The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-08 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. 1U or CRIMIS ittltals7' • The Advertiser makes a very important annottned& m mt. It understands that the Government will ask, within the next ten days, " for special powers to en a'ilo the Executive to cope with the shamefully dis or,;aniBed state of society in Ireland." The establish iu.2nt of a detective branch of the Royal Irish Con s:tbulary will be one of the remedies proposed. THE LAND BILL. It is expected that there will be plenty of debate 071 the second reading of the Irish Land Bill. Tho re.egranla anticipates that the talk will last till Fridav ; but no organisd opposition is threatened. The Standard says that a meeting- of Conservative Ty3,!:'s and members of Parliambnt was held at the ( . I:triton Club on Saturday to consider the matt er . Thero was considerable discussion; but it was v determined not to oppose the second reading. - Standard itself, however, takes very serious ex , ATLion to the measure. It is communistic and extravagant. In addition to the right of compensa tion for i mprovements and other pri v il eges , it g i ves t h e t . ,:2arit an occupation right amounting to several years' p ,11-chase of the rent. "Of this newly-acquired right to th[3 tenant the landlord, moreover, cannot relieve him fd, or rather he cannot relieve the estate ; for fah ough ho may purchase the occupation right of tlia new tenant, possession " cannot be given to arAlier without a fresh right ves ti ng i n hi m, an d aiv contract with the new t enan t th at h e wou ld oltiim no such right would be null and void! Although a farm may be let at half its value, no addition to the rent can be obtained without the pAyment of several years' rent to th e ex i s ti ng occu pier, as a condition of termin a ti ng hi s t enancy ; an d when the increased rent is arranged, either with the former tenant or with a new one, the farm again becomes chargeable with the occupation right in aldition to any other coven an t s b e t ween t h e con tracting parties." The Standard ev id en tl y thi n k s that the second reading might well have been opposed. AMENDMENTS. Though the present stage is to pass off thus quietly, abundance of work is promised in committee. The Irish members are not satisfied with the result of their interview with Mr. Gladstone, and they are combining to effect great alterations in the measure. After the deputation to the Premier, a meeting was held, and one scheme which was pro pounded met with a very favourable reception. It is designed to establish a Land Court, and to accept the present rents as a basis of settlement. A. landlord may claim before this court to raise his rent on any exceptional state of things arising, and a tenant may, on the other hand, impugn, before the same court, what he considers to be an exorbitant charge. In either case the court is to settle the amount of rent by arbitration. Rent is to be periodically revised by reference to the price of agricultural pro duce • the tenant may sell the goodwill of his hold ing, ;hough the landlord may have the first right to buy it ; and the landlord may likewise veto the incoming of a tenant on good grounds. This scheme will apply to the whole of Ireland. Besides such a comprehensive change, a multitude of individual amendments, more or less decisive, have been announced. These are almost all in the names of Mr. Synan, the member for Limerick, and Mr. Pim, the representative of the City of Dublin • only' Mr. Lambert, Mr. Stacpoole, and Mr. William Johnston having a share in the spoils. Both Mr. Yim and Mr. Synan design an entire reconstruction of the bill. ' TUB BDUCATION BILL. The amendments which have been announced as in pickle for Mr. Forster's Education Bill aro numerous. Most of them are expressions of Union or League principles. Sir Thomas Bazley undertakes to set the compulsory question right by ordaining absolute instead of permissive compulsion. Ills scheme to effect this end is complex ; he proposes that children between the ages of six and twelve, and not under any labour regulation act, be obliged to attend school at least thirty weeks in the year, that seven separate attendances form a week, that negligent parents be fined five shillings for the first, and twenty shillings for subsequent offences ; officers of the school board are to visit offending parents; teachers are to furnish lists of absentees; and children playiry , in the streets are to taken note of. M r . Jacob playing takes the reli g:ous difficulty in hand, and suggests that no sectarian teaching be allowed in schools. The Bible mAy be read and doctrinal instruction may be given after hours, but no more. The bill, as it stands, proposes to leave the religious question to be settled by the school boards. Aa. Baines, too, would limit the powers of the school boards in this respect; and Mr. Graves would extend the operation of the Act to training ships. BRISTOL. The indecent behaviour of the Bristol Liberals has at length worried Mr. Berkeley into resignation. Ho has represented the borough for thirty-three years, and has made himself a respected name by his continued exertions on behalf of the ballot when the now beloved institution was ridiculed and despised; bat his enlightened constituents cannot let him retire in peace. They worked so indefatigably to find a successor for his seat that they have at length accumu lated the large and dangerous stock of three candidates. Mr. Kirkman Hodgson is a Liberal; Mr. Robinson, in addition to being a Liberal, possesses the advan tage of being a local man also; Mr. Odger is a work ing man as well as a Liberal. Here is a fine collection of good things to choose from, if the Bristol Liberals knOw how to choose. But, if all three go to the poll, the result cannot b e difficult to estimate. Wh en M r . Miles contended, in the Conservative interest, with Mr. Morley alone, the former absolutely won, though he was afterwards unseated. A. ballot is talked of to settle this difficulty. CLERICAL INFLUENCE IN POLITICS. There is likely to be a lively encounter within the week respecting the Sligo election doings. Tho Advertiser says the Royal Commission will report that at the last election the Roman Catholic bishop, Dr. Gilhooly, and two of his clergy exercised undue influence and intimidation within the meaning of the Elections Proceedings Act, and that in consequence of their conduct several voters abstained from recording their votes for Major Knox, the Conservative, who was defeated by a small majority. Ministers will be asked "what their inten tions are " respecting this violation of the law. THE WOOLWICH MUTINY. The Standard, in speaking of this affair, says that there are questions of considerable importance involved in the events out of which the disturbance arose. It mentions especially the new control system of which so much has been heard of late. That system involves the disestablishment of the several corps hitherto employed in duties of transport and supply, and the formation of im army service corps to be commanded. by commissioned officers of the, Control Department.. The formation of this corps involved the breaking up of the Commis sariat Staff and other corps, the consequence being that the greater portion of the rank and file of the Military Train entered the Army Service Corps. There remained, however, some tour hundred, of whom about eighty are at Woolwich, who would not - volunteer, or having volunteered, were rejected either as medically unfit or as being bad characters. The Royal Warrant lays it down that the non-commissioned officers and Lieu of the Army Service Corps shall receive working pay for such periods as they may be actually employed on duty. No pay, however, was forthcoming until the labyrinthine wanderings which only those who have had dealings with the War Department can understand, were threaded. But while the red-tape knot was being cut the delay was looked on as a serious P-rievance. The men were required to groom the off- h orses of the Army Service Corps without additional pay, and even to harness the horses and lead them (town to the Arsenal. No pay and the being called upon to do the dirty work of a corps which they had either refused to join, or had been rejected Iron), the Standard considers the causes of*grievance. It asks, therefore, whether there is not some excuse for these foolish and mis ded men ? TELEGRAPHIC DELAYS. appears -that in case of delay in the transmission telegram the sender, on making out his grievance, lave the money returned. A City of London mer t reports that the price of two messages which I . Ldelayed in transmission has been given back to He suggests that there should likewise be compensation for losses which may arise out of tardy transmission ; but the Times points out that teans could be devised of reasonably measuring injury. "All that can be required is a general )f) of efficiency, coupled with the immediate nof money in exceptional cases. The public not shewn much patience with regard to recent ularities, but it mny be doubted if a transaction fr,rintic as that of the transfer of the televraph m to new hag' i simultaneously with a general Aon of its iac:ilities has over been conducted cq ual pre cision." TILE REVISION OF TILE Lord Shaftesbury, leader of the anti-revision-of- Bible party, sends io the Times, as a defence of course ho has taken, a letter which ho had ad led to a learned professor on the subject. Could .'revision be limited to marginal readings. Shaftesbury would feel much less oh :an to the scheme. But such a barrier ris is sure to be broken down when once , 9 toodgates are let loose, and the cry for further Ciment will know no end. The "Parts- o! ;ress," "strengthened by all that had tone be - fore, Id never rest from their efforts to efface the c the whole Bible, and every reminiscence of the from the. h eats and. minds of men.:' He believes that were the _Bible-reading people polled at this moment man by man, woman by woman, child by child, the overwhelming