The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS-THIS MORNING. CHARLES DICKENS AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Westminster Abbey, observes the Times, is the peculiar resting-place of English literary genius; and among those whose sacred dust lies there, or whose names are recorded on the walls, very few are more worthy than Charles Dickens of such a home. Fewer still, we believe, will be regarded with more honour as time passes and his greatnessrows upon us. He has done as much as Addison, Johnson, or Goldsmith to "correct the vices," "ridicule the follies," and purify the sympathy of his generation. The Abbey, as the shrine of English genius, would be incomplete without him. We see, indeed, that, with the modesty which espe cially distinguished him, he has in his will expressed a wish to be buried with as much simplicity and privacy as possible. If his relations should think it their duty to adhere to this direction, we shall defer to their decision with profound respect. But the Dean of Westminster, at all events, is not precluded from preferring a request that Dickens may be buried in the only tomb in England worthy of him. Dickens spoke from his own modest estimate of himself ; he did not reflect how dear his memory would he to the English nation ; and could he know the pleasure it would give them to honour him and to have his tomb always among them, he would have been the last to disappointthe people whom he loved so well. If his friends prefer it, let them have as quiet a funeral as they please ; their wishes will be religiously respected. But let him lie in the Abbey. Where Englishmen gather to review the memorials of the great masters and teachers of their nation, the ashes and the name of the greatest instructor of the nineteenth century should not be absent. CHARLES DICKENS. The Standard says that the world will not soon cease to talk of the loss it has sustained in the death of Charles Dickens. The familiar friend of more than 30 years' standing cannot be reft from us and leave only a momentary void. His death has been painfully sudden, but our regrets will be painfully permanent. We do not mean that the time can never by any possibilty arrive when the novels of Charles Dickens will have but a small and curious circle of readers, for such is probably the ultimate fate of all prose fiction, and more particularly of that sort of it which is true to life at a particular time and under par ticular conditions. But that time, we should imagine, is a good way off, and before it is reached the name of Charles Dickens will be an inherited fixture in men's minds. It is not too bold to say that he has achieved immortality. He will always occupy a foremost place in the literary annals of the Victorian age. He eschewed the feeble honours which society is now so ready to thrust on suc eeseful authors, and which some successful authors, unfortunately, are so ready to accept. He was a man of letters, and nothing more ; but how much that may be is seen by the national grief which laments his death. THE QUEEN AND THE ARMY. Experience will soon tell us (says the Telegraph) how the new army arrangements will work ; but, as it seems us, there remains one addition which is wanted to crown the edifice, and this, no doubt, is but a question of time. If the General Commanding-in-Chief be simply head of the staff, why should his appointment en dure for any longer period than that of other staff officers, even of the highest rank? The public service would have everything to gain by the change from time to time of the chief officer. There would be an end of military cliques, and of much that is objectionable under the system of a permanent chief. Besides, the Secretary of State, who is changed from time under the political affairs, would find a much more manageable subordinate in an officer whose appointment could last only for five years. In the present position of the question, we simply offer this as a sugges tion to Mr. Cardwell, but it is a suggestion worthy of con sideration. Before dismissing the subject from notice, we are bound to say that here is another instance—if another were wanted—to prove how well Queen Victoria under stands her true position as a Constitutional Sovereign of these realms. It could scarcely have been without a little misgiving that our Queen could have brought herself to perform this most wise and necessary act. It must, to a royal personage, have been a sharp breaking-off with the history of days gone by, to place the army definitively in theory, as it has long been in fact, under the authority of Parliament. This is not, however, the first instance, by a great many in which Queen Victoria has shown that she reckons her own private feelings as nothing when the welfare of the Empire and the happiness of her subjects are at stake. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. The Daily News is told that the leading members of the late Cabinet met on Saturday at Mr. Disraeli's house, and, after protracted discussion, determined to support the Ministerial scheme of education against the amend ments of Mr. Vernon Harcourt and the League. Non tali auxilio. The Government will do well to consider before it allies itself with its most formidable enemies against its staunchest frieuds. Mr. Gladstone and Mr, Forster cannot but know that to the secular system we must come at last. The only questson is, how? Blindfold, and after storm and tumult, or with open eyes and clear intention ? Seculhr education leaves to the ministers of each Church full freedom, and offers them every facility for giving strict denominational instruction to the children of their own communion. Educational secularists are the true denominationalists, and intelligent de, nominationalists are bound to be the most ardent advo cates of secular education at the hands of the school master. The system may not admit of being at once introduced by an Act of the Legislature over the whole of England ; but it is not beyond the resources of states manship to provide an easy and tranquil transition, instead of one of anger and contention. THE PEERS AND THE LAND BILL. The Post refers to Lord Derby's remarks at the Merchant Taylors' Company with respect to the Irish Land Bill. He said they would endeavour to deal to the best of their ability with the great problem of Irish discontent ; and to that end, and with that parpose in their minds, they cannot, on the motion for the second reading of the bill, hesitate to affirm all its essential pro visions. There is no reason arising out of political obliga tions why the Conservative Peers should oppose this mea sure, and it is unnecessary to observe that they mig ht as well reject it as a whole as attempt to strip it of any of its fundamental principles. Nothing can be further from the desire of Ministers than to restrict the expression of opinion in debate ; but it must be well understood that upon this Irish Land Bill there can be no compromise of Principles and no further delay. Procrastination has al -eady proved to be in Irish affairs the thief of security. THE SCOTTISH FARMERS AND THE GAME LAWS. The Times, in referring to the attitude assumed by the Scottish farmers about the Game Laws, says : Of all public questions recently agitated, none lies in so small a compass as this. Owing to the habits of modern society and the course of modern trade, most country estates may now be said to produce two returns—a crop rent and a game rent. The relative proportions of the two may vary to an extent. In the majority of cases the crop rent is far more valuable than the game rent, which may be comparatively trifling ; in others, the game rent may . be everything, and the crop rent nothing, as in the instance of the Scottish deer forests. But, however this may be, the two rents admit of equally easy calculation, An intending tenant may stipulate for having both in his own hands, in which event he is master of the whole matter. We suspect that in point of fact land occupiers have come tco look at the game on an estate as something which is main tained solely at the expense of their crops, and which ought, therefore, to be their property without any stipu lation whatever. They look especially upon hares and rabbits as vermin, which they would kill down if they could, but which thel landowner preserves at their cost for his own amusement. To this we reply, again, that if any tenant allows this to be done it is his own fault, That the person who rents the game, whether he be a separate tenant or the landlord himself, should pay for what it costs in damage to the crops is perfectly just. In the case of a deer forest he does actually pay the whole rent of the estate, and in the