The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-16 00:00:00

FENIAN nrri7AGß IN aßasTENoic- SQUARE. ShoitlY befoireo - ne o'clocic yesterday morning tne police constable on duty in Grosvenor-square was startled by the sudden outburst of a flame which for a moment dispelled the surrounding darkness, and was succeeded by a luminous vapour which was visible more than balf-way from the houses skirting the square to the garden enclosure. The constable instantly rushed to the place from whence the glare proceeded, and 'vhich proved to be the house No. 4, the property of Mr. Freke, brother of Lord Carberry, late in the possession of Fitzwilliaxn, and now in course of interior recon struction. Here he found the window to the right of the %all door—that of the library—covered with a phosphoric imbstance, from which the vapourproceeded, and the room within alight. He instantly sprung his rattle, and was quickly joined by three other constables who were on duty in the neighbourhood. Before their arrival the watch man in charge of the premises had made his way to the hall door, which he opened in a state of the utmost trepidation and alarm. The constables at once pro ceeded to the library, where they found that a bottle containing the substance known as " Greek fire" or " Fenian fire "—by which title it will, perhaps, be better known hereafter—had been thrown at the window. A largo portion of the lower pane of the window, which is of plate glass, the pane in question being about sft. by sft. was broken in. Most fortunately the neck of the bottle only and a comparatively small portion of its 'contents had entered the apartment. The body of the bottle lay on the window-sill, a portion of its contents having fallen into the area, which was all ablaze. On entering the library, which was a matter of some diffi culty, owing to the all but overpowering effluvium that was emitted from the phosphoric substance in question, the constables found a considerable portion of the flooring on flame, and the recess for the shutters at one Ride of the window shining with a dazzling brilliancy. 2N.To time was lost in the effort to stay the apprehended mischief. Water was procured in buckets by the porter, but the use of water was strictly prohibited by the police. Earth and rubbish were strewn over the floor, and other measures resorted to, with which the constable would seem to have been made acquainted in view of such an emergency occurring, and within a short time from the disCovery of the outrage all danger of disastrous conse quences arising from it had been removed. The shutter recess is charred to about one-half its extent, and the floor ing of the apartment also presented a blackened and burned appearance yesterday ; but after dusk the luminous ap pearance became again visible, and no effort .on the part of those now in charge of the house could remove it. As has, however, been stated, no danger is now apprehended from that source. It is a fortunate circumstance that the resistance of the glass was greater than the miscreant who threw the Greek fire, which was contained in a pint bottle, antici pated. The plate is nearly half an inch thick, and the blow which smashed it—without, however, effecting the entrance of the missile—must have been one of great force. Had the attempt succeeded, and the premises been set on fire, the result must have been most disas trous. As has already been stated, the mansion is in course of reconstruction. The exterior has been com pleted, and the interior is nd'w in the hands of the deco rators. Scaffolding and ladders are erected in each room, and would have proved most fatal conductors of fire. The house was supposed to be altogether unoccupied, and the calculation may probably have been that owing to that circumstance destruction as rapid and com plete as befel Her Majesty's Theatre awaited the premises and those which adjoined it. The night porter states that he had just completed his round of the house, had seen that all was right, and had trimmed his lamp and settled himself down " to read the paper" beside his fire in the housekeeper's room, when " his breath was taken away" by a crash at the window above and a blaze in the area. He caught up his " bull's eye," made his way upstairs, but was met by a " white smoke" which almost suffocated him. He was about to enter the library when he heard the policeman's rattle outside, and thereupon gladly opened the door. What followed has been already told. No arrest has been made, the perpetrator of the outrage having readily decamped and escaped in the darkness of the night. Additional police were on duty last night in VIP neichbourlaood. LAW AND POLICE. DXCAVATIONS INJURING PREMISES.—III the suit of Barnett v. Marzetti,Vice-Chancellor Wood, on Saturday, granted an injunction. The object of the proceedings was to restrain an excavation of the ground in the Minories for the foundation of a large bonded warehouse, about to be erected by the defendants, as such excavation occa sioned damage and injury to plaintiff's warehouses and buildings. ACTION FOR FALSE I3IPRISONDIENT.—A case was tried In the Court of Exchequer illustrating forcibly the manner in which cases arc " got up" by police officers. It was an action for false imprisonment, to recover certain goods, and for trespass, The plaintiff had formerly been a par cels' porter for eight years in the service of the Brighton Railway Company. The defendants were that company and three police-officers. While the plaintiff was on duty in November 1866, happening to come across the desk of one Green, he caused certain coppers inside to jingle. One of the clerks told Green that he had seen plaintiff put his hand into the desk, and the plaintiff was given into custody for stealing the sum of 3d. the same evening. Defendant was searched, and 4d. found on him. No one prosecuting, however, he was liberated. Plaintiff's house was subsequently searched, without a warrant, and two watches and other articles were taken pos session of. These articles were accounted for, but plaintiff was again arrested and taken before a magistrate. His case was dismissed. He therefore brought this action. There were several questions to be decided—whether the com pany gave leave to prosecute, whether one of the watches was the property of the plaintiff, and the amount of damages. The jury answered the first two questions in the affirmative, and gave £3O for the trespass, £5O for the false imprisonment, and £5 for the watch (which had been given to someone who claimed it) ; in all £B5 damages. CASES ARISING OUT OF THE EXPLOSION AT THE HOUSE OF DETENTION, CLERKENWELL.-Eight cases of pocket picking came before the magistrate at the Clerkenwell Police-court on Saturday. All of them were cases in which the prisoners attempted to pick the pockets of people in the crowd at Clerkenwell. Some of the pri soners were discharged, the evidence not being conclusive. Others received sentences of from six to tiree months' imprisonment. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE; £4OO DAMAGES.— On Friday, at the Liverpool Assizes, Miss Georgina Reeves, 30 years of age, brought an action for breach of promise of marriage against Mr. Joseph Joplin, wine and spirit merchant. It was stated that the courtship com menced in the early part of last year, and in its course the usual amatory letters, verses, &c., were perpetrated and afforded much amusement when read in court. After eighteen months had elapsed the defendant changed his mind, raising some objections to the family of the lady. He also denied that he had ever promised to marry Miss Reeves. The jury found for the plaintiff ; damages, £4OO. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY IN DCBLIN.