The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The times cannot wonder at the further measures of public safety which have been recently suggested to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland by the magistrates of the county of Westmeath, called together after the murder of Mr. Anketell, the station-master at Mullingar, and says: We are not, indeed, of those who believe inthe existence of a general conspiracy even in the disaffected districts, if by conspiracy is meant an active plotting against the law by large combinations of men. But it should be remembered 'that the State has a right to require from each of its mem bers, not only that he shall abstain from crime, but that he shall discountenance it in others, and, if necessary, co-operate in its suppression. Judged by this standard, bow many of the inhabitants in some parts of Westmeath or Tipperary can be said to be quite innocent of these agrarian outrages? We fear very many must be pronounced more or less guilty. We do not speak of the numerous accomplices before the fact, of the still more numerous accessaries after the fact, nor even of the multitudes who know the murderer, his name, appearance, or hiding place, and yet screen him from jus- tice. But over and above these there are Fenians who openly rejoice over the destruction of a Saxon ; tenants who congratulate themselves that their own position has been fortified by such an example having been made of an offending landlord; priests who, however much they abominate the offence, are not prevented by their religion from secretly absolving the offender ; and the population at large, which stands by looking on, or half sympathetic, at all events unashamed and unresenting. The truth is these crimes are not so much of individuals as of society. But for society. which prompts and condones them, and conceals the doers of them, they would be rarely designed, still more rarely attempted, and, we may say, could never pass undetected. We are quite conscious how inadequate and even invidious are merely repressive operations when unaccompanied by remedies which go to the root of the evil, and we should deem it criminal neglect on the part of the Government to postpone any longer their endeavours to effect by legislation a complete and equitable settlement of the land difficulties ; but we agree with Archbishop Leahy, that nothing is more calculated to hinder such a settlement than these frequent assassina- tions. At all events, with respect to these the general policy of the State is clear. The immediate and paramount duty of the Government is the maintenance of public order. The Standard says that the deans have received a hint to set their houses in order. They are informed, through the friendly medium of the Primate, that the Government are not prepared to take " any immediate action" in regard to Cathedral Reform, but that " attention will be given to any suggestions which the deans, from their practical experience, may be enabled to offer." It is glad to perceive, from the tone of the recent meeting at Lambeth Palace, that the deans, as a body, seem disposed to respond to this invitation. The cathedral system, in fact, is the weak point of the Church of England, and we think it a matter of congratulation that its spiritual heads have drawn attention to the fact, and that the deans them selves have been so prompt in recognising the necessity of considering in what direction it may be most desirable to institute reforms. It agrees with Mr. Beresford Hope, that cathedrals have never occupied that place in the Church's system to which they are theoreti cally entitled. They should be the centre of the Church's life and activity in each diocese, the rallying point of its warfare, and the nucleus of its organisation. Their ser vices should be models to all surrounding churches both as to their frequency, their heartiness, and their decent and seemly ordering, It might be a question whether the cathedral should be " parochialised," but if such a sys tem as Mr. Hope has sketched out should be adopted, all the clerical staff should be resident and available either for parochial work or for preaching wherever their aid might be required. If, however, the aim in view is simply to save money, and keep the system on its present footing, there is very little to be said against the proposition of the archbishops. It is the severest condemnation of that system to say that if all the other dignitaries were swept away a dean and two resident canons for each cathedral would be quite sufficient to keep it going. The Star observes that as it is evident Mr. Sumner did not wish for war when he made his speech, it is difficult to imagine at what he aimed. But the result has been, not, indeed, to endanger the peace of the world, but to destroy what was hardly less precious--the good understanding between the United States and tha masses of the English people, headed by those advanced Liberals whose opinions they usually share ? Mr. Sumner was the last who should have turned round upon us with injurious reproaches. He should have remembered, what he probably well knows, that there was a time when the friends of the North in this country were more Northern than the Northerners, more anxious for the suppression of Southern slavery than the Northern Unionists appeared ; that the alleged lukewarmness of the North as to slavery was, even with those who felt least deeply on the subject in England, an occasion of hostility towards the Union ; and that even among those who seemed to care for little else than the dismemberment of the United States a change of feeling favourable to the North took place when Mr. Lincoln ceased his blank declarations in favour of Union, and proclaimed emancipation as essential to peace and the restoration of the Republic. The Americans might learn a lesson of modesty and moderation if they were to reflect that even those who were unfriendly to the North mitigated their hostility as soon as the North chewed by their emancipation policy that they had really risen to the height of the great occasion that was upon them. The neutrality established by the proclamation was not broken by anything that could be construed into a national act except the escape of the Alabama, and that, while we have offered to hear its con sequences, we have a. right to c,..teoa aa c - ne result of misadventure, or, at worst, or local intrigue, in no way countenanced by the Government. It is a curious fact that, though society was almost entirely opposed to the North, and though the feeling of Parliament was supposed to be the same as that of society, no overt advantage was ever gained in England for the South, even though the Emperor of the French—who is strangely shielded from Mr. Sumner's wrath—threw his influence into the adverse scale. The Telegraph is sanguine as to the results of the inquiry into our military law. The commission has din gently prosecuted its task for about a year, with the necessary interval of the time occupied by the general election ; and it has every reaspn to expect that the results soon to be announced will be found most satisfac tory to the country and beneficial to the army. Such a hope appears the better founded when it looks at the com position of the body. As originally constituted, it was obviously too full of the official element to be thoroughly honest in its researches or effective in its results. It was quite intelligible—but it was also intolerable—that the wishes of the departments should be so glaringly consulted in the choice of members ; and great credit is due to Captain Vivian, the present War Lord of the Treasury, for chal lenging, in the House of Commons, the exclu sive and inefficient composition of the commission. Thanks to the independent element in the membership— and also, it may fairly presume, to the encouragement and support of the Minister who has presided over the War Office during the last six months—theCourts-Martial Commission will be further entitled to the high praise of successfully withstanding powerful social pressure, brought to bear in the interests of those who desired that no sub stantial reforms should be recommended. The difficulties and the fruitlessness of previous inquiries into army affairs bad passed into a proverb ; and the coming report m ay mark the first instance in which a body of men has been found too courageous and too conscientious tolhe baffled by influences that had rendered the labour of many pre decessors little better than a mockery. The Herald thinks that Mr. Forster's speech on the Endowed Schools Bill was in every respect an admirable one, and showed a more than ordinary grasp of a difficult question. With many of his recommendations, and with the general tone of his remarks, it cordially agrees. It is impossible not to perceive the importance of what Mr. Forster points out as the two ideas of the bill—the raising, of our grammar schools to the highest possible level of efficiency, by reforms to be recommended by a commis sion of inquiry, and by the institution of an educational board to exert a constant supervision over them. With just as much of the bill as tends to the secularisation of school teaching it cannot, of course, sympathise. It may be very desirable that these • schools should be " g reat national institutions to which all parties and all creeds have access." But when it was clearly the intention of the founder that the boys should Le reared in the faith of the Church of England that inten. tion should be respected. When the formularies and creed of that Church have for centuries formed a funda mental part of the teaching of a school, they are eztablished in that position by prescriptive right. Mr. Forster admits that he does not bold secular teaching on a par with religious, but argues that " the greater faculty you can give ,a boy the better he will be for the clergyman to deal with." It is not quite sure of this ; but let that pass. Suppose that the clergy man never deals with him at all, or, having ten thousand parishioners, never comes near him. What then ? The secular system is simply a relapse into heathenism. It is essential, it thinks, that religious instruction be combined with secular teaching in all schools for the young. It is glad to know that this is admitted in nearly all grammar schools, and, putting personal predilection aside, . it thinks it a cause of general congratulation that the form of Christianity mostly followed is that of the Church of England, as that is of all the most moderate and most tolerant of creeds, the best calculated to disarm opposi. ceudltaitit xvaPeot An religion. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OP ENGL AND. The half-yearly meeting of this society was held on Saturday at the society's rooms, Hanover-square, Sir Archibald Macdonald in the chair. The report stated that the Duke of Devonshire had been elected a vice-president in the room of the late Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, and Sir Thomas Hesketh and Mr. T. Slatter had been appointed on the council in the place of Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., resigned. The funded capital of the society still remains £16,027 19s. 7d. in the New Three per Cents, and £3,000 lies on deposit with the society's bankers, and the cash balance in their hands on the Ist inst. was £4,235. The Pasha of Egypt has been unanimously elected an honorary member of the society, in recognition of his generous aid to British agriculture, and his interest in its progress ; and M. Drouyn de L'huys and M. Edouard Lecouteux, the first president and secretary of the " Soci6t6 des Agricul teurs de Trance," have also been unanimously elected honorary members of the society. The council announce that the country meeting for 1870 will be held at Oxford. The country meeting to be held at Manchester, under the presidency of the Prince of Wales, from the 19th to the 24th of July, promises to be unusually attractive. A schedule of prizes to the amount of £4,120 has been issued for live stock and implements. The local committee have also announced their intention of holding a show of hounds and an exhibition of leaping of hunters; and the Royal Horticultural Society will hold a.flower show adjacent to the society's yard. After referring to im provements in the ✓ournal, the report goes on to say that the examinations for the society's educational prizes and certificates were held on the 13th of April and following days, when eighteen candidates, out of twenty-one who bad entered, presented themselves for examination in the several subjects. Colonel TowNLEv moved the adoption of the report, and in seconding it, Mr. DENT, M.P., said that thecommittee thought it would be well to give prizes for the best essays on certain farms which shewed the peculiarity of cultivation in different districts; that commissioners should be sent to different districts in England, Scotland, Ireland, and continental countries ; and that the prize essays and reports should be published in the Journal. With this proposal he agreed, as he thought they would receive much good information and practical knowledge. As to the election of the council, he was a great advocate for the infusion of new blood, and in his opinion one-half of the members should retire annually. LAW AND POLICE. THE BANDA AND KIRWEE BOOTY.—The Lords of the Treasury sat last week as a judicial court, for the first time since the days of Lord Liverpool. There were present Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Stansfeld and Captain Vivian, and the case which they had to bear involved a sum exceeding £260,000 arising out of the capture of Banda and Kirwee. In the year 1866 the conflicting claims of the troops employed in the suppression of the Indian mutiny to participate in the booty captured at Kirwee and Banda were referred to the Court of Admiralty. Dr. Lushington, the judge of that court, awarded the booty to Sir G. Whitlock's column, Lord Clyde being admitted to share as commander-in-chief. The booty thus awarded was valued at £500,000. A claim was after wards preferred by Sir G. Whitlock's forces to certain property of the Banda and Kirwee chiefs. The claim rested cn ti e ground that this property was included in those droits of war which the Crown usually distributes among the successful troops. The property thus claimed was a sum of £260,000 India Five per Cent. Stock, standing in the Government books in the names of the rebel chiefs. The case turned on the question whether the sums so in vested came under the description given in Lord Canning's order in 1858, in which he informed the army that all movable property of the rebels might be fairly treated as prize. An application was made to .the Crown for a reference of the present claim to the Court of Admiralty for adjudication ; but the Lords of the Treasury intimated that they would hear the case argued themselves, and accordingly the case came on for argu ment in the Board Room of the Treasury, which was fitted up as a court for the occasion, and counsel were required to appear in robes as before the Privy Council. No judgment was pronounced by the court, but a Trea sury minute of the decision will be issued in a few days. A DISHONEST TRADESMAN. —A butcher of Tyler's Market has been convicted at Guildhall of having false weights. He used a false beam and scales, causing a loss of four ounces to the purchaser. The chief customers were the poor people who frequented the market on Saturday nights. He was fined £5 with costs. iIIOTIOA TO COMMIT AN . EDITOR FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. A motion to commit Mr. Ward, editor and proprietor of the North ..of England Advertiser, a weekly paper, published at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for contempt of court, by the publication of an article alleged to be calculated to prejudice a suit before the court and to interfere with the course of justice, was made before Vice-Chancellor Malins on Saturday. Mr. Glasse, Q.C., was for the complainant; Mr. W. H. Harle, solicitor, of Newcastle, and Mr. Cole, Q.C., was for the defendant. The article complained of was to the effect that the directors of the Northern Counties Building Society bad refused to reappoint Mr. Harle their solicitor, and that he had since become solicitor to the two bills in Chancery, to prevent the Northern Counties and the Newcastle Building Societies from borrowing money; that in one case the ostensible party to the proceedings was the husband, who cleaned Mr. Harle's office ; ic„, l ,p„ sActietv had borrowed immense sums under a rule devised and approved by .ar.r. 11aLly and that it was unfortunate that Mr. Harle's duty to his clients should have forced him into antagonism to societies which bad done so much for working men, whose champion he bad so long professed to be. For the defence it was urged that the editorial note bad been published in good faith, and was simply intended to allay any anxiety which might arise as to the stability of either of the societies referred to—the largest building societies in the district—and to prevent any panic or uneasiness in the minds of the shareholders and depositors, the bulk of whom belonged to the industrial classes. The affidavit of the defendant was produced in support of this argument, and it was further con tended that no contempt of court had been committed. —His Honour, in giving judgment, expressed his regret that so much of the time of the court had been taken up lately by cases of this kind, of which there had been three or four within six weeks or two months. It was of the highest importance to the public that the press should be as much as possible unrestricted, and that there should be the utmost freedom of comment on public affairs allowed to it, for this was the life and vigour of every country in which the privilege existed ; but at the same time it was of equal importance that the administration of justice should not be interfered with by such comments. He adhered on this occasion to his deci sion in a recent case affecting the Cheltenham and Swansea Railway Waggon Company, in regard to which he had been guided by the rules laid down by Lord Hardwicke, in the well-known case of the St. James's Evening Post, and quoted by the present Lord Chancellor in giving judgment in the Tichbourne case. He thought it very likely that Mr. Ward thought that by inserting this article he was discharging a public duty ; but reflection should have shewn him that he was wrong, for it wool calculated to prejudice the world on the merits of a case not yet heard, it abused the parties concernea in the case, and was also calculated to prejudice - mankind against them before the case was heard, Therefore the article was exceedingly improper, and ought to be apolo. gised for. The defendant must, therefore, insert an apology, and pay time costs of th e app li cat i on, ot h erw i se he would be committed.—The defendant was allowed three weeks to comply with this decision, in order that if he thought proper he might appeal. A fire which took place at Wibrey, near Bradford, on Friday destroyed a carding mill and goods worth £lO,OOO. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A LUNATIC. —A labourer, of Glasgow, named James M`Breardy, who resides on the fourth flat of the building, leaped over the window of his dwelling the other clay. 111`Breardy, who is about 39 years of age, has been in an unsound state of mind for some time past. The unfortunate man, before attempting to commit self-destruction, had seized a razor and cut off the head of his daughter Isabella, 3 years of age, with whom he had been left alone in the house for a short time. M`Brearcly, was seriously injured by the fall, and, after being attended by Dr. Young, Great Hamilton street, he was removed to the infirmary. THE GOVERNMENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.— At the conclusion of the business of the Odd Fellows' A.M.C., at Sunderland, on Friday afternoon, the Grand Master of the Order read a letter from the Earl of Lich field, stating that his lor.l6hip, Lord - Romney, the Hon. E. Stanhope, and other gentlemen interested in the sub ject of friendly societies, propose to make arrangements for a deputation to wait upon Mr. Gladstone, with a memorial praying the Government to appoint a commis sion to inquire into the various evils in connection with the management of many of the friendly socities, both certified and uncertified, established throughout the country, for the purpose of providing insurances upon liVes and relief in sickners, and old age for members of the working classes. It was decided that the Grand Master, with three other members to be selected by the board of directors, shall accomDanv the deputatim to Mr. GlasktoP, THE SUN, - MISCELLAIVEOUS NEWS. -- -~ -- A POLITICAL CRISIS. It appears that such pressure has been put upon the standing committee of the Irish Church Conference that, after having determined not to recommend the rejection of the Irish Church Bill, they have reconsidered their decision, and by 28 to 9 votes have decided to send a deputation to the forthcoming meeting of Peers in London, in order to recommend them to oppose the bill. The Central Protestant Defence Association have also determined to send a deputation with the same object. This announcement, taken in connection with the very important statement of the John Bull that its previous announcement of Lord Derby's intention to oppose the second reading is correct, and that if he had not resolved to do so Lord Redesdale or Lord Bandon would have done so, indicates that we are on the eve of a very formidable political crisis which cannot fail to alarm all thoughtful and far-seeing m en. or is this all ; meetings are to be organised in all parts of the country, in order to agitate against Mr. Gladstone's measure; and as we may safely calculate upon similar demonstrations in behalf of the measure, we must expect a season of storm such as we have not witnessed for many years. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. The Treekly Registe r , th e organ o f the Rom a n t)atholic Liberals, has a remar k a bl e ar ti c l e on the Irish Land Question. In it the policy of the Government in postponing all action on this measure till next session is thoroughly approved. Mr. Glad stones conduct in this matter is compared with Mr. Canning's forty-two years ago. That great statesman intended to remove the disabilities from both Roman Catholics and Protestant Dissenters; but he took one measure at a time, knowing that that was the best way to carry both. The Register contends that there was only one con ti ngen cy th a t w ould h av e justified Mr. Gladstone in dealing with the Church • and the land in the same session—the certainty of a large majority in the Upper House. Sofar fromhaving that, he knows that if the Church Bill passes the Peers it will do so in consequence of their fears rather than with their good wishes. The Register, without admitting that a peasant proprietary would be tho cure for Irish evils, cannot see anything revolutionary in Mr. Bright's rleme. It is simply one for giving the landowners a fair price for their land, and selling chat land again to the tenants and the peasantry. There are many districts in Ireland where high farming is impossible. Along the coast line in Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Done gal, and Antrim, for instance, the scientific farmer with large capital may be wasting his time and his and also therewh where i m n o te n r e i y or ; y wi n d a e ty di re str o i f ct t s h i e n s t o h i e l excludes what is understood by high cultivation, re ar t e he ma st n o y n and is, therefore, favourable to small farming. In these districts Mr. Bright's plan might be advantageously adopted ; and when the time arrives next spring for taking up the land question, the Register hopes the Ministerial bill will contain pro visions for trying the experiment, and thinks that this will prove an efficient cure for that great evil, absenteeism. PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITIES. The Economist compares.the chief parliamentary majorities of the last half century. Lord Liverpool's was as coherent and as despotic as the present, but it was resolved to do nothing, and did nothing; whereas the present is resolved to do a great deal, and is doing it. Fifty years ago ' 1 the spirit of Lord Sidmouth—the spirit which then and since has been the bane of English Conservatism—the spirit of careful formality and conscientious tiresomeness — prevailed. The present majority is as superior to Lord Liverpool's as an animal which can run and desires to run is above an animal that is just able to crawl but does not wish to crawl." Lord Grey's majority was much too mobile. There was no coherency ; there was a general desire to do a great deal; but no consistency or. steadfastness of purpose. The yoke of the constituencies was not so heavy upon the members as it is now. It was not true then, as it is now, that "you may entera cave,but you will not find a seat there." Sir IL Peel 's . majority was large, but was united upon a false °Onion. "A consciousness of the necessity of agricultural protec tion created it, and for a tune maintained it. But that conviction could not stand the wear and tear of real life. It resembled the opinions which young men bring to London, and which London soon takes from them. The air of Down ing-street was opposed to the Corn Laws, and belief in them soon died out. But there is no such prejudice in the minds of the present majority. Certainly they are not combined on a false tradition, whatever else they maybe. Moreover, the present majority is the only real political force left in existence." The House of Lords has ceased to exist as a political power, and lows that if it enters upon a struggle with the majority, it will have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Another fact worth noting is the strength of *e present Government. "No personal Governmenli, however despotic, can compare with the presen Ministry. The French Emperor could no more dis establish the Irish Church as Mr. Gladstone is doing, than . he could destroy Protection as Sir It. Peel did. \\' hatever else may be said against England and the Lngl!sh Constitution, she has, and the Constitution has given her, the strongest Government in Europe." MR. I.IDDO'c ON DISESTABISIIMTINT. The ablest men in the Church are now setting an example of moderation which might be followed with advantage by the soi-disant political friends of the Church. Men like Bishop Greg, Mr. Charley, Sir George Jenkinson, and the rest, might calm their perturbed spirits if they would but hearken to the advice of such men as Bishop Selwyn, Dr. Vaughan, of Don caster, and Mr. Liddon. All of these, and many other devoted friends of the Church whom we might mention, have spoken openly of disestablishment as an event extremely likely, and probably close at hand, but not 111 filly way UlacrnL., g Mr_ Liddon nas just been speaking at ' a meeting of leading High Churchmen in Oxford, including Canon Bright, Dr. Pusey, and Mr. Lowder. He pointed out the distinction to be made between the general principle of a union between the Church and the State, and the particular circumstances which attend that union at the present time in England. He weighed the comparative advantages and disadvantages of disestablishment, and urged, with great force, that the duty of Churchmen, indi vidually and in corporate bodies such as the Church Union, is not in any way to hasten disestablishment, but quietly to prepare for it, so as not to be at a loss how to act when, in the providence of God, " that which is clearly inevitable is actually brought about. MR. FORSTER AND TIIE UNIVERSITIEF. Mr. Forster complained in his recent speech that a degree could not be obtained at either of the universities till the age of 22. What he meant is not very clear. " A man who wants merely to obtain the highest culture" he said "could not obtain a degree till he was two-and-twenty." Maybe this remark was directed against the general system of education ; for the highest culture is not generally attained till 22 ; but as generally accepted it has been understood to refer to some special rule of the universities. Even then it is not applicable ; there is no such rule. There is nothing whatever to prevent a man obtaining his degree at 20,0 r even at an earlier age, if he passes the requisite examinations. It has frequently happened that the highest honours have been obtained by men much younger than 22. With regard to Mr. Forster's complaint about the length of time a man is obliged to spend at the universities, Professor Fawcett writes that it has recently been consid:.;rably shortened. " When I first went