The Sun. — London, England, 1868-11-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Ito Times remarks that the result of the elections hitherto is not wholly satisfactory. We should have been glad to see one or two of the working men's delegates in Parliament, since they would have been able to com municate and to receive new ideas, which might bring classes together with better knowledge and more friendly feeling. The absence of any such men is, to our thinking, more to be regretted than that of the working man's gentlemanly friends, the advanced Liberals, academic or literary. But, at all events, both classes have beenbrought to confusion at these elections, and it is difficult to imagine that they will ever have a better opportunity. There is at present an accumulation of legislative work to 'be undertaken, and many things which are undoubtedly 'abuses to be rectified. The present electors have returned 'moderate candidates, and future elections are likely to be without any revolutionary result. Nothing remains but to congratulate the country on the perfect success of the Reform Bill, and on the answer the most decisive of tests has given to the calumny which was in the mouths of many popular orators two years ago—that England was legislated for by a class for a class, and that the real voice of the people was stifled by the selfish artifice of the few. Events have proved that it was the party opinion, and no t the class prejudices of a section of the House, which the nation desired to modify. Three months of discussion have revealed the order of men who are likely now, as hereto. fore, to please constituencies. The results also flew how considerable is the power of the Conservative minority in the country. The quality and temper of the new House have been largely determined by the influence of the un successful party, which we may accordingly console with the suggestion that it has not been beaten so completely as it may, perhaps, be itself disposed to believe. The Post remarks that the new electors have been wrought up into the substance of the pre-existing con stituencies to which theyhave been added, and the general character of the whole has been preserved in its various diversified elements. Indeed, giving a man a vote renders him more Conservative than he was before. He feels himself to be somebody. The new status he has 'acquired sets him thinking upon many things that bad not previously occupied his attention. The working man as a rule, and taking the average, has no idea of electing and being represented in Parliament by one of his own class. There is always a degree of jealousy between men of the same class—an un conscious and unanalysed jealousy it may be, but still jealousy for all that, and this feeling stands in the way of men voluntarily elevating their equals above themselves. Whatever men's views of things in general may be, they like somebody of a higher social status than themselves to represent them and preside over them, whether in Parlia ment or at a public dinner. It was indeed upon this prin ciple of Britiih human nature that Mr. Disraeli relied in passing his household suffrage bill. There are historical reasons and causes why he should rely upon this principle. Those who know the history of the period during which Mr. Disraeli has taken an active part in politics, and who have watched his career, will easily understand why he should have hoped to create a Tory democracy which would give him a triumphant majority in the new Parliament. Generally speaking, the lower you go down in the vertical section of the social scale the greater is the reverence and awe for wealth and station and rank and title. But Mr. Disraeli made the mistake of relying too much upon this principle. Wealth and rank and title and social status are not confined to the Conservative party ; and, other things equal, the tendencies of the working and middle dames are decidedly in favour of Liberal representatives. The Herald thinks this success of the Conservatives with the great constituencies and the success of the Radicals with the small ones has been the great feature of the elections. Whilst in every one of the great cities and towns the Conservatives have been returned at the head of the poll or have pressed their opponents so hard as to leave the result for a long time in doubt, the Radicals, employing their old weapons of lavish expenditure and intimidation, have carried many of the small boroughs, which they have chosen to treat al the Conservative strongholds, and to which they have been wont to deny any right to representation. Compare the Conservative gains with the Opposition list, over which our Radical contemporaries have crowed so lustily. The seats which we have won have been won in constituencies to which the Radicals have been accustomed to contend that larger representation should be -given. The Conservatives gain, for instance, in London, in West minster, in Worcester, in Manchester, in Bolton, in Chester, in Coventry, in Nottingham, in Norwich, in Portsmouth, in Stockport, in Salford, in Ashton, in Staleybricige, in Southampton. What seats have the Liberals'Won in large and wealthy boroughs? Only three. All they can boast of are Derby, Carlisle, Wigan, and Sunderland. The most remarkable result is the practical unanimity with which the great county of Lancaster hat pronounced for the Conservatives; The Dgi,l y News notices that the borough elections prove how vain was the hope with which Mr. Disraeli beguiled the Conservatives into accepting household suffrage ; and how unfounded. were the alarms under the influence of which Mr. Lowe eloquently shrieked and raved against any reduction of the franchise. The elections have dis pelled Mr. Lowe's fears. They have not the less demolished the baseless fabric of that vision in which Mr. Disraeli is said to have• indulged, of a term of office as long as Lord Liverpool's. The Conservative leaders thought that they had found in household suffrage a solu tion - of the great Ministerial problem, stated by Lord Derby with classic simplicity, " how not to be ousted." By a just retribution, household suffrage pro mises to be •the instrument of their destruction. Mr. Disraeli's policy is coMprised in two words—the Monarchy and the Mob. It is a theatrical adaptation of French . Imperialism to English habits. Mr. Disraeli has contrived already, by a course, of conduct thoroughly unconstitupionakto embarrass the relations of the Crown and the House of Commons. .The speeches of Mr. Glad stone and Mr. Lowe shew that the attention of the Liberal leaders is fixed on this point. It will be tha first business of the House of Commons to assert its authority, and to vindicate constitutional usage. The Tory demagogues, having found household suffrage vain for their purpose, i may be well enough disposed to try universal suffrage. But the Tory deinos is not likely to be a willing party to a second political ekperiment. • • The Standard rejoices over the rejection of the dcctrt• naircs. The spectacle of these stranded wrecks will, we trust, tend to mitigate somewhat of that boastful spirit with whichAhe Rh.clicals - speak' of the present elections. Whatever 'may happen hereafter, and whether the Conser vative minority grows more or less, we claim the rejection of Mr. John Stuart Mill, and of all the candidates supported and approved by himself and Mr. Goldwin. Smith, as a signal demonstration of the people of England against the arrogance, the self-conceit, the extravagance, and the excesses of that pestilent sect of political fanatics who pro - fess to be Radicals of the Radicals—the apostles of a re volution,, social, political, and religious—the " cultured" persons who would begin by wiping out that precious gift of English, liberty which is contained in our glorious Constitution. , The Morning Summary says altogether the result of the polls on the first.day o£ the borough contests is inspiriting, particularly after .the gloomy anticipations indulged in by our Radical. friends. It is clear. that the heart of the country is sound, that the people are true to the Constitution in Church and State; and when again the House of Lords rejects Mr. Gladstone's bill for abolishing the Irish Esta blishment, should such a bill again pass the House of Commons, the people will speak out