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LONDON GOSSIP. Sketches in Parliament ---The Opening Day. Why Gladstone Gave Up the Leadership. Marie Alexandrovua in Her New Home---A / Good Lord Gordon Story. | Lonpon, March 20, 1874. Parliament was opened yesterday with the usual formalities. The day was cold and gloomy and | ‘there was no manifestation of any kind in the | streets, but the interior of the House of Lords pre- | sented a brilliant appearance, owing to the pres- | ence of a large number of ladies, among whom, In ‘a side gallery, were the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the | Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Cambridge | being in their piaces in the body of the House. | ‘The contents of the Queen’s speech were pretty much what 1 had previously sketched out to you— expressions of pleasure at the termination of the | Ashantee war and the marriage of the Duke of | Kdiuburgh, regret at the Indian famine, promised legislation regarding (he transier of land, the ex- | tension of the recent judicature measure to Ire- | Jand, and the promised appoimtment of @ royal commission to inquire into the relationship , of masters (o servants and the working of the Con- spiracy act, The address to the throne was moved by the Marquis of Lothian, a middle aged Scotch peer, and seconded by Earl Cadogan, who has just succeeded to his father’s peerage, having been only elected last year to sit for Bath in the House of Commons, when Viscount Chelsea. | BICKERINGS, Courtly Lord Granville, a3 leader of the opposition, | had pothing to say against the adoption of the aa” dress, dealing rather in pleasant generalities about | the bravery of the Britisa troops in Ashantee and | genial regrets about the losses by war in Alrica | and by famine in India, But tne Duke of Somerset, who is essentially cross graiped and cantankerous, immediately rose and made a grimly humorous | speech, in which he first sarcastically ‘‘chaifed” Mr. Gladstone, but towards the end fiercely de- nounced him for “coquetting with home { rulers.’ ‘his brought up Lord Selborne, | jate Lord Chancelior and a lifelong personal | iriend of the late Premier, with whom he was at oxiord, who repelled the charge with great indig- nation, Curiously enough the observatiuns of the Duke of Somerset, who is slightly deformed, were concurred in by Earl Grey, who is almost hump- backed and has a very bitter tongue; but after a few words Irom Karl Derby the Honse adjourned. IN THE COMMONS. Busmess in the House of Commons was unex- citing, Mr. Gladstone was very faintly cheered when he entered, while Mr. Disraeli was applauded tothe echo. The address was moved by Sir Wil- liam Stirling Maxwell, a man of great ability, known to the literary world as the author of “The Cloister Lite of Charles the Fifth,” who | took advantage of his position to make some sarcastic allusions to the suddenness of the | dissolution. Of course this brought Mr. Gladstene upon his jegs with along and dreary vindication | of his conduct, to whom Mr. Disraeli replied in his | °° easiest and happiest vein, declaring, among other | things, that he was not going to criticise Mr. Glad- | stone’s defence of his dissolution, with the result | of which ne was quite satisfied. | THE ALABAMA AGAIN, | —_ ea NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1874-QUINTUPLE SHEET, Fight to ask tne decision of the Queen, the head of "she royal family, into which I have married.” The Queen, on the matter being laid before her, de- clared that since her terrible bereavement she had been in the habit of taking no steps without consulting the Duke of Saxe- Coburg, the brother of her deceased husband. To the Duke, then, the case was referred and from him a letter was received telling his dear sister-in-law that recent political events bad in- duced him to do nothing, even a8 to the giving advice, without the express concurrence of the | 5° {@F no coilision has been reported. Blood 1s not Emperor .William, before whom he had laid the matter. The Emperor Wiliam wrote a long let- ter, declaring that though he was surrounded by counsellors there was one only who had on all oc- casions proved himself correct, loyal and faithful and without whose advice he (the Emperor) would give no decision, Therefore he had referred the matter to his faithful Munister, Prince Bismarck. And itis narrated that when Prince Bismarck was made acquainted with the subject he roared out, “Gott in Himmel, what @ fuss about nothing! Let the boy marry whom he pleases so long as she 18 young and pretty.” THE DEATH OF MARY FELTHAM. fae Sessa Inquest {nm the Bleecker Street Case of Malepractice—Verdict Against Dr. Van Rensellaer and William H. Poynton— Poynton Committed to the Tombs. Coroner Woltman held an inquest yesterday in the case of Mary Feltham, who died from the effects of malepracuice at the Grove House, in Bleecker street, on the 18th of March. The evidence of Dr. Kent, proprietor of the Grove House, given before the Coroner a few days Was first read. He testified:—l am a practis- ing physician; deceased, Mary Feltham, came to My house to board on the 12th of Maren, about five P. M.; next morning (Friday) she sent for the bookkeeper and said she was sick; she said sne tnought she would return to her friends in the j country as quickly as possible; 1 went to her Toom; she said she had a fall and was afraid of disastrous consequences; I told her I did not see any immediate danger; Saturday night I left her m charge of a servant, as no nurse could be ob- tained; on Sunday a Mr. Poynton called and the deceased introduced me to him as her brother- in-law; during the night I gave her some stimu- | lants, and Mr. Poynton went for Dr. Stephen Clark, who, however, was not in; next day | met Dr, Clark, and he remarked that it was an ugly case, | and that, in the event of her death, there would be | trouble; next day Mr. Poynton engaged a Mrs. Hines to attend deceased; SHE WAS SINKING RAPIDLY, and Dr. Clark considered her ts a dangerous con- dition; on Wednesday an aged man, evidently seventy years o! age, came to the room of deceased, who recognized him; she told me his name was Dr. Van Renseliaer; I understood he was her fam- ily Lig bebe Poynton came in and appeared to have kno died ; beiore she died 1 made her aware of her con- dition, and advised her to send tor her friends; she sent to No, 80 sane street, and her mother and sis- ter came; I questioned ber as to the cause of her deata, and sie said she Went to a doctor on the ist of January. i Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, of No. 275 Hudson street, testified—I was engaged by Poynton to attend the deceased at the Grove House; Poynton took me to her room and kissed deceased on leaving her; on Monday Poynton came to give the deceased some money, and tuey conversed in whispers; two ladies came to see her; deeeased said they were daugh- vers of her oid family physician, and introduced | them as the Misses Brown: they brougnt her some cakes and oranges; on Wednesday I asked her why she did not send for her folks; she said “Poynton knows ail;” I