to Cambridge, an under-graduate who entered in October could not obtain his degree until the following January three years ; now he is admitted to his degree in the following June two years. If the time of residence is still further shortened, one of two things must occur—either the . university examina tions must be made much less difficult, or boys must be sent up from school better prepared than at present." EXTENSION OP THE EPISCOPATE. The John Bull states that Mr. Gladstone has been requested to receive a deputation early next month in favour of an increase of the Episcopate. A public meeting is spoken of. It need hardly be said that Mr. Gladstone would give any well-considered and practicable plan for extending the Episcopate his hearty support. • Tie is not one of those who sympa thise with the Royal Commissioners on the Irish Church, who proposed to abolish bishops in order to keep the Church revenues intact. In his opinion, if the choice has to be made between the.two, it is the money, not the fathers of the Church, that ought to be sacrificed. CONFESSION. One of the Church papers states that "one of the priests of All Saints', Margaret-street, . heard 300 confessions during last Lent, while another connected with the same church received 100 first confessions, of which about eighty were from men." We believe that the practice of confession is very largely on the increase in London. TUE RECENT ROYAL TOUR. Messrs. Routledge have, it is stated, made arrange ments with Dr. 'Howard Russell, of the Times, who accompanied the Prince and the Princess of Wales in their recent tour to publish a narrative of their journey. The boos is likely to be produced very shortly, although Dr. Russell is not remarkable fcr rapidity of production, and his novel, " Dr. Brady," had to be abstracted from him with almost as much difficulty as an opera from Rossini. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAM. Cambridge rowing men are congratulating them selves that they will soon have a river fit to row on. The subscription list for the improvement of the Cam is a full one, and there is little doubt that there will be money enough to carry out any reasonable altera tions. The question, however, which money does not settle, is, whether these large funds will be profitably 110 John jlawkshaw. the. eminent LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1869. neer—no mean authority—nye, ii a letter to the Turies, that the proposed deepening and widening of the river will be of no use whatever. The Cam is practically a canal, worked by lochs. The whole town of Cam bridge drains into it. It is therefore little other than a large open sewer. To make it deeper and wider will only make things better for a time. As the town grows larger the river will silt up more speedily than before, and its second state will be worse than the first. But if the township would expend £2,700—n0 great burden to 30,000 people—the sewage might be intercepted. Then the college work would be of real value. Professor Ewald, King William's visit to his lately. acquired province was postponed. It was announced that indisposition was the cause of this delay. The Patric, however, positively affirms that the fear of hostile demonstrations from the Hanoverian populace has brought about the change of programme. Not only has the visit been postponed, but when it does take place a route differing from that first chosen will be followed. THE REPRESENTATION OF MARYLEBONE. Mr. Harvey Lewis still holds his seat for Maryle none. But steps are, nevertheless, being taken to supersede him. The Liberal party is divided, as at the last election. The more advanced portion support Dr. llumphrey Sandwith, of Kars, and he has recently addressed a meeting. But he does not care to pay the election expenses, and it is a question whether they will be raised for him. The publicans nominate Mr. Daniel Grant, and he has ofTe:ed to stand whin Mr. Halvey Lewis resigns. But w 'en is the gentleman whose dealings have been charlit 2rised as false, fraudulent, and fictitious, going to give way? FINANCIAL REVELATIONS. The revelations being made at the Mansion House concerninc , the business operations of the English Joint-Stock' Bank are not calculated to raise the prevailing estimation of financiers. The love for commissions obtains hold everywhere. Directors and other officers of companies are paid by the share holders for doing their business for them ; are paid by those with whom they negotiate on be half of the shareholders ; are paid again by those through whom they negotiate ; and in effect all three sums of money come from the pockets of the shareholders. We do not mean for one moment to say that the said well-paid financiers do not go to the best men to do business. Only there is, it must be admitted, the danger that they will go to the men who give the largest commissions. Mr. Finney, for instance, was the secretary of the Joint-Stock Bank, and had to make arrangements for the buying of the firm of Olding and Co. He chose a Mr. Weller to make the negotiations. Mr. Weller made them ; and the directors voted him £4,000 for his trouble. What followed may best be described by Mr. Weller himself:— "He received from Mr. Finney for negotiating the transaction £4,000 on the 7th of November. The money was paid him in four £l,OOO notes, two of which he handed back to Mr. Finney. Being asked why he returned £2,000 of the money, witness replied the conversation took a peculiar turn, which shelved that Mr. Finney would expect two of the £l,OOO notes. It was written, he added, in fact, in large letters on the wall. Being asked why he assumed the secretary would require a douceur, witness replied, amid much laughter, and with a significant gesture,. There was no precise authority, but it was everywhere— allabout.' " _ _ . It appears that Mr. Finney swore in Chancery that he had received no moneys in this affair, for Mr. Lewis gave notice that he should apply for a summons for perjury against him. SMALL FLOATING BATTERIES. Blr William Armstrong points out, in a letter to the Times, that our commercial harbours are practi cally defenceless. An enemy in time of war might send an invulnerable warship into the port of Liver pool and destroy utterly the masses of merchant ships which are there closely packed in docks, might lay in ruins the large stacks of warehouses and millions of pounds worth of merchandise. To do so would be barbarous, would be unwort h y of this age; but Si r William argues that we should not trust to the forbearance of an enemy in this respect, we should provide against the occurrence of such a catastrophe. Ile proposes to do so by establishing fleets of small vessels at our commercial harbours. The Staunch, a recent invention of Mr. Mendel, Sir William's partner, is just of the kind which he thinks is required. This vessel, though a mere barge in point of size, carries a 12,1-ton gun, the move ments of which are effected by steam power, so that a very small crew suffices for working it. The boat is propelled by twin screws, which give her such a power of turning that she can change the direction of her large gun as easily and quickly as if it were mounted on a turn table. She is encumbered with no armour, because her safety lies in her smallness, which renders her difficult to hit, and because armour is worse than use less when opposed to guns capable of piercing it. She is cheap. The cost of a couple of ironclad frigates would furnish a hundred Staunches. A large armour-plated ship, surrounded by six of these kind of vessels, would have as many guns aga inst her as she carried, would find it difficult to sink one of her enemy, and if she succeeded in doing so would have only destroyed one-sixth of the power against her, while she herself would be struck each time, and would be in great danger of being sent to the bottom. This would be applicable (Sir William adds) only to commercial harbours, not to places like Portsmouth or Plymouth. CLERKENWEIL EXPLOSION RELIEF FUND. The final report of the Clerkenwell Relief Com mittee has been published. The Rev. Robert - Maguire, vicar of Clerkenwell, signs it, and remarks that the length of time which has elapsed between the explosion and the final report has been due to the fact that some of the injured per sons have continued so infirm that it was not possible to close the account earlier. Six persons were killed by the explosion, six more died from its effects, five died from ifs indirect consequences, 20 infants died, 120 persons were wounded, 15 were permanently injured, and two women went mad. The damage done was estimated at £20,000. The contributions received by the fund amounted to a little more than £lO,OOO and the expenditure to £9,800, leaving a balance of about £2OO. The com mittee, at an early date, set aside £5,500 for making permanent provision for those permanently injured. Forty-three persons have received substantial 101 Iroin tills portion of the fund. About 700 individual cases are entered on the books of the committee as applicants for relief, and nearly 600 have been compensated by the committee, and the others by the Government. The full nature of the injuries sustained has not in some cases been ascertained until a recent date. A loss of eyesight was certified to the committee in November last, and the injury to a child's knee resulted this January in a permanent disablement. The Government undertook to reimburse the losses in material struc tures, houses, &c., and Corporation-lane and Corpo ration-row, which were levelled by the explosion, are now rebuilt. It is satisfactory to know