The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times, in discussing the Telegraphs Bill, observes that the great advantages to be anticipated from the Government scheme are the carrying the wires into all parts of the country, and the cheapening and popularising of telegraphic communication. It would probably never be worth the while of a private company to carry its wires to the principal villages or even to the suburbs of large towns. But the Government have the offices ready, and are thus saved at the outset a considerable outlay. They ought, moreover, to turn the telegraph to great account in the transaction of their business. In Switzerland it is used for the transmission of money-orders, and we believe that, by a treaty with the North German Bund, the telegraph unites that country with Switzerland for all , purposes of credit. But if the public are to reap the full benefit of these advantages, the rate of charge must be fixed much lower than is at present contemplated. Sixpenny messages, which have been common in towns, are to be abandoned, and a shilling will be the uniform charge for twenty words. At such a price the wires will not be used for short distances. One great advantage, moreover, to be anticipated from cheap and extended telegraphic communication would be to diminish the ever-increasing burden of letter-writing. If tele grams were cheap and telegraph offices accessible, people would gradually learn to transact by the wires a great deal of business that is now more tediously accomplished by the post. But such developement is impracticable with shilling messages, and the rate seems extravagantly high when we know that in parts of the Continent the lowest charge is only half a franc. These points, however, are all capable of amendment. There can he no hesitation about passing the bill in some form, and experi ence will soon indicate the extensions and modifications of the system which may be desirable. The Standard says that the legislation which exists in regard to nitro-glycerine is of a very slender and unsatis factory character. The law which regulates the storing of this "powder oil " is far from affording adequate pro tection to the public, while the law, as it relates to the transport of the article, is still worse. Nitro-glycerine is classed as " specially dangerous," and is to be declared as such when handed over to any warehouse owner or carrier. It is to he properly and no warehouse-owner or carrier is bound to receive or carry nitro-glycerine. But, of course, the article is both stored and carried. Regulations also exist as to the disposal of ships arriving in port with this com pound on board. But so long as the packages containing the oil are duly labelled, and no deception is practised, there seems no limit to the quantity of the substance which may be carried. The Home (Mee is now inquiring whether it is possible to deprive nitre-glycerine of its explosive properties temporarily, so that it may be trans ported while in that state. Sir John Hay proposes to prohibit the importation of the article and to regulate its conveyance. At present it comes to us chiefly, if not wholly, from the Continent. It has been stated that large quantities go across England from Hull to Liverpool. In fact, it is impos sible to say where the stuff may or may not be. While Mr. H. B. Sheridan is anxious as to the state of the boilers which are said to underlie the floor of the House, yet greater dangers may threaten our legislators from the proximity of nitro-glycerine. Do railway companies carry this treacherous and terrible com pound, and may a collision with a goods train lead to the bursting of a tunnel, the smashing of a viaduct, or the breaking up of an entire junction? We believe the whole statute law of explosives needs revision ; but in the mean time the public are indebted to Sir John Hay for bringing before Parliament a definite proposition in reference to this perpetual source of peril. The Daily News observes that the memorial which the Independent Orange Association of Ulster addressed the other day to the Prime Minister does not owe all its importance to the answer which it has called forth. It is itself a very remarkable paper. It is evidently the genuine expression of the feelings entertained by the Protestant farmers and artisans of Ulster. In this respect it differs very much from the elaborate documents which are periodically issued with " Enniskillen," or from some other lordly signature attached to them, and in the pre paration of which the rank and file of the Orange Lodges have about as much to do as the shareholders of a railway or other company have to do with the director's report. The crudities of thought and of language with which the memo rial of the Independent Orange Association of Ulster abounds, give it an interest and value which would be wanting to language more polished and diplomatic. The real mind of that vigorous Protestant democracy which has the future of a large part of Ireland in its hands is clearly delineated. It is much to understand it, even if we fail to agree in it. The members of the Independent Orange Association of Ulster declare that they " infi nitely prefer complete disestablishment and clisendowment than that the Church of Rome should be paid by a Pro testant State." The Conservative majority in the 'House of Lords has pursued a strange course. Under the pretence of reconciling the Protestants of Ireland to a necessity which is distasteful to them, they asso ciate it with conditions which are yet more odious in their eyes. It is satisfactory to find that the Ulster Orangemen do not share the alarm which is felt by some eloquent Irish bishops as to the future of Protes tantism in Ireland. Their historic appeal to the success of the voluntary principle in Ireland, " as it existed in the Primitive Church (then Protestant)" prior to the invasion of Henry IL, and its subjection to the Papacy by " the force and influence" of that monarch and "the fraud of Pope Adrian," might not, perhaps, stand close critical examination. But this ancient precedent is not really the source of their conviction, which has its origin in their own zeal. The Free Protestant Church will succeed in Ireland if it numbers in its ranks men who cannot under stand how it should fail, and who are determined not to let it do so. The Star rejoices at the success attending the efforts ot the Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. In facilities for obtaining and enjoying really pure and cold water, lies one of the best chances of altering for the better the drinking habits of our lower, middle, and lowest class. When what the Americans have taken to calling, in an odiously-affected phrase, "the heated term" has set in, water fresh and cold, and water-iced, is one of the most priceless boons we can enjoy. Man craves it inside him and outside him with as powerful an instinct as any of the lower animals ; indeed, with a deeper depth of desire, for the consumption of animal food and the imbibi tion of stimulants give him a thirst which they wot not of. Our inferiors in the scale of being are debarred from the questionable excess too common in man. But while by these drinking-troughs we miti gate the horrors of thirst in poor dumb creatures who only signify their terrible want by external symptoms of suf fering, do not let us forget that if there were here, as there is in America and our West India colonies, in India, and even in the more temperate climes of Australasia, a plentiful supply of ice, one excuse for the everlasting sucking of the beer-barrel would be taken away. A late eminent judge used to say that when he went down to the Central Criminal Court to try prisoners, he drank porter copiously, in order to bring his intellect down to the level of the advocates who practised there. His sarcasm was merely an amplification of the old vulgar saying, that those who "drink beer think beer." Malt and hops may produce a very wholesome beverage, which the hardy sons of toil may drink unadulterated in moderation; but cold fresh water and iced-water will at any rate give men of all ranks a better chance of being sober. The Teleijraph says the French have a witty proverb, " Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait"—" If youth had knowledge, if age bad power." So we may exclaim, "If the peasant knew, if the artisan were strong." The peasant is the very man to emigrate. There is room for him east and west, north and