The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-30 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN' RAILWAY. The following are the details of the accidents which occurred on the Metropolitan Railway yesterday. The train from Hammersmith to the City had passed Baker street station, and had arrived at Portland-road. The line not being clear to Gower-street caused a delay. Another train from Brompton immediately followed on to the up station to Portland-road, but had not passed the distance signal when it was com pelled to stop, the line not being signalled clear. From some unexplained cause a train from St. John's wood came in and ran into the train stopped at the danger signal, in the tunnel beyond the junction. The consternation of the passengers thus finding their train run into may be more readily imagined than described. Their shrieks were terrific. The guard's van, which I. was struck by the engine, was broken, and the passengers in the carriages were much shaken, many of them also receiving severe bruises and cuts, especially about the head. and face ; some also suffered severely in the legs. Several of the sufferers were taken to the Middle sex and University Hospitals. So far as we can learn, no bones have been broken, but several persons have been severely shaken. Among those who were attended to at the Middlesex Hospital are William Rogers, one of the employ6s of the company, who remains in the hospital : John M`Leod, John Down, William Day (who, though urged to remain in the hospital, chose to go home), and Caroline Thurlow. Nine of the sufferers were attende Ito at the University Hospital. Mr. P. Calder. 44-5, War wick-street, Pimlico, found himself covered with blood, after having performed an enforced summersault, and pre sented himself at the general manager's office with his coat covered with blood, which, as it was found, had come from a lady who had sat opposite' to him. Mr . T. Stephens, 31, North Audley-street, received a severe cut on the lip; and Mr. Christy, of 32, Oakley-square, Chelsea, sustained an injury in the leg. The traffic on the line was stopped both ways for about three hours, and men were sent from the Edgware-road station to clear the line, and set right the carriages which had been dis- placed. Another correspondent says that of twenty cases of injury reported to have been taken to the Middlesex Hos pital, only five sufferers were conveyed thither, and in each instance they were enabled to proceed to their homes after being attended to by the house surgeon. Five cases were taken to the University Hospital, namely : Ann Reeves, aged GO, Ernest-street, ; Jane Quinsey, 24, Onslow-buildings, Fulham-road ; James Noble, aged 36, Albert-road, Kilburn ; David Avery, aged 20, Thornton-alley, Whiteehapel ; and John Hales, aged 34, Beard-street, Soho. These were at once seen to by Mr. Bartlett, resident surgeon ; but the injuries sus tained in either case were not of a nature to allow of their admittance. The most serious case was that of Ann Reeves, whose head was cut about in a frightful manner, the others being much bruised and shaken. Nothing could be remembered by those mentioned as to the accident. A few of the injured passengers were, it is said, taken to St. Mary's Hospital. LAW AND POLICE. LATYMER'S CHARITY.--In the Rolls Court the Master of the Rolls gave judgment in the case of Latymer's Charity. It will be remembered that the inhabitants of Edmonton petitioned him to review a scheme which had been approved of by the Commissioners of Charities for the settlement of this charity. His lordship held that the term of education should be held to be co-extensive with the parish, as it now is. He agreed that the primary object of the charity was educational, and he thought it desirable, looking at the changes of the last 250 years, to add to the kind of education contemplated. He thought that the establishment of an upper school might add to the funds applicable to the general purposes of the charity. He thought that twenty or twenty-five boys might be clothed instead of the eight originally specified ; that twenty-five scholars should be elected according to the wish of the petitioners; and that the trustees )should be guided in their selection by the merit as well as poverty of the can didates. The annual payment of £7O to each of the three local schools was also, he thought, within the scope of the foundation ; and it was desirable that a small capitation fee should be paid, as purely gratuitous education was not prized. In other respects his lordship approved of the scheme. Mn. DOTILTON'S CASE.—In the Bail Court, Mr. Murphy moved, on behalf of the Belgian Public Works Company, for a rule to set aside the award respecting Mr. Doulton. The learned counsel having admitted that the application was not made within six months of the award. Mr. Justice Lush said that was fatal, and the rule must be refused. THE STATE OF THE COURTS.—In the Nisi Prius Sittings of the Court of Common Pleas an animated scene occurred. On the re-assembling of the court after the usual adjourn ment many of the jurymen found themselves unable to struggle through the crowd into their box, and as soon as Mr. Justice Brett took his seat complaints were heard from all sides. One juryman said that his coat Lad been torn off his back; another, that the miseries of a common jury were most uncommon ; while Mr. Digby Seymour, on behalf of the Bar, made a most pathetic appeal. "In the morning," said the learned counsel, in a melancholy tone, "my wig was beautifully powdered, and now look at it. I have only just saved my gown." His lordship said that their court was very bad, but others were worse. The only comfort was that in about five and twenty years they might have new ones ; meantime, he thought that a couple of constables might be spared to keep order. THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Londcnt Gazette states that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt that there Was no surplus of actual revenue over the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the year ended the 30th September, 1868, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice that no sum will be applied by them on account of the Sinking Fund under the provisions of the Act, during the qusrter ending March 31, 1869. LODGING-HOUSES. The delegates of lodging. houses at Oxford have issued the following circular : " Undergraduates about to reside in lodgings are advised to come to a clear understanding with the lodging-house keepers as to the charges to be made under the following heads before engaging lodgings :-1, Rent of apartments ; 2. firing ; 3, lights ; 4, boot-cleaning ; 5, attendance." QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—The ship Flying Cloud, 2,500 tons burthen, belonging to Messrs. T. M. Mackay, Son, and Co., sailed on the 23rd inst. from Graves. end, for Queensland, Captain John L. Owen commander, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Paynter, assisted by Mrs. Barr, matron. The Flying Cloud is the 80th vessel that has sailed on the land order system of emigration, under the immediate direction of the Queensland Government. She contains 247 souls, divided into paying, assisted, and free passengers, and consisting of 82 members of families, 09 single men, and 57 single females. The late election for the city of Glasgow cost the four candidates nearly £lO,OOO. It will be renumbered that the candidates for the three seats were tho two former candidates (Mr. Dalglish and Mr. Graham), Mr. Ander son who stood as the working men's canlidate), and Sir George Campbell (Conservative). In spite of the minority clause three . Liberals were returned by tremendous majorities, Sir George Campbell being several thousands bellied Mr. Anderson, who stood third. Mr. Dalglish spent £1,425 19s. 2d.; Mr. Graham, £1,029 10s. 4d. ; and Mr. Anderson, £1,301 2s. 2d.; making a total of £4,356 18s. Bd. Sir George Campbell's cxp 'nses amounted to £5,143 18s. Bd, or £787 7s. more than was spent by tho three victorious candidates. The Roman Cathacs of Li., crp - ol 11, va g:1 ea an entertainment to Mr. Moore, M.P., for Mayo. The chair was taken by Mr. Michael Hughes, President of the Ca tholic Club. Mr. Kleine thanked the Cetholics of Liver pool for their kind recerion, and declared his readiness to assist them in any of the vexed questions of the day which affected the interests of their religion. Ho regretted to seo that the principle cf civil and religious liberty seemed to be in some sort fading from the Catholic mind, and civil and religious restrictions wore taking its place. As the Church Imd formerly won the minds of men fro m p agan i sm, so now i t must w i n th em h ic k f rom infidelity. Mr. Moore concluded With an eloquent descrip tion of the p rogress o f C atholicism, and prophosi,:d that its victories would exten:l to America. TARRING AND FEATHERING AT THE DIGGINGS.