that all that could be done to alleviate the distress and suffering arising from this catastrophe has been so kindly and judiciously effected. THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. An important question is raised by a corres pondent of the Dady News relative to the French Atlantic Cable. The French Emperor has granted twenty years' monopoly to the layers of the new line. Seeing that such a line is international; that a cable worked by a one-sided company might give advantages to those who live in one country and deny them to dwellers in the other; that, in fact, France might establish a kind of Protection against the United States, it is a , question whether the Emperor is justified in thus using his power. FOREIGN NOTES. ANOTHER DIVETOOLTY WITH SPAIN. The Spaniards, in their zeal against the Cuban lour. gents, have once more, if we may believe the Nassau Herald, forgotten themselves. Another insult to Great Britain in the Bahamas is reported by this journal. A Spanish steam-tug, the Maria Louisa, captured swell-known blockade-runner, the Yarra, near the entrance of Slaughter Harbour, and then landed a force of from ninety to a hundred men, armed with bayonets and pistols, to capture her escaped captain and crew. They are said to have. proceeded to the Great Stirrups Cay, and searched houses there. Subsequently they landed a force on others of the Bahama group of islands, and searched the houses of seve ral planters. A police magistrate and a British naval officer asked for an explanation from the Spanish officer. This was found unsatisfactory, and a report of the " atrocious outrage" has - accordingly been sent to England. ITALIAN DESIGNS ON BOMB. Tho Tablet, in common with other journals of very different politics, believes the union of the Tuscans under Menabrea with the Piedmontese to be nothing else than a combination to effect a change in the relations between Italy and Rome. " The hypocritical character of the adi-dizant Conservative (Menabrea's) party in Florence is far more dangerous to Rome than all the plots of Lugano." Lavalette, the Tablet thinks, will readily embrace any pretext for withdrawing the French troops, and then—what can be expected of Minghetti and Mordini, the Garibaldian ? MAZZINI. Mazzini has addressed " to his enemies" a manifesto of some importance. He denies all complicity with the revo lutionary attempts at Milan and Naples ; and he even asserts that he did all in his power to prevent them. Nevertheless he holds to the belief that the House of Savoy has failed to complete the work of Italian unity, and a Republic is, therefere,•the inevitable consequence. POLITICAL TRIALS AT ROME. "" Anotter batch of 'conspirators has just been tried and condemned at Rome. About sixty persons implicated in the atteinpts at insurrection in October 1867 have been sentenced, two to hard labour for life, and the rest to periodi varying from ten to twenty years. All of them will coin( under the amnesty decreed on the occasion of the Pope's jubilee s and will therefore have two-thirds of their sentence remitted. - ANTI, TIISSLOT MIMING . TN llANOrant luunediattly after the striking' defeat of the Prussian C14.6144; " 14 4 1 4—the oitv of Hpover,jad the electiou-et THE OVERLAND ROUTE BY BRINDISI. Captain Tyler has reported favourably to the Board of Trade both on the accommodation at Brindisi and the facilities of the Brenner route of communication with India. The Mont Cenis track is shorter by 150 miles than the Brenner route, by way of Ostend, Munich, Verona, and Brindisi ; but the time required for traversing the two would be much the same. The time occupied in the Brenner route is estimated at 150 hours ; by the Mont Cenis route 1501 hours, or 147:3 after the Mont Cenis tunnel is completed. Either service, if carried out, would effect a saving of thirty hours over the Marseilles route, but practically the time saved as regards letters from this country would not be more than twenty-four hours, because the Indian mail now leaves London on Friday evening, and as the General Post Office is closed on Sunday, the latest time for the postage of letters would be Saturday evening. Captain Tyler, however, has far grander projects in view. He looks forward to the time when the Euphrates Valley will be complete, and when the Indian traveller may " pass dryshod from London to Bombay—through a submarine tunnel from Dover to Calais—through Europe by railway—over the Bosphorus by a bridge—and forward by railway down the Euphrates Valley, and round the Persian Gulf to Bombay." ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Sir Francis Head continues his researches into that unfathomable mine—American inconsistency. Mr. Sum ner, in his famous speech, complained that without British interference the Southern rebellion must have suc cumbed much sooner than it did. Sir Francis publishes numerous documents, proving that the Canadian out break of 1837 was not only originally encouraged by hope of support from the United States, and fed by United States supplies, but that after the rebellion itself collapsed the war was mercilessly carried ou by repeated invasions, extending over a period of two years. England has never asked for one farthing for the enormous loss inflicted by these proceedings. EMIGRANTS TO CANADA. About a month ago, it will be remembered, a party of 320 emigrants were sent out from East London by the Hon. Mrs. Hobart and others. It is gratifying to learn from a Canadian paper that the voyage has been made in safety, that the party has passed into the interior, and that no difficulty is experienced in finding employ ment. THE GOVERNMENT OF PARAGUAY. A great number of Paraguayans have signed a petition to the Allied Governments, requesting the immediate establishment of a Provisional Government at Asuncion. Lopez has been driven out, the Allies have set up no definite authority ; anarchy menaces the unfortunate Paraguayans. President Sarmiento, representing the Argentine Republic, has assured the petitioners that his State had no design of subverting the independence of Paraguay when it joined the Brazilians in the war against Lopez. Serious fears are entertained of the fate of Mr. MacMahon, the American. Ambassador to Lopez. Nothing has been heard of him for four months. THE MAGIC OF RAILWAYS. Great undertaking as is the Pacific Railway across the American continent, and just as is the praise which has ' been bestowed upon it, we ought not to lose sight of still more remarkable works which have been success. fully achieved by British enterprise. The Indian railways are undoubtedly a more striking triumph of science than even the Pacific line. Nearly 4,000 miles are now in operation, and about 1,665 miles are sanctioned and remain to be completed. All this work bad to be executed many thousands of miles from England, where the capital was raised. The mate rials had in great measure to be conveyed from this country. Five thousand three hundred and thirty-nine shiploads of goods have been taken out for the construc tion of Indian railways. No such difficulty was met with in America. The engineering obstacles experienced in crossing jungles, forests, and mountains were not less for midable than those which beset the Americans in the Rocky Mountains. The results of these enterprises have been proportionate to their magnitude. The railways have revolutionised India. The .Railway News states that last year nearly fourteen millions of passengers were conveyed on the lines of our Oriental Empire, and of these it is noteworthy that more than thirteen millions were third-class passengers. " Those scruples of religion and distinctions of caste which have been for so many ages the bane of Indian society are fast disap pearing before that mighty leveller of the age—the loco motive. Separate carriages or compartments were in the first instance provided for women, in deference to the feeling of dislike universally entertained at wives or daughters being seen by strangers ; separate accommo dation for different castes was also provided. Now all is changed, or rapidly undergoing a change. Brahmins, too, of the purest blood travel in the third-class car riages, huddled iu crowds with the most wretched Pariah, whose very presence near the household roof would in former times be regarded as the most deadly pollution." 7 BAUM' G REPORT S . STANTON. —At Epsom See-Saw is entered in the Walton Manor Stakes, but I think he will stand no chance at the weights. Salliet is in the Heathcote Plate, and will about land ; in the Derby, Dunbar, but is not class enough. Six- Mile Hill Handicap.—Dunbar will about win, if wanted. See. Saw is also in, but will stand no chance, in my opinion. raltultine anu tne Laity kivelyn tiny are to ale Oahe, nut they will stand no chance. KlNOSCLERE.—Friday.—Seventeen horses were out on Cannon Heath. Blue Gown led Pero Gorriez a mile and a quarter. Vagabond led Siderolite anti King Cophetua , the same distance. Siderolite led the two year olds a steady gallop of a mile and a half, with the exception of Mrs. Quickly colt, who did walking exercise. Blue Gown was sent to lead Pero Gomez and Morns a steady half-pace gallop of a mile and a quarter, an puling up sound and well. 'Vagabond led Rosicrucian. In the Walton Manor Stakes we have Blue Gown and Vagabond engaged. The first named I think will not run. Vagabond is fit and well, and will take a great amount of beating. Derby.— The following are entered :—Pero Gomez, Vagabond, Siderci lite, and King Cophetua. The crack, who was never in better form than at the present time, 1 think is certain to win. He gave every satisfaction in his trial with Blue Gown. I should advise all parties not to back Vagabond for the Derby till they see his number up, as I believe him a doubtful runner. Eesom.