The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-13 00:00:00

CHANGE OF RESIDENCE FOR FISH. On Monday last an interesting scene was witnessed in Hyde Park. The Serpentine, as our readers are aware, during several days past, has been under going the process of draining. On Saturday the operations were suspended, and a sufficient quan tity of water was left for the sustenance of the fish. On Monday morning Mr. Frank Buckland, Mr. Henry Lee, and 'other gentlemen attended to superintend the catching of the said fish. Certain Thames fishermen were engaged to work the nets. A good many hauls were made, and several thousands of fish captured, including some very large bream, carp, Prussian carp, tench, and an immense quan tity of large roach, one large percil, and one lake trout, which had been put into the Serpentine by Mr. Buckland some two years since. All were placed in watering carts and conveyed to the " round pond," Kensington Gardens. Very few fish died on the journey, owing to the care Mr. Buck land took in their removal. A large concourse of people watched the proceedings. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LETTER CARRIER. Joseph Wells, a letter -carrier, in the employ of the General Post Office, was brought up at the Bow-street Police-court on Tuesday morning before Mr. Flowers, charged with stealing a letter containing a half a dollar, a diamond ring set with turquoise, and several penny postage stamps. Complaints had been made of the loss of numerous letters in the prisoner's delivery, and the letter containing the property in question was posted in the Lewisham pillar letter-box, addressed to a young lady, as a trap. The prisoner emptied the box, and the letter. not duly arriving at the Post Office, he was taken into custody, and the property found at his house. He was committed for trial. LAW AND _POLICE. OPEN-AIR PREACITING.—John Davidge, a member of the Open-air Preaching Mission, has been summoned at the Lambeth Police-court for obstructing the highway. A constable stated that he found him preaching in Kennington-road to a crowd of upwards of 120 persons. He told him to go mfay, and as he refused he took him into custody. Two surgeons residing near the spot complained of the nuisance caused by the crowds, as the preaching often wont on from five p.m. till eleven It was urged for the defence that the place had been used as a preaching station for more than twenty years. The magistrate dismissed tho summons, recom mending that the services should not be ecntinued so late. CITAIZOTI AGAINST AN HOTEL-KM:TF.I( .—At the Thorpe Petty Sessions, Thomas Skeat, carter, and Henry Page, landlord of the Railway Hotel, Weeley, were charged with stealing coal. The carter brought Page coals which belonged to another person, and he received them. Both were committed for trial. The case excited great interest from the position of the accused receiver. Tux ATTE3IFTED MURDER AT PLAISTOIV.—The prisoner Davis, who is in custody for attempting to murder a young woman, at Plaistow, has been again remanded, the injured girl not being out of danger. Arrnxrr TO &roar A POLICEMAN.—Owen Handlan, was brought before the Darlington magistrates on a charge of attempted murder. Four police-officers were standing together at Albert Hill, when the prisoner passed and drew a revolver, One of the constables seized his arm, and another took the revolver from him. There is no doubt in the minds of the police that the affair has a Fenian origin, and that Handlan has an animus against Police constable Dunn because he formerly apprehended him in connection with the murder of M'Conville. The prisoner remanded. TIII4 AFFRAY AT BLACKBURN.--Three men have been charged at Blackburn with the attempted murder of a farmer, named Eastham. The men were poachers and had thrown the farmer over a bridge. Eastham could not identify them and they were remanded for a week for further infOrmation. ROBBING RAILWAY PASSES.—Two young men have been charged before the Liverpool magistrates with stealing a number of railway passes on the London and North- Western line. One of them was said to have been a clerk at the Euston-station. A number of filled up passes were found on one of them who was committed for trial but the evidence with regard to the co-called clerk, not being con clusive, he was discharged. SDI ROBERT PEEL AND THE GAS • COMPANY.—The Tam worth Gas Company having been sued at the Summer Assizes by Sir Robert Peel for an encroachment on his land, have summoned one of his witnesses for perjury. The witness has been committed for trial. ALLEGED EITIM7ZLEMENT OF £4oo.—Edward Willis a commercial traveller, was charged, at Leeds, with em bezzling a sum of £4OO belonging to his employer. He was remanded for a week, and bail was accepted. CRUELTY TO A CAT.—At Wakefield two gamekeepers wore fined 405., including costs, for cruelty to a cat. They stoned the cat of a yeoman in the neighbourhood, and threw it to tho dogs. The Bench said they had no business to kill domestic cats within a short distance of their owner's house, and they must have known to whom the belonged. THE REV. S. E. GLADSTONE IN THE CITY.-_ . thanksgiving service was held on Tuesday evening in the church of Bing Edward the Martyr, in Lombard-street, rendered famous by the services held there by Father Ignatius. Great interest was attaches to the present scr- vice by the fact that the Rev. Stephen E. Gladstone, the • second son of the First Lord of the Treasury, was announced to preach. Long before the hour announced for the com mencement of the service, 7.30, the church was crowded to excess. The majority of the congregation consisted of men of the better class. The service was choral, and there were at least forty boys and men in the choir. There was nothing in the service to indicate a tendency towards ritualism, and the most Evangelical of Churchmen could have found nothing at which to take offence. Mr. Glad stone's text was taken from the Ist Epistle to the Corin thians, 15th chapter, and the 36th verse. After the ser mon Mr. Gladstone pronounced the benediction, and the congregation dispersed. REVOLTING LIMICfRALITY.—Mr. Richards has held an inquiry at the Windsor Castle, Victoria-park. touching the death of Mary Ann Ross, a dressmaker, aged 18. Deceased was found by David Mitchell, floating in Duckett's Canal. At the dead-house it was discovered that :he was far advanced in pregnancy. The body having been identified by the father of the deceased, her sister deposed that she suspected that her husband had been criminally intimate with the deceased. Had heard deceased "neaten to take her life several times. The Coroner: Has not this man got three or four wives ? Witness : Not that I know of, except one that he married before rae. We have been married seven months. I took his word he was not lawfully married. A Juryman : He had a wife and two children upstairs ? Witness : I was not aware of that. I did believe he had also lived with a ourth woman. Dr. Edward Howard Moore deposed that deceased's death arose from suffocation by drowning. A juryman asked if the man could not be punished. He knew the.parties well, and not only had the man two wives living in one house, but he had seduced this wretched young woman and another girl in the house working at the machine. The Coroner: I am not going to attempt to defend this horrible man's conduct, but he cannot be amenable to this court. Ho has to answer to his God, and possibly to the law. A juryman said it could be proved that this poor girl was with the man Cockburn on the very day she is supposed to have committed suicide. He con sidered that an open verdict should be returned. The jury ultimately returned a verdict that "Deceased was found drowned in Duckett's Canal, but how the came into the eater there was no evidence to shew." BADGERING AN lILISII VOTER._" You're a Roman Catholic ?"—" Am I?" said the fellow. " Are you not?" demanded the agent.—" You say I am," was the answer. " Come,. sir, answer —what's your religion ?"—" The true religion." " What religion is that ?"—" My religion." "And what's your religion ?"