The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC' JOURNALS, The Times, in discussing Mr..Fawcett's resolution of Friday night, observes that, compared with the upper and middle classes of English society in our own days, agricul• tural labourers are ill-fed, ill-clothed, and ill-housed, but it does not follow that they are worse fed, clothed, or housed than mere labourers in towns, and it is certain that they are better fed, clothed. and housed than their ancestors in the last century or than peasants in many parts of Europe. It is demonstrable that farm wages are now about twice as high as they were at the beginning of George lll.'s reign ; it is also demonstrable that the price of wheat has not by any means risen in the same proportion. Those who know anything of the country are aware that in old times no meat except bacon was usually seen in cottages from year's end to year's end, whereas now the father of the family gets it most days in the week. As for cottages, bad as they still are in many parishes, the difference between the old and the new is perfectly astonishing, and it is sometimes difficult to believe that hovels now standing deserted were ever tenanted by poor men's families. The comparison of English with French labourers is scarcely less favourable. Perhaps we have something to learn from Switzerland and Northern Germany, but, on the whole, it may safely be said that Great Britain is, at all events, not behind other European nations in the status of her agricultural population. When Mr. Fawcett and Lord F. Cavendish -declare that it would be hardly possible for a Dorsetshire labourer to be in a worse position, they forget both the position of that very labourer's gran 'father and the position of millions on the Continent at this hour. The Time?, hir,v - ever, agrees with Mr. Fawcett and all those who followed him, that a great work of civilisation remains to be done in our rural districts ; that Parliament has the power to _ _ aid it, though not to supersede the duty of individuals ; and that education is the moat powerful of all the instru- ments which Parliament can bring to bear, The Post is of opinion that the right to pensions and retiring allowances especially ought to be put on a footing either so broad or so definitely narrowed that imputations with regard to them, such as formed the staple of Mr. Fawcett's speeches upon the Civil Offices Pension Bill, could not possibly be made. It will be a very bad time for the country if ever men who devote themselves to political life or to an Administration shallbe subjected to judgment created by the bitter spirit of suspicion and deprecia tion which animates the member forßrighton, and which he presents, possibly in good faith, as the result of true and genuine patriotism. There are no pecuniary rewards offered to public men to do their duty. The considerations arising out of remuneration are put forward to make it worth the while of men of high acquirements and character to embrace the career of a public servant instead of other pursuits, and it is taken for granted that when a man of talent and honour once puts his hand to the public plough he will not turn back, but work out his day's work with honest zeal and honourable assiduity. It is notorious that no Cabinet Minister can make anything out of hi 3 salary. His expenses—the expenses incident to his position—are constant andlarge, and there need be nobesitation in assert ing that, barring private resources, a Prime Minister has less to spend or to put aside than the manager of a railway company. And it is to make this up—to use a vulgar expression—to the politician that an after income under the name of a pension is tendered. On the mere and bare commercial grounds, therefore, a public man, who by that position is barred from the gains that can be realised by commerce and speculation, has claims to such compen- sation as the moderate and limited pensions accorded can afford him. The Standard says that the Conservative amendments stand in the names of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Marquis of Salisbury, and Lord Cairns. It has been asserted that they are the same as those moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Disraeli and Dr. Ball, but this is not strictly accurate. They relate, undoubtedly, to the same matters, and aim at similar results ; but important variations have been introduced. Would that we could defeat the whole bill, adds the Standard. But, if difficulties impede this, then how can we avoid looking at every offer to deal with us for a liberal and enlarged provision? To take the practical illustration of the subject to which we have.just adverted-- Can we get glebes for the Protestant Episcopal clergy without assistance from other parties? If we can, m,hy has it not been done? .If we cannot, then would it not be better to see what arrangement in this matter can be made with moderate men of every party. We own that when we see at what a late hour schemes with the widest results are put forward, the short time that now remains for deliberation, the period of the year and of the session, anti the enormous and permanent results which must flow from the policy now adopted, we are inclined to hope that either no bill will be passed this year, or at least that the distribution of the surplus will be expunged from the bill, and reserved for the decision of some wiser Par liament than the present. The Star thinks that religious iegislaticn has passe,l definitively out of the hands of those who regard it either as a means of repressing zeal or as an engine of political government. The English people are divided roughly into three groups. There are the religious, there are the non-religious, who yet believe religion would be good for them, and there are the irreligious, who from either mental or moral peculiarities reject spiritual sane tions and influences. None of these classes share the love of establishments, as such, which still lingers in the heights of society. The Church of England is protected in general opinion by its intimate association with much of the respectability and much o!' the beneficence of the country, not by those ideas of religious and political quietism which in the past have made Church-and -King Tories of men like Ilobbes and Bolingbroke, who utterly rejected the religion which as politicians they stoutly upheld. The case with which a bishop may be discredited by the nickname Erastian is enough to shew that we have passed into times when religion, if valued at all, is valued for its own sake. It is expected to do its best for mankind by the aggression which is a natural instinct of its pro. fessors, not by a jejuno infusion of sacredness into the vulgar machinery of State government. The indepen dence of religious and the development of popular lif have advanced together. A. great voluntary element ha.- crept into the Church of England with those district churches without which the ancient parochial system would be a farce, and the voluntary system has entirely swallowed up the system of State aid and connection in those colonies in which the superfluity of our populous strength continually flows into the newest muulds of poli. tical formation, The Telegraph declares that the trial of Overend and Gurney involves considerations of far more than individual inte rests, and its prosecution should be independent of all merely personal accidents. The whole problem is of national importance ; for it is not too much to say that on the result of the attempt to stamp the character of crimi nality on the conduct of the Gurneys will largely depend the immediate future of joint-stock enterprise in this country. If the case were to break down, many points of prime importance would be left undecided. It would, there fore, be a grave evil to both parties in the suit if the administration of justice were to be impeded. No doubt the Home Secretary is in a really delicate position. There is, however, one consideration which Mr. Bruce cannot afford to forget. The interests at stake in the present case are less personal than national. It is important to know whether the persons accused are guilty or not ; but it is still more important to ascertain, by means of a long trial, the summing-up of a judge and the verdict of a jury, what are the exact responsibilities of men who control great commercial undertakings like that of Overend. Gurney, and Co. Since it is of vital interest to the whole com munity that the question shou'd receive au authoritative answer, we trust that the right hon. gentleman will, even yet, reconsider his determination, and take steps to pre vent the trial from being abruptly gnashed at the outset. True, the course that we advocate maybe unprecedented ; but Mr. Bruce would be perfectly justified in creating a useful precedent for our future guidance. The Daily Nears remarks that after an interval