—On Friday, at the Head Police-office, Dublin, Mary M`Mullen was brought up in custody, charged on suspicion with having robbed her mistress, Mrs. M`Keshin, of a sum of £4O and several valuable articles of jewellery. The prisoner had been a servant to Mrs. M`Keshin for three years and a half. The lady went out to dine on Friday, and left the prisoner in charge of her house. On her return the prisoner said, in a very excited manner, " I have been nearly murdered The house has been robbed of everything by robbers, who bloke in the hall-door, and when they could not get into the parlour went into your bed-room and took away everything with them." A policeman was at once sent for, and on a search being made it was found that £4O, a topaz ring, a bracelet, a diamond ring, and a massive gold ring had been taken from a dressing-case in the lady's bed-room. The prisoner was remanded. CONVICTION FOR ATTEMPTING TO UPSET A TRAIN.— David Williamson, a boy of 13, was charged at Chester Assizes with an attempt to upset a railway train at c.;'headle Bulkeley, on August 14, by placing ten railway -.hairs upon the rails. Evidence was adduced that the boy had acknowledged to several persons that he and other boys placed the chairs upon the line for the purpose of h av i n g "a spill and a smash." He was found guilty, and upon being sentenced, the judge said that had be been a grown-up man he would have been sentenced to penal servitude for life. He WM sentenced to one month's hard labour, to be once whipped with a birch rod, and after wards to be sent to a reformatory school for five years. CURIOUS CLAIM UPON A CLERGYMAN.—A case of some :mportance to the clergy, owners of property, and parochial authorities in London has just been heard before Mr. Barker, at the Clerkenwell Police-court. The defendant, Elie Rev. A. R. G. Thomas, incumbent of St. Paul's church, Camden-square, had a claim made upon him for £OOO 11s. 10d. for paths and footways made round his church. It was contended that as the incumbent of the church he was the owner of the free hold, because induction to the church made him the 'free holder of the church. Mr. Thomas was therefore sued as a corporation sol e, . repr esent i ng the whole interests of the church for the ti being. For the defence it was con tended that, for the purposes of the Act, Mr. Thomas was not the " owner "of the property. The o wner mus t be the person who receives the rack rent. Mr. Thomas was a salaried officer, paid £4OO a year by the trustees, to whom the pew rents were assigned. The magistrate said he should reserve his opinion. In any case the matter will, it is believed, he taken to the Court of Queen's Bench. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1867. THE REFORM LEAGUE AND REVOLUTION. The utterances of the Reform League have at tracted far too little attention of late. Now that the great question for which they so sedulously and seditiously agitated a few months ago has at length been set at rest, the members of this redoubt able association are directing their attention to other matters, and casting their influence, which must not be underrated, not on the side of religion and order, but on that of infidelity and anarchy. Their new platform is the upholding of the doctrines of Garibaldianism and Fenianism, which they rightly and logically judge to be synonymous. This, with a little twaddle about compound house holders' rights, the ballot, and other cognate matters, constitutes their new bill of fare. It has for some time been too much the fashion to jeer at and ridicule the performances of the League without clearly pointing out what are its aims and intentions. It is undoubtedly composed of " the nincompoops of politics— men more ridiculous than Hudibras," but it is none the less a formidable power. To apply the language of Sydney Smith—it must be as summarily dealt with as a rat boring in a Dutch dyke, whose depredations are instantly arrested by its extinc tion, for the vigilant burgomaster knows that, however contemptible and feeble the animal may be, it might, if left alone, cause the inundation of a province. Such ought to have been the treatment of the League long ago ; if allowed to go on in its course, it bids fair to flood England with all manner of evils. As it is, more sedition, blasphemy, and encouragement to the resistance of lawful authority has proceeded from it during the last year or two than from all similar Societies during the last half century. It has obtained con siderable favour—both tacit and openly expressed —from some prominent politicians, though that evil has been somewhat lessened of late by the withdrawal of several of their names, as soon as they perceived it was bent on prosecuting a revolu tionary policy. Not content with impudently constituting itself as the tribunal and supreme judge of those who have been elected by the suffrages of their fellow citizens to manage the affairs of the nation, it has now had the effrontery to set itself up as the critic of other Governments, and the aider and abettor of insurrection abroad as well as at home. No sooner had the news reached England that Garibaldi had been arrested at Asinalunga, than an extraordinary meeting of the Reform League was convened at St. James's Hall for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the hero of the two worlds, and indignation at his arrest. Mr.. Beales, the President of the august assembly, led the dance, by bursting forth into a violent tirade against the Emperor of the French, who was styled " The despot of the Tuileries," and by denouncing Victor Emmanuel as his tool and slave. He then lauded Garibaldi, who only a few days before had declared war against God at the Congress of Geneva, as the impersonation of all virtues, the very incarnation of patriotic sanctity. "He is a man," said the speaker, " who is the very pride, and glory, and honour of Italy, who has made the name of Italians famous throughout the world, whose life has been devoted with the most singular and almost God-like self-denial and disinterestedness to the promotion of the freedom and welfare of his fellow-men," and so on for half a column. After Mr. Beales had thus, by virtue of his presidential power, conferred divine honours on this violator of conventions and leader of Godless assassins, who, it appears, is not only a citizen of England, but—which is doubtless much more glorious for him—an honorary president of the Reform League—other members of what bids fair to become an English Jacobin Club, arose and held forth in a strain even more violent. One Bradlaugh, styled the " Iconoclast," and who, we are told, has just returned from Italy, where he has doubtless been practising his calling with the red shirts at Monte Rotondo, confessed that he had identified himself with the revolutionary movement in that country long before the establishment of the League. As a proof of his sincerity, he reminded the audience that lie was the only one who raised his voice " when one poor man paid his testimony to the cause of liberty, and on a cold morning his head rolled off—he alluded to Orsini —(cheers)—to do justice to his name, and in favour of that spirit which they had that night met to revivify." This is pretty plain speaking, we must allow; but it was not the plainest that was heard that evening. One " spouter of sedition" and blasphemy, throwing off the mask, burst forth against all Kingly government, standing armies, and especially against the Papacy, which, as Mgr. de Segur tells us in a late useful little book, is the exact programme of the Masonic sect. Then, following Garibaldi's example at Geneva, he preached the new religion of Genius and Know ledge, for whose perfect establishment the present political arrangement of Europe—imperial, mo narchical, and hierarchal—must be swept away. The blissful reign of universal peace must, accord ing to these scatter-brained enthusiasts, be inau gurated by universal war and universal destruction. All the old landmarks must be swept away, and mankind must embark on a stormy and tempestuous ocean without either star or compass to guide them in the black night of anarchy with which they will be overwhelmed. This is the goal towards which " the progress of the nineteenth century," to use the nauseous jargon of these Bedlamites, is hurrying us on day by day. All this balderdash, and much more to the:same effect, was cheered to the echo by the