The New York Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1868, Page 3

Commerce, Trade, Religion and Charity. Were those who saw Wouter Von Twiller shake fhe “genuine old” Schiedam schnapps provided on ‘that selfsame occasion, as fully detailed in the ever- tgathful mstory of New York by Diedrich Knicker- bocker, to rise to-day from their resting places, and to Took around them and pass exammingly wp and down the island of the Manhattoes, ‘would, nay could they believe that they were “\wpom the same spot over which @ Von Twiller and a Stuyvesant ruled, and where “Anthony, the Trumpeter,” sounded war’s alarum om hia horn? All things on this earth must Rave @ beginning and grow from that into greater Proportions, and cities and countries and nations are no exceptions to this irreversible law of nature. But growth is a somewhat relative term, and is often misapplied to mere expansion, to an increase in Wolume without a corresponding increase in sub- stance. To unite both in the growth of cities and na- téons was hitherto the work of centuries and almost eountless generations, The mushroom sprouts over Right, and a day’s sun almost brings it to maturity, while the oak will take a season to rise above the earth and a generation to reach the height of its growth. This has been the rule heretofore by which all advancement in the physical and moral life of Umited communities, as well as of nations, haa been measured, until America gave the startling proof to ‘the world that to this Continent, at least to our half of it, this rule can no longer be applied. A distinguished German traveller, visiting Switzer- land about the middle of the last century, wrote in Tapturous language of the beauty and grandeur of that country, but regretted that there was no king and court to rule it, yet consoled himself with the thought that the Swiss people , as he found them, ‘Were too illiterate to fully comprehend the blessing of having a king to rule over them. What would this same traveller, were he living now, say of this country, covering nearly half of the American Con- tinept, inhabited by 40,060,000 of people, than whom and appliances of civilized progress at {a all ob eae 12 anys bo per pt fe, ss, Eat y , Tweu oy nO King Ww kaiser, governing themselves with all the forms of established law, and .Mising, as it were, but yesterday to the surface of national independence, to-day, commanding tho \Fespect and esteem of all nations and govern- fpents? What it took, under the old rule of alte, the time of centuries and the labor millions to accomplish, the new system ‘of American polity reduced to a work of less vhan a lifetime. ‘The French are a great nation, and |80 are the Germans; but the Franks inhabited Gallia \or Gaul, and the Teutons and Alemanns and Saxous jpeopled the land between the Rhine and the Vistula jwhile yet Rome was a republic and the name of ‘Christ had not yet been heard on earth by hving ‘man. And so is Paris a great city now, and so is ‘Vienna; but one as Lutetia, the other as Vindebona, were founded as Roman camps, as outposts, ‘and have near two thousand years of growth to look back on, and may trace their gradual and slow advance from century to century, and even from generation to generation, from the beginning of the Christian era to the 1 acpi time. How widely from this does the advancement of Our own country and of our own goodly city of New York ditfer from tnis snail-like development of the Old World! Less then one hundred years ago America was only known, outside of ‘a limited circle of navigators and trades People, as a wila country of savages. The city of New York, with its 15,000 inhabitants, was hardly to be compared to any village on the European coast in point of its trade and commercial relations. Havre and Ham- burg, Bremen and Danzig, Lieverpool and Lubec ‘were giant centres comparatively of the world’s ex- ‘changes, in the lists of which New York counted for as little, if as rauch, as Eee Harbor city does to-day, Sat less than one hundred & ago Alnerica, py its {own volition and through the bloody strife of seyen ‘long years, cut loose from the medieval system of ‘Europe, century is & long period to be iived ‘through by an individual; it ts but a short series of days or moments in the life of a nation. And what has this century of independent, self-willed activity done for this country? And what for the world? What for the physicai and intellectual advancement of mankind, what for its political progress and ulti- wate liberties? Let the student of political theo- on the puilosopher, the historian answer these questions with the full conception of the develop- ment achieved since the United States of America became a political entity for his guide, and if he an- ‘Swers truly he must conclude tht with the dawn of ‘the sun of liberty in the west a new world in all but the physical elements was opened to man. And the centre, the life-giving heart of this New World our own city of New York has gradually be- come, Great countries have need of great cities, and in our days this need is greater than ever before. Kings and princes, with their great officers of State and their retinue, in olden times formed the nucleus around which sprang up the habitations of large Bumbers of people, and in the course of time govern- tng central cities, Commerce, in the largest sense of the word, including production and exchange, is now king, and the princes of trade crowd in where they find the most facilities, and the thousands de- péndent upon it follow after them. This 1s the secret of the unexampled growth of New York. Unex- ampled, truly; for nowhere else is like growth to be ween, except in & measure in our country, and there im a much diminished degree and only as an outihow from the increasing greatness of this city. ‘There are yet people alive who have seen our fathers gather in groups at the Tontine coffee house, on Wall street, near the East river, to talk over the Jatest news from Europe whici the swift sailing ves- 8e) leaving London in Jane brought hither in October; when the good housewife drew her supply pf fresh Water irom the public pump on the corner; when the “Common” was a lounging spot for cattle and swine and the almshouse occupied the site of the Present City Hall; when behind there stood the epee Barracks,” and between these and the ‘‘Ne- gro burying ground” kitchen gardens furnished veg- etables for many adinner. At that time and for years after the “Battery” and the “Bowling Green" ‘Were the daily resort of the fushionables of the day, amd around these the wealthy of the period built Set mansions. Old men may yet live who remember how heads were shook incredulously and what failures were predicted when some persons, more industrious tian their fellows, butit a water reservoir on the corner of Reade and Centre streets, or, as the latter was called, the “street to the Collect pond"’—a pond of fresh water, near w: was the powder magazine, being a safe place “out of town,” and where now the gloomy Egypuan le of granite, named the Tombs, pretends to be a terror wevil doers, but rarely fultils its threat to great criminais, Such old people may also remember the contemptuous smiles wise foreteilings of evil as an adventurous Frenchman, whose inal plans are yet on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Albany, proposed to run a canal across the whole wiland, just north of the ‘Jollect pond,” using a little rivulet for a base, from which plan Canal street has its name to this day. And some will aiso recoliect the fierce opposition raised to the pian of the commis- sioners, of whom James Kent and Robert Fulton ‘were two, to lay out the whole island into streets and avenues, cutting through and across all the farms aad cornfields and the cabb: gardens of the