The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-19 00:00:00

[lfl ' SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1868.

FOREIGN NOTES'

THE FRENCH MINISTRY

The important changes in the personnel of the French
Government, announced by the Moniteur, are by no means
unexpected. Not only has this semi-Ministerial crisis
been long anticipated, but the Ministers who have been
replaced are those whom public opinion marked as the
doomed men. The late Minister of the Interior, M.
Pinard, and the Foreign Minister, M. de Moustier, have
long been at variance with the rest of their colleagues,
and it is doubtless with a view to secure an undivided
Cabinet that the Emperor has taken this grave step.
At the same time he may have reason to be dis-
satisfied with the diplomacy of M. de Moustier, and he has
certainly ground for complaining of M. Pinard's muddling
in the Interior. The recent Baudin prosecutions, suppos-
ing that the Emperor sanctioned them in bulk, have been
wofully mismanaged in detail. The changes made are :
The Marquis de Moustier, Foreign Minister, is replaced
by the Marquis de Lavalette ; M. Pinard, Minister
of the Interior, gives way to Senator Forcade la Roquette,
now holding the portfolio of Public Works, and M.
Gressier, of the Corps Legislatif, will succeed Senator
Forcade. Of these the most important appointment is
that of Foreign Minister. In his new capacity the
Marquis de Lavalette is untried. He commenced his
diplomatic career in 1837, and has since been Ambassador
at Cassel, Constantinople, and Rome. For a few months
in 1865 he held the portfolio of the Interior, but he has
not held office for Foreign Affairs. His predecessor,
M. de Moustier, replaced M. Drouyn de Lhuys in 1866,
lust after the terrible moral defeat of France by Prussia.

most serious consequences ; and yet the transition
from military to civil power was so imperceptible
as to have passed unnoticed but for the special
means, by way of proclamation, orders, &c., em-
ployed to make it public."
The appointment of Mr. John Savage as Consul
to Leeds has created much surprise in America.
Although president of a Fenian wing, he is said to
be a worthy man, of character and ability, and re-
spected by all his acquaintances. What Americans
cannot understand is what the President meant by
appointing as Consul to a great English commercial
centre a pronounced ,Fenian, who openly professes
to be at war with England. It is scarcely probable
that Mr. Savage would have the hardihood to ac-
cept such a post, as it would be found easier to
sanction such an appointment than to prevent the
mob knocking his brains out in a town where the
prejudice against Irishmen who profess such prin-
ciples runs very strong. Suppose Mr. John Savage
accepted the appointment, he would` not receive
his exequatur even if the Right Honourable John
Bright was the man to grant it. The President
has some motive for the nomination, for he could
scarcely otherwise offer so stupid and unprovoked
an insult to England, which, as the Tribune says,
would be much the same as if the English appointed
Jeff. Davis, Consul at Philadelphia. It is supposed
that the President's object is to test some question
of naturalization, but we would strongly recommend
Mr. Savage to desire him to choose some other per-
son on whom to have these experiments tried.

The New York press gave circulation to a canard
that Mr. James Fisk, junior, director of the Erie
Railway Company, had absconded to Canada with
$8,000,000 in gold belonging to the railway. This
Mr. Fisk indignantly denied, and in his telegram,
contradicting it, delivered himself of the following
pun :—" Concerning your allusion to our old rails
and locomotives, I have just passed over 22 miles of
the Erie Road in 23 minutes. The old rails are mostly
replaced by steel, and that is all the stealing with
which I have had anything to do." But the New
York press had some grounds for the report, as be
managed to elude all the detectives of the city, and
pay a visit to Binghampton, New York. After
midnight, early on Monday morning, Mr. Fisk
slipped out of the Erie office, ordering the driver
to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, but by a circuitous
route the carriage was taken to the Courtlandt-
street Ferry, where on the Jersey side a locomotive
was waiting, and in a special car he was carried
with the speed he states, to Binghamton, with se-
veral lawyers. They ran from Port Jervis to Tur-
ner's, 43 miles, in 47 minutes, and on to Pavonia,
51 miles, in 55 minutes. The Erie office remains
as closely guarded as ever, and the Directors meet
in secret session.

