The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-24 00:00:00

- SPIRIT OF .0 JOURNALS. The Times cannot wonder at the further measures of public safety which have been recently suggested to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland by the magistrates of the county of Westmeath, called together after the murder of Mr. Anketell, the station-master at Mullingar, and says : We are not, indeed, of those who believe in the existence of a general conspiracy even in the disaffected districts, if by conspiracy is meant an active plotting against the law by large combinations of men. But it should be remembered that the State has a right to require from each of its mem bers, not only that he shall abstain from crime, but that he shall discountenance it in others, and, if necessary, co-operate in its suppression. Judged by this standard, how many of the inhabitants in some parts of Westmeath or Tipperary can be said to be quite innocent of these agrarian outrages? We fear very many must be pronounced more or less guilty. We do not speak of the numerous accomplices before the fact, of the still more numerous accessaries after the fact, nor even of the multitudes who know the murderer, his name, appearance, or hiding place, and yet screen him from jus tice. But over and above these there are Fenians who openly rejoice over the destruction of a Saxon; tenants who congratulate themselves that their own position has been fortifiel by such an example having been made of an offending landlord; priests who, however much they ahominate the offence, are not prevented by their religion I from secretly absolving the offender ; and the population at large, which stands by looking on, or half sympathetic, at all events unashamed and unresenting. The truth is these crimes are not so much of individuals as of society. But for society, which prompts and condones them, and conceals the doers of them, they would be rarely designed, still more rarely attempted, and, we may say, could never pass undetected. We are quite conscious how inadequate and even invidious are merely repressive operations when unaccompanied by remedies which go to the root of the evil, and we should deem it criminal neglect on the part of the Government to postpone any longer their endeavours to effect by legislation a complete and equitable settlement of the land difficulties ; but we agree with Archbishop Leahy, that nothing is more calculated to hinder such a settlement than these frequent assassina tions. At all events, with respect to these the general policy of the State is clear. The immediate and paramount duty of the Government is the maintenance of public order. The Standard says that the deans have received a hint to set their houses in order. They are informed, through the friendly medium of the Primate, that the Government are not prepared to take " any immediate action" in regard to Cathedral Reform, but that "attention will be given to any suggestions which the deans, from their practical experience, may be enabled to offer." It is glad to perceive, from the tone of the recent meeting at Lambeth Palace, that the deans, as a body, seem disposed to respond to this invitation. The cathedral system, in fact, is the weak point of the Church of England, and we think it a matter of congratulation that its spiritual heads have drawn attention to the fact, and that the deans them selves have been so prompt in recognising the necessity of considering in what direction it may be most desirable to institute reforms. It agrees with Mr. Beresford Hope, that cathedrals have never occupied that place in the Church's system to which they are theoreti cally entitled. They should be the centre of the Church's life and activity in each diocese, the rallying point of its warfare, and the nucleus of its organisation. Their ser vices should be models to all surrounding churches both as to their frequency, their heartiness, and their decent and seemly ordering. It might be a question whether the cathedral should be " parochialised," but if such a sys tem as Mr. Hope has sketched out should be adopted, all the clerical staff should be resident and available either for parochial work or for preaching wherever their aid might be required. If, however, the aim in view is simply to save money, and keep the system on its present footing, there is very little to be said against the proposition of the archbishops. It is the severest condemnation of that system to say that if all the other dignitaries were swept away a dean and two resident canons for each cathedral would be quite sufficient to keep it going. The Star observes that as it is evident Mr. Sumner did not wish for war when he made his speech, it is difficult to imagine at what he aimed. But the result has been, not, indeed, to endanger the peace of the world, but to destroy what was hardly less precious —the good understanding - between the United States and tha masses of the English people, headed by those advanced Liberals whose opinions they usually share ? Mr. Sumner was the last who should have turned round upon us with injurious reproaches. He should have remembered, what he probably well knows, that there was a time when the friends of the North in this country were more Northern than the Northerners, more anxious for the suppression of Southern slavery than the Northern Unionists appeared ; that the alleged lukewarmness of the North as to slavery was, even with those who felt least deeply on the subject in England, an occasion of hostility towards the Union ; and that even among those who seemed to care for little else than the dismemberment of the United States a change of feeling favourable to the North took place when Mr. Lincoln ceased his blank declarations in favour of Union, and proclaimed emancipation as essential to peace and the restoration of the Republic. The Americans might learn a lesson of modesty and moderation if they were to reflect that even those who were unfriendly to the North mitigated their hostility as soon as the North shewed by their emancipation policy that they had really risen to the height of the great occasion that was upon them. The neutrality established by the proclamation was not broken by anything that could be construed into a national act except the escape of the Alabama, and that, while we have offered to bear its con sequences, we have a right to contend was the result of misadventure, or, at worst, of local intrigue, in no way countenanced by the Government. It is a curious fact that, though society was almost entirely opposed to the North, and though the feeling of Parliament was supposed to be the same as that of society, no overt advantage was ever gained in England for the South, even though the Emperor of the French—who is strangely shielded from Mr. Sumner's wrath—threw his influence into the adverse scale. The Telegraph is sanguine as to the results of the inquiry into our military law. The commission has dill. gently prosecuted its task for about a year, with the necessary interval of the time occupied by the general election; and it has every reasan to expect that the results soon to be announced will be found most satisfac tory to the country and beneficial to the army. Such a hope appears the better founded when it looks at the corn position of the body. As originally constituted, it was obviously too full of the official element to be thoroughly honest in its researches or effective in its results. It was quite intelligible—but it was also intolerable—that the wishes of the departments should be so glaringly consulted in the choice of members ; an d great credit is due to Captain Vivian, the present War Lord of the Treasury, for chal lenging, in the House of Commons, the exclu sive and inefficient composition of the commission. Thanks to the independent element in the membership— and also, it may fairly presume, to the encouragement and support of the Minister who has presided over the War Office during the last six months—theCourts-Martial Commission will be further entitled to the high praise of successfully withstanding powerful social pressure, brought to bear in the interests of those who desired that no sub. stantial reforms should be recommended. The difficulties and the fruitlessness of previous inquiries into army affairs_ had passed into a proverb ; and the coming report may mark the first instance in which a body of men has been found too courageous and too conscientious to he baffled by influences that had rendered the labour of many pre decessors little better than a mockery. The Herald thinks that Mr. Forster's speech on the Endowed Schools Bill was in every respect an admirable one, and shewed a more than ordinary grasp of a difficult question. With many of his recommendations, and with the general tone of his remarks, it cordially agrees. It is impossible not to perceive the importance of what Mr. Forster points out as the two ideas of the bill—the raising of our grammar schools to the highest possible level of efficiency, by reforms to be recommended by a commis sion of inquiry, and by the institution of an educational board to exert a constant supervision over them. With just as much of the bill as tends to the secularisation of school teaching it cannot, of course, sympathise. It may be very desirable that these schools should