set- ers; for, while these commissioners foresaw with prophetic intuition the future greatness of the city eand thought it necessary to provide in time fora systematic order in the arrangement of streets tor the public convenience, the owners of the farms ‘were imbued with the sullen short-sightedness of the burly Hollander, so beautifully described by the Diedrich Knickerbocker, who gave way to ir and his pipe a8 surveyors crossed and re- crossed his cab paten with their chai With all these drawbacks and the selfish opposi- tion of some the progress of the city could not be stayed. With the completion of the Erie Canal and the success of steam navigation [t marched on with greater swiftness than ever. While in 1806 the pop- ulation of the city was but a trifle over 75,000, it in- creased nearly threefold tn the following twenty-five years, being over 200,000 im 1890, By this time the elty bad assumed a different aspect. Tue bulit up and inhabited portion of the island had reached be- yond What is now Union squat Tocracy of weaitii had cluster tions around Broadway, in Bleecker, Bond an tiguous streets, Fre this time forth, and as rail- ‘Ways began to stretch out thetr arms farther and fariher tut ¢ interior, making one large district of ferliie country after another tributary to the great carrying out from here the fabrics of the Old vorid and bringing back in exchange the products of our own husbandry, unerring fate pointed to a future for New York the grandest ever vouchsafed to any city on earth, and which is not yet half real. ized. it were idie to follow the past uninterrupted growth of the city from decade to decade. A view at the present will suilice, Take a look around you; to the world east of you and to the west of yor glance at your own country, from ocean to ocean, and think of the wondrous helpmates which huwan skik and progressive science have piaced in your hands. We are a nation of 40,000,000 people, whose Whole industrial and commerctal lite centres here, New York is the eye, the tongue, the heart, through Which America sees, speaks and feels in the com- mercial and industrial centres of Europe. Here we gather in from the lavor of the Old World what is needed for our country; and from here, as life's Diood 1s distributed from the heart through the arte- we distribnte it over the whole » ramify the railways to every sec. conntry; from here ply our steamships to every point of our coast, Hither return the surplus Products of our. own people, to be sent from here Abroad, wherever ‘aaked tor. ith exchange. Grvat, certainly, is that ciy which can claim and claim justly such pre-eminence in a country like ours, the rial extent of which is almost equal to that of hole of Burope, which, in numbers, is the peer Of the Most powerlw Burppean pation, and in Ler- NEW YORK HERALD, SONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. and ci ; and well fostered interest and not of blood once woven cannot be rent asunder. i eq ed g i 2) 3 5 es 3 5 2 Md, inyencaee ‘ome, fo tka, shall press the couver, and, Ke shall press earth as nummerously and as Teguiarly’ ‘as now to St. Louis or Chicago—and who dare say that they will m City and Van- at Jeddo, at Pekin, Shanghae and Canton the same moment that he receives his orders from his cus- tomers in London, Paris, Bremen and St. Petersburg— and all this !s now in the course of zation, though it may take years to complete—then New York will no longer be the the metropolis of America only, but the metropolis of the whole world. 8. vain pride im the city that leads the pen to wht! a wr fn All the circumstances and ot i a devel Periiet lessons of past er if ffid pede beckons fiW ahd 18 ready to ines | our lap. greatness and power, from the days of thé bans ond 9 present, have fol- lowed 4 th wake of tha ae, scar ye ote Ben. ton, ‘@ head, vigorous a thin! rofsund historian as this country has produced, while yet an editor and before raliroads and telegraphs were even thought of, wrote in the St. Louis Inquirer, in 1819, a series of essays on this subject, urging the building of wagon roads to the Pacific to make a bid for this trade, Visionary it was thought at the time; it is now &0 no more, And New Yorkers know it. They are preparing for it. Go through the streets of New York to-day and compare what zou see going on around you on all sides with what was being done twenty years ago, and you will find a wondrous change, and that this chaiee has been wrought intuitively and with a purpose that may have been felt only as a sort of presentiment without being fully comprehended. It is especially in regard to the buildings for com- mercial purposes that this remark is made, Twenty years ago warehouses were erected with a rapidity that ied foreigners to suppose that we Americans were careless of the future. These buildings were in a measure mere shells, and were compieied in less time than it took to lay the foundation of a substan- tial storehouse in Europe. Some few, intended to be an ornament to the city and in which their owners, generally banking companies and other corpora- tions, would symbolize their own stability and sol- vency, were an exception. But now a widely diferent system meets our eye everywhere, The most massive structures, as if in- tended for ages, are being raised; the dest and most durable material—troa, granite, marble—are used, and care and time are taken to have the whoie, as 1t were, weil knit together. And the styiec of rehitecture is also total diferent, In- ui of like » With Pp the art of architectural embellishment and symmetrical beauty is consulted, and with this new tendency and incitement of building New York, like Venice was of old, will become the modern city of palaces. ‘There is not: wrong in it. A diamond like the Koh-fnoor is not set in clay, and a city destined to become the centre of the world’s commerce ahd where the wealth of three continents is to be housed should greet its visitors with appropriate beauty. Afew remarks on some of the butidings lately erected or now in course of erection here will prove that nothing said above e raw. NEW BUSI DINGS, BTC. Improvements on the west side of Broadway have been numerous and costly. Any one who has not visited New York for some time would be astounded at the extent to which new buildings hav croached upon the shells of old. Mercer and Church streets, only afew heen ago among the most disreputable in the city, have been redeemed, and palaces of trade now line those streets on either side to yery nearly their termination, in Canal street, And all this has been done within a few years, the owners of pro- perty foreseeing that with greater accommodation comes the greater demand. And the storehouses built there are not of that flimsy nature against which foreigners used to rail in times past, but they are perfect palaces, and though plain in their archi- tectural appearance they are an ornament to the city and a help to the trade. And the cross streets from Barclay to Walker and ,from Broadway to the North river have aiso undergone vast transforma- tion, Where old and insignificant brick houses once obtruded their ugly countenances now splendid marble and freestone edifices stand, @ convenience to business and an adornment also. These improve- ments are still going on. On Leonard and Worth and Franklin streets, on Walker street, and, further West, on Desbrosses street, on West #roadway and Hudson street, on Washington and Greenwich streets, wherever, in this neighborhood, the eye may turn, it will behold the scaffoldings erected for new buildings and the débris of those torn down. On Canal street, west of Broadway, there are a number of new structures in the course of erection, especially on the corners of Thompson and Greene streets, which, some with marble frontings, others with