The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-09 00:00:00

THE StTN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, APRIL 9, 1870.

Orr ItOUNDELL rALMER replied to the observations C.
Lord Elcho, and said he was quite as ignorant as his
lordship as to what the Government intended on the point
in question. He would not be a party to anything which
would interfere with the rights of property, but he would
not go against the Government unless on a point which
appeared to him to involve a principle.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the Government were preparing
to remove monttrous evils, and they considered the provision
attacked by Lord Elcho as wise and judicious. The Govern-
ment had agreed to the proposal of the hon. member for Ban-
bury that the maximum payment for erection should not
exceed £250, and the sum with regard to freedom of con-
tract should be reduced from £lOO to 250. The Prime
Minister had already announced that in all cases of
existing or future contract-tenancies, freedom of contract
would be allowed at £5O valuation. With regard to thi

amendment, the Government did not think it right to
strike all such tenants out of the clause, and thus disen-
title them to protection.
Lord JOHN MANNERS complained that important
decisions were arrived at not upon the merits of each
question, but in aceerdance with the declararations as to
what might or might not be the future course of the
Government. The proposal of the hon. member for Ban-
bury and the concession of the Government, only tended
to complicate unnecessarily that which already was com-
plicated. He thought that for the purpose of preventing
further complications, they should accept the proposition
of the member for Carlow. He condemned any invasion
of the rights of property, such as was proposed.

Mr. BAGWELL observed that when the bill was intro-
duced he declared that it was not a good one and would
not work. He believed that the concessions would weaken
the Government in Ireland, because it would be seen that
they were not made to Irish members, or those who
were legislating for Ireland, but at the instance of
gentlemen opposite. If the Government made any
further concession it would destroy the bill. The people
of Ireland would say that the measure had been frittered
away by the action of English members. He entreated
the Government not to give way any further. The position
of the small tenants in Ireland would, in his belief, be
worse under the bill than it was at present.
Mr. GLADSTONE said the Government in the present
instance had no intention of giving way. The hon. gentle-
man who had just sat down entreated the Govern-
ment not to give way any more, but it would be inconsis-
tent with their duty to agree to a general pledge of that
character. Their pledge was to look at all the amend-
ments upon their merits. It was not a question of
damaging the cause of the Government in Ireland, but
of the Imperial Parliament in connection with the
matter. To clear the case it was necessary to bear in
mind that they were not dealing at all with present tenan-
cies,and they had nothing to do with the vote theynowhad
to give. They were now legislating alone for prospective
tenancies. The amendment of the hon. member for Ban-
bury was a most important one, that £250 should be
the maximum sum that any tenant over £lOO should ob-
tain. That, he contended, was a limit. It would not be
wise to strike out the most important and influential
portion of the Irish tenants altogether out of the scope
of the bill. The proposition was regarded by the Govern-
ment as morally very important, politically very impor-
tant and material to the success of the measure. The
concession of free contract had been admitted to
meet the case in substance.

Dr. BALL contended that unless the Government con.
seated to insert the words " any holding under £5O valua
tion," it would not embrace retrospective or existing

tenancies.
Mr. W. H. GREGORY said the whole question related to
the future and not existing tenancies, and he thought the
committee were wasting time.
Mr. DISRAELI appealed to the hon. member for Carlow
not to press his amendment to a division.
Mr. KAVANAGH then withdrew his amendment.
The amendment of Mr. SAMUELSON, that in no case
the compensation should exceed £250 was formally
agreed to.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE then moved in line 13, leave out
from £lO and under, &c.," to " reclamation of land," in
line 35, both inclusive, and insert,— 5. Above £5O and not

exceeding £lOO, a sum not exceeding two years' rent :
6. Above £lOO, a sum not exceeding one years' rent. Any
tenant in a higher class of the scale, may, at his option
claim to be compensated on so much only of his rent as
will bring him into a lower class : Provided, that
no tenant of a holding valued at a yearly sum
exceeding £lO, and claiming under this section more than
four years rent, and no tenant of a holding valued at a
yearly sum not exceeding £lO, and claiming as aforesaid
more than five years' rent, shall be entited to make a
separate or additional claim for improvements other than
permanent buildingf and reclamation of land.
Mr. PELL objected to a portion of the amendment, and
moved the omission of the words " reclamation of land,"
as the character of the reclamation was not properly
defined.

