The Sun. — London, England, 1870-02-24 00:00:00

IRE MORDAUNT DIVORCE CASE. THIRD DAY. The trial of this case was continued on Friday, before ;Lord Penzance and a special jury. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Mr. laderwicke were for the petitioner; Dr. Deane, Q.C., Mr. Archibald, and Mr. Searle for Sir T. Moncreiffe, the fat her and guardian of the resp ondent (Lad y Mordaunt); d J . K er slake, Q.C., Mr. Lord, and Mr. Jeune ;latched the proceedings for the co-respondents. '',the court was again crowded in every part. Amongst the visitors who found seats in the gallery were General Knollys, Mr, Knatchbull-lingessen, M.P., The hearing of evidenc e on behalf of the petitioner was 'a a eeurned. Mrs. Cadogan was first examined by. Mr. Inderwick. She said--MY husband is t he incumbent of Walton, i n Warwickshire. He was a college friend of Sir C. er daunt, and he and I had been on visiting terms with Sir C. Mordaunt. I remember Lady Mordaunt's confine ment on the 28th of February. I saw her the day before, -when she was quite well, and driving out ; but on Satur day night I was sent for suddenly. She had nothing pro vided, and I lent her what was necessary. I was in the room when the child was born. I did not go in for five hours previously, as she asked me not to go in while. sae was under the influence of chloroform. The confine ment was satisfactory, as far as I saw. Between the 28th February and the 14th April I saw Teedy Mordaunt many t • es. I thought she got through her confinement very well at first. During the first week she seemed to be dis tressed about the child's eyes. On the Wednesday I noticed something the matter with the child's eyes. On Friday I mentioned it to Lady Mordaunt. I said, the child had a cold in its eyes. She said they looked very bad. On the Saturday Lady Mordaunt seemed not so well and depressed ; but she was perfectly sensible, and up to that tune I had seen no reason to think otherwise. When I saw her on that day, she said the doctor was coming from Birmingham to see the child's eyes, and there was a great deal •of talking about the matter by the nurses, who warned her. By her request I read the Bible to her. She would not have her dinner, but wished to have the Sacrament administered. She was nervous about herself, because she had lost several friends in confinements. When I read the Bible she seemed to understand and appreciate it very much. I read that part which refers to our Lord curing the blind. After that she said she was sure she should die ' • and wished presents to be made to her servants. In the afternoon I took Lady Louisa to her room. Lady Mordaunt had previously refused to see her " mamma ; " but she then said, " Oh, mamma, I have been very silly." On Sunday I saw her. She was cheerful, and wished to nurse the baby. She tried to nurse it for about A quarter of an hour. I left then, but in the afternoon I asked her . how she got on with the baby. She replied, " Oh, it's a stupid little thing. I soon got tired of trying to nurse it." On the Tuesday following, as I went into the room, she said, rather incoherently, "I will confess all to Charlie; he is so good." That was addressed to the nurse. I con versed with her ; she was cheerful. I went again on Fri day. I had a letter from Sir Charles asking me to go. I reached there in the afternoon. I went upstairs and saw Lady Mordaunt. She said "How do you do?" but did not enter into conversation. She would not speak and was irritable. The blinds were drawn. On the next day,Saturday, I was with her for some time in the afternoon ,- she was in the sitting room, near the bedroom, for the first time, lying on the sofa. She seemed in great grief and trouble. On Sunday I saw her again ; she seemed to have shaken off her depression, and spoke quite cheerfully, saying, '• I am much better than I have been." She said "I have had a bad dream." Hancock, the nurse, said " Mrs. Cadogan knows all. "She coloured up and said "It is only what every body does. I only did it two or three times in London. I shall soon make it all right with Charlie." I said, " Don't be too sure of that." She seemed quite sensible, but ap peared annoyed at the subject being mentioned. I did not stay long. On the Thursday or Friday when Lady Moncreiff was present, I saw her again. She spoke of a person who was dying, and Lady Mordaunt said " That would nqt be so sorrowful." Her mother said, " She is thinking about herself. "She askedher mother to leave the room, and aftersomereluctance Lady Moncreiff left, saying to me, " I hope you w on 't take advantage of it." and I said, " I will tell yon everything that occurs." When she had gone Lady Mordaunt did not make any revelation to me, but she put her arms round me and cried bitterly. She was always glad to see me, but cried some times. On the 14th of April, when I was going away I went t i wish her good b ye . Sh e was d e p re ssed. Sir Charles was in Scotland. I said, " Why don't you write to him and tell him you are sorr y ?" Sh e said, "I am not sorry." I always talked to her about her position, and she always appeared to understand me. During the whole of the time I saw nothing to lead me to the conclusion that she was not of sound mind. In cross-examination by Dr. Deane, witness said she had had no experience of insane persons. With regard to a legacy left her of £lO,OOO, there was a suit in that court, and she was called to speak to the sanity of the testator. She was not examined then, for the matter was compro mised. She got her money. It was on the 9th of March that witness first heard from the nurse that Lady Mor daunt had confessed to Sir Charles that the child was not his. When Lady Mordaunt made the remark that every body did it, witness was alarmed. The Rev. W. Cadagan, husband of the previous wit ness, deposed that he saw Lady Mordaunt for the first time after confinement on the 4th of March. On the 28th of March, having received a letter from Sir Charles, saying he was in great sorrow, he went to Lady Mordaunt and read the letter to her. She cried but said nothing. He read prayers by her request. Her mind did not seem to be affected. On the 25th of April he again saw Lady Mordaunt. In the course of the conversation she said, " Charlie will not be able to prove the nonsense that I spoke ; and if I saw him I could soon set the matter right.' Witness understood that she wag coming to church, and advised her, under the painful cir cumstances of the case, not to come, adding that if she persevered in her desire, he must consult the bishop. It was in answer to this that she made the abwie remark. On the 30th April witness received a letter from Mrs. Forbes, which induced him to go to the Hall on the following day. He saw Mrs. Forbes, and in consequence of the conversation which took place, be saw Lady Mordaunt the next day, and said lie understood she wished to have the child publicly received in church. She. said, " Oh, yes, I should like baby to be received in church." She said Mrs. Forbes would be one of the esod -mothers, and Lord Dudley would be godfather. She asked, would Mrs. Cadogan be a godmother. She ap • peered to be perfectly sane. That was the last time wit ness saw her. Cross-examined by Dr. Deane : Was a witness in the Thwaites (the legacy) case. In the letter referred to, Sir Charles described the sorrow that had been brought upon him, and said he wished his wife, having done him so dreadful a wrong, would think of him a little, and do him the justice to own her wrong. After receiving the letter he told Lady Mordaunt that he hoped she would not come to church, as he could not admit her to the church while she was lying under this gross and notorious scandal. He did not enter into the question further. He had heard nothing but of her own statements. While he said this, Lady Mordaunt was . irritably tapping the floor with her foot ; and when he had done, she jumped up, and said if she could see Sir Chorles she could soon set the matter right. She then proposed a walk in the garden. Afterwards, when he mentioned that she wished to have the child received at church, she answered at once, with out hesitation. That was on the 2nd of May. Re-examined bySerjeant Ballantine Therewas nothing in these conversations to indicate that Lady Mordaunt was of unsound mind. To the Court : When he received the letter from Sir Charles he went to remonstrate with Lady Mordaunt; and to induce her to own her wrong ; but he elicited nothing from her. The following letter was put in from Lady Mordaunt. It was. intended for Mrs. Hancock, but never reached her :—" Dear Nurse, p ra y d o not say anything more about all the nonsense I have told you." It was dated the 10th of April.