The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TUE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times, after comparing the provisions of the rival Cattle Bills of Lord Robert Montagu and Mr. Forster, observes that, there being so little difference in their prac tical operation, one consideration alone would have sufficed to decide the question between them. The Govern ment measure is comprehensive, and proposes a consolida tion of the existing legislation. Its rival, by rendering former Acts permanent, would have made consolidation impossible. There will still be an opportunity in com mittee on Mr. Forster's bill to contrast the rival system of prevention. Meanwhile, there is one considera tion, briefly suggested on Wednesday by Mr. Forster, which deserves more attention than it has received. He observed that, after all, our main safeguard against the spread of the cattle plague must be our power to " stamp it out " when it appears. Be it remembered that we now possess that power; and if Mr. Forster's bill be passed, we shall possess it in still greater complete ness. But when the cattle plague first appeared we did not possess such a power ; and to this deficiency the extent of its ravages must be mainly attributed. It took us by surprise, and found us equally ignorant and unpre pared. The consequence was that it raged almost unchecked for half a year, and it was not until a commission had reported and Parliament had legis lated that we were in a position to resist it. But the truth is no such danger is to be apprehended for the future. We can now, at a day's notice, isolate the district in which the plague first appears, and " stamp it out" as effectually as it is " stamped out" abroad. By the means now at our disposal we have actually extirpated the disease after it had held undisputed sway for six months. It will be our own fault if we ever allow it to get a hold on the country again. In one word, the disease is no longer the formidable enemy it once was ; and it would, therefore, be a grievous mistake to legislate as if its very name should cause a panic. Freedom, and wit restriction, must undoubtedly be the basis of all our commercial legislation. We only need power to control the trade promptly and effectually should occasion arise, and that power the Government bill would abundantly provide. The Telegraph declares that Lord Robert's plan will not do. A far wider scheme is proposed in the bill of the Government, which not only provides a complete system of inspection within our own shores, hut gives the Privy Council power to prohibit the importation of cattle from anyinfected country. That is the only safe course. If the rinderpest exists in France, French cattle must for a time be excluded from English ports. There can be no middle course. Rinderpest must be kept out of the country as jealously as Pitt kept out " French ideas." On the other hand, the far mers must not be allowed to think that they can rely on the vigi lance of the inspectors at the ports of entry. Local authorities must receive the fullest power to maintain a rigid system of inland inspection, so that the negligence of one town or one county may not be a source of danger to another. Our line of circumvallation must always be ready ; our guillotine always bright. A system of compensation for the loss sustained by the slaughter of diseased cattle must be so arranged that there shall be no temptation to delay for one hour this work of "stamping out." Rinderpest comes as a thief in the night, and, like other thieves, it can be kept out of the treasure room only by the vigilance of the police. Mr. Forster and Mr. Bruce seem fully alive to the nature of the evil. They have framed a bill which, more complete than Lord Robert Montagu's, will guard against an insidious evil at the ports of entry, and, if it should unhappily gain a footing on our soil, will circumscribe the limits of its ravages, and call into operation the best avail able means of extinction. rsr EARL OF DERPY AND HIS IRISII TENANTS. The Earl of Derby has just addressed the following :ircular to the tenants and others resident on his estate in the neighbourhood of Ballykisteen House, [reland :—" My good friends,—Let me write to you as one who, though long absent, has never ceased :o take a warm interest in all that concerns you. For forty-five years I have had the charge of the property )n which you live, and I can truly say that I have always studied to promote your welfare and comfort, and to your :redit be it said that in that long period no serious crime gas come to my knowledge as having been com mitted by any of you. It grieves me, there ore, to learn that one of your immediate neighbours, an in )ffensive man, and, I am told, generally popular, has been -ecently murdered, and the high road, not far from my 'odge gate. lam glad to be assured that no suspicion A having been concerned in the murder attaches to any A you ; but I have reason to believe that more than me of you are aware of facts which, if disclosed, night go far to fix the guilt on the actual criminal. It is to the interest of all that crimes of such magnitude should not go unpunished ; and I desire to Impress on you, what I fear is not sufficiently understood n Ireland, that he who, by shielding a murderer, encourages the crime, is only one degree less culpable than he who commits it. You all know that I never ejected a respectable and deserving tenant, but you musk not be surprised if I do not allow anyone to continue; M the occupation of my land who, by concealing or misr& presenting facts within his knowledge, shall be found tt have done his best towards frustrating the ends of justice, and making himself virtually an accomplice in the crime of murder. I offer no money reward for information. I appeal rather to your love of justice and to the desire which you must feel to relieve yourselves from the disgrace of having such a crime perpetrated in the midst of you, and undetected ; to disclose fearlessly and truthfully to those whose duty it is to make inquiry any circumstances which may lead to the discovery of the murderer. Do not, I entreat you, by neglecting this, your positive duty, give me cause to lower the good opinion which I have Formed of you after so many years' acquaintance.—Your old and true friend, DERBY." THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. The Light and Dark Blue crews were out again yesterday morning, and were eagerly watched in their performances by a considerable number of spectators. There is now only a week to the day of the race, and though something in the way of improvement in both is observable, the two eights have got all their work before them to be iu proper trim for the final contest. The Oxford men still shew their superiority in the matter of strength. but have not yet got rid of the fault, noticeable from the of rowing " all abroaff." Their opponents pull, as usual, with a much more rapid stroke, and with greatest finish ; but, looking at the two boats when they had got way thoroughly on, there seemed to be good ground for the conviction that Oxford would have the pull in a race which laid much stress upon the staying powers of the contending parties. Below is a correct statement of the weights of the :trews at the present time. OXFORD. at, lb, at. lb. J. H. Woodhouse, Univ ll li J. C. Tinne, University.... 13 12 It. Tairtnirdin, St. John's ll 13 AC. Yarborough. Lincoln 1.2 0 I'. S. Baker. Queen's l2 12i W. D. Benson, }lalliol .... 11 9 It. Willan, Exeter l2 4A 1 S.D.Darbishire, Bal., stroke 11 9 D. A. Neilson, St. John's (cox.), 7st. 131 b. CAMBRIDGE. at. lb. I ...,. ie. A. Rushton, Emmanuel ll 7F. M'Michael s , Downing 12 4 J. 11. Ridley, Jesus J. W. Da e, St. John's l2 10 P. H. Mellor, Ist Trinity.. 