The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-17 00:00:00

.tiIjERIA T 4 PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. Tluir lordobips reassembled at 5 o'clock. THE ADDRESS. Lord CARYSFORT moved an address to her Majesty in answer to her Speech on the opening of Parliament. IE4 lordship said it was matter of high gratification that so satisfactory a state of things existed as set forth in the Iloyal Speech. He hoped the address he then had the honour to move would be carried unanimously. Viscount MONCK seconded the motion, and in doing so touched upon the various topics contaiued in the Speech they had heard, and said he felt .certain the arrangemeuts made therein would give general satis faction. Lord CAIRNS commended the caution of the Royal Speech. He doubted whether the end proposed by the Conference, if agreed in by the great Powers, might not have been attained by direct representations to Greece without so hazardous a machinery. He could not go into the subject of the Irish Church without further light as to the Government plan than was afforded by tbe rather for tuitous collocation of nouns and adjectives in which the Speech alluded to it. Finally, he appealed to the Govern ment not to let the time of the house be wasted, as some times it had been, up to 'Whitsuntide. Lord GRANVILLE was grateful for the tone of Lord Cairns' observations. The preliminary resolutions with regard to the Irish Church would be moved in the other house on the Ist of March. Their lordships adjourned at seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAsT EVENING. At a quarter before four o'clock the SPEAKER took the chair, and the proceedings from that time until the com mencement of public business were occupied with the swearing-in of members. THE ELECTION PETITIONS. The SPEAKER then informed the house that he had received from her Majesty's judges the results of their inquiries into the petitions presented against tho returns for New Windsor, Wexford, Guildford, Bowdley, Dum fries, Drogheda, Limerick, Athlone, Lichfield, Sligo, Car low, Belfast, Wallingford, Westbury, Norwich, Staley bridge, Dublin, and various other places. The CLERK then read the decision of the judge to each of the petitions, which has already appeared in The Sun. Mr. Gladstone entered the house at 25 minutes to 5, and was received with some slight cheering from the Liberal side cf the house. THE IRISH CHURCH. _Mr. GLADSTONE_ gave notice tat on the let of March ho should move that the Acts relating to the Established Church in lieland and the Acts relating to Maynooth, be taken into consideration. BANKRUPTCY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that, on the 2Gth of February, he should move for leave to introduce a bill to amend the law relating to bankruptcy. UNIVERSITY TESTS The SOLICITOR-GENERAL gave notice that, on the 23d of February, he should move for leave to introduce a bill to abolish university tests. (Hear, hear.) LOCAL TAXATION Sir M. LOPEZ gave notice that, on the 30th of Febru ary—(Loud laughter)—he would move for leave to intro_ duco a bill to deal with local taxation. (Hear, hear.) THE BALLOT. Mr. LEATECAM gave notice that onthe IGth of March, he should introduce a bill for legalising the vote by ballot. PAYMENT 01 0 MEMBERS. Mr. TAYLOR gave notice that after Easter ho should move for leave to introduce a bill for a recurrence to the ancient and constitutional practice of payment of members. (Loud laughter.) FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Lord E. CECIL gave notice of Lis intention to move for leave to introduce a bill to punish peoplo using false weights and measures. THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER having - received her Majesty's gracious Speech on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, Mr. ff. COWPER then rose to move an address to her Majesty in answer to her Royal Speech. He said be hoped the present Parliament, which had been elected on an en larged basis, would fulfil the high expectations entertained of it. It was gratifying to know that friendly feeling continued to exist between her Majesty and all the great Powers ; and with respect to Greece, if that country became the question of continental consideration Eng land could not abstain from taking part in it. With re spect to America the subject bad been dealt with in an enlarged spirit, and without knowing how the arrange ment would be received in America he, simply trusted that a feeling of moderation would be exhibited, and that the matter that had led to such un fortunate differences should be at once and for ever, if that were possible, settled. If the result should be the res toration of friendly relations between the two countries he was certain it - would be a source of universal satisfaction. Ile could but regret that an outbreak had occurred in New Zealand, but he hoped that the promoters of differouces between the Europeans and the natives would be singled ont and dealt with as they deserved. It was extremely satisfactory - to know that it was not thought neces sary tO vpnew the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, and he hoped that her Majesty's subjects in that part of her realm liould redouble their exertion to encou rage and promote a better state of things. (Hear, hear.) There were cot tain intimations is the Royal Speech that various improvements in the law with respect to contested elections and other matters, but ho thought that something ought to be done to consider the question of the ballot (hear, hea.r) He was glad the subject of financial boards was to be taken up by the Government—(hear, hear)—as he thought it was no thing but right the ratepayers should have some control of the funds which they contributed. (Hear, hear.) He would not further allude to the subject of the Irish Church than to say th.it the difficulties which surrounded the subject were very great. (Hear, hear.) However, ho had great confidence in the Government that they would deal with the matter, be cause they did not consider that the difficulties to which he alluded were insurmountable. (Hear,hear.) One great difficulty he admitted was what to do with the money--(hear, hear)—•but he thought that house, when the subject was calmly taken into con idoration, would be able to solve even that great problem. ,jlcar, hear.) He was sure the people of Ireland felt an era of hope was dawning, and with that pleasing thought he would con clude by moving the address. Mr. MUNDELLA seconded the motion, and said that the honour he had been selected fcr was not out of any personal consideration for himself, but solely conferred because he represented one of the largest working con stituencks in the kingdom. The hon. gentleman having touched upon the various topics contained in the Royal Speech resumed his seat. Mr. DISRAELI rose, and in his opening observations said there was no intention of moving an amendment to the motion before the house. He admitted that no Go vernment could come before the house with a stronger prima facie claim to consideration on this question than the present, and he hoped that when the Ministerial state ment was made it would be received in a spirit worthy of its importance. Passing to the paragraphs relating to foreign affairs, he expressed his confidence that so long as our foreign policy was conducted, not in selfish isolation, but in a spirit of sympathy, her Majesty's relations with foreign Powers would always be "friendly," and went on to find some fault with the Government for net informing Parliament how the interposition between Turkey and Greece had been brought about. The reasons for re sorting to a Conference ought to have been explained, for the interposition might have been effected by ordi nary diplomatic means ; and one consequence of men tinning it would have been that papers would have been Promised. The result, however, had met with general appro. bation,.and