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thought the bill as obnoxious as that voted down by the House when reported by the Reconstruction (From the Anglo-American. Times.) Committee. Jr. Bingham replied it was not quite NEw Yoax, Jan. 29. so obnoxious, and he went on to observe that his • . A batch of the Fenian priso n e rs, who escaped object was to make a statement to the gentlethen on his own side of the House, when Butler shouted out, from Western Australia have arrived in San Frau iti his gruff voice, " Which side of the House is cisco, and a meeting has been held here to invite that?" The crow of the most pugnacious bantam was them to thie city to take part in the coming cam- never mere quickly replied to by its antagonist than paigu, as well as to receive congratu l at ions. O'Neill was this—" 'The gentleman is very wise," said the has ordered the Fenian Congress to assemble for indignant Biugham ; " wise beyond his years. He final preparations, and a great campaig n is to fol- cannot read me out of the party with which I am associated, nor can he blot out my record. Vul low. The Common Council of this ci t y are au- garity is not wit, assumption is not power. • There noyed that they have not been consulted about was no occasion for the inqu,ry. ' the ball to Prince Arthur, while at the same time A wit's a feather, and a fool's a rod, they rather dread being consulted, as they fear An honest man's the noblest work of God.'" giving offence to the Feoian wing of the party. excitement, Amidst the greatest loud laughter, acid In the libel suit against Mr. Bruce of th e a general rush of members to their plac.s, Butler ' . Turf, Field, and Farm, the jury brought in. avertitcr,of No t rose to reply. " lle would begin where the gen- Guilty ; as both the editor of the 6piritof the Limes and denten from Ohio left off, not with a misquotation, but simply to say that he had never threatened_ . to the other paper are well known much interest was excited. A my ster i eusesses s d ea th b us been b rou ght read the gentleman out of the Re o uolican party. coroners. the before Nobody could do that but himself. Whether he at the house of I. C. Gardner, in one Hundred and h a d d one t h at i n pass i ng the V irg i n i a Bill through :Twenty-Seventh-street, on 26th March last. At the the House by a ' s n ap' j u d gment , an d w i t h th e a id same time there disappeared U. S. Bonds amount- of his Democratic allies, the country would judge. in to 0,000, which had been in b io s. possession, Whether the gentleman was to h ave an ovat i on g S 6 though Gardner was said to have been seen with when he went to Virginia he did not know, but he some of the bonds shortly after the funeral. Mr. Alex- had seen some hint of th a t ki n d i n t h e papers. H e anger's daughter, a Mrs. Burke, residing in a dis- should like to be present in spirit,wherehe could look tant part of the country, came up to ascertain what on (not embodied), and see the Virginians toasting bad become of her father about whom she had not the man whom all their papers announced as the received intelligence for a long time, and to her sur- : murderer of Mrs. Surratt. What a sight ! ' The " found he was dead, had been buried iu Green-prise lion and --' no, not ' the lamb,' but another ani wood Cemetery under the name of Cohn, the money , teal. Ile referred to the eulogy passed by the being also gone. Gardner and his wife, as well as . gent l eman from Ohio on the Virginia Constitution, a servant named Rosa King, were arrested, and the and said that it was not the work of Virginia states body was exhumed for chemical analysis, the sus- men, but of ' carpet-baggers' and ' scallawags,' and picion being that a narcotic poison had b een a d- 1 ' negrotes from the fi e lds.' H e regar d e d th e condi zniuistered,but the result of the examination has tions in the bill as a notice to Virginia and all the not yet been made public. The testimony, ho w - country, that if she did not maintain, in spirit and ever, tends to prove that the Gardners took the mo- in truth, the spirit of the Reconstruction Acts,Cou ney ; though Coroner Flinn now declines to let the i gress held and claimed, and with the help of God public have the recent evidence inthe case. Thera ! and of the loyal people of this country, would exer is. a report that the Pacific Mail Steamship Corns : cise the power to place her back again where she puny will discontinue their lines between New York ! had been. He did not know what new light the and San Francisco via the Isthmus of Panama, put- i gentleman from Ohio had got which induced tang all their boats on the China trade. The storeship bins to support the Senate Bill, which was sub- Guard has started for the Darien Canal expedi- stantially the bill reported by the Reconstruction tion` the Colorado will leave i n a b out a fortnight; Committee." His allusion to the acting Chair the S watara. will also soon be off. It is said that the man of the Reconstruction Committee brought Gnion line are to have two other large steamers ; that Mr. Farnsworth, another game cock, into the fray, the City of Paris, City of Limerick, and others of who declined to allow himself to be instructed the Inman Company, are being enlarged and re- in Republicanism by the gentleman from Massa fitted, at a heavy expense, and the Cunarder Ans• c h usetts. He had been a Republic in for twenty tralian is also being added to, giving much increased five years, when the gentleman from lllassachu tonnage to these three Liverpool fleets. Besides setts was chasing fugitive slaves all over the States. three first-class stea m e rs name d th e Italy, .Spain, He had been doing all he could at the Chicago and Egypt will immediately join the National Uom- • Convention for the nomination of a Republican patty's fleet to ply between Ne w Y o rk and Copen- : President, when the gentleman from Massachusetts hagen, as well as the Holland, of 4,000 tons, to , was at the Charleston Convention, voting for Jeff. Liverpool. Front England we he.sr that a new , Davis. He had voted for the Republican party in route is to be opened from Milford haven to Port- 1860, when the gentleman from Massachusetts was land, and on this side we talk of a daily line from 1 voting for Brecktnridge of Kentucky. He knew Guyseorough, in Nova Scotia, to Liverpool, 1,000 that the gentleman, with his facility for getting on miles of sea being thus cut off, and the time reduced ' the other side, when his allies deserted him and to little over sax days. Governor Hoffman had a ' went over, and he knew 11S conviction and conver dispute with leading State Senators of his party, be- siou were so sudden that it shamed that of Saul. cause ttey declined to confirm his appointments. It Tile lightning Oat blaz_d around him, that focal now apaears, however, to have laden settled, nearly bl aze t h at ill um i nate d hi s un d erstan di ng, shamed all the nominations having been carried through. ' into darkness the light that shone around Saul. Tared hundred and fifty tickets hav e been But he knew that the gentleman was somewhat issued for the ball to Prince Arthur, at Deltnonico's, like Peter, when he deserte 1 his master. His de and another is to be giv en a t t h e G ran d Opera sertion was so recent that he was obliged to curse House. Mr. John M. Woods took a novel me- and swear to make people believe that his conver tho 1 of doing the Me:ropolitan Hotel, but found EiOn was genuine. So the gentleman from Alas himself at the end of a short t er m i n gao l. While sachusetts was obliged to be exceedingly radical, in pleasantly residi n g at the Hotel, he pretended order to make people believe that his conversion was that no had been garotted and • robbed of $13,600 genuine. He understood that the gentleman's at last Tues.lay, on the landing of No. 69, Wall- tack was on the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Bing street, and after a vigorous pursuit by the detectives ham), but he would probably have named him too, it ended in Mr. Woods himself being walked off to . owy he knew that he (Farnsworth) had a chance the Tombs Police Court, charged with having de- to reply. To this Butler answered that as he then frauded the proprietors of the hotel out of $22 50e, held the floor through Mr. Fa , nsworth's courtesy being the cost of his board from the 10th to th e he would not on such an occasion arraign him for 26thinst. Henry Placide, a well-known comedian, 'hi s s i ns . P rev i ous to this little a ff a ir P r i n ce died at Babylon, Long Island, l a st Su n d a y, an d Arthur had come into the House with Mr. was buried on Wednesday. The funeral wa s a t i St. Palli'S Episcopal Church, and was at t en d e d by Thornton, fresh from the weariness of an essay on political economy read by Senator Howe, who had many of the theatrical profession, among them Jas. . prosed all his brethren of the Upper House into a WallackeJohn Gilbert, W. Wheatley, J. L. Maeder Mrs. Fisher, C. W. T.ayleure, and ex- Manager Stuart. , state of undignified repose. As the Prince found it into!erably dull he suggested a move to the House, Oneof the mostextensive thin„ sin awindfingcai n e to where he had heard the scenes were much more light the other day. It was a very sirn ple and straight- , lively. There he found a sharp debate progressing forward practice, by which Rodney M. Pomeroy • over General Terry's acts in Georgia, who was made his pile. lie simply went to New York mer- accused of controlling the elections through certain chants and bought goods in the name of well-known ! military officers acting as a committ e e, which M r . houses of Chicago, St. L au i s , Philad e lphi a , o r an y Brooks of New Ycirk declared to be a lawless as- 1 other large city, and he got articles up to the value sumption on the part of the military. Butler de of $75,000. 