—On looking through the programme, I find we have engaged on Tuesday, in the Woodcote Stakes, Birdie, Temple, Master Dick, Claribel, Molly Carew colt, Apathy, Quixote, and Sparkle. The last-named is a very nice filly, but she is very backward, and I fear none of the others will be found good enough to win. In the Heathcote Plato we have Andes, Slowman, and Two by Honours, and Antics is the best of the trio. Bonnie Kate and Lopez are in the Rous Stakes, and Bonnie Katie Six- has only President Lincoln to fear . Thursday, in the Mile Hill Handicap, Bonnie Katie, Arbaces, Vanbrugh, and Prince Paul are engaged, and as I know Arbaces is a good horse when well, he will run forward if wanted. of STOCKBRIDGE.—Scottish Q ueen went a good gallop about a mile and a half, and she goes remarkably well — in fact, it is impossible for an animal to go bettor. I need say nothing further about her, as she has been, so recently before the public, when she came off victorious, in the One Thousand Guineas, an d all I can say is, that she has done remarkably well since then, and as I said then, so I say now, that, bar accidents, I think her sure to win the Oaks easier than the One Thousand Guineas. ILSLEY.—We have Ladas, Noyre Tauren, Balnakeelie, Alastor, First Emperor bu , wit shall have only one run, Limerick, and Lady Nyasse and en gaged in the Derby, t Ladas, that is Ladas. Since my last report he has daily been doing good work, led by Cap-a-Pie. This (Thursday morning, after some walking exercise, Cap-a-Pie, and Ligurian were stripped. Custance got on the Derby nag, and after one canter the three were sent a good gal lop of about one mile and a half, pulling up sound and well. Ladas is a very nice horse, and a good goer, but I don't think he is good enough to win the Derby. He however, run into a place. FYFIELD. —ln the Woodcoto Stakes we have Claudius, Wild Flower, and Benham Squire. They aro all well, n e opo t lnpye . pboi k W yno oer at -Wetmh oaont and the last - named is a smart, racing .looking colt, but I —Citron o o tttl.c n r t y ' don't Threatener,srt o h hnTe i nhbdk The se e s i nt last-namedh ho e errßhoai Bosworth, rc w oo a . wanted two-mileit Te, thedAgh aecyol Acton, racehorse,i htihsa, Manor vaanud° nsaßdatnoant andnne e d never saw her go better, but she must be wonderfully im. proved to have a chance of winning. Three companies of the 94th Regiment of Infan try marched into the garrison at Woolwich yester day from Gravesend, having left Dover on Monday last, completing the distance in four days' marches. The second division passes over the same ground, and wilt reach the garrison to-day, and the Tem•kin der of re4 . iment, with head-quarters, will follow and march in to-morrow... 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Seven per cent. in 'gold interest is freely raid, and commercial paper brings from 7 to 9j per cent. Various causes have been combined to produce the situation, but the stringency is mainly artificial. An at tempt to force down the price of stocks, begun two or three weeks ago, when money was plenty and cheap, is now continued and strengthened by the pressure in the money market—the " bears" holding on to their funds, with which they will buy in again when they have sufficiently de pressed Weeks. A speculative movement in gold is also in progress, and that also can ho more successfully conducted with a short supply of money. The maturing of many notes during the first days of May, and the payment of interest on mortgages and other real estate transactions, afford excuse for putting the screws on the money mar ket, and supply a plausible excuse for the stringency, but there is no doubt of an abundance of money at moderate rates if it suited the plans or the pleasure of those who control it te put it on the market. The New York bank statement of Saturday showed a strong condition of things, with i ontinnally increasing receipts of currency from the country. In the West, where the speculative in fluencos which control the New York market do not exist, money is easy and abundant. The grain trade has been unusually dull since the opening of navigation, and the banks seem likely to carry the usual supply of money into the summer months, without the usual spring activity. At Chicago, singularly enough, there is little or no specula tion afoot, and the call for money at the banks is light and readily supplied. But little currency is sent into the interior in paymeut for grain, and the quantity now in store at Chicago will probably grow steadily less until the receipts from the new crop. Government bonds are steady and firm, with a good demand and a scarcity in New York for the earlier issues of Five-twenties, which have held steadily up to the highest figures. The London market has been a little lower, and the two markets are now almost at an equality, leaving little or no margin fur shipment. The amount of the foreign May coupons which have been reinvested proves considerably less than at first expected, although the foreign brokers at New York are buying up odd lots of Governments and laying them aside for future employment. The future course of governments will quite likely continue upwards—indeed so far from the present prices being high, they are below those which - really first-class securities ought to command. Before the war, United 1 States Six per Cents. having two years to tun. wore selling at 120 in gold—equal to about 160 in currency at the pre sent premium. The certainty that the bonds will' be • promptly paid in gold at maturity adds to Ateirprospective increase in value, and it would not be surprising if before many months gold and Goliernments exchanged places, and resumed the relations which they held before the war. Mr. Boutwell's May statement of the national deb , . is ono of the most favourable and encouraging ever issued, and is everywhere received with satisfaction and approval. The nominal reduction of the debt which it exhibits is $6,400,000, while the real decrease of the interest-bearing principal is $13,500,000, the difference being in the increase of interest during the month of April, which is now added in and charged up in full to the close of each month. The net reduction of the direct debt of the Government since it reached its maximum in August 31, 1865, has been $281,1 9 5,686, and deducting the issue of Pacific Railroad I Bonds the net reduction of, all the debt has been $228,531,686. The May statement of the debt is in detail as follows: DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. Five per ccni.33nds prior to March 3, 1864 527,022,000 Five per cent. ten-forty bonds March 3, 1861 194,567,300 Six per cent. bonds of 1881 Six per cent. five-twenty bonds 1,602,612,000 Amount outstanding $2,107,878.700- Interest DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Three per cent. certificates 553,210,000 Navy pension fund Amount outstanding • . 567,240,000 Interest DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Demand and legal tender notes 5256,063,845 Postal and fractional currency .. Certificates of gold dep'sited 16,307,200 Amount outstanding Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity 5,701.313 Interest Total outstanding debt Interest Total debt, principal and interest 52,633,032,88 AMOUNT IN THE TREASURY. Coin _ $92 031,73 Coin for which certificates of deposit aro outstanding Currency Total. 8116,235,107 Amount of debt less cash in the Treasury, May 1 Amount of debt less cash in the Treasury, April 1 Decrease of debt during April The gold market, in the face of the Government sales of coin and the heavy disbursements of the May interest, has gene steadily upward, and on Thursday reached 1364, the highest figure since January 30. Speculation, as in the money market, is probably at tho bottom of this ad vance, and the timorous prophets predict an ascent to 150 before another three months has expired. Sp 'culation may do it, but there is no natural CaUS3 likely to produce that-effect. The news from England, Spain, and Cuba does uot altogether furnish stimulus for even one day's market,.and any advance which may bo gained on the strength of warlike rumours is alnr)st sure to be lost before the day is over. The Government sales of gold began on Thursday week, and will be continued weekly until further notice—a million being disposed of at each sale. On the first day of sale, Henry Clews and Co. took 6234,00, Troyer and Colgate $169,000, and _Underhill and Haven $47,000, at 9134.01, while Messrs. Clews and CO. obtained the remaining $250,000, at 134.02. Messrs: Fisk and Hatch put in their, bid for the whole million at 134, which was the highest price of the day in open market. The buyers correctly judged the course of the market, and the next day the pre mium touched 135. Mr. Boutwell was present in person at. the sale, and subsequently made a speech in the Stock Exchange, which was received with applause, in which he promised to faithfully, honestly, and economically adminis ter the affairs 'of the Treasury Department. His May statement of the public debt is the best possible pledge of his ability and intention to perform that which he pro raises. The gold value of the foreign imports at New York, exclusive of specie, from July 1, 1868, to May 1, 1869, is $238,595,644, an increase over the corresponding mouths of the previous fiscal year of $37,539,808, while the ex ports, exclusive of specie, for the same time (from July 1 1868, to