The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-21 00:00:00

THE EXAMINATION OF THE SUPPOSED FENJANS. Michael Davitt, who gave his address, 35, Milman-street, London, of no occupation, and John Wilson, gun and pistol manufacturer, Harper's-buildings, Wearman-street, Bir mingham, were brought up on remand from the House of Detention, Davitt charged with loitering about the Great Western Railway for some unlawful purpose, and Wilson with having fifty revolvers in his possession. Mr. Poland said he appeared to prosecute in this case, but owing to his having only just been instructed in the matter, he should have to ask for a remand. He had to ask for this, as Inspector Clarke, who had the charge in hand, was in the country making inquiries. A telegram had been received from him stating that he had gathered very impor tant information, and that he would not be able to arrive in town to give evidence at present. Mr. D'Eyncourt said the evidence as to the connection of the prisoners was very slight. Mr. Poland said, according to his instructions, he should be able to prove that conclusively. He would be able to show that the prisoner was concerned in the raid upon Chester Castle in 1867. After some discussion the prisoners were remanded for a week. They were shortly afterwards removed in the van. CHARGE OF PERSONATING WOMEN. Yesterday Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park were again placed at the bar at Bow-street for further examina tion. The Court was excessively crowded within, and outside the number of persons to witness the arrival of the pri soners from the House of Detention was as great as on ormer occasions. Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr. Besley and Mr. Straight defended. _ Mr. Besley - said before the case proceeded he wished to know, on behalf of the prisoners, what was the exact charge made against them. They were wrongfully taken into custody under the Vagrant Act, and charged with in citing persons to commit a heinous crime. Since that a charge of conspiracy had been preferred against them, and now ho wished to know what course was to be pursued. as neither of the charges, he contended, had teen proved. It was tight that the prisoners should be informed the exact charge they had to meet, as there was nothing definite at the present moment as to time and place. Mr. Poland, he contended, had been wandering over a great amount of evidence, with the hope of something arising, so to enable him to frame a case, but he thought that was a most improper course to pursue. Mr. Flowers—What is it that you require? Mr. Besley—That the exact charge the prisoners are to be called upon to meet should be made known. Mr. Poland said the question was whether the exact time had arrived for him to make such a statement. \S hat ho proposed to do was to go on with the case to the end, and get through it as soon as possible. Mr. Flowers said be thought that was the best course to pursue, as he had no doubt now about there being evidence against the prisoners after reading the letters that had been submitted to him. Mr. Besley thought he ought to have a copy of all letters that had been submitted against the accused. This had been refused by the Treasury. Mr. Flowers said he was quite sure no prosecution would be carried on with the sole view of injuring and prejudging the prisoners. Mr. Poland bad no objection to let Mr. Besley read the whole of the letters upon which ho relied, but he could not consent that they should be made public. Mr. 'Richard Barwell, one of the surgeons at Charing-cross Hospital, gave certaiuevidence against Park that it would be quite impossible to publish. After the prisoners were taken into custody he was asked to go to Bow-street police-sta tion. He did so and pointed out Park as his patient. He might say that his treatment of Park was what was called energetic. Park was dressed in common clothing such as led him to suppbse he was in such a condition of life as to require hospital treatment. He had no doubt about the prisoner's identity. Cross-examined by Mr Straight for Park— It was a com mon thing for people coming to the hospital to give false names. Ho came to the court very much against his own inclination_ He was very fond of interestinF surgical cases. When ho saw Park at the police-stat►on he - was amongst a number of other prisoners, such as be should call the sweepings of the cells. Park was dressed in shabby clothes. Ile identified him. He wore a pair of shepherd plaid trousers, very much worn, and an old cut-away coat. He must say he did not look particularly at the clothes, but at the face of the Frisoner. The coat might be the one he had on at that moment. Park was hzre requested to stand upon the seat in the doctc. His trousers were of the colour, though not of the pattern, known as shepherd's plaid, and his coat was the Ordinary black morning walking coat. In answer to further questions from Mr. Straight, witness said when he first pointed out Park at the station-house ha afterwards hesitated between him and another man who hal appeared to him under similar circumstances. Mr. Straight—When did you become quite certain of .his identity ? Witness—Before I left the police station. By Mr. Poland—l am quite sure the prisoner Park is the man I saw at the hospital. He was not able to say, one way or other, whether when he first saw Park at the station, he was wearing the clothes he then had on or not. Dr. Paul, surgeon to the E division of police, said on Fri day, the 29th of April, he saw the prisoners after their exa mination before the magistrate had been concluded, and 11,) proceeded to give evidence that agreed in every particular with that given by Dr. Bar well. After the evidence of the above witness was concluded, which went to prove the most serious offence against the prisoners, Francis Regan ('ox was next examined. His evide.-co was to the effect that he had beetrintroduced to the prisoner Boulton dressed as a man by Mr W. H. Roberts and Lord A. Gunton, about two } ears ago, at the Guildhall Tavern, but from his conduct ho (witness) thought he was a wo:n:'n. He flirted with them, and ultimately kissed Boulton, and then they had some champagne. Lord Clinton appeared to be jealous of his attentions to Boulton. Be afterwards met them at Evans's. Front certain matters that came to his knowledge ho told the waiters what the prison rs were, and they were turned out. Mrs. Marie Caveudish, of 12, South Bank, Regent's-park, said she went to a ball at Haxell's Hotel, shortly before th, boat-race. Miss Agnes Earle was with her. The whole of the company, if afterwards came out, with the excep tion of herself, her friend, and two other ladies, were men. The prisoners were present. The witness then gave detailed account of her during the time that she stayed there. As soon as she found out the nature of the entertainment she and her friend quitted the placa when the disturbance which ccurred had been quelled. Miss Earle having given similar evidence, the prisoners were again remanded. THE NICE ROMANCE. Some few details have been given of a remarkable double suicide which has just been committed at Nice. Further particulars are to hand of the singular story. On Sunday morning last some peasants found, in the grounds of the Villa Teissere, in the Valley of Montegat, near Nice, a young woman bleeding and in sensible. She was removed to the town, but expired be fore reaching it. From her statements and other informa tion it appear that she was the daughter of a bookseller, and herself a brilliant pianiste, who during the winter menthe resided at Nice. Sheethere made the acquaintance of a man named Morplain, and a close intimacy was formed bet Ween them, the man being 34 and the young woman 30 years of age. The latter, Mdlle. de Hauterine, became apprehensive that her fatherwould discontinue the allowance he had been accustomed to make, and Morplain being without resources, they determined to put an end to their anxieties by terminating their existence. Ac cording to the statement of the dying woman she left Nice with her 'companion. "It was," said she, " our last night. We took with us a phial of laudanum, a revol ver, and a swordstick. We chose this as the best spot for our purpose. We made a bed with our outer garments, laid upon the moss. We slept till daybreak. We had pre pared everything, and at 7 o'clock came the adieu. I had taken off my white petticoat, which Morplain hung upon the branches of a tree. We drank the laudanum. We suffered much but we could not die. Morplain said to me I can bear this no 1 onger ; I shall blow out my brains.' I cried out that I would not be left alone with his corpse, and I said, 'Shoot me here,' pointing to the spot where a gaping wound in her breast was visible. I did not wish to be di s figured, and I entreated him to aim there. He fired point blank. The correspondent of the Gaulois a dds that the statement is verified by the facts of the chemise beine burnt, and the skin blackened by the powder. " Morplain," added the dying woman, " shot himself through the head, and you will find him lyi ng yonder. He feared a failure, and you will see that he yet holds his poiguarcl in his hand. I did not feel much hurt at first, and I managed to walk hither, leaning upon the case of the sword stick." The body of the man was dis covered in the position his unhappy. companion had de scribed, and was removed to Nice, where a judicial in quiry was opened. