The Sun. — London, England, 1868-11-28 00:00:00

',SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC.JQI7ZNALS. The Saturday Review says that Mr. Disraeli has been compared by some of his critics to Louis Napoleon, and whatever similarity there is between unscrupulous pleaded in favour of that comparison.• But upon the newspapers of their party the rule of these two potentates does produce a very similar effect. It is as hard to get at genuine Con servative opinion, undoctored by whips or agents, as it is to get at Imperialist opinion which owes nothing to the inspiration of the Minister of the Interior. We do not know what the mass of unofficial Conservatives, who have got nothing and have nothing to get, think of the success which has attended the brilliant manoeuvres of 1867 ; but we shall now try to conjecture what they feel, or at any rate what they ought to feel. It is not very easy for out side observers to penetrate the inarticulate thoughts of the country squires in Parliament whose docility passed the Reform Bill of that year. Their intellectual processes will always remain to a great extent inscrutable. We learned on that occasion that Mr. Disraeli can cajole them by pretences flimsier than have been used by any similar artist in that line since the days of Titus Oates. We can not be certain, therefore, how far the rude shock of the last fortnight has awakened them even now. But even the spectators at a country fair require some kind of coarse success from the mountebank they are watching ; and one would think that all the ingenious consolations of Mr. Noel and Mr. Spofforth would be inadequate to neutralise the figures which meet their eyes every morning now. This at least, it should seem, is clear, that as far as elec tioneering results go, the course which Mr. Disraeli has taken is as damaging to the Conservatives as any course could possibly have been. Lord Derby laid it down that the great object of his Reform policy was " to take such measures as should turn his minorityinto a majority." Mr. Disraeli told them that be had resisted the line of £7, and accepted household suffrage, " because that measure would not injure the Conservative party." By promises such as these, scattered still more lavishly in private, the Conservative members, up to their ears in anti democratic pledges, voted enthusiastically for the platform of the most extreme Reformers in the House. The " dodge" has ridiculously failed. The Conservatives appeared to believe with such a placid confidence that their leader's tortuous course was guiding them to victory, that many of their opponents were inclined to think there must be something in it after all. At all events it was premature to draw any conclusion as to the wisdom of their course as long as that confidence was undisturbed. Now, however, it is safe to say that of all the hallucinations that ever vexed a political party, theirs stands easily at the head. The moral of it is that respectable country squires should not try finessing. No doubt they did it in good faith, under the advice of those who had reasons for the advice they gave. The distance between Liberal and Conservative is much the same as it was before ; but both bodies have travelled in three years over ground that, under less clever management, might have occupied a generation. That achieveinent completes the advantages which Mr. Disraeli has conferred on the cause he was employed to save. To have changed a majority of sixty into a majority of a hundred ; to have changed their opponents from a rabble into a disciplined host ; and to have made the Liberals into Radicals, is about the net result to the Conservatives of the Con servative strategy of 1867. The Spectator thinks the election will convince Liberals —leaders, members, and editors all alike—of the wretched folly of neglecting the counties any longer. They have thought effort useless because the constituency was so narrow. It was useless to argue, or teach, or lecture, while a few families could, if combined, drive a majority of the fifty-pounders to the poll. They have consequently neglected the counties, have allowed the small county papers to fall into inferior hands, have taught nobody, have treated all county claims with a listless attention strongly contrasted with their zeal in removing every commercial grievance. They have offered the farmers nothing, not even a patient hearing, and have allowed the Tories to spread far and wide the idea that they represented the great "agricultural interest," the interest which of all others most keenly feels any even accidental grievance. Men who at best hope only for an average eight per cent. feel an addition to rates, an injustice about educational grants, a special tax, a defect of communication, as tradesmen who expect thirty cannot do, while from the constitution of English society they are of all men least liable to feel the contagion of new ideas. The Liberal chiefs must exert themselves to educate the counties, to chew themselves distinctly favourable to freedom in the corn manufacture, to spread ideas, to infuse a leaven of liberality into the country clergy ; above all, to remove the impression that they, like the writers in Punch, think a man a fool because he dresses in a way most suitable to his own business. If this election startles the Liberals into a new attitude towards the counties, an attitude of greater liberality, justice, and sympathy, this year's defeat will yet be worth to then many victories. According to the Imperial Review the sketch Mr. Glad stone has given of himself and of the growth and develop ment of his opinions, is one that will tend to confirm pre vailing impressions as to his unfitness for the work of practical politics. Mr. Gladstone is, in only too great a degree, "a dreamer of dreams - born out of his due time." The curious irresoluteness of temperament, the fanciful subtlety in speculation, the indefinite character of his views, the instability of his opinions, the plasticity of intellect that receives all impressions and retains none, are all traits that debar him from success in statesman ship. Ile has been drifting all his life, without clear convictions to guide his course, only moved by confused and often conflicting sympathies, of a somewhat. feminine incoherence and a more than feminine intensity. If the " Chapter of Autobiography" were to be generally read, the faith of not a few of his ardent admirers in his infallibility would be shaken. But life is short, and Mr. Gladlitone's deliverances, written as well as oral, are very long. And it is to be feared that the present statement will not receive' the attention that those who hesitate to accord political confidence to the member for Greenwich would desire it to gain. The London Review remarks.: How flavourless hence forward the dish of parliamentary salad ! Vanished the vinegar and the oil, the pepper and the sugar, the calm wisdom of Mill, the tart virulence of Roebuck, the elabo rate staginess of Horsman's oratory, the pungent humour of Osborne. Reporters shall strain their ears no more to catch the rapid • utterances which so inadequately con veyed the close and masterful thought of the first thinker of the age. The. scornful index finger, downward point ing, of the rejected of Sheffield, shall have no