Mr. C. FORTESCUE thought the term reclamation 01
land applied not only to land that had been waste, but it
might have been waste, and had been reclaimed.
Dr. BALL also was of opinion that the term ought to be
more clearly defined.
Colonel FRENCH said he did not think there was a term
better understood in Ireland than the reclamation of land.
Mr. HENLEY thought it was necessary to have a strict
definition of •` reclaimed land." It would prevent litiga-
tion if the term were well defined.
Mr. FORTESCUE thought the meaning of the word was
well understood in other acts of Parliament, and he did
not apprehend the difficulty which had been suggested.
Mr. C. READ thought everybody knew what a per-

manent improvement was, but it was impossible to say that

re-clamation of land had any connection. whatever, with
permanent building or improvement. He hoped they
would take a division on that point.
Mr. PELL said that in order to take a division, it was
necessary to move a formal resolution, that the words
reclamation of land be omitted, and he proposed an
amendment to that effect. •

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the same number of
questions might be raised with regard to permanent build-
ing. They all agreed to adopt the Ulster custom,
because they understood though they could not define it.
The word reclamation was well understood.

Mr. MOORE thought the two improvements would,
coming before a judge, be regarded in the same light.
The amendment was negatived.

Mr. HEADLeat moved the following amendment :
Clause 3, page 3, line 35, after " land," insert " Provided
always, that nothing in this Act contained shall exonerate
a tenant under lease from the duty of giving up
peaceable possession of the demised land at the end of
the term, nor shall a landlord resuming possession at
the termination of a lease be deemed to be dis-
turbing a tenant within the meaning of this Act."
The reason why he gave notice of the amendment was
they had been dealing with deeply rooted principles, and
doing much to shake all established usages and principles
which had been recognised. Under these circumstances
it seemed to be right and fair that the tenant, who would
not be supposed to know very accurately the law, should
know clearly that he was not to be exonerated as stated
in the amendment. It was only fair to the landlord, too,
that he should know his position.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that if the proviso
were adopted the bill would be made useless. He admitted
that the landlord could not be considered a disturber if he
took possession at the end of the term; nor would he in
the case of yearly tenancy if he gave due notice to quit.
No doubt the question was one of policy, and they
were dealing with Ireland on exceptional grounds. The
Government had thought it right for the purpose of
attaining security of tenure to insert the provi-
sion. The policy of the clause was to give compensation
for eviction, and in certain cases for improvements. The
effect of the amendment was in 'all cases of leases, how-
ever short, to disentitle the tenant to compensation.
Mr. CORRANCE thought it was time the committee were
extricated from the confusion of terms, and knew the
precise application of the bill. He asserted that the
supporters of the Government voted against their convic-
tions, and came out of the lobby discontented men. The
hon. gentleman, amid cries of "'Vide," quoted a pas-
sage from "Kinglake's History of the Crimean War,"
but the application of the passage to the matter in hand
was not apparent.

Mr. BRUEN remarked that by the beginning of the
clause the Government were seeking to enforce an im-
perfect moral obligation by legal enactments, and were,
on the other hand, seeking to set aside a perfect moral
obligation, such as a contract for a lease by the omission
of provisions, which the right hon. gentleman, by his
amendment, proposed to supply.
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Sir ROUNDELL PALMER said it was attempted by the
present amendment to raise a very important point; but
he did not think that they had arrived at the proper part
of the bill on which the issue should be raised. If the
hon. gentleman pressed his amendment to a division, he
should note able to zive him his ,stmnurt. _

Sir G. gYENKINSON -thought they should not make a
landlord wrong out of a tenant right.
Sir R. ANSTRIITHER thought that as they would soon
be called upon to consider an Act with the same principle
as the bill now under discussion for England, they had
better look the difficulty in the face as soon as possible.
He should give his vote in support of the proposal of the
right hon. gentleman the member for Newcastle.
Lord C. HAMILTON said the Government by the bill
were attempting to place heavy burdens upon other men's
shoulders, which they would not even touch with their
own fingers. He protested against the bill as a violation
of all the principles of right and justice, but he should
support the amendment.
The noble lord continued his address up to seven
o'clock, at which hour, by the rule of the House, Mr.
Dodson left the chair, amidst some rather demonstrative
cheering from the Opposition benches.
The sitting was then suspended.

The ArTOIISEY-GENERAL brought in his bill to disfran-
chise Beverley and Bridgwater, and certain voters of Nor-
wich. On the suggestion of Mr. S. HILL, he agreed to put
the Norwich voters in a separate bill.
At half-past one Mr. NEWDEGATE brought on his motion,
that the Committee be recently obtained on Monastic and
Conventual Institutions be nominated by the Committee of
Selection.

