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LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 5, 1869.

The interval between the election of a new Presi-
dent of the United States and his actual accession to
office, is somewhat awkward for all parties. He who
is still at the White House exercises, indeed, the
legal authority, but his power is fast on the wane. It
is known that its term is rapidly approaching, and
the busy crowd of eager expectants which ordinarily
surround him, begin to turn their attention in ano-
ther quarter, and pay their homage to the rising
sun. This is naturally to be looked for, and no one
can justly complain of it as a hardship, but a recent
attempt to curtail the authority of the PRESIDENT,
during the last few weeks of his term of office, has
not succeeded. It has been proposed in Con-
gress that the Senate should refuse to sanction any
appointments made by Mr. JOHNSON, lest they should
interfere with General GRANT. The good sense of
the members has not, as yet, adopted this inva-
sion of the ordinary routine. It is said that the
movement was started by friends of GRANT, and that
he himself has given his sanction to it for fear that
the incoming administration should be embarrassed
by Mr. JOHNSON'S appointments. General GRANT
however, must not expect to be free from the ordi-
nary drawbacks and discomforts of power. He has
Congress in his favour at present, and need not there-
fore anticipate the same unceremonious treatment
of his appointments by the Senate which Mr. JOHN-
SON has had to encounter, and unless be excites the
personal hostility of the dominant party it is impro-
bable that there will be the same endeavour to cir-

cumscribe his patronage.
This same question of official patronage is of wider
interest than it seems. It is one of those points on
which Americans cannot fairly claim to be i❑ advance
of ourselves. The patronage of a PRESIDENT is con-
siderable, and as in the States there is not much po-
litical work done without some strong motive, the
division of the vacant offices among the new PRESI-
DENT'S followers becomes a matter for serious con-
sideration. Those who have interested themselves in
his election have often done so on the pledge of a
share in the good things in the gift of the
chief ruler of the States, and one who has been
long and intimately acquainted with the people
has regretted that a President should often be ham-
pered during all his term of office by the pledges which
he has given before securing his election. It is not
very likely, under such circumstances, that the best
man will always be chosen for the best place, and the
confirmation of appointments by the Senate, which is
constitutionally necessary, is no doubt intended as a
check upon any imprudence on the part of the Pre-
sident, but, at the same time, it gives rise to inconve-
niences. This was shown recently when personal and
party feeling prevented the Senate from approving
any appointment of ANDREW JOHNSON'S, whether it
were good or bad.
if recent rumours arc to credited, General BANKS
must certainly be looked for among the members of
General GRANT'S new Cabinet. It seems, from a
story current in the New Yolk papers, that GRANT,
who in his earlier days was known to be disliked in
high quarters, was at one time in imminent danger
of political and military extinction. It was resolved
by the Washington authorities that he should be
superseded, and positive orders were sent to General
BANKS, then investing Port Hudson, to take
the command of GRANT'S army before ViCksbur,.
BANKS protested on the ground that the abandon-
ment of his p)sition would be highly prejudicial to
the Federal c tuse, but a more imperative order was
sent, against which BANKS again remonstrated. A
direct censure arrived from Washington, when the
sudden fall of Vicksburg converte I the unpopular
commander into the hero of the hour. The Washing-
ton authorities were glad enough to keep the secret
of their blunder to themselves, and General BANKS
thought it prudent to do the same until GRANT'S
election to the Presidency, whea he has made it
known, expecting, no doubt, that the news would
have weight with the modern ULYSSES.

The much-needed reforms in the commercial legis-
lation of the States are not as yet progressing very
fast. The action of Congress is not hopeful, the
Senate having passed the Copper Tariff Bill increas-
ing the duties on imported copper. The Bill passed
the Lower House in December, so that although it has
to go back with some amendments, there is little
chance of a more enlightened decision being
arrived at by the Representatives. Some of its op-
ponents are clinging to the hope that the PRESIDENT
may be prevailed upon to veto it, but the symptoms
of progress are thus not very encouraging. There
was, however, some plain speaking in the Senate

