The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-05 00:00:00

'I I fTE SUN, _LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, L-69. 211LSVELLANEOUS IVE - WS. POLITICS IN SCOTLAND. The claim of Reut er ' s Telegram Company (Limited) A Liberal contemporary published in Edinburgh against the General Post Office, under the provisions of ; states that in all probability the people of Scot the Act passedl es t sess i on , to empower the Government to I land are at the beginning of something like a 1 acquirethe telegraphs, wasonSaturday again underthecon. 1 war of classes—the most bitter and wasteful of all sideration of M r . H arr i son, C.E., and Mr. Pattiscn, the wars) in whi c h th ere can scarcely be vii n favour arbitrators, M r . R usse ll G urney, Recorderof London ,acting cannot be gain. During the late many tenant fa rmers h ave voted county.our of the electionsctoryan as referee. Th e ev id ence adduced pointed chiefly to • • that clause in the proposed arrangement with the e fiat has therefore gone Post Office which provides for the purchase of the Liberal candidates against the f forth willrii in n f their more thanlandlords. one probable profits to be derived by Mr. Reuter's com- to keep a conscience, but shall give over pang under a contract with the Indo-European county that no tenant farmer shall be allowed that vote to the factor, and give his voice Telegraph Company, which is not yet completed. The where he pays his rent. In the first first witness called was Major Champaine, who has acted place, Dumfriesshire is said to be able to supply the for a number of years as Renter's agent in India, and who Ballot Society with many instances within only the four months that have elapsed since, for furnished the arbitrators with some very glaring instances of delay which had taken place in the transmis.countyi3ilt it voted is i in sion of messages between England, Constantinople, and time in history, ha 2 ., t o h x e h rw r ise h t shii n e as a t i b ly e landlord desired. India last year. The witness, in cross-examination, It u al g arming extent. One of the most influential admitted that in May, which was an exceptionally good really farmers in the county—who is well known as one of month, telegrams had been sent through as far as Con- the most extensive as we ll as s ki lful fanners in Scot of teleg ra phi n stantinople on th e average i n sixteen hours. The practice land, and a leadi ng mem b er of the Chamber of g; in cipher was, in hi s o pi n i on , eb e cau se of Agriculture—has been ejected from his holding by ' many of the errors whi c h were m a d e the subject the Marquis of Lothian.. This is because Mr. Scott— of complaint. It was imposs:ble for the most the farm cr referred to—ref t h lsed to vo i te f l orLorcl Schom sagacious telegraph clerk properly to revise some son -nn of f v t h h o e isp nakebto•oftßenrcelosfutchie Mr.l larznitsi wrote l te a of the tele2rams sent. It was also a m ia at h t a e d r of t great ass a letter to the noble Marquis on the subj ect, but although inconvenience that messages sent to Ind" two months ha,ve passed, no answer has been received, treatment which a gentleman would not carry out The number of these was no less than eight in the case of over lines which belonged to separate . administr o atrons. one route. Th e I n d o -E uropean li ne wou ld possess great towards even a r a t ca t c h er. This is only one instance of many w hi c h are now taking place in Roxburgh. Questioned by Mr. Pattison, the wit ness s t a t e d t h at the In Perthshi re , gent l emen in process of obtaining advantages o ver th e p resen t one th roug h C onstantinople. renewals of th e i r s h oot i ng -leases find preliminary India Office, as a rule, sent their mes sages i n fi gures, to which,demands m a d e upon them as to how they intend to toattach any course, themeaning telegraphists at all. its The no ve vote. Such i s th e present state of affairs across the the time which messages occupi e d i n transmission Border. If we o b tain the Ballot by the next general of egrs did a t rage attemptof election —and it seems very likely that we shall—it from London to India in June last year was will be wholly due to the course adopt e d b y "th e two days twenty-two hou rs an d seven minutes. In stupid party.' wet weather messages had to be frequently repeated on LORD STANLEY AT GLASGOW. the route, as they could only be sent along the line in Lord Stanley has not been tempted at Glasgow to short sections, and this caused some delay. Mr. Reuter, break his silence on political topics. He was enter- being recalled, explained that the reason why the idea of tallied at a banquet on Friday, and made the usual j carrying the new line through Turkey was given up was speech; but said not a word, dropped no hint of his ' that he could not come to satisfactory terms with the feelings on the Irish or any other question except the Government of that country. Speaking of the great foreign one. On that point what he said might, if a increase th a t o f l ate years had taken place little abreviated, have stood in the Queen's Speech. ye hoped th a t E uropean peace would not be in telegraphi ng , th e w i tness said that a reduction of rates disturbed, but if it were, he trusted we and secured accuracy would cause the wires to be used at might be able to maintain a neutral attitude. The least three or four times as frequently as at present. He late negotiations with the United States had, he must spoke in the strongest terms of the errors made in me s e admit, and failed ; but there was no reason sages between England and India, and thought that until to be gloomy about them. He had great faith in the a marked improvement took plac e in this respect n o very good sense of the American people. And for that large numbe r of messages would be sent. Examined as to matter (this was about the most noticeable of his the telegraph to America, the charge at present for a utterances) it did not make much difference message was, said the witness, -£3 7s. Gd., and at that whether the matter was settled immediately or rate £5Ol had been produced on an average per day. not. At first the rate charged for ten words was £2O, 1 MILITARY AND NAVAL ITEMS. and then an average amount of £505 was pro- The amendment proposed by Mr. Corry that the l i duced. The whole of Mr. Reuter's evidence went sum of L'30,000 should be deducted from the Navy to establish the fact that reduction in price, speed of Estimates —the amount charged for the turret-ships ' transmission and accuracy would materially t en d to —w as support e d by four Liberals—Mr. C. W. Mike, develope the operations of the telegraph between this and Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Nicol, and M r . Whit e. M r. Di sraeli, all other countries. The arbitrato rs an d referee adjourned till the 15th i nst., it being understood that the case for Mr. Gathornellardy, Mforr. Ward Cony Ilunt, and Sir John being only some documentary evidence to be pbl e , Pakington also voted Mr. s amendment. Reuter's T e l egram Company was virtual] y c l o t a nd there The Con serva ti ves w h o supported the Government were Sir James Elphinstone, Mr. Holt, Mr. Laird, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Scourfield, Colonel Sturt, and Mr. Talbot (West Kent.) It is rumoured that a bill will shortly be introduced into Parliament which will have the effect of alienating Greenwich Hospital from the navy. The rumour gives rise to a strong protest from our pro fessional contemporaries. Captain Vivian resumed his seat at the War Office on Thursday after an absence of some weeks. Vice- Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres, the Senior Sea Lord of the Admiralty, has had a severe attack of illness, but is better. Lord Northbrook's Committee on Military Organisation has been engaged in investi gating the New Control system, and General Balfour has been examined at great length. The Telegraph announces that so soon as this committee shall have completed their labours at the War Office, they will proceed to the Horse Guards, with the view to a searching inquiry into the system of conducting business there. The Lords of the Admiralty mean to go to sea with the Royal Naval Reserve when the squadron assembles in May. The clerical department at Whitehall is to be reduced, and the senior cleric, Mr. Houghton, will retire. A NEW POLAR EXPEDITION. Mr. Lamont, the late member for Buteshire, the author.of "Seasons with the Sea-Horses," is pre paring. to renew his acquaintance with the denizens of the Polar Seas. H e bas fitted out a new steam vessel of 250 tons, and intends to start in about ten days on a Polar expedition, partly scientifi c an d partly sportsmanlik e , lie is to be accompanied by Dr. Smith, who has lately returned from the Arctic regions, Mr. Macullum, a Scotch artist, and others. Trained hunters of the walrus have been engaged in Scandinavia, and the adventurous voyagers contem plate the possibility of even reaching the Pole. The Swedes are f orming an expedition, with the sole object o f P olar exploration. They ascer tained last year that Spitzbergen was con nected with Scandinavia by a submarine ban7c, and they are anxious to follow up