The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-25 00:00:00

A BETTING SCANDAL v A. jury trial—Hutchinson v. Gardiner—which is mit considerable interest in turf circles, has been com xaeneed in the First Division of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, before the Lord President. The circum stances out of which the trial arose are these Lieu tenant Hutchinson and other officers of the Bth (Royal Irish) Hussars, at present stationed at Piers-hill Barracks, were, daring the last racing season, in the habit of making bets nearly every day with certain" bookmakers" in Edin „burgh. It happened that duty in barracks sometimes prevented their arrival in Edinburgh for the purpose of b ting till after the races had been run, although before the .result was known there by means of the telegraph. On t 2. e 11th of September last Lieutenant Hutchinson, accompanied by two brother officers—Mr. Wentworth and Mr. Ricardo—waited on and backed with „several bookmakers in Edinburgh different horses for the races run at Doncaster that day. Among other horses backed were St. Mungo and Ventnor, for the Nursery Stakes, and the largest bets were xnade with Mr. Gardiner, Turf Hotel. St. Mungo won the race, and when settling day came, Gardiner refused to pay the bets on St. Mungo. The matter was referred, at Gar diner's request, to the stewards of Edinburgh races. It was Alleged by Gardiner that Lieutenant Hutchinson and his broth er.officers had learned before they betted with him that St :\lungo had won the race, and that thus they betted on a certainty. The stewards, after hearing evidence, decided „against Gardiner, who appealed again to two bookmakers of some note then at Edinburgh Races. They also decided against him, but Gardiner refused to pay the bets, and wrote a letter to Lieutenant Hutchinson, Mr. Wentworth, And Mr. Ricardo, in which he alleged that he had obtained "unquestionable evidence that they had been holding illegal and improper collusion with certain telegraph clerks," and that from his private telegrams they had " surreptitiously got possession of the ,information they contained, and by that medium betted and gained or won money" from him. This letter reflecting seriously on the character of Lieutenant Hutchinson as an officer and a gentleman, the present action for defamation of character had been raised. Damages were laid at £2,000. The jury found for the )laintiff—damages one farthing. LAW AND POLICE. SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE.—In the Court of Chancery, on Wednesday, an appeal was heard from a decree of ,the Master of the Rolls respecting an educational Trust of some importance. In 1641 a gentle man, named Coombe, left part of his estate to the colleges of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, and Trinity, Oxford, for the use and education of certain descendants of his own and his wife's family. The Master of the Rolls ,directed an inquiry to be made as to what persons of the testator's kindred were now in existence. It proved that there were many descendants, but no poor kindred, and the Master of the Rolls thereupon declared that the trust was to provide education for the descendants at any place, whether male or female, and in de fault of poor kindred, ordered a scheme to carry out as nearly as possible the intentions of the testator. The Lord Chancellor, however, passed the decree, saying that it appeared to the court that the plain meaning of the will was that the colleges should give the descendants the benefits which they conferred upon all others who resorted to them for instruction ; not that the gift was intended as a trust for educating those persons at any time or in any place, whether boys or girls. The costs would go as directed by the court below. THE CHANCERY AGENT.-At the Middlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, a man named Hill, who had defrauded great numbers of poor persons by the pretence that he was an agent of the Court of Chancery, and had money to pay over to them, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. THE STRIKE AT PRESTON. The strike at Preston unfortunately still continues. On Wednesday a large and influential meeting of the masters was held at the Bull Hotel, Preston, for the purpose of considering the position of affairs, the prospects of thetrade, and the measures requisite for its protection. No resolu tions were passed as to the strike, but there was a strong and unanimous feeling expressed in favour of what has thus far been done by the masters. It was held that the price of cotton was so high, the markets so uncertain, and trade so depressed that nothing short of a reduction of 10 per cent. would give the masters any chance of working to an ad vantage ; and many were of opinion that unless business improved, they would lose a good deal less by closing their mills altogether than by paying their operatives the old rate of wages. The operatives of Blackburn are coming to the relief of their brethren. A meeting was held on Wednesday night, when, after several speeches condemnatory of the step taken by the Preston masters had been made, it was resolved to make a levy of 2d. per loom on behalf of the Preston weavers. There is a movement in favour of emigration among the Preston operatives ; but this is no new thing, emigration having for some years gone on more or less among them. This week, how ever, a larger number than usual has been ballotted for America. If the strike in Preston continues the spinners and minders' executive will make an effort to send out a number of hands weekly. It is rumoured that some alteration in the rate of wages is about to be made at Chorley. A letter from a Liverpool man, who describes himself as having suffered with the Preston operatives during the last great strike, has been published. The writer recommends a peaceful submission to the proposi tion of the masters rather than anything in the shape of a strike. A large number of operatives, including several on strike, went on. Wednesday to the railway station, in order to meet Mr. Hermon, M.P., on his return from London. They had a band of music and two colours with them. There was a carriage awaiting Mr. Hermon at the station, but on his arrival the operatives unyoked the horses and pulled the carriage along to the hon. gentleman's residence, in Winckley-square. This demonstration was made not on political grounds, but because Mr. Hermon, who is a very large employer of factory labour in Preston, has not given any notice of a reduction in the wages he pays, The appeal of the Preston operatives has been issued, signed by the Trades Council. " During the last seven or eight months," it says, " the factory operatives in every department have suffered greatly, their wages throughout the branches not averaging 10s. per week. By the stoppage of mills a vast number of operatives have been thrown into the streets, and for a time have stasisted upon the allowance from their associations, but even this must have an end, and the only resource has been the paltry pittance doled out by the parish in the midst of all this wretchedness and distress. The master cottonspinners and manufacturers of Preston, apparently believing that the spirit of resistance is entirely crushed out of the operatives, now propose and insist upon a reduction of 10 per cent. One employer, Mr. George Smith, after a stop page of twelve weeks, recently opened his mill at a reduc tion of 15 per cent. His own hands refusing to work upon such terms, Mr. Smith applied to the Board of Guardians for hands, and this resulted iu the exclusion of all factory workers from the parish books, with the intimation that plenty of good work' might be had at Mr. George Smith's. To prevent the acceptance of employment upon such conditions the society paid these bands the same amount as they had received from the parish. This prompt action on the part of the operatives' associations entirely checked in the first instance the proposed reduction, although from the influx Of nondescript parish labourers and the threatened spread of the reduction, the contest as regarded Mr. Smith's mill was to some extent abandoned. Shortly after this, another employer, Mr. Sellars, offered a reduction of 10 per cent., and all the hands were brought out on strike, as it was felt that if a reduction was sub mitted to at two mills in the town, all the rest would very soon follow--a conclusion which has been fully borne out by the fact that in a week after the proposition of Mr. Sellars a general reduction of 10 per cent. was proposed by the masters of Preston, with the exception of about six firms. Many of the employers only gave one week's notice, which expired