south. Strong arms are always and everywhere of use. But he knows nothing. The artisan has learned from lectures, books, and papers about the New World and all its wide opportunities ; but he finds also that there is no demand for the special skill to which he has devoted twenty years ; while the most open fields of America want that brute strength whirl' twenty years of town have taken out of him. There is a story told of a Sheffield woman, 40 years old, who was found penniless in some West Country State. They asked her what she had done, or could do, for a living. She could answer only "Pack files." She had been packing files in Sheffield for twenty-five years, since she had been a girl of 15, and some ill-wind had forced her to emigrate to regions where nobody wanted files packed. The worst of the matter is, that the evil and the knowledge of the remedy are most obvious at Ufa end where the remedy is least applicable. The best emigration, from a national point of view, would be that of strong, healthy rustics, who, with no loss to us, would carry their unskilled labour into lands where it might find its reward; but, unfortunately, our emigrants from England are in great part intelligent middle-aged artisans, pushed from their stools, beaten here in the battle of life, and not very able to begin a new campaign. The Manx Legislature has resolved upon erect ing a new hall in which to carry on its deliberations. ' BLEVITY.—A French Capuchin on the Festival of St. James had to pronounce a panegy-ric on that saint' As he was rather late, the attendant priests, who feared that he would make a long sermon, entreated him to abridge it. The monk mounted the pulp!t, and said : "My brethren, twelve months ago I preached an eulogy on the eminent apostle whose festival you this day celebrate. As I doubt not but that you were all very attentive to me, 2.7:1 as I have not learned that he has done anything new since, I have nothing to add to what I said at that time." thcza n=cumal tho LAW AND POLICE. A DIFFICULT APPOINTMENT.—In the Rolls Court, on Tuesday, in the case of the Accidental Death Insurance Company, a question was raised as to the appointment of an official liquidator. No less than five candidates were put forward by different sections of the share holders and by the creditors. His lordship said such applications should be disposed of in Chambers where the real facts were known. He gave the preference to Mr. Hart, as the gentleman whom the majority of the share. holders favoured. THE LONDON, CHATHA3f, AND DOVER RAILWAY. — Vice-Chancellor Stuart, on Tuesday, delivered judgment in the suits of " Waterlow v. Sharp " and " Gardner v. Sharp," in which the affairs of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway are being administered under the direction of the Court of Chancery. The question was whether the holders of debentures not payable till after the date of the deed of the 19th of January, 1867, by which the company vested their plant and rolling stock in trustees to sell or let for the payment of creditors, are entitled to the benefit of that deed. The Vice-Chancellor decided that debenture-holders whose money was not recoverable until after the date of the deed are not entitled to anything except interest due to them at that date. The language of the sixth clause was very inaccu rate ; but the practice of the court as to creditors holding securities was to be followed, and the debenture-holders entitled to payment under the deed were not bound to deduct the value of their security. THE E ATEST ATTEMPTED ASSASSINA TION IN IRELAND. A correspondent of Saunderes News Letter, writing from Athenry, gives the following particulars of the attempted assassination of Captain Thomas D. Lambert, J.P.,of Castle Lambert :—"Early on Tuesday morning in formation reached Captain Lopdell that Captain Thomas D. Lambert had been tired at and dangerously wounded. Captain Lopdell accordingly proceeded at five o'clock this morning to Castle Lambert, when he found the Captain in bed, having four wounds in his body, two in his stomach, one in his side, and one in his head. Captain Lambert said he had been at Moor Park during the day, the residence of his brother, Giles Eyre Lambert, and that he arrived at Lome about nine o'clock, when he saw a strange man in his lawn. Going up towards him to know his reason for being there, the young man fired a revolver at him. Being a good distance off, the shot did not take effect. Captain Lambert kept still advancing when the young man fired again, and this time the shot struck him in the groin. A third was fired, which struck him in the side ; a fourth, when the grain of shot struck the watch in his pocket, and flattened it ; a fifth, which struck him over the left eye and grazed along the bone. This shot brought the Captain to the ground, and the would-be assassin then retreated. The Captain then gathered as much strength as enabled him to make for his own door; but he no sooner knocked at it than he fell down in a swoon. His brother happened to be in the Castle atthe time, and by the use of stimulants the wounded gentleman was soon restored to consciousness. After relating what had taken place, he said the man who fired at him was of slight make, with black trousers and a jerry hat, and he added, ' If Barrett's son had been in the country I would have said it was he.' The police were immediately communicated with, and scouts sent out in all directions. Ultimately Constable Healey arrested young Barrett in the railway train between Athenry and Woodlawn stations. The constable, who was travelling in the same carriage with the prisoner, observed something suspicious in his demea nour, and on epuestioning him, received answers as to where he had come from and where he was going, which his railway-ticket shewed to be untrue. He was taken into custody, and has been lodged in Galway Gaol. Barrett is a young man about 25 years of age, of respectable appearance, and holds a situation in the General Post Office, London. He graduated in the Galway Queen's College a few years ago, and got the situation through the interest of the father of the gentle man whose life he attempted to take. It appe ars th a t «th Barrett's father had recently been ejected from his farm by &ptain Lambert, because he had advised a neighbour to take an action against the Captain for false imprison ment, which action was tried at the last spring assizes in Galway, and £BO damages got against Captain Lambert." The injured man is likely to recover. A Cabinet Council will be held on Saturday next. A foppish fellow advised a friend not to marry a poor girl, as he would find matrimony with poverty "up hill work." " Good," said his friend, " I would rather go up hill than down, any time." The following inscription is actually to be found in an ancient cemetery in Eockville, Eastern Massachu setts :—" In memory of Jane Bent, who kicked up her heels and away she went." " Circumstances alter cases, your know," said a rich old miser to his nephew who had lost a fortune, and consequently his uncle's friendship. "I repeat, sir, that circumstances alter cases." "Yes, uncle, I see they do, especially when they are reduced circumstances." The special correspondent of the Birmingham Post, a member of Parliament, telegraphs that when the news that the Lords had accepted concurrent endowment was brought to Mr ti Gladstone his features assumed an expression of th e deepeff concern. He then left the house with Mr. Glyn. " The amendment," the co rrespondent add , , will bo stre nously opposed by the Government. There is a rumour that it will be taken up by Mr. Disraeli in defiance of Lord Cairns. Three-fourths of his adherents only want his sig nal to vote for it. The Earl of Derby sounded the note of defiance, entreating the Tory Peers to stand by the amendments, and threw the respon:ib:lity on the other house. The bill has never been in Filch peril. The Prin cess Louise and Prince Arthur remained until after the division in the Lords." THE PUBLIC HEALTU.—Last week the rate of mortality was 21 per 1,000 in London, as compared with 22 in 13 other large towns in the United Kingdom and in Paris. There were registered in the metropolis 1,926 births, and 1,279 deaths, the latter having been 71 less than the estimated number. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 336, the cor rected average number being 409. Four persons died from smallpox, 29 from measles, 85 from scarlet fever, 6 from diphtheria, 69 from whooping-cough, 12 from typhus fever, 18 from enteric fever, 12 from simple con tinued fever, and 30 from diarrhcea. The mortality from measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, fever, and diarrhcea was greater than in the preceding week, but the deaths from whooping-cough exhibit a considerable decrease. The mean temperature during last week was 64'2, or 2'5 above the average. The entire range of temperature during the week was more than 3) degrees. SERIOUS RIOT AT Ross.—A riot has taken place at Ross, Herefordshire, caused by an attempt on the part of some of the inhabitants to assert • the right of the public to use the pleasure grounds and gardens attached to the Royal Hotel, which, they assert, were left by John Kyrle, Pope's "Man of Ross," for the benefit of the people. Twenty-one years ago a similar attempt was made, resulting, as now, in a considerable loss of property. The present riot grew out of the annual celebration of a friendly society, at which it had been before rumoured that an attempt of this kind would be made. About seven o'clock a band of music, followed by about 1,000 persons, paraded the streets, until they reached the Prospect, when they commenced tearing ap fences, pulling down gates, and committing other depre dations. They also forced the doors of a detached billiard room, smashed the crindows, and destroyed the' con tents. After this they collected the fences, shrubs, and plants which they had torn up, and made a bonfire of them, and at one time it was feared the fire would spread to the hotel. The police, armed with cutlasses, were unable to cope with the mob, and detachments of city and county police were sent for from Hereford ; but by the time they arrived the crowd had dispersed. The magistrates have determined to have the ringleaders arrested and tried. ROSSINI AND THE MUSIC PDBLISHERS.—Rossini, for composing the "Barber of Seville," received not quite eighty pounds, together with a lodging in the house occupied by Signor Luigi Zamboni—the future Figaro. It may be thought that he at least got something for the copyright of the music. He got nothing for the copyright of the music. He did not even take the trouble to get it engraved ; and two of the pieces, the overture (for which the overture to " Aureliano in Palmira" was afterwards substituted), and the scene of the music lesson (original:y treated as a concerted piece), were lost. Rossini wrote his operas for stagereprest ntation, and thought no more of their publication by means of the press than did Shakepeare and MoliZ2re of the publication of their pays. Indeed, the first appearance of a complete edition of Rossini's operas was to Rossini himself a surprise, and by no means an agreeable one. He had, in fact, enough to do in producing his works ; and, practically, had obtained for them all he could get when he had once been paid by the theatre. IV I:at he sod to the manager was the right of representation for two years ; after which he had no right of any kind in his works. Anyone might play them, anyone might engrave them. One year after the production of the new opera, the com poser had the right to take back the original score from the theatre ; and this Rossini sometimes neglected to do, or, in the_case of the " Barber," the two missing pieces would natphave been lost. From the publishers who en graved hitworks, and made large sums of money by selling them, he never, as long as he remained in Italy, receiven 444ingt7 - -" Life of Booki," Lztqu44criglA Eivicyck, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDENSDAY EVEMNG, JULY 14, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NETVS. the privileged few wno possess aeps. i ins nrirLICCS Ura as putting it upon the nation rather too strongly. Even M. Hausmann would hardly carry the rights of the metropolis to such an extreme. banks to the extent necessary. The commercial travellers' met at the Astor House to hear a report regarding the abolition of the existing license laws, with F. Stevens in the chair. In Chicago the law had been repealed through their efforts, and many towns in Illinois had followed the example ; nearly $5,000 bad been contributed towards the expenses of the association, and Mr. Richard O'Gorman was decided on as counsel. The Hon. Reverdy John son has been here, and returned on Thursday ; he was in court when the case of the Cuban fillibusters was brought up, the proceedings there being of in terest. When about to commence, the District At torney entered and said that the prisoners bad been indicted by the Grand Jury, adding that he was prepared to take bail. This gave rise to a contest between the District Attorney and the pri soner's counsel, and the accused were re-arrested to find fresh bail. The Cubans and their sympa thizers were greatly disgusted, and loudly accused the Marshal and the District Attorney of being under Spanish influence. It was evident throughout the proceedings how strong was the public sym pathy for the accused, and had the Court not repressed it their counsel wouli have been warmly applauded. The leaders believe that the President at heart favours the insurgents, and were it not for Secretary Fish he would allow this more openly to appear. Spain freely buys arms and ammunition here, though the patriots cannot ship anything ex cept by stealth, which they assert to be unfair ; all they would apply for is recognition, so as to be placed on the same terms with the enemy. Colonel Ryan, on Wednesday night, was rescued from the United States Marshal's deputies, and a report was circulated that he immediately left New York with several hundred men who had mustered in Jersey City, and had a steam-tug ready near the Cunard dock to take them down the bay ; but the United States Marshal was beforehand, and occupied the tug. The Eagle sailed for Havannah next day, and there was a rumour that the Spanish spy who had put the officers on the scent had been obliged to make himself scarce, and was a passenger in her. Colonel Ryan will be taken great care of if re-cap tured, for the officers are not in the best frame of mind in having a prisoner indicted by the grand jury forcibly taken from them. A strike is threat ened by the car-drivers on the Eighth Avenue Rail road for an increase of 25c. to their present wages of $2 25e. per day, and it is probable that the drivers of the South Avenue Railroad will join them. The cap makers, both men and women, continue on strike, and obtained aid through appeals to the public. As a rule, the " strikers" come to grief, although the institution is now so rooted in Ame rica as to enter into the calculation of all capitalists investing in a business wherein labour is extensively employed. The greatest known on this side was that of the Pennsylvania coal miners, which ramified over the State, and after being kept up for months is likely to end in a very general and disastrous loss without good to any, most certainly not to the men; the only benefit, accrued to those who had coal in store. There is a bad lot in some of the wilder dis tricts who carry out the decisions of the unions with pistol and bludgeon, or they would have no chance, for the employers wish to be fair, and the employed, as a rule, wish for that too, but are coerced by these ruffians, who bar the mines and works to other hands by their ferocious system of terrorism. Ritualists continue to attract attention by the "height" of their High Church services at Christ Church, Fifth-avenue, but they are losing their at traction, for although the baptism, as performed by Dr. Ewer on his own infant, was peculiar, the wit nesses were few. A procession, headed by an aco lyte carrying a lightel candle, went round the church, and halted after its solemn march at the font ; there the priest took the candle from the stick and dipped it three times in the water, and replaced it in the socket ; then he took the infant and dipped it in the same way ; after which a white robe was thrown round the baby as an emblem of its regeneration and reception into the Church of Christ. During the ceremony the chaunting was continued, though some accounts state there was no singing. There was an accident on the Northern and New Jersey Railroad, the engine having run off the track at Norwood. Fortunately no one was injured, and as a wrecking car was telegraphed for and soon on the spot, the engine was righted, and arrived after a delay of four or five hours. The mercantile circles here were greatly disappointed that Secretary Boutwell passed through for Wash ington without according them the anticipated in. terview. 