'to Mr. Charles Hanselt he described fendel Terry, and was interrupted by Brooks, who himself as one of the firm of S. W. Taylor and Co., : asked the member from Massachusetts to point out Church-street, Philadelphia. Goods worth $6OB . the Acts conferring such authority. Butler said he were selected by him and forwarded through the was ready to give all that information on the prin- Camden and Amboy Railroad to the house in clues- 1 ciple of the carpenter testifying in court, who was tion, on whom Mr. Hauselt was instructed to i asked how far he was from the place where the in draw at one day's sight. The firm was not I cident ecru, red, and a ns wer ed t hat he was four feet in Church-street, but in Market and Fifth• I two and a half inches from it, and being asked how streets, and the goods, I suppose, wer, s intercepted .' he knew that so accurately, replied that I.e thoug!•t by a coufederate, of whin it is certain he had 0110 some f, ;low would be fool en, ug't to ask hitn that in Philad,..ipt.ia and one in Cincinnati. We have question, and said he measured it. Butler's preept, had two or thte_t little rumours, one creating a pointed answers and questions evidently amused lively sensat oe, as an afternoon paper, eager to be ; and interested the Priece, who leant forward to first, cause out with a great typographical display ! catch all that was said. Everybody likes the young that Fisk, jun., hal shot the prize-fighter Morrissey ' gentleman and speaks well of him, as be is affable, NVashington, and that this on Pennsy ivania-aven u,-, unassuming, and easily an used, with sufficient in wa3 the sequ.A to the great gold gemble ; but one of I telligence to make himself good company. He went the first men to read this was Morrissey himself, : to the W h i te House with Mr. Thornton, and was who happens to be here. Another was that , received very cordially by the President, who took the Pope had died. A very positive report was ; him to the Red Room and introduced him to Mrs. circulated that the Cunard Company were about Grant, with whom he had an animated conversa to remove from Jersey City to Green Point, Wil- tion, in which the President occasionally joined. liamsburgh, East River—inability to get sufficient His reply to the President's words of welcome to the space for their increasing business compelling them United States was very appropriate. Wherever he to make the change. It was asserted that the went a crowd gathered, as might be expected, but William's shipyard and adjoining property had been he was never mobbed or pressed, intruded upon, or leased for the purpose. The rumour, which was 'in any way made to feel uncomfortable. He was attributed to some speculators in land, has been • late in attending Divine Service, as he and Mr. denied. Mrs. O'Donovan Rossa will have arrived in England before this reach e s y ou , as s h e was Thornton walked to church, and as he passed up City of Brookly n , which the aisle we all were interrupted in our de vo ti ons . among the passengers of th e left last Saturday. The Express Comp an i es , after As there was not a very exciting sermon th e P r i nce drew more attention than the pulpit, in which there several interviews, have at last arrived at a satis- was a missionary, who was tracing out so m e of hi s factory agreement. Th e A mer i can E xpress sur- dreary wanderings in Africa. Unsparing efforts renders to the Adams all the concessions made to were made to secure tickets for the ball, but it was the Merchants' Union in Decemb er , 1867, and trans- impossible to respond to all the applications, and ferret] by the latter to the American, on the con. many were the disappointments caused. Mr. Ca solidation of the two: This arrangement gives to tacazy, the Russian Minister, and his wife have the Adams the New England States and about 5,000 given the first of a series of dinner parties, a miles of IVesteru territory, including the Pennsyl- stringed baud performing during the time the coin aania Railroad to Chicago; for this tEe A lams , puny were at table s.ich selections from operas, as pays to the American $600,000, by . inataaaeats i La Traciata, 11 '1 rovatore, La Grande Duchesse. during five years. At Albany a bill has been intro- ' charter of ; Prince Dolgorouky was preset t, the latest arr i va l duced into the Legislat ure to repeal the. from Russia. Gen e r a l B a nks, General an d M rs . the Society for th e P revent i on of Cruelty to Ani mals. We of the E mp i re State are bent on fur- I ! Sherman and many others were also there. Th e nishiog the enemi es o f R epublicanism in Europe ' Burns' Club celebrated their anniversa r y o n Tues day, and, after many speeches, a dance closed the with their strongest arguments against. Democracy, evening. General Badeau has resigned his place on but the whole subject lies in a nutshell ; you cannot the English mission, and is busily engaged in finish have a genuine Republib without Republicans, and ing his historic work. He returns to the Presi we here d do not pretend that the ma sses o f this State dent's Staff, and is now al wa y s w i t h hi m on any S tate can be esignated by any such name. Mr. Bergh's ceremonial. It is asserted that the committee of Fo energy in protecting animals, which has provoked reign Affairs takes ground againstour Admiralsin the this action, is now displayed in defence of the char- Paraguayan affair. It is announced that the re ter. Petitions and memorials are being got up in port drawn up by the Chairman c mdemns the con numbers, but the general sentiment will probably duct of Admirals Gordon and Davies, and upholds defeat the attempt. Last night Professor Graham, Mr Washburn. The investigation is voluminous, of Edieburgh, delivers I a lecture on "Love, Court- and has been costly, witnesses having to attend ship, and Marriage." Ha alluded to the Richard- from considerable distances. Another investigation son tragedy, at the same time giving a phrenological has been progressing in this city, and numbers of analysisof APFarland'scharact e r,hedescribed him a s N ew Y or k ers have b een here to give evidence, very affectionate, but his intellectual faculties were among them Fisk and Gould. The two last re feeble compared with those of his wife. Richard- turned to New York, after a long examination. sou did wrong in marrying Mrs. M'Farland, and The evidence of both settles all doubt as to the she did wrong in marrying M'Farland. Had she complicity of any one in high authority in that dis united with Richardson at first, her life would have reputable affair, but Mr. Fisk maintains the truth been one of happiness. No one should marry without of his allegations against Mr. Corbin, and we will a fair knowledge of the person he or she intends soon have that gentleman's reply, as he is now to unite with. The great difficulties in wedded being examined. It is hinted here, with what truth life arise from a lack of knowledge of human I know not, that Governor Curtin does not like St. nature and of the laws that govern it. No one Petersburgh, the climate being too severe when he should haves a flat h ea d, an d many men are mere recalls that of his. own Philadelphia, to which he is clothesc ! There was an ugly attempt to eager to return, some say to contest Senator Came wreck a train on the Flushing line last Monday, row's seat, although it is early to be in the field for great boulders having been placed on the road. A that, as it will not be vacant till 1873. The be fire in Twenty -seventh-street on Thursday night lief here is that Sherman's Finance Bill will pass, a ttained considerable dimensions, i n j ur i ng severa l but p e rhaps with Morton ' s amendment, raising the of the Fire Department. There are to be some $45,000,000 to $65,000,000. There is to be a re change, both in the cleansing of the streets, duction in the army, General Logan's bill muster which has now been placed in the hands of the lug out 500 supernumerary officers, and reducing Board, and by the way Dr. Carnochan is con- the ray of the General of the Army, the Licute firmed as the Health officer of this port, and in nant-General and the officers of the higher grades licensing liquor dealers, that being given over t o a proposal generally approved. , the Justices of the Peace. Mayor Hall has brought out a pneumaticlube. General Washb urn h as in troduced a Steamship Bill pledging the Government for heavy subsidies to each of four lines, w hi ch, i f 3 grante, , would largely increase our transatlantic communication, but it has little chance of being carried in the present days of economy. 