The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. " A majority of eighty against the bill." This, says the Times, was what we were promised on Monday, and if the peers who cheered on Lord Derby on Saturday had remained steadfast, the threat might have prevailed. But it was found that the minority of reason was more power ful in numbers than any had suspected. First one, then another, rebelled. In the afternoon sitting of the Lords on Monday, a member of the late Ministry took occasion in the most pointed manner possible to disavow all approval of the policy of blind resistance. Lord Devon, in presenting a petition from the clergy of Exeter against the bill, added that it would be disingenuous on his part if he did not explain that he could not agree with the prayer of the petition. Lord Devon's courage encouraged many another peer, and the brief sitting was scarcely over before it began to be said that it would, perhaps, be better to allow the bill to be read a second time by a small maior:ty, and thus retain a power, otherlise lost for ever, of attempting to modify its provisions in committee. 'rho Times trusts the danger to the House of Peers is past. Perfect confidence cannot, indeed, be felt in the stability of a body which thought of acting upon advice prompted in a mere spirit of criminal levity, anti some time must elapse before the character and influence of the Upper House will be thoroughly restored ; but we may well hope that the danger it would have incurred is averted. The experience of the last two days has done something more than re-affirm the old truth that in a direct issue the Lords muEt allow the national will to prevail. It has shewn that on the question of the day compromise is impossible. The policy of the bill was sub mitted to the country in November, and the vote in its favour then given by the constituencies of each of the Three Kingdoms, and by the majority of the electors of each of the Three Kingdoms, was in effect to ratify the scheme of the measure. The nation is not so slack of purpose as might be imagined from the example of the Peers. It has approved the bill as it left the House of Commons, and as it has left the House of Commons the bill must practically be passed. The Mardi rd thinks that Lord Derby's answer to the deputation which waited upon bin' on Monday ought to be gravely considered by every Conservative and Church man in the realm. His lordship has undertaken to lead his party in the greatest struggle in which they have been engaged since 1532. He is entitled to demand in return the entire, unflinching, unhesitating support of every member of tbatparty. The House of Lords has under taken to assert on this occasion the rights of the Protestant people of the empire ; it has a right to' expect that the people will support the House of Lords. "Upon that'sup. port the result of the conflict must depend. There is no choice left. Some of us might have wished that a diffe rent course had been adopted, and that the battle had been fought on , different ground and with different tactics. But, after all, the consequences would have been much the same, so far as the necessity of fighting is concerned. However violently Mr. Gladstone may resent the rejection of the bill he would have resented its amend ment quite as violently. He would have listened to no compromise ; he would have made no concession. It is the proof he has already given of this—the peremptory and contemptuous refusal of every suggestion offered, of every amendment moved by the Opposition in the Lower House—that has determined the course of the Peers. Formally, the responsibility of the collision is theirs, practically it lies with Mr. Gladstone. The Cabinet were determined to treat the amendment of the bill as tanta mount to its rejection. The Lords have taken them at their word, and have considered it wiser to reject the bill distinctly, than to reject it virtually, after having seemed to accept its principle. They exercise a constitutional privilege which it is impossible to question, and the exer cise of which gives no one any right of complaint ; and they call upon their country to support them in the fulfil ment of a public duty. What does Mr. Disraeli say ? inquires the Daily News. The action of the Conservative party in either House of Parliament cannot, we imagine, be taken without some regard to the opinions of the late Prime Minister. Does he advise the policy which has been at least provisionally adopted, or has he been overruled, or she ply ignored? Ire makes no sign. The cordial and sustained cheering with which the Liberal party in the House of Commons on Monday expressed the. fidelity of their adhesion to Mr. Gladstone roused no defiant response from the other side of the House. It was met by blank looks and dead silence. The Conservative minority in the House of Commons, who are in closer contact with the consti tuencies and can better interpret the symptoms of public opinion, do not share the sanguine hopes of the Conserva tive majority in the Lords. They know very well that the judgment of the nation was given at the polling booths, and is not expressed in meetings of the beaten party. An active and noisy minority remains a minority. Mr. Disraeli is still the leader of the Conservative party, if be has not been set aside for the more con genial chieftainship of Mr. Gathorne Hardy ; and ha is responsible for the conduct of that party in both Houses of Parliament. Lard Cairns is his lieutenant and not Lord Derby's, whatever may be the personal influence of that nobleman. If Mr. Disraeli is anything he is a tactician. If he has one eminent political virtue, it is not, perhaps, consistency of principle, cr scrupulous regard to means, but fidelity to his party asecciates. Ile must know that in urging or per mitting the territorial aristocracy of England to engage in a conflict with the representative Chamber and with the constituencies, he is leading them to the brink of a precipice, or suffering them to wander thither without raising a warning voice. The House of Lords, in assent ing to the principle of life peerages, has proclaimed its insufficiency as a second Chamber. Yet it finds in the very moment of this confession the occasion for straining these powers to the uttermost. Why does not Mr. Disraeli interpose? The Post, in discussing the distinctive features of our great races, says that Ascot in point of character as in time now holds an intermediate position between the Derby meeting and that at Goodwood. The repose of the Heath is gone 'for ever. The railways, the spirit of the times, and the freaks of fashion have done their work. People who hardly know the difference between a handicap and a welter race consider it the right thing to go to Ascot, and it is nearly as hard to see or to move on the Lawn as on the Downs. Even the off-days, which used to console those who really enjoy racing, are apparently doomed to a similar fate. In a racing point of view, however, the Ascot meeting is interesting. The Derby and the Oaks have pretty clearly indicated the best horses the year. But the running in these races is not unfrequently upset by the bill at Ascot. Then there is the meeting of the best Derby and Oaks performers to look forward to; and the winner of the Grand rrix in France sometimes joins in the contest. Besides, at Ascot, the best horses of the year have to meet the celebrated runners of previous years at weight for age, and the question of superiority becomes intensely interesting. Then, again, the youthful aspirants to fame in the ensuing year's Derby and Oaks very fre quently make their debut at this meeting. Ascot has therefore not only in a general point of view, but in some special points, an importance peculiar to itself. On the whole, this year the sport promises to be up to the average of an Ascot meeting, and it is to be hoped that there will be no greater drawbacks during it than the inevitable crowds. The Star declares that Mr. Gosehen's plan, as now modified, legalises compounding, but corrects its abuses. Its object is to introduce a regulated uniform system" throughout the country, and there is a prospect of its successfully accomplishing that purpose. It is, perhaps, best for Parliament to pass lightly over some reminis cences, and to say with Mr. Bright, that in 1867 the action of parties was greatly embarrassed, and somehow the com pound householder became the victim of parliamentary troubles. But no good reason can be given for banning the coin pounding system. The motives which led to its prohibition become •more and more contemptible as time elapses, and the conduct of the Derb3-•Disraeli Ministry in the matter becomes more docistvely condemned by experience. As to • the remedy proposed, it has already received the sanction of those 'most interested, and it bids fair to receive the sanction of l'arlio moot. It is a general Lill ; it is a bill which secures h)cal freedoin ; i,, preLervos all that was good in compounding; ; it readers impwsil,le all that was bad in compounding; and while leaving parishes at liberty to adopt or reject_ the conveniences of the old imall tene ments system, it absolutely guards against.the possibility of any householder losing either the parliamentary or the municipal franchise in consequenceof rating arrangements. haymaking has been commenced in the south western districts. Apparently the crop will be a heavy It is said that the articles which have Leen lat-Ay appearing in the 772,7e3 on French politics are from the pen Nradol. • - THE IRISH BILL.