AmsoN ' - I,lJrAt XXIL - 10; 41.. EVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHXD EVERY EPENutta ' • ISundays excepted). AN TOE NEW • stim,Eiruti 4307 Cheattatit Street, Plisillsidelphia l EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION, rsonascrom. GIBSON PEAL e ERNE ST a_WAI.JAE, V. L, FETHER TiloB. . WILLUMSON CASPER SOU FRANCIS WELLS, *. The Bur.r.trrirs beamed to subscribersth the city at 18 tents per week. payable to the carriers, or 88 pew annum. mEIiiiDAN lIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . , Of ,Philadelphia, S. E. Comer Fourth and Walnut Ste, Ogir This Institution has no superior in the United Mutes INVITATIONS FOa WEDDINGS, PARTIES. AG.. exec uted sperior manner. by DREN In A. I DS umst•Nur STREET. fe2o4l§ DIED. EVANS.—On the mornin of the 25th Instalit, Thomaa Evans. In the 71st year of hi g s age. His Mends and those of the family are invited to attend his funeral from his late residence. 817 Arch street, on Fifthelay, the 28th lest., at 3 o'clock, P.M. Inter ment at Friends' SouttoWatern ground. • 11.13PB1;RN.—On the 25th inst., Maria, wife of the late James Hepburn, of this city. . Funeral from the residence of Gordon Menges, No. 119 'o'clock. Nineteenth street, on Friday. the "25th inst., at 10 .o'clock. A. M. tit/Mi.—On the 25th loot., Charlotte D.. daughter of the late Evan F. Johns. and wile of Beattie W. Heine. The relatives and friend. are respectfully invited to at. tend her fonereL from the ratidence of her husband No. .1505 No, th Eleventh e fleet. on Friday morning 2.lth inst,. at 634 o'clock. a. M. To proceed to PhoMixvilfe. HA LLOWELL.—On the te;th Inst., Atm Hallowell. in the tsth year of her age. Funeral ft em her late reeidence, DM' Spruce street, on Fiftli.day. 2Fith inst.. at 3 P. M. Interment at South Laurel 11111. •• MASON.—On Wednesday morning. the 27th toot., 8&o. l'artheztia Mason. In the 76th year of her age. Funeral on Saturday afternonn. :Nth Inst., at 8 o'clock, from t, e residence of her I , ol,•iti.l* VV. Mr. N. 8. Beetley. 'Wyoming and Bridge etreets. West Philadelphia. Inter. merit at %V to dlande. ••• AGILI- —Suddenly. at hie midence in Backe county, on tiecocd.day, the 25th rust., bl st., Jonathan P. eat in Ins 70th year. Fuorral from Friends' Sleeting House. Solebery , on iiixtb.day. the 35th inst. at he o'clock. Carriages will meet the 7 A. N. train from Kensington Depot at Lam. bertville. • TOW NSEND.—On the nth fruit, after a long illness, Slaty Fleming. wife of hey. Dr. Stephen Townsend, in the. tzth year of her age Her relatives and friends, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her husband. No. 1V.:0 Vice street, on Friday morning, =4th inst., at 10 o'rlock. To proceed to Laurel Hill Cemetery. •11. THIMPLE.—em the 2itith inst., Louis 11. Trimble, in the I.sth year of hie ego. Due notice will be given of his funeraL • lritE LANDELL OPEN TO-LAY THE LIGHT Hi shades of Spring Poplins for the Fashionable Walking Ureters. Steel Colored Poplins. Mode Colored Poplins. Bismarck Exeet Shade. • 3PECJIAL , SOTIOES. War lIEMOVA.L. WILLIAM W. ALLEN, Agent and Attorney for The Traveler's Insurance Oompany, or , HARTFORD, CORN., RAS REMOVED -' • TROY 407 Walnut Street TO THE FORREST BUILDING, No. 117 S. Fourth Street. Life and Accident Policies combined. or either separate. nvitcowl3t ter Asst. Quarter Mahler Oenl's Office, 'Opt. of Penns. G. A R. U. S , Philadelphia, flay 21, 1868. An appeal is made from the Grand Commander of the Department of Virginia, G. A. ft.„ to the Loyal Mates, asking donations of small flags to decorate be graves of the L'Mon .dead in the various eametiries around Richmond. ---' 'fliers are seven cemeteries within reach of Richmond, At:obtaining each about throe thousand (3,000) Union dead. among whom arc repreontatives of every Northern State. It being deemed impossible to get flowers enough for the occasion, they have determined to use small flags The undersigned less been directed to receive all such donations. and will promptly forward them, by Expreee, to George T. Egbort, Richmond, Va. W. J. MACKEY. Assistant Quartermaster General, Uept. of Penna., G. A. R. rny2eAt NS Or Family Plate and Valuables. Fanatic° leaving the city during the coming semon can, at a email °openly, have their FAMILY PLATE or VALUABLES taken care of under a guarantee by The Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Rafe Deposit Company, No. 421 Chestnut Street. N. B. BROWNE. Pre Went. E Perrzasorr. Secretary and Treasurer. mY2B 3trpo Sunday Exeureions to the Sea, Via Camden and Atlantic Railroad / The Sunday Mall Train for Atlantic City will be ra ‘sitmed ' Sunday Nest, May 318 t, And be continued until further notice, leaving Vine Street _Ferry at 7.131/A_, M. Returning, will leave Atiaatic thty ,at CM I'. NI, Irate to Atlantic City, 012 00. Round Trip `Tickets, good to return Sunday evening or Monday mot.- mho, 113 00. D. H. 31IINDY, Agent. in MI if rp§ Mgr; OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM PANY. PHILADELPHIA. May 13th. 1868. ' IgOTICE TO STOCKIIOLDEIO3.—In pursuance of rasa: I ens adopted by the Board of Directors at a Stated ting held this day. notice ie hereby_given to the Stock dere of this Company that they will have the privilege . ,enbsciibing, either directly or by substitutiON under # antis rules as may be prescribed therefor, for Twenty- fi ve +Per Cent.'of addltiono Stock at Par,in proportion to their respeetiVe interests as they stand registered on the books of the Company, May 26th. maxt. Holders of Ws than four Shares will be entitled to sub scribe for a full share. and those holding more. Shares *than a multiple of four Shares will be entitled to an add', Donal Share. Subscriptions to the new Stock will be received on and after May 10th, 1888, and the privilege of subscribing , will cease on the 80th day of July, 18g. The instalments on account of the new Shares shall foe Tardily cash, as follows .