The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-05 00:00:00

BORROWING:POWERS OF BUILDING SOCIETIES. On Thursday a case came before the; Lord Chancellor and Lord Justice Giffard which called for the decision of a ques tion having a material bearing on the proceedings and inte, rests of building societies. It took the form of an appeal or demurrer from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Malins in the suit of " Laing v. Reed," but the point actually raised was whether a rule of the Northern Counties Per manent Building Society, of which the defendant was a trustee, authorising: the borrowing of money to the extent of two-thirds of the subscriptions for the purpose of making advances to the members, was legal. The court gave judgment to the effect that the borrowing of money for the purpose of carrying on the legitimate objects of a building society was by no means contrary to the provisions of the Act under which such societies were formed, especially where, as in this case, the sums so raised were carefully kept within the amount secured by the mortgages of the society. The borrowing of money from persons other than the members in this case was simply adopted as a mode of conducting business in order to accommodate members desiring advances; and judgment would therefore be given for the defendant. THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE O RAILIVAY COMPEXSA TIOE. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Mr. Vernon Harcourt, Q.C., moved for a rule in the case of "Faire v. the London and North-Western Railway Com pany," to set aside the verdict of the jury on the ground of excessive damages. In a recent railway collision the plaintiff, a young clergyman, sustained severe injuries to his spine, which, it appeared from the evidence, would unfit him for the proper performance of his duties during the remainder of his life time. The jury returned a verdict for £5,000 damages. They took into account the changes likely to accrue by the destruction of health and inconvenience likely to increase. Mr, Harcourt contended that if this course were to become a principle of law, railway companies would be unable to meet the claims against them. The Lord Chief Justice said the object of Mr. Harcourt, as stated by him, was that there might be an entire change of the whole course of proceedings as now established by law, and some new principle of com pensation introduced. It was true that in some cases the amount of damages might be productive of inconvenience, but in most instances he was satisfied in trusting to the common sense of juries, and, therefore, he saw no reason for reconstructing an established law on the question. If a company, railway, or otherwise, undertook to convey a passenger, and that passenger sustained an injury, he was entitled to bring an action for damages; and in con sidering the amount of compensation, the jury were to look at two things : first, the amount of damage sustained by the passenger being incapacitated from pur suing his usual avocation ; and, secondly, the injury sustained to his health by reason of his physical capacity being impaired. This involved a question not only as to the amount of present income, but the probability of his earning a larger income in the future. Mr. Harcourt com plained that the latter element had been imported into the case. Now, it would not be right to grant a rule on purely speculative views, but it would be monstrously unsound if, where a man at a certain age had fair views of increasing his income in the future, and had been pre cluded from so doing by the negligence of the railway company, this should be excluded from the consideration of the jury. He did not see, under the circumstances of of this case, that the damages of £5,000 were excessive, and the rule must be refused. BARNED'S BANKING COMPANY. At the Mansion House, on Thursday, Mr. Chark s Moseley and Mr. Lewin Earned Moseley, two of the directors of Borne O's Banking Company, were summoned before the Lord Mayor on the charge of obtaining £2,000,000 from the public by means of false and fraudulent representations with regard to the business of the company, of which they were directors. Serjeant Parry, who appeared for Mr. Charles Moseley, said he was unable from illness to be present, but he would attend at the next examination. Mr. G. Lewis, who appeared for the prosecutor, said he believed the fact was as stated by the learned Serjeant, but he proposed to proceed against the other defendant, Mr. Lewin Mosely. Mr. G. Lewis, in opening the case, said it was one of great importance,the allegation on the part of the prosecu tion being, that the defendants had, by false and fraudu lent representations, and by issuing false prospectuses, ob hsained from the public no less a sum than £2,000,000 ta' terling. He then went o n t o say th a t i n th e year 180 9 here was established a t Li ver p oo l a b an ki ng fi rm, t that time no doubt o f ver y grea t conven i ence, an d poszessing great wealth, trading under the style of Israel Earned and Co. A change seemed to take place in the affairs of the company, and in the year 1865 there was no doubt that the firm was in a state of hopeless insol vency. Being in this condition it appeared that it was arranged to establish a joint-stock ccmpany, under the title of Barned's ranking Company, and this was proposed to be carried out with toe co-opera tion of the Contract Corporation Company, and the Joint-Stock Discount Bank, both of which companies were now in course of liquidation. The capital of the com pany was to be £2,000,000, to be made up of 40,000 shares of £5O each, a great proportion of which were to be taken ty the two companies above-mentioned and other bankers. The arrangement was carried out, and the new company of Barned's Banking Company was brought out in June 1865, and it stopped payment in the following April 1866, the qesult being a most ruinous loss to the shareholders, who :were called upon to pay up the whole amount of their shares. The purchase money for the old bank of Israel Earned and Co. was fixed at £160,000, the payment of which was to be spread over upwards of two years. Mr. Lewis said he should show that, although this large sum was paid for what was called the good will of the old bank, he should shew that at the time of the sale the bank was hopelessly insolvent, and that the defendants actually owed £883,000 in their own private account in connection with the affairs of the bank. Mr. Lewis then read portions of the prospec tus of the company which represented that the business of the bank of Israel, Darned, and Co., was in a very flourishing condition, and was in a position to pay large dividends, and it was held out to the public that by the purchase of the business the new ccmpany of Barned's Banking Company, a most flourishing business was certain to be carried on. Mr. Lewis went on to read other portions of the prospectus, and said that at the time the defendants held themselves out to be men of large wealth, and imposed upon the public, and induced them to take shares in the company by means of this representataticn, they were in reality in a condition of hopeless insolvency. The effect of these proceedings was to induce the public to take a large number of shares, and the whole affair collapsed af:. er a few months had elapsed, and the public were de: rau d e d to an enormous amount. These were the material point , upon which the charges against the dr:rendants would depend; and he said he had no do - abt that after the evidence for the prosecution had been laid before his lordship, he believed he would entertain no doubt that it would be his duty to send the case for further int estintien in another court. In conclusion, Mr. Lewis said that the portion of the frau(' he proposed to establish was that ten thousand shares were allotted to the contract corporation, and ter thousand to the Joint Stock Discount Company, but as this fact was likely to create great suspicion, arrangements were fraudulently made for all these shares to be placed in the hands of nominees, and it was at the same time arranged that all the share applications should be made in red anti blue ink, and that the genuine applications from the public should be in black ink. In fact, he insisted that the whole proceeding was a gigantic fraud, and it was most astonishing that men of high position like the defendants should have lent themselves to such fraudulen+ ti :acticos. At the close of his address, Mr. Lewis asked that his lordship should attend at the future examinations and complete the case, although the period of his mayoralty will have concluded. The Lord Mayor said he had, no objection to this, but he suggested that as only one cleiendant was present thebetter coul7e would be not to go into any evidence until the next examination. This was agreea to, and the case was formally adjourned for a week, The defendant was admitted to bail until the next ex amination. At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, to be held on Monday next, Sir Roderick Murchison, the President, will read letters from Dr. Livingstone, dated rang w rub°. The Limerick Farmers' Club hare published an address in reference to the disturbance at the late meeting by the Penians, stating their determination to persevere is the ngitation on the land question, which must now occupy the gravest attention of every true friend of freedom atd justice in Ireland. THE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY.