The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-29 00:00:00

MILITARY NURSING. A contemporary contains the following : " Sir John Pakington has expressed his intention of supplying military hospitals with the most perfect system of female nursing, and arrangements have been made with the Nightingale Committee for the education, at St. Thomas's Hospital, of a certain number of nurses 'specially with this object. After many remonstrances 'on the part of the military authorities at Woolwich, Sir John Pakington has consented to change the system of beating the sick in the Herbert Hospital. From the Ist of November the regimental plan of work will com mence, and each medical officer will assume the charge of the sick men of his own battery or brigade. It is not intended at present to interfere with the general organisation of the hospital under the governor, although doubtless many alterations will be necessary before a satisfactory com bination of regimental and general systems can be ob. tamed." NO EPSOM DERBY FOR 1869. " Vigilant " of the Sportsman states "on excellent authority" that there is just a chance that there will be no Epsom Derby for the next two years. He says :—"lt appears that all that part of the Derby course which extends from Tattenham Corner to the furzes, near the starting-post for the City and Suburban, is included in the Six Mile Hill purchased from Mr. Carew by Mr. Studd. This portion was let by Mr. Carew to the proprietors of the Grand Stand on a yearly tenancy at £3OO a year. Mr. Studd, who came into possession of the property last November, would not renew these terms, but offered to give a twenty years' lease of the property at £l,OOO per annum. This proposal the Grand Stand Committee stig matised as extortion, and they at once proceeded to lay out a new course. It has now been found that this new course cannot be made available unless the Grand Stand is removed, angl even then there would necessarily be such a dangerous curve beyond Tattenham Corner as no pru dent jockey would risk his neck over. The committee of management are thus left in a rare quandary, for although they have not come to any terms with Mr. Studd, they have advertised that the races will be run over his pro perty as heretofore ; and this has so incensed him that he now declares that they shall not hold any races on his grounds, no matter what terms they may offer; and therefore for the present proceedings are at a dead-lock. Should Mr. Studd remain obdurate, all the entries will have to be cancelled, and the nominations would be void if the race were to be run on any other than the advertised course, the conditions expressly saying, ' the last mile and a half to be run on the new course."' NARROW ESCAPE OF BISHOP SELWYN. The Bishop of Lichfield has narrowly escaped ship wreck. He arrived at New Zealand on the 18th of August, and left for the Auckland diocese in the steamer Taranaki. Soon after entering Queen Charlotte's Sound she struck on a rock, lost her propeller in forging off, and began to make water rapidly. The boats were got out, the passengers (of whom there were nearly 150) were landed on the nearest shore, and the mails also, while nearly all the baggage was obliged to be aban doned. With his characteristic energy, the Bishop, accom panied by his son and Lord Burghley, took one of the boats to sound for a shoal known to be close by, but the crew, being unable through the strength of the tide to tow the vessel to it, the Taranaki drifted further up and sank in ten fathoms, with little hope of raising her. A large number of the passengers first landed, including most of the ladies and children, were obliged to remain on the side of the steep mountainous banks of the Sound all night, under the commissariat charge of the Bishop ; others were fortunate in being able to get to one of the two or three scattered houses belonging to settlers there, it being twenty miles to Picton by water, and next to impossible to reach that town by land. A steamer was sent to their help next morning from Wellington on the disaster being telegraphed, and without further accident the whole of the passengers were taken on to their original destination, special thanksgiving services being held at Nelson, where the .Airedale called on her way, and also at Auckland. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRINCE ALFRED. Some details are supplied by Mr. George Ferrers Pickering, member of the New South Wales Parliament for the Northern Gold-fields, as to the discovery in Sydney of a conspiracy to assassinate Prince Alfred. Mr. Pickering, in the course of a letter to the Liverpool 2lercury, says : " I am in a position to say that the Government was in possession of information implicating some fifteen or twenty persons as having conspired agains the life of the Duke of Edinburgh, a very few weeks after the atrocious attempt was made. The Government had proclaimed a reward of £l,OOO for information leading to the conviction of any person or persons accessory to the deed, and it was communicated to me that such an organisation existed. I made inquiry, and ascer tained such to be the fact, and that overtures had been made to the Government by an ex-officer of the Vic torian police to surprise these persons at th . eiL house of meet ing —a public-house in Sydney. The rumour spreading, I conceived it to be my duty in my place in Parliament to put the question to the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Parkes), who on the part of himself and his colleagues disavowed any knowledge of the subject to which I referred. I immediately moved the adjournment ,of the House for the purpose of expressing my dissatisfaction at the answer given, and plainly stated that the Colonial Secretary was in possession of certain information relative-to a Fenian conspiracy, and•that he had already accorded several interviews to the persons I have above alluded to, who had volunteered to denounce the con spirators for the sum of £5OO, only to be paid on_conviction of one or more. The Colonial Secretary still disclaiming all knowledge of the matter, it was allowed to drop; but lam perfectly satisfied that he was in possession of the same, or a portion of the same evidence, as he now admittedly is, at the latter end of March. I shall look forward with much interest to the explanations promised to Parliament, which was to have met on the 15th Sep tember. I can only attribute the denial of the Colonial Secretary to a disinclination, in the then excited state of the public mind, to reveal all that had been communicated to him." A statement has been going the round of the newspapers to the effect that the Rev. W. M. Punshon, the well-known Wesleyan preacher, has been refused per mission to become president of the Canadian Church, and that his name has been dropped from the "legal hundred" in consequence of his having married his deceased wife's sister. The Rev. James Clapham writes to the Liverpool Courier to say that the paragraph is amisstatement from first to last. The quarrel between Mr. Bazley and Mr. Mitchell Henry, the Liberal candidates for Manchester, has become very warm indeed. Mr. Bazley has given Mr Mitchell Henry the lie direct as to the interview, in which it is alleged Mr. Bazley proposed that he should put up for a county. On the other hand, the chairman of Mr. Henry's committee (in that gentleman's absence), says the story told by him in the letter is the same that he gave to his committee immediately after the interview in question. The following anecdote is told of Lord Brougham. While pleading one day before the Court of Queen's Bench the judges appeared but ill pleased at the arguments brought forward. At lunch time Lord B. left the court for a few moments, and remarked to a friend that he had just swallowed two pints of porter. "Porter," remarked the other, "my dear Brough am , t h at will make you stupid." " Stupid," replied his lordship, on seeing the judges returning to their seats, " well, so much the better, for now I can argue with those gentlemen." MOON-BLINDNESS.—It has been observed that on moonlit nights the eyes are apt to suffer in a peculiar way, which has occasionally brought on temporary blindness. This was ascribed to the moon's influence, and the term moon-blindness has therefore been given to the affection. In reality, the moon has no more to do with this form of blindness than the stars have to do with the formation of dew. The absence of clouds from the air is the true cause of the mischief. There 'is no sufficient check to the radiation of heat from the eyeballs, and the consequent chill results in temporary loss of sight, and sometimes even in permanent injury.