case of ordinarypreserves he should pay his due proportion, whatever it may be. Over-pre servation would then be equivalent to under-renting, or in other words, as the game rent rose the crop rent woul fall. But all this is clearly matter of calculation an i agreement, and against such view there is, indeed, but a single plea to be set up—namely, that a Lowland farmer, like an Irish peasant, is too poor, too helpless, and too in capable to be regarded as a free agent, or as competeut to strike a bargain with a landowner on equal terms. But do the wealthy scientific agriculturists' of Scotland really intend to plead in that form ? SPEECH V. SILENCE. The Daily News remarks that an accomplished preacher advertised a strange subject of discourse on Sunday. He an nounced that he would spellc about silence. Some of his hearers might, perhaps, retort that example is better than precept ; but a mute in the pulpit would speedily And himself without a congregation. We wish the preacher success in his exhortations. The caeoethes loquendi is on the increase in England. To what is this prevailing national vice, or malady, to be attributed ? Is it to Parliamentary institutions and local self-government? When this excess of public talk is condemned, and the virtues of silence are commended by an essayist, we are apt to suspept the writer of being consi derably deficient in the facility of addressing his fellow creatures rive/ voce. It may be so in oertam instances; yet some of the most perfect orators the world has ever heard were the most sparing of their powers. The roost intolerably fluent and ready of pubho speakers are very often the most destitute of ideas and thought ; and the gift of fluency is apt to degenerate into habitual insin cerity, and to be the distinguishing acconmlishinent of the stupidest vuhtaxitv. Captain A. G. Griffiths has been appointed to be Deputy Governor of the Convict Prison, Chatham. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following members of the College having been elected fellows at previous meetings of the council were admitted as such on the 9th instant, viz. :—Messrs. Samuel Tilley, L.S.A., - Union - road, Rotherhithe, diploma of membership dated November 4,Frederick Hamilton Simpson, Fore - street, E.C. March 18, 1842 • and Staff Surgeon - Major Thomas Parr, Recruiting office, Poterborough, July 8, 1842. At the same mee ting of the council the following members were also elected fellows of the College, and will be admitted at another meeting, vii.:—Messrs. John Edward Stacy, Rendwick, Sydney, New South Wales, January 7, 1820; Henry Harris, Retimth, Cornwall, May 13, 1833 ; Wm. Gosse, Adrlaide, South Australia, November 20, 1835 ; and Thomas Taylor, L.S.A., Warwick-place, Grove-end-road, N.W., April 7, 1837. It is Gated that for the preliminary examination in arts, &c., for the diplomas of fellowship and membership of the College, c ommencing on the 21st inst., there are already 327 candi dates, viz., 81 ,for the former distinction and 246 for the fitter, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13 ; 1870. THE PURIFICATION OF THE BALLOT BOX. GENERAL O'NEILL INTERVIEWED. The New York papers just received are full of details of the closing scenes of the Fenian raid. They are unani mous in ridiculing it as a complete fiasco, and although they are inclined to be a little satirical at the expense of the Canadians, " whose bodies fright has no doubt made as blue as their noses," they waste very little sympathy on the discomfited Hiberuians. An anecdote is told of an Arneriean unacquinted with the broguewho stood read ing a Fenian placard headed imposingly " Erin-go bragh." " Good Heavens !" he exclaimed, mistaking the word "they have precious little to brag about." The morti fication of a group of Irish bystanders was very great The New York herald of thel3oth ult, says : The bill to enforce the fifteenth amendment has finally lamed the house, and will in all likelihood be ap moved by the President. Thus it becomes a, law after a long and thorough ventilation in both branches of Con - grtss, and by the general press of the country. It pro vides substantially a thorough protection of the ballot box from frauds. It imposes heavy penalties not only on fraudulent voters, but on all alders and abettors in fraud at elections ; on the judges and inspectors who knowingly refuse to receive honest votes or knowingly receive dis honest ones ; on any person who attempts by bribery, intimidation, or threats to prevent any one from voting or from doing any of the acts necessary to qualify him to vote, and on any person who shall oppress or injure another on account of his vote. It gives to United States marshals the power to arrest persons for such offences, and United States courts the power to try them; and it gives the President authority to enforce the execution of judicial processes under the Act by the employment of the naval and mili tary forces. It provides that any person, a candidate, who has been deprived of his election by reason of the denial to any citizens of the right to vote, may bring suit to recover his office in Federal or State courts, as he may choose. It provides also penalties against persons who accept offices knowing themselves to be ineligible, and abolishes special State taxes on Chinese immigrants. The bill, it will be seen, is broad as the I inion in its provi sions. It protects the darky down South, the Chinamen on the Pacific coast, and the honest vote in New York city. While it is purely a party measure and has been passed in both Houses by a purely party vote, it is broad enough and long enough to cover both parties,. and will in its provisions operate impar tially and faithfully for a pure ballot box, without re gard to political complexion. The penalties imposed by it are severe, but they are aimed at crimes which need severe punishment. We have so long been under the rule of the party roughs of this city that we shall have reason . to rejoice if the bill becoming a law is rigidly enforced, and none but the party roughs or the political organisations dependent on fraudulent elections for success are apt to regret it. Especially will the bill serve to secure the purification of the ballot box if the uniform Naturali sation Bill now pending in the Senate is also passed. The latter gives the power of naturalisation into the hands of the United States courts and specifies that a foreigner cannot vote within less than six months of the date of his naturalisation. The two bills, it is therefore obvious, are admirably calculated, besides the service they may render the newly made voters of another race and complexion, to rid New York of the infamous frauds so long imposed on honest voters by the hurried naturalisation of all the newly arrived foreign element a few days before election, and the repeating and intimidation practised by ruffianly voters and ruffianly inspectors at the polls.—New York Herald. The great chieftain O'Neill is still in the Burlington jail, and the chalices for his obtaining the requisite $20,000 bail are exceedingly small. If, however he should be given his liberty he would fare hard if he fell into the hands of the men whom he so stupidly betrayed. Some of them when leaving St. Albans last night, after cheering the citizens here, indulging in a song of the John Brown refrain, with the words os " We will hang General O'Neil to a sour apple tree, as we go marching home." As a matter of course, O'Neill, having attained such sudden celebrity, has been " interviewed " by a corre spondent of the adventurous New Y ork Herald. General O'Neill, says his visitor, is apparently about 36 years of age, is short and strongly built, has an unreadable, impas sable countenance, denoting determination, and a very gentlemanly and quiet demeanour. He speaks with a strongly Celtic accent and measured deliberation. About the first words the General uttered were a severe con demnation of the reports of the engagements at Franklin, where he was made a captive by United States Marshal Foster, as the accounts were published in the New York papers. He stated emphatically that these reports were erroneous in many particulars. Correspondent : General, you can give me a brief sketch of the initiatory proceedings whence sprung the invasion ? General O'Neill: Yes, sir. This movement on the Canadian frontier has long been contemplated, and I have carefully considered the subject for two years. You re member the attack and battle at Fort Erie in 1866, in which the Fenians were victors. I saw at that time that Irish troops on Canadian soil would fight with desperatio a and courage, and that carefully organised and properly disciplined they would prove valiant soldiers. At