The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-08 00:00:00

BitsIBEILY AT NonwicH, • probessions have been organised by the Norwich electors to celebrate the "success " of their friends at the bribery trials. Justice has not met with especially striking success, but beyond doubt, the interests of bribery and corruption have been well cared for. Stracey, Banfather, Stanley, Freestone, and Ellis have, been acquitted. nubile was convicted, but sentence is deferred ; whilst liardiment, who was found guilty of both municipal and parliamentary bribery, is the only culprit who bas yet actually reaped the reward of his deeds. Clearly there is here abundant scope for the processions and rejoicings of the Norwich men. It may also be worth considering whether the British nation at large should not have its procession, too, in memory of this event—a long line of mutes,. a band playing the " Dead March," and a coffin supposed to contain the last remains of the national honour. It is currently reported that the jury at one of the trials decided the fate of two defendant s by lot. They were divided in opinion. One man thereupon produced bread and che ese sufficient to support his , energies for several hours, and stated that he would not concur in the opinion of his opponents till his provision was exhausted. Ultimately it was agreed to decide the matter by drawing lots. Two pieces of paper were then placed in a hat, and that on which " not gu ilt y, " was written having been drawn, the jury returned a verdict ac cordingly. Of which p rocee di ng i t can only b e said that it is well worthy the place and the men. THE SURPLUS. With a surplus of over £4,000,000, the question arises as to how it was raised. The Pall Mall Gazette says Mr. Lowe knows perfectly well that his surplus has been obtained by imposing double taxation on one particular class of the community, those who keep "dogs, carriages, horses, male servants, &c.," who have not only paid their taxes a year in ad • vance, but have received a call from the tax-collectors lately for payment of taxes on the same articles up to the 31st of March. Therefore "to apply the surplus thus gained by double taxation of one portion of the community, for the benefit of the whole community of taxpayers, would be unfair." CATHOLIC _EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The heads of the Roman Catholic colleges and s3hools of Ireland have laid a declaration before the Prime Minister. They assert that they, who are carrying on the work of superior Catholic (ululation in Ireland, are convinced of the necessity of separate academical education for the members of their Church. They believe that the association of young men in the same college, under teachers of different religious denominations, tends, as far as Catholics are concerned, to produce the worst results, in weakening, or even destroying their religion, and, inasmuch as they are founded on religion, their moral principles. They believe also that the sectarian virulence prevailing in Ireland is due to the long-continued mainte nance of ecclesiastical ascendancy, which has been wisely abolished by the Legislature ; and to the fact that educational equality has not yet been granted to the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Though unwilling, they say, to interfere with the rights of others, they believe, from their acquaintance with youth, that it i s th e d u t y o f C a th o li cs to secure for their children Catholic education, and equality in all educational advantages afforded by the State. THE TRINITY COLLEGE QUESTION. The Irish Press continues to' comment with con- Siderable spirit on the subject of Trinity College. There seems to be a determined opposition to thepro pcsal to admit Roman Catholics to a share in the government of the College. It is said that even a denominational system would be preferred to a mixed system. The Freeman observes that " the vast preponderance of teaching power would still be on the Protestant side, and the education just as opposed to the feelings of Catholics. No change in the constitution of Trinity College c ou ld sa ti s fy thm." It thinks the Government would make a fatal mis take if it forced the system on the Irish people. The Examiner observes that all that Catholics ask for is equality, and not ascendancy; and equality up to the present time has been denied them ; and it is of equality, that this l as t " Trinity dodge " is intended to debar them altogether. The Northern Whig views the subject in a different light, and remark that had the main bars for Trinity College delivered three years ago the speeches they delivered on Friday night they would have been denounced by the great majority of their constituents. ARMS IN IRELAND. The Peace Preservation Act contains strinl. - Y,en provisions respecting the possession of firearms by the Irish people. Yet nothing in that measure seems to have any effect in preventing the large im portation of deadly weapons. Seizures are frequent ; but one correspondent has reason to believe that the quantity captured forms but a small portion of the number brought into the country. The importations are on a very exten sive scale. Nevertheless, it is certain that the weapons, when stowed away in bog-holes and under cover even of dry ditches, do not keep up their condition, so that the armament of the "Irish Republic" has been at all times, in the experience of the constabulary, a less formidable affair than the seizures might lead one to expect. IN THE WAKE OF BOUT. Judging by an . article in the Pall Mall Gazette, County Meath is not the place of all places in the world most desirable for the sojourn of a person with weak nerves. From the experience of the past week, says the writer, it would seem as though Rory of the Hills and his band had been bent upon making the most of their time before the Peace Preservation Act became law. All over the county, he tells us, most well-to-do-people who have dealings with land either as owners, agents, or tenants, go about with loaded revolvers as though they were in some far Western State of the American Union, instead of in the great cattle-producing county of Ireland. Drive out, he observes, in whichever direction you will, the car-boy will not fail to point out to you some wall or hedge, behind which the as s a ss i n h as l a i n i n wa i t, some field, the occupant of which has been warned by a threatening notice, or a newly-dug grave, some house, the owner of which has been menaced, savagely beaten, or perhaps fired upon while seated inside. MURPHY AT' WOOLWICH. Murphy's placard announcing his lecture at Wool wich was headed "Popery, Ritualism, and the Confessional Unmasked." It