The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-03 00:00:00

THE ACTION AiAINST SIR EDWARD REFORM IN MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS. JVATKLY. All efforts to get it referred having proved abortive, the cause of " Jacomb v. Watkin" was proceeded with on Friday in the Court of Queen's Bench, sitting at the Guildhall, the Lord Chief Justice being the presiding judge. Mr. James, the accountant, in whose hands the books of the Humber Iron Works and Shipbuilding Com pany had been placed for the purpose of examination, was called to prove that many of the entries made were, as he viewed the matter, incorrect. This involved a reference to figures of so complicated a character that one of the jurymen said it would be impossible for them to keep them in mind, and was only consoled by the suggestion of his lordship that.no doubt in their addresses the learned counsel would dwell upon them at length. The gist of the evidence of the witness was that in order to give a more prosperous complexion to the affairs of the company than they really possessed, the profit and loss accounts were generally garbled. Mr. James was closely cross-examined by Sir John Karslake. The examination of his accounts, he said, had occupied himself and several clerks for three or four months ; something like 100 books having had to be referred to. He adhered to the opinion that the financial documents were full of inaccuracies. The case was again adjourned. THE ORA A - GE RIOTS AT PORTADOWN. The following is one account of the riots at Pcrtadown on Friday night —" A most serious and disastrous riot has occurred at Portadown. The cause of the affray has not as yet been accurately ascertained, but tha riot is supposed to have originated in a few unarmed policemen having extinguished a bonfire that had been lighted by some children at Quarrys Turns. This proceeding appears to have exasperated the Orange men, who suddenly mustered in strong force, and commenced an organised attack on the police, who in the meanwhile had been reinforced by a few of their com rades, also unarmed. Stones were thrown in volleys by the rioters, and the police soon turned and fled, hotly pursued by their assailants. The police, on reaching their (latters, obtained their rifles, armed with which, eight of them paraded that part of Bridge-street situated in Edenberry. They were again attacked and pelted with stones by an immense crowd of between two and three thousand people. At first the police contented themselves with firing in the air, upon which a cry was raised to the effect that they dared not fire, and that they had only blank cartridges. Emboldened by this, the mob then renewed their attacks on the constabulary, and pursued the men as far as the bridge, stones rattling like hail on them. On reaching the bridge the police turned and fired again, this time with fatal effect, a boy, in the employ. ment of the Ulster Railway Company, named Thomas Watson, a Protestant, being shot through the lungs and killed, and a man named Tiffney, a Roman Catholic, dangerously wounded by a shot in the shoulder. The poliCe are all more or less injured by stones, and one of their body is seriously hurt. The disturbance was quite unexpected ; but the Orangemen are so exasperated that it is feared that further riots will follow." A later despatch from Portadown says :—"A bonfire has teen lit opposite the church, and is surmunded by large crowds. No attempt is being made to put it out," A statue of the Marquis of Westminster was un covered at Chester on Thursday in the presence of a large number of tenants and friends. It Etnds in Grosvenor Park, which was recently presented to the town by his lord- At a meeting held on Thursday at Huddersfield, an association was formed for the purpose of co-operation with the Litcnsing Amendment League, of Manchester, in carry ing out its cbject, viz., to advccate an amendment of the exi.qing licensing system. Mary Langford, now in Wymondbarn Bridewell, waiting her trial on a charge of roiscning her hustnnd and child with•strychr:ine, at Lynn, has, it is stated, made sere- ral attempts to take her own life. There is a warder con- stantly in attendance to prevent her committing suicide. no is not considered to bo insane. The Shedden Legitimacy case was on Friday, for the twenty-second time, before the Douse of Lords. Mr. Shcdden, the fathrT of Miss Shedden, stated that he was in A contemporary announces some valuable altera tions in the knapsack and accoutrements of the army. A waterproof valise, without frame and of light weight, ;..3 to supersede the present knapsack. 'This valise is supported on the lower portion of the soldier's back in the following manner :—From the waist-belt a short strap on each side passes to a ring, from which a broad strap, passing over the shoulders, crosses with its fellow on the upper part of the back, like an ordinary pair of braces, ' snd, catching the corner of the valise by a buckle, runs , under the arm to the opposite ring from which it started. Another short strap passing posteriorly from the ring to the lower angle of the valise secures it to the man's body. In front, upon the waist-belt, is carried the pouch for ammunition, which can be shifted to one sid, so as to allow the waist-belt to be opened. This equip ment is very easy, and leaves the chest perfectly free. It supplies many of the most essential requirements of military duties—simplicity and dura bility, lessened risk of damage, and facility for remove-i or readjustment. 'lime soldier can put it on and oft like his coat, by simply unfastening the waist-belt, or it will remain like a garment -an his shoulders, although left open in front. The great-coat is carried above the valise, and in no way interferes with the general airangement. It is also determined to issue to each man a separate canvas bag fcr surplus articles of clothing and necessaries, in lieu of the present "squad-bag," which is available for twenty-five men. This, it is anticipated, will encourage the soldier in habits of care and neatness. LAW AND POLICE. TILE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S CASE.—An application in the Duke of Newcastle's case was made before Mr. Baron Cleasby, at Chambers, on Friday, on one of the inter pleader issues with respect to the property seized at Clum ber by Mr. Padwick, and claimed by Mr. Gladstone and Lord de Tabley as trustees. Mr. Baron Pigott had granted a joint commission to examine the Duke at Homburg, where he is now staying, but as soon as it was known that certain queitions would be put to the Duke, Mr. Patlwick withdrew from the commission. It was now sought, on the part of Mr. Gladstone and Lord de Tabley, to amend the order as to a joint commission, so that a different com mission could be granted to examine the Duke. Hie lordship consented, after some discussion, to amend the order. THE BANKER'S CLERE.—At the Mansion House., on Friday, George Dickson, who was lately employed as clerk by Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., the bankers, of Lombard-street, was committed for trial, charged with embezzling upwards of £5OO. The prisoner pleaded guilty. CRUELTY TO A CHILD.— At Hammenstnith, Mr. T. B. Brooke, a surgeon, of :_';heplierd's Bush, was charged with illtreating his child, 2 years old. The princip:d witness was his servant, who stated that she found bruises on the child's face and body. Mr. Caine, a surgeon, of Hammersmith, said that he bad examined the child, and found the bruises were both old and recent, and must had e been (=a -1 • smned by great violence. The prisoner said that he bad applied galvanism to the child, and the appearances on her body might have been produced by the battery. Mr. Caines, in answer to the bench, said he was not aware of any medical treatment which could justify the state of the child's body. It appeared that complaints had been made to the police as to the prisoner ill-using the child. He was remanded until next week, on his own recognizances in £lOO, and told to be then pre pared to find bail for his appearance at trial. LAW OF TREASURE -TROC E.