Mr. Ashbury has received a reply, from Mr. Morton,
secretary, New York Yacht Club, to his challenge of
October 3d, offering to lay a certain sum against
the Queen's Cup of 1865, won by the yacht America,
and presented by the owners to the New York
Yacht Club with the proviso that any organized
foreign yacht club shall be entitled to claim the
right for sailing a match for this cup under certain
conditions, which Mr. Morton encloses with these
remarks :—" The interesting programme of racing
topics contained in your letter, embracing contests
upon British and American waters, including a
match for the celebrated Queen's Cup, won by the
yacht America, will be submitted to the members of
the club at their next general meeting, which will
be held on the first Thursday of February next,
and their action thereon forwarded to your address
at Brighton." We hear that the challenge of the
owner of the yacht Cimbria has been accepted by
the owners of the yachts Phantom and Dauntless.

The officers of the old Armies of Tennessee, Cum-
berland, Ohio, and Georgia were to meet in Chicago
on the 15th and 16th inst. Grant was to attend,
and leading parts were to be taken by Gens. Schofield,
Sherman, and Thomas. Sherman was to proceed,
after the reunion, to Washington, to meet the
Indian Peace Commission, and Thomas was to ad-
journ the Court of Inquiry on General Dyer to at-
tend the Chicago gathering. Nor was the muster
to be confined to the officers of those armies only,
as many from the army of the Potomac were to be
present as guests.
A. romantic story is exciting attention in Ame-
rica, the case of Hester Vaughan, a pretty, inno-
cent English girl of 23, now under sentence of
death in Philadelphia for infanticide. •It appears
she accompanied a man she thought to be her hus-
band to America, where she found the villain had
another wife. In her friendless, deserted state she

fell a victim, it i* asserted, to the violence of an
unknown ruffian, for the young woman has refused
to divulge his name, though it might have saved
her life. " Nothing will ever induce me," she said,
" to send terror and disgrace into the heart of the
innocent and trusting woman, his wife." When
found by a neighbour her child had been born for
minsensible in a
wretchedoedays room,
o
of any kind with the
some
dead child, whose skull had an indentation as if
pressed by a finger. Ignorant of the law, and
friendless with the public mind at the time excited
against infanticide, she was almost undefended,
and the jury pronouncing her guilty, the judge
sentenced her to death. While awaiting her fate,
affectionate relations in England, ignorant of the
facts, are urging her return. The opinion is very
strong that she is not guilty, and if properly de-
fended her innocence would have been made clear.
In view of this general feeling, and the strong re-
presentation made by several ladies to the Governor
of Pennsylvania, it is hoped she will receive a free
pardon.
Mr. Parker Pillsbury is doing for the New York
press what the Saturday Review is doing for that
of London. lle has come down on baby-farming,
and such like advertisements, which are far worse
in the New York papers than in those of London..
In a speech he lately delivered, Mr. Pillsbury as-
serted that " not a single newspaper in New York,
religious or otherwise, would refuse the advertise-
ments of professional murderers who committed
infanticide for pay." In London we have not yet
reached this climax ; for, although such respectable
papers as the Daily News and our old friend
" Granny," do insert quack advertisements, yet
baby-farming is almost confined to the 7elegraph
among papers of a high class. We believe that Mr.
Pillsbury was too sweeping in his assertion, but
we are glad to see a gentleman with the courage to
make a stand against thus encouraging an infamous