concluded with an exhortation to the Protestants of Woolwich to "come and hear the questions put by the Romish and Ritualistic priests to married and single women in the Confessional, and save the wives, sisters, and daughters of our land from its contaminating influ ence. This language justified a Catholic deputation going before the magistrate with a petition that he would take measures for the preservation of the peace. The people of such places as Woolwich are keenly alive to religious disputes, and the fact of Murphy going there to lecture was a sure warning of a disturbance. The ball, let for the sum of £lB for nine nights, seems to have been obtained by means of somewhat deceitful representations on the part of the lecturer. The Woolwich stipendiary had a difficult task when asked his advice about the desirability of the company owning the hall closing the doors, and thus stopping the lecture. It might possibly have log to an action. The lecture on Wednesday was ulti mately allowed to take place, and proper pre cautions avoided any evil consequences. SECULAR EDUCATION. Dean Close has entered another vigorous protest against the movement in favour of secular education. That the Secularists proper should attempt to carry their theories into practice is not surprising. But the Dean is amazed that the Dissenters should render any assistance to these projects. To the Carlisle Diocesan Society he said he would rather have his children educated at any Dissenters' school than at one from which the Bible was excluded. For a comprehensive system of education compulsory clauses were neces sary, but he thought it would be ty rann i ca l an d oppressive if God-fearing parents were compelled to educate their children at schools where the Bible was prohibited. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. The complete lists are published of the Estimates for Civil Services for the year ending 3lst March, 1671. The amounts are compared with those •f the previous financial year. The following is a list of the sums estimated for the various classe s into which tho expenses are divided : Class I—Public works and buildings, £1,878.924, which is a de crease on last year ' s account 'of 1'79,173. Class 2— Salaries and expenses of public departments, e 1,712,900, a decrease of £30,071. Class 3—Law and justice, £3,985,380, an increase of £138,592. Class 4—Education, science, and art, £1,689,79'D, an increase of £88,916. Class 4—Colonial, :onsular, and othe r foreign services, £6 9 0,593, 4 ....decreat3Q __ of _ £72.060. Class 6-,-Stloeran- POLLUTION OF • RIVERS. The Commissioners appointed to consider the best means of preventing the pollution of rivers have issued their first report. Among other tiling. they recommend the raising of an 'A, r to take effect immediately, prohibiting uneler adequate penalties the placing of solid refuse in such positions on the banks of rivers as to render it liable to . be washed awa y by floods. They sugges t th a t tins prohibition should also apply to the admission of pollutirg liquids into running water, and that all rivers and streams in England be placed under the superintendence of a central autho rity or board, who shall be. duly qualified to deal with all questions connected with the pollution of water and with water supply. Not the least important is the recommendation that it should be the duty of the central board to exercise a surveillance over both the quantity and quality of the water supply of a town; to care fully guard domestic s u ppl y f rom contamination, or, if it be already contaminated, to ascertain the source of injury, and to cause the same to be removed. STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, . - A Parliamentary return is published of all the reports which have be en received at the Office of Works from chemists or architects on the results of the experiments made for preventing decay in the stone of the Houses of Parliament. Professor Abel sant in a report which was printed in 1868, and now Mr. E. M. Barry says he concurs with the opinions of Professor Abel upon the experimental t_ipplication o compositions to the sto ne o f the Houses of Parliament. At the same time he suggests that attention . should be called to the parapets and pinnacles forming a portion of the peers' front. This part when shewing symptoms of decay was treated by Mr. Daines, who employed for the purpose linseed oil, which has acted as a good preservative. Some other ingredients were appliel as well, the use of which appears to have avoided the unsightly darkening of the stone which has been complained of. as a result of similar processes. Mr. Barry recommends as the best course to be taken for the future to prevent the serious conse quences of a decay of the stone throughout the struc ture of the Houses of Parliament, that the worst stones in which decay is the most advanced should be removed, and new stones substituted for them. Further, that linseed oil be applied at once to the most affected portions of the building, and its application gradually extended, as may be found advisable. POST-OFFICE ORDERS BY TELEGRAPH. An excellent suggestion is made with the view of utilising the Government monopoly of telegraphic communications. Why not establish a system of post - office orders by telegraph ? " Sup pose," says a correspondent of the Times, " I live at Edinburgh, and wish to send in haste £5 to a friend or relative at Plymouth, why should I not be able to deposit the 25 at the Post-office, paying, if need be, a high commission, while the postmaster at Edinburgh would send the order by telegraph, in stead of in the usual way, to the postmaster at Ply mouth ?" Thus a remittance would be effected in a few hours which otherwise would take two days or more. The convenience, especially to poor people, who often need speedy remittances, must be enor mous. The details of such a scheme would require careful elaboration, but there seems nothing impos sible in it. WORKHOUSE BREAD. The doings of the bakers who supply the poor of Oxfordshire with bread are worthy of notice. The chief constable of the county has been investigating the matter, and he finds that the prac tice of swindling the workhouse poor by short weight has been systematic and habitual. A. short time ago 334 loaves were tested, and found to be in all 1,058 ounces deficient. More expe riments were made, and they sh e w e d th a t in the Banbury Union 269 loaves were deficient to the extent of 130 ounces; in the, Chipping Norton Union there was a balance on the wrong side to the extent of 4131 ounces in 227 loaves; at Bradfield 26 loaves were 33} ounces short ; and at the Witney Union the same number weighed less than the