The New York Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1870, Page 5

THE “COMING” BRITON. ‘The Pauperism, Factory Slavery and Ignorance of the British People. Address by Mr. Mundella, of the British Parliament, Tdfe-like Sketches of the Saw Grinder—The “‘Hoahen Chinee” and the British Clodhop- per—The American Free School Guaran- tees the Republic—Great Britain to be Made a Free Nation by a Popular System of Educatien, LABOR STRIKES AND ARBITRATION. A very interesting lecture was delivered last even- ‘mg in the Codper Institute by Mr. A. J. Munaeila, Member of Parliament for Sheilield, the subject being ‘Strikes, Arbitration and the Civil Service of Great Britain.” There was a large attendance, including’ many. iadies, and fecturer was listened to with earnest Attention, At imtervale he received the marked approbation of the assemblage. Mr. P eter Oooper presided, and among tnose on the platform were:—Chancelior Ferris, A. T. Stewart, G. M. Durts, Rev, Dr. Bellows, Judge Hilton, Judge Daly, 43, W. Gerard, Nelson W. Young and @ deputation from the Workingmen’s Umon, Amalgamated En- Bineers and other associations, Shortly after eight o'clock Mr. A. B. Hewittcame, forward to introduce the lecturer, He said that Mr. Mundella was a self-made man in the best seuse of teim, @ man who had been for many years ac- Bively engaged in a very large business, sympathizing with progress in all quarters ef the glove, and taking @ profound interest th the settlement of the true relations between labor and capita). He was, moreover, a statesman who believed workingmen had brains to be cultivated as well as muscles to be hardened, souls to be saved as well a8 boilies to be nurtured, the able and @loquent advocate of free education and the author of that scheme of arbitration which had dug we grave of strikes—above all, the warm and earnest advocete of the cause of the Workingman’s Union at @ time when it needed friends end one of the most able and eloquent of that little «bana of English statesmen who stood by the Union. (Applause.) Mr. Mundella came there with peculiar claims to their respect and to their gratitude, and especially to their attention, when, in response to the invitation of the trustees; he was about. to give the audience tne benefit of his large experience upon questions of the Greatest moment to this country. (Applause.) The secturer was received with earnest demonstrations of welcome, In the course of his remarks Mr. Mundella sald:— One distinguishing characteristic which has pre- sented iteelf to me in every town. gpd clty I have entered in this country, and which must command ‘the unqualified admiration of every impartial stu- dent, 18 the unbounded muntficence and public spirit ‘of your citizens, I feel honored by the presence of this audience, Tepresenting so well the capital, labor and intelligence of the New World. 1 know you would ‘prefer that I should speak to you with frankness and unreserve, and should any words escape me @hieb jar upon the susceptibiiities of my auditory _ {mast pray you, in the words of our Shakspeare, to femember that ‘‘4li offences come from the heart,” “pnd “never came any from mine that might offend.” Upropose w treat briefly of some of those secial problems which in England nave exercised the bearte and minds of all thoughtful men. To show fou how far we have succeeded in our attempts at thelr solution, and whenever it suggests itself to me that ican usefully point out DANGERS AND PITFALLS, @bich the light of our experience would warn you 40 shan, [ shall humbly venture to do so. Probably there are some within the sound of my yoice who recollect the state of England prior to the passing of We first Reform bill in 1832, The government of she country was mainiy in the hands of the aris- locracy. Rotten boroughs and landlord influence feturned a considerable proportion of the members of the House of Commons. Galton and old Sarum returned two, and, I belisve, had never more than two houses m them. Bramber also sent two, although ite population scarcely feached a hundred souls, There were dozens of con- ®ituencies for whioh the lord of the neighboring Ball or castle could have sent to Parliament hts foot- an or his groom, had it so pleased him, while the great lidusirial centres, such as Mancuester, Bir- Mingham and sheifield, were altugetuer unrepre- Sevted. It is surprising that the social condition of our people was such as we now look back upon with Rorror, and almost with incredulity. In our face tories aud workshops, children—oiten mere infants— and women toiled all hours of the day and night under cruel taskmasters. Boys end girls, men and omen worked together in our mines nearly & state o udity. The working classes generally Srerd Madly paid, badly housed, slothed and ted. almost wholly Eaueation |W uuprovided for. itile 6re Was was ‘he result of private benevolence. The recipi- ant of were fisen, jade to feel it was doled out t6 them In chér' ousiess Was ' ty, a servile ore n Ad exacted in mn, ecords and parliamentary biuebooks of We time cre of wi if aries ht short of hideous of the prevalent want and sufferlig, ignorance and depravity. This, although greatly ameliorated, 1s far from being extirpated. whe spirit and resolution worthy of your sires, English- men are now manful grappling with these evils, and I believe, with the |, the struggle will not cease unfit they have rendered Great Britain and Ireland inte! gent god yirt ‘osperous and See WN 5 Fe THE REFORM BILL OF 1832. ==... , enfranchised the middie and a fair sprinkling of thé working class, Although, practically, it gave the ower tothe middie class, it enabled the unenfran- Bhisea masses to make their voices heard to syin- athetic ears. In 1838 the crv of the factory chil- ren firstreached the ears of the Legislature, and scarcely @ session has passed from that time to the Present in which laws for the protection of children, young persons and women en- gaged in various employments have not been extended and stréngthened. Beginning with tie factories and mines, We have at length reached the workrooms of the poor seamsiresses, the fashiona- ble milliner and whe court dressmaker. No woinan or young person, male or female, under e.ghteen rs Of age, engaged in the occupations affected by Factorics and Workshops acis can be employed more than ten hours in any day, and after the hours of two in most, and four in some, on the afternoon of Saturday. No child between the ages of eight and thirteen can work more than haif time, and during half time must attend two hours aday at School. No woman can enter a mine, or engage in certain other occupations for which nature untits her. Never has legislation produced more beneti- cent results. The improvement in the pbyal- cal and intellectual character of the ciasses affected is attested by the abiest observers, ‘The employers, who at first opposed tnis legisiation, are now among its warinest supporters, so satisfied are they of the great Diessings it has conferred. We have by no means reached the end of it. Switzer- Yand@ and North Germany haye remodelled their Jabor Jaws. No child under twetve years may now enter a factory or engage m 4 variety of eurploy- ments injurious to health or interfering with educa- von, and every child in Switzerland must attend school till the completion of the sixteenth, and in North Germany of the fourteenth year. 