—At the Fast Kent Quarter Sessions, Lord Fitzwalter explained the law of treasure trove, on the occasion of two lahopring men pleading guilty to secreting gold bracelets, which they had found in the earth. The chairman, addressing them, said the pre sent was a kind of case which did not frequently occur, hut it was quite right and necessary when they did occur that notice should be taken of them on the part of the Crown, otherwise such articles, which were of value as well as interesting, would be made away with with impu nity, and a great loss thereby sustained to the Treasury of the country. It was important that the public should know what the law really is in respect to such findings, viz., that all gold or silver articles, or gold or silver bullion which had been hidden in the ground, when dug up, belonged of right to the Crown. As the prisoners were ignorant of the law they were only told to come up for judgment when called upon. ship. his 7611, year. He, like his daughter, seemed to with to go into irrelevant matters, Lut was stopped by the Lord Chancellor, and ordered to keep to evidence. It will be remembered that acme time since we announced that Mr. Fitzjames Stephen, Q.C., had been I MEAT BY COMPRESSION.—Every one knows that offered the goat of legislative member of the Supreme ' if a certain volume of air be compressed, the temperature Council of India, in the room of Mr. Maine, resigned. An l is raised in certain proportions. Acting on this fact, Mr. evenirg contemporary is tow authelis( d to state that Mr. I Bessemer has devised a plan for increasing immensely the Stephen has accepted the api ointment. : heat of furnaces by condensing the gases, Admiral Sir Wm. Fanshaw e Martin, Commander- On Thursday morning a lady named Honeywell, in-Chief at De voeport, has been instrumental in obtainirg residing at Hallerton, in Devonshire, threw herself on the a gratuity of £.7,0 from the Admiralty to William Foal', ' rails of the Tiverton branch railway as a train was prtes:ng. the pilot of Salcombe, who hail d the Cadmus ou the 4th The driver Hew his e Lietle and Fulled up, Lut rct in time nit. in the fog, and warned the , ffcers of the danger the ship to „ e ti( r life. Her 1 cad was clean cnt off. The deceased was in, and ultimately took them to a safe anchorage. was of unsound mind, and hod strayed front her friends. The Paris Patric says that the Emrcror, in touter- On Thursday, Josiah burst, butcher, was charged cation with several officers of his hew( hold, confirmed the before the Bolton nisei:Ora:es with having in his possession intention of reform Lint,, datLy M. Itcuher in his q:eech at a quantity of veal unfit for human food. Inspector .T; ines the opening of the Chamber. His Majesty added that the i had seized two calves, one only twenty-our hours old, and engagements which deputies who supported his Govern- the other under seven days, dressed as food. In both cases meat had been obliged to make, conclusively proved that the meat was two young for human food, and was besides the country was resolved en progress. lin a state of decomposition. Defendant was fined £4, in- The annual banquet at the Trinity House will be eluding costs. given to-day (Saturday), when the Prince of Wales, Dr. Vaughan announces his acceptance of the office havinl been previously sworn in as an honorary elder • of Master of the Temple in a letter to the Mayor of Doncas brother, will preside, in lieu of his brother, the Duke of ter on Thursday. In thisletterDr. Vaughan says it is an office Edinburgh. About the usual number of distinguished of no emolument, but it opens to him the prospect of some guests will be present, and it is stated both Mr. Gladstone usefulness, with God's blessing, for the latter years of his and Mr. Disraeli will attend. life. And he say.. ho has felt of late the increasing sense of A shocking occurrence is reported from Great Yar- the weight of the parochial charge which has been laid upon mouth. On Thursday morning Edward Hastings Forder, a him, and although the parting will be bitter to him he young man very respectably connected, was brought before earnestly hopes that God will raise up the right man to the borough magistrates, charged with the mw der of his i follow him in the charge of a beloved Church and people. aunt, Susanna Hastings. It seemed that the prisoner, I The inquest concerning the death of William Day, who had led a dissolute life, went to the residence of a stoker, who wag killed in an accident on the Maldon his relative on Wednesday evening and demanded some branch of the Great Eastern railway about three weeks money. The demand was refused, whereupon he struck since, in consequence of an engine and train leaving the Miss Hastings a fearful blow under the right ear with his rails, wasconcluded on Thursday. The jury found a verdictof fist, from the effects of which she died afew hoursafterwards. "Accidental death," an d a dd e d an op i n i on that the chairs in I The prisoner was remanded until Wed nes d ay . the permanent way are too light for the engines in use, and a recommendation that th e li ne s h ou ld b e more carefully in- THE TOWER SUBWAY.—Thi s wor k h as 110 W passed the nearest approach to the bed of the river, the spected. They also expressed their regret that the line was top of the tunnel being 23ft. below the bed, and the repaired immediately after the disaster and before it had engineer, Mr. Peter W. Barlow, jun., reports that at the been proyerly inspected- a practice which, though general, present rate of . progress the tunnel will reach high-water i they consider highly reprehensible. mark on the Surrey side in ten weeks. The ground, it is ! The Globe, in discus-ing the question of concurrent said, is so dry that the New River Company's water laid endowment, says :-" We opposed the second reading of on the works has been taken from the shafts for the cement the Government Bill ; and our conviction that, in doing used in the tunnel. Air is supplied to the men by a steam- so, we were doing what would be best for the in engine at the shafts. Communication between the men tercets -of the empire, remains unchanged; but if we at the face of the works and the top of the shafts is effected are now to resist secularisation, the only chance of doing by an 'electric telegraph. ! so effectually, consistently with the acceptance of the THE NATIONAL DEBT.—The public debt of the bill at all, is to preserve what Church property United Kingdom amounted on the 31st of March, 1869, to the Church we can, a n d a ll ow others some share in the surplus; and we are i nc li ne d t o b el i eve that, taking the close of the last financial year, to 2796,861,067-viz., funded debt, £740,418,032 ; unfunded, £8,896,100 ; and the admittedly low ground of expediency, the acceptance by terminable annuities representing an estimated capital of the Roman Catholics of Ireland of parochial endowments would be a great blow to Ultramontanisra in that country a t £47,546,935. Ten years previously , on the 31 st of Marcht 1859, the total amount was .£8f3,934,880, so that the deb, any rate." has been diminished by £27,073,813 in the last ten years. 