The New York Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1870, Page 4

4 EUROPE. Tho British Margh to Democracy-—Cost of the Throne an Impelling Cause, Marriage, Divorce, Murder and Radi- ealizm in Politics, ‘Tho Countess of Freadaivane's funeral took place. The tonantry were all invwed, Yhe Scotch pipers Played ‘The Flowers ef the Forest’? as the proces. sion wound ivs way round the carriage drive. The Earl wis not presenk An action {pr broach of promise of marriage was tried pefore Mr. Inatice Fitzgerald, tn Dublin, ia which the lady, Miss Jans Huns, clatmed £1,000 damages against the defendant, Mr. J. T. O'Connell, a@solicttor of Cork. The case excited considerable interest and the cout was crowded, The jury found for the piaintiff 2250 damnges. ‘The petition againgt the return of Mr, Bernal Os- borne to Pariianient for Waterford was presented to tho Court of Commen Pleas, Dublin, The petttton- @ra are Thomas Comden, impiement manufacturer, @nd Michael U’Shes, grocer and poor law guardian, tm the etiy of Waterford. The grounds are ‘“brivery, Treatiug and undue tufuence by respondent's ‘agents;” and the poijoners pray that the alection May be Gectared void. Security for tts progecutton “had been given by reoogizance in the usual manner and io tw staturabe amount. ENGLAND. Tho National March to Democracy=Sketches aud Scenes in Parlinmeut~The Money As~ pect~How the Throne is Supported— Budget Votcs and Where the Cash Goes. Lonpon, Maren 14, 1870, RADICAL RETRENCHMENT. Following ous those doctrines of economy which Mr. Pright preached im season and Out of season for Bo many years, Mr, Gladstone’s government has been striving hard to gain populartiy by reducing tho public burdens as much as possible, Reductions have been effected in nearly all the departments, and changes have seen organized that are expected to be instramental in saving large sums of money. Army, ravy and civil service are all In process of being very greutiy redueed, and ministerial gficiais are striving m new-born geal with ech ether to @evise frosh methods of retrenchment. So largely leavened is the present administration with men of reJiea! views—mea like Mr. Foster and Mr. Stans- felda, who Qo not conceal their admiration of Amert- can institutions—that this movement in faver of ecpnoiwy ts as present stronger than it has ever before been in Engitgh political history. Indeed, it May be safely regarded as one of the signs of the times-—one of the indleations of our gradual gravi- tation towards a stul mere republican government. and freer and more liberal laws. For yeara the working classes of thie country have groaned under the insufferable weight of the taxation Imposed upon them to pay for tke bimiders and mismanagement of corrupt goverameats. Thele protest and cry Ihave ascende. from the times of Chartism down- wards, and 11 Js oniy now, when an aavauced Itberal Ministry ts in power, that efforts are being made to make their bardens less intolerable. HOW Ti1S 19 BMING BFFECTBD. Bat while much is berng done in the shape of re- ducing aud repealeg taxation, very much is belng left undone. Unfortunately for our radical govern- mont, they have bezua at the wrong end. The dis- charge of soldiers, satiors, clerks and dockyard labor- ers has undoubtedly bad the effect of reducing the pudtic expenditure but it also bas had the far more ominons. etfect of throwing thousands of the Jabering c'asses out of employment. East London and our Daval and arsenal towns are In consequence teeming with misery and deaubation, famine fever prevails, and the cry of the savering artisans is, ‘Help us to get ont of this over-peopied and hard-hearted land. Take us to America, Grant us assistance to go to the United States, where we may get work and TeAd— We wud vue cons and our children’s children.’ DAUGHTPRS OF THR HORSRLEECH. This distress will, if some remedy be not soon pro- vided, have the effect of alienating from Mr. Glad- stone a considerable portion of his radical support- ers. Mr. Bright’s philcsopny of retrenchment is, they think, all very weil, but tt should be carried out impartially. Where reductions were to be made 16 would have been wiser, they argue, to have com. Menced making tuem at the head, rather than the foot, of the national establishment, Uandreds of of- fices there are that are mere sinecures, Hundreds that are overpaid, hundreds that are useless, which might more advantageously have been reformed unan the wretched situations nela by ehipwrighis and caulkers. Butthen these high offices are held by relatives of the aristocracy, and, liberal as Mr. Glad- stone ts, he has not yet peen able to free himself from the influence of the territorial magnates who sit in his Cabinet. Like the daughters of the horse- Jeeck the demand of these aristocrats is continually @ demand for piace and reward. Their constant cry is “Give, give,’ not ‘Take, take,” and the conse- quence js that our laboring classes are pining for America and ihe gcuerous nurcure of the vast Weat- ern wilds, while those who neither toil nor spin are Tich and increased in gooas, and fare sumptuousiy every day. Lora Charles Russell, for instance, a brother of Earl Russell, receives some thousands of pounds a year simply for inying the mace npon the tab'e when the Speaker takes the chair, kitting a few consecu- tive hours in a well-staffed arm-chair, and allowing himself to be caiiled Sergeant at-Arms. The head doorkeeper of the House, moreover, 18 patd a £1,000 per anaur for dressing m biack clothes and waite tie and looking after seven cther doorkeepers worse han the first. Salaries such ag these (and [ migit ro 7p instaneea ad tnytiitem) have been left un- touched, while the government pay has becn whol! And sudaenly taken from the smiihs and wheel- Wrights, wio are now ciamoring for the means of get to the States. DEMOCRATIC REACTION. ‘This movement is consequently veginning to set In in among the lower classes. Deprived of work, denied any assistance to enable them to emigrate, the toilers and spinners who are walking about bongry ard wretched and naked are beginning to Tail against those whom they put into office. They re every Whit as democratic In feeling as they were when. with the Irish Church cry, they shoui- dered Mr. Bright and Mr. Gladstone into Downing ee from hundreds of triumphant bustings. But unger 13 a keen driver, and with famine in the gates artisans are not prone to draw subtie distincttons or to cleave to political creeda merely for the sake of an idea. They are suffering; they want bread; it hag ‘Deen takeu from them by the reductions iu the na- tional establishmenis, and, impatient of the defini. tions of political philosophy, they believe that cruel injustice has been dove them. Radical retrench- ment, thereiore, which many of them applaudea and their caps at when preached from the plat form, they now decry, finding it to be very pinching g@nd disagreeable in tis actual operation. Govern- Ment have, undonbdtedly, shown their democratic tendencies by seeking to reduce the departments and lessen the aaron weight a the nauional debt; Dut they should have done something towards purg- ing the War Office and Foreign vitice of its highly ‘id, well connected favorites, before turning the jockyard lavorers adrift. The torics, you may be sure, are taking care to make even ue wrath of the populace to serve them, ‘They are denouncing the stiuginess of the adminis- tration and supporting State emigration, and as they have the reputation atnong the lower orders of jeast being “gentlemen,” they are i) progent in Righ favor with ® \are section of tne laboring classes. Asture conservatives, however, know very well that this