The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-04 00:00:00

spina OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The • Times observes that if Mr. Disraeli were to close his political career to-day, it could not be said, and he certainly would not himself think, that he had been an unsuccessful man. He has attained his highest ambition, and how few men can boast as much ! No hostile majori ties to the very end of his life can prevent him from having been Prime Minister of England. He has been sent for by his sovereign ; he has formed an Administration ; he has witnessed the envy of his friends and the still more delightful animosity of his foes ; ho has established confidential relations with Itoyalty, he has snubbed a Lord Chancellor, he has created a duke and an arch bishop—in short, he has concentrated into a few months all that is most exquisite in human greatness. Nor are his more solid political achievements inconsiderable. It is enough to say that the reform of the representation will always be associated with his name. His rival may deserve the honour, but Disraeli has gained it. His two years and a half of office, and especially his Premiership, which occupied the latest part of this term, are rich in its incidents. He has had a great career ; he has been bold, brilliant, successful, and if he were to be absorbed at once into the peerage, and to be heard of again only as a competitor at the agricultural shows of Buckinghamshire, he would still be a man of high mark in the reign of Queen Victoria. But unless we are very much mistaken, Mr. Disraeli is only about to begin afresh. For the first time in his career, he is in an independent position. Before 1866 he was the spokesman of the Conservatives in the House of Commons, but not the leader of the party. The diminished following of Mr. Disraeli cannot present a more discouraging appearance next week than the Tories of 1833 did, when Sir Robert Peel first reviewed their thin and disconsolate bands. The Conservatives have lost in the present election—the verdict of the country has been against them on the question on which they staked power and reputation. But they have, at least as much as their opponents, the advantage of union, and the knowledge that each man will obey all legitimate commands. The Times calls upon them to accept the verdict of the country, and acquiesce in the passing of certain necessary measure& The Herald says : With one significant exception the daily organs of the Liberal party have been unanimous in acknowledging that Mr. Disraeli's acquiescence in the declared will of the country, as indicated in the numerical majority awarded to Mr. Gladstone, has been conspicu ously marked by dignity, good sense, and a generous con sideration fur the difficulties of the statesman who has successfully conspired against him. He has been courageous enough to disregard modern precedents. He has consulted the interests of the country and the necessities of public business, by accepting, with hardly a day's delay, the consequences of the vote of the electoral body. The Herald holds that he and his colleagues would have been false at once to the country, to their principles, and to their party, if they had resigned a moment sooner. Interested detractors may prate about the allurements of power and " the sweets of office," but we do not hesitate to say that nothing but the highest sense of duty could have availed to induce the Conservative Ministers to retain their places in the painful and embarrassing pre dicament which circumstances, and not their own acts, had created. The Post remarks : There has been felt among the more impartial observers of Mr. Disraeli—there has even been extorted from his most uncompromising foes—a tribute of admiration at the handsome manner in which he has acknowledged himself beaten and has accepted his defeat. This frankness has come, too, very opportunely to relieve him at last from the odium which the imputation of dealing habitually in a directly opposite manner has brought upon him ; for, with the last act of his Ministry standing out as an utterly unforced display of even more candour than is commonly shewn by the most candid statesmen, he cannot conveniently be twitted with the " trickery," " shiftiness," and so forth, which have hitherto been so freely laid to his charge; and as with the former discredit, so the present credit won by the late Premier is shared by the whole party under his leadership, the members of which will now be aLle to claim a higher position than at any time since their " education" first began. They will point to the fact that they have shewn no desperate clinging to office, that they have even foregone the common sharing of rewards customary with an outgoing party, and in every way they will command more respect both for themselves and for their principles. The Standard is angry with the Times for its criticisms upon Mr. Disraeli's resignation. That it is an " extraor dinary" step is a fact which it is needless to deny or to excuse. The circumstances are altogether extraor dinary, and even if there were no precedent for such a case, Mr. Disraeli would have been amply justified in making one. All the talk about " throwing up the cards" is simple insolence and vulgar abuse. Had Mr. Disraeli resolved to pursue the opposite course and to have clung to office as long as possible, it is certain that we should have had many invectives, borrowed out of the same vocabulary, levelled at him by the same writers for his unscrupulousness and his greediness. What cm Mr. Disraeli do to please the censors? Is he not justified in believing that nothing he can do can by any chance be agreeable to some of his detractors ? To accuse the head of the Government of pursuing a course which is "a feeble supplementtoa gallant career," is to subject an English statesman to certain rules of conduct which, to say the least, are novel in our national practice. It has never been deemed hitherto that the first duty of a Minister is to take care that his career is con sistently a " gallant" one ; that he should manage his office as though he were the captain of a cruiser on a hostile coast. Beyond all obligations to be " gallant," Mr. Disraeli owes a duty, first to the Queen, next to his country, and lastly to his party. That which might appear a " feeble supplement" to the life of a freebooter or a bandit chief, is possibly true patriotism and a high sense of duty ~n the part of an English statesman. The Daily News remarks that when Lord Derby resigned ;nice in 1859, the somewhat invidious task devolved upon the Queen of deciding between the pretensions of Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell. Both of these eminent statesmen were at that time in the House of Commons ; both had led that assembly ; both had filled the office of Prime Minister. To avoid the appearance of being swayed by personal feelings in the exercise of a public duty, her Majesty, with rare discretion and wisdom, sent, in the first instance, for Lord Granville, under whose titular Premiership it was hoped that the rival pretensions and the real ascendancy of both of the elder two statesmen might be reconciled. The incon venience, however, of separating the substance from the show of power was felt to exceed the advantages of a personal compromise. The projected chieftain. ship of Lord Granville was abandoned, and her Majesty entrusted the formation of a Ministry to Lord Palmerston, whose Premiership was more recent than that of Lord John Russell, and who then actually filled the office of leader of the Liberal party in the House of Commons. The Queen has exhibited now an equal discretion in circumstances less doubtful. There was no embarrassing alternative. Mr. Gladstone was designated by the situation itself, by his relation to the chief public question at issue, by his parliamentary posi tion, and by the votes of the nation. The Star notices that there has been throughout Mr. Disraeli's proceedings in the present crisis a wise recog nition of accomplished facts, and, to do him justice, a wish fulness to hand the reins over handsomely to the statesman who, in all human certainty, must be his successor. Earl Russell had so frankly conceded to Mr. Gladstone the position which he himself had twice held with honour, that there was no want of consideration for that eminent leader of the Liberal party in communicating directly with the statesman upon whom the responsibility of the Premiership was about to rest. Her Majesty never fails acknowledge very graciously the services of her long-tried counsellors, and her subjects will unite with her in the feelings of high respect and confidence with which she relinquishes the relations she has been accustomed more or less throughout her reign to hold with Earl Russell as the presiding mind of the Liberal party. Matters of present statesmanship do not permit of similar manifestations of personal feeling; but the Queen's people will perceive all the sound and benefi cent significance of a succession which substitutes for the great Whig chief, not because he has fallen behind the times—for Earl Russell is abreast of the advanced party but because younger energies are needed for the great work of the hour, a statesman so sagacious and powerful, so loyal and so fearless, as Mr. Gladstone. UNDER SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.