The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT or Tim Tanta JOURNALS. The Saturday Review points out that the facts we have about the antecedents of either party are about equally bad. The journalist gang send seconds, one of whom is armed with a revolver, to arrange a duel; M. Pierre Bonaparte awaits seconds whom he has invited to arrange a duel according to duelling laws, but takes care to have a revolver ready in his pocket. This is about six of one and half a dozen of the other. Fonvielle and :Noir go armed on a pacific errand—the one with a pistol, the other with a s word-stick—because they expect to meet " an Ogre;" Bonaparte receives what he believes to be a couple of M. Rechefort's seconds armed, because, as it would seem, he thought nothing was safe in such company. The point iu M. Bonaparte's favour is that, even according to Fonvielle's account, he declined any communication with Grousset's friends, on the very intelligible ground that his first business was with M. Rochefort and the 21Iarseillaise. The point against M. Bonaparte is that to ready with a revolver is not the usual way of receiving hostile seconds, and that this looks like a pro inAitated plan to shoot them, or one of them, or some b..dy. But as both parties to an interview which by all the laws of duel ought to be pacific attended it fully armed, it seems that neither party can make much of this. And when two or three men .well armed are resolved to quarrel, it will always be difficult to say who is the aggressor. To improve the occasion with any remarks on French journalism would be impertinent. The Marseillaise and Rochefort party are trying to make capital out of it. The incendiary and treasonable article publisbed by M. Rochefort in the Marscillaise after the Auteuil affair has been very properly taken up by M. 011ivier, and he is to be prosecuted by the Government. But the Marseillaise is exceeded in violence by the Reforme. It is by no means too soon for a Constitutional Government—and the lesson applies elsewhere than in France—fairly to face the dangers to society which exist in treasonable journalism as it is. The Spectator thinks that the French Empire is terribly unlucky. In the very instant of repentance, at the very moment when it was transmuting itself horn a despotism into a free government, an incident occars which brings all its wont specialties into the fullest relief, an incident NN hick seems to a hostile population to justify, or indeed to demand, a cry for its extinction. A Prince of the Impe,- rial House, a man not indeed within the line of succession, bat still outside the law, commits, or rather is believed by Paris to commit, under the circumstances best calculated to rouse Parisian hostility, the crime which perhaps alone among crimes Parisian instinct instantly condemns—a cowardly murder. It is just possible that Pierre Buonal pnrte, tl►e Prince now in detention in the Conciergerie, is guilty only of a homicide which opinion in France, if satisfied as to all the circumstances, would partially excu:;e ; but so intolerably unfortunate are the circum stances, so incapable is the &fence of proof, that there is not only no chance, but no possibility, of the first popular idea ever being corrected by sincere and sufficient evidence. The effect has been most terrible, so terrible indeed that had the Ministry shewn the slightest disposition to shield the accused it might have produced an insurrec tion. The strongest of all French feelings, the right to equality before the law, the right to be safe from the insolence of rank, was roused to frenzy by an incident .which scorned to imply that one family held itself beyond reach of the law, even to the extent of slaying the unarmed. It would be so in any country, but in France, where the sentiment of equality is scarcely dietinguishable from the passion for freedom, where, in fact, respect for personal dignity is the basis of action rather than respect for individuality, an outrage of this kind excites a kind of horror. " After-Troppmann, Buena parte !" would not seem to a French workman the ridicu lous exaggeration which it does to us. There is no reason that we know of to believe that the Prince will not he fairly tried, the High Court being a tribunal adopted by the Emperor, but organised by the Republic, and there is certainly none for visiting his offeace upon his cousin, but it will be visited nevertheless. If the Prince is acquitted, the acquittal will be declared to be due to contempt of the people ; if he is condemned his sentence will diminish the respect felt for the Imperial family ; if he is declared insane, the most probable verdict, the incident will be quoted as a proof of the ferocity which has grown up under the Empire. In any case, it is a severe blow to the dynasty, given just at the moment when it seemed as It it were about to enter upon a new and brighter career. That never-failing Neme;sis of despotism, the credit it gets for the bad weather, follows hard on the Napo leonic ; egime. The John Bell declares that extra-parliamentary utter ances are becoming rather a nuisance. To the mass of members they have always been so; but now that their novelty has worn away they are getting tedious, if not to those who attend them, and rarely perhaps have an oppor tunity of hearing any political speeches, certainiy to those who have to read them. Indeed it seems, now that they are established institutions, a work of supererogation to chronicle them. But Mr. Bri:;ht's speeches are certainly exceptions to any general rule. There is something in them, and one never leeks in vain for good Saxon language. But even on his combative nature has fallen that compara tive state of dignified torpor which invariably enervates the occupants of Downing-street. No longer was the Tribune of the People a free lance. Even he felt the weight of official responsibility. The most remarkable feature in the speech in our opinion was, his entirely ignoring the existing state of Ireland, and his deprecating the land question being made a party one. Even in this speech the old animosity is apparent ; but who would have believed two years ago that he could make so safe and Ministerial an address? It has been well described as an appeal from Mr. Bright the Tribune to Mr. Bright the Minister; but to have heard the member for Birmingham deprecating motions on going into supply, and complaining of the cumbersome character of parliamentary proceedings is- exceedingly refreshing. What would he have said had such a speech been made by another Liberal Minister had he been in Opposition ? The only practical deduction that we can gather from the speech is, that though he has 'the will to do so, he does not see the policy of quarrelling with his more moderate colleagues ; he hopes, we presume gradually to dispel their class prejudices. It has been announced, says the Economist, that the Bank of England will make arrangements for extra advances, in consequence of the unusual funds which the operation of last year's Budget will now give them. In this quarter there will be a larger collection of revenue than ever before, and the public deposits will be therefore larger than ever before. Accordingly, the Bank will adopt the same course as they have always taken at the close of the quarter and when the Government account is full—viz., lend to bill-brokers and others to carry on their usual busi ness, so that the legitimate trade of the country may