py no means indicates guy return to conservative principles on the part of the household sudrarers. foilowing the rule of iticians in all countries, the radicals here are Present merely making use of the tories. Fatiing at any time to gain what they wanted from the ‘Whigs they have invariabiy turned to the tories, ‘What the one refuses the other was pretty sure to ve; and tins it will come to pass that if ever Mr, Pirie returns to power he can only keep it b Going as he aid in 1867—preaching conservatism and acting radicalism, ~ The democrats, made angry by hunger, may put him again into office; but they ‘Will insist upon his domg weir work. HER MAJRSTY’S SUPPLY, The supply, as tt ts technically called, or the grants Of money for the pudiic services, bas ocoupied some of our attention this week. ‘The subject was intro- duced by Mr. Childers the First Lord of the Admi- raity, w' the marine estimates for tne year upon the table and explaincd in dotat! the redne- tons which he proposes to cifect in that department. Granting ‘supply’ is one of the most curious and com) o Engin Parhamentary procedures, etapa of cercinonies have to be observed fore a single farching can be taken from the reve- w things counecied with our cousiututional ment more Clearly demonstrate the power sue people and the weakness of the avistocracy than the wanner iv which the national finacc are Controlied. Ever since the Commons bovame @ | mage the Stave they claimca the exclusive right levy the revenuc ani manage the expendiure. ‘Zep House of Lorus cauags interfere with whem in = for the maimtepance of the public departments, ‘this mt What taxes the Commons choose to farnos9, or burdens thay choos9 to remit, or genoral financial changes they choose to minke, must all bo Becepled by Lietr Lordships ‘True, thoy may run. of—but they must subunit. They can neither tuuroe duce any money bills themselves, nor alter in.any bf Lirose that are sent up i tre Commons. Taew Jordsitps aro entirely excluded from having part or Jol m_ the public ‘auon, exceps in the indiveot way of giving their asseut to what the lower house may resolve, HOW IT 13 GRANTED. Her Gracious Majesty at the commencoment of every session embodies @ short paragraph in her apecch Irom th: rons tn which she expresses tng hope that her “faitaful Commons” will grant a liberal supply ‘out of ihe revoaue Wwwards the iaintenaace of ihe public services. ‘This message ts the iirat sep ta the process, and 18 equivalent to saying, ““Mes- sieurs, Wili you givo me the wherewithal co main- tain my araiy, navy and civil establishments? As ROOU as the royal request! 2 wads known, the clerk, who ts arrayed in the fall digaity of wig aod bomba- ine, puts the question to the House wether they will grant the necessary supply. Being fovai and dutitul, the Commons of course declare that th Wil, aud this Completes the drat stage of. the busl- ness, The next tioa Lo be deciued Is how much supply is want ‘Tuts ig answered frat of ali by the Aitnisters who aie at head of the different establishments. Mr. Cardwell, the Secretary at Was; Sr, Chiidors, the First Lord of the Admiralty, aud Mr, Staasfeld, the Secretary to the ‘Treasury, each prepare statements of the amount they think wil be uired tor their several departments. ‘Those statements are called the ostimates, and they are expiained in detail when they are submitted to tne House, whici bas the power of reducing them to any extent it decms eee Each ftom in the estimates ts granted separately, and every such item 18 caled a “vote.” Thus £50,000 for iron-claasy, £20,000 for new rifles, £40,000 for tho administration of justice, are instances of how tue Various sums are get down. Those votes are taken -in what 19 called Committee of Supply. ‘The speaker leaves the chulr and goes heule to his turtie and ventson, apd # deputy cbairmap, or chatr- man of committees, takes Nis piaco in another coair, The sums demauded are then put to we House one by ove, and there are often great squah- bing and contention. Finanolal re‘orimers and economists dispute almoat every item; some crying out inat they should be reduced, others that they should be avolished altogether, and ail doing thor utmost tu get say a thousand pounds struck of fity thousand, When the votes have run the gauntlet of tuis prolonged fire of ortticism—and they are ali adjusted, ag It were, by the Nouse—they are “‘re- ported’’—that 1s to say, the Speaxer taxes the chair, and the deputy chairman reports to wim that the Committee of Suppiy bas agreed to graut a certain speciied sum for Ul . ci apd mllitary establish: ments, The Houas, in éifect, says “good,” and thus ends the second stagé of ube procedure WHERE 10 oe eae ‘Aovby. ‘This really becoined the pext problem, “We aft Willing tu give your Majesty so many piles o money,” say the Commons, “but we have nein he Ways nor tho means. We must leave 1 lo une Coes to discover these, nO a Casts nee within our province.’ . Obancellor e Exchequer bejng ‘4 tis nad a the nal onal ances, thg Ministry practically say to htm, ‘Lae Commons Yaving promised us so much mongy out ot tae pablle revenue we leave you to find tt tor us.’? ‘Vans apoealed to, the Obanceilor of the Exchequor sets to work and reckon’ up lus gains for the year. He calcuiaces how much money he has derived rom customs aud taxation, and strikes the grand total derived trom the revenue, If the estimates ex- ceed tlie revenue he titiposes additional taxes; if, on the otaer band, they fall short of it be remits those waxes which be thinks press (00 mutelerably upoa the community, THR BUDGET. Having thus made is ceicuiations and having re- solved whut he will Impose and what he will reaus, he subunits bis propositions to the House in a speech Which 13 known as the Budget. This oration is nade in whats calded Comunitee of Ways and Means, which, uucder auother nume, is precisely the same a3 Comuiutive of Supply. When ile dnancia) proposals contained in tue budget are approved of they are emoouied tn money bills, ‘ilese vis merely enuct In the shape of law the resolusons adopicd by the Comurons, and whey are read @ firs}, second and third times, like ordinary bills. Ther passage through the lower House completes tho third stago of the process of granting supply. THB ROYAL ASSENT, ‘This action constitates tue fourth and last stage, and 1£13 purely formal. ‘The lower Horse sends up the moucy bilis tothe upper House aud asks their lordships to agree to them and pass inew on to the Queen to receive her suuction. Neitaer Lords nor Queen, howover, are allowed to alter the measures in any shape or form, or to intertere with what the representatives of the people have done. STOPPING SUPPLY. This 1s ono of the most poweriul constitutional rights possessed by the poople, aud the one which must closely ailies them to deinocridue Instiiatous and governments. Having the entire control of the finances in tier own hands, they cau at any ume overmive the Lords and the Queea. jsnould her Gravious Majesty or the Peers spirituai and tem- poral prove reiractory in any Way, ail that the Com- mons have got to do ts to stop che supplies, and say, ‘We shail not give you one penny ull you yield to our coma” Suca @ procedure, it id true, 1s ouly had recourse to in exureime cases; but it has Bi tie lueuns of Wresting miaiy useful reforma trom the nopliity. Fate Wave BOTIMATES FOR Tis weaiy which, as 1 have suid, were introduced by Mr, Childers, Contain no feature of interest to Anierica, They fix the total number of seamen and coast guardsmen af 61,000, aad there is in ali a reduction of £751,000 as compared With last year. Unilke Nr, Gladswone, Mr. Clulders is not a genius as handling