— A Melbourne letter says : " A very disgraceful case of tarring and feathering has recently occurred at Clunes. A respectable person, named Black, went, accompanied by a surveyor, to a mining claim known as that of the New North Clunes Company, respecting the proprietorship of which there is some dispute, and was in tiv, act of pegging o ff a portion of the ground when he was se:z2.l hy a number of ruffians in the employ of the company, stripped, I.ounti hand and foot, and smear, owes with hot pitch or tar. In the absence of feathers, the unfortunate snfferer then coated with fragments of wool, straw, or whatever rubbish of a similar character first came to hand. The first step taken by Mr. Black, after he had escaped fron t his tormentors, was that of securing indubitable evidence of their brutal behaviour in the shape of a photograph of himself, in his costume of tar and feathers, or rather of tar and sticks. The next step was that of instructing his solicitor to take legal proceedings against his damages at no len than tho mining company, laying £2.000." lIIISCELLANEOUS .NEWS. OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO. The Times publishes a letter from Mr. D. Ward Chapman, who, it was stated in the recent Overend and Gurney proceedings, had borrowed money from Mr. Edwards, the official assignee, while in the employ of Mr. Chapman's firm. The letter is addressed from Tours,tothe writer's father. Mr. Cha pman says that no doubt Mr. Ballantine's business was to make out the best case for his client, but he (Mr. Chapman) can with a clear conscience, as if he were about to enter into the presence of his Maker, challenge the whole world to slim, or even state, a single instance in which he has sacrificed the interest of Overend, Gurney, and Co. even in the smallest particular, to his own or those of any of his friends. With regard to the transac tion with llr. Edwards, given in his evidence, at the time it took place he wrs in no sort of want of money, and it was offered by Mr. Edwards as a simple deposit at 5 per cent. interest. Ile now secs that this wrs sn impradent step, but he solemnly avers that it never weighed one iota with him in his dealings for the house with Mr. Edwards. The cir cumstances which led to the eng,a,gement of Mr. Edwards were as follows :—Aiter the commence ment of these wild advances which resulted in the ruin of the firm, Mr. Edwards was consulted by Mr. Edmund Gurney with regard to some bankrupt estate in which the firm was interested ; and the latter gentleman. was so pleased with the sagacity displayed by the former that the consultations continued for a whole year. At the end of that time a present of 5 . ,000 was made to Mr. Edwards, who said " I hope, Mr. Gurney, that this large payment is not intended as a farewell, but that 1 may hope that I may reckon on the continuance of my relations with the house." Edmund Gurney's reply was, " Friend Edwards, I do not see how we are to get on without thee." Things went from bad to worse. Mr. J. 11. Gurney became frightened at the involve ments of the house, and coming up to town learnt for the first time that Mr. Edwards was engaged in the management of the accounts, although (strange to say) he had at that time no idea of anything like difficulties in the concern. At last Mr. J. IL Gurney told him that the house was "in a mess," and - asked him to continue his supervision. At the end of that time, Mr. Edwards having made himself master of the position of the firm, tried to force himself upon it as a partner (!) To soothe him, and to keep him from revealing secrets which would have compelled the house to put up its shutters in twenty-four hours, they made the best terms with him in their power; and Mr. Chapman asserts that he would do the same thing again under like circumstances. Mr. Chapman denies that lie ever failed to account to Mr. Edwards for the £5,000 loan. It was Mr. Edwards's own wish that he should not be entered upon the list of Mr. Chapman's creditors, pre ferring to trust to that gentleman's honour. Mr. Chap man denies that he began the accounts with Mr. Mare and the :Millivolt Company, with Mr. Lever and the Atlantic Mail Company, or with Mr. Xenos and the Greek Company. Ile asserts that those three people are the bitterest enemies he has, because they look upon him as the person who stopped their depredations. He did wish, however, to keep their accounts out of the Bankruptcy Court, in order that the firm might not suffer from having been con nected with them. He goes on to say that he mis calcul ted the strength of the firm and the extent of the assistance which in time of need could be brought in. He asserts that the limited liability company lost 11,300,000 during its brief existence, through transactions independent of the old firm. Finally, he was not aware that Mr. Edwards was receiving commissions from the customers of the firm. THE ROYAL MARINES. There is lamentation at Woolwich. An order has been received by the colonel commandant of the Woolwich division of the Royal Marines to the effect that the Lords of the Admiralty do not deem it advisable to maintain the four divisions of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and directing the command ant to make arrangements for the whole of the 4th division to leave Woolwich by the 25th of March next. The Times says: "This is short notice to officers and others who have engaged houses for certain periods. The dockyard artisan is treated with greater conside ration when he has eight months' notice given him to make preparations for the breaking up of his home. The fine band of the division, which is one of the best in the service, will be broken up. The officers and men are to be draughted into other divisions, except such of them as have completed their service the latter will be allowed to leave on pension." 3111. ERNEST JONES AND THE 44 ALLIANCE." According to the Alliance News, the secretary of the association was at the very hour, and almost moment, of the death of Mr. Ernest ones, writing to him to congratulate him upon the fact that the Ballot had so signally confirmed his candida ture on behalf of the united Liberal party, and soliciting his aid at several important Alliance meetings. The executive of the Alliance have p: stied the following resolution :—" That the executive of the United Kingdom Alliance have heard with feelings of profound regret of the decease of their friend Mr. Ernest Jones, whose cordial ad hesion and generous promise of public support to the Alliance movement render his sudden and unex pected death a sorrowful shock to the committee and an inestimable loss to the cause. That the sincere condolence of the executive be expressed to the bereaved widow and family of the late Mr. Jones." THE WORKING CLASSES AND TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION. Those persons who resist all efforts put down drunkenness by declaring that they will not " rob a poor man of his beer," would perhaps sing another chorus if they were to become better acquainted with their protégé. It is clear that not every " poor man " looks upon his " beer" as the friend which parrot M.P.'s suppose it to be. At a recent crowded meeting of working men in Lamb e th, w hich was addressed by .working John Abel Smith, a resolution was moved and seconded by working men, and carried by acclamation, pledging the meeting to co-operate in the various measures likely to be brought before the new Parliament for the curtailing of the " power and direful influences" of tho public-house, becrshop, and wine licensing system. NATIONAL TRADE CONFERENCE. The Beehive, for the second time, suggests a meeting of trades delegates for the purpose of con sidering the royal commissioners' report. Our con temporary believes that in moderate compass a Blue book might be got up on behalf of the labour case, correcting, explaining, and amending the bulky one of the royal commission, and that such statements and facts cou ld b e g i ven as wou ld p l ace th e associations and policy of the operatives in a