The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-13 00:00:00

limn O THE PUBLIC, JOURNALS, What we lately said, remarks the Times, with respect to the disposition of the French Government towards the (Ecumenical Council receives full confirmation. Our latest intelligence states that the Emperor Napoleon's Ambasador Acme, the Marquis de Banneville, has presented a Note !NM the Minister of Justice at Paris, representing that to proclaim the infallibility of the Pope, would T;d inopportune at the present moment, both from a .1.:1-rious and from a political point of view, and hinting that, if the Papal Government were V?_a 7'144 . to insist upon. a measure, it might lead ._ those terms of the Concordat France to withdraw from which bind that power to the holy See. Important declarations to the same effect had been made already in the account of the relations of the French Government with foreign States laid before the world in the so-called Yellow-book. We must now see what the next step on the part of Rome will be. The French Note—and all the world ought to be thankful for it—brings the question of the (Ecumenical Council into the smallest possible com pass, for, according to all the information we receive, the Pope, and those in his immediate circle, were, till now, resolutely bent on giving the dogma of infallibility the utmost emphasis and signifi cance, and the Liberal party in the French and German Episcopate, backed by the civil power in their respective States, were equally determined to resist this latest encroachment of the Papacy to the uttermost ; so that the proceedings of the Council begin now to assume an interest which at first they seemed scarcely likely to possess. The Council, however, is, indirectly at least, France's own work. It is to French bayonets that the Pope is indebted for his throne, and the Council for its place of safe meeting. Will it be in the Emporor's power to avert the consequences of his own work ? Will his Note be sufficient to uphold the terms of the Concordat —to gua rantee the rights of civil legislation and the interests of knowledge in opposition to the "word of eternal truth," against a Church which boasts of being "stronger than Heaven itself ?" The answer to these questions is obvious. Without the " miracles " of the Chassepot, whero was the Pope's strength ? Only let the Chassepots depart, and let us sec what kind of garrison the 903 bishops in council assembled would form for Rome. The Standard declares that the Duke of Abercorn's speech at Belfast on Wednesday is a masterly indictment against the Irish policy. of the present Government. He truly points out that it has come to this in Ireland, that every demand is coupled with a threat of rebellion. It is not merely that we have lawlessness ruling all through the country, but even the men who address the Government and Parliament say, "If you don't give us this or more, woe betide British rule in Ireland," and this state of affairs he traces to the language of Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues. The total disorder of public opinion that puts treason into the mouths of the petitioners of the Crown and Parliament, is, perhaps, even more striking than the lawlessness which prevails in every relation of life. Coming from whence it might the Duke of Aber corn's retrospect of public affairs would deserve attention. Coming from this nobleman its significance is remarkably enhanced. The men of Ulster believe that it is well for them to be part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain —that if many things are not as they would wish—are not yet as they hope to see them—the Irish people have yet many advantages in the rule, and may win still more, and, in close connection with this country, vindicate for themselves a position amongst the family of nations which otherwise it would be impossible for them to achieve. It is on such considerations as these that Englishmen wish tci see their rule in Ireland founded. Had it not been for Radical policy, it is such considerations that would long since have reconciled us to all sections of the Irish people. It is the section of the Irish people to whom these sentiments of wise patriotism belong who, through the mouth of the Duke of Abercorn, allege, with a just right, "the government of Mr. Gladstone in Ireland has been a signal and disastrous failure," The Peninsular and Oriental Company, says the Post more, perhaps, than any other body, must be affected for good or evil by the opening of the Suez Canal. This mag nificent shipping company, which is, in its completeness and proportions, an honour to the nation, has of late, like the rest of the world, been contending with adverse cir cumstances. The Government screwed it down in its contracts to the lowest possibie pitch ; a foreign Govern ment highly subsidised a line of steamers competing with it; and the slackness of trade it naturally felt severely. With regard to the conveyance of passengers and mails, the Suez Canal will, we learn, be of no assistance to the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Even if the evident risk of steamers sticking in the Canal were obviated, the much greater rapidity of transit across the Isthmus by the railway would commend itself too forcibly to the Postmaster-General and to the v., tsv 1 5 uvi ca v; tllc lA/ the day will come when the Peninsular and Oriental Company will be permitted to send their mail steamers at nearly full speed through the Canal is probable enough, and a great advantage it will be to them to be enabled to do so. But many years must elapse before this desirable end is arrived at, and in the meantime the great company must be content to disembark its mails and passengers at Alexandria and Suez. The Daily News thinks that it is one of the healthy signs of Protestantism that on all hands there is a rising discontent with the exclusion of the laity from eccle siastical affairs. The new diocesan organisations unite clergy and laity in Church work, and the bishops who are adopting them are distinctly recognising the congregations as having rights as well as duties. Even in parochial work lay help is being sought, and the organisation of lay agency is one of the most hopeful movements of the time. The more the Church rouses herself to do her true work, the more does the theory which makes the clergy a ruling caste break down. These circumstances gave significance to the concluding proposals of the Rev. J..C. Ryle on Church Reform. His final letter deals with the position of the laity, and Mr. Ryle, probably cor rectly, describes the feeling of the Evangelical party in saying that in nothing is a thorough reform so needful as in the position of the laity in the Church of England. Mr. Ryle speaks of the present position of laymen in Church affairs as the " damnosa haereditas " bequeathed from Rome. Mr. Ryle truly says, " the very last thing we clergy possess is a judicial mind;" and he protests with all his heart against trying ecclesiastical suits before clerical judges, and prays, as most laymen do. " From exclusively clerical tribunals may the Church of England ever be delivered. , In short, Mr. Ryle boldly advocates the institution of popular rule for personal rule, and a mixed government for clerical government, in all ecclesiastical affairs. The Telegraph observes that one of the greatest Judges —possibly the greatest Judge England has ever seen—a predecessor of the present Lord Chief Justice, was called upon about a century ago to settle the law re garding bills of exchange and commercial tramuwtions of that description. The matter was quite beyond the com petence of our old feudal lawyers, but it had to be settled once for all, or England could not have remained a great commercial nation. So now with reference to these modern companies —with the ill-defined liabilities of parties, we have to cons id er what directors can do and what they can lea '.re undone without rendering themselves amenable to the, criminal law. When people are once aware that theiz: own prudence must protect them, inasmuch as the lav, cannot, they will be very cautious how they give up tY,eir interests to enterprises which do not offer satisfac tory guarantees of honesty and stability. If that is the truth, let us be told it, and we shall know what we are about. At present we labour under what is possibly a delusion— namely, that the directors of these great enterprises which have grown up under the law of Limited Liability, are criminally responsible for their acts. In a rough way we imagine that directors who publish false balance sheets, and thereby induce the public to become share holders, are subject to the criminal law. The