The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-29 00:00:00

- SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC 3'OUENALB, The Times, after remarking that three eases of murder, two of them aggravated by suicide, were recorded in its Monday's impression, asks what are we to say or think of the state of our civilisation when this catalogue of savage crimes is contained in a single mo:ning's news ? If we went bank only the space of the past week, we could add two or three other horrors to the list. It is abundantly evident that the most brutal and ferocious passions still rage in our midst ; that we have not extirpated the wild beasts of the human heart; and that with all our progress and social improvement, the radical vices of human nature are unaltered. We suppose the intense power of fascination these crimes possess is due in some degree to their revelation of the terrible capacities for evil in the human heart. Men gaze at them as down an abyss, from which they are not so far removed as to escape a shudder at the prospect. But one practical conclusion will undoubtedly be drawn from these outbursts of savagery. It is that the time has not come when we can dispense with the stern means of self-defence which the instinct of society has provided- against murder. A French writer of eminence had just avowed himself an advocate of the abo lition of capital punishment when the Pantin crime supplied a commentary on his treatise, and the Paris mob was all but illustrating his theory by an example of Lynch Law. Another paragraph in the same impression appears to establish a precedent singularly inopportune at such a moment. The sentence of death on Michael Atkins, a wife murderer, has been commuted to a twelvemonths' imprisonment. •We can hardly conceive a course more likely to undermine the fear of justice in the criminal class. The law must be at once justly and firmly administered if it is to exert its due influence over them, and in this case they will be obliged to conclude either that the Government is so weak as to punish wife murder with twelve months' imprisonment, or so unjust as to aggravate the unhappy position of a man falsely convicted of such a crime by punishing him for being innocent. There are many indica tions around us that this is no time for relaxing either our private, our social, or onr public vigilance. The Standard says that setting aside the most exciting incidents of war, there is hardly any adventure to which the most adventurous among us are liable so thrilling as a great shipwreck. The passengers who have been saved from the Carnatic will not readily forget the events of that terrible day described in the letter from Captain Jones, even though the less of the vessel was not attended by all the elements of terror which are sometimes com bined in one disaster at sea. It has been a boast of the Peninsular and Oriental Company that though they have often lost steamers, they have hardly ever lost a passenger. This proud declaration must be made no more in future, for a loss under circumstances which would, one might have imagined, have been peculiarly favourable for saving all hands, has been marked by what the captain very justly describes as "a most deplorable loss of life." To give an opinion on the management of the vessel would as yet be premature. The Board of Trade proposes to undertake an investigation, and when the various officers on board at the time are examined it will be more possible than it is at present to come to a con clusion concerning the manner in which the ship was run ashore. The Post declares that France and England are the foster mothers of Belgium, and nowhere could their citizen soldiers more appropriately meet than in the little king dom which own its creation and existence to them. The Belgian fetes have hitherto been held in Brussels, and have not been of an international character. Grand rifie shooting meetings have usually formed marked features of these fetes. It is due to the men of Liege that this year an international character has been impressed upon the Tir. The riflemen of all countries have been freely invited to Belgium, and a motley assemblage of foreign riflemen have assembled at Liege. As exponents of personal and national freedom, of patriotism and spon taneous devotion, their gathering together is significant of the tendency of modern thought and aspiration. Year after year the exchange of visits between the volunteers of England and the riflemen of Belgium takes place notwith standing the difficulties and discouragements in the way. At no time did it seem probable that an established annual custom would be developed out of there somewhat desul tory international gatherings, and yet their uninterrupted recurrence points to the possibility of this end being ar rived at. The Archbishop of Canterbury, says the .Daily News, has been addressing his constituents—we mean shepherd ing his flock—at Folkestone. His Grace's harangues, how ever, are usually so much more indirectly political than directly religious that it is natural to slide into the lan guage of the hustings and of the public meeting in describ ing them. On Friday he discoursed of the inestimable blessings, not of pure religion, but of political estaiblish ments of religion, with a gusto which would have delighted Lord Thurlow himself. The Archbishop intimated that there might be dangers ahead, inasmuch as his Dissenting brethren had assumed a somewhat aggressive attitude which would possibly pass through the several degrees of comparison into more aggressive and most aggressive. But the Archbishop does not intend to be quietly superseded. He exhorts his clergy not to allow of interference with them as churchmen. The truth is, that Dr. Tait is more afraid than he would have the world believe. If he thought the irreconcileable opposition so contemptible as he tries to persuade himself it is, he would say rather less about it. Apparently he can think, at any rate in public he speaks, of little else. The course he takes is not very prudent, We cannot hope that the Archbishop of Canterbury will heed the counsels of soberer men. He is two much in earnest, his Erastianism is too fanatical to allow of his resting tranquil. But unless he learn wisdom, his Primacy may prove as disastrous to the Church of which he is the Chief Pastor as the Papacy of Pius IX. threatens to prove to the Church of Rome. Ecclesiastically, the two men are the antipodes one of the other; but they have this feature in common, that each is under the despotism of a single idea, which blinds him to the perception of everything lying around and beyond it. The Herald thinks that briefly summarised, the charges of inefficiency and lack of vitality which Commander Dawson has brought against the naval Church come to this. In the first place, there is no proper provision made for religious superintendence and instruction. The Church to be a really living power must be adequately officered. How is it possil le that her salutary influence should be felt in a state of things in which only 70 ships in her Majesty's navy have chaplains at all ; 222 being utterly unprovided with any kind of clerical ministration ! Why should this be, naturally enough asks the Contem porary Reviewer, seeing that an annual sum of £33,364, or 10s. 7d. a head, is set aside every year by the Admiralty for religious pin-poses ? There are in fact 70 chaplains to teach 52,675 men ; or, excluding the 7,500 Roman Catholics, about one clergyman to every &15 adults, " distributed," it must be remembered, " over 292 vessels, whilst the chaplain's ministrations are con fined to the crews of the 70 largest ships." In other words, notwithstanding the considerable sums demanded for the propagation of religion afloat, " three-fourths of the fleet never obtain an atom of clerical ministration." That the blame does not rest with the naval chaplains we are quite ready to believe; but that the fault is "the fault of those in authority" is but scant palliation for its existence." " I have no Communion-table," writes " A Naval Chaplain," "and many of the men have neither Bibles nor Prayer books, there being only a small number supplied." Further, a chaplain tells us that his stipend is only £lB2 10s. a year, and that on that sum he has two esta blishments to keep up—his mess and his home. Again, we learn from the same quarter. that " a chaplain's status is such that he is often treated as an inferior officer by a lieutenant." Putting all these facts together, we can scarcely be surprised if the Church in the navy is in a most unsatisfae;,'s-ory condition. We have said enough to direct at_te; i ' tion to what is a crying abuse, and to what invo l 3e6 a whole m ass o f mismanagement. It is to b e linised that the matter will not be allowed to drop. Nothing more says the Telegraph than the order of the Pfivy Council, published in Tuesday's Gazette, would be needed to tell us that cattle plagues have not yet quite 'left our border ; for we have hardly succeeded in effectually stanikeng out the rinderpest, before we are called upon to face another, though, fortunately, a less formidable com plaint. It has been known for some time past that what is termed "foot and mouth disease" has been spreading ? over large portions of England and Scotland; and experi enced agriculturists who knew its highly. contagious n a t ure, and the difficulty of effecting isolation in so densely -p op ,_ lateci a country as England, watched the progress of the plague with very excusable alarm. Fort una t e l y we are in less danger from such an outbreak, now, than had it occurred before the rinderpest taught us expe rience, and called effective machinery for suppression last ni nt o play. The Contagious Disease s (Animals) session, has provided certain regulations applicable as to such a case as the present ; and these can be at once put in . force by order of the Privy Council, whenever the necessity for action has become manifest. The circumstance that the . 