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Marriages.

DENNIS—MAYHEW— On the 9th inst, at St. John's Church,
Hampstead, George K. Dennis, Esq., of Coddenhauly
Suffolk, to Emmeline Amey, eldest aughter of Fret!'
Mayhew, Esq., of Adelaide-road, N.W.

RICHARDS —HOWE -On the sth inst., at Knowle, Witr-
wickshire, Charles, eon of the late Wm. W. Richards'
Esq., of Edgbaston, to Elizabeth Mary, daughter of the
Rev. J. Howe, M..A., vicar of Knowle.
Deaths.

BURTON—On the 9th inst., Mr. Joseph Burton, of 774,
Bishopsgate-street without, aged 62.
HEMP—OiI the 10th inst., at 41, Button-crescent, William
Hemp, Esq., aged 84.
INN Es —On the 10th inst., at 46, Porchester-terraeo, John
lnnes, Esq., aged 83.
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Percy, Viscount Strangford, eighth and last Viscount'
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London : Printed and Pabliehed by WILLIAM A.NDILEWS'
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MiddlEgliQX:-.Tuesday, January 12, 1862.
London, England, 1869-01-12

LONDON, IUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1869.

The manner in which the Press is conducted in
France has long been a subject of anxiety to all
lovers of freedom, awl as the successive pro-
( mises made on its behalf have been broken a feeling
of indignation has arisen in many quarters. Pru-
dent in almost everything else relating to public
affairs, in this important respect the EMPEROR has
made a great mistake, and materially injured his in-
fluence, to say nothing of the danger to his repu-
tation. Some interest will be felt in the disclo-
sures that have just taken place in regard to the
retirement of M. SEGUIER, the I'rocureur-Imperial
of Toulouse from his high official position. 'The cause
of his resignation is as creditable to himself as it is
disaparaging to those above him. The reasons which
he gives may not be exactly new in substance, but it
is certainly unusual to meet with an explanation of
this kind from one well versed in the details. M.
SEGUIER'S letter is a peep behind the scenes that
will attract attention, and let us hope awaken con-
science in certain quarters. He informs the Minis-
ter of Justice that he gives up his post in con-
sequence of his being unable to endure any
longer the reproaches of his superiors, for
his moderation in conducting the press pro-
secutions. In firm and decided language, forcible
from its very reticence, the Baron goes on to say
that " to address the Court, under the surveillance of
a secret police, and to press for judgment dictated
beforehand in Paris by the Minister of Justice, are
things which do not suit me." Further on he de-
clares that he cannot any longer endure the bitter
reproaches that have been heaped upon him for
some time past on account of his conduct in Press
affairs. Here is the testimony of a valid witness, one
who speaks what he does know and testfies of matters
in which he has been deeply concerned. What a
revelation of the systen► which has prevailed in
France do we not meet with in the brief but impres-
sive sentences of the letter of the ex-Procurcur.
Well may it be said of M. SEGUIER that nothing
which occurred during his appointment became him
so well as his mode of quitting it. He stands forth
in a character rather unusual among his countrymen,
that of a thoroughly independent man. The French
are proverbial for their professions of attach-
ment to libaty, but they do not often act
up to the standard of their faith, and
verify their statements by the sacrifice of their
interests and the forfeiture of their posi ion.
While we honour and respect this patriotic man, let
us hope that his private loss may be a public gain,
and that the ocandal and reproach which will attach
London, England, 1869-01-12

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A HOLIDAY GROUND IN DANGER.