not be impeded. At first it might seem immaterial, as far as respects the rate of interest, whether this money should be concentrated in the Bank or be scattered outside it; and in fact the effect of the concentration will not be very great. But it will have some effect—and the nature of that effect will be slightly to raise the value of money. This Will happen for two reasons. First, the Bank of England is a less anxious "seller of money," so to speak, than the bill-brokers and bankers in Lombard-street. Secondly. Under the well-known system (somewhat resembling that of a Dutch auction) under which the value of money is settled in England, the rate of interest more•easilyremains high when the Bank of England is full of money than when it is more empty and when more of tho money is outside. For these reasons the effect of the policy of the last year's Budget will be as a rule to raise the interest in the early part of the year when money, front the single collection of so much annual taxation, is on a sudden poured into the Bank. This year the effect will be but temporary if, as is announced, Mr. Lowe uses the money he possesses to pay for the telegraphs he has bought. Of Course such use of the money can be but tem porary : annual income must be devoted to annual expen diture; it is only the surplus which can be applied to the purchase of permanent property. But still for the moment, and to whatever extent Mr. Lowe uses in this manner. his temporary funds, he will take the money out of the Bank of England and distribute it in the outside moneymarket, and sb for the time restore the equilibrium that existed before and which the sudden coming of the tax-gatherer disturbed. This spring vial therefore be lik e or di nary springs in the money market. The full effect of the now system will not le seen till next year. The Engineer has received advices from the Cape stating that Mr. Welburne has obtained a concession froth the Natal I.O.slative Council for three million acres of land, including " Newcastle " coalfields, and a subsidy of .£40,000 per annum, to carry out a project of railway and eolonisatien extension to Natal. THE ST. PANCRAS INQUIRY.-:--Tlif3 inquiry at S. Pancras into the statements against Dr. Ellis was pro ceeded with yesterday. The evidence taken went to show that proper ventilation existed in the rooms of which Dr. Ellis complained and the construction of theinfirmary was of a good description. Statisticians estimate the total population of the globe at 1,228,000,000 souls. Of this number 360,000,000 belong to the Caucasian race, E 62,000,000 to the Mongo lian, 190,000,000 to the Ethiopian, 170,000,000 the _ _ Maylayan, and 1,000,000 to the Indo-Amerieau race. The number of languages spoken is 3,642, and 1,000 different k' religions are numbered. The annual mort a lity i s pu t d own jat 83,333,333, says Les Jfondes, or 91,554 deaths pe r day, 3.780 per hour, or G 2 per minute. . FOREIGN NOTES.' FRANCE AND THE COUNCTL. The text of the despatch forwarded by Count Darn, the new French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Marquis do Bonneville, the French Ambassador at Rome, has been published. Count Daru says that one of his first acts cn taking office was to call for the instructions forwarded to M. de Bonneville by his predecessor. After having delibe rated in council, the new Ministry give their assent to these instructions. The work undertaken by Pius IX. is noble and worthy cf sympathy, but it is full of difficulty, and requires, above all things, "an enlightened senti ment of the necessities of our epoch." There is no danger, in the opinion of Count Darn, with regard to civil independence and liberty of conscience in France, which are even better secured by public reason, and the attach ment of the people, than by the laws of the Con stituticn. But what the Government is most concerned for is the maintenance of the good relations between Church. and State, which have subsisted in Fiance since the commencement of this century. The Concordat of 1361 has, happily, conciliated the liberty of the Church and the rights of the State. M. Darn ex presses his anxiety to avoid controversies whose effects cannot be foreseen, at a time when so much prudence is necessary to preserve for the Church, with the liberty of its chief, the guarantee of its independence. He hopes that such considerations will have weight at the Vatican, and he relies on the exalted intelligence of the Holy Father, on the experience of the assembled Church, and the patriotism of the French episcopacy, which he believes to be well acquainted with the wants of French society, and incapable of incurring the responsibility that would accrue to it if it agreed to compromise the advantages of the Concordat, "In this sense," adds the new Minister, " you can express yourself boldly on all occasions, when you will have to make known the opinion of the Emperor's Government, and such is the language which his Majesty's Ministers propose to hold in person when they shall be called on to expound to the great bodies of the State the policy which the Cabinet thinks fit to pursue with respect to the Council." THE GERMAN BISHOPS. The Roman correspondent of the Berlin Pest says that the German bishops have resolved to present an address to the Pope, in which they protest against the regulations that are imposed cn the Council, and claim a right to make independent motions. They consider it intolerable that two commissions should have a right to examine, ,revise, change, and mutilate al they please every wish and proposal before it can be discussed. It is expected that similar representations will be made by the French bishops. The Rome authorities were pre pared to find the doctrine of infallibility opposed by the French and German ecclesiastics, but they are surprised at the resistance of the North A mericzn and Eastern bishops. The latter say that the proclamation of this dogma will be the surest means of alienating their churches from the Holy See, while one of the North American bishops lately declared that no one ought to be elected Pope who had not passed three years in the United States, and thus seen what a modern Liberal Government really is, and what it is possible to do under it. The Worth German Gazette says that if the German bishops should find themselves in a difficult position on account or their demeanour at the Council, the German Govern ments are in duty bound to lend them their support. THE HANOVERIAN LEGION IN FRANCE, A document has been forwarded to the No 2 th German Gazelle, from Hanover, which appears to be an order signed by First Lieutenant von Tschirnitz concerning the removal of the legionaries to Algiers, where they are to form a coluny. They wish to take this step, as they find it difficult to meet with employment in France. A com mission is to be appointed to visit Algiers and form a.cor rect estimate of the country. Scme importance is attached to this document, as doubts have been expressed as to the existence of a Hanoverian legion in France. SIR SAIIUEL BAKER. The Levant Times states that there is news from the Nile of Mr. Higginbotham, head of the engineering department of Sir S. Baker's expedition, having passed the first cataract. This enterprising young engineer, who, it should be remarked, is in the Egyptian Government ser vice, and therefore adopts thz. tarboosh, met with a little contretemps. which, although in itself insignificant, proves that Sir