The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS lomatic service in connec tion with Mr. Laya:c1:::: reccnt appointment, and affirms that the first thing to be considered in diplomacy is, or ought to be, business ; the second is state; the last, economy. An Ambassador or any head of Legation, if he no longer need go forth as a Sovereign to another Sovereign's Court, ought at least to be on a par with the highest subjects of that Court. Any attempt at saving, any suspicion of meanness, detracts from his own or his country's character. A diplomatist loses nothing by being in rank, wealth, and manners a grand seigneur. If accredited to Democratic States especially, the " guinea stamp is valued as much as the gold. We do not, however, mean to deny that great and impor tant economies might be introduced into our foreign Diplomacy, like the army and like politics, in our country should be a career, not a profession. An am bassador should certainly not be driven to the necessity of srending a fortune of his own ; but he ought hardly to asrii - e to make one. These remarks, however, apply only to rei. - !::,ions cf the highest rank, and it is, in our opinion, merely in the le::;ations to the minor States that reduction should be iatrof:tv:ed. There arc hardly more than seven or eight States in Europe with which real internationilbusi nesa need Le carried on. We admit that a policy of absolute non-intervention would not be becoming, expedient, or even safe for this. country. We are interested in the world's peace, and we must labour at maintaining it. We are convinced that diplomacy has its true uses, and we must shrink from no outlay that may keep it up to its highest efficiency. But, in order that the plant may live and thrive and bear fruit, we must lop off its parasitic branches. We want diplomacy, like any other branch of the public service, to be a career and n sinecure. Ten thousand pounds may not be too much for a Paris Embassy; but we would grudge one-tenth of that sum for a Pumper nikel Legation. ar service. The Daily News remarks that while the French elections engage the attention of Europe, the Irish elections may profitably occupy the people of the British Isles. Water ford has declined to avail itself of the services of Mr. Bernal Osborne. It has preferred Sir Henry Winston Barron as its representative in Parliament. We cannot rebuke its choice of a Catholic Irish gentleman, of consis tent Liberal opinions in politics, who represented Water ford in the first Parliament summoned after the Reform Act of 1832, and who has continued to do so at intervals since. Lord Grey's Bill gave him the seat of which the Bill known, on the sic vos non vollis principle as Mr. Disraeli's has not permanently deprived him. The venerable Baronet is still in better form, and more thoroughly . np to his work than many younger men ; and " auld lang syne" should count for something. Still we hewail our Osborne. His presence in the House of Commons would have enlivened the season; and been one of its intellectual features, like the new poem which Mr. Tennyson promises us, and the serial story which we look for, simultaneously with the green leaves of spring, from Mr. Dickens. The Rev. Mr. Ryan, in proposing one of the candidates for Tipperary, who was apparently put forward only to be withdrawn, used remark able language. • Mr. Ryan is beyond the reach of apology ; but the fact that in a crowded meeting such language as his is received with applause and cries of "bravo," instead of with a storm of execrations, is a fact too momentous for rhetorical denun ciation. For the safety and good government of England, Ireland, or that part of it which listens to the Rev. Mr. Ryan and his fellows, must be brought to its right mind. In private asylums, humane methods have superseded the use of the chain and the lash. So, with regard to the Irish lunacy, while we restrain the patients, by force, if neces sary, from doing injury to them.3elvel and to others ; the cure must be sought in a gentle, but firm and just system Of treatment. Violence find coercion have been tried in vain, The Standard thinks that he must be a very poor, narrow minded sort of Christian who looks coldly upon " The Twelve Days' Mission." It appears to have originated with the High Church party, and not a few of the ritualistic clergy are identified with it ; but no one who regards the spiritual condition of the metropolis, and takes into account the mass of downright heathenism which exists in our very midst, can refuse to admit that some special effort to bring home the truths of religion to the masses was imperatively called for. In every quarter of London there are districts where Christianity a nd it s t eac hi ng are as practically ignored as they are among the wildest savages who ever engaged the labours of our missionaries. The Sunday services and week-day lectures are open all the year round, buS fail to attract some people, and hence it is necessary to go out of the beaten track to get hold of them. " The Twelve Days' Mission," with its round of short services and stirring sermons, going on from the early morning to, in some cases, past midnight, seems to be just the kind of "attraction" which is needed, and what ever may be the measure of its success, it is certainly a noble enterprise. The staid sobriety and impassiveness of demeanour which characterise the Sunday lecture would fail to win the attention of the kind of people who have been brought within hearing distance of the pulpit during the last few days, posssbly for the first time in their lives. We are glad to hear that, as tho result of a com- parison of notes, the clergy who have been connected with this work see every reason to be satisfied with the measure of success which has attonded it. The Roman Church, with its church.doors ever standing open, and Dissent with its frequent week-day occasions of worship and edification, set an example which the Church of England would do well to study and profit by. Can anything be more mon strous than that it should be regarded as something "special" that the two grandest fanes in the metropolis, St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey, should be thrown open for services "for the people" on Sunday evenings? Is it not a scandal, rather, that they should be closed on these evenings for eight months out of the twelve ? The Telegraph says that melancholy tidings come to us from Cornwall. No giant, it is true, has been reported off St. Michael's Mount ; no rumours are afloat as to there being anything the matter with Trelawny—rumours which would at once incite the "thirty thousand under ground" to " know the reason why." The news from the country of Tre, Pol, and Pen is simply to the effect that large num hers of Cornish miners, mostly of the better class, continue to leave their native land for foreign parts in consequence of the low rate of wages at home. Nearly fifty superior workmen aro going otet to Brazil and Peru ; and two or three of the Australian emigration agents' lists are again filled. Nothing, it is alleged, is done to check this exodus of the most intelligent among the Cornish miners. It is a sad thing, we are told, that t':e "bone and sinew" of the country should be thrust from its shores by slack trade or low wages; but, in the case of the Cornish miners, at lelst, a little reflection will considerably modify such regrets. In the first place, they will go to foreign parts, because in dis tant lands they can command wages which, in comparison with their earnings in England, may be termed splendid. High up in Mexico, in the rocky fastnesses of the Real del Monte, the great silver mines of the Aztec land—high up at Pachuca and Belasco and Regla—may be found little villages of Cornishmen employed as "gangers" and miners in the surrounding shafts and adita. Their wives and children share their lot ; their homes are trim and comfortable ; and although the men generally wear the Mexican costume, crino lines and chignons flourish among the feminine part of the community. They have their churches in the mountains, although they are often obliged to ride thither with swords by their sides, pistols in their holsters, and Sharp's rifles across their saddle-bows. These good fellows work very hard; but they make money—a great deal of it—and they come back. There are few towns in the West of Eng land without some of these returned emigrants, living on a snug independence, and astounding the gossips of the chimney-corner with terrible tales of encounters with guerrilleros and. ladrones. Cornwall is an odd corner of our island, but the Cornishmen love it very dearly, and rarely indeed do they "go out foreign" without enter taining hopes of returning to the oldest county of Old England. The Herald thinks there are manifold objections to any measures which would diminish the power of the Irish landlords over their estates. In the interests of Ireland generally, and of the Irish peasantry themselves, it is not wise to deprive the landlord of control over his own estate. Nothing but that control could save us from indefinite sub -letting, sub-division, over-crowding, and a return to the state of things which had grown up in the