majority would anno unc3 that they stood firm to the inheritance of their fore fathers." guide ,„ It : fat - An hi • 6 ftnt •!re • - )1. i me 4clit ME "r , ,e `pg•rei .turr Ave erru gC „.,rt JI 4 ;‘). Lo he-I piny `ild by hrgl - THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S FUND. The Bishop of London writes to the Times on the subject of the fund connected with his name. It has now passed through one half the period for which it was originally formed, and a statis tical survey has been made of the results produced. A very great work has been accomplished in the way of providing churches, schools, scripture readers, and city mis s i onar i es . It has added many clergymen to the staff of the diocese, and has fulfilled the intentions of its founders and supporters. THE BISHOP OF LONDON ON INFIDELITY. The Bishop of London has addressed a Conference to consider the "best means of counteracting, on a more widely-extended scale, the strenuous and systematic efforts of infidels in the metropolis and throughout the country, which are now assuming so alarming a character." His Lordship Ile said there was a large number of books and periodicals of a pernicious tendency not only on tho shelves of circulating libraries, but on the drawing-room tables of many families. German literature, too, had been brought promi nently forward in England, and adopted by some of the dignitaries of the Anglican Church. All this told neces sarily on the modes of thought of the humbler &asses. He was not surprised that infidelity had armed itself with new weapons, and was making a show of learn ing to which it never pretended before. Its up holders, he said, were quite ready to bring all the objections and arguments forward which they thought rationalism had discovered in modern criticism and scientific speculation to subvert the Gospel. Con troversy, he considered, formed part of the welfare of the Christian Church. THE SCIENCE OF RELIGION. Prince Christian and Dean Stanley were again pre sent on Saturday to hear Professor Max Miller. The lecturer explained the intimate connection between language and religion, and advocated a classification of religions such as had been adopted in the classification of languages. For Asia and Europe he established three families of relig►ion—the Aryan, the Semitic, and the Turanian—and detailed some of the charac teristic features of each. He then endeavoured to shew that by collecting a number of words which hay: the same form and the same meaning, in Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, and Slavonic, it was possible to put together some kind of mosaic picture exhibiting the state of civilisation of the Aryan family before it was broken up into different languages, religions, and nationalities. He applied the same method to the Semitic languages and arrived at various conclu sions regarding the religious sentiments of that family before it was broken up. THE COLLISION 07P TAPAN. The Central Press telegram respecting the collision between the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bombay and the United States corvette Oneida is confirmed by a message to the owners of the Bombay. The latter vessel did steam on without attempting to rescue any of the sinking ship's crew. The captain of the Bombay says he felt the shock so lightly thitt he thought the Oneida could not be much damaged. She sank, however, with 115 men. It is to be feared that this explanation, however plausible, will meet with no favourable recepti9n-in the United States. The Americans will judge, and not unreasonably, that so serious an occurrence as a collision ought not to be disregarded altogether, even when the shock is lightly felt. THE HARDSHIPS OF THE SEA. There are said to be ax) vessels that save long been tossingabout in the chops of the Channel, unable to make their ports until a change comes of wind and weather. Twenty large ships, all grain-laden, from San Francisco to Liverpool are long overdue. The Channel fleet has left Lisbon, with orders to disperse over a wide space in search of the missing steamer City of Boston, and, it is also thought, to relieve the wants of numbers of vessels whose crews must be existing on a very scanty allowance of food. A letter to the Times contains some comfort with regard to the missing steamer and her passengers and crew. By professional men in Liverpool she is not even expected yet. Being reduced to the con dition of an under-sparred sailing vessel, she will probably not arrive until ten days after a change of wind to the westward. Much anxiety is beginning to be felt respecting the Smidt, a steamer trading between Bremen and Now York. She is now forty days from the former port, and by a telegram received in London on Saturday morning it is announced that she had not arrived out. She has, it is stated, about 300 emigrants on board. THE TORNADO CLAIMS. Mr. Forbes Campbell, who represents the ofTl2er3 and crew of the Tornado, desarves credit for per severance. Years of fruitless negotiation have not dis couraged him. He recently suggested that the whole case be left to the arbitration of the French Emperor; but the Earl of Clarendon refused. Mr. Campbell, however, ogain makes the proposal, notwithstanding that the Spanish Government have offered a fixed sum as compensation to the officers and crew, and that Lord Clarendon recommends the acceptance of the money, small as it is. There is no prospect that the arbi trittion scheme will bo seriously thought • of. Nor is there the slightest reason to hope that the Spanish. Government will offer any larg,or sum. The amount nhich they do consent to give is undoubtedly very trifling; but it is better than nothing. COLLIERY PRECAUTIONS. So me of the miners in the neighbourhood of New castle have been supplied with an improved Davy lamp. A. correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazelle recently met one old "hand," and asked to look at this new lamp. To his surprise, he found that the glass was so broken as to render the " safety " of the lamp an entire delusion; the fracture was evidently not new, and the workman allowed that it had occurred some time ago. The most cursory inspec tion would have detected the fault. The question then is, does anybody look to the condition of the miners lamps, and if so, how often? MORE ANNEXATION. President Baez, of San Domingo, has received a communication from influential parties in Venezuela, asking his influence with the Government of America in favour of the an nexation of Venezuela to the United States. This State is in South America, and its inhabitants have long been puzzled to know what to do with themselves. They cannot find a stable government, and so they propose the invariable resource—annexa tion to the United States. It remains ,to be . seen, however, whether the Americans think of extending their dominions to Patagonia. . . rAitiSIAN GOSSIP. The Journal des Dibats refers to the despatch which was sent last week to a journal in the South of France announcing that the Cabinet had resigned. This false news was believed for some hours in three or four departments, and it called forth addresses of confi dence and regret for the Liberal Ministry about to leave office. The Gaulois says that M. Daru has sent a special courier to St. Petersburg on the part of the Cabinet, Int that the dispatches he bears must remain a profound secret to the public, for M. Darn wrote them with his own hand, and no one is acquainted with th :ir purport. The Liberte repeats its previous remark that the French Government, and more especially . M. Darn, are daily occupied for some hours in the consideration of the affairs of Germany. M. Darn seems to be quite in accordance with the Foreign Office, particularly with re:Tect to a general disarmament, that would compel Prussia to adopt the same course. There s some excitement in the e ccle iiasti cal world on the subject of the nomination of Mgr. Ginouilha.c to the Archbishopric of Lyons: Mgr. de Bonald had scarcely breathed his last when the Emperor received from the Vatican a despatch which suggested a candidate as the successor of the venerable cardinal. The Emperor immediately sent the expression of his regrets to the Holy See, and Etated that the communication had been made too late, and that his decision had been already made. The new Archbishop of Lyons is one of the most learned prelates of France ; he has been distinguished for many works on the dogmatic history of the Church, and with Dupanloup and others has resisted the ten dencies of the Ultramontane party. His appointment to the see of Lyons, to which is attached the honorary title of Primate of Gaul, will 11.., looked upon with great cold ness by the extreme party in Rome. The man ager o f th e Mfopme and six of the editors have been sentenced to fines and terms of imprisonment varying from four months' impri sonment and 2,00tf. for Vermorel, an editor, to one month's imprisonment, and 500 f. to Morel and Gaschief, two of leas prominence. Malespince, the manager, who received the heavier sentence, was fined 500 f. additional, or having delayed to send a copy of his journal to the official register. Another sale at the San Donato Gallery took place on Saturday, when Hiram Powers famous Greek - Slave was sold for 53,000 francs. Among the more noticeable vaintings were a portrait of Murillo, by himself, sold for o;1•20f., and " Fruits and Flowers," by Velasquez, sold for 4,350 f. The total of the day's sale was 178.140 f. THE OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. The Provost and Fellows of Worcester College, 0-{ford, propose to offer ono exhibition to be 'competed for this year at the Oxford Local Examinations of the annual value of £7O, and tenable during residence for four years. It will be given to those senior candidates successively who obtain the highese places in the first division of the general list, provided they aro in the first division of one, at least, of the four first sec tions of the examination. The exhibitioner will com mence residence in January, IS7I, and will be required to pass the first University examination (Responsions) not later than the second term. Beyond the cost of living and personal expenses, which will be under the exhibitiOner's control, the only payment to be made will be an entrance fee of £2 loa to the University, and certain annual charges amounting in all to £52. . ' , MM'AVI3.IVV_Mti.OI .oAsn. _ MONDAY. 