Mr. COGAN moved that the order bo discharged.
Mr. MATTHEWS vehemently opposed the inquiry, as
insulting to Roman Catholic feeling.
A motion made by Mr. PEASE at half-past two to adjourn
the debate, which was supported by Mr. BRUCE, was beaten
by 110 to 76.
Ultimately a third motion to adjourn the debate was
agreed to at 25 minutes past three o'clock.

MAJOR LELAND'S ASSAULT ON MR. GEO

WILKES.

In the issue of the Spirit of the Times, of
March 12, we noted an attack of a very unreserved
character on Major William W. Leland, headed
" Self-Branded Miscreants," and wondered how
that little affair would end. It all arose out of the
bad habit of too prominently associating the editor
with his paper. That Mr. Wilkes has many ene-
mies we do not doubt, for he is a successful jour-
nalist, but we do doubt the wisdom of his making
his widely -read organ the medium of attacking his
enemies, or of answering those who attack him.
lie was accused by Messrs. Bruce, Busbey, and
Leland of ill-treating the late William T. Porter,
by defrauding him of his salary and allowing him to
die in penury. After answering this charge in
more than a column, Mr. Wilkes proceeded to assert
that " Major Leland would recollect anything for a $5
no'e; that he is a notorious swindler and scoundrel,
whose infamy is as common as the air. He would
not be believed, on oath, by any jury in New York,
and adding beastly cowardice and brutishness to
his dishonsty, is discountenanced even by h s own
brothers for his frequent cruel beatings and kick-
iegs of a wife, who, in addition to being adorned
with every womanly virtue, has borne him several
children." Alluding to Bruce and Bushey, the
Spirit declared " it had already seen them glaringly
convicted of two lies ; crawling out of the first by
abjectly swallowing their own vomit in the face of
the whole public, and now ignominiously convicted
of the second, with a weight of shame that ought
to bring a blush to the cheek of the most aban-
doned felon," and then it dismissed them finally,
as calculated to pollute its pages. But Mr. Wilkes
showed his determination not thus to dismiss Major
Leland, for in another article discussing the " sor-
rows, ups and downs of poor Chevalier M'Corkle,"
Major Leland was again dragged iu. After de-
scribing some questionab'e company Mr. M'Cor-
kle kel3t, the Spirit added, " as well as that of the
notorious Majcr Leland, who, we are informed,
went to Washington on Monday last to assist the
Chevalier in constructing a false hotel register,
which brings poor M'Corkle low enough down
for us to leave and pity him. We simply wish to
adi one word, however, with regard to the report
that he said he hardly knew what he would be
tempted to do if he were to meet George Wilkes in
person.' Now, the case is exactly different with
us, for we know precisely what we would do if we
were to meet him and he should exhibit any pos-
ture of offence. We have met men of his stamp
before, and have never yet lost anything thereby."
How Mr. Wilkes will act when he meets the Cheva-
lier M'Corkle remains to be seen, but in the morn-
ing Ripe+ s of the following Wednesday appeared an
item, headed " George Wilkes Co whided," which
to Is us what he did when assailed by the fero-
cious Leland. About two o'clock on the preceding
day be was leisurely strolling along Broadway,
when he was accosted near Pearl-street by Major
Leland, wi;ose remarks had reference, of course, to
the article we have described, more especially that
portion we have selected. Mr. Wilkes's reply is
not recorded, but Leland's action is, for the former
was not heard, but the latter was seen by a crowd.
The Major struck Mr. Wilkes across the face with
his cane, when the assaulted gentleman took refuge
in the dry goods store next to the corner of Pearl_
street, whither he was pursued, till the cane 'vas bro-
ken over his head, and the Major had been captured
and marched off by a Broadway squad. He was re-
leased, as Mr. Wilkes refused to make a charge
against him. If journalists will turn the organs
they control to such uses, the assailed who have not
got organs at their command, to burl at the heads
of their enemies, will get' sticks with which to beat
the editor or pistols to shoot him. A mere pri-
vate quarrel ought to be settled outside the co-
lumns the editor controls, for if the one has all
the argument of the pen, the other may have all
the argument of the cane. What steps Mr. Wilkes
will now take remains to be disclosed ; but if he
does not take any, it will be encouraging for " poor
Chevalier M'Corkle" to follow Major Leland's
example. The Spirit's article to which we have
alluded, on him, shows how unhappy a time he has
of it at Washington ; his whisky shortened by
the draining out of old friends, and his clients
and cases lost since the Spirit proved him to be
an unreliable attorney. The Spirit then goes on to
state that he is attorney for Goldstone, who claims
damages from the Government for surveying Alaska
before it was purchased. This survey was in the in-
terest of a wealthy few, and they made an offer for
the Territory to the Russian Government, which was
turned over to the American Minister in Russia, Gen.
Clay, who forwarded it to Senator Cole, and he to
Mr. Seward, who at once exclaimed, " I'll buy it ;"
and immediately negotiations were opened with
him. Mr. M•Corkle got hold of the grievance, and
worked up the claim, receiving meanwhile, as an
earnest of what he was to get, $2OO a month.
Mr. Fish has agreed to pay Goldstone's claim if Mr.
Seward would recognize it, which the ex-Secre-
tary declines to do, as he boasts that 'Alaska only
cost the Government twenty-four dollars beyond 3
the purchase money. Another of the Chevalier's
szhemes is the claim of Antonio Milatovich,
to 200 leagues of land in Lower California, which

