The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-12 00:00:00

THE FRENCH ATLA NTIC CABLE, The success of the French Atlantic Cable may now be taken as accomplished. What now remains to be done is a mere matter of detail, about the successful completion of v'hich it is not too much to say that no possible doubt exists ; and no more anxiety is felt about it than there would be about laying a line between Dover and Calais. The French Atlantic Cable is virtually laid ; all its deep-sea dangers are past. The line is in an unexampled condition in all its tests, and all that is wanting to complete it is to make the connection between St. Pierre and Boston over very shallow water. A matter which tends to give confidence is the perfect punctuality and regularity with which the Great Eastern has done her work throughout. With a chart of the Atlantic it has been quite easy to mark at any hour of the day or night within a mile the spot she was on, or to mark within a mile where she would be in the next twenty-four hours. The course laid down for her has never been appreciably deviated from, and the amount of slack, calculated at 14 per cent., has been expended almost to a mile. It wan expected that on Thursday and Friday, whatever the weather, the great ship would begin to roll very heavily, and ou Thursday and Friday the reflecting galvanometer at Minot' shewed that in this as in other matters she was doing exactly what was expected and predicted of her. The Great Eastern will probably remain at St. Pierre till the end of this week to put on the paddle floats which were removed before she started, and to put out those she has in now to the full circum ference of the wheels. Then, having transhipped all the staff of engineers and electricians on board the William Cory, the great ship returns at once to England, where she is expected at the end of this month, to take in the Anglo-Indian Cable. In the meantime the staff, with the William Cory, will proceed to lay about IG4 miles of cable from St. Pierre towards Boston. In this journey she will be accompanied by the Scanderia and the Chiltern. This length of cable will take the William Cory over water varying in depth from 150 to 200 or 250 fathoms, past Cape Breton to the Cut of Canso. The staff will then again be transferred to the Scan deria, which will lay 450 more miles of intermediate line of extra thickness. This will stretch from the Gut of Canso to the edge of the Brown Bank, south of Cape Table, and will be laid in water of not less titan 100 fathoms ; the Chiltern then in turn takes the staff and lays the remainder from Brown Bank to Boston, a dis tance of about 150 miles, and this completes the St. Pierre and Boston section, and then all is done. Everything is expected to be completed by the end of this month, after which the whole line must remain in perfect order for thirty-one days before it is formally taken over by the French Company, which then becomes solely responsible for its working and maintenance. TRIAL OF CENTRAL-FIRE REVOLVERS. On Saturday a trial was made, in the covered rifle •sound at the Crystal Palace, of improved Colt's revol vers, the improvement being one which has long been desired, and which has been under the consideration of ; inventors for two or three years. Since the six-chamber " Colt " was first introduced to the notice of Englishmen, at the Great Exhibition of 1851, it has maintained its supremacy as an accurate shooter. But it has been surpassed by the mechanical adaptability and handiness of use ; and it was in a dangerous way of being gradually superseded and rendered obsolete, till the plan of making it a central-fire pistol was perfected. The old revolver, made on the ordinary cap and nipple pattern ' which was general with fire-arms of every kind before the system of breecbloading began rapidly to tend towards universal adoption of central-fire cartridges, can, at a cost of twenty shillings, be converted to the new and approved form. There are about 17,000 Colt's revolvers in the service of the English Government; and it is therefore a question of some national importance whether, instead of rearming our men, it would not be wiser to improve the weapons with which they are already provided. With those weapons it is perfectly well known that better practices can be made, at a greater number of paces,than with anyother kind of revolving pistol. In the matter of rapidity, some of the repeating breechloaders may appear Eta: to have an advantage over the "Colt," even in its improved shape. But the merits in this respect are balanced by the facility with which exploded cartridges are ejested fans the new central-fire pistol bearing the redoubtable Ameri can colonel's name. It is an unquestionable recommenda tion of the improved "Colt" that its empty cartridges can be readily got rid of in the simplest manner, without aid of the lever ramrod. This appliance is used in loading just as it was used with the capped chambers of the old-fashioned pistol. That is to say, the central-fire cartridge is not inserted at the breech of the chamber, but is rammed home, and the pistol is thee discharged in the usual way. The empty shells are removed by cocking and snapping; the hammer--an operation which, with a little practice, can be performed in an astonishingly short space of time. Another valuable quality of the improved pietel, or of its ammunition rather, is the saving of the metallic cases or shells, which can be reloaded again and again. An interchangeable nipple cylin.' sr is supplied with these pistols, which can thus be loaded with loose powder and ball, a matter of no small importance in countries where made-up ammunition is not easily procurable. The trials on Saturday were, without the smallest exception, satisfactory. So far from accuracy and penetration having suffered by the change of cartridge and the addition of the extracting apparatus, it was found that, if anything, the pistols were improved in these respects, as they are unquestionably improve , " all others. LAW AND FOLIC' AN ExECUTOR'S LIABILM4.— /n Vice-Chancellor bill was filed against the Stwat's Court, on Saturday executors of a deceased t ,Atee to obtain from his estate the sum of V 2,500 w}-", it was averred, had been lost through a bred"' of trust on his part in lending it upon immffi „est security. The Vice-Chancellor, on the hear;-14 declared the estate of the trustee liable. Int the executors did not admit assets, an d .A account of the estate was taken, when it appeared t re were assets sufficient to have paid the amount. The Vice-Chancellor therefore held the executors personally liable for the additional costs. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—In Judges' Chambers, on Saturday, the affairs of the Duke of Newcastle were heard before Mr. Baron Martin, and an application was made on behalf of Mr. Gladstone, as trustee, for the value of some timber. The application was opposed on behalf of Mr. Padwick, and Mr. Baron Martin decided that it was too late. PADWICIE V. BEYFUS.—Two summonses were heard at the same time on the part of Messrs. Beyfus. On a former occasion a complaint was made on behalf of Messrs. Beyfus of the trial in the feigned issue Padwick v. Peters," and leave was asked to proceed with Messrs. Beyfus's issue, as they disputed the legality of Mr. Pad wick's judgment. Mr. Baron Martin did not see how the question as to the legality of the judgment could be raised; but if it was thought there had been no trial, in fact, of the matter, he should give Messrs. Beyfus leave to pro ceed with their feigned issue. Mr. Padwick's solicitor said that it had been implied the judgment was obtained by connivance, which he denied. Mr. Tidy remarked that Messrs. Beyfus's bills were discounted at 60 per cent., but it was afterwards stated that it was 30 per cent. Finally, after much discussion. an order was made for a commission to examine the Duke at Homburg. • A CHARGE OF LIBEL.—On the South Wales Ciruit, las. week, an action for libel was brought against the Haver fordwest and Milford Haven Telegraphs by Lieut. Brand, formerly of Jamaica. It appeared that in the course of some strictures on the conduct of Lieutenant Gilmore at the late election, the name of Lieutenant Brand was men tioned, and strong language used. The defence was that the alleged libel referred to a matter of history ; but Mr, Baron Channell held that the words used passed the bounds of fair criticism. Verdict for the plaintiff — damages £5O. CONVICTION OF AN OFFICER,—At Rochester the Mayor and magistrates have investigated a charge against Lieutenant Gibson, of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry. He was accused of being drunk, refusing to leave the Bull Hotel, Rochester, and assaulting the superintendent. He was ordered to pay a penalty of £2, inclusive of costs. The money was paid by his friends. THE NOTTING MAIII ELECTION PET I TION. —On Saturday this petition against Mr. Seely, jun., was ap pointed to be heard at Nottingham on Thursday, the 20th inst., before Mr. Baron Martin. - - A STORY OF lIAUT ToN.