The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-16 00:00:00

711 E 7ICIIBOURNE BARONETCY Vice• Chancellor James held a court on Saturday morning at the Black Horse Inn, Shere, near Guildford, wt which Mr. Richard Sydenham, the printer and publisher of the Poole Pilot, appeared to chew cause why he should not be committed for a contempt of court, in publishing in his newspaper an article vindi cating in strong terms the claims of the alleged Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne (a party to a suit pending in the court) to the Tichborne title and estates. Mr. Chapman Barber appeared for the present infant possessor of the estates, Sir Henry Alfred Tichborne, and having read the article from the respondent's newspaper, applied that he should be committed for contempt. Dr. Tristram appeared for Mr. Sydenham, and put in an affidavit ex pressing the deep regret of the respondent at having pub lished the article. The learned counsel said that the strong remarks against the present claimant which had appeared in other newspapers had led his client to believe that he had a right to comment on the case. The Vice-Chancellor said that a gross contempt of court bad been committed, and at first he was strongly inclined to send the respondent to prison. The public press had been cautioned by previous proceedings in the court in this very case that it had no right to comment upon, or interfere with, a pending suit. As the respondent had expressed his regret,hewould order him to pay the costs of the application ; but in all future cases the full punitive power vested in the court would be exercised. JUVENILE RUFFIANISM IN LONDON. An inquiry is being conducted by Dr. Hardwicke at the Coach and Horses, Eyre-street-hill, Leather-lane, relative to the death of a compositor named George Ross, fifty-seven years of age, who, as alleged, was killed by a boy having mischievously thrown a bottle or similar missile at him, inflicting a severe wound upon his head. Catherine Ross, widow of the deceased, said that she lived at No. 7, Summers-street, in the above mentioned locality. One evening, about ten weeks since, while her husband was passing through the street to his home he was struck on the head with a pot or bottle, which was thrown by one of a gang of boys who infested the street. When her husband entered the room the blood was profusely flowing from a large wound in his head. He said, " I think lam murdered." He was medically attended, but had not been well since, and had been able only to do a little work. He lost his speech for a time. — Mr. Stribling, the coroner's officer, said he had two wit nesses who saw the occurrence and knew the boy, but although he had summoned them, they refused to attend, as they had been threatened by the gang.—A juror said that Summers-street was a perfect den. No person could safely pass through it. While they (the jury) went to view the body of the deceased they were insulted and hooted. Mr. Stribling added that, as the doctor was going to visit his patient, he received a smart blow on the head from something that had been thrown at him. Mrs. Ross said on that morning (Friday) she was going out to buy some articles of mourning, and had only proceeded a short distance through Summers-street, when she was sur rounded by several boys and robbed of sixteen shillings. The coroner directed hisofficer to take a policeman with him and force the attendance of the witnesses required, which was accordingly done.— Catherine M`Gowan said she lived at No. 7, Summers-street, and was a French polisher. She knew Mr. Ross as a quiet, inoffensive man. Several weeks ago, between nine and ten in the evening, she saw him coming down the street. There were several boys standing with stones and other things in their hands ready to throw at the cats as they came out of the houses. As Mr. Ross passed, one of the boys said to the others, " I'll have a lark with that old —," and immediately threw at him a broken earthenware coffee-pot. It hit him on the head. The poor man called out, " Good God, you've killed me." Witness and others ran to him. His bat was cut through, and the blood was streaming from his head down the back of his coat. The boy who had thrown the coffee-pot at him asked him if he knew who had till own it, and deceased said "No." The boy then gathered up the broken pieces of the coffee-pot and buried them in the dust-hole at No 7. — The Coroner: Do you know this boy—the one who threw the coffee-pot ?—Witness: Oh yes, sir. I can swear toliirn.- - The Coroner : Why did you not attend here upon your sum mons?—Witness: I was afraid, for the boys had told me, if I gave evidence against them, they would waylay me and pay me.—The Coroner said he thought Summers-street required the special attention of the police. A man had there been apparently killed, a doctor had been assaulted, the jury had been insulted, witnesses had been threatened, and robbery had been effected. He would suggest an adjournment so as to afford an opportunity for the police to apprehend the boy, who could be sworn to. The medical gentleman was not then present, and he would, therefore, leave that evidence till their next meeting. The inquiry was aecordingly adjourned. It is stated that Miss Burdett et:itts has ac cepted the invitation of the Burgomaster of Li:,ge to be present at the Volunteer Fate, which is shortly to take place in that city. A PATB,LAILCIL —A few days since Richard "Wood George died at Green-street, Kent, at the age of years. lie was the father of ten sons and two daugh ters, nine of whom survive him, the eldest being 71. years of age. His grandchildren number forty-nine alivet ; and 'tis great grandchildren ninety-six, of whom twenty-three Are dead. He lived to see the fifth generation, and the number of his posterity alive is no fewer than 121, Many of whom attended the funeral. A HINT TO FLORICULTURISTS.—Powdered char 'coal, flower of sulphur, gypsum (sulphate of lime), and other substances slow to dissolve, will modify the colours of flowers, when spread round about their roots : clarkias, and antirrhinums are wonderfully sensitive to the influence of these dressings. In the Builder, about sixteen or eighteen years since, we gave an account of some experiments of this kind, which the writer of this hacl . made in his garden, our purpose being to suggest means of obtaining varieties in flowers, by causing them to " sport," or tend to vary, by means of such experiments. For example, a white dahlia, by means of charcoal, was made to have a variety of different-looking flowers on one stem ; one red, another striped I% ith orange and white, another orange, and so on. The ex periments we did not repeat, and we gave them to the public in the hope that some use might be made of them by cultivators of flowers. Similar experiments were after wards made in France, and a few years since an account of such experiments was given in the French and English papers ; but no result of any great importance seems to have as yet been attained. We are still of opinion, how ever, that such experiments might be of service to florists if systematically and perseveringly carried out. Perhaps they might thus obtain their much-desired blue dahlia or hollyhock for example. The analyne dyes, for one thing, might be good substances to work with.—Builder. EXTRAORDINARY CONTENTS OF A HORSE'S STOMACH.—A Clydesdale mare, worth about .£4O, was brought to the Bellfield Chemical Works, Glasgow, on the 10th inst., which, oncoming home from putting in hay, had walked straight into a pool in the farmyard court. In stoop ing, down to drink, the weight of the cart forced her head first, into the water, and before she could be relieved was drowned. Attention having been called to the con tents of her stomach by one of the men, there was taken from it the following articles, viz. :—G horse nails, broken ; 8 round nails, from 1 to 2 inches long ; 10 single flooring nails, 24 11-inch nails, 97 broken nails, various sizes, 351-inch nails, 11 1-inch zinc nails, 55 11 to 1-inch tack nails, 16 shoe tackets, 3 slate nails, 4 screw nails ; the total number of nails was thus 269. There were also four common pia:3 la -inch long each ; one blue bead, one brass button, one pearl button, five metal buttons marked " V. M.," 25 small Pieces galvanised wire, three copper nail heads, four small metal washers, one hook (of hooks and eyes), one hair pin, one-half of a needle, one small piece of lead, seven pieces of zinc—in all 55 articles or,including the 269, 324 articles weighing 11b. In addition there were found gravel and sand weighing 21bs. 111 ozs.—Glasgow Herald. TRAVELLERS.