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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-02

AMERICAN FEELING TOWARDS ENGLAND.

Mr. Reverdy Johnson in his speech at Newcastle-
on-Tyne was still as sanguine as ever. Though the
Clarendon-Johnson treaty has been repudiated by
the new President, the United States Minister in this
country has not the smallest doubt that all differences
will soon be settled. The letter from the New York
correspondent of the rally News gives a very
different prospect. With him all is as grey as with
Mr. Johnson it is rose-coloured. The correspondent
says ; " There is a grew deal of sore and bitter
feeling against England, and there is not the
slightest disposition to be satisfied with a pecuniary
settlement but nobody whom anybody minds talks
or thinks of fighting about it. There is no dis-
position to settle the Alabama matter now, and
least of all to allow the Alabama claims to be
brought into court on the same footing as the
claims of Englishmen who have been incidentally
damaged by the war. In other words,
people will not allow yr to treat the wrong as
merely a case of material injury. They will see in it
a moral offence, because they view it in connection
with the language of the press and of public men in
England during the. war, and consider it, therefore,
as one of the forms in which the prevailing dislike of
America found utterance." The writer is, moreover,
not at all surprised at this soreness. lle reminds his
readers how nearly the whole British newspaper press,
how the immense majority of Englishmen not only sym-
pathised with the South, but insulted the North.
Every bragging tale told by the first was believed ;
magnanimous, and
every truthful statement told by the second was a
bag of lies. We have forgotten all this ; we are
wish to shake hands. The
Americans have not forgotten it, for their commerce
was destroyed ;they lost half a
million of their man-
hood ; they have to bear a debt of £500,000,000. In
the end, the writer has no doubt, the Alabama business
will be settled fairly and peaceably. There is some
amount of passion and excitement shewn in certain
quarters.. But was the Trent affair treated quite in
cool blood ?
London, England, 1869-04-02

THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA.

Senor Morales Lemus has arrived in New York,
as an envoy from the Provisional Government set
up in Cuba. He is commissioned to act as the
"Ambassador" of Cuba after its independence has been
recognised by the United States. This important ques-
tion will come before Congress soon. The Government
seems to apprehend that the recognition will be made, for
it is strengthening the American squadron in Cuban
waters, and two ironclads have been sent off Florida to
wait ordErs. The latest intelligence from Cuba announces
some successes on the part of the insurgents. American
supplies are still h ; poured into the island.
London, England, 1869-04-02

THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA.

Senor Morales Lemus has arrived in New York,
as an envoy from the Provisional Government set
up in Cuba. He is commissioned to act as the
"Ambassador" of Cuba after its independence has been
recognised by the United States. This important ques-
tion will come before Congress soon. The Government
seems to apprehend that the recognition will be made, for
it is strengthening the American squadron in Cuban
waters, and two ironclads have been sent off Florida to
wait orders. The latest intelligence from Cuba announces
some successes on the part of the insurgents. American
supplies are still being poured into the island.
London, England, 1869-04-02

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The public references made to my book,
" New America"—first by Dr. Ball in the House
of Commons, and still more recently by the Ameri-
can Ambassador at Newcastle—require from me a
word of explanation.
I never meant to offer my pictures of the Mor-
mons and Free Lovers as " sample 3 " of American
religious life. Quite otherwise. I described them
as " disturbing forces" in that life. The key-note
of " New America" is given in the Preface in these
words :

"The men who planted these Free States—doing
the noblest work that England has achieved in his-
tory—were spurred into their course by two groat
passions—a large love of liberty, a deep sense of
religion ; and in our great plantation liberty and
religion exercise a power over the forms of social
and domestic life unknown at home. In the heart
of solid societies and conservative churches we find
the most singular doctrines, the most audacious
experiments ; and it is only after seeing what kind
of forces are at work within them that we can ade-
quately admire the strength of these societies and
Churches."

I have seen too much of the work effected by the
American religious societies, not in the United
States alone, but in Syria and Egypt, not to hold
those societies in the highest respect. 01 course,
the facts recorded in my book are public property,
and every one is free to draw from them his own
conclusion. My conclusions are no secret ; they
are stated in my Preface, and Mr. Reverdy John-
son is clearly entitled to say, as he said at New-
castle, that " nothing in Mr. Dixon's book justified
the inference" that the free religious life of America
it a failure.

W. HEPWORTH DIXON.
St. James's-terrace, April 1.

ANOTHER MURDER IN IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Thursday Night.
A farmer named Tophain, living at Boffana,
thirteen miles from. Clonmel, was shot dead last
night on his own farm. His bod was found this
y morning with two bullet holes through the bead.
LORD STANLEY 47 GLASGOW.

GASG () W,
LordA p TRH e le.tor
Lord Stanley was installed to-day as
of Glasgow University in the college. Afterwards
he delivered an inaugural address in the City
Hall, where he met an enthu.i.:stie reception
from a brilliant assembly. The address was plain,
practical, and learned, and gave universal satis-
faction.

