The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times, after comparing the provisions of the rival Cattle Bills of Lord Robert Montagu and Mr. Forster, observes that, there being so little difference in their prac tical operation, one consideration alone would have sufficed to decide the question between them. The Govern ment measure is comprehensive, and proposes a consolida tion of the existing legislation. Its rival, by rendering former Acts permanent, would have made consolidation impossible. There will still be an opportunity in com mittee on Mr. Forster's bill to contrast the rival system of prevention. Meanwhile, there is one considera- tion, briefly suggested on Wednesday by Mr. Forster, which deserves more attention than it has received. Be observed that, after all, our main safeguard against the spread of the cattle plague must be our power to " stamp it out " when it appears. Be it remembered that we now possess that power ; and if Mr. Forster's bill be passed, we shall possess it in still greater complete ness. But when the cattle plague first appeared we did not possess such a power ; and to this deficiency the extent of its ravages must be mainly attributed. It took us by surprise, and found us equally ignorant and unpre pared. The consequence was that it raged almost unchecked for half a year, and it was not until a commission had reported and Parliament bad legis lated that we were in a position to resist it. But the truth is no such danger is to be apprehended for the future. We can now, at a day's notice, isolate the district in which the plague first appears, and " stamp it out" as effectually as it is " stamped out" abroad. By the means now at our disposal we have actually extirpated the disease after it had held undisputed sway for sic months. It will be our own fault if we ever allow it to get a hold on the country again. In one word, the disease is no longer the formidable enemy it once was ; and it would, therefore, be a grievous mistake to legislate as if its very name should cause a panic. Freedom, and net restriction, must undoubtedly be the basis of all our commercial legislation. We only need power to control the trade promptly and effectually should occasion arise, and that power the Government bill would abundantly provide. The Telegraph declares that Lord Robert's plan will not do. A far wider scheme is proposed in the bill of the Government, which not only provides a complete system of inspection within our own shores, but gives the Privy Council power to prohibit the importation of cattle from any infected country. That is the only safe course. If the rinderpest exists in France, French cattle must for a time be excluded from English ports. There can be no middle course. Rinderpest must be kept out of the country as jealously as Pitt kept out " French ideas." On the other hand, the farmers must not be allowed to think that they can rely on the vigi lance of the inspectors at the ports of entry. Local authorities must receive the fullest power to maintain a rigid system of inland inspection, so that the negligence of one town or one county may not be a source of danger to another. Our line of circumvallation must always be ready ; our guillotine always bright. A system of compensation for the loss sustained by the slaughter of diseased cattle must be so arranged that there shall be no temptation to delay for one hour this work a " stamping out." Rinderpest comes as a thief in er. night, and, like other thieves, it can be kept out of the treasure room only by the vigilance of the police. Mr. Forster and Mr. Bruce seem fully alive to the nature of the evil. They have framed a bill which, more complete than Lord Robert Montagu's, will guard against an insidious evil at the ports of entry, and, if it should unhappily gain a footing on our soil, will circumscribe the limits of its ravages, and call into operation the best avail able means of extinction. I' HE EARL OF DERBY AND HIS IRISH TENANTS. The Earl of Derby has just addressed th e f o ll ow i ng :ircular to the tenants and others resident on his estate in the neighbourhood of Ballykisteen House, Ereland :—" My good friends,—Let me write to you Ls one who, though long absent, has never ceased ;to take a warm interest in all that concerns you. For forty-five years I have had the charge of the property m which you live, and I can truly say that I have always Audied to promote your welfare and comfort, and to your tredit be it said that in that long period no serious crime gas come to my knowledge as having been cora nitted by any of you. It grieves me, there ore, to learn that one of your immediate neighbours, an in- AFensive man, and, I am told, generally popular, has been -ecently murdered, and the high road, not far from my odge gate. lam glad to be assured that no suspicion A having been concerned in the murder attaches to any A you ; but I have reason to believe that more than 3ne of you are aware of facts which, if disclosed, might go far to fix the guilt on the actual criminal. It is to the interest of all that crimes of such magnitude should not go unpunished; and I desire to mpress on you, what I fear is not sufficiently understood n Ireland, that he who, by shielding a murderer, encourages the crime, is only one degree less culpable than he who commits it. You all know that I never ejected a respectable and deserving tenant, but you mud oot be surprised if I do not allow anyone to continue'. .n the occupation of my land who, by concealing or misre. presenting facts within his knowledge, shall be found t& have done his best towards frustrating the ends of justice, and making himself virtually an accomplice in the crime of murder. I offer no money reward for information. I appeal rather to your love of justice and to the desire which you must feel to relieve yourselves from the disgrace of having such a crime perpetrated in the midst of you, and undetected ; to disclose fearlessly and truthfully to those whose duty it is to make inquiry any circumstances which may lead to the discovery of the murderer. Do not, I entreat you, by neglecting this, your positive duty, give me cause to lower the good opinion which I have formed of you after so many years' acquaintance.—Your old and true friend, DERBY." THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. The Light and Dark Blue crews were out again yesterday morning, and were eagerly watched in their performances by a considerable number of spectators. There is now only a week to the day of the race, and though something in the way of improvement in both is observable, the two eights have got all their work before them to be in proper trim for the final contest. The Oxford men still shew their superiority in the matter of strength s but have not yet got rid of the fault, noticeable from the of rowing " all abroaff." Their opponents pull, as usual, with a much more rapid stroke, and with greater finish ; but, looking at the two boats when they had got way thoroughly on, there seemed to be good ground for the conviction that Oxford would have the pull in a race which laid much stress upon the staying powers of the contending parties. Below is a correct statement of the weights of the 2rews at the present time. OXFORD. st. lb. st. lb. .7. A. Woodhouse, Univ 11 11. C. Tirne, University.... 13 12 R. Tahourdin, St. John's ll 13 A. C. Yarborough, Lincoln 12 0 T. S. Baker. Queen's l2 12 W. D. Benson, Balliol .... 11 9 .r. Wi WU), Exeter . D. A. Neilson, St. John's (cox.), 7st. 131 b. CA MBRI DUE. at. lb. I a.. 10. A. Rushton, Emmanuel ll 7 IW. F. M'Afichael, Downing 12 4 J. H. Ridley, Jesus J. W. Da'e, St. John's l2 10 P. H. Mellor, Ist Trinity.. 