The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF 711 E PUBLIC JOURSAIS. The Times has always thought it a er of regret that should be made to unsettle the law respecting marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and is still of the same opinion, though it was inevitable the prokosal should be renewed in a reformed Parliament. We cannot but think that those who promote all this uncertainty on so grave a subject incur a heavy responsibility. Like all questions which touch the foundations of social life, this is one which it is very hard to argue. Once refuse to recog nise the existing law, and there is no common ground to go upon. Every man approaches it from his own point of view, and would reconstruct society upon his own theory. We cannot, however, but observe one point in which nearly all the speakers displayed a concurrence of feeling the more remarkable because it was frequently unconscious and unwilling. It is felt on all sides that the House of Commons is not the place to argue the theological bearing of the question, while at the same time everyone betrays an uneasy feeling that a great difficulty is involved in it. Such feeling exist, and exist in the most powerful religious j communities of-the country, and it is necessary to take them into account. 'We do not live under that law of nature to which several speakers appealed, and there is nothing unreasonable in asking a small number of persons to forego the rights they would enjoy in such a state in order j to avoid, as far as possible, bringing the law of the land into direct conflict with the law of great religious com munities. It .hould also be remembered that to repeal an existing prohibition is an act of considerable significance. Mr. Bright said that the bill did not encourage such marriages, but only permitted them. But to pass the bill is to encourage them. It is to give distinct information to the whole community that in the opinion of the Legis lature such marriages are not undesirable. Whatever the ultimate result, the immediate effect would be a general and painful disturbance of existing relations. We cannot see that any case has been made out to justify a change of such doubtful policy. In England we see no hardship in requiring men to find second wives elsewhere than in their first wife's family, and we anticipate great inconvenience from removing the restriction. The Standard thinks the course of the discussion in committee upon the Irish Church Bill affords a striking proof of the temper of the majority and of the spirit of Liberal statesmanship. Such peremptory haste on the part of the Minister, such insolent impatience of debate on the part of his followers, have not for generations dis credited constitutional government, and likened the Par liament of England to the Congress of America. Mode ration cannot be expected from one party alone. If Mr. Gladstone chooses to press on his bill by every means which the command of a servile majority affords, he must be prepared to find the minority resolved to use their power of resistance and obstruction. If he will concede nothing to justice or to reason, he must be prepared to find force encountered with force. It is only by compromise that he can carry a measure which offends the moral sense of one-half „he nation, and of one branch of the Legislature ; and if he insists on carrying out his own will on every point, he can only expect that his adversaries, when their turn of power comes—and come it must--- will enforce every one of the amendments he has rejected, and leave him to choose between the humiliation of an unwilling submission and the inconvenience and peril of a renewed appeal to the country. Never before has an English Minister pushed matters to such an extremity; and perhaps no living man, except Mr. Glad stone, would be foolish and reckless enough so to push them now. The Telegraph says that although Mr. Disraeli has styled the Irish Church Bill of the present Government a " vast and violent change," it seems not nearly big enough to suit the digestion of certain people. Lord Cairns and Lord Salisbury in the Upper Chamber, with the dubious companionship of Lord Westbury and Lord Clanricarde, want Mr. Gladstone to give them forthwith an Irish Land Tenure Dill as well. Meanwhile, Lord Clanri carde has before the House of Lords a little scheme of his own invention, which is good so far as it goes, though it goes but a very short way. On Tues day night the noble Marquis presented this legislative bantling for a second reading ; but he used it rather too much like the Russian mother, who threw the smallest of her babies out to the wolves, in the hope so to save the sledge and with it the rest of the family. Lord Clanricarde did not affect to care half so much about getting his own bill made law, as he did about finding out by means of it what the Ministry proposes to do in regard to the land question. Lord Granville, with the gentlest possible rebuke of such impertinence, gracefully declined to be thus made to " stand and deliver." To such free-and easy interpellations the Government will necessarily turn an unheeding ear. So far as they are merely inquisi tive they are impertinent and obtrusive. So far as they express a genuine apprehension, that the state of Ireland may be affected by uncertainty in regard to the Government policy, a sufficient answer exists in the reports of Parliament. Mr. Forteseue's measure of IS6G will stand as evidence at once of the aim and spirit which will animate any measure to be proposed by the present Government. But the very effort will demand time and deliberation, with a survey of existing conditions; and to touch any task so vast, so complicated, and demanding so exact a treatment, while both the Government and the Legislature are actually engaged in the momentous work of reorganising the Anglican Church in Ireland, would be to frustrate the labour of the present session, and defeat the hope of the next. THE _RETRIEVE OF THE CONVICT WILTSHIRE Sir George Jenkinson has given notice that to-night (Thursday) ho will ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is true that a man named Charles Wiltshire, sentenced to be hung at Gloucester, has been reprieved by his order ; if so, whether he is the same man who was convicted at the last assizes at Glou cester, in the present month, of violating and murdering a woman, and who, since his conviction and sentence, has attempted to murder the warder in charge of him in Gloucester Gaol ; if ho is the same man, will he state the grounds on which he has recommended the reprieve of this man ; and, will he state the number and names of those convicts who, having been sentenced to be hung for murder, have been reprieved by him since he came into office, and the dates of such reprieves; and the names and number, if any, of those who have been hung in accordance with the sentence passed upon them since he came into office. DINING AT GREENIVICIL A lively article appears in the Daily News, describing a dinner at Greenwich in April. The writer is enthusiastic in praise of early whitebait and dinners before the crush ing season begins. There is no crowding in April, no apologetic speeches from host or manager to the effect that your telegram was received late, that the best rooms are occupied, or that the greatest dinner of the season is about to take place upstairs. The choicest situation in the house, the most ysiduous attention, the warmest welcome, are all yours. Your company is evidently expected, and the interest you awaken is lively and concen trated, not wandering and diffuse. The very waiters — who seen to have been wrapped up in lavender in their solemn black and white cravats at the close of last season, and to have been exumed directly the first white bait was caught in tbis, so unaltered are they—regard you with sympathetic approval as men and women of taste. They know how beautifully fresh, how deliciously crisp yet melting is their sacred fish at this present time of eating, and they have but a poor opinion of the political insight which can delay the close of the session, and so defer the Ministerial dinner until delicacy is sacri ficed to size. Some confidential whispers as to the various wines to be ordered, a sweet in terval of anticipation spent on the balcony, some passing gossip in which those present try to impose on each other by talking of indifferent topics, while whitebait, and whitebait only, is in their hearts, and then —The Dinner. That the souches are as plentiful and as good as ever ; that the whiting pudding still recalls a poetical batter ; that the curries, the stews, the boiled, the fried, the roast, the grilled fish were all more or less good, it is needless to say. Happy was the young person who dinned at Greenwich for the first time, happy in the pleasant compulsion which made him partake of every dish, thzice happy in the constitutional vigour which made compulsion unnecessary but delightful. Older diners find an unfailing solace in contemplating the opposite bank of the river during the discriminating pauses they think it right to make. That cattle browsed where warehouses and factories now cluster, and that where that long line of buildings stand was marshy pasture land, when you, when we, when most people