different, better, and truer light than they are now likely to appear. It is proposed that each trade society should bear all the personal expenses of its delegate; that each delegate should bring a written report of its own trade position in the royal commission report, and suggestions as to th e r i g ht th ere i n an d wron g therein; and that h av i ng compared reports and taken counsel, a fit and proper person should be selected to con centrate and condense the several statements and considerations into shape. A copy of the report would be presented to each member of Parliament. UNPROF.T.vmn JOURNALISM. Political extremes do not seem to prosper so far as their journals are concerned. One after_ another Tory newsp aper h as been born,havc lingered on a few months feebly, and then died. Fluruit sine froettc, defloruit sine luctu. The organ of Chartism and Trade Unionism seems to be living a very precarious life. At a meeting of the Beeli:vc shareholders, as . we learn from that journal itself, it was stated that the shares were " valueless," and in order to improve this sad state of things it - was resolved that a committee of three should be appointed to work the paper, to receive a small weekly salary, and, provided they con solidated the paper and made it remunerative, they should receive half of the unsold shares. AN INNOVATION IN JOURNALISM. The Times has begun an innovation which we have often wondered has not been adopted before by our voluminous contemporary. Over its first leader it publishes a table of contents. This contains some sixty entries, a fact which in itself chews how much the improvement was wanted. It must, however, involve a vast amount of trouble, which only practical jour nalists can appreciate. A SHARP LESSON. An Irish "gentleman " in County Cork is very desirous to be placed on the commission of the peace. He is so anxious to be entrusted with the administration of the laws that he breaks the laws by offering a bribe of to the lord-lieutenant of the county for making him a magistrate. Lord Fermoy has kept the letter, and directed the would be magistrate to be prosecuted. He will, therefore, make his appearance in a court of justice, only not quite in the capacity he meant. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. For the purpose of e,lrrying out direct telegraphic communication with India two companies are in exit tence. The British-Indian Submar;no Telegraph Company (Lindled) hrs a capital of -1:1 ; f200,C00, of which only ;C:170,060 is for allotment, the contractors ta!iing -160,000 in part payment for the cable to be constructed, and .4,:ii_?o,Coo having been privately subscribed, while £lOO,OOO is to be reserved. The line will be from Suez to Aden and Bombay, and arrangements have been made with the An,glo-Medi terranean Telegraph Company for through working, and also for a lease of the land lines of the Telegraph to India Company between Alexandria, Cairo, and Suez. The cable will cost R 1,000,000, and the work is to be c om pl e t e d b y A pr il 1870. Messages from London to Bombay will be at the rate of £3 for twenty words. The Indian and Australian Submarine immediately ph Company (Li m it e d) will be brought for wy,;cl in competition with the above, company proposes to lay submarine telegraphic cables direct from England to India and Australia, vid the Mediterranean and fled Seas; but it is intended, in the first instance, to construct the section between Suez and Bombay. Large subscrip tions of capital have, it is stated, already been promised. It is mentioned in connection wish tele graphy that Mr. Lowe, having become Chancellor of the Exchequer, has resigned the chairmanship of the French Atlantic Telegraph Company, and that he has been succeeded by Lord Monck, late Governor- General of Canada. THE SUN, LONDON, SA ult DAY EVENING, J A NUARY 1! -- 30, 1869. tered Boston steered by an ingenious contrivance of spars, for which the underwriters of Boston pre sented Captain Murphy with $l,OOO. The Elsa left oil Christmas Eve, and to the day of her arrival at New York encountered a succession of frightful storms. On the 28th a sea broke amid ships on the starboard quarter, carrying Mr. Molyneux, fifth officer, from the saloon deck with such force against the iron bulwarks that he was almost instantly killed and swept overboard. Alexander Nlalcoltn, second officer, had his collar bone broken, and several others of the officers and crew were more or less injured. Another sea broke into the officers rooms, drenching all. On the 31st a hurri cane from the north-west raged around for five hours, and this was but an episode calculated to make them appreciate the difference between the continued gale of wind and a cycloon. It has been proposed in the House to assume the protectorate over Hayti and San Domingo as a means of stopping the constant revolutions. The resolution was introduced by General Banks, and referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, who have consented to have it reported.. AI( xico is even worse off than Hayti, and as that Republic borders on the United States, Congress has a much more clear right to reconstruct and pacify her than any island in the West Indies. Resolutions have been introduced, but not pressed, to recognize the independence of Cuba, as well as of Crete. Mr. Robinson, the " faithful Fenian," brought in one on the 12th instant to secure the annexation of Cu'aa without purchase. He asserts that the Spaniards having thrown off their own Government, cannot impose that they have elected on the people of Cuba against their wish, and he desires either the independence of the island to be recognized or mea sures taken for annexation, provided " no payment be made to the dethroned Queen, or to any other person arrogating the right to dispose of or control that island contrary to the wishes of the people thereof." The Republican caucus at Jefferson City on the 13th instant nominated General Schurz, United States Senator on the first ballot. Senator Morrill of Maine disputes the election of Hamlin, as the choice of the caucus. His friends assert that the question is not settled, and that the Legislature will have to decide the matter. Hannibal Hamlin was Vice-President during Lincoln's first term. Of the 149 votes east be received 75, and that 75 was exactly one-half of the members present in -the caucus, but there was one blank ballot inten tionally so cast by a member, as he afterwards stated. William 111. Stewart of Nevada was re elected. New Hampshire will complete her elec tions next March, but she has already renominated her three Republican Congressional Representa tives, adopting as a platform impartial suffrage, the inviolability and sacredness of the National Debt, urging a return to specie payment, and the refunding of outstanding obligations in Bonds bearing a lower interest. The Senate has decided not to admit the Georgia men to seats in the Chamber. At any rate the Judiciary Committee settled the case on the 15th instant as far as Mr. Joshua Hill is con cerned. After considering the election of the Senators by a Legislature from ,which thecnloured members were expelled on •the grOdn(i that they were ineligible tinder the State Constitution; the majority ruled against that gentleman, a decision which it is thought, will be sustained by the Cham ber. Tennessee's claim to another representative was rejected by the House Committee on elections. The Reconstruction Committee of the Represen tatives have closely examined General Gillen about the vote in Mississippi on the Constitution. He asserts it to have been given fairly and without in timidation against the Constitution by a majority of 6,000. Th e General's opinion is that Mississippi would ratify our e mbodying the principle of ne gro suffrage, but free from the disfranchisement of the whites by an overwhelming majority. It was its proscriptive character which brought against it the opposition of all white men who carried with them large numbers of the negroes. There are few subjects in which we take a greater interest than in the success of Mr. Jenckes' Bill, and as we feel sure that it will triumph, we rejoice to see that war against it has commenced. Whatever may be the shortcomings of the American press, it has always been well in advance of the people in advocating sound and judicious reforms, and it has F:o worked on the public mind in that of the Civil Service that such men as General Logan have be come alarmed. He attacked it furiously