on Wednesday and Thursday, March 17th and 18th. It has been proposed by the operatives that the question of the present reduction should be submitted to arbitration, and many points would have been conceded to secure the adoption of that mode of settlement. That course has been declined by the employers, and this, we think, i 3 an evidence that their side of the argument will not bear the investigation of impartial judges. Being deeply convinced of the impor tant issues at stake in the present struggle between capital and labour, not only as regards the cotton operatives of Preston, but the adequate remuneration of labour and the power of union among us generally, and feeling that we shall be unable of ourselves to support the 4,000 hands now out on strike-- a number probably to be quadrupled on the expiration of the whole of the notices we carnetly appeal to our fellow-workers in e very trade t ) render their best pecuniary a. ,, isfam,,, and support in this our urgent nec.,,ssity. We wale this appeal in the full :'.ssurance that ry w the operatives of Preston, have a lways done our hest i,l answer to appeals from our suffer ing brethren in every quarter, their kimlly hands will now us in our struggle, whi c h w ill no t be reached forth to he l p only be alleviated, but we hope shortened and brought to a succe:•sful close by the powerful action of generous and extended union." A man named Thomas Morton was on Tuesday s'ntenced to a month's hard labour by the Manchester stipendiary magistratn -for exposing for sale the carcase of cow wiliotLyfae proved to be unfit for human food. MORE ABOUT THE CABINET. Adolphe E. Borie, the descendant of a Frene , family (his father having settled in Philadelphia from Bordeaux), was born in Philadelphia hi 1809. and is now in the 60th year of his age. When. 16 years old he graduated - at the Pennsylvania Uni- versity, and at 24 went to Paris, where he com- pleted his education. After travelling in Europe he returned to Philadelphia, and became a member of ilia celebrated firm of M'Kean, Borie, and Co., doing business at No. 153, Dock-street. In this position he has always shown tact, judgment, and business capacity, and has succeeded in amassing a large fortune. Politically be was an old-line Whig, contenting himself with a determined opposition to the Democratic party, and especially devoted to the principles of protection to American industry, a quiet and substantial following of Henry Clay. After the election of Governor Seymour in 1862, a number of the citizens of Philadelphia felt that it was necessary to take semecteps to organize against the threatened advance of Secession into the North. From this determination arose the first Union League in the country, known as the great Union League of Philadelphia, of which he was the foun der. Ile was at Washington when nominated Sec retary of the Navy, and immediately left for Phila delphia, and many thought he would decline to act. Ex-Governor Jacob Dolson Cox was born in Montreal, Lower Canada, on the 17'1 of Octo ber, 1828. His parents were both natives of the United States, his father being a master builder in New York, who had taken the contract for the carpenter work on the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Montreal, and thus happened to be residing in that city when his son was born. The next year he re turned to New York, where the childhood and youth of the future Secretary of the Interior was spent. In 1846 he removed to Ohio, and in 1851—then a young man of 23—hegraduated with distinction at Oberlin College, the great headquarters of Ohio Abolition ists. He studied law, and, very soon after taking his degree, began its practice in the village of War ren. Meantime he married the daughter of the Pre sident of Oberlin. For his brilliant military career, he was elected Governor of Ohio, but heref used to be a second time candidate on account of poverty, being only worth, all told, $5,000. He removed to Cin cinnati, where he soon got up a handsome law practice, refusing the Commissionersbip of Internal Revenue when tendered by Andrew Johnson, and he would also have refused the Secretaryship of War had Grant succeeded in getting Johnson to end the Stanton difficulty by appointing him. He is known to be opposed to negro suffrage, and took the trouble of visiting Washingto❑ to urge on the Ohio Representatives the honesty and purity of Johnson's purposes beseeching them to forego their opposition, and to yield somewhat to his prejudices. He is one of the most upright, studious, and practical men in the country, and a great friend of both Grant and Sherman ; but the appointment is the least popular of all the President's nominations. John .'Allister Schofield was born on the 29th of September, 1831, in Chatanqua. county, New York. In 1843, at the age of 12, he removed with his father to Illinois, from which State, after having received his primary education, he was admitted to West Point. In 1853 he graduated and was breveted Second Lieutenant in the 2d Artillery. For two years he was stationed with his battery at Fort Moultrie, afterward made memorable in the War of the Rebellion, and subsequently at Fort Cass, in Florida. Two years later he was appointed Instructor in Natural Philosophy at West Point, and held that position for five years. In 1860 he was granted leave of absence to occupy the chair of Natural Philosophy in Washington University, St. Louis, and was engaged in the duties of his position when the war broke out, and he commenced the brilliant military career which has made him so well known. Judge Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, President Grant'; Attorney-General, was born at Concord, Mass., in 1816. He entered Harvard College in 1831, graduating with distinction in 1835, and after reading law with his father at Concord, he spent two years at the Cambridge Law School. Imme diately after leaving college, however, he engaged in teacling at Pittsburgh, Pa., and for two or three years he lived in that and other western cities. He was admitted to the bur about the year 1840, and practised with great success in Aliddlesex and the neighbouring counties. After a few years he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, but he resigned and returned to the practice of his profession, this time opening an office in Boston, where he acquired an extensive and lucrative busi ness. In April, 1859, he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and has since held that office. Mr. J. A. J. Cresswell in 1861 and 1862 was a mem ber of the Maryland House of Delegates, and in the latter year he served for a time as au Assistant Ad jutant-General of the State. He was elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress from the Cecil District, his native county, in 1862. After a sharp contest he succeeded to Governor's Hicks's vacancy in the Se nate. He was a delegate to the Convention at Baltimore in 1861, and to the Southern Loyalist Convention in Philadelphia, where he led against negro suffrage, though be afterwards changed his views. He was chairman of the Maryland delega tion to the Chicago Convention, where they insisted against his wish in naming him for the Vice-Pre sidency. He declared he was not a candidate, and cast his own vote for Ben. Wade. He might, had he liked, have succeeded Colonel Forney in the Secretaryship of the Senate. He is a lawyer in large practice, elcquent and skilful in politics, and a Radical Republican. SOME- OF TILE LATE ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS TO TILE HOUSE. The Speaker, Mr. James Gillespie Blaine, of Maine, was born in Washington county, Pennsy lvania, Jan. 31, 1830, and has thus just completed his 39th year.