The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-19 00:00:00

--- CONSCIENTIOUS PARISH CLERK. The Whitehaven Herald publishes the following letter, sich it says was actually sent to his incumbent by the clerk of a parish in the diocese of York, under circum stances which are sufficiently suggested in the document : Dear Rev. Sir,—l avail myself of the opportunity of troubling your honour with these blundered-up lines, which I hope you will excuse, which is the very senti ment of your humble servant's heart. I ignorantly, rashly, but reluctantly, gave warning to leave your highly respectable office and most amiable duty—of your most well-wished parish and place of my succour and sup port. But, dear sir, I well know it was no fault of yours nor from any o° my most worthy parishioners. It was because I thought I were not sufficiently paid for the inter ment of the silent dead. But will Ibe Judas and leave the house of my G od, the place where His honour dwelleth, for a few pieces of silver ? No ? Will Ibe Peter, and deny my velf of an office in His sanctuary, and cause use to weep bitterly ? No ! Can I be so u nreasona bl e as to deny to ring the solemn knoll that s p ea k e th t h e d eparture of a soul? No ! Can I leave digging the tombs of my neigh bours and acquaintances, which have many a time made me to shudder and think of my mortality when I dig up the remains of some as I well knew ? No ! And can I so abruptly forsake the service of my beloved Church of which I have not failed to attend every Sunday for these seven and a half years, save one ? No ! Can I leave waiting upon you as a minister of that Being that sitteth between the cherabim, and that sitteth upon the wings of the wind? No ! Can I leave the place where our most holy service nobly calls forth and says—and I being a married man—" Let no man put asunder ?" No ! And can I leave that ordinance where you say— " Thus and thus I baptize thee in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and be come regenerated and grafted into the body of Christ Jesus?" No ! Can I think of leaving off cleaning the house of God in which I take such a delight, in look ing down her aisles and beholding the sanctuary of the table of the Lord ? No ! And can I forsake taking a part in the thanksgiving of women after childbirth, when mine own wife has been delivered these ten times ? No ! And can I leave off waiting on the congregation of the Lord, which you well know, sir ' is my delight? No ! And can I forsake the table of the Lord at which I have feasted for, I should suppose, full thirty times ? No ! And, dear sir, can I ever forsake you, who have ever been so kind to me ? No ! And I well know you will not entreat me to leave not return from following after you, for where you pray there will I pray, where you worship there will I worship • your church shall be my church, your people my people, and your God my God. By the waters of Babylon am I to sit down and weep, and leave thee and my church, and hang my harp upon the trees that grow therein ? No ? " One thing have I desired of the Lord which I vi// require, even that I may dwell in • the House of the Lord for ever, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple; more to be desired by me than gold : yea, than much fine gold ; sweeter to me than honey or the honeycomb." Now, sir, this is the very desire of my heart to wait upon you, which I hope you will find to be my delight, which hitherto has been, but I unthinkingly and rashly said I should no longer ' for which I have roared for the very disquietness of my heart. Now, if you think me worthy to wait upon you, please tell the churchwardens all is reconciled ; and if not, I will get me away into the wilderness and hide me in the desert in the clefts of the rocks. But I still hope to be your Gehazi, and when I meet my Shunamite say, "All is well. And I will conclude my blunders with my oft repeated prayer—` Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.' Now, sir, I shall go on, with my fees the same as I found them, and will make no more trouble about them ; but I will not— I cannot—leave you nor my delightful duties,—Your most obedient servant, G. G." A Radical member of the North German Parlia ment, Herr Lebel, explains to his constituents in a characteristic letter the reason of his having taken a holi day. He says :—" To-morrow I leave Berlin for the pre sent To stop here is a mere waste of time and money. Since the beginning of the session I have not had a single opportunity of speaking, and am hardly likely to have one before Easter. I have no inclination to ask permission to speak about trifles —that is the business of the other parties. Besides, the sittings are so badly attended, and the proceedings so slovenly, that the members are penetrated with a sense of their utter insignificance. Often there are many more of them to be found in the restaurant and the reading-room than in the Chamber, . , I will return only for the third reading of the Criminal Code, when a number of important clauses will be put to the vote, and an oppor tunity will probably be given for treating the matter from our point of view." HOAXING THE ROYAL ENGINEERS.—A. hoax was played upon the Royal Engineers at Chatham on the evening of Good Friday. A messenger arrived with what appeared to be an authentic account of a fatal affray between Royal Engineers and Royal Marines. The scene of the reported encounter was an inn a few miles from Chatham, called the " Hook and Hatchet," a favourite resort of soldiers and civilians at holiday time. It was stated that in an encounter between a number of men of the two corps—which have no ill feeling towards each other as corps—four men had been killed, and others severely wounded. A party of Royal Engineers and an ambulance waggon, drawn by four horses, were despatched to the scene of action—the soldiers to put an end to any conflict, and the wagon to bring home the dead and wounded. On arriving at the inn it was found that there had been no conflict at all ; that all was quiet, and not many people then at the tavern. COMMERCIAL EXPEDITION.—RecentIy the steam ship Danube, consigned to Messrs. Stoddart Brothers, of Liverpool, was discharged at Liveroool, went in graving dock and loaded a full cargo os bale goods for Shanghai and Singapore, sailing on the eighth day after arrival, taking out as part of her cargo yam spun from cotton brought by her from Bombay, which port she left on the 12th of February last. Unfortunately the ship got ashore on Long Island, near Wexford, in going down St. George's Channel, where it was fully expected she would become a total wreck. However, she was got off and brought back to Liverpool on the 2nd instant, having sailed on the 30th ultimo. She went into the Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead, discharged her cargo into the sheds, hauled into Clayton's graving dock on the 3rd, had her repairs completed on the 13th, which included part new keel, twenty-five new plates in the bottom, ceiling and cement off and replaced, and ship repainted. She then reloaded her cargo, taking a few additional bales of cloth made from the yarns manufactured out of the cotton the ship brought from Bombay, still further illus trating the facilities afforded by the Suez Canal in deve loping our commerce_in the Eastern hemisphere. WHO IS . MASTER ? A correspondent of the Times, signing himself " Lex non S cr ipt a " urges the Secretary of State for War, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Judge Advocate General, not to continue pulling so many different ways. Cfficers com posing courts-martial know not what to be about, and as a result the public intersts suffer.. The army wants to know, " Who is master?" We should be very glad to satisfy this natural curio sity on the part of the army, but we are all in the same state of ignorance as itself. Last year, as the army probably knows, Mr. Childers hoisted his own flag and commanded the navy. We know of no reason why Mr. Cardwell should not follow the same course. Let him go down to Aldershot, and hold a review in the first place. There may pos sibly be some little ' collision at first between himself and the Commander-in-Chief, but one or the other must give way in the end—it will only be one of those sham fights which are supposed to be so good for the troops, and it will be interesting to see whose word of command will be most readily obeyed. At present the unfortunate army, in its doubt as to who is its master, is much in the condition of a man with two mis tresses. It has its Stella and Vanessa and the terrible part of the affair is that they both know of each other's existence.