yet more unmistakeably. For the more the Irish Church question is discussed, and its real bearings under stood, the more do people see its imminent danger. Meanwhile, let the counties be fought with increastd earnestness and confidence. Let every seat be contested ; . let South Essex .and North Nottinghamshire suffice for timorous surrenders to the enemy ; and let the natural strongholds of Conservatism not prove less reliable than those large constituencies whi.th have hitherto, owing to Conservative timidity and Liberal braggadocio, been HMV Liberal preserves. A gulden:an living at Ashton, near Wigan, and who has been worhirg. Lard for the two Liberal candidates for Soutli-west Lancashire, has received an anonymous tter tolling him it will be " WOTEO " for him if he does not desist froth his efforts. The epistle concludes with the fol!owiug sentence :—" The pouiirg day his near; think well if you live to see it, and tell your friend the same." , The Queen, who, since the lamented death at cue Prince Consort,. has used plain note paper in Ler corre spondence, has adoi.ted a monogram consisting of the regal It Ender an imperial crown, with the legend Victoria across the letter. The design, which has received its last improvements tram her Majesty's own hand, is being exee:lted in black and silver. Mr. - E. C. who is said to ho an authority the ethnolowy and archaeology of South and Central pierica, says there is nothing incredible in the story told by General Kilpatrich, United States Minister to Peru, that during the recent earthquake at Arica 500 mummies v. - ere thrown to the surface. He writes :--" The desert hills buldnd Arica —as, indeed, those surrounding the few habit able spots ()lithe Peruvian coast—are literally stuffed with the desicated bodies of the aborigines. They are but thinly covered with the light and nitrous sands, and are often c::posed by the winds. I have seen dozens of them at Arica, lying on the surface, wrapped in coarse gra s vatting, or in their crumbling nets, for most who liv,d hero n , .!cmcd to have been fishermen. I have carefully h hundreds of the so.called mummies without the slightest evidence that their preservation is - cc than natural conditions ;,f Ccii and eimate." fitLi~ ciao :o MR. GLADSTONE ON THE ELACTIONS Mr. briaastone referred significantly to the elections in 'Us speech at Preston on Wednesday afternoon. He said : ' This great controversy is now far advanced towards its , ssue. In the multitude of words, it is somewhere said, ;here is vexation of spirit. I have often myself, gentlemen, suffered vexation of spirit from the multitude of words, Ind I am afraid, if the truth be told, I have oftener still inflicted it. You need not be afraid as to this election. rwo days of the election have already passed. You already know that it was an idle hope on the part of our oppo nents to reduce our majority of 60, a number by which this year will be ever memorable. What progress have they made by way of diminishing that majority? It is true that they have had their local victories, but wo do not look so much to this or that victory as to comparing the sum total. Assuming the rest of the elections to be as they have hitherto been, that majority of CO, instead of being reduced, is increased to very nearly a majority of 100. The Liberal party has arrested the Conservatives, from time to time, in a career of policy that would have been the ruin of the country, and all that they now say, when challenged on that policy, is that the Conservatives of the present day are not the same as the old Conservatives of former times. Well, gentlemen, that is a very miserable excuse for them now to make, turning round from those who have preceded them in their path of politics, and endeavouring to persuade you that the Ethiopian has changed his skin and the leopard his spots in order to induce you to return them to Parliament. We acknowledge that our opponents have achieved some local victories, but they have achieved a good many of these local victories through Liberal disunion. These things are a scandal, and are exposing us to the great reproach of our enemies, but at the same time it is only fair to recollect that what they indicate fundamentally is this—the exuberance of Liberal strength; and some, I am afraid, of the victories of the Conservative party are gained by the use of means that have been rather too publicly, indicated. I will not speak of Preston, because I have not the knowledge, but as to the shameful Blackburn circular—on which I, for one, have done and will do my best to stamp immortality of disgrace—l yet live in hopes that it may attract a notice from the new Parliament more effectual than convenient to those who have been its authors." Mr. Gladstone, passing to the Irish Church, spoke very strongly against ministers using their position in the pulpit for party purposes. " I am told that ` yesterday,' that being the sth of November, ` an orange flag was flying from the spire of the parish church, and that Tory tunes were 'rung on the bells.' Those bells, gentlemen, which one of the greatest poets of modern times—Schiller, an ornament to German literature —has chanted in an immortal lay, known, I have no doubt, to many of you,wherein he describes the sweet function of the bell, that its music floated on the air to call together the people of God to the House of God, and there to forget their strifes and quarrels, and kneel together before the altar of peace ; those bells arc profaned under the influence of Orange faction to be the organs of the passions of mankind, and to proclaim now in 1868 that the strife of 200 years ago should never be forgotten, that its embers and ashes should be stirred up from time to time, that discord between the various ranks of her Majesty's subjects may be made eternal : and then, forsooth, we are to be told that the effect of this Irish Church Establishment is to mitigate the asperities of religious controversy." MR. DISRAELI'S FIRST SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT. -0-- Diearly thirty-one years ago, namely, on Thursday, December 7, 1837, Mr. Disraeli made his first speech in the House of Commons. The debate was on the "Spottis woode Subscription." This subscription had just been denounced by Mr. O'Connell as " a struggle by which the English Protestant nation was called upon to put out the representatives of the Irish Roman Catholics." Mr. O'Connell having concluded amid " loud and long continued cheering," the report proceeds : " Mr. BENJAMIN DISRAELI rose and delivered himself of a maiden speech, in which the laughter of the House was continually excited by its extravagances of thought, phrase, and gesture. After rambling over every variety of topic, Mr. Disraeli remarked : 'Every member could, with perfect justice, use t epithet employed in the original manifesto of Mr. Spottiswoode. (` Oh,' and laughter.) I shall not, (said the hon. gentleman), trouble the House at any length. (Hear, heat, and laughter.) Ido not affect to be insensible . to the difficulty of my position. (Renewed laughter.) lam sure I shall receive the indulgence of honourable gentle rnen—(continued laughter, and cries of 'Question')—but I can assure them that if they do not wish to hear me, I without a murmur will sit down. (Cheers and laughter.) I must confess I wish to bring the subject of debate back to a proper point.' (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Disraeli next remarked on the characters of the subscribers to the Spottiswoode Fund, in a way which provoked continual laughter, and the remainder of his speech was such a per fect model of the ridiculous, that we venture on behalf of the curious reader, to sacrifice an undue portion of space to. it. ' I have but one -observation snore to make. • I am, I confess, anxious to make that observation, for it is the first time I have been able to make one in vindication of her Majesty's . Government. (Hear, hear, and much confusion.) I wish I really cou'd induce the House to give roe five minutes more. (Roars of laughter.) I stand here to-night, sir —(here the noise in the House became so great that the hon. gentleman could not proceed for some time. When the confusion bad subsided he said) — I stand here to-night, sir, not formally but in some degree virtually, the representative of