The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-04 00:00:00

(Per the Beasta,, via Queenstown.)
NSW 1(0/11L, D. S.
General Mem, the freedmen's corensisnioneefer
Miedesippi, reports that the cotton crop in ehall
State will not half realise the expectations pre-
viously entertained. The planters are unable to
paid* Osedratei. who are disacatentse; and fers
lug oniattlaations threatening the public pesos.
Ths civil authorities will probably be unable to
avant collisions without military aid.
Hinveral Ord has instructed General Gillem to
proceed to Washington, to represent to the autho-
At* the starving and discontented condition of
the freedmen, and the necessity for some national
measure to feed them and avert a war of races.
General Ord has ordered the arrest as vagrants of
elllreedmen able but refusing to work.
Tjte freedmen's oommiasioner in Louisiana has
announced that henceforth the freedmen's agents
in twat State are only to act as attorneys for =gross
in legal disputes which may be settled by the civil
courts.
The Georgia Convention has adjourned until
January 8. The State Treasurer has refused to
pay the expenses of the Convention, as no order
endorsed by the Governor has been presented.
General Pope has announced that the ordinances
pitied by the Alabama Convention will not be
recognised until the new State constitution has
bees ratified.
Prominent Southern radicals favour the nomina-
tion of Chief Justice Chase for the presidency.
The New York papers publish Advil:ma from
Havannah to the 22nd, stating that General Ler-
sundi has been enthusiastically received. The re-
ported offer of the sale of the island of Ouba has
turned out a canard.
The intelligence from San Domingo and Hayti is
contradictory. It is reported, upon the one hand,
that General Cabral with the Domingan forces has
captured Port-au-Prince, and upon the other, that
Cabral's forces have been defeated in San Domingo
by General Baas, who has been proclaimed Fred-
dent.
The Canadian parliament has been adjourned
until March 12.
Revers] precautions against Fenian attempts
been adopted.

lined my evidence, one was undecided, and but two were
in favour of the defendant. I apprehend that this ex-
premien of opinion on the part of those who have tho evi-
dence before them ought to go facto dispelthe theories and
*Destructions on the midemes put forward by your article.
I regret to have to observe that you have prominently, but
not correctly, put forward amMeitit AMON& idiom is nit
proved ei the trial, wltisit it tree beer sereggl, sow
the plaintiff's ease ; whilst scarcely any part of the evi-
dence adduced on the part of the plaintiff, and which bears
is an squally strong manner spinet the defendant, has
been 111,411 referred to by you.
Unless I discussed in detail the various inaccuracies and
einiadons in the version of the supposed evidence which
year article professes to deal with, and which, einem-
sleased se I at present am, it is neither my provisos nee
ditty to do, I could not hope to give a full and complete
newer to the charges you have thought proper to make
to my prejudice. For the present, therefore, whilst
elrengly protesting, as I do, against the fairness or Japer-
tiality of the article in question, I must request yen forth..
with to oorrect a grave error into which I am sure you
have unintentionally fallen, and which forms the
beds of your article—namely, the question whether
the Warr written by me to the defendant on Sunday, the ,
11th August, 18cki, designated my " death wanent," was
written by me freely and voluntarily, or on the tion-
teary whether same, as the plaintiff's witnesses, including
myself, proved, was a letter composed by the defendant's '
two brothers, and whilst I, under duress, and wholly
prostrated in mind, was cowed and intimidated into
copying from a draft prepared by them for me. The ar-
ticie of which I complain suggest' that I voluntarily wrote
this letter; that I was the parson who proposed that
should be written, and that it was posted by roe, not in
Dublin, but after I reached London, and therefore at
time when, as you suggest, I must have been free from
direct compulsion ; and again, that the postmarks on the '
letter coati= this statement. If this be true, it could
scarcely be possible that any jury would, on such evi-
dence, hesitate to find • verdict against my evidence ;
but, what becomes of your theories and reasoning
when, In truth and fact, not one tingle particle of evi-
dence such as you have relied on as forming the basis of
your opinion, was ever adduced at the trial, and until the
allegation was made by you in the article I complain of, I
wee not even aware such a statement was ever put
forward during the trial. On the contrary, it was admitted
by all the witnesses on both aides that this letter
was written by me In my house, in the presence of the
Messrs. Begot and others, shortly before I left Dublin ;
that it was posted at the General Post-office, Dublin, in
the Fromm of Mr. B. Begot, who accompanied me
so far for the express purpose, as he admitted, of seeing
the letter posted, and that so soon as he did so be parted '
from me. The letter was heel' produced at the trial,
and it bore the post-marks " Dublin, Sunday, August 19,
1866," and " liallynoe (defendant's residence), August 20,
Ititi," without any English postmark whatever. Again,
tit me draw your attention to your exprmsion as to my re-
turn from my " hiding place," and point out that it was
proved and admitted and known by all parties that I
bad been living publicly in London till the hearing of the
ewe. I now respectfully ask you trimmed your prejudicial
article against me, based, as Do doubt it was, upon the
incorrect and partial reports of the et idence which ap-
peared in the London journals. It Is quite clear that the
writer of the article of which I complain has fallen into a
grave error, upon which he has bored his views, and it is
the more to be regretted that it should have arisen on the
very point upon which it is more than probable the ver-
dict in this use will ultimately tors.—l am, dm.,
Jan. 2., WILLIAM JAMES SIDNEY.