that time we failed because our men did not have arms and ammunition. That was all they needed ; so since that date I have been busy collecting twenty thousand stand of arms and in perfecting the organisation of the Bro therhood to get the entire order throughout the country to understand that we must have troops, means for trans portation, and quick, decisive movements up to the inva sion. All the territory was carefully mapped out and every projected movement was so timed that the occupa tion of Canada was to be simultaneous and general alonc , the line. I expected on Tuesday last to have had' sixteen hundred men at Franklin, by Wednesday noon over 1,000 more were to report there. Every precaution had been taken to impose secrecy, and though the country is flooded with a sea of British spies, not one detail of the plans was divulged. Thus both Governments were blinded. It was as much our object to evade the United States authorities as it was to battle with the Canadians. The assertion of General Sherman that we intended to compromise this country with England is therefore untrue. We had no such ob ject most of us having fought in the United States armies. Our end was simply to liberate Ireland, through Canada as a base of operations. I was to begin the assault on Canadian territory with 1,600 troops. Even if only 800 arrived I foresaw that they would be ample to take a position with, and this was all we wanted at the outset, as many of the promised troops were veterans. I knew that they would make a good beginning. This, you see, was all that we wanted. Once established a permanent footing in _ British America and in trenched in a strong position, and 100,000 Fenians will rush to the front. It was my duty to form the nucleus, and the service was very critical, and the slightest mismove would prove disastrous. This I foresaw, and planned accordingly. To begin a military enterprise of this kind one thing should be kept in mind —the influence of the results upon public sentiment. A brilliant beginning promised us much from the American people, who have generally been very friendly to the movement. I then decided to move on Franklin with 1,600 men, this point to be the main objective one. Minor and supplementary movements were to be made at Malone, and they were simple decoys. The Red River detachment was included in the campaign under my direc tion. Well, on Tuesday last, the Fenian Brotherhood began to send men forward, and the country was soon aroused. Instead of the one thousand men I expected at Franklin from Boston, one hundred and forty came, and instead of the six hundred from Northern New York and Vermont, only sixty-five reported for duty. In time the local authorities offer various explanations and excuses for - being dilatory. They say that they could not transport the men. The troops did not come as they should. In stead of 3,000 on Wednesday I had 300. With these men (emphatically) I had to move forward, for the United States authorities were at my heels, and Marshal Foster was in my camp, watching me closely. I planned an immediate advance. The Marshal came into camp, but he dare not undertake to thwart me. Surrounded by my soldiers I would not have submitted to an arrest. I re g retted very much the necessity of having to act with such an insignificant force, but I could not help it. The men were not at hand, and before me was a hostile country with hostile troops, and behind me the United States authorities, each waiting to overthrow us, and here you see the fault of the entire expedition. The men and those who forwarded them did not have a proper appreciation of the value of time. Every moment is victory in such an emergency. Soldiers must always be prepared at least twenty-four hours before an important march. Of course, then, I did not expect or desire a fight ; but I wanted to retrench on Canadian soil, and get our material across the line, then to find out the number and position of the Canadian troops, as we had no considerable force. A general engagement was out of the question. My plan was to execute a flank movement, by falling on the enemy's left with 200 veterans, and then attacking him desperately in front. Could we have done that, as we would with a sufficient force, we would have whipped or captured the Canadian troops. The troops I had were mostly raw, not fit for a flank movement. When within a short distance of the enemy, who was advanta geously posted on a hill in front of us, I sent out a skirmish company to draw his fire and ascertain more correctly his strength and position. In a few moments most of the skirmishers returned under a brisk fire from the enemy. I was then at Richardson's house, close by the skirmish line, with some sixty men. About one half the command was ordered up a steep hill to the left of the road facing the enemy, and returned the fire, but without effect. I then left the house. Leaving General J. J. Donnelly in charge, I ascended the hill under the enemy's fire for the purpose of keeping the men in order and directing their fire. If they had been old soldiers I would have at tempted the flank movement with them, but they were not, or at least they did not appear as if they were, and after having them fall back a short distance I sent two messengers to hurry up the me mn fro New York, whom I knew were close by. Fearing that the delay would give the enemy time to bring up his reinforcements I started myself, in company with Boyle O'Reilly, to hurry our men up, in order to give a speedy and decisive turn to the conflict, which was nothing more than a tussle between the skirmish lines. Just about half way between the lines in front and the men coming up, and on the road I was arrested by Marshal Foster and his deputy, who called the citizens about the vicinity to assist hind. All other accounts of my arrest are false. The Marshal told me he had pre-arranged for my arrest, and that he had sought for the assistance he had employed before the fatal event took place. This unfortunate accident was decisive for bad. Had it not occurred, I believe ten thousand men would flood Canadian soil to-day. The events that fol lowed were even more disastrous. General Donnelly was badly wounded and incapacitated for service. Then the ranking officer should have commanded. But nothing of the kind was attempted. There was lamentable want of judgment and military decision with those remaining in charge, and our success at St. Albans and vicinity was killed. Correspondent : How about the charges against you by the Fenians and press? General O'Neill : They are false. lam devoted to Ire- Wild, and my record proves how much of a coward I am. Every reporter on the field sent me this letter. [Here General O'Neill drew out a letter signed by the reporters present at the fight, in which they affirmed his military capacity, order, good judgment, watchfulness, and exem plary conduct.] As for the men, they don't understand matters. They know nothing of organisation and law, and suppose it the simplest thing in the world to invade a hostile country. Soldiers need patience as well as courage. I simply ask the American people to suspend their judgment of my actions, and await investigation, which will be soon. I tell you " emphatically " the facts are not known. They will transpire in their own good time. Correspondent : What was the ultimatum of this inva sion? General O'Neill : The liberation of Ireland. Canada was to be our fortress and Ireland our field. Had we effected a permanent hold at Franklin, got our troops to gether in fine condition, 50,000 men would surely have followed. We would have subsisted upon the farmers and products of that country. Many promises from Irishmen of wealth throughout the Union were made tendering large sums of money in case of success. No campaign ever had a more auspicious promise. Correspondent : You say there was no intention of complicating the - United States authorities, diplo matically? General O'Neill : None. We wished to avoid precisely that, for this was important in order to secure public sympathy. Evasion of, and not resistance to, the United States was our policy. Correspondent : Is the Fenian cause killed? General O'Neill : Not dead. It can never die as long as Ireland is what it is. True, men will not gather weak ness and disgust from this invasion, but, profiting by mistakes will await a renewed effort against British tyranny. Time will bring wonders. This invasion will teach a severe lesson to England. It shews she has powerful and confident foes. Let her take care. I shall soon publish an official report of the whole proceedings, and address Americans as to the feasibility of conquering Canada. This is the only authentic statement I