The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, I IMPERIAL PARLI A NEIS ' The Times, in considering the close of the debate on the Irish Church and the subsequent division, remarks that the majority is great, overwhelming, decisive ; it is equal to the most sanguine hopes of the friends of the bill ; it exceeds the anticipations of many ; yet it kindles but a slight feeling of triumph, so much had the certainty of victory taken away the excitement which hangs on a doubtful struggle. It is, of course, within the power of the Conservative party to insist upon using every oppor tunity and employing every weapon of resistance, but Mr. Hardy himself confined his threat of stubborn resistance to the House of Commons, and he would probably ac knowledge the unwritten principle upon the observance of which the stability of the Constitution depends. It must never be forgotten that the harmonious working of our institutions—the avoidance of the recur rence of dead-locks such as lately embarrassed the free colony of Victoria—depends upon the axiom that the dearly-ascertained will of the people expressed at the hustings must prevail. This truth was recognised again and again in the debate of last year in the House of Lords, and we cannot suppose it will be neglected this session. The question then provisionally discussed was remitted to the people free from all complication of side issues and extraneous subjects, and the verdict of the country was pronounced upon it. The division of Tuesday night was the expression of this national judgment. The majority of 118 which has affirmed the principle of the Ministerial bill corresponds to a proportionate majority among the people, and although the details of the measure may be profitably criticised and even amended in future discus. sions, that it will be enrolled in the statute-book must henceforth be regarded as a certainty. The Post observes that until the debates of the last and of the present session there were many tolerably well- Informed men who had no conception of what was meant by the Irish Church. The ideas entertained were con fused, and for the most part erroneous. The mass of the people simply knew nothing about the matter. They came to regard the Church Establishment in Ireland as something which because it existed must necessarily be good. It has been the special mission of the present Prime Minister to dispel the darkness. ALd this is certainly not too strong an expression to use. It requires a very bold man to attack an institution which has stood for centuries, and which, moreover, rests mainly on the prejudices and the religious partialities of a numerical majority in the empire. But that man must not only be bold, but must possess qualities of no ordinary kind who can successfully persuade that majority to dis card its prejudices and dissipate its partialities by the indomitable force of its will and the exercise of its reason. The triumph of Mr. Gladstone has been, therefore, exceedingly great. He had much to contend with, many obstacles to overcome, many difficulties to vanquish. But despite probabilities be has proved successful. He has appealed to the sense of a great nation, he has asked it to act in a spirit consonant witb.the spirit of the age in which it now lives, and it has responded to that appeal with a readiness and with an earnestness greater than he himself could have anticipated. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. SLIGO BOROUGH IMPROVEMENT MIL. A short debate took place on the motion for the second reading of this bill. The house eventually divided, when there appeared— For the motion .. 135 . Against it ll9 Majority iu favour of the bill OPENING THE MUSEUMS ON SUNDAYS. A great many petitions were presented against the pro posal to open the British Museum and other public insti- tutions on Sundays. THE RELEASED FENIANS. Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in reply to Sir G. Jenkinsom said it was quite true that language of a very objection able character bad been used at two banquetsgiven atCork and Ballenasloe i n honour of the released Fenian s. Only two of those persons released had so grossly and disgracefully abused the clemency of the Crown. (Hear, bear.) The seditious language had not escaped the attention of the Government, and it was now under the consideration of the law officers of the Crown. He hoped too much impcirtance would not be given to the mischievous eloquence of these persons, as the Go vernment were not indifferent to the matter, and were quite determined that such things should not continue. (Hear, hear.) The persons who had been set at liberty did not receive a free pardon, but were set at liberty with certain conditions being enforced on them. (Hear, hear.) - With respect to ...the case of those persons in Australia, he had already on a former occasion stated the intention of the Government, AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. THE IRISH. CHURCH. The Herald asserts that on Tuesday night the division was a matter of comparatively little interest. If people speculated at all it was as to the number by which the majority would exceed a hundred, and when once such large figures are assumed, it is impossible to feel much interest in small modifications of five or ten. The majority turned out to be one hundred and eighteen, rather more than most people expected, but practically no greater triumph to the Government or discomfiture to the Opposi tion than if it had been eighty. That it at all represents the strength of parties in the House of Commons we can have no hesitation about denying. With a certainty of defeat so clearly before them, the supporters of the Church who had any urgent private reasons for staying at home, naturally felt no call upon'them to respond to the formal appeal addressed to them by the Conservative Whip ; whilst the Liberals, on the other hand, rushed to the division in obedience to the order which required their presence to exercise a moral pressure upon the House of Lords. Mr. Gladstone has carried by a majority hardly given before to any Minister a measure which he spent the best years of his life in com bating. Is he to be condoled with or congratulated upon this assuredly decisive vote in favour of a policy which he has so vehemently opposed ? We leave that question for the present to the speakers and the writers, who in prais ing the Mr. Gladstone of the present day, condemn with such severity the Mr. Gladstone who represented Newark and the University of Oxford. The Daily News thinks that the splendid sanction prac tically given by the House of Commons to Mr. Glad stone's measure conveys a decision which is without appeal. In ancient Rome, the intercession of the tribunes of the people was good to bar the senatorial authority. But the intercession of the popular tribunes has in the matter of the Irish Church gone before the parliamentary vote. The Pleb i seitum has preceded the Senatus Consultum. The nation spoke emphatically in favour of Mr. Glad stone's Irish policy in the general election ; and through its representatives it has now declared itself in favour of the specific measure by which he proposes tc give effect to his scheme. A declaration of opinion and purpose so decisive determines the course which the House of Lords must take on this matter, if it be guided by statesmanlike regard for the public good, or even by the instinct of self-preservation. Its function as a second chamber is not to give effect to the personal views of a majority of its members, but to weigh, sift out, and clarify, so to speak, the national opinion ; to precipitate it, in chemical phrase, by disentangling it from the foreign ingredients with which it may be wrapt up and hidden from common recognition. This work, however, was done last year, and there is no valid pretence for repeating the operation. In rejecting the Suspensory Bill of 1868 the Lords remitted the main question to the country. The country has pronounced in a way which admits of no other response than that of acquiescence. The courage which might lead the Upper House to reject Mr. Gladstone's bill would be of that desperate and unintellectual quality for which the name of foolhardiness has been set apart. Still a certain degree of respect might be felt for it. The petty treachery and malice which would endeavour stealthily to spoil a measure, while affecting to accept, would add popular contempt to popular indignation. The Standard declares that there is no reasoning against a majority, and the division list is the real reply of Mr. Gladstone to the arguments urged a g ainst his bill. Still it augurs ill for a great political change when it