The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-02 00:00:00

INGENIOUS FRAUDS ON THE INDIAN HENRY CRABB ROBINSON 'GOVERNMENT. I - A. revenue 'Circular, just published, informs us of a tathei ingenious dodge practised by the natives of this country to obtain the Government rewards for the destruc• tion of wild beasts. As soon as a tiger or other large animal is killed, the skin is taken off, the real skull taken out, a false one substituted, and a reward obtained. The real skull is then also produced with some flesh adhering to it, proving it to have been freshly killed, and another reward is given. But the process is carried still further. Whole skulls are manufactured by pieces being joined together, covered with a compound of ghee and putrid flesh slightly coloured with some liquid resembling blood, and skin being stretched over this when (moist, holes are made for the ears, eyes, and nostrils, and the deception is complete. Another method is to insert tiger's teeth into the skulls of jackals and dogs, and then cover them with tiger skins, and even this has been found sufficient to deceive the unsuspicious and ignorant officials. The Board of Revenue have now sanctioned a fresh scale of rewards for full-grown, and half the same rates for young beasts,,at the same time pointing out that these rewards are only to be paid on the production of a complete skin and skull, the latter to Le invariably destroyed in the presence of the district officer, or his deputy, or assistant, and the district officer is to ascertain that his subordinates are fully qualified to tell a real_skull from a made-up specimen.—Englishman, Mr. Crahb Robinson was known to everybody who had he entry to literary society in London. He was the friend, or at all events was acquainted with, the chief writers of this country for three-quarters of a century, and yet he himself scarcely put pen to paper. This diary of his, full as it is of interest, nevertheless has no pretensions as a finished literary work. Writing was not his forte. Talking was. His friend, Walter Savage Landor, no mean judge, used to say of him that he was the best talker living ; and there is many a man still young, still on the sunny side of 35, who can hear testimony to the truth of this statement. Many a youthful barrister or physician can tell of the choice Sunday morning gatherings when they used to gather round his table in Russell-square, and listen to the tales of other times and other men which their octo genarian host would tell. He lived to the grand old age of 02, and preserved his faculties to the last. If he was less active of brain,less vivacious of tongue than of old, he was not less kind of heart. It was but a little while before his death that, hearing of a heavy pecuniary misfortune which had befallen a young and distant relative of his, he made a long omnibus journey to see her, and to offer his sympathy and aid. He was one of those rare instances in which a philanthropy cosmopolitan in its sympathy was not on that account the less vigorous towards the individual sufferer. A parsimo nious man may be eloquent in denouncing slavery. Mr. Robinson was one of the earliest and most vehement opponents of slavery, yet he was one of the most liberal of private benefactors. It is needless to say that the con versation of a man who, naturally a good talker, had for topics his personal reminiscences of Goethe, Wieland, Byron, Wordsworth, Erskine, Wilberforce, and countless other great men, was most interesting. That interest ex tends to the three goodly volumes which lir. Sadler has edited. These volumes are based upon Mr. Robinson's journals to 1810, a regular diary begun in 1811, and con tinued till within five days of his death, thirty volumes of journals of tours, reminiscences extending to 1843, miscellaneous papers, and a large number of letters. In writing all these numerous volumes be was governed by the thought that, though he had not the literary ability to give him such a place among English authors as he could have desired, be might be of service in keeping a record o his inter views with the great men with whom he came in contact. Henry Crabb Robinson was the youngest son of a Suffolk tanner. He was brought up among strict Dis senters ; but the dreary Sundays, with their long sermons in chapel and " Matthew Henry" at home, early disgusted him with that form of religion. He took up early with Libera! views and something more, and was, while quite a young man, thought sufficiently dangerous by Robert Hall to be anathematised. Robinson resented the anathema in a long letter, which Hall acknowledged and answered in a gentlemanly manner, and the two were afterwards friends. He was, without being consulted, sent to an attorney's office, and moved about from one to another for some years, without making any progress in his pro fession. In truth, he did not love it ; and when, in his 23rd year, he came into an income of one hundred pounds a year by the death of an uncle, he set out on his travels. In 1800 he went to Gerrrany, and after many months of wandering, set tled for a time at Jena, and became a student of the university. He remained over five years in Germany. In 1807 (he was then 32 years old) he became correspon dent for the Times at Altona. But the naval coalition against England, tis hich induced the English Govern ment to seize the Danish fleet, compelled Robinson to leave Holstein. On his return to England he was appointed foreign editor of the Times,and then correspondent for the same paper in Spain during the Spanish revolu tion, but left that country after the retreat of Sir John Moore. He joined the Bar in 1813, rather late in life, and went the Norfolk Circuit. There he had remarkable success. But his love for his profession being slight and his ambition small, he retired after fifteen years, having earned enough to keep him in easy circumstances for the rest of his life. He then gave himself up to literary pursuits, and to social and political reforms. He was one of the most earnest anti slavery orators ; he was one of the founders of London University and of University College. The rest of his life passed tranquilly and happily away. His friendships were numerous, his friends famous, and thus it comes to pass that the three volumes of the " Diary " make some of the best reading that has been offered to the public for many a day. We give a few extracts. They are but very small samples of the store of information with which the " Diary " abounds. LAW AND POLICE. PATENT THREAD. —ln Vice-Chancellors Malins'e Court, Messrs. Marshall, the well-known thread manufac turers, of Leeds and Shrewsbury, sought to restrain the defendants, Messrs. Ross, from importing from Belgium bales of thread bearing a label in imitation of their trade mark. The plaintiffs have used their mark for forty years. The bales of thread were shipped from Antwerp, and the imitation of the mark was a mere misspelling of the plaintiff's. The injunction was granted as prayed. THE CHURCH-RATE C ISE. —ln the Arches Court, on Saturday, judgment was given by Sir R. Phillimore in the case of the disputed church rate at Whit church, near Southampton. The litigation, which has been pending for some time, has been of an expensive character. Several legal objections were raised, the principal being that the repair of the chancel of the church should have been done by the lay rector. Sir R. Phillimore, after reviewing the several objections, pro nounced in favour of the churchwardens, and ordered the defendant to pay the assessment, with costs. Notice of appeal to the Judicial Committee was given. CHARGE OF MunrEn.—At Worship-street, Serena Tompkins was charged on remand with the murder of a child. The prisoner was the last rerson known to be with the child, which had been put out to nurse with her land lady. A witness stated that he had seen Mrs. Tompkins in a cheesemonger's shop a little after half-past nine on the evening when the murder was committed. Mr. Newton directed that the prisoner should be discharged. THE NOTTINGIIA.II .ELECTION PETITION. The inquiry into the 'Nottingham election was continued on Friday, when a number of witnesses were examined. In the course of the day a somewhat angry contention arose between the opposing counsel. Serjeant Parry, for the petitioners, asked a witness whether he had not said he was ordered to " throw at the Tory blues," and on .his denial, said he should ask permission tocross-examine him upon his written statement. The Judge said he could not do that, and read the Act of Parliament on the matter.— Serjeant Parry said the witness had betrayed them, when the Judge quietly remarked that he supposed there was a good deal of betraying in such matters.