have made, except to a reporter from Chicago this morning. Your correspondent here submitted the interview in manuscript, and General O'Neill pronounced it correct in every particular. From what I could observe, I judge General O'Neill to be a cool, clear-headed, executive man, who is under-estimated in the public mind. In person and manner he resembles General Grant. THE WEST INDIA AND PANAMA TELEGRAPH. The New York Herald of May 31st publishes letters from the West Indies announcing that Sir Charles Bright and officers had arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, to make reparatory arrangements for the laying of to cables which are to unite the West idia islands and the South American Continent. with the United States and Europe. British operators and signal men were expected at Kingston, where a large portion of the cable had arrived on the 10th of May. Great preparations are being made by the press for the supply of telegrams. One proprietor proposes that in order to have telegraphic intelligence his subscribers must add five dollars to their subscriptions. The British steamer Suffold, which was expected with a por tion of the cable on board, was to remain on that station to visit the cables when neces sary. Her head-quarters will be at Kingston. Sir Charles subsequently left Kingston for St. Thomas, where he was awaiting the arrival of the Dacio, respecting whose fate such sinister rumours have been set afloat. It is anticipated that the telegraph line will be in working order by August. Other means of communication are being pushed forward in the West Indies. The Kingston correspondent says :—" It is cur rently reported that the Pacific Mail Steam hip Company are willing to call at this port going to and returning from Aspinwall, if the Government will pay a subsidy of £6,000 towards the expense. It is doubt ful if the proposition be accepted. It is stated that the Foreign Office in London will take the £2,000 subsidy from the Spanish company carrying the British mails between St. Thomas, Santiago de Cuba, and Habana and give it to the Royal Mail Company, if they will put on a steamer from Jamaica to Santiago de Cuba and Habana, and thence to New York in time to connect with the British mail packet going to Europe, and to this will be added the subsidy contemplated by his Excellency Sir John Peter Grant, governor of this island, for the encouragement of the fruit trade and reduction in price of provisions. FRESH DEMANDS FROM RED RIVER. The New York Herald of May 31st publishes the fol lowing account of the state of affairs at Red River, from its correspondent at St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 24th. He says :—An arrival from Fort Garry last evening brings additional news of interest from the Red River settlement. President Riel had just laid before the Legislature, at Fort Garry, a copy of the demands made upon the Canadian, Government, and made a lengthy speech, in which he said :—" We have just learnedd by mail that something is going on in the other provinces of Confederation which concerns us. Threats are being made, but I do not know how far these threats are going against us. For my own part Ido not attach much importance to them, and I have been the more inclined to this view in consequence of a telegram which has just been received by his lordship Bishop Tache from Father Richot and other commissioners. They an nounce that they are urging a settlement with Canada, and that there is no danger. But at the same time I have observed in the other reports which have reached us that some importance is attached to one idea—namely, that the people here are divided, and that the conditions on which we were prepared to receive Canada had been changed before they left here with the commissioners. It is true there has been a change, but it is, I think, one for the better, as the terms proposed in the long run could more easily be assented to than those agreed on in the convention. Some changes were found to be necessary by the Executive, and they had to be quickly decided on, as the commissioners were expected in Canada, and the people here were anxious to see them starting to Ottawa. Hence the manner of making the alterations. But I would like to place them before the House, so that honourable members might judge for them selves. Hon. Mr. Bunn, the secretary, was with us while the alterations were being made, and so limited was our time for the work that we had to work day and night in order to finish and enable the Commissioners to start at the time they did. The Commissioners, of course, had certain power in regard to these demands, but before any thing was finally settled they were instructed that the approval of the Legislative Assembly of this country was necessary ; so that, while complying with circumstances, we had at the same time a saving clause that the ratifica tion of the action of our Commissioners depended alto gether on the will of the Legislature of this country. To-morrow, if it is the wish of the House, I will place on the table the list of rights as given the Commissioners, printed in English and French. I have to thank you, honourable gentlemen, for the attention you have given me with regard to the executive appointments. We must, of course, bear in mind that they are merely provisional in their nature. It is said that we are going to fight with England, but we have not that pretension—and some may find out that the present arrangement, such as it is, is more provisional than they think" _ The demands of the provisional government are as follows : 1. That the territory known as Rupert's Land and the Northwest shall not enter the confederation of the Do minion of Canada except as a province, to be styled and known as the Province of Assiniboia, and with all the rights and privileges common to the different provinces of the Dominion. 2. That we have two representatives in the Senate and four in the House of Commons of Canada until such time as an increase of population entitle the province to a greater representation. 3. That the pro vince shall not be held liable at any time for any part of the public debt of the Dominion contracted before the date the said province shall have entered the Dominion, unless the said province shall have first received from the Dominion the full amount for which the said province is to be held liable. 4. That the sum of $BO,OOO be paid annually by the Do minion government to the local legislature of the province. 5. That all properties, rights and privileges enjoyed by the people of the province up to the date of our entering the confederation be respected, and that the arrangement and confirmation of all customs, usages, and privileges be left exclusively to the local Legislature. 6. That during a period of five years the people of Assiniboia shall not be subjected to any direct taxation, except such as shall be im posed by the local Legislature for municipal or other local purposes. 7. That a sum of money equal to eighty cents per head of the population of this province be paid annually by the Canadian government to the local Legis lature, until such time as the population shall have increased to 600,000. 8. That the local Legislature shall have the right to determine the qualification for members in the Parliament of Canada and the local Legislature. 9. Same qualification for voters as passed in Convention. 10. That the bargain of the Hudson Bay Company, in respect to the transfer of the Government of the country to the Dominion, be annulled, so far as it interferes with the right of the people of Assiniboia, and so far as it would affect our further relations with Canada. 11. That the local Legislature of the province has full control of all the public lands of the province, and the right to annul all rights or arrangements entered into with reference to the public lands of the province. 12. That the Government of Canada appoint a commission of engineers to explore the various districts of the province, and lay before the local Legislature a report of the mineral wealth of the province within three years from the date of entering the Confederation. 13. That treaties be concluded between Canada and the several Indian tribes of the province, by and with the co-operation and advice of the local Legislature. 14. That an uninterrupted communication from Lake Superior to Fort Garry be guaranteed to be completed within five years. 15. That all public buildings, bridges, roads and other üblic works, be at the cost of the Dominion. 16 . That English and French be common in the Legislature, and all public documents be printed in both languages. 17. After several resolutions this concludes by demanding that the Governor speak English and French. 