The New York Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1870, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. GLIMPSES OF THE GOLD ROO. AMemorable Landmark Passing Awsy—Sicotshos Here and There Among the Bulls and {s the great “Shoony” singer of the room and ty pro- nounced by conipetent authorities to excel even the distimguished imventor of that charming melody im Anish with he vocalises tt, gt in the guilen i ot oad ‘ullory ia J.T’. Milla, * without # country,” oF im other words “ broker’ without aa otic; and there likewise is R. L, Wheeler, ® member of Henry W. Beeeher’s estabilsi- enema with gold and the accessories of color; its hugo, ‘inst the Corruption in which the radicats lon, Chelsea and Greenwich pensioners are to be pald E U R oO P E é Fichly staine? windows casting their foods of au>- | huried thelr eituperation, are to de overhauled, a8 | their pensions in full. motwitustanding vas they dued light; its carvings and statuary. towering can- iso the War Orfice, where jobbery at present | may be inmates of workhouses or in receipt of out delabre and respi instead of proving reigns triumphant under the Duke on Cambriage, reilef, .: Effective as they do when the wueen is present in per- | the Queen's relative. nt members of the famous Fast India Mysore 600, only tend to make the display more wretched, Kven tho radicals are satisded with what is | amily have proceeded to Lngland to complete their eae % Some hall dozen Peers, of the undistinguished order |} promised. education there. Four of them intend Lo prepare The British March to Democracy as | imtelectuaiy, are scastered over 8 wilderness endo brepar themselves for the civil service xa! of crimson leather covered pvenches, capable FRANCE. four for the bar. Bears—Their Personnel and Pecu- ment. Both these gentiemen carry their offices tm of accommodating ave hundred. about doudle A . J i their hats, whetuer trom an avers ; Seen in St. Stephens’. the number of dowagers and marchionesses, whose ~—— Mr. Disraeli entered the British House of Com- Kiarities—A Man of Destiny. sedentary wore of Keeping rooms On the nerbet OF collective diamonds would more than purchase some ‘The “Memory of °48. mons on the 2ist of Feoruary und remained for a out of & spirit of economy bas wot yet been clearly oe me Of the petty German States abolished uy Count Bi | om, J Short time, On taking his seat he was warmly ocon- ascertained, Jackson, Earle, Camiah, Waller, with marck, occupy seats between their lords and pro- e logtstative body of France met in session Feb- | gratulated. Tho right honorable gentleman looked | ne nry¢tarn to the right off Wall street, afow | the Lord Dundreary whiskers, and Harry Menilie, ale hands in pants’ pockets all the time, are other pro- hunared fect down New street, brings the visitor or the victim, as the case may be, to the main entrance of the Gold Room—a piace of fast fading but of once momentous interest, full of thrilling recollec- tions such as stir men’s souls as deep as political orreligious revolutions. Here the terrible drama of the 26th of last September was enacted, Here it was that during the war frenzied men risked the hazard of tho golden dle, and cither rode triumphant on tbe tide of fortune or were buried forever in the flood. There may be a sermon or two in stones, but the pont and interest of the homily ts sterile, indeed, -waen compared to the profound lessons on the vanity of human hopes, the intensity and strength of haman passions which the history of the Cold Room preaches. Few men men wiil ever forget the day with gold at 147, when the lalf crazy Speyers, with & wild whoop, called for five millions at 155, and all the yelling bears toodgaghast, and ali tho cool-neaded operators trembled and grew pale. That aw/ul time will hardly ever come again, and tbe period, it 1s to be hoped, is not far distant when the chance of 116 recurrence will be placed beyond the range of pos- sible realization. [Before the Gola Room disappears, before its pecuiar usefulness iy ended, it may be Wortn while to take @ peep at the concern and te men who frequent it. If you are not a member or a privileged visitor you must deny yourself the pleasure of being introduced to the circus and learning the curious reminiscences stored up im the capacious memory of the doorkeeper, Mr. John Hutchinson. He isa young man of apt per- ception, and ne keeps on hand fresh and ready for delivery the unwritten records of the Gold Room. These, however, do not come within the scope of this article, but rather the personal appearance of the crowd that day after day shouts itself hoarse an the interest of the golden god. From the gallery the best view 19 obtained of the circus or pit down below, where all the buying and seiling is gomg op. It is a high, square room, with an iron railed gal- lery for spectators; @ coat room, away in one corner, and a director’s room in another; @ desk, for the president, in the middle, and a telegraph office near by. ‘The place has @ decidedly rakisk ap- pearauce, and so has a great pumber of its navituces. Acircular space, made by an arrangement of steps, which descend 1n diminishing rounds to a fountain, placed exactly in the middle of the room, constl- tutes the arena ofthe bulls and beara, Around the fountain, which is fortunately protected by an iron railing, the operators most do congregate; but on the broad steps ascending from there those who can find no room at the railing shout out their wants and wishes to their neighbors all around. PRRSONNEL OF THE OPERATORS. That man picking his teeth im the background is Jim Cross, @ youth of twenty-four years, popularly known as “Keep’s fat boy,” @ large illustration of the expansive influence of mysh and milk. He is a solid reality of the Gold Room, and his operations before he [ned so stout were generally heavy. He views the battle from afar nowadays, but saile 10 eoaatonally when @ superior weight of metal is ‘wanted. Near the fat young man stands Charley Parkes in velvet vesture, roand hat, like the upper section of @ beehive, Piccadilly weepers, and necktle as gay as the flag of our Union, For the last three or four weeks Chariey has been @ prominent bear and prio- cipal bammerer of the market. He 18 a heavy opera~ tor and a heavy swell, but the species to which he belongs will soon be reckoned among the dream or things vbat were. Bob Baile, “slow and sure,” Jeans listlessiy against the iront wall of the Prest- dent’s desk chewing the cud of sweet and golden fancies, but showing just a faint tinge of sadness at tecture A score of people, chiefly retainers of tho | TAry 24, M. Schneider in the chair, Pale afver his attack of illness. ‘ * M. Picard brougit in @ bill enacting penalties French Legislative Tribute to the Me- | tne ureas. who have been privileyed. t0 recelve against amahl’ cuudatesiips. at elotions, ate oF te eminent, Nonoonformist Rovere tickets of admission, joatie each other m the gal 4 mory of the “Men of '48.” leven. These form tho scanty and somewDat coma | Gre Genuied were sentenced