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continued preponderance of New Englanders. The
most educated are the New England States, and,
other things being equal, the most educated will
secure the preponderance. What a President, on
whom rests the responsibility, wants, is the man
best qualified for the work. If the best qualified
be the best educated, and the best educated be New
Englanders, it follows that New Englanders will
predominate whether the PRESIDENT likes them or
not, if he honestly does his duty. General GRANT
has evidently
Mr. JOHN ly actedonthßeN rLuAlTellonfop MOTLEY, Mr.
ound
JOHN JAY, and Governor CuRTIN are instances in
point ; but still more striking is the transfer of
Gen. SANFORD from Belgium to Spain, and the pro-
motion of the Hon. FREEMAN H. MORSE from Consul
to Consul-General in London. We venture to say
that the first Mr. MORSE knew of his appointment
to the higher office recently created by Congress.
was when he took up his morning paper on Thurs-
day. There is this drawback in appointing men
who do not ask for the place, that they may not
want it, and perhaps either accept it at personal
inconvenience to show their appreciation of the
compliment, or in rejecting may retard the public
business. The men selected by the PRESIDENT are
not only sound Republicans, but those whose
principles have lone been well known and for 7
cibly expressed. Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON will be
succeeded by a gentleman as eminent; and a leador
of the Democratic party will in this change give place
to a genuine representative of the party now denni-
nant in the Republic ; and at Vienna, even in a more
marked degree, this will he the case. Gen. Dix be-
longed to the party called War-Democrats, and he
will make way for Mr. WASHBURNE, one of the earliest
Anti-Slavery men. Mr. JOHN P. HALE was, and
we believe is, a Republican, but doubts have been
thrown on the way in which he represents Ameri-
can opinion in the capital of Spain ; and a fight not
creditable to the mission has been carried on between
the Minister and the Secretary of Legation. Ex-
Governor CURTIN represents a powerful section of
the Republican party in Pennsylvania, so strong
that the greatest pressure the PRESIDENT had

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X.NCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY, ' U.K.
LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69.

LECTURES.

Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile
Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and
Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the
months of April, May, and June next.

BRITON' MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Chief 'Offices-429, Strand, London.
TRUSTEE?.
Lieut.-General Sir J. E. IR. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, E:,q.
CHAIRMAN 'OP THE BOARD —FR AN CIS WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN W. TYLER SMITH, Esq.
EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE-
PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the
Society's Rouse on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were
issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual
premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd.
The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi-
ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods :

CLERICAL. MEDICAL, AND GENERAL -., be •cl
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 014 .4 ... 1
13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. il- g g '67' 0,-
t 0
_, 8 004 Amount 6 ,cl 3 Amount Annual
----- 405.5 o Proposed. Z Assured. Premiums.
CHAIRMAN. a' f-1 4.1 0
Right llon. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. °'aa4 -
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DEPUTY-CHAIRMEN.
William Bowman Esq FP S
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Sir Charles Lococ'lr, Bart, D.C.L., F.R.S. 111888658683
11473,:8:044626
214:,0877264193:,361034660
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32:€075435472,:319486037 8004.
008 d.
1262312i:54054777 1967'
1d056.
26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9
Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at ___ ___ _ — --
the Ant ual General Meeting held on the 27th November, Total.. 35,312 8,664,109 5 9
1868 : •
The net premium income has increased to
1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of
which £307.395 wn. (~,,,,,ra..fpil nt Premiums urn- _.th? sum of .... ........ .. . ..... .. ........... ....... : ... ;:. .... .£216,704 1 7

1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of
which £307,395 was completed at Premiums pro-
ducing £10,067 per Annum.
2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,883,
being the smallest since 1860, whilst the expenses of
management and all other outgoings were even less
than for many years past.
3. On the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769,
notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by
abatements of premium which did not take effect in
the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on
the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867.
4. The Surplus income was very considtrable. It
amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than
£B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four
years of the Society's existence.
5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to
£1,598,906.

The following are among the distinctive features of the

Society :
CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of
Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the
Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain
on credit.

ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected,
Without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay-
able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death,
whichever event shall first happen.
INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned
to the increased risk.
PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid
thirty days after proof of death.
Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained
of any of the Society's Agents, or of
GEORGE CUTULIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E.C. Established 1848.
The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-
jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as-
sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their
opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation
of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
which 0).11 be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and tincballengeable._ _

For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this
class of the public the system now introduced will espe-
cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatever; while at the same
time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid, bearing the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre-
miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi-
nally contracted to be paid.
Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex-
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance.
The assured will thus always have the option of retain-
ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording t) the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any •
future reference to the Company on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally
secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re-
versionary, of a Policy of this description.
Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any.
conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the objections before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as
actual securities.
In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest
term provided for is twenty-fire years, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this class as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.
It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon-
ditional,•they will also be unchallengeable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies.
The PRUDENTIAL• ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of 1215,000 a year. Its position is un.
questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WARTED.
HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.

The net pre
the sum of
The interest on investmen
of receipt yield

£2
Is and other items

'1,276 18 1

Making a total income of ............ .C 237,980 19 8
The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
12s. ld.
The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
The assets of the association at the close of the year
amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd.
The directors draw special attention to the fact the t the
next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year
1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior
to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate
Board,
in the same.
The directors also draw attention to the successful esta-
blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire
Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc-
tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to
work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much
to the advantage and profit of both institutions.
and distinct.tutions.lti
is
quite
ey
and Secretary.
scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and
constitutionjoofneaNßcmhyEooffisrdsceeErasorfeTtc:hultuarpa
London, March 18, 1869.

THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE
1 ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever
introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions,
on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific
for debility of all kinds, and from its containing, among other
ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly
beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re-
port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225.
I!AUDIGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W. 0., London. Car-
riage free on receipt of remittance.

(\NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
A.2l' ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 por annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O

N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
►►i and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women.
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. liatchard,
Picca-
dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutta,
Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers: Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. Tho
Hospital ds now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the 8L1ND,.210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,951 patients since it WaS
establisbe at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free-
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. CO, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverio, 1, Pall.mall.—lion.
Soc., / Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Soc.

rTHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
AA the CIUST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
___President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON._ _

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITIITION.

The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to moot tho heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have boen relieved in the
last six years,
GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

President—Bey. CANON DAM

CONTRlBErnowsfortiesu- pporioltheliomes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
E. W. THOMAS See., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.

President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary.
Office, 82, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

T.TOMELESS BOYS OF LONDO N. -FUDS
ti are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
1:26 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
D girls in tho Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

370 children.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-
road.
Upwards of 100 poor sink children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who aro rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutta and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

£1.5 ;illkoop a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by tho London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E. 0.; and by
WILLIAM WILLI &MS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-flelds.

BRITISH HOME for INC iJRABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.ll. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS aro
earnestly solicited,
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 51, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-crosg, S.W.
RDWD. WEA YER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, B.C.

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of tho
Bishop of London. The Work carried on by aSisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of tbe Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed

COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,

Rev. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev. W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain.
Rev. E. Lapel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gillist, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Homey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recel
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyc
man-square, to whom come,

resist was that brought to bear by his friends to
secure him a place in the Cabinet. He succeeds a
well-known Republican who a short time ago ex-
President JOHNSON desired to remove, and would
have removed had he not been shackled by the
Tenure-of-Office Act. General CLAY had-sent in
his resignation, but afterwards withdrew it, and
the question was, whether the resignation did not
hold in spite of the withdrawal. We do not know
how this joint was decided, but we do know that it
was argued at Washington. Major-General DANIEL
E. SICKLES, of New York, was offered the mission
to Mexico, but we presume he declined it, as Mr..
THOMAS NELSON has been nominated. Mr. ELIOT
COWDIN was talked of for the Belgian mission...
The Consul-Generalship of Italy, vacant by the
death of Colonel LAWRENCE, remains to be filled,
but we doubt whether there will be many other
changes, though the applications in Washington are'
overwhelming. The favourite appears to be Mr.-
Mmtrinr's position at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, for
which there is a tremendous run ; but however
to bo regretted the disappointment of so many.
may be, we would regret still more if one of the
crowd was gratified at the expense of the pre-,
sent incumbent. London, we doubt not, was_.
even more eagerly sought, and the rumour pre-
vailed when last we wrote that Ex-Governor HAR-
RIMAN, of New Hampshire, would be nominated in
succession to Mr. MORSE. ,The United States Con.
sul in London has done much to attract the national
attention to the decay of the American ocean-carry-
ing trade; he has supplied Congress with matter
for serious consideration, which has already given
rise to numerous debates in the Capitol. It will be
one of the most prominent subjects next session,
and Mr. MoasE, we doubt not, will be looked to, to
continue his investigations, and to report fully on
the facts connected with English shipbuilding and
navigation, while as a Maine man he is well ac-
quainted with these subjects on the other side. A
special despatch to the New York Evening Post,
dated Washington., March 27, says ex-Governor
Tuomas of Maryland, is warmly urged for the
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an-
poiu tments seems to have arisen from a misunderstand-
ing between the PRESIDENT and the Secretary of
State. When Mr. FISH took over the office from
Mr. WASHBURN!: he found a number of nomina-
tions made out, and it is probable that he thought,
as he had become responsible, it was his right to
make to these selections, while to some he had
strong objections, and many now who were on
WASHBURNE'S slate have left Washington disapM
pointed.