a considerable number of members of Parliament. (Bursts of laughter). Now why smile ? (continued laughter)—why envy me? (Here the laughter became long and general.) Why should not I have a tale to unfold to-night? (Roars of laughter.) Do you forget that band of 158 members—those ingenuous and inexperienced youths, to whose unsophisticated minds the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in those tones of win ning pathos—(Laughter, and cries of 'Question.') Now, a considerable misconception exists in the minds of many members on this side of the House as to the conduct of her Majesty's Government with respect to these elections, and I wish to remove it. I will not twit the noble lord oyposite with opinions which are not ascribable to him or to his more immediate supporters, but which were expressed by the more popular section of his party some few months hack. (` Question, question.') About that time, sir, when the bell of our cathedral announced the death of the monarch—(' Oh, eh,' and much laughter)— we all read then, sir—(groans, and cries of Oh')—we all then read-- (laughter and great interrup - tion)—l know nothing• which to me is more delightful than to shew courtesy to a new member, par ticularly if he happens to appeal to me from the party opposed to myself. (Hear, hear.) At that time, we read, it was the death-knell of Toryism, that the doom of that party was sealed, and their funeral obsequies were about to be consummated. (Laughter.) We are told that with a dissolution of that much-vilified Parliament which the right hon, baronet bad called together the hopes and prospects of the Tories would be thrown for ever to the winds—(laughter) —and that affairs were again brought to exactly what they were at the period when the hurried Mr. Hudson rushed into the Vatican. (Laughter.) I •do not impute these sanguine views to the noble lord himself particularly, because I remem ber that shortly afterwards the noble lord, as if to check the new and sanguine expectations of his followers, came forward with a manifesto informing them that the Tories could not expire in a moment, but the Ministry in a reformed Parliament might depend upon having a work ing majority of, 100, which was to be extended on great occasions to 125 and 130. Now, sir—(' Question, ques tion.') This is the question, and lam going to ask the noble lord for our instruction. (` Oh, oh,' and great inter ruption.) We wish to know this simple fact, whether the great occasion on which the working majority was to increase from 100 to 125 or 130 is upon the question of an election ballot—(cheers and groans) ; and whether the Grenville Act has not been held up to the odium of the country ; and whether it has not been given forth to the people that it is impossible an impartial tribunal can' be obtained in this House. (` Oh, oh ! " Question, question.') If hon. members think it fair thus to interrupt me, I will submit. (Great laughter.) I would not act so towards any one ; that is all I can say. (Laughter, and cries of Go on.') But I beg simply to ask—(' Oh ! ' and loud laughter.) Nothing is so easy as to laugh. (Roars of laughter.) I really wish to place before the House what is our position. `'hen we remember all this—when we remember that in spite of the support of the hon. and learned member for Dublin and his well-disciplined phalanx of patriots, and in spite of all this we remember the amatory eclogue— ,roars of laughter)—the old loves and the new loves, that took place between the noble lord the Tityrus of the Treasury Bench and the learned Daphne of Liskeard— , (loud laughter and cries of Question ') —wh'e'l .11 , l' red as a fresh instance of th e (own. in redintegratio—i.xees"sive laughter) ; when we rem em b er a t t h e same time ‘thqt•W'th niancii;ated Irela lid and enslaved Eug , land ;on th e O 41: d et triumphant nati o n, o n th e o th er a gloaming peop l e ; aml, ' notwithstanding the noble lord, secure On the pedestal of power, many hold in one hand the keys of Peter, and --(here the lam. member was interrupted with such lord and incessant bursts of laughter that it was impossible to know whether he closed his sentence or not.) The lion. member concluded in these wi,rd s Al; ,Speaker, we see the philosophical prejudices of Now, (Laughter and cheers.) respect cheers, even when they come from the lips of political opponents. (Renewed laughter.) I think, sir —(hear, hear, and repeated cries of Question, question ') —I am no t at all surprised, sir, at the reception which I have received. (Con tinued laughter.) I have begun several times several things—(laughter)—and I have often succ ee d e d a t last. (Fresh cries of Question-') Ay, sir, and though I sit down now, the time will come when you will hear me. The honourable member • ielivered the last sentence in a very loud tone, and resmeed ais seat amidst cheers from the Opposition and much lanliter fr ,m the Ministerial benclics. _ " Lord STANLEY (now Earl Derby) spoke Saturday Journal. of December 16th. 1R::7 TH E LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1868. THE NOVEMBER STAR SHOWERS. The Daily Non comments on the recurrence again this year of the November star showers, speaking of it as the most remarkable fact yet recorded concerning those mys terious bodies, the meteors. "In the first place, the mere occurrence of the display is remarkable, without any reference to the part of the world in which it was seen. We believe that no instance is on record of the appearance of a shower in four successive years. In 1865 a well-marked display was seen in parts of Europe ; in 1866, as we all remember, a splendid shower was seen in England ; in 1867 a fine shower was seen in America ; and, lastly, this year a shower has been • seen in England. Now, when we come .tn consider the real meaning of this succession of showers, we are at once struck with the marvellous extent of the meteoric zone. The part of the zone to which the shower of 1865 was due had moved off upwards of 500 millions of miles at the hour when we were watching the display of 1866, and at the same hour the part which was to cause the display of 1867 was more than 500 millions of miles from us (measuring along the zone itself). Here, then, at once we had an extension of the richly-strewn part of the meteor-zone over 1,000 millions of miles. But now we find that we must assign to it a yet greater extension, since the part which caused the display of 1867 was more than five hundred millions of miles away from us when Professor Phillips was watching the shower on Saturday at Oxford. All this is very wonderful, but it is not so much in this light that the occurrence of this year's display is to be wondered at as in another respect Conceive the meteor-z one as an enormous ova' hoop in space, extending far out beyond the orbit of distant Uranus. That hoop is not fixed, but slowly sliding round (bodily—we are not referring to the swift motion of the individual meteors), so that each year the earth has to advance a little further in its path before reaching the meteor-zone. That fact had been esta blished by observation, and Professor Adams had shewn it to be a necessary result of the attractions to which the meteor band is subjected by the planets. But what has been shewn by the occurrence of a display on Saturday last is even more remarkable ; for we learn from that event that the hoop of meteors is subject to other and irregular changes—which may be compared to the vibrations that might affect areal hoop made of some elastic material—and these changes appear very extraordinary when their extent is considered. The same facts establish the existence of these marvellous vibrations, and the wide range which belongs to them. Last year the display should have attained its maximum at half-past seven, whereas it really did so at half-past nine, In those two hours the earth travelled 130,000 miles, and by that amount the hoop had been twisted out of its mean shape. But this year we have a yet more remarkable change. The display, calculated from that of 1866, should have attained its maximum at about half-past one in th . afternoon of the 13th, and, calculated from that of lab year, two hours later. From the splendour of the showei seen by Professor Phillips at Oxford, and by observe]; at Valeutia, it is clear that the display