opportunity of rousing Tory cheers as it indicates " the right hon. gentleman the member for Greenwich." Mr. Roebuck's behaviour in the last Parliament disgusted all parties, even the Tories, on whom he fawned, as he had lawnee before on Louis Napoleon. His intemperate attacks on the working men discredited the Trades Union Commis• sion ; and his alliance during the recent contest at Sheffiel,l with the Broadhead faction proved how little hones: earnestness had underlain his former attacks upor the unions in Sheffield. The bad taste of his speech at the banquet to Mr. Reverdy Johnson had also something to do with his rejection; but the main reason of his defeat was the same that procured Mr. Osborne's—the un certainty of his Liberalism. This also completed Mr. Horsman's overthrow, in spite of some forced advances to the Democratic party. Stroud was not to be purchased by one of the leaders of the Adullamite revolt, even when he bid so high as to offer the whole House of Peers at a sacrifice. And throughout the country the same tern per prevailed. Adullamy is dead and buried ; the party dis cipline among Tories and Liberals is stronger now than it has been since the repeal of the Corn Laws. The causes of Mr. Mill's rejection at Westminster we have already incidentally alluded to. His noblest public acts and his gravest public errors, his eminence as a speculative philosopher, and his private theological opinions, all con tributed to eject him from the representation of the City of the Swells. His prosecution of Mr. Eyre, his advocacy of Mr. Chadwick's claims and of Mr. Bradlaugh, and his recognised position as the leader of the Rationalistic school of thought in England, alienated, jointly and severally, some powerful sections of electors who are usully classed as Liberals. It is unnecessary here to say how great a blow to the prestige and true worth of the House of Commons we consider Mr. Mill's defeat, It is now, for the present, irreversible and irreparable. Mr. Mill is among the beaten candidates—a significant fact enough, when we look at roue of those who have been successful. The John Bull says that never has her Majesty done e. more- popular act—rarely so graceful a one—as in making Mrs. Disraeli a peeress in her own right. The great champion of Church and State could not be spared from the House of Commons for many a long year, and the Queen rightly felt that to wait till he might retire as Earl . of Hughenden, to the calmer atmosphere of the House of Lords, before she expressed her sense of his distinguished services, would be a slight on the services he has rendered the ,Crown and nation amidst unparalleled difficulties and un;crupulons opposition. It is a trite saying that great men have very often commonplace wives, but the history of modern English statesmen would seem to disprove it. The'influence Lady Palmerston exercised on the political world was very considerable ; and if Mrs. Disraeli and Mrs. Gladstone have made their influence less directly felt; buth we believe to have nhared most completely in the sorrows and joys of their husbands' varying fortunes. :IN;une who heard Mr. Disraeli's speech at the great Edin burgh banquet, in which he said he owed all his success in life to his wife, and Mr. BaiUie Cochrane's testimony to her virtues, can doubt that amidst the unceasing harass of a staternan's life, especially of une who has risen by his own exertions and has had to encounter untiring j ea l ous y, Mrs. Disraeli has been the judicious adviser, the I nin/steripg angel, of the stal,:.stuan- whose merits an Admiring VO4Vgity, ontovorArixe will appr@cilitv, PITY RAILROAJj neiv — method of applying steam for ‘loBBlll6ilie rtir poses on street railways, so as to avoid the use of fire In the engine while running on the streets, has been exhibited an a temporary tr;,N.' In this engine lite necessity for a firebox, smoke-stack, &c., is done away with by substitut ing a strong tank or reservoir for holding water previously heater to a high temperature in a stationary boiler. The water so heated is forced into the locomotive tank, and is capable of giving off an amount of working steam for a considerable length of time sufficient to drive the engine and draw one or more cars. The new locomotive weighs about five tons when fully supplied with the requisite storage of heated water. At the trial it ran 45 minutes, making 125 stoppage; and reducing the steam pressure from 801 b. at starting to 201 b. when the trial ceased. No noise was made other than the rumble of the wheels over the rails, and the machine seemed to be at all times under the perfect control of the engineer, being stopped almost instantly while running at the rate of six miles per hour. The temperature of the water is kept up by a non conducting jacket, three inches thick, around the tank. It is proposed, in adapting the invention to the street cars, to place a stationary steam boiler at the end of the road to charge the locomotive with a sufficient quantity of hot water to perform the trip.—Philadelphia Ledger. L'HE VISIT OF THE AMERICAN MINISTER TO 818M1NG11.431. The following is the address (agreed upon by the Town Council of Birmingham) which is to be presented to Mr. Reverdy Johnson on the occasion of his - visit to the Mid land metropolis :—" We, the mayor, aldermen, and bur gesses of the borough of Birmingham, desiring not to be among the last of the great cities of this kingdom in recognising the presence of your Excellency among us, gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity now afforded of congratulating your Excel lency and your fellow-citizens upon the successful issue of a mission entrusted to your Excellency, by which, in the agreement of two great nations for the peaceable adjust ment of international questions of remote dateand formid able dimensions, a material guarantee has been obtained for the peace of the world. This transaction, concluded by the instrumentality of your Excellency and Lord Stanley, we regard as the victory of religion and morality enforced by reason over the baser feelings of human nature, and as a glorious proof of the continued advance of the great prin ciples of truth and justice side by side with civilisa tion in its progress through the nations of the earth. 