The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOTJENALS, The Times balls attention to the languor which chtiii4cteriied the resumption of the Irish question. This arose from two circumstances. It has become apparent that the immediate practical effect of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions must be little or nothing. They define the scope and objects of the legislation of next year, but, - except so far as they help forward this end, they can produce no result. There is, however, another circum stance more powerfully influencing the present temper of the debate. It is impossible to fight very energetically against antagonists who are mere men in buckram. There are impassable limits to the amount of make-believe of which men are capable. The defenders of the Irish Church in and out of the House of Commons are nowhere, and those who attack it can find no foemen worthy of their steel. The country has, in the most sluggish manner possible, refused to be scared by Mr. Disraeli's phantoms. Those few who sincerely believe in the invio lable character of the Irish Establishment, and of whom we desire to speak with the most profound respect, do not belong to the class which looks -apon politics as a game, and takes fine.;se for political wisdom. They would as willingly trust to the tender mercies of the Opposition as to the dexterous management of the Ministry. They can not confide blindly in the Protestantism of a Government which proposed to endow a Catholic University, and they are not without uneasy apprehensions lest Mr. Osborne's prophecy should one day come true, and Mr. Disraeli be found . despoiling the Establishment of Ire land with the support of the Liberal party. It is not a subject for regret that the debate was by com parison languid. The lull of parliamentary excitement may serve, and, the Times believes, will serve, to bring out into stronger relief the conviction of the majority that justice demands the disestablishment of the Irish Church. The vote before Easter was not an ebullition of transitory vehemence. That there were some among the majority who were more concerned for a Liberal victory than for the removal of an anomaly too long tolerated need not be doubted, but Mr. Horsman's elaborate defence of the Opposition was unnecessary. The strength of the party of disendowment in the House of Commons does no more than correspond to the determination of the English people. Every day makes this truth more clear. The national will is so apparent and so unflinching that those who represent it in Parliament may be content to bide their time. There is no necessity for hurried counsels or precipitate action. There is no intermittent enthusiasm to be kept alive lest it should expire, no feeble resolution to be sedulously nursed lest it vanish away, but a deter mination that our bands shall be set free to govern Ireland with a strong and wise will--that we shall not falter be cause we feel that we demand obedience where we do nqt render justice. The Daily News thinks that the Irish discussion is exhausted. The fact that many hours were occupied by a succession of orators to whom the House seldom listens, and of whom the public knows nothing, is a proof of this. The Liberals complained before Easter that they were not met with a sufficiently direct and explicit negative, but with a declaration that the subject ought to be post- poned till the meeting of the Reformed Parliament. They could not, the Standard declares, now repeat any such' complaint. One of their own party, the member for Stockport, did indeed place on the paper a motion which substantially repeated that of Lord Stanley, but withdrew jt to make way for the amendment of Sir F. Heygate, which boldly affirmed the true Conservative doctrine that while the Union subsists the Church of Ireland ought to be maintained and endowed with revenues adequate to the rants of the population. The Star believes that deliberation is good, but not as the House of Commons deliberated last night. The Irish Church question deserved a better revival. That the House should pass with effusion an address to the Queen on the attempted assassination of her second son was a proceeding obviously called for by a circumstance appealing so poignantly at once to personal and loyal attachment. The triumph over King Theodore, on the other hand, was a topic upon which the House was as eager to listen as Mr. Disraeli was well prepared to speak. But there was no reason why the ceremonial speeches arising out of these two very different occasions should depress the spirits of members to so great an extent as to ruin the debate which was the great business of the night. Yet for some reason a spirit of dullness fell upon the House. Perhaps the smirking speech in which Mr. Watkin withdrew from the false position in which he had placed himself had a gloomy effect upon the Conservatives, by proving that there was no fun to be got out of divisions of the Liberal party. Perhaps the Liberals were afflicted with a prescience of gloom by the sight of Mr. Gorst rising at an hour usually dedicated to much more experienced and important men. Or, per- haps, the triumph of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions had been too well discounted, and the fight against them was too obviously a sham, for interest to be vigorously kept alive. Whatever was the reason of it, the greater part of the evening was, in point of sprightlinesS, eloquence, and poli tical significance, one long dinner hour, and at hardly any moment was it easy to realise that a great national and imperial question was being discussed for final settlement. The trial of the prisoners charged with the commission of what is known as the Clerkenwell outrage has ended in the conviction of Barrett and the acquittal of the rest. The result, remarks the Post, may probably surprise many who have watched the progress of the case. Seldom, indeed, in modern times has any trial been marked by more remarkable incidents ; seldom has evidence more conflicting been submitted for the consideration of a jury; and seldom has the current of opinion in respect to the guilt or innocence of at least one of the accused been subjected to such sudden or violent variations. The alibis set up by Barrett were most singular. It is not impro bable that the jury may have based their verdict on the ground that if the alibis were bond fide the Home Secre tary would be able, by inquiry, to establish that fact, and in that case grant a free pardon, and in the contrary event the conviction would be a sound one. in the presence o the evidence advanced for the defence and the contra dictions in that submitted on the part of the Crown, some inquiry as to whether Barrett was in Glasgow or not at the time of the explosion has become absolutely necessary. The Daily News observes that if the Fenians in this country have a grain of common sense left they may learn from this trial to appreciate the value of the institutions under which they live. There is no country in the world where persons accused of so monstrous a crime as the Clerkenwell outrage would have been tried with so scrupulous a regard for the interests of justice, and where all those natural feelings which were calculated to preju dice them would have been so firmly held in cheek by the court. English and the Desmonds have been acquitted, not for any want of evidence that they were Fenians, but because the crime of murder could not be proved against them according to the rule and practice of British law. It is, of course, still open to the Attorney-General to prose• cnte them for the minor offence. While approving the conviction of Barrett, and not ',complaining of the escape of the other prisoners, the Herald cannot profess satisfaction with the way in which 4he police have come out of the inquiry. In his very able Address on behalf of Timothy Desmond, Mr. Straight ',commented forcibly upon the total breakdown of that preventive agency on which we are accustomed to rely. !It is now certain that, though we bare had the subordi• nrites in custody, the prime movers in the plot have escaped, and that the explosion was suffered to take place though the