The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-29 00:00:00

T OF :0 JOIJRNAT.;., Mt Tinto, in discussing the recent debate cn cur LCZL2III; !tystem, observes that within ten years of the becr law, Lord l3rougham, Tv ho bad been one of its btrone,t advocates, proposed a measure for its repeal, so tetrile:e had been the immorality occasioned by the system. The notion of the reformers was that by bringing good leer to every poor man's door they would be keeping him fie= the public-house—in other words, from bad company and e:rious habits, The result, as they discovered too late, was tliAt by putting beer in everybody's way they induced a certain: number of persons to drink too much of it, and so promoted the very evil they desired to suppress. To this disappointment veVz added another misfortune of unexpected magnitude, The object of the Legis lature in transferring the licensing power from the magistrates to the excise was unquestionably good. Magistrates were often brewers themselves, still more frequently connected with brewing and moneyed interests, so that for various reasons they might be expected to discourage the now establishments, and, under cover of reluirements touch;ng moralshavacter and repute, to put difficulties in the way of beer licenses. The excise officers, on the other hand, would be anxious only to increase the revenue by the consumption of exciseable articles, and, moreover, they Lad no discretion in the mat. ter, provided the applicant for a license complied with the very easy condition of the Act. The consequence was, in the words of Mr. Bruce, " a check exercised on public houses which did not exist in regard to beerhouses "—in other words, beerhouses became independent of all control whatever. A bench of magistrates could refuse a wine and spirit license without difli. culty— the Excise could not possibly refuse a beer license. No doubt the reformers of 1830 imagined that a shop for the sale of beer alone would be as harmless an establishment as that of a grocer or tcadealer ; but experience has shewn how completely they were mistaken. The truth came out the other day in our reports upon the haunts of habitual criminals. Of all the bad places in the country, a bad bcershop—and of those there are many—is about the worst. Over these houses the magistrates have no control, the police have no control, and the Excise have only a control which is utterly nugatory. That, in fact, ie the point at which reform is now most imperatively needed. It is idle to think of establishing a reign of sobriety by putting beer absolutely out of reach, but we can insure that beershops should, at any rate, be no wo r se conducted than public-houses, and that when they are turned into dens of thieves a short and sharp remedy should be in the hands of those who are responsible for public order. The Star says the beershops may probably be dealt with, or at least their evils will ba so thoroughly exposed in discussions such as that which took place on Sir H. Selwin-Ibbetson's bill, that a general measure on licensing niil at last be extorted from Parliament. Successive Governments have long been willing enough to deal with the subject ; but they have always folld themselves hampered and impeded by certain great interest 3 and organisations which effectually prevent the matter from being settled on its merits. If the agitations which have so usefully begun go on, it will be seen that the present state of things is unbearable. It would be a good thing at once to get rid of beershops, because they, unlike public houses, are inevitably, if not intrinsically, had-; but this part of the work were accorurdished there would still be many questions to be disposed of. We should have to make up our minds whether the liquor trade ought to be open or restricted, whether the restriction should be in the form of certain requirements in the way of rental and accommodation, cr should be secured by placing a discre tionary power in the bands of magistrates, or by giving a veto to the inhabitants cf each neijiLourtood. For the peace of the country, as well a3fur its 307.,:e1ey and decency, all these questions ought t. be settled. The S'langord ref;as to Mr. Lowe's scheme for hiding the law cnttrs in a hole whcrs nobody can see the; except by alventurblc; bintgelf non a penny steatnboa aIRI declares that by the side of the Governtnent propos: t7f Sir Charles Trevelyan's plan appears at once economical, ma,gnilleent, and convenient. Mr. Lowe and Mr. Layard have mutilated the Embankment scheme, rejecting all its good and retaining all its had features. The sum of Mr. Lowe's financial operation is this. He could erect such law courts as he considers necessary for he has substituted hi judgment for that of everybody at all conversant with the question, upon the Carey-street site for a mt sum of about--including the money already expended —one million and six hundred thousand pounds. This, however, be refuses to do, and emtarks in a speculation which, however favourably it may turn out, assuming the land to be acquired for £600,000, must necessarily turn out a losllig one to the public. Mr. Lowe, in the name of economy, wants to make ducks and flrokcs of the public money to prevent the erection c.; a palace on rising ground, whieli those who Lave. to use it Citr) convehiectly g 4 at : propt,st.'s at grezlter cost one in wil:c11 cm Le convenieLL to) nol)i))1y e•:cept W of F. 3.a ; reilla ctql:ititilcnt. , , a lii ; of econoloy, attempt , : tt m Ita.;0 4:11 ( - If)11.e Conminon3 ;izto the perpetration I,f the most co.stly fol!y— -if it b. not the most scandal..ll4 full--Its animals ealm Time 3 contrasts the p ,, s4;:m of a clergy:l:a:l of th Church With that of a tnin:ster of a voluntar: in two ca3Ps recently br , nlgllt befog C;nr::I), as exiliLitet: s--the e:oß..s of ".V..r. ic•unett, of Frome, ane, du, th e of an Independent chapel a, :e clergyman holds a status fixedly law. )f the minister is fixed by private contract. Ile clergyman, if only he obey the law, is safe,:tleither co7gre: , ation nor l.isLop having power to interfere with him ; whereas in many denominations, whether cr n, , t among the Independents, the minister is at the mercy of his congregation. In short, the clergy man's tenure is infinitely the more ecure ; though that this is a doubtful advantage is, of course, open to volurdaryists to maintain. Upon the question whether the bishop should he invested title a discretion as to t initiation of proceedin r. :;Y :•n•~ , t a eler:yman, much rn 11 , ,L1 • i he law, it nely be urged, is Made to :*.+tect, the conrceetiees ; it is they who sriffer from its v:u ' :zti ,i. lf ITIOW C:111 ti;e law be eroird ler all, if each judge is to la.ve a tlisnanisr tower? eise a diecretion to bishops, who, in the matter of doctrine or ceremony, are as great offenders as the clergy under their charge ? If a bishop inay spare a heretic, what is to prevent him from sparing , no open pi - tailgate? The law is the same both for one and the other. For these reasona Lord Shaftesbury, in his bill be . fore Parliament, proposes to give powerto prosecute to any three inhabitant householders of the diocese who are Churchmen. On the other hand, it is necessary to look to the practical working of the system. As to immorality, no bishop is charged with beim -, indulgent to immoral clergymen in his diocese, though he may not prosecute them, on account of the expense • but for this the remedy lies else w h ere. Th en as to doctrine, the truth is, it is not _ good th a t th e l aw should e 3 alw -s he rigorously enforced. These preeecutiona ar e often oppressive to individuals ; they disturb the public, beget ill-will w h ere all should he friendly co-operation, and' entirely fail to produce doc trinal uniformity. The Ile;Yrld thinks it necessary that an ample reserve of well-trained regwar soldiers be created, who should be ready to .join the ranks when rquired. The great obstacle to its creation thitherto an. - €las consisted t in the length of the recruits' en But the new regulation, which leaves' i'l;e ine c n ci vide for their own. protection and largely 'on'es toPro. increases the home force, will enable' 'the Government i. to make the term of service shorter ; and soldiers more rapidly through " the mill," w)LPPlBB'ng the ide an ample supply of the best description of men for th r e °v reserve. Lord Monck, while bea r i ng amp l e testimony tot patriotism of the volunteers and their utility should occasion arise for Cleir services, very prop er' . 