—Chambers's Journal. EXTRAORDINARY OCEAN WAVE AND EARTH QUAKES.—From north to south of New Zealand a curious tidal phenomena was observed on Saturday, the 15th August. The sea rushed out and in with extraordinary violence, and in some places in the South Island great damage was done from the sea going far over the usual high-water mark. The schooner Rifleman, which arrived at Dunedin on August 28, from the Chatham Islands, brings sad news. These islands have been visited by three tidal waves, causing great loss of life and property. The settlement of Tupunga, on the north side of the island, felt the greatest force. It was entirely destroyed —no mark being left to tell where it stood. The ground was completely covered with sand and seaweed. The inhabitants barely escaped with their lives. The sea went inland about four miles. Along the coast a house and its contents, belonging to Mr. Hay, sheep farmer, were carried bodily out to sea. Some Ivlaories, in trying to save the boat which was being carried out to sea, were drowned. The settlement of Waitangi sustained great loss. Houses were shifted And carried out to sea. THE OUTBREAK IN NEW ZEALAND, Following are some details of the disastrous engagerubm which took place between the Maoris and the first British expedition sent out to recapture the escaped prisoners : " Encouraged by the freshness of the trail, Colonel Whit more lost sight of every other consideration in the hope of getting up with the enemy. 11l supplied with stores, absolutely ignorant of whither he was going, under valuing the skill and courage of the enemy, dis dainful of the most ordinary precautions, he pushed recklessly on. Fagged and half starved as the men were, they renewed their vigour upon sight of the camp fires in the Ruaki Turi. A few of their number were seen by our force scattered about the island, and a rapid advance was made to attack them. As our people neared they com menced firing ; not with much vigour at first, but rapidly increasing in power as their force collected. Our men had to cross the river bed in the open, exposed to this treat ment, and replying with what effect they could. As our party drew into the western bank the enemy mounted the Rakaiwhaia hill, outflanking and pouring a deadly fire into our people. Captain Carr fell; Mr. Davis Can ning, two troopers named Patrick Condon and William Coates, and a friendly native, Behira, were shot dead. Six others wounded, amongst them 'Captain Arthur Tuke, who was shot through the arm—the bullet glancing off a cock and inflicting a painful bruised flesh-wound, not injuring the bone. Another bullet passed through his clothes. Sharp work this. Poor Canning handed his carbine to Barney Reed, as he fell pierced by two bullets. Captain Carr's weapons and haversack, with his body, became the possession of the enemy. Mr. Withers, of the constabulary, behaved with great gallantry, assisting in carrying off the wounded ; indeed all behaved well, and the pity is that their courage should have been so thrown away." The papers laid on the Rouse of Representatives' table give the following curious particulars in reference to the escape of these prisoners :—" The plans were laid with such skill that Captain Thomas, according to the report, could hardly have offered anything like effectual resistance. Instead of 31 stand of arms there were 49 stand of arms taken away, and £5OO in cash, and as much flour, sugar, and tobacco as they chose to remove from the Rifleman. Besides these, they robbed all the houses on the beach, with the exception of that of one lady who hid a bag of sovereigns (2300) in a tea-kettle, while boiling over the fire. The number of prisoners escaped was 163 men, 64 women, and 71 children, being 298 souls. The quantity of ammunition taken was 4,534 rounds. 31b. of powder was taken from pri vate stores." GALLANT . CAPTURE OF, A. PAH. A messenger arrived at Wellingtoiion the 24th August with the intelligence that the pah of Te-Ngutu-o-to-Manu had been captured on Friday, the 21st. The following are the particulars :—" Two hundred and seventy men, in two divisions, under the command of Colonel M`Donrell, started for the pah at seven a.m. Major Von Tempsky led the armed constabulary and Taranaki volunteers. Buck's and Page's companies composed the attacking force. There were no native allies engaged. The pah was reached at ten a.m., the force thus taking only three hours to thread their way through the bush from Waihi, the base of operations, a distance of twelve miles. Maori scouts were on the alert, and preparations had been made to give our forces a warm reception. When within twenty paces of the parapet, our troops poured in a galling fire, and then rushed helter-skelter for the pah, escaladed the breastwork, and gained a foot ing inside—one-half fairly establishing themselves within the defences in a few minutes. The first man killed was Wallace, who was shot through the head, and died on the spot. The Maories fought bravely, but could not stand against our men, who, armed with tomahawks, revolvers, and long knives, made short work of it. The whole attack lasted only twenty minutes, and in one hour from its commencement not a vestige of the pah could be seen. The Maories effected a good retreat, after nine of them had fallen, and were able to carry off their wounded. Three of our men were killed and eight wounded—one of whom, H. Geary, has since died. The killed are R. Wallace, Kerr, and Mackay. They were attended by Dr. Walker on the field. At half-past eleven o'clock Colonel M`Donnell commenced to march back, when he found the enemy had concentrated on his rear, and were keeping up a desultory fire. The fire was returned, and ultimately the Maories retreated and allowed our troops to retreat without further molestation. M`Donnell arrived at Patea at midnight. The behaviour of the force, both officers and men, was excellent." LAW AND POLICE. MANSLAITGIITER ON BOARD SHIP.—A case that involves some curious questions of law has been tried at the Central Criminal Court before Mr. Justice Byles. A seaman of American birth was tried for the murder, by stabbing, of an Englishman, one of his shipmates, on the 18th of September last, on board a British vessel moored in the River Garonne, about forty miles from Bordeaux. The question was in what court should the murderer be tried. The French authorities refused to have anything to do with him, and handed him over to the British Consul, by whom he was sent to England, where his trial took place. The jury found him guilty of man• slaughter, but strongly recommended him to mercy, and judgment was deferred. BIGAMY.—A charge of bigamy, which was stated by Mr. Besley, the counsel for the prosecution, to be " one of the most romantic and astounding cases of that kind ever inquired into," has come before the police magistrate at Marlborough-street. The accused, a fashionably dressed lady, with some pretensions to personal beauty, is said to have married Major W. B. Lumley, and lived with •him as his wife for many years, during which time she had a former husband still living. The case of the prosecution is that Eliza Wright Haines, the daughter of a naval officer at Portsmouth, was married at St. Helier's to aFrench teacher of languages, Alexander Victor, of Versailles, in 1836. In 1842 they were living at Bristol, Mrs. Victor being in partnership with a school mistress there, and Mr. Victor teaching French in the school. In that year they were separated, and the lady resumed her maiden name. Victor was spoken to as being alive in 1848, but in 1847 she was married to Major Lumley as " Elizabeth Haines, spinster," and lived with him until 1864, when a separation took place. The pre sent proceedings are instituted by Major Lumley. What renders the case additionally painful is, that the major has believed the lady to be his wife for over twenty years, and has only just discovered what he considers the proofs to the contrary. The details of the case are most romantic, and it is likely to excite great interest and to occupy a con siderable time. CHARGE OF MIIRDER,—A coroner's jury have returned a verdict of wilful murder against Mr. John Powell, King's-road, Chelsea, for procuring abortion in the case of Louisa Thomas, a married woman, living apart from her husband, and causing her death. From the fol lowing note, addressed to a friend, and produced in court, it is supposed Powell has committed suicide : " Dear Turner, she was in the family way, but not by me. She begged me to procure abortion, and I have tried to do so, when she suddenly fell down, and shortly after wards, in spite of all my efforts, died. May God have mercy on my sinful soul. I loved her dearly. I shall be far from pursuit ere you get this. I cannot live, and shall take poison. You will hear of me in a day or two. Go to No. 3, Wellington-square, and say that Mrs. Thomas is dead in my consulting-room. I cannot bear to be hung. You know all the story. May God bless you for your friendship to me. Try and make the best of my dreadful story, but tell the truth to her family. I enclose her carte. Her hair I shall keep with me to the last. This locket she gave me. lam afraid to remain longer.