of nearly sixteen years the Government finds itself engaged in a hot crusade azainst the evil of betting. We say the Government, I;ecause the police prosecutions of which we read almost daily are not only too numerous, but extend over too wide an area to be referred to the discretion of one or two chiefs of police. It is not necessary to dwell on the social mischief which attends a practice so utterly subversive as betting of those habits which are indispen sable to a regular and well-ordered life. Moralists have described, and the legislators of every civilised country have felt it necessary to consider how they might best re strain them. Even the spectacle which is now forced uponns of widespread and signal ruin, the resuit.of betting, is not necessary to impress the same lesson. The feelings with which a father would learn that his son, or a merchant that his clerk, was addicted to this practice, bear sufficient witness to its perniciens and anti-social tendency. A deep sense of the extent of the evil should not, however, make us indifferent to the fitness or unfitness of the methods proposed for its repression. We have here to de with a principle very deeply rooted in human nature, and as sonic practised observers think, more deeply i n En g lish nature than in any other. We cannot profess that this reason for exempting Tattersall's from the operations of the laws ae:aitist betting is at all satisfaetoie. Mr. l'olan,l, the prosecuting c iinsA in these cases, appears, however, to have taken his stand upon it, for at Bow-street. on Saturday, when referring to a complaint of unfair discriinination made by one of the defendants, lie said, " Tattersali's is a private club." Well, but this private club is the indispensable centre of the betting transactions of the kingdom. It has been truly described as the Stock Exchange of such t ransac • Cons, where prices are ruled and from which quotations are issued. If Tattersall's is not a public establishment, it certainly performs the most important functions of one. It is this fact that makes us reltictantly doubt the nitimate success.of these prosecutions. What convictions may be obtained, and upon what exposition of the lair, we do not ask, but no one who knows anything of the English character can suppose- for one moment that there can be among us one law for the rich and another for the POOT. LAW AND POLICE: A FALSE DATE.—In the Court of Chancery, on Satur day, as appeal from the Master of the Rolls was heard, in re Lush's Trusts. A Mrs. Bowron, some time ago, became entitled under her grandfather's will to a reversionary interest in a sum of money. Her hus band prevailed upon her to sign her maiden name to a paper which bore date, and purported to be written before her marriage, whereby she made over the benefit of the legacy to him. Mr. Bowron afterwards sold the reversion to the Law Reversionary Interest Society. The reversion having fallen in, the society petitioned to have it paid out of court, where it had been placed by the trustees. This petition was opposed by Mrs. Bowron, who related the above facts in evidence, and whose husband has not been beard of for some years. The Master of the Rolls held that the assignment to the husband was not binding on Mrs. Bowron, and directed that the dividends should be paid to her. The Lords Justices, however, held that it would be contrary to good faith to allow Mrs. Bowron to set up an equity of settlement out of the fund. The order of the Master of the Rolls must therefore be dis charged, and the money paid to the Reversionary Society. FATTIER IGNATIIIS.—In the Bail Court, on Saturday, the Rev. Mr. Lyne (Father Ignatius) brought an action against Mr. Allen, a surgeon of Norwich, to recover the sum of £5O, which he said he bad given Mr. Allen in 1863 as a deposit for the purchase of a monastery near Nor wich. Mr. Lyne said he had protested against the action being brought, but that his father persisted in taking the matter up. Mr. Lyne, sen., said that his son had expectations under the will of a relative to the extent of £lO,OOO. He had spoken to the defendant about the £5O, and he said he had given the money to another gentleman to hold as trustee. The evidence was very complicated, and before the conclusion of the case the learned judge said it would be better to refer the matter, as a Chancery suit was pend ing. The case was accordingly referred. 3'AILER'S STRIKE IN WO.RCESTERSIIIRE Another of those strikes among the operative nailers which are of such frequent occurrence in. Worcestershire and South Staffordshire is now rife in the locality of Bromsgrove. The district at present affected by it includes Sidemoor, Catshill, Bowen Heath, the Lickey and Lickey End. The strike has arisen out of a resolution adopted by the masters a few weeks since to reduce the wages of their nailers 10 per cent., and so bring them down to the standard paid to the operatives in the same branch in what is called the Upper or Oldhill District. The manufacture of nails is ordinarily paid for at so much per thousand, according to a scale or " list," and, accepting the statements made by the men, the reduction as at present proposed will be a loss to them as between 20s. and 180., that is their computation, the figures not representing any particular quantity of work as defined in the scale. the nail masters justify the resolution at which they have arrived by the circum stances of their fellows in the districts above-named beating them in the market in consequence of the lower rate which they are paying to the operatives. It is further contended that it is in other respects desirable the scale of wages should be on an e ,utility in both dis tricts. The men make answer that already their wages scale is too low ; that under it they and their families can barely earn subsistence, and in consideration of this they contend that their computation, according to which they now earn 20s. should rather be raised to 225. than lowered to 18s. Another alleged cause of grievance by the men is that bad, or, as they des'gnate it, " hell-hole iron," is issued to them ; that from it they are unable to produce such good nails as is expected of them, and that, consequently, they are compelled to exchange the said iron for what is called " British," which involves them in a considerable loss. The men want their brother workers in the Old Hill dis trict, or " Up-country " to join them in this contention, and by means of a pull all together to get an advance on their own wages scale. At a meeting of the operatives it was resolved that they should go in a body to the district and endeavour to induce the men to co-operate. A general meeting of nailers will be held accordingly. Since the strike commenced the men have been aided by contribu tions from the tradesmen of-the locality and by donations from trade operatives, and Baroness Windsor has sent £lO. On Friday 2,400 loaves were distributed. The men have been admirably well conducted since the strike commenced, not the least disorder of any kind having occurred. TRADE AND FINAA7f3tE:- A comparison of the position of the stock markets with that of some twenty years back affords some very peculiar features which are well worthy of notice. Foremost among these is the great depreciation which has taken place in the value of foreign bonds, and which has been gradually making progress since the opening of the Russian war. Previously to 18:70 the average rate of interest on foreign Government stocks was barely over sto 5i l er cent. In that year Russia issued a 41 per cent. loan nearly at par, while in 1852 an Austrian 5 per cent. loan was brought out by Messrs. Rothschilds at 90. Now, however, the case is very different. The last Nicolai Four per Cent. loan, brought out under the guarantee of the Russian Government, was issued at 64, while an application cn the part of Austria would probably be fruitless. The causes of this great depreciation are not difficult to discover, although its influence upon the money market involves some very intricate considera- tions. The Crimean war gave a great impetus to borrowing, and brought forward a new borrower—Turkey. A second— Sardinia— followed in the course of the same struggle, and since then foreign loans have been brought forward with greater or less rapidity, until the return obtainable on this description of investments bas become as great as it is at present. The rate of interest afforded on the low-classed investments of this kind, which are not necessarily the most unsafe, amounts with the payments on account of the sinking fund to 10, 11, and even 13 per cent., while from 6 to 9 per cent. is obtainable on all European stocks. This great depreciation has been caused by the fact that while the number of applicants for accommodation has been greatly increased, and the demands have become more and more frequent, the circle of capitalists willing