he hoped it would be a moral lesson to the sys tematic disturbers of that part of Europe, and that for the future the Turkish Government would be left at liberty to develop the energies of the country. He concluded by a confident anticipation that the new house, by the fair and busness-like spirit in which it would discuss the measures laid before it, would justify the wisdom of re cent legislation and merit the confidence of the country. Mr. WHITE (who interposed between Mr. Gladstone and the house) complained of the omission from the Speech of all mention of the Spanish Revolution, to which Mr. GLADSTONE replied that as yet no permanent Government bad resulted from that Revolution, and that it would not be convenient to express satis faction with a work which was not complete. At the same time there was no doubt that the Govern ment and the people of this country sympathised keenly with the recent event in Spain. Turning to Mr. Disraeli's speech—of which he cordially acknowledged the modera . tion and fairness—he explained that the Conference was not mentioned because hitherto no regular and formal in , timation of the views of Greece had been received, and the Conference was not as yet justified in assuming that its work had been completed. The Irish Church would afford ample field for party controversy ; and the Govern inent, having no desire to widen that field, would endea . Tour to deal with other plebtioLs—even with the rate paying on"F,tion—without reference to party conflicts. . M.,t. the Irish Church must be the great business of the year, and as it would be prosecuted by the Government with a desire to consult every legitimate interest, and not to provoke any of the animosities with which the subject was beset, ho hoped it would be handled by the house, not so much with reference to what might at one time have k l en desired, as with a desire to co-operate in a settlement which all parties allowed to b e essent i a l . _ _ Ultimately the Address was agreed to, and the house adjourned at a quarter to 8 o'clock. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL lIAIR.—IiRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAM RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and 'heau6t, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de ii_riltful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers, Depot 26G, High Holborn lIIISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE COMING BATTLE. The rumours which usually usher in a new session are afloat. All kinds of strange things are whispered under the rose by those who profess to know the workings of the minds of the great political men. Notwithstanding the Premier's cheery declaration at Fishmongers' Hall, that the path indicated by the people as to the Irish Church was too unmistakeable to admit of the Government turning back in the road it has taken; notwithstanding that there is not the slightest foundation for it, the " lounger at the clubs" will persist in spreading the story that " Gladstone has not made up his mind, you may depend upon it." Simultaneously we have the announcement that Earl Russell has made up his mind, and that he is going to move an amendment on Mr. Gladstone's bill. This last state ment it would indeed be difficult to contradict, for, having changed his mind so often, who could say that the noble lord will not, when the bill conies to be read a second time, enroll himself as an aide-de-camp to Lord Cairns, and make a powerful speech against all change. MR. BRIGHT AND THE IRISH CHURCH. The Morning Advertiser points attention to the fact that in the recently-published volume of Mr. Bright's speeches there is given also one letter from Mr. Bright. As this one has been singled out above all those which he has written, i mpor t a nce must be attached to it, and it may be fairly supposed to represent his views at the present time. This letter refers to the Irish Church, and was written in 1852. Its views are, according to the Advertiser, identical in principle with those set forth in Lord Russell's last letter. Mr. Bright assumes that the value of the Church revenues is equal to a capital of £10,000,000. He proposes that a commission should hold this property in trust, and appropriate £1,000,000 of it to each of the three Churches in Ireland. He adds that the remaining £7,000,000 ought to be reserved for purposes strictly Irish, and directed to the educational and moral impyovement of the people, without respect to class or creed. The Advertiser infers that Earl Russell knew perfectly well what he was about when he published his letter. He knew that the most vigorous and determined man in the Cabinet was on his side, and he said to himself, " You may groan or you may grumble, but you will have to do it after all." :Needless to say that our contemporary protests against any such scheme Lw this, and declares that it has no right to be proposed to Parliament, because it was never before the public. TILE PREMIER ACCORDING TO ORANGEMEN. The Orangemen of Manchester met together to keep their spirits up on Monday night. The prin cipal " gun " of the evening was a most extravagant abuse of Mr. Gladstone. This seems to amuse our Protestant defenders immensely, and they cheered the speaker to the echo. The Satanic ambition of the Premier, said the chairman to the excited meeting, reminded him of the individual of whom Milton said that he " Would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven." A thief was a thief, whether he was Prime Minister or peer ; and the robber and spoliator of the Irish Church must be a thief. Orangeism represented 500,000 men ; armed men ; for they must remember that the Bill of Rights gave to all Protestants the privilege of bearing arms. He would have to ask a great army of English and Scotch Orangemen, and a vast army in the Canada s. If Mr. Gladstone wished to break up the British Empire, or if he liked to " cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of war," the sooner he started the better. This very mild and Christianli!ie speech was made, be it observed, in defence of religion. TILE REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY. The funeral of Mr. Bell, the late member for the City, and the issue of an address by Baron Roths child, too!c place simultaneously. The Baron might just as well have waited 24 hours lon .3r, the more so as there is little chance of opposition. At a meeting of the Liberal party, presided over by Sir B. Phillips, that gentleman was himself named as a candidate, but he said that he should waive his claim in favour of the Baron. It was mentioned that at the last election 7,137 electors signed pledges to poll for the Baron, and that a fourth portion of his own supporters were at his own request withdrawn from his poll and added to that of his colleagues, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Alderman Lawrence, in . fulfilment of an agreement necessitated by the minority clause, but for which clause he would now have been member for London. The Baron is 61 years old, and in by no means robust health. A more energetic man would have been a better candidate ; but then the chief rEcnange In tne worict must elect tile woricus greatesi ina,ncier. TUE ELECTION PETITIONS. The Liberals continue to be fortunate. They have failed indeed to unseat the sitting member at Staley bridge, but Mr. Sidebottom had the narrowest pos sible escape. They have successfully defended the seats of Sir Robert Peel, Sir 11. Bulwer, and Mr. Grieve, and the petitions against Mr. Monk, Mr. Price, and Lord George Cavendish have been with drawn. On the other hand, there is a complete schism at Bradford. The backward and the advanced Liberals cannot unite, and so the scandal exhibited at the last two elections for this borough will be repeated—Liberal . standing against Liberal. Mr. Miall, who has been defeated twice, is to be brought forward without expense to himself. THE