most modest households in the kingdom, equally with the grea t es t capitalists' are deeply interested in the is s u e o f thi s great trial. Whether the result is due to the imprudence of the public, ar to the defective condition of the law, or to both causes, the fact remains, that through the operation of these associations a calamity as great as any which could bo inflicted by war, by pestilence, or famine, fell upen the land. Take up a list of ruined shareholders, and try to find out what has become of them and of their families; pursue a similar process with the lists of all the ruffled depositors and insurers ; and it will be found that we have not even coloured the simple truth. It is doubt ful if a greater responsibility has ever rested upon the shoulders of an English Judge than that which rests with the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn. It is a turning point in - his own great career, and we doubt not that he will be found equal to the task-. The Herald refers to the settlement of the Egyptian question, and say's that Egypt is quite unable to contend in arms against the Porte. Whatever future may be in store for her, she is at present a dependency of Turkey, and only in that lir;:it is she recognised by the Great Powers of the world. There is not one of those Powers which / 3,, e8 its way at present to do anything to aid the Egyp tian Vienroy in throwing off an allegiance which, in the present condition of the country. is a guarantee o,C rernianence rather than a cause of weakness. We tick `not deny that Egypt has made immense strides cL, Late. Her government and her civilisation are being aP.similated to the Eurolean model. The overland rout , Pritish India, and the nilway across the desert, have made her a great centre of the connueree and progress of thp world. The discovery, by English enterprise, of the lakes and upper streams of the Nile, and the expeditions unJer Sir S. Baker against the slave-bunting tribes those countries, are opening up for her benefit a mighty ,tlonlinion in Central Africa. The Canal across the Isthmus of Suez, which bids fair to be a success, may make her a link between the Eastern and Western worlds, and tree; on her soil a mart of exchange fer the products of all nations. A great future seems in store fur the land which *a's the mother of all lands, and whose history laughs to scorn the traditions of Babylonian empire. Not the less Is it becoming in the rulers of Egypt to bide their time, ?end. await the development of events, to allow their country in its rejuvenescent or modern phase to go through • Its - period of pupilage till it is strong, and of age to cast =.;ff its swaddling clothes with the consent of all. For the iiresent, and probably for some time to come, Egypt is province_ of Turkey, _and there is peace in the East. COMPANIES LY CHANCERY The claims of the Oriental Commercial Bank (Limited); and the Eastern Commercial Bank, against the European Bank, were again under the consideration of Vice-Chan cettlirMalins, on Saturday. • The summons, which was adjourned from Chambers raised the question of the right to certain bills of exchange drawn by the agent of the European Bank in 1868, accepted by the Bank, and now held by the Eastern Commercial. The European, and the Oriental Commercial aro both in liquidation ; but it was stated that the former was now able to ray 20s. in the pound,. From the statements made, it appeared that after the failure of the European Bank, a firm of merchants, who held the bills of value, sold them to Demetrio Fappa, who was then managing director cf the Eastern Commercial Bank ; and who sold to that company the day after its incorporation in 1867, the eight bills for £l,OOO for the sum of £BOO. But Dcmetrio Fappa had previously been manager of the Oriental Commercial, and they now olnimed the bills, alleging that they had boen bought with their money. George John Pappa, a relative of Dcmetrio Pappa, was sent to the East to collect monies for the Oriental, and it was alleged that he had paid some of these over to Demetrio, who, with the amount, bought the bill in question. This, however, was altogether denied by Demetrio Pappa, who swore that he had bought the shares with his own money. _ The Vice-Chancellor observed that it was very extra ordinary that the first 'transaction of a joint-stock com— pany should be to buy up a number of dishonoured bills which had arrived at maturity twelve months before. Indeed, the whole of the transactions were surrounded by great suspicion, but the court could not be said to be satisfied that "conspiracy, robbery, and forgery" had been committed. Therefore the summons must be dismissed with coats, but without prejudice to any proceedings which the Oriental Bank might take at law or otherwise. The affairs of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso ciation (Limited) were before Vice-Chancellor James. Two summonses were hcard on behalf of the liquidators of the company, one to have the registcr rectified, and the other to set aside a certain compromise. Mr Kay. Q.C., stated that it was desired to le move from the register the name of James Lovell and substitute that of William Payne. Mr. Payne, being the owner of shares in the company, and wishing to escape from liability upon them, induced James Lovell, the mes senger in the office in which he was engaged, by the pre sent of £5, to allow these shares to be transferred to his name. He was described as a " gentleman." The Vice-Chancellor said he was of opinion that the assignment of shares to Lovell could not stand. The false hood in the transfer, describing Lovell, the messenger, as a " gentleman," was intended to deceive the directors, so as to prevent their objecting,as they could under the Act, to the transferee. He should, therefore, give the liquidators leave to rectify them in the way they asked ; but he would not deal with the compromise, which did not relate to the question under consideration. EXTRAORDINARY FRAUDS UPON INSUR ANCE COMPANIES. At the JustiCe Room of the Mansion House on Saturday, Francis Brown, representing himself as a fish dealer carry ing on business at Gravesend, was brought up before the Lord Mayor, in custody of Henry Webb, Detective- Sergeant, and charged with forging and uttering a bill of lading, dated the 11th November last, for 100 barrels of herrings with intent to defraud the Monarch Insurance (Limited), 21, Finch lane. James Terry, aged 17, seaman, was charged with being concerned with Brown in forging and uttering the bill of lading. Mr. George Lewis, solicitor, said he appeared on behalf of the Monarch Insurance Company, instructed by Capt. Downward, of Lloyd's, to prosecute the prisoner Brown for a series of frauds that he had practised for a con siderable time on the underwriters and insurance underwriting companies in the City of London. Some short time since, the prisoner Brown went to the Mo-narch Insurance Company, and effected an insurance upon saine herrings, which he said were to be transmitted from the pt;'t of London to Fecamp, on the coast of France, and, having paid the premium of ss. the company gave gave hi m a policy for £2OO, believing the transaction was perfectly genuine. Not long afterwards the prisoner :cut in a claim for £2OO alleging that the herrings had I,:tten lost at sea. He repre sented that the herrings had been aNpped in a small boat called the James, that she sailed on SaOrday the 13th of November, and was lost about five o'clock r :q the evening of the following day, Sunday, and ;:hat the captain and mate were drowned, he (the prisoner) an'' the lad Terry being the only two persons that were save,._ ° it turned out that there never was a sloop called the James, ankl that the whole story told by the Frisoner was a fiction. At the time he represented himself as bein e ; shipwrecked, the prisoner was seen at Gravesend. TLe:e would be a second charge against the prisoner. In May last he visited different insurance companies in London. and effected policies to the amount of £1,525 upon her rings which he alleged he was shipping by a vessel called the "Hope," from Gravesend to Cherbourg. The prisoner in this instance was really picked up at sea, being found in the Channel in a small boat, and he was brought to Ramsgate. On arriving in London, he paid a visit to one of the assurance companies, the Ocean Marine, and, as there was no suspicion of fraud, he was paid £2OO, the amount of his policy effected with that office, but the policies effected with the other offices were not paid, and still remain unpaid. He (Mr. Lewis) would prove, however, on another• occasion that there never was a vessel called the Hope. In the morning of the