The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP a JOURNALS, The Times, in remarking on the presence of the Heir- Apparent among the leading members of the Royal Geo• graphical Society, says that the Prince of Wales has but followed a true English instinct in taking his share in the travels of the race, and joining the fellowship of explorers. It is not an inappropriate concidence that a Danish princess should be the companion of the first English prince who for several hundred years has gone beyond the prescribed routine of travel. Indeed, as Sir Roderick Murchison said, he is the most widely-travelled heir. apparent of whom we have any record in British history. An English king has been a Crusader, but a voyage of exploration up the Nile has probably never entered the mind of any former prince or sovereign. The Prince attributes to the late Prince Consort the happy idea that he should take advantage of these modern facili ties ; but the lesson must have fallen in a congenial mind, and the Prince will win not a little applause from English men by this evidence of his sympathy with one of their great national pursuits. It was stated on Monday that the appointment of Sir Samuel Baker to his present important undertaking is in a great degree due to the personal repre sentations of the Prince of Wales. This is the kind of service which a prince can render to his country and to civilisation, and towards which no other influence can be equally effectual. A great deal depends upon the issue of this first experiment. Should it fail, our hopes of the development of Africa would be checked for years. It will be long before we can hope for equally propitious cir cumstances. On the other hand, should it succeed at the outset, we see no reason, with the advantages now secured by science, why a permanent outpost of civilisa tion should not be maintained in the heart of Africa, from which the country may gradually he brought within the realm of civilised life. When communications are once opened and fixed posts established, it will probably not be difficult to protect or to supply them, and it may be hoped that the trade would in time be worth the cost. At all events, the Viceroy of Egypt will deserve the credit of having initiated an expedition of geographical discovery on a princely scale, and with the most honourable objects. The Prince of Wales will share the honour, and the Geo graphical Society may justly be proud of having furnished the chief impulse to such an enterprise. The Standard says that the latest word of the Americans is peace, but it may be described as peace with avengear ce. With a rare consideration for the interests of humanity and of civilisation they declare that, though they have a just complaint against us, and ought to be ♦ery angry, they intend to dissemble. Their ambassador is to come, if not actually with a healing message, at least with no unkind proposals. They have suffered grievous wrong at our hands. They charge us with the whole cost of their civil war. They insist that we ought to pay their bill of expenses incurred in creating an empire out of a collection of States. They lay their damages at a sum which, if it bas been rightly assessed, presumes that we have inflicted upon them an injury greater than any nation ever yet committed upon a neigh bour. Still, they are disposed to renew their friend ship with us. They will "let the matter drop" for the present season. They declare that they can afford to wait—that it is to their interest to wait for some future opportunity of pressing their claims. In the meantime, if we may believe their chief organs of opinion, Mr. Motley will be instructed to "do nothing, and to say as little as possible." But to suppose that England will consent to postpone the matter until it is convenient for the Americans to press it is an insult to the national intel ligence, which is in itself a very bad preparative to friendship. Mr. Sumner's claim, if good in equity, in international law, even by that indefinite and somewhat vague rule of conduct called the " comity of nations," is as good now as it will be twenty years hence. If it is seriously made, we cannot permit it to remain in suspense, at the pleasure of thee nation which assumes to be our creditor. It is indispensable, before any further steps are taken in the renewal of friendly relations between the two countries, that we should be informed precisely whether this is a claim which the Americans intend to press or not ; and it is premature to talk of peace before we have come to a clear understanding on this point. The Daily News points out that the magistrates of the county of Westmeath have been sitting as a Committee of Public Safety, not so much for the purpose of acting them selves as of recommending a course of action to the Government. They suggest that the law which authorises public compensation for injury to property should be extended to injuries to the person ; that such com pensation should be levied by a house tax ; that a detective police should be formed and paid by a similar levy on the disturbed district ; s and that the Habeas Corpus Act should be permanently suspended, and power given to the Executive to search suspected houses, and arrest and imprison suspected parties in any district where an outrage has occurred. These are, at any rate, strong measures, and it is not impossible to trace in them the influence of panic. The question for us, however, is whether the measures proposed are the wisest for the purpose. No doubt the great powers the magistrates ask for the Irish Executive would be wisely used, and great benefit might result from their use. But are such powers needful ? It is quite natural that the alarmed classes should ask them, for disorder always provokes a reaction towards repressive order. But the permanent suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act is despotism, and w e are no t p re p are d . _ _ _ _ . on this side of the water to abolish Irish freedom in order to cure the lccal disorders of Irish society. Nor is the kindred suggestion, to allow the Executive to authorise search and arrest, on requisition from the magistrates of a district, much more admissible. It is exactly. the kind of engine panic asks for, and is the kind with which panic does its worst mischiefs. The other suggestions are more feasible. The Telegraph declares that the " levelling down" which the Turf is now undergoing looks as if it would know neither pause nor abatement, and in some respects it has no hesitation in saying that the prospects of the Turf are bhp rev ova. a TinDeful. These and many other similar reflections lead it to the conclusion tnat nvAt, meeting at the Jockey Club, coinciding as it will with the feverish .excitement of a Derby week, cannot but be pregnant with momentous results to the future of the. Turf. It is difficult to persuade men who judge by externals merely, and who will tell us that never was there such a mighty concourse of humanity assembled upon Epsom Downs as this Derby will exhibit., that a worm is nevertheless at the root of their favourite sport —a worm which the Jockey Club alone is potent enough to extirpate. To the great mass of the - - Derby Day's holiday-makers it cannot make any -- - difference whether Pretender and Belladrum are two of the mightiest cracks that Epsom ever saw, or whether the Derby is won by a "plater." But no one who "looks before and after" can doubt that if the Derby ceases to be contested by an average high class of three-year-olds, there will soon cease to be any Derby at all. The ap proaching meeting of the Jockey Club will, perhaps, be the last really important synod of that body at which Lord Derby, General Peel, Admiral Rous, Lord Zetland, Lord Strafford, and one or two more of the club's eldest members, will ever be present. Let them beware how they allow what we fear we must call " the golden age of the Turf " to pass away, without leaving on record their protest against such barbarisms as the Brocklesby Stakes at Lincoln and the Althorp Park Stakes at Northampton; and without taking some notice of the significant fact that, out of 2,150 races run in Great Britain and Ireland during 1868, no fewer than 1,213 were over distances varying from three to six furlongs in length. The Star observes that opinions are much divided as to the course likely to be pursued by the Upper House on the Irish Church Bill. A dissolution bas been talked of in case the bill is thrown out ; but no dissolution can alter the composition of the Home of Lords. The time for dissolutions upon the Irish Church question has passed. The country has called Mr. Gladstone to the . head of affairs to carry out a definite policy, not to submit it to discussion afresh, and we have not the slightest doubt that the courage, genius, and parliamentary tact of Mr. Glad stone are equal to the task. We have seen it also contended in some quarters that the result of a defeat of the bill in the Houa of Lords would necessarily lead to the resig nation of the Gladstone Ministry. But the people do not give a Minister a majority•of upwards of a hundred at his back in order that he may throw up the cards, or, with a false chivalry or strained constitutional etiquette, give the honours of the situation to the enemies of free- dom. In addition to the solemn compact Mr. Gladstone