—An appli cation has been made at the chambers of Vice-Chancellor James on behalf of a policy-holder for leave to inspect the &cd of sc_ttlement of tho Kent Mutual Assurance Com pazy, arnalza.mated with the Albeit. It was oppocod on the part of the ofileLil liquidator, and reflzod by tkq . ChiQf Verk, who dis#sej Gots- WETROPOLI7AN GOSSlP—Thursday. The Ministry s once more complete ; and, as in the . I penultimate, so in the present Ministry, a Premier and his ' son hold office together. Mr.:William Henry Gladstone has not, however, yet attained the position held by:Lord Stanley in Lord Derby's Administration. The new Lord of the Treasury must bide his time before entering the charmed circle of the Cabinet. There is plenty of time for him to get there. He is but 29, fourteen years the junior of the late Foreign Secretary, and fourteen years between 30 and 44 count for a good deal in political life. His father was four years younger when he first took service under the Crown, and he then took the same office which the member for Whitby is now taking. The ecclesiastical appointments are likewise all but completed. The Bishopric of Winchester will be de clared vacant on Saturday, and will be filled up by Advent. The cove d'ilire for Exeter and Carlisle has been gazetted. The reason why there has been so much delay in its reaching the former chapter is partly because it was thought decorous to allow time for the consideration of the memorial against Dr. Temple, partly because the roads in the neighbourhood of Balmoral have been prematurely snowed up, and the mails have been delayed. The deanery of Ely, vacant by the preferment of Dean Harvey Goodwin to the Bishopric of Ely has been given to Canon Dale, who has held several livings successively in London, is known as the writer of many sermons, and some rather good religious poetry, including a volume called " The Widow of Nain; and has been a translator of Sophocles. He holds at the present time the rectory of Therfield, Herts, which is worth £994, and though in the diocese of Rochester, was in the gift of the Bishop of London ; and a canonry in St. Paul's worth £l,OOO. This latter preferment he will have to vacate, and as the deanery of Ely is worth only £717, he will suffer pecuniarily, although he gains in dignity. It is not easy to understand the motives which have prompted this appointment. Canon Dale is about 70 years of age, surely too old to fill so important a post as that of principal clergyman, next to the bishop, in the university town of Cambridge. This appointment, together with that of Dr. M'Neile to the deanery of Ripon, seems to shew that deaneries are looked upon rather in the light of rewards for past work than as a sphere for future work. The canonry of St. Paul's, which has now become vacant, falls to Mr. Gladstone's gift. I have no knowledge as to whom he will appoint, but I should not be surprised if he were to select Professor Maurice. Everyone will regret to learn that this accomplished theo logian has been obliged to give up parochial duty in con sequence of failing health. The outside of his church in Vere-street is well known to all frequenters of Marshall and Snelgrove's, and I believe no small proportion of the emplayos in that famous shop used to be found on Sundays in the church. There was scarcely any parish attached to it, and Mr. Maurice's congregation used to be drawn from far and wide, and consisted entirely of persons who admired the man and profited by his earnest teaching. It is greatly to the credit of Mr. IV. F. Cowper that when he was First Commis sioner of Works he presented Mr. Maurice to this living. It is worth only £450 a year, but a scanty reward to one who has done so much to influence public thought. Mr. Layard has now presented Mr. Ashley, who, I believe, was Mr. Maurice's curate. It is just possible that Mr. Gladstone may not feel at liberty to offer a canonry to an invalid clergyman. Canon Gregory has set such an example of vigour by frequent preaching and by outspoken rebukes to irreverent choristers, that Mr. Maurice himself may not like to be placed in juxtaposition and contrast with so energetic a colleague. Mr. Maurice, John Sterling, and Professor Plumptre married sisters ; and Mr. Maurice's sister was the wife of Archdeacon Hare. Mr. Maurice himself was brought up as a Unitarian, but became a Trinitarian from conviction. King's College, London, and Queen's College (for ladies) owe much of their success to his teaching, albeit he was chased from his professorship in the first mentioned college by the bigotry chiefly of its principal, Dr. Jelf, in spite of the fact that the Bishop of Oxford supported Mr. Maurice. There still remains the Archdeaconry of Sudbury to fill up. But I presume no appointment will be made until the post is actually vacated by the Bishop designate of Bath and Wells. The living-of Brightstone, vacant by the promotion of Dr. Moberlylto the Bishopric of Salisbury was offered by Mr. Gladstone originally to the Rev. 31. F. Sadler, of Bedford. The Premier, in writing to him, said he was personally unacquainted with Mr. Sadler, and no influence had been used on his behalf, but that he (the Premier) was so much pleased with his writings that he could not do better than offer Mr. Sadler the vacant living. For family reasons the offer was declined, and the living was thus given to Mr. Heygate. Why was not Mr. Sadler made Dean of Ely? The election of Dr. Temple is still exciting great inte rest. It is expected to take place next Thursday. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, who was formerly Dean of Exeter, has written to Canon Cook, giving his reasons why the election should not take place. At the last meeting of the Ritual Commission, the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed his surprise at the strength of the opposition, and said that if the Dean and Chapter should take upon themselves the responsibility of refusing to elect, it would be a matter for the bishops to consider very seriously if they should consecrate. The chief promoters of the opposition in the Chapter do not expect to win, but they believe that the voting will be very close, and the most sanguine of them even say that it will be necessary for Dean Boyd to give his casting vote. I believe that the Solicitor-General, in praising the new Bishop so highly on Tuesday before the Earl of Devon, had reason to know that what he said was not distasteful to his noble fellow - guest. It was mainly owing to the influence of the Earl and his son-in-law, the Hon. C. L. Wood, President of the English Church Union, that the Union declined to take any cognisance of the appointment. I should not be surprised if, in the course of two or three years, Lord Devon and Lord Nelson came out as Liberals, and Free Churchmen. Canon Courtenay, in advocating the exclusion of bishops from the House of Lords would seem to be tending in the same direction as his brother. By the way, Lord Nelson has made up his quarrel with the Church Institu tion, and has rejoined that body. The committee of the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge have just shewn a remarkable degree of bigotry. They have refused even to consider the making a grant towards the new cathedral at Inverness. The objection was that the Episcopal Church in Scotland is not established. It is not improbable that a new daily paper will appear in London next spring. The proprietors of the Morning Star refuse to let their valuable premises, on which they have a lease of nearly ninety years, and they retain their machinery untouched. They are under an agreement - not to publish a new journal at the Star office I .May, but it is quite possible that when she necessary interval has expired they may be f .,,and reappearing in another form. The only circ--_instance which seems to militate against this su r:position is that Mr. Rawson, the chief proprietor of Star, has joined the proprietary of the Daily News. Mr. Bright ceased to be a Star proprietor at the tir lie when he became a Minister. Strictly spealc 4 _ ,z - z he was not a proprietor ; he me re l y t".,ok the shares which were held by his late brother in-law, Mr. Lucas, who was one of the principal projectors of the concern. lam assured that it is a mistake to suppose that the Star was largely unprofitable. At one time it paid a profit, and the total loss upon it was not more than at the rate of £l,OOO a year. It is, therefore, the more to be regretted that the literary staff have not been treated with more consideration than has been shewn them under the circumstances of a sudden and unexpected discontinuance of the paper. At the time that the Star stopped, the circulation of the morning edition was about 16,000, that of the evening was much smaller, and was for a time diminished by the reduction of the price of the Pall Mall