—Pall Halt Gazette. THE GAME Laws.—" The farmers and landowners have taken to forming Chambers of Agriculture in every county, and a cry for further legislation (on the game question) is heard throughout them. The farmers almost unanimously demand that ' ground game' shall be placed entirely under their control, notwithstanding any con tracts to the contrary they may have made with their landlords." We do 'not know where the Times gathered this information . which appeared in a leader on Friday ; but we have yet to learn that the game legislation desired by the great majority of English tenant fanners is such as would destroy liberty of contract between owners and occupiers. That such a strong remedy f or excess i ve preservation is advocated by a considerable section of the occupiers of land we are, of course, perfectly aware; and we also know that a total aboli tion of the existing game laws would alone satisfy the de mands of another party on this question. But, at the same time, the proceedings at Chambers of Agriculture, and at other meetings where tenant fanners have expressed their opinions, clearly shew that farmers are by no means agreed upon forcibly seizing all the hares and rabbits by the strong arm of the law. On the contrary, a pre valent expectation -is that continual discussion and exposure of the evils connected with oppressive game-preserving where it exists, will gradually bring about a change in present practices; and another view which we believe to be widely entertained is that the desired solution of the difficulty lies in depriving four-footed game of any special legal protection and privileges rather thap i n making a new game law, by which the Queen, Lords, an d Commons, shall arbitrarily settle who is to own these wild animals, and who is to leave them alone.—Chamber of Agriculture Journal. GOOD FRIDAY RIOTING.—The Tillage of iN ewton on-Ouse, some ten miles from York, was on Good Friday the scene of a disgraceful riot. Amongst the excursionists were a number of youths, who were supplied with beer at the village inn. A dispute occurred, and there was a general fight, sticks and hedge-stakes being freely used, and in the public-house some or the roughs, taking advantage of the melee, went into the beer cellar, and helped themselves to the liquor. Another batch walked defiantly 'through the village, and entered the rectory garden, where they pulled up shrubs and flowers indiscriminately. A portion of the - visitors had come by steamer, and as some of the more orderly ones tried to get on board the vessel, they were knocked into the wa t er. The captain after numerous solicitations cast off his moorings, and pro ceeded to York before the appointed time. Many who came by water were thus left behind, and some mis chievous spirits amongst them amused themselves by running down by the river side and pelting stones at those on board the vessel. The result was that a number of persons were injured, whilst the cabin win dows were all broken. The whole matter is to undergo investigation, and protest is being made against " slipping" such ruffians into a peaceful village, without the protection which it is conceived should be afforded on such an occasion by the Keserm of t ! hp police, - SWTNDLED OUT OF £40,000. • Some particularS have been gleaned in reference to the case in which a Preston family have been swindled out of 240,000. Mr. Cotterill, the defaulter, was a member of the firm of Messrs. Cotterill and Sons, formerly connected with Liverpool, and was executor and trustee under the marriage settlement between Mr. henry Newsham Pedder and his present.wife, who was formerly a Miss Griseclale, of Liverpol. Another trustee under the settlement died about eighteen months ago, and since that time- Mr. Cotterill has sytematically called in all the securities for the 240,000 belonging to Mrs. Pedder, without her know ledge or consent, and has used it for his own purposes. It is said that his moral delinquencies are of no slight character, and rumour assigns him two residences and two separate families in different parts of London. lle has a,130 speculated a good deal in various ways, and his defal cations amount altogether to upwards of 100,000. A week or two before his flight he bad received the sum of 15,000 from another client for the purpose of lending it upon mortgage, but he had not even attempted to do this, and the presumption is that he has used it to take him to other climes and to support him in his adventures. Tile senior member of the firm is dead, and a brother to the delinquent is the only one now left ; he declares that he had no knowledge whatever of the swindler's transactions, and that he was as much surprised as anyone to bear of his flight. The hardship upon Mr. and Mrs. redder is very great for the whole of their income and source of income have been taken, nothing being left them but the house they live in and the furniture. &c., it contains. —Preston Herald. LAW AND POLICE. A DISHONEST RAILWAY CLERE.—John Charles Abel, lately in the employ of the London and South-Western Railway Company at Jersey, was brought up at the Southwark Police-court, charged with absconding from his situation and stealin ,-, upwards of £lOO, the property of the company. The offence was committed at Jersey; conseqently the prisoner was delivered up to an officer to ba taken to that island. On his arrival there he will be proceeded against by the public prosecutor of Jersey. DETAINING AN ALLIGATOR.—A waterman named Rock ling applied to the magistrate at the Thames Police-court for advice. He had caught an alligator about four feet long in the Thames ? and had taken it to a dealer in curiosities m Ratcliff High way, who refused to give it up. The magistrate said the dealer had no right to detain the alligator, and he would send a policeman to speak to him. If it were not given up he would grant a summons. ROBBING A HUSBAND.—At the Warrington police court Samuel Darby was charged with stealing certain moneys, the property of Jacob Smith. There had been an improper intimacy hetween the prisoner and Smith's wife, and the prisoner had used his influence over the woman to obtain £143, which she had received from her husband to pay into a Building Society. They agreed to elope. Prisoner gave her £2O to go on first to a coffee house in London, promising to follow next day. She went there, but he did not keep his promise, and on the let of April she was found there by the husband, with whom she returned, confessing all. A warrant was issued against Darby, who stands com mitted for trial. A MEDICAL CHARLATAN.— A man, styling himself " Professor Allen, vegetable chemist, lecturer on medical botany, anatomy, &c.," has been sentenced at Glasgow to sixty days imprisonment for representing himself to be a duly qualified. practitioner. A " DAY'S WORK."— A novel case has occurred in the Glasgow Small Debt Court, in which the number of hours necessary to constitute "a day's work" was the point in dispute. The employer contended that the workman having commenced work at mid-day, and stopped at six o'clock, he was bound to work the next day till mid-day before he could claim the day's work. The sheriff, however, repelled this plea on the ground that the man having been allowed to commence at mid-day, had worked till the closing hour, and thus completed his day's work. ADULTERATION OF BREAD.