire, is being conducted to the end. It is now attempted to be shown that Mr. Stanhope, who claims Mr. Beaumont's seat, has vitiated his chance by illegality. Evidence of the screw being put on by a rate-collector and a land agent was given, and a case of alleged bottling was investigated. William Gledhill, a small farmer, of West Scarr, Scammonden, had never voted before, he said, but at the last election, ho meant voting for the "yellows," though he did'nt know that meant Milton and Beaumont. The night before the polling. day be slept at his son-in-law's. At two o'clock in the morning a lot of men called him up and took him in a cart to a "blue" inn. Something to drink was given him, and he fell asleep, for when an old man is " wakkened" out of his sleep he'll soon sleep again. In passing a policeman he called out that they were taking him like a prisoner. After he had been asleep at the " bluer inn he was put into a carriage and taken to Huddersfield. He never got to the poll. He could not remember the name of the hctel to which he was taken at Huddersfield. They must excuse him ;he was not very sober. It was also shewn that railway fares were paid by the "Blues." In reply to this, however, Mr. Alaule-, who appeared for the petitioner, said it would cost the voters 2s. each to return from Sheffield to Penistone by an afternoon train in time to vote, so that, in fact, it could only be said that they had been provided gratuitously with a penny each. To - - contend that that was something illegal would he a reductio ad absurdum. The voters were all pledged before- hand, and strictly as to language no money was given, ... . but only some convenience. Nobodyhad given anymoney to these people to vote ; they got no money. Nothing passed in the ordinary sense of giving. They got a ticket each, which franked them to Sheffield, and it cost them 2s. each to get back, so that absolutely only a penny each were they in pocket, but nothing was given—no money, at all events. It would be straining the statute to say that they received money for the purpose of voting, they having previously pledged themselves to vote. His lordship would not decide the point. The Starcannat doubt that Mr. Hughes's Trades Unions Bill will receive frank and friendly consideration from the Government and from the majority of the House of Com mons. It believes that nothing could more tend to the development of a healthy life in the great associated trade societies of this country than their recognition by the Legislature as an integral part of our social system, and their admission —without any attampt to impose humi liating conditions which would certainly prove inopera tive—within the pale of the law. Ignorant pre judices have had time to subside, although they yet linger in the report of the majority of the Trades Union Commissioners. It is not proposed to legalise that which is dubious or unjust—least of all to give sanction to outrage or to the threat of outrage. All Dr. Crum Brown has been appointed Professor that is contemplated is to empower working men to asso- of Chemistry in Edinburgh Universit ciate together for the legiti ma t e purpose of mutual protec- Y• tion and assistance, and at the same time to secure to em- TILE SIZE OF "SANDAVICII "BOARDS. The Chief mayors similar rights. Ab norma l acts have been the Commissioner of the Met ro p o lit an P olice has consented to natural consequences of an abnormal position. But even bad deeds, which all right-minded men must deplore, have modify the order regulating the size of the boards to be I een so far exaggerated that the offences of a compara- carried through the streets by those who are known as ti very few black sheep have been visited on tens of thou- " sandwich " men. Colonel Henddrson has granted per undisguised horror. While crim e i s p un i s h ed the innocent sands of honest werking. men, who reg ar d e d t h em with mission for the use of the size asked f or b y the advertising should be Protected ; and when we speak of the innocent agents, who promise that every care shall be taken to or in g thi isationss connection this wecountry have in view all th e grea t tra d e avoid the slightest infringement of the regulations. The an of . summonses against several of the agents for having broken The Daily News asks if it is not Byron w h o Wr i tes, the rule previously in force have therefore been with " Thou, the vain lord of luxury and ease, Whom slumber A soothes not, pleasure cannot please ;" and was i t not Lord orawn. Stanley who, the other day at Glasgow, spoke of "pleasure MASONIC CELEBRATION AT FREEMASONS' HALL. that is not pleasure ?" Not only their sentiments, but their expressions, on this head, are almost ident'cal. When —The metropolitan building dedicated to the Freemasons two such contrary spirits arrive at the same conclusion a has very lately been rebuilt. The dedication service of strong probability arises that it is a sound one. " Pleasure the new building was given on Wednesday. The cere pleasure 9 Milli ons o f people are pursuing that is not pleasure." What mony was perform e d by th e Ri g ht H on . th e E ar l of unknown number of ages. It I it, and have . been doing so fo r an Zetland, M.W. Gra n d M as t er o f E ng l an d. Th e attend should s strange, therefore, that we not by this time have arrived at some definition, or ance of brethren, not only belonging to London lodges but the provinces a l so , was very l arge, an d t h ere h as not at any D rate at me notion, of what i t orris e Yet have e press as we o not Lor so d Stanley's five sim far as grown-up people am concern p e l d,.a, most incont , ro, been so brilliint an assem bl age o f cra f tsmen f or many vertible, if a most melancholy, t ruth. But may we not years past. The Grand Master, preceded by the possibly ~e t nearer to our. object by not consciously and grand officers, attired in the garter, blue and incessantly concerning ourselves quite so much about it. old collars and , The man wh o s t ops to count th e m il es tones only lengthens g jewels, of th e i r hi g h ran k , entered his journey, an d h e w h ose m i n d perpe t ua lly dwells upon the great hall of th e b u ildi ng soon after half pleasore only lenotliens the disf.ance between it and him.. past four o'clock, followed by a great number of craftsmen," in the conventi ona l li g h t bl ue and silver. Paid 100 fait ; that is the whole secret. If the thing that ~ lies nearest and most imperative .he- work, do that ; and . the result will lik ew i se b e somewhat of happiness. In each The Grand Master, having t a k en hi s seat on the throne, ease, and i n eac h case alike, if 3ou do . it when it is not the lodge was opened in solemn form, af;cr which p ra y er the thing y ou are called upon to do. not pl easur e, not was offered up by the Grand Chaplain. The Grand hanpiness, hut tslium, disappointment, an I self-reproach Superintendent of Works banded to the Grand Masterthe will be tla, result. That lofty birth, or boundless - we .Ith, need not and does not exempt anybodywhich was followed by an from t hi s plan of the buildings, rule, may be seen in the instance of Lord Stanley or . tion and statement in reference to the progress and com tbat Prince Paul Demidoff, of whose doings we gave letion of the buildings by the Chairman of the B u ildi ng ai account the oth er d ay, and