The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-06 00:00:00

BR IT OP THE PDBLIO JOURNAL% The TiMei is glad to believe that Ireland is calmer. The vet,gistrates of Limerick and of Cork have issued procia ations, and the turbulent waves are at once appeased. The managers are uncertain whether they have not gone ileo far. The Fenian prints assume a comparatively mode rate tone. They discuss the evils which would befall Ireland should the Habeas Corpus Act be suspended once more, although one with unnecessary protestations declares tit the warrant of the Lord-Lieutenant would find its editor a't his desk. In the end they advise prudence, dis countenance the proposals for multiplying "convict" can didates for parliamentary vacancies, and affirm that they &Aire nothing but the continued use of Constitutional Authority had but to manifest itself for a moment in Ireland, and the licence of disaffection was immediately ch;:cked, and thereupon the question has been raised whether there was any necessity to appeal to authority at all. A stranger deduction was never made from similar pnmises. The true conclusion which must, as we think, he drawn by all reasonable men is just the reverse of this. 'What has happened not only fully justifies the resolution to cause the law to be respected, but presents an invin cible argument for abiding by it. If there were any danger, as, happily, we believe there is not, that the teeth once shown the watch-dog would lie down to sleep, the end world be worse than the beginning, and Fenianism would be more rampant than ever. We must go on as we have begun, neither abating the scope and thoroughness of our measures of reform, nor receding in any degree from our resolution to maintain the peace undiminished. The Ministers of the Crown must remember that they wield the Sword of Justice, and that to them is committed the direction of the armed hand of the nation for the repres sion of disorder within its borders. me an,s. The Herald asks, where is the use of Cardinal Cullen's fulminations against the Fenians ? Time was when the Roman Catholic Church might have done good service in bringing its spiritual influence to bear against Fenianism, but the opportunity has been lost, and while the con spirators mock at the denunciations of Rome, they count their secret adherents in every congregation. The Church has no longer any power to frighten them. On the contrary, when her ministers come in conflict with them they usually get the worst of it. Have we not heard recently of priests being chased through the streets by these ruffians, and the people looking on indifferently ? If Cardinal Cullen is as zealous for the ca-rse of order as he affects to be, let him direct his censures against the lawless and turbulent priests who beve been making themselves so conspicuous recently. We have lately found Roman Catholic ministers ex pressing sentiments as atrocious as any that have over been imputed to the Fenians. It was a priest who quoted approvingly the suggestion that landlords enforcing their rights should be shot down "like mad dogs," and it was alto a priest who gave jocular counsel as to the best and quietest way of "tumbling" a landlord. Roman Catholic priests might be quoted by the score who have publicly given utterance to the most abominable sentiments, even to going the length of exciting to murder and assassination. Yet in not one single instance have we heard of the authorities of the Roman Catholic Church calling these turbulent priests, these apostles of treason, these missionaries of the revolver, to order. Let Cardinal Callen cease from his noisy and fruitless denunciation of Fenianism, and attend to his proper business of restraining and punishing the disgraceful excesses of his own clergy. S',ciety has too long been affronted by the scandal of the ministers of a religion of peace preaching the gospel of murder and sedition. The Post remarks that no minute or manifesto issued from the Poor-law Board since 1848 has caused half the consternation amongst the well-seasoned guardians of the poor that the recent letter of Mr. Goschen has effected. The third paragraph of that letter lays down as "one of the most recognised principles of our poor law that relief should be given only to the actually destitute, and not in aid of wages," in which, is we proceed, " earnings " are Inlluded generally. The first step towards the end aimed it by the President of the Poor-law Board is that which that Board ought to have taken boldly and fearlessly years ago—if they have come to any such conclusion as the letter snnounces—viz., to have defined the law and vindicated it. Then, indeed, the administrators of public charities and benevolences could have had no choice but to enter into communion with the guardians of the poor and their tesponsible head. The evil has been that hitherto all such connection as that recommended has been studiously tiscouraged, save on some rare and exceptional occa sion, and even tho possession of a voluntary Sc.maritan fund for the relief of such distress as the practice of boards ignored has been discountenanced. A. sort of antagonism has been fostered between the distri butors of charities and the administrators of parochial -elief, and the former have too often deemed it a point of hnnour or of goodness to elude the guardians' vigilance. The first requisite is for the Poor-law Board to base its own lotion on practical and systematic rules, and, when they 'rime proved their sincerity and administrative ability in this, they will have acquired some title to ask the confi- Unce of other and independent bodies. The Telegraph refers to the ewe of Mary. Ann Harris, at Wolverhampton, and thinks that painful feeling is excited, e ith just cause, for the poor little children who are 3Kposed to such a fate. Without thinking of what might 11.,ve happened when Mary Ann Harris was a few years order, in the midst of what suffering these four years of ser life must have been spent She was not alone in Zer misery. At one time she was among four children travelling about with the itinerant Swede. ?Co doubt she waa treated and considered as an infant prodigy ; but the thoughtless spectators do not lonsider the cuffing, and kicking, and starvation that t-iter into the composition of these little "wonders." It Is not without a very sufficient training that the juggler's little boy —one of those thin, sallow children in dirty tights—has arrived at his present proficiency in the art of throwing summersaults, and of placing himself on the apex of a human pyramid to - which his big rough father serves as base. Infant Prodigies, taking them at their best, when trained by their own parents and exhibited in drawing-rooms and marble halls, are but so many examples of infant suffering. What Must it be when they have been brought up by a pandering speculator, who regards them just as he would a performing canary or a military monkey? The elild was clever, else Wolff would not have been so Sulieus to keep her. She was cruelly used, else she would tot have flown for protection to the two gentlemen at Wolverhampton. Surely, one of the most pathetic figures ln modern painting is the little juggler's boy in Mr. Frith's $` Derby Day," who ought to be tumbling in some wonder ful way, but has just caught sight of the fragment of the lobster, and other Derby dainties, and has paused to look at them with such wistful and hungry eyes. The Daily News says that one of the first signs of the bear approach of Christmas is the annual Cattle Show of the Smithfield. Club. The tendency to make the great winter festival a feast of fat things is far older than the threescore years and eleven of the Smithfield Club Cattle show, but the immense success of that yearly exhibition of animal obesity is to some extent connected with its bearing upon the festive season. London has no ceremony of the " Bceuf Gras" like that of Paris, but we have at least a yearly show of the fat sheep and bullocks which have been got ready for the Christmas sacrifice. It is difficult to estimate the importance of such exhibi tions as this, in stimulating agricultural improvement. The seventy years over which the history of this particular exhibition stretches have been marked by more advance in agriculture than any seven hundred years of previous his tory. Science has applied itself to the soil and to all the products of the soil, from the humblest to the highest, to stimulate, improve, and increase production. The prize ex belongs essentiallyto the same movement which has produced the steam plough andthe steam reaper. The prosperity of a country may still be reckoned, somewhat as it was in an cient times by the multitude of its herds and the popu lousness of its pastures. But probably of all manufactures that of meat is the most precarious and