proper total by 441 ounces. Thus 548 quartern loaves were deficient by 0211 ounces. The chief constable told the magistrates at Quarter Sessions that he trusted something would be done to stop such an outrageous system of fraud. Poor man! he ought to have known better. Nothing that is done, or is likely to be done with the present legislative spirit, will stop adulteration and short weight. If these tradesmen had been prosecuted, a fine would have been the result ; they would have made up the deficiency by cutting off a few more ounces from their loaves, and then gone on their way rejoicing. TRAMWAYS. Mr. W. C. Biddle, of Philadelphia, writes to the Times on the subject of tramways. He states that be has read the remarks in Parlia ment on this subject, and is not surprised that some cautious speakers believe that tram ways are well adapted to broad thoroughfares, especially of private residences, but will not answer in narrow streets crowded with business. He says it amuses him when he remembers how completely these were his opinions a few years ago. He admits that these opinions have become completely altered in the light of experience, and relates various instances of the success of this now American institution. In fact he adds, " our tram way experience has proved that whenever a street is sufficiently wide to admit of a single track in the middle, with room on each side for a loaded waggon to pass, there it is quite safe to lay a track,-and that tramways are most successful and of greatest benefit on the most crowded streets." AN INVITING COLONY. The Melbourne Argus draws a picture of the colony of Victoria sufficient to make' the emigrant eye water with joyfulness. The climate, says our Australian can temporary, resembles that of the south of Spain and the south of Italy. Frosts are of rare occurrence, and snow never falls except upon table lands or the mountains. Of the 55,500,060 acres of land comprised within the limits of the colony, nearly 49,000,000 acres remain in the possession of the Crown, and, under the Land Act just passed, any person can select not exceeding 320 acres of this soil in any part of the colony under extremely fa vourable conditions. By residing upon and improving the allotment selected, the occupant will be called on to pay 2s. per acre rental for three years, at the ex piration of which time he will be allowed to become the owner of it on payment of 14s. per acre. The soil of Victoria is alike prolific of necessities and luxuries. Wheat, oats, barley, hops, tobacco, and the usual root crops are abundant, while all the fruits that grow in Great Britain arrive at great perfection in Victoria, with the ad dition of oranges and lemons. Further than this, says the Melbourne Argus, wages are high, provisions cheap, and political, -municipal, and industrial life is rapidly becoming assimilated t o the best aspects of life in old England. THE FENIANS IN AMERICA. The Fenian movement must in fairness be credited with amazing vitality. It was lately announced that the Senate of the Brotherhood in New York had quarrelled, and that one, at least, had been shot dead. Yet these intestine feuds do not prevent active measures against the common foe. A telegram states that the Canadian Govern ment has been forewarned by Mr. Thornton of an intended Fenian raid along the whole Canadian fron tier on the 15th. Considering the late little civil war in New York, a Fenian assault along the whole line would be a highly creditable performance. But it is consolatory to be told that the Canadian. authorities are quite prepared to deal with such a movement if it be attempted. The season, also, is considered too late for such operations. LONGFORD ELECTION PETITION. Mr. Greville-Nugent, who recently defeated the Nationalist candidate, Mr. Martin, in Longford county, has lost his seat. His friends, the Catholic priests, have floored him. The hudge has decided that M r . G rav ill e -N ugent imself is not to blame, but the treating and undue influence of the priests have proved fatal. They outrageouEly denounced and threatened voters who were in favour of Martin, and liberally treated the "right men." The punishment of hell was regularly dealt out from the pulpit to the supporters of Martin. It was imposAibl e that an election under such circum stances should stand. TELEGRAMS AS PROOF IN ELECTION PETITIONS. At Longford the other day a bundle of telegrams was handed into the court a s ev id ence i n the trial of the election petition. The question is raised however, as to the right of a court to enforce the pro duction by the telegraph anthorities of telegrams relating, to the matter under myestigatAen, Judge THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1870. nuatlon and retired allowances, and gratu- Was for charitable and other purposes, 512,916, an increase of £7,515. Class 7.—llliscellaneous, special and temporary objects, £88,982, a decrease of £,72,572. t rmination: .cragertua, is - fact, coaaernaeu crie way in wuica one Post O ffi ce authorities had o p en ly hia a lot of tele grams on the table, and afforded an opportunity for all who choose to examine them. He added that if such was the way in which telegrams were to be treated, it were well that the public should know of it. With regard to these particular telegrams, how ever, it has turned out that they aro not the property of the Post Office, but of the defunct Magneti Te:o zraPh Company. AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE. (From the Anglo American Times.) NEW YORK, March 19. We have had another frightful gale. Early on Wednesday morning it became furious, stopping the river traffic, and driving- the (id.; over the docks int) the cellars to the destruction of all the goods there stored ; unroofing houses, - but f ortunately not destroying life. The storm ceased as swirl:ply, the sun coming brightly out by noon. the next day was very fine,-for which thanks have been given to St. Patrick. The whole city appeared la-t Thurs day to be Iridh, the process:ons numbering, it is said 50,000, and the green flag flying on all our public buildingd. - The greatest buiness flurry has been in the Cotton Market, produced through private despatches from Liverpool, announcing heavy failures among the " bears." The effect has been,in stimulating purchases to cover contracts, to advance the prices of low middlings to 221 cents, and 22 for all the months to the close of the season. But Wall-street is tranquil, dulness being the pre vailing feature. The uncertainty of the future unsettles prices, no one being able to anticipate what the tendency of gold will be, and stilt less the fate of the financialrneasuresnow before Congress. The Fullerton