who has iust sole} his pre- - p c:otia collection to letter the fortunes of s;mnstresses. In Committee. An anthem was then sung. The Grand fi.ct, the richer and the more potent pe 'e'ara, the more Master went through the formal ceremony of dedication, ~ .bvioos are the tasks waiting for them ( t ),P .3 )erform. The poor and lowly may be sometimes a little perplexed ; but assisted by his officers, and, having resumed his seat, 4 . declared the building dedicated to pure ancient masonry, the-, too, should do what is most pressing, and tl , opdressian lain be lifted from their heal- ' 'fbus le p s l e < ns t e ire universal charity, and benevolence._ Afterwards the new. V'hiell is really pleasure, and which everybody must desire, lf. J. Simpson, Grand Chaplain, delivered an oration. is that which anybody will find, as far as it can be found I by the very simple method of abstaining from solicitously Another anthem was sung, - at the conclusion of which the tucking it. . _. - _. • Grand Lodge was closed. • NORTHALLERTON. When the court rose on Wednesday -the result of the day's scrutiny was that six votes were taken off Mr. Button's majority, and that two were taken off the number polled by Mr. Johns, and one added. Three votes were at the same time declared doubtful. One of the doubtful votes had been refused fur Mr. Johns. Mr. Hutton'a aajority at the election wasl4. At Hastings the first witness for the petitioner was a man named Gallop, landlord of the Dorset Arms, Tivoli, and a voter. He stated that on different days he received instructions to provide certain men with refreshments, and to pay some of them 4s. a day for their time in attending the Revising Barrister's Court to prove their claims in Sep tember. The men had ale, porter, and cigars, the bill for which amounted to about £2. At his house there was a committee room. Alderman Clement was chairman of the committee, and Langridge was deputy chairman. Some of witness's charges were paid by Mr. Poole, and others by Langridge. When he sent in his account he had to divide it, charging part of it as election expenses and part of it to the regis tration committee. In answer to the judge, witness said he was not told to make out the accounts separately until after the election, when he sent them in as one bill.— Frederick Sisley said he was present at last witness's house about six weeks before the election, and saw refreshments provided, in the shape of ale, porter, and cigars. As the pots became empty they were refi.led by the landlord. He saw none of the things paid for. He had some beer himself. Witness had no vote.—William Hall, luggage porter, who voted for the Conservatives, said that he also was present at the Dorset Arms, and took part in the enjoyment of the good things there provided. Lang ridge took him by the shoulders and said, "You are all right, aren't you ?" To which he replied, " Yes ; I never flies from my colours for no man." He did not, however, tell him what his colours were.— William Kenward, gardener, gave evidence to the same effect.—Thomas Bean, labourer, a Conservative elector, said that Gallop and Langridge solicited his vote for the Liberal candidates. He told them he had promised the ether side. Thc day before the polling, Langridge came to him again, and said lie had a little job he could give him, and asked him who he intended voting for, and he said Cal thorpe and Thruston, upon which Langridge asked him to split his vote between Brassey and one of the Conservatives, but he declined, and he did not then get the job which had been promised him.— Thomas Knight, a butcher, said he saw Mrs. Brassey go into a beerhouse by the side door, and afterwards disco vered her in a back room with the landlady, andoverheard a conversation between them. The landlady said it bad been a bad time, and Mrs. Brassey said she would write her out a ticket for some blankets and coals. He alsosaw her put down some gold on the table. The door was locked, and what he saw he saw through some glass panes in the door. He heard Mrs. Erassey say, "I don't give you this for your husband's vote, but as you study soy husband's interest I shall study yours."-- John Brissenclen corroborated last witness as to Mrs. I THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL, 15, 1869. 1111SCEL LA PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS. —At Westminster PoEce.court on Wednesday, a sturdy-l oo ki ng man was charged with ' THE COKING CONTE T. Mr. Disraeli's amendments of the Irish Church begging. The magistrate took the opportunity of referring Bill having been thoroughly discussed, Ministerialists to a recent letter in th e Ti mes, i n wh i ch it was stated no expect that the measure will pass through the Commons even more rapidly than they had at first constable could interfe re w ith a b eggar unless given into hoped. They consider the amendments so absurd his charge by a ci v ili an , m r . A rno ld t oo k- occasion to and impracticable, they hold that Mr. Disraeli has correct that impression. If a policeman saw a vagrant bungled so tremendously, that every one of his in the act of begging, it was his duty to arrest him, and, proposals will be rejected by a large majority. More as a rule, such cases were dealt with in the absence of than that, they believe that his own party will be corroborative evidence. brgken up in consequence of the nature of the NEWS. A FATAL ACCIDENT. - At Clerkenwell, on Wednesday, a carman, named Stephen Ford, was charged with causing the death of a solicitor, named Ware, of Chard, Somerset shire, and Arthur-street, London Bridge. It appeared from the evidence that the accident was not dne to the prisoner, as the deceased fell under the wheels of his cart while in a state of intoxication. Ford was accordingly discharged. amendments. These ;virtually admit both disendow: ment and disestablishment, and so the "No Sur render" section, of whom Mr. Newdegate is the type, find themselves betrayed. At the same time the moderate section whom Lord Stanley represents, and who consider that a considerable portion of the funds ought to be taken f rom th e Church and applied to other than ecclesi astical uses, will be unable honestly t o support propositions which actually leave no surplus at all, if uv surplus ai even they do not make the Irish Church a creditor instead of a debtor. It is noteworthy, by the way, that both Mr. Newdegate and Lord Stanley were absent from the meeting at Lord Lonsdale's. Mr. Gladstone himself proposes some amendments to the bill, which, of course, do not involve any concession of principles, but are intended only to carry out those principles more effectually. According to the Owl, Ministers, after consideration of Mr. Disraeli's amendments, " confidently believe that by Whitsuntide the measure, without any material alterations, save what may arise from concession on their part, will be ready for presentation to the louse of Lords." THE ST. JAMES'S HALL MEETING. The lay meeting for protesting against the Irish Church Bill promises to be nearly as influential as the famous clerical demonstration of last year. In the place of the archbishop, bishops, and deans, on May 3, we are to have dukes, earls, viscounts, M.P.'s, and notable laymen. The Earl of Harrowby takes thee chair, and is to be supported by the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Abercorn