• . Ist enty.five Per Gent at the time of eubscrlption. Am or be ore the Ileth day of July. 180. 2d. Twenty-tive Per Cent. on or before the 15th day of December, 1868. 3d. Twentyfive Per Cent. on or before the lath day of June, 1868. • .. 4th. Twenty-five Per Cent. on or before the 16th day of December, IM,• or if Stockholders should prefer,the whole amount may be aid up at once. or any rem h aining ustab • Manta may no Paid up in frill at the time of th payment ,of the second ow thirdinetalment,andeachi eat paid tip shall be entitled to a pro rata dividend that may be de• mgred on full shares. • , ,THOMAS T.IIRTH, myl4-tiiikSrp • Tre asurer. _ _ pundumplir n Boutp_AN tht °RIII° !Tm AIDt° trlrn lTAi rp t -cal look. d wawa dot ermitiiwi l zreated. A l ia; 4t 111 o' _ _ . . . . • . 4 .. , . # . .. ~ . . . .. . ~. ...,...... .„,„ . . . ~. f•:: :4,",t; , ... ''', , 1 , ..' . .. . .. •;. ... •- . . , . . . . ~ ~.,.. . ~ . , .. , 1 I' ' . . . . '_. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .., . . . . . . . .- . .. . r Editor. m ..1-tfo SPECIAL NOTICES. OFFICE OF THE LEHIGM LUZERNE 116 r RAILROAD COMPANY, NO. 7.20 WALNUT STREET, PIIII.J.DRI.P/11A, May .6,1888. A Swill meeting of the Stockholders of the Lehigh .Itallread Company will be hel 4 at their °Mee on SATUt 'AY, June IS, at 11 o'clock A. Di.. for the purpose of ronsidering and acting Amon en ag-cement for consoli dating the said,Company with the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. The Tratuder Book, will be closed on and afferJunel. EDWARD ROBERTS, Jr., tny27w that Treasurer. ear OOPSILL'S PHILADELPMA CITY DIRECTORY is for rate at the following place*, viz.: Directory Oflice, 201 South Mut street, J. B. Lippincott & Co.. Booksellers, 115 Market street. Philadelphia Local Express Co.. 625 Chestnut street. William Mann i Statlow. 43 South Fourth street. and & James Boon Co,Stationers. Fourth and Walnut. my20120p2 sir PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE Arta—The Annual Election fora President and twelve Directors, will be held at the Academy. on MON. DAY. Mot June, between the hours of 12 noon and 2 C. M. JOHN T. LEWIS. Elecretar7. Pnmennt.rirte. May 27. 188 EL. _ roy2lt J 0 10 stir "MT SOUTHERN TOUR." On account of the rapid sale of tickets to Mimi St. Ylales Lecture, TO-MORROW EVENINe, in Concert Nall, the entire floor will be reserved. Tickets at Trumplees Music Store, No. 926 Chestnut street. Ser Lo l l grjeD IarITAL;I I IO p 3. ibis AND treatment and metttelnee turi a lta gratuitously to the poor. gap. ' " •. • :4tl:, by re :4: • . 11' ' isc.; bough E. It • B. No. 613.1 a street. POLITICAL NoricE*. REPUBLICAN lEVINCIBLES.—CO. bets and all those desirous of becoming members of a first-clam company will assemble at the Ball of the Good Intent liose, 602 Spruce street; on Wednesday eve ning. Ns* 27, at 8 o'clock. BDlfinets of importance needs attention. Mv2ti2trp. GEO. L. GARRIGUES, Mrs. Komble 9 o “Cymbenna.” Mrs. Kemble gave us raother delightful enter tainment last evening at Concert Rail. " Cym benne " is not among themost popular of Shakes peare's plays, and many of Mrs. Kemble's ad- Mirers wondered at the selection. But few per formances could have given the intelligent audience a more beautiful illustration, both of the Ekill and taste of Mrs. Kemble and of the transcendent, vet subtle genius of her great author. " - Cymbelinii," "in the rough," Is very rough, and few indeed would venture the dfillcnit task of reading it aloud before a miscellaneous audience. But under the delicate manipulation of Mrs. Kemble's fine genius, the outer, coarse husk of the play, suited well enough for the age for which it was written, is stripped away, and a picture of surpassing beauty and refined delicacy is revealed. We have the story of the chaste and loving lmogen, as it dwelt in the conception of Shakespeare, divested of all those externals which, if presented in these days, would mar its beauty and convert it into an offence. • Mrs. Kemble's personations last night, were very fine. The characters of l'osauveus, Imogen'. lackitno, risanio, Belarius and Cloten, all so vary ing from each other, were given with great dis crimination and effect. Many little touches of fine shading were introduced in a way that de lighted the audience. lachimo's "She writes so to you? cloth she?" was one of these, and hno gen's pitiful little way of saying : "Best draw my sword; and if mine enemy But fear the sword like me, he'll scarcely look on't." was another that was keenly enjoyed. One of the most remarkable passages of Mrs. Kemble's, last night was the reading of the letter in which Poehumua orders Ps:sanio to kill Imogen. Irno gen's stony, mechanical method with which she reads the horrible charges of her husband is the perfection of delicate art. Many other very beautiful passages might be cited. The burial chant which her unknown brothers sing over the supposed dead body of Imogen, "Fear no more the heat o'the sun," was given with a peculiar musical intonation that could almost be reduced to notation. In startling contrast with this were the rough, coarse tones of Cloten, and the wild out-burst In which I-cantata declares himself before Cymbeline and accuses himself of Imogen's death. The whole performance was a new illus tration of Mrs. Kemble's rare power and fur nished a fresh appetite to enjoy the few remain ing opportunities to hear these unrivaled "Read ings." This afternoon we have "The Merry Wives of Windsor;" on Friday evening, "Mary Stuart," and on Saturday afternoon the final "Miscellaneous Reading." THEATRES. Etc. TILE THEATRES.