day on which it was alleged the vessel was lost the prisoner hired a little boat, and put out to sea by himself, no doubt with the object of being picked up, and thus enforcing his claim upon the insurance companies. In the short space of fifteen months the prisoner Brown had obtained no less than £1,200 by means of fraud, and there were other claims which he he had outstanding amounting to £1,500. He need hardly say that in a commercial country like this it was important that frauds of this kind should be brought to light, and the guilty parties punished. The Monarch Insurance Company was the first to come forward and he hoped that others interested would also come forward and take part in the prosecution. Evidence was then adduced in support of the case and a remand was then made. Father Ilyacinthe has declined to visit Montreal. lie considers that his present duty is " silence, prayer, and expectation." It is not generally known, says the Pall Mall Gazette, that, besides bar convalescent borne at Woodford Mrs. Gladstone has organised at Brook-road, Clapton, a con valescent home for relapsing fever patients, taken heti home or hospital indifferently. The home has been opened only a fortnight, during which time twelve convalescentt. have been admitted, one of whom has been discharged quit, cured, and the remaining eleven are all improving. ESCAPE FROM GI-AoL.—Early on Saturday morning a convict in Maidstone Gaol, named Alfred Greenhill, by some extraordinary means eluded the vigilance of his keeper and made his escape. He was a young man about . 25 years of age, and was committed for seven years' penal servitude at the last July Sessions for housebreaking in the parish of Hunton. He was seen safely in his cell between six and seven on Saturday morning and at seven o'clock he was missed. Search was at once made for him, but without success. Information of the escape was for warded the same evening to the county and London police. Mn. SprnoF.oN.—The Rev. C. 11. Spurgeon has unfortunately had a relapse of rheumatism, which pre vents his immediate departure for the Continent. The rev. gentleman has been mentally active during his phy sical prostration, having communicated by letter with a large number of ministers, referring to the recent " Twelve Days' Mission," which, he says, were ritualistic in their tendencies. In obedience to an invitation issued by Mr. Spurgeon, twenty-six ministers of the metropo litan district met for breakfast at the Tabernacle yester day morning, after which they held a meeting for the purpose of devising the best practicable means of holding revival services during the early part of the new year. The Rev. T. A. Spurgeon (co -pastor) presided.— South London Press. ANOTHER. DEFINITION OF PRoxopLAsm.—llence forth the queslon, What is protoplaan? which has lately become familiar, cannot be considcre4rnanswerable, or subject for jesting. Professor Huxley{las given a concise. account of it. He tells us that, in the 4 lirst place, "Proto plasm is a complex body, consi3;ingialmost entirely of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrom." This does not g u 3 very close ton deauiti..n, so tl ...C.'roresaor continuo. Odin i.ry plants con.i,t of musses: of protoplasm each provided with a wo.lon case, . tso: fated to-ether The plant feeds, grows, multiplies, elites, and is resolved into simple compound, which are uhAily) carbonic acid. water, and ammonia. 3. Ordinary animals consist of masses of protoplasm, not inclosed in web Alen cases, but imbedded in other matter, which result fro m the modifica tion of protoplasm. The animal feeds . , )ws, multiplies, dies, and is resolved into similar comi.iot4 .ds, which are chiefly carbonic acid, water, and ammonia .. 4. Ordinary animals cannot make protoplasm, but 41 7be supplied with it; ordinary plants can make it froth% 3aoonio add, water, and ammonia. 5. The matter ,00ntteih I 4 Iniii living bodies is . continually undetoOiag a eiltilt ' li : A f0 131 ..0e not-living . worlci,:i4o4h Oa Ityjnie j iiii: ' 544 to he nowiyiniegorld.!, THE SUN, LONDON, YONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1869 , MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. 131PRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Let not the unhappy debtor be misled by 'the title of the delusive Act " for the Abolition. of Imprisonment for Debt." Imprisonment for debt is not abolished. Section 5 provides that " any 'court may commit to prison for a term not exceeding six weeks, or until payment of the sum due, any person who makes default in payment of any debt, or instalment of any debt, due from him in pursuance of any order or judgment of that or any other competent court." This jurisdiction is to be exercised only on proof that the defaulter has, or has had since the order or judg ment, the means to pay; and further on, it is provided, that "no imprisonment under this section shall operate as a satisfaction or extinguishment of the debt." The measure, in short, seems to leave county court practice very much where it was, save that cases of fraud are dealt with criminally and punished with imprisonment for not more than a year. One judge refused a jndgment summons, on the ground that imprisonment was abolished ; but others have inti mated their intention to continue the practice as before. PROFESSOR MAURICE ON THE ARTICLES AS TESTS. The Rev. Professor Maurice writes to the Spectator explaining his speech at Cambridge the other day at the meeting to advocate the abolition of University Tests. The rev. gentleman declares that he does not look upon the Articles as bonds of communion in the Church ; he regards them as a means of theological education. The result of making them tests, of judging others by them, has been that they have been twisted , turned, misread. It was evident some time time since that they were begin ning to be hated by numbers who subscribed to them. They are robbed of their force by being made to cover doctrines evidently against their spirit, and by being taken to be flung at opponents. Therefore Professor Maurice protests against their use any longer as tests. They have been to him invaluable as a means of education; they pointed out a method of study, they warned against superstition. They are not perfect, but they are precious. They become useless, aye, dangerous as they are now treated. about by the exertions of the British Ambassactor teaas the Spectator to strongly condemn this interference. The lion. Mr. Elliot has induced the Khedive to agree that all taxes should be levied in his master's name, and that no loan is tO be raised without per mission from Constantinople. The effect of this arrangement will be that taxes in Egypt will be increased in the name of the Sultan for the benefit of the Viceroy, and that ten per cent. of every new loan will be wasted in bribing the Porte to agree to its necessity. The people will have to pay the cost of the quarrel. Why not leave these personages to settle their own differences ? . 4 FOREIGN NOTES; OPPOSITION IN TILE (ECUMENICAL COUISCIL. The Pesther Lloyd gives some particulars with respect -to the position at the (Ecumenical Council. The Vatican hopes that the resolutions which it will lay before the Council will be adopted by an immense majority. Some doubt is felt about the German and French prelates, and the Hungarian bishops are suspected of a decided leaning to the German or French "Liberal Catholics." The American, Dutch, Belgian, and Italian bishops, with the entire body of apostolical vicars, are expected to follow the Curia. The opposition party is not as yet numerously represented in Rome, but its mo nbers are active, and deliberations aro continually being I ell The distinctive parties which compose the opposi tion appear to be quite unanimous in their resolution to combat the aspirations of the Jesuits. They have com pleted the plan of the campaign, and are waiting for an accession of strength to enable them to carry it out. TROOPS FOR IRELAND. The Government is now ready to meet any distur bances in Ireland. Notice has been given that the law will be rigorously enforced, and, by sending troops to Ireland,. it is shewn that the announcement is no idle threat. The suddenness with which the soldiers have been ordered to cross St. George's Channel has alarmed some of O'IT contemporaries. They point out that a regi ment of cavalry (the First King's Dragoon Guards) and three regiments of infantry (the first battalion of the 30th, 40th, and 80th) have been sent off this week ; and also that a large party of Royal Marines is under orders to proceed immediately. This sudden activity is interpreted as " preparations for some contingency not yet made public." But surely there is enough in what everybody sees to justify these military move ments. It is rumoured that flying columns are to be set in motion during the continuance of the present unsettlement. The Army and Navy Gazette trusts that the rumour is incorrect, and urges that flying columns are inconvenient, annoying, hara.ssing, and exceedingly fatiguing to the soldiers. They ought not to be used unless absolutely necessary. THE BUDGET. Mr. Baxter has made a very serious vow, if we may believe what is said of him. Ile has set a very hard task before himself, and declares that unless he accom plishes it he will resign. At least such is the state ment of the Broad Arrow. The work he has deter mined to perform is to pare down the expenses so much as to be able to send Mr. Lowe into the House of Commons on the Budget night with a happy heart, caused by a passage in his statement announc ing a reduction of five millions sterling in the expen diture. Whether this be true or not, it is certain that the financial reformer is very hard at his business; and he finds out extravagant items, people say, by nstinct—though they would not think so, perhaps, f they saw how constantly he is investigating. 