- The Dowager Lady Mordaunt examined by Serjeant Ballantine : lam now married to Mr. Gustavus Smith. I am widow of the late Sir Charles Mordaunt and the ` mother of the present Sir Charles. Of course I have known the respondent. We were on good terms. She and. Sir Charles appeared to be happy together. On the 14th of March I saw her. I had heard something. I said, " I have come to express my sorrow for your position." She made no reply. Later in the day I said, "Do you see the - baby You know it belongs to you. I hope you will take care of it." Sh e rep li e d , " I see it sometimes. " I - always spoke kindly to her. On the 4th of April I saw her, and said she ought to stop the publicity which must - inevitably follow from her conduct. She said nothing. I , saw nothing to to indicate that her mind was wandering. On. the 9th of May I went again to see her. She seemed sur prised to see me. I kissed her, and said I had not been - lately to see her, b ecause s h e h ad not asked me to come. She said nothing, and left the room. A minute or two afterwards she returned, and said to her maid, "Mrs. Caborn, I want to see Mr. Bird." Mrs. Caborn made no answer. She had by that time cut some bread and butter that Lady Mordaunt had asked for, and both went out of the room. In the course of ha lf e a minute I followed, and found the respondent sitting •on a large box in the passage, in which coals were usually kept. I went up to her and said, "We - have had enough of this ; we quite understand what it all means. You had better get up and go." I touched her on her arm, and she got up and made no answer ; but 'Went away into a room. - Witness spoke of seeing the respondent on the 12th of May and other occasions, and described her as acting and talking rationally. Cross-examined by Mr. Archibald : When I found the respondent sitting on the coal box, I said, " We have had enough of this," because I thought she was putting it on. Sir Charles Mordaunt, cross-examined by Serjeant Ballantine : I was the original petitioner in this case. My • marriage with the respondent took place at Perth in 1566, with the full sanction of both families. I made a settle ment of £2,000 upon my wife. Nothing occurred to disturb my affection for her •up to the very moment of my discovery of the most painful circumstances which are now being investigated. Up to that time my happiness in her was complete. I sought to consult her wishes in every possible way. I put no restraint upon her, but allowed her to receive her acquaintances. I heard her speak to Captain Farquhar, Lord Cole and Sir F. John stone as old friends of her family ; and I therefore received them into the circle of my acquaintance. At Lady Mor daunt's instigation I invited Sir Frederick Johnstone to Walton. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine : Were you also aware that the Prince of Wales was an acquaintance of your wife's ? Witnees : I was. I believe you had no personal acquaintance with his Royal Highness ?—I cannot say that I knew him well. I had spoken to him. He was never a friend of mine. I knew that he was on visiting teems with my wife's family. Did he ever come to your house on your invitation ? Never. Did you ever have a conversation with your wife about him ; did you ever express a desire that your wife should have no relations with him ?—I did. I warned her against , continuing her acquaintance with him. Lord Penzance : Tell us what you said. Sir Charles Mordaunt : I said I had heard in various quarters certain circumstances connected with his previous character which caused rue to make that remark. I did not enter into full palticulars. Serj cant Ballantine : At the time you expressed that desire to Lady Mordaunt, had he, to your knowledge, or. opinion that during the whole tune she was perfe.ctiv right in her mind. I saw her on the 10th July, at Worth- Lig, and conversed with her. She was sensible at that time. There was nothing to indicate that her mind was wandering. The treatment of puerpural fever would bevery marked. During my attendance on her sbe did not rave. Sikl...expecss+L.l_ller_zelf in monosyllables. She slept very well Dross-examined by Dr. Deane : When did you see Lady Mordaunt last ?—On last Thursday. In what state did you find her ?—ln such a state that I consider her mind is gone. Lord Penzance : Incurably so ?—Witness : No. Cross-examination continued, I went to see Mordaunt by Serjeant Ballantine's request. I could not state the age of the child. I cannot say wha'. was the . weight of this child from my own knowledge. I under stooa, Why should you call on Dr. Jones ?—Because I thought there was a great deal going on that would come out after wards, and 1 felt I should like to have somebody eke at my back. _ _ _ Cross-examination continued : I buggested that Dr. Jones should be called on the Bth. I did not think it necessary to take measures to prevent unusual excite ment. I never saw any nervous attacks about her, cr any loes of memory. I may have said she was prostrate from eecitement. To the judge : I did not see the excitement ; I only saw tho prostration. . • Cross-examination continued : The nervous system was prostrate, but it was not in consequence of that that I called in Dr. Jones. It was on the whole case. lam sure she was not hysterical. I never told Sir Charles she was. Dr. Jones thought there was cataleptic hysteria ; but I did not agree with him. The child's eyes got per fectly well, but after what I considered to be a long time, namely 21 days. From the examinationof Lady Mordaunt which I made on the 28th March I came to the conclusion tint she was suffering from gonorhoea. On the 31st of March I made another examination. These examinations were made by req nest of Sir Charles. The second exami nation confirmed my opinion. Third and fourth examina tous were made, one with Dr. Jones. I expected what I found. Lady MOrdaunt objected to the first examination, but not afterwards. I virtually refused to give Sir Jaines Simpson or Dr. Priestly information on the case. It is not my practice to do so; but I considered there were two sides, and that they came down in the interest of the other side, I kept my own side. Lady Mordaunt first appeared to me to be shamming on the Monday week after the confinement. She did not put on any appearance, but she would not speak. From that time, the 10th May, she appeared to be shamming more or less. I thought she could speak if she liked. Silence and a fixed look were all the appear ances she assumed. To the Judge : This was what Dr. Jones thought cata leptic hysteria. . _ Cross-examination continued : At Worthing I con sidered she was shamming. At present she apparently cannot understand what is said to her. Lord Penzance : How should you find that out ? Witness : By watching her countenance. Cross-examination continued : Previously she did shew intelligence sometimes, even when bearing the fixed look. I do not thing she is .shamming now, because I cannot make the slightest impression on her. There was no per ception at all now. lle-examined by Serjeant Ballantine : I could only ac count for the state of the child by supposing there was something the matter with the mother, and therefore it was my duty to make an examination. By the Judge : I do not consider the descriptions of her state given in the letters of Sir Charles Mordannt in the second week after her confinement to be correct. Mr. Jones, examined by Serjeant Bolantine : lam a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, practising at Leamington. When I first saw Lady Mordaunt, on the 10th March, she was not suffering from puerpural mania. On the 20th she was better. When I first saw her I found her without the least sign of fever. Then I questioned her, and could get no reply. I found she had taken no food for some time, My visit was so unsatisfactory that I told Mr. Orford I must come again. On the next day, I found that there was some mystery about her on the part of Mr. Orford. I asked what it was. He said he was not at liberty to say. I must find out for myself. I thought she had better be roused. She was in a hysterical condition, which I thought was dependent upon mental emotion, and accounted for puerperal mania. I mean that something affected her spirits. The next day she was not suffering from insanity. There were no signs on any day of insanity. She was capable of understanding what was said to her, and was generally sane, Pressure of circumstances could scarcely fail to produce the peculiar appearances which presented themselves. dioss-examined by Dr. Deane—Nothing would account for her appearance but these circumstances. Her state was quite inconsistent with disease of the brain or any kind of mania. On the 10th of Jnly when I saw her the evidence was - not sufficient to enable me to form a distinct oPinion'of her state. The appearances, considering the antecedent circumstances—what I knew of her—were quite inconsistent then with any form of mania. In March she was suffering from calaleptic hysterics, which is a functional disturbance. It does not necessarily affect the spinal chord except by reflex action. During my first attendance on her I did not find her prostrate. I should say this combination of calelepsy and hysteria would have a tendency to affnt the brain if continued for a long time. I can scarcely judge of her condition from my visit the other day. On my arrival I saw a stout looking person, whom I did not at first recognise as Lady Mordaunt. She said, " How do you do ?" and from that I expected to be able to ascertain her real state. We went into the room, and she suddenly threw herself on the rug before the fire. I said, "Do you like sitting there in preference to sitting in a chair ?" She said, " Sometimes." She then went suddenly to the end of the room, and I could not get her to speak. I took her into the drawing room and talked to her, and appealed to her, but . could get no answer. It is consistent with my ex perience that a person whose brain is affected maylave lucid intervals, and talk sensibly for some time. Dr. Tyler Smith, physician accoucheur at St. Mary's Hospital, was next examined by Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, and stated his opinion formed by the evidence given that Lady Mordaunt had no puerperal mania at the time of the confinement. Such a mania might last a year or two. During such time the patient would have no lucid interval. Believed Mr. Orford and Mr. Jones were right about the absence of insanity. At the request of Sir Charles Mordaunt's ad visers witness saw the respondent in December, and ob served certain peculiarities, but could not say he saw anything which might not easily have been feigned. To the Judge : H all he saw was real and not feigned, ' the appearances were those of dementia. Examination continued : Considered her health bad. She looked plump, but was not well. Cross-examined by Dr. Deane : Puerperal excitement assumed a phase of taciturnity as well as of excitement. It also assumed the form of dislike to husbands and other relatives. In rare cases hysteria might go on to in sanity, but not to puerperal insanity. In the latter there were frequently delusions and self-accusations. The patient's mind often ran on social matters. To the Judge : In a few days the symptoms of puerperal insanity were at their worst. They progressed at first, then remained obstinate for a time, the general tendency being to recover ultimately. Tgis concluded the petitioner's case. Dr. Deane then said two names had been introduced prominently into the case; one being the Prince of Wales, whom he proposed to call ; the other name was that of Sir F. Johnstone, with whom had been connected a hideous story, and he proposed to call him. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales then entered the court from a private room behind the bench, and on stepping into the witness-box, was sworn. Before he proceeded to give evidence, Lord Penzance said he thought it his duty to call the attention of his Royal Highness to the Act of last session, by which it was pro vided that a person accused of adultery was not obliged to submit himself to interrogatories on the subject. The Prince of Wales, examined by Dr. Deane, said: I have been for some years acquainted with the Moncrieff family. I knew Lady Mordaunt before her marriage. On Lady Mordaunt's marriage I wrote to her. I made her a present before her marriage. She visited at Marlborough House, and has gone to the theatre with myself and the Princess of Wales. In 1867 and 1868 I saw her frequently. I was acquainted with Sir Charles Mordaunt. I have often met him with Lady Mordaunt. On one occasion, at a pigeon match at Hurlingham, i n J u ne 1868, I and Sir Charles were the captains of two counties (Warwickshire and Norfolk). Lady Mordaunt scored for both sides. I spoke to her at times when Sir Charles was by, I believe. I use Hansom cabs occasionally. Dr. Deane : Has there ever been any improper familiarity or criminal act between yourself and Lady Mordaunt ? The Prince of Wales : There has not. (Applause.) Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : I have no question to ask his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness then left the Court amidst soma applause. Sir F. Johnstone (having had his attention called to the Act of last year) was examined by Dr. Deane, and said : I have been acquainted with Lady Mordaunt's family many years. In December 1868, I dined with her at the Alexandra Hotel alone. ' Mr. Forbes told me she was in town. I got there about eight and left about twelve. From first to last has there been any familiarity or im proper intercourse between you and Lady Mordaunt ? Certainly not. The statement that I was suffering from disease is utterly untrue. Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine : I was not suf fering at this time nor for many years previously. I did not know it was to be a tete-a-tete interview. We were in the sitting-room, which was furnished as sitting-rooms generally are. I had no business relations with Lady Mordaunt. Dr. Deane said that was his case. Lord Penzance said, before Serjeant Ballantine ad dressed the jury, he wished to observe that certain letters had been put in and not read. He thought the letters of the Prince of Wales ought to be read. Dr. Deane remarked that there was a course taken with respect to those letters to which he ought to call atten tion, though it might be unimportant. The letters were put in, but were not read ; yet they all made their appear ance in the next morning's papers. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : A most improper proceeding. Lord Penzance : Most improper. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : And one which I am totally unable to account for. I was never more surprised in my life. In truth I intended to refer to one of them for a date, but it was not my intention to have read them. Lord Penzance : They could not have been procured from the officers of the court ; they therefore must have been procured from some other party. It was a great act of impropriety, and I very much doubted whether the court should not take notice of it as contempt of court. The impropriety consisted in publishing them then; it is proper that they should be read now. The letters of the Prince of Wales to Lady Mordaunt were then read. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine said with the permission of the Court he would defer his address until the next day. His Lordship assenting, The Court adjourned until Thursday at a quarter put three o'clock. The naval passengers embarked to join her Ma jesty's Indian relief screw troopships on the Indian side of the Isthmus comprised Lieut. E. D. Law, Paymaster Edward Faulkner, Surg. G. F. A. Drew, Assist.-Surg. G. F. Hart, Assist.-Surg. Power, Engineers Rollinson, Brown, Turner, and Paige ; Gunners Cobb and Windebank, and a number of seamen and marines. The very ext,nsive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messis. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening THURSDAY... .......... ...25 miu past 8 5 min past 9 FR1DAY...,.,,. 45 min past Q,.....80 min past 10 THE SUN, LONDON', THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1870. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. aoctrmes, was agreea to. ..tne second section, approv ing the Book of the Articles of Religion, Common Prayer, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, was carried unanimously. EMIGRATION CENTRES. COUNTRY AROUND ST. PAUL Having sketched the block adjoining Mexico, consisting of Arizona and New Mexico, in our re view of 1)r. Bell's work, " New Trucks in North America," we return to our northern emigration field, the country around St. Paul. - Minnesota may be divided into three districts; the north. western part being termed the Highlands, extending over 16,000 square miles ; the Valley of the Red River 18,000, and Mississippi Valley being three-fifths of the whole State. The elevated country is a table land, raised only some 450 feet above the general bevel, with sand and drift hills above 100 feet higher, the temperature being there from 5 to 8 degrees lower than in the rest of the State. This distr.ct is for the most part covered with timber, and has rich mineral deposits of copper and iron. It is ins:west ing to the geographer, from the fact that in it rise the three great rivers of the Continent, the Missis sippi, the St. Lawrence, and the Red River, all re ceiving contributions from the m berless lak es scat tered over thecountry. The Mississippi has its source in Lake Itasca, flowin g in a south-easterly direc tion through the State for 797 miles, 134 of which are from the boundary between Minnesota and Wis consiu to the junction of the St. Croix. St. Paul is the head of the Mississippi steamboat navigation, although the river is navigable for sm.iller vmssels for 150 iniLs higher than the Falls of St. Anthony. The Whole course of the Mississippi is 2,4.00 wiles, w bile it drains the most extensive valley in the world, excepting the Amazon, and that one most charac terized by vast fertile plains. Hence it opens through its tributaries a marvellous length of navigation, and it is quite surprising where a citizen of St. Louis way proceed iu the magnificent steamboats which ply on this great internal river communication. The season extends over eight to nine months; in deed in 1868 boats ran to the Ist of December, the river not being frozen till the 10th. Although the inhabitants of the sky-tinted State claim the St. Lawrence as rising there, they mean that the head of Lake Superior penetrates into Minnesota and receives a considerable supply of water from the elevated plateau. Lake Superior opens the naviga tion of the St. Lawrence and all the chain of inland waters to Minnesota, and the people of Duluth assert that their town being the depot for this noble navigation must become the terminus of the pro jected Northern Pacific Railroad. This embryo Chicago, as its inhabitants are fond of calling it, is a new-born giant, and, as destined to be something very big, it grows at a prodigious rate. it stands at the extreme end of Lake Superior, opposite Min nesota Point with St. Louis Bay on the right, and the waters of Superior on the left. It is named after Duluth, the fatuous French explorer, who visited the spot in 1680. Though a mere baby, ten months old, there are more than 1,000 inhabitants, which will be multiplied by five, perhaps before it has com pleted its second birthday, for men of great power and wealth, foreseeing its future, are pushing its interests, among them the well known banker Jay Cooke. 