'We in England have no intention of being teft behind by our intelligent rivals; and you, my working brothers, if you could direct your combinations to @ nobler end~ han this?” are there no children of tender years and no Women working long hours in the mulls of Massa- chusetts and Pennsylvania? Talk of competition with Coimese labor—what is this to competition with {nfant labor? ‘The “Heathen Chince,” as one of your humerous poets has lately snown, soon necomes as keen at a bargain or a game at euchre ay the Chris- Uan Yankee; but women and children, unable or unaccustomed to avail themselves of combination, ought to be the objects of the care and protection of society. For your own sake, for the sake of the peal, and intelligence ef your children and the ture citizens of the republic, for the sake of the Wives and mothers of the next generauion, I ven- ture to urge this subject i. a] our attention. ‘the year 1867 will hereafter ba regarded as one of ‘the most important in English hisvery. Eight han- Gred years tad passed since the last Saxon King Rad dedicated Weatminster Abbey and laid his bones within its hallowed Precincts. Eight hun- red years befere the Norman William h planted bie foot on English soll and ou the neck of the Anglo-Saxon race. How slow 1s the growth of na- — ! Eight hondrea Years of wrestling with power on Privilege before ‘tho People.-tne source of am Dower—were fuirly admitted within the pale ef conatitution | Aiver loug years of iaborious agitation on the Bee of Bright, Forster, Stan- e Bela, Hughes an pi ; af “th moat’ eloquent appeals opelends appeals throughont the | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. chivatrous sacrifice of omee oy Mr, Gladstone, bousehold sucrage Was wrung froma tory goveru- ment and a retuctant Parliament, ‘Now,’ salt Mr. Lowe, “we must teach our new masters how to read and write.” Whata con‘ession of negiected duty, what @ heavy ce sure on the apathy of the ruling ciasscs are implied in those words of the witty Chancellor! THE EDUCATION OF TUB PROPLE Was one of the questions which occupied the first session of the new Parliament. In England We have thousands of educational endowments, mavy of them dati back from the Pro- tentunt -Reformation, some of @ much sree a Ring EGY sitet normou: i bet State the avuses bad crept by the in. When the schools were good they were monupo- lized by the nobe and the rich. Fiten they were good for noching they were left to the poor. ln Inuny instances nobody derived any benefit from thet bat those who had control af the is; in one tae head master had turued ihe school into a car- Tiage house, and taken two acholira (quite as he sald, a8 he wanted) into own house. Mr. Forster's Endowned Schools bill gave the conrul an direction of these Tegources tothe jounci! of Education, and 1t 18 expected chat three years will be ocou) ed in investigation and reorganization, The ol the bill, as stated by the Minister, were te restore the schools in accordance with the spirit of the an- tendons of tie foundery, to render them aocessible to the clever poor boys who distinguished them- selves In the primary schools, thus stiwulating the Intellectual energies of the entire people, and deciar- ing, in tue words of Napoleon, ‘La carrieré ouvert aus talents,” This measure has become a law, and when the these high work of reorganization 1s completed grammar and classical schools will form the apex of the educational pyramid of England, Your wise ancestors never founded a colony or State without making provision for enuca- too. I doubt if there ly a name greatin your history, from Penn to Webster, Which 1s not associated with some tribute to its value and importance, and some apveals aud injunctions against its neglect. Yet it was not till the year 1810 that a shilling was voted for tus Hi bone dJrom lvcal or national taxation in Great Britain. ‘The amount of the first grant was £30,000, reduced in the following yeur, to £16,000. Tn 1843 Mr, Leonard Horner, one of our firat and ablest factory Luspectora, reported that in an area of eigh§ tailes by four, comprising the large Loroughs of Uldbam and Ashton, with a population of over 1 there was uot @ single public day Bohool ac bie to the children of the working classes, Aitee this date, however, education ad- vanced with rapid strides; the thoughtful and intel- Mgeut portion’ of the community, especially the clergy, made great exertions and great pe- cuniary sacrifices to aid the work. less than nine millions sterling, it is cal: culcated, has been raised for this purpose by volun- tary subscriptions during the pat thirty years, To this must be added the grants by the State and the tees paid by the children, each amounting to a hke sum, Small as this appears in contrast with your magatticent provision, it was an immense achieve- meut as compared with our previous experieace, and great results followed thereon. Stull a mod rate computation showed that two yeurs ago there were 1,000,000 children not attending school, and tue von- Vietion deepened im the public mind that no volun- wer agency could reach this mass of ignorance, the fruiiiul wother of weakuess, misery, pauperism and me. All investigation goes to prove that the neglect by the State of this paramount duty has been one of the chief causes of the dependence and depravity of OUR PAUPER AND CRIMINAL CLABSES. In 1866 twenty-tiree per cen: of all the males con- tracting matrumony signed the registers with their marks. Of the criminals convicted during that year less \nan three per cent could read and write well, and onty oue in six hundred had received a superier education. the vubi perpetrated by tue orick- makers’ and sawgrinders’ unions were reported by the commissioners as mainly due to igno- Fance; aud the wiling dependeuce of one millon of al is largely attributable to vie same ‘source. ur hundred thousand of this number are cntidren born and bred in pauperigm, and we ure now realiz- iug that the only radical cure for this is to take them eariy from pauper associations, give them an indus- trial tramiog, and either in our colonies or else- where provide them witn anew career. A few weeks lence schvol boards Will be elected in Englana tor the first time. L-read that in London and all the principal towns the workmen requ:re of every candidate seekiag their suilrages that he shail eniorce the compulsory clauses, 40. tuat the tine is not far distant when you wul céase to reproach us with the igtvurance of our emigrants; When to say that @ wan 1s an English- man will imply that he 1s the cqual in inte, gence to the citizen of any country un the giove. I Cannot conclude this parcoft my leccure wiluout con- gratuiating you on what your Country has done and 43 doing Jor education. it has veen a constant de- light for me to go from school to schoui in the towns and ciues I nave visited, and wituout fearing to incur the reproach oi Hatiery I can say, famular as 1 am with the school systems of Europe, toat in paves muniticence, in pudiic itberality, im the eauty, comiort, order and arraugement of your schools, you surpass the world; but 1 shoud be Uneandid i 1 dit not fraakly toll you that Norin Germany and Switzerland excel you in the thorougn- ness and ulliversail.y of taeir pystems, and ti.s, [ beileve, is entirely Owing to the mact that in tiluse countries the parent has not the mgut & deprive wie child of the exccuient training Witvn tne state has rovided. When tne parent fails in his auty the State stands im oco pareniis, aud this is what you chiefly oeed to perfect your eaucational system, Thave been requested to say afew words on re- Cent important