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power has not tended to allay the uneasiness excited , 'case ; and as for those around him there is every LATEST INTELLIGENCE
by the sudden and violent changes of the last few reason to suppose that no attention would
(REUTER'S TELEGRA3IS.) •
weeks. It was felt from the first that the successor law) been paid to their complaints, and their
of ABRAHAM LINCOLN was not a man to whose oma position would certainly not have been im-
hands Europe would willingly see entrusted the pr oved had they offended the powers of the place.
destinies of a great nation, possessed of large T 1 le medical officer of the workhouse who had
armies, and governed on a system which gives its be en incapacitated by illness from attending to his
ruler for the time almost irresponsible power. Still do 'ties for some time, stated that the report of the
it was felt that it would be unfair to judge him pcificeman who visited the workhouse, was " sub-
hardly in so new and untried a position, and it was stavtially correct." This is certainly summing up
hoped that the importance of his office, and the the case quietly against those in charge, for the
weight of the charge intrusted to him, would teach account given by GEORGE MANNERS, the officer
him to assume that moderation and prudence which who was sent by Sir THOMAS HENRY to investigate
had previously been wanting in his public words and the matter, was a fearful one. He said he had never
acts. These expectations have been grievously dis_ seen a human being in so dreadful a condition, and
appointed. The first excitement of the murder has proceeded to give details which would certainly
gone off, and the allowance which might have been have been gross exaggerations had they proceeded
made for any intemperance of language during the from one whose veracity could be easier impugned.
first days of the shock cannot now be granted. Dr. CRAIG, the assistant medical officer, who was
But the proclamation which has just startled in charge of the deceased in consequence of
Europe by its reckless violence, injustice, and the illness of his superior, is very properly censured
cruelty, is something more than a mere display of for the neglect of the deceased, and also Mrs.
angry feeling. It is a deliberate official act, which ELSON, the paid nurse, who was responsible for
lends all the weight of the authority of the Govern- the conduct of the pauper nurses is declared " prin-
ment to one of the most transparent and base- cipally to blame," and both these individuals are
less fabrications on record. "On evidence," required at once to resign their respective offices as
which is not forthcoming, Mr. JOHNSON ac- assistant medical officer and nurse at the workhouse.
cuses a man of high principle, of unblemished The Board state that they have taken all the circum-
integrity, who has for years fulfilled an important stances into consideration that have been urged in
trust without once abusing his power or suffering extenuation, but that they consider they have so
himself to be betrayed by the violence of his ene-
gravely neglected their duties, that the authorities
mies into one act of retaliation or oppression, of could not be justified in allowing them to continue
complicity in a mean and cowardly crime, as
in their offices. As for the master of the work-
house, who put in for his excuse that the
inconsistent with his character as it is
repugnant to his professions. Furthermore, infirmary had always been considered to be the
by the same ingenious logic, Messrs. JOHNSON and special charge of the medical officer and the nurses,
STANTON consider that a crime which could scarcely the board very properly admonish him that such an
have been known to more than one or two indivi-
opinion is an erroneous one, and furthermore inform
him that "the infirmary, as well as all other parts
duals without imminent peril of detection to have
been planned by several hundreds of persons scat- of the establishment, are under his general
tered from Carolina to Canada. If any nation in superintendence, and that he is responsible
the world has expressed an abhorrence of political for the good management of the sick wards
assassination it is England, and the annals of our equally with the other portions of the
history show hardly any instances of it. In the workhouse." In future he is told that he will be
height of political rancour and passion the leaders of held "strictly responsible" for the proper manage-
parties have never been betrayed into sanctioning ment of the sick wards, and he cannot be absolved
