The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-09 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARMA AI ENT HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE MEDICAL ACTS. Earl DE GREY AND RIPON laid on the table a bill to amend the law with respect to the medical profession. Having briefly explained its provisions, he said he felt the measure would be well received by the medical profession, and after the first reading he should fix the second reading for such a day as would enable the profession fully to con sider its provisions. The bill was then read a first time, and ordered to by read a second time on the 2nd of May. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BILL. This bill passed through committee, reported with amendment, and ordered to be re-committed on the 20t11 of April. APPELLATE JURISDICTION BILL. This bill also passed through committee, reported with amendments, and ordered ro be re-committed on the 29th of April. KING'S INNS, DUBLIN, Lord CHELMSFORD called the attention of the House to the petition he had presented a short time ago, and con cluded by moving an humble address praying her Majesty to issue a Commission to report upon the sums received 'by the Honourable Society.of the King's Inns, Dublin, upon the admission of attorneys and solicitors as deposits w for chambers, &c. After a few observations from the LORD CHANCULLOR. who thouhgt th:, proposed inquiry was desirable and would lead to good effects, the motion was agreed to. IRELAND. l'iord CLEMENTS moved an address, praying for papers Connected with a proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, declaring the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act to be in force in certain lands in the parish of Condavad dock and barony of Kilmacrenan, in Donegal ; also for paperi relative to a proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant Of Ireland, declaring the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act to be in force in certain townlands in the parish of Mohill and in the baronies of Mohill and Leitrim, county of Leitrim. Lord DIIFFERIN said the Government would not object to give such of the papers as did not trench upon the pri vate reports of the police. The motion, as amended, was then agreed to, and their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes to seven, until the 28th instant. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at two o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed :- Bath Corporation Bill, Chesterfield and Brompton Rai way Bill, Newport (Isle of Wight) Gas Bill [Lords, and Penicuick Railway Bill. THE EDUCATION BILL. Mr. MALL presente 1 a petition signed by 5,171 Non conforming ministers, praying the House not to pass the Government Education Bill without amendment, and also against the power proposed to be given to local boards. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. ALLEN gave notice that on the 6th of May, on the motion for going into committee of supply, he should move a resolution in favour of opening the public galleries on Sundays. CHATHAM DOCKYARD. Mr. P. W. MARTIN asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it was true that a Mr. Holden having been so injured as to lose the sight of an eye had been discharged from the dockyard at Chatham on a gratuity of £B, and by whom this gratuity was awarded. Mr. CHILDEris said inquiry had been made into the matter, and the statement was altogether inaccurate. Holden was one of the hired workmen in receipt of weekly pay at the rate of 4s. 6d. a day. About five years ago he received an injury to one of his eyes, but ever since that time he had been employed receiving full pay. It had been found necessary to discharge some of the men at Chatham, after proper notice, Holden being amongst them, and a petition being sent in by Holden, a surgical examination took place, and as it was stated that the in jury he had received was not of the extensive nature stated, the gratuity mentioned was given him. But Holden being dissatisfied, he stated that both eyes had been injured by the accident, but that he purposely concealed the fact, in order to prevent his discharge, so that what had occurred really was that for five years we had been employing a man who had been totally unfit to perform his duty. He intended to send the whole of the papers to the Treasury, so that they would have to consider what the man ought to receive. THE LICENSING BILL. Mr. ALLEN asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intended to introduce the Licensing Bill next Tuesday, according to the notice on the paper. Mr. BRUCE said it was not intended to ask for leave to introduce the bill without a reasonable prospect of carrying it through during the present session. He should wait to see how the business progressed after the holidays before he took any further steps. BEER AND WINE RETURNS. Mr. HENRY SELWIN-IBBETSON asked the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he could give any idea when the return relative to beer, &c., licenses (ordered 22nd February) would be laid upon the table of the House. Mr. K. HUGGESSEN said they had every desire to give that return, but the delay arose owing to there being no power to enforce the desired information. THE ELECTION AT WATERFORD. Mr. DEASE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his attention had been called to a paragraph in the Pall Mall Gazette, Waterford Mail, and other newspapers, to the effect that Mr. Goold, R.M., had been removed from Waterford to New Ross in consequence of errors committed by him in his capacity of stipendiary magis trate during the late election at Waterford ; if so, whether there was any foundation for such a statement. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said there was not the slightest foundation for the report alluded to. Mr. Goold at the time was confined to his house by illness. THE CENSUS. Mr. GREENE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government intended to introduce the bills for the Census of 1871. Mr. BRUCE replied that he could not state the exact time. THE IRISH LAND BILL. Mr. KAVANAGH asked the First Lord of the Treasury upon what day after Easter he proposed to take the Com mittee on the Irish Land Bill. Mr. GLADSTONE said on the Thursday after the House re-assembied, and he proposed afterwards to go on with it every evening the Government had an opportunity. The House then went into committee on this bill. Several verbal amendments having been agreed to Mr. KAVANAGH moved to omit sub-section 4, from Clause 3, with respect to compensation to the tenant for loss on quitting, commencing at " £lOO, and in no case a sum exceeding two years' rent," down to " re-dama tion of land," The hon. member said as far as the bill went to give protection to the weak, against the aggression of the strong it should have his support, but no further, because passing that point the bill became an Act of enmity against the landlords. He did not think that a man with a holding above £lOO a year could be looked upon a s a helpless person, and one totally unable to pro tect himself against injustice. Sir R. PALMER said the effect of the amendment was in reality again to raise the subject that had been disposed of by the division last night substituting, however, the sum of £lOO for £5O. Colonel BARTELLOT said the bill was one brought for ward for the protection of the poor, and it was a total departure from its principles to make it do more than that. A man such as the one the proposition would affect, he thought was quite able to take care of himself, and therefore he did not require the proferred protection. Mr. HEADLAIL was anxious that the committee should understand the position in which the matter stood. His belief was that it was the intention of the Government to make it a retrospective contract. Lord ELcuo hoped the hon. member would persevere with the amendment. He believed the section embraced three monstrous propositions, and he should protest against it. The questions of disturbance, interference with free contracts, and the 31 years' lease were monstrous indeed, and he hoped the amendment would be pressed to a division. The security of property was certainly in fringed by the bill. The noble lord commented on the speech of Sir Roundell Palmer delivered on the previous night, and remarked that at present they were ignorant of the intention•of the Government to limit the applica tin c the bill to =Tont tonancia. . _ THE StTN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, APRIL 9, 1870. Orr ItOUNDELL rALMER replied to the observations C. Lord Elcho, and said he was quite as ignorant as his lordship as to what the Government intended on the point in question. He would not be a party to anything which would interfere with the rights of property, but he would not go against the Government unless on a point which appeared to him to involve a principle. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the Government were preparing to remove monttrous evils, and they considered the provision attacked by Lord Elcho as wise and judicious. The Govern ment had agreed to the proposal of the hon. member for Ban bury that the maximum payment for erection should not exceed £250, and the sum with regard to freedom of con tract should be reduced from £lOO to 250. The Prime Minister had already announced that in all cases of existing or future contract-tenancies, freedom of contract would be allowed at £5O valuation. With regard to thi amendment, the Government did not think it right to strike all such tenants out of the clause, and thus disen title them to protection. Lord JOHN MANNERS complained that important decisions were arrived at not upon the merits of each question, but in aceerdance with the declararations as to what might or might not be the future course of the Government. The proposal of the hon. member for Ban bury and the concession of the Government, only tended to complicate unnecessarily that which already was com plicated. He thought that for the purpose of preventing further complications, they should accept the proposition of the member for Carlow. He condemned any invasion of the rights of property, such as was proposed. Mr. BAGWELL observed that when the bill was intro duced he declared that it was not a good one and would not work. He believed that the concessions would weaken the Government in Ireland, because it would be seen that they were not made to Irish members, or those who were legislating for Ireland, but at the instance of gentlemen opposite. If the Government made any further concession it would destroy the bill. The people of Ireland would say that the measure had been frittered away by the action of English members. He entreated the Government not to give way any further. The position of the small tenants in Ireland would, in his belief, be worse under the bill than it was at present. Mr. GLADSTONE said the Government in the present instance had no intention of giving way. The hon. gentle man who had just sat down entreated the Govern ment not to give way any more, but it would be inconsis tent with their duty to agree to a general pledge of that character. Their pledge was to look at all the amend ments upon their merits. It was not a question of damaging the cause of the Government in Ireland, but of the Imperial Parliament in connection with the matter. To clear the case it was necessary to bear in mind that they were not dealing at all with present tenan cies,and they had nothing to do with the vote theynowhad to give. They were now legislating alone for prospective tenancies. The amendment of the hon. member for Ban bury was a most important one, that £250 should be the maximum sum that any tenant over £lOO should ob tain. That, he contended, was a limit. It would not be wise to strike out the most important and influential portion of the Irish tenants altogether out of the scope of the bill. The proposition was regarded by the Govern ment as morally very important, politically very impor tant and material to the success of the measure. The concession of free contract had been admitted to meet the case in substance. Dr. BALL contended that unless the Government con. seated to insert the words " any holding under £5O valua tion," it would not embrace retrospective or existing tenancies. Mr. W. H. GREGORY said the whole question related to the future and not existing tenancies, and he thought the committee were wasting time. Mr. DISRAELI appealed to the hon. member for Carlow not to press his amendment to a division. Mr. KAVANAGH then withdrew his amendment. The amendment of Mr. SAMUELSON, that in no case the compensation should exceed £250 was formally agreed to. Mr. C. FORTESCUE then moved in line 13, leave out from £lO and under, &c.," to " reclamation of land," in line 35, both inclusive, and insert,— 5. Above £5O and not exceeding £lOO, a sum not exceeding two years' rent : 6. Above £lOO, a sum not exceeding one years' rent. Any tenant in a higher class of the scale, may, at his option claim to be compensated on so much only of his rent as will bring him into a lower class : Provided, that no tenant of a holding valued at a yearly sum exceeding £lO, and claiming under this section more than four years rent, and no tenant of a holding valued at a yearly sum not exceeding £lO, and claiming as aforesaid more than five years' rent, shall be entited to make a separate or additional claim for improvements other than permanent buildingf and reclamation of land. Mr. PELL objected to a portion of the amendment, and moved the omission of the words " reclamation of land," as the character of the reclamation was not properly defined. Mr. C. FORTESCUE thought the term reclamation 01 land applied not only to land that had been waste, but it might have been waste, and had been reclaimed. Dr. BALL also was of opinion that the term ought to be more clearly defined. Colonel FRENCH said he did not think there was a term better understood in Ireland than the reclamation of land. Mr. HENLEY thought it was necessary to have a strict definition of •` reclaimed land." It would prevent litiga tion if the term were well defined. Mr. FORTESCUE thought the meaning of the word was well understood in other acts of Parliament, and he did not apprehend the difficulty which had been suggested. Mr. C. READ thought everybody knew what a per- manent improvement was, but it was impossible to say that re-clamation of land had any connection. whatever, with permanent building or improvement. He hoped they would take a division on that point. Mr. PELL said that in order to take a division, it was necessary to move a formal resolution, that the words reclamation of land be omitted, and he proposed an amendment to that effect. • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the same number of questions might be raised with regard to permanent build ing. They all agreed to adopt the Ulster custom, because they understood though they could not define it. The word reclamation was well understood. Mr. MOORE thought the two improvements would, coming before a judge, be regarded in the same light. The amendment was negatived. Mr. HEADLeat moved the following amendment : Clause 3, page 3, line 35, after " land," insert " Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall exonerate a tenant under lease from the duty of giving up peaceable possession of the demised land at the end of the term, nor shall a landlord resuming possession at the termination of a lease be deemed to be dis turbing a tenant within the meaning of this Act." The reason why he gave notice of the amendment was they had been dealing with deeply rooted principles, and doing much to shake all established usages and principles which had been recognised. Under these circumstances it seemed to be right and fair that the tenant, who would not be supposed to know very accurately the law, should know clearly that he was not to be exonerated as stated in the amendment. It was only fair to the landlord, too, that he should know his position. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that if the proviso were adopted the bill would be made useless. He admitted that the landlord could not be considered a disturber if he took possession at the end of the term; nor would he in the case of yearly tenancy if he gave due notice to quit. No doubt the question was one of policy, and they were dealing with Ireland on exceptional grounds. The Government had thought it right for the purpose of attaining security of tenure to insert the provi sion. The policy of the clause was to give compensation for eviction, and in certain cases for improvements. The effect of the amendment was in 'all cases of leases, how ever short, to disentitle the tenant to compensation. Mr. CORRANCE thought it was time the committee were extricated from the confusion of terms, and knew the precise application of the bill. He asserted that the supporters of the Government voted against their convic tions, and came out of the lobby discontented men. The hon. gentleman, amid cries of "'Vide," quoted a pas sage from "Kinglake's History of the Crimean War," but the application of the passage to the matter in hand was not apparent. Mr. BRUEN remarked that by the beginning of the clause the Government were seeking to enforce an im perfect moral obligation by legal enactments, and were, on the other hand, seeking to set aside a perfect moral obligation, such as a contract for a lease by the omission of provisions, which the right hon. gentleman, by his amendment, proposed to supply. _ _ _ Sir ROUNDELL PALMER said it was attempted by the present amendment to raise a very important point; but he did not think that they had arrived at the proper part of the bill on which the issue should be raised. If the hon. gentleman pressed his amendment to a division, he should note able to zive him his ,stmnurt. _ Sir G. gYENKINSON - thought they should not make a landlord wrong out of a tenant right. Sir R. ANSTRIITHER thought that as they would soon be called upon to consider an Act with the same principle as the bill now under discussion for England, they had better look the difficulty in the face as soon as possible. He should give his vote in support of the proposal of the right hon. gentleman the member for Newcastle. Lord C. HAMILTON said the Government by the bill were attempting to place heavy burdens upon other men's shoulders, which they would not even touch with their own fingers. He protested against the bill as a violation of all the principles of right and justice, but he should support the amendment. The noble lord continued his address up to seven o'clock, at which hour, by the rule of the House, Mr. Dodson left the chair, amidst some rather demonstrative cheering from the Opposition benches. The sitting was then suspended. The ArTOIISEY-GENERAL brought in his bill to disfran chise Beverley and Bridgwater, and certain voters of Nor wich. On the suggestion of Mr. S. HILL, he agreed to put the Norwich voters in a separate bill. At half-past one Mr. NEWDEGATE brought on his motion, that the Committee be recently obtained on Monastic and Conventual Institutions be nominated by the Committee of Selection. Mr. COGAN moved that the order bo discharged. Mr. MATTHEWS vehemently opposed the inquiry, as insulting to Roman Catholic feeling. A motion made by Mr. PEASE at half-past two to adjourn the debate, which was supported by Mr. BRUCE, was beaten by 110 to 76. Ultimately a third motion to adjourn the debate was agreed to at 25 minutes past three o'clock. MAJOR LELAND'S ASSAULT ON MR. GEO WILKES. In the issue of the Spirit of the Times, of March 12, we noted an attack of a very unreserved character on Major William W. Leland, headed " Self-Branded Miscreants," and wondered how that little affair would end. It all arose out of the bad habit of too prominently associating the editor with his paper. That Mr. Wilkes has many ene mies we do not doubt, for he is a successful jour nalist, but