11 10i J. F. Young, Christ's _ H. E. Cordon, First The betting rules much as i Oxford last night, but there 'rittity (cox.), 7st. £lb. did ; 70 to 40 was offered on ras no taker. The Herald says that it has been asserted by those likely to be well infone ' on the subject, that the Irish Roman Catholic bishops were not at first by any means such fervent supporters of Mr. Gladstone's contemplated The Bishop of Salisbury's health during the last measures in regard to the Irish branch of the Etablish- few days has continued to improve. ment as the public generally supposed. The fact is, that The French papers attribute a mot to Lamartine, the hope of a total transfer of the Church property to for which, had he been still alive, they would scarcely, we themselves or their successors, at a future, and, perhaps, • should think, have liked to make him responsible. Some not very distant date, which was always in their contem. one asked the poet whether he was not spending too much plating, influenced their conduct ; and in their private money in advertising his publications. "No," be is reported conversations with select members of their own faith they to have answered, "advertisements are absolutely neces pleaded, in justification of their want of sympathy for Mr. eary. Even Divine worship" (in the original, le bon. Dieu) Gladstone's proceedings, that they had no right to sanction . needs advertisine. Otherwise what is the meaning of the disposal of funds which did not belong to them to any church bells ? " other purpose than those to which they were originally appropriated. The loss of the Maynooth grant, however, An English lion-tamer, yclept Cooper, has had coupled with the determination expressed in one act of a narrow escape of his life at the Circus on the Boulevards, Parliament that the levelling up system should not, uni' r Paris, In putting his head into the lion's mouth, the any circumstances, be adopted, seems to have in some dotepteur had reckoned without his host, for the animal measure altered their original intention of maiutainins; a immediately closed his ponderous jaws, and would have dignified neutrality in the political contest. A very well soon turned his master into a veritable headless man but written and obviously well-considered letter appeared for the timely intervention of an assistant, who, by firing recently in the Freeman's J o ur na l, un d er th e s i gna t ure o f a gun, frightened the animal and made him release the "A Priest," suggesting the terms on w hi c h th e t rans f e r of head of the rio»zetcur. The too-venturesome tamer gut off a share of the Church property to the bishops of the Roman with a few teeth-marks. , Catholic religion might be rendered acceptable to those On Tuesday, at especial meeting of the Dublin Town dignitaries and productive of public good. We take it that Council, a letter was read from Mr. Bruce intimating that her this •tter has received private sanction from superior Majesty would receive the Lord Mayor tend four other mem ,- authority, and that it has been inserted to test public hers of the Corporation on the lath inst., for the purpose of opinion on propositions which the Catholic bishops would presenting an address with reference to the Irish Church. not venture to propound themselves. Mr. Sullivan, having expressed regret that the loyalty of The Standard thinks that the Duke of Somerset opened over, the observation was the Conservative members was at such a low ebb that none a most interesting question on Tuesday night, when be . of them would volunteer to . go il, ov 13 declaring that the asked the Government for information as to theiapolicy in t repudiated from the other side, ..Ir regard to the protection of missionaries in China. His • "majority had asked to strike from L l Ter the Throne one Grace's remarks as to the general behaviour of some of our of its principal supports." A valedictory address to the et hissionaries, especially those belongine to a body called Duke of Abercorn was carried by 32 to 4. ominously the "China Inland Mission," were very much Mr. Akroyd, M.P., Mr. E. Ashworth, Mr. Can to the point, though they might have covered a much delet, of Manchester, and the Rev. Mr. Stamper presented wider field. The whole subject of the national duty in a memorial to Mr. Gladstone at the House on Tuesday regard to the missionary system is one of great impor night, asking him to support Dec. Selwyn-Ibbetson's tance, and has scarcely obtained the notice which it de- bilk Mr. Gladstone said the bill did not accord with the serves. What the country should know is distinctly recommendation of Mr. i Villiers's Committee , and sug whether, either in China or elsewhere, it i s i n th e power of grated wheth e r th e magistrates, if they had all the licens any individual who gout into the interio r to change ing power, mi g ht not be aibitrary. Mr. Candelet replied the religion of the natives to appeal to th e nearest that be thought the diffi c ulty was met in the ninth British armed force to back him in his arguments clause, which was adopted from Mr. Gladstone's Wine or to relieve him in discomfiture. Unless some clear Act. Mr. Gladstone promises to consider the memorial. understanding is come to on this point we can never be The memorial was signed by four thousand persons, includ sure of peace in any part of the world. If it is left to the leg one hundred members of Parliament. discretion of every individual missionary whether any given Chinese town shall be sacked and burnt by the naval THE GREAT FIRE AT NEW ZEALAND. —The fire forces of her Majesty, and a certain numberof itsinhabitants which broke out in the town of Timaru on the7thel slain, it is impossible that we can either spread peace or December last, was one of the most destructive that have the religion through the Chinese empire. We say this with taken place in New Zealand. Nearly the whole.ef the utmost respect for what is good and noble in the mis- chief buildings and stores in the place were consumed. ieru T sionary system. In the interests of Christianity itself it Among them were the Bank of New Zealand , the et A is clear that we must no longer resort to the gunboat as Herald office, club-house, hotels, insurance offices, &c. the ultima ratio between the British missionary in a Chi- heavygale of wind from the N.W., which prevai led at the nese town and his native hearers. It cannot he doubted time, was the principal cause of the conflagration extending that one such an affair as that at Yangchow is calculated as it did. The total loss of property is estimated at to do ten times as much injury to the cause of the religion £27,000 to £lOO,OOO, only £32,000 of which is insured. which was there propagated as all the good which the ar .0.1.11. G LADSTONE'S IRISH CHURCH BILL.—At a China Inland Mission could achieve, working at its highest power, in half a century. conference of the National Associaticn, held at Dublin on The Star enters upon the question of representative Wednesday, a resolution, proposed by the Very Rev. Dr. peers at some length, and says that it would be better to Moran, and un an i mous l y a d op t e d, d ec lared that, while let it rest unless it can be settled by giving to the people of disapproving of some of the details of the Irish Church Scotland e ection of anpeers a d the ps wille le oeitherf Irela bringnd such the m righ ajority o ts in t f he Bill, the associati on pl aces f u ll con fid e nce in the wise and l the peers into harmony with th e p eo pl es , or secure th e just policy of M r . Gl a d stone, an d in th e g ood feeling of return of peers who will not caricature the opinion the English people. The Bishop of Galway spoke of the of the country for which they sit, We can see no Premier as the greatest of modern statesmen, whose name mgoade. od reason why d be this no ch occasion ange should restrict the not he ahould d escen d to posterity as the greatest benefactor to franchise, because the nature of the case confines the religion and society. candidature to men presumed by the custom and PURCHASING OF THE IRISH RALLWAYS.--So far theory of this country to be inevitably capable, as soon as they reach manhood, of legislating competently for their as I can gather, the Irish peers and commoners are not in countrymen. When constituencies are free to range over remarkably good spirit's at the result of to-day's interview the whole area of the adult male population, it is conceiv- with the Premier and his two colleagues, the Chancellor able that the suffrage may prove a responsibility too heavy for some who possess it e but restricted in their choice to of e the Excheq uer an d t h e Irish Minister. Lowe frequent l y hereditary wisdom, the Irish and Scotch peoples could not interposed carefully-studied questions of a not particularly go far wrong. They might safely lee trusted in to pertinent character during the spokesman's masterly an intelligible basis a representation which its present statement of the whole Irish railway case, and, when state is a ludicrous parody of everything that the partici- Lord Clar ir i car d e concluded, other interrogatories which patien of nobles in government ought to be. The Post, after remarking that the Attorney - General did not indicate an over -f r i endly feeling towards the has in his Bankruptcy Bill adopted "pure and simple" purchase scheme f o ll owe d. All that could be extracted the Scottish system, says that if c reditors whose d e bt s are from Mr. Gladstone was that he considered the subject of great or small will really attend to their own business— great importance, and that he would give it full considera: if they appoint as trustees men content to . receive fair tion. This meagre stereotyped official promise is not likely to afford much satisfaction to the Irish people.—London remuneration for the work actually done—if no bills of professional men are paid until they have been taxed—if all accounts are submitted to a searching audit in the Correspondent of the Irish Times. VELOCIPEDE SCHOOLS.