The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-26 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN SUSSEX. The Sussex Advertiser gives the following additional particulars relative to the shocking occurrence reported yesterday :—" Information having at once been given to the police, Superintendent Jenner sent to the different police•stations, so that in a very short some 200 persons were scouring the neighbourhood in search of Stubberfield. Men from Ashburnham House brought a boat and dragged the ponds, and it was not till the afternoon that he was found, and then he was making his way from Cowden Farm towards home. It is supposed that he had secreted himself in a pit where there was water, and that he had tried to drown himself, for when taken he was completely saturated with wet and covered with mud. The police took him to the farm to change his clothes. He was then taken to Battle, where be remains at present under the charge of the superinten dent ; he is exceedingly quiet, and cannot give any other reason for the deed than that he felt compelled to do it. He said he 'loved her so much that he did not like to leave her behind, but now he would give the world to have her back again.' He also states that he attempted to drown himself several times, but could not do so, for he always floated on the top of the water. The prisoner's father stated that come twelve or eighteen months ago lie met with a very serious fall ; he 'was on the top of a ladder some 20 or 25 feet high, cutting a very high hedge, and ho fell backwards, falling on his head. He lay senseless for some time, and not coming in to dinner his mother went out just as he had come to. They advised a doctor should be sent for, and that he should be bled ; but Jeremiah would not have a doctor, and they date his insanity from that time. His father and mother, and the poor wife's father, visited him on 'Monday morning, the interview being a most painful one." ESCAPE OF A "CATIUBE" BALLON. The dwellers in the West-end of London have bad a veritable sensation of late. From miles off a balloon, rating stationary in the air, might be seen on a fine day. This balloon was let up from Ashburnbam, adjoining the well-known Cremorne Gardens. It was kept from travel ling where it would by a rope worked on pulleys, &c. It would hold about thirty people, and numbers have ascended in it and been brought down again. For some days past these ascents have attracted a large number of persons to the grounds, and those who paid tbeiradmisaion fee o❑ Tuesday went quite unprepared to witness the monster machine get clear away from its moorings, and start on an aerial voyage amidst grf at consternation. The ascent of Tuesday was purely an experimental one; and it is satisfactory to state that the car was wholly unoccupied, The object sought was to test what pressure of wind the balloon would stand against; and there being a strong southerly breeze at the time, the occasion seemed very opportune. At about quarter-past four the signal to "let go" was given, and the " Captive' gradually ascended to an altitude of nearly ninety feet' when suddenly the pressure of the wind caused it to, descend rapidly. The cable becoming suddenly slackened, it shifted off the wheel on which it worked, the edge of which cut it, thereby causing the balloon—over which there was then no control—to shoot rapidly up wards. There was about thirty feet of rope left at tached to the balloon when it broke away, and in its ascent a Port of the wood and canvas hoarding surrounding the ground was knocked down. The course taken by the balloon was in a north-westerly direction, and in Trafalgar square its progress was watched with much interest by many persons at about hnlf.past four ; but such was the rapidity with which it travelled that it soon passed over London. M. Yon, the proprietor, at once forwarded tele graphic messages down the several lines in the course the balloon had taken, and one reply received was to the effect that it had been seen at Reading, and a subsequent mes sage stated that it had passed over Oxford. It had been engaged by a party of twelve gentlemen for the purpose, if possible, of witnessing the running for the Derby from the car to-day. LAW AND POLICE. Does' Laps.—At Hammersmith Pulice-court, on Tues day, two men were summoned by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for cropping the ears of a terrier dog. Their defence was that the cropping was intended to beautify the dog ; and Sir Edwin Land seer's " Dignity and Impudence " was produced in court to sanction the practice. Sir Edwin was in court, how ever, and expressed his disapproval of the custom. The magistrate fined each defendant ts., and 2s. costs. A LITERARY DIFFICELTY.—A case of considerable interest to literary men has just been decided in the Equity Courts. Vice Chancellor James has given judg• ment in the case of " Pike v. Nicholas." These gentlemen both competed for the prize offered by the National Eisteddfod for the best essay on "The Origin of the British Nation." They competed in different years, and their works were subsequently published ; but Mr. Pike, on seeing Dr. Nicholas's book, charged him with having_ appropriated his facts and theories without acknowledgment. After a long trial the Vice-Chan cellor decided in favour of Mr. Pike, granting him an injunction to restrain the publication of Dr. Nicholas's book, awarding him costs in the suit; and ordering the defendant to account for every col y of his book sold as if it had been a copy of the plaintiff's, and to pay the plaintiff the profit which he would have received from the sale of so many additional copies. Cuane OF ASSAULT. — The case against Captain 'Runt, of Boyton House, Wilts, who fought with the sheriff's officers thatiyent to arrest him, and fired at one of them, has been disriassed, on the ground that the evidence failed to prove that the pistol was discharged -with intent to shoot the officer. THE -11011.DjffEIITENANT OF 111. ELAND.—It is un4erlto9di.-that. their Excellencies the I.ord•Licutenant and the Countess Spencer will leave Dublin about the 15th of June foi London for a brief sojourn. " On Tuesday a deputation waited on the B:sliop of London, at London House, St. James's-square, in refer ence to the Sunday closing of public-houses, and to solicit his lordship's assistance on behalf of the movement for that object. An autograph letter has, it is said, been ad dressed by M. Bismarck to Mr. Gladstone, introducing his two sons, who are now on a visit from Germany. Mr. Gladstone has invited the young gentlemen to stay with him for some time. A PRESENT FOR TUE SULTAN.—" M. Sala, a celebrated coachmaker," says a Milan journal, " has com pleted a magnificent State carriage, ordered by the King of Italy, and destined to he sent as a present to the Sultan. Bronze lanterns of rare elegance, are attached to the corners of the vehicle, and all the carved ornaments are of the highest finish." EMIGRATION.—The secretary of the British and Colonial Emigration 'Society reports that through its agency 1,643 persons have been assisted to leave this country for the colonies, and that the carrying out of this work has exhausted the funds at the society's disposal. Many pressing applications are now before the committee, and an appeal is made for subscriptions to continue the operations which have been so well comumienced. A correspondent of the Independence says that the international horticultural exhibibition, now being held at St. Petersburg, prOmiseS to be a great success. It is held in a vast room used for the exercise of troops in winter, and capable of containing 5,000 men at exercise. In this covered space are arranged in parterres, varied with fountains and cascades, the choicest and rarest plants and flowers of Europe. England sends a very fine collection of bet-house plums, our cal denel s being especi ally triumphant with orchids. THE PUBLIC HEALTIL—Last week the annual rate of mortality was 21 per 1,000 in London, as compared with 23 in thirteen other large towns of the United King dom. The rates ranged from 17 in Birmingliain to 35 in Glasgow. In the metropolis 1,011 births and 1,281 deaths were registered. The latter were less by 70 than the esti mated number. The deaths from zytnetic dieeases were 260, the corrected average number being 312. Three persons died from smallpox, 22 from measles, 41 from scarlet fever, 5 from diphtheria, t 7 from who, ping-cough, 7 from typhus fever, 12 from enteric fever, 4 from simple continued fever, and 15 from diarthan. Three persons .were killed by horses or vehicles in the street 3. '11:e mean temperature during the week was 50 Cegrets, or 3•2 below the average. 