iaiuipraoument iis | ROME OE £100 Subwcripuons lave Been reccived . ny vr aftesbury, mun gts Rd sham apeatens rd planes. oe es | Negieiae should be postponed until after the a68- | Davia and the Lord Mayor or London, from a "Phe Tne Sultan of Turkey calica together his principal 5 clock in the Victoria tower overhead there is an | ,,12® Order of the day was the adjourned dis- | ie ini oe a toninis lutoly. and received. from Umperial und United States Boll Fetes and | aimos: scarcely perceptible Aattor in the gorgeous | Hssgn ou the syslein OF emul altars. | | tein Tainuve devaile of che aeciat working Orjanlza- pisos, indicative of something about to transpire. | covernment in 1443 abd remarked on bis own good | tion of both services, His Malesty expressed his American Beanty. cee leg Bas y Ce and eo a tee ahd | fortune on Raving to perform auch ® ducy on the 2itn | HAttAfaccion AF che reforms and advances made. Se Hously “ignited manwer that is a0 oharacterlatio of | {bel aad hus friends as a great remlusscouce and | Genualor Massomaie ike atraninie fOr, the PueDoe® 10 joy the u "i 4 ) decant in pike tet aida anaes ce 8 moiivs for hope; what would never occur to auy | of ounding & naval station in that iocality.. Several Don Carlos’ Escort from Henalgo' weno (nce crag ge M. GARNISK-P4GR3 Lext, In the ree? general ppg Prnierg (ro agmmeans apse nt amplitude o! err re a Switzerland. Greases, or whisper to each other words of comment | Waltention, gave @ summary, of wegen. Which | Preparations are being made for commencing the or of interrogation from behind their fana, Noble de Bezureingues aiso spoke, but without being able long talked of Lghthousé on the Great Basses, & lords adjust their shirt coilara, take snuff out of | to attract attoncion, Ho declared himself in favor | OS? dangerous and deceitful rock to the southeast golden boxes, settle themse.ves more emphatically | o 4 certain intervention in electoral maiters on tue of Ceylon, 1t was begun years ago, and more money ‘The French Transatlantic Ma!) Steamship Com- pod Raduzneous couches and stratu thelr eyes 12 | Dare of cue goverument. Mm has been expended on the preliminary work than pany’s steamsnip Pereire, Captain Duchesne, from | prason peng oye pty ne —— rg the | M. EMtL8 OLLIYi8s eould not allow the Chamber tho entire 1abrio should have cost, this port yesterday afternoon, bringing our epeciai | Some foreshadowing of what this is likely tobe | he soe satel ths wn individual opiuion ai. | recommend the legalistion of metric weights aud ¥nropean correspondence ad » Dewspaper mail re- | Corie Barnered trou the pariial view belo tug { Dressed the views of tho whole colleotively. measures In tue Post Uillce, aud the amendment of > A ‘M, GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC replied what he could | the Metric act of 1561, and the tegal substitution of port, im detail of our cabic telegrams, as late as the | of the doorway, Beyond, in tie gaudily decorated | ,, A GEANIEE DE CASsAGNAC Feplled what he cole | Tec woignt for ine troy welghh rion the Stand- mail advices now due by the Cunard steamer from | #ole-chamber, la to be witnessed # sight which Is | sinigi . ard Commissi to abo! Mcienti: fe inisser WhO had just spoken; he (the speaker) was loners propose to al Liverpool. This service enables as to continue our | *1mclently Odd. when It ls considered whe ate M0 | strongly of opinion thet the government ought to | Pio Nono’s latest joke is told uyas:-—The bishops report of the Mordaunt divorce case suit in Engiand | who are members of the Cabinet; noolemen ushers | Miervene prominensly in electoral proceeditgs. eost bis Holiness 25,000. daily, 80 that he cuit 4 o “4 M, OLLIVIER once more repealed his former de- | pay for two months’ discussion the ltiue sum of ‘@nd report the testimony of the I'rince of Wales ver- | of her Majesty's wousenold, and te verrivie aud di | oaracion’ that the government Would remain per- | 1,500,000, Per furia dé farms infallibile,” wad tis nified Lord lor himsel to be seen bei datim in the HERALD to-day. dressed iy their retainers for “the part which they fectly neutral to such cases, Holiness the other day, referring a Aes ‘Tue mterview between the Emperor of Austria | have to play in the proccedings. Dingy scarict | , PiNa&D proposed the following order of tho | no./adiire,?? (In thelr eas ‘Vienna aftor the Easter holidays. yer ue auouiders Of my Jord dukes and IY AUS | intervention ou ise part oc fhe goreramen. tn ewodons ™ | been igtued in London, Pay stato that thore are M. Renan applied to M. Segris, Minister of Public | chin, which proceeding gives those of them espe- eae cases, & political necusslty, passes totae order of | 617 7) acres under crops, 9,909,393 grass oF pasture, Instruction, to be reinstated in his chair of Hebrew Sela eae en gars oe Cora aee aces M, OULIVINN would not consent to anything but an bie ot nae Pgs ee ee anc at the Colicge of France. cornered cocked tke unto those worn in the | OPder of the day pure and simple. Accordiogly, & | oy ilaienten sxemeiennne pecs deore oe Gatignanw’s Messenger of Paris of the 4th of Feb- | olden times by the train bands and municipal guards, | “!Vision took place in that sense. when the es 961 since 1467, and the number not exceeding Afteen Tuary aunousces the death of Minister Burtingame | #19 then ngpevd thea ariatocran Henne by the re Caen eer M4 28. sod ee acres decreased by 1,435, tn St, Potorsburg in the following word hs irGpared are duly matshalien by black Roc | ‘The Chamber tuen rove in considerable agitation. | ., It 1s just now told of the Rev. Charles Townsend, We deepiy regret to state tuat a telegraphic des- | duu enter the House my grave and somewhat dolor- a ae ae. eauy England, and ry Means eaten on teh from Berlin anvounces witeliigence received | Ows procession, Second Imperial Ball of the Seasou—What | ang raeworts, that he penned tne following witty ere from St, Petersburg to tne eect that Mr. HOW THEY READ THE QUBEN’# SPERCH. Eugenio Wore. epigram apro, of the invasion of reotor} Ls ‘Anson Beriingame, head of the Cinese Embassy in | ‘Than the noblemen who acted ay royal commis. x A relaaahaed trad Burope, died in the Russian capital yesterday morn- | sloners on ‘Tuesday and discharged the dustes of | Ourdespatones from Paris, dated on the 25th of . ing of iunaramation OF We UNE, Ths x be a olan ‘@oseuce of her Majoaty, # caore £ forioru | February, state that the second court bait at the | They camo and prigg'd my stockings, my Iimen and my avy vlow to numerous friends ov: at 0S! a a company cou! ma ave oO ima- A ‘ 1 eaiimubiec gentleman. gined, Cloaks pile ate are alike too pig for them; ‘Tuileries Was a8 brilliant aa the preceding one. But they couldn't prig my sermons, for they were prigg'd be- Atejegram from Calals informs us of the arrival | #0d 4s the former reach down to their toes.and are cag ap rg, aera ce aan 1 4 of the Queen of Holland in that town, e« rewle tor san arpialtinceeet nee ial, the “tiga Guana sean AR ate sen reece asian eat Company