authorities at Scotland-yard were for days before in possession of information which should have made them beyond precedent watchful. As the learned counsel pointed out, the police outside were forewarned, the warders within the prison were on guard, the attempt on Thursday had failed, precaution:, for securing Burke and Casey had been taken. All thew .things had been done to prevent the poisibility of a sur prise, and yet the police, knowing all about it, took their measures so badly that when the barrel was wheeled ni there was no one to stop its progress, to stay the hand of the nineteenth-century Guy Faux by whom the fuse was lighted, or to save the unoffending inhabitants from the doom which was so soon to overtake them. The story h not a creditable one, and it is not by any means calcu lated to increase the sense of security in which every Lon doner would like to sleep, or his willingness to contribute to those somewhat heavy police rates which he is corn. pelted to pay.. The Telegraph has no fault to find with the verdict on the Fenians. Though the evidence against William Desmond, Nicholas English, and Timothy Desmond was , unquestionably strong, it warranted nothing beyond P suspicion of their guilt. That they were Fenians is t h , ;questionable, and that they had a hand in the explue, may be true ; but, on the evidence which was tal, 'before the court, the men could not have been sent l i o the gallows. Nevertheless, in one respect, th, issue of the trial is strangely unsatisfactory. White the police charged six persons with the crime. they have afforded proof sufficient to convict only one. The case aga inst O'Keefe and Ann& and, when thorouni - d1 Justice utterly . broke down ; a , , • sifted, that against the Desmonds and Engii6n wn seta. to be far from complete. The police have inant esti) failed in some way. Barrett must have had accomplice?, either in the persons who were arraigned along with him self, or in others who are still at liberty. If his coin panions in the dock really had a hand in the fell deed. the police have strangely failed to mass to i getlicr the evi deuce of their guilt ; if those nwn' are inn: wb , wero Barrett's assistants ? who planned with him the scheme to liberate Burke ? who, rranged t' e 4.v atom o' Signals ? who h e lp e d to b r i ng the p barrel to the itemise 0: Detention We do not wish to bear hardly on the tolive, wh o h ave h a d to perform an intense l y perplexing ask, and in some respects have performed it well. But It is difficult t o avoid the conclusion that they have fallen into their old blander of stickinc , too closely to one line of search ; that they have been content to follow the clue they at firstobtained toe real culprits to is still at libertyescaPe, The Camlen-street murderer band nim, 34.42 , ; 00 is the person who @hot the murderers defyin„linell and AIM we havq a nest fl public to revaia our search, It is impossible for tip , crave dlsoutet btl C l - I Y.Y.R!_httti :allures of justice without LAW AND POLICE. ATTEMPTING TO Dnowx a BOT.—At the Worship-street Police-court, James Hussey, 49, described as a bargeman, was charged on remand before Mr. Newton with having attempted to drown Charles Dingley, aged 10 years, by throwing him into the canal at Old Ford. It will no doubt be remembered that when the accused was last before the court four witnesses were called who swore to having seen the prisoner on the afternoon of the 14th deliberately throw the boy into the river, and . at the same time he said, Go in, you little —, and you shan't come out again." The prosecutor confirmed these statements, and Mr. Beard urged upon the magistrate the necessity of sending the case before a higher tribunal. In his defence the prisoner said that he, in common with other bargeman employed on the Regent's Canal, were frequently annoyed by boys throwing stones at them from the bridges. On the afternoon in question he was subjected to the usual aggravation, and, stepping off his barge, he went after them. The other boys, seeing him coming, made off, and the prosecutor, in endeavouring to follow them, lost footing and tumb'ed into the canal. He could assure the magistrate that he never laid a finger on the boy.— Edward Tilley, landlord of the Vie.ory public-house,Old Ford, was called to state that when the prosecutor was drawn out of the canal it was found that his head and shoulders had not been under the water.—Mr. Newton refused to send the case before a jury, and ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of Ns., with the alternative of seven days' imprison ment —The fine was immediately paid. JUMPING FROM PUTNEY BRIDGE.-At Wandsworth Police-court, Jane Philips, a woman about thirty-five years of age, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by jumping off Putney Bridge.—George Phelps, a labourer, living in Putney, said that on Sunday morning he saw the prisoner on the bridge, when he was induced to watch her. He saw her get through the rails and jump into the river. He gave an alarm and called for boats, which were rowed to her, and she was saved.—The pri soner told the magistrate that she had been turned out of doors by her friends, and she was without a home.—She was remanded. THE ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A COFFEE-HOUSE REEPEIL— At the Middlesex Sessions, Robert Heath, 37, a coffee house keeper, was indicted for stealing £llO, the property of Mr. Francis H. Fielder. From the evidence, it appeared that the prisoner was a coffee-house keeper, keep ing a house opposite the departure entrance of the Great Northern Railway at King's-cross, and on the 20th of February the prosecutor arrived from Southampton, and took up his lodgings in the prisoner's house, having with him a carpet-bag, in which was a cash-box containing £llO in notes and gold. After stopping there a night or two, he left for Liverpool, entrusting his carpet bag to the prisoner during his temporary absence. Soon after the prosecutor had left for the country, the prisoner was seen at an ironmonger's with a cash-box in his possession which he had unsoldered, and, fortu nately for the sake of justice, some papers fell out of the box and were left on the counter. These documents re lated to drugs, and as the prosecutor is in that way of business the fact was a most important one for the pro secution. The jury found the accused guilty.—Sergeant M‘Math said be had known the prisoner between six and seven years, and during that time he had been four times in custody for similar offences, and he had been tried at the Old Bailey, but he was never convicted, as the prosecutors did not appear or the evidence was insufficient. A number of letters had been received from persons who had been robbed in his bowe l and one foreign gentleman attended last week when his trial was expected to have taken place, and he could have stated that he was robbed and almost poisoned in his house. There had been numerous complaints against this house from soldiers and sailors, and on searching his place a great quantity of sol diers' and sailors' clothing was found, and several bags and boxes that had been broken open. There were complaints from persons that they had been drugged in the house.