The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-24 00:00:00

Eli' LIT or TUT, S 2LXO JOUaNALS. The Wham refers to the narrow escape of the French Lion King, and observes that the subduing of wild beasts, IN men have learnt from Van Amburgh, is merely the result of merciless thrashing when they are young. The Application of the heavy cudgel, of the iron bar, or of the red-hot ramrod on their tender limbs leaves an impres ,ilon which the threatening glance of him who wields Limn weapons keeps for ever fresh in the brute's memory. How is it that civilisation can reconcile itself to the eebibition of "lion-kings," "lion brides," "lion-tamers," of both sexes, at the present day? To tame a lion requires hardly more skill than to break a horse ; and the sight of the noble brute cowed by mere human cunning would scarcely have any attraction save for the chance—the terrible chance—that the cunning may for once be at fault, and that a moment of savage impatience may pay for years of indignity. It is thus that, with ell our boasted refinement, we run after amuse ments which may reproduce all the atrocities, without exhibiting the brave struggles, of the aLcient circus. In some of the greatest feats of rope-dancing, in some of the wildest antics of tumblers and jumpers, it is not by the exhibition of the utmost grace and dexterity, but by the daring with which he comes within an inch of breaking his neck, that the performer elicits our loudest storm cf applause. We frame ourlaws so as to put a check, if it were possible, to suicidal instincts, and then we pay any money which may tempt a poor fellow to court self-destruction by capering and pirouetting on what may be at any moment for him the brink of eternity. Many of us have seen "a female Blondin" achieving au ascent on the slack rope to the top of some of our loftiest thea tres, trundling a wheelbarrow before her with a couple of infants within it. The interest of the thing was simply that the woman, the wheelbarrow, the babies, and all rnieht come down with a crash. The crowd in the pit evidently made ready for the catastrophe by shrinking back from the rows of seats immediately beneath the rope. They were careful enough to take care of them selves, but for the fate that might he- in store for those poor wretches in mid-air—why, they had bought their tickets, and with them the right to their share of plea surable excitement. The Standard observes that the Habitual Criminals Act has already taken effect in one or two cases in which its operation will meet with an all but unanimous ap proval—the only dissentients, we suspect, being those who have good reason to apprehend that they may sooner or later find themselves subject to its provisions. As a general pule, with certain and local exceptions, the power of magistrates in cases of assault has been mest inadequate to the due punishment of the worst class of offenders. The " roughs " have, as our contemporories r2marked, learnt their power from such demonstra tions as those by which Messrs. Beales and Finlen overawed the respectability of London, and threw the West-end into panic, and instead of sub mitting quietly to the agents of the law, have, when threatened with arrest, attacked, maltreated, and maimed the police with atrocious ferocity, and too often with comparative impunity. The act meets this evil by giving magistrates power to pass a sentence of six months' im prisonment. That power has already been used ; and the consternation which its exercise seems to have in spired in the minds of the culprits will, we hope, spread to their associates, and protect and encourage the official defenders of society in the fulfilment of arduous and perilous duties, from which some of them appear of late to have somewhat shrunk. We agree, then, with Mr. Serjeant Cox that the provisions of the act to which he called the attention,of the grand jury at the Middlesex Sessions are of the utmost iinpor tanc^, as supplying a real " preventative check" on the criminal profession, more efficient than any merely deterrent measure can ever be ; and we only trust that they may be administered with discretion and s%ith vigour —with discretion lest any unhappy errors should, by rendering them apparently incompatible with the security of innocence, turn public opinion against them, and make their execution impossible ; with vigour in order that they may effect all that they are capable of effecting for the protection of society and the defeat and dispersion of its avowed intestine enemies. It was to be expected, says the Post, that the subject of technical education, and in connection with it the opera tion of the patent laws, would futnish the text for one of the many addresses which are now being delivered at the meeting of the British Association. Both questions have been discussed by Mr. Siemens. Without considering in detail cur patent laws, or noticing the many important particulars in which they call for reformation, it must, we think, be conceded that substantially they rest on a sound principle. Without, some such laws as those now in operation it would not be worth a man's while to expend time and money in the prosecution of an object which would immediately paSs to the benefit of the entire community, and the attainment of which might, according to the standard of national rewards, bring to him bat slight - remuneration. The case of Watt's steam-engine is in point. Without such protection and inducement as those held out by the patent laws, it is scarcely probable that Watt would have carried out his project to a successful issue ; and the loss to the nation. and the world would iu such an event have been simply incalculable. Whether the tax now imposed on industrial ingenuity by the heavy fees incidental to patents should not be completely abolished is a question which will &Atte under the consideration of the committee which will doubtless be appointed next year to examine the state of the patent laws; but it is scarcely probable that any recommendation will be made adverse to the existing principle of giving an individual the exclusive enjoyment for a limited period of the fruit of his own ingenuity. The Telejraph reminds us that among the legends of hotels is recorded the story of a customer who, in dire dis pleasure at the amount of his bill, angrily declared to tl e waiter that he shoUld write at once to the newspapers. " Yes, sir," was the waiter's answer, as he produced a [Sheet of note-paper and an envelope ;- "yes, sir, only one shilling extra." The moral of the story is sufficiently obvious. It is the absence of uniformity in price which makes travelling in England so costly and so uncomfort able. On the Continent, and in the United States, a tourist can calculate his bill beforehand with almost absolute accuracy. Rooms, dinner, breakfast, wino, candles, and attendance are charged at so much per head ; and though one inn may be dearer or cheaper than another, yet the same proportion usually exists between the amount of the items. Thus, when the traveller plans out his journey, he knows pretty well what it will cost him ; and he has no special anxiety each time he asks for his bill, last it should prove so exorbitant that he will feel bound to protest. But at home the case is widely different. It is only through a wonderful amount of self-denial that the ordinary traveller has any power of exercising control beforehand over the way in which his bill is running. If he asks the price of his rooms before his luggage is brought up, he is at once made aware, by the coldness of the landlord, that he has committed a breach of hotel etiquette. When he orders his dinner he is perfectly conscious that anything the waiter particularly recommends is sure to be extravagantly dear; and if he orders the cheapest wine on the list— say Beaujolais at three shillings a bottle—he is admonished, by the way in which the champagne and coloured hock glasses are removed from the table, that he has fallen ♦ery low in the estimation of his entertainers. And the real result of all this state of things is that the stay at the hotel is rendered gloomy by apprehension of the coming bill. One great reason why Englishmen out for their holiday go abroad instead of stoppirg at home is that they know they will have f..r more comfort in foreign hotels than they can hope to find at native inns ; while the operation of settling the score will be far less provo cative of unpleasant feelings. " How may the State best promote the education of the destitute and neglected portion of the population ? " This, remarks the Herald, is one of the questions to be debated at Bristol, and assuredly one which is worthy of all the earnest thought which can be devoted to it. In many ways the question is perpetually asking itself at l,loice•courts and down dark aleys, where constables are contraband, and crime flourishes with impunity. It is silently asked by a surplus agr:cuitural population, living in misery under the blue sky, and still more ominously under clouds of factory smoke by hard-worked men and women who, though only " hands" in the language they ordinarily hear, are, nevertheless, fathers and mothers with children who must work or starve. Perhaps this question may find itself snore or less connected with another, which is also to be put to the congress. "Is it desirable that state-aid shosld be given to emigration, and if so, in what form ?" Indeed, it is wonderful how social questions always are connected one with another. Both these subjects—the education of our neglected children, and the care of our purpins labour6fs- 7 Lave a great deal to do with the Pr+Ter relations which ow,;11t to exist be'w.2tn Englat d and her colonies, and might very profitably take Preceilence .of . the more political topic-perhai s indeecl, to throw on it some additional light. We 11.6ve now to deal with the results of a •system in Math human weakness, idleness, and improvidence have bet n intensified -by ignorance, 'and we have a double task to Perform- , -to check the...growth of misery by means of education, and to mitigate that which exists by the inter vention of the State. It is useless to perform the second if we neglect the first, but whatever may be urged con- corning the future importance of education, it cannot be f. ,rgotten that the present suffering which calls for allevia tion speaks to us iu very piteou3 language. A WITTY PRECENTOII.