ratified with the nation when he announced his policy and won its confidence, he has taken upon his shoulders a responsibility as regards Ireland which he, of all men, is the least likely to disregard. For ourselves, we hope much from the practical wisdom which the Peers have often dis played at times when the people have clearly declared their will. There musthe some mode of finally sol v ing questions of policy in a land where for generations we have abandoned the very thought of force as an element in the struggle. No better mode has been devised than an appeal to the country. The Peers may well listen to the reply, for it is the mode by which the Sovereign herself learns the wishes of her people, that she may make and unmake Ministries in conFonaoce therewith. On the great occasion no' drawing near, the Lords have to do, in a restricted and humbler sense, that which a solemn constitutional duty imposes on the Sovereign. We place our hope on the cul- tivated political intelligence of that august assembly, but if the hope should unfortunately prove delusive, the policy of the Premier cannot thereby he thwarted, as he has with him the people, who are the source of all power, and th) Sovereign, who is the fountain of all honour. The Popolo Italian° of Genoa announces .04 Alazzini has left Lugano for London, 1. MACHINERY FOR GAMBLING SWIA'DLING. The following singular discovery in a Washington gambling-house is related by one of the journals published in that city:—The building 414, Pennsylvania-avenue, occupied for some time as the " Congress Clothing Store," is now being pulled down to make room for extensive im provements contemplated by the present proprietor, Dr. D. B. Clarke. In taking down some of the partitions to remove gas-pipe, daylight was left in upon some secret wires, which, being traced, were found to extend through the rooms of the whole upper portion of the building, and, with other apparatus, forming one of the most remarkable pieces of machinery for gambling swindling ever exposed to view. The gambling rooms were in the second storey front. Over them were two garret-rooms. In the flooring of each of these upper rooms a trap-door had been cut about sic feet in length and three in width. The trap being taken up shews an aperture between the floor and the ceiling of the room below of a size to accommodate the gambler's confederate ; a series of small perforations in the ceiling afforded him a full view of the cards liteld by the players at the table in the roam beneath. By his side was the end of a thin wire, which, passing along under the flooring of the attic to the walls, ran down to the flooring of the room below (playing upon nicely-adjusted pulleys at the angles), and so on until it reached a point directly under the card table. Here a very ingenious pedal arrangement came into play, by which, with springs of spiral wire, a trian gular piece of iron was made to work up through a minute aperture in the floor under the foot of the swindling gambler. The operator of the machinery was as silent as death, and not an indication appeared anywhere to give him suspicion of the network of villany in which he was entrapped. The punctures in the ceiling, which gave a view of the cards to the confederate overhead, were screened from view by an ornamental oval of green figured paper ing, and the aperture in the floor under the card-table, through which the spring played, was concealed by the carpet. Some years ago, it will be remembered, a some what conspicuous character, by the name of Donovan, was implicated in some gambling rascality that led to his serving a term in the penitentiary. This building was the scene of his gambling operations, but, though the establishment had a bad name, it was not suspected that the villany there had any such diabolical backing as was afforded by this machinery. For the last half-dozen years the house has been occupied as a clothing store. The pre sent owner proposes to erect here a building suitable to the importance of the locality, and the old gambling den, with its mysterious machinery, will be among the tradi tions of the past. SROCKLVG MURDER BY A SUSSEX FARMER. A shocking murder of a wife was committed on Sunday, at A shburnbam, a small village in Sussex, a few miles from Hastings. Near the village is a quantity of land called "Gardener's Farm," which isfarmed byan old man named Stubberfield. On Saturday evening there wereliving in the same house with the son, his wife Matilda, their son, Mary Deeprose (a companion to Mrs. Stubberfield), and several farm-labourers and domestic servants. The boy, 8 years old, who occupied the same room as his parents, states that early on Sunday morning, whilst it was scarcely light, he saw his father kneeling upon his mother, and squeezing her throat. Hearing his mother say "Oh!'' feebly, and as if in pain, he said to his father, " You're hurting mother ! " " You hold your tongue," replied the father, " I'm only tickling her ! " Stubber field then dressed himself, and having kissed his wife and child, took his coat over his arm, and went down stairs. The boy then immediately aroused the other inmates of the house. In the meantime, Miss Deeprose, having heard a moaning noise in the Stubberfields' bed room, and thinking something was the matter, had gone to the father's house for assistance. On her return in about ten minutes she met Jeremiah Stubberfield at the door, as he was about to leave the house, and tried to prevent his escape, but did not succeed in doing so, although she straggled with him for some minutes. James Huneysett, a carter, who was one of the first persons aroused by the boy, got up directly and went into the bed room,where he found Mrs. Stubberti d lying in the bed dead. Dr. Simmons, who lived a mile and a half distant, was at once sent for. It was six o'clock when that gentleman reached the house. He was first led to suppose that deceased had died sudden!y from natural causes. An examination of the neck, however, revealed marks, and the doctor then came to the opinion that the womau had been murdered. The police were communicated with, and were quickly on the spot. Search was instituted for the murderer, but without success. It is said that Stubberfield had been in a depressed state of mind some time. He had been married nine years, was much respected, and understood to have lived very happy with his wife. LA TV A_YD POLICE. A TJU case of some interest to the theatrical world, was held in the Cuurt of CoMmon Pleas on Monday. The plaintiff was Mr. Curbyn, a theatrical agent, and the defendant, Mr. Bandmann, the American actor. Through the agency of the plaintiff the defendant was engaged at the Lyceum, and Mr. Bandmann agreed to pay the agent 15 per cent, of all the moneys received from Mr. Smith or his agents. The plaintiff had recovered £4l 15s, in a previous action, and he now sought to recover commission on further sums paid to the defendant by Mr. Smith. Mr. Justice Byles had nonsuited him on the ground that the previous verdict exhausted the agreement, and no further action could be maintained. The court decided that the nonsuit had been properly entered, and the rule was discharged. ACCIDENT IN THE STREETS.—A coal carter was on Monday charged at Southwark with having driven over and killed an old man in the Borough. He was remanded, remarking; that many fatal accidents might be prevented by a little care on the part of the drivers. THE PERFORMING BEAK.—The keepers of the perform ing bear have been again the subject of a police prosecu tion. They were brought before the sitting magistrate at Lambeth, and each was fined 20s. and costs for obstruct. ing the thoroughfare. The fine was paid, the men once more promising to leave the country. SINGULAR OASE.—A woman attended at the Marylebone Police-court, on Monday, to state that while her little boy George Henry Hedges, was with some other children in the playground of a school in Marylebone on Friday last, a man called for him and took him away, telling the schoolmistross that he was the child's stepfather. The statement was totally false, and neither the child nor the man has since been beard of. SINGULAR CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—Mr. John Bruce, of the Stock Exchange, and of Astwick Manor, Hatfield, was charged before the Hertford county magistrates with assaulting his housemaid, Angelina Prior. It was stated that Mr. and Mrs. Bruce came down into the kitchen and complained of the housemaid's conduct. The com plainant called her mistress a wicked woman, and Mr. Bruce said, " I will settle her," and knocked her down. She struck him in self-defence, when he knocked her down again and kicked her. Early next morning she went to the police-station. The magistrates imposed a fine of £lO. One of their number wished to commit the prisoner. UNDERGRADUATES IN TROUBLE.—At the Vice-Chan cellor's Court, Oxford, Messrs. George Barlow, Herbert William Ozanne, and Charles Edward Abney, under graduates of Exeter College, were charged with trespass. ing on land belonging to Mr. Faulkner, at Hincksey, in pursuit of game. After a lengthened hearing, the Vice- Chancellor fined the defendants ss. each. GREAT ROBBERY OF SILL -At the Greenwich Polio°. coin t two men have been charged with entering the pre mises of Messrs. Tripp, drapers, of Blackheath, and stealing property valued at £l,lOO. They were remanded. THE JEWEL ROBBERY.