— The Assistant-Judge ordered the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for five years. THE LADY WITH FOUR HUSEANDS. - At Southwark Police•court Mrs. Rickaby, the lady charged with bigamy, and wbo is said to have four husbands living, was again brought up. Mr. Ribton, who appeared for the prisoner, applied to the magistrate to bind over the prisoner to appear at some future day, as Dr. Blackman, a physician of Salisbury, the prosecutor in the case, was proceeding in the Divorce Court to obtain a divorce. The learned gentleman added that the prisoner lived at Salisbury with a person named Mills, whom she had married at Carlisle, and that Dr. Blackman, who had become acquainted with them professionally, persuaded her to go to Perth and be married to him under the Scotch law. No great injury, therefore, was done to him. After a good deal -P —cat ment, the case was adjourned. Mr. Cyrus W. Field sees no reason why a year should elapse without efficient submarine cables being laid from Suez to Bombay. "It can be done—it ought to be done—and I believe it would yield a good return upon the capital invested." SINGULAR FEAT or A TOMTIT. —ln the post office letter-box, near Acton station, Northwich, a letter was deposited a few days ago, and soon of ter Mr. W. Moulton, who lives just opposite, saw a tomtit Eying up with something a good deal larger than itself in its bill. He took means to get possession of the object, and found it to be the letter which his father had posted previously. The tiny bird must have had some trouble to get the letter and itself through the narrow slip of the box, where it appears that he and his mate have bad a strong desire to build their nest, and have, with their property, been repeatedly ejected. NEGRO LoGic. -The coloured population of J ama i ca appear to have a curious method of ratiocination. The correspondent of the New York Herald writes : "The conduct of Sir Culling Eardley, Bart., and his incarcera tion for bigamy have had an injurious effect upon the ignorant here. They think that if a baronet can have two wives nobody should blame them for doing so, and if Sir Culling Eardley can go to the Penitentiary it is no disgrace for them to be there ; for he is a better and a bigger man than they are." Most people would have argued that punishing a " big man" for a crime was not the way to invite little men to commit it. THE TODMORDEN MURDER.—An address of condolence has just been forwarded to Mrs. Plow, at the vicarage, Rochdale, where she is now residing, expressing the deep and heartfelt sympathy of the congregation of Christ Church with her in the awful calamity which her household has suf fered by the recent crime at the Todmorden Vicarage. To this address Mrs. Plow has written a letter, in the following terms :—" The Vicarage, Rochdale, A pr i l 23,1868. —My dear Mends, I thank you from my heart for the loving token I have received from you of your affectionate regard for my dear husband, your pastor, and of your sorrow for his removal from us. He ever counted it a privilege to be allowed to work amongst you for the love of Christ, and, so far as in him lay, to do you service, and his mind was never easy when he was absent from you. Now that it has pleased God to take him to his rest, we must pray that his work may be richly blessed to us, and his prayers answered in the saving of our souls, and look forward with earnest, bright hope to soon joining him again in Christ. Your beautiful address I shall prize very highly. It is a pain ful, but tender remembrance of the past ; and the names inscribed, both rich and poor, are very dear to me. Sin cerely thanking you for this, and also for your touching sympathy with rne, which has been shewn in so many ways throughout this time of affliction, and with my love to each and all of you, I remain your truly affectionate friend and well-wisher, HARRIET L. PLow." THE PROTESTANT DEFENCE COMMITTEE AND Mn. GIADSTONE.—A "private and confidential" cir cular, gently urgent in its tone, has been 'addressed, by the honorary secretary of the United Protestant Defence Committee, to the clergy of the English Church, who are requested to look upon the crisis in a religious rather than a political light, and to " resist by all means in their power the attempt to destroy the Established Church in Ireland, as the first step towards abolishing the connec tion between Church and State in great' Britain." En closed in the circular is a printed copy of a petition to the Queen,which, after the expression of much "astonishment and alarm" at the resolutions "suddenly introduced into the Honourable the House of Commons, for the purpose of disestablishing and overthrowing the Established Church in Ireland," concludes thus : " That whilst your memorialists desire that their Roman Catholic fellow subjects should continue in the full enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, they believe that as it was granted so it can be best secured under a constitution. maintaining a national Church, and acknowleging the supremacy of the Crown. Your memorialists therefore humbly pray that your Majesty, bearing in mind the principles which placed your Majesty's family on the throne, will be graciously pleased to refuse your sanction to any such measure ; and your memorialists earnestly pray that the blessing and guidance of Almighty God may be vouchsafed to your Majesty, and that yon may he enabled to preserve for them and their children the national recognition of the true faith as set forth in the Word of God, and embodied in the creeds, articles, and liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland. And your memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray," A form of petition to the House of Commons " from the undersigned inhabitants of —" is likewise obligingly furnished, together with ample directions for obtaining signatures, and an intimation that "males and .—..._. • . felTiabl en," CATHOLICISM AND ANGLO-CATHOLI CL3III. We have received the following communi cation, which we give in its entirety : TO THE EDITOR OF THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE. SlR,—Some months ago, in a correspondence carried on in your columns, occasioned by your remarks upon Anglicans, I commented, amongst other matters, upon several differences between the Anglican and Roman service of the Mass : not to the advantage of the latter. Yesterday I attended High Mass at the Roman Catholic chapel of St. —, and I was thankful to note a great change (as I think) for the better. The absurdity—pardon the word, a kind surgeon uses a sharp lancet—of a hundred lighted candles on a fine summer's morning has given place to six altar lights ; they stood out in bright, simple, and symbolical teaching. The altar itself, too, which hitherto had somewhat resembled a stand at a flower show, was adorned with a few vases only, of flowers symbolical in their simplicity. Part singing (in winch paid-Protestant, godless women took part) was superseded by the grand Gregorian tones of a good choir. These, air, are changes that to many may appear insignificant, but to close watchers of the time they are significant. It is . the truth now that the Roman Catholic authorities—to all appearances so inflexible—have sanctioned a change. May I presume, in the spirit of love, to offer a suggestion or two for further reform? These suggestions, though not by any means new, may be characterized as bold, but, sir, we live in bold times, as the question of the Irish Church proves. 1. The Mass to be celebrated in England in the English tongue. 2. Such parts as the Confession, Creed or Gloria, to be said, recited, and sung respectively by the congregation, led by the choir. 3. The absolution to be pronounced by the priest facing the people, in a clear, loud voice. 4. Matins and Evensong to be said and sung daily in the English language. 5: The chancel of churches to be built as in times past. Many instances remain as examples. These are the principal reforms (not touching doctrine) required for Roman Catholics. With regard to Matins and Vespers, or, as your old office books call the latter, Evensong, it was only yes terday. I was reading " the treatise of the third order of St. Francis, called the Order of Penance, Douay, 1617," where all good Catholics are exhorted to repair daily to Matins. Why were these services abolished ? Again, I say, these suggestions are made in the spirit of love, and if I can only make the mind of authority wake up to the importance of the ques tion, I shall be abundantly rewarded—the day of reunion may be nearer. AN ANGLICAN CATHOLIC. Stoke Newington, April 20, 1868. Our correspondent's suggestions only afford another, and certainly a remarkable illustra tion of the extraordinary misapprehensions existing iu this country in regard to the con stitution of the Holy Catholic Church. In the first place, what he conceives to have been an alteration (or a reform, as he would term it) in the particular church referred to in his letter, is, in point of fact, no alteration what ever. The profusion of wax lights and floral decorations observed by him upon the altar on the occasion of his previous