3 " objects to their being r ec k one d among the stroidini; forces of the country ;" but we c anno t co i nc i de in hi, opinion that the total abolition of the purchase system would tend to increase the efficiency of our army. Pee. motion from the ranks can only with safety be adopted in an army raised by conscription, which ensures tidy presence in the ranks of men of family awl such education as would qualify them for promotion. In ours, consisting of volunteers from the lowest, most ignorant, and generally the worst-conducted class of the population, it would be simply impossible to find persons suited for commissioned officers in such numbers as would at all affect its organisation for the better ; while special provision for one portion of the men existed would not only be attended with increased expense, but would create jealousy and discontent amongst the others. The first need of the country is a reserve of regalia 2 troops, which will place it beyond the risk of danger and from the tenor of the debate in the Upper 11 onse on Lore allonck's motion we have every hope of the speedy realisa tion of this most necessary adjunct to our national defences. The Daily Yeics says that the story of Mr. Benjamin Higgs remains something more than a nine (lays' wonder, even in these days of sensational crime. If that gentle man is watching the world from the retirement he so opportunely eought, he has at least the satisfaction of having made a sensation. Though the crime of which he has been guilty is nothing but commonplace and vulgar felony, he may at any rate claim the a d van t age o f th e very Philistine distinction betwe e n wh o l esa l e and retail. He has been a wholesale dealer in rogueries. and the more his proceedings are investigate( the more strange and startling they become. It is of course easy to be wise after the event, but it does seem remarkable that Mr. 11iggs's double life should never have become known to the directors of the company. Perhaps the very immensity of the difference between. Mr. Higgs of the gas office, and Mr. Higgs of Teddington, constl , ufsel p art ef his seeurity. The ,con trast is 'almost like one of the orearns of ruusance. It is the antithesis of GA, real and to ideal. I), here the directors of this compeny are et fan!t. 1A not in failing euire into their clerk's •l espenditure, but in tail in ing to see that their own . eyetera of accounts was fairly . carried ent. They bad a sys!ein SO perfect that, even now, the a - C.:tot:intents can devise nothing, better, but they took for granted that it was being worked. Yet it ivas on this very system that ifiggs .also relied. The directors did not look after it • but dhl, and it answered his purpose as it might it; aeswered theirs. After all Ifieess held his posit;: n by the sense tenure by WiliCh everything- is held—that of wakehlness and watch fulness. lie was k( pt aw dee by the penalty of dis covery—those who should hive inade the d'scovery had no sash fear to keep t:iem awake, and they went on in the - Sleepy way in which lan.inees is so generally transacted Active personal supervision will always heat systems eoing nosiness, and the very Lest machineey of account" worked by a clever rogue for his ow n ieterest, and no carefully watched by these.avioese creeta it is meant to guard, will only give a frata_i lone; chance of life. Tlll7 ITORRIPLI? METDER IN SOUTH WALES. Mr. J. Williams, coroner for Breconslnte, has opened an inquiry at Penderyn touching the death of Mary Jones, who lived on a farm known by the name of Nant-y-derry. The house in which deceased resided is about a quarter of a mile from any other dwelling, and for several weeks past she lived alone, her husband haling died about tin weeks ago. After his death a neighbour's daughter slept with her for three weeks, and then she told the girl to go home, as hcr mother had work for her to do. The deceased formerly carried milk into Ifirwain every day for sale, but latterly she had not done so. She was frequently heard to say that she had money enough to keep her without troubling anybody while she lived, and she was considered by her neighbours to be tole- rably well off, but no one knew where she had placed her money. A will has been found in the house, bequeathing all the property she possessed to her stepdaughter, v.rho resides at Pontypridd. The evidence of Mr. 'Webster, surgeon, skewed that there was a compound fracture of the skull at the back of as head, a contuse(' Lnd over the left eyebrow, the left hand was charred, and the right slightly so, and the body was also burnt in several places. His opinion was that death arose from laceration and injury to the brain, probably caused by the leg of a chair. The inquiry was adjourned for a fortnight, and the coroner expressed a hope that the police, in th e meantime, would be successful in their search after the guilty party; but as yet the case is involved in mystery. THE TIPPERARY MURDER. Ah impression now prevails that the murder of Mr. 'Bradshaw was not agrarian, but originated in a feeling of jealousy, excited by tie habits of the deceased. There is some sense of relief in the thought that the relations of landlord and tenant have had nothing to do with the crime. It is not positively known what the immediate provocation was, but there is reason to believe that the assassin was actuated by a desire to avenge some real or supposed wrong, wholly unconnected with land. Mr. Bradshaw was remarkably quiet and inoffensive in his public capacity, but his relations in his household were not equally satisfactory, and led to much domestic unhappiness. He seems to have entertained some apprehensions of the fate which overtook him. A few weeks ago, as rumour has it, he dreamt he felt some per son pressing his throat as he lay asleep, and next day he made his will. In the disposition of his acquired pro perty, which was considerable, he is reported to have marked his estrangement from his wife by leaving the greater part of it for the benefit of his sister's children. He had no legitimate children of his own living. The inquest was held by Dr. Morrissy, of Tipperary, one of the county coroners. The murder has produced no ordi nary excitement among the local gentry and the people. The assembly was so large that it became necessary to conduct the inquiry in the open air. Nearly all the magistrates of the surrounding district were present. A private investigation was afterwards held. Allis still remains in custody. He is the son of a tenant who was in arrear of rent, and whom it was stated Mr. Brad shaw intended to evict. At the close of the inquest the farmers present entered into a subscription for a reward fund to obtain information, and in a quarter of an hour they put down their names for i')(). It is rather singular that it was the deceased who recently found the drunken man in a ditch at Cappawhite, and, seeing blood on his face, raised a groundless alarm of murder. LAW AND FOLICE. THE CASE OF OVEREND AND GURNEY.—On Wednesday the case of Overend, Gurney, and Co. was before Vice- Chancellor Malips on a demurrer. A bill has been filed to make the directors responsible for the loss the company sustained by purchasing the goodwill and undertaking the liabilities of the old company on the representation of the directors that the business of the old firm was solvent, whereas they knew that it was insolvent to the extent of 22,700,000. The directors demurred that a question of damages was not one fur an equity; but a common-law court. The Vice-Chancellor overruled the demurrer, bolding that it was a proper case to submit to a court of equity, and that the bill was pro perly framed and ought to be answered. A LITERARY DisruiE.