the discovery. In Germany and in N ew Y or k similar exploits are talked of, and even our own Admiralty manifest some energy. Another dredging expedition to the north-west passag e of the Faroe Islands has been arranged for the summer, and many important questions are likely to be settled by it. Among these are the temperature and density of the sea at different depths, the existence and extent of cur vent.,. and their relation fn the sea bottom. TRADE AND FLVAXCE. The action of the directors of the Bank of nglan in raising th e o ffi c i al rate of interest has been a E matter d of surprise to most people, especially when the extent of the rise is taken into consideration. As far as the return itself is concerned, there are sufficient reasons for the movement. The return, hoivever, is an exceptional one, as it includes the preparations to meet the payments fall ing due at the turn of the quarter. Although, therefore, there are some unfavourable features in the accounts, they are not so unfavourable as might have been antici pated for the time of year, and, being merely in cidental to the period, will probably right themselves a short time. The position of the Bank, however, is not strong, and, for a month past, has been getting weaker. We find that the liabilities of the banking department have gradually been on the increase, without a corres.TlLE LAND QUESTION IN EUHOPE. ponding movement in the Reserve. We mustbear in mind, The elections in Hungary have terminated in a victory however, the fact that a large portion of the present liabilities for the weak party. Th e majority, as we have already is caused by the increase in the present deposits, which will be dissipated on the payment of the dividends. When , • I stated, will be considerable, though it has ' not yet been the capital set free by the payments finds its way into the I THE VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR CRITICS. I definitely ascertained. It is remarkable that the pro discount market, the demand for accommodation at the ! The Army and Xavy Gazette, carefully suppress- ! prietors and middle class were all on the side of Deak, Bank will fall off, and the for ac wears more fay( ur- ing the fact that the volunteers in so far as they whilst the Opposition, the Reds, received the support of able appearance. It is very evident that the advanc e w as engaged in absurd manseuvres at Dover did so i n the Peasants- It is assert e d that the Reds, who won some not generally anticipated in *City circles, as we find accordance with officers of the regular army, is very very notable contests, gained the aid of the peasants nothing anticipatory of such a movement in the return, severe upon the prcsent state of the force. It by promises of great changes in the land laws. The the increase in the other securities being scarcely so great declares that " the machine is worse than useless. Spectator, noting- this . fa e t, sa y s it is curious that the land Every man who enters an army must be willing to question, or rather the ma'aitenance of great properties, it as usual at this time of the year. As this advance can have little connection with the sacrifice his own will and his own inclination to coming to the fr eit in every country in Europe except Present requirements of trade, we are compelled to look the will cl of his superior officris. This the volun row icssot but - ecogrti i . , 7 e e; they wear; jltn u e nifr e r r m y s i t i t r n s i gasy, :ins R,,„ ia, .. Prance, Englaiel, and Austria. In Spain, Italy, Hun to other quarters for an explanatio n of it. This more land " is everywhere the cry of Ca e r e ry ra explanation is to be found in the rampant essential of the soldier. Until this deficiency is re- the P2"antYY. It is about the .and only that Sociaist speculations in foreign Government bonds, of which paired, we cannot conceal the fact that the force is doctrines take held of the people. - we have from time to time warned our readers, utterly valueless, and is pernicious, as people, who are TILE Dial? - ...i AND THE IRISH CHURCH DILL. Large amounts of foreign securities have been locked up ignorant of the exact state of the case, neglect pre- The John _Bun is authorised to contradict the state under advances from the bankers, who in thus fostering cautions and buoy themselves up with a false assu- meet that the Bishops have resolved not to vote on speculation have entered upon a course that scarcely comes ranee of security, blindly confident that there are the Irish Church question in the House of Lords. within the circle of legitimate banking bueiness. Prices have 170,000 men unde r a rms i n England. As long We believe that the Bishop of Oxford has advised consequently constantly tended upwards, and the market as these men are undisciplined, the time, emne and the troubl e whi c h th e y dev o t e to Ch eeri o voluntng is ships will in all probability defer will any decision until . has grown into a most unhealthy state, Th hi h y e ' e high Y, wasted and thrown away. It is full time that this .the billreaches them, and they then be guided, 3r) that this course should be taken, but their lord -3- . . quotations current here have naturally attracted heavy • waste of valuable material were discontinued by the as th e temp ora l peers will be, by events. It is importations of bonds from other markets which have necessary legislation which would mak e th e force a miite possible that they_ will_ take the tours© attri 'threatened a drain of gold, the extent of which cannot be itiieleestoteh- a e l r u a b b r l a e n auxiliary c . ese f h i e nc ase military of sys ex te t m reTe need to liited to them, although they have not committed ascertained. The advance must be regarded, therefore, as the lil:e a temporary measure adopted to check the speculation in The Broad A7TOW is more discriminating, though ; i s E t c 0 0 ..1 1- 1, LIERY EXPLOSION AT WIGAN. , movements on ' question. greatest speculation :vise severe. It considers that "no one will The colliery explosion at Wigan has once again It is undoubtedly the fact that the seiiously blame them either for the confused , called attention to the manlier in which our collieries in foreign bonds is that which has lately been carried on Laster Monday, or the clumsy 'are worked. People are anxious to know whether in Five-Twenties. A combination evidentlyexists between manner in which they were carried out, Mis- , these works cannot be conducted without this con capitalists here and in New York for the purpose of takes of this character rest with the authorities who tinual tremendous loss of life. Thirty men have taking advantage of the peculiar circumstances afforded are deputed to mark out the original programme of ! fallen victims on this occasion, and was there no way by the past month. The American credit was sure to ; t akes of defence." _ Nevertheless, there was not a i of Preventing it ? Cannot blasting be discontinued ? improve upon the inauguration of a stable Government, when l e su o l r l d en er n e er t c o in f ltilit.ei part ft of Some h of the corys , or, if without firing the mine does not pay, is it not and one which came in with the avowed intention of laying better to abandon the lower stratum until some persed. The volunteers a n rea it is they to f ad been di p s- the bugbear of repudiation. At the same time, we Mg into the condition of play in is at beeared, soldiers, and the ' process shall have been dtscovered that will enable believe that a large proportion of the bonds recently country will seriously have to co g nsider if it is getting : it to pay ? GOOD PAY. imported has fallen into the hands of bond fide investors, its money worth for the Capitation Grant. By far the larger portion, however, is in the hands of the ' The United Service Gazette says that as at present Our singers at the top of the ladder get well paid. capitalists referred to, who will lock them up until they constituted the volunteer army is a delusion. For instance, we are told .that.the 'Marquise Pe Cau , x can be disposed of to private parties at higher rates. This Either Ministers must believe that foreign (Adelina Patti) is to receive £B,OOO for singing at St. is a process that will require some time, but we see no invasion is a groundless alarm, or they trust Petersburg during the season. commencing on March in the volunteer army to resist it, and yet that NON ember J. The Orchestra, 15 . and ending on . 1 , e • - danger of the bonds being forced upon the market, as , army "as at present organised is, however rich it may which supplies this inTe,orivation, hopes that the they are in very strong hands. be in soldierlike material, wholly unreliable as an s rumonred withdrawal of - atti from the united Operas The Board of Trade returns for the month of February army of defence. What, then, must be the responsi- is not founded on fact ; but if she is engaged to sing have just been published. On the whole they must be bility of those men whO year after - year .in St. Petersburg, how can she be annising a London regarded as satisfactory, both in reference to the import make themselves the instruments of delusive audience ?. Our contemporary further informs us and the export trades. The most unfavourable feature is statements as to the practical efficiency of the force F that Madame A lboni has consented to sing in London, the falling-off in the shipment of cotton goods, which is That it might be made efficient there is not the i in Puassi ni's Mass, for the modest sum of £l2O a somewhat considerable as compared with last year. The • slightest doubt. The men are all young, have night, figures for the two months are as follows : i courage, and are patriotic ; they have learned their EASTER AMUSE3IENTS. 