visit were simply indicative of the Exposition, there, at that time, of the Blessed Sacrament. is subsequent visit to the church revealed to him the high altar under its ordinary aspect, with its six large wax tapers and vases of flowers intermediately placed. As to his astounding propositions, in the latter por tion of his communication, they reveal, still more conspicuously, his entire misinterpreted tion of the significance of some of the most beautiful ordinances of the rubric in the re gulation of the sacred ceremonials of the Church. Instance, through the very first of his five—borrowing a phrase from his own vocabulary, he must permit us to call them eccentric and audacious suggestions—namely (1), that the Mass should be celebrated, here, in England, in the English language! Latin, as the ever-living language of the Church, being in reality one among the many irrefra gible bonds of unity among all the various races, tongues, and countries of Christendom ! Consecrated, as it has been during all these eighteen centuries and a -half to the service of the peis t y h u r a e s h ; t he a language beenin of per petuity Church, Latin can never, in the strict meaning of the phrase, b e s p o k en o f as a d ea d language,° otherwise Thanks to than byt that t m o o n s e t extravaga nt universal language misno mer. in the services and ceremonials of Catholicism, wherever the Catholic may chance to be, from whatever remote land of his birth his foot steps may have travelled, he has but to enter the Catholic Church of the locality At Home, he is sojourning, and h e i s th ere at oncet ome, under the shelter of the mother Church, among the familiar lights and shadows of the holy sanctuary. As to our correspondent's sugges. tion in regard to the music,w e can not but re mark that, noble i n its sublime simplicity as the Gregorian chant unquestionably is, its exclusive adoption in the celebration of High Mass would necessitate the neglect of some of the of grandest theni usie aelffausrti,osnsueohf incomparable Haydn, a m es o t z m alrf a t st a e n r d s Suggestions like among others, as those of grslitkteo,t,h asses, serve B ca e t e h th oll ov e e; o ri f tesand from our correspondent, ilelsuse,treamteanaatn.ienwg An Anglican tampering even in thought with eremonials of Holy Church, t t h h the s aer folly ed as those rites and ceremonials are arranged and herself. regulated by H o l y Ch urc h Innova tions, modifications, reforms—as. they are called, save the mark !—when they are sug gested thus to the heart of the true Catholic, excite but one emotion, that of tender rever ence and affection for all the forms and cere monials that have for ages existed, exactly as they still exist, within the limits of the holy sanctuary. In answer to the suggestions of a would-be innovator from correspondent of ours, "An Ancrlican Catho lic," the humblest believer amongst us may content himself with exclaiming—" P rocul, 0 procul este profani !"—Westminster Gazelle. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1868. Il?ISI1 LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW. In a reasonably well regulated State, the laws and their administration are so arranged that it is not in. the power of the wealthy to take undue advantage of the position of the humbler classes, always the most numerous por tion of a community, and, at the same time, no bar is placed in the way of industry reaphig the whole fruit of its labour. Applying these indisputable axioms to Ireland, where they are not now in operAtion, we will assume that the Irish are. a Catholic people, the greater number of , whom are helplessly dependent upon agriculture for their existence, and that landlords, as a rule in that country, do not assist their tenants in the improvement of their farms. For the rest it must be conceded that the owners of the soil may "do what they like with their own," securing merely what no one will dispute, that he who causes " two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before " shall have his deserved reward. If an occupier of land chooses to squander the value of three blades of grass in producing the two in question, that is his affair, and he may fairly be left to learn wisdom at his own ex pense ; but the second blade of grass being the result of his labour, he is justly entitled to reap the fruit of his toil ; not the whole, how ever, of the blade of grass. In Ireland, doubt less, as well as in other parts of the Empire, increase in the value of land is partly effected by causes of general operation, in which the tiller of the soil has no direct concern, and in which his share may therefore be practically held to be nothing. Reasonable and just men too may plausibly cavil about the precise frac tion of the increase—the second blade of grass fairly assignable to.the industrious tenant; but we are told that "Parliament is omnipotent," and it is perhaps equally omniscient. Suppose, then, that an Act of Parliament were to decree, who could henceforth dispute that say two thirds of the augmentation of value in a farm belonged absolutely to the tenant who surren dered it, or yib.o yaw compelled by the land- lord to abandon it. In _lreland, as in other parts of the world, " the value of a thing is just as much as it will bring," and that value may be readily ascertained there, as elsewhere, with precision and facility, by the simple ex pedient of public auction. The letting of farms by auction is, or was, established by law in other parts of the Empire for the benefit of heirs of entail. A similar practice estab lished in the " sister country" might work well for the protection of industry and of landlords. If this scheme fall short of adjudg ing the last penny of the cost of a g ricultural improvements, it possesses, at least, the merit that it may be made to steer a course suffi ciently exact for practical purposes, and may be worked with equal facility and fairness with the proceedings of the Encumbered Estates Courts, a branch of which, by a simple process of arithmetic, at the conclusion of a public hiring of a farm, would settle, at once, the sum payable to an outgoing tenant who had enhanced the value of his farm. Thus, if the augmentation of rent amounted to fifteen pounds sterling, that is, if a fa rm f orm e r ly rented at one hundred pounds pay, under a new tenure, one hundred and fifteen pounds sterling per annum, then, two-thirds, or ten pounds sterling would appertain to the outgoing tenant, and reckoned at an average value of land —thirty years' purchase, for example—would adjudge him a sum of three hundred pounds sterling, in return for skill and capital and time expended in raising the value of his farm from one hundred to one hundred and fifteen pounds sterling per annum. A tenant who, from slovenliness, or a worse motive, causes a farm to deteriorate in value, ought to be mulcted by the same rule, and in the same proportion in which he would have been re warded had he practised judicious industry instead of bad farming, in the tillage of the soil. Landlords ought to have, also, the option, and at the same time, the burden, of showing to the satisfaction of the Court, under special circumstances, that the proportion fixed by our imaginary Act of Parliament was too much of a reward or too little of a fine, as the case might be. It is upon some such principle that we have lately arranged with Zemindars in the East their position under a very impor tant measure regarding the tenure of land in India, and no valid reason occurs to us why Celts or Saxons should be content with less just or less statesmanlike consideration at the hands of their Legislature than that which has been bestowed by it upon their fellow subjects in another hemisphere. To the as sumption that the Irish are a Catholic people might be added the assertion that they have the most absolute right to be, without incur ring pain or penalty from any quarter, Catholic if they see fit to be so. It follows—but to spare our readers the infliction of a chapter of dialectics let us come at once to—therefore, let this Catholic people be provided with sufficient assistance in supplying their children with an education such, as