4.4.11 iIICAN COIL ESPON DEN CE. PARIS, Feb. 10, 1870. All quiet on the banks of the Seine. The list few days have given evident , of a little of the old leaven left among the Parisgaming, and young America has hadth e chance to see' how a barrio 'de is built. The whole affair, ht,wever, proves the excessive weakness of theextreme Ridi .als, the; r want of lea lers, and the general condemnation of their ac's by au ei.drinous o.ajority of the working class of Paris. It is esti mated that. there are 20,000 returned convicts in this ci!y, and from what person +I xperienee von corree:pondent had in the affairs of the Bth and 9th, die bulk of those engaged were of that class, assisted th,ys of all ager. The barricade which prt's,:n ted the strongest eefence was composed of a class of materiel the odour of which :Von(' was sufficient to prevent any serious attempt to capture. M. -Lcmi bard, the o:dy member of the Police seriously wounded, received this morning the Lesion of Honour, a distinction which a will insure equal bra very on the part of other members of the force, who deserve great credit for their prudence and decision. Last night all was perfectly quiet in the Faubourg du Temple. An occasional crowd of curious per sons collected, but evidently with no evil intention. Rochefort and his assistants iu the Marseillaise are WAsHINGTON. Jan. 28, Af er General Batkr got back, he set to work vi , ,zoyols'y to cheekrnnt; Mr. Bingham in hs rc cons,i neGni toliey, and he succeeded in having the lion,e Bill admitting Virginia t - o ainendAl iu tt.e Senate, that it bore a strong. family likeness to that first iatrodueed in the Ilnuse by the lleconstruc ti4w Committee, of which Btitler Chairman. II ctil I not succeed in this wilbout more than one pas;.ya. of :Allis; and on Alond,y, when the Li!! was brought kick with the S:nat-'s amendments, t,0T)1,, Sh:,rp ..Tarring followed. Air. Bingham vilv , add: e6sibg the House, sLowing that by thr, e to (mei! hal already declared for the adrnistion of Virginia witho condliions—a vote the eountry approved. He thought then as now that Congress had not the power to exact conditions from Virginia which c!Jukt not legitimately be enforced on all other States, and if he did not think so he would vote against the bill. While answering Mr. Cox, who THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY tiVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1870. in confinement, and quite likely to drop into ob- THE MORDAUNT DIVORCE CASE. scurity. The Emperor, it is said, has - offered, if The Mordaunt divorce case has at last come to be tried necessary, to take the reins of government for 48 by Lord Penzance and a special jury ; but only at present hours, and, after another coup d'etat, return Paris is to whether the respondent is sane or not ; as in the in good condition to M. 011ivier and his associates. latter case of course she is not able to plead to the main Of course these gentlemen are on their meta', and allegations. Sir Robert Moncrieff, the lady' intend to prove to the world their ability to control s father, who any turbulende which may be excited. To the shop- says his laugher is not mens comp(); is made a party to keepers these disturbances are very trying, and it is the suit as her guardian, and for him Dr. Deane, Q.C., understood that a petition is being prepared, to be Mr. Archbold, and Mr. R. Searle are counseL circulated in all sections of Paris, requesting the The petitioner has Serjeant Ballantine, Dr. Spinks, utmost stringency on the part of the Government. Q.C., and Mr. F. A. Inderwick. By an earlyhour the doors Many think tbis petition will represent nine-tenths of the court were besieged by some hundreds of well of the business men of Paris, and it will be a strong dressed persons of both sexes ; but thanks to wise precau tions the members of the press were well accommodated, guarantee to the Government in an y futu re action.— and thoseengaged in the cause were not inconvenienced The second presentation an 1 ball at the Tuileries more than was unavoidable. was po3tpone.l at a late hour yesterday, greatly to At eleven o'clock the Judge Ordinary took his seat, and the disapp dntment of some of our American belles, the proceedings were opened by Mr. Searle stating the whose tresses were already " coiffed " in the highest the jury that the petitioner pleadings, and informing d for a divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery, style of art. The reason given was the indisposition with Viscount Cole and Sir James Johnstone ; but inasmuch of the Empress, but it seems quite possibla that the as there was an issue as to whether the lady was sane or street troubles may hove been the real cause for the insane, the jury would have to determine that question postponement.—The postal arrangements between first. France and the United S ta t es are a source o f reat On the special jury being called into the box there was g annoyance. All our letters are -prepaid at home, found to be only eight present. Sergeant Ballantine, for the petitioner, prayed a tales. and yet full postage is demanded by the French Go- Mr. Searle opened the plea,dings, and said that Sir vernrnent. Messrs. Bowles, Brothers, and Co. are Robert Moncrieff, as guardian of the respondent ad litea, collecting all the envelopes indicating extra postage, pleaded that at the time the citation was served Lady and will make a reclamation a gainst the United Sfordannt was not of sound mind. On that issue the jury would have to find. States Postrnaster-General for damages.—lt is un- Dr. Deane, in opening the case for the respondent, said derstood that the Washington Club have decided to that with the adultery the jury had nothing to do. give a grand ball on the 22nd of February, at their For the present inquiry it mattered not whether the re newmdn was the most guilty wife or the most faultless rooms. This club is quite a success, and the location, opposite the New Opera and the Grand o`ie in the world. The simple issue was, whether on a certain day Lady Mordaunt was of sound mind. These Hotel, is the best in Paris. Report nays that Frevost proceedings were novel to the court. The principle on Paradol is to be sent as Minister to Washington.that no n a a b n l e or ro womand n You have already had in England some evidence of w:iich they were taken welth w il t i lo t u h t o ulte o lut T on e their i t The inquiry began on a cert g ain day—on the d his talent, and certainly of his thorough knowledge 30th of April Lest year—that was the day on which the of the English language.— -The Paris Directory for citation and petition were served on Lady Mor -1870 is just out. It contains over 500,000 names, daunt. On the 31st of July the question was and the trades and professions are distributed as settled whether the respondent on the 30th of follows :-862 lawyers, 1,893 doctors, 897 boot and A p ril was of sound mind. There were two theories that had to be supported—one his (Dr. Deane's), and th e shoemakers, 961 eafés, 894 restaurants, 2,423 wine second Serjeant Ballantine's. The latter was that the dealers (wholesale and retail), 590 butchers, 800 symptoms were all feigned. Before certain persons they bakers, 500 dentists, 830 modistes, 552 young ladies' i disappeared, and before her relations and friends Lady Aloraunt apd to e f mind but before schools, 1,154 tailors, and 2,173 grocers. In place others such was peare not the b unsoun d case. How strange ; (exclaimed of the innumerable Browns and Smiths, we find 263 Dr. Deane) that Lady Mordaunt should try to be out of Lasroixes, 187 Henrys, 232 Bernards, &c., &c. her mind before those most interested in her innocence. BEN HAMET. His theory was that Lady Mordaunt was suffering from a disorder that had gradually proceeded from a given time, was existing on the 30th of April, and had become, until last Saturday, worse and worse. Sir Charles Mordaunt had a country seat called Walton Hall. The respondent was living there on the 30th of April. She was at that I place served with a citation. She remained there till the 15th of May. Then she came to London and resided in Belgrave-square. She returned from thence to Worthing, where she stayed till the .15th of August. She was then taken to a place called Bickleigh. On the 14th of May she was seen by Dr. Priestley, Mr. James Alderson, and Dr. Luke, and between the 16th and the 18th of May by Dr. Priestley and Dr. Gowan. From that time till August she was constantly attended by Dr. Harris, a medical practitioner at Worthing, and subsequently by other doctors. The 15th of August was a most material date, as on that occasion Lord Penzance directed that Dr. Wood should see the unfortunate lady. He saw her on the 18th, 23rd, 25th, and 30th of September, and on the 25th of October. On the 27th of August a gentleman named Hughes, resid ing at Bromley, saw her, and on Saturday last she was seen by Sir James Simpson, a gentleman who was known beyond the United Kingdom. It would be proved that Lady Mordaunt suffered from want of memory ; from in capacity to carry on a conversation ; from slowness of mind—she had no power to suggest a subject—and she had a particular stiffeni ng o f th e musc l es o f th e body., arising from hysterical catalepsy. On the sixth of May her condition had become worse and worse, and he believed th a t Si r J ames Si m p son wou ld tell them that there was little hope of recovery. No doubt his learned friend would tell them that a good deal was simulated; he would say that a person accused of this or that crime feigned madness ; but if the jury believed that because there was a motive, there was a pretence of madness, they at once b egge d the question. 