The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-23 00:00:00

WINDSOR.

The proceedings in this committee were resumed this
morning. A witness named Smith was called to prove
a case of bribery against the blue party. Ile said he had.
been promised by Mr. Buckland .£6 to vote blue—that is,
for Sir 11. Hoare and Mr. Labouchere. }le had not, how—
ever, received and he did not know now whether he should
get it or no. He was sure he had Rot received it, and ha
looked upon the matter as good as gone. (Laughter.) Ho
knew a man named Wicks, and through him he went
to lir. Long, but ho had not paid the money,
and he did not think he 'would. His landlord,
Mr. Tolliday, had threatened to turn him out if his
rent was not paid, but he had told him he had been pro•
raised some money by the blues, and if he did he (Mr.
Tolliday) should have it. He had signed a paper stating
that he bad not received any bribe, but he had never
"said" so.

Henry Smith, a son of the last witness, said a few days
ago Mr. Cleve and Mr. Herbert came to his father's house
to examine him. After they had had some conversation,
Herbert told his father he must not say that ho had been.
promised anything, but that he must say he voted free and
without any promise. His mother was present while the
matter was going on, but all he heard her say was “Hop.
kins." He could not recollect hearing her say one single
word but that.

William Hall said previous to the election he heard a
conversation going on between Smith and Buckland.
Buckland asked Smiih how he was going to vote. Smith
said he did not know ; to which Buckland replied, " What
do you mean ?" Smith then said, "Well, you see, I want
my rent paid, Buckland ; that will be all right ; you shall
have the money." Smith then said to Buckland, " Well,
if I get it I shall give you a sovereign for your trouble."

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Saturday.

There is an end to the disgraceful conflicts in St.
Bride's Church. The incumbent, after stating in a
published
letter a few days ago that he would never
submit to " foreign coercion" by changing the forms
of worship he had adopted, has thought better of
it, and yielded every point in dispute. In a letter
which appears to-day in the morning papers the
churchwardens state that they have received an
intimation from the medical attendant of the Rev.
Mr. Carroll, informing them of his serious indispo-
sition (at which they say they are " not at all sur-
prised"), rendering him quite unable to officiate ;
and, at his request, they inform the parishioners
that the church will be closed to-morrow. They add,
" with extreme pleasure," that Mr. Carroll has
" most cordially and affectionately acceded to their
wishes in every respect, thereby restoring perfect
peace and harmony in their ancient parish."
The estates of The O'Donoglme in the counties of
Cork and Kerry were put up for sale yesterday in
the Landed Estates Court. He was himself the
Petitioner, and his object was to discharge his debts,
which are said to amount to about £12,000. Five
lots were sold, producing £7,315. The sale of the
sixth lot was postponed on the application of Mr.
y. B. Dillon, in order that it might be purchased
for the owner. Saunders's Newsletter, a Conserva-
tive journal, makes the following remarks uponthis
sale :

"We regret to see the small remnant of the large posses-
sions once ownedby The O'Donoghnes of the Glens passing
out of the hands of their descendant. Whatever may be
thought of the politics of the O'Donoghue, it cannot be
denied that he is a gentleman and a man of ability, and
latterly ho has shown a disposition to abandon those ex-
treme opinions with which he entered on public life, which
justifies the hope that he may have a useful Parliamentary
career before him. The generous effort of The O'Donoghne's
tenantry to raise a fund sufficient to purchase his estatesfor
Lim appears to have proved a failure."
A great novelty has just been introduced by one
of our leading Dublin hospitals. The managers of
St. Vincent Hospital, Stephen's-green, have pur-
chased the splendid residence known as Lyndon
Castle, Blackrock, for the purpose of converting it
into a sanatorium to which they will send the conva-
lescent patients to enjoy the benefit of country air,
seabathing, &c., previous to returning to their
homes. This is the first sanatorium ever established
in Ireland. The example is well worthy of imita-
tion, for there are other hospitals in Dublin which,
from there less favourable situation as to pure air,
require such an appendage much more than St.
Vincent de Paul's.