—At Newcastle, the prisoners charged with stealing a quantity of jewellery from Messrs. Lister, silversmiths, of Newcastle, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour —the utmost punishment the bench could inflict. A. man, named Fortune, aged 68, died at Swin don (Wilts) last week, and was duly buried at Cbippenham. In accordance with his last will and testament the whole of the coffin furniture, including the breast-plate, was painted yellow, indicative of the political principles he had advanced in his life. TIPPERARY PROPERTY. —By way of proof that property is not depreciated in value in Tipperary, it is mentioned that a nobleman has just purchased a demesne on the banks of the Suir for £30,000, which was bought fourteen years ago for £17,000, and had been in the interval resold for £24,500. BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SHOW.—The five days' exhibition of the Bath and West of England and Southern Counties Asso,iation opens at Southampton on Monday next with the public judging of cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, and poultry. What with live stock, birds, machinery, flowers, pictures, art manufactures, and music, there is really nothing else in the kingdom like the popular show of the Western Society ; and now that the soutfiern provinces have added their zeal and:_their resources, we look for a spectacle of extraordinary interest. The occasion, in fact, will be to the south. what the great Royal Show at Manchester will be to the north and to the midland districts. The Southampton show is of very large dimensions ; the classes in every department are well filled ; the situation is excellent ; the railway arrangements good; and a most successful meeting is therpfore conficlently anticipated.— Chamber of ilgrkq!Yrf /aura & THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1869 TIIE IMPERIALIST." THE DERBY OF 1869. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The reaction which we reported in favour of Pen) Gomez did not continue later on Saturday. The odds of sto 1 were at first eagerly accepted, and speedily reduced to 9 to 2 ; but later in the day the hostility again set in and 5 to 1 was freely offered. ' The price is one which ought never to be offered against such a horse immediately befort the ,race, unless he had met with some serious accident. - The opponents of Pero Gomez seem to be actuated in - their hostility by two considerations; first, that such a moderate horse as the Duke of Beaufort got very near him in the Newmarket Biennial, and secondly. that when tried on Thursday or Friday his performance was not satisfactory. " Meteor," in the Daily News, endeavours to explain the former unfavourable sign on the ground that Pero Gomez was not fit when he stripped for the Newmarket Biennial six weeks ago. "No race could have been won easier, however, and if it is borne in mind how hard a matter it seemed to squeeze Beadsman home level with Eclipse only a month before he beat the latter out of sight in the Derby, there should be nothing alarming in the fact that Mr. Brayley's appa rently moderate animal got to the neck of Pero Gonez. The symptoms of Friday last—raising nasty reminiscences of the Rake and the Duke, who were so fatally attacked five days before the Derby —are what we must fear, and it is not so very much in his favour that he has partially recovered from the hard knocks administered at Harpen den. Yet it may be that the retreat was sounded for market purposes only by those people who seem to know so much about Sir Joseph Hawley's horses, though 1 believe it to be really a fact that be failed to do all that was asked of him when tried with Blue Gown." " Astnodeus " believes that Pero Gomez had so slight an advantage over the Duke of Beaufort in the Biennial, that he can hardly hope to overcome his two formidable adversaries—Pretender and Belladrum. The " prophets" of the daily papers have had their turn at vaticination. Most of them pronounce in favour of Pretender. "Hotspur," of the Telegraph,in a long article, gives the preference to the threefavourites. The report that Pero Gomez has gone lame "Hotspur" knows to be un true. He was said to have fallen lame on Friday, whereas it is a positive fact that he did two miles of exercise on Sun day. " But upon the merit of public running, Pretender and Belladrum's performance in the Two Thousand is so much better than Pero Gomez's in the Biennial, that I am afraid Sir Joseph will be beaten this year." Hence this writer gives in favour of Belladrum and Pretender, but prefers the former on the ground that the Two Thousand running was vitiated by Kenyon's riding. " Nine out of every ten racing men with whom the Two Thousand Guineas is discussed will argue that, with judicious handling, and had he not over powered Kenyon, Belladrum ought to have won. As it was, the brilliant speed which he possesses was all wasted, and when he came to the hill there was not a shot in the locker. Provided he could have been held nicely together by such horsemen as Wells, Fordham, or Daley, and have gone up the hill with one run, he would assuredly have beaten- Pretender, who had to be well dug with John Osborne's spurs to get homei Widely different tactics will be pursued with him in the Derby, as Daley will have express orders to lay right o ff with him." Asmodeus," of the Standard, on the other hand, will have none of Belladrum. If Pretender could beat Mr. Merry's horse by halt a length in a mile, "Asmodeus " does not see how the running can be reversed in a mile and a half race. He therefore pronounces for Pretender. " Meteor," of the Daily News, gives precisely the same verdict. Pero Gomez is hardly to be trusted. Bella drum cannot be expected to stay the mile and a half, and Pretender must therefore be looked to as the absolute winner. The fifth number of that portentous organ The Imperialist lies before us. It consists of eight pages about the same size as ours. Under the title is a large crown, with the words, "The Empire is Peace" on the one side,.and " Let us have Peace" on the other. The lmperialistprofesses to be theorgan Of the secret association known by the mysterious title of the T.C.1.0., which it represents as a masonic jour nal does Masonry. That political and social order aims to secure and maintain a strong central go vernment in the United States ; peace and pros perity; the rights of the national creditors ; as well as to reorganise society on a basis admitting of no equality except that of responsibility to, and protec tion by, the law. The country is divi led by it into civil and military colonies, with pro consuls and consuls, tribunes and centuri ,ns, and its edicts are published from head -quarters in The Imperialist. The paper itself asserts the corruption of the com munity, and proclaims Imporialisn to be the only remedy. Its premise is admitted, even by those who scout as little less than idiotic i s conclusion. But The Imperialist is well able to argue the ques tion out for itself, being evidently in skilful hands. The .spectator attributes the appearance of this journal to a form of the expression whereby Anglo- Saxons vent in sarcasm their indignation and pro test against a general and growing corruption. The Round Table, in an article written about the same time, seems to arrive at much the same conclu-ion, though more deeply penetrated with the danger ahead. Indeed the arguments it uses are precisely those by which the Imperialist reaches the crown. A Republic, to be a successful form of Govern ment, must be composed of a virtuous community ; such a community founded and upheld for years the great Republic, but it was deluged by Euro pean ignorance, and barbarized by the reaction from colonizing the wild West. The ballot has produced its natural fruit in the hands of those un fitted to use it, placing worthless men in power, and creating a corruption which - has tainted the whole machinery of Government. To return to the Constitution the Imperialist declares to be im possible, for revolutions never go backwards, and to save the country from au impending anarchy, to end, probably, in Cresarism, it is necessary, with due checks and reservations, to place kingly power in the hands of one man. Republicanism has, it says,,been fairly tried in the States and failed. To go back, even if possible, would be only again to make a false st trt, which must proceed to the same re sult ; ignorant masses arc not fit to wield political power, and in the establishment of a monarchy instead of Americans losing their liberty, they would, regain at least a portion of what has been already lost, the Republic being the verie,t sham, and their masters not only numerous, but the scum of the nation. It is a strange fact that this is the burden of ANDREW JOHNSON'S song. Great as is the editorial exaggeration, the correspondents of the paper go beyond it; and as their letters come from all parts of the country, if they are to be credited, the movement has ex tens ve ramifications over the continent. The opinion is generally held that the nation has outgrown the system of quad rennial Presidential elections, and conseluent change of office. What answered for a compara tively small community, simple in tiste and reli gious in feeling, as well as poor in this world's