their conscience can ap prove, with a charter. for the university which they have exerted themselves so strenuously, under difficulties, to organize for the cultiva tion of the hi g h er b ran ches of study. The se measures, seemingly wise and just in them selves, might have the farther advantage of being looked upon as an indication of a willing ness to make what reparation is_possible for the miseries of a dismal period, not so ancient as to have left no traces of degrading ignorance and destitution enforced by law. For ourselves we have been unable to discover a satisfactory reason why the wishes of the many should not be consulted by the few in the matter of edu cation, just as much as the wishes of the many are considered with proportion of professions for their welfare in the greatest practicable thee x t e 6 n l extension e f o f ,, t t h h e e p g r o e l i a t t i c l f Liberalr a n p h a i s r t e y . S a o p m p e e a o r f , indeed, to have more favour for their own pet theories than for the multitude ; and the more loudly they boast that, in the matter of educa tion, their light surpasses that of their neigh bour's, the more vigorously do they strive to restore the exploded system of the few, com pelling the galled backs of the many to bear the burden of intelleetual wares of irritating quality, labelled " Liberality and Progress." Peremptory dictation from an executive, or from any set of men, however select or enlight ened they may vote themselves to be, is an occasion of suspicion to the spirit of liberty, and men influenced by this generous spirit will resist such interference with determination in the mental training, whether negative or positive, of their children, when they mean that their descendants shall be free men as they are themselves. The physical improve ment, however, of the bodily framework by the utmost development of its muscular and bony structures, is another affair entirely — belonging clearly to the category of those ma terial arrangements by means whereof the per son of each individual is protected by law from bodily injury from his fellows, or recom pensed .with a, solatium for damage perpetrated upon him. A wise Government ought not to rest satisfied with protection from wilful dete rioration of the bodiJs of its citizens; it ought, at the same time, to use the material resources at its command in promoting the most advan tageous development of their bodily powers. A feasible method of effecting this very desir able object would be the adoption, to a certain extent, of the recommendation of a witty par son member regardingof the the ten c omman d men t s. E ver y community ought to be com pelled by Act of Parliament to learn how to walk in the manner assigned to human beings by the Almighty, and to acquire some degree of hardiness in the use of his arms ; at least, every male (without exception) of sound con stitution, and seventeen or ei g hteen years of age, ought to pass one continuous year of his life under the daily instruction of the drill sergeant. The numerous advantages and faci lities presented by some such scheme need not be detailed ; obviously, they might be rendered incalculably more beneficial to the community, and less tyrannical, than any possible amount of good to be accomplished by " Conscience Clauses" or any other form of unjustifiable in termeddling with matters of " book-learning" with which the meddlers themselves tell us they have no concern. It may not, perhaps, be superfluous to observe that these suggestions are not the result of mere visionary theories. On the contrary,`they are chiefly derived from old and Well, tried_ routine among . civilized nations, who by just laws, wisely administered, have banished from between landlords and tenants agrarian grumblings, which are so rife among ourselves. Englishmen do not always conceal that they think themselves superior to the rest of men ; but, if the opinions of those others could reach these islands, we should probably find ourselves to be objects of the wondering pity and contempt of peop l e whom we foolishly pretend to enlighten and instruct, although they have, without difficulty, effected a statesmanlike settlement of problems which the English legislature has repeated l y proved itself incompetent or unwillingeven to attempt to solve. In conclusion " Delenda est Carthago " which may be fully re ndered—Erase the Church Established by Law in Ireland, hav ing due regard, at the same time, to vested rights.—Westminster Gazette. A case is pending in the Court of Queen's Bench at the instance of Alexander Phillips, a native of Jamaica, against ex-Governor Eyre for assault, false imprisonment, beating and torturing, in October and N ovember , 1865 . The deposition of Mr. George Phillips, formerly practi s in g as a barrister in Jamaica, and now on his way to Sierra Leone as Queen's Advocate-General, was taken by Mr. C. Hance, on an order from Mr. Justice Willes. The plaintiff lays his damages at £lO,OOO. fADTERTISEMENT.]—HoIIowny's Ointment and Pills.—. Safely and Securely.—When the severities of winter have yielded to the genial spring invalids should make a deter mined effort to regain their lost health; when through sonfinement indoors, want of appetite, and disturbed sleep thesintire system has been weakened and the spirits have been broken down, Holloway's remedies are equal to the occasion. The ointment, rubbed over the regions of the stomach and liver, aided by the internal administration of his pills, will rectify the digestion, regulate the bile, and purify the blood, three sanitary actions which will speedily confer renewed vigour, brace up the failing nerves, con firm the fiacid muscles, and restore to the tiling sheerful neffa—that groat charm of wEigtote. COURT DRESS OF UNII ED STATES MINISTERS. Mr. Sumner, perhaps annoyed by a remark of the New York Nation on his resolution regarding the dress of the United States Ministers at Foreign Courts, forwarded to the editor Executive Docu ment No. 31, presented to the 36th Congress in 1860 by Mr. Buchanan, containing " the instruc tions and correspondence relative to the uniform or costume of persons in the diplomatic or consular service." After carefully studying that important document, the editor observes that the question suggested itself whether he had ever seen so much rubbish in print before in a paper laying claim to a serious character—a question he decided in the negative. From what we gather, the following is briefly the history of the United States' Diplomatic Costume. Nothing has transpired to show that there was any lt , ,l.gelation on the subject prior to the year 1817. At that time the dress is thus de scrihed—" A blue coat, lined with white silk ; straight standing cape embroidered with gold, single-breasted, straight or round button hole, slightly embroidered. Buttons plain, or if they can be had with the artilierists' eagle stamped upon them, i.e., an eagle flying with a wreath in its mouth, grasping lightning in one of its talons. Cuffs em broidered in the manner of the cape, white cassi mere breeches, gold knee-buckles, white silk stock ings, and gold or gilt shoe-buckles. A three-cor nered chapeau-de-bras, not so large as those used by the French nor so small as those of the English, a black cockade, to which lately an eagle has been attached, sword, Sce., corresponding." This Presi dent Jackson considered too gorgeous, and strongly recommended the following as cheaper and better " adapted to the simplicity of our institutions :" "A black coat, with a gold star on each side of the collar, near its termination ; the under clothes to be black or white, at the option of the wearer; a three cornered chapeau-de-bras, with a black cockade and gold eagle ; and a steel mounted sword, with white scabbard." After this recommendation it is probable that some Ministers wore one, and some the other costume, when Mr. Marcy, in 1853, issued a circular, recommending American diplomatists to appear at Court in the " simple dress of an Ameri can citizen." What that was Mr. Marcy did not describe, but as it was known- to embrace a wide variety, from shirtsleeves and corderoys up to even ing costume, it left to the taste