'The entire range -of t,teperatuic Within the seven days was t2t3'o. CURIOSITIES OF CHEMICAL atom of water sometimes makes a most extraordinary difference in the properties of bodies. Thus, to give sonic more familiar illustration, the addition of an atom of water to starch converts into sugar ; the subtraction of an atom of water from alcohol converts it into ether. But perhaps the most curious change produced by the removal of an atom of water from a body has been recently discovered by Dr. Matthiesen. Morphia, the well• known active principle of opium, is commonly wed to allay vomiting, and very often performs the duty very effectually. But when morphia has been heated with hydrochloric acid, and an atom of water has hem. thereby removed, it is changed into the roost active emetic; known. It is not necessary to swallow it to produce the effect; a very small quantity introduced under the skin, or even, it seems, spilt upon the hand, is quite sufficient to produce vomiting, which, however, soon suinides, and into leaves no nausea afterwards. Th e - new b o dy i n t ro d uce d medicine has been named by its discove4r Etnemornhia. MISCELLAI\EOUS NEWS. CHURCHWARDENS' FEES. Churchwardens are now beginning to regard church rates as virtually abolished, and as a conse quence they are resisting all the legal taxes upon them. "We have no fund," they say, " except a voluntary one, from which to draw; the taxes upon us, therefore, must be made voluntary also." The Rev. Mr. Laws, the Chancellor of the Diocese of Lichfield, has appealed to the Primate of all England to help him. Church rates being abolished, churchwardens will not pay the diocesan fees. Diocesan officers will be minus their salaries if some provision be not made. The Arch bishop cannot help Mr. Laws much. Church rates are not really abolished, he points out, though not to Mr. Laws's satisfaction. He would be glad if the payments to officials could be made without fees, but suggests nothing. Mr. Laws suggests that the payment of the fees by the churchwardens on their admission to office shall henceforward be voluntary, and that any loss sustained by the officers of the . Diocesan Courts through their non - payme nt shall be compensated by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Will Parliament agree to this? EMIGRATION AND STDIKES. According to the Lord Mayor's Committee, the British public, who formerly pa id so willingly for the drafting of workmen to other countries, is becoming more cautious, and do es not p a y so readily as it did. The Government, however, is going to provide, at least, in part for the dockyard emigrants, and so the large number of departures from this country will probably continue. The strikes, too— Preston especially—are swelling the list of the out ward bound. Another strike has commenced at Liverpool. The men object to the hour system, which the masters insist upon. They have, there fore, turned out. This will, probably, if not spoedily adjusted, bring money to the pockets of the erligra tion agents. TWO-YEAR-OLD RACES. A very long letter appears in the Times, now on the eve of the Derby, signed by Sir Joseph Hawley and Mr. Henry Chaplin, directed specially against two-year-old racing. The letter sets forth that two-year-old racing, as at present conducted, is leading to premature training and premature old age, to short courses and the degeneration of the Turf; and it goes on to argue that it is the duty of the Jockey Club to step in and prevent theseraces on the grounds over which it has power. The arguments against the pro posed change are that the frequency of race-meetings shews the healthy state of the sport; that breedhs and owners will be injured; that the owner has a right to do as he likes with his own ; that the Jockey Club has no power over all races. The two corre spondents of the Times deny that the sport is healthy. Local meetings are often paid for by the admission fees charged to non-betting men. The horses are by no means healthy and good. Many of the foals break clown altogether, and the staying power of others is open to question. Breeders perhaps may suffer a little, but not owners. The latter will only be compelled to reserve their horses. Owners may not do as they lil:e with their own, if what they do is calculated to be generally hurtful. And though the Jockey Club has not power over all races, its example is generally followed, and it is its duty to set one which will be really a public benefit. CONSCIENCE MONEY. "The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of from' W. It' on account of income tax ; and also of £11:0, ' conscience - money.'" " Conscience money ! " and in the Derby week ! Was such a payment ever made before at such a time ? Here is a gentleman who has for several years, we presume, been in the habit of returning his income probably at one-half or one-third of its real amount. Suddenly smitten with the conviction that it is as wrong to make a false return to the tax-collector as it is to make a false staiemmt in a Court of Justice, that it is as wrong to cheat the Crown as it is to cheat a private perzon, he chooses this very week of all the year, when the temptation to squander money is most powerful, in order to make restitution. Has he heard a Low Church sermon which pricked his con science? or his he been to a high Church priest for confession, and been told that there can be no absolution without restitution ? Whatever be the cause, the phenomenon is worth noting. It is a hopeful sign that even in these days of " specs" and " plunging " honour and honesty are not wholly lost. TIE LATE LORD DROLTGIIAU. "An English Traveller " writes to the Times ill praise of the " severely magnificent " monument which the present Lord Brougham has placed over the grave of his illustrious brother. It is a gigantic cross of granite between twenty and thirty feet high, with no ornament or inscription save the following, (in Latin) :—" henry Brougham ; born 1778, died 188." The " Traveller " wishes to know if there is to be no memorial of the omn:sdent man in -West minster Abbey? The " Traveller" should not be impatient. We are generally from a decade to a century behindhand. l'erha.ps the next generation will begin to remember that there was such a man as Henry Brougham, the Refor►uer, the Anti-Slave- Trade agitator, the Chancellor, the Saran, and the Sociologist. TAGALONFAgE IN FRANCE. Mr. Blanchard Jerrold, wl.o is now travelling. through Europe en a commisiion from our Govern ment, in order to inquire into the provisions for dealing with pauperism on the Continent, has sent a letter to the Monthly Star, in which he describes the present law of France with regard to vagabondage. lle says that a convicted vagabond may be imprisoned for periods vary-: mg from three to six mo n th s . O n lib era ti o n, he is placed under the surveillance of the police for a period varying between five and ten years. Vaga bonds under 1(3 years of age cannot be imprisoned ; but they are put under police surveillance until they arc 21, or until they enlist in the military or naval services. The police have authority to put convicted foreign vagrants beyond the frontier. The commune to which a convicted vaga bond belongs, can, through its municipal coancil, claim him, or a solvent filend or relative may become security for him. The autho rities, being satisfied, direct him to the commune or place which is assi , ;ned to him for rcsldence. Every person found begging in a locality in which there is a public establishment organised to obviate the i necessity for mendicity, is punishable by mpri sonnitnt for a term of not less than three, nor more than six, months, and is afterwards conducted to the depot de mendieite. The regular beggar incurs a term of imprisonment of from one to three months. Beggars acting in concert, or using threats, or trespassing within an enclosure, a yard, or habita tion, incur a prison penalty, the extreme limit being two years. .thggars who mimic distress, cr sickness, or infirmities, or who ply their trade in companies (except they be husband and wife, or parent and child, or blind with a leader), come under the penal ties of this article. Any beggar or vagrant found in any description of disguise, or carrying weapons (even When ho has not tried to use them) or carry ing files, keys, or any instruments usable for a burg lary or other illegal act, may be imprisoned for a term varying between two and five years. The beggar or vagrant on whom more than ICOf. are found must justify how he came by the money, or he is liable to an imprisonment not exceeding two years. Any beggar or vagrant who commits an assault is punished by reclusion if the offence is light, but with severe imprisonment when his vio lence has been serious. TIIE CAM. It was recently stated in a letter by Mr. Hawk shaw to the Times that for £2,700 the Cam might be relieved of its sewage, and made reaP.y suitable for boating ; without that outlay all expense on other improvements would be comparatively useless. "It now appears that instead of 1:2,700, Mr. Hawkshaw meant 3t27,000, a very different figure. While we expressed our surprise that the inhabitants ot uam