really attaine. its most brilliant phase at about three in the morning of the 14tb, or twelve hours after its calculated time. In tin el hours the earth travels nearly 800,000 miles, and inch was the change of place exhibited by the meteor bald over and above the calculated change due to the Blom, progressive shifting dealt with by Professor Adams. it is clear that a long time must elapse before astronomen and mathematicians will be able to master all the intri cacies and peculiarities which characterise the movements of this grand cosmical zane. FOREIGN NOTES. THE PRINCESS ROYAL OF PRUSSIA. It has been confidently asserted in many quarters that the exchange of visits between the Princess Royal of Prussia and the Emperor Napoleon had a political object. A correspondent of the Standard, writing from Munich, has some interesting remarks on what he terms this event ful meeting. He says that the aim of the Princess Royal was to tranquillise the Emperor with regard to the future policy of Prussia. The English lady possesses much influence over her husband, and is naturally desirous of peace. She has a sister in South Germany, and near rela tions in Denmark, all of whom might be losers by a con flict. Her husband at present is no great power in the State, so thoroughly paramount is the great Prussian statesman. But the King is aged, and the probability of his outliving the French Emperor is very small. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance to the sovereign of France to be able to calculate with certainty on the di: ection which the heir presumptive to the Prussian throne will follow. "To enlighten his Majesty on this point was the object of the Princess Royal's visit to Paris. In the name of the Crown Prince the Emperor was assured that the jealousy or anzourpropre of France would on no account be wounded by an attempt to cross the Maine, and thus aggrandise Prussia in that direction. Prussia would conscientiously abide by the provisions of the Treaty of Prague. It would, moreover, fulfil the conditions named in paragraph 5, and be quite ready to annul the violations of paragraph 4, which France, very justly, cannot but view with distrust." These are very definite statements, but they are not unreasonable. This much is certain : the alliance between the royal houses of England and Prussia must, so far as it goes, be an influence on the side of peace. cause, from the accession of Washington till the ad vent of President Jackson. • It was with the ad ministraiion of that officer that the present system was inaugurated, which Mr. Jenckes hopes to de stroy, and which, we, believe, he will succeed in doing during the administration of President Grant. Jackson's motto was simple ; he regarded politics as a fight for power, the spoils belonging to the vic tor, and from that date, 40 years ago, the political aid given to the candidate for office has been held more binding than any qualifications. A. more fatal system could not be devised, but it did not act with the present force till after the war, when the Civil Service increased to such huge proportions. Of the 50,000 officers, exclusive of those requiring the Sena te's confirmation, 30,000 are in the postal de partment, and the 20,000 in the various public offices are within the scope of Mr. Jencke - s' Bill. Of these, the Department of the Treasury numbers more than all the others combined. Some collect the Customs, some assess and collect the internal revenue, look after the lighthouses and the coast survey ; many are in the office of the Treasury of the United States—in that of the Register of the Treasury, the Auditors and Comptrollers, the Loan Department, Comptroller of the Currency, the Bureaux of In ternal Revenues and Statistics, printing and issuing currency,revenue cutter service,inspection of steam boats and steam boilers, special agencies, police and detectives, special agents in the Bureau of the Com missioner of Customs. The Department of the Interior numbers, be sides the general staff, the officers in the Gene ral Land Office, who have charge of all busi ness relating to the public lands those in the Patent Office, including many skilled in technology in the Indian Office and in the Pension Office. The War Department includes that of the Quartermaster, the Subsistence, and the Pay Departments ; the offices of the Surgeon- General, the Ordnance, the Adjutant-General, the Engineer, the Freedman's Bureau, and the bureaux in charge of the Washington Aqueduct and public buildings. The Navy Department comprises all its m.lny clerks at Washington, as well as the bureaux and commissions of the navy yards throughout the country. Most of the offices of the Department of State require the confirmation of the Senate, com posed as they are, thOliplornatic service of the United States, but the clerks and others employed at Wash ington are insignificant in number. The Post-office Department includes the clerks at Washington, and in the principal post offices throughout the country. Mr. Jenckes' Bill proposes to establish a Board of Commissioners to ascertain and determine the standard of qualification required for each class and grade of these inferior offices, no appointment being permitted until the candidate shall have passed the required examination, and shall have served satisfactorily during the period of probation, when he will be entitled to a permanent place in the service. The Commissioners will receive, if this hill passes, ample pow'srs to establish rules and regulations Co govern ex-uninations and probations for the admiS- Edon of all candidates to the public service and to eject all deficient in these qualifications, or who may be inefficient or incompetent from any other cause. In reply to 37 questions submitted to a large number of civil officers the testitnony was almost unanimous iu favour of the change, making the ser vice permanent, appointing at first to the lowest grade after a rigid test examination, and requiring all officers to undergo such examination before promo tion. Many thought that the work could be better performed under the system now recommended by two-thirds of the officers at present employed, and men better educated, more talented, and of higher character would enter the service. Several speak very favourably of women as clerks, but their duties appear to be wholly confined to copying, in which work they compare favourably with the men for diligence and efficiency. This is almost unanimously the testimony--some even rating their intelligence higher; but Mr. Sargent, Commissioner of Customs, has the hardihood to declare that he has got rid of his female employees; although some were good clerks as a rule, they were less reliable and efficient than males, and more difficult to govern. He would be unwilling to trust the unravelling of confused and erroneous statements to such, pursuing the errors through a long series of returns, as he had never yet seen the woman equal to the task. S. M. Clark, Chief of Printing Division, National Currency Bureau, gives a curious accouut of his examination in August, 1;56. Mr. Rodman was then chief clerk, and Major Barker and Mr. INl‘Koati, two prominent fourth-clais clerks, composed the Board. Major Barker commenced the examination by saying, " You are from New York, I believe, Mr. Clark ?" and on learning that he was, the major gave a detailed narrative of his first visit, grapni cally describing the disturbance created in his mind by the noise and confusion of the great city ; to which Mr. Clark listened attentively, that the reference therein to his examination might not be lost on him. The narrative took half an hour, and Clark was in despair, for if there was any reference, he had failed to detect it. He was, however, relieved on the close by, the narrator saying to his associate examiners, " Well, gentle men, I suppose there is no doubt Mr. Clark is qua lified," upon which they all signed the certificate, and the examination closed. The chief coiner of the United States Mint, A. Loudon Snowden, is almost as expert in coining grand sentences as money, for he writes as follows :—" To those who accomplish this great work will belong the honour of having inaugurated a new era in the history of our country. She will arise from the dust and cast off her old garments stained with the