—The anthem at Exeter Catlinaral on Sunday, when that venerable edifice was crowded with the saran., attending the Congress of the Eritish Association, was Royce's " Oh, where shallwiedom be found THE ZIODEI?X ST,AGE. The Times contains a letter from Mr. F. B. Chatterton, the manager of Drury-lane Theatre, which we subjoin. It is written in answer to a very sharp criticism by "An Amateur Critic," who said the play 'Formosa," by Mr. Dion Boucicault, was not fit to be seen by the youth or the females of London :—" I do not wish to intrude on the discussion concerning the moral effect of Mr. Boucicault's new play, 'Formosa.' But, as manager of Drury-lane Theatre, I must be allowed to say that if I had perceived in it any such stain as some persons profess to see I should not have given it house room. Your correspondent, An Amateur Critic,' suggests that unmarried ladies are not to be admitted. The ladies, both married and unmarried, have settled that ques tion. I shall gladly submit to your correspondent my box-book, crow led with the names of ladies the highest and most respectable in London. And I point to my boxes and stalls, where the ladies are to be seen nightly in a large majority. Surely the public is not a child, and can judge for itself. I live no right to object to the virtuous indignation of your correspondent. I give him credit for sincerely feeling every word he writes. But dr you think this overwhelming majority of ladies would be found in my audience if the play were as indelicate a picture as he represented it to be? If he sees indecency where they do not, am I not permitted to suspect that he brings the excitement of an unchaste mind to the subject? Ido not complain of his convictions, but I do complain that these views—the views of a confessed small minority—should find expression in your powerful journal, and, in a manner, tend to injure ma in my business. It is not, however, with this part of the question it was my intention to interfere. Its discussion is in abler hands than mine. lam accused of degrading the standard of Drury-lane Theatre by the production of 'Formosa.' Now, sir, it is time the public were put in possession of some statistics, by the help of which they may judge what l have done for what is called the legitimate drama, and if I may be justly accused of deserting it or turning it out of doors. For seven years I have been the manager of this house, and this is my experience. I have produced the best plays of Shakspere, Byron, Milton, and Goiithe. To illustrate these works I have engaged Miss Helen Faucit, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Montgomery, and all the tragic talent to be obtained. I employed Mr. Beverley and numerous assistants to paint the scenery, sparing no expense to render the repre sentations perfect. My enterprise was supported cheer fully by the pit and gallery, but my boxes and stalls were sadly deserted. I lost money. Ilad not the pantomime and Christmas come to my rescue I could not have stood my ground at all. I was stubborn, and pursued this policy for pride's sake during six years. But, Sir, I am neither a literary missionary nor a martyr; I am simply the manager of a theatre, a vendor of intellectual entertainment to the London public, and I found that Shakespeare spelt ruin and Byron bank ruptcy. In this extremity, to which I was led by my faith in the fine taste of the upper classes for the poetic drama, I turned to the dramatist who has made the for tunes of more than one manager in London. I need not nay with what result. By his advice I opened the theatre in August, when London is supposed to be empty, at a period when no manager has ever dared to open it until now. To my objections he replied that the city was only cleared of those who never patronised the drama they talked so much about ; That London al ways had three millions of people in it when town was said to be empty ; that be wrote for the middle classes and the working classes, who alone could be relied on to support way intellectual entertainments ; -and that where they led their betters would follow. He proved to •be right. Tire amount taken daily at my box-office before the doors open for securing stalls and private boxes alone to see 'Formosa' exceeis the gross contents of my theatre to witness ' Macbeth.' Five years ago I produced Comus' in the most splendid manner. The public would not come to see it. They prai,ed it and kept away. At the same time Mr. toneicault's drama, the Streets of London' was produced at the Prin cess' Theatre, and for 200 nights that theatre was crammed nightly with those who deserted Milton. Now we have changed hands. 'Acis and Galatea," the classic work of Handel, was produced at the Princess's a fortnight ago in the most magnificent style, and with what result? The manager closes his doors next week, and awaits the production of a new di ama. I, on the contrary, produce `Formoaa,' by the author cf ' The Streets of London,' and I obtain that public patronage which my rival en joyed five 3-ears ago. The public have been a good deal abused, managers have been called mercenary, and we have been led to understand that there is an intellectual and refined class somewhere, who only want the opportunity to come out and support the higher class of dramatic entertainment. Where are they? Mr. Macready, my predecessor in management here, tried to discover their existence, Let retreated from the rearch with very sore pockets, just as I did. No such customers exist. There is, however, a class cf literary men and d.letta,,ti that profc,st to deplore-the degradati.m of our times. I Lave rc►narked, however, that. when I produce Shalz,p,re th,Ae g.ntieit n, who are entitled courtesy to atlioi,sion to the th•-titre, rarely ask f••r orders, but since I have produced 'Formosa' I have been overwhehned with applications from this quarter for private boxes for :lair wives and families. I state facts; I allow others to comment upon them. LAW AND POLICE. Av UNCRATEFUL MAN.—At the Middlesex Sessions a deaf and dumb man, named Cartwright. was charged with assaulting Mr. Johns, the deputy lodgiug•honso keeper at Eagle•street. He had no money, but Mr. Johns allowed him to sleep there on three occasions without paying, and one morning the prisoner suddenly attacked Mr. Johns with a poker. He was sentenced to live years' penal servi tude, his defence being that he did not know what he was about. A ltoonE AND VAGABOND.--At the same sessions another deaf and dumb man was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour and twenty strokes with a birch rod for being a rogue and vngaLond. Ile had attacked a lady from whom he was Legging, and assaulted the &nicer who took him in charge. A NrA - SAGENTS' QUARREL.—At the Guildhall, on Monday, Mr. Eyre, director of the Newspaper News. agents Publishing Company, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Dakin for assaulting Mr. Clinton Hoey, editor and proprietor of the Universal News, which is published by the Company. The quarrel arose out of a placard respecting the Polish nun, whose story has lately excited so much interest. Mr. Hoey objected to the placaid being put up, declaring it to be derogatory to the Catholic religion, and the defendant persisted in doing so. Mr. Hoey, therefore, pulled the bill down and the defendant struck him. He was fined 9 0s. and costs. CHAEGE AGAINST A CONSTABLF..—It will be remem bered that Police-Inspector Brooks gave some evidence before Mr. Paget respecting a charge of stealing tobacco, which the magistrate believed to be false. It now appears that Mr. Paget has communicated with the Chief• Co mmissioner, and that Brooks has been fined two days' pay and severely censured. The Custom House authorities, under whom he held an appointment, have deprived him of his post. CHARGE OF MEEDEE.