ARMY AND TIIE VOLUNTEERS. In a third letter to the Times, Lord Elcho presents the conclusion of his scheme for organising our military services. In his former letters he advocated an increased capitation grant to the volunteers and the adoption of a scheme of military districts, so that this force, the militia, and the regular army m i g ht be united under one command. He now sets forth includes conscription, further pl an f or improvement. It conscription, a new arrangement of the enlist ment.. time, and the volunteering of the militia by regiments ins - tead of by individual soldiers. Lord Elcho disag rees w ith the increase of the period of enlistment from ten to twelve years. He would recur to the old twent-one years' system, butwith very great " modifications.' divide the would the time into three periods ;yen ye ars with the regiment; seven years in the first reserve, to be called out once a year for training with the militia, and with liability to foreign service ; and seven years in the second reserve, with t he same training, but with liability for home service only. To each period he would attach a pension of :id. o r 4d. H He would also off e r facilities for employment in Government offices to those who have complete d their time. Lord Elcho's scheme agrees in many respects with that of Sir Charles Trevelyan's. The one would mak e th e per i o d o f serv i ce ve ry short, but . increase the attr ac ti ons w hi c h wou ld l ea d the soldier into the reserve, while the other would make the re serve compulsory. I n d ee d it is just a difference of compulsion. Sir Ch ar l es would treat a man so well that he would be led on from step to step to do what wa s f or th e good of the State, w hil e Lora Elcho would begin with th e assumption that Queen's right to com man d , and the p citiLen's privilege to serve. PAUPERISM AIND CHARITY. A somewhat stormy meeting has been held at Arundel Hall, Arundel-street, Mr. C. Reed in the chair, to discuss the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment for an inquiry into the causes of our increased pauperism and taxation, and into the constitution of the Poor-law Board. Many of the guardians of different London parishes were present, and as these gentlemen introduced some personal topics there was some angry discussion. The chair man, after insisting on th e necessity for amending the laws relating to pauperism, spoke strongly of the injustice inflicted on the poorer parishes by the inequality of the rates. The guardians present also objected to the proposed metropolitan asylums, and some resolutions embodying these views were passed. Mr. Lumley, honorary secretary of the Statistical Society, has addressed a letter to the Times respecting the immense difficulty which attends any attempt to obtain a correct report of the accont of our beneficents societies and institutions. Such an object has often been aimed at, but never attained, and the Statistical society themselves abandoned the effort in despair. SUNDAY TIIADINc. A conference of gentlemen and tradesmen interested in in the diminution of Sunday trading was he Monday at the Freemasons' Hall. Th e o bj ec t of the on meeting was merely to discuss the subject, and l e tt ers were read from members of both Houses of Parliam en t declaring their sympathy with the cause. The Bishop of London, in expressing his regret at his inability to attend, said that Sunday trading was pre-eminently a working man's question, and that he was very glad to see it in their hands. He thought that the true interests of those who were supposed to require the opportunity of purchasing on Sunday would really be best consulted by limiting that traffic as much as possible. The general feeling both of those present and of those who for warded their opinions in writing was in favour of a moderate measure. The Rev. J. Gritton, secretary of the Lord's Day Observance Society, said that the main argument in favour of Sunday trading was that perishable articles would not keep for many hours in the wretched 'dwellings of the poor. There was some truth in that, but he- had noticed that out of every si shops open, three were drhaing shops and one a tobacconist's shop. If meat would not keep from Saturday to Sunday, surely tobacco would. Some gentlemen present objected to the custom of having funerals on Sunday, but others explained that most Sunday funerals were those of the very poor. It was proposed that the hawkers and the costermongers should in v it e d t o a tea-meeting that their opinions might be heard. It was incidentally men tioned that 350 s h ops were open i n the par i s h - of St. Giles's on Sunday morning. In contrast to this fact TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINo, FEBRUARY 17, 1869. we may ooserve 'mat a xnousanct WC:Tiring men nave ioined the association. THE TURF A. ND THE DEEED OF 11011SEF4. The letter of Admiral I3ous to the Times has attracted a fair amount of attention. Its obvioul defect is that it is written " in the interest of the racing world." " 13. II." very neatly sums up the arguments against the Admiral and those who hold that the racehorse has not deteriorated. " They think, speak, and write of our blood-horses as if they were dcsignel not for our personal use, but to shew fleetness for a few yards at two or three years old; and this not even in sport, but in commercial specu lation. And while the present system of racing con tinues, the single quality of fleetness will overcome all other considerations." A horse is good • if it has" pluck " enough to hold on at a killing pace for about ten In in rtes ; bad if it cannot do this, through which a thief knocked a hole, thrust in his hand, grasped a bundle of greenbacks ($4,000), and skedaddled. In the street he transferred the booty to an accomplice, but the pursuit was hot, the bank clerks hating taken up the running. Edward C. Penton, the man who took the money, was captured, though he tried the dodge of dropping some of it as he ran along, perhaps remembering the interesting tale of the wolves. Nevertheless he was grabbed in Nassau-street, and committed for trial at the General Sessions, though his companion has, for the present at least, got off. The window was smashed by a thick iron instrument weighing some 101 be., expressly made for the purpose, and considering it was done is broad daylight your readers may have some idea of the state to which we are approaching in this city. A lot of counterfeitors were lately arrested. A box containing cheques and certificates of stock to a large amount have also been stolen from the office of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The sentence was pronounced on the 25th inst. against Blaisdell, Eckel, and M‘Laren. The first, awarded three years of Sing Sing, received the intimation with a grim smile ; Eskel made no sign when consigned to three years of the Albany Penitentiary ; but M‘Laren, who only got four months, seemed to rejoice thereat. The antecedents of the latter were not of the purest character, as he was indicted with Mrs. Cunningham for the murder of Dr. Harvey Bur dell fifteen years ago. Your readers are aware that these culprits were found guilty of defrauding the revenue of the tax on whisky, and great efforts were made to get them off, the District Court being thronged with men well known in the whisky ring. The sailors are on strike for a rise from $l6 per month to $3O; and the job printers are also on strike for 50 to 54 cents per 1,000 " ems." The sailors had a great procession, with banners in scribed " Free Trade" and " Sailors' Rights," but they were very orderly, and included all nationali ties. They did get up a groan for the owners of the ship Brooklyn, but beyond this they only lis tened to a few speeches in Franklin-square, and resolved not to engage under po. An island of Long Island Sound, containing 11,000 acres, is to be turned into a hunting ground, having been pur chased