The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. King Theodore, exclaims the Time*, is dead. The captives have been rescued. The British loss was about ten wounded. The army will return imme diately. Never surely in the history of war has there been an expedition undertaken with such reluctance, planned with such precision, and perfected with such de spatch and completeness as that over the success of which England will this day rejoice. Sir Robert Napier might write with Caesar, Veni, Vidi, Vici. But we cannot boast of our victory, We could not do other with our well trained and gallant soldiers than defeat an Abyssinian force of untrained men. The special merit of the Abyssinian campaign was not that it was a victory over Abyssinians, but a victory over Abyssinia itself. Nature fought against us, and our science and our organisation defeated this worst of antagonists. Is it too much to say that nothing like it has been attempted, much less accomplished, since Suwar row led his forces over the St. Gothard, or are we too vain in remembering that this wild struggle with the adverse powers of nature was less protracted than the labours of our Abyssinian expedition ? Sir Robert Napier has had to pick out his way and to make his road over almost every inch of his march. " The army will return immediately." The simple statement with which Sir Robert Napier closes his telegraphic despatch announcing the victory is the best commentary that can be made upon our motives in entering upon the Abyssinian war. The speedy withdrawal of the force from Abyssinian territory will be a complete answer to the insinuations of foreign critics. The death of Theodore happily relieves us from all embarrassment in performing what must in any case have been an inevitable duty. As it is, our mission in Abyssinia has been completely accomplished. Thus, then, remarks the Post, is this little war happily terminated ; the difficulties which at one time appeared almost insurmountable, and which, in fact, did turn out to be very great, have only proved sufficient to develope the energy and and resources of the Commander-in-Chief, his officers, and men ; and the expedition proves what can be done by a combination of military skill and indomit able perseverance. And although we have had to pay so heavily, in a pecuniary sense, for the victory achieved, and although it must be conceded that our enemy was not of a very formidable character, still we venture to assert, notwithstanding the temporary break down of the trans port train, that the Abyssinian expedition will hereafter be reckoned as one of the most successful little enterprises we have ever undertaken, and as one exhibiting in minia ture all the features of a scientific, well-planned, and well executed war. The Daily News does not consider Theodore of Abyssinia such an enemy as Englishmen would care to exult over. We sought nothing of him but the restoration of the cap tives -whom he had so long detained, and we sought it in the most amicable way. Only last year we were sending him presents, and letters written on showily-painted vellum. In our desire to avoid war, we went much further in acts of courtesy to him than it would have been prudent to do in dealing with a strong European Power. But the man proved utterly unreasonable. He took a course of hostility to us, declared he would beat us or be considered a woman, and has died fighting rather than yield himself a prisoner. Our task is accomplished. We march out of a country without breaking a promise Cr betraying a friend. The Hera 7 el congratulates the prisoners on their release, the army which has marched through Abyssinia to their aid, the chief who has led to it, and the Government which had the moral courage to undertake an expedition which was necessary to the prestige of our name, but which it remained for a Conservative Administration to sanction and to organise. From first to last the enterprise as far as we are concerned has been successful. But one cannot help feeling pity for the poor barbarian king. It is painful to reflect how much misery, and bloodshed, and even ex pense might have been spared, had Lord Russell borne in mind the very common dogma, that a gentleman ought not to decline to answer a letter, even though the writer be a poor barbarian king, and the individual addressed be Earl Russell, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. So, says the Standard, the honour of England has been signally vindicated, and her prestige in the East thoroughly restored. A lesson has been given to the barbarous princes of Africa and Asia which will bear its fruits in the in creased safety which Englishmen will enjoy in these countries, and evidence has been furnished which will not be without its good effects on Europe, that the English people have not lost their old spirit, and are not so in competent to use and direct the material strength they are admitted to possess, as it is but too commonly supposed. The Telegraph has its sneer at certain journals who, if they did not predict the ruin of the enterprise, professed to foresee that it would be prolonged into a second cam paign. Who has forgotten the "guinea worm," the tsetse, the " pink-headed fly," the impassable defiles, the savage creatures which were to beset and thwart the pro gress of the army ? Who fails to remember the scornful ridicule with which the plans of Sir Robert Napier were assailed? Through good report and ill report, our con temporary says, it has steadily maintained that the idea of an armed embassy of a thousand men was folly; that the invasion of an unknown country in order to succeed, must rest on a solid basis ; that Sir Robert would over come all difficulties, establish himself firmly on the high lands, and strike at Magdala with a swiftly moving force self-dependent and irresistible. The Star says Sir Robert Napier has justified the confidence which was placed in him. Indifferent to the impatience of his critics, he refused to move until his preparations were complete. Once in motion, he lost no time in pressing forward. Impediments there were in plenty, but they were removed or evaded. Stupidity on the part of some of his sub ordinates there was in abundance ; but this was got over by taking matters into his own hands. The Times finds it diffiult to speak with calmness of the attempted murder of the Duke of Edinburgh. The leading journal wishes that it could believe that this crime was merely the work of one distempered mind, and that when the perpetrator had been punished there would be nothing more to suspect or fear. But it is too much in character with the general tenour of the conspiracy for us to be con tent with any such careless explan:.tion. The Fenians have shewn that they have all the will to shed blood, and they have only been defeated in their most formidable schemes by the watchfulness of the British and Colonial Governments, and by the faithfulness of those who are in the employment of the Crown. As this is not the first murderous attempt that has been made, no one can ven ture to predict that it will be the lea- The obvious reflec tion is that by these acts the conspirators will have lost their hold over even the most ignorant and impulsive -class, and will be left a mere gang of plotters without popular support. Such is, indeed, the consolation which society may find amid these most atrocious doings. The Post observes that this news skews that nothing is too wanton and cruel for the Fenians, even though the crimes they commit are without aim. At this very time the trial of pe rsons c h arge d w ith b e i ng i m pli ca t e d in the Clerkenwell explosion, which killed or crippled for life numbers of the poorest class, is in progress at the Central Criminal Court. The Prince