during its passage. Senator FERRY of Connecti-

cut declared the bill to be not only unjust in
itself, but dangerous as a precedent to special legis-
lation, which he believed to be always unwise, and
he reminded the House that they had heard before
the alarming cry, that the copper interest would
perish without protection, and yet it turned out
that the copper production in the Lake Superior
region had actually increased. Another Republican
Senator said that no interest in the country was
satisfied with the existing tariff. The wool interest
had been specially protected without any good re-
sults, and now it was proposed to single out an-
other interest and to legislate specially for it. This
Senator, however, objected to the bill rather on the
ground that it was piecemeal legislation than be-
cause it was protective. It seems curious, notwith-
standing the treason lately talked in Manchesteritself,
to find members of Congress openly declaring them•

selves in favour of a bill which is to raise the
duty on copper 300 per cent. A Republican from
Oregon pronounced in favour of protecting all Ame-
rican interests, and said he was prepared at the
earliest possible moment to support a general mea-
sure, which would prevent excessive imp ortations.
We may suppose that the principle of the bill was
very popular in the Senate, for it was passed by a
vote of 32 to 11, an it was decided that it should
take effect immcdiataly.
The success or failiz-e of this particular measure
may not be of much mcmeut, but it is infinitely to
be regretted that the American Congress is so far
behind the age in corumer cial sagacity. When even
France is learning to app-e;tiate the advantages of
free and unrestricted corn rce, and the most ex-
clusive governments of the C. `ontinent are gradually
but surely beginning to ack uowledge the force of
the English example, the United States stand
resolutely aside from the path of progress,
and fetter their commerce by a burdensome and
almost prohibitory tariff. Tossesscd of a country
whose natural wealth ix. as ye t incalculable,
with an extent of territory- that promises to sus-
tain a population numbe dug tenfold its pre-

sent strength, Americans talk anxiously and timidly
about " protecting" this and that industry as if any-
thing more were needed to assist their trade and ma-
nufacture than capital, labour, and energy. They have
all of these, and if they only allow them free scope,
and put aside the theories that embarrass their com-
merce, they will soon have no interests whose for-
tunes can possibly demand "protection."

IN spite of the highly disinterested efforts of
counsel to pile Pelion on Ossa in the shape of
redundant evidence ; in spite, too, of the extreme
reluctance of the judges to hear the cases at all, the
trials of the election petitions are proceeding with
satisfactory rapidity. Since we last commented upon
them several petitions have been decided upon. The
evidence for the most part was not interesting, except
to persons having an acquaintance with the towns
concerned. Witness after witness was called
to prove that sack had been furnished ad
adlibit um at the George, or that only a
reasonable amount of bread had been supplied at the
Dragon. It is, indeed, significant of the changed
condition of the constituencies involved by the
Reform Bill, that the alleged corruption at the last
election has taken the form—not of bribery,
as in former elections, but—of treating. A lower
class of electors has to be persuaded, and it is found
that among these the appeal to the belly is quite as
effectual as, and considerably less costly than, the
appeal to the pocket. So far Mr. LOWE'S
prophecies have been abundantly fulfilled.
These monotonous tales of feasts, in which
the fluids swamped the solids, have been occa-
sionally relieved by amusing incidents such as
occurred at Bradford, where two sets of brothers,
undistinguishably alike, had to give evidence, and
reminded the spectators of the " Comedy of Errors.'
But on the whole the proceedings have been emi-
nently uninteresting reading, and we have preferred
to await their conclusion before calling attention to
them.

There are four cases to be considered to-day—
Belfast, Lichfield, and Bradford—at which last town
there were two trials. The election at Belfast excited a
great deal of interest at the time, because in that head
quarter of Orangeism a candidate supporting the dises-
tablishment of the Irish Church was returned by a con-
siderable majority over a supporter of the then
Government. It was stated that this result had been

brought about by a coalition between the candidate
in question, Mr. M'CLunE, and Mr. JOHNSTON, an
Orangeman, whose violence had once led to his impri-
sonment. This statement appears to be borne out by
the facts. It was proved, for instance, that Mr.M'CLITRE
had paid a certain sum of money to Mr. JOHNSTON,
on the condition that the latter gentleman would

endeavour to obtain split votes for the former. That
two candidates of opposed politics should combine is
a proceeding which strikes Englishmen as eminently
Irish. The Belfast Conservatives were disgusted,
and petitioned. They alleged corrupt practices, yet
the only evidence worth consideration which they
brought forward was the compact already mentioned.
Clearly this could not be considered corruption.