'The committee of Piivliege of Lords again 4Summed this morning the consideration of the Wicklow peerage case. It will be remembered that on the last meet- Ong of the committee Sir Roundel' Palmerin effect charged kin. Howard with having brought forward as her own child totld the heir to the Wicklow peerage, the son of a pauper, named Mary Best, of Liverpool ; and when Mrs. Howard was called upon to give evidence, she was nowhere to be found. This morning . the Solicitor-General announced that Mrs. Howard wai present, but he objected to her being cross-examined unless some ground for doing so were given. The Lord Chancellor pointed out that Mrs. Howard put forward the claimant as her own child. Having herself brought evidence, she was subject to cross-examination. Had the counsel opposed to the Solicitor-General been aware of the case he would have gone into it before. It could not be considered that the case made those charges necessary. When the case first came forward there were not the materials to cross-examine that there were now. Mrs. Howard was called, and urged that she was charged with conspiracy and perjury. She objected to be sworn till the case was stated on the other side. The Lord Chancellor informed her that it was not for her to dictate the course to be taken. Lord Chelmsford : You must be sworn. The Lord Chancellor : Do you object to be sworn? Consider the question, as we may have to commit you. Mrs. Howard : It is a fresh charge. Lord Redesdale observed that Mr. Howard would do her case no good by refusing to be sworn. Several of the learned lords advised her before refusing to consult with her counsel, as the consequences would be serious to her, and she left the House for that purpose. After a quarter of an hour had elapsed the Solicitor- General returned, and said Mrs. Howard refused to be SNVOTIL Lord Redesdale apprehended there would have to be a report of the circumstances to the House. Sir Roundell Palmer presumed that the refusal would debar Mrs. Howard from speaking again. The committee then sat as the full House, the Lord Chancellor on the woolsack. Lord Redesdale formally reported the circumstances that Mrs. Howard had refused to be sworn. The Lord Chancellor then advised that she be remitted to the custody of the Black Rod. It. was a painful thing to do, but he saw no help for it. On the question being put to the House, the contents were declared to have it, and Mrs. Howard.was removed. . Other evidence was then called. Mary Beat was in 1863 in service at St. Anne's-street, Liverpool, aid whilst there she became acquainted with a man named Jones, In 1864 she was enceinte, and went to the Liverpocl workhouse. Did not know her number in the workhouse. She was confined on the 16th of August in the lying-in ward. Knew a woman named Dickenson, who was the officer over the ward, and attended witness as did another person named Stuart. The child was registered after it was born, and was called William. After she bad been confined she saw a lady in the ward. The first time was on the 23rd of the month. She came, about noon alone. The officers of the ward came with her, and the lady and another person looked round the room to see if there was a child that they liked. The lady tried to induce witness to part with her child. Had not seen the lady lately. She last saw the lady on Friday week in one of the outer rooms of the House. The Solicitor-General thought the witness ought to be shewn Mrs. Howard, so as to see if she could identify her. Mrs. Howard was here called iii, and the witness said she was the same person who came to the Liverpool Workhouse about a child. Witness was further examined by Sir John Kerslake, and said that the lady said that the child should have a first-class education, and that witness would have from the Monday to the Friday to consider the proposition. The witness went on to speak of her parting with the child, said that she was promised money, and was also to be allowed to see the child. Witness, however, had not seen the lady till she met her in the House of Lords. She thought that the child would have been fair. After she left the workhouse she went into service again. By the Solicitor-General : Was first spoken to about parting with the child last summer. She was then at Liverpool, and Mrs. hinter, a person connected with the workhouse, came to her. Witness also saw Mr. O'Brien in October, and she picked out a photograph—that of Mrs. Howard— from a number. O'Brien did not say what he wanted her to do so for. Never learnt from the lady where the child was going to. Would swear that she did not know that her child was to be taken out of the country. It was the lady (Mrs. Howard) who had just been in that conducted the bargain for the child. She could not recollect if the lady or her friends spoke English in an Irish way. She never applied for any mone y, or t o th e magistrate for any. Rea' h' did not know that the ladies were going abroad. Was, sure the child went out of the workhouse on the Friday, and she on the Monday ; and if there was an entry in the workhouse books that they went out on the same day it was a mistake. By Sir John Kerslake : Had never been in the work house since. When she came out of the workhouse she at once got a situation, and after leaving that, went to live in the service that she was in prior to going into the workhouse. Ellen Higgins, a widow and monthly nurse, was for merly at the lying-in ward of the Liverpool Workhouse. She went there in 1862, and, after leaving, again became a monthly nurse. Remembered Mary Best being in the workhouse. She spoke to two persons calling on the woman that had been confined on or about the 22nd of the month. One of the ladies was Mrs. Howard, and she came to witness's room, and said she wanted a boy with fair hair and blue eyes. Witness referred her to one of the officers of the ward and left. She rabsequently was in her private room when Mrs. Howard 81,1.1 that she had "iixed " on a child, and she would call again in three days. 'There were a large number of women in the ward. Witness next saw her on the Friday fol lowing in a private - room. She was; then alone, and said she hoped that the mother was willing that the child should go. In the meantime it was found that the mother being poor, was not unwilling to part with the child. Clothes were brought by Mrs. Howard to' dress the baby in, and when that was done she took the child away, and it had not been brought back to the workhouse since. Mary Best was discharged on the Monday. The book (producod) would show when she left ; but witness was certain that the child did not leave with its mother. By the Solicitor-General : Left the workhouse in IS6B in consequence of the Nightingale system displacing her, and she went to another part of the house, but did not like it and left. Had been accused with others of taking 100 ounces of brandy, for a patient after she left the house. The charge . was not investigated by the committee. There was " a mistake " about some brandy, but it had nothing to do with witness's leaving. Witness made the entries in the book, but it was not true that the mother and child left the same day. It was repeatedly the case ' that children were taken away. There was a visitor's book, and the porter kept it. At the time spoken of • a man named Whitely was in that capacity. Could not remember how many persons visited her the day that Mrs. Howard came to see her. Would not like to swear to the person who accompanied Mrs. Howard. She was sallow, and a little taller than Mrs. Howard.. Was in London last summer, and she was shewn a person whom she said she did not believe was the person she saw in Liverpool. It was her inapresaion that she sew her cousin on that day ; but would not ;swear it. Had been looking over the books to see wile was at the house on the days in question. She did not know what dates to look at. There was an order issued from the committee of the workhouse that she should not see the books. Would not swear that she did not look for the dates of the 22nd and 26th. Mr. O'Brien asked her to go and look at the books, was not aware, when in London last summer, that she would have to speak as to these books, and believed all that she would have to would be to speak as to the identification. By Sir John Karslake : There might be a dozen children taken from the workhouse whilst she was there. The com mittee stopped.her searching the books, at least she learned so from the papers. She left the lying-in ward in October. By Lord Chelmsford—Did not remember whether Mrs. Howard was introduced by name. It was the porter's duty to take the names. By Lord Redesdale : When a child was taken away in the manner described it was entered as having gone away with its mother. . . Mary Stuart was formerly a nurse in the lying-in ward at the Liverpool Workhouse. She left six years ago last January. Mary Best was attended by witness. After her confinement remembered two ladies coming into the lying-in-ward, one of whom was Mrs. Howard, and she said that she wanted a little . boy of fair complexion and blue eyes. Witness saw her in the ward where Mary Best was. Mrs. Howard left and returned on the Friday with some clothes, and asked witness, as the mother had consented, to dress the child. Remem bered Mary Best leaving two or three days after. By tho Solicitor-General : Was not here in the summer; was at Brighton, and Mrs. Higginson, Mrs. Cater , and Mary Best were there. The lady wipe accompanied Mrs. Howard did not takunfickpart in the conversation. Did not hear that the child was to be taken to Australia or all' other place abroad. First heard of the matter seven or eight months ago through Mr, Carr. Did not