—At the Chestnut this evening the pantomime Ilumpty Dumpty will be presented, with ballet, transformations, .Cc. Mr. John Brougham will appear at the Walnut this evening in his own drama Hearts ; or the Serpents- of So ciety. At the Arch to-night Mrs. Drew and Mr. Barton Hill will appear in the• fine play A Wife Well Won. The American announces a miscel laneous performance. HRS. KEASBLE'S READINGS.—On Friday even ing next at Concert Hall, Mrs. Frances Anne Kemble will read her own translation and adap tation of Schiller's. Mary Stuart. On Saturday afternoon she will read a miscellaneous selection. Mn. BARTON'S HILL'S BENEFIT.—On Friday evening next Mr. Barton Hill will have a benefit at the Arch Street Theatre. The dramas Life of an Actress and The Gunmaker of Moscow will be presented, and Craig will appear in his little dpla y ces his imitation of Lore Made by M Charl ry e s Dickens. in which he intro- MISS EFFIE GRRMON'S Bexenr.—Miss Effie Germon, the popular and versatile actress, will have agrand benefit at the Walnut Street Thea tre on Saturday afternoon, the 6th of June. Mr. Brougham, Mr. Marlowe, and a large number of other first-rate artists will appear, and Carnerose Dixey's Minstrels will also participate. Miss Germon is an excellent actrese,unrivaled indeed, n her peculiar line. As she has multitudes of riends, the hone will, of course, be crowded. ELEVENTH STREET OPERA HOUSE.—The Hurrah Trip Around the World will be presented by Messrs. Carneross & Dixey this evening with handsome and amusing steno offects,and musical performances by the whole company. Humpty Dumpfy, a burlesque of tho best kind, will bo pro duced, with The Spectres Frolic and a multitude of other good things, including singing by Cern cross, dancing, negro delineations, farce and ex travaganza. • WymAn.—The great magician Wyman will give an exhibition of legerdemain and ventriloquism at Assembly Buildings to-night. Wyman Is a great artist, and he renders is entertainments additionally attractive by distributing presents to his patrons. , DRAMATIC FUND BENEFIT.—On Saturday after noon next a benefit will be given at the .A.cadeuty of Music to the American Dramatic Fund. A programme of the moat attractive character has been prepared, and a number of popular actors will appear in favorite part.. Tickets can be procured at Trumpler's music store. Buunsx.—On Thursday evening, the'2Bth inst., Mr. George Hood, of the Academy of Mink will have a benefit, when The Growl' Duchess' of Gerolstein will be presented by Bateman's French Company. GRAND CONCERT.—On Saturday evening, the 80th inst., Mr. L. Engelke will have a grand com plimentary concert at the Academy of MIMIC. A large number of eminent artistes will appear. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY,, MAY 27, 1868. EUROPEAN AFFtijr]Eo3 LETTEJEI FBOIU PARIS. The Press Bill in the Corps Legislatif —Popularity of the American Model —Example of the 'United States—The Fete at the Grand Opera—Marriage of Prince Achille Murat—The Bridal Present.. Wonoopondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 4 PARIS, Friday, May 15, 1868,4 have often had occasion to remark,of late, that there is scarcely any subject now which comes , before a European public, or turns up for debate in a European legislature, without the example of America being cited and appealed to as an argument. Thus, all through the discussion of the army bill, all through the disco ion of the press bill, and that, again, of the rig t of public meeting bill, the grand argument of the French liberals was the Immediate disbandment of the American armies ;after the war, the unlimited freedom and numbers of the American journals, the equally unlimited right of the American peo• pie to assemble and deliberate about their own affairs. So far, however, the examples quoted, have all been in defence of the principles advoca-' tcd by the liberal party In this country. But now a different set of politicians have made an ally of the United States, and have cited America as a witness in their favor; and, it must be al lowed, with considerable practical effect. M. Kolb-Bernard, the great manufacturer of Roubaix, in the north of France, and one of the leaders of the powerful tiers-party which is gradually forming, if not exactly against the gov ernment, at least with the object of effectually controlling its power—made a greed protectionist epeech,the other day, in the Chamber. Of course, the recent commercial policy of America was too good a cheral de battaille not to be brought for ward on such an occasion by the French protec tionist. Look at America, he cried, triumphantly; see what a spoke her policy has put in the wheel of this free-trade system, which was to have made the tour du monde so easily and rapidly.: he 'has closed her markets, and surrounded herself with the barriers of protec tion. That American people, 'whom we are so fond of citing as being at the head of the prog ress of the world, determined at once to re-estab lish their finances and to