The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times thinks it is remarkable that of all the propo sitions announced for discussion at the Conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, the question of the French Treaty should be the most important. Birming ham, Hull, Belfast, Kendal, Plymouth, and Bradford have sent representatives to the Commercial Congress. The income tax is stigmatised by the representatives of Hull as inequitable and impolitic, and the propriety of making some impression on the National Debt by annual reduc tion seems to have been favourably entertained at Bir mingham. As for the rest, the subjects announced for debate are mainly professional, including postal reforms, acceleration of mails, uniformity of weights and mea sures, international coinage, bankruptcy laws, and so forth. Among all these, however, there stands out is singular relief, as a real and practical question, the case of the French Treaty. Lot the present malccntents just observe that the case against American brcadstuffs is absolutely identicalwith that against French silks. English farmers might allege, exactly like Coventry weavers, that American agriculturists are getting the benefit of our markets, while we are not getting theirs. Why should Yankee corn-growers be allowed to drive British wheat down to 45. a quarter, when they will not help our spinners Ly ordering a y.v. - A.of calico at Manchester? What would our working men say to this argument ? Would they not ray thrt whatever the Americans chose to do about buying cheap cotton, we should simply be fools if we re fused to buy their cheap bread? That ought certainly to be their reply; but such a reply surrenders the whole doctrine of modern " Reciprocity," and leaves no complaint available against the French Treaty. It is quite true that the necessaries of life are now dear, but that is because the consumers have been multiplied, and each consumer's notion of what is " necessary' has been materially en larged. Free Trade has, indeed, in one sense been the cause of this result; that is to say, it has increased the expectations and demands of every working man's family. But what would be the price of bread and meat at this moment if foreign importations were stopped ? That is a question which the artisans of Birmingham would do well to ask themselves at their next meeting. The Daily News declares that the village poacher is not a very promising hero. With his velveteen coat, and its capacious pockets, or pokes, designed for the receptacle of the game—whence his name of poaching or pocketer— with his lurcher and well-trained and ill-fed mongrels at his peels; the frequenter of public-houses by day, and of coverts by night; debauched and debauching, he is the curse of the neighbourhood which he haunts. The wonder is, that country gentlemen should be as anxious as they are to preserve him on their estates. He does not pre cisely rank as game, but the game laws are not less responsible for his existence and multiplication than they are for the maintenance of partridges and pheasants. He is as entirely their creation as smugglers were the pro duct of high customs duties ; and unhappily the public opinion of the labouring class is as little pronounced against his doings as it was in former times against those of the " free traders "of our coast towns. It is at the cost of brawl and bloodshed that the Legislature protects the pleasures of noblemen and country gentlemen. What is sport to the Marquis of Westminster may be death to the Marquis's gamekeeper. These Homeric battles over the dead bodies of hares and rabbits mingle farce and tragedy in pitiable fashion; Though the laws of England and of every other country decline to ac knowledge property in wild animals, the petty ITimrods have managed to evade the spirit of the law. Our noblemen and gentlemen are in many instances rather traders in game than sportsmen. They preserve and kill, in order to sell. Hares and rabbits and pheasants are the landlord's stock, which he feeds at the expense of his tenant. tut the farmer's direct loss is, perhaps, his least calamity. The social demoralisation, the lawless temper, the acts of violence and murder, which the Game Laws foster on every estate where they are strictly enforced, are evils far more serious. These laws, while founded upon an absurd pretence to property in animals fence naturce, conflict equally with public policy and morality and a sound economy. Next session, we believe, they will be challenged. Their abolition ought to be one of the earliest achievements of a Reformed Parliament. " Mute of malice," That, says the Standard, will be the verdict of public opinion upon the persistent silence of our Ministerial contemporaries in the matter of tho appointment of Messrs. Fenwick and Schneider a s magistrates for the county of Lancaster. We have twice appealed to them to deny, if it be possible, that the Government has included in the commission of the peace for that great county two men whom a Royal Commission has declared guilty of the crime of "debauching and degrading" the constituency of the former borough of Lancaster, and whom, as members of a class, the House of Commons has asserted, in an address to the Crown, should not receive such an honour, and if already possessing it, should be stripped of it ; or, if denial bo impossible, tooffer some justification or palliation of such a scandalous abuse of the prerogative of the Crown, and such an unprecedented insult to the House of Commons. But what can they do? Mr. Gladstone has formally accepted corruption as the principle cf his Administration. He has scattered peer ages and baronetcies broadcast as consideration for past and fwture services. Can journalists who conjure with his name venture, whilst corruption is thus elevated to a principle, to protest against the elevation of notorious, and, so to speak, convicted bribers to the judgment seat? All their virtue oozes out at the palms of their hands, the moment Mr. Gladstone throws his mantle over the sinners. They probably do not like it, but they dare not complain, and they hope to get rid of the scandal by an os' entatious refusal to see it. In this hope, however, they are very much mistaken, and they will find in the long run that they would have done much better to take the honest part at once. The scandal will not be allowed to blow over. When Parliament meets Mr. Gladstone will be asked to reconcile these appoint ments with his speech upon Mr. Taylor's motion. Mr. Taylor himself will, no doubt, if not anticipated by some member from the locality in which this outrage has been perpetrated, bring the subject under the attention of the House of Commons ; and we can but regret, for the sake of our Liberal contemporaries and the public, that the singu lar diffidence which has characterised his parliamentary career should prevent him from at once denouncing these appointments in some ultra-Radical journal. The Herald regrets to find that the report on "Crime in the Army" for the year IS6B, by Captain Du Cane, Inspector-General of Military Prisons, exhibits, a steady and progressive increase in the number of men committed for military offences. The report states that this increase is in a great measure due to the prevalence of drunkenness amongst the soldiers, and it anticipates a considerable diminution in this offence from the new regulation, which now punishes it by fine instead of imprisonment. After drunkenness desertion stands prominent in the cata logue of military crimes, for -which 1,776 of the 7,553 sentences passed in 1868 were inflicted. The Inspector anticipates that a time is coming when it may be possible to refuse or dismiss men of marked bad character, when proposing to enlist or when actually in the ranks, which implies that such persons are at present accepted as re cruits and retained under arms. Yet we cannot conceive why this should be so when, as correctly stated in a pre- ceding passage of the report, they are more than worthless as soldiers, and their presence tends to damage discipline by the bad example they eet to others. Captain Du Cane grounds his expectations of procuring a better class of men for the army on the advantages which a soldier now enjoys in pay or