can be defended only by the brute force of numbers. The true sen timental grievance of Ireland lies far deeper than this mea sure—behind all Churches, behind all questions of tenant right, all matters of legislative reform and parliamentary competence. The true sentimental grievance of Ireland is the British flag and not the British faith ; not an Established Protestant Church, but a Protestant Establishment in every department of the State ; a Protestant Queen, a Protes tant aristocracy, a Protestant Parliament, and a Protestant policy. That grievance none of us mean to redress ; and if we do not we shall scarcely conciliate a single disaffected Irishman by sacrificing the property and alineating the hearts of 700,000 Irish loyalists. This is the weakness of Mr. Bright's argument, and the weakness of the Liberal policy ; and we could wish that the fallacy of " concilia tion " had been made as clear in the course of the debate now concluded as has been the iniquity of " disendow molt." The Telegraph asks, " What will the Lords do with it V' That is the momentous question. The Commons have played their part. After the discussion of Tuesday, Mr. Gladstone's bill may be altere d in small points of detail, but the principle on which it is founded is irrevocably fixed. Mistakes cf detail there may be. A trifle too much may be allotted to Rome ; a trifle too little to Armagh. Presbyterian Ul ster, possibly, is entitled to half a fish or a crust more than has been set aside by the bill as the Ulster portion. We have not loo k ed into the 'measure with the eye of an actuary or an auctioneer. We take the principle as Mr. Glad stone ha s laid it down; his consequent proposals we ad,,pt with the i " errors excFpted, t and by all means let what is wrong n the working ou of the scheme be made right. Let the . Commons, in committee, carefully examine the chain link by lilt, and find if each link rings true. W h y perpetrate e wrongs when you are struggling to do that which is so broadly and plainly right? For the bill, in the Commons, we have no longer any fear. Mr. Gladstone and his majority are doing a great work. It mig ht, indeed, have been wished, as we have said, that somebody had briefly told the House that we were but finding our way back to the point from which our fathers made a false start three centuries back, with very grievous results to themselves and to those who came after them. We have no fear of what will happen from this bill when it passes into law. We look upon it as a noble legacy, bequeathed by the British Parliament and people of the year 1869 to those who will come after us. When such a principle as that contained in the bill has made its way into the mind of a great nation, fanaticism and bigotry may do their worst. Tho Star believes the country will derive from the results of the Irish debate all that satisfaction which must naturally arise from the realisation of hopes long persevered in against hope. That the Irish Church Esta• blishrrient must disappear has long been the conviction of all Liberal st a t esmen, exce pt th e f ew w h o c h er ished the design of establishing Catholic and Presbyterian establish. ments by the side. 'lb this design the people of England have never been favourable or even tolerant. All the hopes, therefore, of p many of the English people as were willing to do justice to Ireland have long been fixed on the disestablishinent of the I r i s h Ch urc h. But till quite they were entertained uith the greatest difficulty. The noble resolution of Mr. Gladstone thlt this question should be tettlecl in the only possible 0110 way was followed, however, by a great revival of those hopes. support re ceived by this policy at the ele c ti ons slimed how easy it was to arouse and draw forth the sympathies which ha I long been cherishe d , ; and we may now find in the maj, - ;- , • „Ir. Gladstone iaostone's Lack—a majority, as The said on Tuesday,representing their countrymen in nothing 5..) fully as in kindliness of feeling towards Ire land—the fruitful and secure assurance of the compl e ti on of that scheme of justice which has L een inature d by the Government since their accession to office. Those who take a broad view of political progress, and who regard the improvement of legislation as more impor parties, may gladly perc e i ve , tent than the gains of in the grand enlighte ned enthusiasm of Mr. Gladstone's closing speech, the sure promise of a lengthened day of uninterrupted progress such as no temporary Liberal reverse could stay—a day . of success which the great Vatriotic triumph over -which we have now to rejoice taaugurato With peculiar and uiattllzed br i lliancy; WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MARCH 23. ()'l_)on but ho coda only say that each individual case would be considered on its own merits. With respect to a statement which appeared that morning in one of the newspapers that day, that the two Fenian convicts, O'Donovan Roser and Newby Lad been re , leased. Such a statement had no foundation in fact. Mr. GLADSTONE said that the Mayor of Cork might feel confident, if he felt so disposed, "that they had Mr. Gladstone on their side, and that all the other Fenians would be released." (Laughter.) AU be could say wag, that there was no intention on the part of the Govermet. t to release any more Fenians. THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. Mr. VANCE asked whether the right bon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) could give the house any information on the rumoured resignation by Earl Spencer of the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had no communication to make either to the house or the hon. member on the sub ject. The rumour was wholly without foundation. TEE SNIDER RIFLE. Mr. CARDWELL said it was proposed to issue the Snider rifle to 24 militia, regiments proceeding either to Aldershot or Shorncliffe. Mr. BRIGHT said it was proposed to collect the agri• cultural statistics on the 25th of June. • The adjourned debate on the disestablishment of the Irish Church Bill was resumed by Mr. WALPOLE, who said the present measure was ono of the most arduous subjects of legislation ever submitted to the House of Commons, as they were for the first time in the history of civilisation to do away with the religion of a country as a national religion—(oh, oh, end no, no) —and so to cause what might be termed a legislative revolution in the religion of a portion of the country. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) He objected to the bill in the strongest manner, because it dissolved every cor poration and so entirely put an end to all parochial orga nisation—(hear, bear) —because it took away the property of the Church and invested it with commissioners—(hear, hear) —because it deprived the Crown of appointing bishops and the true government of the church, and because it severed the Royal supremacy from the Chutch of the country, through which supremacy the worship and doc trine of - the Church had been preserved. (" Hear, hear," from the Opposition.) The bill he looked upon as an attempt to introduce the voluntary principle—a principle which had failed as far as education was con cerned, and which would wholly and entirely fail in the dissemination of religion. (Hear, hear, from the Opposi tion.) The bill proposed altogether to divert the endow ments the church possessed to purposes quite different from those for which they were made, and on that ground ( alone the bill ought not to receive the sanction of radia -1 went. Sir H. BULWER descanted on the long course of mis government in Ireland, and urged that the question at issue was how they were to govern that country, and in dealing with this the hcuse should remember that they were statesmen and not theologians. The debate was continued by Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Agar Ellis, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Miller, Mr. Verner, The O'Do noghuo, Lord G. Hamilton, and Mr. G. H. Moore. Mr. G. HARDY pronounced the measure not one of justice, but of vengeance. He believed the Church of Ireland was doing an excellent work, and the recognition of religion by the State was a distinct aanowledgment of the general superintendence of the Almighty in all human affairs. The real question was—Were the ma jority of the p3puLtiou to give way to the minority, who were very gi ievtd thLt the Sovereign of the realm was a Prat. start ? But the real fact was, that the Church did net injure the Roman Cathol:cs in any way. Ina very el. beret! speech he proclaimed that the CLurch of England in Ireland had held forth the light of the Reformation in all parts of the