—The Dublin Gazette contains the official announcement of the appoint ment of Colonel Sir Edward E. Wetherall, C. 8., K.C.S.I. MEDICAL M.P.'s.—The strength of the medical profession in the House of Commons is increased in the new Parliament by the addition of Dr. Brewer (Colchester), Dr. Lush (Salisbury), and Mr. Dalrymple (Bath). The f.)rmer medical members—Dr. Brady, Mr. Clements, Sir John Gray, M.D., and Mr. Vanderbyl—retain their seats. It is probable that a county seat will be found for Sir Dominic Corrigan, who unsuccessfully contested Dublin at the recent election.—Bri!idt Medical Times. Mu. BRIGHT AND THE RoMAN CATHOLICS.— " Meraor" writes to the Herald: "In his speech at Bir mingham Mr. Bright said, ' I do not know that in all my life I have met with more than one or two Nonconformist* who have left the Church of their fathers and gone over to Rome.' Now, one of the ablest and most distinguished of the converts to Romanism in this generation was a near connection of Mr. Bright's—Mr. Frederick Lucas, of the Tablet—who was followed by his wife and two of his brothers, all Quakers, into the Church of Rome. This would make at least four such conversions within Mr. Bright's immediate linewledge.”, THE PRINCE AND TITE PRINCESS OF WALES IN DENMARK. The correspondent of the Post writes as follows from Copenhagen, by date November 30 :—" We yesterday liad the pleasure of seeing here the Prince and Princes: of Wales, though only for a few minutes, but time enough was nevertheless given to the citizens to receive their Royal ITiglancsses with a hearty and cheering welcome on alighting from the railway carriage at the station, with their three charming children, who all looked lively and happy. The Princess Alexandra, as the Danes still oall her Royal Highness, has always been a great favourite here, and it was with great joy they saw her looking so well after her late illness. The royal party arrived from Lubeck in the Danish steamer Freya, Captain M`Dougall, having left that port on Saturday, at two p.m., and reached Korsoer at eleven o'clock the same evening. The Princess suffered a good deal from sea-sick ness, but recovered as soon as the steamer reached the harbour. At Lubeck no preparations were made for the reception of the royal travellers, and even the sweeping of the quays had to be attended to by the crew of the Danish vessel, on board of which dinner was served, of which Admiral Irminger and others who were in attend ance partook. As soon as day broke on Sunday morning the Dannebrog was hoisted all over the town and harbour of Korsoer, where there were also displayed many English, Russian, Greek, Swedish, and Norwegian colours. Shortly after the arrival of the Freya the Prince and Princess, with the royal children, appeared on deck, attended by General Sir William Knollys, Colonel Keppel, Dr. Minter, &c., and kept up a conversation with the Danish officers who were on duty on the occasion. At nine o'clock the Crown Prince Frederick arrived from Copenhagen, and most affectionately greeted his sister and royal brother•in-law. A large multitude, who had assembled on the shore, cheered lustily until the train left the station for Copen hagen. Their Royal Highnesses walked from the ship to the railway, and appeared to be much pleased with their re ception on landing on Danish ground. The Princess wore a dark dress, and bad in her hair a magnificent bouquet of roses and violets, which had been presented to herby the Empress of the French at Compiegne. The train arrived at Copenhagen at 11.35, when the King and the young Prince Waldemar received their Royal Highnesses, the cordial greetings bestowed at Korsoer being then repeated. A new engine was attached to the train, which almost immediately started, and at 12.40 the Queen and the young Princess Thyra embraced their royal relatives at Fredensborg. The King took the youngest child in his arms, and presented it to the Queen, who was deeply moved. To-morrow there is to be a grand dinner at the Fredensborg Palace, but nothing is yet said of the future •)lane of proceeding. THE ELECTIONOF THEREPRESENTATIVE SCOTCH PEERS. The ceremony of electing the representative Scotch peers took place at Holyrood House, Edinburgh, on Thursday. The peers present were :—The Duke of Cuccleuch, the Duke of Montrose, the Earls of Bute, Cassilis, Home, Strathmore, ICellie, Haddington, Lauder dale, Selkirk, Southesk, Viscount Strathallan, Lords Rollo, Kinnaird, Forbes, Saltoun, Sinclair, and Elphinstone. The Lord Clerk Register (Mr. William Gibson-Graig), long with the principal clerics of the Court of Session, conducted the election. The proclamation having been read, the Union Roll of Peers was called, the title of his Royal Highness the Duko of Rothesay being first on the list.—Mr. Blair, advocate, gave in a protest on ehalf of the Earl of Mar (Mr. Goodeve Erskine) against an earl being called in precedence to him. The nrotest was ordered to be recorded.--After the reading of - .le roll, the Lord Clerk Registrar said it had been the practice heretofore to administer the oath of allegiance to ihe peers, but owing to recent Acts regarding oaths, there were doubts as to whether any oath ought now to be •aken. He left it with the peers to say whether they would take the oath or not.—The Duke of Buccleuch said fter reading the Acts lie was of opinion it would be mere rurplusage if they were to take the oath.—Lord Kinnaird moved that the taking of the oath be dispensed with, which was seconded by the Earl of Haddington.—The Earl of Kellie moved, seconded by Lord Saltoun, that the oath be taken as formerly.—The peers ultimately agreed to take the oath without coming to a division, and it was accordingly administered, leaving the question to be adjudicated upon by the House of Lords. The peers then each read a list of those whom they proposed for election, and proxies and signed lists were intimated from absent peers.—The Earl of Kellie protested against the Earl of Mar being permitted to vote.—Mr. Blair, advocate, gave ;n reasons against the protest. On the votes being summed up the result was as follows the Marquis of Tweed •lale, 43 ; Earl of Lauderdale, 42 ; Earl of Leven and Mel ville, 41; Earl of Home, 41; Earl of Morton, 40; Lord Blan tyre, 40 ; Earl of Airlie, 38 ; Earl of Selkirk, 38 ; Viscount Strathalian, 37 ; Lord Elphinstone, 37 ; Earl of Hadding ton, 3G ; Lord Colville of Culross, 36 ; Lord Saltoun, 35; Earl of Orkney, 34; Lord Sinclair, 34; Earl of Kellie, 22; Lord Rollo, 22. Seven voted for the Earl of Strathmore, and two for the Earl of Perth. The first fifteen peers were declared duly elected. The que;tion arising out of the equality of votes for the Earl of Kellie and Lord Rollo will be decided by the House of Lords. MR. GOLDTVIN SMITH IN AMERICA. inose who are fond of following closely the utterances of Mr. Goldwin Smith will be glad to hear of his first lecture in America. It was delivered to the Cornell University, of which he is now a professor. It consisted :n a history of things in general as they bore upon educa tion and the university. He traced the history of education through its three periods—the early part of the middle ages, the later part of the middle ages, and the period commencing with the Renaissance ---showing how the value of classical