1 articular disease is highly contagious is serious enough; but, is thc opini o n of the best veterinary authorities, the complaint has now assumed a malignant type in severa l districts ; and it is that circumstance, we believe, which has determined the Government to take ener getic action. One fact alone sufficiently attests the imperative necessity for active measures; within the past week, the complaint has affected nearly five times as many animals as it had affected in each of the five preceding weeks. The restrictions must be carried out sweepingly and unflinchingly—not for the good of any one class, but for the benefit of the whole community. The owners of home cattle have only now to second with a will the initiative of the Privy Council, and the "stamping out " process will follow the disclosures with a completeness that axst soon bring the threatened plague within easily manageable limits ; sparing, we surely believe, the million from the terrible inflictions of a scarcity, the agriculturist; of all ranks from a continued calamity which must entail far more accumulated loss than the effective remedy tow ..ofuctO. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. itu. LORD JUSTICESICIP. The Standard is informed that the vacant office of Lord Justice has been pressed on Lord Westbury by the Government, and that he has refused it. The offer was made last November, but Lord Westbury de clined, on the ground that he was of more public use in his judicial capacity in the House of Lords. When the present request was made, his lordship, not desiring any private consideration to stand in the way, referred the matter to the Lord Chancellor promising that if he considered he would be of more service as Lord Justice he would accept the office, and that if not, the refusal would rest solely on public grounds. "It is believed that the Lord Chancellor, after fully considering the question, has very recently decided that it would not be for the public interest that Lord Westbury should be taken away from the appellate tribunal of the House of Lords, in which his talents so pre-eminently beneficial." THE ELECTION Ct The principal interest now centres in the Bridgwater inquiry, where evidence is being taken of the practices carried on during the two elections of Mr. Patton. A man named Bussell stated that at the election in 18(10 "Matthews" called upon him, and "his lady a day or two afterwards brought him £BOO in gold. The " lady " made it up in £lO packets. Bussell received £350, which ho gave to various parties to - vote for Patton. At the second contest Matthews brought down £l,OOO for the purpose, it was stated, of paving outstanding. bills. Another witness said it was generally understood that if a man voted early he was sure of £lO, but in the after noon there was a probability of his getting £25. This explains why Bagehot was so far ahead at twelve o'clock, whilst, by spending an extra £3OO, Patton won by seven votes. Mr. Brice, a solicitor, said Westropp might probably have spent £4,000 or £5,000 in the course of his connection with the borough. Fie thought the last election was pure on the part of the Conservatives, " except perhaps in one isolated case." The evidence given at Beverley did not bring out any important facts. At Norwich the solicitor for Sir Henry Stracey said he considered the city had been maligned, the last election being one of the purest in England, considering the size of the con stituency. The small amount of bribery which prevailed at the last election would cost £lO,OOO to unravel. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FENIAN AMNESTY. The Irish Total Abstinence Society have addressed a very moderately-worded memorial to the Queen, entreating her Majesty's clemency on behalf of the Fenian prisoners. The document represents that the crimes for which the incarcerated men are suffering admit of no justification; but the memorialists think that the punishment already undergone is some atone ment. Several of the Fenians are in delicate health. " We believe that the exercise of clemency towards these men, whom erroneous patriotic feeling led astray, will be considered by a large proportion of your loyal Irish subjects a AVM) act of statesmanship, and tend to increase those feelings of affection and devotion to your person which are entertained by your Irish subjects." Mr. Gladstone, in reply, under takes that the petition shall be laid before flu , Queen : I am further directed to inform you that, although Mr. Gladstone can in no way pledge tho Government to any particular course, he feels bound in justice to render his testimony to the loyal and becoming terms in which the memorialists approach the Throne, and the soundness of judgment which they exhlbit in attaching their true cha racter to the offences unhappily committed by the persons now in confinement. The Star comments in somewhat remarkable terms —for that journal—on this agitation in favour of re leasing the Fenians. It denounces the amnesty meet ings as characterised by much wild and indecent talk ; and it declares that, even were these gatherings pro perly conducted, they would be objectionable. We cannot think this a time at which a Government, notori ously anxious to do their best for Ireland, should be called upon for an act of race, the granting of which might hamper their hands in the further good deeds they propose to accomplish." The whole strength of the Legislature, says the Star, is now being applied to the removal of Irish grievances. It is a bad return to treat rebellion as a venial offence, and to expect that men who have done everything to overturn law and order should, as a matter of course, be set free. The Lord Lieutenant and Countess Spencer arrived at Cork on Monday, and received an address from the Corporation, pressing strongly for a release of the Fenian prisoners. Earl Spencer replied only that a further extension of clemency was an act which needed serious consideration. Meanwhile the agita tion proceeds with unabated zeal. THE ABYSSINIAN COMMITTEE. We have already announced that Mr. Candlish, M.P., and Captain Beaumont, M.P., have proceeded to India for the purpose of prosecuting their - OA members of the committee appointeil to inquire into the expenses of the Abyssinian expedition. It is now stated that their mission is not an official one, but is so far of a semi-official character that it bears the stamp of Government approval, and the - officials of the Indian department have been instructed to afford them every facility. It appears that the two hon. gentlemen have determined to pursue the inquiry in their own way and at their own cost. They are expected to be absent about three months. NATIONAL VERSUS LOCAL INTERESTS. The speeches of the two candidates for East Cheshire are now getting personal, and are there fore exciting a little more interest among the audiences. For instance, Sir Edward Watkin deals largely with the intimidation practised on the other side, whilst Mr. Brookes has commenced to attack Mr. Platt, one of the members for Oldham.' According to the Conservative candidate, Mr. Platt stated in his recent speech that the French Treaty was " not an economical but a political treaty, and adopted to please the Emperor of the French, to keep the French people quiet, and prevent a war with England." Thereupon Mr. Brookes declared in the most positive manner that "he would prefer a war to seeing the trade of Mac clesfield destroyed." England might, therefore, be crippled, but Macclesfield must prosper. It is scarcely conceivable that such a theory . could be advanced in the nineteenth century. It is more worthy of the dark ages than the present day of free and enlightened government. Tn 7. LAND QUESTION. About 15,000 persons assembled at Diary borough a day or two ago to promote the movement in favour of legalising tenant right. The gathering seems to have been a rather strange affair. According to the Dublin , Evening Mail it took place on Sunday and was presided over by the Rev. Dr. Taylor. This gentleman