The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, -~-- The upshot of Monday's debate, says the Times, was that Lord Clanvicarde's bill was postponed till after Whitsuntide, and in the meantime the Government will make up their minds as to the course they will take. If they can in any way come to a decision, we would earnestly suggest that they should prepare a measure, or at least let us know the principies which they intend to apply to the tenure of land in Ireland. It cannot be to the advantage of the country that another year should pass without some intimation of the nature of the measure which the Govern. ment proposes. Lord Monck protested against the coupling of such matters as the assassination of landlords and the legislation on land ; but it is hardly to be denied that to leave open such momentous questions year after year, and though they have been made the subject of significant speeches by members of the Government, must tend to excite vague expectations and to deepen the dis content with which it has long been the fashion for Irish men to view their relations with their landlords. Of course there are those who will say that the advocates of a speedy set tiement of the land qnestion n - ant to prevent the reform fLczn being complete and thoroughly beneficial. They will be accused of desiring to hurry through a measure which will be favourable to the land lyrds, instead of waiting for the more liberal scheme which the Government, after a year of con sideration, may produce. As far as regards ourselves, we utterly repudiate any such notion. We are convinced that the relations between the owner and occupier of land in Ireland can never be placed on a sound basis except by a measure which shall do ample justice both to the tenant and the landlord. And it is because we see in the House of Commons as it exists at present an assembly disposed to carry through even a bold and large scheme that we would deprecate the lossof time. The present Parliament was elected to legislate on the Irish Church and on Ireland generally ; it is in the first glow of youth and enthusiasm, the Liberal majority is unbroken, and there is no reason to doubt that it would sanction any well-considered measure which the Government might 'resolve on pro posing. The Post observes that on Monday the House of Com. mons, with what we suppose must be termed unabated energy, proceeded with the task of reducing to their final shape the several clauses of the Irish Church Bill. Pros ceedings in committee are not generally of the liveliest description, but a variety of circumstances conspire to render those in which the House is now almost exclu sively engaged particularly dull and tiresome. All the questions incidental to discndowment and disestablish ment have been so thoroughly "thrashed out" that nothing remains to be said, and the results of divisions on disputed points are always practically the same. Nevertheless the attendance of members in their places is rigorously enforced by the Whips of both sides, and Conservatives and Liberals respec tively find themselves obliged to forego dinner parties, visits to the opera, and halls, with a rigour which even the keenest ascetics would scarcely undertake in Lent. Even the custcmary expedient of pairing can only in exceptional cases be resorted to. The Ministry carried their point by a majority of one hundred, which probably surprised the Conservatives even snore than that of any previous division, but which proves that under all circum stances the Liberals are prepared to give an unhesitating and undivided support to their leader. The other sections of the clause were then agreed to, as also the 26th clause, which provides for the disposal of burial-grounds. The committee then entered on the consideration of the clause dealing with glebe lands and ecclesiastical residences, and at this point the debate was adjourned. The Standard declares that it is not possible to forget the tone of speeches made hs MG& No one who listened to Mr. Bright and Mr. one then, and believed in their sincerity, could &olio _ they meant to give the Irish Church her sacred buildings, her glebe-houses and gardens, free of charge; to leave her in possession of 'a considerable revenue, and to treat her claims in a spirit exactly the opposite of that carping, spiteful, malicious temper, spoiling with one hand half that is conceded with the other, that marks the bill. No one can doubt that, if then suggested, Mr. Disraeli's amendments would have been declared by his opponents to fall short of rather than to exceed their intended liberality to the Church. And when Mr. Glad stone denies that there has been a change in the policy of the Government, he either asserts that they did not mean what they said in 1868, or he affirms that they are now acting up to it. If the latter, he asserts what no one who understands the English language can believe. Can any one doubt what spirit inspired a contrast like this ; or whose was the power that, taking advantage of the ambition, of their necessities, actually compelled an English Ministry to insult the conscience of the nation by enriching a Popish college out of the spoils of the Protes tant Church ? The bill is not Mr. Gladstone's, nor Mr. Lowe's, nor Mr. Bright's ; it is the bill of Cardinal Cullen and the Ilornish hierarchy of Ireland. And if it pass it will not be the last Treasure of confiscation that, under similar dictation, will le presented by the Ministers of a Protestant Queen to a Protestant Parliament. The Star remarks that Mr. Disraeli appeased on Mon. day night in his favourite character of champion of those shadowy and impersonal rights which are talked of as the vested interests of the laity. He prefaced a long string of amendments, some of which he moved and some of which he delegated to lieutenants so diverse in 31..:1;ty and position as Dr. Ball and Sir George Jenkieeon, with a spailling shower of epigrams and sneers, discharged upon the heads of nearly all the keel:lg members of the Government. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Fortescue, and the Attorney-General for Ireland were pelted in rapid succession, and did not appear to be greatly disturbed by the infliction. Mr. Glad stone, indeed, in replying to the leader of the Opposition, made very light of the sarcastic artillery of which lie had been the object. The point of Mr. Disraeli's speech was that the interests of the laity had not been considered in the composition of the bill, and that this omission was inconsistent with the promises of Mr. Bright last year of " gracious and generous" treatment. He quoted Mr. Forteecue's definition this year of the bill as a " severe and sweeping measure ;" and he taunted Mr. Lowe with his repudiation of the generosity which had been avowed by his colleagues. In a few words Mr. Gladstone disposed of these verbal quibbles. There had been no change in the policy of the Government ; and while the generosity, or rather considerateness, applied to the treatment of individuals, the severity was the necessary consequence, and even the end, of the disendowing clauses of the bill. According to the Telegraph, some surprise has been excited by what has seemed the apathy with which Mr. Disraeli has seen clause after clause of the Irish Church Bill passed through committee. In that stage not a burst of rhetoric, not a premeditated epithet of indignation, not an epigram, not a criticism, has the leader of her Majesty's Opposition launched against the bill—until Monday. But he then made amends for his unwonted reticence. Before moving his own amendments, the Tory chief proceeded to deliver one of those philippics by which he has won his way to a front place in statesmanship, or, at least, in party leadership. Mr. Bright was reminded that he bad urged Mr. Gladstone to deal with the Irish Church in " a gracious and generous spirit," and thq Prime Minister that he had heartily responded to his colleague's words. But, after the general election, added Mr. Disraeli, not another word was said about being " zracions or generous." The Chancellor of the Exchequer —whose " sympathy with all the softer parts of ous nature " Mr. Disraeli did not forget to signalise—had pro. tested against the idea that we should be "generous " with other people's money ; and Mr. Chichester Fortescue had eulogised the bill as "severe and sweep. ing." Such was Mr. Disraeli's indictment. rut there is no discrepancy between the _statements which ths Ministers made when out of place, and those which they have set forth since they have been in power. The bill is " gracious and generous "—in some respects, perhaps, more gracious and generous than strict equality can warrant ; and to that characteristic we may justly ascribe the fact of its passing through the ordeals of public opinion and the - House of Commons with greater rapidity and success than any great measure brought in by any states man—even by Mr. Disraeli himself. The Daily News says that if the lawyers are right, neither the Archbishop of Canterbury nor the Privy Council has any jurisdiction over the Bishop of Natal. The Royal Supremacy ha.; creatul what it cannot control. It has conferred the duty, the position, and the title of Bishop, but has reserved means of enforcing responsi bility for them. 