18. That the Judge of the Supreme Court speak English and French, 19. That all debts contracted by the provisional govern ment of the Northwest Territory in consequence of the illegal and inconsiderate measures adopted by Canadian officials to bring a civil war in our midst, be paid out of the Dominion treasury, and that none of the members of the provisional government, or any under them, be held liable or responsible for any movement or any action that led to the present negotiation. 20. This article, same as before, in relation to no extra tax for five years except on liquor. This document is not the Bill of Rights drawn up by the Convention, which went no further than to ask a Territorial Government with a local Legislature, but is an entirely new set of demands drawn up by Riel on his executive responsibility, as a protocol of a treaty to be negotiated with. Canada, and then referred to the local Legislature for ratification. The Manitoba bill is a substantial concession of most of these demands, but the exceptions are of a somewhat grave character. Riel demands that the province have control of the public lands. This Canada denies, giving instead a grant to half-breeds. Riel demands the legali sation of all acts done in resisting the efforts of Canadian emissaries to stir up civil war among the Red River people. But this demand is ignored in the Manitoba bill, and the only reply to it is that a military force of 2,000 men is being sent into the country. If Riel does not, under these circumstances, give notice to Canada that the Manitoba Bill will not even be considered while an armed force is threatening the country, and that that force must be withdrawn, or he will accept its advance as a declaration of war, he is a good deal less of a man than he la generally regarded here as being. The Red River Cabinet has been fully organised, and now consists of the Hon. Mr. Bunn, Secretary,. Hon. Mr. Donohue, Treasurer ; Hon. Mr. Bannatyne, Postmaster- General, and Hon. Mr. Lepine, Adjutant-General ; and he had appointed Hon. Mr. 111`Kay Commissioner of In dian Affairs, and Hon Mr. Bruce Superintendent of Public Works. TELEGRAPHING.—Those who witnessed some ex periments on the 15th of May in the office of the Western Union Company in this city believe that the limit of the capacity of the telegraph wires is not yet known. A com bination of circuits was formed, varying in length from 3,000 to 5,000 miles, through which Mr. R. C. Duncan, chief operator of the company in this city, and one of the most accomplished of the profession, sent messages with great ease and rapidity. The first circuit formed was from New Orleans, rid New York, to Plaister Cove, Nova Scotia, the terminus of the Atlantic Cable, a distance of 3,000 miles. The operators, thus widely separated, chatted toge ther with perfect ease, the signals coming rapidly and with great distinctness. After a few moments' conversation, another circuit of still greater length was made up, and we are informed that it was the longest laud circuit through which intelligible signals were ever sent. Nine repeaters were used, one each at Rome, Georgia, Lynch burg, Virginia, New York City, Pittsburg, two at Cinci natni, one each at St. Louis, Chicago, and Memphis. The writing was returned to New Orleans almost as clearly as when leaving the office, having passed through eighteen States and over 4,800 miles of wire. The electric current traversed the distance in about three-quarters of a second. The writing was transmitted as rapidly as an ordinary short wire,—Em Orkan4 rims. LAW AND POLICE. THE ALHAMBRA. LEICESTER-SQUARE.—The Lord Chan cellor has heard an appeal from a decree of the Master of the Rolls respecting the Alhambra, Leicester-square. Sir William Foster, mortgagee, with power of sale, was de fendant. The plaintiffs were the Birmingham Banking Company, who had entered into an agreement with Pasley, another defendant, for an assignment to them of his contract with Sir W. Foster for the purchase of the Alhambra, for £22,000. The company wished for the con tract as securityfor a debt owed to them bySir W. Foster. The solicitor of the bank sent Sir W. Foster notice of the transfer, but nevertheless Sir William completed the sale with Pasley and received the balance due of the pur chase money without communicating with the bank. The banking company was wound up in the year 1866, and the year after the suit was instituted against Sir William to obtain compensation for the loss. The Master of the Rolls held that he was liable, and from this decree the appeal was made. The Lord Chancellor was of a diffe rent opinion, and said all future vendors of property would be greatly embarrassed if their contracts of sale and pur chase were to be arrested by notice of rights between the purchaser and third parties. He thought the suit a wholly new attempt, and there being nothing to justify it, dismissed the appeal with costs. LORD H. SEYMOUR'S WlLL—Proceedings have been expedited in the Court of Chancery to make an additional payment of £B2 to each of the 85 London charities, under the will of the late Lord Henry Seymour. Already £4OO has been paid to each, and, in addition to the £B2 to be paid in a few days, a further sum of £lOO will be paid to the " Hospices de Londres " under the will of his lord ship. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A HUSBAND AND SON. —A woman, named Sarah Clark, has been brought up at the Thames Police-court, an the charge of attempting to murder her husband and son. She was in the habit of drinking and being very violent when intoxicated. She began quarrelling with her husband, who is au old man, and who tried to avoid her. As he was going out of the room she ran at him with a knife and stabbed him so severely that he is not expected to live. Her son, who was in bed, jumped up to assist his father, and was severely, if not dangerously wounded by his infuriated mother. She was remanded for a week. MAIL BAG ROBBERIES.—SeveraI daring mail-bag rob beries have of late taken place in the Midland f and Northern districts, the latest being at Derby, on the 2,1 instant. Three men are now in custody for being con cerned in this robbery, as well as that of the Leicester mail-bags, a few days previously. Two were arrested in London, and on being brought up at Bow-street, sufficient evidence was given to warrant a remand. THE ROBBERY IN PICCADILLY.—FrankIin and Wilson, the men charged with being concerned in the great jewel at Mr. Beaumont's, M.P. have been discharged, as the police were unable to strengthen the case against them. ALLEGED SERIOUS FORGERIES.—At Glasgow, on Thurs day, a commission merchant, named Samuel Watson Dempster, was apprehended by Superintendent Brown and Detective Wilson on a charge of having forged the signature of the firm of Messrs. H. Murray and Co., shipbuilders. Port Glas,gow, to a bill for £9B 10s. on the National Bank of Scotland, dated June 1, 1870, and of having caused it to be presented at the bank for payment. The bank deferred payment until inquiry should be made as to whether the signature was genuine, but a small sum is said to have been advanced. When brought to the Central Police Office another forged bill is stated to have been found in his possession. It is believed that, following a practice which appears to have been in operation in other quarters, Dempster had been using, in the way mentioned, the names of several firms, although probably intending to meet the hills when they fell due, and before the persons whose names were employed should be made aware of the transaction. The alleged forgeries, it is calculated, will extend over several hundreds of pounds. THE ROMANTIC DIVORCE CASE In the Court of Pro bate and Divorce on Saturday it was intimated that Mrs. Plowden, the petitioner in the case of Plowden v. Plow den, has appealed to the House of Lords against the de cision of the Judge Ordinary dismissing her petition, and further that Captain Plowden has entered a fresh suit for restitution of conjugal rights. Application was made for an order of court inhibiting the removal of Captain Plow den's child to the Continent, which was stated to be in contemplation. Lord Penzance directed the respondent to take out a writ of habeas corpus, the court having no power to make an order respecting the children in any suit for restitution. The lady, it will be remembered, is the daughter of Mr. Taylor, the extensive cocoa mer chant, and the defendant an officer in the army. The marriage was the result of an elopement. PAYMENT OY SUCCESSION DUTY.