strongly urged that the tenant-right move ment involved no interference with the rights of property. But the present land system, or rather want of system, was really a violation of the rights of property. The landlord now held power equal to that of a slave master It was well known that not far from Maryborough a property was purchased by persons who were determined to make money of their bargain, and they raised the rents on some poor people there to three times their former amounts. For land for which they had paid only 15s. per acre, 455. was now required from poor, struggling tenants, who must pay or jog the road. No ono wished to deprive the land lord of any power but that of doing harm, and for depriving a person of that power there should bo no complaint. They wero doing an injury to the State by depriving it of useful peasantry—sending, ay, driving away thousands from their country with feelings of dark and deep hatred. Other speeches were made to the same purport. Resolutions wore passed in favour of tenant right and repudiating hostile intentions against landlords. As several other clergymen besides Dr. Taylor were present and spoke, the Mail must surely be in error respecting the day on which the meeting was held. Chief Justice Whitehead holds very strong opinions respecting the intentions of the Irish peasantry to wards the landlords. He opened the special com mission at Galway on Monday, and in charging the grand jury, declared that the object of the various agrarian crimes throughout the country was simply to drive out the landlords and take possession of their property. The Chief Justice exhorted the gentry to remain at home and use their influence for the discovery and repression of crime. Thejury found a true bill against Barrett for shooting at Captain Lambert. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. It is within the range of probability that this vexed question will in a short time once more occupy public attention. It is stated that Mr. Motley has written to the Government at Washington to the effect that he is not satisfied with his instructions in regard to the Alabama claims. If the subject be reoponed—to which course the British Ministry is favourable— he thinks that a treaty satisfactory to both countries could be made. THE ARCILDISTIOP OF CANTERBURY ON cuuncu AND The Archbishop STATE. ChurchofCianterbury has been setting forth his views onof thennd ;Cato to the . clerg.v and churchwar dens deaneries o'l Dover and the neighbourhoondiral wi l t , h stle t s i 3TE33 e., an:; in the midst or prevailing ~ II ;3 6 1-113 3 : cynicism, is well satisfied ing order of things, and on l y 2. is - - t 'i' there is not generally a clearer inrle r r e- f 3 - 1 . 2 ,- --La the constitution and principles of that g 2 ; e a :4- dirl Y ol community which wo call the Church of England. Up Up to this moment, he reminded his hearers, there had been no period in English history in which the State had not been fortified by its connection with the Church, and the Church had not been leavened with lay influence through its connection with the State. Believing as he did that the influence of the laity was an ordained instrument for preventing many ABltitii_TtiaiCk the _clergx if loft to themselves THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1569. would rau into, and - believing that on many occasions the clergy would be powerless to roach the masses unsupported by the laity, he thought the Church benefited by its connection with the State. The duties of citizen and Churchman were blended together, and the best citizen was the best Church man, and rice vend. The Archbishop, however, de clared himself favourable to complete liberty of conscience, as well as to the influence exercised by the laity in the bestowal of Church patronage. They must all unite to meet the wants of a changing age, and instead of contemplating organic changes in the English Church they had better regard it as a good and tried machine, perfectly capable of doing its work in the nineteenth century. THE LATE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE IRISH CHURCH. Archdeacon Phillpotts sends a second letter to the Times in answer to Sir Georg,e Bowycr's reiterated assertion that twenty years ago the late Bishop expressed his belief that the Irish Church was doomed. To prove that his father di'i not hold such an opinion, the Archdeacon states that the last groat mental effort the Bishop made was in defence of the Irish Church, And that nothing but bodily weakness prevented him from persevering in it. His medical advisor pesitlvely for bade his attempting it further. " Everyone,' continues the Archdeacon, "must perceive, notwith standing the specious disguise with which Sir G corge Bowyer affects to cover it, that this matter brings in question the p ersona l h onour an d cons i s t enc y o f the late Bishop of Exeter, and if in vindicating his character I do any damage to that of his accuser, the fault is not mine, but his." —nrown—ana give up tne onjecnoname titie. Ants difficulties arose. The college can, indeed, give licences to change names, but Brown, it appears, is an ennobled name, and no one can take it without permission from the head of the family. Mr. Shortguts accordingly applied to the head of the family—whoever he may be ; but, to his extreme distress, his request was refused. A. relative of the unhappy man did very differently. The Rev. Moses Shortguts snapped his fingers both at the " head of the family " and at the Heralds' College, changed his name to brown, and is now recognised as the Rev. Moses Brown. I am ashamed to say that, not having the same amouiat of courage as my cousin, to this day I am a Shortguts. Now, I wish to know why tho head of the "ennobled" family of Brown should be allowed to stand in my way in so important a matter? I claim no relationship to the ennobled family of Brown, and I think they might have allowed me the privilege of rejoicing in that name when the welfare of my family so much depends upon that sanction. My sons got much persecution at school on ac count of their name, over which they have no control, and my girls, I feel for them, for who in the world would lead to the hymeneal altar a Miss Shortguts ? As far as I can learn, no female of our name has ever married. I regret that I did not do as the Rev. Moses Brown did, but I fear it is too late now. The unfortunate Shortguts might, indeed, have been excused for acting as his cousin did, but was there not another resource ? Might ho not have taken a name which was not "ennobled " ? There is nothing very noble about Brown. FOREIGN NOTES. TEE DUKE OF EDINDUEGII AND EIS INDIAN' MOVE The Times of India has an article on the presentsto be given and received by the Duke of Edinburgh on the occa sion of his visit to India. The Times has heard that the Home Government were taking steps to provide the Vice roy with sufficient supplies of suitable presents for native princes and chiefs, to be given at the durbars held in honour of the Duke. It approves of this, but fears there may be some difficulty in store on the subject. The native princes are apt to be lavish in their present giving, and will, it is feared, be likely to make an excessive expenditure, to do honour to the Empress of India through her son. The Indian journal suggests that some hint should be given, through the tical agent'or othererise, by which the native chiefs may understand how little Qceen Victoria desires that they should put a pressure on their resources in time of famine for such an object. When the presents are made, it is hoped that the Prince will be allowed to retain them and take them to England. Indian officials are strictly prohi bited from accepting any private gift from a native prince, but the visit of the Royal Duke is something exceptional. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, Sept. 11) No oetter indication can be required of the faith of the commercial public in the stability of the national credit and in the general solvency of the business community than the course of the money and bond market for the past week. Notwithstanding the exciting movements of gold, money has been comparatively steady, at no time rising above 7 per cent. on Government collaterals. The dealings have been active compared with those of the pre vious few weeks, but have resulted almost entirely from the pressure of the gold gamblers. Some of the bulls seem to have interpreted ono item of the September debt state ment to mean that the Secretary of the Treasury had but $12,000,000 of currency with which to buy $12,000,000 of bonds and pay $10,000,000 pensions during the month. There is, however, a fund of $10,000,000 for pensions and of $9,000,000 for ordinary appropriations in the Treasury in addition to the currency item iu the debt schedule. From this source, from the sale of gold and the ordinary revenue returns Mr. Boutwell will draw enough to make all his promised disbursements. The statement of the Now York banks for the past week was unex pectedly favourable, the total reserve having been in creased $1,029,568 against a reduction in the total liabi lities of $2,306,840. Tho banks hold lawful money in excess of the amount required by law, $17,026,224 against $16,573,336 during the preceding week. The specie aver age is $17,461,722, a decrease of $2,007,380 from the pre ceding return duo to the payment of Customs. The legal tender average is higher by $2,036,948, which is iu part accounted for by the payments of the Treasury for bends purchased. The groat excitement of the week has been in gold, the bulls having everything their own way since Friday. The occasion was happily chosen in some re spects, though the bank statement of the following day was certainly unlooked for. The excitement in the New York gold room through Monday aad Tuesday was very intense and entirely out of propel than to the extent of the fluctuations. The conflicting rumours in regard to th foreign bond market, and above all the state of the Emporo Napoleon's health, afforded a good cover for speculative movements, and plenty of canard materials. On Monday, when the price was urged up to $1371 in New York, the Paris Bourse was so feverish that the presiding officer felt called upon to proclaim that the Emperor's health was entirely " satisfactosy." One of the ridiculous stories, made to do duty in New York, on Tuesday, was that that city was pervaded by secret rod Republican societies which were anxious to put Prince Napoleon on the throne, and wore buying gold wherewith to accomplish their purpose as soon as Eugenie and her boy were loft alone in the world. The attempt to foist all the speculation in Wall street upon the foreshadows oZ foreign revolutions is no credit to the men who can be gielty of it. In case of coin motions in France or other foreign countries, it is difficult to see why they should conic to us for gold, why in fact they would not demand most everything else first. That the rise in gold here is purely speculative is plain from the fact that Government Bonds have not risen with it, at home or abroad. The export demand for gold has almost ceased, so cotton and wheat bills have by this time settled the balance of trade that was against us. In fact, a Frankfort house has already shipped to this country $3,000,000 of gold, soon to arrive, on account of bond pur chases. This amount, however, has been purchased already by the bulls, who undoubtedly have a long purse, • and would like to keep the treasure locked up just as long as they can afford to pay the steep carrying rates or until they can force the gold-using community to pay a generous ransom for the metal. In the absence of the export demand, this community consists merely of the importers, or payers of gold dues, whose demand is legitimate and rather peremptory, and of the bears, who speculate and deserve no sympathy, as they are merely taking their turn, as the under-dog in the fight. Aside from embarrassing the importers, the only other effect the present artifice has upon commerce is to derange the rates of foreign exchange—a real grievance to be sure. To sum up, immediate effect of a lock-up of gold is now con fined to the importers and the dealers in exchange, and does not affect seriously the rates of money or the price of bonds. The present combination showed signs of weak ness on Wednesday, and gold became dull at 1351. Government bonds have been much more influenced by the activity in money than by the advance in gold, so that the tendency of the latter to appreciate them has been quite overbalanced by the desire to convert them into money. This, however, would hardly seem sufficient to produce the falling off 11 per cent: that has occurred. The depreciation is in part due to the quotation of American Securities at two and a half per cent. off at Frankfort on Monday, due to the fact of its being a holiday, the Jewish Now Year's day. As the Jews aro largo dealers in our funds, their absence from the market naturally occasioned a reduction. Our bankers were perhaps ignorant of the occasion for a holiday, or did not give it full credit. Some surprise is manifested that our securities should not de preciate more under the unsettled state of affairs at St. Cloud, and in Europe generally, It would seem to bo a pertinent question rather why they should not largely in crease in value as European affairs become complicated. No Government in the world is so free from all care as to whether N.lpoioon lives or dies, or peace or war prevails in Europe, as ours, and none, therefore, can afford so stable security to foreign capitalists. In addition to the two causes above mentioned for the present temporary &pre ciation in bonds, it is also to bo noticed that the Now York insurance companies aro releasing considerable quantities of Five-Twenties by substituting for them the cheaper currency bonds"(which Mr. Boutwell will not buy) as a deposit with the State Government at Albany. From the operation of all these movements, exaggerated by the bears, the Government was able to buy its $2,000,000 on Wednesday, at 117.80, Fisk and Hatch furnishing the whole amount, receiving greenbacks as pay, and immediately putting them upon the loan market. In Southern Securities the chief trade io in North Carolina special tax beads. These ere rail read bonds, the interest of which is to be charged upon the general revenues of the State, and is made doubly se cure, as is supposed, by a clause in the State Constitutioa requiring a new levy cf taxes, whenever the debt is in creased, a provision that adds little either to the solvency or honesty of the debtor. Tennessoes also maintain quite a steady figure, considering the chaotic politics of that commonwealth. The stock market has been rather dull through the week on account o: the excitement in gold and the desirableness of money. The unfavourable turn the prominent stocks have taken lately has also served to bring things to a stand still. Chicago and North-western is not very well satisfied with her new president, partially from his poor exhibits of earnings, (debt statements are all the rage now), but still more probably Because he does not comp to New York and indulge in the fanciful but expen sive gymnastics for which Vanderbilt, Drewand Fisk have cultivated a taste in the audience of Broad-street. The Times calls for a " bolder leader" and "new blood," two trinkets the country at large will be very happy to see dis pensed with. Vanderbilt still delays consolidation, and the freight and passenger war has not yet been settled, circumstances that depress eastern stocks. The Central Pacific earned during August about $700,000 in currency, and the Union Pacific about the same amount, making at least $16,000,000 per annum, or $9,000 per mile. These receipts, after paying the interest and expenses, will leave $2,000,000 for improvements. It is said that the Central contemplates spending her money in building a double track. The ',Kansas Pacific to Denver, Col., is being rapidly pushed to completion, and, notwithstanding the present low rates, freight is being held back to be sent over it as soon as it is finished. The movements of produce continue to be large in spite of the check upon exports produced by the fluctuations in exchange. At New York the receipts of breadstuffs and grain have been as follows for the weeks ending September 2 in 1869 and 1868 re spectively:—Flour, 96,300 and 68,500 barrels; wheat, 1,084,100 and 126,890 bushels; corn, 281,160 and 523,155 ; oats, 237,070 and 170,455. The receipts at New York since January, for 1869, and for the corresponding period of last year were as follows :—Flour, 1,851,165 and 1,405,450; wheat 12,029,140 and 5,125,600; corn, 6,324,830 and 13,262,305 ; oats, 3,911,775 and 4,084,205. The total exports of the same from New York for the same time were :—Flour, 923,498 and 591,812 ; wheat, 11,002,401 and 3,215,403; corn, 73,413 and 514,116 ; oats, 44,197 and 40,900. Thus it will be seen that in oats, flour and wheat, especially the last, have our exports for this year largely exceeded last year's, while in corn the balance is on the other side. This abundant harvest has brought wheat down to what it was in ante-war times. At Detroit the highest prices of wheat for a series of years were as follows :—ln May, 1825, $1.06; in December, 1827, it rose to $1.25, and in the same month of 1831 to $1.35, a point it did not reach again for 20 years. In May, 1855, it rose to $2.80. In the crash of 1857 it sold for $1.95 ; in April, 1864, for $2 ; and in May, 1865, for $3.50. Present price at Detroit, $1.25. Dry goods have had a healthy tone, the demand being steady, and the prices well maintained. Attempts have been made to bear prices by jobbers, but manufacturers are too confident to admit of any success in that line. Prints aro in good demand, but the new patterns do not conic up to those of the English artisans in beauty and finish. Woollens especially are selling freely. The foreign dry goods de mand has improved, though the importations