its equiralent combined with the prospect of remunerative em ployment after an honourable discharge advan, tapes which he believes are gradually being realised and the dread of whose forfeiture he thinks sufficient to deter the ordinarily well conducted men from infraction of duty. Ent in our mind the first step to be taken to render a military career popular amongst eligible recruits would be at once to refuse admission to the army to men of known bad character, and summarily to dismiss them, when their evil propensities become k nown , a ft er th e infliction of a punishment which would prevent their entertaining any desire to return again. For young men of education and respectability will be always disinclined to mix with such companions, or to enter a profession which their misconduct has branded with an unenviable reputation. For the behoof of both makers and consumers e of bread, the Telegraph desires to note the fact that of wheat and flour, which have been gradually on MondayfaliVncgesfoorf months past, made a further plunge d ownwar d s at Mark-lane; the result being that the val ue o f both com modities modifi tim e during is now almost as low as it has been at any t during the last four ye ars—that is, before ou r latest series re of deficient harvests commenced. In such circumstances bread ought, of course —taking the usual relation of the manufactured article to the raw material--to be very cheap. From the highest point which was reached, for both wheat and - flour, rather more than a year and a half ago, there had been a gradual decline, amounting for the whole period to about 40 per cent. But the corresponding fiol in bread has certainly not exceeded 23 per cent., and, in the case of high-priced Inker 3, it has been only about 20 per cent. Tn otherwords, the quartern is only twopence cheaper, whereas, to give the public the full benefit of the fall in the raw material, it should have been at least threepence or fourpence chearer. It would seem, therefore, that the bakers either sol.d at a 1:) , 44 some time ago, or are reaping exorbitant profits now. But the o admirable tradesmen are much too sound in their political economy to work at a loss; on the contrary, they sell in . the dearest market ; and it may be set down as a fact beyond dispute, that their prices always leave room, with an ample margin, for the performance of all necessary duties to themselves and the State. We are justified, then, in sug gesting that they should follow Mark-lane, and give the public the full benefit of those purchases of cheap flour which they have made within the last few weeks. Between the first importer or producer, and the consumer, there are wide differences of price, representing large profits, Mer chant, factor, miller, baker—each has a slice; while it is invariablya long time before the bread-eater gets any share of the benefit. But are not the bulk of the consumers the poorer classes ?—is not bread their staff oflif . 9l-_—__and IS met Win* 1 THE CARDIFF ABDUCTION CASE, This case has entered another phase. The Jewish com munity wish to obtain a final decision on the point raised. It will be recollected that Vice-Chancellor James declined to appoint a guardian, and left the father of Miss Esther Lyons to apply for a writ of Habeas Corpus. The attorney engaged for the relations has since entered an appeal against the judgment of the learned Vice-Chancellor, and the matter will be determined in the Court of Appeal. It is also said that an application will be made for a writ of habeas corpus. Miss Lyons in the meantime remains with Mrs. Keep, to be produced in the event of a habeas being granted. PROCEEDINGS AGAMST BROKERS. Before the Court of Aldermen, a case of great impor tance to the mercantile community, and especially to brokers, came on for hearing on Tuesday by adjournment. It was 4, petition presented by Messrs. Edward Walker Co; Charles Hudson Cox, and John Litticwocd Pick, car rying on business at Liverpool as brokers, complaining of a certain proceeding by Messrs. Vaughan, Smith, and Co., brokers, London. It appeared that Messrs. Cox in structed Moms. Vaughan, Smith, and Co., to purchase for them a certain quantity cf tallow at a certain price, giving them a margin of 3d. per cwt. The tallow was supplied at the excess sum, and Messrs. Cox duly advised thereof. Circumstances came to their knowledge which led them to think that it had not been bought as stated, but that that Which was supplied had been bought prior to the order, and at a much lower figure There upon Messrs. Cox, through their solicitor, called on Messrs. Vaughan, Smith, and Co. to disclose the names of their prin cipals. Messrs. Vaughan and Co. declined to comply. They offered, however, to submit their books for inspection to the Court of Aldermen, as they are bound to do, and the petitioner craved that the court would cause an investigation to be made into these charges against Messrs. Vaughan, Smith, and Co. The petition was dismistied. THREATENING NOTICES. The Freeman's Journal says that the following strange notice was found posted on a tree in the neighbourhood of Knocklong, previous to the recent monster demonstration at Kilcrowley TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. We, the undersigned being duly appointed committee of detection in the district, do hereby give public notice to the farmers of Knocklong parish that a procession will form at Knocklong, on Sunday, the ith instant, and leave there for the great meeting to be held at Kilcrowley Wood on that day, and we do hereby give public notice to the farmers of Knocklong that if they do not join the said procession they will be denounced as traitors to the cause of lIIISII NATIONALITY. And we do heiteby declare that a list of the names of such of the aforesaid farmers of Knocklong parish as do not appear in the aforesaid procession on the aforesaid day will be posted at the parish chapel for three consecutive Sundays, and published in the Irishman, Flag, and People of Ireland, of Saturday, Nov. 3. And furthermore, we do hereby give public notice to the aforesaid farmers of the aforesaid parish of Knocklong, that they will be required to bring their cars to the afore said meeting. (Signed) TIM THE SPY HUNTER. JACK THE EYE OPENER. WILL-0 9 THE WISP. EARLY THE BLAST. EARTHQUAKES IN NEW ENGLAND. The Boston Advertiser of October 23 states that the shock of an earthquake was felt on the previous morning in that city. The vibration was similar to that caused by the jarring of a heavy team. The motion was felt through most of the New England States, and extended even to New Brunswick. A gentleman living near Harvard College was awakened by such a shock that he thought the neigh bouring arsenal had been blown up. A female servant in his family, who was much afraid of ghosts, had that night been persuaded to sleep in a room in which an aged lady had recently died. Roused by the shock, she rushed to her mistress, exclaiming, " Oh, missus ! missus! the old woman is under the bed !" In Concord two shocks were felt and at a dozen towns in Maine, the movement occurred at the same hour-5.30. The length of time mentioned in the different accounts varies from one to three minutes. Earthquakes in New England are very rare, though they have been chronicled at intervals. In 1811 violent convulsions shook the valley of the Mississippi, lakes disappeared and new ones were formed ; but as a general rule their consequences have not been serious. The event of this year has created much interest, on account of the anxiety felt respecting the predicted disturbances in the southern continent A Yo UNG WIFE WELL MAT C ITE D—S amuel Baldwin, a gentleman of Hampshire, had by his will, in the year 1; 3G, ordered that after his decease his body should be thrown into the sea beyond the Needles, which was accordingly complied with. On making inquiry into his motives for this singular disposal of his remains, it was discovered that he made it for the purpose of dis- appointing a young wife, who had frequently assured him, by way of consolation, that she would dance upon his grave. KEEPING lam CooL.