The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-01 00:00:00

2'llE LAW 3 01 1- IV AT UICALISAT.LUIV. The report of the Royal Commissioners for Inquiring into the Laws of Naturalisation and Allegiance has just been issued. The commissioners open their report by declaring their opinion that the doctrine which declares the allegiance of a natural-born British subject as indelible is neither reasonable nor convenient. It is Inexpedient that British law should profess to main tain any obligations which it cannot and ought not to enforce. They accordingly recommend as amend ments of the law that any British subject who is naturalised in a foreign country shall cease to be a British subject ; that the same rule shall apply to a woman who, being a British subject, shall become by marriage the citizen of a foreign State ; that the wife and children of a naturalised British subject shall also cease to be British subjects if they have emi grated with him, but that naturalisation in a foreign country shall not relieve a British subject from responsibility for acts done prior to such new allegiance. Then follow certain provisions for the applications of these new laws to such British subjects as are already naturalised. Some difficulty arose respecting the disabilities which attach by law to aliens in respect to the holding and inheritance of real estate. The commissioners advise that such disabilities should be abolished altogether. The rule which renders all persons born within the British empire the subjects of the Queen has in their opinion solid advantages, but they think it should not be, as it now is, absolute and unbending. In the case of children of foreign parentage, it should operate only where a foreign nationality has not been chosen. In the case of persons of British parentage born abroad, they advise that the statutes now in force should be repealed so that the law may be placed on a clearer and more satisfactory basis. The transmission of British nationality in families settled abroad should be limited to the first generation. Provision should also be made by which British born subjects who may have lost their British nationality may be readmitted to the privileges of British subjects, but the certificates thus granted should not entitle the holders to British privileges within the country of their foreign naturalisa tion. The commissioners are aware that British legislation on this subject must necessarily be imperfect ; it require the co-operation of foreign Governments and Legislatures to:obviateall the inconveniences arises arising from a double allegiance. The last paragraph of the report suggests that the system of a mixed jury shall be abandoned, as it is not compulsory that they shall be of the same country as the alien whose cause is tried, and they are, therefore, useless to him. Baron Bramwell and Mr. Bernard dissent from one point of the 'report, and Mr. Vernon Harcourt from another; but on the main recommendations the commissioners are unani mous. THE TURF. The Daily News, in an article headed " Turf Politics," says "We have no belief in the degeneracy of modern horses. When Sir Tatton, who could carry more than seventy years of racing in his eye, was pressed on the point, he always said that he saw no decay, and he was wont to remind those who talked to him of Haphazard, Blacklock, and the four-milers that it was very rarely that there was anything like a pace for more than two miles. There is no doubt that we should now see plenty of four-mile horses on these terms, if severe early work did not render it impossible for them to stand a long, steady preparation. Getting fast two-year-olds is is now the touchstone of a sire's success. If a horse has shewn high speed in "short cuts," breeders will follow him. Our whole race system is virtually one of short distances, and flying starts, so to speak. Clerks of the Course tell you that no other races fill so well. Hence, out of the 2,150 races run last season, no less than 417 were under half a mile, and 796 between that and under a mile. Thus more than half the legitimate races run in Great Britain and Ireland are, so to speak, run over a T.Y.C. course. If the Jockey Club is really the great conservator which it professes to be of the virtues of the British horse, why does it not take the initiative, and at all events enact that at its own meetings no race, except those in which two-year-olds solely are engaged, shall be run under a mile at least? A fast-run mile will find out what stuff horses areinade of, and those which cannot go that distance may take to steeplechasing, where turf non stayers, like Emblem and Jealousy, seem to thrive so wonderfully, The blanks would be gradually surplied, as many gentlemen would then be induced to train and run a horse who hate the present rotten system, as they consider it, and decline to have to have their horses cut down by mere " weeds " before they are fairly on their legs The interests and feelings of some of our most sterling horse breeders have never been cared for. There is hardly such a thing as a four-year-old race now-a-days. A few patched-np cripples may come to the post, and we dread seeing one or all helped off the course like poor Cotherstone at Goodwood, and visions of six-and-twenty years ago will come back upon us of Chatham and Attila► at the T.M.M. post, and the ring merely betting as to which will break down first. We have no large four-year old national stakes, as we ought to have for horses which never started at two or three years old, and horses which might make a name in that line are " got up" with and sometimes, as Mr. Holmes, V.S., assures us, with 'totatoes, for hunter shows. LAW AND POLICE. THE WATERLOO AND WHITEHALL RAILWAY.—The action brought in the Court of Common Pleas by Mr. Pounsett, of the firm of Grumble and Co., against the Hon. R. Dutton, M.P., chairman of the board of directors of the Waterloo and Whitehall Railway, has terminated. Mr. Dutton, in his evidence, said that he had been director of the South-Western Railway Company for fifteen years. He explained that at the time the prospectus complained of by the plaintiff was issued he fully believed its state ments, and he had still no doubt that the scheme would have been successful if they could have obtained the necessary capital, which no doubt they would have done but for the commercial panic. Lord Chief Justice Bovill asked several times whether the plaintiff had any hope of shewing that Mr. Dutton had knowingly made any false statement ; but the case went on. The jury, however, said they were perfectly satisfied and gave a verdict for the defendant. EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ROBBERY.—At the Spring Assizes at Warwick, on Saturday, a remarkable case of rail way robbery was tried. Thomas Bagnell, a ballast-train flagman, who had been in the service of the North-Western Railway for ten years, was charged with jumping into the guard's van in the night train, throwing a quantity of creasote into the guard's face and blinding him, and then jumping out with the box containing the cashbags of the van. The guard was so much confused and injured by the sudden attack that he could not identify the prisoner, who, fortunately, was traced by other means. It seems that he was the treasrrer of the Platelayers' Society, and had to make some payments to the members. It was, therefore, supposed that he was in arrears, and wanted to make up the money He was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' penal ser vitude. General Shenck's Finance Bill, providing for the repayment of the United States debt in gold, has been fa vourably reported by the Senate's finance committee. It has already passed the House of Representatives. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.—The vicar L'anfihangel-yr-Aarth vouches, as far as he can, for the truth of the remarkable story we published the other day of a little girl who has not partaken of any kind of food for 15 months. From the vicar's letter, we suppose this extra ordinary child neither drinks nor eats, for he says : " She did occasionally swallow a few drops of water during the first few months of this period, but now she does not even do that." He adds that she looks pretty well in the face, and continues in the possession of all her mental faculties —Oswestry Advertiser. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN NORTH STAFFORD sIur:E.