asked her if she had taken done anything Wrong, aud she gaid she would rather die than coniess, and, if she were to die, to let her die in peace; when she was dying SHE SENT POR HER MOTHER and asked her if she would forgive her; her mother replied, *Yes, from the bottom of my nheart;’ during her iliness Poynton brought her wine and gave her ee . Stephen J. Clark testified—I understood that Mr. Poynton was engaging me when he begged me to go out and see deceased; in my opinion, sue a from the consequences of malepractice. William H. Poynton, of 426 Hudson street, said— Lam adealer in sewing machines; I have known deceased for five months; she was a customer of mine; on March 13 she called ut mv place; she handed me a $20 note to take $1 out; on the fol- lowing Friday ! got a rote from her at the Grove wn him beiore; on the same evening she | | the purpose, a piece of THE STATE CAPITAL. No Duel yet Between the Irate Sena- tors—Looking to an Early Adjourn- ment—Illegal Collections By the Board of Health—Session of the Senate. ALBANY, April 4, 1874. After the lively interchange of personalities yes- terday, between Senators Gross and Jacobs, it was thought pistols and caré au tait would be in order. likely to be shed in any considerable quantity. It would be sad for the constituents of the gentlemen to be deprived of their eminent services at this Stage Of the session. But they will think over it. Lite ig enticing. Besides, both Senators are | democrats, and the minority cannot afford to lose @ man. In the Assembly, where the elements are decidedly more favorable, we had uo collision threatening such disastrous | | results as this, Some of the members may commit suicide if the canal debate | is proionged, but no deadly affair on | the fleld of honor is likely to arise. Tom Alvord is too far advanced in years to seek any gory laurels, though tt wouid be a matter of no great surprise if he went for Spencer with a doubie barrelled sot- | gun beiore the session is over. THE HARD WORKING SENATE. The Senate was consistent with itself in staying over to-day. It seems to be really anxious to hasten tne business in order to secure an early ad- journment. Many of the members, notably Sen- ators Robertson, Wood, Ganson and Johnson, have their eyes on the Gabernatorial.chair, and want to get away to fix things at home. The Suppiy bill Will be in the hands of Senators soon, and their calendar is so light chey can give it their undivided | attention. Many more amendments await the bill } ia the Senate, but in justice to that body it has so Jar shown a record that makes it Jair to assume that it will allow little tolerance to corrupt desizus On the pubiic treasury, DR. VANDERPORL’S TRADUCERS. | The supporters of the defeated Swinourne claim } talk of making an effort to cut down the Quaran- tine appropriations, but this is mere spite toward Dr. Vanderpoel. The present Health Officer may | rest satisfied that all the malicious stories cit culated here to damage his position, with the idea of subserving the Swinburne swinale, have had no effect. On the contrary, they have recoiled on | thelr authors, and whatever Iittle hope the re- | jected claim Lad of being entertained by the Sen- | ate tt has none whatever now. The Quarantine | appropriation of $55,000 goes to the Quarautine | Com: loners—not to Dr. Vanderpoei—to be ex- pended by them in the necessary services of the | Quarantine Department, | As usual there was 4 ialling orf in the attendance | Of Senators to-day. ‘The bill establishing a Metro- | Poiltan Poilce Departmeut. same us the one tnat | made its appearance yesterday in the Assembly, | Was introduced and referred, | | ESCAPED PRISONERS. Mr. Lowery offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the State Prison Inspectors to report to the Senate the number of escapes irom the State Prisons since January 1, 1873, tue names | of the prisoners who have escaped, the names of | those recaptured and the offences of which those escaping were convicted. ILLBGAL COLLECTIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. | Mr. Booth introduced a bill for the repayment of moneys illegally collected by the Commissioners of | the Board o: Public Heaith of New York cliy. It | | Provides that the Governor, within thirty days | alter tle passage of the act, shall appoimt — Commissioners to audit the claims and certify to them when iound correct, which certificate snail be final. The Commiasion is to expire January 1, 1875, The Commissioners shal give ten days’ notice to the Attorney General oi the State before recetv- | ing any testimony as to claims, of the time and { lace Of taking such testimony, and the Attorney | neral shall have the right to attend and act ior the people. ‘The fees of the Commission and coun- | sel shall be puid equally by the claimants and the | State, which compensation shali not exceed — | dollars per day while actually ed in taking | Proois, the Comptrolier of the state, upon pre- | sentation to him of the certificates of tie Commis- | | Sloners, or a majority of them, shali issue to the claumants certificates or evidences of debt, paya- ; ble within twenty years, with interest at the rate | | of —— per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. | BILLS CONSIDERED AND ADVANCED. | | _InCommittee of tue Whole the foliowing bills | Were considered and ordered to a third reading :— | To authorize resident aliens to acquire, hoid and dispose of real and Ro property in hike manner with citizens. To subject to taxation tne property, real and personal, oi the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company, ani to appro- | priate the avail to certain towns to por the inter- est on their bonds. To lay out and improve an avenue leading from Prospect Park to Coney | Island, in Kings county. To amend the charter | ofthe Hebrew Kenevolent Society of the city of | New York. To amend the act providing tor a site for an armory in the city of New York tor the Seventh Regiment National Guard, Mr. Fox opposed the bill. saying that the Com- | missioners af the Sinking Fund now have power to give this site il they see fit, which they do not, hence this bill is intended iv require them to do | so, Mr. Booth sustained the bil@§aying that it provided for giving a sea of Hamilton square for and which had been vacant for twenty years. Mr. Fox moved to strike out the first section, which was lost, and the bill ordered | toathird reading. To incorporate the societies | for improving poultry, small birds, fish, &c. To | vent obstructions to navigation on the Hudson iver in front of the city of Yonkers. To provide r a lease of land to the Samaritan Home tor the ged in the city of New York. Incorporating the Maritime Association of the Port of New Yorks Mr. Lowery reported a bill to repeal all laws allowing towns to issue bonds in aid of railroads, Adjourned til) Monday evening. COMMISSIONER VAN NORT ANSWERED. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In your paper of this date 1 tnd that I am made the subject of an attack by Commissioner Van | Nort, and my object in writing tls note is to ob- | tain that measure of justice which the Heratp | * is always understood to accord. As you will observe by the paragraph you published yes- | | terday I am charged by the Commissioner with | attempting to do certain things which, if they | AUSTRIA AND THE PAPACY. Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Pope Pius IX. to the Prelates of the Austrian Empire— The Lay Legislation Against the Church and the Concordat—Pontifical Appeal to Francis Joseph. [From the Catholic Review, April 4.] His Holiness Pope Pius the Ninth has addressed an encyclical letter to the cardinals, archbishops and bishops of the Churoh in the Austrian Empire on the subject of the ecclesiastical bills which have been submitted to the Legislature in Vienna by the Ministry of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The toliowing is tle complete text of the ENCYCLICAL, DEAR SONS AND VENERABLE BRETHREN, HEALTH AND APOSTOLIC BENEDICTION : Scarcely had we, in our leiter of November 24 last, announced to the Catholic world the serious persecution Which has been inaugurated ugainst the Church in Prussia and in Switzerland, than a fresh source Ol anxiety was prepared for us by the news of other acts of injustice, menacing this Chureh, which may well, like its Divine Spouse, utter this complaint—You have added to tne pains ol my wounds.” ‘These instances give us all the more anxiety as they are committed by tne government of the Austrian people, whica, in the Most gtorious period of Christian history, fought so valiantly ior tue Catholic faith, in tne closest alli- ance with this Apostolic See. It is true that a jew years back certain decrees were published in tiat monarchy which are dia- Metrically opposed to the most sacred mghts of the Chureh and of the treaties solemnly con- cluded, and which we, conformably with our duty, condemned and declared invalid in our allocution of June 22, 1858, addressed to our venerable brothers, the cardini new laws have been liberation and approv which tend openly to lead the Church into the moat pernicious condition of serviilty and to place her entirely at the mercy of the secu- lar power, which is contrary to the divine arrange- ment of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the Creator and Redeemer o/ the human race has founded tue Church, most assuredly, as His visible Kingdom upon earth; He has not only endowed it with the supernatural giits of aD infallible teaching tor the propagation ‘of holy doctrines, with a holy priest- ood jor the Ree ornaee of divine services and the sanctification of souls vy the sacriice and the sacraments, but He has also given aw full wer to create laws an to jadge and exercise a salutary constraint in all things reiating to the true end of the kingdom of God upon earth, But this supernatural power of ecclesiastical government, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, ts entirely distinct and indepen- dent of the secular authority. I’his kingdom of God Onearth is @ kingdom of @ periect society which rules aud governs itseif, according to its own laws and its right, by its own chefs, who watch over it 80 as to give an account of souls, mot to secular sovereigns, but to the Prince of Pastors—to Jesus Christ, who instituted pastors and doctors, who, in their spir- itual administration, are subject to no secular power. Just agit is the duty of the hierarchy to govern so also 18 it the duty Oi the Latthtul, accord- ing to the admonition of the apostle, to obey and resented for the de- 0: the Keichsrath, , | to submit to them; and, therelure, it is that the Catholic people have a sacred rigot wuich ought not to be interiered with by the civil power, in its sacred duty of following the discipline and laws of the Church, 4 You recugnize, with us, dear sons and venerable brothers, that the laws debated to-day in the Aus- | trian Reichsrath contain and manitest a serious Violation of this divine constitution of the Cuurch and an intolerable suoversion of the rignts of the Apostolic See, of the holy canons and of the entire Catholic people. In effect, by virtue of these laws, the Church of Christ, 1p almos: all its relations and acis relative to the direction of the faithful, is judzed and consid- ered compietely subordinate and subjected to tne superior power of the secuiar authorities, and this is very openly expressed and, so to say, spoken of as principle in the document which explains the full object and sense of the laws in question. 1t is also expressly declared that the secular gov- ernment, in virtue of its unlimited power, pos- sesses the right of making laws on ecclesiastical subjects just as it bas op those porely secular, and to overlook and dominate the Church just as if it were a mere human iustitution within the Empir By this the secular government arrogates to it- | self the rigiit o1 judgment and teaching over the | constitution and rights of the Catholic Church, as | well as over its exalted administration, which it | exercises of itsell, partly by 1:8 laws and acts, and | partly by different ecclesiastical persons. Hence it iollows that this will una power of the civil government usurps the place of the religious power, which was established by divine ordination | jor the direction of the Church and edification of vhe body of Christ. Against such a usurpation of the sanctuary the great Ambrose rightly says:— “They say that everything 13 permitted to Cwsar, and that all things belong to hun.” I answer :—*Do not imagine that thou possessest an imperial right | of the Hoty Koman Cauich, Butnow | vineible defender of the same linerty, St. Anselm, tn the fotlo’ terms:—*iod loves not in the world 80 much ag the liberty of the Chi Let those who care jess to serve the Church than to dominate her consider themselves the enemies of Goa. Cod wish ig spouse, the Church, to be ‘ne! cal u wand seek to inflame your pastoral vij ‘tno Tend the zeal Which anl- mates you. for the welfare of the house of 80 that you may @o your best to remove the danger which is roaching. Take great courage to sustain the ight wortully, tor it is a combat which is in every sense worthy oi your virtue, We Jeel certain that fie will display neither less cour- ‘ge vor strength than our otuer honorable breth xen who elsewhere, amid the most bitter trials, having vecome in the miast 01 contempt and per- secution @ spectacle, endure with joy for the luberty of the Church not. only the oss of their | goods, but even in chains sustain the combat of | grief, But our hopes are not all placed on your own strength, but on God. ‘This matter concerns Him who by His infallible Word advises and teaches us, “In the world you will be persecuted, but have | confidence ; 1 have conquered the world.” We, thereiore, who by virtue of our Apostolic charge, in which the grace of God strenztheus our Weakness, have been placed at the head as guide | in this cruel warfare against tue Church, we re- at and praise the words of the Saint of Canter- ury, Who thus expresses himself in words which admirably suit our times:—the war which tue enemies of God Wage against us is a war between themseives and tue Almighty.’’ Therefore, we ; Only desire of them what the Eternal God when He made himsell fesu leit to the Church as His eternal legacy. , Upuft your gearts, therefore, with us in faith and in love of Christ, jor the protection of the Church, and come to the help of your feliow men, witn ine thority and the wisdom which you share, for Do good will bevall them as long as the Church is de- prived of liberty. We have confidence in you— all the more because the cause of God | is at stake, In that which concerns us it is certain that we shonid prefer, much rather, to suffer temporal ills than assume | the trials of a disgracemi servitude. For the issue Of this struggle has tor posterity this signii- cance—that the Church will be eterually aMicted, May God preserve us irom this, or else that she enjoy an eternal liberty. But as you will have te | direct our efforts to prevent tue dangers which | Menace the Church, by your authority and by your | wisdom, you will readi.y acknowledge that nothing | would be more opporcune or uselul than that you should examine in common council the proper means whereby to attain thisobject. While they are | attackiug the Caurch it is your duty to protect | the faitniul; but the wath of defence wil be ail the more sure, and the deience itself all the stronger, the more unanimous and united your efiorts ure, und the more careiully and zealously studied and arranged the means you employ to Master the situation, We exhort you to unite yourselves as much as possible, and to fix, alter comuwon deliberation, a sure and- approved line of couduci, which will Permit you conformably with the dutica your | Position imposes on you, to combat in gommon accord the evils which menace the Charch, and to protect ber with all yourenergy. Our exuor- tation is necessary inorder that We may not ap- pear to have neglected our duty in such an important matter, but we are convinced | that even without. the exhortation you would have done yotr duty, Furtner, we have not abandoned the hope that God will witn- draw these existing evils, and wiat encourages ; Us thus to hope is the devotion and taith of our | Well beloved son in Christ the Kmperor aud .King | Francis Joseph, whom we nave pressingly adjured | ima letter addressed to him this day, never to | allow that in his vast empire the church be sub- | jected to an ignominious servitude and his Catho- lic subjects to great afflictions, But as the number of assailants of the Church is great, as each assault is eminently dangerous, you can at least persevere without iear. May He Ce id to guide your decisions and sustam you by His strengit and all powerful protection, so that you may decide happily and realize all that | may help the glory of His mame and the wellare of souls. As a Sign 0! this divine pro- | tection and of our particular love we impart to | each of you dear sons and venerable brotiers, as | also to ‘the clergy and the faithful under your charge, our Apostolic benediction. | Given at Rome, near St. Peter's, March 7, 1874, | and in the twenty-eiguth year ol our Pontificate, PIUS PP. IX. “OTHER WORLDS THAN OURS.” Professor Proctor’s Matinee Lecture at | Association Hall. | Mr. Richard A. Proctor repeated his lecture enti- tled “Other Worlds Than Ours” at Association Hall yesterday afternoon. The great hall was well | filled, and the lecture was listened to with evident interest. The audience was composed almost wholly of ladies. The lecturer began by referring to the tact that the lecture had been given on a | previous ovcasion and by replying to some letters | Which had oeen addressed to him since that time. In brief, it may be said that he declared Mercury too hot ior Iitte, and that until it had | gone through the very same stages of cooling | as has the earth it would impossible | | for animal lite to exist on that planet. The pres- | offices look on the rumors with smilti | the old Police Justices’ inends are jubilant over | way. It over the things consecrated to God. Do not exult | ence o1 an atmosphere surrounding Venus seems thyself, but be subject to God.” He Nas written:— | favorable to life. Mr, Proctor advocated at length “What is God’s is God’s, and what Cysar’s, | the theory that the plat are inhabited in rota- Cwsars.” To the Emperor belongs tue palaces, the | tion, and not contemporaneously. Mars, however, priests, the churches. | 1s the only other planet vesides the earth showing ‘As regards these laws which have been preceded | the most iavoravie conditions for il!e, possessing, by an exposition of their ubject, tuey are in reality | a9 it does, clouds, water and an atmosphere, with Of the aaine nature aud kind as those of Prussia, | Storms of wine and rain. The lecturer greatly re- and'prepare for the Church in Austria the same | assured the audience by saying that whén, after misfortune, although they appear at drst sight , several mullions of yea he earth dropped into to be more moderate when compared with the | the sun, the planet would have cooled to 80 great a Prussian laws. | degree us to render life unpleasant, if not imposst- We do not care to examine in detail each article ne The lecture was illustrated by the stereopt- of these iaws, but we cannot pass in ailence the | con. cruel insult which by tue presentation of such | _ It is reported that Professor Prootor sails for Europe on the 8*h inst. ‘ laws has been offered to us and to this Apostolic THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, See, ag weil as to yourselves, dear sons and dear ae and to the entire Catholic people of tne | mpire. — The eat ped ie etc in 1865 Ln The large hall at Cooper Institute was fairly tween ourselves and the iliustrious Emperor, an was confirmed by this Catholic sovereign by tne | Sled rtd bddecrra Sh bg rece of ae delivery most solemn promises and promulgated tnrough- | Of & lecture by or J. jundy, editor of the out Les eae penis, Ue hes Latimer vl Ce | Evening Mail, on the relation between the State Chamber ot puties, wi ie declaration that td ta completely without orce and annulled, and tnia | 824 federal governments, The lecturer com ‘without any previous negotiation with the Apos- | menced by reviewing the constitution of the United | volic See, and moreover with a public contempt of | States, and then quoted extracts from speeches oat ae have chstpenea sone a | made in State conventions by Patrick Henry, | When “public. saith, had? sui some ‘value? | James Wilson, Ellsworth Madison, John Marshall, | , in this sad epoch, it is not only under- | Governor Randolph and others. Madison said :— Tee wal compieied. Fe einet this pabie ible: | “In some respects it is a government of a tederal | tion of the concordat we protest once more, before | nature; iu otters, of a con-olidated nature.” you, well beloved sons and veverable brotners. | Yhe lecturer taen went on to say that in this We reprove all the more this outrage inflicted | country the supreme, absolute and uncontroliable upon the Church as the cause and pretext of this power snould reside in the people at large, and | Among the notices of motion was one given by | Mr. Anderson, member from Glasgow and