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

:r OP TEE PUBLIO jOUBNALE. The Times thinks that the defeat of the Election Expenses Bill on Wednesday augurs ill for its success in the present Parliament, but Mr. Fawcett promised to perse vere with it upon every possible occasion. It would, indeed, seem that he might have secured the second reading of the measure on Wednesday had he assented to the suggestion to refer the bill to the select committee to be appointed on Thursday ; but, independently of Mr. Hardy's doubt whether such a course were feasible, it is perhaps true that the resolution, apparently obstinate as it was, to push on the bill as it stood was not impolitic. To refer it to a select committee would have been equivalent to shelving it for the session, and instant extinction is no worse than being buried alive. It may, indeed, be better, for it provokes the attention of the outer world, who might be otherwise seduced into the belief that everything was going well because the Government had taken up the measure. We do not say this reasoning is sound, but it is plausible, and may have been peculiarly acceptable to a member stung by what he believed to be the desertion of the Government. There can be no doubt that Mr. Fawcett's bill, though defeated on Wednesday, and though predestined possibly to defeat in every successive session of the present Parliament, will ultimately become law. It is marked out as one of those measures—such as the Church Rate Bill has been—against which after a time no Liberal member can afford to vote. At present the suggestion that the necessary expenses of elections should be borne by constituencies seems to have excited the fears of some voters ; and a few members think that by supporting it they may estrange followers whose votes are necessary for their success on seeking re-election. But when the feeling in favour of the bill to which Mr. Baines, Mr. Anderson, and the other members we have named testi fied on Wednesday has spread a little more, as it will, among constituencies, a Liberal member who votes against the proposal will lose more support by doing so than he would retain by his opposition. The success of the bill will then be certain, and while it is possible that events may happen to precipitate this end, it can in no case be long delayed. The Standard declares it entertains no doubt whatever that Mr. Gladstone has completely convinced himself that in undertaking the gigantic operation of disestablishing and disendowing the Protestant Church in Ireland he is preparing to do a sound and even a sacred work. Only, unfortunately, Mr. Gladstone so very easily convinces himself. He bas a fatal facility for adopting opinions, maintaining them with extreme violence, suddenly throwing them overboard, then accepting the very oppo site ones with a like fervour, and fighting for them with as much confidence as though he had never changed his mind on the subject, or, indeed, ever been wrong in his life on any point about which men differ. This is by no means the first time the obser vation has been made, but we must not lose sight of it at a critical moment, when Mr. Gladstone's ardent faith in action almost of itself suffices to convince some people that a politician at once so able and so obviously sincere is not likely to be wrong. But an inquiry into how the First Lord has come by his views about disestablishment, accompanied by an inquiry into how he came by any opinion he ever held, must shake this easy belief in natural capacity and passion being equal to a clear and trustworthy judgment. Nothing is more cer. tain than that Mr. Gladstone has never at any period of his life been able to form a really indepen dent judgment of any sort. Early converts are the best conceivable examples of the sic ros non vobis doom. As for the man who, unmoved by the current of a shifting multitude, is as little inclined to abandon his ground when he finds himself almost its sole possessor as when he shared it with all but the entire community, it is not difficult to describe his fate. He is denominated a bigot, spoken of as behind his time, and it is considered that by these facile phrases his pretensions to even ordinary intel ligence are disposed of. It is the man who is converted late, who adopts the growing opinion on the eve of its hour of triumph, that reaps the highest personal advan tages. He brings his sickle to the field when the harvest is ripe. He comes at the eleventh hour, but not only is he as well paid as those who came at the third or the ninth ; he is even better paid than them all. Such is pre cisely Mr. Gladstone's case. The Daily News attributes much significance to Mr. Disraeli's reply to Mr. Gladstone's statement of the Ministerial intentions, his interpretation of the verdict of the country—an interpretation not theoretic merely, but bearing the stamp of sincerity in his resignation of office, foreshadows the course which he ought to pursue. Tha second reading of a bill expresses the assent of Parliament to the principle of a measure. That assent the country has already conveyed. Mr. Disraeli has bowed to the decision of the nation, with the protest that the policy of disestablishment, in favour of which it has declared, is a grave error, and the policy of disendowment, to which the country has not less conclusively signified its adhesion, is sheer confiscation. Mr. Disraeli spoke in the same sense, if not in the same terms, when the question of Free Trade or Protection was before the country. But he submitted then, and he will submit now. Mr. Disraeli's party obligations may com pel him to make a sham fight on the second reading. But there will be small reality in his opposition. No politican has a stronger interest than he in getting the Irish Church question out of the way. It unites the Liberal party, and so stands between him and office. While it engages Parliament his practical skill in dividing the ranks of his antagonists is thrown away. Moreover, Mr. Disraeli is not incapable of generous feelings, and he is essentially a man of keen and penetrating intelligence, and he would gladly be delivered from the necessity of repeating stupid phrases about revolution and spoliation, in which, except in the exaltation of parliamentary rhetoric, no one believes less than he does. In his historic conscience be is at one with Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright ; and he would gladly hail the passing of a measure which, by making the Irish Establishment a thing of the past, would convert it into a subject appropriate exclusively to the historic con science. The Post, in discussing the recent convent case, says that we must be just, and even generous, in our estimate of those who act for conscience' sake even though they make mistakes. And especially, in taking leave of the paltry Starr and Saurin case, let two things be borne in mind—first, that it furnishes no ground for an unchari table or ungrateful construction of the lives and characters of the many excellent women of the Roman Catholic communion who really do devote their whole lives and energies to daily helping and working amongst our lost poor. Such communities as " the Little Sisters of the Poor," and some others which we have occasionally noticed in this journal, are doing a real good at a cost to themselves that does honour to our nature. They have a strong claim on the gratitude and admiration of us all. In the next and last place this miserable case forms no argument against the establishment under proper rules of sisterhoods in the English Church. Keep clear of the vows, the irresponsible authority, the uncon ditional obedience, the silly penances, and all the essen tially Roman aesthetics and accessories, and there can be no reason on earth why English ladies should not combine to do good, and live in community as long as it may suit their convenience and sense of duty to do so. There is plenty of work for such to do, and the admirable service rendered in our London hospitals is one of the best proofs of the value of such united action. But the moment that English sisters begin to imitate Roman convents, and to play at being nuns, their usefulness is gone ; vanity and vexation of spirit are all that can then remain to them. The Telegraph comments upon the failure of the mem ber for Brighton, and says that Wednesday afternoon is proverbially a half-holiday in political as in other schools ; so, Ministers being in attendance at the Court held in Buckingham Palace by Her Majesty, the independent members of the House of Commons had a little game on their own account. Whilst the cats were away, the mice would