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English readers will peruse with no little regret
the account of the great landslip at Ragatz. Ragatz
stands at the mouth of the Tamina river, which
comes c
ingrand style through a gorge of
rocks. By 1
siderushing in
of that river a road has been
rhitnhge
engineered which leads to the far-famed baths of
Pfafers, one of the best-known holiday grounds
of Europe. The road has a melancholy
interest in consequence of the sad accident
which took place some five years ago, when a
carriage containing some English ladies was over-
turned, and its occupants pitched into the roaring
stream beneath and drowned. According to the
telegram, some portion of the rocks, or at all events
the superficial earth, must have given way under the
incessant rains, and. have choked up the river, which
has now become converted into a lake. But from the

nature of the ground the lake can be but a narrow
one, and what will happen when it becomes full, or
when the temporary barrier gives way ? Surely,
Ragatz itself must be in danger of beine. washed
into the Rhine

FOREIGN NOTES,

THE FRENCH BUDGET.

M. Magn4, French Minister of Finance, publishes a
highly pacific, and in some respects satisfactory, Budget
report. It announces that the floating debt has been
reduced from rather more than thirty-six millions sterling
to rather more than twenty-nine millions.- The
indirect taxes have returned an increase of £1,360,000 on
the year. The supplementary credits required for 1869 will
be less than this increase. The estimates of the ordinary
Budget shew a surplus of 0,440,090, which will go
towards the extraordinary Budget.
London, England, 1869-01-12

REMARKS.

There has been hardly any change in the distribution of pressure
since yesterday morning, except a slight decrease in the north.
Readings are highest in the S.E., and the difference between Nairn
and Yarmouth is three-tenths of an inch. Temperature has in-
creased at the northern and central stations, but in the W. of Prance
has fallen. Winds are still light, and are more southerly than they
were. Some rain has fallen in the N.W. and S. Overcast sky, and
foggy ; misty weather is general. The sea remains clam.
London, England, 1869-01-12

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREITtNTWE and REFORMATORY IN
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CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
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EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
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Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair.

The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

"-,r',' ^^riTTNT, 30TH JUNE, 1868.
INCOME ,FAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus 208,771 0 0

J ~'1,7

'4O 13 9

400,777 9 5

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CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
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London, England, 1869-01-12

LORD ELCHO ON THE VOLUNTEERS.

On Saturday the prizes were distributed to the
London Scottish Volunteers in Westminster Hall,
and after the ceremony Lord Elcho addressed the
assembly. The noble lord noted that the past year
had been one of criticism for the Volunteer
force, and unfortunately the Windsor review
did not exhibit that amount of discipline
which the nation had a right to expect in such a
body as that of the Volunteers. Lord Elcho did not
approve of the reinstatement of a carps that ha,lbeen
struck out of the army. He hoped that they
would all profit by the criticism passed upon
them. He then referred to the answer given
by the Secretary of State for War to the
deputation which had waited upon him, to the effect
that the present grant was sufficient to cover all the

,_,
expenses of the Volunteers. This opinion was not
shared by those who were well qualified to judge of
the matter, and he did not believe that the mblic
«' heel the Volunteers themselves to contribute to the

expenses of the undertaking.

FAVOURITISM TO CRIMINALS.
Dr. Stallard disapproves of the suggestions made
by the Times on the treatment of criminals, and con-
siders that it is hard to favour the guilty at the
expense of the poor and honest. Inquiries are to be
instituted into the means of subsistence of the one,
while the other is to be left to take his chance. The
State is supposed to have no relationship with the
destitute ; and yet how many miserable men at the
East-end of London would rejoice if they were pro-
moted to the treatment of the criminal ! The parish
authorities ars not likely_ to do much in the way_ 9#

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CIaIIIINAL COURT—(This day).

defendant Morris, who is charged with
attempting to obtain a sum of money from a gas
cmapany by mmns of fraud, surrendered this
nnrning to his recogniz:Anccs, and it was stated that
be did not appear yesterday in conscquenco of a
misapprehension as to when the case would be
taken. It was fixed that the case should be taken
to-marrow morning.