'They must, however, look at the length of time, for one thing. T a k e Dr. Wood's evid ence . At hi s first visit the doctor thought that perhaps the unsoundness of mind would not be so certain as to allow him to come to an absolute conclusion. He took dinner and played whist with her • and though he found that some times a light would flash through her dark mind, yet, except on these occasions, all was enveloped in haze. The learned counsel proceeded to tell the jury certain instances where Dr. Wood found the respondent was not mens compos. Lady Mordaunt was remarkably docile. Dr. Wood asked her from time to time to do the most trivial things, and she did them without a murmur. He asked her 'to take a piece of China from off the mantelpiece, and hold it in one position, and then in another—she would do it without a word— such was the subjection of her mind. Another class of evidence it was material to consider. The respondent's nights were frequently . sleepless. She would wander about the house, dressed or undressed ; would go into the servants' room ; and would shew no sense of womanly modesty. Even in the drawing-room she would misbehav e herself. On one occasion she came downstairs with nothing on but a pair of stockings and a short cloak. 'At Bicksleigh she went to the butler's room, and tried to throw herself out of the window. She would expectorate anywhere. At dinner she would help herself from other per Sons plates. Her child was brought to her, but nobody dare trust her with it by herself. Dr. Deane would call before them Sir Thomas Moncrieff, who would tell them a story so touching that lie (learned counsel) did not dare to speak of it. He would admit that some of these outward acts might be feigned ; but was it likely that for ten months this youn ,, woman could so govern the beat of her pulse and the throb of her heart -so as to deceive the medical gentlemen? How could she regulate the pores of her skin; Yet it was cold and clammy with disease. Those were things that could not lie ; they spoke in language that could not be misunderstood. They were produced by nature alone. The following evidence was called. Jane Lang said that in May, 1869, she becam e . a dy companion to the respondent, who was in Belgrave-square. She accompanied her from thence to Worthing, where she resided with her, and in close communication with her. There were other female attendants. Lady Mordaunt's memory seemed quite gone. She made efforts to remem ber, and asked witness to help her to think She would use her fingers for taking her food. When out walking witness observed that Lady Mordaunt would pick up any dirty article—such as dry mud, and other things even less pleasant than that—and it was difficult to make her put it down. There was also a total want of modesty in her ladyship's behaviour. She went about th e h ouse with scarcely anything. on, and was very dirty in her habits. The respondent came into the drawing-room when attired in a muff, opera cloak, stockings and slippers, and her brother bribed her with a p e nny to get her to bed. On another occasion she was out in a fly and had no money. She told the driver to pay himself. When out drivi ng the respondent continually tried to throw h erse lf out of the vehicle. The respondent' s tem p er varied very much, and . the least noise distressed her. She had a strange look about the eyes • and spoke about seeing black thin gs mov ing about. When strangers were present she tried to control herself ; but it only made her more excited after wards. By Seajeant Ballantine : Lady Moncreiff came to see the respondent in July, as did two of her sisters. It was at the former's wish that witness attended on the respon dent. Never conversed with• the respondent as to what her mother said. Lady Mordaunt referred to the time of her confinement and referred to persons. Serjeant Ballantine : Did she ever s p ea k o f any act of impropriety committed by her Dr. Deane objected, as it was foreign to the issue. Lord Penzance thought it a pertinent question, and al lowed it. Cross-examination continued : She never accused herself of improper conduct withanybody. She neveralludedtosuch a thing, or conveyed such an idea. The respondent did mention names of acquaintances, and talked of inviting people, but never referred to things that happened years ago, with the exception of one day, when she talked of her confinement. She talked of the child sometimes, but never referred to the state of its eyes at its birth. She Norway, go. [At this and said that the referred petitioner toSSir stage of the proceedings the witness fainted.] Lady Mordaunt's maid did not sleep in the same room as her mistress. The dressing-case was not i n th e room o f t h e l atter . had Charles'sproposed t a S, e she N She was allowed to have such articles as scissors at times. The cheques (produced) were in Lady Mordaunt's writing. Lady Moncrieff had told witness of certain statements made by Lady Mordaunt shortly after her confinement, and mentioned names. Witness had referred to those statements, but never mentioned names, and Lady Mor daunt has said, "Qh, remember what was said I said ; but I did not say so." Lady Mordaunt only said so once. That conversation must have been towards the end of July. The letters (produced) were in the handwriting of Lady Louisa Monerieff. Dorothy Frances Carruthers had been accustomed tothe care of persons of weak mind. She went to Worthing in May. The respondent had a bad memory. She used to eat food on her fingers. This witness corrobo rated the preceding witness as to the various dirty acts committed by the respondent. She sometimes boxed witness' ears without any provocation. The dressing case was in the respondent's room, and witness had it taken away. • By Serjeant Ballantine : She had the piano, drawing materials, etc., to amuse her, and drove out every day. She had , books, but seldom read them. She was not allowed to go shopping, as witness did not think her capable of doing so. The respondent very often expressed& wish to go into the shops. Dr. Luke sent witness to take care of respondent. She saw Lady Moncrieff once and only once. Lady Mordaunt often talked of her baby said she did not like it, and would like to kill it. Witness asked her the reason, and she began to laugh. When she went down she believed that she was going to attend a lunatic. By Dr. Deane : Sometimes Lady Mordaunt was cross because she was not allowed to shop. Mrs. Theddle was companion in last October to Lady Mordaunt. On one occasion she and Lady Mordatlnt met a beggar, and wit ness gave her a penny, whilst the respondent picked up a dried leaf and gave it to her. When the baby was brought the respondent gave it a book to amuse itself with, and put it on the floor. Lady Mordaunt seemed to be lost to all feelings of delicacy or decency. When Dr. Wood stayed to dinner, witness was one of a whist party a ft er that Meal. Thought that Lady Mordaunt had been -vetting worse since October. Witness; went to Lady Mordaunt at the request of Dr. Reynolds. By Serjeant Ballantine : Never had anything to do with lunatic patients previously. Dr. Reynolds asked nor to go ; she was told that Lady Mordaunt was ill and that her mind was rather affected. Kept a diary for a short time, but destroyed it after. Had written to Lady Louisa Moncrieff twice, and had received one letter from her. Believed that was in December. Lady Moncrieff came down three times. Lady Mordaunt knew her. They were together some minutes. Collected the letters (pro duced) in the respondent's desk. Lady Mordaunt's father came down ; but the respondent would not stop to talk to him. FINE A l li7S IN NEW YORK. The Winter Exhibition, at the National Academy of Design, although not so important in some respects as the Spring Exhibition, merits attention from all lovers of art in New York, interested in the dissemination of taste in this direction, from its educational effect. This exhibition lasts four months, during which time changes are ma le on the walls of the pictures. One very interesting feature is a separate department devoted to members of the Ame rican Society in Water Colours, for their third annual exhibition. It will be seen, therefore, that this the first society of the kind ever instituted in America is yet in its infancy, and for this reason it deserves fostering care and encouragement. It must not be supposed, how eves, that all the drawings the society have on view are the productions of artists of only three years' ex perienco (else they would not be worth mentioning); but though there is a large number of very primitive drawings on the walls, there are sufficient fine works to give tone and character to the collection, and to rescue it from sink- ug below average water-colour exhibitions. In fact, there are a few drawings that would do credit to any water colour exhibition even in the Old World. It may be well to state that most of he members of the society aro oil painters of more or less distinction; so that, however slight their knowledge of the new material, they generally suc ceed in obtaining effects that give value to their slightest sketches. This exhibition, having just been opened to the public, I shall proceed to review the water colour pictures, beginning first with the figures. Among these, the place of honour must be accorded to a charming picture by Felix 0 C. Darles, N.A., entitled "A Rural Scene," representing a barn-yard, with children and cows ; all admirable in drawing, expression, and treatment. In fact, Mr. Parley compoies and draws so well, and invests his figures and animals with so much individuality and character, that one hardly has the heart to complain of his want of colour and technical skill in the execution. Mrs. E. Murray strongly contests the first place among the figure painters in the exhibition, with Mr. Darley ; and in beauty of colour and finish she stands among her imme diate compeers without a rival. In all of the five or six drawings contributed by Mrs. Murray, the same high quali ties of composition, general drawing, and colour, are dis cernable; but iu the faces, and in the hands, the artist seems weak and inexpressive, a