Ohio freestone, and all supported a massive iron columns, are but the beginning of what Canal siveet, with its width of curb and easy accessibility, ‘will be in less than @ generation. The east side of the city, south of Canal street, has not been so extensively modernized as the west; the reason for this backwardness on the part of the own- ers it is difficult to discern; yet even nere some gi- gantic buildings have been erected. On William al near spruce, for instance, the Ledger bulld- ing, on the corner of William ‘and a streets, of pure marble, indicating, perhaps, the Ld morality accumulating within its walls. On Water street there are new Gothic stores, built by a firm in Alba- ny, of Philadetphia pressed brick, with Jersey free- stone dressing, which may be a iesson to others in the interior that to locate in New York is but to in- crease their business facilities. On New Canal street there have lately been put up lendid storehouses, of stone and iron, and on ‘alker street, branching oif westward towards Broadway, there are now building eight stores, four of marble and tour of e, and each tive stories in height, than which there is no warehouse better adi to commercial purposes, tle speaking of the improvements in the lower part of the city, there are several buildings meriting especial mention. The two buildings, one on the corner of Cedar street and Broadway, the other on the corner of Leonard street and Broadway, will each, on account of massiveness of structure and completeness of architectural finish, outrival any- thing yet seen in this city. They are both intended for insurauce, banking and other business offices, and are specially designed to be safe depositories o1 wealin, where fire cannot encroach, and to be, at the e time, an ornament to the city, While the eg style of the bulidings is about the same, th resting on high basements and both having ie now 80 popular Mansard roof, there is yet a difference between them. The one on Cedar street is butlt of granite, that on Leonard street of marble, and both having the recognized order of columns to support story after story, the Cedar street palace winds up with @ graceful yet substantial curve, and the Leouard street “temple of gold’ will overlook the whole city with @ grand cupola on the front part of the building. Both are or wili be, beyond cavil, among the handsomest structures in the city. Taking a bird's eye view of the city norti of Canal Street, a still more impressive sight presents itself. Even on the water front on both sides the activicy in buliding has been great. The want for the storage of merchandise has long been felt, and both on the ast and North rivers artisans have been busy in ting capacious stores for supplying this want. in this connection may be mentioned the immens® building of the Hudsou River Railroad Company, ex- tending from Hudson to Varick streets, which, though of plain brick with stone casements, by ita very gigantic proportions presents an imposing ap- pearance. The new building on Greene street—an addition to Appieton’s publishing house—an arcade of tree- Rione, Will soon be followed by similar buildings in the neighborhood, thus depriving this and adjor streets, as Church and Mercer streets have vee: i their peculiarly offensive immoral odor. Going up broadway, the removals of what are fip- pantiy called “ancient landmarks” are still ni numerous. = Tura your head wherever you will your eye will strixe anew building of marble or of iron, destined to become one of the many depo of the world’s trade in this metropolis, “Stewari's colossal pile of iron colounades is he rdly finishe |, and asimilar iron storeh for “ire dry goods” is being commenced, ne opposite and splendid nm ion turther on— ther for Arne'd & Con While those increased habitations for the king of | modern times—commerce—are erected ta wll th. | R.rcets and byways, With a splendor and mart cence heretolore unknown, MKL Wit & fall, tuouge | ‘haps, as said above, unconscious reciation of The mbeas of the clty'us the very ‘near future, the other wants of the physical and moral, are not neglected. Belle te influx of strangers m to the necoaniyy of affording them accommodation, number of new hotels are being now in course of erection, the most prominent of which is a seven story marble block on Thirty-first street and Broad- = plain in design massive in @round the several squares in the wu arbi ales MES Appar ee ni y 80 portion of our city promises to abode of our transient population, mercantile and otherwise. For ine moral edification of man th Christian of which may probably not be found here. It will comprise & lecture room, rei galleria, roading rooms and all other accomm: ions, Its tasteful front, on the corner of. Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue, of brown and free stone combined, the symmetrical beauty of its architecture, will make it one of the most attractive buildi in the The building a new church on Fortieth street; the Catholics are and Fifth avenue, destined to be one bane he" ians all other houses and city. The church on Forty-second street, near Ninth avenue, struck b: Hghtning last year and burned, is now rebuilt The wealth accumulating in this sity finds its out- ‘tu. mecreial palaces oe charitable and religious institu- tions, is a unique pile of marble, with tall, steep French roofs, almost spires, now in course of completion on Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street, the owner of which—a widow lady—derives her _ tane and ability to build such a in value of estate, id on third street, east of Sixth avenue, build. ing, for a private residence, exected at the cost of $100,000, for a private. da bachelor at that—which when will vie with any of its size in beayty . costiiness. On Sixty-second street, near nue, three handsome residences are now being completed of Dorchester freestone for private parties. men- tion the great number of whole rows of brown stone houses put up for, as It is called, * mulation,” and the total of which may uumber thousands, would race these columns to: the exclusion of every- One truly charitable institution should be men- tioned. It is the refuge or hospital built by the So- ciety for the Relief of Ruptured and Crippled Chil- dren, on.the corner of Forty-second street and Lex- ington avenue, costing $160,000. t is Gothic in architecture, with circular wings of ‘brick, with Ohio and brown stone casings. A new and practical feature of this building is the tron roof, supported by lofty pillars and encased with glass sides, the in- terior of the roof to be a “winter ”? for the en- joyment of the poor, helpless and matfmed children, ‘hus New York advances, and who can tell when it shall each the acme of its greatness? “Si THE s8T : BicneModl. | —~ Up Thig City, The infatuated individual ‘no relieved his over- Joyed imagination with @ poetical effusion on the subject of snow, rting that the “Beautiful snow! it Gan G0°HO Wrong,” and that ‘The town is alive and its heart is aglow To welcome the coming of beautiful snow, should be compelled to trudge through the streets of this town during several hours after such a snow storm as that which visited this region yesterday. On second thought, however, it might be claimed that the snow in iiself was well enough, but there were rain and hail accompanying it and a high, cold wind blowing into the eyes and noses and ears, and twisting the rai- ment of pedestrians, who generally, with rather unwarrantable ill ternper, railed at the snow as the sole cause of their discomfiture. ‘The streets and side- walks were rendered, of course, exceedingly un- pleasant for biped’ and quadrupeds. There were innumerable treacherous little mounds, flanked by innumerable unpleasant little puddles, formed on the sidewalks and roadways, and