world, and condemned the confiscation of what belonged to the Irish Church alone. He reviewed the various items of the bill, com menting on the unjust way in which Mr. Gladstone pro posed to deal with the property of the Church, and quoted from the speeches of the right hon. gentleman to show his previous opinion that if the Irish Church was destroyed the Repeal of the Union must be the next step. As to the arrangements of the Government, it was nothing but a miserable evasion of the real point. Mr. GLADSTONE rose to reply at one o'clock, and was warmly cheered. He deprecated the conduct of the man who would quote a line and a half of a speech de livered three-and-thirty years ago to prove that he (Mr. Gladstone) had talked of a probable course of conduct tending to a Repeal of the Union between England and Ireland. He consured the highly-coloured representa tions which had been made as to the state of Ireland generally, which could only have been done for party purposes. There was nothing to be seen in Ireland but the aggregation of long misgovernment, wrong, and oppression. The right honourable gentleman replied in detail to the various arguments advanced in the debate, and in conclusion said that, as rapidly us the clock was at the time of his speaking advancing to the early dawn, so surely and apparently Silently were the last hours of the Irish Church Establishment approaching. At twenty minutes past two this morning the House I divide 1 , and the numbers were— For the second reading Against it Majority The announcement of the numbers was received with loud and repeated cheers. The division occupied twenty five minutes. ADJOURNMENT FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Mr. GLADSTONE—I move that the House at its rising do adjourn to Thursday week. (Hear, hear.) Agreed to. The other orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at three o'clock to Thursday, April 1. LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Wm. ISl'Mabon to be Captain; Cornet Herbert Ray to be Lieutenant; Hector Gurdon lkbow to be Cornet. Gth Dragoon Guards—Captain Edward Napier to be Major; Lieutenant Henry Hamilton to be Captain; Cornet Frederick Rasch to be Lieutenant. Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant EdW ar d Griffith to be Captain, Cornet Corbet Smith to be Lieutenant ; Robert Lllewel- Yto be Cornet. 4th n Hussars—Lieutenant Henry Collings to be Captain ; Cornet Edward Williams to be Lieutenant; Alfred I Gambler a r to s _ b i C e o u r t u e net. John St. has Vincent Saumrez to h l a a p m l i Beaumontto be Lieuten ant;b e C e e l) t o a r i n n e ; t Cornet charl We Charles re tire from the Service ; William Ward to be permitted Cornet. 3d Foot —Ensign George Carr to be Lieutenant ; Michael Spence to bo Ensign. 4th Foot—Arthur Chamberlain to be Ensign. Bth Foot —Captain Edward Tanner to be Major; Lieu tenant Martin Cole to be Ca p tain; Ensi g n L ewis 'Viso to be Lieutenant ; Ensign William Macbay t o h o Ensign. 10th Foot—Lieutena nt Frederick Blanchard, to be Lieu tenant. 13th Foot —Ensign John Bailey to bs Lieutenant, Walter Gaskell to be Ensign. 17th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Bros to be Captain, En sign Henry Nares to be Lieutenant. 18th Foot— Ensign Alfred Swindley to be Lieutenant, ilan.pden Richards to be Ensign. ig 20 s th to Foot—Lieutenant James Smyth to be Captain, En n Charles Bambor be Lieutenant, Gerald Browne to be Ensign. 36th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon James Reynolds to be Assistant-Surgeon. 45 Foot—Lieut. Augustine Lefroy to be Captain ; Ensign Beauchamp F. Bagenal to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Arthur Lloyd to be Ensign. 46th Foot—Lieut. George Martin to be Lieutenant. 57th Foot—A sAn ton Biddulph to Le Ensign. G3d Foot—Ensign Henry Going to Le Lieutenant; Henry Pideock to be Ensign. 70th Foot—Edward King to bo Ensign. 73d Foot—Staff-Surgeon Hector Ferguson to be Ensign. 76th Foot—Staff Asssistant-Surgeon Samuel Popham, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon. 86th Foot—Lieutenant Donald Shaw to be Captain, En sign Francis Bertram to be Lieutenant, George Hawkins to be Ensign. 97th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Lloyd to be Ensign, Eustace Beva❑ to be Ensign. • 2d West India Regiment—Lieut. Charles Irwin to be In - Str uctorol Musketry. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1869 THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. (From the Avlo -American Times.) The proposed Fifteenth Constitutional Amend- ment was introduced into the House of Representa tives by Mr. BOUTWELL, of Massachusetts, after the re-assemblyof Congressin January, and in this form was passed by 150 yeas to 42 nays. " Art.—, Sec. 1. The right of any citizen of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or any State, by reason of race or colour, or previous condition of slavery, of any citizen or class of citizens of the United States, Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this Article." On reach ing the Senate it became the subject of a severe strug gle, that body being more Republican than the Re presentatives. Mr. NVILsoN offered an amendment to protect the rights of the coloured people to hold office, and it was further amended so as to read as telegraphed to this country, the change being after the word " colour," to "nativity, education ,property, or creed." Tacked to it also was an amendment altering the manner of appointing Preiidential elec tors, taking the control from the State Legislatures, and deciding the election by a popular vote. The Democrats rather favoured these alterations, as hey expected they would insure the defeat of the Amendment. Indeed, it was Mr. BUCKALEW who first moved the additional section requiring Presiden tial electors to be chosen by the people. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, wished all Constitutional amend ments to be also submitted to a direct vote. That party, however, had two strings to their bow ; if by fillibustering they could delay the measure till the term of the Fortieth Congress expired, then within a few weeks of its end, it was thought that the next House of Representatives could not muster the necessary two-thirds majority, and there was little probability of the Republicans again finding the requisite overwhelming majority in Congress and in the State Legislatures. ()n Feb. Bth the Session was carried throughout the night, terminating half an hour only before that of the 9th commenced ; but the Republicans persisted, and the amendment was passed by 40 to 16, as published in our leader of the 27th Feb., "on the Proposed Fifteenth Consti tutional Amendment." Among the nays were the five Republican Senators ConßErr, GRIMES, AN THONY, EDMONDS, and FOWLER. On Feb. 15th Re presentative BOUTWELL got the rules suspended in the House so as to take up the Senate's amendments, moving to non-concur, and for a Committed of Conference, which were carried by decisive majori ties. This action was reported in the Senate on the 17th, when a confused debate took place, which will, if the clerks correctly record it, form a singular chapter in Parliamentary a nnals. Mr. STEWART moved to agree to a Commi ttee of Conference, but, seeing no prospect of success, he substituted to recede from the Senate's proposition, and to concur in the House amendment. As the mo tion to recede required but a bare majority, while the motion to concur required two-thirds, it was necessary to divide them, the former being gained by 33 to 23, and the latter lost by 31 to 27. The old Amendment, as reported by the Senate Ju diciary Committee, was then submitted, and after a long discussion adopted by 35 to 11, as follows : " The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or any State, on account of race, colour, or previous condition of servitude." On the 20th this Amendment was taken up by the House. Mr. BINGHAM in lieu proposed the Amend ment as formerly passed by the Senate, thus : " The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by any State on account of race, colour, nativity, property, creed, or pre vious condition of servitude." And this was carried, when it was telegraphed to to Europe that the House had concurred in the Senate's Amendment, the substance having been published in England abridged, while we gave the words in full on:the 27th February, concluding as a matter of course that the proposed Amendment bad passed Congress in the form then given to it by the Senate. A week after REUTER'S telegram another was published in the Times' to the effect that the Negro Suffrage Amendment having passed Congress had been forwarded to the State