consolidate their manu factures, are not above having recourse to that protectionist system which has been derisively called the Chinese Wall. They remember by what means and legislation England first established her commercial and industrial prosperity, and are not afraid to resort to the same superannuated traditions. We shall soon feel, he says, in the markets of Europe, the crushing effects of American manufacturlngtom petition, bitched as it will be by inexhaustible t xtent of territory, the enterprising genius of the people, and their "pretensions to domineer over the Old World." Mark the last phrase; for it reveals what is yearly becoming (especially since. the enormous development of power exhibited dering the war) a prominent feeling of conti nental Europe with regard to America. The people of the United States are never spoken of without reiriect in this country; but the respect is by no means unntingled with fear. I' have sometimes met with ludicrogsly exaggerated examples Of this Tatter sentiment. Only recently I encoun tered a small Parisian tradesman, so impregnated with this Americaphobia, that he seemed to think neither himself nor his business in safety from transatlantic enterprise and audacity. Of course, pour ]'encourager, I told him that I certainly could not consider Parisian property worth three years' purchase, for be fore that time those terrible Yankees, who had frightened the Emperor out of Mexico, would infallibly retaliate by steaming up the Seine in their monitors and taking possession ! I really believe the poor man thought I was in earnest. But M. Kolb-Bernard's reference to America told upon the Chamber, and will tell also upon the country ; as every citation of American practice does now tell upon Europe, whether for betteror-worse. Another example of this same influence, though of a totally different character, has just been af forded by one of the most ornate and beautiful entertainments 'which has taken place in Paris this season. All your readers, and all visitors to the Exposition of last year, must be aware of the interest excited by the Report of the American Commission for the re lief of the wounded on the field of battle, and by the admirable and unique display of the material used for that purpose, which was exhibited on the Champ de Mars. Through American and Swiss example combined (both, be It remarked, of re publican origin)—this truly Christian work of mitigating the horrors of war has now become really Internalimiakor, it may be said, universal; and it was a great treiriiph for both America and Switzerland to witness and aid in so splendid an illustration of the good results of their zeal in to good a cause as that which was exhibited at the magnificent international fete given at the Grand Opera in aid of the fund of the Association. Both the Emperor and Empress were present; a very unusual exception at such public entertainments, where they are often "an nounced" to go, but which they generally "pa tronise" without going to them. I believe lam justified in saying that the personal appearance of their Majesties in state, accompanied by a splendid suite, was mainly owing to American influence, conspicuously in the exertion of which may be mentioned the names of Mr. Beck ivlth, late Commissioner-General at the Universal Exhibition, and Dr. Thomas W. Evans, to whose zeal we were mainly indebted for the celebrity at tained by the American Sanitary Commission in Europe. The visit, indeed, of their Majesties to the fete at the Grand Opera was generally re garded as a homage pain to the efforts of America in the cause of humanity, and to the admiration so warmly expressed by the Empress at whit she had heard and witnessed last summer. As to any detailed description of the fete itself, that would far exceed my limits, and be out of my usual sub jects. But it was,lndeed, most beautiful as a coup &ail. The chief ornaments were arms, appro priately turned into the trappings of peace, and arrangewith most elegant and artistic ingenuity into the oat varied forms of palm trees, :epano plies, has s and decorations of every kind. All America, that is, all America in Paris, was there distinguished as': usual, at least the female por tion, by beauty and grace of toilette, bat yet more distinguished, and more envied, for beauty of person. The entire diplornatic circle, also, did homage by thelepresence to this great American movement in favor of humanity, and about mid . night the entrance of the Emperor and:Empress, with the entire court, completed the splendors' ' of a scene which must have been , witnessed to be properly appreciated. Tie lif snifter of this Morning is again ; filled OUR WHOLE' COUNTRY. with the names of a goodly array of Monseiglieurs, Princes and Anuses Imperiales who / once more tilled the Chapel of the Tullerke, yesterdly • at the celebration of tne marriage of Prince A.chille Murat with the Russian Princess of bfingrelia. This is a capital match for a son of our old so: quaintance, Prince Joachim, who never . has much to bestow either upon eons or daughters. The Emperor Napoleon gives the bridegroom a trifling present of a million. The Emperor Alexander of Russia bestow' an annuity of 50,000 francs a year on the bride, whose mother has pre sented her with a trousseau, and above all a dia mond coronet, which bare been the talk of all Paris. 'The City of Tientsin Besieged by Rebels —Pekin in Danger Plunder of VII. Japes by the insurgents—Foreign War Vessels Protecting Property and Treaty alights. From the New York herald.] Quintet's idermL, LONDON, May 26, 1868.