towards evening yes- terday there were prospects of a plentiful supply of the peculiar New York slush, The street cars were propelled with much dificulty by four horses to each car, and while the steaming animals strained and splattered and splashed wearily along, the drivers, inufied in all sorts of cloths and coats, stamped and swore, blessing, in their own peculiar way, the “beautiful snow,’ the plodding tegms and the unfortunate travellers who obliged them to stop the cars while they got on and off. Snow ploughs were in requisition early in the morning, and throughout the day they traversed the various car routes, with, however, but little effect. ‘The snow storm, taken'as a whole, was not one of those visitations Which could possibly fll a poetic Soul so much as to suggest the following:— Ob, the snow, the beautiful snow! Filling the aky aud the earth below; Over the houaetops, over the sircet, Over the heads of the people you nieet, in iirting, Sktinming along — Beautiful snow | it can. do m0 wrong. Cilnglng to liga in troltesome freak icsome freak ; Beauti(al anow from the heavens above, aa an angel, gentle as love. ‘The fact 1s that the fatr ladies who were out of doors were very few, and those who were out muf- fled themselves as much as possibie to keep the snow from their fair che: and lips and evidently regarded the freaks of snow as anything but frolicsome. - While there were no doubts expressed as to the fact that the “beautifulsnow” came ‘from the heavens above,” and that when it left there it was “pure as an angel, gentle as love,” it must have been universally adinitted that it did not remain so very long after comme in contact with the streets of the metropolis. Numberless small boys with large shovels and strong men with small shovels made early calls on the housekeepers throughout the city, seeking employment in removing the “beau- tuful”’ from stoons and sidewalks. This, the first snow of the winter, has been thing but plea- sant, a) tue youngters and “children of a larger growth’ vho reured on Friday night with pleasant anticlpa! ‘ons of jingling bells and healthy sleigh rides are, for tve nonce, ere disappointed. The ca\s on the different routes, although making their trips regularly, did not start as frequently as usual, and by tue overcrowding of the vehicles and more than ordinary discomfiture of travellers the — entry of winter hus given little, if any, satisfac- ton. The Storm in Brooklyn. The first snowy covering of the season was spread over the City of Churches and its suburbs on Friday night, when the tiny fakes began to descend about eleven o'clock, and by midnight were coming down with sach rapidity that those who were out at that time Pr, frequent expression to the belief “that we would have sleighing in the morning,” Snow changed to sleet, which beat just the window panes with considerable force as ie night advanced, and changed snow before daybreak. So the parachute-like litte flakes accumu- lated on the streets, housetops and door- steps to the depth of about four inches, and gave work to the careful housekeepers in removing the accumulation from in front of thetr doors. The snow shovellers, men and boys, were about early and late yesterday, making the best of their time tn the pursuance of their precarious occu- pation. “The fali” was not of the durable nature suitable for sleighing qe and, indeed, it might be d that it thaw most as fast as it fell. This wi source of disappointment to many who are impatient for the enjoyment of the pleasures of a sleighride. The largest share of sympathy is due, however, to the poor car horses, the tracks being in a@ shocking condition and the travel on the city cars throughout the day ver; It was found necessary on most of the raii- road lines to attach extra horses to the cars in order to keep them going. The streets are in a shock- ing condition, and it is most probable that from this date until next spring we may expect nothing but sloppy, dirty locomotion. ‘The streets of Brooklyn are in @ very bad condition, generally speaking, the position of the street cleaning contractors being little more than nominal; for though they are prompt with their bills on the Ist of each month they are very sparing with the shove) and broom. The Storm in New Jersey. Considering the violence of the snow storm which prevailed on Friday night there was very little damage to property in Hudson county. Those who reside in the swampy districts will suffer much in- convenience in getting to or from their residences, The horse car lines were kept open in every airec- tion yesterday, but just at twilight the snow began to fail heavily and continued thus for hours, so that travel will be serlousiy impeded for a few days at least. The trains on the New Jersey Raslire ran with the usual regularity, except in a few cases. The Washington ain was only half an hour behind time in the afternoon. The Cinein- nati express train, running to the Central Ratiroad depot, was detained west of Harrisburg and arrived three hours late. Several other trainson this rau- road fell behind time in consequence of the snow drifts on portions of the line, but all came in safely, There were but few delays on the Erie Railroad, It is feared that the snow drifts in the Bergen cut will biock up trains on the New Jersey Railroad to-day, 80 (hat snow ploughs are In readiness. The plank road between Hoboken and Tudson City was entirely covered, and those who usually travel thereon Were obliged to resort to the horse cars. : The Storm in Westchester County. ‘The snow fell last night to an average depth of six inches in Westchester county. The late trains on the Harlem and New Haven roads were delayed a little bebind their regular time. This morning they were ranning on their reguiar time tables. The Harlem Bridge and Morrisania Horse Ratlroad had large gangs of men at work during the night, and by that means kept their cars runuiag on half time, the teams be ng doubled up. The Snow Siormn Throughout the Country, “7, Canada, Dec. 5, 1868, bons a fot of snow fell last night and it is still | snowing. Boston, Dec. 6, 1868, A suow storm commenced here this morning at ten o'clock, The wind is northeast. Thermometer ‘thirty-six. ae BurrAaLo, Dec. 5, 1 There is fine sleighing here this morning. : CuicaGo, Dec. 6, 1868. ‘The terrific snow storm which prevailed esterday subsided after nigel. To-day the snow [a fast dis- appearing. No on the Lake worthy of note have yet reported, THE GUILLOTINE IN MASSACHUSETTS. Diabolical Murder im Charlestown, Mass.— One Man Cuts Off the Head of Another—Sur- render of the Suspected Murderer. [From the Boston Jou Dec. 5.) One of the most brutal and cold-blooded murders which ever occurred in this vicinity was committed in Charlestown yesterday forenoon, and has been the theme of the town’s talk ever since it happened. ‘The circumstances are substantially as follows:— Two men named venms Cronan and Dennis Reen, brothers-in-law, employed in the lard and tallow factory of Mr, Forbush, in Forbush’s court, on the Neck, were at work as usual in the large room upon the firat floor. Adjoinimg this room is another and smaller one, about twenty feet from where the men were at work, and separated from it bya thin partition, with a door having a window in it. Cronan and Reen were the only work- men inthe large room, and in the smaller one two other men were at work cutting meat into small pieces with knives. About ten o'clock in the fore- noon the foreman of the works, Mr. Lord, had oc- casion to enter the large room and immediately found the body of aman lying beside the lal chopp! block, face downwards, and parti across a large ihe of Pieces of meat which had been chopped ve ir. Lord immediately called the other hands, an pen. Sonroashing ts body vhey found it Menten one poem ni pend ae sercret m —merely hanging by a few ligament and a ‘ pool of blood pes the floor where he lay, e aight was a horrible one. A large axe, with an edge about fourteen inches in length— @ murderous-looking weapon—lay upon the chopping block covered with blood, A shovel, wit blado thrust into the pile of chopped meat, lay partly beneath the body. Reen was nowhere to be found, and it was, of course, naturally supposed that he had done the deed. The police were immediately informed of the affair and every available officer was put upon the search for Reen. Ail efforts were Haavaling, however, and he could not be found, No one of the pouige f mem- bered of ever having seen him, and thus entity and apprehension were matters of difficulty, About ten minutes before two o'clock, however, he came to the City Marshal's office, told who he was, and gave himself up. He was not at all communicative, and by advice of his counsel, Mr. E.G. Walker, said little. The City Marshal said to him, “What was the matter with you and Dennis?’ and he replied, “Nothis was the matter with us, I didn’t have any words with him.” He did not seem agitated, and showed neither guilt nor fear. le was immediately put into a cell and locked up, and re- mained there until last evening, when he was taken to the jail in East Cambridge, the conveniences of the Marshal’s office not being suitabie for his keep- i n is about five fect six inches in height, very strongly built and not very ean oh ee ing, Me le about Thirty-two years of aFe, ANd Was MakHiéd ashort time since. He is a native of Ireland, and only leg there about six months ago, The can eee man was also Irish by birth, but had been in this country quite a long time, and had been an employe at Forbush’s factory some time. He was about forty-five years of age, and leaves a wife and five children. He h the reputation of being a peaceable man; and, in fact, nelther of them had ever given the police any trouble. The wages of Keen were trustced a short time since by Cronan, and the matter was in court on Thurs- day. There seems hardly room for a doubt that Reen dealt Cronan the deadly blow, and it can be nothing but a cage of cold-blooded, premeditated murder. ‘The theory is very reasonable that there was tll-feel- ing on the part of ren toward the deceased, He brooded over tt, and while at work with Cronan yes- terday morning saw his chance for revenge while the latter was stooping over shovelling meat into the cauldron by his side, and with the axe already in hand was prompted to strike him ashe did. There could have been nojscuMe or struggle, or even angry words, or the noise would have attractea the attention of the men in the adjoining room. As it was they were not aware of the dreadful deed until some time after it had occurred, certainiy until Reen had plenty of time to escape. The murdered man when struck fell upon a pile of meat, which deadened the noise of his fall. He, of course, was instantly killed without uttering a groan ora word. Coroner Bradford was immediately noti- fied of the murder, and summoned a fay, who viewed the body and the surroundings of the horri- ble affair, and adjourned until nine o’clock this morning, When the inquest will be held. Hundreds of people visited the vicinity of the murder yester- day, and many tried unsuccessfully to get a look at the prisoner while confined at the station house. ‘The first witness was Albion Lord, who discovered the body of Cronan in the factory between eight and nine o’clock yesterday. The body was lying by the chopping block, and he immediately alarmed the men in the next room, who sald “it is Johnny,” a nickname Cronan had. The head was attached to the body by a small piece of flesh under the chin, The cleaver lay near by covered with blood, and with this ~ Serge snetocs mad ee wie not empioyed regu! in that room was takin, m3 place of another man, who was sick, fora day only. De Bancroft, who examined the body in the count- ing room, said that the body was warm, the head be- ing nearly severed from the trunk, the shin in front of the neck alone remaining. The spmal marrow, blood vessels, nerves and muscles were closed. The axe sed between the second and third vertebrie, racturing the right side of the lower jaw, ae haifan inch below the right ear, and an inch and a half below the left ear. The man must have died instantly. There were no other bruises. found the organs of the body perfectly healthy. There was probably but one blow given, while the deceased was in a stooping ition, Mr. Lord was recalled and stated that Cronan had evidently put one shovelful of suet into a basket he had, and the shovel was full of suet, Cronan having evidently been in the act of filling the basket. The usual Way was to empty the basket when full into the boiler. He did not know of Reene’s having visited the shop after the murder, and first heard of him after he surrendered himself to the City Marshal. Andrew Furbush, the proprietor of the fat factory wherein the murder occurred, was the next wit- ness—Cronan was in lis employ, and was perform- ing unusual work yesterday morning; the man who usually worked with Reene was not at work yester- day, and he put Cronap in his place; Cronan arrived at half-past five o’clock, and he toid him if Hickey, the sick man, did not appear, to go to work with Reene and “run & tallow kettle; Cronan said he did not want to work with Reene; Mr. Furbush told him there would be no troubie and advised him to say nothing to Reene; he told Cronan that if Hickey did not come and he did not want to work with Reene some of the other men would; witness had seen Reene before half-past five o'clock, and when Reene told him that Hickey had not come he ordered Reene to go to work chopping, and some other man would “run the botler;” he left Reene then, and the interview with Cronan followed; he left Cro- nan, and the latter went to do some chores, and the next time he saw him was when hts body was found near the block, as described by Mr. Lord; Cronan had been with him twelve years; he knew that trouble had existed between Reene and his sister (Cronan’s wife) more than between Reene and Cro- nan; Reene commenced to work for him two years ago last ap , and was engaged at the request of Cronan; Reene worked for him ever since; the first difficulty between the two nen commenced last spring, when they came into the counting room and asked the bookkeeper to reckon up how much s0 many weeks’ labor would amount to. The work was per- formed, and $5 @ week for Reene’s board at Cronan’s was taken out; it ap that Cronan owed Reene forty dollars, and went to hs house, got the money and gave it to Reene, with a sovercign Reene had given to Cronan’s littie boy; Mrs. Cronan was away at that time; after she got home Cronan told her what he had done, and it appeared that forty dollars in gold watch Cronan had sent to Ireland to defray Reene’s expenses to this country had not been reckoned in the above settlement; Mr. Cronan did not think of but his wife did; Mrs. Cronan also had a list of articles of clothing which she had ht for Reene; Mrs, Cronan said the forty dollars aid to Reene belonged to Cronan, as the forty dol- jars in gold sent to Ireland to Reene had never been refunded. Reene swore the forty dollars belonged to him, al after swear- ing at Mrs, Cronan his sister) and calling her foul names, he struck her in the face, giving her a black eye, which lasted a month; both were quick tempered; Mr. Furbush stopped Reene and prevent- ed Mra. Cronan from having Reene arrested; she was bound to have the forty dollars and threatened to prosecute Reene; the witness-had persuaded her all summer not to prosecute, and whenever he talked to Reene about it he got mad; Mr. Cronan would not have instituted the suit but for his