Samuel's followers are not all the most trusty. Some cf the clew from one of Mr. Higginbotham's dahabies, having become disheartened and home sick, deserted it, and enrolled themselves in a similar craft sailing under French colours, which wanted men. On Mr. Higginbotham remonstrating with the French traveller, the latter retorted in so offensive a manner that a serious dispute took place, and the Frenchman has declared that he will seek redress from the British authorities. He will, however, be referred to the local Government, as her Majesty's Consular authorities take no responsibility with regard to the Baker expedition. A return of the services rendered by the live lit e ooats connection with the Liverpool Dock Board sbows that during the past year 18 vessels have been assisted and a Ives saved. Since 18L7 the boats have rendered services to 210 vessels, and been the means of saving 345 lives. A hundred pigs were burned on board the st - eamcr Reset a during her passage from Waterford to Bristol last week. TLe coals ran short, and the pigs were burned so that the fires might be kept up until the vessel reached Ilfracombe, she having been detained by the westerly gale. Mr. Edward Sullivan, the Attorney-General, yes terday published an address to the electors of Mellow, re tiring from the representation of that borough, having ac cepted office as Master of the Rolls. He assigns as the rea son of his retirement the condition of his health, which has been much impaired by laborious and constant work. In the Court of Queen's ,Bench this morning, in tne case of Mr. Lovibond, arising out of the Bridgewater Election Commission, the Solicitor-General said he found that he was in error in stating that the Commissioners. were fancies officii. They had sent in a report, but they had purposely abstained from making a final report in order to meet this or any otl:er contingency that might arise. I - The Archbishop of Canterbury will not, it is feared, be sufficiently recovered to preside at the consecration of the Bishop of Oxford, on the 25th instant, in which case a Commission will be issued to the Bishops of London, Win chesler, Worcester, and Exeter to undertake the duties. It is said that his Grace lepes to preside personally at the meeting of the Convocation, which is fixed to take place in February. The conference of the Miners' National Association was continued yesterday. One of the most interesting subjects of discussion was that of the Haydock and Wigan explosions. Mr. Pickard, who broached the matter, thought there was too great a disposition to make the best of it, and accept things as they were. He made the serious charge that essential points in connection with the Inquiries had been kept in the background. Some very warm remarks followed. Some comment was made a day or two back on the case of a cool bigamist—of a man at Coventry, named Eburne, having got married, his lawful wife being at the s tme time a pauper lunatic in Hatton Asylum. He was brought up yesterday, lefore the city magistrates, by the directors of the poor, to refund the amount—some £4 or £5 —which they had expended on his wife. lie was unable to pay, and was therefore committed to three months' im prisonment. The inquiry into the Platt Bridge colliery explosion was continued yesterday before Mr. Driffield, the district comer. Some important evidence was taken as to the cause of the disaster, and bearing out what was pretty clear from previous statements, that the mine was under careful man agement. Some of the w'tnesses, while admittng the use of gunpowder to be objectionable and dangerous, said tho coal was so hard that the men were compelled to resort to blast ing. The inquiry is expected to be closed at the next sitting, which is on Thurseay. At the Birmingham • Police-court yesterday, Mr. Thomas (lutteridge, surgeon, 'Calthorpe-street, Edgbaaton, applied for a summons for a,:sault against the Hon. and Rev. Grantham Munton Yorke, of Temple-row, and Mr. John Belliss, draper, High-street. The applicant stated that ho was in the vestry of St. Philip's Church on Sunday, when Mr. Belliss seized him violently by the arm, and the Hon. and Rev. G. M. Yorke snatched a book from Lis hand. The Bench granted a summons, returnable on Tuesday next. A collision took place on 11 ednesday night on the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Line, near P( llokshields, between the Gee enock train leaving Bridge-street station at 6 o'clock, and a number c.f empty carriages which we:o being ! stunted from a lye at Shields Junction. The shock w.ts so great that three of the empty carriages were throve n from the rails, blocking both the "up" at d "down" liura No dernege was done to the cart juges of the Greenock train, nor sere any of the passer gers hurt, but the fennel of the engine was larockt d L ff, and the buffers were broken. A Liverpool knOl:can trW at) the early morning of the let of JeLuary to Larry cut the "good old custom" of kissing the first woman he met iu the new your. TLe first company ho came acress was a sober party returning from a watch-night service, talking of the religious exercises in which they Lad been indulging. The most elderly was sur- Fie( d to find a rough msn jut his elm round her neck and attempt to kiss htr. She prevented him. Ile next tried to salute a young lady. But ley th's time the gentleman who was escorting the tarty home came to his senses and inter fered. lie received a swan ing blow between the eyes for his pains. For playing tl ere at l seine other pranks the Liverpool publican has la en f'n'A o aggregate .V.O. r_uE SUN, LONDON, S A TURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1870. THE IRISH LAND BILL AND FIXITY OF TENURE. We have reason to believe (says the Echo) that when the Cabinet Ministers assemble for the first time in the New Year, on Friday next, it will be found that their de liberations in regard to the Irish Land Bill are very far from being terminated. We understand that the progress of inquiry in Ireland shews a very for midable bulk of respectable opinion which will assert itself in the House for some degree of fixity of tenure. The tenants want assurance that they shall not be turned out of their holdings, as well as some method of compen sation for improvements. Of course fixity of tenure in its literal meaning cannot be conceded, but the subject which will earliest engage the attention of the Cabinet will be whether in some form the strong body of opinion which is commtted to this view of the question cannot be con ciliated. THE WEIGII7 OF WORDS. (From Me AngloZimerican Times.) Surprise is often expressed that two kindred na tions, speaking the same language and giving the greatest publicity through a free platform and press to their thoughts, though always squabbling, should never be able to see a question from the side of the other. It is easier for either the United Kingdom or the United States to settle a dispute with France, Spain, Germany, or any other Power, than with each other, although the negotiations have to be conducted in a foreign tongue. This might be a matter of astonishment, as would be any ordinary process of nature if it were not ordinary, but, being ordinary, we cannot see why there should be any surprise. It may display an unfair and prejudicial mode of rea soning in each ; the habit not only of gathering into a mass all the " pros" while carefully excluding the "cons," but of persuading themselves that no " cons exist," those alleged being represented and held to be mere fabrications of avicious and pig-headedenemy. When communities of such a judicial condition of mind get into a quarrel they do not soon get out of it ; and its stupidity and folly might create sur prise did we not see the same courze pursued in every relation of life, and nations are but the:agglo meration of individuals. People at a distance, who know nothing of each other, will quarrel, but, as a general rule, not very bitterly.; near neighbours, who know each other well, " will fall out and chide and fight," but families will tear each other to pieces, the nearer the relationship the greater being the ve nom. Applying the same reasoning to this, as do those who express surprise at the relations between the United States and the United Kingdom, greater asto nishment ought to be felt at a fact which would be incredible if it were not a matter of every-day occurrence in every nation of the world, showing that it has its spring in the well-known viciousness of human nature. A writer in this quarter's West minster Review uses the same illustration as our selves to picture the folly of persistently dwelling on our own and hiding the opponent's side, as the act of the ostrich in putting its head in a hole, pre dicting for the nation which does so, the ostrich's fate. Although the English people are quite uncon scious of the fact, they have in truth been doing this in the Alabama controversy. They would not see the American case which they persisted in styling a sentimental grievance, out of which Americans would have to sulk into a better frame of mind. The Pall Mall Gazette never wearies of sneering at any expression of sentiment, and whenever an English man of position or a leading journal indulges in sentiment it is sure to call forth a s ircastic remark. Business is business, says that journal, and English buncombe meets with the response it deserves in America, where they are too matter of fact and wide-awake to be taken in by maudlin expressions of tenderness. Then it goes on to repeat what the New York Herald says, or BRICK POMEROY, or GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, and all this is intended to choke E ng lish writers from giving utterance to whatever admi ration they may feel for a very great nation engaged in a very great work, which highly appreciates such approval from the representatives of a kindred coun try it deeply respects. Does the Pall Mall know in what consists the keen edge of the Alabama exaspe ration? It is convenient for that journal, as well as for many Englishmen, to forget the spirit of the English press and of society during the Civil 'War ; but the Unionists do not, cannot, and will not for get it. The unfriendly speeches of parliamentary leaders, the bitterest articles of leading organs, the sayings and doings picked up by Northerners tra velling through England, are all recorded in the files of American journals of that period, and are repro duced in the despatches of American Ministers,though the people require neither the one nor the other, for they sank deeply into the national heart. Now what was all this but words, mere expressions, sen timent ; yet it has instilled the venom into the quarrel. Does any Englishman suppose that had the Alabama escaped through an accident, and had its career been denounced as it is now denounced in England, that any such claims would have been put forth by America? It was not the damage, great as that was, but the sentiment of England which fired the heart of COLUMBIA with a sense of wrong. But these are not the words which call forth the Pall Mall's sneer, that is reserved for expressions of love ; yet bringing the effect down to the hard ma terial test in which the Pall Mall delights, would it not have been viiser during the trying ordeal to have directed such sneers against these expressions of English buncombe which have brought on the shonl . ders of England so disagreeable a consequence. We areuo t a t aware the time that in that existence, and no part of the sin, therefore, lies at its door ; but the writer of the paragraphs to which we allude was, and perhaps has reason to know what were the effects of these expressions of hate. Now our argument is—lf such a consequence follows from the free use of words intended to insult, to depress, to degrade, is it not fair to conclude that words signifying the re verse will in a degree produce the reverse effect ? Those who have the power of causing bitter pain through words, can, by the same means, cause plea sure ; hence we have a right to believe that the better tone of England, although it may not meet with an immediate response, will work good on the other side in the end. It is curious in glancing over the same paper to see how this is shown in its own columns. The Gazette can only account for the quietness and forbearance now displayed in the American press, especially on the revolt of the Red River settlers, by the supposition that Americans have persuaded themselves the British Possessions are becoming ripe, to drop as a shower of fruit into the Union. Supposing they did think so, would that be a reason for ceasing to abuse England, or the contrary ? and this idea only shows how little the Pall Mall understands what has caused the fact it states, to the truth of which we bear witness. There is a very different feeling in England towards the United States now to that which ever before ex isted. The deep impression made by the enormous power of the nation generates respect, respect pro duces good behaviour in intercourse, and that is eventually reciprocated. Yet all this intercourse, influential though it may be, consists of mere ex pressions, though the feeling generated may and does lead to acts. It was English enmity which dic tated the cruel expressions that gave such pain and bred so much hatred in America. But it was the ex pressions uttered by a set of designing men which did so much to cause the enmity in England. There fore the bad blood already existing w as stirred by them into activity, and the contagious feeling helped to spread itself till it appeared to Americans that all England was covered with hatred to the Union, as with a mantle, and they could see naught else, though in reality it was but a superficial garment which hid from their view others of greater worth. It then suited a strong party to give this appear ance to the national sentiment, and they succeeded so well, that there is no persuading Americans that any other then existed, and in this lies what the English call the sentimental grievance. When, however, it is given expression to in such speeches as that of Senator SUMNER, there is found behind to stand a solid array of facts and claims which have rather a startling appearance. Whence are mar shalled these huge claims? Why from the senti ment, the universal American belief, that the ex pressions given utterance to in the English press re flected the bit ter hostility of the English peopleagainst the Union when engaged in a cause wherein they had a right to expect England's sympathy. We admit that prior to the war there was a vast amount of abuse of England current iu the United States, mainly issuing from the slave-holding oligarchy, which saw in England the most dreaded foe of its Domcstic Institution. But this only strengthens our argument., and indeed it is one we have often advanced, that the enmity of England, which bore srich