ROUMANIA.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
BUCHAREST, Jan. 11.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
in answer to a question of Herr Me'aedinze,ano,
the Minister of Finance stated that the late Cabinet
had retire], leaving a deficit of 21 millions of
francs, and that out of 78 millions of francs of
estimated receipts for 1868, only 48 millions had
actually been received by the Exchequer.
The Minister expressed a hope that the recovery
of the above arrears will restore the even balance
of the finances. With a view to relieve the in-
convenience of the momentary crisis one million
has been subscribed by capitalists.
The Sultan has sent an autograph letter to Prince
Charles, congratulating him on the peaceful policy
of the Roumanian Government, and on its.evident
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THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
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FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-12

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London, England, 1869-01-12

Bairiiter7at-Law.

This course will consist of Nine Lectures :
Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange-
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Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account;
generally, Apportionment and Contribution.
Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued : specially, between Principal and Agent.
Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued: specially, between Partners.
Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra-
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Lectures VI, VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction,
continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged
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Lectures V111;1)1. Injunctions.
Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence,
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100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 78 t 2
30 London Bank of Mexico -
and South America, lint 20 9 7 124
100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 31 32
20 Do new 71 61 61
100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 7 9
25 Do new 10 11 15 114
20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 235 22) I
50 London and County ......
20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... • •
50 London Joint Stock 1 35 36
20 London and South African al 1 12
100 London & S.-Western, lint 20 ... ...
50 London & Venezuela, lim 125 .. ...
100 London and Westminster 2O 65: 67 641 t 4
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2l 621 611 62
100 Merchant, lim 25 7 5
10 Metropolitan, Hui all 65 75
100 Midland, 1ira......
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lira l5 3 1 d
100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ...
10 Do
10 National....
20 New South Wales all 42 46
20 North-Western 7l
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 424
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lira lO 6 51
100 Provincial of Ireland 25 91 92
10 Do new. all ... •••
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 12
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 48 49 42
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of London l5 364 374
London, England, 1869-01-12

IXPLA NA TION

Barometer corrected and reduced to 22 deg. at sea level. The
letter r, rising ; f. falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion
of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in
shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours.
Z.—calm. Weather • b.—blue sky • c.—clouds, detached ; f.— fog;
h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.—
rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted)
daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance.
London, England, 1869-01-12

ROME.

The General Council of the Church will De held in the
right nave of the great edifice dedicated to St. Peter. The
stalls erected for the accommodation of the holy fathers
will cost some £9,000. Some of the South American bishops
are already preparing to leave their dioceses, and, according
to the LiboV, the arrival of prelates at Rome will continue
without intermission from the early days of April. Some
of them, it is thought, will not be able to remain until the
end of the deliberations. The labours set before the
Council are so immense that six months will not suffice to
complete them.

A private correspondent mentions a most remarkable
accident which took place in the Roman Campagna a few
days ago. On Sunday, January 3, an artillery officer
hired a horse for a ride on the Campagna. At a few
miles from Rome he dismounted, and while lie was stand•
ing, with the reins in his hand, the ground under the
horse's hind legs suddenly gave way. The struggles of the
horse with his fore legs, and the efforts of the officer, who
held the reins until they broke, were alike unavailing.
After balancing for a few seconds on the brink, the horse
fe- . backwards, down what proved to be a deep well,
against the sides of which the horrified rider heard his
steed strike as it fell to a depth of at least a hundred feet.
It may readily be imagined that the officer was not a little
disquieted after this narrow escape from an involuntary
repetition of the fate of Metius Curtin%

RUSSIA.

The Russian Government is determined to impose its
barbarism as well as its civilisation upon Poland. Russia
is the only European State which retains the old Julian
calendar, and yet the Government has ordered that
Poland, who adopted the Gregorian computation of time
three centuries ago, shall change it for the obsolete Julian.
Surely it is not essential to the subjugation of Poland that
its progress should be dragged back in every particular to
the point where Russia's begins.
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INDIA.