--rnl;= , to the of the Lords on. the saject .of the Irish CLarcii 1,a3 created considerable excitement and snr prile in An rt.yilsition, signed Ly upwards of I,7,Tia already been ..pre suited to the Mayor, who has prompt:y called a town's meeting, to he held in the Town Hall, on Monday even ing tiext, the 11th instant. _ A LADY MISSIONARY.— A somewhat novel pro posal has come before the Primitive Methodist Conference, holding its sittings at Grimsby. The Missionary Com mittee reported that a lady had offered herself to go to Africa as a missionary in any capacity in which a lady could scr...e. We are not informed r,hether the offer was "ac:epted, a:s.d are therefore left to infer that the lady's claims to attentica in the cap4aity suggested ceull not IA deg woulitb,9ut i SUcl a4; 1 0.4 _Confiders i> THE MOLD RIOTS. Six prisoners were on 11Ior.day brought before the Mold magistrates, charged with rioting. The prisoners in cus tody are William Griffiths, formerly a collier, but now a "medical herbalist ;" Benjamin Tatham, gentleman's servant ; Isaac Jones, collier, Black Diamond (husband of the woman who was shot through the back, and who died on Saturday morning) ; John Roberts, driver ; William Thomas Jones, collier; and Rowland Jones, collier. The two latter were apprehended while they were asleep in bed at two o'clock on Monday morning, and were hurried into conveyances that were in waiting. They had to dress themselves on their way to the county hall at Mold ; the object of the police making the arrests at night being to secure their prisoners without giving the colliers the opportunity of attempting a rescue. The court-room was densely crowded, and the greatest excite ment was manifested by the public outside in the issue of the trial. Mr. Taylor, roicitor, Flint, appeared for the pt isoners Isaac Jones and William Thomas Jones. The o her iqieeners were nrulefemled. • Mr. Browne, Chia Constel le of Flintslii re, deposed that on Wednesday evening last a mob of :theta I,NO colliers commenced hustling and throwing stones et the police and soldiers who had in charge the two prisoners committed to gaol for committing an assault upon Mr. Young, manager of the Lceswood Green Colliery. The first stone was thrown by a woman, and immediately afterwards the stone-throw ing became general from all directions, the object of the rioters evidently being to rescue the two prisoners, and several of his men were struck with' stones and knocked down. 'The volleys of stones hurled at the military and police darkened the air, and lie saw several of his men bleeding from the face and head, the blood streaming down their uniforms. It was impossible for any of them to go out and face the mob. If a magistrate had gone out of the station to read the Riot Act he would certainly have been murdered. Life was decidedly in great and imminent danger at that moment in the station. The witness called upon Captain Blake, the officer in command of the military, to protect himself and his own men and the constables by firing into the mob. He refused to do so. The witness thought it was necessary to have a magistrate's order to justify firing, and he said to a magistrate, Mr. Clough, "For God's sake give the order to fire, or we shall be all murdered !" He then shouted out, as loudly as he could, " Fire !" The commanding officer even then was very reluctant to allow his men to fire, although at that moment his face was covered with blood, and blood was also streaming from a wound at the back of his head. Some of the soldiers, who were very severely cut, were writhing under the pain they were suffering. They wished to fire, but the captain held them back. One private who was wounded charged his rifle, and was about to step towards the station-gate with his rifle pointed towards the mob, when one of the officers caught hold of him round the waist and drew him back off his legs, at the same time crying out, " For God's sake don't fire !" The stone-throwing all this time was continued, the mob even coming round to the platform, and across the line on the opposite side of the railway. The police and the military were thus surrounded by the rioters, and he again called upon the officers to fire on their assailants. Immediately after witness heard the discharge of a rifle, followed by other shots. The officers were holding their men back, and using every effort to check them in firing, cautioning them not to take human life. They said, " For God's sake, men, don't fire where there's no necessity for it I" To the best of his judgment, twelve or fifteen shots were fired, and then the mob dispersed, and the few soldiers that were firing were ordered back to the plat form. The greatest number of shots were fired from the yard behind the station. One or two shots were fired from the station gate. There was no volley firing, only dropping shots, with long intervals between the firing. Witness recognised Isaac Jones as being in the crowd in the courtyard as the escort with the prisoners in charge were starting for the station, but did not see him throw stones. lie could not speak to any of the other prisoners. Sergeant Hughes and several other police officers gave corroborative evidence, and identified all the prisoners as having taken part'in the riot. Captain Blake gave evidence that Ilia men did not fire until the magistrate ordered them. No blank cartridges were used. In cross-examination, Captain Blake said the soldiers marched to the station with arms trailed. He did not hear the Riot Act read. Stone throwing was continued over a quarter of an hour before he had an order to fire. No blank cartridge was fired. The men fired into the mob, but not without his order, although they were irritated. The witness Price, on being recalled, fenced with many questions, and at last said he was afraid to give evidence. He did see Tatham throw one stone. In the case of the other prisoners, Police-constable Jones, Robert Ellis, and Sergeant Hughes gave evidence shewing that they were present. Dr. Williams and Mr. Trubshaw spoke to the injuries inflicted, the former'having dressed the wounds of twenty soldiers, and the latter attended the police. The case occupied the magistrate for seven hours, and ultimately Mr. Ta,ylorapplicd for an adjournment till Wed nesday, in order to obtain evidence for the defence, which was granted. Mr. Taylor applied for Lail on behalf of Isaac Jones, Who wanted to see his wife buried, and after-some consultation the Bench granted it, requiring two sureties of £5O each, and the prioner in .C5O. The other prisoners were ordered to find bail in £5O for their reappearance. LAW' AND POLICE. THE BLAKELT ORDNANCE CO3IPANY.—In the Equity Courts, on Monday, the llaster of the Rolls gave judg ment in the case of the Blakely Ordnance Company (Limited). The question was whether the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, holding as securities thirty-two debentures of the Ordnance Company for £250 each, and two acceptances of that company for £2,000 each, were entitled to prove for the amount of the securities or the amount of their claim (£4,000) against the company, which is now being wound up. His lordship held the bank was entitled to prove for £4,000 only. THE WILL OF THE DUKE OF PORTLAND. — On Monday Vice-Chancellor James gave judgment in the case of "Topham v. the Duke of Portland." The question at issue was whether Lady Topham, the sister of the Duke of Portland, was entitled to a moiety of £50,000, which her father, the late duke, left to bt divided between her ladyship and Lady Harriet Cavendish Bentinck, his other daughter. The late duke had placed the money in trust for his daughters, subject to a power of appointment in his son, the present duke, to whom he confided his wishes. The presert duke, in the conscientous fulfilment of those wishes, had involved himself in the past and present liti gation by appointing the whole of the property to Lady Harriet. The Vice-Chancellor remarked that nothing had occurred to affect the previous decision of the House of Lords, and that that decision was binding on every court in the kingdom. Judgment must therefore be for the plaintiff, Lady Topham, including the costs of the suit, as she had the costs of the former litigation. BAKERS' "WEIGHTS.