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Abyssinian expedition, of which Mr. Candlish is chairman resumed their sitting yesterday. The witness was Col. Marriot, the military secretary to the Govern ment of Bombay, who took a principal part in fitting out the expedition, under the immediate command of Lord Napier of Magdala. He said that it was very necessary to take up as many vessels as could be ob tamed in order to hasten the expedition, and to provide against any loss that might be occasioned by storms which might reasonably be expected. In order to provide against such accidents, every _ effort which was necessary to be made was obliged to be made at Bombay, because there was no timber available at Annesley Bay. Re ferring to the total cost of the expedition, he said he had seen General Jameson's estimate, and it was in his opinion as good and correct a one as could be formed at that time ; and in point of fact, so far as the freight and tonnage was concerned, it turned out to be tolerably correct. Every care was taken by the Bombay Government that while the expedition should be efficient no unnecessary cost should be incurred, and, in his opinion, there was no re flection to be cast upon any single department concerned. The only difference in the scheme originally submitted to Lord Napier by the Government and that which he ultimately determined upon was as to the increase in the number of the expedition. The disorganised state of the transport was due principally to the epi demic which prevailed in Zoola among the mules, the worthlessness of the Egyptian drivers, the want of proper tethering gear, and the necassity which arose for their being used at once. The evidence of Colonel Marriott lasted the whole of the day, and at its close the committee adjourned. GENERAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The Spring General Meeting of the National Rifle Association was held yesterday afternoon, atWillis's Rooms, King street, St. James's, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, President of the Association, in the chair. His Royal Highness, in opening the proceedings, said he had very little to tell them, and he thought there was very little which required discussion. He told them at the last meeting that the annual shoot ing at Wimbledon would take place on the 11th July, and that the camp for the meeting would be formed on. the 9th of the same month. In regard to the regula tions they would find that with regard to the prizes, &c., they were very much the same this year as they were last, there being only a few exceptions. In Regulation 10, which excluded 577 breech-loading rifles at the Enfield Pool and Enfield Cartoon target, that had been cancelled. In the prize list very few alterations would be found. In the "Army Rifle Nursery Prizes" the disqualifications had been limited to two years. Another alteration was with respect to the Cartoon Prizes, which had been re arranged, and three prizes had been added in the shape of awards given for the highest scores made in seven shots in one day. The Breech-loading Prize had this year been divided into two classes—one for rifles of a minimum bore of 45 and open to all comers, and one for rifles of 577 bore restricted to volunteers. He had now a very satisfactory an announcement to make. A prize of a hundred guineas had been given by the proprietors of the Graphic illustrated newspaper-55 guineas in money, and 25 volumes of that work handsomely bound, and he was much pleased to see so much interest taken in the association by those connected with some of the best of the public journals of the present day. He hoped, if pos. sible, they would be imitated by others. He was sorry to find that in answer to the letter of Lord Elcho inviting manufacturers and tradesmen to give prizes the response had not been so large as it should have been, but he might, at the same time, state that the list of extra prizes contained several new contributors. It was pro posed that there should again be a review on the last day of the meeting and, as before, a flying camp. It certainly was a success last year, and there seemed to be no ob jection to it this year. He did not think anything would be said as regarded the expense, of course he meant by the Secretary of State for War, on whose department the cost of the flying column would fall. He hoped the meet ing would fall in with the views of the Council, who had on every other occasion had their confidence. General Boileau pointed out that the old small bores were 451 bore. and enquired if they would be admitted to shoot under the altered rules? Lord Elcho said the intention was to admit nll small bores, so that those having the old pattern would be able to shoot. In reply to a subscriber, who said he should like to see a Snider competition, Lord Elcho said he did not see the object of it. The Snider could be used with the other Enfields, and they must remember it was not yet the arm of the service. When it became so the Queen's prize would of course be competed for with it. In the Ely prizes the ',Snider would be admitted, and he hoped next year the v -rr cAxla hnvw them in reneral lig.. I\o doubt when the question of the manufacture of arms came be fore Parliament in the estimates either himself or some one else would again raise the question. A few minor details were discussed, and the proceed ings terminated with a vote of thanks to his Royal High ness for presiding. THE MOHAWKS AT OXFORD. The one topic of interest at present at Oxford is the senseless act of vandalism which was perpetrated on Tuesday, the 10th. The affair is the most foolish and disastrous of the many ridiculous practical jokes which " educated " men at Oxford have from time to time committed. Its perpetrators seem frightened at their own folly. The scene of this outrage is the Peckwater Quadrangle. Christ Church Library, a stately eighteenth -century edifice, stands on the south side of Peck water Quadrangle ; and the building appears to have been entered through the end window, from which a large pane had been cut clean out. The library is rich in paint ings, principally of the early Italian schools, arranged chronologically from Ciniabue to the Caracci; and it is still richer in books, the collections of Archbishop Wake, the Earl of Orrery, and Dean Aldrich, the architect ; being included among these " assembled souls ox all whom men hold wise." The pillage, however, seems to have been limited to works of sculpture. There was a marble statue of Venus, and there were marble busts of Dr. Thomas Gaisford, some time Dean of Christ Church, and other former deans and pro fessors. These memorial objects, to remove which from the library must have been a labour of time and trouble, were ranged in mock order of display about the quad, Dean Gaisford's bust being in the centre. It would seem that, being left in this position, the busts and the figure of Venus were found by another party of revellers, who piled the art-treasures in a heap, covered them with mats, and set fire to their outward coating, which smouldered till the marble had received irreparable injury. The matter is now before the governing body, who are, it is said, 'determined on visiting with heavy punishment all those against whom the charge of having taken part in these doings can be made good. " The Oxford Undergraduates Journal,'" an organ of the University, which is published weekly in term, came out on Thursday with an article strongly cm demning . the conduct of those young men. Says the Journal : " Pure love of mischief, and an infatuated reck lessness in its pursuit, alone could have dictated such an outrage, the senselessness of which must preclude the possibility of any semi-rational motives, such as anger or revenge, however ill - founded, being as signed to the act in question. To break a man's windows, and to screw up a don, are actions which may be the result of some dislike or indignation founded upon a real or fancied grievance, and in this case we see a certain element of reason. But to wantonly injure and destroy the property of a society to which you yourself belong, and in which you have, or ought to have, a certain amount of interest, without any rational pretext whatever (if any pretext could justify such au act) is to all intents and purposes a suicidal action and bespeaks a madness that has no method in it." LAW ANT) POLICE. COMMITTAL OF AN ALLEGED RECEIVER.