11 14 J. F. Young, Christ's 11. E. Gordon, First 9 The betting rules much as ii Oxford last night, but there 1 'rinity (cox.), 7st. /lb. did ; 70 to 40 was offered ois vas no taker. The Herald says that it has been asserted by those likely to be well inform , ,' on the subject, that the Irish Roman Catholic bishops were not at first by any means such fervent supporters of Mr. Gladstone's contemplated The Bishop of Salisbury's health during the last measures in regard to the Irish branch of the Etablish. few days has continued to improve. ment as the public generally supposed. The fact is, that The French papers attrib u t e a mot t o L amartine, the hope of a t o t a l t rans f er o f th e Church property to themselves or their successors, at a future, and, perhaps, for which, had he been still a li ve, th ey would scarcely, we not very distant date, which was always in their contem- should think, have lik e d t o ma k e hi m responsible. Some gelation, influenced their conduct ; and in their private one asked the poet w h e th er h e was not spending too much conversations with select members of their own faith they money in advertising his public a ti ons . "N o, " h e i s reporte d pleaded, in justification of their want of sympathy for Mr. to have answer e d, " a d ver ti sements are a b solutely neces eary. Even Di v i ne wors hi p " (i n the or i g i nal, le bon Dieu) Gladstone's proceedings, that they had no right to sanction "needs advertising. Otherwise what is the meani ng o f the disposal of funds which did not belong to them to any other purpose than those to which they were originally church bells? " appropriated. The loss of the Maynooth grant, however, An English lion-tamer, yclept Cooper, has had coupled with the determination expressed in one act of a narrow escape of his life at the Circus on the Boulevards, Parliament that the levelling up system should not, and r Paris, In putting his head into the lion's mouth, the any circumstances, be adopted, seems to have in some dompteur had reckoned without his host, for the animal measure altered their original intention of maintaining a immediately closed his ponderous jaws, and would have dignified neutrality in the political contest. A very well soon turned his master into a veritable headless man but written and obviously well-considered letter appeared for the timely intervention of an assistant, who, by firing recently in the Freeman's Journal, under the signature of a gun, frightened the animal and made him release the " A Priest," suggesting the terms on which the transfer of head of the dompteur. The too venturesome tamer got off a share of the Church property to the bishops of the lloman with a few teeth-marks. i Catholic religion might be rendered acceptable to those On Tuesday, at especial meeting of the Dublin Town dignitaries and productive of public good. We take it that Council, a letter was read from Mr. Bruce intimating that her this ater has received private sanction from superior Majesty would receive the Lord May or and four other mem authority, and that it has been inserted to test public bers of the Corporation on the 15th inst., for the purpose of opinion on propositions which the Catholic bishops would presenting an address with reference to the Irish Church. not venture' to propound themselves. Mr. Sullivan, having expressed regret that the loyalty of The Standard thinks that the Duke of Somerset opened the Conservative members was at such a low ebb that none a most interesting question on Tuesday night, when he of them would volunteer to go over, the observation was asked the Government for information as to tbeiapolicy in I repudiated from the other side, Mr. Byrne declaring that the regard to the protection of missionaries in China. His " " majority had asked to strike from under the Throne one Grace's remarks as to the general behaviour of some of our of its principal supports." A valedictory address to the missionaries, especially those belonging to a body called Duke of Abercorn was carried by 32 to 4. ominously the "China Inland Mission," were very much Can to the point,- though they might have. national duty in covered a much wider field. The whole subject of th e Mr. Akroyd, M.P., M r . E. Ashworth, Mr. Can delet, of Manche s t er , an d th e Rev. Mr. Stamper presented regard to the missionary system is on e o f grea t impor. a memorial to M r . Gl a d stone a t th e House on Tuesday tepee, and has scarcely obtained the no ti ce w hi c h it d e - night, asking him t o su pp or t Mr. Selwyn-Ibbetson's bill. Mr. Gladstone said the bill did not accord with th e serves. What the country should k now i s di st i nct l y . whether, either in China or elsewhere, it is i n th e power of recommendation of Villiers's Committee, and sug ary individual who goes into the interior to change gested whether the magistrates, if they h d all the the religion religion of the natives to appeal to the nearest leg power, might not be at bitrary. Mr. C a an . delet replied that be thought the difficulty was met British armed force to back him in his arguments Clause, which was adopted from Mr. Gladsto ne's or to relieve him in discomfiture. Unless some clearin the Wineninth understanding is come to on this point we can never be Act. Mr. Gladstone promises to consider the memorial. iiud ig one hund re d mem b ers of P arl i ament . sure of peace in any part of the world. If it is left to th e The memorial w as s i gne d b y f our th ousan d p e rsons, ne discretion of every individual missionary whethe r any u given Chinese town shall be sacked and burnt by the naval THE GREAT FIRE AT NEW ZEALAND.—TIIO fire forces of her Majesty, and a certain numberof its inhabitants which broke out in the town of Timaru on the 7th OS slain, it is impossible that we can either spread peace or December last, was one of the most destructive that have religion through the Chinese empire. We say this with taken place in New Zealand. Nearly the whole of the the utmost respect for what is good and noble in the mis. chief buildings and stores in the place were consumed. sionary system. In the interests of Christianity itself it Among them were the Bank of New Zealand, the Timaru is clear that we must no longer resort to the gunboat as Herald office, club-house, hotels, insurance offices, &c. A the ultima ratio between the British missionary in a Chi- heavygale of wind from the N.W., which prevailed at the nese town and his native hearers. It cannot he doubted time, was the principal cause of the conflagration extending that one such an affair as that at Yangchow is calculated as it did. The total loss of property is estimated at to do ten times as much injury to the cause of the religion £27,000 to £lOO,OOO, only £32,000 of which is insured. which was there propagated as all the good which the m e. r , kar LADSToN E ' s IRISH CHURCH BILL.—At a China Inland Mission could achieve, working at its highest power, in half a century. conference of the National Associaticn, held at Dublin on The Star enters upon the question of representative Wednesday, a resolution, proposed by the Very Rev. Dr. peers at some length, and says that it would b e b e tt er t o Moran, and unanimously adopted, declared that, while let it rest unless it can be settl e d by gi v i ng t o the people of disapproving of some of the details of the Irish Church election Scotland of and as the p s w ill le n either bring the m a j or ity of f Ireland such rights in the Bill, the as soc i a ti on places full confidence in the wise and the peers into harmony with the peoples, or secure the just policy of Mr. Gladstone, and in the good feeling of return of peers who will not caricatur e th e opinion the English people. The BishopGalway of spoke of the of the country for whi c h th e y s i t, W e can see no Premier as the greatest of modern statesmen, whose name good reason why this change should not be should descend t o posterity as the greatest benefactor to made. There evould be no occa s i on t o restr i ct the franchise, because the nature of the case confines the religion and society. candidature to men presumed by the custom and theory of this country to be inevitably capable, as soon as PURCHASING OF THE IRISH RAILWAYS.—SO far they reach manhood, of legislating competently for their AS I can gather, the Irish peers and commoners are not in countrymen. When constituencies are free to range over remarkably good spirits at the result of to-day's interview the whole area of the adult male population, it is conceiv with the Premi er an d hi s two colleagues, the Chancellor able that the suffrage may prove a responsibility too heavy for some who possess it ; but restricted in their choice to of the Exchequer and the Irish Minister. Lowe frequently hereditary wisdom, the Irish and Scotch peoples could not interposed carefully-studied questions of a not particularly pertinent character during the spokesman's masterly go far wrong. They might safely be trusted to restore to an intelligible basis a representation which in its present dLiodrdnoCtlainnrdiiceaartdee caouncolvuedre.dfr,ieonthdelyr i f n e t e e l rr in o g ga t t o o w ri a e r s d w s h t ic h h e state is a ludicrous parody of everything that the partici- statement of the w h o l e I r i s h railway case, and, when pation of nobles in government ought to be. The Post, after remarking that the Attorney-General has in his Ba n k ru pt c y Bill a d o pt e d 6 ' pure and simple purchase scheme followed. All that could be extracted the Scottish syst e m, says that if creditors whose debts are great from Mr. o G rta ladnsnteo,naen‘dvasthatthhate would e ou co ld if they appoint as t rus t e es men content to receive fair nsgiidveereitdftuhlle esounbsjiedcetroa:f great or small will really attend to their own business— on. This meagre stereotyped offici a l p rom i se is not likely remuneration for the work actually done—if no bills professional men are paid until they have been taxed—if to afford- much satisfaction to the Irish people.