1 On Thursday Mr. Enoch Ilird, doubling yarnmanu- Comparing the two periods we find the fended debt lets facturer, but now a bankrupt, was brought before the in 1869 by more than 46 millions, and the unfunded by ! Bolton magistrates, charged, at the instance of Mr. J. B. above 9 millions, but the estimated capital of terminable Edge, who was some time a go a s l eep i ng partner annuities is more by nearly 27 millions. with the occused, with obtaining £lOO under false pro- SELLING RACES. Another measure of Turf tences. It was stated to the Court that at the close of last year,afttere manufacturing Mr. concern, had declined topay any reform is about to brought before the J ocke y Club. Colonel Forester (whose recent motion respecting itehe) more duced a o l n et y .ter nt b purporting to be from his father, prise) in whi r ch P t r i e- a running of two-year-olds before the Ist of May was carried) has given notice that on 'Wednesday next he will propose latter was made to promise that he would b r i ng £ lO6 " that optional selling races be discontinued at all meet - for defendant in a few days. Upon the faith of thi s , M r. Edge advanced £lOO, and he now alleges that th e l e tt er trigs that are subject to the established rules of racing." The races referred to are those where the horses are was unauthorised. The prisoner was remanded f or a entered to be sold at various prices, with proportionate week. allowances in the weights , and the intent of I EMIGRATION. The migration from the Colonel Forester's motion is obviously to limit Mersey (says the Manchester Guardian) during the number of m inor meetin g s b y p reventin g t he past six months. has been unusually heavy-. race committees from participating in the proceeds of the close b upon as lOO,OOO persons. For the quarter the 78,411, or 21,156 in excess of the returns sale of winners by auction. In a selling race, under number the Newmarket rules, all the horses are liable forte corresponding w h period of last year. The proportion English emigrants bear to the whole is to be claimed for a specific sum, and the owner of i the whichlarge. second has the first claim of the winner; r at the .saemantdmthee, 'seem to be explained by the fact that a considerable g e e. This is a circumstance which might beaten horses may be claimed for the b sel in ct g io p n ri were c insti- number of the Irish and Germans who formerly embarked *mount of the stake. Selling races preventingyau "friendly" ery at Liverpool now Use ship at Queenstown, Greencastle, tilted with the covert object of halebeenv much and Hamburg ; but that there is a marked increase in claims, but there is no doubt they - prominent a feature at the flow from this country is placed beyond doubt by the abused, and tbat they form far too , Foresfer's motion ' New York returns. Some of the American papers have meetings. Should Colone era... many race mee • non on the een Doan ° the phenomenon apparently with no little be carried, the new rule will come into op satisfaction. let of October.-Sporting Idfr. illltted News, The Italian jou r n a l L a V oce s t a t es t h at d ur i ng a WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The , r - ro l i V•Th Jay,the • 11''t •18 that the recent visit. ins( e ,a , -1. e n mentio. in its " W ills and requeste," sam e near the Court of Vii nun, to a relative at C aveno on the rail of illasgow, m hose poi eonal esta te was „f tie 1 Laggo Maggiore, a serenade was given him by th e band. uneer -C 1 t' ) :'es? 9 , wee she ( - I.l '' t r " thter - I of the IsolaSuperior, which was succeeded in the even- Jeri‘ca club, end be Las le eeeethed to Mr. George : ! ieg by an illumination. The population, it. adds, as - :f the levees ' semi,led in honour of the great Republic, anti the flags Payne 1•2:"."°' is addition to one hall ' al Peel. of ' =Tice, and Ita7y were blended in token of the friend in tieiniiiii. lcavieg the t thee pertien to eit tier _ a . ship of two free peoples. Ho b, queaths to . .the 11om Jest, a Macilonald, a fieei!Ce , • i - . I ENT -Holloway's iA n; emcee . Ointment and Pille.- T i li ‘ thin) is not remote when all skin to theiron. Col. H. Forester, VoCCO; to Mr. Cunningham, Modern Sc ience t:onon,,,o il to be incurable, but happily for t 1 1 charge -_,f his stud paddocks ut Doncaster, £5OO, and diseases ware p .- IV.IO ...a. all each sufferers at the present clay , hint the stallion Tem Powline ; and to Mr I . will speedily di:Tel this discouraging de elso leaves - , noble r, met les and hide m y ell, on's , two days ',emu ft be leav" ' IC ' codt ' made c ' lusion. . Scr fulous sores, ..strumous affections, Alder° , of £3OO. G. Payne, above mations yield a ready obedience to tie cooling, rectifying, is lordship's death, a legacy properties of this ointment and these rboticed. intends running the horses bequeathed to hint in strengtheningand pills. Their accompanying directions will enable I:,'s lordship's colours-white body, crimson sleeves and cap v ry Purifying n app l y these remedies to the beet advantage. Spieimann, late of Hereford House, West Bromp. e A main point in favour of using . Holloway's medicaments wer Mr. Adam oved under £lOO,OOO, in constitutional complaints lies in the fact of their pp personalty in Englandw_aspr ton, whose Of .il'o D ' topurify wit 'out interfering with established habits or his executors to distribute *4 AnA2 .. ____ . 22 ... mle_ fisi . the :out directs • ' 1 weakomag: 0 frame. -- • . Jewisk Ghtirit4l2 lo 1114.441.4912 g THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. which has taken place since. Men still make these blunders, especially very young men, but then they no longer lose their presence of mind. They pre serve their sang frond, and prove the clever ness of their heads at the expense, perhaps, of their hearts. The Daily !sews tells the following good story, which we beg our readers to compare with the first, and to note well the difference. Two youths, very young indeed, but aspiring no doubt to some high diplomatic mission, are speaking to each other in a crowded ball-room. " Oh, look at that old man, what a ridiculous head he has got," says one. " I beg pardon, it happens to be my father," says the other. Replies the first: " Indeed, that is your most respected father? Well, could you but see mine—it is quite another affair—he is twenty times more ridiculous." The two sucking diplo matists laughed, shook hands, and understood each other perfectly. can newspapers,. although not official, having been only a reply to Mr. Cooper's letter. Until Congress legislates on the subject it is believed that the Mas sachusetts grant will hold good, and the Cable will shortly be landed in the State, if all goes right, as at present, with the Great Eastern. The Company is negotiating for the old Bank building in Dux bury as their telegraph office, and will land the Cable on Salt House Beach, carrying it across the marsh on raised trestle-work, to the office near Blue Fish River bridge, following thence the old Boston road, via Hanover, Weymouth, and Quincy, to Boston. We were premature in announcing all right on board the Great Eastern, for a change has occurred, the Cable being cut and buoyed ; pro bably in shoal water ; and the Great Eastern will return to eradicate the fault, but this does not seem to cause much uneasiness, and the price of the shares fell but slightly. Every one must sympathise with Cyrus W. Field and the prcmoters of the Cables now down ; for it is manifestly bard that these pioneers of Atlantic Telegraphy should not reap all the reward of their skid and enterprise, but be subjected to the competition of those whose road has Leen smoothed at their expense. But Legislatures entertain such questions only in their practical bearing, not as matters of sentiment; and the world gains, more especially America, for, if a war broke out between England and the Republic, she would have a Cable to France which would be of inestimable value, and if a war broke out between France and the Republic the latter would have a Cable to England, and such a political considera tion, independent of the commercial advantages, would outweigh all objection. The argument in America hinges most on States' Rights. Senator Casserly has made a great speech in San Francisco against the immigration of the Chinese. He is asked whether it would be kind and right in those who have migrated into America from the Old World, and been freely admitted to every privilege of citizenship, to exclude others who do not even want to vote, but only to work an I live. We think this question pertinent, but he may think it impertinent. Mr. Reverdy Johnson has turned his speech-making to better account in the Baltimore Courts than in "banquet halls deserted"of London,for be has gained the Gold contract case for his client. The question was whether gold deposited in a bank before 1861 could be afterwards repaid in legal tender, and the decision is, that it cannot. Horace Greeley's Fourth Chapter on Political Economy is on " Money—The Balance of Trade," and oc cupies three columns of small type. Immediately following, the artful Horace has placed the letter of Scheppers Brot hers, who emigrated from Belgium to manufacture in Philadelphia the finest silk-finish alpacas and poplins, and as they say, " to consume your wool, to employ your labour, and to supply you with home manufactures superior to the finest foreign," forgetting to add, " and to pocket