Gazette to a penny, but this diminution had been reco vered. The money sunk in the Daily News is probably six or seven times that sunk in the Star, and cannot be reckoned in less than six figures. I believe that the appointment of editor of the Daily News has not yet been determined. Mr. Edward Dicey has declined it. Not improbably Mr. Rill, the chief leader-writer, may have it. Still on newspaper matters, I may mention that Sir Charles Dilke has purchased from Mr. Holmes the small share which the latter gentleman had in the Athenaum; and the paper is now the sole property of the young baronet and M.P. for Chelsea. It is to be enlarged with the new year, and the shape of it will be altered to that of the Saturday Review. The paper has lost one of its most valuable contributors in Professor Conington. Mr. Sutherland Edwards is to be the editor of the new illustrated journal. The Birmingham one has proved only partially successful. The circulation began at 20,000 and has now dropped to 12,000. The Echo is now about paying its way. The Gentleman's Magazine, rehabilitated, has not been a success. Victor Hugo's story, although well translated by Mr. Hubert Jerningham, has proved a great mistake. ➢lr. Blanchard Jerrold is now about to write some papers, under the title of the " Christian Vagabond." Still on magazine matters, let me commend to the notice of your readers Dean Stanley's article in the new number of Macmillan. Of forthcoming new books the most important are Sir William Denison's " Viceregal Life," which will give much information about India; Mr. Gladstone's work, "On the Functions of Laymen in Synod ;" Earl Russell's Speeches from 1817 to 1811 ; Lady Herbert's new tale of " The Two Sisters ;" and Mrs. Bray's " Good St. Louis." _ _ The last-named lady is still in good health, although she has reached an advanced age. It is greatly to be wished that the new First Commis aioner of Works would take in hand the Metropolitan Board of Works. Every year its members deteriorate in social position and moral influence, and those who have had to do with the Board speak in the strongest terms of its i=competence and the jobbery of certain of its vae=tberz. This body has tho levying and spend bg. 4,11 0 4 1104 t‘Zlias; acWeidi4l l .Wii wolidacloate T IIL SUN, LONDON, i RIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1869. cw almost nothing of either the men who tax us or way in which they spend their money. Recently one of he members warned his colleagues that if they went on much longer as they were then doing there would be a grand public outcry, which would not be pleasant. A select committee to inquire into the doings of the Board would be far more useful than half the commitees that are appointed. The Institute of Civil Engineers is up in arms against the Indian Government because of an advertisement which was lately published by that department charging engineers in its service with taking: commissions from contractors in India. Mr. Gregory, President of the Institute, has seen the Duke of Argyll on the subject, and a vigorous correspondence has been waged between Mr. Gregory, and the Under-Secretary for India, Mr. Grant Duff. A remonstrance has:also been sent out to Lord Mayo. The truth is, that while the taking of com missions is common enough among architects, loco motive superintendents of railways, and others, it would cause the expulsion of a civil engineer from the Institute. I may mention that Mr. Foley has finished his " sketch-model" of the Prince Consort, for the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park ; and the statues of Edward 1., Elizabeth, James 1., and Anne, have been added to the Houses of Parliament, and there is a talk of gilding them! that a subscription has been started to purchase for the British and Foreign Bible Society the picture of Luther studying the Bible, which Mr. Ward exhibited in the Royal Academy this year (the price is £l,ooo,and it is proposed to raise it in penny subscriptions); and that Mr. Sydney Hodges's picture of the Archbishop of Canterbury is being engraved by Atkinson, the engraver of Landseer's " Peace" and " War," and will be published by Graves, of Pall- Mall. The Monday Popular Concerts begin next week, and we are to have an autumn opera season, with Mongini, and Ilma di Murska among the chief attractions. The new army control system is now in operation throughout the whole kingdom and colonies, although the official warrant has not yet been drawn up, and the addi tional pay is not yet received by the officials. The system is working fairly well, but there has been a hitch or two. Of Lord Northbrook's Committee nothing further has been heard, though there are still rumours of great changes in the War Office. Mr. Childers having seen some statements in the Western Morning News respecting the wasteful sacrifice of public property in the Devonport Dockyard, at once caused an investigation to be made, and finding the circumstances to be as stated, directed new arrangements to be made forthwith. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Canon - of "St. Paul's. The reverend gentleman is a Cambridge man, a student of Corpus College, and an M.A. of his university. He was ordained deacon in 1821, and entered full priest's orders in 1822, in each case by the ministrations of the Bishop of London. He is the author of the " Widow of Nain," and other poems, of some tales of scriptural periods, and of certain other works, sermons, and discourses on reli gious subjects. NATIONAL EDUCATION UNION. A Congress of great interest and importance has been held in the Town Hall, Manchester, under the auspices of the National Education Union. The object of the associa tion is " to secure the primary education of every child by judiciously supplementing the present denominational sys tem of education." A number of clergymen,both Protestant and Catholic attended and many prominent friends of education were present including Lord Robert Montagu, M.P., and the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., both formerly vice-presidents of the committee of Council. Noncon formists were also represented, the general object being to secure the harmonious action of men of different forms of faith and politics, who agree in disapproving of the establishment of a secular system of national education, This association is established in opposition to the Birmingham League, which advccated the total severance of religion and popular instruction ; and it is stated in the report that many of its members would wil lingly have left the matter in the hands of the Government, but after the formation of a powerful association bent upon impressing its views on the public mind, it was thought desirable that the opinion of the defenders as well as the opponents of the present sys tem should be widely promulgated. The union does not intend to frame a bill, nor does it insist on points of detail ; it desires " merely to lay clown a basis on which they, who have hitherto borne the burden of educa- tion, are willing to co-operate with Government for the completion of their great work, and to provide for the primary instruction of all children without exception; and yet in a manner not to relieve the parent of his responsibility, nor to degrade the independent work- ing man to the condition of a pauper in receipt of paro- - . chial relief." A large number of letters promising general support were read, including letters from the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Stanley, Lord Carnarvon, Sir John Pakington, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Baines, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. S. Morley. Mr. Baines thought the plan of the Union "the best considered and most unexceptionable that has been published." Mr. Muntz declined the office of vice-president on account of his connection with the National Education League, but he agreed "in most of the suggestions offered by the Union." Six J. Pakington approved of the scheme, but wished to keep himself unfettered for the consideration of the Government measure. The Earl of HARROWDY, who presided, said that a con siderable movement had taken place in Birmingham on one of the most vital interests of the country, but that many residents in that neighbourhood thought the grounds on which it rested were unsafe. They organised themselves in consequence to shew that Birmingham itself was not unanimous in that movement, and as pre sident of that meeting he had been asked to preside at this congress, which had the same objects in view. The question was, "Are you to have the education of the country without religion ? " He thought that many of the statis tics received exaggerated the evil which undoubtedly existed. "Those who proposed the new scheme contended for free schools—no payments exacted from the parents, the schools maintained by rates, and schools conducted on what they called unsectarian principles. Of course,-these were just other words for the exclusion of religion. Now, the Union objected to all these grounds. They said free schools were not valued by the parents nor by the children. They appealed to the evidence of America in their favour