—The rage for tiny craft, like the passion for ponies, continues ; though it is perhaps only Mr. Macgregor who can stow victual and appliances for a journey to Acre in a canoe that can be carried on a man's shoulder. Lord Southwell (who will be remembered for his dignified protest against the system of electing Irish representative peers, which appeared in the papers this simmer), Mr. Kenelm Digby, M.P., Captain Fagan, and another gentleman started on Saturday by the Rotterdam boat, taking with them an elegant little steam launch, in which they intend to travel some three thousand miles on the great rivers of Europe, finally turning rp, if possible, about the opening day, on the Suez Canal. The little vessel which has been built for the occasion, and whose calibre may be guessed at about four tons, found comfortable stowage on the fore-deck of the Waterloo, where the appliances of St. Katherine's Wharf deposited it n. 7 easily as a porter will lift a portmanteau. The travellers will descend the Danube to its mouth, and count on easily surmounting the difficulties of the Iron Gate. Sir Charles Dunce, who staited for St. Petersburg on Monday last, is the Learei of some important Government despatches. This fact being duly recorded in his passport will be useful in securing him aid and attention from Russian officials in those more remote and inhospitable parts of the empire to which he is bound. Mr. Hepworth Dixon, who accompanied him in his recent journey to Salt Lake, left London about the same time for a Russian tour, but on this occasion they travel separately. The author of "New America " will, of course, write a book. Sir Charles Dille, who is simply in search of political facts, will not. He will travel fast, and will rctern to London about the 20th of October.—"Li the Ecc!ss." Do7a' Ne ACTION FOR LIBEL. A. libel case, involving some very curious questions, was tried at the Croydon Assizes on Saturday. It was an action by Mr. Julius Allington, a gentleman of the county of Bed ford, against "Elliott and Others," the proprietors of Echoes, a weekly publication. The libel complained of appeared in the issue of the 26th of June last, and had reference to a charge against Mr. Allington investigated at the Marlborough-street Police-court, in the course of the previous week, of having violently assaulted the assistant treasurer of the Prince of Wales's Theatre, at the theatre. The defendants pleaded not guilty, that is to say, they asserted that the article in question was inserted without actual malice, and was no more than a legitimate criticism upon the report of the proceedings in the police-court which had appeared in the daily papers. The facts of the case were these. On the evening of Wednesday, June 16th last, Mr. Allington, who is a younger son of the late Rev. John Allington, rector of Little Barford Church, in the county of Bedford, and owner besides of property in Bedfordshire, Hertford shire, Huntingdonshire, and Northamptonshire, after dining with a friend at the University Club, proceeded to the Prince of Wales's Theatre. When he and his friend reached the theatre the first act of the piece was proceeding, and they were requested by the box keeper not to take their places until its conclu sion, in order not to disturb the audience. This they assented to. While waiting the plaintiff was charged with destroying some artificial flowers that were in a vase at the top of the staircase by twisting them round his fingers ; and on being requested to desist by Mr. Whitehouse, the assistant-treasurer, he contemptuously continued to pull the flowers about. This, however, is entirely denied by the plaintiff, who asserts that, in a sort of fit of abstraction, he merely twisted a tendril of one of the flowers, and that for so doing he was addressed in such insulting tones by Whitehouse that he was obliged to threaten to report him to the manager. Subsequently, on the conclusion of the second act, when he left his place to get some refreshment, he was again accosted by Whitehouse, who called him a coward, and otherwise so grossly insulted him that he admits be was driven, in the excitement of natural indignation, to strike him a severe blow in the face with his clenched hand. For this assault he was taken to the police-court, and the next day the case was adjudicated upon by the magistrate at Marlborough-street, when the defendant was fined £5. A report appeared in the news papers in relation to the proceedings before the magistrate, and on which the alleged libel was said to be only a legiti. mate criticism. In the defendant's publication of the Saturday week following there appeared the subjoined commentary on the case, which constitutes the libel com plained of, under the heading DESCRIBE) AS A GENTLEMAN. " Mr. Julius Allington, of 23, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall, described 'as a gentleman' (by himself on the police sheet), goes to the Prince of Wales's Theatre, pulls about the artificial flowers placed for ornament in vases, and when civilly requested to desist, retires for a short time, to return and assault the young man who had remonstrated with him, first of all ' twisting round a ring on his finger, to bring the stone to the front, so as to cut the cheek of the person he struck.' Fined i 5. This rowdy ruffian, with mock-diamond knuckle-dusters, describes himself 'as a gentleman.': What pretensions has he to such rank? His residence, 23, Suffolk-street, is a lodging-house. The moral rank of Mr. Julius Abington, who describes him self as ' a gentleman,' and behaves like a ruffian, a brute, and a coward in seeking an affray with an unarmed man, while armed with unequal weapons, is indisputable. Let us inquire into his social position. A gentleman, forsooth! Of what landed estate? of what county? of what profes- sion ? There is no such name in the peerage. The army is honoured by no such rowdy ; the navy is undivgraced by such an entry on its wester rt.ll ; the War OrEce has no such clerk; the Foreign Office hides no such black guardism in the dirtiest corner of its smallest diplomacy. Mr. Julius Allington lurks in its extremest consulate, the Civil Service has no refuge for a Julius Allington, the British Museum boasts of him as no curiosity ; even Mr. Cole has him not hiding at South Kensington ; in Burke's `Landed Gentry,' in the `Law List,' in Debrett, in Webster, in ' Who's Who,' in the ' Court Guide,' the name of Julius Allington is equally invisible. Nowhere does it appear except in a police-sheet. Once only is the name, perceptibly illustrious for blackguardism, found in the Post-office Directory,' and there it figures with another less euphonic Christian name, as that of the keeper of a cooks'-shop. Can it bo that the unhappy Julius has disgraced a respectable parent, has, on the strength of a superabundance of his eleemosynary re ceipts as a waiter in the paternal banquet-halls, displayed the ancestral Birmingham jewellery in an acutely vivacious position ?" Mr. Julius Allington, the plaintiff, narrated the cir cumstances under which the fracas took place at the theatre in nearly the same terms as his learned counsel. He declared that lie never entertained the thought of turning his ring, and that the assault would not have been committed if lie had not received the provocation he had referred to. - Whitehouse was the only witness before the magistrate who represented that he bad turned the ring. The defence was that the newspaper repsrt and the remarks of the magistrate—whether justified or not — were sufficient ground for the criticism. The magistrate having believed the evidence of Whitehouse, the only course open to the defendants, in their newspaper, was to do the same. The story, as told in the police court, dig• closed a brutal, ruffianly-, and rowdy action; the evidence was endorsed by the magistrate, the defendants were justified in regarding it as true.—The Lord Chief Baron, in summing up, remarked upon the hardship of the present law which closes the mouth of a defendant. Mr. Allingtcn had now denied the charge against him. It was, perhaps, true that he had knocked Whitehouse down, but still he stood wholly exonerated from any charge of conduct unworthy of a man or derogatory to a gentleman. In mitigation of damages, his lordship asked the jury not to forget that it was a fact in favour of the defendants, that the magistrate who had adjudicated upon the case had unfortunately believed the statement of the witness against the accused. Still he had no hesitation in saying that the petitioner was entitled to temperate, but at the same time to reasonable, damages.—The jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £soo.—Mr. Hawkins applied for a stay of execu tion. He felt most strongly that his lordship's ruling with respect to the defendant's justification, grounded on their bond fide belief in the accuracy of the report of the pro ceedings of the police-court, could not be supported, —The Chief Baron, however, in the first instance declined the learned counsel's request ; but subsequently, after some consideration, and after the jury in the next case had been sworn, his lordship told Mr. Hawkins that if he remained of the opinion that in the summing up sufficient justice was not done to the mitigating circum stances of the defendants' case he was willing to assent to stay of execution until next term.—Mr. Hawkins Laving so declared himself, execution was ordered to be stayed. It is stated that Sir John A. Macdougall is going to Washington to comp!eto the negotiations for a recipro city treaty begun by Mr. Rose. Its renewal is now regarded as certain. The following notice was found rasted on a large box which passed over the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad a few days since :—" Baggage smashers are re quested to handle this box with care, as it contains nitro glycerine, Greek fire, gun-cotton, and two live gorillas." The box was not broken. THE HERRING FISHERY.—WicK, Saturday.