The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-10 00:00:00

TH., CASE. The Hull Convent Case is becoming quite an " institu tien "it Westminster. Both from eastward and westward , visitors stroll down to the old ball for nothing else but to learn how the hearing is proceeding, for from after about nine there is not the remotest chance of getting into court. Should the view taken by Mr. Hawkins of the length which the.,defence will occupy —viz., at least six days—be correct, it may be expected that the crowd attracted within the legal precincts will be quite as great as that which waits the advent of the Lord Mayor when he pays the judges a visit. The interest in cases of this kind.naturally increases as the time approaches for the jury to act their part upon the stage. The business of yester day, the sixth day of the trial, was commenced with the cross-examination of Father Matthews, who, in answer to questions put by Mr. Hawkins, said : I do not consider the diocesan bishop has power to absolve from all vows except those of chastity, or that he has power to expel. In Oct 1865, in my interview with the bishop, I thought he read - to me at length the statements he had received from the sisters, and that they were the charges from which the digest was made. There was a document read at the commencement of the proceedings, to the following effect, so far as I can remember. It was a letter from the bishop, admonishing the commission not to do or permit anything that would render themselves liable to any action for libel or civil process. They were to read the history of the charges, with evi dence, and then send for the accused, and have the charges severally read to her. She was to be allowed to reply to each in detail in any way that best suited her. No com munication was to be made in her presence. She would then retire, when the commission would confer together, and if four-fifths were of one opinion the charges were to be considered proved. Each commissioner was to give in writing, briefly, the reasons on which he based his opinion ; they were then to be read over again and con sidered, and a report drawn up and forwarded to the bishop. Dr. O'Hanlan did not raise any objection to the commission going into counter charges against sisters. The papers produced are not those from which the bishop read to me. When the bishop read over the statements, I said it appeared to me that one mind had inspired the whole. I made no counter charges against any of the sisters, but I asked my niece for explanations. I was prevented from fully examining her. The Lord Chief Justice: I don't think it matters a rush whether Dr. O'Hanlan refused to take any counter charges. Mr. Hawkins : He was there as the plaintiff's advocate? Witness : No. The Lord Chief Justice : No one had any business to be there as such. Cross-examination continued : No application was made to me for her admission into the Drogheda convent. I considered she bad a right to remain where she was. The reverend mother at Drog heda expressed her regret that I had not applied to her. It is the same kind of establishment. My niece is still desirous of entering another establishment of the same kind. She has not been taken to the Drogheda convent, beciuse every convent would naturally have an objection to receive her with such a stigma resting on her. Re-examined : I assume the bishop read correctly the charges to me. I heard certain portions of them read also at the commission. I cannot recollect if they differed. By the Lord Chief Justice : I left Mrs. Starr's letters to Mr.s Saurin with the bishop, and sheaved him how recent and sudden her change of opinion with reference to my niece must have been. Mr. Patrick Saurin, examined by Mr. Digby Sey mour : I saw my sister several times at Clif ford previous to 1862, and she appeared happy and comfortable. I accompanied my mother to Clifford in 1862. I saw Mrs. M`Owne there, the local superior. We saw my sister. I left my mother and sister alone, and they had some conversation together. In January 1866 I went to Hull and saw my sister. A nun came in and dusted the furniture in the reception-room whilst we were there. She came in and out frequently, and kept near us. We spoke low to avoid her hearing. I thought she wanted to over hear oar conyersation. This was after the commission. I saw her again on the 13th March, 1866, in consequence of receiving a letter from her, dated the 26th February._ I had to wait in the reception-room some time before I saw her. Mrs. Dawson came into the room whilst I was waiting, and locked up the wardrobe. My sister came in afterwards. I kissed her cheek. s' it was as cold as marble. I was so much distressed at her appearance that I could not speak to her for some minutes. She appeared weak and tottering, and was badly clothed. Her appearance gave me great pain. Her hair was cut, and she wore a rag of a cap on her head. I thought in her then state she could not live long. I had taken pen and ink with me, and at my dictation she wrote a letter to the superior. It stated that she would never leave the convent of her free will, but that if the superior wished to put her out she was to do it then, as I would take charge of her. I asked to see Mrs. Starr. She and Mrs. Kennedy came in. Mrs. Starr did not acknowledge me, and I introduced myself to her. I was very much affected, and I asked her if she had any womanly or Christian feeling. I told her I thought she could not be devoid of these, and asked her to look at the state to which she had reduced my poor sister. She turned round to Mrs. Kennedy, and very sarcastically smiled at my remark. Mrs. Starr said my sister did not belong to the order, and she might go. I said, " Very well ; give her to me." I took her by the hand and said I would protect her. Mrs. Starr would not band her to me, because she said she did not wish to implicate herself. They then left the room, and I remained a short time with my sister, and afterwards I left. As I left the ball a nun came and bowed my sister upstairs. On the Ist of May 1866 I again visited my sister, having previously received a letter from her asking me to come over. It stated she was ill, and did not expect to leave the convent except in her coffin. Her appearance was so changed that I saw Sir Henry Cooper, our convent medical man, at Hull. Mrs. Starr said I might take my sister to him. She was too ill to go, and I saw Sir Henry again and explained to him, and he went with me and saw my sister the next morning. She came into the room followed by two nuns. I left the room, but before doing so I asked the nuns to retire also, but they declined. I returned and asked Sir Henry if he did not wish to see my sister alone. He said, " Nevermind, Mr. Saurin." I asked them secondly to retire, but they would not. It was a large room, but they took up a position near Sir Henry and my sister. After Sir Henry came out she informed me and him that she had not told him all, because the sisters were present. From what Sir Henry said I considered it necessary at once to remove my sister. I went the following day with a cab. Mrs. Starr was all politeness, and I was shewn into a room with a fire. She retired, and returned with Mr. Collins and Mrs. Kennedy. He commenced ,conversing with me upon the subject, but I considered it a piece of impudence on his part to interfere, and I declined to have anything to say to him. I asked for my sister. Mr. Collins said he belonged to a paper, and could expose the matter. I told him not to insult me. I left the room, and went into the reception-room, where I saw Mrs. Starr and Mrs. Kennedy. My sister was given over to me, and I took her away. Cross-examined by Mr. Mellish : Mrs. Starr did not • say on the 13th March she earnestly wished my sister to leave, and that the doors and windows were open. I did not say to her, " Well, you must put your hand to her, and give her to me." Mrs. Starr did not say I wanted • her to use force. By the Lord Chief Justice : I wanted them to expel her, Sir. Mellish : It is a pity they did not do so. Witness : Mrs. Starr told me on the 13th March my sister might leave. Mrs. Starr did not tell me she had provided a secular dress for my sister. I don't remember her saying " I wonder you keep your sister here ; you know the bishop has sent her three orders to leave." Mr. Michael Saurin, plaintiff's brother : I saw my sister - in the Hull convent in 1863. She was with me a short time. The bell rang. She said, " That is for me. I must *go." I