• Ile belongs to an old colonial family that settled originally in Cumberland county about 1745, having emigrated from Scotland in that or the succeeding year. Ilis grandfather, Cul. Ephraim Blaine, was a revolutionary officer of distinction. Mr. Blaine graduated at Washington College in 1847, went South as a teacher, was ad mitted to the bar, an I settled in Maine ; succeeded to the editorial chair of the Kennebee Journal in 1852, and of the Portland Daily Advertiser in 1858. For five years he was a member of the Maine Legislature, two as a Speaker. Elected to Con gress in 1862, and re-elected in 1864, 1866, and 1868. He works hard, and never makes long I speeches. The Hon. Edward 111‘Pherson, elected Clerk of the House for the fourth time, was born at Gettys burg, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1831, and is of Scotch Irish extraction. He was educated at Pennsylvania College, an institution under the charge of the Luthe ran Church, situate upon the field of Gettysburg, and occupied by the rebel forces a s an n observatory i‘i,ph s p a p e e years at r t r n during the memorable struggle. gr aduated in 1 8 4 8, and 1851 e dit e d a ew Harrisburg, but rel i nquished it after n afew o n account of ill - heal th and returned toCtY Gettys burgh. In 1858 he was electe d to the XXXVI s th - Congress to th e Sixteenth Pennsylvania District, and was re - ele cted to the XXXVIIth C ongress, but in 1862, thoug h a g ain the candidate of th e Re publican party, he was defeated by a small majority. Served on the Staff of Major-General Reynolds, was Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1863, in which year he was first elected Clerk of the House. Ile is an editor and proprietor of the Gettysburgh Sentinel, author of "The Political History of the United States during the Great Rebellion," is engaged on "The Life of Thaddeus Stevens," one of whose executors he is, was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, married a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Smucker. N. G. Ordway, of New Hampshire, was elected Sergeant-at-Arms. Otis S. Burton of New York, was elected Doorkeeper, having received 124 votes against 54 for David J. Wagoner, of Illinois ; and William S. King was elected Postmaster, having received 120 votes against 56 for Williams Lines, of New York The Rev. Dr. Newman was elected Chaplain of the Senate on the second ballot. DoNvILLE and Co., 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 hon. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; cr 4, Beaufort-hangings strand, London: W.O .....{Ad- Tertiaement THE SUN, LONDON, rHURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1869. METROPOLITAN GOSSlP.—Wednesday. The fourth and concluding night's debate on the Irish Church was not ushered in by any of the excitement which had characterised the three previous evenings. Few strangers were to he witnessed in the lobbies, and fewer still assembled in Westminster Kali. It was felt on all sides that the question was exhausted, and that the only thin j for speculation was as to the exact majority by which the bill would pass a second reading. Inside the House members sat listlessly on their seats during the whole of Mr. Walpole's speech, for that gentleman—even when in his best form—does not captivate either side with his eloquence. His tone was sonorous and grave, and he did not once raise himself out of the dead level of dullness which he bad chosen. Sir Henry Bulwer received a hearty welcome from the Liberals, and if his voice was not so weak he would have made one of the best second-rate speeches on the Government side of the House. It was not until he had nearly concluded that those in the galleries could distinctly hear what he was saying. For three hours— from seven to ten—the House was comparatively empty, but at that hour members began to arrive in quick succession, as it was generally understood that Mr. Gathorne Hardy would rise before eleven. When Mr. Moore—who was constantly interrupted with cries of " 'Vide, 'vide " from the Con servatives—sat down, the late Home Secretary began to sum up the case on behalf of the Opposition. This was the signal for a chorus of cheers from the defenders of the Church, which were again and again repeated during the whole of the right hon. gentleman's speech. During the time he was speaking the House presented a brilliant spec- The Conservative benches were numerous enough to hold all the members of the Opposition, but the Liberals were obliged to find seats in the galleries, which soon became overcrowded. Even at such a late hour the Peers', Speaker's and Strangers' Galleries were packed, everybody appearing to feel the deepest interest in the debate. It was one o'clock before Mr. Gladstone com- menced to reply. He appeared to be greatly excited, which, however, did not prevent the free utterance of his remarks. In dealing with Sir Roundel' Palmer's argu ments he was tender and respectful, but when he took up the different points advanced by the Opposition, he warmed to his work, and delivered himself of some bitter sar casms. Exactly at twenty minutes past two the tremen- dour cheers which greeted the ,rn.,0h,.;,‘,-..; m...1.,,„1. announced to the members who were in the refreshment and smoking-rooms that the hour of the division had arrived. In a very few seconds the question was put, amid cheers and counter-cheers ; but although the Con servatives attempted to drown the voices of their oppo- nents, it was evident on which side the largest body of sound lay. Then came the division. The Conservatives had all emerged from the House in five minutes, but it took nearly double that time before the Liberal benches were empty. In a short time the Noes had all been counted, and a whisper ran round the House that they numbered 250. It was not, however, until ten minutes to three that all the Ministerialists had voted, and then the excitement was at boiling heat. The tellers having taken their posi tion at the table, Mr. Glyn began to read the numbers. He commenced, " Ayes to the right, three hundred and -," when, no doubt through excitement, he stam mered a little, which prevented his proceeding for about a second, but which appeared to be a considerable length of ti m e, judging by the impatience manifested. He recovered himself, however, almost instantly, and continued, " sixty-eight. Noes to the left, two hundred and fifty." Immediately he had concluded the Liberals set up a tremendous shout, which was again and again repeated. The Conservatives sat cowed and dumb, and did not appear to realise the overwhelming defeat. For fully five minutes did the Liberals continue cheering, but not a single answer was heard from the Opposition. The scene in New Palace-yard, as Big Ben boomed forth the hour of three, reminded one of Regent-street in the height of the season, but in a quarter of an hour stillness once more reigned supreme in the Senate House of West minster. And now how will the bill fare in its subsequent stages. One hundred and eighteen is a very handsome majority. Few Ministers of late years have had such a splendid following as that. Is it conceivable that it can be frittered away in committee ? I cannot believe it. There will be caves and tea-room parties perhaps ; but 118—that is a substantial fact—which any number of tea-parties, which all Adullamy will scarcely be able to overcome. Moreover, Mr. Gladstone is so strong that he can afford to make concessions should any consider able section of his followers desire any, and should the concessions they ask seem to him reasonable. A Minister at the head of a weak party must rigidly repress the smallest symptom of disaffection ; but a Minister in Mr. Gladstone's position can be magnanimous and de bonnair. Judging from present appearances, however, the Premier is not at all likely to yield the point upon which one of the sharpest discussions will take place—the compensation to Maynooth. He pointed out very forcibly last night how small was the proportion of the funds given to the great majority of the Irish people compared with that given to the small minority. Mr. Aytoun means to press the matter in the shape of an instruction to the committee, and it is said that he has obtained the co-operation of some number of Scotch members and English Nonconformists. I doubt if they will compensate for the defection of the High Church Conservatives, who view Mr. Spofforth's intrigue between the No-Popery Liberals and the Opposition with extreme dislike. Another point which report says is to be raised in committee is the purchase of the tithe-rent charge by the landlords. But this is scarcely a party question, and is not likely to afford the Conservatives a point of attack. The limitation of private endowments to the year 1660 will afford room for some interesting historical informa tion, but to scarcely more than that. Then comes the question, What will the Lords do? As I have mentioned before, the bishops, advised chiefly by the Bishop of Oxford, contemplate abstaining from a division on the second reading of the bill, should any take place, and it is believed that the majority of them have, after consultation, recommended that course. This, of course, will not pre vent them from " amending" the bill in committee. Should the right rev. bench decide upon this line of action, it will amount to something more than the withdrawal of some two dozen votes from the Opposition ; it will lead the lay peers to consider if this would not be the wisest course for them also. " Surely," they may argue, " if the bishops do not feel themselves called upon to put them selves in antagonism to the nation upon a matter which so closely concerns