The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TEE PUBIIO ReITENALS, The Times says that - the - majority of the Lords have once more proved their sagacity and their patriotism. In spite of the resentment naturally excited by Mr. Bright's letter, they have considered the Irish Church Bill only with a view to its own merits and the national will. The bill has passed the second reading by a large majority, and a peaceable termination of the session is assured. It is a great triumph, not so much for the Ministers of the Crown as for the power of public opinion and the machinery of the Constitution. When we look back upon the history of this great question, it is impossible not to be impressed by the fact that the English nation is above all things a self-governed people. The scandal we are now about to remove from our legislation owed its origin to a mistaken policy upheld by the whole people; it has endured so long because of the languor of public opinion on the subject. But the mind and conscience of the people were at length aroused, and the fabric instantly The Daily News declares that the House of Lords Las justified the Lational confidence. At an early hour this morning it divided on the second reading of the Irish Church Bill. Amid breathless silence the decisive numbers were declared. For the second reading of the hill 179 peers recorded their votes ; against it 146. There is, therefore, in the Upper House a majority of 33 votes in favour of the policy of the Government. We record this result with great equanimity. It occasions us neither surprise nor exultation. The ultimate fate of the Irish Church Bill never was, and is now less than ever, a matter of uncertainty. The only question at issue in the division was at what particular time and under what immediate inducements the House of Lords would assent to the measure. The policy of maintaining or subverting the Protestant Establishment in Ireland ceased to be a question dividing Liberals from Conservatives at the moment when Lord Stratford de Redcliffe declared him self in favour of read ing the measure a second time. It ceased to be a question dividing those who call themselves in an especial sense the friends of the Church from those who are called its enemies when the Archbishop of Canterbury recommended the same course. The opinions expressed in - immediate sequence by Lord Grey and Lord Carnarvon, who seced ing, the former from the Liberal, the latter from the Conservative ranks, now occupy ground intermediate between the two parties, made doubly sure the assurance of ultimate victory. Though often wrong upon the abstract merits of great questions, the Peers have almost always had a keen and quick discernment of the opinions, feelings, and determination of the people. This instinct, which is a large element in habitual wisdom, has not in the present instance deserted them. The wise and states. manlike doctrines enforced by Lord Carnarvon, Lord Grey, Lord Salisbury, and Lord Russell—men no longer closely connected with party—have signally triumphed over the reckless counsels of impulse and faction. The Post believes that the result will be hailed with un feigned satisfaction throughout the entire country, and in time even those who are the most disappointed will admit that the course taken by the Upper House was just and politic. The question at issue was exhaustively debated on both sides, and the decision arrived at had, at all events, the merit of being the result of calm delibera tion. The debate, extending over four long nights, will do much to increase the estimation in which the House of Peers is held as a branch of the Legislature, whilst the judgment pronounced will furnish the most conclusive proof of the substantial utility of an Upper House of Parlia ment. The bill has been read a second time, but solely as a preliminary to moulding it into a form which will better satisfy the nation at large. Those who entertained a prejudice against the hereditary branch of the Legislature, merely because it is hereditary, will find in the reports of the debate which has now ended much to lead them to modify their opinion. Never, perhaps, in its long history did the House of Peers shed more lustre on itself, or more conclusively vindicate its right to the position which it occupies by virtue of the Constitution. The Herald remarks that the House of Lords has read the bill for the disendowment and disestablishment of the Irish Church a second time by a majority so large that it has surprised even those who reckoned most confidently that the division would result in favour of the measure. But the Peers have come to this decision after a debate which should dispel the fears of all those who contemplate a disendowment or disestablishment of the Irish Church upon a scale and in the manner proposed by Mr. Gladstone. The majority of thirty-three in favour of the second reading signifies nothing more than a resolution on the part of the Peers to regard the general election of last December as a declara tion of the nation in favour of disestablishment. Hardly a speaker, save those bound by their official posi tion to vindicate the measure in all its details, has recom mended that the bill should be read a second time, except upon the distinct understanding that it should receive in committee very material amendments. The majority, therefore, in favour of the second reading, composed as it is in large part of peers who profess Conservative opinions, signifies in substance this, and this only, that the Peers will endeavour, as the Archbishop of Canterbury put it, to make a good bill out of a had one, and if the Govern ment will not let them do this, still take another oppor tunity of rejecting it. The Saturday Review observes that it would he a curious, though barren, inquiry whether Mr. Bright's occasional violations of propriety are unconscious or wilful. It is difficult to believe that a man of genius, practised in affairs and accustomed to associate with statesmen, should be unable to appreciate either the duty of official reticence or the utility of good manners. Perhaps Mr. Bright may have persuaded himself that a certain bluntness of language is acceptable to a mass of his followers ; or he may desire to assert, by indifference to the feelings of his colleagues, and by calculated rudeness to his adversaries, the independence of his present posi tion. The late insult to the House of Lords is not perhaps in worse taste than his jeers against the bishops at Fish mongers' Hal], nor is it as dangerous as his speech on the ownership of land in Ireland ; but, if it had produced any effect, it would have tended to prevent the adoption by the House of Lords of the principle of the Irish Church Bill. It has been suggested on plausible grounds that Mr. Bright wished to secure the rejection of the bill, for the purpose of creating an agitation against the House of Lords ; but it is equally probable that he may have de• sired to deprive the Peers of the credit of a prudent con formity-, by attributing their possible acquiescence to fear. The vanity and narrowness which are oddly combined with Mr. Bright's great intellectual power prevent him from appreciating the motives or the capacity of his .oppo nents. It is possible that he may mistake the dispas sionate wisdom of the Bishop of St. David's, or the vigor ous sagacity of Lord Salisbury, for hypocritical cowardice. Mr. Bright deals with political controversies at home in the same spirit which inspires the Sumners and the Butlers of America in their treatment of international relations ; yet experience spews that good manners are in the lone run conducive to practical success. The Spectator says that the bishops have unquestionably entered a good appearance during this Irish Church dis cussion, not only as orators, but as political debaters. If they would only think it their duty to care as much for the religious side of politics as they evidently do for the political side of religion, they might make some of the most powerful and acceptable members of the Upper House. The Bishops of ripon (Dr. Bickerstetb) and of Tuam (Dr. Bernard) did not, indeed, obtain any close attention. The former is a grating, dogmatic, narrow minded speaker of the disrnallest class. The latter is mild, but without power. Yet four at least of the episco pal speakers have displayed a vigour and eloquence not even approached by any of their party in the House of Commons, except Sir Roundell Palmer, and, in his own , . peculiar way, Mr. Disraeli. The Archbishop of Canter- bury is a perfect model of the temperateness, dignity, and lucidity of a life peer. The Bishop of Derry is a fine specimen of the somewhat florid taste, but rich humour and wide reading, of the Irish Protestant dignitary. The Bishop of St. David's is a scholar of the highest type, with a pure love of