be "great national institutions to which all parties and all creeds have access." But when it was clearly the intention of the founder that the boys should be reared in the faith of the Church of England that inten tion should be respected. When the formularies ar.:t creed of that Church have for centuries formed a f. ‘in d a . mental part of the teaching of a school, t h ey are e.,tablished in that position by prescriptiv,e right. Mr. Forster achnits that he does not hold secular teaching on fl par with l'elik)lll ,, , but. argr that '' tile greater f:kenity you' can give a boy the better he will be for the elerglyman to deal with ‘ " It is not quite sure of this ; but let that pass. Suppose that the clergy man never deals with Lint at all, or, having ten thousand parishioners, never comes near him. What then ? The secular system is simply a relapse into heathenism. It is I essential, it thinks, that religions instruction be combined with secular teaching in all schools for the young. It is glad to know that this is admitted in nearly all grammar schools, and, putting personal predilection aside, it thinks it a cause of general congratulation that the form of Christianity mostly followed is that of the Church of England, as that is of all the most moderate and most tolerant of creeds, the best calculated to disarm opposi __ tic% altd p.gicilYAQ irPtithElSWllt ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The half-yearly meeting of this society was held on Saturday at the society's rooms, Hanover-square, Sir Archibald Macdonald in the chair. The report stated that the Duke of Devonshire had been elected a vice-president in the room of the late Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, and Sir Thomas Hesketh and Mr. T. Slatter had been appointed on the council in the place of Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., resigned. The funded capital of the society still remains £16,027 19s. 7d. in the New Three per Cents, and £3,000 lies on deposit with the society's bankers, and the cash balance in their hands on the Ist inst. was £4,235. The Pasha of Egypt has been unanimously elected an honorary meraber of the society, in recognition of hisgenerous aid to British agriculture, and his interest in its progress ; and M. Drouyn de L'huys and M. Edouard Lecouteux, the first president and secretary of the " Societ6 des Agricul teurs do France," have also been unanimously elected honorary members of the society. The council announce that the country meeting for 1870 will be held at Oxford. The country meeting to be held at Manchester, under the presidency of the Prince of Wales, from the 19th to the 24th of July, promises to be unusually attractive. A schedule of prizes to the amount of £4,120 has been issued for live stock and implements. The local committee have also announced their intention of holding ash my of hounds and an exhibition of leaping of hunters; and the Royal Horticultural Society will hold aflower show adjacent to the society's yard. After referring to im provements in the ✓ournal, the report goes on to say that the examinations for the society's educational prizes and certificates were held on the 13th of April and following days, when eighteen candidates, out of twenty-one who had entered, presented themselves for examination in the several subjects. Colonel TOWNLEY moved the adoption of the report, and in seconding it, Mr. DENT, M.P., said that thecommittee thought it would be well to give prizes for the best essays on certain farms which shewed the peculiarity of cultivation in different districts; that commissioners should be sent to different districts in England, Scotland, Ireland, and continental countries ; and that the prize essays and reports should be published in the Journal. With this proposal he agreed, as he thought they would receive much good information and practical knowledge. As to the election of the council, he was a great advocate for the infusion of new blood, and in his opinion one-half of the members should retire annually. LAW AND POLICE. THE BANDA AND KIRwEE BooTy.—The Lords of the Treasury sat last week as a judicial court, for the first time since the days of Lord Liverpool. There were present Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Stansfeld and Captain Vivian, and the case which they had to hear involved a sum exceeding £260,000 arising out of the capture of Banda and Kirwee. In the year 1866 the conflicting claims of the troops employed in the suppression of the Indian mutiny to participate in the booty captured at Kirwee and Banda were referred to the Court of Admiralty. Dr. Lushington, the judge of that court, awarded the booty to Sir G. Whitlock's column, Lord Clyde being admitted to share as commander-in-chief. The booty thus awarded was valued at £500,000. A claim was after wards preferred by Sir G. Whitlock's forces to certain property of the Banda and Kirwee chiefs. The claim rested (11 tl e ground that this property was included in those droits of war which the Crown usually distributes among the successful troops. The property thus claimed was a sum of £260,000 India Five per Cent. Stock, standing in the Government books in the names of the rebel chiefs. The case turned on the question whether the sums so in vested came under the description given in Lord Canning's order in 1858, in which he informed the army that all movable property of the rebels might be fairly treated as prize. An application was made to the Crown for a reference of the present claim to the Court of Admiralty for adjudication ; but the Lords of the Treasury intimated that they would hear the case argued themselves, and accordingly the case came on for argu ment in the Board Room of the Treasury, which was fitted np as a court for the occasion, and counsel were required to appear in robes as before the Privy Council. No judgment was pronounced by the court, but a Trea sury minute of the decision will be issued in a few days. A DISHONEST TRADESMAN. —A butcher of Tyler's Market has been convicted at Guildhall of having false weights. He used a false beam and scales, causing a loss of four ounces to the purchaser. The chief customers were the poor people who frequented the market on Saturday nights. lie was fined f 5 with costs. 11/OT/0.1 , TO COMMIT AN EDITOR FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. A motion to commit Mr. Ward, editor and proprietor of the _North of England Advertiser, a weekly paper, published at Newcastle-upon-Tyno, for contempt of court, by the publication of an article alleged to be calculated to prejudice a suit before the court and to interfere with the course of justice, was made before Vice-Chancellor Malins on Saturday. Mr. Glasse, Q.C., was for the complainant ; Mr. W. H. Harle, solicitor, of Newcastle, and Mr. Cole, Q.C., was for the defendant. The article complained of was to the effect that the directors of the Northern Counties Building Society bad refused to reappoint Mr. Harle their solicitor, and that he had since become solicitor to the two bills in Chancery, to prevent the Northern Counties and the Newcastle Building Societies from borrowing money; that in one case the ostensible party to the proceedings was the husband, who cleaned Mr. Harle's office ; that the Northern Counties Society had borrowed immense sums under a rule devised and approved by Mr. Harle ; and that it was unfortunate that Mr. Harle's duty to his clients should have forced him into antagonism to societies which had done so much for working m en , whose champion he had so long professed to be. For the defence it was urged that the editorial note had been published in good faith, and was simply intended to allay any anxiety which might arise as to the stability of either of the societies referred to—the largest building societies in the district—and to prevent any panic or uneasiness in the minds of the shareholders and depositors, the bulk of whom belonged to the industrial classes. The affidavit of the defendant was produced in support of this argument, and it was further con tended that no contempt of court had been committed. —His Honour, in giving judgment, expressed his regret that so much of the time of the court had been taken up lately by cases of this kind, of which there had been three or four within six weeks or two months. It was of the higheit importance to the public that the press should be as much as possible unrestricted, and that there should be the utmost freedom of comment on public affairs allowed to it, for this was the life and vigour of every country in which the privilege existed ; but at the same time it was of equal importance that the administration of justice should not be interfered with by such comments. He adhered on this occasion to his deci sion in a recent case affecting the Cheltenham and Swansea Railway Waggon Company, in regard to which he had been guided by the rules laid clown by Lord Hardwicke, in the well-known case of the St. James's Evening Poet, and quoted by the present Lord Chancellor in giving judgment in the Tichbourne case. He thought it very likely that Mr. Ward thought that by inserting this article he was discharging a public duty ; but reflection should have shewn him that he was wrong, for it was calculated to prejudice the world on the merits of a case not yet heard, it abused