—" My mother's religion.' " And what was your mother's religion ?"—" She tuk whiskey in her tay." "Come, now, I'll find y ou ou t , cunning as you are," said the agent, piqued into an encounter of wit with this fellow, whose baffling of every question pleased the crowd. " You bless yourself, don't you ?"—When I'm done with you, I think I ought." :What place of worship do you go to ?"—" The most convainyant." "But of what persuasion are you ?" —" My persuasion is that you won't find it out." What is your beli ef r-" My belief is that you are puzzled." "Do you." "Come, now I have you. you confess ?"—"Not to Who would you send for if you were likely to die?"— "Doctor Growlin." "Not for the priest ?"—" I must first get a messenger." "Confound your quibbling ! Tell me, then, what your opinions are—your conscientious opinions, I moan."—" They are the same as my landlord's." " And what are your landlord's opinions? "—"F.Lix ! his opinion is that I won't pay him the last half-year's rint, and I am of the same opinon. myself?' A roar of laughter followed this answer, and dumbfounded the agent for a time; but, angered at the successful quibbling of the sturdy and wily fellow before him, he at last declared, with much severity of manner, that he must have a direct reply. "I insist, cir, on your answering at once ; are you a Roman Catholic ? I am," said the fellow. "And could you not have said so at once ?" demanded the officer.—" You . never axed me," returned the other. " I did," said the officer.—" Indade you didn't. You said I was a great many things, but you never axed me—you wor drivin' eras words and crukod questions at me, and I gov answers to match them; for sure thowt it TrogingAnerito2cnt.outpay Vehavor on murn natthern.", - MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ILLNESS OF THE EARL. OF DERBY, The illness of the Earl of Dell)) , announced yester day has, it is clear, become very serious indeed. He has been very weak for some time ; mid a severe attack of gout having come upon him, he is now so prostrated that (according to several Conservative papers) there is little hope of his recovery. Lord Stanley has been summoned to Knowsley by tele graph; and several physicians have been called to the illustrious sufferer—among others, Dr. Jenner, of London. Most unfavourable expectations as to the issue of the disease are expressed. The noble Earl's death was announced in Liverpool yesterday morn ing, and the flag on the Town Hall was put half-mast high. It was, however, shortly afterwards taken down. The Globe of last evening stated that the report received at St. James's-square at eleven o'clock yesterday morning was somewhat more favourable. int: ELECTION COMMISSIONS. The inquiries into the political morality of Bridg water and Norwich drag on an existence of miserable uniformity. The remarkable disclosures at the for mer place must prove of great utility ; but even there the outpouring of iniquitous confession is becoming dismally wearisome. At Norwich a Mr. Priest, a gentleman of independent means, paid a high com pliment to Sir 11. Stracey. lie canvassed half a day in the interest of the latter, but found it such dirty work that he gave it up. Mr. Priest expresses his determination to do no more canvassing, until the happy time comes when ladies will have votes. Ho may, however, find some diffi culty then ; the competition for the place of canvasser will be so keen that it may not bo easy to get a job. As to the rest of the evidence given at the last sit ting, it may be briefly summed up. Mr. Green, who was an active supporter of Sir 11. Stracey, said that there was a number of men who were prepared to vote for either side provided they were paid for it, and there seems to be no doubt that Mr. Green, in common with other active supporters, fully availed himself of this accommodating disposition. In Ireland the Commissioners have been as successful as in England. The learned gentlemen at Sligo have had before them Major Knox, Mr. Macdonogh, and Mr. Serjeant Armstrong, all of whom have been members for the borough. Major Knox admitted that he had spent £6OO in purchasing houses to make votes; and that he had given money away freely to various electors. lle complained that the voters thought a candidate a proper subject to prey upon ; and bothered to have money given to them. To their importunity he yielded in some cases that ho might become popular. Serjeant Armstrong was elected in 1865—he thought purely. But some of the poorer inhabitants had had money promised them by his agent; and the Serjeant felt himself "in honour " bound to redeem the pledges made. Mr. Macdono_rh paid at least £5OO a year from 1860 to 1868 for his popularity during the time he was member. He lost the 1865 election, and after it paid a sum of £4OO to recoup the agents who had bribed. At Cashel various voters deposed to bribery; fwd another case of questionable practices was discovered. Sir Timothy O'Brien was impurely elected, and a petition against him was lodged. The M.P. paid £l,OOO to somebody, and got the petition withdrawn. Dn. ➢TILLER AND MR. GLADSTONE. Amongst other rumours about the new Bishops, it was stated that Dr. Miller had been nominated for the Episcopal Bench. The appointment was warmly criticised by the Conservative journals, on the ground that it was a glaring instance of the reward, to the detriment of the Church, of a political supporter of the Premier. All defence was rendered unnecessary by the fact that the rumours proved untrue. Dr. Miller, how ever, was assailed at the same time as a "political parson." It was stated that he took personal part in meetings in favour of Mr. Gladstone at Greenwich, and an active share in electioneering business " such as " said the Standard ; " is not often taken by gentle men of his cloth on any side." Nothing could be more contrary to the true state of the case. Dr. Miller has a dread of mixing himself up in such matters, and he replied to those who invited him to come forward at public meetings, and in other ways, that while he did not reflect on the clergy who thought differently on the subject from himself, he could not see that political agitation was consistent with his other duties. THE BALLOT. Sir Edward Watkin has found a convincing erg* ment in favour of the immediate and thorough adop• tion of the Ballot. He has been defeated through the want of it, The election in East Cheshire has—he it satisfied—been conducted on a principle which cannot be defended—the principle of keeping him out and of getting a Conservative in. He wishes to shew no factious opposition to Mr. Brooks, his successful rival, but he is convinced that the Conservative was the sole a c ,m - n through which tlit LibeFal cause 'Whatever was frustrated. doubt thae might pre viouslv be rm. .. the Ballot, there can be none now. fir i. Watkin lives in hopes of brighter days for Cheshire ; but the Ballot will be the dawn thereof. The public will likewise live in hope et brighter days for a place called Yarmouth. There the darkness is indeed Stygian just now, and it may be well to remember that Sir E. Watkin is declared by the Bribery Commissioners as having "largely contributed to the corruption" of that borough in 1859, and to its " degradation " in 1865. To Sir Edward bribery at Yarmouth may be virtue and the "screw " in Cheshire vice ; but tho world at large can scarcely be expected to look at things in a similar light. MR. ILLINGWORTH AT ICNARESBOII.O?v7.H. The Liberal member for Ktiaresborough has just been speaking on the topics likely to come up for consideration next session. He believes that the Ballot will be adopted by the Government, - and that the Irish land question, although an exceedingly diffi cult one, will be settled. Mr. Illingworth thinks that it will be solved so as to do justice to the tenants, whilst no injustice will be dealt out to the landlords. As to the reciprocity cry, ho feared from it no injury to our free-trade principles ; but, at the same time, he considered that when we went to France for a renewal of the treaty, we might reason ably ask for a reduction