truth, and even purer love of know- ledge, and that slightly ironic edge of his genius, which enables him, by the merest turn of his weapon, as it were, to wound without lacerating his opponents in debate. The Archbishop of Dublin is a little too querulous and plaintive for success as a debater, and he cannot speak—but even his speech has a certain classical refinement about it when you come to read it in quiet, without the feminine associations of lawn sleeves and aprons. And the Bishop of Peterborough, though he can speak with far too much of the special pleader's subtlety when he has, as he Lad on Tuesday, a poor case, and is so intent on proving that all the world habitually mistakes the grossest injustice fur the Purest justice that he rather weakens our confidence in his sounder arguments, has displayed so keen a sagacity at least in rejecting worthless arguments, so considerable a ta/A in adapting what seems to us argiunents not much better for the audience lie was a.ildressin;2 - , and so consmn- mate an oratorical genius in the form and manner of his eloquence, that he might well take the most commanding position open to an ecclesiastic in the House of Lords. On the khole, though, the bishops have made a grey t dis play in the debate, but one of them has struck a really religious tone. They have appeared as brilliant laymen, one of them a little more prudent, another a little more humorous, a third a little more pinusible, a fourth a little more pitiful, a fifth a good deal more sparkling, than the greater lay peers; but only one of them decidedly more Christian, and perhaps even he not striking so high a note as Lord Granville. The John, Bull censures the Bishop of St. David's sophisticaltdefence of a policy which is at once impolitic, unjust, anldangerous. " I si.all, not without regret, it is true, but wahout the sightest misgiving as to the pro priety of the \course I am. taking, record my vote for the second:re4ding of the.bill i" These are- the words of a slap _of-the. tnited .Church ..of- England and -Irelands enjoying profits, privileges, and hononrs on the condition of advocating the rights of that Church, and preserving her faith and defending her privileges. Why do our bishops sit in the House of Lords except to maintain the constitution of the country in Church and State? The Bishop of St. David's " has no misgivings." It would have been more becoming if he had some. There is a law of " propriety " for bishops as for other clergymen. That law bids them go with their order, stand by their order, vote with their order. While the clergy do this they-may be unpopular, but they will be respected. When they go against their order, they may catch a momentary applause from the ruck of Liberals, but they inspire no respect• in those who applaud them. Treachery to one's own party, and desertion of one's own order, are offences which, like virtue, reward themselves. Englishmen love pluck, and they love con sistency. They despise cowardice and they hate inconsis tency. The duty, plain, unmistakable, and clear, of the bishops in the House of Lords, is to vote for the interests ' of the United Church, and to give expression in Parlia ment to the feelings of the clergy. If they do this with courage the Liberals will fear them; if they do it with consistency the Liberals will respect them. The Bishop of St. David's treats the greatest Constitutional question that has been opened for years with the arguments of a lawyer, and in the spirit of a Whig. When the Liberal majority which follows Mr. Bright demands that the bishops sball no longer sit in the House of Lords, how many voices will be raised in favour of the Bishop of St. David's being any longer continued there? It will be no sacrilege to move him from thence. Out of his own mouth he shall be convisted that his high position is not owing to his " superior . sanctity." It certainly cannot be de fended on the ground of " local need or general use fulness." The Economist says that the main evil is the coining committee. No great work will bear the emendations of a hostile critic. Every great law has certain principles which make it what it is, and which filled the mind of those who drew it, and which cannot be touched without marring its symmetry and impairing its results. Unques tionably all great laws.ought to be revised by many minds. The authors and draughtsmen are sure to exaggerate much, and to forget much. But then the second minds should be in harmony with the first. The interpellations should be of a piece with the original, because the alterers were like the creators. But an Irish Church Bill passed THE PUNISHMENT FOR ASSAULTS. by the present House of Commons and revised by the The Star calls attention again to the law of House of Lords is as if the poems of Wordsworth had been assaults, a propos to two cases which have recently interpolated by Lord Jeffery, or the Bank Charter Act been heard before the metropolitan magistrates. A amended by Mr. Tooke. The drawers liking one colour person at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, who was and the changers liking another, the results cannot match. remonstrated with for picking some flowers in the The Marquis of Salisbury says with masculine vigour that saloon, had deliberately cut open the cheek of one of the House of Lords may alter d e t a il s on w hi c h th e na ti on h as the attendants with a diamond ring, which he not thought, but must sub m it t o p r i nc ipl es on w hi c h t h e carefully adjusted before clenching his hand. A farmer, who appeared at another of court, had nation has spoken. And nothing could be better if there were a judicial arbitrator, some authoritative supreme r a i n tle o u l i ro h n oiz i b o ac w k er a e m s o u t i l l g th a orr nu t e m er se l ve n s u i rs n e o m n a o o s f court to decide which is which, to say where principle his hayfields, and lashed them 'out of it with his whip. ends and where detail begins. But, unfortunately, the He was fined a pound, and the gentleman with the Chamber which hates the principle has to decide this, the diamond ring was asked for five. "If society," says most critical point of all, and it is sure to say it may alter the Star, " has a right to inflict the bodily discomfort as much as possible, and is bound to leave alone as little of imprisonment on any of its members, surely it is as possible. And when it do es a lt er , it s c h anges w ill not just in such cases a s these th a t th a t right should be bo the ones which would harmonise best with the original exercised." object, but those which will suit worst. Those who con- REFORM OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. bider a design thoroughly bad cannot be blamed if they On Thursday a meeting was held in the Law Asso endeavour to prevent the adoption of as much of that ciation's Rooms, Liverpool, under the auspices of the design as they can, and to prevent it as long as they can. Criminal Law A mendment Association, to discuss the reform of the Criminal Laws. Mr. Yates, president of the Incorporated Law Society of Liverpool, was , chairman, and he said that the subject before them _ ' was of great importance to the community, but Among other peculiarities of Lord Houghton's presi- it was difficult to obtain the co-operation of dency of the Newspap er P ress F un d A nn i versary, b es id es the public. After some discussionhad taken those noted, he had alongside of him contributors to news- place on the mcst important subjects pre parers in the Persian, Turkish, and Spanish languages. sented to them the meeting passed resolutions The editor of a London daily paper was introduced to his to the effect that justice demanded a reform colleague, the editor of the Turkish paper in London. The of the criminal law ; that, without prejudice to her history of the refugee press in London would make a Ma;esty's prerogative of mercy, it was desirable to curious chapter. establish a Court of Criminal Appeal, not only to Much has been said and written about the wanton review questions of law, but to consider applications destruction of ecclesia s ti ca l rema i ns b y th e P ur i tan party for new trials, the mitigation of sentences, and the during the civil wars o f 1641 an d f o ll ow i ng years. M uc h power of commutation of sentences pending inquiry before the proposed court, and the consideration of mischief was und ou bt e dly d one a t t hi s per i o d , which, sitting defendants in a criminal case to give evi however, has been made to bear the bl ame o f wrec ki ngs den . that took effect at an earlier time, and is loaded with the A POINT OF LAW. shame of later official ignorance. The Athenccum ob served the other day, in a b roa d s id e i n the British A decision lately given by Lord Romilly, in the Rolls Court, in a case of some importance to the Museum, 669 f, 