—Your poor friend, PowELL.—I should like you to have, the picture, and tell her mother I loved and would have made her my wife if I could. Break it gently to my poor old mother. Can you run down to her ? I enclose £5 for your exuenses." AN ELECTION ADDRESS.—In the Far West, as elsewhere, there are legislators who are not too much in earnest. I recommend to some of our present candidates for British suffrages the following noble close to a Far Western election address :—" Gentlemen," said the candi date, after having given his sentiments on the " Constitu tion," the " Monroe doctrine," and such like topics ; " gentlemen," and he put his hand on the region of his heart, "these are my sentiments— the sentiments, gentle. men, of a honest man--aye, a honest politician ; but, gentlemen and fellow-citizens, of they don't suit you, they ken be altered !"— All the Year Bound. An advertisement at Portsmouth setting forth the attainments of a juvenile actress now performing there, contains the following :—" Copy of testimonial from the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, her Majesty's Secretary of State for War. ' I have seen Miss Lydia Howard, the Little Fairy Actress, in some of her principal parts, and I think it a very extraordinary and delightful performance. Royal Victoria Hotel, St. Leonora, April 23, BO.' " The Birmingham. Post on this ob serves : "We are not at all disposed to laugh at Sir John for having given a testimonial to the Little Fairy Actress. It is quite charming to observe that with the cares of the nation—and of Droitwich—upon his shoulderr, he can unbend for an hour in a country theatre. Besides, as Minister of War, Sir John is bound to take an interest in the performances of the infantry. And then, consider that one of the pieces in which Miss Lydia Howard most delights her audience is Bombastes Furioso.' After what has lately occurred at Droitwich, it will be readily understood that to Sir John Pakington's mind this temp. tation must have proved irresistible." GOLDWIN SiIII7H ON _ELEC2ION AGENTS AND EXPENSES. At a meeting of the Council of the Reform League held last night at Adelphi-terrace, Strand, a reply from Mr. Goldwin Smith to a valedictory address from that body, on the occasion of his de parture for America, was read. Mr. Goldwin Smith thus refers to election agents andexpenses :—" The greatest part, perhaps of the work of this and simi lar associations yet remains to be done. You have won the extension of the franchise—you have now to win freedom of election. The reform attempted in the election of Mr. Mill for Westminster without paid agents or canvassers, by an appeal through pub lic meetings and other organs of public opinion to the reason and conscience of the people, was as im portant as the extension of the suffrage itself and not less arduous. The freedom of the elector's choice is at present confined within very narrow limits, and the electoral right to a great extent prac tically nullified, first by the expensiveness of elec tions, and secondly by the influence of election agents. The expensiveness of elections of course limits the electors' choice to the rich, even in the boroughs, and much more in the counties, where • the expense is still such that none but very rich men can practically come forward. If the people mean to have freedom of choice and real elec toral power they must make up their minds to charge the expense of elections on the munici palities and the counties. As soon as this is done, the expense will become inconsiderable, because the municipalities and the counties will take care to insist upon economy, whereas nobody thinks of economy while the charge falls on the candidate. Opinion in many of the constituencies, especially in the south of England, is not yet ripe for this measure, and caution must be used there fore in advocating it ; but it is manifestly essen tial to real freedom of election. The first great object of this and all Liberal associations ought to be, then, the reduction of expense ; the second ought to be the abolition of elec tion agents. It is not necessary, nor would it be just, to say anything sweeping against the personal character or the practices of this order of men. But it is the law of their professional being to keep the elections out of the constituencies, and in their own hands, and in one form or another to sell the representation to the rich. They would be totally unmindful of their own interests if they did otherwise. Not unfrequently their ordinary professional objects, as solicitors naturally desirous of wealthy clients, become mixed up with the mo tives of their political conduct in a way which practically produces all the worst effects of corrup tion. There is very little use in passing bribery bills while a rich man can go to an intimate solicitor and say, under decent farms, " I will put the management of my affairs into your hands, if you will, by your influence, make me member for your borough." I repeat, that I have no wish to say hard things of any class or order ; and I have no doubt that many election agents are men whose political convictions are as l i strong and sincere as my own, and who discharge their duty with perfect integrity to the party which employs them. But the system is and must be fatal to freedom of election, and, therefore, to the existence of national government. The way to get rid of it is, everywhere to form electoral asso ciations, which shall take the nominations out of the hands of agents and transfer them to the con stituency at large. At the same time every effort must be made to substitute the influence of public meetings and public discussion of all kinds for the private influences through which:election agents ope rate, and upon the ascendancy of which over the public influences their hold on the representation depends. Notwithstanding the extension of the suffrage and the more popular character of the eonstituencies, I have not looked forward with any sanguine hope to the success of many po pular candidates in the present elections. The two obstacles to which I have adverted are sure to exclude them, and to keep the representation in the old hands. To me, I confess, it would seem better not to persist in popular or wbrking men's candi datures where there is not a fair chance of success. If the popular or working men's candidate is left, in a great many places, at the bottom of the poll, the result will be damaging to the cause; and the more timid and reactionary part of the middle class will be encouraging to c)mbiue actively with the upper class against the aspirations of the working men. It seems to me better on this occasion to concentrate efforts and resources on the contests in which there is a chance of victory, and to look for ward to a clearer and more favourable field in the future. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1868. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Price of Gold. rtie quotation ox gold at Paris Is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251.170. per £1 sterling. Un c.imparing these rates with the English Mint price of Xi is. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it tope.vs tam. gold is about the same price in London and Paris. The course of exchange at IN ew York on London for bill at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 of percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United states. Foreign Mail ?acket List. MAILS DUE. &ustralls and New Zealand, via Southampton..... Nov. 7. Ditto, via Y 'mallet; Ditto, via Pr.