trial, after a long hearing, terminated in an acquittal on Wednesday evening. The Court instructed the jury to return this verdict, as Judge Woodruff concurred with Judge Blatchford in con sidering that nothing had been proved against the accused inconsistent with integrity of purpose and purity of motives. Mr. Fullerton was heartily con gratulited by his numerous friends who ctowdel the Court. At the same time Messrs. Fisk and Gould were relating in Judge Barnard's Court how they sold themselves, as Fisk said, " to the devil." They certainly stood out for a long tim?, not be cause they objected to the sale, but because they wanted the largest possible price to do a good trade. When Commodore Vanderbilt asked Fisk who he was to trade with, that worthy replied, if it is a good trade then with me. The action, which is to recover a heavy sum from the Commodore, will be settled next week, but the case of the tz , usquehana Railway has been finally settled against the Erie clique. The lion. William H Evarts, who de fended President Joh-son, has been retainel by Mr. Burt, and that gentleman has presented a memorial to the Legislature at Albany, urging the passage of Senator Genet's measure, annulling the law of 1869 as beirg at variance wilt the rights of stockholders sound policy requiring that direc tors should be re:ponsible to shareholders. The English hold three-fifths of the stock, yet no notice of an Act was given which changed the manage ment of their property, and they were therefore unable to oppose it. Mr. Burt is reco,:nised as a clever man, and the Erie clique is losing strength. Some strange cares of fraud have lately been per petrated. Charles Unger and Co. bankers, 48, Exchange-place, w e re fl eece d of $4;3,500 by two sharpers last Wednesday. A Mr. Mitchell came from Baltimore, bringing a letter from their cor respondent in that city, stating that the bearer desired to purchase bonds, which the firm imme diately proceeded to do for him, exchanging $40,000 of Ten-Forties for a certificate cheque on the North National Bank, which was deposited in the Phoeuix Bank. But Mitchell had no account at the National Bank, and the certified cheque proved to be a clever forgery, and when they wante l Mit chell he was nowhere to be found. A somewhat similar attempt was mad on Farmer, hatch, and Co., 78, Broa Tway, to whom a cheque was pre sent.:d by a stranger for $6,600, drawn by Kent, Day, and Co. on the St. Nicholas Bank, as pay ment for $6,000 worth of Five-Twenty Bonds. On sending the cheque to the bank, which the firm di 1 before delivering the pro! erty, it was found to have been altered front $3O. An agent is said to be sell ing a patent ink eraser, which can remove ink marks, however well pr:nted or written ; aid the Bank of Commerce paid $15,000 on a ehelue drawn by Vertnilye and Co. for $5O, while the Fourth National Bank paid $5,600 on the cheque of Messrs. F,sk and hatch for $56. Two a'l: geed swindlers from England, JOseph 11. Gale, with his brother Edwatd Gale, go back to Yorkshire in the steamer which carries this letter. Their fiel I was the neighbourhood of the English town of L eds, and their escort is two detectives from the West Riding of Yorkshire. They were arrested in Bost on charged t ' with arson and fraud. We are going to have an underground railway, the contractors of the Central between the City Hall and Forty-sixt h street beginning the work on the Ist June.- The charter of the company allows three years from that date to complete the line to Forty-second street, and an additional five years to carry it on to Harltm River. There has been much indignation about the false rumours spread concerning the City of Boston, and the country was-thrown into great excitement by a despatch announceing that she had arrived at Queenstown. Mr. Dale, of the In man line, received a copy, and his doubts were in some measure removed by another despatch in cypher, stating the safety of the steamer and the rejoicings throughout England. Then Mr.Daletele. graphedto Liv erpool,t o which Mr.lnman repliedthat nothing was known of her arrival. The account was long and circumstantial, and Mr. J. W. Simonton, General Agent of the Associated Press, sent a mes sage to gr. Wilson in Loudon directing him to offer a reward of. 6500 fur the punishment of th e originator of the false repo:t if it proved to be a wilful hoax. ft turned out that the news had been current in Englan 1, that Mr. Wilson obtained it from the official head of the Stock EXchange Tele graph Office, and he sent it immediately to us, con sidering it authentic. Then he despatched mes sages to Queenstown and Liverpool seeking con firmation and details, and immediately supple mented his telegram to New York by the intelli gence that neither the Inmans nor the 100k -out at Queenstown had heard anything of the City ;:i s ; Boston. So that we were actually, -through his energy, in po - session of the fact that the news of her safety was not reliable hours before it was e ven doubted in Europe. Mr. Simonton points to the messages published in the Evening Bulletin of Phila delphia giving the details showing how the delay of the steamer had occurred; and also to another message published in three papers through the American Pre: s Association, which he declares was manufactured in New York; declaring that these are but instances from hundreds showing that these cable telegrams of that Association are pure fabrications. Mr. Edward R. Andrews is oranizing a branch of the firm to which he belongs, the old Paris house of Messrs. James W. Tucker and Co., at 52, Wall-street, under the style of Tucker, Andrews and Co., and the two houses will work in concert. The recent weddings have been those of 'Miss Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Hill, Esq., o f Connecticut, to Mr. Frederick, Belden, and Miss Amelia Florence to Mr. Frank G. Hallett, who owns a fine estate in. Staten Island, where they will spen 1 the summer. Professor Agassiz is rapidly recover ing. It is here repotted that Mrs. Burlingame will reside permanently in Paris, her son, E. L. Bur lingame,accompanying the boly of his father, which is to cross in the steamship .Silesia, to leave Ham burgh April 6. General Upt:m will, it is stated, be the next Commandant at West Point. Mss Clarke is to 'be married to Mr. Leon Neff on the 6th April, at the residency of her parents. George Wilkes is the defendant in a libel suit brought against him by the proprietors of a e Turf,Field,and Faris for an article which appeared in the Spirit on the sth Feb., and James L. Smith and Speilcer NV. Cone, editors of the Sunday Courier, aro, accus d of libel by Mr. Henry B,•rgh. There have been two sud len deaths, and