—At the Southwark Police-court, on Monday, a young man, named Rountree, was charged with attempting to murder a young woman, named Eliza Raven. The prisoner and the prosecutrix were near neighbours in the Old Kent-road, and the quarrel between them arose out of some foolish dispute about the door steps. The prisoner, who said there was no bullet in the pistol which, he fired at the young woman, was committed for trial at the Old Bailey. ANOTHER RAILWAY PEosEcuriON.— At Wakefield, on Monday, Mr. T. Flockton, of Stockton-on-Tees, was charged with making use of the means of communication between passengers and railway servants on the Great Northern Railway without sufficient cause. As the driver of au express train from Leeds reached Sandal on the 9th of August, he heard his gong strike, and saw a man at a carriage window beckoning that he should pull up at the next station. The driver went on to Hostel], a short, distance, where the defendant alighted, and said he wished to go to Kirkgate station, and finding the train did not stop, be felt justified in the step he bad taken. In defence, it was stated that Mr. Flockton had been telegraphed for to execute a deed, and he was under the impression that the guard would come to him if be touched the signal. The bench held that the case had been made out, but it being the first that Lad been brought before them under the Act, they imposed a nominal penalty, which, including costs, :mounted to fifty shillings. Mr. Stitupsoo, the late secretary to the ForcsterF, nas marl° an explanation with re&, , strd to the a; plicat:on wade by his wife at. the Clerkenwfill I'olic +-court on Friday. Ito stated that it was nearly two ears s nee he hal p ate d from his wife, and that ha tad agreen to allow her £1 wceic as lung as the did nut molest him. lie Lad con ned that payment regulatly fur eighteen munths, When brolic her engagement by molesting him, and Le stopped the pnyineut. MURDER IN LIVEUPOOL.—At a coroner's in , rptest held upon the body of a widow named Hannah Tennant, it was shewn by medical evidence that the inju res to the throat and windpipe could not. have been in. flicted by her own hand. The deceased was found lying upon the floor of her house with her throat terribly cut. A piece of the windpipe and a knife covered with blood were found at some distance from the body. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons at present un. *inown. TIIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. inad6 a prisoner, we presume—at Liticenaa or Jurnirns City, the capital of Cazembe. The chief of that country is ruled by a race for which Dr. Livingstone has expressed his contempt. Mrs. Burton appeals for " men and means to rescue ono of England's favourite sons from a precarious and perhaps perilous position." • dated the 21st. According to this accoxint the Porte hal accepted the explanations furnished by the Viceroy, and the whole question of the differences is in a fair way of pacific settlement. TUE LAND QUESTION. The land question is coming to the fore in an unmistakeable manner. Tho already-announced association has published its programme. It contains the best names amongst the advanced Reformers. Mr. John Stuart Mill is its chairman ; Sir George Grey, Sir C. IV. Dilke, M.P., Messrs. Fawcett, Dixon, Jacob Bright, Tom Hughes. M'Laren„ Morrison, and Muntz, M.P.'s • Sir J. Bowring, Messrs. Hare, Neate, Harrison, Beales, Rogers, Potter, and many others are down on the committee. The efforts of the organisation will be devoted to obtaining free trade in land. They support Mr. Locke's Real Esta blished ill testacy Bill; wish to preserve the rights of the public over commons ; and will promote measures whereby a peasant proprietary may be established. Towards this Litter end they will agitate for a reform in the law as to land held by public bodies. To the Duke of Richmond this association seems to be working against all practical experience. He pointed out at a recent meeting at Strathbogie, Scotland, that in Ireland small holdings were already the rule for farms. They were the curse of the country. The proper thing for Parlia ment to do, he said, nas not to divide and split up land any more, but to take measures whereby farms should become larger, so that there might be security for influence, intelligence, enterprise, energy, and capital being used in the agriculture of tne country. 'The 7Vines Commissioner continues his investiga tion into the Irish land question by an account of agrarian outrages in the districts of Tipperary. The principal crimes committed in that neighbourhood within the last twelve months are the homicides on the late Mr. Scully's estate at Ballycohey, and the murders of Messrs. Bradshaw, Baker, and Tracey, all of which, with the exception of Mr. Bradshaw's murder, are agrarian crimes. As to the terrible affair on the Scully estate, the commissioner observes there can be no doubt that Mr. Scully was asserting his right, but that it was a case of 81117:»271»1 ;US being sumnia infuria. The tenants of Mr. Scully had previously held from year to year; but they were, when the murder took place, required to pay rents quarterly, and to hold their tenure on twenty-one days' notice. The murders of Mr. Tracy and Mr. Baker were much more ruthlcs3, each arising from cases of ordinary ejectment. But in no single instance has an offender been brought to justice. • All these crimes, says this inquirer, have one com mon object—to maintain the title of the tenant to his holding, according to a popular standard of right, and to punish those Who attempt to disturb it. They aro not the results of individual passion, but are systematic to a certain extent, and show the signs of a kind 'of method; they exact vengeance not only from the authors of what is supposed a wrong, but from those who, though innocent of it, help to carry it out, and become its instruments. On the whole, the existing relations of property, though occasionally grievous, cannot be held respon sible for this lawless spirit. It could grow up and spread only in a state of society that has been for a long time deeply disordered. TIFE RECONSTRUCTION OF Tim IRISII CIIMICH. Step by step thework of rescuing the Irish Church from chaos proceeds. Tho letter of the two Arch bishops seems to settle the question as to the repre seutation of the laity in the future governing body of the Church. Their right to have an equal voicewith the clergy in determining the future regulations of the Church has been recognised, and the Archbishops have suggested that they ought to settle among themselves the form of representation which they des:re to have in the National Synod. But the question which next presented itself was, how shall the laity be set in motion to decide their mode of representation Who shall convene them ? The Bishop of Down has found a solution to this latter difficulty by calling a preliminary conference of the clergy and whicir was held last week at Belfast. The experiment proved very 91leCCFSrld. A large number of laymen. itn - luding several M.P.'s and the magistrates at:cnded, :Aid all political colours Wi re blended for the time in peaceful Larmony. The ashop, who Frcsied, thought that numerical strength should decide the representation in the Dioceasan Synods. Taking the divisions of his own distrit t Ls an example, he luoposed that one out of every five clergymen should be elected, to whom he would add a few officials —namely, the deans and arehde.icons of the three dioceses and the Vicar-General— seven altogcter. This mode of selection would give Down 12 clerical delegates, Connor, 21 ; Dromore, S ; making, with the seven "extras," 48in all. Then as to lay representation :—ln Down there are 28,865' men:hers of the Established Church ; in Connor, 80,125 ; and in Dromore, 4.4,174. lie prop:-. sed that thy should elect one delegate for each 44;00 members. (hi that priueiple Down would have S delegates, Connor 20, and D - ronmore 12, making altogether 40 lay delegatt , s. To this he Would add the Parliamentary members for the counties of Down and Antrim, and the b - ,roughs of I.isliurn, and Do titpatrick, and the Mayor of Ilel:ast. lie oCo 1 1 ex.--ln.le on, of t!le resi.ootel meni,ers vc!,. is not. a ChnrJlunan. 