'the fault, hwever, does not rest in the colony, but at I: Mlle. CSC colonial bishopric.; were the ervaturcs of the vain ambition of the Bishop of Oxford and other dignitaries at home. They thought to anticipate the wishes of the i;olonists, and have overreached themselves. They were pretty sure that when the colonies came to self-government they would not do the right thing in this matter, and they tried to do it for them beforehand. They were not to be trusted to choose their own ecclesiastical system, and with the aid of the loyal Supremacy, most improperly accorded, prelates at home were in haste 0 put a little copy of our State Church in posses• sion of the ground. 3 ence all the difficulty and all the humiliation of these later year=. The Church has been betrayed by a few fussy self-constituted leaders into false position, and is suffering from it. Wom - EN PR EACTIERS.—A New York paper says the Methodists have boldly solved one of the great problems of the day by licensing women to preach. The Conference of the Ellenville District, New York, has given credentials for this purpoz:e to a widow lady named Vann Cott. The sing Sing Conference has referred the subject to a special committee. • MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE WRIT FOR YOUGHAL. There is likely to be a fight over the issue of the writ for Youghal. Ministers intend moving for it to-day (Tuesday). It is said that the motion will be resisted by the Conservatives, who will endeavour to obtain the notes of evidence taken at the trial of the election petitions, and maybe will ask for a royal commission. PIIODEILTY IN ADVOWSONS. The amendment to the Irish Church Bill proposed by Captain Archdall on Friday night, providing that compensation for advowsons should be paid not to the owners of livings, but to the Irish Church body, raised a neat point of equity. Sir Stafford North cote, in stating the whole case, left his . hearers in doubt as to what his opinion was. lie pointed out that a living was public property, vested by accident in one person. He shewed that, according to his opinion, this person—the landlord—was being com pensated for all his losses by the provisions of the bill. And yet he declared he would not vote against this person being compensated again. The Times stated his argument as that adowsons were not private pro perty. Sir Stafford, however, writes correcting this, and, so far as we can gather from his letter, what the i member for North Devon really does hold s that, theoretically, a living is public property. In its commencement it was such ; but practically—the sale of adowsons having become a recognised trans action—it has vested i:1 and become the private pro perty of the one who holds it. So though he speaks on abstract principles, Sir Stafford votes without them. THE STATE OF IRELA D. The unsettled state of Ireland just now is again illustrated by an example. What one of the Fenian journals recently described as the " agrarian war in the South," seems to be vigorously conducted. A magistrate and a landlord has fallen as the latest victim to it. Mr. W. J. Bradshaw, of Philipstown House, Cappawhite, was shot dead on Saturday morning at ten o'cloclf,ata short distance from his own house. It appears that Mr. Bradshaw left home about half-past seven o'clock to give directions to his workmen in the fields. lie seemed low-spirited and restless. He left to return by a sequestered path, with a stream on one side and trees on the other. In a few minutes two shots were heard, but no attention was paid to them. About nine o'clock some constables came on magisterial business, and Mrs. Bradshaw, thinking it time her husband should be at home to breakfast, sent an old man to look for him. He went to the fields and heard the deceased had left, and, following the path, found him lying in the stream. Sic feet from it was a pool of blood. The injuries were horrible—ten pellet and ten bullet wounds in the head. The police and the magistrates were soon on.the spot. Suspicion fell on a young man named Allis, the son of a small tenant. He could not be found, but last evening he walked boldly into Philipstown House, and gave himself up to the police, making statements of where he had been which they knew to be false. THE Mill LEGAL APPOINTMENTS. There seems to be much uncertainty about the Irish legal appointments. It has been stated that Mr. Barry, the Irish solicitor-General, has accepted the appointment of Judge to the Landed Estates Court. For this, however, there appears to have been very little foundation. The Advertiser now announces that he has declined the offer. Probably enough he intends to fly at higher game. The Advertiser adds, that in all possibility the office will be conferred on Mr. Stephen Woulfe Flanagan, formerly one of the l‘ksters in the Encumbered Estates Court, and brother of the defeated candidate at the last Sligo election; or on Mr. lha•id Sherlock, M.P., for Queen's County. Mr. 11. Law, the draughtsman of the Irish Church Bill, is also named among the candidates. TIIE COLENSO DIFFICULTY. Some one, it does not appear who, has asked the opinion of three eminent counsel—Sir J. D. Cole ridge, Sir H. Palmer, and Pr.lleane with respect to the Nat,llditliculty. The question they askedwas," Assum ing that the present Bishop of Natal has been guilty of an ecclesiastical offence, what steps can be taken to bring him to trial, and before what tribunal ?," The Times, which publishes the counsels' opinion, and also a leader on it, assumes that it is the friends of the Bishop of Capetown who have consulted the above-men tioned eminent lawyers. This assumption scarcely seems to be borne out by the fact that Dr. Coleus() is spoken of as the Bishop of Natal, whereas Bishop Gray and his partisans declare that Bishop Colenso has been deposed. How ever, the most important matter is the opinion itself. From this we learn that the Bishop of Capetown has no jurisdiction over Dr. Colenso ; that even if the letters patent granted to Dr. Colenso were valid, there is no tribunal, civil, criminal, or ecclesiastical, in Natal whichcan determine if Dr. Colenso's opinions are erroneous, or can enforce a decision ; that the Archbishop of Canterbury has no authority over the Bishop of Natal; that the Crown has no authority to try the question; and that the only ground on which the letters patent could be revoked would be • that they were ab iniiio void, and the result of the case " Bishop of Natal v. Green " renders it qu possible that they might prove legally valid. "We are therefore of opinion," add the counsel, " that no means at present e2(ist for trying before any tribunal competent to decide the question whether or no vr. Colenso, the present Bishop of Natal, has advocated doctrinal opinions not in accordance with the doc trines held by the Churchof England; and, a*suming the present Bishop of Natal to have been guilty of an ecclesiastical offence, no steps can be taken to bring him, as such bishop, before any tribunal. We do not, however, think that, upon the present mate rials, it would be satisfactory or proper for us to enter into the question whether, if Er. Colenso were pre sent within the jurisdiction of an English ecclesias tical court, and were in this country to commit any offence against the laws ecclesiastical, he could or not be proceeded against, under the Church Disci pline Act, as a clerk in holy orders of the Church of England." According to this opinion the Crown, even if it has legally appointed bishops in the colonies (which is doubtful), has appointed irremovable, irresponsible bishops, who cannot be tried for any proceedings, however outrageous; and thus the energy of those Churchmen who founded the Colonial Episcopate about a quarter of a cent ury ago, and the liberality of persons who, like Miss Burdett Coutts, have largely endowed colonial bishoprics, have been grievously misdirected. There seems, however, no doubt that Bishop Colenso can be brought to trial under the same conditions as the vicar of Frome. The Bishop's work on the Penta teuch was published in the diocese of London no less than Mr. Bennett's essay on " The Church and the World." The Bishop himself would probably throw no obstacle in the way of a fair judicial inves tigation. THE PREACHING SEASON. The London preaching season is now in full force. Bishops, being mortals, have a lively appreciation of the amenities of the