The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-11 00:00:00

DOINGS OF THE “CRACKS." Sunshine has been doing remarkably well for her Middle Park Plate engagement, and she will be sent to the post in the bloom of health and condition. During the week she has been taking a good gallop of a mile with Sunlight each morning, after some fine healthy cen tering exercise, Idstone sometimes leading them. The Russley heroine never went or looked better in her life, and should she be sent to do battle for the important race next Wednesday, of which there seems little doubt, she will be fully prepared for the struggle. Kingcraft has been taking regular exercise during the week, and appears to have felt no ill effects from the severe race ho had with Normanby. On Wednesday morning Matthew Dawson gave him a good spin over the Middle Park Plate Course with Atlantis, Wheat-ear, and Lady Betty, and the crack moved in grand style, pulling up sound and full of go. His admirers may rely on his perfect condition, so that whatever the result of his per formance, should he run on Wednesday, no excuse can be offered for him on that score. The Catherine Logia colt is fully prepared for the Middle Park Plate, and is now very fit and well. During the week he has been having good exercise with others of the team, doing his work in capital style. On Friday morn ing he had a spin of fully a mile at a rattling pace, led by Chapel Royal. Frivolity and Mantilla have been doing about the same amount of work as the Ketherine Logie colt, and they participated in the gallop of yesterday, referred to, both running with great freedom from end to end. These smart fillies are in beautiful condition, and for whatever race they may be required, they will render a good account of themselves. Alaric will be the probable representative of the French stable for the Blenkiron trophy, and he has been doing a lot of good work during the past ten days. On Wednes day morning 3fasaniello was the mentor in a rattling gallop Across the Flat of a mile, Chancelier, Bourgogne, and Annexion accompanying them, and the youngsters all went in good form, and pulled up sound. Yesterday morning Alaric took a half-speed gallop of a mile, and then galloped on the tan with Nelusko, Perry Dawn, and ConsuL Coutts and Baron, stable• companions of Kingcraft, have been doing a rare amount of work during the week, the first-named having a rough-up spin with the Biondella filly on 3donday. The pair have been galloping together each morning, and on Wednesday, led by Glenfalloch, they were taken a mile at a smart pace. Both are suffi ciently forward to make their &but, which they probably will do in the Middle Park Plate on Wednesday. Mahonia has been doing good steady work, and will in all probability run in the Middle Park Plate. She has sometimes been led in her gallops by Midsummer, but yes terday she took a smart spin by herself. Moonstone and the Mentmore Lass colt have also been rattling along as if they would be soon wanted, and both are fit to run. Carfax did not leave Newmarket after fulfilling her en gagement last week, and she has been doing good mile work each day. She is remarkably fresh and well, and is a certain runner for the Middle Park Plate. Macgregor has been doing an average amount of work, but he is not so forward in condition as either of his stable companions, Sunshine and Sunlight. IlAWTHOßNDEN.—Notwithstanding the rumours that this colt has been amiss, he is, on the contrary, very well indeed, and a certain runner for the Middle Park Plate. Cherie has undergone a most careful preparation, her experienced trainer, Matthew Dawson, being evidently determined not to leave a stone unturned with the Cesare witch favourite. Every day sho has done steady work of two miles, generally accompanied by Poetry. Our cor respondent speaks of her as looking wonderfully well and striding along with great freedom. Cecil, during 'the week, has done a lot, of good work, consisting of some smart cantering and rattling two mile gallops. Surney, Laird of Scotland, and Skirmish have been leadiig him, and with the last-named he bad a fine spin on Wednesday morning, pulling hard from end to end. Cecil is looking and going in splendid form, and he has plenty of followers, who insist on it that with all his weight he will nearly win the Cesarewitch. Lopez, another Epsom candidate for the Cesarewitch has been galloping each day since he returned from New market, and appears perfectly fit for the great race on Tuesday. Birthday has been rattling along in the most resolute style, doing good two-mile gallops, led by the lona colt, Vale Royal sometimes joining in half way and conducting him the concluding part of the journey at a good pace. Birthday is in splendid condition, and his trainer is very confident that ha will finish in the first three on Tuesday. TARABAN. —This horse will represent the Whitewall stable in the Cesarewitch, and he has had a steady pre paration for the race. During the week his work has consisted of good gallops of close upon two miles, and on Wednesday, in addition to this, he had a five-mile sweat, led by The Rejected. Our correspondent speaks of him ,favourably, so far as his appearance and condition go. Gondolier, since he was knocked out during the "First October" week, has been absent from the French string of horses at exercise, and it was generally supposed he was lame. Yesterday, however, he came out, and with Auguste galloped the whole length of the tan at a good pace, pul ling up apparently sound. Ills appearance, it may be imagined, created a sensation anything but agreeable to those who had taken liberties with him. Provider has been galloping strongly, every morning with Vortigern, and yesterday the spin was at a good pace. lie is sure to see the post on Tuesday, and, so far as con dition is concerned, there is nothing to interfere with his chance. Marquis of Carabas during the week has been galloping steadily by himself over quite two miles of ground each morning. Wildbad, after baing a supposed non-acceptor for the Cesarewitch owing to an absurd blunder, will after all run for the race, and his name now figures in the quo tations. He had been leading the quondam favourite, the Miss Peddie colt, in his work up to Wednesday morning, when the last named broke a blood vessel. Wild bad will, therefore, in all probability now carry the Baron's colours. Sister to King Alfred is also engaged in the Cesare witch, and she may run as well as Wildbad, as she has done an average amount of work for some time past. The Miss Peddle colt, as mentioned above, broke a blood-vessel on Wednesday, and since then he has not boon out. Tasman and Martinique hive done good work during the past week at Newmarket, and both are wonderfully fresh and well. Gaidener has been galloping more than two miles each day in good business-like btyle, and the old horse looks in blooming health. Acaster, on the other hand, is in good work, galloping freely from a mile and a half to two miles. Romping Girl and Blinkhoolie have been rattling along each day, their spins being generally of about two miles in extent. Royal Rake progresses very favourably, and never shirks his work, his gallops being taken at a smart pace. Miss Gratwicke and Vanickha are both very fit for any engagement, having taken good two mile gallops with Wellow. Typhoeus continues his Cambridgeshire preparation most satisfactorily, and ha i a rattling good gallop with Typhon of a mile and a half in extent, and at a good pace all the way. Defender is doing real good , work at Lambourne, and breasts a hill of somewhat the Cambridgeshire character like a lion. Far Away has been taking good sharp gallops of a mile and a half, and is perfectly well. By the Cambridgeshire day she will be in superb condition. Lammermoor (late Conrade), whose name has recently appeared in the Cesarewitch list of quotations, has not being doing very strong work, his gallops being restricted to a mile and a half at a moderate pace. Nancy, the Australian Cesarewitch mare, is also at Lewes, but during the week she has been taking only can tering exercise.—Sportsman. - _ LITERARY.— Gen. W. S. - Hillyer, the only sur viving member of Gon. Grant's first staff , pu ß rposes writing the life of the late Secretary of War, Ge n. , Awlins. —Mr. George W. Childs, of the Philadelp hia Le dyer, is at the Astor House, and Mr. John Robson, of the London Morning Advertiser, at the Metr opolit an Hotel, New York. The Hon. S. S. Cox denies tlt3 authorship of a letter which appeared in the London Tim:s h , ie n h otvery fl attering to Mrs. Stowe and the Beechers, hada 3i en attri buted to him. It was writtenfrom Paris b y be wr r it o e f r Congress, and numerous are the conjectcu.r,:sinwhpoatrnimee can be. As there were but few M. t the time he is likely to be discovered, and already the idea is propounded that F. W. are the proper initials. —The Rev. Samuel H. Elliott , a uthor of " Roll i n g Ridge," " The Parish Side," "Dreams and Realities," "New England Chattels," and other works, recently died in New Haven. The Sation, criticising a poet's work, spoke of it favour ably, but ended by stating that the author was a poor paet. Whit had been written was "good," but by some means the word changed into "poor." An error of the same sort in that most carefully corrected paper appeared about the Rou4 Table, by which the writer was made to say the very reverse of what he did say. An American paper ob serves: - Uutli.r a difference—like an error noted in an old volume - - For ['i ek. re:.