—A topic of conversa tion in high life is the approaching marriage of au attcteM of the Chinese Embassy to a Parisian beauty. The young couple met at a ball, :end vowed in Cliinese never to part. The celestial is described as " LOU: en qu'il y a de plus chinois." The parents of thw young lady, who is over age, are in despair. A RucIPE.—To Cuitr, A PUBLIC SINGER OF HOARSENESS.—The Elector of Ciasel had a perfect cure, which might be employed in similar cases—namely, when grand tenors and prime donne become suddenly ill just as the theatre is about opening. He had eng: god a tenor, but at the supreme niomert the artiste becarae ill. His Highness directed the,head of the lunatic asylum and two assistants to visit the singer, an:l they proceeded to put on him a strait-waistcoat, he having been declared mad. He said he was not so ; and to his frantic appeals as to the beat means to show he was in his senses, he was advised to shim He forthwith found his voice. ME2ROPOLITAN GOSSlP—Satarilai, At the time I write great uncertainty exists 0.4 ti) • 1 e intentions of the Government with regard to the exact course which they will take. That they will resist the most important of the Lords' amendments there is no doubt. The real question is, whether they will accept the others ? I have reason to know that it was the current opinion of some eminent Conservative peers this morning that Ministers had decided to reject the amendments en bloc, without discussing them, on the ground that the bill had been so radically and fundamentally altered by their lordships, that it was lost time and labour to consider it. In fact, so general was this belief among the Opposition members of the Upper House after Lord Granville's distinct intima tion that the Government must now reserve to itself the right to deal with the whole amendments, that Lord Col ville, the Conservative whip, issued a circular begging the attendance of the Conservative peers, not only on Monday, but on Monday week, when the bill would be sent back to their lordships from the Lower House. Of course this would be impossible if the amendments are discussed in detail. That would occupy at least three, probably four, nights ; and as the bill will not reach the Commons until Thursday, it would not return to the Lords until the following Thursday, instead of Monday, as Lord Colville's circular supposes. But while it was the general impression in the Upper House that the Government would decline to discuss the amendments, the contrary impression prevailed in the Lower House last night. It was there stated as probable that a very long discussion would take place, and the officials who had charge of various measures of public, but non-political, importance were warned to make their arrangements accordingly. At that time it is probable that Lord Granville's significant remark was not known in the Lower House. That remark would cer tainly imply the first course, and even independent journals like the Saturday Review affirm that it is the only one open to Ministers. But it was not to be expected that Ministers would make any explicit statement until after the Cabinet Corincilheld to-day, and which is sitting as I write. Seldom has a Cabinet met at a more anxious crisis. The point to be decided by the Council, impor tant though it is, is only a minor one. It will not affect the ultimate event, the rejection of the bill by the Lords. The Marquis of Salisbury has determined that he will not give way upon the all-important point of the glebes ; and, as the Government are doubly and trebly pledged not to give way, there can be but one result, the loss of the bill and the loss of the session so far as this measure is concerned, with the far more serious consequences of political agitation through. out the kingdom prior to an autumn session. Already arrangements have been made for demonstrations of akind that no one can misinterpret. In the first place, the National Reform Union (a very different body from the Reform League), whose resuscitation did more than anything to frighten the Conservative party into household suffrage, will hold a meeting in London on Wednesday to protest against the policy of the House of Lords. Meetings have been arranged for in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Brad ford, and other large towns ; and Ministers have only to give the word, and the machinery of the trades unions would be put in operation in order to " demonstrate." Hitherto the country has remained quiet because it felt that it had a House of Commons which fairly represented it ; but now that this assembly has been set at naught by the House of Lords, it becomes necessary for the nation to support its own chamber. In fact, the Lords have appealed to the nation, and Ministers reply, " Unto the nation shalt thou go." Very little importance is attached to the meeting of Irish Conservative peers to-day at the Duke of Aber corn's. From sixty to seventy peers were present, and all information was rigidly refused. The anticipated meeting of bishops at Lambeth is not to take place. It is rumoured that Murphy will be present at the Protestant demonstration this afternoon on Blackheath. If so, there will probably be a row. Actions for libel are flying about on all hands. Mr. Grenville Murray has attacked the John Bull, which was enterprising and valorous enough to give the first narra tive of the great horsewhipping case. The same person has threatened the Times. The Standard to-day has to ask pardon of Mr. Inman, the well-known shipping agent, of Liverpool ; and the haturdayßeview has to insert some thing very like an apology to Mr. Digby Seymour for a very unflattering article in that paper inserted with regard to the learned gentleman's candidature at Nottingham. We are having a brilliant day, and the Cobden Club, which numbers more than 100 M.P's., and a large number of literary men, will enjoy themselves right well at Greenwich this afternoon. The Club have republished, in the form of a pamphlet, Sir Louis Malet's very able article on Cobden, which appeared some time ago in the North British Review. That review, by the way, has just reached its centenary, i.e., its hundredth number ; and the editor annon,,,:es a great improvement in future numbers—short n .cices of new books such as appear in the British Q.arterly and the London Quarterly. As I write, Mr. vralter Thornbury's new novel, " The Vicar's Cour"iPy" reaches me, and I have little doubt but that ;s will be worthy of the writer's high reputation. The rumour thsi i'rances Countess of Waldegrave has become the prairietor of the Morning Post, which in a former letterl mentioned without confirming, is, I am able to ~ate, positively untrue. Equally untrue is the re ,....,rt that Mr. Childers has purchased that paper. , The Four-in-Hand Club is becoming quite an institu tion. No fewer than fourteen drags, with their quadruple teams, were gathered together at Charing-cross this morning, and then proceeded down Parliament street. I suppose that their noble occupants were going to witness the weekly slaughter of pigeons at Hurling ham. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. TIFF: IRISH CHURCH BILL. The Irish Church Bill continues to give active employment to speculative politicians. Mr. John Ball writes to the Times declaring that it is impos ec.ble to overrate the importance of carrying the Ministerial measure this session. He holds it, however, impossible to carry it without compromise, and the Duke of Cleveland's amendment rffords the most favourable opportunity for a conci lial-ory arrangement. The vital point at issue for the Irish Boman Catholics is the removal of the badge of conquest ; but no settlement will find favour with them which does not place them on perfect equality with the rest of their countrymen. The Bev. William Arthur, late President of the Wesleyan Con ferenee, writes to the Doily News, on the other hand, and is lost in wonder at the lan e-uage used by the Lords about concurrent endowment, and thinks that every week that the con troversy about th e Irish Church is pro longod shortens the le ise of the Church of England. The sooner the question is settled the better for all tnt the lox-era of agitation and hasty changes. Co:►currcnt en,lownent instead of being a set lement , would lead _to the upsetting of all Churches now endowed. ".A Liberal Peer of Ireland" is displeased at the manner in which the selection of the representative peerage of Ireland is neingi:d. It has long, he says, been a sine qud non that the twenty-eight representatives