Has been announced in London, with a i r ea wa er having the Princess Clotiida on his arm and | capital of £350,000, in 36,000 shares of £10 each, of England. The sea was so high that her Majesty de, jor in the midst, they take their seats 0 & Crim: ! ‘of ¢ : 7 high that her Male-ty de, | ln untied (orm iniront-ot the throne; god. the ex. | the Empresa leaning on the Archduke Albert. | which £70,000, in fully paid up shares, will be tken elded to pass the night i tle Freack port. * by the Contractors. ‘The object 1s to establish tele- " Rat ADEA < ceeding gravity of their features, half smothered in | His Majesty wore the dress of @ general officer, with ic “ The Chamber ot Commerce at Kamigaverg has | cumprous cocked hats and cloaks, causes tne huge | taeGrand Cordon of Maria Theresa, the Austrian | &F@pulo communication between Manila, vie adja- ovited the diferent lova! boards of trade in North- | chamber to look sull more areary and ancomforta- | Prince, being in ® white uniform, with the broad | Cent wands, Lloug Kong and singaiore, webct go ero Germany to join it in demanding that proposat | Yle ‘The six peers and twelve pecresses and sprink- | riwbon of the Legion of Honor en sautotr. exclusive odacesalon fro panish gi aos a ak t the taueat at ie i iiog Of strangers in the gallery strive to look inter- When their Majesties took their places the Arch- ¥ jor & reform 0} e tary of import duties should be | esting, aud doubtiess consider themselves bighlv | duke sat between the Emperor and Princ A levter from Sones an ae dated the 7th of Feb- submitted to the deliverations of tue Customs Par- | privileged in being permitted to look, face to face, | whiie on the other siue tue Empress and raary reports the state of the weather thus:—Win- Mameni with a view to the abolition of protection: Upon such @ Spectacie. Sonorously the Lord Chan- | ceus Clotiida on her left, witn tae Princess Matuilda | cet has for some eight or ten days bound us in bis ro “ x ‘ a cevor reads the letters patent aucborizing the com- | fartner on. icy chains here. A coup'e of weeks ago we were en- The student Niebeding, who wounded (he soa of | missioners w open Parliament tn the name of the Her Majesty the Empress wore a white toilette of | joying a sort of unnatural summer. A hard frost Count ue Bismarck ja a duel, has been condemned grommet = Heres ymcetareg ferns Zink oe tulie looped up by fuil biown roses, ‘The corsage and - a any snow are — Age y bay we Hare satarnted prbininn ¢0 trad ween tee ower house to summon the members to hear | jong tuuic, forming queue, were of the same delicate | ®t preseut—and apparently. like ast—a regular by the A\ ma mic Senate of Konn to three Weeks’ 1m- | nop Sajesty’s reasons for asselubling tuem, And the | jnaverial, ‘spotted win silver, a Maguificent diauem | Old-fashioned English winter, without, however, prisoument. Sat te Six peors and the twelve peeresses and the sprink- | of priliiants being om the hgad. The Princess | @By of its seasonabie enjoyments, ENGLAND. ling of strangers sit expectant, patiently awaiting | Cioulda was tn rose-colored gauze, wish ® coiffure | in o suit in the Court of Queen’s Bench, London, Wa . WHA tO happen. * of white lilacs, and the Duchess de moucny in ® | the plainti® sought to recover damages aguinst the : THB “UGLY RUS! white tulle skirt, with an outer one of Algerian silk | siewards of the Cheltenham steeple chases for in- E Suddenly, in the deep pause and sttlinesas of the | having green and orange stripes; & magnificent dia- | juries received by the breaking down of the ad chaiuver, tere aries Wituout @ noe and tumult, | dem in the hair, and @ necklace of brullants and nd. The Court held the deiendants liavle, ee unto a stampede, and the ory is raised that the | jarge emeraids, The company, as usual, consisted | although it was expressly found that they had em- How 2 Queen's Speech is Kead Nowa- onyoracr troy eee ceed oe aii rt glattire ra. er sth the military | ployed competent San encore, Hewurnee as nano The Gls >, J ‘ caterers inight make stipulations to indemnify them- daysPhe Gladstone Programme and Its | ce , ANG they enter the decorous upper house | — Supper was served in the Galerie do Diane a little selves, woereas the publ had no remedy.” ‘forge Radicalism, wish » Fism aud cluster like bees around their | after twelve, and their Majestics withdrew to their ‘Austi oficial ret th ft thi LONDON, Fed, 20, 1870, Speaker ai the bar. The accommodation for mem- | apartments about one, sAORrED, are fee aes aaa ae b nt ed oe - On the Sth inst, the second session of the House- | BEFS of tue lower house is very Limited, and as | “Daucing was kept up to half-past three. {appears that tne total lengui-of lines opened in every one is anxious to be present there ts invariabi, _— hold Suitrage Parliament was opened at West- pet 4 hubbub and couiusion, It ts observable On ‘The United States Oficial Ball. 1867 was 1,815 miles; in 186s, 2,920 miles, and in imnster. In the good ol tines when royaity was a | the preseut occasion that not a single man of emi-} yr waghbarne, Minister of the United States in brasil Pas Ae Acs ed Sa cane aledio obi na name to conjure with—when tne toiling millions of | BOnGe comes up with the Commong nea ee Nor | Paris. gave @ apleudid ball on Tuesday evening at | exnibit an Roteeerciiore: Hin wer cece terane she British isles believed devoatly in the doctrine of | Disraeli, Bright, Lowe and the rest are all absen Papper meotantiap gre nce: een paeonee a former and twenty-four per cent for the latter, the divine right of kings—when the pomp and cir. | Bre alvo Rash Granville, tne ari of Clarendon, ae) eee nae i Bile oe eeean giving @u increase to the Old lines of seventeen per camstance of courts occupied a much larger space | Duke of Argyle and the “pig wigs!’ of whe House of | noor gud as many above, two of these latter being | 4 rearrat crimo has been perpetrated at Sumatra. minent hghts of the Gold Room, ‘Taken altogether Shey are a sharp set of fellows, and deserve to nave &@ whole house to themselves, CRIME IN BROOKLYN, THE HAYES AND VOORHEES AXSASSINATIONS, Arraignment of Chambers, the Alleged Mur- derer—Insanity to be the Defenco—Appear- ance of the Prisoner—Perry's Third Trial Fixed~The Flynn Murder’ Case—Perjury and Forgery. William Chambers, indicted for the murder of Domtnicus 8, Voorhees, the well-known builder of Brooklyn, at the liquor store of Peter Fogarty, cor- ner of Columbia and Carroll streets, on the evening of Sunday, the 13th of February, was arraigned yes- terday morning before Judge Gilbert and Justicag Voorhees and Johnson tn,the Brooklyn Court of Oyer and Terminer. The circumstances of the terrible. tragedy are yet familiar to the readers of the- Henatp., When arraigned tn court yesterday the prisoner Chambers presented a most forlorn sppear~ ance. He was unkempt and unshaven, and bt gar- ments wero seedy and dirty, His eyes rolled wildly about and to all appearance he knew little of what was transpiring about him. A no- \iceable feature about his