es you bun; got 1"
A singular point has arisen with regard to the
purchase of Russia= America, which may help to
bring out rather strikingly the inconveniences of a
want of harmony between the executive and the
legislature. Mr. Seward, as you know, is anything
but popular with the majority in Congress. His
purchases of territory are looked upon as mere at-
tempts to cover up or distract attention from his
delinquencies in the reconstruction business. The
Senate approved of the treaty, but it did so under
the influence of the traditional love of expansion,
which twenty years ago was, under Southern in-
fluence mainly, very strong, but is now very weak.
This tradition is still so powerful that few politi-
cians would venture to oppose the acquisition of
fresh territory unless they had actually perceived
some hostility to it on the part of the public.
But since the particulars of the treaty have tran-
spired it has not been found that the annexation of
Alaska, as it is called, has excited any particular
interest or gratification. In fact, I think moat
people sorely begrudge the 7,000,000 in gold which
is to be paid for it. This discontent now natur-
ally finds expression through the House of Repre-
sentatives, as it has hitherto had no share in the
affair, whilst the Senate mast stand by its bargain,
so there is a strong movement in the house to
refuse to vote the money for the purchase. Of
Course the constitution lodges in the hands of the
President and Senate the treaty-making power,
land of course there is hardly any treaty which does
not involve some outlay of money, which has to be
voted by the house. Therefore, say the friends of
the executive, the house has no right to refuse to
enable the President to fulfil agreements into which
he has formally and constitutionally entered.
Perhaps it has not, but then, unfortunately,
whether it has the right to do it or not, if it does
it there is no help for it. The only reliance in
such cases is on the moderation and good sense of
'the members of the house. There is no power
lodged anywhere even under the constitution which
can force them to vote money, if they do not wish
to do so. The Supreme Court cannot Fent • man-
damus against them. I do not believe
the house will push the matter to extremes.
The incident is worthy of notice mainly as an illus-
tration of the ueoeuity there is for moderation and
forbearance under any constitution, however
carefully framed, and therefore of the folly of
Mr. Johnson's mune, in not only differing from
Congress, but in exasperating it.
The bill repealing the cotton tax got safely
through the house, but it hangs fire in the Senate,
somewhat owing to radical hostility to it, but
somewhat also to the unwillingness of many mem-
bers to repeal any tax in this way by itself,
without waiting for the report of Mr. Wells,
the Commissioner of Revenue, and • general
revision of the whole system of taxation.
There is much to be said in favour of delay on this
last-named ground; but, on the other hand, it
is undeniable that the tax is killing the cotton
crop. It amounts to twenty-five per cent. on the
market value, which is simply a differential duty
of that amount in favour of foreigners. The larger
portion of this year's crop is still held by the
growers, waiting for the decision of Congress ; but
they cannot, of course, hold it very long, as they
cannot afford it, and once it goes into the
market, nothing can he done till next year. The
negroes are suffering as much from the tax as any-
body, and they know it ; and I see that one
coloured man who offered himself as • candidate
for Congress in Georgia, put forward the removal
of the cotton tax as his sole object in going to
Congrees.
Another important step has been made in the
matter of reconstruction. It has been found that
the prevision of the bill which made the votes of a
majority of the registered voters necessary to the
calling of a constitutional convention, has resulted
simply in putting a new weapon of obstruction in
the hands of recalcitrant Southerners. They regis-
ter themselves in great numbers, and then abstain
from voting at all when the question of calling or
not calling • eonventicn comes up for decision,
which is in some cases more effective than their
simple vote against it would be. This it is now
proposed to change ; the majority of votes
cast at the election, whether the majority of
those registered or not, will be suelcient to
ensure the tolling of the convention. The bill
making this change was brought into the house
by Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, and some anxiety has
prevailed—perhaps curiosity would be a more
accurate term—to see whether he would propose
or insist on any further changes, or seek to impose
on the South any further conditions of restoration.
He has not done so, however, but on the contrary
professes his entire willingness to hasten the
restotstion of the States on the present basis as
rapidly as possible.