(l white.' Read, rs of news paper 3 should always like the s when puzzled, hold ineomprenensilde Ftateuu•nts • under c onsideration' until the nest issue."—The October number of the Atlantic :Ito:ably contains an interesting article on the Pennsyl vania Dut4n—Antit Dickinson returns from California with a lecture on the Chinamen, entitled "Down Brakes," and another on Salt Lake, as "D e Prof mid is." —Mr Henry W. Raymond, son of the late editor of the Daily Times, has as. a position on the editorial staff of that paper. LUXURUNT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-MIZS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S RIM RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth, it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by must Chemists and P rfumers Depot, 266, High Holborn MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ROYAL VISIT TO THE CITY. it is now placed beyond question that, if the state of her health will allow it, the Queen will be present at the opening of the Holborn Viaduct and the new Blackfriars Bridge. The wishes of her Majesty will be definitively made known through the Premier to the Civic authorities. The day for the ceremony will probably be Friday, the 6th, or Saturday, the 6th of November. After all, therefore, the honours of the events may not be lost to Mr. Alilarman Lawrence, M.P. MR. DARBY GRIFFITIT A: ID BRibtA LATER. The ex-member for Devizea writes a leter in which he complains of Mr. Baxter's conduct in the Bridg water petition of 18G5. The ComciD eof the House of Commons, of which Mr. Baxter was chairman, found that corrupt practices had extensively prevailed, and unseated one of the members (Mr. 'W estropp). For the first time for twelve or thirteen years, the chairman declined to move for the issue of a Royal Commission ; the Conservative whip thereupon moved for a new writ. But Sir Harry Verney pro posed, and Mr. Griffith seconded, a motion that an address be presented to the Crown for the appointment of a Royal Commission, which, however, was defeated. Says Mr. Griffith : " Though his performance of an official duty was clearly in question, Mr. Baxter did not venture to appear in his place, and to state manfully and honestly what were his motives for avoiding this duty." The question, in the writer's opinion, remains, therefore, how far the wilful suppression of the means especially appointed for the further elucidation of corrupt prac tices by Mr. Baxter is compatible with the impartial and honourable performance of a judicial duty so solemnly entrusted to him. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. The last letter of the Times Commissioner iswritten from Waterford, and contains an interesting descrip tion of the improvements made upon Lord Bess borough's estate. Since 1846 the head of the House has lived regularly on his Irish property some months in each year, and has devoted particular attention to it. A village close to the proprietor's mansion has been the special object of his care. The neat houses and cleanly streets have a look of thriving ease and com fort, and rows of well-built and well-slated labourers' cottages give token of abundant and constant em ployment. The farms around are in a state of admi rable cultivation. Viewing the whole estate from the top of a swelling eminence, the commissioner describes the scene as presenting an ideal of country happiness. He learnt from the agent of the property that when the famine came, Lord Bessborough, taking the population as he found it, fostered it dur ing the terrible crisis by liberal and judicious employment. Though he did not ob t ject to emigration, not a single notice to quit was given and not a single family was capriciously evicted. The estate, which is still one of small holdings, has on it no mud huts, these being replaced by excellent cottages, built wholly at the expense of the landlord. Every year Lord Bessborough spends large sums in improving farm houses, fences, and drains, and in selling seed and manure at low prices to the occupiers in want of such aids. The Irish custom of the sale of the goodwill of farms is not allowed to grow up, the proprietor re taining dominion over his property. Observing the prosperous scene, the Commissioner reflects how by a singularly humane process a landlord has been enabled to change the character of his estate and to transform it from one of an Irish type to one, to a great extent, at least, modelled on a modern English pattern. He also notes that, "as during the last twenty years, Lord Bessborough has, either by direct expenditure or by liberal allowances for them, effected most of the improvements on his estate, he has, in a great measure at least, excluded the equity in this respect which his tenants otherwise would have in his lands, and he has not permitted his freehold ownership to be eaten away by a tenant right which practically would leave him only a rent charge. He has thus not only, with infinite pains, put his property into good order, but he has a fair right to call it his own in an exact and legitimate sense, disencumbered, certainly in a Feat degree, from most of those indefinite claims which form the grand difficulty of the Irish Land Question." E3IIGRATION. The subject of emigration, in connection with the present distress caused by want of employment, was discussed at a meeting of working men held in St. Pancras Vestry Hall. Two resolutions were passed. One was to the effect that the time had come when it was absolutely necessary that the Government should be called upon to take immediate steps to relieve the distress amongst the labouring classes caused by the want of employment. The other resolution expressed approval of both emigration and home colonisation and empowered the North London Emigra tion and Home Colonisation Society to arrange a deputation to the Government, urging upon them the necessity of immediate action. A CURIOUS RAILWAY. The Portmadoc and Festiniog Railway is now attracting much attention amongst scientific men. This is a little line in North Wales, and was originally constructed for the purpose of acting as a tramway for slate and stone from the bills of 'Merionethshire to the seashore. It is now being used as a regular Foods and passenger line. The chief peculiarity in its construction is that the g-uage is only two feet broad. Hence, though the lino runs through a very difficult country, the expenses of construction and working are so small that the traffic yields the enor mous revenue of thirty per cent. The reason is sim ple enough. It is because the proportion between the dead weight and paying weight is so much less than upon other railways. The engine and tender upon this line weigh about 10 tons, against 40 tons upon the wider gauge of other lines. Instead of a first-class carriage weighing 7:1 tons, to carry 32 pas sengers, and representing nearly 6 cwt. of dead weight for each passenger, the carriages on the Festiniog weigh only 30 cwt. for 12 passengers, or 21 cwt. for each person carried. The Railway 2 etcs, without going so far as to say that a two feet gauge will fur nish the railway of the future, is confident its economy and efficiency will cause it to be extensively adopted. LORD STANLEY AND TUE WORKING MEN. The Beehive expresses its sincere gratification at Lord Stanley's speech to the Liverpool working men, the other day. Working men, it says, may well afford to forget for the moment the disagreements which divide them into sets and parties, and to accept with cordial recognition the support which men of any party or set may feel at liberty to accord them, even though what they say should not be positive support so much as inde pendent criticism. With respect to the primary use for which the New Trades Hall at Liverpool is designed, the Beehive points out that the meeting of working men in public-houses for the transaction of business, has not been hitherto matter of choice, b u t of necessity. The men had no other place to go to whether for business or recreation. DE. LIVINGSTONE. Previously to the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Lee, the missionaries, from Zanzibar, the latest news received by the Royal Geographical Society from Dr. Kirk, at Zanzibar, was dated March last. The intel ligence now brought is, therefore, three months later. Mr. and Mrs. Lee met the Arab who had seen Livingstone at Lake Tanganyika, but It is not yet clear whether their statement adds any thing to our previous knowledge on the subject. Within the last few days letters have arrived from Zanzibar for Sir Roderick Murchison, but in consequence of his absence from London their con tents are not yet known. THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL. It is pointed out by a contemporary