ANOTHER VOLUME OF " FUN."—Better than a
"Shilling's worth of Nonsense"—one of the earliest pro-
ductions of the Punch contributors—far b'-tier than any
" Shilling's worth of Nonsense" is the Half-yearly Volume
of the only successful rival during more than half-a-dozen
years of the London Charivari—Fun ! Here is the eighth
volum9 of the New Series, the fifteenth of the Old Series
—spick and span in crimson and gold—full, as the name
implies, of fun, never (what so many of the comic papers
are, unhappily,) vulgar, or unfair, or in bad taste, but
running over, for the most part, with innocent merriment,
and, as a rule, thoroughly good humoured.
London, England, 1869-04-02

CHANGES AT WOOLWICH.

The Royal Military Academy at Woolwich is to
be abolished, or, rather, is to be amalgamated with
the Royal Military School at Sandhurst, and the
school building will be devoted to advanced military
instruction for the Royal Artillery. The Herbert
hospital at Shooter's-hill is to be given up, and its
inmates transferred to the Royal Marine Infirmary
at Woolwich. The negotiations for letting the
royal doeliyard to a private firm are said to be draw-
ing to a successful close.
London, England, 1869-04-02

A WISE BIRD.

A friend once kept a heron on his lawn, and a very
amusing bird he was. When first captured, he was
very sulky and refused all food. Fearing he would
starve, the owner forced some fish down the bird's
throat, but the next moment saw it returned upon
the grass. The process was repeated with the same result,
and a third time my friend endeavoured ineffectually to
overcome the obstinacy of his captive. At length, reflecting
how the Chinese treat their trained cormorant; by fast-
ening a strap round the neck to prevent the fish from going
down he tied a piece of tape round the heron's neck, to
prevent the fish, in this case, from coming yr. The experi-
ment was perfectly successful, and the bird finding it im-
possible to disgorge, at length abandoned the attempt,
and subsequently fed himself. Fish were placed for him
in a fountain on the lawn, and he evinced great delight in
taking them from the water. One day a rat was observed
helping himself to the heron's food. The rightful owner
caught him in the act, and with one blow of his formidable
bill felled him to the ground. Seizing him, then, before ho
could recover, he carried him squeaking to the fountain, and
ducked him. After shaking him well under water, he heldhim
up for examination. The rat spluttered and squeaked in
abject terror, and again was he submerged. The dose was
repeated, until the unfortunate rat at length succumbed,
and being by this time nice and tender, the heron pouched
li'm, and his then elongated form was seen distending the
thin skin of the bird's neck in its passage downwards, until
it finally disappeared for ever. —Hardw•icke's Seicnre Gossip.
" IL Y A FAGOTS' ET FAGOTS."

I think we might have a triumph over the French in a
small matter of expression ; and it is rare that we can have
any such triumphs. There is the proverb "II y a f«gots
ct fa yots," a proverb which has become one of the most
frequently used in modern times, as expressing nominal
similarity and substantial difference. But the words arc
surely very ill-chosen. One bundle of sticks is really very
like another bundle of sticks. But suppose we were to
change it in this way : "There nre kisses and kisses."
Then you would have something of which the name was
the same, but the substance very different. There is the
kiss of custom, the kiss of respect, the kiss of duty, the
pre-conjugal kiss, the conjugal kiss, the filial kiss, the
playful kiss—as when the grandfather is found, without
any intention of course on his part, directly under the
mistletoe-bough— the kiss of betrayal, and the kiss of pas-
sionate devotion, of which the poet says:—

" A man had given all earthly Wise,
And all his worldly worth for this,
To waste his whole heart in one kiss
Upon her perfecttiips.",
London, England, 1869-04-02

DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION TO THE QUEEN.
Now ready, in 1 vol., Bvo., 158.,
Firrfl EDITION of HER MAJESTY'S
TOWER.
By W. HEPWORTH DIXON
" This charming volume will be the moat popular of all Mr.
Dixon's works." Examiner.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1869-04-02

THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION.

A curious mistake was made in transmitting the sum•
mary of the Spanish Constitution which reached England
by telegraph. It was announced that the King was to
reign for no more than eighteen years, whereas the actual
proviso is that he shall attain his majority at the age
of 18. The new Spanish Parliament is to consist
of a Senate elected for twelve years, and a Congress
chosen for three. The latter body will be elected by
universal suffrage ; the former by the municipal councillors,
aided by a limited number of electors chosen by universal
suffrage. Anybody who is 25 years of age may be a
member of the Lower House. The Eoman Catholic
religion is to be the established faith of the State, but full
freedom is to be given to all other forms. Free public
instruction is provided, the press and public meetings will
be free, but the latter are to de subject to police control.
The Constitution is liberal enough, provided that its pro-
visions are accepted in good f mith. It remains to be seen
whether the Cortes will do this.
London, England, 1869-04-02

ARGYLL ROOM S.-OPEN EVERY
EVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The
Rooms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. R übardt
and Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week
an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular
Dance Music.

Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, ls. ; Balcony, 2s.
WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY
Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CURTI

" PATE AU DIABLE."
THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for
Luncheon. Breakfast, ke. It will be found most useful
for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their
ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND

PURE PICKLES
(Mantleld's Patent),
To be obtained Wholesale and BetatUof
JOHN BURGESS AND SON,
107, STRAND
(Corner of Savoy Steps),
London, W.O.