1867. 1833. 1869, drill with wonderfUl aptitude, and amongst their All Lond on i s flocking just non', and paying its White or plain -yards 275 '2 5 g:9 39 22 6 =RN ENNA , numbers there is a greater proportion of marksmen shillings to a Combination of all the talents. Printed, dyed, or coloured 136, , , , than would b f danywhere • E Th . readily, lady who 1) f be •ht feet --- -- e oun else in urope ere are first, a .ro eases to eight Total yards 411.880,313 483.219,181 442,160,036 in any army of similar dimensions: But of what high *th eeSiam ese twins, and lastly, a Circas- Total value 46,503,891 7,74760 7,609,918 'next, epoo , use are all these elements of strength ? If they 'sign lady, who se hair (either by nature or by training) ins above figures well exhibit the vast difference in be not p elyit et d d kilf • ully directed, stands on e n d . Puritans, who would be horrified the prices of cotton at the - periods mentioned. In 1867, they are nothing bleistter;thean a moeckery a delusion; at aco t the po 1 . id v anities whe n the shipments were smallest, the declared value and a snare— g a snare to the nation, which . If this n ve e e i c r ke a d s w o e r i ld g , take their chil n dr P e s n a t m o see these was the heaviest; and while the exports in the current depends on them for defence, and doubly a : most edifying shows. Art's success is thought to be year shew a fallin g off of about 7 per cent., the values snare for the volunteers themselves, who in ease of . wickedness, but Nature's failures are elevating. have declined scarcely 2 per cent., owin g to the recent emergency would be led on to certain destruction in . DISRAELI V. DARDY. rise in the price of the raw material. their present unprepared state of discipline." There are, rumours of revolt in - the (loniser- On the whole, wecome to the conclusion that a steaay . The civilian papers are farless severe. The Saturday vative camp. The John Bull does not confirm them, trade has been carried on this year, a trade that Review, for instance, thinks that the volunteers did ' but to a certain extent justifies them. Our contem bas been remarkably free from speculatio Dealers in -as well as could be expected under such unfavours ' put complains that Mr. Disraeli knows, nothing of produce may not have found their ventures so profitable able circumstances, and advises them to stick to Church matters, and makes such blunders in his in consequence, but it is saeisfactory to know that business their work. The John Bull says that while there is ' Church appointments that he alienatesthosewhewould. is being conducted on a safe and legitimate basis. bless treat room for improvement in the discipline of our otherwise be his warmest supporters. Lord .Derby regard to the decline in the exports of cotton goods, the citizen soldiers, to argue, because on a day of un- acted very differently. " When the time comes for decrease may be expected to have been greater during Paralleled soer or severity obey few volunteers were . not his letters to Bishops Claughton - and Selwyn to March—a fact which will be evident when the next returns did not orders, that the force is abe published, the world will be surprised at the mere rabble, is neither just nor generous. knowledge and earnest convictions which the late are issued. ________________________ THE STATUTES OF THE REALIf. Tory - Premier had on Church matters. But when His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, by command The lawyers, or, at least, their organs in the press Mr. Disraeli came into office what happened . P His are complaining very much that the statutes of the acquaintance with the clergy was a limited and a of her Majesty, held a Levee at St. James's Palace on Saturda local one. He = 1 / I .ght well have consulted Mr. y realm,at presentpublished, are so very •ld moaning. The presentation s were numerous, and are to be Last e as thh Secretary, at the stn u e n a w it ie y. ou f Hardy. But no. The appointments to bishoprics considered equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. Sir J . y ( r slic e lw_ _e e m fe e 1 vre,reduced the gene g r g al bulk of and deaneries were openly canvassed in political The Liverpool Financial Reform AsEociation have the public acts by excluding twenty-two statutes of salons ; and though Mr. Disraeli's good sense ANOTHER MARRIAGE IN THE MUSICAL WORLD, resol ve d t o adopt Mr. Bright's advice to Imitate for ~ a f ree a local character. At th e same time it was admitted Prevented his falling completely into the trap laid for him by a peer and a Tory agent, the Protestant —A Paris correspondent writes :—" Mdlle. Nilsson, the breakfast table." The council of the association is app ea l_ by Mr. Gathorne Hardy that it would be advan interest was supposed - been secured by to have charming Swedish prima donna, is about to abandon lag for subscriptions to a special fund for defraying the cost tageotis to relegate to a separate volume " Hybrid Acts." The Law Journal recommends .another recent Church appointments. Is it or is it not true for Hymen. The fortunate Benedict in pro- of the movement, sad is meeting with a cheering response. that political agents said that if the Bishop of Oxford Euterpe reduction, or rather division. It suggests that ' ludin Mr. Robertson Gladstone and spective is said to be a French duke, whose name cruel Several gentlemen, ine g . . .. was made Primate the battle at the hustings was the statutes of practical utility for the use of Puck has not yet vouchsafed to make public." Mr. J. E. Jeffery, have respectively contributed .£2O to the the profession and the public should be placed in a hopeless ?" Of course the peer referred to is:the A gross case of overcrowding a furry steamer was fund. volume by themselves. From such the Acts relating Present Earl of .AbergavennY) and the agent is ht under the notice of the Liverpool magistrates on It is understood (the Dublin correspondent of a to the discipline of the military forces and all Acts IP'. Slpofforth.t It is not for ush tto.tdefhenudidNhr. Friday.bro ug Ti me defendant was captain of the steamer Queen, contemporary wiites) th , t during tbe visit of Prince so.f totes of would _be excluded, tog e th er with all remembered i i ser a fr that h h is e "Icl party;ne o the n best episcopal and during a trip from Eastham on Good Friday there were Arthur to Dublin two tails tri a hinge scale will be given by t r at t u . s to f thea local character. Last yeay the Acts . appointments of late Years, ono of Dr. Magee to the n excees of the number which the their Excellencies the Iced . Lieutenant aed the Countess / ea mg forces and to supply occupied no fewer nearly COO passengers i r, , . • than 11:3 pages in the edition by the Queen's nri ter see of Peterborough. However, thereby hangs e o add to the (tenger the Spencer. A rinte of roc Ma is in preparation at the Vice - n ) a tale: the appointm en t w as made in the belief vessel was certified to carry. . that is, one-sixth of the whole bulk. ---1 , T 1 e captain was fined in 1. . enaTties regal lodge for the rse of his royel Highness. Tho band that Dr. Magee w as a Low Churchman. Ile weather IS:i!S I 0.,, - of the Grenadier Gila! ds is expected in Dublin to remain PACKING A TRIBUNAL. certainly is not that. The Spectator calls Mr. Hardy anionnting to ncarly .£1.5. -1 and Water during the rricce's etay. The royal stand-house on Mr. Chambers, the Recorder of Salisbury, a well- the Spencer Pereeval of his time, and considers Mr. Henry Lee, writing to Ia??„ known High Churchman, has publish e d a pamphlet that ho has retrograded, inasmuch as he . did s i , un e„ T w i ns, runchestown race-course is also being fitted ull . centradicts a statement concerning the . . , At the annual zneairgs of the Ripon Diocesan • criticising the Ritual Judgment. In the cours e of on ce admit that to esteblish the Church of a small that "one of their medical examiners tied a ligature round h .B . . his remarks Mr. Chambers accuses Lord Cairns minority of the • y land was a great Building Society end Diocesan Board of Education. peopl e in an lie connecting band so as to prevent the circulation Chu . rc . . , . .. of having removed the case "Martin v. Mackonochie" " anomaly." The Saturday Review thinks that the tine it, and that in consequence the smaller of the two on 1 riday, the Bishop of D I on occupied the their. In th from the bottom to the top of the list, in consequence Conservatives generally are very glad that they are fainted away and lost all consciousness, and there were tours© of a long FPseeh on local metiers, he saie . , i n re at to of.the result of th e genex7l elect.ione, Lord , Cairns out of office, because they can now shout "No Sur th t the same effect w ou ld f o ll ow on the w e re education, that he was strongly opposed to a simply secular being fully aware that neithey Sir W. 1 age Woody render" in accordance with their true principles, and s ainted say a that no su ' ch e experiment lies been tried on system, and lie thought they should take their stand upon Sir le. Palmer, nor Mr. Coleridge, the three men who are very glad that the majority against them is so t 'l li i e le m T and that the . alsov . e, which was published as "a what was called denominational education. Ile had beard •_er l e tthen.neamstel faocrieotihsieonChaasnicieellaonesbi Ciifor' would e iir overwhelming, because they will not be obliged to do anything more *hen shout. fact," is, on the contrary, pure fiction. Mr. Lee offers a it whispered as existence aisrteeanscoon offor t u h o e t contributing Established Churcht o these in • ilk ford y gas o -e g . l This is a very grave charge, and, if true, .