your money." Indeed, Protectionists generally forget to add this, although the main issue, and always ap pear to be philanthropists of the utmost purity, and of the finest water. Of course, the firm order 36 weel 'y Tribunes, commencing with No. 1 on Poli tical Economy—" money enclosed." A correspondent has marked and sent us what he calls General Banks' idea of poetic justice. It is but fair to the well-known Congressman to say that his idea of poetical justice was uttered after dinner in response to a toast, and it is not an inapt illus tration of the nonsense a man will talk and get loudly applauded for under the exhilarating influence of champagne. The Ancient and Honourable Ar tillery Company drilled, dined, and wined in the old city of Boston, for the 231st yearly time, on the 7th June, when Gen. Banks, responding for the militia, took the opportunity of expressing his oft-expressed sentiments regarding the Monroe doctrine, the right of Americans to their Continent uncontrolled from one end to the otherAy European intervention, Americans claiming no right to interfere in Europe. "The European Governments," he s bid, "must with draw from the American Continent. it will be poetic justice if Spain, the first to discover, shall be the first to vacate, this Continent. I regard the continued supremacy of Spain in the Gulf of Mexico as not only improbable, but impossible. Cuba is to-day, through the power of her people and the force of our example, an independent State, and will remain so. And after Spain shall have withdrawn, other European States will follow by the law of our example, and the strength of our adeice, in the same way." The opinion that it was poetic justice for the discoverers of the Continent to be driven out of it is a peculiirly "Banks'" idea, and would sound uncommonly well at a gathering of Red Indian Chiefs, where the Banks' view would be unani mously pronounced, to be the correct one. The death of the celebrated M'Cracken has again directed public attention to that famous correspon dence, and Mr. Seward's connection therewith. It has always been a matter of surprise that an old states man of such tact and judgment should have com mitted so palpable a blunder, and the Springfield Republican then accounted for it in a way which the New York Times again explains. The attention of the Secretary was at the time absorbed by his daughter, wbo was dying, and the letter written to the Ministers abroad, on receipt of that from M'Cracken, was suggested by President Johnson, and signed by Mr. Seward at his house, under the supposition that it was a mere note of form, calling their attention to that document. It was not until after Mr. Motley's indignant response, and the pub licity the M'Cracken letter received through his action, that Mr. Seward became aware of its real character. No doubt there is some truth in this explanation, for Mr. Seward is too well-bred a gentleman knowingly to have indorsed so insolent a production as that forwarded by a tourist to the President of the United States. The Republican party in Pennsylvania is not in a state of harmony ; indeed, the Union party is there setting a " Sesech" example which muss highly amuse Southerners. It is said that there is little chance of the differences being settled before the approaching campaign. Those who have bolted from the course are termed " disorganisers," and they include leaders of the party and Federal office holders, more especially among the officials of Phila delphia. The fight is between the politicians of that city and of the country districts, and a delegation went to Washington to strive to have the officials who encouraged the " disorganisers" removed, or to force them to desist from their agitation. It is no wonder that the Alabama plank was suggested as a prop for so ricketty a platform, although a little reflection has shown that it was more likely to cause its downfall than to impart any additional strength. The only otber.telegrams announce the departure of General Sickles last Thursday, en route for Ma drid ; the ratification of the XV. Amendment by New Hampshire; the ravages by locusts among the crops of Utah and the adjoining Territories ; the ex pectation of the largest yield of wheat ever har vested in the United States ; the registration in Virginia, showing a majority of 20,000,white voters ; and an order from the military commander, Gen. Canby staying the forcible collection of debts in Virginia until January. The national monument at Gettysburg, in memory of all the soldiers who fell there, was dedicated on Wednesday. All the survivors of the battle, as well as numerous civic societies, were invited to be present. An address was delivered by Senator Morton, of Indiana. Mr Henry Ward Beecher offered up prayer, and a poem was recited by Mr. Bayard Taylor. The Public Debt of the United States has, it was announced by Cable on the Ist inst., been decreased by over sixteen million dollars during the month of June. This is the result of Secretary Boutwell's action on the law directing him to purchase and hold 1 percent. per annum of the entire chi_ t of the United S;ates. The Secretary wrote to the United States Consul at Liverpool, stating that he intended henceforth to comply with the provisions of the law, and we learn by mail that he had ordered the pur chase of an additional $620,000 United States Bonds before the month closed, besides the usual $1,000,090 per week, as that was the amount required to make up 1 per cent. per annum for the first quarter of President Grant's Administration. What the coin is now in the Treasury will be known immediately, but that belonging to the Government was lately reported to have decreased to sixty millions of dol -1 lars. One of Reutet's telegrams announces that the internal, revenue receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30 are $158,250,000. The following is the Treasury report just received from Washington, dated July 1 :—" The Secretary has made his usual monthly statement of the public debt of the United States, which shows its total on the Ist inst. to have been $2,615,250,000, being a decrease during the past month of $16,500,000. The cash in the Treasury is $117,000,000, viz., $80,000,000 in coin and $37,000,000 in currency, against $124,000,000 last month, being a decrease of $7,000,000." We presume, therefore, that sixty millions in coin is the most belonging to the Government now in the Trea sury, deducting the amount for which gold certifi cates have been issued. It was known when the last mail left New York that actions had been or were about to be fought at Puerto Padre between the insurgents and the Spanish troops, and by the telegrams it would appear that the former had been victorious. The prospects of independence have brightened under the material aid furnished by the filibusters; but the Adminis tration hcs effectually crushed the Cuban patriotic organization in New York, and it is probable that henceforth the Cuban insurrection will have to rely on itself, or such aid as it can procure from Mexico and Hayti. There is evidently a struggle at Wash ington on the subject of recognition ; Gen. Banks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, strenuously urging at least the recognition of belligerent rights, while the Spanish Minister threatens to demand his passports if an official in terview be granted to Lemus, the Cuban Envoy. The Government has dispatched a special agent to the island to ascertain the strength and prospects of the insurgents. Meanwhile Colonel Ryan's ex pedition was captured in Long Island Sound by a Revenue steamer, and its 300 men lodged as pri soners in the Brooklyn Navy-yard. It appears that they were being conveyed in three small steamers, two of which were taken, the other, it is believed, being abandoned. Another report asserts that three steamers, fitting out with ammunition for Cuba at York, in Maine, were also seized by the Government. General de Rodas had arrived at • llavannab, and peaceably assumed command, bar- mony prevailing between him and the volunteers. At the Indian Woman's Rights Convention a prominent Western lady explained the reason for the " Woman's Parliament" call. She thinks that women should elect their President and entire corps of official representatives, and keep a Cabinet always in session. They would have official organs and a Capitol of their own in New York city. The idea of this lady amounts to an imperiuin in imperio, rule within a rule, whee's within a wheel, and we all know how that sort of thing works. Miss Anthony had a tussle with an insolent male who audaciously levied a tax on The Revolution. 