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

VIE *LAWS OF IVAIWBALISATJUIY. 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 rendeis 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 In the case of persons of British parentage born abroad, they advise that the statutes now in force should be repealed so that the law may be placed on a clearer and more satisfactory basis.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 obviate all 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 he 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. o- The Daily News, in an article headed " Turf Politics," says : " We have no belief in the degeneracy of modern horses. When Sir Tatton, who ciuld 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 706 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 are made 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 supplied, 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-up 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 linseed, and sometimes, as Mr. Holmes, V.S., assures us, with '*otatoes, for hunter shows. LAW AND POLICE. THE WATERLOO AND WHITEHALL RAILWAY.—The action brought in the Court of Common Pleas by Mr. rounsett, 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 shoving 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 treasurer 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 Representativss. AN ExTRAORDINARY STORY.—The vicar Oa L'anfiliangel-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 —o3lsestry Adeertiser. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN NORTH STAFFORD SHIRE.—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 gunpow d er, except i n dr i v i ng " cruts, " an d sa id he b4Leved. Government would introduce a measure pro. .viding mor e s t r i ngent regulations for collieries and severer penalties for their infringement. THREE II U:',IAN SKELETONS FOUND IN BL CAsTLE.—Consi;lerable curiosity wan excited in the neigh bourhood of Blair Athele 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 digging in one of the vaults in the southern part of the castle for the pur pose of forming a new cellar. The skeletons were buriel about 18 inches under the surface, and were the remains of full grown men. The teeth of the skeleton first dis covered are d,scribed 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 havin; been inflicted upon it. Tile Duke of Athole, who is at present residing at Blair Castle, took possession of the ghastly remains, and 4tut riiiiirkia:ll&diastioa of theuL. ITALIAN AFFAIRS. (FROII A CORRESPONDEN; FLORENCE, FEB. 22. During the past week, as you are probably aware, 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 mcnth ; 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 Provisio'nal 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 ; hut, 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 encyclopedic 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 800 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 3.50 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 sodden 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 law of 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 81 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 55 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. MISCEL EANEOUS NET'S. PARLIAMENTARY. - - The first division in the Reformed Parliameni took place on F r id ay n i g ht, on Mr. Newdega.te,i motion to appoint a select committee to inquire into certain acts relating to Roman Catholic charities and burials, which was lost by 85 to 40. Several Liberals voted for the motion, Mr. Denman, Mr. including Mr. T. Chamber s, Mr. Aytou n , Mr. Crawfurd, Dod son, Mr. McArthur, Sir A. Gibson Maitland, Mr. Charles Re e d, and Mr. White. Among those who went into the lobby against the proposal were Mr. Bright, Mr. Bruce, Sir R. Collier, Mr. Forster, Mr. C. Fortescue,'Mr. Gl a d s t one , M r. G l yn , Mr. Lowe, and Sir John Trelawny. The Conservatives voted with the Government. The tellers for the Ayes were Mr. N ewde gate and M r . G reene and for the Noes, Mr. Maguire and Th e O'Donoghue. BIIIDG WATER 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 s ea t s w i t h out going through the farce of a defence. Mr. (Eothen) 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, 186.5, and 1868, although at th e 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 notoriety 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 sa t f o r Bridgwater ever s i nce . Thi s i s 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. ELECTIONEERING 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 U. 