—A baker named Johnson has been charged at Bolton with using alum to adulterate bread. Samples had been purchased at his shop and ana lysed. The chemist who analysed the loaves said that in the first he found 1-6th of an ounce of alum--equal to 74.41 grains, and in the second 1-7th of an ounce, equal to 59.03 grains. On Saturday last be received another 21b. loaf from Inspector James, and discovered 65.66 grains of alum m it. The object in using it was to enable the baker to employ a very inferior kind of flour, and to give to the bread re sulting from that flour the appearance of having been made from flour of a very superior quality. Alum enabled the bread to hold a larger amount of moisture, so that a baker conld get a greater number of loaves from a sack of flour containing it than he could from a sack where its presence was wanting. The defendant, who declared the whole fault was the miller's, was fined £lO and costs. DOG FIGHTING.—Two men were superintending a dog fight at Skipton on Sunday, and when a police constable appeared they set the dogs upon him, and attacked him so violently that he made his escape with difficulty. As they had previously been convicted of Sunday gambling they were sentenced to two mouths' hard labour. ALLEGED ROBBERY DY SOLDtERS.—TWO soldiers belong-` ing to the 9th Lancers, stationed at Hounslow, have been charged at Brentford with stealing several articles from a room at the George th Fourth Inn, Hounslow. One of them climbed into a bedroom of the inn from the street and handed down the articles to another soldier not in custody. The other prisoner stood by, and when his comrade was apprehended he attempted a rescue. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY BY A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.— Mary Ann Brown and Sophia Brown, her mother, have been charged with stealing a large quantity of drapery goods and other articles. John Cook, a detective, went to the dwelling of the elder prisoner, and first saw the younger prisoner. He said " I have come to take you for stealing a roll of chintz from Mr. Long,uehaye's snop." He searched the house and found the roll of chintz he was in search of in a drawer in the front parlour. He also dis covered in the house and seized four saucepans, a fire shovel, a coal scuttle, a set of fire irons, a large pewter goblet, four children's hats, a pair of goloshes, two pairs of stockings, a pair of garters, eight pairs of socks, two pots of pomade, a bottle of hair oil, a picture frame, a doll, three pieces of soap, two packets of cosmetic, a box of seidlitz powders, a tin box, five pairs of earrings, two pairs of buckles, five rows of coral beads, a brush, and a roll of stair cloth. All the articles were quite new. and had never been used. They were now identified, as having been stolen. The accused were remanded. The Rev. G. 11. G. Anson has been appointed to the Archdeaconry of Manchester, recently vacated by the elevation of Dr. Durnford to the Episcopal Bench. Mr. and Mrs. Howitt are about to leave England for a year in Switzerland and Italy. Mr. Howitt is en gaged on a volume of Quaker History and Biography. THE SUN CONVALESCENT.—A careful scrutiny with a powerful telescope has elicited the circumstance that there were then only four small spots distinctly visible on the face of the sun. The serious blotch on the left cheek was disappearing, and yesterday was not to be seen. An overseer in the Public Works Department at Nagpore, India, recently brought an action for breach of promise of marriage against a Mrs. Craddock, formerly Miss Cook, of Dublin. A verdict for the plaintiff was given, and damages, which were paid by the lady's husband, Mr. Craddock, were assessed at 491 rupees. A dastardly attempt to upset a passenger train on Friday is reported from North Shields. The line was blocked by stones and wood, but fortunately the obstruc tion was not sufficiently heavy to effect the purpose for which it was intended. Subsequently a private of the 93th Regiment was caught while destroying the rails on another part of the line, and it is believed that the dis graceful attempt in the first instance was also his work. One of the policemen was severely injured by the prisoner while he was being taken to the po'ice-station. UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN.-The first examination for women was held in this institution last week when twenty-three candidates presented themselves. THE PRUSSIAN NEEDLE GUN.—A contributor to the Allgemeine Militeir-Zeitung writes :—" As you know, two improved models of the needle gun are on trial, which both aim at increasing the rapidity of firing, with as little waste a' possible. From fifteen to twenty shots may be fired by them in a minute, so that the apprehensions of those may be quieted who are alarmed as soon as they hear another army can load more quickly than ours. and many others are inclined to shrug our shoulders when we hear the nonsense so current on this subject. All who have any experience know that two, or perhaps three, well-aimed shots are the most we can obtain from infantry in the field." Nearly two thousand acres of furze, besides a number of plantations of trees in the New Forest, have been destroyed by fire during the last few months. Most of the fires have originated, it is believed, through mischief. The servants and bedmakers of Oxford and Cam bridge, following the example of the undergraduates, are arranging for an inter-university servants' eight-oar race and cricket match, both of which will take place at Oxford this year. MORE (31 111:15-rIAN CHARITY.—The Roman Catho lics desire to have their quid pro quo in regard to Mr. Newdegate's proposed inquiry into monastic institutions, as we learn from the Weekly Register that when Parlia ment meets after the Easter recess, a member of the House of Commons intends to ask for a special com mittee to inquire into the happiness or otherwise of the wives of clergymen of the English Church. During the last twelve months no less than seven married gentle men holding Anglican orders have figured in various law courts under circumstances which speak but little for the manner in which they observe what we call the Sixth, and Protestants call the Seventh Commandment ; and it is greatly to be feared that scandals of the same kind are but too prevalent throughout the counti y. Some clergymens' wives too are very unhappy at the practice their husbands have of hearing ladies' confessions, and this matter also will be inquired into by a parliamentary committee. This` inquiry is to be supplemented by another one,l l eh t ichwill investigate the state and condition of all Protest n board ing schools for young ladies throughout England. Private lights, private property, or private feelings are in no way to be respected in these investigations, and any person, no matter who, that likes to come forward and tell his or her tale, will be weleomto do so. No cross-questioning will bo allowed, no testimony will be given on oath, and no one cast be called to account for any slander he of she may. utter, mintititam fg§2z 1 d f°llliti-MaY inn THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1870. CONGRESS. THE RATIFICATION OF THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. SENATE, March 22.—Mr. Harlan, from the Com mittee on Indian Affairs, reported the bill to pro mote the civilization of the Indians. Mr. Sumner, from the Foreign Committee, reported adversely the resolution for consideration of foreign treaties in open session. Mr. Sherman, from the Fivance Committee, reported Mr. Sumner's bill for strength ening the bank resources and resuming specie pay ments, with a recemmeedation that it be indefi nitely postponed, which was agreed to. The report of the Judiciary Committee declaring Gen. Ames ineligible as Senator from Mississippi was discussed, but the Senate adjourned without acting upon it. March 23.