—A case bearine , on this question was brought before Vice-Chancellor M b aiins under the following circumstances :—A Belgian gentle man came to reside temporarily in England. Whilst here he died, and in his will bequeathed to a Madame Water low a sum of £12,000, with remainder to her children. The question was whether the legatee was liable to the payment of succession as well as legacy duty, this being dependent upon the fact whether the bequest was in such a form as to create succession. His Honour held that the manner in which the property was bequeathed created succession, and that succession duty must therefore be paid. THE TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.— Vice- Chancellor James has had before him a petition of the Telegraph Construction, &c., Company, praying for liberty to reduce its capital from £750,000 to £450.000. Mr. Wickens, who appeared in support of the petition, said the company was a thriving one, and did not require so large a capital as £750,000. The creditors, of the company had assented to the proposed reduction of capital. The learned counsel said the court would probably think that the company should be allowed at • the expiration of a very short period to remove the words " and reduced" from its title. The Vice-Chancellor granted an order permitting the proposed reduction of capital, and allowing the dropping of the words " and reduced" at the end of a fortnight. A PRISONER CONVICTED BY A NEWSPAPER REPORTER. — In the Court of Criminal Appeal, judgment was delivered in a case under the following peculiar circumstances : Mr. Giffard, Q.C., was acting as Commissioner of Assize at Glamorgan, when a John Davis was indicted for receiving goods knowing them to have been stolen. At the trial a notice under the 4th section of the 32nd and 33rd Vic., chap. 99, was proved to have been duly - served upon the prisoner ; that he had been preYieusly convicted of larceny ; and that the goods in question were stolen. The learned Commissioner then told the jury that the prisoner must be deemed to have known such goods were stolen until he proved to the con trary. Mr. Giffard had read a newspaper report where Mr. Justice Keating was made to say that under such circumstances "it was evidence and quite conclusive" of a prisoner's guilty knowledge, whereas the words really used by that learned judge. were " that it was evidence, though not conclusive." The Court now quashed the con viction, remarking on Mr. Giffard having been led to charge the jury through this mistake, and against his own view of the law. A CHURCH-RATE CASE.—The Court of Queen's Bench gave their decision in a very important case affecting the liability of parishes in which church-rates had been re fused for the repayment of Government loans. The Public Works Loan Commissioners had advanced .e 4,540 for the partial rebuilding of Wigan parish church in 1849 on the security of the church-rates ; but after three instalments had been repaid, the rate payers refused to pay church-rates, and had ever since refused to pay them. Besides, the parish had since been formed into ten or twelve separate ecclesias tical districts, and the question was raised of liability after the lapse of the time originally contemplated for the repayment of the loan. The Compulsory Abolition of Church Rates Act provided for the repayment of such loans by special rates, and the Court made a returnable rule for a mandamus, calling upon the present church wardens of the old parish and the overseers of the, various new townships to make annual rates for repayment, dating from 1866, the date of demand, and simple interest on the awn unpaid since that time. THE D A.RIEN EXPEDITION. It seems that not a little of the time and expense of the Darien Expedition might have been spared, had the projectors referred in the first instance to the archives of Bogota. A document is preserved in those archives called ".A Description of the Province of Santo Domingo del Darien, with its principal rivers, ravines, streamlet:;, mid villages, &c." This was compiled in 1754, and con tains a great deal of information that much research and money have lately been devoted to procure. The only doubt is as to how far it is safe to trust the calculations of the Spanish engineers, but as these have been verified in other instances—by recent surveys on the coast and in the interior of California, for example—it might have been prudent to have credited their accuracy in this. • At all events, it was hardly wise to embark, without regard to these sources of information, in expenditures which they clearly skew would be thrown away.—New York, Times. EASILY SATISFIED. It is rather diverting to read in a Chicago newspaper that the Fenians of that city are in excellent spirits, and that " the news of the capture of General O'Neill will not check their operations nor diminish their ardour." We do not see why they should be in the least depressed by the captivity of the warrior ; on the contrary, we fancy that, if we were Fenians, the effect upon us would .be rather exhilarating than otherwise. Instead of disbursing 30;000 dols., to get the'O'Neill out of the calaboose, as the Fenian Philadelphians propose to do, our opinion is that it would be better to pay 100,000 to keep him where he is—permitting him, of course, to send out proclama tions, pronunciamentos, orations, general orders, exhor tations,. and appeals without stint —everything and any thing, in short, except plans of campaigns, which are evidently not this noble General's forte. —New York Tribune. DECORATION DAY. The custom of decorating the graves of the dead is as old as human affection, and it is as beautiful as it is ancient. How many thousands day by day, in the privacy of their great sorrow, visit the cemeteries throughout the country, and there, quietly and unseen of men, lay upon the graves of the departed those tributes—which most resemble life in the proximity of death—bright flowers that woo the sunshine, and evergreen shrubs, emblamatic of that enduring life which the grave cannot extinguish ! But it is on such public occasions as this that we see how the sympathy of the people is expressed for those whose memory has become public property by dying in the cause of their country. The celebration was grand in all its features, and exhibited a sorrowful sublimity that was not equalled in the years which have passed since the war. With sounds .of martial music, with solemn hymns chanted above the graves, with- religious discourses be fitting the ceremony, the living comrades of those who sleep in a hundred cemeteries, almost from one end of the land to the other, paid that homage which shews that the dead soldier, though passed away, is not forgotten. The people generally participated in the feeling by abandoning business to a great extent. In this city the Custom House, the banks, and the public buildings were closed. Even Wall-street was affected with a touch of human sympa thy, and, although the day was not a legal holiday, the money changers ceased to clink their gold out of respect for the solemnities which were being performed at Greenwood and Cypress Hill. The flags on the public buildings floated at half staff, and guns from the forts in the harbour announced that honours were being paid to the heroes who had died that the nation might live. Similar scenes occurred in Washington, in Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati, Buffalo, rovidence, Lowell, and many other cities. Congress on Saturday adjourned over until Tuesday in honour of the day, and the Government departments were all closed, while thousands of soldiers and citizens proceeded to the cemetery of Oak Grove, and the soldiers' cemetery at Arlington, to pay the annual tribute of this floral month to the fallen brave. This is just as it should be. We hope that the custom will be continued and become more honoured in the ob servance as years roll on. Let the dead soldiers be hon oured while the memory of their services remains with us, and that will be as long as we value a united country. Bright be the flowers above them ! " Requiescant in pace!" New York Herald, May 31. "Decoration Day "—or " Memorial Day," as we are asked to call it in the general order of the Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic—as observed yesterday was emphatically a festival of floral tribute, evidently expressive of feelings both deep and tender, and there fore removed from the shadow of vindictiveness which is so apt to mar the sacred ceremonial. The tone of the speech-making seems everywhere to have been of a cha racter to lift the mind above the irritation and the ran cour which the recollection of a great national struggle may arouse, and to flx it upon the self-sacrificing heroism whose memory and honour will endure when all the bitter feelings of the time are forgotten. Let the tone which so happily distinguished the proceedings of yesterday be but preserved, and " Memorial Day " will keep an honoured place in the calendar of our national holidays.