goods, may be unsuited to a great population, spread over a vast extent, wealthy, luxurious, making an idol of money, while careless how it is obtained. A Republic without a national debt, with a few regi ments for an army and a few ships for a navy, with a President living unostentatiously in a two-storeyed mansion, having few gifts in his patronage, differs widely from one the interest on whose National Debt is £30,000,000 annually, whose revenue is the largest in the world, whose officers are counted by tens of thousands, and whose army and navy the victors in a great war hold a high place in the national estimation. To elect a President to head such a people is itself a mighty business, but when that election involves a change in a hundred thou sand pos's there is danger of a convulsion, and the certainty of a great disturbance. Yet this mutt occur every four years unless the present syste n be reformed. It need not then surprise if many ?houghtful men in the United Sta'e.s con - consider that the Republic has outgrown the Can " Argus," of the Post, is in favour of Pretender. He urges that Pretender kept up with Belladrum when the latter ran off with Kenyon, and he sees no rea son why the Derby should reverse the decision of the Two Thousand. " Nemo," of the Advertiser, pronounces kr Belladrum or the Drummer. The principal feature of the Derby yesterday was the increased firmness of Pretender, who was backtd heavily at 2to 1, and finally at 7to 4. A deal of money was laid against Pero Gomez at 5 to 1, which was freely offered to the close, and Belladrum was also slightly under a cloud, as several large speculators operated against him to a considerable amount at 9to 2 and sto 1. But just before the room broke up at the Victoria Club, we heard an offer to take 1,000 to 200 in one bet. Perry Down and Drummer were in great force down to 16 to 1, both being also supported heavily for a place at 4 to 1 each. Thorwaldsan was befriended, by Northern speculators, to win a large stake, his c l os i ng pr i ce b e i ng 20 to 1 , w hil e a shade over 3 to 1 was booked to money for a place. Martyrdom and Border Knight were nominally at 30 to 1 each, but 5 to 1 was taken about the former being placed. There was a rush on De Vere ; but he left off at 50 to 1 after 40 to 1 had been taken kindly. For the Oaks Scottish Queen and Brigantine were in request at 3 to 1 and 7 to 2 respectively. Morna, however, was favourite at 3 to 1, and Dryad was backed down to 8 to 1, while Martinique retired to 10 to 1 offered without a response. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. stitution framed by the fathers of (h.) coantry. In the movement of which the Imperialist is. but a sign we find a striking instance of the !rath that x•remes meet. Toe a•lvec its of uttiversal ,u 1 axe have gained wady all they hid to ask ; —even negressts have been sltarply attacking the electoral rec Hers at Washington to; refusing to place their names on the voting list ; but no stmer have the upho7ders of thes?, rights of ma❑ attained their cod than an organization is found to have widely ramified, whose avowed obj ct is to deprive the multitude of the political privilege they have misused. To the question of grades and castes, the haperia/i4 re plies that the Republic is already saturated with such distinctions, and that nowhere else arc they so powerful or grounded on a base more poor and mean. As to Orders and Decorations it maintains the desire for them to be common to all men, and marked even to an absurd extent in the Republic where titles are bestowed by good-haturod neigh bours, and assumed with the utmost complacency by the extreme Radicals without a shadow of right. Generals who have never Fet a Niro:lron in the field, Doctors without diplomas, Admirals, whose experienc3 afloat is in a ferry boat, Judges who have only ruled on the prices of their dry goods, and as in many other things good-naturedly done by the citizens, harm accrues, for the end is to destroy the value of the tith3, not to rai c the re cipient. The Empire, according to the Imperialist would change nothing in thL respects,but purify and reform institutions already in existence. Some sneer at the ; the Democrats assert that its design only carries to their legitimate conclusion the acts of the Radicals ; the Republicans declare that it is a Democratic squib to bring the party in power into disrepute. One paper boldly states it to be Secretary BgniE's bantling aided by President GRANT, which, of cours2, no one believvs. The Imperialist, however, says it was started to popularize the ideas already extensively prornulgAted by the T. C. I. 0., and with no other object ; that it has received a liberal support from the public; that uotwithstand- ing the constant announcements of its death it has come to stay ; that it has lighted its torch, and until it has fired the popular heart or kindled the funeral pyre of a dead Democracy, it will not be extinguished. Nor is it to run alone, for another organ called the Empire is about to be established in Philadelphia ; and the fact appears to us little less than marvellous that sum, could exist in the two greatest cities of the Model Republic. But that they can is a good sign, for there is nothing like open discussion ; and it is as well, however disagreeable, to have the truth plainly told as seen on all sides. While the extreme views of the T. C. I. 0. are little likely to find favour with the nation they are not unlikely to do good. As Senator SUMNER'S speech expounds the Alabama claims in a highly exaggerated way, but at the same time that it excites annoyance and opposition still it has impressed on the British mind the AMerican view of the Alabama affair, as nothing short of this could have done. Such an organization growing into im portance will teach the masses, if anything can, that duties always accompany rights; that the ballot is not given to barter for private gain, and that its general abuse will surely lead in the end to a na tional punishment, which may involve the indivi dual or his children in the general misfortune— anarchy or Cle;ariBm. The _Nand Table, with truth, says :—" Revolting as the proposition of Impez ialism is to all who cherish an - I take pride in the Republic, the thoughtful citizen will nei erthe- less do well to ponder over that aspect of our . . _ . civilisation which only by its extreme gravity could have engendered so revolutionary a conception. That we are in the midst of breakers which may en danger the stability of the Republic few will deny, except the demagogues and those who thrive by deluding the people. By laying bare the causes that produce these perils measures may be devised to arrest their progress. At any rate let us npt imi- tate the ostrich, which hides its head in order to become invisible to the enemies who threaten its, life." pupae estimation which is born of wealth worship. but the soulS have been reserved at a higher price, and The London Scotsman points out how will, we suppose, shortly he put up again. Which is the " Wecantrace the spirit of rivalry very rife in the Ameri- worst blot on our civilisation, the Kendal body-market, or can returns. The Washington hotel-keepers and contrac• this every-day soul-market? When will England learn tors compete freely for the credit irf returning the largest that souls have indeed been reserved at a price far higher income. We have Jay Gould, Henry Keep, and a goo d Many more of the railway financing interest trying to than £lO a piece?—Tablet. stump each other, and all returning close up on $150 ,000. The house of Colt and Co., the revolver makers, with a return of $1,692,900, haughtily look down upon all the smaller manufacturers of firearms. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, • with his $21,175, is as well off as any bishop ; and Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southwood, a novelist, will sell her next book all the better because she takes ca,e to let it be known that her income is $4,500. General Grant seems to be the only man who thinks there is virtue in a small income. He returns his at $5OO, an d we might ask where is the man at borne with £lOO a year who could aspire to a parochial guardianship, let alone any higher position ? if Mr. Lowe would only try the American system he would never repent it. Samuel Nephews dare not chew a smaller income than Moses, Aaron, and Co. ; the owner of Cockle's Life Pills would not for his life let Professor Holloway trump his income tax return. The great teamen would compete furiously, and the tribe of guinea-pig directors would tind it policy to own to thumping incomes, even if they flew kites to pay the tax." THE MILITARY REFORMS. - The Government would be economi ml but canlot. It would discharge various do-nothing clods, but dare not. It Would reduce the number o! oiticerb iu the army, but here also the reformers are met by insurmel:ntable difficulties. Of all alterations the rearrangement of the cavalry regiments his been most imperatively demanded. The Government took the matter in hand, gave orders for certain reduction, but is now, according to the Past, met by the invariable non possumus. " The reductions ordered in our cavalry regiments, which consisted in the gradual absorption of four cornet?ies and the adoption of the squadron, instead of the troop integer, are, it is