play all about the lobbies and the floor of the House. We offer our sincere congratulations to Mr. Disraeli. Under tremendous difficulties, he has come off victorious in the largest division of the present session. Though in a minority of at least 112, his followers, aided by many Liberal members, defeated Mr. Fawcett by a majority of 3, in a House of 337. It is a great triumph. Some critics laughed at the solemnity with which Mr. Disraeli implored the House to allow the Prime Minister's Irish Church Bill to be read a first time, instead of throwing it out at once. But such ridicule, it seems, was wholly misplaced. Mr. Disraeli has some power. He can defeat, if not Mr. Gladstone, at least Arr. Fawcett. This large admission must, how ever, receive some qualification. The right honourable member for Buckinghamshire has routed the honourable member for Brighton because the Liberal champion wofully blundered. That is the prosaic truth. Party discipline is often a high-sounding name for nothing better than a member's readiness to place his conscience in the keeping of a Minister. But party discipline has a good as well as a bad side, and on Wednesday afternoon Mr. Fawcett showed what mischief may be done when it is openly defied. The Star remarks that the subject of rating, so well handled by Mr. Goschen in introducing the bill to amend the law which is now before the public, is not a very cheerful one, and cannot be said to fix the attention of the educated classes like that of the Irish Church. It is a department of public policy, however, which deals very largely with the comfort of the vast body of the people, and the statesman wh o i s f or t unate enough to adjust- rating in a satisfactory manner has a chance for permanent fame which may be denied to others. The poor know compara tively little of Chancellors o f the Excheq uer and army and navy estimates. They cannot tell why it is their income guei such a very little way, when provisions and the moderate luxuries of the working class are so plentiful, but they always know all about the local rates, and the rate collectors, the threats of summonses, the appeals, the whole machinery by which the hard-won earnings of the industrious are exto r t e d f or the purposes of local expenditure. The Reform Act, while suddenly throwing the burden of paying the rate upon the tenant, made no allowance to them, but the present Administra tion' More just and more considerate, instead of mer e ly throwing the weight upon the other class, leaving them to adjust their relations with the tenant in the amount of rent, gives an allowance which is an equitable counter- poise to any liability to which the new arrangement may subject him. The whole plan seems 64: ancica,n4o:4e, and_sigervei the liumatitilaft s4autrY. EDUCATION IN INDIA. The statistics which have been recently published respecting the state of education in British India are very interesting. The difficulties in the way have been very great, yet a good deal has been achieved. The expendi ture has been more liberal, and the number of establish. ments and of teachers have naturally increased in proportion. There are now three universities, twenty-two colleges for general education, seventeen for special education, and seven aided colleges, as well as a number of Government and aided schools. The north west provinces have far the greatest number of schools and scholars, the former amounting to 4,208, the latter to 152,333. Next on the list comes Bengal with its 2,908 institutions and 115,185 scholars. It is very encouraging to find that the female pupils are over 43,000, notwith standing the terrible prejudices of the natives on the subject. The results of the university examinations afford some curious details. The universities themselves are based on the model of the University of London. A much higher proportion of candidates passed in Calcutta than in Madras. Even in Calcutta, however, the study of English proved a formidable difficulty, 1,067 candidates out of 2,587 failing in that language. The principle adopted by the Government is that of perfect religious neutrality; and the medium of instruction is to be given through the vernacular languages. Those interested in the subject complain that sufficient encouragement has not been given by the Government to the female schools ; but this is a matter in which it is doubtless necessary to proceed with care. ATTE3IPT TO POISON A FAMILY. At the intermediate sessions held at Sheffield a young man named Barker has been sentenced to five years' penal servitude for attempting to poison his mother and sister. Some few weeks ago Barker went to a chemist's and ob tained from him a packet of Battle's Vermin Killer, under the plea that there was a large number of mice in his house, and he wanted to destroy them. On the following day, which was on a Sunday, ho went to his father's house, and when he made his appearance there his mother and sister were engaged in cooking the Sun day's dinner. Taking advanta3e of their temporary absence from the kitchen, he put the vermin killer into a saucepan in which a rabbit and a leg of mutton were being cooked. Tho mother's attention was subsequently attracted to the strange appearance of the water in the saucepan, and both she and her daughter tasted it to see what was the matter with it. The latter almost im mediately became sick, and, not knowing what had hap pened, but feeling convinced that something was wrong, they wisely refused to allow the meat to be sent up for dinner. The water was afterwards analysed by an analy tical chemist, and was found to contain a considerable quantity of strychnine, of which Battle's Vermin Killer is largely composed. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A BC/JOAN D. Last week Mrs. Miller, the wife of Inspector Miller, residing at 77, Amelia-street, Walworth, went before Mr. Elliott, the sitting magistrate at the Lambeth Police court, and stated that her husband had disappeared in a most mysterious manner. The mystery is now solved. Ile has returned to his friends, and has given the following extraordinary account of his adventures :—While walking down Bishopsgate-street on the night of his disappearance, he felt seized with a sudden impulse to enlist for a soldier, as he thought that life would be far preferable to that of inspecting gasometers. He at once walked to the railway station, and went by train to Chatham, where he applied to a sergeant to enlist him. The sergeant measured him, and found that he was one inch too short for the army. He says that after taking such a long journey and finding he was an inch too short, he felt thoroughly ashamed of himself, and made up his mind not to return home, although he had no money. He tried at several places to get work, but being a stranger in the town no one would employ him. While walking along the street during the third day of his absence, he saw several men beating one man. He interfered in the row, and got off the man after some fighting. The man then told him that he was a tailor, living in Gower-street, London, and that he had come down to Chatham to look for work, but was unable to get any. The tailor and he then became great friends, and for three days the tailor supported him. Theythen resolved to walk to London, and while doing so they asked for work at every place along the road where they thought there was the slightest chance of getting it. When they got to Gower-street, he did not like to return home, and remained with the tailor for two days. The tailor then communi cated with the young man's father, who induced him to return to his home. LAW AND POLICE. DUELLING AND MURDER.-At the Southwark Police Court, on the 3rd instant, two brothers, named Jenkins, living at Bermondsey, were charged with firing pistols at each other. They were both very young, and it seems that one took one of the other's pistols without leave, which produced a quarrel, when they fired at each other, and used their sailor's knives, both being employed in the mercantile marine. The prisoners said they had been drinking, and did not know much about it. They were both committed to the Kingston Assizes for trial. THE NATIONAL INCOME - TAX REPEAL ASSOCIATION.--. At Warwick, a day or two since, James Martin and Edward Crofton were charged with a conspiracy to obtain money under false pretences. They had represented themselves as authorised collectors for a society called the National Income Tax Repeal Association. Mr. Whalley, M.P., and others were said to be on the committee, and vere examined on behalf of the prosecution to shew that they had no connection with th affair. The case was adjourned. The Guardian regrets to say 'hat "the Bis'iop of Salisbury is very much worse, and suffering greatly." On Fr4ay Mr. Glyn intends to more f-r a new writ for the borough of Drop heda, in the room of Mr. 