difficult; and the farmers who will, during this week, crowd the Agricul tural Hall, may take back with them the assurance that the very best thing they can do is to turn their attention more and more to the supply of a market which is never glutted, and in which there are always more to buy than there are to sell. The Standard declares that the Conservative working men of Sheffield have much to answer for. They have forced upon the Times a reminder of a disagreeable fact, and hava thereby brought clown upon themselves and their order an outburst of petulant spleen. The ugliest result of Mr. Disraoii's Referm Bill is that it has brought to the surface and developed into a powerful influence a body of Conscriativo opinion and sentiment among the working classes, the ',cry existence of which had been previously denied. Lord Derby night call the Act of 1807 a leap in the dark. br t Mr. Brit and the Radicals were tolerably eertalz and its verdict at the last election, Sheffield is bound to be intensely Radical. Yet here we find one of those pestilent Conselva•Hvo associations established and in full activity, and with no less than a thousand working men enrolled as members, although it has been hardly a year in existence. It was a matter of boast on the occasion in question that the election of last year she wed a Conservative gain of 700 votes, and the next contest is looked forward to . with the Confident expectation that the minority kill be changed into a majority. • While the Liberal press h as b een poo h- poo hi ng th e C onserva tive working men and their associations, theyhavebeensteadily pursuing the work to whi c h th e y h ave se t th emse l ve s, bringing in new members, closing up their ranks, and, above all, keeping a vigilant eye upon the register. If all we hear of these Jabot" he true the strength of the Con servative party has been importantly enhanced by the results of the registration, especially in Lancashire, Norfolk, Kent, Yorkshire, Glamorganshire, and Berkshire, and still more notably in the metropolitan borounh2. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1E69 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. to - pass thrOllgh the " - notelfing ordeal — Or - Downing street. The reforms about to take place, however, are by no means small ones. So sweeping will they be that no further appointments of cornets or ensigns are to take place until after the meet ing of Parliament. Among the rumoured alterations are-1. That depot battalions will be struck out of the estimates next year. 2. That thirty-three field officers will be cut off. 3. That the ranks of Ensign and Cornet will be altogether dispensed with. There are renewed rumours of the abolition of the purchase system, caused by the fact that a circular is about to bo sent round to the commanding officers of regiments requiring from them a return of the sums they have paid for their steps up to their present rank, inclusive. In the Civil Service the Government is also at work. A certain number of regimental pay masters are, it is said, to be appointed to the Control Department.—lt may be added that the Army and Navy Gazette announces the report of the Indian Colonel Committee as in the press. "The gist of the recommendations will be that the local Indian rank of major-general should be bestowed upon all colonels who may be superseded by the promotion of junior colonels to the rank of major-general. The Lords of the Admiralty have issued an order which has caused much dissatisfac tion. They give notice that all official residences are in future to be kept in general repair by the occupier. country. In ShOlt, 11r. Trollopo argues as well rer the foxhunter as Mr. Freeman argued for the fox. Tint 44 GRAPHIC." The new illustrated paper, the Graphic, brought out its first number on Saturday. Some of the engravings are exceedingly good; the portrait of Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, is capital; and the "Pope in Council" very clear, and well defined for a group of portraits. The letter press also is ex cellent—chatty, gossipy, agreeable. The paper ought to be a success. Anyway, it must stir up the managers of the illustrated London News to produce higher things. The lovers of engravings will doubt less be benefitted. if no one else is. FOREIGN NOTES. TrIE SULTAN AND TITO KHEDIVE. According to the last accounts from Constantinople the Turco-Egyptian difficulty seems to be in a fair way of settlement. The latest despatch that was received from Constantinople by the Havas Agency states that the firman which Server Effendi has taken to Cairo is very conciliatory on the question of loans, and this is a point on which the Viceroy is roost susceptible. The Patrie affirms that England, France, and Austria, instead of taking a separate course, have united their efforts to promote an amicable arrangement between the Sultan and the Viceroy. A SPECTACLE IN ST. PETER'S. On Advent Sunday a magnificent ceremony took place in St. Peter's. The opening of the ecclesiastical year plays an important part in the Roman Ritual, and the Pope, after Mass in the Sistine en that day, carries the Host to the Pontine Chapel, and there leaves it on the High Altar. This year the number of Bishops having a right to assist in the ceremony was so great that it was transferred to St. Peter's. The Roman Patriarch of Constantinople officiated at Mass, which was celebrated at a portable altar erected in front of the Confession of the Apostles, as no one but the Pope can officiate at the High Altar. The Pope took his place on the throne at the end of the apse. After Mass, he received the consecrated Host, which he carried under a dais of silver brocade, supported by eight Bishops. The profession was formed, the whole body of cardinals, bishops, patriarchs, and abbots following in the order of their consecration. The spectacle is described by those present as one of unusual splendour. Mitred prelates from every country beneath the sun were gathered in St. Peter's—Chaldeans, Coptios, and Armenians, mixing fra ternally with the Latin bishops, and appearing as completely at home in the Basilica as in their own far-off churches of Antioch, Ephesus, or Trebizonde, and the long line of the procession bad a most brilliant artistic effect. The ceremony con cluded with the placing of the Host on the High Altar, and the chanting of the Litanies. A WINTER SESSION. The rumours as to the likelihood of a `Winter Ses sion become conflicting. The Law Times thinks it not improbable that, " should the Government resolve on the vigorous suppression of the almost open rebellion that is spreading in Ireland, the Parliament will bo summoned for a short session of a week to give the necessary powers." The Daily .News, however, makes a semi-official affirmation of an entirely different character. It does not think the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act at all necessary, and it fully expects that the Government will "maintain the supremacy of the law in Ireland without asking Parliament for extra ordinary powers, to be considered in a winter ses sion." The situation, says our contemporary, is no doubt bad enough, but it presents no difficulties and dangers with which the ordinary forces of the law and the Executive are incompetent to cope, and none which could be met by the suspension of the Habeas Cor pus Act. "The G overnment cannot issue letters de cachet against the electors who may be disposed to vote for a political prisoner, in order to prevent his return ; or against the rabble who form themselves into nightly processi.ms in the towns, and disturb tenant-right meetings in the counties. It can, however, put down these lawless gatherings, and it can prosecute the reckless men whose seditious speeches and writings kindle the flame." The Echo affirms on authority that there will be no winter session. TIIE LEADERSHIP IN THE LORDS. The John Bull gives forth the strange announce ment that the Duke of Marlborough is to be the new leader in the House of Lords. The appointment seems przinei facie an unlikely one. The other weekly papers almost unanimously fix upon the Earl of Derby for the post ; and they discuss the question whether the thoughtful, cold, logical, unenthusiastic despiser of clericalism, could bring the party round to him. If the John Bull be correct, the conclusions they arrive at are of little importance ; but our contemporary speaks by no means definitely. It may therefore be interesting to know that both the Spectator and the Saturday _Review agree in speaking doubtfully of his lordship. What is his policy, they ask, in the matter of the University Tests ? Where will he be found on the subject of education ? W hat about all religious difficulties? Is he not in all such cases separated from his party ? The New Zealand policy of the Government, too, would