generations preceding the famine, ending inevi tably in the return of the famine itself. It is surely the paramount interest of the Irish people not that A, B, and C should remain farmers instead of labouring for D, but that the soil should produce as much food per snan as possible. Now this can never be best attained under a system of minute farms ; and in Ireland, above all countries, it requires considerable lictlin2, - s, capital, skill, and the convey sion of great - Fart cf the present wretched and unprcatable arable land into good pasture. I:•cland is meant by nature to be a grcat Lrazing r.nd cattle-raising country, not a land of wheat and coin, and the lug .s amount of food can be raisA by turning the soil t that purpose for which it is beat fitted. The more foo,l the higher the wages of labour, and the more prosperous the people at large. Anything that tails to stereotype the present distribution and occupation of the soil tends to prevent this best use of it, and to keep the people poor and miserable; and therefore any legislation looking to fixing as many tenants as possible for as long a time as possible in their present hold;ngs—and this is the real meaning of all proposed limitations on the landlord's powers over the soil—really aims at. preventing the enrich nient'of the country, and perpetuating the present poverty and wreigkeAniaLyf a very large proportion of the ;yl9Plie,l AN UNPUBLISHED POEM BY LORL BYROP. The writer of the article in the current number of tne Quarterly Review on the "Byron Afysteiy" has quoted (not ..eito correctly) the first stanza of an unpublished piece, which he says was written by the poet "in the autumn of 1814, just before the second proposal to Miss Milbanke," and after "he had been thrown over by Lady F. W. W. in favour of an illustrious warrior." By tho courtesy of the present owner of Lord Byron's autograph copy (Lady Francis V. Harcourt), the Pall Mall Gazette presents its readers with a correct version of the whole piece, which has intrinsic merits independent of the special interest which at this juncture attaches to everything written by the much-assailed poet:— Go triumph securely, the treacherous vow Thou past broken, I keep but too faithfully now, But, never again shalt thou be to my heart Whlt thou wert, what I fear for a moment thou art. To see thee—to love thee—what breast could do more? To love thee—to lose thee—Were vain to deplore. Not a sigh shall escape from the heart thus be,guird, I will bear like a man what I feel like a child. Though a frown cloud my brow, yet it lowers not on thee, Though my heart should seem heavy, at least it is free. But thou, with the pride of new conquest elate — Alas ! even Envy shall feel for thy Fat::.. For the first step of Error none e'cr could recall, And the woman once fallen for ever must fall; Pursue to the last the career she begun, A ntl be false unto many, as faithless to one. And they who have loved thee w:11 leave thee to mourn, And they who have hated will laugh thee to scorn ; And he who adored thee yet weeps to fortell The pangs which will punish thy falsehood too well. It may be as well to take this opportunity of cor recting the erroneous date, 1812, assigned to the well known lines on the " Origin of Love." There can be no question that they were written as early as 1807, as that date is affixed, in the poet's own handwriting, to the original or copy which he left at Eywood (Lord Oxford's seat), and which is now in the possession of Lady F. V. Harcourt. THE REMOVAL OF MR. PEABODY. A correspondent from Portsmouth, writing on Tuesday, says :—Her Majesty's iron turret-ship ➢lonarch, Captain John E. Commerell, V.C., C. 8., the vessel selected to con vey the remains of the late Mr. Peabody to America, was this morning removed from her original moorings to the railway jetty, in close proximity to the line of rails leading from the railway terminus into the dockyard. On Monday evening a telegram was received from the Admiralty, countermanding the previous order to make preparations for the reception of the remains of the deceased on Fri , Tay next, in consequence of the non-arrival of the ono or more American men-of-war which will accom pany Mr. Peabody's remains to his native country. Although the postponed date is not definitely fixed, it is all but certain that the remains of the deceased gentleman will reach Portsmouth on the 6th of December. But little credence is attached to the already published names of the American vessels which will accompany the Monarch; and we have reason to believe that two will be selected for the purpose, and these the steam vessels Plymouth and Kenosia, both of which are attached to the Meditermneon squadron. The arrange ments on board the Monarch are proceeding with great rapidity, several men being at present engaged in painting the casings of the turrets and other exposed portions of the deck fittings grey, in harmony with tho masts, yards, and boats' bottoms. LAW AND POLICE. A STRAME PILENOMENON.—A case came before the Court of Appeal for the purpose of obtaining their lord ships' sanction to a compromise in which Chancery delays had actually proved beneficial to all the parties concerned. One item of the property in dispute consisted of premises at Bombay, which were worth in 1862 about £20,000, but four years later rose in value to £30,000. The appeal was pending two years on account of the difficulty of finding a competent court of appeal, the case having been decided by the present Lord Chancellor when Vice-Chancellor, and the Lords Justices Selwyn, Rolt, and Giffard having all been counsel in the case. All parties had become mollified by the lapse of time, and an amicable arrangement was come to. THE TowN CorrNcir, OF STOCKPORT.—An application was made in the Court of Queen's Bench calling upon the defendant, a Mr. Anson, to shew by what authority he claimed to exercise the office of town councillor of the borough of Stockport, on the ground that he was dis qualified from his not being entitled to be on the burgess roll. The court held that if his name was on the roll it was sufficient, and his qualification was not for them to inquire into. Rule refused. FREEIIOLD BENEFICES.—A case has been heard in the Court of Common Pleas which excited considerable It was an appeal from a decision of the revising barrister for Middlesex by the perpetual curate of St. Andrew, Bcthnall-green, who claimed to vote for the county in respect of his freehold benefice. The revising barrister held that the appellant was not entitled to vote in right of his office of perpetual curate, and further that he was not by virtue cf his office entitled at law or in equity to a freehold estate in lands or tenements in the tame parish as that for which he claimed to be registered of the clear yearly value of 40s. The appellant's income was derived partly from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, partly from :the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, and partly from fees. After lengthened arguments on both sides, the Lord Chief Justice said that the income derived from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners could not be held to be an income derived from land within the county. The same objection applied to endow ments from Queen Anne's Bounty, and the fees paid for burials in Bow Cemetery. The fees paid for services per formed in the church had no connection with land, and it seemed to him that the claimant bad no "free land or tenement " worth 405., and as the pew rents were net assigned to him there would be no income which would give the appellant a vote. Decision affirmed without costs. interest. THE CANONS OF EXETER.—The right of the residentiary canons of St. Peter's Church, Exeter, to vote in respect of their houses has been tried in the Court of Queen's Bench. The respondent was one of the five canons residentiary, each of whom occupied a houso. There aro 16 non residentiary canons, and 21 form a corporation aggregate. The respondent was appointed for life, and claimed to vote in rcuect of his house with the enjoyment of which the Dean and Chapter as a body could not interfere. For the appellant it was argued that the respondent occupied his house only as a member of a corporation aggregate. The Chief Justice, in giving an elaborate judgment, said that, as a member of a corporation aggregate, the canon would have no right to vote, bat he also held his house as a cor poration sole, having separate possession and separate rights. He was, therefore, entitled to his vote. A RAILWAY COMPENSATION CASE.—The case of "Burton v the Midland Railway Company " has been brought before the Court of Exchequer. The case has been previously tried, the plaintiff, a weaver, having been awarded £750 damages for injuries received in a ra lway collision. On the former occasion the plaintiff was carried into court, presenting a miserable appearance, and had a fit during the examination. A number of witnesses on his behalf deposed that his health had been completely ruined by the accident. Mr. Overend now moved for a new trial, on the ground of fraud and surprise. The plaintiff, it was said, had been seen walking about before the trial, and catching_crabs on the rocks at Scarborough, though he was said to be quite helpless. Mr. Burton's counsel shewed cause against the rule, but the court thought it should be made absolute, and also that the damages and costs should b repaid. RAILWAY. CHARGES AT NEWCASTLE.