— This week's herring fishing at Wick has been very suc cessful. The .Northern Ensign Herring Circular reports the total catch as nearly 55,000 crane, against 10,000 to the same date last year, and states that the total catch for 3,400 boats on the Caithness, Sutherland, Cromarty, Moray, Banff, and Aberdeen coasts is 136,000 crane, against about 00,000 of the same date last year. There is little doubt of an average fishing being got on the Caithness coast this season, but fears are entertained for the result at the Sutherland, Cromarty, Moray, and Banff stations. It is rumoured, and we believe with truth (says the Globe) that when Government has taken over the adminis trationpf the telegraphs, the repairs, maintenance, and con struction of telegraphic lines will not bo intrusted to any commercial company. The Government, it is said, will employ for this purposo non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers. Thus, not only will the work to more cheaply performed than by civilian labour, but a valuable corps of efficient constructors of tele graphs will be formed, which will be of the utmost service in : - .ny future campaign, to lay and maintain those field telegraphs which must in future In essential concomitants of every ronil/n . wit force in acti en core ire. Tut,: POSITION OF PRE-HISTORIC BURIAL nouNn. —Everybody knows that it was the universal rule of English Gothic architects to build their churches east and west. Ent it was discovered some thirty or forty years ago that in some cases the line from west to east was drawn so that the altar faced that exact point in thp eastern horizon at which the sun rose on the festival of the saint to whom the church was dedicated. Canon Green well, who has done so much in the Yorkshire Wolds with the ancient British barrows, now finds, on examining the Yearsley or "long barrow," that it was the custom of the half-savage tribes who raised these funeral mounds to place them east and west, but shifting their exact direction according to the point where tl.e sun rose at the time they were piled together. Among other of the reasons ois which this conclusion is founded, was the pr,iutce of a large number of acorns, indicating. a.late period of the year, and precisely corresponding with the point at v..bs::h the sun rites, Nvllen, from the direction of the line of ,the turruhr, it is r 11'4)020 to . ,ave beau built THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AuGust' 16, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE SECRETARY FOR, SCOTLAND. The London correspondent of the Elyin Courant denies the truth of an idea which is prevalent, that it is intended to make a " Secretary of State " for Scotland. If a Secretary for Scotland be appointed—and an inquiry into the subject is to be made during the recess—he will, in name, be subordinate to the Home Secretary, just as the Secretary for Ireland is now, and may or may not be a Cabinet Minister, according to his personal position in his party, apart altogether from official status. Mr. Stansfeld will conduct the inquiry, and be in a position to report at the opening of the session. The same authority thinks it certain the subordinate office will be created, and Mr. Baxter will be the first holder of it. • TILE LATE REFORMS AT TIIE ADMIRALTY. The United Service Gazette calls attention to the " results " of the changes recently made at the Admiralty. The Controller (says our contemporary) " has now seated himself comfortably on the board. All corrupt practices (pace Mr. Baxter) are to be retained. Officers with interest are to have continued employnu nt, without any regard to those who are kept on half pay. Sir Frederick Grey has a good-service pension ! Admiral Dacres is to have another command ! We are to have Lord Clarence Paget back at the Admiralty ! Mr. Reed is to have £5OO a year more pay—£l,7oo in all — the pay of an Admiral of the Fleet, the highest rank in the navy, being £1,222 15s. on the active list ! Where are we going to stop ? The Admiralty dare not carry outthese intended corruptions." In another column, the Gazette wants to know what Sir Frederick Grey has done to merit a good service pension. lie has had all the sweets of the service— he commanded the dockyard at Constantinople while the fighting was going on in the Crimea. Sir Frederick attempted to enter Parliament in February 1863 as the Whig nominee at Devonport, but was defeated by the redoubtable Mr. Ferrand by a majority of thirty. tne expense of senaing officers to collect tine revenue. " May we venture to suggest," says the Railway _News, '6 that there is a railway to Dagenham, that the fare is not more than a few pence, and that Custom house officers could be conveyed to and from the scene of their labours with due regard to their safety, and when they had made this journey they might be employed as profitably at Dagenham in collecting revenue as in the more favoured docks higher up the river. It is somewhat hard upon the shareholders who have gone to the cost of providing a dock for foreign ships, and which merchants con sider sufficiently near London for the purpose of loading and shipping goods, to be told that their capital must be idle because it is too far for the Government to send for the Custom duties." A JUDGE ON RECENT PUBLIC-lIOUSE LEGISLATION. Mr. Justice Hannen so warmly approves the course of recent legislation in the matter of beerhouses, that he has taken occasion to express his satisfaction in a speech from the Bench. At the Liverpool Assizes, on Friday, he denounced the old system as most ineffective. In future, he pointed out, there would be more stringent provisions, snaking it imperative that a man who held a license should have a good character ; he would be deprived of his license for bad conduct with greater facility; a disorderly house would be more directly under control, and would be easily suppressed ; the harbour ing of bad characters would be prevented ; persons found in a house after hours would, as well as the landlord, be liable to fine; and, altogether, the Act dealt well with an acknowledged evil in a very complete way. In conclusion, his lordship warned his hearers that tLey must not be disappointed if the good results of the recent legislation were neither imme diate nor even speedy. A change in the habits of the people would be a work of time, and his own belief was that no great change would take place until notonly the facilities but the inclination for drinking were diminished. The latter could only be achieved by the education of the masses, enlarging their minds, and improving their tastes and amusements. t,nd. Mr. Mill's new work, "The Subjection of Women," intermixed with a couple of pages of agony, headed " The 801 l of Wrong." We emu t say much for the doggrel, of which the following is a specimen : " The false excuse he thus meanly made For casting off the girl he'd betrayed, Makes popular indignation stir, To denounce him as blackest of character.'? There is a want of both rhythm and reason in this jumble of words. No doubt the aim of the pro moters is good ; but it will scarcely be furthered by publishing such miserable rubbish as is here pre sented. FOREIGN NOTES. SPAIN. Don Carlos is said to have declined the offer of the French Royalists to raise a legion, as he is desirous of con. Fining his forces to native troops. Cabrera is still in Paris, Dut his cousin, Don Juan de Polo, commands large force n Leon. General Prim is said to be going to Vichy this week, to offer the throne of Spain to Prince Napoleon. in a military point of view tho state of Spain presents no cause for disquietude. The Carlist ;onspiracy has broken out in a great many districts at )nce, but it has not succeeded in taking possession of a single strong place. The army remains faithful, and the civil guard has conducted itself with great firmness in the struggle. The chief danger arises from the connection of the clergy with the move ment. The clergy, as a body, are quite hostile to the revolutions which has been directed quite as much against them as against Queen Isabella. In the province of Leon thirty-nine priests have taken. up the sword. The opinion prevails in Spain that the bishops will not obey the recent decree of the Regent with readiness. They will not refuse to comply with its requests, but they will not keep up that political surveillance over the inferior clergy which was demanded of them. Since no open declaration has been made on the part of the people in favour of Don Carlos, all that can be looked for is a sort of partisan war, which will cause loss and injuries with no definite result, and which it would be more digni fied to renounce altogether. ELECTION NEWS. Captain Seymour, the Conservative candidate for Antrim, has at last addressed a meeting of his sup porters. The gathering took place at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, the body of the building being crammed with a ragged and ruffianly audience of non-electors. A short account by telegraph states that the reporters for the Liberal press were mobbed and beaten, and the scene, we are told, "was of a most disgraceful character." Sir Shafto Adair continues his electioneering tour with sustained energy, and he is now supported by Mr. Dalway, M.P. for Carrickfergus, who has warmly advocated Sir Shafto's interest at several meetings. This is the more extraordinary, considering that Mr. Dalway voted against the Government on the Irish Church question. The Northern Whig states that several landlords have intimated to their tenants that they are at