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How that committee - acquitted itself in the per
formance of its patriotic duties the res:*-
of the election may,. bear witnes3. The thanks
of the Governor elect and of the State Central
Committee have -been publicly teuderei to the
League, on more than one occasion for our
assistance in their canvas, and the deep satisfac-
tion which each one of us feels at the issue of the
arduous contest is a sufficient reward for our volun-
tary labours.

" The most powerful adjunct to the Committee of
Seventy-six was, as it has always been, the intelli-
gent action of the Board of Publication. Previous
to the election of 'October, that Board had distri-
buted eight hundred and sixty-seven thousand and
fifty-eight documents, consisting of eighteen millions
and sixty-four thousand eight hundred and seven-
teen pages of sound Union doctrine. All this great
literary work has been quietly accomplished ; but of
its value in the grand result no man can form an
adequate estimate. '

"The report of the Library Committee is little
more than a list of losses occasioned by fire and
water to the perishable property which they have in
charge. Great damage was done to the voluminous
files of newspapers and magazines which had been
accumulating since the organisation of the League,
and which were stored in the upper part of the
building. This loss cannot be supplied without
great trouble and expense. Our members are ear-
nestly requested to co-operate with the committee
in- the pr'oPirst9i. ltva`c3 pie thateit-
may not only became a useful department of our
institution, but a collection of mark in the city.
" The report of the Committee on Fine Arts and
Troph4ei is also little more than an array of losses
incident to the fire. As soon as our rooms are in
proper pair most of the works which we pos-
sessed, wd those which were loaned to us by our
members, will again ornament the walls, in as good
condition as the careful exertions of the committee
have been able to accomplish..
". The thanks of the League are due to Mr. Jas..
ITHeKtry, of I.4oridon,•forthe excellent marble bust
of the 'great English; Liberal, Richard Cobden, with
which Mr. PHenry has adorned our house, in com-
memoration of the pleasant visit which he and his
Engboh. friends paid to us during the present year.
Our .tha9ks should also be rendered to the generotis
donors of the admirable portrait of that wise and
steadfa4statesman the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens,
. whose visible form has at length followed his patrio-
trie-spirit into a house where that spirit has long
been domesticated and deeply reverenced.
The Committee on Membership report that dur-
ing this year they have recommended to the Board
of. Directors three hundred and thirty-nine candi.
dates for admissiOn to membership of the League.
The Board returns its thanks to the Committee for
the care and fidelity with which their trust has been
discharged, and renews to the Committee the ex-
pression of confirleswy: contained in our last annual
report.
On the lst.of
,DLgee. tube r, 1866, the roll of the
League contained the. names of nineteen hundred
and seventy members: Of these two hundred and
eikhty-nine 'were elected during the current year.
We deplore the loss-of twenty-two of our members
by death. There have been fifty-four who have
resigned. their membership,. and six, after having
been susperlde4 from membership for non-payment
of, their annual dues, were finally dropped from the
roll, in accordance with the by-laws."
A preaMble and resolution ware offered by
Robert A. Corson, Esq.. The preamble set forth
that since the restriction in reference to liquor
had been taken off several cases of drunkenness
had occurred which had cast odium on the
house, and that on one or more occasions per-
sons had been taken from the restaurant in it-
state ordilnk-Ztes3. Wits ably.
supported by J. P. Wetherill, Frederick Fraley,
Esqs., and other prominent gentlemen. The
resolution reads as follows :—" Resolved,—That
the house committee be, and they are hereby in-
structed to adopt and enforce the provision formerly
in force at the organisation of the League, whereby
the sale and use of liquors were restricted, and some
prohibited being sold on the premises."

The resolution was laid on the table by a close
vote.

Another resolution was offered by Charles Gib-
bons, Esq., proposing that the question be put to
vote by all the members of the League as the Sunday
question was submitted, which resolution was finally
withdrawn.
It was understood that the Board of Directors
would be petitioned to take a vote on the question.
The ticket known as the Director's ticket was
elected.