20-29, dated August 1656, that, under the shareholders in joint-stock companies, has provoked Protector, provision was made for the repair of Gloucester some criticism. The case was as follows :—ln Cathedral. Other instances may be found. February 1866, Dr. Fyfe, the holder of twenty A story was current a short time since to the effect that shares in the Joint-Stock Discount Company, Hogarth's house at Chiswick was to be pulled down. The sold them, to a person named Strawbridge. Atheneum is glad to say that such is not the case, and The transfer was duly executed and lodged at the that it remains in h an d s w hi c h are a t l eas t as care f u l as office of the company for registration. It was not, those of the tenant who recently inhabited it. Something however, registered, and the company was soon after ought to be done for the preservation of this inestimable wound up. Dr. Fyfe's name being still on the list relic of the gr ea t h umour i s t. A very sma ll sum wou ld of shareholders, he was placed 4,11 the list of doubtless secure it a g ai ns t d es t ruc ti on . H ogar th' s family contributories. After some legal proceedings in the matter, the Master of the Rolls has refused toremove tomb, in Chiswick churchyard, is in good order, thanks it, Strawbridge having died in the interval, and there to the care of the painter's namesake of Aberdeen and being no name to substitute on the list. The London. Master of the Rolls admitted that Dr. Fyfe was un- A Globe edition of Pope has been issued by Messrs. questionably entitled at one time to have Strawbridge's Macmillan and Co., as companion to the Globe edition of name substituted for his own, but held that lie for feited that right by his delay. The cen sors o f hi s Shakespere. The book is hand s om e an d h an dy, an d th e text as good as can be got in advance of the critical edition lordship's judgment hold that it was the business of t so often promised by M r . El w i n . Th e no t es are many, the official liquidator, having the tra ns f er i n th e and the matter of them i s r i c h i n i n t eres t. office, to have substituted the name of St raw b r id ge The President and Vice-Presidents of Sections have When, in proceeding to make out the li s t o f con tributOries, he found that Dr. Fyfe h a d ma d e been appoint e d f or th e next mee ti ng of t h e British Associa- a proper legal transfer of his shares, and tion. In Section A., Professor Sylvester will preside, th a t his name had not been removed from relieved by Professor Adams and Mr. Grove ; in Section the register - by the fault of the directors, it 8., Dr. Debus, relieved by Professor Odling and Professor was, it was said, the liquidator's duty to have applied Williamson ;in Section C., Professor Harkness, relieved to the court to rectify the register. It is further by Mr. Godwin-Austen and Mr. W. Pendelly ;in Section argued that in the case, "Re Lafitte and Co. v. De D., Professor Rolleston, relieved by Mr. Spence Bate and Rosaz," the Master of the Rolls held that the proof Mr. E. B. Tylor ;in Section E., Sir Bartle Frere s relieved of liability lay upon the official liquidator. On these by Sir George Grey and Mr. A. G. Fi n dl ay; in Section grounds the Judgment is thought to require recon- F., Sir Stafford Northcote, relieved by Mr. T. D. Acland sideration. and Colonel Sykes; in Section G., by Mr. Siemens, relieved ARBITRATION AND STRIKES. by Mr. G. P. Bidder and Mr. C. Vignolles. Professor Arbitration has again been successful in settling a Milner will give a special lecture to the working m en o f dispute between masters and men. The Leeds Exeter. joiners protested that the masters were not now -MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ART AND LITERARY GOSSIP. The Orchestra sa y s that Rubinstein, en paying uniformly accordi n g t o th e ra t e . The route to Rus s i a , met masters admitting this, s a id th a t so bad were Thalber in g Paris, and at a soir,'e given by Mdme. the times that men offered themselves at Erard, these t wo lion-pianists pl a y e d a duet together on less than the standard rate, and they also two pianofortes with great effect. urged that they were justified in paying Mdlle. Lucca will m , t appear this season in Covent poor workmen less than good ones. The men Garden. The operation on her tonsils has affected her still objecting, arbitration was resorted to. A long health, and her voice in particular needs restoration. In diseusslon took place, and in the end it was agreed the hope of gaining this Mdlle. Lucca will make a long that GO. per h our s h ould be paid to fair workmen, sojourn at Ischl, but that a man might be engaged without stipula tion as to the wag©, and that, after two or three days, he should be paid' according to his worth. The Philological Society has elected four new honorary members, Mons. E. Littr6, the author of the admirable The cotton trade of Oldham and th© district is " Dictionnaire de la Langue Francaise," Professor Ritsehl, threatened to be again brought t e a standstill the celebrated Plautine scholar, Professor Matzner, the by a lock-out. The men hav only just author of the well-known " Englische Grammatik" and returned to their worie after the recent strike. " Spraehproben," and Professor C. Friedrich Koch, the Nearly all the - operatives at Oldham, Shaw, and author of the most complete English historical grammar Crompton have resumed work, but in the Lees yet published. district twenty-six mills are stopped, the h an d s not having accepted the reduction of 5 per cent. in their wages. The manufacturers of the whole district, in order to support those whose mills are thus stopped, threaten that, unless the workpeople come to terms with their employers before Monday next z a lock-out will be resorted to throughout the district, and all the mills will again be closed. The proprietors of the Strafford Main Colliery, near Barnsley, have given their men (between 300 and 400) notice of a reduction of 10 per cent. in their wages, which notice will expire in - a few days. The miners will, it is thought, resist the reduction. The strike and the lock-out in connection with the Denaby Main, the Tinsley Park and Manor Pits, and the Thorncliffe and Chapeltown Collieries still continue. The dispute in the building trades at Bristol has terminated in favour of the men. The masters were in some cases obliged to proceed with contracts, and this produced disunion, and the other masters succumbed. NARROW ESCAPE.—The negligence of a railway ganger was very nearly leading to a serious accident on Wednesday on the Severn Valley Railway. One of the small waggons by which platelayers convey their heavy tools, &c., to different parts of the line was being pushed along about the time a passenger train from Bewdley to Arley was due. The ganger, Jem Wren, ought to have sent a man back to signal the passenger-train, but neglected to do so, his " excuse" afterwards being that he thought he could get into a siding before the train came up. The train, however, overtook the waggon, and it was smashedto pieces, the engine also being somewhat damaged by the collision. Fortunately, no personal injury was sustained. Wren was apprehended, and, being subse quently taken before Messrs. Homfray and Woodward, county magistrates, at Kidderminster, he was fined £3 and costs, or a month in default. THE DANCER OF DISCHARGING SEWAGE INTO RIVERS. — The Enginecr winds up an article on Sewage by a statement which it gives authoritatively, and which is most alarming as affects the supply of water from wells, &c. Our contemporary states that the Crossness pumping -station, where sewage is utilised, requires 864,000 gallons of water per (lay for th e eng i nes, in addi tion to about 2,500 gallons per day for th e use o f the work people residing on the premises. In the hop e of getting a good and adequate supply, a boring has been carried down through the under-lying strata, to the extraordinary depth of Looort. The chalk has been completely pene trated, together with the upper greensand, and about 1;0ft. of the gault. Last autumn the water in the boring was found to contain so large a quan tity of salt, that Dr. Odling suggested there was some connection between tl:e well and the flames. As the depth increased matters seem to have become worse rather than better. In the latter part of October the water contained from 253 to 202 grains of common salt per gallon. At a depth of (261 ft., as much as 303 grains of chloride of sodium were reported. The pro gress of the boring Las latterly been slow, and the advice of gentlemen connected with tl:e Geological Survey of Englani has been scual,t. In the meantime it is stated that the water fetched op from the boring has betrayed unmis takable signs of sewage contamination, the fluid smelling strongly of suiphuretted hydrogen. Remembering Dr. Odling's suggestion, that