Chair- to the losses sustained by British subjects not com: | «pensated under the Washington Treaty, and the by the Alabama, and to move a resolution.” THE BUDGET. il. The witnes: tal Beans Dash with coarse brought into the House before Faster, as the bur | atures and hi ral Gomdcstineasara tenn for the removal of the income tax must be brought deceased, and sald that he did not recollect that he had kissed be He maintained. despite a search- Chancellor of the Exchequer will take the oppor- | ceased was merely a customer of his, and other- | tunity of announcing the whole of his financial * wise quite a stranger to him. al " e | who attended deceased, said:—l saw my father MR. GLADSTONE’S RETIREMENT. two Weeks ago, but bave not seen him since: my It 1s also believed that on that occasion Mr. one a oe he om (fp Fancher and ; an Office at No. ; will defend the whole course of the late govern- Tees a re i re ee ment, and show the various benefits bestowed of | THAT HER FATHER HAD FLED when tearning of the death of Mary Feltham and once say, “Liberavi animam,” he will take nis de- | issued. She and her sister (who was also present) parture for Italy, and it is possible that the House wept bitterly and had to be taken into another | On. Coroner Woltman, in his charge, laid stress upon | is firmly believed that the letter which he wrote | the tact that all efforts to arrest nsellacr to Lord Granville meant merely a post; " ptt: step cena A mony rendered a Se poly that deceased | came to her death from a criminal malepractic ‘whict he has hitherto taken in politics. This deci- ' n rand sion is believed to be due to the conviction that that William H. Poynton was an accessary to the | present constituted, and that unless the “extreme | Poynton in $5,000 bail, in default of which he was | left” give up their extreme princtples Mr. Glad- | committed to the Tombs to await the action of tne | heard the other day, on the authority of Mr. Glad- | TOT! ABSTINEN | stone’s physician, that there is nothing the ex. | ‘a aid peace. “Peace! peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer!” he may cry with Longfellow, but there Jess he abandons politics entirely or is raised to the ‘Upper House. seems to Nave fallen into her new life very quickly and comfortably. She 1s said to have been very described it as a right royal residence. At present she and her husband are quartered at Buckingham is being altered and redecorated, and will not be ready for them until the autumn. Even House is @ poor place; but it bas the advantage of being next door to St. James’ Jn the event, therefore, of the Duchess giving avy receptions the State apartments of the palace will the Duke has not shown himself of a very he table or generous turn. Meanwhile the Duc of the public, A series of grand entertainments ds being organized, the frst of which came off last man of the Emma Silver Mine, ‘to call attention | damage done to the property of British subjects | House; I went there snd she told me that she was There is some chance that the budget will be allegations o1 his criminal conduct in regard to the | in before the receas, and itis imagined thet the | in’ cxamination by Coroner Woltman, that de. | scheme. te Van Rensellaer, daughter of the physician father had an office in Eighteenth street and has Gladstone will make a grand speech, in which he witness admitted the country by thelr measures. Then, when he can Or'tne tact that a warrant lor his airest had been of Commons may not see him again this session. 15 | °° | had. thos far been fruitless, and the jury, after a of his decision to give up the prominent part the hands of Dr. Van Rensellaer alias Fancher, ana | tact. nothing is to be done with the liberal party as at | “Tie coroner then announced that he would hold stone will not attempt to lead them again. 1 | ST@ndJurs. : | Premier personally desires so much as rest and does not seem much chance of his getting it, un- THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH mouch impressed with Windsor Castile and to have Palace, as their own residence, Clarence House, when all has been done to Palace, with which it has direct communication be placed at her aisposal; thongh, hitherto, drives daily in the park with him amid the saintes might at the Albert Hall, where Mr. Artnar Sai livan’s oratorio, “The Light of the World,” was performed in the presence of the Koraitics and an , audience 9,000 strong. | DR. KENEALY has succeeded in getting himself into hot water, | ‘The benchers of Gray’s Inn have determined npon + inquiring imto bis conduct during tne inte rep. borne trial, If it cam bO proven that the Doctor ‘had “instructions” for certain of his utterances and questions, weil and good; but if not he wy certainly be disbarred, which is equivalent to “being ruined for ise, It is believed, nowever, the 6 much leniency as possible will be shown to ‘him. Dr. Kenealy must more than ever now ro. gret his fiasco, as he might have obtained some wlace from the conservative government. Hi« ‘poem, the ‘New Pantomime,” is inscribed to Mr, Disraeli, “toe frstand kindest of criucs of this poem in its fragmentary form.” Further on tue "tory Premier is described as “one of the truest, brightest and most disinterested public charac. ters that ever illuminated our country’s annals,’ A GooD sToRY. Here is a good story which has not yet found its ‘way into print, bat for the trath of which I cay veuch.- Lord George Gordon, a young man of four and twenty, wishing to marry 4 certain young lady, went quite recently to ask the permission of his father, the Duke of Argyle. ‘The Duke, a pompous litte man, replied in effect, “My son, since our house has been honored by ‘Deing united with the royal tamily I have thought Ht right to delegate a decision on all such matters your elder brother, the Marquis of Lorne. Go, therefore, 204 consult him.” ‘The Marquis of Lorne, 0% betng applied to, said, “My dear brother, Ws case Of Mmouriance Like wis | showd tyABk it it the Clarence , | 80, a8 appearances were greatly against this state- | A meeting favoring the cause of total abstinence was held last evening at the Allen street Metho- dist Episcopal church, between Delancey and Riv- ington streets, at which about 200 people were present. The meeting was opened with singing and prayer. Wakeman H. Dikeman presided and introduced the various speakers to the audience. ‘The Rev. William C. Steele was the first in order. He was in favor of entire total abstinence and bitterly opposed to the word “temperate.” He did not velleve in @ moderate use of ardent | spirits. As weil might any person put his hand in the fire aud not expect to be burned. A day or two ago he took up a copy Of Mr. Beecher’s paper, in Which it was stated that the woman’s movement Was abating. The speaker did not think this was Ment. ‘the papers could not afford space to tell of ail the wonderful works which were being done in the Jand by temperance. A iriend of his was speaking to General Butler about the women’s work in the West, when Butler complained that the revenues would be lessened considerably by it. “Never mind,” said his triend, ‘4f anything is lost hy it put the strain on something else and we will never compiaia.”’ Miss Susannah Evans, ap earnest and impassioned speaker, then addressed the meeting, She pictared the homes and families | which were rendered desolate by this dire curse, and pleaded with those present who had not al- ready done so to come forward and sign the total abstinence pledge. Dr. Dio Lewis repeated the story of the women’s labor in the West and the good results which were attending tt throngi- out Obio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, lilinois and other States, OORONERS' OASES, A Slightly Suspicious Case. About three o’clock yesterday morning Mrs. | Julia Flood, a Woman thirty-five years of age, was found dead 1n bed by her husband, a sickly man, uving in West Fifty-fourth street. Deputy Coroner Leo was called, and on making a superficial ex- amination found that Mrs. Flood had been in a de- lieate condition, Although there was no charge made against the husband certain marks about ine face ana body of deceased were discovered by Dr. Leo, which rendered an autopsy and careful examination necessary, The t-mortem will be m Foand in the Water. fhe body of an unknown man, about thirty-six years of age, five feet eight inches in height, dark complexion, smooth face, and dressed in black coat and pants, red shirt and boots, was found Noating in the dock, foot of pier 14 East River, and | sent to the Morgye to await an inquisition and identification, The remains were very much de- composed Fatal Fall. William Timon, a German, seventeen years old, fell yesterday morning from the ionrth story of 24 Chureh street to the first floor, and diea imme- diately. The corpse was removed to the Third precvict police station, ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING, Joseph Merritt, ten years of age, of No. 80 Bast | Ninth street, slot himself in the leg yesterday while playing with a pistol. He was removed to . Wie police shailon house Ry Uae oflicers gm duiy. Coroner Kessier has charge of the | | were as he states, would bear the character of | | being “sharp practice.” Now the charges which | | the Commissioner makes, in the first place, | | have nothing to do with disproving my | allegations as to the manner in which the pubitc works are conducted, for there is not | | one word of denial in his defence, of my statements | as contained in one of the city papers of last Fri- | ; day. It amounts to this :—A says Bis a bad man, | | and B, without denying it, replies that A ts a bad | | man also, This being Mr.’ Van Nort’s position, 1 | | desire to say in defence of myself that the negotia- | tions for the leases he reie?'s to are as follows :—I | Was called on by a Mr. Bacon, who is employed in | the office of William R. Martin, a well known | friend of Mr. Van Nort, and President of the West | | Side Association. Mr. Bacon said he wanted an | assignment of tue lease tor a nominal considera- | | tion of $1 for a pertod of two or three years for | | the use of the city. I stated that I “thought | it was worth from $1,000 to $500, and that | | he could not have it for less than $500.’ Mr. Bacon | | Teplied that Mr. Van Nort could be useful to me as | @iriend, and I said I would see Mr. Van Nort about | it, Bacon said that Mr. Van Nort would not see | me on the subject as he (Bacon), through Mr. Van | Nort, was authorized to negotiate the matter. I | | did go aud see Mr. Van Nort, and gaid if he would | appoint two teams for my father, by whom the | | leases were held, to be empioyed in the depart- | ment, J would jet him have the lease in consid- eration thereof, 1 wanted him, however, to assure me that, after the leases were’ as- signed to him, he would not remove the teams. He refused to entertain my offer, | but assumed the leases from Mr. Daniel Tracy, | at @ rental of $500 for the required period. Had | he desired to save that $500 to the eity he , | could have done so by appointing my father’s twg | | teams, and those teams were not “duipmtes,” ‘but | would have done their full share of Work My | father had at that time one team empioyed in the | | departinent, but a few days ago it was removed | | from service because I hed, npon request of cer- | | in property owners, used my influence at Al- to have the work of Riverside Drive trans- | fenba o tne Park Department, as they gave the the most value for the money they ex- nded. Meantime what does Mr. Van Nort. say’ to the | statements of my venerable and respectable friend, | Mr. Robert Marshali, whose statements sapport | mine fully? J.D, TRACY, , New Yor«, April 4, 1 hlaancteaemne | CHARGED WITH FORGERY, William H. Harlow, seventeen years of age, was | | arrested yesterday by the detectives and locked | up at the Centra! OMfice on a charge of forgery. , He was employed by Hugh H. Edwards, a lawyer, | at No. 100 Wall street, as clerk. In June last it 18 charged that be forged his employer's name to a cneck on the Nassau Bank for $750. In October he repeated the offence, it is alleged, for the amount of $500. The money was paid in both cases. Harlow has been out of New York for some time, and only returned here a few days ago. | THE FIRES OF THE WEEK, ‘The Fire Department report twenty-five fires for | the week ending April 4, at eight o'clock A, M., in- | volving a loss of $7,520; insurance, $149,300. The | causes Of the several fires were as follows:—Care- | aness of occupants with matches, candles, cigar hot ashes, 10; defective fue, 1; foul chim- | y8, 4; gas Oxture, improper arrangement of, 1; | | not coals from turnace, 1; malicious miscnier, 1; | not ascertained, 1; overheated stoves and stove- | Pipes, 3; spontaneous combustion of otly jute, 1; window curteius taking fire (rom gasligut and | aup, 2 \ rupture of the concordat and of other laws which were attached to it 18 insidiously rested upon the definition of the teactings of taitn published and confirmed by the Ecumeni- cal Council of the Vaticany and they have spoken of these Cathohc dogmas in an tm- pious manner aud styled them new fasnivued, and changes made in the articies of faith anid in the constitution of the Church. There may be in the Empire of Austria some persous who have renounced the Catholic Jaith on account of these unwortny inventions; but its illustrious monarch and the whoe imperial household preserve and confess it, a8 do also the vast majority of the people, and it is to this people that these laws, foun‘ied on such inventions, are to be given, Therejore, without our knowledge and wili, they have torn the con- Yention which we bad concluded with the nobie Emperor in the interest of the salvation of souls and the advantage of the State. A new torm of rignt has been invented, and they have attributed to the civil government a new power, 80 that it | Can interfere in all eccleriastical matters, and so that it can ordain and arrange the aifairs of the | Church as 10 thinks fit. With the projected laws they have been able to bind the Church with heavy cliains and to paralyze her action and her inviolable liberty, which she Imust ever possess lor the government o1 the