The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT ORi THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Saturday Review thinks that the Conservatives are taking a well-de /served holiday, and that, in spite of the pleasures and 'honours of office, they are really better off in Opposition, They have no difficult task to perform ; they need nqt fords their intellects to try to guess what on earth their leaderp and they are after. But although the situation is veryeasy and pleasant for the bulk of the Con servative party, and for those of their leaders who take advantage of the absence of restraint to talk unalloyed Conservatism„it is by no means easy or pleasant for one or two of the most eminent among them. Mr. Disraeli and Lord Stanley, more especially, are passing through a season of considerable trial and difficulty. They cannot take their holiday, and rollick in the untutored liberty of unofficial Toryism. Mr. Disraeli is out of office, but it is his business to make office some day possible again for himself and his party. He has to think how he may con trive to stand well with his followers, and not run athwart them in their present humour, and yet to pave the way for leading tae_ into courses of which as yet the have no notion. If there is anything certain about Mr. Disraeli, it is that he holds a Conservative Ministry, standing on the pure principles of Conservatism, to be an impossibility. He is obliged to look forward and to picture himself responsible for the government of Ireland, and when he does this he cannot for a moment suppose it possible that he should really govern Ireland as Mr. Hardy would have it governed. Lord Stanley is in a still more embarrassing position. He may be taken t o hold the ordinary Liberal opinions on the matter ; and if the comparison could be pursued thoroughly, there are, we imagine, very few points oat which the opinions of Lord Stanley and of Mr. Lowe are not substantially the same. Both objected to Reform on the ground that measures equally liberal, and perhaps more liberal, might be carried without it than with it. Both discuss public affairs with a sort of cynical candour, and both take the view of what may be regarded as extreme common sense on all questions such as education, .colonies, endowments, and State interference. But then Lord Stanley is not free as Mr. Lowe is. Lord Stanley is attached to the Conservative party, and muse take the consequences. He cannot think, act, or say anything. He must hold his tongue, and try to administer as well as possible whenever he gets a chance. He might, of course, leave his party ; but he is bound to it by much more than ordinary ties, and there are innumerable doubts and scruples which rise up in the way of taking so decisive a step when a man begins to calculate all the consequences, and to risk whether he is bound, or would be wise, to sacri fice a position generally satisfactory in order to declare his views on a particular question. Men of the mould and cast of Lord Stanley are not to be blamed because they do not take so great and heroic a line. If Lord Stanley was a great man, or had a sympathy with the higher thoughts and interests of the nation, or wished to mould the condi tion and determine the prospects of the generation in which he lives, he would not be content to stand wholly aloof while such subjects as the Reform Bill and the Irish Church Bill are discussed. But Lord Stanley is a man of a different stamp; and a cold, judicious, unimagina tive Liberal, who was bred and lives among Conserva tives, may perhaps be right in thinking that he is not sacrificing too much for his party when he gives a silent vote in its .favour on such a question as that of the Irish Church. The Spectator says that Mr. Gathorne Hardy is con sidered by many of the Conservatives to be the true pillar and cornerstone of their party. His Conservatism is not moth-eaten by speculative doubts like Mr. Disraeli's, nor dangerously undermined at the most important points by frigid, clear business sense like Lord Stanley's. He is full of an obtuse enthusiasm which renders him deaf to the tendencies and ideas of the world external to his own habits of mind. He is one of the most fluent speakers in the House of Commons, and, in a literary sense, of all fluent speakers he is the least interesting. There is no depth and play in his voice, no flexibility in his thought, no scale in his emphasis, no variety in his manner. He once assailed his favourite enemies, if we may be allowed the expression, the latitudinarians of the Church, amidst the uproarious cheers of the rank and file on his own side, as the advocates of a " misty and muddy " religious sys tem. The words, like most of Mr. Hardy's oratorical adjectives, were singularly ill-adapted to the Church Liberals in general, amongst whom are to be found the men of sharpest and most lucid, even where they not of the deepest and most powerful, thought whom the Church contains. But if these epithets were not descriptive of the men at whom they were cast, they were in a certain sense - very expressive of the mind of the speaker who cast them. There is nothing like keenness of discrimination about Mr. Hardy's eloquence. As he warms up into ardour, a thicker film than usual falls upon his intellectual eye. Mr. Gathorne Hardy is the Mr. Perceval of our own time —no doubt a shade or two more liberal, as the whole atmosphere of political thought is more liberal than it was sixty years since. Like Mr. Perceval, Mr. Gathorne Hardy has " poor powers of reasoning and none of imagi nation." Like him, he has strong religious convictions, and in " regard to purpose and persistency," is, as Miss Martineau describes Mr. Perceval, " among the few strong members of the Conservative Cabinet." Like him, his political faults arise " from the narrowness of his intellectual range, and by no means from any harshness, hypocrisy, or pride in the temper of the man." Like him, he is upright, honourable, amiable, everything that is worthy outside the intellectual conditions of statesman. ship—look, forinstance, at his steadiness in supporting the report of Mr. Justice Martin on the electoral corruption of Norwich last Thursday, against the special pleas of his own party. But like him, too, it seems to us quite possible that if Mr. Gathorne Hardy ever came to rule the country as the head of a powerful Conservative party, he would be quite capable of ruling in so narrow a spirit as to render himself far better hated by the people than the most unprincipled of all the statesmen of our century. The Examiner and London Review remarks upon the increased cost of living, which has become the most pres sing problem of the present time, both in this country and in the United States. If we look at home, we find great depression of trade and increase of pauperism, accompa nied by a very high rate of expenditure, which, although it may not have caused the existing distress, certainly aggravates its pressure. There are no complete returns of local taxation, so that the full amount of the public bur dens can only be imperfectly estimated. The last number of the Statistical Abstract chews that the amount expended out of the imperial revenue and the poor rate, including payments for county police rate, &c., for the year 1867-8 was above £84,276,000 ; in 1852-3 it was £63,587,000, shewing an increase in these items alone of above twenty millions and a half sterling in fourteen years. It cannot be doubted for one moment that such an addition to the public burdens presses very heavily upon the people, and has tended to produce that depression of trade which invariably follows a diminution of their available resources. We mut confess that we are utterly unable to compre hend the necessity for this extraordinary increase. It would seem, not only that no effort has been made since the Crimean War to reduce the expenditure of the Impe rial Government, but that the spirit of extravagance, which, according to Sir Stafford Northcote, was then created, has spread to our local authorities. The great increase in the poor rates is not due to the increase of pauperism, as we find from Government returns that 934,419 paupers cost £5,395,022 in 1849, while 958,824 cost £6,959,840 in 1867. The records of crime do not shew any increase in the number of commitments and convictions to account for the increased cost of our county and police rates. Nor, we believe, do the increased efficiency of our army and navy, nor the