in the House on the 9th, but he showed that he neither understood the bill nor the reform it proposed to effect. "It was," he said, "the opening wedge of an aristocracy in this country," by which " the Vice-President would be made the supreme ruler and dictator, and first judge upon the application of employes, thus making th e p u bli c pa t ronage sub servient to one man, who would k now no -superior." The aristocratic wedge w hi c h is, in truth, the present system of patronage this Bill would destroy, and, instead of the Vice-President being made under it the supreme ruler and dictator, he would have no patronage nor appointing power whatever. Mr. Jenckes has been invited to explain publicly his Civil Service Bill at New York, and he was to have done this on the 16th instant, nor could he have had a better place wherein to find ample illustrations of its necessity. Mr. Henry Will ar d announc3s t h at the meeting will be in the Chapel of the University b u ilding, University-place, and there will be present S. L. M. Barlow, S. B. Chittenden, Win. B. Astor, jun., J. Cisco, George Opdyke, August Belmont, and A. A. Low. Mrs. Sue Murphy's case of Decatur, Alabama, has for the present been dropped by the Legisla ture, after a great deal of talk in the Senate. This payment as a l o y a li st f or d amage sus property duri ng th e war . It h as pro ltaadinyedelatoimheedr duced an immense amount of discussion, not from its amount, but from the precedent it might esta blish. After two weeks' argument the bill has been ' without a to the Committee on Claims, will perhaps not a g ai n b e resusc it a ted. A Commission, however, is proposed to sift all recommitted and these Southern claims, and to select from among them cases of real hardship. The repeal of the Tenure-of -Office Act begins to look doubtful from the action of the Senate. It is thought that the House Bill cannot pass the Chamber in its present shape,and that the Tenure-of-Office Act will be retained, but in a modified form. The Ju diciary Committee, however, has killed Senator Wdde's proposal to render the President and Vice- President of the United States ineligible for re election. Senator Trumbull, the Chairman, fa voured it, but he was overruled by his colleagues. _ _ We are told that Senator Chandler, on his no mination for Michigan, vigorously denounced Great Britain in a speech of acknowledgment to the caucus, declaring that at an early day he would 'foreclose his mortgage on Canada. Some one hints that it was to Great Britain's hostility he owes the opposition to his re-election, and the circulation of the stories about his drunkenness. But Butler declares that o pposition to be only part of a cru sade against a ll the promoters of President John son's impeachment. Senator Chandler has received certificates of sobriety from that gentleman as well as from Mr. Henry Wilson, and Mr. Stanton testifies to the confidence reposed in him by Mr. Lincoln. • Some mouths ago, it may be remembered, a mys terious old plan of telegraphy was revived with a great flourish of trumpets. Without wire or any medium of communication men were declared to have instantly forwarded their thoughts across Lake Ontario. The inventor or resuscitator of a marvel incredible to mankind has turned up at Washington in no less a place than the Senate, and with no lees a sponsor than Mr. Sumner, requiring no, es 3 a sum to demonstrate the value of his invention than $50,000. But although the Senator from M issachu setts present edihe memorial of Dr. Mahlon Loomis of Washington to the Chamber, he did not endorse it. To say as he did "it was either moonshine or important" was not to say much, for that it certainly is, which—being the question. Many Senators, as is natural on such occasions, laughed outright at Loomis and his invention, but Mr. Wilson brought them up with around turn, and for doing this he was well placed, as the speech of Prof. Morse had scarcely ceased to ring in the ears of some legislators. It was premature, said Senator Wilson, as yet to sneer, considering that many o . the greatest men had to MEMORIAL TO ARCHBISHOP LONGLEY. It is proposed to build a new church at Cowley, near Oxford, as a memorial to the late Archbishop Longley. It was here that the deceased prelate commenced his ecclesiastical career. The cost of the church is expected to be undea2o,ooo, and it will pro vide accommodation for 1,000 worshippers. Sub scriptions to tile extent of £2,000 have been already Promised. IRISH BISHOPS. There is t be a meeting of the Irish Archbishops and Bishops on Wednesday next, when the position and the prospects of the Established Church will be taken into consideration. 3IR. LOWE . S LAPSt'S LINGt2E. Some of the papers are pointing out that Mr. Lowe made a very ominous slip of the tongue at Gloucester on Wednesday night. Ile said: "The State is the trustee of large public property now devoted to the purpcses of the Church of England; and is bound to employ that property equally for the use of all denominations of her Majesty's subjcets." Of course the majority of our contemporaries took for granted that this expression was merely a contraction for the somewhat verbose nomen clature of the " Irish branch of the United Church of England and Ireland." Others affirm that there was no mistake at all, and that Mr. Lowe's arguments shewed that he was only looking ahead a few years, although perhaps he did not mean to give such plain utterance to his forecast. They add that all his arguments would apply to the English no less than t o the Irish branch of the Established Church. ANOTHER RITUAL PROSECUTION. The Church Association has now announced authoritatively in its monthly circular that the ques tion of eucharistic vestments will be submitted ,to a legal tribunal, and that there is every reason to hope for a successful result. The Association says that it is " confident that, neither as a con sequence of the present, nor of any other legal decision, will anything become obligatory upon the clergy which has' the slightest reference to Roman ising symbolisms, and which is not entirely in accordance with the spirit of the Reformers and the doctrine and teaching of our Protestant Church." There is great rejoicing among the ecclesiastical lawyers at the prospect of fresh litigation. Lord Ebury's advice not to squander money in law, which had better be devoted to church building, has clearly had no effect on one party. The Church Times advises the other not to spend any more funds on lawyers, but to appear in person. It suggests also that the Ritualists should take advantage of Lord Shaftesbury's "Act for Securing the Liberty of Religious Worship." This Act gives an incumbent the power to license any building in his parish for the performance of any sort of religious worship. The Church Times suggests that Mr. Bennett should build an oratory close to the parish church at Frome, for the celebration of mass after the Sarum use. Above all things, the Ritualists are cautioned against secession, concession, and pay ment of the Church Association's costs. With reference to this last matter, it is stated that if Mr. Mackonochie should go through the Bankruptcy Court, the Church Association will pray the judge to refuse his certificate FOREIGN NOTES. TURKEY AND GREECE. In the midst of the rumours and conjectures which prevail as to the issue of the present Eastern difficulty, the Independence Beige finds one satisfactory rest for the sole of its foot. Whether Greece accepts the declaration or not, it is certain that the Great Powers, and especially France, are all endeavouring to bring about a pacific solution. The Cabinets of London, Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg are equally energetic in pressing the Athens Government to avoid the dangers of a war. The Marquis de Lavalette has written to the Greek Premier, and the Emperor Napoleon has written to King George. to the same purport. ITALY. Incidents are continually occurring to prove bow very much the schoolmaster is abroad in Italy. The cold of the last few days has been intense, even with a clear sky and a little sunshine, and the unusual spectacle of iceblocks floating down the Arno has been witnessed. The people of Florence attribute the severity of the weather to the removal of the old ramparts. They are informed that the riven has been freezing above as well as below the city, s) that the ramparts could have nothing to do with the temperature ; but the popular conviction is not