—Tele grains from China, dated in the commercial city of Tientsin, In the province of Chi-11, and port of Pekin on the Ist of May, and transmitted to this city by way of Klaehtka on the China-Siberian frontier, report that the Southern insurgents, growing bold from the result of their campaign against Shansi), were besieging the city of Tientsin during five days. The leader threatened to assault the town and attempt to carry it by storm, and thus place the Imperial capital, Pekin, from which Tientsin is distant seventy miles southeast, at the mercy of his followers, by giving them control of the point of confluence of the Yuen-ling and Pekin,.. or Pelho. rivers. The rebel forces move from their position to the agricultural districts, itnd had already plun dered the villages lying around Tientsin. Thei city is defended by a garrison numbering twenty thousand men. Three steam gunboats were laid in the river off Tientsin charged with the duty of protecting for eigners and foreign interests. This duty will be performed in a vigorous man ner, as in Tientsin was signed the famous treaty with the Chinese government which accorded to the foreign Ministers a right of residence in Pe kin, besides many commercial advantages, none of which can the governments of Europe and the United States permit to be impaired or destroyed by rebellion or native dissension. The force besieging lientsin is said to be made up partly of rebels from Shantung who, in the early part of the year, marched from the east ward near the borders of the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Chili and formed a junction with the Moham medan invaders advancing on Kangsuh and Shensi after the death of Soo-Wang, a leader who was killed in battle by the imperialists. The Imperial General Li had almost extin guished the movement when he vanquished the Nienfl some time since ; but the Tientsin markets have been lately considerably disturbed by the operations of the Mohammedan conspirators, and as a mligious sentiment is involved in their agi tation, they appear to have collected a very large force. The insurgents for the most part carry their wives and children with them, and were reported as numbering at certain points, all told, one hun dred and twenty thousand souls a few months 8111 CC. By the steamer Scotia, which arrived in New York yesterday, we have the following items of news: The bill permitting the British Government' to acquire the -various telegraph lines had been withdrawn from Parliament. ',Sergeant Armstrong natified to the House of Commons on May 15 that on the"2sth he should move that "in the opinion of this House the po sition of her Maps' Ministers is opposed to the principle of rep, -sentative government, sub versive of constitutional government, and incompatible with the character and dignity of Parliament." This announcement was received with load cheers from the Opposition benches. Mr. Armstrong brought forward the motion en tirely upon his own responsibility, and consulted neither Mr. Gladstone nor the Irish members upon the matter. The notice had, of course, given rise to considerable controversy and speculation on the'part of the press. Mr. Bright presented a petition from the rep resentatives of the Province of Nova Scotia, pray ing for the repeal of the act of Union with Cana da. Theetitioners complained that the act overthrew the beet institutions of Nova Scotia, materially changed the relations toward the Im perial Government, put them to enormous cost and inconvenience, by compelling them to trans act business in a capital 800 miles away, and took from Nova Scotia the regulation of her trade, her banking system and her savings banks, her inland fisheries, her militia, coart and criminial law, They stated further that the act was most distasteful to the people of Nova Scotia; that it was fraught with evil, uncalled for and unjust; that their disapproval of the act was rendered more intense by the mode in which it had been presented and carried, and that it was a surprise upon the people of Nova Scotia and a fraud upon the Imperial Parliament. Mr. Bright presented a petition to similar effect from the delegates sent to England from the Assembly of Nova Scotia, and gave notice that on the 26th instant he should call the attention of the House to the whole subject. Harvard (U. 8.) University have agreed to row Oxford a three-mile race on the river Ouse, in August or September, 1869, on the terms pro posed by Oxford, viz,, each boat to carry a cox swain. This is the substance of a letter received by the President of the Oxford Club, and a meet ing of the Club has been called to consider the question. On the evening of the 14th, Mr. George Francis Train delivered the first of two lectures in the Free Trade -HO, Manchester; on English, Irish and American subjects. A charge was made for admission_, but the attendance was a miserable failure. Not more than twenty or thirty seats were occupied at the commencement of the meeting, and only a score of individuals more in the reserved seats. A large crowd, however, as sembled outside t and world no doubt have made a considerable addition to the audience had not a fee been demanded for admission. l!Ir. Rome's Reply to Prot. Faraday's Letter. To the Editor of the Pall Hall Gazette: 6i. —I am very glad that Professor Tyndall has been so fortunate as to, obtain the letter of the late Professor Faraday to Sir Emerson Tennent. It is