practice.
The interests of the United States army are not
likely to suffer at the hands of General Grant. lie
has backed strenuously Sherman's recommendation
for the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War
Department. "As it stands now," he says, " the
army gets all the kicks and cuffs of the Indian
troubles, and can have no voice in the Indian ma-
nagement." This is precisely what the British
army complained of in New Zealand, but, as cus-
tomary with the English press, they either could
not or would not understand the complaint until
the withdrawal of the troops and allowed divided
counsels to neutralise the national effort, the army
remaining under the impression that they were the
victims, while the colonists asserted that they were,
and, the people at home, that the real victims were
themselves.
The internal disturbance of the globe, as evidenced
by the severe shocks of earthquake, and by the
eruption of many long quiescent volcanoes, receives
perhaps further confirmation by the extraordinary
subsidence of small portions of the surface in vari-
ous places. Hawaii is said to be sinking. Recently
a portion of the track of the Bellefontaine and In-
dianapolis Railroad, about 250 feet long, sank over
16 feet, and the ground around sank with it. All

the trains have been obliged to stup, and the track
_ _

has been raised by " cribbing." Fish from 12 to 18 in
long are discovered where:water has risen out of the
crack. Near Youghal, Ireland, a high road sank for
about ten yards in length to a depth of seven feet,
and several holes appear, beyond this space, for a
distance of a quarter of a mile, about one foot wide
and six or seven feet deep. The walls on either
side of the road are much shaken, and the adjacent
fields show in parts evidence of disturbance. It is
also stated that the sand of the river Blackwater,
close to the road, was thrown up in heaps. Earth-
quakes are reported at Peshawur, Lahore, and
Jubbulpore.
Judge Barnard got the grand jury to indict Mr.

I 3.aymond, editor of the New York Times, for libel-
li ng him. On hearing of the indictment Mr. Ray-
m and 'expressed his satisfaction, announcing his
red diness to prove all he bad said against the judge,
and a great deal more. This seems to have been
enough for the judge, who forthwith dropped the
case, 'and contented himself with the whine that
these attacks impaired his usefulness, and so far
front laving accumulated wealth from being bribed
he was. dependent on the charity of his wife for his
means of living in aid of his official salary. We
would have supposed that a New York judge had
sufficient to live on without going in for shares in
the plunder of Eric directors, or asking his wife for
charity. People now fear that the reason for his
curious judicial proceedings will never be brought to
light, and that all, on this point, will be left to their
own imaginr.tion.
Mr. Geor:;e Francis Train has issued his last Ex-
tra from the Marshalsea (N 0.15) for the day prior to
that on which he embarked at Queenstown on board
the Australasian for New York. He therein bids
the public a dim, specifying certain persons and
papers to whom he is more particularly indebted. He
breathes war against England, and he enumerates
the little bills he has in course of collection. First
on the list arc the damages against the Ebbw Vale
Company, which item stands for £20,000 ; next
comes the action for £lO,OOO against Mr. James
M'llenry ; the third action is for £lOO,OOO against
the Irish Government for illegal imprisonment ; the
fourth is a royalty of £5OO a mile on 2,000 miles
of English street railways, amounting to £1,000,000
sterling. He has two little bills also to collect in
America—the one against the Union Pacific Rail-
way (Eastern Division) of $50,000, and the other
against the Grand Trunk Pacific of $1,000,000.
These are tidy sums, and some people might think
they had a shade of uncertainty about thorn, but
not so Mr. Train, who feels as sure of his £lOO,OOO
from the Lord-Lieutenant as he does that there are
1,000,000 Irish voters in America. There is nothing
said about the settlement with the Ebbw Vale, and
only a hint in the smallest of type that the serious
illness of Mrs. Train has induced him to return at once.
Not a word would lead to the supposition that Mr.
Train had paid the claim for which he was incar-
cerated. Indeed, the Court of Exchequer was
hearing a motion to set aside the proceedings
against him, when his counsel was informed to his
astonishment that Mr. Train had himself set it aside
by paying the amount, £560. Mr. Train threatens
to return next May, if before that he has not anni-
hilated Great Britain. The celebrated 90 days is
the time he has given himself for the release of the
Fenian prisoners from the British Bastilles, and
the recall of Mr. Johnson. Although he goes back
to carry on war against Great Britain, we are glad
to see that George Francis Train's foot is likely
soon again to be on his native soil, where we hope
he will find more profitable and useful employment
than tying crackers to the tail of the British lion.
Just before he embarked he addressed an Irish mob,
who loudly cheered his sentiment of war against
England, and the fact that he could do this with
impunity, and publish his Train Extra from the
Marshalsea, are the best proofs that can be fur-
nished of the licence allowed to even the most ex-
travagant political opinions, equally in Ireland as in
England.
Washington is again beginning to fill. Many
Senators and Representatives were already estab-
lished in their winter quarters, and others were ar-
riving by every train. The first point to be settled
is the selection of a Speaker, although Mr. Colfax
does not assume his new position in the Senate till
march. A great diversity of opinion was said to
exist on financial questions, but on one subject many
seemed agreed, which is to repeal all the laws which
have been passed during the last three years, limit-
ing the political influence of the President and ex-
tending the authority of Congress, such repeal to
take effect on and after March 4, 1869.