bitter fruits to the Union during the Civil War, was largely caused by the, enm it y ex p ressed in America against England prior to the War. But such was English ignorance, worked on by Toryism, that the English sympathies were given to the slave-holding oligarchy and their allies the Irish, from whom emanated most of the spite against the old country to be found in America before the struggle. But what has all this been, but words, though, we must confess with sorrow, the words of hate. Even the Pall Mall must allow their in fluence to have been tremendous, and the results any thing but gratifying. Why, then, should it endea vour to sneer out of countenance those trying the other tack, to see if some good might not ac crue from . changing words of irritation into fair and generous comments. We want no maudlin sentiment, but still less the proved evil of the style adopted by the Pall Mall, the Saturday Review, and such journals, which always seek their illustra tions for everything bad in the United States. It is amusing to observe what a genuine snob the pro fessed organ for gentlemen is. It is vulgarity to call GEORGE PEABODY--GEORGE PEABODY; either in the Bishop of LONDON preaching over the remains of the philanthropist in Westminster Abbey, or in the Prime Minister in his speech at the Mansion-house. The gentleman is " Mr." PEABODY, and we desire American journals, which are so fond of quoting this Pall Mall Gazette, to take note that it is vulgar to call men by their names; but we who have al ways been vulgar in this respect intend to remain so, and we will continue as usual to write of those we respect, whether alive or dead, frequently, by giving their full names without any titles. 711 E COMING EXODUS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) We learn by telegraph from Toronto that " the Dominion Government has decided upon erecting a large building contiguous to the Grand Trunk and Great Western stations, as part of the general arrangements to promote immigration during the coming summer." It is clear that in every direc tion a large English emigration is anticipated, and even the Mormons are making preparations. They are about to build a house of reception for their immigrants from Europe in the City of New York, for which a large appropriation has been made. As we have always predicted, British emigration is assuming the proportions of an exodus, and we therefore recommend to the attention of lecturers, of reading-rooms and libraries, especially those of the working classes, as well as to all who profesb to give information for the guidance of families on this most important matter, to procure the last report of the United States Land Commis sioner, some extracts from which will be found elsewhere. We take the liberty at the same time to recommend Commissioner WILSON to. send this volume—for the Report is a book containing 300 pages filled with valuable maps—freely to England for the dissemination of information, which cannot fail to prove of the utmost value in Europe at such a period as the present. We have dane our best to circulate correct information for the intending emigrant, so as, we dare say, to bring on ourselves the appellation of " touters" for the United States, to whom the ignorant, the mali cious, and the stupid so frequently allude. There are no such persons as these touters, for there never was a country that more neglected its clear duty to give information abroad than the United States. We desire to bring this matter to the attention of Congress, for it is alike unfair to the Union, and to the kindred nation of Great Britain. What right has the Republic to spread itself over the fairest domain which GOD has created on this globe, with fertile acres by the score of millions lying waste, and with the invitation to come, which it professes to give, not to give information also to the ignorant and over-crowded populations of this Continent. We can tell Mr. WILSON that his Report would be of infinitely greater value abroad than at home. Here it mightbe Wean(' fortune; there, curious information and statistics. We grant that a few land companies, and one or two Governors of States or Territories, have done a little—but very little; and we venture to assert that not one British working man in 10,000 ever heard the name of Kansas. The U.S. " touter" of the Tory imagination is like the British Free-trade Agent, with pockets full of gold dis seminating his selfish British doctrine through the United States, in the imagination of the Protec tionist, and both resemble " Mrs. Halms," furnish ing a good subject for conversation—but " there ai'nt no such a p..!rson," though they might prove of use did they exist. Fortunately for the States there is a natural law which, in a measure, does the work they neglect. Those who do emigrate, whether their first destination be Canada or Columbia, finally settle in the United States in the proportion of ten . to one ; and we are content, knowing the working of this law, to ace the activi y in recruiting for the Dominion of those who would sooner let a family starve than proceed to the LILA . ed States. If they would only work hard enough we would cease to labour i❑ this field at all, for the in formation we give is not of interest to Americans, and while it costs much trouble in gathering facts, it does little or nothing to sell the paper, or in any way to remunerate ui. We are, in truth, trying to do the work which ought to be done by the United States—unaided and unthanked ; and if we are called ",Yankee touters," we can assure those who thus style us that that is all we get, unless, indeed, we may modestly allude to " Virtue being its own Reward." The best country is the essence of the question to the English emigrant, and in considering it, prejudice and sentiment should be put aside. As the Repubdc has, beyond comparison, the best land, and deals most liberally with the emigrant, he who has to emigrate ought to go there, and this is the truth we desire should be widely known. LAW AND POLICE. 1 IMPORTANT JUDGMENT AS TO COMMONAL RIGHTS.—The Master of the Rolls delivered judgment yesterday in the case of Smith v. the Earl of Brownlow. It was a suit instituted on behalf of himself and other tenants and copyholders of the manor of Birkhampstead, in support of the rights which they claimed as to common age or waste land situated in the manors of Birkhamp stead and the Halimode of Northchuirch, which the late Earl of Brownlow had made attempts to infringe by encioachmcnt, and which the present earl endeavoured to carry out. Judgment was given for the plaintiff. A BRISTOL SOLICITOR'S CHANCERY SUIT.—SODIe very severe remarks on the character of some of the cases brought into the Chancery Courts were made by Vice-Chancellor Malins yesterday. A motion was made on behalf of a Bristol solicitor to restrain the Long Ash ton Highway Board from working a stone quarry not far from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, on the ground that the operations would interfere with his right of way over certain paths, and also that blasting by gunpowder would be necessary, and thus danger would arise. Docu mentary evidence was read at extreme length in support of the plaintiff's case, but in the ()pi nion of the court they failed in their purpcsa, and in the result the motion was dismissed with costs. The Vice-Chancellor complained of the length and triN ial nature of the evidence ; and remarked that the case was so trumpery that it was hardly worthy of the attention of a county court. The conduct of the defendant in occupy ing so much valuable time with a matter so contemptible was very reprehensible. It was not right that whenever it was supposed there was some slight ground for a griev ance that a bill should be filed in Chancery; and, indeed, '.llO court would not entertain such trifling causes. TILE IMPORTANT POINT OF LAW ON BETTING HOUSES.