—A literary inquiry of some interest has been going on in Vice-Chancellor James's court during the last day or two. Mr. Pike, the author of a work entitled " The English and their Origin," pub lished in May 1866, filed a bill to restrain the publication of the defendant's book " The Pedigree of the English People," cn the ground th t it was a piracy of his work. Both works arose out of a competition for a prize of 100 guineas offered by the National Ei,teddfod at Aberystwith, in 1865 and ECG, for the best essay on the Origin of the English Nation. The plaintiff competed in 1565, when no prize was given ; but the arbitrators expressed a Lope that his essay would be published. He published it in May MCA In that year the defen hint competed for the prize, which again Wai IPA • awarded. • The late Lord Strangford, who was the adjudicator,praisA his essay highly, and after submitting the MS. to several ethnologists, the deren lant arranged for its publication by Messrs. Longmans. A copy of the work was sent to the plaintiff for notice in the Anthropo logical Bedew, when he arrived at the co-elusion that an unfair use had been made of his book, and filed this bill. The defendant admits having read the plaintiff's book, but asserts that the scheme and argument of his work were in existence before its publication. The case was not concluded. Dr. Irons, of Queen's College, Vicar of Dromp ton, has been elected Bampton Lecturer for 1870. Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B. has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Mediter ranean Station, vice Lord Clarence Paget, whose period of service has expired. At the 31!insion Howe, on Wednesd-►y, Sydney T. Webb, a clerk in the ernploymeLt of the Provincial Bank ing Corporation, was committed for trial on a charge of being concerned with another man, now under sentence of seven years' penal servitude, in forging and uttering a ch Ty, fur £397 10,., with intent to defraud. ELECTION PETITIONS.—The two special cases out of the 70 election petitions arising out of the late general 3lection have been appointed to be argued in the Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday next. The cases are New Sarum and Manchester. THE CASE OF MADAME RACEEL, 7 -The writ of error obtained by Madame Rachel, who remains in New. gate, is to be heard on Saturday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, when Mr. Mellish, Q.C., and Mr. Gibbons will Appear for the defendant; the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Poland for the Crown. The error is in law--whether the court was properly consti tuted. The Bishop of-Salisbury appends to a circular which ae has issued to his clergy asking them to make collections for the Diocesa❑ Church Ilui!ding Society the following observations :—"I cannot allow this request, which I have much reason to think may be the last public one may be allowed to make to my clergy, to go foal', without reminding them that I am seeking their .ssistance in behalf of an object which must be amo: gst those dearest to a Christian's heart, the worship of Gcd in Ms Church on earth. I wculd also at the same time thank them for the prayers, which I have the great comfort of be lieving aro being offered up for me by them and their con gregations, to the end that I may bear my sickness patiently, and that the sufferings of my body may by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be made to minister to my soto's rest and peace." The statistical table showing the number candidates who h a v e sent i n their II:1111M for the Oxfi g ( d local examinations, which cot:lntel:co at the carmus centres on the 24th of May, has been issuml. The number of candidates is 1,636 namely, 1,200 juniors and 436 seniors; last year the numier was 1,553-1.142 juniors and 411 seniors, being an increas e ov,r the )ear 1868 of 83. Ther e a re tvt enty-four centres to which can didates are sent. The most consideruLl e of these is, of course, London, where 338 candidates were exiardaed -92 seniors, 246 juniors. Mane:Lester e( mes next with 184, 85 seniors, 149 juniors. rrool had 158, of wl.mn 53 seniors; Bath 113, 20 seniors. N,xt comes Birming. 91 candidates. Tho lowest in the scale is Swansea, only 12 candidates. Windsor had 19 ; Lincoln, 22; 'r, Norwich, and Truro, 23 each. were ham, with SUSPENDED ANIMATION. —I have read of trees remaining dormant for a season, but I shall tell you of a case that is probably unique of its kind. There used to grow against a wall of my house a Virginian creeper. It was an old plant with a stem thicker than any man's arm, and it spread across to the next house, and my neighbour has as good a share of it as myse!f. By some accident the stem was broken or cut through—l think it occurred when some workmen were about the place Well, it was cut down to the ground, and the place was paved over for some distance round about, fo the roots of the plant were in a yard. Last summer, to my surprise, a strong shoot of Virginian creeper started by the edge of a paving stone and grew four orfiv, feet. That shoot is ,now pushing a new growth, and have no doubt at all that my creeper will be restored or the very spot where it stood before. The story so far may appear nothing extraordinary. I must add that between the disappearance and the reappearance of the plant foul years have elapsed. That there may be no mistake about my meaning,. let it be understood that we saw nothing o+ it thri ugh four successive summers. I suppose some part of the not, still alive, was quickened by the intensely hot MOO of 1868,- 7 -The Ganicrier'sjpgagine, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, D. 69. NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PRO VIDENT ErSTITU7IO.Y,. MISCELLANEOUS. NEWS, The anniversary festival in aid of the funds of this charity was held on Monday evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. In the abs,•nce of Mr. Charles Dickens, the president, Alderman Sir Benjamin Phillips occupied the chair, and amongst upwards of 200 ladies and gentlemen present were Mr. J. R. M'Lean, M.P., Mr. George Elliott, M.P., the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex (Messrs. Aldermen Cotton and Hutton), Mr. Charles Dickens, jun., Mr.:Edmund Yates, Mr. C. L. Gruneisen, Mr. F. Clements, Mr. P. Clements, Mr. Aird, &c. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been duly honoured, Mr. Alderman CorroN, in responding to the toast of " The Corporation of the City of London," proposed by Mr. Adams, referred to the value of the charity, and expressed a hope that it would be well supported. The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Newsvendors' Benevolent and Provident Institution." Before venturing to ex patiate upon the newsvendors he wished to say a few words with reference to the newspapers them selves. He then referred to the early history of newspapers, from their establishment in the 16th century, pointing out how their legitimate influence bore upon Kings, Lords, and Commons, and main tained the freedom of the people. But the ability of the literary staff and the labours of the print , ing-otlice would go for nothing were it not for that distributing class, the newsvendors. It was for the decayed members of this great. class that he had now to plead. The institution was deserv ing of the support of all classes, and he re gretted that its financial position was not better, and that its operations were crippled for want of funds. He drew attention to the small amount of subscriptions on the present anniversary, and ex pressed a hope that that gathering would result in an accession of at least £5OO to the funds of the charity, which he hoped would be distributed amongst the necessitous newsvendors of the day, and not be put away for the benefit of the next generation. In conclusion, he expressed regret at the absence of ➢lr. Charles Dickens, the president, and hoped that the society would, nevertheless, find its funds greatly increased by the proceedings of the evening. The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, Mr. EDMUND YATES proposed in complimentary terms "The Health of Mr. Charles Dickens." FREE ADMISSIONS. . Some of the theatrical folk are complaining of the system which prevails of filling houses with persons who have not paid for their places. It is said that there is ha r dl y a t h eatre i n L on d on w hi c h i s paying its expenses. The reason for this is said to be that most theatre-goers know where to get free admissions. They don't want to