—A gentleman con netted with the Cousett Iron Works, named Grcenwell, has been summoned at Newcastle by the North-Eastern Railway Company for travelling beyond the station to which ho had taken his fare. The defendant had a return ticket from Port C:arence to Gateshead. On arriving there he gave up his ticket and said he was going on to Newcastle. The ticket collector asked for the fare, 7d., but Mr. Green well said he would only pay the bridge fare, 4d. After a dispute, the traveller went on to Newcastle without a ticket. He was ordered to pay the 7d., and fined Ins. and costs. THE MINERAL WEALTH OF NEW ZEALANF.— Yature states that the result of Dr. Hector's investigations into the geology of New Zealand is that the islands must be considered as, on the whole, well supplied with mineral fuel. The most valuable description of coal 13 certainly confined to limited and not very accessible areas ; .but still there is nothing to prevent their being profitably worked for the supply of the steam serii)e. The great point for congratulation, however, io that throughout almost every part of the island 3 coal of a practically uicfal descripti, n to he fount with'n a short dis'aricc. A strange scelvi hag u.4t occurred in Ant•„crp C.Lthedral cn the occa , i..:n of a christening. As the priest was about to commence the ceremony the (lean entered aid o rdered him to stop. Then, turning to the godfather, a bookseller, he said, "You cannot be sponsor ; you sell wicked books." The person addressed replied, "I do what i can to get a living ; I sell Catholic books as I do others." The other retorted, "I consider you as excommunicated ; teave the church ;" and then addressed the beadle. " You shall act as godfather ex officio." The religious rite was then ldministered, the indignant godfather quitting the sacred edifice and leaving behind the nurse with the child. At the end, on her being asked who was to pay the fees, she replied, "Oh, the new sponsor, of course ! " and withdrew triulapbantly with 01 baby. rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1869 MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the ►Wall-street Journal.) FRIDAY EVENING, November 5. Business, both in and out of Wall-street, continues to be slow and unsatisfactory. Failures continue, the latest of which aro Baldwin and Co., dress goods jobbers, 325, Broadway, and White, Heath, and Co., cloth jobbers, 29, Howard-street. The New York Gold Exchange Bank proposes to resume business with undiminished capital provided the Gold Board consents to clear its gold through that source. In case the board does not consent it will remain out of business until December 7, the time of the annual meeting for the choice of the directors. Money on call is easy at 6 per cent., with exceptional transactions at 5 and 7 per cant. Discounts continue difficult, and first class names sell slowly at 10 to 12 per cent., while "No. 2" range from 14 to 20 per cent., with little doing. Gold has declined this week to 126 i, but closes to-day at 127. The following are the quotations for specie:— Amer. silver... 97i to 98 I Eng. sovs 485 to 487 Mex. dollars...lo3i „ 104 j2O francs MI „ 387 Eng. silver 470 , 480 I Thalers Five francs .... 95 „ 96 Foreign Exchange is lower, and the demand for bills is quite moderate. Sixty Days. Three Days London Bankers lOBl -108 i 1091-1091 London, Primo Commercial 108}-1081 Paris, Bankers -5.16 i 5.15 - M3l Bremen, Bankers ltemburgh, Bankers 355-35i Frankfort, 0.11 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5 2l+-5.17} Amsterdam, Bankers t 40a-40i Swiss 5 2ll-5.17} Government Bonds are quiet, and prices show but little change. Sixes, 1861, registered ll7l to 1171 Sixes, 1881, coupon llB/ to 1181 Sixes, 1868, coupon .. U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad Five-twenties, 1862, registered Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon 1 11 13 51 Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ll5l to 1151 Ten-forties, coupon lO7/ to 1071 Ten-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 — to Railroad Gold Bonds continuo in good demand, both for home and foreign inveetmen N. Y. Central 6s, 1883... 881 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... 89 N. Y. Central 6s, It Est.. 85 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n.. 85 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876... N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 ... 98 Erie Ist Mort, Ex 95 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 — Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 B3l Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 7Bl Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 — Long Dock Bonds Bnff.N.Y. &E. 15t31,77 B6 Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69 100 Hud. R. 7s, 2d:31, 'B5 103 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 100 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 — Mich. new Ist M 85,'82 — Mich. So., 7 p. c. 2d 31 B9; N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B — 3lich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c 9Bl 111. Cen. 7 p. e '7O 115 Alton &T. HI Ist 31 91 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd 79 Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc. 721 Han.& St.J.LandWrntslos Han. & St. J. Con 105 Chi. B. & Q., Ist 31 107 Chi. & N. West, S. F 93 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony 92 Chi. & N. W. Int B B9 ('hi. & N. W. Ist 31 B7 Quincy & Tol, Ist 31, '75 111. & So. lowa Ist M — Gt. West. Ist 31, 'BB B4 Gt. Western 2d M '93 B2 Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex. 88 RAILROAD AND MIS C ELLANEOUS STOCKS. N. Y. Central xd 1811 Fort Wayne Erie Hudson Reading Mich. Central Illinois Central — Mariposa Preferred .... 151 Cleveland Jr Pittsbrg B6l Ohio and Mississippi... 261 North-West North-West Preferred 80 Cumberland Canton 5l Bankers and Brokers... Rock Island 31eveland and Toledo f3l & St. Paul Preferred 831 In Miscellaneous Stocks the transactions are confined to Pacific Mail, which is firm at 60, the New York Cham ber of Commerce having resolved to memorialise Congress to increase the appropriation to this company for postal service between San Francisco and China. Express Stocks are lower, and there is little business Gs Tol. & Wab. Equip 75 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist 31 — & Chic. Ext. 97 Gal. & Chic. 2d M 94 I Chi. & R. I. Ist 31 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7's 943 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 96 N. J. Central Ist M — N, J. Central ►2d 31 — Pitts. Ft.W., & Mist M 99 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch.2d M 93 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 3d M 9O Cleve. & Pitts., 4th M 723 Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc. Chic. &Alton, S. F. lst3l. 99 Mil. & St. Paul Ist 31 873 Mil. & St. Paul 2d M — Marietta & Cin. Ist M B6 Morris & Essex Ist 31 , 953 Morris & Essex 2d 31 91 Joilet & Chic. Ist M — Chi. & Gt. East'n lstll 76 N. Y. & N. H. 6s 94 Dubuque &S.City,lstM. 923 Peninsula Ist 31 Ohio & Miss. Ist 31 9l Ohio & Miss. Con 773 Tol. P. W. Ist 31. E. D B2 Atlantic & G. W. 2d M. Del., Lack., & W., 2d M. 92 Lake Shore Div. Bonds Cleve, P. & Ash. N. 8... Do. 0.8... Frnion Pacific Gold B 843 Central P.RR. Gold 8... 92 Pacific RR. guar. by Mo. 90 doing. Adams 57 to 58 American Merckants' Union 35/ to 351 Merchants' Union, old Stock 9l to 10 United States Wells, Fargo, and Co 18t to 19 In the tables published in the New York Journal of Coon mere', giving the movements of the leading articles of produce at that port since the beginning of the current year, as compared with 1868, the most striking feature is the wonderful in3reaso of wheat and wheat flour. Tha receipts of the former in the ten months of the year are put down at 17,868,817 bushels, against 9,173,030 bushels in the same time in 1868, and 6,098,128 bushels in 1867 ; and the receipts of the latter reach the very large amount of 2,645,951 barrels, against 2,240,361 barrels in 1868, and 1,900,089 barrels in 1867. The exports of wheat in the ten months foot up the enormous aggregate of 15,736,279 bushels, against 4,628,703 in 1868, and '2,706,691 in same time in 1867. The exports of flour have been 1,258,243 bbls., against 816,429 bbls. in 1868, and 659,636 bbls. in 1867. With this heavy increase in these bread items should there not be further cheapening of flour? STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. The following is the recapitulation of the Treasury Statement issued by Secretary Boutwell on the Ist instant : DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN COIN. Principal. Interest. Bonds at 5 per Cent. $221,589,300 00 Bonds at 6 per Cent. 1,886,547,500 00 Amount outstanding $2,107,936,800 00 $52,024,843 58 DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN LAWFUL MONEY. Certificates, 3 per cent. interest Navy Pension Fund, 3 per cent. interest 14,000,000 00 Amount outstanding $61,640,000 00 $1,211,900 00 DEBT BEAMING NO INTEREST. Demand and Legal Tender Notes 53L6,113,258 50 Postal and fractional currency 37,035,442 38 Certificates of gold deposited 28,731,520 00 Amount outstanding 421,880,220 88 Debt on which inte rest has ceased since maturity ... 