'The Divine blessing was bestowed of old upon peace makers, and blessed indeed are the peacemakers who, by preventing painful estrangements, bring together the hands of hesitating kindred, and restore a good understanding in lieu of the mistrust and suspicion which before unhappily existed. It has been the privilege and the happiness of your Excellency and Lord Stanley to effect this most desirable consummation on behalf of the people of the United States and Great Britain, and long may your Excellency live to contemplate the fruit of your labours, and to witness the increased and still increasing happiness and prosperity of both nations." rITE COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ~--~ The Law Journal, "with much regret," notices the languishing condition of business in the Court of Exchequer. The interest attaching to the Court of Exchequer, from historical and other associations, is so great, that every one would be sorry to hear of its ex tinction. But the expense of the establishment is con siderable, especially since a new judge has been added, and there is something highly absurd in the spectacle of a Chief Baron and three barons sitting in state with nothing to occupy their time, and, as it were, living their briefless days over again. The common-law business of the Court of Exchequer increased very much soon after the late Lord Wensleydale took his seat there, though for some time it was said that counsel were almost invited to exhaust their arguments, as there was plenty of time for everybody. His lordship passed away, and a great deal of the business with him. Upon the appointment of Sir Fitzroy Kelly to the post of Chief Baron, it was expected that matters would change. But the stream of business continued sluggish. In one respect this was an advantage. A rule for a new trial might be obained and cause shewn against it in the ordinary course during the same term--a result which is not likely ever to be achieved in the Queen's Bench. But a court must decline in dignity if it has no more to do than to ask counsel whether they move, to nominate the sheriffs, or to hold converse with the Lord Mayor on November 9. Perhaps the Judicature Commission may find a method for utilising the energies of the court. MORE POWDETh-MILL EXPLOSIONS. We have to-day to record two powder-mill explosions. On Thursday one took place at the Allan Blasting-Powder Works, Truro, but caused no loss of life. The cause of the explosion originated in the sulphur grinding-house (which is attached to the saltpAre and sulphur stores), by, it is supposed, the accidental presence of a piece of iron among the sulphur being ground. This, or the stones striking each other, and so sending a spark into the sulphur, the latter took fire; which spread to the wookwork, and rapidly increased. All hands were called, and although a plentiful.supply of water was at hand, the flames could not be subdued. The roof, the adjoining stores, and the trees overhead took fire, and the burning embers were carried by the wind some distance. It was now seen that all attempts to put out the fire would be ineffectual, and if the driving embers lodged on either of the build ings near an explosion must take place, with, no doubt, loss of life. The men sought places of safety, and scarcely had two minutes elapsed when one after another in quick succession, three charge-houses, in each of which there were four or five cwt. of powder—the dry-house and packing-house—exploded. All these houses are com ,?letely destroyed. Of the packing-house not a vestige remains, the entire building having been carried to a great distance, as well as the roof of the other buildings. The stables, office, cooperage, and engine-house were much shaken and partially unroofed. Trees are uprooted, and large branches are torn off by the force of the shock. Mar the sulphur-house was a large iron water-wheel, which was blown out of its bearings and broken to pieces. The damage can hardly be estimated as yet ; but it cannot be very great, as the buildings were so lightly put together, and the machinery is but little injured. This is the fifth accident that has occurred at these works. The other explosion took place at the Lowood Powder Works, Lancaster. John Pratt, aged 54, and Thomas Benson, aged 38, were killed. William Walter, Samuel Waterhouse, and John Shexton were so seriously injured that they are not expected to live. So far as can be ascer tained, everything was in perfect working order at the time of the explosion. The premises were considerably damaged. NEW ZEALAND ARISTOCRACY.—A laughatlie in cident occurred a few nights ago here, at a ball at which the elite only were present. Among others, Mete King, one of the Maori representatives, a savage who cannot speak English, and who, to make himself bearable, should use unlimited quantities of eau de cologne, was present. He "moved" about, scarcely speaking, but at last seeing a lady with very fine arms, which were bare a little above the elbow, he went up to her, and pointing to her arm, said, Kaipai, kaipai, fat" (good, good, fat), at the same s ti a mf: smacking his lips longingly.—E ew Zealand Paper. THE CESSION OF GIBRALTAR.—The question of the cession of Gibraltar is by no means forgotten in Spain, rnd it may be expected to crop up at intervals whenever a favourable opportunity appears. The last on the subject is a letter written from London to a Barcelona journal, in which the matter is discussed at length. The correspondent does not attempt to adduce arguments in support of ces sion, but confines himself to remarking that the question has been reopened, and that it will be brought seriously before the new House of Commons. That Gibraltar is useless for the purpose it is supposed to serve remains to be seen. The Mediterranean is now our highway to India, and Gibraltar stands at the gate. But apart from such considerations is that of prestige. No true Englishman could be otherwise than wounded at the surrender of a fortress so inseparably connected with the glories of the past.--Gibraltar Chronicle, Arcrv. 18. DOUBLE RETURNS.—The Law Jcvrnal gives the law on double returns. A question has been mooted whether, if a member is returned for two places, his elec tion to sit for one of the places has the effect of seating the candidate who was next to him on the poll in the other. A supposition so absurt l , and so contrary to the whole meaning and principle of the law of elections, scarcely deserves consideration. But it has been seriously urged that, if Mr. Gladstone had succeeded in South-west Lancashire, and bad abandoned Greenwich, Sir W. Parker could have claimed the latter seat. Probably it never occurred to the propounder of this theory to ask himself what would have happened if Sir W. Parker and Lord Mahon had been candidates, and had retired on the declaration of the show of hands ; or, indeed, what would have happened if Alderman Salomons and Mr. Gladstone had been returned without opposition. The fact is, that where a member returned to the Clerk of the Crown elects not to sit for the place for which he is returned, the place is without a mem , her, the seat is VOW, and a new election must be held. A member returned for two places Must make his eleCtloll within ono weed after the expiratien tin butt- ;11g tit ofenatin , 'Adam ) Constituency. ABINGDON ANDOVER AYLESBURY ASHTON-17NDER-LYNE ANGLESEA BRECONSIIIRZ RI.ICNSTAXLE BRIDONORTH BANBURY BATH BEDFORD BRltwicic BEVEItLEY BEWDLEY BIRKENHEAD BIRMINGHAM BLACKBURN BODKIN .... BOLTON .... BOSTON BRADFORD.... BRIDGWATER ... BEIGIITON BRISTOL BUCKINGHAM Du RNLRY BC RY BURY ST. EDMUNDS BEDFORDSHIRE BRIDPORT BEAUMARIS BRECON BucsiNuasmiaußz BERKSHIRE CIINBERLAND, EAST . CUMBERLAND, WEST . CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. CANTERBURY CARDIrr CARLISLE CARMARTHEN CARMARTHENSILIRE CARNARVON CA RNARVONSHIRE CHESHIRE, MID CHATHAM CHELTENHAM CHESTER CHICHESTER CHIPPEN HAM CIRENCESTER CLITHEROE COVENTRY CALNE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERS CARDIGAN CARDIGANSHIRE CHELSEA CHRISTCHURCH COCKERMOI7TH COLCHESTER CRICKLADE CORNWALL, EAST CORNWALL, WEST CHESHIRE, EAST CIIESHIRE, WEST DENBIGH DENBIGHSHIRE DEVONPORT DARLINGTON DERBY DEVIZES DEwsBURY DOVER DRauwicn DURHAM... DIIRHA.M, NORTH DURHAM, SOUTH . DORCHESTER DUDLEY DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, EAST