there was " some connection" between the well and the Thames, the presence of sulphu rotted hydrogen in the well is readily explained, on the supposition that Thames water percolates into the boring and carries sewtve with it. To what level the contazni nated Thames water has penetrated into the underlying strata, may yet he doubtful. But if the Thames goes into the chalk at all, it may readily soak through to the very base, penetrating also the upper greensand and accu mulating on the floor of the gault, whence it would creep down the outer surface of _the bore-pipe and so appear at til.e_l ol, 9o point of by Loring, THE WYKEUA3IISTS. Rarely have the Wykehamists mustered in such force as they did at their annual dinner this week. Among the guests were the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for War, Lord Justice Giffard, Ex-Chief Justice Erle, Sir Rowidell Palmer, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Dean of Chichester, and a whole host of minor celebrities. THE SUN,-1.,0N,D0 - 14; EVENING, - - JUNE - 19; 4869. houses is only 18 peT 1,(100, as against rz4 tor trio whole-metropolis ; -and against-a much -higher -figure for that portion of London in which working men most reside. • EMIGRATION TO CANADA. Mr. Hobart, treasurer of the East London Family Emigration Fund, writes to the Times on the subject of Emigration. He states that money is the only thing now required to send out more families, with favourable prospects, but that the sum must be quickly raised, or it will be too late to make the voyage to Canada this year. Most favourable reports of those already sent out have been received from the emigration office at Quebec, and there seems to be no difficulty in procuring work for them. On Thursday another detachment of emigrants left for Quebec, under th e protection of the British and Colonial l''.migration Fund. This society has assisted as many as eight hundred persons to emi grate to Canada during the present year, and its object is to select those most deserving of aid. Those who have just started belong chiefly to the artisan class, and had the appearance of being accustomed to work. PROFITABLE PHILANTHROPY. The twenty-fifth annual report of the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the In dustrial classes states that a dividend of four per cent. is to be paid. and that a balance of £129 will be carried forward to the reserve fund. This is very satisfactory. It chews that a great and important reform entered upon from philanthropic motives can be successful commercially. how successful it has been primarily is shewn from the fact that the annual mortality of the inmates of the society's A WEATHER PROPHET. The weather prophets have failed this year most distinctly. They predicted—as, by-the-by, they usually do—an ordinary summer, and here we are suf fering from weather which is disastrously extraordi nary. One of the forecasters wrote to the Time 3, and that journal published his letter. He beat Mr. Allnatt, the meteorological correspondent, hollow. The one could only chronicle what was past and gone. The other set down what was coming. But though so defeated then, Mr. Allnatt is triumphant now. It was bravado that gave his competitor the advantage at first, for ho had no ground to go upon, as Mr. Allnatt now clearly shews. Instead of an ordinary June, weare, as we have already pointed obit, " enjoying " cold such as has rarely occurred in the sixth month of the - year. The average mean temperature of the month for fifty years is 59 dcg. But instead of that, we had in some places on the 16th 43 deg. The mean for the day is set down a 5,48.5. The coldest day of June in the last half century was on the flth, 18W. Then the mean temperature was computed at:43.5 ; so that the 16th of this month was only 5 deg. above it, and 22.5 below : the temperature for the 16th of Juno. 1868. 3AS BITIMEItS. Londoners have complained a great deal of the badness of the quality of their gas. But the improve ment of their light was m the hands of the consumers themselves, though they certainly did not know it. Very few seem to have proper ideas of the function of the gas burner, and the burner is of the utmost importance as regards the clearness of the light, its brilliancy, and the amount of gas wasted. The subject has been officially investigated, and the report of those to whom it was referred demonstrates the importance of getting the very best burners. Tho most popular burners seem specially designed to make the least of the most gas. Taking a certain standard—and that not a high one— the referees found that most of the ordinary fishtail burners gave only about 80 per cent. of light, some even less than this; three purchased at random being found to give respectively only 27, 24, and 23 per cent. of the light which the same quantity of gas.. would have given from the standard burner. In two offices of daily newspapers, in which an unusual quantity of gas is burned, and unusual necessity for good light exists, it was found that the burners prin cipally in use waste.l about half the gas—theamount of light got from them being from 47 to 49 per cent, of what the same quantity of gas may be made to give. Then an attempt was made to find good burners. Advertisements were issued, and a large number of samples were obtained to be tested. One of these, " Sugg's New Lo n d on A rgan d," of t w enty-f our holes, surpassed the standard burner by making 16 per cent. more of the gas than even that burner did. The French " Bengel Argand "is found to make 12 per cent, more, while Leoni's " Standard " and his " Albert Crutch Argand" were exactly level ,with the standard. None of the fishtails seem to be. as economical for common gas as the argands, though fOr cannel gas they are far more so ; the best fishtails Leoni's No. 8, Strode's No. 6, and Sugg's Steatite No. 6 being 26 or 27 per cent. lower In economy than the New London Argand. The common b a t sw i ng b urner, in its best samples, is of about the same ill um i nat i ng power as th e fish tails, and Bron ner ' s patent w i t h steat it e t op, s t an d s to the " New London Argand," now adopted as the standard, as 99 to 116. Gas consumers should take heed to these facts. CANADA AND THE IRISH CHURCH. The Canadian Legislature is interested in the Irish Church question. Gratified by the way in which reference has been made to the disestablish ment of the Canadian Church, the Liberal members Of the colonial House of Commons were most anxious to express an opinion upon the measure which is now causing so much anxiety in this country. A Mr. Holton, the other day, moved a series of resolutions, expressing sympathy with the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church. Ile justified his motion on the ground that the people of Canada have a right, through their representatives, to express their opinions on a matter of imperial concern. The Premier,.. Sir John Macdonald, took the opposite view—that the subject was not one upon which the Parliament of the Dominion were entitled to pronounce a judgment. In the debate which followed there was, it is stated, " a pretty general concurrence of sentiment against the Irish Church." Ultimately the previous question was put, and the motion was thus got rid of. Forty-nine members—chiefly representatives of ultra-Liberal constituencies—persisted in voting for the resolu tions. FOREIGN NOTES. NEUTRALITY OF THE SUEZ CANAL. The Times Berlin correspondent fully confirms the statement which we made a few days ago respecting the object of the Viceroy of Egypt's tour through Europe. His Highness is sufficiently familiar with modern internatior al law to be acquainted with the neutrality chapter, and to wish t 6 secure for the Suez Canal the advantages exemption from war confers. He has come to Europe chiefly to interest the Powers in an arrangement which, in the event of inter national collision, is to keep open the canal for merchant ships, but close it to men-of-war. And very natural this wish is. In case of war in the Mediterranean the canal would become an unmitigated nuisance, instead of a benefit to Egypt. It would certainly be made one of the chief points ofcontention, a battle-field to decide itsand Egypt would be sel e ct e d as posses s i on . The equity o f the proposal is so obvious that Au s t r i a, though not wish ing to be the first to decide, is unquestionably in its favour. Prussia, too, is sure to approve if England, as is con fidently expected, does so. Italy is the same way inclined. France and Russia, however, do not seem to see the thing in an analogous light. The former Power, having constructed the canal, is disposed to look for some special advantage from it; but this difficulty, the Times corres pondent thinks, may b e got over. The opposition of Russia will, of course, be irreconeileable. RESULTS