- Two cases respecting the sale of bread were tried on Monday in the Court of Queen's Bench. In the first case the question was whether "fancy bread" must be sold by weight. The baker was convicted for not doing so, and he appealed. The case was argued before Justices Lush, Hayes, and Hamm], and Mr. Justice Hannen dissented from the conviction. The court affirmed the conviction. In the other case two bakers appealed against convictions for selling bread under weight, and these convictions were also affirmed. AN AWKWALD CASE.—A case of some importance to persons intending to place money out on mortgage was heard in the Bail Court on . Monday. The plaintiff wished the defendant, a solicitor, to find him a security for £2OO, which Le wanted to put out on mort gage. There was a delay ef a few clays, and on the plaintiff's calling at the defendant's office, he saw his clerk, who told him to leave the money with him, and gave him a receipt. This dell: absconded with the money, and the defendant contended be was not liabl e for the loss as be h a d no t given authority for the payment to his clerk. The jury found a verdict fur th, plaintiff for £230. CUARGE AGAINST AN ATTO:::EY.—The Court of Com mon Pleas on Monday granted a rule caning upon an attorney to answer the somewhat singular charge of baying • pretended to negotiate fur the purchase of land for no other purpose than that of - ultimately obtaining a bribe to forego his contract. The attorney is said to have been in the habit of answering advertisements for the sale of land, and afterwards raising all sorts of vexatious objections to the vendor's title. A DramoND BRACELET, —At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, a man and a woman were charged with stealing a diamond bracelet, value £BOO, from Mint and nosk e ll' s . Th ey drove up in a b roug h am w ith another man, and examined some costly jewellery.• When 1.114 y were) gonethe bracelet was missing. Some amusement was created by the ehrewdne co:7:11 ifFAcquifre who attends to the carriages arri''ing at Hunt and Hos kell's, ho gave evidence identifying time male prisoner. attention was drawn to him by a slight failure in his manners, which induced him to think he was not a gen tleman. The man was found gu il ty - , and was proved to h penal servitud e . S entence was deferred. e v m e been The woman was acquitted. A telegram frem Ireland states that summonres Lave been issued againbt the Ballyheigue police for firing on the people. O'llara was wounded. .'The ringleaders are recovering. Constable Crowley, wbo had his skull frac tured, is slowly improving. D!ltir, WllO enstained a bayonet woun d l e the thigh, is cnt.ui danger. . Tho case against the 7010 M. kt_44l 4 11191 Z 4C Y !V I A 44°4913°1- • TIM SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. O- THE PEERS AND THE BILL. The decision of the Conservative Peers on Sear day is, of course,.the great topic of discussion in the papers of both parties. It seems to be generally agreed upon by the Liberal press that if the bill be cast out Mr. Gladstone will prorogue Parliament immediately, and take an autumn session. But it is by no means certain, even now,-that the measure will be rejected. The majority of the meeting on Saturday was undoubtedly in favour of the course marked out by Lord Cairns. But it admitted that they firmly determined to hear none but the leaders against the proposed course. Who knows, then, how large the minority may be ? The number of peers, too, at the meeting was less by some fifty than the number of the majority for throwing out the Suspensory Bill' Bow many of the absent fifty will vote for the re• jection of the ? The Daily :Yews points out another consideration. The enders of the Opposition would, no doubt, choose that the bill should be p:ssed, rather than that it should be rejected by a small vote. If there is any- danger cf this catastrophe, no doubt the word of command will be given to stay away. It is passible then, the Daily News thinks, that at the last moment a sense of prudence may induce the Peers to nc - piesee in the me;:sure. Several other payers regard the proposed motion as only a cover under which to retreat ; and the London correspondent of the Rdependaii, Belye—usually well informed—says positively that it will be impos sible for Lord Harrow by's amendment to be carried. The Standard turns its tail rather It admits that it came to a totally different conclusion to that arrived at by the Conservative meeting, but thinks it to be its duty as the party organ, and the duty of all other Conservatives, to recognise the immaculate wisdom of Lords Derby and Cairns, and to follow where they go. " The Lords undoubtedly have acted with the advice and sanction of mt.ri who know better than we do the per smal conditions of the struggle and the character of the enemy. They may, probably —we most earnestly hope and trust that they do—estimate more correctly than ue do the force of the popular feeling, by which they are impelled and supported, and the extent of the reaction which the destructive and iniquitous character of the bill has produced. But, be they right or wrong, the duty of Protestants, of Conservatives, of all who value the con stitution of their country, is now clear. Not only the Church, but every institution which is dear to English. men is now at stake. The Lords have resolved, in compliance with the urgent demands of tens and hundreds of thousands in every part of the country, to risk all upon a contest with an imperious Minister- and an over bearing majority of the Commons. If they are crushed, not only the Church but the Constitution falls with them; and the liberties of England are eacriliced to the ascendancy of that democratic principle which is at this day what despotism ones was—the most dangerous foe of personal and political freedom. It matters not, therefore, whether we approve or regret the decision to give battle. We have nothing to do but to take our places in the ranks, and fight for all that we hold dearest in the full certainty that all is at stake. Let every effort be made to strengthen the hands of the Lords. Let the whole Protestant and Conservative power of the realm be exerted to the utmost, by meetings, by petitions, by organisation, to give to the Lords such a support of public opinion as shall restrain the struggle within the limits of the Constitution, and make the self-willed and overbearing Minister, always at heart an enemy of the Lords, and likely to be exasperated by au unexpected defeat, feel that those limits he dare not transgress. Already his organs have threatened that which, if done, would deserve impeachment. It is necessary that he should be made to feel that he dare not execute his threat." The Standard evidently does not under-estimate the gravity of the occasion. The privacy of the meeting of the Conservative peers on Saturday has given room for all kinds of rumours. Amongst other announcements it was given forth that the Earl of Limerick and Lord Nelson would vote against Lord Harrowby's amend ment on the second reading of the Irish Church Bill because of their love of a free Church. Whether this be true as regards the Earl of Limerick we knoiv not, but Earl Nelson writes contradicting the story as regards himself : "If," he says, " I vote in favour of the second reading of the Irish Ch urc h Bill , it w ill b e f rom no l ove o f the bill nor from any Quixotic predilection for free Churches, but simply because I b e li eve th a t the rejection of the bill, without any previous attempts to amend it, will be most injurious to the Conservative party and to the future use fulness of the House of Lords, and that such a course will materially affect for the worse, not only the future prospects of the Protestant Church in Ireland, but the whole Irish question under all its phases." of another, especially •ii tnat otner DO a rival or opponent. But we clearly ought not to be allowed to go with our anomalous bankruptcy laws any longer; and it will be a public misfortune if party difference delay for another session this most urgently-needed reform. THE COMMEMORATION AT OXFORD. Visitors arrived in Oxford in rapid succession on Satur day, and the streets in the evening were filled with strangers taking their first view of the lions of the city. The members of Oriel College gave an amateur theatrical performance at the Clarendon Hotel, which passed off most satisfactorily. The university sermon at St. Mary's on Sunday morning attracted a large congregation, the preacher being the Rev. Mark Pattison, 8.D., rector of Lincoln College, one of the writers in" Essays and Review In the evening the usual promenade took place in the Christ Church Broad-walk, which was thronged with gaily-dressed ladies and gentlemen. There was an entire absence of distinguished visitors, but the promenade seems to have lost none of its popularity with the eit:zens of Oxford and their wives, who attended in great force. The early part of Monday was devoted chiefly to sight-seeing, numerous parties also visiting Nuneham and Blenheim. At two o'clock the Oxford Philharmonic Society gave a grand concert in the Sheldonian Theatre. At six o'clock the grand procession of boats, v.