wife; the proceed- ings were inaugurated about three or four weeks ago; the writ Was served on Friday and on the next day (Saturday) Reene aid not ask for money, ay he knew about the writ; on the next Friday Reene asked sor money and he paid him; that same night he found another writ, and found that Reene had received notice of the writ before Furbush, and got his money before Furbusit was aware that a second writ had been lasued; on the next week another writ was issued, and Keene was present then; Reene flew into a passion and wanted some money, and wituess offered to let him have some money on his next week's pay; Reene swore roundly and told what he had given Cronan’s chil- dre man told Keene to reckon up the value of hia gift# and he wouid take it ont of the money due to him: Keene swore he did notjorve hire anything and attempted to assault him, but Mr. Farbush prevented any quarrel there. (it was bere announced that the blood on the axe or cleaver must be analyzed, to see if it was humaa blood.) Mr. Furbush continued hia testimony—At the scene he had just described Keene said, “By G | you are trying to injure me, and I will have my revenge; Reene said he did aot mean Furbush, and left the inference that it was Kerman he meant; afier that there were no more trustee writs, the mat- ter having gone into court; Mr. Dickson was there when Reene made the threat; Cre did not say anything in repiy. Afterwards Cronan told Mr. Far- bush that he was afraid of Reene: Mr, Furbush was | io Boston when the murder occurred, and did not revrrn till ten 0% Oronan had told him that Reene was @ treacherous man and had & violent temper. One of two other witnesses were examined, bit thelr testimony Was mainly corruborative of that 3 al elicited. The jury then retired for a moment, and returned with the following verdict :—‘That the said Dennis Cronan came to his death on the fore- noon of December 4, 1868, about nine o'clock of the said forenoon, an axe held in the hands of one Dennis Reene, rwise called Dennis Ryan.’’ ‘The general nenyprennion, ia that Reene is guilty of the crime charged, but that it will a matter to prove his guilt. ARREST OF AN ESCAPED MUADERER IN BOSTON. Boston, Dec. 5, 1868, Shortly after three o’clock this morning oMcer George L. Shaw, of the Third police, and formerly a United States detective, with George 8. Bolton, City Marshal of Bangor, Me., arrested, at No. 96 Leverett street, @ man twenty-five yeara of age, named Howard A. Cleveland, on the c! of murdering a man sixty-five years old, named Warren George, in Bangor, Me., on the 14th day of November last. Lieutenant of the Seventh station, aided in finding Cleveland, and when arrested he was found in bed with his own sister, twenty years of age. Cleveland and his victim, George, lived together in @ amnall ho keeping ‘bachelor’s hall,’’ about five miles from the centre of the city of Bangor, and George had in his possession a considerable sum of money. The old man being missed, inquiries were made of Cleveland asto his whereabouts, to which he answered that George had gone to Bast Cambridge, where he had sisters living. Circum- stances led the inquirers to discredit the statements of Cleveland, and the fact of his disappearing two weeks ago induced the belief that George had been foully dealt with. Further in- quiries and search were made, the result of which was that last § Thursdi morning the dead boay of George, dressed in nis usual clothing, ‘was found concealed under the floor of the house in which the two parties lived, with a bullet wound in is heart. A bunch of keys, identified as belongipg to George, was found in possession of the mother of Cleveland, and she was arrested on suspicion of being accessory to the murder. On searching Cleveland after his arrest this morn- ing oficer Shaw found in his pocket a loaded se! cocking pistol and a watch, on the case of whict was oreered the name of a man residing in this city. leveland was given into tne oe agg of City Marshal Bolton, of Bangor, who left with his pris- oner for that city on the hall-past seven o'clock train this morning. MURDER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, The Murdered Body of Amos Kilton Found in a Solitary Place in the Town of Canaan. Concorp, N. H., Dec, 4, 1868, The body of Amos Kilton, of Dorchester, who dis- appeared mysteriously on the 34 day of last month, was found im Canaan this morning in an 5: unfreqnented field some distance irom the railroad station. His throat was cut in 8 most shocking manner and theré were othe! marks of violence, all tending to show that he was foully murdered. The last account of the deceased was on the day of the Prest- dential election, when he went to Canaan and disposed of a load of butter and started back toward his home. ‘It is supposed that he was killed for his money, although it {s reported that he left his butter to be sold on commission. If that was the case he ties aid aot rave much Bioney. with Lie <ilton Was & well-to-do farmer, and was not laborin, Stig Peat Ane fae AS has been reported. On the day of his disappearance he stated that he was not well, but there was nothing unusual in his appearance, e Bad affair has caused much excitement in Canaan and vicinity, and all possible efforts will be made for the discovery of the murderer, THE YOUNG MURDER IN INDIANA, A Little War on the Napoleon Plan in In- diann—Arrest and Punishment of Newe- paper Reporters. (Indianapolis, 5 (Dec. 3), correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial.} This city was considerably excited during the day over the struggle. between the editors of the Daiiy a od THE NEW MINISTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Below we give sketches of the gentiemen which the London Times states will comprise the new Cabinet Ministers of Great Britain. It is need- ess, of course, to state that all are liberal in politics and that they have for many years taken a prominent part in the political affairs of their coun- try:— RIGHT HON. WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, PRIME MINISTER. ' The subject of this sketch is the fourth son of the late Sir John Gladstone, and was born at Liverpool on the 29th of December, 1809, He received his edu- cation at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, whence he graduated in 1831. After spending some months on the Continent he returned to England during De- cember, 1832, became a conservative candidate for Parliament for Newark, and was elected Just at the time when the struggle between the two parties was at its height. He socom attracted the notice of Sir Robert Peel, and in 1834 was by him appointed to a junior lordship of the ‘Treasury, and in 1835 Under Secretary for Colonial Affairs, In & few months, however, Mr. Gladstone retired from office and went into the opposition until Sir Robert Peel's return to power, in 1841, when. he was made Vice President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint and sworn a member of the Privy Council, In 1843 he became President of the Bogrd of Trade and in 1846 Secretary of State for the: Colonies. During the same year he resigned his seat for Newark, and at the general election in 1847 was elected for the University of Oxford. Upon the ques- tions of university reforms and the removal of Jew- ish disabilities, which were agitated in the Parlia- ment of 1847-52, he took an active part, and for his opposition to the tories on these measures broke loose from his party, and declined to accept office under the first administration of the Earl of Derby. After a severe struggle Mr. Gladstone was re- elected for the University of Oxford at the gene- ral election in 1852, and upon the formation of the coalition Ministry under the Earl of Aberdeen became Chancellor of the Exchequer. Upon the