bridge were opposed to the smaller tiutlity, we can hardly wonder that they are rather shy of taxing themselves to the amount of a sovereign per head. Perhaps the University Might unite with the Cor poration in redeeming the Cam from being an open sewer, and in making it a really good rowing river. THE FALLACY OF EXA7.ILNATIONS. "An Assistant Master" . writes a letter to the Times with the above heading, and condemns the present system of university local examinations. He says that the effect of them is to induce the masters to cram a few boys, and to neglect the rest. The examination thus becomes merely a test of the boy's proficiency, not of the school teaching as a whole. This, however, is something gained ; it is something to the purpose that ten, or even two, per cent. of a school should submit to a test. But "An Assistant Master " is no doubt right when he suggests that the proper kind of test would be an examination of the whole school. It was impossible to obtain this at the outset of the examination move ment. Those who suggested it were denounced as inquisitor, and generally as objectionable characters. But gradually the schoolmasters have been educated up to this point. There is now little reason to doubt that before long the recommenda tions of the loyal Commission on Middle Class Education will be carried out, and that most of the schools in the kingdom will voluntarily submit them selves to inspection by competent examiners. Pc4.ITICAL The London corrapowlent of the Manchester Guardian gives an account of the political position, which would seem to imply that Lord Derby has thought better of his intention to throw out the Irish Church Bill. lle is now said to lean to MOderateeotinselS ; - for, being" anxious see 'what no ex-bemier before him has ever seen. his eldest THE SUN, LONDON, EDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, E 69. son at the head of affairs, and being well aware that this is impossible so long as the Irish Church question remains unsettled, he is prepared to make concessions. The same writer says that Lord Cairns has been despatched to Dublin in order to conciliate Archbishop Trench, Sir Joseph Napier, and the rest, with the promise that if the bill is allowed to pass a second reading it will be mate rially modified in committee. " But the Irish Tories have been so often used and so often thrown over, formerly by Wellington and Peel, and latterly by Disraeli and Derby, that they have no longer any faith left in parliamentary leaders. They cannot forget that it was by Mr. Disraeli that Lord Cairns was raised to the woolsack, and that it was owino to the same influence, on the break-up of the late Government, that he was placed in the position of Opposition leader in the Lords." According to the above-mentioned correspondent, Lord Cairns is not likely to retain his leadership for much longer. "Brief as the experiment has been, it has been long enough to determine that—to use the phrase current in the Tory clubs—' the lawyer won't do to lead.' He always talks fluently and well. Bnt he never says exactly what those behind him want him to say. They have been so long accustomed to the jaunty air and off-hand style of Lord Derby that they do not understand the Calvinistic ravity and bitter special pleading of the ex-Chancellor. 1 1.1T.e is no fun about him, aud, IN hat is worse, there is no social sympathy or political force in him. Ile creates the impression that he is always speaking from a brief, and that lie is ready, if his instructions were changed, to crumple up any number of his platitudes and put .them in his bag. lie had once the character of being a genuine fanatic, but somehow the Tory lords have come to think that his fanaticism has in it a good deal of india-rubber. Those of them that are really in earnest in their fear of the Pope or their love of the Church, like the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Redesdale, will not trust a man of this kind ; and the fast men of the party regard him simply as a bore who can neither shoot, bet, yacht, nor tell who's who behind the scenes. The end of all this is that when it comes to close quarters on the Irish Church Bill the waverers on the Opposition benches will look to Lord Derby, and will take their cue from him." The London correspondent of the Scotsman says it is not generally believed that Lord Derby will be so rash as to move the rejection of the Irish Church Bill: The noble lord can be self-Willed on occasion, but, according to this writer, he is not likely to avow that, on this occasion, he has found a model in Sir Francis Wronghead, who liked to make up his mind first, and to hear reason afterwards, " because then it never did any harm." The stage which the bill must pass through the Commons on Friday next is little more than formal. A clause imposing a stamp duty is to be added, and as that is a money clause, in respect of its imposing a new tax, it can be passed only in committee of the whole House. Hence the necessity of recommitting the bill. The amendment to be proposed by Mr. Holt on Monday next—that the bill be read a third time on that day three months—is looked upon as " more hollow and unreal than any oth er proceeding on the part of the Conservatives has been, and hence the desire of the Conserva tive Whips tolimit the debate to a single night." On the Ist of June the bill will be carried to the Lords, and will, on the motion of Lord Granville, be read a first time, a . day being afterwards appointed for the second reading— probably the 7th. A long and acrimonious . debate may then be expected, the result of which it is at present difficult to foresee. Earl Russell is expected to speak in favour of the second reading; but, sup posing the bill passes that stage, very little help is ex pected from the noble earl in committee. On the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Kimberley, and Lord Romilly will rest the difficult task of piloting the bill through the Upper House. smashers, have made the move of May 1, 1869, memorable as about equal to a fire or three ordi nary moves. The gale continued all Sunday, and blew bard from the west even on Monday ; vessels report very rough weather at sea, and come of the steamers which arrived during the storm, such as the City of Baltimore and the . iLlinnesota, contained a thousand passengers each. The Jersey flats be hind Hoboken were inundated, and some damage done there. Among the recent arrivals is the tender Frolic, absent for three years, waiting en the flag ship of the European squadron. She has just come from St. Thomas's, her crew being all well. W. H. Mumler has been acquitted. His counsel spoke for nearly two hours, boldly declaring that he was a genuine spirit-photographer, that the likenesses were of real ghosts and not produced by mechanical agency ; and this is maintained by a photographer who writes to the Tribune the result of an in vestigation, wherein Mr. Mumler used his apparatus in his studio ; and there, in the presence of his assis tants to whom a reward of $5O was offered to detect imposture, produced the spirit-photograph?. Libel suits grow apace. Mr. Norvell (what in London you call the City Editor of our Times) narrowly escaped a night in gaol at the hands of Fisk, with Messrs. Lane and Gould, who each bring similar snits ; the total damages exceeding $1,000,000. What Mr. Norvell asserted was that they had ' joined in plundering the Atlantic and Great Wes tern Railroad Company. The United States Mar shal is very indignant at the attempt made by these gentlemen to defeat the dodge by which they suc ceeded in keeping Mr. Samuel Bowles of the Spring field Republican in gaol for the night. One of the deputies of the Marshal in their interest is in structed what to do, and he does it, but orders have been isssued that no arrests are to be made except on the warrant of the Marshal himself or la's as sistant. James Smith has been committed to gaol for forging the signature of Jay Cooke and Co., and defrauding the National Bank of the State of New York of $9,000, in default of bail $lO,OOO. Mr. E. L. Plumb, our Consul to Havannah, sailed on Thursday in the steamer Colombia. His task is difficult, but he knows the Spanish character well, and is a man of sound sense as well as firmness. The filibusters who left in the Perit to cross from the Florida Keys in small boats to Cuba were under the command of Domingo de Goicouria, well known for such expeditions ; indeed he was one of Walker's gang in Nicaragua. Though the speculators failed in nicking a sensation out of the departure of that expedition sufficient to affect the prices of gold and stocks, yet the savage threats uttered on your side against poor Jonathan because he asks to be reim bursed for the heavy losses indicted on hint in a very spiteful and very wilful w a y throu g h the means of John Bull, have caused a scare in t he mar ket. Great excitement prevails to-day, and sensa