the first time I have seen it, and all I knew of it was from the information of the late Mr. Robert Bell, who had arranged With Sir Emerson Tennent for a seance. The time was fixed, and Mr. Faraday was expected, when Mr. Bell in formed me that Mr. Faraday refused to come with out having a programme. It was therefore not I who "declined to combat," for I had nothing to do with it. Mrs. Crawford Parks, at whose house, 7 Corn wall terrace, Regent's Park, I was at the time lodging with my family, was likewise informed to the same effect by Mr. Bell, and made an entry at the time in her diary. "A scientific gentle man who bad written to disprove spiritual man ifestations was to have joined the party; how ever, he requested to have a programme which he said was due to him and to , his position. It being impossible to give a programme, he de clined to join the seance." But now that we have the letter Moil (which I observe makes no condition that Professor Tyndall should be of the party; and .I never, heard that he .was to have been present), it appears that the pro gramme, or _previous writing, was to have been of. Professor Faraday's sole dictation. and'l can quite Utuieratand that Mr. Robert Bell should have seen at once that it was useless to attempt any investigation.with a person in the temper of Mr. FAraday'arequiremexits, Only consider that CHINA• ZNGIALN D. The News by Dian. I was to sign a treaty of which the following were two of the articles :—"7. if the effects are miracles, or. the work of spirits, does he, admit the utterly contemptible character- both of them one their results up to the present time, in respect either of yielding information or instruction, or-supplying any force or action of, the least value to mankind? 8. If they be na tural effects Isithout natural law, can they be of any use or value to mankind ?" I would ask if this is the tone of a humble student and inquirer, prepared to analyze and ascertain facts, or whether it be not the sign of a mind fir gone In prejudging the question at Issue. When these matters first engaged public attention, Professor Faraday had unfortunately publicly de cided that they were due to involuntary muscular action; and, as time went ou, every development of them which proved the in correctness of his explanation was received al most as a personal affront by him. This ac counts, I believe, for the sub-acid tone of the whole treaty which he wished to impose on me through Mr. Bell, and which induced Mr. Bell to think that Professor Faraday was not likely to be a successful wooer of inquiry. I am sure that neither Mr. Faraday nor Mr. 'Tyndall have ac quired their high reputation by investigating na ture in any such spirit, fOr even hydrogen,or any long - suffering gas, or even the spectrum analysis, would have felt in sulted by being submitted to such conditions as those sought to be imposed on me as a prelimi nary inquiry. Mr. Tyndall says that he is ready to witness and investigate in the spirit of Mr. Faraday's letter. From the attitude he, takes up up, I fully believe it, and as such spirit is not that of logic, nor according to scientific method, I will wait until he can approach the subject in a more humble frame of mind. I firmly believe both "English law and English common sense" will be able to take care of themselves without Mr. Tyndall'a assistance. Your obedient servant, D. D. HOME. m Cox's Hotel, Jer street, May 9,-1868. , THE IPALTROON OF ALBANY• Feudalism in America—A Cnriona H /story. [From the Newark Advertiser of the 20th.) Stephen Van Rennsaalaer, the Patroon of Al bany, died yesterday in 41tat city, in the 80th year of his age. His death is interesting, principally because he, with his estate, was one of the last vestiges of feudalism, and of the old relation of lord and vassal in the United States. In 1630, and subsequently, Kiliaen Van Renns- Gainer purchased land in the immediate vicinity of Fort Orange, now Alban—, forming a trb.ct of twenty-four miles in breadth by forty-eight in length. This estate was ceded upon the old con ditions of the feudal tenure. Its lord and master was known as the Patroon. Was entailed upon the successive oldest sons and nearest of kin. The system of tenantry was that which pre vailed over Europe at the time, and which still exists on the "Manor of Rennssalaerwyck." The tenant was almost a vassal, belonging to the soil. His lease ran, in some cases, "while trees grow and waters run:" in others, for ninety nine years, and in others still, for two or three lives. The rent was not to be paid in money, but in tribute.. Each year the tenant was to deliver at the mills of the Patroon so many bushels of wheat, etc., and at his kitchen door, hat in hand, eo many chickens and eggs. and so much of each of the various kinds of farm produce. At the time, the terms were liberal, and even generous. The tenants knew no other mode of life. The Lord of the Manor was the object of their highest veneration, and a happier, more stupid set of people never lived than those who dwelt upon the Manor of Rernassalaerwyek. The happiness hag long since departed. The stupidity, in part, remains. Yet there was never any unkindness on the part of the Patroon: He was moderate in hard times, and in all money , matters,but exacted a subservience and homage in demeanor, which, however suited to colonial times, became de cidedly unfashionable after the era of the Ameri can Republic. Men who vote expect that office holders shall take off their hats. However, the estate