necessities of the civil service, account for the extraordinary increase of the imperial expenditure. The real fact, we take it, is that this vast addition has grown up almost silently and imperceptibly. Unwatched by the public, officials have launched out into this and that extravagance, until at length, in the pressure of a financial crisis almost unexampled, those who bear the burden have been aroused to a consciousness of its weight. The John Bull takes " No Surrender " to be the inscrip tion on Mr. Hardy's flag, which it last week recommended Mr. Disraeli to unfurl. The late Premier's Church appointments are severely censured, and the John Bull declares that experience has shewn how shortsighted was a policy which alienated friends and secured no new allies. The question now is, shall the Conservatives have no policy on the great questions which are cropping up, or shall they boldly, at some temporary loss of numbers and popularity, resolve to be true to their principles? The more the country realises the real meaning and effect of the Government Bill, the more will people regret that once again they have been deluded by Liberal profes sions of justice ; and hence it is, in our opinion, the bounden duty of the House of Peers to remit the question to the people; and thOse of their lordships who were anxious to read the bill a second time and attempt to amend it in committee may see how futile such a course is, from the anticipatory denunciations of such a course by those very Liberal organs which are revelling in the idea that their lordships are about to give in. A few more such meetings as those in Leicestershire and even the weak brethren among the peers will summon up courage to do their duty to God, the Sovereign, and th. People. THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY'S ME DAL A general order, just issued, authorises officers, non-commis sioned officers, and soldiers who have received medals from the Royal Humane Society for acts of bravery in saving life to wear them on all occasions when in uniform. In all cases when an officer, non commissioned officer, or soldier may be deemed worthy of receiving a second mark of distinction for saving life the Royal Humane Society have, with the concurrence of the Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, agreed to add a clasp Q b ox tc) the medal already granted. A WESLEYAN " HIGH" CHURCH. We take the following details of the opening of the grand Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church recently erected in Washington (U.S.), at a cost of £50,000, from the Washington papers :—" It is in the Gothic style of architecture, and is built in two stories, the ground floor being used for Sunday-school purposes, and the upper as the " audience-room" (sic) or chapel proper. There is to be a tower and spire 240 feet in height, to contain a peal of bells. The interior has been decorated in the most lavish manner. In the chapel all the windows are filled with stained glass, illustrative of the life of the Rev. John Wesley, and of various leading Wesleyan ministers, whilst those in the schoolroom beneath are devoted to incidents in the life of our Lord. The panels of the pulpit, or platform, are of olive-wood from the Garden of Gethsemane, which are carved into crosses, with the sacred monogram and the symbolical ivy plant. The keystone of the arch to the recess in which the pulpit is placed is of stone from Solomon's Temple, and upon it is carved, in Hebrew, the name of God. The " altar furniture (sic) is made of wood from the Mount of Olives. The appear. ance of the pulpit and altar," says the National Repub. lican, "is grand and imposing." The op enin g ceremonial was of an elaborate nature, very different from the simple form followed in England by the Wesleyans. A special choir, under direction of . a professor of singing, was engaged , an d sang various anthems. Ten ministers occupied the pulpit. After Bishop Simpson had read the opening charge," the lessons for the day were read, then followed the anthem and the sermon. This concluded, the Bishop took his stand at one end of the pulpit, whilst a minister stood at the other end, formally, and in a loud voice, requesting him to dedicate the new church. The prayers, as used by the bishops of the Anglican Church in the consecration of a church, were then read, and the service concluded with the Benediction by Bishop Simpson. Some peculiar features are to be noticed in the report. Not only is the amount of the collection given, but the sums given by a few prominent members of the congregation are also mentioned. It is needless to add that these sums are all large. The Rev. W. M. Punshon, the English minister, preached in the afternoon, and the Republican adds that his sermon was composed in less than two hours. During the collections one of the ministers went about with a basket to receive the contents of the boxes. Most of the windows are special gifts, and bear the inscription " Donated by —." At the commencement of the pro ject 5,000 dollars were given by a wealthy merchant, in the name of General Grant. Determined not to be behind, some friends of President Johnson and Chief Justice Chase got up a subscription, and gave similar sums in their names. General Grant attended the first service, arriving during the sermon, which was nearly stopped by his appearance, there being quite a movement in the gal leries to catch a sight of him. The church is claimed to be a " National Church," and therefore a pew is set apar‘ for each State and territory in the Union.— Rock. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RATE PAYING CLAUSES. On Friday an influential deputation waited upon the President of the Poor-law Board, with whom was Mr. John Bright, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, respecting a proposed measure for the collection of rates among the occupiers of low-class property, formerly com pounded for. Among those present with the deputation were Mr. Vernon Harcourt, M.P., Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Mundella, M.P., Mr. G. Dixon, M.P., and Mr. Forster, M.P. Mr. Dixon, M.P., introduced the deputation, and explained that the people of Birmingham felt the appli- ' cation of the ratepaying clauses as exceptionally hard, inasmuch as they applied to about 36,000 people, who for merely compounded and were now held responsible for the rates, and were causing great suffering. Other gentlemen urged that the compounding principle should be restored, as the franchise should not in their opinion be associated with the payment of local rates. The working classes believed that one of the first things the Liberal Government would do on coming into power would be to place its hand upon this " blot," as Mr. Gladstone had himself called the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act. Mr. Goschen said that if the sufferings which had taken place had been foreseen, the measure, with those clauses, would not, he thought, have been passed ; and Mr. Bright begged the deputation to remem ber that the present G overnment was not responsible for those clauses. Mr. Goschen said his .proposed measure would meet many of the difficulties pointed out, and lie was afraid sufficient attention had not been given to the clauses he proposed, or that they were not sufficiently appreciated. Mr. Vernon Harcourt, I\LP., said there were two grievances, the economical and the political ; there was the payment of rates, which 'entailed a larger amount being paid, and then when the house holders arranged with their landlords, their names were kept from the register, and the votes were lost. Mr. Goschen said the question was how to give up the com pound principle and secure the franchise to the man living in the compound house. The deputation had shewn them selves anxious to secure the economical point. Mr. Bright said one way to meet the difficulty would be to give the vote to every bond fide householder, whether his name should be upon the register or not—in point of fact, that the revising barrister should be compelled to so amend the register as to include all householders. Mr. Goschen then proceeded to say that the whole spirit of ' what the Government intended had been misconceived, not only by the deputation, but by others in large towns. The difficulty the Government had to deal with was to amend the economical part of the question in such a manner as not to deprive, or run the risk of depriving, a large number of people