were young, is an announcement frequently and judiciously made ; for it reminds the eaters of the mutability of all eal tidy things, and that the present only is theirs. Not less wise is the command that the banquet shall not be hurried. An exquisite course should not be executed like commercial orders, " with promptitude and despatch." A decorous dallying heightens the joys of anticipation, and makes fruition ecstacy. The waiters think so, and regard those issuing this mandate with increased respect. Whose fault it was that the salmon cutlets before referred to should have been served tepid it is too late to ask. The blow was felt keen:y at the time, and not even the addition of a hot relay of the same dish removed the sense of injury. For, as was remarked with much acumen, salmon with hot pickles is the turning point in a fish dinner. The mingled piquancy and richness stimulates the palate, titillates the appetite, and cheers the diner on. It is dis tressing that when, as in our case, these cutlets are flabby instead of firm, sodden instead of sharp, and of a temperature which is neither hot nor cold. Let the hotels look to it ; let their patrons be on the alert. Call it by what name you will, the admixture of salmon and pickles should be regarded as a crucial test of excellence, and should be refused unless it has been brought direct from the kitchen by express. It would be deceitful to deny that a temporary blight fell upon the party at this failure ; and that nothing but the supreme excellence of the three courses of whitebait could Lave restored their spirits. With respect to these, description fails to convey the sweetness of the first, the rougher merits of the second, or the more fiery pleasures of the third. One wooed the affections coyly, the ethers had different methods of taking them by storm. Whitebait au naturel is like an ingenuous maiden who wins all hearts by her innocence and timid grace ; while the successive varieties of "black devilled" and " red" are grades of matured beauty, in which art supplements nature, and artificial graceconipel the devotion you rejoice to pay. Perhaps the "black devilled" may be held to form a half-way stage, combin ing some of the attractions of the two others, and so enlist ing the special sympathies of all moderate diners. There was a tender glow from the setting sun which played softly about the waiters' heads as they handed the last-named dish round, and made them, as they put their heads on one side to whisper to those they served, like animated pictures of mediaeval saints. This gave a beau tifully serious tone to our employment, and after the whitebait stage it is perhaps well to draw a veil. Other articles come and go, and are discussed with apparent vigour. In particular there is a spring gosling which is agreeably succulent and rich ; and some iced gooseberry fool which wins unstinted applause. But the event of the day is over when the last tiny " bait" has disappeared. Even the initiate seem serenely satisfied then, and though the remaining dishes are accepted as appropriate, all , fervour is at an end, and the gzatitude evinced becomes of a retrospective rather than an active kind. The Herald, in discussing the Irish land question, is of • opinion that Lord Clanricarde's measure of itself could effect but little, if any, good. To reduce the stamp duty on leases and sender them cheaper, must, as a matter of course, form a part of any measure which may be here after introduced for the arrangement of the land question. But we have never known disputes arise concerning the tenure on which land was let, or the rent stipulated to be paid for it. The real objection to granting leases on the part of landlords is simply that they only tell in favour of the tenant, and throw unjust obstacles in the owner's way when he seeks to recover possession of his land from a non-paying occupant. Every one conversant with the management of Irish estates knows that, when "times become bad," the landlord is obliged, as a matter of prudence, to grant abatements ; while, when prices largely improve, the lease, which still remains in existence, stops his right to raise his rent in proportion. To talk of enforcing violated covenants, by THE CASE OF SIIEFITARD.—It IS stated that a distress for the penalties agreed upon, would be a farce— few days bef ore Sh ewar d made his first confession his . no person wo u ld d are t o p urc h ase e ith er goo d s or cattle— attention wascov called accident a lly t o a wor k relating ery and then com es th e fi na l l oss o f a t l east two years ' rent to the discovery of long-hidd en mur d ers. I-l e was a t and costs before th e l aw w ill ous t th e di s h onest or insolvent the shop of a M r . B oston, a pawnbroker, at the time, tages to the c on t rac ti ng part i es must be equal; by all holder of th e f arm . T o ma k e l eases the rule, the advan and It e e was observed t o b e muc h a ff ected, and left rat h er means give pe r f ec t security and a fair t enure t o th e hurriedly. tenant or. the punctu a l di sc h arge of his liabilities; but, on THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.—The Lord the other hand, enable the landlord, in case of his default, Justice-General of Scotland was on Wednesday installed to recover his property by an inexpensive and prompt Chancellor of the Edinburgh University, amidst enthu proceeding. The effect of such laws would be tostitnn late Siastie demonstration& Numerous academical degrees the tenant to industry, because lie could not count on pro. were conferred, and the new chancellor delivered tection from litigation, while they would induce the en inaugural address, returning thanks for his owners of estates to give fair tenures which could election, and entering upon the questions of univer be quickly terminated on the default of those to whom city patronage, th e prospects of the Edinburgh University, they let. 1 and the nec ess it y f or a ddi t i onal chairs, besides that already The Post complains that rec en tl y an d frequently lan- established of engineering, to meet the demands of new _ page has been held upon the Irish land question which professions. has been sometimes stupidly impolitic, and sometimes, it CHEAP MUSICAL BOXES.—We have just received is to be feared, designedly mischievous. It is an untoward a letter from a victim of the "musical box " swindle, fact, of which Lord Grey has truthfully and disagr eea bl y whose experience may be of value to intending p urchasers reminded us. But among all the utt erances w hi ch have of the cheap mus i cal boxes advertised in some American and Canadia n p apers. The advertisement offers for sale been scattered forth we cannot call to mi n d any more calculated to create the difficulties whi c h h e de- , "musical box es " warranted to play eight tunes, and the p reca t es than those enunciated by the noble ein+ price asked varies from one to three dolla rs . Our co re eespondent sent f ur one of these, inclosing the requisite himself. We do not expect, as som e p eop l e appear to do, that the Irish Church legi s l a ti on w ill turn f un d s , an d rece i ved by return a twopenny mouth organ out to be a harlequin's wand, and w ill c h ange w i th a with eight holes. Thi s a d vertisement our correspondent single flourish the condition of men's minds and the whole thinks "a sharp Yankee dodge.''— Toronto Moles. aspect of things in Ireland ; but we are persuaded that all Higgs does not seem to be without present imita company has ruse other legislation would have failed in effect, unless the tors. It is stated that the chief clerk ina well-known ground bad previously been cleared for it by dealing and hitherto flourishing London cemetery teriously disappeared during the last few days, and his primarily with the great Church difficulty. Those, there- i fore, who have sufficient power of self-denial to postpone 1 party strategy to patriotic considerations, w ill cease to sudden exit has impell e d another employe in the same endeavour to induce in the Irish mind an idea that their , company to follow the example of his superior officer. interests are made subordinate to those of the Admi n i s t ra - ' Simultaneously with the departur e o f th ese it has been d is- tion in their character of the managers of a parliamentary majority. covered that the sharsholdeis have b een seriously de frauded, and that the defalcations extend over a consider- The Daily News. declares that the Bishop of Peter borough must have forgotten the date. this protest able period. The total amount has not yet transpired. For against the " voluntary system " belongs to the period many years past the shateholders have regularly received beforeucceeding the first R the o second. It s true that hisefrm Act, and is an anachronism i n the a high dividend, and th e cc noiney has be en regarded days s i on as one of the best ma nage d i n L on d on . Th e board of endowed principle Wednesday cheered him when he saad, " Upon the it was Felix who sometimes trembl e d directors includes a well-k now n mem be r o f P ar li ament and before Paul ; upon the voluntary system it was Paul that several gentlemen o;high commercial standing. A s a meet was for ever trembling before Felix ; but Churchmen innof the company will shortly take place a full,. t rue , and genera lly will read the speech with amazement. is P` Felix lie was an endowed preacher, at least in mated to the suffeiing sh are h o ld ers . lo mit en ts • and the Bishop's sense of pecuniary en( , mails FERE AND BACON. -The Ilislorical Manu -1 endowments of a Paid are certainly I r 3 the spiritea days to tbe ye eteeial endowments scripts Cemmission, which was appointed on the recoru not attached in these ~, .... il . believe that even of a bishopric. But most comic, menu,. mendation of Mr. Duffus Hardy to search for the historical , ~ ~,,e rn th e ne w lie of the numb, and MSS. that are still concealed in private collections, has dis the voluntary a, v is ' the layman ought to cower they (lo not believe either "that . ss system makes the covered a book, apparently the note-book of a student of before tile priest, or thet the voluntary . and .