to invest in this description of security has not extended itself in proportion. The supply of stock has, therefore, been greater than the demand, and prices have accordingly given way. It may, therefore, be confidently stated that the natural tendency of the value of foreign bonds will be in a downward direction, so long as theseapplications to the money market are encouraged. It would almost appear, however, that we have for the present come to an end of our resources available for lending, and after present engagements are fulfilled, we shall hear of few applications being made to this market. At present there are on the tapir the Portuguese Loan, which is likely to be intro duced by Messrs. Frubling and Goschen next week, and the Roumanian Railway Loan. It is also asserted that the New Turkish Loan for £10,000,000 is being nego tiated for, but as yet little has transpired concerning it. It must be borne in mind, in estimating the causes which have created the great decline in the value of foreign bonds referred to, that a new danger has arisen for which no calculation was ever made, and which was not foreseein. We refer to the taxation of the interest payable by foreign States to the foreign holders of their debt. Austria, last year, astonished the financial world byan income tax upon, and a forced conversion of, her national debt. Italy has levied a tax upon her national credi tor, a similar step has been under discussion in Spain, and the project of a tax has been more orless rumoured in Por tugal. The fact of these taxes being sanctioned by the foreign Chambers arises from the peculiar modes adopted of raising revenue, by which, in many instances, particular industries and particular districts are laid under contribution, instead of the more justifiable adoption of a general tax being agreed to. The foreign bond holder evidently offers a great opportunity for this kind of plunder, as causing little outcry at home, and the wonder is that so easy a mode of obtaining revenue was not thought of before. In all future loans it will be advisable to obtain a guaranteed immunity from all such imposi tions, and so long as the power exists in the hands of foreign Governments of levying such a tax, their bonds will continue in disrepute. It is said to be " within the range of probability" that Lord Mayo will invite the Duke of Argyll and a num ber of other notabilities from England to be present at the great Agra tiro bar to be held in November next in honour of t he Duke of Edinburgh. On Friday afternoon a s very aitac't was made on r. Samuel Grainger, she col:cctor i f ucor rates for one of the Birmingham districts. lie yai cautioned by some of the inhabitants in eLstle-street that be would have a warm re ception if he ventured in that Ivaco for rarer. Notwith ,,,andirg the threats made he went, and about two o'clock n Fr day afternoon he was surrounded by a number of per son,,, who, as is described, began "to chaff and bully him." In a short time those present increased to some hundreds, wl:o commenced an attack on him, by throwing stones at Lim. He was chased all along the Wolveihampton turnpike road, \ viler° he fled for safety, stones showered round him all :me way, ;:nd he at last got into a hence adjoining the mill. ',efore he got inside they overtook him and continued the attack. When inside the mob threatened to break in for him unless he was loosed out, and that they would smash the windows. A number of police officers had to guard him ;.way about two hours after to protect him. During the storm of stones" two persons Tocaiv..4 scalp wounds. THE , SUN, , JUNE 159. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The list, of amendments has been increased by live printed folio pages more. Several amendments aro repetitions of those which have been previously placed upon the paper. The most important is that by the Earl of Shaftesbury, who de. velopes his original idea, and now proposes that the surplus Church funds shall be handed over to a Lcan Board, who shall be empowered to lend money on good security at not less than 2, nor more than 4, per cent. interest to fishermen, farmers, huolesters, and a large number of other persons whom ho specifies. THE PRESS ON LEVELLINO rr, The Daily News has thoroughly taken the alarm at the strong party which is now being formed in the House of Lords in favour of levelling up, otir contemporary says that it is not from Lord llarrowhy and his friends that the greatest mischief Is to be apprehended. The proposal of eOnenr= rent endowment is far more dangerous thin anything which they aro likely to suggest, The Daily News denies that there is any eoalitien between a portion of the Liberal party . properly celled and the COnSerVAtiVO4 for Pfillying . pow: current endowment certainly the Liberal Papfity in the Commons cannot be used for such pn!posP: tiomo Liberals and Conservatives in the Pppef Musa, arid q fov bishops, favour the pherne, Wit Mr : OladiAl3ll€l Witia PR.SibIY aceept it: It is noly for the Noneeafornia t i strengthen the bands of tne u overnment by pronouncing emphatically against any such proposal. - - The _Daily Telegraph is equally emphatic in pro nouncing that levelling up is impracticable, but feels no alarm in the matter because sure that i -ill not be insisted upon, and that the bill will become law this session. Lord Cairns's amendments are considered to be not at all formidable, and to some of them, at all events, Ministers are likely to give their assent. The moderation of his demands shews that the Opposition have virtually accepted the bill as a whole, and seeks now only to modify its provisions. • The Times denies that the question of concurrent endowment was negatived by the nation at the general election, and reminds its readers that the , plan was to a certain extent sanctioned by Mr. Bright and I\lr. Bruce in their election speeches. The same journal commends as moderate the Duke of Cleveland's proposal that whenever it shall be ~hewn that the Roman Catholic priest or the Presby byterian minister of a parish is without a suit able residence a certain portion of the Church funds shall be set apart to pro viding him with one. The Saturday Review is the strongest advocate for concurrent endowment in the modified form of providing parsonages and glebes, on the ground that it would act as a bulwark against Ultramontanism. The Morning Star will not pronounce any opinion on Lord Russell's pro posals, a reticence which is very remarkable con sidering that this journal has generally been the organ of Nonconformist views. The Standard also is cautious, but, cannot abstain from a sarcasm 'at the expense of those who denounced Lord Mayo last year. It prefers Lord Cairns's amendments, but would rather have Lord Russell's than let the bill pass in its present shape. The Morning Post is astonished at the moderation of Lord Cairns's amendments, and sees no reason why the Government should not accept them at once and unhesitatingly. Not any of the amend ments proposed hitherto are incompatible with the principle of the bill except Lord Russell's, Lord Grey's, and the Duke of Cleveland's. The Spectator says the only possible compromise that the Government can make consistent with the principle of the bill is to give manses to the priests and the Presbyterian ministers if the present par sonages are to be given freely to the clergy. The Economist inclines to think that this would be a statesmanlike course, but cannot recommend it because it would be a distinct breach of faith with the people. The (Roman Catholic) Weekly Register would like such an arrangement, but believes it would be impracticable in the present state of public feeling. The High Church papers—the Church Review and I the Church Times—have little to say to it, but the first would not object to it. AN IRISH BISHOP'S NIEIIIORANDMI-BOOK. Some memoranda from the private visitat!on-book of an Irish bishop are given by the Times. The leading journal publishes them as illustrating the nature of what Mr. Gladstone calls an official congre gation. One of the entries in the bishop's book refers to certain parishes in which he did duty. The following remarks are appended : " Extent of union from east to west about ten miles, and from north to south about five miles. Church large and roomy. Population.—Only one Protcaant, who can neither read nor write, but is regular in attending the service when his health permits, and receives the sacra nent on the festivals. Communion.—Four times in the Tear; scarcely ever more than two communicants. 'Register.—Never any wanted. Confirmation.—None ever heard of. Mem.