Mac is pu-shing with a fifty whisky gallon 'power.
The poor, beat-out old Chevalier is running with
his nose close to the ground in this latter matter,
and is looking very wise ; but his shifting round
and doubling on his scant will avail him nothing."
Then follows the description of the company he
keeps, and a most extraordinary description it is
to find a place in a respectable journal, and the
whole is interlarded with allusions to the whisky
drinking propensity of Mr. M'Corkle. These cer-
tainly are not subjects for public di,:cussion what-
ever the alleged jobs may be ; and we cannot be
surprised at personal trouble resulting from such
personal attacks. When the Spirit of the follow-
ing Saturday reached oar office we looked with
some curiosity for what Mr. Wilkes would say. We
found a leader in strong censure of the conduct of
journalists in New York to each other, as instanced
in the very inaccurate accounts given in the daily
press of the rencontre. Ali the jouanals ac-
cepted Major Leland's statements, and were ac-
tuated by the unworthy motives of suspicion and
rancorous jealousy with which they regard each
other. Having disposed of the fraternity, in an-
other article, after showing that no such letter had
been written by the late William Porter as that
Leland pretended, and which had led to the fracas,
Mr. Wilkes proceeded to give his own version
We were walking down Broadway on Tuesday last,
about two o'clock p.m., with our overcoat and
undercoat both tightly buttoned, and our gloves
buttoned on our hands. When near Pearl-street

we were suddenly struck from behind, on the back
of the head, with the hook of a light bamboo cane.
We turned instantly and saw the rascal Lelani
endeavouring to deal another blow, and closing
with him snapped his cane in two. We then
stepped backward to the doorway of a store to get
position, and while doing so threw open our over-
coat. Leland, seeing us still embarrassed with our
undercoat And gloves, made another rush, but
struck ineffectually with the pieces of the cane.
He then quickly retreated, and being surrounded

by a great number of people succeeded in making
his escape. It was at an hour when there is a mob
within every twenty feet of sidewalk on Broad-
way, and, not being hurt at all, we did not think
it became us to press onward, through the
crowd, and to run after him; and so the Major
got away. The Major was in great luck—
greater, probably,, than he will ever be again, for
when we next see him he will cross the street."
Of coursi Major Leland is discussed in several
paragraphs under the most opprobrious epithets,
and if we wished to give an example of how an
overdose loses its force, we could scarcely point to
a better instance than that furnished by the it
on the 19th March. One of our little weaknesses,
which most of us perhaps remember when school-
boys, and which we evidently carry through life,
is the dislike to letting people suppose that our
enemy has hurt us. When Mr. Grenville Murray
was struck by Lord Carrington on the steps of the
Conservative Club, it was a weak, womanish blow,
and the question now between Mr. Wilkes and
Major Leland appears to be the amount of punish.
ment the latter inflicted on the former. The ge-
neral report is that Leland used an oaken stick
with a knotted top, with force sufficient to knock
Mr. Wilkes down partially stunned, as would be the
case with any other man who possessed a Caucasian
and not a negro, head. When Mr. Wilkes got up he
took refuge in a store, where he was subjected to
renewed blows by his antagonist, who had fol-
lowed him, and was hooted at, as he passed through
the crowd by Leland, "There goes the chivalrous
fighting editor, George Wilkes."

THE LATE MAJOR-GEN. GEO. THOMAS.

(F'rom the Anglo-American Times.)