liberty to vote as they please. Others, however, are putting on the pressure of " the office." The contest, it is exneAed, will be a sharp one. Several of the prominent county gentlemen of Caithness have already commenced the canvass for their respective candidates. Two Liberals arc named —viz., Mr. James Traill, London, nephew of the retiring member, and Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, of Ulster, a large proprietor in the county, and son of Sir George Sinclair. There is no ap pearance of the Conservatives bringing forward a candidate, in spite of a split in the Liberal camp. It is believed that Mr. Traill will be returned. THE IRISH CHURCH BODY. The decision of the Bishops of the Irish Church refusing to recall the Church Conference is e:iusing dissatisfaction amongst the supporters of that course. Grumblings loud and deep are put forth, and by the more ex.treme and heated partisans threats of mutiny are uttered. The laymen are thinking abJut acting independently, and are putting forth every effort to inducethe Dukes of Abercorn and Leinster to call and organise a convention of the laity for the purpose of considering the constitution of the new Church body. W'hether their lordships will do as requested is not yet known. But the idea of division, and such a division, is sufficiently alarming. TILE STE LAND QUESTION. The " Commiss:oner " sent out by the Times to investigate the land question in Ireland has arrived at Tipperary, and commences his special inquiries with a description of the country on the route from Dublin and of the town of Tipperary itself. Little information on the subi,e , 2l in hand is to be derived from these disquisitions ; but it may be as well to mention that the population of Tipperary decreases rapidly; it was 7,000 in 1851, 5,900 at the last census, and is now considerably less. The country round this town is unrivalled in the British Isles for fertility, and though years ago the gifts of nature were little improved by man, great and beneficial changes have been effected within the last few years. Then barbarous husbandry and a savage and degraded population converted this region into a wilderness; now the scene—though much, in the opinion of the ~..nraussioner, remains to be done—is generally one of wealth and pros perity-. The appliances of husbandry are mostly ; and the crops, especially the grass, almost uniformly fine. " Some excellent farmsteads, well built and well-slated houses and offices, may be seen ; those on the beautiful estate of Lord Derby especially, as well as his admirable labourers' cottages, seemed to me worthy of particular notice." The peasantry appeared generally well-fed, not ill clad, and of decent appearance. But the external scene is by no means wholly favourable. Some farm-houses are very poor, and mud cabins aro still not unfrequent. Drainage is very defective. On Earl Derby's lands there is nothing to be complained of ; but on other properties the drainage could not well be worse. . . . The Irishman has been at it again. One of its articles this week, entitled " The Plague of Landocracy," says that the landowners of Ireland are a living sign of foreign conquest. They hold that which is not theirs. Every acre has been stolen, and it is unjustly withheld from the Irish people, who must get rid of the plague. Another article says, "If you desire freedom, you must be pre pared, when opportunity comes, to seize it." A third effusion exhorts the people to take up arms. TIIE DISIIOPS' RESIGNATION DILL. The Bishops' Resignation Bill seems likely, as far as the present generation is concerned, to become a complete failure. The John Bull announces that neither the Bishop of Winchester nor the Bishop of Chichester will take advantage of it, and so it will probably have no present results at all. Everything depends upon the will of the bishops, and they are not disposed to resign. Permissive measures won't a ct ; how long before compulsory ones wi ll be passed? THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. A correspondent of the . Western Moining News calls attention to a subject which ere long is likely to occupy a great share of public discussion. Ile enu merates a list of what he aptly terms " the good things of the Church," commencing with the Arch bishop of Canterbury's princely income of £15,000 a year. The highest sum enjoyed by any bishop is that of the holder of the present see of Winchester, which " A Layman" estimates at £10,500 per annum, although it should be mentioned that during the discussion in the House of Commons on the Bishops' Resignation Bill, the yearly income of Bishop Sum ner was variously estimated at from £lB,OOO to £30,000 a year. The Bishop of Sodor and Man stands lowest in the monetary scale, his salary being £2,000, whilst the Bishop of Exeter's is £2,700. Altogether there are two archbishops and 26 bishops whose yearly income is £145,400 ; 28 deans, with a yearly income of £38,320 ; and 120 canons, receiving £82,427, making a total of £266,147. " A Layman" contends that .no curate should receive less than £2OO a year, but fears that such a change will not take place, except under the dis endowment of the Church as it at present stands. "Of course," he adds, "it would be a Government question, and could only be brought about by the force of public opinion." Two or threw years ago the disestablishment of the Irish Church would have been treated as an Utopian idea. Such a social revolution has not only been accomplished peacefully, but we now see the most zealous friends of the Church of England insisting that she shall put her house in order to avoid total destruction. ARMY AND NAVY GOSSIP. The Army and Nary Gazette hears that Vice- Admiral Sir Thomas Symonds is not over well pleased at being superseded in the command of his fleet, even temporarily, by Mr. Childers, who will take the lead during his trip to the Mediterranean. But the profe”,ional journal has no sympathy with Sir Thomas, for Mr. Childers will be accompanied by the Senior Sea Lord, and will thus be preserved from any errors in which be might indulge. Did any body expect that the First Lord would attempt to manceuvra the flee; P—A rumour is alloat that the Nelson Statue, in Trafalgar-spare, is condemned. The whole erection, lions and all, are, it is said, to be removed to Greenwich.—Whilst there is such an outcry about the slowness of pro motion in the non-purchase corps, a correspondent writes to complain that the purchase corps are not a whit better oft in this respect. In one regiment, for example, the senior lieutenant has twelve years' service, and has no immediate hope of his step, as there is a supernumerary captain. if he does not get his promotion, it will cost him 1.:1,700, on which his pay will represent a return of 8 per cent. Tun DAGENII.43I DOCKS. --- ----- The Railway 11 - ews makes a suggestion which the Customs' Commissioners would do well to consider. One of the reasons why they refuse to grant linding powers to the Dagenham DocLs Company is that the distance from London is too great. The premises are remote and lonely." Parliament decided that this enterprise would be useful, but the Customs' officials claim that they are to decide whether they will incur PROTECTION. The movement against Free Trade sustained a somewhat noteworthy disaster on Friday evening. " The Revivers of British Industry Associ ation " g ot up a large meeting of working men at Deptford. Speeches were made, and a resolution proposed in favour of a prohibitive duty. But the working men were not to be taken in. One of them got up and submitted a resolution in favour of Free Trade, which was carried by a large majority. THE " SPECTATOR " ON THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. The Spectator gives up Queen's Speeches. The last one it calls " turgid rubbish," and says that it is vain to hope that any of these productions will ever attain even mediocrity. Many of the Ministers are masters of English ; "Mr. Gladstone is such an orator that people spell: of the ' tyranny' of his eloquence; Mr. Bright talks English exquisite in its strength and cadence; Mr. Lowe's letters are cruel in their pungency," &c. ; and yet the lot of them put toge ther one of the worst Queen's Speeches of the century—dull, ungrammatical, and bombastic, LORD PALMERSTON'S DIARY. The Athenmon announces a most important literary discovery—one (as it observes) of the plea santest that could have been made. A searcher among Lord Palmerston's papers has discovered his private diary. We are told that all his contem poraries figure in it ; and they are drawn by a bold and masterly hand. This discovery will, no doubt (the AMenceum says), be turned to profitable use by Sir henry Bulwer, who is known to have been for sonic time occupied with family sanction and assist ance on a biography of the late statesman, which will be published by Mr. Bentley. COLLIERY ACCIDENTS. The usual suggestions for amendments follow the series of colliery disasters which have occurred of late. The defects pointed out are chiefly want of a safer means of lighting the collieries, and bAter ventilation. One correspondent points out that in many collieries the lamps are of the clumsiest construction, o ft en out of repair, and though dangerous, affording no illumination. This writer suggests - that the light should tic.; be surrounded altogether with wire gauze. With