them, we, whom it much less deeply interests, may be excused from adopting a course which will place us in such an invidious and even perilous position." There has been a rumour during the week that Earl Spencer had resigned the Irish Viceroyalty, and political speculators have been busy at work suggesting reasons for this action. Conservatives, of course, supposed that his lordship had left his colleagues because he disapproved of the liberation of the Fenians. It turns out that the whole story is a canard incubated and hatched by the Irish Times, whereof Colonel Knox, the unseated Conservative member for Sligo, is the proprietor. I have reason to know, however, that the Countess Spencer, who is one of the queens of fashion in London, is disgusted at the small attendance at her Drawing-rooms. Of course the slight is not a per sonal one, but is a political demonstration on the part of the Dublin aristocracy, who are, for the most part, Tory and Protestant to the backbone, and who resent with the utmost bitterness the loss of the political and religious ascendancy which they have so long enjoyed. While the Irish Church is the prominent question of the day, there is another, far more important, which is being quietly pushed forward by able and energetic men who know what they are about, and have no intention of being put off by any number of unfavourable answers, by any amount of cold shoulder. The licensing question will, before the seventh decade of this century is out, attain the foremost place among the great political problems of the day. Your readers are aware that several deputations have waited upon Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bruce, and other members of the Government with reference to this matter, and that the Government has given them no hope of w dealing hile t e h p i t, ro m a t a i ne l n l t events p sfor are r e t he [n e p g r o e t s i e a n t t. in g withM e a n a view to bringing the question before Parliament in a practical shape. Yesterday morning a deputation consist ing of the following M. P.'s — Mr. Baines , Lord Sandon, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Jacob Bright, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Pease, Mr. Candlish, together with Arch bishop Manning, and other gentlemen waited upon Sir George Grey, in order to induce the ex-Home Secretary to bring in a measure for closing public-houses on the Sunday. The matter was thoroughly discussed, and it waz decided that another meeting should be held after the Easter holidays. Should Sir George Grey decline to undertake the task, Mr. Villiers will, not improbably, be induced to do so. Not having been taken into the Cabinet he has plenty of time on his hands just now. I need hardly add that when Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Bristol unite, the subject which they take in hand is not likely to be allowed to drop. The splendid new joint-stock palace in Pall Mall, called the Junior Carlton Club, is all but finished, and will be opened on April 20. Unfortunately for the members, they have to leave their present temporary premises in Regent-street next Wednesday, so that for twenty days they will be without a local habitation, and that, too, during just the most active period of the club season. The new building towers above all the rest in Pall Mall, and is really a very fine structure. The Carlton, not wishing to be altogether outshone by its own &and, is repainting and furbishing just now. Private letters from India give some details respecting the new Viceroy, There could scarcely be a greater con. trast than thee is between Sir John Lawrence and Lord Mayo. The bte Viceroy was plain, and disliked state and ceremony the new Viceroy is determined to do the grand seigneur. He goes to the Opera in Calcutta in full fig, silk stockings, knee-breeches and all. Those who have conversed withhim speak highly of his pleasant manners and powers of conversation. Anglo-Indians generally are rather glad to lave a governor who has not very decided views of his onn, but who will be open to receive impres sions from peoile in the country. They think that Sir John Lawrene knew too much and interfered too frequently in entails. At the same time they admit that he has made anidmirable ruler, and they especially praise his self-control in refusing to do " brilliant " things for the mere sake of brilliancy when there was no room for them. Lord Mayo made one rather unfortunate mistake on his arrival, vhich has excited a good deal of laughter, and given occas.on to the not over scrupulous Indian press to be sarcastic at his expense. He telegraphed from Madras to Calcutta, "Secure an interpreter for my French cook." This shewed forethought, no doubt; but that the vice-regal mind should be occupied about such matters on being first brought into contact with a new country—a couatry which he has to govern—is thought sufficiently ridiculous. Prince Frederick of Schleswig Holstein has been visiting the Punjab, and tells some amusing stories of his adventures in India. On one occa sion he was attacked by a Brahmin bull. With a natural impulse of self-defence, he lifted his stick to strike the animal. Whereupon the owners of the shop in which the Prince had taken refuge rushed out indignant at seeing his Highness, who was only a G erman prince, strike one of their sacred beasts. The Prince found that he had changed the fryingpan for the fire, and, being sore pressed by the infuriated bull and the infuriated Hindoos, he took to flight. The Bishop of Calcutta is a great favourite, and is as active as ever. He, too, had a amusing inci dent the other day. Sitting one day in the verandah of a friend, he was laughing heartily, when he suddenly heard his laugh repeated behind him in exactly the same tone. Turning, he found a cockatoo perched just above him. The bird had been meditating an attack upon his buckles, but had revealed himself by this irreverent mockery. It is becoming every year more and more the custom for picture dealers to open picture galleries on their own account. They bring together a certain number of works by well-known artists, and others by artists who have yet to make their name, and sell these either on commission or .tber prev►ous purchase. The business is not a little speculative, for artists of standing will not part with their pictures unless paid for them at once, and a good round sum into the bargain. For instance, Mr. Cox who has lately opened a gallery in a place where no one would sus pect the possibility of such an establishment—Change. alley—had to pay by no means one of our chief artists, though a rising one, nearly £6OO for a picture that I should be very loth to purchase at that sum. In the same gallery are pictures by Landseer, Cooper, Sant, Etty, Goodall, Callcott, Millais (" The Tribe of Benjamin Seizing the Daughters of Shiloh," which obtained the Royal Academy gold medal), F, Danby, David Roberts, Turner, Collins, Nicol, Boxall, Mulready, Lee, Egg, Leslie, Hering, Stan field and Ward —a goodly list; but of course a fluctuating one, inasmuch as the pictures are all removed as fast as they are sold. Another picture at the same gallery, very large, and displaying much cleverness, is Jerry Barrett's picture of the last Drawing-room at St. James's Palace in which the Prince Consort took part. Nearly all the prominent figures are really excellent likenesses. Another collection of much interest is that of the late E. H. Wehnert's pictures. There are 150 of these, which nearly cover the walls of the Water-Colour Institute gallery. The collection shews great versatility on the part of the artist, and is the more worth visiting because the sketches of his principal pictures are placed by the side of the pictures themselves. Wehnert, a German by descent, was born in London in 1813, was educated in Hanover, and returning to England at 17, studied in the British Museum, and then studied in Paris, In 1837 he was elected a member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, now called the Institute, and remained one of its most valuable contributors until his death last September. His pictures include one very large drawing for a fresco, a few oils, in which he did not excel, and a great many water colours, by which he earned his reputation. Most of the works are for sale, and range from £5OO downwards. In literature, the chief announcement is that Viscountess Strangford is about to publish a selection of her husband's writings on Eastern Europe and Central Asia, subjects o which he had a special and extensive knowledge. Later in the year a further volume by the same editor will appear, prefaced by a short memoir, and containing Lord Strangford's