of the franchise; for if the ratepaying clauses were repealed thousands upon thousands of people would not get on the registrar. Many plans had been proposed to amend the existing difficulty, but there was no considera tion or anxiety shewn to keep the poor voters on the register. He proceeded to shew that if the Government now took up any question of change of principle in the matter of changing the books or such like alteration as suggested, perhaps Parliament might have to deal with the whole system de noro, and that would not be advisable in the present condition of thing, when so many other questions of importance were under consideration. The whole scope of the bill had, he believed, been underrated, for it proposed to relieve the occupiers from the rates, and make the owners the persons by whom the rates were to be paid ; and, moreover, this measure wculd be applicable to the whole country. He pointed out that there was the question of the parochial franchise to be considered, and he concluded by saying that Mr. Bright's presence there that day was a proof that the Government was not inclined to approach the question in aniggardlyspirit, and would carefully con sider all the points that had been advanced. In consequence of Sir John Lubbock's appeal on the late destruction of the Great Tol-maen, the Council of the Ethnological Society have appointed a committee to investigate the pre-historic monuments of these islands, and the measures to be taken for their preservation. It includes Sir John Lubbock, Professor Huxley, Colonel Lane Fox, Mr. Hyde Clarke, Mr. John Evans, Mr. Thomas Wright, Dr. Thurnam; Mr. H. G. Bohn, Mr. Blackmore, and Mr. A. W. Franks.—Athenceum. A GHOST STORY.—W e are not answerable for the following :—An aged man, dressed in the costume of the last century, wearing a flowing shirt front, and having in his hand a large cane, has repeatedly been met of late towards evening, walking in the Pilgrim-road, near a chalk pit, between the villages of Otford and Kemsing, Sevenoaks. Always on the same spot of road, he neither proceeds, so far as cah be ascertained, to the one village or the other, nor can it be discovered that he is sojourning at any neighbouring place. On Saturday evening a horseman close to the chalk-pit was about to address him and inquire the time, when on turning in his saddle to do so, behold he had vanished ! The horseman, by no means a coward, avers that he was never so much alarmed in his life, for he distinctly saw the old gentleman close to him, and could not be deceived on the subject. He says the dress, of the most ancient cut, could not be mistaken, nor the frilled shirt-front and cane. The disappearance, if disappearance it really was, is very remarkable, as there were no houses or cottages near the spot, nor any place for a person jocularly inclined to secrete himself. For what purpose is the ancient stranger patrolling in the above secluded locality ? —South-Eastern Gazette. THE BLACKBURN ELECTION.—Mr. Hornby, the senior late member for the borough of Blackburn, who was unseated on petition by Mr. Justice Willes, has just issued a farewell address to the electors. He says he intended addressing hi's late constituents immediately after the judge's decision; " but am now well pleased that I waited for the second verdict of the electors of Blackburn, because, in thanking them sincerely for their kindness and confidence placed in me for so many years, I have now the additional pleasure and gratification of thanking them for the high compliment they have paid my son by placing him in the honourable position from which I was so unfairly removed. Notwith standing the result of the petition, I rejoice most sincerely that the investigation took place, and for these reasons : First, because the judge fully and decidedly cleared the town of the unjust and foul charges made against it ; secondly, because the judge acquitted Mr. Feilden and myself from the charges brought against us, and said in strong and forcible language that there was no foundation for such accusations either against ourselves or our sup porters and ought never to have been made and thirdly, because the petition having unseated the old members has caused the honest and independent electors to prove by raw/ling their sons that they will net fail ... unit to U dicta, IQ G io mita iiniumatate.3., THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1E69 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE BANK .11ATr:. Although the advance in the Bank rate took every one by surprise, and caused immense confusion in the discount houses, the morning papers generally approve the chance. It appears to be due almost entirely to tne iarge uemana which there is now fox American securities. The accession of General Grant to the Presidency, and his clear declaration in favow of keeping faith with the national creditor, has caused United States securities to be very popular, and they are now eagerly sought for at a price 20 per cent. in advance of the figure at which they could scarcely get purchasers a few weeks ago. Of course this involves a considerable efflux of gold across the Atlantic. In fact, it was stated on Thursday that £52,000 would be taken from Threadneedle-street at once, and over £lOO,OOO from Liverpool for New York. As not less than £1,500,000 of Australian gold is expected here in a fortnight, it is not supposed that there will be any occasion to raise the Bank rate again speedily. examination snouia De maae oz Lne most granusmg systems, and conanetect in a rair anu open manner. If the Passengers' Railway Signal Act is to be any thing like a success, public official trial should be made before official approval is given, and vigilant inspection should take place afterwards. The Act came into operation on the Ist. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Major WALKER took the oath aad his seat for Dum- Eriesshire. OPENING TIIE MUSEUMS ON SUNDAYS. Mr. Gregory gave notice that on going into committee of supply on the 13th he should move a resolution to the effect that the public museums be opened on Sundays after the time of morning service. RITUALISM IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Mr. STAPLETON gave notice that, on an early day, ho should ask a question of the Secretary for the Homo Department, relative to the. ritualist procession which took place on Good Friday, in the parish of St. George's in-the-East. ANCIENT MONUMENTS. Mr. L..kYA RD, in reply to Sir 11. Verney, said the state of the ancient monuments in this country was not at all creditable, and ho thought that some steps ought to be taken to preserve them from utter destruction. lle had asked the Society of Anti quarians through the President, the Earl of Stanhope, whether they would make out a list of the monuments which it was desirable to place under the protection of some competent authority, and that list was in course of being made out. When it was completed he would sub mit the matter to Parliament, with a view of something being done to prevent the destruction of monuments of national interest. (hear, bear.) COMMUNICATIONS WITLI RAILWAY GUARDS. Mr. BRIGHT said the rope system had been adopted because it was thought to be the most convenient system for general usage. The repo was placed outside the car riages, just at the top of the window, and it would be found that it would be a much better arrangement than placing the rope inside the carriage. (Hear, hear.) He thought it would be a useless expenditure of money to print the whole of the correspondence that had taken place on the subject. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE-THE ABYSSINIAN BAT TA. Mr. CHILDERS, in reply to Viscount Enfield, 'aid that the merchant vessels chartered during the Abyssinian ex pedition could not participate in the six months' batta which had been given for the success of the operations. The payment of the batta was confined to the troops and naval service. THE STAMP ACTS. The CHANCELLOR of tha EXCHEQUER, in reply to Mr. Crawford, said active measures were now being taken for the consolidation of the stamp acts. (Ifeat„hear.) PROMOTION BY MERIT. On the motion for the house going into committee for the consideration of the army estimates, Mr. C. BUXTON called attention to the late appoint ment of the deputy-master of the Mint. The situation had remained vacant fir a considerable time, and it was fully to be expected that the gentleman who would have received the appointment was Mr. Mushett, the chief clerk, who was in every way fitted for the duty. Such a course had not been followed, but the gentleman who had the good fortune to get the appointment was the private secretary of the right hon. member for Buckingham, who received the appointment but a few days before the late Government quitted office. The gentleman who had been appointed had no ex perience in the duties to be performed, and the gentleman who bad been pissed over had been a great number of years in the Mint, and was in every way qualified for the performance of the duties required of the Deputy Master of the Mint. Ho thought the greatest danger was to be apprehended if promotion by merit was to be set aside in favour of nomination by powerful friends. Mr. DISRAELI said the appointment had been made with a view to the public efficiency. It was not a fact that the late appointment had been made as a reward for political partizanship. The gentleman he had appointed, it was true, had held the office of his private secretary, but when the filling the appointment was first con si lered, the claims of Mr. 3lushett were fully considered. It was thought that fresh blood was wanted in the Mint,and after the most deliberate consideration Mr.Freemantle was appointed. He had received a letter from the Master of the Mint, who entirely approved of the appointment; and ho was of opinion that groat public - advantage would result to the public service by it. Mr. GLADSTONE said it appeared to him that the answer of the right hon. gentleman opposite mu ,t be quite satisfactory to the hon. gentleman who had brought the subject forward. Mr. Freemantle was not the first gentleman appointed to the Miut, not previously holding an appointment in that establishment, as Captain Harness was appointed to the establishment from outside, and a better public servant could not have been had. (Hear, bear.) He thought the explanation of the right hon. gentleman perfectly straightforward and quite satisfactory. (Hear, bear.) THE SLAVE TRADE. Mr. J. LOWTHER moved for a return of the forces employed during each of the past twelve years upon the West Coast of Africa, together with the annual cost, the rate of mo,tality, and the sanitary condition of the force, ' A brief discussion followed, during which Mr. Childers said that it was gratifying to know that the slave trade ou the West Coast had ceased to exist—(hear, hear) but it was necessary- to kerp some ships there for the prot.wtion of commerce. The iaformation the hon. goat lonian asked for, it was stated, was already on the table of the house. The motion was eventually withdrawn. THE NAVY ESTIIIATES. The house then went into committee. Mr. CHILDERS proposed to praceed to voting the navy estimates. Mr. COIIRY moved that vote 10, sec. 1, be reduced by the sum of £40,000. Aftor some discussion the vote was agreed to. On the vote of £1,086,001 for dockyards and naval yards at home and abroad, Mr CORRY, being of opinion that it was inexpedient to build any more so called " sea-going" turret ships until the Captain and the Monarch had been properly tried at sea, moved to reduce the vote by £30,000. After some remarks the vote was agreed to by 122 to 46. The house then adjourned. LONDON GAZETTE -LAST EVENING. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Arun, 2. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Langtry to be Captain ; Cornet William N'Kay to be Lieutenant ; Cornet James M'Farlane to be Lieutenant ; Frederic Horace Garfit to be Cornet. 4th Hussars—Cornet Alfred Bibby to be Lieutenant; Cor net Neil Edmonstone to be Lieutenant. 10th Hussars—Lieut. the Hon. Henry Crichton to be Ad jutant. 14th Hussars—Lieutenant Thomas Henry to be Captain, Cornet Albert Brassey to be Lieutenant. Royal Regiment of Artillary—Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson, C. 8., to be Colonel ; Captain William Barry, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Francis Strange, C. 8., to be Colonel; Captain George Colomb to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant William Abney to be Lieutenant. Ist Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Irwin to be Lieutenant, George Elliott to be Paymaster. 12th Foot—Charles Dowler to be Ensign. 15th Foot—Staff Surgeon Henry Rose to be Surgeon. 17th Foot—Ensign Charles M'Crea to be Ensign. 19th Foot—Lieutenant William Iles to be Captain, En sign Alfred Hornsby to be Lieutenant, Ensign Win. Scott to be Ensign. 25th Foot—Francis Curtis to bo Lieutenant, Thomas Burns to be Ensign. 40th Foot—Lieut. Robert Filcher to be Lieutenant. 52d Foot—Ensign Lewis Corkran to be Lieutenant, Philip Godsal to be Ensign. 61th Eoot Lieut. Henry Church to be Lieutenant. 71st Foot—Ensign Charles Morland to be Ensign. 81st Foot—Staff•Surgeon John Wood to be Surgeon. 83d Foot—Lieut. Charles Wyndham to be Instructor of Musketry. 84th Foot—Ensign Frederic Robinson to be Lieutenant, Charles Wm. Morland to be Ensign. 86th Foot—Lieut. John Spence to be Adjutant. 107th Foot—Lient. Walter Cave to be Adjutant. Ist West India Regiment—Captain William Cairnes to be Captain, Ensign William Cole to be Lieutenant., Lieut. A. Ferguson to be Lieutenant, Ensign Alfred Simons to be Ensign. 2d West India Regiment—Captain Charles Williams to be Captain; Captain William Drinan to be Captain; En sign George Hogan to be Ensign ; Ensign Richard Ponsonby to be Ensign ; Ensign John Power to bo Ensign. 3d West India Regiment—Captain Frederick White to be Captain; Lieutenant Claude Bulger to be Lieutenant; Ensign Thomas Black to be Ensign. Foreicen Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Boathamptoa..... April 19 Ditto, via Varsetlies .. April 19 Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video April 6. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verds. by Brazil paotet ...... Cape of Good ELpe. Alwension. and St. Helena April 27. China, Penang. and Slugvote, via Southampton April 10. bibraltar. via Southampton April 3 India,via Southampton . ,,..April 5. ditto, via Marseil: es Malta. Egypt, &o. . April 3 Ditto, Marseille!... .46 April Newfoundland . ... .... .... April 7 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and N a tal, via Southami ton Ditto, Blareeilies _ April 7 Portugal .... • United States, ( anada, Cxlitornia, &0., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian picket ... Ditto, by L ',Med States packet April Ditto dith (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife &pril 2 B sha.nas, via New York Dimwit:LE and Cc., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports lion. Quotations on application 'to !Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand,_ London, vertleement. LORD STANLEY AT GLASGOW. By appointing great men to fill their offices the Scotch universities help very materially to keep in perpetual discussion the question of education. Thus within the last few days two great men have had their attention drawn to the subject,and have caused it to be noticed throughout the country. First Mr. Froude gave forth his opinions at Aberdeen; now Lord Stanley has put his ideas before the students at Glasgow. The historian depreciated classical education, advocating in its stead the study of a special subject. The politician lauded classical knowledge. But though thus differing, Lord Stanley and Mr. Fronde agreed in calling for thoroughness. Mr. Fronde says that one cannot m as t er th e c l ass i cs and pursue one's daily avocations. Therefore he contended that only those branches should be learnt at college which would be specially useful to a student in his after life. Lord Stanley, in his ad dress at Aberdeen, on Thursday, looked at the matter from a totally different point of view. To him college was evidently rather the place where the general character of the student was formed. The learner should be trained not so much to a parti cular profession as to a general neatness, an accuracy of thought and expression. All this he would obtain from a study of the classics. But, like Mr. Fronde, Lord Stanley expressed his contempt at the mere acquirement of a smattering of Latin and Greek. To obtain that was a mere waste of time. The student should take up only what he had a reasonable prospect of accomplishing ; should master what he could, but do everything completely. Lord Stanley had a good word to say also for the Scotch university system as compared with that of England. In Scotland comparatively poor men are able to obtain a university training ; in