corruption of the times, and in a new and spotless robe march on to the accomplishment of her great destiny—on a second great proclamation of her emancipation. It is in view of these important and vital considera tions I witness with profound satisfaction the efforts of patriotic men at Washington to reorganize the Civil Service of the United States upon a sound and enduring basis; and I do but speak the words of soberness and truth in declaring that he who most prominently identifies himself with this reform, who labours most earnestly, and strikes moat fearlessly and effectively against the present defec tive and c)rrupt system, will secure a place in our history, and in the hearts of all true lovers of our country, that alone can be occupied by him who does a great and enduring work in behalf of the highest and noblest interests of our people and age." John W. Douglas, collector of Internal Revenue, Erie, removed one of his subordinates for the suffi cient reason that he was a consistent thief, and an inconsistent preacher. Mr. Shriner urges Govern ment to dismiss all spies and informers who harass the people and eat up their substance. Many offi cers advocate rigorous punishment in cases of me venue fraud. The testimony is so vast, collected all over the Union, from hundreds of officers of all grades in the service, that it is impossible to do more than cursorily glance at their evidence here. The fuller opinions then cone of former Presidents and other prominent citizens, followed by extracts from the most striking articles on the subject in the Press, among which we must express our surprise at not being honoured with a place. Appendix F. is devoted to the Civil Service of China, which is of so interesting a character that we purpose to dis cuss it by itself in a future number. The Civil Service of Prussia is next described ; then the English Ser vice; after which the French Service, besides two full and complete reports on the Civil Service of France and the United Kingdom. The clauses of the pro posed bill are then given, together with two speeches delivered by the Hon. Thomas A. Jenckes, the first iu January, 1867, and the other last May. 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The excitement consequent upon the result of borough election at Blackburn being in favour of the () Conservative members, Messrs. Hornby and Feilden, has had a tragical culmination. On Tuesday night, betwee eight and nine o'clock, a weaver named Thomas Whittakei, about 45 years of age, residing in Brookhouse-fields, was going by Francis-Ann-street, a portion of the town chiefly occupied by the Irish inhabitants, when he was attacked b 3 a number of men, and received a blow which killed him on the spot. A woman named Livesey, who witnessed th fatal affray, stated at the police-station that the deceased was shouting " Hornby for ever ! " when about twenty infuriated Irishmen rushed at him shouting. " Let's kill the Tory ; "and then they commenced to strike him, brutally kicking him while on the ground. A litti After eleven o'clock an Irishman, named Thomas Fall apparently about 22 years of age, was apprehended brought to the police-station on suspicion of having bee the principal in the murder, and he is now in custody an that charge. On Wednesday afternoon he wr brought before the presiding magistrates, when he Nw remanded until the case could be fully gone into. Abu: six o'clock the same night a police-constable name. Kenyon was passing up Penny-street, another part the town inhabited by the Irish, when he was struck the ground by what is supposed to have been half a brick . thrown by some person who as yet has not been discs vered. The missile came with such force as to complete" , smash the constable's helmet and inflict a blow on thr-• side of the head which rendered him senseless. He wan at once taken home in a cab by his brother officers, where he now lies in a most precarious condition. It is feared that compression of the brain has set in, and he is not ex p ted to recover. LAW AND POLICE. --..........____--. THE ST. ALBAN'S CASE.—The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have been engaged again on the St. Alban's (Holborn) case, Martin v. Mackonochie, which will form a precedent on the points in dispute. Dr. Stephens continued his opening speech in support of the appellant, Mr. Martin. He contended that lighted candles, when introduced into the holy communion ser vice, became a ceremony, and lawful. The appellant alleged that kneeling or prostrating before the conse crated elements and the use of lighted candles were additions to or alterations of the form prescribed by the Book of Common Prayer. On the part of Mr Mackonochie,the respondent, several reasons were alleged in answer. The discussion on this important case must necessarily occupy several days. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., is expected to follow Dr. Stephens, and Mr. W. M. James, Q.C., and Dr. Deane, Q.C., will address their lordships on the other side. PERSONATING A VOTER.—A porter, bearing the nali,.- of Lawrence Kenny, has been brought up before Mg- CasteHain, at the Liverpool Police-cDurt, on a charge having attempted to personate a voter named Mullin, the Scotland-road polling-booth, where he tendered a vote in that name for Massey and Rathbone, the Liberal can lidates, and was at once given into custody. In answer to the magistrate, the prisoner, who seems to be a very soft" sort of fellow, said that he was going to his work in the morning, when his wife told him that Mullin was )ut of town, and that he had better go and vote for him, end he did so. The prisoner, at the request of the prose cution, was remanded, and ordered to find bail in two Sureties of £lO. THE WORKING MAN'S CANDIDATE.—A singular elec. tioneering transanction has come to light at the Guildhall Police-court. Mr. Robert Hartwell, the self-styled working man's candidate, first for Lambeth and then for Stoke-upon-Trent, applied for a warrant against two Staffordshire "sons of toil" for robbing him of 2280. Mr. Hartwell stated that he received an offer o. that sum to pay his expenses if he would retire from th.. ::,,ntest, that being " the estimated amount of the expenses he bad incurred in London and at Stoke." The money was to be handed to him by " a highly respectable gentle- man," whose name did not transpire; but Mr. Hartwell's ',,wo Staffordshire friends bad somehow or other got hold of the money, and were believed to be meditating a trip to New York. Alderman Besley declined to grant a warrant )n the information before him. The Church News gives currency to a repent tnat the Bishop of Catlisle has refused to ordain an Oxford gra duate because he belonged to the English Church Union. The Arc' bishop of York has written a letter in reply to a memorial in favour of promoting communion with the Church of S melt n, and expressed his concurrence with the memorial. lie Grace rays, " I concur with the opinion rf the memorialists, • and should hereafter wish to act upon it in env opportunity that may occur—that our Church ought to be in fu'l communion with the Swedish Church." Echoes of the Girths says it will be remembered that Mr. Seely, in one of his attacks on the Admiralty for its ex travagarce, mentien , Al the • fact that a barge for the usa of Prince• Alfred lta.l cost more in repairing than it miglat have been originally built for. A similar t hing is about to occur with the Ito 3 al yacht Victoria and Albert, which we under stand is about to be repaired at a cost of not less than C.:?0,000, a small iucreaso in which would be sufficient to build and fit out a new vessel. In consequence of a circumstance which has recently happened in Worcester Poor-law Union, and which has called forth remarks from the Lancet and other medical papers, the board of guardians of the Worcester Poor-law Union have just ,debated the propriety of continuing the employment of midwives instead of qualified surgeons, and have come to the resolution that henceforth surgeons shall be em ployed in all midwifery cases at a- stipulated sum, and that the services of the union midwives shall be dispensed with. It was urged •by Mr. Longmore, one of the guar dians who brought the motion before the board, that not only were the claims of humanity strong—as,shewn in the referred