figures, and his statement Was consequently tame, dry and culnteresting. He ts qutce # secoud rate man, with DO originality, Who owes lis promotion to his carelul, piodding spurt, and his general fatth- fulnesa to the cause of advanced iberaiism. EMIGRATION. We have had a sharp skirinish upon the snoject of emigration, tn the course of which, as was uataral, uch was said and ninted at with respect to tue United States, as 1 uayo already said, great distress prevails among our laboring population, During the whole of this severe wink, ticy have been crying piteously for bread, and, among over remedies, have been clamoriug tor the means ol em- igration, Many of the prore hotircaded of the radi- cais in the House have Warmly espoused their cause, und have, by public meeting and Stuerwise, been goudiug the goveramen} Ww adopt some remedial Measures. ‘True to thew traditions, the rank aud fie of the tovies have been doing thelr best to fan the excitewent and Keep alive tle agitation, hoping as some future date Lo inake political capital out of the matter by professing to be the working man’s friends, ihis, indeed, was the uititade Im which many of them placed themselves wien the question was debated the ovher nignt. Fearful of a surprise, the government had “whipped up” strongly for cine occasion, and the liberal bencacé were crowded, ‘Those on the conservative side were also weil filled, bub all the leaders were absent, eluding Mr, iis Taeh, Who 18 much too astute a polftician to risk hingelf in a tignt where he 18 not pretty sure of vic- tory. He vas un nmmease faculiy of “biting bis tune,” and that was tae policy Le acted upon on the present occasion. The question was upened by #r. Jorrens, the memoer for the University town of Cambridge, who moved a direct resolution declaring that 1t Was the bounden duty of governinent to provide poor tnimilies wilh tie means of emigraing to British colonies. His speech was atrong, but the weak point In it, as Was proved by the subsequent, dt:cussion, Was the proviso respecting tie Lugitsh dependencies. ‘Tis was brought out very scrongly mdeed by Mr, Gladstone himself, after the five hours’ bate had ceased. Harnest a8 he usualiy is, we Premier Was hever More so than in the remarks by which he closed the debate. Nay, he was even eu- thusiastic and dogmatic, and spoke vehemently and at times passionaiviy. He ack his tace directly against the whvle scoleme; decinred that he would never be a party to eucouragiug ay system of Btate eligration; that the colonies would not accept our emigrants, and that it was a rotten system of politt- cal economy for government to undertake to do tor individuais what they ought to do for themsecives, One pomt which he specially dwelt upon was we injustice that would be commitied by insisting upon these poor people going to the English cotontes in- stead of wiere they themselves iiked. In tugn and swellinz tones he asserted (what, in fact, every pre- vious speaker tad granted) that by lar the largest proportion of Engush emigrants went to the United Btates, that they much preferred ic to the colonies, that the mother country had no rignt to say to her starving thoueands, “You musi go where I want you to g2, not where you would like to so yoursell, and where you think you will best be able to pros- per;” that the colonies, morever, ought not to have these people thrust upon them against their will, and that if those who were vent abroad wero treated thas they would learn rather to hate than to love ae wnd might become enemies istead of rien i The liberals were quite tnmulinous in their cheer- ing of these sentiments, and when at leagth & divi- slon was called the a ye proposal Was reject- 1d by is leaves the matter just the perishing artis: oa the question stili remains to the government, *‘ al will they do with them?’ They demand bread; wil the Ministry give them a stone? The Marriage Reletions and the Divorce Conrt, The Pall Mali Gazette of the 10th of March reports the previous day’s proceedings in the Divorce Court, London, thus:— PRITCHARD VS. PRITCHARD AND DEAN. Dr. Spinks applied to the Court ou behalf of the petitioner in this case, foran order for immediate Paymentof the damages of 600 pounds awarded by the jury w fortuignt back. ‘The learned counsel Slated that tuere was reason to believe that the correspondent Bean, who had carried on the business of @ coal agent at Hawypstead, intended immediately to leave the country, and he read an alidavit, showing that the co-respondent was now Withdrawing Dis goods from the jartsdictien of the court, and hud alrevuy despatched several boxes {rom his premises, which Were sapposed to contain plate and valuabies, He Suomttved, therefore, that this Was a cuse of urgency, requiring immediate payment. Lord Venzance said that under tho ciroamstances he stould grant ati order for payment within three days. 1018 was conformable to the usual practice shoul . Order accordingly. ‘4 ages alah MACDONNELL V8. MACDONNEUL AND GIROUD, This was @ petition for dissolution of marriage on the ground Of the respondent's adulter'y with the co- respondent, ucither of whom en! aay appear NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, » thev did when the paper duties were taken } anco. Tho petitionor is @ clergyman of the Church of Lngiand, torwerly curaio of All Satots', St. dpupteood, and aflerwards of St. Perer’s, Wale worta. The jos Were married at Dublia ta 1854 ana lived wher tit 1332. Mrs. Macdon- nell was fond of pleasure and gave frequcnt cause of complaint by stay out late ab aigas and taking excursions tuto the couatry without her husband's leave, and in December of the above ear she leit his house, Toe petitioner's iacome hia profession did not excesd £100, and out of this he made her an allowance of thirty pounds, Which he afterwards witudrew upon discovering that she had ove of his daughters in the same house with herself and the Sareseponaeah Giroud, wito had formerly boarded with the petitioner. Satis factory evidence of the identity having been given, the Court pronounced a deoree nist, with cost, Mr. Callaghan appeared for the petitioner, DALGETY V3. DALGBTY. ‘The petitioner, Mrs, Hannah Daigety, peared. dis solution of marriage, which took place in October, 1861, as Ss. Janies’ church, Bermondsey, Her hus- batd, who was & compositor, emigrated to Natal, where he again went through the ceremony of mar- by! being thus of course fro ree Evidence of toe bigamous marriage in 1805 was sprognean from the registry in Natal, and afidavits of identity read. Lord Penzance u dence qaite established the fact of the bigamous marriage and adultery, Decree nist with costs, » The Wicklow Peorage Claim Case. {From the London News, March 18,) ‘The hearing of the clatm to the Wicklow peerage Again oocupied the attention of the House of Lords yesterday, it wul be remembered that the pro- ceedings were adjourned in order that Mra. Howard migat produce evidence to rebat the oe told by Mary Best, who alleged thas winle she was an of Liverpool Workhouse Mrs, Hi adopted her fant sou. ‘Tie woman Best was yesterdey re-examined, and stated what after ner own cniid had been taken 16 took another from a pauper 1 tho wor! order to console herseif for ber loss. This tntant otaurse, nit paid'a weekly sam for ims mauntonnno9 a we Until tg death afow mons afterwards, In contradic. tion of this atory, however, ev: Was adduced to Show that no cUid was Missing from the workhouse when Hest took her departure, that the infant pur out to nurse was the sane oF witch she had been delivered, and that when tite child died she put on mourning and appeared distressed. Lord Choims- ford observed, m the