to be shaken. Philosophy has no yet taken the place of superstition. CIIINA. The eighty-gun ship carried everything Wore it at Nankin. The gospel, backed by powder and shot, has been triumphant, and everything has been "settled." The com pensation to the missionaries has been paid, all who could be implicated have been pun:shcd, the necessary proclama tions have be: widely posted, and " therefore " the Chinese steamer held as a guarantee has been released. The unhappy Chinamen caught it severely for their Yangchow escapade ; one of them was banished into slavery for life. Altogether, missionary zeal seems to have produced in this case a very cheering result. The upshot of the affair appears to have been that the Chinese Government preferred a little humiliation to the loss of a steamer. Compensation has also been exacted for the detention of the goods of some British merchants at a customs barrier. MEXICO. A rumour that—Count Girgenti, son-in-law of Queen Isabella, AVSA aboato undertake an expedition to Mexico, is not, according to the Journal de Paris, wholly vti hout foundation. A Mexican general named Taboada has been for som.l time enlisting Spanish oftcers for a monarchical enterprise in Mexico. He has enrolled 300, with the con sent of the Provisional Government. He has a large sum at his disposal, and an army awaits him in Mexico. Santa Anna is understood to be the author of thii project to make Count Girgenti a king. He seems to have omitted to take the United States into consi deration, 1.M._1;C.1. Finance is the one question in America. If, according to Mr. Lowe, every Englishman has a plan for the impo sition of new taxes, every American is equally provided with a scheme for the redemption of specie payments. Two hundred and nineteen projects have been submitted to the Ministers of both Ilhuses of Congress. The oppres sion of the present financial condition of the country is so intolerable that the people seem prepared to undergo any thing to remove it. And yet there is no unanimity as to the mode by which the great reform should be effected• All cut-and-dried schemes are useless ; the 219 projects might safely be thrown into the fire ; the only remedy is the restoration of confidence. But the Democrats do not appear willing to fully relinquish repudiation. The Democratic Convention of Connecticut denies that the party favours repudiation, but it will not decide for the Opposite policy. It has passed indecisive resolutions on finance, but &us n, t hesitate to revive old quairels by condemning negro suffrage. It gives a general promise of support to the new President. BLASTING AND DIGGING. Experiments with dynamite, with the view of testing its value as a blasting agent, have been tried in Norway. About 15th. of the strongest quality, containing 75 per cent. of nitro glycerine, were inserted in a narrow boring twenty one feet deep. The effect was ti e:nendous : 2G4 cubic yards of rock were blown away. It was considered that the superiority of dynamite to gunpowder for blasting purposes was clear:y wev:d. .et 7'o, o; of earth reniov:ng, the Daily News correspon dent tells an amusing story of another agent, very effica eions and less dangerous, invented by a brewer of Essen. This brewer desired to enlarge his cellars, and, wishing to get the work done quickly, engaged a large number of men, but the excavation progressed slowly owing to their incorrigible laziness. Suddenly, however, a new spirit came over them, and they began to work with a will. Every man was at his place before the regular liuur, and when the time for breakfast arrived they would hardly spare a minute even to light a pipe. The brewer looked on, and rubbed bis hands with a somewhat roguish expression in the corner of his eye. When the necessary depth had been attained, the men could hardly be induced to leave, and were anxious to dig deeper still. And what was the explanation of this curious psychologial phenome non ? The brewer, cunning man, bad buried an old earthen pot near.f.be, surface, containing a slip of parch ment bearing an. inscription in antiquated writing, of which the following may serve as a translation : Much money here lies huiied deep : Who digw and finds, the same may keep. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The reason of the irregularity in the arrival of the mails from America is accounted for by the delay in the steamers reaching New York, caused by a series of heavy westerly gales, which detained all, more especially the Etna, which vessel took 23 days to cross. She lost an officer, washed overboard, and Lad eight seamen injured,while the Union had a life boat smashed, the Tarifa lost her rudder, and en- regret and recall with confusion the jeer with which they had received the first intimation of the mag netic telegraph. Perhaps Dr. Loomis will not think us impertinent if we ask why he begs for so large a sum to prove the value of an invention which, according to his own showing, requires no mate rial, nature alone and' unaided being the medium of communication? The schemes, the agents of which infest Wash ington, can only be described by Dominic Samson's favourite exclamation, " Prodigious !" Pacific Railways are the rule, not the - exception, and are multiplied as reclamation schemes once were at Bombay. Mr. J. C. Abbott, from North Carolina, proposed in the Senate a railroad and telegraph from Albuquerque, on the Rio Grande, to San Diego, California, capital $30,000,000, with the usual Government subsidies of $32,000 per mile, and alternate sections of the land. A petition was presented in the Chamberby Senator Frelinghuysen, signed by Messrs. Franklin haven, George B. Upton, John T. Coolidge, S. S. Dam, Henry J. Gardner. George Baty Blake, Glidden, A. Williams, Joseph Nickleson and Co., John J. Blair, and IV. S. Williams, offering to build the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Eastern Division of the Union Pacific for $15,000 per mile for the entire line. This is in opposition to a proposal entertained by Congress to give the same subsidy as that allowed the Union Pacific of $16,000, $32,000, and $48,000 per mile, according to the nature of the ground. The petitioners offer to give bonds equal to the amount of the subsidy to guarantee the com pletion of both roads in ten years. Caleb Cushing is at Bogota on business relating to the Darien Ship Canal. Three routes for• this Isthmus of 30 miles are proposed, of which two require tunnels, one nearly 600 yards long, or a third of a mile, the other seven miles, hewn through the stone of ship size, and the third a cuttingthrough rock of two miles,wbich is the most feasible. A new York paper asks if a marine railway which would transport vessels bodily across the Isthmus would not be cheaper, and better ac commodate the commerce of the world. From Germany we• learn that a Consul-General of that country is to be established in Mexico, at the desire of the commercial community, and of many MexiCans ; and it is expected that this step will lead to a treaty of Commerce between that country and the'North German Confederation. By an arrangement with the North German post and the Lloyd in Bremen, Post-office orders payable in the United States, and vice versa, will he issued from the Ist February forward. Sums not ex:teed ing 50 'dialers can then be sent by post to all parts of the United States. General Sheridan reports that 400 lodges of Co manche Indians had offered to surrender, but he had refused to treat with them except at Fort Cobb, where he would have them within range. A tele gram from Fort Hays, Kansas, Jan. 10, says :-- "Major General W. A. Nichols, Assistant Adju tant-General, Major Sheridan, commanding at Fort Dodge, reports that Lieutenant Martin of the 3d Infantry has just arrived from the camp, and states that Colonel Evans has captured a Comanche vil lage of .60 lodges. Three men of the 3d, Cavalry were'*Ounded., .:NO - Indians were killed.. Cototiej Evansi4d - rettirned to his depot camp on tho nadiad cOmmunication froM the Sedrc-, tart' of W - at-to 'Mi . Se tAte replr ts that 25,601, regu-, lar troops and 1,21. S volunteers are etnlAYed in the Indian hostilities. The Indian Commissioner wants an appropriation of $5,000 to pay for medals of Grant to be . presented to the head men of the tribes where they deserve some mark of confidence. The Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw Indian delegates to Washington have united in a representation against the transfer of the In lian