must be selected from the Irish Protestant Conservative section—not one-third of the whole body ; and this increases the gulf bet.veen 'the Irish aristocracy and people, by inducing young Irish patricians either to secure an English seat or to adopt Conservative )Olit:cs. MEETINGS ON TEE IRISH CHURCH BILL. Several great publi3 meetings in favour of the Irish Church Bill have been arranged. The first of series against the amendments of the Lords and ;lie policy of -concurrent endowment is to be wl.l in St. James's Hall, London, on Wednes ne..t, by the National Ileforin nider t:;e presidenq of Mr. S. Morley, M.P. ;'he Mayor of Leeds has summoned a public meeting Tuesday evening, a deputation having waited 'llion him to request him to do so. The Mayor of has convened a town's meeting for the same lay, and a rep . C.sition to the same effect is in course ,f signature to the Mayor of Dewsbury. The work- IV men of the metropolis are a lso making arrange ,l,2nts for monster or ea-air demonstrations. rAsTonAL A7D AND POLITICS. " Cer:cal ra!tenng " is rither an ugly expression, it is olie whichbest chlncterises the proceedings of Me Church Pastoral Aid Society with reference to the Rev. Philip Hains, the vicar of St. George's, Wigan. Mr. thins is a Liberal, which certainly is no reason why he should not be a clergyman. Mr. Hams also advocates the disestablishment of the Irish Church, in which we can see no very overpowering reason why he should not have a curate. The vicar of St. George's, moreover, does not altogether despair of a Church under the voluntary system, in which want of leaning on State endowments we confess we see no cause for the withdrawal of the aid of a voluntary association. The managers of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, however, think differently. and they have withdrawn from Mr. Thins the aid they for merly gave him towards the support of a curate. They have done this, too, became Mr. Ihins spoko in favour of Mr. Gladstone during his contest in South Lancashire. Last Sep tember 'the rev. gentleman was informed that if he continued to advocate the Liberal policy the grant to his parish would be withheld. Mr. Haim published the correspondence, and most people thought that that would end the matter, and that a society formed for the purpose of carrying on the holy work of spreading the truths of religion would not sink to misuse • its income for political purposes. The society has, however, withdrawn its THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1889. all; in spite of the salt that otner eierrmen sup ported by it have taken a much stronger part against Mr. Gladstone than Mr. Haim has taken for him. The only thing left to Mr. HaMs to do is to protest. Is there no Liberal member of the society who will get this matter sifted P Ztotra The :Nlarlborougn-street ronce-counntre Ina so. They are about to call a general meeting of the members to take the matter into consideration, THE " SPENDING DEPAIITMENTS." The Broad Arrow states that the Secretary for War has decided on postponing all further proceed ings with reference to Lord Northbrook's committee on War Office Reorganisation till after Christmas. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, after having made himself fully acquainted with the details of the control scheme, has given his consent to the arrangements being completed, provided the Con trollers have no voice regarding " finance." The Lords of the Treasury insist that a sufficient check and audit shall be established independently of the Horse Guards or the War Office. It is statedthat owing to theimprovements introduced by Mr. Baxter in the purchasing department of the Admiralty, there will probably be a further reduction of one million in the Navy Estimates next year. It is rumoured that the Indian Navy will be re vived, at least : in part. The position of affairs in Persian waters is so unsatisfactory that it is thought necessary, at all events by old Indian naval officers, to increase our strength there. The Dulie of Argyll is believed to be in communication with the Admi ralty upon the subject. Mr. Alison, our Minister to the Court of Teheran, is now in London, and his presence there has revived the rumour that British officers are employed in drilling and officering the Shah's army. of .the personal and irresponsible rule of the Emperor, was the subject of conversation at the State Ball on Thursday. The Emperor expressed himself favourable to the principle, but appeared indieplsed to make any imme diate cm cession.. Time, he said, would bring the measure. The Sp, , S (tardily Perini', and Times agree not only that this reform is desirable,but that the Emperor will find himself compelled to give way. The Saturday Review notes that the Emperor may refuse to allow this question to be discussed, but such refusal would amount to an admission that he was afraid to meet the Chamber which he himself has created. The Spectator thinks it not improbable that the Emperor may try the experiment of a Free Executive and a Free Legislature—that is, bring the Constitution in aocordance with that of tlin United States, allowing the Legislature to propose measures, but retaining the power of veto. CRIME IN IRELAND. Ireland is hardly a crime-producing country. Were it not for political viola -Ice, the judges would have little besides civil business to attend to. There are just now four judges who have had to congratu late four several assize districts on the small amount of business which they had brought forth. In Mayo there are only thirteen cases ; at Lon ford only three, and one of these was a remanet from the last assizes ; the county Monaghan presents only four— thirteen offences being the total number reported to the police since the judges last visited the county; and at Limerick the judge had the white gloves presented to him. Some of their lordships could not help deploring that exterior exciting influences took from Ireland the reputation she deserved.. ANOTHER ROW AT CORK. There is still a want of harmony in the Cork Town Council between the present and the late mayor. The present mayor deprecates all need less exhibition of party feeling; the late mayor likes to have party bitterness constantly maintained. The public band in Cork, for instance, he would have to play party tunes continually ; not, be it noted, " The Battle of the Boyne," it would be downright treason to play that, and only serve to incite the people to riot ; but " The Green above the Red," and such like, Mr. O'Sullivan would have to be played continually. The Mayor having advised on Friday that the band should not play such tunes, he was attacked in the style peculiar to Mr. O'Sullivan. Then ensued the usual reply that insults were being used, and amid noise, confusion, and rival shouts the Council broke up. EARL GRANVILLE. We have lately seen that the generally immobile Mr. Disraeli can be moved, and that the mellifluous Sir John Coleridge can distil vinegar; and those who have witnessed these unusual phenomena have been puzzled to account for them. But a more portentous thing had happened previously. Earl Granville had sent to the unfortunate New Zealand Government a despatch which Earl Russell might have written in the palmiest days of his Foreign Ministry, and which Mr. Lowe must envy. It was not only vinegar, but vinegar and worm wood. Those who are best acquainted with the state of New Zealand, Liberal papers though they are, predict that the result of this despatch will be the secession of the colony from the empire, and a throwing of itself upon the protection of Prussia or the United States. We learn that great pressure has been brought to bear upon Lord Granville, in order to induce him to telegraph a countermand of the order for the withdrawal of the last British regiment ; so that the order may not arrive simultaneously with the despatch, and lead to the belief on the part of the Maories that the colonists have incurred the displeasure of the Queen, and may be attacked with impunity. The strange thing about this despatch is that its writer has just given a very different answer to a similar application for imperial aid from another colony. Lord Granville has recently informed the Canadian Government that if that Government desires to construct fortifications on the American frontier the home authorities will guarantee the necessary loans, but, at the same time, the necessity of fortifying is not insisted on. Upon this a non political paper (the Bread Arrow) remarks:— " The colonists of New Zealand will hardly fail to mark the exasperating contrast between this complacency on the one hand and the refusal of a guarantee to them under pressure of actual necessity on the other. We can only account for the anomaly by crediting Lord Granville with a religious desire