•h:c:l is nlways one of the most attractive of the sights attendant upon Commemoration, took place on the Isis. The University and other college barges were covered with ladies and their friends, and the banks of the river were lined with thousands of spectators, the river itself being alive with craft of all descriptions. The day's festivities terminated with a grand ball in the Corn Exchange and Town Hall, given by the Apollo University Lodge of Freemasons. CONFERENCE ON THE LAWS RELATING TO THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. A conference on the general question of the laws relating to the liquor traffic was commenced on Monday, at the Society of Arts, under the presidency of the Arch bishop of York. There were preisent, amongst others, Lord Lyttelton, Sir John Bowling, Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr. Abel Smith, Mr. Alderman Carter, ALP., Mr. Wade, Hull ; and letters expressing regret at their inability to be present were stated to have been received from the Bishop of London, Lord Sandon, Lord Dartmouth, Lord Elliot, Mr. Hardy, Archdeacon Sandford, and Colonel Ackroyd. His Grace the ARCHBISHOP, in opening the pro ceedings, stated that the desire of the conference was fully and fairly to discuss all the questions referring to the laws dealing with the liquor traffic. The into!erable nuisance created by public-houses as at present licensed was one now admitted, not by the upper classes alone, but also by the lower ; and what they sought to do was to educate public, opinion in the direction of abating that nuisance. The evils—physical, moral, and social—of drinking habits upon the working classes were acknowledged to be disastrous in the extrema, and nothing substantial for their advancement could be done until the enormous consumption of in toxicating drinks amongst them was mate rially lessened. The first subjects for discussion were the licensing power, in whom to be vested, whether in the magistrates, as now, or in a select committee of magistrates, or in the guardians of the poor, or the stipen diary magistrate, or a licensing barrister; and whatever the licensing power, whether it ought to be accompanied by some vetoing power on the part of owners and occu piers of property. The Rev. 11. J. ELLTSON objected to the Permissive Bill, and advocated the establishment of a licensing body ill each locality, which would be the reflection of public opinion in the district, being elected by the ratepayers. In the long run he thought there would be little difficulty in getting men returned to the board who would be anta gonistic to the undue multiplication Of public-houses. Mr. BAINES, M.P., desired to remove a false impression which might be created by a statement made by the last speaker. Mr. Ellison seemed to think that in Leeds there had been a disinclination on the part of the magis trates to refuse licenses where offences had been proved. He (Mr. Baines) desired to say that this was not the case, and that the system of licenses being refused by the magistrates had worked exceedingly well. The magistrates of Leeds granted scarcely any new licenses. For his own part be thought nobody could be better entrusted with the duty of granting licenses than the magistrates. Sir JOHN BOWEING had a strong objection to the magistrates being the licensing authority, as had also several other speakers. Mr. BAINES was quite prepared to admit that though the system worked well in Leeds it might not do so in other places. Where the magistrates did not efficiently discharge their duties some other plan ought, of course, to be adopted. Dr. MAyrrs had heard from an American gentleman that in Rhode Island a licensing board existed, but it was so influenced by interested persons that it was practically worse than useless.—The Rev. E. White, Sir Harcourt Johnstone, M.P., the Rev. G. W. M'Cree, and others took part in the discussion, various opinions being expressed as to the body in whom the 'licensing power should be vested. The Rev. Mr. Ellison th6n proposed a resolution to the effect that in any measure which should he intro duced into Parliament, whattver the licensing power may be, it ought to be accompanied by some controlling power on the part of the owners and occupiers of property. Being seconded by Mr. Abel Smith, the reso lution was unanimously carried. At the afternoon sitting Lord Lyttelton presided, but declined to commit himself to the expression of any opinion upon the subjects under discussion, except to say that he totally disagreed with the principle of the Permissive Bill. Tl.e nomination of candidates for the two vacant seats at Stafford took place on Monday. Mr. Thos. Salt, jun., and tho Hon. Reginald Talbot (Conservatives); and Mr. Whitworth and Mr. Evans (Liberals) were nominated. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of the Liberals. SIR ROBERT CLIFTON'S DEATH AND THE IN SURANCE COMPANIES.—The death of Sir Robert Clifton, Bart., is likely, it is said, to cause a very heavy draw upon the funds of various insurance offices of the king dom, as his life was insured to a very large amount — report says for as much as £'250,000. Policies had been effected with all the principal offices in the kingdom, and in some instances only one or two premiums had been paid. Indeed, in all cases the premiums paid cannot have been numerous, as the baronet has died compara young, being only forty-three. Most of the policies are held as security for advances which have been made to the deceased. A . CHANCE FOR SOMEBODY. Among the curiosities of matrimonial advertising, one of the richest specimens of elaborate vanity ever met with, or one of the most unjustifiable practical jokes we ever remem ber to have seen, may be read in Monday's Morning Post. The motive which has led to this extraordinary announcement is almost as singular as the announcement itself. It appears that reports to the effect that the advertiser is about to be married are frequent. These reports are " calculated to injure his present matrimo nial prospects." He deems it necessary to declare that "be has never been engaged to any lady in his life, although he has frequently made offers to ladies of fortune, or their friends on their behalf, both in England and elsewhere, but, has been refused by those ladies or their friends on account of his assumed poverty." The gentleman in question goes minutely into his financial position. He wants a lady of sufficient fortune to enable him to pay off mortgages on his estates to the extent of £95,000. He would thus have it in his power to make settlements to the value of that amount, which, by a process that looks well in type, but which we do not quite comprehend, will thus "in that manner become doubled." The advertiser further assures the world that he is universally considered to be "amiable and accomplished, and has the further recommendation not only of being descended from families remarkable for their beauty, but of being himself six feet in height, and of handsome personal appearance." He may be ceen " a'rnort daily in Hyde Park between the hours of twelve and one." He claims to have royal blood in his veins, and to be the inheritor of nobody knows how many baronies. " Should more than ono offer reach him, he reserves to himself the right of giving preference to youth, rank, or beauty." Wo have no doubt his corre spondence will be very extensive. THE Mu RDEIt OF AN ENGLISII FAMILY IN ABYSSINIA.—A telegram has been received in Newport, from Alexandria, giving some details of the murder of Mr. Powell, of Caldra Hall, Monmouthshire, together will his wife and family, in Abyssinia. Mr. Powell left Newport for Abyssinia in beg - inn:n . 