'Whitworth, who was unseated for intimidation. The total number of paurers (including lunatics) in receipt of relief on the last day of 1868 was 987,621, an increase of 7,2u0 over that of the previous year, 0.7 per cent. A conviction for wilful murder took place on Tues day. John Colville, aged thirty, was tried at Durham As-. sizes for the murder of Philip rainer at Darlington : itr.cl was sentenced to be hanged. The Stockport manufacturers have, as a rule, been working full time ; but Ihis week six of the largest mills in the town will be closed or partially stopped until some im provement in the state of trade takes place. The Esmonde will case is to be tried again, the will being now impugned by Sir John Esmonde, Bart., M.P., and Mr. James Esmonde, exe zutors of Sir Thomas Esmonde, lately deceased. The revolting murder at IVednesbury still causes the greatest excitement throughout the district. The go verning body of the town (a local board of commis. sioners), have met and adopted a memorial to the liomb RaerPtarv. expressing their horror at the crime, and have desired that a reward might be offered in this case. A NOVELTY IN HANGING.—An American paper states that "in the case of Carswell, recently executed in Oneida county for murdering a girl, the hangman put his victim under the influence of anaesthesia, and so projected him into eternity." STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER AT UPNOR CASTLE.— In reply to a deputation consisting of Messrs. Martin and Kinglake, the members for Rochester, and various in fluential residents of that city and Chatham, Mr. Card well, Secretary for War, stated that the Government was fully alive to the danger of such an immense quantity of gunpowder being stored at Upnor Castle, on the banks of the Medway, and arrangements were now pending between the War Department and the Admiralty for its removal. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN UPON HIMSELF AND HIS VIEWS.—Mr. George Francis Train having been asked by the A merican Workin g Women's Associa tion to deliver a lecture, replied:--"My opinions are too pointed, my ideas too strongly defined, my Radicalism too practical, I am afraid, to do any good ; I tread on too pany corns ; I raise too much antagonism ; my audience me too mixed ; caste is too severely marked. No theorist, my acts create hisses ; hence even your association will be at loggerheads, I fear, with my views." Why did not Mr. Train come to this conclusion before? A DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE. —A very wicked and daring ittempt was made by a party of men, armed, on Wednesday morning, about the hour of one o'clock, to blow up with gunpowder the house of a farmer named Robert Allen, of Treansallagh, near Carrigans, county Donegal. They placed a small keg of powder quite near to the house, and exploded it with a fuse, but fortunately no lives were lost, or any greater damage done than the smashing of Allen's windows,nearly every pane in which were broken by the explosion and the frames greatly damaged. The tenants of the house were at once aroused, and Allen fired a shot a t th e d epredators, who at once d ecampe d , but continued to fire shots as they went. Four men were arrested by the police on suspicion of being concerned in this outrage, and were brought before a magistrate, who discharged two of them, took bail for another, and remanded a ma n named John F r i el %luta the petty genius c EttPll2l2; - • THE SUN, LONDON, 111-URSDAY EVENING,. MARCH 4, 1869. CONGRESS. HIGH PRICES IN AMERICA. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The Nation, on February 11, returned to a sub ect which has greatly occupied its attention—how the high prices in America are maintained. The statements of that paper are entitled to respectful attention, however startling, for we know no other more carefully written ; yet we find it difficult to credit the truth of the conclusion at which it ar rives. Its opinion may be given in six words, " High prices are due to speculation." " Speculation never was so intense, so powerful, so wide spread, or so dangerous to the public welfare as at the present moment." Not the fitful fever of thoughtless individuals risking their earnings on the ups and downs of the Stock Exchange, nor of professional speculators, living precarieusly by forestalling the natural course of the markets, but by a body of sudden growth as if by concert organized, bold, able, and unscrupulous men of wealth and prominence, who appear to control rail roads, banks, crops, real estate, gold, and Govern ment Bonds. The price of these they daily ad vance without reference to value or to the natural tendency of the markets, holding possession by main force until the public are compelled to pay the price they demand. ThepuNic thinkin the price too high abstain when possible from huyine ; the com bination say prices shall go higher and refuse to sell, whence a deal lock, each striving to starve the other out. Such a state of things extending over so great a country we hold to he althost impossible, and sure to end, even if successful for a short time, in a result disastrous to all concerned. The technical and suggestive term f,tr such a combina tion is a " corner" which means narrowed to the point where two lines converge, and when men make " a corner " of the Republic, we are re mind. d of BUTLER'S expressio n of "the United States making a corner against the world." Let any one try to realise the assertion of the Nation, and they will see the almost imposqhle maenitude of such e con-piracy. Of many staples, the United States i• the grt west producer and exporter ; in two, the amount iF prodigious. cote n and c , rn ; in many, immense, tobacco, p troleirm, rice, and dairy pro duce ; yet erand as is he scale oti which such pro ductions are rttised they furnish hut an item of the operations of the seeculan Ts. The railroads of tb Union exceed in mileaee these of Europe ; the- teleeraph it is the Unite I States against the world ; in personal property the am -unt is too large for men readily to undersiaild it; so also in manufactures, hankine, mining, anti joint-stock enterprises of every description. Then fo low the Gold, the Government Bonds, Federal and State secu rities, yet we are far from hiving ez -d the range over which these operations are said to extend Grain is bought up and stored for higher prices as it: comes to market, and both it and floor are aceu tnuletingie stock, though verse's lie idle, and the Pso duce Exchange is almost deserted, and this after a magnifice t harvest, while prices have scarcely de clined from the famine rates of last spring. For weeks cotton has almost ceased to he an article of trade, prices haying nearly d d within tne year in the face of a good crop. In Liverpool this staple is two or three cents cheaper than in New York ; Manchester mills are on half time, and ships that have sought a freight of cotton at New Orleans or Savannah carry back lumber instead The stocks are advancing as we:l as the price, and the trade is at a standstill. The railroad properties, though ma terially reduced in value by the waste, mismanage ment, and fraud of the last two years, have been doubled and trebled in stock without an additional dollar having been expended on the roads, yet the advance on a year ago is from 25 to 75 per cent. Still the prices tend upwards, and even the gamble, s ask bow much further can they go. " Most prudent investors," says the Nation, "have sold out their rail way stocks, and purchased other property; never was thereknown Belittle investmsutdemarel for securiti- s of this class; never so little faith in their honest management. The last quarterly statement of the National Banks show , that they holl scarcely one half the amount of Government Bonds that they held a year ago ; it is eotorions that many holders have been sellers ; Europe is at present unwilling to purchase more, has indeed not purchased any for several months past ; the amount of bonds held by spet Itl 'Aye dealers is very great, and there are no huycis at present prices ; yet the prices keep advancing still." We think the Nation is wrong in supposing that Europe will take no more United States Bonds, or is unwilling to do so at the higher r are:, as the present rapid rise fully proves. What Europe wants is confidence in the security, and this is strengthening. Indeed we are inclined to think that the speculative dealers are