re- construction of the Ministry under Lord Palmerston, in 1855, he remained in office for a brief while and then resigned, continuing, however, to give the Premter an independent support. In the winter of 1858-9 he’ went on a special mission to the Ionian Islands; in‘ 1859 he again became Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Palmerston, At the general election in’ 1859 Mr. Gladstone was defeated for Oxford, but re- turned for South Lancashire. After the death of Lord Palmerston he became the liberal leader tn the House of Commons, remaining Chancellor of the Exchequer under Earl Russell’s second administration, Durin; the session of 1866 he brought in the Reform bill an: the government being defeated on June 18 all the. ministers, himself included, resigned. He ther assjumed the position of leader of the oppo- sition to Earl Derby’s last Ministry, and after the accession of Mr. Disraeli to the Premiership intro- duced the bill to disestabiish the Irish Church. The! severe political contest which followed is of toot recent occurrence to need recapitulation. The de- feat of the conservatives at the general election just concluded influenced Mr, Disracli to resign, and the Queen immediately appointed Mr. Gladstone Prime mister. THE EARL OF CLARENDON, FOREIGN SECRETARY. ‘The Right tron. George William Frederick Villers, K. G., G. CG. B., P. C., &¢., sald to be appointed Secre- tary of State for the Foreign Departinent, was born on the 12th of January, 1800, He entered tnto public service while quite a young man. From 1833 to 1839 he was Minister Pieninotentiary to Madrid and became a Privy Councillor in 1841, From 1839 Journal and Sentinel on the one side and Judge Chapman, of the Criminal Court, on the other, growing out of the publication of the testimony m the Young murder trial, now m progress in this city. The Judge ordered the pepers not to publish it. The papers did publisif it, and this morning the Judge arrested the reporters of the Journal and Sentinel and fined them twenty- five dollars each. He then issued attachments for the editors of the Journal and Sentinel. They appeared, and it sopeered that the Judge was going to try them, without any complaint having been filed against them. The editors demurred to such a pro- ceeding, as the Court could have no judicial know- ledge of this contempt. They were discharged; but ina few moments an affidavit was prepared and attachments were again issued. But one of the edi- tors was found, and the proceedings were postponed until to-morrow. ‘The whole city is excited at the conduct of the Court in forbidding the publication of the testi- mony, and the belief is rapidly gaining ground that the case is to be smuggl irony, and the accused acquitted, through the influence df money. The Judge ordered all of the reporters of the city papers mm the room, but they will nevertheless appear to-morrow with full reports of to-day’s pro- ceed! id ‘The evidence adduced by the State to-day is as follows:—The pawnbroker of whom the gun found at the scene of the murder was purchased identifies Abrams asthe man who purchased the gun -of him on the Saturday morning before the murder, which hid committed late Saturday afternoon, Septem- r 12, A little girl, clerking in astore kept by her mother, identifies Abrams asthe man who called, on the Saturday mentioned, at their store for a gun, and was directed by her to the pawnbroker’s establisiment. She picked Abrams out from among the prisouers in the jail although she had not seen him before. Amerchant who had sold goods to Mra. Clem on the fatal Saturday, but in the forenoon, and a)so on the Monday morning following the murder, testifies to noticing nothing remarkable im her appearance on Monday, and to her general good character. Alivery stable keeper testifies to hiring a horse and buggy to Hartman, one of the prisoners, on Saturday afternoon, and to its being brought in late, the horse having been driven very hard. Hartman is a brother of Mrs. Clem. It was also shown by two witnesses that the hind shoes worn by the mare exactly fitted the tracks of the animal that had been hitched some distance off from the acene of the murder. Another witness testifies to having met Hartman 1m a buggy, with another person, on Friday, the day before the murder, near the spot where the murder was committed, and thinks the man was Abrains, but does not say positively. ANOTHER RAILROAD SLAUGHTER. Collision of a Freight Train on the Fitchburg Railroad—A Conductor Burned to Death. Boston, Dec. 6, 1868. The freight train which left Fitchburg last ni about six o'clock parted when a short distance t! hit side of that place, and the loss of the hind cars was not noticed for some time, as it was very dark. When the engineer and conductor discovered the loss of # part of the train the engine and accompanying cars were stopped. The rear portion of the train, how- ever, came on at a farious rate, it being down grade. The engineer attempted to start up, and in his haste the train again parted, anes a portion of it on the track. The rear portion crashed into these standing cars (which were tank cars filled with oil), and five of them were made a perfect wreck. The conductor, Foseph Hobbs, was standing on the other track at the time and the terrific collision covered him with rubbish and oil, and at the same time broke his lantern, igniting the sea of ofl in an instant. With a terrific explosion the tanks blew up and the fire was thrown in a flood for many FS around, Mr. Hobbs attempted to save himself by strippin off his oil-saturated clothing, but befgre help reached him he was burned almost beyond recognition. The brakemen Wrapped him in their coats and extin- ‘uished the flames, and he lived about four hours. r. Hobbs has @ mother and sister in Somerville, who will deeply fee! the loss of their brother and protector, The rubbish of the train was cleared away So that trains passed as usual this forenoon. FATAL CASES OF SUFFOCATION. Two Men Smothered to Death in a Beer Vat. {From the Syracuse Journal, Dec. 4.) Our citizens were startled last evening by port that two men had been drowned in a vi at Greenway’s brewery, on Water street. Upon im- quiry we learn the following particulars of a sad ac- cident, which resulted tn t eath of two of the employés of that establishment:—On Tuesday last one of the large fermenting tubs or vats was filed with beer, and while engaged in ascertaining the temperature of the Iiquor preparatory to adding the yeast, Mr, Edward Hancock, whose business it was lo attend to this process in beer making, acciden- tally dropped a thermometer into the Vat. Yes terday ahernoon, between two and three o'clock, the vat was drawn off. Shortly after five o'clock Mr, Hancock placed a jadder in the vat and started down it after the thermometer dropped by him on the Tuesday previous. When part way down he was heard tocall out and fall to the bottom of the vat. Hearing the cry and the fall aad suspecting Mr. Hancock had been overcome by the carbonic acid was which is produced by the fermenting process, Mr. Dennis Deianey, a ie employe, gave the ala’m and also sent word to the office, and it is sup. posed started immediately afterwards down the lad- der to rescue Mr, Hancock. Mr. Delaney's cries brought to the spot the engineer, Mr. Joseph Gang, who started down the ladder and = suc ceeded in getting hold of Mr. Delaney, when, fecling himself being overcome by the gas, held his }reath and starved up the ladder, the top of which he succeeded in reaching just in time to be rescued by the employes, Who, to a considerable number, had at that instant reached the spot. Mr. Gang was nearly exhausted, and the effects of the gas produced temporary blindness, from which he has now recovered. On receiving notice of the occurrence at the