said, " You shall not." She said she must, and went. I went on the following day, and after remaining half an hour I was told I could not see my sister. It was against the rules for her to be seen oftener than once a month. I asked to see Mrs. Starr, but she was denied ;so I said I would see her, and I determined I would go to a magistrate if necessary. I saw Father Frappes and Father Mottler. The latter went to the convent, but I was unable to see ray sister. I went to Leeds to see the bishop instead of going to a magistrate. I could not see him. I was etdiged to go to Ireland without seeing her. The witness was not cross-examined. [The Solicitor-General then put in two letters written About this time. One was from the bishop to Mrs. Starr, dated July 7, 186 4. It stated that his lordship had his t , jus heard that he h a d refused Mr. Saurin to see sister a second time, which h e considered was a great error of judgment. She should have taken into consideration that he could have compelled her to have granted his request. She should not have run the risk, but to get herself out of the difficulty she was to write t r. Saurin and inform him that she had now the permission he sought, and she was not to raise any reasonable objection to a brother seeing a sister. o that Mrs. Starr replied th a t hi s lordship must not' imagine that her confidence was. shaken in his tecision in reference to Mr. S alm i, Sister Scholastica's presence was a very heavy cross, and produced feelings of uneasiness. They all felt that she Was not one of them, but that she was an enemy amongst them. She disliked the superior and the novices, and the community could not enjoy peace and happiness as a community, and they longed for the day when she might 139 4WD atildsinifitgasiatok.isamblizt. Sim Witness : No. The Lord Chief Justice : There might be moral con• straint quite as efficacious as physical restraint. Witness : I never thought it necessary to see plaintiff alone. I was consulted as to her removal. I advised het removal. She was five or six weeks under my care. Her manner was quiet and earnest. By the Lord Chief Justice : I formed my opinions from her statement. I had no reason to doubt it. She got into tolerably good health by June. Mr. Roberts, plaintiff's attorney, deposed that he took every means to subpcena Dr. O'Hanlan and Father Saurin, but without effect. Mr. Hawkins : I shall make no remarks on their absence. (Laughter). The Solicitor-General : My learned friend's candour is touching. (Renewed laughter). The Lord Chief Justice : The gravity of Mr. Hawkins's remark was enough to make me smile. (Loud laughter). A large number of letters were put in and read, but from one of Mrs. Starr's the following passage was expunged :—" When at confession a few days ago, I mentioned my trouble about Sister Mary Scholastica to Canon Mottler for the first time, and told him of my fear of a coming scandal. He told me I was bound in conscience to make it known to your lordship, and he very kindly offered to make it known to you for me if I would allow him to do so ; but I thought I had better do it myself, for fear it might come to the know. ledge of other priests if mentioned out of confession." After some further evidence the court again adjourned. THE PROSPECTS OF ENGINEERS. The Engineer, in discussing the prospects of the engineer ing profession, thinks that the amount of engineering to he done just now is wofully in an inverse ratio to the number of engineers eager to do it. Not very long ago every young engineer expected to rival Mr. Stephenson, and consequently, now that they find their prospects less brilliant than they anticipated, they are eagerly looking out for places under Government. The appointment of Mr. Bright to the head of the Board of Trade has encouraged all the ycuths of Cottonopolis to look for comfortable appointments, varying in value from £3OO to £l,OOO per annum. The Engineer has received a good many inquiries respecting such posts, and, by way of reply, directs the inquirers to its advertising columns where the " official notices " shew very placidly what is required from Government engineers. A surveyor of passenger steamships, for instance, under the Board of Trade has to survey passenger vessels, to examine whether their hulls, boilers, engines, &c., are of good workmanship, and fit to carry passengers. A Board of Trade surveyor has also to conduct the examinations of engineers for certificates of competency in the management of marine engines. He must prove that he has served an apprenticeship, and has a practical know ledge of the construction and repairs of steamers and macEnery, an 1 that he has actually worked at sea in the engine -room. There are about forty of these surveyors at the ports of the United Kingdom, their salaries varying from £250 to £3OO per annum. But it is quite clear that no young man just leaving his apprenticeship would be eligible for such a post. The number of candi dates is always large. The last vacancy in November produced between thirty and forty applications. A surveyor's office is no sinecure, for in case of a boiler examined by him exploding before the expiration of the certified time, he is liable to impri sonment for manslaughter. It is one of our legislative anomalies that only passenger vessels are surveyed ; ordinary vessels can go to sea in any state, but it is to be feared that at present we shall not have an extension of the Act. The engineer surveyorships are almost the only situations of the kind under the Board of Trade as the inspectors of mines are under the Home Office. The inspec tors of railways are indeed in Mr. Bright's department, but there are only three of these gentlemen, and they are all selected from the army. The engineer holds this to be a mistake, as they are necessarily without practical engi neering training. To other branches of the service there might be considerable improvements, but it is quite plain that ambitious and inexperienced youths had better turn their attention elsewhere. THE NORWICH MU RDER.—Since the committal of the p r i soner Sheward for trial—and, indeed, since his removal to Norwich—he has become very taciturn, and has not given the slightest additional clue to the murder so strangely confessed by him at the Lambeth Police court early in January. In fact, he is evidently deter mined now to struggle for existence. He will be brought to trial at Norwich about the 26th or 27th of March. ADDRESS TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR. —A deputa- non, composed of the mayor, aldermen, and members of the Common Council of the city of Oxford, who were also accompanied by the city members, has just waited upon the Lord Chancellor, at Oxford, and presented him with a congratulatory address. His lordship, in the course of his reply, alluded to his first connection with the city, and expressed his deep appreciation of the uniform kindness which had been extended towards him. The deputation, at the close of the ceremony, was entertained by the Lord Chancellor at a dejet2ner. THE DOCTOR AND THE SICK CHILD.--CUltiVate a look of mystery. Every mother of a sick child studies the doctor's face. Come in softly, but with the air of a mild conqueror. Look piercingly at the patient. Then look from one to another of the persons present. Say to the nurse, in a low tone, " I think you have a right view of the case ;" and, before you leave, say to the mother, "I could not have done better for the case myself than you have done." If the child gets well, as it will nine times in ten if you let it alone, you will have the credit in that family of extraordinary skill. —Henry Ward Beecher. THE PUBLIC HEALT/I.