such an act, knowing, as they did, that it would at from blame. On the whole, it may fairly be stated
once disgust their most vehement allies. Even that the Poor-law Board have exhibited great dis-
when men so unpopular to the masses as the first cernment and discretion in this matter, which
Duke of BUCKINGHAM, in one age, and Mr. PERCI- offered great difficulties in its management, and it
vAL, in another, fell victims to the knife and the remains to hope that such well-timed decision may
bullet, there was but one sentiment—that of horror, have its effects upon those immediately connected
but one outcry—that of indignation, against with the sick in other workhouses. A more discre-
the murderer. The Canadians are essen- ditable case than that of RICHARD GIBSON can
tially English in their feelings and character, hardly occur, but who can say how many others
yet Mr. JOHNSON does not scruple to accuse them equally bad are not occurring which we are pre-
wholesale, not only of receiving, but of harbouring vented from knowing owing to circumstances.
assassins. It is this recklessness of accusation During the last year we have had two startling
which makes men look with doubt and anxiety cases of workhouse neglect put before us, and it is
to the future. It is but too probable that the time that something was done to remedy the evils
next step will be to demand the extradition and rectify the abuses that take place in the system
of all Confederates of any note from Canada, on of treating our sick poor in these places. It
the plea of their being concerned in one of the many has been shown from reliable statements that
so-called plots which the Federal Government has the patients are left for sixteen hours without
discovered. Three hundred persons have already any nourishment, and that the doctor often passes
been put under arrest, and it is very likely that by the beds without looking at their occupants.
the list of " suspects" may double or treble The sad tale of the sufferings endured by sick
that number, since it has been thought worth paupers is indeed dreadful to dwell upon, and the
while to prepare them a special prison. When full horrors of their situation will probably never be
conspirators are obliging enough to knock public fully known until the day when all secrets are dis-
officers down in the public thoroughfares without closed ; but we may safely infer that the ranks
hurting them, on purpose to drop a paper giving of these nameless martyrs are numerously filled up.
I
all details of a plot to set cities on fire and then It is high time that something be done to alter the
run away beyond all pursuit, there is no saying present state of things, and that such a supervision
be introduced as shall render a repetition of the
how many men, whose independence or patriotism
c
makes them obnoxious to the Government, may not case of GIBSON impossible. The authorities in a
place hang too much together, and it would be
become implicated. Mr. JOHNSON holds " treason,"
so called, in such holy horror that he would like to well if a disinterested party made exami-
reverse the old adage, and hang a hundred innocent nations occasionally. If the Poor-Law Board
men rather than let one guilty one escape. There sent an inspector, or some responsible party,
is a famous old distich which tells us that treason, to inquire into the state of patients in work-
h
when it prospers, is not treason ; and one is re- houses by personal observation, without notice of
minded that Mr. JOHNSON'S own sacred Union owes his arrival, much good might be done, and a check
its very existence to something which in the North is be established which would be salutary. It is cer-
called Independence, but in the South is called Trea-
tain that a great wrong has been done to the cause
son. The difference between GEORGE WASHING-
of justice by the treatment of this poor man, and in
TON and JEFFERSON Davis is simply that the one
the opinion of a Christian community the recur-
was successful, the other unsuccessful. American rence of a case which shocks the best feelings of
estimation may be measured by this standard, but human nature should be prevented by every mean
ingenuity can devise and skill put into practice.
English sympathy is not ; and the feeling which
was strongly evoked a few weeks ago on behalf of
the Northern States when they lost their President
will now turn tenfold to the high-minded man who
is now the mark for the malignity of foes who are
afraid of the uprightness and purity of his fame.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAY 18.
The Queen and the King left this evening for
Aranjuez.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MAY 17.