- ama ....N0v 28 Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video .... Nov. 4. Ditto, by lerenoti packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena Nov. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 7. Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct 31 India,via Southampton unto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, So. Oct. 31. Ditto, Marseilles, Oat. 27 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via deutharapton Ditto, Marseilles ~ Nov. 18. Newfoundla n a ••• • ... ...Nov. 4 Portugal ....:...•• •• • United States, anada. California, &0., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet . Nov. 6 Ditto, by L Lited states packet Ditto dittc (Baltimore) West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- mas) Nov 13. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Nc.v. Falkland Islands Cubi and Mexico Bahamas, via New York Bermuda, via Halifax ....... Vo`. 28. In July last the Senate adjourned without acting upon the treaty so promptly ratified by Denmark for the cession to the United States of the Island of St. Thomas. The limitation for the ratification having expired, the President, in September last, proposed to the Danish Go vernment that the period for the ratification by the United States should be enlarged one year, so that the Senate might be afforded time to act upon the treaty. The Cable telegram relative to the postponement of the cession is by the State Department understo.)d to mean that Denmark has accepted the President's proposition. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Comfort, Health, and Safety.—These blessings are beyond all price in money value. Possessing these no reflective person will complain of his position or pecuniary circumstance& Hollo way's far-famed remedies can everywhere be purchase i at a trifling cost, and with them most disorders may be immediately set right, and most diseases defied. Skin affections, sores, ulcers, superficial and deep-seated inflammation, with a long list of other ailments, readily succumb to the virtue of his Ointment, while internal complaints yield with facility to his Pills. Invalids having these invaluable remedies at hand cannot be at a loss for effectively treating these maladies, whatever their nature or duration, since "directions for use" envelope every packet. [AD VBRTISEMENT.]—Henceorth no one will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from Invalids whose 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, J uly 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 ho 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 t,!erable nervous agitation. Cure No. 1.771: Lord Stuart de DeciO, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,02: "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 pariial 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. 11c1.; 1 lb., 2s. 91; 2 lbs., 4s. 61 ; 5 lbs., 1 Is. ; 12 lbs , 22s ; 241bs ,40s.—Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARIBICA CHOCOLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; For 12 cups at 25., for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 555. Being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 555. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Orden—BAßßY DU BARRY and Co,, No, 77, Regent-street, London and all Grocers and Chemists. ENGLAND AND SPAIN. We have reason to believe that the British Govern ment will very speedily recognise the Spanish Provi sional Government. The French Government will probably take the same step at the same time. SURPRISES. A tale has been circulated to the effect that the elec tions are to be postponed, and the issuing of the writs delayed on the plea of a request of the Queen. The announcement has caused a great outcry of indigna tion. The Times denies that any such postponement will take place, but the circulation of the rumour has given rise to a considerable amount of plain-speaking, and it is evident that Mr. Disraeli is considered very much like an eel, rather difficult to catch, and extremely difficult to hold when caught. We have reason to believe that there is no foundation for the rumour. MR. MILNER GIBSON ON THE IRISH CHURCH. Still the Irish Church. The one subject uppermost in the minds of all public men is this one. It is quite a relief to turn from this to Lord Napier of Magdala at Portsmouth, for instance, or to the manly utterances of the Marquis of Salisbury on India. But the talking about the Irish Church must inevitably be done. Mr. Milner Gibson went the right way to work at Ashton on Tuesday. He said he had little new to say, but it was necessary to say it, because " great political truths ought to be repeated again and again, in order to make an im pression upon that solid and dense mass of prejudice which they knew too often existed in this country." He then went over the arguments, comparing Scot land with Ireland, criticising the report of the royal commission, and claiming that the Liberal policy was the truly national one. MILL, THE COUNTRY'S CONSCIENCE-KEEPER. Mr. Samuel Warren Burton writes to Mr. Mill to ask him certain questions about his subscription to Mr. Bradlaugh's election fund. Mr. Mill gives his reasons for subscribing. He wishes the working classes to be represented, and he hopes the new Parliament will see the " commencement of measures calculated to improve the material and social condition of the mass of the people ; and this cannot be ex pected unless the suffering as well as the prosperous classes are represented in the House, and represented by men who are capable of making their voices heard," There is no doubt that Mr. Bradlaugh is quite , capable of making " his voice heard," and it is probable that he would be a very noisy and disagreeable member; but that he would represent the working classes is more than doubtful. Mr. Burton is anything but satisfied that Mr. Mill should support a confirmed atheist. Mr. Mill has a finger in another pie. His cpinion is asked as to the candidature of Mr. Howell for Aylesbury, and the philosopher scribbles off a testimonial in the style of those which a country squire might give to the promising son of his butler when he aspires to be a clerk. This sort of thing is the fashion just now, and, like other fashions, must have its aay. The shorter the day the better. CLERICAL POLIT:CIANS. Cardinal Cullen adjures the burgesses of Dublin to elect a Liberal lord mayor for the ensuing year. As to the election of members of Parliament, he com mends Mr. Gladstone's Irish policy as putting an end to Orange ascendancy, establishing the reign of justice in the country, and introducing perfect equality among all classes of her Majesty's subjects. The Rev. Dr. Cooke, the well-known Presbyterian clergyman of Belfast, now on his death-bed,has issued an extraordinary address to the Protestant electors of Ireland. He laments the abuses in the Church of Eng land, but he says : "I have been always able to overlook the minor and non-essential points on which we differ, and to recognise in her a noble branch of the great Protestant tree, planted by the hands of the Reformers. I have been able to hear, in the living voice of her teachers, the testimony of that glorious company of martyrs and confessors by whom a free Bible and liberty of conscience were secured to my country. For these reasons I stand by her." He commends the Conservative candidates to the electors, and concludes : "Fellow-Protestants, be faithful to your country, to your religion, and to your God. Be watchful against the insidious advances of Popish error and despotism ; be united in defence of liberty and truth : and He who ruleth King of Nations will bless and prosper your cause. Farewell !" These are the last words of a dying man. Criticism must be' disarmed, and we can only wonder. THE HOME SECRETARY IN EARNEST. Earnestness in politics is commendable, especially as it is rare in some very notable cases. The Home Secretary is an earnest man, but carries his zeal a little too far. He attended a meeting at Rye on behalf of his son's candidature, and at the close of a long speech, amidst thunders of applause i is reported to have said: "Be deterred by no intuni dation, be corrupted by no inducement, but give your