hear the name of the ladies who came. By Sir John Karslake : At the second interview Mrs. Howard said the child would be well educated, and brought up very rich. " Eliza O'Hana, formerly assistant nurse to the work house, remembered Mary Best being there. Remembered Mary Stuart dressing and washing the baby. Never saw the baby after that. Sir John Coleridge said that he would not ask the wit ness any questions. This was the entire evidence, and their lordships ad journed for quarter of anhourpriortohearing the speeches of counsel. After the adjournment, the Solicitor-General said they had heard that several persons could be called who would be in a position to give important evidence. One of them told a story which, though he could not pledge himself to the details—that in in 1861 a lady wanted a child, and went to the London Workhouses to get one, but without success, and she then gent to Liverpool, and after that period the witness had seen her with a child. They would under take to get that man over there if their lordships so pleased. After the adjournment, the Solicitor-General said that a person named Manners, who was formerly in the ixilice, and who had left with a certificate of good character, was now residing at Boulogne, and, seeinn• an advertisement in the papers, had communicated with Mrs. Howard's solicitors, stating that lie could give important informa tion. In consequence of that letter the managing clerk to the solicitors had gone over, and the man stated that in August 1864 he was communicate with, by a lady of position residing in London, who was desirous of obtaining a male child. Inquhies were made for one et the Lon"ou Workhouses, but, without effect. The TIMM the n told the lady that a search et LivPrpool 'night not Yid so unsuccessfully. He saw her subsequently at Ensto: Ssation with a child, and afterwards saw it at nurse in th. neighbourhood of Camden Town. Under these circumstances tae Solicitor-Gencral asked their lordships .to give hirc an opportunity of making further inquiries. The answei t'lat he had already to the case was that in August Mrs Howard was staying at Longley ; but he had no evidence a; to particular dates. Lord Chelmsford pointed out that Mrs. Howard hag placed herself in the unfortunate position of being debarreJ from being called as a witness. Henry Maskell, clerk to the solicitors of Mrs. Howard, was then sworn, and spoke to going over to Boulogne to see the man referred to. The Solicitor-General said she had refused to answei elute against his wish, and also the wish of her solicitors. Their lordships must remember that the claimant was the son, and he ought not to suffer because of his mother refusing to be sworn. Sir John said that comments of an offensive naturehad appeared in some of the papers during the case being heard. TheSolicitor-lieneral sans that the evidence or the Langley witne3se3 would be subsidiary and almost ieless without that of the person at Boulogne. After some further conversation, the hearing of tllO ase was adjourned for a wee],:,, THE ALLEGED MURDER AT DItUMALOR Great interest has been manifested in Ireland in tl Drumaloor case, as it is called. Eight Orangemen have been tried at the Cavan Assizes for the murder of Edward Morton at Drumaloor in November last. The facts of the case are thus stated by the prosecution :—On the Ist of November last a public meeting was arranged to take place in Cavan. That was a meeting called for the purpose of discussing the question of tenant right. Large numbers of the inhabitants of the district determined to attend the meeting. They left in a large body —some on cars and other conveyances, sonic on horseback, and the majority walked. They wer, - . accompanied by the Roman Catholic clergymen of the town of Belturbet—the Rev. Mr. Dunne and his curate, the Rev. Mr. Daly—both of whom travelled on a jaunt ing-car together. There were certain banners carried by that body, and certain insignia and things worn by a large number of the people as they went along the road. They left Belturbet about ten o'clock in the morning. About four o'clock in the evenin ,, b , after the meeting was over, the Belturbet party started from Cavan for the purpose of returning to their homes. Everything seemed to have gone on quietly until the leading portion of the returning body came to the townland of Drumaloor. They we;:e met by a number of persons on the road, among-i'vhoin were identified the prisoners at the bar. They carne together to the steps of the cuttin g , the priest's car being about the centre of the party. On it was the Rev. Mr. Dunne, his curate, the priest's servant, who was driving, and another gentleman. Just as the priest's car came up to the steps at Hewitt's house, a man at the end of the dwelling cried out " Here they are, d—n their souls ; pitch into them," or " fire into them." That was . heard distinctly by the persons on the car. Immediately afterwards shots were fired from the Belturbet end of Hewitt's house towards the priest's car. There were at least four or five shots at that time fired in rapid succession. Five at least of the prisoners (said the counsel) were at the end of Hewitt's house, and they were of the party from whom those shots came. It would be proved that some of the party, after firing the first volley, reloaded their guns, and that there was a cry from one of them, " Keep up the fire boys." Accordingly, they reloaded their guns, and fired a second volley down the road. After the first volley the priests and those who were on the car and, of course the rest of the crowd, into which those shots were fired, retreated in great alarm. The rev. gentleman went towards Belturbet. Others returned and fled towards Cavan ; but the priest's car was left, with a few persons who were about it, at the steps, when the second discharge took place. The-driver was with the car, which was then unoccupied, and it would appear that he addressed Edward Morton, and invited him to get upon it. When the de ceased was in the act of doing so he was struck by one of the shots fired from Hewitt's house. Upon the occasion of the second discharge the shot took effect upon Morton. The evidence upon both sides having been heard, the jury acquitted the prisoners. The verdict was received with cheers in the Court-house, and yells by the crowd outside.. The prisoners were publicly discharged. The crowd paraded the streets of Cavan, but there was no disturbance. A large police force remains in the town. STRANGE CHARGE OF INFANTICIDE. At the Chelmsford Assizes on Saturday, Eliza Smart, 40, was indicted for the wilful murder of the child of her daughter, Rebecca Smart, of the age of one hour, or thereabouts, by strangling it. This was a very remarkable case. The prisoner was a married woman, the wife of a labourer, residing a t N aze i ng, i n the county of Essex, and the allegation on the part of the prosecution was that she had murdered her grandchild, the illegiti mate offspring of her daughter Rebecca, a young woman of twenty. The principal witness for the prosecution was a married woman named Susan Starks, and, according to her evidence, she actually saw the prisoner commit the murder, and there was this corrobora tion of her testim on y th a t upon a search being made in the garden attached to the cottage of the prisoner the bones and other decomposed remains of a child were discovered. The murder was represented to have been committed in August last, but no information appeared to have been given by the witness respect ing it until several months afterwards ; and, upon inquiries being made by the police, the result was that the prisoner was committed for trial upon the present charge. Susan Starks said : In August last I lived next door to the prisoner and her husband at Nazeing, and I remember tieing called up in the night on account of the prisoner's daughter being confined. After the child had been born, the prisoner put one of her fingers into its m ou th, an d the baby cried; and the prisoner's daughter said to her, " Dear mother, don't let the baby cry." The prisoner replied, " Don't fear ; it will not trouble anybody long." The prisoner then asked me what she was to do, and I rep:ied, " Please yourself, Mrs. Smart ; you know your own cat_ e best:" The prisoner then took off one of her garters and tied it round the baby's neck, and tied it on the bed, and I went away and never saw the child again. Two days after this the prisoner told me that she had buried the child in the garden.—Cross-examined What did you do when you saw her, as you say, tie her garter round the throat of an in fant just born ?—I did not do anything.—The Lord Chief Justice (to the witness) : Did you believe that the prisoner was going to murder the child ?—I did not know what she was going to do. His lordship : What did you mean by saying to the prisoner " Please yourself" when she put the question to you what she was to do ? Witness (hesitating) : I understood her to ask me whether she was to kill the child or uot. His lordship : And you coolly told her to please herself. Is that what you mean to say ? The witness made no answer. Mr. Codd : Did you say one word of the story you have row told until after you had heard that the prisoner had threatened to tell your husband of something that had occurred ?—lt is not true.—The Lord Chief Justice told Irer to answer the question, and after a deal of pressing she admitted that some charge had been made affecting :er character as a married woman, and that she had heard that the prisoner had threatened to tell her husband some thing upon the subject. It was after this that she went to the police and made the statement.