--......-....._____.. .... ties that the .. ...------........._ "friendly hint" to some newspaper reporters who write "s skews how utterly unfit the Privy Council is to But whatever might be the result of the miserable CHINESE REMEDT FOR THE VINE DISEASE. --The without 'remembering that their subjects have feelings, danger. adjudicate on ecclesiastical questions. b .f re Parliament, the very fact of such attacks ---p Pant, and unfeeling remarks upon the measure now c . o Chinese-it is said —use a thick paste made of flowers of 'The coarse, fli rendered doubly ' EMIGRATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED. recently appeared in a London daily paper upon the Established Church . it. incumbent sulphur and aluminous clay, as ' a remedy for the vine Twins which re re ns PitCpfiCo 14 panietJpg iuJi A public meeting. has been held in Southwark disease. The were read by digs and by their relatives with pain ma on her ,f . rienelLty . bPa . ____. _______ .... .. w..,.. . paste is laid upon the ground about the Miakflys ' ilidismation. . • • necessity of assisting in the emigration or tne unemployed to the British colonies. The meeting was convened by the National Emigra tion Aid Society, and was addressed by several gentlemen interested in the question. The principal resolution, which was unanimously adopted, affirmed that the supply of labour in this country greatly exceeded the demand ; that an instant and extensive remedy was demanded ; that the best and most prac ticable was supplied by the exportation of the excess of labour to the colonies, where it was actually needed ; and that the task, being too great for private charity, could be adequately performed only by the Government. STREET TRA3IWAYS. That street tramways will be established in the metropolis seems now more likely than ever. The committee appointed by the Aletropolitan Board of Works to investigate the subject have recommended the Board to agree to any plan for facilitating the traffic, but they suggest, with some show of reason, that there ought to be an experiment of the system before any extensive scheme is sanctioned by Parliament. Maybe Parliament will take the hint. A DUCAL TEADROKErt. It has been mentioned lately that the Duke of Argyll had put his son into business. lie has two sons in trade, the second who has " gone into " wine, the third w h o h as " gone into " tea. In fact, the latter, Lord Walter Campbell, has for some two years past been with a firm in Mincing-lane, where he is picking up knowledge which will hereafter be useful to him in Parliament and elsewhere. FOREIGN NOTES. THE ENGLISH ADDRESS TO THE POPE. The Tablet, states that "the address from the clergy of England and Scotland to the Holy Father, together with the gold medallion'of the Immaculate Conception, will be taken to Rome by a deputation of priests, composed of the Very Rev. Fan di Bruno, the Very Rev. Canon Jeffries, the Rev. J. K. Dunne, and the Rev. F. Gibbons, who will leave London on Tuesday next. The subscriptions from the clergy towards the medallion have considerably ex ceeded the sum of £4'500 which was required for its purchase. The surplus will be forwarded as an offering in Peter's pence. Besides this address, we understand that another presentation is to be for warded from the clergy and laity of Scotland." The Pope h as i ssue d an address, in which he ex presses his gratitude that in the midst of all his sorrows and dangers he has been permitted to complete the 50th year of his priesthood, and grants a " plenary indulgence and remission of all th e i r s i ns to all and each of the Christian faithful of either sex who, on the 11th d ay of the month of April in this year, being truly penitent, and ha ring confessed their sins and received the Holy Communion, shall, while present at the holy sacrifice of the Mass in some church or oratory, pour forth their pious sup plications to God for the conversion of sinners, for the propagltion of the Catholic faith, and for the peace and triumph of the Roman Church ; and this indulgence may also be applied to the souls of the faithful of Christ who, united to God by charity have passed away from this life." MORE RUMOURS. The Continent is clearly determined upon keeping up a state of chronic alarm. War rumours are still circulated with indefatigable energy. At present the French, intent upon the approaching general election, are less vigorous than usual in the manufacture of panic, but the Germans have taken to rumour instead. From Hanover comes the statement that the reserve of one corps crarmee has been called out, and that the landwehr has been or dered to hold itself in readiness. The enigmatical speech of King Victor Emmanuel has already been given. The Rome correspondent of the Tablet believes that the new "triple alliance" is an accomplished fact. A complete change of policy will take place in France after the elec tions. The French occupation in Italy will in no case be of long duration. Italy, the writer adds, is evidently mustering her forces. The Paris journals have been very sparse with bellicose announcements for some time past, but their provincial contemporaries seem disposed to make up the deficiency. The Phare de la Loire, the leading French country parer, says that an order has been received at Cherbourg for all the ironclads to be got ready by the Ist of May. The work is going on night and day with extraordinary vigour. These are not all the signs which are pointed to as indicative of the ever-threatening war. (From the Springfield Republican, March 20.) Money id by no means easy. Th e b an k s plead poverty, and generally have good reason fortloing so, as they have been w loaning every cent they could reasonably spare. At Ne York 7 per cent h as b een the rate for call loans, and very good names have had to pay 8 and 9 per cent. for longer loans, although most prime discounts have been at the legal rate of 7 per cent. The stringency, as usual, produces still higher figures at Boston. There the very highest grade of paper is held at 8 and 81 per cent., while prime commercial names are rated as high as 9 to 10, and some good jobbing houses have to pay horn 10 to 12 per cent. Boston had lost considerable capital by accepting offers of 8 and 9 per cent. from New York for thirty and sixty-day loans on Government collaterals ; and the last weekly statement of the Boston banks is by no means favourable. Loans Lave decreased $305,629, but deposits have fallen off $ 1 ,443,965, and the only item of increase is circulation, which is $16,277 larger than it was a week ago. At Chieego, says the Republican of that city, " the supply at most of the banks is inaie gnat° to the demand and the market is working strin g , ne so much so that only first-class names arc accepted, and then only when the proffered collateral is entirely safe and satisfactory. Deposits have been drawn down and are now lower than at any time during the past two years. Rates of interest remain firm at 10 per cent. per annum The movement of currency to and from the city is com paratively light, and against this city. T 1 1 ,3 supply at best is limited." The most interesting financial feature of the week has been the Government Bond Market, which has been hammered with some success by the bears. It is not surprising that the strong and significant advance which accompanied the frank announcement of the olicy of honesty by Presid en t G rant and the disposition of Congress to pass the Public Credit Bill, should have been followed by a slight re-action. The bears, too, have had various Wash ington rumours to help them. Senator Sumner, they say, has in preparation a d e fi ant and threatening speech on the _____ (From th e W a ll -street Journal) Alabama claims, w hi c h means war with England; and our NEW YORK, FRI DAY E VENING, March 19. Government is goi ng t o recognize the independence Money on call is acti ve at 7 per cent., and in some cases of Cuba, which wou ld ma k e a further sensation in Europe, coin interest has been paid. Discounts do not show much and perhaps damage our credit. These stories affect the activity, as the demand for paper is limited, at 9to 12 per London market, and of course a decline there is quickly cent. for first-class names ;at9to 10 for prime dry goods responded to here. They also influence gold, and the gold names, and at 10 to 11 per cent. for prime auction names. and bond markets are so nearly allied as to sympathise Government Bonds have been very active all the week, under such circumstances. Furthermore, the bears would but in sympathy with the increased activity of money have us believe that the late advance was the result of a hat% receded to-day -1- to 1 per cent., but the decline is joint movement between capitalists in this country and in looked on as temporary, and higher prices are again looked Europe ; that the foreign demand has ceased for the pre- for. Gold is firmer, and has fluctuated to-day between sent ; and that the market need expect no support from 1301 and 1311, closing at 1311. Foreign exchange, in that quarter. But after all has been said the facts remain consequence of the large supply of bills resulting from the that confidence in the Government's intention and ability negotiation in England of large blocks of securities, is ver to pay its cl, bts-especi a ll y now that the Public Credit dull and heavy. y Bill has been repassed and, thanks to Grant, has become a Quotations for specie:- law-is not to be shaken by passing rumours ; and that Amer. silver... 