'the firm of which he is the head have just arranged with the Northern Pacific Railroad Com pany to conduct their financial negotiations. That part of the road is first to be constructed between Lake Superior and the Red River, striking the .Mississippi and Lake Superior Railroad about 20 miles south of Duluth, into which town the business is to be brought. This section will be about 225 miles long, and the land grant will be the largest • ever made to a single comeany, being about 50,000,000 acres. An Episcopal church has been built in Duluth, which was opened for service on Christmas Eve ; a Presbyterian church is building, and the Methodists are gathering funds for their own place of worship. A Library and Reading-room Association has been formed, and on a beautiful, well-selected building lot, standing several hundred feet above the lake, commanding magnificent views over the country, will soon be a seminary for girls. A dock 500 feet in length is in process of construc tion, unimpeded by the winter, and a breakwater , is to be added, at an estimated cost of $2,000,000, Cmngress of course coming to the aid. Large ele vators will presently be commenced, two hotels are finished, the railroad to St. Paul will be running the whole . way by July, and last, but not least, a ceme tery association has been formed, and an appropriate site of 80 acres selected a mile behind the town. The citizens, however, declare.that the climate is so salu brious thatit makes the sick well, and the well to enjoy boisterous health, the air being perfectly ory, with no thaw for four months, so the cold is not felt as in the east; and we are bound,, in justice to Minnesota, to state that universal testimony is borne to its extraordinary salubrity, although other States sneer at the mildness claimed for its winter. The valley of the Red River lies between Dacota and Minnesota, the river being the boun dary. The soil is deep and black, of alluvial mould, and rich in organic deposits. It produces heavy crops of grain, especially wheat, and a portion of was early settled under the auspices of Lora Selkirk, Who made the singular mistake of supposing that he was locating the people on British ttrritory, an error not detected until after many years. Pembina, for instance, adjoins the border, but ou the soil of the Republic, and it was there Governor M•Dougall took refuge when he withdrew before the Red River insurgents. Formerly it was called St.. Vincent, and the district extends for several miles along the east side of the river, time half- bt ced th :re settled maintaining their communication by dog-carts over the long stretch of unoccupied country. Red River rises in Lake Travers, flowing northward from Big Stone Lake along the boun daries of the State for 380 miles, when it enters the British Possessions, and is navigable from Bois de Sioux River to Hudson's Bay. The portion of the Mississippi Valley comprised within the State is even more fertile. Mr. Girart Hewitt calls it the garden spot of the north-west, and one of the finest agricul tural districts in the world. Generally it is a roll ing prairie, of a warm, dark calcareous and sandy loam, resting on secondary rocks, the surface being covered by a network of lakes and streams. Al though for the most part flat, these sky-tinted lakes, interspersed with numerous groves and belts of timber, with streams meandering through the country, make a diversified and picturesque series of lansistaties. The other rivers of magnitude are the Minnesota, flowing SCO miles; the St. Croix, rising near Lake -Superior a nd forming the boun dary of Wisconsin and time Cannon River. The principal towns of Minnesota are St. Paul, which in 1850 contained 1,338 persons ; in 1860, 10,401, and now prObably 20,000 ; St. Anthony, which in 1850 had 656, and in 1860, 3,258 —this being nearly doubled if Mineapolis, on the other side the Mis sissippi, be added ; Stillwater, which in 1850 had 621, and iu 1860, 2,000 ; Pembina, increased from 1,000 in 1850 to 1,500 in 1860. There are many other towns in a state of rapid growth, of which Duluth, unknown to geography, is one. We labour under the disadvantage of writing on these States as fields for emigration, without the last report of the Laud Commissioner, which gives official figures of the latest date. The whole State is in rapid transition, a change which our readers may imagine from this:. —The little State of Illinois was thirty years ago a howling wilderness; it has now 2,500 miles of rail way, and a population of nearly three millions, who pay $15,000,000, or one-fifteenth part of the taxa tion of the United States. The State of Minnesota in 1857 imported her breadstuffs, but in 1867 she exported 12,000,000 bushels of wheat, which was grown upon three per cent. of her soil.—But if this makes it difficult for writers to keep pace with the progress of such States, it is the most encouraging feature to emigrants. An insignificant village like Duluth, with cows grazing around the church and bank, will in five years be an important town, with houses covering the grass, and the ground selling at so much per foot frontage. Emigrants with some small means should always bear in mind this fact, that the rapid rise of settlers in a new country is not due to their exertions alone, but to the enor mous increase in value of the property they acquire at a cheap rate by early settlement, and the rapid extension of whatever business they undertake, population increasing quicker than competition. — A nglo- American Times. Two Spanish war vessels had arrived at New York, front Havannah for repairs, to which Mr. Wood ob jected in the House, as not imposed by any law or treaty, and the President was requested to inform the House whether orders had been given, and : if so, on what autho rity for the reception of these vessels ; an inquiry to which the House consented. There is a strong opposition at Washington to any legislation for making American bonds payable in Europe, It is stated that such legislation would depre ciate United States securities. We do not know what they mean in Washington by depreciation, but wo do know that a4i per cc:n Lbond with interest payable in dollars in A me rica would not sell at 60 cents in thed,llar iu ally market in the world. If this objection prevails, Mr. Bout well's time and trouble have been utterly thrown away, for he would only be greeted with a laugh of derision if he proposed to the bolder of a 6 per cent. bond to change it for it 11 per cent. bond on the same terms ; that is, to make him a present of 25 per cent. of his property ! The rubbish people talk about these bonds, both iu Europe and America, is almost incr,dible. The only inducement for affecting the change to an Englishman, for instance, would be the sterling payment of his interest in London; for a German, the payment in tinders in Frankfort or Berlin ; for a Frenchman, its payment in napoleons in Paris. Of course, if foreigners aro not required to subscribe, and Americans can absorb the bonds themselves, such a pro vision would be worse than useless; but as Americans are large sellers below par in gold of Five-Twenties, with 6 per cent. payable iu gold, they could only conclude that Mr. Boutwell was jouing if he asked them to buy 4i binds at par! What can Mr. Boutwell think •of such talk, gravely circulated through the United States? _,,, REMOVAL OF THE NA7IONAL CAPITAL. (From the Anglo. American Times.) For the three days—the 20th, 21st, and 22d of last October—a National Convention sat at St. Louis, delegates being present from most of the States and Territories to deliberate on the necessity of changing the site of the National Capital to the Mississippi Valley. An address has been drawn up by a Committee charged to issue au appeal to the citizecs of the Union, and to publish the resolutions unanimously adopted by the Convention. In these, which we did not see till after writing the remarks in our leader on " England's True Policy," can be traced a shndar argument though used for au alto gether different object. The resolutions are thus introduced : " Whereas, The present site of the National Capital was selected as the most central point when the people of this Republic —only a few millions in number—inhabited only a narrow strip of country along the Atlantic coast; and whereas, the population of this Republic has increased thirteenfold since then, and spread over a vast continent, of which the States in existence when the seat of Govern ment was located form only the eastern edge; "Whereas, &c. —Resolved, That it is absurd to suppose that the haodful of inhabitants in 1790, just emerging from a colonial vassalage, before steamboats, railroads, tele graphs, or power presses were dreamed of, or a mile of turnpike or canal contracted, possessed the authority or desired to exercise the power of fixing the site of the Capi tal for ever on the banks of the Potomac, against the will and interests of the hundreds of millions who might come after them ;" &c., &c. The address sounds the same note ; indeed, it is the key of the position. It says :—" From thirteen original States the Union has grown to thirty-seven States and ten Territories, and we may well judge of the future political power of the country when we remember that there are 860,000 square miles east of the Mississippi River, and 