the parties concerned in the case, and was also calculated to prejudice mankind against them bef ore th e case was heard. Therefore the article was exceedin g ly i mproper, and ought to he apolo gised for. The defendant must, therefore, insert an apology, and pay the costs of the application, otherwise h o would be committed. —The defendant was allowed three weeks to comply with this decision, in order that if he thought proper he might appeal. A fire which took place at Ilribre.7, near Bradford, on Friday destroyed a carding hilll and goods worth £lO,OOO. - MITIftER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE DY A LUNATIC. —A labourer, of Glasgow, named James Wltreardy, who resides on the fourth flat of the building, leaped over the window of his dwelling 4 :fie other day. M`Breardy, who is about 39 years of age, has been in an unsound state of mind for some time past. The unfortunate man, before attempting tr;, commit self-destruction, had seized a . .. nor and cut the head of his daughter Isabel, , 3 years of azP.., with whom he had been left alone. in the house for a short time. M'Breardy was seri.'uusly injured by the fall, and, after being attended by Dr. Young, Great Hamilton. street, he was removed to the infirmary. TILE GOVERNMENT AND FRIENDLY 80CILTIES. At the conclusion of the hnsiness of the Odd Fellows' A.M.C., at Sunderland, on - Friday afternoon, the Grand Ma.iter of the Order road a Etter from the Earl of Lich field, stating, that his 1 - Aiship, Lord Porrinev, the Hon. E. Stanhope, and other gAitlernen interested in the sub ject of fliemlly societies, propo se t o ma k e arrangements for a depttation to wait upon Mr. GladAcee, with a memorial praying the Government t) appoint a commis- sion to inquire into the various evils in connection with the management of many of the friendly socities, both certified and uncertified, established throughout the country, for the pulp 5..) of providing insurances upon lives and relief in sickness, and old age for members of the working classes. It was decided that the Grand Master, with three other members to be selected by the board of directors, shall ac.;onmanv the deputati.m to Mr. CiflAticael THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEIVS. , 3!. A POLITICAL CRISIS. It appears that such pressure has been put upon the standing committee of the Irish Church Conference that, after having determined not to recommend the rejection of the Irish Church Bill, they have reconsidered their decision, and by 28 to 9 votes have decided to send a deputation to the forthcoming meeting of Peers in London, in order to recommend them to oppose the bill. The Central Protestant Defence Association have also determined to send a deputation with the same object. This announcement, taken in connection with the very important statement of the Jam Bull that its previous announcement of Lord Derby's intention to oppose the second reading is correct, and that if he had not resolved to do so Lord Redesdale or Lord Bandon would have done so, indicates that we are on the eve of a very formidable political crisis which cannot fail to alarm all thoughtful and far-seeing men. or is this all; meetings are to be organised in all parts of the country, in order to agitate against Mr. Gladstone's measure; and as we may safely calculate upon similar demonstrations in behalf of the measure, we must expect a season of storm such as we have not witnessed for many years. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. The Weekly Register, the organ of the Roman Uatholic Liberals, has a remarkable article on the Irish Land Q ues ti on. I n i t the policy of the Government in postponing all action on this measure till next session is thoroughly approved. Mr. Glad stont's conduct in this matter is compared with Mr. Canning's forty-two years ago. That great statesman intended to remove the disabilities from both Roman Catholics and Protestant Dissenters; but he took one measure at a time,knowing that that was the best way to carry both. The Register contends that th 3re was only one contingency that would have justified Mr. Gladstone in dealing with the Church and the land in the same session—the certainty of a large majority in the Upper House. Sofar from having that, he knows that if the Church Bill passes the Peers it will do so in consequence of their fears rather than with their good wishes. The Register, without admitting that a peasant proprietary would be the cure for Irish evils, cannot see anything revolutionary in Mr. Bright's scheme. It is simply one for giving the landowners a fair price for their land, and selling that land again to the tenants and the peasantry. There are many districts in Ireland where high farming is impossible. Along the coast line in Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Done gal, and Antrim, for instance, the scientific farmer with large capital may be wasting his time and his money ; and there are many wide districts in the interior also, where the stony nature of the soil excludes what is understood by high cultivation, and is, therefore, favourable to small farming. In these districts Mr. Bright's plan might be advantageously adopted ; and when the time arrives next spring for taking up the land question, the Register hopes the Ministerial bill will contain pro visions for trying the experiment, and thinks that this will prove an efficient cure for that great evil, absenteeism, PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITIES. The Economist compares . the chief parliamentary majorities of the last half century. Lord Liverpool's was as coherent and as despotic as the present, but it was resolved to do nothing, and did nothing; whereas the present is resolved to do a great deal, and is doing it. Fifty years ago ' 4 the spirit of Lord Sidmouth—the spirit which then and since hes been the bane of English Conservatism—the spirit of careful formality and conscientious tiresomeness — prevailed. The present majority is as superior to Lord Liverpool's as an an i ma l which can run and desires to run is above an animal that is just able to crawl but does not wish to crawl." Lord Grey's majority was much too mobile. There was no coherency ; there was a general desire to do a great deal; but no consistency or. steadfastness of purpose. The yoke of the constituencies was not so heavy upon the members as it is now. It was not true then, as it is now, that "you may enter a cave,but you will not find a seat there." Sir R. Poel'smajority was large, but was united upon a false opinion. "A. consciousness of the necessity of agricultural protec tion created it, and fora time maintained it. But that conviction could not stand the wear and tear of real life. It resembled the opinions which young men bring to London, and which London soon takes from them. The air of Downing -street was opposed to the Corn Laws, and belief in them soon died out. But there is no such prejudice in the minds of the present majority. Certainly they are not combined on a false tradition, whatever else they maybe. Moreover, the present majority is the only real political force left in existence." The house of Lords has ceased to exist as a political power, and knows that if it enters upon a struggle with the majority, it will have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Another fact worth noting is the strength of tie present Government. "No personal Government, however despotic, can compare with th e presen t Ministry. The French Emperor could no more dis establish the Irish Church as Mr. Gladstone is doing, than he could destroy Protection as Sir E. Peel did. Whatever else may be said against England and the English Constitution, she has, and the Constitution has given her, the strongest Government in Europe." MR. LIDDON ON DISESTABISIDIENT. The ablest men in the Church are now setting an example of moderation which might be followed with advantage by the soi-disant political friends of the Church. Men like Bishop Greg, Mr. Charley, Sit G eorge Jenkinson, and the rest, might calm their perturbed spirits if they would but hearken to the advice of such men as Bishop Selwyn, Dr. Vaughan, of Don caster, and Mr. Liddon. All of these, and many other devoted friends of the Church whom we might mention, have spoken openly of disestablishment as an event extremely likely, and probably close at hand, but not in any way alarming. •Mr. Liddon has just been speaking at a meeting of leading High Churchmen in Oxford, including Canon Bright, Dr. Pusey, and Mr. Lowder. Ile pointed out the distinction to be made between the general principle of a union between the Church and the State, and the particular circumstances which attend that union at the present time in England. He weighed the comparative advantages and disadvantages of disestablishment, and urged, with great force, that the duty of Churchmen, indi vidually and in corporate bodies such as the Church Union, is not in any way to hasten disestablishment, but quietly to prepare for it, so as not to be at a loss how to act when, in the providence of God, " that which is clearly inevitable" is actually brought about. Mn. FORSTER AND TUE IT.NIVF.IVITIE°. Mr. Forster complained in his recent speech that a degree could not be obtained at either of the universities till the age of 22. What he meant is not very