we do doubt the wisdom of his making his widely -read organ the medium of attacking his enemies, or of answering those who attack him. lie was accused by Messrs. Bruce, Busbey, and Leland of ill-treating the late William T. Porter, by defrauding him of his salary and allowing him to die in penury. After answering this charge in more than a column, Mr. Wilkes proceeded to assert that " Major Leland would recollect anything for a $5 no'e; that he is a notorious swindler and scoundrel, whose infamy is as common as the air. He would not be believed, on oath, by any jury in New York, and adding beastly cowardice and brutishness to his dishonsty, is discountenanced even by h s own brothers for his frequent cruel beatings and kick iegs of a wife, who, in addition to being adorned with every womanly virtue, has borne him several children." Alluding to Bruce and Bushey, the Spirit declared " it had already seen them glaringly convicted of two lies ; crawling out of the first by abjectly swallowing their own vomit in the face of the whole public, and now ignominiously convicted of the second, with a weight of shame that ought to bring a blush to the cheek of the most aban doned felon," and then it dismissed them finally, as calculated to pollute its pages. But Mr. Wilkes showed his determination not thus to dismiss Major Leland, for in another article discussing the " sor rows, ups and downs of poor Chevalier M'Corkle," Major Leland was again dragged iu. After de scribing some questionab'e company Mr. M'Cor kle kel3t, the Spirit added, " as well as that of the notorious Majcr Leland, who, we are informed, went to Washington on Monday last to assist the Chevalier in constructing a false hotel register, which brings poor M'Corkle low enough down for us to leave and pity him. We simply wish to adi one word, however, with regard to the report that he said he hardly knew what he would be tempted to do if he were to meet George Wilkes in person.' Now, the case is exactly different with us, for we know precisely what we would do if we were to meet him and he should exhibit any pos ture of offence. We have met men of his stamp before, and have never yet lost anything thereby." How Mr. Wilkes will act when he meets the Cheva lier M'Corkle remains to be seen, but in the morn ing Ripe+ s of the following Wednesday appeared an item, headed " George Wilkes Co whided," which to Is us what he did when assailed by the fero cious Leland. About two o'clock on the preceding day be was leisurely strolling along Broadway, when he was accosted near Pearl-street by Major Leland, wi;ose remarks had reference, of course, to the article we have described, more especially that portion we have selected. Mr. Wilkes's reply is not recorded, but Leland's action is, for the former was not heard, but the latter was seen by a crowd. The Major struck Mr. Wilkes across the face with his cane, when the assaulted gentleman took refuge in the dry goods store next to the corner of Pea r l_ street, whither he was pursued, till the cane 'vas bro ken over his head, and the Major had been captured and marched off by a Broadway squad. He was re leased, as Mr. Wilkes refused to make a charge against him. If journalists will turn the organs they control to such uses, the assailed who have not got organs at their command, to burl at the heads of their enemies, will get' sticks with which to beat the editor or pistols to shoot him. A mere pri vate quarrel ought to be settled outside the co lumns the editor controls, for if the one has all the argument of the pen, the other may have all the argument of the cane. What steps Mr. Wilkes will now take remains to be disclosed ; but if he does not take any, it will be encouraging for " poor Chevalier M'Corkle" to follow Major Leland's example. The Spirit's article to which we have alluded, on him, shows how unhappy a time he has of it at Washington ; his whisky shortened by the draining out of old friends, and his clients and cases lost since the Spirit proved him to be an unreliable attorney. The Spirit then goes on to state that he is attorney for Goldstone, who claims damages from the Government for surveying Alaska before it was purchased. This survey was in the in terest of a wealthy few, and they made an offer for the Territory to the Russian Government, which was turned over to the American Minister in Russia, Gen. Clay, who forwarded it to Senator Cole, and he to Mr. Seward, who at once exclaimed, " I'll buy it ;" and immediately negotiations were opened with him. Mr. M•Corkle got hold of the grievance, and worked up the claim, receiving meanwhile, as an earnest of what he was to get, $2OO a month. Mr. Fish has agreed to pay Goldstone's claim if Mr. Seward would recognize it, which the ex-Secre tary declines to do, as he boasts that 'Alaska only cost the Government twenty-four dollars beyond 3 the purchase money. Another of the Chevalier's szhemes is the claim of Antonio Milatovich, to 200 leagues of land in Lower California, which Mac is pu - shing with a fifty whisky gallon 'power. The poor, beat-out old Chevalier is running with his nose close to the ground in this latter matter, and is looking very wise ; but his shifting round and doubling on his scant will avail him nothing." Then follows the description of the company he keeps, and a most extraordinary description it is to find a place in a respectable journal, and the whole is interlarded with allusions to the whisky drinking propensity of Mr. M'Corkle. These cer tainly are not subjects for public di , :cussion what ever the alleged jobs may be ; and we cannot be surprised at personal trouble resulting from such personal attacks. When the Spirit of the follow ing Saturday reached oar office we looked with some curiosity for what Mr. Wilkes would say. We found a leader in strong censure of the conduct of journalists in New York to each other, as instanced in the very inaccur a te acco un t s g i ven in the daily press of the rencontre. Ali the jouanals ac cepted Major Leland's statements, and were ac tuated by the unworthy motives of suspicion and rancorous jealousy with which they regard each other. Having disposed of the fraternity, in an other article, after showing that no such letter had been written by the late William Porter as that Leland pretended, and which had led to the fracas, Mr. Wilkes proceeded to give his own version We were walking down Broadway on Tuesday last, about two o'clock p.m., with our overcoat and undercoat both tightly buttoned, and our gloves buttoned on our hands. When near Pearl-street we were suddenly struck from behind, on the back of the head, with the hook of a light bamboo cane. We turned instantly and