votes honestly and conscientiously, so that when you lay your heads on your dying pillow you may say, did my duty at a great and vital crisis in the face of my country and my God !' " Mr. Hardy must have taken his cue from the dying manifesto of Dr. Cooke, the Presby terian minister of Belfast. Let us hope that when the dread summons comes to us all, we may have some better recollections of our past life to console us than the thought that we have "voted straight," and that the wretched machinery of party strife may not obscure a clearer view of those great ends for which it is. to be hoped we all strive. UNDUE INFLUENCE. Mr. Hughes. Brookes, a gentl eman o f i n d epen d en t means, residing at Winshill, near Burton-on-Trent, has been committed for trial by the South Derbyshire magistrates on the charge of intimidating a voter by means of a threatening letter. The defendant, who was formerly a druggist at Burton, lent the com plainant, a shoemaker and shopkeeper at Stanton, £lBO on a mortgage of freehold property worth £4OO. Complainant voted for the Liberal candidates (Messrs. Evans and Colvile) at the last election. Last July he received a letter from Mr. Brookes ; requesting Mm to promise his vote for the Conserva tive p a rty. Gorge Thornley, the complainant, refused. Brookes wrote again, and the point of. his letter was this : "If you persist in your intention of voting for Popery, you must excuse my stating that I intend to remove my money from your I roperty, and place it where it can assist Conservatism and Protestantism, and therefore request that within fourteen days you will Pay to me about £8 165., being the amount of in ter est due; and also, as it will whether you have be needful to offer t y he property for sale by auction, choice as t o th e auc ti oneer. " Mr. Brookes should have rem em b ere d th e prover b, a " Litera scripta manet." As it is, he will have to take his trial under the recent Act. It is noteworthy that the bench was divided, the chairman giving his casting vote in favour of the :committal. Mr. Brookes will probably have the distinguished honour of serving as an instructive example, and it is to be hoped one such example will be sufficient. It will, not, however, be the fault of the Liberals of Plymouth if they do not discover another. CONSERV,' T AND BURIAL CLUBS. we should think working in B t n hi lt n o k n. th l at t 'LC s o o ns ft t e i n - By all appearances t b u e t e i l o l nsaulnnismisedishaotwa Cloownseebrvb men have been manufactured, and at last we have a practical solution of the problem. In .order to swell the num bers voting for the Conservative candidates at the next election for Bolton, a " Conservative Operative Sick and Burial Association" has been formed, the members of which are bound to vote for the Tory party, as witness Rule 12 : "If any member of this associa tion, who entertains opinions, publicly speaks, or votes at a borough, municipal,_ or other election, contrary to the principles of Conservatism ' • and if such opinion, speech, or vote be proved by the branch to which he belongs to be conscientious, or wilfully done, such member will be reported to the executive, and dealt with as they may see fit." Supposing any delinquent be found guilty, "the com mittee shall have power to fine, suspend, or expel him, as may seem most judicious, and the decision of such committee shall be final and conclusive." This, then, is how Conservative working men are manufactured. As Mr. Samuel Pope has ably pointed out, it was not done by convincing their judgment, but by inducing them by the hope of future benefit to enter an asso ciation, and, having got hold of their pockets, to secure them by the power of money. Are such prac tices " Constitutional ?" THE RELIGIONS OF CRIMINALS. The Rev. W. Caine, chaplain of the New Gaol, Manchester, has collected the biographies of 1,500 prisoners. Some of the facts are very interesting. He gives the religions of these prisoners. He says that, of a thousand prisoners, 502 belonged to the "United Church of England and Ireland," 347 were Roman Catholics, 100 Methodists, and five Presbyterians. The Jews are rather a numerous section of our population, and yet there was only one prisoner of that " persuasion," while the Swedenborgians, who cannot be very pro lific here, contributed two. perhaps a fact of greater specific gravity is bound up in the statement that of the 649 Protestants, 693 had attended Sunday schools, upon an average, six or seven years each. It must be remembered that a prisoner without a religion has one found for him. He is pitchforked into the " United Church of England and Ireland," without any preliminary instruction in the Catechism or examination in the Thirty-nine Articles, THE CHURCH IN JAMAICA. The Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, has arrived in England on a mission to the Colonial Office. Next year the law which provides for the maintenance of the Established Church in Jamaica expires by eftluxion of time. Great anxiety is said to be felt amongst the Churchmen of the island at the prospect of _this change. and the visit of the Biahop_to lima is ror - me purpose or saving tile Establisnment from entire deprivation of State aid. But, however much the change may be feared by the shepherds, the mere prospect of it has been of immense benefit to their flock. There can be no doubt that the expectation of being left to its own resources has developed an amount of latent energy in the Colonial Church which would hardly have been shewn under the security of a fixed income. As the Jamaica Guardian says : "The very fear of such a crisis in the history of the Church in Jamaica has produced revolutions in this body; she has suddenly sprung into life, become missionary and active in her opera tions—such an amount . of energy and earnestne ss has never been known m the Church before, and it is the responsibility of self-support that has produced this wondrous change in her constitution." PROFESSOR BEESLY ON THE SUNDAY QUESTION. The National Sunday League have obtained in the person of Professor Beesly a champion who will fight. He does not mince matters. The other day he pre sided at a meeting of the League, held in Marylebone. He declared that the origin of the Sabbath was much misunderstood, "It was founded (we quote the reports which appear in the morning papers), by great statesmen in ages gone by. He had no reason to doubt that there was such a man as Moses, with whose name its institution was usually connected ; nor did he doubt that Moses was a man of a far higher type of grandeur than it was possible in these days to conceive. Those great statesm en f oun d their people sunk in barbarism, and they desired to raise them to something better. If they wanted men to practise personal cleanliness, to abstain from unwholesome diet, or to give up hurt ful practices z they knew well that it would be useless to reason with them. They therefore adopted the wise and sensible course of assuming that there was a Supernatural Being, and that that Being would. punish those who disobeyed his precepts. I n th a t way habits were formed which lasted long after the sanction on which they rested had been forgotten." So the Sabbath had been founded, not for a religious reason, but that the people might have one day of rest. This, he thought, was good. He would give all these employed in museums and theatres rest by the establishment of a Friday holiday. This was the solutiOn offered by the Catholic Church, and he thought it met the difficulty. ST. JAMES'S CHAPEL, BRIGHTON. A summons has been granted against the man who caused the disturbance at St. James's, Brighton, and he may find to . his cost that it is not the duty of private individuals to supplement the action of the bishops and the ecclesiastical courts by brawling in church. The Ritualists surely have the right to the benefit of the Act against disturbing congregations— a right which belongs to any sect of Dissenters. When the roughs of St. George's-in-the-East threw the has socks about the church as a demonstration in favour of Protestantism, the authorities of the day sacrificed the Rev. Bryan King in deference to them. Things have changed since then ; and be the Ritualists right or wrong, the law will take care to protect them from such brutal fanatics. It is evident that some people take pleasure in being shocked, or it would occur to them to be