MUSICAL awn DRAMATIC Goseir.—Few will be
surprised to learn that these is trouble in our Royal Ace-
dinar of Mena. Which will possibly end in its disruption.
Mr. John F. Barnett's " Ancient Mariner" will shortly be
performed in London. The Dean and Chapter of Chester
Cathedral have dared an innovation which has long been
wanted, and introduced female singers into the SertiCe. But
then,like the hapset anever-to-be•forgotten choral wedding
in Westminster Abbey, these heterodox implements of
sacred music ere screened out of sight. Among the sad-
dest things which it is the historian's duty to chronicle are
the mistakes made by those who have been long public
favourites, in Melons to recollect that, be their summer
and autumn ever so long, winter days will come, when
they are best at home. D is painful to say that Signor
Mario's appearance at St. Petersburg has been disastrous.
Soniethiag of this may be charged on the climate ; but Yesterday afternoon the Royal Mail steamer
consideriag tbe present state of his resources, his ill recep-
tion may be sembed to other WIWI. Artists are too apt Calabar, Captain Corbett, arrived at Liverpool,
to forget that in no country save England is the public 1 with the mails from the West Coast of Africa, and
refill enough for past delights to be patient with the • large cargo, including 3,233 ounces of gold. Her'
dates are : Old Calabar, Nov. 28; Cameroon+, 29th ;1
vitable ravages of time. The Parisians threw • funs.
wreath en the state to the "II consummate "t"a Fernando Po, 30th ; Bonny, Dec. 2; Braes, 2nd ;
k
have ever seen—Mars--to remind her that she was-
" periluous" on the stage. It is something new for an Benin, 3rd ; Lagos, sth ; Jellah Co 6th
Igeglish violinist to travel the continent as a cinema ; Accra, 7th ; Cape Coast Castle, Bth ; Cape Palmas,
bat our countryman, Mr. Alfred Holmes, is making a con- 11th ; Sierra Leone' 15th ; Bathurst, 19th ; Tone-
eart-tour in Holland, to his own satisfaction and that of rife, 24th ; and Madeira, 26th.
his audience. The 300th representation of Der Frei-
Kautz has been givenat Oradea.—Ailenause. At Old Calabar trade was exceedingly dull. By
Tus New Minim—The balls at the Grand the united efforts of the traders and missionaries,
King Archiboug bad been compelled to give up the
Opera House have commenced, and are attended by the
remaining prisoners in his possession, whom he
dais of persons who are accustomed to indulge inse
midnight revelries. It is remarked that every ythe bad threatened with death. Peace now reigns in
number of foreigners who flock to these Bacchanalian fee- 'the river. The ship Aylestone sailed for Liverpool
tivitles is on the increase. The Americans in particular on the 30th November. At Cameroon and Fernando
are geeldrlcanewn- el -ewer? !Ain dac°ll44 is Parise A' Po trade was dull. H.M.S. Oberon, with Consul
French journal observes— The Opera balls are more ;Livingstone on board, was at Bonny. There •
and more crowded, gay, animated, rollicking, Imre. ls
robability
strained, and amusing. It is a remarkable fact that every pof the Bonny men going to war
now-a-days ladies are at no pains to conceal the fact of with the Brass people, owing to the latter refusing
their attendance at these places of amusement, which I a passage to the Bonny traders through the Creek
calls to mind what Chemfurt said, •Ce sent de mauvais : towards the Brass and Niger. At a meeting on
lieux qu'on amnia.' " The truth a that these visits are
board the Oberon several chiefs
talked about very freely in some well-regulated Wens of were in attendance.
Paris, where you may hear • lady say to another, " r The consul made every effort to diesuaclethem from
went on such an evening to the ball at the era," and the ! proceeding to hostilities. When the Calabar sailed
Iladies to whom these remarks are addremed listen with ; the Bonny chiefs said they were determined to have
latereet to the avowal, and smile, with • cigarette between I war. In consequence of this trade was at a stand
their ruby lips. " A sign of the times ! very pleasant !" . •
I still. The chi p Camilla sailed for Liverpool on the
lit is notorious that some half-dozen ladies who move in
the highest circles of Parisian *many have long assumed 1 23rd November.