feet of wh:ch she appears to be conscious, as she is rather fond of hiding the faces under ample hats, or of averting them from view. The subjects are all selected from the Spanish peasantry. I Her best picture, perhaps, is (294) "The Peace Offering ;" but all her drawings are fine. No. 242, "A Study," of a boy with a lantern, from which his face and hands are lit, is a very clever drawing by F T. Banes ; and 323, " The Death of Abel," by Alfred Fredericks, A., is a well exe cuted drawing ; but the " Maud Muller" (358), by the same artist, i~ better. The figure, standing iu a rustic gate way, is well posed, and, except the foot and handA, fincly drawn and painted. The Lice is injured by being too hot in the shade under the hat. " A Vision of the Cross" (417)1 is a strange picture, by J. 0. Eaton, A., showing, in the tilde and sleeping figure of a young boy, some exceedingly fine flesh painting, equal to anything in the gallery in this respect, and good sketching, except in the face and arms, which are out of drawing; but in the back-ground there are a number of crude, angular lines that do great injury to the composition; and altogether the draw ing is on too high a key of light for the spirit of the subject. This will conclude the list of figure painters of the society, though there are others who deserve notice, but I must not overlook the supe rior claims of the landscape department, in which the president of the society, Samuel Colman, N.A., ably leads off with his large and well-executed drawing, called "Adi rondacks, from Lake Placid" (367), also (374) "Sketch from Nature—lrvington on Hudson," and (390) "Strat ford-on-Avon." These two are powerfully painted; but not quite equal to the former drawing. Mr. Colman also exhibits two or three other fine drawings. A. F. Bellows, N.A., follows with a large and masterly drawing of great excellence (394), "A Surrey By-way," which has beauty and quality admirably combined. A. H. Wyant, N.A., contributes two fine drawings, (396) "A Coast Scene near Now Bedford," and a " Scene on Montauk " (400). Both show fine qualities of colour and of execution, but the water in each picture is so blue that the harmony of colour is lost. R. Swain Gifford, A., has a drawing of much merit (373), " . Teal Rocks, San Francisco Bay," but it does not seem to realise this high aim of the artist, who is remarkably successful in his oil pictures. 363 is a clever "Study from Nature," by Geo. H. Smillie, A.; and 366, " Study front Nature on the Ausable River," by James D. Smillie, A. (the treasurer of the society), has fine points in - it. Fred. Ronde!, A., has several careful things on the walls, as have C. P. Crunch, N.A., J F. Cropsey, N.A., Bayard Taylor, Wm. J. Linton, J. C. Nicoll, L. C. Tiffany, H. D. Linton, S. P. Jackson, and other members of the society. There are some fine drawings by eminent foreign water-colour painters whose names are so well known abroad and at home that their works need no review from me, among whom may be mentioned Prout, Rowbotham, the late David Roberts, R.A., the late Thomas Stothard, &c.—Cor respondent of Anglo-American Times. Dec 4, Jan. 1, • 186 t. 1870. llncrease. Decrease. Bank of England I 23,131,130 1 Private Banks ?,7M,71) !cite-stock Banks 2.3 8,73) 22,70,;,752 2,66 .1 2,281,1981 - 1174,438 1.1 , 599 - I 87,541 Total In England. / *.:8 • 301,644i 27,650,070 1 Scotland 5,237,453: 4,975, , ,47 Ireland 7,354,163 7,0'6,256 - 6 .1,57 i I - 312,111 - k 97,907 United Kingdom. 40,9;3,2E9' 39,631,373 —1,261,89 d And as compared with the month ending the 2nd of Dec., 18G9, the above returns show a decrease of £112,119 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £50,413 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks aro below their fixed issue ••• The English joint-otock banks are below their fixed issue £1,380,506 ... 457,442 Total below fixed issue in England £1,837,948 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,225,776 The Irish banks are a b iv, their fixed issue ... 701,762 The average stork of bullion held by the Bank of Eng lid in both departments during the month ending 29th Pee was ~£19,(01,.?39, beinp,;an increase of 4/48,033, as compared with the previous month, and an increase o .£903,873 when compared with th." snine period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the. Ist of Jim. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £3,087,G04 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,757,358 £5,844,962 boing a decrease of £i9,68.9 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £314,579 when compared with the corresponding period last year Witness had seen the paragraphs in the papers about the case, and had shewn them to Lady Mordaunt ; but shf only laughed at them. Sarah Barker, lady'smaid to Lady Mordaunt said her mistress was no better than a beast , of the field in her habits. Dr. Priestlyksaid he had long been medical attendant to her ladyship. Ho had gone with others to Walton Hail to see her. At first Plc was very cordial, but soon At an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited) it was resolved that the company be wound up voluntarily. Z",P,I 1:10 A tACITUM 8. ie, •Ana conversation with her was impossible. In his opinion she was of unsound mind He had heard from Sir Thomas Moncrieff that respondent had stated that she had been guilty of impropriety with other men. If it turned out true, he should still think she was insane. Sometimes she thought she was being poisoned. He attended the respondent on October 9, 1868, and at that time believed she suffered from lenchorrea. A child born under such circumstances might suffer from its eyes. He did not believe that the illness was the result of improper conduct. He had since seen the child and it was quite well. The complaint of respondent would not be likely to cause illness to her husband. Dr. Luke said that he had gone to Walton Hall to see respondent, and had no doubt that she w as su ff er i ng f rom insanity. He knew that Lady Mordaunt had been under a delusion with regard to dead bodies being in her room. Sir James Alderson gave corroborative evidence. He had asked the respondent questions, but she gave n o sen sible answers, generally enclin in a silly laugh. By ,Serjeant Ballantine Insanity was not his sped ciality, but he could tell an insane person in the dark, by the odour. Sir James Simpson had found the respondent perfectly insane." Her bodily health was good. Thought it was puerpural insanity, which came on in the pains of labour. Dr. Gull had questioned the respondent on many points some relating to her position. He asked her what was to be done, when she replied that a dose of c as t or o il would put it all right. He could not say that she was suffering from puerpural insanity. His duty had been to see whether Lady Mordaunt was shamming or not, and he considered her insane. She could not converse much, so the witness could not speak as to her delusions. Dr. Burrows had stayed some time with the respondent, and was convinced that she was insane. He had heard the evidence which had been given, and it confirmed the opinion he had formed in the case. Dr. Reynolds was called, and after his examination the :.;ourt adjourned. . •- MISCELLANEOUS IVEWS. TUE CABUIST. Various ingenious individuals have fruitlessly attempted to forecast the coming Budget; but it appears that the London correspondent of the Scots man has been let into the secret. It is probable, he says, that one of the features of Mr. Lowe's scheme will be a reduction of the income tax. The Times too, supported this theory a few days ago. The other Ministerial news consists entirely of medical bulle tins. Mr. Bright's retirement has already proved so beneficial, that ho is able to take drives and walks. The Attorney-General is still in statu Quo—that is, in bed. The Earl of Clarendon, a fortunate Minister whose indisposition seems to have been overlooked, is doing well. BRIDGENORTH. An election took place at Bridgenorth yesterday, consequent upon the retirement of Mr. Whitmore. Mr. William Foster was the only candidate, and thus the proceedings were merely formal. SOUTIIWARK. An excitinc , contest yesterday in the borough o Southwark terminated in a victory for Colonel Beresford, the Conservative candidate, by a narrow majority. The excitement was very great, but no disturbknce is reported. Mr. dger was second lb the poll, and Sir Sydney Waterlow last. The knight retired in favour of the working man, but not until too late. The contest is an excellent specimen of a seat muddled away by Liberal divisions. IRISH SEATS. Were it not that few party gains or losses are caused by the numerous elections now pending or just over, thes e c h anges i n th e cons titution of the LOwer House would be highly important. As fast as one seat is filled up another becomes vacant. Especially is this the case in Ireland. Sligo, which came under the operation of a petition for its errors in 1868, is once more thinking of representation. Serjeant Armstrong, its member in the last Parliament, but who was not a candidate in 1808, has issued a circular announcing that he has received a numerously signed requisition, and that he is ready to comply with the wishes of the requisitionists to "renew his old . re lations with the constituency." The Conservatives have Mr. Abbott in view. This gentleman stood for Cork in 1868, but polled only 753, against the 1,863 and 1,894 of Messrs. Murphy and Maguire. In Tipperary there is still a lingering beliet that the jilted Jeremiah will be set up again. Money, it is even said, has been