13017THWARK. The Liberal:candidates for this metropolitan con stituency appear to have the field exclusively to themselves. Although Colonel Beresford has issued his address, he does not attend many public meetings ; on the other hand, Messrs. Labouchere and Odger and Sir Sydney Waterlow are addressing large assemblies daily. On Friday, Sir Sydney attended two workshops, resolutions in each case being passed in his favour by the employes. He declared his determined resolution to go to the poll, and to spare no personal efforts to carry out the programme of his Committee, who have already set him down to address fifty public meetings. Mr. Odger is equally explicit in his determination to go to the poll. At a meeting of 2,0D0 persons he declared most emphatically that he fully intended going to the poll, " come what might ;" and that he would listen to no proposal for a ballot, or arbitra tion, or compromise of any kind. An open-air meeting was also held to favour the candidature of Mr. Labouchere. A resolution was passed, asserting that "he was the most fitting man in the Liberal interest to represent Southwark." Sir Francis Lycett appears to be resting on his oars, and it is thought that he will shortly retire. The Spectator states that Mr. Odger's canvas promises well ; there are 12,000 working class voters rn the borough, the majority of whom will probably vote in his favour. A working men's committee has been formed for promoting the return of the Conser vative candidate. WATERFORD. Sir Henry Barron's narrow victory at Waterford is to be contested. A petition has been lodged against his return on the ground of bribery and corrupt prac tices, personations, &c. The petition alleges that Mr. Bernal Osborne had a legal majority of votes, and ought to have been declared duly elected. BRIDGNORTIL The Globe announces, apparently on good autho rity, that Mr. Henry Whitmore intends to resign his seat on the reassembling of Parliament. The hon. gentleman, who was first elected for Bridgnorth in 1852, was one of the Conservative Whips from March 1858 till June 1859, and from July 1860 toDecember 1860. In 1805 Sir John Acton defeated Mr. Whit more by one vote, but the latter gentleman was seated on petition. At the last general election the present member polled 548 votes to Sir John Acton's 497. According to " Dod," the borough is in some degree under the influence of the Whitmore family. POLITICS IN HAMPSHIRE. The Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, formerly:Commis sioner of Works, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, &c., has been making a speech at Romsoy. The member for South Hants touched upon most matters, from land-tenure to rat-hunting. Mr. Cowper thinks that prizes ought to be given for the destruction of rats, for as these animals are not gene rally considered eatable in England, people have no great inducement to kill them. But rats are . considered good food in (=mina ; whin then, .should they not be tried here, and be claclasses . with horse, dog, and kangaroo amongst the g :• , 111 . .t edible discoveries of the ago ? In addition to .the imortaut social change of giving prizes for rat-liilling,Mr. Cowper would devise a more equitable system of rating, so as to throw the burden on the whole community, and not upon any particular class. Ho would put down rabbits as, freely as rats. With respect to land tenure the member for South Hants has no very clear notions. He holds that the great Irish land difficulty is the subdivision of property, but, on the whole, the country is doing well, and wants little interference. With respect to tenancies-at-will, the following pregnant sentence seems to represent the right hon. gentleman's ideas :—" I suppose the only way to get over the difficulty would be the esta blishment of some sort of tribunal before which the grievances of the tenant might be heard. He might show that if he had received notice to quit from the mere caprice of the landlord or the arbitrary exercise of authority, he ought to receive such compensation as would enable him to live and find some other mode of employment." This cannot be called a first-rate contribution to the mass of developed thought ; but, to make amends, Mr. Cowper is great upon the education difficulty. He sees that children in rural districts do not go to school after ten years of age. He does not think that com pulsion pure and and simple should be employed ; but the law might reasonably compel children between 11 and 12 to attend school during those seasons of the year when they are not employed in the fields. ARMY REORGANISATION, The air is thick with rumours. To read them all one would come to the conclusion that an army revolu tion was at hand. To begin at head-quarters, there are reports of a collision between Parliament and the Crown. The representatives of the former demand the entire control of the army. The Duke of Cambridge refuses to acquiesce. His Grace has, according to the wildest stories, refused to play second fiddle to Mr. Cardwell, and is contemplating resigna tion. So far do these prophets go that they give the names from which his successor is to be appointed — Lord Strathnairn, Sir Hope Grant, and Sir William Mansfield. Probably, however, matters have not reached this pass ; his Royal Highness will most likely give up after a time his house in Pall-mall, and go as the happy partner of the Minister of War to Whitehall. Further down in the ranks most sweeping reforms are to be made. The whole Cof the depot battalions are to be reduced next spring, save one, which is to remain at Chatham. The infantry is to be cut down by the reduction of two companies in each battalion throughout the service. The 3rd West India Regi ment is to be eliminated from the estimates alto gether. By this latter reform a full colonelcy will be abolished ; but the Government is anxious not to do injustice to any officer. In this case they will bestow the first vacant colonelcy upon Lieutenant-General Bar low, who suffers ; and throughout they intend to place no officers on half-pay, unless it be altogether un avoidable. They will reduce the army as much as possible, consistently with the maintenance of our national position, and with equity to those who com pose it. AN ENLARGED MILITIA. With a small standing army, there must be a large reserve. With the cutting down of the one, an increase should be made to the other. So it is stated that the militia is to be extended, enlarged, improved. Instead of counties there are to be districts. The same term of service—five years—will be insisted upon ; the officers will hold their commissions direct from the Crown ; and the whole force will be liable to be drafted into the army in case of war. When all these changes will be made it is hard to determine. Scarcely next session. RE CIVIC CITY. The Saturday Review is very severe upon the Reciprocity anitation. It declares that among many wanton blunders, the Conservative party will have committed the silliest, shallowest act, if its leaders sanction the feeble agitation for Reciprocity which has been encouraged by some of their humbler ad herents. The party is, on general grounds, the defender of property rights, and . yet Protection, or Reciprocity, is an attack upon property by favouring certain classes of traders at the expense of others. "If legislation could be perverted for the benefit of certain classes of dealers, it would. be difficult to dispute the applicability of the precedent to more direct