—. The very important questions raised by the recent betting prosecuticns, were to have come before the Court of Queen's Benth, to-day. Yesterday, however, the junior counsel engaged for the defence applied to have the case postponed, Mr. Mellish, Q.C., being ill. Sir John Coleridge, Solicitor-General, said that himself and Sir Robert Collier were engaged in the case ; it would be a most important one ; and he, therefore, under the circumstances, agreed to an adjournment. The Court allowed the application. IMPORTANT QUESTION OF CUSTOM AND LAW.—Yester day, in the Court of Exchequer, Mr. Manisty, Q.C., moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection of Mr. Baron Martin, at the Manchester Assizes, in the case of " Harrison v. Morgan." It appeared that the defendant had delivered certain goods to the plaintiff, on condition of cash payment on delivery, allowing 2.4- per cent. discount, There was conflicting evidence at the trial as to the meaning of the words "cash payment," the de fendant's witnesses alleging that it meant payment cn the day of delivery; and the plaintiff's witnesses, that for the class of goods sued on, viz., calicoes, the custom was de livery on Tuesdays and payment on the following Friday. The parties were Manchester merchants, and the plaintiff asked defendant to allow thirty days for payment, taking 2 per cent. less discount. On this the defendant took proceedings in bankruptcy against the plaintiff, who paid the £543 then due. The defendant by his contract still had further goods to deliver, but he put a condition—viz„ " cash payment on delivery," and refused to leave the goods under the contract unless the money was paid at once.—Mr. Manisty contended that, admitting the custom of Manchester to be as stated by the plaintiff, still the plaintiff having made do. fault, and having forced the defendant to take the bankruptcy proceedings, the defendant was entitled in law to stand on his rights of specific contract—The court decided that as the question was of immense impor tance—this being the usual form of contract made by Man chester traders—they would grant a rule, so as to have the - matter deliberately argued and decided. The following is, says the Chum _Replay, a rather unusual kind of announcement:—" The Prince and Princess of 'Wale; will give a dance to the gentry and clergy of the neighbourhood on Friday evening." A. KNOTTY PorYr. —A widow is entitled, during life and widowhood, to an annuity, and marries secondly a widower who was already her brother 7 in-law through his first wife. Such a marriage of a deceased wifo's sister is contrary to our law, and in this country voil, but the couple were married and live in a foreign country,wh ere connections of this sort are valid marriages. Has the widow forfeited her annuity or not? In order to claim the yearly payment the lady has to made a declaration before a magistrate every twelve months that she is alive and still a widow. They have, therefore, to come to England once a year, and she has made this declaration in the presenee of a county magistrate, i.e., of the identical man, who passes in the society of the place where they usually reside as her husband. Has the magistrate acted in such a manner as to deserve removal from the Commission? The lady argues she is entitled to some benefit from the law which does her so much harm ; the gentleman that he is only helping his wife in a fair way; but the whole case is a somewhat amusinz legal puzzle. The Home Secretary is at present at ()borne on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. Kennard, late M.P. for Newport, died on Monday. The Home Secretary has appointed Mr. J. F. Collier Recorder of Poole. It is stated that Mr. Frascr, the new Bishop of Manchester, refused an Indian bishopric some time ago. The Sheffield Town Council yekterday decided to appoint a stipendiary magistrate for the borough, at a salary of not less than £l,OOO per annum. Sir John Trelaw•ny, M.P., is seriously indisposed. For upwards of a mouth, with scarcely au intermission, he has been confined to his room. The inhabitants of Liverpool are apparently bent on establishing some place of "innocent amusement," and busily discussing the question of whether it shall bo a zoological collection or a picture gallery. At Liverpool yesterday a man named Benjamin Hill, who hr. 4 neglected to have disinfected the bed on which his wife had died of scarlet fever, was fined 10s. and costs; and Mary Murphy, a furniture broker, was fined 20s. and costs for purchasing the bedding. The Northern Daily Express states that a report was current on Tuesday, in the vicinity of Hexbam, that the "agents" of the so-called "Countess of Derwentwater" had removed stock from Newland's Farm, belonging to the Greenwich Hospital Commissioners. At a meeting of the Bradford Chamber of Com merce, held yesterday, for the purpof e of considering "the present position of the French treaty,' an almost unanimous opinion was expreesed regarding the wisdom of adhering steadfastly to the policy of free trade. Mr. Waters, Q.C., without waiting for the formal promotion of Mr. Sullivan, has issued an address to the electors of Mallow. He declares himself a Liberal, is in favour of a settlement of the Land Question, and avows himself for the release of the political prisoners, denomina tional education, and reform of the grand jury laws. The iVaterford Standard reports an attack which was made a few evenings ago on the house of Mr. William fill, the Manor. A number of men attacked Hill's house, fired a pistol through the key-bole,.thrE w stones against the window, and created a most disorderly scene outside, threatening his lifo and shouting in the most frantic manner. This is not the first attack that Las been made on Hill. A telegram from Rotterdam states that the barque W. and DI. J. Emyon, of Newport, bad foundered near the Baajaard with all hands ; the splendid screw steamer Zainds, bound to litil!; the brig Yitiad, of Hartlepool, for Calais ; and the Bellerophon, 1 ouu(1 from Bluth pool to Mau, are all stranded. The brig A tide of Flushing, foun d .red iu the Nos th Seaton Ifouday. 