—When an Arab woman intends marrying again after the death of her husband, she goes the night before the ceremony to pay a visit to his grave. There she kneels, and prays him not to be offended —not to be jealous. As, however, she feels he will be offended and jealous, the widow brings with her a donkey laden with two goats' skins of water. The prayer ended, she proceeds to pour the water on the grave, to keep the first husband cool under the irritating circumstances about to take place, and, having well saturated him, she departs. _ UNDISCOVERED POETS.—A mute inglorious Milton is a form of genius that must be becoming more rare than it was in the time of Gray. A Scotch paper offered prizes varying from £2 10s. down to a book, for the best poem, the best tale, and the best letter written by a boy or girl; and it received in response 420 of the first, 156 of the second, and 57 of the third. These effusions were protected from the inquisitive tendency of the Postmaster- General and his subordinates by methods of security in which great ingenuity in the use of rural resources was displayed, the fastenings employed including "sealing wax, common bees-wax, resin, weavers' dressing, glue, gum, tape (red, white, and blue), cords of all sizes, from common twine to cart ropes, and brass wire." A SUBMARINE POLICE Foitcz WANTED.—AR interesting story is told by one of the Manx papers, which shows the necessity of a submarine police to protect divers from the attacks of sea monsters when engaged in the performance of their duty. It seems that a diver srho was engaged in laying the concrete blocks under water at the pier works at Douglas sudp denly observed an immense creature, of a fishy nature, eye ing him attentively with extended jaws. Judging from the expression of its features that it viewed his proceedings with disapproval, and that its intentions were hostile, the diver thought it prudent to take the initiative, and he ac cordingly thrust one of his tools into the creature's mouth. Then commenced a fearful struggle. The superior weight and science of the diver, however, gave him an advantage over the monster, who soon shewcd symptoms of distress; the diver immediately st_ nailed to the man in charge of the pump and was rapidly drawn to the surface, bearing with him triumphantly the body of his exhausted antagonist. which proved to be a "toad fish." or "fishing frog." It measured from the tip of the snout to the point of the tail 4ft. 6in., across the shoulder from fin to fin 3ft,, and across the mouth extending vertically and horizontally 10 to 12in. ; and but for his size ho was sufficiently loathsome and offensive in appearance to render him a pleasing addition to any pri vate aquarium. HANS ANDERSEN AT A CUILD'S PARTY.—In the course of a letter from Italy to the Philadelphia Bulletin, Miss Anne Brewster gives the following interesting anec dote of Hans Christian Andersen :—" A charming story of Hans Christian Andersen. When he visited Rome, eight years ago, ho was the guest of Story, in his apartment at the Palazza Barberini. Andersen was asked what sort of entertainment would please him best. He replied—A children's party. So all the juvenile friends of his host and hostess were as sembled together. Hans Anderson looked like a great stork in an aviary of pretty little birds, but he soon gathered them around him and interested them deeply in a long strain of delightful fairy tales. The children listened a ttentiv ely, rsanctime-i looking very sad, sometimes clapping their little hands, and screaming with delight. After a while the doors were thrown open, and Mr. Story appeared, dressed as " The Pied I iper of Hamelin." "The children were wild with fun, and they and Andersen pursued the Piper in every direction. My friend, who told me the s tory, turned to Browning, who was also present, and said: 'Read them your poem' They would not understand it,' answered Browning. ' They would at least understand something about what they are enjoying,' urged my friend. So the children were summoned, and Robert Browning read them his own poem, ' The Pied Piper of Hamelin,' with great success. Ia must have been a delightful scene—a crowd of pretty,well dressed, intelligent children listening to Hans Andersen and Browning recite their own famous creations, and romping with the sculptor Story—sonuthing for them to remember_ in dig ye.ars.'!w, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. GLA3fORGANEMIRE. The elevation of Mr. C. R. M. Talbot to the peer age leaves a vacancy for the county which he has represented for nearly forty years. Some think of starting Mr. G. T. Clark, of Dowlais ; others would prefer the Right Hon. 11. A. Bruce, now member for Renfrewshire. The Home Secretary sought re election for Merthyr Tydvil, which is in Glamorgan shire, last November, but was defeated. It is stated that the Conservatives will bring forward Mr. John Dillwyn Llewellyn, who is believed to be ready to contest the seat. us that - "if a Bishop of Lincoln deArred to visit all the parishes in the diocese, and to spend 'a Sunday in each, it would take . him fifteen years to make the circuit." To expect any bishop to satisfactorily preside over such a district is absurd. Yet Dr. Wordsworth could get no subdivision of his diocese. In default thereof— though subdivision would be much more beneficial — he has determined to appoint a suffragan. In a post script to his letter Bishop Wordsworth refers to the Council, " erroneously called (Ecumenical," about to be held at Rome, and expresses an earnest hope that the clergy of his diocese " will avail themselves of this event as an opportunity for reminding the people, in their sermons, what the true character and position of the Church of England is, protesting agamst the errors, novelties, corruptions, and usurpations of the Papal Church, and as solemnly bound to do this, because she desires, and is resolved, God helping her, to be a faithful witness of all Scrip tural and Catholic truth, as taught by Christ and His holy Apostles, and as received by the Primitive Church." SOUTHWARK. The Liberals of Southwark experience much diffi culty in deciding upon a candidate. At a meeting held on Monday evening supporters of Sir Sydney Waterlow, Sir Francis Lycett, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Odger, and Mr. Bradlaugh mustered strongly. Each had speakers in his favour, and some were supported by distinct propositions. Mr. Bradlaugh did not meet with much support; but Sir Sydney Waterlow did, although the motion in his favour was declared to be lost. It was decided not to chose a man at present, but to wait in order to hear the sentiments of all the candidates. TIPPEIIARY. The electors of Tipperary ought to know all about Mr. O'Donovan Rossa, and must therefore be left to use their own judgment respecting the sugges tion that they should return that person to Parlia ment. But the public may as well be informed that O'Donovan Rossa is neither a Wilkes nor an O'Connell. He is in gaol as a Fenian. Previously to getting into gaol he was a solicitor's clerk, utterly destitute of education, and his career has not been fruitful in evidences either of good sense or temper. The vo ters of Tipperary have already, in the person of Mr. D. C. Heron, a candidate who has promised pretty nearly all that the most extreme could wish, including fixity of tenure and the release of the Fenian prisoners. Mr. Heron, however, does not pledge himself to open treason, and that, no doubt, the tenant of Millbank will be glad to do. The nomination takes place next Monday. Besides Mr. Heron, Mr. Peter Gill is a candidate, and, according to the Nenagh Guardian, will go to the poll. He is a strong Fenian sym pathiser, TYRONE. The rumour that the Right Hon. Henry Corry will retire from the representation of Tyrone is denied. The late First Lord of the Admiralty is now, says the Tyrone Constitution, in better health than he has enjoyed for several years past. MORTALITY IN THE LEGISLATURE. The decease of Viscount Canterbury' raises the number of deaths in both Houses of Parliament since last December to the large total of forty. Of these twenty-six were temporal, and three spiritual peers. The remainder were members of the Lower House. The Bishop of Exeter attained the greatest age-91—in the obituary list of peers. The Earl of St. Maur, who died at the age of 33, was the youngest. Sir John V. B. Johnstone, the old member for Scarborough, was the eldest amongst the eleven deceased members of the House of Commons. He was 70 years of age, and Captain Spiers, M.P. for Renfrewshire, was 28. COST OF ELECTION PETITIONS. A. parliamentary return was issued yesterday morn ing, giving some particulars of the cost appertaining to the prosecution of election petitions. Over £1,500 was allowed to the three judges for ex penses ; whilst the sum necessary for the judges' marshals, mayors, town clerks, and shorthand writers amounted to nearly £ll,OOO. Nearly half of this sum was swallowed up by the shorthand writers alone. The smallest amount allowed for costs was at Salisbury, where only a formal inquiry took place ; the largest sum was at Bewdley, w h ere £1,241 was handed over to Mr. Thomas Lloyd when he succeeded in unseating Sir Richard Glass. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM. The Birmingham education meeting, which we reported in a telegram yesterday, should not be lightly overlooked. Three men of mark amongst the Romanists addressed the Assembly. In the chair was Dr. Ullathorne, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Birmingham ; the mover of the first resolution was Lord Edward Howard, one of Mr. Gladstone's new peers, and the Earl of Denbigh proposed the third. The meeting was very large, the Town Hall being crowded to excess. The resolutions were carried unanimously. The first declared that education could not be given separate from religion; the second eulogised the denominational system. The Bishop's speech was a very powerful one. He called secular schools " godless " ones, and argued with emphasis against the possibility of education being given apart from religion. The idea of reading the Protestant ver sion of the Bible without comment excited his especial wrath. "How can those sacred books be read with out being explained; and how can they be explained without either a religious or an anti-religious bias in the teacher ?" The Earl of Denbigh put his argu ments in a small compas s; th oug h he spoiled it perhaps by carrying it t oo f ar . "Why (he asked) was man created." " He had asked the question in the House of Lords, and he gave the very simple answer that was to be found in the Catholic c , :techism—that the cause for which they were created was that they might love, honour, and serve God, and save their own soulA. It was as clear as that two and two made four, that if they wore created for that object, and if education was really the training of a man to attain that object, they must be instructed inthe nature and attributes of God before they could love Him. There fore any man who proposed to educate mankind without giving him definite, dogmatic religion was a fool. He was educating him, but ho would only make of him what the Duke of Wellington called an intelligent devil. They would make him the most mischievous and dangerous creature that walked the earth. NATIONAL EDUCATION. The Rev. It. W. Dale, of Birmingham, has, after considerable hesitation, joined the banner of the National Education League. In a letter to the President he expresses his conviction that the only true and permanent basis of an efficient system cf national education is to be found in unsectarian schools, established and maintained by local rates, supplemented by Government grants. Mr. Dale agrees that "it is the duty of the nation to protect the right of every child to receive a certain measure of education." But he cannot give his adhesion .to the indiscriminate %bolition of school fees. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION --------- Mr. E. Chadwick, C.B.—tho same whose being recommended to the electors of Kilmarnock by Hr. John Stuart Mill last year caused so much adverse comment--has been inaugurating by an introductory address, the winter session of the Social Science Association. He commenced by giving in his adhesion, and pledging. the association, to unsecta rian education. F rom that subject he passed to the Reciprocity agitation ; and while denying. that Free Trade had produced commercial depression, he maintained the necessity for an inquiry to satisfy those who were doubting the good effects Df Cobden's policy. Mr. Chadwick did not tell us how this inquiry was to be made. The failure of the cotton trade he attributed wholly to the American civil war; and prophesied that when the Southern States regained their position, Manchester and its neighbourhood would once again rise in prosperity. The transference of the railways to the Government, he thought, was a necessary measure ; the time, however, we would point out, is hardly yet come for the discussion of such a proposal ; the telegraphs must bo tried before the State will care to experiment again in the same Erection. Lastly, Mr. Chadwick demanded a public prosecutor. THE CONFIRMATION OF DR. TEMPLE. Archdeacon Denison—who writes about a letter per diem to some paver or another—is now agitating for an opposition to the confirma tion of Dr. Temple in Bow Church. Ile advocates that memorials be sent begging the Archbishop of Canterbury and the other bishops not to consecrate ; but that, as he probably feels, would have little effect. He therefore proposes that incum bents should come from the Exeter diocese and pro test on the day of confirmation. THE CONGE D'ELIRE. " A Layman," in a sensible and forcible letter to the Times, advocates the abolition of the conge (Mire. The election is a mere form ; some say a very f arce . Th ere is no reality in it whatso ever. It is, moreover, a " superstitious usage," and not a harmless one. Those who take part in it must (as "A Layman" observes) act, when they do not agree with an appointment, either as dummies o r hypo c rites : unless, indeed, they are unwise enough to raise a contest with the Crown ; and in that case they must go down before supe rior authority and power. The -very exist ence, too, of a chance of opposition to the Crown is so irresistible that of itself it is productive of religious cabals, bitter party contests, and unseemly agitation. It wero better tar to dispense with a formality at once aggravating and useless, and to throw upon the episcopal body, to whom the power of consecration is reserved, the responsibility of oppos ing, in extisine cases, the choice of the Ministers of the day. The questionable practice of praying that the Almighty will aid in a choice already made, has been repeatedly discussed. THE DIOCESE OF LINCOLN AND SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS. The Bishop of Lincoln's .letter to his clergy, announcing the readiness of the Government to allow the appointment of a suffragan bishop to his large diocese, contains one or t w o significant state ments. His diocese is the largest in England save__ one. __that _DL _Easter.:,,. __and he_ __Ulla lIELP IN PARISH WORK. An appeal for lay help in evangelising the masses is about to be issued in the diocese of London, with the sanction of the Bishop. The circu lar sets forth that the clergy are wholly unequal in numbers to the overcrowded and destitute popula tions amongst whom they are placed ; and they are laden with an infinity of secular work essential to the good of their parish and the efficient carrying out of their plans, yet grievously interfering with the higher functions of their ministry. Laymen and women might assist in visita tion, instruction, and the conducting of certain kinds of religious services. They are therefore re quested to come forward and help in large numbers. Even the occasional aid of visitors to the Metropolis will be cordially welcomed during the coming winter. A LAND CENSUS. Mr. W. Tighe Hamilton discusses the land ques tion from a landlord's point of view—on which Mr. Hamilton must be regarded as one of the best authorities. Agreeing with Earl Clarendon that the landlord who would usurp his tenant's just rights commits a felony, he points out that no one has yet ascertained what those rights precisely are, or to what extent they exist. Detailed information as to the relations between landlord and tenant in every part of the country there is not. Mr. Hamilton thinks that what is most needed is a special census of matters of fact which can be ascertained in no other way. " Let us proceed with the