ri e ht in holding for better prices in Federal Bonds. Even the premium on gold, at that time 4 or 5 per cent. higher than in December, has been influenced by speculators, though more directly affected by the export demand than anything else. The next subject discussed in this article is real property in New York; the rents of tenements for business purposes having declined, as the demand fo r them had slackened owing to the dullness of trade, yet the prices of real estate are advancing rapidly, and the transac tions are so large as to recall the Bombay mania. The Nation accounts for the ability of the specu lators to carry on operations of such mag nitude by the increase of the currency, which has multiplied ten times in amount since the war, though two or three dines would have sufficed. One-half not finding legitimate employment is forced on speculators, who thus use it. The essential difference between what is going on now i n th e U n ited States as described by the Nation and a mania, is that in stead of the people following the lead under a general delusion they oppose it as a conspiracy against themselves. Instead of the feverish acti vity pertaining to a mania, daloess is the prevail ing feature, there being no genuine buyers. What goes on among the speculators is as if the London Stock Exchange passed shsresand Bondsfrom jobber to jobber,or Mark-lane transferred produce f rom mer chant to merchant, each transfer being accompanied by and recorded as a rise in price, while the public looked on, and abstained from buying except when compelled. The only sensible reason for all this is the abundance of money, which in itself shows dulness of trade, and if trade be dull, prices should decline. Abundance of money has generally produced the same results. The holder is eager to employ it to the best advantage; where much of it competes for employment, the security is less closely scrutinised, and the speculator can the more readily get the advances, if he keeps his securities at the highest figure. The cause is due, then, primarily, to the effort of the capitalist to employ his money at the highest rate ; but if the Nation beright, and we say again it is a carefully-written paper not striving for a sensational effect, it will inevitably end, if continued, in the irretrievable confusion and ruin resulting from sudden panic and collapse. Panics generally result from periods of abundant money, which capitalists in their eagerness to em ploy lend on bad security ; but it is instructive to see how the keen shrewdness and business aptitude of the American people pro tect them from the machinations o f the speculator. If this little game had been carried on in England, undersimilar circum stances of an inflated currency, numbers of old maids, half-pay officers, and clergymen would be rushing into pork and corn, to realize some good things p under such leadership. The would b e l eft up to his neck in a grain " corner," and the old woman smothered in cotton, while the speculators would be working as eagerly to break down the market as they had been to build it up, so as to profit alike by the rise and the fall. In the United States, however, the speculators and the lenders are likely to be the smothered parties, and this is so remarkable a fact that we thus fully allude to the article in the N ation. It may be taken ' also as a reason for dealing with caution in Ame rican Securities on this side. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. 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Mr. Warner, of Alabama, offered a Suffrage Amend ment to the Constitution. The Diplomatic Appro priation Bill was considered, and Mr. Buckalew moved to strike out the appropriation to carry out the Slave Trade Treaty, but this was not agreed to. Amendments were adopted increasing the salary of the Minister to the Argentine Republic, and appro priating $l,OOO to repair the Protestant Cemetery at Acapulco. Without finally disposing of the Lill, the Senate took up the Suffrage Amendment, and various amendments were offered and ordered to be printed, after which the Senate adjourned. —On the 4th, the credentials of Senators-elect Tipton, of Nebraska, and Stewart of Nevada, were presented. Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill for the better security of printing United States notes, &c. The Suffrage amendment was considered. Mr. Cattell introduced a bill to provide for the conver sion of registered bonds of the United States into coupon bonds. Mr. Osborn introduced a bill for a line of mail steamships from Fernandina, Florida, and Savannah, to certain European ports. An evening session was held, at which no business of general importance was transacted. —On the sth, a bill to protect the fur-bearing animals of Alaska was reported. The bill to c trry out the provisions of the extradi , ion treaties was pa-sed. Th. Con stitutional amendment was considered, and debate upon it had in evening ses , ions.—On the 6th inst., Mr. Morgan presented the resolutions of the York Chamber of Commerce against secret gold' sales. The hill to repeal the Tenure of-Office Act way discussed ; also the Suffrage amendment. and amendments were offered to the latter. Mr. Ed munds offered a joint resolution providing that the votes of the State of Georgia for President and Vice- President shall not he reported the same as those of the other States, but with a uroviso that " Were the votes presented," &e.—On the Bth a number of railroad bills were reported adverse], . Mr. Morgan introduced a bill to secure copyrights for painting and statuary models. Mr. Wilson, frt m the Military Committee, reported adversely on the bill in relation to the grades of General and Lieutenant-General and Admiral. Mr. Edmunds' resolution in regard to the electoral vote of Georgia was agreed to. he Constitutional Amendment was discussed and considered in evening session, which was contintl d throughout the night, termi nating half an hoer only before the session of the 9th, the debate being kept lip on the pr , .posed Con stitutional Amendment.—On the 9th hills were re ported for the relief of certain drifted men and oy .-1g full bounties to coluur.d sailers who enlisted as slaves. The consideration of the amendment was r. samed, and passed finally, 81 amended as to include Mr. Morton's proposition, giving Congre s power to prescribe the mode of choosing Presiden tial electors. The Amendment, which returns to the House for concurrence, prohibits any distinc tion in exercising the franchise or holding office in the States on account of race, colour, nativity, pro perty, education, or creed. The vote on the Amend ment was 40 to 16. The following Republicans voted no—Anthony, of Rhode Island, Corbett, of Oregon, Grimes, of lowa, Edmunds, of Vermont, and Fowler, of Tennessee. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On the 3d inst. Mr. Beck introduced a bill pro viding for an election in Mississippi. Florence Scannel and Henry Johnson, both of Now York, were brought before the House to answer for con- N t e e m w p t Yorkin refusing E l e e t o t a c n o s t w n e m r tt question ee. A s te r p u e t x , b rn y h a e . tion and promising to answer questions they were remitted to the custody of the Sergoant-at-Arms, to be detained until examined by the committee. The bill for the establishment of a military and postal railroad between Washington and New York was reported. Mr. Poland introduced a bill pro viding for a new system of naturalization. The Indian Appropriation Bill was disposed of in Com mittee of the Whole, and an evening session held for consideration of the Internal Revenue Bill.—On the 4th the discharge of Henry Johnson and Fll rence Scannel was ordered, they having testified before the New York Committee ; the discharge of Scannel to be upon his paying the costs of his arrest. A bill was reported and passed, abolishing distinctions of tonnage dues against Spanish vessels, where no discrimination is made against moved th a American Tariffßillvessels.Ar. Moor headtlp: be takenl. but objection was made. The Indian Appropria nofmosotihoino,ofanAdlr.r Schenck, Representatives Appropria tion Bill was passel. Representatives appointedW,i"lhpseoronO, Electoralv id providing g tel f l oe votes. s ono the hese payment m. part of Logan introducedNt h ee whouse k , t oa werec ountb ll the National Debt and reduction of the rate of in ter st thereon," which was referred. The Senate hill, amendatory of the Act prohibiting the coolie trade, was concurred in. An evening session, ex clusively for speechmaking, was held.