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4 EUROPE. President Johnson’s Acquittal and News Enterprise of the London Press. Battle Tactics and War Train- ing of the French Army. Bourbon Manifesto on Usurpation | and Glory of Race. MORALE OF THE ENGLISH TURF. By mail from Europe we have the annexed report, in detail of our cable despatches, dated to the dist of May. The Correspondance du Nord-Est, of Paris, May 29, says that the Chamber of Deputies at Athens having, in spite of the councils of the Greek govern- ment, admitted to sit among its members three per- sons who have been elected in the isle of Crete as representatives of the Christian populations, the Turkish Cabinet has given orders to its minister at Athens (Photiades Bey) to demand explanations, and in the event of none of*a satisfactory character be- ing afforded, to demand his passports, The Turkish Minister of Finance concluded wih the Soctéte ‘neral at Constantinople @ provisional loan of one million Turkish liras, at the rate of nine per cent for six months, One half the amount is des- tined for remittance to England, through the Otto- man Bank, and the other half will be used at Con- stantinople, Telegrams from Bombay, India, to the 9th and Cal- cutta to the 4th of May were to hand in England. It is stated that the young Rajah of Mysore is placed under the supervision of a native superintendent. Advices from Burmah announce that a ratiway has been projected from Rougera to Prone for connecting many of the agricultural towns and populous seats of industry in that country, It 1s regarded as the first step towards opening the trade of western China to the British possessions, The Commissioners of National Education in Ire- land, in their thirty-fourth report for 1867, state to Parliament that: On the Bist of December, 1866, we had 6,453 schools in opera. tion, which had on thelr rolls for the yenr then ended 910,819 chiidren, with an average dally attendance for the same ‘pe- riod of 916,225 children. At the close of the year 1567 the num- ber of schools in operation was 6,520, The total number of children on the rolls within the ‘year was 913,198, and the average daily attendance of children for the year was 821,515. As compared with the yeur 1466 there is an‘increase of sixty- seven in the number of schools in operation forthe year 1867. The fnerease in the total number of pupils on the rolla is 2,379, ‘and the incrcase in the average daily attendance {s 5,290. THE TURF IN ENGLAND, FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. The Derby and the Oaks—The Marquis of “astings on the Ground=The Horses, Mount and Runuing. “ Lonpon, May 30, 1868. Blue Gown’s Derby will take its place in the annals of English sport as one of the most remarkable on record. That the race should not fall to the favorite is, of course, in the wonderful uncertainty of the turf, an event in no way surprising; but that it should be carried off by a horse regarded by his owner as the worst of the three he had engaged; that the general public and not the stable should be the gainers by the result, and that a splendid two year oid performer and a hot favorite like Lady Elizabeth should appear in form hardly superior to that of a fair cab horse, are characteristics which will not soon be forgotten. In all respects, indeed, the week has been one of the most sensational in the history of our national sport; but it is deeply to be regretted that the interest that attaches to it is in part one which must be most painful to the feelings of every honorable man who has the real welfare of ‘the turf at heart, Your readers are probably acquainted to some extent with the career of the nobleman whose name is associated to great disadvantage with the big | event of Wednesday; but it may not be out of place to refer briefly to its chief incidents, as many of them seem to “lead up,” as the lawyers have it, toa stroke of business on his part which has aroused the deepest disgust and called forth the severest | comments not only from professional sportsmen, but from the public at large, The Marquis of Hast- ings, the owner of the disgraced favorite, has been prominently associated with the turf ever since he obtained his majority, some four years ago, and the | wild speculation in which he induiged, the extra- vagant mode of life which he adopted, and the de- Plorabie disasters which both brought on his for- tunes, have long been a theme of general comment here, and have not only entailed ruin on himself, | but no little discredit on the tarf. It was not only on | the great eventa of the year that he risked large | portions of ins rapidly decaying patrimony; he was throughout true to himseif In hazarding vast sums on the most “dufing’ of races at the most “tinpot’? of meetings; while the additions he made to a stud of alarming proportions, purchased and supported at vast expense, would have been regarded as the hugest of ‘white ele- phants” by any man not utterly regardless of his future. At the same time his private expenditure would speedily have rained a Croesus, for he not only indulged in the most reckless extravagance in his mode of life, but was ever surrounded by a noble army of fashionable but needy toaaies, to whom he was unable to say “No,” and who fattened at his expense like the lean kine of Pharoah. The crisis of his affairs was reached last autumn, when, after a succession of losses, he was compelled, virtually, to retire from the turf, break up his training establish- ment and treat for settlement with his creditors. It 1s alleged, and apparently with the utmost truth, that Lord Hastings did not lose on the balance by racing; but that his disasters, so far as the turf is concerned, were due, in great measure, to the heed- less fashion in which he last year betted against Hermit, the winner of the Derby. Whatever were the facts of the case there is no doubt he was deeply indebted to professional sportsmen, in some cases to the extent of many thousands of pounds; that he did not show much inclination to come to terms with them, and that finally, a few weeks ago, many of them conceiving that they had been unfairly and unhandsomely treated, broke off negotiations and threatened to post him as a defaniter. It is stated that his course Cé@agtion in this affair was dictated by a “financier” whege name is associated very prominently with the “kitgs’ of young gentlemen who have outrun the cof table, and always recalis unpleasantly the pecu- larities of “sixty per shent.” At all events, Lord | Hastings, alarmed at the prospect of standing like apert outside the gates of the sporting paradise, once more came to terms and offered a compromise which would satisfy his creditors and restore him to NEW well now to refer to her relation with respect to the race, So high was the generai estimate of her merits, and so favorable the reports constantly arriving from ber tratoing quarters at Danebury, that throughout the entire winter and tng she firmly maintained her place at the head of the quotations, and was at one time, indeed, almost backed against the field. it was generality believed that her owner stood to win an chormous fortune over her possible victory, while on the other hand The