tion rumours are flying about whit.: I write. It is evident among all the unti tubs told that there has been a Ferious fall in our bonds on the L talon Stock Exchange, but why is the puzzle here. If Senator Stunner's speech is the cause, that fall should have occurred sooner. The rise in the Bank rate cannot account for it, and there was nothing in London, according to our best lights here, to pro duce another panic since that most disastrous of a'l which occurred on the 1i th May, 1866. We have adopted the waiting motto, and I suppo3e we will learn the reason in good time ; but - there will be takensmel o at u n t e odfuctkhsem by y t Wall-street, guess, unless there is a sharp rally, for people's brea th has been heavy fall. Our Chamber berquoifek6 o u ra ne n xp ier e c c e te h d, and had dito annual meeting on Thursday, and among the re solutions adopted, congratulated that of San Fran cisco on the completion of the railroad between the cities. Mr. Lowe remarked that the mail has just arrived in China in 47 days, the most rapid trans port ever achieved to New York. Another little resolution went to the Secretary of War, asking for some of the two millions of dollars appro triated by last Congress for our harbour, to be applied to removing the obstructions at Hell Gate, and improving the navigation of East River. The following gentlemen were elected for the ensuing year :--President, William E. Dodge ; First Vice- Presilent, George Opdyke ; Second Vice-Presi dent, R. Warren Westcn ; Treasurer, Francis S. Lothrop ; Secretary, Geo. Wilson. Executive Committee, Walter S. Griffith, Chairman ; Abiel A. Low, Samuel D. Babcock, Philo C. Calhoun, Wilson G. Ilunt, A. R. Wetmore, William M Vermilye, Charles 11. Marshall, George W. 1.41110, Jackson S. Schultz; Chairman of Committee of Arbitration, Joseph O. Low ; Member of Com mittee of Arbitration, Joseph Stuart. The Stock Exchange will not call the speculative shares after the 11th inst., operations being transferred to the Long Room. Hereafter there will be at 10 a.in. a call for Governtneut bonds, bank shares, State and railway bonds, and investment stocks, con ! cluding with a second call of Governments. At 21 p.m. Government and State Bonds will again • be called, and the separate room will be discon tinued. The Sub-treasurer on Thursday sold $1,000,000 of Government gold. Proposals were made for $7,030,000. The lowest bid was 135.76, and the ligheSt 136.22. The awards were as fol lows :—llenry Clews and Co, $250,000, at 136.18 ; $250,000 at 126.20, do. ; $250,000 at 136.22, do. ; and $250,000 to Adams, Kimball and Moore, at 136.17. The paytuents for this gold were made yesterday in National Bank currency exclusively to avoid any disturbance to the market. The Ariel, of the new line from Copenhagen, arrived with 1,550 emigrants, many of whom go South. Passengers of this class pour into New York, while every steamer leaving our ports is crammed with first class passengers, and every good berth secured for weeks, mostly by American tourists going to Europe for the summer. Some failures have occurred, and there are rumours of others, among them the dry goods house of 11. E. !Abler and Co. Five seamen have la..en brought from Batavia iu the .New Orleans for trial, charged with murdering the first and secon 1 mates of an American whaling barque. The funeral of Broome Livingstone, only son of Commodore Livingstone, took place at Grace Church on Monday. lie died in Germany, in Brunswick, I believe, last month, and his remains were carried here for interment. The reports for last week show 478 deaths (an increase of 58 com pared with the preceding week) ; couples married, 192 ; births, 179. At the 30th anniversary of the Alagdalene Society, held at the institute situated at the corner of Eighty-ninth -street and Fifth-avenue, the Rev. Dr. Ward, of the Board of Missions, stated the receipts of the year to be $6,993 15 ; expendi tures, $7,614 62. Present number of inmates, 37. During the year 131 tvere received ; of these 36 were placed in situations, 30 returned to friends, 43 discharged at their own request, 6 left without permission, 7 expelled, and 7 transferred tempo rarily to hospitals. Mr. George Francis Train has left the i&votution with Mrs. Stanton after him, who denounces him as a source of grief to numer ens friends and an annoyance to her Self. Mr. Train calls himself an obstacle ; his practical truths " made discord among theoretical reformers. I was in earnest. They were not. The Revolution is a grand thing; but in my programme it does not look so large as a peanut on a snow drift !" So you see the indefatigable Train has lost no time in getting into trouble after, to the inexpressible relief of the Marshalsea and its Go vernor, they had routed him out of those snug eparters. The coroner's jury attribnte to the care leksuess of the company the accident on the Long Hand Railway, tut three of its members dissent, holding the officials not to be responsible. WA srt IN C, TON, May 7. General Le, - has been the lion of the week, and he leaves to-day for his college at Lexington. Ills interview with the President was at the :White House last Saturday, and occupied an hour. It is described as being. of A dignified and reserved cha racter, confined to the condition of the South gene rally, and especially in Virginia. In reply to the President's questions, the General advised giving the people a separate vote on the disfranchising clause, as well as on clauses where local interest 3 we re affected, and railways and other important in ternal improvements are to, be made, llelavours the Fifteenth Amendment and the recent action of the Coeservativesat Richmond. In discussing the inter view with a gentleman who immediately after had called on him, General Lee said he was also of opinion that it was of the utmst importance that the several States should be brought into practical relations with the Federal Government at once, in order to secure representation in both branches of Congress, and when that was accomplished he was sure all other questions would readily adjust them selves. He said he had informed the President that be did not look upon the a Inption of the Fifteenth Amendment with such forebodings as had been done by leading men of the North and South. He described the interview as an exceedingly pleasant one, and the President assured him he would always be glad to see him. We learn here that Mrs. Lincoln has taken private apartments in Frankfort, to which she has proceeded from Geneva. A lady has made a splendid rush across the Continent. her hasband, who is an officer at Sitka, was tried by court martial for striking another officer, and the pro ceedings of the court were foil 'wed almost itn ne diaLly by his wife, who hurried from Sitka to plea" his cause, and arrived by the mail. I hope Major Woods will get off for the sake of his wife's action, although this is a bad principle on which to decid f it is not every man who has a wife who would do the same, and if he had, it ches not excuse infrac tions of law. Chief Justice Chase left on Monday to hold courts in Virginia, and North and South Carolina. Consul-General Plumb started the same day for New York with full instructions. Senator Sprague has gone to carry on the war in Rhode Island. He will stay some days in Philadelphia, and you may know that it is the thunder of Boanerges when you see scathing denunciations of corruption, and the prediction that the end of the Republic draws nigh, as he has declared his int ea tion of spending large sums for disseminating through the press his peculiar views of the situation. The lion. Walbridge A. Field has taken the oath of office asAssistant Attorney-General, and will per form Judge lloar's work while he isin Massachusetts. President Grant, accompanied by Mrs. Grant arid two of their children, and his father-in-law, Mr. Dent, visited Brady's gallery a few days ago, and sat for their portraits. The President then pro ceeded to the State Department with Mr. J. Ru-sell ; Jones, lately nominated as Minister to Belgium. Governor Scott, of South Carolina, is here, en route to Cincinnati. Judge Busteed and General John Cochrane, of New York, are also here. Mr. Ely, United States Marshal of Pennsylvania, died ou Wednesday; but scarcely had the breath left his body before telegrams began to pour in asking for his place. The Attorney -General's office was be sieged .; Colonel Forney was of course there. George Leman and Major John Ileistn.ni were the candi dates of the Republican sections, as they had been when the late Mr. Ely received the appointment; but the President appointed General Gregory, who commanded the 01st Pennsylvania Regiment dur ing the war, and was Commissioner of the Freed men's Bureau. The Peruvian Minister, Garci I, has taken leave of the President; the Secretary of State accompanied the Minister. The interminable Dyer Court has adjourned sine die. General Thomas has left for San Francisco, an I General Terrf for Atlanta. The finding of the Court has not yet transpired. The President his been severely pressed to rescind the order of Secretary B on i, on the Eight flour Law, but he declines, although the speeches of Senator Wilson against the ruline. of Judge Hoar have had the effect of exciting the labouring men, and the matter has been much discussed is the Cabinet. Commissioner Delano has made out a list of supervisors appointed by President John son for removal, and he has submitted to the Presi dent those recommended for the positions. No removals for political opinions have been, or will be, made in War and Navy Departments ; but the dis missal of clerks from the Treasury still continues, and some appointments will there be made. Mr. E. Curtis has been appointed Secretary of the Territory of Idaho, vice J. R. How lett, suspended under the Civil Tenure Act. Among the numerous appointments were those of four women, at a salary of $1,200 each, for the pleasing office of searching ladies arriving at New York from foreign parts. Over 700 applications were made for the positions. Mr.