England only those who are wealthy. The Scotch set the English a decidedly good example. The critics who telegraph the address say it was not brilliant, but sound. Twelve hundred boisterous students and the elite of the city listened to it. TIIE REPORT OF Tin; TRADES UNIONS COMMIS SIONERS. The Beehive is by no means satisfied with the report of the royal commissioners who investigated trades unions. The organ of the unions denies that coercion is a general feature of them. Still more strongly does it repudiate outrages. No doubt outrages are sometimes committed, but in a perfect state of the law there would be no resort to them, because there would be no excuse for them. That " perfect state " is not d e scribed ; but the crimes of Broadhead and hi s compeer s are attributed entirely to the present imperfect law, not directly, it is true, but to the combinations which have their origin in a past age, and are the result of that law. Adds the Beehive, "We want no favour, but fair play before the law, and then the good sense of the artisan will soon settle the rest. No man has a deeper interest in peace and the reign of law than the working man, and he knows it. But no man is more sensitive t o i nequa lity before the law, and he will fight again s t it w i th w h a tever arms come first." That is just wh a t th e l a wgivers will not suffer. They are ready t o a l ter a law proved bad, but so long as it is unrepealed they will not suffer it to be disobeyed, much less made an excuse for violence. We h ung B arre tt, although we had not disestablished the Irish Church. We shall certainly hang Broadhead if he give us another chance of doing so. With reference to trades unions we may mention that the Manchester and Salford Trades Councils, have passed a vote of censure upon the Free Labour Registration Society " as interfering with the right of combination to others which they claim for them selves, and at the same time prostituting the prin ciples of union to the basest purposes ; conspiring to deprive of employment our fellow-citizens, under the false plea that all trade society rules are inimical to the welfare of the community at large, and thus seek ing to ariti ? ;rn,t. imperial legislation,which recognises the principle, while condemning those practices which all well-regulated unions deprecate alike." FATTIER IGNATIUS AND MISS ROBINSON. The C'hn'stian T 6 i rld has received two letters from Father Ignatius respecting his Claydon Chapel. It will be remembered that the chapel which was used by Father Ignatius, and had bee n em b e llished by him at gre,it - expense, was afterwards let to a female Baptist preacher, named Miss Robin son. Thi s lady, it appears, has allowed Father Ig na tius and his friends to retake possession of the chapel, and he has appealed to the public for contributions towards defraying her expenses. Twenty-five pounds I . vas the sum req uired, but the amount of the subscriptions was only fourteenpence. The Christian Wurid is inclined to think that Father Ignatius and his friends should pay the money themselves, or else that Miss Robinson should claim her expenses from Mr. Drury if he had no right to let her the chapel. Father Ignatius complains that many of his Catholic friends are angry with him for not fighting Miss Robinson and her deacons, while many of Miss Robinson's friends are equally angry with her for her concessions to the monks. Ile thinks it a ve ry sad thing to see Christians so bitter in their animosities amongst themselves, and says it makes his heart ache to hear them wrangle and dispute. Whatever may be thought of Mr. Lynch theology, his tolerance is, at all events, worthy of imitation. THE FREE AND OPEN CHURCII SYSTEM. The Ar c hbishop of York, a most astute divine, who ha s never been known to take up a cause which has not a very is to be tri e d at P fair chance o f success , spoke at that the system Pontefra c t i n b e half of the F ree an d Open Church Association. He said, with re f erence t o the fact church, "N o doubt that fe e li ng i s deep-seated which induces a man to carry the notion of pro perty—and that a delusive notion—into the house ontefract parish of God, and to think that his dignity and consequence are consulted if he can exercise a right over more seats than he is able to occupy ; and yet, my friFnds, I li —OPe that this not a natural and ineradicable feeling and sentiment. I believe that there is another and higher feeling which may by degrees take its pl ace — a f ee li n g of the equality of all men in the sight of the Most nigh ; the feeling also of love which induces us to love that Church most which is made most fully available for the wants of the people." We may add that the London association for promoting this system has among its patrons a large number of M.P.'s in both houses, including the Home Secretary and the First Lord of the Admiralty. The association would do good service by getting some of its parliamentary friends to bring in a bill declaratory of the law with regard to seats in parish churches. THE TEMPERATURE OF TILE March was another godsend to the meteorologists. They are able to rejoice in chronicling most unsettled and changeable weather in England, an earthquake in Yorkshire and Lancashire? and dry weather— rather too much so—in Australia. March, in England, had a temperature on the whole below the average standard; but ther e was n o penetrating frost. The rainfall was a little above the average. While we were using great coats and um brellas, our friends at the Antipodes would fain have gone without clothes at all, and would have h a il e d with joy a cloud no bigger than a man's hand. Mr. Allnatt, in calling attention to this, says : " A fact has thus been again recorded to which I have more than once called attention namely, that when severe drought has occurred at our Antipodes Engl a nd has been generally visited by a superabundant supp ly of rainfall." Those who love to have the ex ac t fi gu res as to temperature may be interested in k now i ng that on the Ist 2nd, and 6th the aggregate mea n was in excess of the esti mated value by 1.1 deg. The remainder of the month fell daily below the standard. On the third it was minus by 8.1 deg., on the 1 4 th by 8.3 deg., on the 17th by p. 3 deg., a n d on the 27th by 11.2 deg. At the last date the night registered 27 deg., and the morning 32 deg., and the defalcation on the whole day, deduced from three observations, was 11.2 deg. below the estimate for fifty years. SAFETY SIGNALS FOR PASSENGERS. Last s.ss'on an Act was passed prov:d . ng that au trains running more than twenty miles without stopping should have some means of communication between the guard and the passengers. Mr. Sheridan has asked in the House what system had been agreed on between the railways and Government, but the reply was not very satisfactory. Mr. Bright expressed an °pluton that the .• rope system" would be found effective, but the plan should have had a public trial before the authorities decided in favour of it. The adopted rope system involves so much trouble in its working that it is very likely to be neglected by those in charge of it. The printed report of the most experienced of the Board of Trade inspectors. which was presented to Parliament last year, is quite against the establishment of the rope lA§ ktAiglego_tpcttb,at a roper official THE TREATMENT OF LUNATICS. The management of St. Luke's Hospital has lately formed a subject for discussion, and in consequence of the complaints and criticisms respecting it, the committee of management requested the Lord Chancellor to make an independent inquiry into the condition of the Hospital. Unfortu nately his lordship has no jurisdiction in the matter, and the Commissioners of Lunacy do not feel called upon to institute one. The Times takes up the matter strongly, and censures the lack of proper discipline and the want of a resident medical superintendent at the head of affairs. The physical conditions of light, cleanliness, and cheer fulness are indispensable to the recovery of the insane, whereas the cells of St. Luke's are 'gloomy, dirty, and small. The dietary of the patients is said to be very defective, and the supply of hot water insufficient. The whole building is dirty and squalid, yet the rate of expenditure is extravagantly high, the maintenance of each patient testing nearly £BO a year, and the capital stock is annually diminishing. The Times maintains that such complaints, which would occasion