Eari, his second “string,” was supported for so little that he was generally regarded asa non-starter. The Marquis, however, erree | Saat be mone run and advist Laing to oe im, orse Was supported for a large amount the public, who could not forget the beatin, M4 he e Blue Gown in the Newmarket Craven meeting. seu on the night preceding the race his Lordship scratched hus horse, a proceeding which entails the to his friends of all the money for which they backed him. I need not say that the affair has given rise to a vast amount of grumbling and ill feeling, and taken connection with the recent conduct of this “noble sportsman” has finally disposed of his reputation as a man of honor, With regard to the other candidates in the race it will be unnecessary that I should go into their pre- tensions at any length, THE TEAM OF SIR JOSEPT HAWLEY, the Kentish baronet, comprising Rosicractan, Green Sleeve and Blue Gown, have long been the subject of the greatest curiosity from the fact that their owner considered the first two the best of the lot, and, indeed, on ‘Tuesday ‘declared to win” with them, while the public have persistently believed Blue Gown far superior to either, and through good report and bad have backed him to Win enormous sums. The bookmakers, believing Sir Joseph to be the best judge of the merits of his own stud, were, in the winter and spring willing to lay to any extent against the Lo ged idol, and the con- Sequence of the move in both directions was that Blue Gown for some time before the race was second fayorite, latterly at so little as four to one; while his stable companions, who at one time were both leading favorites, retired to fourteen and twenty to one respectively, The Duke of Newcastle had three engaged, Speculum, Pace and Harvester; of whom Harvesier, proving himself worthless, was recently scratched; Pace, alter a disgraceful perform- ance in the wo Thousand Guineas, virtually retired from the market, and Speculum, who had made several highly creditable appearaaces, received much public support. Paul Jones, the winner of the Ches- ter Cup, was brought into great notice by that achievement and latterly installed a leading fa- vorite, BARON ROTHSCHILD had two representatives, Suifolk and King Alfred, of whom the lormer was supposed by thelr immediate party to be so much the superior that he was supported at varying prices throughout the winter and spring, while the jatter was altogether unknown in the betting on the greatevent, On the whole the speculation on the occasion, from its first introduction of the race into the market, was the heaviest within the memory of the present genera- tion of sporting men, and the enormous sums which the bookmakers stood to lose over some of the can- didates, more espeetally Blue Gown, proves the deep interest taken in the turf by all classes of the English people. Ihave no doubt many of your readers have seen the great COCKNEY CARNIVAL, and a still larger number have read of it; and Iam glad of the fact, for it is certain they would be as much bored in reading the ‘old, oid story” as I would be in writing it, It is usual in ‘‘domg the graphic’ to describe seriatim the road, the rail and the course; but perhaps it will be enough for me to say that they all sustained their re- spective characters. Of course the road was, as usual, one of the leading attractions of the day; the number of vehicles of all descriptions was as great, the cooapenes as hilarious, the prac- tical jokes as stupid, the dust as disagreeable, the servant maids and boarding school misses along the road as delighted, the ladies of uncertain age and the Low Church clergymen who happened to be passing as disgusted as ever. The crush and heat at the railway stations were never more trying to the temper, the slowness of the train never more dread- ful, the tricks of the card sharpers never more de- ceptive and the greenness of their victims never more wouderful. ‘The assemblage on the course was enormously large, larger indeed than I remember to have ever seen it. 1e id stand was packed from basement to roof, and the innumerable ‘coins of vantage’ that there adjacent lie were crowded, not exactly to suffocation, but certainly to the loss of much fatty matter and the letting loose on the world of mi forcible but inelegant expletives. The hollow and the hill on the other side of the course were, as occupied by a chaotic mass of carriages, filled as = usual, with good humored peopl ividing their attentions between lobster |, champagne and sport—with a leaning chiefly to the two former. The ntiemen were of course arrayed in their best holl- day costumes, the splendor being ead in in- verse ratio to their incomes; while t moral thermometer as a rule ranged with a decided tendency to the latter, were lost in clouds of the most ethereal muslin, crowned with bonnets of the most ravishing minute- hess and powdered and painted with the utmost skill. There were also booths innumerable for the sale to the thirsty of the vilest drinks; shows innu- merable for the deleetation of the bumpkins, Wes, innumerable for the telling of lortunes, swindiers innumerable for the education of the “downy,” pick- pockets innumerable for their own private satisfac. Uon. In fact, What more or less need be said than that the Derby of 1868 was like unto the Derby of every previous year since the foundation of the race, the great cockney holiday of the year ? I ought to add, however, that the weather was delightful, though if it could have been iced it might have proved rather more agreeable. As is invariably the case, THE PADDOCK was the great attraction to those who were bent more on pleasure than amusement, and the appear- ance of the “cracks” was criticized with the frank- ness and that knowing air which the horsily inclined so much affect. Most of them were considerably disgusted to find thaf tne favorite was chary of dis- playing her charms and declined to put in an appear- ance, except at the starting post. Thither in due course, after their preliminary canter, the other candidates repaired, and found her ladyship, who Was waited on by a stable lad. Her whole aspect was in strange contrast to that which was expected from the rumors that had prevailed all spring as to the uucertainty of her temper and her probable wildness at the post. The mare was, on the con- trary, perfectly mild and tractabie, to such an extent, indeed, that many, possibiy wise after the event, Subsequently discovered that her demeanor was of that drowsy character which is usually connected with the operation of certain kinds of sedatives. THE RACE.” Little time, however, was allowed for speculation on the remarkable ‘taming of the shrew,” for after two atiempts Cha Btarick BE off the lot in ‘a cluster, with the exception of ly Elizabeth, who aid not at first seem at all r for the fray, and lost about three lengths start. ‘The was throughout excellent, the running being made until the arrival at the famous Tottenham corner by Orion, the hope of the Billingsgate interest, who was there beat and gave way to the despised King Alfred, closely at- tended by Blue Gown, Speculum and Paul Jones, Sir Joseph Hawley’s declared pair lying two lengths behind and the favorite in