7 here has been great stringency in the Money Market, attributed to the large sales of gold by the Treasury sweeping the currency from its usual channel, and accumulating it in the Trea sury. Although the modification of the Secretary's policy allays the fear for the future, it does not meet the present demand. Whitelock and Wallace have suspended payment, and that does not add to confidence, as their liabilities are large, and their house one in a good position. The yacht Dauntless, previous to sailing, has been placed in the dry dock between Pike and Market-streets and repainted. Judge Cardozo's action with regard to Mr. Towns end, of the-Nevr York bar, has given rise to a little discussion, and there is now some talk of forming a Lawyers' Protective Association ; not so much to protect the bar from the bench, but to protect the profession from being invaded by men who are neither lawyers nor gentlemen. The desire is to establish a better tone of professional feel ing, which might be felt alike on the bench and in the bar, and act as a check to unprofessional conduct. WASHINGTON, June 25. James Watson Webb has bad several interviews with the Secretary of State, and it is believed that the President endorses his position. The ex-Minis ter to Brazil asserts that he acted throughout on his instructions from Mr. Seward. The Canada, an American vessel, was lost on the coast of Brazil many years ago, the hull being taken possession of by the Brazilian authorities, and sold on behalf of the Government. Mr. Webb was directed 'to pre sent the owners' claim for $400,000. In the nego tiations the Brazilian Government set the Minister aside in transacting the very business he was de puted to perform, carrying on the negotiations through their own representative here. Mr. Webb was not the man to submit to such a slight, and this they soon discovered at Rio. He is a hot-headed fellow, who stands no nonsense, and he wrote in a strain which the Emperor's advisers were justified in considering so objectionable as to decline to place the note in the archives. He demanded his passports, and although some sort of reconciliation occurred, the Minister left after drawing up an explanation to her Britannic Majesty's representative and the other missions to Brazil. The present Administration are in a good position so far that Mr. Webb had never received instructions from them, and they are there ' fore enabled, if they like, to repudiate the emphatic demands of Mr. Seward which led to the quarrel ; but I am inclined to think that Mr. Fish is not averse to Mr. Webb's action, and considers him to be justified in the course he took. General Sickles received his instructions on Tuesday, and is to leave for Spain in a few days. , The General accompanied Mr. Fish to the Cabinet, where his instructions were considered. The fact that no Secretary of Legation has been appointed has led to the surmise that Mr. Perry will be retained, as he possesses the advantage of thoroughly knowing the language, the manners, customs, and usages of Spain, as well as perhaps too well " tbe ins and outs" of the Legation. I know an effort is being made for his retention, but it would be a slight to Mr. Hale, for which I doubt if the GoVernment is prepared. Pre sident Lemus tenaciously hangs on to Secretary Fish, in the hopes of an interview ; but Mr. Fish is very busy, awfully busy, without a moment to spare, at least, for the Cuban Envoy. He has in formed the British Minister, however, of the desire of the House of Representatives to renew the nego tiations with Canada for the Reciprocity Treaty. Id his official letter Mr. Thornton's co-operation was invited to the free interchange of products ; navigation of the St. Lawrence ; gulf, and inshore fisheries, and the Government expect the arrival of Canadian Commissioners to carry out the desired end. The late absence of the Secretaries has left an accumulation of work, for on their return they- have been closely occupied, more especially Secretary Boutwell, who has modified his sales of gold and sales of bonds. The order is ' that, after the fiscal year closes, on June 30th, $1,000,000 will be purchased on alternate weeks, commencing July 1 ; and $1,000,000 in gold will be sold on alternate weeks, commencing July 8. A change has been made in the Assistant Treasurer at New York, General Butterfield having replaced Van Dyck, resigned. There has been a great ga thering of Congressmen to meet the President on his return, which he did on Monday evening. Se nators Fenton, Boreman, Carpenter ; Representa tives Hall, Garfield, Judd, Ward, Haldeman, El dredge, Laflin, Wilkinson, Niblack, Winan s , an d Cowen, among others, are here. W. P. Taney, whose marriage to Annie Surratt I announced in my last letter, was discharged on 'Wednesday from the War Department by a special order. John Burns, objecting to the action of the Typographical Union, had his chair wheeled into the foreman's office to resign, other printers having taken the same course as the one without legs if with active hands, but Douglass is kept on, and it is be lieved that the Government will uphold him as a workman, whatever be the action of the Society. There is a bard struggle going on on this sub ject, but negroes, if they act judiciously, will win. On Tuesday last five of them were sworn in as jurors in the CriMinal Court, and Judge Fisher told them that the " tawny brown," degraded by six generations of slavery, in the seventh appears in the Grand Jury box of a nation's capital, which may more truly boast than the mother country that when the foot of a slave reaches her soil the shackles fall and he stands forth redeemed, regenerate, and disenthralled. A negro bailiff has just been ap pointed by the court, and nine coloured men are among its petty jurors. There was a meeting last Sunday of the Typographical Union of Washing ton, and elections for admission of candidates were made cn the list being the Lewis H. Douglass, but before his name was reached, the meeting in great confusion adjourned. Two days previously the bricklayers held a meeting, when the committee reported that two coloured men were employed in the Navy-yard on the same footing as the white brick layers, and at the same time the names of six mem bers of the union were announced, who, in &fiance of the rules, were working with them, and they were expelled, after considerable debate. The Go vernment continues to wage war against rascality of all sorts, chiefly whisky thieves, whose little copper illicit stills they have seized in hundreds in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. These were sold, but, in default of competition, were bought in by the illicit distillers. The grand jury have found a true bill against Tillman and the distillery at Bal timore, and all its property,valued at $300,000, have been seized by the revenue officers. The new col lector of New Orleans, Col. Casey, is having a hard time. His Republican stripe is not the most marked, and General Sypher, to whom he refused some places, openly denounces him, asserting that he did nothing for the party during the elections, and that be only got the appointment because he is a rela tive of the President. This abuse leads people to believe that New Orleans really has an honest col lector at last. In the case of the late Secretary of War, Stanton, his son, appeared on his behalf and argued against Smithson's motion, citing many Eng lish and American authorities, but judgment has not yet been delivered. The Bradley-Fisher case was adjourned on account of Judge Fisher's un avoidable absence in another court, but was ordered without fail for Mcin j aay. General Sherman left yesterday on private business for St. Louis. A rumour prevailed that Mr. Howird has declined the mission to China in order to take up the land Com missionership of the Grand Rapids and Indianapolis Railway Company, a very unlikely story, though circulated in some Western papers. The first through ticket from this to San Francisco was issued on Tuesday for $176, time seven days, route through Baltimore, Harrisburg, Pittsburg, and Chicago. As the five ironclads laid up on the Mississippi at New Orleans are reported by an officer who lately inspected them to be fast decaying they are about to be offered fcr sale. Mr. Hurlburd, Comptroller of the Currency, is about to make a tour through the North and