of their duties in the way of reciprocity. TILE COLONIAL OFFICIO AND TIIE___ , NEW =A/AND GOVERNALENT. The unfortunate 18th Regiment—the last of the regular troops left in New Zealand—has been the sub ject of much diplomatic correspondence. This regi ment had orders to leave the colony, but had not' sailed when this controversy arose respecting it. On the 22nd of July the Colonial. Minister, Mr. Fox, wrote, strongly urging the necessity of retaining the soldiers in New Zealand to prevent a more extensive outbreak of the Maories. The party of the native king, lie said, had not yet risen ; b u t it was known to be disaffected, and. the withdrawal of the last body of regular troops would be tantamount to a desertion of the field of battle in face of the enemy. So much were the ill effects of the withdrawal feared that the New Zealand Parliament offered to retain the soldiers by contributing part of their expenses. The memorandum by Mr. Fox, and this decision of the Legislature were forwarded to the Governor. But Sir G. F. Bowen answered that repentance had come too late. The troops were ordered away, and the Governor could not stop them. The matter had been taken entirely out of his hands. There was, indeed, great danger of a more extensive outbreak if the troops went away ; but he could not keep them. The colonists got in a terrible fright on hearing this. At last, however, General Chute, under whose orders the regiment was, and who had been instructed to remove it, consented to take the responsibility of keeping it in New Zealand until news came from the Colonial Office respecting the offer of the Cclonial Parliament to pay the cost of the troops. Matters have remained in this state until last Thursday Earl Granville sent off a despatch ordering the immediate withdrawal of the 18th Regiment without further delay. Tho Colonial Secretary believes that the employment of British troops, even if the colony bore the cost of them, must be attended with such insuperable difficulties that such a course cannot be permitted. "All experience, and not least the experience of Now Zealand itself, has shevrn the fatal consequences of carrying on war under a divided authority. It can but lead to con tinued differences, imperfect co-operation, interrupted en terprises and the other evils which are alleged to have characterised the Maori war. The British and colonial troops must, therefore, be placed under the same command. But, on the one hand, her Majesty's Government are under a responsibility for the safety and honour and disci pline of British troops which they cannot transfer to a Colonial Ministry; and, on the other hand, they could not assume the conduct of a war, to be carried on ostensibly at the expense of the colony, 'without making themselves chargeable for its ill success, and entitling the colonists to expect that it would be prosecuted at the expense, it neces sary, of this country to a successful issue. It might, his lordship continues, be argued dat tho troops should b e em pl oyed merely in garrisons, and not sent on active service, and furthe r , th a t th e i r presence alone would do infinite good in morally ro straining the natives. Litt this cannot be relied on. If disasters are apprehended, it is impossible to inippose that the British • regiment would not be counted on by the colonists as part of the force avail able to avert or retrieve them. And if disasters occur, it is practically certain that the troops rill be used. "The alternative will then recur which I have shown to be inadmissible. Either this country must place ita troops at the command of a Government not responsible to itself, or it must assume tho responsibility of the war, cr it must resign itself to the disasters consequent on a double Government." Earl Granville concludes by expressing the opini on that the true safety of the colonists lies in deherately measuring their own resources, and, at whatever imxiaetliata sacrifine, of arliustinz_theiriaalica_kt THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1869. AS this important Eoinitninication has but just been written it will be long beforo the colonists can receive it, and longer before a reply can reach England. But the despatch is certain to raise a tremendous storm in the colony. further. The whaling schooner Cornelia brougnt an anchor found at the extreme north, marked E. S., 1776, supposed to have belonged to the first explorers. The doctor has prepared a report of his voyage, which will soon appear in the American press. lie says that wherever he found that Sir John Franklin's companions had died, he erected monuments, fired salutes, and waved the star-spangled banner over them, in memory of the North-west Passage. reached its highest point, a pale and haggard man sprang upon the rostrum, and, pushing the presi dent from his place, cried aloud, " I am ALBERT SrEYER; some persons have threatened to shoot me; I am here, now shoot—shoot," and he was led by his friends back to his office. While the lines " wavered," the " bull" ranks striving to maintain the ground they had gained, and the cowed and dis organized "bears" showing symptoms of utter defeat, a thunderbolt thrown by the Secretary of the Treasury shattered the attack, relieving the endangered bear clique. Shortly after the opening of business an offer had been made to settle with the " bears" at 150, but it was declined, and as the rise to over 160 quickly followed a number of small operators failed. Again an offer was made to settle at 148 to 150, which was taken by the larger portion of those with short interest. About noon the Secretary of the Treasury announced that he would sell $4,000,000 gold on the following day, and this was accompanied with a rumour that Duscas, SiimimaN, and Co. had been orderel by the Go vernment to sell $13,000,000. This interference of the Executive at once paralyzed the operations for the rise, and the rout was so complete that there was no after rally. Yet short as had been the time allowed for the operations on that eventful Friday more than $300,000,000 of gold had been bought and sold, and men had to face the frightful differ ences on transactions of sufficient magnitude each to involve a fortune. Then came another phase of the fight. The battle was over, but the pursuit and the captures had still to be made. The office Of SmITII, GOULD, and MARTIN is directly opposite the Stock Exchange, and they were said to be the', leaders of the gold clique employing WILLIAM HEATH and Co. to act for them. Simultaneously both WM.:co and bcoarno the scene of some contests among the surging and excited crowd. Mr. Smut' addressed the throng, stating that the operations of the day had been so immense as to embarrass and delay the Gold Exchange Bank ; hence they could not transact business for that day, but would pay all their liabilities on the next. Two deputy sheriffs had to guard the door, and a clerk of the house, named ARMSTRONG, got into a pugi listic encounter in endeavouring to thrust back the struggling brokers, for which he and his assailant were walked off to -the station-house. XV H.LIAM lie.vra and Company asserted that up wards of one million was due to them at the Gold B ink, which would more than cover their losses. But in vain these attempts were made to quiet the panic-stricken throng, among whom no rumour was too wild for belief. Many had no conception of what had happened, for the work had been so sud den that no time had been given even to understand the position. Quick came the names of the failed firms, if failed they had, and it was added that the Gold Bank had not balanced its books for three days, and would not settle until it had made its I accounts tally. Mr. BENEDICT, the President of the Gold Exchange Bank, wrote on the Friday to the papers— " The rules of the Clearing Department of this Bank re quire the payment of all balances to the Bank before the payment of any balances by the Bank. Owing to the failure of several dealers the adjustment of the accounts has been delayed. The Bank has a large surplus both of gold and currency on the movements of the