metropolis during the spring, and probably more than half of the bishops who are not impotent are now in town. They make good use of their Sundays by preaching i n b e h a lf o f var i ous charities, or for their friends who have not yet advanced beyond the second cle r i ca l or d er. O n Sunday t h ree arc hb i shops and a lar ge num b er o f b ishops held forth at various churches. The Bishop of Derry, the foremost orator of the Irish Church, preached at Westminster Abbey, to an enormous congregation ; but though there were eloquent passages in the sermon, it did not come up to the high expectations which Bishop Alexander's fame had excited. At the Temple Church the Bishop o f P eter b orough preached to a congregation which con t a i ned a large number of notabilities, including the Speaker, Lord Granville, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. Cardwell. The Bishop of Oxford preached at Aldermanbury, on the excellencies of the Church Liturgy. TURNING ME TABLES. The harvest festival of the. Rev. Alan Greenwell. atHaydock, in Lancashire, willberemembcredbecause of the appearance of a pig's head among the offerings. Great was the out cr y exc it e d b y that unlucky gift of . the peasant who in the fullness of his heart gave of his substance, and never dreamed of the notoriety that his act would bring upon his village. Mr Greenwell shortly afterwards resigned h's cure and was succeeded by a Mr. Slier Lek. gentleman has given great offence to his parishioners because he has abandoned some of tha Ritual pr ac ti se d by his predecessor. On e o f t h e churchward ens h as p resen t e d his vicar to th e A rc h. deacon on th e gr O un d th a t the vicar would not weal the " legal eucharistic vestments." Archdeacor Jones declined to give the required admoniti on . A r appeal is now b e i ng ma d e t o th e Bishop of Chester and the churchwarden declares that he will, if neces sary, carry the matter into the Court of Arches. Clearly it is the Church militant which we have here on earth. MR. ACLAND, M.P., ON TIIE FRIENDS OP TIIP CIIUIICH. Acland was one of the guests at the festival ol St. Mark's Training College, Chelsea. In the course of his remarks the member for North Devon said " they had heard that these were times full of danger and difficulty—times in which the Church had tc encounter (as they were often told) hostility me treachery ; but he would say to the young mer before him, Do not believe that the cause of the Church depends upon any particular party in the country. Use your common sense and eommor judgment, and eo not believe that these who appe he stile to the Church, and are perhaps compelled tc ta!:e a course which wears that aspect, may not, aftei all, be some of the warmest-hearted and most earnest of Churchmen.'" Wise words these, and particu• larly needed just now. BETTING• AND LOTTERIES. The sober-minded publiq.will be glad to helix THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, 27, 1869 the revived energy at Scotland x aver. ror a ion time betting "specs," ES they are called, have beet allowed to defy the law and cheat the public. Al these are now about to be put down. The Star says "An order has been privately issued to prosecute al persons found dealing in specs' or shewing spec bills. The detectives are hard at work getting 111 information, and when they have the name; and addresses of persons who have sinneC against the law, the police intend to institutf a whole series of prosecutions. None of those con- cerned in the traffic of spec tickets are to be allowei to escape, and several hundred persons will be prose- cuted. The police have resolved to put down the traffic with a strong hand. In about three weeks time another series of prosecutions will be com. menced, and the parties then assailed gill be the agents on commission and tl;c owners of betting e' changes. These prosecutions will cause consider• able commotion amongst thousands of pc-rsons." Prussia and Austria which raged so furiously a little while ago. The North German Gazette, the greatest sinner, it will be remembered, on the last occasion, has begun the campaign with a ferce attack upon Count Beust. It holds him answerable for the publication of this despatch ; which is, indeed, a feasible assumption, for no doubt the Austrian Minister would be delighted to publish it. It accuses him of attempting to create dis trust of Prussia amongst the smaller States. And it winds up by charging him with seeking a quarrel, relying on the aid this time of the Hungarians and Solaces. body have generally suffered from the late cold weather. One of Postmaster Cresswell's first acts was to remove Andrew Johnson (junior) of Green ville, Tenneisee, lately of Washington, from the Special Agency of the Post-office Department. lie had been collecting Post-office funds in the South for some months. The President is said to regard Mr. Butler as leader of the House, and although Butler changed his opinions on the Reconstruction Bill, adopting those of the President, still there is generally believed to be an understanding be tween them on the leading measures. On Wednes daq a delegation from the Philadelphia Society of Friends had an interview with Gen. Grant in rela tion to the management oflndian affair3,proposiu g the Superintendent of Indian Affairs and his subordinates to be placed under their control. Colonel Pai ker, the Indian officer, lately on General Grant's Staff, has been appointed Indian Agent, and will work well with the Quakers. It is generally under stood in Washington that Secretary Fish dues not favour annexation schemes, and is oppose to in terference in Cuba and to the annexation of St. Domingo. Annexation policy is in his opinion a mistake, but it is known that the question of Cuban independence was discussed at a Cabinet meeting before a full attendance. Whether we cheat less or have less conscience than you Britishers I cannot tell, but our Secretary of the Treasury acknowledges less " Conscience Money" than the English Chan cellor of the Exchequer. He has just got, how ever, a $lOO bill from Providence, New Jersey, the sender addressing it to Mr. Fish, Secretary of the Treasury; another letter contained one dollar and a half in revenue stamps from Pennsylvania. In the election case from the Twenty-first District of Pennsylvania, where the Election Committee de cided that John Covode had a prinza facie right to the seat, the House has ordered the whole subject to be recommitted, with instructions to report on the merits of the case. THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The New York Tribune, which is considered to indicate the policy of the GOverntnent at 'Washing ton, unfolds in a series of articles on Canada, one reason for the rejection of the Alabama Convention. The dominant idea of the Republican party is union, which appears to strengthen as its extreme wing is neared. It is known that England sets no mate rial value on the Canadas, that they are to her a loss and a danger, provocative of a war which could only end o r N i e n mo t ri h gi e sr i a r tth c i oe o nne,qo butun e n s e t c , isupply ing, channelono f anyi tlSfivhethael what t e D s t f O li mio eyinganin, f no r t h t e h e dignity on real otth the United British at];un eit etdo provinces a nd loserespect o c f o l b o e n i i n e g s compen sationeportions ftou o rr f et t ho h on e tr ß hi s r ek i i t r ish adriesEfi defence i ng i n p e i fi r r e h ison; rigno w smaun i affi l ( e the rial ionevieenrtw invadersme ipu ing rower along their borders, being i by an act they cannot control, of another country. Whetherage of en t np h tr e n e v establishment s bbs o no f r more h toi re independ oenbsitnuneoobtaotjdl Dom i nion ietgoech autesib as udutnaiboin, o a thuthn n e: i s na t i or o gt n u about lilegr eth that ntwhichunion oi nn w t o e Tribune, r a i bu r does u ,e haveo u wouldr to the mother country and to the colony, concludes that it would be sound policy for England to sug gest the separation, and settle all disputes now pend ing with the Republic on that basis. The pre cedent of international law established by England is at last seen by British merchants to be the most injurious ever set by a nation against its own secu rity. If a cruiser can go fully commissioned, armed, and equipped from the ports of neutral Powers to seize and destroy the ships of a belligerent, acting as its own Prize Court, and burning at sea the cap tured vessel it condemns, a law will be in operation which cannot fail some day to be fatal to England's commerce. Now England's commerce is her life ; with it untouched she is chief among nations ; cut it off an.l she collapses, her wealth dwindles, her people starve, and she sinks to a position in accord ance with the tertitorial extent of the kingdom. To obliterate such a precedent, which a moment of