—The coroner's inquiry into the cause of the death of the four men who were killed by an explosion of gas at the Woodshutts Colliery, near Kidsgrove, on the 10th ult., terminated on Friday. The jury found a verdict of " Accidental death," but censured the underlooker for allowing men to smoke in the pit, and recommended greater precautions to prevent smoking and the removal of lamp tops. Mr. Woodhouse, mining engineer, who was present, and spoke in reply to the coroner, condemned the use of candles under any circumstances in mines, and the use of gunpowder, except in driving " cruts," and said h!bitileved Government would introduce a measure pro viding more stringent regulations for collieries and severer penalties for their infringement. THREE lILAIAN SKELETONS FOUND IN BLAIR CASTLE. — Considerable curiosity was excited in the neigh bourhood of Blair Athole during the present week on it becoming known that three human skeletons had been found in one of the vaults of Blair Castle, the residence of the Duke of Athole. It appears that several workmen came upon the skeletons while engaged digqing in one of the vaults in the southern part of the castle for the pur pose of forming a new cellar. The skeletons were buried about 13 inches under the surface, and were the remains of full grown men. The teeth of the skeleton firs.3t dis covered are described as being white as ivory. It bore no marks of violence, but the skeleton found next, which was the largest of the three, bore marks resembling sword -cuts behind both ears. The third skeleton had no appearance 'of violent injury having been inflicted upon it. The Duke of Athole, who is at present residing at Blair Castle, took possession of the ghastly remains, and sent . . for Dr...lryine uaralnatlon of them, ITALIAN AFFAIRS. (FRom cotnIESPONDE— FLORENCE, For.. ". During the past week, as you are probably atvar, the Chamber has been occupied th the Reorganisation Bill and the Provisional Balance, or, as we should call it, the Vote on Account, which is required on the Ist of March. The definitive financial statement is promised for the earliest days of next month ; it was impossible to get the debate over by the end of February, and a fresh vote on account had consequently to be taken. It has been agreed to give three days a week to the Reorganisation Bill, two to the Provisional Balance, and one to bills of minor im portance. The Ministry at first proposed to relegate to Sunday the sittings of the Secret Committee of the whole House, which replaces the bureaux abolished by the new regulations ; but, on the remonstrance of D'Ondes Reggio, the idea was dropped, and the Provisional Balance passed through the Secret Committee on Saturday. Many rumours have been current during the week respecting the warlike intentions of the Left. Persons, indeed, are found to affirm that it will vote en masse against the Pro visional Balance, on the ground that, had Ministers not persisted in pressing forward the Reorganisation Bill, the definitive financial statement might have been made at once. The entire absence of the Left during the committee on Saturday renders it not improbable that they will oppose the vote to-day, but they will be unable to com mand a majority. The debate will come on immediately after D'Ondes Reggio's speech introducing his bill on freedom of instruction. The fact is, that Government has adopted the Reorgani sation Bill, not so much from any love of the measure, as with a view of securing the support of the " Left Centre," which is worth some twenty or thirty votes. Nothing appears to reconcile the Opposition to the idea of the " Delegations." A compromise is said to have been pro posed to them, by which their favourite idea of elective provincial presidents in lieu of prefects would be adopted on condition of their conceding the Delegations. If so, the overture does not appear to have been successful. As an economical measure the creation of 600 delegates in place of 179 sub-prefects would probably be illusory, as any saving to be realised must be contingent on finding officials of such encyclopaedic capacity as to cumulate a variety of minor functions now distinct. In the meanwhile, Messrs. Fould, Mallet, and Hol lander, the representatives of the three great French banks, are still here. Reports alternate, that the Convention is signed, and that it is not. There is no doubt, however, that the affair is practically concluded. The project has been communicated by the Minister in confidence to a deputy, whose judgment on financial matters is held in great esteem, and the opinion expressed by the latter is very favourable to it, as being highly advantageous to the State. This much, at all events, has oozed out, that 400 millions are to be advanced, of which 350 are to be applied to the extinction of the forced currency, and 50 millions to the general deficit. The paper of the National Bank at present in forced circulation amounts to nearly 8)0 millions of francs. Of this sum, 450 millions represent the paper in circulation previous to the introduction of the forced currency. The advances made to the State since then amount to about 320 millions, comprising the War Loan, the payment to Austria on account of Venice, and Ratazzi's loan on account of the ecclesiastical property. This, with the " agio " on gold, and other accessories, will amount to very nearly 350 millions. On the repayment of these advances to the National Bank, the forced currency comes to a natural end. Its abolition will,. of course, have to be effected gradually, as a sadden application of the change, especially with regard to the smaller notes, would cause too great a shock to the retail trade of the country. The contemplated transaction is to be applied only to the pro perty of the secular clergy remaining unsold under the l aw o f 1867, and already taken possession of by the State, The parochial property is still untouched, and Count Cambray Digny is believed to have given a kind of pledge that during his tenure of office it will remain so. The details of the arrangement as between the State and the French banking houses will probably not be known until after the financial statement announced for the beginning of March, after which Ministers will lay the convention before the House. The supposed deficit for 1869, as stated in the Minis terial estimate of November last, amounts to something over 31 millions, which, compared with the 128 millions odd of the preceding year, gives a diminution of about 47 millions. A second table, which takes into computation the estimated results of the liquidation of the "asse ecclesiastico " reduces the deficit to 11 millions. A great deal, however, in these estimates is based on conjecture. As I have before men tioned, the sale of ecclesiastical property has realised nothing like the sum hoped for, and as the lots have fre quently gone for more than the estimated price, the failure is to be attributed to the scarcity of purchasers, owing partly to the state of public credit, partly to a want of confidence in the title, and, still more, to the absence of capital, the large landed proprietors being at the same time far from disposed to encourage these extensive sales, which tend of course to depreciate the value of land in general. It is feared, moreover, that the grist tax, which figures in the Ministerial estimate at Zis millions, and from which Government have since expressed their confidence of obtaining 80 millions, will not this year realise as much as 40 millions. Disturbances of the public peace have again broken out in Northern Italy, and the measure has again provoked armed resistance, and in one place a system of brigandage, the attacks of which are directed solely against Government property. An additional em barrassment is caused by the discovery that the new reckoning machines are not wholly to be relied upon, and that differences in the quality of the flour, in the force of the water, and in the structure of the mills act as dis turbing elements in the calculation ; so that, between one mill and another, an uncertainty of from 10 to 12 per cent. in the account rendered by the machine is unavoid able. MISCELI,ANAO US IVEJ S. PARLIAMENTARY. The first division in tha Reformed parliament took took plac e on F r id ay n i g ht , on Mr. ewdegtei motion to appoint a select committee to inquire into certain acts relating to Roman Catholic charities and burials, whi c h was l ost b y 85 to 46 . S ev eral Liberals voted for the motion, including Mr. T. Chambers, Mr. Aytoun, Mr. Crawfurd, Mr. Denman, Mr. Dod son, Mr. M'Arthur, Sir A. Gibson Maitland, Mr. Charles Reed, and Mr. White. Among those who went into the lobby against the proposal were Mr. Bright, Mr. Bruce, Sir R. Collier, Mr. Forster, Mr. 0. Fortescue,Alr. Gladstone, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Lowe, and Sir John Trelawny. The Conservatives voted with the Government. The t e ll ers f or th e Ayes were Mr. _ ewde gate and Mr. G reene, an d f or the Noes, Mr. Maguire and The O'Donoghue. BRIDGWATER PETITION. the unseating of both members for Bridgwater will not surprise any person who followed the evidence given against Messrs. Kinglake and Vanderbyl. That extensive bribery prevailed was clear from the first, and the members were therefore justified in throwing up their seats without going through the farce of a defence. Mr. (Eotheu) Kinglake first contested Bridgwater in 1852, but was defeated by more than two to one. He again tried in 1857, when he suc