OF WAR RUMOURS. The world has grown so weary of the bootless quarrels between the newspapers of France and Prussia that they have ceased to excite more than the most languid interest. There can be no doubt, however, that they produce evil effects in disturbing trade, especially in Germany. From Berlin we learn that at the wool markets now held in the East provinces —markets of world-wide fame—prices ehew a great reduction over those of last year. All qualities have suffered alike. Sheep -breeding being a leading pursuit in East Prussia, the whole body of large proprietors feel the loss, which is attributed to the disturbed state of politics. And yet the Patrie still con tinues to accuse Prussia of sinister designs on her smaller neighbours. SETTLEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT DIFFICULTY IN SPAIN. The Regency Bill has been passed by the Cortes, and Marshal Serrano has been solemnly appointed Regent. At last, then, an attempt to give Spain a settled form of Government has proved successful. But it appears that fresh difficulties have broken out between the Republicans and the majority. One of the Ministers has announced that meetings in which were used banners with mottoes against monarchy would be prohibited, as also " Vivas ! " in favour of the republic, as being subversive of, and con trary to, the Constitution. The leaders of the Republican party, in reply, have declared their intention of maintain ing their rights. Great sensation was caused by this quarrel. The Republicans are holding numerous meetings in the large towns. THE GENERAL COUNCIL. France has decided to be represented at the General Council. According to the Memorial. Diplomatique, the French Ambassador at Rome has received instructions to arrange the matter with the Pope. His overtures have been received in the most cordial manner at the Vatican. His Holiness has expressed his satisfaction at the initiative taken by the French Government, and hopes that the other Catholic Powers will not fail to follow the example. BELGIUM. A day or two ago the Belgian Government was defeated in the Brussels Senate on some amendments inserted in a bill for the abolition of imprisonment for debt. This defeat has rendered the position of the Ministry exceed ingly difficult ; for M. Fr'Zre-Urban does not wish to dis solve the Senate, because he is apprehensive that the hostile majority would again be elected, in which case the entire Government must resign. The Patrie thinks a resig• nation in any ease inevitable, and rejoices at the prospect on the ground that the Opposition are disposed "to come to a more ittimate understanding with France on the railway question." This is an admission that France is at present not getting all she would wish from the Belgian Government. BROTHERLY' LOVE. The Turkish Government, which naturally views with jealousy any proceeding of the Egyptian Viceroy which savours of independence, has, happily, found an ally in Mustapha Pacha, the Viceroy's younger brother. Between these two relatives irreconcileable hatred pre vails. The younger has been disinherited through a change in the law of succession, and he attributes his loss to his brother. The Turkish Government profits by this difference to humiliate the Viceroy. Mustapha Pacha is employed to shew the world that the Viceroy is not an indep en d en t Prince, hut a vassal. Whilst the Vi ceroy was in Vienna, l' lustap h a was t h ere too, and stay e d i u th e c i ty without 'seeing him, departing a day in advance. He remained in B er lin t wen ty-f our hours, leaving twelve hours before the arrival of his brother. -Western princes often do small things, but they do not often strive to reveal the extent of their little mos to the outer' world as does this unhappy Oriental. flhi ACCESSION . SERVICE. Sunday is the thirty-second anniversary of the Queen's accession, and the clergy are di scuss i ng whetherthey:shall:read the service appointed f or th a t day. The Church Times has some funny remarks upon the subject, which are very suggestive of that most original of historians, Dr. Littl e d a l e . It sa y s that the service is Erastian and unconstitutional. I. is also incorrect, since " it takes for granted a prin ciple foreign to the English Constitution from th• days of Alfred the Great, namely, that our monarchs succeed by hereditary right. The Crowr of England has always been elective, kept for con venience' sake in one family, but with ou t necessary regard to primogeniture. . . . There is some thing to be said for a service - commemo• rating the coronation of the newly-elected Sovereign, there is nothing . to b e said for any special service on June 20, unless an anniversary mass for the repose of the soul of 'Wil liam IV." NOTTINGHAM POLITICS. The Beeh:vem h area Mr. George Potter is the guiding spirit, says of the recent Nottingham election It became evident on Saturday that if Mr. George Potter went to the poll the election Of Mr. Digby Seymour was secure. He, therefore, retired upon an understanding, we believe, th a t o f th e t wo Lib eral candidates at the next election, one should be selected by the working classes and receive the undivided Liberal support." The "we believe" does not look like &very definite Understanding: THE EXPLOSION AT HOUNSLOW. The terrible explosion at Hounslow justifies the arguments of those who have always contended that our powder manufacturers ought to adopt some means to prevent these calamities. Of course it i s impossible to guard against them entirely during the process of manufacture, but it is per fectly possible to absolutely prevent them when the powder is in a magazine. In this instance it was the powder in a store house which exploded with such lamentable effects. The public have a right to demand that Dr. Gale's process, which has been proved effectual by the most searching tests applied under Government supervision, should be adopted in all private or public magazines. AMERICA AND BRAZIL. The French journals regard the news from Brazil that \fr. Webb, the American Ambassador, bad received his passports as very serious. The ostensible cause of this extreme step was the refusal of the Brazilian Government to give pecuniary compensation for the seizure of the Canada; but the Paris journals think that this affair, which in itself was of no great importance, could hardly have led to the withdrawal of the Ame rican Ambassador. They believe that the United States regard with dislike the victorious progress of Brazil as a slaving-holding Power, and are dispoied to go to war to prevent any further aggrandizement in that direction. It is quite certain that the relations between the United States and Brazil have been none of the best since the commencement of the war with Paraguay ; but, on the other hand, the pacific policy of General Grant's Cabinet is so popular in America, the reduction of the debt effected by Mr. Boutwell has given such general satisfaction, that a costly war is not likely to be hastily undertaken. It is likewise to be noticed that Mr. Webb quarrelled with the Brazilian Government just before the arrival of his successor, nominated by General Giant. Nevertheless the step he has taken is one which it would be desirable to have explained. THE PANAMA CANAL PROJECT. The scheme matured in the United States for the con- struction of a ship canal through the Lithraus of Panama proved a failure, in consequence of the refusal of the Columbian Serrate to grant the concession. It appears that an attempt has been made to induce the. Senate to reconsider this negative vote, but it has declined to do so. (From the Anglo-American Times.) As a serious riot • threatened in Kansas on the Cherokee neutral lands, we learn by the New York papers of the Bth inst. just arrived that the Pre sident had ordered troops to enforce the law'. The settlers had taken the law into their own hands, and had driven away all who had not warmly , espoused their side, giving these the choice of re. maining and being hanged. It is hard on this State to have a settlers' rising at one end, for they had imported powder and looked as if they meant to fight, and an Indian war at the other. - - Mr. Justice M'Carthy of the London Star de livered a lecture at the Cooper Union, New York, on the 7th instant, on the Alabama question. Mr. M 4 Carthy commenced by saying that he was not an American, although he had warmly sympathized with the North, ncr was he an Englishman, and therefore, though loyal to the Queen, free from pre judice. The Tribune, while doing ample ju s ti ce t o his remarks, says, " h a i s by no means free from prejudices" ; but it is just possible that the Tribune its< if may not be unbiassed. Attorney-General Hoar has given a long decision in answer to a letter from Peter Cooper, the President of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company, to