The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT - OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times, in discussing the debate in the House of Lords on Chinese missions, takes an unfavourable view of the action of missionaries. They have gone out with not much learning, and still less knowledge of mankind. They probably have a vague notion that the Chinese believe in the doctrines of Confucius, which, whatever their merits, do not lead to salvation. With some eminent exceptions, they do not even seek to understand the religious system they would supplant. The commonplaces of the chapel and the prayer-meeting form the controversial armoury they have prepared before leaving home ; a poor ver nacular acquaintance with the language of the people they would convert is the amount of their later acqui sition. They rush into controversy with, perhaps, the most lamentable ignorance of the character, the attainments, the tone of thought of those whom they would convert. The result is that, after years of wonderfully sustained zeal and self-denial, the progress of the faith in those distant regions is not encouraging. The Chinese are quick to learn, and are destined in the opinion of very acute judges to rise to a much higher grade of civilisation. But in theology and metaphysics they keep to their traditional systems, and though they, doubtless, look with respect on anything that is promulgated by nations so powerful and ingenious as those of Europe, the teaching of the missionaries probably fills them only with a send- , ment of wonder that the people who come in clipper ships and who use the steam engine and the telegraph should take the trouble to address them upon religion. The ques tion now is, whether the advice now given to the mission aries will be taken. The Times thinks not. The thorough bred missionary will at once take high ground, quote the example of the ancient Christians, and declare that, gun boats or no gunboats, he will go into the interior and preach in season and out of season. And no doubt this high-spirited programme will often be followed. Men, however commonplace, tend to rise to the ideal of their calling, and a missionary must not be pusillanimous. To say the truth, missionaries are among the most courageous of men. Their point of honour urges them to encounter danger as much as the soldier ; and their interest invites them to propitiate their own sympathising world with exploits of hardihood and romance. The societies of which Lord Shaftesbury speaks will rather have to check than to instigate the zeal of their emissaries. So much the more reason for urging on the Chinese the concession of all the rights which are enjoyed by civilised nations. If China were within this pale, each man would have the right of settling where he chose, and each sect of propagating its own opinions. The Daily Telegraph thinks that the attitude of the Irish Protestants face to face with Mr. Gladstone's bill is cer tainly not worthy of their old renown. They speak with divers tongues ; every man doeth that which is right in his own eyes ; there is no leader. From one parish comes a whine ; from another a menace ; from a third a groan. The bishops are silent and inactive; excepting the Bishop of Down and Connor, who long ago advocated a compro mise now pretty well " past praying for." We have never given very much weight to the boasts of the Irish Protestants that they were the best, bravest, most industrious, and most intelligent popula tion on the face of the moth ; but we did believe that, in presence of a great political crisis, they would exhibit more resolution and readiness of resource, greater real firmness, and less futile vaunting. They still utter. the old and rather toothless defianct l "No surrender !" but what does it mean ? "No sur render" of what? They have enjoyed certain exceptional privileges of lordship and titles—will they refuie to Bur render these ? Will the vehement Bishop of Cork force his way into the House of Lords after 1871? Will the clerical successor to any one of the " life-interest clergy' retain perforce the church, the parsonage, and glebe ? Will the landlords who pay tithes refuse to transmit the money to the new commissioners, and thus defy the law? We all know that none of these overt acts is even imagined. What, then, is the meaning of "No surrender ?" We still believe that, notwithstanding all the bravado and sulky inaction now displayed in Ireland, the Church, associated BO long with cruel persecution, military terror, social disorder, and centuries of crime, will come to the feet of the Minister, no longer "clothed" with State robes, but "in its right mind ;" and will—a new Guinevere prostrate before the Arthur of our day—tacitly confess its "defeat of fame." When we remember the strong Church feelings of the present Premier, his former pride iu upholding the Irish Church because he believed- in its truth, and his manifest tenderness even now in dealing with it—we can well imagine his pity at seeing "lie so low that golden head," his " pride in earlier summers." But not the less would he re-echo the voice of the nation if he summed up in Arthur's impresive words the story of a Church that, after centuries of union with the State, remains barren of all but bitter fuit. "The children born of thee were sword and fire, red ruin, and the breaking up of laws." The Daily News remarks that the period of the Gladstone Administration is likely to prove a millennial era to the outcasts, and using the word -in its honourable sense, adventurers of politics. The leaders of forlorn hopes catch glimpses of victory. Mr. Berkeley has long pleaded to deaf or inattentive ears on behalf of the Ballot, and the Ballot is as good as gained. Mr. Locke King, with equal assiduity , has asked session after session for the assimila tion of the law which regulates the descent of real pro perty in the case of intestates to that which prevails in regard to personal property. In other words, he demands the repeal of the law of primogeniture. The fruition of his patient desires is near. Mr. Gladstone avows that legislation is necessary, and that it must be more or less in the direction of Mr. Locke King's proposals. The subject is one in regard to which the Government acknow ledges its responsibilities. It would be prepared to take the initiative but for the fear of charging itself with more work than it can hope to bring to a satisfactory issue this session. Irl this aspect of affairs, Mr. Gladstone feels that he is bound to give a private member every facility in undertaking a settlement of the question. The Times observes that the question involved in Mr. Locke King's bill is not whether large estates or small ones are best for the general welfare of the community, but whether the State, in its capacity of administrator to the effects of an intestate, ought to distribute them in a manner at variance with the plainest rules of humanity and common sense. We do not say that this is a question to be decided off-hand, or without reference to the circumstances of each particular case. It is pcsslble that in some .instances as much injustice would be done by applying the law of gavelkind to the estates of intestates as is done by applying the law of primogeniture. But the presumption is certainly the other way ; and so long as a man enjoys the fullest liberty of testamentary disposition he cannot complain if the law declines to secure to his eldest son the position which he neglected to secure for him himself. The present seems a favourable oppor tunity for taking the question out of the domain of faction and of setting it on a fair and equitable basis. The Standard says that Mr. Locke King has obtained leave to introduce once more his bill for what is naively called.the " better settling the real estates of intestates"— in other words, for the abolition of the English custom of primogeniture. The arguments, or the phrases which passed for such, were of the character which has become familiar to the public, not only through the mouth of the member for East Surrey, but from the speeches of greater orators and mere distinguished Liberals. There were the usual claptraps about the injustice to the small land holders, the inequality between the laws of real and of personal property, the unhappiness of families, and the over-exaggeration of properties ; the results of the pre. sent system, which prevails through the greater part of the kingdom, of permitting the eldest son to succeed to the whole estate when the owner dies without a will.