learning had been diminished by the growth of modern literature and of modern science. He then traced the history of labour through the successive eras of slavery, serfdom, and free hired labour, observing that the labourer, though free, had still remained up to tho present time excluded in most countries from political life, and everywhere from the intellectual priviliges of civilisation. To :hose privileges be was now claiming admittance, and the foundation of the Cornell University was the dawn of a time when manual labour and intellectual culture would be less completely separated than they had hitherto been The education given at the Cornell University, ho understood, was to be practical, and its test was to be practical success in life. But the object of cultivating the mind at the same time was not to be neglected. It was not necessary that a study should be unpractical in order to cultivate the mind ; any intellectual pursuit would have the effect of culture. It was intended, how ever, as he conceived, to include in the course of instruction everything really essential to the citizen or the man. In America every man had political duties to perform, and it was impossible to be an intelligent politician without some knowledge of history. But beside this there was a special class of men connected with politics who needed a training in political philosophy and his tory to enable them to perform entirely the duties of their calling. He meant the class of journalists, whose power in the world at present was immense, and their responsibility equal to their power. He suggested that as some manual industry was connected with other departments of study in the university, shotihand writing and printing might be connected with this department. His special subject, be proceeded to say, would be the history of England, which he should endeavour to treat in no spirit of narrow nationality, proud as he was of the greatness of his country, but in the spirit of those who believed all the actions of nations as well as of men to be subject to the moral law, and the nation itself to be subor dinate to humanity. TEE TRANSPORT CORPS.—His Royal Highness ;he Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has sanctioned a warrant which promises to be the stepping-stone to a most needful and salutary reform in a very important branch of the military service. This warrant, which will be issued in a few days, will detail the position and emoluments of the commissaries of the future transport train. The claims of the officers of the existing military train who do not wish to relinquish their positions of combatant officers and accept service in the new transport train, will be care fully considered. The Earl of Shaftesbury, at a meetinc , held on Wednesday, at S ou th ampton, i n behalf the ' Curates' Augmentation Fund, said that if the teaching of the clergy was necessary when the power of the country rested with the great and mighty, it was much more neces sary now, when the sovereignty had been transferred to the people, and they were dominant in the State. 110 said with Mr. Lowe, " Let us educate our masters ;" and that their education may be taken in keeping with their heavy responsibilities, let 113 take care that their school masters are not only capable but willing to do their work; and let the laity consider their responsibilities in connec- tion with the people's spiritual teaching. There could be no doubt that the Establishment of the Church of England was at this moment in very great dang r, and that questions were likely to arise tending to shake her to the very centre ; but he believed their grand strength and support in the hour of peril would be the endeavours which are now being made to redeem the time, to repair past errors and omissions, and to make the Church of -England in reality what it has always been in theory and intention—the Church of the nation at lama. TIM SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINGi, DECEMBER 4, 1868. NATURALIZATION FRAUDS.---IVo. 11. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS (From the Anglo -American Times.) The naturalization frauds in New York and Pennsylvania have furnished matter for much com ment to the American press, and it is perhaps for- WHO REPEALED THE CORN LAWS !' The Rev. A. Solari having written a letter to the effect that many of the clergy were the chief pro' moters of the repeal of the corn laws, and that they would have carried that repeal without the aid of Mr. Bright, the member for Birmingham is asked for his opinion upon the question. He thinks Mr. Solari must be either very young or very ignorant,. or he would know that all the clergy who were on his side might have been put in a very small drawing-room without any danger of crowding. When a meeting of Christian ministerswas called at Manchester in 1841 to consider the effect of the cornlawsuponthe comforts of the people, Mr. Bright believes there was only one of them connected with the Church of England. It may be a matter of doubt as to who was the architect of the houses of Parliament, but one would think it almost impossible for anyone to get into a fog upon such palpable facts as these. Some future historian will perhaps have the audacity to assert that the country clergy abolished the Irish Church; and if none of our contemporary politicians are alive to con , tradict him, the lie may live. tunate that they occurred prior to the treaty with England on naturalization. Congress must legis late on the subject, or New York at least will cease to be a genuine American State. It will not be ruled by the voice of native-born citizens, or indeed of those who hold a stake iu the State or a charac ter in its society, but by the floating scum--the liars and bullies, the men unhampered with prin ciple, and ready to knock down, but not to reason. It is said that out of 50,000 persons naturalized in New York before the elections but 15,000 at the most were sworn and entitled to their papers. Twenty thousand are asserted to be fictitious names, and a large number never went near the courts. The sheriffs swore in 7,000 roughs to aid in passing fraudulent voters and to drive off challengers. The I difficulty is to put a stop to this system, as charges of fraud can only be brought before the local judges I who themselves, as politicians, have helped to issue the papers, and the only chance of punishing an offender is when by some clumsy mistake he has violated a statute of the United States cognizable in a Federal Court. In a great city like New York the difficulty of checking fraud is immense, even when the law is honestly administered, and the question how it may be effected has been much discussed. Congress might transfer jurisdiction over naturalization to the Federal Courts, making this national question Federal, instead of State. Two plans have been proposed, either to work out the present system by keeping a record at Washington of all naturalizations, and countersigning there every certificate, or by declaring every male adult a citizen on his arrival in the United States. It is clear that the latter would not answer, as it would involve the country in ceaseless trouble, making it the refuge. of every conspirator, and the base of hostile operations for all organizations directed against established Governments. George Wilkes proposes to shorten the period, allowing foreigners to vote after one year's residence in the States, and' this has been supported. But here he comes face to face with such races as the Chinese, theJap ane Negroes, perhaps Ilhadoos, for when legislating who can tell what a turn of time's wheel may do ? We do not hesitate to express our opinion that it would be wiser in the United States to restrict the facilities foreigners already have of voting there. The subject is one of more than ordihary difficulty, and will require a careful debate in Congress and a full discussion in the press before the complete con- siderations involved can be elucidated. It is easy enough in small States, where every one knows his neighbours, to bring into operation such naturali zation laws as arc now in force, and to prevent their abuse. But the matter assumes another aspect in such populous cities as New York and Phila delphia. As the question is of vital interest to New Yorkers, it is likely to receive