clear. " A man who wants merely to obtain the highest culture" he said " could not obtain a degree till he was two-and-twenty." Maybe this remark was directed against the general system of education ; for the highest culture is not generally attained till 22 ; but as generally accepted it has been understood to refer to somo special rule of the universities. Even then it is not applicable ; there is no such rule. There is nothing whatever to prevent a man obtaining his degree at 20, or even at an earlier age, if he passes the requisite examinations. It has frequently happened that the highest honours have been obtained by men much younger than 22. With regard to Mr. Forster's complaint about the length of time a man is obli ge d t o spen d at the univ ersitieS, Professor Fawcett writes that it had recently been considerably shortened. " When I first went to Cambridge, an under-graduatcwho entered in October could not obtain his degree until the followin g January three years; now he is admitted to his degree in the following June two years. If the time of residence is still further shortened, one of two things must occur—either the . university examina tions must be made much less diffi.ciut, or boys must be sent up from school Lettei prepared than at present." I;ICTENSION OF THE EPISCOPATF. Tile John Bull states that Mr. Gladstone has been requested to receive a deputation early next month in favour of an increase of the Episcopate. A public meeting is spoken of. It need hardly b© said that Mr. Gladstone would give any well-considered tiny practicable plan for extending the EpiScriiiitth his hearty support. He is not one of thohe who sympa thise with the Royal Conanikoners on the Irish Church, wh o p ro p ose d t o a b o li sh LishBps in order to keep th e Ch urc h reven i:::,„opon, ot , the choi ce h as to Tificed. l oe Inade between thetwo it is the money, n't tie fathers of the Chu rc h, th a t oug ht to CONFESSION. One of the Church papers states that " one of the priests of All Saints', Margaret-street, heard 300 confessions during last Lent, while another connected with the same church received 100 first confessions, of which about eighty were from men." We believe that the practice of confession is very largely on the increase in London. TRE nEcr.NT ROYAL TOUR: Messrs. Routledge have, it is stated, made arrange atents with 1)r. Howard Russell, of the Times who accompanied the Prin ce an d th e Princess of W ales in their recent tour to publish a narra ti ve of their journey. The booli is likely t o b e pro d uced very shortly, although Pr. Russell is n o t remarkable for ' rapidit of production, and his novel, " Dr. Brady," had to be abstracted from him with almost as much difficulty as an opera from Rossini. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAM. Cambridge rowing men are congratulating them selves that they will soon have a river fit to row on. The subscription list for the improvement of the Cam is a full one, and there is little doubt that there will be money enough to carry out any reasonable altera tions. The question, however, which money does not settle, is, whether these large funds will be profitably ___ . . neer—nb m eanauthority—says, in a, letter to the Ttnies, that the proposed deepening and widening of the river will be of no use whatever. The Cam is practically a canal, worked .by lochs. The whole town of Cam bridge drains into it. It is therefore little other than a large open sewer. To make it deeper and wider will only make things better for a time. As the town grows larger the river will silt up more speedily than before, and its second state will be worse than the first. But if the township would expend £2,700—n0 great burden to 30,000 people—the sewage might be intercepted. Then the college work would be of real value. THE REPRESENTATION OF MAItYLEBONE. Mr. Harvey Lewis still holds his seat for Maryle none. But steps are, nevertheless, being taken to supersede him. The Liberal party is divided, as at the last election. The more advanced portion support Dr. Humphrey Sandwith, of Kars, and he has recently addressed a meeting. But he does not care to pay the election expenses, and it is a question whether they will be raised for him. The publicans nominate Mr. Daniel Grant, and he has offe . ..ed to stand when Mr. Ilaivey Lewis resigns. But w en is the gentleman whose dealings have been characterised as false, fraudulent, and fictitious, going to give way? FINANCIAL REVELATIONS. The revelations being made at the Mansion House concerning the business operations of the English Joint-Stock Bank are not calculated to raise the prevailing estimation of financiers. The love for commissions obtains hold everywhere. Directors and other officers of companies are paid by the share holders for doing their business for them ; are paid by those with whom they negotiate on be half of the shareholders ; are paid again by those through whom they negotiate ; and in effect all three sums of money come from the pockets of the shareholders. We do not mean for one moment to say that the said well-paid financiers do not go to the best men to do business. Only there is, it must be admitted, the danger that they will go to the men who give the largest commissions. Mr. Finney, for instance, was the secretary of the Joint-Stock Bank, and had to make arrangements for the buying of the firm of Olding and Co. Ile chose a Mr. Weller to make the negotiations. Mr. Weller made them ; and the directors voted him £4,000 for his trouble. What followed may best be described by Mr. Weller himself : "He received from Mr. Finney for negotiating the transaction £4,000 on the 7th of November. The money was paid him in four £l,OOO notes, two of which he handed hack to Mr. Finney. Being asked why he returned £2,000 of the money, witness replied the conversation took a peculiar turn, which shewed that Mr. Finney would expect two of the £l,OOO notes. It was written, he added, in fact, in large letters on the wall. Being asked why he assumed the secretary would require a douceur, witness replied, amid muc h l a ught er , and with a significant gesture, There wa s no prec i se authority,' but it was everywhere— allabout."' It appears that Mr. Finney swore in Chancery that he had received no moneys in this affair, for Mr. Lewis gave notice that he should apply for a summons for perjury against him. SMALL FL)ATING BATTERIES. Str William Armstrong points out, in a letter to the Times, that our commercial harbours are practi cally defenceless. An enemy in time of war might send an invulnerable varship into the port of Liver pool and d es t ro y u tt er ly the masses of merchant ships which are there closely packed in docks, might lay in ruins the large sticks of warehouses and millions of pounds worth of Inerchandise. To do so would be barbarous, would be unworthy of this age ; but Si r argues that we should not trust to the forbearuce of an enemy in this respect, we should provide against the occurrence of such a catastrophe. He proposes to do so by establishing fleets of small vessels at our commercial harbours. The Staunch, a recent invention of Mr. Rendel, Sir William's p ar t ner , is just of the kind which he thinks is re qu i re d. Tlis vessel, though a mere barge in point of size, carries a 121-ton gun, the move ments of which are effected by steam power, so that a very smal crew suffices for working it. The boat is propelled by twin screws, which give her such a power of turning that she ' can change the direction of her large gun as easily and quickly as if it were mounted on a turn table. She is encumbered with no armour, because leer safety lies in her smallness, which renders her difficult to hit, and because armour is worse than use less when opposed to guns capable of piercing it. She is cheap. The cost of a couple of ironclad frigates would furnish a hundred Staunches. A large armour-plated ship, surrounded by six of these kind of vessels, would have as many guns against her as she carried, would find it difficult to sink one of her enemy, and if she succeeded in doing so would have only destroyed one-sixth of the power against her, while she herself would be struck each time, and would be in great danger of being sent to the bottom. This would be applicable (Sir William adds) only to commercial harbours, not to places like Portsmouth or Plymouth. CLERKENWELL EXPLOSION RELIEF FEND. The final report of the Clerkenwell Relief Com mittee has been published. The Rev. Robert Maguire, vicar of Clerkenwell, signs it, and remarks that the length of time which has elapsed between the explosion and the final report has been due to the fact that smile of the injured per sons have continued sa infirm that it was not possible to close the account earlier. Six persons were killed by the explosion, six more died from its effects, five died from its indirect consequences, 20 infants died, 120 persons were wounded, 15 were permanently injured, and two women went mad. The damage done was estimated at £20,000. The contributions received by the fund amounted to a little more than £lO,OOO and the expenditure to £9,800, leaving a balance of about £2OO. The com mittee, at an early date, set aside £5,500 for making permanent provision for those permanently injured. Forty-three persons have received substantial aid from this portion