—'The nightly scenes at i i office of the accountant in bankruptcy, then the introduc tion of the Scottish system in this country may be re garded as an unmixed good. The details of the measure Burnham's and Witty's schools in Brooklyn constitute itself cannot be correctly appreciated until we see them quite an interesting entertainment. The expert riders of some months hence in print,Brooklyn are multiplying rapidly, and at b o th th e above and until we see the com panion measure for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, which also is promised. If the delay which is anticipated velocipede arenas the displays of skill and daring are should t a k e place, the Government w ill d eserve much blame, numerous. The funny side of the picture is also exhibited and, possibly, the H use of Lords may be induced to take th e matter i nto its own hands and consider a' ni g htl y in thee form of the collisions, falls, narrow esca p es, Bankruptcy Bill w hi c h , w i thout conso lid a ti ng th e old and the wobbling movements of the tyros in the art. The law, will in a contise convenient acid efficient shape give attendance of spectators ea ch ni g ht is such as to crowd the public th e benefit of the advantages which hav now been shado we d f ort h b y the Attorney-General. Last year, both halls, the gallery at Burnham's being specially de when Lord Cairns's large bill, containing than five hundred clauses, was - withdrawn voted to tl . te , use of ladies and those of flee other accepted, as an instalment, Mr. 'Ai n 't' . The same . . o.a s short bill relat• tt . , r lament . gladly i sex accompaaying them, while at Witty's hall the leg to trust deeds. we same 17:ocess may again ljave to he repeated, and, hope, with the same ladies . have the front seats. Mr. Burnham has riding as a feature of the introduce velocipede success. However this may' he, au. c t '• credit for the candid manner ad .eir . R. Collier deserves exeseises of his Ltd classes; and Mrs. Burnham already which he proposes to deal N n Vith en i l etoy reform, ight . en e d spirit with ' rides with a degree of modest ease and skill surprising and the public will be satietied if ' ill i e i'r t u ext of his bill to those who iwazine that ladies cannot ride a two justifies the commentary which w e have now made he. wheeled velecipede without objectionable exposes. The anticipation. i exercise is especially adapted for ladies, and it is simply as The Daily News considers that the b tc il s l ts of is th l e Solicitor- ' an exercise that Mr. Burnham has introduced it. None General for the repeal of university than a reprint of the measure which he introrceedTerset but ladies are admitted to the hall during the ladies' class y e e r a m r. iss l v t e is c a o s mp r u e ls o, - o a r is as th r e e e ga c rd ; the universities, and‘ exercise, and those who leave seen Mrs. Burnham ride are Fay offices of distinction and eonieeTteisin. enltinoltivis al. in a fever to learn the art themselves. The ordinary dress versities to Nonconformists, using that word In %11. used by ladies . in these calisthenic exercises is just suited largest extent. To the colleges, which are privet: for use in riding the bicycles, not half as much exposé of foundations, it gives the liberty, withd rawn from the nether li m b s b e i ng made as in the ordinary walking them statutes a by nd th admitting Dissentere Act of Uniform s,ishoty, uld theof revisindis g t o sed heii attire. N ever b e f ore i n the history of manufactures in to do so. 'flee measure has passed y b be eyond p the this country has there arisen such a dammed for an article stage at which discussion is useful. 'flee second as now exists in relation to velocipedes. They are reading of the bill is sure to be carried by a large manufactured now at the rate of 1,000 a week, and that it majority. What is needful is, that at every stage about the tenth part of the number of orders received foe the tide of opinion shall run strong and high enough in the Commons and in the country to float it, in Lord them. One contract was made this week for the gn anti- • Russell's apt phrase, over the bar of the Lords. , facture of 5,000 boys' bicycles.—Neav York Times. THE SUN, LONDON, THET.RgDAY MARCH 11, 1869. 7I11.; RAILROAD WAR. MISCELLANEOUS PEWS. (From the We.4ern Railroad Gazette.) The Missouri Democrat is inclined to treat the contest between Gould arid the Penn•ylVan in humor ously. Here is a leader in the number for February 6 :—That man can have no soul at all for a fight who ;foes •.ot take a lively interest in :he battle of the railway giants. Thursday's despatches gave us information of a new mai,cetivre, and within a short time another great charge witl either prevail rir be repulsed. On the face of things, there apnear four great trunk lines between the East and West. • The New York Central has an interest in the route from Cleveland via Bellefontaine and Indianapolis to St. Louis, and in another via Toledo and Springfield. The Toledo route is unbroken ; the Bellefontaine route is broken at Indianapolis ; for the Indian apolis and Terre Haute road, after a sharp fight some time ago, was wrested from the control of the New York Central by Ben Smith, and is now in the interest of the Pennsylvania Central. Therefore, the New York Central has talked, surveyed, and threatened a new line between Indian apolis and Terre - Haute. M anwhite it has its connections unbroken with Chicago. The New York Central we shall call Vanderbilt. The Erie, under Gould, has control of a complete broad gauge route to Cincinnati and St. Louis, and is now fighting for the control of routes to Chicago. - A little while ago Gould and Vanderbilt were fighting; now there is more than a suspicion that they have united their interests for a common ob ject. The Baltimore and Ohio, having recently secured the Marietta and Cie cinnati Road, has a consolidated line to Cincinnati and connects via Indianapolis with Chicago and St. Louis. But the control of the Indianapolis and Terra Haute Road was needed to make its line to this city complete, and therefore it joined interests with Vanderbilt to get that road. Beaten by Ben Smith, it probably has an interest in the projected new route. Here. then, are these powerful interests, virtually work ' iug together, for what ? To cripple and destroy the Pennsylvania Central—say Scott, " for short." The Gould manoeuvre was to get. control, in the in terest of one or the other of the three allies, of every road by which Scott could reach Chicaeo, St. Louis or Cincinnati. Accordingly, the Atlantic and Great Western was secured by Gould, and the proposed change of gauge stopped; the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago was to be grasped. the Columbus roads westward were to be seized • and poor Scott, thus shut in on all hands, would be deprived of all Western connections. Exactly , what the allies would have done for the benefit of the public, we do not k.tow. The first failure wa s when the Ben Smith combination gained the Indianapolis and Terra. Haute. Smith had a road from Columbus to Indianapolis, then another via Logansport to Chicago, and with the Terre Haute Road. he became. a power in the land. Hence the fight fur the control of Smith, in which Erie was beaten. Scutt Ind Sinith have now joined hands. The new line from this p tint to 'rerre Haute will soon give the Pennsylvania a complete route to this city ; with the Smith roads it has a complete route to Chicago, and is now lighting for L„..gislat"re'o_fanthtie the control of the Colinnhus ind Xenia and Little Miami, by which it con reach Cineintiati. So f .r, then, Scott reeists all efferts to ite him up. Ther reinaieed the great Pittsburgh, Fort Wa., - ne, an 1 Chicago Road, his best lull most natural route to the Northwest, the directors of which are now iii the Scott interest,. The danger was that the Gould combination would get control of the road. Stock has been bought, proxies have been obtained, agents have been sent to Europe to get control of the Erie hel d al t r h e e a r d e y , a h re a l l the ac l e m rt a a s i t n i t s y of openly ta that. t ,text election of directors to be held in March. the schemers couuted without their host. They forgot that Scott not only owns a railroad, but also a lecrislature. For, on Wednesday, a little bill was introduced in the Peunsylvatila signed tile Go pass• t-haitieodhr, he °e; lawful o h re i l t o to u t f s ) o n e r ! , a t vr e ii c d t h i was reads r o fas directorsfoll s . Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad Comp.itiv, by .or or otherwise, ;o so closeify the metnbers thereof that one-form!), as near as may tie, sit terinii ate their ollici-d terms as directors At the first annual meetieg aftt r being thus classi tied the stock and bondholders sh•• 11 el et only members of the board of directors necessary to yficanc!es caused by the expiration of the pe riod of services fixed as ideresaid." Ac ortlingty, the ew York people will be able to e!ecti only one-fourth of the direct,rs this year, if they do get a majority,of the stock, and will then have to hill their so ck and proxies a year longer in order to get control of another four. h, which puts Scott another point ahead in the game. Meauwhile, a proposi tion has been made by the Little Miami to lease its real to the Columbus and Xeeia, which is soon to be voted on, and if that carries both roads will then be leased to the Pennsylvania Central. Such is the light as it stands. Guild is shall), Vanile e niii strong, and the New Yorkers control a mint of money, but. they find it. no easy job to kill off the Pennsylvania Central. Aud, since competition is the only hope of the public, we are vety glad of ir, and hope that neither may succeed in crippling the other. "Let us not have peace," but low prices. THE PURCHASE OF IRISH RAILWAYS. The supporters of the scheme for the purcl: Irish railways by the State are still agitatin g energetically in favour of its adoption. In Irelana a large party has been found in favour of it. Of these the Marquis of Clanricarde seems to be the chosen spokesman, and he headed a deputation on the subject to the Prime Minister on Tuesday. He was supported by the Earl of Lucan, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Gregory, Mr. O'Reilly, Mr. Blake, and Mr. M'Clure—M.P.'s all. The Marquis of Clanricarde urged very strongly that the Government should take the matter in hand; and gave it as his opinion that if the Irish members were canvassed they would nearly all express their concurrence in the scheme. Mr. Gladstone, however, has evidently enough on his hands for the present in the Irish Church Bill ; when his mind is freed from that he may be induced to take up the matter of the railways. Until then we can hardly expect him to burden himself. So the deputation could hardly have expected more than the stereotyped promise of full consideration of the question by the Cabinet, Mr. Grant Duff has declared that the six lace of rupees (nearly £60,000) and the supply of weapons granted to Shere Ali do not partake of the nature of a subsidy. " No formal conditions were attached to the gifts. They were intended as a pledge of goodwill." Nevertheless, these pledges of goodwill are quite a new feature in our Indian policy, and beyond doubt mark a great change in our Asiatic relations. Significantly enough, the Times pub lishes, simultaneously with the reply of Mr. Grant Duff, a letter from its Calcutta correspondent, noticing the effect of this present which is not a subsidy. Our money and weapons have, in fact, given Shere Ali the victory. The exaggerated rumours of the wealth which had crossed the frontier have had a most important moral effect upon the Affghans. Shere Ali is doing all that had previously been left undone ; he is paying up the arrears of his troops, greatly increasing their numbers, returning forced loans for the first time in Affghan history, and planning the reduction of the outlying provinces around, so that he will front the Russian outposts on one side and the Persian on the other. He has returned to Cabul in triumph, the city was illuminated, and—indispensable item of Asiatic rejoicing —enemies blown from guns. Trade has revived, and the conqueror is master of the country. A definite treaty is talked of. Possibly this valuable testimony of goodwill would have been prema ture had it been accorded sooner ; possibly it might have saved much anarchy in Affghanistan, and prevented many political intrigues. But it is idle to assert that the gift means nothing more than friendship. It means that the Indian Government is making an attempt to esta blish its influence in Affghanistan, to the exclusion of Russia. A LUCID XPLANATION OF THE ERIE WAR BY THE FA 1: CON l RIBUTOR The Cincinnati Times bas t his -dear explanation of the recent rai:road complications from the pen of the " Fat Contributor" :-11 e are satisfied the public are a good deal perplexed to under.tand all about the nail erous r ilroad schemes, combinations, &c., that have been going oii during the past few weeks, and our read'rs, alti , ough the. most intelli gent\\re doubt candidly o uselv a c ea kn u o n w Ei l i ed ‘ g , portion ef the public, are no d ou b t greatly that wye wti e e a r b e o t it lit a tl l e so i c made a deterwieed and thorough exatnini.tion of the subj,ct ; but now it is all as clear as mud to us. We know all ago it it, and are enabliat to make our readeis understand it too. You see the Ailatitie and Great Pen Handle Rail road Co. having leased the Sharitsburg Cut-eff together with its connections (including, of course, its uticl, s, aunts, cousins, and their connexions), so as to control the traffic over the Harrison Pike, it became necessary for the Pittsburg, Fort IVayne, and Chicago Railroad to buy up the capital stock of the Hamilton, Indianapolis Central, and Little Mi am i, if they could hope or expect to maintain their hold upon the trade of Licking River and Duck Creek. Another object was to get.into the Cleveland Union depot at St. Paul in advance of Alex. Hamilton's stages. Then the New York Central (Park) Co., holding a majority if the stock iu th. 3 Pt meaylvania Southern and Northern Alaska Railroad, executed a flank movement by leasing the stockholders of the Susquehanna and Chesap-ake Canal, thi reby securing a direct broad-gauge route from the Isle of St. Thomas, to the foot of Fifth street. This, of c airse, necessitates the buying up of Fifth-street Ferry Dock property, or the con struction of a bridge connecting the Union Bass Ball grounds with Ede. Park —a harmonious blending of the East and \Vest-eud interests. Van derbilt, who wants to be considered the " Colos sus of Rhodes"—that is to say, of the rail-roads— is detertniiwd to cut off the Pennsylvania Central from the North-west. He sent a man up there, Feb. 12, to cut it off. but the result is not yet known. The Pennsylvania Central immediately turned about and gobbled tip the Jack Noble Dug-hill Railroad, and then effected a lease of the old and d---d liable Co-du-Roy R.R., by which move they cunt - lite:ly monophliz...d the commerce of Che voit, fanning the only direct line between that flourishing section and the markets of Europe. There was considerable excitement at the sale of the Dug-bill road, which took place yesterday. More stockholders voted than were on the books of the company, and, on examination, it was discov,.red that one was a whip-stalkhol der (a low stage driver) ; another held no stock except an old-fashioned one he wore around hi neck ; another kept a stock-yard, while a fourth was simply a holder of old stock ale—the heaviest stockholder in the lot. Ibis latter individual was detect. d when it was proposed to tt water the stock," wlien be howled di-mally. All that is now needed to complete our t ,n_ combinatioes is a railroad starting at the Little Miami elevator and running up Deer creek along the Eggleston a‘eine to intersect with the effluent pipe and the Alillerei k wpm ovements; thence along Western a‘ critic t the Lunatic Asylum. which will unquestionably be a Grand Union Depot at last fur all railroad leer ;said those who attempt to comprehind their gigaut ie railroad edit Ines." DUN - LILLE and CO., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports Lion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co Belfast; or 4. Beaufortrbuildings 'Strand, Loudon W.C! —[Ad vertisement. _ ____ ______. • , . clearing this,. said the matter might rest, bra El carried for the Democratic ti c k e t. M ayor Oakey Antilles, then connections o f th e A n d es and Rock/ charge of intimidation wee preferred on the corres- Hall gave it as his opinion that there was not an Mountains underneath into which these rivers bad pondence, which failed on a technical point of law. eonest politician in New Y or k, by w hi c h he mean t fl owe d for •iges. By that time they had underuaio k e d . The case, however, illustrates v er y f orc ibly th e exer cise of undue influence at electi on ti mes . It i s likely o convey that numerous as were the frauds corn- the Antilles, a n d th e mos t s t upen d ous ca t a stroPu that such transactions are common enough, though mitted by the .Demo2rats they were equalled, as far that probably ever took plane on the globe the° the public would probably never hear of those as the opportunity offered, by the Republic ins. The occurred ; for the peninsular of Yucatan, ~ h wi t • its instances in which the threatened voter sacrificed , Choctaws have a delegation here to bring their splendid Aztec citi es , sank, and since has parti ally his political convictions to his p ecun i ar y necess iti es . • How can Parliament protect the Thorneleys against territory situated in New Mexico, and inhabited risen, leaving the two grand sunken estuaries, the 'he Brookses without the aid of the B a ll o t? by a b ou t 30,000 I n di ans, i nto t h e U n i on as a S tate. G ulf of Mexico and the Carribean Sea, into wh ic t LEGISLATION. They profess to be th o rou g hly c i v ili