'Cite crew were saved. :The "half-stint" system adop ed by the collie's of the Bolton and Fa4nwot th district to+• Irwin au adv:.Lee of wages h:.s alnady led to a part:el lock-0 ut. At son:ermines we are told the in n are kept down in th. votkings the full time, and at ot Ihr where there are hug ,stacks of coal on the brows," the ~.)sl, _ un has Ixen a.C0.:01 to be put iu force. It is probable, on the abolition of - ,zt . he office of Inspecior at Chatham Dockyard at tho end. of the thancial year,' that, with the exception of two who viii be superan nuated, flesh employment will be for nd for the inspectois iu tLe various offices in the yard, to...replace "non-profeg sionaP writers who have been latterlyAlisabarged from the service; it is not at all improbable that ,"neon-professional" writers will hereaft , _ , r be dispensed witili;eatirelY• • FINE ARTS IN IVEW YORK. Mr. J. B. Bristol, a well-known and clever land scape-painter, has just completed a fine view of Green Mountain scenery, representing Mount Mans field in the distance, a wooded plain in the middle • distance, and a glimpse of Lake Champlain in the fore ground. This picture, painted in the artist's very best style, was commissioned by Nit. Hawk, proprietor of the St. Nicholas Hotel. Mr. Ed. Gay, one of the rising painters in New York, has now on his easel a large pastoral subject : a view near Albany, N.Y., which promises to become a valuable work when completed ; it already ex hibits much true poetic sentiment. Mr. Arthur Parton, a young landscape-painter of promise, has just finished a picture called " Sunset in the North Woods," in which the artist displays his usual fine qualities of colour. Snedecor's Art Gallery, as usual, possesses a num ber of fine examples of some of the best American artists. Among the most prominent of these may be mentioned a large marine picture entitled "Ruins of Grosney Castle," sunset after a storm, by Mr. M. F. IL Haas, a work possessing some high qua lities as well as some faults. "The Coming Storm," landscape and cattle, by Jas. M. Hart, one of the most distinguished landscape painters of Ame rica. A striking landscape composition " The Forray" (from Irving's Conquest of Grenada), by Samuel Colman. There are many other noticeable and excellent figure and landscape subjects by Messrs. George lanes, J. G. Brown, William Hart, Geo. C. Lamsden, W. L. Sontag, G. H. Hall, J. K. 3revoort, Clinton Ogilvie, &c., whose works will be more fully reviewed from time to time. Mr. W. L. Sontag, whose pictures have enriched many flue collections on both sides of the Atlantic, has been compelled to suspend his labours for some time past on account of an affection of his eyes. Mr. J. H. Lawman, a Pittsburg artist, recently visited New York, when he painted a spirited por trait of the Rev. H. IV. 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Maria " Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority; Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached /*ln tins, at !Ei 11d; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb 4s 6,1; slb lls ; 12 lb 225; 24 lbs 4 s.—Also (.0 BARRY'S RDNALENTA IRADICACHOCOLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 1: cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 2,8 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 55s —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order.— BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-Arcot, London; and all Grocers and Chemists. MONEY AND BUSINESS, (From the Spring f ield Republican, Tan. 1.) This is holiday week, and except for dealers in fancy and gift goods has been dull. The only business iu the Money Market has been in preparation for the payment of dividends and other squaring up of balances for the be ginning of the Now Year. Monday was deemed the dul lest day in the whole season, and the whole week, being kept sacred also in foreign markets, presents very few features of interest. At Chicago the review of the Money Market on Saturday seemed more hopeful. Orders for currency from the interior had fallen off and exchange had risen,so that small amounts of currency were being shipped to New York. The state of the banks, however, continued very painful, they being able to supply only their regular customers, turning a deaf ear to all others, though they came offering prime collateral. The deposits in the banks were 50 per cent. below what they were in June. The holiday improvement in general trade was quite marked, but probably temporary. At Cincinnati the banks are experiencing less pressure, and think they have passed the snug point. Mercantile paper was in much request from outside capitalists, a fact that indicates a stock of money seeking investment. General trade is iu a much better state at the East than at the 11 est, where the con tinued decline in the price of wheat exerts a very depress ing influence. This staple has not only got down to specie prices,but is going down below them. The enormous crop in this country and the at least average crop in the great wheat fields of Europe could not but make it a drug, for wheat is one of those commodities of which the demand is capable of much less variation than the supply. When it is scarce and dear, people must and will have it, reducing their expense if necessary in some other direction ; and when, on the other hand, it is plenty and cheap, people can do no more than supply the same appetite which before they refused to stint, and will spend what they save in the price of flour, not. in more flour, but in other articles of consumption. A large crop, therefore, produces a fall in price, without a corresponding increase in the demand. It is not therefore wasted, but must wait longer to be die posed of. The Mark-lane (London) Express of December 6 was looking for an improvement in the price of bread stuffs, with the freezing up of the Baltic, but thought that at that time there was no inducement for foreign houses to ship grain thither, as it was cheaper there than almost anywhere else on the globe, California perhaps excepted. However this may be, we may be thankful to a good harvest for bringing us nearer to specie payment, inducing as it has such an export of wheat and cotton as 'to stop effectually the outflow of gold . Inflation prices giving way to gold prices produce again declines. Action and reaction tend to one and the same resuL, to force prices down, or in the pernicious and de ceitful phrase of the advertisements, to a "shrinkage of values." As to what advantage we can derive from such a state of affairs, wo quote from the Chicago Tribune an opinion that is current in ono form or another in most of the western papers, and which coincides fully with the Republican's demands for a free banking law :—" Thus agencies more potent than Acts of Congress, and more comprehensive than the financial plans of politicians, are forcing our financial affairs along the road to specie re sumption. These agencies, however, will not finally ac : . complish specie resumption for us, unless Congress this winter takes some positive step toward giving us a currency on a sounder basis than the present by an Act to make the national banking law freo, basing the security of the currency on the gold value of the bonds deposited with the United States Treasurer, and, at the same time, providing for the gradual retirement of the greenbacks. Unless something to this effect is done, the influence of these abundant crops will have been expended without permanent benefit." Gold has been of little interest during the week. It has once been a fraction below 120, but main tains itself in unstable equilibrium just above that figure. The Secretary of the Treasury announces that he will hereafter accept no bids that are more than half a cent. below the market prices, which is supposed to mean that he will accept such as aro above that figure. One of the evidences of the almost utter prufitlessness of goad specu lation at present is the exceeding delicacy of the subter fuges that have to been indulged in to pay even office expenses. On Friday, for instance, operators borrowed gold ou Government collaterals, sold it, let out the pro ceeds or miscellaneous collaterals, and therefore at a fraction higher rate of interest, and on Monday gold being dull through the absence of many dealers, quietly bought back their bullion, till a slight reaction in the price closed the performance. This much stirring of the pot, in order to be able to skim off a small fraction of a cent as profit. The assistant Treasurer at New York has disbursed about $3,000,000 of the January gold interest, and is also paying the currency interest on the Pacific Sixes. Government Bonds have improved somewhat. The Financial Chronicle urges the necessity of revising the banking law at once, even if the funding of the debt has to wait. The difficulty of funding k 4 per sent. loan at par before the 6 per cent. Five Twenties have not reached that point, and the in expediency of attempting this final funding prematurely are much dwelt upon. Aud, indeed, if our Government Securities improve as rapidly for a year to come as they have for the year past, time is the cheapest and safest broker in whose hands we can leave them. To make this more evident, wo present in tabular form the present quotations of bonds and gold, and those of December 30 1865, as taken from the telegraphic reports of that date, to the Republican 1869. 