—The state of this and of the neighbouring parishes requires very particular considera tion." hn another union which the bishop visited prayers were said every Sunday morning, and a sermon was given when the congregation amounted to four or five. " This (the visitation-book goes on to say) seldom happens, except in the summer, when strangers come to the country for the purpose of bathing. Extent in length coastwise about fifteen miles; in a right line not half so far, in breadth from one to three. Church, at . . . nearly in the centre of the union ; most convenient for the bulk of the population. Population (entire) 7,591, Protestants 50 ; proportion to Roman Catholics, about one to 150. Protestants, gentlemen of landed property and farmers. Between September 1782 and December 1789 the arch deacon (the incumbent) received 47 converts ; since that time none. Soon after the repeal of the penal code took place, which has put an extinguisher on the Protestant religion in this country. Attendance at church not regular; not more than ten ever come ; the others, who profess to be Protestants, neither attend church nor any other place of worship. Communion about four times in the year; about eight or ten communicants at Christmas, fewer at Easter, none at Whitsuntide and Michaelmas but the archdeacon's family. Register kept by the archdeacon in his glebe house since the year 1800, when a military de tachment was stationed at . . . No parishioners confirmed during the archdeacon's 'incumbency" (that is, from 1782, or ante to 1820, or 38 years). ARCHDEACON DENISON ON CHURCH AND STATE. Archdeacon Denison writes to the John Bull de claring that Church and State is a thing of the past, and all that now remains is to throw all the energies hitherto expended in the endeavour to adopt the machinery of Church and State into the work of the Church rejected by the State, and to have no further concern with what the civil power may do or not do, but to do the Church's work, trusting that no shch legislation will take place as will render that impossible. The Archdeacon asserts that, as one who has long striven to maintain the union of Church and State, but who is now persuaded that the action of the State upon the Church is likely to facilitate the triumph of the Church of Rome, he sees nothing left to be done but to serve the Church in the Church's way, whether such may be recog nised or not by the civil power. AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND IRISHMEN. It is stated that the Amnesty Committee of Lon don—a committee of Irishmen in favour of the release of the political prisoners—intend holding a grand demonstration, in conjunction with the London Americans, on Independence Day, the 4th July. What it is intended to demonstrate is not quite clear ? except it be that the Americans are willing to join with the Irish for the independence 9f Ireland. This new alliance is not yet announced. PRIVILEGE. An ancient privilege of M.P.'s is to be swept away ruthlessly. The freedom from arrest enjoyed .by members of Parliament since 1542 is withdrawn by the new Bankruptcy Bill. No doubt it is an ancient part of the Constitution, but there is hardly a voice, whether that of high Tory or most extreme Radical, raised in favour of its retention. Nevertheless there is a danger to be guarded against in abolishing the privilege. Care must be taken to prevent the politi cal use of the power to arrest. Perhaps public opinion would be too strong in these days to allow the abuse of such a power; but if there be any door by which corruption might enter in it should cer tainly be closed. THE ARREST OF MURPHY AT BIRMINGHAM. The question did the Mayor of Birmingham do right in arresting Mr. Murphy at the late Birmingham meeting is being fiercely debated. On the one hand, the doctrine that the good of the people is the supreme' law is tenaciously held. It is argued that expediency must over-ride the letter of the statute b oo k, an d th a t a man w h o p reve nts a riot or a.great crime, by infringing some technicality as to arrest, does that for which the spirit of law itself thanks him. "Of two evils," say the defenders of the mayor, "we mus t c h oose the least," the question which is the lesser evil, being of course, left (as the lawyers say) to the jury. But the Solzettors' Journal demurs to this argument, or at least to its present application. Our legal con temporary contends that a mayor may not act on his apprehension. To arrest Murphy was an extreme course, requiring the strongest possible evidence, but the 11T:Iyor of Birmingham had no evidence whatever. "It is impossible to justify an cm!reise of • power so absolutely without any legal foundation. The liberty, even of Murphy, troublesome fanatic as he is, ought not to be dependent on the ' convictions' of the Mayor of Birmingham." THE KHEDIVE. The Army and Navy Gazette denies that the Pasha, or as he is now, and more properly, called the E hedive, of Egypt, has had any negotiations at any of the Courts he has visited with the view of securing the neutrality of the Suez Canal. His Highness has abstained from raising the question which must be settled by the Great Powers, with the concurrence of Egypt, when the ranal is accomplished. the question of the neu-. trality of the canal, like that of the independence of Egypt, is one which Ismail Pasha and his Ministers would be—the last • persons - in the world. to. agitate. There is reason to think that the canal may be opened. in November, some time towards the end, if not on the 17th, of that month. GOOD STORIES. The Army and Navy Gazette tells two good stories. " Baron," said a French chasseur to a Prussian officer, as the two were cantering through the Sahara, "what o'clock is it F" The Baron solemnly pulled a watch from his right fob and said, " Here it is ten o'clock ;" then drawing another watch from his left fob he added, with a sigh, " and in the château of my • 1 in Pomerania it's twenty , to eleven. "1 h anecdote is going the round of the _French papers is chew the amorous sensibility of the Prussians. It is likewise recounted that when. the Prince of Wales was last in Berlin, his Prussian Majesty pointed with pride to a thousand men of his Guard, asking his Royal Highness if he thought a thousand French men could beat them. The Prince of Wales made the courteous reply that if the French were but five hundred they would try. THE HOUNSLOW GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION. No cause for the explosion at the Hounslow gunpowder-works seems to have been given at the inquest. There were some conjectures advanced; and, maybe, a correct g uess was made, but no definite information was obtained. It has been clearly established, however, that something is wanted to separate more distinctly one manufacturing house from another. They are kept apart already, it is true ; but what is required is that something should come between them, so that if one house explodes the fire will not be able to travel to the other. The jury, in returning a verdict of "No evidence to shew " recommended earth mounds as likely to prevent fiery communication in case of acci dent. The jury add that any infringement of the regulations should be at once reported, and that an inspector should 'be appointed by the Govern ment to carry out the sprovisions of the Gunpowder Act. THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY IN LIVERPOOL. The First Lord of the Admiralty has been deliver ing the prizes to the pupils on board the school frigate Conway, at Liverpool. A numerous com pany were present, including Lord John Hay, and Lord Sandon, M.P. Mr. Childers said he thought the insti tution was of great value to the navy, and formed an interesting link between the merchant service and her Majesty's navy. At the present time there was nothing more important than consolidating the union between those services. 'After observing that the school-ship formed one of the component parts of the naval resarve, Mr. Childers referred especially to the success of the recent cruise. The Admiralty were, he said, satisfied that the . naval reserve was a great success. He thought there could be no better opportunity of proclaiming that conviction, because the naval reserve would always be the cream of the merchant service, and it was to the officers _ of the merchant service that we must look for encouragement to be given to the men to constitute themselves a part of her Majesty!s navy. Many years ago there was a good deal of deficiency to be found among the officers of the merchant service. Such institutions as the Con way school-ship went far to make up for that defi ciency, and Mr. Childers expressed the satisfaction with which he saw similar institutions springing up in other great mercantile ports, as he thought they must be beneficial alike to the naval and the marine service. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AT DULWICH. lhe Archbishop of Canterbury was present at the recent distribution of prizes at Dulwich College, and addressed the successful candidates. He told them that what they had done in school must be regarded as a spur to what was expected from them in the world. This was a critical age, and he rejoiced that it was so, for ' whatever was good was sure to stand the test of the severest criticism. Dulwich. College was about to enter on a new career, and he was glad to find that the new institution had not discarded the old doctrine of inculcating refinement of taste and polished manners by omitting the teaching of the classical languages from the programme of the school. His Grace added that as between the value of the school, as a local or public institution, the interests of the locality would be best subserved by its promoting the general advantage. NON-COLLEGIATE STUDENTS. A board has been appointed for regulating the admission of non-collegiate students to the Univer sity of Cambridge, the Master of St: John's College being the chairman. -Students may be admitted members of the university without being members of any college. Such students will be entitled to be examined and admitted to degrees, in the same manner and with the same status as students who are members of colleges. They will keep terms by residing in Cambridge, and will be required to pay due obedience to all academical regulations. Each applicant for admission must produce a testimonial as to character, and a reference to two respectable persons. Ile must make a written report, when required, as to the place of religious worship he attends and as to the studies he is pursuing. He must pay the ordinary fees. Non collegiate students will be admitted to the university library and museums, and to the Professors' lectures, under the same regulations as the other students, and will be able to compete for university scholar ships in the same manner. THE TII F The supporters of alteration in the matter of two year-old racing are seizing the bett:ng prosecutions as a means to enforce the proposed reform. " Senex," writing to the Daily Telegraph, claims to know that the Government have taken steps to put down betting-houses simply because the Jockey Club sheaved itself indisposed, by the way it dealt with the two-year-old racing motion, to eliminate the abuses of the Turf. " &ilex " declares that if the Jockey Club still persists, the House of Commons will soon step in to legislate. Indeed, he declares that he has seen the draft of a bill which seeks to enact that, no horse shall start upon a British racecourse until he has reached the age of three ; that the number of half-mile, and of six-furlong, and of one-mile races in England shall be limited ; that the number of handicap races shall also be limited i and that no horse shall ever start in public carrying a less weight than seven stone. " Senex " appeals to the Jockey Club -to reform its rules, as proposed, at its next meeting. INDIAN APPEALS. Attention is called to the state of Indian appeals in this country. It is said that after the admission of an appeal to the Queen in Council by the Indian courts a period of four or five years generally elapses before the record reaches this country, the interval being occupied in translating the various documents by an insufficient staff of translators. On an average fifty or sixty appeals reach this country yearly from Calcutta and Bengal, so that at the present time from 260 to 300 Indian appeals are waiting for transmission to England. When these appeals do get here, after a long, weary delay, they are still delayed term after term, in conse quence of the heaviness of the paper. The Privy Council, indeed, sits too seldom to get through all its work expeditiously, and a proposal is being made to reform the court. OUR HIRSUTE TARS. Joy for the navy. Razors are abolished, at least their compulsory use is. Midsummer Day 1809 will be a memorable one for our gallant tars ; on that day they were set free from the tyranny of lather and cold steel. But to their liberation certain conditions are attached. The beard must not be worn without the moustaches, nor the moustaches without the beard. Moreover, if they be not kept clean and of decent length, they will be once more subjected to the old cruel bondage. FOREIGN NOTES. THE REVOLT OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN CUBA. NOVA SCOTIA AND THE CANADIAN DOMINION. The vigorous campaign inNova Scotia'against the union with Canada was brought to an untimely end by the pro rogation of the Halifax Assembly by Governor Doyle. The motion of Attorney-General Watkins to appeal to the superior courts in England, with the view of testing the legality of the forced union with Canada, was the subject of a very close debate. The resolutions were opposed on the ground that already eminent counsel, Sir Roundell Palmer and Mr. Vernon Harcourt, had said the act was legal. The Attorney- General replied that the case was not placed before the counsel fairly, and that Sir Roundell Palmer was pre judiced against Nova Scotia. At first the Attorney- General was successful by 16 to 14; but on the next day the House rescinded its first vote, and thus the campaign has ended in favour of annexation. The telegrams we publish from Havanna 'chew that the position of affairs in Cuba is becoming very serious for Spain. The disaffection of the volunteers has, it appears, subsided for the time ; they have not finally abjured their duty; but how greatly such divisions between the Spaniards themselves must favour the cause of the insurgents it is needless to point out. What with the assistance given to the rebels by the Americans, and the mutiny of the volunteers, the chance of Spain retaining Cuba appears at present smaller than ever. The tumults which led to the resignation of General Duke, of which notification by cable reached us some days ago, were chiefly owing to the belief that he was incapable of suppressing the rebellion. This impression had been gaining ground for some time, and finally a dis pute about the removal of General Pelaez gave rise to the explosion. This Pelaezhad been in command in the interior, and, according to popularbelief, - had turned the advantages of his position to the realisation of large sums of money, which he sent off to Spain. Ile was looked upon as a traitor, and was finally driven to take refuge on board a Spanish ship. The volunteers waited upon General Dulce and requested him to deliver up Pelacz. Ile refused. He was asked to resign, which he likewise refused. A tremendous tumult then arose, and a battle between the regular troops and the volunteers seemed inevitable. But the former were by no means to be relied on ; the latter were unanimous. The night of June 1 was spent in terror by General Dulce's family, the mob surrounding the viceregal palace, and howling all night for his abdica tion and his blood. The next morning the Captain- General, finding his troops not to be depended on, resigned. He signed his abdication, but protested that he did so by force, andwith that act, he said, ended Spanish domina tion in Cuba. This revolution, be it understood, was entirely brought t 'bout by Spaniards representing tne great commercial {All $360,000,000; theexpenditure,to $325,000,000; sur -1 property interest, and rendered effective for aggressive move - p l us, $ 3 5,000,000. Of the receipts the Inland Re meat from being embodied in armed organisations called venue yielded $166,195,655 in crup reenbacks, to I " The Volunteers.' The act, saysthe Wcw York Herald, b the Ist inst.; and the Customs $136,000,000 in resulted from entire unanimity among all of that class, the gold. The late Secretary estimated the receipts of good and the bad, including those who, from interest and principle, are lovers of order , and it was passively this fiscal year at $341,392,865, and the expendi- I acquiesced in, if not supported by , the fe w re g ular troops tare at $336,152,470, leaving a surplus of but five in the city. It was owing to the dissatisfaction felt at the millions. The Hon. David A. Wells, the Revenue comparative failure of military operations against the Commissioner, in his Revenue Report to Congress insurgents, it had long been deliberated, and the Pelaez a few days afterwards, more correctly estimated affair furnished a pretext for immediate action. But the receipts at $356,700,000, and the expenditure though General Duke undoubtedly did fail to restore the at $326,300,000, showing a surplus of 30 millions. ' authority of Spain, he failed through the want of men The receipts from Customs from Juno 1 to 5, 1869, were and money, and the Herald has no hope that his suc as follow : cessor will accomplish more. The only hope left to Boston the Spaniards seems to be to divide the island, as in the New York 1,660,757 03 case of Ilayti, leaving the eastern end to the Cubans. Philadelphia 149,030 71. Baltimore 97,334 74 THE ENGAGEMENT AT PTJERTO PADRE. San Francisco, May 17 to 29 246,205 46 There seems to be little doubt that the insurgents won the battle at Puerto Padre, which we announced the other day, but the issue of which