ciaoges in the mode of uppomung OUR CAVIL SERVICE, At the close of the last and the opening of the present century English politics actained the climax Of corruption. Until long after the passing ot the first Reform bill oflices were the reward of poltiical ser- vices, aud very lrequemily of poliical disuouor. Of course, square men were often put inv round holes, and round men put into square holier. Not unfiequentiy whea there was no hole for the mun to ft whole was made to fitthe man, Mr. Bright characterized our civil and military services as a syste.n of outdoor rellef for the oe tele AB @conseyuence Jon Bull pald deariy foc his ser- vants, Was very badiy served and found his taxation and expenditare steadily increasing. You will all be faimiiar with. Dickens’ descripuon in “Lite Dorrit’? of the -Barnacies of the Circuwlocution Ofiice -what consternation anid disgust were ex- cited by that dangerous radical who “wanted to know, you kuow.” Had Mr. Dickens been spared to us ad lew mouths longer pe fugit Rave written the epitaph of the barnacic family, i bave veuiured upon these iriendly criticisms be- cause I am satistied your country possesses the means and the opportunity of becoming first in in- tellectual, as it 13 undoubtedly tirst in material pros- perity. Free from externat enemies, no wasted jears of military tratoing are required from the na- tion’s youth, Lenelactions of ten milion doliars in two years for the advancement of the higher branched of education evidences generosity jie an appreciation of intellectual —cui- ro as jure. unparalicied, 30 now, in’ the world’s history. Free schools, tree colleges and iree universitics are sources of national a aud wealth greater than Calitornian mines nd Riteak Ch er “Teaad, dws) Was resent to-every i ‘ ht ilar higier educatiou, has conquer @ exclamation of an Austiiansaveut iu 1896, Jules Sime, in ad- dressing the French Chambers two )eurs ago, said, “Show ine the nation that has the vest schools, and Iwiilshow you the Si a eee try if the worid + not Kpowled e this morrow,” low p¥dpheue which festa nas suited 0} it fhe Postal Depart served as any pri Well ur! eat. Britain (1 believe 1 should be justified mn saying better served). It ig the one department of whioh alt Knglishinen are proud. lt is unequalled fox punctuality, civility and despatch. It has been avle to go om sreauily With reducions ana reiorms, During the preserit year It has duminished the rate for the conveyance of newspapers up to #ix ouuces toahalfpenny. It dclivers al) printed circulars not seaied at the same charge. It provides cards, four and qnariers by three and three.eighths which, tneluding the card, stamp and de- livery, can be purchased for a halipenny. It has reduced the rate on ocean and continental postage, and all ure looking forward to tue me When it will give us @n ocean penny postage. It gives money orders, acts asa national savings bank, conveys bouks, and gives & host of other facilities, 1t has recently purchased all the telegraphs, and re- duced the rates thirty per cent, and wilt sorely far: ther reduce them. It took into ite employ uli tae Operators without any inquiry jnto their politics. it subsidizes @ feet of More thun one hundred and fiity steamships, and alter paying all expenses of every description, It hauds over about $6,000,000 an- nuaily a8 proilt to the national exchequer. THR COMPETITIVE SYSTEM was adopted 43 test of finess for official em- ployment, and I stand before you the represen- taive of one of the largest ‘constituencies in England, without the power to initiuence in the amailest degree the appointment of a Custom House officer or an exciseman. I rejoice ia this for several reasons, persoadl and puviic. I say no representative can be strictly inde: pendent who touts alter the Executive for appointments. No man can eftictently serve his constliuents and his country whose time ts occupied and mind harassed by hunting after and. dispensing patronage. lie knows that for every oilice he be- stows he is pretty sure to make ninety-nine enemies and one ingrave. The pub.tc reasons are still more potent, ‘The prizes of the State are open to ail ciasses, without distinction of rank or social po- sition, The child of the poor man with brains jas the same chance as the son of @ eer. ‘The eitec. of the system upou the education of the peepie mast be beneiicial in the highes, degree, When ic is once seen that the son of tie artisan may snatch the prize from his noble competitors parents will be more willing to make sacriices for the education of their cluldien. | Not only will the winners be rewarded, but even the unsuccessful will be gainers in intelli: gence and Intellectual jorce, ‘The nation will gain every way. 1t will secure honest and competent. servants Whose tenure of oflice and promotion will be solely dependent upon meritorious service; ana when representatives are chosen, net lor what’ they can get or can give, but for their knowledge ot po- litical science and their power and disposition to servo the fatherland, a higher tone may ve expected vo pervade the circle ef heat on are an old peepie in a new country, posseascd of all the experience whitch centuries. ‘4 Rtvopeas success and failure have given you. You have no trammels of caste, or prejudice, or ancient institu. tions rematning to overcome. Above all, you have the command of resources so vast that they are as yet even unknown to yourscives, and generations of well remunerated industry will be required to de- velop them. We, on the contrary, are in an ed country, Where all the resources of nature are al three- inches, | ready appropriated; where laws, traditions, insti- | tutions require to be changed; where we eannns bad uy without first — pullil down, an cannot pull down wihout infiicting injury and lows somewhere, We bave old wronus to reiress, old neglects to repatr, old class prejudices and «Kstinciions to remove, More thin all, We have @ dense population in a seagirt fortress without extension or expansion, ‘the ares of nd and Walcs, a3 you know, 18 less than that ot New york and Penosylvane 4 this limtvation of territory, Wulie Ib greatly enhances the diftcultios of Our pro- Dies, renders thetr solutiou amperative. ‘The tendency of Industry 18 every where to localize itself, We have our tron ‘and our coul districts, our cotton and our woollen districts, Nibbons are en}, made in Coveutry, cutiery in Sheilield, lace 1 Not Ungoam, Wherever numbers are aggregated en- oir inthe same industry community of interest and sentiment is certain soouer or later to bring them into assootion, "Trades unions are the natural cousequence. They are not confined to England and America—thoy exist, in ull free countries; and whenever legisiation has alé-tapted to deprive the workmen of this right of combination conspiracy and secret out have invariably followed, Cowbination 1s govd tn tteelf AM wisely directed; it 18 ouly to be deprecated when the means it employs and the ends tt aime at are Opposed to ircedom, order and good government, It 18, alas! too true that trades untons have often been controlled by misguided men—have aimed at impacucable and injurious ends, and have stooped to ivtimidation, outrage and crime. In my country, | belleve, these evil days are iast basing away. Tne spread of intelligence, the growth co-operation, arb tration andindustrial partnerships are 1aiang the condition of the workmen, improv ing the relations between employer aud employed, Barrowing area of strife and render- ing strikes