the effect that a State cannot grant to a foreign comp any the pri vilege of landing a telegragh cable on the shores of the United States. This decision is stated to be in strict accordance with the position all along taken by Congress, whose power to act in the matter the Attorney-General considers to lie in the clause of the Constitution, giving to that body the regula tion of commerce. What effect this will have ou the French company we cannot tell, but it is clear that they will not be able to " lobby" through at Albany their right to land, and the cable is now being laid. The question rased by the application of Doug lass for admission into the Printers' Union of IVash ington will perhaps cause trouble before it is settled, not in his case, but in that of other coloured men. Two of them, Johnson and Parker, obtained work as bricklayers in the Washington Navy Yard, under a recent order of Secretary Borie. Johnson was a slave, until given his freedom on his 21st birthday, and he served under the national flag for four years and three months during the Rebellion, while Parker was then employed in the Navy. The rules of the Bricklayers' Union impose a fine of $5 on a member found working with a bricklayer who does not hold a card from one of the societies. On the night of the 13th the Union held a meeting with closed doors, when the question of a strike, unless these men were removed, was earnestly debattd. Although the cautious represented the folly of con tending against the Government the majority was against them, the resolution being adopted that the white bricklayers at the Navy Yard should be waited on, and urged not to work with the coloured men. Johnson begged the president of the society to-let him have a card, but ,was refused. Minister Curtin has appoirted as his personal secretary and diplomatic Attache to the Legation Mr. Robert H. Gratz of Pennsylvania. He will sail from New York, accompanied by Mr. Coffee, Secretary of Legation, and Mr. Gratz, on the 17th of June. Mr. Curtin received his instructions May '3l, and both the President and the Secretary of State desired him to impress upon the Czar that his friendship towards 'the Washington Govern ment is fully appreciated and reciprocated. A grand banquet had been given to the Minis ter bAore leaving Philadelphia. The following United States Minister and Consuls have been appointed :—Jatnes Russell Jones, Minister Resi dent at Belgium ; J. Mason Rice, at Brindisi ; 0. H. Irish, at Dresden; B. 0. Duncan, at Naples ; J. G. Moffet, at Pernatnbuco ; Thomas Adamson, jun., ac Honolulu ; and J. C. Cover, at Fayal. Mr. Pile has been nominated Governor of New Mexico instead of Miniiter to Brazil, to the astonishment and disappointment of Geinral Crow, who had been confirmed, but was disqualified, as he, having served in the Confederate army, could not take the " iron clad oath." General Crow hoped that Mr. Mit chell would be permitted to hold the office till Con gress removed his disabilities on its meeting in December, but the incutnbent:wa3 obnoxious to the Administration, so the President would not wait. With his usual wisdom and good taste Chief Justice Chase wrote as follows in response to an invitation to be present at the decoration of the _ . graves of the Union dead at Charleston : " The nation cannot too tenderly cherish the memory of her dead heroes, or too watchfully guard the well-being of those who survive. And 'may we not indulge the hope that ere long we who adhered to the National cause will be prompt also to join in commemorating the heroism of our countrymen who fell on the other side, and that those who now specially mourn their loss, consenting to the arbitrament of arms, and resuming all their old love for their country and our country, one and indivisible, will join with us in like commemoration of the fallen bravo of the army of the Union." General Logan dated an order from Washington, June 2, as Commander- in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially to eii)lain why the graves of the Confederates had not been decorated as well as those of the Union soldiers. It was announced at Washington that they would be, and many staunch Southerners from Georgetown heights took part in the ceremony on this understanding. But the Bard received orders, and sentinels were placed to force the restriction at Arlington not to decorate 4 ;fif.., graves of the Southern dead. General Logan, in reply to the exaggerated rumours arising from this much-censured proceeding, paid— " We strew flowers on the graves of our comrades, and prevent their being strewn in the national cemeteries at the same time on the graves of such rebel dead as may be buried therein, not becausC wo cherish any feelings of hate or desire to triumph over individual foes, but because we seek to mark in this distinction and manner the feelings with which the nation regards freedom and slavery, loyalty and treason, Republican principles and those of s:avehold- iug oligarchy." Mr. Newman, the chaplain of the United States Senate, upheld this decision in these words— "Such dezorations should be only when it had been first decided by, the Christian Church to pay honours to Judas Iscariot, and until we had ourselves agreed to com memorate Benedict Arnold." The Treasury .receipts are a matter of surprise both at Washington and New York, and are taken by the people to be the first fruits of Grant's adminis tration. The policy of Secretary Boutwell; coupled with the enormous strength he acquires from the daily increa , itig revenue, is blaring down all opposi tion andinflucnciagthepriceof gold toan extent that many refused to believe before that policy was tried. The statement: of the debt on the Ist June is about the most satisfactory ever published. The figures furnished by jteuter through the telegram are in accurate. The coin belonging to the Government in the Treasury had decreased considerably, while the currency has' increased. even in a greater ratio, as have also the coin certificates of deposit. This is the shnple'reitilt of the Secretary's system, who sold during May $5,000,000 of gold, for which he received $7,000,000 in currency. Though he bought $3,070,000 worth' of bonds at a premium of about $700,000 in currency, the receipts for sale' f the gold -4" wa s ,•, .~„-._ left a considerable surplus, which was largely in- tendered a public reception. President Grant, Worn' creased by the taxes derived from the internal reve- panied by Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, nue, amounting for the month to $20,000,000. While . -. and Admiral Farragut, arrived at Boston, Jime 16. the Secretary sells gold lar ge ly i t will find its Way They were received by the Governor of the State, back to the Treasury in the shape of deposits; hence and escorted to the Capitol by a military g uard of the increase amounting to no less than $7,000,000 honour. Complimentary addresses were delivere d in the certificates of deposit between the May and by the Governor, the officers of the State, and now June accounts. Still more favourable is the report hers of the Legislative body. The President briefll issued at Washington last Monday, by which it ap- returned thanks for the cordiality of the welco me , pears that the cash in th e T reasury h as i ncrease d given him, acknowledging that Massachusetts had since the Ist instant $10,000,000, the coin being largely contributed to his election to the ',reel' $ 107 ,000,000, and the currency $27,0 0 0,000. If the dency. He reached New York on his way to Ws currency continues thus to increase the Secretary ton on the 10th, and went on immediately to We st will probably double his weekly purchase of bonds, Point, returning to New York on the 12th, a nd though the fact should not be overlooked that one proceeding to Boston on the 14th. From New Yo rk of the events, to which we last week alluded as cal- * on the 16th we learn that Mr Frederick Seymour, culated to disturb his arrangements, has occurred, the Governor of British Columbia, died on the 1001 ; and the Government has now an Indian war on inst., on board the British ganboat iS i 'narrowhaw i t hand. The receipts from the Customs in May were while inspecting the coast. Mr. Hawken, the seni or $15,000,000. We may here observe that a corrts pondent of the N ew Y or k W orld ca l cu l ates the member of the Council, had assumed the g value ofovernor sp. General Sickl es h a d been aranted one years Hefted States Bonds h e ll in Europe to hi leave of absence . 