day, and will pay out to dealers as fast as the accounts can be settled." In the Stock Exchange the President read a letter from Messrs. CHASE, M'CLURE, and Co., announcing that they had suspended payment. Another notice was received from JAMES BORDEN stating that, although embarrassed in the suspension of VAN DEVENTER and Co., he would pay all demands made against him at his office. But dozens of names were mentioned, and far into the night men kept wondering whether the great houses would meet their engagements, and dreary were the anticipa tions of many. The excitement is described as be ing kapt up all the night, for men were eager for the light to show them what the ruin was. If the leaders of the combination were able to meet their engagements, it was thought possible that the crisis might be tided over without very serious damage ; if not, it was feared the flood might burst the banks, and involve thousands in ruin. Messrs. BARING 13.7-kom.ri.3 oLuereu, triannta, DUNCAN and SHERMAN, to sell $5,000,000 in gold, which was a heavy load for the operators to carry away. The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury gave notice that on Saturday " the Government reserves the right to accept all bids made at twelve, even in excess of $4,000,000 for gold or bonds, in its discretion." The failure of the Gold Bank to deliver cheques for balances due threw the Stock Exchange into confusion. At 5 o'clock, however, the Bank was able to make payments. On the Stock Exchange, when the "corner" in gold broke up, a revulsion took place, and the shares in the VANDER BILT lines rapidly rose. That gentleman, who was at one time said to be dead, was now rumoured to be in his office, guiding the storm, and through his brokers largely buying the Stock which he was de clared to have himself depreciated. As we last week anticipated, a list of the failures cannot be given till the arrival of the next mail, but we regret to say positively that among them the well-known house of LocKWOOD & CO. have suspended. FIST: and GOULD, and the Erie ring generally, were, of course, at the bottom of the disturbance. Against them the greatest wrath was expressed, coupled with the hope that they might be able to meet their engagements, which would enable the brokers who had been in the fight to pull through the crisis, and judging from after telegrams, they appear to have done so. It is ominous of their losses that Erie shares should have fallen on the London market, on, it is believed, orders from New York to force sales to cover losses. THE AMNESTY DEMONSTEATIOIT.. There is but one topic in the Irish papers—the great demonstration at Dublin to further the release of the Fenian prisoners. Of the success of the meeting there can be no doubt. Tho Cabra-road, the place of assmblage, was on Sunday the greenest place in the Emerald. Isle. Everybody present wore green ribands, every carriage had a standard or a banner. Some say 80,000 people were present, others 100,000, others 200,000 ; but it is quite certain that the gather ing was enormous. There were 30,000 members of various trades, besides the religious confraternities. Green was everywhere to be seen. Green sashes across the shoulders, some of them elaborately embroidered; green bands around their hats, with " Erin-go-bragh " in scribed upon them, and wreaths of shamrock. Green rosettes, some min - ;led with orange tints, and all of fanciful designs ; green ribands on the horses' heads, in the button holes of spectators, in the bonnets of " the ladies." The children in arms were bedecked with it. In every form and material it was to be seen. It might be safely asserted that two-thirds of the population of the city wore national colour. The greater part of the concours3 were decently clad; there wore very few poor people present. The crowd, too, behaved amazingly well, There were few signs of the "potent beverage which has laid so many Irish patriots low." It would be difficult to collect a more orderly, well tempered, and civil assemblage. Mr. Butt, Q.C., and Mr. Moore, M.P., were the principal speakers ; but as to the speeches and resolutions, are they not written in the text of previous speeches and resolutions at like meetings ? HEALTH OF TILE NAVY. The statistical report of the health of the navy for the year 1867 is iavourable. Compared with the preceding year there was a decrease in the ratio of cases entered on the sick list equal to 15.4 per 1,000, and in the invaliding rate to 5.1 per 1,000. Morta lity had also decreased to the extent of 1.3 per 1,000. The report states that on the Home Station the ope ration of the Contagious Diseases Act continued during 1867 to be attended with good results. Com pared with the preceding year the cases of the diseases against which the ict is directed declined 1 per cent. Compared with the five years preceding the extension of the Act in 1807, this makes a total reduction of about 4 per cont. The Vestal, on the West Coast of Africa, and the Princess Royal, in. China, wore visited by severe epidemics of small pox. PROFESSOR SEELEY ON THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN. The new Professor of Modern History at Cam bridge has come forward with a declaration of his opinions on that much-debated question, the educa tion of women. Professor Seeley delivered an address upon the subject to the Working Women's College of London on Monday night. So far as can bo gathered from his speech, he is not one of those who wish to change the position of the sexes ; neither would ho give the same education to women that is now given to men ; the revolution he would seek to obtain would be a complete reform of the present educational system. The way in which men are now taught he regards as a total mistake. They are brought in the end, he thinks, where they ought to have been at the beginning. Thus it follows that both men and women should be better educated. What he meant by "bettjar " is tolerably clear from some remarks with which he closed his speech. The object of education was (he said) to make go xl women ; information as to the common matters of everyday interest was of more importance towards that end than study of what occur ed hundreds of years a c ,,ffo. The former, therefore, should take precedence of the latter. Carrying out this rule—though Professor Seeley does not appear to have gone much into detail—it may be-presumed that he would teach the modern rather than the ancient languages science instead of the classics, and so on. THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. Canon Girdlestone complains of misrepresentation touching his plan of dealing with the agricultural labourer. Ho does not, as was alleged, hold the belief that the condition of the farm worker is the same, or nearly so, throughout England. On the contrary, his plan of reform is essentially a scheme for removing the agriculturist from places where he is badly off to other districts where he may do bettor. Migration, the Canon thinks, is prefer able to emigration. It may be necessary to send the labourer out of the country, but it is better to first try the remedy of removing him to another part of his native land, where he mai earn reasonable wage 4, It is urged against this plan that if Canon Girdlestone transports a number of labourers into a district whore -- Trizsca eat. hiEslt, an immediate fall will be the consequence. . The answer is that the migrated families need not be all sent to one place. If, for instance, a considerable number be removed from Devonshire and distributed over different parts of the country, they will cause a sensible void in the district they Piave left, and yet will not " swamp, " the numerous places amongst which they are divided. 