4,389,986 61 Total Debt— Principal outstanding $2,595,847,007 52 Accrued interest to date and coupons due not presented for payment.. 53,807,736 74 Total debt, principal and interest... $2,649,654,744 26 AMOUNT IN THE TREASURY. Coin Currency Sinking Fund in U.S coin interest bonds, and interest col lected and accrued thoreon Other U. S. coin in terest bonds pur chased, and ac crued int'st there on 46,020,546 50 188,523,554 90 18,260,001 47 Amount of public debt, less cash, Sinking Fund, and purchased bonds in Treasury 52,461,131,189 36 Amount of public debt, less cash, Sink ing Fund, and purchased bonds in the Treasury on the Ist ult 52,468,495,072 11 Decrease of Public Debt during the past month $7,363,882 75 Decrease since March 1, 1869 BONDS ISSUED TO PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES, INTE- REST PAYABLE IN LAWFUL MONEY. Amount Interest accrued Character of Issue. outstanding. not yet paid. Union Pac. Co., 6p. c $26,638,000 00 $533,738 97 U. P., East Div., 6 p. c 6,303,000 00 126.000 00 Sioux City & Pac., 6p.0 1,628,320 00 32,56 G 40 1 Central Pacific, 6p. 2,362,000 00 41,254 22 {22,009,000 001 439,591 86 Central Branch U. P. to assignees of Atehinson and Pike's Peak, 6 p.c 1,600,000 00 32,000 00 Western Pacific, 6 p. c. 1,648,000 00 10,135 64 Total issue 662,188,320 00 $1,215,350 09 Interest paid by United Sta'es $4,984,822 54 Interest repaid by transportation of mailsoto 1,836,730 04 Balance of interest paid by United Statess3,l4B,o92 50 Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia bankers, report as follows on Nov. 4 : —Pennsylvania Railroad shares, 54f 51f ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 97 ; Sixes, 2d Mortgage, 91. 10,000 PRESENTS, from 2s. 6d. to £5, at Parkins and (lotto's. Portrait albums, writing cases, dressing cases, travel ling bags, with dressing and writing materials, envelope cases, despatch boxes, blotting books, hilt stands, desks, stationery, cabinets, book slides, work boxes, tea-caddies, band bags and reticules, card cares, purses, scent-bottles, cigar cases, card baskets, pocket books, electrc-gilt and elegantly mounted g, ode; ornamental articles for mantel shelf and table ; bagatelle boards, chess and drangl,t boardo, and men, and evening games of every kind. Bibles, prayer book•, and church services, in every type. —Perkins and tio' to, 24, 5, 2", and 2i, Oxford-street, Loudon. PORTRAIT ALBUMS ate now an established article of interest whether in the palace or cottage, and are to be found on almost every sitting room table. No article is more welcome as a gift. When first introduced they were badly made, but are now got up in the most perfect style and strongly bound, so that they will last t. r years, and at extraordinary low prices, by Parkins and Gott., 27 and 25, Oxford-street, London, W. Die quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and Vie short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per LI sterling On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe4ra that gold at the abne price is slightly dearer.in _Paris than in Louden, ITALY AND ROME. (FROlt OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROUE, November 19. The ex-Duke and Duchess of Tuscany, arrived yesterday at Civita Vecchia by the Messageries Im periales. Their Imperial Highnesses were received at the Roman station by the ox-King and Queen of Naples, the Counts of Trapani, Girgueti, Caserta, and Bari, and Miss Willes, with the ex-Duke and Duchess of Parma. They will reside at the Palazzo Campanari (Tre Canelle). • The Pope received the Grand Duke this morning with great affection. His Holiness visited the church of Santa Andrea Della Valle on Sunday, and inspected the newly restored chapels, which are richly encrusted with marbles from the Emporium. Signor Visconti hopes to extend his researches on the Aventine very much this year. Small deposits only have yet been laid bare, and it is thought that very large stores of precious marbles are still hidden among the marl and earth along the Tiber. An immense quantity of marbles, cut into broad logenzes, have been recently found, evidently hewn roughly for pavements. Intelligence of the most reliable kind received here puts the fact of Mgr. Lubienski's having been poisoned beyond doubt. The horrible act seems to have been committed in consequence of a violent expression of the Czar, taken au pied de la lettre by his agents and carried into execu tion, as were the words of Henry 11, in the case of Thomas a Becket. The Emperor's health is fast sinking, in con sequence of his unfortunate habit of drinking, which has completely shattered his nervous system, and is bringing on softening of the brain. The Bishop of Orlean's pastoral has given the greatest satisfaction here, and is being translated into Italian to appear in the Civilta. It will, in all probability, close every chance of Mgr. Dupanloup's succession to the See of retirement. The Archbishop rc o h n Cardinal bishopof B on Avignon a ld' sapproaching wibe the Imperial nominee if, Cardinal Bonaparte is unwilling to accept the dignity, and a more unpopular divine at Lyons could scarcely be conceived. Great hopes are entertained of union with the Armenian schismatic Churches, which of all the separated Eastern sects, have shewn the most disposition to treat with the Holy See. Mgr. Maret has addressed a letter to the Bishop of Rodez, in which he states that, far from withdrawing his book, he is preparing another to defend it. The funds for this, as well as:of the preceding publication, are under stood to be supplied by the French Government. Of Sicily you will hear strange news in the course of 1870. The island is organised as one man in a vast con spiracy against the Government, and for the autonomy of the kingdom of Naples, with a separate Parliament and constitution for Sicily, and the restoration of Francis 11. on both sides the Straits of Messina. The official rejoicings at Naples have deceived no one acquainted with the people, and the Neapolitan aristocracy have abstained en masse from all participation, and are sending magnificent presents every day to the Farnese Palace for the birth of the hoped-for Duke of Calabria. Strangers continue to 'arrive, but there is no press as yet, in consequence of the enormous prices asked for houses, and especially for carriages. The races have received the authorisation of Govern ment, and will be held at Roma Vecchia in the spring. Prince Borghese is the steward. The Gazette di Terino of this morning states that Victor Emmanuel refused to sign the retractations exacted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Pisa, or rather that the paper was snatched from the priest by the Prince of Carignano and torn up, and that the danger being urgent the priest administered the Sacrament, and also performed the rite of marriage between the King and his mistress the Contessa Rosina Miraflori. This reconciles the apparent contradic tions in the various statements which have appeared on the matter. MISCELLANEOUS .NEWS. Minutes plat 8 o'clock on Thursday evenly me tact of the difference in the time not being consi ered worth mentioning. Nov it would be important to know upon what authority our bombastic contemporary made its statements. Not only Mr. Peabody's death, but also his biography, appeared in the London morning papers on Friday morning ; whilst by the agency of the Central Press, the news of the great benefactor's decease, although it occurred close upon midnight, was wafted to nearly all the principal newspaper offices in the provinces within two hours after the breath left his body. We have before testified to the extraordinary spirit shewn by our American cousins in newspaper enter prise ; but we are not yet prepared to admit that they are the solo powssors of journalistic energy. SOUTHWARK. The Conservatives of Southwark are not disposed to allow the Liberal contentions in the borough to remain unimproved. Colonel Beresford is to be asked to stand. le is a large employer of labour in South wark, awl would probably have the best chance of overcoming the Liberal majority. THE NEW AND PATENT PRINCIPLE. The Tipperary nomination was in reality confined to Mr. heron and the Fenian O'Donovan Rossa. Messrs. Gill and Crean -were proposed, but retired. The nomination of the latter, however, gave the Rev. Mr. Ryan a fine opportunity of explaining the whole art and science of landlord murdering. He had the pleasure of announcing that the landlords were "frightened out of their jackets" because people had given up the old system of taking revenge, and were acting on a new, patent, and most saccesstul principle. The tenant now-a-days would not trust father, brother, or mother with the secret of what he intended to do; but went out, took his revolver, and " tumbled " his landlord. Mr. Ryan took pains to say that he did not bind himself to this system; of course not ;heis