less itrequent and less aggravated. Combioauon, then, enables the workmeu to deal op equal teruis with the capitalist. Uniortunately the power possessed by eacn has been exercised in turns to enforce unreasonavie demande on the other, @nd - sirikes and lock-vuts, im the absences of any cuutroling or reconciling influences, have been the baueful result, 1 cannot recall @ sirke in my experience which has not been attended with material and moral injury te both i ogee engaged init. 1 could enu- merate several in which the pecuniary loss has been from halta million to a million pounds sterling, aud the mural loss beyond all computation. if i have corre tly inforaed myself you are able to pomt Lo examples equally veplorable. (Applause.) THE EVIL OF STRIKES will, I think, be £0 genetally conceded that I need not detain you further with proofs, If, in describing reincdial me: sures, | appear Lo give undue promi- neice to boards of arbitration I beg it may not be understood that there is any coniict of opinion between Mr. Hughes and myself. Iam a sincere advocate Ol co-operation and industrial partner- ships: but he placed his views on these quesilons 80 ably before you that it would be detaimiug you an- necessarily were | todo more than glance at them en passant. Co-operation 18 making rapid strides both in England aud Germany, and in pro- portion to its extension is the condition of the laborer improved and the area of pos- sible strife diminished. Itsy moral aad educational value is immense,- No laggurd, uo drunkard, no dishonest workman will be voler \ted as @ partner in @ co-operative mill or workshop. Mr. Ludlow, treating on this phase of the question, remarks:— “Lei this state of inn last awhile, and there ts literally evoived a new type of workingman, endued not onl; with that honesty aud frankness, (hat kindiiness and true courtesy which distinguisn the best specimens gf his order wherever t.ey may be placed, bat with a dignity, a self-respect, a sense of conscious freedom, which are pecaitar to the co-operator.” In the spring of last year I presided over ac erative congress in London, at Which the .socielles of every disitict of Great Britain were represented, and I can fully endorse Mr. Ludlow’s siatements, ‘The har- monious relation of capital and lavor was 8o greatly felt in England that four years ago a royal com- mission was appointed to iuquire Working Of trades unions, to suggest any improve- ments in the laws relating to tiem, or to the rela- tons between workmen and theiremployera, The commis:ion consisied of ten gentiemen of great eminence, aud was ieee over py Sir Wilham Brie, formerly Lora Chief Justice. They sat for ww years, and received evidence, not only from all parts of the United Kingdom, but from all quarters Of the industrial world; und the conclusions they came to are embodied Jn this report, irom which I will read a few extracts, ‘The speaker then read some extract irom the re- Port mentioned, favoring the estabusuing of boarda of copculation, as recommended by Mr. Mundelia, ina-niuch as they acted as a speedy, ra‘e and simple remeuy in all questions in dispute beiween eme- Dloyers. aud employes. Those boards required no cCumpieation, but provided that certain represenca- tive employers and workingmen shoul meet at regular slated thues to discuss matters relative to thelr trade and business, ‘The lecwurer went on to state that there was not a trade in the kingdom ia which the system coukd notve adopted, He ex- platneu’ at considerable length how the boards were arranged, and eloquently descr.bed tne harmonious manner 1n waich the operations were carried on. AS Qn instance of tts eiiicacy he aaverted to tae third strike which occurred m ten yeurs io the town in which he resided. ‘he strike’ lasted eleven weeks. ‘The meu who we:é in work furnisned those on strike with money, and it was iinat.y attempted to close ‘the factories and #o add to the strike by a general lock-up, A few of the leading men of the town, together with himself, Were heartily sick of such’ @ state of things, ‘hey resolved to try to put an end to the 8.rike, aad to prevent its recurrence in iuiure. The representative workingmen were called toge her and tuey were to.d that they were wasting thelr tine In fignilng against their employ. ers. It was (hen agreed to forin 4 boaru of arvitration. ‘The question at issue wus discussed Jor tireo days with @ great deal of nossiity, when 11 wus at length re- solved that a council consisting equa.ly of employers and employes should be consiiuted. ‘’nose genue- men met in @ pubilc roo., and ail the matters in relation to the dixpute were fully discussed. A com- mittee of inquiry, consisting of two workingmen and two employers, was then appointed io make private investigatiuus into ail quarres, and if possible crush them out in their intuative siate, and settle them by conciliatory means. Kindness and courtesy were shown on bot sidcs, and after soine time @ board was appoiuted, vi which he was elected president and a Workingwan vice president. For ten years that .oard ai mei. Occasionally there were some tough arguments, or what Engiish- men would call a good deul of “jaw;?’ but since that board was organized they never had lost a day's lapor. The chauge that had come over vie morale of the town was remarked oe ge England, ana the hatchet was so buried that if it were dug u, again It Was 80 rusty and rotten ti could not be used. They now continued most harmoniously, aud tho result was prosperity and peace. ‘Ihe speaker pointed out at great length the alvantages urising Trom the system of arbitrauiou, and showed how it was rapidly being adopted all over England. ‘The same system, he argued, could be intruduced here, and With like fruitfuj resuits agin England. ‘trades ‘unions were right and legitimate 30 long as the aim was legitimate, but he doubted whether they were in is bee track in this persian Some of the ob- jects here were good, but ‘the re ot in the trades uujons in Amer! ig Ties si 4 tii beae ; It wag ere legitimate — for orkingmen to oppress, intimidate or outrage their fellow Poretuganee, (applause) Beery an had @ right to decide whe:her ne would beling to a trades union, and, as they said {n England, it was impossible to convince @ man by puncaing he head. Alter dilaung open me of the abuses of trades unions ta tged upon workingmen the NécessitY Of ABsisting each other when unem- ployed, and to ask lor such legisiation as would re- store equaily, adiit of industrial purtuersinp and protect women and children. All this was in the direction of independence and gel'-dependence. He argued against what he consiuered the tolly of the eight hour law, and con- tended that workingmen should be enurely opposed to all sorts of restrictive jaws. ‘The eight hour law he thought wouid tend to raise tne price of necessaries and in the end prove @ ruinous measure. He favored the system of distriputive co-operation and urged the necessity of thrift, in- dustry and independence. He alluded to ine war of classes and expia.ned the tuflueace which the pre- sent Kuropean war had upon workingmen generally. Workiugmen suffered most from the present He believed it was possible to do something to put an end to the war, and he also believed itcould be accomplished iy tue English- speaking people, scattered, as they were, all over the world, If there could be a voard of arb.tration con- stituted all questions Ol difference, past, present and future, couli be settled, and war could accordingly