0 equal 5 2 11,000,000 sterling, which is probab l y a , Telegraphic communication proceeds apace. T be considerable exaggeration. : submarine Cable to connect Tasmania with A ns.. We learn by telegraph that Mr. Reverdy John- , tralia was successfully l a id b y t h e T e l egrap h Con' son was warmly welcomed a t th e cour t s in Bala- ' struction Company's steamer Investigator on the Ist more, but by mail we know th a t th e Ci ty C onn- instant, and is working satisfactorily. Capta in cif had held a meeting in anticipation of his , Sherard Osborn telegraphed from Brest that the arrival, and resolved to do him honour, in con- shore end of the Atlantic Cable was successfully formity with the custom of Maryland, which is to laid at half-past ten on Thursday morning, and is take official notice of prominent event s i n th e hi s- now ready to be spliced on the main cable on the tory of her distinguished sons, " of whom one was arrival of the Great Eastern, which is expected on on his way home from a mission to which he was Sunday. appointed with a view to a settlement of issues which . In the Canadian House of Assembly, last Saha: arose during the late lamentable strife in our coun- day, a resolution, prop os i ng t o grant an additional try, and though the results thereof have not come subsidy to Nova Scotia, was defeated. A reSolu up to the advanced views of this extraordinary age, j tion was introduced asking for information as to th e yet, doubtless, on his part executed with due regard I extent of the losses sustained through the Feni an to the interests of the nation, as he understood them, raids on Canadian soil. On the 14th the House re and in accordance with the instructions of the exist- considered its votes of Saturday, refusing to grant lie had an additional sub s id y t o N ova Scotia, and has re ing Government, therefore be it , & c. " scinded that resolution a n d gran t e d the su b s i ly I°safely arrived at Baltimore in the steamer 01 1. 1 0 on the 4th Jun.. question. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Spanish Minister at Washington has noti- 1 passed, last Saturday, a resolution authorising G e " fled to Secretary Fish that the Government of vernment to appeal to the British Law Courts, Wi th Peru had been guilty of a breach of faith towards a view to have the legality o f th e C on f e d e ration the United States and Spain, by r, cognising the Act tested, but in the evening rescinded the reso belligerency of the Cuban insurgents after accept- lution. Governor Doleprorogued the Legisla tive Assembly of ing with Spain the mediation of th e U n i te d St a t es. N y p ova Scotia last Tuesday, and de- Spain, therefore, now regards herself as released j livered a speech, in which he expressed the belief from the terms of her acceptance of the mediation. that the policy which had been adopted would per' Mr. Lemus, the agent of the Cuban insur gen t s at petuate the feeling of loyalty to the Queen, and ° Washington, has renewed his application th a t they the attachment to British institutions, and would, should be recognised and granted belligerent rights. moreover, remove the evils which had retarded the Numerous Cuban correspondents of the New York prosperity of the Province. It is asserted that t he journals assert that the Spanish forces are muti n- Reveal League, established in Halifax, has resolve , ous, and that much sickness prevails among the to wake annexation to the United States the pial;. ' troops. Many desertions had taken place. The form of their policy. latest news from New York is to 'Wednesday. MOTLEY'S a ll the Mn,fi. INSTRUCTIONS. Among According to advises from Havana, cholera has rumours touching Mr. Motley's instructions the following telegram, dated Philadelphia, June 16, is the only assumed an epidemic character at Huevitas. The insurgents had burned the towns of Niguas and worth notice: -" The Government sanctions the Pu bll - He will explain to the Camerones ; but from Spain it is announced that tion of the following version of Mr Motley's instructions_l tranquillity prevails in Cuba. A telegram, dated British Government the n: n stances attending the ctil'ontoofeoth.e articular Trea t y' wfthout committinc,Arn?e•ric New York, June 17, states that Colonel Ryan and Iv lieY i other Americans, also several Cubans connected Mr. Motley is not instructed to propos y o p any settlement of with the BevolutionaryJuntaof Cuba, were arrested claims, but to secure the temporary postponement of that here to-day, under the indictment of the United questioniheping when the present excitement suLsldes i t ., n o 3 _ States Circuit Court, for organizing an expedition England will invite renewed negotiations. He is not a make against Cuba in violation of the Neutrality L tws. sized to announce the readiness of the United States to clahn s ' The news from Brazil is that General Webb, the any propositions Cr to demand the payment of but to assure the British Government of the sincere &- American .Minister, has obtained his passport, being sire of the United States to have the dispute adjusted o; at variance with the Government at Washington terms honourable and satisfactory to both nations. ' upon the ship Canada claim. If the General leaves also instructed to state that the Neutrality Proclamationo Rio Janeiro will be without an American Minister, is not in itself a cause for demanding compensa it t h o r te g r i o t u w nd le of o c n o f mpla d i l nt, , but h that . , t o. ak a e f n ee w ling The Brazilian Government had expressed to the separtaatoo hos tility its determination to treat with the United q ti l li ( ty to America Burin the late a war and resulting in States Government upon the claim through their losses requiring reparation." From Washington, the ne ...... Minister at Washington. General M'Mahon was day, the telegram was sent through Reuter's office .. . ,r. at Ascuncion, but the American Government had Various newspaper reports concerning the nature of N conjecture, failed to hear from him, and there is good reason Motley's instructions are believed to be mere . . re ,_, press LI I u to believe that his despatches had been intercepted is t h t i h t e h e will impression avoid in re o ge e n h e i r o a o. l political i t i o ca e l s t q and ion until the es by the Allies. The Wa-lington Government is not t t citement caused by the rejection of Mr Johnson's tre.abt9 likely to favour any policy in support of Lopez, has subsided, and England is disposed to renew t u for his treatment of Bliss and Masterman, and the negociations. revelations of these gentlemen, have brought him know'We do not know where the Owl gets its sl5 into great discredit in the United States. There is ledge of American affairs, but it certainly wri n ls ce, ', a osfubse nothing fresh from the seat of war. Lopez still " chaf f ing" letters without blundering. Forleitntesrta signed continued in the mountains, with about 8,000 i p ts D issu p e o o r f te lt r ist Wednesday, The Allies were preparing to march into the addressed to Mr. Vice-Admiral Motley. It thus concludes," Boris bei n g and is Se a cr g e o t o a d r, ad inlet still absent at Philadelphia, I have the honour to sub ' scribe myself, &c., &c. EDUCATION IN EUROPE.-.A map giving the rank of the different countries of Europe, based upon the rail:: tive efficiency and extent of the education imparted to their primary schools, has recently been published. l u n , , several nations rank as follows: -Saxony, Switzerslawea, small States of North Germany, Denmark, Prussia, ai,, den, Baden, Wurtemberg, Holland, Norway, 13 a,„ v 5.,al France, Bel g ium, England, Italy, Austria, Greece, Papal States, States, Spain, Portugal, Waldo- Wallachia, Russia, l key.-Public Ledger. At the recent medical convention in Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. C. M. Carleton of Norwich read a .d di s t s ba r t tation on the use and abuse of spectacles. Ito e n ' _ f de glasses should be lased as soon as the least evidence..u_s_ fective sight is perceived. Near-sightedness is a ei 6v i doe, : peculiar to civilization, and the supposition that 11 , : 3 ) e recta it is entirely erroneous. The use of sing i ',he glasses is exceedingly injurious. The best glasses are eb ' bie French, which are glass ; the much extolled Scotch 1 :,, au ., being inferior in all but durability, and not one in a thou' sand being accurately ground. Cinc innati The Washington correspondent of the Glad d ow n Commercial writes:-"Butler has invited Bingham u P ' to Lowell to eat clams and strawberries, and ' ma k e ... _ ar ts Bingham stands on the indignities he received at... 134" th o hands last session, and refuses to accept, s a Y l _ d i the he wants no more to do with Butler's craftiness n u n se. 0 latter does him open-handed justice in the ll° , ving Butler will agree to say a kind word to him there, 0 ~ba l l ham's heart will not resist. It is probable that j og° , see those gentlemen swallowing September plu ms ~.., De ther, reserving the stones to fling at each other 01 cember." ~ and roil [ADVERTISEMENT.]