Legislatures. Not knowing the contradictory proceedings of both Houses it was difficult to comprehend the import of the message. The first conveyed a wholly erroneous impression, the second withheld all the information necessary to understand its meaning. The House Amendment was considered in the Senate on the 22J, and next day Mr. STEWART carried his motion for a conference, himself, CONKLING, and EDWARDS being appointed the committee, the committee of the Ilouse being Messrs. BOUTWELL„ BINGIIkM, and LOGAN. On the 25th the Report of the Committee was submitted by Mr. BOUTWELL, recommending the House to recede from its Amendment and to agree to the Senate's proposition ; and the Amend ment, .as reported in our last i ssue , was fi na ll y agreed to by 143 to 43. Mr. WOODWAIiD claimed ReEl elaborate the necessity of obtaining f or th e j o i n t reso l ut i on the wh c h approval called ofofrtthhealn) b I D o r E at r e Y of r u thbne gfr omUnited pea States, ker COLFAX setting aside the point of order. The question had been raised before in 1803, and it had since been decided by the highest authority in the United States, as well as by eminent constitutional lawyers, among them Mr. REVEP.DYJOHNSON,indeed by the Supreme Court, by all of whom it was laid down that the PRESIDENT has nothing to do with the proposition or adoption of Amendments to the Constitution. Even quite lately the question came before the Senate, when a resolution was agreed to without a division, wherein allusion was made to an amendment having been inadvertently present:d to the PRESIDENT for his approval, asserting that such approval was unnecessary, inconsistent with former practice, and should not constitute a prece dent for the future. The Amendment reached the Senate on the 26th, when the Report of the Committee was road and adopted by 39 to 13. The Amendment having then got through Congresc., and it being ruled that it did not require to be sub mitted to the PRESIDENT, it was only necessary to forward it, through him, as the proper official chan nel to the State Legislatures, and it was telegraphed to Kansas, Nevada, Louisiana, and other State Legislatures, then in Session, by whom it waa at once confirmed. On comparing , the AmOndment as passed by Congress with that first proposed by the Senate, it will be seen that the words " hold office" have been struck out, as well as " property," " education," or " creed." This leaves it in ~the power of the States to enact restrictions either in property or education so long as they are impartial. For instance, the law in Massachusett permitting those only to vote who are able to read the Con stitution in English can remain a law should the proposed Amendment be passed by the States ; Massachusetts might even enact that no person should vote in that. State who could not read the Bible in Arabic, or New York maintain that no one was a qualified voter that had not an annual income of $lO,OOO. What the States could not then do is. to enact that a citizen of African or Chinese origin must hold property, or prove an educational qualification not required from a white man, and as the States will retain the right to fix the qualifying period for naturalization much of the old power will remain with them. If, for instance, California insists on an English educational quali fication, it will effectually bar the Chinese for seve ral years. Although the Amendment did not satisfy the extreme Republicans, the jump is suffi cient for the present, for, if it answers, further pro gress can be made in the same direction, but if the nation finds it is getting into a quagmire, it is as well to have the power of retracing its steps. As GRANT in his Inaugural advocated the adoption of this Amendment, it is likely to be passed by the necessary three-fourths of the State Legislatures. SOUTTIDOWN ITtNT STt 2 pLECHAsES.—Tho Open Han dicap closes on Tuesday next, over the same course as last year. Mr Marcus Vorrall has paid particular attention to the ground. The fences are large and quite natural, with nothing objectien.tble, and we expect to see as good a meeting as last year. The Hunters' Stakes will close on April 5. The Regimental Challenge Cup of the 4th Dra goons will be ruu at this meeting. I)uNVILLE and Co., Belfast, •are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort -buildings strand, London' W4—[Ad- Terlitielltent. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. jIIVENILE LEGISLATORS. During Lord Palmerston's last Government the House of Commons was famous for the number of octogenarians it contained. The present Parliament is no less remarkable for vigintarians. There are more than fifty M.P.'s under thirty years of age. A. large proportion of them belong to the Upper Ten Thousand, and represent county constituencies, or boroughs which are under the control of great landowners. The youngest member in the House is Mr. Hutton, who represents Northallerton, and is just of age. He is the owner of an estate close to the borough, and' Dod" tells us that " he will oppose to the utmost of his power the disestablishment of the Irish Church." No doubt if Troy is to be saved it is Master Hutton's right hand that will save it. Next youngest to him is Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, who sits for his brother, the Marquis of Lansdowne. This young gentlemen is in favour of the disestablishment of the Irish Church, the abolition of religious tests, and " amodified system of compulsory education." No doubt he has thoroughly mastered a complete scheme. North Northumber land has a particular penchant for juvenile legis lators, and is represented by members aged respec tively 22 and 26. It need scarcely be said that other great families besides the Fitzmaurices and the Percies have their cadets in the Legislature. The Duke of Abercorn succeeded in winning a seat for his son, Lord George Hamilton, aged 23, in the county of Middlesex, one of the most remarkable Conservative triumphs throughout the election. The Duke of Argyll's son, the Marquis of Lorne, and the Duke of Sutherland's brother, Lord Ronald Gower, both 23, sit for safe Scotch counties, where their relatives are nothing less than sovereigns. Lord Fitzwilliam has seated a son, aged 29, in Wicklow county, and another, aged 30, in South-West Yorkshire. Lord Lyttleton has placed one, aged 26, in East Worcester shire; Lord Derby one, aged 27, in North Lanca shire ; Lord Belper one, aged 28, in East Derby shire ; and the Earl of Bradford one, aged 23, in North Shropshire. Mr. Glad stone and . Mr. Hardy have each an alter ego in the House. Sometimes young men have won important constituencies in an open fight. For instance, Mr. Hoare, aged 26, beat Mr. Moffatt by seventeen votes at Southampton, but has to stand a petition ; Mr. Lea, aged 27, won Kidderminster by 451 majority ; Mr. Samuelson, aged 25, beat another juvenile at Cheltenham. As a rule, however. con stituencies which have a tree Choice prefer repre sentatives who have not just left school or the university. should do so ; ne nas invested too mucn money in this business to allow it to be invaded by other per sons more enterprising than scrupulous. In a case which has just been partly heard before Sir B. Phillips at - Ole London Mansion llouse, it was stated that Mr. Graves had given 1!24,000 for Mr. Frith's " Railway Station" and copyright. It seems almost impossible that this enormous sum can be repaid. Another incident mentioned was, that Mr. Millais is still very seriously ill at Hastings. OBITUARY. To-day's obituary contains the names of the Earl of Wicklow, aged 81 • Sir Henry Jervis, aged 76 ; and Sir J. T. Ibettson-Selwin 85. Lord Wicklow was one of the Irish Howards,and was marriedto a sister of the Duke of Abercorn. He was a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick, and a lord-lieutenant of the county of. Wicklow, and those two dignities are now at the disposal of the Government. He was also a representative peer of Ireland. His heir is the Hoe. Charles Francis Arnold, who is in the Lancers, and is just 30 years old. Sir Henry Jervis-Whyte Jervis was also an Irishman. He was the second baronet, and succeeded his father in 18; 0. He was formerly in the navy. His eldest son, Humphrey, was born it 1821 ; his second son is the somewhat prominein Colonel Jervis, M.P. for Harwich, SirJ. T. Ibettson - Selwin, was the sixth baronet, and succeeded his nephew in 1801. He is succeeded by Mr. Seiwin- Ibbctson, M.P., for West Essex, and who married the daughter of the late Lord Lyndhurst. THE DESTRUCTION TIIE TOLM AEN. The destruction of the Cornish Tolmaen, in Con stantine parish, near Penrhyn, which we recently recorded, seems