there, close attention. To show that we have not been ex aggerating this subject, we give the following ex tract from a leader in the Nation of November 12— " The Tammany Ring have now achieved the principal object for which they have carried on the Presidential election. They have the Governor of the State, and they hope to buy up enough mem bers of the Legislature to carry through all their merely financial schemes. Next year they believe that they will be able to secure the Legislature, so as to break down the laws which now keep the police out of their hands ; and this being done, New York City will be wholly at the mercy of Tammany. Law will be administered by perjurers, property will he guarded by thieves, and life will be pro tected by assassins. These may seem extravagant expressions, in the judgment of persons who are not familiar with this city ; but they are not a whit too strong to depict the probable future of New York. We had, under the rule of Fernando Wood, a police notoriously in league with the principal burglars of the city. We have a district-attorney who, in a case where all the evidence that was pub lished showel a deliberate murder, acceptel a plea of manslaughter, and a judge who fined the murderer six cents. We see a tremendous scheme of fraudulent voting carried on without disguise; and a respected citizen stricken down in 1 roi 1 day for daring to interfere with if. We know active politicians who have done their best to murder scores of men, and we know that they are never punished unless they happen to at 'tack a man of greater political influence than them selvis. The police are the only protection remain ing to the honest citizens of New York ; and now the loss of the Legislature for a single year would throw the police into the hands of Tammany Hall. When that is once done it can never be undone, for New York city will ever after give 150,000 majority as easily as it now gives 50,000, and the Governor be ing thus secured his veto will prevent any change." The marvel to the English is how the citizens of New York endure such a rule, and some day, we suppose, they will arise in wrath and crush the Tammany Ring. They have grown so used to it as to regard it almost as the natural order of things. They have one grand chance, which is, that Irish emigration is rapidly decreasing, while that from Germany is as rapidly on the rise, and there is every prospect of a large influx of English. The New York Herald prints a long statistical report, showing the number and character of the Ger man • emigration by way of Bremen and Ham burg since 1846. In . that year 32,372 emigrated from Bremen, and only 4,857 from Hamburg ; a total Eof 37,229. In 1867 these numbers were 73,971 from Bremen, and 42,547 from Hamburg— a total of 116,418, or more than three times as many as twenty-one years before. The aggregate of the emigration via Hamburg from 1855 to 1867 was 336,557. Of these were Prussians 132,235, North Germans 78,813, South Germans 53,175. The rest is made up from other countries, as the Scandinavian States, Greece, Great Britain, llol land, United States, Italy, Moldavia, Spain, Por tugal, Russia, Sardinia, Switzerland, Turkey, &c. —72,384. From 1855 to 1367 there were for warded from Bremen 367,144 passengers. From both ports the bulk of the emigration consists of North Germans, and a great many of these from the eastern provinces of Prussia, where the famine lately prevailed. The whole number of Germans arriving annually is now larger than the Irish im migiation, and will soon be twice as large. That the Union League Club is in earnest in investigating the recent New York naturalization frauds is certain, though the correspondents of the London papers sneer at the idea. A committee has been appointed, and an address to the people pub lished calling for evidence, and asking for Money contributions to aid in the object. The committee believe evidence can be supplied of extensive frauds and illegal practices in the voting for Governor, so that the majorities reported for Hoffman will be overcome, and the election awarded by judicial de cision to Griswold. Finally they will seek from Congress and the Legislature protection against a repetition of a wickedness which virtually disftan chiies honest voters. The Union League was a useful organiz ttion throughout the war, and did better service than any other private society ; but we believe that even such a record would be sur passed if it succeeded in striking a fatal blow against these frauds. The act for the establishment of the new Lou. don meat market gives the proprietors power to charge a toll of a farthing on every 211 b. of meat, ttc., brought into the markets, with powers, under certain conditioas, to raise the toll to a farthing on every 141 b. So largo is the quantity of meat brought to London—about 100,000 tons —that this toll, practically inappreciable by the salesmen, is estimated to yield an income of £lO,OOO a year. G2n. Rawlings, chief of Staff to Gen. Grant, is said to be in a decline, and fears are felt that he cannot survive for many months. 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BEHIND THE SCENES There is a very amusing sketch in the New York TribunO, shewing how neatly beggars know how to "swindle " we can use no milder word—the benevolent out of their money:—" Some benevolent persons - will perhaps recollect a poor miserable-looking man, who, with a placard, I. am. Blind,' hanging on his breast, stood shivering in the cold on Wednesday last under the windows of the building on Broadway lately known as the Southern Hotel. His eyes, one mass of inflamed sores, appeared to suffer terribly from the piercing cold wind, and attracted a good deal of pecuniary sympathy from the pastors by. Further clown the Broadway, on the kerb stone near Canal street, a poor woman was seated, soliciting pennies from the charitable. She, too, had a placard over her bosom announcing her blindness. At this momenta drunken sailer came up, and saying, Come, get up, old horse,' deliberately kicked the poor creature in the side. yer repthile yer ; how dar yer illthrate a poor hould widdy, what's got seven childer a stharvin at home ?' moaned she, and began to cry piteously. A reporter of the Tribune. who happened to be passing, joined the bystanders in comforting the poor widdy, who reaped a rich harvest from their contributions. Now comes the strange part of the story. Our reporter, who had a visit to pay in the Brandreth House, close by, was astonished to witness on leaving pre cisely the same scene that occurred on his entrance an hour before. Suspecting that all was not right, he lit a cigar, bought a newspaper, and set himself to watch any further proceedings. In three-quarters of an hour the farce was played again, a little lower down the street, the same bru tality, the same Celtic remonstrances, and more stamps from the bystanders. Determined to see more of this, he repaired to the spot again about half-past five o'clock, and found the poor blind widdy' preparing to go home, help lessly led by a little girl, who was most careful of her. Following at a short distance, our reporter saw them separate at the corner of Water-street, the woman tucking her placard of blindness under her arm, and getting on first-rate alone. She turned up one of the lone, narrow places out of Water-street, and entered one of the lowest class liqour stores in which that neighbourhood abounds, wishing the landlord, a rosy-faced, sharp-eyed, tubby little Dutchman, 'good evening' as she went in. Can I have a glass of lager?' inquired her pursuer. Yah, vark in,' replied the Dutchman. The reporter entered boldly, and he found himself in a low, ill-lighted room, filled with a nice selection from the habitue" of the neigh bourhood. Judge, then, of his astonishment ma seeing at the further end of the room his ' sore-eyed' friend from under the windows of the Southern Hotel, his eyes look ing marvelously well, evidently cured by the action of a basin of cold water and a piece of yellow soap, with a glass of the crather ' steaming by his side, and dis cussing something out of the five o'clock edition of the Daily News, with no less a person than the drunken sailor.' What luck the day ?" Biddy, inquired Sore eyes.' Purty good, party good, eh, Mike ?' responded the poor victim of brutality, as she