It is no doubt inconsistent for political opponents
to coalesce, but if they do so that concerns only them-
selves. The electors are not bound by
the understanding. Mr. JOHNSTON did not use Mr.
M'CLunies money in buying votes. He simply
accepted the money as a contribution to his election
expenses, given on the understanding that he would
use legitimate influence in persuading his supporters
to give their second votes to Mr.M'CLunE. Clubbing
together to share election expenses is done in every
English borough where there are two men of the
same politics stamling. It is only Irishmen who
could have devised such a combination on the part
of political antagonists. The arrangement was
eccentric; it was not illegal. Judge FITZGERALD
had no choice but to declare Mr. M'CLURE duly
elected.

The Lichfield case presented no such remarkable fea.

tore. Major ANSON, the defeated Adullamite candi-
date, petitioned against Colonel DYOTT, the successful
Conservative euldidate. The chargesincluded bribery
and treating. The evidence was of the very weakest

kind. Colonel Dvorr had not only set his face
against electioneering malpractices, but in order
that they might not be performed by agents
in his behalf, he did his own canvassing. The
result was that Justice WILLES declared
him duly elected, that bribery and treating
did not prevail, and that the costs must fall upon the
petitioner. Very different was the case of Mr.
RIPLEY at Bradford. This gentleman had kept con-
stantly open 127 public-houses where drink was
supplied indiscriminately to electors and non-electors.
He had hired a large number of roughs to keep
the peace, and had employed an enormous number
of agents. The election cost him, according to his own
admission, over £7,000, and there is reason to believe
that four figures will not cover the amount. Acting
uponexactlyprinciple to that which
guided
Colonel the
py
01, opposite
RIPLEY refused to know r
anything of what went on during the contest; he
supplied his agent with money, and asked no ques-
tions, and his agent supplied all the under agents,
with the curiosity. Bradford was
debauched,
same absence
11.0 fLzy
was elected. When it
became known that the defeated candidate, Mr.
MiALL, meant to petition against Mr. RIPLEY, the
friends of the latter gentleman endeavoured to
deter the former by presenting a petition against
Mr. FORSTER. For a threat to be of effect there must
be a guilty conscience on the part of the person
threatened. Mr. FORSTER'S conscience was clear.
He did not shun inquiry, and it has resulted in
his complete vindication. He did not, like Mr.
RIPLEY, rest content with gene,ral declamation against
bribery, but, unlike Mr. RIPLEY, he personally super-
intended his canvass and prevented improper
expenditure. This was so satisfactorily done, that
Baron MARTIN said that Mr. FORSTER had
been almost parsimonious in his expenditure.
We do not find evidences of such parsimony.
Rather we find that Mr. FORSTER did give
refreshment in what is considered " moderation." It
would be safer for candidates if all refreshment were
rendered illegal. We cannot understand how gentle-
men can consent to feast at the expense of their
intended representatives. The whole principle of
feasting is wrong. The candidate is conferring, not
receiving a favour ; and he ought to be spared
expense in every possible way. It would, moreover,
very much simplify matters if it were made illegal to
hold committee meetings at public-houses, and
if all public-houses were closed on the day of
polling.

.ee o'clock.—The market

ENTHRONEMENT OF THE ARCHBISHoI
7ANTERBURY.