both of well-known mer-_ chan's ; the one Mr. R. Green, lace importer, of 16(1, Varrick-street, who had just eaten a hearty hreakf tst, and the other, Hem y 11. Leel4, the auc tioneer, who was confined to his room for a day or wo bias'ight cord, whi2h suddenly had this fatal WASHINGTON, March 18. Air. Butler, of Tenness e, Retresaitative of the Andy Johnson district, still shows fight, although there was a lei..ort that he would be expe!led by the House. He admits having talc(n . a s an, but, as the frail sister said, it was only a very litt!e.oDe. General Dan'el Tykr, otherwise to get hii son jute, West Pein , , employed•for the pnrFose Washington lawyer and claim agent, to whom he gave a cheque for $2,300, with the unde:.standing —no appointment, no money. The agent had first to colonise young Tyler, for he was not a Tenneasee boy, where the vacancy was. Then he had to see Mr. R. 11. Butler, and show the merits of the lad and his family. Mr. Butler's previone apfoiet.nent had failed, and no one in his district who wanted the place was qualified, while he asserted that Gen. Schofield, then Secretary of War, influenced him to make the appoint meut. This Gen. Schofield denies, while G, n. 1 . 71er says that he Wes not acquainted with Schofield nor with any reason why Schofield should he interested in him. Young Tyler's coloniz ing misted in spending a night in the three :owns --7Nashville;Kn , andTaylorsville—sufficient, however, for Butler to assert that he residtd. rn Ta3lorsvil'e. The agent received on the appoint ment being made out the cheque f0r52,300, of which $l,OOO he took to Butle r , sta ti ng th at G en. T y l er desired thus t ) recognise his kindness. Two friends present advised him to take the. money for the elect:on campaign, which he did, paying the agent $lOO bill for his trouble, not aware that that sly individual had alrea ly appropr:ated the lion's share, and was prepared to take everything offering. Of t - :e retnaiuder, Butler gave $5OO towards the establishment of a party paper at Nashville, and the rest to other newspapers in his district, which I doubt not you will recognise as a proper mode of expenlitnre ; for if there must be stealings, it is hard lines that newspaper men should not come in for a share. It is also gratifying to see that all But lers are not superior to the newspapers like our great Butler, otherwise we would never be able to hold up our heads with a Butler. line excellent member of that fraternity, the nephew of his uncle, goes to Egypt as Consul-General, " to waste his sweet ness on the desert air." His nomination has been promptly confirmed by the Senate, although it is not long ago that he was " dined" and " wined" in New York by his friends under the impression thtt he was on his way to Calcutta. Mais revenons nos moutons ;--the line of the Tennessee Butler's defence is indicated by the transaction. The pay ment of the money was made aft r, not before, and followed as a recognition of services, which it did not precede as a bribe. The ans Ater is the improba bility that a man N't oul d. select the son of a stranger he had never seen, and who was not even a resi dent of his district. But Mr. Butler .is a clever man, and he foresaw and provided against this; and hence the dragging in of Schofield's name--a good move, though spoiled by the ex-Secretary. Not only is Butler clever, but he is popular, and carries weight in the House; while the two carpet baggers who have been driven out were friendless loons, and many persons do not like such a meting out of justice as followed in his case. After a long consideration the Committee decide I to r, com mend a resoluVon of censure. On the testimony being read in tile House a vote on expulsion was lost by 68 to 102, the censure being unani mously adopt.d, but which Butler did not seem much to mini. The evidence against Mr. James Brooks entirely failed. The case wes of a boy who was travelling with his mother in Europe for his health, when appointed, and after coming back to this country was pronounced too feeb'e in constitu tio r for the toss. Mr. Brooks gave it to another, and the father of the appointee place l to the cre lit of the rejected boy's mo her a sum sufficient to cover the expen e of the return from Europe. But Mr. Brooks knew no hing of this till he found himself confronted with the transaction before the Military Committee. A movement has ben made for the coeversion of the Chinese heathen on the Pacific Slope by the American Tract Sc ciety. An agency has been c teblished at San Francisco with col portent's to travel around the mines, distribut ing the society's religious publications issued from the Mission Press, at Shanghai. Three Chinese boys have bean sent here for education in the Howard University with the nrgro students. 'The immigration question has been revived by an offer purporting to come from the Merchan 's Trading Co ut an: of - Liverpool, which, has appointed Cul. Gowan as agent at Vicksburgh, and he offers to supply 100,000 coolies within a year, landing each at any port from Charleston to New Orleans for $250 in gold. The Merchant's_Trading Company have nine steamers and 29 saining vessels which they can bring to bear on the trade. Is Colonel Gowan, the agent, the well-known raiser of the Rustdan fleet sunk at Sebastopol ? A case of seine interest has been settled in 'the Supreme Court ; a volunteer successfully claiming on appeal the $lO9 bounty money un ler the President's call for velenteers in 1861. lie was discharged on sick certificate before his term had expired, and the Court ruled that the contract is ewe i. though the soldier had been honourably d ischarged before he had se 'ved the stipulate 1 two years. A great number of erree elected by this rah, g, and Uncle Sam's pocket will expe:itnee another heavy drain. A young fellow created a disturbance in the Capitol by an atterppt to appropriate the Sm tto s' p. ivate meA. A doorkeeper fared badly, and a ser geant-at-arms was served with the same sauce; but a policeman appeared and carried the culprit to a cell. Congress has passed a joint resolution, giving Mrs. Stanton a year's salary of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Mr. M'Creery, of Kentucky, being the only dissentie at in the Senate, a gentleman who appears to like constituting himself an opposi tion. Gen. Townsend and Judge Wylie are collectors of the estate, but the will has not yet be n fully proved. In a former letter I t 3oa that Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, hid been presented with four well-worked leather medals from the hands of the women elerksit I - the Treasury, who have thus spurred on this opponent of Woman's Rights, for he has been