— Serjeant Ballantine, who objected to the remarks of Serjeant Parry, asked the witness why be had made different statements to the different sides, to which he replied that he was paid to make the first statement and not the second. " Then," exclaimed Serjeant Parry, " you have told lies to the other side because you were paid for it." The witness upon this denied that he had received anything beyond the shilling for the subpoena, upon which both sides gave him up in despair. Later on Ephraim Poling, the cabman to whose case Mr. Seymour alluded in his speech at the busting; was called. Serjeant Parry laid great stress on his case in his opening speech. Poling was knocked down and illused by the "lambs" as he was drawing a voter to the poll, and will, it is feared, lose the sight of one eye. His horses were also ill-treated. Some sensation was caused in court by a person stating that he knew the man who had struck the cabman with a stick, and could swear to him. He had not stated this to anyone till the day before. They were yellow "lambs" who made the attack. Several witnesses were examined on Saturday morning to prove intimidation. A policeman named Eyre said he saw a great disturbance at the Flying Horse at eleven o'clock on the polling day. A great number of " lambs" were there, armed with stones and sticks. Disturbances were going on in various parts of the town. Up to mid-day the yellow " lambs" had possession of the to n. The pensioners were called out by the mayor at half-past two. They had their bayonets drawn. The Riot Act was read. He never made a report of what he saw to his superior officer. A Georgia paper says that the heat has been so intense there for ten days past that thermometers fail to indicate the degree—the mercury pushes the top off and rises above the figures. THREATENED ASSASSINATION.— Lord Clonbrock, of Ballinasloe, received a threatening letter on Friday, requesting him to dismiss his land steward and gar dener ;if not he is to prepare for death. This letter has the representation of a coffin and skull and cross bones. ENTHUSIASTIC BUT HARDLY PRUDENT.—On Sunday morning a singular thing occurred in the parish church of St. Bride, Fleet-street. A tall, intelligent. looking man, very well dressed, at the close of the serrnor rose from his seat, and in a loud voice read a protest against the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church. The vicar from the pulpit motioned him to desist, but htl read on until the two beadles quietly removed him. The case of Elizabeth Warburton, the young woman who was found lying insensible on the Midland Railway near Cricklewood-lane, about five weeks ago, is still enveloped in mystery. The latest report from the St. Mary's Bospital, Paddington, where she is now tended, was to the effect that she was progressing favourably. The condition in v, hich she was found, and the injuries which she had sus tained befere she fell or was thrust out of the railway carriage, were such as to indicate that a struggle of a very dreadful kind had taken place. In her delirium she has used words, it is said, which lead to the supposition that she knew her 4ssailant. The namo of a gentleman well known to the frequenters of our metropolitan theatres has been mentioned. The important question whether this was a suicidal or mur derous attempt will, it is hoped, shortly bn decided. NEW METHOD OF SIGNALLING. —A Hungarian paper, the Hermanstadter Zeitung, mentions a new system of railway signalling, invented by Herr Eduard Krejczy, the special advantages of which are the follow ing :-1. A train without slackening its speed can com municate with any station or any other train on the same track. 2. In case of an accident the train itself can signal for assistance, and make the casualty known along the whole line. 3. A concussion is impossible, as two trains in motion can constantly exchange signals. 4. The working of the new system is very cheap. Herr Krejczy has placed his invention in the hands of the Hungarian Government, with the stipulation that in case of its being sold he is to receive one-half of the purchase money and the State the other. A Cumous MEDAL. —A unique medal of Charles I. was included in a metropolitan sale which terminated on Saturday. The following is an extract from the cata logue :—" 574. Fire-broad piece, an extraordinary and priceless pattern, by Briot, vi. m. rose, eArtorvs. D.G. MAO. BRIT. riIAN. ET. lIIBERNIAE. RE:C., bare-headed bust of the King to lett, with long, flowing hair, and Van dyke lace collar ; rev. same M. M., FLORENT. CONCORDIA. REGNA., arms in high relief, on a garnished shield, crowned ; at the sides, G.B. crowned, edge engrailed, highly preserved, and unique. This memorable piece possesses considerable historic interest, from the circum stance of its having been given by King Charles I. to Bishop Juxon, most probably during the last scene in the eventful life of the unfortunate monarch, it being well known that the faithful prelate was in attendance on the scaffold." It was bought by Mr. Webster for £3-15. WILFUL MULDER AT DEVONFORT.--011 Satur day morning, just after seven o'clock, Private William Taylor, of the 57th Regiment, shot Corporal Arthur Skullin dead, on the parade ground of the barracks, because the officer said he would report him for deficiency of kit. Taylor, on drill, was found to be be minus some of his kit, and the corporal sent him to his room to complete, at the same time telling him that he should report it to the ser geant-major. Taylor returned with a complete kit, finished his drill, awl was dismissed,the corporal going towards the sergeant major engaged on the parade. Taylor imme diately went to his room, took his rifle, loaded it, and coming on the parade-ground met Corporal Skullin returning from the sergeant-major, and discharged his rifle full at him, killing him instantaneously. Taylor, who was at once seized, is about 21 years of age, and bore a good character. Corporal Skullin had served for nearly twenty.one years, and was about to get his discharge. Ile was with his regiment during the Crimean war ant, the last New Zealand campaign, from which he has only recently returned. The murderer ie jg tiojAandis of ths , Autimitigie A FIRST VISIT TO GOETHE. I had said to Seume that I wished to speak with Wie land, and look at Goethe—and I literally and exactly had my desire. My sense of his greatness was such that, had the opportunity offered, I think I should have been inca pable of entering into conversation with him ; but as it was, I was allowed to gaze on him in silence. Goethe lived in a large and handsome house—that is, for Weimar. Before the door of his study was marked in mosaic, SALVE. On our entrance he rose, and with rather a cool and distant air beckoned us to take seats. As he fixed his burning eye on Seume, who took the lead, I had his pro file before me, and this was the case during the whole of cur twenty minutes' stay. He was then about 52 years of age, and was beginning to be corpulent. He was, I think, one of the mast oppressively handsome men I ever saw. My feeling of awe was heightened by an accident. The last play which I had seen in England was " Measure for Measure," in which one of the most remarkable moments was when Kemble (the Duke), disguised as a monk, had his hood pulled off by Lueio. On this, Kemble, with an expression of wonderful dignity, ascended the throne and delivered judgment on the wrong-doers. Goethe sat in precisely the same attitude, and I had precisely the same view of his side-face. The conversation was quite insignificant. My companions talked about themselves— Seume about his youth of adversity and strange adven tures. Goethe smiled, with, as I thought, the benignity of condescension. When we were dismissed, send I was in the open air, I felt as if a weight were removed from my breast, and exclaimed " Gott sei Dank ! " MADAME DE STAEL. On the 28th of January I first waited upon her. I was hewn into her bedroom, for which, not knowing Parisian customs, I was unprepared. She was sitting, most deco rously, in her bed, and writing. She had her nightcap on, and her face was not made up!for the day. It was by no means a captivating spectacle, but I had a very cordial reception, and two bright black eyes smiled benignantly on me. After a warm expression of her pleasure at making my acquaintance, she dismissed me till three o'clock. On my return then I found a very different person—the accomplished Frenchwoman surrounded by admirers, some of whom were themselves distinguished. Among them was the aged Wieland. There was on this, and I believe on almost every other occasion, but one lady among the guests ; in this instance Frau von Kaib. Madame de Stael did not affect to conceal her preference for the societyo f men to that of her own sex. DR. CHALMERS ON THE SABBATH. I rose very early to see a new place, and (it was between six and seven) seeing a large building, I asked a man, who looked like a journeyman weaver, what it was. He told me a grammar school. " But, sir," he added, "I think it would become you better on the Lord's Day morning to be reading your Bible at home, than asking about public buildings." I very quickly answered, "My friend, you have given me a piece of very good advice ; let me give you one, and we may both profit by our meeting. Beware of spiritual pride." The man scowled with a Scotch surliness, and, apparently, did not take my counsel with as much good humour as I did his. It was after this that I heard Dr. Chalmers preach. In the forenoon it was a plain discourse to plain people, in a sort of school. In the afternoon it was a splendid discourse, in the Tron Church, against the Judaical observance of the Sabbath, which he termed "an expedient for pacifying the jealousies of a God of vengeance "—reprobating the operose drudgery of such Sabbaths. He