'rule number of lay represelitat;y,s woula thus lie inereJsea to .19. jufit one above the eli•r:e:11 re; %r, a,utativta. Finally, I.or,'s-Lieutenant of the eonniy A. long disemsion fell wcd the silt:ng fort . i u. ;Ws plan, and eventually three resolutions were i.ssed. One stipula'ed that it I):ocusm i.7!ynol of the clergy and laity of 1 'own, Connor. antl 1 ronr)re be formed, for the purpose of com,iilering the questii as Con nected with the interests of the Church. The seeon propos:Al that tlw synod should be formed of equ:d numbers of clergy and laity, the latter to be commu nicants of at lent , t one year's standing... The third provided for meetings in individual parishes for the purpose of electing representatives. The Diocesan Synod will meet for the first time on the 7th of September. Thus one great step has been made towards the formation of a governing body. Wizen the diocesan synods are complete, the National, or General, Synod will, it is hoped, soon follow. LOST LOYALTY. Her Majesty has evidently Jost the loyalty of many worthy snb;ects because she did not frustrate the Ministry by declining to sign the Irish Church Bill. No more will " The Queen " appear at the head of all truly Protestant toast-lists. Genuine Protestants cannot pray for a sovereign who has allied herself with Antichrist. Ono faithful and indignant servant of the 'Church always puts the Queen's head upside down whenever he has occasion to use a postage-stamp. One ought to be truly thankful that this gentleman so far honours the Queen as to use . pliztage stamps at all. Certain clergymen have .applied to the Bishop of Meath askin g for instructions in face of s t rong representa tionsfrom their congregations demanding that the prayers for the Queen be discontinued. It seem, then, that a new religious doctrine is gaining ground. St. Paul's exhortations Gn the subject of charity-are in future not to apply to obnoxious Acts of Parlia ment. We may look for the speedy introduction of the bell, book, and candle. THE ANTRIM ELECTION. Tno official declaration of the poll at Antrim leaves a majority for the Conservative candidate of 3,294—a great victory, which does not speak well for the spread of Liberal doctrines in Ulster. Sir Shafto Adair states that his defeat is due to " an abuse of territorial influence almost unparalleled," and the Northern Whit, supports this complaint by specific charges : "The Hertford estate virtually occupies the barony of Upper 11Tasserine, the lists of which chew a gross number of 1,186 voters. We are informed by those who have closely watched the proceedings for some days back, with an eye to the future, that of this entire number of voters not a solitary tenant-at-will on the Hertford estate was permitted to give his vote to Si r Sh a ft( ) Adair! Captain Seymour was put forward on the 'No Popery' cry ; there are said to be more than 250 Catholic tenants on the Hert ford estate. The Catholics were forced to vote for the No Popery' candidate." TIIE NORWICH EI.F.CTION COMMISSION. The Norwich Election Commissioners will have to make their investigations complete by following up hints dropped here and there by evidently reluctant witnesses. Everyone that is examined is not of the opinion expressed in some of the first day's evidence, that there are " very few " bribeable electors in Norwich. Later, those persons who have had more experience have estimated that there is a " very considerable corrupt element ; " voters numbering from 500 to SOO are stated to be come at-able. The Conservatives deny that they bribed at the last election ; they put down all kinds of wicked ness to the Liberals. They instance the bought show of hands as a specimen of the way the contest was conducted by their opponents. The Liberals frankly admit that the show was . ob tained by money, but declare th a t no t one o f the paid men wa s a vo t er . Th e y i mpu t e wor k s of unrighteonsness to the Conservatives. There is some . mystery—which may, perhaps, h erea ft er b e cleared up—about the money handed to a Liberal committee-man to obtain the nomination. The tam is not Froved as yet to have been spent entirely on the. object for which it was intended. There is a whispered suggestion that the as yet unaccounted for money was not given to non-voters. D:1. LIVING STONE. The mystery concerning Dr. Livingstone gob darker and more unfathomable than ever. Where he is we have only theories to inform us; two such guesses at _truth have already proved wrong. The Latest from Sir Rcderick Murchis9n is that, having found a discrepancy between the levels of the " Albert Nyanza" and the Tanganyika lanes, Living sone turned westward, and attempted to trace the drainage of the latter lahes into the Ocean. But tins doea not appear to be the universal opinion ; and Mrs. Burton, the wife of Captain Bu r t on , ano th er Af r i can t rave ller, writ e s to the Telegraph giving a totally different one. She believes, and says it has long been whispered pri vately. that the doctor is detained—that is to say. THE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY. A circular addressed to the shareholders, policy nolders, and annuitants of the klbert Company, calls attention to the eager rapidity with which the final disaster was consummated. On the 12th a private meeting of some of the shareholders was held. The manager, Mr. A. R. Kirby, made a statement respecting the finances of the company, and pointed out the sacrifices to which the share and policy holders must submit. On the day pre vious to that meeting a petition to wind up the company had been actually presented and on the next day—the lfith—after five minutes' talk with the Vice-Chancellor's chief clerk, an order was made to appoint Mr. A. R. Kirby himself and Mr. S. L. Price provisional liquidators until the hear ing of the petition on the 10th of September. The circular points out that these hurried proceedings were taken during the vacation, when the judges were all out of town, and no public discussion could take place in the shareholders' interests. Tile result has been that the company is virtually remitted to the care of its former manager, and against this act a strong protest was entered : " We are advised that the selection of Mr. Kirby is highly objectionable, inasmuch as his father or himself has had the chief control of the affairs of your company since its formation in the year 1838, the deed of settlement pro viding that in addition to a substantial salary, the former should receive £5 per cent. on the premium income of the company, out of which he should have amassed a colossal fortune. Apart from every other consideration, we are of opinion that the gentleman wh o ha s b een , t o some ex t en t, instrumental in placing your company in its present disas trous condition should not be the person specially selected to manage your affairs at this momentous crisis." An appeal is therefore made to the shareholders and others to co-operate in the appointment of an inde pendent liquidator. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. The Americans have a not unpromising novelty in railway management under consideration. The Erie Company promise to illuminate their line, at night by the electric spark, at the ferries over rivers, in the tunnels, on all dangerous curves, and on every engine. Several important improvements have been made, amongst which is an invention by which the turning of the wheels of the engine shall collect electricity for use in illumination. Even with the diminution of light caused by the jarring of the locomotive, it is calculated that the lights will show the track to the engineer on a straight line for three miles. MINING ACCIDENTS. The terrible colliery ,explosion in Saxony has caused, as well it might, a profound sensation in the German States. Such a disaster is comparatively a new thing in the Vaterl:ind. The German papers accordingly suggest proportionately drastic remedies. The National Gazette, of Berlin, contends that the owners of mines ought to be responsible for all acci dents which are not traceable to the victim's own carelessness. They must support the miners who are disabled, and the families of those who are- killed by accident. The owners must be protected 'against sudden and unavoidable loss by a mutual assurance society, for which the statistical basis already exists. In 1861, 167 miners were killed in Prussian collieries, and 235,189,906 cwts. of coals raised; a tax of one pfenning the cwt. for insurance Would have made up a SUM of 553,000 eiders, or 3,000 thalers (about 585) for each TIIE ST. PANCRAS YORKIIOCSE. In the modern zeal for economy there is a great danger—a danger to which our Conservative con temporaries are constantly calling public attention— that reductions will Le made in the wrong place. It is only just that the country should pot. pay s:ne curistS, that departments wasting their time should be given work to do, and that public prJpetty now being wasted should be utilised. But it is most pernicious that public convenience should be destroyed or the public health imperilled for a Chancellor to have a surplus, or for a board of guardians to reduce the rates. The St. Pancras Guardians, however, were elected specially to reduce pledged themselves to du and economise. They had what they could to prevent the erection of new buildings, and to utilise to the fullest extent the prestnt means of the parish. In their attempt to do so they hive driven from their board table one-third of theik body ; quarrelled with their servants in the workhouse and with the Poor-law Board ; and finally, have been suspended from exercising a most important part of their duty. An official examina tion into one part of the wor!: which they helped to accomplish has just been made. Their infirmary was beginning to cost nothing near so much as it had done. They were triumphant in the matter, and as . :ed what need there was for a Ilf`W h )spital. An untoward accident, however, had destroyed all their arguments. A woman let out of the infirmary died from cold, and investig:it:o: l proved that she had