ASHLEY AND CO. FOR WINES.
PEB,•DOZEN.
Very Fine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry ,
Old Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's
Shipping), Vintage Wines
Sparkling Champagne. Imperial, Dry Mosseni, Sil-
lery, Qualite Superieure (Perrier's Ms. to Us.
Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two
bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s.
London, England, 1869-04-02

ALMOST A MILLIONAIRE.

A few days since the will of " Joseph Crossley,
Esq., of Bromfield, Halifax, Yorkshire," was proved
in the London Court of Probate. His personalty was
proved under £OOO,OOO. This very neat little sum is
thus divided. He leaves to his wife his residence,
with the furniture, plate, and all other house-
hold effects, together with an annuity of
£2,000. He leaves to his son Edward a legacy of
X 2.000 and a share in thQ.xesidue, _ j-19. leaves t 9
London, England, 1869-04-02

ANCIENT MONUMENTS.

Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Sir H. Verney, said the
state of the ancient monuments in this country
was not at all creditable, and he thought that.
some steps ought to be taken to preserve them
from utter destruction. He had a ilted the Society of Anti-
c-pad:lns through the Presicknt, the Earl of .z3tanhopa,
whether they would make out a list of the monuments
which it Was desirable to place under the protection of
some competent awbority, and that list was in course of
being made out. \\lien it was completed he would sub—
mit the matter to Parliament, with a view of something
being done to prevent the destruction of monuments of
national interest. (Hear, hear.)
COMMUNICITIONS WITH RAILWAY GUARDS.
Mr. BRIGHT said the rope system had been adopted.
because it was thought to be the most convenient system,
for general usages. The rope was placed outside the car-.
riages, just at the top of the window, and it would ba
found that it would be a much better arrangement thant
placing the rope inside the carriage. (Hear, hear.) Ha
thought it would be a useless expenditure of money to print
the whole of the correspondence that had taken place ma,
the subject. _ _

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE-THE ABYSSINIAN'

BATTA.

Mr. CHILDERS, in reply to Viscount Enfield, raid that
the merchant vessels chartered during the Abyssinian ex—
pedition could not participate in the six months' batta,
which had been given for the success of the operations.
The payment of the batta was confined to the troops and
naval service.
London, England, 1869-04-02

AMERICAN FEELING TOWARDS ENGLAND.

Mr. Reverdy Johnson in his speech at Newcastle-
on-Tyne was still as sanguine as ever. Though the
Clarendon-Johnson treaty has been repudiated by
the new President, the United States Minister in this
wcoitlilnstoryonhbaes nseottatehde. smTallbeesltettdoeubrft that all diff
erences
will Nffereewin,ocreisc
correspondent of the Daily News gives a ve.ry
different prospect. With him all is as grey as with
Mr. Johnson it is rose-coloured. The correspondent
says " There is a Brea: deal of sore and bitter
feeling against England, and there is not the
slightest disposition to be satisfied with a pecuniary
settlement, but nobody whom anybody minds talks
or thinks of fighting about it. There is no dis- ,
position to settle the Alabama matter now, and
least of all to allow the Alabama claims to be
brought into court on the same footing as the
claims of Englishmen who have been incidentally
damaged by the war. In other words,
people will not allow you to treat the wrong as
merely a case of material injury. They will see in it
a moral offence, because they view it in connection
with the language of the press and of public men in
England during the war, and consider it, therefore,
as one of the forms in which the prevailing dislike of
America found utterance." The writer is, moreover,
not at all surprised at this soreness. I-Ie reminds his
readers how nearly the whole British newspaper press,
how the immense majority of Englishmen not only sym-
' pathised with the South, but insulted the North.
Every bragging tale told by the first was believed ;
every truthful statement told by the second was a
bag of lies. We have forgotten all this ; we are
magnanimous, and wish to shake hands. The
Americans have not forgotten it, for their commerce
was destroyed ; they lost half a million of their man-
hood ; they have to bear a debt of £500,000,000. In
the end, the writer has no doubt, the Alabama business
will be settled fairly and peceably. There is some
amount of passion and excitement shewn in certain
quarters. But was the Trent affair treated quite in
cool blood ?
London, England, 1869-04-02

KINAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN
EXHIBITION, 1865.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dubli
prize Medal.
It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, as. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; b•
the Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or wholesale at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Oork Branded "King
ban's LL Whisky.

MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859),
14, RUSSELL-STREET, OOVENT-GARDEN, LONDON,
And 38, QUEBN'SaOAD, BitrOnTow
ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free
bold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay-
able weekly, monthly, or quarterly Bills promptly discounted.
Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope.
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

EASTER 11 OLIDAY S.—MADAME
TUSSAH n'f4 EXHIB ITIO v.— Always Beautiful. Always
Attractive. Redecorated. New and Beautiful Costumes,—
Portrait Model of MADAME RACHEL, and numeroux Addi-
tints. Admission, ls. ; Clalren under ten, 6d.; extra rooms,
8,1 Open from 11 a.m. till n p.m.