Sheridan's Report of the operations in the Indian
territory is now before us, dated Beaver Creek,
Nov. 29, Department of the North Canadian River.
On the 23d November he ordered Gen. Custar, with
eleven troops 7th Cavalry, towards the Antelope
Hills, and three days after Custar struck the
trail of Black Kettle's band. The snow, al-
ready a foot deep, was falling fast, but it did not
prevent the troopers from riding all night. The
war party were returning south from the scene of
their depredations ; Custar followed in pursuit to
the head waters of the Washita, and on the 27th sur-
prised Black Kettle's camp. A desperate fight en-
sued; as a band of Arapahoes and:Kiowas,who were
encamped six miles further on,came to Black Kettle's
assistance. This reinforcement, however, did not
save the Cheyennes, who were killed to a man,
Black Kettle himself being among the slai❑ ; 102
warriors fell, and 53 women with their children
were captured, together with the following spoil :
Eight hundred and seventy-five ponies; 1,123 buffalo
robs and skins ; 535 pounds of powder; 1,050 pounds
of lead ; 4,000 arrows ; 700 pounds of tobacco, be-
sides rifles, pistols, bows, lariats, and an im-
mense quantity of dried meats and other provisions.
Eight or nine hundred head of the animals were
shot, and Costar must have left the Indian village
a Golgotha, as mixed with these animals were the
bodies of the Indians. However to be deplored was
such waste of life in a waste of nature where life
is most required, yet Black Kettle's band led in
the outrages on the Saline and Solomon Forks,
which gave rise to the war. Even when this blow
in retaliation was being struck the savages could
not restrain the innate cruelty of their nature, for one
white woman and a boy ten years old were brutally
murdered by the Indian women when the fight began.
Black Kettle's and Little Raven's families were
among the captured. It is satisfactory that the first
stunning blow should have been dealt to the very
bands who commenced this war, and have made them-
selves notorious for five years along the Snapky Hill
route. Major Elliott, Capt. Hamilton, and 19 enlisted
men were killed, and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Barnetz,
Brevet Col. J. W. Custer, Second Lieut. Z. Marsh,
and 11 enlisted men wounded. Sheridan's supply
depot is at Rabbit Ear Creek, south of Fort Dodge,
where he can operate with success against the In-
dians, who resort to the southern climate for a mild
winter residence.