BOURSE, May 17.—A general feeling of depres-
sion has pervaded the market since the opening, in
consequence of reports having been circulated of
unfavourable intelligence from Mexico. The result
has been a slight fall in most of the principal
values. Three per Cents. are now at 67f. 55c.,
being a reduction of 15c. on yesterday's closing
prices. The shares of the Credit INlobilier have
again receded 15f., and are at this hour quoted
7G2. Business in the Italian Loan has been tran-
sacted at 65f. 40e. The market continued without
any noticeable improvement on the quotations cur-
rent during the early hours of business, and closed
as follows :-
4-1 per Cents 95 20
Do. end month —

Italian Loan 65 75
Do. end month 65 75
Ditto Threes
New Mexican —
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred -
rAYS.
Cash. Acct.
Orleans
Northern 1067 50 1065
Lyons and Mediterranean. 895 895
Southern 597 50 598 25
Western 527 50 ... 528 75
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian

8 per Cents. 67 45
Do. end month 67 50
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month 763 75
Bank Shares 3695

Credit Foncier 1282 50

Roman 76

Lombard 535 .. 541 25
North of Spain 255 ... 255
Saragossa 345 ... 346 25
Ditto to Barcelona 132 50 ... 140

AMERICA.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
NEW YORK, May 6.
The following is President Johnson's reply to an
address presented to him by a Pennsylvanian dele-
gation :
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—l can only
reply in general terms ; perhaps as good a reply as
I can make would be to refer to or repeat what I
have already said to other delegations, who have
come for the purpose of encouraging and inspiring
me with confidence on entering upon the discharge
of duties so responsible—so perilous.
" All that I could now say would be but a reitera-

tion of sentiments already indicated. The words
you have spoken are most fully and cordially
responded to by me. I, too, think the time
has arrived when the people of this nation
should understand that treason is a crime.
When we turn to the catalogue of crimes we find
that most of those contained in it are understood ;
but the crime of treason has neither been generally
understood nor generally appreciated as I think it
should be. And there has been an effort since this
rebellion commenced to make the impression that it
was a mere political struggle ; or, as I see it thrown
out in some of the papers, a struggle for the ascend-
ancy of certain principles from the dawn of the
Government to the present time, and now settledby
the final trial of the Federal arms. If this is to be
a determined, settled opinion, the government is at
at end, for no question can arise but they will make
it a party issue, and then, to whatevey length they
carry it, the party defeated will be only a party de-
feated, and no crime attaches thereto. But I say
treason is a crime, the highest crime known to the
law, and the people ought to understand it, and be
taught to know that unless it be so considered
there can be no Government. I do not say
this to indicate a revengeful or improper spirit.
It is simply the enunciation of deliberate
consideration and temperate judgment. There are
men who ought to suffer the penalties of their trea-
son ; but there are also some who have been en-
gaged in this rebellion who, while, technically
speaking, are guilty of treason, yet morally are not.
Thousands who have been drawn into it, involved
by various influences, by conscription, by dread,
by force of public opinion in the localities in which
they lived ; these are not so responsible as those
who led, deceived, and forced them. To the un-
conscious, deceived conscripted—in short, to the
great mass of the misled—l would say mercy, cle-
mency, reconciliation, and the restoration of their
Government. To those who have deceived—to the
conscious, influential traitor, who attempted to de-
stroy the life of a nation, I would say " On you be
inflicted the severest penalties of your crime."
(Applause.) I fully understand how easy it is to
get up an impression in regard to the exercise of
mercy ; and, if I know myself and my own heart,
there is in it as great a disposition to mercy as can
be manifested on the part of any other individual.
But mercy without justice is a crime. In the exer-
cise of mercy there should be deliberate considera-
tion, and a profound understanding of the case ;
and I am not prepared to say but what it should
be transferred to a higher Court—a Court where
mercy and justice can best be united.
" In responding to the remarks of your chairman
in reference to free government and the discharge
of my duties, I can only say again that my past
public life must be as a guide to what my future
will be. My course has been unmistakeable and
well defined. I know it is easy to cry out " dema-
gogue," but let that be as it may. If I have spent
the toil of youth and the vigour of my life for the
elevation of the great masses of the people, why it
was a work of my choosing, and I will bear the loss.
And if it is demagoguism to please the people, if it
is demagoguism to strive for their welfare and
amelioration, then I am a demagogue. I was always

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accom
panied by Major Teesdale, honoured Mr. T. M. Joy's pic-
tures of " The Lawn" and " The Yard," at Messrs. Tatter-
sall's old subscription room with a visit yesterday morning.
His royal highness was pleased to express his approval of
the same, and subscribed for engravings of each picture.—
Court Circular.