An important will case was commenced in the
Probate Court to-day. It is a suit to establish the
will of the late Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy,
daughter of the celebrated Smithfield salesmaster,
" Billy" Murphy, who died in 1849, and left £102,700
in legacies. The will of Miss Murphy is disputed on
the alleged ground of undue influence used by the
plaintiffs and the Rev. Eustace Murphy, a Domini-
can, who was her spiritual rector, and had been the
intimate friend of her father. Mr. Brewster, Q.ij.,
stated the case at considerable length. It will be re-
sumed on Monday, and will probably last all the
week.

Sunday Evening.

A man named Dowling and a soldier named Mar
were fired at in a publichouse in Bonham-street last
night and severely wounded. Four men were
arrested. It is supposed to be connected with
Fenianism.

A disturbance took place in Grangegorman Church
at noon service to-day. Seven persons were ar-
rested.

Miscellaneous American News.

TEXAS.—The State of Texas is omitted from the
benefits of President Johnson's proclamation, for
the rea§on, we suppose, that its new State Govern-
ment is not yet organised. Its constitutional con-
vention hai but just completed its work ; the
election of State officers, the assembling of the
Legislature, and the passage of the laws necessary
to restore the State to harmonious relations with
the Federal Government, are yet to take place. As
soon as this work is completed, and the President
has due official notice thereof, a separate procla-
mation will be issued declaring the rebellion ended
in that State.—New York World.
NEGRO KILLED BY GEN. FORREST IN SELF-DE-
FENCE.—A letter from Sunflower county, Miss.,
says :—A negro employed on General Forrest's
plantation, while assaulting his (negro's) sick wife
yesterday, was remonstrated with by Forrest, when
the negro drew a knife and attempted to kill For-
rest, who, after receiving a wound in the hand,
seized an ax and killed the negro. Forrest gave
himself up to the sheriff. The negroes on the plan-
tation justify the killing.
Imperialist accounts give highly-coloured details
of the efforts making to open the roads from Mata-
moros into the interior of Mexico—a campaign
forced on Maximilian by the clamours of the Mata-
moras merchants. The several columns, which
moved simultaneously, as previously announced;
had reached their destinations. General Jeaninegros
had reached Monterey, and General Douay held
Saltillo, while Dupin was in possession of Victoria.
Only General Jeaninegras had encountered any
forces of the Liberals. These he had driven from
his route, and reached Monterey without loss. 13ut
practically these marches had done no good, the
Liberals returning to them in force as soon as the
Imperial columns had passed, and so obstructing
the roads as to render transit into the interior im-
possible; they had made their reappearance near
Matamoras. The Matamoras merchants had given
up all hope of re-opening trade with the interior.

THE UNITED STATES IMPORTATIONS.—The report
of the revenue commissioner on the subject of im-
portations is published. It gives statistics showing
that five times as many packages of goods were
imported into New York in the first six weeks of
1866 as in the same period of 1865. The imports
of January and February were over thirty-two and
a half minions. To prevent a panic the commis-
sioner recommends the passage by Congress of a
resolution increasing the duties on imports fifty
per cent. for ninety days, with the single exception
of printing paper, unsized, used for books and news-
papers exclusively.

- THE PARIS EXIIIBITION.—The
Senate Committee on Foreign United States
Affairs nave Aff
in-
structed their chairman to report
the house bill
providing for an appropriation of money to defray
the expenses of proper representation of this Go-
vernment at the Paris Exposition. The committee
have made several important changes in the bill.
They have increased the appropriation from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty-five thousand
dollars. They have added to the ten commissioners
twenty more, who are to be appointed by the
President and be allowed no
wh are t o
com-
pensation,

M
""NTLE MOVE N LOUISVILLE.—The mer-
chants of Lcuistville are looking to the improve-
ment of their cotton market. They propose to sell
giving the seller manner of tobacco, by auction,
theP;itvioilet,ce of accepting or reject-
ing the bid at his o
means, to secure a largen" They think, by this
d
an share of the trade that fol-
lows cotton to St. Louis Cincinnati, by making
that
the county. good a market for the staple as any other in
papers are f
The North Carolina
of statements
going to show that plantations inutlhi section are
being rapidly bought up by Northernearst
man recently purchased 1,200 acres in
cl'VonlAdejBebrsoreoy-,
N. C., at $ll per acre. A New York
emigrants.
on the point of taking 10,000 acres in tPhaen same
Y are
State, on which they will settle English
allusion to mininc,
LATEST FROA COLORADO.—The Central City
Register makes the following
operations :—The second piece of bullion taken off
at the smelting works of James E. Lyon, weighs
1,860 ounces, twenty seven per cent. gold, worth
$12,000 ; and that the average production of the
Mammoth Mill—per week—for the last four weeks
has been 300 ounces, something over $5,000. We
might add that the Ophir Company is getting out
since the Ist of January about. 500 ounces a month,
the Narragansett Company is averaging about 600
ounces a month ; that the Gunnell Company is
averaging about 600 ounces a month; that the
Black Hawk Company will do as well and better