—Joint resolutions of the New Mexic . Legislature, asking to raise the cavalry regimen's to operate aga nst the Indians, were presented and referred. The bill to promote the civilization of the Indians was passed, and a motion to reconsider it was then entered by Mr. Stewart. The c ise of Senator-elect Am s, of Mississippi, was considered, and his admission was opposed by Mes -rs Carpenter and Davis, and favoured by Messrs. Morton, Howe, Scott, Cragin, and Corbett. The Senate adjourned without disposing of the matter. March 24.—The U. S. Senate went into executive Session immedi ately after assembling, and several hours afterwards adjourned. The San Domingo treaty was under consideration, Mr. Sumner speaking in opposition to it, but no conclusion was arrived at. March 25—Mr. Cole, from the Post-office Committee, re ported the bill for increased mail service with China and Japan, substituting the Pacific Mail Steamship, Company. Mr. Sherman introduced a joint reso lution, providing a steamer and appropriating $lOO,OOO for another Arctic voyage under Captain Hall. Mr. Wilson introduced an army bill, reduc ing the number of the army to 25,000, regulating its pay, &c. The bill fixing the junction of the . Central and Union Pacific Roads was passed. At one o'clock the Senate, on the motion of Mr. Sum ner, went into Executive session on the San Do mingo treaty. Mr. Morton spoke for several hours in favour of its ratification, and at the conclusion of his speech the Senate adjourned. March 26—The Senate was not in session. On the 28th Mr. Howell represented joint resolutions of the lowa Legisla ture, urging the recognition of Cuban belligerency. Mr. Drake asked for information as to the cause of delay in reporting the bill for the admission of Texas. Mr. Trumbull, in reply, said that questions of the highest privilege remained undisposed of since the introduction of the Texas Bill ; also, that the bill needed amendment on account of a clause relating to the original conditions on which the State was annexed, which allowed slavery, and which was contrary to the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Sherman offered a resolution discharging the Judiciary Committee from consi dering the Texas Bill, which was objected t o , a nd laid over. The Senate went into Executive session on the San Domingo treaty, and afterwards ad journed. March 29 Mr. Chandler, from the Commerce Committee, reported the bill for the better security of life on steam vessels. Mr. Conk ling introduced a bill to prevent election frauds, which was referred. Mr. Sherman, from the Finance Committee, reported a bill continuing the present income tax of 3 per cent. after this year. On the motion of Mr. Sherman the regular calendar of resolutions was passed over, and the resolution discharging the Judiciary Committee from the con sideration of the Texas Bill was adopted. The bill was then read, and the proviso declaring that the Act shall not affect the conditions under which Texas was annexed being stricken out, it was passed by a party vote. After an Executive session of two hours, the bill allowing the United States Judge for astern Texas to resign was passed, and the Deficiency Bill was reported.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--March 22—Mr. Brooks, of New York, from the Sub-Committee on E'ections ' made a report in the contested case from the Fourth Virginia District, declaring Mr. Booker, the sitting member, entitled to the seat. Mr. Poland gave notice of a substitute declaring Booker disqualified because of disloyalty. The Anti polygamy Bill came up as the special order, and a motion to table it was defeated—yeas 40, nays 141. The bill was opposed by Mr. Schenck, and advo cated by Mr. Butler. Pending its consideration the House adjourned. March 23d—Mr. Scofield, from the Naval Committee, reported a bill to remove the Brooklyn Navy Yard ,which was ordered, printed, and recommitted. Onmotion of Mr.Polaed,theCom mittee on Rules were instructed to report on the ex pediency of a provision that the previous qte scion shall not be sectorled on any hill until alter two hours' cor sAera• ion, except by a three-fourths vote. &Aro Twine]. lii 1 was tabled by a vote of 126 to 41. The Diplomatic Appropriation Bill was reported, and made the order for Tto sday next. It eppro priates $983,047, being $127,687 less than last 3 ear. A special message was presented from the President on the decline of American commerce, and recom mending the passage of two bills recently reported. The bill to punish polygamy in Utah was passed, several sections being s ruck out ; among them one providing for confiscation, and another authorising the President to send troops to Utah, and call out 40,000 volunteers if necessary. Mr. Butler,. of Massachusetts, introduced a bill, which was re ferred, authorising the President to accept the resig nation of any judge of any United States Circuit Court. The Tariff was debated at an evening session. March 24.—Mr. Logan, from the Military Com mittee, made a final report on the Cadetship Inves tigation, with a bill and three resolutions. The bill, which made it necessary for the cadet to have been two years resident in the Congressional district from which appointed, was passed, being so amended as to make the time one year. The resolutions which request a court-martial for the trial of Commander Upshur, recommend the dismissal of Grett. Schoepf, and direct the exclusion from the floor of all persons who have beer or may be guilty of trying to cor rupt Congressmen, were then adopted. The Tariff Bill was diacrt.sed; Mr. Allison, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, favouring a reduction of the tariff and taxes. Debate was continued in evening session. March 25.—Mr. Poland sub mitted a resolution admitting Adolph Bailey to a seat as Representative from the Third Louisiana District. Mr. Paine objected, the subject having been referred to the Election Committee, and the resolution was not received. Mr. Hall introduced a bill compensating the officers and crew of the Kearsage for the destruction of the Alabama. On the motion of Mr. Cox, the Judiciary Committee were directed to inquire into the expediency of allowing writs of error in criminal cases in the United States Courts, and permitting defendants to testify. Mr. Randall introduced a bill to regu late the mode of paying pensions. The Tariff Bill was discussed in committee. Mr. Allison con tinuing his argument in favour of a reduction of the Tariff, and Mr. Kelley speaking in advocacy of the bill. March 26.—The House met for debate only, and adjourned after several members had made speeches on the Tariff. On the 28th bills were introduced by Mr. Hale, to prevent collection of State taxes on passengers •, Mr. Boyd, to reorganize the Navy ; Mr. Loughbridge, for payment of pen sions in gold ; Mr. Fitch, to regulate Indian affairs; and Mr. haves, authorising the raising of two volunteer regiments for preeection against the In dians in New Mexico. On the motion of Mr. Prosser, the Secretary of the Treasury was asked for information regarding the payment of interest by the Pacific Railroad Companies on bonds issued to them by the Government. Mr. Arnell offered a resolution declaiing the Christian religion part of the common law of the land, and approving the use of the Bible in public schools. The previous question was moved, but not seconded, and the re solution went over. On the motion of Mr. Mungen, the President was called upon for information re garding the San Domingo Treaty, the persons to be benefited by it, the amount paid under it, &c. On the motion of Mr. Banks, the resolutions re lating to Cuba were made the order for April 6th. The l'atiff was discussed at an evening session. March 29—Mr. Paine, from the Election Commit tee, r.