and Pnncess of Wales had scarcely gone on their mission of good-will and concilia tion to Ireland when Mr. Featherstonhaugh was shot in the public highway. The news had just arrived that Mr. D'Arcy M`Gee, one of the most useful and patriotic statesmen in Canada, had been shot at his own door. Such incidents as these bring to mind the declaration stated to have been put forth some time ago from a Fenian source, that for every Fenian convict executed "the life of some prominent Englishman should be exacted," and are of a nature to make us fear that this will turn out after all no empty idle boast. The Herald reminds us that some of the English friends of the Fenians used to speak apologetically of their crimes a few months since as being acts of " quasi -belligerency." Regarded in this light let it be asked what was proposed to be gained by the killing of the Queen's second son on the shores of Port Jackson ? Not even a member of the Fenian Brotherhood can seriously pretend to believe that to shoot the Duke of Edinburgh was even a fit sort of revenge for the alleged wrongs of Ireland. The Standard notes in connection with the attempted assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh that it is Fenian ism as develnped in murder which, by their own declara tions, has awakened Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone to the necessity of dealing, with the Irish Church. What greater encouragement could have been given to the spirit of outrage and rapine? The matter for the Fenian des peradoes is nothing harder than this simple calculation : If the murder in Manchester and the outrage at Clerken well convinced the Liberal l ea d ers an d t h e Lib era l party of the necessity of immediately abolishing the Irish Church, how many murders, and of what particular degree of atrocity, will convince, first the leaders and then the party, of the necessity of r9cogni s i ng th e indepen dence of Ireland? A responsibility which our contem porary does not attempt to measure rests upon the chiefs of the Opposition for their heedless language and their selfish and dastardly policy. The Telegraph directs all thoughts with loyal regard and respect to the i llustr i ous lady whose heart this inteill gence must have shaken so greatly. The news ;was car eb fully broken to her Majesty by the Dnke of linckin-hain; but it was impossible that sh e should not beunich agitated. The later tidings, indeed, are at once reassur ing, for while they certainly lead us to see how seriou s the wound has been, since, nineteen days after its infliction, Lord Delmore has to inform us that " the Duke is stilt proxressing favourably," they distinctly report the Prince's convalescence. Her Majesty will share, we hope, with all her subjects, the coulidence which thew; words now inspire— that, beyond doubt, the youthful constitution of her son, and the store of health which he must have ac cumulated on his Attward voyage, must by this date have gone far to restore his Royal Highness from all immediate effccts of the hurt. The Star confesses that it feels inclined, at least until fuller tidings are received, to lean to the belief that the shot fired at the young prince was sped by the hand of a lunatic. Insanity has already been set up as the defence of the criminal ; and every humane and Christian being must surely hope that the proofs will sustain that defence. It would indeed be shocking to believe that Fenianism, or any other cause, is capable of exciting in the hearts of human creat►►res a passionate and needless hatred, an in sensate thirst for crime which could find relief in an at tempt to assassinate a youth so wholly free of any connec tion with political animosities of any kind as the Duke of Edinburgh. MR. HOME'S DEFBNCE OF SPIRITUALISM. Under the title of " Spiritual Powers," the Spectator publishes the arguments by which Mr. Home supports his position as a spiritualist, and which tvill be substantially his defence in the suit Lyon v. Home, which is now pend ing, and has attracted an extraordinary amount of interest. Mr. Home does not deny the spirit had an influence over Mrs. Lyon, but only that he produced it. He asserts that he has no control whatever over the physical pheno mena, which, from his earliest youth, has happened in his presence. He fully believes in the existence of spirits, good and bad, which can, and do, manifest their presence to us. Eleven million Americans i hold this belief ; so does the Emperor of Russia. Mr. Home is not responsible for the mode' in which they manifest themselves ; or if raps on the table or on a cab seem undignified, that is not his affair, but one between the spirits and their ruler. Instead of th 3 spirits having put Mrs. Lyon under his influence they put bim under her care. Though the command respecting the transfer of stock was for his benefit, it was in no sense procured by him, but was perfectly genuine, and obeyed by a clear-headed sensible woman, acting with her eyes open. If the Court of Chancery should not believe in spiritual agency the court should bear in mind that Mrs. Lyon did, wholly and independent of Mr. Home, and this is material to the issue. As Mr. Home cannot subpcena spirits he is deprived of his most valuable witnesses. Spiritual assistance it reasonable enough, inasmuch as it may often prove of great assistance to blind and ignorant mortals in some of the most serious concerns of life. It would certainly be useful in a court of justice if only spirits could be sum moned effectually, and they would often defeat perjury. Spiritual detectives might fly off to corroborate anything said about things and places at a distance, and spiritual telegrams would come into the hands of connsel e to put them on the scent of discrepancies and falsehoods. The Spectator considers it rather strange that Mr. Home's power as a medium should have ceased as soon as his name was entered on the books of the Bank of England. THE LAST CHURCH-RATE GRIEVANCE. At the Preston Police-court, on Saturday, the Rev. A. Thrower, Catholic priest, Woodplumpton, was summoned, at the instance of Mr. Thomas Carlisle, churchwarden in Woodplumpton, for 6d., being his proportion of church rates levied in that parish. Mr. Carlisle stated that the church rate bad been laid unanimously at a meet ing of the parishioners held in the parish church on the 12th of March. On that occasion the estimate for re pairs of the church was read over, and no objection was taken to any of the items. Notice of the meeting was given on the door of the parish church on Sunday before the meeting was called. At the meeting one gentle man proposed that there should be a voluntary rate, but this proposal was withdrawn. On being cross-examined by Mr. Edelston, who appeared for Mr. Thrower, Mr. Carlisle said he was the only acting churchwarden. Mr. Birley had been appointed churchwarden along with him, but he had not been sworn, and therefore Mr. Bicker staff, his former colleague, continued in office until his successor was properly appointed. He did not know what the entry of 3s. 6d. was for, paid to the vicar of St. Michael's. Thomas Preston said he had demanded the rate from the defendant on the Bth of April. The de fendant stated that the rate was a voluntary one, and ob jected to pay it on conscientious grounds. Mr. Edelston submitted that no case had been made out. Information had only been laid by one churchwarden, and that, he contended, was not sufficient. He also objected to the way the meeting bad been called, notice having only been posted on the parish church, instead of upon all the chapels in Woodplumpton. He would also draw atten tion to the estimate, which had no mark showing that it was such, and was not signed by the churchwardens. But, a b lthough the estimate was considered to be formally prepared, he contended that it was a bad one. The visi tation fees, he submitted, were not proper items, as was also the case with its register and copying fees. He would also be prepared to shew that the payment to the vicar of St. Michael's was not a proper item ; and if any one of these objections were sustained, then the rate wasbad. Mr. Moore said the magistrates must be satisfied that the objections made by the defendant were bond fide, and not merely for the purpose of delay. If Mr. Edelston's objections were considered to be bond fide the magistrates were ousted of jurisdiction, and could not go on with the case. The magis trates decided that as the validity of the rate was disputed, the court had no jurisdiction. A similar case against Mr. J. W;igley, Woodplumpton, was then gone into, and disposed of in a similar manner. Mr. Moore, solicitor, stated that, as at present advised, he was prepared to carry the cases into the ecclesiastical courts. LAW AND POLICE. lIIPORTANT DECISION AS TO DEPASTURING.