than that, it now having sixty stamps ; that the
Philadelphia and Colorado Company will soon add
another to this list ; that the Boston ompany's
Mill is again started ; that the Smith and Parmelee
Company is mining with great energy, and auly
stopped its mill for something mare perfect in the
way of treating ores ; that the Briggs Company is
running sixty stamps, and it never did run without
paying largely, &c. Our production will. average,
during the season, perhaps 3,000 ounces a week—
at the rate of $3,000,000 a year. Added to this
will be hundreds of tons of concentrated ore from
the tailings, at every mill, which ought to be worth
an average of 4050 a ton. This can be treated by
the Keith process or smelted. 1866 will be the
most prosperous year in the mines since 1863. That
much seems now assured.

General Houston's widow is to be paid the full
salary of her husband's term as Governor, of which
she was despoiled by his death in 1861 by the Se-
cession Convention.

The mines on the Colorado river are reported as
very rich, and the ore is accumulating faster than
the trains could remove it.

The rush to the Vermillion gold-fields of Min-
nesota is unabated. The latest news from Superior
City states that by stage, sled, and dog-trains the
gold-seekers arrive daily. Private trains come in
by twos and threes, and a party of about a dozen
arrived by the Lake Shore route, from the copper
mining district of Ontonagon, their mode of con-
dog-trains and snow-shoes.
veyance being

The New Orleans Bee says that, " as to the pre-
sent disposition of freedmen to live up to their con-
tracts by reasonable good faith and persistency, in-
formation from the interior of the State and from
some other States is of a highly gratifying nature.
Not less than one-half of the former number of agri-
cultural labourers in the South has been extin-
guished in five years or has been withdrawn from
agriculture."
Another destructive fire has visited the oil re-
gions. The Hyde and Egbert farm wells at Petro-
leum Centre took fire, and thirty-five wells were
burned. The loss is estimated at twenty-five thou-
sand barrels of oil, and one hundred and twenty-
five thousand dollars in property of various kinds.
A very stringent quarantine has been established
by the Government at New Orleans as a preventive
measure against the introduction of the Asiatic
scourge. The New Orleans press is indignant at
it, and declares this precautionary policy as alto-
gether un-called for, and seriously injurious to the
people of that city.

- The numbers of gypsies arriving as steerage
passengers by the European steamers at American
ports has for some time past been attracting obser-
vation. Already they are beginning to reunite
themselves in their usual nomadic organisations,
under their kings and queens, and to prowl about
the country. In Massachusetts, between East
Cambridge and Somerville, a band of about a
hundred of them have temporarily located them-
selves, stealing and dealing in horseflesh and telling
fortunes. Their queen travels about in a handsome
vehicle, which, like Napoleon the First's travelling
equipage, is provided with eating and sleeping
accommodations.

Ex-Senator Yulee, late a prisoner at Fort Pulaski,
has been par3led by order of the War Department,
with instructions to report monthly to the Adju-
tant-General.

The working men of New York, Brooklyn, and
Jersey City recently assembled, to the number of
about 75,000, in Union-square, in mass meeting,
and were addressed by Horace Greeley and others,
on the eight-hours' labour question. The resolutions
declare that the interests of labour and capital are
identical; that the working men should have eight
hours for sleep,. eight hours for labour, and eight
hours for recreation and mental culture ; that a fair
trial of eight hours as a day's work has always been
a triumph for the measure, and that the working
men of New York hail with lively satisfaction the
co-operative movement of the iron-moulders of
Troy.
CELEBRATION OF THE CAPTURE OF RICHMOND.—
The freedmen of Richmond celebrated the first an-
niversary of their deliverance from bondage on
April 9d. A procession embracing several thousand
men marched froth the western suburbs through
the principal streets with banners and music to
Capitol-square, where an address was delivered
Good order prevailed during the day.