forwarded across the Atlantic to sustain the contest. Itwill be fruitlessly spent. NOTTINGHAM. Colonel Wright has formally announced his resig nation, which has been long expeCted. is the cause of his retirement. Mr. Digby Seymour, QC., who was defeated by Mr. Seely at the contest for the vacancy caused by the death of Sir Robert Clifton, has again commenced operations in the borough. His address pronounces against any confiscating land measure, but he is dis posed to give compensation for improvements and security against arbitrary evictions. The sacrifice of the Iri s h Ch urc h h as , he says, engendered a feeling of disloyalty amongst those who were the most earnest supporters of the Crown, whilst nothing has been gained in the way of tranquillising Ireland. Mr. Seymour prefers the extension of the present education system, to the issue of a new and doubtful experiment; ho will support the scheme of the Manchester Union, rather than that of the Bir mingham League. Mr. Augustus Thorne, a Liberal, Conservative, has issued an address. Meanwhile the Liberals proper of the borough are not meeting with a candidate very readily. Mr. Evans, of Derby; Mr. Paget, of Leicester; Mr. Grenfell, who was defeated in South-West Lancashire ; Sir John Lubbock, and Mr. S. 11. Morley, all decline to stand. In this strait it has been decided to recommend the Hon. Auberon Herbert to the party. There is every prospect of another " lamb "-like election at this borough. MAIDSTONE. Sir John Lubbock, who has twice vainly wooed West Kent in the Liberal interest, will try his luck at Maidstone, where a vacancy has occurred by the retirement of Mr. Lee. The baronet pronounces for the Ballot, an extended system of education, more open competition for the public services, and the removal of university tests. The Conservative party will again support Mr. W. Foster White, who fought the borough in November, 1868. The run then was pretty close, Mr. White getting 1,412 against 1,646 scored by the second Liberal. THE REVENUE. The Treasury has commenced issuing weekly state ments of the national receipts and expenditure, in stead of the old bulletins once a quarter. The first of the new balance-sheets appeared in the last issue of the Gazette, and brings up the ac count to last Saturday. It therefore includes about ten months and a fortnight of the financial year. The alterations in taxation, effected by the last Budget, have caused some fluctuations in receipts. There is an increase in Excise, Assessed Taxes, and Income Tax, whilst Customs', the I'ost Office, and Miscellaneous, shrew a decreas e. The total result is that the revenue, which Mr. Lowe had reckoned at £73,515,000 for the year, has amounted to '07,819,681 for ten and half months, while for the same ten and a half months of last year it was only £00,641,601. The reduction of expenditure is very great. The total issues from the Exchequer for the regular charges of the Government have been less during the above named period than they were during the corres ponding period of 1808-69 by £5,701,227. The chief reduction is in the supplies voted by Parlia ment. Mr: Lowe estimated their amount at 40,008,000 for the year, and for these ten months and a half they have amounted to 832,0;7,459; for the corresponding period -of 1808-9 they were £37,579;630. The interest of the national debt is also smaller than last year. ARMORIAL BEARINGS. Mr. W. M. Rossetti, who is Assistant-Secretary to the Treasury, has a hard time of it just now. Letters arrive in shoals from persons anxious to know what they are to pay, where they are to pay, and how they are to pay under the new taxation system. Nothing can be more absurd than some of the queries, but others elicit useful replies, of which the follow ing is one on the subject of armorial beari4gs "I am instructed to acquaint you that, where a coachman lets or sells a carriage on which armorial bearings may appear, the hirer or purchaser of the carriage (not the cottchmaker) is liable to license duty in respect of such armorial bearings." BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT. Fresh bills are published daily. Mr. Lock brings in an amendment to the present game laws in Scot land. Like Mr. Martin's measure, it gives the tenant power to kill hares and rabbits on lands occupied by him, any agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. It also allows a compensation to be granted at the discretion of the sheriff of a county, for damages dono by an undue number of hares and rabbits. All pro secutions under the game laws are to be before the sheriff. Mr. Dodson has prepared a bill to - empower committees on bills confirming provisional orders to award costs and examine wit -1195529 on oath. A bill for the amendment of the Burial Laws is brought in by Mr. Osborne Morgan. It embodies the proposition that at the death of any person, the friends of the deceased may give notice to the incumbent of the parish that it is their intention that the burial shall take place in the churchyard without th e rit e s o f th e Established Church, or without any other religious ceremony. EMIGRATION. Mr. Bruce had little difficulty in dealing with a very influential deputation which waited upon him on the colonial question. The subject was the gene ral relations between England and her de pendencies; and though it is not easy . to ward off the plain question whether emigration is to have State assistance or not, nothing can be simpler than to talk about the "bonds of union," the "adjust mot of relations," cud, all that. Mr. Bruce earn' that rile witnorawra • oil troops wok measure of economy which had been sanctioned by previous Administrations. lle repeated to the deputation the assurance which the Premier bac? recently given to the Emigration League, that the whole subject was receiving the most earnest consi deration of her Majesty's Government, and that so far from their meditating the alienation of any por tion of her Majesty's colonies, they were most anxious to preserve intact the existing relations between them and the mother country. Mr. Froude, Sir George Grey, Lord Milton, Colonel Maude, and many emi nent men were amongst the deputation. A monster petition, signed by 104,000 of the London working men, was presented. The Bank Returns. Tho Bankers' Magazine. furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Ist of Jan., 1870. These returns, combined wiZh the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 29Lh of Dec (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : lIALFPENNY POSTAGE. The Echo strongly supports the motion, which Mr., Graves will make in the House of Commons on, March 15, for a reduction in the rate of inland pos tage on printed matter to a halfpenny for two ounce& It the Uovernment do not concede this point, they will have broken something like a pledge made last session. "We have authority to state that many Liberal members are prepared to support this motion, a•id e call upon the Chambers of Commerce, and the constituencies generally, to urge upon thei r re preLentatives the duty of voting for the • interest of the people on this matter. It is a disgrace to our country that alone in Europe we should maintain 'so high a rate of postage upon printed matter." CIVIL LIST PENSIONS. A return has been issued of the pensions grantee. out of the civil list during the year ending June 20th, 1869. The number of recipients is only fourteen, and the total sum divided but £1,200. Mr. J. T. B. Robertson and Mr. Godkin each receive £9O in consideration of their literary services. Mr. W. IL Ains worth, the novelist, gets £100; so does Mrs. S. C. Hall, the Well-known writer on Irish life. Mrs. Jane Carleton enjoys £lOO in consideration of her husband's services ; Miss Eliza Meteyard has £6O in consideration of her own. Mrs. Elizabeth Phi son, grand-daughter of Mr. Henry Cort, receives 250. Most people have read of Cort's iron manufactory inventions. They realised vast fortunes for some persons, but the jrand-daughter of the man to whom they are due is relieved from destitution by a State pension of £5O. THE HUSH CHURCH CONVENTION The Convention of the Episcopal Church of Ire land has commenced its sittings, the Lord Primate in the chair. His Grace admonished the delegates to preservea spirit of Christian forbearance and mode ration. The Archbishop of Dublin and seven Irish bishops were present, also the Duke of Manchester, and several marquises and earls of Ireland. At the same time a large meeting of lay and clerical delegates has been held at Dublin, when the draft of the Act of Constitution of the Irish. Church was condemned. The meeting of the Conven tion seems to be the signal for an outburst of excitement on the question of the reorganisation of the Church. At the meeting referred to it was resolved that these delegates, while "determined to uphold the episcopal constitution of the Church of Ireland, strongly pro.. test against several of the principal portions of the draft constitution drawn up by the Committee of Organisation; and declare that while the highest exe cutive authority should be, placed in the hands of the bishops, the chief le g islative p ower o f th e Church should rest in the hands of the General Corn vention or Synod of the Church." They. are deeply disappointed, at the draft drawn up by the committee, and declare that it had no right or power to alter the scheme for lay representation submitted to it by the lay conference. Meanwhile, as we said, the General Convention goes on, though it has yet done little beyond negativing a standing order, which