95 to 951 I Eng. soya 486 to 489 384 „ 386 there is a steady demand for the bonds from persons who 1!....1e0.x. silver ~,,,480 031 104 ,20 francs ..... " 485 I Thalers wish them, not for speculation, but for a permanent 'Po Five . francs i . :::. 951 „' 961 1 investment. Another cause for confidence is the eco- FOREIGN EXCHANGE. nomical administration promised by President Grant, Sixty Days. Three Days and certain to be secured, so far as the Executive Londen Bankers and his Cabinet can secure it. This policy, thoroughly . LoLc:.n, Prime Commercial,., 1(18 _-1081 re ßankers 5 5.171-5.161 78 -78 Pursued, is sure t o i mprove our credit at home and Paris,l- abroad, an d w ill operate potently towards hastening Bremen, the day o f spec i e payments, will make our Government Hamburgb, B an k ers 351-35 ' Frankfort, O.M. 4Ol-401 securities among the most desirable in th e wor ld . Indeed Berlin and Cologne' .. . the late decline has already been followed by another ad-, AntswteeP 5.221 -0.181 dam Bankers Vance. The American market has been pretty much Swiss m ...... : ....................... 5.221-5.181 cleaned out of the Five-Twenties of 1862 on account of Express Stocks are barely steady, and business limited. the recent heavy demand for them from Europe. The . The United States Company being duly registered, their fluctuations in gold for the last week have been very 'stock Adams noivcallerl .. at bo . t . h . Boards. W ... e qu , 0 . t . r . 3:- 581 to 59 slight, but the dullness of the market was broken on Wed nesday by reports that the Government was about to sell a l um American Merchants' Union ... v . 41 to 411 gold freely; also that there were to be liberal importations Do. Old Stock ... ... •... ... 13 . 1 to 16 from Europe. The price declined on these rumours from United } States • .„ ... .. ... ..... Lai to 31 gl . 1311 to 1301. In regard to gold sales the transfer of Wells, l argo, and Go. ... ... ... . PUBLIC FUNDS OF THE 'UNITED STATES. $3,000,000 in currency, from Washington to New York, which has just been made, certainly looks as if Secretary ,Vx s es 4s lBp .9 l,coupon ll6l to 116/ • Pacific Boutwell did not intend to sell any coin in the imine- Five-te;enties, 1862, coupon diate future ; and it is not easy to see how gold could Five-twenties, 1864, coupon 1171 to 1171 come from Europe with exchange at the. present rates. Five-twenties, 1865, coupon 1131 to 1131 The receipts of specie at Now York for the week ere Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new $493,217, and for the year $2,590,669 against Five-twenties, Coupons, 1868 113/ to 114 1131 to 114 $ 1,106 ,837.-The general tone of the stock market has Ten-forties, coupon lO5l to 1051 been weak. Pacific Mail has been run down without Railroad Stocks to-day are generally strong, and a large mercy, and on Wednesday sold at 92, a decline of business is doing :- • about 10 per cent. since last week. New York Can- CLOSING QUOTATIONS FOR RAILROAD MORTGAGES. tral has also fluctuated a good deal, and that famous 80 per iN. Y.:Central Os, 1883... 911 Chi. &N. W. Ist M 9O cent. ste al o has proved anoth er s ource of trouble, N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... - Tol. & Wab. 2d M Ex. 91 the Government having just claimed a tax of $1,200,000 1 % , T 1 . .p . Central entra ti s t, Aer ; s n t.... 1 8771 s G ‘i t i . l. l l;r ter d n u I C s tr li ls 'B t B bl B6 upon it. The stock has had some buoyancy, however, in N. Y. Central 7s, 1876... --. Gal. & Chic. Ext 96 consequence of reports that t' e litigations against the corn- N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 ... - Gal. &1 . 2 d M - Pany, caused by the same dividend, have been stopped iN. Y. Cen. 78, '65-76 ...110 Chi. &R. I. Ist M - The Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad has de- Erie Ist Mort, Ex 1031 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7'5... 94 Oared a 5 per cent. dividend. The Fuller Railroad restric- Erie 7 . 5, 2d3 Mort 1883.,, 1. 8 8 8 73 . ..., 871 VeTe. c dt en T tr e a l i 7 s . t .F ]s u r nd... 99 tion bill, about which so much noise was made in the Illi-• ! • nois Legislature, was shorn of all its objectionable features Erie rie s t4 , , 4tti Mort, 1 880..: --- N. J. Contra! 2d M 102 before its passage. As finally agreed to it merelyrequires that Long'Dock Bonds Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 - Pitts. Ft.W., et Ch. Ist M.lOll - Pitts. Ft. W. & Ch. 2 , 1 M. - where A and B, living at the same station, have the same Buff. N.Y. &E. lstM,'77. - Pitts. Ft. W., &Ch.3d M. : i t i ? 1 on S. F. Inc. 93 class of freight to be sent to the same point, the railroad End: R. Ls, 1354:1 M,3 :7059 110% Sl h e i v e. e. a & A P t its.:d M company shall not charge the one any higher than is 1 atm Ist hi, '6B '72_1011 Chic. & Alton, ' S.F.lstM.lol charged to the other. The requirement that the rates shall be uniform has no other effect than this, all others mi c e, new I s t he se 'B2 1171 hill. & St. Paul 2d M... 83 Mich. C. Ist M, 69 '72 1131 Mil. & St. Paul Ist M... 88 having been taken away by the exceptions in the bill itself. Mich, So., 7p. c. 2c1 , 31... 93a Marietta & Cin. Ist g . ..... 9 -4 The exports from New York for the week and year art 1,1:-.oIn s V i i . e s T l l:i d n; '6 O B 9 - 8 g o o r r r rli s s &, hi s s se e x x tat 111.,, 9 0 $2,67 - ,373 against $1,052,046, and $31,577,637 against "" , 111. Oen . . 7p. e '7O . . ...... ... Joilet & Chic. Ist m.... - $36,520,120. The stock of wheat in store at Chicago at 1 Alton &T. H. let M ... 921 Chi. & Gt. East'n lstM... 851 present is 1,427,000 bushels against 1,103,60 a a year ago ; Alton &T. 11. 2d pfd,,, 82 N.Y. It N. H. Os 97 and the steels of wheat at Milwaukee 1,572,000 against Alton &T. 11. 2rl M. Inc. 771 Dubuque &S. City,lst M 921 1,170,000. The comparative receipts of flour and grain Ilainn..rst.t,l.iflvodnGrants :_-_ (I.:ltoin:cuitlislss.tdm at the five ports of Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Detroit, 11 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M . ::::::111 Oho & Miss. Con., - Chi. &N. West, S. F..,. 95 Tid. P. W. Ist M. E. D - awl Cleveland, from January Ist to March 13th, were as follows :-Flour, 1,137,610 barrels against 577,536, wheat Chi. &N. W. Con Cons-, 931 Atlantic &G. W. Ist M. - 4,445,182 bushels against 2,026,043, corn 5,580,580 against Chi. &N. W. Ex'n 8.... - 5,891,376, oats 1,730,860 against 1,285,409, barley 280,563 RAILROAD AND Mlsc against 302,501, rye 316,921 against 124,845. It will bo N. Y. Cosntrel ......... ... 1 591 observed that this year's receipts are much larger than fEiruiceis ••••••••••...0 last year's in every case but two (corn and barley), an I Reading that in them the difference is small, while the receipts -Mich. South. N, I, 961 of wheat and flour are double those of last year. In Illinois Central the light of these figures it is easy to account . for the Cleveland &t . Pit ts brg 3 7,1 decline in breadstuffs, which is likelz to go on, especially North-WestNortli-West Preferred 92 i as canal navigation will be open in a few weeks. The R o ck 151 an d,,,,,, 59 cotton market is rather weak, and the stock at New York Rock Island is unusually large. There has been no change in the Jleveland and Toledo 1061 i Hartford tobacco market during the past week. The pack- Messrs. Drexel and Co., I ing season is about over, and packers are picking up the March 18, the latest sales odds and ends. Prices for old crops of '66 and '67 have Shares were 57/ 58 ; Si xes, 1 varied but little, and the sales hav e b een for shipping only, gage, 97 97/. and at low r a t es . Th e quotations are as follows :-Crop of 1866, wrappers, marked weights, 12c to 15c ; fillers, 5c to 7c; crop of 1867, wrappers, 30c to 45c ; extra, 450 to The experiments which have been made over the telegraph lines between Harvard College and San Fran -55c ; seconds, 15c to 18c ; fillers, 7c to 9c ; crop of 1808, cisco show that the travelling time required by electricity Wrappers, 35c to 45c; fillers, 7c to 8c ; seconds, 10c to 15c. The wholesalers