was disputed. The Cuban accounts say that their troops, numbering 2,000, were attacked in their intrenchments by the Spaniards with a force of nearly double that number, who were twice repulsed. The loss of the Cubans was less than a hundred in killed and wounded, while that of the attacking party I was three times as great. intelligence in the New York I Herald represents the engagement as of less importance, but the victory is allowed to the Cubans. $2,474,130 62 Another great trial of speed between ocean steamers has just taken place. The companies do not permit such contests, but it is impossible to pre vent celebrated vessels testing their speed when together on the broad Atlantic, as occasionally happens, for such boats sometimes leave New York almost simultaneously. The City of Paris started from New York on the sth inst., w hile the North Ger- man Lloyd's screw steamer Main, Captain K. von Oterendorp, left within a hour and an half after, and the next morning they were abreast, but before night the Main was ahead. By daylight next morn ing she had increased the distance, and before night the Inman steamer had been dropped out of sight astern. While the vessels were abreast we presume each did her best, and that the contest wag close may be seen from the fact that it took nearly two days for the one to get out of sight of the other. The case was much the same in the celebrated race between the Russia and the City of Paris ; the Cunarder, while the weather was fine, beating the Inman vessel, but the tables were turned after it began to blow a gale, when we doubt whether any vessel ever equalled the running of the City of Paris, which, by the way, has been taken into dock to get her bottom cleaned. The Main must be a magnificent ship, as she reached the Needles in nine days and a half. A strange report during the time these vessels were running together was spread in New York about the City of Paris that she had gone down with all hands. - For some time the greatest consternation prevailed, which was not wholly dispelled till the Germania arrived, which having spoken her, was able to state that she was making a rapid passage across the Atlantic with all well on board. Some curious cases have arisen, among them one which may settle the liability of the Government to make good losses incurred by soldiers through the officers of the Treasury improperly cashing cheques to claim agents in payment of bounties and arrears due to the soldiers. Numbers were thus defrauded, and their cases have been brought up at Washing ton, for sums amounting to $40,000. It appears to be the general opinion that the Treasury officers are _responsible to make good such losses, and in default of them the Government. Another decision favours the claims of the obstreperous settlers on the Osage lands in Kansas. Secretary Browning withdrew from settlement the odd sections along the Leaven worth, L'twrence, and Galveston Roads, and Union Pacific Southern branch. ComtnissionerWilson now decides that those settled on the lands prior to with drawal, acquired rights of possession under the treaty, and this is supposed practically to revoke the order of the late Secretary Browning. About 15,000 persons are interested, as their right to purchase the rich, valuable, well-timbered lands on which they have been located, at one dollar and a quarter per acre is reserved up to A pril 10,1871. The Osage trust lands extend 250 miles in length by 20 broad, consisting of 3,200,000 acres. The whole district is one of great fertility, and rapidly becoming a fa vourite for settlement; all along the streams of the val leys flowing into the Arkansas and well through the Indian territory, being a choice district, is one over which there have been many disputes in Congress, owing to the " lobby " influence of those who de sire to anticipate its settlement. James L. Graham, jam, has been appointed United States Consul at Florence. The llon. J. Russell Jones, who is to succeed General Sanford, sails to-day from New York. The leave of absence for a year granted to General Sickles is to enable him to take up the appointment of Minister to Ma drid without resigning his commission in the army. John M. Langton having declined the mission to Liberia, his brother Charles has been appointed iu his place. It is reported that General Nelson has not been favourably received in Mexico. Some angry feeling has been excited by the appointment of a Fenian, Major James Haggerty, as Consul to Glasgow, which the Scotch journals appar to have taken as an intentional insult to Britain. The New Fork Times very justly says that the Administra tion probably neverheard even the gentleman's name, which came as did thousands of others attached to good certificates, I\ o Fenian could be in a better place as regards peace towards the British Govern ment, for while at Glasgow he gives personal bonds of a nature he would scarcely like to forfeit. We dare say Mr. Haggerty will be found a very agree able, gentlemanly, pleasant fellow, and the appoint ment is certainly not worth making a fuss about. Since writing the above we have received intelli gence from Glasgow, which proves that Major Hag gerty is not a Fenian, and never wag one, and could not therefore be a member of any Fenian circle or organization. He was supposed to be the Major James Haggerty of Col. Corcoran's 69th New York Regiment, who was a strong Fenian, but he was killed in action ; and the new Consul is by birth a Glasgow man, all his relations on his mother's side being Scotch. Time only can bring the disturbed relations be- tween whites and blacks again into harmony. Thousands ready to vote with their party, and sound on the main question, shy from the legitimate re sult of their own policy. The Cable informs us that 46 numerous trade unions throughout the United States have recently expelled white members for working with negroes." At the Navy-yard coloured bricklayers and joiners are working in the gangs, and a negro from Baltimore, the first of his race, has been engaged as a machinist. It was reported at Washington that the excitement consequent on the employment of coloured bricklayers had sub sided; but in Washington the negro is strong, and under the immediate protection of the Federal Go vernment, and it does not follow that what can be accomplished there can with impunity be done in other parts of the . Union. For instance, we learn that negroes have been empannelled as grand and petty jurors at the Criminal Court of Washington. At the same time the Supreme Court of Georgia decides that the intermarriage of whites and negroes is illegal, null, and void, and that the Legislature cannot rightly define the social status of citizens. In the Republican Convention of lowa, which re nominated Governor Merrill, two of the vice-pre sidents were coloured men, while negroes are an nouncing themselves for office in Tennessee, and Nashville is likely to be represented in the next Legislature by an intelligent African ; perhaps the " Moses" of the race may turn out to be black after all, in contradistinction to the original Moses, who was "exceeding fair ;" but whether the pseudo Moses of Tennessee who formerly undertook the task, and failed, was fair or not we cannot tell. The Printers' National Union, in session at Albany, laid a resolution on the table, by 5G to 28, which asserted the injustice in any sub ordinate union to deny admission on the ground of race or colour, while they consented to recog nize women compositors and admit them to member- stir. BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEA.—Albert Massey, son of Dr. Massey of Louisville, Kentucky, was drowned, on June 3d, while bathing.—Joseph illurtagh has been awarded $l,OOO damages by a jury, for cruel treatment and unnecessary amputation of his toes, While a patient in the St.LouisCityliospital.—HarryClifford,a desperate burglar, after receiving a sentence of four years in the Penitentiary, St.Louis,Tuesday, June 1, sprang out of an open window i❑ theCriminalCourt room,leaped o. high iron fence and escaped. professor Risley's Japanese troupe, with little " All Right," who performed in this country with such success last summer, will shortly. commence a season at the Crystal Palace.