the most reasonable course to keep away from these services and attend others more to their taste. There is variety enough to please the most exacting and fastidious. MORNING SERVICE. The Rev. R. Henning Parr, formerly secretary to Archbishop Musgrave, and now vicar of St. Martin's, Scarborough, a church erected to the memory of the late Mr. Martin Craven by his daughters, writes to the Times upon the subject of the services at his church. It will be remembered that the curate had already denied tha.t-tivise services were ritualistic or muti lated, although a correspondent of the Times had taken alarm. Mr. Parr advocates the omission of the Litany from the morning service, andthinks such omis sion not contrary to the spirit of the law, though it may be to the strict letter. He wishes to have this matter settled. He refers to a circular issued by the arch bishops and all the bishops in 1850, and thinks that the omission was therein stated to be allowable. It will be remembered that attention was first drawn to the subject by Lord Ebury, who noticed with some pain that his boys from school were rather restless during morning service. He jumped at the conclu sion that there was something wrong, and found it, not in his boys, but in the Prayer-book. Mr. Parr's plan is now adopted in endless instances, and ham been recommended by the Bishop of London. The letter of the rev. gentleman proves that he is not one of those who defy authority. THE POOR, THE' POOR LAW, AND THE PUBLIC. The recess is always fruitful of discussions on the poor law. This recess now nearly concluded has been no exception to the general rule. The phase of the question to which the Times directed attention is that of the way voluntary contributions should be made to supplement the money dispensed by the guardians. A suggestion was made that the guardians should give only to the strictly pauper class, the casual pauper being relieved by voluntary contributions. The objection which was made on the score of the irresponsibility of voluntary relief, is now met by Mr. 11. Carre Tucker, C. 8., who suggests that both funds should be dispensed by the guardians, the official fund being used for relief merely to the con firmed paupers, the other for setting up broken down workmen, for providing tools, fruit, or clothes', as the case may be, for those who are able and willing to work for their living in the future. But if such a fund as this is necessary, why should it not be raised, as at present, by rates ? It is but the old fight between voluntary and State aid. In the matter of the support of the poor it has, one would think, by this time been conceded on every side that the relief of the poor must be given from the rates. ENGLISH FINANCING IN BELGIUM. If we may believe the persons involved in the 44 Affaire Doulton," there never was a more persecuted company then the " Public Works Company" of Brussels. That organisation has buffeted huge waves that would have overwhelmed aweaker one. Engineer ing impossibilites have been conquered ; financial difficulties innumerable have been overcome ; and now, when it is on its way to prosperity, it is metby a per secution from the men of Brussels, who, forreasonsnot stated, are enVyig its likelihood of success. These men first attempt to ruin the company by making extortionate demands, then turn round, com mit perjury, charge the directors with breaches of agreement (which are certainly not the best which might be made on the part of the company), and bring further charges of fraud against them. The charges are heard in a court where the defendant cannot substantiate his facts or sufficiently cross-examine the • witnesses. Nevertheless, be it noted, that Mr; Doulton and his friends hope to sur mount even this big wave. A SCHOOL FOR ARTILLERY. Some remarks made a short time since by the Commander-in-Chief will, it is to be hoped, lead to an alteration of some of our " showy " practices. None of these is more absurd than the way in which the artillery are trained. In order that they may learn to use the big gun and become acquainted thoroughly with their duties in battle, they are taught to be good infantry men. Indeed, so essential is it thought to be that they should know something of the noise made by the cannon, that garrison batteries have in some cases been divided into sections, provided with carbines, and ordered to fire these in volleys to represent the guns. At least so it is stated. Since our large guns have become so important, . it is certainly only right that the men should be thoroughly taught the use of them; and though it may be useful for, them to know something of the carbine and of infantry drill, yet their work is with the cannon, and they should be taught that before everything else. FOREIGN NOTES. MR. MILL ON AMERICAN FINANCE. A long letter from Mr. J. S. Mill, M.P., appears in the New York Nation. The member for Westminster earnestly advocates the redemption of the American bonds in gold. He shows that the argument founded upon greenbacks being the legal tender of the United States, and that the bondholder ought to have exceptional privileges, is worth less. All persons except the public creditor have the remedy in their own hands. They can demand a higher price both for goods and labour to compensate deprecia tion ; but the price paid to the bondholder is fixed. Mr. Mill believes there is little danger that the immoral course will be adopted. . THE WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA. The army of Lopez is now becoming disorganised. It is estimated to comprise only about 6,000 able-bodied men, hut the movements of this force are hampered by a large number of old men, women, and children. The accounts from the seat of war—which, however, all come by way of Brazil—represent the ParaLt ayan Dictator as incapable of making any effectual resistance. It appears that of all the foreigners resident in Para- guay, only one, a French musician, was at liberty when Mr. Washburn, the American Minister, left. Two members of the American Legation had been seized and detained. M. Liberta, Chancellor of the French Consulate, had been thrown into prison on a charge of complicity in the recent revolt against Lopez. Besides these, about one hundred Italians, fifty French, and several English, including an engineer and two physicians, bad been placed under restraint. The cause of these arrests was, in the first place, an order from Lopez that all foreigners should leave Asuncion, which Mr. Washburn, in his diplomatic capa- city, refused to obey ; and, next, the presumption that some of the foreign residents had stolen money from the Government. • A NEW COMMERCIAL FOLLY. The money market is at present deluged with Russian ii.nds to the extent of two millions make tneir appearance almost every montn, anu uur, a ttei - iant• to the extent of £4,000,000 is said to be forthcoming. These railways are unobjectionable enough, but they are no better than other lines which vainly seek assistance. Foreign loans are, in fact, becoming the mania of the day, and will produce results as disastrous as any other form of enter prise carried beyond due limits. As the Times City Article says, our people now pour out money to Russia or to the Australian colonies with as much eagerness as they formerly manifested when they were subscribing to finance shares. RUSSIA. The most lamentable details of the social state of Russia are given by the Press of Vienna. The market is repre sented to be bad. Incendiary fires are increasingly numerous, and occur on days fixed in advance by anony mous letters addressed to owners and residents. The Government has been compelled to discharge a great number of subaltern employes, and these latter public opinion accuses of having robbed the public treasury. Thus, 450,000 roubles (4f. each) were abstracted from the General Receiver's office at \Vladimir, 56,000 from that of Riazan, and 45,000 from the fund at Moscow. At the last fair of Nijni-Novogorod forged notes of fifty roubles were circulated so abundantly that the merchants, who had come from all countries to this commercial market, sustained considerable losses. The State itself is a victim of these forgeries, for the public treasuries swarm with false paper. SPAIN. Diplomatic relations with Spain are being renewed by all the principal Governments of Europe. The intelli gence that Prussia and Italy have opened communications with the