Bureau to the War De partment, and also in a request that the recent affair between General Custer and Black Kettle's band shall be investigated. The Tribune of the 14th doubly " leads," and gives a prominent place to the following para graph :—" General Grant authorizes the Tribune to say that the articles written by an occasional correspondent of the World, purporting to relate conversations, or furnish opinions of his in regard to public men and public matters, are utterly with out foundation. No human being has ever listened to or shared such conversations with him as those reported. Gmeral Grant would not deem it be coming in him to contradict the articles in question if they simply affected himself, but as they are evi dently published with a view to embroil his rela tions with prominent gentlemen, most of them his political or personal frienis, or at least to outrage their just sensibilities, he thinks it best to deviate in this instance from his usu d course, and pro nounce the articles allude I to incorrect, indelicate, and impertinent in an extraordinary degree." The remarks referred to make Grant say that " E. B. Washburne is honest and economical, and he will givp him any place he wants, but don't know that he desires any. He thinks Morgan a mere bag of dollars, and Fessenden the ablest statesman in the Senate. Logan is the earning man of Illinois, and his abilities are not properly appreciated. Morton is too much of a politician t o b e a sa f e fi nanc i er . James Gordon Bennett is ever ready to make money out of *the misfortunes of his adopted country. He has not offered M'Clellan a place in his Cabinet, though he has it great opinion. of his abilities. He was gratified atßutler's reelection, and considers him a man of great force and character. He con siders negro suffrage inevitable, and says he e . ..p 7 . posed it till it was forced upon him by the logic of events." The Patric of last Monday published the follow ing as the text of the speech delivered by Mr. Anson Burlingame on the occasion of his reception by the Emperor of the French :—" The wish of China to enter into the family of nations naturally manifested itself so soon as that country was able to appreciate the civilization of the Western nations. Thanks to the equitable policy which the represen tatives of the contracting Powers inaugurated and preserved when they came into contact at Pekin with the eminent men of the Celestial Enipire, this policy consists in substituting the action of .an honest and just diplomacy for the caprices of eager interests and the brutal energy of strength. Among the Ministers who resided at Pekin, none contri buted.more to promote that policy than M. :de Berthemy, the enlightened representative of your- Majesty." • The Emperor, in reply, dwelt upon the' same sentiments of justice and policy which ani mated Mr. Burlingame, and especially insisted . upon the_ fact that France wished more than ever to practise in. China those ideas of justice which everywhere guide the international policy of his Government." In the " agotiy" column of the Times this extra ordinary advertisement made its appearance last Tuesday : "Missing, an Elderly Gentleman.—Left his lodgings, in . Greville-street, Hatton -garden, a gentleman, aged about 75, named William Henry Bowran, or Beaurain. Descrip tion.—Respeetable-looking old gentleman, middle stature, little whiskers, grey hair, walks upright, but very slow., and feeble ; used walking stick. He was last heard of on the 25th November last, when he applied for relief at the' relieving office of the district, in Gray's-inn-lane. Five pounds °reward shall be paid to any person who shall .fur nish sufficient evidence to establish proof of his death. Particulars to be addressed to Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Co, solicitors, 46-, Parliament -street." It would appear that this respectable, feeble old gentleman was EO 'tenderly cared for by those who had an interest in him that he had to apply for charity at the relieving office of the district. in Gray's-inn-lane. But the strangest part, however, remains, for although they could not afford anything to sustain the old man's life, they can afford to em ploy solicitors to advertise in the " agony" column a reward of five pounds—we had almost said- 7 to any one who would bring in his bead. Despots, generally, when desirous of summarily finishing off their enemies, advertise a reward for their capture, dead or aliverbut not so those intarested in this gentleman, for they will only pay for his death, not a word being said of payment for any other intelli gence whatever. The advertisement is so worded that if any one found him in extremity, the gain would be to let him perish, and the loss to act the part of. the good Samaritan, healing his wounds and restoring him to his friends. It is `now settled tbit the Forty-First Congress` will holdn session' in March. Of course the§ . peaker, , will be elected froin..the - Republican party, anfl-40 applicants are numerous and working hard to for- ward their, interests. Blaine of Maine and Dawes of Massachusetts are thought to . be the strongest candidates. Following them are Banks of Massa chusetts, Kelly of Pennsylvania, Garfield of Ohio, and Cullom of Illinois. Mr. M'Pherson will, it is thought, be unanimously elected for the Clerkship ; Mr. Otis S. Buxton, long assistant doorkeeper, and lately promoted on the resignation of Lippincott, will be re-elected for the higher office, though there are many candidates. Judge Pitman has been elected President of the Senate, and Mr. Jewell Speaker of the Massachu setts-Legislature. Out of the 280 members of both Houses 108 have sat before ; hence two-fifths are men with previous Legislative experience. We are informed that the rnenbers are composed as follows : —39 are manufacturers, 38 traders, 31. lawyers, 29 farmers, 28 merchants, 16 "in the shoe business , ," 12 Mechanics, 12 gentlemen, 10 clergymen, B'•clerks, 6 physicians, 5 carpenters, 5 millers, 4 printers, 4 shipmasters, 2 editors, &c., among the 280 mem bers. It will be seen that merchants, manufac turers, and men of business generally are in a large majority over farina's, mechanics, ani professional men. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. On Tuesday the galleries were crowded to hear General Butler's speech on the currency, and the attention of all remained fixed on that gentleman, notwithstanding the length at which he spoke, occupying an hour and a half. Immediately he finished there was a rush and a bustle, and it is not easy to judge of its effect on the Representatives, but all here acknowledge its ability. Some say that four of the Justices are in favour of declaring the Legal - TenderActconstitutional ; the names given are Grier, Davis, Miller, and Swayne, with the Chief Jus tice Chase doubtful, but inclined to favour it. Against it are Justices Nelson, Field, and Clifford, And, it is thought, under any circumstances, the decision will be postponed. In Mississippi the Conserva tives are ready to accept negro suffrage, and incor porate it if allowed to frame a new Constitution, for which they ask Congress on the understand ing that there shall be no disfranchisement of whites, while according political equality and suf frage to the negroes. The Reconstruction Com mittee desire to obtain the evidence of Generals Reynolds, Shepard, and Gillem, on the condition of Texas and Mississippi. The two latter Generals have already arrived here, and the former is due. The Committee wish to report on the action neces sary to restore these States to a peaceful and pros perous condition. On Monday the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Bill was proposed in the House of Representatives by Mr. Washburne, and carried, the previous question being moved. General Butler advocated it, as identical with that he had intro duced, and referred to the Judiciary Committee, from whom there could not be a report this sesiion. He hoped there would be a direct vote upon the re peal of the law, as all had made up their minds. The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee said that the majority had decided to report in favour of the repeal of the bill. Mr. Washburne's bill comes into effect on the 4th of next March, and .'being,pa4sed by 121 yeas to 47 nap it-goes : to the Senate for concurrence. - The Court of Appeals of Kenthekv•has decided that the widow of a Con gressman, and not the executor, is entitled to re ceive-bis