saw the rascal Lelani endeavouring to deal another blow, and closing with him snapped his cane in two. We then stepped backward to the doorway of a store to get position, and while doing so threw open our over coat. Leland, seeing us still embarrassed with our undercoat And gloves, made another rush, but struck ineffectually with the pieces of the cane. He then quickly retreated, and being surrounded by a great number of people succeeded in making his escape. It was at an hour when there is a mob within every twenty feet of sidewalk on Broad way, and, not being hurt at all, we did not think it became us to press onward, through the crowd, and to run after him; and so the Major got away. The Major was in great luck— greater, probably,, than he will ever be again, for when we next see him he will cross the street." Of coursi Major Leland is discussed in several paragraphs under the most opprobrious epithets, and if we wished to give an example of how an overdose loses its force, we could scarcely point to a better instance than that furnished by the it on the 19th March. One of our little weaknesses, which most of us perhaps remember when school boys, and which we evidently carry through life, is the dislike to letting people suppose that our enemy has hurt us. When Mr. Grenville Murray was struck by Lord Carrington on the steps of the Conservative Club, it was a weak, womanish blow, and the question now between Mr. Wilkes and Major Leland appears to be the amount of punish. ment the latter inflicted on the former. The ge neral report is that Leland used an oaken stick with a knotted top, with force sufficient to knock Mr. Wilkes down partially stunned, as would be the case with any other man who possessed a Caucasian and not a negro, head. When Mr. Wilkes got up he took refuge in a store, where he was subjected to renewed blows by his antagonist, who had fol lowed him, and was hooted at, as he passed through the crowd by Leland, "There goes the chivalrous fighting editor, George Wilkes." THE LATE MAJOR-GEN. GEO. THOMAS. (F'rom the Anglo-American Times.) The sudden death of another great American is announced by telegraph ; Major-General GEO. H. THOMAS, U.S.A., having died of apoplexy at San Francisco, on Monday. He was, we believe, born in Virginia, but we have not the materials at band from which to trace his career. Though a Southerner, he adhered to the Union cause, stick ing to his colours like a true soldier ; indeed, in the best sense of the word, a true soldier he was, no officer being more trusted and beloved by those who served under him, and it became a common expression among the men he commanded in action that this was " Old Pap's battle, which we must win for him." Nor was the feeling confined to the Army ; for the country was aware how heroic and patriotic he was, placing in him implicit trust. Among the disinterested officers of the Union, who, through sheer merit, disdaining intrigue, or any backstairs influence, rose to eminence and high command, perhaps General THOMAS stands fore most in public estimation. No higher praise than this could be awarded him, considering that in that category are numbered the names of GRANT, SHER MAN, SHERIDAN, M 4 CLELLAN, MEADE, BURNSIDE, and oth, rs. But the nature of 'Thomas was singularly chivalric, disinterested, and generous. His war re cordis decidedly the most distinguished of the second grade, its most trying and brilliant period being that which ended in the utter defeat of the Confederate General HOOD. GRANT at that time was in the immediate command of the Army of the Poto mac ; SHER3IAN was advancing on his celebrated march, by which he penetrated right through the Confederacy; and THOMAS had been one of his Generals of Division—his right-hand man. By order of JEFFERSON DAVIS, JOSEPH JOHNSTON, the cautious and able Southern General, bad been superseded to make way for HOOD, a new sys tem of tactics being inaugurated to check SHER MAN'S threatening advance. Like NAPOLEON on the march of the Allies to Paris, HOOD swung round the invader's rear, hoping to draw him back by intercepting his communications, but Gen. SHERMAN detached THOMAS, and proceeded on his devastating track. The task given to the Union General was one of great difficulty, requiring good judgment and skilful management. As the space between the armies increased, SHERMAN mov ing towards the sea and HOOD penetrating into Tennessee in the hope of raising that and other States, THomas's position became more and more cri tical; but he kept his strong enemy at bay by skil ful manoeuvring and a deter mined front, as he fell tack, step by step, on Nashville. On the 30th of November, 1864, he repulsed a fierce attack on his entrenchments at Franklin, in whicb 6,000 Confe derate soldiers fell, and no less than thirteen gene ral officers. THOMAS continued his retreat, even tually occupying Nashville, in front of which HOOD established his lines on the 2d December, where he awaited reinforcements under PRICE. So critical was the moment, that General GRANT was on his way to the scene of action, when he was stopped by the news of HOOD'S total defeat. Had the city fallen, PRICE would have joined HOOD with a strong force from Missouri, and it was calculated that Tennessee and Kentucky would have added 70,000 men to the Confederate ranks. On the 15th De cember, after THOMAS had gathered up all his available strength, he attacked the enemy's lines, and in a battle, which lasted over two days, pene trated them at all points, capturing most of the Confederate artillery, with many thousand pri soners, and thus ended the last aggressive move ment ever made by the South. At the moment this renowned officer was dying a controversy was progressing as to whether he blundered in his plan of attack in the' battle of Nashville. On both sides the question was ably argued ; but, blunder or no blunder, General THOMAS commanded the whole Department, conducting all the operations from the moment SHERMAN commenced his march till HOOD'S army was driven across the Tennessee so de moralized as never after to recover; and it is now admitted that the Union General anticipated the Confederate commander, whose design it was to attack Nashville two days after he was himself attacked. The head-quarters of the deceased Gene ral was at Nashville, for after the Civil War he com manded the District of which it was the capital, when ANDREW JOHNSON in his extremity turned to him for aid. In his great quarrel with the Sec retary of War, STANTON, which led to the PRESI DENT'S Impeachment, failing with GRANT, and fail ing with SHERMAN, he attempted to bribe THOMAS into his service. On the afternoon of the 21st of February, 