pay where they can see and hear for nothing. The managers reply that they cannot help themselves. The public will have full houses. An empty house begets a still emptier one. Cer tainly the managers ought to know their own inte rest best. But it would be worth while, as the present system does not pay. trying the new one. A list of subscriptions, showing a satisfactory addition to the funds of the charity, was then read by the Secretary. Mr. elms. DicKENs, jun., in proposing "The Ladies," said that, although his father had been seriously indisposed, there was no cause for alarm. It was true that he would be prevented for smile time from appearing i❑ the capacity of a public " reader," but he would still be enabled to attend to his literary duties, which would be continued as heretofore. The inquiry, too, amongst the slates and others whO have come out of the Soun alj. country resultedin THE RIGHTS OF "WOMEN. nothing. Noboci7 had heard Of the captives. A correspondent of the Star writes on the subject THE VOLUNTEERS. of women's property. lie declares that good and In these days of army reform and military reor 7 just Englishmen cannot b e ag gr i eve d if their ganisation every little wind seems to turn public own practice is made the binding law on opinion about. Ten years ago the volunteers were all. Supremacy unsanctioned by Itw will in- the pets of society ; they are now the best-abused variably degenerate into lawlessness. Supre macy, in the sense of a r i g ht, i s s l ow l y relaxing set of people in England. A military spectator of the Portsmouth Peview writes to the its hold upon society. Women have the more need of 1 elearaph protesting against both extremes. He protection for any property of which they may be pos- I admits that there is much that is anomalous,_ a great sessed, as:they are excluded b ycus t om an d l aw from the deal that is absurd, in connection with the force. rich pastures apportioned by men to themselves. He ; They have no commissariat; they are badly orga affirms that if the principle of subordination and nised in some respects; they committed blunders— abnegation of self on one side are essential to social perhaps serious ones—at Dover; and they have done harmony, it had better be understood that quite as bad elsewhere. But, notwithstanding, they marriage settlements are illegal. The reformers are not therefore to be despised. They have on this question are impelled by the guiding sliewn qualities of steadiness and solidity principle of modern society, and the more woman f which, should occasion require, will be brought out. gains in independence and dignity the more she They know nothing as yet of military experience. gains v a lu e i n her relation to man. In conclusion, But an enemy would hardly invade without notice; the writer says that if a mother's property cannot be and there would be time to organise, and to raise a ber own, regardless of her responsibility to her commissariat, &c., by the time the force would be children, a father's property should come under the required. The military correspondent does not say same strict restriction : but in a Philistine age we why—supposing, as he does, that the volunteers must be content with Philistine progress. would be required in time of invasion—the organisa- GOOD NEWS FOIL SCHOOLBOYS. tion and the raising of a commissariat, the teaching in the art of arms and war, should not be carried out A society has been started to eff ec t a re f orm i n our rather in the calm days of peace than during a panic spelling, and it has just held a meeting at Liver- caused by fear of invasion. Most probably he knows pool. The society do not adopt the phonetic system, no reason, which would alter 80 per cent. of the words in the English language. They propose a milder revolution, which would affect only 20 per cent. The changes consist for the most part in omitting " unnecessary " letters, such as the letters ugh in words ending in ough, and the omission of the b in such words as debt and doubt. The advocates of this change clearly attach no value to philology. Of course, the word det would convey no indication of its derivation from the Latin dells` ; on the contrary, it would seem to be derived from a verb which has exactly the opposite meaning, which implies that something has been given, instead of that something is owed. The advocates of this change cited W. S. Lawlor Fran' lin and Swift as being on their side. But these would have been the last to sanction alterations which destroyed the history of our language. There is more to be said for another change which was suggested at the meeting, namely, that all regular plurals should be formed in one way ; that words ending in y, for instance, should become plural simply by the addition of an s, instead of, as at present, by a change into ies. THE DUKE OF HAMILTON. A Glasgow paper announces that the Duke of Hamilton is about to give up the turf, and will sell his horses. We do not know if this intention is due to disgust at being blackballed by the Jockey Club, but we do know that it will be the wisest step which his Grace ever took. His career has been only one degree less of a " frighilul example" than that of the Marquis of Hastings. The sums that the owner of two dukedoms has lost on the turf are something prodigious MORE ABOtiT GUNS. The Ordnance investiration, hitherto prose cuted before a Joint Committee of Congress, has developed the following, among other interesting facts:— SUMMARY OF BURST GUNS. Parrott 100-pounders (rifles) Parma 150-pounders (8 inch rifles) Parrott 10-inch rifles Parrott 30-pounders Rodman 12-inch rifles Podinan 8-inch rifles Rodman 15-inch smooth-bore (navy) l7 Rodman IF-inch smooth-bore (army) 1 Ilablgren 150-pounders (rifles) 3 Dahlgren 140-pounders (rifles) 2 Dahlgren 50-pounders (rifles) Dahlgren 30-pounders (rifles) Dahlgren 80-pounders (condemned) Dahlgren 50-pounders (cond. coned) Dal.l.:ren 150-pounders I condemned) 6 Dahlgren 13-inch smooth-bore 1 Dahlgren 11-inch smoeoth-bore 1 Miscellaneous wrought and cast-iron ... 9 • Burst. spor:tanennsly 10 Cracked, fissured, ur ruptured bofure proof Total. 258 Eighteen Parrott 100-pounders, in addition to the above, are unaccounted for, supposed to be burst. Twenty-seven P.-irrott 150-pounders were coa ct coned by the navy. Of 43 Rodman 15-inch guns, cast for the navy, which was the greatest number in service at any one time, 17 have burst or been disabled. Of three 12-inch Rodman rifles, cast for the navy, one was rifled on the plan of Mr. Parrott ace' burst at the 27th fire ; one on the plan of At water, burst at the 30th fire; one on the plan of Rodman, burst at the 16th fire. Of four Dahlgren 150-pounder rifles, one burst at the 27th fire, one at the 20th fire, one at the 75th fire, and one at the 60th fire. One 13-inch gun, cast solid, at Provi dence, endnred 178 fires. One 13-inch gun, cast hollow, at Pittsburgh, endured 108 fires. The navy 15-inch guns, cast on Rodman's plan, are divided by Admiral Dahlgretr in his testimony into three classes :-1. The original Dahlgren model. 2. The new mo•lel by Captain Wise. 3. The new model by Captain Wise. Of the first class, 31 were cast, 17 were altered to the second clam. Of these, eight were disabled—nearly half—after enduring but an average of 135 fires for each. One-fifth of the un altered guns were disabled after an average of 175 fires for each gun. Sixty-six guns were cast of the third class. The trial gun endured but 131 fires, when it was disabled. Of the remaining 65, 40 have been mounted in iron -dads, and have been altog-ther fired 1,333 times ; one burst, three condemned, two of them sold as old iron. One-fifth of these failed, being subjected to an average of 53 fires each. The guns above enume rated are all the 15-inch Rodman guns which have been fired in service, none of the army guns having been so fired. The Rodman gun was first officially adopted in 1862 by the Ordnance Board, of which the inventor and patentee was a member. When Gen. Dyer became Chief of Ordnance, in the fall of 1864, one of his first acts was to appoint Gen. Rod man Constructor of Ordnance. He raised the price ' of the 15-inch gun to $7,000, which was previously $6,500, and issued an order to receive the guns made under the supervision of the constructor without subjecting them to the powder-proof. Thus it can be seen that General Rodman has held in succession three important positions in relation to the reception of his guns, one-twelfth of the whole price of which he has received as royalty, viz. :- Ist. Inventor and patentee while an officer of the United States army, and of the Ordnance Board— the power behind the throne—which adopted his invention officially for the service of the United States. 