3 of February, On a shooting expediti on, taking with him his wife, one of his children, a Scot c h k ee p er, an d a f ema l e servant. The servant fell ill, and was left at Marseilles. At Snez the keeper was taken ill, and he also was left behind. h, pal ty nevertlltlas proceeded, having taken ether servants, and accompanied by a Swiss attaclos, and at length. reached Abyssinia. Mr. Powell per sh,ted iu advancing into a part of the country which he was warned it was dangerous for an Englishman to enter. On the morning of the 17th a number of savages - fell upon Mr. Powell and his party, who were unarmed; and murdered and horribly mutilated them. The attaché, who had gone a little way, was simi larly massacred on his return, The last letter from Mrs. Powell relates the hardships she bad to .yndergo, and mentions that they were about to meet a chief who was considered to be a very dangerous fellow. According to all accounts the affair seems to have been one of the most kolliardy; 01?e•era11y so soon alter a war ra4t ka_ve bAind lt . Qreat 401 . 0 . . THE LONDONDERRY MEETING. The meeting of Orangemen, held at Derry,revived somewhat the failing enthusiasm of the Conserva tives. There were some ten thousand persons present, including the apprentice boys, with their band, and the several Orange lodges. Resolutions were passed condemnatory of the bill, and a petition to the Lords was adopted. The news which reached these demonstrators ere they had got to their homes—the news of the foolish determina tion of the Conservative peers—added not a little to the great excitement of the occasion ; but triumphant (pro tem) the Orangemen became peaceable, and happily no disturbances took place. CONSERVATISM AT FROME. The Conservatives of Frome had a large and influential gathering at the end of last week. Mr. Ser;ea.nt Sleigh, the Conservative candidate at the general election, was the guest of the Loyal and Con stitutional Association of the borough; and the Marquis of Bath, Lord 11. Thynne, M.P., and other gentlemen of the neighbourhood were present. When the toast of the " House of Lords" was proposed, after the banquet, the Marquis of Bath returned thanks, and said that at the present moment the House of Lords was placed in a most important position. He could say but little as to what would be done by them. The Ilouse of Lords must con sider, on the one hand, what were the wishes and feelings of the country, not of the House of Com mons, and on the other hand, it had to remember the duty of upholding the Constitution of the country and the Protestant religion. Mr. Serjeant Sleigh said we were now passing through a terrible crisis; for which we were indebted to the Prime Minister and the member for Birmingham. Whatever course the House of Lords might take, there would be ill-will and ill-blood. This so-called mea sure of peace had already destroyed all sense of security in Ireland. Ile did not believe the country generally approved of the bill as it stood. The measure was never suggested in its present form by the Prime Minister. Therefore he hoped the House of Lords would take their stand and refuse to pass-the bill until it should have been placed before the country or substantially amended, and he believed that so long as they were true to the con stitution of King, Lords, and Commons, so long the Ilouse of Lords would have no cause for fear. THE HEALTH OF THE MEMBER FOR PETER BOROUGH. P.oth the Protestant champions are down just now, incapacitated through ill-health. Mr. Newclegate has such a cold as to be unable to address any public meetings, just at a time when he is most wanted to stir up the people of the Midland districts to support the Conservative peers. And now we have sad accounts of the health of Mr. Whalley. It may be recollected that he met with an acci dent when driving with his daughter in a basket carriage two or three weeks ago near his seat in Wales. The honourable member was thrown out with such violence as to receive several severe contu sions and wounds, from the effects of which he at first seemed to recover, but which have subsequently proved more difficult of cure thanthey were expected to be. Mr. Whalley is now unable to leave his room, and, according to the Manchester Guardian, some apprehension is entertained as to his ultimate recovery. A HALL FOR PROTESTANTS. It is stated that the Government has sent to hall proprietors in several of the large towns informing them that lectures against Popery are illegal, and any owner of a room allowing them will be subject to a fine. The story. is absurd on the face of it, but the Protestant journals are making a demand for an explanation. There can be no doubt, however, that proprietors who do not wish their furniture to be smashed and their halls damaged fight exceedingly shy of Protestant lec tures. So Mr. Murphy and his friends, assisted by Mr. Cawley, the fellow-member with Mr. Charley for Salford, have been making great efforts to raise buildings in Lancashire and elsewhere, in which the Roman Catholics can be freely maligned. One of these institutes was commenced at Rochdale on Saturday, Mr. Gawky himself laying the foundation stone. Seven thousand people turned out on the occasion, processions paraded the principal streets, and resolutions were passed at a subsequent meeting condemning the Home Secretary for preventing; free discussion, lukewarm Protestants for refusing to unite against the Roman Catholics, the Man of Sin for attempting to sap the foundation of liberty and all other people and things small and great-who did not believe the object of the meeting to be . the - best in the world. THE COURT. The Court is becoming a reality once again, gladdening with, promise of gaiety the hearts of courtiers, and rejoicing with earnest of business the minds of London tradesn cn A grand state ball is to be held on the 17th ii.st .pit—an event of great Importance in those quiet days. A. few days after— the 23rd—a state concert is to be held, and this is to b 3 succeeded by another state ball on the second of July. THE GOVEUNAIENT BANKRUPTCy DILL. The Government, it is said, are well pleased with the progress of the Bankruptcy Bill through the House of Commons, but much fears for its fate in the Lords. It is not liked by either Lord Westbury, Lord Chelmsford., or Lord Cairns, and the latter lord, being the leader of the Conservative party, will un doubtedly be able to throw it out or refoni altogether, if he makes a point of so doing. When a man has tried his hand at a thing and tailed he does notkok too oharitablvilithe attempt THE NEW LAW COURTS. The lawyers are strengthening their hands in every possible way against the Government in the matter of the New Law Courts. Mr. Pownall, the surveyor who acted for the royal commission in . the purchase of the Carey-street site for the New Law Courts, has surveyed the property required to be pur chased in order to carry out Mr. Street's design for building the Courts on the Thames Embankment, and estimates the cost of acquiring, all interests in this property, after allowing for the re-sale of surplus land, at 812,415—R212,415 more than the estimate of Mr. Layard. Air. Pownall has also sur veyed the Carey-street site already purchased by the Government, and is of opinion thr.t the utmost that could be obtained for the property, if used for ordi nary building purposes, is £l 14,3'20. 'l'llus there would be a loss at the outset in the change of sites of i!418,095. The loss on the C..rey-street site arises from the payment of trade compensations, and when simil ir claims have been made in Ersex-street, the test of .tlie change will be a considerable item in the bill. The Government will want all its Wrongth of argument and votes to beat Sir noundell Pilme: on this matter. THU SEE OF WINCHESTER. The Advertiser—which arrogates to itself much authority on ecclesiastical matters—contains an announcement anent the See of Winchester, which is, of the utmost importance at a time when the whole Church is being agitated about the questions of the increase of the Episcopate and the resignation of bishops. Our contemporary states that Bishop Sumner is not unlikely to give up his post, and that when he does so the Bishop of Oxford will probably tike his place. Dr. Sumner is 78 years of age, and has for some time been incapacitated from work. Dr. Wilberforce, on the other hand, is still as vigorous as ever, being just 63 years of age. Supposing this announcement to have foundation, the journals, especially the reli gious ones,will have enough to do within the next few days to guess who will succeed to the See of Oxford. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND. On Saturday the sixth anniversary dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund took place at Willis's Rooms, the President, Lord Houghton, in the chair. In pro posing the toast of the evening, the noble lord referred to the disappointment caused by the departure of Mr. Revcrdy Johnson, who had signified his inten tion to preside over that banquet. Passing on to the topics of more immediate interest, he declared that the new spaper press of this country was the great anonymous literature. Its peculiarity consisted in its being anonymous, but it did not less deserve attention on that account. Anonymous have been the sacred books of all the nations of the world ; anonymous have .been the great poems of antiquity ; anonymous have been the ballads which have formed the minds and imaginations of the people ; anonymous was the book of Thomas a Kempis ; anonymous were the letters of Junius. At the same time there were difficulties connected with the anonymous posi tion of the press. The anonymous writer was obliged to forego many of the rewards of public life, and many of the distinctions which otherwise he would obtain ; and when we come to the poorer classes of the contributors to this litera ture we found them in a most difficult position. They were unknown except among the members of their own profession, and it was those members of their own professsien who had founded this fund. The subscriptions that were announced in the course of the evening amounted to £7OO. THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE. The Daily .News contains an article condemnatory of the suggestion that Bala Lake should be the scene of the race between the universities of Oxford and Harvard. It may be very true (it says) that the shores of that picturesque lake would give room for countless thousands who might wish to see the race ; but would those thousands go so far to find room made for them ? We question whether the middle of Merionethshire can properly be spoken of as " convenient "to London. The expense of going from London to the Lake is a more serious obstacle than the Welsh journals appear to consider it ; and there would probably be a very small assemblage there, notwithstanding its natural beauties. What will our Transatlantic cousins think of Bala as a scene for the encounter p Probably they would prefer that the gallantry of their representative oarsmen should be exhibited before a wider assembly than would be collected in a neighbourhood so far out of the way. It is, how ever, just possible that they might prefer such a scene as Bala Lake for the encounter to the more difficult waters of the Thames. If so, it would be the duty of Oxford and Cambridge to attempt to meet their views. ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL. Just opposite the corner where the fashion of London meet daily in crowds, facing the celebrated Bycle-park-corner, by.the side of the well-known statue of the Duke of Wellington, is one of the largest of London bospitnls, St. George's. But seen so often by those who possess money, it is unfortunately forgotten when the subscription list comes round. And so the charity has languished almost to extinction. But the trustees and governors have gone the right 'way to work to revive it. They obtained as its advocates on Saturday the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Devonshire, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Bessborough, Lord Cairns, Lord Penryn, Archbishop Manning, the Duke of Grafton, the Bishop of London, Sir John Harring ton, Baron Alfred Rothschild, Enrl Cadogan,. mid Mr. Gathorne _Hardy, M.P., and letters were read from the Prince of Wales, Earl Grosvenor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Lord Radnor, and others, expressing regret at inability to bopresent. When men like this give their time in aid of a hospital, who will say that the English are lcsing their love of voluntaryism ? That many charities are badly administered, and that contributors are therefore becoming more care ful as to whom and to what they give, no one doubts. But the heart that has called into existence so many noble institutions is certainly not dead yet. EMIGRATION. The stream of emigration still flows across the atlantic as copiously as ever. Last week ten steamers carried nearly 7,800 persons from Liverpool to the United States and to Cann.da, and this week promises to keep the emigration agents still further employed. The societies are meanwhile publishing appeals for more money. These are not apparently responded to very liberally by the public, and several associations which want to encourage wholesale exportation of British workmen find themselves unable to pursue their operations from want of fund% (From the Anglo-American Time:.) NEW YORK, May 22. Governor Ildftnan is not looking so well as when he.was Mayor, and I fear he is being led a miser able life at Albany. He stopped two or three days in this eity,and a strong pressure was in vain brought to bear on him to divulge his course regarding the Scrip and Consolidation Bills. He has signed the bill authorising a consolidation of the Great Cen tral line of Railway wi:h connecting roads; also the 80 per cent. stock —watering of the Central Road, (Commo lore Vanderbilt's little pet scrip dividend of last winter), as well as that excluding the terms of the present directors of the Erie, Hudson, Harlem, and Central Railroads, so that one-fifth serve five; another fifth, four ; another, three; another, two years t instead of all being elected one year as hitherto. Although Wall-street knew by some means flat these bills would be signed, the positive assurance s?nt the stocks of these roads up from 1 to 3 per cent. Bad as this is, the Governor's fully has been fitly capped by his giving his reasons. - The total num ber of bills vetoel at Albany during the session, and of those returned sines, not approved, is 62. The total nu.nber of bills signed is _920. Y ou can scarcely compreheA the atmosphere the G overnor has been compelled to breathe, and his w h o l e ap pearance shows the stru glewith hi mse lf , ere h e sane tional what I feel assur, d his honest judgment must condemn. Another bill provides for the closing of Born • streets now opening on Fourth Avenue, called the Depot Bill. The• Governor says our city, in rail way dk.pot v. ceo i mmodation,is b e hi n d a ll th e grea t c. fti es of the world. The convenience and interest of the city and country alike.demand a great. central depot for all roads t'ertninatin4 in New York, and it can not be built unless this bill becomes a law. Hence the law approoiating a por: ion of our streets, which may t li'.6temain a to he seen. The Waya.and Means Congressional Committee appointed to inquire into the business of the Cus tom-house, in order to 'revise the tariff, are about to proceed to Philadelphia, at the invitation of some leading manufacturers. Tiny will there get into a Protection hot-bed, which, perhaps, thEy may find too warm and comfortable to vacate. They paid a visit to the Gold Room and Stock Exchange, and then went to. the banking-houses of Jay Cooke - an.4 C 0 .., and Henry - Clews and CO. They have examined Mr. Thomas WElrath, of the Appraiser's Department, and Mr. Pratt, who looks after the Custom-house business of A. T. Stewart and Co., and will leave the Continental Hotel on Monday for Philadelphia, thence to Situ Francisco, returning to New York in August. We have . had an exciting time in Wall-street. The suspension of Messrs Shepeler and Co. was so unexpected that when first it was rumoured it was regarded as a dodge to affect the market. They had carried on their busi ness as German bankers and exporters of petroleum and provisions since 1835 with great credit, and had earned a high business reputation. Of late, besides this legitimate business, they have speculated largely in gold, operating for a fall, trusting to the effect of the Treasury saes and other favourable iefluences. When gold recently began to rise, the Messrs. She p‘ler speculated further to ewer their losses. Som time since they agreed to fureish $10,000,00) gold at to certain price, and they continue I to fulfil their contract till, having to pay 7 and S per ceet. for it, they . loan 1 th emse l ves aground, and cenfesse 1 their inability to continue the contutc'. Their Ea bilities ate is inaed at $1,500,000. The •rs. Barney, large prodica met chants at Montreal, have sus pei.ded with !Winkles of $l -2 5,0t10. Th ju dor In tuber of the isms of 1) .via and Atkin, a is,lll("ng Lo .se in 13.