• Of none of these points were there any cause shewn why the- ancient custom of the country—a custom not-the creation of any law, but of which the law itself is but the expression—should be disturbed in favour of . the • new principle of equal distribution in cases of intestacy. Beyond a lame story of a prodigal son, who, having taken to dissipated ways, contrived to get the whole estate upon his father dying without a will, and to squander it to the prejudice of a virtuous younger brother, • there was not even a single illustration adduced to prove that the existing custom works injuriously: The Star declares that a very strong addition to tho case which may be made out for the bill is the fact that already local differences render the law of succession in cases of intestacy very irregular. In Sussex the law of Borough English 'Prevails, and in a case of intestacy in that county the whole of a landed estate has gone to the youngest son by a second marriage. In Kent, on the other hand, a custom of legal obligation establishes in all cases where there is no will a distribution similar t) that which• would take place everywhere if Mr. Locke King's bill were to pass into law. Mr. Beresford }tope is no true Kentish man in complaining of this local law. The existence of such dis crepancies proves most irrefragibly the necessity of some change in the law, and also sugg ests that whatever change takes place ought t o b e effect ed by a carefully prepared and comprehensive measure. So far as we know, Mr. Locke King's bill would do all that is necessary on the particular point to whi c h h e h as so l ong d evo t e d hi mse lf. But t h e_ law of real p ro p er ty requ i res t o b e genera ll y ov rhauled, and perhaps all parties would be be s t t pleased with a me asure w hi ch should effec t the eh gesesired in a manner more e l a b orate and balanced t h an a m i r. Locke King, for obvious reasons, could, as a private member, propose with a n y c h ance of success. The Herald is dissatisfied with Mr. Cardwell's re d uc ti on in the number o f army officers. I f . it can be shewn that we have a larger army than itva.nt,. well and good ; but if this fact be not shewn, then neis c lear that we are pre paring to do with a smaller army Moreover,an we want, and to take the chance of consequen ces. no ved, even in the cause of economy, to reduce the there was when the same object numerical strength of the army, manipulationil of the staff might be gained 1)37 a judicious Nrithont loss of and administrative expenses generally, efficiency or prejudice to existing interest s. defence of the plan adepted is, that it The only does not sacrifice machinery—that th e reduced advantagere ng cruiti can be filled up at any time compan ies when th e o fficers set to work for the purpc,se. B u t t hi s applies only to men — it does not extend to offic er s. It has been urged by some military reformers that th i)roportion of officers to men is unnecessarily large in the British army, and it is certainly larger nominally than in some continental armies. In the English army it le Ito 23, in the French 1 to 33, in the Austrian I to 40, and in the Prussian Ito 49. But against this comparison must be placed the fact that the English army has a far more extensive range of servit'e, even iu times of peace, two any of.awgreAt armies of the Continent. THE RIJN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY- EVENING; MARCH 10, 1169. A correspondent, signing himself "N. A. W.," writes a long letter to the Times under the heading, "The Haunts of Crime in London," which will mate rially strengthen the hands of Lord Kimberley in his conduct of the Habitual Criminals Bill. The argument of "N. A. W." throughout the letter is that power should be put into the hands of the police to arrest those who are known convicted thieves when they are evidently up to mischief. Referring to the grtunblings against the inefficiency of the police, "N. A. W." says : " The police are far less to blame than it is the fashion to suppose or assume. Their hands are tied up with legal difficulties in every direction. Of course there are culpable and negligent members in such a large body of men, and these are exactly the ones who can plead excuses under the present laws. It is the active and energetic members of the force who are checkmated. Such an one may see two notorious burglars going along a street at midnight. He can't stop them. All he can do is to follow them as secretly as possible, and watch them try door after door with skeleton keys. He waits till be meets with the regular constable, whom, of course, the burglars have watched off his beat, and makes his arrest sometimes easily, sometimes not without desperate resistance. Then follows the old story. Housebreaking implements are found upon the prisoners, previous con victions are proved against them, and they get three months' imprisonment, with hard labour ! Before they are out of prison two days the same detective who made their capture may again see them late at night lurking about villas, but if they go away as he comes up he has no power to touch them. If they persist in loitering he can, of course, arrest them, but this the thieves never do, but walk off, merely balked by one night or so of their intended booty. In the same way there are recognised haunts and thieves' houses in London, which are as well known to the police as the Bank, and which are in fact visited by the police every night. Some are occupied only by convicted thieves—men whom the police know to live by robbery every day, and who will go out on their chance of larceny each successive morning. Yet, unless there is a specific charge against an individual, or a suspicion amounting to an almost legal certainty of his having committed a recent crime, the police have no power to ask these vagabonds a single question." With 'this introduction, "N. A. W." goes on to describes some visits which be paid under the guidance of two inspectors and a police-sergeant to some well-known thieves' houses in the metropolis. In one night he went to penny theatres, (From the Anglo-American Times.) music halls, casual wards, refuges, thieves' haunts, low beerhouses, leaving shops, and cheaplodging-houses. The most interesting parts of his letter are his descriptions of the thieves' beershops. Under the present system a known thief may get an Excise license to sell beer. The police have no power over him, and so he goes on and flourishes. He cannot sell spirits; the magistrates can prevent that ; but anyone who puts his money down may take up his leave to open a house for selling malt liquor. "N. A. W." describes his visit to high-class house where the elite of the thieves con gregated. "It is near an East-end road. It is brightly lighted, clean, and comfortable. The landlord and land lady are behind the little bar. Both are known to be con victed thieves, both are known to be lucrative re ceivers and expert disposers of stolen goods. Under a magisterial system these people could not hold their license for a day. Let us pass into the parlour. It is a very wide, well-furnished coffee-room, the walls of which are amply garnished with glaring pictures, and at the tables in it some fight or nine well-dressed men are sitting over their cigars and beer. These were the elite of the swell mob. There was nothing about them externally to distinguish them from the ordinary frequenters of Pall Mall, or St. James's-street, yet there was not one who, as our inspector and sergeant assured us, had not been convicted of `robberies from the person' over and over again—indeed, our sergeant rather markedly pointed out a ' gentleman ' who had only just come out from six months' imprisonment on his (the ser geant's) own arrest, and against whom many convictions had been proved before. Our entry, lam sorry to say, seemed to throw a general damp upon the company. There was an utter silence, and then, at intervals of a few seconds, one after another went out to get a cigar or a glass of `old and bitter,' all of which they must have found it particularly difficult to find, as none of them came ' back, and our sergeant laughed at the idea that his coming among them would be likely to keep the house quiet and scatter its customers for a day or two. The landlord, who had evidently arrived at the same conclusion, was not in so jocose a mood, and scowled at us fiercely as we passed out." A low-class