DERBYSHIRE, NORTH DEVON, SOUTH DEVON, NORTH DEVON, EAST DORSETBHIRE EVESHAM EXETER Essxx, Sou= Ess EX, WEST ESSEX, NORTH-EAST .. EYE FINSBURY FROME FLINT FALMOU TII FLINTSIIIRE GLAMOIMA.NSISIRE GATESHEAD C,LOUCESTEP GRAVESEND GREAT GRIMSBY GREENWICH GUILDFORD GRANTHAM .... GLOUCESTER, EAST GLOUCESTER, WEST HANTS, SOUTH HERTFORDSHIRE HACKNEY HALIFAX . HASTINGS HELEITON HERTFORD REB.EFOUD HEREFORDSHIRE .... HULL fIYTHE RANTS. NORTH HARWICH . HUNTINGDON HARTLEPOOL HAVERFORDWk ST HORSHAM HUNTIS.GDONSHIRE • ... HUDDERSFIELD IPSWICH ISLE OF WIGHT KENT, WEST KENT, MID ....... > ... KENT, EAST KING'S LYNN KIDDERMINSTER KN-4.ItESBOROUGH KENDAL LAMBETH. LEEDS LEICESTER LEICESTER, NORTH ... LEICESTRIS, SOUTH .... LANCASHIRE, S.W. , „ LANcAssIRE, S.E LEOMINSTER LUDLOW LONDON CITY LONDON UNIVERSITY LYMINOTON LAUNCESTON LINCOLN LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH LINCOLN, MID LINCOLN, SOUTH LIME/CARD LEWES LICHFIELD Livmsroot LANCASHIRE, NORTH LANcAstuRE, N.E. MONTOOMERYBHIRZ MALDON MAftLow ... kiIDHURST MACCLESFIELD MAIDSTONE MALMESBU itY MANC ULSTER MARYLEBONE MERTHYR TYDVIL ...... MONMOUTI! MALTON MARLBOROUGH MERIONETHSHIRE MIDDLESBOROUGH . • MONTGOMERY MORPETH MONMOUTHSHIRE MIDDLESEX NORFOLK, SOUTH NIWARK NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNEI NEWCASTLE-UNDR-LYM. NORTHALLERTON . NORTHAMPTON ... NORWICH NOTTINGHAM NEWPORT, I. OF WIGHT NORFOLK, NORTII NORFOLK, WEST NORTHAMPTON, NORTH NORTHAMPTON, SOUTH NOTTS, NORTH NOTTS, SOUTH NORTHUMBERLAND, N. NORTHTIMIERLAND, S. OxiroaD UNIVZSOITY. T.HE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AOVEMBER 28, 1868, THE NEW PARLIAMENT. * New Members.—} Old Members for New Constituencies. Members. Mr Lindsay Mr Fortescue Mr N Rothschild Mr Smith * Mr Mellor M r Davies Hon G C Morgan Mr T Cave * Captain Williams Mr Whitmore Mr Samuelson Mr Tite * Mr Dalrymple Mr Whitllread * Mr J Howard * Lord Bury * Mr J Stapleton Sir H. Edwards * Captain Kennard * Sir R Glass Mr John Laird Mr John Bright Mr Dixon * Mr P II Muntz Mr W H Hornby Mr J Feilden Hon F L Govrer Lieut-Colonel Gray * Mr J Hick Mr Malcolm * Mr T Collins Mr W E Forster * Mr Ripley Mr A W ICinglake Mr Vanderbyl Mr James White Professor Fawcett Mr H Berkeley * Mr S Morley Sir Harry Verney * Mr R Shaw Mr Philips Mr Hardcastle Mr Greene Mr F C H Russell Colonel Gilpin Mr T A Mitchell Hon W 0 Stanley Mr Howel Gwyn Right Hon B Disraeli Mr Du Pre • Mr Lambert Mr Benyon Colonel Loyd Lindsay * Mr John Walter Hon C Howard t Mr W N Hodgson Captain Lowther Hon P Wyndham * Colonel Torrens i• Mr Fowler Lord George Manners Lord Royston Right Hon H Brand Mr Butler Johnstone * Captain Brinkman Colonel Stuart Mr E Potter * Sir Wilfrid Lawson .... * Colonel Stepney * Mr Sartoris • Mr John Jones Mr W B Hughes * Captain Parry Mr C Legh Hon W Egerton Mr Otway * Mr H B Samuelson Earl Grosvenor • Mr Raikes Lord H G Lennox Mr Goldney Hon A Bathurst Mr R Assheton Mr Eaton * Mr Staveley Hill * Lord E Fitzmaurice Right Hon S Walpole Mr Beresford Hope t Sir Thomas Lloyd Mr Richards * Mr C W Dilke * Sir Henry Hoare * Mr E Burke * Mr J Fletcher Mr Rebow * Dr Brewer Sir D Gooch * Hon F Cadogan * Sir John Trelawny * Mr B Willyams Mr St Aubyn * Mr P Vivian * Mr E C Egerton l* Mr W Legh Mr Tollemache Sir Philip Egerton * Mr Williams Sir Watkin Wynne * Mr Morgan Mr 111 Chambers • air Lewis * Mr Backhouse Mr M T Bass * Mr Plimsoll Sir T Bateson * Sergeant Simon Major Dickson * Mr. Jesse', Q.C. Sir John Pakington Mr Henderson * Mr Davison Sir H Williamson * Mr Mott Mr Pease * Mr Beaumont Colonel Sturt Mr H B Sheridan * Sir T Gresley * Mr R Smith * Hon H Strutt * Hon Captain Egerton. Lord G Cavendish • Mr. Arkwright t Sir Massey Lopes Mr Kekewich Mr T D Acland, Sir Stafford Northcote Sir L Palk t Lord Courtenay Hon Mr Portman Mr Floyer Mr Sturt Col Bourne Mr Coleridge * Mr Bowring * Mr W Baker * Mr A Johnstone Lord Eustace Cecil Mr 8 Ibbetson * Mr Round I* Colonel Brise Lord Barrington Mr MC Torrens Alderman Lusk t Mr T. Hughes Sir John Hanmer * Mr Fowler * air Lastwick Lord R Grosvenor Colonel Talbot Mr II Vivian Right Hon Sir W Hutt Mr Price Mr Monk * C Wingfield 1 t Captain Towline Mr Alderman Salomons Rt Hon W E Gladstone Mr Onslow * Captain Cholmeley • lion F Tollemache. Sir M Beach Mr Holford Colonel Kingscote * Mr Marling Rights - Hon W CArper t Lord H Scott Hon H Cowper Mr A Smith * Mr H Brand * Mr C Reed * Mr Holm Mr Stansfeld Colonel Akroyd * Mr T Brassey * Mr F North * Mr Young Mr R Dimsdale Mr Clive * Mr Wyllie Mr Biddulph Mr Bailey * Sir H Croft Mr James Clay Mr Norwood Baron N de Rothschild Mr W B Beach - Mr Sclater-Booth Major Jervis Mr T Baring * Mr Jackson * Colonel Edwardes Mr Hurst double * Major Aldridge J return Lord R Montagu Mr E Fellowes Mr E A Leathern Mr H E Adair * Mr West. Q.O Sir J Simeon * Mr Mills 1 * Mr Talbot Lord Holmesdale Mr Hart Dyke Mr L Pemberton * Hon G Milles Lord Stanley * Hon R Bourke * Mr Lea * Mr Illingworth - * Mr Whitwell * Alderman J Lawrence * Mr W M'Arthur Mr Baines * Alderman Carter * Mr Wheelhouse Mr Taylor Mr Harris Lord J Manners * Mr Frewen Lord Curzon Mr Pell Mr Cross Mr C Turner Hon A F Egerton ' Mr S Henry Mr Arkwright Colonel Clive Mr Goschen Mr Crawford Mr Lawrence * Mr Bell Rt Hon Robert Lowe Lord G Lennox Mr Henry Lopes Mr C Seely * Mr H Palmer Sir M J Cholmeley * Mr R Winn * Mr Amcoats * Mr H Chaplin Mr Welby * Mr Turnor - Sir Arthur Buller Lord Pelham Colonel Dyott Mr Graves * Lord Bandon * Mr Rathbone Colonel Wilson-Patten t Hon F Stanley Mr Holt • Mr Starkie Mr C W Wynn * Mr Bentall * Mr Wetherhed Mr Mitford * Mr C Brocklehur t * Mr Chadwick Mr Lee Mr Whatman * Mr Powell Mr Bazley Mr Jacob Bright * Mr Birley Mr H Lewis Mr T Chambers * Mr Richard * Mr Fothergill * Sir J Ramsden Hon C Fitzwilliam Lord E Bruce * Mr D Williams * Mr Bolckow Hon Cl H Tracy Sir G Grey Mr C Morgan Colonel Somerset Viscount Enfield * Lord G Hamilton Mr E Howes Mr C S Read Mr G Hodgkinson Mr E Denison Mr Headlam Mr Cowen Mr Allen Mr Buckley * Mr Hutton Lord Henley Mr C Gilpin Sir W Russell * Sir H Stracey * Sir It Clifton " Mr Wright Mr Martin Sir E Lacon * Hon F Walpole Sir W Bagge Hon T De Grey Mr Ward Hunt Mr S Stopford * Major Cartwright Sir Rainald Knightley Right Hon J Denison * Mr F C Smith Mr Barrow Mr Hildyard * Earl Percy * Mr Ridley Mr Beaumont Hon H Liddell Rt Hon G Hardy t U2a.J *norm I I L , :::ii ;vi I Pi Constituency. 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R 3 ID ID OE r SUSSEX, EAST 1 1 I STAFFORDSHIRE, EAST 1 I STAFFORDSHIRE, WEST' STIFFORDSHIRE,NORTH 1 STAMFORD SHROPSHIRE, NORTH , 1 I SHROPSHIRE, SOUTH ST. IvES STWEE-UPON-TRENy 1 1 TAxwonrs II TAUNTON 1 1 I Tnuno 1 TYNEMOUTH TAVISTOCK 1 TIVERTON I Tnntsx WAKEFIELD 1 WESTMORELAND I 1 WEDNESBURY WESTBURY 1 WESTMINSTER 1 I I WEYMOUTH 1 WORCESTER 1 I i I WORCESTER, EAST ... WORCESTER, WEST , , 1 I WYCOMBE WALSALL WENLOCE I WILTON 1 WILTS, SOUTH WOLVERHAMPTON WARWICICBUIRZ,NORTH 1. 1 I WARWICKSHIRE, SOUTH 1 1 I WILTS, NORTH 1 I YORK, N.W. RIDING.... YORK, S.W. RIDING . YORKSHIRE, N. RIEINO 1 YORK, E. RIDING . ABERDEENSHIRE, MST ! ABERDEENSHIRE, WESTi * AYR BURGHS AYRSHIRE, NORTH AROYLESHIRE AYRSHIRE, SOUTII ABERDEEN BORDER DISTRICT BUTESHIRE BANFF BERWICKSHIRE CLACEMANNAN CAITHNESS DUMFRIESSHIRE DUMBARTONSHIRE DUNDEE DUMFRIES EDINBURG/I ...... . E DINKIRGHSHIRE ..... ELGIN BURGHS ....... ELGIN AND NAIRN •• • FORFARSHIRE FIFES/LIRE FALKIRK BURGHS GLASGOW GREENOCK HADDINOTON BURGHS. 