-oad-st ki, , appeare lonF. i lay, taking v i..ii Ilia. $211,125 in certified checks and 6t , Ck Cer tificates. A Ineeseni,er of the Corn Exchange Bank di appeared 11 r ednesdmy, with V 5,000 belonging to the bank. Clifford E. Crane was charged with prt seating a forge] check for $3OO at the Importers' and Traders' Bank. Ile is a clink in the Erie Rail way Company. William Muir and William Her rick are iu custody for having pa: chased three stolen Pacific Railway Beads of $3,000. The City National Bank will lose $6,000 of the $119,000 sup posed to have been abstracted by Aikin. The Spanish Minister, Senor Roberts, is at present in New York, and is a cause of uneasiness to the Cuban patriots. It seems now to be ascertained that the A rago sailed to Peru, but the destination of thsi Pierrot is not so certain as that she is gone. Minis t. r Motley arrived on Monday, and was entertained V Collector Grinnell on Tuesday. He embarked in the Cuba on the 19th, and ere this reaches you he will, I presume, be in London with Gen. Badeau, who accompanied him. On Wednesday the German Republican General Committee gave a farewell banquet to Dr. F. Schuetz, our Consul a - It Ater dam. The dinner was well attende 1, and the most cordial feeling prevailed. The Emigration Com mizeioners severely censure the British emigration authorities in their report on the fever ship James Posfer (Junior). They earnestly appeal to ship owners to exercise greater care in their selection of officers, but they look mainly for reform to the dis continuance of sailing vessels and the employment of steamers only in the passenger traffic. The shad fishermen of the North River have been ordered to remove their poles and nets, which interfered with sailing vessels, but offered no great impediment to steamers. A good deal of money is invested in the business, and the men are in despair at the crier of the Harbour Commissioners. The granddaughter of Commodore and daughter of Capt. J. Vanderbilt is to be married on June 8 to Mr.M'Namee; the cere mony will tike; place at the Episcopalian Church of St. John, Clifton. Rufus L. Lord died at New York on Saturday. Though he was the victim of the celebrated Lord bond robbery, his estate is valued at $5,000,000. There is a rumour that Mr. Crow ley is to be counsel to the new board of Tex Commis sioners. He has always denied that he would leave Lockport to reside in New York as an office-holder, but the salary is $7,500 a year—a sum not to be despised. Wednesday was a cold, rainy, stormy day, and although it did not prevent, it spoiled the Patterson races, where the course was under water. Gerald, however, beat Egotist, although the betting was 5 to 1 against Gerald. The weather was better on Thursday, and the attendance at the races large. The Hurdle Race was won by Toompson's bay horse. 2d race—Sweepstakes, mile and a quarter, won by Onyx; awe, 2.271. 3d race—Clifton Plate, $3OO, sweepstakes, won by M'llaniers horse; 4th race—Consolation Purse, $l5O handicap, won by Egotist ; Mtne, 1.59 g. The coal retailers put up the price from a quarter to half a dollar per ton on hearing of the strike at the mines is Pennsylvania, but the public declined t:) purchase, and they will have to come down. The miners fixed the price at $.5 per ton for us, and it was attempted to be shown that if the duty were repealed, Nova Scotia could supply it cheaper,but this is proved to be a in'stake. The six seamen brought from Java charg sl with the murder of J. W. Jones, mate of the 7arca, 11, 11-1170 undergone an ex unination, w:ticli went to prove that Jones lest his life in a melee. The rtfl lion dinars of gold offered by the Secreta'y of the Treasury on Thursday was applied for to the amount of $2,100,000. The following are the awards : $BOO,OOO to Henry Clews and Co., at 113 77 to 143 85 ; $lOO,OOO to W. F. Livermore and Co., 143 80 to 143 81 ; $lOO,OOO to Lewis, Daniel, and Co., 143 91. AMERICA AS A PROTECTOR. Among the angry, ill-considered, even malicious, articl, s which Senator SUMNER'S phillipic has called forth in the British press, is one, in the number just out of Blackwood's Maga:ine, entitled " American Reasons for Peace." Why it is so called we know not, as it gives no reasons for peace, nor for any- thing else that - we can see, though it contains a re mark in harmony with the present British tone, which, however natural, may receive a misdirected bent from the men of the Old Ebony school. The Spectator not long ago re'atcd a conversation be tween an Englishman and a Frenchman, wherein the latter remarked " formerly we thought you Anglo- Saxons all one race, related in love and kinship; now we know you arc two distinct nations, whose en mity can be relied on to neutralize each other. Some day the Americans will destroy you English, then be sorry for what they have done, and begin to glorify you, writing and speaking of England with venera tion as the old home and Fatherland, proclaiming aloud their pride in the descent." Blackwood puts the idea in another form, basing its remark on this saying of a very distinguished American general, who won his knightly spurs in the war against Mexico •: —"Nothing would give the American people greater pleasure than to see poor old Eng land beset by a coalition of the European Powers, and reduced to the last extremity; in such an emergency it would be the duty and the glory of America to come to the rescue, to save the land of their forefathers, and take her under American pro tection henceforth and forever." Ebony resents this; the idea of England's decadence being hateful to that hard, everlasting old stick, and it scorefully alludes to it as a notion held " by ignorant Ame ricans who look forward to the day when America shall exercise a paternal guardianship and protec torate over her old grandmother." Illaga's anger has tetr.,ycd it into cane confir - iioa in describing the relationship, as Miss COLUMBIA is represented as exercising a paternal protectorate ; but we think there is a greater error in Blackwood's wrath at the notion. Unpleasant as it may be to feel strength Liling, to know that age creeps on, that the course must be to weakness, to decrepitude, to death, yet it is the career and end of nations as of indivi duals,. which Euglaad can no more escape than the many empires that have preceded her's. According to some savants the tropics are on their way to the poles, and the poles to the tropics, an eccentric movement by which they account for the remains Of tropical prolucts in regions of ice, and of petri fied animals peculiar to the :rigid zlne being found in the tropics. All is change, nothing is perms vent, and civilization and power have been steadily travelling westward from the l the shores of the Pacific till young against the old Chinaman, and the eyee is Cam - to go - Great Bri yi'lg tins America ?fina bumps rto I .,Ve I—to be, ; in again or tain has had a fair innings, and prospectt f h o e rnianya still re mains of her empire flourishing rec the resistlessognizeandre ot %ciie come; themselvesheE ntgo the l i mast faot that course of events is calarryi-ti, i carrying the ahes clear a seat of e s m a p n i y re th i i u n t g o the United States, 1 1 k in the future can be that the dominant influence of the world is, or soon must be, there. Knowing that political importance, commerce and wealth, litera ture and science build up their metropolis, but eventually take flight, soon or_ late according to the energy, wiadora, and irk G4e of the people, combined with their luck, yet still goes, England should not grieve over the inevitable, but seek her consolation in the very feeling Ebony so scornfully rejects. The Roman Empire was crushed beneath the armed tre„d of barbarians ; the Turk once threatenei a combined Europe, but now lives by its dissensions; even the Mogul, whose throne England hervif usurped, gave place to an alien, differing not only in language, manners, and customs, but even in colour, and hateful each to the other in religion. Of all the numerom races- who have risen to sway the councils of the world, but one, when approaching decay, has had the good fortune to see the transfer of power passing into the hands of her own child, aud we ask any Englishman of sense whether this be not a matter for congratulation instead of for in' dignatiou ? lie may deny that the decay has eon" !Deuced, and we roadily admit" that England is likely long to fliurish ; but if the rev,:rse were th° case, ought nut the fact that the transfer is to her kindle 1 in A.r.e ica to be a seiiieet of intees., sa 13 " f tction ? It is not s' much that E igland is in de cay as that the IJuited States are in a tnarvellous l Y swift groove of advancement reel prosperity. .1 3 e" t ween 1850 and 1830 the ittereas • of the popular fen iU the Republic was 35 per cent., that of Great B. it-sill less then 1 ; whi'e the Repu!lic's wealth rose 1231" r cent. against Great Britain's 33. From Liverpool, as we write, the exodus to the State. is unparal leled. From all parts of Europe come the emigrant swarms, and pour across the ocean in a continuous stream, which freights the magnificent steamers of that port with cargoes of human beings. On Tues' d ly of last week the Cunard steamer Palmyra lef t the Mersey for New York, via Boston, with 6 0 : ) steerage passengers ; the next day the Idaho sailed for New York with 876 passengers. The Ottawa and the Nestorian carried out to Quebec and Montreal B66 passengers. The City of Baltimore had about 1 96 in the