'WORK FOIL SOLDrERS. Major Gleig writes very earnestly in support of a scheme for forming a certain portion of our troops into reserves, and employing them in the reclamation of waste lands. Tho gallant officer thinks that 66,000 acres of waste land in the New Forest alone might be reclaimed, and that by lowering the bed of the Thames to the extent of ten feet, a vast tract of bog might be converted into valuable pasture. Major Gleig would lay down a plan for rewarding soldiers by the grant of such lands as they could bring under cultivation. Such a scheme, he says, would enable the country to modify the terms of enlistment, and draft off the soldiers at an early period into these reserves to employ them upon this labour. As much of the work of reclamation would be done in Ireland, the imperial interest in that country must be materially strengthened. The major has at least one strong argument in his favour. It is, at any rate, better that soldiers should be employed on some use ful work than in cleaning brasses and belts, and loafing about public-houses, not to speak of worse places. TUE PRICE OF CORN. The agricultural organs are lamenting the dulness of the corn markets and the low price of wheat. They profess themselves puzzled to account for the present state of things. The crop of wheat is known to be scarcely average, and some reckon on a deficiency ; the price is down ; and yet no one cares to buy. The miller is dealing in this country from hand to mouth; throughout Europe uncertainty is (as the slang phrase goes) the "prevailing fea ture." The Mark Lane Express investigates the matter, and can find no better cause to which to attribute the depression than the great commercial crisis of 1860 —an event which has already to bear a multitude of charges. Our contemporary declares it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that; the general deadness of trade has reduced the consump tion of the necessaries of life to a very considerable extent, and that consequently the supplies, though rather smaller than usual, have been, and still are, more than equal to the demand; "and this," adds the Express, " applies not alone to the grain trade, but to every department of business, whether manu facturing or otherwise." LIGHT FROM TURKEY. We hear a good deal now-a-days of the decline of the British Empire, but most Englishmen, it may be presumed, had scarcely prepared themselves for being cut out by the Turits. This calamity, however, hangs over us. Whilst we are discussing education in Congresses and Parliament, and inundating the land with floods of talk, Turkey has got the business settled and done with. Primary education has been made compulsory throughout the Turkish Empire. The period of forced attendance is to be from six to eleven for boys, and from six to ten for girls. The magistrates are to keep registers and fine the parents of absentees, exceptions being made in some cases of extreme poverty. The Turks have got rid of the religious difficulty with equal despatch. The primary schools are to be either Mug sulman or Christian, according to the religion which is most prevalent in the district ; but the higher schools are to receive Mussulmans and Christians indiscriminately. Exclusive as the Turks are sup posed to be in matters of religion, they have not raised half the uproar which is heard in England with less cause. It is generally understood that we are mostly Christians, differing only in matters of detail. But the Mussuhnan considers the Christian as shut out from Divine favour, and yet he does not object to the children of th e one f a ith mingling with those of ,the other. FOREIGN NOTES. THE ARCTIC EXPLORATION 4 The New York papers contain particulars et Dr. IT" expedition to the Arctic regions in search of Sir John Franklin. Dr.llall arrived at New Bedford, Massachussetts, on the 28th of August. He brought tho most interesting intelligence in regard to the death of Fir John Franklin and his companions, and conclusive proof that none of them ever reached Montreal Island. lie has a nuinb_r of articles belonging to the explorer, including some spoons and a chronometer box. He was also successful in finding the skeletons of several of the men and the remains of some of their boats. The skeletc n were found at King William Land. Dr. Hall found a native who claims to know all about the party. He says that their ship was stove. The crew took to their boats and went ashore, where their provisions were exhausted, and they died from starvation. The ice and anew pre vented Dr. Hall from making full explorations. 'He will summar and _nrosecUtia___o9.___ search still spAtx, The last news from the Peninsula seems to indicate that the insurrection has begun to decrease. According to the telegrams from Madrid the Government have met with great successes. Some encounters which took place on the northern frontiers of Catalonia terminated in the defeat of the insurgents and their flight into France. Some deputies were among the number of the fugitives. Those deputies who have adopted extreme views without actually taking up arms with the insurgents have not yet made their re-appearance in the Cortes. In the sitting of tho ith cf October the Minister of the Interior, in reply to a question, stated that, in spite of the Suspensory Law, the journals might discuss political questions so long as they abstain?d from attacking the institutions of the country and exciting the people to revolt. The Republican rapers are all more moderate in their tone since the passing ef the new law. Tho Discusion appeared without its customary motto of "No more Kings•" The Igualdid also ap peared without its motto " Viva la Republica Federal." The directors of the Republican rapers were called to the office of the civil governor of Madrid in order to receive the necessary communication from the authorities with respect to their conduct in this crisis It is believed that a censor of the press will be appoiatcd shortly. General Prim appears determined to crush the insurrection, and has adopted the most decisive measures. His earnestness of manner in delivering his speech to the Cortes produced great effect. He said that he did not wish to be under the necessity of responding with iron to iron, with fire to fire. The law they introduced was not a dictatorship, but a constitutional autuu.ivy. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN ITALY. A correspondent in Italy states that the political crisis amounts to a deadlock. Victor Emmanuel would prefer to attempt a coup d'etat in favour of Rattazzi, but he is deterred by the incapacity of Rattazzi and Minghetti to cope with the financial difficulty. Some action is, however, expected to follow the opening of the Chambers, as the kingdom is described as virtually in a state of anarchy. THE RECALL OF M• DR TALLEYRAND. The recall cf M. de Talleyrand, the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, is said to bo owing to his energetic remonstrance with the Russian Government on behalf of the Polish bishops who arc being exiled. Prince Gorts cbakoff wrote 411 angry autograph letter to the Emperor of the French, and 31. do Talleyrand was recalled. He makes no secret of the cause, and has refused a place in the Senate as compensation. TILE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN TIIE EAST. The great news of the (I:1' in Vienna is the projected journey of the Emperor of Austria to the East. There seems little doubt of the fact itself, though there are some variations in the programme. The Presse, of Vienna, announces that he will go straight to Constantinople, and from thence will accompany the Empress of the French and the Sultan to Jaffa and Jerusalem. Their Majesties will afterwards visit the Suez Canal. The Narth-East Correspandance affirms that the Emperor will leave Vienna in the second fortnight of October, and even gives the names of the vessels which are being equipped with all speed at Pola. Another account:from Vicuna states that the Emp eror will leave Pesth on the 24th or 25th - of the month accompanied by Count To .l Bust and the Ministers of Com mem from Austris. anti Hungary. He will stay in Con stantinople for five or six days, and will thence I roceed to Egypt, whore ho will meet the Empress Eugenie. The Sultan has expressed great satisfaction at the prospect of this visit. It is likely, according to this account, that on the return journey the Austrian Emperor will make short visits to Athens and Italy. This