3d. Constructor of ordnance, charged with the inspection and reception of the guns in which he is interested as patentee, receiving a royalty. Two hundred and ninety-six 15-inch guns have been re ceived by the army ordnance. department under this organization :-1,233 10-inch Rodman guns, and one hundred and fifty-five 8-inch, for which car riages and a large supply of projectiles have been pur chased. There are no data upon which to found an opinion that the Rodman gun, if subjected to service test, would have any special rate of endur ance. None of them, except those referred to ove as used in the navy, have been fired in battle or service. A large proportion of them have been mounted without having been fired at all. The siege and sea -coast guns purchased by the Army o s f m t e hi b s s4 lu 2 n o ol l, l v u a t s Ordnance Office from the Ist of July, 1861, to was p a id for aid Parrott principallyg t guns. June 30, 1866, cost $5,35 , 1,365 51' ; of this amount, guns. $3,230,526 52 was paid for Parrott for Rodman h e rest projec tiles. $259,105 80 was paid to Alr. Parrott for carriagesi for his 100-pounders, 2 00-pounders; and 300'pounders. The navy purchases from the Fort Pitt foundery, - where the Rodman guns were prin cipally made, amounted to $ 2 ,116,052 62. The navy purchases from Mr. Parrott have not been ascertained. It is believed that more than 175 I 100-pounder guns were obtained. The number of the Dahlgren shell guns which have been cracked or fissured inside previous to proof, or during ex-. periments or service, could not be learned. The Chief of the But eau evaded the questions relating to the bad qualities of his own invention, while be was elaborate in his answers as to the bad qualities of the guns of other inventors.—New Fork Tribune. TIRE SEASON. The London season has commenced, and the vketropolis is full. Full too at a time when the country is so very beautiful. All theifreat families have left their mansions, parks, and lawns, with the freshness of spring upon them, paid are now helping to choke the over-full, and certainly not lovely, metropolis. Why is this ? Fashion, we are told, it inexorable. No matter that real enjoyment cannot be had. Excitement can, and the on e must make up for the other. Moreover, materfamilias urges that she wants her daughters to marry. And so she leaves the more healthy country and comes to ruinously expensive London., there, amidst the feverish whirl of balls and parties, to get her daughters mated for life. The DailmNews asks whether all this is necessary:— " We would ask if everybody cannot he seen and every body get married without everybody rushing up to London for the purpose at a certain time,.and that time the most delicious one of the rural year? We fancy that folks married and gave in marriage before the days of the iron rail, and still go through those indispensable ceremonies in countries where iron rails and their con verging points at a metropolis are as yet wholly unknown. As for free and frequent intercourse with comparatively distant neighl:ours, that, no doubt, was a matter difficult of attainment before steam was applied to locomotion; but the very same ease and rapidity of moving about which we now owe to railways can sm ely he utilised in carrying people from county to county, and from one part of the country to another, as in carrying them all up to London." AMERICAN FLVANCE, 1865-1869.* (Fromthe An3lo - American Times.) This article thus op en s---“ The publi c d e bt o f the United States am oun t e d , on tt.e Ist July, 1860 , to a capital of £13,400,000. On the Ist July, 1865, according to Mr. M'Culloch's latest report, the debt, including unliqnidated claims, exceeded £600,000,000. During fnir years the Government expenditure averaged ne ar l y £50 0,000 a day." The reviewer considers Ithat the contest between the President and Congress alone prevented political parties from being formed anew on financial theC o Confederate l grounds o o n f t t h h e e s m ub An mis w si h o e n d o i f rec t t h e e d St tes. policy of the Johnson Administration he does not think highly, and though the President • interfered little, that little neither increased his • reputation as a financier nor as a statesman. On Mr. M'Culloch and his subordinates fell the labour and re sponsibility. That gentleman gained his financial experience in Indiana, when that State was a p trt of " the West," and so skilfully conducted the State Bank that it maintained specie payments in 1857 when all its rivals had suspended. On Mr. Chase, the Secretary, in 1861 converting the hank-note circulation into a national currency, he selected Mr. M'Culloch for Comptroller of the Currency. In 1864 Nlr.:Chase was succeeded by SenatorFessen den, who, after nine months, returned to the Senate in preference, and M'Culloch was promoted to be Secretary of the Treasury. The Reviewer describes Mr. M'Culloch hs good in his judgment and advice, unquestioned in integrity, patient, hopeful, courage ous; but he had no weight, no influence,easy in temper, and inclined toyield; therefore, however forcible and just his remarks, no one attended, Congress seized his finictions, and left him to carry out its policy with which be had only. a moderate sympathy. Mr. Rollins was neutralized by political jealousies, and Mr. Wells' duties were consultative only. Con gress distrusting the Executive assumed some of its functions, but unfortunately the members had been ✓ taught to regard with contempt mere administration !s compared with the moral questions on which they y were returned. " The leaders of Congress, brought • up as they had been to study moral abstrac t' tiobs alone, carried, as heads of committees _ and framers of bills, the wildest financial theories ✓ into practical effect. They undertook, with the aid 11 of their boldest and ablest member, the late Thad a dens Stevens, of Pennsylvania, to make laws of ▪ political economy by Act of Congress, and they succeeded so far as to"throw the economical fabric of society into an unnatural and unsound condition, likely to last many years, and to cost the nation ; either a more or less violent shock if corrected, or a still severer blow to its credit and honour if al lowed to become chronic." The Reviewer then goes on to discuss " rings" and their influence, asserting that " no bill that has money in it is said to have a chance of becoming law without paying tax to some one in its passage. On the surrender of the South ern armies the embarrassment of the Treasury was great, but the people took up at once £100,000,000 of Seven-Thirty notes, and from that time there has always been a surplus instead of a deficiency. The financial difficulties belong to the two classes ; those which relate to the management of the debt, including the depreciated Legal- render currency, and those which relate to revenue. Mr. M'Culloch turned his attention first to the Currency, but Con gress declined to give him supreme power in deal ing with it, limiting him to withdraw £2,000,000 of greenbacks in six months, and afterwards £BOO,OOO per month. After reducing the amount from £80,000,000 to £73,000,000 hard times came ; a cry was raised against contraction, and Mr. M•Culloch yielded, and stopped redemption. On the meeting of Congress, in spite of the Secretary's protest, a Bill was passed withdrawing the power of contraction. The Reviewer defends Mr. M'Cul loch's policy in accumulating a large gold reserve in the Treasury to encourage regular trade and to discourage speculators, and he managed to liquidate £260,000,000 of temporary obligations within three years after the war, more than £125,000,000 being actually paid out of surplus revenue; but he is of opinion that all England considers him to be in error in