of dry goods, who expected a marked re- is as follows :-Frorn Boston : To Buffalo and back 0.10 seconds. To Mica o and back, 0.20 seconds. To Omaha vival of trade immediately after the inauguration, have been disappointed. Business, although not remarkabl ' and back, 0.33 seconds.g To Salt Lake and hack, 0.54 Y. dull for the se ason, i s not b y any means so active as many seconds. T o Vi rg i nia City and back, 0.70 seconds. To San Fran c i sco and back, 0.74 seconds. jobbers exp ec t e d . T he market, however, is not overstocked with goods, and if a moderate demand should spring up, I e Ines Cit y , Th Ti Article of last Wednesday even son would probably stiffen. Perhaps it is for this rea- ing wrote as follows :- 'Some time . back the New . York . ' State Legislature issued a commission to examine into son that the larger houses do not share in their imps _ Bence to sell which is noticeable among small dealers. The ThLil;sv the question of alleged over issues of stock in the Erie also in the New York Central, the Hudson, demand for prints is improving, except for dark winter and -- the - and riarlasm lines; and the advises to-slay an styles, now passing out of date ; the spring styles, man y nouuce that the schedule of the Erie Company, put in of which are very attractive, sell well at full prices. Ging under their corporate seal and with the affidavit of hams are also he good demand, and there is no weakening the secretary shows the total of ordinary ntock to be in the market. Delaines are dull, but steady, awaiting the $ 57 ,000,000, all of which was createdprior to the 20th of coming of spring styles. Cottons are a little lower. The October last ; that the preference stock atilt consists of the call for unbleached shirtings and shootings has been small, $8,000,000 issued on its reorganisation some years ago, and prices of standard goods have dropped half a cent a and that the bond debt is 8 22 ,000,000. As these figures yard. Bleached goods have been more active, and prices do not confirm the statements and evidence recently regardingj excessive issues of new stock by the ex issumes must for the best qualities have been sustained, but those •f satin satr haovieDl:esecatriottn,thist sts surrnise l d d that f any l such poorer grades have declined 'a trifle. Woollens am dull,l st g but- unchanged in price. In all the cheaper kinds of and that they have been recalle a cr by° the r e lis g c e h s arg o e r of t u h s e cloths our home manufacturers are driving out foreign loans." geed; as importers cannot compete with them so long LADVERTISEMENT.3—EIeneeforth no one will doubt the valuable as the present tariff of 75 per cent. remains in force. But porozircLit:isonocii IDnfaantreey's herth-restoiing Revalenta been although to the thousands of blessings other importations continue to be very heavy, and it has already received- god, since Invalidsnce whose position had been although importers complain of small profits, their orders wdeeomed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, h sc health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of on Europe, as yet, show no falling off. unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote f..otn the "Gazette du Midi," July 25 t/ii—"Rome, July 21,1866. - The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabi h a Food. of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has p.roduced a serprisingly beneficial e,Tect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We extract a few out ofmore than 68 000 cares:—Cure No. 58,216, of ILleofeasbll nervous the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven ears' liver complaint wasting away, debility nervousness, vvi:h y a nervous palpitation, No. 49,832°:rd. all over, bad digestion;constant sleeplesmer,s, and the most in o.us agitation. Cure No 1.771: Lord Stuart de - i L p r i e f t u y te ; e a a ra r t s : 3 f m W de a s te ori rf b o p rd oio o:' s m go a o n y y y f e r a o r m s' d d y y s s p p e e p p s s i i m a : nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, Ajatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Care No. 46,270: Mr. ames Roberts, iey, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial deafness. Ina portant Caution —Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, yethout authority, Baron Liebig's 1 name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at Is. 14d.; 1 lb. 2s. ed.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs.lls.; 12 lbs, 225.; 24Ibs, 40s, —Also Du BARR Y's RE VALENTA, ARAI:IICA CHOCO LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 25., for 24 cups at Is. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at .305., for 576 cups at 555. —being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. —BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, I.on don; and all Grocers and Chemists. ,From Messrs. henry Clews and Co.'s Monthly Circular.) 32, Wall-street, New York, March 13. United States securities, after a periud of unusual acti vity and firmness, have subsided into a quieter and steadier condition. Appearances justify the supposition that a joint speculation, between capitalists here and in Europe, has been in operation, with a view to profiting by certain circumstances peculiarly favourable to the improve ment of the public credit, more especially the inaugura tion of a new Administration favourable to economy and the conservation of the public faith, and the certain pros pect of the enactment of measures directly designed to enhance tho credit of the Government. If common report may be credited, between $30,000,000 and $35,000,000 of bonds have been sent to Europe since Feb. 1. These esti mates, however, are probably much exaggerated, it bein g a'very common error to conclude that all bonds boabought by foreign houses here are desicd for shipo Wherealargeuponwhereashome speculation. There can be no doubt, however, that, within the last six weeks, an unusually large amount of bonds have been exported a n and that this new supply should have been absorbed by investors, and yet the . price - of Five-Twenties advance 71 per cent. able to obtain ready credence. We are, too in m c p li r n o ed to the supposition that a considerable proportion of the securities recently sent to Europe are held by speculative capitalists, with a:view to their ultimate distribution at higher figures. It is to be presumed that, in conducting such a movement, a certain amount of stock musthave come from investors into the hands of the manipulators. If these suppositions be well founded, it follows that a large amount of bonds are being carried by dealers at London and Frankfort; and, although it is by no means impro bable, assuming that the money markets ch not prove un favourable, that the confidence of investors may ulti mately respond to the circumstances legitimately tend ing to beget an improvement in the credit of our Go vernment, yet is patent that time must be required for the transfer of the present large supply into private hands ; and the•inference from this conclusion would be that we cannot expect to export any further impor tant amounts for some time to come. It is not im probable, therefore, that the home market may in the immediate future receive little support from the foreign. It io certainly a favourable iudicativ nl that the recent large ELLANEOUS STOCKS. Fort Wayne Pacific Mail 904 Atlantic Mail Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph Mariposa Preferred Ohio and Mississippi 32 Boston Water Power 174 Cumberland Bankers and Brokers lO6 M & St. Paul M 34 St. Paul Preferred 79 Philadelphia, report that on in Pennsylvania Ralroad st Mortgage, 994 ; 2d Mort-- FRASER — On the 2d in Birt st., at hs 77, Eaton-place, the Hon. Mrs. Fraser, of Lovat, of a daughter. GARRETT—On the 2d inst., at Hornsey-rise, th e w if e of Mr. Frank G arrettr of a son. , marriages. BEAN—HAMMOND— On the 3(.1 that., at St. M ary ' s, Lam beth, Mr. Bean, 119 , Wood-street, city, to Miss Ham mond, 9, Albert-square, Clapham -road. MACKIE—MILLAR)—On the 31st ult., at Christ Church, Clifton, Mark Mackie, Esl., to Susan Jane, eldest sur viving daughter of the late Samuel Millard, Esq. of Whitchurch, Herefordshire. Deaths. BLYTH—On the 2d inst., at 4, Park-lane, Piccadilly, llobt. C. Blyth, aged 39. DE BODES —On the 2d inst., at 35, Clarges-street, the Hon. Mrs. De Bodes. GATES— On the 3d inst., at his residence, Good wood Lodge, Lee-park, Kont, Mr. George Gates, aged 60. _ London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM of No. 112, St rand, Printer ANDREWS , at MB SI7N 0211C 1 , N o 1. 2 Strand, in th e Precinct 'of the &troy tu the C oun ty or Aliclig e s e x eriWnclaY, April 6, 1869. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times, in commenting upon the Glasgow bancinet, says that Lord Stanley is conscious that he has been, and is,-on his trial, and hence the tone of apology which can be.discerned in his speech. We do not complain of Lord Stanley because he desires to act in the only way in which an English statesman can effectually act—as a member of a party. Our complaint is that by persisting in retaining a position which was at first unavoidable he cripples his energies, and deprives England of the service he could render the nation, because he is in affiance with menwhose opinions he does not share. While Lord Stanley was in office he attended to foreign affairs, and he did his business well, but he could do nothing else. Now that he is in Opposition he can do nothing. He pointed out to the working men of Glasgow many real dangers to be avoided, but as a member of the Opposition he is nearly powerless to avert them, while in his proper position he could exercise an immense influence. The essential excuse for adhesion to a party wholly fails. He must act with a party to be effi cient, but acting with the Conservative party he is ineffi cient. No one supposes that the existing combinations can endure for ever, and Lord Stanley, still in early manhood, has it in his power to assume a station whence he could control the future. Circumstances, it will be said, are too strong for him, and undoubtedly they become stronger day by day and year by year as each fresh con. cession is made to their power; but we cannot admit that ii2e external facts of Lord Stanley's position, strong as the./ are, are sufficient to explain continued submission to their thraldom. If circumstances forbid him to betake himself to his proper place, we must understand by " cir cumstances" not merely hereditary ties and political rela tions, we must extend thephrase to include excessive self distrust, a moral timidity, a lack of confidence in himself and in his career, which, like clay mingled with gold, destroys the strength and power of his character. The Daily News says that in his Glasgow speech Lord Stanley confesses practically how wide the divergence is between himself and his late colleagues. While Lord John Manners strains his voice in crying "No Surrender," and Mr. Gathorne Hardy vows resistance to the last, he declares that the vote in the House of Commons on the Irish Church question is practically without appeal. To attempt to reverse its decision must be vain. He bows to the decree of the country, limiting his aspira tion to the hope that something may be saved out of the fire. Lord Stanley is alarmed by what he conceives to be the general desire on the part of the majority of the Irish people for the repeal of the Union, and he looks with apprehension to the influence of the Catholic hierarchy. To do justice to Ireland is, however, the surest means of creating attachment to the Union, and of weakening the political influence of the priesthood. He raises bugbears, less, probably, because hi has. any real terror, than for the sake of justi fying his past concessions to the party of reac tion, and of sustaining the character which for the present is forced upon him of a Conservative poli tician. He declares, nevertheless, that the voluntary principle is evidently gaining ground in religions matters, and describes titular distinctions and marks of dignity which spring from the Church's connection with the State as not worth retaining. This is the language of Mr. Miall ,rather than of Dr. Ball, of Mr. Bright and not of Mr. Disraeli. In truth, throughout Lord Stanley's speech, Liberal opinions are latent under Conservative phrase. ology. The Telegraph declares that though, in the politics of the hour, birth, circumstances, and the balance of neces sities lmve given him to the Conservative side, Lord Stanley belongs, as we have lately remarked, to all of us, and is an "Englishman of Englishmen." In Britain a man must go to one side or the other ; the habit of the national mind demands a distinct profession of political opinion. Thus Lord Stanley, who would have the best and highest right to a seat by himself, if carefully-studied opinion and sober judgment could confer it, has obviously done a necessary violence to his convictions, and accepted with intellectual reluctance the name of Tory. By that adhesion his party gains, no doubt, a weighty name, an admirable capacity, and an influence which helps to keep Mr. Gathorne Hardy reasonable and to make Mr. Disraeli safe. Lord Stanley is at once the pride and the despair, the comfort and the terror, of the Tory party. They can't possibly do without him; but he never opens his mouth without causing an un intentionalpang in the bosoms of the squires. His " con founded common-sense " is for ever announcing to them the dismal necessity of acknowledging accomplished events, and looking facts in the face. Lord Stanley's declaration, that the Conservative party must "the reco r d e d d ecision of the country onhe subject of the Irish Ch urc h , really surrenders all the genuine old Tory doctrine, which held some things to be so sacred that, even in the nation itself, they could not find a court of final appeal. The utterance is really that of the most advanced Liberalism ; and in no more emphatic words could Lord Stanley have expressed the full significance of the immense majority by which the disestablishme n t and the disendowment of the Irish Church were virtually decreed. The Herald is inclined to regret that Mr. Forster's educational measure cannot be extended to nnendowed establishments, and thinks that there are many existing schools, both proprietary and private, in which the system pursued is superficial and unsound. In both classes there is a strong temptation to push forward a few clever boys who can gain the school credit in competitive examina tions to the neglect of the duller majority. Very often the presiding genius of the place has himself no pretensions whatever to be qualified as instructor, save possibly in one or two of the least important subjects that the pupil can take up. Il contrivca to get tog e th er a staff of tutors and a collection of pupils. The work that is done proceeds by fits and starts. So far from there being any of that moral discipline which is one of the most precious adjuncts of a school training, the atmosphere is full of anarchy and misrule. The great object studied is to enable the learner to pass a given examination : education, in the true sense of the word, is a purely secondary affair. There never was a time at which education of one kind or another, good or bad, was more readily accessible than at present. Precisely for this reason it becomes the duty of all who have any interest in the well-being of boys to exercise an increased degree of discrimination and judgment. The task thus imposed upon them is by no means unreasonably heavy; and we have indicated the main principles which should guide them in the performance of this task. What we want, at any rate for the classes whose educational interests we have here been considering, is not more schools, or opportunities of instruction. It is simply required that parents should exercise caution in the selec • tion of these, and if only they will do this, it is tolerably certain that the conductors of all educational establish. meats will readily take the hint, and quickly have to put their own houses in order. The Standard thinks the turret-ship is decidedly victorious .n the House of Commons, whatever may be the fate of that peculiar style of craft elsewhere. 122 against 46 th e H ouse in committee has declared By its o votes that it is p er f ect l y possible to build turret-shippinis which shall be safe a n d serv i ceable as ocean cruisers. The vote was the more emphatic inasmuch as the two turret -ships pro posed by the Admiralty were in everyrespect " thorough," being fitted with twin screws and having no masts. The real strength and energy of the Admiralty have been thrown into the adaptation of the broadside principle to the heavyguns and ponderous armour of the new era. It is now requisite that the same zeal should be displayed for the purpose of making the steady platform, the all-round fire, and the massive armour of the turret-ship available for ocean service The " trials "we are now asked to wait for have themselves been delayed too long. We have been scheming with broadsides until we are brought into the awkward predicament of seeing that what we have done is not to be trusted, while at the same time we are not quite sure as to what we ought to do. But the race must come to an end, and the broadside-ship is falling into the rear. We have been trying to make broadside-ships powerful. We must now tax our ingenuity to make turret-ships seaworthy and comfortable. It is the growing power of naval ord nance which has driven us to this pass, and which compels us to adopt a type of war-ship having little else to recom mend it than its ability to give and take in the battle of big guns and terrible projectiles. - - -- - THE GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPHS. MONEY AND 13USINESS-. advance in prices, affording many holders a handsome profit upon the principal, has brought. but feW bonds upon the market ; holders appear to consider their investments good ones, even at present high prices; and as Congress is not likely to do anything calculated to impair the public credit, but rather otherwise, it seems reasonable to con clude that the future of prices must depend mainly upon the course of the money market and the general state of trade. Some sensitiveness is felt respecting the consequences that may arise from the President's well-known views upon the Alabama question, and from the fact that his