knowingly leered at the ' drunken sailor,' and then they all three laughed heartily, the little Dutch landlord, who was evidently up to the job,' joining in. Thinking discretion the better part of valour, our reporter paid for his lager and walked out, deeming it imprudent to open out in such a place. Of course, he now regrets that he did not at the time call the attention of the police to the woman, but he was anxious to see the little game played out He says the • widdy' must have realised the best part of a dollar for every brutal kick.' " THE WIGAN EXPLOSIO.Y. ..9. The coroner's inquiry into the cause of the Wigan ex plosion was resumed on Thursday. Mr. Maskell Peace, town clerk of Wigan, appeared on behalf of the pro prietors ; Messrs. Higeon and Dickenson, Government inspectors, were present, as well as the miners' agents, Messrs. Pickard and Aspinall, and several of the local clergymen. Mr. Thomas Southworth, the manager of the Hindley green Colliery, was the first witness called. He pro duced a plan of the workings, and stated the explosion occurred in the dip workings on the west level at a little after half-past eight o'clock in the morning. At the time of the explosion he was on his way from Hindley green station to the works. Reaching the colliery he found the ventilation reversed—the downcast acting as the upcast, and the upcast as the downcast. In the upcast there was no injury. They do not wind by it, although there is a cage in readiness. The'calamity occurred, he believed, about Isherwood and Beesley'ddown brow— they were both narrow places, "face ends." Isherwood was found dead the same day, but Beesley was not found until Saturday, and then not at his own place. The reason why he was not found earlier was that it was never sup posed he would he in that quarter of the mine where his body was discovered. Beesley was supposed to be sitting in the level at the time. He had evidently brought his box from the place in which he was engaged at breakfast time to the level. He was found about 120 yards away from the shunt, at Ingram's brow, on the main west level. All the deceased worked in the west level. He did not believe that any of the men who were in the dip-workings escaped. There is a barometer at the bottom of the pit, and a clock beside it, and the observations are taken daily, and duly registered. Ellis Drinnan was then called. He said : I am under looker, in charge of the Ilindley-green pits. I live close to the colliery. I went down the pit about six o'clock on Thursday. I found in the office the head fireman, Joseph Highton, and asked him as to the state of the pit. He had been his round, he said, and all was right. Wil liam Meadows, under fireman, was also present. I went to the lower side of the shunt and then to the other side, and everything appeared right. It was then breakfast time, and I went and had breakfast. The whistle blew at half-past eight o'clock for the pit to start. I sent the lads out, and then went round to the up-cast, where I stood for a few minutes. I was suddenly knocked down, and I could not see for dust and coal. There was a great wind. I prepared for running, intending to leave the pit as soon as I could. I was almcst smothered with dust. I took the west level to get to the pit shaft. When I got there I went up at once. A man named Henry Hayes, a pony tenter, came up by the same cage; he had been burnt by the furnace. When I came to the top I went down by the other cage. Joseph Ingram had then commenced to send up the men who were burnt. There were five or six cages of them. When we got down the draught was blowing the flames of the furnace upthe shaft instead of by the regular flue. We "slacked " out the fire as well as we could, and afterwards the water was sent down the pit, and all was right directly. The men then began to pour in from the east workings, and we sent them up as fast as we could. All the deceased were found that day, with one exception. I made no investigation myself that day, but I have since passed through the whole of the west level, including the dip workings, and I am sure the explosion has taken place on the lower side. The mine makes gas, and only locked safety lamps are allowed to be used. A daily register is kept of the quantity of air which goes into the workings and its distribution. The average quantity passing into the westerly side averaged from 18,000 to 19,000 cubic feet per minute. That quantity has been sufficient so far to clear the workings from gas. There was passing through on the day before the explosion 19,020 feet, and through the dip workings 5,760 feet. There appeared the ordinary quantity on the morning of the explosion. LAW AND POLICE. BREACII or PROMISE.—An extraordinary case has just been concluded in the Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff was a widow something under 40, with two chil dren. The defendant, who was much older, had been paralysed for thirty years, had to be dressed and un dressed, his meat cut for him, and be carried up and down stairs. The promise was not denied, and the widow obtained £3OO damages. FALSE IMPRISONMENT.— A curious case is ROW before the Court of Queen's Bench. It is an action by a curate to recover damages for false imprisonment in a lunatic asylum. The defendant is also a clergyman, and plaintiff, who became his curate, was very eccentric in his conduct. The incumbent, the Rev. George Cotham, seems to have taken violent and unusual measures to secure his curate, and this was fullowed by the present action. LIBEL.—The Court of Queen's Bench has heard an action to recover damages for an alleged libel published in the TVest London Adrertiar. The plaintiff was superin tendent of the London Gas Company, and he had also filled some of the parochial ()likes. What was complained of was a letter r, ferrin,g to parish matters, and it was said to be the last of a series, the whole of which the plaintiff thought likely to bring him into disrespect. Mr. Justice Smith said that his experience was that editors were themselves generally very careful. The libels were usually found under the head of " Correspondence." Mr. Serjeant T. Atkinson, fur the defendant, said that his client was sorry that the plaintiff had suffered any annoyance, and he would take care that there should be no repetition of the offence. A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff, by consent. Damages, 40s. MunnEu.— Two men, named Fallon and Duxbury, have been committed for trial on the charge of murdering Thomas Whittaker, in Blackburn, during the election riots.—At a coroner's inquest held at Aberystwith, a verdict of wilful murder has been returned against William Richards, who shot Butler, the gamekoceper, aa4 yvlio is still at large, FREE GRACE PROTESTANT UNION. The Rev. Thomas' Husband Gregg, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, curate of Cradley, near ilin-ningham, has started a society called the 14 FN. Li - race .1. - rotestant Union." Ills object is to stir up and keep alive the Protestant feeling in the country, and the means used are lectures illustrated by a first rate magic lantern, with dissolving views, chewing the most shocking massacres recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs, in order that people may judge of the actions of Rome, what she has done, and what she will do again when she has the power. An appeal for funds is made to all true Protestants. We would make a suggestion to the Rev. Thomas Gregg. Let him revive the ancient " mystery." Subject: Balaam going to the King of Moab, desirous to curse Israel. Mr. Glad stone or his representative will do for the treacherous prophet; the Irish Church is, of course, Israel ; and the rev. gentleman cannot do better than take the part of the animal Balaam bestrode. COMPARISONS ARE ODIOUS. The faithful may find comfort in the columns of the Church News. A correspondent of that tempe rate paper remarks that " the supposed tendencies of individual priests or bishops have no effect upon their ministrations as regards their efficiency to others, while they perform what the Church requires of them. This is clearly deduced from the following consideration. Of the Twelve whom ourLordappointed with equal powers, onewas Judas Iscariot,who He said was a devil. The evil portion, then, was one-twelfth part of the whole. Can anyone say that