- to- ' • ' ' during the t'when inist•-r " the slave of the fanaticism, passions, el e i , Gray's-inn senn tithe Bacon was a bencher of ranee of his flock." In this a true description of t •tf Bacon, and it contains the outlines of m an y o f those , e ! the society. It is earlier in date than the published works voluntary Churches of England? Is it even like enough : to be a caricature of thrking of the voluntary system : in the Chtuch itself '0 That voluntary support i n- ' thoughts which Bacon afterwards elaborated in MA essays terests the laity - as well as the clergy in Church l and other of his works. The curious fact that no link of the affairs is affairs can be true considered as belong ; - butt the time is ing to the c gone by lergy when- alo h r o ! tse e. slightest kind has hitherto connected togetherShakspereand h . 'll trious contemporary Bacon, has been frequently sub g•ata. depends on -or its is t us The one thine the Church of En 1 1 f future is, that the laity should identify themselves with it. j e ,et of comment ;but on the inside of the cover of the thi s b oo k, They can only Le brought to do this as their voluntary among many scribbings, the name William Shakspere occurs not zeal want Is cal the minister to out and theirl infl nder uenc them, but they will not , four times. e recognised. l'hey do This signature is not thought to be Shak s p er e e ee u be snider the minister. Their widing gifts are the awn. It appears as if the book belonged to a youth ee l io Church's beet endowments, and ifltlioao gifts are spurned ' had taken notes of lectures delivered by Bacon, and had for fear they should make '‘`` the clergyman the mere slave , . scribbled during intervals of inattention the name of some in things temporal of th ose t o w h om h e was to b e the l scrl teacher and pastor in thin g s s pi r it ua l," th e Ch urc h w ill I man o f note , or possibly of some companion. For the not gain the permanent material endowments for which information of those curious in the suliect, we may say the bishop longs, and may lose those whom it 4014 eis written as we have given it "Shakenere." the name - shepherd and teach in spiry tlAinge. . - --- --- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1869. THE 1114LLYOOTH CLAUSES IN THE IRISH CHURCIT BILL. Mr. Whalley has given notice that he intends to move the omission of Clauses 39 and 40 of the Irish Church Bill, which relate to the College of Maynooth, and that be will substitute instead thererof words to the following effect: — "That it is expedient that the Maynooth Grant shall cease with the Irish Church Establishment ; be it enacted, therefore, that no appointment shall after the pass ing; of the Act be made ; that on the Ist of January, 1871, all property, real and personal, belonging to the college, shall vest in the commissioners, subject to all claims of private parties to vested interests of rights of property therein ; and the commissioners shall, from the same date, pay each year to every professor and office- holder in the college, so long as he lives, an annuity equal to the amount of yearly income of which he will be deprived by the Act." PUBLIC PETITIONS. --~ -- The rourteenth report on public petitions has just been issued. The same subjects which predominated in the former report reappear in this one. The number of peti tions in favour of the Ballot reach to thirty-six, with nearly 17,600 signatures. The ladies who are ambitious of possessing the franchise have succeeded in representing their claims pretty strongly, for they have presented sixty-five petitions with 4,335 signatures. When we come to the ecclesiastical department we find that the advocates of opening the British Museum and similar institu tions on Sundays, are sadly outnumbered by their oppo nents. The former send twenty-seven petitions bearing 2,105 signatures; the latter 433, with 51,462 names. In this division come the Irish Church petitions. Against the bill there are 1,069 petitions, with more than a quarter of a million of names ; in its favour there are 136, with 50,000, besides others for alteration. For and against dis endowment there are many more. The temperance party have been advocating their cause with vigour. Besides twenty-four petitions for prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday, there are 208 for an alteration of the law of licenses, and 116 for a restriction of the sale of liquors. In favour of the Permissive Prohibitory Liquor Bill there are 178 petitions, with more than 10,000 signatures. The New Law Courts, as might be expected, have produced s good many appeals to the wisdom of Parliament. The Carey-street site has 390 supporters, who send a joint petition ; the Thames Embankment has 204, who send two petitions in its favour. THE LABOUR QUESTION IN POLYNESIA Some terrible revelation are coming out respecting the atrocities committed by captains in the act of " recruiting " these poor islanders in the southern seas, under the British flag and the license of the Queensland Government. A case has just come to the knowledge of the authorities of Sydney which compelled them to put the law in force against the offenders. The captain of the Young Australia and one of the erew stand committed to take their trial for the murder of three natives of one of the New Hebrides group of islands. The supercargo, who is also implicated in the affair, Las been caught at Melbourne, and is coming up. Briefly, the particulars arc as follow :—The vessel mentioned, chartered by a Sydney firm, sailed in Septem ber last or thereabouts with a cargo for Fiji. The cargo being discharged, a raid was pr3posed among- the New Hebrides islands for " niggers, as the Polynesians are called, to work on the newly-established plantations at Fiji. The vessel was five weeks gone, and when it re turned landed 230 natives, including six women, some thing like £1,200 having been cleared by the transaction. The vessel returned to Sydney. While here, intelligence was received from Fiji, which was made known to the Government. It appears that during that voyage off the island of Palma, three natives were forced on board, who, breaking open the hold in which they were confined, fought for their liberty, and were shot down and tumbled overboard by command of the supercargo, and under the silent sanction of the captain. The vessel was just on the point of starting again from Sydney on another expedi tion when the captain was arreste.l. LAW AND POLICE. ._.__-- 4 THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.—On Wednesday, in Vice- Chancellor James's Court, a case arising out of the American civil war was heard. The American Govern ment called upon Mr. M`Rae, the agent in England of the Confederate Government during the war, to account for large quantities of goods and money sent to him by that Government, and said to be in his possession at the time of its dissolution. Mr. M`Rae's counsel denied the charge in toto, and said that he was sent to this country simply to negotiate a loan, and to see that interest on it was duly paid. The whole correspondence between the Confederate Government and its agents sliewed the utmost desperation as to means. The Vice-Chancellor reserved judgment. PLAYING SKITTLES.—On Wednesday, a beerhouse- Reeper, named .Durnford, carrying on business in one of the villages of Suffolk, having been fined by the local magis trates for permitting playing at skittles for beer, appealed to the Court of Queen's Bench. The Chief Justice and Justices Mellor, Lush, and Hayes held that playing at skittles for beer was gaming within the meaning of the statute, and aillimed the conviction. Fit..tuns BY A RAILWAY CLERK.—A young man, named Colvin, was brought before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday on several charges of obtaining money on false pretences. He had been a clerk in the employment of the Great Northern Railway, at one of their goods sta tions. His duties were to call upon customers and receive payment for the carriage of goods. Having been dismissed the service, he continued to make these calls, having provided himself with blank forms of bills, twenty-four being found in his pos session when apprehended. He used to look over the book of invoices of goods from the country at King's-cross, on the pretence that he was expecting a parcel from the country. By this means he obtained particulars of the charges to be made. He was committed for trial. WORKSHOP REGULATION ACT.