ze d, w hi c h is th e t wo su b terranean rivers, from the coest3ll The Owl states that owing t o th e great pressure cer t a i u ly more th an th e w hi tes i n t h e i r ne i g hb our h oo d overflow of their vast cisterns under the moult°ins,l), A Government bills which are being brought forward, lan say of themselves, and governed in a model Re- now spread their clear and blue waters, heate d ; the County Finance Bill cannot be introduced for üblican manner, which is, of course, after the pat- the volcanic furnaces they have passed." There tome days. A bill to amend the Salmon Fisheries Act will shortly be prepared. ern of our Government. After we have a n nex e d r i vers fi n d t h en an underground entrance into t he . i : la Cuba, and get an Esquimaux St a te o r t wo , t a ke n t o Caribean Sea, an d, accor di ng to Mr. Cate"' if A LAUGHABLE SCENE. Ga. our bosom our highly civilized neighbours in Mexico, conjunction with the Me.sissippi form the It is not often that the debates of the Rouse of Dommons are diversified by such a laughabl e scene as and throw our fatherly arms around the necks of the St ream . E ac h o f t h e su b terranean r i v ers shat he which took place on Tuesday night. Si r Th omas Ch oc t aw I n di ans, we may say t h at U nc l e S am h as considers to be larger than the Missi6slPPii e ; Bateson, a fine old Tory, got up in a s t a t e not worked in vain t , and that the imaginative C ,n- a n d h e • asserts t h e i r act i on to be suc h as „. ,if repressed indignation, manifest, though r e - gressman, who drew that ever-living picture of the elevate the western s ur f ace o f th e C arr ibean °`"•• dressed to organ, the veina to ask if it was true as Journal, that as stated in the The 3overn spread-eagle much a s he h as b een l aug h e d at., saw several fe e t a b ove th e l eve l o f the ocea n. d B 0 0 a free pardon had been given to Captain Mackay who a true vision, and not an ideal future. The Senate wa t er , i n its e ff ort to f i nd i ts level, sweeps ar n de i had been guilty of—then followed one crime after has ratified several Indian treatie s , negotiated by the Gulf of Mexico, and, gathering up the 1 10 mother, perj . ury, outrage, murder, the.O.Opposition United States officers, with the Sioux. Sheshones, Norte and the Miss'siippi, flows with their' into 5 :leers becoming louder and louder as sit• Thomas and Bannocks, who are to be located on the le ser- the Atlantic at the Florida Cape, when it bec° °) ! ailed up the agony higher. To this Mr. Chichester _ a . Cad ° ,• eons selected by the Peace Commission north of the Gulf Stream. The conjecture of Mr. „oth 'ortescue replied with quiet humour that the Govern aient had no organ, but that all the rest of what had the Nebraska, and west of the Missouri River. The will doubtless give rise to much discussion , , L iii,4 been said was perfectly true with one exception —the President declares that he will treat the business here and in America, as he is sure to supper' nob assumption that M ac kay had been discharged. sent to him by the Senate as that body treats his views with sound reasons, for such a man does . t Shouts of laghter were succeeded by volleys of cheers, communications, meaning that he will throw all advance such a statement as a mere guess. Y. et e i rg we need scarcely say, from only one side of the House ; the bills into the waste paper basket, which has is difficult to comprehend how two such r iv e and if the member for Devizes did not look sheepish, taken the Senate aback, for if the Appropriation could force their way into a shallow sea vii tb° to one need ever be shamefaced again. u A Bills were not signed a new session would be neces- making their presence felt at the junction 40. FOREIGN NOTES, sary. At a special meeting of the Senate Foreign ' violent commotion ; and if so, where is the con° Affairs Committee, the Alabama Treaty was dis- tion ? His conjecture would account for the asap, OUR POLICY IN ASIA. Cussed yesterday. Senator Sumner was opposed to pearance of the water from the Great Basin, eeteo Mr. Grant Duff has declared that the six lace of rupees r c orn, the letter and spirit of the Convention, arguing ing over a vast tract ; but though we can co— , (nearly £ 60,000) and the supply of weapons granted to . . that, in agreeing to it, our Government would stir- bend where the water comes from, Shere Ali do not partake of the nature of a subsidy. " No n iet l l They were render the principles always contended for as the prehend its rush into the Carribean Sea soli .„ .0. formal conditions were attached to the gifts. intended as a pledge of goodwill ," N ever theless, these basis of settlement. Senat ors F e s s e n d en , Morton, as for these many aces to have escaped detectictuin pledges of goodwill are quite a new feature in our Indian Fatterson,Harlan, and Camero n agreeing, tee chair- The subject is one of much interest, and manY . tijo policy, and beyond doubt mark a great change in our man was unanimously instructed to report adversely eagerly await the explanation given by Mr. C 3 Asiatic relations. Significantly _ enough, the Times pub- in the next Executive Session, in the face of which of his alleged discovery. Babes, simultaneously with the reply of Mr. Grant Duff, a treaty • the is very unlikely to obtain the necessary 1 •- •ef letter from its Calcutta correspondent, noticing the effect ,we cannot cool' has ratified several Indian treaties, negotiated by United States officers, with the Sioux, Sheshones, and Bannocks, who are to be located on the r,ser vations selected by the Peace Commission north of the Nebraska, and west of the Missouri River. The President declares that he will treat the business sent to him by the Senate as that body treats his communications, meaning that he will throw all the bills into the waste paper basket, which has taken the Senate aback, for if the Appropriation Bills were not signed a new session would be neces sary. At a special meeting of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, the Alabama Treaty was dis- Cussed yesterday. Senator Sumner was opposed to the letter and spirit of the Convention, arguing that, in agreeing to it, our Government would sur render the principles always contended for as the basis of settlement. Senators Fessenden, Morton, Patterson,Harlan, and Cameron agreeing, tl e chair man was unanimously instructed to report adversely in the next Executive Session, in the face of which the treaty is very unlikely to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority. It is said that the decisioa of the Committee was through Mr. Seward imme diately communicated to Mr. Reverdy Johnson for the information of the English Government. Our Minister at your Court says that the concessions made by England are due to the friendly feeling growing there towards the United States, and the belief that it was highly desirable to cultivate that inclination had induced him to make those speeches. The British Government, I hroug!l Mr. Thornton, has informed Mr. Seward that orders have be _u given for the release from custody of Castello and Warren! The Department of State has been in formed that passports will no longer be required from citizens of the United States in France, but Americans, especially if naturalized, are recom mended to take passports in case of accident. When General Grant goes into the White house General Sherman will go imo his house on First-street, which it is said has been purchased for Sherman, furniture and all, by some gentlemen who desired to pr, sent him with such a token of their esteem. Ex-Governor Fenton is in Washington, and was warml3 greeted by his frien is of both Houses. General Sherman is expected here in a few days. Among the New Yorkers here on the look-out for places in the new Cabinet are Messrs. Morgan, Pierrepont, Griswold, Sickles, and Cochrane. THE DISMISSAL OF MR. EDWARD WATKL\': FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, Feb. 23 The 137th anniversary of Wasbingtou's birth-day was celebrated here yesterday under the auspices of Consul-General W. W. Murphy, by a ball and soiree at the Hotel il'Angleterre, which was appro priately decorate 1 for the occasion. More thin 150 ladies and gentlemen were present, and among them almost all the representatives of the foreign Powers here :—Count d'llell, the French Consul- General ; Count de Castellinaid, the Italian and Senore Antonio Marquez Soares, the Bra zilian Consul-General ; Theodore Kucken, Esq , Consul of ber British Majesty; Baron Bernath, the Belgian Consul ; .H. Musson., Esq. (of the cele brated champagne house), the Danish Consul ; further, General von l3oyen and his lady, a Prin cess of Li , gasdz, relation to the Royal House of Prussia ; General von Frankenberg-Ludwogsdorff, Major-General Hans von► Schachttneyer, Colo,Jet Count von Rass, Herr you Mactir, the chief of the city authorities; Senator Dr: Supf, of the Senate of the late Free City of Frankfort, and others. Auougst the ladies was Mrs. Schurz, the wife of General Carl Schurz, the newly-appointed Senator for Missouri. The music of Barlow's band added to the amusement of the younger people, especially for dancing, but also played a difficult divertisse ment of a new cotillon, after the late French fashion. The supper did honour to the well known taste of Mr. Berthold, the attentive landlord of the Hotel de l'Augleterre. The refreshment rooms, opposite the drawing rooms, were furnished in the most elegant, abundant, and tasteful manner. The entertainment was kept up till the morning hours, and with an enthuzdasin which proved the interest of those present in the memory of the greatest patriot the world has ever seen, and the Father of the American Fatherland. EDII I ARDS. (From the Anglo-American Timm.) , r 3 • The Lord Chancellor has dismissed Mr. E sr 'n pe Wa'kius Edwards from his post as Official Assigro of B inkruptcy. White fePthliating any desire to crow over a man in misfortune, we see no c-'use ~ regret this result of the O veren d-G ur ney estun il/ . 