tenantry by plebiscite, and require each tenant who thinks that he has a right to compensation to make a return, on oath, of certain information',for the use of Parliament." Mr. Hamilton would have the Government delay discussion for a couple of months, and require that, meantime, each tenant shall fill and file with the Clerk of the Peace, as he would an ordinary census paper, a form to be supplied to him. This form should show the nature of his tenure, the amount of rent now payable, the amount . payable when the tenant came into possession, and the expense, if any, of improvements during the period of holding. It should also show what, the tenant consider s th e present letting value of his holding ; and, if its value be increased, how much of the advance is due to improvements made by him self. Such a census could be quickly made, and wmgd lay bare the whole length and breadth of the subject. Should it revolutionise our ideas, cause the subject to lose its present proportions, or to collapse altog e th er — an d M r . llamilton thinks it may readily produce these results—it will be well worth the trouble. The worst of the suggestion is that it comes too late. The Government Land Bill is supposed to be already sketched out. THE MINERS IN CONFERENCE. The growing fashion among artisans and workmen generally of meeting in conferences and congresses, though it presents many opportunities for satire, is Tet a healthy sign. The public by means of it gets informed of the general feeling among the classes who thus come together. The miners of Staffordshire have been holding a conference at Oldham. They came to these conclusions :-1. That the hours of labour in mines are, on account of the unhealthiness of the work, too many—yet, in consideration of them, they agreed to take more wages, a question of health against money. 2. That fire-damp, choke damp, wet, and a system of favouritism which Prevails in mines are pernicious evils, which ought, so much as possible, to be moderated. 3. That the want of sufficient - ventilation the fault of the masters—was scandalous and shameful : carelessness—the fault of the men—was not deemed worthy of notice. 4. That education was needed for the miners' children. THE ST. PANCRAS RORRORS. Notwithstanding the assertions of the St. Pancras Guardians that their accommodation for the sick is excellent, and that whatever deficiency exists is owing solely to the machinations of Dr. Ellis, testi mony from high authorities continues to affirm the contrary. Dr.Lockbart Robertson declares that the in firmary wards of St. Pancras are wanting in every requisite for the treatment of curative disease. "If the parish of St. Pancras means to fulfil its legal obligations to the sick poor, it is certainly essential to disuse these wards, and to provide fitting accommo dation elsewhere. It is quite impossible that any scientific man could form any other opinion on this question." The Registrar-General, too, complains of the workhouse management in another way. He has been unable to obtain the particulars of several deaths which have recently occurred in the " house,' and he complains that this serious defect in the register is occasioned by the refusal of the resident medical officer to give the usual information as to the nature of the fatal disease. MOCK AUCTIONS. The Court for Crown Cases Reserved has given s decision which will materially affect the prosperity of that deserving class of the community which gains a living by mock auctions. A woman was enticed into a mock auction-room, and the usual ceremony was gone through. The auctioneer and his confederates pretended that she had made a bidding of 268. for a piece of dab. She denied that she had bid for it, but the men refused to let her go until she had paid.. Under fear she paid the money and took the cloth, rwgiving information'. The auctioneer was convicted of stealing the sum of 265. ; and it is this unexpected decision which the superior court has confirmed. Such an extortion was held to be robbery. THE HOLBORN VIADUCT. The official inspection of the Holborn Viaduct has taken place, and the result is said to be on the whole reassuring as to the stability of the structure. The cause of • the failure is n ow said to be neither the vibration of traffic nor the enormous weight which has lately b een pu t u p on the bridge. The fault is essentially (so say engineers) one of con struction. Iron contracts and expands with the temperature. The whole mass, therefore, must be constantly on the move. This elastic superstructure is rigidly connected encastre ( as it i s t e rmed techni cally) to the piers, which are themselves perfectly rigid and inelastic. If th e enormous f orc e involved in the contractive and expansive movements of a bridge of such span be not allowed to expend itself freely, something must give way somewhere. The piers cannot bend, therefore they must break. CIGAR-BOXES. Smokers are enjoined to burn, break, or otherwise destroy their cigar -boxes. Dealers are in the habit of buying up old boxes with a good brand, filling them with abominations, and retailing the whole as specimens of high class " weed." In this way thousands of rank British cigars are passed off as genuine Havanas. Sometimes this fraud of using false brands is detected and punished, but generally the swindlex escapes. Th e mos t effective precaution would be to destroy all empty boxes, for these are bought up from servants by persons who make a living out of the fraud. Su c h a precau tion would render the fable brand system more difficult and dangerous THE SUEZ CANAL. "A_ Scandarene " contradicts the statement 01 the Suez Canal Company that the Lattif vessel which attemp t e d t o g o up the canal from Pori Said to Ismailia, never grounded once during tilt voyage. He asserts that the Lattif grounded not once but four times, the last and most serious mishal occurring about six and a half miles from Kantara( that she touched the ground slightly ten or elever times ; and that at the last shock she broke thoi propeller of her screw. She is otherwise damaged ; and has since been in the dry floating dock, under. going repairs. The public must wait to see whiff of these two statements is the correct one. _ COURSE OF EXCHANGE. - Amsterdam.- Short ... 11 18 ... 11 18 Do . Rotterdam.,,,, .— ... 12 1 ... 12 1 Antwerp _ ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels ....... ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Hamburgh — ... 13 11 ... 13 111 Paris Ditto Vienna ........ Marseilles ................ 25 3 4 ••• 25 37 i Frankfort-on -the-Main 1201 ... 1201 12 571 ... 12 621 Trie5te..........'...................... ••• ... 12 55 ... 12 60 Petersburg ............... _ ... 29 ... 294- Copenhagen.... ...... ..... ..._ ~ 9 20 ... 9 24 Berlin ..................... _ ... 6 271 ... 6 28 Madrid.. .................. _ ... 481 ... an Cadiz, 'B4l Legho_.. ....................... 26 48 77 .. ... 26 49 85 rn .................. 1 Mi1an ........................ ... 26 77. ... 26 85 Genoa ...................... Naples ..................... ... 26 771 ... 26 85 Palermo ..................... -- ... 26 77* ... 26 85 Messina .................. .. 26 77* ... 26 85 Lisbon ..................... ... 511 ..). 52 Oporto ..................... ... 51 1 ••• 52 Rio Janeiro ............... ... ... NG, INOVEMBER 17, 1F69. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, Oct. 30. 