for that purpose. Our supply of water was interrupted by a break in the main pipe, and it is extraordinary the inconveniences New York suf fered during the few hours the Commissioners were working the necessary repair. Tom M'Gibney, whose arrest I announced as the murderer of Rogers, has been discharged, as it appears certain that he is not the man. A lawyer states that some years ago he had to defend three ruffians who were committed to the State prison, but after serving out their time they were discharged last month, and his clerk had seen them about Twelfth-street near the spat, and that one wore a coat similar to the piece torn from that of the murderer. Cols. Augustin, Ricardo Pimental, Capt. Lorenz) Jimenez, Abelari Vreco, and Jose Antonio Cintra, met their friends this morning at their headquarters, the Metropoli tan Hotel. Their object is to purchase arms and munitions, which on securing they will return and take part in the war for independence in Cuba. We ought to be careful with the Alabanvz case before us how we countenance such breaches of neutra lity. It makes a wonderful difference how I regard the robber whether the stolen property be mine or yours. I will give Sou any information I eau gather about the Rogers murder case, as more will be known before I close my letter. Three men lately arrested have been examined, James and Michael Logan, and James Tallant. The former is evidently a simple, hard-working man, but against the latter suspicions are enter tained. Indeed, it is said, that a woman named Martha Clearwater, can give information which will fix the murder on him. On the fatal morning she assisted him in exchanging his torn coat for another, together with a bat. They remained in her apartments in Green-street for two days. As I write more information is expected, Lut the authorities are convinced that this woman can pro duce the coat. The public are disappointed I now learn at the evidence given by her, the most important part of which is as follows :—" Between seven and eight o'clock on the evening of December 31st, Logan called again at 171, Green-street, and was dressed in the 8...n0 blue undercoat, pants, and a heavy black overcoat, and wore a different style of hat—a soft Alpine hat. I asked him what had become of his other overcoat," and he answered that since he had seen me on that morning he had lost his other overcoat in jumping the fences escap ng the police. Logan's right hand was at the time bound up with rags ; I noticed it, and asked him what was the matter with his hand, and he answered that he had hurt it on the fences. ti e remained with me all the night, but he did not undress, only took off his overcoat and lay down on the bed, and left the house next morning (New Year's day) at about eleven o'clock, and I have not seen him since." The assistant Dis trict Attorney then subjected her to a close cross examination, the substance of which was as fol lows :—Question —That undercoat he h a d on w h en he came back—was it a blue coat ? A nswer —Y es. Q. Similar to the one he had on when he came before. A. Yes. Q. You cannot tell whether it was the same ? A. No ; it was a blue cloth coat. Q. But the overcoat had been changed from a white coat to a black coat? A. Yes, sir. [The part of the murderer's coat shown her]. Coroner Flynn—Q. Does that look anything like the coat? ' A. No, sir, that is no t th e coat. Q. That is not the coat he had en the second t i me? A. No, sir, nor the first time. [The murderer's felt hat shown]. Q. Is that the hat A. No, sir ;I am . sa sure that is not the h at nor You the coat that he wore. District Attorney -- Q y he had his h an d bound up with rags ? A. Yes, sir. Q. Which hand ? A. His right hand. Q. He said he had got it jumping over the fences? A. Yes. His hand was not so the first time he came ? A. No, sir. Q. Are y battliok.mce he left you that fi rs t morning?o u sure A. w Sc t .en o'clock. Q. He said he had to go up town? A. Yes. Q. Did you see any letter in his pocket ? No, sir. Q. You did not see A. No, sir. Q. H ow d o y w o h u a what know was clock in th e m o rn i n g when he left ? in that hi si t po was cket? seven A. Because I heard the whistles blow. I know it was seven o'clock for I went down stairs and shut the front door. Q. Did you see the hand, whether it was cut or not ? A. I didn't see the rag taken off. Yesterday the case was again up, and it does not reveal any new or important fea ture, except fixing the exact time of the murder and the declaration of Mr. Rogers that his murderer was a small man. The biggest of the Logans is certainly exculpated by this evidence, as he could not have been at the spot at the time, nor does he answer the description. Two Custom-house clerks, Messrs. Korn and Laidlaw, have been arrested for alleged frauds on the Government, extending through a period of two years, by which they rea lized $500,000, through false claims for drawback. One name borne on the papers was Fear, a brokerwho lately fled from the States carrying away a large sum : a third clerk was arrested on Thursday, and there is great excitement in the Custom-house as others are believed to be implicated. Indeed yesterday John 0. V. Wilson Was committed in default of bail. Some negroes were yesterday assaulted at Brooklyn, William Edwards and a number of other coloured persons being attacked by rowdies. Edwards and Horsey were conversing when some white men-.. Hopkins, Gauley, and others —pushed them into the gutter ; then Gauley knocked Edwards down, and Horsey corning to his assistance was asaulted. The negroes on this fled, but were surrounded by the gathering crowd, when Horsey drew a knife and stabbed Hopkins, ami d by this escaped further molestation. Edwards was not so fortunate, for be was pursued by the mob through Canton -street to Myrtle-avenue, and into a crockery store at the corner of Ramond-avenue, the pursuers yelling " Kill the nigger!" and struck him senseless with the earthen pots. Gauley was then arrested, af terwards rescued, b u t again recaptured. The negro Horsey W ee a lso arrested, and identi fied by Hopkins, who had been carried to hos pital. The sailors' strike is considered to have ended, by the shipowners agreeing to the fol lowing terms :—To all ports of Europe and east of the Bay of Iliac ly, $3O a month and $3O advance ; to any port in the %Vest Indies, Spanish Main, East Coast of South America, or West Coast of Africa, $25 a month and sess in advance; to any port around the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, js2o a month and c . 0 10 in advance ; coastwise, $2O a month and $l5 in advance; foreign vessels, $35 a month and V 5 advance. The journeymen printers, however, have not yet settled matters. At a meet ing of the employers it was resolved that they can not accede to the scale of prices recently presented, and it was announced that the firms that had agreed to the terms only did so conditionally, and would abide by the decision of that meeting. The strike is confined to the book trade, and it has be come evident that the business of stereotyping, printing, and binding should be removed from the centre of the city to a more accessible locality, where the workmen can get cheaper and more healthy quarters. THE STAFF OF LIFE. A spirited attempt is being made to bring us back to the consideration of first principles in the constituents of so much of our food as is repre sented by the wheaten loaf. At present the wheat and straw are brought together from the harvest field, and, after separation, the wheat is sooner or later passed to the miller. What the miller does with it is well known. It is ground by him (1) into best flour, or pastry whites ; (2) into whites ; (3) into households ; (4) into seconds ; (5) into thirds ; and (6) into fine middlings. A simpler classifi cation would be (1), into the flour which is sepa rated from the dressing machine, and is best on second flour, according to the