0 don before the Lord Mayor. Although Ave de e, to separate this gentleman entire'y from a c °l)L3 b io tion with the promoti on or di rec ti on of 13u ' o e Companies, of which we have no knowledge , y et bo subject is suggestive of such concerns. Th ese attend to the charges brought against the'Pr ° ' - e i, ° ters and directors of f a il e d com p an i e s are s tru ' with the invariable pl a u s ibility o f their defere to though this is easy of expl ana ti on . M en train the specious lying only are successful in g ulling efh I public with the prospectuses of Bubble EnterP rlS o f and they can talk as smoothly in justificatie3 an their course, as when they created so delusive l q impression of the value of their shares as to oc e u r rj . the position of benefactors distributing f 3gil je d Our enterprising citizen—whose philanthrop ic 11) ,,,f de,ires the protection of small fry by bAtle-nosed whaleS, and can combine this P- io thropy with oil iu abundance and dividne 33 o , proportion—would, after appropriating all the s il o scriptions and buying on credit a few il l-f i ° l ; whalers to cruise after the bottle-noses ta'". 7 the glibly in the face of those he left to Pal f°r tbe ir unsaleable ships as he did when he made o a mouths 'water with the picture he drew of the „ o et things in store. Before, he was a benefactor, he is a martyr, and the grandeur of - his cond ese ' re d sion and the liberality with which he sto ria gifts are only equalled by his subdued sufferi a g' abl e qtret resignation, and forgiveness of his itt 3 P -sc ,,by and unreasonable enemies, for he can act both '.„ d la ye, ratters equally well. Hisiforte consists in P upon two strong human feelings—the desire o c e ro ilestrheiyialive and sympathy with misfortune; the one he to to to an immoral profit, the other he " se d 9 bo l e3cape the consequences. When the resign e cor t unhappy face and" the tearf u l e y e i s raise.' i 3 0 011 those who perhaps lost nothing by him s 3s ro c! the victim befo re th em . Th e ru i n an d m isery 5 P by over the land with a hard, unrelenting cru elty log the lamb-like rascal a r e i nv i s ibl e . Th e dr ° " - t i l e9 victims have been pressed to the bottom, wh et.° i the lie with a millstone arou n d th e i r nec ks. beYoo,lld power of returning evil for evil. Indeed it „ W t he9 s be hopeless to expect any conviction again'" to be people but for one damning fact--a fact ne t t , a cl hi,lden or ignored —to which the mind wandl e er after the favourable impression produced h3' t "0 (15 planations of the ac cuse d —t urn i ng to the Owns' e ber in scores piled on each other of money lost--t e r , it ? The Gurneys were saints, but the 10e i, at ss t trusted them lost three millions. Mr. Edvi a wb crii' an eirnest, intelligent, ❑ hard-working m a "' , c) A f his Lest to save that and other firms ; but 3 - tt iVA,% - the three million 6 which fell on the u e _, / ,` l ,, r c - tir shareholders was traced directly and inai r ;ii hi:n. Mr. Wilkinson was the lamb which f e lt are ) the jaws of the wolf, being actually in" 1 " 0-1. 0 1 a 4' in a hateful convictii . cell. Well might the City s nates express their indignation of the g T. r° ; Oa! fringement of English practice, which u 3 t . e toc' dealt with one who had broken a great Pi a doer ) ! Discount Company, ruined families by 0% 0 4 14 swamped money in millions, and led to ne" - o , eo t!r suicides and premature deaths. Why th is man, whose personal expenses were far gr i e s ; o s a k e a ' those of the Prime Minister of Englan d, b" 9/1 1 tually punished as if he were an "Ar o fee s • r had stolen an apple from a st a ll ! The P r ; th tbel, "chaff" which these gentlemen indulged in w; 00 ric' victims before their own troubles began iis fi ll S to be wholly lost to the world, and wo e ',, case; amusing volume if faithfully told. In 3r/ b - y tb gentleman who had been totally ruine d • 4 iu companies called on a secretary to prov e h e i re l bility to meet further demands. The seas 0003 who had 'feathered his own nest, and care o re ss e d for the creditors as for the shareholders, e am is ra the old hackneyd conventional sympa th y' ha 5 3.. that he should not risk further sums in S " - worii "; ous concerns, and noticing the dejected, elleroti.o pearance of the victim, recommend 4 3 g tbtl s i r j o diet, particularly rich good wine. I w t h N e r ;: ha tS b ttl ee . o ,3 spoke to a man who scarcely knew for bread—whose every prospect in l ife ,be pe rs° ,o blighted by the lies of such schemers as `"„ t ore , j 4" who tendered to him this advice. It did - vfr - 0 to the secretary that what his visitor Said totl/a, literally true, so accustomed had he bee° l 3 l.c . P ;0 limited liability way of putting thing,s• ing s Os wards is now free to gather all his ea rn , his yacht and cruise in search of eha ti " e e x . cess e e health must have been damaged by the t o otb n , strain of the work he gave to the Gurney ,30 relax ;3 companies, so his mind will beiiefit by t , d to aP t o tion the Lord Chancellor evidently desire' ; n tor.e t - to him. If he really wishes to turn his % t ont . 0 g account he might propose an eng a g - ot eetb l t i Barnum, for thelsTew Yorkers would pay s 0 0 jo to see so smart an Englishman. There a l te reSt Wall-street who would take the gre.itest recoris3o him, and as he is pro v ided w ith a yac ht '„ a tiff mend the trip acro ss th e Atlantic to 15 " . curiosity of his American cousins. AIRS• Sts to LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIIt• - "' - v r e ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RED ORER OR DRESSING n ui e 0 10 0 A de quickly restore G rey or F a d e d H a i r to its Youth! A o ss 0 00 beauty, and with t h e first application a beau tiful gait fe y; lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops tli ot 0 0 7 falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxunrooveseo, it causes th e H a i r to grow t hi c k a nd strong. largo fottlior?' dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. Ina! I! fe e° Price Six Shillin g s. Sold by most Chemists " Depot CSC, Hi g h Holborn 4•••,. Births. f 0 BROWNE—On the 9th t a t Aldershot, the v. Browne, Esq., Capt. BALA., of a sou. ItIE sql ) B t, the NICHOL', On the Bth lost ,at 11, Duchess -Sire - • wife of lltid Nicholl, Esq., of a son. o otbt Marriages. ,„;,,Dra, 0 0* FERGUSON - CARY—On the Bth inst., at `Vest 'it 7„ Pi . or, Thotoas B. Ferguson, Esq., barrister-at-ition C'' Amelia, eldest daughter of Copt. the null. 1* 1 )0 51 4 : of Ashleigh, Teignmoutil. ~ , .0 , .,ii p PHILLIPS—EAST-- On the 9th inst , at Christ Li I ! r i z -T OP „ t er fair, Harry Wrniingham, third ion of Rho '"daeg" Esq.. of 49, Russell-square, to Martha DP°,l3;r of Joshua East, Esq., 7, Curzon-street, 3 . 1831 " - . Deaths. • IP CLIFTON—On the 7th inst ,at Brighton, Gen e-11l 511. a il ; Clifton, K.C.8., K.O 11 . , aged 97. r V n . vie GORDON -On the Bch inst . ., at Carlisle, the -‘'°` . Gordon, of Eariston, Kirkcudbrightshire' v10.01'16 LYE -On the Bth inst., at Ha le, Cornwall, 50 .Esq., 1.1.R.C.5., aged 84. 3 Condon : Printed Ot No. 112 , Strand, Printer, at 17Lts SUN 011M5tosti Strand, in the Precinct of the Sov,v, thg Udlcaez,—Titursday, Match 11, Vita LANCASHIRE VOTERS. The :Mies publishes some very curious statistics re specting the cost of the recent elections in Lancashire. The total amount is divided by the number of voters, and so the price per voter is obtained. Mr. Milner Gibson had to pay only 2s. 10d., while Mr. Mellor paid over 55., and as the fir s t was on ly 209 votes behind the second, one cannot help suspecting that the greater expenditure of cash on the part of Mr. Mellor had something to do with his success. In Blackburn, however, the lose rs p a id more mone y th an the winners. This happened also in Clitheroe, Liverpool, Oldham, Preston, Salford, Staleybridge, Warrington (where Mr. Greenall, the defeated candidate, paid just double the sum paid by Mr. Bylands), Wigan, North Lancashire, and South- West Lancashire. The largest sums p er vo t er were paid by the Marquis of Hartington, who had to fight a single-handed contest, and is down for 31s. 6d., and by Mr. Mitchell Henry, at Manchester, who re tired at two o'clock, having polled only 5,236, and paid 275. 