the toilette. and in some respects the manner, of the Mini- I At Lagos business was again improving. Tho
emote world, and have made themselves so conspicuous Medina sailed for London December 5.
that they are stared at by the public whenever On the Gold Coast trade was brisk, and the
they visit any of the shops in the leading thoroughfares.
lam? istlteleportfrom Sierra Leone and Bathurst.
The other day a grande dame, who shall be nameless, was
making purchases at a fa,nons bronze establishment on the I The health of the coast during the month pre-
Boulevards. A crowd collected outside the window, ; vious to the Calabar's sailing had been excellent,
watching the movements of this aristocratic notability, not a single case of sickness being reported.
and indulging in
l remarks which the ancients would haverom i !
The steamer Athenian sailed from Accra fur
applieddor], posanitioso, and respo sibilityo toourfociety, to rot aar ' Lagos on the sth December. The Royal Mail ship
example to the world of morality and propriety, condo- Lagos sailed from Sierra Leone for leeward ports
mend to pervert everything to which they were born, and on the 11th December. The screw steamer WGre-
dedicate themselves to the most "base uses," reminding Kor, Laird sailed from Madeira on the 16th, and
us of what Hamlet says in the churchyard scene—" To er Majesty's ship Plover on the 24th December,
what base uses we may return. Morello ! 'My may not
imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander till he find i both for Africa.
it stopping • bunghole!"—Paris. correspondent of the Post. I The Calabar experienced very heavy weather
APPREHINSION OP A Livairool. DltteDeetz. • between Madeira and Liverpool.
The authorities of Liverpool on Thursday received a tele- I seirrixo.—The Cyrine, Royal Arch, and Violet were at
gram from Rotterdam, stating that Thomas Quigley, the Benin. The Moselle, Medea, Daisy, and Mary Black were
man who brutally murdered Lis wife in • sours in Vernon- ;at Canieroom. The Huddersfield, Troops% Hanna Sal-
street, had been apprehended it that city. Quigley,, it held, Gartaherrie, and Constance were at Old Calabar.
seems, was erOPIM.I on board one of the steamers plying The Annie and Ellie and embower were as Baas
between Liverpool and Rotterdam, and he left this poet River. The Charles Harden, Bilabial, Ceres, Grand
on the 24th ult. on board that vessel. The captain, Bonny, Manners Sutton, Clara Hargraves, Elgina,
having heard of the verdict given by the coroner's jurl Of Couner, and W. Taylor (as.) ware wiledy No ships
" Wilful murder wind Quigley, and finding that he were in port at Logos. The Medina fee London on
was engaged on bawd lite ship, gave him into the custody the sth of December. The Mayress, Watkins, and her
of the Rotterdam authorities on his arrival there. a i
-..°41- ' Majesty's ship Aisurance were as -Wish Coffee. No ship-
ley will be brought to Liverpool without delay. The ping at Aetna. The steamship Athena sailedße Deem-
telftram was received by his worship the mayor, and for- . ler-sth for leeward, all well. The Alligator and ntinek
worded by him to Major Greig, C.lff., the head constable. ' were at Cape Coast Castle. The Birdie end Jane Black
A reward of 501. had been offered for the apprehension of were at Cape Palmas. The Cora Linn was at Sierra
Quigley. 1.0116. The Royal Mail steamer Limos sailed for leeward
MURDEROUS GAROTTE ROMMEL—At the Not- on the Ilth December. The W. H. Randall, Coroassion,
tingham Police-court, yesterday, Francis Hattewell was Kelpie, and Florence Nightingale•wore at Bathurst The
charged with rwotting Mr. Henry Clarke, gentleman, in Isaac Rich was at Teneriffe. No ships in port at Madeira.
that town. The prosecutor was returning home late at The Royal Mail steamship M'Gregor Laird mired from
night, when he was attacked by two men. The first struck la on the 16th, and sailed the rune day for Africa.
him a tremendous blow under the chin, from which be HavMerd'Y's ship Plover aided December 24th for I
fell, and they then both kicked him most savagely. Blood ; the African coast
flowed freely, and be was hemming insensible. when I
assistance came up, and the ruffians made off. The pri-
boner, however, was pursued and captured. A valuable QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 3.—The National Steam-