that the mere passing of the Endowed Schools Bill has already accomplished much. Christ's Hospital, which was a citadel of old-fashioned education, which the admirers of the dead languages declared never could or should be stormed, has been the very first to capitulate. Greek is to make way for German and chemistry, and the governors declare themselves willing to admit all sorts of modern ideas. The trustees of the important schools at Bedford have also prepared an entirely new scheme of management; . the governing body will bo regenerated, and the curriculum materially altered. THE FRENCH TREATY OF COMMERCE. - - The members of the Manchester Reform Club have occupied themselves with a debate upon the effects upon trade of the French Treaty of Com merce. In an address by Dr. Watts, statistics bearing on the question were quoted to shew how much Eng land has really gained from the operation of that treaty. His conclusions were that in the cotton trade, and in every trade except the silk trade, considerable advantage had been obtained by this country over France. Even with regard to silk, the injurious operation of the treaty was denied by a gentleman pyeseilt, who sail that that trade had been depressed since the yeariga2. DR. TEMPLE AND lIIE SEE OF EXETER. . . The statement made by the J 1 Bull—that it is more than probable that the ele ° t l i E i e l n . of t Dr. Temple . will . be opposed . in the chapter of e incident which occasioned considerableee r r ea o — c o r m e t the 1 s o itll4: an n i d i f sensation twenty-two years ago. On the death proposition otlerth Bishop of Hereford, Lord John Russel D r . Hampden for the vacant bishopric ; which was strongly opposed by, anion°. Bishops of London and. Winchester. The - Pr s eini e • answered the objection by stating that if he withdreeaw the recommendation, lie should virtually assent to the doctrine that a decree of the University of Oxford was a perpetual bar of exclusion against a clergyman of eminent learning and irreproachable life ; and " that, in fact, the supremacy which is now by law vested in the Crown is to be transferred to a majo rity of the members of one of th 9 universig9g,"_ Ihtt ITean - orrieleroixt roteetea against tae elevation cm Dr. Hampden to the see, and asserted " that no earthly consideration shall induce me to give my vote in the Chapter of Hereford Cathedral for Dr. ITampden's elevation to the see of Hereford." On November 28th, 1847, the election was proceeded with, when Dean Mereweather protested that due inquiry ought to be made into the charges preferred against the bishop-- designate by the University of Oxford, "or that the Crown should present some more suitable person to the see." When, however, the votes were taken, there were fourteen for Dr. Hampden, and two against. On the confirmation of the new bishop, on the 10th of January, 1848, a protest was presented against the proceedings, but the Commissioners declined to receive it, on the ground that they were assembled under a commission, signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It remains to be seen whether the Chapter of Exeter will follow the course adopted by the Dean of Hereford, who eventually had to give way to higher powers. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1E69. of the French journals declare that the whole of Spain is in a state of tho greatest disorder. Anarchy, in fact, reigns in the Government, the Chambers, and tho country. There is a rumour that Espartero will shortly arrive at Madrid, Prim and Serrano having, it is affirmed, fallen into disgrace, and only main taining their authority by force. The insurgents give themselves up to all kinds of excesses, and in this offer a striking contrast to the Carlist troops, who were inoffen sive. It is believed that the best chances for the future security of the country would be for the Cortes to settle as speedily as possible the election of a King, and for the Government to lose no time in restoring to the Constitu tion its full freedom and vigour. IRISH CHURCH CONVENTION. 'l'he Dublin Evening Mail announces that it is in tended to hold another meeting of lay delegates and clergyman to-day, for the purpose of taking further counsel in preparation for the serious responsibilities to be imposed upon both clergy and laity when the Church Convention assembles. The first of these meetings, says our contemporary, has been so success ful in shewiug the harmony and general agreement in opinion which exists, and in discouraging those whose high clerical pretensions would create schism, that we may expect from a second meeting the very best results. THE SERVICES. The Army and Navy Gazette says it is believed that a further reduction will very shortly be made in the Royal Marine forces—to the extent of from twelve to fourteen officers. There may possibly be a slight diminution in the number of the men.— According to the Broad Arrow, the War Office authorities have recently caused a thorough inspection of all the militia barracks in the Kingdom, with a view to obtaining statistics for the elaboration of the scheme for dividing the country into manageable military districts. It is reported that, among other radical changes in the present con stitution of the:Militia, the Staff Adjutancies will bo abolished, and that a staff or a line officer will instead ho attached to each militia regiment for the purpose of drill only, during the annual training.----The arrival of Messrs. Candlish and Beaumont, of the Abyssinian Expenditure Commission, is telegraphed from Con stantinople. They • have already held an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the purchase of mules in that city, and were to leave in a few days for Smyrna, proceeding thence to Alexandria and India. ASSIMANCE AMALGAMATION. The Solicitor's Journal expresses the opinion that the original shareholders of amalgamated assurance companies are not liable to the policy-holders of the absorbed office. Every policy-holder had the option, when the almalgamation was proposed, of saying to his company :—" I contracted with you : I will have nothing to do with anybody else ; and if you are going to cease business you must give me the stir render value of my policy." That they should con tinue )?ayin . g their premiums after the amalgamation took place is, the legal journal thinks, evidence of acquiescence. THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. In a speech delivered at the annual meeting of the Royal East Berks Agricultural Association, Mr. Walter. M.P., fell - foul of the remarks made at the Social Science Congress, at Bristol, by Canon Gir dlestone, on the condition of the agricultural labourer. From - his own experience he could not declare them to be true in that part of the country with which he was best acquainted. "Canon Girdlestone," said the speaker, "is a most excellent man, and has taken great pains in his own neighbourhood to improve the condition of the poor. I do not for a moment cast any reflection upon the accuracy of the statement which he made. His words. if correctly reported, were :—" lie took it for granted that the condition of tie agricultural labourer is most unsatisfactory ; that he cannot save, cannot enjoy life, can scarcely live, and that his position in the social scale is below that of the emancipated slaves in the United States, to whom the franchise has been accorded. In another part of his speech he said that the wages of the labourers were only from 9s. to lls. per week. But though his may be a true description of some parts of England, I can appeal to you whether it is true as to this part of England. It certainly is not." Admitting that the state of the agricultural labourer was not what it ought to be, statements such as Canon Girdlestone had made were, in the opinion of Mr. Walter, not true when given as the description of the state of the agricultural labourer throughout England. It was mischievous to circulate such statements through the world, because it gave foreigners and other people in all parts of England a 'right to say, " Here's a picture of the English labourer drawn by one of their own clergymen I " A. labouring man with tolerable prudence, if he bad good health, might enjoy life a great deal more than the hard-working mechanics in smoky towns. TILE BLIND. The Archbishop of York, in laying the foundation stone ofa new workshop and institution for the blind at Liverpool, laid great stress upon the duty of communi ties providing the means of making those deprived of sight s3lf-dependent. By the exercise of the powers placed in the hands of those not thus afflicted, it was possible to enable the blind to work and to enjoy a glorious feeling. of independence. His Grace quoted the views of Sydney Smith to skew that when the blind were not allowed to work and take their proper position, their whole mind became distempered, and it was right that those eyes which were never glad dened by light should never stream with tears. EXCAVATIONS AT JERUSALEM. The Palestine Exploration Fund furnishes an account of some important discoveries made at Jerusalem, where Lieutenant Warren has been exploring the north-east