audience, among which the fair sex was largely represented. As a grand finale, Ricciotti Garibaldi arose amid a perfect hurricane of applause, and thanked the assembly for its sympathy towards his father, informing them at the same time that it was mainly by the help of the English people that he had been able to com pass his iniquitous designs in Southern Italy. This confession is exceedingly valuable. When the report of the battle of Mentana, and the consequent victory of religion, civilization, and order over infidelity and barbarism, reached this country, Mr. Beales took occasion, at the next meeting of the League, to speak of it in the follow ing sanctimonious terms :—" Freedom, my friends, freedom political, civil, and religious, has received a grievous wound in the defeat of Garibaldi at Mentana—a defeat caused entirely by the in famous intervention of the French Emperor and his troops. But for them, assisted by the vile treachery of Victor Emmanuel and his Govern ment, Garibaldi would have been in Rome, and Rome would be now the capital of a free and united Italy !" It would be impossible to compress into fewer words a greater amount of mendacity and misrepresentation. Logically following out their belief that there is no difference between the Garibaldians and the Fenians, and desiring to draw England into the maelstrom of Revolution, the Leaguers have now begun to give their countenance to the wild, wicked, and frenzied efforts of the Irish Carbonari. Some of them have openly asserted that the Fenians are perfectly authorized in having recourse to assassi - nation and physical force for the redress of their grievances. This was too much for the Presi dent, and he accordingly wrote a letter in which he condemned such doctrines. When he next took the chair, he said he could not believe that any of those over whom he had the honour to preside could advocate recourse to such measures ; but he was, " nevertheless, delighted to be at the head of a body of men of such independent spirit, how ever much he might regret the shape in which that spirit had been exhibited." This is good. Mr. Beales, whilst dissenting from the opinions of the League, will yet preside over its deliberations ; for he is afraid to resign his post, as he ought to do, lest he should lose the little notoriety he has thereby gained. So much for the consistency of these preachers of the Rights of Man and the Social Contract ! Since that occasion, the League has made much progress, for we have had the outrageous ebulli tion at the Home Office and the pilgrimage to Windsor—events which are beginning to open men's eyes to the real character of these political incendiaries. The strong arm of authority must be called into play ere long to repress the " law less spirit that is abroad." How any men of well-ordered minds can consent to associate them selves with such characters as these is beyond our comprehension, for nothing but chaos can be the result. Demagogues and fomenters of sedition, whilst they hypocritically preach up the rights of man, and such like unexploded nonsense, are ever alive to their own interest, for which they are always ready to wade through a sea of blood, formed from the gaping wounds of their slaughtered dupes. It is such men as these who excite distrust and alarm in the minds of men of such mental powers as Lords Cranbourne and Carnarvon, Mr. Lowe and Mr. Carlyle, with regard to the wisdom of pass ing the Reform Bill. And that it is not without reason, we may see from an announcement that Messrs. Beales, Bradlaugh, Mantle, and Colonels Dickson and Chambers intend offering them selves as candidates for the representation of different metropolitan boroughs as soon as the act comes into operation. The chief, and only recom mendation of these valiant warriors is, that the one acted as leader of the Hyde Park mob, while the other's wife nursed Garibaldi when his in famous career was temporarily arrested by the bullet at Aspromonte. Decidedly, England is advancing, and setting a bright example to other nations ! Our House of Commons, so far the most wonderful of its kind, will soon, if the designs of these would-be sans-culottes succeed, soon become the worthy compeer of the American House of Representatives. But it will not, cannot be so ; we have too much confidence in the uprightness and honesty of the English people to anticipate such a fall as this. They will, we feel assured, resolutely set their faces against the dictation of such despicable demagogues as these, and, while mindful of the glory of the thousand years of England's history, so give justice to all, that the demon of sedition and discontent will vanish for ever from the mighty empire over which Queen Victoria rules.----Westminster Gazette. STATE OF BAVARIA. MuNICH, Dec. 1. I tell your readers nothing new when I say that the state of public affairs here is one of utter rottenness. Of the King, of course, I do not speak ; he only occupies himself with his private concerns, and with them, indeed, he has enough to do ; getting, for instance, into a betrothal, then dissolving the same ; then, as they say, trying to renew its bonds ; and then, again, either re luctant or unsuccessful in the attempt. Only think, what royal toils ! their mere rehearsal fatigues the ear. Now, it is even reported he is wavering between " to be or not to be," with re gard to his royal crown—not from the political uncertainty alone, which he shares with theiwhole of_Bavaria—but his will is wavering. From time to time, the rumour gains ground, the King will abdicate ; and this is not without its influence on public affairs. Recently, when the Chamber of Peers seemed resolved to set its face against the Prussianizing of Bavaria, the King hastened to his capital, then and there setting every lever in action, to secure his being made a vassal of Prussia ; and this time his efforts were crowned with success, whilst the Chamber of Peers (I mean ,the large majority ; by no means the noble and patriotic minority, such as Prince Charle s of Lowenstein, and Dr. Von Bayer) were so complaisant as to fur nish me with the sole proofs that were yet want ing to my old thesis, " All is rotten in Bavaria." There are, nevertheless, still men in this majority possessed of convictions, but these they have sacri ficed. This is at present a very general usage. It is in the air, as it were. Other sacrifices are not lightly made in this our age ; but our convic tions!—that is another thing. But, to return to the King, in spite of his exceptional activity in the service of Count Bismarck, I still maintain that he does not concern himself in public affairs. He remains passive. Others act through him. He is, indeed, very long suffering. Of Prince Hohenlohe I will not speak to-day. It is well known that his mind is like a kaleidoscope, that is—as motley and as variable, but devoid of its beautiful colours. At his side sits an impudent and narrow-minded bureaucrat, as Minister of Instruction and Public *Worship, who is notworthy that his name should pass one's lips—who busies himself in raking together with impure hands every possible obstacle to the growth of Catholic interests. He is at the present moment zealously engaged in delivering over the " people's schools " into the hands of his Majesty the Devil. The high schools he has long since tight in his grasp. The bishops, it is true, somewhat embitter the life of this said Minister. And in Ratisbonne a cleri cal fanatic has even been audacious enough to publish with ample notes and commentaries the project of law for un-Christianizing the schools laid before the Chamber and given to a particular bookseller by the Minister. Excellent, most excel lent, exclaims the Christian reader; but from the official bureau echoes the cry " abominable !" Hence the word of command issued from the Ministerial offices, to prosecute the bookseller for piracy. Will your readers believe this ? A bill laid by the Government before the Chambers, before the country, may not be published, because itlis the property of the author, of the Minister