probably win his sup port, or would not meet with other than half-hearted opposition. The Economist, on the other hand, thinks Lord Derby's cautiousness, his clearness, his hatred of opposition except where it would be suc cessful, the very thing the Conservatives want. The London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury says that the Earl of Derby declines for the present to commit himself so far as to assume any respon sible position in connection with the Conservative party ; and Lord Salisbury, though very ambitious, and determined eventually to lead the Tories, not only in the Lords, but in the Commons, declines to comply with the preliminary condition which is just now required of him, that of obedience to Mr. Disraeli. "It is more than probable, under these circumstances, that Lord Cairns will reappear next session in the position which he occupied in the last session of Parliament; though the matter may be otherwise arranged by the promotion of the Duke of Abercorn or the Duke of Richmond to the leadership." POLITICS IN RITTLANDSIIIIIE. The lion. G. J. Noel, M.P., the Conservative Whip, has been making a very fair speech in Butlaudshire. With respect to Ireland, he thought the Government had erred in allowing the agitation to get so much headway. The feeling of insecurity which had been engendered must operate very seriously for evil. Mr. Noel treats the idea of compensation for improvements as thoroughly conceded by all English politicians ; and he is likewise of opinion that leases would do good in some parts; but the Conservative party will never, he is sure, consent to fixity of tenure. The Conservative Whip is dissatis fied with the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act of last session ; but he freely admits that Mr. Forster did his best to make the bill effectual. Mr. Noel would have all foreign cattle slaughtered at the port of debarkation. THE EDUCATION FIGHT. The Spectator recommends Ministers to go in at once with their Education Dill. The Secularists wish to postpone the conflict for a year or two, as they think time will win them adherents. The Spectator, which holds with the Edu cation Union in the matter of combining re ligious teaching with ordinary instruction, fears that a general election would give the Secularists (or the League) much greater strength in Parliament. It, hopes, therefore, that Mr. Forster will take up the position of umpire between the two parties, and dire us the best measure he can. The Union, or religious party, is clearly in the majority at present. But it may not always be so. COLONIAL POLICY. The Times and other journals which support the policy of refusing aid to the New Zealand colonists are delighted with the news that all is tranquil in the Northern Island. So is everybody ; but the intelli gence proves nothing. The question at issue is this : Earl Granville has given orders for the last regiment remaining in New Zealand to leave at once. The Times thinks this course just ; others hold that it is an extreme and harsh application of the policy of making TAXING A LAwymes Cosrs.—A case of considerable the colonies bear their own burdens. The intelli o crence interest to attorneys and solicitors was tried in the Roll's that New Zealand is tranquil does not, however, deter- Court. A client of a solicitor, named Jones, obtained mine the controversy in favour of the former party, the common order to tax his bill. The taxi n g simply because the date of the mail is prior to the date of Earl Granville's despatch, and the news describes master disallowed all charges for business done the state of things in the colony whilst the regiment during the first three m onths of the year 1867, en was still there. In fact, the New Zealand people, the ground that Mr. Jones was then uncertificated. The in ignorance of the message which must have reached want of a certificate was owing to the default of Mr. them ere now, were ascribing the lull in the war to Jones's agents. Mr. Jones took out a summons, that the the retention of the regiment. taxing master might be directed to review his taxation. His lordship said the Act referred to, which debars an uncertificated practitioner from recovering fees was a strictly penal one, and must be construed strictly. He was of opinion that the present proceedings did not come within the meaning of the Act, though he withheld his opinion as to what the effect might be if the solicitor had taken the initiative. The taxing order was obtained by the client, on condition of paying what was due from him, and the Act did not take away the debt, or deprive the solicitor of the right to retain the money already paid to him. The matter would, therefore, be referred back to the taxing master whose decision was wrong though warranted by the practice of his office. INJURIES AT A PIGEON MATCII.—AII action has been Drought in the Court of Queen's Bench bya cabman named Mathews against a solicitor named Gregory, to recover compensation for injuries received at a pigeon shooting match whereby the plaintiff lost the use of Lis eye. He was engaged to drive a gentleman to the Scrubbs to a pigeon match on the Gun Club grounds, and the defen dant alleged that he had no business on the ground. It seemed that the plaintiff, with other cabmen, had gone on the ground into one of the tents in the line of the shoot ing. The defendant had given as compensation. 7erdict for the defendant. • MANSLAUGHTED. OF A WlFE.—Z'4illiaM Sunter, who had been charged at Leeds with the murder of his wife, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. The evidence disclosed a systematic course of cruelty, and the judge remarked that ho considered the prisoner morally guilty of the murder of his wife, if he were not :egally. There was not the least provocation; the crime arose from the prisoner's brutal nature aggravated by drink. The prisoner and his unfortunate wife lived at a beerhouso at Whitkirk, near Leeds. CRI:ELTY TO CRILDREN.—TWO very painful cases ea cruelty to children have been investigated at the metropolitan police-courts. At the Guildhall, Jeremiah Tehan, who had been previously charged with the neglect and ill-usage of his two children, aged 4 and 6, was sen tenced to two months' hard labour. The prisoner and the woman who passed as his wife were in the habit of drinking, and would take home food for themselves and leave the children starving. At Marylebone, a man named Phillips was charged with the cruel ill-treatment of his son, aged 7. The child, who had run away from home, presented a dreadful spectacle when taken to the workhouse, and said he had been beaten with a red-hot poker. The man, who had been charged some months ago with ill-using another child, was sentenced to six months' hard labour. His wife, the childrens' step mother, was also charged with cruelty, but the case against her was dismissed for want of evidence. INCENDIARY FIT:EL—A tramp, named Robinson, has been sentenced to fifteen years penal r ervitude at the Leicester shire Assizes for having created four incendiary fires at Loughborough on the 22nd of September. Eight stacks of corn and five stacks of hay Were consumed. He gave him self up, ae , l ples.(led guilty LAW AND POLICE. TUE DESTINY OF JEREMIAU. The Standard appears to slightly apprehend that O'Donovan Rossa will find his way into the House of Commons. At all events it is rumoured that as our friend Jeremiah has been advertised in the London Gazette as the member for Tipperary, a motion will be made on the assembling of the House of Commons that the convict shall take his seat. The fact is urged that until Parliament repealed the law dis qualifying Jews, the election of Baron Rothschild by the City of London was never gazetted. "The ap pearance of Rossa's name in the Gazette is held by some lawyers to give him a prima facie title to a seat in the House of Com mons, and it is said that the house would pos sess the power to call him to its bar and to his seat." Possibly the House might possess that power; but between the ability to do a thing and the will to do it there is often a great gulf. No doubt, too, admis sion to "his seat" would do Jerry a great deal of good by convincing him that Portland, after all, is the best place for him. It would be almost worth while to provide a suit of clothes at the national expense. Ho cannot well come in his con vict dress. But it remains a question how far we are called upon to take all this trouble for Jerry's good. It remains also to be learned what Jerry himself thinks of the greatness that has been thrust upon him. The Washington correspondent of the .2 ew York Tribune states that President Grant has declared himself absolutely opposed to the proposed renewal of the Cana dian Reciprocity Treaty, and will not have any further consultations on the subject. The