gives the p ower o f separate deliberation to each order of bishops, clergy, and laity. THE CHURCH CONTROVERSIES. The Times has two further letters from episcopal and clerical dignitaries on the great religious subjects of the day. Canon Selwyn, t o a ll a y an y alarm caused by Lord Shaftesbury's last epistle, sends some notes on the proposed amend ment of the authorised version of the Holy Scriptures. In these notes it is urged that our English Bible has attained its present acknowledged excellence by several successive revisions ; that in promoting a further revision we are only following the example of the translators of 1611; and that the work will be undertaken by other bodies, if it is not done by the Church of England. The probable result, it is said, will be an increased confidence in the authorised version. Some parts will be cleared up and improved, and the Bible rendered still more precious to those who use it. Lord Shaftesbury is reminded that the late Greek Professor, Scholefield, one of the most zealous supporters of the Bible Society, himself published hints for an improved translation of the New. Testament. With regard to Dr. Temple, Bishop Trower states that in his opinion the Bishop of Exeter's speech makes the case infinitely more serious than it was before, and justifies every syllable that has been written by his (Bishop Trower's) friends or himself in opposition to Dr. Temple's ap pointment. Ile censures the letter in the Times signed " A Member of Convocation," and adds that such a letter, though professing to desire peace in the City of God, is only another firebrand cast within its walls. PARISBIONERS AND SURPLICES. The good people of St. George's, Wolverhampton, have long been in a chronic state of war with their vicar, the Ite v. A. S. Prior, with regard to th e Surplice in which he makes his appearance svery Sunday morning. The mounting of the pulpit by the rev. gentleman in this attire is the signal for a number of people to leave the :hurch. The decision of the Bishop of Lichfield on the disputed point has not been accepted by the ?arishioners. This decision bore out Mr. Prior in what he did. Now his lordship has addressed a :ircular letter to the aggrieved persons, cal ling attention. to the fact that his previous award has been strengthened by the recent judgment of the court of Arches, and that Mr. Prior has a right, fully established by law, to wear the surplice ,hrotighout all the ministrations of the Church. He farther requests that such unseemly proceedings may lot again violate the sanctity of the house of God. The authors of the libellous and unfounded charges ind imputations circulated against the vicar are warned that they are breaking the laws both of God Ind man. The charges against Mr. Prior have been :arefully investigated, and found to be utterly groundless. CHEAP POOH LAW ADMINISTRATION. Among the many fine instances of Poor-law guardians' doings which have needed record of late, specimen of illegal brutality on the part of the Drogheda Board must be ranked high. Casuals recently became very numerous in that parish, and the relieving officer was instructed to " discriminate " setween real objects of charity and habitual vagrants, n order that the latter might be prosecuted. The dis :rimination was of a very indiscriminate hind. several bona, fide artisans in bad circumstances were Sold, on presenting themselves at the gate, that if they stayed the night they would be handed over to the solice as vagrants. Sooner than risk this, " these trtisans either walked the streets of Drogheda all light, or. lay down upon the pavement, or sought deep in the fields." The statement is supported by ;he evidence of a ratepayer and the schoolmaster. (t is all very well to " discriminate " between the rue and false wayfarer in distress; but to frighten everybody from the " house " by threats of " a nonth " it they come in, is decidedly illegal. THE PREVENTION OF SMALL PON. In a letter to the Tivies •' Prevention " gives his experience of a country town being attacked by small pox. Fortunately, a few intelligent men belonged to its Board of Guardians. They took a house outside the town, placed a resident nurse therein, built a wooden covered conveyance, and told the parish doctor not to attend cases of small pox or lever out of this house, except under very peculiar circum stances. The consequence is that infectious diseases have been checked, not only within the town, but throughout the Union district. The horrors now being inflicted on the paupers at Brentford render it most important that every union should have a place of this sort. Better and more constant attendance from the parish doctor would be insured, and the parents of any children thus attacked with iisease could never object to their being removed when their removal is a matter of life and death, not only to themselves, but those they come in contact with. VENERABLE MERCHANT VESSELS. Whilst lamenting the number of wrecks and loss of life attendin g every severe gale on our c oas t s , it would be most interesting to have full particu lars of the age, • amount of service, and other details of the various vessels which founder at sea, or proving unable to weather the gale, are driven ashore and lost. Wr •'3 led to remark on this subject irom the acconnt v. the loss of the brig Favorite, coal laden, from Whitehaven to Cardiff, which has been lost at Kingstown. She was a vessel of 274 tons, and 80 years of age . Sh e : r described as having been in her halcyon lays a famous sea boat, having weathered the gale when the lamented Captain Boyd was lost, • strange to say, in precisely the same ~ p ot as that w hi c h has proved the last port of the Favorite. For four-score years thin ancient vessel has been on the sea. Weeds, water, and stress of weather must have long ago rotted her planks through and through. What chance has a ship like this to weather such a gale as we have just experienced, or to be towed off in safety if she once gets aground ? The autho rities of the last place from which the Favorite was cleared would do well to consider twice before they pass a vessel as seaworthy that has been afloat for eighty years. WPITITT 8r - TUE PR2B9. TIM rlrax LArD We frankly conf ess , sa y s th e Ti mes , th a t the VI exceeds our anticipations. We may, indeed, be pertnitte.cti to say that we long ar indicated ate lines upon whic h 1 must be drawn ••but in a design of such extent and com plexity there there must ever be present a fear, until tle construction is completed, that the hand will falter 1 1 1 some part of the work, and shortcomings be which might go far to mar the effect of the whole. The present bill dispels such fears. It corresponds in a remarkable degree to the scheme of its projectors. It is an honest, thorough, vigorous effort to cope with the evils it is designed to redress. The very completeness of its we- 1- .L.ians'ulp may make it appear formidable to nntiy who will apprehend a plentiful harvest of litigation am the consequence of its numerous provisions; but, Wit", out quoting once more the oft-quoted and still doubtful sentence of Sir John Davies it must be allowed that opportunities of litigation cars as the bill presents 3 0 means to prevent litigation sing. It cannot be for gotten, indeed, that with respect...to Ireland there is but permitted a choice o f two land codes open to the statesman. li e may adopt the principle of this bill, and provide the nece s• nary legal machinery to give the Irish tenant his just duos: or he must be prepared to allow the atrocious code a Ribandism to remain the ultima ratio of the Irish cults: valor to the degradation of Ireland and to the shame of the Empire. We must choose between the Civil Courts . executed by the officers of law and th e d ecrees of secret meetings in mountain cabins executed in deeds of ass?,: sination. It is a case in which a sound choice brings own reward. The proffer of justice contained i n the Ministerial scheme is intended to benefit both land lord and tenant, to enrich each while enriching the other, and to make suspicion and alienation give place to trust an i confidence. We adopt without reserve the words used by Mr. Bright in the note read by Mr. Gladstone on Tuesday—" I think it a just and comprehensive measur e ' and I hope that the moderation and patriotism of Parlifl" merit will enable it soon to become law." • The Telegraph thinks Mr. Gladstone's Land Bill IntS not been designed, like the coats of the Laputa tailors, independent principles ; it more resem bl es a we ll -fitting garment of elastic stuf that accommodates itself to Si ze and shape. One of the great difficulties which all ob servers of Irish affairs recognised, was presented by the immense varieties in agrarian life ; for there are land lords of every kind and degree, and tenants ranging from rich farmers or graziers to poor cottiers with no resources. There are rich landlords, who are liberal and skilful rn improving their estates and in the direction an encouragement of a thriving tenantry ; there are harsh and needy landlords, who never s pend a pinny more than they can help, and who extort th e utmost farthing form a dependent tenantry. There are districts where gracious customs have acquired such a beneficial force that no improvement is needed ; there ar e districts where inferior, but still useful, cus t o ms are gradually growing u p. The merit of the bill is, that it allows free play to every element of progress and improve ment on Irish soil, and calls in the law only where evil is rampant and society is