1,429,795 square miles west of it." The next strong point is the magnitude of the interests of those States added long after the independence of the Thirteen Colo nies had been achieved. The nation's domain from a mere belt of land bordering on the Atlantic Ocean of 1,000 miles long by 150 broad, has become con tinental, going back westward to the Pacific more than 3,000 miles, and 2,000 from north to south. The Valley of the Mississippi contains the larger " half," if we may say so, of the population, a pre• ponderance likely to be indefinitely increased from its superior advantages, for the land found most pro ductive will most attract, and no one can question its greater fertility :—" Already more than three-fifths in length of the railroads of the country are formed in the Mississippi Valley, and their number is increas ing with amazing rapidity. They represent a higher value than the banking capital of the Coun try, and exercise a more civilizing influence upon the people. In agricultural wealth ti: Valley States far surpass those of the Atlantic seaboard, and the rivers of the West float annually more than $2,000,000,000 in_ value c.f its products, which is thrice the value of our foreign commerce. In view of these facts, may we not rightfully ciaim that the removal of the National Capital is a political necessity, as well as a needful aid to our national progress." Though Eastern writers may ridicule the proposed change by way of making lig'it of the question, we refer our readers to an item in our miscellaneous intelligence, to show what the effect has been in Washington itself Therethe depreciation in the value of property, since this movement has as sumed formidable proportions, his been enormous, and the reason is not difficult to discover by those who look below the surface. The census about to be taken will disclose the fact that the greater por tion of the population now dwells in the Valley of the Mississippi. A unityof interests will be found to ope - rate in that V alley, all declining to one channel as the the whole of its waters all flowing to the Mississippi. It is extraordinary to observe how national impulses and feelings are influenced by physical geography. Neighbouring communities dwelling along the banks of two rivers finding separate exits into the ocean would naturally become rivals ; but commu nities dwelling along the navigable branches of the great river, as well as those on the banks of the trunk stream, are likely to live in harmony and pull together, because their interests are identical, and the injury they could inflict on each other by hos woulJ by too to he lightly encruuttered. What we mean is, that the bond of union is atrong est in the Mississippi Valley, through a natural cause, and, as it now carries the larger section of the inhabitants of the Republic, its r ower cannot fail therefore to become dominant, as the re presentativ( s in Congress must be in propor tion to population. The next census will give a majority of the members of the Valley of the Mis sissippi, and the census of 1880 will very largely increase that majority. Who can say that Wash ington is safe, in the face of such facts ? although it may take years to bring the question to a crisis. Such a change, however, involves more than would appear at a glance. The power of America is re tiring inland. While the density of its popula tion recedes back into the interior, as a whole the people will become less seafaring, and lose their inte rest in nautical matters. Millions of the citizens will live through a long life, and never see the ocean, and if the capital be carried into the centre of such a population,the navy of the Republic will not be nursed as it would could that capital be brought within the range of an enemy's ship. The old his tory and tradition of what was once the Union will he but the history of a comparatively small section. Rivalry with Great Britain will cease to exercise its former influence, for great inland cities cannot nourish the feeling which ports contending for the commerce of the world have towards each other. The fact is certain, that the national sentiment will in a degree change, if the seat of dominion be esta blished in the Valley of the Mississippi. But the outside world will be more interested in viewing the effect on that section of the country, which, in the days for ever gone, was the United States. What happened to England in a stronger and more disastrousdegree may then.happento the former Thi rteen Colonies in a lesser degree. Like England they will have reared a child greater than themselves ; and seen that child not only assert its manhood, but its dominance taking from its parents the pre-eminent place they had hitherto held, and would have continued to hold, but for the too great success of their own work. The Old Union that fought the battle of Independence may in effect become by the rapidity of the events in progress an old na tiotLwith a classic soil and ancient traditions, the parent of powerful communities holding an inter mediate position between Europe and the Great West. Yet it is in obedience to that singular law of nature, which has told us since history began to be written, that the march of empire has been westward. Suppose that the Valley of the Mis sissippi took up the Protectionist doctrine of the States of the Atlantic seaboard ; suppose that they regarded the continent as too wide for one Protec tionist interest, and considered it was advisable for the encouragement of manufactures in the Valley of the MissiSsippi to bar out the manufactures of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, were such a condition possible (and it certainly is possible, if improbable), then these old States would literally assume the position ' to the rest of the Union now held by Great Britain to the Republic. Although these may be far fetched speculations, they are not without their in terest, and who can say that they are not "on the cards ?" But we deprecate such sectional feelings, advocating strenuously the Union as a whole, and believe that there is dagger in giving too great an encouragement to sectional interests, danger more especially to the Eas ern States, which have hitherto Leen the dominant power. THE. LEAGUE AND THE DILL. The more the National Education League considers the Government measure the less it is disposed to like it. The different branches throughout the country are protesting against various points. The 1 ,), - 3vonport Leaguers think that though good in its way, the bill will not meet the wants of the country, and. the London branch has given a similar verdict. Ti). general the objections of the League are directed against the permissiTe system of compulsion, instead of which compulsion pure and simple is asked for; against the choice of the local boards in the matter of religious instruction ; and against the system of free tickets to poor persons, instead of which the malcontents desire absolutely free education. In short, whereas Mr. Forster struck the balance between the Union and the League, the latter body holds that he ought to have gone entirely in its favour—a notion which is unquestionably wry natural. A SCOTCH EDUCATION BILL. It is possible that another attempt will be made this session to give Scotland an education bill. Every thing depends upon the English measure. The Post is informed that if things go well with Mr. Forster's protegé, and if the tone of the debate on the second reading be favourable, the Government will try again with a Scotch bill. It is to be hoped that they will have better luck this time ; they could not have worse. Last year the Scotch bill was whittled away) altered and realtered, until hardly anybe,dy in the kingdom, whether Scotchmen or not, had any notion of what the net result was like. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The thirty-fifth report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland for the year 1868 has been issued. It states that the total number of children on the rolls within the year was 937,663, and the average daily attendance 354,853. Compared with 1867, the number of enrolled children has increased by 54,363, whilst the increase in the average attendance is 33,170, Thus the attendance advances in far greater proportion than the enrolments, a fact which shews a satisfactory improvement in rep larity and application. The number of schools was augmented during the year by 66, and 100 more were in course of erection. In 1868, 6,686 schools were in operation ; thirty years ago the number was only 1,384. Ulster has, as might be expected, by far the largest proportion. HOW THEY MANAGE IT IN HOLLAND. Comparisons with the social systems of other coun tries are always instructive, if they are not always flattering. An account by Dr. Bikkers of religious teaching in Holland is worth attention. "In that small, but intelligent and unbigoted country," the ministers of all denominations are by virtue of their office obliged to set apart at least one day a week for the religious teaching of the children of their parish. The latter generally go to " catechism," as it is called, until they are 16 or 17 years of age, when, after due examination in Bible and Church history, as well as in what each denomination holds to be the " truths of religion," they are admitted members of the con gregation of their parents. There is in Holland no Bible-teaching in the public