to—but that an actual 4 saving in expense wotdd be effected. AUSTRIA. A financial dispute has sprung up between Austria and the South German States. The former claims a sum of £1,800,000 as indemnification for her share in the im moveable property of the fortresses belonging to the extinct Confederation. The Southern States urge that the. Treaty of Prague gave Austria a right only to the moveable property of those fortresses, and that the com mission of April 1867 satisfied all claims on that point. The Cabinet of Vienna seems disposed, however, to per sist in its demands. IT.kLY. The Florence correspondent of the Slide maintains, all contradictions notwithstanding, that the evacuation of Rome by the French troops is still the subject of active negotiatiqn. It is certain, says this writer, that General Menabrea has taken the initiative in this matter, and has demanded, through the Chevalier Nigra, the departure of the French troops and the re-establishment of the status quo under the convention of September. The Italian Ambassador at Paris received answer that there could be no doubt of the stability of the Italian Government, and the general support which it received in the country, but that a return to the September Convention would be attended by consequences equally disastrous for both countries. -.The only condition on which the French troops could be withdrawn was, the establishment of official relations between Italy and Rome. The Menabrea Cabinet persevered and presented several projects for a modus vivendi, but without success. It finds itself at present in a most av♦kward dilemma. It is anxious to settle the Roman question to strengthen its position, which is the reverse of stable at present; but it cannot make too much concession without offending the Italian nation. It is certain that an attack upon the Ministry is pro jected for the opening of the Chamber of Deputies. Should it be successful, it is thought that Rattazzi will be tLo most likely successor to Menabrea. SPAIN. The long period of uncertainty which has elapsed since the revolution is hcginning to produce its results in open disturbance as well as secret intrigue. At Seville a deplo rable struggle has taken place between the authorities and the people. A band of some four or five hundred, who received arms in the early days of the revolution, have refused to give them up, and a severe struggle between , the troops and the mob was necessary in order to secure the triumph of order. It is not surprising that these events should occur ; it is really surprising that quiet has been preserved so long without a permanent govern ment. Speculation as to the result of the approach ing " appeal to the country " is still very vague. It is generally maintained that the monar chists still preserve the superiority. The period of activity which has been inaugurated by the publication of the OloEag,a manifesto is producing favourable results. But this manifesto really renders the future still more doubtful. As the Indfiendance Beige observes, a compro mise which proposed an electoral monarch, supported by national representation by household suffrage, is really granting the substance of republicanism and scarcely pre serving the shadow of monarchy. TIIE K , .4 (P SIAM. The late King of Siam deserves a parting word of respect. lie was a good sovereign and a great friend to commerce. Under his rule his people made great advances in civilisation and prosperity. Friendly relations between England and Siam were opened in lEt5 by the interven tion of Sir John Bowring. The English representative, after a little diplomatic difficulty, was accorded a grand receptiOn, and afterwards had a private interview with the King. The two became intimate friends. In 1E57 an embassy from Siam was presented at Windsor. They crawled up the floor of the audience-hall to the throne, and afterwards offered their magnificent presents. They were served with luncheon in the Waterloo Chamber, where they inno cently drew out and lighted their pipes. It was a strango and interesting scene. The question of a successor to this worthy monarch is of some impoitaLce. THE AMERICAN CIVIL SERVICE. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The first step taken by Congress to establish Federal officers beyond those especially created by the Constitution was in July, 1789, when the Secretary of State and a chief clerk were appointed to manage the foreign affairs, these two officers being considered sufficient for the purpose. Before the Constitution, the. Civil Service of the United States included only the officers appointed by the Congress of the Confederation, the entire adminis tration being under the .individual States, who ap pointed their own officers; and it was not till the adoption of the Constitution, which itself created several Federal officers independent of the States and superior to them for Federal purposes, that the power to create United States officers came into being. Following on the Act which created the Department of Foreign Affairs was one to regulate the collection of duties, another which established the War Department, and a series of Acts made provision for the coasting trade, registering and clearing vessels, light-houses, &c., by which several of the State Departments, were transferred to the United States. Then followed the Treasury De partment, and finally an Act was passed, Septem ber, 1789, authorizing the Heads of Departments to appoint such clerks therein respectively as neces sary, their salary being limited to $5OO per annum. From these small beginnings commenced a Civil Service, now perhaps one of the greatest in the world; and certainly the worst organized ; and no man could have devoted himself to a more useful task than that undertaken by Mr. Jenckes of Rhode Island. 'President Washington spoke of the employe's as a mere handful, and he was able, the number being so limited, to bestow great care on the selection of each. Acts being afterwards passed establishing duties on distilled spirits and their retail sale—on carriages, stamps, snuff ; on property sold at auction; and regulating the collec tion of duties on imports and tonnage—the persons and offices were increased, but no authentic record of their roll was given until 1862, when President Jefferson transmitted one to Congress. From this statement the officers in the Customs then num bered 713, drawing an annual salary of $439,567 ; the whole of the force not equalling the number at present in the New York Custom-house alone. The Internal Revenue officers were 493, drawing $113,000 ; the postmasters, 994, drawing $69,900 ; land officers, 8, drawing $4,765 ; the remainder summing up 414, at an annual total cost of $445,000. The service now numbers more than 53,000, at an annual expenhiture of $30,000,000. It was not till 1816 that a register was required by Congress of all offiners—civil, military, and naval, to be compiled every two years, which has since been continued, the first small octavo volume of 190 pages containing 5,608 names published in 1817, having swollen to the Blue Book of 1867, contain ing 878 large octavo pages, with over 60,000 names. The power of appointment is veste I in a President, or. heads of departments, or courts of law; the patronage of the latter extending only to the officers of the courts. During the term of Jef ferson 39 officers were removed. Mr. Madison - re-. moved five; Mr. Monroe, nine; Mr. John Quincy Adams, two ; and the careful inquiry of the com mittee could not bring to light a case of removal among the inferior officeis, whose dismissal did not require the sanction of the Senate, except for gool THE SOUTHERN STATES. LOUISIANA.