been let out too c. rly ; had heel' sent home, in fact, before she was scaly well. The official insp'etor has t.nearthed odic r cases of cliirren couvales ent from scarletina discharged b, fore peeling, men seat out complaining of illness, &e. The medical officer seems to have acted unil.er the impression that he was to clear the hospital. :Aid he soon brought the numbers down by a third. Whether in so doing he performed rapid curd, or sent people away without curing them, before they ought to have gone from his care, the official inspector will report to the Government. FOREIGN NOTES. COTTON IN INDIA. The Friend of India Etates that in the better parts of Central and Western India the yield of cotton is 801 b. an acre, and if India could reach the Ameri can level (3001 b.), India would export nearly all the cotton used in Europe from the land now under cultivation. There arc, however, four obstacles to the improvement of the crop— the physique of the the conditions of the climate, the ignorance of the cultivator, and the periodical raising of the land tax. The first obstacle is irremediable, the second is being slowly removed, and the Friend of India acccordingly advises Manchester to turn all its energies to the remova , l tu of al th se e t f t o ie u i i i . i t e h i , it u to lic t l h i e n i 7 r y esent be effected by grant ing a perpt proprietors with legislative safeguards against excessive subdivision. The accounts of the Southern Mahratta cotton crop are satisfactory. The exports f rom C oompta an d C arwar amount to 170,077 bales, or 6,000 more than last year, and had not the early monsoon brought the cotton seaiou to a premature conclusion, 12,000 or 15,000 more bales would have been exported. The sowing for 1869-70 will be, it is said, the largest ever known in those districts. FAMINE IN INDIA. The Government of India has sanctioned a grant of 3,000 rupees for the relief of the starving poor in Nagode and Sohawul. The :Maharajah of flewah has shown great libtralty, and has for some time fed at his own expense 20,000 famine•stricken creatures. The Government of India has made a grant for public works in Serol,ie. All the States of Bundelcund have suffered heavily from dearth caused by drought, but rain has now fallen in many parts and given some relief. OVERLAND MONET ORDERS. The negotiations between the Indian and English Post Offices for the interchange of overland money orders arc. now nearly concluded. It is proposed to grant orders for £lO on the United Kingdom upon payment of 104 rupees in India ; and to grant orders for 100 rupees in India upon pay ment of £lO 28. in England, orders for a less amount being charged for on a similar scale. The interchange will com mence next year. THE NEW DANK OF BO3IEAT. The report of the new Bank of Bombay for the half year ending the 30th of June, has been issued, and is con sidered very satisfactory. The profits during the half-year were at the rate of 121 per cent. The directors regret that they are not unanimous in recom mending the distribution of profits. The minority think that, as the holders of reserved shares will participate from the Ist July in all profits, these now realised, which belong to the holders of the first issue, should be distributed to the utmost extent possible. The majority of the directors disapprove of this, and propose to declare a dividend of 6 per cent., carrying the rest to the reserve fund. THE SUEZ CANAL. Professor Alexander Keyer has written to the Grazer Tagcspost respecting the prospects of the Suez Canal. lie believes it to be doubtful whether the whole length of the canal will be navigable for large ships at the beginning of November, as the salt lakes are filling very slowly, and the rocky formation south.of the lakes retards the progress of the works. The professor gives a catalogue of serious obstacles to the ultimate success of the scheme, of which the following are the chief :—The harbour of Port Said is in danger of being filled up by the fine de posit brought down by the Nile ; the freshwater basin of Port Said is too small, so that inconvenience will arise from repairs, Jce. ; the canal is not sufficiently deep or broad for large vessels, and it is in danger of being choked np by sandstorm and washing from the sides. The Professor believes that this will . amount to a million cubic meters per annum, or twice the quantity calculated upon. THE SULTAN AND THE KHEDIVE. • A Viennese jou mai, the New Free Press, lately announced that the Ottoman Government had decided on depOng the Viceroy of Egypt notwithstanding the active inter vention of the diplomatic circle. This news, however, is authoritatively contradicted by the Petrie, which claims have received private intelligence from ConstaptipoPle. EASTERN DIFFICULTIES. According to news from Agram, coming through Prague, an insurrection has broken out in Herzegovina, in the district of Banjaluka, and the whole of Bosnia is on the eve of a general uprising. The movement is orga nised and directed by the famous Montenegrin chief, Luka Voukalovitch, the irreconcileable enemy of Turkey. The whole of these provinces are iu a state of chronic agitation, and the most trifling facts are quickly seized upon by the Austrian journals and elevated into undue importance. EPAIN. The Spanish Government having heard the report - that the Regent is favourable to the candidature of the Duke of Montpensier, and that he will propose him to the Cortes, Alenics the truth of it in the most formal manner. The Regent is in favour of no candidature, and desires to take no initiative in the matter, either officially or privately. Tie leaves the question entirely to the decision of the - Cortes, which has the exclusive right to decide. The French authoritieshave arrested and imprisoned seve ral Carlist chiefs who were found on the frontiers, and str:ct, surveillance is being kept up to discover any others who are in the vicinity. The remainder of the faction of the chief Polo have submitted to the authorities at ,'Almagro. A Carlist band at Valencia has been routed by the volunteers at Uriel, and another band is been pursued in the direction of Benasal. Some of the Culla followers have been made prisoners, and others have surrendered. PRUSSIA. The Proviacial Correspondence, the Ministerial paper of Berlin, has just published an az ticle on the pacific state Hof Europe. This has been copied by the official press of 'Prussia, and has produced a great sensation in Cet many. It declares that the great Powers are interested in the maintenance of peace, and that even Austria must admit the imperious necessity of avoiding war. M. Bismarck's organ does not nse very complimentary language towards the Cabinet of Vienna, but it is much more respectful than the other Berlin journals have been. It is supposed that the conciliatory nature of M. Beust's reply to M. Thilc has already produced a favourable impression. According to the Provincial Correspondence the policy of Prussia has been irreproachable on all points of international importance. CONGRESS AT ZURICIL At the commencement of this month, the Oh inter national Congress of Societies for the Pre-vention of Cruelty to Animals held its sitting. The chief subject discussed was the transport of cattle by rail. Several improvements in the mode of conveyance, and in the treatment of cattle were suggested, and plans were pro posed to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. It was also resolved to petition the various governments to enact laws for the protection of useful birds. BRITISH FEELINGS TOWARDS TILE COLONIES. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The British are better qualified to found Colonies than to retain them ; to conquer countries than to hold them. A residence for generations in an island where communication was difficult begat an insu lar pride and prejudice, and the British strucure of society is such as to aid the influences hostile t 6 amalgamating distant- provinces into an Empire. There is a selfishness, an indifference, a strong tinge of contempt with which England regards her colonies, sooner or later sure to end in the sort of estrangement, which now hasprodnced its fruit in the Australias. There is not, nor never has there been any attempt on the part of England to regard the Colonies as an integral and really equal part of the national domain, seen, as the national feeling is generally best seen, in the tone of society. No English lady likes to acknowledge that she ever re sided in Tasmania. To call an English woman . living in Australia an Australian, is to offend her. " Who is Mr. So and So ?" oh, he is a Colonist ;" a charge, by the way, frequently brought against Mr. Lowe, the present Chancellor of the _Exche quer. The comic papers used it readily as a weapon ; it was the sharpest retort in the mouth of him who smarted under that gentleman's sarcasm. A British officer feels little grateful to the Ijorse Guards if posted to a Colonial corps. A Nova Scotian baronetcy is an honour not highly prize I, and any family who settles in the colonies is con sidered as broken-down, burying their conspicuous failure in an uncouth land. It is sufficient to settle Vie book of the author, the picture.of the artist, 'or the dusLtn of the architect to stamp upon it " Colonial," and it seems apropos of the p sition when we read advertisements in the metropolitan papers, " Clothes purchased for the Colonie?."