thieves' haunt is also described :—" The low beerhouse for the worst class of thieves is general:y in an ill-favoured 'slum,' ill-looking and worse smelling, with a group of tawdry women choking up its narrow entrance, and half-naked children playing about barefooted on the slimy flagstones, biding amid the dust-heaps, from among which they only sally out when the older inhabitants of the court have come forth to lock upon the phenomenor of a respectably-dressed stranger venturing into their district. At the upper end of the court is a broad dim light, to which our party at once made their way, and passed through a low bar into a small taproom. Quick as we were, however, we were not quite quick enough to prevent the large party there secreting the cards with which they were practising. I use the word practis ing advisedly, for most of them were only occupied it attaining perfection in the three-card trick or in ringing the endless variations of the cards with a view to future and certain profit at racecourses and country fairs. An 111-looking bulldog, but by no means the most ill-looking of the company, came towards us as we entered, but was at once called off by his master, and then, as in the better class of thieves' house, we sat down in our corner amid a dead silence, broken only by a few muttered words of slang or an occasional spitting on the table to efface the chalk marks by which they had been practising some gambling 1 1 game. When we had time to look around we found our- selves in a curious place and in curious society. The room was low, ill-smelling, and very full—full, too, of tin lowest description of broken-down fighting men, card and skittle sharpers, and thimble riggers. One is known over half the country fairs and racecourses in England as the very prince of successful swindlers. The other? were all known rogues and vagabonds, who had been convicted as such over and over again. As with the swell thieves' beerhouse so with this infamous haunt, as soon as our party came in, its regular occupants instantly and silently departed, with the single difference that while the first-named class affected gentility in their departure and wished Good night,' the latter did not conceal their fear, but slunk away as much as they could unnoticed. Yet both classes were equally criminal, both were known as having lived by crime only, and as certain only to live by crime while they were at large. Yet to neither one class or the other could the detectives say a single word, for there was no specific charge against them, and they went out as usual from their beershops to prey upon society at large, whether rich or poor." "N. A. W." further tells us that the police know every face in these houses, and instantly detect a fresh one —that generally of a man whose own district has been made too hot for him. He goes on to speak of receivers. Among the worst class of beerhouses are those whish combine beer-selling with some other trade. These are always able to elude the vigilance of the police, and in these the regular receivers of stolen goods wait for the boy thieves, from whom they will purchase anything —a single shoe, a pewter pot, a waggoner's whip, a horse's nosebag, a piece of tt a nih n oa e y t thyim h er i oey n rc o g ee ui tvn a hea n a dfvno vagabonds v eata e he r7 cnehnt t i c h lai s i ro n tef bacon, a br ace o f p h easants, a watch or handkerchief— sy value,atlhme i o r sso h t a tn n h deamst. nominal, Thea young probably t o ah u hi amount igaciniteislnai fa ct , on which these ins*. has to pilfer to the value of some 30s. before he gets 3s. or 4s. to pay for his dinner, his place in the g lle7 of a cheap iT t m h h e pe a os t es r s e i b , r le a ee n e d i tv h oe s s g, supper and rd tohf b e, e d fpor a re t s e a tnh c te h e l ba a l a o p v; i o t i g i n g-house. n th s e m a s l e m l v o e s fi t tell themselves. hd it need hardly ynohte said tell of them— receiversth e y dare don't not— of that h He also draws attention to the " l eav i ng the thieves' pawnbrokers. " There i s h ar d ly a street et in the l o west districts of the Borough, of Itatcliff Highway, Spitalfields which has not one or mor e o f them. rhore pledges are kept for a month, and interest is charged on advances at the rate of a penny for every sixpence, w h ether redeemed the same day or at the end of the fou r week What this rate of interest is I must leave others to ca. culate, though it really matters little. It is the system of which I complain." The Times commenting on this letter, says "We bays been all perplexing ourselves with the possible fate of some contrite convict disposed to become respectable, but thwarted in his efforts by the intervention of the police. Why, among the real, genuine representatives of crime-- among the people described by our correspondent—there is not a man who dreams, or ever would dream, of any honest calling. Doubtless in this metroplis there are re claimed men leading, as far as they can, reformed lives, but the malefactors of whom the police speak—the habitual criminals' of whom we read—the enemies of society of whom we wish to rid ourselves—these people, with all th- it belongings, exist in a perfect blaze of notoriety. Now, a-e we to be told, and must we really conclude ; that this state of things is to continue, because we can find 120 way of empowering the police to put a stop to, tit waent eucroachment on the liberties 0 the aut*Qt r I In the event at Liarvey. Lewi:4 rtetoitv tOi 1 ;vat for Iklaryhobopo, the , Eleoculit IK9on 4.ofitrintkiieh Qfc that borough will iuYito Dry ty014910.K.- . • THE HAUNTS OF CRIME IN LONDON. 711 E PROPOSED AMENDMENT: The Anglo-Italian Gazette informs us that the American colony at Naples met on the 22d February, at the house of the United States Consul, to celebrate the an niversary of the birthday of Washington. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. 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The Louisiana Legislature does not pretend to express more than the feeling of a section of that State's citizens. A Parliament of negroes and carpet-baggers Might securely be counted upon to pass the Amendment, even without discussion. The opposition will be experienced in the most loyal of the States outside New England, perhaps greatest, in the Western Staten. Indeed it will be difficult to predict what they will do ; although the result could easily be told if each American dropped his answer " Yes" or " No" into a ballot-box. In that case the Amend ment would be lost by an overwhelming majority, but in this case it has to be decided by Republican Legislatures pledged to the principle on which it is grounded. The Pacific States of California and Oregon may not only reject but most likely fiercely oppose it. Indeed the danger to the Amendment is in the feeling it will engender on the Pacific slope, where, although now powerless to withstand a measure as hateful, as in the opinion of Califor nians, hazardous, no small split may hereafter be caused. There is a sympathy which runs through from the Pacific to the Atlantic, losing force, of course, the further it gets from the one ocean to wards the other, but still a power which will exert its influence unless the Amendment be rushed through the Legislatures without discussion. It will be felt in the Western States, and will go to make up the opinion which decides the ques tion, if time for argument be given. A Western farmer will say, if this Amendment be adopted, the Pacific slope will eventually pass into the power of the Chinese, who by force of numbers will outvote the American element, and whose in telligence is just sufficient to enable them to make an effective use of their power and place their own men in office. It will only be a question of time, for China can beat Europe and America com Lined in peopling California, if it becomes to them not only the land of wealth, but the laud of liberty—a liberty beyond their wildest dreams. In endea vouring to secure the equal rights of the African in the Southern States this Amendment may give to China the most promising portion of American ter ritory, a result never contemplated by the Legisla ture. Nor can such action be controlled, once set in motion, for the tide of Chinese emigration may flow over towards the Atlantic, and exert a stu pendous influence on a nation exercising a great control over the affairs of mankind. Regarded from this point the subject assumes a magnitude simply world-wide, and