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 1857, 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 successful 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. On Friday Mr. Phiprs polled seven votes more than his N brother did a t th e genera l election, whilst Mr. Lai •,rton brought up an addition of 23. During the last h our th e most strenuous ex ertions were put forward on both sides, as s:l iewn in the fact that the Comervative canjila h. tepodcd 4,5 votes betwecn three and four o'clock, andolaptrernen2 being one less and the the c respective numberf l o u r:l: l e i o r s m 7— or t e be th caudida,tes duria.; JUN ~94. la - . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1869. THE ➢iEMBER FOR MARYLEBONE. 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 in Philadelphia, not in New York, it has a short connection via Camden and Amb Hee to the latter city, while a;1 Pennsylvania is its own ground. Philadelphia, as a port, has many advan tages for the trans-Continental traffic. It is clear that Mr. THOMSON 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 Erie has just terminated in favour of the Pennsylvania Central. The Erie, having control of the Atlaa tic and Great Western, endeavoured to secura 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. Leui=, 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 $lOO,OOO for dividends. But 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 Earone 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 Cita ' cinnati, 120 miles long ; the Cincinnati and In dianapolis line 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 York will run over the Pennsylvania lines from Cambridge City, 135 miles west of Columbus. The correspondent of the Tones says that the consummate skill of CORNELIUS VANDERBILT makes him by far the ablest of the three rival railway presidents, and may finally give his road the victory. The result, however, as yet, gives to this a plump contradiction, as acknowledged by the correspondent, when he states that " t he Pennsylvania Cent ra l h as th e l arges t capital and the best constructed roadway, with the chief apparent advantages in the contest at pre sent." How has 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 Erie and New York Central were playing, football with their stock in 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 the be s t roa d ways , an d h as plus earnings in making never forgotten from the day th e fi rs t 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 an d energy which h as so f ar manage d this great corporation as to give to that port the chance, at least, of a large share of the through 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 in the re markable evidence of JAY GOULD, before the Legis lature of New York. General GRANT had seen too much of war to desire another drop of blood to be spilt. In his letter to the Convention, by which he was nominated as their candidate on the 29th of May, 1868, he said. We want peace, and universal prosp-ritv, its sequence ;' and he closes that letter by repeating, Let us have peace.' That peace, as far ai de pended upon General GRANT, we might be 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 parts 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 national 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 it 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 ber ocean carrying trade. It has, there is reason to believe, been decided to send Mr. HORACE GREELEY to England, in succession to Mr. REVERDY JOHN 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 7ribune 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-American Times. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, Feb. 13.) The eastern money markets are not quite so easy as they were a week ago, the change being due to the very large demand for loans, 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 $13,650,000, 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 are taking little paper except from regular custmers. At Chicago there is en increased demand for loans, which is mostly speculative, as the money has gone into provi sions and grain, in anticipation of continued 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 fallen 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. Ou the other hand the bears assort that during the past year the company earned $125,000 less and spent $266,000 more than in 1857, which state of things precludes a dividend. The advance i n ex press sto c ks 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 no w Erie board is not yet in running order, a n d it i s now anno unced 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 af;,er - 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 one 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 $71,444,045 in 1867. A large 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 6 