Mexican correspondent of the New York Sun gives nn account of a terrible accident which oc curred in the old silver mine, near Guanaganat, in the month of October. While the labourers were seated in an inner chamber an immense portion of the shelving rock which formed the roof of the chamber gave way. The wives and children of the men were with them, as they had brought their meals. Twenty-five thousand tons of rock in a body buried in an natant 1 1 .1 5 19* 90. hul4Xt4 P 90941%. TIIE REDUCTION OF JUDGES. The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, himself a Liberal, is an earnest well-wisher to the present Government ; and he is one whose opi nion would weigh with the Ministry as much as, if not more than, that of any other judge. The announcement, therefore (by the _Law Journal), that Sir Alexander Cockburn has protested against the policy of reducing the number of judges, and pressed the Government to fill up the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Justice Hayes, makes it more than ever probable that we shall again have a sixth judge. AMALGAMATED ASSURANCE COMPANIES. The Solicitors' Journal, which is not very well satisfied with Vice-Chancellor James's judgment that a society cannot transfer its liability to pay an annuity by amalgamation, makes a noteworthy com ment on the influence which this judgment is likely to have. Some assurance companies have inserted in their deeds of settlement a clause providing for a transfer of the business to some other society upon a dissolution, and it has been held repeatedly that those who insure with a society must be taken as having notice of the terms of its deed of settlement. If, therefore, any of the societies absorbed by the Albert had such a proviso in their deeds of settlement, it would appear that it would be fatal to any claims now made upon them by their original policy-holders. A decision to that effect has, indeed, been given once by Lord Romilly. THE NEW MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. Mr. Lindsay, formerly M.P. for Tynemouth and Sunderland, is devoting his retirement to good pur pose. He has written two excellent letters upon belligerent rights, and he has just finished the task of reading through Mr. Bright's new Merchant Shipping Bill—that fearful measure of 733 clauses and a score of schedules. Mr. Lindsay's labour has led him to the conclusion that the Act is on the whole a good one, embodying many reforms. But one great defect is palpable. It is a fault in the working of the local shipping offices that they are now far too much under the corn , el of the Board of Trade, and the new bill seeks to increase that power. For instance, by clause 110, any appointments or arrangements made by " any local Marine Board," may be annulled, altered, or rectified as the Board of Trade may think expedient; and, by clause 13G, that Board takes the "imme diate control" of the superintendents, depu ties, clerks, and servants of those Sailors' Homes which have become mercantile marine offices. " These are powers over matters of detail which Parliament never meant to place in the hands of Government, and I think the time has arrived for the President of the Board of Trade to consider if he could not, with advantage to himself and the public, dispense with many of them. Why not leave, subject to approval, all such appointments and dismissals in the hands of the members of the local boards, who are either nominated by the Government, or elected by the votes of the shipowners ? Surely these gentlemen, who occupy high positions in their respective localities, are much more competent to judge of what is necessary for the efficient working of the offices at the ports where they reside than any stranger." Mr. Lindsay thinks that the meddling of Government in matters of detail has already gone too far. The Board of Trade is extending its jurisdiction so much that it will speedily be unable to manage itself, much less the commercial affairs of a nation. Mr. Lindsay, it should be added, has long been a great shipowner. EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN AGRICULTURE. The Somersetshire Chamber of Agriculture has taken a very significant step. It has passed a resolution to the effect that no children ought to be allowed to do field-work without a cer tificate of their ability to read and write. Coming from an ordinary meeting, an M.P., or a writer, this expression of opinion would be only in the due course of things. But coming from a body of farmers and landowners, it is full of meaning. COM3IERCIAL P.ESPECTADILITY. The Society for the Promotion of Christian Know ledge, the Society for the Conversion of the Jews, and kindred organis . ations, are all very w e ll i n th e i r way; but they are likely to be outdone in utility by the forthcoming Society for the P romo ti on o f Com mercial Respectability. This is pronounced to be the great want of the age. A correspondent of the Times suggests that such a body s h ou ld b e f orme d. What is wanted is simply a combi na ti on o f p ersons of unstained mercantile repute, who s h ou ld exc l u d e from membership with them anyone who, by dis honourable or unbusiness-like transactions, might be considered to have forfeited a fair position. Political and social questions would be tabooed ; the only quality the society would seek to develope would be honesty. And assuredly it is the quality which is becoming most rare. THE " SPECTATOII" ON Mit. VOYSEY. It is worthy of note that the Spectator unre servedly condemns Mr. Voysoy's defence before the Chancellor of York. The Spectator is always earnest in its appeals for comprehension in the National Church; but to s tretch the principle to the extent which the incumbent of Ilealaugh desires, is to break it. The rev. gentleman's reasoning leads to this: that making assent to, and denial of the Articles mean equally little ; and the most solemn and public expression of belief should, according to him, be declared legally meaningless. This conclusion would (says the Spectator) " come Pretty near declaring the Church a total imposture." BAIL AND WIRE. The Railway News announces that the London, Chatham, and Dover Company have finally made arrangements f or placing the combined steam carriage of Mr. Robert Fairlie on their line, for the purpose of testing its suita bility for passenger traffic. The carriage, which is worked by a steam bogie, forms in itself a complete train, with accommodation for fifty or one hundred passengers.—The Government has consented to lend a ship (the Brisk) to the International Mid-Ocean Telegraph Company, to be moored in the Channel as a floating station. The position selected for this experimental ship is off Penzance harbour, some sixty miles out at sea. The uses of these mid-ocean stations, of which this is to be the first, will be various. Ships may call and announce their approach homeward, which will be immediately telegraphed to London. Outward bound vessels may get their sailing orders, &c. The Brisk will be in electrical communication with the Penzance Post Office, and a steam-tug will act as her tender. EQUALITY. The Americans began to run their trains, as they began everything e l se , u pon the equality pri n c i p le . No distinctions were to be tolerated. There were to be no varieties of carriage, but one class and one fare. Thi s s ystem is fading away. A. superior kind of car, with the most luxurious and complete accommodation, is rapidly co min g into use on the American lines. It is not called a first class ; but it provides gr ea t er comforts (being far superior to anything on this s id e the Atlantic), and the pr i ce is higher—two changes which pretty well abolish the equality system. FOX HUNTING. Mr. E. A. Freeman condemned fox-hunting . as a barbarous sport in the columns of the Fortnightly Review. Another distinguished writer, Mr. Anthony Trollope, writes in the same periodical on the other side. Never was the case of the national sport better put. The fox likes the fun, in the first place ; and its lot is much b e tt er than that of many other animals, birds, and insects that aro killed for the benefit or the amusement of man. There can be no comparison, says Mr. Trollope, between a fox-hunt and a bull-fight. In the former case the death of the fox is no part of the pleasure of the sport, for not more than ten or twenty perhaps out of the whole field ever see more of poor Beynard's short agony than " a bit of fur hanging to a hound's mouth, or a bloody jaw." T h e chase is everything. In the case of a bull-fight the entire snort is obtained from the torture and death of the animal. limiting, too, is the best enjoy ment for a hard-worked, educated - man. It develops numerous good qualities. It is well known that the Duke of Wellington always encouraged the sport amongst his