course of the hearing, that throughout his experience he had never known & case which had broken out in so taapy fresh places, _ (From the London News. March 19.) Yesterday the Committeo of Priviteges of the House of Lords again sat to consider the claim to the Wickiow peerage. Sir Roundeli Palmer, in sug: ming up the evidence, commented at syme itayth yn the story which nad beey fold SF tae woman ‘hat Mrs. Howard nad it, aie subuitted = hah altogother. {aici to make out the case on bo- halt of the child who had been put forward as her son, Aud that the original claimaus was titled to thelr lordships’ decision. ‘The Solicitor repeal, on the part of Mra, Howard, adimited thas y her FéTAsat to allow herscif to be cross-examined respecting the trath of Mary Bost’s story sie had placed herself ac a considerable disadvautaze, At the same time, if tie child wo claimed to be she Earl of Wicklow was really Sirs. Howard's son, he was sure ther lordships would not permit the boy's rights to be. affecced by she misconduct of his motiier, Tho further hearing stauds adjourned to ‘Thursday next. IRELAND. Droudfui Murder on St, Putvick’s Day. - The-Cork Eramimer aad other papers of the 19th of Marck announce the perpetration of some horrid murders. Police Protecting the Priests at Mass. {From the Dablin Eveutng Mau, March 19,3 A Limerick correspondent ioforma us that on St. Patrick’s Day @ large body of police, uader a sub- inspector, were siationed at the Roman Catholic Cathedral to protect the priests while saying Mass. ‘rhe cause of quarrel was a snow of want of Intorest on the part of the clergy in certain Pediaa martyre. This occurreuce exhioits ‘ne poplar state or feeling which the Coercion bist is iramed Co meet. That ae ig Not intended nor suited to cope with rit- outem. The Geueral Situation and Political Aspect. A tolegram from Tralee, Kerry, of the 19th of March, says:— Yesterday o bait? of Mr. Sandes, named Nolan, was iired at near Listowel, by two men with re- volvers. He providentially escaped, Nolan was after aistraining some tenants on tuo property over which Mir. Sandes i3 agent some time previousiy. ‘The constabulary are searching for the assagsing ui der inspectors. Mra. O'Donovan Rossa lectnrod at Tipperam and received an ontiusiastic ovation. The hotel where she was staying aud some other houses in the town were searched by the police for frearms, but without success, Conrmenting on the Trish Coercion bill of Mr. Glad- stone the Dublin 7rishman says:—Tho Irish mem- bers, by their tnaction and passive consent, have banayed tl ely counizy. 6 Flay of Irelaiid says:—Tho Eng} ian mover ment dogs not govern in accortance with the pop: lar will, or tusra would be no necessity for coc! ae It will not suppress loyalty to the natty ad, OLO WORLD ITEMS. The Italian government is abolishing all pavitc omcial sinceures, Famine prices for grain aul! prevail in tho districts of Jodhpore and Marwar, India. Febroary 23 the mountains back of Yokohama, Japan, were covered with snow, ‘The heat ia Natal was so great ia Janaary that oxen dropped dead at their work, Very fair specimens of Havana and Shiraz tobacco have been grown tu Dharwar, India. Goid 1a again found in paying quantities in the Leydcaburg district, in tae Transvaal republic. The Natal, Africa, papers repore the crops of po- tatoes and Kafr cora im the vicinity of Greytown tating. The Diocese of Matras, India, contains 69,923 Christians, with 195 clergymen, of whom 79’ aro matives, At Shanghae a proposition on the part of official Bereopages to Insiinte lotteries way not received with Javor. The Japan Times states that Mr. H. N. Lay has positively conciudod the contract for a rallroad from Jeduo to Ktow, Colonel G. Motr, C. B., of the Royal Horse artillery, dted at Umbatia, India, and Captain Walts Russeil, of the Sixtieth Rifles, was killed by a fall tro. his horse at a hurdle race at Benaros. ‘The total import duties of the Cape of Good Hope colony for the year 1869 were 702, OF £9,227 nrore than I 1865. The value of exports was £303,262 tor last year and but £271,049 in 1068. At Milan, a soclety of amateurs and artists have beon formed for tie purpose of estabitsiung a per- miauont exhibition of works of artin that city. Two handsome and apaelous picture gallerieg have been opened with 290 paintings, The Chinese steamer Confucius has been totally wrecked mm the Yaug-tsze river. Sho was built in Amerlea several years ago and was the first tugboat on the Yang-isze, where she piled for years. Cons verted into u vessel of war, she rendered loag and faithial service to tie Cliimese government. Aplan for estabilsiing & Russiaa university mm Srberia that was under consideration two yoars ago and then abandoned has been azain revived, ip con- nection with the reforms and aiterations about to be introdnced in the administration and geographical division of that part of the Russian dominions, The Bremen Emigration Commissioners revort that in the last thirty-eight years 1,149,233 German emigrants sailed from thelr pore in 6,065 vessels, in 1860 only ten steamers sailed .thence for New York, With 3,633, but in 1860 there departed 104 steamers, with 47,456 emigrants for the United States. The Pruseian navy consists of thirty veasels, car- rying 320 guns, viz.:—Five tron-ciads, nine cor- vettes, two despatch boats and twenty-two gun- boats. Ere 1874 eleven iron-clads, eloyen corvettes and ten smail vessels are to be constructed—tius ae the programme laid down by the Relenstag in Tne missionaries at Yang-Chow, China, report a cessation of tnfriendliness op the part of the popu. lice; Dut at Formosa the Chinese oMmetats are an- noying foreigners engaged in the camphor trade, having offered $200 for tae head of one English cam- phor merchant and placing another in irons after robbing him. Great excitement prevails among foreign residents at Nagasaki jn consequence of the arrest and de. portation—whither it 1s not known—of more than a thousand native Ohiistians. The oficial placards contain auch plrases ag this: e perverse relt- gion of Jesus, the teacher from heaven, ts a calamity which menacos the empire,” &c, Florence journals state that the agents of the Egyptian government are quietiy recrulting in that city for the Viceroy’s army, Tucy find maay Italian subordinate oficers, who lave lately been relieved from service, willing to accept their terms, viz., an advance of 600 francs and their subsistence and travolling expenses as fur as Cairo, A singular fancy bas come upon the Kafirs near Cape Town. When the Great Kastern arrived at Yavie bay thousands of them lett thetr employers without notice, in some cases abandoning large ar- rears of wages, They imagined that the ‘big snip” had come out to carry thom away to forced iabvor in Englaud and could not be dissuaded of this lafatu- AtlOD. ‘Thé Emperor of Russia recently presented the Don Cossacks with tho newly consecrated banners of St. George, adorned with the Alexander ribbon and an inscription commemorating the 300 years’ existence of the Cossack army of the Don, Its fullest muster was during the Crimean war, when eighty regt- ments of 300 men each, forming an aggregate of 64,000, were called out. ‘Tho city of Alglers—which may now be considered Huropean—has been very gay this winter. It num. bers 70,000 inhabitants, including representatives of all nations, Horse racing and boar hunttag were the iayorite out of door sports. Grand Turks, Multis, Algerine Jews, lrench oificers and ladies, re ladies and gentlemen, fair Mauresques, Arabs aud Kabyles were whe deliguiod spectators, SPRING FASHIONS. A Gala Day Among the Gowgawa of the Fair Sox. APRIL 1, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. How the Female Form Divine Should be Adorned—Chitchat for the Ohignons— The Intricacies of the Toilet. Fow of the aterner sex in thetr perambulations Broadway have any idea of the prodigious amount of labor, art, expense and variety of matorial that go to Construct one of those gorgeous female edifices that meets their astonished eyes as every step. A costume and hat alone have cost 8 dosen modistes many sleepless nights} the mineral kingdom bas been ransacked and the brains of ewoliera tortured to supply their glittering bYouserie; bandkerchief extracts and bouqnets and enomets of myriad varte- ties are wafled from tnetr tiny mouchoirs and gleam from their peach-blossomed cheeks, and beneath all is @ labyrinth of garments of every description. Tho stores were crowded yesterday with the votaries of fashion aid tue mouistes wore radiant with smiles and conscious triumph., Many novelties were dis- played before admiring eyes, aud poor Senedicks will noon learn that the eventful time has come to open their purse strings anew. Mile, Power, formerly of Stewart's, revealed a per- feot boudotr of bonnets at her new establishment on Broudwoey, comprising exotics in Beadgear culled from Paris and New York. Sho was the radiant pre- siding gentus at the opeoing sesterday. One of these hats was @ sort of hermaphrodue—nalf bon. net, half round hat-~a perfect little gem, with black ostrich feathers clustering over the brow of the wearer, ond a fall of lace sweeping round the chig- non and caught up beneath with @ neat silk bow. Another was a blue crépe de chiny Pompadour bon- net, With g handsome feather bouquet at the side and foias of the materia: forming the curtain, A chapeau Marquise, in wich all the characteristics Of last season seem to be reversed, a)s0 attracted at- tention. The ends and bow t were formerly worn in front are now crossed over the chignon. The material was royal purple crépe de chine, and the snape was flat and close to the forehead and ris- ing gradually to the curtain behing, A bouquet at the side completed this very stylish affair, The chapeau ‘Tourraine is of white chip, with diadem of lace and flowers, The crown 18 very narrow, and a lace and gros grain bow sets off this petite and delicate little work of art to the best advantage. The Fadgite 188 rieh shade of brown crepe de chine, with ostrich feather to correspond and a pale Jomon colored flower at the side. Another lovely hat was something of the Marie Stuart shape—fat and close on the forehead—with a curved diacem of @ peculiar and very striking effect. Lord & Taylor exmbited a large varlety of dress materials, Some very pretty specimens of plain and changeable six, poults de sole, in every sade, trout white to black, of the most detlcate gradauons; American black silks, of @ remarkably strong tex- ture, and creditable to native manufacture; organ- dies, in which myriad flowered patterns were com- bined; striped ana cnceked silks, for the dog days, and grenadines, for the fall, were shown in profuston. A back, silghtly gored in front, with a panier of Diack Brussels lace and Capuchin tab and a crochet flower down the back, was much admired. A jaunty ligule jacket, with laco beading and velvet points, suttable for & girl not Jet out of her teens, and a dounle breasted gored sack, richly trimmed with satin bows and strawberry drops of satin aad thread lace, were also on exhibition, Another sack was of asinguiar, semrEgyptian shape, vandyked al! over aud with ends meeting below the panier in a slik bow. We saw also a black silk dress, deep flonnce with ruchings, small Jacket and very much douse overskirt and a gray ailk suit with under and over- dress of differeat siades and trimmed with Mowers to correspond, I¢ appears that tue union of two or three shades of the same color ma suite much sought after now, A biack harege grenadine suit Was trimmed with catin fowerg and iringe. /reach serge Walking suits, imported, and waterproof txave ling costumes, with overdresses and wraps in one, are novelties. We were Shown some nantnome Marseilles suits, bridal trousscaux and infants’ wardroves In every variety. Miss C. M. Olney, Fourteenth street, had some handsom) styles jn fara ha Qne Was a French chip, with a Ligh orowa aad rolling rit of black velvet, edged with black Cnaauily lac’ scart of soxe crepe de chine of tw # Was wat arvlily 7) Bho BEE nu bow aba Hort EAGR, fh long end, which were finished GiMeR and caugut im the middie by a jet ornament. * Ostrich feathers, of same shade as tue scarf, corm. pletely hid the crown, and a black aigrette shot ucruss them from @ jet'ornament. It was one of Lhe most elegunt hats we have seen. There were also Leghorns of ali kiads, mm pouRets and round hats, suliabic Jor all ages, ana trimmed in every posaitie muaner, One Was'& gypsy vonuet, With scariet and flower trimmings and @ fail oi Onantilly lace, end Was a realgom. A black Ciantiily lace bonnet nad a jel diadem arranged 1 a novel and very artis- Uc manner, with jet penaanis gitttering above a row of beavs whicu surrounded the forehead. Over the diadem the lace spread itseif in leat form, througl which peeped a handsome bouquet ot bull and pik rosea, With & loug trailing vive at back. A veil of unnsnal fulness and length fell in deep points ou each side, and Was caught up behind. The price of tuns artisile combinauon uf lace, flowers apd jet Was seventy-five doliars, One peculiarity in it was in the 11000 veing carried under the chin, with bow at side and without ends. Madame Brodie exuibited & tunic mantle fringed ail round, and with panter of folds of silk and bow, torming overdress, Anosier manttia bad a large box plait in the back, with shell trimming of saun. ‘There were aigosoms hanasome specimens of Ori- eutal cloaks. A French bdiack cashmere buraous lad the pecultartty of being siasted in the back and velted in the waist tolorm a hood. A suit with _Wide 20x piaits in the skirt, « bailoon shaped over- ‘Greas, & paiuer Of large bows and sour banded satin pipings over the saouiders, aud anothur with polo. aise everdross, towing siceves, satin shell work, rows of box plaiting, with » heading of satin down be centre oi We back, wero very stylish aad atwac- tive. M. T. Iggiaus had a litie white chip rouad hat— the Ceaile—Wwhich was Wimmed wit Dack tread lace and white corded ribbon, ornamented with Jet aud siraw towers. Tho Hsteheis a black cup WimMed With gvarieb Veivet ioids and thread lace. Atrailof black jet flowers jails graceiully ever the snoulder, ‘The Leonora 1s a white chip with a high crowa, timed with lgnt piue veivet and white lace. A jeb band crosses ia front. In bonnes there ~ was a cottage shaped, white chip, uimmed with thread luce und scarlet velyot. A large flower to match the velvet, with berries proiusion and Jong trainng grasses, compiete this stylish b t A black thread lace hat had tea roses, with sa dd leaves on the crown and 9 heavy talt of blac lace at the back, Anowler was @ blue crépe de chine, trimmed with light blue veivet and bul! roucs, lt Was oxceediugiy haudsome and striging. A white coip hat, at Yerry’s, had a crown tapering and small at the top, with a brim relied high at ihe sides, The brim is bound with black corded suk aud thread Jace edging. A bow of black gros grain Tidvon 1s ses at the side, With streamers falung over the back. Wo pluk ostricn tips, supporting @ ham. ming rd of britiiant colors, are seb at the side, Auother hat of French clip is very sinali, wita @ narrow brim, wider in front than belind, with points o} the same material forming & Coronet in front, aud trhuimed with black thread lace. A veu and streamers felt behind. Bui and