—Rebecca Smart, the daughter of the prisoner, was then examined, mid- she stated that her mother assisted her at the d..:livery, but she never heard the child cry, and after it was born she took the child away, and witness did not ::new what had become of it, until her mother told her sane time afterwards that she had buried it. She heard Starks say to her mother, " If I was you, I would hot let it live, and no one should know anything about it." Thomas Gowers, one of the Essex constabul ar y, p rove d that, in cow.t,inence of directions he received, he went to the cottage - where the prisoner had lived at Nazeing, and, upon digging in the garden, he found a number of bones, apparently those of a child, and a quantity of decomposed matter tied up in a piece of black cloth. Mr. Simpson, the superitttendent of 'Police, having stated that he questioned the prisoner about the charge, was told by the Lord Chief Justice that he had no right to do so. The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up the case, said that undoubtedly the charge rested almost entirely upon the evidence of the witness Mrs. Starks, and it would be for them to say whether they could possibly rely upon it. If a murder had actually been committed, this witness really almost stood in the position of an accom plice.—The jury immediately ret urne d a ver di c t o f not ;uilty of murder, but guilty of endeavouring to conceal the dead body of the child.—The Lord Chief Justice, address big the prisoner, said that she had been very properly tcquitted of the more serious crime, but there was no doubt she had committed the offence of which the jury had found her g ditty. It was one of a serious character, and required that severe punishment should attend it, Tide he sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labs for six months. • At the Leitrim Assizes another batch of prisoners have been charged with assaulting a congregation of Methodists. The same result followed as in the first trial—the jury disagreed. BURPING OF A STEA3rBOAT.—The Mississippi steamboat, Emma,, has been dest ro y e d by fi re w ith lament able losi of life. While going through Chute Island en route foiCincinnati she struck a snag and careened. The stove in the ladies cabin upset, setting the boat on fire and totally destroying her. A. special despatch from. Cairo gives the loss as twelve passengers, among them five ladies, six 'officers, and the entire crew. The steamer Coltpnbian brought the,survivors to Cairo. Go ABROAD. AND LEAN.—.The adherents to*the old belief as to the civilizing influence of British inter course have recently received several severe shocks. Not only does it appear upon trustworthy authority that the " semi -barbarous," as we are told to call them, people of Japan have for many hu n d re d y ears been in the enjoyment of a complete system of primary edu cation, i by means of which every m e mber o f th e popu lation s instructed ; but even in wholly barbarous Chinese 'rartary, we learn from Mr. Shaw's paper, read last week at the Royal Geographical Society, that every street in the numerous cities with which the country is dotted con tains its primary school, where rows of turbaned boys may be seen daily at their first lessons in reading and writing. CUBA.—lmportant news has been received at Uavana from Nassau. General Quesada and five com panions arrived at Nassau on the 14th of February in a small boat. It is reported that the steamer Anna has again been seized on the declaration of one of her crew. The Governor of New Providence, hearing that a Cuban depot and rendezvous had been established on Green Key, de. patched the English gunboat Dart there to break it up. She has just returned to Nassau with two cannon and a quantity of arms and ammunition, which had been depo sited on the Key for the steamer Anna. A Cuban con nected with the murder of the American has been ar rested. THE SUPPLEMENTARY CONVENTION.—The feeling in Hong Kong against the Supp!ementaiy Convention re cently concluded by Sir Rutherford Alcock with the Chinese Government, continues to be very strong. Two memorials have come to England by this mail, both protesting against it : one of them being from the Chamber of Commerce at Hong Kong, and the other from the Hong Kong com munity. The clauses which are most objected to are the second clause, under which the Chinese Government wili claim to place a consul at Hong Kong ; the fourth clause, which seems to prevent the forwardin.. of goods to Hong Kong for transhipment ; the fifth clause, which presses unduly on Hong Kong with respect to duty - pail goods, and the sixth clause, which agrees to abandon the port of Kinn... Chau. It is to the first and last of these questions that the memorialists attach most importance. They furnish extensive reasons against the appointment of a Chinese Consul ; and with rt.g.ard to the abandonment of the port, they urge that the only treaty port for the whole of the South and south-west of China is Canton, situated about 100 miles up a river, and not fitted either by its geographical position or its means of access to be the o n ly channel of trade. By the existing edict no goods can go to Hainan, or the south-west, without payi ng d u ty a t Canton so importers have to go and return 100 miles more than would be otherwise necessary, a fact which the memorialists contend has greatly damaged the trade. The following par7rapli appears in tne _nut mats Gazette :—The laundry 4 - orlc of the Royal Military Aca demy at Woolwich has hitherto been given to the widows of sergeant-majors, about forty of whom have found in that employment their only means of livelihood. An order has now been issued which deprives these women of their employment, without a moment's notice it being directed that the washing shall in future be given to the wives of the cadets' servants. to compensate thorn for the loss of certain fees which have been abolished. The widows are consequently applying to the parish for poor relief. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo. American Times.) There has 13,61 a dehaie in the :.-enate on. the proposud Internatimmi Exlobitinn at Washington, -the bib to'encourage and promote it hat-ing 13,.en brought up on the lBth , February. We fear that it will not be re garded by the Waslingtoniaus as encouraging, for some of the Senators Made impudent remarks about that inte resting city ; indeed, one unblushingly recommended that the $2,000,000 already raised should be applied by the citizens in paving their muddy stns. Is. An ather objected to bring foreigners to see what a miserable thing in capi tals they had ; but cxcepdon was generally taken on the score of expense, the belief being that an exhibition hold in such a city as Washington would cost an enormous sum, and that the largo balance necessary to give it a chance of success would eventually fall upon the Govern ment. If such an exhibition must b 3 got up the proper place was in one of the large commercial cities. Those, even of London and Paris had all, except th., first. been pecuniary failures; and what- chance could Wash ington have if such cJntres of population, wealth, and commerce failed to make an international exhibition self-supporting. Mr. Merrill reiterated his former objec tions, terming the proposal an experiment of the Wash ington citizens to silence the cry about the removal of the capital ; but it was dangerous, for in the very probable event of failure the reproaches against the city would be mul tiplied. The tendency to branch off from the subject was illustrated by a remark of Mr. Morrill, one of whose ob jections was that travellers to 'Washington who passed through Now Jersey would be taxed by that State $1 each,and the discussion immediately turned to this subject. Many Senators, however, warmly defended Washington, Mr. Nye declaring that there was no building equal to the Capitol, and that the city would one day be the pride of the nation. It was asserted that $2,000,000 had been raised in Washington, and that men of wealth would carry the Exhibition through without any other charge to the Government than those specified in the bill. The monthly statement of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the Ist March, shows the total debt, less cash and bonds in the Treasury, was $2,438,328,477, being a decrease during the month of February of $6,484,811. The decrease since last March is $87,134,782, this being the total decrease during the first year of Grant's Adminis tration. The total of the bonds purchtised, with accruad interest is $106,659,283. The money in the Treasury in gold amounts to $102,400,739 ; in currency to $10,280,285. General Schaffer, of Illinois, the new Governor of Utah, after receiving at. Washington important instruc tions, has left for the Salt Lake City. On the 17th Feb. Mr. Cullom brought up his bill to prevent and punish ply gamy in Utah, and advocated it in a vigorous speech. His belief is that the longer delayed the more difficult the ques tion becomes. He described Brigham Young as all powerful, the first step was to sujotitute a U.S. Judiciary for the Ter ritorial one; the Legislature was all composed of Mormons who practised polygamy,and these by his bill would be ren dered ineligible to vote or to hold office. They were critui nals, as ineligible as the late rebels. If some such bill did not pass every Gentile would be driven out of Utah. Doubt less it would render a fe w companies of soldiers necessary,but the Mormon strength did not exceed 8,000 men, and they would not attempt a general resistance ; but whether they would resist or not, it was the nation's duty not to tem porize longer with the iniquity, but get rid of a relic of barbarism, which was a stigma on the country. Per haps Mr. Cullom is right is his belief that the Mor mons will not resist it, if the nation shows that it will submit no longer to so gross an infraction of its laws; still the general impression is that Brigham will not only resist, but is preparing for resistance, an I those who have most experience of the folly of mankind would not be surprised if the Mormons took the initiative in declaring war on the Gentiles. Great anxiety has prevailed during the week about the City of Boston, now overdue several weeks. The Bristol Post published a telegram to Lady Amelia Gray, who has a daughter on boa7d, from Mr. W. Ross Hall of the Excellent, stationed off Portsmouth, reporting that she had been spoken off Ireland, both