9,228. Because the directors of the Boston and Albany Railroad were authorized, at the annual meeting of the company, this week, to issue new stook 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 in January were $2,031,814, of which $1,810,536 was from California, white the exports were $3,211,380—a loss of $1,182,566. The firtntess in Government Bonds has con tinued and increased, and they have advanced in London and Frankfort as well as in Anierici.n markets. The Five- Twenties touched 77i in London, Wednesday—the highest they have ever been in Europe ; and there has never been a larger demand for shipment than there is at present. This condition of things is inducing purchases in New York by financial institutions, which 11 we been prevailed upon heretofore by bear. operators to postpone buying, in expectation of lower prices; and the amounts bought have be en very heavy. The market has been stimulated by the pree,pect that the liooDer cleshrs.the'prezeut 6 per cent. loans, will become a law before the end of this session of Congress. The movements of cotton continue to show diminished receipts, whilst the coastwise and overland arrivals at New York continue liberal. The do crease in receipts is 23.500 bales from the corresponding week in 1868, 15,000 below that of last week, and 11,000 below the previous week. The total receipts at all the ports and overland since September 1, 1868, are 1,665,667 bales, against 1,459,711 bales last year, an excess of 205,966 bales. The exports for the same period have been 697,287 bales, against 805,097, a decrease of 107,810 bales. The stocks on the sth February were 387,752 bales, against 366,75$ at the same period in Iq6B. The present price of cotton is encouraging for heavier receipts. The general firmness of the cotton market hero 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 are 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 82,660,313 and $17,437,506; last year, $2,678,180 and $19,256,863. The tendency of breadstu ff s is upward, and prices are 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 especially active and mess pork is going up steadily and rapidly. The packing season has about closed. The 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 seas.in, 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 ut Brighton there was a reduction of lc. 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 121 c., wrappers (lots) 18 to 45c., fine wrappers 50 to 65c. The wool market has been inactive, but holders aro firm in their demands for full prices for all grades. In the New Bedford oil market sparra is firal at $2 par gallon, and whale sells at $1.20. There has been great speculative excitement in the whalebone market. The 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 poun I in gold to 81. (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. (lON 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. Fort Wayne Pacific Mail ll3 Atlantic Mail Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph Mariposa Preferred Ohio and Mississippi 351 Boston Water Power l5l Cumberland Bankers and Brokers lO9 M & St. Paul M & St. Paul Preferred 79f , R RAILROAD MORTGAGES. RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. N. Y. Central 164! Erie Hudson .. Reading Mich. South. &N. I 931 Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 92 North-West North-West Preferred 92 Canton 631 Rock Island Jleveland and Toledo 105 Chi. & N. W. Ist M 92 Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex 941 Gt. 'Western IstM 'BB B9 Mil. & Per. du Ch. Ist M & Chic. Ext 97 Gal. & Chic. 2d M 95 Chi. & R. I. Ist M 1001 Chi. IL I. & Pacific 7's 94f Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 99 N. J. Central Ist M 99 N J. Central 2d M 101 Pitts. Ft,W., & Ch. Ist M — Pitts. Ft. W., & 011.2 d M — Pitts. Ft. W. &Ch.3d M — Clove. & Pitts. 2d M 931 Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc. Chic. &Alton, S.F. lstM. 92 Mil. & St. Psul Ist M 9ll Mil. & St. Paul 2d M 9l Marietta & Cin. let M — Morris & Essex Ist M 971 Morris & Essex 2d M B9 Joilet & Chic. Ist M — Chi. & Gt. East'n lstM Bsi N. Y. &N. II 6s CLOSING QUOTATIONS N. Y.iCentral 6s, 1883 91 N. Y. Central 6; 1887 N. Y.. Central 6; R Est 87 N. Y. Central 6; Sub'n 87 N. Y. Central 75,'1876 102 N. Y. Cen. 7; con. 76 N. Y. Cen. 7; '65-'76 ; Erie Ist Mort, Ex 1011 Erie 7; 2d Mort, 1879 100 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 921 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 88 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 • Long Dock Bonds Buff.N.Y. &E.lstM, '77 B9 Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69 991 Hud. R. 7s, 8d M, '75 — Harlem let M, '6B '72_1011 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 ll9 Mich. new let M Bs, 'B2 1191 Mich. So., 7 p. c. 2d M 93 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 96- 1 - 111. Cen. 7 p. c, '7O 115 4 Alton &T. H. let M 93 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd 821 Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc. 78 Han.