it behoves those on whom rests the responsibility to know the full import of what they do. The Western farmer may conclude that Congress with its eyes fixed on one view only of this question is blind to another of infinitely greater extent, and in sympathy with the Cali fornian he may vote for the rejection of the Amend ment. Nor earnestly, as is to be desired the success of the principle on which this Amendment is grounded, can we arrive at any other conclusion. Are the Chinese fitted by nature for the future this Amend ment would open to them ? If not, the farmer would as soon think of crossing his breed of fine pigs with some lean, hungry, unprofitable kind, as doluntarily to introduce such an emigration. The essence of the question lies in the fitness of the Chinese for such a part, and as no half-bred races have thriven, it becomes narrowed to the American versus the Chinaman. It is almost impossible to n p r e e i c c s n t t a n n a d t i most nadgrveaanteeerdeoinnetriasvilti.zatAiomn,ercichainias the newest and most advanced in civilization, China the oldest and most decayed; America is the most rapid, changing, inventive, speculative, and energetic— China the most passive, unchangeable, and least years before America was discovered . China is the inventive, remaining in a lethargy, for a thousand country of tradition, veneration, irreligion, and moral pedantry ; America has no veneration, no tradition, but religion. Nor is the difference in appearance less marked, while the habits and customs are wholly dissimilar. To say that the superior race is deliberately to make way for the inferior, or rather to put its neck under the latter's yoke, with whom it has no sympathy whatever, is something too extravagant to be entertained if the result be under stood. The question then is—Are we justified in believing in a probability so dangerous ? The best answer is to be found in the right place to seek for it---California.. A Chinaman there, is scarcely re cognized by the law as a human being, indeed the courts have decided that he is not a " person" a m ent white; hi s man, t a es n t d i m t o h n e y f i r s m s n o o f t h received h a i within the meani ng o f t h e Fourteenth Amend ! d a in ns ; oath, when given against each other, only provoke derision. Here are men unable to hold real pro perty, who have no status before the law, to whom the superior race scornfully throw their dirty linen to wash, still pouring by every available means into the country, notwithstanding the repression attempted. From this, two facts are eliminated— tb e earnest desire of the citizens of the Pacific States to fend off Chinese immigration, and their inabi lity to do so notwithstanding measures posed to the spirit of Republican government. It is then clear that the Californians, who are best placed to appreciate it, entertain so strong a sense of the danger, that they . endeavour to turn back the men most useful to them, who cheapen labour, and give to the State so much of its prosperity ; yet that their measures are inavailing to avert the in vasion they dread. The Federal Congress passes the proposed Amendment, and States wholly over looking the position on the Pacific slope, sanction it in the teeth of the Californian remonstrance, and what then becomes of the situation there? The repression being removed, the immigration is in creased, and Chinamen become a voting, office holding power with which it is difficult to deal ; or California and her sister States refuse the Amendment when carried, maintaining, in violation of it, the discrimination on account of race and colour, which is tantamount to secession ! We have always re garded this question with anxiety, and we only hope that means may be found, if the Amendtnent be passed, to provide for the difficulty. We believe that the American press has seriously taken up the discussion of this subject, as we did on receiving the Cable messages, and let us hope not too late. But, as is natural, on what affects two score millions, while the Pacific slope numbers little over half a million, the discussion must turn on the interests of the vast majority. Hence the cancelling of educational qualifications, even for holding office, is the provi sion most forcibly exposed. On this subject the New York Sun says:—" Are we to be denied the privilege of insisting that our candidates for judges shall know the law ? Must that excellent Act of Congress be annulled which provides that persons who apply for clerkships in the Executive Depart ments at Washington shall be examined to ascer tain how far education has qualified them for the places they desire ?. If a State wishes to institute a geological survey, may it not require that the gen tlemen who apply to do the work shall know the difference between limestone and hornblende ?" The Chinaman sitting as judge iu the court wherein his testimony had lately been refused on oath would present a startling picture to a San Franciscan ; but if this Amendment be passed, what is to prevent the tables being turned In California, and the Celes tial Judge refusing to receive the evidence of an American against the naturalized Chinese citizen. The intelligence received yesterday adds Missouri, West Virginia, and even Nevada to the States which had ratified the Amendment. IdAYINOOTH. Some or our contemporaries seem to be so hard up for any objection to the Irish Church Bill that they - are compelled to raise the old exploded anti- Maynooth cry. They quote Mr. Gladstone's letter to Mr. Jubb, written during the general election, in which the Premier said, "Not only my own declarations upon every occasion, but the resolution unanimously passed by the House of Commons, bind me in honour, as I am bound in purpose and conviction, to propose that the Regium Donum and Maynooth grant should be wound up, and should cease with the Church Establishment. Can words go further ?" They then assert that Mr. Gladstone's present proposal is a direct violation of this promise. It is nothing of thesort. He always saidAt was hi, intention to " wind nn" the Irish Uhurch, the Itegium Donum, and tue aay nooth grant. He has fulfilled his promise by proposing to wind them up in precisely the same way. The State connection is to cease, and the revenue is to be capitalised in each case; only whereas at present 500,000 Protestant Episcopalians enjoy £700,000 a year, and 5,000,000 of Roman Catholics only £26,000 a year, Mr: Gladstone does not find any surplus fund in the latter sum as he does in the former ; does not propose, therefore, to appropriate any of the May nooth grant as he does of the Church revenues. If he has over estimated the value of the grant and the buildings that is a detail capable of alteration. to the Continent. A. plan has been started for reaching Europe under the sea. Among the pro moters are Lord Richard Grosvenor, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Thomas Brassey, Mr. Hawkshaw, M. Michel Cheva lier, M. Arles Dufour, and other influential English men and Frenchmen. The idea favoured by these gentlemen is that of tunneling through the submarine chalk. In order to prepare the way, borings have been made on both sides of the Straits. On the English side the chalk was bored through, and the green sand reached at 540 feet below high water. It is assumed that no " fault " occurs in the chalk formation underneath the Channel, and in that case the tunnel could be carried through the lower or grey chalk, where there would be little percolation of sea water. Of course leis possible that sea water may find its way through some unexpected fissure, in quantities too large to be overcome. To ascertain this it would be necessary to drive preliminary driftways under the sea. It is anticipated that the work would cost ten millions sterling, and take ten years to execute. OCEAN POSTAGE. The House of Commons will shortly be called upon to decide a question of great interest to the mercantile community. It has become necessary to arrive at a final decision respecting the manner in which the postal service between this country and North America shall be conducted. On the termination of the old contract with the Cunard Company in 1867, a provisional arrange ment was made for 1868. Last summer the Govern ment, desiring to put matters on a regular footing, advertised for tenders, and received, among others, offers from Messrs. Cunard and Inman, the heads of the two well-known lines of mail steamers. These gentlemen proposed to