madness allowed her to sanction, has, and wilt more become, as this is better unders.ood, an object of vital importance. Those who have watched the progress of the &spate are aware of the truth of our assertion. From the days when members cheered Mr. LAIRD'S proud boast in the house, to those when England heard with concern the rejection of the CLAREN DON-JOHNSON Convention, there has been a mighty change, and that mainly grounded on the know ledge becoming general that never was there such an instance of a man dwelling in a glass house bringing stone-throwing into fashion. Columbia, aware of the strength of her position finds that it suits her purpose to keep the dispute open, but we ima gine the Senate bad an ulterior object with which they connected that dispute when they rejected the treaty for its settlement. To Senator SUMNER has been attributed, as we before observed, some remarkable articles in the Tribune, and he is the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as the Senate's instructor and guide on those affairs. In these articles he associated the settle ment of the claims, the remodelling of the inter national code, and a firm and lasting alliance be tween the nations, with the voluntary withdrawal of the sovereignty of England from British America. Is it :not probable that Mr. SUMNER advised the Senate when discussing this question not to accede to any settlement until England was prepared to concede that which, however valuable to the United States, was really of no value to her? The tendency and tone of the .American papers is to exaggerate the wrong, and the injury done to the Republic through English sympathy with the rebellion, yet to reject every means suggested for the compensation of those injuries, and to such an extent are both car ried, that in Europe they are ascribed to sentiment and pettishness. Here Columbia is represented as e s h f e a n w c i i l e l d n o w t ro k n i g ss , d a e s n p l o a i r l i t n c o. h s i l h d e , w r o i a l l r i n g not overe good she and be friends, she will not take the cakes and jam, but that she will pinch and slap to her heart's content hereafter. Now it is just possible that Miss a very slygame. Mr. Sum- COLUMBIAmaybe playing NEIt is a leader of the extreme Republican party ; union, as we before said, is the grand idea of that fought, for f for m i il t ii h o u ns nd w re e d re s o p f art t y ho ; u f s o a r nd i s t, t f h el e l, w a a n r d was hu ndred expended ; but so strong is the sentiment in the Northern mind that the party strikes a sympathetic cord even when boastingly alluding to the sacrifices made to preserve the Union. Consider then the triumph to this party if they could make that very war waged for severance not merely the means of strengthening the bonds which bind it, but extending that union over the whole continent. The weapons were still red in the hands of the Northern soldiers when the attempt to found a Latin counterpoise on the Continent was sternly forbidden, and the first foreign fruits of Northern triumph was the with drawal of foreign soldiers from Mexico, leaving it a mere satrapy of the Union. But another attempt to establish a nationality has been in progress on the Continent in the Dominion, threatening a more seri ous impediment to the darling American idea of unity. 1V hat if the Republicans can accomplish the absorp tion of the Canadas through an incident of that war, carrying its objects to their legitimate end, for it was fought on the defeated side for the sove reignty of States, and would then result in one con tinental dominion. Nothing could more bring home the scope of what was contended for, the grandeur of the object, and the fulness o f th e success. This is what is necessary to compl e t e th e war, making every citizen feel that, however great his sac r ifi ces the magnitude of the gain makes them small, and the party under whose auspices the nati on h as achieved so much will be dominant in the Union du• ing the present generation, and hand a great name down to posterity. The Tribun e cons i ders that such a course on the part of England would open a new dawn of real friendship between the countries, based upon common interest and mutual honour ; a voluntary and magnanimous reparation having obliterated the memory of a mighty wren.. and buried the ravages o f th e i ronclads* in the' grave of slavery and the rebellion. " I have," said BRIGHT, in contrast t o th e Confederate success, "another and a brighter vision before my gaze; it * We wonder why the Tribune always calls these wretched . wyeden privateers "ironelads." may be a vision, but I will cherish it. I tee one vast Confederation stretching from the frozen North in unbroken line to the glowing South, and from the wild billows of the Atlantic westward to the calmer waters of the Pacific main ; and I see one people and one language, and one law and one faith, and over all that wide Continent, the home of freedom for the oppressed of every race and of every clime." JOHN BRIGHT is the most representative English man alive, and what his mind's-eye saw with enthu siasm ought not to alarm his countrymen. No other principle is better established than that the one thrives in the success of all. The wealth of pro duction developed in America is a source of gain to Europe, and if Africa, instead of being a dead continent, poured the riches nature hasstored therein over the world, the world would benefit in a secon dary degree only to Africa. In the retnatkable article in the Edinburgh Review, of which we have elsewhere riven an outline, the writer ap; car-A to conclude that the prosperity- of the Republic, if it continues to be prosperous, will be attained, not in consequence of, but in spite of, its institutions. But a glance at the world ought to have taught the reviewer that out of Europe the Union stands alone in its prosperity, in wealth, and civili zation, though other nations own territories as exten sive, and even more gifted by nature. While from the Rio Grande south ward to Cape Horn, igno rance, poverty, and lawlessness prevail, so as to throw them out of the pale—northward we have a comparison. Can the reviewer explain why the line of the St. Lawrence and the British boundary is marked on the one side by progress, material pros perity, and corn-fields, and on the other by stag nation and the primeval forest? Can he explain the reason of the exodus from Canada into the United States, which is now creating such astonish ment and even dismay ? No; while we grant the cur ruption, we contend that there has never been such an instance of national growth, and we conclude that to thole who have effected so much may safely be left the destinies of the Continent. If, then, Eng land, even more than other countries, would benefit by American prosperity, and that prosperity can be advanced by the absorption into the Union of the British Provinces, BRIGHT'S picture should be seen by England as seen by him. While advocating the end, we object, if our surmise be true, to the Means. The Alabama question has nothing to do with the withdrawal of British sovereignty from America. The subject, if openly approached, has a much better chance of success than as tacked to a threat and a bribe. No country aspiring to a leading place, and which valued the national honour, could consent to barter away its territory for security except on compulsion after defeat. Nor is the treaty—though termed the Alabama Convention— for the settlement of the claims 'arising from the ravages of the cruisers only ; for British subjects also have bills for damages. Yet, it is true, that in the spirit which actuates the community is to be found the real difficulties to a settlement, or facility in arriving at an amicable solution ; and from such a withdrawal, would ensue in the feelings it would engender, among numerous other benefits, the obli teration of a dangerous precedent, and the remo delling of international law. The article in the Tribune which called forth the preceding remarks was suggested by what it termed " a significant article of the Anglo-American Tinos." While thanking our great American conte.mper Lry i for its flattering allusion to us, we note in t a pecu liarity of American journalism. The Tribune is not content with saying that we are an " able London paper," but begins speculating on who is its editor. In America, the edito r is the spirit ; the journal, mere paper. In England, the journal is the spirit; the editor, a myth. If the journal be a power, the editor in this loses some personal importance, but the weight in soci e ty t a k en f r om himself is thrown with a multiplying effect into the scale with the journal. When one meets an apparently stupid man in society, and is informed that he is the edi tor of " an able London paper," the respect formerly entertained for