of the fund. About 700 individual cases are entered on the books of the committee as applicants for relief, and nearly 60) have been compensated by the committee, and the others by the Government. The full nature of the injuries sustained has not in some cases been ascertained until a recent date. A loss of eyesight was certified to the committee n November last, and the injury to a child' i s knee resulted this January in a permanent disablement. The Government undertook to reimburse the losses in material struc tures, houses, &c., and Corporation-lane and Corpo ration-row, which were levelled by the explosion, are now rebuilt. It is satisfactory to know that all that could be done to alleviate the distress and suffering arising from this catastrophe has been so kindly and judiciously effected, THE FRENCI ATLANTIC CABLE. An important question is raised by a corres pondent of the Daily News relative to the French Atlantic Cable. The French Emperor has granted twenty years monopoly to the layers of the new line. Seeing that such a line is international; that a cable worked by a one-sided company might give advantages to those who live in one country and deny them to dwellers in the other ; that, in fact, France might establish a kind of Protection against the United States, it is a question whether the Emperor is justified in thus using his power. FOREIGN NOTES. ANOTHER DIFFICULTY wtTrl srAnt, The Spaniards, in their seal against the Cuban Insure gents, have once more, if we may believe the Nano.* Herald, forgotten themselves. Another insult to Great Britain in the Bahamas is reported by this journal, A Spanish steam-tng, tile Maria Louisa, captured a well-known blockade-runner, the Yarra, near the entrance of Slaughter Harbour, and then latided a force of from ninety to A hundred MON armed with bayonets and pistols, to capture her escaped captain and crew. They are said to have proceeded to the Great Stirrups Cay, and searched houses there. Subsequently they landed a force on others of the Bahama group of islands, and searched the houses of seve• ral planters. A police magistrate and a British naval officer asked for an explanation from the Spanish officer. This Was found unsatisfactory, and a report of the " atrocious Outrage" has accordingly been sent to England. ITALIAN DESIGNS ON ROME. The Tablet, in common with other journals of very different politics, believes the union of the Tuscans under Menabrea with the riedmontese to be nothing else than a combination to effect a change in the relationii between Italy and Rome, " the hkil°°ritk ai 611°41414 of the sof-Odra Conservative (111enabrea's) party in Florence is far more dangerous to Rome than all the plots of Lugano." Lavalette, the Tablet thinks, will readily embrace any pretext for withdrawing the Vrench troops ) and then—what can be expected of Minghetti and Mordini, the Garibaldian? MAZZII 4 I. Mazzini has addressed "to his enemies" a manifesto of some importance. Ire denies all complicity with the revo , lutionary attempts at Milan and Naples and he even asserts that he did all in his power to ptevent theni. Nevertheless he holds to the belief that the litouse of Savoy has failed to complete the work of Italian unity, and a Republic is, therefore, the inevitable consequence. POLITICAL TRIALS AT ROAM Another batch of conspirators has just been tried and condemned at Rome. About sixty persons implicated in the attempts at insurrection in October 1867 have been sentenced, two to hard labour for life, and the rest to periods varying from ten to twenty years. All of them will come under the amnesty decreed on the occasion of the Pope's jubilee, and will therefore have two-thirds of their sentence,remitted. • • - ANTI•PRIMIAN FEELING IN HANOVER,. Immediately afier the striking defeat of the Prussian Ctutrualatiathe_satysfileamr. And the eloctiotel Professor Ewald, King William's visit to his lately. acquired province was postponed. It was announced that indisposition was the cause of this delay. The Patric, however, positively affirms that the fear of hostile demonstrations from the Hanoverian populace has brought about the change of programme. Not only has the visit been postponed, but when it does take place a route differing from that first chosen will be followed. THE OVERLAND ROUTE BY BRINDISI. Captain Tyler has reported favourably to the Board of Trade both on the accommodation at Brindisi and the facilities of the Brenner route of communication with India. The Mont Cenis track is shorter by 150 miles than the Brenner route, by way of Ostend, Munich, Verona, and Brindisi; but the time required for traversing the two would be much the same. The time occupied in the Brenner route is estimated at 150 hours ; by the Mont Cenis route 1501 hours, or 1471 after the Mont Cenis tunnel is completed. Either service, if carried out, would effect a saving of thirty hours over the Marseilles route, but practically the time saved as regards letters from this country would not be more than twenty-four hours, because the Indian mail now leaves London on Friday evening, and as the General Post Office is closed on Sunday, the latest time for the postage of letters would be Saturday evening. Captain Tyler, however, has far grander projects in view. He looks forward to the time when the Euphrates Valley will be complete, and when the Indian traveller may " pass dryshod from London to Bombay—through a submarine tunnel from Dover to Calais—through Europe by railway—over the Bosphorus by a bridge—and forward by railway down the Euphrates Valley, and round the Persian Gulf to Bombay." ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Sir Francis Head continues his researches into that unfathomable mine—American inconsistency. Mr. Sum ner, in his famous speech, complained that without British interference the Southern rebellion must have suc cumbed much sooner than it did. Sir Francis p üblishes numerous documents, proving that the Canadian out break of 1837 was not only originally encouraged by hope of support from the United States, and fed by United States supplies, but that after the rebellion itself collapsed the war was mercilessly carried on by repeated invasions, extending over a period of two years. England has never asked for one farthing for the enormous loss inflicted by these proceedings. EMIGRANTS TO CANADA. About a month ago, it will be remembered, a party of 320 emigrants were sent out from East London by the lion. Mrs. Hobart and others. It is gratifying to learn from a Canadian paper that the voyage has been made in safety, that the party has passed into the interior, and that no difficulty is experienced in finding employ ment. THE GOVERNMENT OF PARAGUAY. A great number of Paraguayans have signed a petition to the Allied Governments, requesting the immediate establishment of a Provisional Government at Asuncion. Lopez has been driven out, the Allies have set up no definite authority ; anarchy menaces the unfortunate Paraguayans. President Sarmiento, representing the Argentine Republic, has assured the petitioners that his State had no design of subverting the independence of Paraguay when it joined the Brazilians in the war against Lopez. Serious fears are entertained of the fate of Mr. MacMahon, the American Ambassador to Lopez. Nothing has been heard of him for four months. THE MAGIC OF RAILWAYS. Great undertaking as is the Pacific Railway across the American continent, and just as is the praise which has been bestowed upon it, we ought not to lose sight of still more remarkable works which have been success. fully achieved by British enterprise. The Indian railways are undoubtedly a more striking triumph of science than even the Pacific line. Nearly 4,000 miles are now in operation, and about 1,665 miles are sanctioned and remain to be completed. All this work had to be executed many thousands of miles from England, where the capital was raised. The mate rials had in great measure to be conveyed from this country. Five thousand three hundred and thirty-nine shiploads of goods have been taken out for the construc tion of Indian railways. No such difficulty was met with in America. The engineering obstacles experienced in crossing jungles, forests, and mountains were not less for midable than those which beset the Americans in the Rocky Mountains. The results of these enterprises have been proportionate to their magnitude. The railways have revolutionised India. The Railway News states that last year nearly fourteen millions of passengers were conveyed on the lines of our Oriental Empire, and of these it is noteworthy that more than thirteen millions were third-class passengers. " Those scruples of religion and distinctions of caste which have been for so many ages the bane of Indian society are fast disap pearing before that mighty leveller of the age—the loco motive. Separate carriages or compartments were in the first instance provided for women, in deference to the feeling of dislike universally entertained at wives or daughters being seen by strangers ; separate accommo dation for different castes was also provided. Now all is changed, or rapidly undergoing a change. Brahmins, too, of the purest blood travel in the third-class car riages, huddled in crowds with the most wretched Pariah, whose very presence near the household roof would in former times be regarded as the most deadly pollution." 