cylinders of engines gone. No news of her, however, has been re ceiv ~I at Liverpool. The City of Boston has a crew of 98 men, and the following cabin passengers from New York M-s M. Cosgrove, Mr Ginguene, A. C. Morton, J. Whit taker, four children, and infant; Dr Tupper, Allan Ebbs, wife, children, and infant; James Adahead, M. A. Praeger, J. M'Colt, C. P. Archibald, Mr Roland and wife, W. N. Cochrane, James Cosgrove, Mr Lawdler, R. J. M'Donald, Duncan M'Donald, James WHinnon, P. H. Priewr, John Leresley, and T. O'Neill. • At Halifax she is said to have embarked a number of passengers, both cabin and steerag., also troops. There is some hope that the Canadian mail steamer, now duo, may have fallen iu with her. We hoi:e and believe that the City of Boston will srr►ve all right, the delay being caused by an accident to her machinery during the late rough weather ; but what ever may be her fate, two disastrous shipwrecks of Ame rican vessels have been reported. The Golden City, on her way from San Francisco to Panama, was lost off the Mexi can coast on the 22d of February. Fortunately another steamer of the same line, fin Colorall, on her way front Panama to San Francisco, came up, and through her m ens the passengers and crew, tin mtils, troasure, an I lugg Lgp, were saved and taken back to Sin Francisco, but the Golden City and her cargo, valued at $250,000, were lost. The other was an appalling affair, news of which simulta neously reached Washington and London. It appears that the eeninsnlarand Oriental Company's steamer Bombay was running for Yokohama in a dense fog, and when about 15 miles from that port she cam into colli.;ioa with th 3 Ame rican corvette Oneida, a screw steamer of 1,800 tons, mounting 8 guns, having on board a crew of 176 men. The Oneida was sunk by the collision, and as b•.tt 56 were saved, it follows the 120 lives were lost. The Bombay a screw steamer of 1,327 tons, with'engines of 250 horse power, was but little injured. From San Francisco we le am that the Golden City, on leaving that city, had 300 passengers, and $791,000 in treasure, $lO,OOO of which was for New York, $437,000 for England, $95,000 for France, $240,000 for South America, and $lO,OOO for Panama. The Winnepeg Convention nominated Rielle as President, appointing a Chief Justice, Secretary of State, a Treasurer, an Under-Secretary of the Treasury, to form a Government pending negotiations with Canada. We suppose the Convention was induced to appoint so many Treasury officers from the fact that there being nothing in the Treasury it was their earnest desire to fill it. Three delegates proceed to open negotiations at Ottawa. Dr. Cowan and PciStmaster Banuatyne, who had been arrested by Rielle, had been set at liberty. The arrival of Bishop ache was anxiousli , awaited, as his influence is very great, and Rielle is said to owe his election to the necessity tor conciliating the French party. Affai rs,to we ver, bad taking another turn, Recording to a telegram front Toronto. On Tuesday last the Canadian and English settlers, headed by Dr. Schultz mail Major Bolton, had raised an armed force, 'end setting at naught the Provisional Government of the insurgents, demanded Rielle's retirement. The Loyalists number from 400 to 500 men, with two pieces of artillery. Rielle holds Fort Garry, and holds twenty Canadian prisoners, and he threatens if attacked to bombard the town. We are happy to perceive propositions originally made in .this paper, bearing fruit. Three years ago we urged the directors of the Panama and Australian line to take vigCrous steps to change their Pacific eastern ter minus from•Panama`to San Francisco, and, failing in making an impros'sion there, we proposed the extension of the line from the Sandwich Islands to the Feejoes, with branch steamers, one to Sydney, and the other to Auckland. By such means the Australian colonies would be brought into direct communication with North America,and by the trans continental railroad and the numerous fleets plying be tween Europe and the Atlantic seaboard, into direct com munication with England. If we failed in making any impression in England, we have been more fortunate in America, for the Senate Postal Committee, at their meet ing on the 17th Feb., had the establishment of such a line under discussion. The plan proposed is that we advo cated, from San Francisco via the Sandwich Island and the Foejees. Although no conclusion has as yet been reached concerning the subsidy, the scheme itself was heartily approved; in truth, its advantages are too appa rent to escape recognition when once attention is directed to them. The House of Representatives, by 107 votes against 48, passed a resolution declaring that the inte rests of the country demand such a tariff on foreign im ports as will best protect home manufactures and indus tries without impairing the revenue. The new Tariff Bill is exciting much opposition, and, on the other hand, is strenuously supported by the Protectionists. Tho above resolution shows that the latter are still all-powerful in Congress ; but such general resolutions do not mean much, as men who would vote against particular imposi tions might still support the principle therein embodied. The Freetraders held a mass meeting at New York on the 24th Feb., at which were to attend many of the leading commercial men of the Empire City and several members of Congress. The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce protests against the tariff, denouncing the principle on which it is framed, and, as far as wo can see, it may be that the country is, on this subject, in advance of Congress. We now learn that Mr. Whittemore is not the only Southern Representative of the class nicknamed car -;—,:--bagger against whom evidence has boon procured of selling nominations to th) West Point Academy, and to the Naval School at Annapolis. Two others have resigned in anticipation of expulsion, and six or seven more aro implicated. A telegram received yesterday gives their names as Mr. Deweese, Republican, from North Carolina, and Mr. Golladay, Democrat, from Kentucky ; two others accused are Republicans, and one a Democrat. The labour of the military committee had been unremitting, and a great mass of evidence had been accumulated. Several editors and correspondents of newspapers had been examined, and the public are at any rate now aware of Ithe value affixed to these appointments, which seems to range from $5OO to $l,OOO. A decision is announced by the Superior Court of Cincinnati on the question of reading the Bible in the public schools of that city. Of the three judges, two de cided that the Bible should be read, a decision from which the third, a Unitarian, dissented; of the ()the" two one was an Episcopalian, the other, a Methodist POLITICAL NEWS.—The MiutleSotA House of Reprusentatives, by a vote of 83 to 18. on the. 15th of February, passed a -resolution submitting a female . ;suf frage amendment to the .people... It is believedthe Senate will concur. The Georgia Legislative, Feb. 15, elected Messrs. Blodgett, Farrow, and Whitely• United States Senators, the latter for the one-year term. - As Georgia already has two Senators, this election ems five to that State, from whom the Senate may 'select. Blodgett's nomination is for the term ending 1877, Farrow's for 1873, and Whitely for March, 1871. General David Atwood, editor of the Madison State Journal, has been elected to Congress by the Republicans of the Second Wisconsin District to succeed Mr. Hopkins, deceased. There was no organized opposition to his election. The Louisiana Legislature bas passed a bill for the issue of $3,000,000 in bonds for levee purposes, and another providing for 'mixed" schoOls. The M"nnesota Assembly bas passed an Act to submit. to the women sit the State at the next election a propodtion for female suffrage, but the Colorado Legislature has rejected a female suffrage resolution. Gov. Butler, of Nebraska, convened the State 'Legislature on the 17th Feb. to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment, which it did by an almost unanimous vote completing the ratio cation, which now only awaits the proclamation to become operative. Thirty States, in all, have ratified, of which New York claims to retract, and Indiana's action is chal lenged, as, through the maueouvrintr of the Democrats, it was impossible to get a quorum of two-thirds of the Legislature; Still there remain 28, giving the necessary number of States. The Maine Railroad Consolidation Bill was carried by six to two through the Committee on the 17th Feb., and the great battle will now open all along the line. It is by far the most important scheme of legislation the State has ever had. BUDGET OF PERSONAL.-The Rev. Dr. Lyman has resigned the rectorship of the American Chapel in Rome, arid the Rev. Mr. Nevin has taken his place.-The post of Commander of the "Grand Army of the Constitu tion," the Democratic soldiers' organization, is to be offered to General M'Olellan. Hancock being the second choice.- Colonel William G. Moore, Paymaster, and ex-private secretary of President Johnson, has resigned his position in the army.-John H. Surratt is a grocer in Baltimore. -A monument to Prentice is proposed in Louisville.- Cassius M. Clay, formerly Minister to Russia, is said to bo engaged at Waterbury, Connecticut, in making a new kind of candle, a Russian invention, for which he has a patent.- The Naples Observer announces the . death of an American lady, Miss Frances Minns of Boston, which took place in the Motel de Louvre, Naples, on the 18th Feb.-Eayard Taylor says we work too much and think too Mlle.-President Grant's father was 76 years of age ; on Sunday, Feb. 6.