Personally, | be prevented. The tecturer con the kindness be hac country, lie was lou for his splendid effort, luded by returning thanks for ‘ceived since his adveut in the ly cheered and cougratulated PERSOAALIA. Queen Victoria and party drove from the Castle to Loch Buillig Lodge, Ivercauia Forest, Ocio- ber 26, e The héalth of the Marquis of Bath has improved so litule that nis enorced journey up the Nile will be considerably proluuged. Brigadier General Selby Smyth, commanding the British forces, and Acting Governor at the Mauri- tius, has obtained the rank of Major General, vice arbuthnot, deceased, Wednesday, ber 25, General Von Moltke cele- brated the se eth anniversary of his birth, Ad- dresses of congratulation to the iamous strategist have been prepared in many parts of Germany. Aiter a residence of five or six months in Lian- duduo, Mr, John Bright nas, October 29, improved so much in heaith as to permit of his revucning to hus home and attending to bis aifaurs, He left Lian- dudno with Mrs, Bright. The London Court Journal of October 29 says:— “We congratulate Adm.ral D’Aetn, of Knowlton, and bis family, oo the gailaut veteran surviving an- oiher anniversary of vattie of ‘Tratalgar. Ad- Mliral -D'Aeth was mate of the celebrated line-of- battle ship Bellerophon in that glorious viccory.”’ Heavy Fine NeaR WAVERLEY—LOS8 NEARLY $20,000.—On Welnesday alternoon last the grist mill, saw mill and three dwelling houses on tho sOutn side of the Chemung fiver, opposite the village of Waverley, veionging w Genera: Westbrook, took fire and were entirely destroyed. Origin of the iro unknown. Loss irom $16,000 to $2,000. Quite a lot of lumber and machinery outside ol the mil was also burned. Tue General had $8,600 insurance on the grist mill and contents in the Home, Aitna and Putnam insurance companics. The balance of the roperty was not insured.—#inghamion (NM. ¥.) mocrat, Nov. 7 into. the. THE COURTS. More Alleged Election Frauds—Honorably Dis- charged—A Reformatory Society in Court~ Rights of Notaries Public—A Marine In- surance Case—Interesting Railroad Suit—The Law Status of National Banks—Heavy Sentences in the Court of General Sessions. UNITED STATES SUPREME COUAT. Decisions in Important Cases—The Court Re- fuses to Reopen the Legal Tender Ci WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 1870. In the United States Supreme Court the motion to restore case No. 7—Deming vs, The United States (one of those cases supposed to involve the legal tender question)—to the docket for hearing was to-day de- nied, Mr. Justice Swayne delivering the opinion, The Court alluded to the various postpone- ments of the Deming and Latham cases, before tho day of dismissal, as matters indicating deltveration and consultation, and Noted the date of tho tasue of the mandate, aud he said that, although it be granted that the dismis- bal was made without Deming’s knowledge or con- Sent, still his silence thereafter—being advised of the dismissal, anether court remaining in session ten days afterwards—amounted to an acquiescence or ratiication, The delay in making the motion, even if matwers were as rep- resented, was held to be fatal, to the censent of the Attorney General to the restora- ton of the case, 1t was sald that as the disinissal of the appeals left the judgment of the Court of Claims ‘in favor of the United States in full force they can sustain no prejudice by the dismissal of this motion. ‘Ihe consent of the Attorney General was, therefore, laid out of view as an element to be considered. ‘the motion was addressed to the sound discretion of the court, and all the justices were of opinion that it ought to be dented, No, 212. The Steamship Columbia vs, Bunting~ Appeal from We Circuit Court for the Southern dts- trict of New York.—Tnis was a case of collision be- tween the Volumbia and the propeller Jersey Blue, on the Hudson river, off the Battery, on the 7th of January, 1860, The District Court was of opinion that the collision was occasioned by the attempt of the propeller to cross the bows of the steamer while the tormer was making way to East river, and the libel was disintssed. “The Circuit Court held that the steamer was in fault in attempting to pass be- ‘ween the propeller and the east shore, when there Was an uvobstructed channel on the other side in a direct course to the sea, and reversed the decrve of the District Court, ‘This Court sustained the view of the Circuit Court and amrmed its decree. Mr. Jus- tice Strong delivered the opinion. No, 210. De Crys, Lessee, vs. Craig et al.—Error to the Circuit Court for the District af Maryland.— This 18 @ case of ejectment for the recovery of a tract of Jaud in Kent county, Maryland. Tho ques- tons preacnted were upon the admissibility of cer- tuim deeds and of a survey, it being claimed that the Circuit Court erred im its rulings and views. The judgment was now aftirmed. Mr. Justice Miller delivered the opinion. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Alleged Violation of the Election Law. Before Commissioner Davenport, The United States vs. Edward Sinn.—In this case the defendant, Mr, Sinn, appears te have been moré alpned against than winning, He was election inspector of the Ninth district of the Eighth ward, ‘and is gharged “thereby, ” first, with havin; closed the polls at six on the évening of the day of electton and did not commence to count the votes tll nine three hours later; second, with preventing ipervisor from counting the votes, and third, using to administer the oath to a voter whose vote was challenged. ‘The defendant 1s surprised at charges, inasuiuch as he could not have acted a8 charged without the concurrence of his associate Inspector, Who must be either a particeps crimints or hls accuser. tier he 1s not. Defendant was balled in $15,00 Honorably Discharged. The charge against Mr. John Garril for illegal vot- Ing was one of those proved to be bused upon over: oMicious zeal and ignorance of their proper duties on the part of the apprehending supervisors of elec- on, On examination of the charge yesterday, be- fore Commissioner Davenport, Mr. Garril was honorably dixcharged. oUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. A Bowery Lager Beer and Concert Garden in Court, Before Judge Brady. Soctety for the Reformation of Juvenile Detinquents vs. AUred Beers.—The de‘endant is proprietor of the National Garden, No. 104 Bowery, where lager beer 46 dispensed and songs sung and dancesdanced, 1t 1s claimed that he failed to pay the annual license fee of $600, and therefore an injunction was ob- tained from Judge Ingraham restraining bun from keeping bis place open. ‘This_ injunction, it is said, ‘ne treated with contempt. The case came up on motion to compel paymeut of the license and eniorce punishment fer contempt. The case was partlully urgued, aud will be more fully argued to-day. Decisions. Before Judge Brady. Wuckof’ vs. Queens County Ferry Company.—+ Amendments settled. Alden et at. vs. Cumming.—Order settled. Miller et al. vs. Weir €@a!,—Motion denied. Myers v8, Garrison's Mining Company.—Memo- Tanda for counsel, SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. Right of Notaries Public to Deputize Their Power ef Protesting Bills of Exchange. Before Judges Ingraham and Cardozo. Commercial Bank of Kentucky, Respondent, vs. Joseph B. Varnum, Jr., Appelant.