OYAL MUSIC HAL L, HOLBORN.
Proprietor, Mr J. S. Sweasev.
Unprecedented Success of the Easter Entertainment.
Mr. !Arthur L'ovd in his imnersonstions of Professor In the
Original Christy's Minstrels—E. D. Davis. the greatest Ventrilo-
quist of the day—Professor Beaumont in his wonderful Delusions
(Magic)—Lelio. and Florence Ellis, the Juvenile Actresses—Mr.
C. Burton, Transformation dancer in ten el:meters—APßs
Packer, from the Theatre Royal. Glasgow—Mies "el!a. Miss
Lizzie Deed, Serio Comics—Harry and Kettle King, Irish
Duettists—and a host of other talented artistes.
km— Mr. P. Corri's (the Musical Director) Benefit will talt e
place' on Wr dnesday. April 21. on whrch occasion Mr. F. Trot-
man will take the chair. Great Night of the Season.

ARGYLL ROOMS.--OPEN EVERY
Ie.VENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The
Rooms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. ft übardt
and Co. The celebrated Rand will perform during the week
an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular
Dance Music.

Doors onen at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, is Balcony, 2s.
VCrINDIIILL STREET, PICCADILLY.
Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CURTI

"PATE AU DIABLE."
rr HE above Paste is a most aureeable relish for
Luncheon. Breskfmst, (t.e. It will he found most useful
for deviling, Legs of Turkey, Fowl, I3isenits. ke. Also their
ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND

PURE PICKLES
• (Manfted'e Patent).
To be obtained Wholexale and Retail-or
JOHN )317RGESS AND SON,
107, STRAND
(Corner of Savoy Steps),
London. W.C.

ASHLEY AND CO. FOR WINES.

PER DOZEN.
Very Fine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34s.
Old Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's
Shipping). Vintage Wines
Sparkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry Mosseux, Sil-
lery, Qualite Superieure (Perrier's Shipping) -365. to Ms.
Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two
bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s.
London, England, 1869-04-02

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 251.153. per £1 sterlin•„
Onoomparing these rates with the English Mint price of
£3 tis, told. per ounce for standard sold, it appears that
gold at the above price is abut 1•10 th per cent, dearer in
Pais than in London.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at f• 0 days' si-zht was on the last date about 1181 percent.
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
from the Uni:cd Stated.
London, England, 1869-04-02

The Price of Gold.

The quotatim of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London Is 2Lt. 151 per El sterlin!.
Oucornparin.‘g these rates with the English Nlint price of
,14.10 id. per (lance for standard troll, it
gold at the above price is ab. ut I.loth p r cent. dearer in
Paris than in London.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 60 days' sig-ht was on the last date about 1!.81 percent.
At this rate there is no profit on the Importation of gold
from the 1.1111!cd States.
London, England, 1869-04-02

PALESTINE EXPI.OP ATIOY.

A correspondent of the Tunes, writing from
Jerusalem, is very anxious that the task of Pali stine
exploration should not be allowed to languish.
There will never again, he thinks, be such a
chance of successful discovery. The Turkish
Government cannot be expected to view with
favour excavations which lead down to the
foundations of their own sacred stronghold,
though they cannot withdraw from the permission
accorded to the present explorers. What has already
been discovered gives, it is thought, an imperfect
measure of future results to be attained. The most
important problems in Biblical traditions and story
which are keenly disputed over head may be solved
by the underground workers in a few months,
and the whole scheme of the architecture may be
revealed to us. The writer complains very much of
the conduct of the Russian and Christian pilgrims
who throng the streets of Jerusalem every Easter,
and he appeals strongly to " wealthy, religious, and
Protestant England" to sustain the Palestine
Exploration Fund, in which no one can find room
For lust exception, derision, or animosity.

FOREIGN NOTES.

TIM CONSPIRACY IN ITALY.

Conspirators do not generally publish reports of their
deliberations, and the conspiracy in Italy, like all such pro-
jects, is, therefore, involved in considerable doubt. But that
a plot, with extensive ramifications, has been designed is
certain. The Times Florence correspondent says that a
rising was contemplated rather for the purpose of influ-
encing politics, by exciting alarm, than with any hope of
success. But the authorities have kept on the alert, and
the scheme has failed. In addition to the disturbances at
Ancona—which, after all, were got up by the Republicans—
there was much agitation at Naples. At Turin and Pavia
the garrisons were kept under arms for two or three days.
Menotti Garibaldi is said to have led the projected move-
ment in the Calabrias. His participation in an affair of
the kind is rather in contradiction with his father's decla-
ration a few months ago, but it is possible that he acted
independently and without the paternal sanction. The
Romagna appears to have been the headquarters of the
projected rebellion, and at Genoa it is said that
the partisans of disorder and anarchy would have mus-
tered strong but for the vigilance of the authorities.
The whole business, adds the writer, has caused much
annoyance in a high quarter.
The Liberty states that the elder Garibaldi has quite
retired from the business of conspiracy. Mazzini is the
statesman, Menotti Garibaldi the warrior, of the Republi-
cans. The latter has been fifteen days in the Calabrias. His
design was not to march on Rome, but to get up a rising
throughout Naples. As for Mazzini, he is working diplo-
matically with " incredible energy." The Liberti differs
from the Times correspondent in expressing belief that the
danger is only just commencing.