a man of peace. But his audience seemed to bind themselves to it, for the rev. gentle man's speech was greeted with loud crios of "Bravo." and prolonged cheering. PREACHERS OF SEDITION. More than one journal exp ress th e op i n i on th a t the Government ought co take meas ures aga i ns t th e proprietors and editors of Irish papers who systematically urge the people to revolt. These sedi tion sermons are probably not of any serious import, but they are an offency against law and order, and demand attention, it is urged, just as muc h as any other offence of the kind. Of course no censorship of the Press, in the continental sense, would be tolerated in Great Britain. But there is a statute, known as the Treason Felony Act, which is quite large enough to cover the offence of treasonable writing. By that Act any person who compasses the levying war against her Majesty, or the invasion of the United King dom by foreigners, and expresses th a t d es i gn b y any pub licAtion, i s ma d e guilty of felony and liable to penal servitude for life. The Government can select its own opportunity, but that it would be justified in taking procedure now there can be no doubt. A. raid on the Irish press would be as muc h i n accor d ance with the letter and spirit of the law as a raid on the obscene publications of Holvwell-street. MB. BUXTON ON TECE PROBLEM. C. Buxton, M.P., having pronounced in favour of Mr. Butt's scheme for the settlement of the land question, now proceeds to giv e hi s reasons . The leading principle of this plan is that, except in very small holdings, the State shall refuse to sanction any tenure of agricultural land in Ireland which does not give the tenant time to develope all the resources of the soil, and ,to compensate himself for all his outlay and labour in so doing. Of course the immediate effect of the adoption of this principle would be the entire abolition of tenancy-at will on farms properly so called, and the landlord would no longer be able to invoke the assistance of the law in evicting a tenant, except for non-payment of rent or breach of covenant, until the expiration of such a length of tenure as may be determined upon by Parliament. Mr. Butt proposes, in all cases where the tenant has held his farm for three years, that the Legislature should presuppose a lease of sixty-three years. Mr. Buxton would not go so far as this. lie suggests that the duration of these leases should vary according to the length of previous occupation, thirty-one years being the maximum. Provision should, in fairness to the land lords, be made for the contingency of the land in creasing in value. The merits of this plan, says Mr. Buxton, are that it would not, like the Ulster custom, confiscate any of the landlord's property, whilst it would offer the tenants a fair compromise with their impracticable demand for fixity of tenure. Further, it would obviate the necessity for revalua tions, which Mr. Buxton thinks entirely hopeless. No readjustment . of rents by a third person would be likely to give sati s f act i on. L as tly, Mr. Buxton claims for this propos a l the surpassing a dvantage of being perfectly strai g htf orward rp , s i m ple, and cheap. Every tenant would be secure d i n hi s holding long enough to compensate him for all his labour and outlay. At the expiration o f hi s l ease he wou ld have n . 0 o clan to compensation, except for permanent buildings, the valuation of whi c h no d iffi cu l ty arises. A CONSERVATIVE MEMBER TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. addressing his c ons ti tuents. Hi s s p ee ch may Mr. Mellor, M.P. for A s hton-under-Lyne, has been be put into a very small Compass. The most importa nt p oint in it was that h e gave i n h i s a dh es i on to the ballot. The recent election disclosures, he said, had convinced him, as it had many others, that some protection was necessary for the voter. The rest of his speech was to the effect that he objected to the measure for putting election expenses on ratepayers; ho thought Liberal Governments were extravagant ones ; he had opposed the Irish Church Bill; he 2rou/d oppose the Permissive Bill. "NEWSPAPER, EXTED.PIISE IN ENGLAND." "Is it any wonder there are only three pay - ,ng newspapers in London?" Such is a question pu' the New York Herald, in an article condemning 'l.llc want of energy shown by the journalists of tie metropolis. We are told by our contemp arr try that Mr. Peabody died on Thursday )14 ;ht, November 4, at half-past eleven o'clock, and. fna'.; on Friday morning the London journals--their manes are not specified—said that the event " occlurre d at such a late hour it could not be widely public hed until Saturday." The H e r a ld th en cont r a s t s :this lethargy with the promptitude evinced by itself; for "Mr. Peabody's death was reported by %relax cable teleictauLlitikMakt buidiu 2 —atliftir olzht _ ._ _ .. THE FORTUNE OF THE EARLDOM OF DERBY. If the Record is correct in its statements, the late Earl of Derby. had no great reason to think unkindly of the Manchester school, or, at any rate, of Manchester manufacturers. They were of great advantage to him ; they More than trebled his income. The Record states that the present earl has come upon an income of £lOO,OOO a year. The late earl when he succeeded to the estates had an income of £OO,OOO ; but factories and buildings increased rapidly, and with them his lordship's income. It is said that miles in extent have been covered with houses built on land much of which, was formerly barren and nearly un productive, ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. The governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, have held their meeting of inquiry into the affairs of their institution. The Prince of Wales fulfilled his promise by occupying the chair. Mr. Foster White, the treasurer, read a very long report, which took him two hours to get through, defending his management. He denied seriatim the charges against him. There had been no quarrel, he positively declared, between him self and the medical staff. It was untrue that the hospital was " stingy" in dealing with the in-patients: the medical staff had the arrangement of the diet, and the managers never interfered with it. The out-patients were well attended to, and the hospital had made every alteration necessary for their increasing numbers. It was true the doctors who had to deal with them had complained of too much work; but they had only just succeeded others; and those who had retired said they never found the labour too hard for them. The nurses (Mr. White went on to say) were well treated, had capital bedrooms, good salaries, and did not die more frequently than in other hospitals. Notwithstanding this very satisfac tory state of things, Mr. White evidently thought matters might be improved ; and he moved a resolu tion for a committee of inquiry into the management; this committee being required to report on a plan for the better tending of out-patients and provision for the nurses. The Governors expressed themselves quite satisfied, from the Prince of Wales downwards. IN . evertheless, the proceedings do not give general satisfaction. People say that the resolution admits the bad management ; and the Governors are not capable of judging, as they are responsible for the present state of things. They in effect passed a self-congratulatory motion, and then declared they would do better in future. WORKHOUSE HORRORS. Dr. Lankester, on Monday, resumed his inquiry into the causes whereby eight persons met their death in the St. Pancras Workhouse. Some note worthy evidence was given. One witness said that Dr. Edward =Smith, the medical adviser' of the Poor law Board, had pronounced the St. Pancras in firmary to be capable of holding 144 patients. Now this gentleman insists upon less space than other authorities, and yet the infirmary has been regularly, crowded with patients beyond the legal number. This week there were 190, and in July last 108 sick persons in the infirmary. Other witnesses sheaved that stenches, had ventilation, and the other hideous characteristics of the infirmary prevailed long before Dr. Ellis came. And yet the guardians declare that Dr. Ellis had designedly brought about these horrors in order to discredit the Guardians ! The jury returned a verdict decisively condemning the arrangements in the infirmary. The Poor-law Board has settled the matter by ordering the Guardians without delay to Ht ready the 170 beds in the new infirmary at ighgate. SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS. "Presbyter " writes to the Times on behalf of over worked bishops. It is the fashion to consider bishops as very easy-going gentlemen with very little to do ; but the fact that the Archbishop of Canterbury is on a bed perhaps of death, not improbably of life-long disability, is enough in itself to contradict the general impression. Only a short time since the Bishop of Lichfield (Dr. Selwyn) who had braved a New Zealand climate, was laid low from the same. cause—overwork. The Bishop of Lincoln has found his work impossible, and has applied for a suffragan. That, in the opinion of " Presbyter," is what other bishops will have to do. These