The letter that has been sent from the Poor-law
Board to the Vestry Clerk of St. Giles's respecting
the sad affair of RICHARD GIBSON is satisfactory in
the extreme, and it is indeed high time that some-
thing should be done at headquarters to check the
mismanagement in workhouses. It will be remem-
bered that the jury, in their verdict, reported that
the death was " accelerated by neglect." In conse-
quence of this very proper remark the affair has
been taken up in an energetic manner, and we find
at the conclusion of a long investigation the most
decisive reproof administered to those whose faulty
management occasioned so many serious evils.
Mr. FARNALL, the Inspector of the Poor-law
Board, paid great attention to the matter through-
out, and the effects of his observations are seen in
this letter, that so strongly condemns the course
pursued in St. Giles's Workhouse. The terms there
employed could not have been stronger or more to
the purpose than they are, and it is to be hoped
that the authorities at the Poor-law Board will con-
tinue to pursue the vigorous treatment they have
begun in this instance, and thus gradually
but surely put a stop to the carelessness
that prevails to such a lamentable extent in
the wards of workhouse. A more painful case than
that of GIBSON can hardly be imagined, and the
details of the affair are harrowing in the extreme.
It is, indeed, fearful to think that a poor man,
suffering from a painful disease, should be exposed
to such torments as those endured by the de-
ceased. All the various points of the evidence,
that were collected from various quarters, concur in
the original deposition to the magistrate, of the
neglect and want of nourishment that GIBSON
suffered from. In allusion to this, the Board
state that " they consider it has been clearly esta-
blished that the deceased was left in a disgraceful
state of neglect, as regards his personal cleanli-
ness, for some time before his death." A severer
censure could hardly have been passed than this,
and there cannot be too much weight attached
to the importance of this decision, because, until
the matter is] taken up by the authorities in a
determined spirit, and with a decisive manner,
there can be no hope that this disastrous state of
things, and that we shall hear no more of such
anomalies taking place in a Christian community.
Cleanliness, that is so essential to all, is doubly
essential to the sick, and it may fairly be said that
if one thing more than another reflects the greatest
disgrace upon all connected with this affair, it is the
very dirty .1.
have been left in.
stave
which GIBsoN was proved to
As for the absurd excuses that
his
untenable, condition
n and the
otbeing made
]mown, giventhey
as owetrequite
paltry
e
attempt to put all the blame upon the sufferer
and
his neighbours in the same ward wa3 a complete
failure. In the first place, the poor man was deli-
rious, and therefore he could not have stated his

" FUN" made a brilliant recommencement yester-
day afternoon under an entirely new management. With
Tom Hood as the editor of Fun there has surely at length
been discovered (as we intimated only the other day in these
columns) that long and vainly looked for personage—the
Right Man in the Right Place. Letterpress and illudtra-
tions both already evidence very marked imps ovement.
The principal woodcut, the political cartoon, is in its
working-out worthy of Punch—the likenesses of the young
Prince, of the Commander-in-Chief, of the Lord-Lieute-
nant, and of the Irish Secretary are excellent.
A VOLUNTEER SERGEANT-MAJOR SHOT.—A me-
lancholy, and, it is feared, fatal occurrence took place
at the Hendon Rifle Range on Tuesday afternoon about
half-past three o'clock. Five of the crack shots of the Sun-
derland
Rifle Corps had gone to the beach for private prac-
tice, attended by the Sergeant-Major of the Corps (Heading)
to act as marker. The "mantlet," an iron box, in which the
marker sits, is behind a rock and in a natural cave of the
sea banks, the target being at a little distance. It would
appear that after the firing had proceeded for some time
the Sergeant-Major incautiously left the mantlet without
first showing the red flag as a signal for danger. At that
moment one of the Volunteers was taking aim, and not
noticing that Heading was exposed fired, the shot rico-
chetted, and struck the Sergeant-Major, who fell, but,
singular to say, moved his flag as he lay. The Volunteers
at once proceeded to the target and found Heading lying at
some distance from it, bleeding from a wound in his" side.
His first words were that he was to blame himself in not
having shown the flag, and the Volunteer who caused the
accident was not to blame. He was carefully conveyed to
the Blue-house, and messengers despatched in different
directions for medical assistance. Dr. M'Donogh, of her
Majesty's 3hip Active, Mr. Saville and his son, and Dr.
-Pyle, the medical officer of the Volunteer Corps, were soon
in attendance, and found that the ball had passed in at the
left side and out at the right, penetrating the largo gut and
liver. There was little external hemorrhage, the bleeding
being internal. At the time our reporter left the spot the
unfortunate man was still alive, but no hopes were held out
of his long surviving.