represented the whole value of Sabbath observance to lie in its being a free and willing service—a foretaste of heaven. "If you cannot breathe in comfort here, you cannot breathe in heaven hereafter." Many years afterwards' I mentioned this to Irving, who was then the colleague of Chalmers, and already spoken of as his rival in eloquence, and he told me that the deacons waited on the doctor to remon strate with him on the occasion of this sermon. O'CONNELL AT HOME. A memorable day. I never before was of a party which travelled in a way resembling a royal progress. A chariot for the ladies. A car for the luggage. Some half-dozen horsemen, of whom I was one. I was mounted on a safe old horse, and soon forgot that I had not been on horseback three times within the last thirty years. The natural scenery little attractive. Bog and ocean, mountain and rock, had ceased to be novelties. We passed a few mud huts, with ragged women and naked urchins ; but all was redolent of life and interest. At the door of every hut were the inhabitants, eager to greet their landlord, for we were now in O'Connell's territory. And their tones and gesticulations manifested unaffected attachment. The women have a graceful mode of salutation. They do not courtesy, but bend their bodies forward. They join their hands, and then, turning the palms outward, spread them, making a sort of figure of a bell in the air. And at the same time they utter unintelligible Irish sounds. At several places parties of men were standing in lanes. Some of these parties joined us, and accompanied us several miles. I was surprised by remarking that some of the men ran by the side of O'Connell's horse, and were vehement in their gesticulations and loud in their talk. First one spoke, then another. O'Connell seemed desirous of shortening their clamour by whispering me to trot a little faster. Asking afterwards what all this meant, I learnt from him that all these men were his tenants, and that one of the conditions of their bolding under him was that they should never go to law, but submit all their disputes to him. In fact, he was trying causes all the morning. We were driven into a hut by a shower. The orators did not cease. Whether we rested under cover or trotted forward the eloquence went on. The but in which we took shelter was, 1 was told, of th e b etteiniost ki n d . I t h a d a sor t o f chimney, not a mereliole i n th e roo f a low , wooden seat like a garden chair, and a recess w hi c h' I didnot explore. The hovels I afterwards saw see me d t o me not env i a bl e, even as pigsties. At the end of ten miles we entered a neat house the only one we saw. Before the do or was th e we i r o f a salmon fishery. Here Mrs. O'Connell alighted, and was placed on a pillion, as the carriage could not cross the mountain. As the road did not suit myhorsemanship, I preferred walking. The rest of the gentlemen kept their horses. From th e . highest point was a scene, not Alpine, but as w ild as any I ever saw in Scotland. A grand view of the ocean, with rocky islands, bays, and promontories. The m ou th o f t h e Kenmare river on one side, and Valentia bay and island on the other, forming the abuttals of O'Connell's country, Derrynane. In the centre, immediately . behind a small nook of land, with a delicious sea-beach, is the mansion of the O'Connells— the wreck, as he remarked, of the family fortune, which has suffered by confiscations in every reign, The last owner, he told me, Maurice, died THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1869. two years ago, aged 99. He left the estate to his eldest nephew, the counsellor. The house is of plain stone. It was humble when Maurice died, but Daniel has already added some loftier and more spacious rooms, wishing to render the abode more suitable to his rank, as the great leader of the Roman Catholics. I was delighted by his demeanour towards those who welcomed him on his arrival. I remarked (myself unnoticed) the eagerness with which he sprang from his horse and kissed a toothless old woman, his nurse. in one noose of (Ammons. The fees received last year amounted to £1,648. " There are now about 710 separate registered estates, with indefeasible titles, on the register, and the original value of the property brought under the operation of the Act is about £4,700,000 ; but much of the land being building property its value is con stantly increasing." This is more satisfactory ; and no doubt the business will improve. But the expenses nevertheless largely exceed the income, and there is still abundant scope for the improve ments spoken of by Mr. Lowe. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RAILWAY GUARDS AND PASSENGERS. The Railway News believes that Mr. Harrison's plan of communication between passengers arid guards will be adopted on all lines which are not already fitted up with an electric apparatus. By Mr. Harrison's arrangement a thin cord passes over pulleys under the eaves of the carriages, and may easily be reached by any passenger who desires to communicate with the guard. The last guard's van of the train is fitted with a continuous card wound upon a drum attached. Before leaving ti'e station it will be the duty of the guard to see this cord paid out, passed through the handles on the off side of the carriages, and connected with the bell on the engine-tender. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE SPANIARDS. The Imparcial, one of the best representatives of Spanish journalism—which, by the way, is by no means first class—recommended the other day that the " Toison de Oro," the highest order of Spanish knighthood, should be given to Mr. Gladstone, in recognition of his services to the cause of liberty. Very likely the Premier would not object to be made a Spanish knight if it would please the people of Spain ; indeed he could hardly fail to accept the honour from a people whose appreciation of his merits is thus high : " Mr. Gladstone, whom the illustrious Republican orator, Senor Castelar, called the citizen who holds the British sceptre in his hands,' is to-day the personification, so to say, of the old Saxon liberties amplified with the conquests subsequently gained over restrictive ideas. Free Spain, by sending one of the vacant poisons to Mr. Glad stone, would be demonstrating her appreciation of the eminent statesman who personifies the Liberal party of Liberal England." One of the Republican papers supports this project. This is well; some time, perhaps, the Spaniards may think of imitating Mr. Gladstone in matters of finance. LEGAL ANECDOTES. Dined at Mr. Gurney's (afterwards one of the Barons of the Exchequer). He appeared to advantage surrounded by his family. The conversation consisted chiefly of legal anecdote. Of Graham it was related that in one case which respected some parish rights, and in which the parish of A. B. was frequently adverted to, he said in his charge, " Gentlemen, there is one circumstance very remarkable in this case, that both the plaintiff's and defendant's counsel have talked a great deal about one A. 8., and that neither of them has thought proper to call him as a witness !" It was Graham who, one day, at the Old Bailey, having omitted to pass sentence of death on a prisoner, and being told that he had forgotten it, exclaimed, very gravely, "Dear me, I beg his pardon, I am sure !" The late Justice Willes was spoken of as having had a halit of interrupting the counsel ; and on such an occasion even a greater man than your father. The Chief Baron used to understand me after I had done, but your lord ship understands me before I begin." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. D1P.1.0.)1. 1 / 4 T.0 I ENSIGNS. The whole arrangement of the diplomatic service is a bewilderment. The appointments, the changes, the remuneration, and the pensions, are a maze of wondrous intricacy to outsiders. There have come some rumours now and then of corrup tion, of sharp practice, and of general unfairness— tales told and forgotten. Recent events, however, have revived these stories, and brought to light some exceedingly singular, and, of course, unexplainable, phenomena. How curious, for instance, that men who paid an official got good posts, and that others with no political interest were overlooked ! fir Henry Bulwer referred on Thursday night to the case of Sir Alexander Valet. Sir Alexander tells his own tale in the Times:— "On leaving my post at Frankfort (he says), i wai told by one of the Under• Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs that I was to content myself with a pension of £9OO a year. Re-employment was refused me ; my juniors (mostly political friends), to the number of eight, being placed over my head to earn the pension of £1,300 a year, for which I had served forty-two years—Sir H. Elliot, from Florence to Constanti nople ; Sir A. Paget, from Lisbon to Florence ; Sir Charles Murray, from Copenhagen to Lisbon ; Sir Charles Wyke, to Copenhagen ; Mr. Thornton, from Brazil to Washington ; Captain Mathew, to Brazil; Admiral Harris, to the Hague ; Mr. Lumley, to Brussels. All these appointments made since the year 1866. I also can bear testimony to the greater liberality with which my French colleague at Frankfurt was dealt with by his Government than that which was meted to