—On the stb a bill was p aged giving Admiral Farragut and the men of his fleet that passed Ports Philips and Jack son the benefit of the prize laws. Mr. Wood in troduced a bill to advance the fine arts, which pro vides for a " Register of Fine Arts." The Senate amendments to the Naval Appropriation Bill were referred. Mr. Lawrence introduced his Contaitu tional Amendment, announced a few days since. The Army Appropriation Bill was considered, and speeches were made in evening session On the 6th inst. Mr. Hooper reported a bill from the Ways and Means Committee, " to prevent the further increase of the public debt," which wls ordered to be printed and recommitted. The Army Appropriation Bill was considered, and an amend ment for a large reduction of the army was offered by Mr. Garfield.—Ou the Bth bills were introduced by Mr. Eliot to protect the fur trade of Alaska; by Mr. Ward, fixing the time for electing Representa tives in Congress, and amendatory of the naturali zationby Mr. Barnes, f or exc h ange of g and notes and to preven t th e sale of e 4 fer d laws e m ; gold ; by Mr. Brooks, to encourage steamship building; by Messrs. Selye and Miller, amendments to the. Constitution ; by Messrs. Baker and Kerr, amendatory of the naturalization laws. Mr.. Julian introduced and moved the previous question upon a resolution to prevent further sales of public lands except under the Homestead laws, &c. ; but the morning hour expiring, it went over until next Monday. Mr. Schenck's motion to suspend the rules and consider the Senate amendments to the Copper Tariff Bill came up iu order, and was agreed bil ll l l , r a . ed Sc te h e en ved ek t d h e e c p li r n e e v c to i l ous allow discussion c l u l ss B i , on n a o y n s t 4 h 9 e . question. This was seconded, and the bill, as amended by the Senate, passed by a vote of 112 to 56. It now goes to the President. The Army Appropriation Bill was considered. The Senate's resolution relative to the counting of the electoral vote of Georgia was concurred in under a suspension of the rules. On the 9th the bill for a railroad from Washington to New York was passed. Mr. Judd, on behalf of the Com mittee on Banking and Currency, made a state ment of the various financial bills on which they were prepared to report, and it was agreed to re ceive their reports on Saturday. The Election Com mittee, in the case of Chaves v. Cleaver, of New Mexico, reported that Chaves, the contestant, was entitled to the seat. Mr. Kelley introduced a bill to prevent collections of passenger taxes by State authority. The Army Appropriation Bill was con sidered, and also the Internal Revenue Bill, the latter in evening session. On the 10th Congress assembled in joint con vention to count the electoral votes, when General Grant was announced as elected President and Speaker ; Colfax, Vice-President. THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.— A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of tce United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly recommend it to t h e 3iotico of the Illtfollalug yugglapox POLITICAL ITEMS. The Owl is responsible for the statement that the Conservative party intend to di v id e on th e secon d reading of the Irish Church Bill. It is possible that the party may feel conscientiously bound to " deliver their souls " by recording their votes against this measure. On the o ther hand, th e O w l' s s t a t emen t is in direct contrad ict i on to the generally received belief, that the Opposition will decline shewing their numerical weakness by going into the lobby on the principle of the bill, and will reserve their strength for committee; will, in fact, decline a general engagement, and trust to ambuscades and sr.-- prises. The Bankruptcy Bill of the Government is being drawn up by Mr. J. B. Kinnear, of the English and Scotch bars, and who is a well-known political writer. Mr Kinnear, who acts under the supervision of Mr. Thring, the Government draughtsman, drew up Sir Roundell Pal mer's Bankruptcy Bill of h••6(1, which substantially embodied the Scotch system. The Owl adds that the announcement that Lord Westbury laid upon the table last Friday a bill to amend and consolidate the law of bankruptcy is " premature." Ilis lord ship's measure was one to amend and consolidate the laws relating to artistic copyright. It is stated that the Government contemplates throwing open all civil service appointments to com petitive examination. The Owl understands also that a Board or Standing Committee is to be formed at the War Office, for the purpose of advising the Secretary of State for War, and reporting upon certain military questions, such as those formerly dealt with by the Ordnance Select Committee. It will be remembered that upon that body ceasing to exist a few weeks ago, the late Government, after its own resignation, hastily appointed a " Committee of Inventions." We pointed out at the time how un suitable a body composed wholly of artillery officers was to deal with questions relating to naval gunnery; and the present Government seems to consider this, in itself, is an objection fatal to the con tinuance of that rapidly constituted committee. THE IRISH PAPERS ON THE CHURCH BILL. The Liberal papers of Ireland seem to be quite satisfied, the Roman Catholic papers are in ecstasies, with the measure which Mr. Gladstone has prepared. The Freeman says it is just, equi table, and moderate. The Mail, on the other hand, seems to be plunged into a gulf of dark despair." The measure is so " thorough" that the Mail stands aghast. There is then, it cries, no moderation to be shewn. There is no hope. Even if we escape Mr. Gladstone and disestablish ment. we shall fall into the hands of Mr. Disraeli and levelling up. bo our contemporary contents itself with an appeal to the Irish as to the destina tion of the rent charge. " There is but one equitable way of dealing with the rent-charge, and that is, to remit it to the Irish landowners. The rent-charge is not a property but a tax. It was, in its orgin, a voluntary contribution. Parliament has from time to time interposed to modify its form, and aid the facilities of collection. But this could affect neither its origin nor the distinct consideration which the State had undertaken. A public worship and ministration was yearly furnished in considera tion of the yearly tax. If the State refuses any longer to pay the consideration, it has no right to impound the money." "Is it not rather hard," our contemporary goes on to ask, " that the abolition of the Church should afford the Roman Catholic proprietor abso lutely no relief, and that the tax which was levied for the express object of furnishing the Protestant with a public worship should still be levied by absentees or by English purchasers when that wor ship is withdrawn ?" DEAN SWIFT AND THE IRISH CHURCH. Dean Swift is rather unceremoniously dragged into the discussion on the Irish Church. Mr. Gladstone in his speech called attention to the contemplation of, and provision for, the possibility of the dissolution of the Irish Establishment in the great humourist's will. This does not seem to have been a provision inserted on the impulse of the moment, for the same is repeated in the will of Stella, written under his diction, and dated December 30, 1727. Esther John son here desires £l,OOO to be laid out in the purchase of lands in Leinster, Munster, or Ulster, or in any good living equal to such legacy and the interest thereof, after certain uses to be applied to the maintenance of a chaplain in " Stevens's Hospital, St. James's street, Dublin." After an accurate specification of the duties and mode of life of this person, she con cludes : "And if it shall happen (which God forbid) that at any time hereafter the present Established Episcopal Church of this kingdom shall come to be abolished, and be no longer the national Established Church of the said kingdom, I do, in that case, declare wholly null and void the bequest above made of the said £l,OOO, or the said land purchased, as far as it relates to the said hospital and chaplain, and do hereby absolutely divest the governor of the said hospital of the principal and interest of the said £l,OOO. And my will is that in the case aforesaid it devolves to my nearest relation then living." It is not improbable that litigation may be caused by these bequests. It is curious to note that the Dean appears to have associated the dissolution of the Establish ment with the destruction of the Church itself ; or at least it never seems to have occurred to him that if the bond between Church and State were severed, the more need there would be for help both in money and work to aid the freed Church still to carry -- its operations. In another instance, a correspondent of the Standard quotes the celebrated epitaph composed by the one time Dean St. Patrick's, being reminded of it by Mr. Gladstone's disendowment measure— " He left the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad To shew by one satiric touch No nation wanted it so much." ELECTION PETITIONS. The Youghal election petition is the first in which a judge has found himself unable to decide. Mr. Justice O'Brien, has indeed declared that the charge of bribery against Mr. Weguelin, the sitting member, was not sustained ; but he has reserved for the Court of Common Pleas the question whether the treating proved was of a corrupt character. A journal, opposed in politics to Mr. Weguelin, sees no difficulty in deciding the point which the judge has reserved for the higher court, and says that the election will certainly be declared void. In the Salford case, Baron Martin seems to have adopted a different principle from that laid down elsewhere. Another judge had declared that if a single act of bribery could be proved, it would be sufficient to void the election. But Baron Martin admitted that three cases of bribery had been proved, yet, as the amounts were so small, it would bring the law into contempt to unseat two members of Parliament on that account. It would be well if the judges would decide upon the maximum bribe which it is legal to offer. It would be rather hard for one man to be unseated because he paid Es., while another retained his seat because he paid only 4s. for a vote. Moreover it would be well for the judges to determinq, if they recognised cumulative bribing. If they db' not, it will be easy enough to pay bribes in small and legal instalments. TIIE WESTMINSTER ELECTION. The story told on b e h a lf o f C o l one l Dickson to the police magistrates at B ow - s t ree t and Marylebone, gives the public a peep behind the scenes at election times. The election inquiries remind us every now and again that we see very little of the real work during an election ; that posters, bluster, public meetings, and speechifyings, are only the o u t er as p ec t of things. It is right, however, to state that Thomas Jenkins, against whom the complaint is made, writes to the pap er s denying what is alleged against him. "Neither directly nor indirectly," he writes, " have I offered, or caused to be offered to Colonel Dickson any sum or sums of money as a consideration for his standing as a candidate for the representation o f Westminster. or for any other purpose." THE LANDED GENTRY. Notes and Queries calls attention to some very curious and interesting facts illustrating the con tinuance of the local influence of the landed gentry. It gives a list of some fifty names, and shews that in each case the same family which in 1040 sent members to the Long Parliament has sent a member how. An Ashton (Assheton) then, as now, represented Clitheroe ; a Corbett, Shropshire; a Knightley, N or th am pt o n ; a Lloyd, Cardigan ; a Montagu, Huntingdonshire; a Morgan, Brecknock shire ; a Newport, Shropshire ; a Noel, Rutlandshire ; It Parker, Suffolk ; a Russell, Tavistock ; and a Whitmore, Bridgnorth. A Berkeley then repre sented Ilchester, and now Bristol ; a Buller, East Looe, now Liskeard ; a Chohnely, Scarborough, now Lincolnshire ; a Kekewich, Liskeard, now Devon shire ; a Litton then Hertfordshire, a Lytton- Bulwer now Tamworth ; a Northcote, Ashburton, now Devonshire ; a Sir J. Pakington, Aylesbury, now Droitwitch ; and a Vivian, Tregony, now Truro. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. - It appears that Mr. Cardwell has fully determined to make an important reduction in the strength of this force. As we have already mentioned, a return is to be made of the whole of the non-commissioned officers and the gunners who have completed twenty-one years' service, and it is now added that this has been ordered " with a view to their immediate discharge." The names of the men whose characters do not jus tify commanding officers in recommending their being retained in the Artillery are also to be for warded. The estimate for this corps shews a decrease of £79,747 as compared with last year's. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The "estimate of the further sum required to be voted towards defraying the expenses . of the expe dition to Abyssinia beyond the ordmayy g;anta of Parliament for army ana navy servicesi - ainutuns to no less than £3,000,000. The vote will be moved for by Mr. Ayrton. £5,000,000 have been already granted for the expedition, £2,000,000 by a special vote and £3,000,000 by means of the extra income tax. Thus the Abyssinian war, if the most rapidly successful, will prove to have been (in pro portion to its duration) the most costly on record. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. An attempt was made on Tuesday to avert the fate which has marked out Woolwich Dockyard for dissolution, but without avail. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Childers were waited upon by a deputation, who urged the impolicy of such a course. The Premier, in reply, held out no hope that the Government could accede to the request made. The closing of the establishments formed part of a plan which had been resolved on after full consideration, and had been recommended by the committee of a former House of Commons. Mr. Childers expresst d similar views, but made the welcome statement that the dis charged workmen would, as far as possible, be drafted to other yards. THE DEAN OF LICHFIELD. It is not unlikely that Mr. Champneys, who was appointed to the Deanery of Lichfield on the death of Mr. Howard last autumn, will resign his prefer ment, and return to his vicarage of St. Pancras. When lie was nominated to the deanery by Mr. Disiaeli, it was understood that he might hold it with the rectory of Tatenhill, as had been done by the previous dean ; but an Act of Parliament passed with regard to cathedrals, some yea' s ago, prevents him from taking the rectory and the deanery without it is not worth more than £5OO a year. For this he resigned a canonry in St. Paul's tlathedral worth £l,OOO a year, but in consequence of the six months' " leave," now nearly expired, still -etains St. Pancras, which is said to be worth £1,500 a year. The canonry which he formerly held has been already filled up, so that, under any circum atances, Mr. Uhampneys will lose 21,000 a year by his promotion. It remains to be seen if the Act for bidding the same person to hold a deanery and a living will be enforced against Professor Jeremie, Dean of Lincoln. This deanery is worth £2,000 a year, so that there is even less excuse for pluralism in his case than in that of Mr. Champneys A NEW PROFESSORSHIP. The late Dr. Whewell left, among other munifi cent bequests. a sum of money sufficient to pay £5OO a year to a Professor of International Law. He lacle this curious proviso, however, that whereas other professors give certificates to those who attend their lectures, the Professor of International Law will not be entitled to his stipend unless he can pro duce from ten resident members of the university certificates that they have attended at least ten of his lectures during the year. This is carrying the principle of payment for results to an extreme. Is the Professor to tout for pupils ? Is he to go among the under graduates loitering in King's Parade, and to implore them to hear him ? Is he to fee them for attending his lectures and failing all other resources, to go out into the highways and the hedges and to compel men to come in ? It so happens that the choice of a Professor has fallen upon Mr. Vernon Harcourt, no doubt a most competent man, yet about the last man who is likely to render himself or his lectures attractive to undergraduates. There is a story very current to the effect that six gentlemen resolved that each of them would ask the least popular man of his acquaintance to a dinner for twelve, and that when the guests assembled there were found to be but seven, the six hosts having. without concert, asked the same guest—" Historicvq.' to wit. THE GALLEON TREASURE VENTURE. The scheme for recovering the treasure from the Spanish galleons sunk in the bay of Vigo is attracting some attention. " Mercator" has written to the Times, stating that a similar project was formeci about the year 1825, when a ship named the Enter prise was sent out with divers, and a diving bell, &C. The galleons were visited, but no trea sure was found. A few metal pots were fished up, which proved on examination to be fine pewter, and not silver, as supposed. One of the directors of the " Galleon Treasure