devoting so large a sum to the discharge of a debt whlie industry was suffering under such de• I structive taxation. An excellent summary of the attacks on the national credit is then given ; the proceedings of Congress ; of the politicians to make political capital ; the real feeling of the nation ; and what the repudiators got for their pains. All which is familiar to our readers, and we are glad to see how admirably correct the " Review" is. The Reviewer proceeds to discuss the way in which the Government raised the necessary revenue. There was no want of money, for the country was very wealthy, the Northern Stags being untouched by the war; but how to collect it proved the problem. The excessive taxes imposed were destructive to healthy industry and violated every economic law. After enumerating these imposts, he adds, " Perhaps the most mischievous tax of all, which eat into the heart of society like a cancer, was that which resulted from the additional profit charged by every tradesman or manufacturer, as a compen sation, for the risks to which he was subjected by the daily fluctuations of the currency." To this system and to this vitiated currency the Reviewer attributes the corruption .which has undoubtedly been developed. Productive pursuits ceased to * " Edinburgh Review," April, 1869. yield a return comparable to the rapid gains of trade' and speculation--the rural districts threw their surplus population into the great cities, which, in spite of the rise in rents and cost of living, rapidly grew. The currency acted as a violent spur to speculation and a 3 a screen to profits ; smuggling became a system and fraud • a habit. This state of things attracted the serious attention of Congress, and the still more serious attention of really patrio tic citizens, but though Congress stormed, it did no thing effectual to check the tide. The system of officerin g the Government service was ingeniously contrived to give force to the current; but, not withstanding the efforts made in both Houses, no change took place. We write from memory, but the Reviewer does not appear fully to appreciate what a tremendous check corruption would receive in the passage of such a bill as that of Mr.-Jenckes, of Rhode Island. He asserts with truth what Mr. Wellsallirms, that the effectof greenback currency is to make the rich richer and the poor poorer ; to make speculation a trade, and to generate huge corpora tions, whose wealth and power create oligarchies in their States. Strong and severe as is the article, we are bound tosay that the writer has put down naught in malice, and its point and force are derived from its simple truth. Although the overflow of corruption, leaving its slimy traces all over the country, breeding plagues in its malaria, is not a pretty picture for Americans to contemplate. They do not object to hear the truth from a foreign critic. It is below what their own papers state to be the case, and the Reviewer can substantiate all he Rays from official documents. Still we hold with the Hon. Thomas A. Jenckes that it is but a temporary phase, one of those manias which follow other periods of excite ment, and which end in a general smash when people will awake to a stern reality, and learn by experience that they must not only be honest them selves, but force their neighbours to be honest as well ; and that any lapse from this rule will surely tend against the weal of society. It is but the scum which has boiled up to the surface that we see, while beneath it is clear and pure. Before the war there were those who affirmed that all martial quali ties had died out in the trading, peddling Yankee, yet the world knows how this was belied by events. We hope the first step in reform is the passage of the Civil Service Bill ; that the Courts and Le3gisla, tures will be purified ; but, above all, that society will learn to stigmatize crime, and cease to hold that success makes any difference. IHE PACIFIC IMILIW.4D. The Union Pacific Railway fight continues un abated, indeed grows in dimensions and crops up everywhere. In Utah, in Washington, and in New York it excites great interest ; ; in the courts and in the Legislature it is the all-absorbing topic. De bate has followed debate, recrimination has followed recrimination, and the public are utterly at a loss to judge of the merits of a case wherein tho de fendants openly proclaim on the witness staid • and in the halls of the Legislature the rascality of the plaintiffs, and the plaintiffs assert as confidently the rascality of the defendants. In the examina tion there is a wide discrepancy between the affi davits sworn to, and the evidence given, and in Congress the speeches on the subject deal very freely with the characters of the directors. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, made a savage attack on both the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Credit Mobilier. The latter he asserts to have de feated the I , iw which intended the stock to be open for subscription by subscribing a little, then closing the books, and building the road out of the enor mous subsidies obtained for bonds. The Senate con cluded by passing a motion to direct the President to fix the point of junction according to the legal rights of the respective roads; and another motion was agreed to, offered by Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, to investkate whethcr or not 'the character and all the franchises of the Union Pacific Railroad and its branches have not been forfeited, and to execute all necs ssary legal proceedings if they have ; second, to investigate whether the said company has not made illegal dividends upon its stock, and if so to execute the neces,ary legal proceedings to have the same reimbursed ; and third, to investigate whether any of the directors, or agents, or employes of the company have or have not violated any penal law, and if so to institute the proper criminal proceed ings againsts all of them who have done so. The House Committee on tue Pacific Railroad, after hearing arguments for and against the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, decided to suggest the adoption of a resolution asking the House to autho rize the continuance of the investigation and the taking of testimony during the recess of Congress. A joint resolution was eventually passed by Con gress, after long and adjourned debates, by the Senate. It provides that stockholders of the Union Pacific Road shall bold a meeting in Boston on April 22 to elect directors and establish the general office at such place as they may select ; that Ogden shall be the point of junction of the two roads; that the Union Pacific shall continue laying the track until reaching Promontory Summit, but the Central Pacific shall pay for and own the same from Ogden ; that the President shall appoint Gommissioners to examine into the condition of the roads, and shall withhold a sufficient amount of bonds to insure their completion as first-class roads in every respect, and that the Attorney-General shall institute an exa mination as to whether the two roads have forfeited heir franchises, and, if so, to proceed against them. tithe House Committee agreed to withhold g from both companies the bonds on the 80 miles of road be tween Monument Point and Ogden until the ques tion of junction was settled, a decision which quickly brought the companies together to arrange their differences. In the meantime the legal squabbles progressing in New York are becoming a bore. The affidavits, the speeches of counsel, the ruling of judges are interminable ; however, the latest de velopment is of interest, namely, that a clerk of Mr. Dorrant has credited to his private account $5,000,000, against which the Union Pacific draw eheques when it wants money. By direction of the Secretary of War, the military route of travel to the Pacific coast is fixed by the Pacific Railroad, and $2OO advance mileage will be paid to officers under orders from the East. to California, Oregon, &c. CRIME IN.PEILADELPHTA. TWITCHELL'S CONFESSION A ND DEATII._For t hose e of our readers w h o d o not k now the c i rcums t a nees i. % may mention that a man named Twitcher,llo°ll3s a good position in society iu Philadelphia, was victed, after a fair trial ) of the murder of Mts.' . 