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LOUTH COUNTY LISBURN MAYO COUNTY MEATH COUNTY MONAGIIAN COUNTY MALLOW NEW Ross ...... NEWRY PORTARLINOTON QUEEN'S COUNTY RoSCOMMON COUNTY . SLIGO TRALEE TIPPERARY COUNTY TYBONZ Courrrr WEXFORD WATERFORD COUNTY WATERFORD CITY.. WZOTHEEATH WZXFORD COUNTY WIGELow YOUQBAZ • title ttttttt Members. I L. Mr Henley Colonel North * Mr Cartwright Mr Hibbert Mr Platt Ar Cardwell * Me V Harcourt * Mr Meyrick " t Mr Scourfield Mr Whalley * Mr Wells Mr Nicholson Sir R P Collier Mr Morrison Mr Childers Major Waterhouse Mr Stone * Sir J Elplfinstone Sir T He - sketh • Mr Hermon * Mr Arthur Guest Sir F Goldsmid 1 Mr Shaw Lefevre Sir Roundelr Palmer 1 Lord John Hay 1 Mr T B Potter' • Mr Stewart' Hardy Mr Foljambe Lord Galway Mr Price Mr W Martin.. Mr Serjeant Kinglake Hon A Walsh Hon G J Noel Mr Finch Mr Corrance Hon J Henniker-Major Major W Parker Lord A Hervey Mr Hamilton 1 Dr Lush Colonel Harttelot . Hon H Wyndham Mr Gore Langton * Mr A A Hood * Major Allen * Mr Bright Mr Gurney * Mr Hoare Mr Winterbotham * MrDickenson 1 Mr Locke King 1 Mr C Buxton * Mr Cawley * Mr Charley Mr Knatchbull-Hugessen 1 * Mr H Britssey 1 Sir J V Johnstone Mr J D Dent 1 Mr Hadfield 1 * Mr Mundella 1 Mr Clement 1 * Mr Figgins * Mr Stevenson 1 Mr Layard Mr Locke Captain Meller * Mr Pochin Mr J B Smith 1 * Mr Tipping Mr J Dodds 1 1 1 * M M r r e Go an ur d te g y h , Mr G C Glyn Right Hon S Cave Sir Percy Biirrell * Mr Sidebotham * Mr W Peek * Hon W Brodrick Mr Dodson " Mr Scott t /sir A Bass * Mr M'Clean * Mr Ingram * Mr Child Mr Adderley Sir E M Buller Sir J Hay Mr Ormsby Gore Lord N ewport Gen P Herbert * Col Corbett . iii ili gniac Mr Melly * Colonel Roden Mr iTillwra 1 Sir R Peel 1 * Sir H Itulwer , 1 Mr Barclay 1 1 * Serjeant Cox * Mr Price Mr Ayrton ' 1 t Mr Samuda 1 Mr Williams Hon. Captain Vivian 1 * Mr E T Smith Mr A Russell 1 Hon G Denman 1 * Mr Amory Sir W P Gallwey * Mr Beaumont 1 Earl of Bective Hon G H Lowther * Mr S Vickers Mr J Calcraft 1 Mr Rylands 1 Mr A W Peel 1 * Mr Greaves * Mr Brogden 1 * Mr Phipps _ C a ptain Grosvenor * Mr W H Smith Mr If Edwards 1 * Mr liambro t Mr W H Gladstone .. Mr Bentinck MrWoods 1 * Mr Lancaster 1 Mr Bonham Carter Mr Simonds . Mr R Eykyn 1 * Mr Barnett Mr Sherrift * Mr Laslett • Hon G C Lyttelton * Mr Amphlett Mr Knight Mr Dowdeswell Hon. W H Carington 1 Mr C. Forster General Forester * Mr Brown Mr Antrobus Lord H Thynne Mr T Grove 1 Mr Villiers 1 Mr Weguelin Mr N, wdegate Mr B Davenport * Mr H C Wise t Mr John Hardy Lord C Bruce 1 * Sir G Jenkinson Mr Lowther ' 1 - Mr Brown Westhead Sir F Crossley ] Lord F C Cavendish Viscount Milton Mr Beaumont 1 Mr Milbank I Colonel 0 Duncombe t Mr C Sykes Mr Broadley SCOTLAND. Mr Fordyce Mr M'Combie Mr Orawfurd * Mr Finnie Marquis of Lorne * Sir D Wedderburn Colonel Sykes f Mr Trevelyan * Mr Dalrymple Mr R Duff Mr D Robertson Mr Adam Mr Traill * Sir S Waterlow * Mr Orr-Ewing Sir J Ogilvy * Mr Armistead t Mr Jardine Mr M`Laren * Mr Miller * Sir G Maitland Mr Grant Duff * Mr Grant Hon C Carnegie, Sir R Anstruther Mr Merry Mr Dalglish Mr W Graham * Mr Anderson * Mr Grieve Sir H Davie Lord Elcho * Mr Mackintosh * Mr Cameron Mr Nichol Mr W H Maxwell Mr E P Bouverie Mr. S. Aytoun * Major Hamilton Sir E Colebrooke Mr M`Lagan * Mr Macfie llr Kinnaird Mr Crum-Ewing * Mr Parker Sir G Montgomery Sir W Scott * Mr Matheson Mr Spiers * Mr Campbell Admiral Erskine Lord It S Gower Mr Ellice Mr Baxter Mr Young * Lord Garlies * Mr Loch IRELAND, Rear-Adml. Seymour.. Mr O'Neill Sir J M Stronge Mr Verner Mr John Vance Sir J Ennis Mr Shaw Mr Johnston Mr M'Clure Sir Colman OLoghlen. Colonel Vandeleur Mr Dalway Mr O'Beirne Captain Fagan Mr Murphy Mr Maguire Mr Smith Barry Mr Downing Mr Bagwell Sir H H Bruce Colonel Annesley Mr E Sanderson Mr Bruen.. Mr Kavanagh Lord Hamilton Mr Conolly Lord H Trevor Lieut.-Colonel Forde Mr Keowne Major Knox Mr Pim Sir A Guinness Mr Lefroy * Mr Ball Colonel Taylor Mr Hamilton * Mr Callan Mr Matthews Mr Whitworth Viscount Crichton Captain Stacpoole Lieut.-Colonel Cole Captain Archdall Mr Gregory Viscount Burke Sir R Blennerhassett Lord St. Lawrence Lord Castlerosse Mr H A Herbert Sir John Gray Mr G L BrTan Mr Agar Ellis Sir G Colthurst Mr Cogan Lord 0 Fitzgerald Sir P O'Brien Mr Sherlock Mr Gore Dr BradY Mr Peel Dawson Sir F HeYgate Mr Dowse Major Gavin ...... •• • • Mr. F W Russell •• • • • Mr Monsell Mr Synan Mr O'Reilly cNueugent Mr Dease , C f o rr l ve G eF r r n : ier Fortes M ' Mr Moorelle es Lord Bingham Mr Corbally Mr M'Evoy Colonel Leslie ' Mr Shirley Serjeant Sullivan Mr M'Malion Mr Kirk Captain Darner Mr Fitzpatrick Mr Digby Colonel French The O'Conor Don Major L E Knox The O'Donoghue Captain White Mr Moore Mr Corry Lord Claude Hamilton Mr Devereux Mr Esmonde Mr De La Poer Mr Blake Mr Delahunty Mr Pollard -Urquhart Mr Nugent Sir John power Mr D'ArcY Mr F Dick Hon H Fitzwilliam Weguan - " ... I 1 1 1 ... 1 .. 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 L gn I gn 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 •„ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,FOREIGN - NOTES; LEE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. TheineS correspondent gives some interesting parti culars of the progress of the war •in New Zealand—a pro- gress which hitherto has been wholly in a backward direction. The defeat .of the colonial forces under Colonel M`Donnell on the 7th of December was owing to the detachment losing ita• way in a derse forest. After wandering abOut for some time, the colonists entered a gully, which was surrounded by the natives in ambush, who immediately opened fire from the tops of trees and from loopholed hollow trunks. Part of the colonial force L had been enlisted but two months previously, and these were speedily seized with a panic, throwing down their ..arms and attempting to escape. By the assistance of some native guides, the band, which numbered 250 men, at length managed to get out cf this position; but one major, two captains, two lieutenants, and fourteen men were killed, besides twenty-four wounded. A thorough dis6rganisation of the colonial forces was the consequence of this disaster. Drunkenness was carried to such an excess that Government hast;ly passed a bill through the Assembly, authorTsing th:; osing of public-houses, and the grog was forthwith s1:1,1 , 01 away. M`Donnell, from being a general favourite, was declared unfit for his position ; numbers of the men swore they would never go out again ; Von Tempsky's company mutinied ; and within one month the force of about 700 was reduced, by desertions, mutiny, disbanding, and expiration of service, nearly one-half. Then followed a disgrace which had never before befallen New Zealand. 