on that point. Then they held it was not fair to charge upon the rate of particular localities those burdens which ought to be borne by the imperial funds. They held it was not fair to impose this burden merely upon realised property, instead of upon that much larger extent of pro • perty which existed in personalty. They held further —and this was the greatest of all objections— that under the plausible name of unsectarian, it was practically proposed that no religion should be taught in public schools. In conclusion, Lord Harrowby said we were a great deal too stingy in only 3,000,000 of peo-",e, spentilie mmaotrteeru,pfoonr education ,Holland thanwit h we did from PuP: ie funds. T he GEN:-.HAL SECRETARY (the Rev. W. Stanyer) said he hai l received thousands of letters, expressing sympathy filth the movement, and also a cheque of twenty guineas from the Society of Arts, two of whose members (Mr. Chadwick and Mr. Foster) attended the Congress. The Society maintains a strict neutrality with regard to the programme. Lord ROBERT MolTrAGr, ALP., contended that the pre sent system had not failed, though it needed extension. Lord EDWARD HOWARD thought the meeting, composed as it was of gentlemen of all kinds of religions and of politics, fully Q.nswered the accusation that the friends of religious education were in favour of education being narrowed. If theywished to have religious education, any man must be mad in a country like this, who said "do not let that teaching be denominational?' The noblelord doubted whether the compulsory and secular system tried on the Continent and America had done all that was expected, and referred to statistics of the operations of the Church of England, the Wesleyan Dissenters, and the Free Church of Scotland, to shew the power of voluntary effort. The Rev. Dr. BARRY, Principal of King's College, London, declared the secularists had their remedy in their own hands under the present system by the adoption of the Conscience Clause. Similar views were brought forward by other speakers, and the Rev. W. Kennedy, inspector-of schools, said he saw no reason why the compulsory system should not he applied in a modified form to denominational schools, as the child of a Dissenting parent was protectod by the Conscience Clause. According to the Birmingham League, our futureschool managers were to be town councillors, but had they managed the health of towns, the terrible death rate, the police, the criminals, the dwellings and habits of the people so well that we should give them the manage ment of our schools as well? Mr. Birley, M.P., said the problem to be solved by the Union was how to make education universal without being compulsory, and religious without infringing on any conscience. Compulsion was rather an odious term to the English mind, but he thought we might adopt it to a certain extent —that we might educate, for instance, the children of the pauper and of those verging on pauperism, as well as that class of children who were usually sent to reformatories. Mr. BUXTON, M.P., thought it was fortunate that two antagonistic bodies had taken up this great ques tion, as the rivalry would stimulate public action, and excite far more interest than one movement could do. The Right Hon. W. Cow •ER, M.P., thought it better to reform the present system than to revolutionise it. If it became necessary to supplement the funds by contributions from rates, he did not see why that need affect the existing organisation of the schools. The Dean of D URIII7 supported a modified system of rating, though he wished to keep ignorant ratepayers out of the management of the schools. A rate must come, and their business was to minimise the evil which it might do. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Canon MEL VILLE and others, who warmly supported the Conscience Clause, and the Congress was adjourned till to-day. • The case of Junta Maria D'Altoyrac. commonly called the Countess D'Alteyrac, came before Mr. Commis sioner Holroyd at the Court. of Bankruptcy on Thursday, after a long adjournment. The matter has been before the court upwards of six months. The Countess is entitled to an annuity of £1,200 from Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, and to a further sum of £lOO per month until the annuity is legally settled and secured. Mr. steed now stated to the Court that the assignees had been prevented from taking any steps vith a view to realise the annuity by the lady's obstinate refusal to disclose her age. He should now put the question to the lady again, and would give her a week to reconsider her decision. If she still refused, he should ask that she be committed for contempt of court. His Honour was of opinion that tho accounts were sufficient, and would allow the bankrupt to pass. Aa adjournment vs 011011 ctAierod t 4) tlio 2.4,1 of Dice r. EVIL ATTENDANCE. Another Cabinet Council was held on Wednesday, and the full attendance, if nothing else, would vouch for the importance of the subject or subjects discussed. All the Ministers were present save one ; and he—Mr. Bruce, the Home Secretary—being in attendance on the Queen, could not be at Downing-street. Ministers have certainly enough to do. Mr. Bruce has pledged the Government to nobody but himself knows how many measures. But that they intend to battle with their difficulties Mr. G - oschen's speech at the Mansion House on Wednesday night abundantly testifies. THE VACANCY AT CHESTER. Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., has expressed his readiness to come forward for the city of Chester in the Liberal interest. Sir Richard's family claims ancient connection with the city, having in various times supplied the representative, and the first baronet was Recorder as well as M.P. for the city. The would-be candidate sat for the county of West— meath in the Parliament of 1857-0 as a Conservative, but then changed his colours, announcing himself as a Liberal, and promising to vote for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical. Titles Act, as being " offensive to the Roman Catholics." He voted against Lord Derby's Reform Bill of 1859, was re-elected for the county, and continued to sit as its representative until 1805. In the address which he issued at the general election in 1857, he declared his readiness to support " the just claims of the tenantry of Ireland." If elected for Chester, he will have ample opportunities of redeeming his promise. KING'S LYNN. Mr. Young, late M.P. for Cambridgeshire, has accepted the invitation of the Liberal working men of Lynn, and will, accordingly, contest the vacant seat with Lord Claud Hamilton. When Mr. Young was last in Parliament he described himself as a Liberal, but independent of party. Working men, however, require something stronger than this, and, therefore, Mr. Young is now a Liberal, and will g!ve "a cordial support to Mr. Gladstone." Mr. Young is in favour of the Ballot. The refusal of the Government to release the Fenian prisoners is grati tifying to him. With respect to the land question, "the removal of all just complaints on the part of the cultivators of Ireland" will be an object of his " earnest attention." It is worthy of note that in this respect Mr. Young follows the example of almost all his political brethren. Scarcely any M.P.'s, or would-be M.P.'s have put forth a definite plan for the settlement of the land question. 50 UTIIWAB The wer - A*3l., en of this metropolitan borough are already active; tud at a meeting held on Wednesday evening it was resolved to request Mr. Odger to come forward. The ex-candidate for Chelsea was present, and stated that his acceptance of the invitation depended a good deal on the decision of a meeting to be held in Bouverie-street. The paramount ques tion, expense, will un d ou bt e dly be a barrier to the success of a worki ng man ' s can didate, for it is impos sible to contest a b oroug h of such magnitude South wark without a cons i dera bl e amount.nitude as of money. At Stafford, where Mr. Odger went to a preliminary poll with three other Liberals, only £62 was spent in his candidature ; but then it must be remembered that Southwark contains about sixteen times , as many inhabitants. At the same ratio Mr. Odger would have to expend nearly a thousand pounds. LORD WILLIAM HAY IN BERIVIOKSHIRE. Lord William Hay is taking time by the forelock. There is no vacancy in the representation of Ber wickshire; but Mr - . Robertson is to be made a peer, and on the strength of this supposition the scion of the house of Tweeddale has come forward in the Liberal interest, and has opened the campaign. At a meeting held i n th e hi stor i c t own o f D un se, Lord William pronounced for a national, unsectarian, and compulsory system of education, at least so far as Scotland was concerned. The law of hypothec was indefensible, and ought to be abolished. Lord William Hay thinks, with respect to the Game Laws, that Mr. M'Lagan's bill did not go far enough, and that it ought to be made illegal for landlords to put clauses into leases reserving to themselves the right to kill game. As to Ireland, he is of opinion that the tenants ought to receive compensation for improvements