'We are on the eve of an election, and the political papers are screaming into all ears, Register ! Re gister ! but the people will not register, and not withstanding that the fate of the Republic hangs on the issue, as we are all told, they seem to regard that downward course (for they are said to be going somewhere) with perfect unconcern, indeed with an indifference which would argue they rather liked rolling downhill. The sensation of the week re lates to General Butterfield, as Father Ilyacinthe cannot be stirred up for public amusement. The Father visited Mr. Beecher's church, and the two rev. gentlemen afterwards dined together, to the scandal of the Catholics, who regard the pair as almost be yond the pale. The pair, too, ate a broiled beef steak—the sinner—on Friday, which finished him, although he liked it so much that he finished the broil. On his return from Plymouth church he was inundated with visitors. Next day he gave peremptory orders that no one should he admitted. He does not intend to visit Boston, but be will, if possible, go to Washington, while he wants to reach Rome in time for the (Ecumenical Council. He paid a visit to Air. John Bigelow, at Highland Falls, as he knew him well in Paris. The strikes, both in the Erie Railroad and in the Franklin Tele graph Company, are now adjusted, the former by the victory of the men, the latter by a compromise, the telegraph operators receiving an advance of pay of from 15 to 20 per cent., and all who participated in the strike are to be reinstated. Mr. Paul Spof ford, of the firm of Spofford, Tileston, and Co., died on Thursday at his country seat, 79 years old. He made his wealth in the shipping trade, and hav ing been established since 1818 is one of our oldest and best merchants. Mr. J. M. Vickers died on Monday morning, and the flag on the Gold Ex change was kept at half-mast during that day. The well-known philanthropist, J. W. Farmer, who established the soup-houses in the hard year of 1857, died on Sunday. The weather has been plea sant, and things, trade, speculation, gaiety, and all else, dull ; in fact, we have not recovered our drun ken bout of the 24th September, though there was an effort during the week to get up a sensation from Paris, which is declared to be on the eve of a great turmoil. But it failed in affecting the gold market, and a joke has been going the rounds that the Emperor was the only man in Paris who went to the alleged rendezvous to see what was going on. There was a seizure in Brooklyn, in a sweet place called Dickson's Alley, of seven illicit whisky stills, and we had a de lightful little fray. Stones and sticks showered on the heads of the revenue officers, who were quickly triumphant, seizing the stills as well as some of the obstructionists. Next day a truck was driven to the rectifying establishment of Goodenough and Frank ley while under seizure. The guard were gagged, and six barrels of contraband whisky were delibe rately carted away. It is, unfortunately, too true that we do more than our proper share of business in the divorce line, but sometimes we get strange specimens from your side. We get through the ceremony of getting rid of one wife before we take another, but not so with a Sir Culling Eardley or with a Roger O'Connor, who was yesterday com mitted for trial for having wives in all conve nient localities, two of them being in the court, where a pathetic scene occurred, wife No. 2, tak ing off her wedding ring and giving it to wife No. 1, weeping as she thus rid herself of the worth less baggage. Perhaps she felt relieved on getting home in reflecting that it was not her husband who was in gaol for bigamy. The cotton case, involv ing the right to the proceeds of $250,000 worth of cotton taken from the Confederate Government and sold, has been settled in favour of Vernon K. Stevenson, Judge Blatchford dismissing the attach ment. The libel suit of the Erie directors against tho financial editor of the Times was argued on Monday in the Supreme Court before Judge Car dozo ; the damages are laid at $lOO,OOO, but a deci sion has not yet been arrind at. The proceedings against the British Life Assurance Company, which was swallowed up by the European Assur ance Society, which the London Times announced to have failed, was resumed also before Judge Car doze, and Judge Porter ou behalf of the defendants urged the vacating the order of appointing a re ceiver. It now transpires the Society liss not failed, though a petition is to be heard in London for winding it up. I find the statement of the Gold Exchange Bank Receiver gives the portion left of the capital of $500,000, as $290,000. The claims against brokers amount to $174,000, of which $1.00,000 are sail to be good. The disputed claims against the bank amount to $50,000, so it is evi dent that the bank is perfectly solvent, with some 20 per cent. of its capital lost. Mr. Le grand Lockwood's home at Norwalk has been dis cussed, and the owner's chamber is described as furnished with elaborately inlaid rosewood, the bed stead canopied with green, forming a framework of gold and jet. Attached are a dressing-room and an oratory, the latter frescoed in imitation of fluted white satin, the windows hung with Persian fabrics, and the ceiling in rose, drab, and gold, with a dome of sky-blue studded with stars. 'The Post-office Department has had to change the time of departure of the western mail from 6.30 to 5.20 p.m. to ac commodate the Erie. The Boston mail for the wet has to wait till next morning, and all city letters have to be deposited earlier or they have also to remain in the box all night. The drawbridge of the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Newark Bay has often been the cause of acci dents. A day or two ago a large sloop pressed by wind and tide was driven against the draw so damaged it as to render it impassable. It was quickly repaired, but there is always great danger in such an accident. Wall-street is marked by an extra ordinary dulness, the gamble having taken the heart out of many of the brokers and operators. There was a smash, by the way, on the Union Pacific in Utah, by which three Mormons were killed and five wounded. Civilisation is approaching the new Jerusalem with all its benefits in its train, and Mor mon brains are beginning to be knocked out on the roadside. I hear the accident was the result of shocking carelessness, WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. General Belknap has arrived, an d i s the guest of Colonel Dayton, of General Sherman's Staff. He has taken over the War Department. Secretary Fish leaves to-day for New York, to vote on the Tuesday elections. Mr. Law, the new Minister to China, has just had an interview with him, but in the absence of the President in Philadelphia, who, with his family, will return this evening, instruc tions could not be given. Much anxiety is felt in the Revenue Department to suppress the outrages on the Revenue officers in the South, and as protec - tion cannot be secured through the civil authorities, it is proposed to delegate their protection to the military. The gigantic frauds on the Revenue, which have been worked into a system, cannot easily be suppressed ; smuggling, counterfeit stamps, fal sification of returns, and every description of eva sion is practised, so that only a third of the tax from tobacco has come in from the South ; indeed, the frauds in tobacco are almost worse than in whisky in the States of Virginia and North Carolina. Pa trols of the military arrest squads, and combinations frequently involving Government officers are being broken up, but at no small risk to the Revenue officers. Some interest is taken in the elections in New York, which promise to be close, and num• bers of enip/oyc's will go there to vote. The New Jersey Republic in Association has discovered what it considers with reason to be a false return. On calling the roll of clerks from that State, it was found that most of them had never been in New Jersey at all, but belonging to States whose quotas being tilled up they had to palm themselves off as of another State or fail to secure the appointments. The Secretaries are doing all they can to relieve themselves from the pressure of personal applica tion for office. Secretary Fish directs written ap plications only to be received, the President having ordered that such applications be made to the heads of the 'different Departments, and not to the White House. Secretary Robeson has directed that no apl 4i ca nt for employment in the Navy yards be admitted to an interview, and that the applica tions must be addressed to the Commandants of these yards. He has begun some changes which it is announcad will give general satis faction, if not to the employes, to the country. Paymaster Bogart, who has been in prison for nearly a year for the alleged misappropriation of $lO,OOO, thought he had been libera.ed. He was first brought before a civil court for trial, but be fore the case was concluded it was transferred by order to a court-martial, and the second trial was held in the Brooklyn Navy -yard, but as the sen tence was