The Most Reverend Father in 'God, Archibald Camp-
bell Tait, translated from the diocese of London to the
archiepiscopal see of Canterbury, was enthroned in the
cathedral church of that quaint, ancient city on Thursday,
in the presence of a large and distinguished assemblage,
clerical and lay. To meet the requirements of those
attending the imposing ceremony, special trains were run
from the metropolis by the South Eastern and the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies.
Many of the wiser or less busy visitors, how-
ever, arrived the overnight, and were thus enabled
to enjoy the service free from the fatigue of a
journey of rather more than sixty miles undertaken the
same day. In interesting memorials Canterbury Cathe-
dral is second to none. It is also a building of vast extent,
boasting a choir adorned with lavish carving, which is one
of the most spacious in England, being 200 feet in length
from the west door to the altar, and 33 feet in breadth
between the two side doors. It was here that the
major portion of the ceremony took place. The
whole length of the cathedral from east to west is 514 feet,
and the extreme breadth 71ft. The principal tower, a
chaste specimen of pointed architecture, is 235 ft. high.
The glory of the cathedral sprang in the first instance
from an archbishop's bones. Originally the Abbey of St.
Augustine, which was founded outside, was a much more
important ecclesiastical edifice than Christ Church, built
within the city walls, the reason being that it was the
fortunate possessor of Use remains of many of the
saintly dead, who, in accordance with the custom
introduced from Rome by Augustine, always
received extramural sepulture. The Dean of West-
minster, at one time Canon of Canterbury, has
noted how, if it had not been for the decisive action taken
by Cuthbert, the ninth Archbishop, the cathedral had
probably never risen to the position of proud pre-eminence
amongst similar sacred structures to which it subsequently
attained. In popular parlance, the Archbishop proved
himself an exceedingly sharp practitioner, and by a ruse,
which certainly would not have suggested itself to an
ordinary mind, he spoilt the monopoly in relics which
the St. Augustine monks had for a long series of
years enjoyed. Preparing some time before his
demise a document, to which he procured the signa-
ture of the King of Kent and the Pope, authorising
his burial in his own cathedral, he kept it secretly by him
until his last hour approached, when he delivered it into
the custody of his monks, with the strict injunction that
they were not to toll the bell of Christ Church till three
days after he had actually been buried. The consequence
was, that when the holy brothers came from the Abbey to
claim the body of Cuthbert, they found the deceased had
thoroughly outwitted them, and opened, so to speak, a
free trade in relics. From this time the influence of the
Cathedral increased, though it was not until after it was
made the scene of Beek.et's murder, on the night of the
20th of Dec., 1170, that its glory was fully established.
Every vestige of the costly shrine erected in honour of
Becket was destroyed at the Reformation, but the vacant
space which it occupied is still pointed out, as is also the
spot in the northern portion of the western transept where the
task of his assassination was accomplished. The vicissi-
tudes which the cathedral has experienced, the way in
which ou several occasions it has severely suffered from
fire, how and by whom it has been restored and re-beauti-
fied, and the names of the illustrious dead reposing within
its stiralls,—are not all these things, and a hundred more
appertaining-to its history, written in the guide-book ? Not
one of the hundreds who made a pilgrimage to Canterbury
and took part in the proceedings incidental to the en-
thronement in the cathedral to-day could have been
uninfluenced by the genius of the place, or have failed to
acknowledge how much the associations of the past added
to the impressiveness of the ceremony which inducted so
hard-working a cleric as Dr. Tait into the highest honours
and dignities of the Church of England.
As was only natural on an occasion so conspicuous, the
old city lying in the valley of the Stour put on its best
appearance, and in a calmly decorous manner its in-
habitants expressed their joy. High aloft from public
buildings flags were flown, and church towers set up a
friendly rivalry with their merry peals of bells. The
repose, not to say drowsiness, which, in common with all
ecclesiastical cities proper, Canterbury usually enjoys was
disturbed at a very early hour by the arrivals of county
families, provincial clergy of every grade, from archdea-
cons clown to curates but just admitted to orders, and
visitors from neighbouring towns. Many of these latter,
strangers to the place, employed the time prior to the
commencement of the service in inspecting the ruins of St.
Augustine's Abbey and the many other objects of interest
which the city boasts. When the two trains from London
had deposited their living freights in safety, the bustle in
the streets materially increased, and as it was then after
the hour at which it was announced admission was to be
given to the cathedral, a general move was made in that
direction. The Dean and Chapter are evidently men
possessed of great administrative ability—a compliment
which cannot with truth be paid to all corporate
bodies. The arrangements made for the direction
and comfort of those who had been fortunate
enough to have their claims for tickets recognised, were
admirable. The cards furnished to visitors by the Dean,
as well as those supplied to the clergy taking part in the
proceedings, not only specified the exact spot to which the
holders were to wend their way, but also pointed out the
route to be pursued to get to it, and when the inside of
the building was reached it was found that no efforts had
been spared to afford as far as possible to all a good view
of the ceremony. The courtesy of Dean Alford and those
associated with him in authority was throughout the