—Thomas C. Durant, after finishing the Pacific hours ,heu c o o n he hi w s Railway, has gone to Ogdensburg to look after the Saratoga and Ogdensburg Road. —Vice-President Colfax stopped in New York inN ow for ac a rs f e e; a family gatheringwould c got CONDITION OF THE SOUTH'. The Southern States of America are by all accounts rapidly getting over the effects of the war. A letter from Chief Justice Chase gives a flattering account of the improved condition of South Carolina. He says the people are fast recuperating after the great struggle, and, if permitted, would soon be thriving and prosperous. The effect of the war was calamitous, but the injury which time cannot heal must be grievous indeed. THE WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Spain is still at war with Chili and Peru. Though not a blow has been struck in this ridiculous contest for many months, and though the only effect of the continued belligerency is to injure the commerce of the three coun tries, no treaty of peace has yet been made. It was pro posed to hold a Congress at Washington this summer in order to settle the quarrel by the mediation of the United States. But Peru and Chili have recognised the Cuban insurgents, and the Spaniards naturally conclude that this indicates a desire to continue the " war." The Congress has, therefore, been abandoned, and this singular contest without battles will go on. RENEWAL OF THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. The Paraguayan Dictator, Lopez, will probably not occupy a very high place in history ; but he deserves at least remembrance for his unconquerable perseverance. The latest news from Paraguay seems to indicate that the Allies, instead of finishing the war, have half their work yet to do. Lopez appears to have erected works of greatstrength throughout the Cordilleras since the fall of Angostura. To carry these the Brazilian army must separate from its fleet, to which it has hitherto owed no small share of its success. The Paraguayan army is now estimated at 10,000 men, with eighty pieces of artillery. Some reports from the seat of war deserve little attention, but it seems highly probable that a severe campaign in the interior yet awaits the Allies. THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. According to a Brussels letter in the Patrie, the wife of the ill-fated Maximilian is much better. The ten physi cians in attendance upon her hold cut some little hope of recovery. The Princess is now subject only to intermittent attacks of madness, and she employs her more lucid moments in writing letters and part of a book on Mexico. In these there is a fair admixture of nonsense and passages which indicate great lucidity of mind. The poor lady has just got over the second anniversary of the tragedy which put an end to the Latin Empire in Mexico. It was on the 19th of June, 1867, that the Emperor Maximilian was shot. PRUSSIA AND UANOVER. The Nuremberg correspondent of the Temps denies the statement that the King of Prussia met with a good re ception at Hanover. Nothing could be more freezing than the attitude of the people. A short time ago the Crown Prince was received with open marks of disapproval ; and though the Hanove rians did not venture on this course in the cage of the King, they shewed their dissatisfaction by quitting the city. ,It is clear, says the writer, that the people of Hanover are to be looked upon as a conquered race, and as nothing else. Such a verdict from the Petrie would be of no con• sequence, but coming from such a moderate paper as the Temps it deserves attention. THE SUEZ CANAL. Mr. Lange, the English director of the Suez Canal, wishes it to be undeistood that the postponement of the inauguration to the 17th of November is owing to the personal wish of the Viceroy, and not to any delay in the completion of the works. There is every reason to believe that the canal will have attained the required depth of twenty-six English feet throughout in the month of October. COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. The Times of India expresses the hope that by April 1870 there will be direct, and, more imp )rtant still, trust worthy, telegraphic communication between England and India. The arrangements connected with the Red Sea cable—to settle which Mr. Gibbs, of the Malta and Alex andria telegraph, visited Bombay —are complete. The sel ec tionof apiece at which to land the shore end of the cable— apoin t of difficulty and importance b as be en made, and thus all preliminaries are decided upon. The cable is already in course of manufacture, and the Great Eastern, with a portion of it on board, will leave England for Bombay in November next, and on arrival at Bombay will imme• diately commence the laying of the cable to Aden, (From the Anglo-American 2 imes.) % Mr. Jenckes, of Rhode Island, has published his last speech in favour of Civil Service Reform in a pamphlet form, and he intends to agitate in favour of his bill by getting up meetings in various parts of the country to discuss the measure. Some of General Grant's appointments have been severely condemned, and as he acted on the principle that to the victor belong the spoils, in certain instances turn ing out excellent and able public servants to make way for politicians, he has done much to impress on the country the necessity of effecting the change by the force of public opinion. The Commissioner of Patents in effect already acts on what Mr. Jenckes proposes. A board has been organized to examine the clerks now in the office rigorously in history, geography, arithmetic, natural philosophy, astro nomy, and mechanical arts. It is thought that a large number of clerks will fail to pass the examina tion, and if so they will be dismissed, and their places supplied by others. If in the Patent-office, why not iu others ? for the same principle applicable to one is applicable to all, though, it may be, not in an equal degree. The telegram received from Washington on Tuesday to the effect that the Secretary of War had modified the recent order for retrenchment, and 100, instead of 400, clerks are to be removed, must have relieved many minds in that city, where the intention was announced of vigorously pur suing the plan .of retrenchment begun by the War Department with the advent of General Rawlins as Secretary. The barracks and army storehouse, known as Lincoln Depot, after having been kept up since the war at a great expense, have been vacated, the buildings and property being sold by auction. The order also dispensed with the services of a large number of men then employed at the Department. It was reported that the Secretary of the Trea sury was about to change hi 3 policy of selling gold and buying bonds, but as this story is in per petual circulation, it would not have received attention had it not been contradicted by the Treasury Department itself. It was also re ported that, during Mr. Boutwell's absence from Washington, no further gold sales would be made. It may be, in the face of the Indian War now raging, that the Secretary has ordered that, after the 30th instant, the Government sale of a million dollars in gold, and the purchase of a mil lion dollars of bonds, will be made on alternate weeks instead of weekly. Of the elasticity of the American revenue (which to so extraordinary a degree once marked the English revenue) the re turns for the fiscal year will give abundant proof. The receipts, as calculated up to July 1, the three weeks still to run being estimated, amounted to _~ to New England.-Generals Sheridan and Doubleday, and party, arrived in Omaha on Sunday, June 6, and loft for the West next day to assume command in the Indian war. -Surgeon Quinn, of the United States ship Saratoga, died at Havannab, on June 6, of yellow fever.-Gen Hal leek and Staff left San Francisco for St. Louis overland, Juno 10. His successor, Gen. Thomas, had arrived, and was warmly received. He issued his order assuming cam mend of the Military Division of the Pacific.-General Canby has appointed Judge Advocate H. B. Burnham to be Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals, and Brevet- Major A. B. Thomson, late U.S.A., has been detailed as Sheriff of Richmond, relieving Brevet-Major Elderkin.- Patrick Buckley,so long confined in gaol at Ottawa, Canada, on suspicion of being an accomplice in the murder of the Hon. Darcy M‘Gee, has become insane, and been placed in the lunatic asylum.-Professor Sanborn, under the rules of Darmouth College, being compelled, to resign the post of State Senator, to which he had been elected in New Hampshire, Cyrus W. Taylor was elected in his room. Peter Sanborn was re-elected by the Legislature, State Treasurer; J. D. Lyman, Secretary of State ; J. B. Clarke, State Printer,and J.Clark, Portmeouth,Commissary-Gen. - Superintendent Kennedy directed that on and after the 15th inst., until further orders, the police force of New York shall wear the summer uniform. -Mr. Weaver, of White Pine, will visit Europe soon, for the purpose of in ducing foreign capitalists to invest in the new mines.-- General Lee's handsome residence at the University of Virginia has just been completed.-General Q. A. Gilmore, who battered down Fort Paulaski during the war, has now been ordered to Savannah to repair it. - The trial of the officers of the fever ship Tames Foster was to commence last Monday in the United States Circuit Court. Against James Glynn, the carpenter, there are no fewer than nine separate indictments, charging him with assaults on as many different persons.