" TIIE TRIPLE ALLIANCE."
London, England, 1869-04-02

WES MINSTER.

A GENTLEMAN IN DIFFICULTIES.—Mr. Robert Twait-
]and,
"gentleman,"; was charged with violently resisting
a County Court officer who had arrested him.
William Brecon, County Court officer, said he went to
defendant's house, 7, Edith-grove, Chelsea, this morning
and arrested him in his garden upon process of the court
He said he would not be taken, and resisted very violently.
He repeatedly tried to kick and bite complainant.
Defendant said he had been severely mewled by tho
officer, and it was a mere farce to say that ha resisted and
tried to bite. He ought under the County Courts Act to
have had a notice before arrest.

Mr. Self° asked him why he did not pay his debt ?

Defendant butt that this was a sort thing that had never
happened to him before. He had had uo notification of
the judgment, and when the officer came he merely wanted
to go iu-doors to adjust his dress, which was refused. He
had been much ill-treated for a paltry debt.
Brown said he held three executions against defendant's
goods for other debts, but they could not be enforced, as
defendant's furniture was turned over to his wife.
Defendant said that the property was in the bands of
his wife's trustees.

Mr. Selfe said he would give defendant an opportunity
of settling with the officer, and would remand him upon
bail for that purpose.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Taylor and George Wiggins,
.two fellows, having
the appearance of excavators, were charged before Mr.
Knox, with atttempting to obtain money by means of a
begging-letter petition from Mr. Robert Coleman Hall,
grocer, of No. 70, Wardour-street. They were sent to
prison with three months' hard labour.

BANK OF BIVGLAND.

The following is the Ho
DIRECTORS of the BANK of

IUsE LIST of GOVERNORS and
f ENGLAND for the year en.

suing, viz.:

Gov]

Robert Wigram Crawl
George Lye'', Efq., D,
DIRE(

Henry Wollaston Blake,
John Esq William Birch, Esq.
Travel's BtlEtol3, Esq.
Arthur Edward Campbell,
Esq.
Mark Wilks Collet, Esq.
Henry Riversdale Grenfell,
Esq.
Henry Bucks Gibbs, Esq.
John Saunders Gilliat, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschon,
Esq.
Thomas Hankey, Esq.
Baron Heath.
Kirkman Daniel Hodgson,
Esq.

BRNOREI.
ford, Esq., Governor.
leputy-Governor.
CTORS.,.
Henry Lancelot Holland,
Esq.
John Gellibrand Hubbard,
Esq.
Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq.
Charles Frederick Huth,Esq.
Alfred Latham, Esq.
Thomas Masterman, Esq.
Alexander Matheson, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
George Warda Norman, Esq,
Alfred Charles de Rothschild,
Esq.
Albert George Sandeman.
Esq.
Clifford Wlgram, Esq.

The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will
bo held at the Bank ou Tuesday, the 13th April, and for
Directors on Wednesday, the 14th April, from EleVen
9'9199k ha tia9 kg:WPM al K9ur iz4 the Xtvraitm.
London, England, 1869-04-02

TIIE ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL.

The present Government seems destined to incur
the hate of the instructors of the people. Their
Irish Church policy has brought upon them the cor-
dial dislike of the clergy ; and their educational
schemes are bringing
upon them the denunciations
of the schoolmasters. In Scotland the Duke of
Argyll is being soundly abused ; and Mr. Forster, if
he be not very careful, will be held up to scorn to
the learning youth of England. But he has as yet
trodden verysoftly on the toes of the English teachers.
The College of Preceptors has sent up a petition
against his Endowed Schools
Bill. The school-
masters ask for representation on the Central Board
of Education about to be established. Such repre-
sentation has been given by the Government scheme
to the Scotch schoolmasters ; they ask for more
The English will be glad to get any.
POWER OF VOLUNTARYISM.

- -
Some interesting statistics shelving the power of
voluntaryism are published. They, are contained in the
report of the Surrey Chapel—Mr. Newman Hall's.
The number of communicants attending this place is
1,320. Besides providing
for the pastor, these,
together with the congregation, have subscribed
nearly £4,000 towards such things as the support of
the poor, the Sunday and day schools, missions, &C.
Many of the people are artisans, and the largest
portion belong to the lower middle class. What
might not the higher classes do ?
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" NO SURRENDER."

Do the Protestant Conservatives of Ireland really
think that the threatened disestablishment of the
Irish Church may yet be averted ? They are con-
tinually pointing to the Battle of the Boyne', And
shouting out the old Orange cries. But do they
really hope that the threatened danger may be
removed? Because, if not, they are acting most
unwisely in their declaration against compromise. They
will have the whole loaf or none. The Orangemen of
Belfast, on Wednesday, raised " the old flag." The
resolutions, the Conservative papers boast, were of the
most uncompromising character. One of them was to
the effect " That we shall continue to uphold the
legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland
so long as the international compact is respected and
held inviolable by the British Parliament, but should
the fifth article of the Treaty of Union, which is
expressed to be essential, fundamental, and perpe-
tual, be repealed, we shall be forced to regardthe union
as virtually dissolved." This resolution was carried
by acclamation. Amongst those who voted for it
were the Marquis of Downshire, Lord Enniskillen,
Lord Cole, and Lord O'Neill. Do those who have
seats in the House of Lords, who gave assent to this
resolution, intend to forego their privileges. as peers
if the Irish Church Bill is passed, or is the phrase
about the virtual dissolution of the Union emntv
boast ? Echo answers " boast."
The clergy as well as the laity have determined to
follow the example of Mr. Micawber's early life.
They will make no provision for to-morrow ; they
will wait to see if " something turns up." While
the laity were protesting at Belfast, the clergy and
such of the laity as were invited were protesting in
Dublin. The Archbishop having called the diocesan
conference, thought proper to announce that he had
not the slightest intention of forming or facilitating
the formation of a Church body to help Mr. Glad-
stone. Ile would not recognise anything as inevit-
able, nor would any of the other speakers. Com-
promise was not to bo spoken of amongst them.
Perhaps after all it is better to go over a precipice
with one's eyes shut.