I —unlawful to publish the bill, even when it forms only a supplementary part, appended for the sake of clearness, in fact, to the chief work, so that the whole constitutes a new work. Even could there be a question in this case of private property (instead of it being the common pro perty of the country), the publisher could not, according to the laws of the press, be prosecuted for piracy. Here our Volksbote pitches into his Excellency in his own peculiar manner, closing with the remark that he was so fortunate as to possess a copy of the Ratisbonne work on the new bill, and that lie intended to have it bound as splendidly as a certain Excellency had caused his copy of Renan's work to be bound, pro nouncing it, at the same time, " a highly distin guished work." This may be a hard morsel for his Excellency to digest. As for the rest of the Ministers, they are utterly ignorant of ecclesiasti cal affairs, and also of all that concerns the schools, except in the mere routine of outward formalities. This new bill is of itself sufficient. to get a candidate for a subordinate place in this branch of the Government plucked, had the Government aspirants to pass an examination. But of examinations there is no question. * *No other qualification or preparation is needed to be made Minister of Instruction and of Public Worship than that required from any student to become an advocate or a notary. Any bureau crat, that for a few years has been scribbling a certain quantum of paper, is made, in case of need, :a Minister of instruction, who, then, in due course, deems himself entitled and called upon to correct the appointed tasks of bishops and professors of the university, making himself, at the same time, perhaps, even more ridiculous than if he had been made Minister of War. Our Minister of Instruction, shameless ignoramus as he is, wrote short time since to the Bishop of Ratisbonne to complain that the number of missions in his diocese had of late been too great, observing that although he had not hindered them, he must call the bishop's attention to the fact that through the numerous missions many persons were called away from their avocations ; and thence arose a danger to the wellbeing of families and to the prosperity of the nation. 'I he worthy bishop condescended to explain the matter to this bureaucrat. First, he proved to him that this reported increase in the number of missions was untrue ; and then he tried to give him some idea of the importance of these missions, and of the powerful influence they exercise over the manners and morals of the people, by strengthening their sense of duty, and inculcating ) frugality and tem perance in fathers of families; thus promoting the general well-being of the whole community—a recompense of incalculable worth, granted even here below to those who fear God. The reply was good, and worthy of the bishop ; yet it caused me some regret, when I reflected before whom these pearls were cast. Still, I must bear this Minister witness he has done more in one year to renew a Catholic spirit and Catholic life in Bavaria than any of his predecessors. lie has worked wonders, he has aroused the Bavarian clergy from their torpor ; and this Bavarian Church which has been aptly called the ecclesia dormiens, stands at length firmly on her feet. Cast ing away their nightcaps, all make front against the Minister; but, that 1 may not be misunder stood, I will add here I speak only of the parish clergy—the bishops have always battled faithfully for the rights of the Church, if not always so ener getically as now; but the Catholic parishioners, that ought to back their clergy, have been long resting on their oars. This is the general character of South Germany. The people slumber. Those who are floating on the surface are mostly of little worth ; the half-educated Philister in Germany, the great mass of the officials, the purse-proud moneyed men, and the smaller fry of money makers and money-seekers are in general good for nothir g. Religion, courage, patriotism, self sacrifice, and high endowments are extremely rare. The organization of the bureaucracy, and the very nature of our Parliaments, which in Germany are essentially mere affiliated depen dencies of the bureaucracy, puts the governing power precisely in those hands which are least fitted to use it. Whatever of a better nature exists in the higher circles, is purposely kept down— smothered ; and the lower grades of society are worked upon by artful demagogues, only to make use of them as far as it suits their purpose. The better part of the people remain isolated ; such as those who attend to their religious duties, to their domestic affairs, who watch over the edu cation of their children, and who are never to be seen in popular meetings and at elections. I will not say that these good people are all I could wish ; rather there is much wanting in them. They are mostly passive and indifferent in all political mat ters, and not till they free themselves from this fault can South Germany hope for better times. The inferior clergy could do much to bring about a better state of things in this quarter ; but, as yet, the people have not learnt much from them. God speedily grant a better state of things. As a class, neither in town nor country districts are they all well versed in ecclesiastical lore. A great want of refinement is still displayed by many among them, and withal a conceit of learning and a presumed scientific superiority, at present only to be met with, I believe, in Germany. It is noto rious how inferior most of our ecclesiastical semi naries are. Recently, I am sorry to say, a professor in an episcopal seminary in Bamberg, Canon Mayer, has published a work entitled " A Prepa ratory Work for the next Council," in which, with incredible arrogance, the unity of Essence in the three Divine Persons is disputed. Before I con clude, I must mention that the Bishop of Ratis bonne has just published, in a circular to his clergy, the memorial which the assembled Bavarian bishops handed to the Minister of Public Worship on the new bill for the schools' The Bavarian Episco pacy in this memorial describe this scandalous project of law as being intended and calculated to sanction all previous abuses, and to call new ones into life—to sever the schoolmasters from the Church, and, if not by one blow at least by de grees, to rob the schools of their Christian cha racter. After thus characterizing the aforesaid project of law, the united episcopacy then proceed to lay before the Minister the demands it is their bounden duty to make on the State. They de mand that the subordinate church officers (sac ristans) should be withdrawn from service in the schools, and that the income provided for their ser vices should be restored to and preserved for its original object. They demand, above all, abso lute freedom in founding private schools ; and that the ecclesiastical private associations, which have instruction and education for their object, in so far as they do not lay aside their private cha racter, and do not lay claim to other rights than those by the law of associations granted to all, should enjoy the same rights as other private per sons, and should not be subjected to exceptional laws, such as a " Special State Permission." They demand, eventually, that every kind of coercion with regard to the communal or State school should be put an end to; that the Church should be rein stated in its natural and divinely-instituted right of founding its own schools; that the religious character of the schools as hitherto preserved be guaranteed by law ; and that the right of the Church to order, to guide, to foster, and watch over the religious life in the schools, with the power necessary to attain this object, be secured ; so that the ecclesiastical authorities, for instance, may have the power to remove from the schools every dangerous book, every teacher, who, through his teaching, his discourse, or his behaviour, gave scandal to the religious or moral feelings of the children, or who should display irreligious or indif fferent sentiments. Finally, they demand a con stant joint inspection over the whole school, over all ecclesiastical administrators, and especially over the person of the teacher. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anglo-American 27mes.) PARIS, Dec. 12. A year or two since in London, when passing one day down Fleet-street, I remember to have been much amused by a genius who was chanting at the full power of his lungs what appeared to be the most melodramatic and romantic adventures of a young lady, who rejoiced in the appellation of " Pretty little Polly Perkins of Paddington Green." The adventures of the " Pretty little Paris Rag- Picker" would form another most admirable subject for the aforesaid minstrel, if he only knew the sin gular story which has recently created such a sen sation in Paris. The chiffoniers or rag-gathers of Paris are a peculiar class, and every morning and evening they sally forth in troops of men, women, and children, furnished each with a large light wicker-hamper strapped to their backs, and a light, straight stick or cane, armed with a sharp crook at the extremity, with which they toss rags, pieces of paper, &c., into their hamper, called a bite, with incredible celerity. In the evening they carry lan terns, which hang almost on a level with the pavement, and are furnished with strong reflec tors, by the aid of which they can distinguish the minutest object. The chiffoniers have all their particular beat or district, and about a year ago one of these beats in a most fashionable quarter was occupied by a most interesting young girl of some 18 years of age, beautiful as a houri, and upon whose clear features and dazzling com plexion both the Goddess of Health and Madame Rachael might have alike vainly attempted an im provement. Dressed plainly, but with the most scrupulous neatness, the young girl came with the utmost regularity to labour in her vocation ; it is true the hotte and stick were somewhat of the smallest, but they were regularly filled and carried off. As might have been expected, so interesting a damsel speedily became a favourite with the good natured bosses of Paris ; and though occasionally many a tempting morsel was reserved for and offered to their favourite, it was always and invariably re fused ; the thankfulness so politely expressed by that Argentine voice, soft as a silver bell, allowing no umbrage to be taken by the disappointed offerer. A year rolled away in this manner, when all at once the pretty little chiffoniere disappeared. Numerous were the regrets of the abandoned clientele, nume rous the fearful suggestions nyt, , le by the worthy gossips as to the fate that had befallen their fa vourite. llad she been carried off by one of the idle dandies of Paris ? Would she be found in the Morgue ? What had, iu fact, become of her ? Vain alike, however, every suggestion and inquiry ; and as a few weeks rolled on the matter was gradually settling down into that oblivion which attends all human affairs, when one fine morning a handsome private carriage, drawn by two dashing bays, drew up before one of the doors of the deserted quarter, and a stalwart footman aided a handsome, and fashionably dressed young lady to descend therefrom. At her appearance the startled domestic who had opened the door of the house in answer to the noiry summons administered to the knocker by Jeames drew back in affright. " You have not forgotten me, then ?" said the young lady. "Mon Dieu ! Mon Dieu !" was the only reply. " Yes," continued she, " it is indeed your old friend, the Rag-Picker, who has come to thank you for your numerous acts of kindness, and to explain to you the circumstances of the past. lam the daughter of Mr. F., of Paris. My father, who had amassed a very large fortune, chiefly by the exportation of rags, wished to retire from business, leaving the profits to myself and an only brother. Previous, however, to his doing so, he insisted on one proviso, viz., that, in order to give us a practical knowledge of the value of this article of commerce, my brother and myself should spend a year, each in a different quarter of Paris in the character of rag-pickers. A short time since the period expired. lam now married, and have only to discharge my debt of gratitude to the numerous friends I have found in the district assigned to me. Accept from your old friend this trifling present." And in this manner the carriage went through the Quarter, one servant receiving a shawl, another a ring, and so on, to their infinite delight and astonishment. And thus ends the most dramatic episode of the " Queen of the Rag-Pickers ; or, the Good Fairy of the Bonnes of Paris." But I must not, whilst retailing the pen and ink vaudevilles and gossip of Paris for the amusement of my fair readers, forget that I have still to resume my unfinished critique upon the American section of the fine arts. I had arrived, I believe, at the portrait painters. Amongst these G. P. A. Healy, of Chicago, Illinois, exhibits two paintings, which immediately, and almost involuntarily, attract the spectator—the one a portrait of General Sherman, the other that of a lady. In the former the artist has succeeded to a wonder in catching the traits which at once illustrate the character of the great American hero —the clear, shrewd eye, the high forehead, the fearless, yet unassuming and business-like look, and the whole ensemble of feature, which presents, as it were, a natural attraction, showing a man in whom one could trust all, are there, whilst for colouring and general execution there is left nothing to be de ' sired. Mr. Healy's portrait of a lady has this piquancy, that the dame in question is seated before her mirror, thus giving the opportunity of por traying a double likeness. The finish in this in stance also is exquisite. For beauty of colouring and execution the name of G. A. Baker, of New York, stands as high as that of any one amongst the profession. His paintings are, however, plainly and simply portraits, without any special peculiari ties or piquant additions. W. M. Hunt, of Boston, Ilassachusetts,l, exhibits many very beautiful por traits, of which, perhaps, the best is his Italian Boy. His portrait of Abraham Lincoln, although highly elaborated, has a sombre effect at the first glance. D. Huntington, of New York, also stands in the first rank in this class. He exhibits a very highly finished portrait of Gulian C. W. Verplauck, Esq., and what may be termed a collection of portraits in a representation of the Republican court in the time of Washington. The great American hero himself has approached the limit of man's age on earth, but the manly beauty of the old Puritanic heroes who compose his court, softened and elevated in the features of their wives and daughters, has been re presented with a freshness and vividness of colour ing which renders this picture equal to any of the kind to be found in the Exhibition. Following up this class of painting we come to the name of H. P. Gray, of .New York, equal in every respect to any and every of his competitors. He exhibits the " Apple of Discord" and " The Pride of the Village ;" the former is upon a large scale, and exhibits more boldness of outline and vividness of colouring, but the latter is more especially attractive from the deeply interesting nature of the scene it depicts. A beautiful girl, the pride of the village, upon whose cheek, otherwise pallid, the hectic glow indicates the presence of a fatal malady, is seated in a chair by the side of her mother, whose arm sup ports her ; the venerable village doctor is holding her hand and counting, by the ail of his old-fashioned watch, the quickened pulsations. Upon the table an open Bible shows the recent occupation of mother and daughter. In depicting this interest ing scene the artist has been singularly succe;s ful. The wistful yet weary look of the in valid, who regards the doctor intently, shows the struggle between the weariness of life and the instinctive clinging to it which rarely abandons a sufferer ; the doctor looks gravely