—Last week the rate of mortality in London was 27 per 1,000, a rate lower than that which prevailed in Edinburgh, Dublin, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, Bradford, Newcastle. upon-Tyne, and Glasgow, but higher than that recorded in Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, and Hull. The deaths in the metropolis were 1,631, or six below the average for the fifth week in the year, and 106 less than the number registered in the pr ev i ous week. The mortality from scarlet fever continues to decline. The Registrar-General remarks that the deaths from fever and other zymotic diseases would be consi• derably diminished if public vehicles were not used to convey infected persons ; under the present system they become the means of propagating disease amongst persons who would otherwise escape the malady. The mean tem perature of the week was 40 2, while on one day it was as high as 61•6. INTERESTING DISCOVERY. —The excavations of the Temple of Bacchus at Athens are just now attracting the attention of antiquar:es. M. Plot, a French gentle. man, writes from that city that he has just discovered the remains (trunk and head) of a colossal Faun. His letter is accompanied by a photograph and by precise indica tions of the proportions of the statue. What renders this discovery the more interesting is that M. de Longperier, after comparison of the measures given by M. Piot, has found that the proportions and forms of the Faun are just those of the four caryatides in the Louvre. These last were known to come from the Villa Albani, but the place i of their first origin has not been ascertained ; the fifth is • at the museum at Stockholm. There is now every reason to suppose that it is the sixth of these statues which has now been discovered, and that it formed, with others ? the molly d,e429re,4914 of tko *LP _balm was a cloud on the general spirit of the community, and she MS a dangerous example to the younger sisters. She was troublesome and exacting. She stated, further, that she made a reasonable concession in Mr. Saurin'l case. He came after hours ; but, as he had been travelling all day, she made no difficulty in her seeing her brother, and gave her half an hour, which was double the time usually allowed ; and at the same time she was told that she could not see him again until the end of the month.] The Solicitor-General: I should like to see the original letter I have just been reading. A document was handed in by the defendants. The Solicitor• General : This is marked " copy extract . ' Mr. Mellish : We have not got the original, but an ex tract or draft of what Mrs. Starr wrote to the bishop. The Solicitor-General : I should like to see the original. An extract is something taken out of a whole. I should like to see what it is taken out of. Copy implies an original, and extract a whole. Mr. Mellish : I cannot explain it. It may be that Mrs. Starr only took copies of material parts of her letter to the bishop. The Lord Chief Just . ce : It seems, Mr. Solicitor-General, this is all you are likely to get. Sir Henry Cooper (physician, of Hull) was then called : On the Ist of May I went with Mr. M. Saurin to the convent, and saw his sister. I waited for about a quarter of an hour, when plaintiff was introduced by two nuns. The nuns sat sufficiently near to us to hear all that passed. Mr. Saurin asked if they should leave, and I said it did not matter. Mr. Saurin left the room, and as he passed out he suggested to the nuns that they had better leave also, but they de clined. He returned and asked them a second time, but they still refused to leave. The weather was most incle ment. The plaintiff was most insufficiently clothed. She complained of extreme weakness, nausea, want of appetite, great coldness, and that she was getting very thin. She appeared emaciated. I questioned her. She told me she could not eat, and on pressing her she said that the quality of her food was bad. Her circulation was feeble and cold, and her hands were almost blue. She was in a very weak condition, but not suffering from disease. She appeared to be under constraint. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins: There was no physical restraint, was there, to prevent her giving infor mation ? THE SUN, LONDON, WEI)NESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1869. INTELLIGENCE. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. TEE CABINET COUNCIL• All fifteen of the Cabinet Ministers were at Mon day's Council. As Mr. Chichester Fortescue came over from Ireland to be present, it requires no special information to know that Ireland was the chief subject of Ministerial deliberations. This Council was followed by another yesterday. Although the Queen will not open Parliament, she will come to London in order to be near her Ministers during the grave period now approaching. ANOTHER BANKRUPTCY BILL. The usual annual announcement is made that the Lord Chancellor is engaged in framing a new Bank ruptcy Bill. Lord Hatherley has not tried his hand at one before, and he has the merits and the mistakes of his predecessors—Lords Westbury, Cranworth, Chelmsford, and Cairns—to guide him. We presume that the bill will be discussed first in the House of Lords, for the Peers will be wanting employment while the Commons are fighting over the Irish Church Bill. It is to be hoped that Lord Hatherley will be able to limit the clauses of his bill to not more than ten thousand. We do not look for wit in a Bankruptcy Act, but we do look for brevity, since that is at least a guarantee of safety. THE POST OFFICE. The letter-carriers, of the metropolis especially, are dissatisfied at their position. The postman's place was originally a comparatively easy one, and it was understood that the duty of delivering the letters would interfere but very slightly with his ordinary trade or business. But all this is changed. The labours have in the metropolis and other large towns become so heavy that very little other work can be done. The men have naturally asked for more money. The authorities refused to "raise their screw." But some members of Parliament being interested in the caae, £13,000 more was voted for increasing certain salaries. This money, however, instead of being used for the lesser officials and for adjusting the scale of remuneration, was distributed in the higher ranks of the department The scale at pre sent is most unequal and unfair, so-called promotions being accompanied in many cases by lower salaries, the minimum in one office being under the maximum in the office below it. Thusi, men who are not in a position to accept lower wag es are unable to obtain promotion. These grievances were, during the general election, set forth in an address to the public, with the .view of getting members of Parliament returned who were favourable to an in crease.. Said address was agreed upon by a com mittee, and signed by one Johnson. This is the only man who could be fixed upon, though there is not a postman who would not tell the same tale, and Johnson has been dismissed. Surely this is rather hard, seeing that his complaints are supported by several M.P.'s • and the . matter _is likely ere l ong t o come before iarliament. GOVERNMENT AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS. A correspondent of the Times asks why the present Government has not carried out the arrangements which were embodied in the Telegraph Act of last session. Instead of the matter being finally con cluded by the opening of Parliament, many months must yet elapse before the reform is carried out. It will be unfortunate if it should turn out that the Government are actuated by a party feeling in the matter; and, indeed, it is not a question which concerns politicians at all, it having been unanimously agreed upon with a view to the interests of the nation. Expe rience has shewn the advantages that are derived by other countries in the telegraph system being worked by Government, and Parliament has fully discussed the subject. The greatest care was bestowed on the investigation of the question, and the Act was not passed. until the evidence of the most competent witnesses had been taken. It would, then, be the height of inconsistency for the present Government to draw back and " pick holes" in the so-called Tory measure, and it would lessen the confidence of the public in Parliamentary investigations and Acts of Parliament, and also shake their faith in the good intentions of Ministers to carry out all reforms that are necessary. In the current number of the _Edinburgh Review there is an article which takes the " party" view of the question, and while it brings forward no new facts, it seeks to preju dice the case by reviving the worn-out argu ments of last session. A . ll these were fully discussed in the House and effectively answered, and no good purpose can be gained by renewing the inquiry. The companies would in all probability demand a larger price than they did at first, because their profits have increased since that time, and the present Govern.. ment will shew to disadvantage in the public estima tion if they do not follow up the reforms of their predecessors. It will exhibit them to the country in a most unfavourable light, and cause our national honour and reputation for good faith to be lightly regarded. The Times, in a leader, endorses for the most part these opinions of its correspondent, and advises the Government to carry out the arrange ment without further delay. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. There is good reason to expect that we shall by the end of this year have telegraphic communi cation with India which will be wholly under English management, and therefore not liable to the blunders which now render telegrams to or from India as difficult to decipher as a palimpsest or a cuneiform inscription. It is stated that the allot ment of shares in the Briti s h I n di a Su b marine Telegraph Company (Limited) having been com pleted, the manufacture of the cable will be at once commenced by the Telegraph Con struction and Maintenance Company. It is expected that the whole will be finished before the autumn, and that it will be shipped in the Great Eastern—on the return of that vessel from laying the French Transatlantic Cable—in sufficient time to admit of the necessary operations for submerging the section from Bombay to Aden being proceeded with in December, when the Great Eastern is intended to reach Bombay. It is satisfactory that Sir Richard Glass will, now that he has been unseated at Bewdley, be able to give his undivided attention to the con struction of this important cable. =lan NOTES. Earl Spencer has survived the ordeal of addresses through which every new Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has to pass. He has now entered on the second period of his reign—the b anquet i ng. The good people of Dublin, or of some society or corporation, give the occupant of the Castle a good dinner, and offer their congratulations, in return for which he is expected to make a speech. He made such a speech on Monday at the Dublin Mansion House. He congratulated himself on being a member of an Administration called to office by the voice of the whole nation ; declared himself a hearty supporter of the policy of the high-minded statesman now at the head of affairs ; and expressed his wish to see and hear all parties and the representatives of all creeds. Cardinal Cullen was present at the meeting, and his Excellency said he was most pleased to meet him, " the head of a Church to which the majority of the people belonged," and he hoped soon to see religious differences abolished altogether. With regard to the land, he admitted there were grievances, but condemned the way in which s ome th oug h t to o b ta in redress—" by agrarian outrage." The Earl also referred to the diminution of crime and other satis factory symptoms of progress. He held up the English people as having strong sympathies with Ire land ; and with regard to the Irish Church, he hoped that all parties would approach it with broad views and generous impulses, and not influenced by merely Party considerations or vetty jealousies. The speech, it is stated, was " received with cordial manifesta• tions." The Liberals of Dublin are very joyful over the unseating of Sir Arthur Guinness—the Conserva tives are proportionately very sad. It is one of the heaviest blows that could have fallen upon them. Especially are they ashamed of the fact that at the last election everything, from the registrations onwards, was done at the cost of their candidate. The wealthy merchants, who talk e d do l ou dly of their "glorio us cause," let their enthusiasm end in talking, and Sir Arthur had to put his Mind in his pocket to pay not only the piper, but everybody else. They are going to make up for it, however, by returning—or trying to return—the next member at their own expense, A FUNERAL PROCESSION. A funeral procession, headed by a band playing lively airs, and studded here and there by the bright colours of banners and flags, seems singular to persons accustomed to the subdued appearance of the hearse and the mute. But the Holborn Branch of the Reform League does not see any incongruity in such. a procession, and is g o i n g to organise an inter national demonstration to commemorate the death of Mr. Ernest Jones. The old Chartist flag of 1848 is to be carried in front of the procession, tho green flag is to be raised by some zealous Irishmen, the Poles and Italians are to display their flags, and by such means it is thought that 20,000 men will be got together. The admirers of Mr. Ernest Jones in Sheffield are going to act much more sensibly than their brethren of London. They propose to contribute towards the support of the widow and the children of the deceased, who, it seems, are left with slender means. A committee to " stir men's minds " on the matter has been ap:ointed. LIFE IN THE WORKHOUSE. • • Two stories of workhouse life, which carry their moral with them, are told in the London papers of yesterday. In one case, two men, who were ill at Worcester in different stages of the same complaint, " got muddl e d ;" t h e wrong medicine was given in one of the cases, and the mail died in 20 minutes.. There did not seem to the coroners jury, how ever, to be any negligence. In the other case, a man who was " not all right in his head " died of syncope in the night. It appeared that he screamed a great deal, but the wardsman (aged 74) Swore at .him and those who surzeited that the doctoz.abould be sent for. , The man Med. tiere the jury -con sidered that an unpaid pauper 74 years of age was not a fit person to be wardsman. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. Earnest philanthropists are making strenuous efforts just now to prevent the increase of criminals, and the Archbishop of Canterbury is president of a society:whose object it will be to look after the " street boys" of the metropolis. But is the present machinery used as it might be ? There are industrial schools, for instance—very few of them are full; and as sure as the police bring destitute boys before the magistrates they are snubbed as officious. It is these boys who fill our prisons and the casual wards of our workhouses. There is an Act which, if properly carried out, would remove these " little heathen ' from the streets and place them in schools. Why is it not enforced ? SPORT'. RACING FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Harrow lB, 19 Chelmsford.,.. 25, 26 Mansfield 18 Derby Sp r i ng 25, 26 Pontefract lB, 19 MA Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon ..... 12, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 :cg. West Drayton lB, 19 Baldnyle First Spring 18, 15 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 Abergavenny l, A P 2 Bromley 1, 2 Alders,lmt l, 2 Catteriek Bridge... l, 2 T hirsk ... 6 7 Ilungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, Cambridge 7 Croxton Park.., Streatham .. 1 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. 1 Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 9 U 9 1 Curragh 2O, 21, 22 Croydon 9 2, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring - Y6, &c. 8,9 Chester l, 5, 6,7 Egliuton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11. 12 Bahloyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 I Croydon 2, 3,J 4r. N ewton 2,3, 4 Ascot ...8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...is, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 181 Curragh ............22, 23, 24 Doncaster 13, 11 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, '1 Harpenden 9l Epsom Summer .....`25, &c. 4 . E. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Jli Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract......., 9, 10 !Tendon .... l2, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wol verinur pton lO, I 1 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPTE Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford lb 20 Kelso 19 20 NOVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 Southampton 13, Reading 15, Huntingdon 2O, Stamford ... qc, ..., Goodwood 27, 28, 29, Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Bummer ...al, sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 LY. ST. :MBER. Hampton 21, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon .)3, 24 Monmouth... , 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 ,BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarkwt H'tou —25, etc. :MBER. I Shrewsbury 15, &c. Leamington Runt 23, &c. 1 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. FEBRUARY Chippenham 10, 11 I Pontefract 18 Streatham 11 , 12 Boston , Newbridge 15 Windsor 22, I Lincoln ld , 17 St. Albans 23, Morton-in-Marsh lB Derby I •• Harrow l B, 19 Baschurch 23 24 .25 ,26 MARCH. Liverpool 3 1 West Somerset 15, 16 Shrewsbury ... 