went on. The eciurta sus tained the leases, and no serious trouble occurred, until twenty-five or thirty years ago, when the tenants found themselves discontented. The old formalities had died out with the advancing de mocracy of the age, but the manner of paying the rent was troublesome and childish. Even when this was to a large extent compromised, tenants insisted that the land, on which they and their ancestors had lived for two centuries, be longed to them by right of long holding, that the whole tenure of the Patroon was nnrepubli can, unsuited to the age, a vestige of feudality, and a general nuisance which ought to be re moved. The cry of "Down with the Rent" was raised. Tenants refused to pay in any shape. Sheriffs who went out to levy upon pro perty to enforce the collection of the Patroon's legal claims, came back with fewer clothes, and more tar and feathers, than they had when they started. Now and then an officer was killed, yet all the time the Patroon was legally right. Fi nally, a Mr. Philip Church, from Allegany Co:, N. Y., appeared:upon the scene. Through him a reconciliation was effected; just how we do not know, but we imagine that he farmed the entire estate, and made generous concessions to the tenants. So the Manor of Rennssalaerwyck was saved, and the "Anti-Rent War" was ended. Of the succession of Patroons, Stophenopho died yesterday, was the sixth in lineal descent. Up to the Revolutionary War, none of the Van Rennesalaers seem to have been conspicuous, aside from their wealth and dignity. In that crisis of the nation, -Stephen, the fifth (and father of him who died yesterday), was too young to take a part. He was a student at Princeton, and was removed thence to Harvard, on account of the proximity of the British army; a fact which shows the republican sentiment of the family. After the Revolutionary War ho served in many offices, was one of the fathers of the Erie Canal, served gallantry in the war of 1812, endow ed the Rennssalaer Institute, and died, as even rich mon must, in 1839, at the age of 75. His successor, the subject of this sketch, had enough on his hands to manage his refractory tenants, who were just then getting troublesome, without taking any part In public affairs. His death has no especial moral; but his estate and, as the prayer book says, his "condition in life" are an anomaly in our political institutions worthy of some remark. His warfare of life was the "Anti Rent War;" his only enemies were the "Indians," as the disguised anti-renters were called. Requiescat in pace. 4--Mies Clara Louise Kellogg was to sing at the dr,st private concert given at Buckingham Palace,.May 20th. Her popularity in England hi Immense. ---- , —Hall's Journal of Health tells tourists how to secure extra' attentions : "Take a pretty girl along; if you have note daughter or sister, look around among your country cousins, and where ever you find her pay her expenses, and in the long run you will find it largely remunerative in the direction we have named. We have tried it and speak from experience. We once took a really beautiful girl erith our family as nurse for our youngest child, and we shall never forget the partialities shown us everywhere; the fact is,. it made such an impression on our mind that we resolved that if we ever made an important journey again, we:would arrange in some way to have some young, beautiful face along." —Mrs. Stanton says In the Revetution that she has "taken care of seven babies; yet has worked the cause of women twenty years or more. en we went to Albany to address the Legisite• 'titre, we took our nurse and bablea to the Dela you House, left them, safe there, in a robm, went to the Capitol, fouzd it filled with ladies, and made our speech. It takes longgeer` to ipeak than listen. -Wherrare llulehed, we shook hands all round, and weuthometo our babies, and the rest of the women to that'll , if we were a mem ber of the Leglelatweiwe could spend a few Ware every day,..at the ~ClO4Ol which other women spend 113 faatileflubleS.allat 3bupPlag, gouiplugt dining, drepAug and , F.. L. FETHERSTON. PaWle`4 PRICE THREE OENT3.! FIFTH EDITION BY TELEGRAPH. THE PRIZE FIGHT. THE MiLL P 0 E.r.PPONED: CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Coburn Arrested—The Mill Postp*lned.' COLD Spßirra, May 27, 3 P. M.--Coburn wart arrested lust as he was entering the ring, and the fight Is probably of An impromptu fight between Patsey Shepherd and Mike Coburn, was broken up by the roughs. ILth Concretise-4second Session. Ilioree—Continued from the Third Edition.] On motion of Mr. Blaine (Me.), the Senate amendments to the army appropriation bill were takennp, non-concurred in and a committee of conference askrd for. Mr. Schenck (Ohio), from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported back the Internal Tax bill, and stated that he would ask to have it con sidered in Committee of the Whole, as a epeciat order to-morrow, and from day to day until dis posed of. He explained that under the instructions of the committee he reported back a printed bill with out amendment. The committee had been re vising the bill and he would have a number of amendments, not a very great number, however, to submit as the section would- be read, though they were mostly of a verbal character, giving greater precision and exactness to the bill. The Speaker decided that the Indian appro priation bill must first be disposed of in Com mittee of the Whole. Mr. Washburne (IIL) expressed his opinion that the bill