angle. Here he finds the old wall—that portion of it below the ground—con tinued beyond the apparent line of division above ground; the Pool of Bethesda, which he had already ascertained to be a real reservoir, concreted and plastered at bottom, has an overflow through a very remarkable chamber made of wrought stones inside the wall; the stones are cut similarly to those at the south-east angle, but not, apparently, so carefully ; characters were found on them, copied, sent home, and examined. They are pronounced to be similar to those previously read by Mr. Deutsch, and Phoe nician. It has also been discovered that a valley runs across the corner of the liar= area. This area, on one part of which once stood the Temple, may now be compared to the lid of a box, of which the walls are the sides. At the south-east corner are substructures, long since known, called "Solomon's stables." Are there none at the other angles, and, so, of what kind are they ? All questions relating to the inside of the Haram area must, however, be post poned till permission can be obtained to dig there. FOX-HUNTING. Lana and Water, as might be expectea, waxes exceedingly angry with the noteworthy article by Mr. Freeman in the Fortnightly, declaring that field sports are " disgusting cruelty," the very essence of which is torture to the animals or birds sought after. Fox-hunt ing Mr. Freeman stigmatises most unsparingly. The fox is hunted, he says, in order that ho may give sport by his protracted sufferings. Land and Water declares, in the first place, that a fox-hunt engenders " a healthful spirit, moral and physical ;" it "mingles different classes in an unobjec tionable manner;" improves the breed of horses, benefits the agricultural interest, &c., &c. How any moral . purpose can be secured by fox-hunting the enthusiastic weekly journal does not show ; nor is it quite clear how " different classes are mingled in an unobjectionable manner," except on the principle that the company round a dinner-table and the footmen behind the chairs are " mingled." But Land and Water is not satisfied with claiming gene ral moral and physical benefit to the human race from fox-hunting. It is not cruel. The fox shews no terror, as Mr. Freeman says he does : far from it, he rather likes a pack of hounds after him. He then shares ",the stern joy that warriors feel at foe men worthy of their steel :" We venture to state that taking all runs with all packs of hounds in England, one with another, not ono hunted fox in twenty is killed, and if he be killed, where is the cruelty? Four or five of the fleetest hounds run into him. We have been "in at the death" occasionally, and we assert that no sign of abject terror or despair is displayed ; rage and hate are manifest in every bristling hackle, and we may fairly attribute to him some of those certinianis gaudia Mr. Freeman quotes so often as felt by other beasts Woe be to the hound that wins that dangerous race! In brief, being hunted as a fox is such pleasant work that it is quite surprising not to hear of the editor of Land and Water trying a run himself. FOREIGN NOTES. TILE CRISIS IN SPAIN. The Spanish Government has hastened to put the Sus pensory Law into execution, and to carry out its restrictive measures. The right of meeting is now forbidden inSpain. All the clubs have been closedin Madrid and the provinces. The Volunteers of Liberty have been disarmed in the prin cipal towns. Madrid has formed an exception to this rule, because there the Volunteers have given proofs of their desire to keep order. The telegraph, which is officially watched, continues to give reassuring news as to the result of the insurrection, and repeats its stereotyped phrase that the insurgents. are everywhere defeated, and in many places have given themselves up to the authorities. This apparent security does not coincide with a wide- spread impression that is entertained of the affair. No Republi can member appeared at the Cortes the day after the Suspensory Law had been voted. Some of them had not waited till it was passed before they put themselves at the head of their armed confederates. The private informants EGYPT A correspondent of the Levant Herald, writing from Alexandria, says that the greatest mystery is main tained respecting the movements of the Viceroy. Orders were given to keep the railway line clear for his Highness, and to have his vessel, the Mahroussa, ready to leave a few days ago, but the Khedive did not appear, and it was reported at Alexandria that he had abandoned all intention of going to Constantinople at present. Colonel Stanton, the British Consul-General, had returned unex pectedly from England, and left immediately for Cairo. It is said that the Khedive telegraphed to the colonel begging him to return to Egypt at once, and that the consul, who was shooting in Scotland, prcm2tly complied with his wishes. The Viceroy, accord ing to these accounts, is resolved to make no concessions respecting the budgets and foreign loans. The Herald states that the news from the Canal was unsatisfactory. A steam corvette, of the Egyptian navy, drawing some six teen feet of water, left Port Said for Ismailia, but could only get as far as the thirtieth kilometre, and was forced to return. THE FAMINE IN THE PUNJAB. The Bombay Gazette gives most painful accounts of the distress which prevails in the Punjab. The relief report of the last week of August states that there was no rain in the province during that week, but that the prospects of the harvest were slightly more favourable. From Sirsa it is reported that the state of the people is deplorable, while at Ilissar, which is the frontier post between the British and native territories, a stream of starving wretches keeps pouring in from the neighbouring States. The poor creatures are uncared for by their own rulers and flock to the British States hoping to get relief. It is impossible to use physical force against them, on account of their reduced condi tion, but they are so wild withhunger that all verbal orders are useless, and as soon as the food is brought forward " a general rush takes place, and the people shove and scramble like so many wild beasts." Apublic subscription to relieve the pressing distress of Marwar is being raised in Bombay. A telegram from Rajpootana reports the present distress to be terribl- I, nt not likely to last, as there were heavy rains and good accounts of crops. SIR WILLIAM MANSFIELD. There is a rumour at Simla that Lord Mayo has requested that Sir William Mansfield may retain the command-in chief for another year, in order to assist in carrying out the reductions in military expenditure insisted on by the Home 9ffice. DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT PIERCE, The death is announced of an ex-President of the United States, whose name at one time was familiar to politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. Franklin Pierce was the son of a New England farmer, who distinguished himself in the War of Independence. He was born in New Hamp shire in 1804, and was educated for the bar, but was soon elected to the State Legislature. At the age of 29 he was sent to Congress, where be remained for some yams, afterwards resuming his practice at the bar, in which ho obtained some distinction. General Polk offered him the choice of the Attorney-Generalship or the Secretaryship of War, but he declined both offices. He served as a private soldier in a New England regiment in the Mexican was, distinguishing himself in several actions, and obtaining a colonel's commission. In 1852 ho was nominated for the Presidency, to which ho was elected, being succeeded in 1356 by Mr. Buchanan, the predecessor of Lincoln. Mr. Pierce's Administration was not satisfactory to his party, who were leagued with slavery, but he was highly esteemed by many eminent men. The celebrated General Jackson is reported to have said on his death bed that the interests of the country could be in no bettor hands. CUBA. It is stated in a dispatch from Havana that several bands of Cuban insurgents are treating with the Spanish authorities with a view of surrender, and this news is con sidered important from the location of the districts. Tho reported offer of General Jordan to surrender his troops is said to have been founded on official dispatches. The special correspondent of the New York Tribune says that annexation to the United States was the unanimous cry of the inhabitants of the Eastern provinces. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The Great Republic arrived at Sau Francisco Sept. 18, with dates from Hong Kong to the 19th of August, and from Yokohama to the 29th. The Austrian Embassy had reached Peking, after many slight., the cor respondence being carried on through the British Minister. The murder of the Roman Catholic missionaries is contra dicted by the crews of Chinese gunboats sent to investi gate. Mr. Sends had entered upon his duties as Unit ed States Consul at Ching Kiang. The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce approved the addresses of the English and American residents of Shanghae to Ross Browne, and also endorsed Mr. Browne's reply. Consul-General Seward expected to leave Shanghae on the 18th of September for the United States. The second crop of teas was unpro mising. A great gale had visited Yokohama, causing a vast destruction of property. The Great Republic passed the Galatea under command of the Duke of Edinburgh in Yellow Bay. The English fleet was in Yokohama, and great preparations were being made on all sides for the reception of the Prince. The American ship Naples was wrecked three miles from Yokohama, on the 29th of August, during a heavy gale. The Dutch bark Jacob also suffered severely, and put back for repairs. The Ameri can steamer Fang Shuey has been totally wrecked in the harbour of Hong Kong. The English gunboat Algerine also sustained damage. The ships Flying Scud, Aurora, Australis, and Pinehatun are reported to have been lost in he gale of August 20. The British ship Hamilton Mitchell, from Louden for Hong Kong, was wrecked on the Buemna Rocks, near the Saddles, on the 11th of August The vessel is a total loss, but no lives were lost. The passen gers for New York wore:—Peter Baize, Michael Sing, John H. Foote, Lucas P. Craig, Edward Baker; for Europo, Commander E. W. Brook. Tho freight for New York consists of 131 packages of silk, 5,452 packages of tea, and 26 miscellaneous packages from China. ELECTIONseN E Re W p S u . blican State Convention of Massa h —With Governor Claflin re nominated G by the Chas. E n di co tt o f C an ton was put on c uttsfo the the ticket for the vacant auditorship. At the Democratic State Convention of New York, held at Syracuse on the 22d Sept., the State ticket nominated was as follows : Secretary of State, Homer A Nelson ; Comptroller, Wm, F. Allen ; Attorney-General, M. B. Champlain ; Trea surer, Wheeler H. Bristol ; for State Engineer, Van R Richmond; Canal Commissioner, W. W. Wright; State Prison Inspector, F. Laflin, of Ulster; Judges of the Court of Appeals, John A. Lott, of Kings, and Ro bert Earl, of Herkimer county. The resolutions have been fully reported by telegraph. Tne working men of New York have resolved to form a separate political party, and the working men of Massachusetts seem to have come to a similar determination, as a call for a con vention at Worcester, on Sept. 28, has been issued, the prime mover in the enterprise being S. P. Cummings, the head centre of the Crispin organization. So few dele gates are appointed by the Governors of States to the ca pital convention at St. Louis, Oct. 20, that the committee announces that delegates appointed by the Congressmen of any district would be received. But even with this privilege the convention is hardly likely to be imposing in numbers or character. The Tribune's Washington correspondent thus writes: - 6, The interest in the Virginia Senatorial campaign i ncreases d a ily, and, although the contest de velopes but little excitement, the fact that the Legislature meets so soon as the 6th of next month makes the subject one of considerable importance. The opinion that the Legislature will elect Senators is generally expressed here, and the President is known to favour an election. Gov. Walker will not be a candidate for Senator, and the present indications seem to be that Lieut.-Gov. Lewis will be chosen as one Senator, and Gen. Robt. Williams the other. The latter, however, declines to enter the contest personally, and remains at his duties in the War Department. His personal strength is very great, and his friends are very active." The Conservative Convention in Alexandria, Virginia, has nominated Mr. Reuben Johnson, of that city, as their candidate to fill the vacancy in the Virginia House of Delegates made by the death of Col. Close, and he has accepted the nomination. In Maine the Senate will stand 29 Republicans to two Democrats, and the House 115 to 36. Chamberlain's majority is 8,000; the Democrats ro joice in their gains, but the Republican papers answer that the light vote is the sole cause of the discrepancy, and if as many citizens had polled as last year Chamberlain's majo rity would have shown a gain over the numbers at that period. From Texts it wan asserted as probable that the Democrats about to meet in Convention will nominate out-and-out Democrat; as candidates from Governor down, and such a ticket can be elected, if first-class men be selected by the Couveetion, as the Democrats have a irajorlty of about 25,000 in the State, but the Democrats fear that the voters will not come up readily to be regis tered. Ifamilton is very unpopular =cog Democrats, who regard him as utterly untrustworthy, and they will be glad to get rid of the necessity of voting for him. It is also reported that the Republicans of Texas are very confi dent of electing Davis if the Democrats shall nominate and shall agree to vote for Hamilton. There is little news relating to Cuba, either by telegraph or mail. It is reported that an expedition, con sisting of the steamers Alabama, Teaser, and Lilian, with 1,600 men on board, under the command of Gen. Joicouria, has escaped from American ports. They had appointed to meet off the coast of Florida, whence they sailed for Cuba. The steamer Hornet, alleged to be a Cuban privateer, put in at Smithville, North Carolina, last Sunday for coal. She was seized by the Marshal and taken to Wilmington, where she will be detained in order to await the action of the Washington authorities. There appears, according to the report of the French Admiral on the coast, to be little difficulty in evading the Spanish cruisers and landing men and material in Cuba. A disabled officer, who left Jordan's army on the 2Gth August, has arrived at New Orleans. He gives an account of the fighting during July and Au gust, in which the Cubans appear eventually to have been defeated, although at first successful. Several Americans were among the officers killed and wounded, one of whom was Capt. Dupont, formerly of the United States Army, and signal officer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Dr. kimmons, an American physician, who had long re sided in Cuba, tells of his seven months' cruel in carceration by the Spaniards. For the damages sus tained he has instituted a suit against the Spanish Govern ment for $200,000, and engaged counsel to prosecute his claims. Tho Spanish corruption described both in his letter and from other sources justifies the statement "that all Spain is one entire ring of plunderers," while the system carried into the island was doomed, as no people could very long endure it. There is said to be a Roberts's clique in Cuba, and the Tribune asks what is the share of Senor Roberts, the Minister of Spain at Washington, in the deal ings of his two brothers? There appears, on the other band, to be dissension in the Cuban camp :—" The two krothers Marcano, Dominican Generals serving under General Jordan, have been assassinated by their jealous Cuban brethren. Jealousy likewise, stimulated by malig nity or money, has made it necessary to reorganize the Cuban army. General Cespedes has taken command of it in person with General Jordan as his chief of staff. The meaning of this new combination we cannot make out, unless it be that General Quesada has quarrelled with the American commander. The result in any event is practi cally to make General Jordan the Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban forces." The quarrel extends to New York, where there is a split in the Junta, the officers of which are accused of appropriating the funds levied for war pur poses, and a new Junta is to be formed. One pf the most amusing articles appeared in El Cronista, the Spanish organ in New York. We like "pluck," even though it be accompanied with so small share of bragga docio, when displayed in the very camp of the enemy, and therefore we bow to the writer, whom we would otherwise have regarded with a mixture of amusement and contempt. The Cronista, after showing that a war of Spain against the American people will be exclusively a naval and mercantile affair, that is, the most ruinous sort of war, proceeds to prove how it could be made so in jurious to the United States as to force that nation of braggarts into suing for peace within two months. It enumerates the ships of the Spanish squadrons, and those who thought Spain was but a third-class power as regards its fleet, find that it is the great Republic that is in the third class, while Spain ranks in the first class. After thus turning the tables, it proceeds to blockade the coast north from Philadelphia. " With the Southern ports we shall have nothing to do. The States to which these ap pertain groan under the military yoke of the nation, and long to shako it off. Who knows to what point their hatred will go (now suppressed for the moment) should such a war as this break out. We have letters heaped up around us, expressing the desire that an oceasiou would offer itself so that the writers might declare themselves independent. Let us leave them champing the uneasy bit which Yankee tyranny has put into their mouths, and we will cast our eyes from Philadelphia to ward the North, and then fix our military ideas." The mortal stroke will be the blockade of Now York, which European nations will be pleased to learn, can be made effective by "one cuirassed frigate, three side-wheel steamers and two or three screw schooners. "This will be the mortal stroke, fired at the heart of the American nation, and which, at the end of two months, will oblige it, notwithstanding its ridiculous and overweening vanity, to beg peace with Spain. . . . We shall employ in tho three blockades that we have indicated four cuirassed ships, eight side-wheel ships, and five screw schooners. And as this nation has arsenals which ought to be de stroyed, another flying division of four frigates, two of these without iron-protecting sides, must go out on this important commission along the North American coast." From these extracts Roebuck will see how mistaken he was about the "dumbfounded Spaniard" in America; had he been aware how weak America really is and how strong is Spain, his refrain would have been "Beware of the Spaniards !" not " Beware of America !" BUDGET OF PERSONAL.