schools ; the sons of Jews, Infidels, and Christians may be found together on the same form, enjoying the same instruction from the same authorised teacher. Dr. Bikkers tells us that this plan works well. In spite of the secular character of the training, national education in Holland stands high, and the returns of crime and immorality are not alarming. THE LAND BILL. Though the Land Tenure measure had not met with a particularly favourable reception in many parts of Ireland, the Ulsterites do not seem disposed to complain. A conference of tenant farmers in the county of Armagh has expressed "every satisfac tion with the principles of the bill." It is proposed to hold a series of meetings, to consider the measure in detail. These gatherings will be held throughout the province. It is not, however, in Ulster that the !overnment meets with the greatest difficulties. FOREIGN OFFICE AGENCIES. The Pall Mall Gazette is informed that the Foreign Office agencies are to be abolished forthwith, and without compensation to those who now perform their duties and enjoy their emoluments. It has long been understood that the agencies were condemned; but whether this is precisely the most appropriate mode of abolition will doubtless be questioned in some quarters. HOW THE ARMY REDUCTIONS ARE EFFECTED. Having realised the fact that a considerable reduc tion has been made in this year's army estimates, it is now interesting to understand how this saving has been effected. With this view the House of Commons ordered a statement to be printed, sheaving the variation of the numbers of her Majesty's British forces, and explaining the differences between the amounts proposed in the Army Estimates for 1870-71 and the amount voted for 1869-70. Mr. Cardwell tells us that the principal plan upon which the reductions have been effected is the abolition of the special depots in England of re g iments serving on foreign stations. The withdrawal of several battalions from India and elsewhere, the re duction by one troop of each of the cavalry regiments at home, and the disbanding of one West India regi ment, e Canadian Rifles, Cape Mounted Rifles, and African Gunners in Jamaica—all these causes have tended to produce the result of a saving of over one million of money. THE ARMY IN THE COLONIES. A. return of the expense of British troops sta tioned in the colonies furnishes a remarkable com ment on a noisy and boastful, though very loyal, dis cussion in Victoria. Touching the matter of colonial relations with England, the Victorian news papers express their great affection for the Queen, and their desire to remain allied with England. At the same time, they are determined to have no Downing-street meddling. They must manage their own affairs. As to the army, one journal quietly remarked that the troops in Australia were of no use to the colony; the Australians paid for them out of regard for England, but the British Government was at liberty to with draw them whenever it pleased. The fact is, that Aus tralia,in common with most other colonies, pays nothing for the troops. They cost England £143,570 a year, and no repayment is expected. The entire cost of the army in the colonies is £2,589,880, of which large sum only £309,600 is contributed by the colo nists. Ceylon pays £220,000 ; the Mauritius, £45,000; tke remainder is divided in small amounts amongst various little settlements. Australia, Gibraltar, the West Indies, Canada, and the West Coast of Africa, return nothing. MEASURES BEFORE PARLIAMENT. The bill brought forward by Mr. Cardwell for the better management of the War Office will enable the Secretary of State to appoint an official who will be called Clerk of the Ordnance. A Financial Secretary of the War Office will also be appointed, and both these officers will be capable of sitting in the House of Commons. A measure of Mr. Lowe's to amend the laws relating to savings' banks provides that after the 20th of November, 1870, all receipts issued either before or after that day to the trustees of. savings' banks by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt in respect of money paid into the Banks of England or Ireland by such trustees shall carry interest at the rate of 23 per cent. per annum, instead of 23 6s. Every savings' bank which is formed after the passing of this Act, and desires the benefits of the principal Act; must register every rule and every alteration of a rule made for the management of such bank. The Board of Trade is to be the registry. THE PRIMATE. Though the cold weather has been unfavourable to the health of the Archbishop of Canterbury, his recovery, nevertheless, is making satisfactory pro gress. his Grace has given notice that he will hold a general ordination on Sunday, the 13th of March, and it is hoped that he will be able to officiate in person. CONVOCATION OF YORK. Con Vocation in the North is actively discuss ing ecclesiastical and other matters. Some time ago it appointed a committee to report on the various educational measures proposed, and now, somewhat late in the day, seeing that Mr. Forster's bill renders unnecessary the hopes and fears of Convocation, it receives a report on the subject. The report protests against any measure which would do just what has fortunately been avoided, supersede any existing educational arrangements . The subject of lay agency has been considred, and a resolution was passed declaring it desirable that the unpaid services of accredited laity should be more extensively used, Convocation believing that such aid is abso lutely necessary for the due fulfilment of the mission of the Church. THE IRISH CIIL ILCU CONVENTION. The Lord Primate has bi - :Ought before the Conven tion the Question of the advisability of adjourning As discttssions. Assizes and other matters of business have greatly thinned its ranks, or will do so shortly, and, as his Grace remarked, important questions could hardly be entered into with half a Con vention. On Tuesday Lord Lifford urged that all irrelevant matters should be left out of the debates, as he had calculated that it would take seven weeks to finish their business, at the expense of £1 per minute while they sat, if they went on as they were doing at present. A clause of the first section of the draft constitution, setting forth that the Church of Ireland will maintain the three ordeis of bishops, priests, and deacons, and will cox tiAue to minister the. wonted sacraments ant AN APOLOGY FOR DR. TEMPLE. Mr.llenry Sidgwick writes to the Pall Mall G a:etle, referring to what many people have said with regard to Frederick Temple being able to do what as Bishop of Exeter he would not be allowed to do. The light in which Dr. Temple looks on the matter, and in which he argues, is that as a private Clergyman he had a right to run a risk of having (through persistent misinterpretation) the heresies of other men attributed to him, which he had not a right to run as bishop. OPEN COMPETITION. In anticipation of the "annual" motion in favour of open competition for admission to the Civii Service, " Festina Lente," in a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette, gives statistics to, show the course taken under the present system by most of the clever men in the Civil Service. They either eke out their slender salaries by more remunerative employment in their hours of leisure, or else, disgusted with a life in which no inducement is offered for endeavours to •excel, they retire in favour of some other profession. If this is the case now, how much more so will it be when competitive examinations—in which five-sixths will have no chance by reason of a want of vacancies —shall have raised the standard of intelligence, and rendered Civil Service officers more liable to be dissatisfied with their position P It is urged that it would be truer economy to attach to our own use the energy of men already in our service, but who are by our present system forced to look elsewhere for a field for their talents. • THE MORDALTNT DIVORCE CASE. The Times recapitulates the transactions in the suit of " Mordaunt v. Mordaunt, Cole, and Johnstone." up to the present time—the institution of the case; the citation served on the wife ; the allegation of her nearest friend, her father, that she is insane; the evidence in support of this, and the re butting of this presumption by the . petitioner on the ground that the apparent insanity is feigned. It is now time to see, as Lord Penzance said, a where we are in the inquiry." After three days' trial, the petitioner's counsel conceded the point as regards the lady's insanity at the present time, but perseveres in asking the jury's opinion as to whether she was not sane at the time the citation was served. Yesterday's inquiry, therefore, regarded this point, and the Times remarks that, granted a wife is insane when her husband sues for a divorce, it is hard that the fact of lunacy on the part of the respondent should deprive the petitioner of relief. On the other hand, it is easy to Imagine long chains of equivocal evidence that might b 3 at once explained if the respondent were in a right state of mind. STREET ACCIDENTS. A return of the number of persons killed or injured by vehicles in the streets of London during the year 1869 chews that branch of national slaughter to be on the wane. Sixty-two wore run over and killed, and 764 injured. In 1868 the respective numbers were 8:3 and 1,26.5; in 1867, 96 and 