11d. a piece for them. But for this gentleman the Manchester election would have been one of the cheapest that occurred, Mr. Bazley and Mr. Bright having spent only about ls. 3d. each. In the neigh bouring borough of Salford the Liberals spent 4s. 4d. per voter. The minimum was reached in Oldham, where Messrs. Hibbert and Platt spent only 9:d. each per voter, and Messrs. Cobbett and Spinks only ls. 41d. This is the more creditable because the contest was the closest in Lancashire,the numbers polled by the four candidates being 6,140, 6,122. 0.110, and 6,084. THE CL INT ONS. The late Duke of Newcastle was a singularly unfortunate man. He differed seriously in politics from his father (who was a Tory of the old extreme school), he had to obtain a divorce from his wife, he had to bear the chief odium of the Crimean failure, and he was struck down by mortal disease when retrieving his political reputation. Fortunately he did not live to see two of his sons in the Bankrupt c y C our t. Lord A r th ur , age d 29, and Lord Alb er t , age d 24, have both made their appearance on that disreputable stage. Lord Arthur has managed to run into debt to the extent 2 35,000, and has no assets. Ile attributes o nearly f this disgr aceful condition of affairs to insufficiency of income," the amount he received being only £4OO a year. This is doubtless a small amount for a man in his position ; but there is an old proverb about cutting one's coat according to one's cloth, which Lord Arthur appears to have forgotten. It is not absolutely necessary for a man with only £4OO a year to go upon the turf, nor to borrow money at 100 per cent. from Jews. THE PERILS OF PROMOTION. - - - Mr. Bright told the representatives of the Chambers of Commerce a day or two back that he had no cause, personally, to be thankful for the penny post, Sir Rowland Hill's measure havirig made his life a burden to him. Most of our public men have, at one time and another, complained of the way in which correspondents inundate them with letters. There is certainly one part of the Post-office arrange ments for which men who stand high in public esteem have no cause to be thankful, that which doubles the postage for unpaid letters. The Earl of Longford has just been made major -general. As a consequence, be is open to correspondence from any and every man who may have purposes of his own to serve. His lordship, in a letter to the Times, encloses a note which he has just received from a French statuaire. It bore Bd. unpaid postage, being dated from Paris. It commenced by calling the Earl's attention to the fact that the art of statuary has always been considered as the means by which the images of generals distinguished by their talents, their services, and the nobility of their family are transmitted to posterity. Lord Longford being such a general is invited to have a bronze bust or statue of himself taken by the writer. Lord Longford says that his correspondent seems to think a monument of his brass more . enduring - than fttme CO-OPERATION. ... . , Two years ago Messrs. Fox and Head, ironmasters, of Middlesbrough, converted their business into a partnership of industry, the arrangement being that the current rate of wages should be paid to the work men, 10 per cent. charged as interest for capital, employed.. It so happens that during and the surplus should be divided equally between two and years the iron trade has been in a very as Messrs. Fox and Head point out, thesee i depressednp l o y t employers state, and there has been no surplus. have derived. this advantage from for while they have been paid in all rate of wages, they have been saved t i h lo e we e :e lp r ioye_s of strikes,. from the tax of union levies, and from union intimidation. In connection with the works a store has . been started, but, strange t o say, has met with joined support, only 26 out f easc rOm es"te t hr h aet e i:u ris nrr k ent of 400 workmen having Joined it. It would be interest -would ing to know how Messrs. F ox an d H ea d wou ld appor tion the loss on their they business, assuming that any had been made. have ventured to d e duct a percentage rre gweh of wages, or would capital have had tc the deficit? Thi s i s the great prac ticalthe way of par t nersh i ps of i ndustry. for which, so far as we know, no solution ha s b e en nee di tc afficulty le in of offered. ATLANTIC CABLES. ----- purely so far proved a success, rage for new cables. What The telegraphgainst now is too sharp will only, for some "Dae at least, 'have a certain competition. e T a h r ee necessary Atlantic to cable threatenede guarded with h a av i na cables, like railways, Care must, therefore, be scheme put forward for a fifth Atlantic have a ve number n o w of a equal to the supply. We American origin, and is is which have been started rojectors of the company have received taken that the de e : le a:l title of the Transatlantic Telegraph intendedin telegraph. Erope t o Theelotm ispp from the House of Representatives an Act of Incorpo ration,purpose of constructing, laying, and under the the purpose cables extending from the United w Co or m li p in a g ny on , f e o o r r t m h States to France rid the Western Islands. The route of this new company ouffers entirely from the present Atlantic line. Starting from Plymouth, on the coast of Massachusetts, the first section of cablestretches to the Western Islands, a distance of 1,500 miles, and the re mainder of the communication is maintained by a second section of 500 miles to the coast of France. This makes 2,000 m il es, 400 m il es l ess than the cables now working. The Transatlantic Company intend using an American invention, very novel, and of quite recent date, called the "double two separate currents can occupy the cable at the transmitter," by the application of which, it is said, same time, and travel in opposite directions. REV. NEWMAN HALL ON DISESTABLISHMENr. The Rev. Newman Hall has been giving some advice to the House of Lords as to how they shall deal with the Irish Church Bill. Ile felt sure, he said, that it would pass the House of Commons, and he would coun se l t h e H o use of Lords to' pass the bill in silence, and followed by t "shelve" the question as q ui etly and as long as pos s ibl e; f or , if they attempted to obstruct it, he believ e d suc h o b s truction would be speedily demand for the di sestablish ment of Scotland, W a l es, an d , l as tly, the total severance of Church and State. He warned those peers who dis liked the measure not to vote against it—as such a course would be followed by the creation of many new peers to pass it—but rather to absent themselves from the House on the occasion of its debate. SMALL ECONOMIES. - Some more small economies are being made at Chatham. Hitherto there has been a chaplain for the dockyard and another for the Marines. Hence forth there is to be only one. Moreover, the grant made to one of the local clergy is to be discontinued. Several clerks are bein g . , dismissed, or placed on the redundant list. THE BALLOT WANTED. Mr. Hugh Brooks a Conservative gentleman, of Burton - upon-Trent;has recently afforded a practical illustration of the need which exists for the neighbouring Ballot, a lie h a d l ent M r . Thorneley, a shoe maker invillage, £GO, at 5 per at 5!