of Ministers consi derable latitude. Mr. Sanford, who was then act ing for the Minister at Paris, saw the Circular in the newspapers, and approving the suggestion, in formed M. Drouyn de Lhuys that he intended to appear at Court in the new guise, who re plied, " That it would not affect seriously the relations of the two countries." At Brussels and at Turin no difficulty was experienced, but at Berlin Mr. Vrooin had "to pro cure a plain and simple dress," as well as Mr. Shroeder at Stockholm. Mr. Belmont boldly faced the position at the Hague, the Queen Dowager being the point of danger, but he carried the day. Things were in this state when in 1854 Mr. Mason arrived in Paris. He got " a coat em broidered with gilt tinsel, a sword and cocked hat, the invention," said Mr. Sanford, "of a Dutch tailor in Paris, borrowed chiefly from the livery of a subordinate attache of legation of one of the petty powers of the Continent." So annoyed was Mr. Sanford, the charge d'affaires, at his chief's falli ng away from Republican simplicity that he resigned his office and retired in dudgeon. It was, however, in London, and by Mr. Buchanan that the most seri ous difficulties were experienced. After several consultations with Sir Edward Cust, the Master of the Ceremonies, a compromise was effected. Sir Edward opposed his presenting himself in the clothes he wore in the street, but Mr. Buchanan determined neither to wear gold lace nor embroidery. Mr. Buchanan's perplexities are best described in his own words—" It was then suggested to me, from a quarter which I do not feel at liberty to mention, that I might assume the civil dress worn by General Washington ; but after examining Stewart's portrait at the house of a friend, I came to the conclusion that it would not be proper for me to adopt this costume. I observed Fashions had so changed since the days of Washington that if I were to put on his dress and appear in it before the chief magistrate of my own country at one of his receptions, I should render myself a subject of r idicule for life. Besides, it would be considered pre sumption in me to affect the style of dress of the Bather of his country. It was in this unsettled state of the question, and before I had adopted an y style of dress, that Parliament was opened." On this passage the Nation thus comments :—" Of this idea we can only say that we think Mr. Buchanan was a little too hasty in rejecting it. It is not yet too late for some of our diplom ttists abroad to take, its up, and if any prominent one will do so, and will present himself at any public cere monial in Europe, dressed out in imitation of " the Father of his Country, we think we can safely promise that there are plenty of his fellow-citizens who w ill not allow either distance or expense to prevent them from being there to see. There are so me sights which no man laying claim to cultiva tion or knowledge of the world can afford to miss, and this would certainly be one of them." In 1860 Mr. Faulkner was appointed to Paris, and Mr. Sanford being then at Derby, Connecticut, think ing the opportunity good, a dd resse d a l e tt er on di p lomatic apparel to Mr. C ass , urg i ng th a t the Mi n i s ter might receive positive instructions on the subject. lie wrote :—" Some of our Ministers abroad conform to the instructions of June 1, 1853 ; some of them consult their individual notions as to the kind of dress most becoming themselves per sonally. One, to my knowledge, has the constel lation of our confederacy embroidered in thirty-odd emblematic stars on the collar of his coat ; another adopted the uniform of the United States army ; ' another that of a municipal councillor of Paris, viz , a black velvet dress with rich silk embroidery. One functionary had all his buttons fashioned after the national shield, with spread-eagle attachment ; and I hear of another proposing to have a gorgeous suit manufactured out of the star-spangled banner. Now, sir, imagine the spectacle of these American representatives of diverse fancies and tastes assem bled together! Nothing save a fancy ball at. Musard's, or a burlesque first-of-April .parade Of eccentric tatterdemalions' would equal it. Is it just to this country, its institutions, and people, that they be thus represented." It is beyond question th a t i ns te a d of simplicity in raiment, the Americans, more especially the ladies, are noted in Europe for gorgeous apparel. None follow more closely the fashions, nor dress more extravagantly, and in face of this well-known cha racteristic, simplicity in the costume of their Minis , ter at Court would appear nothing less than affec- tation. As the Nation well observes—" Europeans are not fools, and a protest on behalf of Republican simplicity against monarchical glare, offered by a Minister's dressing like a waiter when he is fol lowed to Court by a swarm of his countrymen and countrymen bespangled with diamonds, laden with every sort of finery money can procure, and famous all over the Continent for the recklessness of their extravagance, simply affords the Court circles and the general public materials for a great laugh both at the Minister and his principles." If N. Sargent, who writes, from Washington, April 6, be correct, the Republican simplicity mania in diplomatic costume is founded on a quick-sand. That foundation was Dr. Franklin's appearance at the Court of Versailles before the King in the dress of a private citizen, which turns out to have arisen from his Court dress ❑ot arriving in time, and not from his own desire thus to represent Republican si►nplicity. In Jane, 1824, says N. Sargent, " I bee une acquainted with Colonel Lee, brother of General Lee, late Co►n mander-in-Chief of the rebel armies, and son of General Lee, of Alexandria, known in the revolu tion as Light-Horse llarry. In the course of a long walk which I took with Col. Lee and Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, of Alabama, Col. Lee spoke of Washington and many Revolutionary characters, of whom he told us interesting personal anecdotes. Among others of whom he spoke was Dr. Franklin. lie said that Dr. Franklin had been given a vast deal of credit which did not belong to him in refer ence to his appearing at Court in citizen's dress. He said that was an accident, and was never de signed ; and' that Dr, Franklin, who was very particular in his dress, was one of the last men who would designedly attempt to appear at court except in the usual court dress. He said the Doctor had ordered a court dress, which he was to wear on a certain evening when he was to be presented to the King. It had been arranged that the Minister was to call for the Doctor at a certain hour, and take him to the court ; that he called punctually at, or a little before, the time, and found Dr. Franklin in great anxiety, as his court dress had not been sent to him. The Doctor had sent for it, and only got a promise that it should be sent in a few minutes. But minute after minute passed, and each seemed an hour ; still no dress came, till the Minister finally said he could wait no longer ; but kindly suggest& that Dr. Franklin should go in his citizen's dress. The Doctor inquired if he thought he would be received in such a dress? His reply, character istic of French politeness, was, Dr. Franklin will be received at court in any dress.' After some hesi tation, the Minister agreeing to take the responsi bility and explain the case to the King, 1)r. Franklin consented to go. He was received by the King as Dr. Franklin should be received in any garb, and by the ladies of the court especially, with whom he was always a great favourite, with eclat ; attracting more attention probably than any other individual present. Had Dr. Franklin designed to set at naught the etiquette of the court, and be presented in citizen's dress, it is more than doubtful whether the Minister would have presented him in such a dress, or the King would have received him. His court dress not being finished in time was an accident which French politeness excused, and even turned to a pleasant incident." AIISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anylo-American Times) The President has had another interview