May 1, 1869), had diminished $20,323,510, or from $ 1 53,199,158 to $132,875,648. The specie exports have also fallen off largely, but since March' large amounts of specie have been received by the European steamers. The speculation in the stock market is in a state of suspense, pending the action of the New York Legis lature on the issue of Central 80 per Cent: Stock Certi ficates last fall: The report, Wednesday, that the bill would fail, sent Central stock down 3 or 4 per cent. and with of course, wont the other Van derbilt" r,:ads. The Western roads felt the depressing influence, and the majority of the quotations ruled lower than for several days. The indications portend a grand "bear" campaign on the market, and the course of the money market sustains the theory. Erie gets but very little attention in the market nowadays, and is selling at very low figures—down to 25i. Troubles have arisen among the officials of the road, and Superintendent Riddle has resigned, to be succeeded by Superintendent Rucker of the Atlantic and Great Western division of the road. Other resignations and dismissals before long are rumoured. Another suit for the unpaid dividends on the preferred stock has been instituted by R. G. Howard of Providence, R. 1., and he will push his case none the less earnestly be cause ho is a shareholder in the Union Pacific Railroad and Credit Mobilier, with both of which corporations the Erie owners have not the most pleasatt relations. Railroad busi ness is generally good throughout the West, the t,tal earnings of the Chicago and North-Western Railroad for the past eleven months having been $12,653,086, an in crease of $1,249,390 over the amount for the corresponding time in the previous fiscal year. The New York Stock Exchange has admitted to full membership the members of the Government Stock Board, and undoubtedly the conso lidation of the Stock Exchange and open boa - d of brokers is not far distant. The business of both boards can be satisfactorily transacted with the expense of only one. There is but little change in the express and miscellaneous stocks, the United States express being one of the firmest on the list. The market for dry goods continues dull • and inactive, and neither buyers nor sellers appear disposed to facilitate business. Some impetus seems needed to start business, and once begun, it would doubtless increase and strengthen. In raw cotton and the coarser manufactured fabrics trade is dull and prices declining, while in calicoes and dress goods more fallis doing, especially in prints and styles suitab le for thethe business. Breadstuffs have been more act ive during week, on account of a shorter supply fr om the west, and rin improvement in the home demand. The stock of winter wheat now on hand in the north-west is small, and the backwardness of the season will prevent the sowing of the usual breadth of land with spring wheat. A larger proportion of grain than usua l will also f in d a market through the south avest, and the indications look to a shorter supply iu the mgrkot, until the new crop is avail able. That all report s and predictions agree will be one of the best and most abundant. (From the ►Wall-street Journal.) Friday Evening, May 7, 1869. Wall-street has been excited all day, the sudden ad vance in tho London Money Market, creating much un easiness among the holders of Government Bonds and certain railroad stocks. Cable reports quote Five-twenties variously at from 78 to 781 which is a decline of to 18 from the closing figures of yesterday, and 1 to 2/ as compared with those of yesterday morning. Luropeau capitalists continue to invest largely in United States Railroad Bonds, and among those recently introduced on the Frankfort-on-Maine Exchange, we notice those of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, California Pacific Railroad, and Bockford, Rock Island, and St. Louis Railroad Companies. Miscellaneous stocks are generally quiet and neglected. CLOSING QUOTATIONS FOR RAILROAD MORTGAGES. N. Y4Central 6s, 1883 89 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 93 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est 85 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n 85 N. Y. Central 75,1876 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76: N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 — Erie Ist Mort, Ex 100 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 931 Erin 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 89 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 80 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 83 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist 3,1,17 B9 HO. R. 7s, Ist M, '4'9 100 Hod. R. 7s, 3(1 /vI, '75 - Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 9B Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 — Michtnew Ist M Bs, 'B2 118 Mich. So., 7 p. c 2d M 92 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 96 111. Cen. p. r, '7O l2O Alton & T. H. Ist M 92 Alton &T. IT. 2d pfd 85 Alton & T. 11. 2d M. In". 80 Hon.& St.J. LandGrantslo3 & St. J. Con 112 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M — Chi. & N. West, S. F 95 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony 961 Chi. & N. W. Ex'n B — RAILROAD AND MIK N. Y. Central 1791 Erie Ilud son .. 1561 Reading • Mich. South. & N. I lO5l Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 92} North-West North-West Preferred 971 Canton.. Rock Island :Newland and Toledo 1041 PUBLIC FUNDS OF I Sixes, 1861, registered Sixes, 1881, coupon Chi. & N. W. Ist M 93 Tol. & Web. 2d M Ex B3 Gt. Western 2d M '93 775 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M & Chic. Ext Gal. & Chic. 2d M 95 Chi. & R. I. Ist M 994 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7's 96} Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 994 N. J. Central Ist M 98 N J. Central 2d M 9B Pitts. Ft.W., &Mist M 1021 Pitts. Ft. W , & Ch.2,lM 974 Pitts. Ft. W.. & C 11.3,1 M 9O Cleve. & Pitts. 3d M Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc. 91.} Chic. & Alton, S. F. Ist M. 102 Mil. & St. Roil Ist M B3 Mil. a: St. Paul 2d Nl 83 Marietta & Cin. Ist M B7 Morris & Essex Ist M 96 Morris & Essex 2d M 91i Joilet & Chic. Ist :1 — Chi. & Gt. East'n lstll — N. Y. & N. 11. 6s Dubuque &S.City,lst M. 90} Peninsula Ist M Ohio & Miss. Ist M 9l. Ohio & Miss. Con.. B5 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D — Atlantic & G. IV. 2d M. ELLANEOUS STOCKS. • Fort Wayne Pacific Mail 92i Atlantic Mail Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph Mariposa Preferred 431 Ohio and Mississippi 33t Boston Water Power l5 Cumberland Bankers and Brokers lO2 M & St. Paul M & St. Paul Preferred 8 CIER UNITED STATES. 118 to 1181 118! to 118 i Sixes, 1868, coupon to U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad lO6 to 1061 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, now Five -twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 1154 to 116 Ten-forties, coupon 107; to 108 ._ _ -- . • Seven-thirties, 2d series Seven-thirties, 3d series Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 -- to --- --- to --- - to -- QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. Amer. silver... 95} to 951 I Eng. sovs 486 to 48E ! Mex. d011ar5...103 „ 104 20 francs 383 3 . a t a Eng. silver 475 , 480 I Thalers Five francs 93 „ 96 Foreign Exchange is firm, but the demand is limit at the advance : Sixty Days. Three D 3 l . Lonc'cn Bankers LGLetn, Prime Commercial lOBl-108i Paris, Bankers 5.20 -5.16 f 5.16- 5. Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 351-35k ...... Frankfort, O.M. 4Ol-401 ...... Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.20-5.161 ...... Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss In Express Stocks the business has been small:- - 4 Adams ... ... ... ... . 592. to '',l American Merchants' Union ... ..... ::: 40; to !,I Do. Old Stock ... ... ... ... 15 to V United States ... ... .., t ... ... 621 to ,°,,,; Wells, Fargo, and Co. ... ... ... 01; The New York Stock Exchange, in executive ses s A l : l yesterday, resolved to discontinue, on and after Tue su f ,,r next, the calling of the speculative stocks, and to trans";, all business in them to the Long Room. In future tl' e i, will be a call at 10.30 a.m. for Government Bonds. J 3 3 , 9,. Shares, State and Railroad Bonds and Investment stocJ,:t concluding with a second call of Government Bonds. d. 2.30 Government and State Bonds will again be cA!letje Dealings in Government Bonds in a separate room Il ' c , discontinued. This new arrangement marks an iviP° taut change in the business of the Stock Exchange. 00 Messrs. Drexel and Co., Philadelphia, report th t s d Thursday, May 7, closing prices for Pennsylvania Ralir° 2 4 were 551 551 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 991 ; Siie °, Mortgage, 941. e° LITERARY.