1 ,, his mother-iu-la w , w h ose b o d y was discovered IYI7O beneath the windo w o f h er h ouse, f rom which Sti, had been thrown. It appeared evident on is ves red gating the roo m t h at t h e old lady h a d been maid tot wheu asleep o n th e so f a, and that the perr etr , e . it , had cast th e b o d y through the window. is ', a chell au t hu wife were a rreste d ou sus picion tried ; the former was found Guilty and condoms', o to death, to e l atter b eing Acquitted. The stral,-(1,, of the act, c ou pl e d w i th the social posit i on of 11 accused, excited to war d s th i s case an unusua l doi;r ,o of attention. Eve ry e ff ort that money or t h lcr7 , could exert was ma d e to save the c ulprit and, these f a il ing , h e was supposed, ill e . °o s , d , junction with hi s w i fe, to have made a coal Wen, throwing th e gui l t on her, who, as air°. /0 acquitted, c o uld not aga i n be tried. His coule 6slo bo is as follows:—" I wen , . to my room on the 14 1 of the mu r d er; an d i nstead of going to bed Iha down ou the lounge iu my room and fell asteeP My wife was in bed at the time. I was loathed uy her repeated calls, and ran down to the diai s , g l room, where found her much e xcite d, sayin g , have had a quarrel with fnother and killed her. UO LOG kno w w h ether she said, • Save Bie l' or di I - lelp we, hide me!' but at last we t hr e w Lilo 13 % 0 of airs. out of the window, to make it 1 001; " it she fell out. I went down stairs aua washed Oil hands and lace at the hydrant, then went to °d o rueful, Undressed, an t i WC ut to bed. i‘ly With e 6lll O up afterwards a n d gut i nto bed, where we sta i d until Saran Campued rung t h e bell. 1. tbW a Were 111 bed ten or twenty Minutes. I wade buieLllll VOW to the eternal Litchi that night to t would never r e veal i t , but cannot keep it ° " 1) '' I, longer. 1 “111 sorry that, .1 Mae said I knew no' lli % of it, but I did with toe vow i n lny min d, and save my Wile. 1 HOW Make these uia~f~atir~a teat 1 may have puttee With laud. (Signed) tit.oi" nviTCIIELL, juu. lu presence ut the liev. eaCurg e bliughurst and IV ithain B. Yetkius." SuUi Gi y after the confession, but before it was publfs"" Mrs. l %vacuai visited her husband ior the 13 i ; time, and had a ConVeisatiOli withthe Itel r ' lfrOtn him she learned, in req d l to tier eager questions, iliac Twit c h e ll ha d couttl 6 s and connected her with the murder. " exclaimed 11115. kwitchell, "he IS a the greatest, Vidaid On the face of the earth. 01135 k: lug wn et n er he i nten d ed LO make any stateulc" u. , the scaffold sa e was answered that he old. r-Lild knowledge appeared to disconcert her that ne'cVs p .per reporters would be present - . She did not I r peat her but left the c it y shortiy afte r, IL° a it was diem iffisely rumoured that the vv a ' where to be found. on learning °-G Mr. Bringhurst lital published Lis cauiesaion, de etarat it to have been against his d,.sire •and ' 3°ll : se") as he only wished it to become known 'ai t ' l his execution. IVhil e asserting its discrepancies to be the best p roo f o f its truth, he was unable to o tell wh e th er hi s w if e was d r essed or not when called him down, being, he declared, so Attuned b y what sue h a d toldhim. When quesciou i , more closely o n t h e mot yes of his confession; ht. said, did it because may wile deserted toe. 136 ; fore last Frid ay wee k she called to see m e twice week, but always seemed in a hurry to get 31°1' and did not sh ow any affection for me. On the 0,"; casiou of her l ast visit the officer of the prison toldbe that fromthat time out sh e might see Inc every da y it she desired. When leaving I said to h er ' Cawilia, there must be some light thrown hP ° : this thing.' Sh e on l y replied, I will came 50 , 4 11 again.' Sh e t h en left, and I haven't seen I.`" since. I think i t h ar d t h at she should abandon jo now after the sacrifices .1 have made for her. immediately after h er acqu i tta l s h e had told me 610 0 whole truth, I b e li eve my l i fe would Lava been saved. I see the shameful death I am to hie tja Thursday, but I would not change places with ne t, for I will die with the 'cousciousuess of yielding tip my life for a faithless and criminal wife, while s d " will live, after Thursday, with toy blood added her soul, which is already stained with that of her mother. The truth will perhaps never be knaw ij ' for when Th urs d ay d awned the day on which 110 , was to b e execu t e d , T w i tehell was found by his keeper dead i n hi s b e d . On the previous nigh t be d gave Mr. .Briughurst the k e y w i t h which h ,„ e P "„ wound up his w a tch, remar k ing, i t was the l as t tilnu . He saw Eaton, who was to b e execute d t he si' lia day, and remar k e d , " Jerry, you will have t o o alone, l will not be with you, but mum's the On this being told the officers of the prison, his cell was carefully s e a rc h e d , even the looking-glass hel"; „ g taken away. lie suffered intense mental ag°l when visited by th ree Catholic priests, and evinc e an overwhelming terror at his impending fate. ' A ,I 12 o'clock he was wal k ing about his cell, b A V a.m. when the k eeper l oo k ed iu he was in b via ) the blanket over his head. When next the ke e P er ; visited hi m i t was 5.15, when the blanket W 8 thrown down to his middle and his face look ed deathly, though th e neck was still warm t h e 10 were rigid and c o ld, hi s mouth open, his han ds clenched, and di scovere d h e was dead. There 1 05 a piece of liquoric.: with the end bitten off, but P r ; Shapleigh discovered a bottle wrapped in, pac eri e • the toe of a boot h a lf t ill e d w i th a solution of cyanid . of potassium, th e other portion having evidestiv he eu poured i n t o a ti n cup and swallowed 11 the prisoner as he lay in bed. Thus perished Twitched' who commenced his c areer o f cr i me by a frstt which he followed by a murder, then by a ° L : fession believed to b e a li e, and lastly b y au / 6 hA; So deep was the i nterest i n the case that the L e dge of Wednesday Lad to be reprinted, a thing w llic find never before occurred i n Phil a d e l phia, and we that most correct of j ourna l s with the Wedifesda' , heading still over the Thursday's paper. The Ev es ; ing Star of th a t c it y so ld 95 , 0 00 copies, said to be t,1,,, 11 largest edition ev er p r i nte d b y a Philadelphia dill' paper. G ero ld E aton slept comfortably while rwitehell was in the agonies of death, then got tiP; 1.1; took his bath, a t e hi s breakfast, bid his wife fare well, and, as th e noosJ was being adjusted, turned to the person who was fixing it, and sit "So help me G o d , I did not do it." His body W; acted oc by a ga l van i c battery ; the eyes w e re opened, the h ear t pu l sated, and one arm was ra i s ed - under heavy ch arges. I t was on the night o f th 12th of June th a t h e, w hil e drunk, met Timid°y Heenan and attempted to shoot him, but was re ; strained by hi s compan i ons. The party • 'to d other saloons, and, at a l a t er hour, encounte re Heenan on the street, when Eaton made a 5ee 12 . 13 . ,,, , unsuccessful attempt to di sc h arge hi s p i sto l at. 121; Subsequently, h owever, wh il e Heenan was encle vuuring to help a f r i en d , who was drunk, out of the street, he came clo se t o E aton and his party: and was shot, and died ne xt morn i ng. Eaton and °,lle of his associate, were .arreste d and put on trial „r murder, of which he was found guilty, and, a lter being respited by G overnor Geary, was finally executed. Births. ASSHETON —On the 20th inst , the wife of Ralph ASS.'„tom Esq., M.P., o f a daughter. .. DORM ER—OU th e 27th just at Shaftesbury 'Souse, e ' r siugton, the li on . Mrs. liubert . r Dormer, of a L:augl'e''' Marriages. BATRUH Li ST—BIBTO N— O n the 24th lust , at St. eo-- fg 010 ; Hanover-squ are, Li eut.-Colonel Ilervey . Bathurst , 1. the Grenadier Guards, to Ada, only daughter of S ir Ribton, Bart. xrnry 'e, HACKMAN —BLIGHT—On the 28th inst., at St. w - i - rt lel Bick ford, WilEam George Hackman, Esq. of Ci tl v iltet House, Long Ditton, Surrey, to Caroline, third dallo of the late W. S. Blight, Esq., of Bideford. BECK WITII— Deams. On the 27th inst , Mr. Charles Beckwith, of Milner-square, I s li ng t on , and Oat-lane, E.C. MAO" BLANCIIAV —On the 2e t h i ns t., a t t h e R e d H om y, street, Hackney, Alr. Henry Louis Blanchard, age' illy 11 UNDAY—On th e 27 t h i nst., at 11, King-street, SiavVi -12 Dr. Charles Munday, aged 58. W London : Printed and Pnblishe3 by WILLIAM ANT ) n ,. I33 1 .4 of No.