the Marquis of Hamilton Viscount Sandon, M.P. or Liverpool; Sir Joseph Rapier the Hon. D. Plunkett, and Mr. J. C. Colquhoun. But though the attendants of the meeting stand so high, in raison d'être it is very far below the meeting over which the late Archbishop had to exercise his control. Then the question had hardly been discussed to the sill ; now the very name is weariness. Then the opinion of the country had ffot been tested, was hardly, perhaps, properly formed; now a House of Commons sits elected almost solely to deal with the Irish Church. THE KNIGHT OF KERRY ON THE IRISH CHURCH. The Knight of Kerry writes a very ingenious letter to the Times on the Irish Church question, referring generally to the disendowment scheme, and particularly to the question of tithes. He protests against the tax being used for other than religious purposes ; laying down as an incontrovertible propo sition " that if on any particular description of pro perty the State shall impose a special charge for a special purpose, so soon as the State shall decide that the special purpose shall no longer be maintained, the charge should in justice cease also." Sir P. Fitzgerald points out that in return for the charge the Protestant was pro vided with religious instruction. It was evidently unfair for the Roman Catholic to have to pay it because he could not attend the ministrations pro vided by it. But it is now equally unfair to require the Protestant to pay his money, and give him no adequate return. The lion. knight proposes instead that the tithes as such shall, after a manner, cease, but that provision shall be made for the pay ment by Roman Catholics to their Church, of Pro testants to theirs, of Dissenters to theirs. In effect the scheme is one for equal .endowment, the plan propounded by Dean Stanley and definitely accepted by no party in the State. MR. CHARLEY ON DISESTABLISHMENT. Mr. Charley, who told his constituents at Salford that he was sent into the world to be the scourge of Mr. Gladstone, writes to the :Telegraph explaining the policy of the Conservative party with reference to disestablishment. Our sanguine contemporary thought that the Tories had accepted disestablish ment. By no means, writes the agent of righteous vengeance; if they had, the party would be deserving of political annihilation. We will not, nor do we intend, to accept the principle of the bill. ,The rejection of the second clause, the very root of the bill, Mr. Disraeli proposes to omit altogether. RELIGIOUS SELFISHNESS. Some of the Low Church party in London are very angry because grants are made from the Bishop of London's Fund to all parties. The Low Church men think that they alone ought to receive the money. They forget that it is contributed to by High Churchmen as well, and that if these got nothing, they would give nothing. The loss of their gifts would be all bat fatal to the existence of the fund, if we are to judge from the disgracefully small collection made in behalf of the fund last Sunday at a very well-known fashionable 'West-end church, whereof one of the most popular preachers of the Low Church party is incumbent. ARCHBISHOP MANNING AND THE FENIAN PRISONERS. On Tuesday a deputation from the English Amnesty Committee waited on Archbishop Manniug,N to ask him to reconsider his decision not to allow petitions on behalf of the Fenian prisoners to lie for signature at the doors of the Catholic churches and chapels throughout London. The Archbishop, after hearing their arguments, said that his feelings and sympathies, were strongly in their favour. He distinguished political offences from all other forms of offence, and on the ground of profound sympathy with Ireland no one would be ready to go farther on behalf of those poor men than himself. He was only limited in that by his duty and his conscience. He promised to reconsider his decision, and to communi cate it to them in writing. If his reply should prove adverse to their wishes, he begged they would under stand that it was not in the end to be gained that they differed, but in the means which ought to be used. In the course of his address Dr. Manning said that when two years ago he had been asked to permit the same thing on behalf of two condemned prisoners he had told the applicants that they would do more wisely to dis engage themselves from the Catholic Church, and place themselves up on a muc h wider, because national, sympathy. In the present case he had expressed his sentiments in his letter to Lord Grey on the subject, and he had spoken in the same manner to the leading statesmen of the day. LAW REYORM. The Owl makes the important announeemeni that the first report of the Judicature Commission will very shortly be published. Among its recommendations will be found a proposal for the consolidation of ail the courts, both of law and equ ity, i n t o one supreme court, which will be divided, a ft er th e S cotch plan, into chambers or divisions. It w ill a l so propose that pleadings be simplified, and official refere es a tt ac h e d to the various courts as scientifi c assessors, f ollowing the recommendations of the Patent Law Commission of 1804. The Home Circuit is condemned, and the remodelling of other circuits is proposed. A now Court of Appeal is to be constituted to take the place of the Exchequer Chamber, Privy Council, and Chancery Appeal Courts. Lastly, all the recommendations of the House of Commons' Committee of last year on Common and Special Juries are . adopted. We believe that the most important features of this scheme are due to Lord Cairns. An attempt is to be made to obtain for the whole of the legal profession a share in the funds of the Inns of Court, which are now appropriated entirely by the barristers. To this end an inquiry will be urged into the nature of the grants under which the legal universities hold their property. NAVAL ITEMS. The Owl states that the flying squadron will leave England about the 10th of June for Bahia. where it will be joined by the Phoebe, from the West Indies ; thence to Rio de Janeiro, and on to the Cape of Good Hope, which it will leave about the end of September for Melbourne and Sydney, visiting New Zealand about the middle of January, reaching Japan in March, and Vancouver's Island at the end of April; thence home, touching at Honolulu, Tahiti, Valparaiso, and the Falkland Islands, so as to reach England by the middle of October .f next year. EMIGRATION. On Tuesday a remarkable scene took place at the St. Pancras Station of the Midland Railway, when a body of artisans and labourers took their departure for Canada. This movement was in continuation of an experiment made last year, when some artisans from the East-end were despatched to America. In consequence of a favourable report from Mr. Dixon, the emigration agent to the Canadian Government, the committee appointed for the purpose resolved to further the work this year. Great care was taken in the selection of the emigrants, the can didates being greatly in excess of the means of the committee. It was satisfactory to find that all the travellers were delighted at the prospect before them, and seemed full of confidence. As ninny as 3 9 7 persons started on Tuesday for the New World under the auspices of the committee. As the train left the station, a ringing cheer burst forth from the emigrants, which was returned from the crowd on the platform. A second party is expected to follow very speedily. wal, r innabracx and the Brenner rass. l ravellere will thus have an opportunity of seeing ona of the most beautiful portions of both Austrian and Italian Tyrol. The journey from Innsbruck to Verona over the Alps and down the valley of the Adige is, experto crede, very well worth taking. According to the Times correspondent, Mr. Johnson is preparing for his contemplated political campaign in Ten nessee, and has already entered into several speech-making engagements at various towns during April. His poli tical career is not ended. ments. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The debate on the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Act was resumed on the 20th March, Senator Thayer making a long speech. He modified his substitute to thirty days after the commencement of a session in which to receive the President's re port of the names of the removed, and the causes why, during the recess. The substitute was offered to get a direct vote for repeal. No good reason bad been given in the long debate why the act should not be repealed. It was passed to check a dishonest Pre sident, not to put manacles on an honest one. His knowledge of human nature told him that the Pre sident must desire the repeal, as would any Senator in his place. One of his owe reasons for desiring the repeal was that the President might be free to turn out the Johnson men and Copperheads still in office. The Senator from Missouri (i\lr. Schurz) had denounced the system of distributing patronage in the interests of a party as a curse ; but he (Mr. Thayer) believed the true doctrine to be that the patronage of the Government rightfully belonged to the party in power by the verdict of the people. He knew it was fashionable to decry this view, but he would like to see the Senator who did not seek to exercise the right of dispensing patronage to his friends. The man who would not do so would soon be without friends, and would deserve to be so ; and tha political party that refused to reward its own supporters and followers would soon go to the wall, and would deserve to do so. Senator Thurman knew of no Copperhead party ; the Senator meant the Deniocrats, and he could scarcely expect them to vote for the repeal as a means to facilitate the removal of their few office _holders. In his State (Ohio) there were but two in Federal posts ; both distinguished officers, and one with a wound that would afflict him for life. Senator Drake favoured repeal, but not suspension, which was but saying to the President, we will try you till nextsession, and he was not one that deserved such treatment. He also desired to see corrupt officers and those unfriendly to the Republican party turned out, for he was a party man, and as his party saved the country, and in power would promote its wel fare, he would use all Executive patronage in its support. Senator Morrill, of Vermont, would modify rather than repeal or suspend. Every Senator who had voted for the impeachment of President Johnson, on Article 111., had in that vote shown the judgment that, in violating this law, the President had violated the Constitution. How, therefore, could these Senators now vote for the repeal ? It was not passed as a temporary de vice, but as a permanent policy. He dissented from the last speaker with regard to Government patron age. It was unquestionably true that the party in power might at any time properly take to itself the chief offices of the Government, yet it was just as certain that the system whin changed every publi c office of Government at the end of every four years was a great evil. Senator Casserly said he thought the question was, in whom is vested the power of removal, arguing to show that it was not vested in the Senate, nor in the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, but in the President alone. Nor was this merely constitutional, but also the only reasonable view, as the sole means of insuring a faithful administration of public affairs. Regarding the doctrine implied in the Act as a dangerous heresy be would vote for an absolute repeal of the law. This closed the debate on the 20th ult., and the anti-repealers met in caucus on the 22d, in the hope that the repealers, without the Democrats being in a hopeless minority, would be committed by the resolution of the caucus. Grant and his friends went strongly for absolute repeal, and the hungry office-seekers raised a clamour for it in every part of Washington, as they believed it to stand between them and that for which their souls thirsted. It was proposed to suspend the law during Grant's term, but nothing less would satisfy the Grant party than total repeal, and those who favoured that finding it hopeless seceded amid a storm of excite ment. Another caucus was held in the afternoon, and the majority decided to send the bill and the amendments di. cussed back to the Judiciary Com mittee, in the hope that Grant might be prevailed on to accept a tro3ification. Considering the position in which the Senators who favoured the retention of the power conferred by the bill west p laced , their obstinacy showed how difficult it is to wrench power, from an assembly, even temporarily conferred. Here was a powerful President, in the height of his popularity who hail set his mind on its repeal, b hind him was a House of Representa tives which had voted almost unanimously for a total repeal ; around them were crowds of office-seekers clamouring for them to give way, leaving the Pre sident's hands free to create vacancies and to give them the posts. When we reflect on the position with the, knowledge we have that this bare majority in the end overcame all opposition, and actually carried off the bone, in spite of the world and the best men of their own body, we are surprised at the strength with which such a clique can fight. Oa the 24th Senator Trumbull, from the Committee on Judiciary, reported the bill as follows : e An act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices,' passed March 2, 180, be and the same are hereby repealed, and in lieu of said repealed sections the following are hereby enacted: "That every person holding any civil office to which he has been, or hereafter may be, appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall have be come duly qualified to act therein, shall be entitled to hold such office during the term for which he shall have been appointed, unless sooner removed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by the appointment, with the like advice a bd consent, of a successor in his place, , ex cept as herein otherwise provided. " Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That during any recess of the Senate the President is hereby empowered in his discretion to suspend any civil officer appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, except Judges of the United States Courts, until the end of the next ses sion of the Senate, and to designate some suitable person, subject to b e removed in his discretion by the resignation' of another, to perform the duties of such susrp'ended officer in the meantime, and such person so designated shall take the oaths, and give the bonds required by law to be taken and given by the suspended officer, and shall, during the time he performs his