sudden change in the intentions of Francis Joseph, who, until very lately, intended to send the Archduke Albert as his representative to Egypt, is attributed to the influence of Count von Beust. The Chancellor has longbeen anxious that his sovereign should undertake the voyage, but Francis Joseph refused to meet the Crown Prince of Prussia in tho East. The visit of the Prince to the Aus trian capital has removed this obstacle, and on the Bth of October, after an interview between the Prince and the Emperor which lasted more than an hour, the latter sud denly informed of th d3r his iniseterEomfpehriosr and his Isilni, change of plan. The tor Intended more than a month from the capital is thought to be a reassuring sign of tho political situation. THE GREAT GOLD FIGHT. (From the Anglo- American Times.) For many weeks Wall-street remained dull dur ing the absence of the principal operators, and seve ral speculators compelled to remain in Now York, sighed for the return of such men as VANDERBILT, when stirring times might be again anticipated. No conception, however, had been formed that the lull was but the forerunner of the most violent cyclone ever experienced in Wall-street—a pitched battle, and an awful defeat. The contest began with skir mishers, who were gradually reinforced, till affairs in the shocks of battalions ownotrheeaafsteerurinooos aspect, in the 22d September, when the gold combination, having gathered in the metal, rushed on the specie still in circulation and drove up the price from 137 f to 1441. Then they turned on VANDERBILT'S lines, and pushing before them the rumour that a midnight injunction to stop the proposed amalgamation had been served, sent down the shares of both lines at the rate of one per cent. per minute, till the New York Central fell 22 and the Hudson River 8, though there was a partial rally at the close. On the following morning the Gold Room became the scene of intense excitement, the price opening at 1411, and cloying at 143 a, the rates for carryiug over till next day, cash gold, being ito per cent., while on the Stock Exchange the excitement was even greater. At Albany the directors of the New York Central and Hudson River Railway Companies had met, to agree, if pos sible, to a consolidation of the roads, and all manner of about as to their action, while th VANDERBILT at Albany was taken e abs e n were e of flying vA N advantage of by the " bears" to keep, down the break in their stocks. New York Central ranged from 188 to 191, falling eventually to the lower figure, as well as Hudson River, which sold at 168. The carrying over of the stock was considered so hazardous by money brokers that the price ranged from 136 per cent. to 273 per cent. per annum. The fall in these two lines brought down the others, and the opinion which found utterance in these words was generally entertained, that " railroad stock has been watered so much that the original security is almost washed away." Doubts were spread as to the action of VANDERBILT himself, who was declared by those operating against him to be at the bottom of the panic. This was stoutly denied by his friends, who maintained that he never lost sight of the interests of his backers. Many prominent firms in the "street" however bore him no good will for the severity of the lemon he had given them last winter. At this juncture JAMES FISK, jun., appeared on Broad-street, a small circumstance though it added to the excitement. Far and wide over the country had now spread the intelligence of the great struggle in Wall-street, and from every direc tion men poured into the city to witness or take' part in a contention then rapidly culminating to a crisis. On the Friday rain came forth girt for the great event, and the opening of the gold market was awaited with intense anxiety. Both Wall-street and New-street were densely crowded, and eager eyes were fixed to catch the first figure, which marked 150. Rapidly the numbers went up to 160, reach ing even 163, then fell as quickly, while bets were eagerly offered and taken as to what the next would show. Inside, fear or exultation plainly marked each countenance ; the gold clique were vigorous in the morning, acting as a solid body under the pro minent broker Albert Speyer. All the gold offered they grasped, and bought with an abandon of con sequences, which carried dismay and hesitation into the ranks of the bears. When the price was 135, " I want one million at 160," roared their leader ; and so audaciously was the offer made that a feeling of mistrust seized the sellers, and none dared accept his proposal. So violent became the fluctuations that all kinds of business were sus pended, exchange became nominal, and the field was left to the gold speculators, who thus furiously fought out the " bull" and the " bear" operations. The " bear " and the " bull " were the ensigns everywhere erected and the symbols the two parties followed. The " bull" leader has been blanfed.for his rash advance into the enemy's _lines, and it even asserted that he went raving mad. At the Stock Exchange, when the excitement had there 771 E ENGLISH EXODUS. When the politicians of the Southern States were preparing for secession they perhaps knew there was a chance that it might end in their own ruin ; but they could not, shrewd and intelligent as they were, have imagined even a small part of the con sequences that did ensue. Improbable as may ap pear the connection, their action to maintain slavery has given the impetus required to inaugurate what we believe will turn out to be an exodus from Eng land to America. No man could have foreseen even the probability of such a result, yet the circum stances are undeniable by which the conclusion is arrived at. The war caused the establishment of an inconvertible paper currency, an effect it was certain to have. The paper currency as surely supplanted and drove from the country the specie before in circulation. The released precious me tals took their way to Europe, where vastly increas ing the currency they had the effect of creating great apparent prosperity, speculation, and an unhealthy activity. This was aided by the disturbance of trade that ensue 3, for the old channels of commerce were broken up by the war, and the direction was given by the Limited Liability Act of 1862, which enabled all classes of Englishmen to enter into trade, confining the risk to a definite sum. The gates being thus opened to receive the great flood pressing for admittance, there was a wild rush, every conceivable plan took the shape of a Joint- Stock enterprise, and English society formed itself into innumerable companies for supplying all ima ginable wants, even inventing, where none had be fore existed. Industry was enormously stimulated, employment was found for any number at good wages, which quickly brought the working people together. Then followed the collapse, for it was soon discovered that every man could not be his neighbour's grocer, hotel-keeper, carriage-builder, as well as shipbuilder, and that the success of such enterprises, conducted by practically irresponsible persons, and directors who knew nothing of the bu siness, was in a high degree improbable. But the mischief had been done ; the money of thousands of families was thus invested, and the tens of thou sands of work-People gathered in the factories cre ated by that money were living on the wages there disbursed. With the general break-up, these two classes were left wholly unprovided for, and an amount of distress ensued such as has seldom been seen in England. It is in such unpleasant phases great national movements have their origin, and the want in the present as well as the hopelessness in the future, have now directed public attention to emigration. Although but beginning, the move ment having penetrated deeply is rapidly spread ing, and the questions most eagerly discussed in the lower grades of English society are the best country and the means required for successful settlement. The practical answer given may be seen by a glance at the emigration returns at Liverpool. It is clear that the - English