The New York Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1869, Page 4

é EUROP E. Premier Gladstone on the Position of Great Britain and the Situation in Ireland. George Peabody’s Memoriam in Guildhall. M, Ledru Rollin on French Legislative Repre- sentation and Popular Rights. Financial Dxhbibit and Taxation in England and Germany. The Inman steamship City of Washington, Captain Jones, which left Liverpool on the lith and Queens. town the 12th of November arrived at this port yes- terday mo: , bringing our special correspondence and @ mail report, in deb of our cable telegrams from Europe, dated to her day of sailing from Ire- land. bs Rear Admiral Warden, R. N., Commander-in-Chtet ~* sbe Irish station, died at Queenstown, November 11, of typhus fever, after sixteen days’ illness, The deceased officer acceded to the command in January last. The London Times notices that the annual report ofthe Hudson Bay Company states that as the re- turns of the trade show a falling off the board can- notrecommend au interim division of more than four shillings per share in connection with the trans- fer of the companies’ territories to the Dominion of Canada. Itis understood, says the London Times, that on or before the Ist of December £300,000 will be paid to the credit of the company atthe Bank of England. Upon the receipt thereof a deed of surrender will be executed, reserving a , Specified amount of land round the posts and fac- tories, and the right of setecting by lot one-twen- tieth of the land that may from tme to time be set Out for seitiement within the fertile belt by the Canadian government. The London Herald, of the 11th of November, Bays:— It 18 feared that the losses in the corn trade through the depreciation in prices will lead to some commercial a1 The Loudon Times takes advantage of King Victor Emanuei’s conva ence to read him a homily on the duty of mending his ways and making his pri- vate life as worthy of respect as his public conduct, Of laie, it says, his virtues as a King have been lost Sight of in consideration of bis tailings as a man. When the Sovereign amuses himself, too, it is the people who ust pay the costs; and those who would have cared little for the King’s sins grumbled as they perceived it was for them to bear the penaity. Ip the worst days of national distress Victor Emanuel liad agg aad again had to ask for an increase of ile civil lists his debts had again and again to be wiped ont by a parliamentary vote, and it was from sleer lavishuess wo unworthy minions thatthe Kuz had to draw so deeply on the public Durse. It was to close his court to respectable peo- Pie, and to set to his sons an exampie which they Would be tov sure to tollow."? A letter from Berlin, in the Allgemeine Zeitung, gives some interesting particuiars about the health of Count Bismarck, thus:—“The state- ment lately made by the semi-official papers that a constant us® of the Carlsbad waters had caused a considerabie improvement in the Count’s Lewlth is by no means confirmed. On tne contrary cording to the last pews from Varzin, he has lately become much worse.” The correspond- ent adds that the Count suffers greatly from sleep- Tessuess, Which has so suattered his nervous system that the slighicst excitement produces an effusion of Due, ough the physicians do not fear any im- mediate danger to the Count’s life, yet they consider it their duty to oppose in the most decided wanner his ievurn io Ber The Pall Mall Gaz Dr. Cumming, tte of November 11 8 y8:— who 18 not going to Ro Liverpool a eon luesday night what he would have done sui d bad Vope been cis enougn vo Invite h would amoug otner things have propounded n¢ many questions which would have puzz.ed au tie cardinals, patriarchs, 1 bishops aud iops, with tue Holy Father at their Bead, to auswer. One arguiment which the Docvor Was preparea to w touching the ciaims of tne Roman Catholic Church to veneration on account of its antiquity may be given asa sample. He would have admitted the Roman Church to be very old, but would have denied that It 13 old enougli to be true. “Sin is very old, and the devii is very oid; but holiness and trutu are older stil.’? Sir Gulling Eardley, charged with fraud in London, has been discharged. The prosecutor declined to yo to any further expense. The game laws of England are becoming a more fruitful source of outrage than the land laws in Ire- land. On the 1ith of November a farmer jiving near Warrington was shot dead in his cart, and It is sup- Posed that he nad fallen a victim to the resentment of poach The condition of the St. Pancras Workhouse, Lon- don, presonted a fearful picture of the manner in Which the English poor laws are administered. The ‘Workhouse is overcrowded, especially the hospital and infirmary wards, the guardians belug unwilling to incur Lhe expense of extending the buildings, and the result is that a large number of paupers have died “for want of sufficient air and space, being lite- rally powoned by the vitiated atmosphere of the es- tablisiment.” The London Times encourages the Ministry to pro- ceed tn their Irish policy and adduces examples to show that every successive improvement in the social condition of Ireland has been followed by a Sensible detachment of section after section trom the ranks of the disaffected; but, “fruitful or not as May be the labors, it 1s their duty to address them- selves to the task of removing from the administra- tion of Ireland all occasion of just complainw” Mme. Patti left Paris Saturday evening, November 6, for St. Petersburg. General Changarnier wrote the following letter to the Liberté, of Paria, from Autun:— in one of your late articles you speak of my falling heaith. I will thank you to state in an early number, In order to reassure such of your readers 48 take an interest in me, that for the last forty years I have not had any serious indisposiuon, and that I have still great confidence in my robust constitution. Prince Henri de Bourbon and his son, the Duke of Seville, left Paris for Madrid. The Princess Marie Czartoryska, nee Countess Grocholska, a Widow of Prince Witold, is about to enter a religious house of the Order of the Carmel. ites, Marshal Regnault de Saint-Jean d’Angely left Paris for Cannes, to pass the winter. Prince de Metternich’s health was considered as quite restored. He left the residence of Kobertsau to pass some days at Schoppenwihr (Upper Rhine), The following telegram was received iu London November 10:— Cable (Indo-European) throughout, Tests excellent. The Opmion Nationale of Paris contains the fol- towing:— We learn from a source which we have every rea- Bon to believe trustworthy ilat the wretched ass- win of Pantin, pressed by questions, and perhaps tired of struggitng against the ovemyhelming charges weighing upon him, has made a 1fll confes- gion. He alone is gulity. ENGLAND. BusHIRE, Nov. 6—10 P. M. Premier Gladstone’s Speech on the Situation at Home and Abrond—Diplomacy and Feel- ing Towards the United States—George Peabody’s Memory. (From the London Times, Nov. 10.) Yesterday being the uime-honored 9th of Novem- ‘ber Alderman Besley, the Lord Mayor elect, went trom Guildhall to Westminster wita all the’ accus- tomed pomp, and, escorted by the retiring Chief Megisteate of the city (now Sir James Clarke Law- rence, Bart.), the members of the Court of Alder- mien, the Sheriffs and che Under sherits and all the hush officers of the Corporation oi the city of Lon- Go \, tobe presented to the tarons of the Exche- guer, in accordance with 1 norial usare, Une 7 .e most Lord Mayor's day Weather was at first Uniavorgole, The Aivic proce-sion was marshailed Mu wadrenching rain; but that paving apace, the FC Of Lhe day Was, for November, propitious upon thc whole, du tue evening the laaugural banquet was