duties, be entitled to the salary and emoluments of such officer, no part of which shall belong to the officer - suspended. And it shall be the duty of the President within 30 days after the commencement of each session of the Senate, except for any office which in his opinion ought not to be filled, to nominate persons to fill all vacancies iu office which existed at the meeting of the Senate, whether temporarily filled or not, and also in the place of all officers suspended, and if the Senate during such session shall refuse to advise and consent to an ap pointment in tko place of any suspended officer, and shall also refuse by vote to assent to his suspension, then, and not otherwise, such officer at the end of the session shall be entitled to resume the possession of the office from which he was suspended, and afterward to discharge its' duties and receive its emoluments as though no such suspension had taken place." Various motions were made to defeat the Bill, but in vain. On the morning of that day the Republi can Senators had again met in caucus to hear the report, and had agreeci-on the amendment known as the Conkling modification. It had been submitted to the President by a s ub - committee, to whom Gen. Grant bad stated that his principal objection to the law was the provision preventing him from making removals during the recess of the Senate. As the proposed modification contained none of the features to which he objected he was satisfied with it, and hoped there would be no further. 'delay. Hence the vote was now a foregone conclusion, the chief difficulty being removed. A debate, however, followed, which was made remarkable by the sayings of Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island' , A few days before be had expressed an opinion against the pre ponderance in Congress of men of one profession, as unfitting it to control the appointing power of the President. Though he had'earefully avoided reference to any individual, Senator Nye had attacked him, he said, personally in reply, and raised a laugh in the galleries. Turning to,that quarter, the Sena tor remarked he felt justified in addressing to them a few words. They were better clothed than the masses, but each might judge for himself whether ere was more virtue Onder these gaudy habili- He did not NV *der that they laughed at is warning. " The teaching of tholiast had educated them to make ght of serious things, and had made them of a frivolous, hougbtless, senseless disposition. They reminded him of he idiotic inmate of a burning dwelling, who laughed at he warning and perished in the flames. He would, IADVERTISEMENT.] —Hollo wa y' s Pill s.— Enjoyrn Ant an a Life.—When the blood is pure, its circulaticn perfect, 00 0 the nerves in good or d er , we are well. 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Or Glnnox—Simstn.—On the 14th inst., at Saint Paureloce, vent Garden, Henry Gibbon of No. 6, Clarendon-9 1 0 Maidstone, t o L ou i se, youngest (laughter of the late Skinner, of Clivo House, Loose, Kent. 11 04 iluonEs —WARD—On tlii 14th inst., at Croydon, 'lv/ Lund Hughes, Esq., of St. Leonard's, Mortlake, to I' v ot' both, fifth daughter 'of f the late Joseph Ward, Esq. , hill House, Epson; Surrey. • Deaths. el GRIEVE —On th e 13 t h i nst pa , at Kilburn, William .- Gtieve, Esq., aged 75. • r HUGIIES - on the 12th lust , at hit residence, Stl llllf °a/ bill, Isaac H ug h es, aged 49. , ; „toV SCOTT-011 the 13th inst , Mrs. Mark Scott, of SA'l" in-Craven, a ge d 64. • .ondon : Printed and Published by WILLIAM AND 1' .1 5 of No. 112, Stra n d, P r i n t er , at Two SUN Oftics, ri° 4t ru" Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy In the CO' Middiesei.--Thureday, Aptil 15, 1809. THE OVERLAND ROUTE. The French Government has outwitted itself. 13y its interposing vexatious delays in the way of passengers travelling over Mont Cenis, and, so seeking to check the rivalriei between Brindisi and Marseilles as ports for travellers on the overland route, other Govern ments have been induced to offerfaciliti6..Arrange ments are complete, and the requisite conventions have been signed for running a through train, without a change of carriages, from Ostend to grip- TRADES UNIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT. The Telegraph announces that the Government has declined to take any legislative action upon the report of the Trades - Union Commission, but that it has given its support to a measure which has been introduced by Messrs. Hughes and Mundella. This bill was issued yesterday. It contains sixteen clauses, repeals the Combination Acts, and gives protection to the funds of unions. In the place of the Combi nation Acts the bill makes associations for the corn sion of offences against the common law illegal. Various other alterations are made with the object of giving greater freedom to the unions, and facility for registration. TEE CORN DITTY. Mr. Frederick S. Corrance, the hon. member tor East Suffolk, is very angry with Mr. Lowe for seeking to repeal the duty on corn. After claiming to be the promoters of free trade, the Conservatives could not in all conscience raise again the cry of " Protection.' Mr. Corrance does not do so, but argues that the proposed repeal will not benefit the consumer. If it simply goes to increase the incomes of corn dealers, Mr. Lowe is legislating for a class, and doing harm lo the community. This, Mr. Corrance says, he is doing ; and, writing to the Times, calls upon the payers of income tax to protest against it. CAPITAL PUNISIBIENT. The first session of the Householders' Parliament is not to pass without an attempt to procure the aboli tion of capital punishment. M r . Gilpin, Mr. Had field, Mr. M.Laren, and Sir John G ra y h ave prepare d a bill on the subject, which seeks to substitute a life sentence for the one of death. Th e case o f Wilt shire. who, while in prospect of death a week thence, attempted to murder his warder, is not likely materially to aid these reformers. 3IISCELLANEOITS. The Marquis Cadorna has accepted the post of Italian Minister in. London,, after it had been refused by the Marquis Pepoli and Signor Minghetti. --Jr Mr. Costa, the musical com poser, is to be knighted, by way of compensation, we suppose, for ceasing to conduct the opera.— The Albert Medal, of the second class, has been conferred upon Mr. James Crowden, one of the chief officers of Coastguard in Scotland, for great gallantry displayed in saving life on more than one occasion.—Mr. Wilfrid S. Blunt, of the Legation at Berne, is to be married to Lady Ann Noel, only daughter of the Earl of Lovelace, and granddaughter of Lord Byron ; and Mr. Hard castle, M.P., to th e e ld es t d au ghter of th e l a t e L or d Campbell. TEE DURATION OF FUTURE WARS. Colonel Hamley's letter denying that future wars will be short, has attracted some attention, and has been much criticised. Those who deny his conclu sions point to the great preparations which have been made of late for battle both on land and sea, call attention to the various improvements and the wonderful inventions which will in future make war so very terrible, and ask if the blow when struck will not be one of such tremendous impact that the nation which receives it must inevitably collapse. To this Colonel Ilamley replies that it will be absurd to deny that a strong Power will be able to subdue a weak one more speedily ; but he did not refer to an unequal contest in saying that wars would still be long ones. Ile illus trated his meaning by speaking of France and Prussia. I f either of them endea voured to give the tremendous blow, the other would be ready to ward it off, and to strike back again with more effect on the exhausted adversary. What, then, is the use of these great improvements The answer is obvious. War cannot be controlled beforehand by agreement as to what weapons may be used. Each belligerent must obtain and use the best it can get ; otherwise it would be better perhaps to have less destroying arms. Or it would be as well to have the question fought out by a duel, by the most expert swordsman on each side. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The little bill of the Bombay Government against our own for managing the Abyssinian expedition amounts to 6,809,000. Of this modest sum £3,230,000 is charged for the hire and fitting up of transports, and £850,000 for coals, commissariat. and stores. FOREIGN NOTES. SUCCI3S OF THE CUBIN INSURRECTION. re the Spanish Cortes, on Monday, Marshal Serrano, in reply to a question, acknowledged that the Government had received unfavourable news from Cuba. The situa tion was becoming worse. The great distance of the island from Spain, the emptiness of the Spanish Treasury, the rugged nature of the country, and the aid given by the Americans, are doing their work. The Spanish Government is 'evidently preparing to part with the pearl of the Antilles. TEE POPE'S JUBILEE. The Queen of England, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia were amongst the non-Catholic sovereigns who sent messages of congratulation to the Pope on the occasion of his jubilee. In the list of Catholic sovereigns occurs the name of the " Empress of Mexico." On Monday his Holiness received more than fifty telegrams of congratulatio n from the principal dioceses, convents, or Catholic committees abroad. The Nuncio at Madrid forwarded the compliments of the chiefs of the Spanish Government. In the morning the Pope visited the hospice of Santa Anna, and prayed in the church where he celebrated his first mass; then he received several of the older pensioners of the establishment. In the evening his Holiness went to St. Agnes Withoutthe Walls, where a memorable accident occurred on the 12th April, 1855. In returning, the Pope passed through the city, which was splendidly illuminated in commemoration of his return from Gaeta on the same date in 1850. The Osserratore says that enthusiastic ovations greet his Holi ness everywhere. He is in excellent health. The German Catholics have been conspicuous in their demonstrations of respect on this occasion. 'Very large donations of money have come from Germany. An address has likewise been sent. This monster testimonial is signed by the King of Saxony and his family, fourteen other princes, 150 nobles, and about one million names of lesser note. The sheets on which these signatures are written have been bound in a magnificent volume. THE STRIKE IN BELGIUM. g, near Liege, still continues. The great strike at Serain The men employed on some of the minor works have resumed their duties, but those engaged in the Messrs. Cockerell's establishment still hold out. Bands of workmen bang about the village, but no further dis turbances have taken place. A strong military force, under the command of a general, is on the ground. The Inclependance Beige says that symptoms of a settlement present themselves. When the affair is at end, we may, perhaps, learn the cause of it, for at present it is a mys tery. The reports of men killed seem to be incorrect, for hitherto but one man has died of his wounds. ENGLISHMEN LET PARActiAx. Mr. Lowe's amusing allusion in his Budget speech to a poisible "war with Paraguay" must have been half serious. At all events it seems that some British subjects are detained by Lopez against their will, and an attempt is to be made to rescue them. According to the latest intelligence, Lopez had fled to the Cordilleras mountains, and a column of Brazilians was preparing to follow him. Captain Parsons, of the gunboat Beacon, with a strong body of marines, intended to accompany this expedition in order to rescue the captive Englishmen. It is probable that an eminent Paraguayan citizen will assume the Presidency of the vanquished Republic. Nobody knows What has become of General MacMahon, the American representative in Paraguay. MISSIONARIES IN CHINA. Mr. Berger, the honorary director of the Inland China Mission, furnishes the Times with a detailed account of the missionary ou t rage a t Yangchow. But though the particulars are given at greater length by Mr. Berger, he has nothing substantially new to report. He argues that the missionaries were not responsible for the dis turbances. The Chinese population are hostile to foreigners, but not to the extent of violence. It is when excited by priests and others in superior stations of life that they become excited, and give vent to their feel ings. The outrage at Yangchow was wholly caused by he Chinese literati and military officials. From the time that the missionaries entered Yangchow up to the date of the disturbances—about a month—the missionaries bad not commenced any public efforts, nor had they preached against the religion of the people, nor renderedthemselves obnoxious. The "literati," who fear that if Christianity spreads in China the religion of Confucius will he de stroyed, excited the people to the " siege " of the mis sionaries' house. It is unnecessary to repeat the rest of the story. Mr. Berger's narrative is in no respect likely to influence public opinion. It is quite natural that the and the governing classes in China generally, should be jealous of the introduction of a faith which they think likely to weaken their authority. It is natural t ►hey should enlist the people on their side. These p judiees should not be violently thrust aside—indeed, th y cannot be—but gradually overcome. Hence it would be wise if the missionaries followed in the hack of trade and c:vilisation. But if they decline to du this, they must — not expect armed intervention. MR. ANDREW JOHNSON. The of-President of the United States is out of danger, and recovering. Ho has, however, been very seriously ill from neuralgia and calculus. But he holds that "there is a rood deal of life in me vet." And so it anneal% ICE. THE TENURE-OF-OFFICE ACT. ____,—....