ceeded by a majority of nearly a hundred. He was also successful in 1859, 1865, and 1868, although at the l a t e election he left the town at one o'clock, with the full belief that the election was lost. His- colleague,_ Mr. Vanderbyl, first attained no t or i e t y at Yarmouth, which borough he contested in 1865. The commission appointed to inquire into the practices carried on at the election proved conclusively that both sides were equally flagrant, and that the longest purse won the contest. He defeated Mr. Patton, on being appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland, in July 1866, and has sat for Bridgwater ever since. This is not the first time that the borough has undergone the disgrace of being considered a corrupt constituency, Mr. Westropp, a Conservative, was unseated for bribery after the election of 1805. There cannot be a doubt that Justice Blackburn's report that " extensive corrupt practices prevailed" will have its effect in the House of Commons, and that the borough, if not wholly disfranchised, will have to undergo penance for a considerable period. ELEC TIONEEItING ITEMS. An examination of the polling at Westbury will shew that Friday's fight was more severe than the one in November. As in South Derbyshire, so in the little - Wiltshire borough, the Liberals, although unsuccessful, polled within a few votes of their opponents, the majority in the former constituency having been reduced from 139 to 33, and in the latter from 27 to 11. No Liberal has been returned for Westbury since 1852, when Mr. Wilson defeated Sir Massey Lopes by the narrow majority of six votes. At the next general election, however, in 1837, Sir Massey (whose father had represented the borough for many years) was returned without opposition, and held the seat undisturbed until last November, when he retired to fight a succeszful battle for his party in South Devon. The Lopes family is supposed to have a great deal of influence in Westbury, and for the last few years it was looked upon as a pocket borough. his Friday M r . Phi pps p o ll e d seven votes more than h Li, rt is le brother did at the general election, whilst Mr. on hou b r rog e htup an addition of 23. During the . last Conservative mostcandidatee, strenuous exertions were put forward on both sides, apsolledewn4oinvotthees between e t e h n at th t r h ee e and four o'clock, and his number polled for opponent 67—the former being one less thelatterand espeetise , 2 c 3 an m di o da re tes th d an urin th g e the first Agur_stlim , =teat _ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1869. THE MEMBER FOR MARYLEBON'E. Mr. Harvey Lewis, at present M.P. for Maryle bone, does not seem to have any desire to throw up his post. Notwithstanding that his conduct has been denounced by a 'Vice-Chancellor, as false, fraudulent, and fictitious, he is going to hold on. It is stated that a number of the leading electors of Marylebone have waited on him urging him not to resign his seat. Probably, however, the electors as a whole would rather not be represented by a man who, if Sir Richard Malins's impression is correct, is little better than a swindler. Only not a common swindler—not a mean, low rascal, who would make false representations for eighteenpence— but a man who went in boldly for about £BO,OOO. Mr. Lewis says he is not satisfied with the Vice- Chancellor's judgment, and promises a book explain ing away his remarks. Until the issue of this pamphlet he will remain a member of the House of Commons. trolled by JAY GOULD and CORNELIUS VANDER BILT, whose lines terminate in the metropolitan city of New York. Although the Pennsylva nia centres ia Philadelphia, not in New York, it has a short connection via Camden. and Amboy line to the latter city, while all Pennsylvania is its own ground. Philadelphia, as a port, has many advan tages for the trans-Continental traffic. It is clear that Mr. THO3ISON and his Board think so ; for their efforts are directed east as well as west, afloat as well as ashore ; steam lines being invited from North Germany and Liverpool. A great struggle between this road and the Eric has just terminated in favour of the Pennsylvania Central. The Erie, having control of the Atlaatic and Great Western, endeavoured to secure its progress west, and the control of western traffic by leasing the Columbus, Chicago, and Indiana Central. JAY GOULD offered the stockholders to pay the interest on the bonded debt and give them an average of 7 per cent., lay a third rail for the six-foot gauge, and return the road at the end of the lease in a condi tion as good as received. Had this offer been ac cepted, not only would connection have been secured ' for the Erie with Indianapolis, Cairo, St. Louis, Peoria, Keokuk, Rock Island, and Chicago, and one of its rival's communication from some of these places would have been interfered with. But that rival stepped into the field, and offered the Columbus stockholders 30 per cent. of the gross earnings of their road, without guaranteeing a regular dividend, though undertaking to spend in permanent im provements a sum equal to what it would have cost the Erie to lay a third rail, estimated at $2,000,000, which would certainly be better applied in reduc ing grades, ballasting, and making the track sub stantial, than in laying a rail for a broader gauge. The estimated earnings of the road the two lines were striving to secure was, for the first 3 ear, $6,000,000, thirty per cent of which would give to the companysl,Boo,ooo,being $1,400,000 forinterest on the bonded debt, leaving $400,000 for dividends. Bus in less than five years it is thought the gross earnings will have nearly doubled, as its connections with the Mississippi will then be complete. Baulked in their attempt with the Columbus, Chicago, and Indiana Central, the Erie turned to the Pittsburg;, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad, hitherto con trolled by the Pennsylvania, and secretly set to work to buy up the stock in the market while sending an agent to Europe to influence the foreign votes so as to control the next election. To checkmate this the managers of the Pennsylvania introduced a bill into the State legislature making it lawful for the board of directors of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company so to classify their number that one-fourth only shall terminate their official terms at the next annual election, which would give two years, even supposing that the stock fell into the hands of the Erie directors before they could gain their object. The bill passed the House, then the Senate, and was signed by the Governor in 31 minutes, so that the Erie and those they might have influenced in the Legislature found it a law before they knew what was in store. Inde pendent of the trunk line, the Pennsylvania Central now controls the following roads. The Panhandle line, reaching from Pittsburg to Columbus, 193 miles, which is virtually a continuation of the Penn sylvania line, and receives all the western connec tions, which are —the Little Miami, which has just leased the Columbus and Xenia, being run in con nection with it, both of which will be leased to the Pennsylvania, giving a line from Columbus to Cin cinnati, 120 miles long ; the Cincinnati and In dianapolis liue of the Columbus, Chicago, and Indiana Central, 188 miles long, which receives at Bradford Junction, 83 miles from Columbus; the Columbus and Chicagoline of the C., C., and Indiana Central, 231 miles ; and at Richmond, 120 miles from Columbus ; the Logansport and Richmond line, 107 miles, with its feeder, the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad, the section of which between Logansport and the Illinois line is owned by the Columbus, Chicago, and Indiana Central, and which may soon receive another branch from Peoria to Rock Island, and will surely have one to Burlington. At Indianapolis this road will receive the eastward business of the air line to St. Louis, which will be completed next year, and which is controlled by the Pennsylvania and Colum bus, Chicago, and Indiana Central, and also from the Indianapolis and Vincennes and Cairo and Vin cennes Railroads, which together form the most direct line to Cairo. A large part of the unfinished links in these roads is completed, and they will be in running order soon. The Pennsylvania and the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central are the chief owners. The new through trains from Louisville to New Yo: Is will run over the Pennsylvania lines from Cambridge City, 135 miles west of Columbus. The correspondent of the Times saysthattheconsummate skill of CORNELIUS VANDERBILT makes him by far the ablest of the three rival railway presidents, and may finally give leisroad the vict or y. Th e resu lt, however, as yet, gives to this a plump contradiction, as acknowledged by the correspondent, when he states that " the P e nnsylvania Cent ra l h as t h e l argest capital and the best constructed roadway, with