—Andrew Johnson is to make a stumping tour in Georgia.—The man who com mitted suicide by jumping over Niagara Falls, Saturday, Sept. 18, registered his name at the hotel where he slept as "Carl Schurz, New York."—Caleb Cushing wants to go back to China as Minister from America; but the President Las appointed Mr. Fox from among fifty candidates.— Admiral Hoff thinks $200,000,000 a cheap price to pay for Cuba. Its sugar crop this year is estimated at 3,313,000 boxes, 600,000 less than last year. —Curl Schurz got a fine silver service and lots of jewellery given to him by his German friends at San Francisco.—Ex- President Fillmore is to preside at the Louisville Com mercial Convention.—Charles Dickens's son, a lieutenant in the British navy, is at Portland, Oregon.—Mrs. Julia Ward Hoare is to go to the Berlin Female Convention nest year as delegate from the New York Women's Suffrage As sociation. Mayor Hall, of New York, thinks the purely scientific Humboldt celebration there "rivals any of recent political or historical import." General George B. M'Ciellan visited the New England Fair, and while there au old gentleman from the rural districts, seizing both his hands, exclaimed, with sympathetic tears cours ing down his sunbrowned cheeks :—" General, I am glad to soe you! lam delighted to see you! I have long desired to meet you! 1 always believed that you man aged the army as well as you knew how!"—Mr. E. B. Rollins has been appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury to the position of Assistant-Assessor of Incomes for the county of Now York.—One of Brigham Y.oung's daughters tried to elope with a young Gentile, but was ruthlessly dragged home by a Mormon police man.—George Francis Train has arrived in New York; he adheres to his intention of running for the Presidency in 1872, but independently, rejecting all party nomina tions. He asks in a letter, " Would any sane man trust the Democrats after 1860, '64, and '6B, to drive ten jackasses abreast ?"—Colonel Ryan, who intended to "die" for Cuba, is in Now York on bail awaiting a trial. -- Secretary Boutwell and Commissioners Delano and Capron have accepted an invitation to the Georgia State Fair, which will begin at Macon on November 19. Secretary Boutwell is said to oppose an increase of the whisky tax.--Joe Jefferson will make $BO,OOO this year from his theatrical engagements.—George Peabody is visiting John W. Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railrosul, at Mr. Garrett's seat, near Baltimore. His host sent a special car for him to Now York. He has increased his gift to the Baltimore Instiute, adding $lOO,OOO to form a gallery of art.—Jem Mace, since his arrival in New York, has been the guest of John Morrissey and Cornelius Vanderbilt.—Sanford E. Church, of Now York, is much better, and his physicians regard him as out of danger.—Elwin Adams is playing in St. Louis.—Sir Henry Holland is in Minnesota.—Tho New York Herald says that J. Ross Browne has been informed by the State Department that he is no longer an official of the Government.—Parker Pillsbury is making just now his first visit to Charleston, South Carolina. Perhaps he ought to go on to Georgia to inspect the coloured magis trate who recently adjourned his court until September 31st.—A daughter of Cyrus W. Field is about to be mar ried to the new Governor of British Columbia.—General Sheridan, Senator Thurman and two daughters, and D. 3PKinney of the Central Pacific Railroad are in St. Louis. —Gen. Rosecrans has bought a rancho at San Rafael, Cali fornia.—Within the month ending Sept. 8 three of the 11 trustees of Bowdoin College died; Philip Eastman, John S. Tenney, and William P. Fessenden.—Mrs Lucy More head Porter of Covington has been appointed Postmis tress at Louisville, Kentucky, vice Speed. Jess Baylis was some time ago designated for the place, but his commis sion was not issued.—Mr. Wilkes, of the Spirit of the Times, denies the report which went the rounds of the London papers that he was to return to America in a few days with Walter Brown, the champion sculler, and Mr. Barnard, the amateur champion of America, passages having been placed at their disposal by the Inman Com pany. Mr. Wilkes does not seem to know who Mr. Barnard is, and he repudiates very decidedly accepting any such favour as the gift of a passage from any company.- - Mr. Henry C. Badcock and Capt. Silvester L'Amy, who accompanied Mr. Douglas in the Sappho from New York to England, return in the Java, which leaves Liverpool to-day. Mr. Greenville Kano does not return till November.—Mr. and Mrs. Lee, missionaries from Zanzibar, bring intelligence of Dr. Livingstone, who was seen fourteen months ago at Lake Targanyska, to the western part of which ho was making his way. It was thought be was en route for Congo, or some other place on the West Coast of Africa. Letters had been received at Zanzibar from him, stating that he was well, but had been deserted by the Europeans who bad accompanied him ; these reports are, however, now pronounced to be false.— Prince Napoleon has responded very warmly to the re solutions passed at the late meeting of American citizens, asserted to have been held at the Laugharn Hotel, but of which its manager know nothing. Captain Halpin reported the reply to the London press, subscr:bing himself in his letters to the different editors, " Captai❑ 1151 pin, U.SA." In the American, as in the British regular Army, officers in their signatures place their rank after, not before, their names. —P. P. Harris, manager of the Quebec branch of the Montreal Bank, and a broker named Sanderson, have absconded with a large amount of the bank's funds.--A conspiracy to release Colonel Yerger has been discovered at Jackson, Mississippi. . James Lorimer Graham, Esq., the American Consul• General for Italy, has returned to the Villa Ma nelli, Florence, from a tour in Germany and France, and has entered on the duties of the Consulate. Florence is said to be very hot at present, but several travellers have already arrived on their way to Rome and Naples. The Uniou Pacific Railroad, or the Pacific Union Railroad, as the Illustrated London News persists in calling it, is likely to do an injury as well as an extensive good to San Francisco, and we always thought, and have always said, that it would do so. Lately we have endeavoured to 1 sketch a Territory as rich in mining wealth as it is beau tiful in scenery—Colorado; and it appears that the ore from its mines is finding its way from Denver, even by waggon, to the railroad, to be shipped at New York for Swansea to be smelted. A hundred tons had lately been so forwarded, and when the railroad is completed to Denver it is thought that all the best ore raised in Colorado will be transmitted to Wales via New York. It causes some astonishment that such a state of things should exist as the transfer from the centre of the Continent of ores to be smelted in a foreign country. Still the fact is so, and it pays both the miner and the smelter thus to deal with it. The subject of mining in Colorado is one which ought deeply to inte rest the people of Wales. No where else would Welsh miners be more at home, nor could Welsh capital be better invested than in opening out mines in these mountains and sending the ore to Swansea. Not only has Colonel Powell returned from his exploration of the Green River Canyon, but a Captain S, Adams has reached Omaha from his exploration of the Blue River and the Grand. His object was to reach a point on the Colorado, up to whirls he had ascended three years ago from the sea, and he was working under in structions from the War Department by which he was em ployed, having been engaged in this labour for the last four years. He started with eleven men, as we some time ago observed, from a point on the Blue River, 8 miles from the main divide or summit of the Rocky Moun tains, that is from the very crests of the great wall which eastward looks over the rolling prairies of Colorado, ex tending to the Missouri. From that divide on the 12th July he allowed the waters to carry him westward through rapids, over falls, between the walls of the canyons, till he reached the Grand River, and by its waters to the Colorado. In the first 100 miles the descent was 5,000 feet ; his boats, instruments, !Mips, everything were lost. Then a cedar raft was manufactured, and that too was knocked to pieces in the rush of the torrents in their fall from 70 to 300 feet in the mile. Although gratifying to Capt. Adams to find the descent so considerable, for the sooner it reached a low level the more likely was the Colorado to be useful as a navigable stream, yet it was a source of alarm to most of the party, who abandoned the expedition in the Rocky Cave Canyon. The point to which he had ascended the Colorado from the Gulf of California, could not, he thought, be more than 5,000 feet above the sea level, al though the distance was 1,100 miler. He passed through a succession of valleys from one mile to 30 miles in length, with wild oats, wheat, rye, barley, timothy, and clover growing spontaneously, while the fine cedar and oak tim ber increased in size. The mineral resources were found to be of the most flattering character. Captain Adams is on his way to Washington to submit an official report of his discoveries to the Secretary of War, which cannot fail to be of interest. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, Sept. 25.) Money during the past week has been subject to a strin gency that has been provoking rather than alarming. The lack of small bills and the long-looked-for and over-esti mated, but to a certain degree, of course, real, demand for currency from the interior have been exaggerated and aggravated by the efforts of the gold and stock cliques in New York. The operators are perfectly reckless of re sults, and would not stop short of precipitating a general financial crash if they saw in it a pansy profit to them selves. Though such a volcanic blow-off has been re garded by certain hypochondriacs as the only remedy for our perturbed finances, and though the more unprincipled De mocrats would like nothing better than the chance to charge upon the Republican party the heinous crime of existing cotemporaneously with such a disaster, and, of course, of being its cause, nevertheless the present stringency is due to causes so temporary, so artificial, and so well understood that there is really no ground at the present time to "despair of the Republic." During the week ending September 19, notwithstanding the general troublous appearance of the market, fewer loans were made at extravagant rates than during either of the previous two weeks. On Mon day and Tuesday the effect of the gold combination, which was again being put in operation, was to induce higher rates, especially on the street, but money was obtainable at 7 gold and usually at 7in currency. Foreign exchange, however, was down to 107, and on Wednesday to 105, affording an effectual refutation of the idea that a rise in gold would stimulate foreign trade. The whole export business is demoralized. Our foreign customers, regarding the present cheapness of exchange as temporary, of course hesitate to make bargains which at present could only bo settled by shipping gold from abroad. The cable brings news,' however, that a considerable quantity of English gold has been withdrawn from bank and shipped hither. The old system of gambling in money in the " Shylock market" in front of the Stock Exchange has been revived. High rates of interest are charged without fear of the grand jury, as the operation is called " turning stocks," instead cf borrowing money, and the usury is reckonol as a commission. The gold combination having been to work for souse clays in gathering in the metal, on Wednesday made their boldest run upon the specie that was still in circulation and forced the prices front 1374 up to 1414. This happened in the after part of the day, and produced a scone of the widest excitement in the gold room. The New York Times, a paper not easily excited, insists that the bulls themselves were about the only buyers, and that the outside gold-using public took it very coolly. The excitement, therefore, seems to have been well re hearsed beforehand. At all events, though the "corner" was kept up over Thursday, its life must necessarily be a short one. The time for the payment of the Novem ber interest is at the farthest but a few weeks ahead, and the Secretary of the Treasury has given permission for the payment (with rebate) in advance of such coupons as may be presented. Mr. Boutwell has about $80,000,000 hoarded, and we see no reason why be should not sell the gold and spend the proceeds in bonds, as well as to lay out his ordinary currency receipts in that way. At such times as the present, when the fear of a monetary stringency produces all the effect of one, it should be the policy of the Government to clog the circulation of either paper or currency as little as possible. The steady drain from the people into the Treasury should bo relieved by a corresponding stream in the other direction. The present opportunity to draw upon the gold in the public vaults will not be slighted. The bulls are well aware that their day is short, and hence their activity on Wednesday and Thursday. Government bonds have suffered with all other securities, but have fallen off only a fraction of one per cent. The purchases by the Government on Wednesday were upon very easy terms; nearly $8,000,000 was offered at 116.62 to 118.93, and $2,000,000 was taken at 116.62 to 117. The stock market, brother demon to the gold clique and the money clique, has added its portion, a most bitter one, to the excitement of the week. The projected consolidation of the Lake Shore Railroad with the Erie and Michigan Southern, not yet having been confirmed by the stockholders' votes, has been slowly falling to pieces for some days back. The Lake Shore has been in times past of great service to Vanderbilt's New York Central, and when there was a prospect of Fisk's getting control of it, the Commodore at once set to work to frustrate his designs of thus causing tho weakness latterly of the consolidation scheme. It began to look as though Lake Shore would after all forsake Erie (keeping such company had already depreciated her stocks) and return to her early love, the New York Central. Meanwhile Vanderbilt had a conso lidation scheme, that of the New York Central and Hud son, which had long been promised with copious issues of watered stock, thus stimulating an unprecedented advance in the stocks of those two roads, as our readers are aware The continued delay of this consolidation has been the source of much vexation, and the stocks had fallen off considerably from their highest point, but still there was a settled belief in Broad-street that it would take place at an early day. Here, then, we have Fisk and Vanderbilt, old enemies, each with a consolidation scheme on his hands. The one that gets out an injunction first wins. On Wed nesday Vanderbilt's directors mot at Albany to con summate their scheme, and found themselves undone by a " midnight injunction" served by Judge Bernard of the Erie Supreme bench. The holders of Vanderbilt stocks, who were anxiously listening for the news of the consolidation and anticipating the joys of the mar riage feast, got instead a rumour of this injunction, and in half an hour saw their securities go down almost at the rate of one per cent. per minute. New York Central dropped from 199 to 177, rallied and dropped again, and finally closed at 181. Hudson fell from 176 to 168. The excitement in the Stock Exchange was really intense. Crowds of brokers were yelling most frantically and making desperate efforts to sell. When the day closed, a crowd of small operators had been stripped, wiped out. Other stocks went down in sympathy, and everything was feverish and unsettled. The coal question still absorbs much attention, the trade being extremely dull, and prin cipally because buyers and sellers are so far apart. Last week, however, according to the Philadelphia Ledger, there was a better Southern and local demand, though it was not equal to last year's. Prepared Lehigh for domestic use was being sold from the Philadelphia yards at $8 per 2,000 lbs., and Schuylkill was a dollar less. The tonnage of all the carrying companies for the week was 280,621 tons, and for the year 9,041,275, or about 82,000 tons short of last year's supply. There was a great lack of orders from a dis tanca, and the miners were not inclined to reduce theis rates so as to invite competition. Freights to Boston were firm at $2.25 per ton, 25 cents off from the Association': rates. A meeting of the Association to reduce the nomi nal rate from $2.50 to $2.25 was called. The Govern ment has just bought 15,000 tons at $2 less per ton that ii paid six weeks ago. The next Scauton public coal sal, is looked forward to with interest, as either buyers of sellers will have to give way at that time. There wee, some thirty mines idle, ostensibly on account of strikes, but really from a want of orders for coal. General tend. is doing very 'fairly. The import ye e a n r t . i ile,sheat exports New Ywoorrl, exchange, as no oht esraeawdßel and tiudauyi Business isl of:n.noo.r:eukrr continue in excess