that organ is subjected to a severe trial. Henceforth it is associated with whatever peculiarity or defect was observable in the indivi dual, even after he is buried. lIonAcE GREELEY, of the Tribune ; RAYMOND, of the New York Times; and BENNETT of the herald are like the chiefs of clans, and they always come up, as in Scotland, associated with that ilk. Indeed, as there where nawes are merged in the estate, they are merged in the papers, or rather the papers in them ; at any rate the two being so associated as to be almcst i n separable. Now, if asked who is the edi tor of the Pall Mall Gazette? we would reply, we neither knew nor cared ; not having even the remotest idea, and being content with our igno rance. IVho writes the Echo ? and our answer would be " Echo;" yet the editor of this rising young paper, so largely circulated in London, holds a most responsible position. We know that Mr. WALTER is the principal owner of the Times, and if the magnificent house he is building in Berkshire is to be taken as a test, his share can be no small thing. Although we lately saw the information in an American paper, we have no notion who own or write the Daily News, Standard, Star, or Telegraph, notwithstanding that the gentlemen who control these powerful organs of opinion exercise more in fluence in the canary than perhaps any other men in it. Would they exercise more, if each journal became as intimately associated with its chief edi tor as is the cas e in America ? C erta i n l y not, nor anything approaching it, for it is the abstraction that conveys much of the power ; the mystery that gives weight to the oracle; the very fact of its want of association with any individual on whom the imagination can fix it. No men can better tell this than the leading article writers of the Times. To them it must be intense amusement to enter society and hear their own thoughts reproduced, indeed their very words, as the utterer's own, while perhaps setting the spoken words of the writer aside with su percilious disdain. This must constantly occur, and ome of these journalists could give most amusing narratives of their experiences. But if the article were associated - with the writer, not even the Times could save it from losing vastly in import ance. At the same time that the knowledge would elevate the writer in the opinion of those with whom he came in contact, it would be out of proportion with the heavy cost to the jour nal. In England, therefore, editors wisely prefer to merge their individuality into their papers, existing so far as a mere abstraction. Another advantage in this is, that in shielding it from personalities, it elevates the profession. Angry men, with pens in their hands and a journal to give publicity to what they write, will often say what they wish to recall in their calmer mood. It is not because of opinion that men get annoyed with each other, but on ac count of the personalities imported into the con troversy. But these could not be introduced unless the arguments were connected with individuals. Hence one good reason for not allowing them to be so connected. A man can never write with an untrammelled pen on such questions as occupy journalism, if the public know who the writer is. What pleasant scenes we should have in drawing , * rooms, if, say, the Pall Mall critic was brought face to face with the lady author ; nor would it tend to make a dinner - table ageeable, if the writer of a severe animadversion on the speech or conouct of another of the guests, was at the table. The consequence of American editors photographing all their pages with themselves, is bitter personality, and often trag:cal quarrels. In France this effect is only less because the Press is shackled, while in America it is as free as air. A book more funny than any " Joe Miller" could be compiled by simply gathering what the editors say of each other in the States. We will just cast a glance through a file of an American paper fur an instenee —here is the result : "A Missouri editor speaks thus of one of his l_wethren of the press:—' 'no poor, old, dilapidated piece of flesh and bones who hangs himself out every week in the Jack son ,S7atzdard, and win,by common consent, was c.tnsi dered the jackass of the Editorial Union, has rattled his old skeleton at us.'" lla ! ha ! ha ! not bad that, as a sample, and we arc thankful to the king chance which has so helped us in our illustration. Although the chiefs of the great American metropolitan papers have made their names celebrated by associating them inti mately with such widely circulated organs of opinion, yet they are constantly subjected either to venom ous attacks, or to impertinent familiarities. Indeed TUE PUBLISIIERS AND TILT. DI:ITI Ii MUSErIf. There is a wise law in operation concerning the British Museum, which enacts that publishers of any works whats)ever shall send one copy to the libr, ry there. If this rule were carried out no publishes would feel the burden, and all Englend would be benefited. We are reasonably proud of the fibrils y and the more complete we can make it the betty r slut it is a well-known fact that publishers de not obey the law. The more eminent music publ:shers have long ago ceased altogether tc send their works. Is there no one to look after this matter ? There is also another theoly which Mr. Ayrton told to the House on Friday night that newspapers were sent to the Inland Revenue and from thence to the national collection. But here also the law fails in some way. Newspapers which, under the Stamp Act, must have been sent tc the office of the Inland Revenue, are now probably stuffed in some of the back rooms of Somers& House. At any rate, the British Museum authorities know nothing of them. TEE BROAD AND NARROW GAUGES. bet T w h e e m b i a s t t t e le ph o e f n t a h n e n ganaudg Brunel, geniusln the f fight e North has triumphed over the man of many defeats, and has added another to the list of failures already so large. The Great Western has giver in at last, and, in the place of the expensive broad gauge, they are laying down the more con venient narrow gauge. As regards the Midland dis tricts of England, the broad gauge is already a thing of the pre. Since the Ist inst. the Great Western-Rail way Company have eei.sed to run any broad gauge pu,•senger trains between London and Birmingham on Wolverhampton. Travellers between London and Shrewsbury or the North have no longer to change carriages either at Wolverhampton or Birmingham the trains now running between Padd7ngton and Birkenhead on the narrow gauge without any change whatever. Already,too, on the branch between Reading and Basingstoke, the third rail has been re moved, thus converting that line from a mixed gauge into an entirely narrow gauge line, and connecting the Great Western system with the London and South-Western Railway and the South of England In addition to this, the whole of the broad gauge lines north of Oxford will immediately be taken up, removing in the Midland counties the last trace of the system. THE REWARD or DRAVEP.Y. Is the Royal Humane Society in want of money. that it can afford neither .tt gold, nor even a silver medal ? We are compelled to suppose so when n t find that it has awarded only a bronze med• to Mr. West, of the I et'i Middlesex, SO gallantly plun d into the sea dur, the hurricane at the Dover Review, and save a brother volunteer when he was at the last gasp. II anyon e deserved the gold medal, Mr. West certainly deserved it. DRUNKENNEES IN THE ARMY. A general order has just been issued from the Horse Guards, dealing with drunk ennts3 in the army. The offence is to be punished by fines increasing in amount according to the frequency of the offence. There is a right of appeal to a court martial. TI e following is the scale of fines :—" First and second acts, admonition or confinement to barracks, at the discretion of the command i ng officer. For every subsequent act of drunkenness, if within three months of a former act, 7s. 6d.; if over three and within six months, es.; if over six and within nine months, 2s. 6d. ; if over nine and within twelve months, company entry ; if over twelve monWis, to be treated as the first act; when the four preceding acts have been committed in twelve months, 2s. ed. to be added to the foregoing scale. The fines to be levied in colonial corps (the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment excepted) will in each case be one-half the amounts above specified. and the maximum daily stoppage is to be 2d." In one part of the order the curious provision occurs that " all defau lm.e l s t in e an rs gniodins a re r uys e itliill.i to nc, be permitted to enter the cante en d ur i ng cer t a i n enable le fixed ni hours."y or unwilling to go into the tepweaonyr c a l a m s : fi a w n s e li p i e l f n e o c r i a h b getting drunk again. Or, to