the very ruck. Up to this = aa en eee eae )- been built on her splendid speed, w1 was thought would prove suflicient to bring her to the front, however P-yAng hind at the start. The distance from home was now, however, 40 small, and her efforts to im) her positien apparently so unavailing, that the stanchest isans were compelled abandon hope and admit that all was lost. Wells, the famous jockey of the Keni baronet, who was rid the opular Blue Gown, gradually drew his horse closer He closer to Kine aired as they approached the post, and after. ® m: cent struggle, in which the finest horsemanship was dis- past, won om half a — from Baron thschild’s t, Speculum ing. third, five lengths behind, and the “Danebury flier" disgrace- fully beaten, third last of the whole eighteen. The race Was run in 2:43, the shortest on record, if we except the Kettledrum and Blair Athol years. The winner is by Beadsman (who won the Derby in 1868 for the same owner), out of Bas Bleu, and is a bright bay, standing fifteen hands three inches. He is one of the most muscular horses of the year, is sound in every respect and shows rare eness at » finish. The question of the is the wretched perform. ance of Lady Elizabeth, for which no one can account Without discredit to the reputation of her noble owner. It 1s stated that Lord Hi immediately after the event, instead of exhibiting the chagrin which might have been expected under the circum- stances, seemed highly satisfied, and it is whispered also that he isa large winner by the result, having latterly laid ayainst his own animal and backed Blue Gown. If rumor be credited Sir Joseph Hawley has not pocketed much by the victory of his gallant horse; and if that be the case it is greatly to his credit asa straightforward sportsman that he ran umn for the benetit of the public, who were the prin- cipal supporters of the horse. . i THE OAKS, The Oaks, the ‘ladies’ race,’ run yesterday, was remarkable chiefly for @ terrific thunder storm, ac- the joys of Newmarket. His money lending mem- ber, however, seeing that such a line of conduct might interfere with his personal pickings, came down like a devs ex machind, put his veto on the arrangement and informed the creditors that his Lordship “would see them —— jurther first”? before he paid them. It need scarcely be said that these discreditable proceedings, which bear a strong re- semblance to what is described here as “welshing,” 8] lly became kuown and aroused great in- Afgation ainong.honorae sporteamen of all lasses, e feelings we 5 letter” troniDes, Were publicly expressed “Vigilant,” one of the ©o1 ndents of the Sportsman, who oom. ment in the strongest terms on ‘the disgrace which stich conduct brought not o: Marquis himself, but on the tart at tans eine out that his Lordship, thougi the owner of’ the tat favorite for the Derby, and as such having backed it through certain commissioners entitled to pocket the money of the members of the ring should she win, ' ‘was nothing less than @ efauiter who refused to pay his previous iosses to these very men, and cated on the Jockey Club to take immediate steps for the pre- vention of such scandals for the future. These stric. tures and this were alike successful, for the advisers of the juis at once came forward with the arrangement which they themselves formally de. clined to carry out, while the stewards of the Jockey BA slarmed at such a state of matters, Will, to the of all English sportamen, at their next meeting adopt stringent regulations to p faulters from running horses. the position of the owner of THR “YLYING FILLY,” LADY ELIZABETH, at the commencemamt of last week; and it may be revent de- companied with showers of hail of the wondrous size generally to be found only in the sensational paragraphs in the country papers, for the second hu- miliating defeat of Lady “Elizabeth, and for an out- break ol indignation on the part of the public which suMciently indicated the general estimate of Lord Hastings’ conduct. The numerical strength of the fleld was unusually small, many good animals being kept ir the post by the high merit of Formosa, who divided ihe two thousand guineas withMoslem, and the supposed excellence of the Danebaty filly. The winner turned up in the former, who was heavi- backed, ufter the defeat of Lady Elizabeth on ‘ednesday, at six to four on her, and who, finding the pace at first wretchedly bad, took up the running after # short time and won in the commonest of can- ters from Mr. Matthew Dawson's fay Coventry, Athena, formerly the property of Lord Hastings, but now belo! to the “finance agent” of youn; \* uemen in culties, before alluded to, teing turd, No other event of the meeting would be of any interest to your readers except the it two year old race, the Woodcote stakes, which is important in bearing on the Derby of next year. It was won by Mr. y's rum, & nd lookil colt by Stockwell out of ie Hayes, who is likely to do great credit to the lar yellow jacket and black cap and aLout whom nm to one was immediate- ly taken for the 1869. As the en frees, however, I have por) Tad regarding for next year’s “bine riband, fi Th it of ce to the world a present te wehaing 2 the Derby, whi fine Uy londay q apt to ue the hist bY A every bookmak wueary debit ede V6 tesco ‘and all took for. YORK HWRALD, #KIDAY, JUNK 12, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. ward with no little apprehension to the meeting with thei cvedivors, ENGLAND. The Impeachment Verdict—News Enterprize of the British Press. Loxpon, May 30, 1568. The news of the acquittal of President Johnson has been received here with great gratification. aud you will see from the London papers that the motives, importance and characteristics of the trial have been much better understood in England than was to have been expected. For the first time the Lon- don Times has an intelligent and impartial American corres} mt, and his letters, extensively repub- lished, have done much to inform the English public in regare to the impeachment business. What especially astonishes the English is the total lack of violence and excitement among the masses of the American people over such an issue as the deposi- tion of the President and the quiet manner in which both parties prepared to accept as final the decision of the High Court. We ought to know now some- thing of the American public feeling in regard to the result of the trial; but the Atlantic cable is of no use whatever so far as bringing news to England is con- cerned. Why, if the Queen had been impeache: in- stead of the President, wiat columns of telegraphic reports would have been sent to the New York HERALD! while now the leading journal of Great Bri- tain can only afford to give the public a cable de- spatch once or twice a week of avout ten words. frage—Trade Reports, In the House of Lords, on the 29th of May, the Far of KIMBERLEY rose to present petitions fon res ident and non-resident members of the University of Oxford, praying for the removal of religious tests in the University. The noble Earl said the petitions were most influentially signed. The value of such petitions consisted in the round taken, viz: that it would be for the benefit of the whole nation were such