given e NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs in Guildhall, where covers were laid for 820 guests. ‘The decorations and all the appointments of the feast were on a scale of at magnificence and orilitancy. The Court of FY ony was fitted up a8 a@ reception room, where the company were received by the Lord Mayor, and presented to the Lady Mayoress. The company began to arrive soon after the return of the proces- sion from Westminster; but tt was near six o'clock before any of te more distinguished guests were announced. Of her Majesty's Ministers the Lord Chanceller was the first to arrive, Hus lordship was accompanied by Lady Hatherley, and was most cor- diaily recetved. fhe Premier, Who was accompanied by Mrs. and Miss M, Gladstone, was mosé enthusias- tically cheered. Earl De Grey and Ripon, Mr. Card- well, Mr. Childers and the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer were also received with loud cheers. Dinner was announced at a quarter to seven, when the procession of the civic tunctionaries, the Minis- ters of Stave with their ladies, the judges, aldermen and principal guests, heralded by the trumpeters, moved round tie hall, the Lord Mayor leading lady Hatherley, the Lord Chancellor the Lady Mayoress, the late Lord Mayor Mrs, Gladstone and the Premier the late Lady Mayoress to their seats at the upper table, Alter dinner the Lorp Mayor proposed “The Health of the Foreign Mintsters,’? coupling the toast with the name of the Honduras Minister, The HONDURAS MiNISTER, IN an eloquent speech, returned thanks, The Lory Mayor said:—My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen—In proposing “I'he Healt. of Her Ma- Jesty’s Ministers,” let me remind you that the citi- zens of London are at all times accustomed to give a hearty welcome to the memoers of the govern- ment, irrespective of party feeling. (Cheers) ‘The hearty reception by the citizens of the members of the governm nt, whoever tuey may be, 1s the defer eace which Loadon pays to order and coastivutueonal right. (Cheers.) My political sympathies are well known. I never obtrude them, I never disguise them. But on this occasion I feel that you will allow me to express tite sincere gratification It gives me to have the opportunity of extending our civic hos- pitality co the government of Mr. Gladstone. (Loud cheers.) We meet him not only with the shaktug of hands, bat wich the greeting of hearts. Mr. GLADSTONE, Who Was received with prolonged cheering, said:—My Lord Mayer, my Lords, Ladies and Gentlomen—On the part of my colieagues and on my own part I return you alike our most respect- ful and our most grateful thanks forthe honor you ) have just been pleased to pay us in drinking our beaiths to-night. And be assured that we wel! com- prenend the capacity in which we are here received, each as a free citizen of this city and empire, indulg- ing and maimtaiuing his own political convictions, Whacever those convictions tay be, never ceasing to recognize the broad and common ground on which we stand as Englishwien alike attached to the laws and throne of our country. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, tt i8 @ great encouragement to us m the course of our weighty duties to meet you on these occasions, We stand here atthe very heart of the nauon’s life, and in receiving expressions of your s/mpathy, in being bid God speed by you, we rout in these expressions which proceed trom you am omen and an indication of a com- mon sentiment which we Know pervades the jand, and we recetve your voice as if tt were the voice of the kingdom at large. (Cheers.) And be assured, my Lord Mayor and gentiemen, i do aot exaggerate when [ stave that those who fill the omices wi i we have the honor to hold have need, and increasing need, of that encouragement. Whatever the progress of modern civilization, What- ever its trumpls—and | am not undervaluing un this eflect at least it has not had, and 1s not likely to have in our days or in the days of our chil- dren, that of hghtenmg the Task of responsible gov- ernment, On tue contrary, a8 the standard of ideas and wants 1s raised so are raised and extended tie demands on those wise ofice tt is to endeavor to give such shape to jegisianonu and policy as may tend im some degree to enable it to correspond with \iat elevated stundard, kvery sociai exigency in- ase3 Upon us ln urgency and tn multpiicity, and, independent of exwacrdinary exeruons, we shal. always have to rely largely and yet more largely on the inte.ligent judgment of our couutry- men to give heart and energy to our efforts and co pardon aud forgive our constant shortcomings. My Lord Mayor, you have been told, and told truly, by my noble and learned friend near me, of that complete and perfect | harmony and unity which pervade the minds of those among Whom We live, and it is a satisiaction and comfort to think that in this isiand, of which nearly the whole of us are natives, but one senti- ment prevails witn respect to the Sovereign, the laws and the institutions of the country. (Cheers.) But do pot let us seek a false consolation in bind- ing ourselves to that; let us buc cross the Channel towards that Island with which we have been so long united in political and legislative bonds, and to wuich we are bound by all the most sacred obliga- tions, and how meiancholy it is that, in tne face of tus ‘great assemblage, 1 the face of those repre- sentatives of loreign countries whose commeuda- tions of us have been 80 eloquently expressed to- night, we should be compelied to coftess that in ire- land, which we have governed for several hun- dred years, over which we have exercised at every period aimost an unbounded power, we have noc yet fuillied the very first condition of a eiyilized and weil-conditioned community, and have not yet brougit the peopie’s heart into harmony with our laws and institutions. That 1s the simple fact which leads me to feel warranted in saying that as all governments must rely on your encouragement and beg your forbearance, we must above all tender to you this requisition, We have been called to office in connection with that important crisis in the atfairs of Ireland, that crisis in which the mind of tne people of this country is now addressed more seriously than perhaps it ever was before towards dealing with that problem, and making manful and resolute endeavors to see Whether it may not at last be in our power to put an end to that waich has beeu the opprobrium, the speck on the fair fame of this country in the sight of the world for so many generations. In Ireland, my Lord Mayor—we must hot disguise it—we perceive a state of society po- luticaily sed, @ people of noble capacity, of qu susceptibilities, Whose heart, notwithstanding, tn too many cases, does not beat with that warm and lively attachment either to the other united country or to the name and voice of authoritative law, which we so tamiitarly and so gladly recognize On tunis side of the Channel. Now, my Lord Mayor, painful a8 it 18 to confess—but I think if English: men have @ merit it is that they never seek to hide what is faulty in their condition either from them- selves or others—painful as it is to confess it, we are bound to coniess that even this very year has been marked in Ireland by a sad augmentation of those agrarian outrages which, occurring as they do ina country singularly free from a general tendency to crime, acquire a painful notoriety, and strike at the heart of nglishmen adeadly chill. What may be the cause of this increase of outrage tt might be premature and it would be disficult to say; but one thing | know, and | would that [I could convey it to the minds of those who are connected with those sad atrocities, Let not those who perpetrate them suppose that that is the path by