put it in another form, the men who is still undergoing mulish - lent for having y:e:e.ed to tempt - ,tlon, is, by the tvis . dm of the l ihrse Gur.rj.s, to be exposed to temptation a second time. FOREIGN NOTES. THE CONSPIRACY AT lIILAN. The plot discovered at Milan was got up by Mazzinians. According to the rersercranza, it was very skilfully arranged. The conspirators had been divided into sections and subdivisions, Milan being only one of the principal centres. Revolvers and Orsini bombs had been dis tributed. It was agreed that at dawn on a certain day the discharge of a number of bombs should be the signal for the rising at Milan to commence ; all the principal civil functionaries and military authorities were to be arrested as the first step, in the hope that the police and soldiers would be powerless without leaders. A considerable number of the conspirators have been captured, including not a few army officers of the lower grades. Letters by Mazzini have been found on some of these individuals. What chance of success the Mazzinians anticipated it is not easy to divine ; but it is evident that, at all events, a serious attempt was meditated. The Italian papers express much dissatisfaction at the conduct of the Swiss Government in harbouring Mazzini and his accomplices within its territory. According to one letter, General Menabrea had addressed an " energetic note" to the Government at Berne demanding the expul sion of the Mazzinians from the canton of Ticino. 'I he Italian Government, it is said, will even blockade the canton if satisfaction be not given. CRISIS IN PORTUGAL. The news from Portugal is vague, mysterious, and dis turbing. "Fresh insurrections," we are told, " quickly re pressed, break out every day in the army." Nothing is said as to the nature or extent of these outbreaks, but it is clear that the country is in a very unsettled state. The King has called the Duke of Saldanha to take the Presi dency of the Council, with the portfolio of foreign affairs. But this statesm: n declines to face the situation. He excuses himself on the ground that he is too old, and that the difficulties which await the Government require prompt and energetic measures. THE SPANISH THRONE. At a recent sitting of the Cortes, Senor Zorilla told the Republican minority that the refusal of Dom Fernando had not left the Government without resource. They still had a candidate. This is believed to be Prince Leopold, of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, elder brother of Prince Charles of 'Roumania, and brother-in-law of the King of Portugal. In no way is he connected with the Bourbon family. DIPLOMATIC DISCLOSUI FS. The careerpf the admirable Mr. Benjamin Higgs is not, the only case which may serve to point the moral that nothing is so damaging to success as too close inqniry into the means by which it is attained. The Prussian war of 1866 was a striking triumph, but unfortunately for the credit of Count Bismarck and his royal master, all their fine schemes are now being detailed to the world in black and white. A few mouths ago the publication of the famous TJsedom despatch, in which Count Bismarck laid down a scheme by which Prussia and Italy were to achieve the utter ruin of Austria, was the source of infinite annoyance to the Prussian statesmen. Count Bismarck was obliged, for decency's sake, to disavow the document— a task - to which he address'A himself under the pleasing consciousness that nobody would believe him. A still more mortifying disclosure has just been made. The other day we gave the substance of a despatch ad dressed by Count Bismarck to the Prussian Ambassador at P. aria. Thi s creditable communication was sent by telegraph in cypher, but the Austrians " milked" the wires, and discovered the key to the cypher. The despatch is to be published in the fourth volume of the great work on the war by the Austrian staff, but it has been given in advance by the New Free Press. In it Count Bismarck informs the Ambassad or that Ki ng W illiam cared little or nothing about a North German Confederation. What he wanted And yet ii King Wil liam substantial had additions was aunt xati on — conquest in the good old style. He would to n Prussian t co nsent t t e o r r m i t a o l r e y e . peace tbo ( re peatedly assured the world, at Wiesbaden and in Hanover, that he never intended to deprive his brother German sovereigns of their crowns. He followed these sincere protests by the declaration that he would rather abdicate than return from the campaign without conquest. Well might the French journals copy this despatch with openly. manifested glee ; well may the Prussian papers protest against its publication. The assurance that the unity of Germany means, in King William's phraseology, unity under Prussia, is not likely to gratify the Southern States. PAPER WAR. As might have Le( n expected, this revelation has been the signal for a reopening of the journalistic strife between OUR INDIAN POLICY. Everything passed off .well at the meeting of Lord Mayo and the Ameer Shere Ali. Never has such a "durbar" been held before. Judging from the accounts, it seems a mistake to say that the proceedings were con ducted " regardless of expense," for the masters of the ceremonies have apparently been anxious to get rid of as much money as the occasion could possibly warrant. So lavish was the outlay that the nun of India bluntly calls it sheer waste. The Ameer reached Umballa on the 24th of March, and Lord Mayo arrived on the 27th, the troops forming a line two Miles in length from the railway station to the camp. In the afternoon the grand durbar was held. Lord Mayo welcomed Sher° Ali in a short speech, trusting that the visit would he the commence ment of many years of amity between her Majesty and the ruler of Affghanistan. Shere Ali's reply came up to the usual princely standard of oratory. Then came off the return durbar, given by Shere AIL On the 30th took place a review—one of the finest ever held in India. Lord and Lady Mayo were present on horseback ; the Viceroy was mounted on the national elephant. Again everything passed off successfully. The Ameer was delighted, but apparently his pleasure was not without alloy. Despondingly he is said to have remarked that he bad not seen a handsome man within the boundary of British India. De gustibus, &c. This review took place at six in the morning, and at eleven the Viceroy held a levee, and at four His Excel lency had a private conversation with the Ameer. Nothing is known respecting what took place; but the Times of India says " it may be regarded as certain that, whatever Shere Ali's wishes may have been, no treaty or definite engagement was made. It has probably been con sidered sufficient for the present to assure the Ameer of the friendly disposition of the British Government, and to prove it by useful aid in arms and money." The Times of India, notwithstanding its grumbling at the expense, believes that the meeting will improve our rela tions with Affghanistan, and perhaps other Asiatic peoples. And this seems probable. A telegram from Bombay states that all Shere Ali's rivals have disappeared from Affghan territory, that he is greatly elated at the result, and ascribes it to the Umballa meeting. A NOBLE CAPTAIN. (11.oni the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YonK, April 10. w lic A grand military ball was given by the Seventh Regiment on Thursday, the most brilliant of the season. Very shortly a magnificent hotel and opera house to cost $1,000,000 will be commenced between Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets on Broadway, by Mr. S. M. Pike, which will make the third in this city. The Fire Marshal says that last month there were 79 fires in New York, 12 of which were caused by carelessness, 5 by explosion of kerosene lamps, 3 by upsetting of the same, 3 by children playing with matches, 3 by spontaneous combustion, 1 by explosion of chemicals, 1 of in cendiary origin, and the rest unknown. Total loss on buildings, $64,790 ; stock, $237,390; in all, $302,180. Total insurance, $982,260. Trade is very bad, money awfully tight, things having ar rived at a point which causes real alarm. The country banks are drawing largely on ours, which are , by no means in a position to meet the drafts, and exchange has gone up to a price which pays to import gold fr to Europe. The ships are accumu lating at our wharves. List Saturday the number was 549, of which 80 were steamers, 73 ships, 145 barks, 162 brigs, and 89 schooner:. Owners say freights barely cover expenses, nevertheless the real estate mania continues, though there have been signs of its breaking. The railroal ticket agents had a great meeting at the St. Nicholas llotel, to adjist the freights and p tssenger rates between the West and the seaboard. Focty-seven delegates were present., including 