7RAINIII'G REPORTS. •- - STANTON. —At Epsom See-Saw is entered in the Walton Manor Stakes, but I think he will stand no chance at the weights. Salliet is in the Heathcote Plate, and will about land ; in the Derby, Dunbar, but is not class enough. Six- Mile Hill Handicap.—Dunbar will about win, if wanted. See- Saw is also in, but will staid no chance, ill nay opinion. Palmitin° and the Lady Evelyn filly are in the Oaks, but they will stand no chance. KlNGSCLERE.—Friday.—Seventeen horses were out on Cannon Heath. Blue Gown led Pero Gomez a mile and a quarter. Vagabond led Siderolite and King Cophetua the same distance. Siderolito led the two year olds a steady gallop of a mile and a half, with the exception of Mrs. Quickly colt, who did walking exercise. Blue Gown was sent to lead Pero Gomez and Morns a steady half-pace gallop of a mile and a quarter, all pulling up sound and well. Vagabond led Rosicrucian. In the Walton Manor Stakes we have Blue Gown and Vagabond engaged. The first named I think will not rnn. Vagabond is fit and well, and will take a great amount of beating. Derby.— The following are entered :—Pero Gomez, Vagabond, Sidero lite, and King Cophetua. The crack, who was never in better form than at the present time, 1 think is certain to win. He gave every satisfaction in his trial with Blue Gown. I should advise all parties not to back Vagabond for the Derby till they see his number up, as I believe him a doubtful runner. EPSO3I.—On locking through the prosram-no, 1 find we have engaged on Tuesday, in the Woodcoto Stakes, B7rdie, Temple, Master Dick, Claribel, Molly Carew colt, Apathy, Quixote, and Sparkle. The last-named is a very nice filly, but she is very backward, and I fear none of the others will be found good enough to win. In the Heathcote Plate we have A uti as, Slowman, and Two by Honours, and Antias is the best of the trio. Bonnie Kato and Lopez are iii the nous Stakes, and Bonnie Katie has only President Lincoln to fear. Thursday, in the Six- Mile Hill Handicap, Bonnie Katie, Arbaces, Vaubrugh, and as I know Arbaces is a and Prides Paul are engaged, good horse when well, he will run forward if wanted. StogitVittladit —Scottish Queen went a good gallop of about a mile and a ha lf, a n d she goes remarkably well— in fact, it is impossible for an a nimal to go better. I neod say nothing further about her, as she has been so recently before the public, when she came off victorious in the O ne Thousand Guineas , and all I can say is, that she has say now, donereillatthka, atillYba‘lr-ealci n e 6 n 6 ts t , I henland as I said then, s o I think her sure to win the Oaks easier than the One Thousand Guineas. Itst.ter.—We have Ladas, liolre 'retired, Balnakeelie, Alastor, First Emperor, Limerick, and Lady isty am en . gaged iu the Derby, but we shall have only one run, and that is Ladas. Singe my last report he has daily been doing good work, led by Cap-a-Pie. This (Thursday morning, after some walking exercise l .Cap-a-Pie, Ladas, and Ligtifian Were Stripped. CUStallee got on the Derby nag, and after one c anter the three wer e sent a good gal lop of about on e mile and a half, p ullin g up sound and Well. tadas is a Very nide horse, and a good goer, but I don't think he is good enough to win the Derby. Ho might, L o n ir . e - ti ln du t d he n l e V n o il o ti d i c ri o t t L i S u i t i. a e lt . es h o wever, din late glade: T W li e ey hiii ar e e C tt i l fi l ll * dl :l B l : • W F iId YF F IE I and the lastAttittidd iS d tinutft; r cirig ddo ins colt; but I don't think either is wanted yet. VtlAitOti Citron has no chance. The Derby -We -11ficir Stokes have Cantu:Hl colt, Threatener; Boswoith, Acton The 4 Acton , Portsmouth, and Boun dary. l ast-tutined tho only tine tl fit. She does her gallop iat is sound and two-mile like a racehorse, rover saw her go better, but she trust tinti proVed to hitVe it chan • ust be wonderfully itn, te of itifinifig: Three companies of the-94th "Regiment of itifaiiz try marched - into the garrison at Woolwich yester day ffotti Ornvtsnd; having l e ft D over on Mondaykst, completing Hid diStatict-3 #tt Nit. days' march es . The second division passes over the same ground, and will reach the sarrieon to-day, and the remAin det :Jr ',th bead-quarters, will follow and march in to-Mokit*. [AuvEnTISEmENT.i Holloway's Pills.—. Health's Foun tain.—lt cannot surely be necessary to remind any intelligent reader that purity of the blood determines every invalid's health and vigour. Holloway's medicine searches out the sightest taint in the vital fluid, and neutralizes or expels it, so that the circulation supports the system in place of sowing the seeds of decay. When epidemics are a ivancing, and disease is steadily on the increase, it behoves every one to have a restorative like these pills ready to set right any irregularity in stom" eh, Jiver, bowels, or kidneys. Holloway's treatment is especially euitable for the young, delicate, and nervous, who are most susceptible of any prevailing sickness, and wholxt violent measures would endanger little leen than on epidemic. • MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, May 8.) Money is higher at New York, and the condition of the borrowing market is more changeable and uncertain than for several weeks. Seven per cent. in gold interest is freely paid, and commercial paper brings from 7to 9 per coat. Various causes have been combined to produce the situation, but the stringency is mainly artificial. An at tempt to force down the price of stocks, begun two or three weeks ago, when money wee plenty and cheap, is now continued and strengthened by the pressure in the money market—the "bears" holding on to their funds, with which they will buy in again when they have sufficiently de pressel stocks. A speculative movement in gold is also in progress, and that also can be more successfully conducted with a short supply of money. Tho maturing of many uctes during the first days of May, and the payment of interest on mortgages and other real estate transactions, afford excuse for putting the screws on the money mar ket, and supply a plausible excuse for the stringency, but there is no doubt of au abundance of money at moderate rates if it suited the plans or the pleasure of those who control it to put it on the market. The New York bank statement of Saturday showed a strong condiron of things, with continually increasing receipts of currency from the country. In the West, where the speculative in fluences which control the New York market do not exist, money is easy and abundant. The grain trade has been unusually dull since the opening of navigation, and the banks seem likely to carry the usual supply of money into the summer months, without the usual spring activity. At Chicago, singularly enough, there is little or no specula tion afoot, and the call for money at the banks is light and readily supplied. But little currency is sent into the interior in payment for grain, and the quantity now in store at Chicago will probably grow steadily less until the receipts from the new crop. Government bonds are steady and firm, with a good demand and a scarcity in New York for the earlier issues of Five-twenties, which have held steadily up to the highest figures. The London market has been a little lower, and the two markets are now almost at an equality, leaving little or no margin for shipment. The amount of the foreign May coupons which have been reinvested proves considerably less than at first expected, although the foreign brokers at New York are buying up odd lots of Governments and laying them aside for future employment. The future course of governments will quite likely continue upwards—indeed so far from the present prices being high, they are below those which really first-class securities ought to command. Before the war, United States Six per Cents. having two years to run, were selling at 120 in gold—equal to about 160 in currency at the pre sent premium. 'l'be certainty that the bonds will be promptly paid in gold at maturity adds to their prospective increase in value, and it would not be surprising if before many months gold and Governments exchanged places, and resumed the relations which they held before the war. Mr. Boutwell's May statement of the national debt is ono of the most favourable and encouraging ever issued, and is everywhere received with satisfaction and approval. The nominal reduction of the debt which it exhibits is $6,400,000, while the real decrease of the interest-bearing principal is $13,500,000, the difference being in the increase of interest during the month of April, which is now added in and charged up in full to the close of each month. The ,set reduction of the direct debt of the Government since ,it reached its maximum in August 31, 1865, has been $284,125,686, and deducting the issue of Pacific Railroad Bonds the net reduction of all the debt has been $228,531,686. The May statement of the debt is in detail as follows: DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. Five per cent. bands prior to March 3, 1864 527,022,000 Five per cent. ten-forty bonds March 3, 1861 194,567,300 Six per cent. bonds of 1881 Six per cent. five-twenty bonds 1,602,612,000 Amount outstanding 52,107,878.700 Interest DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Three per cent. certificates 553,240,000 Navy pension fund Amount outstanding .. 