myself. My fault has been that I am politically powerless and friend less." A SERIOUS STRIKE. Who does not pity Mr. Speaker ? In the House of Commons he has to sit sometimes for nearly twelve hours together listening to the stream of talk-talk which the small men of the House pour upon him. But if he is to be pitied sitting half asleep in his chair after the hands of the clock have passed the witching hour of twelve, what oceans of sympathy ought to be given to the reporters, who cannot even go half asleep, but must keep sharper ears as the orators get duller and heavier. There are some members of the House, however, who have no pity for, and do not consider, the reporters. A few of these members, Irish representatives mostly, made a House in the small hours of Friday morning. Four o'clock on Thursday afternoon the House began business, and at half-past two on Friday morning it was still sitting, with several " orders " to go through. Such very exciting bills had to be discussed as the Public Works (Ireland) Bill, an Irish drainage bill, the Nitro-Glycerine Bill, &c. Most of the press men leave at two, the " victili s " finishing the night's work. When, at half-past two, the mem bers present seemed determined to go to the end of the list; when it became obvious that the sitting would last till nearly four o'clock if all the members who wanted to do so expressed their opinions, the Reporters' Gallery became a scene of no small com motion, and its occupants vowed they would not write another line of oratory ; they would punish the speakers by refusing to allow their sayings to be known outside the walls of the Chamber. So, leaning back, they looked on unconcernedly. Presently, on the Nitro-Glycerine Bill, an hon. member inquired whether nitro-glycerine was identical with dynamite, producing a packet of the latter from his p oc k e t. Now the public spirit of " gallery-men " is well known ; they would deny themselves to any extent for the good of the public and the House ; but this was too much. So, " as a mere matter of personal safety," and (we can assure our readers) from no base desire to get away from work, the reporters fled. What was done afterwards is not known. It is rumoured that Sir R. O'Brien was much disgusted on looking up to the gallery to find no reporters there, and he suggested that the members of the press had com mitted a breach of privilege. But the Speaker told the hon. gentleman that the House could not control the reporters, as it did not pay them. Speeches were very short the remainder of that night. COURTS-MARTIAL. The Spectator is of opinion that the report of the Commission on Courts-Martial—which is favourable on the whole to the existing system—contains one dangerous suggestion. The power of the Com mander-in-Chief, or other revising officer, to order a second trial, is to be abolished. This, the Spectator says, means that a body of officers is at liberty to acquit a brother officer whenever they happen to sympathise with his offence, and there will be no appeal. The effect of such a provision in India may be most lamentable. In the case of a conflict between soldiers and natives what redress will the latter get ? The general discipline power of commanders-in-chief is by no means too ex tensive. THE SERVICES. Within a week two vice-admirals have died, thus promoting some scores of persons in the navy. Now it is stated that Admiral Sir Henry Prescott, K.C.8., who was lately knocked down and run over by a vehicle near Charing -cross is still suffering from the injuries he received, and as the gallant officer is between 80 and 90 years of age, much anxiety is felt by his friends on his account.—By the promotion of Capt. J. Wainwright to the rank of rear-admiral, the post of senior officer at Bermuda will be at the disposal of Mr. Childers, as also a good-service pension. The latter, it is reported, will be bestowed on Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B.—The Broad Arrow states that the clerks and officials in Chatham Dockyard have received notice that the supernumeraries usually engaged to enable them to take their annual holiday will not in future be provided at the public expense. THE DUDLEY POISONING CASE. Ten letters appear in the Telegraph on the poison ing case at Dudley, many of which attempt to explain away the appearance of arsenic in the murdered man's body. One correspondent commences his epistle with the safe assertion that " Fanny Oliver is either guilty or innocent "—which we do not suppose any person will attempt to deny. Another, signed " C.C.," compliments our contemporary "as an organ of immense public benefit, by advocating all that is good and denounc ing all that is unjust or evil "—as if this had anything to do with the case. " C.C." states that at a party some years ago, every individual present was affected with the most distressing and excruciating headache, and—horror of horrors—" the servants, on going into the drawing-room next day, declared they should have supposed the ladies and gentlemen had all taken onions, instead of cakes and negus." But such was not the case ; the candles in the room had arsenic in their composition, and this was the cause of all the indisposition. The correspondent naively remarks that he does not know whether the Telegraph will think it " exactly applicable to the case of Fanny Oliver." "D. G. P." ventures a suggestion that as the deceased man was suffering from indigestion er liver complaint, the arsenic might have been given in pills supplied by his medical man. " 3ledicus " coolly tells how his wife was nearly poisoned some years since. Ile "found her in bed, bordering on collapse, with other anomalous symptoms." It turned out that, accord ing to Dr. Taylor, there was enough arsenic in the " flock " green paper in the room to poison a parish. "T. W." wants to know whether there were any rats in Fanny Oliver's house. " Some years ago," he says, " a family near Swindon was poisoned by rats running over a piece of bacon and depositing thereon some oatmeal mixed with arsenic, which they had accumulated in the hollow part of their claws. The oatmeal and flour had been mixed for their destruction, but they preferred to eat the bacon." It is hardly necessary to give any more specimens of this style of leticr writing. Science and common sense—two essential requisites in a case of this kind —are completely set at nought in the gushing non sense published by our sensational contemporary. A NEw Q.C. The announcement that Mr. Benjamin, of the Northern Circuit, has been appointed a Q.C. by Mr. Justice Ilannen, may not, perhaps, cause much remark ; though many will be astonished at the statement that Mr. Benjamin was called to the bar only three years ago. But those who will carry their memory back a little way will perhaps recognise in Mr. Benjamin the right-hand man of Mr. Jefferson Davis, in the great American war between the Confederates and the Federals. Mr. Benjamin came to England on the defeat of the cause with which he had identified himself. Ire was received gladly by English lawyers, and has made this country his own. LAND REGISTRATION. Mr. 0. D. Morclaunt, chief clerk of the Land Registration Office, writes to say that the business tkansuLthitunaAjacady_Aboucli.nudAzzakoh4 IMPROVEMENT IN THE STEAM ENGINE. Mr. Warsop, of Nottingham, claims to have dis covered an improvement in the steam engine, which amounts to a substantial discovery. His plan con sists of forcing heated air into the boilers of th e engines now in uso. The air and the steam will thus pass together from the boiler to work the engine. The cold air may be admitted directly into the boiler, and take its heat from the water, or it may be heated by a special apparatus. This mixture of air and steam will, it is claimed, save 40 per cent. in fuel, will diminish the quantity of water needed, and will increase the motive power. The benefits to be derived from such saving—the increased distances which steamers will be enabled to go with out coaling, &c.