office Mr, fi. E._ Brewster, snatched a rope and started for the fermenting room, where he arrived just in time to assist in the re of Mr. Gang. No little didicuity rienced in keeping the excited emplo: whom were very well acquainted with the ef of the deadly gas, from going dowa the jadder to the men. In less time than it takes to narrate the Jacts @ slipnoose was made in the end of a roj and by the aid of a boat hook the noose was got around the feet of the two men, ant they ere to 1841 he held the position of Lord Privy Seal and, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and in 1846 became President of the Board of Trade. During the ensuing year he was Sppolnben Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, which position he held until 1852. In 1843 he became Secretary for Foreign! Atfairs, and held that office durmg the administra- tions of Lord Aberdeen, Earl Derby and Lord Paimer- ston, retiring with the latter in 1868. In 1864 he! entered office with Lord Palmerston’s second adinin- istration, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas- ter (4864) and next as Foreign Secretary (1865), hold-* ing the latter oftice under Earl Russeil and retiring with him in June, 1866, Since writing the foregoing sketch a cable telegramt announces that Mr. Bright is reported to have insisted upon the appointment of the Earl of Am- berly to. the offi ‘oreign Secretary, and that it is prol ie his demand will be conceded to. This, however, being @ mere report, we must consider the Earl of Clarendon the appomtee until further tatel- ligence arrives. RIGHT HON. ROBERT LOWE, CHANCELLOR OF THB EXCHEQUER. This gentleman was born in Bingham in 1811 and was educated at Winchester and at University Col- lege, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1833. In 1535 he was elected Fellow of Magdalen and was ap- pointed a private tutor at Oxford. During the year 1842 he was admitted to the bar and removed to Australia, where he practised his profession with great success, Here he also held prominent official Se being a member of the Volonial Council, mM 18433 to 1550, and subsequently elected a mem- ber for Sydney. He returned to England in 1852 and during tie following year became one of the Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control; in 1855 Vice President of the Board of Trade and Paymaster neral. On the accession to power of Lord Derby, im 1858, Mr. Lowe retired from otlice and has held no rominent position under the government since. fo July, 1862, he was elected to Parliament for Kid- derminster and for Caine in 1859. Although a mem- ber of the liberal party Mr. Lowe opposed the Reform bul recently passed with great bitterness and force, and @ collection of hia speeches on this question was published in 1867. JOUN BRIGHT, SKCRETARY OF STATR FOR INDIA. Probably no conspicuous Englishman’s history is so well known to the people of the United States as that of Mr. John Bright. He was born near Rochdale in 1811, and is a prominent manufacturer of his native place. In 1839 he first became dia- tinguished im politics by his opposition to the Corn laws, and was one of the earliest members of the League Which finally obiained their repeal. In April, 1843, he became a candidate for Parliament for Durham and was defeated, but was elected for the same place in July following. Immediately upon taking his seat he became @ prominent member, and Pein his associates rather feared his advanced views it was soon perceived that he would become one of the most influential members of their party. At the general election in 1862 Mr. Bright was elected for Manchester, but in 1857 was defeated for the same place on account of bis opposition to the Crimean war. A few months subsequently, how- ever, he was returned and has the seat for Manchester ever since. In ao brief sketch, such as this is, it is impossible to give the history of Mr. Bright's career in full. During our recent civil war he was one of the warmest nds of the United States, as indeed he has ever been. A cable despatch gives a report that he has peremp- tortly declined the Seretaryship of India. RIGHT HON. EDWARD CARDWELL, SECRETARY OF WAR. . Cardwell is a lawyer by profession and was borh in 1813. He received his education at Win- chester and Ballol College, Oxford, and after his ad- mission to the bar in 1838 entered into political life, In 1842 he was elected Member of Parliament for Ciitheroe and supported Sir Kobert Peel in the firan- cial questions of 1546. During the year following he Was elected for Liverpool, in July, 1852, was de- feated for the same seat, but in December follow was elected for Oxford city. Excepting in 1867, when he was defeated at the general election, but returned @ few months after, Mr. Cardwell has repre- senied Oxford city ever since. In 1845 he was - retury of the Treasury, Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1559, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1861 and Secreiary for the Colonies from 1864 to 1866, when he retired with Earl Russell. JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, SOLICITOR GENFRAL. The new Solicitor General is the oldest son of Sir John Taylor Coleridge and was born in 1821. He was educated at Eton, ‘ame & scholar of Raliol Col- lege, and was subsequently fellow of Exeter Jollege, Oxford, In 1847 he was admitted to the bar, wi made Recorder of Falmouth in 1855 and Queer Counsel in 1861. In July, 1864, Mr. Coleridge wag a candidate for Parliament for Exeter, and although defeated then was elected for that piace at the gen- eral election held during the following year, He has represented Exeter ever since. RIGHT HON. CHICHESTER SAMUEL PARKINSON FOR- TR CHIRF SKORETARY FOR IRELAND, Mr. Fortescue was born in 1823, and is a younger brother and heir presumptive to Lord Clermont. He received his education at Christ Charch, Oxford, graduating with high honors in 1844. In 1847 he was elected to Parliament for the county of Louth; from 1864 to 1565 was an Irish Lord of the ‘Treasury, in 1867 became Under Secretary of State for the jonies, under Lord Palmerston, Excepting a brief bertod during 1868-9 he hetd this position antil 1965, when he was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, from which odice he retired wit Earl Russell in 1866, Two years previous (1864) Mr. Fortescue be- came a privy councilor. MUGH CULLING RARDLEY CHILDERS, FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY. This Cabinet Minister is a native of London, where he was born in June, 1827. After hia cra- duation at Trinity College in 1850 he went to Australia, where he held prominent positions uncer the colonial government for seven years. Returaing to England he entered political life, and in Ls69 was defeated for Parifament for Pontefract. Ou petition, however, he unseated his opponent and at tire elec tion in the following February was retarned. In 1864 he became a Lord of the Kamiratty, £0 that he brings tome experience to his new offic. Mr. Chil- ps Dk enue peaee Secretary of the ves sur, i, and reti upon the acceszion tu powe! of Word Derby iu 18 ‘iy ART RUSSELT. The despatch from London states that “ari Russelt will have @ seat in the new Cabinet wiirout a port- folio, For fifty-five years this noblemut has beea drawn from the vat. Both were quite time of taking them out, and, from the st ie gas, DO doubt were kiilod at Wie Orst breat prominently connected with Britieit polities. After holding numerous prominent pysitions he became Prime Minister in i$44, and mal in office until 1852. On the death of fo Prin eretor 1 1865 Kart Russell agata became Caief of State, but was de- feated in 1866 on the Neform bill question and forced to retire, His public his ory is so well known to the Ttitig country thas & Mrthar aeons is One people becessary.