contributions to philology, and a selection from his correspondence. The volume of Essays on Congregationalism, mentioned in a former letter, will be out to-morrow morning. It is a work of 278 pages, is entitled "Religious Repub lics," and is written by three barristers—Mr. W. M. Fawcett, Mr. E. G. Herbert, and Mr. James Anstie ; two Independent ministers, Mr. Herbert, of Cheadle, and Mr. Pattison, of Newcastle-on-Tyne ; and one M.D., Dr. P. H. Pye-Smith. One more game only remains to be played to terminate the very successful meeting of the British Chess Associa tion. Mr. Blackburne wins the challenge cup, Mr. De Vere taking second honours ; Herr Stenitz takes the first Handicap Prize, Mr. Wisker the second ; the Rev. G. A. Macdonnell wins the first Glowworm prize, and Mr. Wisker the second ; whilst the single Mongredien award lies between Mr. Blackburne and the Rev. G. A. Macdonnell. The decision of this last contest will finish all the four tournaments, and terminate a meeting which has brought together more British chessplayers than any previous gathering of the kind. A match is being arragned between Messrs. Blackburne and De Vere, and the contest will probably commence in a week or two. I also hear that an endeavour is being ma d e to bring about an en counter during the summer between twelve chess represen tatives of the North and a like number of the South. Lords Mr. Wyvill, formerly M.P. forß a v Richmond,e n s wo r thand an d Bey p o h b o a l b m l ye Sir John Trelawny, M.P., will take part in this interesting contest. Opera-goers are sorely vexed at the thought of losing Mdlle. Nilsson during the coming season. The Swedish Nightingale is now negotiating an engagement at the New York Opera. Mr. Cole is determined that his pet institution shall not hide its light under a bushel. He is now putting the South Kensington Museum in handbills, distributed to all the world, which would do discredit to Moses and Son. To such a pass of indignity has a Government institution been brought. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. OWL'S WISDOM. The Owl says with regard t o th e I r i s h Ch urc h Bill that an attempt will be made in committee to modify the clause relating to the compulsory purchase of tithe rent -charge by the proprietors of estates in Ireland ; also that Mr. Aytoun's intended instruction to the committee, having for its object the dissolu tion of Maynooth Corporation, and the cessation of all money payments, except moderate compensation to the professors and the students, meets with favour from some of the Scotch and thei Nonconformist members, and will probably give rise to a spirited debate after Easter. The opinion gains ground among the more advanced of the Liberal party that those who may suffer by the withdrawal of the Maynooth Grant should be dealt with no more favourably than the incumbents of the Anglican Church and the recipients of the Regium Donum. The same paper confirms the statement, we have already published as to the probability of the bishops abstaining from taking part in the division on the bill in the Upper House. The Owl gives the following miscellaneous items :- 6ir John Lawrence has decided to preserve his name in his peerage, and will be known as Lord Lawrence ; concerning which we may add that tne only reason against this selection is that there is already a Lord St. Lawrence, M.P. for Galway city. However this is not so close an approximation as that of the last Indian peer, Lord Napier of Magdala, to Lord Napier, the Go vernor of Madras.—The overnment contemplates in creas ing its debating power in the Upper House by raising a distinguished judge to the peerage. No name is given ; but, looking down the list of judges, we find none likely to receive this honour except Sir Alexander Cockburn, who is known to have refused it repeatedly, and as lately as at the formation of the present Ministry.—Earl Grey contemplates the introduction of a bill for amending and considerably modifying the existing law which regulates the election of Irish and Scotch representa tive peers. y —Lord Monck, believing that the efficiency a the Briti s h arm can be materially improved, its cost dimini shed, more complete organisation established between the active and reserved forces, and the militia better educated from a " musketry " point of view, intends early next month bringing the entire question before Parliament. —The Conservatives are following the example of the Liberals, who some months ago presented a testimonial to Mr. Brand, and are getting up one for Colonel Taylor, who a little while ago resigned the office of Whip. —Maj or- Gen. Simmon s ,ll . E . is likelyto be the new Lieutenant Governor of th e noyal Military Academy, Wool wich.—Colonel Mure will probably succaed Lord Glasgow as Lord-Lieutenant of Berifrewshire ; no doubt as a reward for giving way to Mr. Bruce when the representation of that county became vacant some weeks ago by the death of Captain Speirs.—Lord Glasgow has left :C25,000 to Mr. George Payne, £B,OOO to Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, £6,000 to Colonel the Hon. H. Forester, and has made General Peel his residuary legatee. His stud is to be divided between Generil Peel and Mr. Payne. It is not stated why his heir and half-brother has received nothing. schools noted for the curious uniform which the children wear, and the inferiority of the education in most cases imparted ; they are chiefly upheld because they afford redoubtable citizens the power of cheap charity. They are nearly all provided for by heavy endowments, and those who make presenta tions generally do so in the shape of children to educate. Thus the sons of an old and valued clerk or a faith ful porter may be provided for with little trouble and no expense. That the funds do not do all they might do, that in many cases they are wasted and squandered, no one doubts, except the wardens, masters, and clerks of the companies with whom they are connected. But these look upon them as very models of excellence, and are fairly startled with the proposition that the foundation shall be relaid. A meeting of those interested was held on Tuesday, and Mr. Forster's itching palm made the subject of a great many growls of denunciation. Ultimately it was determined to appoint a sub-committee to prepare evidence to bo laid before the select committee to which the Endowed Schools Bill is referred, with a view to obtain such amendments therein as will preserve to the Livery Companies of the city of London the administration of their educational and charitable endowments. IRE ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL. The City of London Corporations are in arms against Mr. Forster's Endowed Schools Bill. Posses /Rug Plik t Y _9l - 11214eh tkelle c9wpauiea _maintain tacle. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. We have good news for the public in the matter of the Bankruptcy Bill. The lawyers are frightened. They are going to lose their business; that is to say, creditors will no longer be obliged to pay away an estate in fees. "J. S. 5.," writing on behalf of his brother solicitors to the Law Times, says : " With regard to the letter of your correspondent A.,' it certainly appears that, as far as we haveany knowledge of the proposed provisions of the new Bankruptcyßill, and, I will add, the collateral Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt, these measures will con siderably diminish the business of attorneys and solicitors who practice in bankruptcy and in common law, and the matt_ r undoubtedly requires serious and immediate consideration. . . With regard to any one helping us, I am of opinion we arestrong enough to help ourselves in the only way in which there is any chance of our being helped—namely, by any obvious act of injustice which the measure may be shewn to cause being averted or modified in com mittee." It is to be hoped for the sake of the public that the lawyers are not strong enough to help them selves, for they will certainly do so at a most inordi nate rate. THE STRIKE AT PRESTON. Twenty thousand men out of work is an alarming state of things. And this is what Preston, the " town of jubilee," is likely to witness within a few days. That there should be a strike at all is most lamen table, but that it should take place while trade is depressed to ruination, and manufacturers and public are suffering from dearness of material, is most dis astrous. Whose fault is it ? Masters and men are recriminating on one another. The manufacturers say they are doing their business at a loss, and their position is that they only share the loss with labour; that capital cannot afford to pay full wages to labour when it gets nothing