RECKLESS ADMINISTRATIVE ECONOMY.

Under this heading a letter appears in the Pall
Mall Gazette from " A. C. R.," Aldershot, complain-
ing of what certainly seems a most absurd arrange-
ment which has just been made by the War Office.
The 2nd battalion of the Bth Regiment has to be
transferred from Aldershot to Bury in Lancashire.
Of course the most direct way is by rail. and the cost
ramoYkl catizaated at Zia
_I:$.10 were
London, England, 1869-04-02

GREECE.

The King and Queen left At
OT-I IdEaNyS fAo
rp rci
olr u
where they intend to pass the summer months.

QUEENSTOWN, April 2.

The National Steamship Company's steamer
Erin, from New York, arrived here at 4.30 a.m.
to-day. She landed passengers.and proceeded for
Liverpool. All well.

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 10.

Lopez is reported in his present position to have
abundance of food, but his ammunition was said to

be scarce.

Senor Paronos has arrived at Assumption.
Admiral Inhanau is dead.
Up to the present time the elections have resulted
in the return of 86 Conservatives.

BUENOS AYP.ES, Feb. 28.

Elchange on London, 494 ; wet salted hides,
374 ; number of beasts slaughtered, 34,500 ; sales,
42,500 ; shipments, 17,395 ; no stock ; dry bides
for Germany, 48 ; ditto for America, 434 ; sales,
55,000 ; shipments, 10,387 ; stock, 28,000. Freight
to the Channel—pipes, 40; bales, 25 ; wool, 75 ;
tallow beef, 151 ; mutton, 144 ; lumber, 42. Car-
diff coals, 94 ; Cadiz salt, 85.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, Marh 31.

The London, Belgium, Brazil, and River Plate
Royal Mail Steamship Company's steamer City of
Brussels, Captain Haddock, arrived at St. Vincent
on the 14th inst., nine days from Falmouth, and
sailed the following day for Rio and the River
Plate.
London, England, 1869-04-02

LONDOIV, FRIDA _IT, APRIL 2, 1869.

The Valuation of Property (Metropolis) Bill was
read a second tune last evening, and, although the
discussion which took place previously was very brief,
it was in several respects interesting and of import-
ance. The severest opposition to the measure was
that evidenced by the right hon. and veteran member
for Oxfordshire, who plainly intimated that he re-
g:rded.the Bill as vicious in principle. Immediately
after the close of Mr. HENLEY'S remarks, the hon.
gentleman the new member for the City of West-
minster, availed himself of the opportunity for the de-
livery of a maiden speech, necessarily brief under the
London, England, 1869-04-02

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
ELECTION PETITIONS.

The CLERK at the table announced ti the house that the
petitions presented against the last e:ectio a for Taunton,
hhre%vsbury, and York had baen withdrawn.
It was also announced that the ju lge had reported that
Mr. llibberd had b,eu duly e:ect3l fur o:dham, and Col.
Dickson fur Dover.
ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL.
The SHERIFFS of LONDON pros lilted a petition against
certain provisions in the endowed schools bill.
London, England, 1869-04-02

TIIE MURDER AT NORWICH.

The conviction of Sheward for the murder of his
wife has not given general satisfaction. There is a
complaint that the old British law, that a man must
be proved to be guilty before he is regarded as such,
has been set aside. The confession has been taken
as proof. As the man retracted it, it should not, it
is argued, have been so taken. A confession under
such circumstances being valuable only as pointing
to a train of evidence which may lead to the proof,
or as swelling to a certain extent the weight of
certainty, it should not be held as positive. The
judge laid down that the jury had no need to be
absolutely certain that the remains discovered were
those of Mrs. Sheward, as the confession constituted
direct evidence on that point. But those who find
fault with the verdict lay down that, either circum-
stantially or otherwise, the confession should have
been shewn to be true. The point. is a most impor-
tant one. Practically the question is whether a
man's confession, afterwards retracted, may be held
as evidence.
London, England, 1869-04-02

Bank of England Returns.

An Account, pursuant to t]
cap. 32, for the week ending 1

Le Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
iTednesday, March 31, 1869.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued —.X31,473,820 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 3,984,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

£31,473,820
London, England, 1869-04-02

HEART DISEASE IN TAE ARMY.