watch belonging to the prosecutor was nearly smashed to ,_, ,_
steamer Tirgtem
arrived here, from New
piece' in the draggle. The prisoner was committed for amp
t'emPeny '
trial at the assizes York, at 10 p.m. to-day. Spa brings 347,500 dole. After
TEE UNLUCKY AND TIM LUCIETLOTER.—" I must lauding passengers the Virginia proceeded foe IdeorPooL
say good-bye to you. I shall be away early in the morn- A deputation from ratepayers of the six outlying
ing. ` Good-bye, and God bless you, said Lad Laura. parishes of the West Ham Union had an interview with
" Give me your bind," said be. And she gave him her the Poor-law Beard at Whitehall yesterday.
hand. "I don't suppose you know what it is to love Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
dearly." " I hope I do." " But to be in love ! I believe nial-ollice from the Governor of Hen inland. p
you do not. And to miss your love ! I think—l am ...e sent. .0 the Goyim... Ceylon, ...Kam=
bound to think that you have never been so tormented. the Straits Settlements, Malta. and Gibraltar.-
It a very sore • but I will do my best, like a man, to get •
over it." " De, my friend, do. Bo mall a trouble will ;
' GARISALDfIi LATEST STUDY.--Garibaldi, whose
never weigh heavily on shoulders such as yours." "It general benevolence is. perhaps, after all, the noblest fea-
will weigh very heavily, but I will struggle 'bard that it sure in his character, is solacriag himself la his present re,
may ot crush me. 1 have loved you so dearly ! As we tinenent from political life and strife, by turning his &tem-
are pnarting„ give me one kiss, that I may think of it and tins to the question of painless operations on inferior
treasure it in my memory." murmuring words she animals. Thus occupied, be has requested Professor
spoke to express her refusal of such afore reqest, I will not Partridge to obtain for him from Dr.
Bards= all par-
quote : but the kiss had been taken bee the denial was ticulara on the rabbet, and the latest advances pr the art
completed, and then they walked on in silence together, and of producing annetheeda—a tentsnlllEllB beenortl,
in pesos, towards the house. On the next morning she oe , complied with. There received by
sevenmen west going away,andttrerewasanearlybreafeat i Partridge General's health are that, on his
There were rase o[ the ladies than, but Mr. Kennedy, , return to Capirelpitrectfa was meek enfeebled and depressed,
the host, was among his Meads. A large drag with four ,hut that slime his return his health kw been im
horses was then to take the travellers and their luggage , daily. He rises at six, takes hie cup cif hot eoffilers,"ll
to the Mafiosi, sad there was natundly a good dial of . then to the bath. At nine he breakfests on wine, meat,
noise at the heat door as the p ns for the dew- 1 and bread and cheese ; lunches at noes, dines at six, and
ton were made. Ia the m of th Kr. Kennedy , retina punctually at nine. Physically we could commend
took our hero aside. "Lan has told me
," said Mr. Kea- i Do better treatment for this soldier of. various
nedy, " that she has sequainted you with my for- 1 fortune ; nor, mentally, wild we sagged a baps diver-
tune." " And I
he you most , " said doe of than the kumase sad gerii seedy in
phieme. meows the °thee, bawl, .4 you are a which heShi.sueliterested, and whisk, through the labial's
lucky fell-ow.e " I feel myself to be se," said Mr. ILIS. of our ooentryman, may now be followed est is theory
ned2. " Sae a wife was all that was wanting to me, and sad la pewits* with equal fadlifq.—Medoel Tines end
ru a wife is very hard to find. Will yen remember, Gantt&
Finn, that leseghliater will never be es fall but what Tam RDUC.ATIONAL 001171111301 L—The p>
than will he a mem for yes, ores crSPI, het "ea yea aeries for the National Cardamum on which
will be made welesme. I say this on mew liaise pert, aping in Man en the 13th bet., are A
den my ewe.* Thisees... as he was his awful ewer =mbar el telhaestiel Fa ol every shade ad
tothe navel statics. ecald EMI keep blim'al Musa Wm- sad eaglets wisdom • ample& the Imitation
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.1 11,917 and will the miaow by proposing Mr. Brae.
Mee W soma tislosts, 1,114 i bead `lei Mar. ; i awl Mr. =:hbillgeoldiate•