Provisional Government is confirmed by the Ztfoniteur. The Papal Nuncio also has " accepted the position." The Ambassadors of England and France and the Portuguese Minister have been in communication with the Secretary of State since the 23rd inst. The refusal of King Ferdinand of Portugal to accept the Spanish crown in case it is offered to him is further con firmed by the Times correspondent. When the matter was first mooted, the bird-fancying prince is said to have remarked " I am not so foolish." The clergy seem disposed to take advantage of universal' suffrage to make another effort on behalf of their privileges. One priest addressed his flock during mass, exhorting them to defend their religion and support the " charitable Queen Isabella of Bourbon." Many indications help to prove that the Revolution changed not only the Government, but everything else in Spain. At the great meeting in favour of the abolition of slavery, ladies took part in the proceedings; an occurrence hitherto unknown in the Peninsula. THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. Rdcent proceedings in the Austrian Reichsrath are of the greatest importance. The Government does not believe in disarmament, and the representatives of the people are apparently of the same opinion. The military committee has resolved to maintain the army on a war footing of 800,000, secret reasons for this large force being confided to the com mittee by Baron Beust. An attempt was made to reduce the number to 600,000, but this insignificant contingent was evidently below the mark. The Polish deputies all voted against the proposal. Baron Beust, who is clearly the most outspoken states man in Europe, has openly recognised the possibility of war between Prussia and France. His speech in general amounted to this : that Austria was striving to be friendly with all the European States, but that all the European States were unfriendly with each other. Hisremark, that " Italy has not always complete freedom of action," will not be recived very amicably at Florence. The Bourse has been very firm lately ; in fact, Renter have got above 70 ; but we may reasonably expect another collapse after this manifesto: THE BISHOP OF DUNEDIN. The feeling in New Zealand against Dr. Jenner's ap pointment to the bishopric of Dunedin is very strong. The aversion to Ritualism in the diocese appears to be of the most pronounced kind, and Bishop Jenner is not regarded with much confidence in this respect. He has promised that he will only introduce Ritualism " with the most tender and considerate regard for the feelings of the devout." This is supposed to mean that he will watch his opportunity to practise the obnoxious formula: little by little. It is now nearly three years since he was Con secrated, and still he remains in England, and leaves his poor sheep in the antipodal wilderness to do as best they can without him. PROGRESS OF ELEC7JONS. (From the Anglo -American 2 lines.) Political demonstrations now come fast and furi ous. Treading on the heels of the Republican gathering at Philadelphia, on the 2d and 3cl was the Democratic reception given to General M'Clellan, which completely outnumbered the Re publican soldiers, 25,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry being gathered to do him honour. The Quaker city claims him as a townsman, and although only intended to compliment him, and not meant as a party move, as the General positively declines to take part in the contest, it was still regarded as a Conservative de:nonstration. A great Republican mass meeting was held on the Bth inst. at Cleve land, Ohio, at which 100,000 persons were present, and were addressed by Elwin M. Stanton, Senator Sherman, Governor Hayes, of Ohio, and others. At Brooklyn also on that day there was a Republi can meeting, when the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher spoke, in the Academy of Music, to a dense though select crowd. Not relying on the effect of the reverend gentleman's eloquence, there was a little theatrical effect. On Mr. Beecher reaching the table a curtain was dropped, and Grant was pic tured, as at Chicago, sitting on a pedestal on the left of the White House, with "the Godless of Li berty pointing to him, and above her the words, " Match him." On the right pedestal was a blank space. The curtain the previous night had this space filled with a picture of Seymour leaning against a lamp, on which was inscribed " City Hall," and a negro hanging from the cross bar. Above all were the word " Matched." In the distance the flames of an orphan asylum were seen. The reverend speaker contrasted the character of Grant and Seymour much to the disadvantage of the latter. What surprises us is that he had the heart to talk for hours, in the face of the late news from the Republican River which reported the death of his son, Lieut. Beecher, in the action under Forsyth against the Indians. On the sth October Senator Morton of Indiana spoke at Lafayette, and took the opportunity to declare himself " for the first time, most emphatically and unequivocally against the greenback theory. He said that it was a fraud and swindle, and, if car ried into effect, would involve the whole country in financial ruin and overwhelm our people with dis grace. He said the Democratic party, if restored to power, could not and would not pay the national debt. He depicted in vivid colours the disastrous consequences that would arise from a policy of in flation, but deprecated further contraction of the currency, and advocated speedy returns to specie payments." With all due deference to the Se nator we maintain there is a contradiction in this, for the return of specie payment means the con traction of the currency out of existence. General Butler has said that . he stands on the financial question with Senators Morton and Sherman, but how will he reconcile this announcement with his own platform ? Senators Morgan and Conkling spoke at a Republican meeting on the evening of the 7th at New York, when the latter took occasion ,emphatically to deny that his old.friend but political opponent Seymour had any predisposition to in sanity, either personal or inherited. Philadelphia was the centre when the last mail left on the 10th of all manner of campaign dodges to the annoyance of peaceful citizens and to the interruption of business. Nothwithstanding the earnest appeals of the papers on both sides to frustrate the frauds of their opponents, a lively game of fraud alike Democratic and. Republican was being played. The former being older, more hard ened, and more expert sinners than the latter, na turalized in two weeks 7,000 foreigners, while the Republicans only got through 3,500, but half the numbers. The Republican Mayor was running about with his thousand policemen arresting poli tical agents, neutralizing colonization and fraudu lent naturalization, and unearthing " repeaters." The Democratic Sheriff is equally vigorous with the myrmidons he has sworn in, doubling the police in number, while both parties offer rewards, the Philadelphia Union League as late as the 10th instant having advertised sums ranging from $2,000 to $25 for the detection of frauds in naturalization and voting. When the mill left the opinion was general among the Democrats that to the Quaker city might be narrowed the result. A heavy Phila delphia majority would weigh down Pennsylvania, and the Keystone State would turn the Union. Thus they reasoned—and reasoning so, thus they fought, and whatever Quaker feeling was left in that most beautiful city of America must hav e been outraged by the proceedings which marked the fortnight preceding the election. It i s cleat from the returns, w hi c h g i ve t h e R epu blican State ticket of I n di ana a ma j or i ty of b ut 1 , 500, while , eight Republicans ar e e l ec t e d t o C ong ress out that State's total of e l even , th at e i t h er I n diana wa s, as we long ag o announce d , "gerrymandered" by the Republicans, or c o l on i ze d t o a pre tty good tun e by Kentucky. W e d are say b oth these t hi ng s were done,as Ken tucky lyi ng so conven i ent l y cou ld scarcely refrain from lending a helping hand to the sympa thizers in the Southern counties. Mr. Voorhees , we presume, is among the defeated candidates, Major Carter, hi s opponent, b e i ng con fident °, success. Many D emocrats f e l t li tt l e incline" to support Mr. Voorhees, and many moderate