- Robert C. Kirk, of Ohio, appointed by the President Minister to Uruguay, had a few days previously been appointed Minister to the Argentine Republie, but the order was revoked. Mr. Robert Kirk was appointed by Mr. Lincoln Minister to the Argen tine Republic, and served until about a year and a half ago, when his resignation was accepted by Mr. Seward, under misapprehension of facts. About eightyears ago Mr. Kirk served as Lieut.-Governor of Ohio. Mr. Welsh, of New York, hasseen the POStlnftS ter General on taking a contract for carrying the mails from New York, Boston, and Baltimore to E uro p e. He would have one line from New York, another semi- weekly from Boston, and a third every fort night from Baltimore. Under the recent Acts of Congress Secretary Cresewell can carry into effect such a contract. Among those received at the White House was Dr. Mary Walker in her trousers, and other garments, of course ; it was reported that the President would not receive her till properly dressed, and if this be true he must have changed his wind, and thinks her costume the correct thing. Among those who did not get an audience was Gen. Logan, in company with Mr. Fakens, w ho claims to be the commercial agent of the Government of San Domingo. THE PROBABLE POLICY OF THE AMERICAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN RELA.TION TO THE "ALABAMA."' Sin,—lf public opinion is stronger than armies or navies, the question may appropriately be asked —What policy will the public opinion of the United States require the Federal Government to pursue upon the above question ? Must not the merits of the question be publicly discussed ? and if so, must not the discussions secure an amicable settlement of the points in dispute ? Would not public dis cussion have prevented the war between England and America in 1812 ? Would it not have prevented the civil war inAmerica? The slaveholders ruled the South because public discussion on slavery was pro hibited. In the Slave States it was a word and a blow, and usually the blow came first. When Presi dent Lincoln made his first call for troops no mem ber of his Cabinet advised it. He wrote the pro clamation, read is first to Mr. Chase, then to his Cabinet, and then published it. Now, however, the case is altered. President Grant and his Ca binet, notwithstanding the speech of Senator Sum- • Der, will carefully look at the state of parties throughout the country in deciding on their policy ; and if they do not sail very near the popular feel ing the wind will be taken out of their sails. What, then, would be the popular feeling of the white people in the Southern States as to the right of England to acknowledge the Confederacy as having belligerent rights? Would not Jefferson Davis be delighted to hold a public meeting at Richmond to show that England was justified in the course it ha'l taken ? Is it not likely that enthusiastic meet ings of a similar character would be held through- out the Southern States ? Would not these i.h meet ings weaken the ho ld—n ow not very strongw the Federal Government has on these States? S o uth has proved as great a trial to the Fede ra l tGo vernment as Ireland has to the British Gov forernment. The ex-slaveholders arc chiefly distinguished their love of power.. Once they wielded the destinies of the Republic, and they would be de'iolited to do so again. This is the ruling passion, and the Fede ral Government will be slow to take any course which would call into exercise this p ex-slaveholders to a great ext. n t control the f press 'le i They would b an e d g t l l a i d e p t t o llp n i l t ak of e t a h s e States.S t o b u e t ir hern right to do what it has do ne in rallyingcry England's reference to the Con federacy. ft would be a s,tiejoppng- do i this to the re gainings they w ou l 1 avail h e o n f ls etlhveeisr of p o s e v i e , e r r . y means possible, even t ) the granting legal and social justice to the c o l oure d population. If these views arecorrect, the present state of the South will be regarde.l by the Federal Government as a strong reason for arranging amicably with England any points now in dispute. —Yours obediently, THE FATHER DICKSON OF "Dun." 15, 1869. Mancht.ster, May Mr. James Sinclair has forwarded to us a copy of a letter ho addressed to the Manchester Examiner in answer to that ill-advised production of Mr. Goldwin Smith, which, he says, misrepresents American feeling. Imme diately after Senator Sumnee's speech he passed through Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Wash ington, and with his acquaintances and means of obtaining information, he arrived at the conclusion "that, under neath the bluster of politicians and the sensational writ ings of correspondents of the American press, there is a sound friendly feeling towards England, which, if better understood by us, would prevent much irritation and the periodical panic we are thrown into about our relatiocs with that country. Oa passing through the above-named cities, and visiting many places of public resort, I endea voured on many occasions to elicit public opinion on the most salient points of the speech, and 1 entirely failed to discover that any importance was attached to it at all, and 1 dare to assert that there is not the slightest ap proach to anything like a feeling of hostility on the part of the people of America towards this country. When any expression of feeling is made it is rather that of sorrow than anger, that Eugland should have inflicted a wrung upon them when they were in the throes of their gigantic struggle, but to suggest that war may arise from the infliction of that wrong, or the impossibility of Eng land to acquiesce in the claims set forth by Senator Sum ner, you gtt laughed at for your fears, and advised to give as little heed to the mutterings of the Senate as Lhey do themselves, as no Government can go to war without the people, and the pooplo have certainly no inclination that Way." Mr. Sinclair adds, "I s►n persuaded that if two or • three cf our statesmen, such as Lord Stanley, John Bright, and W. E. Forster, were to go to the United States with a view to the settlement of this question, we would soon see the end of a controversy that threatens such mischief and fosters such misunderstanding between two nations who - n whole interests, commercial, social, and religious, depend upon peace unbroken by alarms and undisturbed by fears." Senator Chandler's speech he treats with the utmost con tempt, and ho actually heard it delivered. A well-known Senator told him, it was for the sixth time in five years. Even the vehemence and gesticulation that accompanied it could not attract the other Senators, and in America it is ridiculed and treated with the contempt it deserves. Though these speeches attracted so little notice in the rail way cars and steamboats, the question Mr. Sinclair did hear everywhere discussed was Free Trade, which den tly considers to be the question rising into most impor tance in the United States. Mr. Sinclair expresses so comprehensively the feeling now prevailing in America that we regret we are only able to give it in this abridged fo:m. THE IVAI7ING GAME. (From the Anylo- American Times) It is strange to watch the effect of a cry from an influential quarter, when echoed all over a country. The people often accept it as an axiom, as a saying embodying concentrated wisdom, deep thought, a compression of the results of elaborate arguments and reasoning into a sentence ; in a word, a proverb it is profane to call in question. The Alabama difficulty in America has resolved itself into one of these profound sayings, which the nation feels in clined without discussbn to accept—America can wait. We can understand the boy who replied to his enraged father's statement that but for time he would give him