under take the service conjointly for a subsidy of £150,000 a year, Mr. Cunard undertaking two thirds of the service and receiving two-thirds of the money. The Government thought these terms too high, but offered £70,000 a. year to the Cunard Company, and £35,000 to Mr. Inman. They pro posed also that the engagement should be reduced from ten years to seven. To these terms the contrac tors agreed, and the contracts were signed at the end of the year, but waited for the ratification of Parliament. The new Ministry proposed to reduce the term of years to six instead of seven, but the con tractors objected on the ground that they could not construct the ships required for thespecial service with so short a term in view. Parliament will, therefore, have to decide upon the contract as originally signed, and if not disapproved within a month from this time it becomes binding. The contractors argue, in behalf of the subsidy system, that it would not answer the purpose of any company to take the mails like ordinary cargo. The entire service, even to the build and tonnage of the vessels employed, is regulated by the exigencies of the Post-office contract. When the notice of the termination of the old contract with the Cunard company . was given in 1866, they immediately suspended their shipbuilding operations. The mercantile community are generally of opinion that a special contract service is necessary for trade. No doubt the work can be done for less money, but if we are contented to send our mails by ordinary vessels, we must also be contented to wait their time and suit their requirements. THE HABITUAL CRIMINALS BILL. Mr. James Greenwood, in an interesting letter to the Star, raises a solitary note of opposition to Earl Kimberley's Habitual Criminals Bill. He styles the measure the (‘ N ew Cruelty to Criminals Bill," and protests against the premises on which the argu ments in favour of it are founded. The whole of his present letter is devoted to shewing that there is no cause for alarm. Criminals do not co operate; each man necessarily works for himself, and is taught by the very nature of his employment not to trust in others. The present force is sufficient to meet a disorganised body. Mr. Greenwood does not in this letter state his objections to the working of the bill,. except that it does not go to work in the charitable Christian way by which crime is robbed of its attractions. But to his argument, as far as it goes, it must b e ob j ecte d th a t th e present organisa tion has p rove d altogether insufficient to battle with an undoubtedly of detection an d punishment, w hi c h th e bi ll seeks to great evil. Besides which, certainty obtain, would rob crime of many, if not all, of its attractions. DIR. DIACRORIE. - The London agents of the Cape and Natal News are advertising that their next number " Will contain full particulars of the consecration of the Rev. Mr. Macrorie as Bishop of Pietermaritzburg." It appears, therefore, that the Anti-Colensoites have fully resolved to incur the responsibility of, to use the language of their own party, setting up altar against altar. It will be interesting to see in what way Bishop Colcnso meets this invasion of rights which the law courts have confirmed. A COLONIAL SOCIETY. A new association has lately been formed having for its object the furtherance of Indian and colonial interests. It " inaugurates " its formation to-morrow in the usual British mode, a public dinner. Viscount Bury, M.P., will preside. The committee con tains some distingui sh ed names : The Duke of Marl borough, the Marquis of Norma n b y , Vi scoun t M onc k, Mr. Baillie Cochrane , Sir W. Denison, Mr. Chiches ter kororifftes, an d some other 31.P,' s an d co l on i a l cele cue, M.P., Sir Willoughby J ones , Si r 11. D. .vl brities. THE (i BOCK " AND THE CC RECORD." The Rock and the Record have attained an eminence in theological journalism which has not yet been reached by other journals of the class. The not only f a ll en f ou l o f th e ir i n its admirati on f or L ord Shaftes otwppoe opponents, but of each o th er. It appears t h a t have appeared "at th e h ea d o f th e li st his famil y , state d t h at L or d Ashley's t h h n e r y Re a c n o d rd, a ii To this th e R oc k rep li es th a t effirefei n a a ss m m e en. the Oxford class-lists are alphabetically arranged, so that Lord Ashley's position was due b accident rather than to merit. Thereupon the Record is very pettiness, a n d says that i t was not wrath with its cheap contemporary and rival, the readers o f th e Record t h e infor riveth rebukes neeessary it to fo g Rock very aptly replies that its con haetrioenupewnhiche Rock supp li es to i ts readers. T the con temporary either did know or did not know that the considerable ignorance, the first wilful list was alphabetically arranged. The second suppo dsieteeionptiimnnp. I lies t i s a very pretty quarrel. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH. The temperature of February was another gift to the meteorologists. Mr. Allnatt, writing to the Times lythleetttee r m ,. p sa ira s t : ure of the past month " From the Ist to t his he 2 u l s s u t a , l in nih cl o u n si t ‘ , e was daily in excess of the average of 50 years, some times by abnormal amounts, On the Ist it registered 11.8 deg. above the mean; on the 4th, 11 deg.; on the sth, 12 deg.; 9th, °deg. ; andon the 11th, 13.4 deg. This consecutive run of high atmospherical temperature for February is quite unprecedented. It then began somewhat to decline, but still maintained an excess until the 17th, when it again rose to 10 deg. above the average, On the 22nd the wind, which had been almost invariably tropical, suddenly backed, and brought a Polar current into contact with the equa torial. Immediate condensation ensued, tempera tures declined, and snow fell to the depth of nearly four inches. On the 28th the temperature was below the mean, an d snow again fell." An o th er point noticed by Mr. Allnatt is important. Some very alarming accounts have come from some districts of wheat seed rotting in the ground, on account of the excessive rain. Mr. Allnatt, noticing the excess, says that on the 12th and 13th the com bined gauge was nearly a n inch and a quarter. The aggregate fall of the month was 3.90 inches, which is in excess of the mean by 1'75 inch. The Daily T e l egraph sp i ns a PROM LONDON TO PARIS. yarn two columns about the Journey from London to Paris. Briefly told, long i the following are t h e sug gested for abolishing that maul:ars hour and . a half which has now to be endured by Britons on Boyd's schem e continental touring bent. First, there was Mr. plans which . have been a vast tubular bridge across the Channel, which was perfectly practicable from an engineering point of view, but inasmuch as its cost was £35,000,000, was financially . for erecting impossible. Then there was M. Boutet's gigantic suspension brid ge, attached to huge piers, erected in mid-channel, an d h aving ten spans, eac h fastened to a pier 860 ft. ab ove the sea. T h e p i ers , which, since M. Boutet started his scheme, have increased from nine to twenty-nine, are "in dimensions something lik e St. Paul's Cathedral." For this scheme the inventor wants £8,000,000, and he boasts that he Napoleon and o f Earl Granville. S ome persons, at has th e patronage of the Emperor all events, have faith in the scheme, for they have subscribed ;e4,000 t owar d s th e expense of a m o d e l which is now being constructed at Calais. Mr. Fowler, the eminent engineer of the Metropolitan Railways, propos es a seZferrv. Suitable docks w:11 bbe eo constructed on both s id es o f th e Ch annel, st and they will shelter vessels 450 feet in length, 67 feet beam, and 12 feet draught, driven by four independ en t osc ill a ti ng eng i nes . Th e vessels, it is supposed, will ensure steadiness and prevent sea-sickne ss , and will make the voyage in an hour. They .will receive a train bodily, so that a passenger taking his seat at either terminus need not alight b e t ween London and Par i s. A bill to raise 600,000 f or carrying out thi s pro j ect was deposited last Nov em b er, b ut i n all probability the sc . krm; l will require a muc h l arg er sum. Ov er th e MAK QI 4 - ti -WiAlfg9_ll4t_thQ _9IIII 7 ._WAYA etSfetting THE JUNCTION OF THE OPERAS. Mr. Williams, of Tregullow, Cornwall, has written to the Morning Post on the proposed combination of the Opera-houses for this season. He regrets the attempt being made