which they are to attain success or legislation (lond cheers) for the removal of griev- ances. On the contrary, every one who lifts his hand to harm his neighbor in Ireland at this mo- tis not only, as he always was, merely guilty before God and man, buthe is, before all things, and aoove ail things, the enemy of the best interests of his country. (Loud and continued cheers.) My Lord Mayor, we are glad aud thankful to be cheered on by you in what ali must feel to be a noble task, wiule we do not disguise our inadequacy to its due performauce—namely, the endeavor to give to this country that strength and unity which in a large portion of the community it already possesses, but tw which we have still to deplore, in considerable part, Ireland suill forms 4 dread and melancholy ex- ception. For thateud we shail labor, encouraged and cheered by the generous support we have re- ceived at the hands of our fellow countrymen. (Loud cheers.) Such ts our task at home; and one word | must say of our task abroad; tor it 1g among the most interesting characteristics of this extraor- dimary age that the heart of the human race in all portions of the world acknowledges mutual sympatiies quicker and more powerful than has been known at any former time—that strengthening of the tie of interest which grows up from commerce and from speedy and almost instantaneous commu- nication does not end in the creation of wealta, but constitutes on every hand a thousand ties of friendiy relations, and, though slowly, 1s steadily conducting 4 noble process, establishmg in a greater degree than heretofore sentiments of protherliood among the scattered members of the haman family, and, therefore, it Is Idie to say, as is sometimes said, that foreign policy 18 a subject of small interest to Eng- land. Impertinent interference I trust we shail avrays avoid; ameddiesome and ambitious desire for influence | trust we shall always forswear; but sentiments of trac brotherhood to those countries with which we are united by so many friendiy ues every Minister is bound to cuitivate, and I wonid not in the face of an assembly of Englishinen to them, Happily, we are dispensed in our with the world trom propagating any schemes, for the best of uli reasons that we have none to propagate; but, with- out arrogating influence, I think we are bound on every occasion that may offer to muke every effort towards composing tose differ- ences and allaying those disturbances which may arise in different portions of the world; and I re- Joice to think that, On more than one occasion since his return to office, my noble friend who holds the Seals of the Foreign Orice has nad the satisfaction of receiving the liberal and handsome acknowledg- ments Of foreign governments for the usefal contri- butions be lias made towards the accommodation of their relations. One exception, perhaps—one par- tial erception—I ought to name. It is an exception of the Med ah interest, J rejer to our relations with the United States, ut there is no occasion, my Lord Mayor, that | should refer to those relations in any terms except those of peace and concord. (Cheers.) Were | tempted to depart from that iriendly strain | should, inaeed, ve admonished to Judge more correctly aud tospeak more wisely by an event which has happened in the city in the course of the last few days. Your quick associations will outrun my allusions. ou will know that 1 refer to the death of Mr. Peabody, a man whose splendid benefactions—which, _in- deed, secure the immortality of his name ta that which he regarded as lis old mother country, but which, likewise, in a broader view, ts applicable to ai humanity—taught us in this commercial age, which has witnessed the construction of so many colossal fortunes, av once the noblest and most need{ulof ali \essons—namely, he has shown us how & man can be the master of his wealth nevead of betng its slave. (Cheers.)And, my Lord Mayor,io0st touching 1t1# to know, a8 | have learned, that while, peruaps, some might think he had been'unhappy in dying in @ foreign land, yel, 80 Were his affections divided between the land of his bitti and the home or his early ancestors, that that wiich had been hws fond Wish bas indeed been realized—that he might be buried in America, but that it tigot please God to ordain that he sould die in Engiaad. (Cheers) My Lord Mayor, with the country v/ sir, Peabody we are not likely W quarrel. (Loud cheers.) Ita true, indeed, that the care and skill of diplomacy, anunated by the purest and most upright Satine, though they have not imperiled, yet have fatlod lead to @ final issue at this moment the tangled questions of law that have been in discussion between the two countries; but the very delay that has takeu piace, instead of being a delay tending to anger, as been @ delay promoted by kindred good will and by the bellef that the intervention of & limited time may be likely to obviate any remaining diticulty, (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, I speak wita confluence in anticipating that that which the whole world would view with horror and amaze- ment—namely, & parricidal strife between England and America—ts above all things the most unlikely to grow out of this state of aifuirs, My confidence is, in the drst piace, in the sentiment which { know antmates the government of the United States as well as our own, it 13 in the sentiment which we believe to pervar the mind of the people of these two great countries; and permit me to add I have yet another source of confidence, connected with some of those changes which we are witnessing in the age in which we live. I mean this change in particular, that as in every country there hag loag been, and espe- clally in the best governed countries, not only aforve of law, but also of opinion that has tended to restrain it, 30 with the augmenting Intercourse of nations there is now growing up What I may term an imer- national opinion, a standard of international con- duct higher than the standard which a particular nation sets up for itself, and to which it becomes more and more from year to year as we live neces- sary taat each country should ‘conform consistently with the rights and duties of the whole mass ot the civilized community of the world. I know of no change, not evea in connection with railways and telegraphs—I Know of no change in the whole of the material and moral developments which we have witnessed In our me more beneficial to mankind than that moral authority of all nations over each nation, aud depend upon it there is no greater guar- antee for the permanent good order of society. My Lord Mayvr, before sitting down I have a task to perform which is in the highest degree picasing and satisfactory to me. I have to ask this company to driak to the health of its representative chief magistrate. Lask you as citizens of London to re- cognize both in the person of the Lord Mayor whom you have chosen and in hia situation a rere, object tor your respeciful acknowledgment, And have particular sutisfaction in discharging myself of an oitice which has been committea by her Majesty to my unworthy hands, All your memories are tull of the great celebration of Saturday, and | have received @ special commission from the Queen to state to the Lord Mayor and the citizens of Lon- don that no words could be too strong to convey to their minds the gratification which she has derivea from the magnificent reception—as she has been Pleased to terin tt—that you gave to her on the oc- casion of her visit to this ancient and loyal city. I well know how these sentiments will call forth an echo from*the breast of every one or you. I rejoice to think that I have the hee of proposing the health of the chief magistrate of this the most an cient and the greatest corporation of