& St.J.LandGrantsloB Han. & St. J. C0n..,.,,,,, 110 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 111 ('hi. & N. West, S. F B5 Chi. &N. W. Con Cony 941 ('hi. & N. W. Ex'n B B5 In Miscellaneous Stocks there is little doing, except in Pacific Mail, which is heavy at 1121. Exprvss Stocks are quiet. We quote : Adams 671 to 671 American ... 471 to 48 Merchants' Union ... 19 to 191 United States ... ... 621 to 621 Wells, Fat go, and Co. ... ... 281 to 29 The shares of the Adams Express Company have keen registered at the Union Trust Company, and aro now called at the New York Stock Exchange and open boards. Dubuque &S.City,lst Al. - Peninsula Ist M Ohio & Miss. Ist 11. — Ohio & Miss. C0n......... 86 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D... Atlantic & G. W. Ist M. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Sixty Days. Three Days. Londcn Bankers Lou:. n, Prime Commercial lOB —lO9 Paris, Bankers 5.18 - 5.164 5.141-5.121 Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 351 -361 Frankfort, O.M 4of —4l Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.181-5.1.61 ...... Amsterdam, Bankers - 41 ...... Swiss s.lq-5.164 ...... ...... Quotations for specie:— Amer. silver... 961 to 964 I Eng. sovs .... 48 to 483 Mex. dollars...lo3} „ 104 20 fran cs .......386 „ 387 Eng. silver .....48 0 , 485 I Thalers ......... i 0 „ 71 Five francs 95 i 7, 96 1 I Foreign Exchange is weak, and to-day is lower. Rail- Road Stocks are emphatically dull, with great complaints from the brukers 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 t o b uy for foreign acco unt. 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 are verified by the orders now being received here to purchase ; • they aro 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 large 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 sthnulated a larger demand than was ever known in the market, not excepting the rush for bands for summer. THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. SECRETARY WC ULLOCH'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 Cont. 5-20 Bonds 1,602,583,350 00 Total 52,107,850,050 00 DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. 3 per Cent. Certificates 557,410,000 00 Navy Pension Fund at 3 per cent 14,000,000 00 Total MATURED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. 3-year Seven-Thirty Notes, due Aug. 1,1867, June and July 15, 1868 Compound Interest Notes matured June 10, July 15, Aug. 15, Oct. 15, and Dec. 15, 1867, and May 15, and Aug. 1, Sept. 1 and 15, and Oct. 1, 16, 1868 3,599,170 00 "-- Jonds of Tex as 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 Temporary Loan Certificates of Indebtedness 13,000 00 Total 56,910,936 00 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. U.S. notes • • Fractional currency Gold certificates Total.. 5124,191,720 00 Grand total Six per 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 $106,174,049 00 Total in Treasury Amount of debt less cash iu Treasury-62,556,205,658 00 The foregoing is a correct statement of the Public Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the Department on the let of February, 1869. HUGH MCCULLOCH', Secretary of the Treasury. According to this statement, the debt bearing coin in terest has increased $14,700, and that bearing currency interest 03,i6;000. The outstanding matured debt has decreased $552,567. The debt bearing no interest II increased $6,918,911. 90; making a net increase on the whole of $9,846,044 90. The coin in the Treasury is $10,030,652 47 less than at the time of the last statement, and the currency $4,378,240 54 more; making 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, 1868, and January, 1869 : DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. Dec. Jan. '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 00 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 0' DEB l' BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Three per Cent. Cer tificates Navy pension fund 11,030,000 00 11,000,000 00 Total $72,140,000 00 109,865,000 00 MATURED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. Matured debt not pre sented for payrn't $8,245,883 00 87,463,503 6i DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. - Unitol States Notes $356,021,073 00 $356,021,073 00 Fractional Currency 31.875,268 00 31,`115,715 64 Gold Certificates 23,255,810 00 27,036,020 0 0 Total Grand total $2,601,374,1G1 0052,602,433,662 23 Six per cent. lawful • money, bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Companies --- Total debt 52,615,711,164 0052,652,L83,662 28 - AMOUNT IN TREASURY. Coin in hand Currency in hand 18,253,946 00 13,063,092 12 Total cash in Treasury 6106,679,320 00 5111,826,46 1 03 Amount of debt, less cash in Treasury ... $2,539,021,840082,5,10,707,201. 