quality of the wheat used ; (2) into the middlings, which through the bolting machine to become fine mid• dlings, coarse middlings, and third flour ; (3) into the refuse or offal which is made over to the jumper or frame of wire gauze that turns out superfins , pol lard, fine pollard, coarse pollard, and bran ; and it may be remarked, as throwing light on the value of some of the varieties, that sailors' biscuits are made from fine middlings, and that pigs are fed from second middlings. As for the pollards they enter largely into the food of market poultry, and as for the bran it is given to horses. Of the baker this only need be said that he makes the dough from two weights of flour and one of water, but he gets his sponge from yeaet and salt; that generally he only mixes potatoes to the extent of 81bs. to the sack of flour ; that he submits to the prevailing de mand for white bread, and sometimes may give tenacity and colour to inferior flour by the use of alum ; and that he excludes bran from household bread. Such being the prevailing treatment of wheat and bread, a set of questions arise that it will be well to answer. Is this treatment of wheat such as science would suggest? Is the present manu facture of bread satisfactory ? Is it possible, with our knowledge of wheat, to make a short crop go farther ; and that an average or full crop might reduce the price of bread below the common level ? This is the series. Taking it as it stands wheat is composed of an outer and inner part, the inner consisting of starch, the outer of gluten, and of the earthy and the alkaline phosphates. The gluten is flesh forming, the earthy phosphate bone and teeth forming, the alkaline phosphate is healthy blood forming. Starch, on the one hand, main tains animal heat, being totally wanting in flesh and tissue forming power. Thus the present ma nufacture of flour is as unsatisfactory as it well can be. It makes offal of the outer part of the wheat, and apparently for no better reason than that it is white and pleasing to the eye, it accepts the inner part. It rejects what, in truth, is the better part of the wheat ; as if it were indifferent what is taken and what is left. But, ob viously, there ought to be no indifference. The object of bread eating should be broadly looked at. For inasmuch as the inner part neither forms bone, muscle, nor flesh, its exclusive use in bread leaves —unnecessarily leaves—those parts of the body to be nourished by other flesh, muscle, and bone forming elements. When such elements are eaten in approximate proportions to those present in entire wheat, no injury is done ; but when they are not partaken of, there necessarily is the inferior development so often noticeable in the poor. The chief dependence of the poor being bread, the 3 , in deed, are presumably unable to make good the bone muscle, and flesh forming deficiencies of bread as at present sold. With the rich it is otherwise. At pleasure they command whatever appetite or the necessities of their bodies may require ; and that the rich are not always fine specimens of muscular development is no answer to what is now affirmed. Among the rich, as with others, there are numbers incapable of great physical development; while some, as with others, from indifference or igno rance, or even from perverted choice, accept of starch as their chief nourishment. No wonder, therefore, that such, both among the rich and poor, should lose their teeth at an early age, and even at the best have imperfectly formed teeth. The special nutriment of the teeth, as of bone, muscle, and flesh, is in the outer part of the wheat, which, being neglected, cast aside as offal, in other words used for the bone and flesh development of horses, market poultry, and pigs, man, generally, has an inferior physical development to that which he might possess. The first of the series of questions is thus answered —the prevailing treatment of wheat is not such as science would suggest. Nor is it marked day the intelligence of the early Egyptian mortar grinding ; or the equally rational modes of corn grinding throughout Brazil and the River Plate countries at the present day. The second question, whether the present manufacture of bread is satisfactory, stands in need of little more being said than has been suggested by implication. No mere manipu lation of the inner part of wheat, by whatsoever name it may be called, will invest it with the pro perties of the outer part. The raw material of the baker's craft must itself be changed. Then, as re gards the third question, whether it is possible, with our knowledge of wheat,to make a short crop go farther than we are likely to do at present, implica tion, too, has already helped us. At present consump tion is largely borne by the inner part of the wheat. The outer part is rejected. Consequently we have only to utilize the outer part to secure a large prac tical increase in our available supplies.—Anglo- American Times. SZTTLEMENT OF THE NOVA SCOTIAN DIFFICULTY. The Canadian papers announce that the dispute between Nova Scotia and the remaining portion of the Canadian Dominion has been finally disposed of. It will be remembered that Nova Scotia was averse to enter ing the union of all the British American provinces on the ground that the terms of the arrangement were un favourable. It has now been agreed that an increase of money appropriation shall be granted to Nova Scotia, and that no change shall bo made in the tariff. Sir John A. Macdonald has agreed to bring a measure be fore Parliament to provide that the Nova Scotia debt, on her comingintotheUnion,shall be fixed at a fraction 0ver9,000,000 dollars, being 2,000,000 less than fixed bythe constitution. An annual subsidy is to be paid Nova Scotia from the com mencement of the Union, for tsn years, of about $BO,OOO per annum. The Province Building in Halifax, which cost $250,000, is to be taken possession of by the Do minion, and Nova Scotia paid for the expenditures on it. It appears that a despatch from Mr. Gladstono's Govern ment informed the Nova Scotians that they need not expect any better terms, and thus the dispute was peremp torily terminated. MADAME RACHEL AND HEE SOLICITOR- At thefudges' °bombers, - yesterday morning, before Master Bmith, the adjourned application in the motet of " Madame' Rachel v. Haynes, an Att orne y," came up for hearing. Mr. Norman said Mr. Haynes, the de fendant, was appointed in 1862, and up to the time of the trial of Madame Rachel, and during that trial he received large sums of money from her. There was a sum of £3,401 received about August, 1862, from Madame Rachel per sonally, for the purpose of paying up a mortgage due where she carried on business. He received other sums amounting to about £6,000 subsequently to that period, and which it was represented to her by Mr. Haynes had been invested in securities for certain trust deeds. There was a further sum of £4,500 received from Madame Rachel. Ho was, in fact, her banker, and ho represented to her that he bad invested this money for her benefit in certain shares in a mining company. Then there is another sum of £4,000 which he represented to her that ho had invested in shares in ono of the London gas and coke light companies. Other moneys in his hands he represented he had invested in her behalf. The Master said—This is of the nature of a criminal charge, and Mr. Haynes ought to be hero. Mr. Lewis—ln fact it amounts to a charge of embezz ling Madame Rachel's money. Mr. Norman continued his statement. There is a further sum of £4,000, which he (Mr. Haynes) received from Madame Rachel. The Master— If you prove this charge against Mr. Haynes, the defendant. he will undoubtedly be struck off the rolls and ruined for life, Therefore you must prove the misappropriations specifically, it is very easy to make charges against an attorney, and it is difficult to prove them. At this period the reporters were ordered to retire, and