The unfavourable report of General Warren, of
the United States Engineers, on the Union Pacific
Railroad has aroused the projectors and builders.
Mr. Durant, the Vice-President, arrived at Wash-
ington, Dec. 2, and immediately called on the Pre-
sident and the Secretary of the Interior, requesting
a copy of the Report of the Government Commis-
sioners. The special commission appointed by
the Prosident to examine the line, on the whole,
speaks favourably ; declaring it to be well
constructed, while the route has been admirably
selected, crossing the mountain ranges by passes of
such easy grade as to be unsurpassed by any other
line on such elevated ground. Unqualified credit
is given for energy and perseverance, as well as for
the ingenuity with which difficulties apparently in-
surmountable have been overcome. Deficiencies exist
incidental to all new roads, and these words close
the Report :—" Under the circumstances it is much
more a matter of surprise that so few mistakes have
been made and that SD few defects exist, than
it would be had serious deficiencies been of more
frequent occurrence, and the country has reason to
congratulate itself that this great work of national
importance is so rapidly approaching completion
under such favourable auspices." As the Eastern
and \Vestern roads near, their struggle for country
degenerates into bitterness. Trouble has arisen in
regard to the subsidies which Congress voted, and
the President has been requested to arbitrate in the
dispute.

PARIS, Dec. 16.

To-morrow or next day their Majesties will leave
Compiegne and take up their residence at the
Tuileries for the winter season. This will be the
signal for the commencement of the festivities which,
as I mentioned in a former letter, are to be more
than usually grand and extravagant. As an in-
stance of the fact that Americans are rapidly set-
tling down in the larger European cities, let me call
your attention to the numerous grand Thanksgiving
Dinners which took place in Dresden, in Frankfort,
in Vienna, at Nice, here, and in other places, where
the day appointed by the President of the United
States, according to custom, was duly observed.
Telegraphic despatches were exchanged between the

places above-named, speeches were made—in short,
the American colonists asserted themselves in the
most unequivocal manner, and gave evidence of the
fact that Brother Jonathan, not content with the
New World, means to assume a position in
the Old. In fact, in many of the more
fashionable winter resorts, Americans, in the esti-
mation of the hotel keepers and trades-people,
take precedence the Milor Anglais and the
Pince Russo being quite dethroned. You see
our peeple are naturally extravagant, and must
keep in the front rank. Then it takes some time
for them to become accustomed to the fact that
francs or guldens will amount up. We spend
dollars, and, spate of exchange and high price of
gold, have a somewhat unmerited contempt for the
lesser coin, until we find upon examining our
banker's account that even these—the francs I mean

—take to themselves wings and fly away. In Rome,
Florence, Nice, Pau, and in the German towns,
the receptions given by the American resi lents are
among the most brilliant and fashionable. In short,
Americans in Europe must be " counted in," to
make use of a Yankeeism. All this being t ken
into consideration, and now that the redoubtable
George Francis Train is once more on his way to
the United States, pray settle that Alabama que:-

tion before it becomes more envenomed. You may
rest assured that at present, in American circles
here, the matter is creating a marked sensation and
giving rise to unnecessary In short, the
pleasant speeches of ;our Minister, Mr. Reverdy
Johnson, are unpalatable to the generality of
Americans in Europe, who write sharp letters to
the journals at home, and thus increase the irrita-
tion attendant upon the subject. To us the matter
seems clear—there was an injury sustained. Will
England pay the damage, or will she not ? Why
palaver about the kindly feelings which do or
should exist between the two nations ? Why not
first remove the bone of contention ? Why not
settle the affair one way or the other ? Either
England should pay, or she need not. " Yes, or
no." That is the question ! You will excuse the
introduction of this subject in a "Paris Corres-
pondence," but as itis the uppermost topic here among
Americans, it is surely opportune to say as much.
On Monday last, at the Madeleine, a New Yor
belle, Miss Forbes, was married to Monsieur Barot,
of this city. The ceremonies were on the usual
grand scale ; the elite of Paris assisting at the
nuptial benediction. This event but proves how
determined are the young gentlemen here in their
admiration of les Americaines, who, by the way,
assume all the grace and style of the Parisiennes,
with the utmost rapidity and facility. The inde-
pendence and easy manner which characterise Ame-
rican ladies seem to captivate the French, who pro-
nounce them char mantes. Wonder is expressed
at the courage with which they walk about the
streets, unaccompanied by gentlemen, and it is to
be remarked, more especially of late, that
they are not annoyed by too openly expressed
admiration as was frequently the case of yore.
The great Exposition having taken place here, and
which attracted such crowds of foreigners, seems to
have taught several lessons to the Parisians, and
among the number that of respect for ladies, who
may be alone in the streets, without wishing to at-