25 lluou M'CuLLocir, Secretary of the Treasury MADE AND FINANCE. LONDON, SATURDAY ETENUM The principal feature of the week in the financial world is the announcement of the long-delayed Turkish loan:-W five millions sterling. From Paris we learn that th e Sociaie Gdnerale will open subscriptions for 124,000 obli . gations at 400 francs, bearing 30 francs interest, to be: re. imbursed at 500 francs, in four dividings. The loan 13 calculated to yield , l4 per cent. This loan has been ill the hands of the &clad Unerale for so long a period e. twelve months, but it must be understood to be qu ite distinct from the large loan for the constructi on of railways in Turkey, which has been talkl• of for an even longer time. The loan V. be introduced simultaneously in Paris, Fran fort, Amsterdam, Constantinople, and London . , There is very little doubt of its success, as the naturti% the stock offers a most tempting bait to speculator& e are not in a position as yet to give an opinion as to the vaa n o of the security offered, or as to the chances of the redemP t rd of the loan being carried out. It must be borne in that Turkey has so far fulfilled her obligations, altholle: most frequently compelled to renew the loans, or to obtt.n; moneys under advance for the payment of interest. 1.% country labours under a heavy debt, which promises gr e further to increase, and it is not likely to see any redfieti ° ,, until the present inert Government is displaced. There gri some favourable features in the case, however. Turk ey is exceptionally free from direct, and even indirect, tag.‘s tion, and a large and legitimate source of revenue open in this direction, which may stand the country iD good stead in time of need. As much discussion—though of quite a harm ie l character—has arisen in the French press on die subi ee of the refusal of the Belgian Government to allow the le ase of the Great Luxembourg Railway to the Eastern of Fra°l Company, it may be as well to state that the agree was entered into reciprocally, in the belief that wine benefit would be the result. Without entering into t political aspect of the affair, it will be at once seen t ng s t the Belgian Government has done an injury to the Gr e g Luxembourg Company from a financial point of . ve" which they should - hasten to repair. Trade has continued dull. Great depression exist s i° the Lancashire districts, and many failures have taken v it als among the smaller spinners. it is even believed t the misfortunes will not stop here, and ugly rumours ° .-- 6 Ti ler abroad as to a great collapse in the trade generally. 0 is no doubt that the tra,le is in a very shaky condition; .0 manufacturers have for some time past been compellc tl . ' s. go into stock at prices which cannot but result in 1 , ( " e Many of the mills are only working from four to five Qie" per week. The public sales of colonial wool commenced on Thursa% last. There was a good attendance of buyers, In me and foreign ; and owing to the high Pr i ' 0 current for cotton, there was considerable aniinat,llo in the biddings. The quality of many of be parcels brought forward, ho wever , was i n f er i or , and '; e s advance in prices which took pl ace i n th e l as t eerie not maintaked. Good and greasy wools were El". rsty pound el e.ti er. We hav e o ft en i ns i s t e d on the necess. he of the bestowing inure attention and care i„„ r n preparation of their produce • diarket. they do so, prices will continue to fl ictuate 1 ° e s serious extent on tliis side, thereby rendering speculate) in in wool unsafe. The quality of the st a pl e itself is .. t many cases deterioratit,g annually, owing to the gr7a vicissitudes of heat and cold, an I the avant of pasture g,7 % , water which the flocks had occasion a ly to undergo. ..10 prevent this, fresh impo r tati ons c f bl oo d rains will fru o time to time be necessary ; and it is for the colonists consider whether th e p ros p ec t s o f th e tra d e arc suffiely to justify the expense of such importations. We notice with regret that some of the Anst reil l banki have latterly been shipping wool on their account. By so doing they have departed from the l e g' A mate course of thei r b us i ness, an d , we should b e i n eling to to believe, h ave , v i o l a t e d t h e i r charters. The ban k s O a assumed responsibiliti es w hi c h t h e s h are h o ld ers n ev- e f dreamed of, and that, too, at a time when the necessiti e s adhering to the essential principles of business has "4 - et most forcibly d emons t rate d . I t i s un d erstood t h a t 0" as banks most strongly oppose the measure, and it is n o ; hoped that the protests so strongly urged against t t o will induce the o ff en di ng i ns tit ut i ons not t o re peat eneration. POSTAL BUSINESS OF NEW YORK.