A DROVE OF WHALES.—On Monday a drove of
young whales, measuring from 16 to 24 feet, were seen in
Broadbay, near Melbost, in the Lewis, when a number of
boats were manned and went in pursuit, and continued the
chase all day. On several occasions the boats managed td
get the shoal towards the shore, but when they came to
shallow water the whales always turned and went spouting
away out amongst the boats. It is supposed there were
from 80 to 100 altogether. It would have turned a good
day's work for the men engaged if they had been successful.
They were active and hashing away amongst them all day,
but all their labour was futile.

FEARFUL DEATH OF " STEEPLE JACK."—For
some time past a man named John M'Cann has been pur-
suing a hazardous occupation in the black country. It has
been his practice to ascend tall chimneys from the outside,
after attaching ropes and chains to the summit by means of
a kite. A stack at the ironworks of Messrs. Williams, at
Wednesbury Oak, required repairing, and M'Cann was em-
ployed to do the work. The method which it has been usual
with him to adopt has acquired him the sobriquet of
"Steeple Jack." Commencing on Friday, he had affixed
his apparatus by Sunday. After a visit to a publichouse
he ascended on that day, and, to the great amusement of a
crowd of people who had assembled below, danced a horn-
pipe, and went through other antics on the top of the chimney.
At half-past eight he descended, and again repaired to the
public-house. After staying there an hour he re-ascended
the chimney unobserved, it is said, and was soon afterwards
seen lying asleep across the apex of the stack. In another
hour he was seen to roll from his perilous bed. He fell upon
the roof of the building below, and was picked up in a muti-
lated condition on the floor of the works, having broken
through the roof and some rafters beneath it. He was con-
veyed to the South Staffordshire Hospital, where ho died on
Monday. Deceased's father earned his bread in a manner
equally hazardous with that of his son, and it is stated that
the son's death has been similar to that which befel his
father,

some years, felons have been buried. Booth's body
was deposited here, and the earth over it was
smoothed and carefully sodded over. The other
graves of less infamous felons had previously been
levelled, and a strong guard is now in charge of
the spot, and will continue to keep it undisturbed
until the grass has grown so thickly that no one
will ever be able to distinguish the place where the
assassin's corpse was interred from the other name-
less graves around it."
_ _

SOUTHAMPTON, May 18.

The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen from
New York, on the afternoon of the Gth inst., -has
arrived here. She brings 79 passenger-d for this,
Havre, and Bremen ; $37,900 fob England, and
$103,800 for France.
On her voyage the Bremen spoke the following
ships—the Bremen '6-nip Charlotte on the 13th inst.,
and on the 14h the Hamburg brig, No. 91, off
Portland.

NEW YORK, May 6, 2 P.M.

Advices received from Bermuda state that during
a judicial investigation there evidence was produced
showing that a Doctor Blackburn, representing
himself as a Confederate agent, purchased infected
clothing, and ordered it to be sent to New York,
with the object of spreading the yellow fever in
that city.

The following letter has been addressed by Lieu-
tenant General Ewell to Lieutenant General Grant
relative to the assassination of President Lincoln

" Fortress Monroe, 16th April, 1865.
" Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant Commanding
United States Army.