taith- ful, the religious guidance of the people, and even of the clergy, to help the progress of Coristian life towards evangelical perfection, in the administra- tion and even possession of property. duce perversion in discipline, they favor apostacy, and the union and coaspiracy of the sects against , the true dogmas of Christianity is actually pro- tected and assisted b; In truth, a great had to mention the nature and number of the evils which we slould have to fear as soon as the laws are hb ration; but, dear sons and venerapie brothers, they cannot either deceive or escape your wisdom, really all ecclesiastical functions benelices, laws, | for and the and even tne exercise of pastoral duties, are so entirely | subjected to the civil power, that the ecclesiastical periors, supposing that they would submit to the ‘They intro: | k Would fall to our loti we | us that he was greatly opposed to the centrulism of | administration which had grown of late so power- jul at Washington. While we had Washington he had thought sometimes that the noble buildings | there erected were destined to become—should no | reaction take place—the mausoleum of our liver- | ties instead of its temple. Mr. Bundy then si matized in glowing terms the chicanery and trafic im votes which have brought disgrace upon the nation’s Senate. When, continued the lecturer, ambitious Governors lower the dignity which Tightly belongs to the Chief Magistracy of a State by using all its patronage to promote their election to the federal Senate something must be Radin 4 i our pol- itics. Why did not utter anarchy follow the events that immed.ately preceded and foliowed Mr. Lincoln’s assassination? At Washington there | was rottenness, treason, cowardice, nervelessuess and contusion. But the people—the loyal people— were sound. They had ineach State a govern- | Ment that was true and that was their own. It was @ government that fulfilled all the domestic pergores of @ government. Under its protection, yy the aid of its machinery, through legal methods | and without revolutionary processes, they could live in peace and security and could organize and send out armies for the salvation of the Union. | Tne States were long established realities, They were something more than mere parts of the | Union, They were the solid pillars on which the Union rested. They saved the Union, Now let us save the States, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, Commissioner Van Nort makes the foliowing ement of public moneys received by the De+ partment of Public Works during the week ending | | yesterda; For Croton water rent and penalties. .... For tapping Crown pipes For vauit permits For sewer permits, For sewer pipe sold For {ees at Corporation Total | addin; new laws—wnich is Jar from being possibie—would | ultimately not be able to administer their dioceses | for which they have a strict account to render to | Set aes youll be ‘ochgad te ules ofthe church, | Comptroller Green reports the following dis. | tion and to restrain it according to the willand bursements and receipts of the treasury yester- pleasure of the head of the Again, what are we that bear the headin; Higone communities t that they are destined to prepare the way for the ruin and extinction of the religious orders, The loss of temporal property is so great that it Is scarcely to be distinguished from a public sale and confiscation. The government wili place the prop- erty in question under its authority after tne Passing of these laws, and will arrogate to itself the right and power of dividing it, of Letting tt out and of reducing {t by taxation to such to an extent that the miserable result and veneft which will re- main over can scarcely be consiuered by the Church as honorable, but rather a8 a mockery and 9 mere cloak to cover the injustice. As the laws discussed by the Chamber of Depu- ties of the Austrian Reichsrath are worded in this sense, and based upon the principles which we have exposed, you can clearly see, dear sons and veneravie brothers, the actual dangers which menace the flock placed under D gtd charge and vigilance. The unity and peace of tue Church are notably ab stake, and ~ only wish to deprive her of that iberty which St. omas of Canterbury well called “the soul of the Church, without whicn she lias no life, and without which she has no sirength to fight against those who seek to possess by innerit- ance the sanctuary oi God.” Tow Dhrase bas keen explained by another in- in consideration of the re- tate. to expect from those laws | Their fatal intent and hos- , je meaning 16 80 evident that all casiiy perceive | | day:— DISAURSEMENTS, | Qlaims paid (No. of warraute 72), Payrolis (No. of warrants 162), jounting to... $23,873 TING to... 017 Total (No. of warrants 2%).. | From taxes of 1873 a From arrears of taxi | From collection oi | From market rents, | From water rents. | From licenses—Mayor's Uftice | Brom fees and flmes—superior Gourt me | From fees and fnes—Warden Gity Jrison. | From fees and fines—District courts. From tees and fines—special Sessions. } ‘Total 963,047 Pay: | ab, | aes veeveuay ‘ The Comptroller paia rday, through | master Faia, lbordre ‘On’ spine aid” to Slat amounting to $1,451, | FATAL AQOIDENT. | Joseph Coppin, of No, 680 Grand street, and | Patrick Ready, of No, 64 Spring street, were se- | Tlously injured yesterday by a team of horses be- ‘longing to Coppin, He was loading @ cart in Grand | Street, when, the horses becoming frightened, nocking down who uM | Born were removed to’ the Park Hospital by #6 | Rolice, bienidee Progress of the Enrolment—The Movew ment of Hostile Bands—Hopes That War May Be Avoided. Wasainaton, D. C., April 4, 1874. Indian Agent Savilie writes to Commusioner Smith, from Red Cloud Agency, Dakota, March 24, that he has nearly completed a census of the In- dians remaining at the agency, and finds more there than he expected, after the stampede that took place at the time the troops came to the agency. He has already enrolled over 4,000 Sioux, anda number have not yet come in, seemingly hanging between enroiment and leaving for the North. All the Cheyennes except the Turkey Legs, a small camp of 216 persous, have north to Hat River, he Arapahoes re- main at the Red Cloud Agency. At the last count there were 9,630, A messenger came in on the 24th from the camp of Black Lewis, a hostile Ogallala, saying thar, he wished to come to the agency to trade; thathe had heard what the Minneconjous had done. He wished to have nothing to do with them, ana did not desire a war with the whites. Agent Saville is making every effort to bring these people to tha agency, and says if they once can be separ- ated from the hostile bands of Uncpapas, Minne- conjous and Sans-Arcs a war may be averted, Since the arrival of the troops these Indians have beem very quiet und obedient, apparently trying to pre- Vent any collision with the soldiers. Red Cloud has apologized for bis speech of De- cember 25, and has done much to atone for his hos tule remarks, THE POLICE JUSTICES. Rumors that the Present Justices are Te Be Put Out to Make Way for the Old Ones—The