—Messrs. William A Barkesdale & Co., of St. Louls, Mo., on Septem- ber 4, 1860, drew their bill of exchange for $10,000 upon the Park Bank, of this city, payable in four months to the order of John F. Darby, by whom it was endorsed to the piaintid, ‘The draft was sent to the Metropolitan Bank, in this clty, gnd Dia 4ne bank, when due, in the hands of fie defendaiit, & notary pubic, for the purpose of bet he Presented, and, if spat protested by him. The de fondant gave, “the bill to his partner, ee + Twiney, who presented it for paymen wish we Wermued, eke entry was made jn the defendant's protest book, stating that the bill ‘as presented and protested by the defendant, the latter meantime making out a formal protest and reciting in the same that he presented the bill and sending out the usual notices of protest, The draw- ers of the bill had become insolvent, while the en- dorser was solvent, who resisted the eiforis to col- lect the bill on the ground that there had been no. legal protest, and the courts of Missouri decided in his favor. On the case being tried in the court be- low a judgment was given for the plaintut in the full amount claimed, The case was argued at at length. The main question was whether the Bank of Kentucky was au inland or foreign corporation. If the former, it was claimed that Mr. Varnum had a right to deputize any one to present the bill; and if the latter, that it was necessary he should do it personally. SUPERIOR COURT~-PART |, Suit Against Marinve [nsarance Companics, Before Judge Jones. James Clark vs, Mercantile Mutual and Manhat- tan Insurance Companies.—The plaintiff! in this action was the owner of the iron steamer Annie, which was insured by the defendants, and which sated from New York to Savannah, Ga., in August, 1865. When about one hundred miles from Savan- nah she strack, and was considerably damaged. She then put into Savannah and there stranded. The defendants thereupon employed Captain Ben- nett, an experienced wrecker, who seut Captain Conkling and a gang of men ag out and raise her, fo.lowing svon after himself, As soon as he ar- rived Captain Clark, the owner, avanduned the vessel to him. After having a survey made Captain Bennett de- cided to sell her where she lay on the company’s account, He did so, and she brought the sum of $5,000, being bid in by Captain Bennett for the de- fendants. le then gave piaintiif a due bill for that amount, $3,000 of which was to apply on the in- surance and $2,000 to represent his uninsured value, This action was brought to recover this $2,000, The defendants claimed that Captain sennett had no Sntey to purchase the vessel, and as his act was ratified only oy the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company It was not binding on the others. The Court directed the jury to find a verdict of $1,277 45 agamet the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company aud a verdict of $766 38 against ine Manhattan Ine surance Com; , nO verdict being rendered against the Harmony Insurance Company, isa 4 having pre- viously settled. For plaintitt, Marsh & Co.; for de- fendants, Scudder & Carter, SUPERIOR COURT—PART 2. A Brazilian Horse Railroad Suit. Before Judge McCunn. Burnham vs. Thurnvan.—Yesterday one of the many evidences of the vast enterprise of American citizens was disclosed unexpectediy in this casé, While we reap the benefit at home of inventors, Speculators and men of enterprise, we are stlll nothing loath to allow our neighbors to enjoy equal privileges from the result of American genius. The neighbors in thie case benefitted are tue citizens of Rio Janetro, As early a8 1860 permission was Ob- talned from the Emperor of Brazil tojallow a horse- r to be laid in that city, Matters lay dormant— possibly for want of funds; perhaps from the drain on the fmperial resources in carrying on the Paraguayan , or from local oppesition, as In the case of tie George Francis Train Loudou enter. prise ip the same direction, Eventually, nowever, @ ‘Botanical Garden Street Railroad Company” was organized in the city, and a@ Mr. Greenough sent out from here to Rio to’ push matters along, aud after obtaining the necessary ts and permits the line was laid down and work thereon prosecuted with el vigor, On the 9th day of November, 1868, the line was inaugurated and has been ingconst»DL ope- free ever since, and wish what wu udged from the fact that the layt diy: waked ie me often par dain Bi th only paid up to the extent of tw anit: crown the success of the undertaking, the Emperor and Empress of Brazil attended, and thelr suite pened the line in person, the car which conveyed the imperial party being gracefully draped with the American and Braziitan’ fags, On the evening of the 9th of November, the day of the inauguration, Mr. Greenongh telegraphed to Mr. Spaulding, the President of the line, in New York, announcing the result mm the following words:—“Great success; pur- chase for me all shares you can and hypothecate for Yourself.” Acting on this news Mr. Spaulding em- loyed the defendant, Mr. ‘!hurman. to cail upon he plaintiff, who was known to be desirous of sell- ing the 100 shares he then possessed of the line. The first interview took place on the Lith of November, 1863, Plaintilf offered the stock for fifty dollara & share, but finally offered to take thirty doliara, ‘Three interviews subsequently took place, and on the ldth the le aud transfer was con- summated. This sale was sought to be set aside as fraudulent, and pained, claimed the differs ence between the thirty dollars per share and their present vaine, admitted to be par. Burnham, the Dlaintl. swore that he asked Thurman what news they had from the works, and was toid there was ne information since the last letter previous to the opening of the line, aud the contents of which Burnbam weil knew. Judge McCunn in summing up drew the attention of the jury to this fact as the only one on which they had to base thelr decision—that even if Thurman was not acguainted with the receipt of this telegram, on the occasion,of the first interview with #urnham, he should have subsequently informed him of its ntents when it did come tO his knowledge. Ver- ict for plaintitt $6,000, For the platntht, ex-Judg e Fithian; for defendant, Runkle & Bugieharw. SUPERIOR GOURT-—SENERAL TERM. Interesting ‘'ase Touching the Statutes Upon Contracts and Usurious Interest. Before sudges Barbour, Monet! and Freedman, The Merchants Bxchange National Bank vs. The Commerctal Warehouse Company.—Cornelins Oak- ley, one of the complainants, alleges thathe pledged with the defendants through storehouse receipts @ large amount of tobacco for advances received at short intervals, the latter charging, in addition to seven per cent interest, one per ceut commission on each renewal and expiration of storag?, Mr. Oakley assigned to lus brother lis rights in the pledged pro- perty and his brother in turn pledged them to the plainiiits. ‘rhe defendants ‘sold the goods to recover their advances, smounting to som: $57,000, and the plaintiffs sued to re- Cover $100,000, the alleged value of the goods. It 1s clatmed that the contract of Oakley and the de- fendants was usurious, and the lien, therefore, void. Tho defendants, in a demurcer, deny tho usury, and also set forth that the statute forbids the de- fence of usury to be tterposed by any corporation, which latter point the Judge sustained. The plaintits appeal from this decision, urging that the law was assed just after @ corporation had popniieteg its ds on the ground that they were sold below par, and, therefore, usurious, and that the purpose of the law was merely to prevent a corporation from repudiating ite own contracts a8 eed tainted with usury, The decision was reserve Sis Aree cd ’ COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TaIAL TEAM:-PART 2. ‘The Status In Law of National Banks. Before Judge Larremore, National Mechanics’ Banking Association of New York vs, Robert Csher, Jr.