a thick glass cylinder round the flame, con tinuing upwards with gauze. Thus the temptation to open the lamp to which the miner is now so subject would be removed. Dr. D. C. 31Tail recommends that the mines be illuminated by hermetically sealed lamps, to which fresh air should be brought by tubing. The electric spark would furnish the means of light, and as there would bo no connection between the air brought to feed the lamp and the air in the colliery, ‘xplosion would be impossible. Of course these electric lamps would be hung up in fixed places. COTTON SUPPIX. The discussion oit the supply of cotton has taken a somewhat new tutu. " A Merchant" puts forward the theory that the scarcity of cotton from which Manchester suffers is owing to the Manchester men themselves. They will do nothing to advance the culture of the plant. They will invest their money in any project but cotton cultivation. Telegraphs, banks, railways, even tea, coffee, and sugar plantations, find subscribers in abundance, but cotton-fields never. The outside world concludes that the culture of the plant will not pay ; it is neglected, and hence the impossibility of getting a cheap supply. The case is very simple. So long as the South furnished an abundant supply cotton was cheap, and goods could be turned out at a saleable price. But that source has now failed, and it has not been replaced elsewhere. The result is that raw cotton is now so dear that the manufac turers cannot produce their goods at a price low enough to command a great sale. This is the cause of the badness of trade in Lan cashire. If the Manchester spinners would but establish a great Lancashire Cotton Company, with a capital say of £3,000,000 or 4,000,000,. to be employed in the heart of India, things, in the opinion of " A Merchant," would soon wear a different aspect. But so long as manufacturers con tent themselves with the Cobden theory that their sole business is to work up the raw material, the present disastrous dearness must continue. Another correspondent, " A Cotton Broker," gives his opinion that the proposed introduction of the Chinese into the Southern States affords the only hope of a cheap supply of raw material. It is still upon the South of the United States that Manchester must place its reliance. The negroes are now reduced to two-thirds of their number before the civil war, and, moreover, they will not work in freedom as they did in slavery. The introduction of Chinese may supply the want of labour; but no otherexpedient offers itself. MB. TUPPER ON RUNNING BROOKS. Mr. M. T. Tupper is not satisfied with the relation of man to the elements. He has already made an unsuccessful attempt to shew humanity how to become lords of the air. He is now concerned with the way in which man uses his servant, water. It is the irreligious custom in this degenerate age to make a running stream a convenient drain for every sort of nuisance. Our pro verbially philosophical poet protests agai nst this desecration in a letter to the Builder. Selfish ness, he says, leads to brook-pollution, and the stream which is bathed in, th e water which is drunk, become " redolent of horrible infections." The only way to prevent the great offence against nature and society is, Mr. Tupper thinks, to punish any fouling of a stream. Unconscious that power has already been given to the Privy Council to stop pollution, ignorant of the fact that Chancery has in several instances stepped in to pre vent the discharge of matter into rivers, Mr. Tupper earnestly pleads for a law creating an authority with power to arrest the course of stream-fouling. Should not Mr. Tupper look up his facts before ho writes again ? ENGLISH AND AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. The Paris Temps, one of the leading French journals, has exp resse d th e opinion that the London press is the best in th e wo rld ; but such is not the opinion of the Americans. The Anglo-American Times holds that though the " leading journal" of London may in some respects surpass the New York papers, yet in respect of gathering and distributing news the lattsr are superior to all others. journalism the this essen ti a l particular of the London press is manifestly inferior. The waste of space in re p or ti n g parliamentary speeches is ono instance of defective management. Sheet after sheet is filled with the wearying sameness of speeches which are often worthless and often meaningless. When the " silly season" commences the great dailies fill in the vacant space with ponderous reviews and long, wearying letters from correspondents. Compare this system with the extensive news collecting of the New York papers. The Triune, for instance, of July 29, devotes its first column to Cuban intelligence, giving official and. correspondents' news, besides the telegrams in another part of the paper. Then comes a telegraphic account of a railway accident; then more telegrams front the leading towns in the Union, some of them many hundred miles distant; afterwards a very low -, p list of telegraphi c despatches from London and the Continent, those from England being dated the previous day. Next follow letters from all parts of the world, Utah, France, England, Spain, P:-..ra guay, &c. So far as news is concerned, the London journals do nothing equal to this. Their telegraphic matter especially is very sparse. It takes -1:125,000 to start a first-class New York daily. " .SOCIAL WRONGS." A new monthly periodical, with the above title, has made its appearance. Its aim will be to call attention to the various wrongs under which women at present suffer "in consequence of man's brutality and selfishness." These, our contemporary thinks, are " disgraceful to a Christian nation ;" it will, therefore set before the public the most flagrant examples of injustice to the weaker sex. The first number ii filled with extracts from " Ecce Homo" THE MURDER IN ITALY. The recent murder in a railway carriage near Isoletta is still creating much excitement in Italy. The victim was the Countess Amanda Cottaneo, and was known to be mixel up in revolutionary affairs. her father, the deputy De Pietro, was assassinated two years since. The Countess, who is described as young and beautiful, has been wandering about Southern Italy, and lately lived at Nola. While there, her supposed murderer, a man named Negri, fired a pistol at her, and by the advice of her friends she left the place for Naples. She was accompanied by three gentlemen who did not perceive that Negri was in the same train, and they accordingly took leave of her at Caserta, believing her to be safe. On the arrival of the train at Isoletta, however, the dead body of the Countess was found in the carriage, her hands being cut with glass and the window broken. Political motives are assigned for the murder, with which it is said jealousy had also something to do. The murderers of M. Inghirami, the Austrian Consul of Livarno, have been all released. It is said that the jury feared to con• vict them, dreading that they might themselves run the risk of the dagger. TRIESTE. For some time past Trieste, which may be regarded as the commercial metropolis of Austria, has been disturbed by riots that have broken out on the slightest pretext. On the 10th of this month, on the occasion of drawing lots for the militiamen, the town was in a stste of distraction all day, and it was found necessary to give up the ceremony. These disturbances are supposed to be instigated by the Italian party in Trieste, which possesses a large share of popular sym pathy. THE LATE ACCIDENT IN SAXONY. The Consul-General of the North German Confedera tion appeals to British sympathy on behalf of the sufferers by the late colliery accident in Saxony. Never but once, even in England, has such a disaster been known. Three hundred and twenty-one lives have been lost, and nearly nne thousand women and children reduced to distress. The progress of civilisation is not an uncbequered triumph. The discovery of coal-beds in various parts of North Ger many are likely to add vastly to the wealth of that country. But here we have the inevitable accom par iment. PORTUGAL. The Ministerial crisis in Portugal is due, it seems, to a financial difficulty. M. de Samodaes, the Financial Minister, had succeeded, in spite of very strong opposi- tion, in obtaining the consent of the Chambers to a loan of £4,000,000. They had also agreed to the increase of the' personal tax and of the laud tax, but they refused to sanction an increase of 50 per cent, on the tax on manufactures, The Bishop of Visen, the Minister of the Interior, also disapproved of this measure. M. de Samoclaes, under these circumstances, became uneasy as to his balance•sbcet, and tendered his resignation, which brought about the resignation of the whole Cabinet. GALICIA. News from Vienna anncunces that M. Giskra, the Austrian Minister of the Inferior, has despatched a circular to the Governor and other cfficials of Galicia, giving orders that the Polish language shall henceforward be the official language of Galicia,. It is said that this change will be productive of considerable incon venience in the public service, especially at the Custom houses and telegraph and pest offices, owing to the number of German employes who are ignorant of the Polish tongue. The Galician Diet will be opened at the end of next month, RATES OF FREIGHT AND CHARTER. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.) The tonnage loading on the berth for India, China, and Cape of Good Hope amounts to 57,524 tons, and that for Australia and New Zealand to 48,798 tons. Berth freights for Bombay and Calcutta are steady, but there is a good amount of tonnage on for most of the Eastern ports and Australasia. Most of the coal orders for Bombay are filled, and the rate now offering from Birkenhead and Cardiff is 30s. per ton, and there is but little inquiry either for India or China. 255. per ton is offered for Singapore. Small ships have been placed from the Rice Ports at 70s. per ton for United Kingdom or Continent ; larger vessels are obtainable at 655. 60s. per ton is offered from Ceylon. Guano freights still remain inactive. CZ:is. per ton is offered for United Kingdom, Cos. for Dunkirk, and 655. for West Indies. Outward coal freights are dull. There is very little doing to or from Brazils. 225. per ton is offered Wales to Rio de Janeiro, 275. Gd. Monte Video, homewards 40s. for handy vessels for sugar in cases, 9-16 d. cotton for a range of loading ports between Bahia an.,l Ceara. Outward Mediterranean freights are without improve ment. Alexandria from the North is down to £2l to £22. There has been somewhat more doing in grain charters' especially for steamers. Sailing vessels are inquired for from the Azoff at 435. per ton wheat. West India freights are unaltered, with but small de• mand for tonnage either out or home. The large shipments of iron for Russia are now nearly closed for this season, and steamers have not obtained the rates that were expected. There is only a slight demand for boats at 18s. to 19s. for Cronstadt. Homeward freights from the Baltic are better. There is scarcely any iron being shipped for the States, and many vessels prefer going out in ballast to the exceedingly low rates of freight that are being offered. Prince Arthur, who arrived at Buckingham Palace from Osborne on Thursday night, took his departure from London for Canada yesterday to join the Rifle Brigade. The Chester Courant has reason to believe that the Prince of Wales will be present at the opening of the new Town llall in that city, and that the Grosvenor hotel will be sot apart for his Royal Highness's reception. There is a probability of the Princess of Wales accompanying his Royal Highness. - - On Thursday sixteen head of cattle in Lyme-park were found to be suffering from a disease, the exact nature of which has not transpired. The outbreak has created so much alarm that Mr. Legh, 11. P., has suggested the propriety of holding the forthcoming Lyme-park Agricultural show outside the precincts of thepark. The report of the select committee appointed to in quire into the present state of the laws affecting the salmon fisheries of England and Wales, and to report whether any and what amendments are required therein, report that they have taken evidence ; but, in consequence of the late period of the session, they have been unable to complete their inquiry into the matters referred to them, and teary have !accordingly agreed to report the evidence taken before them, and to recommend to the house the reappointment of the Coutinittee in the next session of Parliament. A baggage-smasher on a New York railway was astonished recently to see a valise explode under his manipulation. It contained torpedoes for the Fourth. I ADVERTISEMENT.I — llolloWily'S Ointment and Pills. — These highly esteemed medicaments cannotbe too strongly recommended for curing most of the maladies to which humanity is heir. They are as suitable for the child first entering on the journey of life as for the old man tottering towards its end. The ointment is a specifie for the cuts, burns, abrasions, and eruptions often witnessed in the nursery, and it is no less efficient iu healing up soundly and permanently the chronic ulcers and bad legs which so often heap misery on advanced years. The invalid who consults the "directions for use, wrapped round every packet of Holloway's preparations, may, though utterly ignorant of the cause of the malady, successfully adopt this treatment. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (Front the Springfield Republican, July 31.) With the advent of dog-days the continuance of large greenback disbursing transactions on the part of the Go vernment and an encouraging Bank statement, the money market has continued easy throughout the week. Bor rowers have found no trouble in having their wants sup plied at 6 to 7 per cent, on prime security, and the loans at even a less figure have been large. Tho New York City Banks foot up for the week an increase in loans of $2,633,600 ; in deposits of $5,190,559 ; in legal tenders of $2,412,156 ; a decrease in circulation of £67,639, and in specie of $970,026. As compared with their status at the same date of last year, they had over thirty millions less of deposits, eighteen millions less of legal tenders, and have out over twenty millions less of loans and discounts. Their circulation has increased $2,316, and they hold about ten millions more of specie or an increase of 50 per cent. The last item is somewhat relied on to keep the money market easy through the fall campaign. Discuss ing the legitimate functions of a banking institution and its influence on the money market, the Financial Chronicle thus indicts the country banks :-There are not a few na tional banks in the country whose officers almost reside permanently in Now York, and use the money of the bank in Wall-street to much better purpose, so far as pro fits are concerned, than if they soberly and quietly sat still at het& and lent it to tLeir neighbours in the legiti mate way of loans and discounts. We do not refer to speculative bank officers, but those sharp, shrewd, austere men who never speculate, but always in a tight money market have largo sums to lend at the highest rates. Ilow far the recent prosecutions for usury will check this trad ing in money we cannot tell; but there is no doubt that the vast sums which have been lending in Wall-street of late at usurious rates were not wholly derived from our city banks or from city lenders. A goodly proportion of the amount, we feat, comes from country national banks, which are technically said to be " run in Wall-street." We do not hear much about the usury trials. It is said that the case of Van Buskirk, who buys and sells lot Lockwood and Co., will be carried up to tho higher court in order to test the constitutionality of the law. The de fendant alleges that if the Government can buy and sell money at a premium, a private citizen can buy and sell the use of money at a premium. We suspect it will be much easier to prove the inconsistency than the unconsti tutionality of the law. Governments are still advancing, and will continuo, without doubt, under the present policy of the Government. Ono of the pleasantest features of the week deserves a second notice, viz., the proposition from those cautious Frankfort bankers to loan us $300,000,000 at five per cent. The fact that such an offer came unsolicited was very flattering to Mr. Boutwell's ad ministration, and at the same time justified him in suppos- ing that by waiting a longer, giving a chance for competition, he could have all the funds needed, oven at four, or four and a half per cent. interest. In fact the dif ference between the price of bonds abroad and at home is now very slight. Reckoning gold at 136, and au American Five-Twenty Bond is worth but 90 . in New York, while it has been quoted within a few days in London on the rising side of 83. It must be remembered also that on ac count of the exchange the bonds are at par in London when they roach 91. At the last purchase of $3,000,000 on Wednesday, the largest part was bought by Jay Cooke at 120.11. This late was a trifle below the quotations for the day, and there is said to be a generous disposition among the more responsible brokers to favour the Govern ment by meeting its demands for securities at the very lowest possible rates. There have been intimations that the extra purchases would be discontinued through August on account of the heavy expenses that must be met during the next few months. Some oven thought it was about time for the secretary to begin to save up a little pin-money for Congress. Reports were current at New York on Tuesday, however, that the purchases of bonds and sales of gold woula continue. The amount in the Treasury has been as low as 525,000,000, which is considered a small coffer for ordinary business. Careful estimates put the reduction of the debt during the present month at 9,000,000 dollars. The London Star, commenting on Mr. Boutweli's policy of buying bonds, ventures only to say that it is a "somewhat bold experiment." Struck with a sudden sympathy for the American tax payer, it then suggests that we use the surplus money that is now going into the sinking fund, in paying the ordinary expenses of the Government, in order "to lighten the burden which the people have borne so long without a murmur." Taxation, to be sure, is grievous, but the almost universal applause which meets the present dis posal of the cash in hand is evidence that the people, who have been so long patient, now prefer to see the debt diminished, rather than to fold their hands at the last mo ment and let it involve them in national bankruptcy. In view of the high price of Five-Twenties, occasional