the remainder of the business was transacted with closed doors. OBITUARY. The Times obituary contains the names of five persons who have died at over 80 years of age, one of them at 92. Among the others are Mr. Wardrop, surgeon to George IV., and who was 87, and Mr. Gye, formerly M.P. for Chippenham, who was 89. Mr. Wardrop is understood to have left some MS. which throws much light upon the character of his royal patient. As that character will scarcely bear much light, no doubt the MS. will be judiciously suppressed. PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND. The accounts which are received from Lieutenant Warren of the progress of exploration in Palestine describe the results of a shaft sunk at the south-east angle of the Haram area. The rock at this point is about seventy feet below the surface, and the shaft was sunk to the depth of fifty-two feet. On arriving at this depth a gallery was driven to the Haram wall, and another to the south-east angle. Letters in red paint were found on some of the stones, which are all in perfect order. The letters are in red paint, apparently put in with a brush, the colour appearing to be vermillion. In one part a hole was found scooped out of the rock, about a foot across and a foot deep. Standing upright in this hole was a small earthenware jar. Further to the north the rock was found to be cut away in the form of a horseshoe. All the cha racters and figures painted on these stones have been sketched and sent home. They are to be examined at the British Museum, in the hope that some inscrip tion may be deciphered, but Lieutenant Warren believes that they are only mason's marks. FOREIGN NOTES. EASTERN EUROPE. The IncUpeddance Beige very fairly sums up the net gain by the Paris Conference. It is clear that it can have no practical result beyond contributing something to the temporary postponement of war. It cannot effect the slightest change in the policy of Greece; it cannot prevent intrigues in Roumania, agitation in Servia and Bulgaria, inquietude in Turkey; but its great value consists in its being a tangible evidence of the difficulty of breaking the peace of Europe, except for the most serious quarrels. The advocates of war are numerous, but no sooner do they become dangerous than all the friends of peace unite against them. As to Eastern affairs, they go on just as usual. Montenegro wants a seaport, Roumania a change of government, and now Servia is about to add its voice to the chorus of malcon tents. According to the Libert e, it is about to address a note to the Great Powers, urging the rectification of its frontier on the side of Bosnia. RUSSIA. Mr. Kinglake's "Invasion of the Crimea" has been detained by the censors of the Russian Government for a long time ; but it is now permitted to be sold in the capital. The correspondent of the Post relates that Prince Menschikoff, whom Mr. Kinglake handles very roughly, went the other day into the shop of an English bookseller in St. Petersburg, and asked for "a new English work of any kind." The attendant, utterly forgetful of the lamentable appearance made by his customer in Mr. Kinglake's book, offered him a copy of it; but the Prince, making a face suggestive of a sudden attack of cholera, muttered something to the effect that " he did not care much for that kind of litera ture," and went hastily out of the shop. MATTER IN THE WRONG PLACE. Austria, being now the freest of the great continental States, has been chosen as an eligible residence by such a host of monarchs retired from business on a competency more or less ample, that their presence is becoming a serious embarrassment. The ex-King of Hanover, the ex-Elector of Hesse, the Duke of Modena, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the Duke of Parma, and all their relatives, not to mention the Cotnt de Chambord, are all congregated within the Austrian dominions. The most troublesome of these is the first mentioned. King George of Hanover still resides near Vienna, and his agents display such activity in his behalf as to give much trouble to the Government. The Emperor's Cabinet would gladly get rid of the responsibility of keep ing guard over the dispossessed monarch, but the ex- King's advisers urge him to remain in Austria, hoping that the time will yet come when a war with Prussia will restore the Hanoverian dynasty. But, unfortunately for these sovereigns sans subjects, the modern tendency to diminish the number of active partneri in the great busi ness of government seems to gain strength. SPAIN. Though the opening of the Cortes Constituentes was a rather riotous performance, there can he no doubt that the ceremony awakened an amount of public interest and enthus'asm very rare in Spain. Perhaps some of this' is to be accounted for on the supposition that though the Spaniards have not learnt to appreciate universal suffrage, they have not forgotten their love for a spectacle. The crowd outside and inside the building in which the assembly met was enormous. The route by which the members of the Provisional Government reached the Congress was thronged by enthusiastic thousands, the building was filled as soon as the doors were opened, and at the review, which followed the inaugural ceremony, all Madrid, speaking not metaphorically, was present, Isabella can hardly derive much hope from the account of that day's proceedings. The absence of all but the most trifling demonstrations of hostile feeling shows that the Spanish may yet be led by a good Government, as well as driven by a bad one. The Times eloquent correspondent says that the opening of the Cortes created a feeling of unutterable relief and at the same time of gratified pride in the hearts of all men, both in the Provisional Govern ment and among the people. They have every reason to congratulate themselves on the achievement. There is no instance on record of another nation living for so long a period of time in utter uncertainty of its own destinies, and trusting with so heroic a faith men whom chance, and not choice, had charged with the guidance of those desti nies. The same writer gives other important intelligence. The election of Rivero as President of the Cortes by a large majority over Olozaga throws much light upon the complication of parties. Olozaga, who is far more Con servative than Rivero, was the candidate of the Unionists —the most Conservative of the popular parties. Prim supported Olozaga more out of respect for his engagements with Serrano than from any preference for the candidate of less advanced opinions. The election was determined by a large number of Progressists disre garding their leader and voting with the Democrats and the Republicans. The Times correspondent believes that Prim was secretly rejoiced at this. The Progressist leader has lost all hope, and perhaps all desire, to save the monarchy, and is disposed to allow the country to drift into a republic. He will certainly never vote for Montpensier, and a Bourbon or Don Fernando is equally unlikely. On the other hand, the Liberte, which has conjured up several royal phantoms only to have the satisfaction of seeing them quietly exorcised, announces that Don Fernando has consented to become the candidate of the Government. In commercial circles it is noted with satisfaction that the address read by Marshal Serrano at the opening of the Cortes contained a direct promise that the Government intended to fulfil all its monetary obligations. CUBA. A - letter from a very well-informed personage in Cuba states that the only terms upon which the insurgents will consent to treat are complete emancipation and a Government similar to that of Canada. By the system of avoiding general engagements, and harassing the troops over a trackless country, the insurrection continues to hold Its wround. THE DOMINION OF CANADA. Mr. Joseph Howe has accepted office in the Canadian Cabinet as President of the Privy Council. The Foil deems this a sign that the fierce anti-union feeling in Nova Scotia has greatly diminished. Much of this good result, our contemporary thinks, is due to Mr. Howe, who endea voured to mitigate the demands of his countrymen as soon as he found that it was hopeless to insist upon them. The practical effect of this change of policy has been most beneficial. Not only does it put an end to the dispute between Nova Scotia and tbe rest of the Dominion►, but in all probability Newfoundland, which might have remained out of the Union. will new join it. Prince Edward's Island will then follow, and As the annexation of the Hudson's Bay Territory is merely a matter of money, 1869 may yet witness the un ion, under ona Government, of that vast dominion which stretches from th? frontier of the United States to the Arctic Ocean. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Last Saturday an impudent robbery was at tempted on the Park Bank next to the Herald office.. The cashier's desk has a plate-glass window only between it and the space devoted to the public, TR 4.DES UNIONISM IN BRISTOL. Trades unions have just been exhibited in their best aspect at a meeting held at the Broadmead-rooms. Bristol. Tho object was the presentation of £lOO to a permanently disabled member. Mr. Handel Cossham, who was in the chair, delivered an interesting address, denouncing class legis lation, and declaring that combinations for lawful purposes should be permissible alike among masters and workmen. Tho property of trades-unions should bo protected the same as the property of an individual, and their funds preserved from fraud or misuse. Mr. Boss said that ho believed the best thing that law could do was to remove the restrictions that stood in the way of trade and commerce, and let industry of all kinds have fair play, not subjecting it to any unnecessary restrictions. Mr. Bobert Applegarth, the secretary, afterwards delivered a lecture on trades' unions from the working man's point of view, He said that some people imagined that trades' unions were established for the sole purpose of increasing wages and obtaining shorter hours, forgetting altogether their benevolent aspect. Mr. Applegarth went on to show the great difficulties under which unorganised labour suffered, specially mentioning the "slop workers," the labourers in the docks, and the agricultural labourers. The Post-office employes, and the railway porters again had no trades unions, and like other unorganised branches of industry, they were ill paid. Their opponents then must point to some better specimens than these before they could tell them that they would do as well without trades unions as with them. Alluding to the want of education among English workmen, the speaker expressed his surprise that they had got on as well a s they had, and advocated a system of compulsory education. The member for whose benefit the meeting was called cer tainly furnished a favourable specimen of the advantages conferred by such a society, since he only joined it in 11;66, paying £3 13s. Gd. during his two years of mernbevQhin and receiving since his accident the sum of X 137. A factory belonging to the Nottingham 'Manufac turing Company Limited, at Loughborough, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. The damage is reported at between £4,000 and £5,000. The testimonial subscribed for by the Liberals of Cambridgeshire to their late member, Mr. R. Young, amounts to upwards of GOO guineas. Mr. Young desired that the money should be applied to the provisions of a dispensary at Wisheach. The committee have, however, decided to present the testimonial in tho shape of a dinner service, and a suite of jewellery for Mrs. Young. The presentation is to take place at a banquet, to bo given at the Guildhall, Cam bridge, on the 24th inst. The Right Hon. John Bright and other members of Parliament have igomised to attend. -'HE CONVEAT CASE. The convent case still drags its weary length in the Queen's Bench. The large crowd in Westminster Hall might be explained yesterday perhaps by the opening of Parliament, but there was an evident crushing towards the court where "Saurin v. Starr" was being tried. There was a slight relief occasioned inside by a little episode for which the jury and all who are "compelled " to attend must have been very thankful. Amidst the mass of evidence about "indiscretions," " dis edifying discourses," and " breaches of our rules," the' Solicitor-General interrupted the evidence of Mrs. M`Owne, and handed up to the Lord Chief Justice a letter, which he said had been enclosed to him for that purpose. The Lord Chief Justice having read it, told the court that this was one of a series of offensive letters which he had been receiving during the progress of the case. Somebody who neither knows Sir Alexander Cockburn nor has a large amount of common sense has been sending to his lordship epistles intended for his edification, in which they charge him with all sorts of misconduct. He openly told the writer yester pay that he would be much wiser to save himself so much trouble. The communications had not the slightest effect upon him. The Solicitor-General rather complained that he had been made the bearer of such a missive. The evidence given was " all of a piece " with that which has been given day after day since the defence was commenced. Mrs. M`Owne was the witness, and she corroborated in many respects the evidence of the two defendants. Here is one example of the kind of thing that occupied the attention of the court for hours. Mr. Charles Russell elicited from the witness that " Once Miss Sarnia told me it was my business to see that she had got hot tea, although I had given direction to the refectorian to take particular care of Miss Saurin, because she was so difficult to please in her food. I don't think Miss Saurin knew it. Her duties up to August 1864 were of the ordinary and usual character," &c., &c. Summed up, her charge against Miss Saurin amounted to this : that she was obstinate, that she would not obey her superiors, that she was unpunctual, and loved to idle and talk with seculars ; that she did not love her duties,was irreverent, and behaved otherwise unseemly; that she did not do as the rules told her to do, " obey the convent bells as the voice of God ;" that she wrote letters and made visits without permission, and that, altogether, those who had to look after her had a hard time of it. Indeed, , Mrs. M`Owne said : " I would rather beg my bread from door to door than be any longer superior to Miss Saurin. The community," the witness added, "have been very happy since Miss Saurin left." Mrs. M`Owne also declared that Miss Saurin was well treated in the convent, denied that she was put to menial work, said that if she did it she did it of her own accord, and spoke of the indulgence which was shewn to her on account of her brother's death. The Lord Chief Justice : What was the conduct generally of the mother superior towards the sisters in the two establishments, so far as your experience goes ? Witness : Exceedingly kind. The Lord Chief Justice : Was there any difficulty with other members of the community and the mother su perior? Witness : Not that I know of. The Lord Chief Justice : So far as your knowledge goes ;his was the only difficulty ? Witness : Yes. Mrs. King was the next witness. She also noticed the obstinacy of the plaintiff, her capacity for eating between meals other people's food, and her deception. Moreover, she charged Miss Saurin with habitual cruelty to the school children. The case was adjourned before her evidence was concluded. THE CAPITATION GRANT,—The volunteers of Scotland have appointed a deputation to wait upon the Secretary of State for War, to ask for an increase in the capitation grant by at least 10s. It is announced that Captain Ducane, of the Royal Engineers, who held a responsible position in connection with the International Exhibition of 1851, has