-i cent., and £l2O , per cent., on a freehold mortgage. On the approach of the election, Mr. Brooks wrote to his debtor to ask for the promise of his vote on behalf of the Conservative candidates. M r. Th orne l ey , h ow ever, h av i ng b een for years a Liberal, replied that he could no t act soinconsistently. Mr. Brooks thereupon slid that he must remove his money from Mr. Thorneley's keeping, and place it where it could assist Conservatism and Protestantism, and requested that Mr. Thorneley would pay interest within ten days, and let Mr. Brooks know what auctioneer ho would prefer to conduct the sale of his freehold. Mr. Thorneley was fortunately able to obtain a promise of the money, and Mr. Brooks, on FRANCE AND BELGIUM. The Owl regrets to announce that the relations between France and Belgium are in a most critical state. Cer tainly they are not all that could be wished. The railway difficulty was thought to have died a natural death some time ago ; but, as the Owl remarks, it is still pending, and is now the subject of negotiations. But the statements respecting the mission of these diplomatic interchanges are conflicting. Some of the French journals believe, with the Owl, that the affair is assuming a serious aspect ; others affirm that the French Government is merely trying to prevent the refusal of the concession to the East of France Company. It will be remembered that the new law, which has caused all the recent trouble, gave the Belgian Government the power to refuse any foreign rail way company the right of working a Belgian line. The French Government, it is said, desires that the Brussels Ministry should not exercise its newly-acquired right in the case of the proposed concession to the East of France Company of the line from Arlon to Brussels. AUSTRIA. The Croats have given the Emperor and the Empress of Austria a most enthusiastic reception. The railway station at Agram was splendidly illuminated. An immense crowd blocked up the streets of the city, and rent the air with acclamations. All over the country bonfires blazed on the mountain tops. Scarcely two years ago Croatia was one of the most disaffected provinces of the empire, and it has been one of the most difficult to reconcile. But the recon ciliation has been undoubtedly complete. This reception is another proof of the comparative unity of the empire under the new system of government. PORTUGAL The King of Portugal is again quarrelling with his Government. A Ministerial crisis has been Lrought about by the refusal of the King to sign a new electoral law without first consulting the Council of State. TURKEY AND GREECE. King George has so much confidence in the security of his Government and the pacific desires of his people, that be intends, says the Painie, to make a tour through Europe immediately after the elections. His Queen will be Regent during his absence. The Indepcndance Beige says that the Greek Government and the Porte have each shewn considerable anxiety to complete the resump tion of diplomatic relations before the arrival of the Prince and the Princess of Wales, in order that every trace of the recent rupture might be removed previously to their visit. Rut, according to the Brussels paper, the Prince and the Princess will not go to Constantinople. CONSULAR JURISDICTION IN EGYPT. In his recent speech to the Egyptian delegates, the Viceroy of Egypt announced that most of the European Powers had given their consent to a reform of the Consular Courts, and that the speedy adhesion of France was hoped for. During his stay at the various capitals of Europe, Nubar Paella requested that an international com mission be sent to Alexandria .to inquire into the working of those Courts, and propose a remedy, which should be submitted to the interested States. The 'Marquis de Moustier, however, in the name of France, rejected this offer, on the ground that there was no reason why an international commission should be substituted for the French commission, to which the task of inquiry had already been entrusted. As the question is one of general interest, it is not easy to perceive the justice of this reasoning. The France, however, announces that M. de Lavalate is not disposed to make any change in the policy of his predecessors, and the Viceroy's hope is, therefore, soniewl.at ton sanguine. (From the Anglo-American Times.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. President Johnson had a great reception on the night of the 16th, which was crowded in a very unusual way. The Secretary of State, with a large party who had dined at his house, were pre sent. Mr. Seward's dinner was given to General Acosta,formerly president of the Columbian Republic, and now Minister to the United States. The enter tainment was to celebrate the success of the Darien Canal treaty. Mr. Caleb Cushing was there, and Mr. and Airs. Cortes of the Columbian Legation, Mr. Randall, and Mr. Kasson. Both Mr. Wash burne and Mr. Schenck have been ill. Indeed the latter was obliged to hand over to Mr. Allison the charge of his Tax Bill, which that gentle man managed to get through the house with. out a division. Senator Saulsbury has fol lowed Senator Patterson's example, and obtained leave of absence from further committee ser vice. General Carl Schurz was warmly congra tulated on appearing in the Senate Chatnber, where his credentials were presented by Mr. Drake. A c nmuittee of three Senators have been named by Mr. Wade for the inatvuration ceremonies of General Grant as President. They are Senator Yates, of Illinois, Cragiu, of New Hampshire, and M'Creery, of Kentucky. • Custom ordains that the incoming and outgoing Presidents should drive in the same carriage to the Capitol on the 4th of March, and the first little difficulty thrown in the way of the Senate is to carry out that programme, for General Grant plainly indicates that he will not sit " cheek by jowl" with Andrew Johnson. Andy by MA deplorable habit of throwing mud—which he has kept up from his infancy—has managed to be spatter many of the best men with whom he carne in contact, and his endeavour to make people be lieve that Grant had told an untruth has given deep offence to the General. In consequence the outgoing President will repair with his Cabinet to the President's room in the Capitol, where he will remain with his Cabinet until noon on the 4th of March, when by law his term expires. There he will be ready to sign such bills as he may approve. The report of the New York election frau Is will be made to the House in a few days. Judges M'Cunn and Barn mrd are implicated among others, and the details will reveal how the State of New York was THE GREAT SUB-ROCK RIVERS. The conjecture so confidently announced by Mr. Catlin, the. American ethnographist, of a mighty river flowing underneath the Rocky Mountains a l on g subterranean passages into the Caribean Sea, startling us it is, receives confirmation in facts now well ascertained. This traveller, who for many years has studied the Indians and the rocks both of North and South America, has not yet published his book, " The Lifted and Subsided Rocks of Arne r ic their Influence on th e O ceanic, Atmo spheric,with their Land Curre n t s ;" an d all we know of it is from the extracts given in Triihner's Literary Re cord. We cannot tell therefore what he advances in support of his opinion, but there are well-known facts which go far to bear him out. The country between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Ne vada is a vast basin, with valleys for the most part standing at an elevation of 5,000 feet from the sea level, though above them tower high ranges, which attain a stupendous altitude in the peaks of the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. Al though heavy rains fall on and streams in every direction flow from the hills, yet in districts of great extent they leave nothing, but briney quag mires, which here and there rise into the dignity of salt lakes. The rivulets pour down the mountains into the valleys, where they disappear, and in Nevada at every step this phenomenon occurs. Sometimes when the valley is narrow between two ranges these feeders may for a short period maintain a river, but eventually the thirsty soil beats the water, com ple;ely absorbing it. Look, for instance, at the Reese River. Fed by parallel mountains of consider able altitude, it maintains its way for pernaps 200 miles and sinks; even the Humboldt reaches but the lake of that name. and is gone. With the exception of the Colorado we know of no river that can be said in any way to drain the vast country between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, where there must be an immense flow from so very ele vated and mountainous a region. In the valleys are numerous geysers, and in . many places •th re Sprout fro m t h e groun d crops of salt which effloresce as fast as they are swept away. Mr. Catlin says—" The frequent INlontagnes gni furnent,' Roches qui tremblent,' and Blowing Caves,' which occur in the Rocky Mountain range indi 3ate submontagne cascades, caused by the waters of melting snows, of rains, of glaciers, and a thou sand sinking livers and lakes, which, amongst_ broken and angular rocks, are on their way to the ocean level." Again, in discussing the Andes, through whose vast and heated vaults be bylieves a similar river to flow northward from the 30..11 deg. of south latitude to the Carribeau Sea, he alludes to the traditions of the Indians as agreeing with the unimpeachable record of the rocks themselves. lie states it to be evidenced " by sh Tea and grooves left in the giant walls at Caraccas and S Luta Martha, on the coast of Venezuela, w here this mighty chain was broken ; records which I have twice seen, which may be read by all ages to come, and which are not myths or fables." Sup posing what Mr. Catlin asserts to be the case, 6,001) years ago two of the largest rivers met beneath the if INA This eel, prize 111ede It p urc gold in 1 the Agent s 8, Observe t b An'a LL MIITI 14, BUS AcF t,6:oolLT rNf gble weekly itoyi Mr. Pat ( Vocal and " e ° 4 gregate a.n Member M open at ; Private boa tar N-0, A " LIFT (the flrid t LUTHER seen ( 2, 01 1 " 1 . A elm extra, room AR G . 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