Pierre Soule's mansion on Esplanade-street,
New Orleans, for about two years occupied as a
Freedmen's Orphan Asylum, has been restored to
him by order of General Howard.
The receipts of the Post-office Department during
the guar ter ending September 30 were $3,516,551.39.
The disbursements were $3,537,084.48. Loss,
$20,427.59.
Governor Lowe, of California, has vetoed the
bill giving State aid to the Western Pacific Rail-
road. The Assembly sustained the veto by a vote
of 60 to 6.

Travel has lately increased on the Michigan
Central Railroad to such an extent that four pas-
senger trains now daily run between Chicago and
Detroit.

Galverston papers say that real estate has greatly
advanced in that city. Tenements and lots are
selling for more than three times what they cost ten
years ago. Meanwhile trade is good, and the grain
market is rapidly filling up by importations
of corn by thousands of bushels from New
Orleans.

Seventy-five members of the Society of Friends
from Randolph ccunty, North Carolina, have
arrived at Washington, en route to Indiana, and
assert that they were forced to leave their homes
from the persecution of ex-soldiers of the Rebel
army. They state that at least 150 more of their
persuasion, bound for the West, will arrive in a few
days.

In the case of Bradley T. Johnson, of Maryland,
late in the rebel army, and who participated with
Police Marshal Kane, at the commencement of the
war, in the effort to repel the Northern troops, and
who was recently held to bail in the United States
District Court in this city to answer an indictment
for treason, President Johnson has interposed,
ordering his bail to be discharged, and the abandon-
ment of the case. Johnson (the rebel) claims ex-
emption under the terms of his parole.
A Fort Kearney paper declares, on the highest
authority, that Brigham Young proposes to pur-
chase two of the Sandwich Islands and emigrate
thither with his flock.

The Chicago Evening Journal, a Republican
paper, -which supported the President's first veto,
condemns the second, and expresses a wish that
Congress will re-enact the Civil Rights Bill.
A Tennesseean, formerly a wealthy slave and
landowner, now a resident of Arkansas, has noti-
fied General Fiske of his intention to build school-
houses on his large plantations for the coloured
people, and requests to be supplied with teachers
by the Freedmen's Bureau.

A proposition hairbeen made by agents of M
milian to prominent politicians to give th m aeaexni:
tract to collect the revenue in Mexico for the term
of five years, upon condition that they would pre-
ventanything in
the Government from doingbehalf
of Juarez or the Republic during that period. The
percentage which they offer to give on the amount
collected furnishes a wide margin for a lobby fund,
to nse upon Congress to prevent action.
" Stop pounding that mule," said General Sher-
man to a soldier, who was unmercifully beating the
beast. The soldier, unacquainted with the General,
told him to mind his own business. " I tell you
again to stop. I am General Sherman." "That's
played out," said the soldier. " Every man that
comes along here with an old brown coat and stove-
pipe bat claims to be General Sherman." For
once the General considered himself outflanked.
INDIVIDUALITY IN WRITING— AUTOGRAPHS.—
To
those who are interested in the subjeCt of
autographs a collection lying before us as we write
would afford a
pleasant study. At the head of the
list are the iganattures of Horace Greeley and
William C. Ben
appearance
former is a perfect coun-
terpart of the of its writer. Every
and .
letter is misshapen in defiance of every known
h
rule of penmanship, and
general effect is that
each is trying to run awaey ts fellows, re-
minding one of an army demoralised, Mr. Bryant,
on the contrary, writes a singularly neat and regu-