(!) Sonetime ago we zketched the career of, perhaps, one of the most gallantate] successful of the Civil servants of India during the mu itty, who earned for himself the highest mend of praise awardel to any officer dur ing that tryingpetiod. In the compreheusivedespatch detailing the suppression of the revolt, the Viceroy, the late Lord CANNING, placed JOHN CRACI:OFT WILSON'S name first on the list of those he desired to bring prominently to the notice of the Govern ment,* "„because he has the enviable distinction of having by his own obstinate courage and perse verance saved more Christian lives than any man in India. Ile did this at the repeatedly imminent peril of his own life.- He has since left the service of the Indian Government, and is retired to New Zealand, whither I respectfully hope that the favour of the CROWN may follow him." Vain hope ! Judge .• WILSON had buried himself in a colony, and his fate, so faras reaping the honours conferred on others for less distinguished services, was thereby sealed. Many men, scarcely heard of in India, have since been decorated with every ceremonial, receiving such dignity as the Star of India can confer ; but if Mr. WILSON did not know, he ought to have known, the English custom, for it is the British traditionary policy which alienated the Thirteen Colonies and split the Empire; and which is now alienating the Auitralias. The proceedings ofPrinceALFRED in the Galatea seem to be a fertile source of discontent. His gifts charged to the nation, the return presents to him kept by himself, while a powerful ship of war is converted into his yacht, in waters red with the blood of colonists fighting for their existence. There she lies fitted for war, but the theatre only of gaiety on the very. spot where a colony maintains a desperate struggle, while bitterly complaining that she is left by the mother country to maintain it alone. The young prince is blamed for not even surrendering a . sufficient amount of time from his amusements to humour a gathering of the Maori chiefs, who, in their usual style of " corrobory," wore out his patience with long-winded speeches, songs, and solemn, wearying proceedings. But the object was important to conciliate these indepen dent savages, especially at such a junctUre, and the colonial press censure hi . t i ßoyal Highness for cut ting short the entertainment and doing so little to disguise how much he was bored. The contrast is certainly striking between a Prince on board a powerful war ship making holiday times iu the port of a colony where massacres were constantly occur ring in the vicinity, while the Imperial Government denied to the defenceof the young settlement any por tion of theexpense or of theforceit furnished for that young gentleman's entertainment and education. Such a ship as the Galatea would almost of herself have been sufficient, the colonists 'assert, to put an end to the war ; but she was not available to preserve the lives and homes of mere colonists, however ready to carry on a tour of pleasure a son of the SOVEREIGN. While Great Britain has an undeniable right to employ the ships she builds and surports unaided by Colonies, as she pleases, if it was her desire to preserve and cultivate those sym pathies which can alone unite into one so widely scattered an Empire, she would not furnish this matter for the comment of the Colonial press. But the nation is indifferent. I's wide empire, on which the sun never sets, is a mere boast to inflate the British bosom with pride; it is Lot a sentiment penetrating the Statesman, making a spr i ng . on which his action hinges ; is is not the decp-seated it is a mere vanity which of the people ; vanishes when tried by any of their social tests. The A nglo-Sax on succeeded in establishing sett letnents not England. They grew from the habits, energy, and greed of individuals. When first founded the settlers were men deeply imbued with all the pre judices of the Britisher, and loyalty for and love of his Fatherland. Though his children inclined to almostas much loyalty, which would have been quite as much had they been encouraged, it is not in human nature, or at any ratein Anglo-Saxon nature, * Extract from the London Gazette of Fridny : Oct. 7, 180. India Office, Oct. 3. meekly to endure the superiority assumed Ly the native-born Britisher over him of the colonial soil. Nothing could be more calculated to smother at tachment to the Old Country—still called " Home." But when injustice was added to indignity and ne• glect,England soon realized the result of the national inaptness to maintain the affections of colonists by the war of the revolution and the severance of her empire. That struggle was the most hideous blunder ever perpetrated by a nation, and it had its roots in the same feeling, or want of feeling, to estimate and conciliate the sentiment of others. The natural effect of time is to increasa the naive colonial popu lation and to lessen the tu'uber of those deeply attached to England, the place of their birth. Time, then, acting in conjunction with the whole structure of English society, and the deep-seated prejudices of the people, is certain to alienate a colony ; and this, to some extent, has been achieved in Canada, in Australia, and in New Zealand. The policy of England, too, is to sever such tonne ct ion, as produc tive of no material advantage; forcing an outlay while bringing no return, and dangerous in time of war. We believe this to be a wise policy, consider ing the character of the English people. Had the case been different, what an extraordinary change would have been wrought in the world ! Let Europe conceive all the English-speaking people combined iutoonepower, heartily united in sympat by and inte rest as they might have been, but that insular pride and prejudice effectually barred the way. Now the situation is that England, • after having given birth to nations greater than herself, is retreating back to her own island, with the conviction that her most dangerous foe is framed from the sett'e meuts she first created. It is better for the colo nies to be independent, and it is better for Eng land to be confined to the island her children ap preciate so highly. It is not good that men whose every interest is in the settlement should call a far-away land, Home; the very word iinelying the feeling. of an exile, and as exiles all Englishmen in colonies regard themselves, their own idea being to make a mulch cow of the country, and to carry their hoard to the land of their birth. This is neither beneficial to the country nor to the happiness of the individual making his life one long yearn for home, and his residence to himself and all around him unsettled. Nothing drains a country like the flight of its successful men to another land as they achieve success ; for not only does it drain off its wealth, but its intellect as well. That blind allegiance also to another country unfits men for independence. They become slavish copyists; nothing is good without the stamp of the other land ; its tastes become their tastes, its fashions their fashions, its vices and follies their vices and follies, while the poverty of the imitation is con spicuous to the imitators, tending even more strongly to impress them with the excellence of the original. We may conclude with the remark that to unite widely scattered colonists into an homogenins Em pire and maintain it, requires a better educated and a higher order of inhabitants than to fuse into one and maintain intact a continental nation such as is open to the Great Republic. England has failed to achieve the greater—let us hope that America may not fail to achieve the lesser task. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Spring field . Republican, Aug 7.) This has been the dullest week of the summer for the dealers in currency and stocks. The announcement pre viously rumoured and now made public and partially put into action, that the Government would buy $10,000,000 more of bonds during the present mouth, has so assured the market of the continued ease of money that most of the brokers seem now to have taken a vacation in earnest and to have left Wall and Bread-streets in solo custody of the financial reporters. One of the features of the almost featureless week was the failure on Tuesday of Rodoco nachi and Frangliiadi, a cosmopolitan Greek firm, with headquarters in London, and branch offices in all parts of the world, from Constantinople to Rio Janeiro. It is a firm of most ancient and honourable repute, and has wea thered the crises of many decades, to go down now, when the sky ,is compmratively clear and the breakers a long way off. Their failure is attributed to a rise iu gold at Rio, the firm being short. The London house sus pended payment on the saute day. The liabilities aro from £50,000 to £60,000, on which a "fair dividend" may be paid. Money has been easy throughout the week at $ ; to $7 per cent, and lower. The only tension whatever, and that was very slight, occurred on Wednesday; more from the shiftlessness of the over-confident brokers in neglect ing to make up their balance till near the close of busi n S 4 hours than from any other cause. Governments have not ceased to a lvance, and Ton-Forties and Car, oncy Sixes have been especially active, the former rising two per cent. and the latter three and a half or four during the week. Theoccasien of this appreciation in the price of Ten-Forties is due, of course, to the equivalency of long and short bonds in the eye of the Government for the purposes of national bank deposit, while the currency or Pacific Railway Bonds, which Mr. Boutwell refuses to purchase, are in good demand as investments, and espe cially sought for by savings banks and retired capitalists. The purchases by the Government through August will cons i s t of $2,000,000 on every Wednesday, and $1,000,000 on alternate Thursdays, making $10,000,000, as above stated. The fortnightly sale of $1,000,000 of gold will also be continued. The announcement of adherence to the bond-buying policy was so completely anticipated that there aro not wanting those who charge the Secretary with giving certain parties a hint beforehand, or at least being rather careless with his State secrets. Mr. Bout ' well, on the other band, avers that h 3 admitted no one to his confidence. The ekpl Illation of the affair undoubtedly is that the shrawde,t operatcrs in New York saw no reason why the Secretary should change a policy that is proper as well: as popular, and on their own judgment laid iu a store of those securities that the Government was likely to ; demand. At the purchase, on Wednesday, not n ear ly as large an amount was offered as there has been heretofore, the supply being only double instead of treble th e d eman d. The in sscarcityLi them, was of l nB6o7;se, considering the recen t l arge deal worthy. The Government paid on an average about 121.60. While Government securities remain so high, the Tribune urges the policy of investing in other stocks, same of which aro just as secure and much more profitable. Kansas Pacific Railroad Stocks, for in stance, now selling at a trifle below par, ru nn i ng f or 30 years and paying 7 per cent. in gold, are much more pro fitable than 5-20's, which cannot be bought for loss than 121. • If capital is called off from Government Securities, the Government as purchaser will find an easier market, and be able to regain its own paper at a less rate than it is now pa) lug, while foreign capitalists,!naturally cautious about investing in the stocks of American corporations, will furnish a market for any Bonds that the Secretary may wish to dispose of. Tho debt statement for July is encouraging, not only for the steady reduction of the debt, bat also for the contraction of the currency, slight, to be sure, but still encouraging. Tho national banks, by tho way, are gradually reorganising under State laws, owing to the easier taxation under the State than under the national regime. The number since January, 1868, has declined from 1,642 to 1,620 ; the capital, however, has increased in this time $2,399,000, and the undivided profits $21,015,000, the latter item footing up $126,000,000, or 30 per cent. upon the capital paid in. Under such a profit as that not many banks aro likely to immediately forsake the national system. The national bank circulation is $292,000,000, or $7 per head of the population. Their gross investments aro $1,170,000,000, or 150 per cont. over their paid-in capital. There are about two and a halt millions of outstanding old State Bank Notes, or about ono and a quarter per cent. of the old circulation. This is not a large amount to disappear en tirely, when we considir the extent of country and of thee that the circulation covered. Gold has varied very little during the week. It wilted on Monday, on a report that bonds were up to 84 in London, but finally recovered on the contradiction of the story. The bulls aro dis appointed at the continued steadinesss of Governments abroad, and profess to have advises that the trade in them has been encouraged for the purpose of unloading a large amount of them which are being "carried." Tho New York city banks, in the regular statement, show a specie loss of $2,207,491, a largo part of which went into the United States Treasury as duties on import, which begin to arrive more freely. The gold exports fell from $3,000,000 of the previous week to $631,000 for the week ending July 31. Stocks have been dull. The death of Henry Keup has relieved the North-W , :stern Railroad shares of the incubus under which they hove rested during his illness. The best obituary that has yet appeared of this prince of financ'ers was the quotation of his stocks at one and one and a half per cent. lower immediately after rce.wered, and advanc e d his death, though they duce:l3, upon the rumours that followed. Tho scramble for the vacant ore,idency of the North-Western at once com menced, and Daniel Drew is said to be buying up stock for the election, which has been postponed one mouth in memer.am. ; Keep is said to have advised his family t o hang on to the largo amount of North-Western th a t h e o: left to them. Vauderbiits have been fluctuating up and down to an extent that would make any but a comm3dore sea-sick. Tho general tendency has been t, since the disappointment of the speculators that the Saratoga meeting failed to consolidate New York Central and Hud son. St. Paul lots advanced on showing a better exhibit of earnings. Domestic cottons have not aroused from their dog-day nap. In fact, all dry goods are quiet as yet, muslin delaines being the most animated, and woollens generally looking up. Foreign goods aro not much in de mand, but large invoices are being received, especially of millinery and dress goods and fanny woollens. Via ports of general foreign merchandise and dry good 38; New York foot up an increase in July, 1869, of ten 1 ) °, 1 1 ' cent. over th e p rev i ous J u l y. Grain has boon d u ll, 1111 : little disposition on tho part of buyers, as usual during °- harvest. In grain, especially the exports of demosticr°; duce, show a l arge i ncrease over last 3 oar's shipments, g, encouraging fact con s id er i ng t h e a b undance of the present liarvest. Provisions are inclined to be firmer, and hog p ro' ducts especially have advanced. (From the li r a ll-street Journal.) Frida y Thorn is a free supply of mon4onc l a l l v l e a u t ing Gp ' A er ° co g ; ta : ° , ll good collaterals, and de a l ers i n G overnment S ecu rities a' a ° readily supplied at 5 per cent. Discounts are easier, 90 first class paper i s eas il y passed at 8 to 81 per cent, t, 1..`4 exceptions from 7to 9 per cent. The event of the is" a has been the failure of the Greek house of Rodoconach i t Fraughiadi, whos e h ea d- quarters are at Lon don, svi , branches iu this city, Smyrna, Constantinople , 131° 1 5 Janeiro, and oth er f ore i gn c i t i es, whose failures here been supplemented by the failure of the Loudoa hon.;ei; they aro understood t o b o h eav il y short on go 7d, and 'xi, reported that the p rospects f or a largo dividend aro not Gull is heavy an d d evo id o f an i mat i on, th e market cP el' :a this morning at 1361, thence declining to 136, a nd i f o lu Poo, at Mei. At th e G overnment sa l e yesterday of SIP; 9 to got], the bid s amounted to $.1,400,000 at from 1 35 ' 0 136.13. The w h o l e amount was awarded to one fir' 1316.13. Railroad Stocks are strong on the Western 511 :0 but the Vanderbilt c li que stocks are dull, and po ss j re lower prices. -Railroad Gold B on d s cont i nuo in g ° ,°: Jr quest loth for home and f ore i gn i nvestmen t. t(l wand for the Kansas P ac ifi c R a il way S even pe r cdnt',lo loan is increasing, and already one and a half niillionS;toj, been markcted. The road i s b e i ng rap idl y const rti co r and a large forco is at Sh er id an . Th e b on d s 1 10° menced to attract the attention of European W it % co. The financial agents are Messrs. Dabney, Morgan, a n and M. K. Jesup and Co. Mortgages closed as foliosoB3 N. Y. Central Gs, 1883 911 Tol. & Wab. 2d 31 B• 79 N.Y. Central 6s, 1887 911 Tol. & Wab. Equip...... 791 N. Y. Central 6s, It Est 89 G t. W estern 2d 3,1 . N. Y. Central Gs, Sub'n 89 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist .3...•* 97 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876 07 Gal. & Chic. Ext .......... 96 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76,- 97 Gal. & Chic. 2d M.•.••••" 9 0 Erie Ist Mort Ex — Chi. & I. Ist ........ Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 941 Chi: R. I. & Pacific 7's '' . 9 9 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 B9 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund.' 99 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 B2l N. J. Central Ist 1J.••"•101' Erie 7e, sth Mort, 1888 76 N. J. Central 2d M••••" 109.. Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M, '77 B7l Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 2d •i 9 5 Elio. 11. 