encroachments on material interests." Is it the business of the . Conservatives to encourage a raid in this direction ? Our contemporary thinks not. " With tradition, vested right, and economic expe diency on their side, the champions of established institutions will have enough to do in contending against numerical majorities impelled by cupidity and prejudice." y`i MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION IN LONDON. The new building, erected in connection with the London Middle-Class Education movement has just been opened. - The scholars who have assembled under the standard of this remarkably successful enterprise have hitherto been lodged in temporary buildings. The permanent structure just " inaugu rated " has room for 1,000 pupils, with dining halls, recreation grounds, and other requisites. The object of the schools is to provide good instruction in modern subjects for the sons of clerks and others in kindred positions of life, at a minimum cost of four pounds a year. The experi ment has been, very prosperous. Of the thou sand places for scholars not one is vacant. The schools have been examined by Mr. Fitch, of the London University, who pronounces the general cha racter of the instruction remarkably lifelike and intelligent, and the discipline, which is maintained without corporal punishment, most satisfactory. Mr. Fitch approves the selection of subjects for study by the school council, and compli ments the boys upon the knowledge they display. The Lord Mayor and two or three M.P.'s were present at this inauguration. Tho speeches presented nothing remarkable. Lord Henry Lennox said the country was favourable to education, and that no Chancellor of the Exchequer need fear that the money required would be grudged. SMITING FRAUDS. Mr. W. S. Lindsay writes another letter on Mr. Bright's New Merchant Shipping Bill. The law, he says, might do much more than it attempts at present to diminish the frauds which are now so common at s ea, " Average claims " are manufactured by every conceivable process. Other persons insure ships much above their proper value, and become consenting, if not abetting, parties to their loss. Beyond these, there are men who are desperate enough to trade in scuttling ships. False entries in log-books and entries made long after the occurrences, and then transferred to extended protests, are the ingredients out of which "average claims " are manufactured. Storms which had no existence beyond the records of the log have wrecked many an over-insured vessel. "I should, therefore, recommend that, instead of the present ' official: log, the Government should issue, either through the Customs or the shipping-offices, one log-book only to each ship, stamped - and registered, and that that book alone should be received as evidence in case of disputes or claims upon the underwriters. Double log-looks, and books which can be purchased in any stationer's shop without any check, have been made to cover many a fraudulent loss and many a rascally average claim." Extended protests should be made from this log-book and no other. Notaries should be instructed to ask the protesting parties whether they can swear to the facts set forth in the protest. False entries and declarations should be severely punished. With regard to the scuttling of ships, Mr. Lindsay thinks the offence much more common than is generally supposed, and recommends as a remedy that the Board of Trade should be bound to prosecute. EXCURSION TRAINS AT CHRISTMAS. The Daily News asks and answers the question why the companies, who always come out with cheap riding at other seasons, run no excursion trains at Christmas. Excursion trains are methods of stimulating locomo tion and supplementing the regular traffic ; and at Christmas that regular traffic is itself as much as the lines can carry, or the stall at the stations can manage. Excursion trains are also irregular ad ditions to the train system of a line, and greatly interfere with that order and regularity which is the security . of railway travelling. They are, therefore, most in place in the - long, bright days of summer, when the traffic is least defendent on lik,rhts reduced a and fog to a gsigrials ' and the danger of irregular t r aff i c i s mi nimum. In the short dark days of Christmas there would certainly be the maximum of danger, and almost as certainly the minimum of profit. Our contemporary holds that a general and moderate reduction of fares would be far more bene ficial and safer than any extension of the excursion system. MARRIAGES IN DISSENTING CHAPELS. The other day a Nonconformist minister complained of the enforced attendance of a registrar at mar r iages in Dissenting places of wo rship. One of these func tionaries had the i n solence to amuse himself by filling up his register during service. The aggrieved clergy man thought tbat the presence of registrars was no more needful in a Nonconformist tha n i n a Ch urc h o f England place of wo rshi p. But other Dissenting ministers do not wish to s•et rid of the registrar. Ho generally behaves himself, and he t a k es th e responsi bility off the clergyman's shoulders. His presence is only to see that the marriage contract is properly entered into, and that evidence of the contract is preserved. Why, asks one pastor, should Noncon formists wish to assume this burden ? RAID AND wail'. The prospectus of the China Submarine Telegraph Company proposes to extend to China the great sys tem of telegraphs which will shortly be comuletod between England and India. The British Indian Exten sion Company will take the Indian cable to Singapore and the Straits of Malacca. From that point the China Submarine Telegraph Company will continue the system, and by means of a cable about 1,640 miles in length, will carry the communication to Hong Konu. The second section, about 1,000 miles in length, is intended to be laid from Hong Kong to Shanghai, touching at one or more of the other Treaty Ports. An ultimate extension to Japan is contem plated. The cable is to be shipped from England in 1870, and will be completely laid by the June of the followin year. It is to be manufactured and laid by the Construction Company for £508,000, of which £lOO,OOO will be reserved until the line is finally complete.—The _Railway News denies the report that the North Staffordshire Railway has been leased to the London and North-Western. TELEGRAPHIC ENTERPRISE. The foreigners will be lost in astonishment at the amazing enterprise of the Times. The French papers are under a delusion that the telegraphic summary of the American President's Message published by the leadin g r , journal contained 2 3 , 600 words, and must have cost from £l,OOO to £l,BOO. This great achievement is mournfully contrasted with the doings of the Paris papers. The Official Journal of the Empire published 130 words of the Message, and even this very succinct account did not appear until fifteen hours after the Times was sold on the Paris boulevards. This disgraceful result is to be attributed, the French complain, to the stamp duty, which presses hardly upon newspapers. So it does ; but the Times is getting too much credit. Its summary of the Message contained 3,600 words, not 23,600. As it is, the comparison is striking enough. THE SUEZ CANAL. The Brazilian, belonging to the Merchants' Trading Company of Liverpool, has passed safely through the ucz Canal. Rather an unfavourable account of this v oyage is given :—"The Brazilian left Liverpool some since for the purpoe of pas:iing through the canal at the draught of water which she then drew. On her arrival out it was found that it would be impos sib!o for the vessel to pass through, until a portion of her cargo, about half of it, hail been discharged at Port Said. It then took her live days to get as far as Ismailia." The Canal Company, however, brought all the cargo in barges from Port Said to Suez free of expense. It is understood that the same course will be pursued by the company in all cases where vessels have to lighten, they having guaranteed to take all craft drawing twenty-four feet of water through the canal. MORE MUDDLING IN THE EAST. The news that the settlement of the difficulty be tween the Sultan and the Khedive has been brought TIIE POPE AND THE GREAT POWERS. It is believed that the difficulties, which, until the depar ture of the Emperor of Austria for the East, existed between his Government and the Popo,have been adjusted during his absencAy the Archduchess Sophia. A letter from Rome states that the Apostolic Nuncio at Vienna has received formal instructions from the Vatican to facilitate as much as possible the restoration of the excellent relations formerly existing