to follow as closely as possible the Gospel maxim, ' Let not your left hand know what your right hand doeth.' " IRISH AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. There are the worst accounts from the North of Ire land as to the flax crop. Without exception, the news from all districts is that it is poor, in some cases so very bad that farmers have ploughed it up and sown other crops. Wheat is spoken of as good, oats much the same, potatoes backward, and the turnips suffering much from fly. In the South, wheat looks well, barley is tolerable, potatoes are backward, and turnips are bad. WELSH LANDLORDS. The John Bull " has the courage of its convictions." Referring to the recent debate on the conduct of the Welsh landlords at the elections, it says boldly : "The Conservative landlords, in self-defence, are per fectly justified in having evicted, not their labourers and honest sons of toil, but the deacons and other officers el Dissenting bodies who have stirred up so much strife. If Conservative Churchmen really belie ,- e in their principles, surely they have a right to prefer as tenants persons of their own opinions—just as Nonconformists have an equal r!. , lit." To the latter part of this statement there can be no objection. Before a contract is made (whether expressed or implied) either party has a right to insert conditions therein, because the other party is at full liberty to decline those conditions. If a landlord chooses to insist, as a deceased duke did, that. all the farm labourers should go to church on Good Friday and Ascension Day, and that the farmers should pay them their wages all the same, he had a perf,ct right to do so because it was in the power of the farmers to decline accept ing a tenancy with that condition attached to it. So, too, if a landlord insists beforehand that his tenants shall always vote for a particular party be is justified in equity, though perhaps not in pru dence ; for a tenant whose convictions belong to the other side may decline to ratify a bargain involving such conditions. But no landlord has the power to insert that or any other new condition in the bar gain after it has been made. At present the land lord too often labours under the idea that he confers a favour upon the tenant in letting his land. Ile no more does this than a shopkeeper confers a benefit upon the customer who purchases his goods. The b.ilter has just as much right to insist that the head of the household whom he supplies with bread shall always support a candidate of particular political views, as the landlord has to insist upon that condition in letting his land. Of course the baker can do it if he chooses, but the bread-buyer can also refuse if he chooses. A DIVIDED KINGDOM. In the course of the same article there is another serious fallacy. The John Bull asks "if England shall allow Imperial interests to be entirely swamped by Scotland, Wales, and Ireland ?" In the first place the thing is impossible. If "England" is agreed upon one point, that is, if all the English members vote together, they would be in an over whelming majority (more than two to one) even though all the Irish, Scotch, and Welsh members voted together. But the question is really a most improper one. It implies that England alone has the right to discuss " Imperial" questions. Such questions belong to the whole country, and when they are at issue there is no England nor Wales, nor Ireland, nor Scotland, but one united kingdom. A remark like this is really most uncon stitutional, and appeals to the worst kind of prejudices. THE BACKSTAIRS TO THE CONTINENT. The Spectator, in a most amusing article on the rumoured promise of Mr. Bright that he will ask the House of Commons to guarantee 21 per cent, upon £2,000,000 for making the under-sea tunnel to the Continent, parodies all the objections which that scheme should meet with from old-fashioned Tories. It will give the lie to our geography books : by con verting England from an island into a peninsula ; it will enable the French to annex us one fine morning without our knowing anything about it; it will bring those nasty French wines into England more cheaply than ever; it will make us all one with the Con tinent, aye, and with semi-barbarous Asia and wholly barbarous Africa too. And all for the sake of the cotton lords, in order that they may get their wretched stuffs into the Continent without the cost of transhipment. For certainly no one will ever think of using that horrible hole. Better be sick in the daylight than drowned in the dark. The only possible recommendation for this absurd scheme is that we may perhaps entice the French army into the tunnel and then let the sea in upon them; repeat, in fact, the miracle which Moses wrought upon the Egyptians. NEW DISCOVERY IN JERUSALEM. Those who have watched with interest the progress of the Jerusalem explorations will be glad to read the account just sent over by Lieutenant Warren. lie tells us that the explorers have succeeded in driving a gallery up to the great block of masonry forming the north-east angle of the Harm wall, and have found it to he built of great bevelled stones atleast sixty feet below the surface. Through a slit in the wall they penetrated into a passage, and, further on, an aqueduct. There is little doubt, he thilfics that this is an ancient overflow from the Birket Israil, and he finds matter for surprise in the reflection that while there is such a dearth of running water in Jerusalem, the Birket Israil has, probably within our era, been full up to a certain point and flowing over. Lieutenant Warren states that if the excavations are to con tinue, sufficient funds must be forthcoming to com plete the work, and he adds that it will be a great mistake to stop now for want of funds—a conclusion in which most persons will agree with him. THE MUIIIIAY-CAIIINOTON AFFAIR. The Murray-Carington affair is still much talked of. The Conservative Club is, of course, specially interested in the matter, rs Mr. Murray is one of themselves. To the club committee his explanation is considered most unsatisfactory. and his subapauent NEW LAW COURTS. Mr. Finlaison writes to the Telegraph on the New Law Courts, and considers the respective claims of the Carey-street and Embankment sites. With regard to cost, he believes the advantages to be all on the side of the Government scheme, and he makes out that there will be a balance in its favour of £285,000. This estimate is on the supposition that the Courts could be built on the Carey-street site for £1,000,000 equally as well as on the Embankment, but this cannot be assumed to be certain. All other diffe rences sink into insignificance compared with the question of approaches. The Carey-street site as it is would be inaccessible, and it would be necessary to have a new street; but the approaches are already provided on the Embankment site, and practically we see in the estimate the total cost involved on this site. It must also be remembered that the Howard street site will have to be used for some public purpose, and therefore on every ground the adoption of the Government scheme will be prcductive of a great saving of expense to the country. INTERNATIONAL FiII3B.TIONS. The Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 have decided to hold in 1871 the first of a series of exhi bitions of fine and industrial art, and scientific in ventions. The proposed international shows are to be held at Kensington. The first one will, in respect of industrial work, consist of only three classes. NITRO-GLYCERINE. We are likely to have legislation in respect of nitro-glycerine. The authorities at Woolwich have had their attention drawn to the dangerous compound by the explosion at Carnarvon, and have considered how the danger of using it may be lessened. They have embodied their suggestions in a report, which, in its turn, will probably become drafted into a bill. While the use of nitro-glycerine is not to be prohibited in this new measure, it is stated that the conditions which it will impose upon the carriage, storage, and employment are most stringent. When it will be introduced into Parlia ment is not stated. FOREIGN NOTES. AMERICAN AID FOR THE CUBANS. Colonel Ryan, one of the members of the Cuban Junta who were recently arrested at New York,was rescued from the custody of the United States Marshal by some of the patriots. It was afterwards asserted that he had sailed for Cuba with an expedition, and such appears to have been really the case. A band of 700 men was assembled at Long Island, near New York, and the whole number were safely taken off to Cuba by a large steamer. A great quantity of arms and ammunition were conveyed south wards at the same time. The Cuban authorities are taking very rigorous measures t) put down filibustering. Several Americans who recantly