officers, because it made them not only good riders, but pathfinders and pioneers, and accus tomed them to seize at a glance the principal points of a country for military operations. Hunting main tains the breed of horses, and it maintains the breed of foxes, too, for had it not been for the sport, the animal would long azo _have disanneared from. the CHEAP POSTAGE BETWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA. The New York journals arc very indignant with the French Government. Senator Ramsey, of Minnesota, has taken a voyage across the Atlantic, for the express purpose of negotiating' a postal treaty with France, but has re turned disconsolate, being unable to corning the Minister of Finance that a reduction in the rate of postage would be advantageous to both countries. The existing treaty expires on the Ist of January, and all the European Powers are anxious for its expiration, as they have been unable to negotiate postal treaties with France, and hope that America may be more successful. At present the rate from America to France is 30 cents for half-ounce letters, to Germany 10 cents, and to England 12 cents. Senator Ramsey proposed 10 cents for half ounce letters to France, but was willing to agree t• 12. The French, however, would not hear of the change. THE ERIE RAILROAD The great action against the redoubtable Commodore Vanderbilt, in the Supreme Court of the United States, has begun. The action is brought to recover $5,000,000 damages, and an order having been granted to have testimony taken before trial, Mr. Vanderbilt was examined as a witness in his own be half, the testimony to be used on the trial. The court has decided that although questions of fraud have been raised, there shall be no jury in this case. The Supreme Court Circuit-room was thronged with com mercial and monetary men, prominent among whom was Mr. James Fisk, "whose corpulent and extremely healthful appearance," says the New York Herald, " gave the most perfect assurance that he is blessed with an easy conscience and a mind at rest." THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL. The prospects of the Darien Ship Canal are growing more encouraging. The Secretary of the American Navy has ordered an immediate survey of the most direct route across the isthmus, and the Govern ment are determined, it is said, to prosecute the work with vigour. In accordance with the terms of the treaty made between the United States and the Government of Columbia, the expenses of surveys, as well as the construction of the canal, are to be borne by the United States, and their Government is, consequently, to have the exclusive control of the canal. There is a rumour that England has endeavoured to obtain certain concessions from the Culumbian Government, but that the terms of the treaty are so binding that no proposition of the kind can be entertained. The work of excavation will bo com menced this winter. THE SPANISH GUNBOATS. Contrary to the expectations of the Cuban Junta and others, the seizure of the Spanish gunboats by the civil authorities did not take place on the 23rd of November, owing to the non-completion of the necessary documents. The libelling affidavit is made by Senor Alfaro of the Cuban Junta, who affirms that the gunboats are intended to make war, not only 'upon Cuba, but also upon Peru. The gunboats are under the surveillance of the United States navy, and will shortly be taken posses sion of by the Marshal. The Cuban Junta is in the highest spirits at the new aspect of affairs, and the prospect of assistance to its cause from the United States authorities. The news of the intended libelling of the Spanish gun boats has created quite a sensation in Washington. Some telegrams were received from parties in New York, in quiring if there was any prospect of a rupture between Spain and the United States. It was rumoured that the Spanish Minister had demanded his passports. The question of the gunboats must eventually become the subject of consideration between the two Goverumeats, but the Si,aniards maintain that the contest is now between the United States and the contractors. The Spanish Minister has not yet made any formal demand upon the Government for the release of the gunboats. FALL OF A CHURCH FLOOR IN KENTUCKY. Passengers from Lexington, Kentucky, report that while funeral services were going on in the second Coloured Baptist Church before a very large congregation, the floor gave way, killing some persons, and wounding about 150. Of those who did not go down with the sinking floor, many were injured in jumping from the windows. All those Present were coloured. BOLTON'S TELEGRAPH CODE. (From the Anglo-American Times.) To comprehend this Code the fact must not be over looked that the electric current along the wire admits but of two signs, the dot and the dash, the one being but a prolongation of the other; even in STEIN HEIL'S alphabet, used on the single needle instru ment, the motion to the left signifies a dot, and to the right a dash. The question Major 801.- - rort has undertaken to solve is, how best to apply them. In the word " best" is implied speed, as the telegraph means time ; accuracy, for the message is worse than worthless if incorrect; universality, for the globe is the field and the wire is the true bond of brother hood. MORSE, out of his dot and dash, constructed the alphabet now in use. A dot and dash is A ; a dash and three dots is B ; C is dash, dot, dash, dot ; D is dash, dot, dot; E is dot, and soon. The Professor took the letters as arranged in a compositor's bor, representing those most frequently used by the easiest symbols. That BOLTON'S Code requires an alphabet is clear from the fact that there are names, for instance those of persons, which must be spelled in the same way as at present. In incorporating that alphabet into his Code, Major BouroN.shows its wonderful simplicity and universality. He has, as we observed last week, five dots for his first five numerals, and five dashes representing 6 to 0. MORSE'S alphabet is, as we said, . for A, which, according to BOLTON'S Code, is 16, therefore 16 is A; . . . means B by Mons E's alphabet, by the Code it is 63, therefore 63 is B ; . . means C, and in the Code 6161, hence these figures represent the let ter, and so on. The Code therefore takes in MORSE'S alphabet to be employed when required. Thus the system is made so comprthensive that it embodies everything now used, while confining itself to the numerals as synth:As. In applying this Code to the _main consideration, time, it must be explained that spaces, of which there are three, are almost as valuable in transmitting messages as symbols. The first space separates the elements of a letter ; the second, the letters of a word ; the third, the words themselves. The duration of a dot is tile unit of length, and the dash equals three dots. The first is the unit, the second is the ctish or three dots, and the third is equal to six dots. In subularnie liner the dot increases in length, indeed in equalling the dash on short open air lima. Bad spaces cause moat of the operators' blunders; hence whatever reduces the number of spaces tends as well to accuracy, though more still towards economising time. The numerals cannot fail to be more simple, being confined to ten, than are the letters, consisting of 26, while stops, parentheses, accents, will also, in a measure, be done away with by the Code. But BOLTON'S system does not only leave the alphabet as now in use for those v. ho require it, but increases its utility, both by giving whole all the small words frequently oc curring, as and, the, but, and by giving double letters, as 454 M, 455 M', 456 Ma, 457 Mb, 458 Mc, carrying the alphabet through the whole, each letter in capitals being printed in conjunction with every other letter of the alphabet, enab ling the operator to send double letters, whereby half the time is saved. Such a Code is applic able to the globe, as numerals are universal, all re quired being to interpret the English signification of the number into that of any other language ; for instance, in Mantevarr's signals two ships of diffe rent national Lies having his Code in their own tongue, could converse through it without knowing each other's language. Indeed the Telegraph Code is derived from the Army and Navy signals, which were brought to their present perfection by Major BOLTON. lie was trained for and served in the Royal Artillery for 11 years, and though he left th's branch of the service, he re-entered the Army after the outbreak of the Crimean War, and has devoted the past ten years to this subje3t, both as an employe of the Governmeat in codify ing army signalsand on his own behalf. his system is acknowledged to be the best, [tad would be imme diately adopted by the propietors of the eleei'ic wires were it not that the