or less than nothing for itself ; and that the workmen must take the wages the state of trade enables the master to pay them. To this the workmen reply that as wages do not rise when capital is making large profits, they must not sink when it is making no profit, and that a standard price for labour is practically a bargain made on the basis of an average, the workmen agreeing to ask no more in times of exceptional prosperity, and the master agreeing to give no less in periods of exceptional depression. The workmen have this claim for sympathy, that they agreed to accept a reduction of five per cent., or to submit the matter to arbitration, both of which offers were refused. Altogether the disagreement is most deplorable. The Standard very strongly urges the men to give in, reminding them of 1854. " Eighteen thousand operatives then struck ; seventeen thousand are preparing to strike now. The streets were full of starved children, wandering about in search of food ; men and women with hungry eyes standing idle on the pavements ; soldiers and police in readiness to quell violence and protect property; and after vast sums had been spent, when positive destitution was at hand, when thousands of homes had been broken up, when the furniture of the poor had been pledged to the last stick, and when women had sold their marriage rings to buy a meal for their little ones— all that fancied heroism was found to have been fruitless ; work was resumed without the slightest advance of wages ; the place was physically and morally desolate, and the battle had been fought in vain. ST. PANCRAS, CANTERBITRY. A correspondent of the Times calls attention to the disgraceful state of St. Pancras, of Canterbury. " On the occasion of a short visit to Canterbury," he writes, "I had been reading Stanley's Memorials of the City.' Fresh from his glowing pages, I bent my steps to the venerable ruin of St. Pancras, expecting with eager eyes the traditional scene of the first celebration of Christian worship in England. I found the interior of the church, garrisoned by swine, a mass of reeking filth. Such was the revulsion of my feelings that it has induced me to trouble you with this letter, in the hope of constraining- the authorities to rid the town of an unworthy stain upon its religion, and the country of the disg - race so indecent a desecration of the earliest memento o: :s conversion." Mr. Gladstone makes provision in his bill for Ireland for the maintenance of national memorials. Can no such provision be made for England ? AMERICAN VOLUNTARYISM. The question of AmericanVoluntaryism is exciting some interest just now. On the one hand we are told of complete success, of good congregations and good ministers, stimulated to good work by each having to bear part of the burden, identifying them selves most thoroughly with a cause because each has something to do. On the other hand, we hear of poor ministers preaching fanatical sermons to narrow minded people, and are informed 'of the total failure of the system to sustain anything like a popular kind of worship. The higher classes sneeringly hold aloof, the lower are not touched. The Rev. F. T. Hill, vicar of Terling, in a letter to the Times, supports in some measure the latter view. He quotes Dr. Dwight in favour of his theory. The eminent United States theologian long ago called attention to the fact that in those States in which the ministers were endowed the proportion was one minister to every 1,361 inhabitants, but in those States where the voluntary system prevailed there was only one to every 19,300 persons. Mr. Hill declares that things have not improved since. The report of the American Tract Society for the year 1860 states that at least " one third of the entire population are -unreached by the ordinary means of grace." It goes on to say, " Wherever we look, whichever way we turn, we are met by the factthat multitudes of ourpeople—perhaps the bulk of our whole population—are not brought directiyunder the influence of the sanctuary and public worship." What does this prove on behalf of a State Church ? Are things better in this country? Is it not the universal complaint that dowhat you will there is a certain class which is not, and apparently cannot be, reached ? Mr. Hill's second point is more to the purpose. He calls attention to the recent complaint of the Bishop of Pennsylvania. "It is a melancholy fact," said he, " that some of the most useful clergymen who have left us during the past year have been constrained to do so by the entire inadequacy of their means of subsistence." THE LAW ON CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN JERSEY. The Pall Mall Gazette calls attention to a singular decision in the Court of Correctional Police in Jersey recently. A tradesman and a couple of officers were charged with inciting four bull terriers to worry a cat. The evidence skewed that the utmost torture had been inflicted on the poor creature, the de fendants apparently trying to prolong its sufferings as much as possible. At one time the dog had fastened the cat by the neck, another held the poor animal by the shoulder, another by the body, and a fourth-by the leg. They pulled the cat in such a way as to dislocate its limbs. The scene lasted from seven to ten minutes. The last time the dogs were set on the cat was dead. This was sworn to by four wit nesses, but the magistrate held that the prisoners were only taking steps to get rid of a nuisance. lle much deprecated the foundation of a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the island. In England, it might be all very well, but Jersey was too enlightened for that kind of thing. " I do not consider," he said, " that such a society is at all necessary in this island, where the prosecutions are carried on by the police and the Crown officers, without the prosecutor being sub jected, as in England, to any expenses." DEMOLITION OF ROUSES. At a meeting of the City Commissioners a report was brought up from the Sanitary Committee con demning some premises as unfit for human habita tion, and recommending their demolition. A discus sion of some length took place, and it was stated that the commissioners had no authority to erect new buildings in place of those proposed to be tak en down. The solicitor to the commissioners stated that the Labourers' Dwellings Act had been so alter e d in committee mat it was cunicuit romocal au - morale% to put it into operation. After some . Cl . l - 441481011 the report was adopted, and the houses w2 O A.. ; •„, ;; di ng i, be demolished. OBITUARY. To-day's obituary contains the names of Sir John Hadley d'Oyly, Bart., end Major-General Travers. Sir John was the eighth baronet, was born in 1794, brought up by the celebrated Warren Hastings, entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1812, was a judge in India, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother in 1845. He was twice married, and his first marriage was dissolved. He is succeeded by his son who los seen much military service in India, an is in his 47th y ear . Major-General Travers entered the Royal Marines in 1.841 and 1:10.0Ar443 maiorgposalin_OPO. lA_ had nut a snort time succeeaea - meutenant-ueneral Stransham as Inspector-General of the Royal Marines when he resigned the post, somewhat to the surprise of the public. It would seem that he was not in good health. He had seen a good deal of service. He joined the battalion during the Carlist war ; he obtained a medal for his services on the coast of Syria in 1841. He served in the Baltic expedition in 1854-5, and received a medal for the part he took in the capture of Sweaborg. He served as brigade-major on the China expedition of 1857-8, and was at the storming of Canton, where he was wounded. He was wounded also at the capture of the Takoo Forts, and at the subsequent operations which resulted in the occupation of Pekin. For these services he obtained brevet-major, was twice mentioned in the despatches, was made a C. 8., and received a medal and three clasps. He was subse quently appointed Assistant Adjutant-General, and then Inspector-General Royal Marines. THE INAUGURATION. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Seldom has Washington presented a more gay and excited scene than on the 4th March. The city of magnificent distances had not space in it wide avenues for the throngs. Brass bands, string bands, drum bands, firemen, Zouave;, glee clubs, Grant clubs, Tanners, Wideawakes, Volunteer corps, militia corps, the regular army, Irish, Ger mans, Negroes, the man from the Rio Grande, and the Green Mountain Boy, the Califorrian and the New York loafer, the Southern chivalry and the Massachusetts scholar, elbowed and pushed while a great procession formed to do honour to the nation's choice. Many remembered former inaugura tions and contrasted them with this mighty gather ing and grand display. One writes, " When Jef ferson was inaugurated, he rode to the Capitol on horeback. No friends accompanied him, and no procession filled the streets. I was a mere boy then ; but I remember all the facts. When he reached,the Capitol, he dismounted, and with his own hands tied his horse to the fence. He then went in and took the oath of office, returning in the same manner." At about 10 o'clock the pro cession formed between the White House and the Georgetown line, to which the organizations ex tended. The chief point of interest at this time was General Grant's headquarters, in the vicinity of which a large crowd had collected. At 10.45 Gene ral Grant appeared and took his seat in his own carriage, which was in waiting. He wore a dark suit, black silk hat, dark blue overcoat, and black pantaloons, and bore the gaze of the people with a composure befitting the day set apart for the greatest event of his life. The park phw on in which he sat bore his monogram on the side panels. Seated by his side was General Rawlings, his Chief of Staff and firm friend. In the car riages which followed were the Vice-President elect, Senators Cragin and M'Creery, Admiral Bailey, and the remaining members of his Staff, Gene ral Badeau and Dent and Colonels Webster and Leet. Under the escort of the United States troops, commanded by Col. Wallace, consisting of a detachment of cavalry, the carriages were driven to the front of the 14 hite House. The in- fantry detailed to perform escort duty were in line on the avenue, and saluted the party in the usual manner. Contrary to the general expectation, President Johnson did not join the procession, which also lacked another feature--a Cabinet, the seven wise men following the example of their chief in avoiding a participation in the ceremonies of the day. The procession was in motion at 114 o'clock. Brevet Major- Gen. A. S. Webb, the Grand Mar shal, had for his aides Major E. B. Russell, Captain Eugene Wells, Wm. Remsen, Major R. M. Hill, Col. Know, Col. Graves, Gen. H. H. Bingatn ; Capt. S. C. Plummer, Albert Delafield, Colonel Thomas, J. Hoyt, Capt. R. H. Montgomery, Capt. A. W. Preston, Willie A. Harlan, Lieut. Story, Lieut. Totten, Thomas M. Shepherd, Lieut. Met calf, Lieut. Garrison, Major Gardner, Lieut. Gray, Mr. M‘Blair, and Col. M'Nett. The first division was commanded by Colonel C. W. Wallace ; the second by Chief-Deputy Marshal Col. Jas. A. Mag ruder ; the third by Chief-Deputy Marshal Gen. Gallatin Lawrence; the fourth by C. D. M. Major Church Howe ; fifth by C. D. M. General James A. Ekin ; sixth division by Chief Deputy Marshal J. Abendroth ; seventh division, by C. D. M. Ge neral J. H. O'Beirne; eighth division, C.D.M. K. C. Clary. The brilliant procession passed up the avenue, and midst the din of artillery, the wind of drum and timbrel, entered the Capitol un dismayed by the rain and mud. The gallerie3 pre sented a most brilliant spectacle. The ladies pre dominated in number, and one vast panorama of pink and blue, interspersed with lovely faces and bright eyes, was the scene presented to the specta tor. Mrs. Grant, and her son in cadet uniform, were there, so were also Mrs. Colfax, Mrs. Wade, Mr. and Miss Matthews, Mrs. Thornton, wife of the English Minister, Mrs. Ford, and Mrs. Kil patrick. Ben Butler, always safe . to be doing some thing uncommon, stalked into the Senate Chamber late, with an unfinished cigar in one hand and his broad black hat in the other, and Generals Sherman, Thomas, Hancock, and Ferry, were in fun uniform ; near them was Admiral Farragut, Gens. Sickles and M'Dowell, Paymaster-General Brice, Generals Butterfield, Ingalls, and Meigs, Vice-Admiral Por ter, General Heintzleman, and Rear-Admirals Tau brick, Smith, Goldsborougb, and Dahlgren, Rear- Admirals Stringham and Stribling of the Charles town Navy Yard ; and on the right from the en trance were numerous Governors and ex-Governors of States and Territories, Assistant Secretaries of Departments, the Assistant Postmaster-General the Assistant Attorney-General, and the Judge- Advocate General, several Controllers, Auditors,and Registers of the Treasury, a n d many so li c i tors o f the various Departments ; also, numerous Judges, and the Mayor and ex-Mayor of Washington. Generals Sherman and Hancock attracted much attention, and the noble appearance of the former, from whose face the old compressed, anxious, care worn look has quite vanished, was the subject of frequent remark. The entrance of Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker to the floor of the Senate, and the assign ment to her of a seat on the extreme right, under the pursuivant protection of several old gentlemen, created many remarks, and some criticism. The ladies were curious to know what business she had there, questioning the propriety of her thus thrust ing herself into the immediate proximity of Ex ecutive dignity. She was neatly but plainly dresSed in dark-coloured garments, and her long hair hung over her shoulders. The lady took notes daintily, in an elegantly-bound reporting-case. Baron Von Gerolt of Prussia headed the diplomats. The Tribune describes Sir Edward Thornton as a noble-looking Englishman, with thoughtful but rather severe countenance, who now and then stroked his white whiskers, and looked at the clock anxiously Oa either side of him were ranged Mr. Berthemy French Minister, with his attaches, the Comte De Faverny and the Vicomte De Aulau ; Waldemar De Bodisco, the Russian Secretary of Legation, ad interim ; Senor De Altos, Portuguese Minister; M. Maurice De la Fosse, Belgian Mini ster Resident ; Mr. Hitz, Political Agent of the Swiss Government ; M. Rangabe, well-known for his judicious representation in the United States of Grecian affairs; Senor Garcia, of the Peruvian Lega tion ; Senor Don Valles, second Secretary of the Spanish Legation ; M. Mazel, Representative of the Netherlands; Mr. F. E. Belle, of the Danish Lega tion ; Senor Fontecilla, of Chili; Senor Mogaha gens, of Peru ; Senor Vela, of Guatemala ; Cay stano Romero, Acting Second Secretary of the Mexican Legation ; General Acosta, of the United States of Columbia ; and Senor Cortes, represent ing Venezuela. Beside Secretary Edward Thorn ton, there were present of the British Embassy, Francis Clare Ford, First Secretary ; Mr. Pierce Williams Freeman, and Mr. Vance, Second Secre taries ; Hon. Messrs. French, Howard, and Ward. The hours of the Fortieth Congress were en led. The Supreme Court, headed by Judge Chase, and clad in flowing robes of black, entered and took seats near the President's desk. Cheers and in describable 'confusion outside gave notice that the inaugural procession had arrived, and that Grant would soon appear on the Senate's floor. All heads were turned toward the entrance near President Wade's desk, and just upon the stroke of twelve the door opened, and the hero of the day, clad in a neatly-fitting black dress suit, and wearing yellow kid gloves, entered un ceremoniously, and pointing to the chair in front a the clerk's desk, seemed to inquire by a look if he should take it. He was politely motioned to it, was seated, and in a moment seemed utterly oblivi ous of the prying gaze of the thousands around him. It was enough to make any ordinary man nervous, but seemingly he moved not a muscle, save when he looked curiously at this or that fea ture of the great occasion, doubtless as solemnly im pressive to him as it could possibly be to any around him. Vice-Piesident Colfax appeared at the Presi dent's desk and read his inaugural, and after a brief and pointed address President Wade administere d the oath of office. Then the President, taking up the mallet, announced that the Fortieth Congress had ceased to exist, and the new President, taking the mallet, called for the swearing in of the Senators; elect, upon which ceremony General Grant looked wit h interest. IVhen completed, the President of the Senate gave node') that the pro,:ession would pro ceed to the platform on the Capitol front. The view from the platform was very imposing. The structure, draped in the national colours, seemed an immense magnet to which th)usands of people We re rapidly and irresistibly drawn. In the park, front of the Capitol, the ground was ra - liant wit h variegated toilettes, and all the trees bore ham° fruit. The concomitants of procession arrested hero and the: e, made the scene very picturesque. WO was a fragment of a Zouave company on one han d ' a line of cavalry not far away, an artillery train advancing in the distance, and there a long