steerage and cabins, while the National COm' pany's steamer Denmark had 927, and the Er in 1,242 steerage passengers, for New York. T ile Scotia, which mile I from Liverpool on Saturday , took out no steerage passengers, but had a full complement of saloon passengers. The numbe r was swelled by 2;000 embarked in sailing shil s ' makinj a total for the week of 7,500 souls. il er ` 3 is the report from thechief depot in America. " Fr ° . Ist Jan. to the 15th May there arrived 81,658 caw grants from Europe at New York. Of this num' ber Germany contributed 25,431; Ireland, 17, 441 e; England, 11,890; and Scotland, 2,931. Over 1 0 , 00 u„ emigrants have arrived each week during May' Now what does this mean but empire? Mr. g es• ; BUCK may call it a " feculent torrent ;" we n3 ' it the bons and sinew, the inanhool, the e n terptil ° ; aye, even the virtue of Europe. It is not yo u beggar who emigrates, but he who has the resolu' tion and the courage to sever his connection with the land wherein there is no future for him, nor ad e ' quate present remuneration for his labour. W il l ° the Republic and the Monarchy compete for po ll X l l cal influence and commercial gains, jealousy w l 5 generate bad blood, and eaca will say hard thr o b of the other; but when the swift march of ev el)ts has carried the Union far beyond her small but great competitor, is it to be regretted that even while running the neck-and-neck race, America el ; hibits an irresistible tendency towards symP tb i' s and kindliness, not lessened perhaps because she fee a , as won the goal of whi c h she is so sure? Is the e' grandmother, while fast dropping astern, to burl back in anger America's desire to serve her as o , strong person serves the weak, as the rich serve ti`e . poor, when the rich are the children and the poor AP; of the parents ? If there be an uncomfortable seus e _ e dependence when the approaching stage is reaehe"' surely England will find a solace to her vanity 1 t knowing that blood is thicker than water, and that if America becomes a protection to her age as well as a material gain, that it is but a fair return , for ' say what we will, many of the things the ReP ub most prizes have been derived from her. Now , wiil , should Blackwood and the class that magazine re presents fume over the inevitable and repudiate tujo beneficial, instead of rejoicing that Engla nd not in the category of the Empires that lia%o n seen their power pass into the hands of a alien, inspired more with feelings of hatred 63 those of attachment, and having nothing in C oll ; mon ? To gratify their little vanity, th e y rejee the bountiful gift of a kind PROVIDENCE, and ti% stor.n and rave over a fate th a t can no wore b helped than can the limits of the island be exteu ded d a senseless course against which this journal is a o f has been a living protest., for it enters into so nic e the grea'est questions affectirg England's in ttl oa and the progress ,au 1 happiness of the Anglo - S a% tbe race. \V i.eu Atntrica has desired to draw close bonds of kindred, the has been answered 11. TROLLOI'PE or a DICKENS, all connection the " feculent torrent" being repudiated. Arl'leo, racy, recognizing in the Republic all enemy, 11 1 t he deavoured to direct English feeling agai i t t ept States, and to create a social dislike. Every .attZioe to adjust a balance to the Republic, either ln ' bo pe rica or elsewhere, has failed, or will ; every a of raised by secession has been buri e d in the gril.niti the Civil War ; then let that class, the mos t e e - the vated, and certainly not the least patriotic, cea S e ,'" r ics vain strife of enmity, learning to regard Al n ' Ae d as the eventual seat of Anglo-Saxon einPir e b n ee extracting therefrom all the pride they eau• n ot this is done, there will be an earnest des ire bat only to cultivate the most intimate relations,,,tio. to see American power established on the sucieet dest foundations, and erected on the brnp,eia,./c -principles of what is noble and good. 41 e it t n iz itick ,, wood may call this Utopian ; and stigre a as un-English, &c., &c. ; but we regardas wood's course as little less than idiotic ; as 3 at kicking against the pricks, as a dog baP n g oi eil the moon, as the angry bull running at th,e,, bo oe train, as a scream against the inevitable. who recogniz, the astounding growth of th e ,est public know that its settled enmity hereafter ,!.itist be little less than annihilation to any nation ft,, , " st to which it is nursed. Is the endeavour wis e r w ith implant that feeling, and to work vigoro us i ,ll t ta teg those bitter haters of England already in the b ielt for the eradication of the friendly sentiment which has hitherto resisted every effort of both the the and the English, which withstands the spite e ` te one and the folly of the othe r , b u t which I s : t t i l el grow luxuriously if Albi on ' s idi ot i c c hildren, w° lee but cultivate it, working for that end wher ell3 t er9 safety and continued p ros p er ity, n ot for the e ri• which, as we see it, contains exactly the rever s Anglo-American Times. 0 . 0 16 [Am YERTlSEMENT.]—flencefOrth no one will doubt th e 01 A raP!,, s properties B arry's Foo d health-restoring,ceit has already received from Invalids whose position 1 1 0 deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness t whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thiry,;ette to the thousands lleva e n or 1)1 e rr ; 0 unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " 7 0 , 1:1('' 0 '. Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866. The health of 0r reel, Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all nt.r eo lea . ,T dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barri Ve ry ts°,;,l Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at e aith , It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on hie 11 4,0 "s,,' his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too nig"5'3.216,."t extract a few out ofmore than 63.000 cures:—Cure No. the Marchioness do Brohan, of seven years' liver rZtr,lnc° .>„: wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous Pa..ost de all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and theZlot tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1 . 77 1 : LO r q Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many yea rs ci ' s vel? : , s , No 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony frc'in sinjr• nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, liatuleuq.47,, si.tkneSs, and vomiting —Maria Joly " Cure No. 4 % - d Inri,„,g James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseas. o , spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariial dean , ';', o tbs, portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury Band-oon 13'001g sloppy imitations to which, without authority, b 5 name is most audaciously attached. 12 1 00 In tins, at Is 11,d; Ilb 2s 9d; 2ibs 4s 61 5 lbs 0 , 0 e01 , 0 0 24 lbs -fos. - Also Dts BARRY'S REVALENTA. ARABIeA• ,• 4; As for -• tail POWDER is packed in tin caniste:l2 cups at „„ s a 4t at Ss 65, for 48 cups at 6s, for 283 cups at 338, for .57 6 .er fi re —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tin. orde r._ ci free of carriage in England on receipt of P o st-Offic, e do ; 0 1.1 BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, 14 " all Grocers and Chemists. ._ __ _ ____ - ---- - - FISHER—On the sth inst a t . C BIRTIL. , C hatham, the wife Fisher, C. 8., R.E., of . a son. f Sir GRANT—On the 6th inst., the wi f° 0- ' Alt xander Grant, Bart., .1 at Edinburgh, of a son. MARRIAGES. ~.., ..reb, DUDGEO P N—.. oND theOasth • rne Uu-,,, inst., at Lambou A„oat Essex, And • ' E, L Andrew Tilstone, youngest son of joLn 1 - -) 1 • 1 "„"' ‘ ,..eot daughter "don, to ElizAboth Oriana Frances, yoll-. _ of John Pond, Esq., Abridge, Essex. - Vo l ' PAGE—BE " ' MI p I 'EN —On the 7th inst., at Woodchurch,l of ... Hge, of Forest-hill, to Alarv. eldest ii•iiiffh,ter. Geo. I.l.:litn, Esq., of Piurenden, Woodohurcliel3" DEATIIS. ucor PEUMPTRE— On the sth inst , at Worthing, of eons a , lion, a!ter upwards of two . years' illness. aged 33, ' 1 6 , 1 ., laide, the beloved wife of Charles John Plumptre, oci, barrister-at-law, of 15, Belgrave-road, St. Johu's-sv° of and youngest daughter of the late Major Dental Cannanore, Madras, India. SHEPHERD—On the a Ist May, at Devonshire-lorlleceej •,_ o f Colon Bl If 6 yde-park, dee?ly lamented, George Sheplierd, f_,..,,,,, ta , ti f k orpnerly a Professor at Prior Park College' l' o virs. : Printed and Published by WILLIA3I AND str od, London of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tus SUN Office, No.lll 00,...,1 in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill ill 9 CO utY 91 laid ° Tuesday, Tune 8, HO