—George M'ln tosh, a general dealer, was finall examined, charged with feloniously receiving a large quantity of .jewellery of all kinds, valuable diamond rings and watches, as well as some valuable meerschaum cigar holders and pipes, which formed part of the proceeds of an extensive burglary at the shop of Mr. Grunebaum, cigar importer, 14, Edg ware road. The prisoner was committed for trial, bail being refused, and Mr. Arnold declined to make an order for the restoration of any part of the property not identified. THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE.—At the Stratford Police-court, Mrs. Wilson, the prosecutrix in a case recently brought against a policeman, named Moriarty, made an application to the magistrate, Mr. King. She said that she had been persistently and continually annoyed by friends of the policeman, and that serious wounds had been inflicted upon her by his partisans. The magistrate at once granted summonses against the assail ants of the applicant. SHARES IN OVEREND AND GURNEY.—A case arising from the sale of ten shares in Overend and Gurney has been brought in the Exchequer Chamber. The plaintiff, Mr. Maxted, bought, through his brokers, ten shares in Overend, Gurney, and Co., the defendant, Mr. Paine, giving on the same day the name of Goss as the ultimate buyer. It was afterwards discovered that Sir Sam ue l S pry was t h e . un di sc l ose d principal, Goss being a loan of no means. Calls were made on the shares, and the plaintiff was compelled to pay, and could not recover fromGoss,sohebrought his action against defendant. It was held in the Exchequer that Goss was an ultimate purchaser within the meaning of the term on the Stock I.]xchange, and that in the absence of fraud the defendant could not be made liable. Judgment was given for him. Error was then brought. The C our t t oo k time to con sider. Some modifications of the curriculum of study laid down by the' College of Surgeons were effected by th e are the introduc tion council of that bodyatnelitys regulations meeting. The princip a l points touched by the of the examination of actual patients by the candi dates for the membership, and a modification of the sys tematic teaching of surgery, by which the second cour se of theor e ti ca l lectures now demanded will be supplo inented by a more practical one, including the applica tion of apparatus, the performance of operations on tin dead body, and the study of the relations of external anatomy to surgical diseases and injuries. The first regulation will be in force from March, 1871, and the latter ones will apply to students en t er i ng next October. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1870. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. The Archbishop of Canterbury left Addington-park on Thursday, for his marine villa, - Stonehouse, in the Ifsle of Tha,net. . It is thought that a month's residence at the seaside, at this time of the year, will be of great use to the Archbishop. His health has improved greatly during the last few weeks, and several friends have visited his Grace in succession. Amongst them have been the Bishop of London and Mrs. Jackson, the Dean of West minster and Lady Augusta Stanley,the Dean of Durham, the Dean of Ripon, and Mr. J. Hassard. THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION. The New York Herald of May 6 publishes a long account of the British expedition against Fort Garry from its correspondent at Montreal " There seems," he says "to be an impression prevailing generally in Canada that the expedition fitting out for Red River 'will not meet with any serious resistance, but will prove to lse only a sort of escort to officers proceeding to establish law and order;• that when the command reaches Fort Garry the settle meits will receive it in a friendly manner, and that the only questions to be settled will be the responsibility of Riel for the shooting of Scott. Of course this is all only conjecture on the part of the confident Canadians, who have an idea that the mere rumour that an expedition would be sent against Fort Garry would strike abject terror into the souls of every Winnipegger." The Herakl correspondent is less sanguine, being, perhaps, not alto gether - disinterested. The French Catholics in Canada, numbering 80 out of some ISO members, sympathise with their Red River brethren. The conscientious people of the Dominion are also averse to it as they "realise what a ras cally operation the whole businessof the transfer" has been. The natural enemies of the party in power are also against it, being glad to avail themselves of such a weapon against the Ministry. The Fenian scare in Canada, continues this correspondent, is subsiding, but the Red River pre parations still keep the military on the qui vire, and occa sion a vast deal of drilling, parading, brass-banding, &c.,' while the hotel registers are filled with colonels, majors, captains, &c., to a degree that forcibly suggests to a Yankee the scenes in Washington in 1862. After enume rating the regular troops now in Canada, the writer goes on to describe the Canadian Militia, which includes all the male inhabitants of Canada between the ages of eighteen and sixty, with certain exceptions, such as judges, clergy, schoolmasters, the only sous of widows, &c. The militia is divided into two ' classes active and reserve, and the law provides for annual paid drills of 40,000 officers and men, in addition to the reserve militia, numbering 656,500. The expedition is to be drawn from both the regulars and the militia. Very little is known of the country to whioh it is going, and not a publication about Red River can be had in Mon treal It is marvellous that no American publisher has been enterprising enough to produce something which would be eagerly bought by the hundreds who are anxiously seeking details. The expedition will contain about 2,000 men, 1,000 of them being regulars. A large number.of Indians, half breeds and other men familiar with woodcraft and wilderness travel, will be employed as canoe men, scouts, and guides, and the expe dition, when ready to set out en its march from Fort William, on the western side of Lake Superior, will pro bable be the most complete military organisation ever formed for such a campaign. Boats capable of holding twenty men each will be taken by the expedition for the navigation of the small lakes and water courses between Lake Superior and Fort Garry. It was intended to send forward men with provisions to form depots at various points along the route, but this idea has been abandoned on the ground that their possible destruction by theft, or accident. or surprise, might ruinously affect the expedi tion. Stores are being collected, blankets purchasad, and steamers chartered, and it is hoped that the expedition will be afloat by the 10th of May. If, however, the Ist of June finds them started, there will be no cause for com plaint. To transport 2,500 men, with two months' pro visions, horses, cattle, and artillery, will require a big flotilla, and the march will necessarily be slow and toil-. some, probably requiring all of July to reach Fort Garry. Lieutenant-General Lindsay, commanding the British troops in Canada, has the charge'of the fitting out of the 1 expedition, and Colonel Wolsley, the commanding officer, is described as " a very magnificent soldier," who has seen service in New Zealand, Ca.ffraria, India, the Crimea and China. He wears seven medals, including the Victoria Cross. The military rendezvous of the expedition is