the worid, not only on the solemn day of its annual festival, but at the very moment when tt has had an opportunity of displaying its loyalty in the best possible form, by rendering homage to one of the best and most beneficent sovereigns that ever occupied the throne of this or any other country. (Loud cheers.) I give you “Tne Health of the Lord Mayor.” (Cheers.) The Income Tax Revenue and Personal Resources—Solid Wealth of the United Kingdom. ‘The British journais in their analysis of the income tax revenue returns of the government show that year after year in the Kingdom the number of per- sons charged to the tax under schedule D, the sched- ule for profits of professions, trades and employ- ments, becomes larger and larger, and the incomes charged with the tax are greater and greater. In the three financial years ending respectively on the 5th of April, 1865, 1386 And 1867, the number of per- sons charged under this schedule in England (in- cluding Wales) was 207,181 310,835, and 325,264 re- spectively; in Scotland, 35,250, 36,275 and 38,689; in Ireland, 18,081, 11,699 and 19,409, making the total for the United Kingdom in the three years 350,512, 365,809 and 388,452 respectively. The total amount of income charged with the tax under this schedule in the three years—in England was £95,636,761, £103,908,302 and £94,492,643 respectively; In Scot- land, £9,799,026, £10,942,857 and £11,036,526; in Ireland, £4,669,979, £5,286,636 and £5,406,368, making the totals for the United Kingdom in the three years £110,105,766, £120,147,695 and $110,935,527 respec tuvely. The decrease in the amount charged with the tax in 1863 is an apparent decrease, arising from the course first adopted in that year of exciud- ing from this return the income of public companies, &c., and restricting it to incomes of individual per- sons. ‘The income charged with the tax, but thus excluded from this return for the financial year 1865-67, amounted to £13,362,908 in England, £1,004,975 in Scotland, £520,097 in Ireland, being £14,887,980 for the United Kingdom, so that the imcome charged with the tax in 1366-67 was greater than that charged in either of the two precedin: years, and amounted to £107,855,551 in England, £12,041,501 in Scotland, £5,926,455 1m Ireland, making £125,323,507 for the United Kingdom, besides £32,229,121, the income of — ratiway: mines, iron works, c., transferred in au Since the year 1866-67 trom schedule A to schedule D, But still restricting our statements to the tnacome of individual persons charged with income tax un- der Schedule ), we find that the returns for the financial year 1366-67 show an average iucome for the persons 80 charged of rather more than £200 in Engiand, rather more than £285 in Scotland, rather more than £277 in ireland; in the whole United Kingdom the average for the 383,452 persons charged under this schedale (on incomes amounting to £110,935,627) was rather more than £289 each. The difference in the average for the three kingdoms is small. A difference is to pe found rather inthe number of persons paying the tax than in the average amount patd. Taking the Registrar Gen- eral’s estimate of population, we find that in the financial year 1366-67 Income tax under Schedule D was cuarged in the United Kingdom on about one in every seventy-eight persons; but im England it was charged On avout oue in every sixty-five per- sons, in Scotland on about one in eighty-two, in Ireland on only one in about 286 persons, As the return for the financial year 1863-s6is the first which has been restricted to indidual persons paying the tax, excluding companies, a comparison in detail between that and previous year would not always aiford a correct result, though it is chieny the classes of income above £5,000 that are aifected by the exclusion of companies; but the return for 1566-67 possesses special interest from its being Strictly an account of the income of individual per- sons. It shows that in that year income tax was charged in Engiand on 49,719 persons having incomes not exceeding £100, chargeabie under scheduie D— with, we presume, other sources of income, as rents, shares in companies, &c., bringing them within the purview of the income tax—their united incomes chargeable under this schedul amounting to £2,335,795; In Scotland on 17,320 persons with incomes under £100, amounting to £645,702; in Ireland on 3,623 such’ persons with incomes, amounting to £172,182, With incomes of £100 and under £200 a year there were charged jn kngland and in Wales no less than 166,777 persons (half the entre number charged under this schedule), but their united incomes amounted to only £14,059,350; in Scotland only 11,094 persons with incomes amounting to £1,07%,462; in Ireland 9,622 persons, again ialf the entire number, with incomes amounting (to £824,298. With incomes of 200 and under £300, 47,730 persons were eharged in England, the incomes amounting to £10,626,437; in Scotland, 3,873 persons, with £862,775; in Ireland, 2,649 persons, With £586, With 2400 and under £400, 20,272 persons in Eugiand, with £6,4%6,785; Scotland, 1,812 persons, with £659, 7% 1,209 persons, WIth £385,780. With £600, 10,149 persons In England, with 24,228,941; in Scotland 065 persons, with £411,803; 1 Ireland 607 persons, with £: 62. With £500 and an 8,007 persons, ngland, With £4,086,431; In Scot- land $13 persons, With £428,606; in Ireland, 424 per- sons, With £218,950, With £600 and under $700, in England 4,465 persons, with £2,242,457; in Scotland 469 persons, with £292,076; in ireland per- sons, With £170,790, With £700 and under £800, in England, 2,764 persons, with £2,012,699; 1n Scotiand, 824 persons, with £258,005; in Ireland, 143 persons, with £103,182, With £300 and under £900, in Eng- lund, 2,430 persons, with £1,934,506; in Scotlana, 266 persons, With £217,241; 1 Ireland, 145 persons, with £108, With £900 and under £1,000, in England, 902 persons, with £531,892; in Scotiand, 154 persons, With £12),006; in Ireland, 83 persons, with £78,064. Witn £1,000 and under £2,000, in England, 7,267 per- sons, with £9,253,442; in Scotland, 856 persons, with £1,105,525; in Ireland, 407 persons, with +: LW £2,000 and under $3,000, 1n Eagiana, 4 With £4,997,009; in Scotland, 272 persons, with £634,985; In ireland, 124 persons, with £288,074, Witn £5,000 and under £4,000, in England, 1,055 persons, with £9,60,414; in Scotland, 145 persons, with 45. in Ireland, 51 persons, With £166,441. With £4,000 and under £5,000, In Engiand, 572 persons, with £2\401,75; In Scotland, 71 persons, with £310,280; in ireland 2) persons, with £01,916. With £5,000 an under £10,000, in England 1,168 persons, with £1,038,451; in Scotland 166 persons, with £1,031,721; in ireland 59 persons with £364,700. Wiih £10,000 und under £50,000, In England 702 persons, with £12,440,618; in Scotian 104 persons, = with ou.6l4; In Ireland 46 persons, with £771,061. Last come the few, still more wealthy, with incomes of £60,000 or upwards; in England there are 54 per- sons, With £4,904,004; in Scotland @ persons, with £666,207; in Ireland 4 persons, with £299,420, The amount of mcome tax assessed on these taxpayers (not including vompanies) was £1,848,7¥1 In 1567-67, @ year In Which the tax was at fourpence in the pound on incomes above £100, subject to the abate. ment of £60 from incomes under £200; £1,574,746 was assesed in Ei) | mg £153,042 in Scotland, £90,108 in ireland. The whole amount of incomo tax assessed under schedule D, including compa- nies’ profits, and the profits of mines, tronworks, &C., Was £2,634,059, being a large proportion of the ‘£5,922,514 assessed under ail the schedules, Telegraphing from Indi: (From the Pail Mall Gazette, Nov. 11.) Those persons who are satisfied with our present system of telegraphto communication