the chief apparent advantages in the contest at pre sent." How h a s this been gained, if not by the good management of J. EDGAR THomsoN ? His line was first in the race, and was working steadily towards his object, while the E r i e an d N ew Y or k football w ith t h e i r s t oc k i n Central were playing. Wall-street, and thrust and parry in the New York Courts of Law. Whatever may be the " consum mate skill" of Commodore VANDERBILT, we have more faith in the engineering ability of the Pennsylvania Chairman , who spends the sur plus earn i ngs i n making the best roadways, and has never forgotten from the day the first sod was turned at Philadelphia that the ultimate end was San Francisco. While we look for a brilliant future for Philadelphia through the extraordinary persistency and energy which h as so f ar manage d this great corporation as to give to that port the chance, at least, o f a large sha re o f t h e t h roug h traffic to the Pacific, we believe its two rivals to be managed with skill and energy although (at least on the part of the Erie) with few scruples. The stock-jobbing of that board,' as well as Mr. VAN DERBILT'S known resources in manipulating the markets, have created an unfavourable impression in Europe, where the property is so largely held. But we believe, in the end, the shareholders will be agree ably surprised, and that all three will do well when the tide of Eastern travel begins to set West, as it soon will, its monopoly being the real cause of the battle of these giant corporations. An Ame rican paper thus sums up the chances of this war : " GOULD is sharp, VANDERBILT is strong, and the New Yorkers control a mint of money, but they find it no easy job to kill off the Pennsylvania Cen tral." But the best testimony to the excellent management of this line is to be found ip the re markable evidence of JAY Go OLD, before the Legis lature of New York. General GRANT had seen too much of war to desire I another drop of blood to he spilt. In his letter to the Convention, by which he was nominated as their candidate on the 29th uf May, 1868, h. said. We want peace, and universal prosperity, its sequence ;' and he closes that letter by repeating, Let.us have peace.' That peace, as far as de pended upon General GRANT, we might he sure would be maintained." Doubtless General GRANT does not desire a war with England, but he holds the sentimental view of the Alabama question so general in America, which has been clearly expressed by him, indeed in a way which, if adhered, to would carry the subject beyond the province of arbitration. Mr. JOHNSON forcibly stated what would be the result if England became involved in war with an enemy who could fit out cruisers in the ports of the United States. He considered it to be pre eminently England's interest to fix, as a precedent for the future, the liability of neutral nations for damage done by cruisers escaping from their ports. The sum total of the claims, amounting only to a few millions sterling, would be trifling compared with the loss through such depredations in case of war. Although the ocean carrying trade of Eng land is now greater than that of the United States, the position most probably will be reversed in ten years, when the trade of the Republic may be far in excess of that of Great Britain ; but one thing is clear, that the two nations of the world most interested in obliterating the Alabama precedent are the United States and the United Kingdom. The precedent would suit provinces in revolt, inland powers, and small communities of brigands. Guatemala might go to war with England ex pressly to give some enterprising citizens the oppor tunity of making a fortune by employing an Alabama against her commerce, purchased and fitted for sea in New York. An African poten tate, never heard of at 'Washington, might have a cruiser in commission against the Stars and Stripes, under the plea of a intional insult, but really to enrich some adventurous adviser of his sable Majesty. It is, in truth, legalized piracy ; full of danger to nations with rich cargoes afloat, and a powerful weapon in the hands of an inland against a sea-fearing people. The advice tendered by some journalists to the United States, to allow the precedent to stand, that England may hereafter be repaid in her own coin, is grounded on the error that the game is in the hands'of the United States alone. Why, there is not a chief in Madagascar who might not play it, if he could raise half a million of dollars. Mr. JOHNSON goes on to point out the folly of the assertion of " Historicus," that abolishing the cap ture at sea of private property would, by lessening the horrors of war in that degree, increase its pro bability. His Excellency gave a graphic picture of what those horrors were, and he considers the duty of statesmen to lie in mitigating, not in increasing, them. His opinion is that private property upon the ocean should be exempt from attack. When the Alabama Convention, supposing the Senate to throw out that now before it, is again brought up, it should come accompanied by some such broad international law. This is the only possible way for extracting any good from this otherwise unmixed evil ; and if k thus ends it will be cheap for England at the cost of a few millions, and not dear for the United States at the price of a temporary check to her ocean carrying trade. It has, there is reason to believe, been decided to send Mr. HORACE GREELEY to England, in succession to Mr. REVERDY JORN SON, and with his views of the Convention before his countrymen his mission can scarcely miss being a failure, if a new Convention to settle these claims be the chief object. The Tribune has led in opposition to the Convention ; the 7 ribune has most consistently denounced MrJoHNsoN's after din ner speeches. Although it is one thing to write leaders for a newspaper, and another to discuss with an Executive the terms of a treaty, yet Mr. GREELEY, supposing he really be, as announced, selected for the appointment, will find himself, when in Eng land, hampered at every turn. There are two means of escape only from this difficulty ; that the Senate, notwithstanding present appearances, should accept the Convention ; or, that Mr. GREELEY, who would like to be associated with some broad measure of philanthropy, would secure the intro duction of the principle into internal law that pri vate property at sea should henceforth be exempt from capture, and Americans throw in the settle ment of the Alabama claims as a guarantee of the good faith with which they adopt the principle. Anglo-A nterican Times. MONEY AAD BUSINESS. (From the Spring fiqd Republican,. Feb. 13.) The eastern money markets aro not quite so easy as they were a week ago, the change being due to the very large demand for leans, as the aggregate loans of the banks of New York and Boston are unusually light. The Bosto banks report their loans at $104,342,425, the highest point ever reached, on a capital of $13,850,000, and at the same time individual deposits are down to $39.,623,887. A year ago the loans were down to $97,973,916, while the deposits were up to $42,752,067. The rates of interest in Boston remain at 7 per cent. for the best double names, or single signatures with Government securities or other first-class pledges as collateral. In New York the banks are gene rally obtaining 7 per cent. for call loans. The banks hav ing Southern connections are remitting large amounts to that section, more than offsetting the receipts from the west. In discounting operations there is no change; the banks aro taking little paper except from regular customers. At Chicago there is an increased demand for loans, which is mostly speculative, as the money has gone into provi sions and grain, in anticipation of coutinuod advances in the prices of those commodities. The New York Stock Market, during most of the past week, has been unsettled and feverish, the weight of one or two declining stocks having repressed speculative enthusiasm and carried down nearly the whole line of stocks along with it. Pacific Mail has falle4 most heavily. A short time ago it sold at 121, but on Tuesday it brought only 112, since when it has partially rallied. The bulls say that it has touched bottom, the company having decided to retire about 50,000 shares. On the other hand the bears assert that during the paSt year the company earned $125,000 less and spent $266,000 more than in 1807, which state of things precludes a dividend. The advance in express stocks is pretty well maintained, in spite of general fluctuations. Erie is still an outcast from the regular boards, and a proposition to allow it to be called at the mining board has been voted down by a decided majority. The now Erie board is not yet in running order, and it is now announced that Mr. Fisk is disposed to forsake the enterprise. The decision of the New York Central suit confirms the issue of the dividend certificates, but forbids the payment