—In the Court of Queen's Bench the case of Lawrence v. King came on for hearing. It was an appeal against the convic- tion of the justices of Hertfordal:re. The complaint was preferred by King, a constable of the Herta county police, against Lawrence, a farmer, of Hatfield, for that, on the 17th June last, at Hatfield, sixteen sheep and twelve lambs, his property, were found lying about the highway, contrary to the Highway Act ; and the magistrates for the petty sessional division of Hertfordshire convicted him of the offence, and inflicted a fine of 2s. 4d., i.e., at the rate of a penny per head for the twenty-eight animals so found lying about, and 16s. 6d. for the costs. But they found as a fact that the animals were under the control of a keeper at the time they were found lying about, and the defendant appealed mainly upon that fact, contending that the absence A a keeper was essential to the offence, whereas the magistrates thought otherwise, as the words " without a keeper" are omitted from the 25th section of the Highway Act of 1864, under which they convicted. The court affirmed the conviction, holding that a distinct offence was committed against the 25th section of the Act of 1864 if cattle or sheep were lying about the highway, even although they were under the control of a keeper at the time. THE LATE LORD CARDIGAN AND HIS GROOM.—In the Court of Common Pleas the notorious case of. Lilley v. the Earl of Cardigan was again brought foward. In this instance a rule for a new trial was applied for, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, and also to enter a verdict for the defendant. This action was brought for false imprisonment on a charge of having stolen a money letter, and the plaintiff had a verdict. Mr. lluddleston, Q.C., on the part of the plaintiff, consented to allow the damages given by the verdict to be reduced to £167, the actual expenses to which the plaintiff had been put ; the rule to be discharged. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., on the part of the defendant, said he had advised the late Lord Cardigan before his death to adopt this course, and he had since the assent of his executors to its, as the plaintiff's innocence of the charge against him had been established beyond all doubt, and he thought that, although there were technical difficulties is the way of the plaintiff's succeeding, yet, as a gentleman, Lord Cardigan ought, after the expression of opinion given by the jury, to recoup his servant the expenses he bad been put to. Mr. Justice Byles said he was very glad this course had been taken, as it had been clearly esta blished that the plaintiff was innocent. At the same time he was bound to say that he never knew a case in which a master bad behaved with greater kindness. Rule dis charged accordingly. CONVICTION QUASHED.—In the court for bearing Crown eases reserved, the conviction in a case tried at Lewes was quashed. 'The prisoner, George Alford, was indicted for stealing a bedstead, the prepert3r of Stephen Bindon. It appeared that the wife of the prisoner had hired the bedstead of Bindon, and that some months afterwards the man sold it in the presence of his wife. The Court asked Mr. Smith what evidence there was that the prisoner knew that the bedstead had been hired. Ur. Smith said the presumption was that the wife had told her husband. 'The Court considered that there was no evidence such knowledge, and that the conviction could not he nistained. The next meeting of the Fox Club will be held e.t Brooks's, on Saturday, May 2. THE LATE ROYAL VISIT TO KDIDOLTVN,--fila Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has prvseutect the vicar of 'Chub°lton with a Wellingtonea Gigantea, which had been planted in the vicarage garden, Lady tar Montagu, assisted by Lord Charles Mo ettlelating. , In the occasion. The tree is intended to be a' sotectrair vt visit paid to the vicarage by the Prince en the occusion. of his recet.t sojourn at Kintholton Castle, the teat or th e , Duke of Manchester. TUE PRINCE AND PRINCESS of WlLEi s s VISIT TO TarvrnAm.—At Crewe the train was met by the priitelpal 3fficialS of the North Staffordshire Railway, over which line it then pasaed on its way to Trentham, The train was due out at five, but was seventeen minutes late, anal then was driven at a rapid pace, stol.ping nowhere between Crewe and Trentham, to the great disappointment cf crowds of people who had gathered on the station plat fortis along the route in the hope of seeing the ItoyalpaiY. The Duke of Sutherland met his illustrious+ xLsitors at Crewe, and rodo with them to Ttenthaan, where the Duchess of Sutherland awaited them at the atatbm, and wherewitness a the of people were rosembhxl to arrivalge numberof theirßoyal thisbnessee. Posh the l so a l Prince and Princess looked reogsrkably 'Y U 1 after their long journey and fatiguirg week.. THE SIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINct, APRIL 27, lB6g. ROMAN AFFAIRS. (From the Roman Correspondent of the Westminster tlazette) ROME, April 18. Perhaps you will allow my account last year of Holy Week and Easter in Rome to stand me in stead of a detailed description this week. All that has been remarkable about them this year has been the abspnce of any of the ex traordinary demonstrations which it had been predicted would attend them. If we have many revolutionists among us they are very tame, or very much addicted to religious cele brations—certainly the men of the middle classes crowd to them in a way you seldom see in other countries. The stories of the Holy Father's ill-health have been fully disproved this week. He has taken all his usual part in the various functions, and it was a subject of general re mark, both on Thursday and Sunday at the Benediction in the Piazza of S. Peter's, that his voice had never been stronger or firmer. Besides these ceremonies, he has been going through the exertion of giving an unusual number of audiences, both public and private. On the eleventh he received above a thousand forestieri, and his address was so forcibly spoken as to be easily heard by all. He spoke of the advantages of unity, and of the need of it felt by civil society, as well as by religion, of which it is the distinctive boast—" When error seems spread over the face of the earth, when the powers of hell seem let loose to vex the Church, and when the world is weary of its ceaseless struggles, there is no fixed point left amid the shifting sands but the rock on which rests the Holy See—the centre of unity." I never saw the Holy Father speak with more deliberation and earnestness. Every one present seemed to catch a vibration of his emotion, and some seemed scarcely restrained from exclamations of adhesion. " . . . During this