—are palpable. THE NEW MOH CHURCH BODY. It seems agreed that the Irish Church must form and organise itself at once. It is manifest that post ponement will load only to confusion and division. The bishops ought to know immediately the opinions of their clergy ; the clergy must be brought to understand what to do ; and the laity must be in formed as to what they belong. To defer is but to allow the ardour of Churchmen to cool, and to send away from the Church those who naturally dislike unsettlement. The Spectator, the Saturday Review, and the John Bull alike recognise this. The John Bull gives as an instance of the difficulties of the Irish Church that one clergyman was waited on by his parishioners and told that he must henceforth omit the State prayers. Now, the sooner such ques tions even as these are set at rest, the sooner the constitution of the Church and its general character are laid down, the better. The clerical and lay con troversy is already becoming a serious one. Several of the papers discuss the question. The Spectator, of course, claims that the laity shall have full equal right with the clergy. It, moreover, argues that there is only one way of maintaining peace in the Church, that there should be one assembly, representing all interests. To di v id e the authority will be to divide the Church. Even in English Convocations the Lower and the Upper Houses often differ very seriously. A meet ing of clergy and an assemblage of laymen would disagree very materially, for instan ce, on a matt er o f heresy. To divide would be in this case most likely to weaken the Church. For the very reason that the laity do not agree with the clergy in the matter of heresy, the John. Bull thinks there should be more than one assembly ; and our contemporary would take the whole question of faith from laymen. " Faith cannot be defined by the laity ;" they must take the business and monetary administration of the Church upon them. There must, therefore, be more than one house in the new governing body. The clergy must " settle the belief ; " the laity and clergy together must administer the funds. Our contemporary urges that Convocation should be called. It advises also that the Act decreasing the number of bishops should be ignored, and that the goodly array of prelates and archbishops which for merly existed should be once more seen in the Irish Church. By restoring- the ancient bishoprics and by calling Convocation, the John Bull thinks the Church will be placed in a position to start fairly. It will have life and organisation. THE PENNY TESTIMONIAL TO LORD DERRY. The scheme for a penny testimonial to the late Conservative leader makes considerable progress in Lancashire, and is being warmly taken up by some of the " earnest " politicians in the county. It is said that already 10,000 persons have contributed, and large numbers are anxious to collect. A committee has been chosen, and organisation has been arranged by which the whole of Lancashire will be canvassed. South Lancashire is of course taking the most active part ; there the Earl of Derby is a great favourite. MR. DEALES AND TIIE COUNTY-COURT JUDGESHIP. Sometime back it was stated that Mr. Edmond Beales had been offered the first vacant county-court judgeship. He has not, however, been appointed to any such position. We learn the reason from the Standard, which informs us that the judge who con templated resignation refrained from givin , 6 , up his place as soon as he heard that the Reform League leader was to have his post. The said judge, how ever, it seems, has since become too ill to do his work, end:though he has tried to hold on,now finds it impos sible. He therefore writes off to the Standard inform ing it of the position, and our contemporary tenders its advice—most disinterested, of course—to the Lord Chancellor. It submits to Lord Hatherley that a man who has been removed from a revising barristership should not be appointed judge in a county court; it points out the intensely political nature of Mr. Beales's life ; and asks " whether under Gladstone's Administration the bench is to be reached by taking a short cut through the railings of Hyde Park." The Standard further advises some independent member to interrogate the Government as to what they intend to do in the matter. VOTES FOR WOMEN. " Helen T." writes to the Spectator on behalf of women's suffrage. This lady holds that it is an error to assert that the advocates of " women's rights" would do better to concentrate their energies on enlarging the educ a ti on o f th e gen tl er sex rather than in seeking political power for them. It was asserted in behalf of men that political equality was the best educator ; why not, " Helen T." asks, should not the same doctrine apply to women ? The friends of women beli eve th a t th e p os s e ssion of the suffrage will help the m t o secure th e gre at ends they have in view—better education and greater opportunities of employment. It is on this ground —as a means to an end—that they desire votes. OUR COLONIES. The Broad Arrow says it is rumoured. "in well informed quarters" . that o ur co l on i es i n th e Southern Hemisphere are likely to be agitated by proposals for forming a league which will have for its object their separation from England, and probably their connec tion with America in some kind of commercial union. In commenting on this piece of information, our contemporary, whilst never scrupling to express its candid opinion on the poli c y o f th e C o lonial Office, knows of nothing so insufferably oppressive in the relationship between the mother country and the . colonies as to demand the application of a remedy in the heroic style of old, nor does it think that the colonists are so unwise in their generation as the rumour alluded to would make them appear. FOREIGN NOTES. THE CARLIST IfOVE3IENT. Up to Friday evening the Spanish telegraphs had re sumed operations somewhat ; but they furnished little news beyond the general statements that the bands were dis persing and that the arrests of conspirators continued. The correspondent of the Constitutionnel says that unity of action amongst the Carlists is destroyed ; they have no committees, the chiefs are not to be found, and the rising is now reduced to isolated and local manifestations. The agitation has by no means disappeared ; small bands turn up here and there ; but the Constitutionnel, which was rather favourable to the Carlist cause, evidently thinks its chances aro on the wane. The Times Paris correspondent has reason to believe that the French Emperor is really anxious to act the part of a good neighbour, of doing as he would be done by, and of preventing th ese b an ds from hovering round the frontier with th e avowe d purpose of invasion ; but it is certain there are persons, incredible as it may appear, who have influence enough to thwart these good intentions, to set at naught these orders, and with complete impunity make a Minister act in direct opposi tion to what he must know is the will of the Emperor, and even to bear him harmless. These mysterionspersonages probably give something more than good wishes for the success of the Duke of Madrid ; no small portion of the funds required for the first operations is said to have been supplied by them, or by others on the credit of their name. Large supplies of the "sinews of war" have been promised by sympathisers the moment the Carlists obtain Possession, by a coup-de-main or otherwise, of a consider able fortress or fortified town. There can be no doubt that the movement in some shape or other is still going on, but it is equally clear that few persons believe in its success. The writer in the Times says :—" It does not look well for them that Cabrera disapproves the attempt, and, consequently, is Jut of favour with his Sovereign. Of the chiefs already men cioned as having taken up the Carlist cause there is no one of any note, and as long as the army remains steadfast there is little chance of Don Carlos entering the Spanish - , COTTON IN INDIA. Mr. 11. Itivett-Carnac, the Cotton Commissioner for the Central Provinces and the Berars, reports that the total export of cotton for the season just closed is 263,000 bales, the number in 1867-8 being 220,000 bales (there was an exceptional monsoon that year), and 210,000 in 1866-7. Considering that the weather has not been wholly favourable, these figures are regarded as atisfactory. The Commissioner says that the land under otton cultivation in his district cannot well be increased for many years. The remaining area must be devoted to ogler produce. Mr. Rivett-Carnac adds that the native plant alone seems to flourish in the Berars ; the American plant is a failure. "I am still- inclined to believe that the view, expressed in my former report, and concurred in by the Chamber of Commerce, that more good is likely to be effected by the careful treatment of the indigenous plant than by the adoption of exotic seed, is correct. The season, it is true, was par ticularly unfavourable. Still, the hardy little Berar plant suffered but slightly, whilst the fields sown with exotics seed presented a most withered appearance, and most of the crop was destroyed by the want of rain. And it is, I fear, sufficiently evident that a plant that cannot stand the caprices of the Deccan climate is not likely to find general favour in the Berars." RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN INDIA. The railway accident near Baroda, in India, like many more of the kind, was caused by an animal straying on the track. A buffalo got in the way and threw seven carriages off the line, four of them rolling down the em bankment. Nine Hindoos and two Mussulmans were killed. This terrible catastrophe was entirely owing to the state of the fencing. Attempts were at first made to grow hedges of prickly pear, in order to save the cost of wire fencing ; but the hedges would not grow, and cense• quently the line has remained for years quite unprotected. Buffaloes and bullocks abound along the whole way. In some cases it has been necessary to frighten them off before the train could proceed. The Bombay Govern ment has resolved to investigate the state of the fencing throughout the whole of the district. SAD NEWS FROM CHINA. It is satisfactory to learn from our Consuls in China that there is a considerable increase in the demand for almost every kind of cotton and woollen manufacture ; but it is deplorable, indeed, to learn that white shirting% do not go up. This is owing to the Mandarins. They are the only class who are likely to purchase