567,240,000 Interest DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Demand and legal tender notes 5256,063,845 Postal and fractional currency .. 35,350,323 Certificates of gold deposited 16,307,200 Amount outstanding Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity Interest Total outstanding debt Interest 5,701,313 353,620 2,588,541,382 46,491,50 Total debt, principal and interest 52,635,032,88 AMOUNT IN TIIE TREASURY. Coin Coin for which certificates of &posit aro outEtauding Currency $92 031,73 16 307,20 7,896,664 Total, ~„ ,„ Amount of debt less cash in the Treasury, May 1 Amount or debt less cash iu the Treastry, April 1 Decrease of debt during April The gold market, in the face of the Government sales of coin and the heavy disbursementS of the May interest, has gone steadily upward, and on Thursday reached 1361, the highest figure since January 30. Speculation, as in the money marker, is probably at the bottom of this ad vance, and the timorous prophets predict an ascent to 150 before another three mouths has expired. Speculation may do it, but there is no natural carts?, likely to produce that effect. 'The news from England, Spain, and Cuba does not altogether furnish stimulus for even one day's I market, and any advance which may be gained on the strength of warlike rumours is almost sure to be lost before the day is over. The Government sales of gold began on Thursday week, and will be continued weekly until further notice—a million being disposed of at each sale. On the first day of sale, Henry Clews and Co. took $234,000, Trever and Colgate 8169,000, and Underhill and Haven $47,000, at $134.01, while Messrs. Clews and Co. obtained the remaining $250,000, at I 134.02. Messrs. Fisk and Hatch put in their bid for the whole million at 134, which was the highest price of the day in open market. The buyers correctly judged the course of the market, and the next day the pre mium touched 135. Mr. Boutwell was present in person at the sale, and subsequently made a speech in the Stock Exchange, which was received with applause, in which be promised to faithfully, honestly, and economically adminis ter the affairs of the Treasury Department. His May statement of the public debt is the best possible pledge of his ability and intention to perform that which he pro mises. The gold value of the foreign imports at New York, I exclusive of specie, from July 1, 1868, to May 1, 1869, is $238,595,644, an increase over the corresponding months of the previous fiscal year of $37,539,808, while the ex ports, exclusive of specie, for the same time (from July 1 1868, to May 1, 1869), had dimitished $20,323,510, or from $ 1 53,199,138 to $132,875,648. The specie exports have also fallen off largely, but since March 1 large amounts of specie have been received by the European steamers. The speculation in the stock market is in a state of suspense, pending the action of the New York Legis- I lature on the issue of Central 80 per Cent. Stock Carti ! ficates last fall. The report, Wednesday, that the bill would fail, sent Central stock down 3 or 4 per cent, and with it, of course, went the other " Van derbilt" reads. The Western roads felt the depressing influence, and the majority of the quotations ruled lower , than for several days. The indications portend a grand "boar" campaign on the market, and the course of the money market sustains the theory. Erie gets but very little attention in the market nowadays, and is selling at very low figures—down to 24. Troubles have arisen 'among the officials of the road, and Superintendent Riddle has resigned, to be succeeded by Superintendent Rucker of the Atlantic and Great Western division of the road. Other resignations and dismissals before long are rumoured. Anc,ther suit' for the unpaid dividends on the preferred stock has been instituted by R. G. Howard of Providence, R. 1., and he will push his case none the less earnestly be cause he is a shareholder in the Union Pacific Railroad and Credit Mobilier, with both of which corporations the Erie owners have not the most pleasant relations. Railroad busi ness is generally good throughout the West, the t, tal earnings of the Chicago and North-Western Railroad for the past eleven months having 13.:?en $12,653,086, an in crease of $1,249,390 over the amount for the corresponding time in the previous fiscal year. The New York Stock EXchange has admitted to full membership the members of the Government Stock Board, and undoubtedly the conso lidation of the Stock Exchange and open Loa- d of brokers is not far distant. The business of both boneJs can be satisfactorily transacted with the expense of only one. There is but little change in the express and miscellaneous stocks, the United States e x press being one of the firmest. l _ Ott the fl dull and The market for dry goods continues and Inactive, a n d neither buyers nor sellers appear e l s disputed to facilitate business. Some impetus seems neeial to start business, and once begun, it would doubtless increase and strengthen , la raw cotton and the coarser manufactured fabrics trade is dull and prices declining, white jp calicoes and dress goods morn doing, ettpccially in prints anti, stiles suitable for the fall business. Bre:Rioted have been mere_aytivtie,: west,durili and the *OA, On stcoUnt of a shorter supply from till ittliirtifetilent in the home demand. The stock of winter wheat now on hand to the with. nrr . p th-lvest is small, and the i ev the sowing of cr b:lckwardness of the seasdil iv 11 sprfsent -Wheat, A larger the usual breadth of laud w;11 also End a market through the. f a g o o r i h n • 11/ t c lt a a t n ,. , and the indications look to a 0 10 11;1 supply in the m.11,t,. until the Low crop is a; 3'l- a ble. 'flint all reports and c 5 predictions agree will be ono of the best and most abundant, (From the Wall-street Journal.) Friday Evening, May 7, 1869. Wall-street has been excited all day, the sudden ad vanCe in the London Money Market, creating much un easiness among the holders of Government Bonds and certain railroad stocks. Cable reports quote Five-twenties variously at from •78 to 78i, which is a decline of, to from the closing figures of yesterday, and lg to 2i as compred with those of yesterday morning. guropean capitalists continue to invest largely in United states Railroad Bonds, and among those recently introduced on the Frankfort-on-Maine Exchange, we notice those of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, California Pacific Railroad, and Bockford, Rock Island, and St. Louis Railroad Companies' Miscellaneous stocks are generally quiet and neglected. CLOSING QUOTATIONS FOR RAILROAD MORTGAGES. N. Y.[Central 6s, 1883... 89 Chi. &N. W. Ist M 93 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... 93 Tol. & Wab. 2d MEx 83 N. Y. Central 6s, R E s t 85 Gt. Western 2d M '93 77 1 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n.. 85 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M N. Y. Central 7s, 1876.. Gal. & Chic. Ext N. Y. Cen. 75, con. 76 Gal. & Chic. 2d M 9 fl a N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 Chi. &R. I. Ist Erie Ist Mort, Ex 100 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7'5... 96 , 1 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879.. 93i Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund... 9. 2 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 89 N. J. Central Ist M...... Erie 78, 4th Mort, 1880 80 N . J . C entra l 2d M .... .. 9 °, Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 83 Pitt s . Ft.W., & Ch. Ist 3001 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M,'77 B9 Pitt s . Ft. W.. & Ch. 3,1 31. 9 1' , Hud. R. 7s, Ist 3T, '69 100 Cleve. & Pitts. 3d 31 9 ; 1 11t.d. R. 7s, 3d 31, '75 - Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc. 9 " Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 9B Chi c . & Alton, S.F. lstM. lo2 Mich. C. Ist 31, 69'72 Mil. & St. Rini Ist M... Well. new Ist M Bq ' V 118 Mil. & St. Paul 241 M... Mich. So., 7p.c2d M 92 Marietta & Ist 31... N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Morris & Essex Ist 31... 96 31ich.S.&N.I.S.F'd7p.c. 96 Morris & Essex 2d 31... 9 " 111. Cen. 7p. e, '7O 120 Joilet & Chic. Ist 31... Alton &T. H. lrt bI Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton &T.H.2d M. Inc BO Dubuque & S.City,lst 31. 9 ' l l Han.&St..l. LandGrantslo3 Peninsula Ist M......... 9 1 , Ban. & St. J. Con 112 Ohio & Miss. Ist M .... . Chi. B. & Q.,lst 31 — Ohio & Miss. Con.- . 95 Chi. &N. est, S. F 95 Tol. P. W. Ist M. Chi. &N. W. Con Cony 96j Atlantic & G. W. 2d M. ('hi. & N. W. Ex'n B — RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. 4 N. Y. Central 1791 Fort Wayne 1 i 9 Erie iludson .. 156/ Atlantic Mail 19 Reading Mich. South. &N. 1.... 104 %V. U. Telegraph Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 921 Ohio and Mississippi... 33 North-West North-West Preferred 971 Cumberland Canton 6l Bankers and Brokers... 1 1 71 Rock Island Jleveland and Toledo 1041 M & St. Paul Preferred 8. PUBLIC FUNDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sixes, 1861, registered llB to 110, Sixes, 1881, coupon llBl t o 118/ Sixes, 1868, coupon U.S. 6s. Pacific Raihoad lO6 to 10 1 1 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ll5/ to 11 6 Ten-forties, coupon lO7l to 108 Seven-thirties, 2d series — to Seven-thirties, 3d series — to -- Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 — to --- QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. 