tract undue attention, a fact which at one time
the men seemed incapable of appreciating. The
determined manner in which American ladies appeal
to the first policeman or gentleman passing by
against any impertinent notice has added to their
security, and now you see them trotting about here
with all the unconcern they display in New York or
Boston. Especially at the Italiens do the Ameri-
can ladies brillet . They have become Monsieur
Bagier's most assiduous patrons, and very much,
doubtless, because of the fact, that Patti, the Diva,
is claimed by us as an Americaine. She was, I be-
lieve, born in Madrid, but was educated in New
York, and doubtless claims that as her home. Be

this as it may, the New Yorkers claim her, and
would on no account miss any of her performances.
As she is now giving her last, prior to a cold plunge
into the regions of the Czar, they are overcrowded,
and the artiste receives the most convincing, and of
course the most pleasant, proofs of her popularity.
She is called again and again before the curtain, and
overwhelmed with bouquets. Once Patti shall have
disappeared the American colony here will take
up Miss Minnie Hauck, with characteristic deter-
mination, and if she but prove worthy, she will
be patronized most cordially. I may, by the way,
notice that she has just sung at Lille with great
success. At the Grand Opera we are to have " Don
Giovanni," with Mdlle. Nilsson, Mdlle. Sass, and
Mule. Carvalho, in the cast, a combination such as
it would be impossible to excel. At the Opera
Comique they gave last Saturday the one hundreth
performance of Auber's " Premier Jour de am-
heur," and the theatre was crowded from parquet
to dome. At the conclusion of the opera

the musicians went to the residence of the
maestro, for the purpose of serenadirg him.
It was past midnight, but the gay spark (88) had
not yet come home. He did shortly after, and
was evidently much pleased by the compliment.
He is hard at work upon a new opera, to be brought
out in March or April, and assures his friends that

it will be his last. They, however, place no reliance
upon this—in fact, deem it one of the young fel-
low's jokes. I see it reported in the French jour-
nals that Mlle. Schneider, the Grand Duchesse, is
to take charge of a theatre in Alexandria for the
Viceroy of Egypt. As she is under engagement
here, at the Bouffes, from the Ist of January to the
Ist of June, and as she is then under engagement
to appear in London, of course the Egyptian report
must be a canard. Some days since a very success-
ful and admirable comedy, produced here at the
Theatre Cluny, entitled Les Inutilcs," was played
at Compiegne before the guests of their Majesties.
It is said that it was received with no marked fa-
vour. No wonder. It is at times rather hard upon
the " good-for-nothings"—the drones; and, let it be
said most respectfully, there are but few members
of the Court who " toil or spin ;" to them the
moral of the play must have seemed rather cutting.

Mr. Waylis, of New Orleans, has invented a
locomotive car, which has performed so well that ho has
taken a patent out for it. The car is provided with a
small engine, worked by compressed air, drawn from two
reservoirs at the top of the car. The air is compressed in
the first instance by steam-engines erected in the principal
stations. it has been found that the compressed air in
the reservoirs of the car is sufficient to propel the car about
ten miles.

The damages by the earthquake in San Francisco
are appraised at 5271,000.—The Cincinnati journals esti-
tnato the population of that city at about 190,000.—The
florists of Boston, it is announced, have formed a "Mutual
Protective Association."—Some enterprising gentlemen in
Mobile are about to make an effort to open a direct trade
between that port and Cuba by putting on an experimental
steamer.