the white kinds of shirtings, and not being addicted to changing their linen more than once during the winter, or once within three weeks during the summer, the consumption is necessarily limited. Mr. Sinclair, our Consul at Foochoofow, strongly nom. ments on the mischief resulting from the competition among British tea merchants, and observes that the native dealers will be tempted to badly pack and prepare their teas for the sake of hurrying them off their hands, so long as they observe the eagerness of the foreign buyer. The result is that we get an immense quantity of "lie tea"— stuff that has never had the remotest connection with the genuine shrub. THE MORMONS. The American Government is likely to find Brigham Young a tough customer. It is needless to observe that polygamy is the great source of dispute between these parties. In 1862 a law was passed against polygamy; but Brigham has taken wives since then, and so have his subjects. According to the correspondent of the Daily News, the prophet is believed to be worth four or five millions sterling, invested in foreign securities, and is one of the most independent men living. lie set the United States at defiance in 1858, and twenty-five hundred men were sent out on a long and toilsome march over the plains to reduce him to subjection ; but when they got to Utah they found no one to oppose them ; and after spending the winter there, bought their subsistence of the Mormons at enormous rates. They marched back again, leaving the enemy con siderably richer than before. The Americans, however, are getting exasperated on the subject of Mormonism, and it must not be forgotten that there is a railway to Utah now, which makes all the difference betwernl 1858 and 1869. INCOME-TAX IN NEW YORK. (From the Anglo-Amcrican Times.) The New York Tribune has been analysing the list of income-tax payers of New York City and Brooklyn. After picking out all the very wealthy, it turned its attention to the very poor, and those who had been overlooked altogether in their poverty. This sort of espionage, which would ❑ot be endured in England, is very effective in bringing noses to the grindstone. As the Tribune says, it not only fur nishes food for the curious but it disabuses the public mind of errors on the income of functionaries in and about the City Hall, the popular belief being that the poorest of Aldermen made at least $50,000 per annum through street contracts, held by relatives, and other little jobs. One effect of the publication is to explode this idea, and to vindicate - the purity of the city administration. Coroners, although eking out their scanty incomes by the questionable proceeding of No. 1, after sitting on a body found in the river, sending it to No. 2, and so on through the whole lot, yet, nevertheless, make so little out of each case, that not one of them appears in the list. Having published the names of 48,000 inha bitants of New York and its vicinity, who each re turned a taxable income for 1868, the Tribune thinks it but fair to turn to the poor fellows who had no in come at all for that year. First among these is one who, singularly enough, dwells in a splendid Fifth avenue mansion, for which he pays nearly £l,OOO a yearrent. Many such years must finish him off, if the figures he furnishes be correct. Although his estate is worth $1,250,000, and the most of it landed pro perty, it is sadly deficient in rents, as $9,000 was all he got, while he paid in taxes $7,000, which, with $5,000 interest on mortgage, left him minus $3,000 to meet his expenses of living, amounting to $30,000, which, of course, comes out of capi tal. Further up town is an Alderman, who, in 1862, when first elected was only worth $6,000. The Register's Office shows that his real estate in New York city now amounts to $BOO,OOO, but he bas never yet been able to return an income of more _ _ _ than $6OO. An ex-Mayor follows, with property over one million of dollars in real estate, some leased to the city at very remunerative prices, still he has never had a single dollar of taxable income. The next is a canny Scot, who has been engaged in run ning the Tammany Hall machine with the offices of Senator, Supervisor, Deputy Street Commissioner, and other lucrative posts. In 1860 he was very poor, as indeed he must be to this day ; neverthe less, the public ignorantly suppose him to be a mil lionaire, as he purchased over $BOO,OOO worth of real estate during a year that retuned him no tax able income. Heading the list of poor men who have no income is Fernando Wood. But the Tribune is not infallible, as it discovered on the day follow ing the publication of the list of poor men. W. C. Bryant figured on that list among editors as pay ing a tax on an income of $l9O, the poet being sand wiched, so as to make the statement the more re markable between Robert Bonner with an income of $183,841, and Alice Cary, a poetess, who, modest as her income is, got eight times as much as the well-known author. Next day it appeared that it was not William Cullen Bryant at all, but an editor named - W. C. Bryant, the poet's income being in cluded in the Brooklyn list, where it stands for $57,063. At the same time we must do the Tribune the justice to say that the only errors as yet dis covered in these enormous lists consist in a few men omitted, and two or three mistakes in names exactly alike, the initials also being the same. The richest man in New York is A. T. Stew art, who is put down at $3,019,218. Next to him comes William B. Astor, with an income of $1,079,212. The third on the list is Elias T. Hig gins, whose income is $431,128, and James 11. Bendict returns $311,589. Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg paid on $5,039. Many judges are not on the list,and Thos. W. Clarke is the highest among them, returning $13,583. Some of the lawyers appear to make nearly as much as all the Bench put together; David Dudley Field, for instance, paying on $70,284. Henry Ward Beecher receives $21,715. Among the editors, Horace Greeley reports his incomes2o,Boo ; Moses S. Beach (formerly of the Sun), $17,500; Wil liam Whitney, of the Sunday Mercury, $8,920; S. B. Chittenden, of the Independent, $96,431; 11. B. Claflin, $350,000; A. A. Low, $223,581. We were under the impression that Jay Gould did a good business in Erie Railroad stock last year, but we sup pose he carried that to capital account, as his income reached only $150,000, while Cornelius Vander bilt, notwithstanding that he is a railway king, confesses but to $69,230. The Secretary of State, Hamilton Fish, pays on $31,520, and his Excellency John Jay, Minister to Vienna, on $24,039. As a class the bankers are the wealthiest, few falling below $lOO,OOO. and Harvey Fisk paying on $286,129. The actors and managers are a poor set, all except Edwin Booth, who has an income of $83,736. Hotel proprietors are, on the whole, rich men, Stevens figuring at $244,335, L. Delrnonico $125,931. Among the physicians in Brooklyn is Dr. Benjami❑ Andrews, who returns $71,276, but we regret that he is a solitary exception, as the general run have ❑ot a tenth of his income. These lists would, no doubt, gratify the curious who know New Yorkers well, and in some cases would astonish them. Among those noticed by the Tribune as not appear ing on the list is John Morrissey, Member of Con gress. The names of the Aldermen are worth giv ing, and some other high civic functionaries : Richard B. Connelly, Controller; Michael Connelly, Register, $639; Charles Devlin, ex-Street Commis sioner; Jas. Cunningham, Assist.-Alderman ; John Moore, Alderman ; Thomas Coman, Alderman ; Edward Cuddy, Alderman ; Hugh O'Brien, Alder man ; Anthony Miller, Alderman ; Thos. Connor, Alderman; Frederick Repper, Alderman ; James E. Coulter, Alderman; Geo. M'Grath, Alderman; John M'Quade, Alderman ; Geo. W. MiLean, Street Com missioner ; Richard O'Gorman, Corporation Coun sel ; Thomas Dunlap, Collector of City Revenue ; Alex. Ward, Superintendent of Lands and Places. Another Alderman returns his income at about £B5 a year ! Poor man, how can he even permit his im agination to dwell on turtle soup. Frank Leslie is also on the list. One gentleman the Tribune thus de scribes :—" Andrew J. Rogers (commonly called Jack Rogers, for short), Public Administrator and ex-M.C., Carpet-bagger from N.J." If men were generally afflicted with conscience to the extent popularly suppased, dollars would begin to pour into the United States Exchequer from those whose minds were uneasy, for it is evident that many of the incomes of New York have escaped the tax al together; indeed we can safely assert that, as a rule, it is a false guide to real wealth, for, while some may actually exaggerate their incomes with an ulte rior object, others, and they the great mass, will calculate and return so as to evade taxation. The letters called forth by the list, as well as the com ments of the Tribune, are amusing. One writer as serts that among his acquaintance, numbering 200 to 300 persons only, he looked in vain for the names of 70 or 80 fat, saucy, but not ragged, and declares many to be the evasions. Another says that his next neighbour lives in a handsome house, and keeps a carriage and pair on an income of $BOO ! He tell: of an individual who though always boasting of the