whole day, undeviating. The doors of the Cathedral were

hermetically sealed until half-past nine, when ticket-
holders were allowed to enter and take up the several
places assigned them in the north and south transepts, the
presbytery, the organ gallery, and the choir. With a
commendable desire that in connection with so important
an ecclesia,stical ceremony, all things might " be done de-
cently and in order," the Dean and Chapter had arranged
that the process of admission should be accomplished within
the hour. Of this intention due notice had been given, and it
enabled the vast assemblage to get comfortably settled
down before the head of the procession was seen approach-
ing along the nave from the western door. The less
important members of the cathedral body assembled in the
cloisters at eleven, and at once fell in in the following
order :—Schoolmasters, King's scholars, grammar-master
of choristers, choristers, lay clerks, minor canons, auditor,
and surveyor. By this time the dean and canons, the
honorary canons, and the six preachers had met in the
audit-room, where the mandate for the enthronement
of the archbishop was read, and it was decreed
to proceed forthwith with the ceremony. Issuing
from the audit-room, the dean and canons, the honorary
canons, and the six preachers proceeded to conduct the
Archbishop and attendant bishops from the deanery to
the cloisters, where they joined the procession, the six
preachers and honorary canons preceding the canons, who
were followed by the attendant bishops, the archdeacon
walking immediately before the Archbishop, and the dean
and vice-dean being respectively on the right and left hand of
his grace, whose chaplains and officers brought up the
rear. The procession being thus marshalled, was headed
by the clergy, who, attired in their canonicals, and wearing
the hoods of their respective universities, had assembled in
the Chapter House, and at once passed to the west door
of the church, up the nave and the steps to the choir,
the choristers chanting with marvellous sweetness the
Psalms, "Lo I will lift up mine eyes unto the
Hills," and " I was glad when they said unto me."
On reaching the entrance of the choir the clergy passed
through to the easkend, where seats had been specially
provided for them, and the rest of the procession filed off
to the right and left, thus allowing the archbishop to pass
up the centre, and, accompanied by the attendant
bishops take his place within the rails at the east-end, where
chairs were set for them; the rest of the procession, following
in reverse order, falling in from the right and left in turn,
took their places as they entered the choir. The "Hallelujah
Chorus " was then magnificently rendered by the chorister;
the whole congregation standing. The Dean, Vice-Dean,
and Archdeacon, who had conducted his Grace and the
attendant bishops to the altar, having taken their places
in their stalls, the service at once commenced. At the
end of the first lesson the Archdeacon—or rather his proxy,
the Venerable Benjamin Harrison, Archdeacon of Maid-
stone, for the infirmities of age prevented the Venerable
James Croft from discharging the duty—leaving his stall,

proceeded to conduct the Archbishop, attended by the
Dean and Vice-Dean, to the throne, on the south side of
the choir, when, his Grace being seated, the Vicar-General
presented the mandate of enthronement to the Arch-
deacon, and requested him to proceed. The mandate,
read by the auditor, was followed by the form of induc-
tion, by which the proxy of James Croft, Master of Arts,
Archdeacon of Canterbury, inducted, installed, and en-
throned the Most Rev. Father in God, Archibald Camp-
bell Tait, Doctor in Divinity, Lord Archbishop of Canter-
bury, into the archbishopric and archieopiscopal dignity

of the See of Canterbury, into the real, actual, and cor-
poral possession of the same with and singular the rights,
dignities, houses, pre-eminences, and appurtenances

thereof, and concluded with the prayer, "And the Lord

preserve your going out and your coming in from this

i!trie forth for ever more. Amen." The Archbishop re-

mining in his throne, the Dean, Vice-Dean, and Arch:.