It is said that business on the Manchester Stock
Exchange, Dec. 10, was at a standstill in consequence of
the panic occasioned by the reception of a number of
forged messages from London for the purchase of Ameri-
can bonds. As the time for the delivery of such messages
and the execution of the order embraces only a few
minutes, it is probable that a great amount of stock changed
hands, though, of course, the validity of the transactions
will be a matter for investigation by the committees of the
Stock Exchange. A number of forged orders were also
sent by telegraph to Liverpool the same day.
PENSION LAW IN THE UNITED STATES.—The fol-
lowing decision was recently made under the new pension
law of July 28, 1868. The parents of a deceased soldier
applied for additional bounty under the following circum-
stances : —The soldier was killed on December 14, 1863,
leaving a widow and parents, but no child. The widow
married January 5, 1865, and thus forfeited her rights.
Tho second comptroller of the Treasury decided that as
there was no widow of the soldier at the dab of the Act of
1868, the next living heirs named in the laws d the claims
of the parents were admitted.
THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS,—
A. most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly
but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and
clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of
25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam
Factory, 5S and CO, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely
illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches
and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase
without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly
valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the
United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for
themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent
to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint-
ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address
on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly
recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser

THE POSTAL CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT
BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

The Postal Convention between Britain and the
United States, signed in London on the 7th
November and at Washington on the 24th, has been
published. The first Article refers to the exchange
of correspondence, embracing letters, newspapers,
book packets, and patterns or samples of mer-
chandise. The second allows each to arrange for
their despatch on stated days, by well-appointed
ships, the remuneration being arranged indepen-
dently by each. The important point of the
arrangement to individuals is contained in the fol-
lowing Articles :

" Art. 3. Tll3 postage on a single international letter
shall be 12 cents in the United States, and shall be Gd. in
the United Kingdom ; and the authorized weight of a
single letter shall be 15 grammes (by the metrical scale)
in the United States, or half an ounce in the United
Kingdom.

"For other than singlo letters the same charge shall be
made for every additional 13 grammes, or half an ounco,
or fraction thereof.

" The question of the further reduction of the letter
rates of postage shall be considered at the expiration of 12
months from the commencement of this Convention.

" Art. 4. Every international letter insufficiently paid,
or wholly unpaid, received in the United States from the
United Kingdom shall, in addition to the deficient postage,
be subject to a fine of five cents, such flue to be retained
by the United States' office ; and every international let-
ter insufficiently paid, or wholly unpaid, received in the
United Kingdom from the United States shall, in addition
to the deficient postage, be subject to a fine of 2d., to be
retained by the British Post-office.

Art. s.—lnternational newspapers, book packets (in-
cluding printed papers of all kinds, maps, plans, prints,
engravings, drawings, photographs, lithographs, sheets of
music, &c.), and patterns and samples of merchandise (in-
cluding seeds and grain), shall be transmissible by either
office, under such regulations as the despatching office
may from time to time lay down, and at the following
charges:—

"For every newspaper not exceeding four ounces in
weight, Id. in the United Kingdom and two cents in tho
United States.

"For book packets and patterns, when not exceeding an
ounce in weight, id. in the United Kingdom and two cents
in the United States.

"When exceeding one ounce and not exceeding two
ounces in weight, 2d. in the United Kingdom and four
cents in the United States.

" For packets exceeding four ounces in weight an addi-
tional rate of 3d , or six cents, for every four ounces, or
fraction of four ounces.

The regulations bearing on these articles are
that postage must be pre-paid ; book packets
must not be closed against inspection, nor contain
anything in the nature of a letter, nor exceed two
feet in length and one foot in depth, nor con-
tain anything the law prohibits. No charge to
be levied on delivery, except in the United
States any customs duty to which the articles are
liable, and with this exception the whole postage
collected in the two countries, exclusive of fines,
shall be equally divided according to Article 6, and
in what manner is fully explained. Registered
letters are to be paid in advance and delivered by
either country, both countries forwarding such
letters wherever they are now empowered to deliver
them. Art. 10 allows the closed mails by either
country to be passed through the other onward to
their destination, and the rates for this are settled
in Art. 11. Articles 20, 21, and 22, provide for
the cessation of the convention concluded June 18,
1867, on the let June, 1869, when the new regula-
tions will come into operation, and will then be
terminable at any time on a notice by either office
of one year. Then follow the detailed regulations
for carrying the Convention into effect.