made on the land, and that there should be some recognition by the Legislature of the proprietary right which the tenant has enjoyed, if no t by right, at least by custom. A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP ON THE LAND QUESTION. A somewhat noteworthy letter was sent by Dr. Nulty, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, to the tenant right meeting at Navan—noteworthy principally from the fact that the prelate professes to have special information of Mr. Gladstone's intentions, but remarkable also from its arguments. The Bishop contends at length for the principle that occupation in the soil gives privileges of ownership. That it gives certain rights (says Dr. Nulty) Mr. Gladstone admits ; but the Premier does not carry out what seems to be the logical conclusion of the doctrine. The bishop evidently wrote the following for a popular meeting : It is evident that God created the earth to produce food and raiment for the honest and virtuous occupier, who eats his bread in the sweat of his brow, as well as for the idle and dissolute landlord, who spends his share of God's gifts in the extravagance, luxury, or dissipation, perhaps, of foreign capitals. This fGremost doctrine . admitted, Dr. Nulty thinks it follows that a landlord has no moral right to turn a tenant from his position. It is here that Mr. Gladstone disagrees with him. If a landlord wishes to get rid of a tenant, even from caprice, be cause, sav, he would not vote with him in a contested election, Mr. Gladstone will allow him to do so, on paying the full marketable value of the right on the soil which occupation gives him. Now, says Dr. Nulty : From the very nature of the case the landlord could not afford to exercise this privilege very frequently, still it is essentially unjust. Either the occupation gives a right of ownership on the soil, or it does not. If it does give such a right, then it is as unjust to compel the occupier to part with that right at any price as it would be to oblige me to sell my horse or my watch again s t m y w ill, even a t th e i r value. The other blot which Dr. Nulty criticises in the Government me asure laid b e f ore hi m i s th a t th e Premier will exclude from the benefits of his bill all very small tenants. Such a policy is a practica denial of the foremost doctrine of the bill. MORE TENANT - RIGHT MEETINGS. The tenant-right movement is kept up in Ireland with undiminished spirit. After the Fenians dis persed the gathering at Limerick, about 100 farmers held a m eeting to themselves. Another meeting was held at Magherafelt, in Londonderry, and yet another at Scotstown, in Monaghan. The resolutions passed at all three places were to the usual purport : to wit, that when a farmer has settled upon a plot of ground, he ought to remain there as long as he likes, provided that he pays his rent; and that the rate of rent ought to be revised by a com petent tribunal at intervals—that is, if the landlord and tenant cannot agree. Mr. W. Johnson, 31. P., the leader of the Ulster Orange party, has accepted an invitation to a meeting of the Ballymoney Tenant Right Association. In a letter to the secretary he expresses his entire sym pathy with the tenant-farmer, considers that no one should refuse giving him compensation for unex hausted improvements, and, suggests the holding of a conference on the matter by the Ulster tenant farmers. DR. TEMPLE. It seems to be generally thought that Dr. Temple will be elected Bishop of Exeter. his greatest opponents — even to the Record—believe it. The Record, indeed, publishes a list of the "probable state of the poll on Thursday next." The list chews in favour of Dr. Temple—the Dean and Chancellor Harrington, with three out of four archdeacons, Canon Cook, and eight prebendaries. On the other side 'stand Bishop Trower, the sub-clean, Canons Ford and Lee, and five prebendaries, namely, Lyne, Tatham, Harris, Thynne, and H. P. Barnes. Archdeacon Freeman seems to stand neuter. For this list we, of course, are not responsible, but the Record's concluding remark expresses the opinion of most people : "His election is now regarded as a matter of certainty." THE FAREWELL ADDRESS OF THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. Dr. Sumner has issued the farewell address to the clergy of his diocese. It is a short epistle, and in no tart rises mu c h a b ove the leve l o f the commonplace, The form it t a k es i s that o f a formal rely to an address which h as b een pres ented to him. His lordship will not h ave it duo the prosp er it y w hi c h has marked the diocesan his progress duringsaid that to him is episcopate. To the clergy belongs th e mit ; for they have co operated in doing goo d . The most noteworthy paragraph is the o no most nee d e d in our day. He is convinced that whe n th e c l erg y conscientiouslrodiffer er in opinion upon som© points, they have only to know their brethren bett er , in order to respecttheir motives. and to value the m f or their wor k s ' sake. "Though we must ever contend earnestly for the fnlth once delivered to the saints it ought to be said of us, as it was of old, Bono another.' " Dr. Su mner regre ts that he has had to give up. But Ile e w e o t u h i e di s e n ot Christians continue lo th v e hold his position under his affli c ti on s. " The physical in firmity to which it has pleased my Heavenly Father to subject me ha s precluded me from having that personal intercour s e w i t h you w hi c h, is so essential to the true welfare of a diocese." TILE NEW DEAN. The now Dean of Ely is announced: Arr. Cllad stone has conferred tlio ecclesiastical office upem th 3 Itex• Uaala-4411Q444444.AfittiAlia THE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY. The official liquidators of the Albert Assurance Company have convened a meeting of the representa tive policy holders' committees for Monday next. The object of this meeting will be to consider a scheme which has been prepared, and has received the approval of the board of an old-established life assurance society. Under this plan holders of Albert policies on lives now assurable will be granted new policies upon " equitable and advantageous terms." The liquidators are of opinion that this arrangement will considerably reduce the liabilities of the Albert Company. BOGIES. Mr. Fairlie, as we have previously 'seen, is the in ventor of a new system of railway carriages. Mr. Bridges Adams is likewise the inventor of a system, and between the two gentlemen a hot controversy has arisen. Mr. Adams raises various objections to Mr. Fairlie's plan of cradling a carriage upon two trucks or bogies of four wheels each. In the first place it will thus require eight wheels to support a carriage, whereas in England managers have ~ lways preferred four-wheeled vehicles. To this Mr. Fairlie replies that the carriages of the Metropolitan line have eight wheels, and its engineer, Mr. Fowler, claims for his line that its vehicles aro the largest and most economical in carrying capacity. Mr. Adams submits that the bogie system involves such a waste of space that 1,000 passengers require a train 1,000 feet long ; Mr. Fairlie replies that his model carriage accommodates 68 passengers in a length of 37 feet. Mr. Adams declares that the long boiler of the Fairlie engine with its central firebox is apt to rack and tear ; Mr. Fairlie answers that the rack and tear is less than on the ordinary system. The complication of the engine, says Mr. Adams, increases risk; there is nothing so simple as the double bog e, replies Mr. Fairlie. The latter gentleman acids that, not only does the bogie system insure far superior comfort, but the frictional resist ance per ton of the train hauled is greatly reduced. COMPULSORY VACCINATION Dr. Ross has reported to the Board of Works on the effect of the Compulsory Vaccination Act in his parish. He is medical officer for the salubrious metropolitan region of St. Giles, and his experience must, therefore, be valuable. lie states that " during the year 1867, the year preceding the operation of the new Act, the mortality from smallpox was thirty-one. On the Ist of January, 1868, the Act came into force, and during that year the mortality sank to six, whilst during the past nine months of the year 1869, there has not been registered a single death from this disease." Dr. Ross remarks that stronger proof could scarcely be afforded of the beneficial operation of any legislative measure for the arrest of a frightful disease. MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION. The efforts to promote middle-class education in London have produced very satisfactory results. Some time ago several of the leading city magnates subscribed a large sum towards the establishment of a school in which the sons of clerks and others in a kindred rank of life might be educated. The project has been carried out. The school has been in op)ration for a considerable period, and it now includes 1,000 pupils. It is designed to extend the movement. The Lord Mayor, who, with other gentlemen, visited the new Central Middle Class Schools on Wednesday, announced that a site had been purchased for another establishment in South wark. He himself -would not be content until ten such schools had been founded. The cost of educa tion under this system is about £4 a year. NEWLY-FLEDGED EVILDOERS. The Habitual Criminals Act is likely to seriously affect the comfort of youthful criminals as well as of old ones. At the Middlesex Sessions some choice specimens of habitual rogues per fected at an early age, have been on view. Daniel Burchell, a lapidary, aged 15, was convicted of stealing linen. Several previous convictions were proved against him, and he was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude, to be followed by seven years' police supervision. Charles Tilled, aged 13, was convicted of stealing twenty-seven rings, of the value of £IG, and was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour, with a reformatory in the background. Surely upon such conditions as these crime will become too disagreeable to pay. These two are specimens of several young gentlemen who have been cut short in their promising career. TIIE GAME LAWS. The Hertfordshire Chamber of Agriculture has continued the raid on the Game Laws so vigorously commenced by similar associations in other counties. One member at the meeting on Wednesday proposed a resolution, declaring that the over preservation of ground game was injurious to the produce of the soil, and tended to increase crime in the rural districts. But this condemnation was neither exten sive nor vigorous enough for the Chamber. By a considerable majority, the Game Laws were pro nounced injurious to agriculture, and demoralising- to landlord, farmer and labourer. It was agreed that every means ought to be taken to procure, not the reform, but the repeal of those laws. RURAL POSTMEN. The halfpenny newspaper postage—a great boon to the public—will be by no means such to the postmen, and especially those of the rural districts. To them it will bring double work, heavy . burdens, and cause more deliveries. A plea on their behalf appears in the Daily News. They are to have more work ; they should, therefore, it is contended, have more pay : Many of these underpaid "civil servants" walk twenty miles every day, over bad roads and in all weathers, with a burden not unfrequently beyond the adequate considera tion of those who remunerate and those who enjoy their hard but honest toils. Now fancy the enormous addition to their labours which the creation of a halfpenny news paper postage will surely bring. It is with much sympathy I thus plead for the poor rural postmen under the pressure of the contemplated scheme, trusting such an honourable class of officials will find that in the adoption of a grand idea the country will not ignore their claims to considera tion in the matter of Personal comfort and a more suitable reward. A lIIGH TIDE AT LAST. It appears that the scientific men made only the trifling error of a month in their reckoning about the high tides. There was to be a high tide, it seems, but instead of happening in the early part of October, it has occurred in the beginning of November. The Thames rose three feet three inches above high water mark on Wednesday afternoon. The banks were covered with water in many places, and much damage was done to many of the houses. At St. Paul's pier the water flowed fifteen feet beyond the wharf, and passengers had to wade ankle deep through the water to get at the steamers. The tide flowed over the Bishop of London's grounds like acataract, the entire lawn being converted into a lake. At Hammersmith there was a boat-race between Coxon and M'Mahon, but the tide was so high that the steamer accompanying the men could not get under the Suspension Bridge, and the spectators who had paid their money to see the race had to content themselves with a distant gaze. THE DAUNTLESS AND THE CA3IBRIA. An International Ocean Race between the English yacht Cambria and the American yacht Dauntless has long been under consideration ; but has not yet been brought off. As not unfrequently happens, each of the owners of these two vessels charges the other with the failure. In a letter just published, Mr. Bennett, jun., of the Dauntless, gives a long and not very inviting history of his disputes and mis understandings with Mr. Ashbury, the owner of the Cambria. The principal point of difference seems to be that the former desires only to sail a race across the Atlantic; whereas Mr. Ashbury, in addition to the ocean contest, wishes to have one or more trials in inland waters. This Mr. Bennett will not consent to. The ocean race, and nothing ,else, is what he desires. He, for the third and last time, as he expresses it, challenges Mr. Ashbury to a co ntest from the Old Head of Kinsale to the light-ship off Sandy Hook, the day of sailing to be the Bth of March, 1870. The stakes Mr. Bennett fixes at five thousar.d pounds a side, to be invested in a service of plate ; but he is quite willing to dispense with any moi tey prize, and to be satisfied with a simple trophy, such as a set of colours. If this challenge be declined, or if Mr. Ashbury still insists upon a short race in aeidition to the run across the Atlantic, Mr. Bennett will break off the negotiations. THE MEXICANa. DEBT. Judging. from a, communication to the Mexican Congress from the Xinance Minister, it would app ear that there is a protspect of the unhappy creditors of Mexico receiving some interesUon their money. The Finance Minister admits that the question of the public debt involvs the honour and repute of the nation. The honour , and repute of the Mexican nation is about as low as it well can be, and it is difficult to imagine that any further doings can compromise it still more ; but it, is gratifyint , to find that Juarez's Government does place some value on the good name of a State. SteT 2 s will now be taken to restore the national credit, and to resume payment of interest. This latter duty has been left in abeyance for some time awiur to " the peculiar circumstances of Mexico." It will, however, be resumed—says the Finance :Minister—at the earliest possible oppor ttmity. The Co. rk Board of Guardians have unanimou s ly adopted a it emorial to the Government for legislation w hic h will protect :ale interests of tenants without Infringing upon the just rights of landlords. 4, wire , AZ, oupportod aoacati Fill 10 6 'WA' FOREIG.IsT ,NOTES. TEE AUSTE,TA..NT DIETS. Th 3 Provisional Diets of Cisteithan latistria have most of them concluded their sessions. Their deliberations have not realised the wishes of the Government. The Tyrolean Diet has been dissolved on account of its resis tance to Liberal innovations. The Bohemian Diet has voted an address which accepts the laws of December 1867 as the sole basis of the pelitical existence of the empire and of the kingdom of Bohemia. The Gallician Diet is about to pass an address condemning those very laws, and renewing its last year's demand for a separate and national existence for Austrian Poland. The Emperor will undoubtedly find it a difficult task to reconcile such con flicting wishes. AUSTRIA AND TURKEY. The Constitutionnel denies the statement that Austria had asked permission from the Porte for the passage of her troops across Montenegrin territory. The demand, it affirms was never made, and consequently the rumoured protest of Russia is entirely a fabrication. The Constitutionnel re minds it 3 readers that the Viennese Cabinet was the first to uphold the independence of Montenegro, and would not therefore be likely to adopt so different a policy. The Xorth EastCorrespon deneethinks that both the Turkish and Austrian Governments, however deeply interested in the repression of the insurrection in Dalmatia, will take good care not to incur a worse evil by bringing the Eastern question upon the tapis—an event which would inevitably follow any interference with Montenegro. SCHLESWIG AND PRUSSIA. The deputation from North Schleswig has arrived at Berlin. Its object is to present the Kin d ; with a petition praying for the fulfilment of the fifth article orthe Treaty of Prague. This appeal has more thau 37,003 apatures. THE AIIMERICA:I PRESIDE:N-IZ, It is stated in the New York papers that tl.e President, in his coming message, will recommend thac the internal revenue tariff remain undisturbed for one year, in which time the public debt. will be so much reduced that a material reduction of taxation can be allowed without detriment. A special despatch from Washington states that he will recommend to Congress the recognition of the Cubans. At a grand meeting held at the Cooper Institute, New York, for the purpose of ratifying the State nominations, the name of the President was mentioned with enthusiasm, and one of the speakers, a Mr. Pierrepoint, confidently predicted his re-election to the presidency in 1872. He foretold that an attempt would be made to induce General Sherman to come forward as Grant's rival for the presidential chair; but, as Sherman refused to be nominated at the last elec tion, this is not thought likely in New York. Great indig nation is expressed by some journals at the recent attempts to connect the President with the manoeuvres of the Gold Ring. Corbin, a prominent mover in the affair, is his brother-in-law, and Mr. Jay