of dividends upon them. The stock at first fell off to 160, but alLer • wards rallied when'its full effect was more generally can vassed. The examination going on in regard to the $lOO,OOO bonds of the Pacific Railroad, pledged by the company for a loan of $90,000, and which have been sold by the collusion of parties affecting the loan. shows a bad state of morals with certain classes of brokers, and the runners for brokers. These bonds, which were worth 102, were sold under the market prices within three days after the law was made. The past year has been ono of great prosperity to the railroads of the West. A list of earnings of fif teen of these roads shows that the receipts for 1868 were $76,143,220 against $71,441,015 in 1867. A largo portion of this increase has been over roads running through newly settled country. The Chicago and North western, for instance, shows an increase of $1,717,286, in dicating the profit which is flowing to the company from the new country developed by it. The Michigan Central Railroad earned $384,119 in January against $343,316 last year; the Milwaukio and St. Paul, $454,130 against $3'i9,228. Because the directors of the Boston and Albany Railroad were authorized, at the annual meeting of the company, this week, to issue new stock for the purpose of paying the English 5 per cent. loan of £250,000, it does not follow, as some suppose, that they will do so at once, though the step will doubtless be taken in the course of the year. The loan can be terminated at six months' notice. The income of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad in the year ending with last November was $508,097 ; expenses $503,097 ; debt of the company, $553,263 ; assets, $125,651. Out of the net earnings a dividend of $2 per share and the annual sinking fund instalment have been paid, leaving a small surplus for the future wants of the road. Gold has been rather weak, though no marked decline in price has taken place. The gold receipts at New York i❑ January were $2,031,814, of which $1,810,536 was from California, while the exports were $3,214,380—a loss of $1,182,566. The firmness iu Government Bonds has con tinued and increased, and they have advanced in London and Frankfort as well as in Atnerici.n markets. The Five- Twenties touched 77i in London, Wednesday—the highest they have ever been in Europe ; and there has never been a larger demand for shipment than there is at present. This condition of things is inducing purchases in Now York by financial institutions, Which have been prevailed upon heretofore by bear operators to postpone buying, in expectation of lower prices; and the amounts bought have been very heavy. The market has been stimulated by the prospect that the Hooper Bill, closing the present ' 6 per cent. loans, will become a law before the end of this session of Congress. The movements of cotton continue to show diminished receipts, whilst the coastwise and overland arrivals at New York continue liberal. The de crease in receipts is 23.500 bales from the corresponding week in 1868, 15,000 below that of last week, and 11,000 below the previous week. The total receipts at all the ports and overland since September 1, 1868, are 1,665,667 bales, against 1,459,711 bales last year, an excess of 205,966 bales. The exports for the same period have been 697,287 bales, against 805,097, a decrease of 107,810 bales. The stocks on the sth February were 387,752 bales, against 366,752 at the same period in IS6B. The present price of cotton is encouraging for heavier receipts. The general firmness of the cotton market here and abroad has stiffened the goods market, but there is no material change in prices from one week ago. Bleached and brown muslins have been in fair demand at full prices. Prints, particularly seasonable goods, have been in good request. Ginghams have also sold freely at satisfactory prices. Woollen goods aro quiet but firm, and imported goods steady under a mo derate demand. The exports from New York (exclusive of specie) for the week and year are $2,660,313 and $17,437,506; last year, $2,678,180 and $19,256,863, The tendency of breadstuffs is upward, and prices aro advancing somewhat at Chicago in the face of a gradual accumulation of grain at that centre. It is likely that by the opening of navigation there will be between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 bushels in store in that city. Provisions are espeaially active and Incas pork is going up steadily and rapidly. Tho packing season has about closed. Tho number of hogs packed in the West will be about 350,000 less than last year, while the average weight and yield of lard will remain the same. In Chicago about 575,000 will be packed this season, a decrease of nearly 200,000 from last year. This difference is strongly affecting the market. The Cambridge and Brighton cattle markets have been rather lifeless this week. There were no changes of consequence in the prices at the former place, but at Brighton there was a reduction of F. per pound upon poor to medium grades. Most of the cattle were common, and the few really fine steers in market wera sold at unreduced prices. The supply of cattle at the two markets was 1,680 head, or about 700 less than last week. Seed leaf tobacco has been in fair request in New Yonk, although trade has been re stricted by the scarcity of desirable descriptions. The latest quotations of Connecticut and Massachusetts are : Fillers 8 to 14-c., wrappers (lots) 18 to 45c., fine wrappers 50 to 65c. The wool market has been inactive, but holders are firm in their demands for full prices for all grades. In the New Bedford oil market sp3rm is firm at $2 per gallon, and, whale sells at $1.20. There has been great speculative excitement in the whalebone market. Tho stock at New York is very small, and it is reported that all the whalebone in Europe has been bought up. The price has advanced from 84c per pouni in gold to $l. (From the Wall-street Journal) FRIDAY EVENING, Feb. 12. Money in call is in plentiful supply at 6 to 7 per cent, on stock collaterals and at 5 per cent. on Governments. For commercial paper there is an increased demand, especially from the Eastern Banks, and discounts are readily obtain able at 7 to 8 per cent. on good names. Goc ernment Bonds are active and firm, at higher prices, the demand from Europe continuing to improve, confidence in U.S. Securi ties increasing all the time. RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. N. Y. Central 1641 Fort Wayne Erie Hudson Reading Mich. South. &N. 1.... 931 W. U. Telegraph Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 92 Ohio and Mississippi... 351 North-West North-West Preferred 92 Cumberland Canton 631 Bankers and Brokers... 109 Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo 105 IM & St. Paul. Preferred 791 CLOSING QUOTATIONS FOR RAILROAD MORTGAGES. N. Y4Central 6s, 1883.- 91 Chi. &N. W. Ist 31 92 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... Tol. & Wab. Ist 3.1 Ex 941 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est.. 87 Gt. Western lstM 'BB B9 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n.. 87 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M — N. Y. Central 75,,1876-102 Gal. & Chic. Eat 97 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 ... Gal. & Chic. 2d M 95 N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 ... Chi. &R. I. Ist M 1001 Erie Ist Mort Ex 1011 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7'5... 941 Erie 75, 2d Mort, 1879 100 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund... 99 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883._ 92i N. J. Central Ist M 99 Erie 78, 4th Mort, 1880... 88 N. J. Central 2d 31 101 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888... Pitts. Ft,W., & Cb.lst M — Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M, '77 B9 Pitts. Ft. W. & Ch. 3d M. Hurl. R. 7s, Ist 31, '69 991 Cleve. & Pitts. 2d M ... 931 Hud., R. 7s, 3d M, '75 — Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc. Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 1011 Chic. &Alton, S. F. lstM. 92 Mich. C. Ist 31, 69'72.,,119 Mil. & St. Paul Ist 31... 911 Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 1191 Mil. & St. Paul 2d M... 9 . 1 Mich. So., 7p.c.2d M 93 Marietta & Gin. Ist M... N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Morris & Essex Ist M... 971 Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 961 Morris & Essex 2d 31... 89 111. Cen. 7p. c,'7o 115 J o il e t & Chi c. I st M ... Alton &T. H. I.Ft M Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton &T.H.2d M. Inc. 78 Dubuque &S. City,lst M - Han.&St.J.LandGrantsloB Peninsula Ist 3.1 — Ran. & St. J. Con 110 Ohio & Miss. Ist 31. — Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 111 Ohio & Miss. Con B6 Chi. &N. West, S. F.... 8.5 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D — Chi. &N. W. Con Cony. 941 Atlantic &G. W. Ist M — ('hi. & N. W. Ex'n 8.... 