-Holloway's Ointment 1 ki nds (? are an infallible remedy for bad legs and alla medi wounds. The surprising sale of these invaluable co n.: eines, in every part of the civilised world, is the mos t ba d vincing proof of their efficacy. They speecolin. , A ,h ? o,_ legs, old wounds, scrofula, and diseases of the ahiche have been cured lby these medicaments after er u f )t, that sands of persons suffering from these dreadfit_l_mr ether. means bad failed ; and it is a fact, beyond all ' l° tong there is no case, however obstinate, or howeve r Itini ntelY standing, but may be quickly relieved ancln? un ite . d cured, by these wonderful medicines. Them i, their action is irresistible. More need not be 811 ' . 0 them praise. Let those who doubt their excellence g' v a trial. , const i P nti gj uk n xERTISEmEN T. 3 -Dyspepsia (Indigestion,' Debility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, e rgd sc a b c ' ee., lB- .. liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated . ”ro , " -- g Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, at l _,!:, , su ch a rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curableiya Du thousands of cases which had bean considered hoPel e _7_,-,lo,ints: -cough. asthma, also diarrhoea, hvemorrhoids, livera, diplthue_ flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throa t s, ~,,,,b.e__ rift, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and_ .inia, wits_ matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, 1 1e 1 _ 1 1,' todaen i e r ; bility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, fula, tig htl lo pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scro d betwee n t by debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness , e ven s of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach shoulders, &c. We quote a few: July 12 1866-T __ Du Barry's Food. bure No. 68,413-" home, 4 a b a ticlo% health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially 1 . "nti;ell to Du Barry's ing all other remedies, he has confined hiniselfe a Plat Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes ! ful at every meal. It has produced a surpripag ti f is ev ellen re , effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot P - 11 U u Tuly 25. Cu food too highly.-From the "Gazette do Midi, t y r ini . leY, No. 96,270-Mr. James Roberts, timber mercian o . 0 1 ' -The Pope'shhMth restored he t Lord Stuart derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1, years' dyspepsa. Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting„L do Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, of manyfrom dysPePsis No. 49,832-" Fifty years' indescribable agony t lency, sP:"„ ni ...-- nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, liau Cataler'ns sickness, and vomiting.-Maria Joly." Important ini itatio . __ Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy i, inost at gu ' r to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name ciously attached. 2'11)5 2 "; In tins, at Is lid; Ilb 2.s 9d; 2lbs 4s 6d 5 lbs lls 1 OLATS 21 lbs 40s , -Also Do BASRY'S ItEWALENTA ....R A ABleA CHOC ups t' 8 for CSSB PoWDEIt is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups for ; cue at 55s at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at .os, _ 57 6 tin ‘- s k' sre sent blood, hverr -being about one penny per cup. The 30s and .55 . London ; a nd RAR,Y Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, all Grocers and Chemists. free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-office ____----r. Orderti_ i mcn. interior. A discu , sion has arisen on the interesting ques tion (at least to Mr. Stanton) whether he was a traitor. The New York Express believes he was, for he wrote to a Southern friend, after the attack on Fort Sumter and the fiuht in Baltimore, sym pathizing with the South, which lie asserted to be in the right. The New York Sun asks, if there be such a letter, why not produce it ? About three mouths before the close of Buchanan's Administra tion he entered the Cabinet, but he was then useful to the Union cause, with Gen. Dix and Mr. Holt, in frustrating the designs the Southerners were at that period carrying into effect. He was not appreciated at the time by the Lincoln Administration ; but those who know Edwin M. Stanton, and have tra3ed his uncompromising career throughout the war, disbe lieve the story, however circumstantial and well supported, till the letter be produced. Persistent efforts are now being made to frame a reprocity treaty, both in Canada and in the United States. The project has been discussed, both in the Dominion Parliament, and by Chambers of Com merce, and General Wallbridge has delivered a speech on the subject. He declares the policy erroneous of attempting to force the Canadians into the Union by hostile tariffs ; that they will come of their own accord ; the interchange of agri cultural products should be made as free as possible, a nd people should be allowed to fish were they please. The Tribune improves vastly on this pro gramme— "A genuine Reciprocity would form a Zollverein or common Tariff for Canada and this country, abolish our antagonist lines of Custom-Houses, collect our Duties on Imports in common, and divide the proceeds pro rata be tween the two countries. We aro ready for that sort of Reciprocity to-day. Are the Canadians ? " No doubt ; as it would tend to shut out the trade of Europe from North America, and open the Bri tish American Colonies to the manufacturers of the United States. IN hat the Canadians would get by having most of their manufactured articles doubled in price they may fail to see, but what some of the Tribune's friends would get by extending the mar ket for their highly-protected commodities, and more effectually excluding smuggling, is sufficiently I clear. The following telegrams having reference to the States have been received this week :—The Massa chusetts Hot...e of Representatives has passed a Prohibitory Liquor Law Bill. The prominent Con servative and Republican Virginians propose to I select for political candidates patriotic statesmen living in the North as preferable to the so-called carpet baggers. The Florida Legislature had re jected the Negro Equality Bill, but has ratified the Negro Suffrage Amendment. The Supreme Court of Georgia has decided that negroes are eligible for office in that State. Terrific rain had fallen in West and North Carolina, causing damage to property in Iredell and Davis counties to the amount of $1,000,000. The State Treasurer of Missouri announces that the principal and interest of the bonds will hereafter be paid in coin. The internal revenue receipts since the Ist of this month exceed eighteen millions of dollars. The Grand Army of the Republic has received what we believe to be a well-merited rebuff. It is pass ing strange in the Republic, where all the dirty linen is taken to the market place to be washed, that at the same time secret organizations more extensive than in other countries should be in existence. "A delegation from the grand army of the Republic has visited the PoSmaster-General to demand of him a share of the public offices. Mr. Creswell refused the demand, and told the delegation that their or ganization was rapidly becoming repugnant to Re publicanism." The only other telegrams not no ticed elsewhere are that" the President has ordered that the differential duties hitherto levied on mer chandise imported in French bottoms should be discontinued, thus reciprocating the action taken by France in reference to American vessels," and " The Russian Minister, M. Bodisco, at a public dinner at Philadelphia, read a letter frown the Czar expressing his gratification at the suppression o f th e rebellion, and the election of President Grant." Mr. Seward has reached San Francisco on his.way to Japan and China, at least the rumour is that he proposes thus far to extend the tour, and he has been BIRTHS. HARDY—On the 17th inst., the wife of T. Stewart liardYl E,q., M.P., of a daughter. LOGAN —On the 17th inst., at St. Leonard's, the wife ° I captain Logan, Queen's Bays, of a son. AIARRIAGES. DREIVETT —BuRRELL— On the 17th inst., at Wimbled on, Drewett ()monde, only son of Thos. I). Drewett, Escl• of arrow Hall, in the county of Durham, to Catheri ne Mary, second survi v i ng d aug h ter o f J os eph' Burrell. Esq• of Copse-bill, Wimbledon. COTTON—COCKS On the 16th inst., at St. James's, Picca dilly, Mr. James H. Cotton, of 109, Bishopsgatc-str eet within, to Eliza Ellen, eldest daughter of Hobert Conk° , 361, Oxford-street. DEATIIS. STURT - On the 16th inst., at Cheltenham, Charles Sturt, Esq., late 39th Itegt., one of the earliest explorers of the Australian continent. • SI T IoriELD--On the 17th inst., John M. Wingfield, Esq-, of Tickcncoto Ball, Rutland, aged 79. WHITMORE —On the 17th inst., at Beckenham, William Whitmore, Esq. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy, in the Connty of Middlesex,' Saturday, June 19, 18C9.