between the Holy See and the " Court of Austria." It is noticeable that the Vatican steadily refuses to recognise the Austro-Hungarian Empire or its Government. A letter from St. Petersburg denies that the Pope addressed to Queen Olga of Wurteraberg reproaches against her brother. The Pope is too polite to give need less pain to a royal visitor, while the Queen would cer tainly not have left his accusations unanswered. The Rus sian Government has not, however, made the slightest movement towards the Roman Government, and "waits for the first step towards the resumption of friendly relations .to be taken by the offending party." THE NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY. The North-East Correspondence publishes a, despatch from Pesth, dated the 9th, from which it appears that the Chamber of Deputies had that day unanimously voted the abolition of the Newspaper Stamp Duty, without imposing any equivalent. COUNT BISMARCK AND GERMAN UNITY• Count Bismarck has arrived at Berlin, having recovered his health. A letter from that city states that, in reply to the query when he intended to take a parliamentary vote on the subject of German unity, ho said, "To obtain votes and signatures is nothing ; the difficulty is to procure the legalisation of the signatures." A French paper remarks upon this that Prussia has accomplished the union, but that Europe refuses to recognise it. TUE SULTAN'S FLAMAN. The full text of the Sultan's firman to the Khedive has been published. The Sultan begins by expressing his anxiety for the prosperity of the important province of Egypt, and the sense of duty which he feels to exact the strict fulfilment of the obligations of its Government to his Crown, and to the population of the province, while he wishes to maintain intact the interior privileges granted to the Egyptian administration. He has accepted the explanations of the Khedive as to his engagements respecting military and naval armaments, and as to his foreign relations. The financial question is, however, a vital one, and as it closely concerns the welfare of the Egyptian people, and the prosperity of the whole country, the Sultan requires that henceforth all taxes and dues be levied in his name. He will then be secure that the sums raised from the people are expended on their wants, and that no new burdens will be imposed without absolute necessity. He refuses to sanction foreign loans, unless the full reasons for them are submitted to his own Government, and his own authorisation is ob tained. No loan is to be raised unless his preliminary consent is secured and the necessity for it unmistakeably proved. This paragraph is twice repeated, with little varia tion. The Khedive is desired to conform for the future to the directions of this firman. DESPERATE FIGHT IN KENTUCKY. A serious affair has taken place in Louisville, Kentucky, between two parties of litigants. A desperate character had caused the arrest of some of his neighbours for sup posed injuries inflicted on him, and on the day of the trial he appeared with some friends armed to the teeth. The accused party were equally strong, and they entered into a quarrel which became a regular pitched battle. Ono hundred and thirty shots were fired, three men were killed, and one mortally wounded. After a short cessation, in order to obtain ammunition, they were about to recom mence, when some armed citizens interfered to stop the conflict. CUBA. Advices received in Habana, from the interior of sub island, mention an alarming state of suffering from famine The troops under Colonel Hidalgo aro reported to have found a hut co9taining the bodies of eight persons, who had died from starvation. The Diario of Habana denies tho statement which was made in regard to the rendezvous of Spanish war-vessels in the harbour of New York, and calls the story an invention, the object of which is to excite Americans against Spain, and adds that its publicatioln is intended to produce irritation. A remarkable engagement took place between the Catalan volunteers who garrisoned San Jose, and tho insurgents. Fifteen hundred, say the Spanish accounts, were repulsed by eighty. The insurgents numbered 1,500, but they failed to capture the fort. Captain General de Rodas, in a letter to the Habana agent of the New York Associated Press, denies the Spanish fleet story, of which American and Habana jour nals are speaking, and, as such rumours might create trouble and ill-feeling, ho notifies that such a project does not really exist. Tho report was probably caused by the fact that some Spanish frigates were going to Brooklyn for repairs. A thousand soldiers have arrived at Habana by tho Spanish mail steamer from Cadiz. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, Nov. 27. The sensation of the week is the attempted assassination of Mr. Albert D. Richardson, for many years connected with the Tribune, author of "Beyond the Mississippi," and of other works, and a writer, too, in the Atlantic Monthly, the article in the December number, " John Chinaman," being from his pen. In the spring 1867 Mr. Richardson lived in the house wherein an actress, Mrs. M'Far land, lived as a boarder. The lady was frequently escorted from the theatre by Mr. Richardson, an attention resented by David M'Farland, her hus band, who, though not living on the best terms with her himself, appeared determined that nobody else should be on good terms with her either. So it happened that on a March evening, as the pair were returning to the boarding-house, they were confronted by the jealous husband, pistol in hand, and a sensational scene occurred, which left Mr. Richardson with a ball in his thigh, and the indig nant lady determined to have nothing more to do with her homicidal spouse. Mr. Richardson, on recovering from the effects of his wound, dropped the affair, in consideration of his own rashness and the lady's good name ; but the husband never ceased to traduce her, after in vain appealing for her return. It became an understood affair be tween Mrs. M'Farland and Richardson that on ob taining a divorce they should be married, but, Mr. M'Farland declared that he would shoot him if he did marry her, coupling this declaration with " the scoundrel refuses to marry her." M'Farland lately brought an action against Mr.Richardsonfors4s,ooo damages, but heard that Mr. Richardson was sell. ing off his real estate with a view of evading the result, and with the intention of settling in Cali fornia. About two months ago Mrs. M'Farlaud succeeded in procuring a divorce, but Mr. Richard son was at the time with Cyrus W. Field's buffalo shooting party, west of the Mississippi. lle had been sent there as the Tribune's c , vrespon lent, as he is one of the most a3tive ou the staff of th.it journal, and has been constantly employed in the South and West both during and after the war, indeed leading a lifechequerci with danger, and finding the inside of more than one Confederate prison. M'Farland appears to have worked himself into a state of frenzy by dwelling on his wrongs, and to have made up his mind to shoot Mr. Richardson on sight after the divorce had been procured. With this object he called at the publi cation office of the Tribune about half-past four on Thursday afternoon, knowing that Mr. Richard son would call shortly after. The assassin stood behind the desk opposite the right-hand door on Nassau-street, so he was concealed when Mr. ' Richardson entered, and walked to the lower end of the counter, over which he leant to receive his letters. M'Farland stepped forward, and aimed over the head of a gentleman at Mr. Richardsou's heart, who did not see him till he was in the act of firing, when he was struck between the breast and ab domen. The wounded man turned, and without a word walked to the editorial rooms, passing into the street and up four flights of stairs. Resting on a sofa he quietly asked a gentle man to send for a surgeon, as he was badly wounded. He was removed to the Astor House, where, although the wound is a most serious one, he has so far progressed favourably, and hopes are entertained of saving his life. In the meantime M'Farland quietly left the office, and feeling hun gry, after the waste of the excitement, I presume, turned from Centre-street into a restaurant and had some stew and coffee. Afterwards, in company with his brother, he went to the Westmoreland Hotel, where he took a room, in which lie was ar rested about 10 o'clock that night. Since then lie has spent his time in smoking and being inter viewed. He was taken to the room of his victim, who, in his usual quiet way, recognized him as the man who bad shot him. The Tribune is very angry, and perhaps it would have been better