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NEW YORK, Dac. 21.
I have seen no defence of Mr. Stanton as yet
against the President's last thrust, which is entirely
successful. The Tribune tried to show yesterday
morning that the despatch the President himself
received from New Orleans before the riot was as
explicit as that received by Mr. Stanton, and
prints them in parallel columns ; but I do not think
it very much improves Mr. Stanton's case. If
Mr. Stanton did not think the matter of sufficient
importance to show his despatch to the President,
it is hard to blame the President for not being
more excited and perspicacious. Mr. Stanton's hos-
tility to the Tenure of Office Bill nobody has
attempted to explain away. As I said in my last
letter, I do not believe the affair will go any
further.
•

CIIKAP GLASS BOTTLES.—The LONDON
uTot.:K of the AIRE and CALDER OLAJOI BOTTLE COB-
\ V is for SALE, at REDUCED PRICES. the premises at Yree
'lr.!. Wharf, Itattliff, being required for wharf purposes.
IN for ail the new patterns and the patent-aloppered bottles
L, usual, from the works, Yorkshire. and the Oboe, tia, Upper
Thsousostreet,

iIItELIMINARY NOTICE.—On MONDAY,
Janney eth: Ititle: we shall COMM KNCK the BALK of
littiM EA BKIVIS, °LOVES, and FANCY Gimlet,
In %Mile to the sem of 48,000, being the Stovb of
11,:comitz and Kremlin, general merchants., of leuelouvii-
stro.i, Liaolum and Dieppe, France—bankrupts.
VI DITIONS 01' SALK.
Every article will be marked le plain fignres. The entire Stork
•ill be sold at considerably less than half-price. --BAKER and
t itr, ItEGKNT:efitEKE, opposite Conduit-street, W.

[ln the article to which Mr. Sidney refers we carefully
abstained from expressing any opinion of our own as to
the merits of the case. "The conflict and contnidiction of
evidence," we said, " were such that tho jury have been
unable to agree upon a verdict. We shall not attempt to
draw the positive conclusion which they have shrunk
from establishing." We confined ourselves to stating tho
facts of the case, and the counter theories of
the plaintiff and the defendant, and we did this,
on the information before us, with laborious im-
partiality. With respect to the imputed posting
in London of the letter which Mr. Sidney calls
his " death-warrant"--• puddling which, Mr. Sidney
ulnas, would, if proved, have been conclusive spirant
him—we followed the report of Mr. Sidney's woes-
examination in the Tines newspaper. "He (Mr. Sidney)
stated in his direct examination he was obliged to post
it
in Dublin. It bore, however, the London postmark, and
he would not swear that be did not pod it there." Masa,
of December 14.) So in the report of &donut Armatrongs
✓ouch for the defendant : " The death-warrant was posted
by Sidney himself in London for John L. Beget, along with
• letter to the postmaster at Ballyroore directing hint to
give it to Mr. John L. Begot." (Tice., December W.)
The fact is material ; and we gladly give Mr. Sidney the
benefit of his riontradiction.—Editor of Daily lima]