by his continued call fox them, the Secretary has directed that national banks be allowed to substitute Ten-Forties in place of Five-Twenties as capital deposited with the Government. This permission will doubtless be largely availed of, and already has had the effect to further acce lerate the previously large business in the Exchange of short for long bonds. On Tuesday these two classes of securities were quoted respectively at 12-1 i and 1101, and on Wednesday 124 and 1121, approaching each other ❑early two per cent. Southern State Securities have been more active during the week, and North Carolina New Six per Cents. have advanced from G to 8 per cent. within a few days. The recent decision in that State by Chief Justice Pearson that a Railroad Loan Bill must be sub mitted to a vote of the people is said to rest on the not very evident ground that such a loan disturbs the propor tion fixed by the Constitution, which the capitation must boar to the property tax. Gold has been interesting, not for its present movements, for it has been comparatively quiet, but in regard to its future status. During the present week it has risen from about 135 to 1371, but it broke down on Wednesday to 1351. The occasion of this fluctuation was a rumour that large amounts would be exported and the final discovery that the rumour had no foundation. Some of the New York papers have engaged in quite a lively skirmish, using mostly such harmless missiles as unsavory epithets, over the ques tion of the future export of gold. The bulls rely upon the large amount of foreign debts that they claim are rest ing on the merchants, for an increased export of and con sequent call for specie. On the other hand the bears claim that the present fair supply of bullion is sufficient to satisfy all legitimate needs, and charge the others with an attempt to throw gold up to 140, which it has not been since last October. The shipments of specie have been increasing through July, but aro yet regarded as small. The amounts exported for the first four weeks were as follows :—For the week ending July 3, $852,957 ; July 10, $908,734 ; July 17, $1,762,546 ; July 24, $3,082,015; total since January, $21,294,741, against nearly $59,000,000 for the same time last year. This increase of export has some good features, for it immediately reacts by easing the London and other foreign money markets, lowering the rates of interest and stimulating further investment in American bonds, bearing as they do high rates. So speedily does this adjustment follow that, in consequence of the heavy shipments of last Saturday, being known in London via cable on Monday morning, a further reduction in the Bank of England rate of discount from 3 to 2i per cent. was immediately foreshadowed, as was learned in Now York from private telegrams on Wednesday. The stock market has boon excited over the fluctuations of Vanderbilt stocks, but has nevertheless been uninteresting. This continual bobbing up and down of Now York Cen tral and Hudson has become exceedingly tame. On Wed nesday, the former, which has been up to 216, dropped to 210, on a rumour that the grand conclave of railroad giants at Saratoga would postpone consolidation after all. Hudson follows the fortunes of its leader, and varies 11 or 12 per cent. in as many hours. Wall- street is quite befogged by these changes, and very likely pays a pretty penny for the show into the pockets of the Commodore. Harlem bounded up 9 per sent. on Satur day. Meantime the neglected Western roads are making flattering exhibits of their earnings. For the first six months of the year ton roads, centreing in Illinois, did a business of $2,781,365 more than in the same time in 1868, and in June alone earned half a million more than in June, 1868. The income to the stockholders of Michigan Cen tral last year was ' 4 20 per cent. Dry goods are usually quiet, and for most fabrics prices have not changed. Prints are most active, and the fall styles will be in the market by next week Light ginghams are still in good demand. Muslin delaines are attracting more attention, and the assortment of new styles with dark shades has been largely increased. Foreign goods are slow, the market being so full of British and Continental fabrics that buyers can take their time. Provisions have been dull, holders steady, and buyers reluctant. The advance in moss pork was not justified, and fell off, though the tendency in pork pro ducts generally seems to be upward. Butter is firmer, but cheese continues to droop, Wool has been in increased demand, and prices have steadily advanced. Tho Pacific Railroad is the occasion of a good many commercial expe riments and theories. It has been urged, for instance, that the Eastern States would now have to send their butter to Europe instead of to California, as the Mississippi Valley will now supply the Pacific coast. An ambitious Chinese firm attempted to send 30 tons of tea direct, in lead bound pound and two pound packages, to Chicago, but the Pacific Railroad was going to charge $230 per ton freight, or for every pound of tea about 23c., since half of the tonnage was load. This rata was too high to justify the sending of tho tea to Chicago, and it was despatched over seas to New York. The following letter has been addressed by the Secre tary of the Treasury to the Comptroller of Currency, July 23d :—" Referring to my letter of May 14th ultimo I have decided to permit the substitution of Ten- Forties and Five-Twenties, or the exchango of any gold bearing bonds now held as security fur circulating notes on the basis hitherto adopted ; the Ten-Forties to be re ceived at eighty-five per cent. of their par value, and all other six per cent. gold-bearing bonds at ninety per cent. The Six per Cent. Currency bonds issued by the United States to tho Pacific Railroad will not be received as security for the circulation of national banks ; and the ex change of gold-bearing bonds is subject heretofore to re vision if it shall be found that such exchanges are so fre quent as to become onerous to the Department.—GEOßGE S. BCUTWELL, Secretary of Treasury." The Comptroller of the Currency has given notice accordingly. .4 Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia bankers, report --- --•••mi• ~..., I.".''‘ as follows on July 30 : Pennsylvania Railroad shares, of 56.1 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 98 ; Sixes, 2d Mor t g age' 97 972. (Front the Wall-street Journal.) Friday Evening, July 30, 1869, Money on call is growing in ease, and the general rates to-day aro 6 per cent., with exceptions on Governnte° Bonds at 5 per cent. Discounts are steadily obtainable oila prime paper at 9 per cent., the extreme rates being 8 a n d 10 per cent. Gold is quiet with little business doing, 91 , prices have scarcely varied to-day, the closing price bo i l 1266. Government Bonds are active and strong, W. general advance in prices of from i- to 1% per cent. . le-„ . 4 Forties and Currency Sixes aro especially favourite°, 1 ,. higher prices for both these Securities may be looked f°l' Sixes, 1861, registered 123 to 1 231 Sixes, 1868, coupon .. Sixes, 1881, coupon U.S. Gs. Pacific Railroad 103; to 109 . Five-twenties, 1862, registered 123 to 12 4 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1855, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 it •'''t to 1 " Ten-forties, coupon Ton-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Sixes. 1881 QUOTATIO FOR SPECIE. 4 Amer. silver... 9(;i to 97 S En I g. sove 4S7 t ° ~ 89 sR Mex. d011ar5...1041 „ 105 i2O francs 386 7 , Vi Eng. silver 475 , 480 I 'Minters Five francs .... 96 „ 97 00 Foreign Exchange is steady, but the transactions Al. a limited scale. 1) 5 3 1. Sixty Days. Three . 10 1 London Bankers London, Prime Commercial , 091091 .. ....iii Paris, Bankers lBi— 5.13 i 5.1.24 -- ' Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 351-36 ..... Frankfort, O.M. 4Ol-40k ...... Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.181-5.13 f ...... Amsterdam, Bankers S wiss 5.14-5.134 ...... par Railroad Bonds are steady, with continued da il y P chases both for home and foreign investment. CLOSING QUOTATIONS FOR MORTGAGES: , 53 N. Y. Central 6s, 1883... 91 Tol. & Wab. 2d 3 1 E s ' 76 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... 89 Tol. & Wab. EquiP . •,: .. 781 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est.. 89 Gt. Western 2d AI '9 0 ,,,,.." .., N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n.. 89 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist "'''' 9 1 N.Y. Central 7s, 1876._ 100 Gal. & Chic. Ext ......... ' 96 N. Y. Cen. 78, con. 76:... 100 Gal. & Chic. 2d M ........ • 93 Erie Ist Mort Ex — Chi. &R. I. Ist M ....... "94 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 9ll Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7', 5 •" 91 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 BBl Cleve. & Tol. S. Fu"''lo° Elio 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 B2l N. J. Central Ist I1.••'10 9 Erie 7s,sth Mort, 1888 76 N, J. Central 2d 3 ,1 ... a . lO O Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. lstll.l, '77 B5 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 2d , k9 l Hud. 11. 7s, Ist M, '69 974 Pitts. Ft. W.. &Cln . 