for M'Farlaud to have shot some one else than a Tri bune man. The most rigidly impartial and relent less trial is demanded, and in an article on private vengeance the importance of ,putting - a summary stop to such assumption of the law is forcibly pointed out and strenuously insisted on. Some one iu England has said that the railway accidents re sulting from carelessness would not be stopped un til a bishop had been killed by one of them, and I may add that this free use of the revolver will only be stopped when some leading editors have been shot. Collector Grinnell has had an uneasy time of it since the frauds in our Custom-house. which are growiag. They now amount to $900,000 in the Drawback Department, and $600,000 in the Weigher's Department. lie allowed Deputy Col lector Blatchford to resign—not bad this, consider ing that Blatchford had already, to use a cant term, " booked it." Not conten t with thus escaping justice, Mr. Blatchford sentin his resignation,which was duly accepted by the Collector. Mr. Grinnell has such a bad time that he talks of resigniug ; indeed, we have a happy way of leading an employe who comes prominently up " a life of it" unless, like Fisk, he is used to it, but before the edge is taken off the feel ings there is a jarring and grating which tries the nerves. I mentioned Miss Florence's charge against Generalßutler,but her depositions are now strongly contradicted by the chief quartermaster on General Butler's staff. General Twigg's house was occupied for a short tine, but a correct inventory was taken by the General's order, and the valuables secured, as was all the furniture of the abandoned houses, to await Government action. Captain M'Clure, of General Banks' staff, on the request of Gen. Butler, took possession of and gave a receipt for every article on the original inventory when Gen. Butler give over the command, and a copy of this is filed in the Treasury Department, including every piece of plate or other property which fell into Butler's hands while he commanded the Army of the Gulf. As regards the swords, they were sent to 'Washington, and by a resolution of Congress one was assigned to West Point and the other to General Butler by the House, but this not being ratified by the Senate the swords remained in the Treasury. The General was requested, but refused to intercede for their restoration ; hence the law suit. General Butler declines to notice the attacks on Lim in the press, and this officer, without consulting him, made this statement. Indeed if Butler di I notice every attack, his whole time, as he said when he chased an interviewer out of his presence, would be thus occupied. Evacu ation Day was commemorated on Tuesday, the Mayor and Common Council reviewing the militia in the park. It is a day little noticed, and would be forgotten were it not for this procession of the military, which blocks up Broadway, and in these short days interferes with business. Eighty-six years ago the British troops evacuated New York ; hence the march through the streets of the New York and Brooklyn Volunteers as well as the Fire Brigade. Mr. George Wilkes and Mr. John C. Fremont and family are among the arrivals from Europe. Thurlow Weed's health is so far restored that he resumes the editorship of the Evening Jour nal at Albany. It has been rumoured here that Mr. Wilkes' return was none too soon for the in terest of the Spirit ; editors who are also proprietors, and are always running to Europe, do not find their property on their return in so healthy a state as when they left it ; but Mr. Wilkes has brought back the news that there is going to be a tearing revolution in Europe, for which I dare say you will say with the boy whose father said that he was going to thrash him, "Papa, don't be in a hurry ; I can wait." As. Congress will soon meet, the great contractors, jobbers, railroad kings, and such folks, are forming into active rings, and the representa tives arriving from Europe and passing through New York have to undergo a lobbying process of button-holing. There will be an active time at Washington this season, or the results will belie the appearances. I bad finished my last letter before a furious storm set in. The tides submerged West and South-streets, it blew furiously and did an immense amount of damage, extending all over the country. The weather has lately been fine, bat cold, freezing every night; and the foddering of cattleis generally reported to be much earlier than last year. Among the smaller sensations was a human face, sawn from the head, looking out of an ash barrel standing at No. 11, University-place. The excited inhabitants at once attributed this to murder, but a little reflection showed the proba bility that it was the work of a medical student. Washington Market, in Fulton-street, was on fire long enough to burn twelve butchers' stalls. A more disastrous fire occurred at Anderson's white lead works at Brooklyn. A family of three had to spring from the upper storey, the father and son being killed, and the mother so mangled that there is no hope of saving her life. The Hudson County Court-house was well shaken by an explosion of gunpowder, which the convicts had managed to insert in an iron ventilating flue. Part of the wall was knocked out and all the glass broken, but none of those confined effected their escape, as the offi cers were on the look out. The husband of Mrs. Galler has been exhumed, as the belief prevails that she poisoned him, induced by Dr. Wedekind. Superintendent Kennedy is charged with sending a man named Crawford, in defiance of a writ of Habeas Corpus after he had been arrested, to Chautauque County. After Learing the case, Judge Cardozo reserved his decision, but it is rumoured that the police commissioners, as now constituted, will be abolished by the Legislatures. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. The arrival of Congressmen continues on an in creasing scale. Among them, are Senators Trum bull and Warner, Williams and Corbett of Oregon, and Senators Harlan and Ramsey; and the follow ing Representatives have taken quarters for the winter :—Messrs. Drake, Schurz, Pomeroy, Mor ton, Sherman, Rice, Cole, Casserly, Sawyer, Gil bert, Bingham, Garfield, Orth, Wilkinson, Lash, Haldeman, Axtell, Johnson, Sargent, Fitch, Jenckes, Ingersoll, Loughbridge, Bowen, Spencez, and Schumacher. So busy is the President with the Annual Message that he often now refuses to see visitors ; indeed, the members of the Cabinet have lately with their c hi e f o ffi cer b een muc h o ccupied in this way. The heads of the Bureaux complain greatly of the way in which they are interrupted, more especially by the lawyers in Congress, which you may not r,:collect, coinpris2 three-fourths of the Rep: esentatives. Clothed in their official capacity as representatives of the people, they use the cha racter to forward their private business, and d o t hi s i to the obstruction of business a the Departments to an extent so great that regulations are about to be established in the Treasury for the correction of the abuse. Two Japanese lads have passed through to Annapolis, where they are to pro& cute their studies at the Naval Academy with e i g h t others who are on the road. This is in compliance with an Act of Congress granting permission, provided that the United States incur no expense. Captain Britton is here with a complaint of his successor, Mr. Thompson, asUnitedStatesConsul at Southampton; you may remember that charges of favouring the rebellion were freely brought against Mr. ThomP son on his appointment. Secretary Fish, however, threw them all into his waste-paper basket, and Ur' Britton's personal protest, could he have thus maul' pul.tted it, would have met the same fate. Captain Britton was told that the appointment bad been made by Mr. Fish when thoroughly acquainted wittl all the circumstances, which he had no intention of revising. Among the papers to be presented to the Senate will be a list of the suspended postmasters throughout the country, numbering 120, and the appointments made during the recess. .1N um bers of appointments continue to be made. Mr. Wadstones speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet is rega rded here as favouring an early settlement of the Ala bama dispute ; and if the information here rece ived as from private sources is to be relied on, as well that given in your paper, there is a steady iteprovc meat in the tone of English feeling towards the United States, 'wire especially ou the American view of this question, which argues, I hope, its speedy cud. I dare say, too, that in this change of sentiment has originated the rumour that the mis sion to this country from