immediate and strict inquiry into any private asylum, should not be passed unnoticed in the case of a public institu tion. In reference to this question of insanity, it is satisfactory to : find that Dr. Lockhart Robertson, after a careful study of the statistics of lunacy, has arrived at the conclusion that the apparent increase in the number of lunatics is due not to the greater tendency of modern life to develope insanity, but to the increasing care that is taken of pauper lunatics and others formerly unnoticed. TUB BRITISH LYING-IN HOSPITAL. The charity that thinketh no evil doth not strive, nor behave itself unseemly, has not necessarily any thing to do with a London charity. The British Lying-in Hospital, in Endell-street, is one of the most excellent institutions in London. Latterly a great and beneficial change has been made in its management by the substitution of female medical students for the old-fashioned hired nurses who used to be employed. The students have been singularly successful in their treatment, and nothing could have been more satisfactory than the state of the hospital as regards the purposes for which it was founded. But the " innovation " has excited the wrath of certain persons connected with the hospital, and grave charges have been made affecting the professional reputation of Dr. Edmunds, the physician responsible for the change. A com mittee was appointed to investigate the charges, and consisted of . Mr. Layton, the largest living donor to the hospital, Mr. Iloare, the banker, and Mr. Thomas Beggs; and these gentlemen, after hearing Dr. Edmunds's accusers and the witnesses whom they brought forward, passed a resolution, which was moved by Mr. Iloare himself, declaring " that the board, having investigated the more important of the charges conveyed in the print e d evidence, and having found them entirely unsub stantiated, think it unnecessary to go further into the inquiry, and acquit Dr. Edmunds of any unprofes sional conduct as physician to this hospital." One would have thought that no exculpation could have been more complete and satisfactory. Nevertheless, Mr. Hoare has, for some reason or other, joined with certain other subscribers in calling upon Dr. Edmunds to resign his post, and, failing that, they request the board to expel him. Thi s conduct is sufficiently eccentric ; still more eccentric and censurable is the fact that to this memorial there has been affixed the name of Canon Nisbet, rector of St. Giles's. What he thinks of it is shewn by his letter to Dr. Edmunds, in which he declares that he has " never seen the circular, and still less subscribed to it." Meanwhile one of the best institutions in London is exposed to obloquy in consequence of miserable Professional i enlousv. (From the Anglo-American Times.) We are glad to learn that we were correct in sur mising the report of the death of Andrew Johnson to have merely grown out of the rumour of his severe illness, but be is seriously unwell. The Ex- President, Mrs. Johnson, Judge Patterson and family, and Colonel Robert Johnson, left Washing ton for Greenville, Tennessee, on the 17th March. The ex-President has accepted the invitation of the citizens of Lynchburg, Virginia, to partake of the hospitalities of their city, and he was to remain there on the next day. The rise in American Bonds has been temporarily checked inEurope by the large transmission from New York ; indeed, so considerable has this been that gold has within the last few days been largely with drawn from the Bank of England for export to New York. The effect has cleared Wall-street of bonds and create a scarcity, and it is not improbable that the Washington Government will soon be a purchaser. Secretary Boutwell has distinctly intimated his intention of buying the Bonds to cancel when sur plus funds accumulate in the Treasury. He an nounces that the amount there is now considerable, and the receipts from imports increasing, and he believes that he has ample authority in law for thus using money not required. He has also declared his opposition to the secret sales of gold ; and it is not likely, henceforth, that the gold speculators will be enabled to get information through under haul means by which to regulate their transactions and to profit at the expense of the public. In the Nation there are some curious charges and insinuations, both in its editorial columns and in a letter, about late appointments. Mr. Sumner is said to have refused to confirm the appointment of Gen, Gordon as a personal favour to Gen. Butler, be cause Gordon holds and offers irrefutable evidence of Butler's complicity in disgraceful dealings with the enemy during the war. Mr. Stewart's nomina tion was made the day after he had presented General Grant with a cheque for $65,000 for the purchase of his house, subscribed for by several gentlemen, prominent among whom was Mr. Stewart himself and Mr. Boric. Mr. Boutwell is alleged to be the politicians'choice ; his former admi nistration of the Internal Revenue Bureau was de clared to be a failure, and to have led to a great in crease of corruption. Grant elsewhere is accused of being influenced almost wholly in his appointmentsby personal friendship, and his relations are coming in for good things. A writer who signs himself " Citizen" in the Nation, among other persons, speaks of Mr. Montgomery Gibbs with disapprobation, as being an early favourite for a fat office. When last we heard of Mr. Gibbs he was expected soon to return to Europe, where his friends would be glad to learn that he was a favourite for a fat office,.not withstanding " Citizen's" very bitter attack. The feeling is evidently running against Grant on the subject of his appointments. The Irish procession in New York on St. Patrick's Day appears to have done little to enliven or beau tify the city. The display presented a poor con trast to those got up by Americans ; but if the Fenians failed in amusing the natives of their adopted country they cracked some of their heads before night closed. As the ferryboat Nellie White was proceeding to Harlem, and had arrived at the landing foot of Eighth-street, about 200 of them embarked for Harlem, many being intoxicated. The boat had not proceeded far before a general row occurred, resulting in the Fenians beating three or four of the passengers severely. In the melee, clubs, pistols, and handspikes were freely used. There were no arrests. Such items as this we re ceive from other parts A party of Irish rowdies at night assaulted John 0. Parker, manager of the j freight depot at Manchester, New Hampshire. Mr. I Parker was knocked senseless, and received injuries of a serious character." St. Patrick's will soon in America be a day to be looked forward to when coming, and to be remembered when gone. The latest news from New York by mail gives the result of the feeling strengthening in America in favour of the insurgents in Cuba against Spanish rule. Large quantities of arms and ammuni tion had been sent ostensibly to Inagua, but really to points on the Cuban coast under control of the rebels ; and the Customs' officers and other Federal authorities, although really aware of their destina tion, did not interfere. The Spanish Consul has been in communication with the Embassy at Wash ington, not only with reference to the arms and ammunition sent, but to those being shipped in other vessels then loading and destined to follow. Th e Cuban Junta have dispatched Senor Morales Lemus to act as Minister for the revolutionary government under provisional President Cespedes, who was on his way to Washington to urge the recognition of independence by thp Government of the United States. The telegram from Washington on Thurs day shows the result :—" The Foreign Affairs Com mittee of the House of Representatives havere- re ported a resolution authorising th e President to re cognise the independence of Cuba." It was rumoured at St. Louis on the 18th that General Custar bad been captured by the Indians. He was to have left Medicine Bluff, Washita Moun tains, on the 2d March, to proceed north. The report originated at Fort Lyon, but it is wholly disbelieved at St. Louis, as there could have been no later than their news. Troubles had broken out with the Pawnees at Ellsworth, Kansas, where three friendly Indians were shot and scalped by a baud of roughs. Six or seven thousand Navajo Indians were at Fort Wingate, and difficulties were constantly occurring between them and the Pueblos. The Stockbridge