dress was that he wore @ white cloth wrapped about hia head, but for what purpose did not appear. Taken ali in all, & More miserable, dejected looking criminal thao Chambers is rarely seen in@ court of justice. By Lis side, previous to the arratgnment, sat Owea Hand, who ts awaiting resentence for the murder of James O'Donnell, at the South Brooklyn Gashouse. Hand appeared somewhat cheerful and spoke once ertwice to other prisoners about him; but Cham- bers said nothing, sitting there like an idiot, staring vacantly around. , ‘The announcement that he was to be arraigned yesterday attracted a large crowd to the court room, and people expressed great surprise upon learning that the wretched looking object, sitting in one corner of the room, was the man who had shot Dominicus 8, Voorhees. ‘The indictment 1m the case was read to the pri- soner by the clerk, Mr. Stevens, who inquired of him whether he demanded a wial. Chambers did not appear to comprehend what was said, and his counsel, Mr. Charles Spencer (who will be assisted by Mr. William F. Howe) replied im. the aMrmative for him. District Attorney Morris.asked thats dey should be fixed for the trial, whereupon Mr. Charles Spencer said:—May it please the Gourt, 1 was spoken to with reference to this case some ten days ago, and never was definitely and absolutely employed until yesterday. J nad AN INCERVIEW WITH MR. CHAMBERS yesterday afternoon, and | am entirely satusfed that some time would be required to properly prepare ins defence. Some of bis friends have recetved in- formation whivh, if srue, fully authorizes me to say that it would require some weeks, at all events, properly to prepare his detence. By way of illustra- tion, for instance, in order that | may be under stood, 1 am informed that in Ireland HIS MOTHER DIED IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM, If that 18 so it ought to be proved, and, if the ques ‘The Mantla and Hong Kong Submarine Telegraph Nationai Progress Towurds De Sketches in the Keformed Le; in the public mind than at preseut—it would bave been considered ominous of evil to have copvoked the imperial Parliament without the customary blare of trumpets, footimen in livery, aristocracy in ermine, and the ostentation and gilded show of the royal procession. Bella were wont to ring forth thetr merry peals upon such occasions, in those privileged times of monarchy: the poputace of Lon- don were wont to turn out in their thousands and tens of thousands to toss tieir caps aod cheer the occupant of the throne; the members of the naughti- est uobility of Europe were wont to reveal tueir niches and biazing dignities to the greedy eyes of the sightseers; and the interior of the House of Lords during the reading of the royal speech was wont co present a spectacle of umpressive splendor and of brilliant attractiveness, such a5 one Is accustomed only to associate with the barbaric opulence of Orientai courts. a But as the character mm Moliere’s comedy das it, w have changed all that. Nowadays the lnauguration of a session of Parliament 1s one of the tamest and dullest of spectacles, devoid of interest or of show and perfectiy stale and flat, even vo those upon Whom harsh necessity bas devolved the duty of taxing au active part in the proceedings. Were the mother country a republic instead of « mouarchy less dis play could not be extibited than we have of late ‘peen accustomed io at the openiy of the supreme legisigiure. Could any of our much venerated King Georges but be made conscious of the ominous shat bas taken place would saorink agbast in their regal shrouds and predict times of evil and the outpouring of wrath upon the present backsliding generation. Strange to say, this great and si¢nificant change has been brought about by the conduct of Queen Victoria herself, who. ever wince the death of the Prince Consort, has resolutely shot herself out from public life and the discharge of those duties of courtesy and of parade which are the lnseparable concomitant of royalty. Persistenuy she bas immured herself within the walis of Windsor Castie and of Osborn, has turned a deaf ear to all exhortations to come forth and show herself among the people, and has icft the nation co follow its own course, uniettered by any active interiereuce on her part, cither in the shape of advice or retonsirance, Shopkeepers, whose craft, has been endangored by the cessation of the State banquets and balla: West End tradesnien and court muiiliners, who have been i to stand idiy at ‘the receipt ot custom: statesmen, who have had to mourn the want of ¢cfat and of public demonstration which they hoped might have helped to give tempo- rary popularity to their weasnres, nave in their turn ifted their voices, either openty or secretly, at the turn which events have taken, but without effect. Even the press, 1oyal as it t# ackuowleiged to ve to @ fault, bas not scrupled te bewall the practical eb- dication of her Majesty, and the e/Tects it is likely to produce. Unheedful, however, of everyihmg that has been said and of much more that bas been hinted and implied, the Queen coutinues in her se- clusion, and & people notorious for their foolish vene- ration for ceremony and tradition bave been com- peiled to forego wiat vo ‘hem was one of ihe dear delights of existence—the cream horses, the gilded carriage, the beef caters in red and the clustering footmen in their yellow plush, which of yore signal- ized the opening of the British Parliament. From thus whim, or whatever else it may be called, on the part of the Queen are likely to arise C quences that, in some respects at least, may perma- nently affect the condition and tnfluense o: royalty. In the old fifty pound franchise times, when “George the Third was King,” things could ve done that are not posible in these radical days, when every man who is n householder, on however sniall a@ scale, can claim a share in moulding the constitn vion and gaiding the destinies of the country. Hard-neaded mechanics, and generally that large class which = goes under =the — de- nomination of, “working,” are consequenily commencing to put what are called ugly questions. ‘They are usking themselves what is the uae of thts cumbrous paraphernalia of monarchy, with iis enor- mous salaries, Buckinghain and other paces, m- perial yacuts, well groomed studs and outriders (al! af which are kept up out of the grievously oppres- sive taxation of thecountry), 11 ttdo not full even the primary object of its existence—that of ornament and periodical popular disuiay. Deprived of the sights that were wont to throw them Into raptures— the royal progresses apd exhibitions that made glad wer hearta upon holidays-these same working classes are beginning to feel that they can get along as well without them, and that they are in po wise necessary to the progress or existence of (ve nation. Her Majesty has, us fact, for the last eight or ten ears, been doing neither more nor less than Khow- ing the people how well tacy can do without her, and how altogether useless royalty as become. A