-112, Strand, Printer, at rim SUN Udle , , o° , o f strand, in th e P ree i not of the do vuv In the ("23'. Al iddleeer,Thuraday, Apill 22, 1862. THE MAYNOOTH FIGHT. The Morn* Advertiser, the organ of the " No Popery" party, states that there will be three. divi sions in which Mr. Gladstone's attempt to endow Maynooth will be resisted. Mr. Whalley and Mr. Sinclair-Aytoun will take the initiative in the matter. The Advertiser does not expect that they will be successful, but hopes to spew up Mr. Gladstone. The Owl bAieves that Mr. Gladstone will concede to the Opposition the point about the transfer of ecclesias tical residences. A DIVISION 'WITHOUT A DIVIDEND. The House of Commons has just enjoyed a novelty in the shape of a division in which the numbers for the Ayes were 0. Sir Robert Clifton. the worthy representative of the class whose special advocate he is, insisted upon dividing the House against Sir H. Selwin-Ibbetson's bill, and succeeded so far as to find another teller, Mr. Conolly, an Ulster M.P., very strong upon the Irish Church, and, it would seem, equally strong upon public-houses. But the 'two tellers went to their posts to no purpose. They waited and waited, but not a single member gave in his name, not even Mr. Martin, the mernar for Rochester, and the two hon. gentlemen had to undergo no slight amount of chaff when the Sneaker announced "Ayes none, Noes 232." QUESTIONS AND NOTICES. An improvement has been made in the arrange ment of the parliamentary notices. Hitherto notices of questions have been huddled up with notices of motions. They are henceforth to be kept distinct, to -the gr ea t conven i ence o f mem b ers an d of all persons who take in the parliamentary papers. Some very important questions will be asked to-night. Lord John Manners will inquire if the Chief Secre tary for Ireland intends to propose any measure for the better security of life in Tipperary and West meath. Viscount Enfield will ask if Mr. Bruce's attention has been drawn to the decision of the Middlesex magistrates with regard to the Haymarket night-houses. Mr. Wbite will ask if church rates cannot be levied and enforced under the local acts; and, if so, whether Government is prepared to relieve parishes from such compulsion. Some of the notices of moti on a l so are i mportant. Mr. Lefevre (who is a member of the Government) will ask for a return of the names and the capital of all life insurance companies registered since 1844 and the particulars of any amalgamation o winding up that has taken pl ace . M r. H ea dl am w il ask for full particulars a b ou t t h e Ri n d erpest Colonel Lindsay will ask what the Governmen intend to do in consequence of Sir Hope Grant', statement that "the volunt eer f orce cannot b e reall3 serviceable if it is not placed while under arms uncle] some more stringent military control." Mr. Raike: will call attention to the position of parliarnentar, agents at elections, Sir George J en ki nson t ( turnpikes ; and Mr. Norwood means to m ove o r going into committee on the Impriso nmen t f or D e bi Bill, that it is not expedient to abolish su c h i m p r ison. went without extending the power of the judge for committal in order to secure the payment of smal debts. In other words, Mr. Norwood wants to giv( the tallyman still greater hold over the unfortunat( Cornish miners who suffer from extravagant wives than he now possesses. STREET TRAMWAYS. Unless the house of Lords interposes its arm, London will soon be supplied with tramways. The select committee of the House of Commons has agreed to the details of three salemes, and the substitute for the craz y, l um b er i ng omnibus will, it i s to be hoped, soon have a trial. If successful, the " trams " will ere long be laid down throughout London, will spread to the towns of the provinces, and create a revolution in locomotion second in importance only to that caused by the introduction of steam. The experiment will be watched with the greatest interest. THE PERMISSIVE BILL. An important meeting was held at Manchester on Tuesday night in favour of the Permissive Bill. Some of the leading men of the neighbourhood spoke. Mr. Birley, the Conservative member for Man chester, said he " Had often felt that, however anxious they might be to promote temperance, and however willing they might be to impose sacrifices upon themselves, yet it might be a question how far they had a right to impose those sacrifices upon others. But when he considered that in the progress of legislation it was sometimes necessary to curtail and diminish the freedom of the individual for the general good, it certainly appeared to him that the present was an occasion upon which that principle might be fully carried out. He believed that if the bill was adopted in any large portion of a city, that that portion would become the favourite residence of the respectable inhabitants. It was distressing to know that, at the present time, a respectable working man e:pe• rienced the greatest difficulty in finding a home for his family in a locality where they were not exposed to sounds and scenes which they ought not to see and hear. Last year lie visited many towns in Germany', and he made it his study to see whether there were to be seen there the degradi ng sights which met the - eye at every turn in this country ; but he observed a marked difference. A degree of quiet and order prev:.iled in the lower parts of the towns which could ru-t be found in this country amongst the same orders of socitty. The evil of drunken ness had risen to a height e Inch must be earnestly grappled with by both the people and the Legislature." THE CAPTIVF.S IN THE SOUIIIALI COUNTRY. During the excitement caused by the successful termination of the war in Abyssinia efforts were put forth in this country to obtain an interest in some very apocryphal white slaves, who, it was said, were being detained in the Soumali country. The story told was most romantic. A ship called the St. Abbs had been wrecked off the coast of Soumali on the west of Africa. Certain of the crew managed to escape drowning, and were cast up on the shore where the "wild Africans" live. Those most interest ing persons had no pity on. the shipwrecked sailors, but took them into the interior of the country and sold them for slaves. That they were still alive was said to have been attested by certain inscriptions on the skins which came from the neighbottrhood where they were supposed to be held in bondagj. The story was investigated. How it arose nobody knew. Certain it was that nearly every statement on which it might be supposed to rest fell to the ground. Thera were left only the two facts that a ship was wrecked, an,l that ski ns i nscr ib e d with Roman literals had come to the coast. This was considered sufficient to call for a private expedition. The Government ordered every inquiry to be made. Mr. U. A. Churchill, 0.13., her Majesty's political agent at Zan zibar, writes to the Foreign Office reporting that Mr. !Teak, who had been sent to Brava, has learnt nothing respecting th e men. The sum o f £lOO was ' offered f or every captive, but no response was nade during the six months that Mr. Ileale was at Brava from any quarter. although the most influential ' hill of nrava made the off or linown far and neitr, PRICE OF GOLD. quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, ana t .e short exchange on London is 2M. 1710. per £1 sterlin:4 ucAliparie; : these rates with the English Unit price 01 .s. 1041. per oauce for standard gold, it tuPa... , "a taut gold at the above price is of ab4ut the same value in Lon "on and Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at c 0 days' sitrac was on the last date about 1 81 percept At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold frOln the Uni.cu ,states. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR. -MRS. S. 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