Indians in Wisconsin are rapidly disappearing. This tribe once numbered 10,000 warriors. They mi grated from Massachusetts to New York in 1789, to Ohio in 1809, and to Wisconsin in 1821. They are now suffering from want of food, and only num ber 300 men, women, and children. Among the Choctaw Indians there arc sixteen Christian churches ; 1,100 communicants and 1,500 Sabbath school children. A translation of the Bible into their language is now in process of printing in New York, under the auspices of the American Bible Society. The Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Atlantic Mail Contracts have published their Report. It asserts that the expense of the letter bags from America is partly borne by the British Government, the service rendered being only paid for by the American Post-office at about half the rate paid by the British Post-office for the same number of letters, and that a considerable portion of the cost is borne by England. It appears from the evidence, that the great Atlantic companies had agreed not to carry the mails on the terms proposed by the late Postmaster-General of the United States. The number of letters carried in 1863 were 2,461,440; in 1865, 3,337,697 ; in 1866, 4,066,284 ; in 1867, 3,966,759 ; in 1868, 4,875,802, and an increase is expected for the future. The gross sum received for postage is calculated at £102,600, supposing all the letters to be sent by Queenstown, against a subsidy of £105,000. The Committee conclude that, in view of the increasing communication, there is no longer any necessity for fixed subsidies for stipulated terms, and in consequence of the difficul ties these contracts throw in the way of reducing postage they recommend that they be disapproved. In view, however, of the hardship and inconvenience to the Messrs. Cunard and Inman, an option might be given them of continuing the contract for a shorter period than eight years. The Times stated last week that these firms, having refused to make any abatement, the Government had allowed the contract to stand ; but we hear that this is not the case, though we believe it is the case, that the House having adjourned for the Easter holidays bas allowed the time for action to lapse, which is tanta mount to confirming the contract ; perhaps the easiest way of reconciling principle and practice. The Royal Commission on the laws of Naturali zation and Allegiance have also issued their report. We have not space this week to give a summary of this important document, but we hope to do so soon. The Commissioners were unanimous in recommend ing the abandonment of compulsory allegiance of emigrants and of those naturalized in foreign Stabs, allowing the new nationality to the wife and children of the naturalized person, as well as of a British woman on marriage with a foreigner, the nation ality of her husband. The Commissioners differed, however, on what should constitute a natural-born subject. Among the minority is Mr. Vernon Har court. The Commissioners propose an alteration in the laws affecting the power of aliens to hold or inherit British soil. At present they can but take a lease for a term of 21 years; but these laws which answered in feudal times are now unnecessary, un just, and even absurd. The American press, astounded at the latest at tempt on the part of the London Times to damage the credit of the Republic, have taken the subject up. The turning of their attention to this side may have a good effect, for it will show how some Americans have been playing into the bands of the enemies of the Republic, while intent only on forwarding their own party purposes. We had to bear the burden of this fight ; and many of our English readers have twitted us with the attitude taken by leading Re publicans as well as by Democrats ; by Senators as well as by Representatives. By hammering away, we have brought the subject into prominence, which may perhaps teach the Philadelphia correspon dent a lesson he may have cause to take to heart. At any rate, he will not in future find his pro p -q l . hecie his careful surveys, his dismal prospects, and his special intelligence, accepted even in Eng land with the old confidence. The first bill President Grant signed was that To Strengthen the Public Credit," which received his signature on the 18th March Be it enacted, &c., That in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose of the Government to discharge all its obligations to the public creditors, and to settle conflicting questions and interpretations of the law by virtue of which such obligations have been contracted, it is hereby provided and declared that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equiva lent of all the obligations of the United States not bear ing interest, known as United States notes and of all the interest bearing obligations, except in cases where the law authorising the issue of any such obligations has ex pressly provided that the same may be paid in lawful money, or in other currency than gold and silver ; but none of the said interest-bearing obligations, not already due, shall be redeemed or paid before maturity unless at such times as United States Notes shall be convertible into coin at the option of the holder, or unless at such time bonds of the United States, bearing a lower rate of interest than the bonds to be redeemed, can be sold at par in coin. And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practic able period for the redemption of the United States Notes in coin. Those who have lived long enough, and remem ber, see astonishing changes. In London we have the Standard of yesterday lecturing Mr. Reverdy Johnson on his Protectionist fallacies ; quoting Adam Smith to show that he who has been bred in fetters is not qualified to run a race with another who has always been free. At the same time we have a leading journal in the United States with an old file of this very Standard before it, copying and applying the arguments it formerly used, in the cause of Protection. Everything is in motion ; and all motion is in a circle; and it is really ridiculous, when we are every day getting along in our own curves, to jeer at others who manage more speedily to swing round. Those who live long enough will yet see the Standard again a rabid Protectionist, and the great journal in New York adapting its present Free- Trade articles to the then changed times and cir cumstances of the United States. Mr. Masterman published yesterday an account of his treatment in Paraguay, giving a fuller, though substantially the same, version as that he told in New York. The sort of power exercised by Lopez is fearfully injurious, indeed, almost im possible for an individual to resist in its demo ralizing influence. It makes a man a tyrant, even if naturally good, by sedulously cultivating every bad passion. Theodore of Abyssinia appears to have been a case in point ; Lopez is another ; both, probably, superior men, and the material, under other circumstances, for good rulers. The history of Lopez has, however, to be written. Mr. Mas terman, who writes with great facility, comm ences by stating that he is not surprised that Lopez should have found, both in England and America, many apologists, and some partizans, as it is difficult to separate the devotion and bravery of the Para guayans from the crushing and grinding tyranny of a man without a single great quality to blind them to his vices and follies. It is not Lopez who has excited the admiration of the world, but the heroic struggle of the Paraguayans for a liberty, however little it may comport with Mr. Masterman's notions, which suffices for them. Nor is his argument that the Brazilians would have swept away their chains for ever to bereconciled with the fact that Brazil is the last remaining Slave Empire. Although we would not accept Nlr. Alasterman's opinion as conclusive on the character of Lopez—a man he bitterly hates —yet his narrative must be accepted, and the sooner the civilized world demands some reparation from the late ruler of Paraguay, the better pleased we will be ; and we agree with Mr. Masterman in thinking that no time should be lost in a7seertaining the fate and releasing, if possible, the foreigners still held in the clutches of the monster he describes. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs have been instructed to inquire into all the circumstances as well as into the conduct of Mr. Washburn and of the officers commanding the South Atlantic - hp. .