Parliament elected by houseloid suifrage will, judy. ing from the signa of the times, Come 1n its turn to be of the same opinion; and then we may expect either that monarchy guall, a8 the French say, give 4s reason of being, or depart with many other shings that have served their day aud generation. OPENING PARLIAMENT BY ROYAL COMMISSION. ‘This formality is one of tho oddest and In many respects the most amusing spectacies that can be wmagined. Lovers of form, yvenerators of authority, worshippers of antiquity, sticklers for precedent and decorum, Englishmen nowhere tore fully display these particular characteris*ics of their nature than an the summoning to business of the imperial Legis- jature. in some respects (he ceremony out-Herods scene in @ pantomime. Given, a taw, duil day to begin with, such as frowned upon the exhibition oi last ‘Tuesday, aud the affair is ouly redeemed trom being 1aughable on account of 118 melancholy. ‘The barbaric magnificence of the interior of the Mouse gigords-—its {retied and richly panelled rool, blazing 2 fas \uat the opening of Parliament is to be a | A¢Voted to dancing. A profusion of fowers was dis- | ne gon of a French merchant estanlished there made a trip on business to @ near settlement, and ‘was no more heard of for long time. Recently a large box Was mysteriously received in his store, ned, proved to contain the de- the missing youth, which had Deen packed with a number of scorpions. of patener ty of the foul deed has yet been very tame and commonplace affair, Commonplace and uninteresting it is of a surety, The Lord Chan- cellor reads aioud the Queen’s speech, which is found this year to be more than usuaily ungram- matical and ambiguous, in a tone that sounds start- hogiy distinct in the nearly empty cuamber, Hav- ing accomplished this task, his Loraswup lifts bis hat aud bows to the Speaker, the Speaker lifts bis hat and bows to the Commissioners, the six @nd tweive peeresses and sprinkling Of strangers in the galiery siniie complacently at eaca other, as though they have been assiating at & great soleinnity, and it Js officiaily prociaimed tuat Purilament been auly opened in name aud by sucnoriiy of her pul=saut Majesty Victoria, WHAT WAS DONE IN THE COMMONS. ‘True to their instincts of seif-comtort the ‘‘faith- fat’ Commons no sooner hear the last paragraph of the Queen's measage intoued than they rush back iu hot haste to their own chamber, each anxious to secure # good seat, the House being too small for the accommodation of the whole of the members, By the ume the Speaker gets into his chair again there is @ great muster ou the venches, and the air is filled with @ babel of conversation, the chief topic pre- sumably being the [risa Land bill and the policy of the Ministry with respect to it. One notabie feature whico strikes the observer is the large predomi nance of radical members in the present Parilameat, ‘they sit on the Ministerial side, but divided from the stanch goverument supporters by a passage or gaugway. Every seat avaliable for them ts occnpled, aad suey look indeed a very formidable host, which will test all Mr, Gladstone's tact aud generalship to manage. Minisiers and the distinguished members of the opposition are, on this occasion, slow in arriving. Not uuti Lue business is actually commenced does Mr. Disraeli put in an appearance. When he comes, wowever, there 18 00 inistaking the man. Those eveu Who have not before had the ay of wee- ing itm cannot fail at once recognizing the form and features of mim “who slew Sir Robert Peel” and granted nousehod suffrage to the English nation. Yailand gaunt looking, with # face mysterious as a Spuinx, and features that have been wasted and worn by years of hard imteliectual struggle, he at once arresté the avtention of the onlooxer. He wears a plain, black frock cost hegiigentiy buttoned, carries his hatin his hand and soiicitously tondies a soliiary glossy black, curl that .depends over the centre of his ample forehead—a carl whicu 1s tue sole survivor of the luxuriant crop that made Vivian Grey so famous ip the palmy days of the Countess of Blessington aud witty Count d'Orsay. Deliverately. he walks up the floor of the House, swhiging his hat to and tro with the airofa man who 18% thoroughly couscious of m5 position and with @ kind of seif-seeking ostentation that seems to court the applause of tue ussembly. None, how- ever, ws voucnsaied to him. Conservative squires, couutry gentl-men and foxhunters are present in scores, Dut not a cheer de they raise for the man shat reorganized their party whon it was routed aud led chem thrice into office. Him they fear and hate, aud the consequence ts that, except wl De iB scorching their adversaries with the flerce fire of his sarcasm and wilt, they fever display any enthusiasm towards bim or encourage him with the shouts thay arewo dear to the Pariilamentary orator. He does not pay any heed to the implied slight im this in- stance, but takes his seat grimy, well knowing that bree oi they love him or hate him they must ac- cept him. Quite diferent is the reception awarded to Mr. Gladstone, Searcely docs he make his appearance when there goes up @ shout from all the liberat benches—a cheer that is intended not only to assure a of their continaed support, but to warn the ‘tes that they Have full faith in the wisdom ef the radical Measures about to be subutitied to Pariia- ment, The Queen's speech having been read by the Speaker, it 18 the duty of the lower house to send up a reply to the ‘Throne in the shape of an addregs, congratulating her Majesty upou the prosperity of the country and assuring her of their continued loyalty. itis accounted a great honor to have the privilege of moving and seconding the adoption of tne aforess, and whe Prime Minister invariably lects for ths duty two new members, warm adnc- rents of bis party, who are thus allowed to make thelr maiden speeclies under the most favoravie auspices, The orations of tue two neophyies this year were very prosy and humdrum, and consisted for the most part of a rehash of the royal speech, There followed a litle skirmishing later in the evening, in Uie course of which the Queen’s mes- ‘sage was rather sharply critiased by the opposition. Lord Cairus, who was Chancellor in the late tory ad- ministration, led the atiack m the Lords, and Mr. Dis- raeli conducted tue Warfare tn the Commons, What both orators chiefly insisted upon Was thas the Irish had increased since thetr accession to power, that government were grossiy culpable, inasmuch as taey nad not eplorced the law with sufficient rigor aod bad signaiy failed in bringing even & sing. of- fender to justice. The rank and tlie of the opposi- ton cheered lustily 1m both ho uses while these Lowe Wurusts were being aimed at the Ministry, but prac- neally the striie resuted Iu nothing, the lverais being too strong for their op ponents to court defeat by ail attack, Hoth parties are reserving themselves for the Land bul, Wick Wi aford ampic material for conflict. Mi. GLADSTONE'S RADICAL