Holy Week the Church speaks to us of traitors and hypocrites, and there are many yet in this world who labour to undermine and destroy the cause of truth and justice ; we have still to deal with the duplicity of Caiphas, the vacil lation of Pilate; and the degradation of Judas. But, at the same time, thanks be to God, we have also to deal with souls who, in simplicity and faith, from every climate of the globe, are continually being drawn within the influence of the centre of unity. These men feel day by day, more and more, that unity is strength." With a voice more thrilling still, he ex claimed—" Oh, how many times have I not lifted up my hands to God to implore this unity for our world distracted by its multi farious errors ? . . . It was our Divine Lord's prayer for His Apostles, and for man kind, that they might be one in Him, whose alone it is to show the way of peace and of truth. It was no less our Divine Lord's counsel to His Nascent Church that all its members should be one in Him." " And I, His unworthy vicar, am here to continue the same supplication, the same counsel." " I stand here to gather the nations to unity. I call first on unworthy Catholics to return to their standard ; I call next on Protestants, who, for three centuries, have been groping, in earnest, maybe, but fruitlessly, after truth where there is no truth ; and I call, also, upon Schismatics to lay aside their differences that we may all be united to the Holy See, which is to be united to God. . . ." " And now, finally, my children, I give you my, benediction. You will bear it with you unto your distant homes, where it will be as the pledge of that unity which is strength. Oh, Jesus ! oh, my God ! may this blessing, which my heart and my hands pour out on these, my children, work out their edification in unity in this life, and their perseverance unto the unity which is of the life to come." All knelt ?or the final formula of Benedic tion, but at its close there rose a cry only sub dued in reverence to the presence in which it was uttered—" Viva Pio Nono ! evviva it Papa-Re!" On Monday there was another similar recep• tion, scarcely inferior in numbers, at which the subject of the Holy Father's address was suggested by the incident in the gospel of the day, the meeting with the disciples at Emaus. On Wednesday there was another, when M. Benoit d'Azy read an address, to which his Holiness was pleased to reply at some length. He went also to S. Agnese, the scene of his preservation from the accident of the falling in of a floor some years ago, which, together with his return. from Gaeta on the same day, is observed here every year by a general mination. This illumination was deferred this year on account of S. Agnes' day falling on Easter Sunday. Rain, which has been received as a great boon in the country, has prevented the display hitherto, but we hay - e a most brilliant day to-day, and it will therefore come off to night. The preparations are on a scale sur passing even those of former years, including, after the custom here, not only the hanging out of lamps, but the erection of trophies and devices, and the laying out of parterres and illuminated fountains. At a given number of stations just out of hearing of each other, the festival is enlivened by bands of music and discharges of fireworks at various points over the river. The luminaria of the Roman college stu dents is a very artistic affair, surmounted by a statue of St. Peter, and will be lighted up by a continuous Bengal light. Monte Carallo is an opeir site, which affords room for one of the pretty miniature gardens, and the Pope's arms will shine over the whole in coloured flame. One which promises to be the most effective is that of the Piazza SS. Apostoli, in which is erected a lofty column, surmounted by a statue of the Pope, with, at the base, four figures, representing strength and wisdom, hope and faith, designed by Lenti, the architect. It is to be illuminated by magnesium light. In front of Sta Maria della Vittoria itself, a monu ment to the victories of Christian over infidel armies, is a triumphal arch in honour of the. Sovereign Pontiff and his patron the 8.V.M., in special memory of the late v icto r ies o f his defenders. The illumination of Piazza POnte S. Angelo bears the same intention. The Piazza Pia, beyond the head of Ponte S. Angelo, is occupied by another improvised garden, similar in character to that of last year, which it would be hardly possible to exceed in beauty. The Holy Father is expected to pass through it on his returning from his after noon drive, about the time of lighting up. He went yesterday to visit the chapel of the Palazzo Altemps, where the festa is celebrated on the 17th April. A suite of apartments was beautifully decorated for the occasion with hangings and flowers, and the Pope was re ceived in the principal sala by the Duca di Gallesi. The body of the. martyr, Pope S. Anicet (A.D. 168), was found in the catacombs of S. Sebastian by Clement VIII., who gave it to the Altemps family. The chapel is spacious, and fairly painted in fresco with subjects from the life of the saint. It was visited by a great crowd throughout the afternoon. We seem to have more foreign visitors than ever this Easter. Among them are many members of both Houses of the Italian Par liament, notably Massari, Civinini, and Sineo ; also Signor Mancardi, director of the national debt of Italy. He is come, it is said, to settle questions of detail relative to the reimburse ment due from the Government of Victor Em manuel to that of the Pope in regard to the portion of the debt concerning the usurped provinces. France, it is true, is pledged to see that Italy repays to the last farthing, but as yet she has only sent some amounts on ac count, and the Holy See has reason enough to complain of the indifference of the French Go vernment to this matter, the engagement having been taken and ratified i n the Flo rence Parliament before the evacuation of the French troops. The illumination of S. Peter's, on Sunday, was effected with all its usual gad/. The gitandola was, as I announced in a former let ter at S. Pietro, in Montorio, instead of on the Pincio; Though the spot is high, there is a great absence of open space whence it can be seen, and even those who had good places within the reserved space complained that the site was not well adapted for the display. A great many of the pilgrims who have come up according to custom to the Easter function from the kingdom of Naples, would not be satisfied to return till they had paid an ovation before the Palazzo Farnese. When asked what they were doing as they collected there to greet him on his return from St. Peter's on Easter-day, one of them replied, " Don't you know that our king lives here? He is our king, you must understand, and we must give him a cheer before we go home." And I was told by several at the Trinith, de' Pelegrini, where they are lodged, that whole villages had turned out to send him their greet ings by them. The condition of health of Cardinal Bona parte has been a good deal canvassed of late in certain papers. Ido not hear, however, that there is anything seriously the matter. It is true he had to be taken out faintinc , dur ing one of the Holy Week functions, but this seems to have been entirely attributable to his strict observance of Lent. His extremely re tiring habits do not cease to be the subject of comment, and to afford occasion for admiration in some and suspicions of covert ambition in others. _ . _ _ One of those bizarre af f airs, which are among the greatest stains of the revolutionary party, and which contribute to make the life of the Pontifical Zouaves, even in the quietest times, one of continual self-oblation, occurred the other night. It