5, 6 York 17 Mallon Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 Chepstow ....29, 30 I Kingsbury 12, 13 APRIL. Aldershot 1, 2 Streatham B, 9 I Bromley 1, 2 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Abergavenny . 1, 2 Knighton I Lichfield .6, 7 Ludlow l5, 16 Southdown Hunt ..7 Tenbury... . 2l Cambridge 7 8 Croydon 2'2, 23 Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & Ardeeu 27, 28 M AY. Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans , 13 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 West . 17 JULY. Kingsbury , AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Harrow 2, 3 I _Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 k Shrewsbury ..... l5, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Ludham, Norfolk ll, 12. Brampton, Cumberland ll, 12. Waterloo (Altcar), Lancashire l7, &c. MARCH. Ashdown Park, Hefts 2, &c. Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, &e Scottish National Open, Lanark ' 39, &c. OCTOBER,. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, G. Orinosby & Huntingdon Club.. 19, 26, 27. 27. N O VEMBER. Sundorne, Salop `2, 3. Cothan and Est on • • ................................. 9, &c. WATERLOO MEETING-FE8.17. (Over Altcar.) Patron-Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton. The Waterloo Cup, value £1,600 in specie, by subscription of £25 each ; 64 subs; the winner to receive £5OO, and the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. lngleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr 11. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. 3lallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Marfleet 12, Mr J. Brundrit 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Cliesshyre 46. Lion. C. C•Molyneux 15. Mr W. 11. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr I'. L. Reed 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50. Dr Richards:on 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Girlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 51. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Gocdlske 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinburno 27. Mr C. A. Hailey 59. Mr G. A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn 29. M 60. Mr R. T o dd r J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. V yner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. 11. Willi 32. Mr J. Hyslop €4. Capt. Wyndham ams The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in the second tics for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to bo divided as under:-- 1. Winner o receive ••• 1. Second ditto •.• ••• 2 : In Do t g t o Dogs t o received i tto s £7 l dittoOs each 4 ••• ••• ... £4O ••• ... 15 •... ... 20 O £lOO The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £2GO, to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive 1. Second ditto 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each._ 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... ••• ••• ... £lOO ••• ••• 30 ••• ••• 40 ••• ••• 40 16 £260 The Great Waterloo Cup, 64 subscribers, at £25 each— the money £l,6oo—to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive 1. Second ditto ~. 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... 8. Ditto 20 ditto... 16. Ditto 110 ••• ••• ...£5OO ••• ••• 200 ... ... 100 ... ... 120 ... ... 160 ... ... 160 1,240 The Waterloo Purse and Waterloo Plate 360 £l, The Waterl os Pl ate, value .£lOO in specie, taken fro 6oo m the Cup Stakes, for the 16 beaten dogs in tho first ties for the Waterloo Cup. The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from the Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive .£lOO. Colonel Casey, brother-in-law of General Grant left for Washington on Saturday, Jan. 16, and it is said he will be an applicant for tho Collectorship of New Orleans, under Mr. Johnson, in case of Fuller's rejection, and will then hold over under General Grant. Fuller and his friends favour Casey's appointment. Tho latter has st ited to his friends that General Grant had promised him the Collectorship, b2fore the election, in case he was elected. THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.-- A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin r, has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments 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 ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly rearamowl thonotlct OUm lutenclias pßpsiogr. THE VICTORY. Nelson's flagship is not to go to the shipbreaker's, after all. To have sent her there would have been carrying economy too far, would have been as bad as breaking up the stone of Scone for mending the roads: An order has been issued, in which, after instructing the transfer of the Tort Admiral's flag to the Duke of Wellington, it is stated that, in conse quence of the historical interest attaching to the Victory, the Board has resolved to keep her at her present moorings and in her present in ternal arrangements. with no change in hull, rigging, or arrangements. The famous ship will, however, for the future possess only the rank of tender to the Duke of Wellington, and will be employed for the reception of boys, and other purposes of the same subsidiary character. THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR WOMEN. Mr. Taylor has read a paper at the Social Science Association explaining a project for opening the civil service to women. Mr. Taylor said that he considered the present time more suitable for his project than when he broached it some years ago. He placed the objections which were made against permitting women to compete for posts in the civil service and elsewhere -under two heads, the natural and the artificial. He thought it might be a good plan to employ women in the tele graph offices. Some discussion took place after the reading of the paper, and the Rev. B. Lambert de olaroa that ho maw no moral objection to tho employ ment of women in co-operation with men, and he believed that it would tend to mutual improvement. Mr. Holland took a contrary view of the case, and considered that women were unfit for the majority , of male employments. Dr. Nicholls earnestly advo cated the claims of women for more extended employment. PLURALISM. The race of pluralists is by no means as extinct as it is generally supposed to be. For instance, there is Dr. Jeremie, who is three separate gentlemen rolled into one. He was at first Regius Professor of Divinity and Rector of Somersham, the net value of which appointments is about £1,300 ayear. When Dr. Jeune was promoted to the see of Peterborough, and Dr. Jeremie took his place as Dean of Lincoln, everyone supposed that the professor would vacate his professorship and his living, the more so as Lincoln is one of the best of the deaneries, and is worth £2,000 a year. Not so. Albeit it is forbidden to hold a living with a deanery, Dr. Jeremie holds deanery, living, and professorship, and nets £3,300 a year by the arrangement. This is worth a good deal more than most of the bishoprics, because the expenses of a dean are almost nil. The Dean of Lincoln is obliged to live in his cathedral city two thirds of the year, so that Cambridge sees little of its Divinity Professor ; Somersham, we may well believe, sees less of its rector. For delivering fifteen lectures and no sermons, Professor-Rector Jeremie gets, as we have said, £1,300 a year, and for his nominal duties as head of the Chapter of Lincoln, £2,000 a year. As the Pall Mall Gazette remarks, " it cannot be said that theology goes unrewarded." THE WEATHER. The weather is really worth talking about now— relatively because there is no other topic going, posi tively because of the extraordinary character of this pseudo-winter. On Friday, according to Mr. Allnatt, of Frant, Sussex, the thermometer rose in the rays of a declining sun to 71 deg., and in Wales it rose on Saturday to 63 deg. in the shade and 73 deg. in the sun, probably the highest tem perature ever recorded so early in the year. The first six days of February shewed an excess above the mean of fifty years. On the Ist it was 11 . 