'lhe lady grandly gave way, but gave " a slice of her mind" with her twenty-nine dollars. It was opposed, she said, to all principles of representative government to tax those not represented, and as women were not re presented, the Government had no right to tax them. The male creature went off with the money, but the story does not say whether he became a sadder and a w:ser man. Meanwhile we have such satirical bits as the following going the rounds in America "An incredible story is told in New York papers. A beautiful young'wornan entered a street car, and a work ing man, whose countenance bora evidence of a day of toil, politely offered • her a seat. 'Please keep your seat, sir,' was the response, `you are, no doubt, tired.'" If the fair and gentle sex are able with the social rights they now exercise in America to monopolise the political privileges as well, the baser animal had better paint his face black, put on manacles, and bow his head an acknowledged slave before the divinity. The Hansom Cab Company is likely to prove a very great boon to New York City, and.as it num bers among its subscribers some of the wealthiest firms and is urgently required, its success is certain. Those only who know New York can tell what extortion and insolence its citizens are likely to escape, as well as the travellers arriving in increas ing numbers by placing numerous stands of these commodious, safe, and fast conveyances. The superintendent has already arrived in London to buy for immediate use 200 of Hansom cabs, while 1,800 more are building in America, so the com pany will commence work on a broad and satisfac tory scale. That it will be remunerative no one who knows the Empire City can doubt, but even if it were not, it will nevertheless be established. Among the subscribers names are--Messrs. Brown Brothers and Co., Duncan, SUerman and Co., Jay Cooke and Co., Fisk and Hatch, Dabnei, Morgan and Co., J. and .1. Stuart, Turner Brothers, Leland Brothers, J. W. Seligman and Co., J. R. Foster, Manning and 1)e Forrest, Heineman and Payson, Frederic Sherman, W. H. Sherman, Naylor and Co., Gomez, Wallis and Co., Ball, Black and Co., S. G. and G. C. Ward (Baring Brothers and Co.), James Gordon Bennett, jun., J. C. Jaffray. The stables lately occupied by the American Express Company in Broom-street have been secured for 250 horses ; another will be purchased near Union square, and there will be eight in all besides others in Jersey City. The Peace Jubilee at Boston commenced June 15, and was attended by nearly all of note then in the United States, from the President and se veral members of his Cabinet downwards. After prayer, an address by Mayor Shurtleff, and an ora tion by lion. A. 11. Rice, the musical performance began. The chorus numbered over 10,000 per sons, and the audience 25,000. Parepa Rose and Ole Bull performed, and the effect both of the solos and choruses was grand. The rendering of the " Star-Spangled Banner," by all the performers, with the accompaniment of bells and cannon, called forth great enthusiasm. The " Peace Jubilee," it is said, was originally proposed by Mr. Gilmore to be held in New York, but that city gave him no encouragement, indeed on the contrary has done little less than sneer at the anvils and the black smiths, and the loud, fast, and enlarged musical notions of Boston generally. There are some fine sketches of the scene in Frank Leslie, and it was doubtless a most imposing affair. From the city of Mexico the news is to June 12. Mr. Nelson, the new American Minister, does not appear to be popular, one journal calls him a ferocious man sent by President Grant to create troubles in the country. A dinner was given on the sth by the Americans in the capital, to Minister Rosecrans. Revolutions and murders are, of course, the staple of the intelligence. From Paraguay, active mili tary operations are announced against Lopez, whom the cable says proposes " insignificant" meaning, we presume " insufficient" or unacceptable condi tions for leaving Paraguay. Of one English and two American officers permitted by the Allies to communicate with Lopez, the Englishman was re fused an interview. James Watson Webb, United States Minister to Brazil, had written before he left a very angry letter to the Brazilian Government ; but this had been treated as not received on subsequent explanation through the intervention of the British Minister. The Vene zuela Government has closed the Port of Macaraibo. Advices from Ilayti state that on the sth ult. Sal nave captured Aux Cayes, but was subsequently driven out with heavy loss. In Monte Video the Government measure introducing specie payment was causing great distress. Gen. Carabello had demanded the dismissal of the Ministry. On the President's refusal General Carabello had taken up arms, and the President was marching against him. Terror and confusion existed in the city. A split in the Reform Club is announced—two of the most eminent of its members and leaders of their party having seceded. The cause is said to be the black-balling of au American gentleman, whom the Right llonourables John Bright and W. E. Forster proposed as an honorary visitor for one m'mtb, at the expiry of which, according to the rules of the Club, he was put up for ballot es a member, and rejected. Mr. Bright considers the Reform Club to have become but a shade less Conservative i❑ feeling than its neighbour the Carl ton, and believing that it has gone the way of all such institutions, he thinks it requires to be itself reformed. The rumour is that he is about to found a new Club, and that £60,000 have been subscribed for the purpose. We do not know who the Ame rican gentleman is whose rejection has caused the secession, but we would . suggest, if the Club de ' sires to be " reconstructed," that it should take counsel with some of the many American statesmen. an in. Europe, who have for years pule " Recoil struction" the chief study of their lives. One paper, however, mentions that it was Mr. Smalley, the correspondent of the New York Tribune; and it appears that it was the committee, consisting only of a few members, who thus decided, and not the Club generally, on the proposal to invite him for a month, probably on the ground that Mr. Smalley's residence in London was not temporary, but more of a permanent character. MR. DREXEL'S ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.—WC have the pleasure, in the words of an American contemporary, to announce the safe arrival in London of Mr. Anthony J Drexel, banker, senior member of the house of Drexel and Co., Philadelphia ; Drexel, Winthrop, and Co., New York ; and Drexel, Harjes, and Co., Paris, who left New York in the Scotia. Tie comes here partly for recrea tion, and partly to look after the interests of the Paris branch of the house, which is steadily extending its con nections to all parts of Europo, and necessarily largely in creasing its business. The establishment of a house at Paris by a firm of such credit as that of Drexel and Co. has proved a great convenience to the travelling public and to leading business interests, and has also served to bring Philadelphia, the second city of the United States, more prominently into notice than ever before. Until within the last year or two Philadelphia ltrs been comparatively unknown abroad —travellers doi ng their banking business almost entirely with New York, foreigners to a great extent fancied that Now York was the United States. A wholesome change is being worked in this respect, and t'ie extended operations of Drexel and Co., through their rapidly multiplying letters of credit, which are honoured all over Europe, are contributing as much to this result as any other cause. Mr. Drexel carries with him on his voyage the kind regards of the very largo circle of friends that his genial manners