-ported adversely on the claim of Mr. Segar to a seat as Representative at large from Virginia. Mr. Cessna, front the same Committee, reported that Caleb N. Taylor is entitled to the seat from the Fifth Pennsylvania District, instead of Reading, the sitting member. Mr. Logan made a "personal explana. ion," criticising General Sherman's letter on ti e Army Bill. He said that the bill had been su' mitt( d to Generale Belknap and Sherhian, and that Sherman made but two'objectious and Bella - nap one, and the latter's maggestion was placed in the bill as an amendment. General Sherman's objec tion " was to the muster out of general (dicers, and another which he (Logan) would not mention.' On the motion of Mr. Schenck e it was ordered that the general debate on the Tariff close next day an hour and a half afier going into Committee of the Whole. The House then went into Committee, and the debate on the Tariff was resumed, and continued in evening session. To the Senate and House of Representatives— It is unusual to notify the two Houses of Congress by a Mess ige, of the promulga . ion by a Proclatna tion of the Secretary of State of the ratification of a constitutional amendment. In view, however, of the vast importance of the Fifteenth Amendment of the constitution, this day declared a part of that revel% d ins rutnenr, I deem a departure from the usual custom justifiable. A measure which makes at oleo four millions of people vot...rs, who were heretofore declared by the highest tribunal in the land not citizens of the United Slates, nor eligible to b come so, with the assertion tbat at the time of the Declaratioa of Indei eirdenee the opinion was fixed au I universal in the civilized portion of the world, and the white race regarded as an axiom in morals, as well as in polities, that black men had no ri hts which white men were bound to respect, is indeed a measure of grander importance than any other one act of the kind from the foundation of our free Government to the present time. Institutions like ours, in which all power is de rived directly from the people, must depend upon their intelligence and industry. I call the attention, therefore, of the newly enfranchised race to the importance of their striving in every honourable manner to make themselves worthy of their new privileges. I would say withhold no legal privilege of advancement from new citizens. The framers of the Constitution firmly believed that a Republican form of Government could not endure without in telligence and education, morally diffused among the people. The father of his country, in his fare well address, uses the language :—" Promote, then, as a matter of primary importance institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of the Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened." In his first annual mes sage to Congress the same views were forcibly pre sented, and are again urged in his eighth message. I repeat that the adoption of the fifteenth amend ment to the constitution completes the greatest civil change, and constitutes the most important event that has occurred since the nation came into life. The change will be beneficial in proportion to the heed that is given to the urgent recommenda tions of Washington. If these recommendations were important then, with a population of but a few millions, how much more important now, with a population of 40,000,000,and increasing in a rapid ratio. I would therefore call upon Congress to take all the means within their constitutional power to promote and encourage popular education through out the country, and upon the people.everyw here to see to it that all who poszess and exercise political rights shall have an opportunity to acquire know ledge, which will make their share in the govern or a blessing and not a danger. By such means only can the benefits contemplated by this amend m-nt to the constitution be secured. U. S. GRANT. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States: 8,009 men. We drew from the merchant marine, which had cost the Government nothing, but which had been a source of national wealth, 600 vessels, exceeding 1,000,000 tons, and about 70,000 men, to aid in the suppression of the rebellion. This state ment demonstrates the value of the merchant marine as a means of national defence in time of war. The Committee on the Cause of the Reduction of American Tonnage, after tracing the cause of its decline, submit two bills, which, if adopted, they believe will res• ore to tht,s nation its maritlme power. Their report shows with gee Lt minuteness the actual an I cmnpara'ive Ain mic to tonnage at the time Of its greatest prosuerity, the actual and com parative decline since, together with the causes, and exhibits offer s - atistics of material interest in re ference to tIL.; subject. As the r..port is before Con gress, I will not recapitulate any of its statistics, but refer only to the metho Is recommended by the Com nittce to give back to us our lost commerce. As a general rule it can be adopted. I believe a direct money subsidy is less liable to abuse than in direct aid given to the same enterprise. In this case, however, my opinion is, that subsidies, while they may be given to specific lines of steamers or other vessels, should not be exclusively adopted, but in addition to subsidizing very desirable lines of ocean traffic, a general assistance should be given in an effective way, and therefore commend to your favourable consideration the two bills proposed by the committee and referred to in this Message. " 11. S. GRANT. " Executive Mansion, Washington, March 23, 1870." SECRETARY FISH'S PROMULGATION. To all whom these presents may come, greeting: Know ye, that the Congress of the United St,►tes, on or about the 27th day of February, in the year 1869, passed a res lution in the words and figures following, to wit :-- "A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States : Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Alm rica, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Consti tution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid, as a pact of the Constitution, namely : " ARTICLE XV. " Sect:on 1. The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, colour, or previous coalition of servitude. "Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." And, further, that it appears frotn official docu. meats on file in the department that the amend ment to the Constitution of the United States, pro posed as aforesaid, has been ratified by the Legis latures of the States of North Carolina, West Vir ginia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine, Loui siana, Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, ludnna, New York, New Hampshire, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia, Ala!iama, Missouri, Ohio, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Nebraska and Texas, in all 29 Stab's ; and, further, that the States whose Legislatures have so ratified said proposed amendment constitute thre.2-fourtha of the whole number of Stares in the United States ; and, further, that it appears from official documents on file in this departra,at that the Legislature of the State. of New York has since passed aeresolu tion claiming to withraw said ratification of the said atnendm....,nt which had been made by the Legislature of that State, and of which official notice bad been filed in this department; and, further, that it appears from official documents on file in this department that the Legislature of Georgia hal, by resolution, ratified said proposed amendment— Now, therefore, be it known that I, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States, by virtue an i in pursuance of the second section of an Act of Congress, approved •on the 20th day of April i❑ the year 1818, entitled "An Act to pro vide for the publication of the laws of the United States and for other purposes," do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitu tion of the United States. lu testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused my seal of the Department of State to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 30th of March, in the year of our Lord 1870, and of the Independence of the United States the 94th. HAMILTON FISH. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT ON THE DECAY OF AMERICAN. SHIPPING. " To the Senate and House of Representatives— " I ntlr B 6 1: 9 7 e t o c u c ti o v n e g rAelsessstahge importance of tak e of the 6th of De cember,ing steps to revive our decaying merchant marine was urged, and a Special Ales Sage promised at a future day, during the present Session, recom mending, more specifically, plans to accomplish this result. Now that the Committee of the House of Representatives intrusted with the labour of ascer taining- the cause of the decline of American corn nitre° has completed its work , and submitted a report to the legis'ative branch of the Government, I deem • this a fitting time to execute that pro mise. The very able, calm, and exhaustive report of the Committee points out the grave wrongs which have produced the decline in our commerce. It is a national humiliation that we are now com pelled to pay from twenty to thirty millions of dol lars annually, exclusive of pa.4ag money, which we should share with other natioJs, to foreigners for doing the work which should be done by Ame rican owned and American manned vessels. This is a direct drain upon the resources of this country of just so inuA, money, equal to casting it into the sea, so far as the nation is concerned. A nation of the vast and ever increasing interior resources of the United States, extending as it does from one to the other of the great 'oceans of the world, with an inlustrious, intelligent, and energetic population, must one day possess its full share of the commerce of there oceans, no matter what the cost. Delay will only increase this cost and enhance the difficulty of attaining the result. I therefore p u t i n an earnes t pl ea f or ear ly fle'l,ll in this matter in a way to secure the increase of American commerce. The advance] period of the year, and the fact that no coniract tor ship build:ng will probably be ent:red into until th's question is settl. dby Congr. , ss, an-I the further fact that if there should be much delay all large vessels co:Jr .cted for this year will fail of completion before winter sts in, and will therefore be car rie l over for another year, induces me to request yotir early con , iderati.,n of t'lis subject. I regard it of such grave importance, affecting every interest of the corm. ry to so great an extent, that any me tho.l which w;11 gain the end will secure a rich na tional blessing. Building ships and navigatng them and utilizing vast capital at home. 'This businessem ploys tl ousandi of workmen in the ir coast ruct ion and 11111. , iitilg. It cre .t;!s a home market for the products of the farm and the shop. It di min!slies the balau ce of trade against us prcci-ely to the extent of frei.thts and passage-money paid to American vessels, an i gives us a superiority upon the.seas of inestimable value in case of foreign war. Our Navy, at the com mencement of the late war, consisted of less than 100 vessels, of about 150,000 tous, and a force of THE TREATY OF PRAGUE. The North Eastern Correspondence says that next week the Crown Prince of Prussia, who is suffering from the preliminary symptoms of disease of the liver, will go to Carlsbad to take the waters there. It is supposed that this visit to a Bohemian watering-place so early in the season is also connected with a political motive, as the question of North Sleswick has again been revived, and Uonnt Bismarck's organ, the Nord Deutsche Allge• mane Zeitung, says that Austria is the only power which has the right to demand the execution of the fifth article of the Treaty of Prague. It is certain, adds the Corres pondence, that the Crown P r i nce will be visited while at Carlsbad either by the Emperor himself or by one of his brothers, and it is more than probable that tho question of North Sleswick will be touched upon durin( this visit. LADY HAMILTON'S FIGHT WITH THE QUEEN OF NAPLES. Sir Nathanial Wraxall, the most incurable gossip and the writer of some most interesting memoirs, found his way to Naples when prowling from Court to Court, and gives a very graphic description of the strange Court. He describes Sir William as a tall meagre man ; very dark, and with an aquiline nose. He was indefatigable in vigorous sporting—up all • night at balls, yet the next day away hunting and shooting with the King, har pooning fish in the rivers, and yet past sixty years of age. The partiality of the Queen for his wife increased every day. They affected the liking of sisters, dressed in the same colours, slept in the same room. She had the right of entree at any hour, and without announce. ment. It was scarcely wonderful that the jealousy of the court ladies should have been aroused, or that they should have at last worked up the Queen to resent her too arrogant exercise of such privileges. One day the visitor was stopped at the door by one of the Royal pages, and informed that her Majessy was engaged. An extraordinary scene was said to have taken place; and not an impro bable one, considering the character of these two women. Lady Hamilton forced her way in and began to re reproach the Queen for this affront. The other, indig nant, burst into fury. Billingsgate could hardly supply the terms which the two ladies showered on each other. The whole culminated in a blow from the Queen, promptly returned by the ambassadress, who had not forgotten her training at the tavern. The King was present, and roared at a scene so congenial to his tastes. Strange to say, it ended in a renewed and firmer intimacy.— Belgravia. ANOTHER LADY ON THE RIGHTS OF HER SEX. The number of ladies who are advocating the cause of woman's rights in person is increasing. Miss Tay lour, of Belmont, Stranraer, has lectured on woman's suffrage at Dundee. She argued that the forefathers of the British race were not so unjust as the present generation, for there was evidence that when Parliament was first con stituted sex formed no barrier to the exercise of the franchise. In the reign of James I. an opposition was first started, but it was overruled by judicial decree. The Puritans renewed the opposition in Charles I.'s reign, and were unsuccessful, but attained their wish during the Commonwealth. But it was in 1832 that the first law was passed which directly excluded women from the franchise. How long would the justice loving men of Scotland permit so glaring a wrong to remain unrepaired ? They desired the suffrage because while it was withheld from them their minds would be embit tered by a sense of wrong; in a word, they wanted justice, and the refusal of it came to be the more wrong as they considered the second reason—viz. that, as it was another fundamental principle of their constitution that taxation could only be levied by a Parliament elected by taxpayers . they held it as unconstitutional as it was unjust to impose the burden upon women, while withholding the privilege of voting. To be consistent they would have to allow that if sex remitted the right to vote it also remitted the right to bear the burden. Her third reason was furnished by the consideration that as vast numbers of women wort in the present day forced to be self-supporting, it was not only unjust but cruel in the extreme to lay upon them an unnecessary disqualification. It had been found that, when the last census was taken, three and a half millions of women were returned as earning their hood, and