The sudden death of another great American is
announced by telegraph ; Major-General GEO. H.
THOMAS, U.S.A., having died of apoplexy at San
Francisco, on Monday. He was, we believe, born
in Virginia, but we have not the materials at
band from which to trace his career. Though a
Southerner, he adhered to the Union cause, stick-
ing to his colours like a true soldier ; indeed, in the
best sense of the word, a true soldier he was, no
officer being more trusted and beloved by those
who served under him, and it became a common
expression among the men he commanded in action
that this was " Old Pap's battle, which we must
win for him." Nor was the feeling confined to the
Army ; for the country was aware how heroic and
patriotic he was, placing in him implicit trust.
Among the disinterested officers of the Union, who,
through sheer merit, disdaining intrigue, or any
backstairs influence, rose to eminence and high
command, perhaps General THOMAS stands fore-
most in public estimation. No higher praise than
this could be awarded him, considering that in that
category are numbered the names of GRANT, SHER-
MAN, SHERIDAN, M4CLELLAN, MEADE, BURNSIDE, and
oth, rs. But the nature of 'Thomas was singularly
chivalric, disinterested, and generous. His war re-
cordis decidedly the most distinguished of the second
grade, its most trying and brilliant period being that
which ended in the utter defeat of the Confederate
General HOOD. GRANT at that time was in the
immediate command of the Army of the Poto-
mac ; SHER3IAN was advancing on his celebrated
march, by which he penetrated right through the
Confederacy; and THOMAS had been one of his
Generals of Division—his right-hand man. By
order of JEFFERSON DAVIS, JOSEPH JOHNSTON, the
cautious and able Southern General, bad been
superseded to make way for HOOD, a new sys-
tem of tactics being inaugurated to check SHER-
MAN'S threatening advance. Like NAPOLEON on
the march of the Allies to Paris, HOOD swung
round the invader's rear, hoping to draw him
back by intercepting his communications, but Gen.
SHERMAN detached THOMAS, and proceeded on
his devastating track. The task given to the
Union General was one of great difficulty, requiring
good judgment and skilful management. As the
space between the armies increased, SHERMAN mov-
ing towards the sea and HOOD penetrating into
Tennessee in the hope of raising that and other
States, THomas's position became more and more cri-
tical; but he kept his strong enemy at bay by skil-
ful manoeuvring and a deter mined front, as he fell
tack, step by step, on Nashville. On the 30th of
November, 1864, he repulsed a fierce attack on his
entrenchments at Franklin, in whicb 6,000 Confe-
derate soldiers fell, and no less than thirteen gene-
ral officers. THOMAS continued his retreat, even-
tually occupying Nashville, in front of which HOOD
established his lines on the 2d December, where he
awaited reinforcements under PRICE. So critical
was the moment, that General GRANT was on his
way to the scene of action, when he was stopped by
the news of HOOD'S total defeat. Had the city
fallen, PRICE would have joined HOOD with a strong
force from Missouri, and it was calculated that
Tennessee and Kentucky would have added 70,000
men to the Confederate ranks. On the 15th De-
cember, after THOMAS had gathered up all his
available strength, he attacked the enemy's lines,
and in a battle, which lasted over two days, pene-
trated them at all points, capturing most of the
Confederate artillery, with many thousand pri-
soners, and thus ended the last aggressive move-
ment ever made by the South. At the moment
this renowned officer was dying a controversy was
progressing as to whether he blundered in his plan
of attack in the' battle of Nashville. On both sides
the question was ably argued ; but, blunder or no
blunder, General THOMAS commanded the whole
Department, conducting all the operations from the
moment SHERMAN commenced his march till HOOD'S
army was driven across the Tennessee so de-
moralized as never after to recover; and it is now
admitted that the Union General anticipated the
Confederate commander, whose design it was to
attack Nashville two days after he was himself
attacked. The head-quarters of the deceased Gene-
ral was at Nashville, for after the Civil War he com-
manded the District of which it was the capital,
when ANDREW JOHNSON in his extremity turned
to him for aid. In his great quarrel with the Sec-
retary of War, STANTON, which led to the PRESI-
DENT'S Impeachment, failing with GRANT, and fail-
ing with SHERMAN, he attempted to bribe THOMAS
into his service. On the afternoon of the 21st of
February, 1868, when the celebrated Message was
delivered to Congress, announcing the removal of
STANTON from the Secretaryship of War, the Senate
was informed that Major-General G. H. THOMAS
had been promoted Lieutenant-General, and Gene-
ral by brevet. He was afterwards named as suc-
cessor to STANTON, but he declined .all these honours,
preferring to remain where he was. But even this
was denied him, for he had to proceed to Wash-
ington as President of a mere Court of Inquiry,
where he remained for many months. In the
changes which followed the progress of reconstruo-
- and the admission of the late rebel States into
the Union, General THOMAS was removed to the
command on the Pacific. While there he inspected
Alaska, on which he wrote a report that attracted at-
tention in Europe. The former Tennessee Assembly
voted a sum for a portrait of the great Union Gene-
ral who had so successfully prevented the State
being harassed by another sanguinary campaign,
to hang in the halls of the Legislature. But the
present House had the bad taste to order its re-
moval, on which General THOMAS immediately
remitted to the State Treasurer the sum expended
on it, at the same time returning a medal which