exodus will follow in the channel of the Irish and the Germans, for the opinion of Europe has been pronounced that, taking it all in all, the finest field for emigration is the United States. We maintain, then, that the glat of gold arising from the substitution of paper for the metals in the cur rency of the United States caused by the War, led to the unhealthy activity in England, ending in the grand smash of 18GG, while the ruin and distress ensuing therefrom have inaugurated a movement likely to become an exodus of the people to Ame rica ; therefore, among the consequences of the War, will probably be a great English emigration to the Re public. If we turn to other countries, we almost in variably see the seeming tide of prosperity arising from a large influx of the precious metals, end in a general depression and prostration of trade, which, in au old country, causes emigration, and in a new country checks the influx of population. In Canada an immense amount of English capital was expended on the construction of the Grand Trunk and other railways; this led to an inflation, and that to a collapse, from which the colony took years to recover. Ia Australia the diggings in undated the province of which Melbourne is the capital, with gold, and so buoyant was the gas filling that balloon that it seemed likely to escape altogether from earth. But, as usual, the collapse brought it all the more heavily to the ground from the magnitude of the elevation. The derangement of the cotton trade led in Bombay to an immense influx of silver. Never had the natives of the Deccan and of Goozerat been so oppressed with money. Agents travelled in all directions to buy up at exorbitant prices the coming crop, and , the limn doo women and children were loaded with the bangles which had formerly been dollars, and even cartwheels were studded with silver nails. But the consequence was that a very excellent little doctor who had formerly been glad to compound nauseous draughts for llindoo magnates erected himself into a Providence, and greater far than King CANUTE, commanded that the sea not merely should not advance, but should retire. This worthy gentleman proceeded on paper to point out the errors of nature in the creation of the island of Bombay, which he undertook to rectify. Reclamation Com panies were established, new cities were planned away out in the ocean, and eager buyers were found even among the cautious Ilindoos, who dug up their boards and rushed frantically to purchase shares in the Reclamation schemes. This madness was even more transparent than that in Melbourne, and the proceedings in London were analogous, though not so easily to be detected. The result, however, in London has been to gather people in localities which have not, and never can have the means of supporting them in health and comfort, and emi gration being now-a-days the only escape from such a difficulty, to emigration the English turn. We have always maintained that English emigra tion on a large scale directed to America, accom panied by English capital, will have a beneficial influence on the relations between the countries ; and this corning exodus, by the way, is one of the points overlooked by GOLDWIN SMITH in his letter recently published. He sees a land from which emigration has been carefully diverted; but let English emigration flow there as that of Ireland did a few years ago and that of Germany does now, and a change of feeling will soon be effected. The points, too, he raises in objection to the entrance of Canada into the Union would be answered by such an immigration ; and we believe that the whole could be made to harmonise, so that all interests would be conserved. The feeling is abroad which will gradually swell the present volume of British emigration to the United States; and it would be in vain, even if tried, to stem or turn its course ; while we regard this as fortunate, for otherwise some stupid people might do injury. The numbers who assemble to hear lectures on emigration ; the avi dity with which pamphlets and all intelligence re garding the different States are read ; the number of emigration agencies opened, the direction invest toasaet,- iu tLo p uro►iace of loPeo traoto, :ma the construction of railroads over them, which smoothes the way for the settler while making a profit for the capital employed, the good names con nected with COMO of these schemes, itself a proof that a large business is anticipated, all combine to show the strength of a movement already being felt by employers, and which tends to clear away some of the superabundant shops, small farms, farmers' sons, and agricultural labourers, together with the numerous applicants for every kind of em ployment.—Anglo-Anzerican Times. CUBA AND THE ALABAMA QUESTION. (From the Anglo-American Times.) We have always raised our small voice against a policy we considered little less than idiotic, the in troduction of the " waiting game" into the settle ment of the Alabama dispute. It is all very well for men to leave to the future what cannot be settled in the present, and to shape their conduct so as to secure as many of the chances as they can in their favour. But the idea of committing an event to the future, and then asserting positively what was about to happen, is usurping functions not delegated to man, and the " waiting game" has always seemed to us to partake of this presumption. To wait until England became involved in war, and then to retaliate, whereby America might forcibly illus trate the true character of her conduct, was not,. nor is likely to prove a wise course, though we do not believe such a motive influenced American states men, however strongly circumstances have given a colouring in justification of those who attributed to them a view so openly advocated by some American newspapers. The first objection is hat the Republic might first find herself involved in war, and that under any circumstances to keep open this question was injurious to both nations in proportion to their commerce, which with the United States might soon again be greater than than that of England in the ocean carrying trade. We regard the Alabama case, if rightly dealt with, as little less than fortunate for the two countries if made the means of establishing a precedent on which all would in future be compelled to act. Should it instead be held up in its present naked deformity as an example for others to fol low, it could not fail to become a curse to man kind, and be likely eventually to lead to the ruin of British commerce. Even were the United States in the full tide of success to cover the seas with commercial fleets after destroying those of England, they would probably have turned a useful trading peo ple into a community of pirates to prove thenceforth a thorn in their sides. At any rate the " waiting game" has already become an unexpected obstacle in the way of American policy. The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times, in his letter of the 21st Sept ember,supports our view of the American policy on the Cuban question in opposition to that of his own journal ; indeed there is no small contrast be tween the letter of the correspondent and the opi nions expressed in the leading articles. Were it not for the irksome restraint imposed by the Alabama question, belligerent rights to the Cubans would long since have been accorded by the United States, and so strongly is it felt that many advise the abandonment of the grievance against England of a premature recognition of the Confederates as belligerents. President GRANT and Secretary Fisii are said not only to favour according belligerency, but to go so far as to recognize the Republican Government of Cuba, in which they are backed by nearly all Americans. The Journal of Commerce thinks " The balance of advantages is decidedly in favour of relinquishing Mr. Sumner's great point against England, out of which no practical good may ever come, and speak ing to the Cubans aloud that intense national sympathy which has never yot found official voice. 