85 In Miscellaneous Stocks there is little doing, except in Pacific Mail, which is heavy at 112. Expr,ss Stocks are quiet. We quote : Adams ... 67-} to 671 American .„ 47i to 48 Merchants' Union 19 to 191 United States ... 62 4 1 - to G2f Wells, Fargo, and Co. ... 24 to 29 The shares of the Adams Express Company have Eeen registered at the Union Trust Company, and are now called at the New York Stock Exchange and open boards. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Sixty Days. Three Days. London Bankers Loa. n, Prime Commercial lOBl-109 Paris, Bankers 5.181_5.16-I 5.141-5.121 an,Bankers 781 79 . Bremen, Ban.- i If a mburgh, Bankers 35 —361 Frankfort, OM 404-41 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.181-5.161 Amsterdam, Bankers .. Swiss _ Quotations for specie : Amer. silver... 96/ to 96k I Eng. sous 486 to 489 Mex. d011ar5...1031 „ 104 . 20 francs 385 , 387 Eng. silver ..... 480 , 480 I Thalers 7Ol 71 Five francs 95 i ?, 96} i Foreign Exchange is weak, and to-day is lower. Rail- Road Stocks are emphatically dull, with great complaints from the brokers of the scarcity of outside orders. (From the New York Tribune.) FRIDAY EVENING, Feb. 12. Government Bonds continue the feature of the market. Continued heavy orders are recei ve d to b uy for foreign acc ount. Private advices from the other side represent a buoyant feeling in our securities, and report the mar kets there as entirely bare of bonds. These statements aro verified by the orders now being received here to purchase ; they are without limit as to price or as to the class of bonds to be shipped; as there are but few 625, 645, or 65s to be had, brokers have taken large amounts o f 675, as being the only bonds of which any large amounts can be procured. One foreign house bid for $3,000,000 old 655, at an advance over the market price, without obtaining any bonds. The Germans for the past year have invested largely in Italian loans, which have proved very unprofitable, while their investments in. American securities have paid them largo interest, and the bonds have steadily advanced in price. This, added to the growing conviction abroad as well as at home, that our debt will be paid in gold has stimulated a larger demand than was ever known in the market, not excepting the rush for bonds for summer. TUE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. SECRETARY M'CULLOCH'S MONTHLY STATEMENT. The following is the official statement of the public debt of the United States, on the Ist day of February, 1869. DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. 5 per Cent. Bonds 5221,589,300 00 6 per Cent. Bonds of 1881 283,677,400 00 6 per Cent. 5-20 Builds 1,602,583,350 00 Total 62,107,850,050 00 DEBT BEARING C URILENC Y INTEREST. 3 per Cant. Certificates 557,410,000 00 Navy Pension Fund at 3 per cent 14,000,000 00 --- Total ... 571,410,000 00 MATURED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. 3-year Seven-Thirty Notes, due Aug. 1, 1867, Juilo and July 15, 1868 Compound Interest Notes matured Juno 10, July 15, Aug. 15, Oct. 15, and Dec. 15, 1867, and May 15, and Aug. 1, Sept. 1 and 15, an d O ct. 1 , 16, 1868 ' Bonds of Texas Indemnity 256,000 00 Treasury Notes, Acts of July 17, 1861, and prior thereto Bonds of April 15, 1842, Jan. 28, 1847, and March 31, 1848 Treasury Notes, March 3, 1863 445,492 00 Temporary Loan Certificates of Indebtedness 13,000 00 Tot•il 56,910,936 00 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. U.S. notes Fractional currency Gold certificates Total .. Grand total Six por Cent. Lawful Money—Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Company 52,017,000, 00 Total debt Coin Currency $2,662,379,707 00 AMOUNT IN TREASURY. $88,732,716 00 16,441,332 00 Total in Treasury $106,174,049 00 Amount of debt less cash in Trea5ury...52,556,205,658 00 The foregoing is a correct statement of tho Public Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the Department on the Ist of February, 1869. HUGH McCi;LLocu, Sccretary of the Treasury. According to this statement, the debt bearing coin in terest has increased $1.4,700, and that bearing currency interest $3,46,000. The outstanding matured debt has decreased $552,567. The debt bearing no interest - h- , increased $6,918,911 90; making a net increase on the whole of $9,846,044 90. Tho coin in the Treasury is $10,030,652 47 less than at the time of the last statenvnt, and the currency $4,378,240 54 more ; maki u g a net de crease on the whole of $5,652,411 93. The debt less cash in the Treasury is $15,498,456 83 greater than on the Ist of January. We annex the statements for December, IE6B, end January, 1869: DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. Dec.' Jan. ~,u' Five per cent. bonds $221,588,400 00 $221,589,300 00, Six per ct bds of 'Bl 283,677,300 00 283 , 677,400 Oa Six per ct 5-20 bds 1,602,270,400 00 1,602,568,650 00 Total 52,107,836,100 00 $2,107.835,350 00 DEB V BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Three per Cent. Cer tificates Navy pension fund 14,030,000 00 11,000,000 00 Tot:►l MATURED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. Matured debt not Pre sented fur paynft $8,245,883 00 $7,463,503 61 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. United States Notes 5356,021,073 00 $356,021,07 3 0 0 : Fractional Currency 3 1.875,268 00 31,215,715 64 ' Gold Certificates 23,255,810 00 27,036,020 0 0 : Total • $113,152,181 00 $417,272,80 8 6 4 Grand total $2,601,311,161 0082,602,436,66 2 2 8 _ Six per cent. lawful money, bands issued to Pacific Railroad Companies --- Total debt 52,645,711,164 0052,652,.583,662 23 AMOUNT IN TREASURY. Coin in band Currency in hand 18,253,946 00 13,063,09 2 12- Total cash in Treasury $106,679,320 00 $111,826,46 1 03 Amount of debt, less cash in Treasury $2,539,021,8440052,540,707,201 2a HUGH MICULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury. 7RADE AND FINANCE. • LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. The principal feature of the week in the financial world is the announcement of the long-delayed Turkish loan fa five millions sterling. From Paris we learn that the Societi6 Generale will open subscriptions for 124,000 ell . gations at 400 francs, bearing 30 francs interest,' to be r e. imbursed at 500 francs, in four dividings. The loan 15 calculated to yield 121 per cent. This loan has been the hands of the Socind G6nerale for so long a period 0 - 5 twelve months, but it must be understood to be qui te distinct from the large loan for the constructiol of railways in Turkey, which has been talk,c; of for an even longer time. The loan willbe introduced simultaneously in Paris, Fran' . fort, Amsterdam, Constantinople, and Londoe, There is very little doubt of its success, as the nature.„; : : the stock offers a most tempting bait to speculators. ". are not in a position as yet to give an opinion as to the va l F 7 of the security offered, or as to the chances of the redemption of the loan being carried out. It must be borne in Iniit that Turkey has so far fulfilled her obligations, altho u g h most frequently compelled to renew the loans, or to obtit ie moneys under advance for the payment of interest. country labours under a heavy debt, which promises sti further to increase, and it is not likely to see any reduc tion _ until the present inert Government is displaced. There are some favourable features in the case, _however. Turkey is exceptionally free from direct, and even indirect, taxa; tion, and a large and legitimate source of revenue l i ? open in this direction, which may stand the country 01 good stead in time of need. As much discussion—though of quite a Intrud es : character—has arisen in the French press on he subj ec of the refusal of the Belgian Government to allow the lea se of the Great Luxembourg Railway to the Eastern of Fran c ; Company, it may be as well to state that the a greenlel l i was entered into reciprocally, in the belief that nll. benefit would be the result. Without entering into t t political aspect of the affair, it will be at once seen tha t the Belgian Government has done an injury to the Gre.,, 3 Luxembourg Company from a financial point of vi e r' which they should hasten to repair. Trade has continued dull. Great depression exists in the Lancashire districts, and many failures have taken Pl e t among the smaller spinners. It is even believed Oa the misfortunes will not stop here, and ugly rumours are abroad as to a great collapse in the trade generally. Tiler:, is no doubt that the trade is in a very shaky con dition, manufacturers have for some time past been compFlledf. go into stock at prices which cannot but result in I °':, Many of the mills are only working from four to five d" Der week. The public sales of colonial wool commenced on Thurn '"°g last. There was a go o d a tt en d ance o f b u yers, me and foreign ; and owing to th e high PrLF - 0 current for coton, there was considerable aniinatr he in the bidding!. The qu a lity o f