Judas was not chosen, and that his acts and ministrations were not so effectual as those of the other Apostles on behalf of those to or for whom he ministered ?" This has reference to the recent ecclesiastical appoint ments, which, though " many deem evil or mischievous or inefficient, are no less under the superintending permissive choice of our Lord than that of Judas. They may be permitted for the punishment of our sins, or the trial of our faith, but they are no less under His apr.lnt ment who has all power, both in heaven and earth." When Pr. Tait hands over the Lambeth grounds to the public, under the name of the " Potter's Field," and then hangs himself through remorse, the com parison will be complete. Meanwhile we must pro nounce this the rankest and most indecent blasphemy we have seen for some time. ALL SAINTS, LAMBETH. Dr. Lee and the Archdeacon of Surrey have had a paper war. The Bishop of Winchester refuses to license a curate for All Saint) Church, on the ground of the Mariolatry taught there. Counsel's opinion was taken on the matter, and from this it appeared the doctor had rendered himself amenable to eccle siastical law. Dr. Lee wrote a recantation, expres sing his regret that he had ever used .a certain hymn commencing " Hail, of light and joy the day 1 " and expressed his willingness to submit to the Bishop in all things lawful and canonical. He afterwards took counsel's opinion upon the point, and according to this he had done an illegal act in signing such a document. When Dr. Lee first went to All Saints he made certain promises, one of which was, that incense should not be used. Ho assures the Bishop it has never been used during divine service. The Bishop and his commissary are amazed at the con trary reports they hear. The fact is, incense is only carried in procession. Be it noted that incense was burnt during the singing'of the objectionable hymn. The whole correspondence is now published, and exhibits a very unsatisfactory state of things. EDUCATION. Education, though it has not yet become the ques tion of the day, is just now, for several reasons, occupying a large share of public attention. Mr. Lowe's pamphlet is a valuable addition to the controversy. His contention is, that though for the poor free trade in education is impossible, yet endowed schools for the middle and upper classes are necessary evils. Private schools, as a rule ) beat all others out of time. And this, too, when the others, instead of starting fair, have all the advantages on their side. He proposes to make the endowed acade mies more useful by " keeping a sharp eye on them,"but he differs very much from the commissioners in their ideal of a grand endowed educational system, of which the village schools are the basis and the universities the apex. He thinks endowed schools to be signal failures, and wishes private ones to take their place. Another point which has been recently raised is the position which the landowner holds. He has all the land of the village under him, and yet the education of the village depends in a great measure upon his keeping on good terms with the parson. This, it is argued, should not be. Having his fortune in a village, he should pay for the education of the villagers. Which is begging the whole question of educational rating. WHOLESALE RUSTICATION. A strange tide is told by an undergraduate of New College, Oxford. The other night the windows of an unpopular undergraduate were broken. The authorities immediately summoned all the under graduates and demanded the names of the offenders. This not being complied with, it was resolved that all the undergraduates, except those necessarily kept up for public examinations, should be rusticated for the rest of the term ; that those who were compelled to remain in college should be gated after five o'clock; that the junior common-room should be closed for the remainder of this term and the whole of the next; that no strangers should be allowed in college after five o'clock. These measures did not produce the culprit. Then the authorities set about toprocure evidence and pitched upon three men presumably guilty. A:ser vant was the informer, and the name of one of them was taken off .the books, though, according to the undergraduate's statement, they were all innocent. The real culprit is another, who was anxious to give . up his name, but was restrained by a large number of his fellow-undergraduates, who objected to the system of discovering individual offenders by punish ing and putting the pressure on a whole college. This is the real highhanded schoolmaster style of doing things. At a public school the offender would have felt bound in honour to give himself up; but perhaps Oxford men are justified in throwing off these traditions of their schooldays. The dons are evidently awkward amateurs as administrators of justice. CONTAGION. "An Uncle" draws attention to the way in which his nephew, who had the scarlet fever, has been treated at Marlborough College. He was removed to the sanatorium, and kept there till his parents were obliged by the college authorities to remove him. Long before he was free from the infection he was travelling through the country on two different lines of rail, using first-class carriages with the win dows closed, and probably leaving infection behind. The uncle thinks if Marlborough College gives boys the fever, it is bound to keep them till all danger of infecting others is past. No one will be disposed to quarrel with this moderate way of putting it unless it be the authorities of Marlborough College. OUR PAUPER CHILDREN. Among the many ways of getting rid of pauper boys which the guardians have adopted, the one which answers best seems to be sending them to sea. But they rarely turn out well. Workhouse training appears to unlit them in some way for the battle of life. Mr. John R. Collins, in a letter to the Times, suggests that a more systematic training of boys for sea should be adopted. He proposes that nautical drill should be introduced into pauper schools, and that in the yards adjoining imitations of the upper part of a vessel should be constructed, in order to practise climbing, &c. They would then become proficient before others of their age, and thus be volu. , l‘lo to cfint•,in9. An American cor:espondent in Florence sends us the following:—Mr. Hiram Powers, the American sculptor in Florence, has a delinquent's shelf in his studio, on which three busts bearing the names of Mr J. F. Penniman, Mrs. J. F. Penniman, and Mrs. Mary Wells are marked unpaid.—Naples and Florence Observer. General Ro3ecrans and family sailed in the Gra nada for Vera Cruz to enter upon his mission in Mexico. There was much idle gossip afloat concerning certain in structions he is said to have received from the United States Government, for none of which, however, should the General be hold respnnsible, as, during his sojourn there, ho kept his own counsel. General Longstreet and General Sturm were passengers in the same steamer. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—M its. S. A. 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Alabama, which was counted for Seymour, has in reality gone for Grant, and it is believed that Oregon has too, while fuller reports of all the States give increased majorities, so that they bid fair to swell to a total never before reached. The official vote of Pennsylvania was —for Grant, 342,280 ; for Seymour, 313,382 ; a majority for Grant of 28,895. In Massachusetts Grant's ma jority stands already at 76,442 and Claflin's at 67,949. and the eight or ten towns yet to hear from will bring Grant's majority to over 77,000, and up to an equality with that for Lincoin at the last election. lowa, besides giving 55,000 majority for Grant, voted for negro suffrage by 30,000 majority ; but Missouri, while giving 25,000 majority for Grant, defeated negro suffrage by a decisive vote. In Louisiana the total vote was—for Seymour, 81,742 ; for Grant 26,552 ; a majority for Seymour of 55,170. The returns from the interior of South Jarolina materially reduce the Republican majority there ; but the State has undoubtedly gone for Grant. In Georgia Seymour's majority was 50,000. The official figures have not yet come from Ohio, but Grant's majority is over 40,000. In New York, also, the official figures are not yet announced, but