—This was an action to recover $7,000 upon a Judgment which was recov- ered by the plaintiffs while a State bank, organized under the laws of the State of New York in May, 1865, The bank was changed to @ national bank under the act of Congress, and under their new name they bring the action. Defendant sets up a Guchare tn bankruptey, under the two-third act. Plaintiff holds the defence utterly void, from want of jurisdiction in the officer to entertain the pro- ceedings under which such discharge was granted. Defendant also clatms that under the enabling act of the State, passed Mareh 9, 1365, and the second secuon of that act, the present nae. 18 estopped from bringing the action. (he Court reserved its decision upon the question whether it had the journ the whole matter to General Term Aston. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Notice to the Bar. Indge Larremore announces that lawyers having ex pare business before him must be promptly in court and transact the same from ten to eleven o'clock each moruing, as he will hear nothing but Hugated motions ulter that hour. Decisions, By Judge Larremore. Howe vs, Moreby.—Injunction granted. Cavanagh vs. Meehan.—Allow ance ordered. Brockway vs, Moynthan.—Motion granted, Beil vs. Ofner.—Mouion dented, with teu dollars costs, Solomon vs, Summons.—Order for amended re. urn. Burdick vs, Schmidt.—Motion granted, By Judge Joseph F, Daty, Agate vs, Lowenbein.— Findings settied, MARINE COURT--PART 2. Imporiant Notice to the Bar. Before Judge Joactimsen, During the oalling of the calendar yesterday sey- eral motions were made to reverse causes by consent of counsel. This practice has frequently been con- demued by the Court. Jadge Joachimsen, determined to put a stop to the practice, announced that coun- kel might reserve causes to any time they wished by filing consent with the Clerk of the Court, but that when he found causes upon the aay calendar, and no other excuse for postponement than mere de- claration of cousent of counsel, he would not reserve such Cases, but would adjourn them without day, inasmuch as a reservation of such-cases was prejudicial to those parties who were ready to go to trial at onyes ae & COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. A Netorioun Broadway Pickpecket Sent to the State Prison—The Brooks of Judge Dowling Memory. Before Gunning 8. Bedford, City Juage, Assistant District Attorney Sullivan appeared for the prosecution yesterday. William Brooks was {ried and convicted of lar- ceny from the person. The particulars of the case have already appeared in full in the HeRaLp., On the 10th inst., while Mr. 8. Whitlock was getting into @ South ferry stage in Broadway the pris- oner and some confederates attempted to biock ‘up the passageway, and in the confusion that ensued Mr. Whitlock detected Brooks In the act of taking his pocketbook, containing $300. The case having been submitted, the jury yendered @ verdict of guilty without leaving their feats. SENTENCE, Judge Bedford, in passing sentence, said:— Brooks—You are an ex-convict and an old offen- der. On Friday last, when arratgned before mr, Justice Dowling, although a period of eight years had Glapsed, still he at once identified you. The Grand Jury would have been snatitied Af they had in- dicted you for robbery justead of larceny. Since you last leit State Prison I dare say you have picked a thousand pockeis. You have, however, picked one too many. Owing to your professional skull you have thus far escaped justice, To-day the law Will lay its iron grasp upon yon for the next five years and hold you within the Watis ot the State Prison, ‘The sentence of the court Was then pronounced in the usual form. A YOUNG HIGHWAY ROBBER SENT TO ‘IDS STATE PRISON FOR TWELVE YEARS AND SIX MONTIS— GARROTERS TO BB SEVERELY PUNISHED, Thomas W. Moore was dand convicted of rob- bery in the first degree, the complainant, August Dowers, testifying that as he Was passing through @ street near the Williamsburg ferry on the evening of the 16th of October he was seized by the throat and four doilars in money was taken from his pocket by the prisoner, who ran away, He was pursued by au olficer and arres! SENTENCE, In passing sentence Judge Hedford said:—Moore, although @ stranger in this city, L believe you to be @ desperate character. You to-day have added the crime. of perjury to robbery, Your case is an ag- gravated one. You have perpetrated a bold and daring outrage—one, in my opinien, cailing for the immediate application of the statute book. The au- thorities are tuily determined at ali hazards to put down garroting, and to-day, for the protection of society, | feel it simply my duty to make an exam- ple of So in order to warnthe rest of your frater- nity; for every garroter, on conviction, will receive at least the penaity now about to be meted out to See aud Six months’ hard labor In we state Prison. FORGERY, Julius Ziegte, who was jointly indicted with Louis Daud, pleaded guiity to forgery in the third degree. He was charged with forging a check twenty- five dollars on the Bowery National Bank, the signa- ture jerting 10 have been made by Morris & Sklanck, Ziegie fully exonerated Daub, Who simply carried the check to the bank, and was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in the Penitentiary, Tue other prisoner (Daub) was discharged, ALLEGED EXTENSIVE LARUENY FROM A WIOLESALE GROCER. In the afternoon Jacob Glictner was placed on trial charged with grand larceny. The testimony for the prosecution showed that the porter in the employ of Robert Co., Wholesale grocers in Murray street, and belog suspected of stealing he was watched on the morn. ing of the 24th of June last by a clerk, and in col- jusion with another man was seen fo deliver four barrels of sugar and three bags of cot ‘The truck. Was traced to Forty-fourth street and Eighth PIS where the property was put in a sban' i Was subsemeutly arrested, and not only voluntarily confessed that he had been stealing the firm for & long time, but handed Mr. Seaman A savings banks? books Where he had deposited $1, The case Will be resumed this morning, BROOKLYN COURTS. SUPREME COURT—CiRCUIT. Alleged Mallclous Prosecution of the Bormer Secretary of the African Civilization Be- ciety—Action for Ten Thousand Dollars Damages, Before Judge Gilbert. , Henry M, Wilson ve, Rufus a. Perry ana Jonn Flamer,—This is one of the suits which have grown Out oF tile dissensions in the Airican Civilization Society, of Dean street, near Troy avenue. The PlaintuT, Rev, Henry M. Wilson (colored), was at one Ume secretary of the society, but was expelled there- from. On the 5th of March, 1869, he was arrested at the instance of the defendants on the charge of hav- ing stoien the communion service which he aimself had procured from @ Fulton sireet establisument, but for which he aid not enti It A peared from the testimony for plaintiit, that was in the habit of Keeping the service ug his owm honse, and that at an early hour on the of arrest—which was several months ater his expal- sion—he received a note irom the defendants order ing him to deliver it co wie society, On the after- noon of the same day he kent the service to the treasurer, and was taku into custo- day that evening, Wilson claims that while 1a custody he notified the defendant Perry that he had returned the property. The case came up before Justice Lynch, of the sixth District Court, and resulted in the acqulital of the prisoner, who Subsequently instituted this action to recover dam- ages, in the sum of $10,000, for malicious prosequ- tuo u fhe defence is tha’ there was no malicious feeling Whatever In the matter aud that the defendaits acted under the advice oi Justice Lynch, who de- Clured that the case Was one of grand larceny, Mr. Perry testided that he thought the Justice was a lawyer and that he wouid tell them what to do in the premises, It further appeared irom the testimony that the service was not pata for only in this way— Uhat the party from whoin it was obtained was a subscriber to the society, and they agreed to relieve him frou bis annual subscription if he woud allow them to retain the set. ‘The jury found tor plainti, and assessed damages at $2,000, BROOKLYN COURT CALENDAR. Surrem# Court—Oincorr.