a severe thrashing, " Don't hurry yourself father ; I can wait." we cm understan'l the debtor playing what BUTLER calls " the wait ing game," but we doubt the wisdom of the cre ditor in following suit. A hungry man, eager to have his dinner served, does not ostent ttioasly parade his ability to wait ; an angry man, sm trting under a:i insult, must have no small command over himself if he proclaims his desire to await the ag griever's expression of contrition and reparation. Such cases are better settled at once, or the naughty boy gets off his whipping, the debtor never pays, the hungry man's appetite turns to faintness and sickness before he is served, and the angry man's injury be comes lost in the mazes of the controversy which fol lows. Time helps the wrong-doer ; burying under accumulating dust the real injury, and blunting the sense. If England acted on the, " waiting game " her r.asaris would be ;sufficiently obvious ; but it is not easy to understand why America does, reiterating this saying, as if time was the Re public's friend and Britain's foe in the matter. In the first place, the reasons must be grounded on the war principle while the nations are at peace, and therefore in the attitude there is an ob vious incouaistency. The object being to damage the enemy, the Republic must survey the position as does an Admiral or General with a hostile line before him. It is the business of a commander in such cases to accept or force on an engagement if the balance of probability be in favour of inflicting on the enemy a greater injury than he is likely to receive. If ( , ur defli.ition of " the waiting game" be correct, the Republic assumes the position of a commander, and calculates that in the engagement involved in " the waiting game" that England will sustain the heavier loss. If General BUTLER be interpreted aright by the papers, he considers that " the waiting game" will eventuate in Great Britain's being engaged in hostilities with another formidable power, when the Republic will proceed to reap the benefit by annihilating her commerce, or by enforcing such terms as she desires. The ob jection we take to such dicta is that people who so act make a Providence of themselves ; they sketch out what is to happen to another, and are amazed to find themselves tumbling into the very trap in tended to catch their enemy. The trap is there for any who blunder into it, and is most likely to re ceive the most incautious and reckless nation. Her MAJESTY'S world-wide possessions, and the proxi mity of the seat of her dominion to the great Powers of Europe, together with the complications gro ing out of an eventful history and many treaties, leave the chances against England of first getting " into a row," but they are qualified by the extreme caution of her Government and the national desire for peace. As regards home complications, which means a rebellion in Ireland, the position is not fully under stood in America. Great Britain proper, with its 25,000,000, is the most united population on earth, its force being wielded like the arm of a single man. Ireland, with its 6,000,000, is in such a state that if left without English interference a civil war would probably result, when the party Americans suppose to be dominant would be annihilated by the Irish themselves. If as between the United Kingdom and the United States the precedent of the Alabama is to be followed in case of the war of either with another power, the chances are not so unequal as to make the prediction safe, that the PRESIDENT'S Government or the QUEEN'S would first fall into the difficulty, which might induce it to cry, Peccavi!" But Americans argue that England, with :he result of the Alabama experiment before her, dare not repeat it in case the Republic again found itself at war. This would be an unsafe position for any nation to assume, and it would be trusting to the clemency of an enemy, over whose head the Repub lic expressly held that threat. There are thousands in England who would assert this right, as the " wait ing game" would be unfair if the two engaged did not play it out on equal terms. It means, then, that future English Alabamas are to prey on the re viving commerce of the Union in case she becomes involved in war, or American Alabamnas to burn and destroy British merchantmen if England drifts into hostilities. We confess our inability to see the sense iu this respect of the " waiting game ;" but it involves consequences even worse. A nation that deliberately, arid with malice aforethought, kept in reserve such a plan of action and put it in force on the opportunity offering, would simply make a declaration of war; Bence the logical conclusion of 'the waiting game" is that the one may attack the other on its going to war with a third Power. Being evenly matched their great strength is neutralized, and instead of their strength exercising the influence it ought legitimitely to give these leaders in freedom and civilization, they may sink into a place it would be gall and worm wood for either to hold. Aided, their influence would be overwhelming : with the Alabama ques tion open that influence declines to a still greater extent in the opposite direction; but though this is the strongest reason Americans giv e as a g ainst England, yet they cannot apply it to themselves, forthey seem to be unable to see more than cne side, of " the waiting game." Viewed from this point England has the worst of it, and it is more likely to be fatal to her than to the Republic, while in the highest degree damaging and dange rous to both. But in its other aspects the waiting game is more injurious to the United States than to the United Kingdom. First, as regards its credit —the rise in gold, the fall in the National Secu rities following the speeches in the Senate, prove how weak and sensitive as yet is American credit. America pays double the interest paid by Great Britain for loans, yet there is no other nation in the world with such resources ; indeed it may be ULSTER AND THE IRISH CHURCH DILL. The Orangemen have made up their differences. The Orange democrats and the Conservative Pro testants have joined hands, in order to protest against the disendowment and disestablishment of the Irish Protestant Church. The Presbyterians also have joined with the Episcopalians, though it is difficult to see what locus standi the first have, con sidering that they will receive au adequate compen sation for the annual grant now made to them under the name of the Ittgium Donum. Anyhow, the union and the protest arc rather late. If they had taken place two months ago the Opposition in the House of Commons might have received an encouragement which they sorely needed. But repeated adverse majorities of over 100 have taken the heart out of them. It is to be presumed that these Ulster protests are intended to embolden the Peers to throw out the bill. TILE ELECTION PETITIONS. Baron Martin and Justices Blackburn and Willes are to be congratulated. When they under took to try the election petitions they had 111 of them to go through. Fifty-nine Liberals and 52 Conservatives cases were attacked ; and to the adjudication of these, not without some protests and a great many grumblings, they set themselves. They were, however, speedily relieved of 44, for 24 Conservative petitions against Liberals and 20 Liberal petitions against Conservatives—were withdrawn without being brought before a court. The Dady News gives a I;st of the members seated and unseated by the judges. The Liberals declared duly elected number 24, the Conservatives 17. Nine Liberals hike been unseated and 13 Conservatives. B.sides these there were four special cases. Sir Sidney Waterlow (Liberal) was unseated, and was supplante 1 by Major Walker; Mr. 13irley's seat at Manchester was declared good ; Mr. Hamilton at Salisbury was duly elected; and Mr. Devereux was reelected for Wexford after being turned out on account of an informality on the part of the returning officer. Against the gain of a Conservative seat in Dumfriesshire, the Liberals are enabled to shew the substitution of Mr. Miall for Mr. Ripley at Bradford ; Lord Hyde for Mr. Gwyn at Brecon ; Major Anson for Mr. Cunliffe at Bewdley ; and Mr. Henry James for Mr. Serjeant Cox at Taunton. In the case of the double return at Horsham the Conservative withdrew, and left the seat to Mr. Hurst, the former Liberal member. PARLIAMENTARY RETURNS. Our parliamentary - literature costs the country no little sum. Ninety thousand pounds were spent in the session 18(17-8 for returns of different kinds, &c. It was suggested some time since that private returns should be refused unless the Government felt that they were of real importance. But though private members swell the list consi derably, they do not use their power of moving for returns to a very e x or bit an t e x t e nt as far as printing is concerned. Two hundred and fifty-six non-otlicial returns were issued during