established at Toronto. The use of the Crystal Palace at that city has been given by its managers to the Dominion Government for barracks, and the troops, as fast as theyare collected,will be concentrated there and organised into coin panics. The route of the expedition is a long and painful one. The first 540 miles, however, are comparatively easy of accomplishment. Steamers will transport the expedition from Collingwood up the Georgian Bay and through L a ke Huron, 250 miles to the entrance into Lake Superior at the St. Marie nal, concerning the use of which_the policy of the government at Washington has been so closely scrutinized. At this point the navigation between Lake Huron and Lake Superior is conducted by means of a canal about 2,000 yards long on Michigan soil. It is generally understood that the - United States' Government will not permit the Red River expedition to pais over any of its territory, and that the canal will be closed against the steamers of the expedition. This imposes upon the command the necessity of disembarking and marching a short distance on Canadian soil to Lake Superior, and with all the supplies and paraphernalia of the campaign to unload, carry and reship, in view of which the in convenience to the expedition seems. to be very great. Indeed it is not improbable that the supplies, &c. are now quietly going through that canal, and all have passed comfortably on to Thunder Bay before Uncle Sam is aware of it. From the St. Marie canal to Fort William, in Thunder Bay, is a sail by steamer of 288 miles. Here the expedition leaves the steamers and strikes out into the uninhabited 'wilderness. The chief iliMuulties begin at Vert The Demi . mon papers are some of them inclined to represent these in their worst possible light. The Montreal News of April 29 says it is taken for granted that horses or oxen and fodder will be provided at Thunder Bay, because neither hay nor oats can be produced at that spot. The expedi tion we shall imagine landed at Thunder Bay. It will then have forty miles land travel. At starting the ground rises abruptly three hundred feet within the first half mile, and keeps ascending for ten miles, when an altitude of 1060 feet will be attained ; it then descends slightly until the river Kaminitiquia is reached, when the road sinks rapidly. It is a toss up whether the spring freshets have not swept away the Kaminitiquia bridge, but, supposing it to exist, the oppo site bank offers a sharp ascent of 750 feet. From that point to Lake Shebandowan twenty miles of mountain roads must be traversed, and over the entire forty miles the boats and all the food supplies, hospitals, and war material must be dragged and depots established. There will be needed, at the lowest estimate, a hundred horses and carts, because the cattle must transport their,own food. Lake Shebandowan is twenty-nine and a half miles long, hence its further extremity is sixty-nine and a half miles from Thunder Bay. The traverse of the lake will not offer any difficulties, but between that lake and Lake Baskaboiwe are three short sharp portages. Ii horse transport is to be employed the cattle must be brought on in special boats with stores of fodder ; if no cattle are pro vided, then everything must be portaged on men's backs; the camp line must come into requisition. The expedition cannot hope for any fighting for the first three hundred miles, because the country is so denuded and bare that no enemy can conceal themselves. The difficulties will consist in the natural impediments of the country--a road broken by incessant portages, so that at each break a fresh system of transport must be organised. A land route, however wretched, can be repaired, but thi s mu d turtle one will be something unknown in military move ments. We hope Colonel Wolseley is even-tempered and not given to swearing, because his patience will be sorely tested, and his hardest trial awaits him when he roaches the shores of the Lake of the Woods. That lake is ninety miles from Fort Garry, and near it Riel will make a stand if he means to fight. Our reasons for so thinking are, that he will be close to his base of supplies, with prairies in his rear, by which to escape, and thick evergreen cover for his riflemen. The Lake of the Woods is an impostor ; it is not like decent lakes that know their bohnds ; its excuse is the depressed 'character of the land. One tries to reach shore, but no shore can be found, and, after push ing and pulling till no further progress can be made, those who wish to continue their journey must jump out of the boa=ts; they will - find themselves on what Mr. Dawson poetically describes as a "lake-like marsh:" They must not be discouraged when they discover that they cannot reach the sandy bottom until they are waist deep or shoulder deep in slush. No animal can venture on its sur face. A canal could be dug or fascines laid • but then. Riel might object to so obvious an assertion Of proprie tary rights. There will be one advantage in wading for several miles through this " lake-like marsh "—only half of the body can he exposed to the demands of the mosquitoes. Such is a short sketch of the road to Fort' Garry. The description is not an attractive one ; but Colonel Wolseley will find the realities more serious." The correspondent of the New York Herald reports that many persons predict hard fighting, as it is believed 3,000 Fenians will be concentrated at Fort Garry by the time the expedition gets there. It is well known that O'Donohue, Riel's right hand man, is a z ea l ous F en i an , and that le has not only been a constant writer for Fenian papers in the United States, but has been in close communication with the - Fenian leaders ever since the Red River troubles first commenced. Last winter an accredited and trusty agent of the Fenian headquarters was sent to Fort Gerry to arrange for Fenian co-operation in resistance to the authority of the Dominion Govern ment, and when it is taken into consideration that the Red River flag in half Fenian, that the late Fenian excitement along the Canadian border was caused by the Fenians for the purpose of blinding . the authorities respecting the real plan to throw men and mate rial across the Minnesota frontier into Red River a and that the Fenians have always been on the look-out for just such an opportunity to make a descent upon British territory and establish •an Irish Republic, the prospect of lively times at Fort Garry seems to be pretty clear. Information from Chicago and St. Paul, and the whispered rumours in Canadian official circles, clearly indicate that the Fenians will note be idle when the Red River crisis approaches, and the expedition may find its long and wearisome march through swamps and over precipices the least of the difficulties to be encountered in its occupation of Rupert'i Land. The Dominion Govern ment expects to have the friendly co-operation of all the Indians in the Red River country, but with the stores and other property of the Hudson Bay Company at his com mand, Riel may be able to purchase as many Indian allies as the expedition. Such is an outline of the expedition drawn from an American point of view. No newspaper correspondents are to accompany it, which is rather a re prieve for them, as the undertaking -is thus summed up : Crossing thb Red River, about 300 feet wide, the expe dition will at last, after 538 miles by steamer, 3491 miles by boats, and 144 miles of marching, reach Fort Garry' 1,0311-miles from Collingwood." CIVIL SERVICE.—The great opposition to the Civil Service Bill arises in Congress. The people aflarge have no objection to see the public departments filled with capable and honest men. But to ask members of Congress to pass a measure depriving them of patronage and influence is like inviting people to cut off their own heads. Mr. Schenck and other gentlemen are, however, in favour of Mr. Jenckes' bill, foreseeing that the want of some reform such as it embodies must yet work serious mischief. Mr. Jenckes must persevere. No great change of this kind was ever accomplished without patience and hard lighting.