1 Outposts were abandoned, almost under the fire of the enemy, and a district which had been making good pro• gress was given up to the natives, who burnt houses, fences, and everything that would burn. A general rising has been urged by the Maori King. All accounts from this quarter of the world show that the colonists have met with complete discomfiture, and that they are even in a measure dependent upon the friendly natives for tiro• 1 tection. THE nimsoN's BAY TERRITORY. The Canadian News does not hold out any hope of cash payment to the Hudson's Bay Company. It says that the Canadian delegates have maintained their former attitude ; they haVe made suggestions for a settlement of the whole question, but they will not colsent to any present payment. "The Canadian Government is prepared, in assuming the territory, to incur the necessary outlay for the establishment of a Government in Rupert's Land, and for opening up proper means of communication between the Red River and the Dominion ; but beyond this no further pecuniary liability can be assumed by Canada." The Southern Railway Company of Italy are about to establish a line of steamers betweenßrindisi and Bombay. The passage will occupy twenty days, and will effect a saving on the voyage by Marseilles of four days in time and £l2 per passenger in money. A magnificent hotel is to be established at Brindisi. GERMANY. Of all the continental papers the Prussian Cross Gazette is the most cantankerous. It delights in quarrelling with its contemporaries and with statesmen ; its special mission is to find out the black spots on the horizon, its chili, delight to run counter to the public opinion of the people to which it is addressed. With respect to the Austrian, Red Book, it has just perpetrated a gross absurdity. It is indignant that the official volume should have ventured to speak of conciliation between Denmark and Prussia on the North Schleswig question, instead of openly taking part with Germany. "To contest with Prussia the legitimate possession of Alsen and Dtippel would be to provoke a war which, like that of 1815, would involve all the forces of North Germany." The fact is that nothing could be more pacific, and at the same time more important, than the declaration in the Red Book on the North Schleswig difficulty. It is distinctly stated that Austria will not interfere to obtain the execution of the Treaty of Prague. It simply recommends that the difficulty be settled, lest it may at some future time produce serious results. Such an unambiguous announcement ought to be as gratifying to the Prussians as it is to Europe generally. AUSTRIA. The Upper House of the Rcichsrath will do nothing to retard the passing of the new Army Bill. It has referred the measure to a commission, which found several modifi cations desirable, but hesitated to propose them through fear of causing delay. This formidable measure will therefore become law without alteration. JAPAN. The telegram by which we announced that the Mikado had been proclaimed Emperor shews that in all proba bility the civil war is finally disposed of. For some time previously the Mikado had been gaining ground, and had overcome part of the territory formerly governed by the Tycoon. The cities had been taken possession of in the name of the new r&er, and his administration had been extended to this newly-acquired territory. The Tycoon retired from the conflict, but , it was still sustained by some of the princes of the North, though with little chane of success. The mode of fighting in this region is most extraordi nary. The ordinary rules of war are set at defiance, and hostilities are kept up by a sTries of desultory combats. The soldiers of the North and the South live together in the same city in perfect harmony, whilst a combat outrance between other corps of their respective sides i 3 being carried on under their observation. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The Hamburg American steamer IVestphalia passed the Needles yesterday afternoon, and the Cunarder Java reached Queenstown at 10.40 a.m., the news being just in time to give, though too late to be arranged in its proper order in our columns. The Java landed seven passengers and over one hundred sacks of mails. Her dates from New York are to the 18th November. The Governor of North Carolina announces the State debt to be over $19,000,000. The Governor of Florida and the Lieutenant-Governor, who claims the governor ship on account of the impeachment of that official, are issuing rival proclamations, each assuming the full functions of the office. Messrs. Wright's report states that the frosts have set in early throughout the South, but no damage has been done to the crop of cotton. Brilliant meteoric showers were observed throughout the country on the night of the 13th inst. A Cuban filibustering expedition is being organized at New Orleans, al though the fact has been officially denied. Tele grams from Cuba state that the Cuban insurgents had destroyed portions of the railway between Puerto Principe and Nuentas. A financial panic broke out at St. John's, New Brunswick, on Mon day. The colonial press generally pronounce the Nova Scotia repeal movement a failure. As conjectured, Grant's letter bag swelled to prodigious proportions after the 3d instant. The Tribune amused itself by analyzing its contents, availing itself of the opportunity to hit hard at some public men, and rap beggars over the knuckles. But, however amusing, little good is effected, for it would be as well to try and roll back the torrent of Niagara as that of mendicity. The gentry now flying at Grant do not confine them selves to applications for the public money, or for office, but they ask him for loans, for gifts, for goods, and even if they get his autograph it is worth something in the market. He has, how ever, taken a summary way of dealing with this nuisance, though they say so ingenious and perti nacious were some of his assailants that he was beaten ere he fled from Washington. Indeed, he left the heads of Bureaux in the Departments, in cluding all who, in a body, had waited on President Johnson after the Philadelphia Convention, with John Wilson, third auditor, primed with a speech, at their head, in the lurch, by his precipitate de parture on the night of the 12th. Having been asked by a visitor whether it was true that he had directed his Private Secretary, General Badeau, to destroy all applications for office, without showing them to him, he replied, " Yes, some of the ap plications might be from good men, and 1 don't want to get prejudiced against them by their un timely haste." The Court of Inquiry on General Dyer, to act as President of which, General Thomas was brought from Nashville, leaving his command, commenced sit ting on the 9th inst., at Washington. David Dudley Field of New York is Gen. Dyer's principal counsel. Mr. Kennon acts far the ordnance manufacturers and others, who urged the accusation against the general, and was introduced to the Court on the 13th instant. It had been adjourned on account of the absence of Colonel Winthrop, one of the counsel for the Government, till Friday, the 13th, when it was again adjourned to Monday, the 16th, to give Mr. Kennon time to examine and arrange proof for the prosecution. Horatio Ames, Clifford Arriah, and other extensive manufacturers in Pennsylvania and Ohio had brought the accusation against Dyer. Secretary Seward, when the mail left, was hunt -ing in Maryland, and if thus occupied there is some truth in his statement that he is not used up, and matrimony may not be so far distant as he pre tendS; - Grant left Washington suddenly on pri vate business, which will occupy a week, and he will yiait his 0911 at the Military Academy at West Point before his return. Commissioner Rollins has been consulting with Secretary M'Culloch about supervisors, but no