--..,,,---- ,tB nevertheless, repeat his warning. The affuirs o f the country were being mismanaged and ruined by n le , n , the class he had spoken of before. The people a P,,,lf e land would not tolerate such a state of things. ' 1 0 men who controlled the affairs of England—Glads. and Disraeli —w ere not lawyers, they were men of vitae culture, with the i ns ti ncts of statesmen, fit to con tro the destinies of a great nation. He bad felt dee Pif y interested in the Success of the Republican 111‘t, in the past, an d h ad contributed to it, he tlong„ei as much in character, and' a good d ea l more in ni; ,0 than other Se na t ors ; i ndeed 0 , he believed -1 contribution of the l a tt er ki nd had been greater wlte e f those of all the other Senators combloed. When a war broke upo n th e people without warning, and f°l- , to them unprepared, he had been among the first to rush o the support of th e G overnment; but now there Suess great danger pendi ng, an d he felt it his duty to warn tio people of it. Il e rea d a long account of the character and career of the notorious Judge Jeffreys and a t ri condition of England i n hi s time, which, he said, Was s : e 4 I.ke the conditi on o f t hi s country at the present time. -- '`' r )ears ago America had come out of a great civil 0, Since that time the great work of Congress had been or should have been, to restore harmony and proal 3Qr . ' k to the country. How had that work been ett vi r , on? Is there, he asked, peace at the South? Is ° f e e / 1 prosperity or contentment among the people th e- ? Are they not rather in a state of chronic re volutie s t Is th e r e j us ti ce , i n the land? Who that is A P;jo man dare att ac k ono that is rich in any collet la t f, laud? Is there protection for the rights or liberties ~ the citiz en i n t hi s b oasted land of freedom ? The iln,W,lt gration to thi s country had fallen off 30,000 during the ', 6 " 4 i year, and would con ti nue to fall off, because the,indtl and agriculture of th e country were so prostrated at 1,„ West that immigrants could not find remunerative ployment, and if th ey went to farm in the West °e' could not sell th e i r pro d ucts for enough to supply °feat le with the necessaries of life. WLonever any one in " s , Senate, or elsewh e r e , as k e d the reason of the dere sion of our commerce and manufactures, he was °tbe to be met with th e answer that it was owing to .. fact that we were rot paying specie ; but the real re''f son was that the legislation and. the administratio n the Government wore so shaped as -to encourage n q o l o j k tel to sp ecu l a t e upon every industrial oCcupan f d , Ir in the country. If t hi s course was to be centinuect in less than fi ve years there would be a clamour lig I a tariff to keep out foreign cotton. But great as /s h . the mismanagement o f our national affairs in every."-. partment, the g rea t es t a b uses were in our financial rilr o: e ; That policy w as di rec t e d and controlled by the banke r They no doubt gave as goo d advice as they could; experience had always shown that dealers in ran ae knew little o r no thi ng a b out the ' relations of moaef to other occupations and interests. The bearing of all t l e upon the pending bill was this : -If the legislators et t 0 country had done th e i r own work so badly, how Ou they dare to assume t h e powers and duties of the &eerf tive also ? He had wished for and aided in the e l e ction ,o General G rant t o th e P res i dency, because he believed tub e he (}.resident Gra n t) h a d not b een contaminated 1:1 ':i i politicians, and had tho capacity required to see threso bo and defeat th e i r machinations. He had listened to t inaugural add ress w i th intense interest, and had be e n pleased by th e P res id ent ' s expression of his purpose `o v ~,,t independent in the di sc h arge of his official duties; v, when he heard the passa ge asser ti ng the sacredness Of I.' i , public debt, he had gone away disheartened and sortnc ful, because it h a d s h own him that the canker that 1)°,1 sossed the Ameri can b o d y politic had got poss6ssies jog the President also. Still he was not without hoPe• , hoped that th e P res i dent would yet discover the W e: error into which hal advisers had l e d him, and would t ni , away from this policy as from a charnel-house. W riti '„% interesting- biographlcal sketch of himself, Mr. spr s b u finished his speech." The vote foll owe d , s h owing 37 Senators for the "lids or as amended, aga i nst 15, all the minority being mocrats, including the Republican Senators Fessell; den, Grimes, Al'Donald, R oss, Sprague and War / 4 , and the bill was passed. Its defeat in the IlOuso "ej due principally to Benjamin Butler, who canvas s earnestly, while strongly opposed by Bingh tir9 ;e ; a member also o f th e J ud i ciary Committee, to ivb7o the bill was r e f erre d ; b ut it was asserted t " Butler and Lo gan h a d been, and were, supported" ,„ ' / the President. B ut l er bad been twitted by B ilig ; barn for joining th e Democrats, but that par t' went with Bi ng h am i n voting Butler down, 0 def he d he endeavoured t o get hi s motion carried 10.0 i the previ ) u s quest i on, a n d this enabled him I vi iio effect to r e t or t . J u d ge Noah Davis made '1), O. maiden spe ec h as a mem b er of the House, 31), ' arguing for ab so l u t e repea l . The fight was fined to the R epu bli can party, the Democrats 5 39 inn little, though voting in a body fur But motion, by whi c h th e H ouse refused to - eone l in the Senate's amendment. As our reader's ho of the the majority f or t h e original bill was 99 against 71/1",,, but on a Joint Committee of Conference being #a1)10- ;:ii pointed, it was rep o rted back substantially 'as - I adopted by the Senate, and passed by both llouseo of Cong ress th us modified; the news received tbct week being that the President bad signed it, an it had therefore become law. Senator Nye' s rep l y i n defence of the lasvi-i erg , which Senator Sprague termed a personal atta . c greatly amuse d the galleries, and was the comic lijoi cident of the d e b ate, setting aside the most corsifr, all Senato r S prague ' s speech. He alluded to l'' Sprague as th e B oanerges from Rhode Island. "Lett it never ente r th e S enator ' s mind that the danger ,no o to a Republi c li es i n the direction of knowing '—g much. Danger Resin the dire c ti on o f not knowi lj enough. And aga i n, " sa i d Senator Nye, " I hope e , the honourable Senator's forebodings will cos se t The lawyers will n o t h urt him. If he does not sca n I b e to use them they w ill not charge any fees, andl it does they will not c h arge h i m enough to Mal° felt by him." A Deputy of the C o rt es , now s i tting in Mau6ct 74 .4 . has called for p a p ers re l a ti ng t o t h e i ntroduction into S Y of goods for commerce by the Hon. John P. Hale, u O- 0 his diplomatic franchise as American Minister, The re , probably no good f e eli ng t owar d s Mr. Hale in t h a t s 9 sombly. • 0 OFFICE-SEEKING IN AMERICA. The place-bunters have laid President Grant up. The American ruler has had f3ur weeks of " power," and he has found, indeed, that " uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." His Cabinet has been rudely assaulted, the Senate has maintained a disagreeable contest about the tenure of Office Law,.and members of Congress have con tinually badgered the unfortunate general. But worse than all this is the plague of office-seekers. A vast crowd of parasites of every station in life, and candidates for every gradation of place, besiege the President and all his Cabinet. There are seekers for private secretaryships, and negro women applying for clerkships. In one day the collector at New York received 13,191 applications. 