work already oTe::ng does not furnish full employment. It is not in hu man nature for a trader to reduce an already in sufficient traffic to a third. Sti'l as with cheap news papers, with cheap postage, or in the cherpening of any other thing greatly used by the public, a great reduction may be found the requisite to being the transmission of messages into more general use. The introduction of this code might then even add to the profits of telegraphy, more than compensating the proprietors, by increasing the business. At any rate her iVAJe',II'CY'S subjects -w"1 soon own the wires of the United Kingdom, and it is worth the'r while to try the experiment on themselves. If they lose in oneway they must gain in the other, wh' leit is highly probable that they will gain in both. The Post master-General writes ambiguously in reply to Major BOLTON'S direct application to i... Pow numerals to be counted as letters, and the groups of figures to be delivered as transmitted without being translated. At present, figmes are sent as words ; thus, 1251 becomes in the hands of an operator one thousand two hundred and fifty-one, turning four signs into thirty-two. At an International Conference at Vienna this question was discussed, and it wag re commended that figures be sent as letters, with the proviso that they should be repeated. Now this is all that is asked for by Major Bolton ; and it does appear absurd that in using the Code, figures should be charged as words from London to Dove:, but as letters from Dover to St. Petersburg. Cheap ness, which must be the direct result of economising time, would be, however, but its chief element in inducing the. public more generally to use the telegraph. The Post-office, soon after the Ist of next month, will have wires ramifying to every sub money-order office, so that in a village or in any street of the metropolis a man's cherni , A or statiouer may be his transmitter of a message, and this fact will have an amazing influence in checking the free use of the wire. Families recoil from carry ing into a shop a message which tells more of home affaini than they desire should be openly discussed. Worse still, in the sender's mind will arise the question, " How will neighbour JONES in terpret this ?" If the return home of a husband is earnestly desired, two ideas may suggest them ! selves to neighbour JONES-Ist, that the husband is out on a spree ; 2d, that an execution is in his house. If a case of champagne be telegeLphed for, that extravagant fellow is not the man to be truAed. Indeed it may be safely predicted that secresy in the transmisiou of messages, with cheapness, are the vital principles for Government action if it de sires to make a thorough success of i s manage ment. This Cede is well worth the attention of the United States, and if Major BOLTON takes our telv:ce he will try to make the Republic the chief field for his operations. As it is, something has there been done to codify, or, at any rate, to simplify, the symbols, and we have little doubt that if lloeTosi's Code really possesses the superiority claimed for it, it will be detected and at once adopted by so prac tizal a people. MONEY AND B USIA' ESS. (From the Springfield Ryublican, No'. 20.) The continued ease of money on call and unwillingness of the New York banks to discount commercial paper, ex cept at exorbitant rates, produces no little embarrassment and ill-feeling at that centre. The apprehension of a panic is not so great as the general feeling of disgust at the illiberal conduct of the banks. This begins to take shape in projects for a new bank, whose sole functions it shall be to meet the discount demands of legitimate trade and to receive deposits. It is suggested that such a bank be o•ganised under the law of New York, with a capital of $10,000,000 in gold, to be increased if' necessary to $35,000,000, without the power to issue notes of circula tion at all. Foreign', bankers stand ready, it is said, to take $5,000,000 of stock, and think they could raise the whole capital abroad. The London and Westminster Bank would be the model, which issues no notes and yet pays large dividends. The proposed institution would have a gold department and a currency department, and would establish intimate connection with southern and western centres. This project seems very praiseworthy, but, in proportion as it is thus laudable, throws discredit on the present banking facilities of the metropolis. If the pre sent numerous and largo institutions of that city fail to serve this first purpose for which banks were ever created, the fact is a very !disheartening one. If all these banks now in existence, with the ability and pro bity which we are bound to suppose inheres in their ma nagement, still stray into forbidden paths of speculation, the remedy lies deeper than in the establishment of new banks. The resumption of specie payments would do away with much of this demand for a bank of deposit and discount, though it may even then be a desirable addition to our present facilities. If, as some claim, it would alleviate the distress of specie resumption, it would certainly do no harm to try the experiment. The call for currency from the West and South is still light, though trade and the crop movement have been decidedly more active. The Now York bank return for last week shows a gain of about three millions in the strength of the banks - over last week. The amount of specie now held by the banks is over $26,755,693, a much larger stun than they were accustomed to hold in ante-war times. In 1857, for instance, the average was from seven to twelve millions. Gold has been steady at about 127 during the week. The dealings in it continue to be of a purely commercial character, all attempts at specula— tion being of two feeble a character or meeting with too little encouragement to create any demand for it for gambling purposes. Governments do not vary esgantially from last week's quotations and show no sign of a decline. It seems too obvious a truth to need statement, much loss re-statement, that the recent apparent decline in Government bonds was really an advance, as gold at the same time fell still more. If by some magic gold should suddenly and bona fide fall to 100, bonds would as certainly fall to the same point. The gold price of the latter, however, would have risen from about 90 up to 100. Notwithstanding the plainness of this statement of the case, the I. inancial aironicle, in its last issue, had an apologetic leader, the tone of which may be inferred from this opening sentence :—" Among the causes which have combined to cause the heavy recent decline in United States Bonds, it is certain the economical adminis tration of the Government and the efficient management of the Treasury have had no place." That there has been no "recent heavy decline" is also evident from the steadi ness of quotations abroad. The interest in stocks for the past week has been confined mostly to Boston, where Hartford and Erie has been the subject of quite a panic. Lenders who had taken the Seven per Cent. Bonds of that road at 50 its collateral, feeling insecure, demanded a wider margin of their customers, but the ly)rrowei s re fused to respond. The former threw the unsatisfac tory stuff upon the market, end quotations fell from 18 to 9 for the stock, and from GU to 48 for the bo,ids. The object of the panic is otherwise said to be to enable New York parties to buy up and control the stock. The Boston pap-rs, with a childbke faith in future dividends, and perhaps in future loans from our empty State Treasury, exhort the capitalists of the. Hub to hang on. Some failures of brokers were reported, and the Traveller, which ought to know, but probably didn't, said that the stock had gone irredeemably to Now York. Pacific Mail and Lake Shore have experienced a de cline, the former from the natural competition with the trans-continental railways, and the latter from the mere association with the name of Erie in the third rail business alluded to last week. Railway shares generally are very dull. That this depression of stocks is due rather to lack of the speculative spirit than to any decrease in the earn legs of the railroads is shown by the figures on this lea topic for the past ten months, as collected by the Financial Chronicle, which is commendably prompt in gathering ► dustrial and commercial statistics. Although the 81°W movement of the crops" has been generally bewailed, the earnirgs of 12 of the principal western roads for the tea months ending November 1 were $58, 595 , 315, againgt $55,501,610 for the same period in 1868, or an increase of over three millions. It must also be remembered that the earnings of 1868 were comparatively large, by far el ' seeding any previous year. The low prices of breadstuffe and provisions iu the wholesale markets is a matter of general interest at the present time, in view of the agitly tion of specie payments. With such incomplete data as the market reports from various points present, w° h" endeavoured to make a table, showing the present currency prices of some of the most important staples: potc: Flour. Wheat. Corn. Butte r. New York $ 3 7 1.27 1.27 49 :33 8 8 °•'? C hicago Boston 5 8 1.12 36 40 " Cincinnati 29 St. Louis 4.50 84 91 Indianapolis St. Paul Jiiiwankio Philadelphia 5 6.50 1.30 1.00 Omaha 3.75 55 80 13 45 San Francisco 5.30 7 80 1 Potatoes are 70 cents per bushel at Boston, 45 at Detroit, 35 at Indianapolis, 60 at Chicago, 40 at Omaha , and $ t it : currency at San Francisco. The coal trade las t week sii active, the smaller sizes selling much more free l y , th°l',:: they are from 75 cents to $1 per ton highe r than t"' larger. The production in the Schuylkill region is slso quite active. The tonnage of all the Pennsylvania carry,'" ing companies thus far this year has been 12,239, 917, e decrease of 380,594 from last year's. The increase for th: past few weeks, however, if kept up through Naverab°f and December, will bring it up to within 10 0 , 000 tons last year's. The supply is therefore not likely to fall mu ch short. 