conclusions had been arrived at nor nominations made. The annual reports are much occupying the Secretaries. Schofield had received that of the Adjutant-General of the Army, and Rollins, while at work on his, refuses to receive visitors. All the Cabinet were present at the meet ing on the 13th inst. except Schofield and Seward. The former was visiting General Van Vliet, at Baltimore, the latter also being in Maryland. After the Cabinet meeting of the 13th, the Pre sident heard Mr. Fullerton on the subject of the charges alleged against Messrs. Courtney ani Murray, when Fullerton in vain urged him to prompt action, although it is said that Andreu - • Johnson leans towards Judge Fullerton's views The Attorney-General is on the other side, and Mr. 11.1‘eulloch is neutral. Finally, the President in formed Fullerton that, acting on the opinion' of APCulloch and Evarts he had poitponed a deeisioa, and he hell that the charges against Mr. Courtney were insufficient to warrant suspension, bat he granted Fullerton's request to be allowed to c additional evidence. Thereupon Mr. Fullertoa immediately departed for New York, ace nnpanied by Dr. Blaisdell, Jacob Depuy, and Bernard lle,is, while Mr. Courtney remains in Washington await ing their further investigations. Meanwhile the dispute is one of the most bitter, and is attracting he attention of the country. Giltner's charges against the Internal Revenue Bureau in Richmond, Virginia, has been dismissed as unfounded by the President. An American Club has been successfully estab lished in Dresden, forty members having alrea ly subscribed. Dresden is one of the most charming cities in Northern Europe, and Americans have the wisdom while residing thee to lose no means of making themselves comfortable. Such an insti tution must tend greatly to promote the enjoy ment of a people who are gregarious, and who in a foreign city may not readily have the means of seeking out their countrymen, which they can only now do through the medium of the bankers, Messrs. Robert Thode and Co. Americans who propose to make any stay in Dresden ought to send in their names for membership, which we dare say could be done through that banking firm. The New York Evening Post describes Mr. Laird's social position iu words which would tend greatly, if he read them, to destroy his digestion. English men see the harm he has done, for purely selfish ends, in estranging 70,000,000 English-speaking people who ought to be friends. Liberals abhor him, Tories avoid him, and everywhere he finds only cold faces and looks of aversion. "He is no longer tolerated in society, and has, in fact, the mark of Cain upon him." Such was the position from which the Representative of Americans stretched forth his hand to lift him, after compli menting two of America's most unscrupulous vili fiers. In fact, adds the Evening Post, he did all he could to insult the just and respectable sentiment in England, and rehabilitate Laird. We get papers sent from all quarters, with articles " marked" in abuse of Mr. Reverdy Johnson ; but our opinion is that he will do what he has often done before, out- live this, although we have not hesitated to express an opinion that his salutation of Mr. Laird was an act we have never been able to understand or ac count for, and one, much as we respect the Minis ter's judgment, was one dictated by an undue desire to set the company at ease—forgetful that he was not a mere individual, acting as his own courteous feelings would dictate, but as the Repre sentative of a nation, the mass of whom were cer tain fiercely to repudiate the course. In a leading article we have discussed the misre presentations of the Philadelphia correspondent of the Times in his letter of the 10th inst. ; but we must add a word on that of the 13th of November, published yesterday, in proof of his political bias. He gives some of the evidence taken against those charged with election frauds. Here are the only two instances in which either party was named : "Duffy and others told the inspector if he swore another Democratic voter that day they would drag him out of the window . . that persons outside (several persons) said if any Democrats were sworn at said division that day, the inspectors would be torn from the box." Hence the readers would con clude that the frauds were on the part of the Re publicans, although the correspondent knew the reverse to be the case, the chief frauds being carried on in the large cities, controlled by the Democrats. " Four divisions," he says. " containing 2,000 le k .al voters, returned 5,000 votes, over 4,600 of them for one party, and were enabled to do it by the pro cesses above described." But he ought to have added that the Democrats were the party. We profess no political bias, but we do want the truth to be told whether the telling injures Republican or Democrat, Tory or Radical, America or England. The Java arrived at Queenstown before noon yes terday, but her news only reached London last night. The City of Paris, a vessel of which any line might well be proud, as usual, was in good time with the mails of the 11th inst., but for two consecutive mails before, the bulk of our papers only came to hand on Friday, and we have to go to press before midnight. The American Minister to-night dines with some workmen of London, in St. James's-hall, au invi tation which he has cordially accepted, and which will be better received in the United States than any other. The limes says the invitation of the Chamber of Ccmmerce is announced for Wednes day next. The whole of the dinner tickets have been disposed of ; Mr. Bright will be present, and the Lord-Lieuteuant of the county, together with the other members for the borough and the north ern division of the county, have been invited. Ad dresses will be presented by the Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Johnson will be the guest of Mr. Alfred Field, Vice-President of the Chamber, at his residence, at Leamington, on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday night he will stay with Mr. George Dixon, M.P. ; on Thursday he will, it is expected, go to some of the manufac tories in the town and district. Recently we alluded to an arrest by the New York police of a carter, who took a case of ready-made cloth ing from 51, Walker-street, to 153, Laurens-street, kept by a " fence" named Linebeck, instead of to the Savannah steamer, as directed. The police were watching the carter, anxious for information by which to account for numerous robberies of goods in transit from the warehouse to the customer. . N o sooner was the case rolled into the house than Linebeck appeared, hatchet in hand, knocked off the top, removed three-fourths of the contents, which he replaced with cheap Canton flannel, and was about to re-cart the package for the Savannah steamer, when the detective stepped up and Line beck evaporated through the back door, but Feeney was captured. Directed by his confession the police arrested two other cartmen, the three having been engaged in the business, which they had carried on most satisfactorily to themselves. for two years, though far from satisfactorily to the merchants who sold and the retail traders who bought. Many who ordered rich silks and satins received invoices charging for those goods, while the cases contained only