to have been an act of wanton bar barism. The singular natural bridge, called by liorlase the most astonishing monument of its kind, was blown up simply for the sake of its granite. But why it should have been blown up even from a love of gain it is hard to understand ; for Sir John Lubbock writes to the Time 3 that having been informed some weeks ago by the Rev. Mr. Win wood that the Tolmaen was in danger, he put himself in communication with the proprietor, Mr. Haskin, intending to offer some compensation for, or, if possible, to acquire it permanently for the nation ; but he was assured that there was no reason for 0..4 anxiety on the subject. The feelings of geologists and scientific men generally towards Mr. Haskin and towards his man Dunstan (who was the perpetrator of the act of vandalism) " may be better imagined than described." THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION. The Rock has at last got hold of a formidable bogey with which to frighten itself and to produce fear in other people. The question " Whither are we drifting ?" is answered by our contemporary. We are now and have been engaged as a nation for some time past "in removing every obstacle that the wisdom of our ancestors had raised against the transference of the throne from the Protestant House of Hanover to the Popish Stuarts." And the time being fully ripe, the Stuart has now appeared. A writer in the Church 2Vezes has alarmed the Rock by saying " under all circumstances, I wonder we hear nothing of the representative of the Stuarts. He is kept bottled-up in America for service in England or Ireland, when opportunity may offer. I once had a glimpse of him, and he wanted to incite me to mortal combat for having talked about the obsolete tyranny of the Stuarts.' All in good time for his appearance on the scene." The Rock does not quite put faith in this bottled-up gentleman ; but tells its readers that the ex-Duke of Modena is—treating the hateful incursion of Dutch William as a mere usurpation—the rightful heir to the English throne. FOREIGN NOTES. THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY. The governor and directors of the Hudson's Bay terri tory have determined to recommend the acceptance of Earl Granville's proposal to the shareholders. Whether the latter will listen to the advice of the board is a ques tion which will be settled at the meeting which takes place to-day. But it is abundantly clear that the com pany will never have an opportunity more favourable to their interests than the present. The terms offered ex by Earl Granville are good, though not wha t the company pected. The shareholders retain all their hunting rights, and, in addition, will receive a sum of money equal to a return of 23 a share on all their subscribed capital, a large extent of land around each of their present trading stations, the right to select two millions of acres in the best part of the country, and will enjoy a certain freedom from taxation. Of course they will suffer in one respect : the value of the region as a hunting-ground will diminish as it becomes colonised. But this deterioration, which must be a work of time, will be counterbalanced by the increase in the value of the land which is retained. LORD MAYO'S INDIAN POLICY. - - The Telegraph has good grounds for believing that Lord Mayo is already active in his efforts to promote public works in India, especially branch railways and irrigation canals—the most urgent needs of the empire. Lord Mayo also supports the " policy of peaceful advantage" in Affghanistan. Shere Ali has been already helped with monetary presents, and will probably meet Lord Mayo at llmballa in the present spring ; but the Viceroy is also making handsome offers of asylum and maintenance to Azim Khan and Abdool Rahman, the enemies of the reigning Emir. If these be accepted, our position in the country will be still stronger. THE UNITED STATES. Mr. A. T. Stewart's inability to take office under Pre sident Grant has lost the United States a Minister of rare public spirit. Mr. Stewart was disqualified from taking the Secretaryship of the Treasury by the Act of 1789, which excludes from the post all persons engaged in commercial pursuits. In order to get over this legal difficulty—which the Senate would not remove— Mr. Stewart offered to place the profits of his immense business in the hands of trustees for purposes of charity. But the most eminent lawyers have decided that this philanthropic expedient will not suffice to escape the con sequences of the Act. Mr. Stewart has therefore retired altogether; but he takes with him the respect of all men. CON El BESS. SENATE. On the 26th Feb. a conference report on the Naval Appropriation Bill was concurred in. The bill " to strengthen the public credit" was reported with amendments, by Mr. Sherman. from the Finance Committee. The conference report on the Suffrage Amendment was considered and finally , adopted by a vote of 39 to 11. Fowler, of Ten nessee, voted with the negatives. The bill relat ing to National Banking reports, to prevent certifying of checks by the banks in certain cases, and to protect passengers in vessels, were passed.—On the 27th the credentials of Hannibal Hamlin, Senator elect from Maine, were present The bill to strengthen the public credit was con sidered and passed—yeas 29, nays 16. Mr. Wilson introduced a hill for the more equal distribution of National banking capital, and Mr. Sherman one for the recognition of the independence of Cuba.-- On the Ist March the credentials of Senators elect T. F. I3ayard, of Delaware, Boreman, of West Virginia, and Brownlow, of Tennessee, were pre sented. The bill authorizing sentences of hard labour, in addition to imprisonment, for certain offences against the United States, was passed. A House resolution suspending the rules so as to allow the transmission of bills from either House within the last three days of the session was con curred in. The Army Appropriation Bill was con sidered.—On the 2d a Conference Committee was appointed on the Public Credit Bill. A conference report on the Diplomatic Appropriations Bills was agreed to. The Legislative Appropriation Bill was considered, and Mr. Morton moved to add a sec tion repealing the Tenure-of-Office Act. the pro position was rejected—yeas 22, nays 26. The bill was passed with various amendments. The Post office Bill was then taken up.--On the 3d the Pub lic Credit Bill was reported by the Conference Committee, and agreed to yeas 31, nays 24. A resolution of respect to Mr. n ade, the retiring Pre sident, was offered by Mr. Davis and passed. A night session was had to dispose of the appropria tions and other unfinished business. DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH MINISTRY. It is clear that the National Assembly is not disposed to become the tool of the Ministry. Senor Orense has has brought forward a proposition making State employ ment incompatible with the position of a deputy. The Government, represented by Sagasta, opposed this motion, but the Cortes, by a majority of 91 to 82, have resolved to consider it. This is the first defeat of the Ministry •• THE TItIrLE ALLIANCE." he reports of a compact, more or less rigorous, between France, Austria, and Italy are still persistently circulated. The "triple alliance " is the one topic of the day in Italy, though none of the leading organs are able to furnish any information respecting it. The Geneva Journal is, how ever, more fortunate. It says nothing about Austria, but affirms that no doubt exists as to the fact of an alliance beina concluded between France and THE ELECTIONS IN lIIINGART. The Government cannot fail to command a large ma jority at the termination of the elections now pending. About 200 niembers have already been returned, and of these the Government has secured a majority of 50. In Transylvania it is expected that this superiority will be still further increased. The result shews that the people have now confidence in their rulers, and the Vienna journals all agree that this feeling is increased by t,he friendship which, all alliance rumours apart, has un doubtedly been established between Austria and Italy. GREECE AFTER THE RUPTURE. King ,George has returned to Athens, after his tour through the southern part of his kingdom. He has been absent twenty days. The Independance Beige says that the young sovereign has everywhere met with a warm and sympathetic reception. Nowhere did the conduct of the populace justify the rumours of the discontent which was said to have been awakened by the solution of the difficulty with the Porte. .The internal condition of the kingdom is improving, though, of course, at no very rapid pace. Changes are to be made in the personnel of the Administration, which greatly needs such reform. TURKEY AND PERSIA. The dispute which threatened to culminate in a war between Turkey and Persia is now to be settled by the popular remedy for international disorders. The diffi culty, which relates to the frontier of the two countries, will be 'referred to a commission, which will definitely map out the boundary line. Several European repre sentatives will take part in the deliberations, as in the case of the commission which determined the frontier of Montenegro. " Pound parties" arc the latest Boston notion. Thoso invited are expected to contribute one pound at least of something to eat. Debates in the Louisiana Legislature are con ducted partly in English, partly in French, and sometimes in German. The steamer China sailed from San Franelsco for Hong Kong, via Yokohama, March 5. She carried $823,000 in treasure, of which $496,000 was for Yoko hama, $303,000 for Hong Kong, and $34,000 for Mar. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —llol:oway's Ointment and Pills Better than a fortune.—The study of disease, its causes, and a perpetual search for its remedies, have anxiously engaged the attention of philosophers from time immemorial. Yet this grand discovery was reserved for Holloway. It is purely vegetable extracts : can be safely and effectively used by all persons suffer ing from external and internal ailments. The directions wrapped round every pot of ointment and every box of pills are amply sufficient to guide the most diffident, and to encourage the most timid. When illness makes its appearance and remedies are eagerly' sought after, none will be found more effectual than Holloway's in alleviating and encouraging the pains of the dis eased; and the afflicted. Both ointment and pill@ purify and preserve. THE ERNEST JONES COMMEMORATION. It is now definitely decided that the procession and meeting in memory of Mr. Ernest Jones shall be held on Good Friday; and as yet no order preventing the meeting has been issued from Scotland Yard. The speakers announced are Mr. Holyoake, the Rev. J. Appletree, Messrs. Bradlaugh, Howell, Wade, and Lucraft. Amidst general con demnation, Mr. Holyo a k e ra i ses a solitary note in defence of the meeting. He says the objections to it proceed from th e m iddl e c l a ss, whose con ventional cant Mr. Holyoake is much disgusted with. The working men, he says, have sympathies which they want to express. "Do we live in Paris, that working men should be required to obtain per mission of Colonel Henderson, or the Home Office, whether they shall listen for twenty minutes to a few words spoken for the dead whom they have it in their hearts to hononr ? Is the sentiment of reverence and unforgetfulness by the people for one who spoke for th em alike in peace and peril so common that it needs no encouragement ? and are the regulations of London such that its manifesta tion must be frowned down ?" With regard to the fitness of the day, Mr. Holyoake says, " I would take no part in any public p rocee ding which could justly be held as inconsistent with the decorum of a day regarded as sacred by my countrymen, but I have always learned that grateful reverence for the ser vices of the dead is an act sacred in itself." GOOD FRIDAY AT THE LONDON DOCKS. The Rev. C. F. Lowder, incumbent of St. Peter's, London Docks, has given notice thaton Good Friday " The Way of the C ross will be made with litanies and hymns in procession through the parish, and short addresses will be given at each station." The Daily News . disapproves of this announcement, and hopes that " Mr. Lowder and his friends will find it convenient to conduct their worship next Friday som ewhere within doors under guarantees of peace, quiet, and good order." Whatever may be thought of the particular ceremony which he has selected, it is obvious that a service " indoors" would fail of the very object which Mr. Lowder desires. He wants to impress upon the vast mass of heathen living in his parish, and which never can be persuaded to enter a church, the great event which is celebrated on Friday. Services ever so impressive, sermons ever so eloquent " indoors " are of no avail to those out side. How are these to be reached ? The Daily News fears that there will be a disturbance. If we remember rightly the Apostles created several disturbances, but these did not persuade them that they ought to do their teaching " indoors " and leave the outsiders to take care of th emselves. Our contemporary has no idea of mission work, and yet it is needed qu ite as much at the London Docks as in Patagonia. Repeating "Dearly beloved brethren" twice a week is not quite adequate to the occasion. EMIGRATION. A meeting of the Managing Committee of the British and Colonial Emigration Society was held on Monday at the Mansion House, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. A letter was read from the Home Secretary discouraging the proposal to issue a royal commission on the question. A report from the sub-committee was read recom mending that 200 emigrants should be sent as soon as possible to Quebec, 100 of them being , sent from Woolwich , where many men are now ü b n ut em th ploy never assisted s i ng l e men, and some debate was held on the question. Various the society etyFhreaes passages are given to families sugges ti on s were made, but the point was not finally decided. It was resolved to ad vertise that the society was ready to receive applications from persons willing to• pay part of their passage money. Very encouraging accounts were received from Mr. Dixon, emigration agent for Canada,.who thought there would be no difficulty in settling in that country 20,000 farm labourers, 2,000 female servants, 6,000 female farm servants, 3,000 navvies, 4,000 mechanics, and 6,000 agricultural labourers. It was also stated that about 3,000 emi grants could be placed in good positions in West Australia. The society has now £3,600 in hand. EQUALISATION OF POOR RATES. - - On Monday a numerous deputation had an inter view with the President of the Poor-law Board to request the Government to introduce a bill for the equalisation , o;Ltp., e xplained th e purpose o f the poor rate thro ug h th e me t ro p o lis. mr deputation, and a memorial was presented, which had been adopted by an aggregate meeting of vestry district boards and boards of guardians. Mr. Goschen said that his own opinions were in favour of the equalisation of the poor rates, and he thought that they • were travelling in the right direction for the accomplishment of such an object. Ile saw difficulties, however, in the way of equalisa tion if the local management were left as it was. The question was, what control would there be by the ratepayers over the management of the rates when the equalisation was effected ? lie wished to be candid, and he thought that means must be taken to prevent one parish from being lavish at the expense of another. If the ratepayers of London would support the Poor-law Board in the matter, he had no doubt that they would arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. • VELOCIPEDES. Velocipedes in the streets of large towns are like dirt—matter in the wrong place. Perambulators are not altogether pleasant to foot passengers, but velo cipedes are perambulators run mad; and one might almost as well have a locomotive steam engine careering through the streets as one of the vehicles which are now becoming so fashionable. A few days ago a man was driving one of them through Clerkenwell at the rate of twelve miles an hour. He knocked down three persons, ran over the foot of a third, and then tried to run away. But he was seized by the police, and will be prosecuted by the vestry. Intending buyers of velocipedes will do well to defer their purchase until it is known if the prose cution will be maintained. THE TIIAMES AT WAPPING, It may be a'very grand thing to liv e on the banks of the noble river Thames, but those who reside in the classic region of Wapping evidently cannot under stand the honour of dwelling in sight of the noble forest of masts about which poets and essayists have been wont to prate. A meeting of the inhabi tants of the district was held a day or two back, when one of the speakers stated that whenever there was a high tide the river overflowed, entered the houses, and but a very short time ago the whole of the inhabitants of one street were compelled to remove from their tenements. When the water subsided the floors and furniture of the inhabitants were coated with mud, which emitted a most dis gusting odour. Another speaker, the landlord of a public-house said he had had