Rumors Not Substantiated— Probably a Canard. Rumors were rife yesterdayJn the city, particu- larly among old Tammany politicians, that tt had Deen ascertained as a fact that the Court of Ap- Peals would render a decision on Monday or Tues- | day next, denying the constitutionality of the present incumbents of the Police Court benches in this city. A HERALD reporter went yesterday in searok of some more defintte information than this, and to tind out from some reliable authority whether there was any basis of fact in the ramora which were flying round so thickly. After some Search it was found beyond peradventure that these reports had originated with two gentle- men—one a clark of one of the ex-Police Judges and the other a lawyer and a friend of several of the deposed judicial officers. These two persons were very decided in their opinion of what the Court of Appeals was guing to do, and prophesied some very astonishing things. The lawyer and friend even knew some one who had seen the written decision of the Court of Appeals, holding the present Justices to have been unconstitution- ally appointed anu denying the power of the Legis- jature to nave passed a bill ordering such appoint- ments by the Mayor to the detriment of officers duly elected by the people for a cer- tain term. There 16 great doubt among usually better informed people that any such de- cision bas been rendered, and the fact that friends of the deposed parties are the ones who have cir- culated tue story goes lar to give it an appearance of unauthenwcity. It is certaim that there has been no small umount of feeling over the matter since these reports have been so freely circulated around, and, while the present possessors of the contempt, the prospect. both sides. Should such a thing take place as the concnay of the present incumbents on the groun of unconstitutional appointment the quences will be very disastrous will entail the all the prisoners sent up by these Justices and the Island will send down its hordes, many of whom will andoubtedly be reieased, as they were when the Speciat Sessions was declared Qnconstitutional some two years since. Such an issue could not be avoided, as the acts of the pres- ent possessors of the oillce, tn case of such & di- vision, must necessarily be illegal. Lawyers, as a rule, do not believe the reports. As tne decision, however, will be handed in on Monday or ‘l'uesday the suspense as to the matver ‘Will soon be set at rest. A NEWARK DEFAULTING OFFICIAL @& couRT. eh is Ex-Tax Receiver Broadwell Pleads Not Guilty to Three More Indictments—Mo- tion to Quash Them on Technical Grounds. The Essex County Court of Oyer and Terminer witnessea yesterday a significant sequel to the Citizens’ Investizating Committee mecting the night betore, when the sum o/ the known an@ proven iniguities of the City Hall ring were re- ported upon. Before Judge Depne appeared John 4. Broad- well, the ex-Tax Receiver, to answer to three aa- ditional indictments found against him by the last Grand Jury, which charged him with misconduct and maleieasance in office in appropriating the public funds to his own private uses. Broadwell’s counsel moved that the indictments be quashed, on the ground that it was alleged Broadwell had Dot paid over the city tunds to the Compvtrolier, the fact being that no Comptroller then existed. It was to the Treasurer the funds should have been turned over, The county prosecutor argued against the motiop. The Court reserved its de- ‘There is, however, much doubt on cision. Meanwhile’ Broadwell put in pleas of not guilty to ali the indictments, His bail was fixed at $5,000. Much surprise is occasioned in pubitc at the amount of bail. Ac- cording to the report of the officialexperts em- ployed by the city officials ata large expense, the sum total of Broadwell'’s abstractions from the city funds ran as high as $15,000, but yet the total amount of bail he is now under on ail the indict- ments ts only $8,000, An impression prevails that the Court when fixing the bail yesterday was un- informed of these facts. ‘the trial Was set for the early part of the next term of court. It is ex- pected that the Attorney General will be called upon to assist in the prosecution of all the oftictal indictments, the same as the case of the Jersey City ringites. Broadwell in court yesterday appeared greatly debilitated in health and nervously affected, as a man in this trying position might weil be. The trials of the other Officials indicted by the last Grand Jury is set for April 21, The Sherif has been pestered greatly by persons desirous of serving on the petit panel—persons never before seeking such a tions. CENTRAL PARK MATTERS. Jn consequence of want of money to continue the construction works of the Park Department the Commissioners contemplate a suspension of the entire force. A bill authorizing the commis- sion to raise money has been pending before the Senate Commitiee on cities for more than two months; but, for some unexplained reason, it has not yet been’ reported, although when the Dill was presented President Wade iniormed the commit- tee that uniess provision was made for money the work could not be continued beyond the ist of April. By this act of suspension upwards o1 600 Jaborers will be thrown out ol employment, thus to the general burden of distress that now 80 widely prevails. It iad’ teen the practice of the Park Commis- sioners to grant jae to allow schools to pi ball upon central Park grounds. It is underst that these permits must all be renewed this season, asit is not intended that ull grown men, even | though they may be students, shall occupy the rounds to the exclusion of the boys, whose num- Bers are 80 great that the grounds’ are scarcely large enougit to accommodate all the schools ap- plying for permits. Fast Driving in Central Park. Orry or‘New York, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC Pal } 86 UNION SQuaRE, April 4, 1874, To rag Epiror oF THE HERALD:— ‘There ts @ constant tendency to fast driving im the Central Park by those who have little or no respect either for the ordinance against tt or the ‘nts of those who seck the Park for pleasure and ie recreation. ‘he Park Commissioners are determined to put top to the dangerous practice, and have issued | stringent orders. to the police to arrest every one ‘wno shall be found guilty, and the police magis- trates have been asked to lend their co-operation to abate a nuisance which is the source of most of the accidenta that happen in the Park. May I sek the aid of your journal in the matter, and oblige . A L President. MR. AROHIBALD JOHNSTON, ‘The charges made against the auctioneer, Archi> bald Johnston, by Daniei McFarland, for over+ charges, were to have been further investigated yesterday, but another adjournment wae taken. The Mayor’s Clerk, who ia hearing vhe case, ted it as his opinion that the matter at dispute will be settled to the satisfaction of both patties con+ cerned. “VITAL STATISTIOS. ‘There were, 471 births, 144 marriages, 510 deaths and 41 still births reported to the Registrar of weeKe. Records aa baying Occurred qurina the neat