were not so large as on the previous week. The total value entered at New York during the week was $2,116,405, against $2,362,700 last year, and $2,213,065 in 1867. There is not much change in the provision market. (From the New York Tribune.) NEW Yonx, Supt. 10, Government Bonds opened steady at an improvement of b to per cent. in quotations. At the Government pur chase for the sinking fund to-day the offerings were $675,000. The market was firmer at the close at an ad vance ofd to 4 per cent. from the lowest prices of the day. State Bonds were dull and steady; Tennessee 6 por Cents. ex-Coupons sold at 61 ; North Carolina, now 6 per Cents., 47 ; New special Long Bonds, 52} ; Missouri 6 per Cents., 811 ; New York State Bounty Loan 7 per Cents., 109. Railway Bonds were dull and steady on small tran sactions ; Western Union Telegraph sold at 36i to 37 : Pacific Mail, 78-g- to 771; Express shares were active ; Wells Fargo sold at 18-a : American, 61i to 61; Adams, 51i. Railway shares were feverish and unsettled. New ` York Central and Hudson were firm on moderate tran- I iwctioq, Aomling 74€ 4 4 OtOCIY at 96} t 9 9 6 1. Michigan Southern sold at 1011 1011, closing 1011 ; Cleveland and Pittsburgh was largely dealt in, selling at 110 to 1131, and closing at 1111 North-Western and St. Paul shares wore moderately active. Rock Island declined from 1114 to 1101 closing at 111. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chi.- cage Guaranteed sold at 87 to 871 ; Toledo and Wabash, 781 ; Chicago and Alton, 1501; New Jersey Central, 1041 to 1031; Hannibal and St. Joseph, 1191 to 118 ; Columbia, Chicago, and Indiana Central, 321 to 321. At the second board the tone of the market was steady, and after the call prices improved from to + per cent. in sympathy with the easier condition of the money market. The transactions in Erie were large, and were attended with considerable oxritement, tho prices ranging from 37 to 35, closing 37 to 371. At Lie close of busi ness prices reacted on the Western shares, but the market had a steadier tone. New York Central sold at 205 to 205+, but Jleveland and Pittsburg was the centre of interest, and advanced to 1131, closing at 1114; Rock Island sold at 1111 and North-West Common ad vanced to 801. Money was less active, and loans were generally made at currency interest, although there was considerable business done at coin rates. At the close the tone of the market was decidedly easier. Commercial paper is nominally quoted at 9 to 12 per cent., but no transactions were repored. The drain of currency to the West continues, but is moderato iu amount. The gross earnings of the Central Pacific Railroad for August wore 6572,00, the larger portion of the amount being in gold. Sterling Exchange was firmer, with more disposition to buy. The quotations were Sixty Days. Three Days. London Bankers London, Primo Commercial loBk-109 Paris, Bankers 5.211 —5.1 n —5.131 Bremen, Bankers 7Bl-781 Hamburgh, Bankers 351-351 Frankfort, 031 4o+-401 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.221-5.20 Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss 5 221-5.20 QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. Amer. silver... 9ti4 to 97; I Eng. sovs 485 to 488 Mex. d011ar5...1031 „ 1041 20 francs 385 387 Eng. silver 475 ~ I 480 Thalers Five francs .... 961 97 The closing quotations of Government Bonds were as follows: Sixes, 1861, registered 123 to 1231 Sixes, 1868, coupon — to Sixes, 1881, coupon 1221 to 1238 U.S. Gs. Pacific Railroad llO/ to 111 Five-twenties, 1862, registered 1 2 41 to 1221 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon - to 1221 Five-twenties, 1855, coupon, now Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 l2Ol to 1211 Ten-forties, coupon lll/ to 114 Ten-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. N. Y. Central xd 2051 Fort Wayne Erie Hudson Reading 130 Mich. Central - W U. Telegraph W. _._3-4* ..,4 z Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg lOBl Ohio and Mississippi... 31i North-West North-West Preferred 90fc Cumberland Canton 57 Bankers and Brokers... Rock Island - M & St. Paul Jleveland and Toledo IM & St. Paul Preferred 871- EXPRESS STOCKS. Adams American Merchants' Unia Merchants' Union, old Stoci United States 56; to 561 on 33 to 36 ,k ll to 114 62i to 621. 18 to 181 BANK STOCKS. Irving Nassau lO6 Commonwealth Importers and Traders' 1381 Metropolitan Central National Fourth National lO5 Ninth National Oriental Bank l5O Hanover Corn Exchange l3O Chatham 165 RECONSTRUCTING THE CHURCH. Protestants of the various Irish parties continue to meet with great regularity, in order to elect lay delegates to the approaching general conference. The Times correspondent notes that good feeling between the clergy and the laity still prevails. There is an evident desire to forget past differences on the policy of the Irish Church Act. Nevertheless the claims of the laity for an increased number of representatives give rise to some anxiety. Many of the clergy regard the demand for a preponderance of lay delegates as evidence of distrust and of a disposition to lord it over the clergy. "Any plan which would throw all the power into the hands of either laity or clergy would be fraught with mischief to the future Church, and it is hard to say whether lay or sacerdotal domination would be the more oppressive." Further offerings have been announced. Captain Cooper intends to purchase the rent-charge and re-endow his parish church. Another gentleman has promised to purchase his parish globe-house and hand it over. DEATH OF AN EX-SCOTCH JUDGE. The death is announced of Lord Mackenzie, lately one of the Senators of the College of Justice, Edin burgh. Born in 1807, he was caled to the Scottish bar in 1832, and in 1861 was appointed Sheriff of Ross and Cromarty. For a few weeks only Lord Mackenzie was Solicitor-General under Lord Aber deen's Government, and then succeeded Lord Robert son on the bench. Owing to ill-health, his lordship retired about five years ago. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. A day or two ago we called attention to the fact that on Friday afternoon the shares of the Anglo- American Telegraph Company fell to the extent of £1 without any apparent cause. Subsequently it was officially announced that an accident had occurred to the 1866 cable. The news must have been known to the directors of the company some time before any other person could have been aware of the circumstance ; yet at was not for two or three hours afterwards that the notice was posted up. All this time a few possessed of the secret were operating against the shares, the consequence being a heavy loss to many shareholders. An explanation has been demanded from the direc tors, but as yet none has been given. We are afraid that the case must be classed as another instance of the immorality at present practised in the commercial world. THE RIVERS POLLUTION COMMISSION. If the populations of our large towns per,ist in poi soning themselves through the medium of their rivers, it is at least fated that they shall not enjoy that igno rance which under some circumstances is bliss. The Rivers Pollution Commissioners have visited succes sively several Yorkshire towns, and on Monday they met the corporation and borough officials at the Town Hall, Hull. Sir W. Denison, the Chief Commissioner, delivered an address in which he dwelt strongly on the evils of the present sewage system, and quoted some an agreeable facts. The ri v ers Aire and Calder and their tributaries are abused by passing into them hundreds of thousands of tons per annum of ashes, slag, and cinders, from steam boiler works, ironworks, and domestic fires ; by their being made the receptacle, to a vast extent, for broken pottery, refuse from brickyards and old buildings, earth and stone from quarries and excavations. road scrapings, and street sweepings, &c., by hundreds of carcases of animals, as dogs, cats, pin's, &c., and by millions of gallons ofery clay, of water poisoned and clogged by refuse from mines, chemical works, scour ing, fulling, worsted, and woollen works, cleaning, and the sewage of towns and houses. After this, need we wonder at the spread of epidemics they once obtain a footing ? • ME LORD MAYOII DT:FENC.". A great deal of criticism has lately been evoked against Lord Mayor Lawrence, in consequence of his release of Clement Harwood, who, it will be remembered, was acquitted after he had been brought up at the Mansion House on a charge of forgery. The circumstances of the case maybe - briefly told. He had forged cheques and embezzled a large sum of money from a firm, of which his father was a partner, and then fled to America, where he was taken into custody and brought to England. The whole of the money was eventually recovered, and the firm did not wish to prosecute, the young man, who was under 20 years of ago, being deeply penitent for his crime. The firm assured the Lord Mayor that the salvation of Harwood rested on the withdrawal of the prosecution, and that