—On Wednesday, a Marlborough-street, two cases came before the magistrates for a violation of the Workshop Regulation Act at West-end milliners. In one case, it was said that the workpeople were not required to work beyond the proper hours. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that the Act was in' ended to protect workpeople against themselves, as well as against their employers. He imposed a fine of 40s. in each case. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.—At the Westminster Police. court, on Wednesday, Mr. Irving was charged with stealing a number of tickets belonging to the Metropolitan Railway Company. A clerk at the South Kensington station proved that the prisoner had committed the offence, and a porter stated that he found the tickets on the line. Prisoner said he was drunk when he took the tickets. Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoner, and refused bail, there being other charges against him. Lord Stanley of Alderley is seriously ill, and his condition causes much anxiety to his family. Mr. Thomas C. Bowie, nephew of Mr. Reverdy Johnson,. was killed on the 31st of March by falling into a cellar in. Kansas city. THE JUDGESHIP OF THE IRISH LANDED ESTATES COURT.—The Dublin correspondent of the Telegraph says : " I believe I may say with certainty that Mr. Barry has accepted the vacant judgeship of the Landed Estates Court. The rumour is that he will be succeeded as Soli. citor-General by Sir Colman O'Loghlen." FORGING TKLEGRAMS AT NEWMARKET. On Thursday last some scJundrel at Newmarket forged a telegraphic message in the name of George Everett, to a friend, Mr. W. Cosby, of Birmingham, whereby the latter gentleman was plundered to the extent of £lOO. Fifty pounds is offered to anyone bringing the offender to justice. It is understood that Mr. Everett is already on his track. The name of Locket, the well-known "tipster," was forged by the same brill on the same day.—Bell's Life. AS DRUNK AS LORDS OR AS DISORDERLY AS BISHOPS.—Dr. Sandwith, of Kars, who contested Mary lebone at the general election, and is still mentioned as a candidate for the borough, seems to have a rather singular idea of the behaviour of bishops. At a meeting of the Liberation Society, held recently at Manchester, the doctor had occasion to rebuke some roughs who were making a noise in the corner of the hall. In order to con vince the disturbers of the meeting of the most supreme contempt in which he held them, he told them that if he hind come there as a perfect stranger, he might possibly have mistaken it for a meeting of Convocation, and he should certainly have supposed that the Bench of Bishops was sitting in the far corner of the room. MAORI ELOQUENCE.--At a banquet recentlygiven to his Excellency the Governor at Littleton, Mete Kingi, one of the Maori members spoke as follows :—" Saluta- tions. There are no Maories here present. The Governor brought me here, and I have seen great things here. When the Governor went to Wanganui they did not do him honour. I was the only one that gave him a dinner. (Laughter.) I gave him a fowl and a glass of wine. I have many titles. lam teacher of religion, assessor, a general member of the house; but I was told I shOuld be a son of the Queen, and lam lying under her feet. I will always be a soldier of the Queen. You European people, I tell you if Tee Kooti and Tito Kowara are killed there will be peace, but if not there will be strife. (He slug a song.) This song is my affection for you." Mete.Kingi's next animated peroration may perhaps take the shape of a New Zealand war dance. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. of his brother magistrates. it Is not enotign rim his Worship7declares his sympathy with Fenia,nisnt and his dislike of Orangeism ; he is not content with giving forth that, if he had hisway, he would not have a Tory holding office in the kingdom, but he now libe rates the prisoners without trial, and afterwards pub licly advocates the disestablishment of the policeman. On Sunday he went to the gaol of Cork and set free all the drunkards and petty offenders ; and when called to account for his conduct next day, went off in a tirade against Orangemen, and in favour of liberty. He had previously expressed his belief that if the police force was altogether abolished the country would be more peaceful; and now no police man who is brought before him is believed if his evidence is questioned by persons however notorious for ill-deeds. The result is that thegalleries are filled with a rabble who cheer the Mayor to the echo, and hiss pertinaciously the other magistrates. The police, being in disgrace, can do nothing to prevent these unseemly demonstrations. Cannot Ear! Spencer ? THE POLITICAL SITUATION. The London correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail, who is a well-informed writer, adheres to his statement that the Irish Church Bill will not be ac cepted by the Lords in the shape in which it will reach the Upper House. The Peers will either trans form it to such an extent that the Commons will refuse to accept the amendments, or, to use the words of our contemporary, " will boldly throw it out on the second reading, justifying the step on the ground. that the country has not sufficiently considered the matter, and that it is the duty of the Upper House to resist the sudden, unreasoning, and . tyrannical action of a brute majority." Why a majority should be "brute," wo do not understand ; but no doubt a party becomes more spiritual in proportion as it is smaller. Clearly, when it has no corporate existence it roust be entirely spirit, or else nothing. The correspondent goes on to unfold the green flag. He is so intensely loyal that if the Queen will not do her duty by setting her s i ng l e w ill against that of the nation, Ireland must teach her her duty. So he says, "lien are beginning to think that if the issue were fairly put to the country it would not decide to overturn the Constitution, and incur dangers the nature of which they are now beginning to perceive. I know the contingency of i a Repeal of the Union s the subject of familiar discourse, not only among heated Irish Protestants, but between men of large political experience." Then there is a word for those who care about such carnal things as trade; they are told that if the Union were dissolved, " the trade of America would have its European entrepot in Ireland," and that would soon bring about a complete separation of Ireland from England." This is followed by a fearful vision of " a break up of the British empire." All this is to happen because the Queen no longer appoints bishops in Ir eland . . Truly h ow grea t a matter a little fire km dleth. Th e correspon d en t , aghast at the lurid picture which he has drawn, believes that the country would be equally terrified, and that another general election would sweep the Liberals into St. George's Channel or to the Bishop of Cork's blank. All this would be very dreadful if we had not heard it whenever any political change had to be effected. As it is, it is only very funny. We have not yet done with this famous correspon dent. He says : As an additional evidence that people are beginning to reflect, I may mention a rumour, very generally current, that a concession of equal terms to the Church as those offered to Cardinal Cullen in the matter of the capitalisation of life incomes is under consideration. It is said that fourteen years' purchase all round might be yielded, if brought forward in the House of Lords. I give the story for what it is worth." Well, what is it worth ? That is just what the correspondent's readers are most interested in knowing; that is just what he cannot tell them. The inference is that the story is worthless. A TERRIBLE RITDIOUR. It is reported that if the Opposition carry their obstructive policy too far they will find that Mr. Gladstone has a rod in store for them, the use of which they will not at all like. The Premier will, it is said, either refuse, or at least postpone, the Whitsuntide holidays if the preamble of the Irish Church Bill has not been passed before the Feast of Pentecost. It will be remembered that the house was induced to accept half its usual vacation at Easter on the understanding that the deficiency should be made up at the end of the Fifty days. But if the holiday has not been earned, if the 'louse has proved itself refractory, the arrangement will not be carried out. Clearly Mr. Gladstone is bent upon giving the Lords full time to consider the important measure which is now being so hotly debated. OFFICIAL NEWS. The Owl states that "the committee of which Lord Northbrook is president has concluded its sittings at the War Offic e . Am ong other changes recommended by it has been the reversal of the chief recommenda tions of Lord Stratimairn's committee for the reor ganisation of the administration of the army. The committee will at once commence its sittings at the Horse Guards, to inquire into the workings of that department." Clearly doctors are not the only per sons who disagree. Colonel Mure having declined the Lord Lieuten ancy of Renfrewsbire, vacant by the death of the Earl of Glasgow, the office has been conferred upon Sir Michael Shaw