—New York Times. MR. SEWARD ON LAKES. AUBURN, NEW YORK, May G. A delegation of twenty of the prominent citizens of Skaneateles paid a complimentary visit .to Governor SeWard, at four o'clock this afternoon, at his mansion. A collation was served, during which the Rev. Mr. Palmer addressed Mr. Seward in behalf of the delegation, tender ing their hearty thanks for the privilege of the interview. Mr. Seward responded in the following words :—" Gentle men,—Your ow I Skaneateles was the first lake I ever. saw. I have since seen 'many others in North America, and some. asewhere. Nevertheless , I still think your little lake, with the smiling village of Skaneateles re flected in its blue waters, is about the finest one I ever saw. Owasco is a trifle nearer nie, but neither more admired nor more loved. All our lakes are beautiful, and when I meet an old settler I seldom think, and I don't at all care, whether he comes from the Owasco, the Skan eateles, the Otisco, the Cazenovia, the Onondaga, the Otsego, the Oneida, the Seneca or the Cayuga Lake, or from Lake Ontario, or Lake Erie, or Lake George, or Lake Champlain, the dwellers on the shores of all the lakes are so much alike, and I have been so long in the habit of feeling as they feel, thinking what they think, and doing, unless I can shew a good reason to the con trary, what they command. Sometimes a visitor drops upon me here. I never fail in that case, whether my guest is from an Eastern city, from Mexico, the West Indies or the Pacific Coast, from an European capital or from Pekin, to shew him the houses of my neighbours, that he may see the independence and comfort in which they live—their Republican simplicity and their devotion to progress and civilisation. Is it a conceit of mine, gentlemen, that the lake countries inspire and elevate — that they stimulate loyalty and patriotism,- philanthropy and religion ? When the wandering Aztecs of the North reached the summits in which the green valley of Mexico is set, their priests affected a revelation which directed that the capital of the future Montezumas should be built in the waters of the Tezcuco. The won derful city thus created by savage hands remains the enviable metropolis of civilised, Republican Mexico. A like pretended revelation received by Brigham Young on Vision Rock determined the site of Great .Salt Lake City, at once an anomaly and marvel of civilisation, and ultimately to become, as I believe, a great social and moral ppwer in the centre of the Rocky Mountains. Is. there any poetry yet living in England that was not born. at Windermere? What has there ever been of moral, political, or religious reform in Scotland that is not associated by history, romance, or song with Loch Katrine and Loch Lombnd ? Did not Pliny find on the beach of Como the literature, philosophy, and manners which he loved and taught ? and was it not here that Garibaldi organised the Republican revolution against the intrusive Houses - of Bourbon and Hapsburg ? We trace to the shore of Lake Leman with equal certainty the Iconoclas tic Republican religion of Calvin, and the social contract theory of Rousseau. I think that the patriarchal history would lone much of its instruction, if all mention of the cities of the plains and the Dead Sea, had been suppressed. And what would remain of even our blessed Chrifili anity itself if the writets of the Gospel had omitted the narrative of Gennesaret, its waters and winds, picturesque villages and humble fishermen. I sit upon my door-sill here, and I look upon the travellers 9f Europe and Asia, passing by day and by night over our central railroads, and upon an inland trade, exceeding all our foreign commerce, ever moving on from the interior of the continent to the ocean tides, on a canal which is nothing more than the gentle overflow of our own beau tiful lakes gathered into a long and deep artificial river. The thought then arises that the places in which our lives are cast are not only pleasant and inspiring, but they are also a seat of empire. I came back, after a long and wearying absence, to this my ancient house, not unlike one of our native mariners, who, having for forty years buf feted the winds and waves of many climes and seas, finds rest at last upon the sunny shore where his early life was passed, content and thankful to God that no ship that was intrusted to his care has been wrecked ; no crew lost ; no owners ruined. A thousand thanks, then, my friends, for this generous welcome. May our Heavenly Father grant us to live affectionately while we are permitted to live together, And to cultivate always the charity and the sympathy with other men and other nations which, while they bring cheerfulness to ourselves, are at the same time the chosen means of Providence for the amelioration of human woes throughout the world." THE NORTH-WEST QUESTION. The excited character of the debates in Dominion .Par liament on the North-west uestion shows that so F IY 4 members feel very sore.about what has been done. r -rr c is hardly surprising. Ex-Governor McDougall was e to retire from the Red River Territory under oircuP t 3 ; stances " which reflected little credit for saPcl,,,,.'. or foresight upon the Ministry which sent how Of - course he resents • the conduct of extY ° d i s . who is oven suspected of planning his _ f comfiture. Probably the most curious part r . the matter, and the one which will strike outside 'Ph servers the most, is the evident suspicion with will, certain gentlemen are regarding each other. They seeee in the condition of angry men who are compelled to kl; secrets, and long to blurt them all out for the s ake making mischief. Mr. M`Dou,gall charged Air. 1 1 ° w y,: the Secretary of State, with aggravating the Red' 1 1 '-v e ', troubles, and he called for a Committee of Inquiry. T would be great propriety in the appointment of soon d committee, and the , facts it might bring to light wo 4 probably be interesting as well as instructive.— New 11.°r Times. THE - MARSEILLAISE. Whenever there id a " strike" of dissatisfied workil mon in any city of France, the strikers give expresso_ to their feelings by marching through the stre.er singifig the " Marseillaise." Whenever an i n ns . dual in any part of France suffers wrong at 5 hands of a judge or public functionary, 'he t ' t h e l l revenge by singing, or attempting to sing , Marseillaise." When the students of a no i r l ,1 school in Paris quarrel with a professor, they inu' c 'j i re their feelings in the premises by driving him frow chair and singing the Marseillaise." In short, wh e to ir ever a Frenchman, anywhere in France, is subjected any indimnity or outrage, or feels very much disconten?i% or' gets 'highly excited, he betakes himself to a Put highway or private apartment, where he sings, about singing the " Marseillaise." It is a happy thing Frenchmen that Rouget de Lille composed for thew ' ue ~„ a stirring revolutionary hymn as the " Marseillais e. Am York Tribune. • or thin, 'r MR. BRIGHT'S LAND SCHEME. Mr. Bright's plan for enabling Irish tenants topurchase their holdings by the assistance of a loan from the State, which has been passed by the House of Commons, is objected to by the Law Times on account of certain economical reasons :—Foremost - of these was the danger of imposing upon the State the duty of collecting the quarterly instalments of the pur chase-money ; the certainty of unpopularity attendant upon the process, and the strong probability that success ful endeavours would be made to obtain relief from the burden, as in all former instances of State help, and so eventually to convert the loan into a gift. It is unfair to extract money from the pockets of the poor English taxpayers for the purpose of lending it to Irish- tenants, who are better off than themselves, to enable these latter to become land owners, with the almost certainty that it would never be repaid. It is suspicious that it should have been accepted without even the formality of a debate. Can it be that the landowners on both sides of the House concar in a liberality, the results of which will be to enable them to obtain a high price for small holdings, which they will be only too glad to part with at any price ? If Irish tenants are to be provided with English money for the purpose of enabling them to become landowners, why should not the same be granted to English tenants ? or are our people to be worse treated because they tire well behaved? MR. SPURGEON AT DUNDEE. We are often preaching sermons to the working men which are insults to them—(applause)—but I have been thinking of taking this hall and preaching only to rich men—jute manufacturers, for instance— (laughter)— the west-enders—intirnating that nobody will be admitted except he declare that he is worth £40,000. What a mass of iniquity there would be in this hall I deubt not. (Great