1,284; and in 1866, 102 and 1334. Here is improvement, at all events. THE RED nrvEn. INSURRECTION. A despatch from Earl Granville to the Governor- General of Canada, on the annoying difficulty at the Red River, is published in the colonial journals. The British Minister expresses his entire concurrence with the policy of the Canadian Govern ment in avoiding all collision and exhausting every means of explanation and conciliation before having recourse to force. Accompanying this des patch is a letter from Sir Stafford Northcote, addressed to the Under Secretary for the Colonies. The chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company like wise deprecates the use of force except in case of urgent need ; but he expresses a very decided opinion that matters cannot be left in their present undefined position without mischievous results. He points out that . the announcement of the intention of the Dominion Government to keep back the purchase money had necessarily weakened its hands. Sir Stafford declines to recognise in the late events any reason for the withholding of the money. He appeals to Lord Granville to alai measures to have the bargain carried out, and the territory placed under the control of the authority which must be. responsible for its good government. To this the Under-Secretary for the Colonies replies in a third document. He states that the Govern ment of the Dominion are willing to complete the purchase, and fulfil their contract, but they think some postponement desirable in view of the gravity of the situation, considering that the Hudson's Bay Company should contrive to manage the affairs of the colony while the causes of misapprehension now existing are being removed. Earl Granville approves this delay in the transfer of the money. The sum in qiiestion, it will be remembered, is the £300,000 which the Canadian Government agreed to pay to the Hudson's Bay Company, for the surrender of their rights over the vast North-west territory. The colonial authorities hold that in consequence of this lied River disturb ance the money ought to be retained a while. SUEZ CANAL TRADE. Blzsiness between Liverpool and Bombay, by way of the Suez Canal, is fast improving. Twb vessels, of 399 and 768 tons respectively, have sailed during the last few days, and a third, of 1,809 tons, will start without delay. Three vessels, it was announced by telegraph, were taking in cargoes at Bombay for Liverpool. The Brazilian, one of the largest steamers that have yet made the passage, is homeward bound. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 11 171 ... 11 18} Do Rotterdam • Antwerp .., 25 31 ... 25 42 Brussels Hamburgh ... 13 10 ... 13 10} Paris Ditto ... 2') 321 ... 25 37} Marseilles F ran kf or t- on -the-Main „, 1201 ... 120} Vienna ••• 12 70 ... 12 75 Trieste ••• • ... 12 0 m 12 75 Petersburg ..... ...... .. ... 281 ... 281 Copenhagen. ,. 9 2l ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid. eadi7 . Leghorn ... 26 40 .., 26 45 Milan — ... 26 40 .., 26 43 Genoa — ... 26 40 .., 26 45 14 aples Palermo - ... 26 40 ... 26 45 Messina Lisbon Oporto ... 52 ... 521 Rio Janeiro ... ••• ---- New York .....- The telegraphic interruptions have led to the adop tion of a memorial, by the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, asking for the provision of better conveniences to facilitate business. It is understood that there is a strong probability that Sir W. Russell, M.P. for Norwich, will shortly resign his seat. There was a general report to this effect in circu lation in Norwich this morning. The Bishop of St. David's writes denying that in the debate in Convocation on the revision of the Scriptures ho referred at all to the effect of the revision on the parties in the Church. Mr. I'arbury has publicly announced his intention of not becoming a candidate for the borough of Maidstone at the forthcoming election on Friday, as he believes he should thereby prejudice the Conservative cause. The Birmingham Liberal Association has passed a resolution sympathising with Mr. Bright in his illness. The h'rn. gentleman replied, through his private secretary, stating that the resolution has afforded him much gratification. An encounter has taken place in Sheffield between a policeman and a sheep-stealer, in which the latter fired at the former and then stabbed him. The policeman is reported to be in a dangerous condition. A Dublin correspondent states that Major Knox ("Conservative Nationalist"), is prepared to lodge his petition against the return of Mr. Munster (Liberal) for Cashel. The Bishop of London's Sermons to working men on the Evidences of Christianity, do not appear over attractive to the working classes. The Church on Monday evenings is not now nearly full, and the congre gation consists principally of young ladies. Acoll,}sion has occurred at Marsden, near Hudders field, between the Bangor mail and a luggage train from Liverpool, in consequence of a signalman having opened the points at the oud of a tunnel by mistake, thinking that a pilot engine was preceding the mail train. Several persons were injured. The Birmingham Post understands that "a decided effort is about to be made to call public attention to the game laws, with a view to their total repeal. For this pur pose a mooting is intended to be held in Birmingham on the Sd of March, when the formation of a Game Law Repeal A. , isucation' will be proposed." A Lurglary took place at Srdford yesterday, at which rho tiliVo3 being disappointed iu their expectations, set fire to t he house, leaving a. note of complaint us follows "Dear Sir,—Sorry wer cannot find your mosey. We return your likeness (alluding to a portrait which was 1,4 i in the kandkerchief). Bed luck to you that you did not leave some. Good-bye. We've drunk your health with your wine." A ecrical contemporary heats that the difficulty arising from the enormous extent of the Winchester diocese, which recently caused a powerful petition to bo presented fur its subdivision, is likely shortly to be met in some degree by the appointment of a Suffragan. Should this be carrisd out, it is almost certain Archdeacon Putt will be tho Sur f/v...0n Bishop. • The Cape Town correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette states that Bishop Twells' friends have made a pro test against his being tried till he can appear in person; they say he is innocent of the very grave charges brought against him. The trial, it is thought, will be postponed. It was to have been held before the Cape Town Synod. In his address to the Synod, Bishop Gray declares the disputes with Dr. Coleus° at an end. Ho has been deposed; his works ha 4 b9cifin9 weary; the public contNyoreY is elide,, PRICE OF GOLD. Ttio quot %lion 01 gold at Paris is about at par, and the abort exchange on London is rkt. per Xi stexting Oneomparing these rates with the English Mint price of fis.lo4d. per ounce for standard gold., it appea , a that gold at the above price is slightly dearer iu rads than is Iran: on Private letters received from Dartmouth state that several cases of small-pox have broken out on board theßritannia naval cadet training ship lying iu that harbour, but that the necessary measures have been taken by the authorities for preventing, as far as in ty be possible on board ship, any further spread of the disease. MONETARY REPORTS—Yesterday. On the whole, the tone of the Stock Exchange markets has been healthy to-day. Business has been conducted on a more extended scale, and there has been a tendency to higher prices. Consols have been steady and * better, at 921, 92!'r for money, and 92*, 92fi for March. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 92i, 921. India Five per 'Ceuta , 111 k, 111 2 and India Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. Ex chequer Bills, 2s. die. to 3s. prem. In the Railway Market rather more animation has been noticed. Great Western has been subjected to the most severe fluctuations, having been done as low as 61*, or rt a decline of 2. Subsequently the quotation improved to 62 2 to 63 ; even then, however, the quotations chewed decline of 1, compared with the closing prices last nigh t Caledonian and Great Northern A have fallen 1, and Lon don and North Western has been * lower. Metropolita n, on the result of the meeting becoming known, rose an d London and Brighton has been I better. In Indian railway stocks the transactions have been on a limited scale, but prices have been maintained. Cala dian shares have been steady in value, with a fair inquiry' As regards foreign the business doing has been only moderate. Lombards have been firm, and better, at 10 to 191. Although the demand for accommodation has not been active, much firmness has been noticed in the money market to-lay. The supply of capital has been somewhat limited, and three months' paper has not been taken under 3 per cent. There have been no bullion operations at the 13 9 x ic to-day. The Rhine, from New York, has brought £36,800. The market for foreign bonds has been steady. The re has been a strong inquiry for Egyptian and prices have risen I. Italian have improved to a similar extent. Peruvian and Turkish have been dealt in to a fair e xtent/ at an advance of i per cent. Gua,timala (1869) have been flat and *- lower. The Russian loan is quoted at 3*, 3a. American securities have been steady. The Fiv e ; Twenties (1882) bonds have risen 1, but Atlantic soi: Great Western consolidated Mortgage bonds have recede' 1, and Erie shares /. Bank Shares have been steady in value, notwithstaok ing that the demand has not been active. The market for Telegraph Shares opened heavily; but subsequently more diminution was apparent. Lower o.