landed at Santiago de Cuba, and fell into the hands of the troops, were immediately executed. But, with this exception, the news from Cuba published in the New York papers is all in favour of the insurgents. The recent defeats of the Spaniards have encourage) the Cuban leaders who are determined to force the fighting. The Herald says that the Spanish troops in the interior have their communications with the coast cut off, and ate suf fering terribly from cholera, fever, and privation. The mortality is said to be very great, and medicines and food are scarce. " More than half of the main Spanish force has been lost since the commencement of the war by de sertion or disease." Against this intelligence, however, must b. oot them proclamation of General Caballero de R,das, to the effect that the insurrection is on the wane. TITS NE3ROES IN VIRGINIA. It is undoul)tedly a remarkable fact that at the recent election in Virginia the negroes supported the Democrats, who opposed their emancipation and enfranchisement. The blacks have never deserted the Republicans before. But it appears that they took care to make a rod bargain for themselves. They voted for the Democrats only an a solemn promise that all the recent laws in favour of negro freedom and negro snffrage should be preserved intact. They likewise, it appears, secured a private promise of safety from.the armed bands which now threaten them, and considering that the negroes are in a minority in the " Old Dominion," they certainly acted sagely in making peace with the predominant party on these sub. tantial term?. THE RECIPROCITY TREATY. The renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty between Canada and the United States will greatly benefit one institution which needs benefit--the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. By the terms of the former treaty, which expired in March 1866, wheat, grain, and live stock of all kinds were admitted into the United States duty free, and as these commodities are the stapleproduce of Canada, the Grand Trunk did an immense business in transmit ting them to the frontier. The suspension of the treaty stopped the traffic, and lost the company several thou !.ands a week, which it will now regain. Assuredly the prospect of this railway getting a little relief from its miseries is gratifying. THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD. Mr. Thomas Magee, who has been a traveller by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Railway, contradicts the state m3nts which have been published respecting the fatigue of a journey across the North American continent. The weakest invalid would, he thinks, be strengthened by the delightful expedition, in which there is a constant succession of novelties. He describes with enthusiasm the beauty and variety of the scenery through which the railway passes. Even on the great plains, the home of the wild buffalo, where there is .a sameness about the journey, the air is peculiarly exhila rating. After leaving the plains, the Rocky Mountains are reached. The scene from Sherman, the point of greatest altitude on the entire line, which is 8,242 feet above the level of the sea, is one which can never be for gotten. Further on is the great valley of Utah, with its shining Salt Lake, the Sierra Nevada mountains, in cree.ing which an altitude of over 7,000 feet is attained in a distance of 112 miles, the descent of which is so rapid that steam is altogether shut off and the breaks partially applied. The cars are most comfortable, the sleeping arrangements in perfect order, and forty-eight persons can dine at one time in the elegantly fitted dining car. A compact kitchen is fitted up with every contri vance for preparing food quickly and well. There are ice -boxes and provision- cellars, in which fresh meat and other edibles are packed. Wine, tea, coffee, and fresh milk are at command, and at the redUced rates. The ourney from New York to San Francisco can now e wade for L'2s. £5 will cover all incidental expenses. Mr. Magee, who has several times made the journey viLl Panama, declares the railway to be far less fatiguing than the steamers of the tropics. TEIIPZRANCH IN MAINE. A political party has been formed in the State of Afaine, America, on temperance principles. A candidate has been nominated by this party for the office of State Governor. BRLGIAN RAILWAYS. The Railway News is very severe upon the Belgian Government for its conduct in the railway difficulty. The shareholders of the Great Luxemburg Company proposed to lease their line to the .mast of France Company for a minimum payment of £21i1,000 a year, which would return a dividend of 41) to 5 per cent. on the three millions Gf bonds, and of 3 per cent. on the two millions of stock. Just as tl.e arrangement was in progress the Belgian Government passed a measure giving them power to stop such leases, and by this ex post facto legislation a corn pany in which Enizli.h shareholders were largely inte rested was materially injured. Their line was at first offered to the Belgian Government, but the Ministry would neither take it themselves, nor allow tl.e French company to take it. This is the complaint of the Railway News ; but, on the other hand, it is argued that the jealousy of the weak State at the project cf leasing a Belgian line to a French Company is act unnatural. Moreover, though the arrangement actually come to seems to be involved in great obscurity, yet it is generally understood to imply such an international system of traffic as must prove advantageous to the Grand Luxemburg. MILITARY TRAINING IN FRANCE. The Army and Navy Gazette mentions a very remark- able fact in connection with the French Garde Mobile. This body is not a reserve, but a supplement to the resery and the active army, and it is ordained that every Frenchman, of 21 years of age who is not drawn for the regular force must serve in the Garde. The drilling of these citizen soldiers has commenced, but the work of organisation dots not go on very rapidly. In order to lighten the burden for the rising generation, the Minister of War has had cases of Chassepots despatched to the various schools all over France, and the young Gallic idea will learn to shoot at an early age. If found proficient when the time arrives for entering the Mobile, his services will be dispensed with except in case of war. Thus not only are the French to be tirade a nation of soldiers, but they are to be trained to war from childhood. MODEL LEGISLATION. It is refreshing to turn from the wearily slow progress of great reforms in the British Legislature to the brisk style of transacting business in semi•barbaric lands. But a few days ago the Parliament of Servia was opened and immediately went to work upon a new Constitution. This formidable measure, involving a radical change iu the organisation of the country, consisted of 133 articles, and prescribed amongst other trifles the equality of all citizens before the law—thus protecting the Jews, who have been so severely persecuted in these regions of late. But the Servian legislators have got through it all ; it is done with, and the Constitution is ready fur the country. May the country prove ready for the Constitution. The whole fob has occupied about four days. THE CRISIS IN FRANCE. .FRIDAY. It is very remarkable that up to this evening no rumours of war should have been got up, no disquieting state ments made during this great political crisis. It is the current idea that a war is a ruler's best resource in a time of domestic trouble ; but thcugh we have lived for the last twelvemonths in a constant dread of war, during the last few days nothing has been said about it. The Patric, however, of to-day comes out with a statement which, appearing in an official paper, will give rise to great trouble. It assures us that the understanding, or alliance, or whatever it may be, which was spoken of between France, Italy, and Austria, is gaining strength, and that the three Governments are now on the best of terms. This good understanding applies to religious as well as political questions, and on the subject of Rome it has been decided that the status quo shall be main. tined. "Italy and her two friendly Powers," says the Petrie, " in view of the eventualities which may arise from th's triple alliance, have no interest in raising a question which might, without any advantage, bring about an agitatien in the Catholic world." The meaning of this is plain enough. The semi-official journal gives it to be under. stood that France, Italy, and Austria have concluded an alliance, that something is going to happen in consequence, and that, therefore, it would be unwise to get into trouble about the occupation of Rome. Like many snore of its race this alarmist statement may be groundless ; but its appearance in the