-Mr Edwin Bootb, the tragedian, has been married to Miss M'Vickar at Long Branch.-Anne Dickinson is said to have predicted that she will be a member of Congress in ten years. -Alexander H. Stephens is slowly recovering from his late injury, and has resumed work on the second volume of his history.-Senator Chandler returns $44, 771 income.-Bradish Johnson, a lawyer of New Orleans, is reported to have sued General Neal Dow for silver plate taken from his house during the war.-J. M. Murdock, a re tired merchant, was killed by being thrown from his car riage, in Boston, on Sunday evening, June 6.-Richard H. Dana has withdrawn the suit brought by him against the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the omission of his name from the voting list last year.-James Monroe, President of the Third National Bank at Syracuse, New York, and an ex-State Senator, died on Monday, the 7th June.-Professor Robert von Schlagintweit, the Himalayan explorer, is now in Cali fornia.-Mr E. W. Dodge, a well-known lawyer of New York City, died June 5, at Verona Springs, Oneida County, N.Y. Mr. Dodge was born in Oneida County, N.Y., and was 47 years of age at the time of his death. His remains were buried at Westmoreland.-A number of Canadian Frenchmen have applied for and obtained employment at the Banner Mine, Nevada.-The Hon. Eugene Casserly, United States Senator from California, reached San Fran cisco, June 7, having made the trip from New York in ten days.-Mr. George Peabody is in delicate health, he re ceives few visitors, and desires to live in seclusion until he becomes stronger. He states that of the £150,000 ori ginally contributed for the Peabody houses in London, £30,000, or enough for another house, is still unexpended . The sanitary condition and management he reports to be excellent. He left New York for Boston, June 10, in the Fall River line of steamboats, and will remain in the city for a few days to consult with Dr. Scars in regard to the Educational Fund, of which the latter gentleman is the manager, after which he will pro ceed to the residence of his nephew in Salem, there to remain for rest and recuperation. A ember 0 1 personal friends accompanied Mr. Peabody to BOSt011," Islrs. Yelverton is reading in New Orleans.-The Wm. H. Seward and party were in Chieago, June 1 0 . They have started on a tour of six months' duration, care prising a trip by the Pacific Railroad to San Francisco, where they propose taking a steamer for Sitka. The party also propose to visit India and China before their return home.-Gen. A. P. Hovey, U. S. Minister to Peru, arrived in New York, June 9, by the Henry Chauncey, on leave of absence, and is at the St. Nicholas Hotel.-An other "last surviving servant of General Washington" died in New' Orleans the other day. The name on this occasion was Susan Johnson. -Henry Ward Beecher sar i it will never do to "preach cream and practice skim milk."-Several friends have purchased and sent the Rev. Franky Thomson, of Hilo, Sandwich Islands, a $250 cabinet organ for the church in which he preaches. - • Senator ROSCO 3 Conkling, the .Hon. Benjamin Wade, and General Boynton arrived at Omaha June 11, with their families, and started for Promontory Point in the evening. -An English youth aged 18, named Broadbent, was drowned at Fall River, Sunday, June 6, while bathing. tie had only been in America a week.-Commodorts John A. Winslow took command of the Portsmouth, New Hanle shire, navy yard, on Saturday, June 5.-Rich Bradley, -a leading citizen of Concord, and father-in-law 8f Speaker Harvey Jewell, of the Massachusetts Legislature, died in Concord on Sunday morning, June 6, at the age of 79.- - Mrs. John Heath, who has had charge of the light in New port, Rhode Island, harbour since her husband's death a year ago, has been formally appointed its keeper. -- A bequest of $50,000 to Yale College has been made by the will of the late John J. Phelps of New York.- Dries Ida Lewis, of Newport, Rhode Island, has been presented with $2BO, subscribed by the officers and soldiers stetioned at Fort Adams, in appreciation of her services in saving the lives of Sergeant Adams and Private M'Laughlin, March 29.-The Hon. W. C. Kittridge, United States As- d sessor for the First Collection District of Vermont, exP ire June 1, almost instantly, at the Central House, Rutland.-- Gen. J. C. Fremont and Chief-Engineer J. M. Daniel, vrh ° arrived in France in the steamship Ville de Paris, came on business for the Memphis, El Paco, and Pacific Railroad. -- A son of the Hon. J. Russell Jones, the newly-appoint ed Minister to Brussels, was drowned on the 24th ult. Th e lad was 13 years old.-The Springfield Republican says: -- "The question, ' Who's M'Cracken ?' has been definitely answered at last, by the statement that William X M'Cracken, who died lately at Bloomington, Illinois, wi le the man who accused Mr. Motley and other foreign Minis tors to Mr. Seward." Senator Ramsey, the commissioner appointed to negociate a new postal convention wi th France, has left for Paris.- Mr. Douglas Lascelles, of the Royal Navy, brother of the Earl of Harewood, died at Vancouier's Island on the 15th inst.-Reen, under sen tence of death for murder at Charleston, has added to his crime that of suicide. His conduct during and since bi e trial was brutal and violent to an extreme rarely wit nessed. He surlily refused food, threatened vengeance 03 his keepers, and was abusive in his conduct. le e tore . his blanket into strips, fastened them to a staple , and by bending his knees succeeded in strangling himself. If the verdict be sustained in the new trial asked for ill the breach of promise case of Amanda Craig of Cincinnati, that lady will recover from E. P. Sprague, the unfortir. nate man who so damaged her heart, $lOO,OOO, being Alt ever she valued it at.-David Sternberger, a wellekneo ll merchant, a native of Germany, died June 9, at the ree l " donee of his son, No. 9, East Thirty-fifth-street, New York.-Prince Alamayoo, son of King Theodore of Abys sinia, will leave England for India, under the care of Cap t. Speedy, by the next steamer from Southampton. A. L. Steadman, an Englishman of wealth ari d standing, who was stopping at the Brevoort House is company with Sir John Barrington, at one time Mayor of Dublin, left the hotel on Sunday morning, June 6, and bss not since been seen by his friends. They fear that he has been foully dealt with. Search has boon and is still being made for the missing man. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Avoid Medicines: they always aggraY.st6 chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health-restor.lg. Revalenta Arabic°. Food, which yields three times the nonrise ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other remedl and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, e9u n lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, funetiole„ regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. w extract a few oat of 68,000 cures ;—" The Pope's health restore a u by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413. "Rome, July 21, 1 86 ,.: —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially Fr'," abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself 60111*(0/ to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Food, of which he consuine a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly be ne i facial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this exe . .. B lent food too highly." From the " Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cw;, No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' 111 .,', complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a ner`N:a palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness,,, a ' f d the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. L 771; i?' Stuart de Decies Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many yea ,1 1 dyspepsia. 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CUARLES—On the 25th inst., at 8, Elgin-croscent, s ington-park, the wif e o f A r th ur Ch ar l es , E s q., of a W l ' LAwsos—On the 24th inst., at 12, Harley-street, Cavery dish-square, the wife of Georgo Lawson, Esq., of a s°ll' MARRIAGES. BoURNE —SMITH —On the 24th inst , at Kernpsel, I Cr°" cestembirP, John Dlallock Bourne,. Esq., of Edgbastoni to Sarah L ou i sa , th e d aug ht e r o f th e l a te JoseplcSi itb ' Esq., of Dempsey. WitIGHT —TURNER—On the 24th inst , at St. Mary's, e,s 13rompton, 'William Wright, 11, Gili spur - s treet, On Sarah Mouutfort, of Eedcliffe-road, eldest daugh ter ° the late J. W. Turner, Esq. DEATHS. BOYNTON —On the 25th inst., at Burton Agnes, Yorkshire/ Sir Henry Boynton, Bart., aged 58. Fox—On the 25th inst., Mr. Charles James Fox, of 67' Paternoster-row, city, aged 74. krONE Oa the 25th inst., at Rosset, DenbighslAre, Francis H. ',done. 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