Seymour's majority is stated to be 10,000, and Hoff man's 30,000. The latest account from Oregon re cords the majority as 200 for Seymour. It is really marvellous to observe how unable the Tribune is to count. In its edition of the 14th inst. it gives 26 States to Grant and 8 to Seymour, the same as an nounced by us last week, with 214 votes against 80. But it counts the States for Grant as 27 and the States for Seymour as 7, though a glance at its table shows it should be 26 against 8. Last week we recorded Louisiana as throwing 6 electoral votes, when it ought to have been 7, but the table is otherwise so far right. Alabama, according to the telegram from Montgomery, Nov. 13, has gone for Grant by about 2,500 majority, but in many counties only one-fourth the;votes of the inhabitants were polled, and in Marion county no election was held. Minnesota, as well as lowa, adopted impar tial suffrage by a considerable majority, so that two out of the three States where it was submitted have carried the amendment. Some cities desired to recoup themselves for the inconvenience and expense of the elections ; thus Chi3ago urged voters on election day to deposit their ballots to show the unparalleled growth of that city in population. The electors meet on the•first 'Wednesday in December iu their respective State capitals, to cast their ballots for President and Vice-President. It is asserted by some that the Democratic gain of Con gressional Representatives has been rolled up to 33 by a district of California an•l two districts of Tennessee, which were suppo:ed to have returned Republicans, having really returned Democrats. We give the list of changes, as it appeared in the Tribune of the 11th inst • ARKANSAS. Dists. - Present members. Now members. 2. James Hinds *A. A. G. Rogers 3. Thomas Boles *L. B. Nash CALIFORNIA. 3. *James A. Johnson Chancellor Hartson ILLINOIS. *John M. Crebs INDIANA. 6. George W. Julian *Daniel W. Voorhees KENTUCKY. 8. *Goo. M. Adams " Sidney M. Barnes 9. Samuel M'Kee *Jahn M. Rice - LOUISIANA. 1. J. Hale Sypher *Louis St. Martin 3. Jos. P. Newsham *Adolphe Bailey. 4. Michael Vidal *Michael Ryan 5. W. J. Blackburn George W. M'Oraine MARYLAND. 4. Francis Thomas *Patrick Hamill MINNESOTA. 2. Ignatius Donnelly *Eugene M. Wilson MISSOURI. 1. William A. Pile *Erastus Wells 6. Robert T. Van Horn *James Shields 9. George W. Anderson *William F. Switzler NEW JERSEY. 5. George A. Hulsey *Orestes Cleveland NEW YORK. 10. W. H. Robertson *Clarkson N. Potter 11. C. 11. Van Wyck *George W. Greene 13. Thomas Cornell *John A. Griswold 30. *Jas F. Humphrey David S,,penuott NORTH CAROLINA. 7. Alex. 11. Jones *Francis E. Shober 13. Green B. Raum OHIO. 1. Ben. Eggleston *Philip W. Strader 2. *Samuel F. Cary J. E. Stevenson 9. R. P. Buckland *E. F. Dickenson 10. James M. Ashley *Truman 11. Iloag 13. Columbus Delang *George W. Morgan OREGON. 1. Rufus Mallery *J. S. Smith PENNSYLVANIA. 3. Leonard Myers *John Moffatt 5. Caleb N. Taylor *John B. R,.tading SOUTH CAROLINA. 3. Simon Corley *James P. Rood 4. James H. Goss *Wm. D. Simpson TENNESSEE. 8. David A. Nunn *John W. Leftwich * Democrats. The result had, as generally anticipated, a sooth ing influence, as well on political asperities in the North as in the fierce animosities of the South. Murder ceased in the latter, abuse and slander in the former, all threw up their caps, declaring that Grant was the man of their choice, that they had only run Seymour as a joke and to keep up the excitement, that the assassinations and the rest were only their playful way of carrying on an election. It is cer tain that no country could haye been more orderly than the United States on the day when this fierce fight was consummated. Every man had done his best, and they all were then prepared to accept the result. Had it not been for the reign of terror in the South, this great election, after Lincoln's first, perhaps the most important the world has yet seen, would have reflected a high degree of credit on the institutions of the United States, displaying a wonderful machinery for ascertaining the opinion of a great people, and working more smoothly and harmoniously than even the restricted and les3 im portant elections of the mother country.—Anglo- American 7inzes. A telegraph cable was laid across East River, between New York and Brooklyn, Nov. 9. At the request of several trustees of the Antietam Cemetery, who are trustees also of the Gettysburg Cemetery, the president, Mr. Jay, has called a meeting of the board of Ebbett's Hotel, Washington, on Wednesday evening, the 9th of December. T. llembold, of 594, Broadway, New York, who doubled the $20,000 given to forward the in terests of the Republican ticket by sending a cheque of $40,000 to the Democratic Committee, is reported to have gone mad. It was a mad thing to do, but not so mad in a man who had made a large fortune by a liberal method of advertising, as it would have been in another. Mad or not he gave an elegant supper on the 11th inst., in L el land'sbest style on there-opening of his drug establishment, and his friends declare the rumours touching his insanity to be incorrect. lie certainly was taken from his store on the morning after his g east by order of his doctor, but later reports assert that it was a mere temporary ab3r ration. The Canada Scotsman says—" The funds so far transmitted by the GOvernment in aid of the Rad River settlers have Wen sent to ba distribUted equitably by the Roman Catholic Bishop, the Episcopal Bishop, and Mr. MLGillivray, Governor of the Hudson Bay Territory. A message has been received from the Government agent at St. Paul's, that the proceeds of the contributions from Nova Scotia have been applied towards purchasing provi sions, to bo forwarded forthwith to Fort Abercrombie, to be distributed by the Roman Catholic Bishop, the Episcopal Bishop, and Presbyterian clergymen there." With reference to tho Hudson's Bay Company, the Cana dian News states that so far as the Canadian delegates are concerned we believe we aro authorised in saying that the position they have talon pp from the beginning of the present nogo&ations has not in the slightest degree been altered. They have made certain suggestions for a settlement of the whole question, but they will not con sent to any present payments being made either in cash or in Dominion Debentures. The Canadian Government is prepared, in assuming the territory, to incur the neces sary outlay for the establishment of a Government in Ru pert's Land, and for opeuipg up proper means of commu nication between the Red River and the Dominion, but beyond this no further pecuniary liability can ho assumed by Canada. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports, tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.O --(Ad vortisement.) A YEAR'S CRIME . 1N THE WEST RIDING 4,. The West Riding prison authorities have just issued a tabulated return for the year ending September 30, from which we gather the fol lowing particulars as to a year's crime in the West Riding. There were 5,330 males and 1,308 females committed during the year, making a total of 6,638. Of these 1,347 males and 418 females were committed to assizes and sessions as felons, juvenile offenders, or summarily convicted for larcenies ; 588 males and 150 females as rogues and vaga bonds, 207 males and 20 females as vagrants, 191 males and 5 females for neglect of family, 240 males and 32 females as disorderly paupers, 155 females as common prostitutes, 735 males and 101 females for assaults, 120 males and 4 females for ag gravated assaults, 119 males and 14 femaLs foe want of sureties, 82 males as military offenders, and 10 for breaches of revenue laws, 120 males and 16 females as inisdemeanai - as, 181 males and 41 females for wilful damage, 731 males and 276 females for drunkenness, 39 males and ono female for neglect of work and as disorderly apprentices, 94 males for offences against the bastardy and 188 against the game laws. Other summary convictions make up the total. The re-committals were 2,177 males and 672 females ; and first cori mittals, 3,153 males and 636 females. Of the 6,638 prisoners received; 22 were under twelve years of age, 204 twelve and under sixteen, 1,008 sixteen and under twenty-one, 2,502 twenty-one and under thirty, 1,534 thirty and under forty, 827 forty and under fifty, 352 