back pay. The case came up in Ole estate of Henry Girder, who died Sept. 8, 1866, when a member of the Thirty-ninth Congress, with the sum of $3,127 of compensation owing. On appeal the Court reversed the decree of the inferior tribu nal, who held that an anti-nuptial contract by which she relinquished her right to her husband's estate was valid and included this clai.n, but the Superior Court held that the sum was not her hus band's at the time of his death, but became hers then, the law intending it as a pure gift and an act of benevolence. Chauncy H. Snow has been appointed Govern ment Director of the Union Pacific Railroad vice Rollins, electel to the State Senate of Missouri. Gen. Grant gave a dinner party, at which Attorney- General Evarts, Gen. Rawlings, Moses H. Grinnell, and several Congressmen were present, and as usual, under such circumstances, Evarts is rumoured to retain his present post. He has come out with a letter, which was read in the Criminal Court oe Wednesday on the subject of the indictments against Jeff. Davis and .J. IL Surratt, charged with engaging in the rebellion. Mr. Evarts in this letter calls the attention of the District Attorneys to the full nature of the President's Proclamation of par don, in order that as opportunity offers they may enter a nolle proscqui for the Government upon such indictments, and directs doubtful cases to be re ported to himself. District Attorney Carrington, in obedience to the Attoi ney - General's notification, en tered a nolle prosequi in the case of Jefferson Davis and of John C. Breckenridge, but as that of Sur ratt differed, he would report to the A`torney- General. If Surratt is to escape, of which now there appears to be no doubt, it is certainly hard that Dr. Mudd is to wallow all the rest of his life in the mire of the Dry Tortugas. The President received a deputation from Maryland on Wednes day, with a petition asking for his pardon, which he said he would forward for the consideration of the Attorney-General. A claim has been allowed, after long dispute, of $34,000 against the Govern ment in favour of Mr. Cochran, a banker, whose country residence, Harewood, was taken as an hos pital during the war. Quartermaster-Gmeral Meigs reported against the claim, but a board of army officers, with General Hardy as Pre sident, over-ruled his opinion. This banker h a s another claim against the Government for $lOO,OOO. A singular tragedy occurred in the galleries of the Senate Chamber while Mr. Howard was speaking on the Sue Murphy Bill last Wednes day. Richard B. Dorsey, an old man, who for years has taken his seat t 3 listen to the debates, suddenly dropped, and being carried to the repor ters' table by the doorkeepers was found to be dead. The great assembly of negroes I before mentioned came off on Wednesday at the Union League Hall, the delegates from the States numbering 300. The editor of the Anti-Slavery Standard, Aaron M. Powell, and others, were made honorary members, and Fred. Douglas, of New York, permanent Pre sident. I told you that the House had resolved that the Capitol should be the scene of the Inauguration Ball, when the Rotunda and other portions were to be gaily decorated and lighted. But on the question coming up in the Senate it was defeated by 30 against 22, on the plea that it would be inappropriate and undignified to dance in the Capitol. Davis and Whyte, the two Democratic members of the com mittee, had reported in favour of the resolution, and Senator Patterson, the President's son-in-law, joined the yeas. General Longstreet has had an interview with Grant. Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, has returned and taken his seat in the House, as has Senator Morrill, of Maine, who is going to fight the ques tion of his defeat by Hannibal Hamlin. ,Talking of the latter gentleman, he was in 1860 on the ticket with Lincoln, and when the chief was re-elected Hatnlin was turned out to make way for Andrew Johnson. He felt like a goose when defeated with the shears, but, verily, he has had his revenge. Indeed, Andrew Johnson's failure may have done much to help him back into notice. Efforts are being made for the re-admission of the excluded States. The Virginia Committee has been in con ference with the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and the House, and a bill is to be proposed for the admission of Virginia on the adoption of a constitution, with all the features of the most ob jectionable clauses omitted. An amnesty will follow the ratification of the constitution, and not Only do the majority of both Houses sanction the scheme, but Grant and Schofield do also. Th e advocates of women suffrage have assembled at Washington, and are hard at work getting up memorials and holding meetings. L u cy Stone lectured to a large audience—Senator Wilson pre siding. THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS. A most intere:ting and Instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 2, Old Bond-street, 99, Wcstbourne-grove, and the City Steam FaCtory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The hook, which is profusely illtistrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and Clocks, with their prices; and no one should make a purchase witkbut visiting the above establishinents or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent :to; them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint- Ine,!lt to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address (121 - 'receipt of two postage ?tamps, and we cannot too stiongly recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser. REPORT Of! COMMISSIONER WELLS. The llon. DAVID A. WELLS will soon be the centre of a free fight. It did not require a keen insight into the future to discern that a great eon' test has been brewing in the United States—the attack of Free Trade on Protection. Men may ea' Mr. WELLS what they please, but he will be more or less compelled to head the Free 'i'rade /*el. llis last report is acknowledged to be among th e most able of American State papers, and is known to have discomfited the extreme Protectionis ts ' One journal says that every one who wants to fat e a rational opinion on the great questions which are to agitate the political world during the next tw o years ought to read it at least twice. The Comm's" sioner, aware of the effect he was likely to Pr?' duce, has taken care to keep plenty of ammuni tion in reserve in the shape of facts damaging to monopolies, such as the diviihn Is of niaw l , facturing companies sworn to by the States assessors. When he took up his poilil9l he fortified it, because he saw th a t it was event °i for the benefit of the country ; and notwithstant ing the fury with which he is likely to be assailed' he is generally considered to be impregnable. The truth is that the tariff is so absurdly incongruous that it even damages the manufacturers it was ia" tended to protect ; and, in consequence, the Goa l : missioner receives suppo r t f r o m un l oo k e d-for qua r , tors. his attention i s ma i n ly di rec t e d to intern al revenue and the tariff, and there are two subjects COa' netted therewith he especially advocates—an le/ . provemeut in the machinery of collection—by vib. le he means a reform in the Ci v il S erv i ce ; an d a revisi on of the tariff on a rational system which will really pro tect industries which ought to be fostered and are in need of such protection, and stop the ridiculo us system which oppresses the people for the benefit ° a few monopolists. The first he illustrates by ing that the total yield of the internal revenue ° now $150,000,000, which, if honestly colleeti would be increased to at least $225,000,000, an al ., this estimate of the best judges be co rrec t the country t is swindled to an amount equal to half the prese t( ' internal revenue, or $75,000,000. But it is 0 1 he touches on the tariff that difficulties dirk e t around him. Whisky rings may be powerful, but they cannot openly attack ; like rats they ban to make their holes in the Capitol, but the case alo e with the Protectionists and monopolists. It 18 m il subject which many wish to pervert instead of ."" elucidate; it is one of great difficulty, w iec4 perhaps can never be illustrated to the understa nd , ing of a people until they are made sharply to e n perience the effects of the fallacies. When les o secretly thfraud like the revenue robbers they ki l° they are cheating, and do not attempt the US el 0 o task of deceiving the mse l ves or o th ers . Bat n°t S s with the private interests involved in an errone° b e e system of import duti e s. Th ose w h o feel that t blow is directed ag a i ns t th em h ow l a l ou d a nd drow n all argument and sci en tifi c researc h. The reforin . e r e meets men braced for a con t es t t o d o or to cil, t ; while he finds it difficult to inspire the rest of t e '' community with the conviction that it is tL ir battle he is fighting, and their business to givei in 11, a hearty instead of a lukewarm support. Indeed' d the' first instance, the extreme Protectiouists alv ll / 11 succeed in persuading the people that their inter es o lies in fostering the monopolies. Mr. WELLS . 