to establish a monopoly, and thinks it is likely to prove injurious to the future fortune of the Italian Opera in London. The arguments in favour of the scheme are plausible, but wrong, and it is quite evident that London can support two Operas. Mr. Williams complains of the ill-judged system that has lately prevailed of extending the performances to four, five, or even six nights a week, which left no time for rest, or for the due preparation of the works produced. The strain thus put upon the orchestral and choral forces by the amount of additional work, has caused deterioration in many respects. The virtual dismissal of Mr. Costa augurs ill for the success of the new under taking ; and the repertoires of the chief singers will be brought into direct antagonism. It is suggested that the lessees would feel it more to their own interests if they agreed to open their houses on alternate nights, and by this means a healthy competition would be secured, without ruinous drawbacks to success. It is reported that the proposed scheme to effect the amalgamation of the two Opera-houses has failed. ELECTION TRIALS. The praises bestowed on Mr. Disraeli's measure for the trial of election petitions have become more moderate of late, and, instead of unqualified praise, we have a considerable amount of grumbling. It is, perhaps but natural that the party in each district which suffers from the new measure should attribute the loss rather to bad legislation than evil actions. But to those not concerned in such a way it must be clear that we have not yet got a measure for ensuring purity of election. Mr. Disraeli's measure may be very well so far as it goes ; but it does not go far enough. Take the case cited 1 y Mr. Vernon Harcourt in the House the other night of the Irish borough, where it was admitted that " the sitting member had spent upwards of £5,000, and had obtained only 127 votes, and the question was reserved for the Court of Common Pleas, to determine whether that had any relation to corruption." Without drawing attention to parti cular cases, within the last few weeks there has been enough to make even enthusiastic supporters of the Leader of the Opposition doubt whether, after ali s so much has been gained by giving the work to the judges. Perhaps there is an improvement, but the heart of the evil is still left untouched. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Bruce's Restitution Bill was read a third time and passed. CHINESE MISSIONARIES. The Duke of SOMERSET called attention to the papers recently presented with respect to the missionaries in China. He asked what right had we to send inland mis sionaries into China, and then to use the fleet to pro tect them when they meet with the treatment which they would only have met with after they had preached obnoxious and unpopular doctrines in Birmingham under parallel circumstances. He strongly condemned the whole system pursued in China as nothing else than promoting Christianity by means of gunboats. The Earl of CLARENDON said the question was one of growing interest, and in order to prevent a recurrence instructions had been sent out to the Consuls and the offi cers of the ships of war to withdraw all persons in dan ger rather than make reprisals. Lord CLANRICARDE, in moving for certain returns, made observations on the proper rule to be adopted in Ireland ai to granting the aid of the police for private purposes, with reference to the attack on Mr. Scully at Ballycochey. - Lord DUFFERIN said the papers were not in a fit state to be produced at present. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE IRISH SOCIETY. Mi. MAGUIRE gave notice that on tho 6th of April he should move amongst other things the abolition of the Irish Society. • t. Mr. DILI,WYN gave notico that on that day week he should move for a return of all persons convicted within the metropolitan police district of using falso weights and measures, with the sentences inflicted. GIBRALTAR. Mr MONSELL, in reply to Mr. Hibbert, said that vari ous matters were in proc3sB in order to improve the condi tion of the - convict prison at Gibraltar, and also to supply better water for the garrison as well as the prison. THE FENIAN CONVICT MACKEY. Mr. C. FORT ESCUE said the list of crimes commit mitted by the convict Mackey, as well as the other assump tions, were in the main all correct with but one exception, and that was that the convict bad been discharged. (Loud laughter.) There never had been the slightest intention of granting a pardon to Mackey, and the name of that person would not be found amongst those mentioned in the return. NOMINATION DAY. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Willyams, said one of the duties of the select committee on the method of conducting Parliamentary and municipal elections, would be the con sideration of the propriety of abolishing nomination day at Parliamentary elections. THE AMEER OF AFFGRANISTAN. In reply to Mr. B. DENISON, Mr. GRANT-DUFF said • the late Governor-General had authorised the payment of six lacs of rupees to the Ameer of Affghaiiistan, and had also authorised the pay ment of six other lacs, which doubtless by that time was in the treasury of the Ameer, and also a quantity of arms. No condition was attached to the gift, which was given as a pledge of goodwill. To cull it a subsidy was by no means correct. ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL. In reply to Mr. HARDY, Mr. FOSTER said it was the intention of the Govern ment to proceed with the Endowed Schools Bill on Mon day next. • THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Mr. GLADSTONE announced that on Tuesday, the 23d, he should 'move that the house, at its rising, should adjourn until the Thursday in the following week. REAL PROPERTY. Mr. LOCKE KING moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better settling of the real estates of intestates. At present the real property of persons dying without a will passed to the oldest son, and the object of the bill was to effect an alteration in the law on that point, to the effect that the property instead of passing to the ono child should be divided equally amongst the whole of the children then living. He quoted many cases where the disobedient eldest son had succeeded to the property against the known intention of the testator, who bad died without making a will, and thus the younger children bad been rendered entirely destitute. It was not his desire to introduce the French law on the subject into England, because he altogether disapproved of their mea sure. Mr. B. HOPE objected to the bill, and stated ho should state his reasons more fully when the motion for the second reading was under consideration. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Stapleton, Mr. Goldney, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Walter, and Mr. Gladttone took part, leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. V. HARCOURT obtained a Select Committee to inquire into the law affecting the registration of borough voters. • The remainder of the sitting Was occupied by a short debate on the Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill. The house adjourned at 25 minutes to 9. DUNVILLE 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, tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunvillo and Co. Belfast; . cr 4, Beaufort -buildings Strand. Loudon W.O —[Ae •ertisemcnt. The fir,t piano sent from America to Japan has just been shipi_ed by a New Havon manufacturer. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— Healing pot harmful.