Stewart. This gentleman claims direct descent from Robert 111., King of Scotland. He is, we believe, a Conservative, and no doubt owes his appointment to the fact that he is the son-in-law of the Marquis of Westminster. His brother-in-law, Earl Grosvenor, has been good lately. PARTY JOURNALISM. The Manchester Courier published yesterday a very severe article upon Mr. Bruce because he had released Sir E. Culling Eardley on the application of .a Cabinet Minister who happens to be a relative of the bigamist baronet. The statement was denied by us on Monday ; the denill was subsequently published in the journal (the Pall Mall Gazette) which originated the story ; and it was officially denied by both Mr. Bruce and Mr. Hardy in the House of Commons on Tuesday. • It was, as they said, Mr. Hardy himself who had liberated the bigamist. That statement the Manchester c our i e r publi s h es i n i ts parl i amentary in telligence, and yet in the very same issue of that jour nal appears this attack upon Mr. Bruce, in which the false statement is rep u blished. If this is not cul pable carelessness, it is carrying party journalism beyond all bounds. MR. MUDDILY AND TUE ROUE SECRETARY. Mr. Murphy is about to avenge himself for being prevented from speaking at South Shields the other day. He is about to institute proceedings against Mr. Bruce, to try the question whether the Home Secretary had a r ight to p u t a stop to a lecture which he believed would lead to a breach of the peace. If the law does not give that power, it certainly ought to be altered. A ROYAL VISITOR. The Owl announces that the Vic ero y o f E g ypt intends shortly to visit this country, and expresses the very . n a t ur al wish that his Highn e s s may have a reception more worthy of him than the last which we gave him. Two years ago the n a ti on wa s in debted to the hospitality o f a private nobleman for the Viceroy's board and l o d g i ng , the natio n providing two sentries to stand outside Lord Dudley's house, and the Queen providing, we believe, a carriage or two. The Viceroy has just spent 860,000 in entertaining the Prince and the Princess of Wales, and it is to be hoped that e ith er hi s gues t s , or, better still, the sovereign, will be a bl e t o find a tenth-part of that sum in entertaining Ismail Pasha. his time that England should remove the preva l ent impr es sion that she i s the most inhospitable country in the world next to the country of the Somalis. LIFE PEERAGES. Supposing that the Whig Earl an d t h e T ory Mar quis persuade the House of Lords to agree to life peerages, is there anybody who will accept the boon if offered ? It is hinted that the first batch of life peers will include Mr. Cole, C. 8., Mr. Dickens, and that celebrated, but now retired, accoucheur, Sir Charles Locock. Perhaps this is only a joke. Cer tainly if it be anything more, the fact that the first and the third have received the /new dignity will make it absolutely worthless in the eyes of the men for whose benefit the dignity is supposed to be in vented—eminent lawyers and politicians without much property. If, however, a judicious selection is made, the dignity will soon become" more valuable even than an hereditary peerage, inasmuch as i t will imply distinguished merit on the part of him who wears it; while the hereditary peerage will be conferred upon the men who have no other claim than the fact that they are " aered up to the lips, consoled up to the chins." With one-half of the creation life peerages will not be popular, for they will confer no title upon the wives. The helpmeet of a life-peer will he plain Mrs., just as an arch bishopess is; the children also will not be entitled to use the word " Honourable" on their cards. The rule seems rather hard when we remember that the title of " Lady" is borne by the wife of a successful cheesemonger, who has been knighted because he happened to be mayor on the day that some event of interest happened in the Royal Family. THE /LOYAL SUPREMACY. - Mr. J. G. llubbard who represented Bucking ham in the Conservative interest in the last Parliament, writes to the Times on the subject of the Royal Supremacy. 11Ir. Hubbard's religious opmion s triumph very d ec id e dly over his politics in his views on thi s s ubject. He is a high Churchman, and he rejects altogether the notion of the Head of the Church which Dr. Ball promulgated in th e d e b a te on the second clause, and which was accepted by Mr. Disraeli, and by the Con servatives generally. Th e re presentative of Dublin University based his argument on the well-known statute of Ring Henry V 111., which enacts that the King shall be reputed the only supreme head on earth of th e Ch urch c f E ng l a nd. Mr. Hubbard points out that th e Act in which this is contained Mary, and he was repealed by argues that it was never re-enacted. Several eminent cii-mmentators have laid clowna different opinion ; but M r . H u bb ar d thinks that it is notorious that Elizabeth, rejecting as profane the title borns by her fath er an d b rother, took as the designation of her own office and prero ga tive that of "Supreme Governor of this realm, as well in spiritual [and ecclesiastical cau ses as t e mporal." The Act by which it is thought the Act was re - enacted is Ist Elizabeth, cap. I ; but the title " Supreme head of the Church" never once occurs in it. TIIE MAYOR OF CORM The Mayor of Cork is becoming a popular man amongst the lower orders in the " beautiful city," and he has dis Lusted and is fast winning the hatred TIIE BISHOP OF CORE. Not only is the conduct of the Mayor of Cork called in question, but the Bishop has had to answer for a reputed lapsus lingua. Nor is his lordship ready to let the matter of the "-" drop. His chap lain writes again to the Times on the subject. What (ho asks) was the obvious meaning to all readers of "-" P And yet this was what the reporters supplied where they lost a word. They might, at least, have asked what the Bishop really did say, instead of imputing to him an expression which no man has heard him use, either in public or private. Mr. Gregg now repeats once more most decidedly that the Bishop never used the offensive expression, but that he said that " Billy Gladstone and his bill might go to the wall." This authorised episcopal utterance has lost some of the force, but none of the elegance, of that which was imputed to his lordship. INHIBITION OF Mlt. MACKONOCIIIE. The Rev. A. IL Mackonochie, of St. Alban's, Holborn, is now in Yorkshire, and was to have preached next Sunday at St. Jude's, Bradford; but the incumbent of the church, the Rev. J. Eddowes, has received an inhibition, in which Bishop Bickersteth forbids Mr. Mackonochie to preach any where in the diocese of Ripon. And yet Mr. Ma,clio llochie has been considered by two bishops fit to preach in the diocese of London. BISHOP MAGEE ON THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM. The Bish op of Peterborough has been making a speech of a kind that we certainly should not have expected from him. Addressing a meeting of the Additional Curates' Society, he took .exception to a passage in the society's report, which said, " We are only be ginning to see that they (the 'millions of people in this country') must be provided for under a voluntary system." Bishop Magee said that while he approved of voluntary payments, he strenu ously protested against the theory that payments voluntarily made must be necessarily administered upon what is called the voluntary system. He recommended that voluntary gifts should take the form of endowments, otherwise the pastor was the mere slave in things temporal of those to whom he was to minister in things spiritual. " The voluntary the volu n t ary system in the form elevated. Th e vo l untary principle o s system s ten i degraded;endowments would make a clergyman the slave of the fanaticism, passions, and ignorance of his flock ; while the endowed system gave him a standing ground, which lifted him above such evil influences, and enabled him to be the fearless pastor of his people. To sum it up in one word—upon the endowed principle, it was Felix who sometimes trembled before Paul ; upon the voluntary system it was Paul that was for ever trembling before Felix." These remarks were, it is added, "received with prolonged cheering by the audience, seven eighths of whom were ladies." W e are not surprised to hear the last fact. The logical set would certainly not have cheered the Bishop. In the first place, they know that facts are against his theory ' • that th e most fearless clergy in Lond on an d the large towns are those who depend chiefly upon the weekly offer tory. In the next place, they would point out the injustice of men giving their money to provide for the spiritual wants of another generation when there is a generation around them sorely in need of spiritual provision. Next, they would remind the Bishop how likely their gifts are to be abused when they have no longer any control over the adminis tration. No doubt a minimum endowment is a wise and good thing, but it ought never to be large enough to be an incentive to indolence. THE PRESTON STRIKE. From all accounts it would appear that the Preston strike is very near its end. The masters having no compunction in shutting their mills, and