with the correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial. If the correspondent reports correctly, the President must think old "ad interim," as General Thomas is now almost universally called, a great goose, and the appointment, in the face of this opinion, does not raise the reputation of Andrew Johnson. The Pre sident said—" Thomas seems to be a queer old gen tleman. lie has acted very strangely in parts of this matter. But the fact is, he got a little refreshed over his appointment at first. You know how it is with these military men—how much style they like to put on, and how much fuss they like to make, and how they like to show their authority. Well, Thomas felt very big when he got to be a Secret zry of War. Stanton had treated him pretty sharply on some occasions, and here he thought was a good chance for him to show himself a bigger man than Stanton." Ile goes on to say that Thomas had come back from his interview with Stanton much rejoiced. Perhaps this was after the coaxing described at the Impeachment trial, when Stanton pattei his head and gave him a glass of whisky. The correspon dent makes the President speak in a very undig nified manner, and the friends of Andrew Johnson (if he has any) would be wise in not publishing to the world his little speeches. Such words as these ill become the head of a great nation :—" It is very strange that some men will be abused like the devil for drinking a glass of whisky and water, while others in equally important stations may almost roll in the gutters, and not a word is said about it." The great " llistoricus" has again come before the public, this time to signify his appreciation of the wise discretion of the Irish Government in releasing Colonel Nagle on his promise of leaving the country. " Historicus" considers that the Irish Executive were wise in abandoning a prosecution of ambi guous legality, and unquestionable impolicy. Im mediately John T. Scallan writes to the Times, showing that the Government, instead of abandon ing the prosecution, has intimated its determination, after his rigorous confinement, to put Colonel Nagle on his trial for the third time. This the Pall Mall takes up in " Occasional Notes," delighted at the op portunity of giving " Historicus" a back-hander. But " Historieus," then in his clement, as he demolishes the American Secretary of State, so he demolishes the Pall llall. "On Friday last I read in the Pall Mall"—these are his words—" the following authoritative and circumstantial statement : " Colonel J. W. Nagle, who has been confined in Mount toy Prison since last M•ty, and whose trial for particiption in the Jacknell expedition at Sligo, hail been postpoaed for want of foreigners to serve on the jury, has born released from custody on condition of leaving the country imme diately." " Upon this information I wrote, as the statement was given in an independent paragraph, invested with all the authority of the journal in,. which it . appeared.' .cor.feas it did not occur to me .at the time that it could be ' without a particle of foun dation.' I shall be more cautious and less credu lous for the future." Next day the P all Mall replied thatit was the Telegraph, the news b e i ng g i v en under the head of the Morning Summary. It is a pity that " llistoricus," who is so fond of discovering contradictions in others, does not take the trouble of explaining away the contradictions expos3cl in himself. Not long since a claim was made to the City of Leeds by the ingrahams, an American family, who valued the property at' twenty millions sterling. The Panama Star and Herald of the 23d March makes the following statement, which, if true, will make two citizens of San Francisco heirs to a very pretty fortune :—" SJMC time ago one 'William Budd died in England, leaving an estate which, by judicious management, has increased until it is now valued at the enormous sum of £16,0:.)0,000. The estate was left to the heirs of William Budd, of Burlington county, New Jersey. The first de scendant of William Budd was Levy Budd, the next George R. Budd, who is now living in St. Louis, and has two sons residing in San Francisco—viz., C. P. Budd and W. C. Budd." Mrs. Gaines, by a decision of the United States Supreme Court' on the 6th instant, after 36 years' litigation, becomes the richest woman in America. She is the daughter of Daniel Clark, formerly of Sligo, Ire land, by a secret marriage, and as she was unaware of her real position until ,after her father's death, her claim was contested by the City of New Orleans. The property is principally in real estate in Louisiana, and failing heirs it was so willed as to revert to the city. The decision of theAJnart iu faVour of Mrs. Gaines is considered final, and ends all legal proceedings ; she inherits property worth many millions of dollars. The total amount of the United States National Debt, without deducting the amount in the Treasury, IVDB at the annexed dates as follows : 1864. June 28 July 26 1,805,523,564 August 30 September 30 1865. Bruce. __. March 31 52,366,955,077 May 31 2,635,205,753 August 31 October 31 .. Nevernber 30 December 31 1866. January 1 February 1 March 1 2 2 : : .. 2 ,( 7 1:1 8 1 6 6 8, :6 9 0 5 8 0 May 1 .. ....................................... 2,827,676,871 June 1 . 2,799,979 450 August 1 September 1 ....................................... 2,728,314,835 October 1 ............................................. 2,701,550,709 November 1 .. . ..................................... 2,681,636,966 December 1 .......................................... 2,684,995,875 1867. _ ___ 2,668,875, January 1 .......................................... $2,675,062,505 February 1 , .................. .... 2,685,773,539 March 1 ............ ................................ 2,690,587,289 April 1 ................................................ 2,663,713,73,1 May 1 ................................. O9B June 1 ................................................ 2,687,C40,515 August 1 ...................................... ••• 2,666,685,cm September 1 ......... .. ...... .. 2,653,792,p9 October 1 ............................. : ............... 2.630,389,456 November l .......................................... 2,625,02,8 l 8 December 1 .......................................... 2,6:39,382,572 1868. ,Taniriry 1 52,6-12,326,253 Fobruary 1 ........ 2,651,384,686 March 1 .................................... . 2,648,207,097 April 1 2 , 642,000,000 We regret to have thus publicly to draw attention to the way in which the executors have managed the property of the late Mr. Browne, better known as " Artemus Ward." It is but fair to all concerned that the allegations made in the United States should be brought to the notice of these persons. The editor of the Biddeford (Maine) Democrat intimates that 46 the mother of the deceased ha mourist has not been able to get a single word in answer to her numerous letters from those 3tho obtained possession of the money and chattels of her son after his death." Rumours reflecting anything but honour on the English executors have been circulated in America, and on a former occasion we called attention to the fact, announcing that we would again bring the subject up in case it was permitted to remain in this unsa- tisfactory state. We hope that some friend of th e parties interested will see the necessity of moving in the matter, if the people directly concerned do not—for it will be nothing less than a national dis grace if the mother of a generous and confiding stranger like Artemus Ward (under such circum stances) be deprived of her rights and mu, ble to pro cure common justice in England. We do not think the public will be inclined to look tamely on if the facts should turn out to be as reported in the States. Thousands of elms have been planted on the streets of Chicago this spring, some of the trees being 25 to 501 t. high. An iron steam pleasure yacht of great speed, GO 'feet long, and costing $B,OOO, is nearly completed at Buffalo. A school of howce)pathy has been established at the University of ..tlichigan, in connection with the mdi cal department. The state Legislature appropriated $15,000 for this purpose. Since the spring of 