on the watch, his plain, sensible, yet kind look, appearing to evince a disinclination to pronounce too speedily an opi nion. The mother looks down as if dreading the fiat, which she too well knows will result ; the whole painting telling a story which renders it one of the most attractive in the Exposition. I fear, however, that I am exceeding my limits upon this interesting subject, and as there are still several other names whom it would be in the highest degree unjust to pass over, I must again move the adjourn ment of the debate, for there yet remains, amongst many others, all of whom deserve notice, " The Old Kentucky Home," of E. Johnson, of New York, which the French critics have set down as perhaps one of the best pictures exhibited. In criticising the American section, not only of the Fine Arts, but by and bye of the other groups, I feel certain that our friends will bear with me, as they must not only feel proud of American talent, considered in dividually, but feel deeply interested in the practical proof I hope to afford them, that America, under all her disadvantages, will come well out of a compara tive examination of the Exposition of 1867. The Roman question has been brought under discussion both by the French and Italian Parlia ments ; as yet the party of . order has carried weight in either instance. The battle, however, fought in the field has been revived on paper, and that portion of the French press opposed to the continuance of the temporal power of the Pope are upon the watch to pick up, and frequently, as in the case of M. Rouher's speech, distort or strain to their own signification the language of the Minister, with the view of impeding the Conference. If the European Powers are in earnest in desiring to interpose in this matter upon the base—first, of general goodwill to all mankind, they will soon learn whether or not a practical base can be pro vided for a Conference. The Emperor of France has acted in accordance with the terms of a Con vention by which he was bound. He has given the guarantees required as to i he nature of his intentions by the prompt withdrawal of his troops ; he has shown, and is constantly showing, that his policy is a liberal and enlightened one of peace and good will among nations. His policy has not been a selfish one ; and I trust, looking at the question with a moderate and not a partisan view, that the great Powers of Europe will not listen to a selfish policy in refusing to interest themselves in the pos sible settlement of this question. The weather has become very severe in Paris in the course of the past week, and the skaters of the Bois du Boulogne, as well as those of various other clubs, are in full activity. Warm overcoats are at present the height of fashion. A correspondent, writing from New York, Nov. 24, says :—" Although I arrived very into in the season, I came soon enough ; for all tell me that such adult one as the present has not been known for years; indeed that there has been no business at all. The effects of the almost criminal reconstruction policy of the present Congress are now beginning to be understood and felt at the North, vide the late elec tions. O wing to the military despotism exercised over the South, not only arc the Southern people being utterly ruined, but vast amounts of Northern capital have been lost. There 13 but one remedy ; though too late for present salvation ; and that is, to oust the whole pack of madcaps now in office, and replace them with patriots and statesmen." RECENT INVENTIONS.-A WRITING MAC A desideratum long sought for in the shape of a practical writing machine, it is said, has been invontod by a Mr. Pratt, of Alabama. It is called a typo writing machine, and has been exhibited before the London Society of Arts. It is said to print a man's thoughts twice as fast as ho can write them with the presant process. By a sort of piano arrangement the letters are brought in contact with car bonised paper, which is moved by the same manipulation. The machine is compact and simple, and can be made for $l5, with a handsome profit. Its feasibility is manifest. Legal copying and the writing and delivery of sermons and lectures, not to speak of letters and editorials, will undergo a revolution as remarkable as that effected in books by the invention of printing, and the weary pro cess of learning penmanship in schools will be reduced to the requirement of the art of writing one's own signa ture ar.d playing on the literary piano above described, or rather on its improved successors. NEW YORK MARKETS. (From the Correspondent of the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 1867. To the list of failures given in my last I have now to add the firm of Harris and Dayton, sugar refiners, of New York, and others too numerous to mention—mercantile, stocks, and shipping. Among those, however, there is one house that deserves a record, as I hold it to be little less than criminal, when the whole capital, which ought to be embarked in the business, is expended in mere out side show. F. R. Sherwin and Co., retail dry goods dealers, Union-square, commenced with $150,000, most of. which was expended on the grand premises formerly known as the Maisou Duree, of which they had a 21 years' lease. Scarcely had they opened before they sank under the prersure of hard times. These repeated suspensions have created some alarm, and New York paper is now everywhere carefully scrutinised. The contraction I noticed during the preceding week in the Money Market has proved le ief. The deinand for money is far from pressing and the supply abundant, at 7 to 8 per cent. Business is less brisk in the West, though the pork trade still creates an active demand, and the market at Cincinnati is decidedly stringent, as the rate for mercantile paper is from 18 to 24 per cent. It is said that the New York canals will be closed unusually early, the Albany Argus reporting ice as having formed, and there are be tween 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 bushels of grain afloat, besides a large supply of lumber, salt, potatoes, and other produce. Wall Street regards with increasing interest the financial action of Congress, and anticipates a sharp con test between the advocates of contraction and expansion. The composition of the Committee of Ways and Means and that on Banking and Currency is eagerly scrutinised, as all measures in finance will be submitted to them. Both committees are ascertained to favour stopping the present contraction. The action of Congress cannot come into opera tion for several weeks, and Mr. M'Culloch continues for the present to decrease legal tenders at the rate permitted. It is considered certain that his power in this respect will be withdrawn, but no one caa predict what further steps will bo taken. The West strongly advocates inflation, and there is a danger that to conciliate them for the corning Presidential election injudicious measures may b 3 adopted. The 7-30's aro being converted at the rate of $2,000,000 per diem, and it is calculated that the sum transferred since October 15 is upwards of $44,000,000. The transfers stop to-day for securing the January gold dividend on the 5-20's. T hose who bought and held since July in other names than the present owners should send their col tificates to Washington immediately for registra tion to the names of parties entitled to the January divi dend. From next Monday, Dec. 2, the conversion will be continued with interest lir currency up to the 31st Dec., the 5-20 Bonds being delivered with the January coupon detached ; and if registered 5-20 stock be preferred, the certificates of registration will be returned from Washing ton on the re-opening of the transfer book on January Ist. Ten-Forties continue to grow in favour, and all Govern ment securities aro slowly rising. Gold is weak, closing yesterday at 139. The publication of the reports of the impeachment committee have extinguished the hopes of the speculators, who looked for something strong, and got thing as weak as water gruel. The New Y9rk Chamber of