PROGRAMS. The Prime Minister has isued a prograniue of work to be accomplished during the session, Wuich cannot fai to conciiiate the radicals and ieip Eug- land forward on that road to democracy oa Which he is ow evidently bent upon traveling. Any one of the numerous measures wuich he intends to in- troduce is sufficiently republican tn its tendencies to have caused gaunty Lord Palmeratone to have dis- paired of his country and leit her shores forever. ‘The ballot cannot be taken up this year on account of the pressure of business, bus it is certain to be accepted next session. Several of the most intu- ential members of the pregent Vabinet are strongly in ita favor, Mr. Lock King's Entaied Pr rly Intestacy diil, which kicked up such a doston 1s first tutrodaction, has been accepied and will be passed by the government this session, and thus the first blow will be aimed at the olt law of primo- gonture, ‘Tne diplomaie and consular services, posed everywhere with exquisite taste, and the Ataircase pore quite ® mass of floral treasures, The vestibule was, in addition, festooned with American flags; and the siriking epi which Napoleon L pronounced on hearing of the great American patriot’s death was displayed in large characters opposite the main entrance. AS was to be supposed, the natives of the United States in Paris formed the main poruon of the company, but the sete was in another sense-essentially cosmopoli- tan, asthe dipiomatic corps was very fully repre- sented and & great number of distinguished Engiish and French paeece sees: were present. The display of uty Was extraordinary, the great majority of the lovely women Who graced the Fooms being Americans. Nothing could be more magnificent than the toilets, and the dancing was distinguisbea for its entrain. A musical entertainment was aiso given in the rooms, when Mme. Custe in she vocal part, M. Reuchsel on the violoncello, and M. Aime Maurel on the piano, were greatly applau Refreshments of the most recherché description were supplied in profusion, and the /’te—one of the most successiul of the season—did not terminate until morning. SWITZERLAND. Don Carlow Arrival and Escort to the Frontier. Atelegram from Geneva of the 23d of February Teports as follows:— Don Carlos arrived here yesterday evening. The Motive of his coming is said to be as follows:—The Prince, tfavelling with an Austrian passport under the name of the Marquis d’Alcantara, had arrived at Lyons, where he met the buke of Modena coming from Rome, who handed tohim a consideravie sum of money destined to effect a counter-revoiution in Spain. Don Carlos on leaving Lyons, report says, Was to have gone direct to the Spanisn frontier, but the French authorities, informed of his movements, communicated to him the desire of the French government to see him re- siding in @ townof the north of france, if he aid not prefer going to some foreign couatry. The Prince having made his choice for the laiter, was escorted as (ar as the Swiss frontier. He was ac- companied at Lyohs by some important persouages of his party, who have since dispersed. AUSTRIA. Austro-ifrench Expositi of Friendship for the United States. Advices from Vienna state that the Hon. Mr. Jay, United States Minister in that city, gave on Tuesday, February 22—as briefly reported by the cavie—a diplomatic dinner on the occasion of the anniversary of Washingion’s birthday. Among the guests were vount de Beust and the heads of the foreign Jegations. The-Austrian Chan- cellor gave @ toast in which be made allusion to a charge brought against him of desiring to introduce changes in the home policy of the country; and in concitiding declared that, at all events, ne had no wish to make any aiteration in the friendly relations ae between the Austrian empire the great republic. ‘ne Duke de Gramont. Ambassador of France, algo spoke of the old friendship which united France and America, and warmly expressed the anxiety of his goverelgn’ for the unalterable maintenance of that good understanding. OLD WORLD ITEMS. ‘The task of ‘‘coaching” the Oxford University crew has been delegated to the ex-president, My. J. c, Tinne. ‘The charge against Messrs. Clay, of Sunderland, England, of embezzling from Muntz's company bas veen dismissed. . Rishop Temple has been elected one of the vice presidents of the British Society 1or the Propaga- tion of the Gospel. The ship Westburn, from Foochow, bound for London, with 700,000 pounds of tea, has been totally Jost pear the Passage Islands. It is now reckoned that an outlay of about £500,000 will renuer the Suez Canal navigavie throughout for | the heaviest class of men-ol-war. A company has been formed in Paria for banking and commerctal operations in and with Japan, It takes the nate of Societe Franco-Japonaise. Jarnival festivities were in fail blast at Constan- tnople on the 6th of February. The Kussian, Aus- trian and French euwbassies were particulariy brilliant. Feeng tae J to official returns the receipts of the Suez Canal Company since the opening, and made up tothe sist or January last, amounicd to 567,872 irancs 6 centimes. ‘The funeral of General Baron de Berthois, formeriy aid-de-camp to King Louis Phihope and deputy to St. Malo until 1828, took place at the Madeleine, Paris, February 20. ‘The Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath has. Fejected @ proposal to the eitect that etuployers of labor should nave the power of levying &@ tax fro their Work people, In Ireland a party of armed men lately attacked the houses of three herds of Captain Houston, of Drimiough. ‘Two of the assatlauts Were Scotchinen and one an Trlsumaa. There ts reason to believe that, Uf her health will | perinit, Queen Victoria wil reside in London, at Buckingham Palace, for several weeks this se in, prior to proceeding to Bauinoral in May. Iv ie intimated that the directors of the Caicutta and Singgpore feiegraph Company have decided upon returning the deposits of the applicants for suares, pending important negotiations. The British Secretary of War bas decided that the grovelling dis] lon recently exhibited by his favorite article of speculation. Bob's motto always was to bid for & million or @ cartload, and yet be which, on being 0) still lives. with his legs crossed and pufing smoke hike an overstrained tugboat is one of the great bulis, the ‘The French Geogra) Bashan pull of the market, and hw name is Laven- general meeting, un hical Society has just held its jer the presidency of the Mai quis de Chasseioup-Laubat. Mi. Charles Mannoir on the progress of the acience in burg. stylish in dress, impressive in appearance, fascinai- Tead @ atatement ing in address, the terror of the bears and the de- = light of the bulls, He may yet blaze as a meteor 1869. Barbie Of fashion tee to award the Bmpresw’ ven this year for the first time, announced ‘ard body had beer in favor of M. ting through the Work most usetul in the market, Dick Lounsberry, shrewd and diminutive, clings to the fountain ratling with one Ferdinand de hand while the ovher 1s raised in midair, as