West, which will occupy three weeks. Commissioner Delano has decided that every one connected with lotteries shall pay a tax of five per cent. on the gross receipts. An arrangement has been concluded with Hongkong to exchange book packets through San Francisco at the rate of six cents for each four ounces or fraction thereof, but it does not include newspapers and printed circu lars, on which there is a charge of two cents. Douglass has been threatened with death if he does not leave the Government Printing Office before a named day. By such intimidation only can the union rules excluding negroes be upheld. The coloured physicians, Doctors Purves and Augusta, published an answCi.' in the Chronicle to some - rt newspaper remarks that they desired to force them selves into social relations with the physicians. They say they have been opposed ever since they applied for their diplomas, and expect to be at war till they conquer. They thank the twelve gentlemen who supported their application, and regret being com pelled to resort to unpleasant means to obtain their just rights. After the Virginia election it is said that the President will direct the election in Mis sissippi to be made on the 15th September, and that in Texas on the Ist October. The trial of Yerger for the murder of Colonel Crane has excited much interest. Of course, as usual, the attempt was to prove Yerger insane ; indeed, high-toned gentlemen are always insane, in the eye of the law, when they come to be tried ; but they are always the upholders of honour, patriotism, virtue, when they shoot, or gouge, cr scalp. It is stated that the piano seized by Major Crane did not belong to Yerger ; that the taxes had been paid; and that a judge had directed the piano to be returned, but that Major Crane had refused to act on the injunction. Colonel Yerger is gene rally condemned, but there are papers which assert that the stealing of the piano of a girl through car pet-bag law roused the father into cutting the tyrant to pieces, and it was literally something of that sort Yerger did do, for the high-toned gentle man actually cut the officer up with a carving knife. LITERARY.—There is another good letter in the Owl from President Grant to General Sickles, conveying his instructions as Minister to Madrid. The Owl keeps hammering away on America, always writing amusingly, and with a correct knowledge, hitting hard at times. though without vice. Grant's P.S. is excellent, for the Owls make him say that in their nest his handwriting is known and respected, "for they are quite aware that if the American Eagle should happen to drop in among them he'd be apt to make the feathers fly." Yet another appeared last Wed nesday, conveying the President's instructions to Mr. Motley. We wonder why these birds are always flying at the United States; but to do them justice some one must know the Republic well.—Caleb Cushing has taken strong ground in favour of Senator Sumner's speech on the Ala bama claims, and it is said that Robert J. Walker is pre paring a powerful paper in support of the same side.—Mr. W. D. Spaulding, editor of the New York Tribune, left Southampton on Tuesday in the North German Lloyd steamship Rhein, for New York.—Dr. Habel, of New York, has arrived in London after a scientific tour extending over seven years, chiefly in Columbia and Peru, but also in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, making observations and collecting specimens of natural productions. MINING NEWS.—The mining intelligence from the Pacific slope is that the strike still continues in the Grass Valley district of California to the great injury of all its interests, A system of terrorent is in force to pre vent other workmen being introduced. White Pine has not produced the furore anticipated in the winter, as many unfavourable reports had been circulated ; nevertheless it progresses rapidly, and Treasure City will soon be among the largest in Nevada. An accurate calculation with all the facts has satisfied the mine owners of Humboldt county that the cupriforous silver ores yielding less per ton than $lOO in silver and gold will be remunerative to ship, via San Francisco, to Swansea. These ores contain a consi derable quantity of copper, whereby they are more diffi cult to assay, and are rendered much more valuable at Swansea, where the process is economically effected ; one of the earliest districts then to be benefited by the opening of the Pacific Railroad is the ILlalboldt, and we regret that a mine such as the Humboldt offered last year in the Loudon market by Mr. Dunne failed to find buyers, as it is now placed beyond question that it must have yielded results such as would have astonished the London in vestor. In the year 1868, 127 ships, with a total tonnage of 81,181 lasts (of 4,0001 b. each), all laden, entored the ports of flamburgh and Altona from the United States of North America. Twelve of these, representing a burden of 6,4801a,5t5, sailed under the American flag. 01123 of thou) ships, having an aggregate tonnage of 52,832 lasts, which entered the port of Hamburg, 49 vessels, with 36,826 lasts, were steamers, and 42, with 7,674 lasts, were sailing ships from the port of New York. Sixteen vessels, with 3,481 lasts, arrived from Philadelphia, six from Baker's Island, four from Boston, four from New Orleans, one from Balti more, and ono from Mobile. The value of the cargoes of these 123 vessels amounted to 28,517,290 Marks Banco (100 M.B. are equal to 3.5903 eagles), or 6.69 per cent. of the entire value of the imports into Hamburgh. In the years 1851-1855 the annual importation from North Ame rica formed on an average 316 per cent of all tha goods brought to Hamburgh by sea. The most important articles sent from the United States were cigars (5,336, 010 M. B), tobacco (2,672,180 M. B.), petrol e u m (3,24 6,550 g• B.), cotton (20,384 bales, worth 4,929,590 M. B.), an d ma chines (1,543,930 Marks Banco.) In 1868, 97 ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 80,526 lasts, left Hamburgh and Altona for the United States, exclusive of the Californian ports, for which 16 vessels, with 4,536 lasts, sailed. Of these ships 9, with 4,690 lasts and 141 men, bore the Ame rican flag. Four of these, with a tonnage of 1,495 lasts were laden, and 5, with 3,195 lasts, were in ballast. — North German Correspondent. IMPERIAL PARMA if EN T HOUSE OF LORDS---LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Duko of MANCB.ESTER asked if it was not in the power of the Government to do something to expe" dite the inquiry into the recent affair at Portadown. Lord DiJFFERIN said the Government very much regretted the adjournment of the inquest, but it had no control over the proceedings. ThQ Marquis TOWNSHEND moved the second read ing of the Education of Children Bill. The second reading was negatived without discussion or division. The Bishops Resignation Bill was read a second time. The Court of Commons Pleas (County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill and the Municipal Franchise Bill passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. On resuming at nine o'clock, Earl GROSVENOR moved that in the opinion of the house the distress occasioned by the cattle plague to the ratepayers of the county of Chester entitled them to the favourable consideration of her Majesty's Governmen t, with a view to some remission of the heavy debts incurred for the amount of compensation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed I the motion, as calculated to open up a very perilous, dan" gerous, and unconstitutional course of action. The house divided, and the motion of Lord Grosvenor was negatived by 126 to 85. The remaining k business was formally :disposed of, an d the house adjourned at a very late hour. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. THE BREECH-LOADING CANNON. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN said, as he understood it was the intention of the Government to make some recognt tion of the services of M r . S. A. G o dd ar d , the i nven tor off the breech-loading canncn, he should not put the question he had on the paper to the Secretary of War. _ _ _ CLEARING VESSELS. Mr. GRAVES asked the Secretary to the Treasury if the Treasury now possessed the power to authorise the substitution of the owner or agent for the shipmaster in clearing a vessel at the Custom House; and, if 12° , 4 , whether it would be possible to obtain this session t'" necessary legal powers for dispensing with the attendance of the captain at the Custom House. Mr. AYRTON said it was intended to make provision for the change in the bill to be b roug ht i n w ith respect to foreign wines. THE CASE OF MARY ALLEN. Col. BARTTELOT asked the President of the Poo r law Board whether it w as th e i n t en ti on o f th e Poor-la' Board to institute an inquiry into the death of Mary who lately died at St. Pancras Workhouse under circus" stances which caused an inquest to be held ; and whether the Poor-law Board int en d e d t o h as t en th e f urn i s hing° f the new parish infirmary at Highgate ? Mr. GOSCHEN said it was the intention of the 20° law Board to make a strict inquiry into the c ircumstan ce: connected with the case referred to. (Hear, hear.) w ith respect to the second part of the hon. and g a ll a nt eolonio o question, be Was afraid the hastening on of the building rested rather with the contractor and the board of ge°r dians, the Poor-law Board having no power to li r terfere. THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSIONS. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN asked the President of tb" Board of Trade whether ho had yet received a count of the number of persons killed and injured 1 3 9 terrible boiler explosion at Bingley, which occurred sb ° "„ three weeks ago ; wh e th er it was t rue th a t t wen ty per soe wore killed and nearly f or ty persons ser i ous ly injure,;: ,; and whether he could gi ve an y i n f orma ti on with rese" to various other lamentable accidents of a similar 01 ° 1' acter, which had occurred within the last few months.• Mr. LEFEVRE said no official information had yet bee • received at the Board of Trade of the matter referred tex: he was not yet in a position to confirm or give any e planation of the accounts which had been published. BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. Colonel DYOTT asked the President of the Po or- Board whether he would undertake to consider the . `l3, pediency of iWroduciug a clause on a suitable e cc3s w. with the view to remove doubts which now existed re es tive to the right of borough magistrates in certain O s to be ex officio members of boards of guardians? e Mr. GOSCHEN said the question was a difficult ellti; but as there were matters connected with it that ougb t be cleared up be was quite ready t o cons id er a claus e " the first suitable opportunity to set the matter at rest. THE INOLOSURE OFFICE. Sir THOMAS LLOYD asked the Secretary o o f tbe Treasury if ho was aware of the present delay and in c ; venjence in obtaining the sanction of the Inclo3ure to building improvements under the acts of Parlianle for the improvement of land ? Mr. AYRTON Paid the delay referred to had boon c l i tii ,4 t6 accidental, and the plans no w wou ld b e co nsidere d rapidly as possible. The department was sufficient for transaction of all business that came before it. I, CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) BI LL ' The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 90 being read, ,hyet Sir E. B ULLER move d t o amen d th e c l au se, WP - `7 lo f. nut how the su r pl us com p ensa ti on was t o be dispos e `) o s The clause, as it at present enacted stood that the su r P e a should be returned to the ratepayers, but what he proPosos was that the surplus should be given to those p ots of whose cattle had been slaughtered between the 15th April and the 20th of Feb., by an unauthorised perS°h. Sir SMITH CHILD seconded the proposition. .00 Mr. POSTER said the question at issue r eally " whether the surplus of a fund that had been raised for t; compensation of those who had had their cattle lcin el l to directed by the Act of Parliament should be return had the ratepayers after all cases of compensation , 0 1 3 0 been met, or whether they should be paid to persona . 00 . did not stand in a position to receive eompe n e 0 The cattle of the persons referred to were killed then, inspector not authorized by the Government, a nd fore the magistrate had no power to order compoll sat.ll ;l 4 After some discussion Sir E. Buller w ithdrev r h . e u amendment and adopted that of Sir C. AdderloYl th e re was nearly similar. The committee divided, whe n w- appeared— For the amendment Against it BO Majority • ti. T he c The amendment was th ere f ore agree d to. "e ti sideration of the othe r amendments to th e various clitsito sittingo thebill w a s occupiedsuspended the . house up to the hour at cm' rADVERTISEMENTI.—HOHOWey'S Ointment and ? i e . ; of Shortness of Breath, Coughs, and Colds.—Thou sell ; testimonials can be produced to prove the poW er ,44l sessed by these corrective remedies in cases of se t t incipient consumption, and all disorders of the W s : - 0 a lungs. The ointment, well rubbed upon the ch est n tlf back, penetrating the skin, is absorbed and carried d''',"; to the lungs, where, in immediate contact with the b o lo mass of circulating blood, it neutralises or expel° 7. O ° D, impurities, which are the foundation of consu l:li r: tO• asthma, o bronchitis, pneumonia, and similar corePa'ilthe On the appearance of the first consumptive frollo W b l ti o rosy ptoel e back and chest of the patient should be fomented 11 warm brine, dried with a coarse cloth, and ointment then well rubbed in. Its absorption Will 511 advancing symptoms and baffle this formidable foe. BIRTHS. P ic° CALVERT— On the 12th inst., at Moreton Lodge, rt,late Moreton, Buckingham, the wife of Captain One 11th Hussars, of a son. he flogi GORDON—On the 13th inst., at 29, Eaton-square/ Mrs. Hamilton Gordon, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. „ w e% CARY —FAGG— On the 13th inst. at at Holy Trinititibarrie: Haversto , .k-hill, George Cary, of Lincoln's -In°, pole" tor-at-law, to Ellen Maria, eldest daughter of Fagg, Esq. r, ore' KEY—OoRNELius— On the 10th inst., at St. c il Ol e Hanover-square, Robert Kay, Esq., to youngest daughter of the late James Cornell° ' Asbcambe, Devon. A srilii slll THE POLITICAL CRISIS. The Irish Church question has passed out of the phase of controversy into the phase of action. The Lords have put their foot down upon concurrent endowment. Mr. Gladstone has put his foot down upon total disendowment and ah immediate settle ment. The Times, in apparent ignorance of his letter, and, as we cannot help thinking, utterly mis informed as to the real position of the nation with regard to this question, declares that the Commons will now accept one of two courses, accept Earl Stanhope's amendment, or agree to the postpone ment of the appropriation. The Daily Telegraph, which is known to be in the confidence of the Government, points to the smallness of the majority by which Lord Stanhope's amendment has been carried, and declares that while there is only a majo rity of seven for it in the Upper House, the Govern ment, the House of Commons, and the nation have declared against it, and will reverse it. " And for the very reason that makes concurrent endowment inad missible the House of Commons must also reinsert the clause which devotes the surplus to specific pur poses." The same paper, dwelling upon the important and critical nature of Thursday and Friday nights' debates, says that "the result will be a reaffirmation of the principles originally embodied in the bill." The Daily News goes further, and prophecies not only that the Commons will reject the Lords' amend ments, but that the Lord's themselves will accept the rejection. " They will escape from peril by humiliation." The Star is not so bold, and will venture only to say that the vote upon Lord Stanhope's amendment " will necessitate new calcu lations as to the future of the bill, but will probably not invalidate those which the Government and the house of Commons have already made." The Morning Post is not prepared to say what course the Government will adopt, save that " Mr. Gladstone, having put his hand to the plough, will not look back until the task which he has set himself is accomplished." Two courses are open—either to reject the Lords' amendments in Coto or to accept such as are admissible, reject the rest, send the bill back thus restored to the Lords, and throw upon that House the responsibility of throw ing the measure out. It has not yet been decided, says the Post, if, in the event of the bill being lost, Government will call Parliament together for an autumn session, and " take measures to control the hostile majority of the House of Lords." The Advertiser, knowing