1868, when the celebrated Message was delivered to Congress, announcing the removal of STANTON from the Secretaryship of War, the Senate was informed that Major-General G. H. THOMAS had been promoted Lieutenant-General, and Gene ral by brevet. He was afterwards named as suc cessor to STANTON, but he declined . all these honours, preferring to remain where he was. But even this was denied him, for he had to proceed to Wash ington as President of a mere Court of Inquiry, where he remained for many months. In the changes which followed the progress of reconstruo - and the admission of the late rebel States into the Union, General THOMAS was removed to the command on the Pacific. While there he inspected Alaska, on which he wrote a report that attracted at tention in Europe. The former Tennessee Assembly voted a sum for a portrait of the great Union Gene ral who had so successfully prevented the State being harassed by another sanguinary campaign, to hang in the halls of the Legislature. But the present House had the bad taste to order its re moval, on which General THOMAS immediately remitted to the State Treasurer the sum expended on it, at the same time returning a medal which had been struck in his honour, forwarding both the cheque and the decoration, with a dignified letter. AMERICAN SHIPPING.—On looking at the " Ame rican Lloyds Register of American and Foreign Shipping," one would never think that the marine carrying trade of the United States is on the decline, or that the last ship owned in Portland was sold but a few weeks since; it may be that the "foreign" portion helps to swell the volume to its present size, as it contains 8,000 more ves sels than the " Veritas," 900 more than tho " Record," and 2,800 more than the "American Universal Register." —2'riiker's Record. FENIAN PLANS. --- Extracts from a lengthy report by a prominent Fenian officer are given in the New York Star, show ing the Fenian plots, plans, and preparations gene rally, but more particularly the arrangements made for the invasion of Canada. The fighting strength is calculated at 35,000 m n, a force which can be put into the field well ofll::ered and equipped in about 21 hours. The commanders are men of experience, who have won distinction in th.: civil wars, an i wh , ) are prepared to devote the r energits to drive the British from the continent, and put a final s op to their Klaus for the establishment there of a Mo narchy. The main strength is in New York State, wLi h will furnish 12,000 men; the rest are s2attered in small squads among the other States. We giv e the plan sketched in the words of the report : " The invading forces will be gradually concentrated at throe points. In Northern New York there will be sta tioned 7,000 men ;in Chicago 10,000; Buffalo, 10,000. At an appointed time the various divisions will be put in mo tion. To avoid suspicion, the New York division desig nated the right wing in the report, will assemble by small detachments secretly, but promptly, and concentrate at the northerly point on the border (not named in the report) to be pushed at once, in co-operation with similar move ments, to the West. The ammunition, camp equipage, and all the material of war will be sent oa two or turee days previous to the departure of the men—at least such of it as is not already stored at the nameless point. As soon as this movement has been completed the men in Chicago will leave that city in detachments, and concentrate at a point in Michigan, near Detroit. At this point they will be furnished with all necessary supplies, and will be transported by night, by vessels lying in wait for the pur pose across the ot. Clair River. Once upon Canadian soil, the entire force will commence a rapid march to wards Quebec. But it is not to be expected that this in vading army, large as it will be, will be suffered to pro ceed on their way to the capital without opposition. Far from it. And what force will the British be able to op pose to the Fenian army ? It is estimated by the san guine writer of the document that they could put into the field, in case of emergency, about 10,00() volunteers and 5,000 regular troops. He says :—' Not more than one-half of the volunteers are efficient, and there can be little doubt that most of them will run at the first fire. The regular troops, however, are formed of good fighting material. This army of defence may be classified as fol lows :—Volunteers, infantry, 5,000 ; cavalry, 3,000 ; artil lery, 2,000. Regulars, infantty, 3,000 ; artillery and other arms, 2,000.' The whole of this force of 15,000 mon, re gulars and volunteers, will of course be brought to bear against the swiftly-advancing columns of the Fenian army. And if we may put any faith in the grandiloquent argumentation of the framer of the report and plans, this is the very move that the Fenians will desire the enemy to make; for, he says, confidently, 'as soon as the cities of Quebec and Montreal have been divested of their small garrisons, and the total available force of volunteers on the march to meet the left wing of the Fenian army advancing from Lake Huron, the immense force concentrated in the vicinity of Buffalo will be transported across Lake Ontario, and will, as a preliminary step, take possession of King ston. This grand army will be commanded by General O'Neill. Leaving a reserve in Kingston to hold it as a base, he may then push forward over all obstacles in the direction of Montreal and Quebec. The two principal cities of Canada being left entirely defenceless, the Fenian army will in a few days be in complete possession of both of them.' Meanwhile, according to this plan, the very counterpart of that of General Fritz, as opposed to that of General Boum, the Fenian centre and left will attack the combined forces of the enemy and mash' them. I'he issue of such a conflict cannot for a moment be doubted, if this report be worth anything. The red coats will be scattered like chaff before the wind, and their first and only battle ended, the victorious Fenians will continue their resistless march, and will ultimately form a junction with the forces under Gen. O'Neill. The campaign will thus be ended in about 20 days —skirmishing, besieging, and all—and everythingiwill be lovely in the extreme. So much for the plan. Now for the speculations on what is to follow. Hear the prophet: —` When this suc cess has been achieved, the United States, following the example set by England during our late war, will no doubt recognize the Fenian Government of Canada, and thus put a stop to any movement on the part of Great Britain to reconquer the Dominion. The independence of Ireland, that long-coveted summum bonum of