man y of the parcels brought forward, how e v er , was i n f er i or , and s advance in prices which took place in the last series w a ,. not maintained. Good and greasy wools were ,W. V, pound el ear. er. We have o fte n i ns i s t e d on the necessig, of the coleniA4 bestowing more attention and care 11l n t t a prtp .ration of their pr o duc e to : mar k e t. u they do so, prices will continue to fl actuate to, serious extent on this side, thereby rend e ri n g speculatil' a in wool unsafe. The quality of the staple itself is ' t many cases deteriorating annra,Hy, owingto the gr:a vicissitudes of heat and cold, 4.11 i th 3 want pasture To water which the flocks had occasionaly to undergo• prevent this, fresh importations a blood rains will fro , time to time be nec essar y ; an d it i s f or th e colonists t t consider whether th e p ros p ec t s o f th e tra d e are sill,"'ei) to justify the expense of such importations. We notice with regre t th a t some o f t h e Anstrantilln banks have latterly b een s hippi ng woo l on t h e i r 01 : - account. By so doing th e y h ave d epar t e d f rom t h e legit' . mate course of their business, and, we should be ine • line ti to believe, have violated their charters. The banks tli r assumed responsibilities .which the shareholders ne ve f dreamed of, and that, toe, at a time when the necessity' 0 adhering to the essential principles of business has bee r most f brcibly demonstrated. It is understood that othbee banks most strongly oppose the measure, and it is to hoped that the protests so strongly urged against W e ,. will induce the off en di ng i ns tit ut i ons no t t o r epeat to operation. POSTAL BUSINESS OF NEW YORK.—In the lao three ,oaths of 1868 the number of letters despatched frOn: New York t) European countries was as annexed Britain, 529,446; French, 189,900; Bremen and H a mbuno 269,999; North German Confederacy, 131,343; Belgic „ iTh a 9,434 ; N e th er l an d s , 14,621 ; S w it zer l an d, 22,598 ; Italy, 11,761; total, 1,179,102. The postage received T h e these letters was $151,525 ($65,972 Great Britain). number of letters received at New York from EuroP e e t :i. countries in the last three months of 1868 was as annex ci Great Britain, 464,584; French, 151,705; Bremetc„?, Hamburg, 203168 ; North German Confederacy, 143,,., 1 ' 6 : Belgium, 8,113 ; Netherlands, 11,322 ; Switzerland, 3 1 9 1 ,," Italy, 14,710 ; total, 1,019,105. These letters represeaw a postage of $131,248 ($54,517 Great Britain). - • g In New York the co n tributions of the lead ° oss t o Episcopal Churches for various purposes during 4'03; year were as follows :—St. George's and chapels, S 2 l 96; Trinity and its chapels. 6108,233 ; Zion Church, s 3l ig o ly Calvary, $20,814; Christ, $20,126 • Grace, 619,18 3 ; _i ru is, Trinity, $35,893 ; Incarnation, '542,000 ; St. lill o ot $12,666; Transfiguration, $18,087. As there are 70 Episcopal Churches in New York, however, these turns comprised but a small proportion. lADVERTlSEMExT.l—Holloway'sPills.—Mankindis svar laid on all sides by the causes of disease at all seasons' 0- Pr winter, unless carefully guarded against, is a peccan t cop motor of mischief in the human system. This medicie e ns of centrates in a surprising manner all the artificial ince ir ol purifying, Y regulating, and strengthening t' al' oy ea powers. Holloway's pills have for many years eei,,; s ll§ the most extensive patronao, and have had testiv ic iso. awarded to them which speaks volumes in their P r lfeet In many cases these pills seem to exercise a specific 'reel over diseases, which is manifested by the comfortabl2arse ings of the patient, and by the improvement in the cuegec ter of all the secretions. The pills act mildly yet tively on the bowels. • n orte g 'i [ADVERTISEMENT 3—Consumption, and all biliouS, ra te' stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are onlyaggiTi o ctlf and accelerated by dr ugs o f every d escr i pt i on , but Pe Food' curable by Da Barry's health-restoring R eva l en ta Arabica. Ao roa as proved by tho usan d s o f cases which had been co nsl 'oo hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, astlaultvp gumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric ( I ' o rsg , ments, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ner' , °; a ,, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, col u pp fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatisM , . o l 9 l B _,° cities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sieePlroP” acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, or at cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in p r egnallaY oh rst. sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of tir_ go DU pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoul de it oP We,quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Food. Cure No 68,413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—The at," nll the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abando other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to .- n an::rteri ftl Revalenta. Arabica Food, of which he consumes a, e i' oe trifr at every meal. It has pro laced a surprisingly effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Pinii,ll, excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette U4__ 00 1' July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. J ame s Roberts, tirauy' io ngs , chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' disea c s ic a Th u me ss•- - " of spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial, te uslit,, t y Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lie s‘ Waterford, of many years' dy s p e p s i a . No. 49, 832 :, 0 u5ua% years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, i ne ss asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, gl e f t he 019- i i t vomiting.—MariaJoly." Important Caution.—Be ware. o . w oo unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to whial. + „,bek. authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciouslV 1`21.27.; In tins, at ls. 14d. ; 1 lb. 2s. ed.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs. Ji_f, 228. ; '44 lbs, 40s, —Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABIu 2 s - s., for r t ; LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups °A 5 76 ens cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at Os., for 288 cups at 308., 5 5 5 . r e , a n o t -at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. n' 0 are sent free of carriage in England on receipt ..f .s i` reet ,, 1 ,0 Order. BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regen don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. W . of PEEL—On the 25th inst., at 70, Eaton - pl aca, RITCHI the vr — ArthE —Oft t ur W. Peelhe 24th inst, Esq., M.P.., at Shirley , of a daught 11 011 Se, Leo' al. wife of Henry Ritchie, Esq., of a daughter. HALL—REEVE—On Marriages. th. the 23d inst at Richmond, Surrey, to Rev. Joseph Hall, M.A.. rector of Knockholt, leout:,ye Elizabeth, daughter of the late Sir Thomas N. •Ll'e of Richmond. t g Jer WILLcox—DOWERS—On the 22d inst , at St. Llih e -1 D e ' sey, Rt.ar Admiral J. Willcox, C. 8.; to Elizabeth ° daughter of the late Captain Dowers, R.N. Deaths. ( merle BALDWIN— 0 n the 18th inst., in Sussex-gardens, Ai-- Baldwin, Esq., aged 95. 1 7 Ess e%- HATToN—On the 24th inst , at his residence, --, 5 street, Strand, Frederick Hatton, solicitor, age SL L ff . o rtl- INGRAM —On the 25th inst ,at Hoar-cross Hall, S A " S " - shire, Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram, Esq, 90", - , - ;ft lit KELLY —On the 23d lust ,at Langford-Rouse, v" c Captain Kelly, R.N., aged 70. ----, __--•••':s--.---- NTIL' v London : Printed and Pablished by VirtLLltila • of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Taii SUN o,3le ' r ,' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ktiddlasez.