the session, but these were mostly one and two-page papers; and as only from a thousand to two thousand copies were printed, the total cost did not reach five thous:md pounds. Where the outlay occurs is rather in the different Government offices. Things are overturned, old boas have to be searched, extra clerks have to be employed, an d a m ost elaborate and time-consuming system of account -keeping has to be used because, p erc h ance , some day Mr. Chas may as's to have some unimportant statistics laid before Parliament. TIM PRINCE OF WALES. According to the Irish Ti»zes, the Queen has placed at the disposal of the Prince of Wales services of gold and silver plate suitable for royal entertain ments, and from her private purse has increased his income by -LlO,OOO a year. This is said to be due to a division in the Cabinet in reference to the proposal of an application to Parliament for such a purpose. It is added that Mr. Bright declared his dissent, unless accompanied by an equivalent reduction in the allowance to the Crown. The story is evidently one of the class called "shrewd guesses." THE TORNADO CASE. What will the Government do about the Tornado case ? It is many months since the present Attorney- General, then out of office, asked Lord Stanley this question, and urged active measures if the Spanish Government would not grant a new trial. Sir Robert Collier is now in office; the offence he com plained of has been aggravated by still further delays. Is he prepared to recommend his political friends to take the same course as he recom mended to his political opponents ? Lord Stanley settled the matter with regard to the Victoria by letting the Mediterranean squadron steam from Malta to Gibraltar, and of course by the most undesigned coincidence in the world, Queen Isabella's Government gave us the satisfaction we asked. Is the Prim-Serrano Government open to the same kind of argument ? and is the chief law adviser of the Crown prepared to counsel out. Government to try it ? What, too, is this we Le a about Sir John Crampton? A fortnight ago t'ie Owl stated that he had " resigned." The Madrid correspondent of the Morning Star, who has all along been particularly well informed, says there is a rumour that our Minister has been " recalled," but the sews is aim'est too good to be true. Clearly there Is need of some decisive action ou our part, either diplomatic or naval. (From tie Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, May S. As luck would have it, it rained heavily and blew hard on May-Day to catch the unfortunate people on the move to Brooklyn.; Staten Island, Westches ter, and, in fact, all tho country around Manhattan, which is nearly abandoned to the gods and their wor shippers meaning thereby the rich and poor, the dwellers in marble halls and in tenements, in Fifth Avenue and Water-str.eet. The carters have had a fine Crno, and so have the ducks ; but the to rs dropped by the unhappy families compelled to cross the water, while literally under water, for the (kluge left only a slight difference between the solid element below and the element diluted with air above, added to the downpour which drenched their goods and chattels. This, together witlithe treat ment the furniture experienced from the baggage- :,..-•••••••••••••'. said to be the only great Power that can and Will, within a given period, pay the principal of its debt , The unbridled liberty American politicians gips themselves so shocks the confidence of the world in the wisdom of American statesmen that the c redit of the country improves but little, for every in' crease is followed by some act which creates alarin, plays into the hands of " bears," and drives the timid to sell at a loss. Senator SUMNER'S speed' had a more damaging influence on American Sccurl ties than the nation could readily believe,andAincri can credit will not tend upwards inEuropc so looga° " the waiting game" is played. A rise would Lac e followed on the news of the increasing revenue, dial the measures of Secretary BourwELL to decrease the debt had it not thus been effectually stopped. ' t financier in New York stated in a leading daily paper some days before a fall in Europe of 5 Pe r rent. on the National Bonds, that the action of th e Treasury would send them up on this side ten fict cent., which would bring thaw to par in New York , and the time would have arrived when long-date d loans at a lower interest could be issued. He had no notion what the effect would be of re-opening this question, and, if it is to be kept open, there no chance whatever of such relief to American tar payers. It entails then heavier taxation; a decrease in the value of all American Securities, private 115 well as public; it checks the growing desire O f investment in the United States ; and, worse than all, it deters English emigration. Now on all thes! points America chiefly suffers, for English credit i 9 too well established to be thus injured, and sh e neither looks for nor requires the introduction C f capital to develope her industrial resources, nor fo r immigrants. In a material way, then, America 19 the loser, and her loss is direct and instantaneou s, the cost of Senator SUMNER'S speech being already estimated at millions sterling. There is yet a third aspect of " the waiting game " which the Republ lG ought not to overlook. Unless waiting is eventually to lead to, a settlement it is little less than idioti c for America to play it, presuming the case to be s e bad against England that a heavy bill of thing .° would probably be. awarded. When a eredy tor finds he cannot get all he claims he tries to P e' : quaint himself with the full amount he can get, n" a ~ a when satisfied nothing more will be forthconn he takes that. By "the waiting game" America de" . clines to receive that only, England will give iu co.!' c yensation of the injury. So long as the Repub lic waits, for that period the British gold will be in the British pocket, and as a debtor can wait better 1. 1011 a - crAitor, waiting must so far be to AlEL.2rica's losaa u3 to England's gain. To value the open question as , good ground foe a future quarrelwould be to pl ace Americ In ingoruity at a low ebb ; for a nat l° , can, whenever she pleases, p:ck a quarrel with an o other proud, haughty people. The Republic W I could have the money the arbiters might 311 1 judge, and the luxury of a war with England wli c . l l the time suited her, and a "strain" nation puttiiig i f on the lowest grounds of sinanness, would ah ° 3 little astuteness in paying dearly for what coal I lj d got for nothing. The length to which we d sirs play the " waiting game" is till the present irri t ' l ILion has cooled, and not a moment longer. BUDGET OF MISCELLANEOUS ITE3l3.—The of the Central Pacific Railroad was of polished Califori laurel, silver mounted, and has a gold spike, in flose ur° 6 the completion of the road.—At San Francisco vessels built without bowsprits, and are said to be much safer ge t cheaper,-The Cuban Ladies' Relief Association of S e e : 4 New York have delivered to the Junta Cuban, No' Broadway, through its President, Senor Jose rthi r ',• Leanis, the sum of $1,300, snaking up a total of s3,e o ° co lt tributed by the society for the relief of the colonist s ' Cuba.— The St. Louis grain merchants are workisg„ - i such a practical way to divert the great Western shiPP l ,,l business from Chicago to their own city that we shall e"i to surprised if they soon win a fair share of success. 111 it have set about proving that grain can be shipped to 1° j 1 ork by the Mississippi cheaper than by the lakes °iv canal, not by writing letters and making speeches, but purchasing a cargo and trying the experiment. 11e t j have bought No. 1 spring wheat at $1 25, and eXre c c o be able to deliver it in this city at $ L 40k. Similar g r: : . ; r are quoted in our markets now at about $l6O, which tainly leaves the enterprising shippers a handsome peost" New York Tribune.—Ex-Fire Marshal Btker annottacof that the losses by fire in Now York during the moil t4 .4 April amounted to $ tf1,630, an incre a se of $33 S s ° ° :4 March. Four hundred and thirty F renc h danitu` " left M. 'ntreal, April 2d, for Boston and New On the ::oth April a severe gale at th e mou th o f tho s . an ept away the galleries of the lie. ' lithous,3 a u,l t a lightkeeper's dwelling at South-west pas:, destreyeitt'be lighthouse boats, and blow five feet of ' water lighthouse and dwelling. The buildings settled ono The storm also damaged the rigging of ves-els at the 1%4 ; —A steamer has just been completed at Pittsburg, sylvania, for the navigation of the Magdcloua -Itiy` r ' South America.—Nineteen-twentitths of the rice rai se „ - the United btates is grown within a narrow limit e l' the seaboard of the Carolinas and Georgie/Do great International Plant and Flower Show w ili d held at Hamburg next September, during the sit 6j3 l. , the Congress, by botanists, gardeners, and horticultur iS. 