every patriotic Irish man, will be hastened tenfold by the fact that the Irish flag is waving over the fortresses of Quebec and Mon treal." The artillery consists of fifteen field batteries of six guns each, now stored in Chicago, Buffalo, and at two other points on the border. In a New Jersey factory they have 50,000 breech-loading rifles fitted with bayonets. Eight large steamers have been secured for the transportation ; a number which can easily be increased on the eve of the movement, while arrangements have been made to provide a train of baggage waggons to carry the supplies of the divisions of the invading army. In conclusion, the writer hays there will shortly be either a grand movement on the Canadian border, or, failing that, the parties of action and inaction will throw off their reservo and fight out their battles with each other openly b. fore the public. The bat►le to be decided is between the politicians and the soldiers, and this summer will either see the invasion of Canada, or the total disruption of Fenianism. If they were not Irish we would imagine all this to be a grand farce. The writer admits that the Feßians are divided into two parties equally well thatched, between whom there is war to the knife ; indeed, blood has already been shed, for the President of the Fenian Senate was assassinated by one of the party of action which is headed by " General" O'Neill. It is a notorious fact that tie Fenian Treasury has run as dry as an empty reservoir. However parching may be the Fenian's thirst for gold, a look into that ends only in bitter disappointment. There is not even the golden mirage ; the source has run dry ; the servant girls are pumped out. There are two requisites with any organization which attempts to invade any portion of her Majesty's Dominions ; the one, a hearty union, whereas discord is the prevailing Fenian feature ; the other is a well-filled exchequer, whereas dearth and famine mark that of the brotherhood. If grand reports, fine editorials, soul-stirring speeches could do the business the green flag would be flying on the North Pole ; but unfortunately war is a very material question, and right is apt to be with the strongest battalions. "1() , hat can we think of the brains of a man who writes about smashing up Canada with 35,000 Fenians, led by the experi enced officers who served during the gigantic cam paigns of the Civil War ? What was it that these men there saw? A people of 8,000,000, encumbered with slaves, re3isting the whole force of the North ern states for more than four years, and swallowing up hundreds of thousands of the soldiers directed against them, at a cost of hundreds of millions of treasure. What was the difference between the 4,000,000 occupying, the Dominion and the 8,000,000 of the Southern States, that the former should be smashed up in a week by an improvised Fenian army, while the latter contended with the Federal Government for years on nearly equal terms ? Perhaps the prominent Fenian officer can explain, for we fail to see it, except that Canada is supported by the richest of existing empires, and that oue embracing within its sway the largest ter ritory and the greatest population, with the excep tion of China. General Smolenski has prepared a drill book for the Fenian army, but its language appears to be obscure, as those for whom it was intended cannot understand it. The Fenian agi tation has had its day, and however unpromising at first, we really believe it has had its use, and we hope soon to see it give place to an organization American, not foreign in its obje c t, and that the farce may finally explode of proposing to liberate Ireland by cutting the throats of Americans on the other side of the St. Lawrence—a plan we can no more comprehend than the Fenian army can Smo leneki's drill-book. The New York Nation of the 10th ult. has a leader on the views expressed in one of the late circulars of the Messrs. Bowles, Brothers, and Co., upholding the opinions of Mr. Charles Bowles and M. Ernest Frignet. The Nation principally addresses itself to tho paragraph in the circular extracted from an article in the Anglo- American Times, though we did not get the credit for it further than as "a London newspaper," showing how un reasonable the prejudice in America is against the Bonds being held by foreigners. The letter of M. Ernest Frignet is quot,d at length, and then the Nation hits at some re marks of Senator Sumner in a way which appears to have given offence to the Springfield Republican, which brings up what it calls the " slander " against Mr. Sumner pub lished by the Nation " six months ago, based upon the pre tended authority of his private letters to Mr. Bright, and has never retracted it, though it soon found out its entire incapacity to prove its assertion." By the way, it is curious that the Nation has never yet made the promised explanation. In St. Louis, Justice Jecko was called in hot haste to Barnum's Hotel, to unite a couple in the holy bonds. He rushed to the hotel and there found a young man named Emile Neulist, and a damsel named Mary Catherine Hagebuscb, all the way from Washington courty, Illinois. He questioned the damsel as to her age, and she replied that she was "just about nineteen." Emile said he was "just about twenty." The Justice informed them that the marriage of infants was " just about played out," and he refused to tie the knot. The young couple then went before Justice Andre, and they must have been a year on the road, for when they reached the office the young man was " just about a year" older than when he started. He said now that he was 21, and so he was married to his charmer, and that was the last seen of them in fit. Louis. MONETARY REPORTS.- YESTERDAY' Much quietness has been noticed in the Stock Exchange Markets to-day. For all classes of securities the dividend has been inactive, and the movement in prices have been unimportant. Consols have been quiet, but firm, at 93a, 931 for money, and 934, 94 for the May account. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 92, 924 ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss. Prem.; India Five per Cents, 113, 113}; and India Bonds 233. to 233. prem. Business in the market for English railway stocks has been on a very moderate scale. Great Northern A has been rather weaker, and a fall of has taken place in Metropolitan. The stocks shew no quotable change. For Indian railway stocks there has been only a mode rate demand, at about previous quotations. Canadian shares have been quiet, and without important move ment. Foreign shares have been neglected, and Lombardo - Venetian have receded I. The market for foreign bonds has been very quiet, and the tendency has been unfavourable, but the movements have not been important. Egyptian, 1868, have fallen Peruvian, 1865, 2, and Turkish Five per Cents *. American securities have been flat. The Five-Twenty, 1882, Bonds have fallen ; the 1885 and 1887, and Illinois Central shares, J. Business in mining shares has been only to a moderate extent, at about previous quotations. In Bank shares the transactions have been on a limited scale, and prices have been without material change. Telegraph shares have been quiet, but firm. Anglo- Mediterranean have risen and British Indian Sub marine Hooper's Telegraph Works shares have been firm, and have been dealt in at 4i. Telegraph Construction and Silver's Indiarubber have been without change. Miscellaneous securities have been quiet. Fore-street Warehouse have risen i t . The sum of £25,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day. The Ceylon, from the East Indies, has brought £55,650. As regards the exchanges, there has been a moderate demand for bills, and the rates shew no material change. At Mark-lane wheat was quiet, on former terms. The directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China have issued their report. The net profit for the past year amounts to £62,588 3s. ld., and a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, is now recommended. Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co. invite subscrip* tions for $2,000,000, being part of a total of $4,690,000 (the remainder having been privately subscribed) Eight per Cent. Mortgage Bonds on the Des Morris Railway. This line extends from the City of Keokuk to Fort Dodge, in the State of lowa. The price of issue is 95 per cent., which at the present rate of exchange is £l7B 2s. 6d. per $l,OOO bond, with accrued interest. The tone of the money market to-day has been decidedly easy. Capital has continued plentiful, and three months' paper has been taken freely at n, and with occasional transactions at 21 per cent. urtner particulars in reference to the Turkish Loan state that the issue price will be about 75, and the net cost to the contractors 66, not 70, as previously stated. Three millions will be taken firm, the remainder to be optional The Bank of Bengal has raised its rate of discount 1 per cent. The directors of the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company will recommend the usual dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, at a meeting on the 27th inst. A prospectus has appeared of the Tees Salt Company' (Limited), with a capital of £125,000 in £25 shares, for the purpose of working rock salt under property at Middlesborough, in connection with the alkali and other trades. MARKETS-YESTERDAY. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY. —The supplies of meat have been large. The trade has been dull, on easier terms. Beef from Is. to 4s. 4d. ; mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. lamb, Bs. Bd. to 7s. ; veal, ss. to ss. 4d. ; and pork, 4s. to ss. Bd. per 81bs. by the carcase. BORORGH HOP MARKET, FRlDAY.—Business has been on a very moderate scale, but prices have been without change. Mid and East Kents, £7 to £l2 ; Weald of Kents, £6 to £3 ; Sussex, £5 12s. to £6 123. ; Bavarians, £6 6s. to £9 ; French, £5 to £6 ; Americans, £4 ss. to £6 ; and yearlings, £1 10s. to £3 per cwt. LONDON COLONIAL MARKET, FRIDAY.—The sugar market continues quiet, owing to the contemplated alteration in the duty. Only a limited bu s i ness h as b een concluded, but prices have remained firm. Coffee has ruled steady but quiet. 3 1 1., 1- dling to good middling plantation Ceylon, 72s to 775. 6d. ; Pa.* broken, 575. 6d. pea berry, 68s. to 60s. per cwt. Rice has ruled dull, at nominal currencies. Common Congou teas have been Inquired after at fully yesterday's rates. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—FIour dull. Wheat quiet, and ld. to 2d. lower. Indian corn in request at 3d. advance. French flour quiet. LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, FRlDAY.—Market steady. Bars, 66 to 661 ; ores, 13 to 131. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—SaIes of the week, 94,500 bales, of which 50,125 were American ; ditto on speculation, 17,500 ; taken for export, 14,625 ; actual export, 9,000 ; taken by the trade, 63,275 ; import, 75,785 ; stock, 455,500 bales, of whieh 274,000 are American. To-day's market firm• Sales, 12,000 bales, of which 3,000 were on speculation. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRlDAY.—ltathermorewheat offering. Dry qualities, a moderate demand, at late rates Spring corn unchanged. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRlDAY.—Market stronger, and a fair business done at extreme rates. Producers shew disposition to advance their quotations. GLASGOW IRON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Market very strong. 565. lid. cash, and 565. 4id. one month hard, buyers over. CORK BUTTER MARKET, FRIDAY. Ordinary firsts, 1255. ; seconds, 1255. ; thirds, 108 s. ; fourths, 765. ; fifths, 565. ; sixths 545. ; 30 firkins in the market. Mild cured firsts, 1255. ; seconds, 1255. ; thirds, 105 s. HAVRE COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Market quiet, but firmer for arrival. Stock, 62,350 bales, of which 35,400 are American and 7,310 Indian. Floating, 56,600 American and 16,800 Indian. PARIS, FRIDAY.—Rape oil, current month, 123.75 ; September- December,_ 108.25. Flour, current mon th , 56.25; May-June, 66.75 ; July-August, 57.75. AMSTERDAM, APRIL I.—Banca firm, at 76. Rye, May, 185 October, 184. BERLIN, APRIL 7.—Rape 144; September- October, 13. Spirits—April-May, 15} ; August-September, 16. ST. PETERSBURG, APRri, S.—Y.C. on the spot, 56k, 3 roubles s, 57 ; clean hemp, June, 38}. ANTWERP, APRIL 7.—Petroleum, spot, 52, sellers ; Septem ber, 554, sellers. Market declining. HAVANA, APRIL 7.—No. 12 sugar, 81 ; Muscovado, n. Twenty alleged Fenians and forty alleged Ribbon men have just been tried at the Monaghan Assizes for rioting in February last, near Scotstown, Monaghan. Th e former pleaded guilty, the latter were found guilty. Mr. Jiyetice Lawson, in passing sentence, commented on the fact that although the country had been reported as, peaceable, the gaol was not large enough to accommodate: all the prisoners sentenced at the Assizes. One of the, Fenians was sentenced to six months' hard labour and the remai n i ng pr i soners to three months' h ar d' labour. [AD!BRITSRMRNT. 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Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agopy from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. 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