and probity of character have surrounded him with, from all of whOm he will receive a cordial greeting home, when his business and his pleasure shall prompt his return. Mrs. Mary Du Pont Lyon, daughter of Major Jean Pierre Du Pout of the French army, and the last de scendant of the Marquis de Alontcalm of old French and Indian war fame, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Judge Seger, at Lyons Falls, on the 11th inst. She had been suffering for several months, and left her home on Staten Island, where she resided with her son, ex-Go vernor Lyon, to revisit Lewis county. Mrs. Lyon was a woman of marked energy and capacity, and by her deci sion of character exercised great influence over her asso ciates. IMPERIAL PAR IA /TENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAsT EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. LIFE PEERAGES BILL. The Earl of MALMESBUIiY asked Earl Russell whether it was his intention to proceed with the third reading of the Life Peerages Bill, which stood for the Bth inst. Earl RUSSELL said it was his intention to move the third reading on the day named. IRISH CIIIIIICII BILL. Their lordships then went into committee on this bill, resuming at clause 25. Lord DUNSANY moved an amendment to the effect that the general powers of disposal by the commissioners be omitted. After a short discussion the amendment was agreed to, as was another to the same clause by Lord Cairns giving the land usually occupied with schoolhouses, if transferred by the commissioners, to the church body. The clause was then agreed to, and on clause 21 being proposed, which related to the transfer of churchyards to tko Beard of Guardians, Lord Cairns hoped the Go vernment would reconsider this proposition, as it was one that would more than likely lead t..) the greatest incon venience. Earl GRANVILLE thought the clause had been drawn very carefully . and he did not anticipate that any diffi culty would arise. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH thought the clause so ill-worded and ambiguous that its amendment was a matter that ought at once to obtain the most serious attention. Earl DE GREY and RIPON was in layout of the clause as it stood, he did not see that bocausa a path separated the burial ground from the highway, the ground being entirely separated from the church by a highway, that there was any good reason why it should not b 3 treated as set out in the bill, and transferred to the board of guar dians. Lord GRANVILLE did not think that any amendment was at all necessary, but ho c•rnsonted to the words being inserted to meet the objection of Lord Cairns, and the clause as amended was then azreed to. On Clause 27, The Marquis of SALISBURY moved to omit the terms of payment to be required from the Church body in the event of its applying for the ecclesiastical residences gl..bes, &c. Earl GRANVILLE defended the course pursued by the Government. The Counnitte divided— For the Amendment 213 Against it Majority against the Government -114 Ou Clause 28, The Duke of CLEVELAND moved his amendment, whi:h provided that i❑ order to establish religious equality between the different religious communities in Ireland it was desirable that the commissioners should be authorised, at their discretion, to make advances for the erection of residences for the Roman Catholic priests and the Presbyterian Ministers. Earl GRANVILLE said if the circumstances were dif ferent, he should, personally, have no objection to adopt the plan of the noble duke on a small scale; but as it was he believed that the Roman Catholics would not accept it, and that it would be fatal to a responsible Government to have to exercise such a power. The Committee divided— For the amendment ll3 Against Majority —33 The amendment was lost, and the clause agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to ono o'clock HOUSE OF CONINIONS.-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. After the preser.tation of a few petitions in favour of the exemption of Sunday and Ragged Schools from poor rates, the house went into committee on the Assessed Taxes Bill, which, after a few verbal amondments, passed through committee. The house then went into committee on the Uni- versity Tests Lill, and the proposal of Sir Roundel' Palmer to aid clause seven by inserting a form of declaration to be subscribed by professors and others at universities, to the effect that they would never en deavour, directly or indirectly, to teach or inculcate any opinions opposed to the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, and to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England as 1)3 law established, led to a discussion which occupied the house until the sitting was suspended . When the house resumed at nine it was immediately counted out, there being only 29 members present. 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After- the Duke of Argyll's explicit statement in the House of Lords, even the Times ought to be con vinced that Mr. Gladstone, when he said that he would not accept any form of concurrent endowment, meant what he said, instead of the exact opposite, as the leading journal implied in its leader published the morning after the Mansion House speech. But though the leading journal is probably convinced, it will not confess that it has been wrong, but now keeps silence. The Daily Tele graph, the Daily News, the Morning Star, naturally enough, point to the Duke's speech as confirming their interpretation of Mr. Gladstone's. Even the Morning Advertiser, which believes that the Premier is in partnership with the Pope, admits that " it seems sufficiently clear from Mr. Gladstone's speech at the Mansion house that he has made up his mind no to accept the amendment of the Duke of Cleve land should it be adopted for concurrent endow ment. We are glad," says the same paper with unusual franlin C 33, " that Mr. Gladstone has come to this resolution ; ['nil we are sure the entire country will share in our satisfaction. Mr. Gladstone, in acting thus, will be doing so in perfect consistency with what he said in Parliament in its closing session last year." The Standard cannot make out any other meaning than that which its contemporaries discover. This determination of the Premier, if it has not originated in, must at least have been strengthened by, what is now taking place in Ireland. The Dublin correspondent of the Dally Telegraph states that the scheme of the Pters is repudiat e d by a ll parties. The Episcopalians and Presbyteri ans mos t ve h e mently object to the application of any of the national funds to the purposes of the R oman C a th o li c re ligion, while the clergy and peopl e o f th e l a tt er Ch urc h have consistently disclaimed any desire for a State pro vision. The Erening Post, which is a faithful ex ponent of Catholic opinion, emphatically declares that the Irish Catholics object to the proposed amendments in the direction of concurrent endow ment as. illusory, and to any plan of concur rent endowment as involving a breach, if assented to by themselves, of national good faith. Still more emphatic is the statement of the corre spondent of tl'e Time itself. At the very time that that journal was advocating concurrent endowment as a wise and statesmanlike measure which had only to be placed before the people in order to be ac cepted as the best solution of a long-vexed question, the correspondent was writing—" The proposal of concurrent endowment' is rejected at every side here. The standing committee of the Church Conference met yesterday and passed reso lutions repudiating the ' policy of levelling up. The Conservative Press condemns it, and the Cork. Eva mider, expressing the feelings of the Roman Catholic party, observes Now, the Catholics of Ireland, as it happens, have pronounced with all possible distinctness, and emphasis upon the question of concurrent endowment, and their decision has been not less adverse to it than that of the English Nonconformists or Scottish Presbyterians.'" It is highly important to Ministers that if this plan is to be rejected the public sentiment against it should be strongly and emphatically expressed. The Conservative peers are clearly resolved to use the