—New York Times, May 31. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FENIANS. The English press admits that the United States Government has acted promptly in its endeavours to stop the Fenian raid. This is all very well, but we think the feeling is becoming very.strong throughout the country that some means ought to be devised of putting an end to the present Fenian mode of liberating Ireland—not so much on account of the Fenians although the rank and file of them, being both poor and ignorant, are entitled to as much protection at our hands as we can reasonably give them ; nor yet on account of the Canadians, though as civilised neighbours they are entited to expect security and peace, as far as we are concerned--but on our own account, the United States cannot, with common decency or self - respect, permit a third per formance of this farce. We go as far as any reasonable men can expect, in allowing the Fenian Republic to be set up within our borders, and letting it raise money, enlist men and collect arms and munitions, and loudly proclaim its intention of declaring war against foreign Powers. We do not say the Govern ment is entitled to any great credit for permitting all this, for we do not know that there is any way of preventing it ; but then neither the Fenians nor anybody else can expect it to permit more than this. We cannot allow the new Republic actually to erect forts, or to keep troops under arms within our territory, but every thing short of this which it can muster funds to do, we allow it to do. But then, the impunity which attends these attempts to invade Canada involves us in a more serious responsi bility. It, in the first place, encourages the adven turers who prepare them in adhering, to this mode of gaining a livelihood ; and it enables them to persuade the poor people who supply the money, that the assemblage of large armed mobs, for the purpose of fighting, plundering, and spreading terror through large and populous districts, is no great harm, if some one gives it the name of " war," and represents that the liberation of Ireland is the object aimed at. A more shocking out rage than the raid three years ago was never seen in a peaceable community, but nobody was legally punished for it. Nothing whatever happened to those who took part in it, except failure—but as failure happened to Pompey, Lord Cornwallis, and Napoleon Bonaparte, it naturally has no effect whatever in convincing the common run of Fenians that there is anything criminal in these enterprises. Moreover, we owe something in this matter to civilisation. No sane man believes that the Fenians are capable of conquering Canada, or even effecting a for midable lodgment on the soil. Even if they were able to conquer Canada, nobody believes it would produce the liberation of Ireland from British rule. It would be just as sensible to expect Russia to liberate Poland if she heard that our Polish fellow-citizens had overpowered the gar rison of Alaska. The great body of the Canadian people hate the Fenians : a considerable body of the Irish people hate them ; so that really an invasion of Canada has no more title to excuse as a demonstration againgt England than the murder of a bar-keeper as a testimony against intemperance. Means must have some relation to the end, in order to entitle them to the benefit of anything that may be considered praiseworthy in the end. The assassination of the British Minister might be considered by some Fenians a good way of bringing pres sure to bear on the British Government ; but should we, on that account, pass it over as simply a foolish outburst of. patriotism? It is all very well, in judging other people's actions, to try and put ourselves in their place; but, then, in doing so, we are bound not to take leave of our own judgment and moral sense. In so far as we wink at these invasions, or allow them to pass with impunity, we not only help the Fenian chiefs in their work of imposture, but we do serious injury to our own political system. We ought, therefore, to help to put an end to the disgraceful swindle, and save at least our own side of the border from being overrun once every two or three years by an armed rabble, and our own citizens' property from destruction, either by bringing the leaders of these expeditions to justice, or stationing such a force on the borders as will prevent their being attempted. It is clearly not enough to issue a proclamation and put troops in motion after the Fenian armies have appeared in the field. By that time, whole counties have been filled with alarm ; women and children driven from their homes, telegraphs cut, trains stopped, tracks torn up, and the business of large towns actually suspended, and thousands of men called away from their legitimate occupations. New York Times. TENDENCIES OF EUROPEAN POLITICS. —TO a superficial observer the contemporary movements of European history appear _to be absolutely contradicting. On one side we have a tendency to unification, and on the other to diversion ; here a passion for rational agglom eration, and there for separate and independent existence. More closely regarded, the two forces are seen to come together, and to be carrying the Empires of the old world to the point of feederal organization, where both are reconciled. The Hungarians have revived the ancient independence of the crown of St. Stephen's, and now the Czech leaders are reported by cable to be desirous of placing that of St. Wencesilau's in the same position. The autonomy of Bohemia would only bring the Austrian Empire more completely into the position of a federation of kingdoms, which the North German Confederation pretty accurately, ,represents.—New York Times. A SPECIAL PLEADER. John Bazar, having killed a rival in his love affairs was tried and sentenced to death in New Orleans. A petition for clemency was at once sent to the Governor on his behalf, the reason for it being the prisoner's " ignor ance," and the fact - that he only murdered a man in ' a quarrel about a woman." This was rather striking, but John Bazar, himself, sent a similar request for mercy based upon the ground that " he was not ready to appear before his Maker." He added—" Let me remind you that it is written in the Sacred Volume, in emphatic language, binding on man and society, "Thou shalt not kill.' " John Bazar conveniently forgot that injunction himself, but he evidently is of opinion that it ought not to be forgotten when his own neck is in jeopardy. He should have been a criminal lawyer. —New York Times. DEATH OF NAM k.NIEL BOSTON, May 27, Nathaniel Willis, aged 90 years, died in this city yes terday. He was the son of Nathaniel Willis, a publisher well known in the days of the Revolution, who was an apprentice with Benjamin Franklin in the printing-of f ice which was situated upon the spot where the Daily Adver tiser building now stands, and was also a member of the Boston "tea party." His son, the subject of this sketch, was also a publisher and journalist. He founcted the Eastern Argus of Portland, and was the original pro prietor and for many years editor of the Boston Recorder, which was established in 1816, and was the first religious newspaper in the. world. He also started the Youth's Companion, the first youth's paper. Two sons, Nathaniel Parker Willis, the poet, and Richard Storrs Willis, fol lowed the profession of their father and grandfather, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Parton, is well known as an author and a lively newspaper writer. THE REMOVAL OF TILE CAPITAL. The capital movers got another black eye on the 27th of May. It was a square stand-up fight between the Senators pro and con, and the Senaturs pro ought to feel satisfied that it is perfectly useless for them to provoke a contest any more for some time to come. . The question came up while a proposition was before the Senate to appropriate 500,000 dots. for the improve ment of the Capitol grounds. Harlan, Ross, and Dick Yates were the special advocates of capital moving, awl opposed strongly expending any more money upon the improvement or adornment of the city of Washington. Nearly every other Senator, however, took ground against the removal project, though some of them argued that the country was burdened with too much debt just now to justify any appropriation for any unnecessary Work. Howard, Stockton, Stewart, Drake, Davis, Morrill of Vermont, Tipton, and Corbett spoke very sensibly on the folly of agitating removal, demonstrating clearly that it could never happen, and was only calculated to do mis