1866 the volunteer force of Ontario and Quebec has increased from 348 companies, with a nominal strength of 19,597 MOD, to 569 companies, with a nominal strength of 33,754 mon. The semi-annual fair is now being held at Frank fort-on-the-Maine. Tho city is full of booths and goods brought here forexhibition and sale. These fairs were in stituted by Charlemagne about the year 800. On the 16th inst. the foundation stone of an English church was laid at Dresden, and, besides English residents, many Americans belonging to tho English con gregation were present at the ceremony. The church will probably be finished by next Christmas. A new " Chicago Bible," now in press is to contain, in addition to the pages ordinarily devoted to births, marriages, and deaths, several leaves for divorces Mr. W. B. Farwell, United States Revenue Of fice, now at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, has made a valuable invention for heating railway cars. Mrs. Cyrus W. Field was one of the passengers iu tho. China from Now York. Mrs. Lester, formerly Mrs. Bloomer, is giving lectures to the :Mormons. John G. Saxe, the poet, has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the mission at St. Petersburgh. Mr. F. Clare Ford, First Secretary of Legation to the British Minister at Washington, is now on; visit to Europe. Mr. Ford filled the post of Charge d'Affaires for several months alter the death of Sir Frederick Charles Ross, arrested at Cincinnati by Ameri can officers, has been handed over to English officers sent by the British Government to secure him. Ile is charged with the murder of his landlord's wife in Ireland some years ago, and a reward of £7OO was offered for his a ppro-• hension. Ou his arrest he attempted to cut his throat, but did not seriously injure himself. " Captain" Buckley and " Colonel" O'Brien, late Fenian prisoners at Dublin, who were discharged on condition of leaving the United Kingdom, have arrived in New York. A good deal of merriment was excited in Ottawa at the rumour that Mr. Annand, one of the Nova Scotia Repeal delegates to Downing-street, was arrested on hils arrival at Queenstown as a Fenian, but subsequently re leased by the Irish police on the urgent representation s of the two other anti-delegates. General Meade has issued an order suspending the collection of the taxes in Georgia. General Gillam has refused to recognise the le gality of the Arkansas Legislature. Mr. Johnson has signed the treaty with the North German Confederation. The suit instituted by the West India and Pacific' Company against Messrs. Guion and Co. for the damag e caused by tho explosion of nitro-glycerine in 1866, on board the steamer European at Colon, has been withdraW n —Messrs. Guion and Co. paying the costs incurred. Besides 4 , the Cold and Classical Demosthenes of the House," Mr. Boutwell has received the two following appellations : " The Black Hair'd Energy of this la" peachment," and " The Steady Wind Blowing Aft." Itynerson, the murderer of Chief Justice Slough of New Mexico, last fall, has been tried and acquitted. The Echoes from the Clubs last Wednesday, in its theatrical criticism, thus speaks of Mdlle. Kellogg—" T h° talented American prima donna had already been charm ing the audiences at her Majesty's Theatre, as Zerlina, and moving them to tears as Linda. But a still greater triumph was reserved for her in the part of Gilds, ivLicli she undertook for the first time in England on Saturday , with Mr. Santlgy as Rigolotto, and k'rasehiui as too Duke." The Connecticut House of Representatives Fill have among its R. , publican members ex-Governor 111iuer, Lieutenant-Governor Avetill, and Charles Ivos of 8 34 Haven, of whom the latter will probably be Spoaker. waived his claim last year iu favour of Mr. Wait, of Nor" with. Gen. Hancock has established the headquarter s of Ulu. militar3 division of tho'tAtlantio at, Washingto n, and appointed his staff ; but only routine! business 1 114 ' 4 as yet been transacted at his office. A coloured lawyer named George B. Vashon plied for admission to the bar in Pittsburg last summe r. A decision against his application was given in the Ca li of Common Pleas at that city on the 6th inst. Two judges concurred in the exclusion, ono solely ongrouud of colour, and the other on the technical ground of non-complia nce with certain rules of the court. Lieut.-Colonel Grigsby, of Kentucky, has been appointed by the President special inspector of Custom s for the United States at the port of Panama. This oflie° was created by the Act of 1854, and requires, we under stand, a strong-minded man to withstand and to suppre ss the corruption and fraud ther e p rac ti se d. A well-arme d gunboat on the Atlantic side will be placed under his orders, and he will exercise considerable power in direct ing the movements of the United States men-of-war , in case he requires their aid. It is announced that John Schneider, a black" smith in Grand Rapids, has become heir to an estate _ valued at $3,000 , 000. Th e proper ty b e l onge d to a bache lor uncle of his, who died a short time since at Frankfort -00 " the-Maine, whose property falls to his only sister, tilt/ mother of Mr. Schneider, who has only two children. An American paper says, Louis Napoleon gets 614,240 a day ; Queen. Victoria, $6,027 ; Francis JoSePIII $10,950, and the King of Prussia, $8,210. Colonel Edwin Griffin Parker, whose death 1 10 lately boon announced, was a graduate of Yale, and of th e Cambridge Law School. He practisod law in Boston, and wrote a treatise on the Golden Ago of American OratoIlf? a Lifo of Itnfus Choate, with whom he was professiona ll l connected, and various pwers in American magazines' Ile served during the war, and on his return devoted O il ' self to the os'ablishmont of the American Literary Burcaa' from which ill health compelled him to retire. Dr. F. 11. N. Young; of Danbury, Connecticut, who accompanied Dr. Kane on his Arctic Expedition ia search of Sir John Franklin, died recently at N art York. The Rev. Chauncey Goodrich, who died in I s T evr ,, Haven, Connecticut, Friday night, March 27, at the ag of 51, was one of a race of scholars, and well known as the revising editor of various editions of Webstor's n i , e ; tiouary, especially of the unabridged, publishod in 18 ' Ile was son of the late Professor C. A. Goodrich, of 'f 4lo College, and brother of the Rev. Dr. Goodrich, of Cloy!, land, Ohio, who survives him. He graduated at Y ale !, 1837, studied theology from 1838 to 1840, preache d 0 various places, until in 1856 his health forbade, s ide which time ho has been engaged in various literary Par suits. Births. BOEVEY —On the 25th inst., at Flaxley, the wife of Sir 11. Crawley Boevey, Bart., of a son. HALE—On the 2 lth inst., at Tolbury llonse,_ Br iitt re: Somerset, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Edward Hall, (' (laughter. r SHARPE—On the 26th inst., at Richmond, the wif e of • Sharpe, Esq., of Fleet-street, London, banker, of 5 6°ll. Marriages. -waft - JOHN—SENIOR—On the 25th inst., at St. James's, t a nd dilly, the lion. St. Andrew St. John, eldest sell ' e gt St. John, of Bletsoo, to Ellen Georgians, Yolayi daughter of the late Edward Senior, Esq., Fo° Commissioner for Ireland. ton NICHOLL—KNIGHT — On the 23d inst., at Tyth e b, Church, Christopher R. K. Nicholl, Esq., Cal)ioth Battalion Rifle Brigade, son of the Right lion. J. ~,Tit M.P., to Florence Emma, daughter of the Rev. Gil'''. Knight, of Tythogston Court, Glamorganshirc. Deaths. BLAKE—On the 26th inst., Edward C. Scott Blake, of Stanley Villas, the Grove, elle - aged 46. 8 1 CONINGHAM—On the 21st inst., at Nice, Illajor",eu ef Coniugham, aged 70. FENWICK -On the 25th inst., at Lansdowne House, - a' ill, mond, Surrey, Henry Feuwick, Esq of South county Durham, aged -18. Colonel OXENDEN—On the 26th inst., at Maydeken, Ken W t 7, ~° Charles Vernon ender), Rifle Brigade, aged 4 t, d RAPP—On the 25th inst., at Basle, Switzerland, J. uo- a Rapp, Esq., aged 68. London : Printed and Published by W1LL1.9.14 All p f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tug Sur; Oaice, 1 J oh Strand, in the Precinct of the Sevoy, in the Cou M.iddlewx.—Tuafglay, April 28, DO. I