tests removed. In both universities persons not members of tie Established Church were ex- cluded from all share in the governthe bodies. A great advance had already been made in admitting Nonconformists to the educational benefits of tie universities, and he believed that they might now go to the whole extent, for he thought to stop short of that point after what had been done was anomalous. What he advocated was this—that all Parliamentary barriers be removed from the free action of colleges. The noble Earl asked whether it was wise that a (* large body of the middle classes who were Noncon- formists should be excluded from the highest educa- tional advantages the universities offered? Could it be contended that the education of church members should be interfered with by the presence of non- churchmen. The real religious instruction given was infinitessimally small. Again, was the Church of England supported and_ strengthened by a policy of exclusion? The universities were national institu- tions, and ought therefore to be thrown open. Lord HouGHTON enforced the necessity of some ches being adopted in this matter of religious ste ‘The Earl of CARNARVON sald the question was one which always appeared to him in @ very serious aspect. The noble Earl deprecated the spirit which had allowed changes to be gradually made in the University, as the tendency was to give the contro- versy & wider form. Now there was an agitation for the removal of religions tests altogether. He doubted whether the country was ripe for so great a change as this; and when the ed became fully aware of its full extent, he felt confident they would oppose it. The noble Earl opposite had insisted thatbene- ficial effects had already been felt from previous changes; but he, on the contrary, had heard the pre- sent race of un duates described as a sceptical one. The removal of religious tests would carry the Dissenters very much further than they at present imagined, and it was for them to say whether these religious tests should be entirely abolished, or whether they would still support those tests with which they had frequently nowledged they had so much in common. (Cheers.) The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, as Chancellor of the University af Cambridge, Wished to ‘say that there was & majo e Unive: for the entire re- moval of ‘Aisabilities. id ‘The Bishop of ELy referred to several petitions, Gambriage, nein proposed. changes and’ ep. re c and a pealed to the House ote sanction the transfer or institutions created by members of the Church of England to the con’ of Nonconformists, or possi- bly of Roman Catholics. : Earl of CAMPERDOWN was in favor of the abo- lition of the tests—a measure which would confer the highest advant on Lec P A pm an ogea INDON the noble Duke told e Rishop of them there was one advan! in the measure to which allusion had been made—namely, that each college was to be allowed to regulate for itself; but, if there was beg right in the matter, why should it not be regulated by Parliament itself? Speaking for himself he must say in his time, which was now some years @ great deal of religious instruction was given in the college. One-third, at least, of his time as tutor was taken up in giving instruction on religious subjects. The conversation then dropped. In the House of Lords, the same evening, Earl Rus- SELL rose to call attention to the state of public af- fairs, and, after reciting the events which followed upon the yote of the House of Commons respecting the Irish Church, declared that it was extraordina: and unprecedented that @ Minister, being in the mi- nority in the House of Commons, should remain in power for six months after advising the Crown to dissolve Parliament, He admitted that the course pursued was convenient to the government and to the members of the House of Commons, but he im- puted to the government a desire to protract the re- torm discussions, which had needlessly prolonged the present session, He sought from the govern- ment an assurance that measures would be taken to expedite the registration, ana urged more rapid pro- gress with the Irish and Scotch Keform bills and with the Boundary bill. It was also desirable, he urged, that the government should, on its appeal to the country, deciare what were the principles upon which it re- lied for public approval, specially referring to the questions of education and the state of lreiand, upon which no definite policy had as yet been propout 5 Quoting the Hyde Park riots and the Manchester rescue as evidences of the inability of the govern- ment to preserve peace and maintain order, Lord Russell reverted to the adverse majority of the House of Commons, and asked whether the govern- ment ‘atrthcaeae 4” a hep eit pant oa toa Be was wrong ‘old office without possessing confidence of the House of Commons. ‘The Earl of MALMESBURY admitted the constitu- tional principle, but denied that it was proved the ble cg wtbeire 7nd did not possess the confidence of the House of Commons merely because it was not supported upon one question by a majority. The test of a motion of want of confidence had not been applied, and therefore it was reasonabie to assume for the conduct of the eral business of the couniry the government did possess the confi- dence of Parliament. He attributed the backward determined opponent, and concluded by Ceca Aye the government were as anxious for a dissolution as their opponents. The noble earl concluded by say- ing—If the noble earl has not patience to wait unt such time ag the dissolution can be brought about with fairness to the electors, I can onl to move in this House, and ask his other House also to move, a vote of want of confl- dence against her Majesty’s Ministers. (Cheers.) The motion for adjournment was ares to. In_ the House of Commons, Sir C. U’Loghien, in moving for a copy of the declaration against tran- substantiation en by the paver, Sonne that his motives had been borers gape for political a ney and that all he desired in seeking toamend Poltameey, oaths was, not to do away with the of the crown, but to remove a declara- tion from the statute book which was offensive to the feelings of several mildions of British subjects and of more than the majority of the population of Christendom. The London Saturday Review observes that if, as is highly probable, President Johnson has learned nothing experience he will repair the defeat in- ficted on nents by committing some act of imprudence, In the remaining nine months of his tenure of office he may, however, still prove that the Senate was, politically as well as judictally, in the right. If his troubled Presidency ends calmly there will be a general consent of opinion that the failure of prosecution was conducive to the public interest, On the other hand, fresh collisions with Congress, although they would not reaily mw ay the justice of the acquittal, would be regarded as arguments against the expediency of the decision. hatever may be the course of the President “the failure of the impeachment can scarcely fail to be beneficial a8 a precedent.’” ‘The London Imperial Review says the acquittal of President Johnson, in spite of the overwhelming cae ae of the party opposed