rather hailing a pretext for doing so, the men being without funds except those derived from other districts, there being a large number of operatives who are willing to work, and the notice of reduction having been given generally in places which otherwise would have contributed towards the support of the Prestonians, there seems nothing for it but for the strikers to submit to the masters' terms. The last blow will probably be fatal to the 'continuance of the strike. The masters of East Lancashire (from which large contributions have come) have posted a notice that they will for the future pay less wages. If the men in this district submit to the masters, they will hardly care to pay towards their brethren who will not do so elsewhere. If they decide to strike, they will have no money to snare. A FAMINE IN BELGRAVIA. There is a great cry gone out from the wives anct the daughters of Belgravia, and Westbournia because they cannot get any men to come to their pleasant parties.. In vain do fair women submit to the opera tions of the .coiffeur ; in vain do they encumber themselves with pyramids of hair cut from corpses; in vain do they attire themselves in full dress, which is something more than half undress ; in va in do the y get Gunter to cater and Strauss to play—the . men Will not come; even the " detrimentals,' who used not to dance when they did come, have ceased to adorn the walls ; and as for the dancers, these have wholly disappeared. The last, at all events; can scarcely be blamed. They did like dancing, they were prepared to dance, but the thing was impossible when 200 persons were crowded into rooms • that could not hold fifty; when a waltz had to be accom plished on a space of ground not so large as a table cloth. Moreover, what is the good of going to a dance, even though it offers special attractions in the shape of some beloved object, if you cannot get up the first flight of stairs, and the charmer is in the inner drawing-room ? But it is not merely from the rout that the young man of the period absents hithself. He is no more to be seen riding with Belgravian belles in the Row, nor loung in g behind them at the Opera. The young man o f the period is getting decidedly , lazy, and something worse. • He prefers sitting in a chair, sucking his stick, to a canter i n the Park; and as for his female friends, they belong to the , class which is fair, no doubt, but is also frail. What is to be done? Belgravia has been imitating St. John's-wood in attire and speech to no purpose. Supposing that Lucretia gives up the coMpetition of the with Lais, Lais is sure to win in the race of immodesty. Lucretia should try to be modest by way of variety, for even the young man period acknowledges that " variety is charming!, 'FOREIGN NOTES, AMEEICAN DESIGNS IN GULL The American Government has sent a large fleet to demand the restitution of the Mary Lowell, which was seized by the - Spaniards whilst hovering suspiciously on the coast of Cuba, and attempting to communicate with the instirgents. According to the Owl, the departure of this fleet is the first step towards annexation. The bird of night has received information that General Grant has sena .mad tnt the subject of Cuba, and will undoubtedly give aid in some manner to wrest that island from Spain. A yacht was to leave New York some days back ostensibly for the o learnintrp the ex oseofa pleasure party. But its real mission was t tuft condition of affairs, and to coin municate with the leaders of the Cubans. The persons on board had received their instructions from General Grant's Government The coast of Cuba is so guarded by Spanish cruisers that it is impossible for larger vessels to run in. Several expeditions love lately failed in land ing. This is serious news; though the Owl's correspon- dent writes in a suspiciously violent strain about General Grant desiring a foreign war, and wishing to provoke England and France to interfere to save Cuba. It is hardly likely that the new President desires a war with these two Powers combined, even if they were disposed to make a casus belli of the Cuban affair. But there is no doubt that the annexation fever is rampant iu America just now. People feel, says the correspondent of the Dail) News, that at last Cuba is going to fall into their power without costing anything. " In a year or two the best portions of th e W est India, Islands will be in the hands of their na t ura l owners. " Moreover, while the Cuban uproar is going on, the incur. poration of .Britisli America is otpellnly:f fresh h orde of th e veryinas w race arinvlw aliv'ocated. A large additio n o f t h e Angle-Saxo n would be much more acceptable than semi-barbarous subjects to be found southwards. The Times correspondent, on the other hand, says that the Government is very cautious in its dealings with Cuba, through, fear of complicating the Alabama diffienity. The insurgent envoy has not been received. The Spanish Minister at Washington, seeing the dilemma the Govern ment is in, is very bold, Protests against everything going on that may possibly aid the insurgents, and threatens to demand his passports and leave if General Banks's resolu tion for their recognition passes the House. Negroes are being enlisted in Cuba on both sides. ST. TIIOII.IS. It can scarcely be considered creditable to the American Government that, in the midst of this annexation fever, the barizain which has been formally concluded with Den• Mirk for the sale of St. Thomas should remain unratified. In fact, the history of this affair is simply disgraceful. The Danes did not want to sell their West India island, but they were badgered into the bargain by Mr. Seward, and at last concluded it. The consent of the inha bitants was taken by a vote. The United States agreed to pay about a million and a half ster ling. The King of Denmark formally bid farewell to the people of St. Thomas, and its cession was proclaimed to all the world. But though the treaty was sent to the Senate in the winter of 1867-8, it has never been even noticed. The Danes have relinquished their island, but it has not been paid for. The unpopularity of Mr. Seward is said to be the cause of this neglect ; but why the Danes should suffer for the ex-Minister it is not easy to tell. St. Thomas is a valuable West India station and worth more than the whole of Alaska. A RAILWAY THROUGH THE ALPS. The project of constructing a great central railway through the Alps is assuming a definite form. The Canton of Berne, displaying a laudable spirit of independence, proposes that Switzerland should make the line at her own cost, and should not accept the co-operation of any foreign State, individual cantons, or private com panies, except on conditions which would preserve the neutrality and independence •of the country. With this view the law of 182, which interdicts the Confedera, tion from constructing, possessing, or working railways will have to be revised. The Government of Berne also demands that the tariffs shall be fixed in such a manner as not to prevent the creation of new lines on the right and left of that of the Saint-Gothard. It was at first proposed to construct the Saint-Gothard line with the aid of subsidies from the neighbouring States ; now it is thought that Switzerland ought to have the line entirely her own, and the Inclependance Beige thinks that this will be the policy adopted. THE STRIKE IN BELGIUM. Up to Tuesday evening no progress had been made towards a settlement of the labour disputes in Belgium. On the contrary, the strike has spread. A large number of carpenters employed at the Cockerell establishment at Seraing, the scene of the late strike, have refused to work. They had looked for an increase of wages to the extent of about a halfpenny an hour, but the demand was neglected, and the men packed up their tools. " More wages" seems to be the war-cry throughout this great movement. The men were reported to be peaceable, but obstinately indisposed to resume work on the same terms. A large meeting of colliers has tak_.