his cellar full of water four times in three weeks, and on the last occasion it was full for two days. A. boat was then plying for hire _along the main street. The meeting proceeded to pass resolutions calling upon the G overnment to erect an embankment. The Hercules of the Treasury will be sure to tell the .Ler to put his own shoulder to the wheel, wT ;,•iso the Thames-eiders to make the embanknt ei i; for them selves, for certainly the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not help them. PIRATING ENGRAV G 3. Mr. Graves, the engraver, of Pall Mall, is making a succession of raids upon the printscllers who are viratane pktures. It is . not surxr.L:sing that he HOUSE OF ItEPRESENTATIVES. On the 26th the Civil Appropriation Bill was re ported. The Deficiency Appropriation Bill was passed. Conference reports on the Naval Appro priation Bill and the Bill for Compensation of Deputy Collectors and Assessors were adopted. The Legislative Appropriation Bill was con sidered. On the 27th the Louisiana contested elec tion was taken up, and Mr. Menard, the coloured contestant, spoke in favour of his right to the seat. Finally, the House declared that neither Hunt nor Menard was elected; and then, on motion of Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, the whole subject was tabled. The Senate amendment to the Indian Appropriation Bill was considered in Committee of the Whole.—On the Ist March a joint resolution was passed to secure the proper completion of the Pacific Railroad. The Miscellaneous Appropria- tion Bill was considered. Mr. Schenck moved to take up the Public Credit Bill, but objection was made by Mr. Butler.--On the 2d a number of bills were passed. The Senate amendments to the bill relating to the certification of checks by national banks were concurred in ; also the Senate amend ments to the bill exempting the manufacturers of naval machinery from tax. The conference report on the Diplomatic Appropriations was agreed to. A conference was ordered on the Public Credit Bill, also on the bill relating to reports of national banks. A substitute for the Spanish sympathy re solution was adopted and sent to the Senate. The first part expresses sympathy with both Spain and Cuba in their efforts for liberty, and the second authorizes the President to recognize Cuban inde pendence,— On the 3d Speaker Colfax delivered his farewell address. At its close Mr. Woodward, of Pennsylvania, rose and offered a resolution highly eulogistic of the retiring Speaker, which was unani mously adopted. Mr. .Pomeroy, of New York, was then unanimously elected Speaker for the rest of the session. Mr. Hooper, from the Ways and Means Committee, reported a bill relating to whisky and tobacco, which was passed. It extends the time for withdrawal of whisky from bond. The Conference report on the bill to strengthen the public credit was agreed to—yeas 118, nays 57. The bill, as agreed upo❑ iu Conference, is substantially the same as passed by the Senate. A night session was held to dispose of Appropriation and other bills. The Fortieth Congress terminated at noon on the 4th of March, both Houses having rein line .1 in ses sion during the preceding night until a late hour on the mot Wing of the 4th, disposing of Appropriation Bills, when the Houses retired to make way for the incoming Congress, and thus closed the Fortieth Congress. We shall shortly publish a full and com plete list of the members of the present Congress, as we await now only a few names, the elections being almost complete. The well-known Prussian statesman seems to have a kindly feeling towards Grant. Scarcely bad be been sworn in as President when this despatch was placed in his bands:—" Berlin, March G.—President General Grant, White House, D. C.: My cordial congratulations on this solemn day. —BISMARCK." General Sandford, the United States Minister at Brussels, has lately been in London. He left for Paris on Thursday evening. M. Gibbs, Esq., having successfully settled the Government Treasury business which took him to the United States, will return immediately to E uro p e . An officer in her Majesty's 53d Regiment, named Whittaker, was fatally shot in the skating rink at Quebec, on the 3d inst., by Challoner, a lad, who alleges the officer insulted his sister. He has been arrested. Sir John Lawrence, the late Viceroy of India, has arrived in England. He was educated at Foyle Col lege, in the North of Ireland, and on his elevation to the Peerage proposes to take the title of " Foyle." It is be lieved that he will be created a Viscount. General E. J. Davis, the President of the Re construction Convention, the Hon. J.W.Flanagan, Morgan C. Hamilton, W. M. Farnell, James Burnett, C. W. White, and 0. W. Whitmore, Commissioner; appointed by the Texas State Convention to represent the condition and wants of the loyal people of that State, have arrived in Washington. On Monday, March 1, the case of the State against George D. and John A. Wise, indicted for shoot ing Edward A. Pollard, was settled in the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, Md., on payment of costs by the de fendants. It is understood that Mr. Pollard hearing of some magnanimous remarks made by the Messrs. Wise on the death of his brother, 11. Rives Pollard, declined to prosecute the case any further. General Butler, in a late speech, said Lorenzo Ad Interim Thomas, for the last two years, has served as "Inspector of Graveyards" at " two cents a mile." It is said that Mr. Gladstone was first induced to demand a peerage for the late Lord MacAulay by an article in an American newspaper. The will of Jonathan Burr, of Chicago, which was lost, but recently found, according to the telegraphic report, disposes of about $325,000, the bulk of his fortune, to charitable societies and other public institutions, 13 in all. The American Bible Society of New York receives a large donation for the education of the blind. At Nashville, Tenn., there is a widow lady aged 114, who has outlived three husbands, all of whom served in the Revolutionary war, and for whose services she draws three pensions. Her name is Dinah Vies ; she has 400 descendants, and her daughter, aged 90, lives with her. THE FRENCII WINE CASES.—The result of the great contest between the United States Government and the importers of French wines is given in the following extract from the news report of the " Associated Press," dated Washington, March 2, 1869 :—" Intelligence was re ceived at the Treasury Department to-day that the cele brated wine case which has been on trial for a month in the United States Cola at Orleans, before Judge Durell, hasre stilted in a judgment for the Government against the wine importers on all the points at issue. The amount involved in the cases which are dependent upon the issue of this case is nearly half a million dollars, and the judgment settles very important questions of revenue law which have been in controversy for many years. The Govern ment was represented on this trial by Mr. Gibbs, special counsel of the Treasury Department, and the United States Attorney and Randall Hunt. The Court overruled an opinion of the Treasury Department, cited by the de fence, which was to the effect that false and cheap wines in voiced, labelled, and represented to be genuine wines of high grade, are not imitations. The new south Park of Chicago will include in two sections, with a very broad avenue between them, an area of more than 1,000 acres. It will be considerably larger than the New York Central Park. The great excursion over the Pacific Railroad is beginning to attract considerable attention. The Chicago Republican says its managers will make their own an nouncenionts in good time. CAUSE OF THE TEXAN CATTL. DISEASE. A startling statement was made by Mr. Gould before the Social Science Meeting at Albany, Feb. .18, to the effect that the cattle disease which had attacked the droves from Texas last year was attri butable to the cruel manner in which the animals were driven. The drovers sometimes drive them ninety miles during the first two days, which leaves them in an over-heated, worn out, starved state. Then they eat a Texan grass wherein grows a small cryptogamous plant, propagating itself, like all cryptogams, by spores, the effect of which is thus described :—" These spores are constantly taken into the stomach of the ox grazing where they are found, but in his healthy condition they ara harmless. When the creature is heated, how ever, by over-driving, a condition of the stomach is produced in which these spores germinate, and in their growth they draw directly o❑ the blood cor puscles, and deprive them of their vigour, sinking up the very essence of