black rosea, mixed with oak leaves, cover tte crown and side of the hat, and @ rich black jet ornament is sét im front. Another, Which bids fair to be the Popular hat of the season, is @ igh crown, With @ wide brim trimmed with thread lace and field Nowera, with long ribbon streamers, in gloves the shades mostly Worn this season are tho various shades of the silver gray, golden brown, green, blue, pink and violet. In every case the color 18 uniform with the costume, and the handsome Marquiso style, either tu one or two fastenings, seems to be the favorite. The Narris seamless glove has no seam on the side, and gives @ better fit and a neater appearance to the hand, ‘The Great Ameri- can Sanitary Uompany have come out this sprin, with an endiess variety of handkerchies extracts au bouquets, ainong which the French, German and Italan languages have been ransacked lor names, ‘These articles of the toflet, a8 Wel #8 enamels, seem nowadays indispensable aajuncts to fashion, and We toliet table of a beile represents in them @ small fortune. The same may be said of Lifoulerte, which has become in its manufacture one of the fine arts, flere are some fresh novelties Jrom Mine. Demo- resi, an elegant waiking costume of black gros grain, the skirt ornamented with a founce at least twenty inches deep, fniahed with an inch wide bind- ing of black velvet, and headed by a band of velvet surmounted by three standing ruilies, with narrow velvet bindings. ‘This tlonnce 13 100ped at the sides and in the back by large velvet bows, disclosing a series of rullics the same width as those which com- pose the headings, arranged en tavier. The overs Gress is @ ight Uittng basque, with long rounded tabs in front, and is slashed and looped at the sides and im the back, showing raffles underneath to correspond with the Cr gee erg es trimmings on the sxirg. Broad revers of veivet on the Waist aud Velvet on the cufa, . An exceedingly reoherché evening toflet for a Young lady 18 a dress of white tulle, the skirt ornas mented with tive graduated founces, having a very harrow gold braid sewed in with the toch wide hew, each headed by @ puff, finished op both sides with goid braid, @ litte wider than on the edges. Panter of whito satin, trimmed with mixed white and goa fringe, and looped by warlands, proceeding irom tae bunch of lone mar Guarites with golden oontres, which takes the place Ot tue time-honored sash, ‘The watt is of white satin, open in the front to tho and filled in ‘with puffs of tuile, separated with guid braid, leav- ing 4 square shaped opening, wiich ts duished with hign tu the back, aud Has@ ‘he sleeves are formed of a6 natel; m and tulle, separated by gold braid and atanedat the elbow with a dounce of tulle to watch those 01 te ski A preity dress for a little girt was made of hatr- striped summer stk, shading on @ light, ashy ni skirt trammed with seven narrow pinke of blue, A Marie Antoinette ficnu, trimmed with toroe corresponding ruities, WO3 finished at (ne back with @ large butterfly bow, with broad, oval sash ends, ‘Tho stylish litte bat to be worn with tuis charming costume is of white cbip, trimmed with BeReos Of lorget-ime-nots and pandas of white ‘Lho most disténgué costumes are those made in Giiferont shades of the same-color. A tavst ciogans one 14 made of gros grain in three shades—ccrd, almond color and browa; another in violet and Inguve, and auili another im light gray and ardouse, or slate color. > Lace Will be used to a great extent and utilized In all sorts of ways. Black and white will be used together on black silks, but must be artistically ar- Tanged to produce a ng eltect. Arich and elegant timing for corded stik 1s folds of crdpe de chine crossed with velvet bands. Fringes are aiso fashlouable, the moat handsome being ino crépe iri Moss galoons and passe- ment » With a very le jet intermixed, are again Decidedly tho most stylish mantle for this season is the ‘‘Meiternich,” In 18 yarioues, and pre-eminent among them stauds the “shaw! Meiternich.’? ‘theve ore made of black casbmere, trimmed with wide HiPars an elegant aadtion fo any streer toueh i speckied gent ered on eee topes nonaos bound with with @ back tatfouus end get on in douvle bux pisils, tie spaces, between the piaits meagaring tea mobes. flounce has au .undulated heading of box jaited yuching; bound with black taffeias aud set on with @ piping of the same, Overskirt open in front, with two deep puints in the back, and looped very higu on tue sides with full rosettca, ‘The overs skirt, walat and sleeves are truamed with rucking to correspond With the skirt. A. 'T, Stewart & Co, make of course & very varied and elegant dispiay of dress gouds, suit, huts, bon- eis and all other articies lor ieee | wear. ‘The most poticeabie features in the display are a number of imported Frencl suits of the newest Parisian ety lon, jdneke ane ma my! (aw very tes Lens ig Ogle in a elaborate and eiegi - pit nies are a novesties, Targe numbers of ladles are daily inspecting thenai, and tie leaders of fushion bave been buying they freely, Some very pretty suits ae algo ex ibived. ta striped sliks of all colors, trimmed with rufiles aud fiounces, overskiris Anishedt with fringe aus satin of colors to match. In drisit poplind Bléwi shows a very great Variety. One suit, With @ Metter- ich over-jacket, trunicd with satin of the sane svado, the skirt having @ deep ruitie, 1s very hand- some, Another hus a short French ioose gacque, with Maric Antometie sleeve, A preity suit iu velours has tne apderskirt finished with rafiles, tue over- sKirt trimmed with satin, finished with revers; Ught basq itn satior collar, and revers on tue aki ‘Turese Volours Suits are In all colors, ‘Tue variety cf hats aud boonets at this establish- ment ts very large, more partiqulariy among French goods, | The 4 VoleaS hat ih while KraW, trimuled with bDjack velvet and bunches ol wit lowers it Vory Biuch admired. The Estello, a white chip h of new shape, 8 trimmed with blue crépe de chine od finigoed with Pink mos buds on a crepe vell fullhig low over ine back. A nuuaver of very band- gotmge bridal bonnes were shown, quile unique in their style, Among other pretty shapes are we Aln- , se Newport, the Lucerne, the Fernanda aad & eb others. dames Mevreery °o., at their fine new store, Make a very splen: exhioliton of spring goods, ‘Lheir stock la very extensive alu setected with great taste. In stripe silks this tira: show a Bunwer of very clegaut styles, tit all colors and made up ip very pretty aod bewitching suits An assortment ot epingiaes tn ai colors of good quali aiso clatns aitentior for its excellence. Stylish eleck silks, very becoming Japanese, pratty chines, ciune pop- ling, and serge glace are also Made a teature at tis Estaulisiment. MGCreory & Co.'s stock of heavy silks m ail colors ts also very tine, exatbitung great variety; in fact the entive siock is replete wit nOV- cities in ase ana fabric. ' Madame Natalie Tuiman exhinits at her rooms a charming co,tection of the latest aad most approved noveities, Hore it is easy to seo how much more Jashionabie flowers wil be tais season tau Ley Were last, sd Mme. Tillman exiibits some marvei- lonsly natura! wreaths, “sprigs and bouquets of artiticiai Lowers. The tMmcroyabic hat ts of very pretly shape, and trimmed with black lace, with Gowers falling over (ne back and at the sides A Dunder of Very e.egaut trimmings ave made up ot tue elegant crépe de chine. A bigh crowned bat called we Girondin, handsomely mountea with Diack and White teatiers and handsome flowers, 13 very elesant, ‘the inconstant, a jaunty ttle round hat with veil front and back, i also very pretty. ‘Tyroloan and the