---Particulars of the murder of Colo nel It Pope, who formerly commanded the 33d Illi nois Volunteers, are now given. He was Sheriff of the parish of St. Mary, which has gained so unen viable a notoriety i❑ Louisiana, and he was seated on the gallery at the door of his room when he was approached stealthily by the murderers, who, with out warning, riddled his head with bullets, and he fell dead to the ground. At the moment Judge Valentine Chase, of the same parish, was in the room of his friend Colonel Pope, and tried to save his own life, but was shot through the head when he got to the rear of the hotel, his body being left in the street weltering in blood. A committee has just reported on these outrages which as a whole they were appointed by the General Assembly to investigate-- "The conduct of the late elections, and the condition of peace and order in the State." They have examined personally 141 witnesses ; have received 81 letters from various responsible and respectable witness 's, and have taken 330 copies of alit lavits from the originals in the possession of the Senate and House committees on elections and returns. They have, in addition to this, compiled from the published and uncontradicted and well authenticated state ments which appeared in the public papers, much valuable information, with regard to which other and more direct testimony was not available without great expense and delay. . . "It is," they say, " also proper and necessary to state, as a suggestive commentary upon the present condition of the peace and order of the State, that the committee have met with great difficulty in procuring the testimony of per sons present in the city of New Orleans, who are cognizant of a great number of cases of outrage and murder in different parts of the State. The reluc tance of these persons to testify has arisen from the danger which they assert—and which the com mittee believes to exist—of violence to their persons and property, and even of the loss of their lives, from the vengeance and anger of lawless and dis loyal persons in their respective neighbourhoods. Your• committee are of the belief that not one tithe of the murders and outrages actu Illy committed during the time embraced in our examination ap pears in the present report, owing to the shortness of the time given, and the other reasons above set forth." They ald that " much of the lawlessness is also due to the neglect of the offic t-. 3 of the law." The report occupies 65 pages Bvo., and contains a detailed account of the murders, maiming, whipping, and outrages of every description that have been lately inflicted on both white and coloured men. These statements are in many instances supported by affidavits—in others they are confirmed by the officers in the Freedmen's ,Bureau—but in many instances the reign of terrorism is absolute, and the very persons injured, as well as the witnesses of the outrages, were convinced that were they to testify in that regard their lives would surely be taken. Appended is a recapitulation in tabular form of the cases alluded to, and the parishes in which the brutal scenes took place : -6 o o Parishes. Orleans . o -I, Parishes .4 ri) Terroboune 16 1 2 Lafourche Morehouse l4 3 5 Lafayette 4 2 6 Calcasieu De Soto Livingston 9 • .• E. Baton Rouge... 1 ... 2 W. Baton Rouga ... 1 Point Coupee 3 ... 1 East Feliciana St. Mary 1 5 St. Martin Catatonia Concordia St. Charles ••• 1 Assumption St. John Baptist 1 St. Jas. & Asc'ns'n 3 ... 3 Jefferson 4 310 Carroll Plaqw)nliues St. Tammany 3 aenvillo Teusas 9 3 Jackson Madison Bossier 5 3 St. Helena NacititocheB St. Laadry 23 416 Avoyelles Ouachiti, Claiborue 7 1 7 ... _ _ Caddo Franklin _57 4 6 West Pelicie.na ... 4 2 Rapides ll 517 - Total 204 51 143 Colonels Johnson, Young, and Badger, Union officers, have been turned out of the Custom-house of New York ; the last, being a native of the State, comes under the Southern designation of a " scala wag," the peculiar aversion of a Southerner, and all the worse, as General Butler gave him his commis sion as colonel of a loyal Louisiana regiment. The appointment of General Steedman (who has since resigned), as Chief of Police, by General Rousseau, has given great dissatisfaction to the Radicals in the North, as he is a strong Conservative, with opinions more "pronounced" than the chief dismissed by the Commissioners for mustering out the negroes, of whom it was necessary to get rid, as not only was their colour an incentive to outrage, but when their services were most required they vanished. General Rousseau issued a proclamation prohibiting political processions and demonstrations of ali kinds at present, urging the citizens to aid his force in maintaining peace, and he has announced that the laws will be enforced and the peace of Louisiana defended at all hazards. Some say that the military cannot be relied on, as one regiment sta tioned at New Orleans was largely composed of Confederates. The accounts differ as to who were most to blame for the numerous murders constantly reported. The editor of the New Orleans Crescent wrote on behalf of the Democratic State Committee to Mr. Belmont giving a version very unfavourable to the negroes ; but they are the victims, and, although not free from blame, are driven to de fend themselves, and in instances to retaliation. On Saturday, the 24th Oct., a fight took place between some negro and Democratic clubs, which soon be came apparently a general attack on the negroes. During the night three whites and six blacks were killed, while many more were wounded ; and the mob was finally dispersed by a squadron of cavalry. Sunday there was a similar riot in St. Bernard parish, adjoining and below the city, in which one white man and two negroes were killed—while at night the negroes attacked the house of a Spanish baker, killed him and his son and sister-in-law, and afterwards burned his house, as well as two others, in one of which it is said there were four children. 'troops were sent to the scene of the trouble, Mon day, and seem to have succeeded in quelling the disturbance. TENNESSEE.—The story of the destruction of the arms near Memphis is gradually coming to light, and revelations are promised which will astonish the Ku-Klux themselves. Captain Ford of the tug spent the . afternoon in the &spec, watching the stowing of the arms and annnunition, and putting so many questions that he excited the suspicion of Captain Houston. At first Captain Houston and his brother were suspected of being in alliance with the Ku-Klux, but inquiry soon dissipated that error. No men on the river are more hated by the fire-eaters, who attribute to them the loss of the battle of Pea Ridge. At the time he was the owner of an Arkansas river boat, which was loaded with ammunition for the Confede rate Army, whose Government had a Confederate agent on board hurrying it up. At a point on the river the captain shipped two horses, telling his brother he intended to snag and sink the ship in deep water, when the horses would be useful in making their way to Curtis' command. Houston succeeded in sinking his boat with all the ammuni tion, though not in making his escape, for he was captured and chained in a dungeon for 18 months till released by the advance of the Union Army. At least, such is the story told by a correspondent of the New York Tribune, who this goes on :--Go vernor Clayton, well knowing the desperate char acter of the undertaking of shipping these arms up the Arkansas, after the Rebel howl that had been set up about them, and well knowing his man, chose Captain Houston for the job. No expectation was entertained of getting up the Arkans is without a fight with the organ zed ban is of Ku-Klux, and preparation was accordingly male for a guard of 100 armed men to get on board at Helena. On the night before the little steamer sailed fro m Lad e Rock, two friends viite I th 3 captain's hous3 in the outskirts of the, town, and warned lii n not t 3 venture out, saying that a party would certainly waylay and kill him it he did. The next morning it was ascertained that during the night a number of the Ku-Klux boarded the boat and assassinated a younger brother of the captain while he was asleep in his berth. His skull was stove in by an axe. While lying herein Memphis receiving the arms on board the captain was conscious that his every wove was watched, but he thought that once under way no trouble need be apprehended until entering the Arkansas. With the appearance of the tug, however, flying her Ku-Klux ensigns, he was appre hensive that her intention was to run him down in the middle of the stream, so that the hated arms, Iloustons, and all, might go to the bottom to gether. Not to be caught in such a trap he at once ran in shore. The pirates once on board began au indiscriminate firing and demanded the arms and the Iloustons. The captain .and his brother, however, htd no intention of thus being murdered, and scrambled up the bank for the woods, several shots being sent after them while climbing the hill, from one of which the brother received a severe wound in the head. After the Iloustons had escaped, the rebels' attention was turned to the arms, the tug mean time being lashed fast to the steamer, and the two moving slowly up stream. The first report of the crew of the tug was that, the boxes being broken open, the arms were passed up from the hold to those on deck, who, taking them one by one, broke them over the wale of the boat, and threw them into the river. It was insisted, and I believe i 5 pretty well stuck to yet by the offic?.rs and crew of the tug, that all of the arms were thus destroyed. The story of the crew of the steamer, however, as well as facts since brought to light, disproves the story. Indeed, it is now tolerably certain that several hundred, perhaps a thousand, of these arms were put into the tug and landed on the Missis sippi shore fifteen miles below here. It is said on credible authority that many of the arms were car ried in the tug, and we now have intelligence by " Grape-Vine Telegraph," or from coloured sources, that several waggon-loads of muskets were teamed from the river into the country. TEXAS.