had been struck in his honour, forwarding both
the cheque and the decoration, with a dignified

letter.

AMERICAN SHIPPING.—On looking at the " Ame-
rican Lloyds Register of American and Foreign Shipping,"
one would never think that the marine carrying trade of
the United States is on the decline, or that the last ship
owned in Portland was sold but a few weeks since; it
may be that the "foreign" portion helps to swell the
volume to its present size, as it contains 8,000 more ves-
sels than the " Veritas," 900 more than tho " Record,"
and 2,800 more than the "American Universal Register."
—2'riiker's Record.

FENIAN PLANS.

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Extracts from a lengthy report by a prominent
Fenian officer are given in the New York Star, show-
ing the Fenian plots, plans, and preparations gene-
rally, but more particularly the arrangements made
for the invasion of Canada. The fighting strength
is calculated at 35,000 m n, a force which can be
put into the field well ofll::ered and equipped in about
21 hours. The commanders are men of experience,
who have won distinction in th.: civil wars, an i wh,)
are prepared to devote the r energits to drive the
British from the continent, and put a final s op to
their Klaus for the establishment there of a Mo-
narchy. The main strength is in New York State,
wLi h will furnish 12,000 men; the rest are s2attered
in small squads among the other States. We giv e
the plan sketched in the words of the report :
" The invading forces will be gradually concentrated at
throe points. In Northern New York there will be sta-
tioned 7,000 men ;in Chicago 10,000; Buffalo, 10,000. At
an appointed time the various divisions will be put in mo-
tion. To avoid suspicion, the New York division desig-
nated the right wing in the report, will assemble by small
detachments secretly, but promptly, and concentrate at the
northerly point on the border (not named in the report) to
be pushed at once, in co-operation with similar move-
ments, to the West. The ammunition, camp equipage, and
all the material of war will be sent oa two or turee days
previous to the departure of the men—at least such of it as
is not already stored at the nameless point. As soon as
this movement has been completed the men in Chicago
will leave that city in detachments, and concentrate at
a point in Michigan, near Detroit. At this point they
will be furnished with all necessary supplies, and will be
transported by night, by vessels lying in wait for the pur-
pose across the ot. Clair River. Once upon Canadian
soil, the entire force will commence a rapid march to-
wards Quebec. But it is not to be expected that this in-
vading army, large as it will be, will be suffered to pro-
ceed on their way to the capital without opposition. Far
from it. And what force will the British be able to op-
pose to the Fenian army ? It is estimated by the san-
guine writer of the document that they could put into
the field, in case of emergency, about 10,00() volunteers
and 5,000 regular troops. He says :—' Not more than
one-half of the volunteers are efficient, and there can be
little doubt that most of them will run at the first fire.
The regular troops, however, are formed of good fighting
material. This army of defence may be classified as fol-
lows :—Volunteers, infantry, 5,000 ; cavalry, 3,000 ; artil-
lery, 2,000. Regulars, infantty, 3,000 ; artillery and other
arms, 2,000.' The whole of this force of 15,000 mon, re-
gulars and volunteers, will of course be brought to bear
against the swiftly-advancing columns of the Fenian
army. And if we may put any faith in the grandiloquent
argumentation of the framer of the report and plans, this
is the very move that the Fenians will desire the enemy
to make; for, he says, confidently, 'as soon as the cities
of Quebec and Montreal have been divested of their small
garrisons, and the total available force of volunteers on the
march to meet the left wing of the Fenian army advancing
from Lake Huron, the immense force concentrated in the
vicinity of Buffalo will be transported across Lake Ontario,
and will, as a preliminary step, take possession of King-
ston. This grand army will be commanded by General
O'Neill. Leaving a reserve in Kingston to hold it as a
base, he may then push forward over all obstacles in the
direction of Montreal and Quebec. The two principal
cities of Canada being left entirely defenceless, the Fenian
army will in a few days be in complete possession of
both of them.' Meanwhile, according to this plan, the very
counterpart of that of General Fritz, as opposed to that of
General Boum, the Fenian centre and left will attack the
combined forces of the enemy and mash' them. I'he
issue of such a conflict cannot for a moment be doubted, if
this report be worth anything. The red coats will be
scattered like chaff before the wind, and their first and
only battle ended, the victorious Fenians will continue
their resistless march, and will ultimately form a junction
with the forces under Gen. O'Neill. The campaign will
thus be ended in about 20 days —skirmishing, besieging,
and all—and everythingiwill be lovely in the extreme.
So much for the plan. Now for the speculations on
what is to follow. Hear the prophet: —` When this suc-
cess has been achieved, the United States, following the
example set by England during our late war, will no doubt
recognize the Fenian Government of Canada, and thus put
a stop to any movement on the part of Great Britain to
reconquer the Dominion. The independence of Ireland,
that long-coveted summum bonum of every patriotic Irish-
man, will be hastened tenfold by the fact that the Irish
flag is waving over the fortresses of Quebec and Mon-
treal."