suffragans, however, will have to be paid—they will require not less than £2,000 a year. From whom is this money to come ? A Bishop, with £5,000 a year, without private property, finds his establishment, his travelling expenses, his gifts to the various religious institutions, his hospitality, &c., take up a very large portion of his income. How then is he to spare £2,000 of it ? " Presbyter " thinks that Parliament should authorise the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to meet with £l,OOO another £l,OOO from the Bishop. The Times, however, rebukes its correspondent. The Thunderer thinks lightly and speaks contemptuously of subordinate bishops. It advocates that the bishops should reduce their work ; should hand their corres pondence over to their chaplains; abstain from curates' and Scripture readers' work ; and make for them selves the rest and quiet they require. BED TAPE. • Some little time ago Miss Preusser, a benevolent lady of Cumberland, finding misery running short in' her own district, proposed to adopt, upon certain conditions, a small number of orphan girls chargeable to the Bethnal Green parish. The guardians were disposed to accept the offer, but red. tape stepped in to prevent such an outrage. Various difficulties and formalities were raised, and at last Miss Preusser, thoroughly disheartened, gave up the project. She may perhaps renew her offer next spring, provided her generosity does not find a more congenial sphere. SEWAGE. Mr. Hopes successes in the utilisation of sewage on the experimental farm at Barking have so far out weighed his disappointments that he has resolved to extend his operations. Ho has leased another farm in Essex, and proposes to take the whole sewage of Romford. Mr. Hope becomes more and more con fident in his creed. At a meeting of the Institution of Surveyors, on Monday evening, ho ridiculed the idea that the application of sewage to the land "won't pay," and asserted that by our present mode of dealing with it we are practically casting into the sea every year 405 million quartern loaves of bread, or enough to maintain 5 millions of people. THE TONIC SOL-FA SYSTEM OF SINGING. The supporters of the tonic sol-fa system of singing are bestirring themselves—roused by Mr. Forster's promise to acknowledge their notation in the Govern ment examinations—to obtain the adoption of the plan in National and British schools. A conference has just been held in London to give a spurt to the energies of the teachers. Germany, it was stated, had extensively adopted the system; and it was the Govern ment "established " notation of New South Wales. A resolution was passed recommending the tonic sol-fa to schoolmasters generally. THE COLONIES. The Social Science Association has again had the knotty point of the colonies under consideration; Mr. Hastings, the president of the jurisprudence department, read a paper the other evening on this subject, in which he pointed out that England, on her side, had much to complain of in the conduct of the colonial legislatures. The principle of self government had been carri e d t o a n extreme point in imposing protective duties on English goods, and in passing laws at variance with treaties entered into by the Imperial Government, and measures sanctioned by the Imperial Legislature. Nevertheless, these grievances could not be accounted an excuse for Britain failing in her duty to the dependencies, and especially for refusing to send aid to the New Zealand colonists. Mr. Hastings approved of the proposal that there should be a council of dele gates from the various settlements, to be consulted by the Colonial Secretary. Several gentlemen from Australi a expressed the belief that a crisis in the aifairs 'of th e B r iti s h E m pi re i s a t h an d. Th e Impe rial G avernnaent must either prevail, and be a Govern ment, in the fullest sense of the word, or the colonies wol dd become independent. TILE LATE ELECTIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND PROHIBITION. Mr. Dawson, of the United Kingdom Alliance, linsists, in aletter to the Telegraph, that tco much stress must not be laid upon thit defeat of the Prohibitive Liquor party in the State of Massachusetts. He attributes the present seeming defeat of the for merly triumphant principles to party intrigues and nianceuvres. The popular feeling, ho thinks, has been sacrificed to local partisanship. But in any case (he points out) the lesson is not one—as some would have it—which should teach the United Kingdom Alliance to give over their work. The defeat in Massachusetts is a vin dication, and not a condemnation, of the policy of the Alliance; for that policy is to permit prohibition to be legalised where a largely preponde rating local sentiment desires it ; and there is, clearly, nothing in the example of Massachusetts to throw discredit upon this line of action. "The error there, if .s&Alaor iLoxoyed. must hayo botakillAtUailuthlz to force prohibition on unwilling districts—a atm or things impossible under a Permissive Prohibitory Act." THE LAST ESCAPADE IN SPAIN. There is now no doubt whatever that the infor mation given by the Times is correct, and that the candidature of the Duke of Genoa bas collapsed utterly. The leading journal affirmed that the Duke and his family were positively and irrevocably determined to refuse the crown of Spain, even if it were offered to the young prince. Some of the !Madrid journals impugned the accuracy of this statement ; but now the Marquis Rapallo, the step-father of the Duke of Genoa, himself writes to say that the announcement of the Times is quite correct. Thus the case against Marshal Prim and the Progressist party is clear. They put forward the candidature of the Duke, and brought the country to the verge of civil war, without taking the trouble to learn whether the crown would be accepted. FOREIGN' NOTES. TDB INXIII.ECTION IN DALMATIA. The Arcr:li-Easi C rmspondence publi h s a despatch from Vienna, dated the fast, from which it appears that the Austrian troop; have suffered a serious repulse in Dalmatia. They had teen forced to retreat after a sanguinary conflict near Velkaz.sgvoz,lak, in which they suffered considerable less. News frcm Trieste a day later states that the Al stri 11. s were vainly endeavouring to turn the position of the insurgent-, but, after several att m; - )ts, had been unable to carry the defiles leading to the plateau of Dmgali. The Pre.4;e of Vienna confirms this statement, and adds that the Austrians lost several officers. Another Vie: nese journal, the Neu Frenulenblatt publishes a curious letter from Cattaro. According to this document the inhabi tants of Maine, Braitsch, and Polony were disposed to make their submission some time since, had not one of their chiefs, named Niko Zcc, received a letter hem the secretary of the Prince of Mentenegre, in which ho advised them to defend themselves as long as their forces would enable them to do so. "At the worst,' said the Montenegrin letter, "our frontiers are open to you, and we will make common cause with you, sharing your pains and your pleasures. Our part shall be your part, our fortune your fortune." "Do net think." adds the writer, " that I speak to you thus on my own authority. It is Prince Nicholas who has directed me to write this letter, which is approved by M. Bozo, president of the Montenegrin Senate." This letter decided the inhabitants of Zuppa to prolong their resistance, and gave fresh strength to the insurrection. It must be remembered, however, that the Neu Frenufenblatt gives no authority for this extraordi nary statement, which it simply publishes as from a cor respondent at Cattaro. THE TURKISH ARMY. Hussein Pasha, the Turkish commander-in chief, has just presented a report to the Sultan respecting the pro posed scheme for remodelling the army. At present the standing army for the interior is fixed at 150,000 men, with a reserve of 120 battalions, amounting to 96,000 more. This force the Commander-in-Chief con skiers to be quite inadequate. The experience of late cam paign,' convinces him that the Turks should have 400,000 . soldiers well armed and equipped, that they may send 200,000 into Roumelia, and 150,000 into Anatolia, while the Government should also bo able to throw upon threatened points a disciplined army of 300,000 men. To avoid too great a drain on the population, as well as excessive expenditure, Hussein Pasha proposes the organisation of a new reserve corps to hold an intermediate place between the standing army and the Redip or present reserve. A reduction of the term of aetive service places a contingent at his disposal for two years. Each man of this corps would be allowed to remain at his home for two years, and to follow his normal 'vocations, but he must hold himself in readiness to obey a call to arms within fifteen days after summons. One quarter of the permanent army of 100,000 men would be sent each year to their homes, form ing in two years a reserve of 75,000 soldiers. Forty thousand men inscribed on the books of the Rcdip will each year receive certificates of discharge, forming in eight years a force of 320,000. In cases of urgent need the Turks have been known to flock in great numbers to