chief, without doing good to any human being except certain land-jobbers. Stewart well said that if anything ever did grow out of the agitation to remove the capital one thing was certain, and that was that it would go to New York, the seat of the commercial glory and power of the country, and not to any city out West. The pro position to make the appropriation was carried by the overwhelming majority of 42 yeas to 10 nays. MORMON POLYGAMY. The New York Herald of May 30th publishes a long and well written document in the shape of a letter addressed to us by Orson Pratt, Sr., in reply to a sermon delivered by Dr. Newman in the Metropolitan Methodist Church, Washington, on Sunday, the 24th of April, and which was printed in full on the following day. The letter, says the Herald, will no doubt be read with interest by our mil lion of readers, and it is certain to be reproduced in every paper of any consequence throughout the length and readth of the land. There are those who will sympa thise with the views advanced by the Mormon Apostle. Most men will admit that they are clearly put, and that Mr. Pratt has made as good a case as it is possible to make. - Unless, however, we greatly mistake, the argu ments of the Mormon Apostle will fall flat on the great mass of the American people. It was felt by all who heard or read Dr. Newman's discourse that he had exhausted the subject, that he had stated the whole case fairly, that his arguments were conclusive, and that he had proved that Mormon polgamy was not only sanctioned, but condemned by Scripture. We do not see that the argument built up by Dr. Newman has been shaken in the least by all that Mr. Pratt has written. On this subject, indeed, our minds are all made up, and it is not possible for any Mormon sophistry to stem the tide of feeling which is setting in against the remaining " relic of barbarism." Mr. Pratt concludes his letter by an appeal to the ladies of the United States ; but we ques tion whether, if our women's rights women were even more numerous, more foolish, and more powerful than they are they would give these Mormon doctrines anY substantial support. It is our opinion that both Dr. Newman and Mr. Pratt would do better if they would look at the question more exclusively from a New Testa ment standpoint. In the New Testament the teaching is clear. In our Christian civilisation no place is left for polygamic institutions. GENERAL FOSTER AND " MR. O'NEILL." "The King of France, with forty thousand men, Marched up the hill and then marched down again." But this was nothing to General O'Neill's last invasion of Canada. He likewise marched up the hill ; but he got into a fight, and while the battle was going on he came down on the side of the hill, and, entering a house, per haps for some refreshment, was claimed by the United States Marshal for the District of Vermont as his prisoner , the Marshal and his deputy being on the ground and on the look out for an overt act against our neutrality laws. General George P. Foster is the name of the Marshal. " Sir, I shall resist your arrest," said General O'Neill. "It will be useless, sir," said General Foster. " But, sir , lam armed," said O'Neill. "So am I," said Foster. " John, open the carriage door. Now, Mr. O'Neill (` gr" O'Neill' is good), get into that carriage or I will put Yon in. lam going to take you to St. Albans right through the midst of your men, and if you make the slightes t outcry I will shoot y ou d ea d." " Mr. O'Neill" saw that " the game was up," and so he surrendered, obeyed the orders of his superior officer, and was carried off, his on' expected adventures at the expense of the United StateS, culminating in Burlington jail. Nov, of all the practical jokes ever played upon the commander of an army in the crisis of a battle, this joke upon O'Neill is the funniest. That United States Marshal Foster is not only a trull but he is a wag ; he has not only the coolness, tact, a courage of a first-rate officer and soldier, but he has al so vein of wit and humour that would make him an excellent comedian. The capture and abduction of " Mr. O'N eill' from his army in the crisis of its first battle beats all- , curious thing produced in military science by Fox, of the, Olympic, or the nigger minstrels. In point of fun it b eat " ' the surprise and flight of Jack Falstaff from his highw9' plunder. This remarkable capture, however, of t.lle Fenian General carries with it a good moral, and it is tll 1 - 5 „f when in command of an arm engaged in battle on a I:l°,'. tile frontier enter no house for rest or refreshment with out first ascertaining who is inside.—New York Herald. How TO MAKE A BIG ARMY.—If three hundre a men start for Canada in three parties of a hundred eat by different routes, and their passage is reported at all ° to large towns they go through—say ten towns on each roall —this will make thirty despatches in a city paper, ai1,,,c, 1 1 1 0 each despatch we shall bear of a hundred men. " 9 three hundred will at once become three thousand, a"' Fenian army may be cheaply raised. „„ r LAD vEhnsEmlomj—Avoid Medicines—they always chronic complaints but Du Barry's delicious h e alth-resto i o , Revalento. Arabica Food, which yields three times the nour ver mentof the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other retnet..4 and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerv es, s ° 7e lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functiona l ~. gularity, ant , energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. "'ored tract a few out of the 65,000 cures :—" The Pope's healt h rest, by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68 , 413 . " Rome, July '2l .566 —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially se re o abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself en % 09 to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consi'veoe a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisivg,lYeeel ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise 0 1 ', 8 cars lent food too highly. -From the "Gazette du Midi," July 2 0 ', l ifet No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven Ye 3rB complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a ne and ralpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessuenford, the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1.771, ears Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of inanYffroal dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable 'agor'ulency dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipatiop, 11 ,.,t t ,. A 10 . spasms, sickness, and vomiting...—Maria Jolly.' —‘-'', , eart 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Fernley, Surrey, of 30 ," A ttd diseased lungs , spitting of blood, fiver derangenla",,o9, partial deafness. Important Caution.--Beware of the,,, it tios' unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to whie.b," cli ed• suthority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciouslY St;!;1 1 , In tins, at is 11d; 1 lb 2s 9d; 2 lb is 6,1; t.,`, 0 1,6 1 „ 24 lbs 4 s.— ISO Do BARRY'S REVALRNTA RABICA elluo etit POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 1.: cups at 2s, fo r s st at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at6s, for 2rB cups at 30s, for 576 ctri , !, —being about one penny per cup. The 30 s and 555 tins Urder."-d Free of carriage in England on receipt of Port Offic e ~o n 0 BARRY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, R egen t- s treet, Lou ,. all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. ieto o9 On the Bth inst., at Brighten, the wife of J ohn St3P M.P., of a daughter. On the 9th inst . . Lady Gertrude Rolle, of a dung. MARRIAGES. of the On the 9th inst., at Maidstone, Henry Powell, Esolll,.„,3sriee Middle Temple, to Jane, youngett daughter ot ,-" Ellis,J.P , Rocky-hill-terrace, Maidstone. port' On the 9th inst., at Halstead, Essex, James Hudson,bo,33s" Esq., late of the 3d Buffs, and of Baddow Ho se, ( 1 )00 0 0 ford, to Alai y Cecilia, eldest daughter of the Rec. Fraser, vicar, and Hon. Canon of -Rochester. DEATHS On the 7th inst., sudd enl y , at Berners Hotel, Louclololl6 jor-General Thomas W ill ia ms, C. 8., late Cowman° Lucknow, aged 66. On the 9th inst. , at Tollin g ton- p ark, N., Mr. Clarke E'11144141 'l'OlllW - in, aged 81. n EO I Lond.,n : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANll,'--- 10, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tui4 SUN Office, I NC tv Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 'Collo Middlesex.-3JondaT, June 13, 1870. ,_.., li' OTis ~ ] Bold Agents Ar ADV Freehc repay s coluite .OUN, station __, Adna C R. 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