said, found to be impracticable. It was proposed to organise each gyladron with its own staff, so as to be able to take the field at the shortest notice and to not independently: . The squadrons were to be formed of two troops, which were to be called divisions, and to be com manded by one of the four senior captains, who was to be responsible to his commanding officer for its interior economy, discipline, and drill. The four junior captains were to be division leaders, and as the control and respon sibility of their troops would be shifted from them to their four seniors, they would practically be reduced to the level of subalterns. It is now understood that the old system of troops will be reverted to in consequence of the authorities, having discovered that the care of the arms and the management of his troop is vested in the junior captain by the terms of her Majesty's commission." FOREIGN NOTES. TO HOLDERS OF AMERICAN BONDS. A decision of great importance to holders of American Bonds has been given by Chief Justice Chase. He rules that income tax cannot be levied by the Government upon foreigners who hold United States securities, and more than this, that the sums already collected must be restored. The revenue department is accordingly about to refund several hundred thousand dollars, collected in this way. The Executive, Legislature, and judicial authorities of the United States are apparently working hand-in-hand to promote the credit of the nation by the strictest financial honesty. American credit did in fact rise considerably a short time back ; but, thanks to Mr. Sumner, it has fallen again. RESIGNATION OF THE LIVERPOOL LOCAL MARINE BOARD. Some of the papers are mf king a fuss about the resignation of the Local Marine Board of Liver pool, the result (they say) of petty interference on the part of the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Bright 's assailed for what he has done; and the Star thinks th 3 matter serious enough to require a long defence. The facts are these : The Local Marine Board, which is partly elected by shipowners, partly by the .Board of Trade, has two distinct kinds of duties to perform. It has to act as a kind of agent to the Board of Trade in the management of the shipping officers, in the appointment of officers, &c,, in connection with the management of the port ' * but the respec tive duties of the Loc a l B oar d and of the Board of Trade are rather complicate. In addition to this, however, it has the management of the compulsory examinations of masters and mates. It is with regard to these latter duties that the dispute has arisen. Government examiners conduct the exami nations, but the certificate has to be signed by the members of the Local Marine Board. They have been accustomed for the last eighteen years to sign these without attending the examinations, striking out the words in the certificate "in our presence." For this signature a fee has been given till now, no money being allowed for ordinary duty, and the Board has regarded this rather as their salary than as a special fee for doing a special thing. The Board of Trade refuses to look upon the matter in this light any longer, and insists in the attendance of a member at the examinations. The Board refuses to attend, urging that it is needless,and hence the resignation. THE IRISH CHURCH B;LL. The Dublin Evening Mail, the organ of Orangeism, very earnestly deprecates Lord Dolby's moving the rejection of the Irish Church Bill. It ohjec!s not to the motion, but ti the man. If Lord Derby moves the rejection it will be an undoubted party division. he should leave it for Lord Westbury or the Marquis of Salisbury. The danger, says the Mail, to which the cause of the Church is now exposed is that it will be dealt with by the Conservative " leaders " as a party, and not as a public, question. PARLIAMENTARY TACITURNITY. Mr. Rylands, M.P. for Warrington, making a speech to his constituents, explained how it was that the Irish Church Bill had made such rapid progress through the Lower House. He denied that the Liberal Whips had given any instructions to 11I.P's that they should abstain from speaking. He said that he had made up his mind from the first not to speak upon the bill, but to support it, for the me:T.sure was so thoroughly unlerstood that there was no need of arguments in its behalf. Other members had come to the same conclusion, and hence the sPecd with which the measure had been- - carried through its stages. Mr. Rylands then went on ti praise Mr. Gladstone's leadership, and declared that the often-made assertion that the Liberal leader was inferior in tact to the Conservative was unfounded. Mr. Rylands may fairly take some credit to himself and his friends for the reticence which they have displayed. There is an unusually large number of new M P.'s in the present House of Commons, and it was but to be expected that they would desire to hear their own voices, and to please their constituents by an oratorical display. The fact that they have not done so, is one of the most . remarkable illustrations of party discipli ne that the Liberals have ever shown. THE STAFFORD ELECTION. The Liberal candidates at Stafford have determined to settle their differences by a ballot of the Liberal electors—that is to say, of those who voted for Mr. Pochin or Mr. Chawner at the last election. The three men from whom a choice is to be made are Mr. 13. Whit worth, Mr. T. W. Evans, and Mr. George Odger. The united Conservatives are pursuing an active canvass in favour of Mr. Salt and the Hon. Reginald Talbot. THE HII II AGRARIAN OUTRAGE". The special correspondent of the Daily News, who has of late been investigating the cause of the Irish agrarian outrages, sends in his concluding letter the result of his inquiries. The opinion which he has formed—or the view he has always taken, and which has not been shaken—is that the source of Ireland's insecurity and decline, the reason for the wholesale emigration, the treason, and the poverty which he has found, is the insecurity of tenure. Ile finds nothing to account for the existing state of things in the temper of the people; or in the want of strictness on the part of the execu tive. The threatening letters,the abundanceof crime, the reappearance of firearms as an article of dress, are but the result of dissatisfaction caused by the people having no abiding place, having no fixity of holding in the land. The scheme he proposes—not his own, but suggested to him by a landlord—is that a bill should be passed to compel landlords to give ; leases for a reasonable term, and not clogged with con ditions of such a nature as to make them worse than valueless. The Legislature should also pass an _,qt to prevent the landlord from ejecting for iion payment of rent where the holding was not under a written agreement for a term of not ,less than thirty one or forty-one years when originally made— taking away the power of distress, except in the like case, and leaving the landlord to recover his rent by n ordina w—ry action at lathe landlord to nav the grand jury cess wnen the tenant am not - om by lease for some such term, the power of ejectment to be taken away for breach of covenant, and the landlord left to the action for damages for such breach. THE 11017SELESS POOR. The contemptible agitators who are continually endeavouring to inflame the poor against the rich have again tried their hands at a great demonstra tion, and have ignominiously failed. The .unem ployed, houseless, and homeless poor were called together by Messrs. Shaw, Riddell, and Johnson — whoever they may be—to pass resolutions declaring the rich to be the greatest paupers, the poor to be the rightful possessors of the land. The meeting-place was Hyde Park, the rallying point " the Reformers' tree." But the glories of the place were not sus tained on Saturday. There could be no mistake about the character of the attendants of the meeting; the canvas jaclfet was a sure sign that the men had recently had to take refuge where his meat, drink, and clothing would cost them no money. But a couple of dozen hardly made . a " great " demonstration ; and though the oratory was of the most extreme kind, though the speakers went in for confiscation of land, though they praised Penians, though they declared a war with America to be 'a good thing, though they set down everyb o dy as rogue s except theimelves, though one of th e i r num b er based his arguments on Scripture, the treason and the folly fell flat, the allusion to the Bible was evidently not appreciated, and those who had met departed with damper' spirits. A HINT nu Mil. LORI. Why does not Mr. Lowe " Americanise " his finance by publishing all the income tax returns ? The result would be first of all that lie would get a sale for his books so large that it would enable him to knock twopence off the income tax; and next, and far more important, taxpayers, instead of as .now, 'understating their incomes, would overstate them, t9_104.59 noiglibQux.ia t h at TRADES UNION MEETING. The trades unions wish to give all the support they possibly can to Mr. Hughes's bill. Throughout the country the unions approve of it ; and it is now announced that the societies have determined to hold an aggregate meeting in Exeter Hall, on the 23d of June next. Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., has con sented to preside on the occasion ; and Mr. Mun della, M.P., Mr. Harrison, and others will be present. RITUALISM IN NEW YORK. That "Our American Cousins" are a go-a-head people has become a truism. They beat us in their mountains, in their railway accidents, in their bat tles, and now they are beating us in our ritual; The Anglo-American Times describes a magnificent function, compared with which St. Alban's proces sions are but dull and Quakerish. The Rev. Dr. Ewer, of Christ Church, Fifth Avenue, has just been celebrating the formal Adoration of the Cross. The building was darkened, while the chancel blazed with lights. A. colossal brazen cross was erected on the altar, before which knelt the priests and the acolytes. Various processions moved around the church, with boys in surplices, bearing wax-burners and crosses in front. The fellows of " the Guild of the Holy Cross," in whose behalf the service was performed, _ _ took their places robed in black gowns and . chasubles, some of bright red, others blue, trimmed with white and grey, ornamented with gold, while on the bosom of each a large cross was embroidered. A NE3IORIAL TO Lop]) GOIT(.411. A movement has just been commenced in Dublin with the object of erecting a public monument to Lord Gough. On Friday a large public meeting was held, at which all parties were represented. Ex-Chancellors in various Govern ments, officials appointed by different Ministers, soldiers and clergymen, lawyers and civic authorities joined together .in advocating that some tribute of respect—and that no small one—should be paid to the deceased veteran. Amongst those present were Sir MaziEre . Brady, the Right Hon. Abraham Brewster, Sir Jcsvh Napier, Major-General Cunyng harne, Archdeacon Goold, the Master of the Rolls, Judge Morris, General Hall, and Colonel Ollanlon. It is intended - that the memorial shall be an imperial, not an Irish one. The form which it shall take has not been decided on, but a committee has been ap pointed to collect subscriptions. A CILI:OIT QUALIF C O. Mr. Dent, M - .P. for Scarborough, in proposing that the Duke of Devonshire should be President of the Royal Agricultural Society for the year 1870, when the show is to be held i n O x f or d, urged, as one of his Grace's qualifications, that he was one of the first mathematicians and scholars that CambridgeUniver say had ever produced. The head of the Cavendishes is a large landowner,' and, as such, is well qualified for the post to which he has just been unanimously elected; but we do not see how his having been a Cantab, a second wrangler s enior Smith's Prizem an, and first-class el , ssie, lit him especially for presiding over an assembly of agriculturists. • OBITUARY. The deaths • of two officers of high rank are announced. Vice-Admiral Francis I)ecimus Has tings, brother of the late Sir Charles Hastings and Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings, was born in 1705, entered the navy in 1807, and served with dis tinction in the Syrian and Peninsular wars. After the great war he went to C a mbridge' and took his B.A. degree. The other offi cer is Major-General Henry Clayton. SPORT. t glance at some of our newspapers would lead foreigners to suppose that play was the great busi ness of life. For instance, the Early Telegraph gives nearly a page (a third of it in advertisement type) to sporting intelligence. Four and a half columns describe the sayings and doings of jockeys and horses beaten ont to the tenu it y of g old leaf, a f act , an editorial hydraulic press all the sayings and ('0 . 11 , 3 of statesmen and States. Then come aquatics, c ic': and that noble and manly sport pigeon-shootin g . It is the last which is the r e al ar i stocratic amuse ' ment ; it is in taking the blood of these savage birds that the " blue blood " of our golden youth display s it se lf togreatest advantage. Surely pigeons must f lory in their apotheosis when they are removed out ') t rou bl e some world by the guns of the Mar qu i s of Gra ham, Viscounts Dupplin and Andover, the Marquis of Queensbery, the Earlof Clonmel, Lord 11. Paget, Lord Willoughby - de - Broke, Viscount Stormont, a whole army of Honourables, *a whole regiment of Guards men, and, chiefest of all, Mr. Markham Spofforth, grand head-centre of the Conservative,lf party. used notto sayfnr thatithsipleasures , ea issi n e ares w . o d h a be e wo v i eS l ry l i r d pleasures T is e all s George tolerable Lewis if it were he have said to a life w Probably that it was worse which than a lllife ‘ pains ; for the first do not as th e second do, discipli ne and educate. SALE or Soins.—Ou Tuesday last 500 souls belonging to the parishes of Westborough and Dry DoOdington, in Lincolnshire, were duly put up to auction by Mr. Driver, at the Nrart. The sale was full of interest. The death of the late incumbent .having left the living vacant, the trustees of these happy souls were unable to sell them legally dnring'a vacancy. They therefore handed them over to the care_ (not indeed for long, as they piously Loped) of a clergyman, whose (xtreine age, 73 years, made them more marketable. They were well worth buying; the annual income which they produced was £7OB ; and deducting £lOO for a curate, there were £6OO clear on whiell a gentleman might disport himself, in a nice house, in neighbourhood full of good society, and, if the gentle. man kept horses, a good hunting country. Or, indeed, he might save his £lOO, for - 500 souls could want so little looking after that they were scarcely worth considering. Five hundred souls !Would any one 5aY.25,000 for them ? gust £lO apiece ! No one would say £5,000 for them. SPAIN. The Lisbon Journal of Commerce has found another solution for the sovereignty problem in Spain. Prince Augustus, brother of the King of Portugal, will espouse the daughter of the Duke of Montpensier, and will then he proposed by the Government as their candidate for the throne. Prince Augustus will be 22 years of age next November. The daughter of the Duke of Montpensier alluded to is no doubt the Princess Maria Amelia, who is 17 years of age. The Independance Beige thinks this combination may satisfy the Unionists and Progressists ; but what will the Portuguese think of it? THE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT. The deficit in the North German Budget and the new taxes proposed to cover it, have already given rise to vehement discussions in the Parliament now assembled at Berlin. A strong party demands a reduction of expenses, and especially a shortening of the term of military service—which would be equivalent to reducing the army ; but Count Bismarck will not give way. Once more he has had recourse to his old strategem of threaten. ing to resign his post, and thus abandon the complicated machine which he himself constructed. This measure has been successful hitherto, but the cry of "wolf" may not always be listened to. THE CARLISTS. Once more we hear that the reactionary party is on the point of attempting a coup to regain its lost supremacy in Spain. A despatch from Madrid states that a body of 2,000 Carlists is being organised at Perpignan, and will shortly cross the frontier under the leadership of Generals Gasset and Pezuela. THE BAVARIAN ELECTIONS, The final result of the elections in Bavaiia will cause great disappointment in Prussia. The contest was one of great importance, as decisive in great measure of the question whether the Southern States should join the North-German Confederation, or whether a more intimate alliance of any kind be advisable. Some of the Prussian journals were confident that the party favourable to annexation would triumph. The result is quite the reverse. The secondary elections are nearly over, and the result is that the party opposed to annexation has carried 86 out of the 150 seats. The deputies are elected for six Years. FRANCE AND CHINA. The Paris Patrie, semi-official journal, denies altogether the statement that a Chinese official had struck the French Ambassador at Pekin, and that a serious difficulty would probablybe the consequence. The difficulty which actually did occur was very slight. Some Christians established in one of the northern provinces had been maltreated by a mandarin, and the French Ambassador demanded repara tion. This was not at first conceded ; but the representa tive of France " energetically renewed his claim," and at length obtained justice. The mandarin was removed, and recompense awarded to the Christians. The relations between the Courts of Paris and Pekin are, according to the Patrie, in the most satisfactory condition. NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. The exploring party sent out to the north of Australia arrived at Port Darwin on Feb. 5. They found the harbour good, the soil fertile, water plentiful, and the climate healthy. Steps are being taken for the formation of a settlement. LORD MAYO'S INDIAN POLICY. The various sources of Indian intelligence are unani mous in stating that, for Shere Ali at least, the Umballa Conference has already produced good results. The Ameer's position, both in Afghanistan and Turkestan, has been greatly strengthened by his semi-alliance with the Anglo-Indian Empire. Before he left Peshawur he received very important letters from his son and repre sentative at Cabul, announcing that Balkh-Turkestan has been quieted by the