Venture (Limited)" has replied to this statement, and says that the attempt referred to is mentioned in Colonel Gowen's report which accom panies their prospectus. From this report it appears inefficient. and the appli ances th en i n use w ere very and that the modern invention of submarine armour enables the divers to examine every part. of a sub merged vessel with facility. The director adds that nine of the vessels have been discovered in deep water and marked by buoys. The promoters of the scheme are desirous of making all the facts public, so that those who join the company may judge for themselves what chance there is success. Should they gain their end, they mill set at rest an important question—the feasibility. of dealing with vessels and their cargoes after they have been sub merged in the sea. MISTAKEN LENIENCY. A day or two ago a remarkable case was brought before the Central Criminal Court. William Stephen son, a lad of 16, pleaded guilty to forging cheques. The circumstances of his career were peculiar. It seemed that in May last limns found guilty of stealing a post office order which had been sent to his mother, and sentenced to a month's imprisonment and three years at a reformatory. After the term of imprisonment had expired, he was not sent to the reformatory in coiisequence of the chaplain being favourably impressed injudici ous to him, and believing that it would be to send him there. In consequence of the previ ous conviction, and the account given of his conduct, the Recorder had no alternative but to sentence him to seven years' penal servitude. He remarked at the same time that if the first sentence had been fully carried out, the boy might h ave been saved for life. It is to be hoped th a t this system of false kindness will not be pu rsue d w ith regard to our juvenile offend ers . S en di ng them to reformatories, besides exercising a salutary influence, keeps them out of the wa y o f t emptat i on, and prevents their becoming harden e d i n crime. FOREIGN NOTES. MORE PRISONERS IN ABYSSINIA. The Times has at length discovered that the Armenian Mission, which went to Abyssinia before the Brit'sh troops to effect a peaceable liberation of the captives, have become captives themselves. They imagined that they bad got amongst Christians, they find themselves in the midst of b ar b ar i ans, who have practically no religion at all. The Wagshum, who is now the predominant Prince, has inherited the tyranny, as well as the territory, of Theod ore . W hy he retains the Armenian ecclesiastics is not ve r y c l ear, b ut, according to a letter which we noticed some ti me ago, he appears to be anxious to recruit his priesthood with his visitors. Lord Clarendon, however, has instructed h er M a j esty ' s A ge nt and Consul-General in Egypt to take measures for their relief. His representations ought to secure their release. THE ROYAL TOUR IN EGYPT. The Prince and the Princess of Wales have at length met with royal weather. The wind and the wet which welcomed their arrival in Egypt have given place toclear, bright days, with a tendency to beat. The royal party reached Thebes on the 16th, in perfect health, says a correspondent of the Daily News, and a telegram has informed us that they have passed the first cataract of the Nile, and are proceeding to the second, which is in the interior of Nubia. Of course the Pyramids will not be neglected, especially as donkey riding is no longer necessary to reach them. The Suez Canal will likewise be visited, under the guidance of M. de Lesseps. A RAILWAY TO INDIA. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times reopens the question of the Euphrates Valley Railway. Of course direct land communication from Calcutta to Kurrachee— the extreme west point of India—would be enormously costly; but there are two intermediate schemes. The traveller might journey by sea from Brindisi to some point on the Levant, and a railway might be constructed from this point to Aleppo, and thence down the Euphrates valley. This would cost fifteen millions, and the journey would occupy only fifteen days. But a better and a cheaper scheme has been set on foot. A com pany, with the guarantee of the Government, offers to construct a line from Bushire, on the Persian Gulf, to the south of the Caspian Sea for less than six millions. The journey would then rim from Kurrachee to Bushire by sea ; from Bushire to the south of the Caspian by rail ; from the south of the Caspian to Buku, a port on the west, by sea ; from Buku to Poti, on the Black Sea, by rail; and thence to Varna, Constantinople, or Odessa, by sea. The short-water journeys would relieve the fatigue of rail. The rapidly•advancing Russian railway system will render this route available. London will then be only twelve days distant from Kurrachee. TURKEY. The Bosnians are following the example of the other nationalities dependent upon the Porte, in demanding the establishment of local institutions. The Christians resident in Bosnia have petitioned the Porte for the free election of a local parliament, the choice of judges by the people, the admission of Christians as witnesses before the tribu nals, and generally the establishment of a communal autonomy, THE " OWL " ABROAD. The Ow/ makes one or two tolerably safe speculations relative to that great mystery, the Grant Cabinet. Mr. Adams, the late American representative in England, will take some portfolio. General McClellan will be Minister of War. Mr. Motley or General Sherman will probably be offered the post of English Ambassador, so that Mr. Reverdy Johnson's dinner-eating will soon terminate, and the leave of absence which he is said to have applied for will be unlimited. The bird of night makes a statement which, if exact, will cause much excitement on the Con tiakint, It, is that the King o liwyers whim property nal Tuft been seaueetratea by tne vnamneso" A very liberally-abusive speech from Count Bismarck , been invited by the Czar to pay a visit to St. ret ell' burgh. DYNASTIC NECROMANCY. The Tomahawk has successfully terminated an ing uSil which has, at least, the merit of being just a little ullef promising than the research respecting the "Num ber the Beast." By the law of coincidences, the Empe ror e t the French, who is the Tomahawk's especial aversion, le as ; fall some time during the present year. The calcu lati e' is managed thus: Louis Philippe came to the thre ne 1830, add to this number the sum of the fig er ,T, composing the date of the Orleauist king's birth 1, I, 7,7, 3, and the total is 1848—the date a 1)° , 11 ,, - Philippe's fall. Add to 1830 the date of his Queen's hit': 1,7, 8,2, and the result is the same. Add the date of ?I t : marriage, 1,8, 0,9, and still the total is 1848. S° 11 Q , 1t o Napoleon 111. He was elected Emperor ill 1 7 1 : Add to this number the sum of the figures composing date of his birth, 1,8, 0,8, and the total is clearlY 1-86 ,;1 . Add the date of the Empress's birth, 1, 8, 2, 0 , a nd the total is 1869. The same is the result of a dding t 1 date of their marriage, 1,8, 5, 3. The defect of this genious calculation seems to be that matrimony 1133'1 ., much to do with it. The Tomahawk would be at a keel dealing with a bachelor. THE UNITED STATES. The advocates of financial honesty in the United State° may well be encouraged by the success of their tdry ttl e . 3 The Finance Bill, although it is not yet law, has pro he a remarkable effect all over Europe. In England tra announcement that the House of Representatives h 0 passed it brought about an immediate rise in Arn eri : ll d bonds. The Senate then got the bill, and ad°l):,; it in a still more perfect form. This more d; sive action has caused a rise at Frankfort ell no less than 4 per cent., although the market No.' v f . supplied. The transactions reached an immense arn° llo , l " All kinds of American stock, even Central Pacifi c way Mortgage bonds, were taken at rising prices to A ll , amount offered." United States securities are now at price never before reached. The Indian difficulty is likely to receive, in part, el unexpected solution. The Choctaws desire to be adrnit",, to the Union as a new State. They assert that theY thoroughlycivilised, prosperous, and enjoying a Republic, form of government, similar to that of the State Adraill; tration. 'They are one of the most powerful tribes -0 ' f strong, and may yet flourish, whilst their belligera brethren are becoming extinct. (From Punch.) " THE RATING OF WEEKLY TENANTS."—What tbeY when they dont't pay their rent. MOTTO FOR PURCHASERS OF SHADWELL LIFE BELT' " I don't believe you my buoy." best qlll‘ll' Why are sedate old maids like some of the d is ties of the Spanish soldier ?