Gould, whose name has played a prominent part in these discreditable transactions, makes constant reference to matters told him by Corbin, which implicate the President. A letter has been published in Mr. Gould's organ, purporting to be written by Mrs. Grant to Mr. Corbin, in which she says :—" My husband is very much annoyed at your speculations. He tries not to be influenced by them, but fears he is. Another reason why they must be closed is because Cuban matters will soon come up in the Cabinet, and the action of our Government will influence the price of bonds." This letter is unhesi tatingly denounced as a forgery by the New York press, and the attempts of Messrs. Gould and party to implicate the President have as yet only succeeded in damaging themselves. General Butterfield, against whom similar allegations have been made, has demanded a court of inquiry, declaring the whole of the statements con cerning him to be totally false. Mr. Fisk has been con spicuous in this unworthy effort, and the New York Tribune, pointing to the condition of the Erie Railroad, advises him to direct his attention to his own affairs for the future. THE CUBA. President Grant specially ordered the seizure of the privateer Cuba at Wilmington because ho was anxious to act up to the letter and spirit of the neutrality laws. The trial of the case will go on as if no such seizure had taken place. The officers of the privateer will be heard be fore the United States Commissioners at Wilmington, and the case of the vessel will be tried at the November term of the United States District Court for North Carolina. The Cubans in Washington do not consider that the action of the Government has effected any change in their prospects. Tiro LINCOLN STATUE IN BROOKLYN. On the 21st of October the statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in Brooklyn. Fifteen thousand persons were present to witness the ceremony. The statue was erected by the dollar subscription, without regard to the party connection of the contributors. It is of bronze, and nine feet high. The War Fund Committee of Brooklyn commenced the work at the close of their voluntary labours in 1865, and the appeal which they made to the public was gladly responded to. Their object was to hand down to posterity in truthful outline the form and features of the great man who had successfully guided the destinias of the country in a most perilous crisis. WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN AMERICA. The Convention of the Rhode Island Woman's Suffrage Association was inaugurated at Providence on the 20th of October. There was a large attendance, but little enthusiasm was displayed. Some dis cussion arose as to the election of officers, and Miss Susan Anthony expressed a wish that the women of Rhode Island might speak so loud that Horace Greeley, in the .21Telv York Tribune office, would be able to hear them. Mr. Stanton said that the Republican party were working to control the woman suffrage movement. There was an attempt being made to create dissension in the ranks of the women, for the purpose of a Republican victory. EARTHQUAKES IN NEW ENGLAND. The New York papers contain accounts of two shocks of earthquake which were felt in New England on the 22nd of October. In Boston the people were roused from their sleep at five o'clock in the morning, by the violent shaking of the earth, and from further accounts the commotion extended along the Atlantic coast from New Brunswick to the furthest western section of New England. There was unquestionably a genuine earthquake. In Charlestown the shock was felt with great distinctness, and the "old fogies" of the place looked upon the movement as the sequel to the annexation meeting held the night before to join the city to Boston. The sentinels at the Navy Yard felt the shock, but at first thought an explosion had occurred at the Watertow - n Arsenal. The earthquake was felt in Blaine. In Augusta nearly every person was awakened, bells were rung and doors shaken. At Eastport the shock was reported to have been the most severe ever felt in the vicinity. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Troops have been ordered into Idaho in view of the threatened combination of the Sioux and Ogallallah Indians. It is alleged that the traders made the Indians drunk and then cheated them. and this is the result. In Dacotah Li utenant Woodson reports the subsistence stores at the agency to be insecure. Whisky is said to have demoralised the Indians there, causing disturbances and leading to a wanton destruction of public property. Capt. Poole, the Indian agent of that territory, reports that the Ogallallahs and Brules, smarting under their defeat by General Carr and his Pawnee scouts last July, are being incited by hostile Indians to avenge their slain comrades, and their war parties have penetrated into the Pawnee reser vations and taken some scalps. In return the Pawnees stole the horses of the Whetstone agency. In Arizona Governor Safford has offered 300 volunteers to the Go vernment for a six months' campaign, the men, who are skilled in Indian warfare, to be supplied with rations and ammunition. We fear, however, that the fighting is not altogether directed against the Indians, as three soldiers were killed and one wounded on the 20th September in a a riot at Prescott in that Territory. The Engineer Bureau of the War Department has published two maps, one specially designed for the use of the army in its connection with the various Indian tribes. It gives the country from the Mississippi to the Pacific, showing the military posts, the loeAlity of the different Indian tribes, tracks, rivers, roads; the other is a general map of the United States. General Augur has arrived at Cheyenne with five Ara pahoe chiefs, who desire to consult in reference to a meeting of Snake, Shoshone, and other chiolg, for protec tion against the hostile Sioux and Cheyennes. The American Minister, Mr. John Jay, arrived at Pesth, from Vienna, on Friday, Oct. 22nd, to confer with Count Andrassy, before the departure of the latter with the Emperor for the celebration of the opening of the Suez Canal. Mr. Jay attended tho sittings in both houses of tho Diet last Monday. The New York Times has taken up the complaint made through our columns of the refusal to some Ameri can gentlemen in Paris of a concession to lay another Cable from America to France. We do not think that the Duxbury and Brost Cable is calculated to act as an en couragement, except to those who delight in an annual per centage of 4, with the risk any morning of learning that all is gone; but then you and I cannot see the attraction which fascinates others, and there are people who desired to lay another lino and were indignant that the French Government refused the permission, as the refusal formed a clause in their contract with Messrs. Reuter and Erlinger. In doing so the Minister only acted in good faith and ho had no other course, but Congress can only see the question from an American point of view, which is— what right has the French Government to give to Messrs. Reuter and Edinger a monopoly of direct telegraph com munication from the United States to France ? No one denies half the right, but no one admits the whole right ; certainly not in Congress. Hence, on the principle that the seaboard of an American State cannot be monopolized by a decree of the French Government. Congress must act, and it is just possible that it may do if the permission bo maiataaecl to toe Wow oirc,c.tionairo , be what the New York Ti mes a d v i ses, th a t i s , casf oii k t i Duxbury end. Wh a t we sa id th en, we sa y now —jo t French company i n ti me g i ve up thi s mon opoly is really worthless, f or , no t w i t h s t an di ng t a lk,no ccn l) "' o ," tion is likely to lay anoth er C a bl e f rom an y part A of Fr° unless impelled by the pure "cussedness" of oppositioa. A CONNECTICUT RO3IANCE.