England will be so u raised to the rack to France, Russia, and Austr i3 ' and that the Minister sent will be a man of hig h social standing. I regret to tell you that Senator Ramsay has totally failed in the object he had in view on visiting Europe, the French Govern ment having declined to make any alteration in the exist ing postal regulations. The charge to France of a letter is, I believe, thirty cents, while to Engla nd : after January 1, it will be only six cents. The No" of liberality both in this, and in reciprocity in t he laying of telegraph cables on the part of France is a subject of regret here, and the more so as every step in this direction has been attended with bene ficial results, in proof of which I quote the instance of the postal money-order system, recently inau gurated between the United States and Switzer land, and which is found to work smoothly an satisfactorily, and proves of great benefit to the poorer classes in the remittance of small sums. About $5OO a week are transmitted either way' leaving a mere trifle as the exchange. Washington is, we thick, regarded as a dull capital, and foreigners, especially those attached to the Lega: tions, openly express this condemnation. There is a want of amusements, such as furnished by g ood Clubs and Operas, as well as a want of collection s o f Art, but by degrees this will all be corrected. The Corcoran Gallery is to be put in order immediately for the reception of the pictures and other wor ks to be given or purchased, and the Commi tee , wh ich is now permanently organized, announces that the building will be opened to the public early i ll spring. The Government of the Netherlands te, highly "commended for the concession it has grant " Colorado" Jewett to lay a cable to the Llagu e ' Reciprocity is the true principle, and unless I 3 . 111 misinformed the President will folly uphold it 13 his communication to Congress. The lion. Je l3/1 ,, Lynch, who is Chairman of the Special Committre" on Navigation interests, has been informed that NJ . ' Fish has directed all the Consuls to send to th e Committee all the information they can collect re lative to shipbuilding in the countries where the,: are located. President and Mrs. Grant, Adaiirm Porter, Secretary Robeson, and other prominent persons, visited the Navy Yard on Wednesday , 3r invitation, and were afterwards entertained at tbhs ' residence of Admiral Dahlgren. The pews Of the First Congregational Church have been selling freely ; Senators Buckingham and Ferry, of Con' necticut, and Representative Dawes, of Massaeh il : setts, have been among the buyers. Doubts a.rily uow cast as to whether Attorney-General Hoar accept the vacant seat on the Supreme Be nch o caused by the death of Justice Wayne, and Ju.stlee Grier has not yet decided on resigning. Jul ire was some talk of a change in the officers of kill , Senate, but lam not aware that any alterations be made. Such rumours are common, and ne arly always without foundation. One was that Gene ra ' Cole would be proposed by his brother, Senat°l, Cole of California, for the Secretaryship, w hlcbt e however, the latter denies, as he had had V I, ' enough trouble with his brother after the llisc° ° affair. Another rumour was that Mr. Clapp , t ' public printer, was to be removed. • JOUBNALIS3L—The New York 7 ribune thus g i ' a; ld expression to its feelings at the impudence of the ife ra :g in adding its mite to the English language :--" WV :f„, not somebody give the Herald a Dictionary? Wbee learned journal first spoke of 'Railway Co/ossii' wo but born it in silence. The repetition, however, beco:ec" exasperating to the last degree, and it seems trine somebody to interfore."-The Associated Press c lop: 101e , have been withheld from the Pittsbur g h Republican, - the ground that the despatches have been sold to ou cietsid parties. The proprietors of the Republican have Ce us t c r the arrest of G. J. Ferdinand, the former night editor, .``), selling the despatches, bet Ferdinand claims tlytt they were furnished with the full knowledge of the prof it tors.-The Nation thus denies a rumour :-Somo less person recently sot a-going in an equally Nvorthle; paper the report that the Nation was shortly to be mergedi.lo the Sunday Leader of this city, the principal organ a Tammany Ring, and edited, we believe, by our ikft l Y° l y" Mr. Oakoy Hall. To Now Yorkers the story i s suffieie n ',.. ludicrous to let it pass without notice ; but as we have coivod inquiries about it from ono or two subscriber° 1, other parts of the country, it is perhaps as well to °n" that the Nation will not be merged in the Leader at Pi th sent, nor at any time without six months' notice to 1", readers, and a handsome consideration from the ties of the Ring to its present proprietors. Perhaps hai l may also insist on a paying contract, but we il ti , o u decide nothing hastily. The only possible lou 3ds ' l , - 0 for the story we can think of is our having brn ",ur with the Papacy last year for non-payment of ; e t stipend as the American organ of the Propaganda - b 9 which we frankly revealed at the time, when detected a subscriber in the covert advocacy of Popish doctrillo, OBlTUARY.—Benjamin Fitzpatrick, ex-GuYe rn „.. of Alabama, and ex-United States Senator, died at hi° ; th sidence, near Montgomery, on Sunday, N0v.21, in the 6 to year of his age. He was Presidential elector in 1 840 ' a to alected Governor of Alabama is 1841, and re-elected the same office in 1843 ; was appointed United States serj cno tor in 1852 to succ ee d W. R. Ki ng, an d e l ec t e d to the 65- t o position in 1855 for the s i x years' term. He retir ed l. the Senate in February, 1861, and took part in the rebe o , lion.-F. E. Webb, of Kennebec county, M e ., and 11 1;i 0 sontative elect to the Maine Legislature, was found d ead i• his bed on Saturday morning, Nov. 20.-Miss Annie 1 1 °n .. , hart, the actress, died in Utah on Saturday, SO. 2° . 1 . 10 Major J. P. Goodsell di e d of pneumonia at Durha m.° llr N.Y., on Monday, Nov. 22.-The Rev. John P. Pe a l e d, pastor of St. John's Catholic Church in Philadelph ia ' o f Nov. 23. -George D. Woodman, a prominent lawler,„co Lowell, died suddenly on Friday, Nov. 19, at the resid°l",,g, of his father at New Hampton, New Hampshire, vill' re D. had gone to spend Thanksgiving.-Mr. Benjam in .t Walsh, the State Entomologist of lowa, died recentll,a-0 Rock Island, from the effects of an accident. lie e ll ,_i ° ; ,, Y :pe' reputation among scientific men for excellence in cial study. He was an Englishman by birth, but 013 grated to America while a young man. He was he ° y i 1808.-Samuel Worthi ng t on S e t on di o d Nest n o d Nov. 20, in his 81 s t y ear . He was long the .Ager"' - Superintendent of the Public Schools. The Rev. George H. D oane , Chancellor of til l : ° Roman Catholic di ocese o f N ewar k, h as receive d fr Charles O'Conor, Esq., of th a t c ity, $5,000 to aid the it"nlyei: rican College at Rome. Thi s sum , added to that P re of ously received by Mr. Doane in the different dioceses the United States, makes up the required $200,000. e a [ADVERTISEMENT. I - Holloway's Pills. -- c ij° Existence.-This medicine embraces every a tt r ibute recl u-e s of a general and domestic remedy : it overturns the foundationioo disease laid by indigestible food and impure air. In nbs tru „ c eall or congestions of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other these pills are especially serviceable and eminently oCee d S • 010 They should be kept in every family, as they aro a u le :titlr without a fault for young persons and those of feeble e°'''.,ife tions. They never cause pain or irritate the most se l°l o ,o 2 nerves or tender bowels. Holloway's pills are the best X , i n old Purifiers of the blood, and the best promoters of absorP ti°- ,i secretion which remove all poisonous and obnoxious Pa/ from both solids and fluids. BIRTHS. , f;s SPOTTIS WOODE — On the oth inst., Mrs. G.A. SP° oo6l'l' 1C " of a son. WALTON—On the 10th lust., at Fairfield, Iforusfl, 111.6‘ Lancelot J. W a lt on, of a son. NG—,-..ILLIED, MARRIAGES. A C 11 1° ' REDI ' Ti S ir e; arriet Clar:i hillier, ofAskow-pliic ‘ ei H. C. Reding', Esq., of Shop 'cord's-bush, ",;,;glii -On the 9th inst., at Acton, ----„.' ' to Vi. fi dolli SMITH ' —l\' RIGHT —On the 9th lust t•II I 03" ''''..." I " ~ a•ac cn i jou third son of the late James C. Smith, Esq., of th° ro pt. of England, to Lavinia Emma eldest daughter 0 , .1) Shepherd's -.- Wright, Esq., of Dalston. 7 DATHS. lIALLINGS —On the 9th lus E t , at Tuffnoll-park, 11°" v " Osvai, Michael Liallings, nod 66 . . i 5 to of PAINTER —On the 10 t h i ns t , W. 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