the blood. From this comes disease, which attacks and ulcerates the fourth stomach, or digestive apparatus of the ox, causing rapid decline and death, unless the progress of the malady is topped. If it is stopped, and the ani mal recovers, he never regains complete health, and cannot so readily be fattened, because his ulcerated stomach, when healed, loses a portion of its dig,es-. tive power, and cannot dispose of all the fool put into it." The average loss of weight in the beasts between Texas and Illinois is from one to three hundred pounds, and from Illinois to New York one hundred pounds more. Mr. Gould cited the experience of Mr. Alexander, the greatest cattle raiser in Illinois, whose sales are reckoned by the ten thousand, and who says that it takes a hundred bushels of corn-6,000 pounds—to carry an olt through the winter, without adding a pound to his weight. And why does it take so much? Because in Illinois there is no shelter for cattle in thewinter, 11 0 separate stalls or feeding places, but each animal is compelled to struggle and fight with scores or hun dreds of others for the food he gets. Under such cir cumstances he will not grow fat, while if he were cared for as eastern cattle are, the 6,0001 b. of corn would produce five or six hundred pound of flesh, in stead of only keeping him in the flesh he had at first. A Texan steer weighing I,ooolbs. costs the drover but $4O in the New York market, where they sell for $lOO, and the difference is the loss caused by the cruel treatment which destroys the animal. "If these facts can be relied on," says the Springfield Republican, " and we have no reason to doubt them, the high price and poor quality of meat is largely due to cruelty and carelessness in bringing the Texas cattle to market. Considering that Texas now has 12,000,000 of cattle, and that these increase rapidly—having quadrupled in nine years—it is of the utmost consequence to check, and, if possible , prevent the Texan fever from infecting these grea t herds, and thus spreading over the country. To do this legislation will be needed, and we hope that. our Massachusetts cattle commissioners, co-opers t " ing with the society for preventing cruelty to sal' mils, will see to it that we do our part in the legis' lation requisite, during the present session of the General Court." One of the last acts of th e Fortieth Congress was to appropriate $15,000 for investigation of the subject. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 1 ... 12 11 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 2.4 .., 12 2 i Antwerp — -. 25 35 ... 25 421 Brussels Hamburgh -. 13 10/ 1 3 111 , ••• Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-M •• Frankfort-on-the-Alain . 120} 1 ... Vienna — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Trieste - -. 12 70 ”. 12 -80 Petersburg - ... 311 ... 311 Copenhagen.. — -,. 9 20 ... Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz ... Leghorn Milan — ... 26 421 ... 26 50 Genoa — .- 26 421 ~, 26 5 0 bfftlileW.-- - -. 26 421 -. 26 50 ' 421 ... 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Ditto dill( (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerifl'e .. •• • • —. %Vest Duties and Pazilic (except Mexico and Baba gar 31 mas) Cub i and siexico ..... ••• •• • • • artur 24 Bermuda, via Halifax Bilia.nas, via New York . „ . .„ ~ .............. ~ THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCNs,.- A. most interesting and instructive little work, h a' but with great clearness, the rise and progress of wate , of clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. 13aus s ° : j e arn 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Wcstbourne-grove, and the Ci t Y ell Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is Pr of t beg describing briem ..j illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of. W a ' clo so and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a P ur tr oll without visiting the above establishments or consulting th l ' of t o valuable work. By its aid persons residing it anYP art „i e ctfe r United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies,'are e nabled to as" bave it s ent themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and °int' to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the BP d P i t re s a ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet t o anY-.. ouglY on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too el I °commend it to the notice of the intending purchaser LADVEauSEILENT .1 — Consumption, and all bilious, fectlY 0I ' stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are onlYagl- g n'-_:,,atti and accelerated by drugs of every description, but P e a s r o od, curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta A.rahl cones asp roved by thousands of cases which had been en n ; , coo hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, aA bn c leratig e ; sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gas' il o - rv ousu e , a f" ments, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency , n biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, CO lds , -. lluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, geu,i'e'ssnes rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep , . dro psy ?. catarrhs, .., tto pti o acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debilitY,_„ or a' cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, sea, sinking flts, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of ' * lders, eve n in pregnaV C ost. pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the s-n r , 11 ., Darr , f We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by " va lth °, l Food. Cure No 68,413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866. b T a h n e doni ng r vy a ' ' S the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, a- . Du Da— 1 other iemedies, he has confined himself entirely to _ n i a tef o l Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes r ' ben etU s at every meal. It has pro bleed a surprisinglY __, ioo thl, effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot P'f., 2,10._ excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette n t , v ier July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, ton' jog °, chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diset ga - fu ess. r spitting of blood, liver derangement, and parti al . Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord 9 1. ~ Fif Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,Snorvousnse:t1 years' indescribable agony from dysPePsin_' sickn ess ,atil asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, sPastn° , o f the" - at vomiting.—MariaJoly." ImportantCaution.—Betcare. , v ial° • • sto whi u ed unsavoury and more than sloppy imitation , a ttach, IDS, authority, Baron Liebig's name is moat audacious°, ... 1 _,, In tins, at ls. 14(1.; 1 lb. 2s. ed.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs. - I _-t'', 'coOoy, 225.; .< 4 lbs, 40s, --Also Du BARRY'S REvALENTA Alaar4., for r. LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 111)s 1 0 " 1 • 5 76 OS; utenant. at.l, cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 409 ' , ' 6ss •u - c 'e at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s• f. p ost Don _ t of , are sent free of carriage in England on receipt s treet, Order. BARRY DO BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regen t don; and all Grocers and Chemists. ----------.......° . Births. RISILLESIVEST—On the 22d inst ,at 17, nrOSire' SAC • "Upper -- nor-street, the Hon. Mrs. Sackvine-West, of a on. , he SEYMOUR— On the 22d inst., at 104, Ebury-streett b lion. Mrs. Seymour, of a daughter. Marriages. %tarr . JONES —M oss —On the 9th inst at Trinity Church , to pevons hiret lebone, Edward Jones, Esq inst., b rtou, Sarah Mary Moss, Reg ent's.lpar'llr, L u ondon. .., /co y, 0• Os - BLYTIL—On the 23d inst ~e at South 1 1 i' e p o e.• Thomas Osmond, surgeon, Thoriwle-Soken, to pa lope Frances, eldest daughter of Robert Blyth, 57 tine-place, Cambridge-heath. Deaths. IYOYLY —On the 21st inst., at S te p ltton, Sir John adiel g D'Oyly, Bart., aged 74. Ve oy' ntOr , GROSVENOR-0 n the 21st inst., at St. Lawrence, anu , L Isle of Wight, George , the infant on of Earl Constance Grosvenor •pate° TRAVERS— On the 23d inst , Major-General Joseph Travers, C. 8., R.M. - ------ -------" r r r f ',..mn London : Printed and Piblished by WILLIAM A ° "1." 14, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at "ffts anti 00 0, '' '' ,ty Of Strand. in tits Precinct of the Savoy, in the ( " n Middlesex,—Tuosday, March 24 1869. 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