would seem that two or three men of the garrison. of Frascati—one of them English and one Dutch—were walking quietly towards dark in the neighbourhood of Mon Dragone, when they were set upon from behind by a party of foreign Garibaldians, whose plan seems to have been simply to stab any they could, and run away. The men's alertness seems to have saved them from seri ous injury, the Dutchman only receiving a slight wound. The dastardly nature of this kind of attack deprives it - of all justification. It is difficult even to see what excuse or what object the man who planned it can propose to himself. It can but serve to blacken his own cause. If he succeeded even in disabling three Zouaves, would the strength of the regiment be diminished ? Is it not more probable it would be increased by double the number of volunteers the next day. There are, how ever, such men lurking about. On Tuesday, after the Mass of Requiem for Lieut. Guille mM, one such said sneeringly to a Zouave on guard, that the Lieutenant had well deserved his fate. It is not to be imagined that at such a moment of enthusiasm the man would take the provocation quietly, and though, as usual, a speedy escape was, resorted to, I be lieve the fellow carried away with him some well-deserved marks of rough handling. The site chosen for the camp shortly to be formed for training our men to campaigning work, is the so-called Campi d'Anibale, just above Rocca di Papa, under Mont Cavi, and as at present arranged, will comprise one brigade. Mgr. de Merode sang a Mass of Requiem for Lieut. Guillemin at Sta. Chiara, the Church of the French Seminary, on Tuesday. This diocese, anxious to possess his relics, sent Canon Druon, as I mentioned last week, to bring them home. After all due v erifications, rendered easy by their perfect state of preservation, they were deposited at Sta. Chiara, which was decorated by the many friends who loved and mourned him. The Papal colours he had so nobly defended relieved the sable palls, and the cross of St. Peter, which has become the badge of Castelfidardo, surmounted the high altar. The catafalque was appropriately arranged, crossed swords alternating with the flam beaux, to mark round the space devoted to it. Among these was one taken from a Garibaldian. At the angles were trophies tastefully arranged from the distinctive items of the Zouave uni form. On the coffin, amid wreaths of came llias and forget-me-nots, lay his own kepi, scarf, and jacket, worn in the memorable en gagement which proved his last, recovered from the camp-spoilers, who had already commenced stripping off the gold galons. The vest dyed with his blood was deemed too precious a prize to trust to a thus public exposition among so many ardent admirers. The decorations he had honourably won were also there, and at the foot, palm branches waved, typical of his heavenly reward. The solemn chant of the seminarists was and ably the s u p whole o h r o t l e e d e b f r he y e c t tw b a and o s felt byf his r all t e o g b i m e e nt en hanced by the earnest expression which sat on the countenances of the Zouaves drawn up as a guard of honour round the body and down the nave ; and when, near the elevation the deep voice of one, , thrilling with emotion, was heard thrice exclaiming, Pie Jesu Domino dons ei requiem , ! it seemed as if the hearts of all assembled had spoken by his voice. The officiating deacon was a former com panion in arms of the hero, and Mgr. Bastide, the popular chaplain of the 'Roman Le g ion, the assistant priest. Abbe Chesnel, who has been called to Rome by business connected with the proposed council, pronounced the funeral oration. General Banzler, Lieut.-Col. privates,nd were present, as well as officers c C e r h s a r a e n t d t e ,tt many other Zouaves, both Mgr. Level, and a crowd of sympathising friends, religious and lay ' • and many more came pouring in later to kneel there as at a alriine. It was felt to be an occasion, not only cele brating the heroism of an individual, but sym bolizing at the same time the chivalrous devo tion of the whole body of Papal troops. Arthur Guillemin was indeed a worthy , re presentative of this spirit. A little memoir of him has been put in circulation, which expresses so neatly the feelings which I have myself once and again observed animating our gallant volunteers, and which I have the confidence to believe will inspire many and many yet coming to swell their ranks, that I cannot forbear gathering a few sentences from it. His sacrifice would seem to have been of the most deliberate kind. For the military life as a career, he had no natural taste, and had even been at pains to buy his discharge from the exactions of the conscription at home. Yet when it was proclaimed that the Holy See stood in need of defenders, he was among the first to fly to its assistance. Poor in this world's reckoning, he hesitated not to offer all he had at command—a brave heart, a strong .arm, a noble life. Once ranged under arms on its battlements, all disinclination vanished. As with all his companions in arms, enthusiasm for the cause took away all sense of fatigue. What dream could be more enchanting than the sense of being in Rome, full of youth and strength, girt with arms destined to assert and protect her beauty and majesty, and hold them in inviolable trust for the human race in all ages to come. And this dream was their actual life. Beneath that fair sky through which the prayers of all climes pass to the throne of God, kneeling beside the tomb of the apostles, standing under the shade of the Vatican or the Capitol, they saw the martyr's palm waving within their grasp. They loved to see the brilliance of the clear blue sky of Rome reflected in their shining arms ; they loved the glory which they knew Catholics would attach to their name ; they loved the sound of the bugle-call, mingled, as it was, with the ceaseless pealing bells of the holy city. Then came Castelfidardo. Here "Guillemin, having long sustained the fight and exhausted his ammunition, fell, his breast pierced by a Piedmontese bayonet. As he felt the touch of the cold steel he had but time to renew the oblation of his life before he lost conscious ness. When he came to himself he was stretched on the altar of the Church of Loreto, surrounded by other wounded." The little spark of life that remained, kindled again, and while yet weak he made good his escape from the Pied montese hospital, and, without money or guide, and almost fainting he reached home. Here his life was for - a time despaired of; his mother took him to the birth-place of Blessed Joseph Labre, and his health was granted to her be lieving prayers. One day when lie was nearly strong again she had the courage to say for him what he was dying to say to her—" I know what you are thinking of, et ;P firer n comfite toi ; it faut fetourner !" nd - he did go back ; but both his imagina tion and the service had entered on a new phase, and he became the type of another class no less numerous or less honourable than the former. He knew now the realities as well as the poetry of his enterprise, and he faced them resolutely. But more than this, the exigencies of the service were no longer what they had been. It was no longer the immediate pro spect of an unequal and sanguinary maybe, but brilliant and chivalrous engagement that was before him. His work was the dull, ardu ous routine of garrison life, not eyen in Rome, but in some of the poorest of the poor towns which had been saved from the grasp of Pied montese rapacity. To this toilsome and inei dentless watch, this weary inactivity, he cheer fully sacrificed the most fruitful years of his life. It was no longer the path strewn with flowers of his earlier engagement, but it was the path of eternal duty, and