—Because they are four general Prim. eil cB MUSICAL AND MELANCHOLY.—Q. What is the differ between a pitchfork and a tuning-fork ?—A. The I t i i , used to make hay with, and the other to make "A " ,c. ICE Ell !—ln the American news we find that " I ' o l l j bridge has been formed near the Falls," We oli ° 0 imagine there would be a great many falls near the - bridge. . ___ ~ 00 AN ADMIRABLE FIRST LORD.—" Flying Childers' - ho t or may not have been as swift as is commonly supPosed'eb there is a Childers fully able to keep pace with th e ti °ll,Ol Success to him in his arduous course ! Uphill w ork," if he perseveres, he is sure to win—public favour. i e ' How TO TREAT A GUEST. — One Guest, a " respect 3 v ", st farmer, has been committed to prison for three wee;:- Sheffield, for selling a diseased cow for food. ";to to be hoped the fate of this Guest will be a war vi lie the host who are carrying on or meditating the '" rascally fraud. t ) 1 0 1 Two GREAT WORICS.—The Dundee Advertiser s a 9s ~,ere since the ugly revelations in the great Rumble case e 0 published, information of similar malpractices bas ljp pouring in on the Admiralty from all sides, and th at hia Baxter, " the indefatigable Secretary," is giving /IP a ov / time and attention to routing out these rogues in A i n- All of the office, at the cost of much personal ill ' fldee Punch can say is, Bravo Baxter ! The member for Du is determined that his great work shall not be 13°' Saints' Rest, but Baxter's Sinners' Disturbance. RAILINGS FOR RAILINGS. Say the semi•oflicials who scribble in Gaul, 0 4 " Don't think, you brave Belgians, you make us small : From your chemin-defer to expel us you fail, For, by Tuileries orders, we're all on the rail." (From Fun.) PIECES D'.—he park . NOTICES OF OCCASION MOTION.— T Railway guns wh wistles. °ll ldtb ßt somebody would agitate and alter their " pitch." r eo No G 1 EAT SHAKES.—Mr. Booby (writing to the P ot I about the late earthquakes) : "At thi s ver y 111°11 ' e i la g:' can feel a distinct vibration, an d h ear a di s t an t rutni"" —[Bless his heart, it's only the children overhead !J t for A HIT.—A clock is a s ore p uzz l e t o a Pug iii i: o 'lo though it is up to time always, it only strikes at the and takes a day in getting through a single roi ll ' be for e spars so badly too, always holdi n g both its han d° its face. ,e A TEARING RAGE.—(A frantic American aesixo.l- ~opf Alabama Treaty).—John Bull (to furious Yankee): B ole very well ! This gentleman and I hay e take n ~d i elf trouble in the matter, but now I don't consider if,/olit called upon to do any more "'—R*v*rdy Phnen : it will be all right ; it's only his way !" (From Judy.) can a great robbery be called a magnum bone-' 0 THE DEAD 'ART.—The art of writing original P er A DEAD RECKONlNG.—Calculating one's furies penses. ALL THE DIFFERENCE.—The ancients used to /'i 1 the " ashes" of their departed friends. M en e : 10 0 present generation care more about the "dust" " (From the Tomahawk.) A FETTERED EXHALATION.—Watts to be done - t °,ostt Fillip him with a three-man beetle or a dou ble- no; Tarantula for producing such a piece ! A P ep l w ci „ vie l ` v must be his only excuse, or he would not da re " Not Guilty !" The Price of Gold. 4 51 1 __ Erie quotalim 01 gold at Paris is about at Pa"011,': the short exchange on London is 251. 153. per £1 fi ne 0: On comparing these rates with the English giut et% £' :A. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it cope _ref gold at the above price is abut 1-10th per cen t. deo ' P ”is then in London. 4 n t The course of exchange at New York on Londoo 4 - f es' ' at 60 days' eight was on the last date about 1 8 } Pe i e ° 3ll ' At this rate khcre is no profit on the importation rom the Uni ro ,tates. 0° 4 r ,,,, 5 t [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Dyspepsia (Indigestion), Debility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, ate•' - d se" p IP liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated able vi rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly ettr a , r ofe 4 s A ho pelestAal til r Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, r thousands of cases which had been considered —cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver ee P i irpl , ,,a• flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat% rs , tn t a• ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and e'' o • uralg i 'fla t ;IS irp e' matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neural bea bility, dleeplessnef s, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, ef e e o debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickneeealfte,oo pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofuleloaarri of the chest, paills at the pit of the stomach and be"store`,`oo shoulders, &c. We quote a few :—The Pope's health r 4466,40. Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" Horne, July 1 % 1 0 3° 17 11 health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially sent rely Owe' ing all other remedies, he has confined himself em l ' a P„ c ial Barry's Revalenta Arabica. Food, of which he consumes ti ful at every meal. It has produced a surpriaing, l X, o o%e e c.oo effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise „. 4 ;" 25.. let food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," Jei filfo No. 46,270- Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant 0 „ a d, 0 5 Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of L ,' ril.P l o o' derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1,7 71— ", disP e _ . ,;sl o ' de Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many years elysro s ' No. 49,832—" Fifty yea rs' indescribable ugo fi a ,tulen ny sP:' nervousness, asthma. cough, constipation,yiopf sickness, and vomiting.—Maria July." Important oiti4clV Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloPPY l ost to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is a lbs' ciously attached. 110.• 1 , ,-,goco a 4 In tins, at Is. lid.; 1 lb. 2s. 9d.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 225. ; • 4 lbs, 40s, Also DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ' e a' DATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cup s fOl 5 76 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at As., od 55soce at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30 e. a n post post 1,0 0 are sent free of carriage in England on receip t o s Order BARRY DU BARRY and CO., No. 77, Rege nt ' don; and all Groc. rs and Chemists. Births. t he oll. BYNG—On the 2d inst at 20, Onslow-gardens, O f°, Mrs. Francis Byng, of a son. 41 . 01 3 ' DUNDAS—On the 27th ult., at Dundas Castle , the Henry Dundas, of a daughter. Marriages. rtl o6 ALCOCK—PARKER—On the 3d inst., at Little street, John Alcock, Esq., of Highfield, BredburPorKeil E sh s i q r . e , , o t f o 4 lll l, a ß ry ed E fo ll r e d n - , ro s w econd daughter of 11- job fl LUDITT —KILSBY—On the Ist inst., at WarloO rL 6 0° 13 Bennet Luditt, cf Banbury, to Elizabeth Maill_gree* daughter of Robert Kgsby, Esq., of G-riresbilli Northamptonshire. Deaths. 0 ~, re t " beef FORBES—On the Ist inst., at Ham, Surrey, 011,s'efor" youngest daughter of the late General Goruv -1 • 0 1 aged 78. WALLBRIDGE—On the 2d inst.,L e e, K 4 Bellrl at en bridge, Esq. 1.0'55° Exeter, WRIGHT—On the Ist inst., at Ca t. 'l l ° - ' of Londonderry, aged 48. •L • _________. .., A London : Printed and Published by WILLI , " 10 of of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at SAN SUN 0131°9 ' OW Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CI Mlddleaox,...Thuraday, March 0, 1809. This cele prize 'Medal Tt Pure Sold in T 3 the Agents 8, G Observe t' fn's LL Ull 14, BUS ADVANCE hold or Le; able weekly Forms free ni Mr. Pat I Vocal and congregate Pen ranee n Seri() and Open at private boa IW' Noi ATA T.l Lim (the , nro LUTHER. peen op, Pan. Atlrr extra roon AR G EV Rooms hai and Co. ' an attract' Dance Mm Mußil T EH Lun for d ev iii n ORIGINA: A SII Very Fine Old Crash Shippin Sparkling lery, Qu Sample bottles Sb B . Consignee celebrates Bordeaux also b Whiskies, be se /lumber o of others SCIEN nRN, `--• an aortrnent liek s , Jul &c., in II shire Sp TENN A WC., Lc Mr. Tf MINER, of Lyell', fate the GEOLOI gnitlPall I PRAC MINER. 149, Stri T" OffiCE The Ii Fire Rev The mod 1 3onu s fo value as render t leave is # thi r t y da SE A.N! off G Naiicns, The re 4879 lesE SUBSI William, the S eer( Street, L, Quail fi Governa NAT RI Under till Whereby Girls of a the king(l The ob Hell ethic: and lann. 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