—William G. Kirkman, an agent of the Freedmen's bureau in North-eastern Texas, .was murdered at Boston, in that State, October 7, and in consequence of the recent and rapidly multiply ing outrages on Union men, General Reynolds, military commander for that State, issued an order authorizing all civil officers and all military commissioned officers of every grade to arrest on the spot any person wearing a mask or other dis guise, and hold him for trial. GEORGIA.—In Georgia the Democrats were con fident of carrying the State, and anticipated a ma jority of 20,000. They held a great meeting at Augusta, while the negro Republicans met at Sa vannah, where they indulged in some loose and foolish talk. SOUTII CAROLINA.—There have been half dozen incendiary fires in the vicinity of Charleston, S.C., lately, which are laid to negroes, in retalia tion for the outrages committed on their race- Wade Hampton and others of the Democratic coin' mittee'for the State have issued an address against assassination, which would have been better received before some hundreds of loyal men had been murdered, though sad welcome. ARKANSAS.—James Hinds, a member of Con gress from the Second Arkansas district, was asso sinated Friday, Oct. 23, while travelling through Monme county, and Joseph R. Brooks, who was wii h him, was dangerously wounded. The murder was done by George A. Clark, secretary of the Democratic committee of the county, who was druuk at the time, and who has been arrested. Jas. Coolsey, a leading Republican of the same county/ was murdered a few days ago ; and at Dardanellet Ark., on the 20th, there was a fight between citizene and 50 negroes, in which the latter were defeated . There are now at St. Louis ten thousand stand of small arms purchased for the Government of Ar kansas, but no steamer can be got to take them on, and it is to be hoped none will be found till the State is more quiet, or they will probably meet the fate that overtook the former consignment. Other items of Southern news are—Forrest has published a challenge to General Kilpatrick on account of remarks made about him in his recent speeches. On the 28th ult. Mr. Rocheroch killed the son of a prominent Democrat in Wayne county. Mayor Thomas issued a proclamation on the 29th October with a view to prevent riotous proceeding s. Besides closing all drinking saloons he orders that no minors will be allowed to be on the street o on Tuesday, the day of the elections, and that a'l public and private schools should be closed' The latest despatch from Little Rock ,is as follows —On the 24th inst., while Capt. Willis, Bureau agent, Capt. Porter Andrews, Capt. Prosser, and Sheriff Stundle were en route to Rocky Comfort, is Little River County, they were fired upon by th e Ku-Klux-Klan, who were concealed in the brush. Capts. Andrews and Wilts were killed, and th e Sheriff was badly wound3d. Before the band had finished their murderous work, a negro came along , who was killed. Not far from this place they me t another negro and killed him. Capt. Scott, SenWe . r from that county, is in d anger, and the loyal elti zens have turned out to protect him. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. • nstralia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton.....DaC• 5 Ditto, via .YrArsailles Nov 30 Ditto, via Pi—ama Nov 28 ,Srazil. Buenos A.yree, and Monte Video Dec. 4, Ditto, by Irenoh packet .. Nov. 22 ' Cape Verde, by Brazil paoicet Dec. 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena D c• 13 ' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 21 ' ibraltar, via Southampton Nov 21 India, via Southampton ...... • • • •• • • Nov. unto, via MaraetLes Malta, dgypt, Sza D Ditto, Alarseilles N Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, vi Nov. a :: Southamltou Ditto, narseilies Nov. 13 Nov l5 Newfoundland ..... . Portugal Dec. United - United States. i anada, California, &c., by British packet .....N0v 2 1 Ditto, by Canadian packet ....N0v 27 Ditto, by I. Lited States packet Ditto ditt( (Baltimore) West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 4 Falkland Islands Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York . NOV. 1 ' Bermuda, via Halifax Chief Justice Chase is to leave Washingt on - f ° o ll Savannah, Georgia, whore he is to hold a session of United States States Court. General Cassius C. Fairchild died on S a turdg morning, Oct. 21, at Milwaukee, from the effects wound received at Shiloh. William C. Kirkham, Freedmen's Bureau Age ° ' was murdered at Boston, Texas, on the 7th October. THE AMERICAN H —AY QUESTION.--At the meet ill fi of the council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce' ° I Thursday, it was decided to memorialise the Chancellor the Exchequer to remove the restrictions upon he iraPc w tation of American hay. go( 1 1 [ADVERTISEMENT.) - Holloway's Pills.—The a i°ll • • - - Remedy.—When winter sets in the human co nstitu t _, J l:l undergoes many trials, from some of which disease v:Do spring unless the blood, repelled from the surface of . 0 1 body, finds organs capable of receiving it, and seci?tivio, adapted to consume it. This preservative power I s v al9, mirably displayed by proper doses of Holloway's deo which relieve the liver, kidneys, and bowels from 11 % 1 0, i eongestiol by immediately augmenting their secro ti ra s and so diverting any surplus quantity of blood !i* ° , o 3 , situation where its continued presence must be mischlo nr iv With these Pills, and an attentive perusal of their aC e u eb panying " directions," neither great judgment nor 133 v g1l experience is required to cond uct evon th e d e licate giro the trying time of winter. —4 Births. t ye BRowNE—On the 17th inst., al 9, Porchester-squa r " o f wife of T. LI. M u rr a y Browne, barrister-at- 106 SOD. street/ BURGESS—On the 16th inst., at 35, Lower Bagot - Dublin, the Hon. Mrs. Burgess, of a danghter. Le d SMITH —On the 17th inst., at Warrior House, St' nard's, the Lady Susan Smith, of a son. Marriages. IP ir PEPYS —COOTE —On the rith inst., at St. Georgo'eL. the over-Fquare, the Hon. Henry Leslie Pepys, to 44- "l,'scO younger daughter cf the late Charles Jas. Co te, Liout -Col. 18th Royal Irish. IS; TIEWCPP—BROWELL—On the 11th inst., at Foit"&che' F. Thrupp, Esq., of the Royal Canadian Rifles, to '— Frances, second daughter of E. M. Browell, oarlce ts Deaths. BACKER—On tie 16th inst., at Brighton, Geo r g e Esq., of Stanlake Park, Berks, aged 7'2. Job ° BOUE.KE—On the 17th inst., at 13, Arlingtonlstree' Bourke, Esq., aged 65. f h Aaa l- BRA CilElt —On the 16th inst., at his residence in --° phi, John Bracher, aged 44, ts 31°4 LE BLANC —On the 16th inst., at Northaw, ger Harriet Le Blanc, aged 85. " 0 iIT 1 19 el Wymnram—On the 16th inst., at Corhainp4,- , o . • tr Haute, John Henry 'Campbell Wyndham, Loudon : Printed alai Published by WILLIE:a . . of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TEE Sas 013'4000 of Strand, in the Precinct of the Se voY. Middlesex.—Thursday, November 19, 160. 9 fes E We( bi n 001 et Year ) lee s (Ii RP; ,erv, C o iord : Loco, wat, Cu fr on , L of i ,' of , C l i' zier v( 04,