—No application has met with the same cull versa' approbation for curing all external ailments as that which this unguent has received. Skin sores, deep ulcers, fetid dis charges, burns, blistered surfaces,' and many similar affections, are at once soothed and on the road to soundness by Hollo way's ointment. With his ointment and his pills the wealthy may save themselves much suffering and the poor may help themselves to health, since these medicaments are reasonable in price, and can be purchased in eery hamlet. They have effected cures of stiff, swelled legs, and lacerated limbs, and opened out the prospect of a happy future after hope of recovery had been 61YeU up. • THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) General GRANT was installed as President of the United States last Thursday, when he broadly shadowed his designs in his inaugural address. In the first place he announced a well-known fact, that he will commence his duties untrammelled. hen he states that, although without a policy to enforce against the people's will, he will have a policy to recommend. In this he clearly intimated his well considered intention of upholding the power and dignity of the Presidential Office ; and that there might be no mistake, he added that he will veto bills when he believes such an exercise of the Executive authority to be necessary. Having thus quietly in formed Congress of the position with regard to them and the extreme Republican party he de signed to take up, which tallied with his announce ment to the Congressional Committee sent to in form him officially of his election, that he would remove officials, whether appointed by his predeces sor or himself . when they failed to discharge the duties of their office to his satisfaction, he stated the measures he considered most advisable—the pay ment of the United States debt in Gold, and the early resumption of specie payments. He thinks the public debt can be discharged within 25 years, but for this a system of economy and retrenchment must be enforced, and holesty insisted upon in all officials. No repudiator should, in his opinion, hold any public office —a declaration which will be re ceived with dismay by many, and probably direct against him much animosity. His conclusion, however, is based on sound reasoning ; for those who advocate a dishonest policy for the na tion can be but little influenced by feelings of honour in the regulation of other business, and as the PRESIDENT holds it to be of paramount import ance that the affairs of the nation should be admi nistered by honest men, he is justified in taking such views as indicative of immorality. He sup ports the adoption of the recent Negro Suffrage Amendment, and in this he appears to be in har mony at lea't with the State Legislatures, if we may take the rapid ratification of Kansas, and Lou isiana, Missouri, and West Virginia, and what really does surprise us of Nevada as proof, though that State has just introduced a bill to protect Chinese settlers. The PRESIDENT had the good sense to abstain from committing himself on the Alabama controversy or about Cuba. Although he might have spoken a few words on either subject to arouse enthusiasm in the country,`yet Gen. GRANT is not the man to imperil his reputation for a wise caution, the national peace and that of his own administration, for the sake of any popularity. There are subjects enough likely to cause difficulties without the complication of a PRESIDENT committed by a hasty and inconsiderate pledge. The address is satis factory in the highest degree, as it embodies the policy to carry out which GRANT was elected, and his firm determination to uphold the Constitu tional status of his office will meet with approval, for men now begin to ask themselves whether during the unfortunate contest between ANDREW JOHNSON the Republic has not drifted too far from its Constitutional landmarks. The Senate has evidently been pushed by Senator MORTON into a direct vote on the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Bill which it has refused to pass by 26 to 22. This itself proves the danger of placing an authority out side the Constitution in the hands of any body. The Senate now has the power, and though both the PRESIDENT and the House of Representatives desire to:withdraw what is no less than an encroach ment on the prerogative of the PRESIDENT they have as yet failed in doing so. It is in vain to tell the Chamber that it was a temporary power dele gated to it to checkmate ANDREW JOHNSON, that the necessity having ceased, the unconstitutional weapon should be given up. Like in all such bodies, once secured, the power is tenaciously held, and even in an an expiring Senate, with some members voting about to leave the Chamber for ever, the repeal of the obnoxious measure could not be ob tained. Thus the PRESIDENT commences his term with a subject of dispute between the Executive and the Senate, which it is evident from his address may ripen into a quarrel, for it is clear that lie has no intention of being a " dummy," however silent, and not only has he a policy, but has determined to select and remove on his own judgment alone the great officers of State. CONGRESS. SENATE. On the 11th Feb. the Jud'ciary Committee asked to be discharged from the inquiry into Judge Un derwood's decision, as they did not think it proper to interfere by legislation with the special adjudica tion of a court. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, offered a resolution declaring " the noisy and disorderly conduct of Benjamin F. Butler and other members of the House of Representatives, during the count ing of the electoral votes, a wrong and insult to the Senate of the United States." At the instance of Mr. Ferry the resolution was laid over. The bill for the execution of judgments in capital cases was passed. The Currency Bill was considered. The bill authorizing importation of machinery for repairs was passed. An evening session was held, at which the River and Harbour Bill was considered.—On the 12th the bill for the better administration of justice in the Territories was reported with amend ments. The bill relating to the public debt and currency was considered. Mr. 'Williams' amend ment to prevent the conversion of more than two millions of currency into bonds monthly was re jected. The River and Harbour Bill Was considered in evening session. On 13th the credentials of Sena tors-elect Fenton, New York, and Stockton, New Jersey, were presented. Mr. Stewart introduced a bill to allow of naturalization at once. Air. Robert son introduced a Constitutional amendment provid ing for the decision of questions as to the validity of electoral votes. The Judiciary Connnittee reported a Naturalization Bill, making the term four years and six months, and requiring application to be made of the United States Courts or of the Regis ter in Bankruptcy. The River and Harbour Bill was recommitted.—On the 15th Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Ordnance, reported a bill to esta blish an Ordnance Commission, and consolidate the Ordnance with the Artillery Department. The bill to authorize payment of Treasury officials in the South who could not take the test oath was dis cussed. The replies of Gen. Grant and Mr. C3l - to the notification of their election were pre sented. The Indian Appropriation Bill was consi dered.—On the 16th the House bill to prevent loans and United States notes was passed, and goes to the President. The credentials of Carl Schurz, Senator elect from Missouri, were presented. The joint resolution granting a pension to Mrs. Lincoln was taken up, and Mr. Sumner moved to make the amount $5,000. After considerable discussion the bill was laid aside, and a local bill taken up, by a vote of 21 to 19. Mr. Morton moved to suspend the order and consider the bill repealing the Tenure-of -Office Act, but the Senate, without act ing upon it, went into executive session, and then took a recess. An evening session was held, at which the House bill relieving certain Southerns was concurred in. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. O❑ the 11th Feb. Mr. Butler's resolution yester day, protesting against the counting of the vote of Georgia by order of the Vice-President, came up as the first business in order. Mr. Butler suggested that it be referred to a Special Committee, upon whose report a full discussion could be had. Messrs. Sheila barger, Thomas, and Eldridge spoke against the re solution, and were followed by Mr. Bingham, who strongly denounced it. Mr. Schenck took different ground, and favoured Butler's side. After further debate, the resolution went over until to-day. —On the 12th a bill was reported and passed, giv ing $lOO,OOO to be distributed as prize money to Commodore Winslow and the men of the Kearsarge for the destruction of the Alabama. The Recon struction Committee reported a bill reorganizing a Provisional Government in Mississippi, which was ordered to be printed and recommitted. Mr. But ler's resolution protesting against the counting of the vote of Georgia was discussed, and finally, on motion of Mr. Logan, the whole subject was tabled by a vote of 131 to 55. A motion to recon sider wad then tabled, which prevents any further ;..rte bringing up of the subject. The " Air Line pail' road Bill" for a railroad between Washington and New York was passed —yeas 99, nays 54. The Tax Bill was considered in evening session.