5 , u 1 3 Hod. R. 7s, 2d 51, 'B5 101 Cleve. & Pitts., 4th ',: •/' Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 101 Chic. & Alien, S. F . I li. ,1 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 l3Ol Chic. &Alton, S.F•l.,:f 90} Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 131 Mil. & St. Paul Ist ~"-"' 0, Mich. So., 7p.c. 2d M 93 Mil. & St. Paul 2d 1 1::' 9 01 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Marietta & Cin. 1 5 t, 3 0 . 9, 8 1 1 Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 98 Morris & Essex 1 5 '...7 ... 9 " 111. Cen. 7p. c, '7O 1191 Morris & Essex 2d *°:,:',. Alton &T. 11. Ist M Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton &T.H.2d M. Inc 771 N. Y. & N. H. 65 ..•..... <ii Han.& SO. LandWrntslos Dubuque &S. Can' s . . , Ran. & St. J. Con — Peninsula Ist M ...... ." 9; Chi. B. &Q. Ist M 108 Ohio & Miss. Ist 11." ... ',,d Chi. & N. West, S. F 961 Ohio & Miss. Con ......... " Chi. &N. W. Con Cony 954 Tel. P. W. Ist M. E•;10,. ' Chi. &N. W. Int B BB Atlantic &G.W . 2 " d , Chi. Railroad Stocks are firm, with moderate trat3olie the principal transactions being in the Vanderbilt west' Stocks, in Michigan Southern, Chicago and so rti l es tlia or; and Reading. In Miscellaneous stocks, 00 5 bee ° feature continues to be Pacific Mail, whic h 11° ' selling to-day at 81 to 841. .. , 1 5 11 N. Y. Central 2144 Fort Wayne ............ , Erie • gli Hudson ... .' Si Reading Mich. Central l3l W. U. Telegraph ;''.:. . I s l Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 107;1 Ohio and MississiPPl' ,'it North-West North-West Preferred 94 Cumberland ............ .. : 7 's ii Canton.. IV Rock bland 31eveland and Toledo iM & St. Paul P refer Express Stocks are dull:— f „.., ~ 5 9 1 041 Adams 41 t o /1 Merchants' Union, erchants old Stock , 1)1 to 03 United States .................. 22 v ? to ' 1 Of a 0 0 " Duxbury, Mass., it is stated, was D ana ' galls", 0 0 respect to Captain Miles Standish, from Dulcb ilil d i s pl i6 ,,c% seat of the Standish family in England. Its 1 0 g o) was Mattakesett. It is pleasantly situated on ris iti g r ailr:d with a broad view of the ocean, but retired, ag o sce° o o approaches within a considerable distance. .." p iles h ip is picturesque, and as the beach extends see p „ 11r°,, is village is peculiarly adapted for a watering liffi , 0 11 0 p a few miles there are 365 lakes, as they woul d er ic. 4 . b it England, fishing ponds as they are called in . 10/ tte redf s i the well as villageclamcies lobstert,,,o miles fishing farming is the only occupation the houses are V a ss , o c o front as n a tr lu e c iT t S iv t e an b d uissi:l3ll l, 3 : ol;P : ll the scat of the renowned Captain Miles Stat idis ig Jai i s J, Longfellow's heroes, and well known in the ( S r e ' s eita r y New England. The following story has boon re tb - e r 0 :00 and we have only to preface the anecdote wil l ' elt se , that John Alden wt,s a very handsome fellow : -- ii , e r li e d of that soon after Captain Standish became a vvid°oaleosia led to think that if he could obtain the heart ° i F 1.,i15r Miss Priscilla Mullins, a daughter o f Al ba 116 0 1 Mullins, the breach in his family would ctieteoo, repaired. He therefore, according to tb ° oo e 1 3 0," these times, sent to ask the permission of th° i5 12 8 ° tleman to visit his daughter. John -A-I d a elis t be ' l l ,ject senger, went and faithfully communicated ot ° o ftt e of the captain. The old gentleman di ", c eacil,,, as he might have done, on account of the i- t iy a6`" TD" captain's bereavement. Ho said it was Pod ° Iva' d ad+ ns u D , 0 to him ; but the young lady must also be c o a p'• 1 ,0 1 ~ damsel was then called into the recut, 55 , o val ts oP who is said to have been a man of excelle° l ' ery coa f 00 0 fair and ruddy complexion, arose, and ins T er 0 0a. , co,' and prepossessing manner delivered his .. a s ite dr Mullins listened wtth respectful attention, a" w i t h a it i 'v 1 siderable pause, fixing her eyes upon bin' j o ha , a, I' ll t y and pleasant countenance, said ' Friths°, a we e tbs you not speak for yourself ?' He blushed, 3 ,l, ll te dia° r 01 took his leave, but with a look which ind lc so , o 6 l l his diffidence would allow him otherwise to 1 : 1 _ ' oo t 1 ., 01, ever, he soon renewed his visit, and it vi ; 10 fol e ite; fore their nuptials were celebrated in at° in 0% 0 0 1 from thorn are descended all of the Aldo° o ptal ot it l i States. What report John made to tb°folcl, D oi ° the first interview tradition does not hint the ill certain that the captain never forgave - -ill l e 'I his death." A .i` j S tto ll, :tiO, f; OBITUARY.—Captain Joseph ' - '` i r s'l ' .. r the juli a'. known commander in the service of 0 , „id., I v Steamship Company, died at San Francis ills, cgo, 0 0 J. Jones, a wealthy citizen of Liberty,f:i. Sprla. o o l suddenly of heart disease at White Su/111,4 1 7N, I ginia, July 25.—Mrs King, wife of Cl . , llie datV ei , 01 1(3 t W. King of the United States Navy, u' e OS I o °. Jersey, July 28. T .T . SteP i ffeli ft :o l "..LITERA RY ITEMs.—Alexander i•-". ci or. ~, tb i ° 4 0 0 „; recovering from his late illness very raP i d pero„' - c iai: A zetil been out of the house since February, ° ll ia stif il is ivso o carried out with great difficulty. f,,i' ° A , or 0 h a o ' r e ° gaged on the seeend volume of his vs — ---"" leo think that the labour retards his recoVerY•of 00, intends taking to California, Non, x d e l c ol , A ll "0 0 1,, " French Folks at Home." , „ a nd ; 0 1 0 Ar„ I ADVERTISEMENT. Consumption, „ g ory r ac rif t ok:er bilious, stomach, and iver complaints in ~,' ;), ding to o of,t aggravated and accelerated b drugs 0f f i .r e eStl,iol! e ° ,.oty perfealy curable by DU BARRY'S he ait _ ses if ~,0 1 9, ) iir o rr Arabica Food, as proved by thousands 0! ndyoP7.o, ° o o , , f ltei considered hopeless; such as indigestl.oll_ Aiartltaleceg,,o4, asthma, consumption, habitual constipatfoNt., a! ro , . 0 , co derangements, haemorrhoids, liver colnWarputlotooti!ieeUt vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat , .. 0 r uet! lit y, , o rlo. colds, influenza, noises in the head and Piliritall,ilol lr. impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgT2o, da, i . s t 4o , fi .0 07 ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, heaa', o o6 o ",, fo re cl`.`„,l o ;, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pr,e7 b , OIL . 8 ca . , , 5 0 . , ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, th;htness o' ic iers , , 'OA f'o' . oo ll pit of the stomach, and between the shou narr y 0 00 11 .:0 11. few: -The Pope's health restored by D'Ai t ' o f tbs . : 4 ol;ot L i co lo 68,413—" Rome, July 21, 1866, The hea „ o ,ber ,:- . ,,fi_ „ r o., s e,, excellent, especially since, abandoning, a,.,,,u 0 ,4 ofts_ Ki . ) 06 0; confined himself entirely to Du BarrYan e st. tj ' a hi t o us T o ' pe: 4 of which he consumes a plateful at eve health,— ,,,i I v o- rte , l oy a surprisingly beneficial effect on his . liiy ."-- 0 00 Be a cannot praise this excellent food too 111 E jo aeS, d isea e o, rfot , du Midi, July 2i. Cure No. 46,270. thirty y e0 : 11; de of,S.o_e.,cf , , merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of tuLl'„,rtfat„t of, lo t!' ce, spitting of blood, liver derangernelat,__st.Wotetreo,oo,g,P:off; N 0.1,77 . Lord Stuart de Decies, LOF." ",yift?„'„,a ; o. f ,.',1 of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 4tl, B .4 ites s, as , '_ oj oit ~ 0 0 to r i able agony from dyspepsia, n ervous _ io ,l ~ .,,,,0 5 , 3 0 0 , stipatiou, flatulency, spasms, sicknessz,f t he t t ' u out 1)0 57 11 Jolly." Important Caution. l3o v 3rc w hic % e d. 12 1 , 0 f) 0 and moro than sloppy imitations t? _,, . t tty 0 00; c 00',, 4 Baron Liebig's name is most audactoLVA . 510 . „ 1 0. , 0 , ;01e i In tins, at Is lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; 2lbs 4_4 - .4 ', on vo i ' e a ,0 / 21 lbs 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S It 0 c Or.';', 57?,,,, kJ: o p a l POWDER is packed in tin canisters: 10: 03 . 3 05,1,; 5 50 0 , 01, r at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at Gs, for 288 011P he 3 08 a1,i ( 7 0 -S ott clOY —being about one penny per Cup.f , receipt °- t ree- , free of carriage in England ou „ 0 , 0 0 RAR.sY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77 , ..- - all Grocers and Chemists li' 'il 0 0 1 BIRTHS fe, ~,,„s. do , „,_d e zitr-P .5 s oI Kinny—On the 13th inst., at 5, 'lly `" to, the of Martin Kirby, Esq., of a son. Ito r o tto, I, MORANT—Ou the 13th inst., at t of 9 , ,son• ( 4 Liout.-001. Horatio IL Moran , Jo I Y , S. t S t ' 1 0' 1 01' Al A RRI Aar . ivy 0 II jo t " n 'of t o f ti) CROMPTON —AININ—On the 13ttbird 8 0- ,htcr - ~ic Paddington, Albert Crompton, A &Ili, ~, , , ! , ,r, Elm ei . sec On.. I P (~, I Justice Crompton, to ri , JA O to ~,, v t. C. A. Aikin, E. q. • st at " cli lll. o l° the Val In- e .„-, ; ,„ c a I MEALY—GLADWIN—On --_,- 1 of '.. - i v , 1 , • cadilly, Mr. Fredk. Wm. li- o r t i ', o l a te I Elizabeth Gladwin, nic"t-street, W• 11i rc 1, Warwick-street, Begun , ore DEA TB"' hu nt, ae , 6 ~, ,, ,:4 t chelteli,,,ed ' je o, r BIRCH—On the 12th inst., ft._ drnie re, , c oo tell Eq., late of Stony-dale, Vilu Char le g C. ion HUTCIIINS— 011 the 1201 :ustli, aged s *" • P ar of the War Office, , i i , )a i ll M f ., " 6eorge Phil" PARKER —OR the .0,....u5_. , ed 47. of 43, Mark-lane, E.G., ag Well; Fargo, and Co ID - Printed (P" A yi A n. 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