to him and the ferocious clamor of the multitude accustomed to enforce their will as law, seems to reveal a latent virtue in that body more consonant with its past traditions than with its more recent courses. The Saturday Review has an article to show that the manners of the British House of Commons ap- proximate to those of the ancient bear garden. Our contemporary holds that “the very presence of Mr. Rearden in Parliament is a serious thing. It is quite true that the Speaker vindicated the credit of the House in dectining to put on the books a ier hae record of the question which the member for Athlone gave notice of his intention to put, suggestin that the Queen should abdicate the throne; and it is ually true that a tribute to senatorial Cyne was afforded by the extraordinary mode in which the House of Commons expressed its opinion of Mr. Reardon, by deliberatety calling on him to stand wu) in his place, and then with one consent hooting ani hissing him into compulsory silence. But with all , Rearden is not so much an exception to, ag an extreme instance of, our Parliamentary régime, If Parliament wishes to be respected,” the Review says, “it had better think seriously of the duty of re- epecting itself, We are about to turn over a new and important leaf in national life, and some of our ‘and seers have anxiously impressed on us the admirable model of American institutions and American progress. Judging from the present ses- sion we have not much to learn in the matter of Farty Mn manners from even Washington The ger tel Review of May 20 says:—At & public d e ‘ings of which are not re- |, bis 3! yah of Cam! re- first person to ‘gest the name of the gallant gene- ral to the Cabinet lor the command in Abyssinia. _ The overseers of the democratic borough of Sal- ford, after giving the matter their best attention, ar- rived at the conclusion that “they have no alterna- tive but to place alt duly quatiied females on the next parliamentary register for the borough.” The new Reform act distinctly limits the franchise to “every man” who satisties the conditions laid down; but the overseers are of opinion that this does not necessarily exclude women, as an act passed in the thirteenth year of her Majesty provides “that tn all acts words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females * * * * unless Sa conrare as to geuder * * * * is expressly pro- vi It is proposed to erect a statue of Mr. George Pea- body on a site near the Royal Exchange, London. ‘The traffic receipts of the railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending May 29, 1868, upon & mileage of 12,896, amounted to £723,052, being equal to £66 1s, per mile. For the corresponding week of last year the receipts were £735,658, the number of miles open 12,501, or £58 178. per mile A comparison of the two weeks shows a decease in the aggregate receipts of £12,606, and an increase in the number of miles open of 385. ‘The British Board of Trade accounts for May, com- pared with the corresponding month of last year, show an increase of £770,244, or more than 6% per cent inthe declared value of exportations, while there is only @ diminution of 5 per cent from the Inflated total of April, 1866. Among the most favorable features of the present return is an increase of 10}¢ per cent in col ments of iron, 11 per cent in earthenware, 10 per cent in haberdashery, 65 per cent in silk man- ufactures aud 17 per cent in that lange class of uis- cellaneous goods which appear under the head of “anenumerated articles.” An increase of 75 per cent in shipments of woollen yarn indicates some re- vival of manufacturing industry on the Continent, On the other hand there has been a decrease of 14 per cent in exportations of hardware, of 9 per cent in linen manufactures and 8 per cent in woollen manufactures. Among the importations of the month it appears that the cotton landed was 1,144,107 owl, against 987,176 cwt. in April, 1867, and that the supply of wheat was 3,095,369 cwt., against 3,230,018 ewt, in April, 1867, when the quantity imported from Russia was exceptionally large. In April, 1366, the arrivais were ouly 1,511,460 cwt, FRANCE. Army Training in Camp—Exrthworks to Cover a Line of Battle—The Mexican Bonds. The Paris correspondent of the London Globe writing on the 20th of May reports:—A French camp has been formed in the vicinity of Vincennes. New inventions in warfare are being tried in it, and they ought to attract the attention of our own and other governments, I read that the idea having been con- ceived that in certain circumstances it might be advantageous to cover a line of battle with tempo- rary fortifications, experiments have recently been made for the parce of ascertaining how and in what time such things could be executed, The re- sult is this:—Skirmishers are sent forth, and they, lying flat onthe ground, keep the enemy in check or oceupy his attention. ’ Part of the troops behind, having brought with them pickaxes and spades, set to work to dig a trench, two men having to scoop out a square metre—say yard. ‘In the short space of eight minutes five batialions can excavate a trench of about one and a half metres (very nearly five feet) in depth and two kilometres (1 24-100ths of a mile) in length. The skirmishers are then recalled and the enemy finds the troops he had expected to encounter sheltered by earthworks, from behind which they can, with comparative safety, make a murderous fire. It is added that, with a little practice, tt will be easy to do in five minutes what now takes eight. The legislative Committee on the ee met May 26and heard M. Marie, who gave explanations on an amendment which he had presented for a grant of 7,500,000f. towards the repayment of the Mexican bonds. The deputy Eh foe on the necessity of with- drawing from circulation the 886,000 bonds which produced a portion of the funds expended in the expedition, and stated that this was the sole method of taking them out of the hands of speculators. He insisted that the debt was one of honor and equity, und that on the government rested a moral obliga- tion to put an end to the matter. He eepores wu the grant intended for the holders of Mexican bonds should be set down in the next year’s budget of ex- traordinary expenses. The American Impeachment Vote. [From the Paris Constitutionnel, May 30.) * * * ‘The negative issue of the trial ought to be & subject of congratulation to all well wishers of the American republic. Such is entirely our opinion, Certain admirers of that government must have been singularly blind or deplorably ignorant of American affairs to desire the condemnation of the President. Nothing could have been more fatal to respect for those institutions which, founded by men of rare sa- gaolty and foresight, have been, in spite of their de- fects, such efficacious tees for the liberties of the American people. The Coes of Mr. Johnson, on the contrary, shaken constitution and becomes a gage af hope for a Suture which com- menced to disquiet CO In fact, Mr. John- son Was only accused of wishing to refer to the verl- table federai tribunal—the Supreme Court—a law, the constitutional character of which he had a perfect right to doubt. The leaders of the republican