—London all accounts are submitted to a searching audit in the correspondent of the Irish Times. SCHOOLS.—The n i g h tly scenes at office of the account an t i n b an k ru pt c y, th en th e introduc tion of the Scottish sy s t em i n thi s country may be re- VELOCIPEDE garded as an unm i xe d- goo d. Th e d e t a il s o f th e measure i Burnham's and Witty's schools in Brooklyn constitute its‘lf cannot be correctly appreciated until we see them some months hence in p r i n t, and until we see the com- I quite an interesting entertainment. The expert riders of panion me asure f or th e abolition of imprisonment for debt, I Brooklyn are multiplying rapidly, and at both th e above , which also is p rom i se d. If th e d e l ay w hi c h i s anticipated j velocipede arenas the displays of skill and d ar i ng are I should take piece, the Government will deserve much blame, numerous. The funny side of the picture is also exhibited and, possibly, the 11 , ,use of Lords may be induced to . take th e matter i nto its own hands and consider a • nightly m the form of the collisions, falls, narrow escape s , Bankruptcy Bill which, without consolidating the o ld and the wq ,bbling movements of the tyros in th e ar t. T he law, will in a concise, convenient, and efficient shape give atten d ance o f spec t a t ors e ach night is su c h as t o crowd the publi c th e benefit of the advantages which have now been shadowed forth by the Attomey-General. Last year , the gallery at . Burnham's being specially de when when Lord C a i rns ' s large bill, containing more than five both halls, voted to the use of ladies and those of the other hundred cla uses, was withdrawn, Pa rliament gladly sex accompanying them, while at Witty's hall the accepted, as an i nsta l ment, Mr. Moffatt's short bill relat ing to trust deeds. The same process mayladies have the front seats. Mr. Burnham has againhave to be repeated, and, we would fain hope, with introduce velocipede riding as a feature of the the same success. However this may be, Sir .Coler . deserves exe..cises of his lady classes; and Mrs. Burnham already credit for the candid manner and enlightened f.,tespiritf with which he proposes to deal with bank rides with a degree of modest ease and skill surprising and the public will be satisfied if the text of ;Ts ° bill to those who imagine that ladies cannot ride a two justifies the commentary w hi c h we have now made by • wheeled velocipede without objectionable exposgs. The an ticipation. The Daily News considers that the bill of the i Sol' ic m tor- I exercise is especially adapted for ladies, and it is simply as General for the repeal of uni vers it y testa is little an exercise that M r . B urn ha m has introduced it. None than a reprint of the measure w h ic h he introduced laoret but ladi es are a d m itt e d t o th e b a ll d ur i ng th e l a di es ' c l as s year. It is compulsory as regards th e universities and s exercise, aLd those who have seen Mrs. Burnham ride are permissive •as regards the colleges. It open; al. in a fever to learn the art themselves. The ordinary dress lny offices of distinction and emolument in the uni versities to Nonconformists, using that word in its used by ladies in these calisthenic exercises is just suited largest extent. To the colleges, which are private for use in riding the bicycles, not half as much exposé of foundations, it gives the liberty, withdrawn from the nether limbs being made as in the ordinary walking them by the Act of Uniformity, of revising theii attire. Never before in the history of manufactures in statutes and admitting Dissenters, should they be disposed to do so. The measure has passed beyond the this country has there arisen such a demand for an article stage at which discussion is useful. The second as now exists in relation to velocipedes. They are reading of the bill is sure to be carried by a large manufactured now at the rate of 1,000 a week, and that it s taiie ' about the tenth part of the number of orders received fot t majority. What is needful is, that at every the tide of opinion shall run strong and high enough in the Commons and in the country to float it, L a u m ) them. Ore contract was made this week for the luutliri aa Phrase, mr_thc Dar of the "4 < % fßiCtllre_Sf_oo o .9o. o 3/e 1 2iCYclee. ee.Arele. iOr manU• k Tula.. • ;.. ' THE _SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1869. 211 E RAILROAD WAR. , • (From the Western Railroad Gazette.) The Missouri Democrat is inclined to treat the contest between Gould and the Pennsylvania humor oualy. Here is a leader in the number for February 6 :—That man can have no soul at all for a fight who does not take a lively interest in the battle of the railway giants. Thursday's despatches gave us information of a new manoeuvre, and within a short time another great charge will either prevail or be repolsed. On the face of things, there appear four great trunk lines between the East and West. The New York Central has ati interest in the route from Cleveland via Bellefontaine and Indianapolis to St. Louis, and in another via Tol-•do and Springfield. The Toledo route is unbreken ; the Bellefontaine roate is broken at inclianapols ; for the Indian apolis and Terre Mute road, after a sharp fight some time ago, was wrested from the control of the New York Central by Ben Smith, and is now in the interest of the Pennsylvania Central. Therefore, the New York Central has talked, surveyed, and threatened a new line between Indian apolis and Terre Haute. M .anwhi'e it has its connections unbroken with Chicago. The New York Central we shall call Vanderbilt. The Erie, under Gould, has control of a complete broad gauge route to Cincinnati and Sr. Louis, and is now fighting for the control of routes to Chicago. A. little while ago Gould and Vanderbilt were fighting; now there is more than a suspicion that they have united their interes.s for a common ob ject. The Baltimore and Ohio, having recently secured the Marietta and Ci. cinnati Road, has a consolidated line to Cincinnati and connects via - Indianapolis with Chicago and St. Louis. But the control of the Indianapolis and terra Haute Road was needed to make its line to this city complete, and therefore it joined interests with Vanderbilt to get that road. Beaten by Ben Smith, it probably has an interest in the projected new route. Here, then, are these powerful interests, virtually work ing together, for what ? To cripple and destroy I the Pennsylvania Central—say Scott, "for short." The Gould manoeuvre was to get, control, in the in terest of one or the other of the three allies, of every road by which Scott could reach Chicazo, Sr. Louis or Cincinnati. Accordingly, the Atlantic and Great Western was secured by Gould, and the proposed change of gauze stopped ; the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago was to be grasped, the Columbus roads westward were to be seized ; and poor Scott, thus shut in on all hands, would be deprived of all Western connections. Exactly what the allies would have done for the benefit of the public, we do not know. The first ' failure was when the Ben Smith combination gained the Indianapolis and Terra Haute. Smith had a road from Columbus to Indianapolis, then another via Logansport to Chicago, and with the Terre Haute Road. he tecatne a power in the land. Hence the fight for the control of Stnith, in which Erie was beaten. Scott .111(1 Smith have now joined I hands. The new line from this p tint to Terre Haute will soon give th- Pennsylvania a complete route to this city; with the Smith roads it has a complete route to Chicago, and is now fighting for the control of the Columbus mu.l Xenia and Little Miami, by which it can reach Cincinnati. So far, thee, Scott resists all efforts to tic him up. 