8 deo% ; on the 2nd, 5.9 ; on the 3rd, 6.3 ; on the 4th, 11; on the sth, 12 ; on the 6th, 8.1. Mr. Charles 11. Griffith, writing from Hampshire, wonders that a more intelligent interest is not shewn in the meteorological tables of the daily papers. At present we simply wonder at and talk about the weather, but we do not understand the laws of meteorology, nor attempt to forecast the weather as we might do now that the telegraph outstrips the wind. For instance, the first coming of aS. current is usuallyinclicated by a falling of the barometer in the N. or W. caused by a failure of the N.E. or polar cur rent ; and, as the direction of the wind is always from high barometer to low, this diminution of pressure should at once tell us that the wind is likely to blow towards that quarter. On the contrary, an increase of pressure in the N. is an evidence of the existence of an increased density in that region, usually accompanied by a falling thermometer, whence the wind will blow to any quarter where the air, being warmer and less able to support the barometrical column, is rising and producing a fiow in that direction. bo Mat, in general, trom any quarter wnerein we notice an increase of barometrical pressure and diminution of temperature, we may expect the wind to come and to blow towards that quarter wherein the pressure is lessening and the thermometer rising. Should the French barometers rise rapidly, or stand considerably higher than the Scottish, the result will be a gale from the S. Should the French and Scottish baro meters both rise, and those to the west fall, then both currents are coming together with violence, and the S.W. or N.W. cyclonic gales will follow. FORGERY. Sending letters to the papers in other people's names is unhappily on the increase. Two cases occur within a few days. Mr. Walter C. Perry, writing from Bonn-on-Rhine, denies the authorship of a letter on the Poor-law System of Elberfeld which appeared in the Times with his name attached. A very serious iris-statement as to the population, it appears, stultifies the whole account. In the other instance, Mr. Whalley writes repudiating certain correspondence which is said to have taken place between him and Mr. Maguire. "I have not," he says, " had occasion to notice the proceedings of the Mayor. of Cork." Where is the joke in seeing false productions such as these accepted by the public as genuine ? Are they written_ from love of fun or love of mischief P ORDNANCE SURVEY OF SINAI. According to Captain Wilson's report, the Ord nance survey of Sinai i s p rogress i ng very f avoura bly. He writes from Camp Wady, Feiran, on January 17, .to say that the survey of Serbal is proceeding rapidly, the poling finished, and observing com menced. The task of surveying and levelling would, he expected, be completed during the next week, when he would commence t h e two -i nc h su rvey. This, he anticipated, would occupy three months more, by which time h e wou ld h ave a fair map of the most important part of the peninsula. The time occupied by these special surveys has been a drawback, and th e roug h ness o f the ground is shewn by the fact that only two of the numerous watercourses of Serbal can possibly be either surveyed or levelled. Some interesting rums have been found, with inscriptions, which are likely to throw some light u p on th e i r n ature. Captain Wilson inscribed should that some o f th e sma ller stones thus should be b roug ht h ome a t the cost of the British Museum. Fifty pounds would cover all expenses, and enable the party to bring home some of the Egyptian tablets from Surabit El lihadem. The want of funds is a serious obstacle to the work in many ways. We are glad to see that a series of photographs is being taken, illustrating both the vegetation and the geology. A careful inquiry has. shewn th a t th e d e p os it round the wells at Am Musa is almost entirely composed of the shells of dead diato2nacea, which fact is supposed to accou nt for the elevati on of the wells above the surroundtrio, country. FOREIGN NOTES• INDIA. Lord Mayo landed at Calcutta on the 12th of January, and was at once sworn in as her Majesty's Viceroy and Governor-General. He met with a brilliant reception. The streets were impassable from the number of natives. On the previous evening 250 representatives of all classes gathered together in the town hall, at a farewell banquet to Sir John Lawrence. Sir William Mans field made one of the principal speeches of the evening. He enlarged upon the services of the retiring Viceroy, justly remarking that the capture of Delhi and the pre servation of our Eastern Empire in the PunjAb was greatness enough for one man. Sir W. Mansfield kept on safe ground, too, in dilating on the magnificent scheme recently elaborated for the irrigation of India, at a cost of thirty millions, for the completion of the system of railways, and the construction of forts and barracks. But he clearly went beyond the mark in adding that the despotic character of the Government and the want of publicity for its measures prevented its receiving that public support which is given to constitutional Ministries. He forgot that the Government itself was to blame for the want of publicity, and has already confessed its sins by promising better things for the future. Sir J. Lawrence replied, says the Times correspondent, in a low and broken voice, which more than once hesitated from emotion, and could be distinctly heard only by those near at hand. But for the famine, he declared, he left a healthy and prosperous administration to his successor, for whom he expressed the warmest wishes. In his resiew of his olirecr_ses , tgICIMQX-C f rOll4o , l iv gays special prominence to nis roreign policy, aeciaring wnat the most adverse of his critics have always allowed, that the changes in Central Asia and the anarchy in Affghanis tan had been the source of keen interest and intense care to him. As his parting counsel, amid a storm of earnest cheering, he urged his countrymen to be kind to the natives of India. The historic and pathetic scene then terminated, and Sir John Lawrence returned to Govern. ment House to occupy it for the last time as Governor- General. He is now expected to arrive in England next month. AMERICA. The Times correspondent is utterly despondent respect ing the Alabama Claims Treaty. What little hope of a ratification existed may, he thinks, as well be given up. The entire Republican press is out in full cry against it, and several of the Democratic journals also condemn it; it finds scarcely a defender. The American papers take up the old ground : England ought to acknowledge that she was wrong in permitting her neutrality laws to be broken. They fear that if the sovereign selected as arbiter decide that England is not responsible for releasing the Alabama; Shenandoah, and other vessels, the counter claims of British subjects would have to be considered, and time possibly the net issue of the affair would be the loss to America of some millions of dollars. The purport of such logic is clear: the Americans will accept only a treaty specially arranged beforehand to decide that they are in the right. Another measure of a 'different kind is meeting with an unfavourable reception. This is the proposal to place the telegraph lines under the control of Government, either as a branch of the Post Office or as a separate department. The press desires the telegraph system to remain in private hands, as the American Government invariably fails in business enterprises. The fact is that the press has every reason to be satisfied with the present state of affairs. Telegraphic communication is cheap, so much so that one half the news of a New York paper consists of telegrams. More than this, the Americans do not suffer from anything like the European system, which leaves journalism at the mercy of a private corporation. The collection and trans mission of news is wholly under the management of the press itself, as it will shortly be in England. The Unified States need no change in this direction. The Protection majority in Congress is still sufficiently powerful to render practical resistance hopeless for the present. The Copper Tariff Bill has passed the House of Representatives. It has already received the sanction of the Senate. SPAIN. The Times correspondent seems to have become a poi tical personage at Madrid. The Correspondencia, a Mont pensier organ, stated the other day that the London Times favoured the Orleanist prince. The Times correspondent indignantly denies that the English paper favours any candidate whatever, and, in a letter to the Riforma, states that if he had a vote he would sooner bestow it upon the executioner than upon Montpensier. This assertion, which is interpreted as being representative of English opinion, has caused considerable excitement at Madrid. A manifesto purporting to come from Queen