utter destruction would ensue if the charge was per severed with. The present occupant of the civic chair accordingly released the prisoner, and public opinion was stroi.llly roused in the matter, it being declared that there was one law for the rich and another for the poor. The Lord Mayor has now defended himself, the occasion being the presentation to him of a full-lensh portrait of himself by the inhabitants of the ward of Wall brook. lie declared that, after a deep examination of all the circumstances, he did not hesitate to ray that, amid all the cases brought before him, none possessed a greater satisfaction to his own mind than the case of Clement Harwood. He said that most deliberately. There was not a professional man—a lawyer—in this country who, when ho had mastered that case, could come to any other conclusion than he had come to. With respect to there being two laws, he asserted most distinctly that he had adopted the same course in more than one instance when a father refused to prosecute his son. OUR OLD FIVT.NDS. At a meeting of the St. Pancras Guardians on Monday, a letter from the Poor-law Board, embody ing most of Mr. Bore's report on the late inquiry, was read. The Board gave as its decision that the charge against Mr. Harley of taking the position of temporary medical officer to the union with the intention of getting rid of the patients had not been substan tiated. Mr. Harley holding a strong opinion as to the impropriety of many of the inmates of the infirmary being there, expressed his opinion in terms which, inaccurately remembered and reported, formed the groundwork for the charges. But he had not, the Board thought, any deliberate intention of getting rid of patients. After hearing this letter, the guardians straightway set themselves to assail Dr. Markham, who originated the inquiry into Mr. Har ley's conduct. He was a common informer. His conduct was cowardly and unprofessional. The Poor law Board was a blot and a disgrace to England. Surely, after getting a verdict in favour of their officor, the guardians might have rested satisfied without abusing the Board. A GIGANTIC BANKRUPT. The first meeting of creditors of a bankrupt at Leeds discloses th fact that he has failed for upwards of £lOO,OOO. Tie attributes his failure to the purchase of railway shares and to losses in curving on his business. Debts amount big to nearly k 90,000 were proved on Monday, the Great Eastern Railway Company standing at the head of the list with £37,000, and a Mr. Dibb coming next with £21,000. No opposition appears to have been offered, and the last examination was fixed for the sth of November. THE SCOTCH HERRING FISHERY. Mr. Mackie, editor of the Northern Ensign, scouts the notion that the abundance of the herring shoals has in any way fallen off, or that there is any immediate prospect of a diminished supply. Reviewing the past season, Mr. Mackie comes to the conclusion that the Scotch herring fishery continues successful, and that the shoals aro as great as ever. The herring is, indeed, an erratic fish, liable to all sorts of inexplicable move ments ; but there is no reason to think that the ocean contains a less number than formerly. The theories about the ground being " over-fished " are all non sense. WHAT'S IN A NAME? A. gentleman pitifully bewails the bad conduct of the Heralds' College authorities, or, rather, the bad rules by which they aro hampered. His case must command the sympathy of every right-thinking per. son. This gentleman suffers from the very uncommon and very disagreeable title of Shorty its. Wishing to get rid of this strange cognomen, and understanding that the Heralds' College could help him, he applied figuLaTrnisaisna _to take hie motlieets, maiden Dna% THE IllatolAN FETES. The English volunteers on leaving Spa proceeded to Brussels where they were received with the greatest cordiality. The Burgomaster declared that the citizen militia of Brussels and its vicinity rejoiced to see them again for they remembered the greeting they had them selves received in London. These international fetes had a significance which the future would comprehend. Colonel Thomson, in reply, said that they could fix in their hearts the initials of the two countries, A. and 8., Angleterre et Belgique, and that their hearts were large enough to contain the initials of all nations. The next day was a beautiful one, and was devoted to preparations for the ball, which was a most magnificent affair. The King entertained the volunteers as his guests. The entertainment took place at the new railway station, and a most brilliant scene presented itself to the assembled company. The King arrived in state at ten o'clock, and the whole of the Ministers of State and foreign ambassadors followed. The photographers to the Royal Family took a photograph of the ball-room at the most exciting juncture, when the King was making his acknowledgments for the hearty reception that was accorded to him. The orchestra held 200 musicians, chosen from the best orchestras in Brussels. The place was lit up by thousands of chandeliers, and a profusion of flowers and shrubs added grace to the scene. The gay assemblage was reflected in numerous mirrors, and it may be fairly said that nothing was wanting to render the affair a complete success. Dancing was kept up until past five in the morning, and the company appeared to enjoy themselves to the utter most. Tho Brussels ball will long be a delightful souvenir to those who were fortunate enough to take part in its festivities. THE GRAND DUCHY OF BADEN. The Berlin Correspondence, which is one of Count Bis marck's organs, has published an important article on the Baden question. It declares that there is no occasion to vindicate the policy of the Prussian Government, for its principles are too well known. As for the people of Baden, their sentiments are no secret, and the Legislative Assem bly has recognised the general desire. It is however necessary that great care be , taken in order not to precipitate matters, and the Baden Government is certain to consider its respon- sibilities with respect to the Southern States of Germany. The Federal Government would also have to decide if any separate transfer could be made, or whether it might not be requisite to wait until all the States should agree to join the Northern Confederation. The Correspondence concludes by asserting that France should be the last country to interfere with the principle of national sovereignty. I‘ is stated in a Baden dispatch that it is out of character to give to the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Baden the title of hereditary prince. If tho Grand Duke carries out his projects, the title will be a purely honorary one. All the official journals in Berlin have declared one after another that the Prussian Government does not wish at the present moment that the Baden Chambers should make any manifestation of a desire to enter into tho Northern Confederation. THE CECIMENICAL COUNCIL. On Sunday the Emperor Napoleon received tho Papal Nuncio after the dispersion of tho Council of Ministers. It is presumed that the object of the conference was to dis cuss the various questions connected with the (Ecumenical Council, and that incidental reference was made to the celebrated letter of Father Hyacinthe. AN AMERICAN STATESMAN. An American gentleman, who formerly played a very prominent part in the political world has just died in Tennessee. John Bell was for many years one of the lead ing men of the south-west, and enjoyed a large share of public confidence. He was born at Nashville in 1797, and brought up for the profession of the law. At the ago of 20 ho was chosen a Tennessee senator, and ton years later he was sent to Congress, where he remained for fourteen years, being at one time Speaker of the Houk of Represen tatives. In 1841 he was Secretary of War, and some years later was elected Senator. He was a candidate for the Presidency in MO, when Abraham Lincoln was elected. Several of the Southern States voted for him, with reason, for his sympathies were with the South during the war. He was largely interested in the Tennessee Cumberland Iron Works, and lost much of his fortune by the war. Of late he has lived in retirement, but was always one of the leading men in Congress, where he was an able speaker. Andrew Johnson has pronounced a memorial oration on Mr. Bell at Nashville. THE AMERICAN MINISTER TO CHINA. President Grant has offered the post of American Minister to China to Mr. Bigelow, the editor of the New York Times. He has, however, declined it. Mr. Freling huysen, of New Jersey, has also declined it Mr. Ross Browne, the present Minister, whom tho President has decided to remove, in consequence, it is believed, of his differences with Mr. Burlingame, has informed the fikoVslit ment that the Chinese refuse to make any cj ipiXto Govern respect to the erection of telegraph lines.' 