'l'her • remained the great Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, an I Chicago Road, his best and most natural route to the Northwest, the directors of which are now in the Scott interest. The danger was that the Gould comNnation would eet control of the road. Stock has been bought, proxies have been obtained, agents have been sent to Europe to get control of stock held there, and the boast is openly made that the Erie already has a certainty of eaieying the next election of directors to be held in March. But the schemers counted without their host. They forgot that Scott not only owns a railroad, but also a legislature. For, on Wednesday, a little bill was introduced in the Penniylvattia Legislature, and passed bo'h Houses, and was signed try the Go vernor before noun, which reads as follows , It. shall he lawful for the board of directors of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad Company, by tot or otherwise, , o so classify the members thereof that one-fonr,h, as near as may be, 5h..11 terminat, their official terms as directors At the first annual meeting after being thus classi tied the stock aud bondholders shall el: ct only members of the board of directors necessary to fill vacancies caused by the expiration of the pe riod of services fixed as aforesaid." Aceordingly, the ew York people will be able to elect only one-fourth of the directors this year, if they do get. a majority of the stock, and will then have to hold their sock and proxies a year longer in order to get control of another fourth, which puts Scott another point ahead in the game. Meanwhile, a proposi tion has been made by the Little Miami to lease its road to the Columbus and Xeeia, which is soon to be voted on, and if that carries both roads will then be leased to the Pennsylvania Central. Such is the fight as it stands. Gould is sham p, Vanderbilt is strong, and the New Yorkers control a mint of money, but they find it no easy job to kill off the Pennsylvania Central. And, since competition is the only hope of the public, we are very glad of it, and hope that neither may succeed in crippling the other. " Let us not have peace," but low prices. A LUCID 1 XPLANATION OF THE ERIE WAR BY THE FAT CON TRIBUTOR The Cincinnati Times has this c l ear exp l anat i on of the recent railroad complications from the pen of the " F at Contributor" ;-11 e are satisfied the t)., schemes, dinil co t b i p n a a s t t i o f n e s w , public are a good deal perplexed to under taud all ie about the nuttierous e ur oa m eu u kb s nt t ogw i urietee;d!iglliye igWB4rieeyenle:tkt a t o_ a d t r n' portion O b to i v o i e t t ee h a a n e d l : o rs public, l i l t :ittelr:nh candidly ut that we were a little in doubt ourselves until we made a determined and thorough examination of the subject; but now it is all as clear as mud to us. We know all aho.it it, and are enabled to make our readers u n d erstan d i t too. You see the Atlantic and Great Pen Handle Rail road Co. having leased the Sharpsburg Cut-off; together with its connections (including, of course, its unch s, aunts, cousins, and their connexiims), so a s to control the traffic over the Harrison Pike, it became necessary for the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad to buy up the capital stock of the Hamilton, Indianapolis Central, and Little Miami, if they could hope or expect to maintain their hold upon the trade of Licking River and Duck Creek. Another object was to get into the Cleveland! Union depot at St. Paul in advance of Alex. Hamilton's stages. Then the New York Central (Park) Co., holding a majority of the stock in the Pennsylvania Southern and Northern Alaska Railroad, executed a flank movement by leasing the stockholders of the Sthquehanna . and Chesapeake Canal, thereby securing a direct broad-gauge route front the Isle of St. Thomas, to the foot of Fifth street. This, of crurse, necessitates the buying up of Fifth-street Ferry Dick property, or the con struction of a bridge connecting the Union Bass Ball grounds with Eden Park —a harmonious blending of the East and West-end interests. Van derbilt, who wants to be considered the . "Colos sus of Rhodes"—that is to say, of the rail-roads— is determined to cut off the Pennsylvania Central from the North-west. He sent a man up there, Feb. 12, to cut it off. but the result is not yet known. The Pennsylvania Central immediately turned about and 'gobbled up the Jack Noble Dug-hill Railroad, and then effected a lease of the old and d--d li a bl e C o -d u -R o y R.R., by which move they cunningly monopolized the commerce of Che voit, forming the only direct line between that flourishing section and the markets of Europe. There was considerable excitement at the sale of the Dug-hill road, which took place yesterday. More stockholders voted than were on the books 'of the company, and, on examination, it was discovered that one was a whip-stalkhol der (a low stage driver) ; another held no stock except an old-fashioned one lie wore around his neck ; another kept a stock-yard, while a fourth was simply a holder of old stock ale—the heaviest stockholder in the lot. rhis latter individual was detected when it was proposed to " water the stock," when he howled dismally. All that is now needed to complete our brilliant combinations is a railroad starting at the Little Miami elevator and running up Deer creek along the Eggleston avenue to intersect with the effluent pipe and the Millcreek Improvements; thence along Western avenue to the Lunatic Asylum, which will unquestionably be a Grand Union Depot at last for all railroad flier and those who attempt to comprehend their gigantic railroad schemes." DENVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or cxporta Lion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co. Belfast; 'or 4. Beaufort-buildings Strand, London W.O --(Ad vertitielneiaL MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE PURCILASE OF IRISH RAILWAYS. The supporters of the scheme for the purcl)- Irish railways by the State are still agitating y energetically in favour of its adoption. In Ireland a large party has been found in favour of it. Of these the Marquis of Clanricarde seems to be the chosen spokesman, and he headed a deputation on the subject to the Prime Minister on Tuesday. lie was supported by the Earl of Lucan, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Gregory, Mr. O'Reilly, Mr. Blake, and Mr. M'Clure—M.P.'s all. The Marquis of Clanricarde urged very strongly that the Government should take the matter in hand; and gave it as his opinion that if the Irish members were canvassed they would nearly all express their concurrence in the scheme. Mr. Gladstone, however, has evidently enough on his hands for the present in the Irish Church Bill ; when his mind is freed from that he may be induced to take up the matter of the railways. Until then we can hardly expect him to burden himself. So the deputation could hardly have expected more than the stereotyped promise of full consideration of the question by the Cabinet. nearing this, said the matter might rest, but a charge of intimidation was preferred on the corres pondence, which failed on a technical point of laVr. The case, however, illustrates very forcibly the exer cise of undue influence at election times. It is likely that such transactions are common enough, though the public would probably never hear of those instances in which the threatened voter sacrificed his political convictions to his pecuniary necessities. Flow can Parlidment protect the Thorneleys against he Brookses without the aid of the Ballot ? LANCASHIRE VOTERS. The Times publishes some very curious statistics re specting the cost of the recent elections in Lancashire. The total amount is divided by the number of voters, and so the price per voter is obtained. Mr. Milner Gibson had to pay only 2s. 10d., while Mr. Mellor baid over 55., and as the first was on l y 209 vo t es ehind the second, one cannot help suspecting that the greater expenditure of cash on the part of Mr. Mellor had something to do with his success. In Blackburn, however, the losers paid more money than the winners. This happened also in Clitheroe, Liverpool, Oldham, Preston, Salford, Staleybridge, Warrington (where Mr. Greenall, the defeated eandidate, paid just double the sum paid by Mr. Rylands), Wigan, North Lancashire, and South- West Lancashire. The largest sums per voter were paid by the Marquis of Hartington, who had to fight a single-handed contest, and is down for 31s. 6d., and by Mr. Mitchell Henry, at Manchester, who re tired at two o'clock, having polled only 5,236, and paid 275. 