cheap calicoes. Then com menced the row, both refusing to be defrauded, and many a law suit was the result. Linebeck never kept the goods he abstracted a single day on the premises, and the thieves carefully covered up every trace, while they plundered in this simple and pro fitable manner, Feeney's share alone having amounted to $30,000. Unearthing revenue frauds seems to be the last great excitement, and Judge Fullerton is employed with this object in New York. Extensive frauds are reported to have been discovered at Richmond by John H. Gilmer, but no one believes him, as be is alleged to be employed by Binckley. The sensa tion is Belknap's affair. Persons suborned by him are said to have made affidavits that they had been suborned after being imprisoned, charged with perjury. The story is, that Belknap, who as a pay master, had been dismissed from the navy on the loss of a large sum of public money, obtained an appointment in the Treasury, which he used to ter rify Smith a New York collector, out of a bribe of $30,000 hush money, Smith retiring to Canada. He then turned on another collector, but, unfor tunately for him, he acted on the theory that all were dishonest, and therefore at his mercy if be boldly advanced and supported charges. In this case he got hold of the wrong man, as his accom plices became the victims, and they no sooner con. fessed, than Smith reappeared, and wrung back from Belknap a large portion of the hush money. Judge Fullerton was employed to defend Belknap, and proceeded to Washington to lay his case before the President and charges against Mr. Bailey and Mr. Courtney, the District Attorney of New York, who in many ways has made himself obnoxious to the " Ring," and the President is in vestigating the matter. The intricacies - of these frauds, twisted by the actors therein, honest men can scarcely hope to unravel, and J. W. Fullerton, who is a man of high character, will have a nice time of it. Attorney Courtney states that he has not pro ceeded with the indictments against the Kentucky Bourbon Company and other parties, on account of orders received from Washington, for, says rumour, these -parties were useful during the Binck ley examination in charging oulici.ds obnoxious to the President with frauds. We note with pleasure that the negociations re specting the bases of a new postal treaty betwe,zu England and North Germany have led to the drawing up of a protocol, which has been signed, and which stipulates that the rate of postage be tween the two countries shall be 2, 2 1 - silver groschen (3d). It has also been agreed to introduce the system of post-office orders. The negotiations for the formal conclusion of a postal treaty will shortly be opened. This is another step in the right direc tion, which, we hope, eventually will reach a uni versal penny postage. It has always appeared probable that Mr. Re verdy Johnson would suffer from being the selection and representative of his namesake, the President. Andrew Johnson has so lost the confidence of the mass of Americans that the moment the Minister en tered on delicate negociations suspicion was likely to be aroused. We have mentioned this more than once, but it is now evident in America, and shown by Mr. Seward, between whom and the President a differ ence of opinion has arisen regarding these negocia tions. The Minister of State considers that Mr. Reverdy Johnson has conceded more than allowed by his instructions, unless he had secret instructions from the President himself. The truth is that Mr.. Johnson got all it was possible to procure, and all America was justified in demanding, and it will be unfair if his countrymen do not place this to his credit, however fiercely they may assail his cordi ality towards Mr. Laird, and his friendliness to the other enemies of his country. The folly of permitting criminals to escape the consequences of their crimes, which is too often the case in the United States, arising from that good nature which makes so many shrink from injuring others, received fresh illustration on the 7th inst. Mr. M'Culloch telegraphed to Mr. Van Dyck, on Saturday, to relieve the money market by the pa' chase of bonds with greenbacks or 3 per Cent. Cer ficates. A New York and Philadelphia brokers' firm intercepted the message in some way, and im mediately swept the bond market of 1867'5, the price being run up to 1104- before Mr. Van Dyck received his instructions. Since Butler, and the Committee be headed of the Representatives, seized the messages passing through the telegraph, it has become the fashion to deal with people's messages as a market able commodity. The telegrapher is thankful that he has not only a telegram to sell, but a customer to buy, and he loses no time in doing bwiness• In one case, as we last week stated, the district attor ney refused to prosecute, on the ground that he did but follow the example of General Butler, and the Congressional Committee of which he was Chair" man. Another sold a message to Butler himself , and in the face of the precedent it was though t useless to prosecute him. The consequence is seel l in the instance above given, but we hope and be' lieve that the public having happily settled the ab' sorbing political contest, will turn their attention to setting such matters to rights. Among these, is the shameful lengths to whi ch rings of speculators are now carrying on games difficult to distinguish from frauds. On the si b " ject of the Erie Railway there is a telling article in the New York Evening Post. It commences by stating that the present will be characterized 13 1 historians as the era of gigantic frauds, and it dwells with force on the fact that the perpetrators who formerly fled from an outraged society nevi flaunt themselves with the best. It appeals to pub' lie opinion, which it fears will not become sound on such subjects so long as an iaflatel and untristelieed. currency infects almost all business with an meat of gambling, and tempts thousands to sta le their means and hopes on the chances of the steob: market. The Erie Railway stock appears to be 3 • bad one to gamble in. No man living, who le n o t a member of the controlling ring, knows anything of its value, nor is it possible to say whether it lir any. The condition of the company's propertY t : uncertain ; much of that property is of very d on ful value at best ; and there is no trustworthY „. surauce to be had as to the amount of the ear ita l stock, although 'it is unofficially reported 3 $44,500,000, with a debt in bonds of more than $30,000,000 besides. The share capital of this railway at the old 61 1867 was $17,000,000, now it is $45,000,000. It I t not to benefit the line these astounding i ssu es we': made, but to enable the directors to control the market. Even the New York courts were so seas. dalized at the wicked ruin thus wrought by the laae appointed and paid to guard the property, that the appointed the president of the company, g r ' Gould, Receiver, authorizing him to buy bac i a $20,000,000 of the stock thus issued. Ilr. G cl e , is said to be himself mixed up with these traes 3 0 tions, which, since last April, have brought d°lo 13 Erie shares from 75 to 36, but the latest e,,", is that the higher Courts had confirmed "es, appointment. 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