" General,—You will appreciate, I am sure, the
sentiment which prompts me to drop you these few
lines. Of all the misfortunes that could befall the
Southern people, or any Southern man, by far the
greatest, in my judgment, would be the prevalence
of the idea that they could entertain any other than
feelings of unqualified abhorrence and indignation
for the assassination of the President of the United
States, and the attempt to assassinate the Secretary
of State. No language can adequately express the
shock produced upon myself, in common
with all the general officers confined here
with me, by the occurrence of this appalling
crime, and by the seeming tendency in the public
mind to connect the Southern men with it. Need
we say that we are no assassins nor the allies of
assassins, be they from the North or from the South,
and that, coming as we do from most of the States
of the South, we would be ashamed of our own
people were we not assured they would reprobate
this crime. Under the circumstances I could not
refrain from some expression of my feelings. I thus
utter them to a soldier who will comprehend them.
The following officers—Major-Generals E. John-
son of Virginia and Kershaw of South Carolina ;
Brigadier-Generals Burton, Corse, Heins, and Jones
of Virginia; Dubois, Semmes, and H. R. Jackson
of Georgia; Frazier of Alabama, Smith and Gordon
of Tennessee, Cabel of Arkansas, Marmaduke of
Missouri, and Commodore Tucker of Virginia, all
heartily concur with me in what I have said.—Re-
spectfully, R. S. EWELL, Lieut.-General C.S.A."

EC &RIO TS T Ins Day.

METROPOLITAN CA.TTLE.

The supply of beasts on sale here to-day was very mode-
rate. Tho trade for most breeds ruled steady, at full prices.
Very prime Scots realised 55., but the more general top
price was 4s 10d per 81bs. Sheep were in moderate supply.
Most breeds were in steady request, and the quotations
ruled firm ; prime Downs and half-breds realised Gs 2d per
81bs. Lamb—the supply of which on sale was but mode-
rate—moved off steadily at full prices, viz., at from Gs 8d
to 8s per Sibs. Calves were in fair demand at previous
rates. The port trade was quiet.

Per 81b to sink the offal.

s ds d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 8
Second quality do ..3 10 4 2
Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c.... 4 8 4 10
Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 10 5 4
second quality do ..5 6 5 10

proud when my duties were so discharged that the
people were pleased. A great monopoly—the re-
marks of your chairman brings me to it—existed :
that of slavery, and upon it rested an aristocracy.
It is the work of freemen to put down monopolies.
You have seen the attempt made by the monopoly
of slavery to put down the Government ; but in the
making of the attempt to control and destroy the
Government, you have seen the Government put
down the monopoly and destroy the institution.
(Applause.) Institutions of any kind must be sub-
ordinate to the Government or the Government
cannot stand. Ido not care whether it be North
or South. A Government based upon popular
judgment must be paramount to all institutions that
spring up under that Government ; and if when they
attempt to control the Government, the Govern-
ment does not put them down, they will put it down.
Hence the main portion of my efforts have been
devoted to the opposition of them. Hence I have
ever opposed aristocracy, opposed it in any shape.
But there is a kind of aristocracy that has always,
that always will command my respect and approba-
tion—the aristocracy of talent, the aristocracy of
virtue, the aristocracy of merit, or an aristocracy'
resting upon worth, the aristocracy of labour resting
upon honest industry, developing the industrial re-
sources of the country—this commands my respect,
my support in life. In regard to my future course
in connection with this rebellion nothing that I can
say would be worth listening to. If my past is not
sufficient guarantee, I can only add that I have
never knowingly deceived the people, and never
have betrayed a friend—(applause)--and, God
willing, never will. (Applause.) Accept my pro-
found and sincere thanks for the encouragement
you have given me ; and believe me when I say that
your encouragement, countenance, and confidence
are a great aid and a great spur to the performance
of my duties. Once more, I thank you for this
manifestation of your regard and respect."
The Boston Advertiser says :
" The vexed question as to the disposal made of
the body of John Wilkes Booth is at length settled
by a statement which may be regarded as final.
After the head and heart, which have been deposited
in the army medical museum in this city, had been
removed, the corpse was placed in charge of two
men, who, after various movements calculated to
baffle impertinent curiosity, dug a grave in a little
spot of ground close to the penitentiary, where, for

cl s d
Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 10
Prime s'thdowo 00.6 0 6 2
Large coarse calves. 4 2 4 8
Prime small 10 5 2
Large hogs ....3 6 4 4
Small porkers 4 6 4 10

Lambs....6s 8d to 8, Od.