laughter.) Well, well, I believe all classes are pretty much alike. The credit is always given to a man that he is a deep thinker if he starts something that is quite off the track, and away from the true line. It is well they should tell us they are thoughtful, for we should not have known it if they had not informed us of it. You may depend upon it, brethren, that all the best philosophy in the world is to be found in the old Calvinistic doctrine— (loud'applause)—and I believe that there are in the Confes sion of Faith more of the true elements of moral and spiritual, philosophy than in any other work in the En o , ,, lish language. (Applause.) Some people fa nc y th e y are holy' if they make their faces extraordinarily long, and their words long too. (Great laughter.) You never see them laugh, for is not the thirty-ninth commandment "Thou shalt not laugh?" (Laughter.) They are always very proper, these kid-gloie Christians—(laughter)—always very, very, very proper=(laughter)—always very pre cise. (Laughter.) There is considerable difference be tween vinegar and and wine, and there is a difference between holiness and acerbity of temper, and morosity and excessive propriety. (Laughter, and " Hear.") Holiness is not something cold and lifeless, like a statue ; it walks down from the statue full of life, with a living and quickening spirit within it. Do you know that lam persuaded that IVl`Cheyne ought to have been a Baptist? (Laughter.) There are believers in this world who lam glad are not Baptists. (Laughter.) I have no desire to have them in the same boat with me—(laughter)—and had much rather live with them for ever in heaven than one hour on earth. (Great laughter.) But there are holy men whom every denomination would delight to have within their folds. ART AND LITERATURE. Mr. Mark Lemon is stated to be seriously ill. The Rev. E. O'Meara, A.M., is preparing a catalogue of Irish Diatomaca. This catalogue will appear in the form of a report to the Royal Irish Academy, and will, we presume, be published in its Transactions. A Berlin correspondent writes that Baron Liebig has re covered from his recent severe illness. The London Figaro says :—M. Regnier and ,Madlle. Ma;deleine Brohan, both from the Francais, made their first appearance in London on Monday next, in " L'Aven toriere, ' a play which is well known as the original of Mr. T. W. Robertson's Haymarket comedy - Called " Home." Talking of Mr. Robertson, it is satisfactory to know that he is fast recovering, and is now able to drive out. We (Nature) regret to learn that Mr. Archibald Geikie, who recently left England to investigate the Geology. of the Lipari islands, was prostrated by fever as soon as he arrived there, and is iu such a weak state of health _that he has been ordered back to England. Miss Lydia Thompson has re-appeared 40 Niblo's Gar den, New York, in a play by Al, Alexandre Dumas, written, it is said, especially for her. This piece, which is entitled " Mosquito," is inelo-drama of the most ex ravagant kind.---Mr_ Compton only goes to Manchester for a season. The At. enceum says :—We believe that Mr. Syr-inhume, in his new volume of poems, which bears the somewhat mysterious title of songs before Sunrise," deals in a bold manner with the speculative questions of the day.—A biography of the famous, or infamous, Lady Caslemaine, is in preparation. The Cob den Club are said to .be planning a volume of Essays on International Relations for January, 1872. Mr. Disraeli's "Lothair " seems attracting attention on the Continent. The Augsburger Zeitung has criticised it at length, and other German papers are doing the same thing. The Bibliogretlia ltaltauct announced beforehand, " Lord Disraeli publichera it 2 maggio in suo nuovo romanzo, iutitolato "Lothair."—M. Fremy, writing Cosmos, says that science is declining in France owing to the want of sufficient endowments.— Mr. W. R. S. Ralston has just started for Russia, with the view of collecting further materials for a work on Russian Folk-Lore, which is likely to appear in the autumn.—" Literature !" was a toast that was to have been given at the Theatrical Fund dinner on Monday ; but, as Mr. Dickens was not able to attend to propose or reply to it, the toast was omitted altogether. TAMPERING WITH LETTERS. The Boston correspondent of the Stamford Mercury states that irregularities in connection with the Boston Post-office were recently brought to light. Miss bleeds, of the West-street-road, reported that letters passing be tween herself and a lover residing at Banbury were tam pered with. In some instances they were intercepted altogether; in others they were opened, interpolated, resealed, then delivered or despatched, as the case might be. The report of the case led to an inquiry, which terminated in the dismissal of Charles Day, the letter carrier. Day asserted his innocence, and his friends, believing his statement, prepared a memorial to the Postmaster-General. The Marquis of Hartington declined to re-open the inquiry. A LISBON STORY. A strange tragedy is announced from Lisbon. SenhorViera de Castro, formerly Deputy, and an author of some note, has strangled his wife. He found that she was carrying on , an underhand correspondence with Senhor Maria de Garrett, who was considered one of his most intimate friends, and in the end she confessed her actual guilt. The husband then half smothered her with chloroform, after which he completed her death by strangulation. 1)e Garrett, to whom he afterwards sent a challenge for a duel d l'outrance, declined to fight him, but intima:;ed that he was willing to lose his life as an expiation fur the injury inflicted, adding that he should pass a certain spot at such an hour. The injured man, how ever, did not carry his revenge further, but went to the Prefecture of Police and constituted himself prisoner. The other has, it is rumoured, entered a Trappist monas tery. The murdered lady was only nineteen. At the Preston Petty Se3sions a juryman in oae of the cases was " caught napping." Mr. Addison the counsel for the defence, said he trusted that those of the jury who had been asleep during the hearing of the case would not endeavour to influence the decision of those who had been awake. The last term before the Long Vacation com mences on Thursday next. The anticipations respecting the business of last term were not fulfilled, and stagnation is loudly complained of throughout the profession. Trinity Term does not promise any improvement, and the Long Vacation will, it is thought, chew no signs of improvement. The Irish rimes mentions a report that the Lord- Lieutenancy <,: 1 - 4z)ndonderry, now vacant, will be offered to Mr. Baron Martin, who has property in the county to the extent of between £3,000 and £t,ooo a year. The learned judge, who has been for twenty years on the Bench, express?d the wish last year to retire from active judicial service. Summonses for amounts due on rates on the pro perty of charitable institutions have been taken out by the Birmingham overseers * The summonses are returnable for Thursday next, but as the second reading of Mr. Muntz's bill exempting charitable institutions from the payment of rates comes on in the House on Wednesday for a second reading, it is probable that the application for distress warrants will not be enforced. Mr. Edmund Yates, in the Western Mail Bag, has the following in reference to the Newspaper Benevo lent Fund dinner :—" Your readers will perhaps have observed that no report of the proceedings was given by the Timm That journal has been resolutely opposed to the Newspaper Benevolent Fund since its institution, and, true to its usual practice, carries out a sorry spite by ignoring the existence of the charity. Dr. Russell, how ever, thinks diffelently from his colleagues on this subject, and makes a point of attending the anniversary festival." A- diabolical act was committed at Bromley -on Thursday. It appears that some person contrived to throw down the chimney of a house in Market-street a canister of gunpowder, which immediately on reaching the fire ex ploded with a loud noise. The force of the shock threw the servant girl on the floor, burnt a portion of her hair off her head, and scorched her severely. Had the outrage bt. , :n 'perpetrated a few minutes earlier the conse cp.