—Nos, 60, 53, 56, 61, Ty 15, 77, 80, B2, 5, 12, 81, 36, 6¥, 70, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87. Cour. —Nos. 132, 137, 163, 170, 23, 114, 117, 2844, 29, 69, 60, 61, 108, ‘177, 178, 180, 181, 184, 186, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192) 198, 4 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201. The equity cal- endar will be called to-day, COURT OF APPEALS. [oer Nov. 14, 1870. The Court of Appeals will resume the session o! their court to-morrow, November 16, with the follows Hd “ caleudar:—Nos, 47, 64, 69, 60, 62, 64, 32, 33, Nay 48 a, WOMAN 1N EUROPE Lecture by the Rev. Sxmuel Osgood, D. D, The Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D., lectured in the basement hall of St. Anne's Free Episcopal church, West Eighteenth street, last evening, on the subject of “Woman in Europe.” The lecture was the first of @ course in aid of the Brotheriood of St. Anne’s Free church, or rather, in ald of the Sunday school room of the church, where Sunday school, industrial schoold &c., are be.ng carried on. There was scarcely standing room in the hall for the large audience, which was composed of the creme de la eréme of upper soclety, the fact that the lecturer recently re- turned from Europe making the lecvure especially attractive. Dr. Osgood contrasted English and American women, and considered from what he saw and heard in England that English women believed themselves to be utterly dependent upon men, He recognized @ broad diffecence in the manner in which women were estimated in America Dy men from that in which they were estimated in England. Passing on to the Continent the speaker gianced at the demt-monds in France, the almost beastly manner in which women were treated im Germany and Switzerland, and retarned again to hig subject by treating of the great strength of body which English women possess, and telling some very amusing anecdotes in proof of the energy which young English women dis- play iu bearing the travelier’s bardship and in pursuing the tourisv’s pleasure way from home, and made this matter an occasion to speak 7 Lue hnitation by American ladies of thelr Kng- lish sisters In all that p-rvaing to luxurious cn nacy, while tho energetic and heaithful exercises are ignored, Io alluding to religious matters the lecturer said he had had the pleasure of receiving the Pope's blessing = and he was iad to hear had the blessing of a good old mau. He admired very much the proficiency which the fair pupils in Catholic convents in italy and elsewhere attained, though he reprobated a system which contined women within the enclosure of con. vent wails, a8 prisoners of the priests. He ad- vised Awerican women to lave nothing to do with the Latin races, and to choose their husbands from among American men— @ sentence which the audience loudly applauded. In noticing the fact that everywhere in Catnolio Europe the Virgin was honored as the Mother of Goa, and her mild and holy face, with those of other pious women, long dead, but still toved forthe vir- tues of their lives, was to be seen in ail the cathedrals and churches, he reasoued that women were capable of @ high and lofty sphere of life, He seemed to pelieve that a union of all the Christian religions is not an 1mpossipility, and that with all the faults of each expunged there might in the future be @ religion iacluding a similar worship by every people. The Rey. Thomas Gailandet, rector of the churoh, stood behind Dr. Osgood during the lecture and in= terpreted to ule mutes the lecture a3 it went along, THE TWIN CORPSES. Why They Have Not Been Buried, The twin children of Aun O'Neil, one of the re- puted victims of Thomas Lookup allas Dr. Evang alias Sayers, alias Kennedy, alias Bowers, altas Mott, the notorious Chatham street ghoul, which were born and died in Bellevue Hospital more than aweek ago, have not yet been buried, from the fact that Coroner Flynn has not taken the necessary ofMictal action In the matter Until an investigation ts commenced by a jury view. Ing the remains, and testimony taken, vertificates of death cannot legally be given. and, in the meantime, the bodies are becoming offensive in the extceme and prejudicial to the bi h of all parties vaving business atthe Morgue. Warden Brennan, of Belle. vue, has repeatedly informed Coroner Flynn by note concerning these bodies, and yesterday called at the City Hall to see tim in pezsod im relation to them, but without success, ACHILD KILLED BY ALCOHOL. Dr. Buckley, of 365 East Tenth street, yesterday morning informed Coroner RoHins of the death, at 610 East Eleventh street, of Thomas Henry Come mertoe, a child five years of age, whose death re- suited from the thoughtless administration of spirit uous liquor, It appears that the uncle of the child made a friendly cation the famliy, during which, according to custom, he took @ social glass of liquid beverage. Unfortunately, the uncle gave the litie boy a sip of the liquor, Which speedily reduced him to drowsiness and subsequently to insensibility. The doctor was immediately calied, but could not restore the child, and death ensued soon afterwards. The matter will be investigated vwo-day. A CASE OF CHILO MURDER. Warden Smythe, of the Lunatic Asylum, Black. well’s Island, yesterday afternoon reported to Coroner Sehirmer that the body of @ female child had been picked up in the east channel of the East river by men in eharge of the Peniten- tary uardboat. Arouna the body of the babe was tied @ small rope, attached to which was a pair of large pincers. There is scarcely a doubt but that the iIniavt was mar- dered and thrown into the water by parties inter~ ested in putting it ont of the way to hide the shame ofthe mother, The remains were removed to the dend house attached to the asylum, where an in- quest wiil be held. TROOPS THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL, ‘The British steamer Satda, from Lisbon via Suez Canal, arrived at Macao, Al it 26. She some 250 troops of the line for the ga! . the new Superintendent of Emizration, several who came oul as reilefs, besides the: families of some of the oficers statiened at Mucao. W. says the Enghsb local what w r Lieutenant Colonel Leite (the commandant of police), a young lady Of about sixteen, died of heat apoplexy during the passage down the Red Sea, Tue other Meda {es Of the Voyaye were the loss of two ser- geants. itis supposed that the Salda will returp direct to Lasbon, taking cara for the contingent here and at ac @O,