11d. a piece for them. But for this gentleman the Manchester election would have been one of the cheapest that occurred, Mr. Bazley and Mr. Bright having spent only about- ls. 3d. each. In the neigh bouring borough of Salford the Liberals spent 4s. 4d. per voter. The minimum was reached in Oldham, where Messrs. Ilibbert and Platt spent only 9/d. each per voter, and Messrs. Cobbett and Spinks only ls. 41d.. This is the more creditable because the contest was the closest in Lancashire,the numbers polled by the four candidates being 6,140, 6,122. 6,116, and 6,084. THE CLINTONS. The late Duke of Newcastle was a singularly unfortunate man. He differed seriously in politics from his father (who was a Tory of the old extreme school), he had to obtain a divorce from his wife, he had to bear the chief odium of the Crimean failure, and he was struck down by mortal disease when retrieving his political reputation. Fortunately he did not live to see two of his sons in the Bankruptcy Court. Lord Arthur, aged 29, and Lord Albert, aged 24, have both made their appearance on that disreputable stage. Lord Arthur has managed to run into debt to the extent of nearly £35,000, and has no assets. He attributes this disgraceful condition of affairs to " insufficiency of income," the amount he received being only £4OO a year. This is doubtless a small amount for a man c in his position ; but th ere i s an old pro ver b abOututting one's . coat accor di ng t o one ' s c l o th , w hi c h Lord Arthur appears to have forgotten. It is not absolutely necessa r y f or a man with only £4OO a year to go upon th e tur f , nor to b orrow money at 100 per cent, from Jews. THE PERILS OF PROMOTION. Mr. Bright told the representatives of the Chambers of Commerce a day or two back that he had no cause, RowelThanodnal-11l measure havfng made his life a in y, ,s to be thankful for the penny post, buirmdee persona lly, him. M ost o f our public men have, at one time and another, complained of the way in which correspondents inundate them with letters. There is certainly one part of the Post-office arrange ments for which men who stand high in public esteem have no cause to be thankful, that which doubles the postage for unpaid letters. The Earl of Longford has just been made major-general. As a consequence, he is open to correspondence from and and everyman who m a y h ave purposes of his ow n to serve. His lordship, i n a l e tter to the Times, en c l oses a note which he has just received from a French statuatre. It bore Bd. unp a id postage, being dated f ro m Paris. It commenced by calling the Earl's attention to the fact that the art of statuary has always been considered as the means by which the images of generals distinguished by their talents, their services, and the nobility of their family are transmitted to posterity. Lord Longford being such a general is invited to have a bronze bust or statue of himself taken by the writer. Lord Longford says thati his correspondent seems to think a monument of his brass more enduring than fame. CO-OPRItATION. Two years ago Messrs. Fox and Head, ironmasters, of Middlesbrough, converted their business into a partnership of industry, the arrangement being that the current rate of wages should be paid to the work men, 10 per cent. charged as interest for capital, and the surplus should be divided equally between employers and employed. It so happens that during these two years the iron trade has been in a very depressed state, and there has been no surplus. However, as Messrs. Fox and Head point out, the employes have derived this advantage f rom co-operation—for while they ha ve b een pa i d i n all cases the current rate of wages, th ey h ave b een saved from the risk of strikes, from the tax of union levies, and from union intimidation. In connection with the works a store has been st ar t e d , b ut, strange to say, has met with little . support, only 26 out of 400 workmen having Joined it. It wou ld beinterest ing the loss to know on how he l ir es srs.Fox and H ead would appor tion business, assuming that any had been made. Would they have ventured to deduct a percentage of wages, or would capital have had tc Dear the whole or the deficit? This is the great prac tical difficulty in the way of partnership s o f i n d us t ry , for which, so far as we know. no solution has been offered, ATLANTIC CABLES. The Atlantic cable having so far proved a success. we are threatened with a rage for n ew ca bl es . Wh a t is necessary t o be guarded again s t now i s too s h arp competition. The telegraph cables, like railways, will only, for some time at least, have a certain number of customers. Care must, therefore, be taken that the demand is equal to the s u pply. We have now a scheme put forward for a fifth Atl an ti c telegraph. It is of purely Ameri can or i g i n, an d i s intended to competewith thosewhich hav e b een s t ar t e d inEurope. TheprojOorsof the co mpany h ave received from the House of Representatives an Act of Incorpo ration, under the title of the Transatlantic Telegraph ske Western I s l an d s. Th e rou t e of this ne w com p an y Company, for the purpose of constructing, layi ng . and s w t o a r t li es in t g o o p n ra e ourcemomrwe cables extendi ng f rom t h e U n i te d differs entirely f rom t h e presen t Atlantic line. Starting from Plymouth, on th e c oast of Massachusetts, the first section of cablestr e t c h es t o th e Western I s l an d s , a distance of 1,600 mil es , an d th e re mainder of th e co mmunication is m a i n t a i ne d by a second section of 500 miles to the coast of France. This . makes 2,000 miles, 400 miles less than the cables now working. The Transatlantic Company intend using an American invention, very novel, and of quite recent date, called the " double transmitt er ," by the application of which, it is said, two separate currents can occupy the cable at the same time, and travel in opposite directions. REV. NEWMAN HALL ON DISESTABLIHMENV. The Rev. Newman Hall has been giving some advice to the Hous e o f L or d s as to how they shall deal with the Irish Church Bill. He felt sure, he said, that it would pass the House of Commons, and he would counsel the House of Lords to pass the bill in silence, and "shelv e " th e q uestion as quietly and as long as possible ; f or, i f they a ttempted to obstruct it, he believed such obstruction would be speedily followed by a demand for the disestablishment of Scotland, Wales, and, lastly, the total severance of Church and State. H e warn ed those peers who dis liked the measure not to vote against it—as such a course would be followed by the creation of many new peers to pass it—but rather to absent themselves from the House on the occasion of its debate. SMALL ECONOMIES. Some more small economies are being made at Chatham. Hitherto there has been a chaplain for the dockyard and another for the Marines.. Hence forth there is to be o n ly to be discontinued. Several clerks are bei ng di sm i sse d, or placed on th e redundant list. one. Moreover, the grant made to one of the l oca l c l ergy is TR BALLOT WANTED. Mr. Hugh Brooks, a Conservative gentleman, of Burton-upon-Trent, has recently afforded a practical illustration of the need which exists for the Ballot. Ile had lent Mr. Thorneley, a shoe maker in a neighbouring village, £OO, at 5 per cent., and £l2O, at 5 per cent., on a freehold mortgage. On the approach of the election, Mr. Brooks wrote to his debtor to ask for the promise of his vote on behalf of the Conservative candidates. Mr. Thorneley, however, having been for years a Liberal, replied that he could not act so inconsistently. Mr. Brooks thereupon said that he must remove his money from Mr. Thomeley's keeping, and place it where it could assist Conservatism and Protestantism, and requested that Mr. Thorneley would pay interest within ten days, and let Mr. Brooks know what auctioneer he would prefer to conduct the sale of his freehold. Mr. Thorneley was fortunately able to .obtaila a Progaigo of thB money, and . Mr. 43rooke, LEGISLATION. The Owl states that owing to the great pressure )f Government bills which are being brought forward, the County Finance Bill cannot