The question of the soldier's accoutrement is still
before the public, Mr. Meyers who recently lectured,
on the subject, and Dr. Maclean, of the Netley Medi-
cal School, having both put forward some explanation
of their views. Mr. Meyers says that there cannot
be a doubt of the highly prejudicial effects of the
constriction produced by the accoutrements, but he
does not believe that any injury would accrue to the
heart of the soldier from ordinary knapsack
drill if freedom were provided for the full
expansion of his neck and chest. The present
tunic tits him like a glove, and the collar is exactly
measured to the size of the neck, and fastened by a
large hook, becoming an unyielding ligature
when the soldier is carrying his knapsack, &c.
Dr. Maclean, who has also delivered lectures on
the subject, explains some medical details, and says
that he has been most desirous to awaken the atten-
tion of the military and medical authorities to the
remarkable prevalence of diseases of the heart and
great blood-vessels in the army, a prevalence due to
the injudicious and oppressive nature of the uni-
form. This point is now gained, for an improved
system of accoutreing the soldier is being adopted.
London, England, 1869-04-02

THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION.

A curious mistake was-made - ------------- the sum•
mary of the Spanish Constitution which reached England
by telegraph. It was announced that the King was to
reign for no more than eighteen years, whereas the actual
proviso is that he shall attain his majority at the ago
of 18. The new Spanish Parliament is to consist
of a Senate elected for twelve years, and a Congress
chosen for three. The latter body will be elected by
universal suffrage ; the former by the municipal councillors,
aided by a limited number of electors chosen by universal
suffrage. Anybody who is 25 years of age may be a
member of the Lower House. The Roman Catholic
religion is to be the established faith of the State, but full
freedom is to be given to all other forms. Free public
instruction is provided, the press and public meetings will
be free, but the latter are to de subject to police control.
The Constitution is liberal enough, provided that its pro-
visions are accepted in good faith. It remains to be seen
whether the Cortes will do this.

THE STRIKE AT GENEVA.
The Geneva strike is producing some serious conse•
quences. The masons made a grand demonstration on
Tuesday, the police interfered, and a fight ensued. Certain
masons who continued work were violently assailed ; the
police captured some of the offenders, and a rescue was
attempted. The population is said to be on the side of the
police, but the strike is formidably supported by the Inter-
national Society of 'Workmen, to whom, according to the
Temps, it is entirely due.

A CONSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLE.
The American Senate and the House of Representatives
have entered upon a contest for supremacy to which the
history of our own Parliament affords several parallels.
The Tenure of Office Act has just been the bone of con-
tention. This measure was fieely passed during the presi-
dency of Mr. Andrew Johnson, in order to subject that
unpopular statesman more completely to the control of
Congress. It provided that all the President's
appointments to public offices should be con-
firmed by the Senate before becoming valid. But
now that General Grant has been made President with the
full confidence and support of the nation, it is thought
that the Tenure of Office Act may be safely re-
pealed. The public offices are swarming with dis-
honest functionaries, and it is almost impossible
for the President to bring about a reform if
every change in the service has to be submitted to the
Senate. But the Senate is unwilling to give up the
power now that it has once fairly got it. On the other
I hand, the House of Representatives at first insisted upon
the repeal. The Senate has suggested an extraordinary
compromise, by which the President may remove officers
and appoint successors, but the rejection of the latter by
the Senate will reinstate the former. The House of
Representatives at first rejected this strange proposal, but
we now learn that it has accepted it. The effect of the
compromise is that the President's power is pratically as
much circumscribed as ever.
London, England, 1869-04-02

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Va

BROMLEY RACES—Tines DAY.
STEEPLECHASE PLATE.
Triumpher -
Order
Scipio 2
3
Nine ran.
BECKENHAM PLATE.

Juanita
Winifred
Poacher
Seven ran.
• SUBSCRIBERS' STAND CUP.

•
Freedom 1
Clara 2
White Hart
Five ran.
Freedom disqualified, and Cara gets the stakes.

SPRING HANDICAP.

Epworth
Seaman

Mars 3

Thirteen ran.
STAND PLATE.

Inheritance
First Fiddle 2
Charon 3
Six ran.
SELLING STAKES.

True Penny.......
Silky
Mousetrap
Seven ran.
SELLING HURDLE RACE.
Wild Blood
Monitress
Rapture

Ten ran.
KENT OPEN STEEPLECHASE.
Lord Waldegrave 1
Odd Fellow 2
Chance
Six ran.

CATTERICK RACES—Tms DAY.
BAINESSE PLATE.

Honesty
Progress
Affection

Seven ran.
NORTH YORKSHIRE STEEPLECHASE
Lancaster
Leap Year..
BOROUGH HANDICAP.
Bard of Erin
Fleets
llonestish
Three ran.
MANOR HOUSE PLATE.

Progress
• •

Affection ....
London, England, 1869-04-02

THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET.

THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers,
Buckstone, jun., Miss Fanny Wright, &c. Mier which. HOME:
Messrs.Nothern, Chippendale. &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill,
&c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. NI r.
othern. Concluding with MAKE YOUR WILLS : Mr Buck-
stone. Commence, at 7.

PRINCESS S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.