will do well to consider @ list of messages received in India from tuis country, which we published @ few days ago. What sort of use can it be to telegraph “Letter pop; Kumming Kumming oontat allap non?” And this is merely one example among many of the sort of “{ntelligence” which the Indo-European telegraph conveys, It t# perfectiy well known to those wno are conversant with this subject that the only cor- rect and trustworthy messages are those which are transmitted in cypher. But cypher messages charged at an extra rate, which, perhaps, from on pois of view ig ney UuseMsogabie, seeing that in 202 persona, & the majority of cases they alone are worth paying for atall, We lately explained at some length a system of \eerapune. by numerical code, which, while preserving all the advantages of the cyphers, would greatly reueve the tel nists, We understand, however, that the government are disposed to im- Pose upon codified m @ tariff which 1s prac- Ucally prohibitory. They propose, that is to say, to charge numerals as words, instead of charging them, as they might do very fairly, and with pe- cuniary and other advantages, as letters. What ic comes to is this, the present system of telegraphic communication is in a great degree worthless. A pian is proposed by which trustworthy communica- tion could be ensured, and which would be attended with great gain to the public and the government. It is proposed also to make the use of this system optional, not obligatory, But the government pro- ose to stand in the Way of the improvement by re- ing that single concession, wiich they might make actually at a gain to themselves. And we are In consequence to go on telegraphing to one another such nonsense as “Letter popp Kumming Kumming contat aliap non.” IRELAND. Earl Fingall on the Land Question. The Right Hon. the Ear! of Fingall addressed the following letter to the Dublin Avening Post on the land question:— . KILLBEN CasTLE, Tara, Nov. 5, 1869, Sir—Lam an Irish landlord or I am nothing. I am proud of my position, but it would be valueless to me without the good will of those among whom my lot is cast, I therefore say, fearlessly, that lam prepared cheerfully to accept and cordially woanp. pore whatever measure of tenant right may rought before Parliament by the present or any other liberal administration; aud I shall allow no considerations of personal or class interest to stand between me and @ satisfactory setlement of the land question, feeling, as I do, that my interests must be best secured by the general welfare of the country, Tam, sir, your obedient, humble servant, FINGALL, FRANCE. M. Uedru Rollin on the Political Situation and Imperialinn. In the Paris evening journals of the 10th of Novem- ber, M. Ledru Rollin publishes a circular explaining his reasons for accepting the candidature offered him in Paris. After alluding to the grave responst- bility of ttf decision which he has taken he says:— Why ts the veer not to be taken? Invoking pprin ciples alune, I might Feply—-Becanse in 1848 I con- tributed to the abolition of it as a cause of scandal, an iniringement of the liberty of conscience, an lucompatibility wish the absolute sovereignty of universal suffrage; because, in tine, it was forever killed on the 2d of December, 1851. But that would only express a part of my thought, and [ should appear to blame those who have felt bound to submit to 1 in order to render the services which they have infactdone. Only, everything in its time, and to every step an advance. ‘Therefore, it is tn placing myself at the point of view of existing circum- stances and as a question of present conduct, that I consider the oath a3 a danger. To take it now 13 to press on towards Parliamentarianism. Let no one make any mistake; the empire, which is dying out, will be suoceeded by Parliamentary government, By that [ understand tnat party of caste, of aristoc- racy, under which the country has petrified during eighteen years, between these two juggles; secrecy on pending questions, silence on accomplished facts, that bastard party of debasement abroad and corrup- uon at home, which has no name, properly speaking, uc still less leeling for the people; which, after hav- ing fattened under Louis Philippe, lent itself to Gene- ral Cavaignac as 1t did also to Louis Napoleon, as it would to-morrow to any fantastic Regency or any other prop of order, provided that it dominated as master and barred the passage to democracy. Nu- merous is its army of privileged wealthy; cunning are its chiefs. Were it not for the all-powerful inter- vention of the peopie, there ilies the real peril of the situation. How then is it to be escaped from? The writer replies in these woras:— Can this danger be avoided by adding four con- stitutional Deputies to the left, where the greatest talents have failed and will incessantly do so against @ compact majority which might be divided to- morrow aprupos of the empire without ever being disunited against itself, boud together as it will be by cupidity and fear? I have known it. I who, during eight years, roiled my Stsyphean rock against it. Thus then I comprehended nothing was to be done for the people without escaping from that enervating constitutionalism and enter- ing on absolute princtples, thus it was that at the famous banquet at Lille, refusing to drink to the King, as I now decline to take the oath. I routed the pompous chief of the sere etye Left and the forty deputies who accompanted him, by these sim- pie words:—“To the sovereignty of the people, to independence, to the amelioration of the physical and moral condition of the working classes.” The fact ts true that [ heard then asido now the same clamors:—‘*You are causing division and ruining the party!” Those words were shouted to me from all quarters with such fury that, tn conse- quence of my refusal of that toast, alone of all the representatives I was not invited to the memorable banquet at Paris; and yet that wrath was insensate, since, @ few days after I had the distinguished honor to proclaim the republic from the Hotel de Ville, to the acclamations of 200,000 subjects, transformed by their courage into citizens. Trustin my old expe- rience when | teil you that the enemy 1s only anni- hiiated by an unexpected manccuvre and thac in supreme Circumstances extraordinary measures are required. He denies that the voting of a vast number of elec- tors can be considered abstention:— What; abstention would bring a hundred thousand electors of Paris to pronounce for the abolition of the oath? Isit by sucha course that in England, in order to obta'n the entry into Parliament of the Irish or the Jews, they selected unconstitutional candi- dates? No doubt that, to insure success, a revolu- tionary character is neeessary for the aspirant to the public choice, but if the aim ts attained universal suffrage will have accomplished its pacific 10th August. How discover in that conduct the day fixed for the battle so much dreaded by the benighted friends of the oath? Was there fighting after the banquets of Lille, Dijon and Chalons? No one thought of such a thing; only, Louts Philippe received @ mortal wound, and ‘constitutionaliam, more and more uprooted, was carried away by the first patf of wind. ‘Too prudent people; would you be more clear sighted than the government itself? If the check is so certain why will not the authori. ties even permit the names of the non-jurors to be pronounced? Ah! the reason 18 that they know well that should four intruders glide timidly into the Chamber the moral defeat of the government would be no less irreparable, and that its days would be numbered! But in order that such an event may come to pass, one thing above all 13 neceasary, and that is, fhat universal suffrage shall cease to make its elect