46 3 Amer. silver... 951 to 95/ I Eng. sous 486 to Mex. d011ar5...103 „ 101 j2O francs ... 383 , °,701 Eng. silver 475 , 480 I Thalers Five francs .... 95 „ 96 I Foreign Exchange is firm, but the demand is limited at the advance : DA Sixty Days. Three D il o Lonecn Bankers Lw::n, Prime Commercial lOBl-1081 ••••'' 181 Paris, Bankers i —o' Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 351--35i ...... Frankfort, O.M. 4O .1. —4O f ...... Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.20-5.16f ...... Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss In Express Stocks the business has been small : 60 , Adams ... ... ... .., ... ... 591 to 4 0, American Merchants' Union ... ... ... 40i .„ t° Of w Do. Old Stock ... ... ... ... 15 ' 63 United States ... ... .., ... ... 62! ! , o, 5,51 Wells, Fargo, ancioo. ::: 351 tO 2 ,55,00 The Now York Stock Exchange, in executive sea s 1 yesterday, resolved to discontinue, on and after Tto s ' fe t next, the calling of the speculative stocks, and to tray s all business in them to the Long Room. In future tbe ; will be a call at 10.30 a.m. for Government Bonds. 133 1 , 9 4, Shares, State and Railroad Bonds and Investment St e4 " ' t concluding with a second call of Government Bonds. t, 2.30 Government and State Bonds will again be no ll i e t o Dealings in Government Bonds in a separate room W i .sa y discontinued. This new arrangement marks an jOr tant change in the business of the Stock Exchange' co Messrs. Drexel and Co., Philadelphia, r eport tho Os j Thursday, May 7, closing prices for Pennsylvania It were 551 551 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 991 ; Mortgage, 94f. ° LITERARY.—We have just been having so g f t o a journalistic scandal in this city-a scandal withee.co parallel, so far as we know, in the history of the Aree ri t ho press-that, in comparison with it, almost any event world of journalism seems like a ripple beside a wav e *, is, however, a noteworthy fact that tLe London I?eri e ' e d just dead. We may say that it is dead ; it has been inegd, in the Examiner—the journal which Leigh Hunt foil° t o and which, though less known over here the l ',. t iet London Review, was always a better paper both in po' l o o and in literature. It was not so much better, however' t - 0 , its consent to the merging need have been difficult to ela t h ' i o But what was worse in the unregretted London Review t " , r ,l its insufficiency was its self-sufficiency -though not wide enough eitLer ;it was apt to seem t ° 0 cheaper sort of Saturday Review, and the tone which ie E 0 nearly intolerable in the latter paper was often quite the former. The Saturday's vulgar suparciliousti e l e o prejudices and wilful misunderstandings, its seta' t , O which often suggests the brilliant satirical you n g st e/ that o'l-0 fresh from the university, and which get it the aPPao' l of its worst readers, can be borne with a cousider'dir of the ability, courage, and real learning which it ra se plays about as constantly as it displays its dist` s , able traits-that is to say, the cases are {e.° l o which it does not approve II itself learned , iv io and nobody's servant. But, in comparison . t of its. exemplar, the London Review was like that 0 1/ second-rate Englishmen which a good authority d e f a tter? • to be wholly unendurable by gods or men, and the 1- 01 with considerable unanimity, will acquiesce cont ell si oe 4 in its decrease. It was as disagr e eable a s pretentittte must be. Jt sounds as if it might be true enough tj l ir ets; paper had the assistance of some of the Saturday Rev'ee the but they wore not the best, we may be sure; and of th e , contributions may very likely have been such as theflierg, day had declined to receive, or such as even the :l e d!, would not have asked it to accept. One symptom of , 0 t` - ho of the London Review found its way into the papers e°": or three months ago. The firm of T. T. Clark and ~,c ir j publish a good many valuable works, as most of ° 1. 4 rical readers know, discovered that books which the. 1000; sent to editors for notice might pretty regularly h B de le r t ; shortly after on the stalls of the second-hand d efe ,o Thereupon they marked their " editors' copies," e n , t t not long in finding which paper was the offender' . 1 j .do addressed to the editor called forth no more 6' l , sod i than that their books were worthless, and Werior b 'e without being reviewed because they were 0 1 4 t h e reviewing-a reply which, doubtless, was 0 " 6 truth of the matter. So far as now appee.. r e gsrj English weekly press is all the stronger, as 'd g e,, 4 both honesty and ability, for the demise of the Log ~ e Po also for that of the Reader, which perished some tw°,,;', s ago. And, as the weekly press is furnishing perb. sr a y most influential portion of English literature, we '', o e l) ,' glad to see it weeded of its weaker and less worth) o f li hers. There is still the Athenaeum, with its fund nary information ; and the Saturday Review, to corr, e l3 - 0 smj Athenaeum's continual blundering in criticism ; an d °' solutely honest and candid, if somew h at too ethere a satlic somewhat whimsical, Spectator, to supplement th e ; D uo s day Review by doi ng justice and showing mereP o 'firl eating the higher morality, and setting an examP, lB , o o refinement as disting u i s h e d f rom supertineuess.-" 10 New York Nati on . val D (ADVERTISEMENT.]—Henceforth no one will doubt tli o i tro l 4o properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenia b lested Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of 'ON it has already received from Invalids whose position tue lv, o l deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness, , e arfje whose health has' been perfectly restored by it after thil a yetlf o lf unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the , t he P o e' Midi," July 25th:—" Rome, July 21, 1866. The health (l a Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all o 'iptio i v e,i dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry' s ve ry ' l 9 e, Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at e be efi,P' It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his, , 0, his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too LI jg - 5 .3,P 0 ur extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures:—Cure . 04° * co rar t ioii' the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervotis . ,l;oo o _, de all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and Tr sot", tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771: LorLf aysP e e Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years „ s ped , No. nervousness, 832: "Fifty asthma ears cough ' indes constipationcribable agony froin fi a telefiqg7o4o, , , sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly " Cure N°• James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' do e. i ii ess• ott: spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial dot"; o ol e vir portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury Is l sloppy imitations to which, without authority, 138 '"'" name is most audaciously attached. 12 lb OV ' In tins, at Is lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; 21bs 4s 6d; 5 lbs lls;„„oe 24 lbs 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABIC), V r 2 9 1 POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at o po_,, s e!, at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at Cs, for 288 cups at 30s, for 5 7 , 0 —being about one penny per cup. The 308 and 55s 07 of free of carriage in England on receipt of post-OLl ic ;dol:" BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-stree t, 11 Grocers and Chemists. BIRTILY. fityll ~., u se, f HENNEssr—On the 7th March, at Government Imo o pe as f , buan, the wife of Governor J. Pope ilea „g . SOD. . - YORKE —On the 21st inst , at 15, Cheshara-si t r ee Reginald Yorke, of a son. MARRIAGES. BOYS—STRONG —On ho 20th inst., Henry S c°tt oti 13 0 f 0 5 1 Bengal Civil Service, to Ethel Renaud Stronviosierif daughter of Major Strong, ' The Elms, 'fil e n the ILE.I.C.S. olf slrl Pj STEPIIENB--MARRIOTT—On the 20th ins t ,a. n d e r 13 : o tr, Paddington, Prescot Wm. Stephens, Ccran U , to Alice Lattice, third daughter o f Frederic Es+ 11 F:A TES f it ITAST;:os—On the 21st first at *Di bourne 110.,,nset';e Woreestton Vice-Admiral dmira.l"Francisr Deeiraus P aS- li aged 74. < 1 . V 6 ' l4 O'NEAL— On the 21st file., at Bath, T. W. CY-oe g '' ( ce f barbadoes, aged 56. ,- p ,„, ili . WARREN—OR the 21st inst. , a t his residen, Chels - ' Francis NVarren, aged 60. Lon_ No. an d Published by WILLISDI o. , Strand, Printer , at Tns Seri Offtc.tY Of e, NO.id he Precinct of the Savoy, in the CPIII2 in of Monday, kttlY 24, 1869. Under where , Girls c the ki t The fish and l a , wise T , B nitsbl The '1`1,4; Secret ofr i , 11aLi aane; ITRATA DU Com celet nord will elan nunl of Oti SC 0' sortr. lisks. &c., shire TEN Mr MIN of 1 45 tate GEO gnine - PR MIN] 149, 1 Ti Tb 4 Fire I The r Bonn! value ren t i e leave thirty ~~ om e ,, 01; gc--g