Piierouce, also new shapes, are very pretty. In dress goods Madame Tillman exhibits a good aglgetion of tizou Japonals, pirive silks, plain and Taney gauze, épivgline, poplin, &e. i Madame Bubimeyer exhivits a wonderiully varied selection of spring noveitics, boul in hats And bon- nets, dress goods, laces and embroidery, some of the brett of kh po aie euriosttiog, “A wee chip ounet, calied Henri LI., with ® green her and trimmed with grec vente aia Bienes Very handsoue, La bergére hat of white chip with Wa, trimmed wit biack satin, heavy rib- DIRK Wee w Pogant roses, 13 very pretty, ¢ hyueuer, ymiied vary Styliahly witht iMac veivet eg oo ere 13 also quite bandzome. The Mario Antoyubl(g, Mafie Louise, Lomuarde, Kugene, Foie, Gtrondil, sultan aia Twaliteur are all now Mnportett shapes aba Hiyleg. ‘Alwong tue curiosities exiiblied by Mme. Buhl- meyor are some very vaiuuble Cheinises gaze de Hinaxe, Which are cué in with @ belt, fuisned vebind wih & handsome bow, and have flowlig sieeves, Another beauctial and unique article shown was o robe of gaze du Chamber, the embroidery upon which 18 0: tue Fichest and Most @iegaur descrip. ton, ‘fhe basque of the rode, which ts of the Heart 1V. patterp, is very stylisa, Mme. Buhimeyer aiso exiloited guive wile cashmere jackets, emuproid- ered with heavy gold, and cailed “Tartars blancs.” Voint appique jackets, wita or Without siceves; point appiique Mounces, laces of every acscription and dress goods of all styles are also comprised in Luts lady's stock. Mme val bas on hand o large variety of the new shapes and styles for spring waiking suits and for evening dresses, One ol tie most handsome has a founce, in tunnel form, edged with Jace and two Darrow rows of velvet: the overskirt 1s Vandyiced in front, looped in tue side With @ crescent sash, form- ing revers which are trimmed wita veivot and lace. ‘The sult has a half fittmg basque, with rounded front, the back being cus with a sheplerd plait. In addition to tuis Mine. Dayal exhibits the bronu-Frou suit, the Shoo, Liy, suit aad the Princesa Mettcraivh, ‘@i of which are novelties, Messra. Tweed & Co. show an elegant stock of spring woods, comprising striped silks, Japanese, chan, check Silks and all the more’ tasuionabie Tavrics, CONVENTION OF RAILWAY TIOKET AGENTS. The Railway Ticket Agents’ Association opensd thew annual convention at the Filth Avenue’ Hotel yesterday, ‘The meeting was the largest of the kind that ever met afider similar auspices. There wore nearly seventy delegates present, aud they repre- sented the princtpal Itunes througnout the Union, and in the aggregate about 25,000 mules of railway. Mr. A. A. Barnes, President of the Memphis and Charleston Railway, was voted to the chatr, and Mr. . Coltod, of the Union Pacific Railroad, was elected Vice President. Mr, Samuel Powel, of the Chicago and Burlington line, acted as Secretar; General matters of tatevest were deals with, and comlaitvecs were appointed to report upon “Kaliway Guides,” upon the petition of the Commercial Travellers’ Association, demanding @ uniform re- duced rate of fare for that body, aud upon tourist aud colony tickeia, The Committee oa Guides re- ported im favor ol the Praveticrs’ Oficial Raiveay Guide, and dispidyed considerable animus Mm referr- ing to Appleton’s really tine compendiuin of cal y inteigeuce, Jie applicatton of the Commercial ‘Tvaveliers for some consideration, on the ground that being constant customers to the dilterent lines and exposed to Vast risks, was declared ia committee not to come within the province of the Convention, On the tourist and colony tickets the commities wil report to-morrow. Mr. J. We Cary, of the South shore line, i3 , Chair man 0( this committee, and they will be assisted by the large experience of General Strader. Nearly tho entire day wag occupied tn adjusting the sche- dule of rates, Which remain materially tho same as heretofore, thera bemg the smallest possibie ten. dency in a downward direction, The regulation of the ime for running the principal trains se ag to alford the largest mutual conyemence will be con- sidered wheo the rate schedule Is perfected. Kemarkabie unanimity characterized the proceed- ings and an esprit du corps which, 50 far as tie raliway imterest is concerned, is decidedly healthy, At the final session to-morrow the business will be of a purely forma! character. The puvitc will look forward with considerable interest to the facilities which the railway monopolists will oiler to tourists aud colonists, MoRe OUTLAWRY—A MAN SHot Down Barone His FawiLy.—Crow Hollow waa the scene of ano- ther Of those heariless occurrences Which cause the blood to run cold, on Sunday night. i¢ appears that about nine o’ciock on that night four men went to the house of Mr. Joly Sullivan and exacted a pledge from him that he would leave the county be- fore Tuesday moruing. Suliivan made the pledge, and immediately aiter he had done so one of tie Tuitians tured and fred a6 iitin, the pall taking effect in the right breast and lodging hear the spinal columi, and itis tonght the wound will prove fatal, No reason was assigned for exacting the pledge to leave the county, nor Gan any be given for theshooting. Sir. Sullivan is a gutet, peaceavle ctlt- zen, aud Dot awure tual he had an enemy any- wilere, He nas a wife and four interesitng children, who will be Jett in indigent circumstances sbould he die, as they were dependent upon nis daily labor tor alivelinood. Jt is thougut the perpetrators of the dastardly act are known and that tuey will soouer or later ve brought to justice,—dollsenie (Pa) Miner's Journal, aaron 2, THE NEW STEAMSHIP AUSTRALIA The Latest Addition to the Anchor Line—The Vessol’s Dimensions, Appointments and Mo. tive Power—List of Hor Officers, The new steamship Australia, belonging to tne . Anchor line, which arrived at thia port six or seven days since, is vow lying atthe dock of the com pany, foot of Dey street, receiving a iurge cargo for ber outward bound voyage of Saturday, hence to Glasgow. The Australia, without exception, is one Of the fluest steamships, not only of tne line, out that enters this port, being very complete. in all her fiutings and elegant in her appointments. She is of fron, of full brig rig, and was bulit in Glasgow last year by Messrs, Ronert Duncan & Co., being launched in the month of January last. She has a length of keel and forerako of 300 feet, @ length oa deck of 847 fect, 1g of 88 feet breadth of beam, 2? feet depth of bold, has three decks and of 2,188 tops British measurement, The height between decks te seven feet six inches, clear of beams, aud when loaded she draws twenty-two feet of r, Her keel and stem are of hammered iron, a8 are also her outer and inner sternposia, she 8 provided with seven water-tigut bulkheads, tue divisions of which are of tron several inches in thickness, ‘The Ca | apparatus of the vessel is remarkawly strong, ¢: } rudder being provided with iron atocka, and addir Honally bound with iron plates, half an inch in thick ness, Water tanga are provided in tavundan and, when neceasacy, can carry fully 30,000 gallons of fresh water for drinking aud vooxing purposes. She has ix large lifevoats, bulit in toe moat m- proved manner, With apparatas of a nature they an be lowered at a second’s notice, The ‘haw acca! jous for 128 cabin ‘aud will bert about 600 In {ne peerage. e conveniences of the vessel as @ pussenger rying crait are not surpassed by auy that enters this ‘the main saioon Is really magnificent, tae sides of which are of satin wood and aud sur. mounted with cornice work of glié and relieved by pillars with eiaborate ae capitais. Along the centre run a series tables, over