would be disposed of tc•Jay. Mr. Schenck offered a resolution for supplying to the library of the National Alylum for Dis abled Soldiers, at Dayton, Ohio, copies of the journals of both Houses of the laws of Congress, annual messages of the' President, the Congres atonal Globe and other public documents. Mr. Garfield (Ohio) suggested that the like books be supplied to the Branch Asylums at Augusta, Maine, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Schenck agreed, and the resolution as modified was adopted. Mr. Ferry (hitch) offered the following resolution, which was agreed to unanimously: Whereas,The 30th day of May next, inst., is designated for the purpose of strewing flowers upon the graves of those who died in defence of their country during the late rebellion, and Whereas, Public and private duties forbid many citizens of theta ation from personal participation, and circumstances render it impracticable for many to visit with the officers the graves of the heroic dead who rest in national places• distant from home and kindred; Therefore, in behalf of this body and; the people represented, who unavoidably are deprived of the sacred memorial of personally responding to this patriotic homage, be it Resolved, That Gen. N. Michier,Superintendent of Public Grounds, be and he is hereby instructed to prepare and transmit, so far as practicable, to each of the National Union Soldiers' Cemeteries, selections of flowers from all the public gardens, to be intermingled with like touchingly beautiful offerings of otner citizens, who upon that hallowed occasion gather to cast floral tributes of grateful devotion to the memory of the fallen braves, who, in defence of universal liberty, cheerfully and nobly died that the Re public might live. EKON NEW YORK. NEW Tonic, May 27.—The regular May anni versary of the Brooklyn Sunday schools was held in that city ,yesterday. The parade was one of the finelt of the kind had for several years past. There were abotit , 25,000 children, representing 112 schools, in procession. The case of the Mercantile Bank against Bodine and others in which suit was brought to recover on a bond in the sum of $lO,OOO, given as surety for Charles Windsor as a pledge for the faithful performance of his obligations as paying teller of the Mercantile Bank,was concluded yesterday. It will be remembered that Windsor absconded in 1864 to Europe, takin . g with him about a quarter of a million dollars of the funds of the bank. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff for $lO,OOO, with interest. The Union Republican General Committee met last evening, at the headquarters, eorner of Broadway and Twenty-second street, Hon. Wm. Lambcer presiding. Mr. C. C. Pinckney offered resolutions indorsing the nominations of Grant and Colfax, after which Judge Fithian, delegate to the Convention, submitted a verbal report. A: stirring address by Gen. Jno. Cseluaue closed the exercises of the meeting. Thomas Stanley was assaulted in Foarteenth street, near First avenue, yesterday morning, about 12.80 o'clock, by Michael Daly, Peter Gor-, man and James Gorman, Daly stabbing him in the neck and thigh. The assailants were ar rested by Officers Little and Sims, of the Eighteenth Precinct, and were committed by Justice Dodge to await the result of the injuries. Stanley was removed to Bellevue Hospital,where his wounds were dOEffired to be dangerous. Patrick Egan, of No. 225 West Forty-second street, was killed yesterday morning , during a quarrel with John P. Bendon, residing in the same house. It appears that considerable ill feeling existed between the two men, and they came near baying a fight on the previous even ing, Egan having, as Bendon says, procured an axe and threatened the latter with I.t. Bendoa surrendered himself yesterday to the police, and claims to have acted in self-defence, as Egan at him at 5 A. M. with a knife, when Benden kicked him and threw him down, death ensuing, as is supposed by him, from a wound received by Egan from his own knife. An inquest will held to-day. ' Whittler to Colfax. Colfax!—well chosen to preside O'er Freedom's Congress, and to guide, As one who holds the reins'of fate, The current of its great debate; Prompted by one too wise and good, And fair, withal, to be withstood, Here, from our Northern river banks, I send to thee my , hearty thanks For all the patience which has borne The weary toot of Bunkum's horn, The hissing of the Copperhead, And Folly dropping words of lead I wigely ready when the scale Hangs poised to make the right prevail; Still foremost, though Secessions head Be crushed, with scornful heel to tread The life out from its writhing tail! As wise, firm, faithful to the end God keep thee, prays thy sincere friend. Tour; G. Wia4Tuni. —There are 189 lecturers on aphittuiliarn hi We country who get their living thereby. mediums naturally have an affinity forth*, circu lating medium. —A significant caricature is cirenlatinximeb . In England, representing , Ge 9 IT: the prince of Wales, the latter of w says to the eider reProboto, "go on, (9Dow:thee r " —lt is reported in, London *a - Mr. Dickens cleared £40,000; or $2O0 ` 000 in: by tram,- Atlantic' readings; • But noboay's mamma as far as we can perceive . . —A young lady Chicago answered a "per sonar' toy a pemonid ‘. • ew was hustled, Leto . a 01 0 40 carriagoand Of; oldrgololog , her liberty by , a fog_ %%ellen. welch, intaakei the vela* olbilet•OVotm " ' 4:00 O'Clook.
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