5i.2 5 (From the 11 7 011-s: reel Journal.) FRIDAY EVENING, NW/Wilber 19. Business of every description continues exceedinglY slow, and the transactions in Wall-street are on the sma lest scale. The depletion of Wall-street capit al, 11 the failure and clearing out of various firms by the recent g°' ring swindle, presents a fine opportunity for firm s hal l , bona fi de funds to transfer their business to bantling. /.:- learn I hat, following the example of Morton, Bliss, an d ri c ° ,; and George Opdyke and Co., at least four prominent 7-', goods commission and jobbing firms contemplated retirl-u from their present business on January Ist and ante/ Wall-street. It is announced that the firm 01 Lockwn°, and Co. (the heaviest sufferers by the recent gold pan ic / will at once resume business. No fAilure elicited m° to genuine sympathy than this, and the return of no fir m active business will give more satisfaction to the SV ee than that of this respectA and enterprising house. 31°1 on call is plentiful at 6 to 7 per cent., with excepanns 5 per cent. Diseount3, however, continue as before, Wu heavy, and there is little inclination outside to lin n ,_ d ! paper, except at usurious rates. We quote first-rate &nil names at 10 to 15 per cent., and prima first-class nam es a „ 15 to 24 per cent, In the Gold Market the trau continue e:-ceedingly small, and the price* closes hold sactio.7. at 12Gt. Quotations for specie : i n 48 3 Amer. silver 971 to 93 I Eng. sovs ...... 4813 881 Alex. do'lars 104 „ 101 i2O francs ........ Seri ~ 7 0 Erg. silver 47U , 480 I Thalers ......... " F:vo I o ur Foreign Exchange is generally active and firm, 3 quotations, Threo Sixtays. London Bankers - D lO9l 10 9 1" -10ol London Prime Commercial lO Bl 108 1 ...... Paris, V -I— ankers -5.16 i 5.15 5.13* Bremen, Bankers Harubargb, Bankers 331-36 Frankfort, 0.111 4oi-40k Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.214-5.171 ..... Amsterdam, Bankers S wiss 5 2ll-5.171 ...... Government Bonds show a slight improvem ent, but the busirie, , s is very limite Sixes, 1861, registered ill to 11 .1 Sixes, 1881, coupon ll7l to 11 ' s Sixes, 1868, coupon U.S. Gs. Pacific Railroad • ... . 10 -, 1 to It Five-twenties, 1862, registered ll3 to 11 '- 6 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon 113 i to 113 f Five twenties, 1861, coupon 1131 to 11 31 Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ll3l to 11" 1071 to 10 8 1 Ten-forties, coupon 1071 to I°4 Ten-forties, registered to Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 State Bonds are dull, and, with the exception of souri's 6's, which are strong, are all lower. Railroad Stocks are quiet, and very little doing. 40 Gold Stocks are in good demand. The following for mortgages: -- N. Y. Central Gs, 1883... 89 N. Y. Central Gs, 1887... 89 N. Y. Central Gs, It Est.. 851 N. Y. Central Gs, Sub'n... 851 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876... - N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 99 E. - ie let Mort, Ex 97 Ere 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 - E..ie 7,, 3,1 Mor;,, 1883._ - Erg- 7s, Ith Mort, 1880_ - E•ie 75,, sth Mort, 1888 - Long Dock Bonds Buff:N.Y.& E.lstM,'77 B4 Hill E. 7s, Ist 11, '69_1001 flud. R. 7s, Yd M, Hark:mist M, '6B '72 - Mich. C. Ist M, G9'72 - Mich. new Ist M Sc, 'B2 117 (1 • Mich. So., 7p.c. 2 M B7 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B - Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 94 111. Cen. p. e, '7O 117 Alton & T. H. Ist 89 Alton &T. li. 2d pfd Alton & T. 11. 2d M. Inc 7O Han.& St.J. LandWrntslo4 Han. & St. J. Con 105 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 1071 Chi. & N. West, S. F 93 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony B7l Chi. & N. W. Int B B4 CU. & N. W. Ist M B7l Quincy & Tel, Ist M, '75 - 111. & .So. lowa Ist M., - Gt. West. Ist M, 'BB 7B Gt. Western 2d M '93 7Bl To'. & Wab. 2d MEx Bl I ilop eoll The following for the Railroads and Afis ce c los" Stocks, in which Pacific Mail is the leading ing at 51 8 5 1 N. Y. Central lB3l Fort Wayne ............ 53 Erie Hudson . Reading Mich. Central 120; W. U. Telegraph ...... 1 6 Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg B2 Ohio and Mississippi. • North-West fosturo, 1 1 North-West Preferred 851 Cumberland ........... Canton... Si Bankers and Brokere... 61/ Cleveland and Toledo Rock Island P P a s u u l l p . ..... f.e..r.er.er1080;,,0; At the annual meeting of the stockholders of Mail Steamship Company, on Nov. 117, t he f which was the only ticket, was duly electech,c P oora M‘Lane, William Dennistoun, James H. Bro wn ? b o rne Potter, Abiel A Low, Francis Skiddy, Jonathan -4 Wm. H. Webb, and Sidney Mason. sact i°lll Express Stocks are generally quiet and th e trse small. We quote:- to 571 Adams 571 _ to 4 American Merchants' Union .................. 3, at Merchants' Union, old Stock .................. 5291 t t o o L 3 f cio v United States l9l to 4 Wells, Fargo, and Co -snort ...... Tol. & Wab. Equip***** -- Mil. & Pr. du On. I s t 31.. gl Gal. & Chic. Ext. ......... & Chic. 2(1 112......•• •100 Chi. & It. I. Ist 111.....•••. OW. It. I. & Pacific 7's••• 9 G Cleve..; T.,1. S. Fu nd. , N. J. C.,ntral Ist ...... N. J. Central 2d 31.••••• '0 Pitts. Ft,W., &Ch.lbt3l.l(,;ii Pitts. Ft. W , & Ch. 2 °l' 90 ' Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 3d , 7..1 Cleve. & Pitts., 4th 31... Cmhi St.Al t Chic. & Alton, S. F- 19° ' pi) Pa»l Ist Mil. & St. Paul 2d NI••• sl Marietta & Oin. Ist 31... of Morris & Essex Ist 31 . ' " 91 Morris & Essex 2d 31.• Joilet & Chic. Ist g." Chi. & Gt. East'nletli•" N. Y. & N. ii. Gs ..... 92 Dubuque &S. City,lst3d. al Peninsula Ist M......... Ohio & Miss. Ist 31 ...... Ohio & Miss. Con ......... 811 Tol. P. W. Ist 31. B. P x •i* Atlantic & G. W. 2 2 d d 31 0 9 .3 Del., Lack., & as Lake S bore Div. 1,1" Cleve, P. & Ash. 14•pP,''' 0.." 83 Do. Union Pacific Gold B." 921 C e ntral P.RII. Gold 13... 8 3 Pacific RR. guar . 1131°. Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia bankell' as follows on Nov. 24:—Pennsylvania Ra ilr°3 l u 1 6 31 11 / rfr 53 1 53 i; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 97 6 9 7 1; su es ' ' b gage, 941 93. PRICE OF GOLD• sod Ili e quotation of gold at Paris is about sl flax l l Vie short exchange on London is 25f. 15a. Pe r 13 , ' lo t i e •i r e e -‘ 1 On c -.?mParing these rates with the English 3 01 " ', g et" 10 0- per ounce for standard gold, it aPPe'vuo gold at the above price is slightly Fearer Faris Loudon. _ —_— n OBITUARY.—Isaac Bryant, a n old res idev tiot B . uffalo, died suddenly in the Central Rai lroad depot il;0110, city, on Monday, Nov. 15. Colonel Alfred e ' a o p son, d a well-known citizen of Belfast, Maine, d i t the St. Yon Sunday night, James Ilotel, Boston, of lung • Ile 0 39 s be pioneer ovls of the Pacific Expressth disease. , ji i , t South for the benefit el4tbhuosifsso:deiin:t:Ltoioi: of his health.--John Butterue utico, Giulia dr d • 86 years. -The renoweed s;nger ' 1 , j :;1 1 ,1r 0- .ay, Nov.died at the Hotel du Nord, Berlin, on a N 25, of inflammation of the lungs. BIRTHS. ber 1311(11 ALLGOOD—On the 2d inst , at Alumouth, Northucn the wife of Major-General G. Allgood, of "7 j3al' el. ' BAKF.II.—Ou the 4.h inst , the wife o: Mr. Fr e of 88, Fleet-street, of a .son. 'IIARRIAGES. i 1 CV ' e ELI IR p ----.. ETERS—On the 2:1 inst , at St. I:tote ‘4, i f th Horace Ellis to Elizabeth in:r eldest daughter s v e ,t" Ed° Johu Peters, of Sloau:,- , '" Chelsea, and WPIORT % : gum:, Wandsworth. ob" • teS: - to --lAtEcit—On the 3d inst., at 'WWI sof/ Williamin, Willia F. Wright, Esq., Militarybt°E L ° .h, I;s' Anna, second daughter of the late Robert eot' M.D. DEJTBS. Cba rit° BERNAL —On the 2d inst., at Tunbridge, the Rev' Bernal, aged 57. 