—In the Mat three months of 1868 the number of letters despatched New York t) European countries was as annexed :—G re : Britain, 529,446; French, 189,900; Bremen and Ilawburoo 269,999 ; North German Confed e racy, 131,343 ; Be•g101t 9,434; Netherlands, 14,621; Switzerland, 22,598; g- ft Italy, 11,761 ; total, 1,179,102. The postage receiVad4 o these letters was $151,525 ($65,972 Great Britain). number of letters received at New York from EaroPea: countries in the lest three months of 1868 was as anne le ti e Great Britain, 464,584; French, 151,705 ; Bremen 79 5; Hamburg, 203168 ; North German Confederacy, 1 43 08, Belgium, 8,113 ; Netherlands, 11,322 ; Switzerland, 3 i , ted Italy, 14,710 ; total, 1,019,105. These letters repress° a postage of $131,248 ($54,517 Great Britain). dieg In New York the contributions of the lee „st Episcopal Churches for various purposes during th e iB3; year were as follows :—St. George's and chapels, s 2 „', 9 96; Trinity and its chapels, $108,233 ; Zion Church, s° . "aell Calvary, $20,844 ; Christ, $20,126 ; Grace, $19,183; Trinity, $35,893 ; Incarnation, $42,000 • St. I ' l bout $12,666; Transfiguration, $18,087. As there are a r e , 70 Episcopil Churches in New York, however, these turns comprised but a small proportion. d 0 W ii i; ADTERTISEMENT.I Holloway's Pills.—'.Mankind Th laid on all sides by the causes of disease at all seasons: winter, unless carefully guarded against, is a pecean v meter of mischief in the human system. This medicia e ns of centrates in a surprising manner all the artificial Me a n i t oel purifying, regulating, and strengthening tle a. ov ed powers. Holloway's pills have for many years sai o lelo the most extensive patrona;e, and have had testiniaraise. awarded to them which speaks volumes in their P e ffest In many cases these pills seem to exercise a spec% feel' over diseases, which is manifested by the comfortab ings of the patient, and by the improvement in the %gee' ter of all the secretions. The pills act mildly yet tively on the bowels. erfe 4s 4 [ADVERTISEMENT I—Consumption, and all bilious, a o a ts , stomach,and liver complaints i n every stage are only aggr,fectb' and accelerated by drugs o f every description, but Pe'vooci c i curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Ara ere as proved by thousands of cases which had been cour hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, ast bi ti:o.lig e : gumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric "`l i oes'' ments, heeraorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nar l „ ° lo, 1 „ 13- biliousness,. fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, c",iQlp fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, V ti ," s suss' rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleePedropi acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, or cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregna ue ' r 00 5 : sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of t . h,e 0, &t , pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shcc lue jarri ; We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Food. Cure No 69,413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—The h ex l. 9; all the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abando 4:1.111 other remedies, ho has confined himself entirely to Du „l a wn Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a be r u elic,l o at every meal. It has pro laced a surprisingly ti•!- effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot 1 31 :,, OA excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette a b ' er roe'_ s, July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, tini d chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' disea.??„ fa ess.„r spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial au:: o nt_n i Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord partials F 0 0:, Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 491 1 0 ; v0 0 0 0 years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ~,k ne ss asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms , '' f the: l ,ot gag vomiting.—MariaJoly: ImportantCaution.