NEWSPAPER.
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with the conventional duty whi
Lilted, subsists in principle
• general law, it were decided to
the special taxes successively
consent of the different Powers
into agreements with us, .we should
singular result that the ships of countries remaining
outside the conventional duty would be better
treated than the-ships of Powers who have drawn
to us by the tie of a contract.
"In fact, it is comfortable both to the spirit and
to the letter of the laW of May 19, 1866, only to re-
quire from foreign Governments re:iprocity of
national treatment, even when, in consequence of
the application of this principle, -foreign vessels
should, like French ships, enjoy complete immunity
in France, while French ships, like all native and
other vessels, should remain subjected to naviga-
tion dues in a foreign part.

"This principle once laid down, the execution of
the law upon the mercantile marine coald not en-
counter any difficulty, and the only thing remaining
would be to consider in what form the application
ought to be made.

"It has happened, Sire, that a decree from your
Majesty was necessary to settle the questions apper-
taining to your conventional system. In fact., as
treaties of commerce and navigation can only be ap-
plied in the Empire by
virtue of imperial decrees,
nothing but an act equally emanating from the Sove-
reign can modify these sauna treaties, even although
the modification is an advantage and not a burden
to the contracting party.

" It is in this sense that the annexed draught of
a decree has been drawn up, which I have now the
honour to submit to your Majesty :

" I. replaces in the common dutyall the coun-
tries which had consented to the establishment in our
ports of a compensating tax for the duties levied
upon ous ships as upon their own in their ports.
" Art. 2 suppressesthetounageduty which French
-
alikßingliolt ships, as has hden sai abost,i
our ports by virtue of the treaty of Jan; 26, 1826; r•
and which equally affects all flags assimilated ti:4l
ours by acts of convention.

"The Government of her Britannic Majesty hav-
ing undertaken to present to Parliament in its next
session a law for the purpose of abolishing' all local
taxes impressed with any differentialcharacter, there
was no longer any reason for maintaining a tonnage
duty which affected our own flag quite as much as
the English flag. It is, moreover, to be observed
that the English Government does not dispute our .
right to reimpose tonnage duties in the improbable
event of the bill in question not receiving the sanc-
tion of the Parliament. Finally, Art. 3 retains upon
all vessels of the United States of America arriving
in our ports the duty of sf. per ton established by
the treaty of June 24, 1522. There is no question
of reprisals, Sire ; it is purely and simply the
maintenance of an existing fact, which it depends
upon the GOverninent of the United States to cause
to disappear, by granting to our ships the same
treatment which their own ships enjoy in the ports
of the American Union. Already negotiations
with this object in view are in progress at Washing-
ton, and there is every reason to hope will termi-
. nate successfully. Such, Sire, is the object of the
draught decree which your Majesty is solicited
to sanction by your signature. It is conformable
to the liberal character of the law concerning the
mercantile marine, the object of which is to attract
into our ports the greatest possible amount of busi-
ness. It is evident that merchandise will go by pre-
ference to those places where it has the least charges
to bear, and the suppression of tonnage dues in all
the ports of the empire is a powerful means of .at-
traction. If this truth needed any demonstration, '
I should ask your Majesty to permit me to cite the :
example of Marseilles. In that great port tonnage
dues were suppressed after the re-establishment 'of
gateral• peace by au ordinance of the 17th of Sep-
tember,
1817, and this equality of conditions be-
tween French and foreign vessels has caused no in-
jury to the French marl ne,whose proportional share
in the maritime business of Marseilles has always
been increasing. There is there for the future of
.our commercial navy a point of comparison, and an
example which should give security to
am, tke., " Arrm.‘N D B::

The Alleged Steeplechase Cruelty.

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At the Croydon Petty Sessions on Saturday, Mr. Craw-
shaw appeared to answer a summons by the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who charged him
with having been guilty of cruelty to his horse, which
broke its back as he rode it at the late steeplechase meet-
ing at Croydon. Much interest existed among sporting
circles upon the subject, and the court was well attended.
Amongst others present were the Duke of Hamilton and
Sir F. Head, Bart., author of ,4 The Horse and his Rider"
(who was there to give evidence, if needed, for the defence).
Tho magistrates on the bench were Mr. E. R. Adams
(chairman), Mr. J. Sutherland, Mr. J. R. Edridge, Mr. E.
Foss, Dr. Hood, and Mr. J. S. M. Churchill. Mr. J. Nl*.
Eastley, Captain Remmis, and Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., with
drew before the commencement of the case.