deacon returned to their stalls, and the service proceeded
with the " Benedicite" to the conclusion of the morning
service. The anthem, by Canon Oakley (a former pupil
of the Archbishop), was " This is the day the Lord hath
made." Then the Archbishop, attended by bishops repre-

seating the offices of Provincial Dean, Provincial Sub-
Dean, Provincial Chancellor, Provincial Precentor and

Provincial Chaplain, the Dean and 'Vice:Dean of the

. .
Cathedral and the Archdeacon, was conducted to the
ancient marble chair which is placed in the south

trauszt, where the same form of induction. with

the exception of the substitution of the term
" Metropolitical" instead of "Archiepiscopal" dignity,
was read. he next porthrs, of the ceremony was
the insfallaiion of the Archbishop in the dean's stall, in
sign and token of his taking and having received the
actual possession of the see of Canterbury and of all the
rights and privileges thereof. The Archbishop still occu
pying the dean's stall, the "To Deum" was sung, and
the Dean said the suffrages, the choir chanting the
answers:—

O Lord, save Thy Servant cur Bishop.
Who putteth his trust in Theo.
Send him help from Thy Holy Place.
And evermore mightily defend him.
Let the enemy have no advantage against him.
Nor the wicked approach to hurt him
Dc unto him, 0 Lord, a strong tower.
• From the face of the enemy.
0 Lord, hear our prayer.
And let our cry come unto Thee.
Me suffrages ended, the Dean said the followin;

Grayer :
Ihnighty God, the giver of all good things, who by Thy Holy
Spirit bast appointed divers orders cf mini ters in Thy Church,
mercifully behold Thy servant, Archibald Campbell Tait, who is now
admitted to the high office and dignity of Archbishop of this Pro-
vince, and so replenish him with the truth of Thy doctrine and adorn
him with innocency of life, that both by cord and deed he may faith-
fully serve Thee in this office to the glory of Thy name and to the
edifying and well-governing of this Church. Grant, we bc,eecli Thee,
that be may long live happily to rule this Church, and that having
worthily fulfilled his course, at the latter clay he may receive the
crown of righteousness laid up by the Lord. the righteous judge who
liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost,
world without end. Amen.
The benediction, pronounced by the Archbishop from
the dean's stall, brought the long service to a close. The
proceedings of the enthronement were not, however, over
with the ceremony in the choir. There yet remained the
installation of his grace in the Chapter House, whither
the choristers, lay clerks, minor canons, King's scholars,
schoolmasters, auditors, the six preachers, honorary
canons, and canons proceeded in a procession, leaving the
choir by the north door, and passing through the north
aisle and martyrdom, at end of which walked his grace
the Archbishop, attended by the archdeacon, dean, and vice
dean. Here the Archbishop was placed in the chief seat,
and the following affirmation was administered by the
Archdeacon :—" My Lord Archbishop,—You declare that
you will maintain the rights and liberties of this church,
and will observe the approved customs thereof, and, as
far as it concerns your Grace, will cause the same to be
observed by others as far as such customs are not repug-
nant to God's Word, the laws, statutes, provisions, and
ordinances of the realm, as to her Majesty's prerogative,
and not otherwise. The Archbishop having declared the
archdeacon, the dean, the canons, the honorary canons, the
six preachers, the schoolinasters, the auditor, the minor
canons, the grammar master of choristers, the surveyor,
the organist, and lay clerks promised canonical obedience
to his grace as their diocesan and archbishop. The
assembly was then dismissed by the Dean, and an account
of the proceedings was afterwards produced and signed in
the audit room in the presence of a notary public. The
congregation, at the request of the authorities, did not
follow the procession from the choir into the Chapter
House.

The congregation was a very large one, and the number
of clergy was very marked. Not less than two hundred
of them joined in the procession. Four bishops there
were—their lordships of London, Oxford, Rochester, and
Ely,who,together with Dean Stanley (as proxyfor the Bishop
of Winchester) accompanied the Archbishop to the marble
chair. Dr. Tait looked exceedingly well in his robes, and
seemed to have begun to survive that worn look which over-
work in the diocese of London had laid upon him. Of
course the "mayor and corporation" were present, and shone
forth in all the splendour of their " State dress." After
the service there was a luncheon in the new library of the
Cathedral given by Mrs. Alford, where a large party met
the new Archbishop.