—On the 1 3 th Mr. Hooper's bill relating to the reports of National Banks was reported and passed ; also the bill to prevent loans on United States notes. The bill " To Prevent further Increase of the Public Dole was also passed, with an amendment requiring salt of coin to be at publi c auc ti on. Th e S ena te hi' supplementary to the National Banking haw w 33 discussed, and an eve n i ng sess i on was held l°` „ general debate. On the 15th a number of bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. Ilubhardof West Virginia, suppl emen t ar y o f t h e Nationa l Banking Act. A joint resolution was passed authc" rizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Compaq t° issue bonds for the construction of its road. °° motion of Mr. Spalding the evening sessions we re set apart for the Appropriation Bills. The Senate amendments to the Constitutional Amendment! were non -concurred in, and a con f erence as ked. " I bill was reported and discussed relieving many f er• i; sons of their politi ca l di sa biliti es . Th e TAX Bill was considered in even i ng sess i on . O n the 16th the bill reported by the Reconstruction Committee} removing the dis a bilitie s o f a l arge n umber °, Southerners, passed. Th e S u ppl emen t ar y Nationa l Banking Bill was co ns id ere d, an d th e pr eviou s , question seconded thereupon, w ith th e u nderstan d ing that a vote would be had that day. The Tag ßill was considered in eve n i ng sess i on , and pass'. PRESIDENT GRANTS CANNEL (From the. Anglo-American Times.) General GRANT made his longest speech --if speech the conversational style of his remarks e 3l/ , be called—to the Congressional Committee appOint e ` h officially to notify to him his election as President of the United States. Senator MORTON, an 3 presentatives PR UTN, of New York, and WILS ° ,, N ' of lowa, comprising the d e le ga ti on , were at the Army Head-quarters at 10.30 a.m., 13th February' half an hour in advance of the time appointed. the General was in his office transacting army busin es s when those gentlen.eu were shown in. On Pr e ; senting the commission as P r e s id en t o f the uciteu States for the term of four years, commencing fr o : last Thursday, Senator MORTON assured biro 13° h0 much his election gratified hi s coun t r ymen, vi' were convinced that he would exerc i se the duties °f his distinguished office with the energy, integrity' and patriotism which had always characterized bi)► and he concluded by a s serti ng th a t h e would bane the support of the people i n a d m i n i s t er i n g the 6 0 , vernment, even where they differed politically fr o 141 him. On rec e i v i ng th e cer tifi cate, G ener al GO N• remarked that he acc e pt e d th e office with the d eter ruination faithfully to f u lfil it s o bli ga ti o ns, Or o -- ; ally in an honest and conscientious discharge ° f Revenue laws. He would s e le c t o ffi ce rs ears desirous of enforcing economy, retrenchment , s ti fl e , honesty, which the people of the country Ines t is , sired. Those who did not satisfy him in the u' te charge of their duties he would not hes ita te to remove as quickly in his o wn appointni en . a , as in those of his predecesso r . He bad j tended to make known the na m es of the urea he desired to form his Cabinet when o ff i cially In , o formed of the result of the election, but after °i t° sideration had induced him not to do so, ey eu eo t the gentlemen selected until the n ames were s ur e to the Senate for co n fir ma ti on . Th us a pres s would be avoided, whi c h cou ld no t f a il imn3eclia, a b ' i to commence from v a r i ous quar t ers t o indlle e . o g o to change his determination-, the opposition h ei ss i perhaps prompted, not so much from Pert motives as on acc o u n t o f th e i n t eres t gentle''eo ber naturally took in their friends. F o r this and ° t y reasons he had concluded not to announceb Cabinet until the time mentioned. He °P ° ge openly and without reser v e, a n d was listened with both interest and approbation. Mr. gl i r be then, on behalf of his party, assured him tbsbtios would have Democratic support and co.oper a i so in carrying out the principles he h a d announc ed, assurance the President Elect received wi tii a smile. In all, the number present did not occvw b twenty, including the General's staff, and nithlo the three or four reporters differ somewhat 0 14. the words used, they all agree as to their purple g GRANT'S attitude throughout the whole election added materially to his strength, as it coram o : people's confidence and supp or t. H e is P e ;0 . neither to party nor to politicia n , b e ing eh ke a es trammelled by promises to wire-pullers or p led on to policy. Never since the days of Wash i l t he will a President less carnmitted have enteral o n o White House. He cannot th ere f o re be ter , he " traitor," as was A NDREW J OHNS ON, il tia g shows a Conserv a ti ve i nc li nat i on in E a — l OO up his Cabinet, approaching the boundary which separates the Democrats from the 1i413 ,0, licans for the material he uses. As pßsoptits the Constitution invests him with the E r e i ell t i ti et power of the U n it e d St a t es o f America. Cabinet n d officers are not charged with any of that pow er ' re• even their opi n i ons are on l y to b e g i ve n Wh en g to quired by the PRESIDENT upon subjects rein ti f i oS the duties of th e i r respec ti ve o ffi ces. The Pol itic • t oo have managed to v es t i n th e S ecre t ar ies ( 10 3 and rity wholly unrecognized by the C on stitutin e i h ig in a late in s t ance a S ecre t ary ac t ua lly held t he office, as our readers are aware, in spite 0 oci if PRESIDENT, so fortifying himself there as to sta h' d is necessary the anticipated siege. There is no n t he i ing the fact that that pr o c ee di ng wa s not only s o re highest degree improper, but illegal, and Pe °l) o the now awaking to the kno iv ledge that ev en " cussedness" of ANDREW JoHNSoN did o t-d @e it. Congress is not likely to try that little the with GRANT; still it is impossible to say; thl g t W ei enormous power the General wields, w i g oo rse• deter even the wildest enthusiast from such 3 e gioliv We wait, however, the list of the Cabinet do to ters, which we hope will re a ch us before w e press, but in this we have been disappointed' 0 01 4 9 [ADVERTISEMENT ] —COUSADIptiOn, and all biliouS, gr oa .t y stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are on l Yl g yoer„f e 'A and accelerated by drugs of every description , b u c a r ° l - . 0 1 curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabssitle,oo as proved by thousands of cases which had been e bri o, hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, al, dera;s9, sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gast.'rousti'ip ments, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency , c old_„°' biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarros , o , 1 - 1 -7 0 0 fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatisnE i g ep tess o lo rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep dr oi acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, ci or_ sh cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregF a t te clr g o sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness oi_suiders:.o4 pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the sli"i' v 13 0 ,, of We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by b olo' e ll Food. Care No 68,413.—"R0me, July 21, 1866.- - Jl l u e do ,‘Dg r y l the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, a_ Du , te ro , other remedies, he has confined himself entirely w Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes beat t y i i at every meal. It has proluced a surprislog l Y„ r aisf d idi, effect on his health, and his Holiness cann a ! 'du Pi o er excellent food too highly." From the " Gaz et abor July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, 11l sea Pla t , chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' useadesfoo9t of spitting of blood, liver derangement, and Partla r ,`• u telia li ciftY Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, or " Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No• 49 '' n ervcT: years' indescribable agony from dys Pelna a ' sicko a— t oo l 's asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasm s, re a 0 0 00 vomiting.—MariaJoly." 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