array of muscular firemen. The rain had ceased wh en , General Grant reached the platform, and he gaz e ' for some little time at the scene before hiin with evident astonishment, and he may well have do le so, for not even the most enthusiastic expected suc h a spectacle. He then took his seat between th e Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and Chief Justi c e, Chase. The Committee of Arrangements occuP le 3, the place President Johnson would have u sed had he been present. The Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and Vice-President Co l " fax, and the Secretary and members of t he Senate, were seated still further to the rear' The Diplomatic Corp 3 were assigned seats n est in order, and the remainder of the processiett was disposed about on the left and right. Af ter the shouts of the crowd and the thunder of th e salvoes of artillery had ceased, in a low voice be read his inaugural. Ex-President Johnson being ill, had all day kept his room in the house of John F. Coyle, whose guest he is till he leaves fot rennessee. General Grant still remains in his orll house, while the Executive mansion is being r e ; decorated. The evening closed with the ' fl ange% Ball, for which the limited number * of 1,50 0 t icket ° were issued, each admitting a gentleman and two ladies, not to mention the invited guests! 0 ball was given in the United States Treasury , ° e a of the grandest granite structures in the w orld, 3 ° 13 was on the same gigantic scale as everything ei ' done in Washington on this day to be remem bered ' ss inaugurating a new era. BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEMS.—General A• Hamilton is a candidate for Governor of Texas.-A T°11 „1 the arrivals at Washington to witness the inauguration.; the President was his son, from Harvard Universitl' Ex-Governor Henry A. Swift, of Minnesota, died on Thurir day, Feb. 25, at St. Paul. -Dr. Thomas. E. Wilson c e mitted suicide, in Louisville, on the 25th Feb. -Prefes i ° 1r Louis Agassiz has been re-appointed agent of the S"' as sonian Institution by a Senate joint resolution. -I sterra i o Wyard claims $125,848 for steel guns supplied to Navy Department in 1831, and a bill to pay 11"iDg preset' e by Mr. Scherde, from the joint Committee on Ordea.ereci was passed by the House. Senator Sumner has recel'i.eir a letter from the Right Hon. John Bright, asking b ie fluence towards the settlement of outstanding dieP tj. with England, to which he sent a cordial response' psi H. Hatch, Republican, was elected Mayor of Des geta lowa, over the Democratic incumbent, by three h'le'd-otl majority.-Secretary Seward's State Department OP° ea $4OO last year for soap.-Henry Ward Beecher eartich.. $40,006 last year, of which $12,000 was made by P re3 - ing, and $28,000 otherwise.-Secretary M'Cullocb, 11Pa, his retirement, it is said, intends to try his hand at fi , tiering on Wall-street. Ex-Governor Samue l Din' Leh. of Now Hampshire, died at Keene, in that State, iu 23, aged 70.-Mr. Kingsley, of Yale College, newt at Spain, narrowly escaped being shot by an insurgen`o, Cadiz.-The Hon. Samuel Titcomb is the tn na diate for Mayor of Augusta, Maine. - Mr E. M. C. G rec o , - Pension Agent, at Philadelphia, has tendered h is tion. General Itnboden sets forth in a letter the 131 1 . a. vantages of Virginia as a field for emigration. r fhis munication is one of great interest, and he fully prey" o f case. -The Boston Journal says that one of the last se the President Johnson was gramting a pardon toJ.D.Ma rti° ',,tr• defaulting cashior of the National Hide and Leather De, Mr W. D. Todd, who acted as clerk to Mr. Co ltoc `v ere' of the House, has been appointed private siret'ofg tary to the Vice-President. James Brooks o f Ne'w ,lid is the oldest, arid C. C. Bowen of South Carolina 'sfro.. to be the handsomest and youngest Congressnlan'cooate sident D. D. F. Farnsworth of the West Virginia of has been inaugurated Governor of that State in P i r n ited Governor Borman, resigned to take his seat in the . 11 - 0 of States Senate. Dr. F. Hall, a well-known P h y sici Rochester, New York, Las died suddenly. Afil e At the studio of Mr. P. F. Connelly, the roue rican sculptor, No. 10, Via Nazionale, Florence, is l o th, representing Honour arresting the Triumph of United with reference to those who fell in the late war in the olliag States. Death is imagined on the field of battle, ra t° b ig in slaughter, with banner flying and the reins give ll W ith horse, riding in triumph over the dying. T he aki,, forth which the difficult subject is grouped Las calla studio. much praise from the visitors to the young artists D'irea Sufficient evidence is thought to have tr3nsPaiost to warrant the Grand Jury in finding an indictment o. James Logan, No. 2, for the murder of Mr. Itog ers t . b, nth ° ther testimony has been given by Martha Elswer oina has hitherto been too ill to be brought up for e t.t3 vri tion, and this, it is believed, will fix the gu ilt o ,watltyla a soner. A dreadful murder was perpetrated in n , Sixty-sixth-street, on the morning of the 7tu• - Galva lahan was there found dead, and John Hilbert, a riot of scavenger, was arrested for the murder. The Italie°. his hovel presented every trace of the desperate Ai' which his mistress had been deprived of her life- liti-_,Oll, LADVERTISEMENT.I-Holloway's Pills --Public ; -It is the duty of every man to promote as fa r V O OOll l 9 the public welfare, and no one does this more enedisesse. than he who enables the community to withsta nd vitt, the Holloway's Pills exert this preservative Po wer I„ght be' most striking success when their aid has heel, 50t"be fore the malady has become deeply grafted Pcniftwoton° to They keep the blood pure and the bodily „vote; regular, even amidst the varying influences of ou _ c i e s of They protect the body against the deleterious 8? ;s" t oo' changeable temperatures, keen winds, excess.veriabi spheric moisture ; and Holloway's medicine 1%0001 exerts a neutralising or expulsive power, hig hil us iefen to persons exposed to malaria and those tions which are constantly present in som e d ao gere rties , to loco. the imminent risk of human life. ag gray mrin ° g LADVERTISEMENT.I-AvOid Medicines: they alwayss chronic complaints: but Du Bany's delicious hes tile nour. oo , Revatenta Arabica, Food, which yields three tittles co ed! a ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in otnervv., s li si and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong n e f e enet t° Bffe lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing se: f e w'. .0 regularity, anc , energy to the most disordered or e 1.0075in66. extract a few oat of 68,000 cures ;-" The Popes July 21, e by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413.- "Boss e, _ ec ia,lly -The health or the Holy Father is excel lent, est ' self emi r es abandoning all other remedies, he has confined huh o nsrlw to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. of which h% g ii bes,. ° l a plateful at every meal. It has prc,nueed surPriS;this tidal effect on his health. and his Holiness cannot prawi_ 25 s lent food too highly." From the " Gazette du Mdr,J ui .,'S e srs' li v u s No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seveß2 orvo_d complaint, waltir3 away, debility, nervousness, N.l,l"_'„iess, palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleepler,i; the most intolerable nervous agitation." Cure ; 15 , ye _I:, Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of 'Waterford, or ID dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indeser ibab!et, , ~,,,leaps dyspepsia, nervousness. asthma, cough , constipatio n „Tas spasms, sickness, rid vomiti n g.-Maria f 30 yo and 46,270: Mr. James Bozerta, of Fernley, Surrey, of diseased langs, spitting of blood, liv er derang. bout partial deafness. Important Caution.-Bewarewg.:,, a c hed unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to . authority, Baron Liebirt's name is most audacio_ll,.; In tins at ls. lid.; 1 lb. 2s. A.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d. ; 225. ; 4 lbs, 40s, Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA.ARI_,..7O., d LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cuPs toy 57 cl; cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 05. 1 ; 8 55 5, r ee at 555.-being about one penny per cup. The 3 "* o f post are sent free of carriage in England on receipt treet, Order. BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Begeh v don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. lit ° GUEST —On the 22d inst., at 12, Up per Brook-street, Lady Cornelia Guest, of a daughter.er. I. 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