Commerce is about to present a memorial to Congress on the relation of gold to currency, and a select committee, through its chairman, A. A. Low, has reported strongly in favour of M'Culloch's contraction scheme, alleging that, with a proper and judicious policy, a return may be made to specie payments in 1869, giving these preliminary essen tial conditions; —That the floating Debt of Government be funded ; that gold and greenbacks be equalised in value by act of Congress, making greenbacks receivable at the Customs for a tenth of all receipts and retiring from circu lation those paid in ; that the Treasury Department redeem greenbacks with gold when the value approximates, pro vided there be no falling off in the revenue or the gold in the Treasury, and banks and merchants must inevitably fol low in this resumption of specie payment. Mr. Chittanden observed that if Congress would repeal the tax on cotton and adjourn for six months, gold would fall to 120 by Christmas. American silver is at 5 to 6 cents below gold. Mexican dollars, 1021 to 103 in gold. Exchange is dull. Petroleum Stocks are active and rising, as are also Express Stocks, which closed yesterday as follows : Adams, 791 to 80 ; American, 76* to 77} ; United States, 79 to 791 ; Wells, Fargo, and Co., 54 to 541 ; Merchants Union ($35 paid), 39i to 40. Mining stocks continue the same, with a restricted business. Railroad stocks are steady, and there is a fair business doing in Erie and New York Central, the former closing at 113 i, the latter at 711. The great excitement is in Pacific Mail shares. They de clined to 116 under heavy " bear" sales, then ralliei more rapidly, closing on Thursday at 12'1, and yesterday at 127 to 129. The company is engaged in completing its lino between San Francisco and Hongkong, and four of the finest steamers afloat will next summer bo regularly plying. A compromise is understood to have been effected between the Directors and the Opposition; six of the former retaining office, and admitting three of the latter. The following gentlemen are proposed : Messrs. Allan McLane, Howard Potter, James M. Brown, Louis McLane, Jonathan Thorne and William Denuistoun of the old board, and Abiel A. Low, George B. Hartson, and Samuel G. Wheeler, jun., for the stockholders. The exports of flour and wheat have lately been very large, but prices decline ; and though domestic cottons have slightly risen the raw material is still falling. The numerous and heavy failures exercise an injurious influence on all trade, and business remains unimproved. The following were the closing quotations yesterday :—New York Central 1134, Erie 711, Hudson 125, Reading 961, Michigan South ern and N.J. 80, Illinois Central 1311 Cleveland and Pitts burgh 831, North West 571, North West Preferred 67/, Can ton 45, Rock Island 961, Cleveland and Toledo 101/, Fort Wayne 971, Pacific Mail 129, Atlantic Mail 1191, Quick silver 15, W. U. Telegraph 331, Mariposa Preferred 15, Ohio and Mississippi Certificates 271. (Front Messrs. Belding, Keith, and Co.'s Circular.) FRIDAY, Dec. 13. The fall in the price of gold in New York to 1331 has had a beneficial effect on all American securities. Five twenties of 1862 touched 721 this morning, or 11 per cent. higher than this time last week. The rise in 5-20's of 1865 has boon also 14 per cent., the opening quotation being 701 71. Ten-forties show but little change ; this morning they are quoted 671 68. The improvement in railways has not been so uniform, Illinois Central Shares having declined Ito per cent., and opening at 891 901. Erie Shares, on the other hand, have improved about 1 percent. during the week. They are now quoted 48 49. There has been no change in the price of Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, the opening price being 19 20. (From Messrs. Bowles, Drevet, and Co.'s Circular.) Paris, Dec. 13, 1867. We have had an active and steadily improving market during the past week, and prices show marked advance. United States Securities have been strong. Quotations have steadily improved, the continued decline in gold re ported from New York exercising a very favourable in fluence. We quote : For the issue of 1862 For the issue of 1864 For the issue of 1865 Our advices from New York are to the 10th instant. Gold United States Bonds, 1862 (currency)... 108 - The Rente closes at 69f. 45c. The Italian closes at Exchange ou London 2sf. 15c. (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Dec.ll.) The advices from New York, by the Scotia, to the 26th November, are only four days later than those referred to in our last. The stringency in the money market was sensibly reduced, and brokers wore well supplied at seven per cent. Government Stocks on firm quotations from this side were strong, especially the 10-40 Bonds. Railroad Stocks were largely dealt in, and quotations had fluctuated considerably at almost each call of the Board, the general tendency being towards improvement. Illinois Central was quoted one per cent. higher, and Chi cago and North Western had also further advanced. In Miscellaneous Shares, Pacific Mail was, as usual, the lead ing speculative stock, and on a reported failure had de clined nine per cent. Gold was quoted one per cent. lower. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. Advices from the office of this company to Oct. 31 show a large increase of collections in tho land office, the amount for ten months being $2,-157,066, or nearly half a million dollars over corresponding period last year. Sales of land have reached $1,688,000, or 8520,000 in excess of 1866. This still leaves on hand unsold 750,000 acres, and seven and a half million dollars are owing on current contracts for land sold. The bonded debt of the company, which, on the Ist January last, was upwards of twelve millions has, it is understood, been reduced by mo re than one) million dollars. _ It app ars probable that the directors of this company will, during the coming year, ia addition to the ordinary cash dividend of 5 per cont. fur ca. 211 six months (being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum), also distribute a stock dividend of the balance of stock the company is authorised to issue (viz., 251 million dollars); this will give about 8 per cent. Thus it appears that this railroad, which for some time after its opening throughout was financially in so deplorablo a condition that any ono having any l arge portion of his property in Illinois Central was considered a ruined man, and that while 7 per Cent. Bonds had to be issued at 70 to provide funds to finish up the road and furnish it, it has now, like most other American railroads, emerged from its difficulties, and become a sound dividend paying security. Since our last the London market for American Secu rities has been mainly affected by quotations per telegraph iron New Yolk of prices of gold and Government stock; to-day, however, although gold was reported lower, there has not been a corresponding advance, owing to some con siderable sales on continental account. The closing price of 5-20's is 71k to -1 ; for the 18G2 Bonds, and 1 per cent. lower for the 1865 issue. THE FORTIETH CONGRESS-ASSEMBLED AT WASHING7ON. The following is a full list of the members of both Houses—the names of Democrats in italics:-- SENATE. BENJAMIN P. WADE, of Ohio, President. JOHN W. FORNEY, of Pennsylvania, Secretary. MAINE. Term Ex. Eobt. M. Morrill 1869 Wm. P. Fessenden 1871 OHIO. Term Ex• Benj. F. Wade 1869 John Sherman 1873 NEW HAMPSHIRE. Aaron IL Cragin 1871 James W. Patterson 1873 INDIANA. Thos. A. Hendricks. 18G9 Oliver P. Morton 1873 VERMONT. George F. Edmonds ...ASO Justin N. Morrill IBT3 ILLINOIS. Richard Yates lB7l Lyman Trumbull.. 1873 MASSACILUSETI S. Charles Sumner 18[ 9 Henry Wilson lB7l MICHIGAN. each. Chandler 1869 Jacob If. Howard 1871 RHODE ISLAND. William Sprague 180 Henry B. Anthony 1871 WISCONSIN. Jas. 1?. Doolittle . 1869 Timothy 0. Howe. 1873 CONNECTICUT. James Dixon 1869 Orris S. Ferry 1873 MINNESOTA. Alex. Ramsey 1869 Daniel S. Norton lB7l NEW YORK. Edwin D. Morgan 18;4 Roscoe Conkling- 1873 lOWA. Jas. W. Grimes . lB7l Jas. Harlan. 