power which they possess of amending the bill according to their own views, and the Govern ment will shortly- have to encounter the serious responsibility of advising the House of Commons to reject the amendments of the Upper House, at the risk: of throwing over the bill to another session, with an intermediate period of popular excitement. Under these circumstances the meeting of Nonconformists, in London, to protest against the proposals of the Duke of Cleveland, and other peers, is a matter of considerable significance. MEETING OF PEERS. The Times contains a rather vague announcement. says : " We understand that a meeting of influential peers was held on Thursday at the Duke of Cleveland's, to consider the effect of the various amendments of the Irish Church Bill now before the House of Lords, and to settle the course of action most likely to render the bill effective for the objects they have in view. These objects are believed to refer to the compositi.n of the new Church Body, the clauses concerning which were postponed on Thursday night, as well as to the amendment of which the Duke of Cleveland has already given notice. The greatest unani mity prevailed as to the course to be pursued and the particular amendments to be proposed. Lords Grey, Westbury, and others are understood to have waived their separate action to follow the lead of the Duke of Cleveland." Who the "influential peers" are is not quite clear, nor whether they included the Conservatives. From the omission of the names of any but Liberal lords, it would appear not. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE IRISH CHURCH RILL. The Duke of Cambridge has broken the neutrality which he his hithert9 been careful to observe. In the last division which took place in the House of I.orcls on Thursday night, his Itoyal Highness votcd in favour of the Earl of Carnarvon's proposal, to secure to the incumbents of the Irish Church 11 ye....rs' purchase of their several life-interests. TUE BEIZESTOP.D3. The Da ly i'Vew,.= has some sarc; - ;stic remarks upon the Beresfords and their connection with the Ir:sh Church. Our c.mtemporary intimates this fancily has fattened upon the Church for generations, and that therefore it is a fortunate thing the Trish Archi episcopate is represented this year by the Archbishop of Dublin instead of by the Archbishop of Armagh. This is scarcely fair. Unquestionably episcopal Beresfords have died enormously rich, but then their riches were not derived, solely nor chiefly, from the Church. The late Archbishop of Armagh, like the present, a Beresford, left an enormous fortune, but he gave back to the Church a very large proportion of the income which he derived from it. Few men were more charitable than be. M !. LOWDER. Miring the present week the third ann'versary of the c:msecration of St. Peter's Church, London Docirs, has been held. The Church Times, spealiing of the principal day, says : " The high altar was ablaze with its numerous lighted tapers. There were Low Masses at 6.30, 7, and 8, when num brs of the inhabitants of the district made their communions. The high celebration was at eleven o'clock, at which the ritual was exceedingly beautiful and elaborate, and doubtless m accordance with the law of the Church of England, though, perhaps, scarcely coming within the terms of the Queen's degree." In the course of his speech at the luncheon, the incumbent, Mr. Lowder, said that he had heard nothing official with regard to the threatened prosecution, and the Bishop of London had promised that it should not be commenced with out giving him official intimation. Lord Eliot, Sir Charles Young, Mr. Bevan, and Mr. Brett were amen:: the other speakers, and it was declared that the only result of prosecutions would be, as at St. Alban's, to make the ritual more beautiful and elaborate than before. AMATEUR T. PROFESSIONAL CRICKETERS. The amateur cricketers are just now in the rscendant. Until within the last two or three years an eleven in which th e pro f ess i ona l s predominated would almost invariably defeat a " team " composed mainly of gentlemen. The annual match, " Gentle men v. Players," resulted for the most part in an easy victory for the latter. But this year a powerful eleven of professionals, including four of the best bowlers in England, have been twice beaten by eleven amateurs. The county of Surrey, represented mostly by professionals, has been hopelessly beaten by several teams of gentlemen. The best batsman of the day, Mr. W. G. Grace, is an amateur. In short, the gentlemen, for the time, have plainly the superiority, and the general cry is that professional cricket must hide its diminished head and go out of date. But there is another side to the question. It is generally found that men who give their whole lives to a pursuit and earn their bread by it attain greater proficiency than those who follow it for amusement only, and cricket is no exception to the rule. The fact is that the amateurs are beating the professionals only by becoming virtually professionals themselves. They appear on the scoring -sheet with " Esq." to their name, and they do not play for a livelihood ; but these are the only differences. The leading amateur players figure in matches six days out of the seven. Some of them play regularly with the professionals for their county. The best of the two University teams have been playing in great matches every day except Sunday for weeks past. The great cricketers at the public schools spend most of their time at the wickets. This is the reason why the gentlemen are rivalling the professionals. Is it perfectly satis factory CAPITAL PUNISIIIkIENT. The Attorney-General of Rhode Island has recently been asked—at the instance of Mr. Gilpin, M.P.— what was his .experience of the abolition of capital punishment -in the State. Ile replied : "Firstly, there have been nine conviction's for murder within the List ten ye,q.s. Secondly, the abolition of the death penalty has not perceptibly increased the number of homicides. Thirdly, the prevailing public opinion in this State is in favour of the present system. Fourthly, under this system con victions are more e:sily obtained, and the certainty of punishment operates more cifeetuAly in checning criLn e." BUCKING DIPLOMATISTS. Cur readers may have heard the following story before. Two gentlemen were at a party. Says the first to the second, pointing to a lady not favoured by Venus, " Who is that ugly witch of a woman "That is my sister," was the reply. " Oh, no, not that lady, but that one," says the interrogator, in great confusion, and telling a white lie to get out of a scrape. " That is my wife." Exit interrogator, overwhelmed with shame. This is an old story, and we ramiaiitaaerelytashew_thalaarcaobniud and mows RESCUED BOYS. On Thursday the visitors to the Chicheser training ship at Greenhithe were present at a very interest ing spectacle. It will be remembered that the Chichester was first used as a training ship in con nection with the Refuge for Homeless Boys about two years ago. The boys are taken from the " gutter. children" of London to the _Refuge, and allowed to volunteer for the ship, where they are boarded, clothed, educated, and trained for I:1.5 a year each. The annual gathering of the friends of this excellent charity took place on Thursday, when prizes were distributed among the lads. Since the vessel has been in working order no fewer than 400 boys have been received on board. Of these 120 have been placed in merchant ships and 5 in the Royal Navy, while others have obtained situations on shore. Of the whole 400 only 20 have failed in their new profession, 13 having been returned to the Refuge as unfit for a sea life, while 13 others left, not liking the restraint. The eagerness with which the boys generally take to their new life is very remarkable, and their practical success in it is testified by the captains who have employed them. Those who looked on the clean and cheerful lads who on Thursday manned the yards of the Chichester, and remember the vice and degradation which surround the city Arab, might well rejoice that practical philanthopy had found the means of effecting so marvellous a transformation. NITTtO-G LI C BRINE. Dr. Smith, of