pass under the Caudine Forks, If it is ready 1t has no longer occasion to salute Gessler’s cap. That course, the writer thinks, should be the first step towards revolution. Thus:— That word, that symbolization, formerly ant with tempPsts, 18 henceforward deprived of its ters rors. The follies and ruin of the empire has under- taken to imprint in all hearts thisdormula:—“7he conciliation by science and justice of all rights and ail interests.” A® ameans the 1789 of the middle classes extended to the people in order that the hideous word “proletariat” may disappear from the language, and that there may remain only brothers. Our forefathers had discovered that magnificent synthesis in an immortal idea—the indefinite per- fectibulty of the human race py the equal culture of the intelligence, and the progress of physical happi- ness under the fertile influence of liberty and peace. What was only the intuition of genius the discoveries of anthropology have raised to the height of an in- disputable law. Yes; this world, no matter whence it comes or whither it ts going, has its positive law of transformation and its incesaant development of the brain and faculties, by liberty and welfare. Therefore every institution which converges to it is good and every one which resists 1t bad. if revolu- tion contains no longer any mysteries, neither does it excite any fears forthe morrow. The incandescent period which precedes the outbreak has been mea- sured, like that of volcanoes. A revolution is only a ‘ing shudder, which communicates to the social ly more purity and at the same time more energy. We have for proof that ree 1849, which, under a republican form, gave to the trade of France an impulse previously unknown. Well, with that con- fidence in the soul and that shining beacon before the eyes let us march forward, without deviating nd with a resolute ute in the name of all con- sciences which have a thirst for liberty and in the name of all the miseries which can wait no longer. Greetng aud fraternity. LEDRU-ROLLIN. The Bishop of Orleans on the Ecumenical Council, Monseigneur Dupanioup, the Bishop of Orleans, in addressing the clergy of his diocese, aa noticed by cable telegrams, said:— I shall go tothe Ecumentcal Counct! at the mons of the supreme head of the Church. I gi a judge and a witness of the faith. When there I shall ve, I trust, with the assistance of our Lord, as a judge free, attentive and stern; and asa witness, watchful and faithful. When the Council ts ended, whatever may be ite decisions, whether they agree or not with my desires or my votes, I shall return, having submitted to all in word, in spirit and in heart, docile as the humblest sheep of the fold. Such 18 my faith; such is yours, It 1s vy that we live, and | die, by that wi all di Monseigneur Dupanloup 1s, in fact, the bishop to whom, in @ greater degree than any other of the French hierarchy, the holding of the Ecumenical Counctl ts attributable. The Sitk Wine Trades. At @ meeting of wine growers, held at Beaune, France, on the 9th of November, for the purpose of discussing practical questions, the following report on the present year’s yield was read:— In spite @f the cold and rains which characterized the period of eMorescence, the temperature continu- ing equable and warm throughout the summer, and some genial showers coming 4 little before, tne vint- age in Bu ly 1s of superior quality. In fact, t vines of 1 aud especially those ‘hered slowly, whicn make the great inajority, present a mag- udcent cola undoubted trealiasas aod @ ues abundance of the principles all signs of imeainin ca neer ene a for the e for the ordinary. This valuation extends to all the vines of Burguady without distinction. The Salut Public of Lyons gives the following as the situation of the silk traae during the week ended November 10:— Quotations are almost stationary in most wrought goods. Chinese welts and raw inaterial have do- clined one franc, and the latter 8 generally feebler than the wrought, Although the deductions trom these indications are that holders are tired of making concessiona, and hope that they have ar- rived at the utmost limits, the state of the market does not appear to have changed; offers are still r than demands. The tissue market, which lor a long time has been far from active, still leaves something to be desired, and is further complicated by the strike, which threatens to cause a rise in fancy goods. If some articles, such as fine-colored plain suks, are in favor and ilnd a ready sale, on the other band the important manufacture of plain blacks only sustains its operations at tne price of certain sacrifices, According to custom, the Eng- lish houses, always well informed as to our position, have taken advantage of it and have purchased on & large scale, When such facts occur the reason 1s that the regular and ordinary sale no longer affords Bp outiet for the merchandise, GERMANY. The Treasury Deficit and State Taxes of Prussia. Mail advices of November 10 from Berlin state that the proposals of the new Minister of Finance in Prussia have been favorably received by the Cham- ber of Deputies. M. Camphausen announced to the Assembly that with the King’s consent he witndrew the blll to tncrease by twenty-flve per cent the taxes on income, on grinding corn and on the slaughter- ing of cattle, He also Se teers by what meaus he intended to make up the deficit, The public deot Tepresents @ capital 42,389,000 thalers (if. T5c. each), the amortization of which at one per cent is estimated in the Budget for 1870 at a sum of 8,660,000 thalera, The Minister proposed to the Chamber to adopt for future loans arrange- ments which shall render the extinction less onerous; for the pregent the question 1s to convert the four and iour anda half per cents into a ter- minable annuity, the amortization of which would not be so burdensome on the ‘Treasury, Tunis mea- sure will be een and a premium of one per cent Will be offered to those fundnolders who accept it. M. Camphausen calculates that the sum far the Amorbies tee would then be reduced to 3,422,455 ers, RUSSIA. Napolcon, the Czar and a New Coalition. The Moscow Gazette publishes & long articie on the reported rapprochement between France and Russia. ‘The appointment of General Fleury to the French embassy at St. Petersburg is, it says, the first step towards detaching Russia from Prussia and bring- lug about an understanding between the Courts of Paris and St. Petersburg as to the Eastern question. A consequence of this understanding, the Gazette adds, would be to demolish German influence on the Danube, by which it meuns, apparently, the overthrow of the dynasty of Prince Hohenzollern in Roumania. Another ob- Ject of the mission of General Fieury ts, according to the Russian paper, to call the attention of the Kus- slan government to “the aggressive designs of Prussia’ on Russia’s Baltic Piya the impor- tance of the growing power of the Hohenzollerns on the Danube, and the danger to Russia if an Austro- Prussian alliance come to an understanding with France, Austria and Italy, with the object of com- belling Prussia to ‘‘moderate her claims,’’ to give up her plan of annexing South Germany, to render the North German States more independent and to enter into a convention for a general disarmament. This new quadruple alliance is to be announced by the pe Her Napoleon at the opening of the Corps egisiatif. ‘The Cologne Gazette, in commenting on the above article, observes that {t 1s silent on one important point—what England would say to such a combina- tion, TURKEY. Tho Sultan on the Relations to Egypt. An English newspaper correspofdent at Constan- tinople, writing on the 2d of November, says:— The delicate question of Egypt was opened on Sunday by the Emperor of Austria to the Sultan, but with @ most uasatisfactory resuit. ‘There is scarcely any secret as to the convérsation, which, being through an interpreter and in the presence of others, was clearly understood. The Sultan firmly, some- what coarsely, refused the overtures made by the Emperor to go to the Suez Canal opening. His Majesty was so touched by what occurred that he excused himself for not attending at the theatre, ‘The Egyptian affair 18 undoubtedly approaching a climax. In the meantime the Viceroy, through his confidential agent here, M, de‘Castro, is lavish in the distribution of his favors in every quarter. It is marvellous to see to what an extent persons of small importance are kept supplied with Egyptian goid, sor which they cannot possibly render any service whatever. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Russian press is very bitter in its comments on the visit of the Emperor of Austria to Constanti- nople. Strong efforts are being made to organize an anti- Council movement in Naples, under the presidency of Garibaldi. The iron workmen of Wolverhampton, England. are about to start @ co-operative tronworks. The Capital 18 £5,000, in shares of one pound each, During the confusion caused by a recent fire in the Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, a small box contain- ing money and jewels valued at $100,000 mysteri- ously disappe: . It ts rumored on good authority that the French vernment has offered to send an extra guard of 3,000 troops of the line to guard the city of Rome during the duration of the Council. It is reported in Copenhagen that the treaties for the purchase of the islands of St. Thomas ana St Johns by the United States government have been resumed, and promise to lead to a speedy con- clusion. Paris numbers 4,794 cafés and refreshment saloons, gus employment to about 10,000 waiters, whose fees average $1,000,000 per year. The amount re- ceived in the above establishments averages $24,000,000 per annum. On the recent death of the Countess de Damplerre at her chateau in France the man who had charge of the of hounds neglected to teed them for several days. When eventually he entered the ken- nei the dogs set upon him and devoured him, The exact date of the opening of the Council in Rome is not officially announced, but the general impression is, according to the Paris Figaro, that it will be on December 8, the day of tle Immaculate Conception. The opening ceremonies will last twelve consecutive hours. An elegantly dressed lady recently presented her- self to one of the police magistrates in Paris and po- litely denounced herself as the murderess of eleven children. Investigation fortunately proved that she ‘Was laboriug under a fit of hallucination caused by the horrors of the Pantin tragedy. BST DS 2 A AFRICA. Affairs nt the Cupe of Good Hope. The steamship Cambrian arrived at Plymouth, England, November 10, with the mails and newspa- per reports from the west coast of Africa ana eighty passengers. The mais fiiled forty-one sacks. The dates are Table Bay the 4th and Ascension the 16th of October. A heavy fall of snow occurred at Natal and a large number of sheep had been killed by it. ‘The Tatan id flelds were proving very satisfac- tory, and well accredited specimens of richiy yield- ing quartz had reached Natal. The diamond discov- eries on the banks of the Urange river were also in- creasing. heavy gale which Detalis were received of a vi Drevailed in Algoa bay on the 19h and 20th of Sep- tember, Out of thirteen vessels at anchor eleven were wrecked. Captain Christopher, his son and several men of the Norwegian bark Sea Snake were drowned. The other crews were saved. The dispute between the Cape Parliament and the government on the question of retrenchment still re- mained unsettied, ‘The British flying squadron, which left Montevideo on the 11th of September, arrived at the Cape on the 4th of October, Her Majesty's steamer Liffey was in Table bay and her Majesty's steamers Liverpool, Scolla, Endymion, Bristol and Barossa in Simon's JAPAN. Native Protest Against Christianity—Progress of Religion—Church and State Again. The Independance Belge saya that the following Protest is being extensively circulated in Japan. It purports to be signed by & number of Bonzes, or Budahist bishops;— The perverse roligion of Jesus, the teacher from heaven, is @ calamity which menaces the empire. It ig useless to repeat it once again, and for a long time there have been everywhere protests borne Heed it. In spite of that the fools who submit mselves to this doctrine are found in no small number among the populace. Furthermore, tho men of foreign countries seex in every way to pro- pagate it, and it is diMcult to say that they will not resort to violence and force of arms. We have learned that the Mikado 1s full of anxtety on this subject, We are profoundly aMmicted about it, and, ith the desire ol bringing to bear a perpetual pro- hibition Lg id this doctrine, we, most unworthy as We are, who have already with Buddhism made the strength of Japan, are determined to live and die with the empire; and, despite our usclossness, aro resolved towerve it at the cost even of our lives, For this reason we beg and request upon our knees that this protest may ba publi end posted every whore, JAMAICA. Railroad Collision and Death of the Crows Solicitor Therefrom—Soldiers Attempt te Rescue Officers Arrested for Drunkennese— Depredations of an Escaped Cenvict—Ru- mored Removal of the Seat of Govern. ment—Arrival of a Cuban Envoy—Revenue Recelpte—Crops. Kingston, Ja., Nov. 8, 1869, ‘There was a collision on the Jamaica Railway on the 4th of last month, between Kingston and Spanish Town, at & point of the road which ts so curved that two trains may be within thirty yards of each other without being aware of it, The accident was caused by the passenger and a spectal train meeting at the above mentioned part of the road, Four or five Persons were seriously hurt. Among them was Mr. Ackman, the Crown Solicitor and Cierk of the Legis- lative Counctl, who subsequently died, Two aaya after the collision an investigation waa held by the railway authorities to inquire into the cause of the accident, which resutted in the dismissal of Mr. Ford, the trafic manager, and a guard, who was in the special train with Mr. Ford at the time of the collision. At the death of Mr. Ackman a coroner's inquest was held, which lasted several days. From the evidence glven by Mr. Passmore and other om- clals.of the company it would appear as if the wit- nesses tried to rest the blame on Mr. Ford and the guard; but in so doing they exposed facts that con- vinced the jury to the contrary, who returned a verdict agatnst the whole staff of officials for care- lessness and disregard of the public safety. Some days alter the inquest an indictment against Mr. Ford for manslaughter was sent m w the Grand Jury of the St. Catharine’s Circuit Court, now sitting in Spanish Town, before sir Bryan Edwards, which indictment was ignored amid cheers. Certain members of the press have taken up the matter very warmly, Mr. Ford betng a gentieman heid in high estimation by all in Jamaica, It 1s stated that an action for damages to the amount of £10,000 wiil be taken against the railway company by Mr. Ackman’s widow. On the nignt of the 7th of October there was quite a@scene in this city. The Constabulary Barrack was attacked by a pariy of thirty or forty men of the ‘Third West India regiment, for the purpose of res- cuing two ol their officers (Captain Glasscock and Lieutenant Hickey), who were prisoners there, having been arrested that evening for alsorderly conduct in the szreet. Immediately after it was known that the barrack was attacked, Inspector McGrath put his men under arms and ordered them to disperse