which are racks for glasses, aud at tho after end handsome piano, of beautiful tone, is @ that the ladies en voyaye ay, When so incited, pisd hours anild mirth and music. Mirrord aud ciocks, with elegant lounges and carpets of a costiy aud ‘unique Cece give the wh cabin an appear- ance substantial and beautiful. The stateroows are large and airy, otved with teak and warble wp wausustands, contaiutog a'l the conveniences of a bedroom, whiie the !adies’ private cabins are pleas ant, convement and handsomely furnished, ‘The second class saloon is wiso large und com. fortable, not difering much from the first sa/oon, above described pre the inatter of fittings. ihe steerage is aniple and more conveniout than in the majority of the ships that entor this port. ‘The cooking apparatus and sieaim tables we ve perfect, and lave tuo latest Laprovements, The Olicers’ quarters may be termed pleasiut and ample, dhe motive power of the Austraila consists of two vertical, direct-acting engines, with two cynders, fitty laches tn diameter, and a stroke of piscom of three feet six inches, Her propelley 6 of tron, with four blades and sixteen feet in Giameter. Thére are bilge tage ns ial her opeus ings fa bottom, Steam 18 iui iy ned from two Bolte ers, with ten furnaces, and thdependeut steam fire and bige pumps are provided an shenoa tet vy provisions against fire are urst class, and in i Tespect tie same care and attention lags been be. stowed by her builders in the construction of her ull. * 'rhe Anstralia ts, in fact, an achi«vement in naval architecture tuat cannot be passed by ligatiy, aud 1D Aitings ranks among tae frst. She bas m ber witial voyage proved herseif possessed of seagoing quall- ties of a rave nature. ‘The foliowing ts a list of her officers:— Captain—Joun Hedserwick, First Ovleer—Joun K. Mackay. Second Oficer—V, murray. Third Ogicer—Robert Jeunson. Engineers—Onief, Jobn Kennedy; assistants, Thomas Bay, David Cuthvorth, George ‘Tortie. > Purser—Daniel Maicoim. Chief Steward—Willtam Adams. The Australia will be thrown to-day to re ceive such indy and geuticmen visitors a3 are de sirous of seving an elegant ocean steamslup. A SHOCKING TRAGEDY. Murder and Arsen in King George County, Virginiu—The Body of the Murdered Man Consumed in the Flames-Arresi of the Sup. posed Murderers—Three Negroes Drowned. RICHMOND, March 30, 1670. A mo3t atrocious outrage was perpetrated in King George county, on Friday night last, intelligence of Which has just been received here, The store of F. W. Payne, at Rollins’ Ford, in the lower end of the county, yas robbed apd borned, aud te clerk, Wil. Hata Jett, wad brutally tiurdeted, his body being thrown mto the fMames and consumed with the building. On the following morning broken frag- ments of the olerk’s gun were found on the road not farTfom the scene of the double Gutrage, uear a pool of bicod, and with a po: ion of a human seal Dair und biood on them. At tis point ic is supp the clerk was murdered, as a distinct trail of vidod was found to the Louse, his pody being dragged thore and cust into the burning house. ‘he wad, shoulder and one leg Frere entirely Consumed, aod the reaiQuig portion of te body was crispod and Toasted. Froui tue indications in a newly piougied fieid néar by, where some of the plunder was dis- covered, it is believed tuat not leas than four per sous were conceraed fi this lorrible outrage. A hat Ot one of tae guiliy parties was found, watch may jead wo hig arrest uf identified, Laer infor laution states that three party of twelve negroes said to fave been tt jicated in the allatr, one of Whom 1s regarded as & rrivie desperado, have arrestev. The uiost Intense excitement prevalis tbe neighburhood, and, asthe jati is consider insecure, the parties may be lyacied at any moment if their guiit 18 ostab- alice ‘Three negroes, 1n attempting to crogs the Matta poni at Frayser'a ferry in a simall skiff, wuich was in @ leaky condition, were drowned. When avout the middle of the stream, which was swollen by ® freshet, the boat rapidly filled and went dowa, care Tying all on board with it. VENEZUELA. out of a Gazman Blauco’s Revolutionary Proclamae tigu=The Compact of i564 Dissclved— * State Rights in: te Ascendant—Address of the Military Commandant aud Civil Govere nor of Barguesincto, - af Sr. Taomas, March 16, 1870, General Antonio Guzman Bianco seems to be care rying on war against the government of Mouagas from the Dutch tsland of Curacoa, a8 his prociama- tions are printed at that place. Under date of the 22d of February last he publishes an allocution te the people, the states and the army, In which he an- nounces himself as the interpeter of the revolution for the world and for history. Ue says:—‘Our bane ner ig the constitution of 1364, which recognizes and grants to the Venezuclans the right of in- surrecitton if the public authority interfere with their prerogatives, their guarantees and liber- tes, ‘hese prerogatives, these guarantevs, these lberties, alt disappeared with the violation of the two cardinal princlpies of the feaeral republic; the Nberty of election, which 13 tne supreme Mgnt of the people, and the autonomy of the States, wiich 18 the supreme guarautes of all liberty in the contedera- tion.” He then proceeds to show how. these have been violated in the various Siates by military occu. pation and invasion by the federat goverdment and by Interfereuce on its part with the elections, - He continues:—“Peace 1s impossible to-day with the government of the oligarchy of Venezuela.” He promises & reswration of what tas been lost. The Venezuelan tederation was simply a compact between twenty ancient provinces which uniied themselves under the conditions of the constitution Of 1864. According to article first the States were pre-existent to the national organization, avd m consequence the re-establishment of legality belongs tothem. ‘That being the point of departure tor the new constituttonal authority, Ho announces his tue tention to convoke a Congress 0 plemipotentiarics from the States, which, nnliod in the capital of Cara- hobo, shall decree when the next election shall take place, and nominate the citizen who shall serve as provisional President. He expresses the hope that this may be accomplished without the effasion of biood, and assures ‘uur enemies” that they Dave noting to fear from a uberal triamph, ‘This 6 dared at headquarters, in San Felipe, On the 20th of Fevruary Ge) rae vai having charge of military op! tone tf Dita tes Earquesimeto and Yaraquy, pubjighee cae ees (8 his soldiers, also dated at’ sau MUG. re,aion he announces the arrival.of Guzman Blanco among thei and incites them to his support. On the same day simon A. Escovan, toittary and civil chet of Barquisimeto, isstes an address to the people, in- foruuing themtot the arrival of Bianco and promis. dug great things from tie revo.utron. We have no accounts of wilitary operations; but itis evident the whole couatry Is seething With revoe lution, and tie confederation would seem to be dis- solving into its original elements. PROTECTION IN CANADA.—The ansurdity of the de~ mands made by the protectionists at their recent niceting tu this city is ably sown up in tho article frow ue Montreal /eraid which we publish to-day. ‘There never was anything moro ridiculous than Lae assertion so boldly maue at thal meeting that tae lightly taxed farmers of Ontario required to be pros tected against the heavily taxed farmers of We United States, If there were a particie of truth tm the staiement, the souner we ali left, the country tie betier, Forcunately Canada 18 too prosperous to necd the tinkering of these seiligh geatemen.—Zd« J rome Leader, March Ba