11. W. Gwinuer, of the Pennsylvania Railroad; D. M. Boyd, jun., G. A. B Philadel phia,Philadelphia and Erie ; Wilmington, and Baltimore ; and T. N. Raus kin, of the New Jersey Railroad Company. The result of their deliberations will soon he known. So wig the investigations of the commissioners ap pointed to look a:ter the bridge at East River. It is believed that the bridge would be in the way if the shipping business was done by clippers as for merly, but as it is not, slight inconvenience only, it is thought, will result. Tio Spirit notifies its sub scribers that when they receive the paper in a blue wrapper, the time for sending in subscriptions will have arrived. It says that great things are expected in the coming yacht season in the contention between European and American yachtsmen. A fine new schooner, built for Mr. George Lorillard, was launched during the week from the yard of Messrs. C. and R. Poillon, who built the Sappho. The new vessel is called the Meteor, and she follows the favourite American model, having a length on deck of 120 feet and 27 feet beam, to 9 feet 9 inches depth of hold. Senor Mauricio Lopez Roberts, Spanish Minister to the United States, and P. 1). de Rivera of the Spanish Legation, are at the Albe marle Hotel. WASHINGTON, April 9. Mrs. Grant commenced her receptions at the White House last Tuesday afternoon, and intends to continue them on that day. Her unfortunate husband had had a tooth extracted, and being sur rounded and beset by office seekers was not pre sent, but Mrs. Grant was aided by Mrs. Senator Williams, and the attendance was very large. The Secretaries are trying to decapitate long-winded bores, and it would indeed be a blessing could they succeed. Secretary Borie has published a notice asking his visitors to stick to business. The Su preme Court intends to hold a session during the months of October, November, and December, then to adjourn over the holidays to the Ist of February, when the Court will hold another session of three months. If the bill to reorganize the Court,now pend ing, becomes a law, the periods and times above mentioned will thenceforth be a permanent arrange ment. Mr. John Jay is here, and is said to have declined the mission to Austria, while his friends are pushing him for that to England. It is rumoured that the President has telegraphed to Mr. Reverdy Johnson to resign, and the belief is general that Mr. Motley, who is also here, will be his successor. General Sickles has refused the mission to Mexico. The Finance Minister of that country, Senor Romero, is on his way to Washington on a special mission, to ask for money, I suppose, as that is what Juarez seems most to need. General Stoneman is also in Washington, but leaves immediately for Key West, where his regiment., the 12th Infantry, are to go instead of to California as before ordered. His successor in the command of Virginia, Gen. Webb, • is turning out Stoneman's nominees by the dozen. Mr. John Davenport has been in Washington work ing on behalf of the Union League of New York for the re -appointment of the Committee on the New York election frauds. Longstreet is here, as well as Magruder, who is d e livering lectures on Maximilian and ;Mexico. Gen. losecrans, it is rumoured, will be recalled, at the request of the Mexican Govern ment, who have made charges against him. Gen. Whittaker is looking f tf•r the Hartford postmaster ship. General G. K. Warren has returned from investigating the Union Pacific Railroad. Charles M. Wilder has been confirmed by the Senate as tin) Co!umbia Postmaster on a salary of $2,800. His appointm nt is remarkable as being the first negro , and ex-slave wlo has obtained such a post, and South Carolina has the honour of receiving the coloured postmaster. Frederick Douglas has been pushed for the Haytien Mission, for which a strong party are bent on nominating an African ; but he says he would not accept the appointment if tendered. Laroche is expected here to act as Minister for th.►t island. Mrs. Thorton has been very ill with a sore throat; indeed thQ diplomatic A correspondent of the Daily News records a gallant deed by Lord Kerr, commander of the English warship Hercules. Whilst at Lisbon, the other clay, a sailor fell from the rigging into the water, striking his bead against a boom. The man was stunned, and would have perished in the water. Lord Kerr gave the order customary on board a ship•of-war when the cry " Man overboard !" was raised, but for the moment 110 one stirred, then in a twinkling he stripped off coat and vest and plunged into the river, succeeding in holding the man up until assist ance came. people get so much int o th e h a bit o f speaking o f HORACE GREELEY that no one ever thi n ks of putting„ " Mr." before his name. " Shake hands Ilort writes GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, " and do not do 1° again." The truth is, that Ameriens, notwith standing their Republican principles, perhaps 1110I.e covet individual distinction than any other people. If they cannot bear titles (by the way, wherever they can th e y d o , e i t h er o f army or navy ra nk, or the degrees conferred by universities) they Se ek t° make their names known among their fellow citizens, and so m e d o aston i sh i ng t hi ngs for the sake of a momentary notoriety. There is a rrylag curiosity too in :unericau journalism which drag s fer,h everything into the light of day. Like Pawn brokers in the North of China, while ailing and turning their old cloths, they are shouting thew for inspection and sale ; there is no washing of that linen at hoMe, nor anywhere else but in the thronged market place. Although English jon r : nalists might know little or nothing of their brethren editi ng p apers c l ose b y, " all the i r i n s and outs," as BUTLER sa y s , ate k nown i n N ew York . , and if any one of them wishes to have his domes history told and all his peccadilloes exposed, he must manage to give offence to a BENNETT, o r RAYMOND, or a GREELEY, and one of the reporters will follow along his trail from his birth up to th e time of publication. AMERICAN POLICY TOWARDS CU.DI' (From the Anglo-American Times.) The Owl has been writing some sensational non' States sense - about the a ttit u d e o f t h e U n i te d towards Cuba, of whi c h th e d a il y papers a vaile d themselves for the catchpe nn y h ea di ngs w ith whic h the streets - wer3 placard e d. H a d t h e muc h late; intelligence from Ameri ca th an th e l etter on Till ic the Owl ground s it s assert i ons b een looked throug h they would have seen that " GRANT had not run mad ;" that " th e f ee li ng against England 81-1' France and Spain" was not being worked UP , ill Congress and in the p u bli c press ; an d i t i s simply untrue that GRANT and his friends ardently lo i t for a foreign war. H ow can th e Ti mes reproduce such a hooting as this ? " The entire fe el ' ing pervading the high officials is one of ha t ,: red to England, and to France in a less degre e ', The Secretary of St a t e , a we ll trave ll e d , educateu; moderate and conciliatory man o f sense, an d Senator SUMNER, work Foreign Affairs a t Washingtol): Those who know them are aware of the falsehneu marking a paragraph w hi c h h as b een cop i e d into almost every English paper, and it is lamentable that such stuff should be believed in Europe' General GRANT, like all generals who have se en most of war, hates it. He knows that it has bee n the indirect means of breeding a dangerous 05 ' ruption in the Union which will require a v er ?: strong and combined e ff ort to eradicate, and he aware that this is not to be accomplished Withou t producing a co nvu l s i on, except by a. handling- bo th ; skilful and vi go r ous . I t i s as untrue also that his advisers desire war, as that the feeling of the high officials is one of hatred to Englae ti. .Why three of the highest are Massachusetts Me n ' and a Massachusetts man inspires the for ei g il t policy at Washi ng t on, w hil e another will repr o° The United States at the British Court. The pan graph would not deserve an answer, had it not be en copied so extensively, and furnished these sensation headings. The real position as regards Cuba ' OB one, when the ma il l e f t on the 10th inst., of do ub,, c i and uncert a i n ty. M any American journals denied even the existe n c e o f a revolution in Cana. f r he New York, Times writ es th a t an English gentleman„ had ridden through the island in search of the rebellion, but a t eac h v ill age it was dec l a re'' to be a few miles further off ; that lie never came up with it ; eventually arriving at Baran; nab without seeing a shot fired. Another leitu ing Republican paper suspects that the CL 11)3 , 11 revolution, like the I r i s h R epu bli c, i s quartered 0 New York ; that most of the military operation' are carried on in the neighbourhood of the Gil . Hall. The Tribune, in au article on the 10th in st '' answers these sneers, describes the physical form a ' tion of the isl an d, an d s h ows t h at i t is i mpo ssible for the insurgents to carry on regular military OP e , - rations there thou g h th ey h o ld the interior. GHANI'! policy has be e n di s ti nct l y pronounced--vigorously to protect the resident American citizens, and in vigorously to suppress the expediti o ns fitting out '- the United States iu aid of the insurgents. 