—Bewa re ,%, unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to w h ' e at tectie authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously In tins, at Is. 14d.; 1 lb. 2s. tgcl.: 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs. 122; bilO r i , ,' 4 225. ; z 4 lbs, 40s, —Also Du BARRY's REVALENTA A.RA!!7O., LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups 576 clip cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305., fol 5 50. L A at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 300. a,„,t are sent free of carriage i n E ng land on receipt of P ee t , Order. BARRY DO BARRY and Co., No. 77, Bega n " don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. PEEL—On the 25th inst., at 70, Eaton-, Baca, the w i" of Arthur W. Peel, Esq., M.P., of a daughter• e tb • RITCHIE—On the 24th inst., at Shirley House, wife of Henry Ritchie, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. HALL-REEVE---On the 23d et Richmond, SorreY't to Rev. Joseph Hall, M.A., rector of Knockholt, N:Zgo Elizabeth, daughter of the late Sir Thomas N. -"- of Richmond. jet WILLcox-DOWERS-On the 22d in st , at St. Lol l°' "A oath sey, Rear Admiral J. Willcox C.B ,• to Elizabeth s' daughter of the late Captain Power's, R.N. Death& ribitTl e° BALDWIN—On the 18th inst , Sussex-gardens, '- .13ahlwin, Esq., aged 95. • , g 5 Se r HATTON—On the 24th inst , at his residence, 1/217 street, Strand, Frederick • Hat ton, solicitor, a g eu c INGRAM -On the 25th inst ,at Hoar-cross Hat ,"- 5. shire, Hugo Charles Mey'nell Ingram, Esq., llg Cs-8 1ifte rl ' K E LLY-On the 23d inst., at Langford-Souse,`-" Captain Kelly, R.N., age7o. 4 • o,lg London : Printed and Pabliehed by WILLId% AN% O of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'fro SUN Oinel',.;ool Strand, in ties Sr ) e Precinct of the So voy, in al e -11 Mickligiost- 0 344a1ay, March 1, W. ARMY AND NAVY MATTERS. The navy estimates have been published. The total amount for tho 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 1868-0, being the amount of the extra receipts (notineluding sales of old stores &c.) which were estimated a s lik e ly t o b e p a id into: the Exchequer instead of being credited to naval votes. The net decrease is, therefore, £9.57,357. 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, £01,336.; 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, &e., an increase of £20,066; and military pensions and allowances, £19,281. The Army and Navy 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 nr the Army Estimates, he believing that as the condemned naval breech loaders would be available for land defences -.C15,000 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 G overn 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 Arrow goes on to say that 4 , 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 CHURCH. 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 t a k e s t e p s t o mee t 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. yVhat 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 detre? The iliail protests that it has never acquiesced in Mr. Gladstone's policy. Theoretically.no—prac tically yes. Irish Churchmen, treating dise stabhsh 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 show in plain figures the majority against him. But it is said that several of his supporters—amongst others Mr. IN ewdegate—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 'erty transfered to th e R e f orme d Church by :lizabeth 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 w h o c h ange d th e State religion from Catholic to Protestant. There is, then, no difference, so far as regards the donors, between the first two classes of Church p roperty, for the donors in both cases were Reformed and Protestant princes." LADY CAN - Nl - Nu - 5 Tumn. We are glad to see that the Marquis of Clan ricarde has been stirred into action respecting his rerative's tomb. He 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 Burge, will now see to the repair of the structure, which should never have been per mitted to fall into its present ruinous state. PENNSIL VA AVA CESTRAL RAILROAD. —Cr— --- (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 supreancy 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.TIIOSISON, the chairman, bred a civil engineer and the son of a f p o r r o t i ti e n et e m i g s , civil engineer i n pl ann i ng, h a d t h e guiding control in ands h as is his own thereinreputa 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 u r sue 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 putinto the road, Dr expended iu increasing its communications. This system, steadily pursued fox 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 coaabiaatioria as fl oat) pail. MR. R. JOHNSON AT MANCHES7ER. - 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 11,Ianchester 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 Juan boundary dispute, both of which bad been well received in the United States. He 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 t a k en by the Senate. But if so, still this would not bring the nation into serious conflict. 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