• . would probably have been more disastrous, us the laudia.dy had been sitting near the fire with an infant on her lap. A COUNCIL OF REVOLUTIONISTS. The special correspondent of the New York Herald lately furnished that journal with an account of a congress of the " Nationalists and Radicals in London." This sin gular meeting, which has already been alluded to in these columns, deserve some further description. The report is given by the correspondent of the Herald as representing the " actual working progress of the great European democratic movement, having for its object the attainment of a general Confederate system of Republican government by. the Old World peo ples." Where it took place we are not told ; but the gathering was of a most comprehensive character, no important country in Europe being L unrepresented. The; propidont was a UrAneh journalist, who is very decidedly.. " wanted " at the present moment by the Paris - police. The secretary was an Italian. The American correspondent then describes their anticipa tions :—" It seems certain that during the autumn' of the present year there will be a general rising of the reds' throughout Europe.. Their object is to create a number of Republican States—as many as there are nationalities bound together by one federation, the capital of which is to be Paris. Two things surprised me very much in what I heard. The first is that the revolutionary party throughout Europe does not regard France as by any means the most. advanced' in political opinions, nor by any means the most wealthy as regards the money at the disposal of their party. . France, indeed, seeds to be their chief diffi culty, for, according to what-I heard, the industrious and the moneyed classes, without exception, are all in favour of things remaining as they now are. But, still more curious as. it seemed to me, the chief hope of the revolutionists in France •is the highest nobility and the oldest families. Those who hope and wish for a return of the Orleans or the Bourbon family to the throne would help, so they say, gladly to overthrow the empire and create a revolution in the hopes that during the confusion, or after a certain amount of chaos, they and their friends might seize the power. The French repregentatives at this Congress laughed grimly at the idea, and said that once the `reds' were in power it would be a very long time before the whites' got the upper hand again. And still more was I surprised with the great confidence expressed by the German re presentatives from all parts of that country, pal: ticularly those from Prussia. The latter is now, as they said, one huge kingdom that will help, and was, indeed, intended, to pave the way for a large German Republic. Of Austria and Bavaria there was equal confidence displayed. but the bringing about of a Republic in Southern Germany was declaredb to be more difficult than in the north. Of all the countries respecting which their future was discussed, by far the most confidence was expressed respecting the kingdom of Italy. It seems that from Milan to Naples the plans are not only matured that will overturn the throne, but that the whole ' army is with the Republican movement, and the only fear expressed by those present was that the flame should burst out in that country before the rest of Europe is ready. Of Rome it was feared that the Catholic feeling, so prevalent in France and Southern Germany, would insist upon the Pope remaining king of the Pontifical States, or, at any rate, of Rome itself. Spain and Portugal are equally ready to declare for a republic, and are only tiding their time. • Switzerland is to be the basis of operations, and from that country will the first notes of the trum net be heard • and when in each country upon th e Continent of 'Europe the people have overthrown the reigning family and formed themselves i n t o one great federation of States, then is the 'regeneration' of Ireland and the conversion' of England to commence. Of the latter country very little was said ; of the former a very great deal, but not more than is heard about the wrongs et Ireland everywhere save in England, for some how or Other Englishmen never do believe that Ireland has any just cause for complaint. Whether it was because those present did not wish to compromise themselves too much by what they said concerning England, or whether their plans respecting this country are as yet somewhat undefined, I cannot say." It did not seem at all clear, however, how the great work of re, _e•eneration was to be carried o u t. At any rate t h e New York correspondent heard no details. "Those pre sent spoke—and I quite agree with them—that there is growing up day by day in England a stronger and a more decided feeling in favour of Republicanism, and a desire to do away with* the Crown as a luxury which is • far too expensive for the present day. In Ireland, •it is confid en tly an ti c i pate d , a Republic Will be established before the end of the year, every. country was carefully investigated, and the didicul ties in the way of success were debated with the greatest liberality. From Russia there were three dele,gates— two•RuSsians and a Frenchman. If these gentlemen are to be believed Russia is not only ripe for a huge revolution, but the nobility of the land, nay, even many of royal, or rather imperial, blood, will be the leaders thereof when the time or rising comes. Much- of what I heard I am bound in honour not to repeat, but this much I may say—namely, that proof of the delegates from Russia speaking the truth was not wanting. In most lands it is the poorer classes that commence a revolt ; but in Russia it would seem that the nobles have for a very long, time been educating ' themselves, as Mr. Disraeli would say, for liberty. and they are now ready to put the lessons they have been learning into • practice." The writer concludes, th us :—" After all that I heard at this meeting, much of which I repeat I am ,not at . liberty to publish, I am quite of opinion that the autumn of 1870 will not pass away without a rising throughout Europe. Whether it will succeed or not it is impossible for me or any one to say. But there seems to be in -tvery part of the Old 'World a feeling as if men were not only tired of the pre sent state of things, but still more tired of makeshift changes. ' And what are all our reforms in Europe but the most palpable makeshifts? As the London Times once said, England, the most reforming country in Europe, is governed by compromises, and no radical alterations are possible among us." The Tloosac tunnel, it is reported, is now progress ing at the rate of ten feet a day—four feet from the west end, anu oix feet from the oast end. The central shaft is descending at the rate of a foot a day, and it is asserted, will be completed in about four months. The tunnel has been excavated 11,765 at both portals, that is 6,946 feet at east side, and 4,819 feet on the west side. GREAT BANK ROBBERY AT ROCKL.4O) MAINE. ROCKLAND (MAINE), May 4 . The vault of the Lime Rock Bank was broken into fats night, and the safe blown open and rifled of mo 4 contents. The burglars effected an entrance by br ew into the Western Union Telegraph office, adoining the-ted Bank, and digging through the brick walls that sePa r ' e the Telegraph Office from the Bank vault in precise!): t iv i . same manner as when the attempt was made last acid her. The door of the safe was blown entirely off, to' n u fa " c " o brick wall between the Bank and the TelegraPh h was badly cracked and bulged by the 'explosion, wine took place before four o'clock a.m., and was heard by t v w ; or more persons, who did nut understand the cause. •ci this robbery the Bank loses about 1,100 dots., and sP eci- a ° depositors about 19,500 dols, on which paymnt is st o P P on to the amount of 15,000 dols. The whole amount st° . "' s was 22,400 dole. Twenty-five hundred dollars Colson he as eecurity for the notes lost. Ad, F. Keiser, formerly on our polioe force; Lichfield, a trader in this city, and J °s " - Adams, a New York cracksman, have been arres,tet for complicity in the robbery. Adams was arres tea Lichfield's house, where •he was hiding. John G r fc„: - t, junior, another of the gang, has been arrested in and a fifth confederate took the steamer for Portn e t where the officers were telegraphed to be on the 10°""ibe for him. Keiser gave information to the officers o n er e which they acted. Two other New York cracksmen engaged in the robbery, one of whom is Charles Brooks. Ono of these men was taken out of the city the .waggon by Keiser and the other by one Black. e stolen property was taken along with them and accor d ... ll o l ! to Keiser's statement was buried in the woods in a "",. vas bag. Brooks and his confederates are still at lalr, but it is hoped they will be taken and the proPer t ii; covered to-night. It is probable •that one or two 0t parties are implicated in the affair. ROCKLAND, 3 16 1 `). The two Now York professionals engaged in the Rock Bank robbery, who were taken out of the '' 00 yesterday morning by. Keiser and Black ere arrested last night and brought here. Keiser t he left them with their plunder at a place la, c o woods on the Warren-road, four or five miles ir this place, and promised to meet them with a tea°, eight o'clock last night and take them to a place of eal°,3,'o After his arrest he consented to guide the officers t° place of rendezvous and secure his confederates. A s tr°-- so posse accordingly started with him, and the force Iva ° disposed as to allow Keiser to meet the rogues and tt: them into his waggon as agreed upon, after which we arrested without resistan'ce. All, or nearly all, of t I A " stolen property was recovered with the robbers. el M'Allister, a policeman and night watchman, was arrest,, last night ; also Black was taken into custody this aw r ,; ing. All the parties to the robbery except Rand,who allowed to esca the officers in Portland, a rc novf 5"4.1, custody. The names of • the New York burglars ar,„ Joshua Daniels, alias Healms, Charles Haight, and L¢ °f don W. Moore, alias Charlie Adams. The latter la 00°! 1: : 1 ) , the most notorious robbers in the country and Was co._ c c o orri nfe e d d e i r n at t e h , o w N h o o rw is Rand, of Boston. The amount of bonds and ciusafV o recovered is a littlo over 20,000 dols., which is believe' Norwalk large, is irsoJbobheirlyWl.tltisansadi,dat/hare Jtbae°l be every dollar taken. • I h e MINIS !TR COURTESY.—'the OURTESY.—'fho members 0- I A Government, in the House of Commons, cannot as n ~h - be complimented upon the courtesy or dignity )I.aste bearing when answering questions that are either dial, fu], or that imply too keen a spirit 01 inquiry, not to cast a reflection upon their particular departineuta . ,_.:o Lowe and Mr. Ayrton are the two mast serious offer ea e a this respect. To a certain extent hon. members hav e t he content to tolerate the former in consideration Ot ior ,y3 epigrammatic smartness of his answers, which n yii ice amuse, notwithstandine• the anzari aliguid whit off' they are always mingle'd. Not so Mr. Ayrton„ whose the hand, curt, and contemptuous method of replying wale mildest interrogatorieshas inure than once elicited a re, o to ttrance ; so much so, that gentlemen having inq uir o l fliciA make relative to matters that come within hit' . w oo cognisance have preferred to address them to the ne ti Secretary or some other Minister, from whom theY eel look for at least Parliamentary courtesy. Hitherto !lively hers of the Conservative Opposition have eicl u ' u iliet been thus honoured, and that to the l,oid` and occasionally marked satisfaction of the section of the Ministerialists. Last night, however, tG ivy play of arrogance on the part of on, , of those gentleni e t ein not directed to a political opponent, but to a thick- o , o loi supporter of Mr. Gladstone, a lordly scion of a lordly ' w her the heir to one of the wealthiest e.,rldoms, and Ili : 00 0 for a great English county. Lord Milton had plac e Chen" the business-paper a notice that he should ask the w er: e,ellor of the Exchequer aquestion with regard to o y. cial arrangements with the Iludsm'e Bay ciottiltoo and the question was put in due course. Ir. AV A was present, but, instead of replying, lie put t ,„ Stansfeld to discharge the duty. Lord Milton interl?o,- with the remark that he had asked his question of the Trer oellor of the Exchequer and not of the Secretary to till, {rota) sury, and was mot with a vociferous shout of "order mi ce the Ministerial benches. The Chancellor of the Elce, l ieetr who seemed to enjoy the "situation," retained hi? 00 11 , and his subordinate continued his reply. Whf ie baP, Lord Milton took up his hat, and, turuing ate o; on the Treasury bench, walked slowly, and sed ( (e el' of the house. Instead of a roar of laughter, which, , e ch have inevitably atteneed the flight of a Conservittiee,';,'dien t circumstances, a striking silence pervaded the benches, and the looks of blank dismay with which marked the incident sufficiently indicated that the j op ,,, vvq in this case been careied a littl e too far, and that wtdicn` sauce for the Tory gand e r was no t sauce for the goose. A few minutes after Lord Milton returned ,6,p,t -place, and gave noti c e, amid the cheering of man)" F ) to te e thisers, that lie should this day again put his questioe Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Seandard. „poi ver' nll t ADVEUTISEMENT. I Consumption, and O 2, bilious, stomach, ani 11730 complaints in every &twee .100, btl aggravated and aecslarated by drugs of every descriP; co ,o o , perfo tly curable by Du BARRy'S health -restoring 11 ,., ( 1 Arthiea Food, as proved by thousands of cases which ootig r l i c goasidered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspePsitili gos t e r asthma, consumption, h• bitual constipation, diarrhces, cY' derangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, fiattneecorra, vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria;- m , 6°4' 5 - colds, influenza, nbioes in the head and ears, rheuxuattieep!,, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritabilitX , crart?li sin i: ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, clebilitY,sea, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or 6 t_ ins st n ing fits * bronchitis, scrofula, Li.. htness of the chest, P.L: i v e q t10 1 :4. 0 pit of the stomach, and bet Ween the shoulders, ike car ° is few: -The Pope's health restored by Du I 68,413 •-"Pome, July 21, 18a6. The health of the 5, he excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remed% e s, Fl t o Fooa. ya the ,o confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Ara' s ' pro t . la ero of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It ,lr„ ifeli 9 pee a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and "i"7 „pa be t cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the du Midi,' July 2i. Cure No. 46,..70.—Mr. James Bohe r : 4 l 1 0 1;l; merchant, of Frimley, surrey, of thirty years' dise,t o s. spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial dealt;,,„terfo,, N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Decios, Lord-Lieutenant of, vi a ' cie scil o , of many years 'dyspepsia.—No. 49,83?. "Fifty Years ou gll, f ar o; able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthm a,, v• stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vorn't'7, l aatly Jolly " Important Caution.—Beware of the rflanY and more than sloppy imitations to which. wit hout 10; Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. , In tills, at is lid; .1 lb 2s id; 2 lb Is ad; 5 11) 241b3 4 s.— %Igo Du Ilinar's REVALENTA RA BIC- - for '2 4 POWDSIt is packed iu tin canisters: for 1!. cups at S : _ eo t at Os 6d, for 48 cups Mao, for 2; , 8 cups at 30s, for 57;',`„';',ro . -being about one penny per cup. The 30$ awl 65 .:,5,4 0 ord°, o (l free of carriage in England on receipt of Post v!,."_ ti do BAaItT Du BAalty and Co., No. 77, P.egent-street , all Grocers and (Mendota BIRTHS. 1:11 the 18th hist, at Fairfield, Liverpool, °f`n . , Kei.tish ilartie:3, of a son. the ' cif° On the 1: th inst.. et, Worthing Cottage, Worthing , - . . , f Mr Charles Hide, jun , of U. daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 171 h inst., at he parish church, "c1'1,11‘.;1 Dover, MoueLton W Bite, St. Alb:oils, to Edith, (laughter of tine late Algernon llastevs, of Toul'li a g, e ;Sf On the 18th inst., at t.ho parish chore!), &Elite:), Georn-,0. T., eldest son of Thomas Wool, E4q., of Patras a: 3 :f cc to Agues, eldest d , tighter of David Bite, Esq., of leo, Liverpool DEATIIS. :' p fter On the lqth inst., a , his residence, iu IlerrnoodSoi, long illness, NYillima Henry Roberts, Wtat, $6 , "'filur ica On the 17th inst., at Gla.gcoed; L ear Oswestry, Bibby, third son of Win. Evans. Esq. l a ,, ed 35. . - 1.7 -.......-----'''.. Loud.,: rrh:%i.7l AS rqz., 2 . of No. 112, Straml, Priutcy, at' SUN 0 like. of f3trand, iu the Precinct of the Savoy, in the. 00 10 °' Middlesex.—Saturday, 91ay 21, 1870. ~._„ .. No . -------.. )4 t! 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