of those two and a half millions were returned as single women. Was there, therefore, not most pressing reason that women should have fah play in the battle of life? and did not the cry for justiot and consideration become the more urgent because it came from what was termed the weaker sex ? It had heel said to the recent agitators for reform that they were in a sense represented in Parliament ; but that did not satisfy them, nor would it prove satisfactcry to those who demanded the enfranchisement of women householders ; for, with the reformers, they shared the conviction that to ' secure fair representation they must also have direct representation. One wrong which women had had to to submit to silently for generations was their being kept back from just participation in educational endowments, which were in almost every instance, devoted to boys, whereas they had, in the first instance, been intended foi education generally. As an example of this, Miss Taylour mentioned the case of Christ's Hospital, where 1,100 boys monopolised the institution, while only twenty-five girls were admitted. FREAKS OF A. WOULD-BE BISHOP. The Rev. E. A. Verity is vicar of Habergham ; but, not contented with a career of usefulness in that respectable sphere, he desired to be a bishop when the vacancy for the see of Manchester occurred. Mr. Verity endea voured to enlist the Lancashire trade unions in his cause. He drew up a memorial, which the power-loom weavers of that place were to sign, and which was to be forwarded to Mr. Gladstone. This document, the paternity of which is attributed to the rev. gentleman himself, expressed the regret of the power-loom weavers at the demise of the late prelate, and their wish to point out to her Most Gracious Majesty the kind of pastor necessary for the wants of the people and the edification of the Church in this peculiar and populous diocese. The document then proceeded :—" That your memorialists, with this view, earnestly recommend as a person fit and proper for perferment to the said episco pate, the Rev. Edward Arundel Verity, Doctor of Divinity, and vicar of Habergham, of whose conversation and learning we are fully assured ; and would earnestly pray her Most Gracious Majesty kindly to accede to these their wishes in his behalf, and in due course prefer the said Edward Arudel Verity to the said episcopate, and as in duty bound, they will ever pray, &e." S uc h was the draught which Mr. Verity submitted to. the power-loom weavers, but that fraternity was in no haste to forward it. Mr. Verity also wrote a letter requesting the secretary to call an executive meeting immediately, for the purpose of signing his memoriaL No reply tieing received, the rev. gentleman wrote again as follows ; " Habergham Parsonage, Burnley, Jan 12th, 1870. "Mydear Birtwistle, Have you received a letter and copy of memorial for the Executive fo sign with a view of help ing me to the episcopate of Manchester? If so, has it been copied, signed, and sent off ? It is important that the weavers should join with the other trades in backing up their old advocate. Never heed the announcements of the Examiner and Times. It has given five or six names to the public already, and each a different one. Mr. Wm. Dron field is in London, and will call and see Mr. G. and explain the wishes of the Lancashire trades. Now that a weaver has a vote as good as a " duke," the public offices of Church and State will have to be filled by those who are the friends of the people. It may sound rather queer in the ears unaccustomed to the use of such high names and titles to be told that the suffrages of the people are to rule the country, but it is the fact, notwithstanding. The Prime Minister is the servant of the people, and their patronage is his patronage. Mr. G. declares he is the people's minister. Well, we are going to try him whether he is the people's or the Pope's friend. If he is the former, here is a splendid opportuoity of showing it, by acceding to their wishes ; if he is the latter he will pro mote a stranger to the people—a higher Churchman and of Romish views. Let me know, please, if you have sent your memorial off.—With kind regards to the executive and yourself, I remain, yours faithfully,_ `E. A. VERITY. " Mr. Thos. Birtwistle." The memorial was at length presented to the Premier, and the following reply was sent to Mr. Birtwistle by the right hon. gentleman's secretary : Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Gladstone to acknowledge thereceipt of a memorial from the Association of Lan cashire Power Loom Weavers, praying that the Rev. E. A. Verity may be selected for the new Bishop of Man. chester, and to inform you in reply that, as far as the Crown is concerned the matter is decided by the selection for that see of Mr. Fraser, who, it is behoved ! possesses cirient quiofficationa fob the office, ' • --- MONETARY REPORTS Y . - ESTERDAY. To-day has been observed as a close holiday in we stock Exchange, and business in the City generally has been of a very limited character. in the money market there has been a fair supply of capital.' The demand for accommodation both at the Bank and in other quarters. has been quiet, but three months' paper has been charged 24 to 3 per cent. _ There hasl een no bullion operations at the rank te-day. The report of the Recife and San Francisco (Pernam buco) Railway Company (Limited), to be presented on the 26th inst., shows an available balance of 219,085. All interim dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum is recommended, after payment of which there will remain a balance of £1,239 to be carried forward. The receipts for the six months shew an increase of 52 per cent. com pared with the corresponding period last year, while the excess of the working expenses has been only 11 per cent. Advices from Shanghai, dated Mardi 1, shew that the total export of tea to Great Britain from January 1 to February 28, amount to 2,340,1391b5., against 3,123,4811b5. for the corresponding period last year, being a decrease of 783,2421b5. _ At Mark Lane to-day the wheat trade was quiet, but prices were unchanged. Spring corn was firm in value, with a limited inquiry. Advices from the agricultural districts report, generally, favourably of future prospects. Barley and oats have been sown under satisfactory aus pices, and beans as' well as peas are coming up well, whilst a more general season for potato planting, has seldom been experienced. The continued drought, how ever, has considerably retarded the development of the young wheat plant, and, although it has as yet escaped all permanent damage, it is certainly backward for the time of year, and is mostly thin and weak. At the thirty-fourth half-yearly meeting of the Bank of Victoria, held at Melbourne on the Ist of February last a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared, £2,000 placed to the reduction of the bank premises account (including the balance from the pre vious half-year), £17,159 12s. brought forward. A telegram from Melbourne, dated March 29th, states that the Malta had left Galle with £353,500 in bar gold And £67,750 in sovereigns. The Lochness had also sailed with £11,500, and the George Thompson with £10,500. The silver market has been flat. at 60g Der oz. MARKETS-YESTERDAY. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY.—At Mark-lane to-day the show of English wheat has been only moderate, but the quality has been good. There has been a thin attendance of millers, and the demand for both red and white produce has ruled inactive, at about late rates. The show of prize wheat has been tolerably good. The inquiry has been limited, at previous quotations. Moderate supplies of barley have been on offer. The trade has been quiet, but prices have been well maintained. Malt has sold slowly, at late currencies. Oats have been firm in value, with a moderate demand. Beans and peas have been firm. Maize has tended upwards in value. Flour has been quiet. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, MONDAY.—Moderate supplies have been on sale. The trade has been quiet, at about late rates :—Reef from 3s. to 4s. 4d. ; mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 81. ; lamb, es. Bd. to 7s. 4d. ; veal, 4s. 4d, to ss. ; and pork, 4s. to ss. 4d. per Sibs., by the carcase. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.-Owing to the falling off in the receipts, the cattle trade has been firm to-day, and the quotations have improved in most instances. The show of beasts has been much below the average as regards number, but the quality has been good. The trade has been firm, and more money has been paid. The best Scots and crosses have sold at 4s. 10d. to ss. per 81bs. There has been a falling off in the supply of sheep. For most breeds there has been a steady demand, at an advance of 2d. per Sibs. The best Downs and haif-breds, out of the wool, have been disposed of at 4s. Bd. to 53. per 81bs. Lambs have been in request at 85. per 81bs. Calves have been firm, and pigs have been steadier. Beasts have sold at from 3s. to ss. ; sheep, 3s. to 53. ; lambs, at Bs. ; calves, 3s. 10d. to ss. Bd. ; and pigs, 45. 6d. to ss. Bd. per Sib. to sink the offal. Total supplies :-Beasts, 2,816 ; sheep and lambs, 20,560 ; calves, 92 ; and pigs, 35. Foreign Beasts, 970 ; sheep and lambs, 6,290 ; and calves, 90. CORK BUTTER . MARKET, MONDAY.-Ordinary firsts, 130 s. ; seconds, 130 s. ; thirds, 120 s. ; fourths, 80s. ; fifths, 565. ; sixths, not quoted. 2,500 firkins in the market. Mild cured-No quotation. 90 firkins in the market. AGRICULTURE AND THE CORN TRADE. Altough the rainfall during the week has fallen far 'short of the amount required, the heavy dews have gone far to supply the necessary moisture, and the aspect of the country has been generally favourable. Vegetation has made rapid progress, and the pastures and meado lands are changing their desolate condition for the bright herbage of spring. The wheat plant, however, is cer ta, my backward for the season, and is sadly in need of a continued steady supply of rain ; but it has, nevertheless, so far escaped all irremediable injury. On the other hand, barley, oats, beans, and peas having secured a good seed bel, are coming up well, whilst potato-planting, which is now about brought to a conclusion, has been condacted under the most exceptionally favourable auspices. Much quietness has been noticed in the srain trade. As regards wheat, millers have been unwilling operators owing to the prospect of increased receipts from abroad, now that the shipments from the Baltic have re-com menced in earnest, and there is a probability of further heavy arrivals from America. The actual business con chided has been very moderate, and has been almost entirely confined to the supplying of actual wants. The anxiety of holders, in some instances, to realise, has tended to weaken prices, but the shortness of the supply offered has prevented any quotable reduction from ensu ing. Notwithstanding that the quantity of grain on passage to this country has materially decreased, it is generally anticipated that prices will gradually recede 2W _ . -- The frequent sunshine of the past week has raised the • temperature, but when the sun has been absent the air has still been cold for the time of year, and we have not yet had our quota of rain. Field work has, how ever, advanced a pace, and there is very little more sowing to be done ; and this, though late, has been very satisfactorily accomplished from the pulverised state of the soil. A genial time henceforth would soon work wonders, in germinating the seed corn and im proving the wheat ; about which some are begin ning to doubt, it being badly reported in the Fens and other localities, but June will more distinctly tell us' what we may expect. The altered weather, the opening Baltic, and the holidays have all contributed to in crease our dulness, and the wheat trade has given way for the last fortnight to the extent of fully is., while our deliveries still keep largely in excess of last year, in dicating the pressure on the farming interest from bad crops, or continued apprehension of large foreign im ports. The Baltic is certainly opening, and we may now have some first quality corn to replace the low sorts which have been lately working off from our granaries ' • but shippers there se e prices much too close for a free trade, and there are few sanguine enough here , after the late losses, to become rash importers. Even in America prices have not yet adjusted themselves to Bri tish markets, notwithstanding their present depression. Mark Lane Express Mazzini is said to be extremely discouraged by the aspect of Italian affairs. In a letter to his friend Edgar Quinet, he says that he is old, exhausted, morally, and physically, and has reached the end of his powers. With the exception of a few chosen spirits, he has no longer any respect for the generation for which he labours. It has no faith—it has only opinions. In concluding his monologue, he ex-' claims that he would give all that remains to him of life for one year of calm. LAD vkansEmENT. .I—Henceforth no oue will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabic& Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from Invalids whoa position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the' "Gazette du Midi," July 25th:—"Rome, July 21, 1866. The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We extract a few out of more than 68,000 cures :—Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation, all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most in tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia., No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly " Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Im portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig'S name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at is lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; 2 lb Is 6d; 51b lls.; 121 b 220; 24 lbs 4 s.— \ ISO DU Banny's REVALENTA RABICA CHOCOLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 1:: cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at6s, for 2cB cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 55s —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are sent free of carriage in England ou receipt of Post Office Order.- - BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; and all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. FISCHER—On the 16th inst., at Walton Oaks, Surrey, tho wife of Thomas H. Fischer, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, of a son. SULIVAN.- On the 16th inst., at Heidelberg, the wife of Captain T. B. M. Bulivan, R.N., of a son. RRI AGES. CLAIM —KELLY -On the 16th inst., at Croydon, Jogepb Clark, Esq., of Allahabad, India. to Elizabeth Mary (Lilly). second daugktor of the late Charles Louis Kelly, Esq., of Woolwich. Brom%id— Broos—On the 16th inst., at Upper Holloway'' , H. A. F. Duelcharn, Esq., of 12, Oxne3, , Villas, Upper Hol loway, to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late Jas• Biggs, Esq, of Upper Holloway. DEATHS. GLYN n the 16th inst., at Brainblo Eli 1, Lyndhurst, the Hon. St. L(ger Richard Glyn, aged 45. IIEsNIKER—On the 16th inst., at 6, Grafton-street, Lord Henniker, aged 69. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREW of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.--Tuesday, April 19, 1870. Pc° . b ehair lo s 64. A The j IV I A A l l, now d "' Tina] ;,,ecapit M. 0 : Zact c corns, t his t he as t ahe ,(14Pted 1)1 And ael Do %If 113ie icaa TO o of L 1 1 ; V 0i e . 4 4 P h ' 4,8 , 1.44 41 .11/ "ne, SE ~.T] ~U Gal ;3, .......... ..•••..... K 0;,; Z an 'fhl 1 size 01l th e N A M ' wt ablo Folz, 3/ ) ..00n a Satan 'Pared f urnisl b e Bee at Alit( 41tisic- t ie i XisB