lar hand ; every letter is made with precision and
each word is neatly rounded off. For regularity
it is equalled only by those of Professor James
Hadley, of Yale College, and George G. Hillard, of
Boston. Donald G. Mitchell writes a queer hand,
quite legible and very attractive by its uniqueness.
The signatures of Bayard Taylor, Parke Godwin,
General John A. Dix, Dr. Henry W. Bellows, and
Theodore Tilton might pass for those of business
men, so clear and bold are they. Henry W. Long-
fellow, Richard Grant White, T. B. Aldrich,
James Parton, James D. Dana, John Savage,
George Ticknor, " Barry Gray," and George Ban-
croft, write " back-handed," each preserving a cer-
tain individuality of his own ; thus, Longfellow
inclines his letters on a greater angle than does
White, and most all his marks are curvilinear,
imparting a singular grace to his writing. A
stranger looking at Professor Francis Bowen's
autograph would not be surprised to learn that it
was written by a student of political economy, so
regular and uniform are the letters. William Roun-
seville Alger writes a tremulous hand, in marked
contrast with the graceful yet bold chirography of
John G. Whittier. Jacob Abbot's signature sug-
gests at once the idea that he had just " set a copy"
for a pupil, while that of George William Curtis is
as flowing and easy as his style of composition.
Henry T. Tuckerman's chirography, too, is an apt
rescript of the readiness with which he is supposed
to compose. Oliver Wendell Holmes's autograph
has no marked characteristic, and affords quite a
contrast to that of James Russell Lowell (who
writes his name J. R. Lowell, however), which
would be almost illegible to a person unfamiliar
with his name, if such an one can be found among
his countrymen. And so we might run through the
list if space would permit.—Round Table.

COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, Friday Evening, April 6.

. .
The price of gold during the past week has but slightly
varied, fluctuating between 1271 and 128, and closing to-
day at 1271 to 1271. The Railway Share Market is higher
under purchases, but there are no indications of increased
speculations for advance. It is the general opinion that
the present advance is to be attributed to the combinations
of speculators, and that these shares will not be popular
for investments until they have reached a much lower
scale. Towards the close of the market there was an in-
creased demand for Eries, and 784. was freely paid. The
last quotations were —New York Central, 921. to 92i ;
Erie, 771; Hudson River, 1094 to 1091- ; Michigan South-
ern, 801.: to 81; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 79_} to 791 ;
Rock Island, 1141 to 1144. .

In Railway Bonds there was an increased business, at
former quotations.

Gold-bearing Government stocks are steady. Currency
issues lower, Sales of 7-30's at 991 and of first series at
1001.

Money is active at 6 per cent. on call, which is one per
cent. higher than last werk, and a limited business has
been done to-day at 7. There is increased caution mani-
fested by lenders. Prime commercial paper is more plen-
tiful, and saleable at 7 per cent. ; good names, 8 to 9 ; and
ordinary, 10 to 15 per cent. Erie Railroad paper, 71.
Yesterday considerable money loans were called in upon
gold certificates, with a view to employ the money more
profitably in the railway speculation now going forward on
the Stock Exchange. This turn has contributed to the
ease of gold certificates on the street for immediate delivery.
The Exchange on London was 1061 per cent. yesterday for
standard bills, and 105 to 1051 for merchant bills drawn
against cotton, with the shipping documents attached.
There continues to be a good selection of Southern Bank
credits on the market at 106 to 1064 per cent. To-day
Exchange was more active, at 106} to 1061 for prime bills
at 60 days, with sales of document bills at less than 105.
Gold can at these rates be imported at a profit.

The Controller of the Currency denies the allegation that
ho had written a letter to the Finance Committee of the
Senate, proposing to add $100,000,000 to the authorised
currency of the national banks.
The business of the Sab-Treasury to-day was:—Re-
ceipts, $1,341,585 49- for Customs, $464,000; payments,
$568,365 51—on account of loan, $20,000 ; balance,
$83,032,006 32. Gold notes, $209,820.
Freights are quiet. The engagements to Liverpool are
500 bales cotton per steamer at sd. ; to London 50 tuns oil
cake on private terms.
The New York weekly bank statement for -the week
ending April 2 is as follows:
Loans $237,356,099 Increase $2,855,581
Specie 11,930,392 Decrease 2,015,250
Circulation
Deposits
Legal Tenders.. 72,158,099 Increase 2,652,064
The firm of Beatty Brothers and Co., tea merchants,
have suspended, with liabilities to the extent of $600,000.
The failure is attributed to a member of the firm having
issued bills to the extent of $250,000 upon forged docu-
ments.

The suspension of James 11. Clapp and Co., bankers, in
Boston, is announced. They had dipped too deep into
petroleum.

The-well known banking firm of Culver, Penn, and Co.,
of this city have suspended payment.
The movement of dry goods at this port for the past
week has been as follows :