be introduced for some days. A bill to amend the Salmon Fisheries Act will shortly be prepared. A LAUGHABLE SCENE. It is not often that the debates of the "louse of Commons are diversified by such a laughable scene as :hat which took place on Tuesday night. Sir Thomas Bateson, a fine old Tory, got up in a state A repressed indignation, manifest, though re pressed, to ask if it was true, as stated in the Slovernment organ, the Freeman's Journal, that t free pardon had been given to Captain Mackay who !gad been guilty of--then followed one crime after mother, perjury, outrage, murder, the Opposition 'beers becoming louder and louder as V•ir Thomas ailed up the agony higher. To this Mr. Chichester Portescue replied with quiet humour that the Govern ment had no organ, but that all the rest of what had seen said was perfectly true with one exception—the assumption that Mackay had been discharged. Shouts of laghter were succeeded by volleys of cheers, we need scarcely say, from only one side of the House ; tnd if the member for Devizes did not look sheepish, to one need ever be shamefaced again. FOREIGN NOTEIL OUR POLICY IN ASIA. Mr. Grant Duff has declared that the six lace or rupees (nearly £60,000) and the supply of weapons granted to Shere Ali do not partake of the nature of a subsidy. "No formal conditions were attached to the gifts. They were intended as a pledge of goodwill." Nevertheless, these pledges of goodwill are quite a new feature in our Indian policy, and beyond doubt mark a great change in our Asiatic relations. Significantly enough, the Times pub lishes, simultaneously with the reply of Mr. Grant Duff, a letter from its Calcutta correspondent, noticing the effect of this present which is not a subsidy. Our money and weapons have, in fact, given Shere AR the victory. The exaggerated rumours of the wealth which had crossed the frontier have had a most important moral effect upon the Affghans. Shere Ali is doing all that had previously been left undone ;he is paying up the arrears of-his troops, greatly increasing their numbers, returning forced loans for the first time in Affghan history, and planning the reduction of the outlying provinces around, so that he will front the Russian outposts on one side and the Persian on the other. He has returned to Cabul in triumph, the city was illuminated, and—indispensable item of Asiatic rejoicing —enemies blown from guns. Trade has revived, and the conqueror is master of the country. A definite treaty is talked of. Possibly this valuable testimony of goodwill would have been prema ture had it been accorded sooner; possibly it might have saved much anarchy in Affghanistan, and prevented many political intrigues. But it is idle to assert that the gift means nothing more than friendship. It means that the Indian Government is making an attempt to esta blish its influence in Affghanistan, to the exclusion of Russia. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. The Owl regrets to announce that the relations between France and Belgium are in a most critical state. Cer tainly they are not all that could be wished. The railway difficulty was thought to have died a natural death some time ago ; but, as the Owl remarks, it is still pending, and is, now the subject of negotiations. But the statements respecting the mission of those diplomatic interchanges are conflicting. Some of the French journals believe, with the Owl, that the affair is assuming a serious aspect; others affirm that the French Government is merely trying to prevent the refusal of the concession to the East of France Company. It will be remembered that the new law, which has caused all the recent trouble, gave the Belgian Government the power to refuse any foreign rail way company the right of working a Belgian line. The French Government, it is said, desires that the Brussels Ministry shoald not exercise its newly-acquired right in the case of the proposed concession to the East of France Company of the line from Arlon to Brussels. AUSTRIA. The Croats have given the Emperor and the Empress of Austria a most enthusiastic reception. The railway station at Agram was splendidly illuminated. An immense crowd blocked up the streets of the city, and rent the air with acclamations. All over the country bonfires blazed on the mountain tops. Scarcely two years ago Croatia was one of the most disaffected provinces of the empire, and it has been one of the most difficult to reconcile. But the recon ciliation has been undoubtedly complete. This reception is another proof of the comparative unity of the empire under the new system of government. PORTUGAL. The King of Portugal is again quarrelling with his Government. A Ministerial crisis has been brought about by the refusal of the King to sign a new electoral law without first consulting the Council of State. TURKEY AND GREECE. King George has so much confidence in the security of his Government and the pacific desires of his people, that he intends, says the Patrie, to make a tour through Europe immediately after the elections. His Queen will be Regent during his absence. The Independance Beige says that the Greek Government and the Porte have each shewn considerable anxiety to complete the resump tion of diplomatic relations before the arrival of the Prince and the Princess of Wales, in order that every trace of the recent rupture might be removed previously to their visit. But, according to the Brussels paper, the Prince and the Princess will not go to Constantinople. CONSULAR JURISDICTION IN EGYPT. In his recent speech to the Egyptian delegates, the Viceroy of Egypt announced that most of the European Powers had given their consent to a reform of the Consular Courts, and that the speedy adhesion of France was hoped for. During his stay at the various capitals of Europe, Nubar Paella requested that an international com mission be sent to Alexandria to inquire into the working of those Courts, and propose a remedy, which should be submitted to the interested States. The Marquis de Moustier, however, in the name of France, rejected this offer, on the ground that there was no reason why an international commission should be substituted for the French commission, to which the task of inquiry bad alrcady been entrusted. As the question i s one of g,neral interest, it is not easy to perceive tha justice of this reasoning. The France, however, announces that M. de Lavaluau is not disposed to make any change in the policy of his predecessors, and the Viceroy's hope is, therefore,' somewhat t oo sanguine. (From the Anglo-American Times.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. President Johnson had a great reception on the night of the 16th, which was crowded in a very unusual way. The Secretary of State, with a large party who had dined at his house, were pre sent. Mr. Seward's dinner was given to General Acosta,formerly president of the Columbian Republic, and now Minister to the United States. The enter tainment was to celebrate the success of the Darien Canal treaty. Mr. Caleb Cushing was there, and Mr. and Mrs. Cortes of the Columbian Legation, Mr. Randall, and Mr. K isson. Both Mr. Wail' burno and Mr. Schenck have been ill. Indeed the latter was obliged to hand over to Mr. Allison the charge of his Tax Bill, which that gentle man managed to get through the house with out a division. Senator Saulsbury has fol lowed Senator Patters:lll's example, and obtained leave of absence from further committee ser vice. General Carl Schurz was warmly congra tulated on appearing in the Senate Chamber, where his credentials were presented by Mr. Drake. A committee of three Senators have been named by Mr. Wade for the inatuuration ceremonies of General Grant as President. They are Senator Yates, of Illinois, Cragin, of New Hampshire, and M'Creery, of Kentucky. Custom ordains that the incoming ;tnd outgoing Presidents should drive in the same carriage to the Capitol on the 4th of March, and the first little difficulty thrown in the way of the Senate is to carry out that programme, for General Grant plainly indicates that he will not sit " cheek by jowl" with Andrew Johnson. Andy by his deplorable habit of throwing mud—which he has kept up from his infancy—has managed to be spatter many of the best men with whom he came in contact, and his endeavour to make people be lieve that Grant had told an untruth has given deep offence to the General. In consequence the outgoing President will repair with his Cabinet