disturbed. It has evidently been framed under the presidency of two ideas ; th e o ne, that security of tenure is a necessary good ; the other that legal interference with freedom of cont rac t i s a t best 5 necessary evil. If asked to characte r is e the bill shortly, we should describe it as a new rule wit h many exceptions. The exceptions occur in every district where there are elements of peace and prosperitr , and will have a coercive and interfering force only where evil is already prevalent. It is an outward application intended, not for sound flesh, but for sores ; and the beet proof of the success of the measure will be that, after a time, the local land courts will have little to do. For even the Bill itself contemplates that landlord and tenant mai prefer arbitration; it contemplates that, even if they come to the court, they may p re f er a p r i va t e hearing; in short, it is indicated that actual litigation ought to be the ultima ratio of a wronged tenant. THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. The Daily News remarks that the Liberal borough ° I Southwark has returned a Conservative to represent it in Parliament. Yet this return, paradoxical as the state' merit may seem was accompanied by a m os t emp h a ti c de' monstration of Southwark Liberalism. We shall probably hear a good deal of a Conservative reaction as the expl, nation of this anomalous circumstance, and we Nil° make our Conservative friends, whose eyes are wearied by long watching for a dawn of hope, a p7esent of all the consolation they may draw fro! the event. They d eserve d th e i r v i ctory, though they did not win it for themselves. Theywere weak but united, and they won ; we were strong but divided, and we lost the battle. Yet with two Liberals in the field, each help' ing the Tory to defeat the other, the Liberal cause cane strangely near to triumph. Colonel Beresford polled le°' than a third of the constituency ; the two Liberals t og ether palled not far from half. The majority has simply &dra' chised itself, and the minority has got the re p resen t a tion. There is a moral to thi s e l ect i on which the Liberal pea in the large constituencies cannot take too soon o r too thoroughly to heart. The division which split the Liberal of Southwark into two antagonistic parties runs along ° natural line of cleavage which may only too easily become an open split. The Waterlow party an d the Odger party in Southwark have th e i r cou nter parts in most of the large towns. The middle' class element in the constituencies naturally leans t° the old class of candidates ; and the working' class element, being itself a new . power, looks for nevi men. But the divergence of opinion which thus arise° can surely be surmounted. It was overcome at Chelsea by an arbitration, at Manchester by a ballot which, bu t for Mr. Ernest Jones's premature decease, would have made him one of the candidates of the united Liberal party. We hope that this Southwark defeat will teach, the old local leaders of Liberalism a nee d e d l esson ; a nd this hope is our chief consolation for a decisive and dis' creditable defeat. The Standard declares that the Conservative triumph at Southwark. on Wednesday may worthily take rank the most clistinguished successes gained by the Constitutiona l party in the electoral campaign of 1868. It would be difficult to name a borough in which, on the Liberal theory, a Conservative candidate had smaller chance° of success. Southwark is distinctively a working' class constituency, and it has always been an article of faith with the Liberal party that where the working men hold a predominant position the seat is the rightful property o f th e R a dicals. Ai a Tory candidate Colonel Beresford stood up in South wark in the guise of a poacher on the Liberal preserve. He boldly strode into the lion's den to demand the piac e vacated by that p eer l ess R a di ca l , M r. L ayard, to snatch fo;• the Tories a seat that was in the keeping of working men. Loud, and bitter, and sardoni c were th e g ibes levelled at such presumption. The Liberal press greeted the spectacle with an irrepressible guffaw ; the City knight and the working man candidate professed themselves entireli assured of their ability to " keep out the Tory;" a nd onl on Tuesday one of the twain blended, with the prognost l cation of his approaching victory, an expression of meg' nanhnous compassion for " the poor colonel." It i s u pon occasions such as that furnished in the Southwark elec tion that the real sentiment of the working classes finds voice and expression, and we feel convinced that whenever a Conservative candidate can be found to provide an opp or t un ity, th e • same judgment Will be uttered with equal emphasis. Colonel Beresford has played his part in this important cont es t w ith coura ge, energy, and admiral perseverance. Heedless of the sneers and obloquy flung at him, he h as p ursue d hi s course nth unfalter ing determination and un fl agg i ng industry. ill has well won the honours which have fallen to him, and deserves the best thanks of the Conservative party. THE MINORITY CLAUSES. The Pall Mall Gazette observes that whether the inn' pending attack upon the minority clauses in the Reform Act of 1867 will meet with immediate success depends mainly, if not entirely, upon the resolution with which it is pressed. Indeed it is difficult to believe that an y of those who supported the cl auses i n 18 67 will care to de f en d them now. Whey were avowedly introduced into the Act by way of experiment, and with the hope that their opera' tion would be so admirable as to disarm all opponents- Whether the fault be in the clauses or in their opponents, it is notorious that no such effect has occurred, and that it would be as easy t o re produce the £lO householder as to extend three' cornered constituencies. That being the case, the present state of the law inflicts substantial injury upon large bodies of people. The House of Commons is a law-making as well as a law-debating assembly ; and, as regards the former function, the ordinary effect of this exceptional representation of minorities is to reduce a constituency like Liverpool or Manchester—to which on account of its importance Parliament has assigned three votes—to the level of the smallest borough. The hardship of the minority in these towns being unrepresented was as nothing to this. The Liverpool Liberal and. the Manchester Conservative had abundance of mouthpieces in the House of Commons whether he was or was not represented there by the member of his own choice. But the minority which finds its voting power brought down froth three to one has no compensation for the loss except so far as some other majority of opposit e p r i nc ipl es i s su ff er i ng un d e r the same deprivation. MERCHANT SHIPPING. The statement of Mr. Shaw Lefevre, in moving fa leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to merchant shipping, has, the Post believes, given general satisfaction. Ten years a go th ere was a feeling ill some quarters that this important national interest was in a depressed state. But, whatever may have been its con dition at that date, its increase since then has been great in itself, and, in comparison with the increase of other nations, still greater. The Government have arrived at the decision that the time has come when the compulsory employment of pilots may be dispensed with. The set tlement of this matter has been made the matter of a separate bill, and proyisions have been framed by w hich the interests of the existing body of pilots will be protected, should the abolition of compulsory pilotage be found to operate injuriously t o them. The loss of the Spindrift has created a popular interest in this question it would not otherwise have had. One consequence is that in the event of a collision or other accident the owners are released from liability. Again, it is not to be supposed that the pilot can have the same knowledge of the sailing qualitie s of the ship which the captain has. The pilot's proper position would seem to be rather that of an assistant, or, as it has been well expressed, of " a speaking chart," than of a sub s tit ute. The captain should never be wholly put aside, but this is inevitable under compulsory pilotage- We cannot doubt, therefore, that the Government is right proposing to make it voluntary. That is already its character on some parts of our coast, and it has yet to be shown that either the interests of shipowners Or those of pilots have been injured in consequence. BIRTHS', DumfAM—On the 14th inst., at Wood-green, Mrs. Frank Durham, of a daughter. WEGVELIN —On the 14th inst., the Wife of Lieut.-Colonel T. M. Weguelin, of a son. MARRIAGES. PREMBRIDGE—ITEMIERT— On the 12th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, James Brembridgo, E sq , of the Middle Temple, to Mary Ellis, eldest daughter of the late hear-Admiral George F. Herbert. Cuoss— GARDINER— On the 15th inst., at the Manchester Cathedral, Win. Bowyer Cross, Esq., solicitor, Brad ford, to Ada, youngest daughter of the late Lot Gardi ner, Esq., of Bradford. DEATHS. ADAMS—On the 14th inst., at Cheltenham, Miss Adams, aged 90. CUBING —On the 15th inst., at 63, Kennington-park-road, Richard Owning, Esq., aged 93. London: Printed and Pabliah , d by WILLIAII ANDREWS of No. 12, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, 0. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Dliddlesex Thursday, February 17, 1870. th 3 .% a 6 F n gam of to noir prey are E Join is 11, year anni hold Wet teE WI hl e 6 a 1