4**.t.9_2§iii n n witb BARTIIQTTAKES IN soryeAMERICA. The Panama Star and Herald of the sth itid , ...nx 4 , 4? , account of the extreme terror felt by the iesideirtsi'im tlm South American coasts in consequince'of •the predictiOns of the German astrologer. M. Falb announced that the west coast of South America would be destroyed about this time by some frightful convulsion of nature. The steamer Limena, which left Valparaiso on the 10th of August and put in at several ports along the coast en route for Panama, describes the condition of the people as most pitiable. Great numbers of them were flying inland for safety regardless of exposure or privation. Iquique, which suf fered terribly in the former earthquake, is quite deserted and the whole coast is losing its inhabitants, business of all kinds being brought to a standstill. The terror of the people was heightened by some shocks of earthquake being felt at Copiaio and Tecapilla, while in the neighbourhood of Arica a severe shock was experienced at sea. Nothing serious had. howevsr, occurred when the latest news was received. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN CAYENNE. Advices from Cayenne report a serious accident which occurred in that town on the 15th of August, during the celebration of the Ate NapoHon. A display of fireworks took Ace in the Government square, which is close to the magazine, and to the wooden buildings of tho hospital. Some sparks unfortunately fell on the warehouse in which the fireworks were stored, and instantly hundreds of squibs and a number of bombs ignited and flew in all directions among the people. A panic arose, and not without cause, for the people's clothes took fire, and many were thrown down and terribly burnt. Twenty.persons were fearfully burnt, and thirty others more or less injured. Several of the sufferers died in consequence. One woman lost two sons, and an artilleryman was struck blind. The town was desolated by the calamity. MARKE7 S-2 MS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MAEKET. Sept. 2 9.—Bales probably 7,000 bales. Tho market ettody. Well; Fargo, and Co.. NEW YORK CIT State of New York 112 Merchants' Exchange 117 Ocean Merchants' Mechanics' 140: America Phenix lO9 Manhattan Seventh Ward Commerce American Exchange ll5 Bank of the Republic l2Ol The Philadelphia Ledger of the 9th September says:— The excitement in the gold market continued in the New Ycrk Gold-room yesterday, thonh at lower prices. The opening quotation was 1361, and a half hour later the price was up to 1361, by noon down to 1341, advancing by one o'clock to 1351, and closing at 1351. These fluctua tions, so wide and sudden, are based upon all sorts of reports from Europe— touching the Emperor's health, .a panic in Germany, and a decline of 5-20's in London. As immense interests aro said to be based on the rise or fall of gold, there is no expedient likely to affect the mar ket that is not resorted to. The excitement, it is thought, cannot be long continued—it must reach a crisis, one way or the other, shortly. The same paper of the 10th remarks:—There was no report from London yesterday, consequently we can give no quotation for Government Bonds. The market for local stocks was du'l, but nearly or quite steady as to prices, as the reported sales and our closing quotations will show. The market is as free of speculation as almost ever before. Neatly all the transactions, outside of Bead ing, are of an investment character. The general market closed steady. Gold did not rally yesterday from the sharp downward turn of the day before, and ruled nearly steady within the range of 1351 and 1311. In the face of a downward turn in Consols, in 5-20's at London, and in French Rentes, showing a persistent uneasiness in the public mind of Europe at the condition of Napoleon's health, the market tends to lower prices. Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia bankers, report as follows on Sept. 10 : Pennsylvania Railroad shares, 57 571 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 981 ; Sixes, 2d Mortgage, 08i- 99. caNADA'S LITTLE GAIfR. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Among the Standard's amusing writers, although not aware that people laugh at him, is its Canadian correspondent. To match " Granny's" own anti quated views she has picked up antiquated corre spondents. The Canadian piles up incidents to prove that " the United States desires to extend the Union all over North America," and Granny is told not to be deceived, for that is the design of the greedy Republic. Americans desire a Federation of States embracing the entire North American Con tinent just as Europeans of common capacity in structed on the subject would desire such a federation of Europe were it within the bounds of possibility ; but it does not follow because a Frenchman, a Swiss, an Italian, or an Englishman is guilty of the wish, that he is selfish or desires more than the greatest good to all. Americans hold that the Canadians would gain most by the amalgamation, but this is the best reason not to move in the matter, for time will teach the colonists this truth, which to produce its full effect it should be spontaneous. Np proof then is required to show that Americans desire the Union to extend all over North America in the interest, not of a majority, but of all its inhabitants. The correspondent advocates the inauguration of proper measures to checkmate the United States, which " will take the first opportunity to absorb Canada peaceably or by violence. This is the colo nists' little game, the instrument upon which they are always strumming, and its open display in the correspondent's letter dated Montreal, Sep tember 9th, is the amusing portion. The argument is, the United States are eager to extend the Union over North America ; above all things are they determined to appropriate the Dominion? It is of vital interest to prevent this ; Americans will seize the first opportunity, if they cannot accomplish the object by peaceful means, of doing it by force. To thwart a policy alike injurious to the Canadians and to the mother country, both should combine to erect fortifications, to build railways, and to people the wastes. Hence the necessity for England, who has the credit, to raise from £5,000,000 to £10,000,000, to be expended on the colony, and to place the Eng lish poor on the unoccupied lands. Here is a speci men of the correspondent's reasoning:— "Mr. GREENWOOD remarks on the absurd piece of sen timentality one sometimes hears. Are people to be trans ported because they are poor ?' The answer is Of course.' The principal motive for people leaving the old country for a new one is to better their fortunes. The instances of people selecting a new country to reside in from prefer ence are very scarce, and are generally considered as ex amples of eccentricity." According to the colonist, not only is England's money to be expended in erecting fortifications against the United States and in constructing rail roads, but Englishmen in humble circumstances are to be taken by press-gangs and transported to Canadian washes. Now " Granny"—dear old crea ture—in the plenitude of your senile wisdom, do tell us why ? In the good old days we have heard of England making a milch cow of her colonies ; of ruling them from an office in a London street through men who did not know where these colonies were, nor what they were like; who gave up Java be cause they could not find it on the map, and sent out a cargo of water-casks for a fleet constructing on the Canadian Lakes ! But times have changed. A cer tain class of the colonists personate and are sketched as a nice, pretty, interesting young lady dressed in furs, called Miss CANADA, who throws herself on old BRITANNIA'S neck, and says she hates the Yankee who lives next door and wants to annex her, when they would have a fine estate and avoid raising fences, and perpetually quarrelling about trespass. It is BRITANNIA'S business she declares to hate OP Yankee toe, and to protect her by building a ll sorts of barriers between them, ho,vever expensiv° and inconvenient they might be for both. 131/1. TANNIA is half-inclined to think that the amalga mation would really be for the interest of all, an d she begins to learn that the forward young lady' who thrusts herself on the old dame's notice, prof& sing to be the people's mouth-piece, is but that orl e of the family who lives on the work of the others . Nor would it be wise to be influenced by her Pr e ' judices, and help to erect at great cost a w orthless , indeed injurious barrier between the estates. MOO' NIA might, too, suspect the representation which W 36 to produce to Miss CANADA so very pleasant a r e ' suit at the old lady's expense. If the Yankee can be made sufficiently obnoxious, heaps o f Britis h t money might be poured into C ana d a, w ith Brit's' emigration to build fortifications and railroads, and to people the Dominion. By merely gratify ing a pique and spit e suc h su b stant i a l a d va ntage s t might be secured. V er ily, Mi ss C ANADA 1 3 1/() t wanting in shrewd n e s s, b u t th e o ld d ame i 9 11°. the