Patric will cause no little excitement. Some of your contemporaries, I see, have estimated the number of signatures to the demand of the Moderate Liberals for Ministerial responsibility at 125. This is an error. The total number is 116, one more having signed since yesterday. The list will now be closed, and no more signatures sought. The party of reformers who have affixed their names has been dubbed the Cent-seize. This proposed constitutional change is literally the only topic of discussion here. Paris, and indeed the entire country, is agitated with rumours touching the great question of what the Emperor will do, but nothing beyond rumour is yet known, and it is extremely unlikely that the Sovereign has as yet made up his mind. He must decide very shortly, but there is no necessity for him to come to a conclusion just at present. As I have before mentioned, the Chamber is yet only verifying the elections ; it is not yet " constituted" by the election of secretaries and other formalities, and consequently no public business can be brought before it. It is true that the Chamber might be constituted at once, and begin this momentous discussion. But this the Ministers refuse to do until more of the elections are validated, for they not only gain a little time, but increase the number of their own sup porters. Of the elections yet to be disposed of not more than a dozen are Opposition seats. The remainder are all Imperialists, and none of these can vote until they are " confirmed." This is a resource, however, which can prove only temporary ; indeed, it is generally expected th at the ceremony of constituting theCh amber will take place to-morrow (Saturday). The Emperor then must face the demand for Ministerial responsibility. What will he do ? Rumour to-day is rife that he will give way, and that all the Ministers have already resigned at his request. Other reports are very different. The first and second articles of the Senatus-Consulte of 1866 pro vides that the Ccnstitution cannot be discussed by any public body except the Senate. Now, the demand for Ministerial responsibility involves a discussion on the' Constitution, and the Government can strictly refuse to allow it to come before the Corps L4gislatif. Some believe that the Corps Legislatif will certainly be forbidden to enter upon this question, but that the Senate will be con vened at once and set to work to discuss it. The Patrie of to-day affirms that this is the course which will be taken. The Senate, it adds, will be instructed to grant the most important demands of the Moderate Liberals ; and thus a compromise will be effected which will unite all the parties in the Chamber, except the extreme Imperialists on onehand, and the extreme Radicals on the other. In short, the semi-official Patric gives us to understand that Ministerial responsibility will be granted, but that the concession will be made by means of the Senate—a hum drum collection of old men, all nominated by the Emperor himself—and not through the Corps L4islatif, chosen by the people. It will be seen that nothing is certainly znown so far, and this hesitation on the part of the Government is exeserelrle. For, in fact, the demand of the Moderate Lil orals means nothing less than that the Emperor should surrender the supreme control of affairs to the Parliament. If his Ministry were answerable for their doings to the Corps Ldgislatif, instead of being respon sible only to their master, as at present, the French Par liament would littlo by little become as powerful as the English House of Commons. Such a result would be a work of time, indeed ; but once let the deputies obtain control over the acts of the Executive and arbitrary power must vanish little by little. To English notions this power of the Parliament is right ; but it is not to be expected that the Emperor will make the surrender very readily. The doings in the Chamber continue to be very die. turbing. There was a violent row yesterday about the Nantes election. M. Pelletan complained of the manoeuvre I have before alluded to—the swamping of the town voters by adding a large piece of country to the election district. Thus, though every circumscription ought to contain at least 35,000 electors, the equilibrium at Nantes was so disturbed that one district contained many thousands more, and another many thousands less, than that number. The Government Commissary, in reply, charged the Opposition with unfair practices, the Left thereupon getting into a great rage, and calling upon him to name them. The Commissary stated that a report had been spread that the daughter of the official candidate • bad died, and that lie was induced to go to Paris in con sequence. To this M. Jules Favre retorted that the officials had represented him to be dead, and M. Pelletan, another Liberal, said that he " had been killed " several times. The fight grew in intensity, until at length M. Respell, the newly-elected Red, got up and charged the priests with telling lies from the pulpit in order to further election purposes. He declared that the bishop of one district had given an order to all his curds to preach L against the independent candidates, and they had done so. The tumult grew until the deliberations merged into a semi-riot. GREAT BANK ROBBERY AT NEW YORK. One of the boldest and most successful robberies on record was committed at the Ocean Bank, New York, on Sunday, June 27. The establishment is situated above a broker's office, and the thieves, getting into the latter, knocked a hole through the ceiling and ascended. The vault, defended by three doors, was entered, and two safes forced open, the whole of this long task being accomplisl. e 1 in the most businesslike manner. The burglars got clea off with property to the value of not less than half million dollars. THE WILKES BOOTH 11.0 T. It appears that the assassin Payne, who attempted the murder of Mr. Seward, made a discic,sure to his lawyer which throws some light on the plot which too success fully ended in the assassination of President Lincoln. Payne said that the scheme originally was to carry off President Lincoln, and deliver him to the Confede• rates. That plan was abandoned, and then Booth pro posed to kill the entire Cabinet. This was actually done in the case of the President, and very nearly accomplished in the case of Mr. Seward, but the rest of the conspirators loft courage, and made no attempt to do their part of the bloody work. REFORM IN FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Telegraph sends a deapatch stating that the demand of the French ltraaArate Libartlt for Ministerial responsibility Lin place NONE. 7NESS. (Front the Springfield Republican, June 26.) The stringency in the Money Market, unusual at this season of the year, is unrelaxed and unchanged except by slight and temporary fluctuations. The peculiar situa tion is attracting very general attention and comment in financial circles, and in all quarters there is solicitude fcr the future. The scarcity of money is an encouragement to the Wall-street speculators, and an undefined dread of a "lock-up" of greenbacks, at some unexpected moment, or of the springing of some new and unknown strategy upon the market, tends to increase the contraction and check all permanent investments. The smaller the amount of money, the easier it can be controlled, and the reduction of nearly a million a week in the loanable resources of the New York banks, for the last month, is a fact more plea sant to the speculators than to their helpless customers. The causes of the scarcity are still variously stated, and no two authorities agree in their theories. The de mocrats and inflationists arraign the Secretary of the Treasury, as the cause of all the woe, and bitterly up braid him and his actions. The aggregate reduction of clu rency, during the first part of Mr. Boutwell's admi nistration was something over $10,500,000, and since June 1 the process has been going on at about the same rate. Something of the money pressuro may be duo to this influence, but it is scarcely possible that our circula tion should be restored to a sound basis, and a return to specie payments effected, without producing a sensation somewhere, and the present situation of affairs proves nothing except that there is an executive officer at the head of the Treasury Department. Mr. Boutwell, how ever, shows no disposition to establish settled opposition between the Government and the bankers, and has accord- ingly crdered that, after July 1, the sales of gold and pur chases of bonds shall be reduced cne-half—•to two millions of each per month. This will tend to an even and steady state of affairs during the summer, and afford ample time for preparation for the more active business and em ployment of money which will come with the autumn There is a