-Judge William Strong, whose nomi nation has been confirmed by the Senate as Associate Justice on the Supremo Bench, is a native of Connec ticut, and emigrated many years ago to Reading, Penn sylvania, having represented the Berks County Court in Congress. Ho received the Domocratio nomination for Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and was elected by a large majority. About a year ago he resigned, and has been living a retired life in Philadel phia, whore ho is held in high esteem for his great legal ability and learning, and though never taking an active part in politics, his l e aning h as l a t e l y b een towar d s th e Republican party. Mr. Goo. W. Childs of the s ince Ledger, on arrival at New York, call e d by requeatori s trince Arthur. Mr. Childs was on his way to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Peabody.- On Washington's birthday at Berlin, the American Aruba sador, Mr. G. 'Bancroft, gave a Soirée in the Embassy. A large number of American gentlemen and ladies, and most of the celebrities of the diplomatic and learned world were present.-The widow of Col. T. Bigelow Lawrence of Boston has promised a gift of $25,000 for the erection of a Boston art museum, on condition that an additional amount of $75,000 is col. lected by subscription.-William Cullen Bryar.t is said to be worth $500,000.-General John IL Liddell was killed on the steamer St. Marys, near Monro Louisiana, on Feb. 14.- It is said his murderers were Colonel Charles Jones and two of the latter's sons.-Seven unmarried American ladies are now practising sculpture in Rome, namely, Miss Whitney, Miss Hosmer, Miss Freeman, Miss Stebbins, Miss Edmonia Lewis, Miss Vinnie Ream, and Miss Foley. G. F. Train says if he couldn't speak every day ho would burst. Won't some one "gag" him for a day or two? asks some one.-Warren Leland, of the Metropoli tan Hotel, left for Saratoga, last week, to personally superintend the erection of the two cottages on the Union Hotel grounds, which, it is' sail, but we-know not how truly, are to be occupied by the Empress Eugenie and suite next summon-Mt. Hoag, of Ohio, the member of Congress who lately died, is said to have left $1,000,000. Cassius M. Clay's new candles are said to burn at a cost of one cent for twenty-four hours of light.-Pr. Mary Walker was robbed by highwaymen the other day, who wouldn't have been so ungallant had they not supposed from her costume that she was a mau.-Fisk, jun., has withdrawn his suit for libel against the Springfield Repub lican. As the Englishmen are preparing to attack him, he is girding on his armour for what promises to be the most difficult lawsuit Erie has cot experienced. - A General Jackson, at Louisville, is called "Mudwall," to distinzuish him from "Stonewall."-Senator Grimes writes to frien Is in lowa, that his health is failing rapidly, and he will probably not survive the journey Jones, driver of a mail waggon in Chicago, has been arrested on the charge of having robbed the maik of over $lOO,OOO in drafts.-Mrs. Stanton has been unable to keep her lec ture euga;ements through illue s, and Mi ss S usan B . Anthony offers to take her place,,General Alatorre is at the head of all the Mexican La:33. -The New York Mail thinks Victor Hugo is rapidly becoMing the . French George Francis Train.-Ad.rin 13aierle, a pro minent brewer of Chicago, has mysteriously disappeared, and it is stated ;that he absconded to avoid paying his debts. His liabilities were $70,600, while his assets are reported at $lOO,OOO. Ho took away $15,000.-The Senate ou the 18th Feb. confirmed the appointment of John F. Delaplane, of New York, as Secretary of Legation at Vienna. BUDGET OF MISCELLANEOUS. The Kentucky Legislature has named a county after General Lee.-New York expects t' see a tunnel opened to Brooklyn before the East River Bridge is completed.-A thief in Cincin nati has gone to gaol for stealing a copy of Mrs. Stowe's book. It is only just to say that he immediately pawned it.-The ccllectiou of the laws of New Jersey is progress ing rapidly. Oortlandt Parker, Esq., of Newark, has charge of the work.-The Massachusetts Legislature is debating to sell fruit hereafter by weight.-A valentine dealer in New York this year sold 78 valentines valued at $5O each.-The Missouri Legislature is about to erect a monument to General Lyon.-The shipment of specie from San Francisco since Jan. 1 amounts to B,6ll2,ooo,in eluding. 81,961,000 sent to Now York by the Union Pacific Railroad.-Farmingston, Connecticut, as a mea sure of . economy, .and in the scarcity of- funerals, hires out the town hearse to serve milk from.-Another earthquake shock has been felt at San Francisco.-The new bridge over the Ohio at Louisville was formally opened on Feb. 18.-A. verdict of $2,000 has been given against the Hudson River Railroad Company for brutally ejecting a passenger.--Florida has a total valuation of property of $25,000,00C, yet the State Legislature has just passed a bill allowing a railway to create a loan on the State credit of over $8,000,000 in gold. NAVAL ITEMS.-Enlistments for the navy have been directed to cease, the full number allowed by law (8,500) having been reached. This will prevent several vessels from sailing, and will keep the Delaware on the Asiatic station. retaining her men beyond their term, with one-fourth additional pay.-Commodore Stephens Champ lin, U. 8. N., tho last surviving officer of the battle of Lake Erie, is dangerously ill at his residence in Boston. Bank of Englaud Returns, An Account, iursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, March 2, 1870. '&IITMENT. 'GovernmL DebLXll,Ol5,lO6 Other Securities.. 8,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion ...... 19,098,200 Silvor Bullion £34,008,200 arAmtEn. Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) £13,831.814 Other Securities 19,492,317 Notes 11,438,740 Gold and Silver Coin £45,693,626 ISSUE DEI Notes issued £34,008,200 £34,098,200 BANKING P, _ Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 9,793.327 Other Deposits.. 17,274,771 Seven Days and othor Bills 447,832 £45,693,626 Du BARRY'S Delicious Health restoring Bovalonia Arabica Food, which contains three times the nourishment of , he best meat, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, restore perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, res freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the more enfeebled, removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dys pepsia), habitual constipation, diarrhoea, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sort throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpit%tion, heartburn, head ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, sinking fits, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, incipient consumption, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stows oh, between the shoulders, ece. We quote a few out of gB,OOO cries : —'2ha Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food, Cure No. 68.413 ' Rome, July 21, 1836. - The health of the Holy Father is excellent. especially since, abandoning all other remedies, ho has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Reval. nta Arabic°, Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It hat produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the Gazette du Midi, July 25. Cure No. 9,832: "Of Fifty year indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma cough, eonstipation, flatulency. spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting. Maria Jolly. Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk Cure o. 47,151: Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Naziag Vicarage Waltham Cross, Bests, of extreme nervousness, indigestion gatherings, low spirits and nervous fancies. Important Caution —Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy hnita tions to which without authority, Baron Liebig's na.M3 i't audaciously attached In tins, at s t d; llb 2s 9d; 2 lb 4s 6d; slb Ils; 121 b 22s : 24 lbs 4 a.— 1 lso BARDY's lIDNALENTA &MCA CHOCOLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for Is cups at 2s, for 24 caps at 3s 6d, for s 8 cups at 6s, for 2,38 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 55s —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and :',53 tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Onion— ARRy Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Lond on . and all Grocers and Chemists. MONETARY REPORTS —Yesterday. -.0.- - - ,- -- . - Although the busined doing his hot been extensive, the tone of the Stock Exchange markets has - been healthy on the whole, and no adverse movement of importance has transpired. Consols have been flat and rather lower, at 924, 92i for money, and 92k, 922 for April. Reduced end New Three per Cents, 914, 911 Bank Stock has marked 240, 242. Indian Five per Cents have been done at 111, 112, and India Bonds at 205., 25sd-prem. Exchequer BO 2s. dis., 3s. prem. . In the market for English railway stocks the business doing has been limited. Metropolitan has been dull, and lower, and a fall of 4 in Midland and London and North- Western, London and Brighton being at the same g lower. On the other hand, Great Northern has risen 4, and Great Eastern 4. There has been a steady inquiry for foreign bonds throughout the day, as nearly all the movements have been of a favourable character. Argentine has advanced i• Egyptian 1864, 4. ; and 1868, 4; New Grenada, ; Pere vian 1863, 4 ; Russian 1830, 4; ditto Nicolai, 4; Spanish, all issues, 4; Turkish 1862, 4; ditto 1865, ; ditto " Muttons," 1. American Government securities have continued to advance, and the Five-Twenty Bonds of all issues shell a rise of 4 ; Erie shares have advanbed 4, and ininoi4 4 Central, Indian railway stocks have been quiet and unaltered. Canadian shares have been firm, and Great Western hav e risen 4. For foreign shares there has been very little inquiry. There has been a good demand for money to-day, b oth at the Bank of England and in other quarters, end 12° three months' bills have been taken under 3 per cent. The sum of £20,000 in sovereigns has been sent to the Bank to-day from the Cape. In Bank shares the transactions have been only modera te / but prices have been supported. Telegraph shares have continued depressed. An g lo- Mediterranean h ave fallen 14; British Indian Subraarille 4; and Falmouth, Gib ra lt ar , an d M a lt a 4. Hooper's shares have been quiet, at 4, 4 die. Teleg,reP li Construction shares have been flat, and have given way Miscellaneous securities have been quiet but steady. At Mark-lane to-day wheat was firm, and 1s- P er quarter dearer. The directors of the Surrey Commercial Dock. Company recommend a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. Per annum. The traffic returns of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway for the week ending March sth present a total of £13,322, shewing a decrease of £1,051 when co"' pared with the corresponding week of 1869. t At a meeting of the Star Life Assurance SocietY ,l was shown that the directors have received during the year 1,412 proposals : these, together with 59 standi n g over at the end of the year 1868, have been disposed of 9 . 