The artillery consists of fifteen field batteries of six

guns each, now stored in Chicago, Buffalo, and at
two other points on the border. In a New Jersey
factory they have 50,000 breech-loading rifles fitted
with bayonets. Eight large steamers have been
secured for the transportation ; a number which
can easily be increased on the eve of the movement,
while arrangements have been made to provide a
train of baggage waggons to carry the supplies of
the divisions of the invading army. In conclusion,
the writer hays there will shortly be either a grand
movement on the Canadian border, or, failing that,
the parties of action and inaction will throw off their
reservo and fight out their battles with each other
openly b. fore the public. The bat►le to be decided
is between the politicians and the soldiers, and this
summer will either see the invasion of Canada, or
the total disruption of Fenianism. If they were not
Irish we would imagine all this to be a grand farce.
The writer admits that the Feßians are divided into
two parties equally well thatched, between whom
there is war to the knife ; indeed, blood has already
been shed, for the President of the Fenian Senate
was assassinated by one of the party of action which
is headed by " General" O'Neill. It is a notorious

fact that tie Fenian Treasury has run as dry as an
empty reservoir. However parching may be the
Fenian's thirst for gold, a look into that ends only
in bitter disappointment. There is not even the golden
mirage ; the source has run dry ; the servant girls
are pumped out. There are two requisites with any
organization which attempts to invade any portion
of her Majesty's Dominions ; the one, a hearty union,
whereas discord is the prevailing Fenian feature ;
the other is a well-filled exchequer, whereas dearth
and famine mark that of the brotherhood. If grand
reports, fine editorials, soul-stirring speeches could
do the business the green flag would be flying on
the North Pole ; but unfortunately war is a very
material question, and right is apt to be with the
strongest battalions. "1(), hat can we think of the
brains of a man who writes about smashing up
Canada with 35,000 Fenians, led by the experi-
enced officers who served during the gigantic cam-
paigns of the Civil War ? What was it that these
men there saw? A people of 8,000,000, encumbered
with slaves, re3isting the whole force of the North-
ern states for more than four years, and swallowing
up hundreds of thousands of the soldiers directed
against them, at a cost of hundreds of millions of
treasure. What was the difference between the
4,000,000 occupying, the Dominion and the
8,000,000 of the Southern States, that the former
should be smashed up in a week by an improvised
Fenian army, while the latter contended with the
Federal Government for years on nearly equal
terms ? Perhaps the prominent Fenian officer can
explain, for we fail to see it, except that Canada
is supported by the richest of existing empires, and
that oue embracing within its sway the largest ter-
ritory and the greatest population, with the excep-
tion of China. General Smolenski has prepared a
drill book for the Fenian army, but its language
appears to be obscure, as those for whom it was
intended cannot understand it. The Fenian agi-
tation has had its day, and however unpromising
at first, we really believe it has had its use, and we
hope soon to see it give place to an organization
American, not foreign in its object, and that the
farce may finally explode of proposing to liberate
Ireland by cutting the throats of Americans on the
other side of the St. Lawrence—a plan we can no
more comprehend than the Fenian army can Smo-
leneki's drill-book.