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The agitation about the rights of American
citizen/ abroad, of which I spoke some weeks ago,
has been making progress, and has now got before
the Senate, where I think some action about
it will be taken. The Germans in particular
are greatly excited about it, owing to the large
number who fall victims nearly every year to the
Prussian conscription on visiting their native
country. The only ground of offence
against Great Britain of which I have
yet heard relates to the Fenian, and particularly
Warren. The Fenian agitators have arrived at
the conclusion—l do not profess to know how—
that
every foreigner tried for a criminal offence in
Great Britain is entitled, under the law of nations,
to a mixed jury. I am bound to say, however,
that the idea originated in one of the Fenian
papers in Dublin, which declared that the denial of
a jury of half foreigners was a cases WU.
Some of the American papers, all those I have seen
which took any notice of the matter at all, merle a
good deal of fun of this discovery ; but the Fenian,
here took it up, with their usual acumen, in solemn
earnest, and declaim about it a good deal at their
meetings. The American public are not, however,
in the least moved by the Fenian grievances
per et ; but they are strongly disposed to have the
effect of their naturalisation laws put on a new
footing. The opinion is general which I repro-
duced when speaking of this matter some weds
ago, that the old doctrine of allegiance cannot stand
in this age, when men are emigrating almost in
nations ; and I must say, I cannot well see
what object Great Britain could have in try-
ing to maintain it. If a man who wishes
her well transfers his allegiance to this country,
she simply gains a friend in a community white
Meads may probably prove more useful to her
Idiom in any other in the world. If a man whe
la
hostile to her does so, and afterwards *month
I ads of hostility against her, she simply diminishes
'the responsibility of the United States by still
I claiming him as a subject. She would, I am seta-
' fled, gain in every way by tbe peewee of a de-
claratory act releasing every Irishman settled
in America, who has either been naturalised, or
filed a declaration of his intention to be nate-
relined, from all allegiance to her.
The " Irish Republic" has been fully restorsili•
Ms:teal brandies into which it split, owing el
the emdeadon between the Roberta and the
'factions, have, it is said, been reunited, se
Republic is whole again. The two aisle
win head the Stephens wing called en Mr. Jobb
sliag, who has come back to this eountay, awl
,ollbsed him the eresideney the ether day, bet
Ali it. It is now amid that it will be 000111,
Lt. theeral Shields ; but his Maids sage INA
too, will decline it. The fact is the (miner
11 meter of the " Republic" begins to be apparent even

tANDLES.—If you do not want your candles
NJ exclusively for show, but with pleasantness of appearance
,nice excelkoce of burning. bay " PRICKS GOLD NEDAL
II lITIN E.' or their -Sherwood l'eltultine," or their wood
i.; itel t Sperm." or •‘ Delmont Wax," or their
st," •• No 3," or •• Battersea" Composite, in prefer
roe to the Moot, soil most transparent Paraffin* Candles. lint
fl you must bare the extreme transparency of pure Verafilne,
" Priee's " or their "BelmonUne" will give It to you in
perfeetimi. ill at 0 more moderate_ price then Is usually charged
for am oil., I, alb Unit-class Parselne Candles.
Th.. new soap PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED OLYCVRINE.'
h II its weight of their concentrated distilled Glyce-
rine, should geueral use Is every house before the winter
• on. issue, of its admirable effects in preventing chapping
of the lextol,ool face. lit every house there ought also to be
one If the bottles of their concentrated °lyre.
ewe, klor o merywhere u " Price. Olveenne," and prescribed
• 000 t
an eni medical men abroad as well as st home,
the one onlyliwnt lyeeine for nimlielnal use whether externally
or internally.
PRICE'S FANCY SOAIAII of the different sorts usually made
err exeellent, and command a constantly increasing sale. The
tdreerine" spoken of shore is, however, the one
Locy soap to lose
Es NEV PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning in
the wide glasses, ere believed to be the very best nicht lights
▪ " Price+ Childs' Night Lights," for burning without
likoses, mid their elfferent arts of " Chamber Candles" are so
sell known. and so generally used and appeedated as not to need
any special notice here.