been appointed to the Chairmanship of Directors of Convict Prisons, vacant by Colonel Henderson having been made Chief Commis sioner of the Metropolitan Police. The Manchester Courier notices that the short time movement is spreading, and the prospects of operatives are far from being cheering. In Preston, as already announced, many operatives have had their hours of labour reduced; and the short time system is being adopted. Trade, indeed, is in a most depressed condition. An entrance was effected into the premises of Mr. Markendale, wholesale butcher, St. John-street, Manchester, on Sunday, and a sum of £6OO in bank notes, gold, and silver, removed from one of Milner's safes. Upon an examination being made of the premises, it was found that there was not a s i n gle scratch upon the safe, or any marks of a violent en trance having been effected. The Presbyterian Church Missions in. England are in great financial difficulties. At the annual local meeting, at the Liverpool Institute, on Monday, it was stated that owing to the expenses of church extension in England, the Home Mission fund has a yearly expenditure of £2,600, and to meet this outgoing there is an ordinary income of only £1,400 a year. The committee are at present under liabili ties of £l,OOO to £1,200 beyond its past incomes. The Lord-Lieutenant received an address of con gratulation from the town -council of Waterford on Monday. In the course of his reply his Excellency said—" You make special allusion to a subject of very grave importance— the settlement of the land question. I thank you for bringing under my notice in a definite shape the prin ciples of legislation embodied in a former bill, which, ac cording to your view, would lead to a satisfactory settle ment of the question. Such practical suggestions are valu able to the Government. I shall give my anxious attention to a subject so intimately connected with the well- being of the country." The Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that the feeling in Congress is one of decided opposition to the Alabama treaty. The expression of opinion recently attributed to General Grant, to the effect that England was liable for more than the value of the ships burnt by the Alabama, really proceeded from him, and met with hearty approval everywhere. " The Senate will never agree to the settlement of the Alabama business on the basis proposed." There is no desire for war, " but there is a general determination that the question shall remain an open one rather than it shall be closed on terms which are considered unfair, if not humiliating." A rather singular charge of interfering with the comfort of railway passengers came before the Cullorapton magistrates, Devonshire, on Monday. The Bristol and Exe ter Railway Company prosecuted. The defendant was Mr. Woodbridge, a miller, of Exeter. This gentleman, it was stated, got into an earnest political con versation with a Mr. Piper, managing agent of the Tiverton Times, and used rough language, which annoyed two gentletnen and some ladies in the same compartment. The defence set up was that Mr. Woodbridge received pro vocation, a paragraph concerning himself having appeared in a paper, as he believed, through Mr. Piper. The bench considered tho case a gross one, and inflicted a penalty of £3, including costs. ACCIDENT TO VISCOUNT JOCELYN.—Viscount Jocelyn met with an accident on Monday evening which it is hoped will not prove so serious as was contemplated at the time. It appears that while in a hansom cab, in descending Hay-hill, Berkeley -square, the horse fell, and his lordship was thrown out of the cab and fell on his back, and it is feared has sustained considerable injury to his spine. His lordship was taken to Lady Palmerston's re sidence in Park-lane, and his brother-in-law, Viscount Sudley, was immediately sent for, as well as medical advice. Although suffering considerable pain f9r Alks j la now nine M favourably..; AMERICAN FETE DAYS IN LONDON• The meeting, twice called at the Langham to arrange for the celebration of the Anniversary of Washington's Birthday (Feb. 22), has failed to attract a number of Americans sufficient to give the necessary éclat. Some Americans are much disappointed, and assert that there is less public spirit in theiicountrymen residing in London than ill any other city wherein they congregate. There certainly is less of American gregarianism in the British metropolis than in continental cities for ob vious reasons. No American resides in Lon ; don for mere pleasure, and here as a man of business, he is lost in - the business surroundings of the mighty population. His associations, in a measure his thoughts and feelings, take an Eng lish form, and a stranger dining at the table of an American commercial magnate would be wholly unaware that his host was a foreign citiz,en. Thus taking their places in English society they cannot fail to be influenced by its tone. Conse quently the grades into which it is divided separate one business class from another, and their small numbers in the great hive wherein they live are further severed. Belgravia has little connection with Paddington, but it does not follow that a man is less patriotic because his house is in Eaton square, and he does not know his countryman in St. John's-wood. To bring them together is no light task, and it can only be done, as everything in England is done, by getting some acknovr" ledged leaders to make the call. Nor is it only that each American residing in London is lost in his English circle ; they are divided by party feel ing. Some of the strongest Secessionists, and some equally decided Unionists are among then], who, unless pressed together, will not mingle. When Americans contrast this with the colony in Paris, or the chance gathering at Nice, Rome, or Dresden, and condemn their countrymen in Lon don, they do not make due allowance for the different circumstances. The Paris colony is an Eng' lish speaking community among a French speaking community. Those who wish to stray are thrown back into the fold by their helplessness to get win a country whose language to them is unknown -- we speak, of course, of the mass, not of the excel)" tions who speak French well. The habits and customs being foreign are unfamiliar, and what is enjoyable cannot be enjoyed alone. When abroad men so gregarious as Americans find a charm on reaching a spot to which their fellow-citizens throng. This colony, as a rule, is composed of families of fortune, lounging out afewyears in the metropolis of fashion, reinformed and renewed by additions, an d by the constant passage through of travellers. N° wonder an American on a European tour establishe s his head-quarters there, and hurries from London' where it is as hard to find a fellow-citize n as a needle in a haystack, to a rendezvous where be has the advantage of combining foreign surround' ings with home faces. The pity is that the call fo r the celebration of WASHINGTON'S Birthday was lo t made to the lovers of freedom, and not to Amori cans only. 'WASHINGTON is a citizen of the w orld , and stands first on that small list of Freedom's 0 11 ' to which no country furnishes more than one .or two names. There are thousands of Englishllle ll , who would rejoice to do ho n o ur t o th e mem ory 01 ' the great patriot, and it is even hard to perstric le England that the most renowned of A nglo-Sasoll s is not English.—Anglo American Times. 711 E WATERLOO CUP-711E DRAW. Mr Marfleet ns Morning Dew v. Dr. Richardson Requiem. Mr J. Li:medals ns Light Cavalry v. Mr J. Cunning' ham's Crown Imperial. Mr Leigh ns Lobelia v. Sir G. Evans ns Exact. Lord Sefton ns Sapphira v. Mr J. Foulkes ns Lass. Mr W. G. Barden ns Federal v. Mr Dunlop ns 34 3 ,; shal Ney. Mr J. Hodgson ns Go It Spy v. Mr Wise ns VbIOXO in Black. Hon. C. C. Molyneux ns Salvia v. Mr Blanshard Dg Bethell. Mr N. Saxton ns Clearbarrow v. 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