if brusn- Lesseps, who by cul Isthmus of Suez accomplishea the to the commercial relations of France. The printers of Manonester, England, memorial- ized the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the sub- ject of the income tax. The memorial sets forth the ps ry the tax upon holders of weekly situations, the precarious nature of the occupation of the memorialists, aud that in @ number of,cases the average earnings dtd not amount tothe sum for which they were assessed. Mr. Lowe did not see the matter in the “The Chancellor of the desires me to observe,” writes Mr. Rivers Wilson in reply, “that if you and your fellow workmen are wages equal to £1008 year there appears reason why you should beexempt from income tax any more than a@ poor clerk or curate, who, with equal or greater demands upon them, are earning no more.” THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH. ing corded the credit of being “head push ticular observer of the Stock Exch Room, but if he had to area of cerebellum in apy ovher but @ figurative sense there would be littic left of diminutive Dick. Charley Unger, the Bismarcx of the Board, made himself heard once or twice yesterday in a tone of Voice resembling the screech of @ locomotive in an Eastern fog. memoriailsts. operator of Lilliputian stature, ever ready to bid half for @ mulion and alw: You most need him. He isa plucky littie fellow, fond of the manly art and of smoking cigars as long as a barber's poe Young Zerega, WhO wears an asira- khan turt in his time, but seems none the worse of the wear, He 18a heavy opeyator and an extensive vocalist. Old man Beebe, of course, ia on hand, eating chest- nats and keeping up # starp lookout for golden op- portunities. He wears gray whiskers resembiing a Redgeeaw, of boxwood covered with an April frost. Comparative Rates in Europe and America, mes (Washington correspondence (Feb. 28) of the Chicago inewint 1m a winter swamp. Before one of the committees of Congress the Spectacic 1s now presented ol two or three earnest men, animated with the love of progress, and work- ing for the good of the people, resisting the com- raph monopoliste. By the figures these ducing, by the light they are shedding upon the wiles, the extortions and the profits of the monopolist, it 1 plainly seen that good spirits aro at work on the poor man’s post road, the wire. One of the statements of Orton, the President of the Union Telegraph Company, is that telegraphing in America ts cheaper than elsewhere in the world. To refute this I send you a carefull Velograph rates over nearly equ: and in America. Since its preparation the American monopoly has unequally dread of some suc! Stor, and when ke 1s observed ceaselessly brashin, his extensive chin whisker with his right and squalls are anticipated. Sam’s capillary appendage ja the barometer of the Gold Room. He 1s a good- looking man, genially disposed and would make an excellent presiding officer at a clambake or @ chowder party. He {s not itke unto other men, a slave to Mammon, but divides his time equally between the harassing sport of tre Gold Room and the social pastimes of society. That gentleman who has just entered the room as though pursued by one of Sheriff U'Brien’s depaties is toe active and sleepless Merx; always up to his eyes and over in business—-a whole-souied fellow, nevertheless, and @ preity abrewd operator. He bears somewhat of @ likeness wo the picture of Michael Angelo, tuough not looking quite so venerable as that gentieman did at the of life he consented to sit for o18 portratt, Marx, after giving an order to his man, vanishes like a shaduw. Most of the men present smoke cigars. ‘The presence of a pipe seems like an imnovation, but sre the Cuban cares nothing for that, and wal as contented as can be. The owner of this irresistible name operates considerably, Dus cautiously. He has tremendous confidence aud courage for a Cuban, and when he retires to his tropical home can start a gold exchange of his own, with every prospect of fortune. ‘The tali man with the blonde whiskers, Dick Eells, who hapgs so tenaciously sbout the fountain railing, 18 @ great operator in what is termed “five gold,” otherwise, $5,000 at a tme te remains in the room all day, never goes to lunch, abstains from whiskey aud all such bewildering stimulants, sells on every one-eighth in the market, and is altogether a fit and repared table of distances in Europe juced its rates out of the agitation and it will resume them, or double thnem:— New Yorx 10 Al = SESSESERSBESESESE SSRSSSSSSRSAAEERRSTEASE sequentiy is not esteemed as one of the upper ten in the community of operators. fle is ready to take for, galo or use for purchase amounts as low as $100 and $200, and consequently De ts called “Vdd Lote;’’ or one of the odd lot men. They are the scavengers of the Gold Room, but # useful class to small, straggling specuiators. REs2Re: 3 ZSESEESTERSESSSRESESLELTEESS =. Bea RESETEES: Se eae ee ean SSSTSREMSSSRISSHLGSSESSS. 2222 82: (From the Cabell County (W. Va.) Press, Feb, 21.) to any man who desires to keep posted in the nows from Alaska to Japan this newspaper stands It has correspondents in every quarter of the giobe, who supply by telegraph and otherwise every event of importance occurring, course politically is approved by all conservative It condemned the Virginia bill because of the conditions it imposed on that State prior to her ad- mission, and tt 1s equally fearless and outspoken in its censure of the bill lately mtroduced by General Putier for removing ali existing disabitiies from Virginians affected by the fouriecath amendment to eerfully commend this ex- without @ rival the constitation. cellent paper to all who desire to ta printed tu the great commercial city of Ni We receive the Hekatp daily, and coulda’ well do ALAS, POOR YORICK ! The man who sits over near the telegraph office He was once a fashionable member of society, af he survives the present depression away & pestiferous swarm of fies. He is ac- an - and Gold push”? hia cifcomscriped MOSAIC PATTERNS. Little Beede is tne name caressingly given to an '8 lost in the crowd when an and red tie, has had some ups and downs & Very pleasant man, and when he smiles his low as agreeable as a pine wood fire + THE OTHER ANIMALS. Sam Baile, brother of Bob, is a well known oper- ks around with his briar-root roper candidate for President of the United States. fheo. Brat is # different character; he deals in “odd lots,” that is, anytntog under $5,000, and con- Philadephia Cross 1g not unknown around the fountain, He 1s a spare-faced man, with a magniil- centred mose, like @ lighthouse, The roar of bis Voice, as tv echoes under tue bridge of his nose, 1s something terrific, and reminds one of Da Chaiila’s goriila as it is said to thunderim ule foresta of Alrica, A MAN OF DESTINY. Jira Wodgkins takes things easy nowadays. Yesterday, as ue jeaned On bis venerable winoreila, With a sud smite upon his face and a heavy water- fall of black hair dowing over bis coat collar, he seemed like Cumpbeli’s ‘Last Mau,’ surveying the Wreck of matter and the crash of worlds, Billy Bird put in an appearance, but took no active part in the game going on, His diamonds liiaminated the dark corners of the room, and his cheery voice spread merriment wherever its echoes went, Billy is rich, and mingles fun with philosophy. He hi his day, though still a young man, with the world ali before bim where to choose. flarry Fuller and several other sporting men, great on teams and trotters, called in for awannie tu see their friends, and talked consideradic horse for half an hour or so, Joe Zuckerman, greas ou “puts” and “calls,” was busy, after # fashion, but not near xo lively ag ne used to be. He ts rather piatn in appear. ance, Win w face like the mulated countenance oi a Roman giadiator and whiskers a fa General Bouw, MONEY MARRIAGE. Dick Edwards is, pernaps, one of too most proini- nent men lu the room, ‘‘inuch of @ genticman,” as the saying ls. He is wealth, styl year ‘ of a Sandy shade, near the colo; the fringe of a snmmer cloud at sunset, talks well and tells a joke when he has nothing else todo, George Bella is a sample of Young America, a beardiess youth, with sanguine blue eyes, dauntless spirit and trrepreasibie energy. Got nearly broke, tie got married; aud now, after passing 8 boneympon, comes to the at Room to build up the forvune of himself audh ia ride. Bul Gwinne dresses like Prince wsterhazy without ‘that geutiouan’s ostentatious show @f jewel He avenue, passed December uon of naming @ day be deferrea until Wednesday morning, I wiil try to prepare myself with afidavits showing cause, If any exists, Why time should be given 4nd how much. My opinton is at present that I could not get ready fend this unfortunate man before next term, which, 1 understand, meets in April. ‘That an estimabie citizen has been killed, and that this man perpe- trated the act, is beyond question; but. it 18 gravely asserted by his friends that at tue time ne did it he Was not responsibic for his actions. Where a de- fence of that importance is in good faith interposed it seems to me that a few weeks ougut to be given in @ matter of such vital importance voth to the com- munity and to this man. ‘ith the imcreased facili- ues for communication I have no doubt that by the first or second week in April I could prepare my case. District Attorney Morris said he was ready at any time and supposed for next wi properly to det that the case would be set down eek. Judge Gilbert set the case down for Wednesday morning, When Mr. Spencer will make a formal ap- plication for a postponement. THE HAYES ANSASSINATION. ‘The case of Edwin Perry, the alleged murderer of ‘Thomas Hayes, night watchman at ck's stores, Furman street, came up yesterday resale. alter the hearing in the Voorhees case, when Mr. John H. n, one of Perry’s counsel, Made appiication to have @ day fixed for the third trial of the prisoner. ‘The District Attorney said he proposed to try the case at the next Oyer and Terminer, in April. Mr. Spencer, of Drisoner’s counsel, supposed thas Perry had some rights in the Matter, and asked that @ day should be tixed for tne trial. Judge Gilbert said that the case must take the regular course; and tt, therefore, goes over until tae next term, ANOTHER MURDER Case. John Howard, a young wan, was arratgned on an Indictment charging nim with having stabbed and thereby caused the deatn of one Terence Flynn, in ‘Tulary street, m October last. Flyun lived several days after the injuries were inficted. The prisoner, who will be defended by Mr. Jonn Cooney, de- manded. a trial, and the case was set down for Mon- aay next, ALLEGED FORGERY OF A WILL." C. A. Bergerman, indicted on the charge of paying forged a Will m the name of Philip Borne, late of Kast New York, pleaded not guilty and was re- Imanded. The trial was set down for Tuesday next. CHARGK OF PERJURY. Frank Archibald was indicted on the cha perjury in having sworn falsely in the Dalzeil di- vorce case. Fisher, the lawyer Who Was enginecr- ing this fraudulent proceeding, bas jumped his bail and fed vo parts unkoown. THE GRAND JURY. A Grand Jury was empauelled yesterday taorning, and after being charged, as usual, by Judge Gilbert, reured to their duties, BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCI.. ‘The Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, Alderman ‘Thorn in the chair. A communication was received from the Corpora- tion Counsel relative to the powers of the Board in opening and extending Beaford avenue, widening of Perry and Herkimer streets, and fixing the district ‘of assessment for the same. The Commitiee om Opening Streets, having the matter iu charge, hed met several times to hear Yemonstrances against the improvement when the‘question was raised as to the power of the Board In the premises, The Corporation Counsel was called on for hia opinion, and he says the Legislature clothed the Board, in the passage of the act, with full power to cause the improvement to be carried out and to fx the district of asseasmont for the ‘same. On motion of Alderman Camrsrit, the report of the Committee on Opening Streets, which was of- fered at the meeting February 28, was adopted. Tho committea reported that it would be & gross Injus- tice to the owners of property on Bedford avenue, between Fulton and Flushing avenues, to extend the district of assessment to Flushing avenue. A resolution attached to the report, to the effect that tno district of assessment for extending Bedford av- enue and Herkimer street, and widening Perry age 482 of the present minutes, be rescinded, was also adopted. An invitation was accepted to review the Irish societies on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. ‘The estimated cont of grading, curbing and gutter- ing Bushwick aveuue, trom Nori Second street to tne city line, ty $100,000. ‘The bia of M. J, Lowery for the mason work of the Fiftieth precinct station house, which was tue low- vst, was $16,987. The lowest bid for the carpenter work Was that of P. Murphy, for $8,861, A resolution was adopted to the effect that the flags be displayed on the City Halil on St, Patrick’s day. N FOR RUNAWAY KENTUCKY LOVERS,—Tnomas Shelton, better known as "Squire Shelton, died at Aberdeen, Oho, on the Lith ult. aged ninety four years. In 1516 he was elected a Justice of the peace for Huntington township, Browa Couuty, WHICH ofiice Le Acid without interruption to the day of tis death, It is sata that during the fiity~ Jour years ho Was wagistrate he united in marriage 4,000 couples or $000 persons. Elis place was te “Gretna Green” for runaway lovers from Kentucky, wiom fe joined in wedlock withoutsne formality of license, His marriages for @ loug time were not couaidcrad legal; but the Lesistature of Kectucky, aban early day, passed an act legalizing then, to avoid tigation in the settiement of estates, and the Obie Legislature, a few years ago, passed a act. Le was boru in Statiord count, constable at the trial of Aaron Burr emigrated to Obia tn 18Lh—-Cira!e crak, Marcle ds A GRETNA GRE