General Grant dined at the residence of David
Sears, one of the Electors at large, at Boston, Dec. 2, and
et seveml of the leading business men of the city, in'
uding the Presidential Electors. On the 3d he was to Fa

Lawrence to inspect the mills, and on the 16th inst. ho
was to be at Chicago, accompanied by Gens. Thomas, Scho -
field, and others. On his way to Boston he passed unnoticed
for a time among the passengers till he was far on WI
road to New Haven, but this was too good to last, and be
was detected and bored before reaching New Haven'
His house in J.-street, Washington, one of the three
known as the Douglas-row, built by Senators Douglas, and
Breckenridge was sold to Mayor Bowen for $40,000. -EL
report was circulated that the General had written to con-
gratulate Slocum on being elected for the Brooklyn dis-
trict, intimating there would be nothing in the now admi-
nistration that a moderato Democrat could not support, but
this is contradicted on good authority.

A letter is published from General Grant, written
in September last, in explanation of his order in 1864
expelling all Jews from the department of the South-
West. The order was penned without reflection, and
would never have been issued had it not been instantly
telegraphed. The general also has expressed his opi-
nion that there can be no permanent peace With
the Indians till the entire system is changed, and
the management transferred to the War Department. 1,1"
dian supplies ought to be furnished as are those for the
army, which the War Department would transact in go d
faith, at one-quarter to one-half the present cost. The
Bureau permits the Indians to be swindled in both the
quality and quantity of goods issued, and are supplied
with articles of no kind of use to them.
Commodore Lawrence Kearney, of the TJ—S,
Navy, has just died. He entered the service iu 1807, and
in 1813 distinguished himself by the capture of a tender
under the guns of thb British frigate Hebrus. Ile helped
to suppress piracy, which then raged in the West Indies.
In 1823 he was sent to the Mediterranean to protect Ame-
rican commerce against Greek pirates, and in the follosf-
ing year ho bombarded the town of Miconi, and compelled
the restoration of property stolen from Americans.
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Births.
gtanK
BEAMES —On the 18th inst., at Greenwich, Mrs.
Beames, of a sou. Afte•
CON GRETE—On the 16th inst„ at Clonbrock, the Hon.
Congreve, of a daughter. f Alfred
HENRY—On the 17th inst., at Bognor, the wife 0. -
L. Henry, Esq., of a son.

Marriages.
LE SAGE -SCOTT—On the 16th inst., at St. Mntt-e to
Oakley-square, N.W., John Merry Le Sage, r'scl"ott,
Clara Ellen, the daughter of Charles Henderson 6c
Esq. gb
RIPLEY—BENTLEY—On the 17th inst , at Knaresboren t
Lieut.-Colonel Frederick William *Ripley, Bengal ,
R"es-
to Jane, daughter of William Bentley, Esq., of arcs'
borough.

Deaths.
ALLAN—On the 18th inst., at Newington Hall, J. B•
ptlulg
of Eddlewood, Lanarkshire, and late of St.
Churchyar, aged 68.
BAGENAL On the 25th ult., at Bangalore, Capt. Bab--
of the IGth Lancers. r 010
KING—On the 14th inst., William J. King, Esq.)
Albany, Piccadilly, aged GO.
PARSEY —On the 17th inst., at 1, Claverton-street, ••••
John L. Parsey, Es 4., aged 76. cl,orge
TEMPLE On the 15th inst., at 13ishopstow,
Temple, aged 34.

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