° ° ' tations, however, have been accepted. Anglo-Mediterr y nean have fallen 1; British Indian Extension I; British In' dian Submarine, 1 ; Falmouth, Gibraltar, and 'Malta, 1; Reuter's, 1 ; and West India and Panama, 1. HooPer a Telegraph Works opened flat at prem. The quota tion then fell to I, but subsequently improved to iF prem. Telegraph Construction Shares have been stead'', and / better. India Rubber Shares have supported lat. quotations. In miscellaneous securities very little business has bee° doing, at about yesterday's closing quotations. At the meeting of the shareholders of the Metropolita n Railway Company, the report of the directors, after some discussion, •was adopted. The proposal to dispose of a portion of the surplus lands to a company, the shares of which should be offered to the Metropolitan shareholder °, was agreed to. It was also announced that a new Parce ls Delivery Company had made a proposition to the Rally/al Company for accommodation in the trains. The demand for gold for export continues very nloc l . rate, and as the arrivals recently have been much restric ted the specie movements have been unimportant. 513 " amount of Australian gold now on passage to this count-: is about £850,000, o f w hi c h about £350,000 is due a" Southampton on Friday. It is considered certain that the whole of the immediate future arrivals will be sel ig into the Bank. The silver market has been quiet. Bars have s° l4 slowly, at 603 d. per ounce. Mexican dollars have be° in moderate request, at 59ad. to wid. per ounce. A prospectus has been issued of the Plumas 0 2, 0 14 Mining Company of California, with a capital of £75,' in shares of £3 each. The report of the Anglo-Italian Bank (Limited), eli°,l ll a profit for the half year of £10,666. The sum of 24,° ' will be employed in the' payment of a dividend at the ral of 4 per cent. £6,000 will be set aside to cover bad an . doubtful debts, and the sum of £666 will be colic ( ' forward. The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of intere ° from 4 to 3* per cent. The traffic receipts of the Midland Railway show all crease of £5,229. th e - At a meeting of the Southampton Dock CompanY, directors' report, of which the following is an extract, " 4 adopted. The accounts now submitted to the propri et °:: show a net revenue, after payment of the interest on tu debenture capital, of the dividends on the preferen ce stocks, and of all working expenses, repairs, sto., for the half year ended the 51st December, 1569, amounting t° P 7,757 17g 2d., a,rld Aril-plus brought forward frora half year, £1,130 4s. 3d., making £B,BBBls. sd. From the directors recommend that a dividend be declared ji c " the half year of £2 per cent., payable on the 9th 31 01 ''' proximo, being at the rate of £4 per cent. per antan li ; amounting on £360,350 ordinary stock to £7,207, leavi n g surplus to be carried forward of £1,681 ls. sd. it At a meeting of the Mid-Wales Railway Compa ll 9 , 4 was shown that the traffic receipts for the half-year 10 ` ..6 ' amounted to £14,968 14s. 2d., being £1,114 is. 7d. in_ than in the corresponding six months of 1868. TheworY>a; expenses have amounted to £12,027 9s. 7d., and in clg A (as did the accounts of 1868) the working of the liereftv; line for three months of the half-year. After deduc e £2.557 14s. 7d., the amount received for that service, til n i balance, viz., £9,469 15s. 2d. may be taken as the cos t working the Mid-Wales traffic. The traffic returns of the Midland Railway for the vg°, ending February 20th, 1870, present a total of £66, 64 being an increase of £5,299 when compared with the c clr responding week in 1869. MARKETS—Yesterday. et LONDON CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The stairs.' it English wheat were again small, but the show of foreign was elrof sive. Trade continued in the same dull inanimate state as whe n t lie• reported, but prices were nominally unc h ange d . Fl our was inae,tlo but without uotahle e variation in value. Feeding stuffs were 0 :4 inquired after, and the general tendency of prices was dowiloti Arrivals-British : Wheat, 1,040 ; barley. 1,090; oats, 30; beaus.: peas, 170; malt, 680 qua r t er s. Foreign: Oats, 1,550; maize, quarters ; flour, 110 sacks. METROPITAN MEAT MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-There goon supplip's of all kinds of meat on sale, but trade ruled steadY , our quotatons were well supported. Beef from 2s. Bd. to 4 0 .. 6tl. routton3s. Bd. to ss. ; veal, ss. to ss. 6d. ; and pork, 4s. Bd, to v. per &lbs. by the carcase. 1 BOROUGH HOP MARKET, WEDNESDAY. -The market ‘ ,O D i o remained without variation. Choice qualities of new English oostiaued scarce, and have commanded extreme prices L but Jtr lings and foreign hops have been altogether neglected• fine e" no nental and American markets are reported without change. t o LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.- Tallow ruled fiat, at 465. elpot ; 46a, March ; end 465. 6d. to 465. 9d. last WO months. Linseed oil dull, at 325. to 325. 3d , London ; 308. 91, se' hull. Rape, 425. to 425. 6d. Russian Haut firm. LONDON COLONIAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-Sligar, s po quiett, but prices have ruled steady. Supplie s o f co ff ee are ligh t the quotations are well maintained. T ea h as ru l e d qu i e t s no "- oat ehange. Rice dull and inactive. ~of LONDON METAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-Tin has 1 04 thmed very firm, at £ll6 for Straits, Wallaroo co ff ee, £7 2 . and spelter dull. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-Market but steady. Sales, 10,000 bales : of which, 2,900 on specula' imports of the day, 5,375 bales t 40' LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, WENNEBDAY.-Marke t Bars, 66; ores, 13 to 151. PlOg lb AMSTERDAM, FEB. 23.-Banca tin firm, 69. Spirits. • 170'50 ; April, May, 174'50 ; July, October, 175. 0 14 HAMBURG, FEB. 23.-Wheat and ryd unchanged. Rape on PARIS, FEB. 23.-The current month, 55'50. Rape oil. e t '' month, 106.25 May, August, 105. BT. PETERSBURG, Pzii 23.-Y.C., August, 66; clean hemp' • [AD TERTISEMENT.J—henceforth no one will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta. Ara„," Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blesewp it has already received from Invalids whose position had b e ve , deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the r ° ^ o l whose health has been perfectly restor e d by it a ft er thirty yen't"ja unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " Gazettel Midi," July 25th:—" Rome, July 21,1866. The health of the W e . Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reoo dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Reval e „ o l. Arabica Food, of which h e consumes a pl a t e f u l a t ev ery 01 'd It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health , t i ' v ir his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly.”. 6, of extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures :—Cure No. 58,2 i jo t the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver coy:Vito, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitel'ie , all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most y tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord Stuartsi, Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dysPePoo; No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dysPeP o s; nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, o°3o , sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly " Cure No. 46,270: g a- James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased 1u 2 ;70 , spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. w' ;,ol/ portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more , sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Lie name is most audaciously attached. 20: In tins, at s d; lib 25 9d; 2lb 4s 6d; slb Ils ; 12 lb .o 24 lbs 4 s.—Also ; •U BARBY'S RDNALENTA A BADICACHOOO I ',', O O POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 1! cups at 2s, for 24 e" s 'so at 3s 6d, for ;8 cups at 6 s, for 2 88 cups at 30s, for 576 cups a ,. ", e ot —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Ordeoti MIRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London " all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. th ° COLE--On the 2?d inst., at Victoria-road, Kensingtoth wife of Vicat Cole, Esq., A.R.A., of a son. POLWALTII—On the IGth inst., at Mertoun Nous'', 4 1 , wicksidre, the Right Hon. Lady Polwartb, of a dauii ter. MARRIAGES. c bt Rosi—SANDYS —On the 22d iast., at St. James's Cl O . O , Piccadilly, Colonel R. L. Ross, C. 8., to Ailona Ther` daughter of the late Lieut.-General George SaudY s ' rto tt SMITH—LEVER—On the 21st lust, at Trieste, Gra, 0., Edgar. Smith, Esq., of Zagrad, Fiume, to Spina youngest daughter of Charles Lever, Esq. DEATHS. 40, FINCH —On the 23d inst George Finch, Esq., of 1 4 °' Craven•street, Strand, collator, aged 42. HUNT— On the 23d inst., at 11, Manchester-square , Ilunt, Esq., aged 74. ri°l‘ TIPPLE —On the 21st inst., at Erith, suddenly, Fre --° A. Tipple, Eel., M.D., aged 52. 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