—Monday, March 1, 1869. - ARMY AND NAVY MATTERS. The navy estimates have been published. The total amount for the financial year 1869-70, is £9,600,018. The Lords of the Admiralty add that, for the purpose of comparison, " a reduc tion of £203,292 must be made from the estimated expenditure of 1868-9, being the amount of the extra receipts (notinduding sales of old stores, &c.) which were estimated as likely to be paid into the Exchequer instead of being credited to naval votes. The net decrease is, therefore, £957,357. The items on which the largest savings have been effected are wages to seamen and marines, £274,281; victuals and clothing for ditto, £153,574; dockyards, £137,558 ; naval stores, £91,336.; and steam machi nery and ships built by authority, £325,430. There is a decrease in every item except three, namely, new works and buildings, which shew an increase of £1,136; half pay, &c., an increase of £20,065; and military pensions and allowances, £19,281. The Army and Airvy Gazette believes that the Army Estimates will shew a reduction of very close upon a million and a quarter, but the changes in the army will not be so great as was originally antici pated. According to the Broad Arrow, one of the causes of Major-General Balfour's temporary retirement from the War Office was his objection to the sum of £45,000 for heavy guns for land defences being included in the Army Estimates, he believing that as the condemned naval breech loaders would be available for land defences £15,000 would be a sufficient sum. The same paper mentions a rumour that Lord Northbrook is likely to vacate the position of Under-Secretary of State for War, consequent upon a difference of opinion between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the President of the Board of Trade. A somewhat mysterious explanation this. From the same source we learn that the Queen herself first started the idea, that Mr. Trevelyan could not serve in her Govern ment, holding as he did, unfavourable opinions of the Commander-in-Chief. Mr. Trevelyan, as we know, frankly apologised to the Duke of Cambridge, who as frankly accepted the apology. An attempt is to be made by Sir James Elphinstone to remove the Britannia training-ship from Dartmouth to Ports mouth, a change which the Broad Arrow strongly deprecates. " PRINCES IN ALL LANDS." Prince Arthur, it is announced, will shortly complete his course at Woolwich, and will then join the first battalion of the Rifle Brigade for service in Canada. The Broad Arrcw goes on to say that " it would probably be premature to specify this as the first opportunity which the Prince will have of becoming acquainted with what may prove to be his future kingdom." The same authority refers to the fact that the Duke of Edinburgh is at present " cruising among his Southern possessions where he may, at some future day, find a more fitting crown than that of Greece." It will:be news to our readers that New Zealand and Australia belong to the Duke of Edinburgh. We fancy that he has a much better chance of becoming Duke of Saxe-Coburg than of becoming King of Australasia. THE HUSH CHTJECH. The Dublin Mail, having seen the inference drawn from its article on the Irish Church, has been frightened by it. Our contemporary urged the Church authorities to take steps to meet disestablish ment, and declared that when once the Church was free it would be able to act as a mission to the people, and would be more powerful because of its freedom from State interference and control. What c mild this mean but that disestablishment was, if not inevitable, very probable ? if not probable why not take steps to meet it? And if the Church has not been successful as a missionary Church, what is its raison (retro? The .21Tall protests that it has never acquiesced in Mr. Gladstone's policy. Theoretically no—prac tically yes. Irish Churchmen, treating disestablish ment as an enemy, have wisely enough relinquished diplomacy, and are now preparing to meet him in open warfare. They have given up discussing the question of the justice of Mr. Gladstone's proposals, and are turning their thoughts to the alterations needful among themselves .for the coming change. The Advertiser now quiets the fears of its readers by the statement that all is right. Mr. Gladstone has come to himself at last, and is to deal with both disestablishment and disendowment in one measure. The difficulty now shifts to Mr. Disraeli's shoulders. He himself has a great horror of a division. He will not do anything, if he can help it, to shew in plain figures the majority against him. But it is said that several of his supporters —amongst others Mr. Newdegate—are very anxious to record their protest against the measure. He has, however, lone what he could to prevent their views from being carried out, by informing those of his party who aro out of town that they need not inconvenience them selves to attend. A. long speech is expected from Mr. Gladstone, but Mr. Disraeli is only set down for a few words, and the debate, under present circum stances, is likely to be over on the same evening that it commences, Dr. W. Maziere Brady writes to the papers on the classification of Irish Church property. Colonel Adair, in his pamphlet, divides the endowments into three classes —namely, into property " bestowed" previously to the Reformation, property given subsequently to that event by way of Royal or Parlia mentary grants, and private endowments. This classification Dr. Brady refuses to accept. " The Irish Church " he says, " was imported through conquest, and to it was granted by the Reformation Princes ; at —not previously to—the Reformation, part of the ancient ecclesiastical property of the Roman Catholic Church, the other portion being then confiscated into lay hands. The Church pro kerty transfered to the Reformed Church by Ilizabeth was as much a " Royal or Parliamentary grant "as any given by subsequent princes, for the Act of 2nd Elizabeth and other penal acts were an endowment of the Reformed, and a disendowment of the Roman Catholic Church, through the will and pleasure of the sovereign who changed the State religion from Catholic to Protestant. There is, then, no difference, so far as regards the donors, between the first two classes of Church prop er t y, for the donors in both cases were Reformed a n d Protestant princes:" LADY CAN IN s Twin. We are glad to see that the Marquis of Clan ricarde has been stirred into action respecting his relative's tomb. Ile says that there was not the smallest occasion for "A Pilgrim" to make his appeal to the public. 1 o doubt the Marquis or his son, Viscount Burke, will now see to the repair of the structure, which should never have been per mitted to fall into its present ruinous state. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Our late files of the New York and Chicago papers, together with the correspondence of the London Times of the past week, dwells largely on the struggle for railway supremacy which is exciting so much interest in the United States. The competitors are the Pennsylvania Central, under J. EDGAR THOM SON, the New York Central under CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, and the Erie, under JAY GOULD. Of these the Pennsylvania Central has by good ma nagement obtained the foremost place, and is now considered the greatest railway corporation in America, if not in the world, occupying the relative position in the United States, that the London and North Western does in England. It was early and skilfully planned, being carried through the only passes of the Alleghany mountains in Pennsylvania, to connect rich and populous districts. Mr. TllomsoN, the chairman, bred a civil engineer and the son of a civil engineer in planning, had the guiding control in projecting, and building the line ; and as his own fortune is therein invested, as well as his reputa tion, his interest is sufficient to ensure for it his undivided attention. The steady way in which this property has risen to so much importance is due to there being no departure from the original plan, which has been consistently p ursue d b y one mind. Its capital was subscribed mainly by local, but also by English capital, and the road was built for ready money. There was no financing, stock-watering, and jobbing ; no spurious dividends or contractors' rings, the property has paid a regular and fair return from the hour the first instalment was paid in on the capital invested, and its surplus earnings have been putiuto the road, or expended in increasing its communications. This system, steadily pursued for years, has placed the company at the head of A me rican Railway Corporations, and enabled it to compete for the through traffic to San Francisco against such great combinations as those con- MR. P. JOHNSON AT MANCLIES7ER. Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON has adopted GRANT'S motto, indeed both mottoes, "to keep hammering away " and " let us have peace." On Wednesday morning he met the Manchester City Council and Chamber of Commerce, and in the evening dined with these gentlemen in the Town-hall. His speeches were similar to their predecessors, showing the absolute insanity of referring such a dispute as that caused by the fitting out of Confederate cruisers in English ports to the arbitrament of war. He spoke in terms of congratulation of the settlement he had effected of the naturalization question, and of the San J ua❑ boundary dispute, both of which had been well received in the United States. Ile had telegraphed last Monday to his Govern ment for information as to the report of the Senate Committee on the Alabama question, and the answer was that no report had then been made, though a majority of the Committee, it was rumoured, were opposed to the Convention. It does not follow, even did the Committee unani mously report against the Convention, that their advice would be taken by the Senate. But if so, still this would not bring the nation into serious conflict. 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