THTB EVENING, at 7, to cominen4with THE SECRET. At 8,
AFTER DARK: Mr Vining. Mr Walter Lacy. Miss Rose Le-
clercq, &c. And MASTER JONES'S BIRTIIDAY.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL

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to S. BL A( IC AND WHITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. Stirling,
R. Phillips. Stuart: Carlotta Leelerery, Miss Lennox Grey, &o,
And WHITEBAIT AT GR - NWIC FI :Mr Atkins.

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James. Fenton; %. esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Bufton. To
conclude with HUE AND DYE
London, England, 1869-04-02

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London, England, 1869-04-02

A WISE BIRD.

A friend once kept a heron on his lawn, and a very
amusing bird he was. When first captured, he was
very sulky and refused all food. Fearing he would
otarve, the owner forced some fish down the bird's
throat, but the next moment saw it returned upon
the grass. The process was repeated with the same result,
and a third time my friend endeavoured ineffectually to
overcome the obstinacy of his captive. At length, reflecting
how the Chinese treat their trained cormorants, by fast-
ening a strap round the neck to prevent the fish from going
down he tied a piece of tape round the heron's neck, to
prevent the fish, in this case, from coming up. The experi-
ment was perfectly successful, and the bird finding it im-
possible to disgorge, at length abandoned the attempt,
and subsequently fed himself. Fish were placed for him
in a fountain on the lawn, and he evinced great delight in
taking them from the water. One day a rat was observed
helping himself to the heron's food. The rightful owner
caught him in the act, and with one blow of h:sformidable
bill felled him to the ground. Seizing him, then, before ho
could recover, he carried him squeaking to the fountain, and
ducked him. After shaking I iim well under water, he heldliim
up for examination. The rat spluttered and squeaked in
abject terror, and again was he submerged. The dose was
repeated, until the unfortunate rat at length succumbed,
and being by this time nice and tender, the heron pouched
and his then elongated form was seen distending the
thin skin of the bird's neck in its passage downwards, until
it finally disappeared for ever. Itardwicke's Science Gossip.
" IL Y A Fnuom ET FAGUM"

I think we might have a triumph over the French in a

small matter of expression ; and it is rare that we can have
any such triumphs. There is the proverb "Il y a fagots
et fagots," a proverb which has become one of the most
frequently used in modern times, as expressing nominal
similarity and substantial difference. Lilt the words are
surely very ill-chosen. One bundle of sticks is really very
like another bundle of sticks. rut suppose we were to
change it in this way : " There are kisses and kisses."
Then you would have something of which the name was
the same, but the substance very different. There is the
kiss of custom, the kiss of respect, the kiss of duty, the
pre-conjugal kiss, the conjugal kiss, the filial kiss, the
playful kiss—as when the grandfather is found, without
any intention of course on his part, directly under the
mistletoe-bough-- the kiss of betrayal, and the kiss of pas-
sionate devotion, of which the poet says:—
" A man had given all earthly bliss,
And all his worldly worth fur this,
To waste his whole heart in one kiss
- Upon her perfect lips.';
London, England, 1869-04-02

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FACT AND FICTION.

Mr. Anthony Trollope writes to the Daily Tele-
graph denying that in his novel, " Phineas Finn,"
he intended by the burly demagogue, Mr. Turnbull,
to depict Mr. Bright. " 1 intended," ho says,
" neither portrait nor caricature; and surely I have
produced neither."
London, England, 1869-04-02

-ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN.
Proprietor, Mr J. S. Sweasev.
Unprecedented Success of the Easter Entertainment.
Mr. !Arthur" L'oydbin his imnersonstions of Professor in the
Original Christy's Minstrels—E. D. Davis. the greatest Ventrilo-
quist of the day—Professor Beaumont in his wonderful Delusions
(Magic)—Lelia and Florence Ellis, the Juvenile Actresses—Mr.
C. Burton, Transformation dancer. in ten characters—!Miss
Packer, from the Theatre Royal, Glasgow—!Miss Pella, Miss
Lizzie Reed, Serio - Comics—Harry and Kettle King, Irish
Duettists—and a host of other talented artistes.
Ear Mr. P. Cores (the Musical Director) Benefit will take
place on Wednesday. April 21, on which occasion Mr. F. Trot-
man will take the chair. Great Night of the Season.
London, England, 1869-04-02

WANTED, A KING.

A great change seems to have come over the prospects
of the candidates for the Spanish throne. The Standard
announces that Dom Fernando has reconsiderd his deci-
sion, and now states that he would accept the crown, if
elected by a fair majority. He will not refuse to the
Constituent Cortes what he denied to the leaders of the
insurrection. The Standard believes him to be the most
eligible prince the Spaniards could choose.
London, England, 1869-04-02

CHANGES AT WOOLWICH.

The Royal Military Academy at Woolwich is to
be abolished, or, rather, is to be amalgamated with
the Royal Military School at Sandhurst, and the
school building will be devoted to advanced military
instruction for the Royal Artillery. The Herbert
Hospital at Shooter's-hill is to be given up, and its
inmates transferred to the Royal Marine Infirmary
at Woolwich. The negotiations for letting the
royal dockyard to a private firm are said to be draw-
ing to a successful close.