never announced the proceedings were not promulgated. Mr. Bogart has been imprisoned in the Receiving ship Vermont, where orders have been sent to release him, the proceedings of the court-martial having been set aside, but he was re arrested for another trial by the civil authorities. The Iron and Steel Association still push their al legation of the undervaluation of foreign steel, by which much of the duty is evaded and foreign com petition favoured. Mr. Boutwell informed Messrs. Felton and ..11‘Alister, who had an interview on the subject, that it was being thoroughly investigated. Gen. Spinner's report will tell iu favour of women as clerks, as in some classes of work they far excel men—in copying and preparing mutilated currency, in counting coupons and calculating interest, in detecting counterfeits; two forged coupons sent from Germany had been stopped by them after the engravers and men had passed them as genuine. The General thinks that on a fair start the women would earn most money. General Butler and his nephew, George Butler, arrived last Saturday, and secured what they sought through the interest of California ; the Senators of the Pacific Coast and of New York all recommending George 11. Butler for the Consul-Generalship of the East Indies. Mr. Butler served, in the war, and was with Gen. Lander previously in his expedition across the Plains. He has resided for some years in New York, where he is well known as a journalist. I cannot say that General Grant has been always fortunate in his appointments, but it is impossible to be so under a system which makes party claims weigh heavier than qualification. The most unfortu nate of his appointments is that of Gen. Butterfield, who you may remember made such a parade of counting the cash before he would take over the Sub-Treasury in New York. The sight of so much gold may have fired his imagination, for, although a wealthy man, he seems to have allowed himself to be used in his high office as a tool of a gambling clique. He has resigned, but his successor has not yet been named. Samuel R. Harlow has been ap pointed United States Marshal for the Southern district of New York, in place of Barlow, who has given up the post. I suppose the latter found his duties irksome under the pressure of the Cuban filibusters. IHE AMERICAN PRESS. The Nation reminds Americans that they must bear in mind that the best informed foreigners com prehend American politics very imperfectly, at taching great importance to utterances at which Americans only laugh. Foreigners understand one indication of public sentiment, and that is majorities :-- "If repudiation be the principal issue in a campaign, and the Republican party meets it by a large majority, Ameri can credit will rise. If they meet it by small majorities in a largo vote American credit will fall, because the impres sion will gain ground that the repudiators aro after all gaining in strength. Until, therefore, the national finances aro placed on a sure and lasting foundation there should be no off-years' in politics. It is not enough for us to know here that repudiation has no chance ' • the wend has to be made to know it. The Treasury is dependent now for the success of its p'an of reducing the public burdens on steady Republican support. It is not enough to elect our candidates; wo have to elect them iu such force as to show that Republican principles are losing none of their hold on the popular mind." As American credit is largely, and must continue to be largely dependent on foreign judgment of American affairs, it is necessary for the Republican party to speak out. Mr. Boutwell's policy so far in its very success is injurious to American inte rests, because in raising the credit he has raised the value of the very bonds he is buying for the nation. If the Republic is to benefit, it must be in selling Four or Five . per Cent. Bonds at par, but as it is improbable that such Bonds would be taken in a country where money so valuable as in the United States they must go abroad. It is evident that the .Nation considers Mr. Boutwell to have been cor rect in his speech at Philadelphia in addressing him self to the erfect on the credit of the country likely to result from the majorities in the States of Penn sylvania and Ohio The same piper thus discusses Alaska : ' Our readers may remember—and if not, they could have predicted it—that Mr. Seward, when he was at Sitka, made a very contented little speech to the inhabitants, in which he pitied them for only ono thing—that the weather was so warm as to make the supply of ice for drinking pur poses a very uncertain one. The people were healthy, the coast- line was 26,000 miles long, the climate had been criti cised in outside circles' as wet and cold ; on the contrary, it was one in which, while the eagle soared, the humming bird fluttered, fish were most abundant and most excellent, and the moonshine surpassed any other in the world. But if the papers do not misrepresent him, Gen. George H. Thomas, who is a careful man, takes a view of affairs there which is not so rosy. There is not business enough transacted, he says, to do anything like pay the salaries of the revenue officers who have been sent up there ; grain will not grow, anJ the small vegetables that can be raised will keep but a very little time; the territory was always a burden to Russia, who was &ad to get rid of it ; timber, fur, and fish are to be had in plenty a great deal nearer the States than Alaska; no mines have been discovered which it would pay to work; stock-raising is impossible; and, in brief, the place is of no value. But then, on the other hand, Mr. W. II Dall, who probably knows more about the country than Mr. Seward or General Thomas, says that Alaska was by no means a burden to Russia, but paid into the Imperial Treasury between 1811 and 1862 about two millions of our paper dollars in taxes ; that vege tables do not rot in a little time, for that he has eaten tur nips in March which had been gathered the September previous; that there is no such timber for ship-building anywhere else on all the Pacific coast as the abundant yellow cedar of Alaska ; that the mines of marble and coal are also the very best on that coast, and so on. in brief, says Mr. Dell, the place is of great value. Wh en , we won der, since the days when one explorer found an El Dorado up some southern river and cities walled with solid silver, and another explorer the next season found only ague and naked savages on the same shore, has a civilized Govern ment bought a pig in a poke more decidedly than we seem to have done in the case of this purchase ? The only thing that seems certain about it is that there is good shooting after you get there. As to St. Thomas, meantime, wo aro still where we were—in a position that the Senate Com mittee of Foreign Affairs ought to find embarrassing, and that certainly is sufficiently humiliating to the rest of us." The Philadelphia Public Ledger says :. " The Revised Constitution of New York, about to be submitted .to the voters of that State at the coming elec tion in November, it is asserted, restores to a great extent the power which was vested iu the Governor uuder the Constitution of 1823, which was in force for twenty-four years, that is, until 1847. Previous to 1823 there existed a Council of Revision, composed of the Chancellor the Judges of the Supreme Court and the Governor, which body held a veto paper over the acts of the Legislature, and virtually vested the control of legislation in the hands of the Governor. There also existed a Council of Ap pointment, composed of the Governors and four Senators, which was a cumbrous machine, the source of all the pa tronage of the State offices. The Constitution of 1823 abolished the two Councils, and placed the veto power solely in the hands of the Governor, and vested the power of appointment in the Governor, sub ject to the approval of the Senate and in the two houses of the Legislature. The New York Constitution of 1847 changed this ccndition of affairs, removed nearly every appointment to office from the Governor, reduced the term of office of the Senators, and, it is asserted, caused the Legislature to become either the prey or the ally of a corrupt lobby. It appears to be