nothing, is content to ask the question " What next P " and to give the very safe answer "We shall see." Coming to the Opposition journals we find the :Standard differing for once from Lord Derby, and rejoicing that by the acceptance of Lord S tanh ope's amendment " the House of Lords has adopted a proposal which so importantly strengthens its position in insisting upon its amend ments." The herald remarks only that "it remains to be seen whether the statesmanship or the preju dice of the Liberals is to win the day." Thus it will be seen that the Times alone of all the morning papers predicts that the Lords will prevail. THE LORDS AND THE IRISH carrell BILL. At Birmingham, on Monday evening, a meeting of the general committee of the Liberal Association was held, to take into consideration the Irish Church Bill in its present condition. About 140 members of the committee were present, and a resolution was passed unanimously supporting the policy of the Ministers and emphatically protesting against re-endowment or concurrent endowment in any form. It was resolved that an open-air meeting should be held on Saturday to petition the House of Commons to reject the Lords' amendments. At Newcastle, on Monday, a large meeting of Liberals was held, at which resolutions were passed ag%tinst the Lords' amend ments. Arrangements were made for a popular gathering to-day, with the view of petitioning the House of Commons to reject them. Meetings are to be held in support of the Government in many of the large northern towns this week. 3ill. CHARLEY AGAIN. The failure of the Blackheath great Protestant demonstration is now explained. Mr. Charley was not there. This very energetic gentleman writes to say why he was not there. One of his reasons is that the Lords made a great mista!ie in not throwing out the bill on the second reading, supported as they were by the demonstration of " a quarter of a million of men" at Manchester (Mr. Charley has clearly been studying Falstaff lately). But the time for demonstrations is coming. Let Mr. Gladstone once attempt to coerce the Lords, and then there will be no lack of demonstrations. Then, if Mr. Charley is right, we shall ace the remarkable spec tacle of the nation rising to support the Lords in their opposition to the representatives whom the nation has chosen. POLITICS IN WALES. The Conservative journals are answering Mr. Richard's charges against the Welsh Conservative landlords by bringing counter-charges against the Liberal landlords. It is stated that in Cardiganshire Sir Pryse Pryse irsned a circular to his tenants telling them that they could vote as they pleased, but as the election drew on, and it was found that the fight would be close, the tenants were apprised that no freedom would be left to them, and they were dragged up to the poll " like the beeves of Hercules." To those who know nnything - of the Welsh middle-class the idea of there being any necessity for "dragging" a Welahman to vote for a Liberal will seem the wildest improbability. But supposing that this con tingency did happen, it proves merely that what is called "landlordism " pervades the whole of the landlord class, and that there is the more neces sity for counteracting it. It is noticeable that no attempt is made to deny Mr. Richard's charges. He is accused of bad manners in attacking private persons and in not giving notice to everyone whom he intended to name; but the fuss that is made about this perfectly irrelevant and trivial matter - shews how well-founded his charges are, and how necessary it is that Welsh tenants should be protected. If the Liberal landlords are as bad as the Conservative, th e necess ity b ecomes p ro tanto the greater. THE TRADES UNIONS BILL. Who are the authors of Free Trade P To which political party does the Reform Bill belong ? These are questions which nothing but the answer of an angel—and hardly that—would set at rest. Another query, with equally doubtful answer, is raised by the Standard—To whom belongs the short Act on trades unions which the Government has promised to bring in? The Standard charges the Government with appro priating the property of the Opposition, and declares thatMr.Birley's notice of a question on the subject, and M r . W. H. Smith's announced intention of intro ducing a bill for the same purpose as that of the promised Government measure, deprive the Govern ment of any credit they may assume for taking the initiative in the matter. "It is only right," our contemporary adds, " that those in whose inte rest this protection of the funds of trades unions is proposed should know to whose agency they are really indebted for this much-desired proposal." EMIGRATION. A memorial on the subject of pauper emigration, which is to be presented to the President of the Poor law Board, has been under the consideration of the boards of guardians of the metropolis. There was a long discussion at Poplar, where great distress pre vailed last winter. The Rev. Mr. Kitto believed that the Poor-law Board would take up the matter, and advised the adoption of a memorial in general terms. Mr. Cole was against the scheme, as he thought people would come from all parts of the country in order to possess the metropolitan fund. The ques tion was also discussed at the St. Olave's Board of Guardians. The chairman was in favour of the guardians assisting the needy to emigrate, and the relieving officer considered emigration to be the only way of reducing pauperism. Representatives of the various boards were to attend the forth coming conference. COMPLIMENTS BETWEEN ANTAGONISTS. Lord Derby is said to have written a very compli mentary letter to Mr. Gladstone, thanking the Premier for his " Juventus Mundi." The late Con servative leader expresses his surprise that the present First Minister should have found time amid all his numerous engagements for a work of this kind. Lord Derby's translation and Mr. Gladstone's studies of " Homer" prove that there is no incom patibility between a thorough acquaintance with the past, and active participation in present, events. NATIONAL AND DIETROPOLITAN EXPENDITURE. The metropolis is privileged, and has to pay for its privileges. It p ossesses , f or i ns t ance, th e b u lk o f th e national institutions, and has to pay for watching them. At this there has been some slight grumbling, it being argued that for that which is national the nation should pay, leaving that only which is local to be provided for by local rates. But the metropo litan ratepayers must not be too hasty in making their demands, for it is no t qu it e c l ear that the's), would gain if a proper subdivision were made. At any rate, the account would not be altogether on one side. They have to pay for a few policemen it is true, and to that extent the nation is benefited ; but there aro certain other items down in the national bill which are merely metropolitan as to locality, and cannot in any sense he said to belong to the nation. There are the parks, for instance. The benefit of these places is obtained by inhabitants of London ; yet they are paid for in the national grants. At this, perhaps, we should be dis pcsed to grumble very little, were it not that part of the outlay does not even benefit dwellers in the metropolis generally. The ornamental water in Regent's Park is a case in point. In consequence of the sad accident which happened there a few winters hack, its bottom has been levelled and raised, and has cost the nation no little sum. Now a part of Ai* very water is DortiQued offaula.erti2yed only WILLIAM JERDAN. A venerable man of letters has just died. William Jerdan, 88 years of age, whose recent con tributions to several magazines have called forth much remark, departed this life a few days ago. He was acquainted with almost all the best-known literary and other well-known men of the past generation, and was the author of the interesting volume of personal recollections, a Men I Have Known." It was Mr. Jerdan who seized and detained Bellingham just after he had assassinated Mr. Percival. He was then a reporter for the press, and his connection pith periodical literature continued up to the time of his death. For years he had given to the Leisure Hour sketches of distinguished men ; Fraser's Maga ziae only a few numbers back had a contribution from him ; and the Gentleman's Magazine in its last two issues contain articles from his pen on the celebrated " Beefsteak Club." He was a Scot, and was edu cated for the Scotch Bar, but deserted