9 ' prepare f or b ot h Admiral 11 - oFF's fleet ling been gr ea tly streng th ene d , and by a te l e gram from W as hi ng t on l ast M onday we learn he 5 to be reinforced by eight more steamers ni°l lo ing 77 g u ns . A man o f war i s stationed a t the mouth of the Mississippi with strict orders to tercept any supplies for the insurgents. The dest i ; nation of General S T®NEMAN and h i s reg i men t been changed from California to Key West, with the design, it was thought, of placing theta °13 5 board the fleet. Both sides have made strenne n ; efforts to purch a s e some o f t h e American nionit°r formerly offered for sale, but Secretary Bonir' de ; clined to entertai n th e i r proposa l s, thoug h, it ; said, that the two lately sold to Peru have falle n into the possession o f th e i nsurgents. Th e i r agent were active in the U n i on , an d push i ng h ar d fer some official recognition, bnt as yet without al 3 / success. Sir Edward Cunard, who died in New York (9/1 1 the evening of April 7th, was the son of Sir Sani ue Cunard, created a baronet, of the United Kin g dom in 18 09 for his servic;s in establishing the trans-Atlantic steattl ship line. 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E ach box of Pills is wrapped °Psvill printed instructio ns f or t h e guidance of invalids, who boa readily understand, from carefully readi ng th em , tho iv way of regai n i ng h ealth. Holloway's Fills work a t rough change in the constitution of the weak and netv () LADVERTISEmEXT.)—Avoid Medicines: they always agg r ' i l chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health-rect o . Re valenta Arabica Food, which yields three times the no ul A .l ,?eo+ moot of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other renie",; o d and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, 6 : ) ,;i0 1 lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, fun et "Ve regularity, anti energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. re d extract a few out of 68,000 cures ;—" The Pope's health res t i ° 4 66. by Du Barry' s F ood. Cure No. 68,413. " Rome, July 21, '",„-,e —The health of th e H o l y F ather is excellent, especiallylY abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself ent ir i et to Du Barry' s Revalenta, Arabica Foed, of which he conag e ' oo a plateful C, every meal. It has prod uce d a surprisingly b,cel Ileia I effect on his health. and his Holiness cannot praise this c: l ott lent food too highly." Front the "Ga ze tt e du Midi, July 25 , i t No. 58,216, of the Marchione s s de B re h an, of seven years] vo o complaint, wasting away, debility, n ervousness, w i t h a tier 0,1 palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant s l eep l ess ness, , 0 0. the most intolerable nervo us a g it at i on.. " C ure No. 1,7 71; Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many L o o dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty y ears ' i n d escr ib able ag ora' Th dyspepsia, nervousnes s , as th ma , coug h, constipation, lla tui o spasms, sickness, and vom iti ng .—M ar i a Joly."—Cure 0,0 46,270: Mr. Ja mes R o b erts, o f F r i mley, Surrey, of 3 0 Y awl diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, any partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the l i ot unsavoury and more tha n sloppy i m it at i ons to wh i c h , iv 01. authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously atta e lbs, In tins, at ls. lid. ; 1 lb. 2s. ed.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d ; 5 lbs. lls.',,ljojeo - ; •r 4 lbs, 40s, Also Du BARRY's REVALENTA.AF PICA' 'i o r 24 LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 25., o w) cups at Is. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at :AOs., for 57 , 6 t ins at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 5 5 s' fl ee are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post .„ , „ 0 Orden—BAßßY nu BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent street. don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. LISTOWEL —OO the 24th inst , at Kingston House, the Countess of Li s t owe l , of a daughter.. „•f o Of HA MILTON— 0 n th e 23 t h inst., at Eaton-square, the i• f Lieut.-Colonel Rainilton, of the G rena di er Gu a rds, 0 daughter. . Marriages. STARhEY--MEICOCK—Ou 010 24th inst., at All Saint. Kensington -park, John Starkey, Esq., if St. LeonaL oo , on-Se a , to M a tild a, youngest daughter of the lato peacock, Esq., of Drbytou-green, Ealing. 'At SIMPSON--CUNLIFFE— On the 22d inst , at Stockton -10 '0o Warrington, James William Sim son to EnclL.ar s,,cond d aug ht er o f J ohn Cuuliffe, Esq., of Walton, " tington. Deaths. BAR * ING—On the 25th inst , at Nice, Henry -B' ; n • Baring, Esq., a ge d 65. w ieiCt PARKER -0u the 24th i ns t., at All er l um House, Ale SanYWA Parker, Esq., aged 70. d TowNsEND— On the 24th inst., Frederick Towl , S e ' Great Tower-str ee t, city, aged 65. - - London : Printed and Pibliahod by WILLIAM AND 1,2, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 211.1 L Sus Odic', o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Se troy In the 00111 " Iliddlesez.—Tuesday, April 27, 1869. RINAHA/s AIR celebrate( vrize Medal. Pure Mild, Nold in Btles the Agents in the' 8 , GREAT Observe the Rec LL Whi s k y . L yi;: isTe rni tan A me L oori 14, RUSSELL- Ai JO or Leaseholc l' ir' je we ekly, mon erms free on re „,.. : G na r te a s t , v:::: : : IR OYAL 1; et.—Mr. A rthu fines in 'the Or Teo,r,terful. Illuqio A........_ esPe3AllB' "arrY and Kr. talented artistes. Mi Open at 7 . .;0 . Private boxe s , 1 MAC M 111 IE , Bak, _, tr , r (of wich) 111 s ?nission.ls •Chn the Morning.' until ARGYLL. .. have oor na be en and Co. The eel at. attraetiv Pr Dance u us i c e . Dool WIN Musical Dire cc] THE above Lunche tor ei • •evili '°ll, n. Legs OR IGINAf. ANI ASIILEI Crushed Port fl V ery t • uie Pale, I Shipping), Vint Sparkling Chamr l erY, Qualite Su; S araPle cases o bottles Sherry, tm GARR] he B„....PordePauel:n hiski ilinAet " 1181 gnee for N celebrated PALE from also be seen at th number of Hotels of others wanted i sort 4...topiani4ilfst S p,i:Lero, n nsey., l s,tles E ihtLinii i ;akagnT T rsEdit l aci: F ennAcnici l ,..r il se, . N.a n i : te Ad an o i M in D id f naa : i tnn En et A i : n ne ' T ,ENNA/iT, ALINERALS, GEOLOGY, an guineas each. ,24-1-NERALOGY LINT] GL , Offices -1, D The Invested ,Pi re Revenue to J:he moderate ra Botins for the I "ntlee as SPEC render them pa le ave is grant d thi r t y e Lays after RING'S C L 4r PEA.L street for I Pauses. Assists JAI SE AAIEN'S 4,s'lcns, who are t r4tuB street,TS . 7 v 1.19161-O e i:inecrTr o Gej;traen"sllpy:enPan.nsw9 re: t i. trlit ( lll(l Qualification NA'rIGN A.l u_ Rhm tv _ dor the pat tons her Gin a eb 0. y the all ahges,ome ( I ,!'ungd . om, obxen of till Ish e ( lucation, an , Sucelelanndry, to tii sa Jrovided fox l! (be situations e 3h,l Committee "nlelY Sustained °l nce, 121, Pall -1 _BRITIS H Mackenzie- pros tub t e it t u n P t ° i e o fr n° all °ls a lr ample d Brat,i P er l en e hundr d I i e t Tcli peculiaroi l e v ed a , 8 adnedl sal , assistance. S ubscribers a Institution, and 14,_ er mat R e p o etar Y • 1 atit7;ne.ekauerics7l,2l; —__ Miss gEALTR RESTO FkU BARRI and Infan TUI saves fifty times Perfect digestion refreshing sleep, Most disordered effectually indig Sumption, habit] rangoments, ha nervousness, bil catarrhs, colds, rheumatism, go ralgia, irritabil heartburn, hea( n%usea and sick] yep c s, t of the s 1 the most digestil for invalids and IMPORTANT and more than r itY. Baron Lieb henceforth nc a ll"! 1,11 n , 13a91 beenry S e l i .eve„ Ba rry's thedeemed r a ti n ce f si alr eady t eaaNaila Pope, g jo t a t e tf f h ' hex a F i e r t h r e ic O t o o : i 3 ( We quote from Rely Father ' other remed'es,ls Il arrY's Reva l len plateful at ever Praise this excel Cure No. 58 2 Years' liver e , t .3, , ti a 1... y constt St Cure No." 8 tuart de De‘ci'ecs f r erd : I have ' STUART aterford." fr,, e , ur , i e No. 49, uTspepsin, alitloney s ul Lynn, 1\)111 47 1 nPrvolvalo. vous fancies.', in' N lure 0. 06 8 Years diarrhoe a. , r _ l ‘ he Food lets D., 4s. 6d. ; 12] b at lieters_, carria tiQ e stervs Rea n' •cati e..,'aPs at 65., for ° out cn a penn , free of carriage] aally DU 8.11 4so t or m f r4eee hUtol- u fiti awl? licrthqui To b( F. A