position is likely to be backed, at an early day, by in fluential Senators. The Cuban revolution, with the possibility that the President might take an early op portunity of recognizing the rebel party as belliger ents is also becoming an element in the prospects of the premium. The foregoing considerations, with no counteracting influences which have not about exhausted their force, do not appear favourable to the con tinuance of the premium at present low figure. At, t ho moment large sales have been made upon the supposition tkat, the currency on hand in the Sub-Treasury having been reduced to about 85,000,000, the Government will have to sell a portion of its gold. It appears, however, that the change in the currency balance arises from the transfer of a large amount to the Pension Bureau ; so that the decline is rather apparent than real. The Sub-Treasuries at other points are understood to be well supplied with funds, and a portion of their balance will probably bo transferred to New York. Next month the income t•is becomes payabl e; w h oa the Treasury will receive about $25,000,000 of currency from that source; connecting with this fact, the known opposition of Secretary Boutwell to selling the Treasury gold, and the further fact that the Committee of Ways and Means have recently expressed an opinion uufavourab!e to the Treasury carrying a large balance in currency, it would seem quite possible that the expectation of sales of coin by the Treasury may be dis appointed. i1,v,..... REPUBLICAN MOVEMENTS IN ITALY. I NFLA7ION IN NEW YORK. The drain of gold from the Bank of England to the United St a t es i n payment of American Bonds has had the effect of raising the Bank rate of in terest from three to four per cent. The limes notices the apprehensions of American authorities on finance, that an inflation prevails in New York, upheld by the means afforded in transferring to Europe, as money, Five-Twenties and other Bonds. Although the national Treasury of the United States is in a comparatively flourishing condition, and steadily i.nproving, we regret that there is but too much reason to apprehend that an inflation- does prevail in New York, which may eventuate in the catastrophe predicted. The speculation in real estate has risen into a mania, which must end, as these periodical fits always do end, in leaving on the hands of speculators and others a burden of land, to them useless, bought merely to secure the profit on the rise, but which, after reaching the termination of the rise, drop with extraordinary speed to a tithe of th, value at which the holder estimated the lots. It is probable that the collapse will first come in this direction, which will take the enemy straight into the citadel, where he may act the part of the bull in the China shop. The Nation asserts that the returns of the Department of Agriculture for February show the truth of the series of articles published in that paper which we summarized, alleging a serious decline in the agri cultural produce of the United States. Oxen and other cattle have decreased in New Jersey, Mary land, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and most in the great agricultu ral State of Illinois, where the decline is five per cent. In several of these States there is a falling off in rnilch cows, as well as in the number of sheep and hogs. This the Nation attributes to the eco nomical blunders in legislation which foster mann facturesat the expense of agriculture, drawing labour by artificial means from its natural employment. The same paper has steadily maintained, and has been a good deal abused for its pains, that the price of everything in the United States has been affected by the action of speculators, and that a great fall is inevitable before commerce is placed on a healthy level. Such a fall must be productive of a disturb ing influence, perhaps of a catastrophe ; and it is as well for men of business to be on their guard against the danger of such a contingency. However, the fact is patent that people have always been predict ing a great smash for the United States ; and those who have been most cot& lent that it was coming have smashed themselves, while the United States continue the even tenour of their way. Still there is noun', in being blind to the fact that it is easi er to float a lot.of paper than to redeem it; it is easier to spend a fortune than to make it; and from the commencement of the war the citizens of the. United States have been more engaged in the former than in the latter occupation.--Anglo-American Times LITERARY. —Mr. Sedley, editor of the Round Table, has explained how the article headed "An E ng li s h Bully" ‘ came to app ear i n that journal . ' This was one o f the papers on which Mr. Charles Heade grounded his action for libel. In June, 1866 ; the articles were published on "Griffith Gaunt," which gave offence to the author. In response, Mr. Charles Roade wrote "Prurient Prude," which was copied into the New York Times, Tribune, W orld, and other American newspapers. Meanwhile, as Mr. Sedley had in August purchased the stock of the Roun d Table Assoc.iation and assumed editorial charge, he became responsible for what appeared after, but not for what appeared before. But "An English Bully," written in re ply to "Prurient Prude," ca me ou t i n October. Hence Mr. Sedley's connection with the case, and his. explanation. The gentleman who had written "An English Bully" urged its publication, and so strongly, as to boar down the remonstrance of the editor, who disapproved of the article, and would not except under peculiar circumstances have allowed it to appear in the Round Table. It was a position an editor can understand and sympathize with, for while disapprov ing both the sentimont and the expression, the article was but the sequel of a previous controversy which had been commenced before Mr. Sedley 'had taken the editorial chair. He feared to incur the imputation of being un generous and arbitrary by rulingit out under such circum stances ; yet, so strongly did he disapprove that he wrote to the offiee desiring an explanatory foot -note to be in serted or the initials of the two gentlemen defendants in the action; which might imply, by the absence of his own, his non-concurrence. This appears to have arrived too.late as the paper had gone to press, and now that the action' has terminated, Mr. Sedley has written an article to explain the eircutubtances.—Myron Angel, the author of several valuable publications on silver mining in Eastern Nevada, has gone to White Pine to take charge editorially of the White Pine Neics. Mr. Angel was editor of the Austin Reveille during the palmiest days of that burg, and is a representative Californian in possessing that bait which tends to carry us into the very midst of everything hn portant that is transpiring within our reach. More re cently, Mr. Angel has been connected with the State Capitol Reporter at Sacramento.—Minin Y and Bcientific Pr:ss. [ A DVEIITISEMENT.I-11olloway's P—Efeebled istence. -This medicine embraces every attributen required in x a general and domestic remedy, it overturns the foundations of disease laid by indigestible food and impure air. 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" Very sure information" the writer has received from France leads to the conclusion that a secret treaty of evacuation has been concluded between the Governments of Paris and Florence. WAR IMPROVEMENTS. The French army authorities have been trying the experiment of throwing up entrenchments in front of the line of battle in order to protect the troops from cannop and rifle shots. Of course this device could in any case be available only for defence, but it seems that it will not answer iven for that purpose ; for much time is wasted, and in order to throw up these entrenchments it would be necessary to arm the men like sappers. Another expe dient is, therefore, under consideration. The French soldiers, acting in small parties, have been instructed to make a temporary rampart with their knapsacks, over which they throw their brown coloured blankets. Behind this shelter they can crouch, either using it for the purpose of hiding them entirely or for protection. THE AUSTRIAN FLEET. The Austrians have taken courage by Lissa. Admiral Tegethoff has so much improved the Austrian fleet that the Emperor Francis Joseph has written an autograph letter congratulating him upon the progress of the last two years. His Majesty, during his last journey, visited all the maritime establishments of the Adriatic, was present at the manoeuvres of the armour-plated squadron, and recognised the merit of the new naval artillery. He now declares, with great satisfaction, that Austria at the present day possesses a war fleet worthy of her power and high destinies. This letter has been published as an order of the day. SPAIN. The great debate which is to decide the destinies of Spain opens in the Constituent Cortes to-day. The dis cussion on the draft of the new Constitution will be com menced. So large is the number cf speakers already announced that the contest promises to be extremely pro tracted. THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA. 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