The New York Nation of the 10th ult. has a
leader on the views expressed in one of the late circulars
of the Messrs. Bowles, Brothers, and Co., upholding the
opinions of Mr. Charles Bowles and M. Ernest Frignet.
The Nation principally addresses itself to tho paragraph
in the circular extracted from an article in the Anglo-
American Times, though we did not get the credit for it
further than as "a London newspaper," showing how un-
reasonable the prejudice in America is against the Bonds
being held by foreigners. The letter of M. Ernest Frignet
is quot,d at length, and then the Nation hits at some re-
marks of Senator Sumner in a way which appears to have
given offence to the Springfield Republican, which brings
up what it calls the " slander " against Mr. Sumner pub-
lished by the Nation "six months ago, based upon the pre-
tended authority of his private letters to Mr. Bright, and
has never retracted it, though it soon found out its entire
incapacity to prove its assertion." By the way, it is
curious that the Nation has never yet made the promised
explanation.

In St. Louis, Justice Jecko was called in hot
haste to Barnum's Hotel, to unite a couple in the holy
bonds. He rushed to the hotel and there found a young
man named Emile Neulist, and a damsel named Mary
Catherine Hagebuscb, all the way from Washington
courty, Illinois. He questioned the damsel as to her age,
and she replied that she was "just about nineteen."
Emile said he was "just about twenty." The Justice
informed them that the marriage of infants was " just
about played out," and he refused to tie the knot.
The young couple then went before Justice Andre,
and they must have been a year on the road, for when
they reached the office the young man was " just about
a year" older than when he started. He said now that he
was 21, and so he was married to his charmer, and that
was the last seen of them in fit. Louis.

MONETARY REPORTS.- YESTERDAY'

Much quietness has been noticed in the Stock
Exchange Markets to-day. For all classes of
securities the dividend has been inactive, and

the movement in prices have been unimportant.
Consols have been quiet, but firm, at 93a, 931 for money,
and 934, 94 for the May account. Reduced and New
Three per Cents, 92, 924 ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss.
Prem.; India Five per Cents, 113, 113}; and India Bonds
233. to 233. prem.

Business in the market for English railway stocks has
been on a very moderate scale. Great Northern A has
been rather weaker, and a fall of has taken place in
Metropolitan. The stocks shew no quotable change.

For Indian railway stocks there has been only a mode-
rate demand, at about previous quotations. Canadian
shares have been quiet, and without important move-
ment.

Foreign shares have been neglected, and Lombardo-
Venetian have receded I.
The market for foreign bonds has been very quiet, and
the tendency has been unfavourable, but the movements
have not been important. Egyptian, 1868, have fallen
Peruvian, 1865, 2, and Turkish Five per Cents *.

American securities have been flat. The Five-Twenty,
1882, Bonds have fallen ; the 1885 and 1887, and
Illinois Central shares, J.
Business in mining shares has been only to a moderate
extent, at about previous quotations.
In Bank shares the transactions have been on a limited
scale, and prices have been without material change.
Telegraph shares have been quiet, but firm. Anglo-
Mediterranean have risen and British Indian Sub-
marine

Hooper's Telegraph Works shares have been firm, and
have been dealt in at 4i. Telegraph Construction and
Silver's Indiarubber have been without change.
Miscellaneous securities have been quiet. Fore-street
Warehouse have risen it.
The sum of £25,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day.
The Ceylon, from the East Indies, has brought
£55,650.

As regards the exchanges, there has been a moderate
demand for bills, and the rates shew no material change.
At Mark-lane wheat was quiet, on former terms.
The directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China have issued their report. The net profit for
the past year amounts to £62,588 3s. ld., and a dividend
at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax,
is now recommended.

Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co. invite subscrip*
tions for $2,000,000, being part of a total of $4,690,000
(the remainder having been privately subscribed) Eight
per Cent. Mortgage Bonds on the Des Morris Railway.
This line extends from the City of Keokuk to Fort Dodge,
in the State of lowa. The price of issue is 95 per cent.,
which at the present rate of exchange is £l7B 2s. 6d. per
$l,OOO bond, with accrued interest.
The tone of the money market to-day has been decidedly
easy. Capital has continued plentiful, and three months'
paper has been taken freely at n, and with occasional
transactions at 21 per cent.
urtner particulars in reference to the Turkish Loan
state that the issue price will be about 75, and the net
cost to the contractors 66, not 70, as previously stated.
Three millions will be taken firm, the remainder to be
optional

The Bank of Bengal has raised its rate of discount 1 per
cent.

The directors of the Australian Mortgage Land and
Finance Company will recommend the usual dividend at
the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, at a meeting on the
27th inst.

A prospectus has appeared of the Tees Salt Company'
(Limited), with a capital of £125,000 in £25 shares, for
the purpose of working rock salt under property at
Middlesborough, in connection with the alkali and other
trades.