news of the support promised to the Ameer at Cabul. All the chiefs have tendered their submission, even those who belonged to the party of the pretender, Azim Khan. Lord Mayo, as before stated, went very cautiously to work. Knowing that a critical Cabinet was watching his movements in London, he probably did not go so far as he wished. But the Times correspondent says it is none the less true that there is between the Amcor and mu-selves an understanding so clear and full that it is equivalent to the most solemn treaty in the European sense ; while our pay ments are in every sense but the technical one a subsidy. The position of the contracting parties involves much more than meets the eye. The Ameer is deeply impressed with the greatness of the British Empire in India. In fact, he so thoroughly admires our great army, large revenues, and orderly administra tion, that be is anxious to introduce the whole English system into A fghanstan at once, and if not restrained his enthusiasm may endanger his position. The statements that the Ameer asked for the assistance of English officers in training his troops, and for an English envoy at Cabul, are denied by the 2' imes of India. INDIAN NOTES. Another raid has been made into the British territory on the North-West Indian frontier. About 2,000 head of cattle have been carried off. Troops have been sent after the marauders. The widow of a brother of Tippoo Sultan, the famous Indian ruler who was killed at Seringapatam, has just died at the ripe age of 114 years. Captain Sladen, our political agent at Mandalay, has reported on the question of a land route between India and China. His expedition has conclusively decided that Bhamo, on the Irrawaddy, is the best starting point. Lord Mayo will shortly be called upon to decide this important matter. The hopes of those who think there is occasion for another expedition to Africa must now be on the wane. One of the Somalis, sent into the interior of Africa from Aden in March last to inquire about the supposed sur- vivors of the St. Abb's, has returned, after visiting a large number of the tribes. lie expresses his conviction that no Europeans are now in the country. It is reported—but the report needs confirmation—that the Ameer of Bokhara has been killed by his eldest son, the prince who was lately defeated by the Russians. If this statement be correct, the occurrence will doubtless afford a pretext for more incorporation on the part of Russia. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH 11111)1?ESSIONS (From the Anglo-American Times) The posliion assumed by America, which has foutid expression in the press, is that she can lose nothing by delay in settling the Alabama difficulty. War can only arise from her action, as she holds the thunderbolt in her own hand. England dare not go to war, even with France and Spain to back her. Mr. HENRY ADAMS says, " The absolute re jection of the treaty will make itself felt in the whole fnturo policy of the new Administration towards foreign nations, causing distrust, anxiety, possible derangement of commerce, and disturbance of credit." But these just opinions are not gene rally entertained, a very dangerous delusion exist ing that England is at America's mercy, and this is actually taught by a large section of the press. No delusion is more dangerous, for it misleads, as the South was misled in its estimate of the North to learn the error by a most disagreeable expe rience. Money is the sinews of war now more than ever, while mechanical power is its back bone, and if England has the greatest command of money and of machinery, how can American editors attempt to impose on the people the delusion that England is weak? Judging by the English military papers, the impression in their circles is that the Republic, though a great nation, is comparatively defenceless,without credit, without ships, and with out guns! What credit she has, they hold, would in stantly collapse on the outbreak of such a war ; the hastily -built ves=_els, improvised during the rebellion, are not adapted to contest with Eogland the supre macy of the seas, and would, they think, be driven for shelter into American harbours, which, it is assumed, could not th.•re be afforded, as the Rod- man, the Parrott, and the Dahlgren guns are all fail ures, or if afforded could only be obtained by me ans of torpedoes. Nor has the United States the power of remedying this, as the dockyards have fallen into dis use, and are not in a condition to meet the require ments of war. It would be amusing to contrast the common run of American and English newspapers on this subject were it not sad to see them indulging in a tone . which may lead to a disastrous result. The best of the English and American papers do not • thus write, for they know too well what would 1 01 low such a contest. The bare mention of the sub' ject seems to have produced a commercial crisis i! New York. If General GRANT, as some assert, at the bottom of the present most threatening cool' plication, it is probable he will live to regret it; but we are far from believing that there is truth in this report. We do not disguise the danger that looms ahead, and in this we differ from the cot' ;•espondent of the Times, believing it to be advisabl e not therein to err, nor that it should be cloaked; fot here a: e scores of thousands, who, when fully alive 1° t, wou'd press bard to avert a disaster alike ruinoo s z.o civilization and to commercial prosperity. T he very arguments so many American newspapers us e why England dare not go to war are precisely th e •easons why England will go to war. If that be the general impression in America its correctio n mly can avert the calamity, for the same reasne hat a boy at school who dislikes and tries to avoi d ightiug is compelled in the end to fight three bated "or the one that would have sufficed at the beer jog. ThLre is wis lom in the instructions Ai r ' IiOTLEY has received—to take no steps towards re' .pening the controversy. Neither nation is nosy° od to approach so dangerous a topic, and vonld be as well first to let the passions raised, d ie jut. The American press is much surprised that slr. &DINER'S speech was not published in any Ea lish paper. It w as p u bli s h e d b y M r. STEVENS, (/' , Ilenrietta-street, Covent-garden, in better tyl e han any newspaper could have given it, and its sal e would show whether the English press erred in no t printing is entire. Mr. SUMNER thinks that th e London papers will yet be compelled to publish ill but we are at a loss to know why, as those wh o want it can gec it from the above-mentioned house' the ground heretofore assumed by the America° Government is m iintained in Mr. MOTLEY'S i ll. 3tructions, and the question of England's moral re" sponsibility for the results of the neutrality 10" elamation insisted on for reference to arbitration . If decided against England the damages are to b 6 pressed for payment; but all this rests on the fallacy that the position of England " under th e sword of DAMOCLES," as an American paper W e :, is so intolerable th a t s h e w ill come to any terms ° the Republic only waits. This is not a dangerone error unless the United States gets impatient, 0 she will have to wait long for a settlement to b e thus obtained. The errors held about England on th e other side, as well as about America on this, are sole' times laughable. The notion finds general expressio n that it is a terrible position for her MAJESI I Government to have its hands so tied that It cannot engage in any European complication, while th e nation and the Government are thankful to tbone who give them a decent excuse for declining to take part in European continental affairs, and for e ' ing them to keep the peace almost on any terms' Another idea is that England is always striving t ° acquire territory and influence in foreign countries' in Cuba, in the Sandwich Islands, in the South American Republi cs , anyw h ere, everyw h ere. F°t instance, it was circulated all over the Republic, and generally believed, that England was about t° recognise Cuban independence, with a view to form' ing another Dominion in alVest India Confederation, de and thus prevent the absorption of these islao into the Union. An idea less in harmony With ßritish policy could h ar dl y h ave b een conce ive , ' or the notion that any one but a mad Britishe r , cared a straw for the sentiment of the Sandwie ° Islands, or that England would accept every ge l in the Pacific as a g ift even if accompan i ed b y a l a rge sum of money. Thi n ki ng th us erroneous l y o f the objects and intentions of England, it must strik e unprejudiced Americans that their countrymen o r !, scarcely qualified to sit on the judgment seat, and rw il 01 the Alabam a quest i on i n the i r own way, and Wi th the evidence th e y h ave b e f ore t h em, i ndeed bot h ra n t t a'lmit being disqualified as prejudiced against each other. It is very e v id en t th at t h ey cannot assio3l-0 late even in the most remote degree their opioin ° o on the subject, and th e i r w i ses t course t h en, if ilk sensible people they desire a settlement, is to drop the discussion for the present and take the advic e of uninterested persons. Count BISMARCK is 1 1 ° the fashion in the United States, and he is one n ° whosesense and judgment most men rely; let hituS 3l