Re' publicans felt a strong inclination to oppose M r .' Ashley. What me n l oose l y say on t h e stump Is often thrown in their t ee th w h en t h ey l eas t exPce t it, and, supposing every one has forgotten it, t he !, forget it themselves. M r . V oor h ees h as b ee n caugh t in this way. He was accused of calling the soldiers " dogs with Lincoln collars about their necks;" be f denied having done so, when a crowd of citizens e Sullivan county s i gne d an a ffid av i t to the effect,, , that they heard hi m , A ugus t 5 , 1862 , sta t e that t he " Union soldier s s h ou ld go to t h e nearest bl ac ksmitb s shop and have an i ron co ll ar ma d e a nd Place d , around their necks i nscr ib e d th ereon i n large l ey. ters, 'My dog—A. Lincoln.' And at the same time he referred to the Union soldiers as Lincoln's dogs and hirelings.' " Horace Greeley has been 0 11 1 as the third candid a t e f or t h e di str i ct o f New Y°r', now represented by M r . M orr i ssey, by whom be will be opposed, as well as by George Francis Trai n ' The latter will be su pp or t e d b y t h e f u ll s t r ength ° f the Irish party. In New York city, which is ell. titled to seven electors for President, the nomin ee : are—Republicans : Marshal O'R o b er ts, Samuel Wykoff, Moses H. Grinnell, Charles S. Spenc er ' Alexander T. Stewart, F re d er i c k S c h uetz, tlooPe` C. Van Horst. Democrats : Henry W. Slocum' Y J6seph Dowling, Os wa ld Ott en d or f er, E ma nuel ' Hart, Charles E. Lo we , J ames M . S ween y, Edwar d Jones. The fight i n N ew Y or k , h owever , i s mai l i' , directed to the new Go vernor , an d th e G e rman ment is now outweighing all others. The ReP ny licans had a great 'meeting, when their German friends were address e d by severa l spea k er s in their own language. Mr. G r i swo ld, w h om th e ReP tll3 ';, cans hope to elect as G overnor F en t on ' s successo r ' spoke in English. G enera ll y th e G ermans suPP°; , the Liberal party, carryi ng th e i r E uropea n wain' . 1 0 to Conserv a ti sm into America, where, b efore they understand th e rea l i ssues, t h e y th themselves into the ranks of the -Liber; This feeling has, ho wever , b een repe ll e d by the side issues imported into th e R epu bli can party. Thos who believe the sal va ti on o f th e S tate to hinge o a strict observance o f th e S a bb a th i ns i s t on Tle i laws to close place's of amusement, and the ll uf°r, tunate German who ca res no t a straw - about the political question find s hi mse lf con d emne d to m°P O in an attic instead of having his beer in a plelf garden, with music and other entertainments• h he associates in his m i n d Republicanism with s , tic , restrictions he will throw his v ot e f or Mayor lo ff ot man, the Democratic candidate, utterly indifier e . who sits iu the Pre s id en ti a l Ch a i r 0 , or who rules in Congress. Stran ge as may be the see-sawing,: i i, the Democra t s ga i n th e G erman vote, t h e RePn' if cans may gain the I r i s h, w hi c h t h ey w ill do if George Franci s T ra i n can i n fl uence the body, whir() he says he can do to such an extent as to in ° . Hoffman's defeat. It is certain that the 111 ,- h People has swun g roun d t h e circle, and the u % Nagle declared that the e dit or was i n fl uen ced q d douceur, it may be but th e vanguar d o f the eou n ° o Republican reinfo rcemen t. In. Massachuse tts t fight continues to be sternly f oug ht, between the Radical Butler and hi s R e p u bli can f oe s. Atr Dana, the author of " T w o Y ears b e f ore the Mas t, . a man of literary fame as we ll as o f po litical abil l, and a citizen of Essex district, has accepted to nomination to run against him. Butler, of tou rs d attacks Mr. Dana as well as Edward Atkinson , 311 a having obtained a private telegram as he obtain It spoons at New Orleans, he uses it unscrupulous l y appears that it was addressed by Mr. Samuel W rg to who figured in the Impeachment investigati° ° ' alleg e Edward Atkinson, depl or i ng Mr. Dana's refusal to accept the nomination, and conclu diri o g f with a poetical but very un fl a tt er i ng descripti° as - ik Butler's appearance. Of course the telegram P : 11 , , associated by the skilful General w ith a gold bling transaction, as he believes all men like 111 '. • ~ self to be after spoo n s. M r . Atki nso n, w",° ha, little acquaintance with M r . Ward, sa id that ( 1 % 0 ral Butler must have ' concoc t e d i t , or bribed 1 ' operator, or stolen it. Butler's reply was hig h l y characteristic : he accused Mr. Atkinson of had ing defrauded a savings bank by paying n ' a debt in greenbacks, contracted in gold, stir' lf pressing the fact that M r . Atki nson , TO re vo acting as the officer of a corporation, had option nor any personal intere s t i n the tra nsoo. it h tion. The General closes the correspondence sv , an assertion which mi g ht we ll h ave ma de A tk i i son's blood run cold as th e prelininary to a v ic " e s , nt 0 reaction, for he who is g enera ll y suppose d to 113 , some knowledge of " Old Nick's" intentions i ne ! a, uates that "the devil will get hold" of Mr. A tki to son, both in his official capacity and as a Pr iv : us individual. Mr. Abbot, i n a recen t s peech ) t ably described him :—" Self-willed, arrogant, 'l a te r strong, domineering, of v i o l en t t emper a nd hatred, intractable, unconciliatory ; his governen 5 passion seems to be either to ru l e or ru i n —a fri if you submit, an enemy if you resist ; he is pat sistent, unyielding, bold, bent upon his own w 3 Y th , all hazards; a r tf u l, a d ro i t; i n pr i vate lif e n ot w/ 4 out generous qualities, b u t i n pu bli c life kn °ssi a t b no scruples ; of great a biliti es ; o f k een Wit, hfa abusive and violent in spe ec h an d di c ti on , with faculties all sharpened an d acu t e. " D ana will be ha hard nut for him to c rac k, b u t the 'odds seem t 0 to in favour of Butler's t ee th. W e muc h r egret iee ,. hear that Senator Sprag ue i s o pp os i ng the re -e to , tion of Mr. Jenckes of Civil Service Reform u° f 1 ' riety, and favou rs th e su b s tit u ti on f or him 0 . 0 a Charles Van Zandt. It was on ly b y g rea t CO that Sprague allowed the renomination of Mr. Dig r• —this is a pretty pass for Rhode Island to have Scfir, - rived at. One w o u ld suppose i t re f erre d to a-- Duke instead of a New England State. Jenckes is almost bound to retire till he ha g e ci ‘ it ried the Civil Se rv i ce Bill, even if h e wish Bid himself instead of Senator Sprague. Frank o3' was defeated by Mr. Hoar o f C oncor d as Conc, sional candidate for the Worce s t er Di s trict Of S % tern Massachusetts. At Turner's Falls 125 men are now ea l rolo and work is progressin g rap idl y upon t h e ca nal an foundation walls of the cutlery establishment. Births. th° ARMSTRONG —On the 26th ult at Darjeelinm l 11 1"L; ( A 01 wife of Maj or Ch ar l es Armstrong, Bengal c 'Sta' - ` of a daught er . ' B ARNETT — On the 26th inst., at Bywell, the wi f e 0f Barnett, of a son. " KNIGHT— 0 n the 26th inst., at Laurel House, 11 ° 113°13 wife of Robert Knight,.Esq., of a son. Marriages. pier HENLEY —GORE —Ou the 27th inst., at St. James '64 f tbo dilly, Arth ur H en l ey, Captain 52d Regiment, °geol . " ; 31 Right Hon. J.W. H an l ey, M . P ., of WaterperrY, Joseph shire, to Ma rgare t , th e on l y d aughter o f the 1° Gore, Esq., o f D errymore, co. Clare. SITWELL—COOKSON —On the 27th inst., at 3,feld°P Tor' r :1, thumberlan.l, H. S. Sit we ll , Li eut. R . 8., to L 3 ' l loloo - youngest daughter of J o h n C oo k son , E °f park, Northumberland. Deaths. BOWEN—On the 27th l us t., at Shrawardiue C" ,i„ ,"" ' , no r Shrewsbury, Pryce Wm. Bowen, Esq 1 u' , L ET Lethbridge,H 13 It I D GE a O g Il e a t B h o e 18th . inst., at E x eter, C°' 1 ° II I , I , o lo' MARSHALL • On the 27th hi s t , at Curriehill, FA ll ' 5 0 0" John Marsh a ll, E sq . , of Cur;iehill, late one of t he tors of the College of Justice, aged 74. elt eli ; M‘DoNNELL - On the 24th hist , Pittvillo rfouse i he OW ham, 2Eneas Ranald M‘Donn . ell, Esq., Chief of - the Glengary, aged 79. i • 0 03 ' PHILLIPS—On the 26th inst., at 18, Ilrestbourne-'c N., Benjamin L. Phillips, aged 71. ___,.....7—!,...' London : Printed and P u bli s h e d b y WiLLIVS A Nr No 1) - of No. 112, Strand, P r i nter, at 'Ng Sus o.llc l, `; 3 t . / ° Strand, in the Precinct of the Se voy, in the Middlesex,--Thursday, October 29 1868