Finsbury, writes to the Pagy News on the sub;ect of nitro-glycerine. Ile says that the fearful explosion near Carnarvon, on Wednesday, affords another example of the risk that is incurred through ignorance and indifference. The question to consider is, whether valuable lives and property are to be at the mercy of persons who employ nitro glycerine because it is more economical than gun powder. Even if the greatest precautions are employed, it is impossible to guard against the explosion of nitro-glycerine. Darin , the four years which have passed since its discovery many serous accidents have been produced through its agency. In 13 i some cases exploded:A Aspinwall, on the Isthmus of Panama, when the vessel in which they were stored was demolished, as well as another large ship laying alongside, and several persons were killed. At Newcastle, a short time ago, great loss of life occurred through a similar explosion, and it is evident that the employment of nitro-glycerine is attended by such fearful risk that it ought to be prohibited under heavy penalties. THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. There is consolation for Mr. Cole. Though the fiat has gone forth against removing the natural history collection from the British Museum to South Kensington, it has been determined to send the National Portrait Gallery there. Hitherto this col lection has been squeezed into a house in Great Ueorge-street, W estmmster, but now, pending the erection of a proper building, it is to be transferred to the headquaii'era of the Department of Science and Art VACCINATION. Just now, while doctors are disagreeing as to vaccination, and opponents of that means of evading smallpox are gathering strength, the following extract from the Registrar-General's weekly return is of special interest :—" The daughter of a mariner, aged G years, died on the 22nd of June, at SG, Fair street, Southwark, from smallpox." The Registrar remarks : " There were four children in this family; two had been vaccinated, and had escaped smallpox'; two were unvaccinated, and took the disease, one of whom died." The case—though by no means con clusive—is commended to the notice of those who describe themselves as " Anti-Vaccine." (From the Anglo -American 7 imes.) A letter from a British officer, long resident in Canada, informs us that annexation is eventually inevitable, and that nothing prevents it but the dread the colonists have of the Republic's huge debt. That myth will probably be removed by time, and Car ala will then take her place in the Union, to her own benefit - , to that of the Continent generally, as well as to that of the mother country. The more the question is discussed, the more clearly does such a result appear to be for the interest of all. In Halifax these resolutions were passed by the Re peal League Convention :- - Whereas, In the opinion of the thembnrs of the Con vention, the further continuance of Nova Scotia in the Canadian Confederation will be but daily progress to ruin ; and Whereas, Our only hope of commercial prosperity, national development, and permanent peace lies in close relationship with the United States; theiefore, "Resolved, That every legitimate means should be used by the members of the Convention to sever the connec- tion with Canada, and bring about union on fair and equit able terms with the American Republic. " Resolved, That this Convention recommend the for mation of a league throughout the Province for the pur pose of ca'ryiug the foregoing resolutions into effect." We wish to see the Dominion, as a whole, calmly and with due deliberation approach the subject, with no threats, partizan, or underhand action, but proceeding on a great case, influenced by a desire for the public weal alone. We regard this as the greatest question of the age, and it ought to be treated as the magnitude of the interests require, for it means neither more nor less than the unity in Go vernment of the North American Continent, and an end for ever of the bickerings and bad blood be tween the two sections of the Anglo-Saxon race. I`'h at has happened, for Mr.a t Roriewas resigned the Secretaryship of the Navy. He made no secret that the place was dis tasteful; that he infinitely preferred his own home in Philadelphia to being dragged this way and that by office-seekers and their backers in Wash ington, was shown by hiss° persistently being absent from his post as to be satirically noticed even by the Owl in London. Mr. George W. Robeson, formerly Attorney-General of New Jersey, has succeeded Mr. Borie, and this brings another lawyer into the Cabinet, we suppose to the disgust of Senator Sprague. Unless Mr. Andrew Johnson is looking after the interests of his candidate for the Governor ship of Tennessee, with his eye on the place in the Senate to become vacant in '7l, we do not know what could be his attraction in Washington, ex cept indeed he may experience a mournful pleasure in gazing on the scene he contrived to make so stirring, and the seat from which be descended to give place forone to whom he bore but little love. The impression in :Washington was that he would not reach the capital till the Ist July. We learn that he was seized with a severe attack of colic front eating oranges at Gallatin, Tennessee, and was for some time in considerable danger ; but, on recover ing, be immediately resumed his canvas. Mr. Joshua Chamberlin has been re-nominated as Go vernor of Maine by the Republicans of the State, and that party has carried the municipal election at Portland. General Cochrane has been appointed assessor for the Sixth District of New York. Professor Townsend Glover has established in Washington a National Economic Museum, wherein are gathered all manner of insects, birds, grains, grasses, fibres, plants, &c., and a system inaugurated of communication and exchange with all parts of the world to collect the general experience and ob servation. His object is mainly practical, and his museum has been found, in many instances, of great utility to farmers. A tobacco grower lately called to get information regarding an insect then injuring his plant. On being shown drawings of all that infest tobacco he singled out his depredator, when he was taken to the live specimen, and had the op portunity of learning its habits from birth to death, and how to kill it. Another having noticed num bers of insects in his vineyard, called to ascertain whether they were prejudicial to the grape vine. A similar reference, recognition, and inspection proved it to be harmless; and a third who inquired about a bird found it to be insectiferons, and his mind was set at rest. An emigrant desirous of ascertaining what the products are in any part of the Union can learn inspecting them at this museum, and a citizen of any State can ascertain whether he could pro fitably introduce the cultivation of any produce into Lis county. The opinion of Judge Hoar as to the right of Alasaehusetts to grant the privilege to the French Telegraph Company of landing their Cable in that State has produced much discussion in the Aineri. BIRTHS. ----- PEARSON —On the 29th ult., at Cambridge-town, Sand hurst, Berks, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel C. K. Pearson, The Buffs, of a son. PHILLIPS—On tho Ist inst., at the Lawn, Sutton-common, the wife of Charles M. Phillips, of a diughter. .11.41?1:1.4 GE6'. GOODE —MOTT—On the Ist inst., at Lichfield Cathedral, Arthur, son of Thomas Coode, Esq., of Pondhu, Saint Austell, to Louisa Catharina, eldest daughter of Win. Mutt, Esq., of Elmhurst Hall, near Lichfield. HALL —IIIEEKINO on the Ist in ;t., at Iver, Bucks, the Ray. Levis Duvall Hall, vicar of Cotton, to Mary Kate, younger daughterof Charles Meeking, Esq., of Richiugs park, Bucks. DE:A77I3. BOWLES -At his residence, Hill-street, Berkeley-Fquftre. Admiral of the Fleet Sir 'William Bowles, K.C.H,, aged 90. BIGOAR—On the 30th ult., at Upper Norwood, Douglas Biggar, Esq., late of 66, Aldersgate-street, city, aged 69, RALLI—On the 2d inst., at 96, Westminster-terrace, N - V- P. A. Esq., aged 51. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sox Office N 0.112, Strand , in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Blictilesox• — ! Saturday, July 3,_1868.J