he had the courage to ac cept it. "We are not to be judges of the will of God," he would say, and how many a high couraged, unknown Zouave there is who daily and nightly softens the galling of the incident less watch or the irksome corvee with the same reflection ; " nor is He to bend it to suit ours. He only knows the right path, and since He so appoints 'it we are equally serving His Church in enduring the silent hours of the watch, as if we were crossing swords with the enemy." And thus he held out at his post. There was illness and fatigue to be endured, privation and toil, and even misconstruction and injustice ; but he bore up against all, like a good soldier of Jesus Christ, without suffering himself to be discouraged. At last the call came again for active duty ; his sword had not rusted in the scabbard, the trumpet found him ready and watching. It skills not to tell again the tale of how his little band of heroes fell. He had tasted of the bitterness of death ; he had already made acquaintance with suffering and imprisonment, so he knew what he went out to meet, and he despised them all. And we all remember how eighty went out to meet twelve hundred, and were not conquered. His last words were addressed to the Roman bugler, who, wounded like himself, yet con tinued at his post—" Crie avec moi Vive Pie IX., to pourras combattre encore." They were the expression of his whole existence, and of all such as he, setting forth their courage, their faith, their love, stronger than death. ; for God continues the work of the blessed who suffer and die for righteousness sake, and their grave is the cradle whence start forth, ready matured and strong of limb, new vindi cators of that which is right. M. Druon will leave for Franco with the body to-morrow. Pere Hyacinthe preached at the Gesa on Tuesday in favour of the funds of the new penitentiary I described at the time of it s opening, I think about two months ago. It has at present about twenty inmates, directed by four sisters of the Buon' Pastore. They have an excellent rule, which is worth notice. Each inmate is under the patronage of a lady, who engages to keep a supervision over her after she has left the institution and is placed out in service ; in fact, during the rest of h er life. A new guild or society, called " Society della gioventa Cattolica," which was instituted a short time ago at Bologna, designed to en courage the practice of religion and fidelity to the Holy See among Catholic youths, seems to be taking a rapid spread through the various towns of Italy. A deputation of Milanese gentlemen came up here last week to pay a tribute of thanks to the Pope for conferring the cardinalitial dignity on a member of the house of Borro mco. They afterwards waited on Cardinal Borromeo and presented him with an address of con g ratulation. The following extract is from an article by Padre Secchi in the Bolletino dell' Osseivatorio del Colleyio Romano : " It is now generally admitted that a baro meter is an instrument of prime necessity to the mariner, but good barometers are rare, and the best frequently get deranged on board ship, rendering it necessary constantly to com pare the indications they give with those of some fixed barometer in port. On this account it is common in many seaport towns to set a good model barometer which may serve for checking those of the marine service. This is the case at Civita Vecchia, where it is in con stant requisition. Cavaliere Giachetti, com mandant of the port, has devised a means for saving much trouble and loss of time. He lately obtained permission from the Pontifical Government to place two large dials on the Capitania, so as to be visible from every part of the port, and on which the readings of the barometer are recorded by a hand. But as the machinery for moving the hand by mecha nical means would run into a great expense, he contents himself for the present with having it set by hand four times a day in ordinary times, and oftener in stormy weather. This arrangement satisfies all the requirements of the harbour, and has been highly applauded by the seamen it is intended to benefit. The thing is certainly simple enough in itself, but still it has never yet been attempted before — possibly, because it meglio e stab nemico del belie" (what is good has been neglected by straining after unattainable perfection) ; and we hope that this first attempt, of which the only Pontifical port has the merit, will be emulated by richer and more powerful States possessing the means to apply machinery , which will obviate the more operose applica tion of manual labour." From statistics published by the Roman Minister of Commerce and Fine Arts it appears that the value of pictures by old masters ex ported in the course of the year just closed was 50,541 lire ; that of modern paintings, 778,246 lire ; of ancient sculpture, 16,359 lire ; and of modern, 1,778,246 lire; in all, 2,623,310 lire ; exceeding by 99,715 lire the amount of the preceding year. I am told that Mantovani, whose work on the Loggie of Giovanni da Udine has just been invited by the Queen to decorate a chapel in course of erection to the memory of Prince Albert. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) PARIS, April 24. 1 am well aware that it is not my duty to touch upon English politics, unless so far as those of the Continent bear indirectly thereon ; and in the present instance my excuse is found in having read a very singular theory expressed in the French journal L'Univers, which, whilst supporting the views of Mr. Gladstone, does so upon the ground that a separation between Church and State is only desirable in a country where the Roman Ca tholic religion has not the predominance. I think this view of the case is so singular as to be worth presenting to your readers at so important a mo ment, and especiilly to your English readers, who, having for so many years lost sight, as it were, of Catholicism, are not aware of its influence upon the Continent, where it is sufficient to rescue Rome from Italy, and to make the Emperor of Austria shake in his :hoes, when his Parliament initiate a liberal measure in regard to the law of marriage. I am perfectly aware of the abuses which Mr. Glad stone denounces so eloquently in the House of Com mons, and of the necessity for their remedy, but the questions which present themselves to me are—Will he, or will he not, go too far with respect to the measures he proposes for that end ? How far he is influenced, unknown to himself, by the thirst for that power which only attaches itself to the Liberal party in England on the plea of progress ? Will the separation of Church and State in Ireland satisfy those misleaders of the Irish people (the most loyal people, by the way, in the world), or will not that very separation afford them a more extended base of operation for their future machi nations, always bearing in mind the position of those Fenians in the great Republic of America be tween which country and England the link should never be broken ? Will or will not that separation prove the stepping-stone to a further separation between the Protestant Church and State ? All these are very serious questions, which I think may prove interesting to the gen oral reader, and still more so to the middle classes of England, for it is in the hands of the middle classes that the future welfare of England and their own individually rests. For a long series of years the Liberal party in England have held office by a gradual tendency towards Democracy. By De mocracy, or in whatever word may be expressed the principle of universal suffrage, the ten-pound renter is now lowered to eight, or seven, as the case may be ; by awl bye, on the same principle, the suffrage will descend still lower, and