greater supply of money in the westward markets, and the flow of money will soon be reversed —from West to East. The Chicago banks are loan ing money freely, and the country orders for cur rency have greatly fallen off within the last fortnight. There is no excitement and scarcely any change in the market for Government Securities, which hold up firmly under the scarcity of money and the weakening stock market. The Assistant-Treasurer at Now York bought $1,620,000 in bonds on Wednesday, at 115 31- 100 to 115 52-100, and will buy $1,000,000 on Tuesday next, which which will complete his purchase for the month, and will bring up the total amount for the four months of the ad ministration of its proportion for an average of 1 per cent. per annum of the total debt. Hereafter, however, until further notice, only $2,000,000 of bonds will be pur chased monthly, or $1,000,000 on each alternate Thurs day. There is talk in some quarters that Mr. Bout well is bound to atone for all the neglects and omis sions of his predecessor in office, and that he should proceed to aagment the sinking fund by the purchase of bonds equivalent to 1 per cent. per annum of the total debt, since the passage of the Sinking Fund Act in 1862. This would require about $70,000,000 in gold, which the Tribune says the Secretary can spare just as well as not, his coin surplus, Juno 1, having been some thing over $105,000,000, and probably not much re duced since. The Independent, also, which has "full faith in the purity of his motives," approaches Mr. Boutwell from an opposite quarter, and urges him to the same ac tion, telling him that if he don't increase his weekly pur chases of Government Bonds after the close of the present month, " the mercantile community had better prepare at once for financial earthquakes, and the Secretary may as well make up his mind before Congress meets in Decem ber that he will be required to vacate his place by a loud call from the people." The Secretary, however, appears willing to take the risk of the situation, and understanding the Sinking Fund Act to require only that ho shall set aside 1 per cent. annually during his own Admiuistration, he will wait the authority of Congress before attempting to correct the failures and omissions of Mr. 3,l‘Culloch's r6gime. The current finances of the Government are in good condition, the receipts both from revenue and cus toms being large, and the expenditures not above the ordinary amounts. The next statement of the debt, which will close the fiscal year, will be a favourable one, and is already awaited with a good deal of inte rest. Gold is declining quietly and unobserved, and the market is almost entirely free from speculation. The bear movement is undoubtedly in anticipation of the July in terest, of which over $30,000,000 will soon be put upon the market, and which it is important to take at as low a figure as possible. The chief feature of interest connected with the gold market market is the continued increase of importations, and the augmented balance of trade against us, while the premium declines, and the foreign shipments of specie amount to only a nominal sum. For the first five months of the current year we imported, at New York, nearly $10,000,000 worth of merchandise more than last year for the corresponding time, and for the same months our exports, specie included, were over $28,000,000 less than in 1868. Tha trade of all the other Atlantic ports has been similarly unfavourable, and the shipments of cotton and Government Securities have done but very little toward restoring the equality. The last monthly circular from 11. Clews and Co., New York bankers, says of this balance against us and its future effect on the gold market : —"lt would appear then that wo have outstanding a heavy amount of postponed indebtedness. It is the very general testimony of foreign bankers, that the im porters have freely deferred their remittances, probably under the usually fallacious hope that gold may decline after the payment of the July interest. Their payments, however, cannot be much longer postponed. Foreign ex change now rules at rates close upon the specie shipping point; the supply of cotton held in the South has been re duced to a low point, and is little more than will be re quired for home consumption ; while our surplus of bread stuffs, if sent freely to Europe, would realize comparatively little at the now reduced prices. There remains there fore but one circumstance which may prevent free ship ments of gold during the summer and fall months, viz., the continued large export of bonds, a contingency too un certain to admit of definite estimate. The bears have been masters in the stock market for the past week, though their authority has not been wholly undisputed. The general in flation and watering of stock, actual and prospective, has nearly expended its effect,and the speculative tide now sots the other way. The Vanderbilt roads are the strongest, and the western roads are also pretty firm, under the in fluence of a good business and a handsome increase of receipts over last year's figures. The returns from all the leading railways are favourable, and the summer travel will swell the receipts to still higher figures for the next three months. The July dividends will nearly all be larger than those for July, 1868, and there is no doubt that, despite the slight failing off in the market quotations, the stock of the roads is actually more valuable than it was a year ago. The Southern State Securities are get ting in bad odour at the stock board. Tennessee announces that she cannot pay the July interest on her bonds, which amount to $1,100,000, and the report that Missouri had decided to redeem her bonds in gold turns out not to be true. South Carolina, however, promises to pay her $700,000 July interest promptly on maturity, and will raise the necessary funds by taxation. Dry goods have been very active, and have advanced to a state bordering on speculation. The heavy dealers in staple fabrics, cottons, and domestic goods, have been steadily increasing their stocks, in anti cipation of the early fall trade, and there is no apparent probability that prices will be any lower at present. The result, however, depends considerably on the state of the money market and the abundance of capital, for with a tight market, and no money available, a crisis might be forced, which would cause a general tumble in the prices of cottons and all other goods. The prospect, as far as it is visible, is strong and confident. The activity in cot tons bas produced a corresponding movement in woollens and flannels, both of which have advanced slightly. In grain and breadstuffs more business has been doing, and prices for flour and wheat have appreciated considerably at New York, and somewhat less in the Western markets. The foreign demand stimulates the movement, and prices will undoubtedly be higher, until the new crop is delivered in market. The weather for the last few days has been quite unfavourable for the growing crops, and the effect is perceptibly felt in the quotations. Live stock, as is usual at this vegetable season, is dull and heavy, with little doing either in the Eastern or Western markets. (From the Wall-street Journal.) Friday Evening, June 25, 1869. Money on call is easier, and although the market is active, borrowers are freely supplied from 7 per cent. cur rency to 7 per cent. gold. In discounts there is little doing, the rates being 9 to 12 per cent. prime paper. Gold is strong, in sympathy with the business in Foreign Ex change, having opened to-day at 137 i, thence rising to 137 f, and closing at 1371. At the 13th Treasury sale of gold on the 21st June the total bids submitted were for $3,870,000, at prices ranging from 136.03 to 136.76. The whole amount, $1,000,000, was awarded to Marvin, Brothers, and Co. at 136.76. At the 14th Treasury sale yesterday the bids were for only $1,625,000 ; the gold was awarded in $25,000 at 136.59, $lOO,OOO at 136.61, $lOO,OOO at 136.63, $lOO,OOO at 136.65, $lOO,OOO at 136.67, $lOO,OOO at 136.71, $lOO,OOO at 136.65, $lOO,OOO at 136.70, $lOO,OOO at 136.87, $lOO,OOO at 136.68, $50,000 at 136.62, $25,000 at 136.62. _ _ _ 4.6 If - - The Philadelphia Public Ledger, June 25, says —" There was no marked movement in Government Bonds yester day. The market has been exceedingly dull hero for all classes of our national securities since their decline from the highest point three or four weeks ago. Holders here were then sellers, and while they are not disposed to con tinue sellers at the present lower prices they are not buyers, restrained probably to some extent by the Wall street stringency in money, which to a considerable exteat controls all stock prices. There will probably be some improvement shortly. The July dividends upon the stocks of the United States and the bonds gf, the Ilcifie road in gold will be larger than last sear, and the currency divi dends upon bank stocks, railway bonds and shares, and various other investments, it is thought, will also be in excess of the corresponding dividend period of 1868. At the same time, it is believed that the currency balance in the Treasury Office will be made more available for relief to the market by substituting newly printed greenbacks for a large sum of the original issue of 1862, now assorted and sealed up for this exchange. The following were the quotations as compared with those of the previous day : QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. Amer. silver... 