•••••/1 squadron, with power to send for persons and papers, so the truth about Lopez will soon be known. The Ariel, the first steamer of the new line from New York to Copenhagen via Cowes and Bremer haven, arrived on Wednesday off Cowes, and pro ceeded for Bremerhaven. The Northern Light followed on 27th March, and the Ocean Queen is to sail on the 17th inst. It is not intended at present that these steamers should touch at Bremerhaven or at Cowes on the return trip, but proceed direct from Copenhagen to New York. Efforts are being made in America to encourage the building of steamships, and the transport of the mails to Europe by such vessels. A bill has been intro duced into the Senate by Mr. Fenton, late Gover nor of New York, to provide for a weekly service from New York to Antwerp; with the North American Steam Navigation Company between New York and Liverpool, and also from that port to Bremen, with the Commercial Navigation Company; and► for a semi-monthly service between Boston and Liverpool with the American Steamship Company. General Sheridan, who when the mail left was at New York, has persuaded the President to add Illinois to his command, which now almost em braces the Valley of the Mississippi. What the General wanted was to get Chicago for his head quarters, where he will establish himself, being now on his road to that city. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, distinguished him self on the calling up of a bill by Mr. Sumner to carry into effect the decrees of the United States Courts, compensating the owners of British vessels illegally seized during the rebellion. Mr. Stewart would see British subjects far enough first ; " Wrongfully seized, indeed ! why, it was impos sible under the circumstances for the United States wrongfully to seize a ship of a country actively en gaged in the war." His doctrine was to cap ture or destroy British ships wherever found. It was vain for Mr. Sumner or Mr. Fessen den to tell the wise and learned Senator from Nevada that the decrees were those of their own Courts. Mr. Stewart did not hold himself bound by any such decrees ; his decrees were those pronounced by himself ; no doubt these decrees were legally correct, but they were without refer , ence to the'conduct of Great Britain during the war. In listening to such rubbish the valuable time of the Senate is too often occupied, and a pretty spec tacle nations would make of themselves if the solemn judgments of their own Courts could be set aside because they were at variance with the sen timent and prejudice of any men. Senates have rather a disturbing action on treaties. Great Britain was rejoicing in the conclusion of the Alabama Convention when it was bowled over by the Senate of the United States. The United States were rejoicing at the conclusion of the treaty with Columbia for the Ship Canal, when it appears also to have been bowled over, at least according to the following telegram :—" The Senate of Columbia has rejected the treaty concluded by Mr. Cushing for the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Darien." We regret to report the wreck of the Pacific Mail steamer Hermann, about 70 miles north of Yokohama. She had Japanese troops on board, and the loss of life is estimated at from 250 to 300 persons. She must have been chartered by the Japanese Government or she could not have been carrying troops, nor would she have been if on her regular line, where she appears to have been lost. The only other item of American news by telegraph is that the Legislature of Massachusetts had ratified the Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment. Did any one pay for those thirty words from Washing ton last Wednesday, or did Mr. Reuter palm it off on the newspapers as cable news? considering that we have a newspaper now in our hands from Massachusetts giving the details, and that paper is dated March 20th. The close of President Johnson's Administration was much occupied with issuing pardons, some of which had not reached their destination until after General Grant's inauguration, who revoked a few, and the question was submitted to Attorney-Gene ral Hoar, whether such revocation would stand in law. It is believed that he has decided the ques tion against the new President, and therefore the opinion we formerly expressed appears to be good law, that President Johnson's act was conclusive. Attorney-General Hoar considers that the act of the Executive was complete when the warrant of pardon was placed in the hands of the United States Marshal, or other officer; and that if the persons intended to be pardoned shall not be re leased, that, upon habeas corpus, the Courts would release them. Mr. Sumner has presented a memorial in the Senate asking the Government to call an Interna tional Congress of Republican Nations. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and Vie short exchange on London is 25f. 15c. per £1 sterling• On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of NA. per ounce for standard gold, it appe... , B that gold at the above price is abut 1-10th per cent. dearer JO Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at co days' sight was on the last date about 1 81 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the Uni:rd States. 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"Rome, July 21, 1 866, , —The health of the H o ly F at h er i s excellent, especially s in 6 abandoning all other rem e di es, he has confined himself entir e _„ to Du Barry's Re va l enta Arabica Food, of which he consara7 a plateful at every m ea l . I t has produced a surprisingly beool flcial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this lent food too highly." From the " Gazette du Midi, July 25 C.'"" e t No. 58,216, of the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven years' 111 , 4 complaint,. wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nerco2 palpitation all over, bad digestion,' constant sleeplessness,,a' - r a the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; - 1- '„°.B' Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many Ye' 0 0 dyspepsia. No 19,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony fr dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatuleng s pasms, sickness, and' vomiting.—Maria Joly."—Cure 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 Yet'd diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, ail partial partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the rut' unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, with ° d , authority,ln titins, at ßaron s.l i ; e l g b ' s . 2s name pd. i 6 21 m b s o . 8 4 t s. a 6 u d d . a ; LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 25., f c s m ib u r3 slr is a . t w ; ta l l ., e_l ,, „ B o :, 225. ; 14 lbs, 40s, —Also DII BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA C1_1 ( 7,,4 0 3. and cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305., for 57 , 6 , ~ ! ?,'6 at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 08 are sent free of carria ge i n E n gland on receipt of Post Order.—BAßßY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street , v don; and all Grocer s an d Chemists. Births. tg ST. QuirrriN —On the 2d lust , at Marshall Thompsu t " Hotel, Cavendi s h- square, the. wife of T. A. St. RAW L* 10th Hussars, of a son. WvribuAm—On the 31st ult., at 44, Belgrave-square, Hon. Mrs. Percy Wyndham, of a daughter. Marriages. , ,te DALY —GROVE —On the let i ns t., a t St. Margaret's, 1 , 43- t i minster, Claude L. N. D a ly, o f 1, G rea t Tower-stre w , E.C., to Catha r i na Eli za b et h , secon d daug h ter of tw Sout h late E. D. Grove, o f B ra db ury H a ll , Ll ane ll y, 50° Wales. SELWYN- Durtns—On the 2d inst., at Ki r b y, th e R.; 1., Hon. Sir Charles Jasp e r S e lwy n , L or d J ust i ce o f or," peal, of Richmond, Surrey, to Catharine Rosalie, wide of the Rev. Harry Dupuis, vicar of Richmond. Deaths. HALL—On the Nth ult., at Southsea, James Hall, — 11 ° 44 M.D., RN., aged 84. , HEINKE—On the Ist inst., a t 79, Great Portland-SW" 44tl Charles Edwin Hei l k e , C.E., aged 51 War WALTON—On the let inst., very suddenly, Thomas e t , Walton (of the firm o f C o lli nson : and W a l ton, 109 , FR street), aged 27. --- _.--- --- we, London : Printed and PahHailed by WILLIAM AN 1I 1 ,1 of No. 112, Str an d , P r i nter, a t T HE S UN Oftl o3, NO . 4 of Strand, in the P rec i nct id the Savoy :1 the 0:,1 ,12 " Aliddleties,—Saturday, April 3 ; 1869.