his profession and came to London to enter on the labours of literature. MR. HEPWORTH DIXON. The author of " New America" seems to have been smitten by the mania for travelling. The Morning Herald says he is going to Russia, and will not return to the editorial chair of the Athenaum. We presume that Dr. Doran, who has been his deputy hitherto, will take the vacant post. LORD JUSTICE SELWYN. The illness of Lord Justice Selwyn is announced. On Monday there was a report in Chancery that his lordship was dead, but it turned out to be untrue. The announcement suggests the number of changes which have taken place in the Court of Chancery Appeal very recently. Since 1800, when Lord JusticcsKilight Bruce and Turner occupied the bench, both those learned men have been removed by death, and have been succeeded by Lord Cairns and Sir John Rolt. The latter was laid aside by paralysis, and was succeeded by Selwyn. Lord Cairns became Lord Chancellor, and his place was taken by Sir William Page Wood. Sir William followed Lord Cairns to the Woolsack, and has been succeeded by Sir M. Giffard. Thus within a little over three years seven lawyers have held the post of Lord Justice of Appeal. SPELLING BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. An old controversy among orthographists is raised in a new form. The Irish Church Bill having occa sion to speak of the plural of " money" has " monies." This, it is pointed out, breaks one of the foundation rules of English spelling. All grammarians lay down that "y " preceded by a vowel adds "s " for the plural; thus" moneys," not "monies," is the proper way of denominating the amount to be handed to the Irish Church Commissioners. Happily the statutes at large are never looked at for correct grammar or proper spelling. Parliamentary English is not always Queen's English. THE PUNISHMENT AND THE OFFENCE. One of those cases of priliul . facie injustice which so often lose their first appearance of lur:ship on investigation has just occurred at Brantford. A hitherto respected labourer, charged with stealing three cabbages from his master, who pleaded that he had no idea that his taking home a few for Sunday would be objected to, was oniVionday sentenced to two months' hard labour by the magistrates. The Chairman of the Bench, in giving his sentence, stated that as. a great number of petty thefts had been committed in this way of late, he thought it time to put a stop to them. This may be, and there may be other facts behind, but certainly two months' imprisonment does seem a hard punishment for a first proven offence. DROWNING. Every day, just at this season, brings with it large batches of deaths from drowning, so many, that any papers which recorded them all would be most lugubrious reading. Bathing, boating, and steaming are now the favourite pleasures, as being the coolest way of obtaining enjoyment. The results are most lamentable as regards human life; for, as one of our contemporaries rather irreverently remarks, " the drowning season has set in.' Its severity may, perhaps, be somewhat mitigated if people will only take a little trouble to learn to float. They may not ue have time to learn to swim, but to float requires nothing beyond confidence ; the knowledge that the t h o od b y e is e n n o o t ug te h o theavyo prprevent t t h e seriousw atern in t c o o n b s e e a up ht four-fifths of the bathing accidents. A NEW ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH, The Germans, like the French, want a line of their own to the United States. The large number of Germans that there are on the other side of the Atlantic make this wish very natural. Icg,otiation3 have been in progress for giving it effect. THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY-JUDGE-ADVOCATE. The vacant office of Deputy-Judg— Advocate has, it is sail,. been offered, not to Mr. O'Dowd, of the Army and Nary Gazette, as at first stated, but to Mr. Bernard, Professor of International Ilistory at OZord. That gentlunnn has declinf...d it on the ground that it would involve frecinent residence in London. AN IMPORTANT MATTEL/. For some time past there has been a great quarrel going on in diplomatic circles. M. Musurus, the Turkish Ambassador, having precedence of Count Bulow, the Danish Minister, claimed that his daughters (he is a widower) should have precedence - of the Countess. The matter became so serious that it was referred to the Queen, who decided in favour of the Countess. THE POOR MAN AND HIS BEER. On Monday morning the Liverpool magistrates had 279 " cases" to deal with. Two hundred and twenty-four were Sunday drunkards, so that the drink-shops were responsible for just four-fifths of the crime of that one day. What a cruel thins it would be to " rob a pour man of his beer." AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the .4nglo-11merican Times.) NEW YORK, June 26. We have had a most irregular season, both as regards temperature and weather, gales, rain, fogs; unusual cold for summer, and now unusual heat. On Monday the heat was intense, on Tuesday the cold was chilly, and the country deluged with rain. The event of the week has been the sudden death of Mr. Raymond and his burial, but I need not dwell on this, as you must have already noticed so important an event. There is a rumour that Mr. George Wilkes was to take his place on the Times, but little credit is attached to such reports. There will be no present alteration, as the Times can run now as it did while the late Mr. Raymond was in Europe, as well as in Congress ; of course there have been numerous applications, and rumour has placed many literary men in the seat of the deceased journalist. Mr. George Jones is the pub lisher ; the proprietors associated him with Mr. Raymond in the entire management ; he now suc ceeds to the chief place, and the paper will be con ducted under his supervision. August Belmont and his family left in the Cuba for Liverpool, and it is no exaggeration to say that American representa tive men of all classes are just now more to be found in Europe than on their own side of the At lantic. Independent of members of our leading firms in this city you have the senior partner of the great Philadelphia banking- house of Drexel, and Mr. Wa lker, of Boston, but he is commissioned by his State to negotiate a loan. A representative of Jay Cooke and Co. has also crossed. This firm has taken an interest in the construction of a new railroad to the Pacific, north of that now opened, and its wealth is so enormous that that alone is sufficient to insure the accomplishment of a work even of such magnitude. Senators and Representatives from Congress, leading lawyers, journalists, artists, doctors of divinity and of medicine have also left in great numbers. Talking of doctors, the Eclectic Medical Society of this State met in Steinway hail, when the opportunity was taken to accuse Dr. Bowisby, of Brooklyn, of sell ing medicine of the dispensary intended for the poor, and he replied by submitting charges of a like nature against other members. Dr. Newton read an interesting paper on the vegetables used in practice, asserting the crude roots and juices to be more potent than the concentrated prepa rations usually substituted. The small-pox scare has been followed by a yellow fever scare, and the hospital ship, Illinois, is the scene of its ravages. There have been some deaths, amongst them that of an officer of the navy, but it does not spread, and small-pox is said to be de creasing. The Rev. Dr. Greenleaf, rector of Emmanuel Church, died.suddenly of heart disease, when sitting in his chair. He was a brother of the late Dr. Greenleaf, of Cambridge, and son of Judge Greenleaf, of Harvard. Delegates from the Na tional Banks assembled at the St. Nicholas Hotel, with the Hon. T. M. Pomeroy, of Auburn, as:vice president, to consult as to the National Bank in terest, and seventy-five were selected to adopt Plea sures, the expenses to be defrayed by assessing the DEATHS. BELL—On the 9th inst., at Broom Villa, Fulham , Bell, Eeq., aged 48. 0 01°5- BOWMAN—On the 10th inst., at Victoria-park, 34' ter, Eddowes Bowman, Eeq., aged 58. O ° TRYE—On the 12th inst., at St. Leonard's -on-Se Henry Trye, formerly of the Stock Exchange, aged 80. •••—•-•"--""" S + ~s TD London : Printed and Published b WILLIAg A— 11 of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at THEYSUN Office N0112',,, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of 14-e Wednesday, July 0,1369.,A, ~, 1