of those of last h a trifle off owing to the demoralized condition of foreigt rm d fb eru u oaa c srml : k naect it shisv o e complained i bb its et sy ai o o . veryniufngtsi, ess t ssDhhflahrwtAsyihApenrgn shipment ote:n7o: plentyglwdoolltsuoms oNoulleVfotabbtuveehtuseunheysaeaat freely ne oV i e ou e te l ru a yr sae s t : n , a t attained if settled spetpslildrt pay notd y) ( e - promptly. Cotton goods do not follow the decline of tin raw material, and woollens maintain their firmness. L TEE ENEMIES TO INVESTAIIiNT. The late great convulsion in trade in New York has attracted attention to the causes of these violent fluctuations. The frequent occurrence of such de rangements cannot fail seriously to affect business' The extraordinary success and impunity which attended the operations of the Erie directors, bave stimulating influence. At one stroke JAMES DSO, junior, became notorious and enormously rich' Some natures do not keenly appreciate the differ ence between sorts of notoriety. The man highes t in fame is often the most abused, and abuse, snore especially in America, where everybody has access to the press, and a great deal of the mud-throwing is done through the newspapers, is more general a nd less discriminating than in any other country' There are times when GRANT, the most renowned of living Americans, and of a character more than ordinarily pure and patriotic, is reviled more than any man in the country, although the very people w_ i h e do it know him to be so. Whether FISK was dub betl " Admiral" for his able manoeuvring on the money market, as an English paper says, or for his sell in managing operas, according to the correction fleet an American paper, or for his command over i t of steamers, as others supposed, Admiral he is ca lled ' so we might have added that he gained rank , ( D well as fame and money, by his campaign. Ind ee i "Admiral" was not a bad designation, as he defeated Commodore VANDERBILT, and if he takes ra ng re above him he can be no less than Admiral. x -0 ef a - A even of his kind, gratifies the pride of marl, an o if most likely gratifies him. Wealth is gratefu l every one, and power is the passion not of , a f e re All these he achieved by a grasp, and what is n ae o , likely than that an example of such wonderful su e t cess should create imitators. We do not assert ° lt he introduced the system, for VANDERBILT and P O5 O, were adepts in it long beforensies name wasknOej but VANDERBILT'S operations were always diree t co to a practical and beneficial result; they wer e /1 , 10 wild speculations deranging commerce to secure ` he , profit derivable from differences; nor were spee n ui tors before the time of Fisx so little hampered ; legal and other restrictions. What he and his c° o4 freres did was to carry the bad style of busi e or , which surely attends an irredeemable paper e .eli rency to its extreme operations, which un fortuna' oe s proved so successful as to offer to society a 1-13 injurious example. General testimony, with s ° s , e , striking exceptions, is borne to the steady in 3 1 5 1 6. ment in the industries of the country. Ilne 31 ; 01 1. tion increases, and with it the tide of national 1 ) o . to perity. Land in large tracts is being brough t o p cultivation ; old cities increase, new cities sprilt eo , with such a rapidity as to make recent maps e ese li lete, while the iron roads connecting them red into the wilderness, and cross in all dire eti s' oet , Native capitalists are regaining confidence in i ev r io meats, while the growth in knowledge of Ail le abroad is attracting foreign capital, the owner' s 13 ,06 learning that_there is no such .field elsewhere• t be most severe check given to a tide that ean ee pas arrested may perhaps b 6 found in the unscr'P' s o l operations of these " rings" of speculators. .At , r l ji , moment money may become unobtainable wile° o to 0 nary commitments may entail bankruptcy eve n b ieli trader in a sound position. The securities on 1 to , he relied to procure advances may suddenly Je a l ; 0 0 , ciate to half, perhaps a third, of their normal %Do His airangenients for replenishing his store lo s i at o made in the season when currency is abundan t ' s of he might be justified by the ascertained la p fi ly; American trade in anticipating a plentiful sulirthe yet, at the wave of these magicians' vrae (ls ; to , state of the market may instantly change, °c ola mere tightness, hut from money thrust on th e pit to finding it almost unprocurable. -Theeffeet ° be ts: far beyond America, fluctuations in gol d 00) responded to on all foreign exchanges, t o e ol' d must be added the insecurity inseparable fre t " wao ing with those liable, through no fault of togs' to be hurled from a state of prosperity in sion. But though these militate against an", cial dealings with America, they are but trifles .13 , pared with the legal proceedings by which 05°b oy be rations as those of some railway cliques ° G OO shielded and even justified. If the Erie dire of can do anything they like under the shelte r v eaS New York court, there is no reason, say E llf° o3 bor capitalists, why other boards should not in li ke h octh ner be protected iu any violation of the law ; bicb whatever the conditions of the contract unde r our money is borrowed, practically we r" n ', 3 ,, i t bo their mercy ; our position being detennine d ":; oo or necessities, the prudence, and the sense of u a of the directors. If the mercantile world, n'irests use the word iu its fullest meaning, has in 15° 0 1 learnt a lesson, it is that no man's word i 6 be d his bond; yet it is with such an equality av oro pef that American investments come before llot tiO Europe having learnt by sad experience t ca liti; prevailing feature of the age is commercial rl jo ite The effect in checking investments in the 13 06 13e, States, although but a tithe of what it w l „fen ;A already attained enormous proportions. ' t tbel England are at their wits' end how to inve s do not know what to do with their savinglooP e il is not a line they can take connected with sly b not broadly marked with the tar-brush I rotte n the Government Securities are more or les S roe dad , nor is there one which does not involve se of elc; ger. The only Government Security safe ag a t o, 1 / ti ,, ternal circumstances is that of the United Ste he t " it is rendered bad by the uncertainty whieto .ttc 430 d0, , 0 the ultimate redemption of the Five-Twee t 4 13ov the unfortunate obscurity i n the issue of d e prr e of which agitators have a v ail e d themselves te the l ea ciate their value, and which gi ves p o litician o th excuse for repudiation. H oweve r ornarn el3 r d, ti) ° , l may be such men a s com p ose th e Erie 1 353 t 1 3 0," are a luxury so e x p ens i ve t o th e United t SO * be lt o sta. 100 ' if fully appreciated, w ould do much t 0 proceedings by the genuine force of Pub s to ple As yet it has had no effect whatever, for P—or 1 O mire the operations while they are novel , d a sh, .11 1 ment, the courage, and the generalshiP „ no t a,,0 press storm, for FISK turns the laugh arr iote l 1 ;r ing editor by running him out of an c oo A L among his friends, whisking him into a tto fro ance to carry him to gaol, where he can ° Os I v , at him through the bars. What is to b e i.he 0 011 f # a man like this, unless the sentiment of " b oo ° OO O really condemns him, for while he is th e og er o, campaign, being as such pointed out to ba t only as among the most remarkable rne e .' oef e w one of the most successful and wealthy, be 1° If, held before others as an example to fel e bof stead, the remarks of foreign Bourses igieo .ootee 1100 and the curses of those helpless for ei g i t e i oo ll trusting to American integrity and th e , I c ing i j ol°, of their laws, had invested in the und er ' e tbe d or' people turn to their own private u ses ' oth er or around these heroes might give way to 5131 but lyt of colouring, especially if individuals ee 0 0 1 d / preciate the losses sustained by the ef l ctlne° a credit they thus selfishly and wanton Anglo-American Times. 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R. VT. Grosvenor, m.r.. ol 8. -,- i ' cu t.- - ' D lT . C r l i i . A it lt e D ha — ld O , n ß t .E he ., 8 0 t f h a in s s o t a .,. the wife a 0 1 ' cu be oi e MARRIAGES. , t P i ' v0 , ,5 1 1 1101:1USON- JANTZEN- On the 7th i., n josi l t d- c Charles Morrison, Esq.. toJohanna Julia, o ,,o , ii youngest daughter of the late Cap t. Chr is wig' •oro IP of Dantzig, Prussia. , c i, le DL ~,,,Ct PERKINS - HOLMES—On tho 7th inst., a- -- 6 11 0 13- -il )s-• Warwickshire, John Robert Perkins, . 3f On lt° dlesex, to Emma Kate, third daughter of Holmes, Esq., of Upper Tulse-hill, Surrel• o f 1 fs4 4 DEATHS. ifor` 2 et A.LEronD -On the Bth inst., Wm. Naish AI o a Castleton House, Sherborne, aged 80. c o nl o DnEw—At Falmouth, Josias Dretv, VS C I" .ii ,. Royal Nay. ip. o;_;: ______------------- al Als p ii, London: Printed wud Published by WILLIAO,IO,,. 00' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN 011 100 , gido' in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Count/ Q' Monday, October 11, 18,12.