Isabella nas been published in Paris. The Liberte declares it to he fictitious. TURKEY AND GREECE. The Liberty announces the abdication of King George as a piece of positive intelligence. It says : "On account of the hostile attitude of the people, the King has deter mined to abdicate, and has made known his intention to all the Powers. The preparations for his departure are finished. He will embark without doubt on the Forbin, which has just arrived from the Pirnus with two other Italian men-of-war and an American corvette." The Gaidois gives a modified form of this startling news. In spite of an official denial, the Lloyd of Pesth gene rally well informed on Eastern matters—says that an engagement between Turks and Montenegrins actually did take place in the latter days of January. Sixty-five men fell on both sides, and above 200 were wounded. Eight persons, mostly professors, have been arrested at Constantinople for conspiracy. It appears that their crime consisted solely in speaking of the necessity of cer tain liberal reforms in the internal administration of the Ottoman Empire. The Constitutionne/ states that the Ministry of Zaimis has been definitively formed, and that the declaration of the Paris Conference has been accepted. This, then, would seem to end this long-standing, and at one time very serious difficulty. ITALY. Legislation in Italy has come to a miserable pass. It is only on some great occasion, such as the debate on the grist tax, that a number of deputies sufficient to form a House can be brought together. The Lower House is a wilderness of benches, varied only here and there by an oasis in the shape of some deputy's bald head. At one o'clock, when the sitting begins, there may be ten present, at two something short of fifty, at three the frantic efforts of the doorkeepers may have brought up a hundred; at four the sitting is given up in despair. The Italians can easily remedy this. At present the law requires that a majority of the whole number, excluding absentees, be present before business can commence. Hence obnoxious measures can be defeated by simply staying away. What is required is a minimum, like our own forty. AFFAIRS IV 711 E 50U71.1. The Reconstruction Committee took the evi dence of Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Stearns of Vir ginia, as regards that State in connection with Judge Underwood's Constitution. Colonel Bald win said that the people since the war had been in terested exclusively in the affairs of their own State, knew little of Federal politics, and took the Democrats' side as that which appeared most will ing to reconstruct their State, the inevitable negro suffrage Ns , ould be accepted as their organic law, not voluntary, but because the nation had so de cided. The disfranchisement of fifteen thousand whites, while not enough to affect the strength of party, should be removed as a source of bitterness. Before the war Virginians were divided on Seces sion, though they all joined when it was declared, and however it was to be regretted, the fact should not be overlooked by statesmen. They had suf fered as much as their worst enemy could desire, and vengeance was not a motive they attributed to the North. He challenged a comparison for Vir ginia with any State for order, peace, and justice since the close of the contest. They had been harassed during the time by the Confederate Army de serters and Union Army scum claiming on the p l ea of loyalty to thrust the native population from office, and occupy their places, and these they de tested. Mr. Boutwell feared some thought looking to Georgia that extreme men might secure power i n Virginia and oppress those they were bound to protect, to which Colonel Baldwin replied that, though he appreciated such a sentiment, there was no hostile purpose towards any portion of the population ; their earnest desire being to leave the past behind and to pacify their State. These senti ments were confirmed as being those of the people of Virginia by Mr. F. Stearns of Richmond, a wealthy and consistent Union man, who though a native of Vermont had long been a citizen of Virginia. Texas held a Presidential election in some counties, and Seymour and Blair were successful ; but it was not intended that the result should transpire unless that ticket triumphed in the North, when their elec tors were to claim the right to cast the vote for Texas in the Electoral College. Governor Clayton, of Arkansas, is said to be a kind-hearted man, but in earnest in putting down insubordination, and in enforcing the laws of the State. The war at Augusta is now at an end, and nearly all the State is settling down to peace and order. If the accoubts of the Republican journals be correct Arkansas has greatly benefited by the Governor's action, though portions of it are still much disturbed. We are, however, sorry to see that the Ku-Klux in Tennessee have been carrying matters with such a high hand that Governor Brownlow, by the advice of the Legislature, has declared martial law in several counties of the State, and the militia, en listed in East Tennessee, and under the command of General Cooper, is to be entrusted with the duty of wiping out the Ku-Klux, who have been more than usually bold and aggressive of late. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short/ .../ 11 191 ... 12 f Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12f 11 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels Ilamburgh — ... 13 10 ... 13 10/ Paris Sh or t ... 25 12} ... 25 20 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 . 1201 Vienna — ... 12 25 ... 12 321 Trieste — ... 12 25 ... 12 321 Petersburg - ... 31k Copenhagen 9 20 ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. , Cadiz — ... 481 ... 481 Leghorn ... 26 55 ... 26 60 Milan ... 26 55 ... 26 60 Genoa --. ... 26 55 ... 26 6 0 Naples ... 26 55 ... 26 60 Palermo .— ... 26 55 ... 26 60 Messina Lisbon — ... 52 ... 62 i Oporto s2t Rio Janeiro — NOW 1 . 4X1i mitismittit '--- ~, , ... .UR. WASHBURNE ON RAILWAY SUBSIDIES. granted by Congress to various railroads, the r- - 0 port of the Secretary of the Treasury proved O n they amounted in the aggregate to V1,33 7 ) 00 , 0 ' Mr. Washburne proceeded to show that the Eastern Division road was badly located a n poorly built, while the recapitulation of go ° made the United States Bonds subsilh $6,305,000 ; land subsidy, worth $93,240,0 00 ; privilege of subordinating first mortgage bon d ' $3,033,000 ; t o t a l, $35 , 84 6,000. This was the amo unt received by the comp any f or b u ildi ng a ra i lroa d 400 miles in length, which is represented as being o ne of the easiest and cheapest ever constructed in Arn e. rica. It was equal to $89,615 per mile, and puttiug the actual cost at its highest possible estimate $30,000 per mile, it would leave a net profit to t l ' a company of $59,615 per mile, which for W I ; hundred mile s wou ld g i ve t h e company $23,7 46,p00• He was the m ore earnest, as b y the vote upon it' the House would determine its policy on the su b ' ject of other land grants and subsidies to railroat If this bill was passe d , w i th all its enormities, th House would be ignoring the demands of the C OL try, would be gi v i ng emp h at i c sanct i on to otlio: projects th a t were l y i ng i n wait, involving so y two hundred millions of dollars to aid in the O n : struction of some ten thousand miles of railroad • Two hundred millions for the benefit of corpor a tions, speculators, lobbyi s t s,an d adventurers, while. a pestiferous mo no p o l y , th e W estern Union 'Plat graph Company, was t o b e perpetuate d , w hi c h W robbing the public of ten millions a year. LONDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING' SORN, FEE 4 our The Queen was this day pleased . to . confer the 1 10 . 0 0 of Knighthood ou William Alilhourne James, Esq., a Chancellor. WHITEHALL, FEE. 8. to The Queen ha s b een p l ease d to direct letters pata" f $ be passed unde r th e G reat S eal granting the digni ty Knight of the U n it e d Ki ngdom of Great Britain and land unto William Young, Esq., Chief Justice and PZ, 6 I dent of the L eg i s l at i ve Council of the Province of II" Scotia. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 2. .1 acit The Queen ha s b een p l ease d to appo i nt Captain xrof - Brockman M or l ey, l a t e o f the 40th Foot, to be El°9-r, t i l e her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, from re , 23d January, vice Captain Thomas Parker Rickfordi signed, 24th October, 1868. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, FEB. 9 .„,iipg „ 4th Regiment of D ragoon G uards—John Robert r",via Goodden, Gent., to b e C orne t ; S taff-Surgeon , Wilson to be Surgeon'. 6th Dragoons—Lieutenant John Bland to be CAP - Cornet Gage Chas. Fitzßoy to be Lieutenant. ,„,,tt, 6th Foot—Ge n tl eman C adet Edward Hour Corse -P'" to be Ensign. 10th Poet—Lieutenant Theophilus Scott to be CaP t Ensign Eustace B. Burnaby to be Lieutenant. c a r 13 th Foot —Lieutenant Al exan d er D . Si mpson to taro, Ensi gn R o b er t A . J a ll and to b e Lieutenant, WO' T. Summers, Gent., to be Ensign. 15th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Bourke to ig 3 sistant-Surgeon. .pator 21 st Foot—Ensign Willi am A n d rew Y u l e to be -'-'l-1,30 pant ; Gentlema n C a d e t H enry F re d er i c k J . Callag to be Ensign. b e 27th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Burch Pye PhillipPs t ier Captain; En s i gn Ch ar l es S umner Pi nw i ll to be .„Tut tenant ; Gentleman Cadet Alfred James Phayre ... ball to bo Ensign. 38th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Stokes to be Captain. 46th Foot —Major and Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Ar',, to Need to be M a j or, C aptain Thomas Douglas F°r",-.0 be Major, Li eu t enant Henry Patten Law to be Cap Ensign Gerard William Thorpe to be Lientenanc , sign Henry Elliott Ch eva li er Ki tc h ener t o bo .0 ~, Lie be tenant, Gentleman Cadet Henry Pinnock Bailey W e Ensign, Gentleman Cadet Shirley Apthorp to be }-I ,; ) , s t ior 63d Foot—Ensign Alfred Nuthall to be Ensign, '— Millar tot), Ensign. Wl'oot—Major Robert MacGregor to be tLienteti e w Colonel ; Captain Charles Blewitt to be Major; A ier tenant William Wrixen to be Captain ; Ensig n ander Acheson to be Lieutenant. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 6. e t Lowry J o h n Monteith, Es q., has this day been r i e ett meted to the ran k of Staff Surgeon in her Majesty 'S with seniority of the 4th inst. a iro Mr. Sew ar d h as l a t e l y b een arrang i ng his a' fr . 0 . for an extended tour of travel, which he proposes beg l e f fling on the expiration of his t erm of office. The P l irij n ee will ba acros s th e C on ti nen t t o C a lif orn i a, and thel;et through the Republics of S ou th A mer i ca .—G e neral S „ re man, the last report f rom St. L ou i s says, h as b e en ill ' - t e i l e for some days.—General Mower has been assigned to command of the Military District of Louisiana. whet,' The dedication of the A mer i can M e th o dist , - - tac e logical Seminary at Frankfort-on-th e -M a ine took 14°`" on the 18th Ja n ., an d th e c l ergy an d pres iding e from various parts of Germany and students w@ reP ois sent. Addresses were ma d e i n G erman b y manY ( clergy a n d by some o f th e pro f essors, an d i n Esgll ,) f e - Aft. G. P. Kettell, United States Consul, Carlsruhe, sso r Murphy, Consul-General, Frankfort, and by P r°f° oo M'Chesney, United States Consul, Newcastle. the seminary is a large four-storey brick building 9, 0 0 eastern part of the city, comm an di ng a v i e w of Fr't ° and vicinity. Its cost will be about 400,000 fratleNqiio the gift of T. Martin, of Brooklyn, N ew Yor' , Ou bt' being the only Methodist college in Germany Nvi 11 ,.70 0 less be a success. After the cerem on y some 200 sac o ter : to tea, and next day the clergy and professors were tained at dinner at the Hotel D'Angleterre in FO;f L eell by the American Consul-General, a t w hi c h about clergy and professors were present. f t b° THE PUBLIC LANDS.—The entire area 0 r e States and Territories, the soil of which belong go d nally to the United States, commencing with Ob w s, or ending with Alaska, is estimated at 1,834,998,400 screw' 2,867,185 square miles, of which 485,000,000 acres s t. ' 9 or ad veyed, and opened to homestead settlement. The G °C esi ment has since its o rgan i za ti on so ld over 154 , 000,00 0 ° o p. 30,000,000 acres are now in the hands of speculator°' elusive of the 124,000 , 000 gran t e d t o Pacific railrosooo 57,000,000 to other railroads west and south, 1 7, , ° „„p0i1 l acres to canals, 60,000,000 s lected and classed as 6 „; tb ° and overflowed lands," 9,600,000 acres granted : 1 1 States in aid of agricultural colleges, w h ' e being sold by scrip, and will eventually b ° 13 0 ' by land speculators and likewise by monopolists.litsd sides this, 17,716,555 acres have been granted for 1 2 1 4 55 6 ' and naval service, making the total disposed o f 493.f." 0 ,' The Commissioner of the General Land Offie° g "- 80 33 f number of surveyed lands undisposed of as 64, se a o f acres. It is estimated that of the 493,000,00 0 disP ° , ; ;roto at least 225,000,000 acres are now in the hands of r n i, ro til companies and private speculators. The Osage 4. 0 seb now before the .Senate for confirmation, proposesessod the land, in all 8,003,203 acre s, b e l ong ing by P °Bb a s t he right to the Osage Indians, to a corporation knoll COI' Leavenworth, Lawr ence , and Galveston I l a ilroa ted , A ro parry, at 81 99 per acre. These l an ds, it is assl s irab l d e fertile and valuable, a n d s it ua t e d i n the m os t_ part of the State. The ra il roa d company, it 18 , be ir o vi t proposes to hold and sell them in a few years at o f tbi! o prices ; thus, instead o f f a cilit a ting the settlem ent ten ds portion of our domain, including a system whi ch drive the settlers to other localities. Births. , ,$. C V. ' HENLEY—On the 7th inst. at 11 Cedars, ru' ll ,, ' the Hon. Mrs. Robert Henley, of a son. ti gs HUNT—On the Fth ins ,at Ore H ouse , near 1 13513- ' the wile of Jas. Hunt, Esq . ., of a son. f 'A leut.' WICKHAM—On the Bth inst. at Clifton, the NON ° Colonel Wickham, of a son. Marriages. rete r'A KNOLLYS —BnisTow— On the Bth inst ., S t 'i Sir . ., 11. Eaton-square. Frederick Robert, sen Gerle ve " f t" ° Knollys, to Laura Caroline, youngest clauglitar ° late R. Bristow, Esq., of Broxmoro Park, Wilta'clitirch, MAuDsLAv—LUCAS On the 9th inst.. at Chri s t ., " e f 2 1 1 Lancaster-gate, Walter Henry Maudslay, V eleV e- Hyde-park-square, and Lambeth, to of t he daughter of Charles T. Lucas, Esq., of 94, l'" 11 gate, and Warnham Court, Sussex. Deaths. 13 0100" GODFREY On the Bth inst., at 29, Spital-Kuar" gate, Mr. Valentine Godfrey, aged 43. LEARMONTII—On the Bth inst., at Parkhall, Sti"l-° ore, Thomas L. Learmonth, Esq., aged 89 . .. s q MURCHISON—On the 9th inst, at 16, Beigtr,„-c r W e — Lady Murchison, wife of Sir Roderick I . Bart., K.C.B. aged 80. n °Fife° of WILDMAN—On, the Bth inst., at 29, Park - street,A-14. square, Captain Leveson Wildman, age' ViS AND London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM M fic'' ;40 42- of No. 112, Strand , Printer, at Viut SUN : ° Strand, in the Precinct of the Sa voy, in th e 411;14100,ze..W9due§day, FelvaftrY 10, .1809' Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, made a great speed! in the House on the 19th January against the grant of subsidies, more especially to the Union pacific Railroad (Eastern Division). He asserted that nearly one-third the public domain had gone t° railroad corporations. To the Pacific Lines alon e the Commissioner of the General Land Office esti mated the amount as about a fourth of being twice as large as the united area ofEngland,Scotland,wales, Ireland, Guernsay, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and the islands of the British seas, and within less than a tenth of being equal to the French Empire pro Pe r; The report of J esse L . W illiams, the Govern Director of the Union Pacific Railroad Col' pany, show e d th t t t h e entire length of the r °3d would be but 1,110 miles, while the Gavel-1111301, subsidies in bonds amounted to v9,500, 0 ? 0 ' giving an avcrage jhe per mil e of $ .4 8,5_-;:). company's first mortgage bonds would yield over $2 , 7,000,000, so that the fund realised froth those two sources atnounted to over $40,000,0001. being an average of $51,03 , 1 per mile, exceeding by $16,000 the actual cost of construction and equ i p' moot. This yi e ld e d a profit to the company °f nearly $18,000,000. As to the subsidies in boilos car N ,. under a.m. The Piro R Th e TT Bonus value rende r leave i thirty SEA ofi Na4icn The X 79 1, sin Vcri the Se street, Qua Onlec f~II n .Prec xreasi 1)0 solicit( e xPen( at Wa oft i Jail Om ( fan:, . 171 RA14 IYO R Th Prize the A Sol ON fn's NI ADV bold able Fora Re , , arg e Voca eßtah G. 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