prospersity of his wholesale business and about tobuild a house, has no income at all. A third asks, where are the rich widows ? He had heard of Miss This, Mrs. That, and Madame So-and-So, but of all these enticing stories to fortune-hunters but one name came out in the list, and she is 70 yea's old, if a d ay. Finally, a prophet appears on the scene, and pre dicts that the Tribune will be brought to grief, as the poor men will hasten to enter their incomes, and iu a short rime the Democratic papers through out the country will be screeching their denials and denouncing the false lists manufactured by scurril ous Radical sheets, to bring political opponents into disrepute. MONEY AND BUSLIUSSS. (From the Springfield Republican, July 17.) The money market begins to show a greater inelinaticn to settle down to the quietude usually characteristic of, and more appropriate for, the warm season. It is still subject, however, to the flean. ial movements of Secretary Boutwell in a remarkable degree. The bankers and brokers of Wall street seem to think that all the loose funds of the community are stored away in the Treasury vaults, or at least that a sufficient quantity is thus hoarded to hold the balance of power between ease and stringency. At no pre vious time in our financial history has the Treasury officer seemed to have held such complete control of the purse strings of the nation. The former grocer of Groton now comes regularly to market every Wednesday with a ple thoric pocketful of the needful to be invested in bonds to the par value of 63,000,000. As he has to pay for these about 17 per cent. premium, he thus throws into circulation some three millions and a half of greenbacks. If there be but a suspicion of a rumour that this chiefest and most reli able customer is not coming to time at the usual hour or with the usual amount of cash, money goes kiting up again, the cheques prepare another lock-up, their victims begin to squirm in dread of it, the bears take a grim delight in seeing stocks droop, and all is again unsettled and feverish. An incident like this has been about the only feature of the money market for a week back. Under the influence of previous purchases of bonds by the Government, and the certainty of similar operations in the future, money was comparatively easy at the close of last week and the opening of this. All de mands were properly satisfied at the legal rate of 7 per cent. currency and occasionally money went begging at that price. On Tuesday, however, a report became cur rent that the Government would not buy any more bonds, or at least not so many as previously, on account of the high premium which they were bringing is the market, and which the Government like every other dealer would have to pay. This advance had been occasioned of course by the improvements in the credit of the nation, both at home and abroad, caused by the very fact that the national pledges were thus being redeemed. Whether those who took stock on such a ridiculous canard thought that Mr. Buutwell was disappointed at finding his own paper rising in public esteem or that he didn't dare, when he had plenty of ready money, to pay as much for his own debts as other people did, or what other view they could have taken to justify belief in such a story does not appear. At any rate money rose from currency to gold interest, and stocks ex perienced a serious decline. The regular purchase on the morrow restored the equilibrium to a great degree, ; and would have done so entirely if all the bonds bought had been delivered and paid for at once. Another promi nent cause of the easiness in money has been the exami nation and indictment of several brokers under the usury law. This action on the part of some honest body, aided by the promptitude of the district attorney, has actually repressed some of the schemes of locking up funds and otherwise tampering with the machinery of commerce. Whether the law is based on right principle or not, its en forcement cannot but result in good, repressing crime, if usury be a crime, or resulting in the overthrow of the law itself, if it deserves such a fate. Governments cannot but go up under the policy of Mr. Boutwell. Every bond that goes into the treasury makes the holder of every other, be he Jew or Gentile or John Bull, grip the closer to his investment. The purchases have been systematized, as we suggested they ought to be last week, and will continue probably as long as there is a surplus fund of currency at Washington. The purchases are confined to five-twenties of all issues, and this action has raised the price of that description of securities disproportionately with that of others. Five-twenties not many days ago were quoted at 116 and ten-forties at 108 k, a difference of 71 per cent., but within the week the gap between them has increased to 10 per cent., both kinds of bonds advancing, however. Currency Sixes have not advanced as much as Ten forties even. These differences afford an opportunity to holders of the older bonds to sell now at high rates, re invest in the lower-priced but equally secure later ones, with the hope of buying back their Five-twenties after the Secretary has ceased to hold them up to their present figures by his pur c h ases . If th e presen t advance of Five- twenties should be sustained, however, the calculation of the speculators will fall through. The Currency Sixes now selling at 107} furnish at all events a long "steady going" investment, and will approach their gold interest predecessors in value, as we get within sight of specie payment. Southern State Securities have been dull, though Carolina Bonds were trotted out and exercised a little on Tuesday. North Carolina, like Massachusetts sometimes lends her credit in aid of public enterprises and is just now having a controversy with the Univer sity Railway, which asks for the bonds voted to it by the Legislature. Tho Governor refuses to " shell out," on the grounds—first, that the road hasn't done any thing ; second, that the appropriation must be sanctioned by a vote of the people. If the law sustains the Go vernor's position, North Carolina would be a capital place to which to send our State Legislature for instruc tion. Gold has been uninteresting during the week, fluctuating from 135} to 1374, closing, on Wednesday, quiet at the latter figure. The variations are occasioned principally by the varying exports from day to day, and unaccountable panics and equally unaccountable recove ries, as to the amount of bullion that will be taken out during the summer. The clearances of coin to foreign ports from New York during the month of June were 62,335,531, against 611,823,623 icr th 9 patho month last year, a reduction of nearly nine and a half millions. 5.11° imports were 8914,005 against 5838,111. Up to July 1 " 1 the amount of exports since Jan. 1, 1869, were 816,450,0 a decrease of 838,928,672 under the amount of last Yea r : The specie movement to and from New York for the las., fiscal year, ending June 30, as compared with the previ' ous year, is as follows: 1868-9. 1867-8. Exported . 537,189,892 $76,309, 885 Received from abroad... 32,477,027 42,515,333 Surplus of exports Not all of the amount "received from abroad" was fill: ported, strictly speaking, f or th ere i s i nc l u d e d i n that pression the receipts by sea from California, amounnlis in the last and the preceding years respectively t° $19,419,278 and $36,726 790. By this exhibit it is scell that the amount in 1868-9 from foreign ports were CI: siderably more than d ou bl e th a t i n 1867-8 , while tu" export was about half and the seaward receipts f r y Ca'fornia a little more than half rs much. 6t0c 7.1 were steady and firm during the w ee k, f or the most enjoying the efts) in mon ,, y and advancing. New l° ::i Central reached, for the first time, 200 on Mondol , ,- dropped with everything else on Tues lay upon the P r " mulgatton of the wild-cat report in regard to the stoPP 4 : of the purchase o f b on d s. rh o recovery on Wednest occasioned an unusual b uoyancy an d act i v i ty i n the road of which New York Central and Hudson rose to 2071 ali t 176. These stocks aro sought for in the hope of big s t ° e , dividends when th e roa d s are conso lid ate d , as it is moured that the joint capital of the roads will be ind' t „ e , from 568,000,000 t o $100 , 000 , 000 . L a t er i n tellig o ", - a however, given below, indicates a more suspicious ca ns , for the rise. Meanwhile Vanderbilt summers at Sara Wabash and Hannibal and St. Joseph also experienceg quite an advance, as did Pacific Mail among miscellanr.llo stocks. The Western railroads are making good Oh lb . ) ; of earnings and stand w e ll. At B os t on , manufacturOvr stocks are dull. Says the C o m merc i a l B u lletin,--" ° ,4 cotton mill stocks aro at present g enera lly depressed,. s"5l their condition is causing some di scuss i on in bn 512 . 