New-York tribune., 1867-03-26

was the reflection in the present that when they
were sitting before the friend whom they had los!, con
with the fine touches of his humor he wasting away
before them and that the flashes of his eye were %
was something in all this but the reflection was
still melancholy that he should de IN q q suansv %
country far away his native land, and faf away
from that mother in whose arms he had onged 10 eApe p
Sti he had been here surrounded by iehds anu I be
by them with feelings true and genuine TACT that ne
(Mr. Conway was the countTymen OF a deeeaseu
would never forget Inat was not 1t 'e t tto Of the entire
literary world had been given on the su0ect anu Iat
verdict placed him in the ranks OF the finest ara nosV
exquisite humorsts Of his time They all knew how tine
how right, and how delicate were the sens wcn i
were required to make mp Of fine and genuine hh
NOR and the verdict given both countries in respect TO
him would he was sure, be confirmed by posuIlly ~
Artemus Ward there no meanness no coarseness mo
vice lie had lived in the public eye from his youth
upward. He had been known, while yet q BOY, az
known in the same capacity in New-York and San
Francisco and all the way from New,1ork 10 Shn san
public eye and been criticized during his whole lifetime
n nd nc T 9 onc wSom Se had not made m friend
and lost friend thathe had once made ie nao
lever c Sed Wa in The word sarcasm but had all
through touched with the most dencae or 1 IIbe
and the weaknesses of the age III which he Neu nc na
been not only OF humor bu man OF soou NUM-
He had made an enemy, and there was no nli Wo
Affectionate and simple chda fine fancy ana ihe
intellect he possessed the highest elevation OF e1aaete
and All who knew him felt that with him had passed
away fne genial spirit, rs true gentleman as ever
lived Ever since his landing IN TINS country nc n"G % UTen
thyGsympathy so deep that it chiefly owing 20 it
that he had not returned To- ms naive MAJ vel an% MS nc h
This highly credtable TO the republic 0i leters anu
would tend TO cement feeling Of brotherhood between
those OF the two countries So,
There must have been at least 2OOO persons III the
Cemetery, and very large number OF lades
The cOffins are of znt, lead, and Bnush oak, ana
the plate has for an inscription:
CHARLES +. BROWNE,
Aged 80 years.
Known TO the world as
ARTEMUS WARD
PROCEEDINGS or PARLIAMENT
On the 18TH in the House of Lords, the British
North American bill was advanced stage, the amend
ments of the Commons being agreed to.
In the House of Commons nothing of Importance
occurred Mr. Ewart asked leave to introduce bill
to omen the benefits Of an education in the versi-
ties TO students without obhging them TO he members
of a college or hail. basng his motion Oh the example
of foreign and Scotch universities and ON tne import
ance Of diminishing the expense OF university educa-
tiOn Mr. BeTcsfOrd Hope objected 10 the scheme, nat
Sir William Heathcote, one OF the members for the
University of Oxford said that the aathoIltes at at
Oxford were now deGbeTatlng on the pTacucaDilty
of scheme of this sort. go -
Leave was given to bring in the bill.
DIR. LivINGsToN's DEATH DOUpTED.
Some letters were received IN England ON the 10Th,
the dates OF which later than those when gave
so ciTcumstantial an account OF Dr. LiYlngst0ns
death, and which, coming from parties who must
have been in possession Of the facts and containing
no mention of them have given rise TO FAINT hope
that the Doctor is still in the land ot the hvlDg.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS
The Pail Mall gazette of the 18th inst has the fol
lowing paragraph at the head of its Occasional Notes
"We regret to say we have reason to believe that
some recent Overtures Of Sir Frederick Bruce IN be-
half of his Government in the matter Of arbitration
in the Alabama claims, have not been received IN
concilatory spirit by Mr.. Seward. We do not un-
derstand that the offer of tho British representative
has been directly refused but that at two interviews
the subject has been crddcd'
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The annual meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph ComIany
MoS MSS gis j. s " woies m the char The report stated at
the actual gross receipts from the WORKING OF INC enes
from the opening OF the communication WIN Amerea
from the 9h July last 70 the present date averaged
Ss3 per day including Sundays AT tins rate OF revenue,
expenses interest bonds ana dividend 10 tue Anglo
American Telegraph Company, there should remain ~
Atlantic Telegraph Company OF about 4a5Ooo but as the
revenue account could not be made UP until The Anglo
year amounting to al25oOO the Board had not been able
TO present any detailed statement Of earnings At he meet
The Chairman In moving the adoption Of the report,
said he could congratulate the shareholders upon the
profits of the Company for although they had no profits
to divide upon that OCCASION stu e Aopea ne wohn sOo
have 10 announce satisfactory divldehd cheeiS ana
again he could congratulate them upon The working OF
the cables for although they had never expected more
than five or six words minute tey lad ul9n suS V0
casions got many as Is words minute Checis AS
the report stated the average Ieecpt had been 1SCO =
day; but within the last fortnight the average had beeh
e10OO indeed one day they had received over 700
CheeTs rms increase MAS ne Leeu h1oy g, , % COO ~
aO per 20 words Under these circumstances he doubted
not but that good many shareholders wond wonder why
they did not make further reduction This the Directors
had seriously contemplated and not only 20 make fr-
ther reduction but TO make much greater reduction Tor
they fully believed that such step would materially In
crease their receipts AS IL was however their receipts
had been sufficient enable them 70 fulfill Their engage
ments but in a short time they would most certainly
makc the contemplated reduction.
The motion for the adoption of the report was adopted
unanimously Messrs f. lie Breton and o. Peabody were
reelected Directors Messrs l.. Andrews OF NewYork G.
w TYfaI1 of Nexy YoTl. IA.
Allan OF Montreal reelected honorary directors Mr.
H. W. Blackburn of Bradford reelected Auditor, and
a vote of thanks the chairman terminated the proceed
ings
IRELAND.
THE FENIAN RlsING-TIPPERARY AND THE GALTEE