it is, in my opinion, at this moment a most serious question for the middle classes what effect universal suffrage and the go vernment of the masses would produce in England —a question which s'iould be considered in relation to the present political aspect of Europe. I ex press no personal opinion upon all these matters, nevertheless I cannot help thinking of an expression made use of by Napoleon the First, at the period of what has been termed the Holy Alliance. "In fifty years' time," said the Emperor, " Europe will be either Republican or Cossack ;" and already a writer of the present day suggests, in a singular theory, the advisability of the Western States of Europe forming, as it were, a sort of Amphictyonic Council, with France and England at the head. It is probable that the writer had in view the effect which an alliance between Prussia, now head of the Confederated States of North Germany, and Russia, would produce upon the civilized world, for the Russian propensities of Bismarck, one of the very greatest men of the present day, are notorious ; and it LS a fact that Poland has disappeared, whilst at the same time every nation of importance is arming to the teeth. In this state of affairs a spark might at any time kindle a European war—such a spark as might now be applied in the dispute between Prussia and Denmark as regards the retrocession of the provinces of Schleswig-Holstein, against whi c h the only safeguard is to be found in the opinion of the peoples of Europe, guided by the enlight ene d policy of the Emperor of the French. For France, in her peculiar position, the necessity of arming is manifest. But had not the Emperor already given sufficient guarantees of his desire for peace and happiness ? What has France to gain in a war of territorial acquisition ? France has a nobler aim, viz., that of taking the lead amongst nations in the path of civilization and progress, and however much in the olden time Prussia may have been the ally of Great Britain, however close the connection in the way of marriage, England may rest assured that, in respect to the preservation of peace in Europe and of future progress, France, as a point (tappui, deserves her primary consideration. At present all is peaceful. Northern Germany is entirely occupied with the approaching reunion of its Parlement Douanier ; Austria, engaged in the discussion of the military law submitted to the two Parliaments of. Vienna and Pesth, which involve a knotty question with regard to the Hungarian troops; the Government at Vienna holding strongly for the principle of unity in the active army, whilst a powerful party in the Hungarian Senate go in for the organization of a Hungarian army entirely separate from that of Austria. The discussion of the law of the Press probably will not commence in the French Senate for a month. Bread has gone down in price and wines gone up, the latter to the extent of 12 francs the hectolitre. A gay wedding party took place last week at the residence of Gen. Dix, when his daughter was united to Mr. Thomas Walsh, of New York. The Emperor has received a deputation, consisting of the Mayor and Sub-Prefect of Havre, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of that port, and the manager of the fortheornine International Exhibition. His Majesty expressed the sincere interest which he felt in the success of the Exhibition, and promised, if possible, a visit. The races on Tuesday last came off with great eclat, the stables of Count Lagrange again recovering their ascendancy, Longchamps beating Fervacque for the Empress Prize of 15,000 francs and 400 entry ; his stable companion, Trocadero, gaining the second place. The Prize of the SJine, 10,000 francs, 300 entry, was carried off by Mortimer, thus taking his revenge upon Ferragus. Prix de Longchamps Bosphere, 1 ; Nelusko (a very hand some and good-looking colt belonging to Count Lagrange), 2. Prix de Vauteaux, Mousie ; Prix do Boulogne, Marronier ; Prix de Blangy, Diadem. The Emperor and Empress paid a visit to the course about three o'clock in the afternoon. This has been a g W r e a A t S I d l a I N y G a T t O t N h , e A c p a r p il 9 it0 , 1, 18 a 6 3 8. the President's counsel opened the defence, and the weather has been bright and sunshiny, though last night it froze so hard that the fruit trees, it is feared, are injured. At noon the attend a nce was thin, but the Senators cameinquickly and f after that hour, and the front seats in the wealth, beauty, galleries h. were filled with the as ton of Washington, and of 111 r . as m Thornton rontthoenr places as could command the entre. occupied a front seat in the diplo matic gallery, and appeared to take great interest in the speech of Judge Curtis. Close behind him sat Theodore Tilton and James Gordon Bennett, jun., a fact freely criticised, the conclusion being even tually a rr i ve d at that the coming President had promised diplomatic posts to both. The Chief Justice was shortly after in his place arrayed in his judicial robes. lie is a fine, handsome fellow, and assumes a very dignified appearance when thus attired. The novelty of the dress, too, in our country adds to its charm, as it is the only robe of office in the United States. Judge Curtis is a tall, well-proportioned man, of an intellectual cast of face, and with an easy grace of carriage that much strengthened his oratory. In this respect he had a great advantage over Mr. Butler, whose paunchy figure, bald head, and eyes keeping up a cross fire, do not tend to remove the disagreeable impression received from the harshness of his voice. Mr. Curtis began, in a low tone, at about a quarter before one. As he went on the galleries found they had been " sold," his speech was a splendid legal argument, but purely technical, and therefore not adapted for the tastes of his fair hearers, who wanted some spread-eagleism—heavy denunciation—sensational scandals—and personal recrimination ; so the ladies began to glide out, and by the time the learned counsel had pumped himself pretty dry he had a thin audience. But the Senate, and every lawyer who heard him, listened with the closest attention. It is, however, a fact that he raised scarcely a point not already full) debated in Secret Session by the Senate, when the Chamber first took up the question of the President's removal of Stanton, though it is rumoured in the city the argument has had a telling effect in the Republican ranks. I was told by a man who professes to know, although he knows no more than myself, that the latest reliable account shows but 19 Senators that the Managers can cal culate upon, and that their best efforts daily result in loss. Th e popular feeling is much swayed by these speeches. After Butler's the crowd went in for conviction, and now, after that of Curtis, for acquittal. But those best informed think that the proof is sufficiently strong to leave it to the conscience of Senators to acquit or convict Andrew Johnson as they think best for the interest of the country, and most think his removal too desirable to lose the present opportunity. Last night at Theodore 'lilton's lecture he drank the health of the nex President, glorious Ben Wade, and was loudly ap plauded. Of course the old rumours are still floating about of what the President will do if con victed. There is said to be a gathering of Conser vative Generals, headed by Ilancock—another rumour is that when Andrew Johnson is invited to retire into private life he will rush to the "stump" and pour forth the full torrent of his bottled up wrath. Ile has been allowed little means of letting off superfluous steam since his grand tour in ,1866, and it would not surprise me if the last rumour proved true. lie is said to have selected his companion, and I dare say he will