1873 NEW JERSEY. F. T. Frelingbuysen _1869 Alex. G. Cattell lB7l MISSOURI. J. B. Henderson 1869 Chas. E. Drake 1873 PENNSYLVANIA. Chas. A. BucLalew.. 1869 Simon Cameron. 1873 KANSAS. Edmund G. Ross 1871 Sam]. 0. Pomeroy . 1873 DELAWARE. Jas. A. Bayard 1869 William Saulsbury . 1871 NEBRASKA. Thos. W. Tipton 1869 1871 John 31. Thay©r MARYLAND. Reverdey Johnson 1869 *Philip F. Thomas. 1873 NEVADA. Wm. M. Stewart 1869 Jas. W. Nye 1873 WEST F. G. Van Winkle 1869 Wartnian T. Willey lB7l CALIFORNIA. John Conness. 1869 Cornelius Colo 1873 KENTUCKY. Jas. Guthrie 1870 Garret Davis .....1873 OREGON. Geo. H. Williams 1871 Henry W. Corbett 1873 TENNESSEE. David T. Patterson lB6O Jos. S. Fowler 1871 * Not a _ *coLon.A.Do. John Evans J. B. Chaffee . Emitted. RECAPIT Republicans 42 ULATION. Opposition (in italics) ....12 IlousE or REP] SCHUYLER COLFAX, of I EDWARD APPIIERSON, of MAINE. 1 John Lynch 2 Sidney Perham 3 James G. Blaine 4 John A. Peters 5 Frederick A. Pike RESENTATIVES. :ndiaria, Speaker. f Pennsylvania, Clerk. * Not admitted. 3 William B. Stokes 4 James Mullins 5 John Trimble 6 Samuel M. Arnell 7 Isaac E. Hawkins 8 David A. Nunn NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1 Jacob H. Ela 2 Aaron F. Stevens 3 Jacob Benton 'VERMONT. 1 Fred. E. Woodbridge 2 Luke P. Poland 3 Worth'ton C. Smith OHIO. 1 Benj. Eggleston 2 Samuel P. Cary 3 Robert B. Schenck 4 William Lawrence 5 William Mangers 6 Reader W. Clarke 7 Samuel Shollabarger onto (rated.) 8 Cornelius S. Hamilton 9 Ralph P. Buckland 10 James M. Ashley 11 John T. Wilson 12 Phil. Van Trump 13 George W. Morgan 14 Martin Walker 15 Tobias A. Plants 16 John A. Bingham 17 Ephraim R. Eck ley 18 Rufus P. Spalding 19 James A. Garfield MASSACTIUSETTS. 1 Thomas D. Eliot 2 Oakes A mes 3 Ginery Twitchell 4 Samuel Hooper 5 Benj. F. Butler 6 Nathaniel P. Banks 7 George S. Boutwell 8. John D. Baldwin 9 Wm. B. Washburn° 10 Henry L. Dawes RHODE ISLAND. 1 Thomas A. Jenkes 2 Nathan F. Dixon coNNEcTicuT. 1 Richard D. Hubbard 2 Julius Hotchkiss 3 H. H. Starkwoathcr 4 William 11. Barnum NEW YOUK. 1 Stephen Tuber 2 Demos Barnes 3 William E. Robinson 4 John Fox 5 John Morrissey 6 Thomas E. Stewart 7 John IV. Chanler 8 James Brooks 9 I ernando Wood 10 Wm. H. Vobertson 11 Chas. H. Van Wyck 12 John H. Ketchum 13 Thomas Cornell 14 John V. L. Pritia 15 John A. Griswold 16 Orange Ferris 17 Calvin T. Hulburd 18 James M. Marvin 19 William C. Fields 20 Addison IT. Laflin 21 Alex. H. Bailey 22 John C. Churchill 23 Dennis M'Carthy 24 Theo. M. Pomeroy 25 Win. H. Kelsey 24 Win. S. Lincoln 27 Hamilton Warde 28 Lewis Selye 29 Burt Van Horn 30 James M. Humphreys 31 Henry Van Aernain INDIANA. 1 William E. Niblack 2 Michael C. Kerr 3 Morton C. Hunter 4 William S. Raman 5 George W. Julian 6 John Coburn 7 Henry D. Washburn° 8 Godlove S. Orth 9 Schuyler Colfax 10 William Williams 11 John P. C. Shanks ILLINOIS. At L. John A. LOgan :1 Norman B. Judd 2 John P. Farnsworth 3 Elibu B. Washburn° 4 Abner C. Harding 5 Ebon C. Ingersoll 6 Burton C. Cook Henry P. 11. Brownwell 8 Shelby M. Cullom, 9 Lewis W. Ross 10 Albert G. BUM. 11 Samuel S. Marshall 12 Jehu Baker 13 Green B. llaum MICHIGAN. 1 Fernando C. Beaman 2 Charles Ups n 3 Austin Blair 4 Thomas W. Ferry 5 now. E. Trowbridgo 6 John P. Driggs wiscosslN. 1 Halbert E. Paine 2 Benjamin Hopkins 3 Amasa Cobb 4 Charles A. Eldridge 5 Philetus Sawyer 6 Cad. C. Washburn MINNESOTA. 1 William Windum 2 Ignatius Donnelly NEW JERSEY. 1 Willoy Moore 2 Charles 11(tiyht 3 Charles Sit yreaves 4 John Hill 5 George A. Halsey PENNSYLVANIA. 1 Samuel J. Randall 2 Charles O'Neill 3 Leonard Myers 4 William D. Kelley 5 Caleb N. Taylor 6 Benj. M. Royer 7 John M. Broomall 8 J. Lawrence Getz 9 Thaddeus Stevens 10 Henry L. Cake 11 Daniel M. Van Auken 12 George W. Woodward 13 Ulysses Mercur 14 George F. Miller 15 Adam J. Glossbrenner 16 Wm. H. Koonst 17 Daniel J. Morrell 18 Stephen S. Wihon 19 Glenni W. Scofield 20 Darwin A. Finney 21 John Covode 22 James K. Moorhead 23 Thomas Williams 24 George V. Lawrence lOWA. 1 James P. Wilson 2 Hiram Price 3 William B. Allison 4 William Longbridge 5 Grenville B. Dodge 6 Asahel W. Hubbard MISSOURI. 1 William A. Pile 2 Carman A. Newcomb 3 Vacancy 4 John J. Gravelly 5 Joseph W. M‘Giurg 6 Robert T. Van Horn 7 Benjamin F. Loan 8 John F. Benjamin 9 George W. Anderson KANSA 1 Sidney Clark KANSAS. NEBRASKA. 1 John Taffeo DELAWARE. 1 John Nicholson MARYLAND. 1 Stephenson Archer 2 Ilirant APCulloch 3 Charles E. Pope 4 Francis Thomas 5 Frederick Stone WEST VIRGINIA. 1 Chester D. Hubbard 2 Benjamin M. Kitchen 8 Daniel Polsley KENTUCKY. 1 Lawrence S. Trimble 2 John Young Brown 3 Jacob 8. S. Golladay 4 J. Proctir Knott 5 Asa P. Grover 6 Thomas L. Jones 7 James B. Beck 8 George M. Adams 9 John D. Young TENNESSEE. 1 Robert R. Butler 2 Horace Maynard RECANT' Republicans 144 1 NEVADA. 1 Delos IL Ashley CALIFORNIA. 1 Samuel B. Axtell 2 William Higby 3 James A. Johnson OREGON. 1 Rufus Mallory * COLORADO. 1 George M. Chilcott DELEGATES. ARIZONA. Coles Bashford DACOTAH. Walter A. Burleigh IDAHO. E. D. Holbrook MONTANA. James M. Kavanagh NEW MEXICO. Chas. P. Clever (Doubtful) UTAH. William H. _Hooper WASHINGTON. Alvin Flanders * WYOMING. John S. Casement NATION. Opposition (in italics) ...••• 49 The principal coins of Japan circulating anterior to 1858 were the gold kobang, the gold itzebu, and the silver itzebu. Tho original kobang of gold was worth ttiO i t $3.50. The gold itzebu was worth one-third of the g old kobang, and the silver itzebu equalled in value 32 eal! la. icl; At the time of the partial openinc, of foreign tra d transactions, the kobaug circulated in Japan at 4 itz ela l although its European value was actually nearly 14 itzebtloo The immediate consequence of this latter circumstatict% the sharp traders of America and England was to ina"; them to buy up all the kobangs that came in their NctY i jo the Japanese valuation. By this proceeding, whicP doubt enlightened the poor natives, and revealed to theho the truly commercial character of their new customers/ t latter gained large sums of money. The lesson thus prt i ot tically taught and forcibly illustrated was speedily 1 ! 3a • o , by the Japanese, who sot about purchasing the rentala„" kobangs. The result necessarily was a total disappear a r of the kobang from the channels of general circulatioo Another result is that the Japanese are about coiniog money, on the American standard, with American ral' ° nery. Births. - Nizm oN- On the 13th inst., at 38, Middleton-roa d, - al sten, the wife of Alfred Nelson, of a son. REISS n the 13th inst., at llopofteld, Pendleton, Ilign° chester, Mrs. Emil Reiss, of a daughter. b° RIPLEY—On the 13th inst., at Surbiton, the wife ° - f j o A. Ripley, Esq., of a son. Marriages. HAWLEY—LANGFORD —On the 11th inst., at Twickeulii; William Henry, eldest surviving son of Henry J. , e r Hawley, of that parish, to Aylifiene Isabella, yo u ' iP daughter of the late A. Langford, of Jersey. ani TIttiNINGER—GEACII— On the 12th inst., at AVithY li Church, Sussex, J. U. Truniuger, 3, Pr iuc i e le terrace, London, to Harriett Georgina, widow ow of th.l„ - d. Charles S. Leach, Esq., and younger daughter of S. Burrell, Esq., of Hightield Park, Susses. Deaths. Asunr —On the 13th inst., at Herculeg-terrace, Lambotoll Elizabeth, the widow of Robert Ashby, 1 36 C1' , bt° Camberwell, aged 78. i „00, SCHOFIELD— On the 12th inst, Tan-yr-Alit, Lau"oicl- Eliza, wife of Andrew Schofield, Dl'7 Woodfield, ham, aged G 7. ° v ref , TAYLOR—On the 13th inst., at Putney, William - the infant son of J. L. Du Plat Taylor, Esq. WELsn the 13th inst., at Taywell House, Goil dh ni st : Kent, Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Welsh, aged Go. ur • l3 o j . WAnwics:—On the 12th inst., at Notting -hill, Warwick, aged 76. --- ---— London: Printed and Published by WiLLltill AND ° i v of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tna Sux Oalee, 10 . - ; Strand in the Precinct of the So voy, in the Co un ' l Middlesoz.—Monday, December 16, .1867. 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