Major-Gon. Rt. Hon. Percy

Herbert, M.P.
Re 7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouse
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. F. Pigou
R. P. Pigott, Esq.
R R. Ppm, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.
ived by any of the above ; by
and Co ; and by the Hon.
3, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
nr icatiolas may be addressed.

ROPAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-)bill,__Puqiey-beath.

THE "NEW YORK TRIBUNE" ON
GRANT'S APPOINTMENTS.

Established 81st Jul-y, 1854: •
This Inttitution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class)afllicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity 0f.£20 to patients at-their
own homes.
A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election.
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, secretary
NC,. IA roultal Loaf" Zit). Peptglaktr 11365.,,

" We have gone through a war, and have been
dissipating with the inflated currency, and a vast
debt, and a weakened credit—and wasting our sub-
stance in a hundred ways. For eight years we have
suffered from the war and Andrew Johnson, and
because the President in the twenty-five days of his
government has not succeeded in rescuing us from
all these evils, he is held up to public scorn as a
failure—as a ruler who does not comprehend the
dutie3 of his station—as a mere " man on horse-
back," insensible to the wants and wishes of the
country. He has done nothing but blunder, we are
told ! His Cabinet is a " blunder." Well, let us
look at that ! The Secretary of State cannot have
a policy less in harmony with the country than
that of the former " deacon." The Secretary
of the Treasury is as much better than the
one who preceded him as it is possible for
comparison to express. In the place of Brown-
ing and his Indian and railroad scandals, we have
a man of commanding ability and purity of cha-
racter. Randall has given place to Cresswell—and
Evarts resigns the office which he-bought with a
price to one of the wisest and best men in Mas-
sachusetts. Mr. Bone takes experience, culture,
respectability, purity of character, and business
eminence into the office where Mr. Welles has sat
long like the Old Man of the Sea. With the ex-
ception of Washington's first Cabinet, which con-
tained Jefferson and Hamilton, and Monroe's Cabi-
net, which had Quincy Adams, Crawford, Calhoun,
M'Lean, and Wirt, and probably Polk's, with
Buchanan, Walker, Marcy, and Bancroft, the
Cabinet of President Grant is as strong in intel-
lectual force as the Cabinet of any former Pre-
sident. We expect a great deal from Mr. Bout-
well in his great office, and especially from Mr.
Cresswell and General Cox. The Cabinet is
not the only " blunder," however. The ap-
pointment of Mr. Stewart indicated an " ignorance
of law.' Well, lawyers like Hendricks, voted for
the confirmation, and many men meet and learned
in the law argued that Mr. Stewart could take his
portfolio. We did not agree with them. Mr.
Stewart would have pleased us as Secretary, but
we were not pleased with the manner in which he
proposed to be Secretary. We differed with the
President. lie was wise enough to change' his
mind. After four years of the irresolute mulish-
ness of Andrew Johnson, let us thank Heaven that
we have a man who can change his mindt..t
was
Stewart business was, perhaps, elunpy ;
the clumsiness of an honest man try
thing. The smallest of Andrew Ash
Ign
stooibi'duso viewtoiesse
age thus far, we have a
did a hundred times morebehtatremr .proorotitohne
opfatgrooond-
Y€ • ld cry of the men who are
men going into office than we have seen for many
poi youtrhaelioout amily and personal ap-
anrstmerTtis'eiscloannli
out against the men who are in."

At a meeting of the German Republicans of the
Fourth Assembly District, New York, held March 27, the
.platform of the German Republican Central Committee
iva adopted unanimously, and a resolution was passed
favouring the introduction of the German language as
a branch of instruction in the public schools of the
district
Dorivir.TE and CO., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re•
commended by the medical .profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta-
tion. Quotations on application ►to Messrs• Dunvillo and Co.,
Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-bvilitinge,Strand,Londoe, W,p,—[Ad•
Tertisemont!

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