The Calcutta correspondent or tne nines mentions that
Sir John Lawrence will, after the expiration of his term of
office, which takes place this month, go to Ceylon, where
he has coffee estates ; and he is not likely to return to
England before the summer. It is probable that before
that time he will have become Viscount Lawrence of
Lahore, though he himself cares little for honours of that
kind. Private correspondence states that the term of Sir
Donald .11,1`Leod, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab,
expires in 1870. It is hoped that the new governor may
be a married man, for Sir Donald, being " without encum-
brances," is perpetually in camp, to the no small disgust of
the official Punjabees.
London, England, 1869-01-12

PUNS.

Amongst the " tendencies " which the Daily News
has criticised of late, is the tendency of burlesque
writers to make bad Puns. In doing so our contem-
porary quoted Johnson as the author of the maxim,
" Ile that would make a pun would pick a pocket."
Since then letters have appeared from all quarters,
denying that Johnson was the father of the saying.
It is discovered that it was quoted before the time
of Johnson, and he probably but uttered a
well-known saw w hen
quotes
ewrotenotitveryl7l.ecil‘sli:Ye
Thomas attributes it to Dennis, the critic and
sentenceopponen frtoofm thePope,poet
nnd a
on the subject.
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FREE BANKING.

The discussion upon the principles of free banking
is continued in the columns of the Star by " Econo-
mist," who heartily agrees with Mr. Bruton and Pro-
fessor Thorold Pogers in denouncing the unlimited
issue of paper money. He protests, however, against
the proposal of the latter to reduce by one-half the
£15,000,000 of notes which the Bank of England
issues on securities. Such an attempt would, in the
opinion of " Economist," stop the Bank of England,
and bring down all other banks in its train. The
other suggestion of Professor Rogers, that the Bank
directors should supply themselves with gold by the
sale of stock as soon as their bullion falls below
a certain amount, pleases the critic no better.
If the Bank sells Consols it would be paid with its
own notes, and if it buys gold with the notes, its
general position would be just where it was. The
business of the country is now practically conducted
by bills of exchange, and paper demands, called
cheques on bankers, and by cross entries in the books
of the various banks. The moment anything inter-
feres with this highly artificial and unsound system
people want their money out of the banks, either in
gold or a banknote. Such things are not to be had ;
the banks have them not in sufficient amount, and
the Bank of England has neither notes nor gold
to meet the demands \ of its customers and
of the banks. So a crisis ensues, and the
Government steps in. How much better it would
be to have a rational system of currency upon a gold
basis, and not merely co-equal with the amount of
gold in the Bank of England at any given moment.
A currency of this kind would contract and expand
with the requirements of the country, and would
work very differently from the hard-and-fast line of
the Bank Act, which snaps every ten years and works
terrible mischief.
London, England, 1869-01-12

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GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL.

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Newbound. Andrews. Tindale. Hurletone, J. Clarke; Mesdames
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ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
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THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
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OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; Mesdames Maria
Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To
conclude with HUE AND DYE.

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
Manager. Mr. W. H. Liston.
THIS EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H
Stephens. C. Wyndham. and L. Brough ; Mesdames Montague,
J. Rignold, Mize, and Everard. And THE GNOME KLNG
Mr. Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER
London, England, 1869-01-12

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-streot, and Ealing]
870 children.

£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, KC.;
and by
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No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
London, England, 1869-01-12

INDIA.

The Calcutta correspondent of tne Tones mentions that
Sir John Lawrence will, after the expiration of his term of
office, which takes place this month, go to Ceylon, where
be has coffee estates ; and he is not likely to return to
England before the summer. It is probable that before
that time he will have become Viscount Lawrence of
Lahore, though he himself cares little for honours of that
kind. Private correspondence states that the term of Sir
Donald 11PLeod, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab,
expires in 1870. It is hoped that the new governor may
be a married man, for Sir Donald, being " without encum-
brances," is perpetually in camp, to the no small disgust of
the official Punjabees.
London, England, 1869-01-12

:T.HE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANITAItY 12, 1869,

Improvement, arm rue conamon or tala none= ana
destitute is sad indeed.
AN AMENDMENT OF DENISON'S ACT.