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.' Cuba will be worth hun dreds of millions to us. What reasonable man expects any large payment of money—or the cession of Canada, or any other substantial good—from England in expiation of what wo call her fault in granting belligerent rights to the rebels ?" We certainly agree with our New York contempo rary, considering what moonshine the great point is according to oneof the highest American authorities. At the Social Science Congress at Bristol the llon. WILLIAM BEACH LAWRENCE, formerly American Minister at the Court of SL James's, editor of Wheaton's International Law, and, as the papers say, one of the most eminent of living interns" tional jurists, delivered this opinion :-- ".0n the other Lauri, as far as respects the complaint founded on the recognition of the belligerent rights of th e Confederates, I cannot use too strong language in P re ' nouncing its utterly baseless character. No tyro in inter' national law is ignorant that belligerency is a simple clues - of fact. With the late Sir Cornmeal Lewis, We 54 ask, if the array of a million of men on each side does net constitute belligerency, what is belligerency ? But w i ' 3 " was the proclamation of the President, followed up by th e condemnation of your ships and cargoes for a violation of the blockade which it established, but a recognition of a state of war ? At this moment the United States, 1° claiming the property of the late Confederate Govern ment, place before your tribunals their title on the fact of their being the successors of a de facto Government I repeat that, however valid our claims may be nga les you on other grounds, there is not the slightest re text for any claim against you based on the public a"" . mission of a notorious fact, the existence of which i'ss been recognized by every Department of the Federal ('e' verument." Mr. SUMNER has helped the United States to P?'el: into the position of the dog crossing the stream iflle the bone in its mouth. If it drops the gene ° , article to dive after the reflection, the country Oli lose all ; and unquestionably a point which leas no basis in law, in the opinion of the best American 5 well as European authorities, ought not to ober ° , the tradidonal policy of the Republic. The 1 0 ° and short of the Alabama claims is simply the ol d went by England for the ships destroyed by that au , other cruisers which never lost their English ch t racter ; that is, those which had not entered 813'9(11' of the Confederacy and had not there been m anned' armed, and commissioned—a point which toilellet England more nearly than the United States. 1"e, the principle be established that no ship can be r et cognized as the war vessel of a belligerent ro of which had not been commissioned from a Pe r l t fo r that power, and an essential point will be gain eu ie , all maritime and established Governments. We uto sire no better instance than that now before 11! tie show what poor things we all are, and how b t 6 , 5 we can foresee even the immediate conseque n o c , of our actions. Who could have suppose d, '.be d SUMNER was delivering his cel ebr3t ot speech, that he was signing the death-warllte of thousands of Cubans. By inducing the ben.oo to take up a false position he hampered the 0: 010 of the Executive on a subject just emerging i te o great importance. By tying its hands, the COi l ieg , by Cuba for independence of Spain may be in nitely prolonged. By prolonging the strife nbueeo tional lives and property of the islanders We . fie a lost, and Mr. SUMNER would be as much jus t ' oe in adding this to the Alabama bill as mall)" °f t of items he did then include. The correspono the Times says : " American policy just now is to let the Cuban e iv11 : 0 0' , go on without interference, as the Governmen t is is dent that Spain cannot suppress the insurrectioi r, ° A ber the meantime to mediate for Cuban i n d e p en dence: oj ; ° ald this mediation be congenial to Spain or not, it Willic;eoo plish its real purpose. It will encourage the irl rv d g et to fight more vigorously; it will compel Spain in s tes more troops, spend more money, and m)re complet e ':, the haust herself; and by thus indefinitely protractinofroas struggle will cause Spain to ultimately abandon it both inability, and Cuba to turn to the United States from gratitude and necessity." S .11 Spain's anger and abuse of General SICK Abe' only add to the unfriendly feeling, and mak e d the ricans more arrogant in their demands ; 50 w ill more Spanish anger is shown, the greate r w ill Americans be stirred, and the more arde llt Go' they become in their Cuban sympathies. I:l3 f e per vernment are too well aware of the valu e ° oci sistency to be frightened by diplomatic haute o ' 6 l o t i as America considers herself to be more t h oe lf match for all Europe combined, she is n oe o to be terrified by one of the weakest of D 51. 1 t ., powers. The correspondent goes on to 3 1 1, 00 0 "The support of Spain by the great Powers viib gel little difference. America does not believe she . cs , wit; support from all, and will not change her feeling s ,l l ego aa does. The vast majority of the American peop le 0 0 0 —and to that the official as well as the private % o tlit of the Government must sooner or later accordnttdlf, the freedom of Cuba from Spanish rule ; a nd, sec:ricil4 the ultimate incorporation of Cuba into the A l % yi bl i ' Union no nu Weeptniaont ouvuzoien State, -wit" I.le. can form of Governmet." O h° Let any one read this letter with the light ° m ad leading articles by which the Times recently H eed Europe, and learn what reliance is to be 1) Tli e in the leading journal on such a subject. so ia circumstancc's are exactly the reverse o f the woo. dicated by the Times,which betrayed a singul A ar l oci ranee in Printing-house-square. In the wl/00 the .11.10NitoE doctrine was involved, and w e w hicl i like to know what the circumstances ar e , 0 the would induce Americans to abandon that; EOO next place, rebellion almost invariably 013 /, tbti° American sympathy, even in a greater degil l th lo it does English sympathy, and there were „ by case palpable misgovernment and oppressle' to a do European people over an American Pont c lire e ,! to their sympathy ; in the third place, t'ed, interests of the 'United States were invelg atriotb were stimulated by appeals from Cuban Ptbe Thus were combined the fixed policy o so le"' public—the national sympathies of the P oo 0 5- and material and most desirable gains t' tiotlo tion. Added to this is the overweenieg a nd held by the people of the national peW e h r ' s foe of amount of reckless audacity. Yet, ill tgoosl' as such facts, the Times paints a firm PO' o s, e /I f oscillating from one side to another ; S lCs ,goa: r , of the most daring of soldiers as in 31 % hi ¢r of terror at the spirit he had aroused in SPa i nti blie. s g ryinff out his instructions ; and the 13.4 13 00 0/ 0 5G cowed by the display of Castilian wrath is slur away from her arrogant position. I t va roPt t o laughable to see the leading journal of r idicti' 8 4 the face of its opponents, assume such 5 4 st icil,g , posture, and permit itself to be caugh t ,. l ;a suK t , attitude. The Times is, however, rig al a ing that the American Minister to AladViisive dote, the draw something ; but it was not the en e iute lP pu t. for he left that, while taking back ab„ s° ve ri3 ol ,," 0 offer of friendly mediation by his ur ° d aitio,vii , This will perhaps be found to mean, the A cire cl wto the tendered but no longer offered hh e j o g o n t o lions of dollars, of the expenses of ea r/ 0 ,11 1°6 0 0 the bitter end a hopeless and futile war , a citiesde. Spain through Spanish inability to see. te except through the haze of Spanis h P r' bro . ges s : 0 0 # Our readers are aware that, before CO IIOO OI- i d up, some pleasant little "summering tours" n s t _ f %N B t oo pause were arranged. There were Committee ; ay e l e e Means who were desirous of discovering the .lO peak of the Colorado Mountains, and settled fort;ttsi sury should furnish the "means." 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