as good as his word, having introduced a bill, which has been referred to the Appropriation Commit tee,propcsing to dispense with such labourin the Public Departments. I hope the ladies like the work they have undertaken in Lararrilti City. After a protracted sitting, a verdict of manslaughter was returned in the Cowie murder case, but not till midnight; by a jury loaking much the worse of the wear. While Mr. Janney was temporarily absent from the Northern Superintendency, his daugh ter, who had been appointed clerk, was left in charge, and that lady has sent in her report to the Indian-office, stating that matters are quiet in the Superintendency. Judge Kelly's Bill, for an in ternational system of coinage, is opposed by Mr. S. B. Ruggles, and no result has been reached by the . House Committee. Secretary Fish has received replies assenting to an in'ernational conference to regulate ocean telegraphs from North Germany, Austria, Denmark, Turkey, Greece, Norway, and Sweden. In the Nevi , York Legislature Senator Cra ner has introduced a bill permitting any New York Telegraph Company to sell its property and franchises to any foreign company, or to acquire the rights and privileges of any other company by consent of four-fifths of the shareholders of each. It is proposed to make Alask a a county of Wash ington Territory, with a U.S. Judge, and this, if s c u ar m rie fo d r , m et i i l d e s ag t e h . e A eff l o e r t t t s er t i o ia o s b b t e a e ir u t r a e e g e i o v o e l d ro f r u o nd m Governor Ashley of Montana, who says it cast him a year's salary to transport there his family and effects, and be has not yet got into his house before the telegraph announces the appointment of his successor, damaging his political reputation, che rished by him as a soldier cherishes his mili tary reputation. The delegation now here from Montan t strongly supports Governor Ashley. Se nator Conk ing has called attention to the con stitutional requirement that a Senator of the United States must be a residentof the Strte which he repre sents,and the Judiciary Committee reported back the credentials of Gen. Ames with a resolution declaring him to be ineligible ; but the committee is far from unanimous. Miss Romaine God lard was married on Wednesday to Mr: Overbeck, in the Navy Yard, at the headquarters of Admiral Dahlgren, the bride's step-father;; and a grand wedding it was, the President and Mrs Grant, and nearly every body of note being present. The demand for labour in the South is attracticg many of our coloute I people ; forty families having left for Mississippi, where they have good engagements,at wages so high that the "dark" current is setting strongly in that llsele d iirgog : nnes i lAi s asniftst g iha t: odi b anrets ai rtoal i tn it aet r e hi ee t: ej xasF a crt ler r uetn e eev o ghe r ;A : gor frteuai French u t hs: company. o h i o direction. c l C p : r t i ° la b l a l en le l t ; . ttFrlter.erealdetrcueo.oein:neeVFedwrti and a convention is likely to r .tified betw• en the two Gover nmen t s on time b asis of neutrality argi l rec proeity. A general law should be adopte Ito affect all compaadi s alike, and a 1) . 11 accon.panies he report, univers .1 in its, at p l ication, set ling the co di t ions upon wh:cl. all privil ges shall be raeted and cables conducted. Much interest w..s taken in, the first speech delivered in the Senate by the * first coloured Senator who ever address !cl the Chamber, and fille 1 the galle,ies. E'en to Mor on, wit') was entitled to the floor at one o'clock en Wednesday, said he would yield to the Senator front Mississippi. Mr: Revels was a little nervous when be commenced reading his manuscript, but his voice grew firm, and his manner dignified as he proceeded, and he was listened to with atten tion for half an hour. The style was profusely orna mental, but Mr.. Morton, who followed, prefaced what he had to say by a high compliment, indeed, the ridiculous one, that the Senate had lost nothing in intelligent„ by the exchange - of Mr. Revels for Jeff. Davis. CONGRESS. SENATE, March 9.—Mr. Pomeroy introduced a joint resolution reprobating cruelties committed by the Spaniards in Cuba, which was tabled and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Finance Committee, reported the House bill ex tending the time for withdrawal of spirits from bond, with a recommendation against its passage. Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, re ported.the House bill for the admission of Georgia. The bill to supply deficiencies in items for the House of Representatives was concurred in. The Funding Bill was taken up, and Mr. Davis's motion to recommit, with instructions, was rejected. Mr. Morrill,' of Vermont, offered an amendment, de signed to prevent a higher rate of interest than five per cent., but allowing a lower rate, which was adopted. Mr. Corbett's . motion to strike out the fifth section, authorizing foreign agen cies, was adopted—yeas 29, nays 11—while Mr. Scott's 'amendment, requiring the negotiations to be by Treasury officers alone, was rejected. March 10.—Mr. Ferry offered a resolution for the consideration of annexaVon treaties in open ces sion, which was laid over. Mr. Ross introduced bills in relation to homesteads and to promote the erowth of timber on public lands. The Funding Bill was considered, and various amendments were offer. d, among them one by Mr. Buckingham, s riking out the eighth section requiring the banks to deposit the new bonds, which was rejected.— March 11.--Mr. Fenton introduced a bill to regu late telegraphic ccrrapondence between the United States and foreign countries. Mr. Drake intro duced a bill to promote the securing of efficient seamen for the navy, and Mr. Spencer a bill to reor ganise the navy. On motion of Mr. Trumbull, the Georgia Bill was made the special order for to-day. The Funding Bill was considere 1 and pass:d filially. The bill as passed, according to the telegraphic report of its provision, contains the section autho rising foreign agencies, which was stricken out on March 9, although there is nothing in the House proceedings to show how that section was rein serted. March 14—Mr. Sumner made an explana tion in reference to Gen. Ptina's denial in the Spanish Cortes, that he had made propositions for the sale or cession of Cuba to the United States. Mr. Sumner said that.no communication had pwsed between them on the subject; but that an agent coming from Prim a'rived in Washington last spring with a proposition for settling the Cuban question in a manner advantageous to the Spa lash finances. This agent's report, the de tails of which Mr. Sumner forbore to give, be came the basis of the propositions made through General Sickles, ,as already published. Mr. Sumner then introduced a bill to provide for the resumption of spt ere payments, which was refer-red and ordere I to be printed. It provid:s for the gradual substitution of coin as their legal reserve by the national banks at the rate of 1 per cent. a mouth ; directs the specie payments by the United States Treasury on the Ist of January next, pro vision being made for that purpose by the retention of surplus coin, and purchase of more, if necessary; repeals all Acts making anything but coin a legal tender ; suspends the further printing of United States notes and currency, and retires the mutilated currency. The Georgia Bill was taken up, and explained by Mr. Trumbull, after which the Senate went into Executive session. Ho USE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 9.