715 were for one post. The aid of the police was called in to protect this u iliappy man from the mob. The President was unwell for three days, but some of the office-seekers forced their way through all barriers, and laid their appeals before the man who vows he will never again pass through the first month of Presidency. THE WORKING CLASSES OF NEW I'ORK. The New York Times has an exhaustive article on this subject, one daily rising in importance, as thereis no city wherein "strikes" are more general or likely to cause more mischief, as may bo seen from the following account from the Philadelphia Ledger : "The German cabinetmakers of New York have struck for an advance of wages. In that city there are 107 shops, in which the cabinetmakers, num bering about 2,500, and belonging to an associa tion, are employed. The journeymen are now earn ing from eighteen to twenty dollars per week. The strike is for a general advance of about 15 per cent. The men employed in each shop, however, will de termine the price to be paid. The gas and steam fitters of New York, it is stated, will on March 22d strike for an increase of fifty cents upon the pre sent rate of wages, $2 50c per day. The stone rubbers' strike in New York still continues, the un employed men being supported by the hands who have work. The printers' strike in New York is not yet settled ; eight bosses decline a3ceding to the demands of the men, and it is asserted that the men must establish a co-operative printing estab lishment, in order to obtain the contracts now held 13, The h h e e e r m i e p h l o a y r e e rs. b ' e ' e re T i h e e g /V r e i e w h e Y r, o rk 7i the ep ieneers poorer,'says : is the graphic expression by which Commissioner Wells, of the Internal Revenue Service, pictured the condition of the American people generally. In no part of the country has wealth more rapidly accumulated and concentrated in the hands of the few, or poverty become so general and extended, as in this city. Nowhere are the poor becoming more rapidly poorer than in the wealthiest city of the Union. This is, as some argue, undoubteJly due to the fact that, against all reason and their own interests, the labouring classes insist on adopting mechanical rather than agricultural pursuits, and, in search of occupation in these branciails, crowd in'o large cities, instead of remaining in the rural districts, where, if wages are less, the cost of living is also proportionately less. The labour market of many mechanical branches in this city is often glutted—there is no denying that ; and at this time of numerous strikes in various branches of industry this over-supply of labour is a principal source of trouble and the cause of the non-success of many strikes. But, aside from this fact, there are other causes affecting the prosperity of the most skilful labourers, who are in the greatest demand, and which tend to keep all grades of the working classes in poverty ; so that while the general prosperity of the country increases with the grati fying rapidity of past periods, the majority cf the mechanics are not so prosperous as they were before the war. In a few of the less crowded and most active trades workmen are realizing profitable wages as compared with the ante-war rates. For instance, a goodly-number of coopers are doing about as well at $24 per week as they did in 1860 at $9 per week ; but there are three times as many shoemakers as coopers in this city, and these are half-starving on $l2 where they got $9 before the war. The plasterers and brick layers, in this time of active building operations are making more money at $3O per week now than they did in 1860 at $lO and $l2, but ten times as many tailors are losing money and living poorly at $2O instead of the $l4 which they received before the war. Our careful inquiries and observations into this subject, while revealing that a few of the trades requiring skilled workmen are paying profit able rates, and a few others are affording what are living, but barely living wages, the majority of the trades, and those employing the vast majority of working men, are conducted by employers at star vation wages to the workmen. From the elaborate and valuable table which accompanies this article, and which has been compiled with great care, em bracing the comparative wages of all the principal trades, computed in various articles of constant and necessary domestic use, it will be seen that-1. Bricklayers, carpenters, coopers, masons, plas terers, printers (daily), stair-builders, tin-roofers, are receiving comparatively profitable wages—an average of $26 10c. weekly. 2. Blacksmiths, bookbinders, brassfoundeis, painters, printers, (book), slate-roofers, tailors, are receiving barely living wages —an average of $2O 57c. weekly. 3. But the vast army of bakers, boiler-makers, cabinet makers, engineers, iron-moulders, labourers (com mon), machinists, paper-stainers, shoemakers, tin workers, are receiving starvation wages—an average of $l6 10c. per week. Thus it will be seen that while a few trades, giving employment to a few workmen only, are prosperous, or, at least, well to-do, the majority employing large numbers of mechanics, are unprofitable. That the cost of living has advanced about 90 per cent., while the advance in wages has been only about 60 per great majo rityeent ~ of and the t p h e a e t r , a a s r ae becoming o e n e e s e g n c p e e , o t r h e e r. The most reliable statistics collected by individuals and asso ciations interested in the vital questions of work and wages and the welfare of the working classes fully corroborate the figures and sustain the theory of Commissioner Wells. The secretary of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, in a report of its operations of 1868, calls attention to the evidence of increased destitution among all classes of working men, including the skilled labourers and some professional men. He says :—" Notwithstanding the high wages for labour, the seemingly ample remunerations of in dustry have failed to put the labouring class in so favourable a position as they possessed before the advance of wages in 1860. The present large wages compared with those in ante-war times are consumed by the exorbitant expenses of livings leaving a smaller margin for accumulation than when wages were lower. The purchasing power of their earnings in many cases, even with full em ployment, is scarcely equal to their expenses, so that they have little or nothing in advance. Hence, when labour slacks or fails, they are brought to suffering, and to dependence on charity. This readily explains box , it is that so many of the tem perate, the frugal, and industrious, are brought , into straits and need temporary aid, and it shows, moreover, why large demandd for relief are acquired at a time when ,both th e capital arid industry of the country are in a broad view tending to resume theii wonderful career of progress and development. In looking over thezvisitors' returns, among the recip i i c e .s nts La of relief we find persons representing almost every industrial of bothan d a exe: professionala and m e pursuit ba n b f form r i n o g f persons con stitute,; of course, the great billk of the needy ; but there are also two artisifs, civil engineers, school teachers, mwie teachers,' merchants, ministers, physicians, lawyers, missignaries, tract distributors, Bible readers, and others of similar culture and moral grade." The &atb of a vert well-known gentleman is 'announcPd. Sir Edward , Cutard, the head of the firrn -which owns the celebrated steamship line, died suddenly in New York of heart diseam. His wife died two years ago as suddenly. To the last ho regularly attended his office, working as hard and keeping the same hours as his clerks. 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