Mr. Merewether, instructed by Mr. William Jaquot, of
Sergeants'-inn, Temple, appeared for the defence.

The facts of the case aro as follows:—On the first day
of the Croydon steeplechase meeting, Mr. Crawshaw rode
Voightlander in the race for the Stewards' Plate, and upon
arriving at the water-jump, the first time round, the horse
fell and broke his back.
Mr. Colam, the secretary for the Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals,
said proceedings were taken
under the 2d section of the 12th and 13th Viet., charging
Mr. Crawshaw with cruelly beating, ill-treating, over-
riding, abusing• and torturing a horse named Voightlander,
and causing it to be done, thus making himself liable to a
penalty not exceeding £5. Ho said that Mr. Crawshaw
rode Voightlander at the Croydon Steeplechases, on the
27th November, and "persevered" with the horse to make
it take a leap at a sensation water-jump, consisting
'of a fence 5 feet high with water beyond it. The
horse leaped the fence, but failed to reach the other
side; and in consequence fell, broke its back, and dislo-
cated its hip joint. The prosecution was not got up
with the view of putting down steeplechasing, but they
could not overlook cruelty under whatever auspices they
found it.

George Brewer, a knacker's slaughterer, said ho attended
the steeplechases with his cart, and stood at the "sensation
water jump." The fence would be about 5i or 6ft. from
the ground. Ho saw Voightlander go over the fence and
fall into the water. Ho took it away in his cart. The horse
could not see the polo which was laid on the top of the
furze. The ground was slippery.

When asked by the chairman whether any horses had
gone over before, he said there might be one or two. They
cleared the water about 4ft. Voightlander did not struggle
at all. We took him up on a gate. We found its milt ten
times larger than it ought to he, and the lights and other
things were injured. The size of the milt could not have
been caused by the jump. It must have had that some
time.

Benjamin Charming said he was a bricklayer, and was
standing beside the water jump when Voightlander fell.
The pole laid along the furze would be about 4ft. high, and
the furzo itself about sft. or more.

Simeon Lell, an officer of the Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, said ho measured the width of the
water jump on the Gth Doc. with a string. lle hero pro-
duced the string, but did not knew its length. Some one
in court said the length of the string was about 15ft. 6in.,
and on Mr. 3lerewether asking him if ho would swear it
was more than 12ft. sin., witness could not say. Witness
ascertained the depth of water by placing a string with a
stone attached to the end of a stick, and holding it out like
a fishing rod, to b 3 3ft. 6in. or 3ft. Bin. Similar evidence
was given by this intelligent officer. Ile said ho " had no
other measurement, no tape, no nothing."
Arthur Cherry, veterinary surgeon, was next called, and
described the injury to Voightlander. When asked if he
would consider it an act of cruelty to allow a horse to
jump a fence from Oft. to Eft. and water 151 t. Gin, in width,
witness replied it would, and the horse must inevitably
suffer some kind of injury, though it might not be perma-
nent. The injury might bo transient. Ile thought 3ift.
or 4ft. a proper jump.

Mr. Budden, ono of the lessees of Croydon Steeplechase,
understood the fence was trimmed before Volg-btlaude,r
jumped; at any rate he had given orders to Mr. Williaws
to do it.

Mr. Goodwin, another lessee, said the polo was removed
after Voightlancler fell. Tho polo was 21t. 6in• from the
ground, and the furze above it would mote it 4ft. Giu. or
Oft. 9in., and was not sft.
Mr. Edward Smith, of &irs 14/7', said the fence was
sft. Gin. or sft. gin. The pole would ba about 3ft. 10in. or
so, and the furze placed above it for the horses to take a
better spring would make it the sft gin. The water jump
at Liverpool was much higher and more difficult to jump
floikr ea thhoersrztwoiffutohsesustt.tid,\V“liNeon;
askedneith neither
f
than that at Croydon. If Voightlander had been clever ho
would
it bras a
ve
N°'er got
jumpver
for man nor horse."

This was tho last witness for the prosecution, and on
Mr. Merowether saying that they had no defence to MAO
the magistrate dismissed the case.
COW were allowed to the defendant.

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