70, 15t M, 'O9 971 Pitts. Ft. W., &Ch- 3 , d 74/ Hud. R. 7s, 2d M, 'B5 103 Cleve.,* Pitts. 4th Di.'" Harlem let M, '6B 72 101 Chic. &Alton:S. 1 1 - 1 1,1: 99 Mich. C. Ist M, G9'72 _l3Ol Chic. & Alton, S.F. Mich. new let M Bs, 'B2 — Mil. & St. Paul Ist 86 Mich. So., 7p.c.2d 11 93 Mil. & St. Paul 2(1 m*" 90 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B M ar i e tt a & Cita. Ist i. 9?1 Morris & Essex Ist 99 111. Cen. 7p. e, '7O 120 Morris & Essex 2cl Alton &T. 11. let M 92 Joilet & Chic. Ist _,U"' 93 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton &T. H. 2(1181.111c 771 N. Y. &N. 11. ..... 91 Ham& S t.J. Land WrntsloB Dubuque &S. City, is t 9 0 Han. & St. J. Con — Peninsula Ist ....... 931 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 108 Ohio & Miss. Ist Chi. &N. West, S. F 96 Ohio & Miss. Con ...•••"' 831 &N. W. Con Cony 95 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. Pii: &N. W. Int B Hi Atlantic &G. W. 2cl ('hi. & N. W. Ist M 9ll Lem is little doing, escepti4 In Miscellaneous stocks 11 in Pacific Mail, which sells s eadily at 881 to 84. 15 3 i Fort Wayne ............ Pacific Mail ........•••"" Atlantic Mail ............ Quicksilver ............. ssi W. U. Telegraph ...... 1 5 Mariposa Preferred •••• Oldo and MississiPP L " 1 5 Boston Water Po wo r... 4 Cumberland ............. Bankers and Brokers... M& St. Pau1......... 90 M & St. Paul Preferred FOR SPECIE. 410 Eng sovs ......480 to 30. 20 francsl ........ 380 10; T haters ......... 70 - N. Y. Central 2OBl Erie Hudson Reading Iticb. Central l3l Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg lo7i North-West North-West Preferred 97-1 Canton 59 Rock Island :Nevelaud and Toledo QUOTATIONS Amer. silver 94, 1 ; to 97 Alex. „ 105 j Eng. silver 475 , 480 Five francs 9G „ 97 Foreign Exchange is firmer and higher, the OP 010 bond bills being almost e x h aus t e d an d c onnu'rc' iB ' being scarce. P 3)l' Tiroe ri. Sixty Days. ,,___l l l) London Bankers •' ', i t 1.4 London ' Prime Commerci a l._ 109-4 —lO9l •• Paris, IJaulters Bremen, Bankers Ifamburgh, Bankers 5. 7188 L— 5 7 . 9 1 : 31 5 . 13 . 1 ..... :: ::. :. 5 : 35a-351 Frankfort, 0 M 40 1 ;-40k . .... Berlin and Cologne ..••'' Antwerp - 5.18/-5.131 ..... ' Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss 5.181-5.131 ..... ,t Government B,nds are generally qui - t, but Steady ' fraction lower than yesterday. 1341 24 1 to Sixes, 1861, registered l- t ° 1 , 23 Sixes, 1868, coupon .. 1 . 4 / . t 0 .it Sixes. 18E1, coupon i l l to 1 11{ U.S. 6s. Pacific Railtoad 1231 t° 121 5 • Five-twenties, 1862, rogist,!red 124 i to 12 1 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon 123,i to 12jf Five-twenties, 1864, coupon 1'231 , t° , ill Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new ...... 122 i t ' 1:!2i Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 l22i to 11 6 1 Ten-forties, coupon l l 6l to 11 3 to -' Ten-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Six, s. 1881 - Express Stocks are neglected, and wo quote' s - ;591 o to o 41 1. Adams 41 t 1 1 American Merckauts' Union lOl , t ,., ° 611 Merchants' Union, old Stock 6i 1 " - ';' o United States Wells, Fargo, and Co r ee rt t Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia b al3 h lO o 56) d, ~,,. as follows on Aug. G : Pennsylvania Railroa d 5 3sor ter 571 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 98 —; Sixes, 2d 97 —. n sl° wise- i) „et, JOURNALISM IN A3IEII:CA.—San Fra n- lir P fe 4 new venture in journalism —an illustrate d go e called the Illustrated San Francisco .News.- 11V ;„- P i n t on Frank Leslie's papers had their annual Pic -9 jetil e ' - a a , A A O ley's Grove August 5. Notwithstanding ""- ra's bi t ,„ ;0 , morning a numerous company appeared o n steamboat.—Carleton is altering, for his e ntire P t jo ett esi business, the well-known hotel Worth Ifous° , re, I', of Fifth-avenue, Broadway, and Madison -sq cg AC' 4 6, York.—The newspaper men of Mate are h old io At t g' vontion at Portland, and were to have a clam-hs ; Tre lv• h l • u The New York United State 3 Ass' s , rv tail e r 1) %o surer has ordered that, i n case o f f a ilure to O' L ci orl, sold to the Government within the time 80, fi cc° ll bonds shall be purchased in the open market, f ia A t Settle ' of the patty so failing, in orde r to secure 0 , r` v ment of transactions. an d 0 0 4 I ADVERTISEMENT. I —Holloway's Ointment l oe Visible and iuvisable ailments are alike alon r ci av, use of these invincible remedies. In all ont"" co liw do ce 7 this fine ointment will be found soothing, cod curative. It speedily allays all inflammation, ands?, to a healthy condition all wounds, sores, rilc, er luh tte nt It discharges all irritating matters, and vessels to wholesome action. When th is dby rubbed upon the skin, over any organ affe cte tv er, i'. ll ,ols lj it exercises a corresponding recuperative P2 ii i s PA' o ld; conjunction with Holloway's pills, rarely y ore 3 0, 1 ' any internal disorder, be its origin when or 4 , 0 , Whilst using these purifying preparations ;deli' cleans, the appetite improves, chills and flush ° the complexion becomes clear. coos% /5 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Dyspepsia (Ifidige sti P l) : s t°ll ' ece P tj Debility, Consumption, and all nervous, biliout.,ted wr liver complaints in every stage, are only sggr s 'Y Or ° roce' l rated by drugs of every description, but perfect 3, 4 ' as p . 9 4 0, Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica FOT,elel;plS i dl e' thousands of cases which had bean considered Jp er co —cough. asthma, also diarrhcea, htemorrhoicls, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore an d irr D e, ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the he , i,, eu ralf.' o3 o to matism, gout, imp ur iti es , eru pti o ns, hysteria, :1 0 . 0 , I+ 0 1 0 0 bility, sleeplessne ss , ac idity, pa lpitation, he A 3r i e t tles%fgli t :10 debility, dropsy, cr am p s , s p asms , n ausea, and berONlaiweeajvi pregnancy or at sea, s i n ki ng tits, brcnehitis, s oo t De,, s torciV of the chest, pains at the pit of the stoinaeli,,,, a lth shoulders, &c. We quote a f ew: —The 11 , IP Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" sioq' T lY t )ate r health of the Holy Father is excellent, esPeci d ' jrf 00 1 5 p o lo! ing all other remedies, he has confined ilini' i e , o ushil le peo, l lo, t , Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which "„,.;• s ing,lY., eSe'Cia . " ful at every meal. It has produced a sure w ise ocY , effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot y r ol.,et fica, o f ; food too highly.—From the "Gazette du 3- chant` No. 96,270—Mr. James Roberts, timber mere. o f o cr i a' 0 Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, derangement, and partial deafness. Cure O. ' year s dya d', de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of rna n Y y frog' ~,, tlty./ A No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agliaiiiieecotee.looli° nervousness, asthma, cough, constipittion, ,orta ut ,10 ,0 00 W sickness, and vomiting.—Maria JolY: s loPP s p iotit oFi Beware of the many unsavoury and more than to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's 11 ' 11) ' I ,AT: I is; J oe" or eiously attached . slbe , s In tins, at ls lid; Ilb 2s Od; 21bs 4s Gd 01 00 fo r I 'os' ; 21 Ibs 40s. - Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA s 2 0 ; cu e on POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 1230 P fix 57 0 . 0 of at 's 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups a,! ' fi d 5 55 ti c e 0( AP —being about one penny per cup. The .00 free of carriage in England on receipt of o EAR.. Y Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent -s "' all Grocers and Chemists n the 21st ins Lieu t : - L J --- '.---------- o - 1 on n o 1 sciP BlR t Tll r S cy . rut 1,., .. t r t h° Bumf —0 t 0 f 4 mos.° , of Commander 1.3 . ush, TIN a ~ of a dauglitct. ~,0 wife of GA ITcicE t jh.ed.otahaiitnsskte.,ila, tofCalleslotuen. r elit BA B T , E m S d — on A , S e G o EV oTk O , lilkiih;a2l:llsij4‘itiOrrSt:s:t&titslplbr°os'ol.: /1..10 r C b" 14 , Bate , _ op A to n A g l e a l d o el E ine, only daughter of the late 11cury FItEE . 3 . lA . N— MIDDLETON OD the 19th insp., ,- sl3O, ~ 0 ' 4 , 1 co' , sq. g t, St. P ° F ,( ll (-Tis— A"ldou, Esser to ]Louis% Sophia, e , °eke, John Cric, sn of Williarn I! re, ",iiter zdward Middleton, Esq., Lee-road, 131tteli 1W3t I. DEATIIS. Laub ti, LYON 011 the 22d inst., at 3, Ilaukcillor-street, D a j,y O P l Elizabeth Abercr k 1) 9 'AI •of the late V 3VI y, NS 1 OW ilo leather tuerchant7 All3°' CROFTON—On the 19th inst , at tho Bridge 0 St' lion. Mrs. Francis Crofton . . .., ~, set.u .r WETTIG —On tLe 20th inst At 43, Clarenoo-- . 0 1, Nei eldest dal,' Pancras, Sophia widow of the late Mr. Fro,e!„ 010 tig ttdlor in ordinary to his late Majaty ttio IV. and to her 11,,jesty the Queen. N t h o e . 112, Precinct S tran et London: Printed and Published by WILT:IA.3I 4' l AS911:1":1, of Tuesday, August 24,11.3,1 v. .Ten 1`2,,P tPhreinsteary,o.ayt Tug SUN Office , in the County a Alia' of I f I 1131