Mr. Flint, in writing to the Times on the necessity
for an amendment of Mr. Denison's Act, expresses
his belief that some of our public charities are so
badly administered that they pauperise instead of
benefit the community. The records of Lovejoy's
Charity at Canterbury shew that even felons and
vicious persons have received its gifts, and the mass
of the poor in Salisbury also are none the better for
the accumulated bounties which they receive. Mr.
Flint is, no doubt, just in his strictures, but it is
noticeable that, while he thinks the administration of
charitable funds hopeless, he considers that all defects
of the poor-law system can be readily amended. He
disbelieves in the necessary connection between igno-
rance and crime, a degree of scepticism to which few
will attain ; but the amendment of the Act which he
calls for is excellent in its way. The poor-law
guardians are at present allowed to impose a condi-
tion upon the recipients of out-door relief—that their
children shall be sent to school. Mr. Flint would
make this condition indispensable to the granting of
out-door relief, a reform worthy of consideration ;
but it must be clearly understood to involve com-
pulsory education and local school-rates.
London, England, 1869-01-12

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President —His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-12

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers. _

CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
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Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the lospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.
London, England, 1869-01-12

yet was the aforesaid spirited Consul satisfied. He
had heaped humiliation upon humiliation. He had
got possession of the Viceroy's gunboat ; he had got
the pillar engraved with the narrative of Chinese
discomfiture ; he had been received with salutes ;
he and his 400 marines (for they had increased
to that number) were entertained in a palace ;
but they had been taken through the back streets.
So they intended on departing to parade the
principal streets, and to post far and wide a pro-
clamation announcing to all the Chinese the defeat
of their rulers. Most magnanimous of spirited
Consuls

It shews how little Anglo-Chinese understand the
change which has come over British feeling at home,
that the Shanghai correspondent of the Times
appends to his narrative a fulsome eulogy of Mr.
MEDHURST, together with the usual tirade against the
" intolerably insolent and obstructive " Mandarins,
whose conduct made the operations described
absolutely essential. This letter appears exactly a
week after Lord CLARENDON'S announcement of the
new policy which is to be adopted in China. This
policy the leading journal had approved, and it was,
therefore, bound to differ from its correspondent
as to the conduct of Mr. 3IEDHURST. Shanghai
says " great credit is due to Mr. MEDHURST,"
and, "it is fortunate that the Shanghai
consulate was so well filled at the emergency."
Printing-house-square "confesses some shame at the
whole of this victorious episode in our Asiatic
history." That, as we have said, is the one sole
redeeming circumstance of this " miserable quarrel."
The only satisfaction thatwe can derive from it is that
in quarters where the prompt and condign punishment
of "barbarian insolence" used to be considered the pro-
per sequel to British bullying, it is now admitted that
"the virtua kertainty that this country can compel the
Chinese to yield to any number of such demands as it
pleases to make ought to render its officers peculiarly
rigid in scrutinising the justice of claims by their
countrymen for vengeance." In a word, we have at
last learnt what our own great poet taught us 300
years ago—

It is excellent to have a giant's strength,
But it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.

But shame on us that China, the oldest empire in
the world, should have been compelled to call in the
aid of America, all but the youngest republic, to
instruct us ; that the Emperor of the Celestials should
have been forced to call in a Yankee to teach us
manners.

LATEST INTELL MENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.

The louse of Representatives passed to-day, by
119 votes against 47, a bill repealing the Tenure
of Office Act.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 12.

The National Steamship Company's steamer the
Queen, from New York, arrived off here at 10.30
last night, and, having landed passengers, proceeded
for Liverpool.

GREENCASTLE, Jan. 12.

The Allan steamship Hibernian, from Portland
on the 3d inst., arrived in Lough Foyle at 8.20
this morning, with mails and passengers. She
landed the London mails,
and proceeded for
Liverpool-.