the standard a 3 ',volunteers, and the existence of a stationary guard may be calculated upon that would raise the total available force to 700,000 men. MAJOR LOBI3IA. It appears from information received from Florence that Major Lobbia has been called upon by General Govone, of the Staff, to declare what course he means to adopt, seeing that he has been condemned by the Correctional Tribunal. To this Lobbia replied that he had as yet received no official notice of his condemnat'on, and that when he did receive such an intimation ho would only consult his own honour and dignity. It is added that Major Labia, far from sending in his resignation, intends to wait until it is forced upon him by the Government. THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. Despatches from Habana, dated the 10th of November, give an account of a battle which has been fought in the Eastern department. The Spanish troops, commanded by General Mendiguera, attacked the insurgents between Contramaestro and Ramon. One hundred and twenty of the insurgents were killed, and numbers wounded and taken prisoners. The insurgents were driven beyond Ihe t awn of Salo-Ircado, and the Sr amish troops now occupy the positions held by the rebels during the past year. It is said that General Maso was killed, and that the Spanish troops have captured the insurgents' hospital at Ramon. The Cuban account declares that the Spaniards are no more veracious than ever. Prominent Cubans are preparing a memorial to Congress praying for the recognition of the struggling Republic. They justffy their appeal on the ground that for more than a year the Cubans have held their ground against the armies of Spain, that during the American rebellion they were in sympathy with the Government while the Spaniards extended aid to the rebels, and that they have emanci pated their slaves while the Spaniards uphold the barbarous system. TUE VANDERBILT MEMORIAL. The monumental bronze statue erected in honour of Commodore Vanderbilt on the Hudson River Railway Depot, New York, was unveiled on the 10th of November with appropriate ceremonies. In delivering the address Mayor Hall declared that statues which commemorate the achievements of living men were rarely seen. They did not pay this honour to Cornelius Vanderbilt because he was the richest citizen on the Continent, but because of the results his wealth had worked. President Grant sent a letter in which he regretted his inability to be present at the unveiling of the statue of one whose life was spent in useful public enterpriles. The bronzes are the largest in the world, and were designed by Albeit de Groot. They were moulded into colossal shape by Valentine and George Fisher. Mr. William B. Richardson, of Yonkers, de livered a lecture at tit) American Institute, New York, Oct. 28, On the Silk Culture of the United States," in which he urged his lady hearers to buy American silks and not be prejudiced in favour of foreign goods. He said —" The best ribbons and trimmings now in use are of American make, though sold as foreign, and the same re mark applies to many of the silks now worn. The United States at present import raw silk to the amount of about $6,000,000 per annum, and the value of silk goods made in the United States may safely be taken at $20,000,000. The greatest silk centre is Patterson, Now Jersey, where there are now 16 factories, running 75,000 spindles, pre paring silk threads, that is, throwing silk, mostly for weaving. The capital invested amounts to $2,000,000. In Philadelphia there are 20 factories, employing 400 men, and 1,500 girls and women, whose wages amount annually to $250,000. The capital invested is estimated at $1,500,000. In the City of New York there are 7,000 or 8,000 hands employed in making trimmings, weaving rib bons and dress goods, the invested capital being $2,500,000. Besides these, we have factories at Yonkers, Schoharie ; at Hartford and Willimantic in Connecticut; at North ampton and Florence in Massachusetts. The lecturer said that the silk weavers of the United States could mako dress goods equal to those imported; but if the American weaver pays his hands high wages, of course he cannot make goods as cheaply as the foreign weaver." BUDGET OF MISCELLANEOUS.—A large German immigration is reported in Texas.—A new police station house in New York was inaugurated with a supper and ball the other night. -The Louisville bridge, now building across the Ohio, has already killed 11 persons by accidents. — A child was recently born in Blandford, New Hampshire, who has two grandmothers, four great-grandmothers, and two great-great-grandmothers, and only two grandfathers. Poor child.—Divorces may be had for $5 of a coloured justice in Florida.—Baltimore claims this year an import trade 44 per cent. higher than last year.—The story is related that while several men from the burning steamer Stonewall were struggling for possession of a bale of hay in the Mississippi river, one lolled another with a knife. All of them are supposed to have been lost.. - The New York Tinzes says that fully one-fifth of the men composing the Government troops now stationed in the South aro ex-Confederates, and that they live sociably a n d kindly with their Northern brethren in arms. —The United States contains 6,000,000 dogs. A tax of $1 a head on these valuable animals would go a great way towards relieving the income tax.—A suit against a circus in Ohio developed the fact that the bad jokes of the clown are paid for at the rate of $75 a week.—A new theatre has been successfully opened at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, called the Thaler openedTd a h y e . atr T e i n . h t l h n flaot ce f irt e sy w a, nw wi es e hr k er u s ab t s h b e awn N ed V r i ew n t pi el purchased re Gd h performaarse d en f rtwowmi twice et b h e ea latepa p Fr eee mu scholarshipask o n o f s N a G a s a e: u . e r a 1 - • Lh ee e ' U s 1 colle ted g S e tiltt e will s s e i c0nt11 25 451 new 35 8 5 - The Boston Advertiser nays;—"lt costs England only one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually for her clean Bank of England cur rency on a gold basis. It costs the United States thirteen millions of dollars for a dirty and non-redeemable currency. —California developes a new industry. Bales of chappal el are shipped to China and sent back as tea.—An American writer says —" Philadelphia has an estimated population of 785,000 souls, which makes it the fourth city as regards size, in the civilized world;" but this is certainly an ex aggeration.--The coloured people of Maryland celebrated the anniversary of their emancipation by a grand proces sion, an oration, and entertainment, at Baltimore, Nov. 4 . The procession, which included benevolent and trade so cieties, was several miles long.—During October $2,000,000 in treasure was exported from San Francisco. —The town of Cisco, California, was destroyed by fire October 31.-- Navigation has been inaugurated on Salt Lake, Utah. schooner, laden Ai ith silver ore arrived at Corinne, N0v.30 from Stockton, on the southern shore of the lake.—the ship Golconda, of the American Colonization Society', sailed from Baltimore for Liberia, Africa, Nov. 3, largo cargo. She was to touch at Savannah, t o take 400 coloured emigrants on board.—The Onondaga stone giant was raised Nov. 5, and taken to Syracnse.—From the re turns of the foreign trade of Italy for 18 68 , jus t issued, it appears that with the United States there was an increase Loth of imports and of exports, as shown in the followi ng figures: — lmports in 1867, 24,272,325 f.; in 1868,31,031,29.1 f. exports in 1867, 22,980,144 f.; in 18 68 , 27,704,129 f. The ir 11 " ports from America consisted of tobacco, cotton, dyeing. materials, raw hides, coffee, pigments, &c., and the eNlperta w ith 3 of fruit, rags, oil, silk waste, sulphur, marble, and alabaster —The first conference for Promoting and Aiding Fem ale Industry has just been held at Berlin ; 150 delegates, chiefly ladies, of whom six were Americans, were present. Tho best means of establishing special industrial schools for females, and of supplying them with remunerative err ployment, were the chief subjects discussed. At a suPPe d on the Gth inst. the health of the Crown Princ ess, coup with that of the Princess Alice of Hesse and the Gran Duchess of Baden, was proposed, in acknowledg ment their efforts to advance the objects of the associ ation. 1"`," health of her Majesty the Queen of England wa s p roposal by Miss Dogget, of Chicago, and received with enthusianl33: The Levee Committee of the recent Southern Coraeler d eial Convention has held a meeting at New Orleans resolved to organise a stock company to construct l evee ' —The Yale scientific crew have challenged the '7O cre lf to a shell race for the champion flag of the Yale Na l ' W. R. Sperry of the Yale College junior cl ass has bee , 12 0 awarded the Yale " Lit." medal. There are at present By, students in the college, of whom 500 are in the acadatn°.. department. The sophomore class is the largest, OM bering 150.—The Mormons are in Vermont. Eight per sons wore recently baptized into that faith at Westfield. MARKETS.-7 his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Nor. 24.