—Mr. Dawes, from the Appropriation Committee, re ported a resolution of inquiry as to estimates for public buildings, which was adopted. On the mo tion of Mr. Buckley, the Ways and Means Com mittee were directed to inquire into the expediency of admitting for one year, free of duty, machinery for spinning cotton into yarn. On the motion tf Mr. %Velker, the Secretary of the Treasury was called upon for a statement of payments of the pub lic debt, principal and interest, from 1789 to 1836. On the motion of Mr. Garfield, the Post-office Corn mi! tee were directed to consider the expediency of adding a postal express to 013 mail servic,t, to carry sma 1 packages. The New York and WasltingLn Ra. IrJad Bill c - ano up in order, and was laid over, the House refusing to seond the previous question on its p .ssage. The joint resolution to abolish the present system of printing Patent office specifications was passed. Mr. Schenck gave notice that he would press the Tariff and Tax Bills as soon as the Army Bill - was disposed of. Mr. Morrill, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill to cele brate the Centennial of American Independence by a National Exhibition of Arts, industry and mining products, in Philadelphia, in 1876. Mr. Boles introduced a bill to provide homesteads for the coloured people in the South. The Census Bill, and the bill reducing the mileage one half, were reported and recommitted. After notice by Mr. Logan that he would call up the Army Bill,the House adjourned. March 10.— The New York and Washington Railroad Bill was discussed. Mr. Logan's bill reducing the number and pay of army officers was taken up and passed. It provides for a board to examine the qualifications of officers below the rank of Brigadier-General, and recommend who shall be retained-; the number re tired is to be at the discretion of the President, but not exceed 250; the number of Major-Generals is reduced to three ; brevet rank is abolished ; army officers are forbidden to hold civil offices ; the sec tion of the Act of June, 1868, making the General of the Army superior to the President is repealed ; commutations are abolished, and the pay of offi cers is regulated, the General rectiving $12,000 ; Lieut.-General, $10,000; Major-Generals, $7,500 ; Brig.-Generals, $5,000; other officers in proportion. March 11.—On the motion of Mr. Schenck, the Secretary of the Treasury and Commissioner of Internal Revenue were 'directed to communicate their opinions in regard to the expediency of abolishing all allowances to officers and informers in the collection of import and internal taxes. On the motion of Mr. Schumacher, the Ways and Means Committee were directed to consider the expediency of repealing the law which prevents action in the Courts to restrain the assessment or collection of taxes. The Tariff and Deficiency Appropriation Bills were considered in Committee of the Whole. - March 12.—The House met for debate, bit some twenty members only being present, it soon after adjourned. March 14. A number of bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. Starkweather, to prevent prize fighting ; by Mr. Armstrong, relative to criminal proceedings under the revenue laws; Mr. Butler, of Tennessee, amendatory of the Civil Rights Act ; Mr. Cullom, providing a territorial government for the District of Columbia; and Mr. Rogers, to abolish the female clerkships under the Government. Mr. Lough ridge introduced a joint resolution, which was passed, prohibiting the carriage on Western steam boats of nitro-glycerine, petroleum, naphtha, ben zine, &c. Mr. Marshall offered a resolution de claring for a reduction of taxation, and that no tariff should be imposed on any article above the lowest rate at which it will yield the highest re venue, that the highest duty should be imposed upon luxuries, and that the tariff should operate as equally as possible throughout the coun try, not discriminating against any class. Mr. - Holman, to test the sense of the House, moved to table the resolution, which was not agreed to, the yeas being 38, and the nays 115. The previ ais question was then moved but not seconded, and the resolution was referred to the Ways and Means Committee. A joint resolution, offered by Mr. Dawes, was passed, appropriating an amaunt equal to one year's salary of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to the widow and children of Elwin M. Stanton. Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, offered a joint resolution, which was passed, allow ing owners of homesteads to deduct interest paid on mortgages from their income returns. The Navy Al propriation bill was reported and made the special or ler for March 24th. The Deficiency Bill was co: si'lercd. A letter received by the Hon. R. C. M'Coru of Arizona, from San Diego, California, says ther;: old mine th,:ro is the richest ever discovered. The quartz is esti mated to be worth $23,000 a ton. The news that Chinese labourers were killed at the_ mints is confirmed by a San Francisco despatch. A party of Chinsmen discovered the best lode y t found; their cleim was j imped" by white men, and three of the Chinese were killed. The San Francisco journals state there is cJnsiderable excitement io that city in reference to the Raw , qualities of six Eaglish iron ships which lately left eau Francisco for Liverpool. Those vessels are the ships Yosemite, ,Beringa, and Ricer Mersey, and the barques Kenilworth, Cerastes, and Galatia. They are all loaded with grain, and are fast sailors. MONETARY REPORTS.