goose she calcul a t es . th e w h o l e aseump tiel' 4 on the hostility of the United States ; take 61 away and not a shadow of au argument retnaiils; This hostility is grounded ou the assertion thatt% Union is the determined enemy of the 1 3 r itis t , Empire, and will humiliate it when the opportilte,' J offers. Therefore in self-defence every effort shows be made to check American progress, and to balance American power. The Dominion forms the 111 ,1 1 , effectual means ; but the Dominion must be strenge6l ened by fortifications to resist aggression, peoel a, and knit together by rails. The colonies, unaid e o cannot, and will not do this. It is more Eng l3e te d business,too, against whom the enmity of the OD e , States is really directed. The tune i s a l wa y s the sa el li ; the unreasoning and abiding hatred o f the RePe b t against the mother country. Now the po-l i v i, England to ascert a i n i s w h e th er th ere b e this Bi let mosity, and if it unfortu na t e ly proves t rue , whet, there are no better means o f avo idi ng the ee tio , queuces than those recommended by Miss CAI °P io What she would do, if the e nm it y ex i s t s , i s to o ' l4 it perpetual ; and to de r i ve no sma ll material gad o from the means. C ana d a wou ld b ecome migt r o of the position, threatening the mother conntrytio the one hand with joining the States, and ee b y other hand puffing herself defiantly, backed b , BRITANNIA, in the face of her Yankee n ei f o l bour. We are not, however, a ware that EnV sb e owes so much to her Canadian offspring tha t should help her at such a sacrifice to a ssume s , tie n o position. When Canada says to Britannia, o is not us, but yeti, the Republic dislikes," Brit a , i it tli could reply, " It is not us, but our connection " p you which is really offensive to American P e , ot t and if we attempt to perpetuate it i n the W 31 1 ; 1 0t e ask, we sow the seeds of en dl ess di sc ord wi t d e gain. Why, at our heavy expense become i ro 'co cat's-paw, and split asun d er th e A ng l o -Sa:ge li o for the gratification an d a d vancemen t o f 3 V ttio o ,' of the Canadian people ?" " Beware of m er , screams the young lady, taki n g up ROEl 3lO O s O O frain :—" If so," Britannia could answer/ er ies wisest plan is to sever the connection, for A ej . 030 as an enemy would then be less dangeron s d i e o; fortifications would be but traps for our se l the railroads but further inducements for an e cap s sion, which makes the prize bett e r worth th t ee' Lure." But what of the othe r s id e ?—ls the ' ot j e r tion of the enemity true ? Perhaps the most e ica of able feeling is the rapid subsidence in Anieris tba dislike towards Great Britain, and the reasou, oodt growing knowledge of A mer i ca i n Englan d ' of with this, the more just and correct diseug's oti peel American subjects. A mollifying effect b aS io elS produced on the irritation engendered by B l3 g ci r elY attitude during the Civil War by the chaug e he s 6 ' , tions with the North American colonies. eil 103 public recognizes the position taken up by en I as honourable and fair; the Dominion has be cod to its own devices, free as air, to continue the 00 3 bs° nection, to become independent, or to be - a n c oo l ' into the Union as States. Satisfied that 11 : r od e pulsion will be exercised, or ev e n an attempt at to to influence the colonists, the Republic is el t belli . let the decision of theirfuturc rest entirely wi t ,. t o selves. It may be sneeringly remar ked th 3b o 0 0 3 gracious, considering that th e R e p u blic has air right than Mexico to interfere in the matter; '44 street and legal rights do not count for eve r i .l ich no with nations, for there are nat ura l rights i 4 / wee' wise statesmen overlook. Such a r ight, for in s or he is the MoNnoE doctrine—the expression O ft peu , public's jealousy of the political connection ei c. ircoe' 4 11rOp pean Powers with America. Reverse th e stances, and it would become true of E tes 4 pose war is declared between the United Staled leo Spain ; that America made a great effort, D u la 10 means of a fleet and army conquered a nn oa la 1 0 0 province of Spain. A storm of jealousY ' c o ie ij , *My ha rnurtPri , aud fiat of But, u P to bo o ( be that America should not be permitted the riiu footof European soil—and why? Becaus e id b‘ie future trouble from such a connection w ell g fie' proportion to the strength and ambitionof power across the sea. Though the right tito c ' to rica to conquer Spain under such circ-optevi would be undeniable, yet the right of t ioes.. c of guard itself against the future complica vree,4, might be anticipated also exists, and the ei be Y. t u o g, such a right would be the application ef. te d P` ep ti ROE doctrine to this Continent. The [ llll OO OO of then, as the leading Power on the other Le 00 , 9 is justified in regarding with jealousy oil, w e' Europe over any portion of American t bo France would have as much right to elP e d a tib t i tl/o rican army from Spain, which she u e o pe„ Jo• would do, as the United States had tu Pp French from Mexico, which she undeni abl e 3 1 P e ot' Our great object is to end e avour to P l the ac tt o tbe here appreciate the fe e li ngs w hich are o ttilt,lo ing motives on the other side ; and bye piis connection in this way, we can best ae i e. b Do h be end. It is not the dislike of the Eug as ,:life;e t dislike of its connection with Americaloo to ot le helped to make the attitude of the IteP e to rdo ti g° England differ from its attitude t.l .ll3 afe et iol Powers, Britain being the only enemy 1 " c eef ie ,Doli j i j or expected to fight ; but if a EuroPealtat It must be maintained, Americans prefer 's t ill l'oe xli continue, as now, to be with the Englisb*,ion ° i g P e e ; be for the advantage of all if that conu e 'iatie; when we venture to assert that the r_ o 000_,, tween the two branches of the Ang l e would become little less cordial than t friend of the two sections could desire. ti 4l v at OP o d a il ofo, ADVERTISEMENT. - Consumption, a n ::, ateaivO'i ~01 1 bilious, stomach, and fiver complaints in eve ‘ desellicse2, aggravated and accelerated by drugs of ev° r .Y. o riegi,pa perfeAly curable by Do PARRY'S health-res' o i l ie';' o ), g o e r Arabiea Food, as proved by thousands or es s l%pee f, P , I considered hopeless; such as indigestion ("Ji.bcealeifVot, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation , cli s ' 00 co ir e r derangements, hemorrhoids, liver conaplai n Tater il' ii oi :l , vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat , dip , eti roa ole;otli t , colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, FtoThilitt,'i, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, i rn d e Dill t o'o, o o ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, heada che ,:or of ,"" A ia ° 4 ,4 o ; spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregn a 'TheSit r aSt °, oe''t ing alts, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the c pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders,'fot l PpoP 4 l, few: -The Pope's health restored by Du liarrte3 Mo o die r e d, 68,413-" Rome, July 21, 1866. The health of he , 0 (1 0 , 0 9 excellent, especially since, abandoning all othe ut o .P OO s o l l " e tti .e confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Rev a n l i e . h i l itt.,,Oto l f r , of which he consumes a plateful at every me - an d ta e tl - pf' A a surprisingly beneficial effect on his Ilea ltl filer t 'sl iii eo i. cannot du Midi, July 2h5. praise tis excel Cure I No. 46,270.ent food too hih,., 0 8 oT Mr. " ; fo,c' A tel f eri, e merchant, of Fernley, ;Surrey, of thirty yet cle'oriv.oesr4 spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pa t oile r o' d lfuid N 0.1,7 7 1. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-11 ° 10r ye tb r,, , of many years' dyspepsia.-No. 4983'. Fl otha lg itiO.,, g. E o' o o .ll able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness,_d folaa stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, 3. 4,0 0 0 tit , Jolly " Important Caution.-Beware of i ; s iro, and more than sloppy imitations to Will t isch l ig; 1 0C, C 40 Baron Liebig's name is most audaciouslY a 1, 4 C. 1 , 01 In tins, at Is 14d; 1 lb 2s 9d: 2lbs 4s 6d; 't',ol3lo, t op e d r / lbs 405.-Also Do BARRY'S REvALEN. 7 ,, A 0 ,16 C OrjeP4 POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 1 4 4 0, for 0 0 t ior c v • at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups °lf sportpoicoo; -being about one penny per cup. The 7 , y free of carriage in England on reeeiPt ° „wee' , BARRY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, Rag e° all Grocers and Chemists J• J• Cf CATER—On the 27th insf.,TßatTSllLligat°l 111.°. 14° ct of a daughter. t, t b° HoWE—On the 27th inst , at 34, Sloane3tree T. E. Howe, Esq., of a; son. 0 iipmr—LOUD—On tl.2llleA2R3RdrAinGsEt Si a . t ./. 5 .' 11 ' P 're lic' Ill ; I. Tlii ~,,,,, , 0 . C. 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