—Here is a true ( O rrl out of which a novel may be written. A young latlY1; travelled in Europe, last year, was t a k en seriouslr t o Cairo, Egypt, where she was attended by a h atici te Scotch physician, who f e ll d es p era t e ly i n love with - I , i o and she was somewhat affected. Her brother, who o f her travellivg companion, had met before this one r Connecticut's fairest daughters in Paris, and wa s c 4 siderably smitten. After recovering her health 11- 10 continuing her tour, she returned home, as did t ee young lady who had made an impression 11 1: 41/ p a t brother. What has int ervene d s i nce — no matter. here is what is to be : In the first week in Oele l) the brother is to marry the girl he loves—who is, of OW: 11 the original Paris attraction —and a European tr i p t he follow. Along with the newly married couple, will g ° be sister to meet in Cairo the attentive doctor, to `ah°';, f,ao is to be wedded immediately upon her arrival t!lere. a party of four will b e ma d e up , an d th e ro mance of i!':10 lives will furnish intere s t enoug h t o ma k e th e ir journ e Y i socially pleasant whe n th ere i s no thi ng e l se to Ca lf{i' f ( ! j ca t The story would posses s additi ona l i n t eres t to Coup s-i t s l readers were names published, b u t th a t, cannot: be P s this particular moment. —Hartford Courant. liog Charles S. P. Bowles, head of the Paris ba n- se d firm cf Messrs. Bowles, B r os., an d C o ., has ad dre pabl another letter to Secretary Bout we ll on the public 0 of the United States. When last he wrote be /1 : 0 0 , Switzerland, now the letter is dated f ro m the Fifill' a t bd Hotel, New York. We have not space to corainee t °-n' 0 1 long and able document, whi c h we mus t reserve I ° l. week, but a subject has arisen in antagonism to w til t f e mopolitan views of the Paris American banker, h ic t eoe cannot refrain from noticing. It is urged that the 13- t he will be injured by encouraging foreigners to bca id, to bonds. The policy of the country should be, it i s Sa i rit keep the debt at home. Grant e d—if possible —b , ll : b t es not possible, and therefore men who argue thus 5116 idol well protest against a "heated t erm " o r the bitter CLioe the northern winter wind. it is bad to be in debt, bat 'etje in debt, it is wise so to administer your affairs as to r ala l i the burden as light as possible when it may be got 14 " w a s 0 sooner. If Americans will take Three per Cent- P OP par the debt will remain in Ameri ca , but if Bondi/17f00e per Cent be there under par in gold th e y will BOtha t strong boxes of foreigners, for the simple reettjae money in an old industrial community does ne t r r ioeS the same interest as with a young community; the to o l the debt of the young community will, in obedie nce l b ite economic law, be held by the old community. It 1 9 t, cognising this fact, and it is mere folly to ignere au slug Mr. Bowles' letter should be read, and a man wb°9„,,iiig it by talk ing of the disadv a nta ge t o th e country °', el° its bonds held by foreigners, might as well go oe " his dog at midnight and howl at the moon. uer Of OBITUARY.—MichaeI Hughes, elder br etu o af the late Archbishop Hughes, died in New York reca-801 and his funeral took place Oct. 13. His remains WI; for' to Chambersburg, Pa., for interment.—John Ne siii 15, at merly Lieut.-Governor of Massachusetts, died, oe ' f 3 a ttl e Lowell, aged 76.—Capt. Godfrey, proprietor of tbe t House at Mobile, Alabama, died Oct. 14 at halfv-P3:101 o'clock.—John Hayward, author of the " Ne w. , le . Gazetteer," published a bout 30 years ago, and oldliar graphical and statistical works, died at Boston, day, Oct. 13, at the age of 88. 1 ,0115, RAILWAY NEWS.—It is rumoured that ante Fargo, and Co. and the U n it e d St a t es Express 0 ° 111 „ 1) : th e have combined to perform the express business e . " f th e Pacific Railroad and along this coast. The styin° of new express across the continent is the " U n neer r i Company's Express," and not the "Union Pani sc r oral Company," as it has no charter, but is a part of th e v5 ,i11 99 , —The Wall-street Journal says the Central Paci fic fi t Abo bids fair to prove an unusually successful and Pr; 0) 0 enterprise. In 1865, when there were less tha n xpo oSe s ' constructed, it earned over and above operating e l es c 0 .5 $280,000 in gold ; in 1866, with less than 100 e i1 . 0 18 6 , 1 , 1 structed, it earned $664,200 in gold over expone es ,, ; l l- 07,!, with less than 150 miles constructed, it earned V ' s O r above the operating expenses ; and in 1868, witl-1,17,e -350 miles in operation, the net earnings exceeded $ 1 0 ; 0 1 ' 3 This was upon local traffic exclusively, and interot# prediction that the Central Pacific would be reals", '4 tbd from its business alone. Since the compretionbastosge through line in May last, and the addition of lar d drawn from the Eastern lines, the business shosoLdoce_ increase, even though the rates have been groat11';"'0,000 The receipts for September foot up nearly $ u los iae i coin, and the average of the four and a half nie et u' r the junction is upwatds of $590,000 per moutb" -° 9, 00A rate of $7,000,000 per annum in coin, equal to $ op t. s in currency value. Of this amount fully 70 P' for tlis found to be from local traffic, and the net eami lig o ' ve r fiscal year promise to exceed $3,000,00 0 in ge l ooro peei s o rating expenses. As the interest upon th co bonded debt is only $1,000,000 their financia t ndit Tle of t is very flattering.—The following is the req . of sr Illinois Central Railroad Company for the 111051 ~ 014. a 1 i LAND DEPARTMENT. a-1, , :',-6. , Acres construction lands sold ... 4,535.02 for v 8, 1/ .. 0 Acres interest fund lands sold ... 240.00 for 2 1,6 4 . 1 _, Acres free lands 501 d... ... ... 1,346.06 for ~-.- o:3 _ .---- Total sales during the month 1 ------ „,,.: 23d . of September, 1869 ~, To which add town lot sales ... ,--"" 3ue 6 6 • 461, ..„, Total of all ... ... ... ... .., 6,121. 08 fo r 2fL....--- 6 01 5t ... 222:2/ 6,121.08 for r"430.0° ,ember, 1869: Cash collected in September .., ... ... "" w..ceipcs from freight... R l e ec c e e i ip pt: s s f f fr r r o oo i nm u i p omt a tn s tio s l e rs ngers ... ... •" . lv`;"33 •ra s.l O TRAFFIC DEPARTJIE~T• . 6 5,1 , 0 0 , 8 4 7 1 A Receiptsßeceipts .... .:• •••• .* •••• ..• .: .. ; iv ....--'%.: ° ° U° : °v :3 Total receipts in month of September, 1869•••114601:416t1 Total receipts in month of September, 1868... ...........-- 3 " 8, 4 Increas e e ar . n - ing . s .. in the .in-oni.h. 0f...jug..1•154881.2::5 49 ' Corresponing onth of 1868 ... ... ". "' ..----13 6 Estimated 5:834:I: on the D. &S.C. R. R., not included abOVO 139,0662 Increase ... ... ... ... .. ... ... .. i., 2 "' i l ircra il The car shops of • the Union PacifiC l' 0 3 0 ; 0 0 0 Company, at Omaha, were burrod Oct. 2 5 . 14 ,. v 0 hoe ° fires, both on the Central and the United Pacific, 'sg,tiee thethe work of a gang of incendiaries. One obrge-rt is P s' sibl company is the employment of the Chinese. s is o peo e that this fire may have been .cidental, but to this suspicion. c Lieut.-Commander i e N uet iV tch A L L pnai I sa • s T na E dge 3 e i r S . i — . The United Pta tc ' s st 1: :11111 Gua ad rd arrived at New York, Ost• 12, from Bostorhcied by complement of 26 Adams,of ficers and 123 mett ' a list of her officers : su r C g o e l e l ta in , s, D J a . v S ia tic m kn a . ' i' " F. Commanders, E. N. Kellogg and IL C. let;Tay ilatoa Tu ttle• Court-Martial at Boston, in the case of Lieurocibe4 mander Seely, late of the United States steanie! its e' charged with cruel treatment to seamen, closeal bs e alr c o urt wi i,st ecl/ ceediugs, 0ct.15. The conclusion of the proe:l theedor mitted to Secretary Robeson before being Thu War and Navy Departments have u nited il l a• t 1 °S• tion of a uniform system of signals to be us e- i n ri r ' - ',: t f' tary and naval branches of service. Cee ,llla-d w e ll ."" 48 4 Leo of the Navy and Gen. Myer of the Arra - ,tr i i or?' charge of the respective branches, with the ne cesft- beg iu ft° ec—yk , C;3Ho6pm:aN di :—Commander, carriesmay s ad . rs aet Paymaster, : re I iyh:::A.111. a: Adams' c j h e s 'l , f . and ell a .:.o i c o. . s i I 1 i e: g 11:,, ! to e of the of assistants. The work of reorganization is once.—lt is generally believed that the senterts We t : court-martial on Capt. Monroe of the garinee°r'iofor; missal from the service, but on account of s o n the ~,,°; tion in the records and previous good condo c " - Av eye' cased, it is presumed that it will be mitigate to ..- , , 0 suSponsion. The Washington Chronicle is responsible' 0 0 , - 0 1 IP following:—" Emily Jordan, who is wen P, at tb. this city, and who played a part in Ferl3l°S,loloAfts Chicago Opera House last week, ar.d Charl es re port 6in i who took the part of Major Jorum, eloped, it 16 s te d P 1 on Sunday night. Theatrical circles are ranch ioru.. t, as the lady, it is said, has a husband in New i ".." A • 0 0 3 .littia CADVERTISEMENT.—HoIIoway's Pills and .; er tic°ol.l' Lumbago, derangements of the kidneys, all f?•1 1 otor i ot, pains of the muscles and nerves are relieved Wi t ivtfl'ops ing rapidity by the use of this extraordin.sr9 pi gs. _ to f, affectedhave parts, previously fomenttswsiotolitblls,,,fq; aied by the judicious use of these invigors,tio%ro iva.oo out e re o g n u ly lat t e obab y riskly rubbed with to obtain instant relief, which, by persverautese;sossttirtv duct to a certain cure. Whilst the Ointinen. ... Ido albrsuperficial,anyethla t h o s eever fl at searching yet harmless preparations. BIRTHS. COOP r E s. RaO ar n le t s h the 030dpein:to. at 0 1 11 3 : iV estbourno-Pqr Acur bt c' 3) ((Wet TAL M BOT On the 4th lostf , , at St. Ja Mes'e-S Emma Talbot, of a son. STEWART —PIM —On the 2d 001' lf 6103 1,0 MADD/SON—MAIN-0 the 'n tat St. hire, Elizabeth, ' sSeicdonnedydjgartagdetirr of Otrh eSef:bdrft' Peckham • ins t•, • Yori,' • 2 R dRI.AGES. gr,iiolo, Edward P. Stewart, Esql.,nsCta"patt. 711.8tchldsitg°171i'ru'ifr'''il*t° Charlotte Henrietta, oldest daughter of (i e Esq., of Brenanstown, co. Dublin. 1 , 40 4.• DEATB RI .—aged o At S a lisbury, Sir James Francis iii‘re/15' & aged 47. WATTS—On the 2d inst ., at Byde, Ilenrs,lo ASPSStr:I.Vtad: London: Printed mud Published by WILL,IO toe of No. 112, S trand, Printer, at Via SUN 0010 of 14°ilida10914. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CoUlltY nide7l so-Twabei 102. 11.4