11 4 steered 'a middle course on this difficult subject' turning as deaf an ear to Free-traders as to Pro te the tionists. Every nation, he asserts, legislates on 0 , principle of Protection, and no European Go ve n fige ment has adopted Free-trade further than to ,f,', 0 1 the fullest play to the national faculties and na n . t " advantages the people possess. What the L ° -r e missioner hits at are the monopolies he considers ni e of " corners" against the nation. Taking the eas e . s b pig-iron, Mr. WELLS exposes the effects of a s el° o l, monopoly ; and what is true of iron is true of 0° te " but in both he strikes at the most powerful inter es ot , in America. The report is exciting the keenes t .A• tention throughout the country, and DAVI D ee , WELLS has taken the lead on taxation and fina l/ e t subjects too new in the United States to be a s tbe thoroughly understood. Indeed it is asserted that vt, Senators are too old to learn, and what little IcO e , ledge exists is to be found o n ly among the il e P r sentatives ; but on both Houses th e re port hr-s Ire e , a great effect, which w ill b e seen when such ques tions as the tariff and the refutiu of ttic civ il 6v rice are discussed. General Sickles has declined the appointm en 1 30• Delegate at Large, conferred upon him by the Uni on re publican General Committee, us he cannot, withoot judico to other duties, take part in local political org zations. v i s it It is said Governor Bullock intends t ° 0 Europe in April, with a ll hi s f am il y, an d t o b e absent fro one to two years from America. tp The Levant Times asserts that it is intell u " - t ris ~ ...- recall Mr. Morris, th e A mer i can Mi n i ster, i n Marc". probable successor would be General Nye. mr Of Thomas Crompton M oore h as l e ft a lega:d. to to over $20,000 thelat late relief Ivar, one-fifth e t - h fl e f suffering thd h s of ol whichs to , ~ b wi and o dieeet or ; were 'Vid killed owsand children of Southern in tributed in South Carolin a . H o h as a l so boquea t‘ 4 , large fund for the rebuildi ng or repairing of 0- without regard to denominations, injured in the la te Ana within the States of North and South Carnlinp D. Georgia. Messrs. James Hall, Francis J. Porche r s esoat ° De Saussure, E. H. Frost, an d R ev. J o h n R um nY, of to dir Carolina, are trustee s o f thi s fund, and are charg e !" - tribute it within seven years. ble rie tt oo t [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. Recovery.-Few things surprise and shock inr br ong i c i persons more than the fact that multitudes sv se ip€ l3 l . want of knowledge of the best remedy for disens e ber oiF their money to little advantage. Mr. Gamic, c ha d f ) c i Yeovil, writes that a lady residing in that town many years been suffering severely from indiges!' l .l 0 4 liver complaint, for the relief of which her medi c r., OP; told her he could do nothing further. Unnerved vllle announcement she sought sympathy from friencl i 'e ve ° o whom recommended Holloway's pills, which 1 to once procured. The invalid, carefully attendi n g ° , r e accompanying directions, took tha pills, and s o ar , l: 3l/ ceived a change which astonished and delighted b gradually got well. ~.n ns iPA" o o [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Dyspepsia (Indigestion), oh, le Debility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, staid 0170 liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated st ie pf rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur& Toned es Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, o , s P o ar!' t o, thousands of cases which had been considered hopele'l4,lsie —cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver co dipti flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats. rs.rlro, ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head aud i t, iqef matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralsr,ocis' id bility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn , 0 0 00 debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness , , id htlio pregnancy or at sea, sinki ng fits, bronchitis, scrofula, ce p "pf of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and be t t ore, l o o shoulders, &c. We q uo t e a f ew : —Th e P ope ' s h e alth rese r . , otr Du Barry's Food. C ure N o. 68 , 413—" R ome , J u ly . l2, 1 %000 health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially sinus , to .te ing all other remedie s , h e h as confined himself entire , pl , O l Barry's ReTalenta Arabica. Food, of which he consurae„ s oefl, e ol ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly "„ x cel', 4 o effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this: r. Cr f , food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," JulY 1r93 3 4 . 0 ( No. 46,270-Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant. of, _ O , l D io s Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of La r d St derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1,771- -- ?,,,peP:i de Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many years „ i ",,J.,pei ) ; l o, nervousness,No.49, 82— Faisftthy asthma, years' indescribable e s c c o r n i bs constipation, o agony a t f u r i o e n c i , J u ' s pa siO3,o / 0 sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly." Important iw itat„ i doe Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloPPY.„ o st to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is DA , ciously attached. . 1 21 0' In tins, at Is. ; 1 lb. 2s. 9d.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs, 1 1 "; 0114 225. ; 24 lbs., 4C/el.— Also DU BARRY'S REYALENTA LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups t r ,57P - t yr cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cup s a t fi s., f or 288 cups a t 305., f 550 at 55s.—being about o ne p enny per cup. Th e 30s. 11 11 . g ot °w o o , are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of tree Order, -BARRY DO BAR RY and Co., No. 7 7 , R eg ent-str don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. wio ol BRAND —On the 29th ult. at 70, Prince's-gate , i b° Henry R. Brand, Esq., M.P., of a son. the 0116 FOWKE —On the 29th inst . . , at Bramley ) Surr°Y' ( al of Major J. S. F. Fowke, t , of a son. 10 P.- TRENCH On the 23d inst , at Lenaboy, Galwail Anne Trench, of a son. Marriages. yorr LIMEY- LOWTHER-On tho 27th inst., at Thiwtri fat shire, William Jerard, eldest sou of W. J. LY, of Pewsham, Wilts, to Frances Elizabeth, owl - t oo ' of Sir Charles H. Lnwther, Burt., of Swilling' , Wilton Castle, Yorkshire. o ttiegve , TRAVERS-POCOCK -On the 28th inst., isT at 00%0' 5 Dr. Travers, F.R.C.S., of 19, Lower Philio' o- Kensington, to Annie, youngest daughter 013-0 Pocock, Esq., of 21, Ladbroke-gardens, W. Deaths. .1, 111 FORTER -On the 27th inst., at Castle, Lost withi 0 Foster, Esq., aged 60. fr e FnEmE -On the 27th inst., at Hastings, ,J 1 , 7 1 ;`, 1 -15 ,of Wrettrillll OUSt reps ore, aSh I • geu 7 SA T". • KEW-On the 28th inst., at Wandsworth - r ot ` o OP Kew, Esq., aged 83. 1 0 0 j NASH -On the 28th inst., T. N as h, sen., of Oil' gelid and Old Kent-road, a ge d 79. SIMMONDS -On the 27th inst., at Bath, Lie ut.-61°1. 6 Simmonds, aged 84. -11 gBrat° WALLIS -0 n the 28th inst at 25, Bessboroug S.W., Charles E. W a lli s , Esq., aged London : Printed and Pabliehed by WILLIA M „ So 4 Of of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tan Sys Strand, in the Precinct of tie S.vov, In the Middlosex„-Saturday, January 80, 1869.1 t / r{. Tlai Prize It the .A 4. ObR M &Dv, hold kble N Form, OED . tinder a.m . i rtno n and 4 an a , Dane T' A Very Old ( Sh Spar lei Sai bottl Ar pour Tb and be r aPpll 316, S' Nat; .£8;?' SI Will th e etre( Qi Gov 1 111 J fessi typ e ] bin e estn Dise and Lad Can RE,