1 4t t.l l g us' IlosNEn—On the Ist inst at Folkestone , Colose 4' tus C. lionner, aged 51. o f 11 NE WILL —On the 3d inst., Josenh Newill , E s q ., bury, North Shropshire, aged 73. .......-----....._„—.—,.........—.----- 1 „ I D tt; T Lo o ll i rion : Printed I,:id Pqblistied by WILLIAI,I / 1 / 2 -* — 1 ,..i00 - ' No. 112, 6tr:tnd, Printer, at THE SUN Office 2, %," i d 0 0 in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of ii---411° Monday, December 6, IV.B A COUNTERBLAST TO BIIMINGH.AIII. The Dean of Carlisle has published an attack upon the Birmingham Education League. He says that forty years ago he took part in a sore conflict between the secular and religious educationists. The latter, he proceeds, "fought and won, and religious exercises were embodied and have been continued to this day in the system recognised by the Privy Council. An incalculable amount of good has been achieved under this schome (I speak generally); thousands and tens of thousands of young men and women now living and walking in the paths of virtue, morality, and godliness, intelligent mem bers, too, of various Christian bodies, are at this moment witnesses of the triumphs of this cause." " But," conti nues Dr. Close, "because it is found that there are in every large town, children who neglect all these advantages, and whose parents are indifferent to these blessings, a new and more subtle and more perilous scheme is devised under the plea of supplementing our present schools and subsidizing their influence—which scheme, if carried out, will as certainly and as effec tually destroy and supersede all our religious and voluntary schools as that proposed so many years since by avowed free-thinkers. An Educational League has been launched at Birmingham which I fear has been joined by many under a false impression and in igno rance of its true character and certain results. My conviction is, that if free schools supported by rates or taxes, or both, and managed by the ordinary representatives of ratepayers, on the plan proposed by this League,' excluding the Bible and all dogmatic, or doctrinal, or denominational teaching from such schools are established, the result will be in a few years the entire triumph of a secular education— ' Godless schools '—to the overthrow and abolition of our Christian system, supported by Christian philanthropy, the very glory of our land. The numbers of the `Arabs' of otr cities have been marvellously exaggerated ; the League, by a little ingenious manipulation, put them down at 1,000,000; that figure has been reduced confessedly to 300,000, and shall we for such a wretched fragment of the dregs of our population overthrow one of the most power ful agencies for the benefit of the children of the people that ever existed ?" THE SEDITIOUS TRESS. The Irish "National" journals are this week much tamer than usual. The Irishman, which generally exceeds the rest in vehemence of expression, counsels moderation in an article headed "A Warning." The supposed inten tion to nominate Lobs', another Fenian convict, as a candidate for the Queen's County, it. describes as a " grave error," adding, "What will victory in the Queen's County declare that the Tipperary election has failed to pro- , nounce ?" It cautions the "Nationalists" against "drifting into useless and ainless egitailon." No further victory can (it say) add prestige to tho national cause. " Tha injury that would result to Ireland," continues tha Irish man, "from a now suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act cannot be over-estimated. It might, and doubtless would, prevent men expressing their opinions in public, but could it prevent them fostering them in secret ?" This article appears side by side with much boasting over the return of Hesse, which the Irishman describes as a " con stitutional victory." The Irishman assails Cardinal Cullen, ac cusing him of having for years eadeavoured to repress the po litical aepirationsof Irish.nen, and the result was Fenianism— a "Irrankensten which, to his horror, ho found he had helpedto create, but could not destroy." " The people (it is added) do not listen to his political precepts. How should they accept him for a political guide, who always leads to defeat? How should they respect him as a politician, who is neither generous nor just?" With regard to the other organs of sedition, the People E ays that "if the Treason Felony Act be put in motion again, there will be men at. the press prepared to brave its terrors." The Nation presses the candidature of John Martin for Longford, and on the subject of the threatened "Ilepress•.on," says :—" Let the people of Ireland mark well the fact - it is not invasion or insurrecteon that has affrighted our Eng lish masters ; it is not war they want to avert, for there is no danger of it. The tyranny with which wo are threatened is intended to arrest the constitutional action of the Irish people. The election of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa is the cause of the outburst of fury with which we are visited. Tho chance of other elections of a like kind is what the ruling classes desire to avert. The expression of Irish national opinion, legally and constitu tionally, by means of public meetings and processioes, is what they are anxious to suppress." There is a good deal more writing of the following kind :—" There is a striking moral in the Tipperary electron, if English statesmen could only read and comprehend it. Converting an Irish patriot into a felon by the forms of English law but graves his name for ever above his place in the national Walhalla where the national heart holds communion with its heroes and martyrs." The minor journals, the Flag and Weekly Naas, have articles in the same strain. The forme: speaks, apropos to Roses, of "The Nation's Jubilee," and boasts that "the name of the imprisoned revolutionist was more potent to preserve the peace than all the troops, and all the police, and all the parliamentarians the Govern ment could provide." A wood-cut represents O'Donovan Bosse, manacled and in prison dress, claiming Lis seat in the House of Commons.— Pall Mall Gazette. LOICDOI4DERRY RIOTS. The two Royal Commissioners who were appointed to investigate the recent disturbances at Londonderry have issued their report. They make important recommendations regarding the preservation of the peace, and the prevention of party displays in the city, and suggest that the same course should be pursued as in Belfast after the riots there. They suggest that the city police be abolished, and be replaced by constabulary. Changes in the magistracy ought likewise to be made. The apprentice boys are not to possess cannon. "FIXITY" AND " SECURITY." The supporters of tenant right in Ireland are discuss ing an expression; the battle wag es between "fixity" and " security." The reforming tenants mostly support the phrase " fixity of tenure," the landlords " security of holding." There is not unlikely to be a smart dis cussion on the subject by the Mountmellic Guardians at their next meeting. A. resolution supporting " fixity " is to be seconded by Lord Portarhngton, who will (he announces) move the substitution of the landlord's words for that used in the original notice. THE DOUBLE CONTROL. --- - - The news we gave last week about the absorption of the Horse Guards in the War Office was almost too good to be true—and too good to be decisively contradicted. That the Duke of Cambridge should so easily give up his residence at the Horse Guards, should at once agree to act in unison with Mr. Cardwell, and thus put an end to the absurdity of a double control of the army, vas hardly to be expected. It would be against the very foundation of the British Constitu tion, for it would put an end to circumlocution, and actually diminish the potency of red tape. Though, however, we may not look for the present fulfilment of the desire of service reformers, we may hope that their wishes may be one day realised. So the an nouncement is put down as "premature." When will the scheme be mature ? The Army and Navy .6 arette says within a few months. It seems too much to say the beginning of the financial year. 6ED.VICE CHANGES. The apprehended changes which are not to take place seem as important as those that are to be carried out. Thus, it is not true that in the coming reduction of the army the second battalions will be disbanded. Tho colonial corps are to suffer most severely from the pruning knife. Nor is the news confirmed that a scheme for accelerating promotion in the Royal Engineers has been definitely decided upon. 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