be a power ful advocate for the Democratic nominees for pre sident and Vice-President. On Tuesday old "id Interim" was as usual present at the Cabinet meet ing as Secretary of War. Thus, while the counsel are arguing that President Johnson did not re move Stanton, as he is still in the War Ofrieel the President recognizes Thomas as SeCre' tary of that Department. Mr. Sumner ba s published an historical argument, elaborated " awfully," to show that the Chief Justice had no right to give a casting vote as he did twice in the Senate Court. We are the Senate—he is the Pre siding Officer, says Sumner, which nobody denies; but Mr. Chase also is the highest legalfunctionary , and as such he has decided the question that the presiding officer can give a casting vote. Orris P . Ferry, Senator of Connecticut, got back to hi s place iu time for his work to-day, having travelled all night from New York. General Sherman Wa ° also in the Chamber, and he sat next to Senat or Stewart. Slll,—The Count de Lavradio, Minister PleniP° - tentiary of Portugal, and Mr. Gerard Ralston, Consul-General of Liberia, have just exchange d ratifications of a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, an d Navigation between their two nations, one article of which assimilates slave trade to piracy, an d . punishes it accordingly. The R e public of 1 151 . t1 has made a similar treaty with Liberia, so that th? infamous traffic is denounced by at least three civic lized nations of the world. England, Holland, th e United States, and some other nations have de" flounced it by statute law, but only these thr ee powers have proclaimed it by international and in such future treaty to be made by Liberi a ' it is hoped that a similar article will obtai n. Liberia has been fortunate in making 15 treatie s with European and American nations, say Austria' England, France, Denmark, Italy, Prussia, Swed el3 ' and Norway, United St a t es , & c ., an d it i s strong . ,l l desired that Brazil, Russia, and Spain should ) 0111 the other Governments, for it is most advantagOle to the young African Republic to be thus reeogi nized, encouraged, and receiv e d i n to the familY civilized nations. Mr. Seward has replied to Judge Black's let ter about.the guano island of Alta Vela through a 61 - tary of the Guano Company, which, by means of Seward's influence, h a d secure d p ossess i o n. r - rv i l letter, which was p u bli s h e d i n th e N ew Y or k Hera l d of the 4th inst., asserts that no promise of protec" tion was given t o th e company b y M r. Sew ard who merely advi s ed th em to ma k e t h e i r arraag,; meats with the perso ns h e name d , w hom considered to be the rightful owners. As our reacl will recollect Judge Black stated the case for, as follows : he accused Mr. Seward of intriga°4 to have the occupant ousted by San Donlial e t which would have benefited certain persone l l favoured, as he could induce San Domingo to O w the island to Spain, and from that Governrneat, 04 effect the sale to the New York Company, depriving the ousted client of Judge Black of a ci n e ; direct means by which restitution could be rnanded. The position of the person making t „ accusation gives to it a weight it would not othelo wise possess, and Mr. Seward ought to insist o u Congressional inquiry. On the 901 instant a panic commenced in street, arising from a strange cause. A. W. D i nc i mock was lying dangerously ill of brain feYe r t 3 0 'IS he hat to meet some liability, his clerks, to V it ' t , the necessary funds, threw a large amount of lautic Mail Stock on the market. The credit of new company in these ticklish times was t n s quickly affected, and one of the banks called 1 loan upon a large amount of the stock, and f ° s s the borrower unable to respond. His stock, h ell th e collateral s3curity, was likewise thrown 00 market, and down went the Atlantic Mail as a ' g inch shell would go through a flimsy roof, ear r l j 0 00 ruin and consternation to all below. From 87 i o f transition was rapid to 22}, when a num ber a t other loans were called in, and for a ma it appeared as if all the line of stocks was ab all ' ao d follow suit. Pacific M a il s y mpa thi ze d most' t - ci f dropped to 89, b u t th e w h o l e mar k et was affeeest and even th e " b ears " b egan to look frig htened he turn affairs were taking. One Savin,,sa P 3 4. is known t o b 3 hit h ar d , and a broker i n Hass be street has come to grief, though he expected W oo able to settle up on the following Mouday• a d Atlantic Mail Stock, however, rallied to 4 / 1 closed ou Friday, April 10, at 28 to 30. ,L4sea Mr. Trumbull' s U n ited St a t es J ur y Bill P— .ll tO the-Senate on the Bth inst., by a vote of ,• Ay , and will affect the trials of John 11. Surratt sou ivio s Jefferson Davis, unless the latter follows the i ts of the New Y or k H era ld, an d " cu t s s tick for p a g e unknown." Dropping the bill for a rnomea t ' ee ss may mention that if Mr. Benjami n Wade sa e : ro se to the P res id ency, some peop l e thi n k that .1-e34, re 00 Davis's neck w ill b e i n d anger . Th e Herold • is impressed w ith thi s t h a t it cons id ers his cla'i l og I source to be instant flight across the line o o 'Tbs. he wishes to d ang l e a t th e en d o f i t ; and the c rate and skilfully d rawn i n di ctment prepa red ag: es S him, looks as if th e G overnment was in ei'r-sale 'This, we believe, if ev er t es t e d, to b e an err rid sus idea, and that Mr. D av i s w ill run no ra°rost of being hanged un d er Mr. Wade's Croye r i li fi 0 than under that of M r . J o h nson, w h o was ' l(i- d er threats before he entered office. Previous ° no r rt 4 sion of opini on upon current or newspa per r e Y ot set will not by the new bill di squa lify a juror respects eligible, who may b e summ oned fra' ar t is district or State outside that on which the C ° 0 0 0 held. If the bill pass the House, a Massae lig jury may sit at Richmond to try Davis. o v o 4 The Erie Railway fight cannot be carried its gigantic scale without involving outsiders' oast Glenn brought charges of fraud and bribery ag 140 the members in the New York Legislature , a d everybody was overwhelmed with surprise an mast dignation at such a charge being preferred a: e d 0 such a body, M r . Gl enn was b es et and f°r s barg' s individualize, which he did on the 9th inst. , : OP ing two members, Messrs. Frear and Lor i 'l es est' attempts to bribe him in the Erie Railroad lak e's' They instantly demanded an investigation ; 14 , 0 0 3 ruittee was appointed, and the next day PreS flu its its report, wherein it was declared there sor ts tte greund for the charges, and that even 11 0 a O O re had been made to bribe the virtuous an d tlf' ruptible members. Mr. Glenn has, conas-msasa o s tbs t been hustled about on all sides, and has lea r i j oi it requires a strong and firm and not aWO ie d. to take up such a cause, however well groa n ( : 0 , the Senate, when resolutions were brough to .' s a el on the 9th inst. to investigate the leg isiatio ti ceruing the Erie Railroad, they were smotherbe e 6600 the an amendment to include in the investig,o, legislation of the New York Central in Births. p DAWSON —On the 25th inst., at Leyden at 11010;',gilt_de park, Streatham, Mrs. Joseph Dawson, of utp,OP' FOSTER—On the 25th inst., 8, Lower Ber)ce''' the wife of W. S. Foster, sq. of a son. e' MILDMAY—On the 2 ith inst., E at , we 46, BerkeleY - ' -1 Bingham Mildmay, of a son. Marriages. i s s , P ir tiO BOLLAND —CARY—On the 23d inst. a t St. roti, i°„4l Of ampton, George Herbert Bellew' ' , Esq., C6Pilae' P Royal Engineers, to Catherine Eleanor , elderbot °'N of the Rev. James Walter Cary, D.D., in culli' D i i 6 l3loi Paul's, Southampton. 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