- YESTERDAY, Telegraph shares have been dealt in only to a moderate extent. British Indian Submarine hiive fallen i t , but French Cables have been * better. Miscellaneous securities have been steady on the whole. General Credit have been better. The Clearing House return for the week ending April 6, shews a total of £70,652,000, against £63,552,000 for the correspondin- ' , xl 1 ig pei... last year. - No bullion operations have been reported at the Bank to-day. The supply of money in the discount market has been very large to-day. noth at the Bank and in other quarters the demand for accommodation has been limited, and three months' paper has been readily taken at 2i, occasional transactions being effected at 2 per cent. No change has been made in the official minimum, which still remains at 3 per cent. The Alexander Duthie, from Port Philip, has brought £30,476. Egyptian advices state that it has been officially an nounced that the new loan about to be contracted is entirely independent of the Egyptian Government, and it is solely secured on the Viceroy's private property. The funds are required for the purchase of sugar-refining machines, the construction of railways (the private pro perty of the Kh&live), and the greater extension of the sugar cane culture. The Magdeburg Lausitzer (Prussian) Railway have invited subscriptions for £1,200,000, less £450,000 already locally subscribed, in shares of £l5 each. The shares are quoted at 1 to 1.1 prem. The directors of the Great Western of Canada Railway, at a meeting to be held on the 13th inst., will recommend a dividend at the rate .of 5 per cent. per annum, absorb ing £97,642, and leaving £2,054 to be carried forward. At a meeting of the Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company, the new life policies for the year were stated to have amounted to 355, for a total of £212,358, and yielding in fresh premiums £6,864. The fire premiums of the year were £147,012, and the profit therefrom was £27,835. The usual dividend of 17s. per share per annum, (payable in April and October,) was declared for 1870. At a meeting of the London and Lancashire Life Assurance Company, the new policies for 'the past year were stated to have been 571, for a total of £204,710, yielding in fresh premiuns £6,030. The following are the railway traffic returns for the week ending April 3, shewing the amount of increase or decrease when compared with the corresponding week of A 862 :—Great Western, £76,636, increase of £1,774; Great Eastern, £36,232, increase of £1,205 ; Great Northern, £40,071, increase of £B9O ; North Eastern, £79,884, increase of £8,695 ; Midland, £66,361, increase of £5,430; Caledonian, £40,208, increase of £712; Lan calhire and Yorkshire, £46,372, increase of £1,486; Bristol and Exeter, £7,100, increase of £5O; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, £22,126, decrease of £64Ct The return of the Bank of England shews the following re3ult when compared with the previous week :—ln cir culation an increase of £706,560 ; in public deposits a decrease of £2,967,759 ; in other deposits an increase of £168,810 ; in Government securities a decrease of £1,648 ; in other securities a decrease of £2,282,181; in bullion a decrease of £393,404; in rest a decrease of £587,844; in reserve a decrease of £1,088,909. The eirculatidn, including bank post bills, is now £23;822,401; public deposits amounted to £8,325,582; and private deposits to £17,331,142. The securities held represent £32,096,978, and the stock of bullion is £ 2 0,472,657. The rest figures for £3,090,610. ARREST OF THE SPITALFIELDS MURDERER. The man Henry Parker, who was found guilty of wilful murder by a coroner's jury for stabbing his brother-in law, James Rutter, near a public-house, in Spitalfieldg, on the 12th of last mouth, was apprehended yesterday morning, at a house in Rotherhithe. The police have long been vainly searching for him. Since his capture Parker has made the following statement : " I and Rutter had a row, and he knocked me down three times. I asked him to stop, but he would not. I then struck him with the knife to stop him killing me. I never intended to kill him. After I struck him he fell, and then I became alarmed and ran away. I met a man that I knew, and he advised me not to drown myself, and not to give myself up to the police. He said that Ruttei• might not be dead. I met with some friends, who gave me money, and I moved about from lodging- Pause to lodging-house. The first that I knew about Rutter's being dead was finding it in a penny newspaper that I bought the first thing on the Monday morning after I left Bacon-street." The Mayor of Cork has 'received' a threatening letter, on account of his efforts to suppress seditious assem blages. It bears the New York post-mark, and has under the warning a coffin and skull and crossbones. A printer was arrested at Dundalk yesterday for offering for sale the " Farm ers ' Catechism," which is al leged to contain seditious matter. ADVERTISEMENT. 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For delivery the quotation has been 95g to 95i, and for the 4th of May 93 to 94. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92/ to 921 ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss. prem. ; India Five per Cents. have been done at 113 to 1131 ; and India Bonds, at 20s. to 255. prem. The feature in the market for English railway stocks has been the strong inquiry for Great Northern A. At one time the price advanced to 124/ to 125, but it has since receded to 1231 to 124/, or 1/ per cent. London and Brighton has risen I, Midland /, London and North- Western g, and Great Western /, but Metropolitan has fallen /. Indian railway stocks have been quiet, but without change. Canadian and foreign shares have been dealt in cautiously. The market for foreign bonds has been steady, and the movements in prices have been favourlible. Danubian have risen 1, Mexican New Grenada /, Peruvian (1865) , and Russian (1870) /. American securities have been firm. Virginia Bonds have risen 1, and Panama 1; but Erie Shares have fallen /, and Illinois Central /. .At a meeting of the East London Waterworks Company, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared. The mining market has been characterised by much quietness. Pacific has fallen No movement of importance has taken place in the value of Bank shares, in which business has been re stricted. BIRTHS. BARNARD—On the 6th inst., at Notcliffe, the wife of Major C. J Barnard, of a daughter. BIiXTON —On the 6th fast, at Northwicic, Harrow, the wifo of E. C. Buxton, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. BULKELBY —BATHURST —On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square Captain Bulkeley, of Clewer Lodge, Windsor, to Selma Mary, daughter of the late Sir Fredk. 11. Bathurst, Part. • MEncsu —BAD:Bninm: -On the 2d inst., at the parish c umb, Greenwich, Marcus Robert Mer3er, I'sq., to Mai y Ad lai~ie, only daughter of the late Captain Bainbridgd, DEAT'IIS. 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