generally believed in New York that the Constitution of 1847, at present in force, has proved to be a failure in reference to the proper filling of public offices, and that the powers of appointment, now scattered over the State, should be placed in responsible hands. The Constitution of 1869, about to be approved or disapproved on November 2d, restores to the Governor and to the Governor and Senate a portion of the authority possessed by them in early times, and enlarges the term of the Senators from two to four years, one -half of that body retiring every two years. The following article on Bridget and Chang ap peared in the I ribune, and produced the touching tale which Mr. Jones tells below :—" The kitchen problem is becoming an imminent peril. Whether Mr. Jones be bull or bear, Bridget's tough beef steak lies alike like lead all day on his stomach and brain. It is riding him to death as surely as the relentless Old Man did Sinbad. He grows gaunt, lean, dyspeptic. Mrs. Jones, who for ten squab bling years of married life has been cherishing a dream of grey-haired retainers and faithful servi tude drawn from English novels, has wakened to the reality, cries shrilly against the insolent Irish and stolid Dutch, and is ready to thrust them out and ac cept co-operative housekeeping, a cooking machine or a Chinaman indifferently. Her inability to train and control one maid-servant gives her hopes of her success in the careers of men if her hands were once free : she has no hold on Biddy because of the great gulf between them, though their blood ran in the same channels perhaps a few generations back, so she introduces Chang as a more accordant ele ment into the household, with his little pagan gods hidden in the pantry, and his home and children in the Antipodes. There is a fact which Mrs. Jones must face sooner or later, before comfort can be restored to the distracted kitchen realm of America, and that fact is that the fault lies primarily in the mistress, and not in the maid. The ideal servant o te English r f ual itnueraedfor most o oh u set s r e ho pwr ld probably, belonged ka blyas t t r o i d a family e s;she n s was carefully by a, housekeeper or upper servant. Mrs. Jones will not accept the work of a housekeeper ? V oila ! The alter native is before her. Chang brings to his work a higher civilization than that of the black AO" Bettys and Chloes, the best cooks we have eve r had in the States ; but a Virginian matron knell when her biscuits were light, and took off her dia monds to inspect her pantries. But for the insolence of Bridget there is, we are told, no remedy. Nl e Bridget is human. She would have been OP 3 ' r of respect and servility to the Hon. Miss St. Leg at home or the lady at the great house.' Th e i d had the advantages of long generations of g° ° .,, birth and culture. Mrs. Jones forgets that i u thl; she is not like them. Bridget never does. 11 , e 0 American mistress is only raised above her, su s fancies, by the accident of money. In a few 3 1 , 111 ' t she or her children may have like good luck. ,ag-'7e,„' • we insist again Biddy is human. So is And when women or men stand face to face on t bare ground of humanity there is a power in know; ledge, good breeding, and a kind heart that ins , o tie control over every insubordinate element. e, who fears to meet the working chvses,' says Gce c ' ;1 1 11 and try his strength with them, s t r ipped externals of circumstance and position, is a cow 3r (is because he is inferior to thorn.' If Mrs. Jones fi n ~, the Irishwoman too much for her, she may (-1/3‘ her own conclusions." MISTRESS V. MAID. A TOUCHING TALE. To the Editor of e Trib Sir—My wife, Mrs. Jones is th a constant reader of Lila Tribune; moreover she has a most touching faith in infallibility of the Editor. The other day this wer,L_clL woman read aloud, with an expression of amazed,ltie:j, plenty, the following extract from an article eat' " Bridget and Chang :" " There is a fact wnich Mrs. Jones must face sooner O A , z ae• before comfort can be restored to the distracted realm 0 ' - 00, rica, and that fact is tliat the fault lies primarily in the w istr and not in the maid." ,rite a Dear me," said Mrs. Jones, " I wish you wo ufa, to the Editor, and tell him my experience with hired 5 , - to for the past six months, and ask him where I have bloc, blame.' , With Mrs. Jones's husband, her wis h is although that much can hardly be said of her hired 110ra We are people in moderate circumstances and caa, ao a , b to keep but one servant. We have three children, w" ve ry immediate prospect of an increase. Mrs. Jones is 5 .00 kind and amiable woman, who never scolds her he l P,' are is a good housekeeper, " knows when. her biscuit s w r " light, but does not " take off her diamonds to inspect pantries," because she has none to take off. Our first girl rejoiced in the high-sou . ° high-sounding pa r° , r •eli f Honors. She informed us that her " fayther was very the in the ould country, but the poor man died, and anger property descinded to the ouldest son, so the 9°T;,Ds childer had to go out to sarvico." She remained five weeks, developing a talent for grease and dirt tr° extraordinary. Mrs. Jones discovered strange odours clinging to her Va t silk dress. They seemed to be a compound of tobacco 4 garlic. She did not know what to make of it. 63 , 1 0; " The next time you go out calling, make a call 4 , 1 ',,,te, next door neighbour's and keep an eye on our front b and you may solve the mystery." Wis e ' She did so. In half an hour after she left the Llonora made her appearance at the front gate, arraY`bor Mrs. Jones's best silk dress and her latest "love of d a a nd not," holding her new parasol daintily over he r re regal head. I ,v 11 0 When she returned Mrs. Jones said, "Honora, you wear my dress and bonnet and use my parasol you want out this afternoon ?" V 7 ; " W hat do you mane, ma'am ?" "1 mean . 5 " I why did you wear my things this afternoon?" el ope d " Sure, ma'am, may the Lord strike me dead if I ste-,, me fut out of the house the whole bussed afternooa•ioo will not prolong the conversation. It ended in anger on the part of the well-bred HoLora,, and la '- forming Mrs. Jones that she was a " d—d liar: ~,eiag Our next girl was named Kate. She was a h°",,-veri, sylph, with only one fault. She would get drunk. 'l it La two weeks, and scare Mrs. Jones and the childre n ° their wits, beside breaking the crockery. cea sing Mary Ann was our next. She had three mal e c sf eelC' who visited her on three different evenings ever):„ ~re i ° They remained until 11 o'clock at each visit. We have a festival at our church. Mrs. Jones prides nicli on a certain peculiar sort of cal-e. She is the enaoattv in our society who can make it. The Rev. Dr•f;g-Icif° water, our pastor, often says that he wishes that "- for could make cake like that. Mrs. Jones's cake fo r th° tival was a success. It was to be sent over Jones's compliments. When she went to do it uP a l j oes , tissue paper, lo ! it was two-thirds eaten. Mrs. Wllel not being at all strong minded, burst into t e ars.,, ay e sufficiently recovered, she sent for Mary Ann, a1 1 ', , i1 13, her if she knew anything about the cake. "Sure "„"-e de was the reply, "all three uv me cousins came to se o v to wunst last evenin, and I trated them to a bit,,, °f if I and a drop from one of the bottles of wine. - knowed ye was so mane as to make a fuss ova i r ;11 F e thrifle, I would never have lived wid ye, anu„ ..l pay me the wages and I'll lave immediately! leave she did. 1./we t° , Mr. Editor, we are now without a girl. W r e get one soon. Mrs. Jones says she wants to do list oat right by her help, if she only knows how. I belie v° o f , t) does. Will you not tell her, and earn the gratituderoo woman, who—although she does not belong to So t to and would not vote if she could, and is so blind as,t ° r aot see that she is a down-trodden and abject slave of '- 7 ,0,1; man --is 3 et one of the dearest little women in the /11" eg g. at least such is the opinion of air' 1° Danbury, Conn., Oct. 12, 1869. ---- LIS7 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS 0 THE METROPOLIS. MUSEUS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. 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