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Then atal,:o quiet. LIST FOR THE USE. OF VISITORS TO THE METROPOLIS. MUSEUS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. M Admission by tip Plication " to the ecreta .. Botanic— s ßoyal Botanic Society of London. Beg ; 1 park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. •""' $ Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. British—Great Russell-s reet. Open free on Mond`` i 0 Wednesdays, and Frida s, 10 to 4 ; summer months d till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, I st till 7th 1ia,Y,„613 Ist till 7th September; al o on all thanksgiv in g d a ily, City—Guildhall. A collec. on of antiquities, !cc. 10 till 5. Geological—Jermyn street. Open daily (except Fri d3ll6) free. • India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural hiSs: tory, antiquities, ecc. Open free on Monday s, Wed° days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders. D a ilpl King's College—Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. 10 till . Patents- 4 South Kensington. Models and itiventioo* Oen free dily. • Royal Institut a ion-21, 'Albemarle-street. Various obi° l,o. Daily, 10 till 5. r Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models a Ao fications, cannon, and warlike appliances. till 4. Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Sciejv tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p:m. 19 * •os, Soane's-13, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosipri., Fri and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thu rsda y s, old froa days in April, May, and June ; and Wednesdays, the February to August. Admission on application to Curator • SI P ie- Society of Arts—John-street. Adelphi. Invention es tures, curiosities etc. Daily : admission by raerabe order. 31 011— ' Afi3O, on South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on 0 Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10 , free; o ther dal 10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d. A tlilc to Tower of London—Ancient armour, ea,. Open u till 4. is. PICTURE GALLERIES. Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards i ° may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell , Old Bond-stres.'• British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. 5 , t • At igh British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pic tures by 'ieut Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Au— ld asters, June, July, and August. Is. °r aer Buckingham Palace Pictures. —May be viewed by from the Lord Chamberlain. you Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum day, Tuesday, Saturday, free • other days, Gd. c i iir Crystal Palace—Sydenhatn. Vodern Pictures and . e ture. Is. t Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemis h and Due Pictures. Open free daily, ext:opt Friday. e t. Flaxman Crallery—TJniversity of London Gower-etrle y g, Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. 'Open 10 till 4. Galler of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. ls. Greener Greenwich Painted Hall —Greenwich. Mondays an d F tl days Free : other days, 4d. $ ll ll Guildhall—City. May be seen on applicatio n to the keeper. Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free - except on Friday. Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d. dot; National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, DO° Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. National Portrait Gallery-29, Great George-street° free, Wednesdays and Saturdays. A is ox Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower - hi ll. Afnue lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.dairy till Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open 10 p.m. ls. SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT. Oremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls. Crystal Peace ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, ls.; S6tlll.° days, 28.6 d. Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Open free. Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily. AlO by Highbury Barn and Gardens —Highbury. 6d. so refreshment tickets. Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at ot.A Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily. , d. DI Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. .00 R9yal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Adinissl members' order. v piods°.‘ Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. A frr Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord °b arn°. Office, in the Castle. P 9 l l (ADVERTISEMENT. I Holloway's Pills. -Th e Bu wark.—Any one who reflects on the cause of t u ke d ii i, i i, mous amount of suffering he sees, or hears of ar° e s i s die, e , will be forced to confess that nine-tenths of the tn fle` afflicting adults depend upon a disordered stome cli s iion II loway's pills correct the first symptoms of indige ot urs i acting healthily on the gastric juice, the foe fr d h •s e y disP i e t, solvent, and wholesomely exciting the liver. -- heed T one t flatulency in incipient indigestion, and over ce o glec io distension, and pain, attending more advanced or ~ s pept . „ cases. These pills invigorate and restore the l oni so, -. from the sudden Oppression of strength always e ce ing stomach disorders or biliary derangemen ts. H ewe tt i g,t, I . ADvERTIsEmENT. I -Consumption, and all iiti • 7 , bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every , "'g . tion , o tts aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every descr4oieee, p3rfeutly curable by Du BARRY'S health-restoring S a d li ght Arabic's. Food as roved by thousands of cases whiel? ), c oo trio considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dysPer°,4los,o' asthma, consumption, 12,bitual constipation, diarrho o, loo cy , 0 6, derangements, htemorrholds, liver complaints, flp .tu ° l O O , vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheriaiion, gteos. colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheta lls sleep ,p 9. impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, Ir-ritab ilit ? r i cr ° l3 l f - I ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache , debi ll too , ° , l b° spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or a mps ii" t o • in g fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, P we ( po lo , pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, ex- d Car e r lO Fe° • f s ,tbe,,e few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's 68,413-" Rome, July 21, 1866. The health of the 00 1 Y dies , ho oc t, excellent, especially since, abandoning all other tame , i 3 O , Fu e d. confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalents Art"proeioso of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. hisl_ t , f1,,,e,„ 1 ' e st! a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, saw t he ni l be' cannot praise this excellent food too highly. du Midi, July 26. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James it(Lb e u tte cci l'E u rf ota_ ro , o . ., i gilt merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty yes :a s' .._ a P fn ess er for, 4 ' spitting of blood, liver derangement, and parti 1 ay ~Nral _ 4 olr N 0.1,77 . Lord Stuart de Decks, Lord-Lieutanaw, u s `, in ds°, o l of many years' dyspepsia.-No. 49,83 !. " Fifty Yeli r eo ugNeo able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, a sthroa. io g. - •; 0 01/ stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, an d wall' nr ieav or iti Jolly " Important Caution.—Beware f the Mari ) ; A udi and more than sloppy imitations to which, w ithou 11 0 ; Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attache d ' 12 11 ° 1 ,0° In tins, at ls lid; 11b 25 9d • 2lbs 4s 6d 5 lbs Da; coO CO o p. 24 lbs 405.-Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA .A.ROItt, for 24 .t.5 6. , POWDER is packed in tin canisters : for 12 cups st,'4 c epa " s ea' at 3s 6d, for 48e ups at 65, for 288 cups at 305, for ,' tins eler.; —being about one penny p er cu p. The 305 and 5",, na CY 00 1 fr e e of carriage in En g l an d on rece ipt of PostO„deti; BARMY Du BARRY and No 77 Regent street, l'''''' Ali Grocers and Chemists Co., ' ------------'''." BEBREerMoRpr• c Esq., of a son. • BIRTHS. . li r • CaLl ••. t L di —On the 21st inst , the wife of De-i ° EA Co H lo Y n — el OLt e t a h h e y , 2 R 2 d x in „ s o t. f , aatdEaausgthStehre.en, the wife El'l o a 13gte ' EARRIAGES. BATE -GRANT—On the 17th inst., at Peng°, El iira r iht e st da ub Esq., of Bideford, to Mary Grant, elde of Wm. Gran t, E T ' t North De ve % a ss fi ' lil sq., orriog On, the P A .' LONE ChapRGAN —FLEMING— O the 23d iD , el, Warwick-street, n Francis Wm., Lonerg;10011" to Mary Elaude, the elder daughter of James Esq., Q.C. CHEFFINS —On the 20th p i E nt 1 3 1 t nl t . Wi ii• , a itill ''•-• TBtS ir.aramers Cheffins, aged 62. o p% GEILS—On the 20th inst ,at Croom's-hill, CT ~,, Thomas • Geils, Esq., age d 35. ~, RP" IIAywAED —On the 19th inst. at Pewsen 'Virg"? ilayward, Esq., 2d.R.C.S.E.,'aged 45. WILLIAg A' 74.00;0' 1 1 ' on Lond • • . 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