'o' Five years ago no white man lived within 6 miles of 01t3 Kansas. Now the place has 3,000 inhabitants.--F es f o o, gers arrived at Sacramento, California, from Washieg' April 30, having made the trip in eight and a half d s Y S :i l e Pardee College, Pike county, Missouri, c onfer° degree of M.A. (Maid of Arts) upon young le die ,), There are eight tunnels on the Pennsylvania Thil r ; r d ranging front two hundred to three thousand six 1 1110 ` . „0 and twelve feet.—The big ship Great Adnziral b e at arrived at New T ork from Boston.—“ Lady h o rd' o " American Girl" in the trotting match at li tines, Course, Long Island. Tuesday, May 4, " Lady V; won all three heats ; her best time being on the fi rst ‘4 j . tt —At the White Pins mines a man was recently dig a grave. When the funeral procession arrive" U' digger was in it, and refused to leave, declaring t bg ,, t ,itii had " struck a fine lead," and could not think of 51 ... , 1° " p 0 , the body to be buried " in the hole."—The Mount v e ' oto t estate, consecrated by the memory of Georgo Washivaefry is advertised to be sold at auction on June 10t1). --- ,je ' paper, with $200,000 capital, to advocate "Free T r , ° is said to be contemplat.:.d in Boston.—A Newcast le 3 , 0 0 0 nal states that it is not unlikely a direct line of ot e i cif may shortly commence to run between the Ty n 3 so u JO York. —A party of 60 immigrants from Holland arri Se Richmond, Virginia, April 30. ---- Ore [ADVERTISEMENT.i-. 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Be" ; LADVERTISEMENT.]—Ayoid Medicines: they alwaY s 0 0.41 r chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health r„, 0 4, Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times tho e 'oeiv,ol ment of the best meat, saves 50 dales its cost in other r_ 0 91 and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nert,;cti of/ lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, : sie d. 4 0 ,1 regularity, ane energy to the most disordered or enfect r eitvoi extract a few eat of 68,000 cures; " The Pope' by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413. "Rome, July —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especlly e ed abandoning all other remedies, he has confined hin1 50 " 0 0 519 , to Du Barry's Revalenta Arab'ea Food, of which he C ii D e p •e' a plateful et every meal. It has produced a surprisiwtsoef,, ficial effect on his health and his Holiness cannot praise 0 lent food too higi ly." :Trom die "Gazette du Midi, JulY„,rs Pope's healtu4 L.O No. 58,216, o:' the Mrrehioness de Brehan, of seven Y' o p er complaint, wastin:"; away. debility, nervousness, with 0 85 4 '1,0 1 ": palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleepleSseli; 4 1 , the most in'olerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. I, ' f fi 'd Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of In d ar ep eg' dyspepsia. No •:9,832: " Fifty years' indescribable %nil s` 7 dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation , ' cu re e # o o o spasms, s'ekness, and vomiting.—Maria JolY. , A 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, °' l° od diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derazig i t o o ly, partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware (). ; unsavoury and more than sloppy imitati ons t o W o tio authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciousuill l9 „V In tins, at Is 10; Ilb 2s 9d; 2lbs 4s Cd; 5 lbs 11 5 ; ooC" 24 lbs 40s. - Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA Aiteul CA ` f r 0,1 POWDER is packed in tin cani s t ers : f or 12 cups a t ; me," se", at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 3 0s, s —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55 5 OP', (0 free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Gndov ' BARRY Du BARRY and Co., N o . 77 , Regent-street, all Grocers and Chemists. - - - - - - BIRTIM. MP' fit. DILLON—On the 21st in s t. , at Clonbrock, the ...- 4 Dillon, of a son.,, -slfe‘ VINCENT —On the 24th i ns t., at 11, cambriclinfo Hyde -park, th e L a d y M arg aret Vincent, of a OP . ES. , e ' 3‘ 4, " FORBES— KINLOCH —On the MARRIAG 18th inst., at r-11 George Forbes, E,q , C tptain 78th - to Annie, s econ d d aug h ter of • Alex. J. Kiel" D ' P t do ark, Aberdeenshire. RILLicK FrsoN—On the 25th inst , at rt""--° Al) Leeds, Hei n y Fi son Killi c k, Eeq., of Bradfor d, i° third daughter of T. S. Fis o n, ofßawdon. DEAT.HS. HAY— On the 23d inst., John Hay, Eeq., Of L et breath, aged 73. f HoorEn - On the 25th inst., ITenry Hooper, ° dasher's Hal?, aged 79. d jsliun SAMMS —On the 23d inst., at New North -Iva • John Sams, Eeq., aged 92. - ~ DpE London- Printed and. Published by WILLIAM 10, sir:, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tus SUN Office, 14 % 4 ,li os in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County 0f..."" Wednesday, illay 20, 1600. triNAHAN'S I. This celebrated OLD Prize Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow Rohl in 'Bottles, as. Rd.. he Agents in the prineina 8, GIiEAT WIN Obsert'e the lied Seal, D l lun's LL Whisky. ,lEATING'S MIL relieves the cliflh 'KEATING'S Imp( )Want rn reetl TIoN.--Sold in Acmes, 1 Ils each. R E E.C. Chet,, uTum, IA), aneorporated 14, RUSSELL -STREI Aml r)N7 NNnES MONEY up ` :. • [ 'old or Leasehold Prope 11 13 weelr m l y, monthly, ''oTrua free on receipt of c , PAT] THE above P as t ( k Luncheon, B for deviling Legs of Tar reak! ORIGINAL AND SUI To be ebt a i , JOHN AsRLEy rery Pine Pale, Dry, or Old Crushed Port (Dow Shipping ), Vinta ge W Sparkling ChantPogue, lery, Qualite Superien Sample eases of the bottles S herry, two Chi GAIIRICK-S p B. HALL, CPug ig • nee n the ex ftr MOoHO. ebrated PATE and ( Bordeaux Wines ard. C Whigkieg, from severe also he reel at the Tim blltaber of Hot s l g, Pub] of others wanted in tow SO IENTrPIC.I A fkl . ORNAMENTS and Dinine-roc Rorf ment of VASES, figks, Inkstands, beai are., in Italian, Alaba R h ire Spar, &c. Rai ENNANT W.C., Londo,nMinert Mr. Tennant arram MINERALS, and Fl of Lyell's Elements o tate the interesting GEOLOGY, and ea ttlineas each. .PRACTIOAL IN MINERALOGY i is g 4 . 41 , Strand. THE LEVERT GLOBE Offices -1, Dale-8 The Invested Fin Fire Revenue to £B3 , The moderate rates Beaus for the Life value as SPECIAL realer them nartict this ig granted on r thirty days after adrr JO NATIoNAL o Richmond, Su: trader the )e,tronago w hereby of home haa Girls of all ages, class thougdom. c hic :t of the Oh hell ed ucation, and pr and laundry, to ilt t he wise Drovided for wh suitable altun.tiotts for The Committee egit sntirely aus tabled by Office, L2l, Pall-mall -4 - 11 ftItITISH Mackenzie-par Patron —Tier M, For the gratuito destitute orphans fr and of all d enom Proßperous ii circumsl On e hund re d and atitution ; ample roe ePd lncre ased suppor owe, and is in kssistance. I ns B u ti becrib ers and tuti on its Peculi, and jud ar claims. BeTcrhee last R e p or t c tary. CT-TA AUB Oftlocos, 73, ()hea r Barikers—ltessrs 'an° ; and 11T ms. I rit Mall RESTORE: 1)11 BARRY'S and Infants' TH I eaves fifty times E its Perfect digestion st rest hing sleep, fu st disordered effectually indigest Ilea: ztllavllgri:°rtnhtni ossenenn:B ° Be. :1:111112 en matte tn, ld g rat, talßf a irritability hPartl,urn beadac 1 "119 e% and sicknes s, b ronchitis, scr tt's !tes pit of the stop t digestible f'll' invalids and Tat p O ItTAN T °Au' inl 11 nd to re than shy taY, Baron Liebig' lien ceforth nom 134 tarry's health, 11,1(1 Infants' Food, bas already rece i ‘ bee tees de emed hope] het a thfter t h i r ty 3' wh , 41quote from tl 4°,13' ather is ex other remedies, /1' 4rrY Revalenta lEttet n s i st ovary baneficial effect o Pct se this Years excellei Cure No. 58,216 liver 4A ss, irritability compN dig•estion, cnstan nervous atOotation. Cum N 0.7 8. of b tu artde Decios, ford:—oal." I b ays def Waterfnrd" ART D 7 •ron Cure No. 49 , 8: d yspepsia., m tatulency, spurns of Lynn, Norfolk. n C ure No. 47 , 1 21 V r•rv ousness, indi Is s fancies. Cure No. 58,814 Year s disr r h oßa• The Food is Rol •s. 12 1 b anisters, carriag( Revalent t tia canisters : a l: p o cus at 6a., f or 2 8 Rut cna penny fr ee of carriage in I'4.IIRY DII ItAl a lio at Portnua 4racechntoi-styc NeW Ncnianvival OIAL M Propriet IMMENcE Wee! ' r r TT ARRY RICK A.RD IiItFRPI3. COYNE. the L , RTC 1 RD. the GEORCI : / t' 4B A NIE ADAMS, LEYBOU P: BELL. A. th JEANIE FRANK 11ACLAGAN, TIIE GE • WORLD Full II Mr. P. C Notice—Mr Geor MADAM E T Bake -street. — .4 ( or No• with) has been /I • i ll' h i4i°n, IS. ; Chamber 0 n Morning until 10 at i A: RertlZ ROOT the extraordinary sin the Shadow Dance. the electric light on the bte in it, combined w oave h a suuNetio n ,- Ttreem-ti d the gratifying most extensively patron' celebrated Orche.tra. m cher ' S i ßnor Luigi Curti Positions of all distingui . I„", Graves, (zne d to the eminent L. Silberber, ""uornas Pitts. Profess( Admission