to the Piesident's room in the Capitol, where he will reeittittivith-his Cabinet until anon on the 4th of March, when by law his term expires. There he will be ready to sign such bills as he may approve. The report of the New York election frawls will be made to the House in a few days. Judges M.Cunn and B arn trd are implicated among others, and the details will reveal how the &ate of New York was carried for the Democratic ticket. Mayor Oakey Hall gave it as his opinion that there was not an ionest politician in New York, by which he meant o convey that numerous as were the frauds com mitted by the Democrats they were equalled, as far as the opportunity offered, by the Republicans. The Choctaws have a delegation here to bring their territory situated in New Mexico, and inhabited by about 30,000 Indians, into the Union as a State. They profess to be thoroughly civilized, which is certainly more than the w hites in their neighbourhood tan say of themselves, and governed in a model Re 'ublican manner, which is, of course, after the pat ,ern of cur Government. After we have annexed Cuba, and get an Esquimaux State or two, taken to our bosom our highly civilized neighbours in Mexico, and throw our fatherly arms around the necks of the Choctaw Indians, we may say that Uncle Sam has not worked in vain, and that the im tginative C at gressman, who drew that ever-living picture of the Apread-eagle much as he has been laughed at, saw a true vision, and not an ideal future. The SAtate has ratified several Indian treatie - 4, negotiated by United States officers, with the Sioux. Sheshones, and Bannocks, who are,to be located on the r ner vations selected by the Peace Commission north of the Nebraska, and west of the Missouri River. The President declares that he will treat the business sent to him by the Senate as that body treats his communications, meaning that he will throw all the bills into the waste paper basket, which has taken the Sen tte aback, for if the Appropriation Bills were not signed a new session would be neces s try. At a special meeting of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, the Alabama Treaty was dis cussed yesterday. Senator Sumner was opposed to I the letter and spirit of the Convention, arguing ! that, in agreeing to it, our Government would stir- ' render the principles always contended for as the basis of settlement. Senators Fes,zendeu, Morton, Patterson,Harlan, and Cameron agreeing, the chair mut was mi., nimously instructed to report adversely in the next Executive S• sign, in the face of which the treaty is very unlikely to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority. It is said that the decision of the Committee was through Mr. Seward imme diately communicated to Mr. Reverdy Johnson for the information of the Euelish Gavertanent. Oar Minister at your Court says that the concessions made by England are due to the friendly feeling growing there towards the United States, and the belief that it was highly desirable to cultivate that inclination had induced him to make those speeches. The British Government, through Mr. Thornton, has informed Mr. Seward that orders have been given for the release from custody of Castello and Warren! The Department of State has been in formed that passports will no longer be required from citizens of the United States in France, but Americans, especially if naturalized, are recotu mended to take passports in case of accident. When General Grant goes into the White House General Sherman will go into his house on . First-street, which it is said has been purchased fur Sherman, furniture and all, by some gentlemen who desired to pr.:sent him with such a token of their esteem. Ex-Governor Fenton is in Washington, and was warml 3 greeted by his frien is of both Houses. General Sherman is expected here in a few days. Among the New Yorkers here on the look-out for places in the new Cabinet are Messrs. Morgan, Pierrepont, Griswold, Sickles, and Cochrane. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, Feb. 23. The 137th anniversary of Washington's birth-day was celebrated here yesterday under the auspices of Consul-General W. W. Murphy, by a ball and soiree .it the Hotel d'Angleterre, which was appro priately decorate 1 for the occasion. More than 150 ladies and gentlemen were present, and among them almost all the representatives of the foreign Powers here :---Count d'llell, the French Consul- General; Count de Castellinaid, the Italian and Senore Antonio Marquez Soares, the Bra zilian Consul -General ; Theodore Kucken, Esq., Consul of ber British Majesty; Baron 13ernach, the Belgian Consul ; H. Musson, Esq. (of the cele brated champagne house), the Danish Consul ; further, General von Boyen and his lady, a Prin cess of Liegasdz, relation to the Royal House of Prussia ; General von Frankenberg-Ludwogsdorff, Major-General Hans von Schachtineyer, Colonel Count von It iss, Herr von Medal., the chief of the city authorities; Senator Dr. Supf, of the Senate cf the late Free City of Frankfort, and others. Auongst the ladies was Mrs. Schurz, the wife of General Carl Schurz, the newly-appointed Senator for Missouri. The music of Barlow's baud added to the amusement of the younger people, especially for dancing, buc also played a difficult divertisse ment of a new cotillon, after the late French fashion. The supper did honour to the well known taste of Mr. Berthold, the attentive landlord of the Hotel de l'Angleterre. The refreshment rooms, opposite the drawing rooms, were furnished in the most elegant, abundant, and tasteful manner. The entertainment was kept up till the morning hours, and with an enthusiasm which proved the interest of those present in the memory of the greatest patriot the world has ever seen, and the Father of the American Fatherland. THE GREAT SUB-PUCK RIVERS. The conjecture so confidently announced by Mr. Catlin, the American ethnographist, of a mighty river flowing underneath the Rocky Mountains ' along subterranean passages into the Caribean Sea, startling as it is, receives confirmation in facts now well ascertained. This traveller, who for many years has studied the Indians and the rocks both of North and South America, has not yet published hi 6 book, " The Lifted and Subsided Rocks of Ame rica, with their Influence on the Oceanic, Atmo spheric, and Land Currents ;" and all we know of it is from the extracts given in Friibner's Literary Re cord. We cannot tell therefore what he advances in support of his opiuion, but there are well-known facts go far to bear him out. T he country, between which nt c h h e Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Ne vada is a vast basin, with valleys for the most part standing at an elevation of 5,000 feet from the sea level, though above them tower high ranges, which attain a stupendous altitude in the peaks of the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. Al though heavy rains fall on and streams in every direction flow from the hills, yet in districts of great extent they leave nothing, but briney quag mires, which here and there rise into the dignity of salt lakes. The rivulets pour down the mountains into the valleys, where they disappear, and in Nevada at every step this phenomenon occurs. Sometimes when the valley is narrow between two ranges these feeders may for a short period maintain a river, but eventually the thirsty soil beats the water, coni plei ely absorbing it. Look, for instance, at the Reese River. Fed by parallel mountains of consider able altitude, it maintains its way for perhaps 200 miles and sinks; even the Humboldt reaches but the lake of that name. and is gone. With the exception of the Colorado we know of no river that can be said in any way to drain the vast country between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, where there must be an immense flow from so very ele vated and mountainous a region. In the valleys are numerous geysers, and in many places there sprout from the ground crops of salt which effloresce as fast as they are swept away. Mr. Catlin says--" The frequent Montagnes qui fument,' Roches qui tremblent,' arid Blowing Caves,' which occur in the Rocky Mountain range indi cate submontagne cascades, caused by the waters of melting snows, of rains, of glaciers, and a thou sand sinking rivers and lakes, which, amongst broken and angular rocks, are on their way to the ocean level." Again, in discussing the Andes, through whose vast and heated vaults be b