fifty and under sixty, and the remaining 189 were sixty and upwards. Their birthplaces were as follows :-- West Riding, 3,704 ; North and East Ridings, 81; Lancashire, 512 ; other English counties, 1,193 ; Wales, 43 ; Scotland, 96 ; Ireland, 944 ; colonies and East Indies, 15 ; foreign countries, 37 ; un known, 10. Their degrees of instruction are tabulated as follows :—Neither read nor write, 2,402 ; read only, 968 ; read and write imperfectly, 3,205 ; read and write well, 61 ; and superior, 2. A TIGHT FIT FOR A VOLUNTEER OFFICER. The unspeakable agony which misfits inflict upon volunteer officers was strangely shown in. a case that came before Mr. Sergeant Wheeler, at the Liver pool County Court, on Tuesday. Major Bousfield, a well-known and deservedly popular volunteer officer, was summoned at the suit of a Mr. Roberts, who was acting as trustee of ,Mr. Atkinson, tailor, Liverpool, for £7 7s. the price of a volunteer uniform tunic, and 15s. fur work done. The de fendant paid the latter sum into Court, but declined to pay the seven guineas oa the ground that the tunic did not fit him. It was statei that the gel' ant major ordered Mr. Atkinson to make a tunic for him. After the garment was sent home the major placed it in a drawer, and did not put it on until he was going out to dine with the officers of his corps. When he first pat on the unhappy tunic he had a misgiving that it did not fit him. la short, although the mtj nr is far from being a stoat man, the tunic was far too tight for him. After dinner he retired to a sofa, and while sit ting upon it—and no doubt hoping that the worst was passed—he was startled by his new tunic bursting in two places under the are' What the major's feelings were under the cirewn' stances was not stated to the Court ; no doubt they were of that melancholy kind whisk are so fro' quently alluded to as being easier understoA thau described." However, h 3 seems to hail a had a prescience that some untoward catastrophe would occur in regard to the tunic, for VI h e it " burst" he told a fellow officer that he " expected it." His advocate contended that th e ~ major was not liable, inasmuch as the coat hal n o ' been made in a proper way, and that there had bee° , no acceptance. His honour held that there WI been an acceptance, and gave a verdict of £5 41 * in addition to the amount paid into court.—Lieer pool Mercury. There are more than 1,200 varieties of the post' age stamps of all nations. Letters from Oregon state that the Legislatur e intends to establish a Bureau of Statistics, Labour Es change, and Immigration. An agent will be sent to the Atlantic States to make known the resources and adval r Lagos of Oregon. The Williamette Valley, 150 miles fe length and 40 miles in width, produces all kinds of c ereal ° in profusion. and it is asserted that during the last twee t} " five years the wheat crop has never failed. Mill sites aro numerous, the forests supply lumber in abundance, and coal and iron in heavy deposits have been discovered' The smelting works at Oswego, eight miles above r°rt land, produce largo quantities of metal. Two railroa ds running south from Portland are in course of construc tion, ono to connect with Sacramento, California , t he other with the Union Pacific Railroad, at 11urnb 01 ‘ 14 Nevada. At the 115th session of the Society of Arta in London, last Monday, Lord Henry Lennox thus cies% his inaugural address : " The Isthmus of Suez 118 ' 1.1 rapidly disappearing, and it might interest them to 1 0° . ,, that the Admiralty had already sent small vessel s frc" ; Alexandria to Suez by the minor canals. From the N e York journals they learned that a scheme for piercing t ea Isthmus of Darien had been submitted to and sanction 1, by the New York Government. All through the East rid way extension was making the most rapid progress ; aII b rapidly wore things moving that he confessed—th ong .. as a Conservative ho perhaps did not go so fast as 0001 people—(laughter)—he did not see why a man should /4:6 expect, even in his own lifetime, to circumvent IA northern hemisphere in a ship and to travel from I ., ° ° ` to Pekin in a railway carriage. (Great applause 4 laughter.)" Americans are great consumers of British 5 1 During last year 161,295 tons wore sent to the Igne States, and 84,806 tons to British North America. 05/0 A recent marriage in a neighbouring tow n, d dor I the Boston Traveller, was performed by Roy. Mrs. 11:0 tit assisted by the Rev. Olympia Brown. To make tb ° 3 ' oo complete, the bridegroom will hereafter be knovfn 1)1 family name of the biide. , [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Henceorth no one will doubt the properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalonta Al iv' B Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blew"Deell it has already received from Invalids whose position l uw roP e i deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the 1 . 0 o whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty ye' tte unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " 1.10 11 Midi," July 25th:— . Rome, July 21,1866. - The health of th ettir Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other eats' dies, he has confined entirely to Du Barry's Bel ot etoi Arabica Food, of which ho consumes a plateful at everf, h , a„ 0 ; It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his he a ' , f his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly' 5 16, 0 , extract a few out of more than 68,000 cures :—Cure No. the Marchioness de Brehau, of seven years' liver 0 0 , 111 ,Fotio" wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous pelP,," it, all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the - m ar t tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771: Lord Steepo: Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dYln i e psi No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dysp.soa. nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, riatulenci , 1: fir , sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Cure No. 46, 2 ',",016°' James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' disease" Im spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial deafnee%il portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and utiebir sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baro n name is most audaciously attached. t oll* lle• ee °- ln tins, at 18.1}d.; 1 lb. 28. 9d.; 2 lbs. 4s. 63.; 5 lbs„ cji -228. ;24 lbs., 408.—Also Du BARRY'S MM....LEM:A ARABI 0 1 fo r LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups 93 1i60. 9 0 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at l's., for 288 cups at 308., fl s,ss, ti c o at 558.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. an.„,",st are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of x" Order.—BAßßY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-Ore° don; and all Grocers and Chemists. of 11 ' 11. Births. ERsKINE—On the 2d inst. , at Torquay, the wi— - Erskine, Esq., of a son. if o44 LAW—On the 3d inst., at '2B, Onslow-gardens, t ho vl Wm. Law, Esq., of a son. a°; 1 )81.1‘1 TAYLOR—On the 2d inst., at Albion-street, i T Y,_+„ the wife of Major F. S. Taylor, R.E., of a clang'''. Marriages. heol ANDERSON—TAYLOR.—On the 28th ult. ,at lir it r e S• C ji: Scinde, Lieut.-Colonel H. C. Anderson, Bc n g to Alice Forbes, the eldest daughter of the late Taylor, Esq., Surgeon-General M. 8., BornbaY• rac tio g l' COLLARD— GAMIAM —On the 3d inst., at St. 10" Ludgate, William 0. Collard, Esq., C.E., Dorkin t ,o% to Grace, youngest daughter of John Esq., of Ludgate-hill. Deaths. af of BUTT— On the 2d inst., Mr. John Butt, 310, ii V rl s'n Chelsea, aged 71. OALCHAFT—On the Ist inst., at Rernpstone , D °l N7 Hides Montagu Caleraft, Esq., 11 N M•P., "g eu --* .fgi ll • ~ • LANGDALE —On the Ist inst., at 5, Queen-street, 31 ' ) * 41 the lion, Charles Langdale, aged 81. APP IP Purrellartn 7 -On the 30th ult., at Southsea, Vic °-- Pritchard, aged 82. del i/1 PUNNETT—At 16, Sandgate-road, Folkestone, 0- Jan:es Punuett, Esq., aged 84. ..., ,-,1,15 1 ° 131 WooLAsToN —On the 2d inst., at Reigate, R. ""°". Esq., aged 70. London : Printed and P.tblished by WiLLI3II ,s11)0 ° f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tan SUN 0 111° ' 0 ,0.iti ° Strand, in the Precinct of the Se voy , the Docetriber 4, 160.