On Thursday evening a banquet was held in the
Subscription Houma, Stroud, in celebration of the trium-
phant return of Br. H. Winterbothans as liberal member
tor that borough. Nearly 500 gentlemen were present.
The largo room afforded bundlicient accommodation for
the what', so that a portion dined in an ante-room. Both
rooms were decorated for the occasion. Over the orcheros,
in which the chairman and prissaipal, gusts dined, wee this
motto, " Our Queen and Country.' wrought in letters of
wU, aad in other parts ef the room were " Succesa to the
Liberal Party," itafaral Betrenehment, Pesos," and
other mottoes of a similar clUsriptios.
TIM WRATH.= 11W THZ PARK& —Since the
fell
of mow on Thursday afternoon last the frost has set in
with greeter severity, the receiving-house thermometer
registering during Thursday night, and up to 9 o'clock
yesterday morning, 10 degrees of trod, standing at 22 dug.
Duriog the whole of yesterday it stood at 29 deg.. register-
ing 3 degrees of frost, and fell rapidly after 6 °Week Let
night. At 9 o'clock it stood at 2d deg., and was still fall-
The wind was north-wed. On the St. James's-park
and Kansington-gardes waters yesterday afternoon thorn
wsm a thin costing of foe, hut not sufficiently s is
bear any person. The icemen were on duty at both
thw
places, and, stotwithstudiug the evidently unsafe am-
ditica of the ice, wen continually employed Lin driving
away a number of boys and lads who endeavoured so
get upon it. In GM of accidents the Tarim
teats of the Humane Society ',IMO kept supplied during
the day with hot-water baths and all the other usual ap-
pliances, but up to 9 o'clock last sight no
report had been received it the receiving-honos =
coachat haying oscura'. Hernlaisoultiatth
Jag medical atteedanos. in
in ease efrom
ready. 'Pb. Serpentine is at yoi
over, the ins being eery this, but tCfriest ocalthea
until Sondaywithithe Ramo dorms ideasity, the imams
report that the lot both at the Berpesiase mad ea the elhat
yawn he Ghee( tneuel to eseldis lewerat of '
math to MN/ lignisisms tithes* &nisi The
a the
tdadeas teeelooi_ IN the 441, Tir:= •
waist la -pokes• width is uposioderto bassa
ensegh shall* apes Mk Ay; the voter Ewe
Ism vat the ashen el Mr via. The
votemin Wbennt sod Viehnlacht, sad the
Cdatlinnas.a.Pr'i en
wille"sitagan
"411
*say, foluileft. 'te Dna tints for mangy me
=tie "Otemehme book et the live:pool II
Aid Paai& • ale miry. •
CRYSTA—The pantomime will be
at fear o'closk Ode afternoon. The great Zootgvects
le Whist el Ws, will le la bedew

CANDLES.—A Hint to Purchasers.—Do not
make sure that you know what prire you are paying per
pond for your candies until you have stripped them ■nd put
them lu the Wale. Some eandiee are right weight without the
wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers, some with very
kick wrappers, and souse are not nearly right weight with
wrappers however thick. HLIGFIS "GOLD IIEDAL PALMI-
TIN " Sherwood Paluatine," "Delmont Sperm,- and "lint•
wont Wax," "lest," " No. 2," "No. S." and " Battersea'
iemptolt, a, "Prise Paraffins," and "Beiruontine," and all
the other candles of Prior's Patent Candle Company (limited),
me fuil weight without the wrappers

eIIiTISTMAS PRESENTS d NEW YEAR'S
an
3IFTS for all who court the gay and festive scenes.—
Min-LAN lks' MACASSAR OIL, a preserver and beautifyer of
lb, hair beyond all precedent, Rowlands' Ralydor, for impart-
ing • radiant bloom to the conipteiton and a softness and deli •
In the bands, arms, and neck. Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl
bnitifrice, for giving a peartlike whiteness to the teeth, and fru.
trance to the breath. The patronage of royalty throughout
iiirope, their general use by rank and fashion, and the univer-
sally known efficacy of these articles, give them a celebrity un-
Psfilelcil —sold by chemists and platiunerk—Ask for Row-
noilt " articles.

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM,
an effectual remedy, without confining the bowels or
affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to
be the best medicine for Immediately relieving coughs, colds,
confirmed eases of asthma, and incipient cossaumptlon. It Ire-
gavillli cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable
adnundly allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing.
Ins KlPmetloor consumption its egecte are truly beneficial.
"".... del rived of sleep, or even lying dews for fear of suffoas
411 i.. mq depend on relief in • few minute* after taking it.—
Prepared lvdY and sold by W. LAIIIUULT, seeming, 8, king Wil-
liam-street, chgoog.erosa, Londoo, and by all druggists, in
b°ttiel. nill . and three quantities in one, Is. 91. Be particular
Lid ask for I.unhert's Asthmatic Babam. The owe and alines
ws engraved on the stump.
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_YOZ CONSUMPTION. BIONCRIAL AFFECTION% •e.

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FOB DKIBILITY.

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the Overt et gasses Bee& has Me recast by the
death al Kr. B. N. GoedrielyztriCarsti men
sure be Mai op bawd* ibe farth-
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their zee
the
esigaatien, sad their is said whe already .p.
piled by eekers st oval *NW pedalos sad quelificetioine.
—Yoked rime and &Mak

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99,1 from thefollowthe esalooktphysialsac—Profeaser Taylor,
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Palm,. D. L.LC.P., ac. Jul 1,990906. !Al
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