e li eve s a similar river to flow northward from the 30th deg. of south latitude to the Carribean Sea, he alludes to the traditions of the Indians as agreeing with the unimpeachable record of the rocks themselves. He states it to be evidenced " by shapes and grooves left in the giant walla at Caraccas and Santa Martha, on the coast of Venezuela, where this mighty chain was broken ; records which I have twice seen, which may be read by alt ages to come, and which are not myths or fables." Sup. posing what Mr. Catlin asserts to be the case, 6,000 years ago two of the largest rivers met beneath the Antilles, then connections of the Andes and Rocky Mountains underneath into which these rivers had flowed for ages. By that time they had undermined the Antilles, and the most stupendous catastrophe that probably ever took place on the globe then occurred; for the peninsular of Yucatan, " with its splendid Aztec cities, sank, and since has partially risen, leaving the two grand sunken estuaries, the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean Sea, into which the two subterranean rivers, from the constant overflow of their vast cisterns under the mountains, now spread their clear and blue waters, heated by the volcanic furnaces they have passed." These rivers find then an underground entrance into the Caribean Sea, and, according to Mr. Catlin, in conjunction with the Mississippi form the Gulf Stream. Each of the subterranean rivers lie considers to be larger than the Missi-isiPIA and he asserts their action to he such as to elevate the western surf ice of the Carribean Sea several feet ab,ive the levet of the ocean. The water, in its effort to find its level, sweeps around tha Gulf of Mexico, and, gathering up the Rio del Norte and the Miss'sippi, flows with them into the Atlantic at the Florida Cape, when it becomes the Gulf Stream. The conjecture of Mr. Catlin will doubtless give rise to much discussion, both here and in America, as h e i s sure to suppor t his views with sound reasons, for such a man does 1 3 °C advance such a statement as a mere guess. Yet It is difficult to comprehend how two such rivers could force their way into a shallow sea without making their presence felt at the junction by a violent commotion ; and if so, where is the commo tion ? His conjecture would account for the disap pearance of the water from the Great Basin, extend ing over a vast tract ; but 'hough we can compre hend where the water comes from, we cannot com prehend its rush into the Carribean Sea so quietly as for these many asses to have escaped detection. The subject is one of much interest, and many will eagerly await the explanation given by Mr. Catlin of his alleged discovery. THE DISMISSAL OF MR. EDWARD WATKINS ED WARDS. (From the Anglo-American Tinp.3.) The Lord Chancell r has dismissed Mr. Edward Watkins Edwards from his post as Official Assignee of B tnkruptcy. While repudiating any desire to crow over a man in misfortune, we see no cause to regret this result of the Overend-Gurney examina tion before the Lord Mayor. Although we desire to separate this gentleman entirely from a connec tionwith the promotion or direction of Bobbi n Companies, of which we have no knowledge, yet the subject is suggestive of such concerns. Those Wh o attend to the charges brought against the promo" ters and directors of failed companies are struck with the invariable plausibility of their defence though this is easy of explanation. Men trained to specious lying only are successful in gulling th e public with the prospect uses o f B u bbl e Enterprises'and they can talk as s moo thly i n j us tifi ca tion el their course, as when they created so delusive al l impression of the value of their shares as to occupy the position of benefactors distributing fave nrs c i Our enterprising citizen—whose philanthropic n 3lll de.-fires the protection of small fry by destroying bottle-nosed whales, and can combine this phila n- thropy with oil in abunda nce an d di v idends 111 proportion—would, after appropriating all the su b : scriptions and buying on credit a few ill-foun d whders to cruise after the bottle-noses, talk as glibly in the face of those he left to pay for 111° unsaleable ships as he did w h en h e ma de the ir mouths water with the pi c t ure h e d rew o f the goo' things in store. Before, he was a benefactor, O W he is a martyr, and the grandeur of his condescen sion and the liberality with which he showere d gifts are only equalled by his subdued suffering , hi s quiet resignation, and forgiveness of his itnplacahle and unreasonable enemies, for he can act both cha racters equally well. Hisiforte consists in plaY lll g upon two strong human feelings —the desire o? gm° , and sympathy with misfortune; • the one he tur ns to an immoral profit, the other he uses t n escape the consequences. Wh en th e resigned bat unhappy face and the t ear f u l eye i s ra i se d in Cour t - those who prhaps lost nothing by hi m see on'Y the victim before th em . Th e rain and misery epees over the land with a hard, unrelenting cruelty by the lamb-like rascal are invisible. The drowni n g victims have been pressed to.the bottom, where that, lie with a millstone arou n d th e i r nec k s , b e yond t b ,, i oak power of returning evil for evil. Indeed it we be hopeless to expect any convicti on against theSe people but for one damning fact--a fact not to b bilden or ignored—to w hi c h the mind wanders barb e after the favourable impression produced by the e S : i3 planations of the accused —t urn i ng t o the thousan u is in scores piled on each o th er o f money lost—whe l it? The Gurneys were sa i n t s , but the men I.„v ho trusted them lost three millions. Mr. Edwards an earnest, intelligent, hard-working man, 'vb ° of his best to save th a t an d ot h er fi rms ; b u t a sli ce te the three millio ns w hi c h f e ll on t h e un fortunf',., shareholders was traced directly and indiree tl l. o him. Mr. Wilki nson was t h e l am b w hi c h fell w the jaws of th e wo lf , b e i ng actua ll y i nca rcera te s in t a espr, hateful ex express their convict's indignation of the go-s iu. fringement of E ng li s h pract i ce, w hi c h has " e ic dealt with one who had broken a great Joint_stoeo, Discount Company, ruined families by the d ni oas swamped n money iu millions, a n d led to nuillertie suicides and prematu re d ea th s . Why this gen, man, whose personal e x p enses were f ar g reater to o , those of the Prime Minister of England, w„ as ig ho tually punished as if he were an " Arab to d had stolen an apple from a stall ! The Pre' n e ir " chaff " which these gentlemen indulged in with,rih victims before their own troubles began is ° n o an to be wholly lost to the world, and would flu e a amusing volume if faithfully told. In one 7 be se gentleman who had been totally ruined by ins , companies called on a secretary to prove his ri, bility to meet further demands. The seeretalittle who had feathered his own nes t, and cared as expr essed for the creditors as for the sha re h o lders, exP d r s ed the old hackneyd conventional sympathy, 3 „viard that he should not risk furth e r su m s in such h e ', ap . ous concerns, and noticing the dejected, we rl ro as pearance of the victim, r e commendA a gene he diet, particularly rich good wine. It was th i1 ,. 5 00 spoke to a man who scarce l y k new w here to. been for bread—whose ev e ry p ros p ec t i n life ha d nrso n blighted by the lies of such s c hemers as the 11 ' e ur who tendered to him this advice. It did not 0 to tile Wag to the secretary th a t w h a t hi s visitor salc▪ i literally true, so accu s t ome d h a d he become vd. limited liability w a y o f p u tti n g things. ?Ir. 3i:sto wards is now free to g ather all his earning s Hi s his yacht and cruise in search of change• other health must have been damaged by the eV L e r nd otu strain of the work he. gave to the Gurney a xa . tion the Lord Chancellor evidently desired to 4 . 0 companies, so his mind will benefit by the re a l fr a ord abcimco.un If he e e thing Barnum, for the New Yorkers would pay Boo' re m al i l g y ht wis p h r e o s po to se turn an ehnisgangoetrfnet• ty to to see so smart an Englishman. There are . gl e e; Wall-street who would take the greatest inter o L ui ' . him, and as he is provided with a yacht's" . 1. ,„ t he gratify mend the trip across the Atlantic to curiosity of his American cousins. 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