—We have just been having s o g r t 0 a journalistic scandal in this city—a scandal with°ll.e.o parallel, so far as we know, in the history of the Am er t he press—that, in comparison with it, almost any ev ent in it world of journalism seems like a ripple beside a vraf e ,: x is e is, however, a noteworthy fact that tLe London Rer' , just. dead. We may say that it is dead ; it has been me god, in the Examiner—the journal which Leigh Hu nt fours the and which, though less known over here tban vtic s London Review, was always a better paper both in P ° :tl and in literature. It was not so much better, b oweV er, ", d , its consent to the merging need have been difficult to eb t , 31 , 0 But what was moors: in the unregrettod Loadonl? e viex t- r a its insufficiency was its soli sufficiency -though that vi ° , is not wide enough eitLer ; it was apt to seem i° b b e is cheaper sort of Saturday Review, and the tone ich ic so iS nearly intolerable in the latter paper was often quite its the fernier. The Saturday's vulgar sup 3 reiliouse ce4 ' e sg, prejudices and wilful misunderstandings, its snlat t o , o which often suggests the brilliant satirical you a v i oe fresh from the university, and which get it the aPP t i o ll of its worst readers, can be borne with a coasideredir of the ability, courage, and real learning which it , r ee plays about as constantly as it displays i ts dies; is able traits—that is to say, the cases are fe o'll which it dons not approve I itself learned, vi ols and nobody's servant. But, in comparison It of its exemplar, the London Review was like that ev,0.00 505.....1 ....s.. Rnesliolz.m.n which- sa. good authority matter, to be wholly unendurable by gods or men, and t he tec ill with . considerable unanimity, will acquiesce cna! e ni P oeie in its decrease. It was as disagreeable as preteoil°: t the must he. It sounds as if it might be true enough brlers; paper had the assistance of some of the Saturday 11°4 the 1, se but they wore not the best, we may be sure; and of i'• calo r contributions may very likely have been such as the 'O l4 day had declitied to receive, or such as even the I, c liO s would not have asked it to accept. One symptom Of nie V A ° of the London Review found its way into the papers e„ ° 10 1 " or three months ago. The firm of T. T. Clark and u°, ti 'i r 65 publish a good many valuable works, as most of 0 e ll rical readers know, discovered that books' which theioo9 sent to editors for notice might pretty regularly he, o jer s " shortly after on the stalls of the second-band u ct or; Thereupon they marked their " editors' copies," sn / t e i t r not long in finding which paper was the offender. . 1 re p . 3 addressed to the editor called forth no more civ i , sol o than that their books were worthless, and 06 :` wor h t without being reviewed because they were 0" t t h e reviewing—a reply which, doubtless, was n o s, til o truth of the matter. So far as now apP 6s , r 4a ll " 4 English weekly press is all the stronger, 3 .,e ",dotr, 0 both honesty and ability, for the demise of the .t , °'„cso,„ also for that of the Reader, which perished some tw" tir ago. And, as the weekly press is furnishing p erheq 1: 0 most influential portion of English literature, We la in ' e si' glad to see it weeded of its weaker and less worth? f lite: bars. There is still the Athenaeum, with its fund ° t tl° rary information ; and the Saturday Review, to w oo 0 , Athenaeum's continual blundering in criti c ism ; and ti re ° solutely honest and candid, if somewhat too ethercesaior somewhat whimsical, Spectator, to supplement the 0 0 1 : day Review by doing justic e an d s h owin g merc,',,f VI eating the higher morality, an d se tti ng an exan3P c ' e 7o refinement as distinguished from superfineness. --c ' - ~, New York Nation. a tufq l ; [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Henceforth no one will doubt thecAo9l, properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta iessio6; Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of 13 ‘ ,1 be e it has already received from Invalids whose position l! he pole deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness ''',. 0 5 0 ,10 whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirtiyelour unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the “ C4 r tbev r Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21,1866. - The health o __, r eal, Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all 0r e . i . 9 ,10 . ,b dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du BarrYs er y c r t Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at ov o id', v ro It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his 11 le of his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too ilig h s 3,l l6 'ot extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures:—Cure No. _ o wl ~,,, the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver Ti fi i t aol o . wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous r",!nost 40 all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the, f or i , tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 1.771: Lord, d 7 s peE o s io , Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years d isper 4 , l o, No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony fr ol l sPe°,lr. nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatuleu k i'27o: of re, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Cure Ng. ''recl Pi, James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' 0. 0 1 0 0. 0 0 spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial des" reo re4A portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury ~,f0 1. ,,,u n 0 Die sloppy imitations to which, without authority, - 1, ..`" _OO name is most audaciously attached. 1 2 110 0 0 In tins, at Is lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; 2lbs 45 6d; 5 lbs 1 1 e ; cf IOCC 6- r op° 24 lbs 405.-Also Du BARRY'S RRVALENTA music) , fo r 1: t oo Pownicu is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at - - s , mi pS 9 ',0 at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for 57 6 . - , are v .., —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s toi b orde r fiti free -of carriage in England on receipt of Post- 0 0 e fdoa i '— BARRY Do BARRY and. Co., No. 77, Regent-street , I- 4°- 11 Grocers and Chemists. BIRTILY. HENNEssir —On the 7th March, at Government Ifc'il.;;e' LA ": bum; the wife of Governor 3. Pope lien lieBs 9 , son. r t 5‘ YORK . E- On the 21st inst , at 15, Cheshanl-stree Reginald Yorke, of a son. - ' MARRIAGES. ~ 130 . BOYS—STRONG —On the 20th inst., Henry SCOLY c't togeol Bengal Civil Service, to Ethel Regard Strong' , Y r p:° daughter of Major Strong, The Elms, Ifiley, fobses the H.E.I.C.S. Tri l STEPHENS--MARRIOTT—OH the 20th inst., at HolY v. 1 Paddington, Prescot Win Stephens, Command'''. 'riott, to. Alice Lottice, third daughter of Frederick Mgr Eq. DEATIIS. tp Des HASTINGS—On the 21st inst ,at Barbourna 11°„"liag, Woreester, Vice-Admiral. Franc i s Decimus .1135 aged 74. . 1 ;0 ofsil" O'NEAL- On the 21st inst , at Bath, T. W. O'Nea , f barbadoes, aged 56. ti 1 . WARHEN—On the 21st inst" at his residence, Chaise-, Francis \Varren, aged 60. pos4o, London : Printed and Published by WILLIAg AN„ str itat i of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at e THE SUN Mee; NO. lli ie ,01! in he Precinct of the Savoy, in the :7ounty of Mi d lMay 24, 1869. IN A HAN'S This celebrated 0 pr:zo Pnre, Mild, N . ( Sell In Potties, ni4 he Agents in the prii 8, GREAT Observe the Red SI ttsn's LL Whisky. IiCEATIN( relieves the T r - EA TIN( vt_ Imoortant re TIO N.—Sold in Bos 11s each. - 1( EATING, ( London, E N k , UTUAL (Tncorpn 14, RUSSELL Si And ATIVANC'ES MONK bold or Leasehold al le weekly. month Fortis free on reeet R OYAL AI Pro IMMENSE Si Mr HARRY RICK Mr FRED. co Y NE Mr L T STI ,A RD. the Air GEORG'''. LEY Miss A NTE ADA.II ik AT F 1 TIv.LIT, Miss JEANIE FICA MACLAGAN, THE E;Jr Notice—Mr I‘,l4nAliE Bake -street. (of No wieli) hes I Mission, Is. ; CU= the morning until I ARGYLL R The extraordinaa Of the Shadow Dal the electric licht Pate in it, combin Music Sel, , ctions have had the grab meat ette , isively celebrated Orche=t Chef. S'gnor Laird • Pogitions of all di' aßgigned to the en Graves, L. Sin' Thomas Pitts. Pr Adm THE A hove J Luncheon .I for deviling Legs o O RIGINAL AND AsHLEI Very Fine Pale, D Old ("rushed Port Vintl c‘narliling Champ lery, Qualite Sul le Sarnp cases ol battles Sherry. try GABItI p B. lIAL • next the Consignee for N' rele,lrated PALE Pc•rioanx Wi nes ' / 1 1 ' 41 0es. from ; also he seen at: ih linTher of Hole's of others wante4 i SCIENTIFIcI RNTAME ‘---• and Dinin 5" .111, ent of VA liska. Inkstands, &0., in Italian, . dc.shire Spar. e. TENNANT ' 11 London. Mr. Tennant a MINERALS, a of Lyell's Eleme tate the inter( GEOLOGY, at guineas each. PR A.OT IC AT MINERALOGI 119, Strand. T HE LTV GT Oftleos-1, I T Tll e : l o lll : l : s n 'iv d gra ne e vu ra '' n is t ° t t ol t i r 'f i l Bonus for the lea value as spEi r enler them p thirty days after KT GirlsAro t f n. . ) h( I n 1) all ag t iS l em o!n . whereby h ta e ki ngdom. lisp 'Ale of I nriucation, a Wise Provided f, suitable sitttatiol The Conmitte entirely sustain "ces 121, pal RIT I si Slacken zi Patron-11 Per the r. des titute nrp g h; and of all de prosperous cir sbt.One hndre, ution u ,am P Incr eased s "lowed, and atitinstatcp. Subscribers Institution, at its Peculiar chi Secr e e Th last Re tary. Offices, 73, I Bankers—N lane; and 351,1, TRALTR RES' DU BAR] and Inl eaves fifty tin perfect digest refreshing sle Most disorde effectually in( snmption, hal rangements, nervousness, catarrhs, cob rheumatism, heartburn, h nsusea and si bronchit the pit of the tab been aden in e nmci o duo s e ee t roeetfm d oet i r g ebt: e : f Dr invalids a IMPORTANI ti onto t: s:o . r ß th a ree ro rap n eod : Du Barry's and Infants' has already by it after th 18 .13) Roy Father rr 7 lB Ife - VE laateful at e' beneficial ef Praise this e , Cure No, 1 Years' liver " 9 a. irritabi digestion, cc nervous Wait Cure No.; Stuart 4 0 p c lord tool.--STr Waterford." Cure N o. , ror n y s r) , fl 1 11,MC of Lyl3/1: ' N ( Cure N o. ncrvousnesF vo is fancies Cure No. years diarrh The Fool it,. 6d. aliiste r , 1 1:zry s fiox ‹abisten "'uPs nt Gs , , about cnar. free of cirri h &Fart Y a l'o at Nair Ncrth To be 3