5 . follows :-1,148 policies effected, for the assurance el £418,559 lls. Od. ; 106 proposals declined for £37, 2 ' 217 not completed at the close of theYe ar ' for £74,235. Total 1,471 ; £5304 1 5 6 4 4 115. Od. new policies thus completed will ce an in- o _ l3le le . to the society of £13,900 18s. 6d. It will be observed OP' 4, a considerable number of proposals have been declined, while some have been accepted at an increased rate ; will account for many of the 217 proposals accepted n" having been completed at the close of the year. I le annual income on the 31st day of December last WO °I , follows : For premiums on policies in force on the 31 " December last, £133,675 10s. ; interest on investmen ts t £33,944 Os. 4d. To which is to be added the amount ot purchase-money for annuities, the sum of £3,25012x. The amount paid in claims by death is £82,916 7s. which includes bonus additions of £9,101 11s. 10d., 9 ' ll the total claims paid from the establishment of the society are £694,997 12s. 7cl. The directors further report that they have not only been a bl e t o p a y f or th e p u rchase c ' policies and the surrenders of b onus ou t o f the curr el f t year's account, but have added the sum of £28,443 38. bc `' to the assurance fund, which now amounts r e £317,841 10s. 11d. Annexed to the report is a ta b shewing the various stocks in which the assurance fund it invested. In reference to the public sales of colonial wool, brought to a close, just brought to a close, Messrs. Southey' • Balm; and Co., remark : The first series of wool sales of the year, hi opened on the 17th ultimo, closed this day. The n . dications of a more satisfactory condition of e° sumption recently observable in the seats of the woollen industry, combined with th e assure d p ros p ec t o f a lessen., e e rate of production of the raw material, have for som e months past exercised a perceptibly hardening infhle l to on our market. The qu o t a ti ons o f th e opening can hardly be said to have manif es t e d an y undet: 4 advance in value, but th e p rogress o f the sera 0 was marked by a gradual and continued increas of competition, which, though not fully sustained the close, has resulted on the whole in the establishing, of a general advance, as far as comparison is possible , . 1 d almost all descriptions of Australian and New Zeal o t, wool of id. to ld. per lb. ; and in the case of Capes, the recovery of prices to a point very closely verging V t io the extreme rates current during the earlier portion of . November sales of 1869. The occurence of the first se r e r of the year, under the new arrangement, at an eat'ils-0 peried than heretofore, and the prevalence of advf winds, limited the quantity of wool of the new clip ,b' e a, much smaller total than usual. The bulk, in Gc o rt of shipments from all quarters, except Phillip, have consisted exclusively either of scoured , - so mongered, or other remnants of the clip of 1858-9, ' r oe nearly so as to preclude all comment of any value on _0 relative merits of the new wool The Victorian wools, the other hand, have presented a fair selection of de r, growth of the new season. A large proportion is te n 1e and a considerable number of flocks shorter in st °4 " than last year. The grease wools, as a rule, are r 3 t he lighter than usual ; there is also, perhaps,, nn whole, somewhat less burr and a generally inc re- b - le. attention to the details of management is notices' ( 1 The quantity o f fi ne woo l was ex t reme ly limited, 3 „ 3 0 where well grown an d i n goo d con diti on realised extr e r w rates. The well knownErcildoun brand touched the e' ct 0 1 ordinary pri ce o f 4 s . per lb. Th e su pply o f lambs t r . was exceedingly scarce, and the rates paid ruled PrQri, tionately high. Half-bred descriptions also comtnOi so considerabl e com p e titi on , b u t th e quo t a ti ons are °eat. extreme as those current at the s ame period last 1. 41 The arrivals of wool for the next two series, which ill include the bulk of th e co l on i a l c lip o f th e year, ri o t undoubtedly represent a ver y l arge t o t a l, an d it i no9 .d e • be impossible that the process of absorption of so con 5 , 1 0 . rable a supply may be attended with some -sli g ht tinc,,,'" e e, tion. The general healthy position of the t ra d e , hoWe' k ue and the possession of tolerably accurat e d a t a as to 't,o approximate total importation of the year will tend or , check any material variation in value. and limit any a l ket changes within a comparatively narrow range,' MARKETS— I' esterday. eel/ LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY.-There has a short supply of English wheat on sale here to-day, the deman d 1M which ruled rather more active. Prices, accordingly, advan_e; i9 let per quarter, which improvement was readily paid on fine . s .!!s i sen!.; Foreign wheat was in moderate request at a sanillr enhaileo a ltuo Barley was steady in value and demand for both n i got , " and grinding descriptions Oats were in request at improved Mons for sound corn. Beans, peas, and maize were fully a s deV ea t last week. Flour was very firmly held. Arrivals-British: ew 5552 ; barley, 2,875 ; malt, 18.735 ; oats, 572 ; beans, 1,121; . 'ea" 569 qrs. ; flour 19,666 sacks. Foreign : wheat, 1,917 ; barley, guy,' 004 , 1 1,450 ; linseed, 5.509 ; rapeseed, 9,857 ; and maize, 9,431 VS" 2,936l9EbTaßrreolspoaLndrr4Ao7N AT sacmksE MARKET, MONDAY.-Ther e _f l af , short supplies of both En g li s h an d foreign meat on sale here r'frooA for which the trade ru l e d steady, at our quotations :-B e ; • 5 13 `' 3s. 4d. to 45. 6d.: mutton, 3s. Bd, to ss. 2d. ; veal, ss. to 55. ' pork, 35. Bd. to Sc. 6d. per Blbs. by the carcase. , t oci ME TROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.-00 1 9 rate supplies of beasts were on sale, nevertheless, the trade :ii seg heavy, and the qu o t a ti ons were barely maintained. As rcgaraslod the receipts were on a full average scale. More animation in noticed in the inquiry; but no change took F lB ' ce scel prices. Lambs sold a t f rom 7 s. 6d. t o B s , per Sib s. Calves fr firm in value, with a moderate dema n d. F or pi g s the tre' o9 ,ll,er heavy. Beasts sold at from 3s. 2d. to bs. ; sheep. 3s. 4d. to OP" 45. 2d. to 6s. ; and pigs, 4s. 6d. to ss. 10d. per 81b&, to sink the Total supplies.-Beasts, 2,7511 sheep. 21,100; calves, 102; and 5. Foreign.-Beasts, 723; sheep. 7.26); and calves. 75. PO I LONDON TRADE REPORT, MONDAY.-Tallow has reln a th reo quiet at 465. for Y C on the spot. ; 465. Gd. to 465. 9d. for 10,0, 4 09 months. Stock, 26,558 casks, against 40,787 casks last year. and flax dull. cti°° LONDON-PRODUCE MARKETS, MONDAY.—Moderate a rt —'ll - 0. of tea have been advertised for this week, and privately ther:potP been little doing to-day. 'Coffee has continued firm in value fa bs,va dive and plantation sorts, with little business doing. Sugar' ita", rm. , ' steady in price, especially for strong ripening qualitiet,hoa' fined clod changed hands on full terms. Ri ce h as rema ined ''" movement. Saltpetre quiet. his P r % LONDON METAL MARKET, MONDAY . —A firm tone voti, veiled in the metal market, and the recent advance in the quayoito has been well maintained. Fine Straits tin, £ll4 to £ll5 ; steady, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.— Mark e t o rec tr at drooping currencies. Sales, 10,000 bales, of which LO OO o° ' lation. Import of the day. 5,873 bales. al. LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, MARCH 7.—Market st° Bars, 661 to 67 ; ores, 131. in BRADFORD WOOL MARKET, MONDAY.—Business d piov worsted trade continues very quiet alike in wool, yarns, a n goods. Prices generally have ruled in favour of buyers . BERLIN, MARCH s.—Rye: March, 441; 43}• 1, 1 0 6* oil: March, 131 April-May, 13*. spirits: March 14 3 - 6ths May, 15. PARIS, MAitcH s.—Rape oil, current month, 109 ; -eft Pt , 103'50. Flour, current month, 56'25 : April, 5615 ; Ms,'" 57'25. AMSTERDAM, MARCH. 7.—Banes, tin dull ; buyers at 671 , 108; HAMBURG, MARCH s—Wheat, March, 1051 ; 711* May-June, 106. Rye, March, 75; April-May, 7b; May-Jilu e ' Rape oil, spot, 27i) May, 27 ; Autumn, 25. 14 HABANA, MAR= s.—Stock Of cigar between hero and .-A3too 80,000 tons. BIRTHS. Ort' BUCHA F NAN—On the sth inst., at 21, G ranv ill e -place, o f it max square, W., the Lady Kathar:no Buchanan , son. GOSCHEN—On the 7th inst., at 8, Sussex-square, the wife of C. H. Goschen, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGE& a -I', 11 71 HADLAND GILDERT—On the s+h inst., Ht Saint , Brixton, Matthew Henry, only son of Henry 1 : 1 ";:or Esq., of Guildhall, E.O to MacT dauhter of EVIL -11; eRIP, MURPHY—NOEL—On Chelsea, N° T. Gilbert, Esq., of Loughborough-park, Briston• P O . n la t h u o rp G h t 3 h ,, inst. Esq., taot the Noel. the Ct: tl►< <1~~% DE.47715. rtit- 3 A.DDINGTON-011 the Cth inst., at Eaton-place, th e Hon. Henry Unwin gto aged 79. , TWFEDDALE On the sth Addi inst., n, the lfar- at Edinburgh, -- ' chioness of Twoeddale. _...-_- London: Printed and Published by WILLIAII o d. Str of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THIS Sox Office, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of liad ics° A Tuesday, March 8, 1870_ 1\ o. 112, niE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, _MATCH 8, 1870.