the crowd from the varrack. Overhear- ing this the soldiers went back to their barrack, and alter @ short time returned in greater force and armed with swords, bayonets, clubs, bricks, &c. They were, however, met by the constables and Captain Glasscock, and through the influence of the latter they were induced to return to their quarters. In consequence of the above the Custos of Kingston has addressed the Major General, requesting the removal of the detachment of the Third West India regiment from this town to avoid any further unpleasantness, which I believe will be done by sta- toulng white troops in their place. Considerable alarm prevails among the inhabit- ants of tis town in consequence of the outrageous doings of Eastman, an escaped convict, who has been carrying on @ series of depredations on tae various roads lcading {rom the town and even tn the fre- quented streets; no one will venture to walk the streets after dark without firearms on his per- son, The vagabond hus been seen several times by the constables, but they have taken no notice of him, not being provided with arms, There 1s, however, a party of constabies out on his track, and we trust to hear shortly of his capture. It 18 authentically stated that 1t 13 the intention of the Governor to remove the seat of government as Well as all public offices from Spanish Town to Kings- ton. A petition has been sent in to the Governor, signed by 400 taxpayers, praying the non-removal of certain offices, tue result of which wul not trans- Pire until the Council meets, which ts expected to be in a few weeks. A similar attempt to remove the seat of government was made by Governor Knowles about the year 1766, and was partially carried into eifect, but was prevented ed an imperial prociama- tion. What can be the motive of this step on the part of the Governor is unaccountable, and 1s, as are all his acts, unexplained. Among the passengers by the Royal Mat! Company's steamer of the Sih ist. I observe the name of Sehor Bassaro Vallente, Minister of the republic of Cuba to the Courts of St. James and the Tuileries, I be- lieve he 18 a man of note among the Cuban patriots. Setior Ambrosia Valiente, Minister to Peru for the Cubans, through whose instrumentality the patriots were recognized by the South American republics, also arrived here on the same day. It is stated that he will remain here a short time for the beneflt of his health and wil! return to his post in the spring. The Gazette, by authority, contains @ statement from the Department of Internal Revenue of coliec- tions from the ist day of October, 1868, to the dist day of September, 186¥, compared with the corres- ponding period of 1867-68, which shows an increase of revenue to the amount of £26,238; on rum duties alone there is an incregse of £12,762, We have had during the past month fine rains, and consequently the weather 1s cooler. The crops are not expected to be large, as the rains, were too late. The colony 13 at present pretty healthy, except in the parish of Manchuts, where yellow fever is pre- valent. We use every effort to Keep the island as healthy as possible by strict sanitary arrangement and a rigid eniorcement of the quarantine law. The Governor continues to enforce the laws of Neutrality with Spain. The sympathies of the Jamat- cans are with the Cubans, but we can do nothing to aid them in consequence of the above.* Not an ounce of coal, not a rifle or @ grain of powder allowed to leave the island. I fancy that our sym- pathy with Cuba and that of Great Britain arises from the same cause, as “a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.’ VENEZUELA. * Defection of Pulgar’s Troops—Palgar and Fifteen Adherents Seek Refuge on Board the Cherub—Their Intention to Seize the Vessel—A British Halter Respectfully Dee clined=More Revolts. CuRRAcas, Nov. 8, 1869, On the 23d ult, the government forces, to a oon- siderable number, made their appearance before Maracaibo. As soon as the troops got wind of this they deserted Pulgar en masse, and hoisted a white flag. Pulgar, naturally alarmed for his safety, sought refuge on board the British steamer Cherub, then in port. Fifteen of his adherents accompanied him, On their first making application the commander of the Cherub refused to receive them, but on their agreeing subsequently to being disarmed, he yielded to their request for protection, Very shortly after this arrangement had been of- fected the government steamer Bolivar appeared in sight, and on Pulgar’s being aware of this he man- aged to secure an opportunity of privately convers- ing with one of his 1oliowers. This man, who was named Garcia, thereupoi requested permission of the commander to go onshore. At frst this request was not granted, but afterwards permission was given and a boat with two men sent to convey Garcia ‘on shore. The commander's suspicions were, aroused, and the boat was narrowly watched from the time of her leaving the ship. hen they had nearlpreached the shore the sailors were observed to cease rowing, Whereupon the commander put off 1n a boat for the purpose of overhauling them. On the boat’s approach Garcia rose up in the stern of his boat and fired at the commander, the ball pass- ing close to his head, The commander made a stroke at Garcia with his sword, and inflicted a severe wound in the lace, Garcia being thus disabled, the commander proceeded to inquire into the cause of the boat's stopping, and learned that Garcia had ordered the sailors to take him on board the Bolivar instead of on shore. ‘This the sailors had positively relused to do, Garcia was then secured and taken on board the Cherub asa prisoner. It was the intention of the commander to hang him as a pirate, but as Garcia said he had ba edad revelations to make his life was spared. The purport of these revelations was to the effect that Puigar and his ftteen adherents had intended to seize the Cherub—for what object does not at present appear, Pulgar and his followers were summoned aft and told in pretty plain verms that they deserved hang- ing forthwith; the alternative. however, was allowed them, either to be taken to Jamaica and tried there 8 pirates by a court martial, or to be bound and de- livered over to the tender mercies of their own gov- ernment. They chose the latter. The Cherub shortly after lett for St. Thomas. ‘The two provinces of Barinas and Portuguesa had Just revolted againat the government, (The commander of the Cherub was the same officer who threatened to shoot Pujgar unless he im- mediately rotired from the house of a foreign rest- dent who had been grossly insulted in the presence of his wite by the usurper, and where the com- Mander was at the ti guest.) ST. THOMAS, When the Brazilian mati steamer left St. Thomas on the 14th inst, the commander of the British war eee Cherub was reported aa dying of yellow fever. however, CONFEDERATE DEBTS IN A ViRGINIA Covat.—Two cases involving Confedgrate contracts have justbeen decided in the Circuit Court of Lynchburg, Judge Bolling presiding. One was that of Wood vs. Merle wether to recover the face value of three bonds of $4,000 each, given by the deiendant in 1863 for @ certain tract of land, payable in one, two and three Years. The defendant pleaded a Confederate transace Uon and sought to Lave the aebt scaled accordingly. The jury, however, under the instructions of the Jadge that they might render a verdict for the value of the land, allowed the plaintuit $2,500 in gold, With interest. ‘Tho other case was thas of A. F. Wiis va. Wm, H. Rosa, being asutc on three bon of $872 each, given in January, 1868, and payable in four, eight and twelve montus.” ‘The verdict in this Case Was that the bonds be scaled to the value of Confederate mont 7 fell duo. Money at tho time: that they severally