what questions in justice to both, can be referred t ° arbitration. As the matter now stands, Amer° makes a demand which England peremptorily d d dines, and the more the nations talk over it, th e more confirmed either is that right is on her sid e ' The extraordinary part of this extraordinary cool; plicatiun too is that eac h na ti on i s unan i mous ; there is but one opinio n i n A mer i ca as to the " mas sive grievanc," and the only reparation for it, and Eng' land is equally unanimous in rejecting that repar 3- tion as a national di s h onour, an d i n cons i der i n g it o demand almost as a na ti ona l i nsu l t, wh i le d i spu tio. , the very premises on whi c h th e gr i evance i s grounded —and this after months of argument and liter wheelbarrows of despatches, for it was in some sac' conveyance the Alabama correspondence asked N r was taken to the S ena t e . Vi ew i ng i mpart i a lly th e press of both countries, we think the balano 3 0 bitterness to be in f avour o f E ng l an d ; t h e car toon o in the comic p a p ers , w hi c h generally reflect the passing sentiment of the day, carrying the joke, i4 our opinion, out of the bonds of prop r i e ty, and far into the domain of bad taste. A velocipede is a very costly article. A gent le ' man in Hornellsville, New York, recently bought a ye l°- cipodP, for whi c h h o pa id 8100 ; b ro k e a plate glass will; dow, for which he p a id $4O ; cu t hi s f ace an d nec k, f° which he paid the doctor $5 ; ruined one pair of pants' loons, for which he paid $ll • frightened a horse so t b3 o the animal ran away an d b ro k e a b uggy, f or w hich „ paid damages amounting to $6O; and finally smashed ! l i6 velocipede by running into a brick wall, leaving him out of pocket and a court-plastered faco to show for it. Public Ledger, „ fir C' [ADVERTISEMENT. - Holloway's Pills. —Bilious 4. tions and stomach compl a i n t s i n d uce d b y atmospheric ), -e or too liberal diet, if not early ch ec k e d , are often attended Wlll r serious consequences. When a ny one f i nds his ideas less 010 than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, while b e te indisposed for all exerti on, p h ys i cal or mental, he may be sure that he is in immediate need of some cooling and purifYi; medicine. Let him send at once for a box of Holloway's after a few dozes of which his head will be clear again, his eP_,,'” tions ele vated,for thean dadgaulilhnisce of patients will be restored. Printed dirvie patients in the use of this admit ° medicine are affixed to every box. CADVERTISEBIENT.]— Dyspepsia (Indigestion), Constsp" a ° 3 Debility, Consumpti on, and all nervous bilious, stomacu' e ir liver complaints in every stage, are only' aggravated and ace na rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable b3r.'l l Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved a s thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless, 99 , c ii ,ts, —cough. asthma, also diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver comPthe flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats,.diP ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears,ll`,o - gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, o. '" e bs, bility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, head s „ its debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, el e ,r ia sfs pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tig 9 ' t ho of the chest, pains at the pit of th e s t omac h an d betwee9,, by shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The Pope's health restore The Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" Rome, July 12, 1866 --- : o r health of the Holy Father is excellent, esp ec i a ll y s i nce , abac'no ing all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to,s;„ Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a 1' 1 ;051 till at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly bene; ie nt effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this exce a ris food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," July 2 5 .,„ i ie1, No. 46,270-Mr. James Roberts timber merchant, of F_,rnicef Surrey, of thirty yew's' diseased lungs, spitting of blOcuL,• t ort derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1771—Lora s ift de Decies, I.ord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many ' years' drP e r s its• No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dysPt a s nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, 8 1 ) : 1 .... ~ sickness, and vomiting . — Marla Joly." Important Callti3 O i 0.4 Beware of the many unsavoury and more th an sloppy iraita'ios to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most 9 ciously attached. In tins, at Is lid; 1 lb 2s 9d: 2iba 4 5 6d ; 5 lbs II s ; 12 lbs.. , 21 N 24 :bs 40s. -Also Do BARRY'S REYALE NTA A RABICA CSOOO,IO POWDER is packed in tin canist ers : f or 12 cups at 25, for 2 t t 55A at Is 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for 576 cuP5 %sot —being about one penny per cup. T he 30s and 55s tins a re , free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Office Ordeasr.d BARRY Dir BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTH.. BONHAM-CARTER -On the 24th inst., at 25 Ashley - P lace ' the wife of J. B on h am .Carter, Esq., M.P., of a son' ELWES —On the 22d inst., at Congham House, 03 ° Lynn, Mrs. Robert lilwes, of a son. MARRIAGES. enrAtocx—LtoYD—On the 20th inst , at St. 3ficbaa l l : 6 Chester-square, John N or th Crealo . ck, Ca , tain Ti a 9hth Itegt., to M ar i on, d aug h ter of Morgan Lloyd, n of 43, Chester-square. mirch, WEim PERITAM —On the 20th in s t., a t W r ington • solicl" W — ri am, youngest son of the late E. Webb, Esq., to ter, Bath, to Louisa Sylvia, only daughter of the la I. Ptrham, Esq., solicitor, Red-hill, Wrington. DEII. DAnnr—On the 21st inst A T at S Clifton G ene ral Doll' ' R.A., ag e d 83. 7 , Ormiz—On the 21st inst., suddenly, Henry Hoyle Oddier Esq., of Colney House, St Alban's, aged 54. SIMPSON - On the 22d inst., at Stamford, OctaviusNow bimpson, Esq ., J.P., ag a d 64. London: Printed and Published by 1 7PILLL131 4 11 CD —W 1 of No. u. 2, Strand, Printer, at T H E S UN Office, N 0.112, Straw in the Precinct of the Sa voy, in the County of Alicl‘ileSo'..l Tuesday, My 25, 1868. ii' INAHAN'S This celebrated 01. prize .7tle,lal. Pure. M;ld, Mot Sold in Bottles, Bs. he Agants in the print • 8, GREAT WI Observe the Bed Se: hairs LL Wh!sts. FiATING 111,_ relieve 3 the t E A 'l' I N G T In r tan ror TIO v.—Sold in Bose lls each. 1V - EATING C - Loudon : E.( UTUAL I an nor por 14, RUSSELL-ST: And ADVANVEg MONEI bold or T.,catehbld able weelclr. monthl: rciroß tree on recoip R OYAL M Pro' IMMENSE St 111. HARRY ItTCICP Mr FRED. TIOY NE. Mr.LTSK &RD. the 7 Mr GEORG LEYI bliss A' NIE ADAM MIMS FATE BELL' Itisi JEANIE FRA'.` MACLAGAN, THE WOl Notice—Mr i A 4 A DAME Bake - -street. (of No • wieh) has b. is. ; the morning' until 1( 4RGYLL • The ex traord inar or the Shadow Dan the electric li!zht or pate in it, ennabiru *isle Sel , eiions pi have ha I the gratis Moat extensively pa celehrued Orehestr Chef. S'gnor Luigi Positions of all dist 144 iamed to the em W. Graves. L. Silbe Thomas Pitts. Pr( Admi ririllE above I 11, Luncheon, B for deviling Legs of ORIGINAL AND To be J, ASHLEY r erY Fine Pale, D: 01 1 Crushed Pnrt Vin'a Sparkling Chang: l ery, QaalitL Sup Sample eases of bottles Sherry tw GARRI , 13 B. lIAL - • ne-t the Consignee for e _ el ebrated PAS, ti?rclea,nx 'Wines a hisk: es, from s al s" he Len a t tb: number of llote/s. or others wantel WITENTIFI (111,NAMEN and Dinin sorhnent of VA! )irks. Inkstands, tire., in Italian, shire Spar, &c. TENNANT, 11 W : g., London. Mr. Tennant s MINERA.T,S, of Lyell's Elemc tate the iutere GEOLOGY, Al guineas eftnli. PTIACT ICI T MIN ERALOGI VI, Strand. UE LTV fl GE Officos-1, I thirty Thn Inv.3steo Pira Rev enue t c The moderate r BOMIS for th f value asSPE' days ate render them r lelvo is granteJ " to Nu t n ier d l i A r i t or it :h r 7i i e l el ; ll :a m t N r:o::: Whereby horn The obje-t of t lish education, a and laundry, to wise provided f suitable situatioi The Committe entirely sustain( () Mee, 121, Pal nRITI Si Juo Mackenzi f ainn Increased Patron—li cot:etaialloset d, daset Per the grl deatitnto orphr prosperous cir One hundrei stitution ; amp endowed, and assistance. Subscribers it— neculiar clf The last Re Secretary. Offices 73, I Bankers —Di l ane; and Me REALTR RES' 1)11 BAR and In saves fifty tin Perfect digest refreshing sle Most disorde effectually in, gumption, ha' ran gem ents, nervousness, catarrhs, cot rheumatism, ralgia, irri t heartburn, 1, nausea and si fits, bronchit the pit of the the most dige for invalids v IttrouTaxi and more the ritY, Baron I trencefortl and 13arry's nd Infants' has already been deemed teas the Pop by it after tb 18, .we 413 quote f 1101 5' Father other romed rrY's RO - V — f f a ateful at o bsneficial of Praise this e: Curo No. 1 Years' liver 11 ,9 4 ", irritabi di gestion, cc nervous agit Cure No.' Stuart de Dc Wa frit a 4 c :re tt E e. 1: 3 t e o ft; : s cS r s t: stNr s TN n h iPl , a e Tle. o o e s h ( )f i r •Yun, Y lN'c C • ti `ry 'cons fancies Cure No. years diarrh The F oo t] 15., 4s. Gd. c Cif eau ister etiPs at Gs., Moot cna p free el cirri ba.URY Dl alio K t P o Aeechu l • No Pir Ncrtla'