95j to 96 1 Eng. sovs 486 to 488 Mex. d011ar5...104 „ 101 120 francs „ 386 Eng. silver 475 ~ 480 I Thalers Five francs .... 95 „ 96 I Foreign Exchange is stronger, and is generally nth higher. Sixty Days. Three Days. Lon& n Bankers Lot.e.; n, Primo Commercial loBi-1091 Paris, Bankers 5.211--5.164 5.15 —5.131 Bremen, Bankers lfamburgh, Bankers 35.1-351 Frankfort, 0.111 39k-408 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.214-5.164 Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss 5.214-5.161 - Government Bonds are buoyant, the advance in Lon don of -1 ton on Five-Twenties stimulating prices. Sixes, 1861, registered ll- to 117 Sixes, 1881, coupon l2l± to 121 i Sixes, 1868, coupon U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad lO6 to 1061 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ll9l to 1194 Ten-forties, coupon .. loBk to 1084 Ten-forties, registered Seven-thirties, 3d series Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 — to Railroad Stocks are active, with a largo business doing, especially in New York Central, Hudson River, Michigan Southern, Chicago and Northwestern, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and Milwaukee and St. Paul. Railroad Gold Bonds of the better class continuo to be sought after by investors. N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 92 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est 98 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n 88 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76: N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 — Erie Ist Mort, Ex 9B Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 93 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 BB Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 Bl Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 75 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist 11, '77 — Hud. R. 7s, let M, '69 — Hod. R. 7s, 2d M, 'B5 1011 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 100 Mich. C. let M, 69'72 l2B Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 128 Mich. So., 7 p. c. 2d M 93 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 96 111. Con. 7 p. c, '7O 1201 Alton & T. H. Ist M 93 Alton &T.H. al pfd 83 Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc. 77 Han.&St.J.LandGrantsloB Ilan. & St. J. Con 107 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 118 Chi. & N. West, S. F — Chi. & N. W. Con Cony. 99 ('hi. & N. W. Ist M 9l] Express Stocks have been much excited throughout the week, under the completion of new arrangements as to routes and rates, but to-day have not maintained the ad vance of the past few days. Adams American Merchants' Union 414 to 411 Merchants' Union, old Stock l5 to 151 United States Wells, Fargo, and Co 3ll to S 2 Miscellaneous Stocks do not show much activity, eY cept in Facia*: Mail, which continues to show much variation. N. Y. Central 1931 Erie Hudson .. 1631 Reading Mich. South. &N. I — Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 9Bl North-West North-West Preferred 96 Canton.. Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo Fort Wayne Pacific Mail Atlantic 15 Quicksilver 39 } W. U. Telegraph Mariposa Preferred *** **** 17 , i t Ohio and Mississippi Boston Water Power l6 33 Cumberland Bankers and Brokers lO9l M & St. Paul M & St. Paul Preferred S6l THE EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN RAILWAY,'" Thirty-five miles of rails are laid, so that cars will ra il this week over the entire line to Hart's Mills, 42 miles from St. John West, where the Fredorickton branch con nects with the main line. This branch is being 'VIM completed. From Hart's mills to the line of the Nel l Brunswick and Canada Railroad Company, to W oo dstock' , a distance of 40 miles. the grading is so far i n p rogress that the rails will be laid the present year over the entire distance, and to within six miles of the Maine boundary' This will leave about GO miles of new line to build nest year to connect the two ends of the link remaining , b e ° ; tween the mouth of the Mattawankeag and the line ` the Canada and North Brunswick Railroad, which 11°.v( runs from Calais to Woodstock. This line is to 10 opened through from Bangor to St. John in the F all of 1870. Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia bankers, reP °l as follows on June 25: Pennsylvania Railroad shares, 564 56,1 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 100 1001 ; Sixes, 2d Mortgag°' 95i 96. MR. MORRIS, DR. HOWE, AND TILE EDITOR a TILE "DIPLOMATIC REVIEW." Our attention for the first time was yesterday called ca an article headed "Russia, England, and th e Velte t. states," which appeared in this paper on the 29 th 3,1a119'50 The article was grounded on matter furnished by tP Diplomatic Review, one portion of which was a letter, with; out address or signature, with which we did not cone 't the American Minister at Constantinople, though the tei might bo construed as alluding to him, as the article core menced with a quotation from the Baltimore Americagt fleeting on the conduct of Mr. Morris. That item 1 " 14 %; pure invention, and was contradicted both in the null A `T i , of this paper wherein it was copied, and more po inted afterwards on attention being attracted to it. We can % understand why the Diplomatic Review published its lei`e d without the address, as its readers might infer that it Nir intended for the American Minister at Consta ntinople ; The letter was written to Dr. S. G. Howe, the we ll-ke° ; Philhellenist of Boston, and had nothing whate ver to "i°4 with his Excellency the United States Envoy, nor con e, he in any way have been connected with it had the -PiP f matic Review added the address. In the Juno numb er . o f his paper, the Cretan, Dr. Howe thus answers the edi t° the Diplomatic Review : "You inquire, if P have asked myself several c,/, f o r tions, as 'For whom am I working ?' I answer `No „,„a I do not care, so that I work in the cause of freecle°, - or. righteousness. I hate not the Turks, but the oPP,r e t pbet I love not the Greeks, but the oppressed. You ask, „ - n ftl , business had 1 to meddle ?' In the name of liten, l 7oo l what excuse, what justification, could I have had •l e ", s sor, meddling in such a strife as that between the ePP.,, r ' - a teci and oppressed in Crete ? The spirit which ue,'"'„ o et you in old Pelopenessus had not died out in me. „or From the following extract it may be gathered boy/1140cl Dr. Howe thinks of the gentleman who thus catecl3;l3a him, one whose singular fidelity to an idea and energ' fife persistency in working for it has made his career in told remarkable, and will yet leave a curious tale to be ll ti t by a biographer. Alluding to the generous and g 941 Philhellenists, with whom were Hastings, Gordol3, Byron, he ,„ s ao ttl "Distinguished even among this band of em'The l •re; was a outh of great personal beauty, intense tetor.ou ment, brilliant talents, and turbulent bravery. Ile sur o v u l e d ' the hardships of killing campaigns, and of a hastlY,X t to become a distinguished writer, and defender g the a member of the British Parlianent, and editor °' Diplomatic Riew. r As it has appe ev ared " to some, though not to the e d itold the Diplomatic Review himself, or we presume b e have corrected us, that our applicationof his letter re the American Minister at Constantinople, vire t h e : ,,P a l°t° pointedly draw attention to our own article, desl,l7,7*.rie, show that the letter had no reference at all to igr; o l V i wor 6 while the intelligence extracted from the Pa ; ",, - American was invented, we presume, somewhere,,'-caule neighbourhood of Baltimore, though it is said that '" fre t from Washington, but certainly it was not net ° Constantinople.—Anglo-American Times. , u ritie ° [ADVERTISEMENT. ]—Holloway's the Blood.—To ensure health it is absolutely S'W-. v; that the fluids and solids of the human body et kept from those impurities which are continuallY gwlicyre admission into the system by erroneous living, litly some atmosphere, or disordered stomach. 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