party have not permitted the very legitimate scruples of the President to receive their natural and legal solu- tion. They intervened violently and impeached the Firat trate of the State before the Senate trans- formed into a High Court of Justice, while nothing could have been more simple than to submit a con- tested law to a test authorized by the constitution. As to the calumny accusing Mr. Johnson of having wished to contrive a coup d'état in instaSing a Min- ister by force in the War Department, the discus- sions at once unmasked and annihilated it, The result, therefore, is happy, showing that the ani- mosities of party spirit have not been able to obtain the advantage over the principles ¢onse- crated by the federal compact, and that a great be has been spared the institutions of the United tates as well as & it Injustice by the Senate, con- stituted the President’s judge. ere is another reason still for congratulating the United States on the verdict which has been given. This is the cour- ageous attitude of the republican Senators who voted not guilty. This fact is so much the more f° able as it has hitherto been so rare to find such force of character in @ country where every man, once entered into the political arena, is considered as be- longing to his party. These seven or eight gentlemen who have just enfranchised themselves from this oppression, in order simply to obey their conscien: have given an example which, let us hope, will fi many imitators. SPAIN. A Bourbon Reunion—The (: de Chambord to the Ex-King of Naples. The Rome correspondent of the Florence Naztone, writing on the 2ist of May, communicates the fol- lowing as the text of a letter written by the Count de Chambord to the ex-King Francis I. on the occa- sion of Count Girgenti’s marriage with the Infanta Maria Isabella, of Spain:— Srre—it is always teful to me to wish happi- ness to your Majesty, but much more do I experi- ence this feeling under the auspicious circumstances in which you, sire, acquaint me with the happy mar- riage between your august brother, Count di Gir- gentl, and the royal Princess Infanta, of learnestly hope that these nuptials may be the dawn of happier and more fortunate days for you, for your royal family and for all the Bourbons, whom the combined jon of united to the of friendly governments, has ht to exile far from their country and their homes. vert to what I wrote with the freedom of relationship to my royal cousin Queen Isabella, of Bourbon. The younger branches of our although tly beloved by their le, will always ¢: nce the same let 80 as the eider Shall not have revindicated thelr throne from the usurpation which invaded it, and dis) the lawful sovereign by the same arts asthose by which your Maesty)’s kingdom was usu ‘The French people, fortunately, begin to compre- hend that the sole race under which flourished the ‘lory of France and popular liberty was Te £ that of my great ancestor Henry IV. WI! under vernment of the usurpation I only find a brief aye delusive glory, twice followed the most and the deepest humiliation cruel disenchantment for French national honor. This noble je also felt that as a greater dis- tance se tes ce and the Bourbons so do the liberties diminish which my ancestors bestowed upon France, This hard experience of almost forty years un- happily suffered by my dear France is bearing its fruits, and the day cannot be far distant when tis noble and unha| nation, in pogsessing its legitimate king, will recover its felicity, tts glory and its liberty. Then will Europe also have and regain her lost equilibrium, and the various branches of the Bourbon family will be firmly established upon their thrones, or will be restored to throne and coun- try, should they still be leading the unnappy life of exile. It is with these feelings, sire, that 1 offer you my congratulations and my best wishes upon the aus- picious marriage which your Majesty has bad the Iness to announce to me. 1am, with fraternal affection, hae Majesty's _lov- ing cousin, HENRI DE BOURBON. DEPARTURES YESTEROAY, Si teamship America, Com- modoro Jobn Ly Wore a4! nd focal restive LoS bd eerrani, Wasbiogign, D.C; Charon Kap, fasaly and servants, New ireT L Koap, Miss WYed Pittsburg’ MY Rudd, Norwich Bh er adore ‘Mra A fyehild. and child and las Oncar 0 Pasir yd California; Jdaho; Charles Grothe, ct New jlo; F a wa ira J i hors Tr ir and itz, M J Alden- Uliman, a fens POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. Judge Chase’s Last Letter Stirs They Up All Round. The Syracuse Journal—sour radical—has some cross words to say about the May 20th or “old lights’? letter of Judge Chase. It utters thus:—‘Mr, Chase's letter, setting forth his expectation that the demo- cratic party is to preserve the principle of universal suffrage in the Southern States, is a direct bid for the Presidential nomination at the hands of that party. tis true he professes neither to expect nor desire to be a candidate for public office; but this is merely the buncombe o! the politician, When he siurs the republican party and puts his faith in the democratic party, in the same breath that he deciares his ad- erence to the principles of his whole life, he betrays the intent of his “rushing tnto print.” We will make the prediction, based on the publication of this letter, that the democratic party will take Mr. Chase at his word, and will not make him (heir candidate Jor the Presidential office, The letter itself, adroit ‘as it is, will secure the defeat of the object it was tn- tended to make sure.”” ‘The Portsmouth (N. H.) Chronicle—very feeble radi- cal—publishes Chase's May 25 letter and adds:— “The Judge may well be amazed, not only at the in- dignation of loyal mea, but also at his sudden popu- larity among traitors, rebels and copperheads. ‘This letter, however, will not be likely to increase his popularity among his new eulogists; nor will they be likely to heed his advice." The Troy Times—tolerant radical—says if the democratic managers can extract any comfort from the expression of Judge Chase's views, as given in his slay 25 letter, they are welcome to it. ‘That privi- lege is worth something at any rate in these radical times, The New Bedford Mercury—moderate radical—pub- lishes Judge Chase's letter and appends:—‘‘We have been siow to put faith in the rumors of Judge Chase’s defection, and are glad to have our confidence tn his integrity confirmed. The bitter attacks made upon him and upon other prominent republicans are as impolitic as they are unjust.’ ‘The Albany Evening Journal—radical—is somewhat nonplussed because the democratic papers do not discuss Judge Chase's letter more generally. It comes to this conclusion:—‘Mr, Chase's etter demon- strates one thing. He does not mean to go clear over to the anti-war, anti-bond, aoti-suffrage demo- cracy. Ifa bargain 18 struck it must advance far toward him. He will take its nomination, if be gets it, upon his own terms, While the advocates of the new departure are eulogizing him for his assumed efforts to prevent impeachment, and for his opposi- tion to the Congressional policy, he informs them that he has made no such efforts, and that he hopes the plan of reconstruction will not be subverted.” The Chief Justice and the Western Radicals. ‘The Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune, one of the most infiuential radical papers in the West, thus speaks of Chief Justice Chase and his future prospects:—“‘As & statesman and politician of great ability Mr. Chase has gained so deep a hold upon the opinions and re- spect of a great mass of men that whatever political direction he takes he must carry with him a consid- erable followisg. Chase would add strength to any cause he should advocate, even the worst; and if, by joining the democracy he should be able to reform some of its more odious features, his accession would give them a better prospect of success than they could pe to obtaim m any other way. The shrewd leadess of the democracy ‘Underst and this, and as their great aam is success there is no reason why they should refuse to aban- don some of their old prejudices and practically dead issues Hike the suffrage, for instance, for the porboe of secaring so ‘available a candidate. As for hase himself, he clearly perceives that he has nothing further to hope from the republican party. His longing aspiration for the Presidency, gratified at all must fae by a litical combination. It evident that Mr. ase considers all the issues whtch formerly divided the republican and democratic parties as dead, except the suffrage. Slavery is abotshed, and if he could now bine the only party that opposes the logical sequence of that abolition, universal sutfrage, over to his platform, and on it lead them to victory, ne want justly regard it as the crowning triumph of Chase Movement from a Radical View. The Philadelphia Press—radical—professes to un- earth the inside workings of the Chase machinery in that city as follows:—“J. W. Hunter ex-member of Congress, as chief head centre, undertakes ia Brook- lyn to open the manufacture of sentiment, and in the course of his labors writes to Edward Haight, a New York merchant of political notoriety, a letter de- signed to start public feeling. This letter is pub- Mshed as a private circular among the subordinate head centres. In due course it was forwarded to one John Welsh, chief Chase organizer for Philadel- phia. John Welsh being a very common and very respectable name in our city, the circular naturaliy reached first those gentlemen of most prominence and character who bore it. Several in turn repudi- ated and returned it whence it came; one, however, sends a copy to the Press, and we furnish it for the information and edification of our readers: BRoox.yn, June 5, 1868. My Drar Str :—On the subject of our conversation yester- there is scarce'y dissenting voice in this city. If — lear, plain platform can be promul ‘and mutually agreed upon, ae expressing the views of Mr. Chase, the thing would take itke wlidare have talked with some of our delegates to the National Qonvention, who agreo with ua exactly, and { would be glad to be instrumental in furthering and developing this feeling ‘and this , a8 I belleve it would be for the best inter- ests of the whole country. “Count mein." Yours trul; Epw. Hatodt, Esq. . W, HUNTER, The same day that the above circular was hunting areader there was made public through the tele- graph the following confidential circular, which ex- Pl ftself:— PHuLaDELrata, May 25, 1968. 0 Drax Stn—You are respectfully requested a few Qf the friends of Chief Justice Chase on the 10th day of June, 1863, at noon, C @ontinental in this city, for the ‘of taking into co: senting bis name as a cand! States. ly of pre- for President of the United Very respectfully, JOHN WELSH. Distingulshed citizens from other States expected. be on ban Yesterday the meeting came off as per order. We highly tinted fear, however, it was not a success. report Itas been furnished whic! 80 Ob- viously an advertisement, we line to publish. ‘The Democratic National Convention. DELEGATES FROM NEW JERSEY. The following is a corrected list of the delegates appointed to the Fourth of July Convention,.by the New Jersey State Convention, on the 10th inst:— At Large.—Thomas McKeen, of Camden; Jacob R. Wortendyke, of Hudson; Richard F. Stevens, of Mer- cer; Francis 8. Lathrop, of Morris. Districts.—Firat—Dr. ‘Samuel Stelle, of Atlantic; Isaac M. Smalley, of Cumberland. Second—Henry 8, Little, Charles E. Hendrickson. Lag od H, Veghte, Miles Ross, Fourth—David Dodd, Thos. Kays. Fifth—John R. Mullany, George Peters. THE DELEGATES FROM ALABAMA. The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, June 7, has the following interesting particulars in regard to the selection of delegates from Alabama to the Fourth of July Convention:—“In establishing the qualifica- tions of any delegate by way of fixing his compe- tency in @ party point of view, the only question has been as to his present relation to the great and vital issues now being tried and soon to be determined between democracy or conservatism on the one hand and radicalism or Jacobinism on the other. General Clanton, one of the four delegates for the State at la who was before the war an old line whig, and who was a gallant soldier of the eonfede- racy during the civil contest, now accepts the demo- cratic organizat and champions in thorough earnestness the policy and principles of the demo- cratic party. Senator Parsons, who was an old line whig before the war and a Unionist in sentiment duri the war, now warmly claims — his devotion to the democratic creed. Ex-Governor Reuben SS of north Alabama, has been, we believe, and is now, @ consistent democrat of the State rights school, while Senator Winston, who was a partisan of Judge Douglas and a c ra tionist before the South assumed its sword of de- fence, is a recognized democrat of long standing. Our citizens may rest perfectly assured that the best interests of the State and of the entire Southern sec- ‘The delegates representing the ional districta are also of every variety of obsolete politics. The platform adopted by the Convention was ratified, with only one or two dissentient voices, and we presume that every dis- trict del and alternate will freely and earnestly support the nominee of the National Convention. ‘The Fourteenth Amendment. ‘The Chicago Aventng Post (radical) saye it now ‘seems certain that the adoption of the fourteenth ‘Amendment to the constitation proposed by Congress in 1866, and ratified already by nearly enough States to make it law, will be a precedent condition to the admission of the late rebel States to Congressional Topresentation. Under it quite a large number of mity of the rebeltton, ai! traces of the war. It will be for the imterest of the government bo bring alt its subjects date its cordial support, Hence, it is Bo Lo he upon the probabilities of the future fo conel ae reel in perhaps a few very ext cases, nehising clause of the fourteenth amendment will be made inoperative by reason of @ constitutional ional enactment. In 1870 a new census will be en, when the clause of the amendment relating to the basis of Congres- sional representation will take effect, If the blacks are then disfranchised by any of the States the basia of representation will be cut down in proportion to the disfranchisement. Nothing could be more just than this, Otherwise all the slaves having now be- come free, and as @ consequence all passed into the representation basis, whereas ny, three-fifths of them were counted before emantipation transpired, the old discrimination inst the North wouid be rendered still greater and more unjust.” POLITICAL NOTES, Great cry and little wool—The bother about negro suffrage after the constitutional amendment (four- teenth article) is adopted. Fourteenth article—Representation according to Voting population, Effects of Southern States prohibiting or restrict- ing negro suffrage—A smail show in the House of Representatives. Effects of free suffrage in the South under the fourteenth article—A power in Congress that wiilup- set the radicals. A Richmond paper says the Northern blood is coot- ing. it wi warm up about the 4th of July. A Cleveland radical paper says the “agitation of the Chase question still continues. Every day adde converts to the cause.’ The Chicago Kepublican (radical) thinks “the Chase movement may be symbolized as the Lead of a fox cemented to the body of a jackass, with the tailof a peacock and the legs of a sloth, making snail pace through a swamp.” It ought to have added to the picture the figure of Grant witb a mon- key on his back, astride of a mule, yelling out “ HU yah!—G’long there!’’ The Macon (Ga.) Journal says it will support Ohase heartily, if nominated, although it does not think him the strongest man. ‘The Philadelphians are growling because their se- lect council have given a $100,000 job to a New York house. Poh! What's a hundred thousand dollar job to New York? Unless it amounts to a million a job here won’t go half round our Corporation ring. A St. Louis democratic paper says the Deutsche in Missouri don’t take kindly to Grant. ‘Pheir idol of a military hero was Fremont. He made a point of promoting German officers, Grant never did. Henoe the Germans of St. Louis refuse to ratify Grants nomination, A St, Paul (Minn.) democratic paper says so long a8 Grant continues in the hands that now hold him he will be as thoroughly radical as Wade or Sumner. They have “got him.’” The New Orleans Republican (radical) advises Mr. Chase not to run for the Presidency for the reasom that the people do not want to see another Bull Rua. On which side? Solace for General Grant—General Taylor did not resign his military position until after he was elected President. ‘There are two thousand three hundred Hebrew voters in St. Louis. Two hundred of them are cast 1n a protest agatst Grant from the troubles arising through that unfortunate pork speculation between Grant and the Jew merchant. The plough holders are a growing party ow West. The pew holders alwaya have been a power in the East. A Louisville paper says T. W. is ‘‘as much re- spected as any man in New York, and his name is @ synonym for public corruption.” Do let that ser- vant of the lobby depart in peace. An envious radical paper suggests for the de- mocracy a Black Hawk ticket, as follows:—“Fee President, Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio; for Vice Preat- dent, Jeferson Davis, of Mississippi.” Ben Wade positively declines running as a radical candidate for Congress from the Nineteenth Oo district. Poor old horse! He bas worked hard. Let him die easy. ‘The Cleveland Herald (radical) believes that for every man who withdraws from the repubtican party for Mr. Chase there will at least be another from the democratic party to vote for Grant. A fair exchange is mo robbery. “Bill, 1 owe you a dollar and I owe your brother dollar. That just makes it.” ACinctnnatt paper thinks Butler will get throug with Wooley about cider time. The Springfield (1U.) Journal—radical—says “stranger things have happened than the nomina- tion of Judge Chase by the democratic party.” The Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist, in a tong article on “Georgia’s Choice,” concludes that not only is “Mr. Pendleton the choice of Georgia, but likewise the choice of all men in the United States who hate the oppression of the sword and the un- equal despotism of the tax gatherer."” ‘The Charleston Mercury comes out for Hancock a preference to Chase. The Chicago Post, usually pretty fair radical au- thority, asserta that should Mr. Chase fail to show the strength expected of him in the democratic Convention the entire Pendleton force ‘will be trans ferred on the last ballot to David Davis, of Ilinots, ‘an old friend of President Lincoln and now a Justice of the Supreme Court, by Mr. Lincoin’s appoim ment.” There's food for reflection. The Leavenworth (Kansas) Bulletin—radical—saye the democrats are groping around for a candidate in darkness. The radicals have been groping arouad for a long time and caught nothing but darkeys. Hon. E. B. Washburne has been nominated for the ninth time from the Third Illinois district for Con- gress. He will be handy for Grant to have in Wash- ington next winter. Peter Schwab has been before the impeachment committee, Better swab out the whole thing. F. W. Bird has concluded his pamphiet on “The Intolerable Burden”’ of the Hoosac Tunnel in Massa- chusetts, Bird himself has been an intolerable radi- cal burden on Massachusetts for many years, aad about as great a bore as the Hoosac Tunnel. The Hartford Oowran(—radical—says Pendleton “wishes to cheat the creditors of the nation.” The radicals have been cheating the people of the nation for the last seven years. That's worse. Said Galena to Grant, the other day, when it de- feated the radical ticket by tnree hundred majority:— “Your popularity at home is all in you-t’ye, Gen- eral!” This prejudiced stary comes from the Oim- cinnat! Enquirer. Ben Butler demanded that Wooley should make @ fall disclosure of certain matters—and answered Wooley “nitty.” ‘The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph goes for Chase because his head is level on all the preasing topics except “manhood suffrage,” which he says belongs to the States. His nomination, it adds, will do very well for the South. ‘The New Orleans Times says, ‘the position of the Chief Justice is ominous. It shows that radicafam has lost its strength and that the day of reckoning ts at hand.” A private letter from Washington informs the Richmond Enquirer that the ‘‘Reconstruction Gom- mittee” are engaged in “fixing up” the Virginia “constitution,” and that as soon as they have manipa- lated to their satisfaction it will be sent back to “the people of Virginia.” ‘The Ohio Statesman (Pendletonian) is convinced that @ positive democrat, a man who has all along believed in the principles of the party and has.never been ashamed of it, will run infinitely better than any other sort of a candidate, At all events, it adda, ‘we shall support none other. The Louisville Journal regards the nomination of Judge Ghase by the democrats as suicidal. Whether for the Judge or the democrats does not exactly appear. ‘The democratic papers have undertaken the shameful task of getting up satire pyramids om General Grant’s mame. Here is the latest, from a Con- necticut paper. Only the Land of Nutmegs could originate such an absurdity :— Useless Seeker Grant, Ingen Slewed Grant. ve pal Soldier “Gr ant, [) er Grant unant Scholar Grant. ammer Grant. Situated Grant. 8 Grant, a, Grant.