8 , 1 , circles. The root of the difficulty with the cotton facturing interest of Hew Engl a nd h as l on g beeu.::,' gently sought for, but has not yet been exposed 0 10 °0' Dry goods have maintained the fi rmn ess wil ich o, distinguished the market for th e p as t few sy , e „ - o „e. though as usual at this season ver y little has been ov-1, Woollens are comparativ e ly ac ti ve, but shirtings and 84 :, ings are entirely inactive, th oug h h o ld at an advanc-. Breadstuffs, contrary to expectation, h ave a lso adv .3° „l. in price, though the supply is well up with the den, Considerable exports of red and winter wheat ha're i ld , the holders of those grains confident of a still highe r m a vance notwithstanding the present large transaction s • is materially higher. Provisions aro dull and irregtd'' (From the Wall-street Journal.) Friday Evening, July 16, 186 :0 Money on call is easy, and the demand is readily 11 0 1 i seven per cent. on railroad and miscellaneous coli fu , o o and at six per cent. on Governments. Discounts co n : e ve dull, and for first-class paper quotations are nine to 0 0 61 per cent. Gold is dull and closed heavy, having dee from 136 i, the opening figure, to 1361. QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. 4 0 4 Amer. silver... 9tif 1. to 97 I Eng. sovs 486 .° p, Mex. d011ar5...104 „ 105 j2O francs 385 0 74 Eng. silver 475 , 480 I Thalers Five francs .... 95 „ 96 I Foreign Exchange is firm, the supply of bills be i'; small. De Sixty Days. Three oof London Bankers - London, Prime Commercial,,, 1091-1091 .... 'i . 1,01 Paris, Bankers 5.14-5.12i 5.1 2 1 -- Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 351-36 ..... ' Frankfort, O.M. 4 04,-401 ...... Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.18i-5.14 ...... Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss 5.18/-5.14 .... fi"e1.11111 Government Bonds are steady, but prices are g eil ' Ito 1 per cent. lower than yesterday's rates. 1 17 Sixes, 1861, registered r 1 . to 2 0 1 4 Sixes, 1881, coupon l2oi to 5 ,..., , Sixes, 1868, coupon . U.S. 6s. Pacific R a il roa d lO7-1 t ° 1! ) /3 1 / Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon to Five-twenties, 1855, coupon, now Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 l2Ol t ° 001 Ten-forties, coupon llOl to 0 0 Ten-forties, registered Seven-thirties, 3d series to ,e 9 , Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 nti" In miscellaneous Stocks the principal business c ° 0 to be in Pacific Mail, in which there are daily large 0 actions. be iti Rail ‘d stock ,fideuc e leof .road stocits are generally weak, con. ; licl' i ` much impaired by the continued ma n ipulations 0 . c who handle the market totally irrespective of value-. 1.6 N. Y. Central 2091 Fort Wayne ............. 6 0 Erie Hudson .... 56 Readin g Mich. South. &N. I — W. U. Telegraph .... Illinois Central Cleve:and & Pittsbrg lO7l Ohio and MississiPPL'. North-West 801 Boston Water Powe r ' . °/ North-West Preferred 941 C um b erland .... ........ 11/8. Canton. Rock Island jleveland and Toledo I M & S t. Pau l P r eforro u • CLOSING QUOTATIONS FOR MORTGAGES • , N. Y. Central 6s, 1883... 92 Chi. &N. W. Int I T3 ' . ;. * N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... 89 T o l. & Web. 2 , 1 31 03. . 7 ; N. Y. Central 6s, It E s t.. 89 Gt. W es t ern 2d ;11 1s N. Y. Central 6s, S u b' n .. 89 Mil. & P r . d u Ch. .; n 6 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876... 9:1 & Chic. Ext ........... N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 Gal. & Chic. 2d ..... •'; 4 N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 Chi. &R. I. Ist 31•••,;5., , 6 Erie Ist Mort, Ex lt. I. &Pacific Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 9 498 Clev©. 6 ‘ . : 1 :1)1 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 B7 N. J. Central Ist ,•"''.l Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 Bl N. J. Central 2d 3 1 Tii. ' n s Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 77 Pitts. Ft.W., & C 1• l o s d 3 1. ' 46 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist 111, '77 B -8 P P i i t t t t s s. . F F t t .. W W. " Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69 101 Cleve. & Pitts. 10 c., 0 ,1 Hod. It. 7s, 2d M, 'B5 1011 Chic. & Alton, S.,„,.'i s t3P9Of Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 100 Chi c . &Alton, S•r . 4 , 3 f... Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 132 Mil. & St. Paul Ist 86 Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 132 Mil. & St. Paul 2d v . „ Mich. So., 7p.c. 2d M 93 Marietta & Cin. let y 1 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Morris & Essex is ~.31 Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 99 Morris & Essex 2d 911 111.C0n.7p.c,'70 120 Joliet & Chic. ta t Alton &T. H. Ist M Alton &T.H. 2d pfd 83 N. Y. &N. B. 65 1;t1 3 ' 06 Alton &T.H.2d M. Inc. 76 Dubuque &S. Olt)" , ~.• E I Han.&St.J.LandGrantslo6 Peninsula Ist ........ Ilan. & St. J. Con — Ohio & Miss. Ist . Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 108 Ohi o & Miss. C° n V 2. .j3)... &N. West, S. :F 95 Tol. P. W. Ist M. 31 , Chi. &N. W. Con Cony 95 Atlantic &G. Chi. & N. W. Ist AI 93 631 . to o f 411 t o hr lo r 76 74i l ° 311 to of tr° l ' Jay Gould, President, and James Fisk, jun., i°lncol3a'4s, of the Erie Railway Compa n y, are again in t he A r ' Ll this time against the Toledo, Wabash, and westvio ba road Company, which corporation they charg e vi rt ing made an unauthorized issue of stock. kd rejli Messrs. Drexel and Co.. the Philadelphia baner, 5 Da res , ,e, as follows on July 16 : Pennsylva n ia Railroad s i f o rtV ° 57 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 971 98 ; Sixes, 2d 0` 961. Late' Express Stocks are heavy Adams American Merchants' Unio Merchants' Union, old Stocl United States Wells, Fargo, and Co.. P THEATRICAL ITEMS.—James Fis k , ;a Pt'tti tae rites° graphed back the words, "Non possunnts," wh en )." - on her terms for an engagement o f 100 u• ; g hts• res t i were 5200,000 in gold, ono half-in advance , the OP' daily instalments. aol"pie. oo LAD VERYISEM ENT...l—Henceforth no ORO wi ll do ubt he Aro- ta properties of Du Barry's health-restoring ne'""i le of lil Cl Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousatt"„ri ha poP„f it has already received from Invalids whose posio; s s deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his fl e nirtil e ettaly whose health has been perfectly restored by it after t o „ 0.0,1 0 ou r unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from th e of t li f re o „ t s Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866. - The hea lth l '°tile,' sle; Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du 133 '1 ef e '' l ift3 Ara,bica Food, of which he consumes a plate: 111 It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on ~,,ig h lY•o6, o f his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too 1: 1 • 0 . plaw a , extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures :—O u i r r r er e ° ,„ - fta ti° ilr the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' ;‘," u s Pa',,,` oet. - 46 wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a ne r ',.,l til e Zioat s ist• all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness , a- L o rtl tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1,771: e a rs flY ap eP' s, Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of mullY 3 T r ou No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agonY eP d e• • flattl 4 6 nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, Aro. f far sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Core 7' d i s easu i 7 s , James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' deafe_ e o rel',do spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partia l Portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavQurY • no roll 1 16 ii sloppy imitations to which, without authority, • 12 11' 0 °01 0 name is most audaciously attached. ibs 11 0, 000 C rol In tins, at Is lid; 1 lb 2s Od; 2lbs 4s 8d; 5 , 6 69 21 lbs 40s.- Also Du BARRY'S REvALENTA A',ol3s POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cur!' . 676 c'; o ,re at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30S, 1 ) 565 tillsordect —being about one penny per cup. The 30s an d o ffice i RAR 14 Yn Du free of carriage in E ng l an d on receipt of Pe s ... t, Don' all Grocers and Chemists BARRY and CoCo., No. 77, Regent-stre BIRTHS. Lo3/NiGa Major -On d u a lt u . of , g a h t te F r. arningham , r tlie ets' PECIT ELL—On the 29th nit., at Flamstead Lo44s°' Mrs. Mark Pechell , of a son. WATERS —Mints Onilit .. h 4 O /? . 1? IA GES. t cror a, , tO St All cire ... i cl4 ' 29th ult., a • a ssli DO don P • , ,obei t Waters of L d n and New 13ru jjo , on o . -, N rillista , Elizabeth Mar yGee daughter of John , io' Esq., of D ' h ill ' uppa e• -terrace, Croydon. 11 61 ' 'fi` l ' WILLIAN Kn . .ts -SOMERS—On the 29th ult., at Sooliltp I ghtsbridge, Edward If. Williams, Escl' , f h ter °,. f r oet . Cornlate 'Thomas to Rose Elizabeth, younger ( 1016 sol 3 ''' l'homas Somers, Esq., of Mendip Lodge, DEATHS. do 1, 01011' ADDISON— On the 28th ult., at Rockwood, 147;r e le o cestershire, William T. Addison, Esq. , Tdsidji iir 011 FULLER—On the 29th ult., at OakW harf,M lles- ' if' S Thomas Fuller, aged 44. oder ) " SnrELD—On the Toth ult., at Lewishaol, Matthew Coulson Shield, Esq., aged 44. 12, London : Printed and Published by WILA, & 5t 0 . 61 SD° _4 41 T , IA of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tzu SUN Office 1 0 ,„ 00 0 r in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cettuty et Monday, Ausuot_2, 1669, %ft