•n place at Mons. In- flammatory speeches were made. Several members of the International Society have been arrested. THE ITALIAN AMY. A 'scheme for the reorganisation of the Italian army after the example of the great continental Powers has been presented to the Florence Chamber of Deputies by the Minister of War. From the beginning of next year Italy will have an effective force of 620,000. The figure of the active army is fixed at 400,000; the remainder will constitute the reserve. The peace force is to be dependent on the annnal Budget ; and if this rule be strictly carried out, the peace effective will be undoubtedly small. If the strength of the army be measured by the capabilities of the Budget, Italy ought to have an army as small as that of the United States. The mode of enlistment will be that practised throughout Europe. A contingent of recruits will be conscribed every year, and a similar number will complete their term of service. NEW ZEALAND. Simultaneously with the war against the Maoris, a much more active ecclesiastical war is being waged in the newly-created New Zealand diocese of Dunedin. Dr. Jenner was consecrated bishop in Dunedin in 1867, but manifested such strong ritualist ten. dencies that the Colonial Church protested loudly against his coining .out. Bishop Jenner promised that he would remain in England until the General Synod gave a decision on his claims. The Synod decided that, for the peace of the Church, be had better resign, but he has, nevertheless, arrived in New Zealand. Bishop Harper, the colonial primate, declared that he had come out without authority, and prohibited him from preaching. This the Church in Dunedin thought too hard. Bishop Jenner was not under ecclesiastical censure, and might at least preach like any other minister. But the primate adheres to his determination. SEMI-SLAVERY IN QUEENSLAND. The employment of natives of the South Sea Islands in the Australian colonies has been the subject of a large public meeting at Sydney. Petitions are to be sent to the two Houses of Parliament in Queensland, praying them to repeal the Polynesian Labourers Act if necessary. The Bishop of Sydney spoke strongly against the working of .this Act, which permits the importation of South Sea islanders into Queensland ; and some sad revelations were made of the injuries inflicted by captains in recruit ing the poor islanders under the license of the Queensland Government. The wife of a mis sionary furnished some accounts which showed how the slave traffic was being carried on in these islands. In one case the authorities have been compulled to put the law in force against the captain and one of the crew of a vessel. They are to take their trial for, the murder of three natives of one of the New Hebrides group of islands. Many shippers are engaged in this traffic, which can be carried on under the sanction of the Queensland Parliament. Th e Sydney petition has sliewn that slavery in the colonies will he the consequence of this system of kidnap ping if the injustice is not put a stop to. JOHN JAY, U.S. MINISTER TO AUSTI?IA. Last week we announced that Mr. John Jay had been selected for the Embassy to Austria, and his no mination was among those sanctioned by the Senate on Monday. The name recals that of his grand father, whose signature is attached to the Declara tion of Independence, and is endeared to the American mind by an association with an act which must remain as of the greatest political importance that occurred on the Continent. Though the grand son is a lawyer of eminence and a speaker of no ordinary ability, he has for the last few years been most associated, with the Union League Club, an influential organization established in New York City, first to grapple with the spirit of disloyalty which threatened to paralyse the action of the North on the outbreak of the war, and afterwards to combat the corruption which has lately spread like a cancer in the large cities of the Republic. Other Union Leagues have been formed and have become a power in the land ; but that which has indelibly associated its history with the war is the parent club of New York, of which Mr. John Jay has been for an anxious period, Presi dent. On the 23d of June, 1866, he issued an address to the members, which we have before us while we write. It was sent from Europe, where the President then was, resigning the post, as he feared his absence might be detrimental to the ob jects whose interests the club was pledged to up hold. his attempt to resign was overridden by the unanimous voice of the organization, and Mr. Jay has since held the post and resided in New York. The brief history he therein gives of the club's con nection with the events lately enacted and then en acting, is of the more interest as nearly three years have elapsed since it was written. That it was truthful in its exposition of the past may partly be judged from the singular accuracy of its predictions. The remarks on education are specially worthy of note. "To secure ignorance on the part of the masses was the deliberate policy of slavery." " Sla very may be destrOyed in a day, but its unpleasant traits may survive for a generation. The brutal ignorance, political degeneracy, and social degra dation that it engenders demands for their ex tinction systematic and perseveri ng efforts. " "Universal e d ucat i on in a Republic governed by popular suff rage i s a thing not simply de sirable, but absolutely essential to the safety and welfare of the people. . • . ably an une n li g h tened constituency becomenev the blind tools of designing politicians, and in New York the less educated Democracy were made throughout the Rebellion to do the work of the aristocrats and despots of Europe, whom they do not profess to love ; in assisting the rebel attempt to divide the Union and to overthrow at once the American Government and popular freedom." Further on he alludes to the dangers which fos ter the insolent ambition of unscrupulous leaders, which facilitate the corruption that thrives by the " lobby" or the " ring," and saddle the industry of the community with exorbitant taxes to administer to private and political profligacy. On the 27th of March last the Union League Club met to con sider measures pending at Albany, relating to the City of New York. Mr. Jay, who occupied the chair, said : "The Union League Club bad been original]) organized with a view to the preservation of the Union, but that great end being accomplished they had adoptel a new principle—namely, resistance to, and exposure of, corrup tion, wherever found in State or municipal affairs. Mr. Jay referred to the actions taken by the Club in other matters of a kindred nature. It bad, last year, opposed the appropriations for the support of the Roman Catholic schools of a private character, and, subsequently, the naturalization frauds rece i ve d it s attention. Beso tions, respcting the election frauds in the city e t ', New York, a t l as t general election, were then lead adopted, The preamble referred to the Assembly 0°: mittee on privil eges an d elections appointed to investi g ate these frauds. Th e comm i ttee have discovere d that t he frauds pra c ti se d at the election on the 3d of Novem ber last far exceeded anything of the kind in our past hi sWil a that they bad been conducted upon a systematic plan , 3 . 11 i f with the knowledge and connivance of prominent of cia of New York. Th ese f rauds comprehended ever y Iwow n crime against th e e l ec ti ve f ranch i se. Now, t h er efore re solved that C ongress b e respectfully besought to glv6 v, this subject their united and earnest attention, a nd Eco . 0 , dain at th e p resent sess i on some scheme of naturaliz E which, while offering all proper facilities for the n t 11 A r . lization of aliens, will p reserve un i mpaired t h e high dig' nity of Americ a n c iti zens hi p, which has been so sham e fully degraded by f rau d and per j ury, and wh i c h will st %,iE ss the same time w i pe out the fraudulent and counte";. certificates of naturali za ti on w i t h wh i ch the co untry Li b been flooded, inviolation of law and justice, an d I s which, if they are not annulled by Congress, the abe t ", of the late co ns pi racy h ope to perpetuate the i r tt power." Of However popular may be th e appointment John Jay to the Co ur t a t Vi enna, we ca nnot b ut regret that he sh ou ld b e remove d f rom hi s presen t sphere of usefulness. It i s no t every man that Wl' undertake the thankless task of attempting to s tem the tide of corruption. It is not one for which h ° is paid ; it co mman d s no patronage or powe r, ap a receives but th e f ee bl e support o f peop ' e who s e e c only hazily the deep i n t eres t to th emse l ves and the children involved, while those whose operations 31. e interfered with direct at the head of the reformer torrent of calumny and vituperation, subjen til l him to every i n di gn it y i u th e i r power. H en ce th rascals thrive, and society fi n d s so f ew charoPi ol3o to guard its intere s t s. N o man i n C ong ress i n ' been more abused than Mr. Elihu B. Washburset the United States Minister just appointed to Fran ce ' and although Mr. John Jay had a club at his bas k ; we dare say he h as b een ma d e to feel the effects 01 " his action. We doubt whether it be for the na tional good that influential men, willing to take up such a part, should be offered Foreign Missions, although it may be agreeable to themselves t° change a post of detraction for one of houe lir. However, the energie s o f th e U n i on L eagu e Clu b n have been, and are well di rec t e d ; an d we h op e there are many among its memb ers on w hom DI" Jay's mantle may fall, and that there are Repre sentatives in Congress not incompetent or unwill iiinB to act the "Treasury watch-dog'spart," whosebsi we fear, will not soo n aga i n b e h ear d i n the'lla ll ° the House. —Anglo-American Times. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMEiVTS. -ow The following nominations have been deci 6eci upon by General Grant's Cabinet : General J. A. C amp b e ll , o f General Schofield ' s s taff' Of late of Ohi o , G overnor o f Wyoming; James N. Ashlein-f Ohio, Governor o f M on t ana; G eneral H. D. Washbuole; Indiana, Surveyor-General of Montana; Colonel Bug e o i Surveyor-General of W yom i ng; Dr. Rush Spenc er New York, S urveyor -G eneral of New Mexico ; Col. Fr g " ng Wolcott of Kentucky, Registrar of Lands for Wyonehig' Ur. Clarke, of Ohio, Register of Lands for Washing' o ; Dr. Scott, o f Ohi o, S ecretary of Washington ; Gl'e„,r.rg Earle, of Maryl an d, f or Fi rst Assistant Postmag' General; J o h n Alli son, of Pennsylvania, to be Register of the Treasury. The following appointments have been confirmed hi // I Senate :—G eorge E arle, of Maryland. to be First Ass i s te Postmaster-General, v i ce Skinner, removed;' E. rre Goodrich to be Surveyor of the Port of PhiladelP" George Bergner to be Postmaster at Harrisburgh, Penn' Sylvania ; Alf re d B . D ada to be Postmaster at St. JoseP,l:a Indiana; Mr .J. W. Allison, of Penn., as Register a '— Treasury, vice Jeffries, resigned ; TiEr Franklin J. R °1 „ 111191 asCollector of I n t erna l R evenue for the Fourteent h Dis trict of Maine, vice Miller, resigned. The President se n t th e f o ll ow i ng appointments to .-- Senate, April 2 : —F or C o ll ectors of Internal Reven ue W. W. HawkiLs, First District of New York ; Jas. Free` land, S icond Dist r i c t o f N ew York ; Gordon L. Third District of New York; Alfred Pleasonton, Fet r is . District of New Yo r k ; J o h n 0 . V . G r i dley, E i g hth v trict of New York ; W. A. Darling, Ninth District of 14e York ; J. F. Bailey, Thirty-second District of y ep York; John Richm on d, S event h Di str i ct o f EL C. Fleming, First District of Connecticut; R 0. Donaldson, First District of South Carolina; L. Hobson, Fourth District of Kentucky ; Charles Ilogate, Sixth District of Indiana; Wilson Bowie'', 1)1 . trio of Oregon ; C. W. F or d , Fi rst District of Miss°ll,4,,, Tames . Galbre a th, Fi rs t Di str i ct of Tennessee ; Gcor6s. C. Evans, Third District of Pennsylvania; Lewis j a : Brown, Seco n d Di s t r i ct of Texas ; Thomas W. D6vAf" Twenty-second District of Pennsylvania; William Baird, Eighth Di s t r i ct of Pennsylvania, C. J. BrullvAed-: Fourteenth Distri c t o f P ennsylvania; George 1311— Eighteenth District of Pennsyl van i a; Willi am R. ~"4. Second District of Pennsylvania; J. F. Wilcox, F"` District of Pennsylvania ; G. W. Palmer, Twelfth 1 : 45- / trict of Pennsylvania; John T. Foster, First District (). Alabama; James• P. Paince, Second District of Virgi° l4 / ,', A. W. Mann, Third District of West Virginia; M'Gill, Sixth District of Tennessee ; T. S. Johnson, T llir 7 a District of L ou i s i ana; J ames S. Chapthan, Secon d trict of Louisiana. For United States Marshals —Isaac M. Quimby, N ortil . - ern District of N ew Y or k ; D. B. Parker, District o f , r; , ginia ; James Wadsworth, Southern District of New 1 r°1. ,, For Surveyor of C us t oms —Wm. R. Martin, Portstnollt" ; Wm. R. Holliday, Wheeling, Va. ; E. 0. Goodrich' Philadelphia, Penn. For Collector s o f C ustoms—Wm. Muller, District of Mobile, AlAbama ; A. J. Goss, District of St. August inef Florida ; Wm. D. N o l an, Di strict of Delaware ; Alber t g Barney, District of Santiago, Texas ; George .T. Br ° l District of Detroit, Mi c hi gan; John H. Bailey, Distr ict 0 Portsmouth, N.H. For United States Attorneys—Edwards V. Pierrepoot, Southern District of New York ; George Willey, N'?„ 1- r , 11' ern District of Ohio ; S. E. C amp, E astern District o f nessee ; Robert M. F. Smith, Middle District of Tenness eB r : A. I'. Ackerman, Distri c t o f G eorg i a ; Joseph 0. Gh"ce Northern District of Illinois ; Th os. B . Wil son, South'''.,./1 District of Illinois. For Associate Justi ce —O . S . St r i c kl an d . Utah Territort For Assistant Tre a s urer —G eorge E yster, PhiladelPlot Pennsylvania. For Assessors of Internal Revenue—James At t e''' . 0 1 Fifth District of New Y or k ; W . H . Treadwell, Se°l4l District of New Yo r k ; A ugustus Ford, Ei g hth District New York; A. P. K e t c h um, Ni nth District of New Vrl, of ; L. L. Doty, Tw en t y - secon d D i strict of New York; Chef, ter S. Cole, Twenty-seventh District of New York F. Cleaveland, the 32d District of New York ; P. Carman, Tenth Di s t r i c t o f P ennsylvauia ; A. Chaillber, lain, Twelfth District of Pennsylvania; Wm. F. Ilea, derson, Sixth Di str i ct of North Carolina ; Russell Errerst 22d District of P ennsylvania ; James O'Brien, 11 of District of Tennessee ; H. C. P e di go, Fi rst Di s trict 0; Texas; F. W. Sumner, F our th Di s t r i ct o f Tex B, Benjamin Emmons, Fourth District of Missouri ; Joh , ' if Kenny, Fir s t Di strict of Pennsylvania ; Samuelhn Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania ; Charles W. Pi ers :t First District of Al a b ama ; A. P. Shattuck, Third Distri-f of Mississippi ; George B. Johnson, Third district : 0 Ohio; Orris Hatch, Fourth District o f Wisconsin; - 1 1, 19 13. F. Joabert ( co l oure d ), First Distritit of Louis s na ; Davis, District of New Mexico ; K. R. Cobb, Seconk,;,;:t trict of Vi rg i n i a, 0. W. Mather, Third District of 11" In answer t o th e congratulations of a Pennoll vania delegation, Secretary Boni() said he had n e ,, Ve d aspired to the position he now occu pi es, an d i n dult , ' that, in consequence of delicate health, he would not re tame it long. „„ t rAnvEnnsEmENT.ll Holloway's Pills. —Enjoy— 1) 03 . Life. —When the blood is pure, its circulation perfect- the nerves in good order, we are well. These pills 1 ) , °65 „1/11 a marvellous power in securing these great secrets of n e "„ o d by purifying, regulating, and strengthening fluids - a d d solids. Holloway's pills can be confidently recoil-11,1°0r to all persons suffering from disordered digestion or W eo t ried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. They C Orr t he acidity and heartburn, dispel sick headache, q uicken action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle Mr ;;., euts. The weak and delicate may take them without le o f Holloway's pills are eminently serviceable to invalids irritable constitution, as they raise the action of every ? r f o g to its natural stand a rd, an d un i versa ll y exercise a 01131 and sedative influence. Births. ld ; GRAHAM —On the 20th inst., at Eastb ourne , Mrs. 130V 15 Graham, of a daught e r. TILLY -On the 19th inst., a t T e i gnmout h , D ev on, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel G. S. Tilly, RE., of a sou. Marriages. Eccus —Thxos— On the 21st inst. at Christ Churcla, Lancaster-gate, Henry James Eccles, Esq ,of bpr , dc ll°- atone, Devonshire, to C a th er i ne e . Di xon, secon d &tug ter of the late Admiral S:r Manley Dixon, K.C.B. ct . WlLLorGunv-OsnonsE —KAY— On th e 20 t h i ns t., at Ann's, Tudor', J'Ain H e nry Will oug hb y . Osborne, .o lain Bengal Army, son of Major. General Willough°4; o.iborne, Ilawford, near Worc,ster, to Mary, (laugh— of James Kay, Esq., of Turton Tower, Bolton-le-M" • Deaths. ° COVENTRY-0 11 the 19th inst., nt Ti ce, France, ... rr , l , 0 03 Coventry, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, rtg-,-.41 73. FARQUHAR— On tho 20th i ns t., a t 28 , U pper Grosv---- minor" street, Sybella, Lady Farphar, aged 85. WEBBER— On the 19th inst, suddenly, Captain Win.Cb a° ' Webb;:r, It.N ., c f A shl i e l d Lodge, ilidhurst, aged , NI London : Printed a n d P a bli s h e d b y W ILLIAM ANDIL- CS z of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tau SUN • Office, No I Strand, in the Precinct of the Se voy In the 01u 3 t 9 aliddlosex.—Tlaunday, Apil 22, 1869. F. INA IIA:S Tohlids celebrate Medal, s Pure l3ottles , Mild t he Agents in the - - B ,REAI Observe the Re taa's LL Whisky i ll UTUAL (Incur 14, RUSSELL :I A D V A NCESivo e r el i 1: e m oi ornas free on re, OYAL Bi!on,ani l e : ne a ee e r : " y s lo t r t r.r i n .ln au S V T ev . n te i n hA der e i ' i ee : r r lii s i rc t n:s l ohß o ie; ll A ctresses —M r . C talented artistes. Notiee.—Mr. P will tal7c J.2e. John-o r well" with Mr. tW MAC MADAMEAIways Nc . n, and B eu u CITEL and a nder ten, ' CI ; e A RGYL EVENTN . C.°MB have heel and Co. The c an attractive F Dance Music. WE Musical Dil THE above Luncheon for deviling Leg ORIGINAL Ab A . SIILE t erY Pine Pale, Old Crushed Po Shipping), Vii S parkling Chan lery, Qualite Sample cases bottles Sherry, GAR: ------- B. HA ron next tl 'siee for c elebrat gn ed PAL Bordeaux Wine Whiskieß, from also be seen at /lumber of liote Of others wantec 13 MENTIFl nRNAME aprtnaent of V and Din hake, Inkatanc h iren Italian, STENNpar, &c London Mr. Tennan MINERALS of Lyell's Eler, tate the into GEOLOGY, guineas each. PRAOTIOA MINERALOC 149, strand. rip RE Ll' -ILL c Offices-1: The Invest( Fire Revenue The moderate Bonus for the value as SPI render them leave is grante thirty days aft ICING'S street, APPEAL for Penses. Assi SEAMEN' v„. off Gr een -P44 . l iclis, who The receipt! £879 less that' SUBSCRIP Williams Den the Seetetary, street, Londor Qualificatio Governor, £1( Rieo Under the pat hm rt Whereby a hoi Girls of all age the ki ngdom. The obje^t of llsh edneS.tio n, and laundry, t( wise provided suitable sitnati, The Commit, entirely sustab °MA% 121, P Mackon! Patron—. For the g dest tuts orpl and of all d Prosperous ci One hundr stitution ; am Increased endowed, an( assistance. Subscriber In stitution, V its Peculiar c The last R Secretary. Offices, 73, Barikers lane ; and M HEALTH RE DU BAIL and Ii 7 saves fifty tip Perfect diges refreshing sl Most disord effectually it sumption, ha rangements, nervousness catarrhs, co rheumatism, ralgia, irri heartburn, nausea and fits, bronchi the pit of a the most dig for invalids IMPORTAN and more th rity, Baron