1868. Gold. MI - 13-14 Coupon SiseP, 1861 11:44 1141 5-20's, 1862, . 113 ' 11U „ 1861, , 1865, 11* 1071 ” ~ .1 20 W, 1141 1101 „ 1867, 114 i 1111 71 1868, 10-40 ' s, At London, 67's 1141 109 85 111/ 105/ 74 The rise in price has therefore boon about 14 per cent in New York on some of the securities, as reckoned in gold. We can afford to wait till the terms of a now loan grow easier. Some of the changes in the quotations of stocks are rather more startling. New York Central has fallen from 153 to BG, and Hartford and Erie from 25 to 8. State Bonds have not changed noticeably. The holders of Tennessees propose that the State authorities "appoint a committee of seven, of which we suggest that the Gover nor, Treasurer, and Secretary of State shall be members, and that three bo named by a majority of the assenting bondholders, and these elect the seventh ; this commission to receive from the State a transfer of all the iudebte tnt.ss of all the various railroads, to be held in trust." It shall collect the interest regularly on the bonds of the solvent roads and sell out the insolvent roads at auc tion. Stocks during the past week have been quiet. A now consolidation just broached, is that of the Great Western Railroad of Canada with the Michigan Cen tral. The former road runs straight across the Canadian peninsular from Niagara Falls to Windsor, opposite De troit, and with its connections has 334 miles of track. It is an English road, but is about to pass into American hands ; in fact, has already been taken possession of by the Mulligan Central. Its capital is $17,000,000, and its stock is quoted at 75. Some think that Joy, president of the Michigan Central, will endeavour to bring up the price by a new issue of matured stock. The dry goods market shows considerable firmness, and agents have apparently found no difficulty in maintaining the advance made by them on leading cotton goods ; indeed rates are quite firm at the higher prices, and a further rise would be considered more probable than a decline from current quotations. This strong tone imparted to the market at the close of the season, when business is necessarily dull, has been a very good feature, and has undoubtedly done much to encou rage jobbers and manufacturers, and will start them with good spirit upon the new year. Brown and bleached sheet ing and shirtings have shown considerable activity. Prints, ginghams, and cotton flannels are still rather in active. Woollen goods are unsettled. (From the New York Tribune.) FRIDAY EVENING, Dec. 81, 1869. Gold sold at 1201, and closed at 1201 t o oi clearings of the Gold Exchange Bank were T op h e e n el at 1 19 t 80,5 . 55,000, and the balaness $2,247,642. The Govern ment received bids for $1.000,000 gold to-day, but the prices were unsatisfactory, and awards were made for bids of over 120 only. In accordance with the Secre tary's orders, $20,000 was awarded at 120.01 to 120.02. This action stimulated the market, and gave a firm tone to the prices for the remainder of the day. Government bonds were strong under an active invest ment demand, and prices were from Ito per cent. higher than yesterday. The offerings wore moderate, and no large amounts could have been purchased at the advance. State bonds were strong. Railway bonds wore in active demand, and were sparingly offered at quota tions. The street has been unusually inactive to-day, and a large number of investors have been purchasing mort gage bonds of completed roads. Michigan Southern sinking funds sold at 97 ; Union Pacific 6 per Cents., 84; North Western sinking fund, 96 ; Rock Island 7 per Cents., 97; New Jersey Central, new bonds, 98 ; Chicago and Al ton firsts, 100; Ohio and Mississippi firsts, 94; St. Paul firsts, 92; Morris and Essex Construction Bonds, 861. Miscellaneous and Express shares were dull and steady; the offerings were light, and the sales were not sufficient to make qu„tations. Railway shares were strong, and ad vanced from 1 to 11 per cent. from the lowest pla n ! i ons of yesterday. There were no calls of stocks after the noon session of the Government Beard, and the street was al most doses tod bpforo 3 o'clock. Ihe Long Room remained Open until 31 . , o'clock, but the transactions were without speculative interest. There was a good demand for Michi gan Southern, North Western, St. Paul and Rock lelaud shares. ~ 115 to 1151 ~ 119 to 119 i GOVERNMENT BONDS Sixes, 1861, registered ." Sixes, 1881, coupon.. Sixes, 1868, coupon .. ." U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad .— to .... Five-twenties 1862, 4 registered........... 112 } to 1124 s, , Five-twenties , 1862, coupon ....... 11. to 1131 Five-twentie 1864 coupon ....... 112 to 113 Five-twenties, 1865, coupon ............... 112 to 113 1 Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new ....... 115, to 1151 Five-twenties, 1867, coupon ............... 1151 to 1151 U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ................ .... 115 f to 116 Ten-forties, coupon 1419L. to 1094 Ton-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 to 1071 PAILROI N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 854 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 N. Y. Central 6s, It Est 831 N. Y. Central Cs, Sub'n 83 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876 99 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 Erie let Mort, Ex 9l Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 894 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 844 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 75 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 6B Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. lstM,'77 — Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69_1011 Hud. R. 7s, 2d M, 'B5 100 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 971 Mich. C. let M, 69'72 Mich. new Ist 21 85 , '82 — Mich. So. 7 p. c. 2d 91 N. Ind. So., Line '6B Ilich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 97 111. Cen. 7 p. e, '7O 119 Alton & T. H. let M 924 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd 79 Alton &T. H. 2d M. Inc. 711 Han.& St.J.LandWrnts Ilan. & St.J. Con Chi. B. & Q. Ist M 1091 Chi. & N. lilest, S. 96 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony. Chi. & N. W. Int B — Chi. & N. W. Ist M — Quincy & Tol, Ist M, '75 — lll. & So. lowa Ist M._ Gt. West. Ist 21, 'BB 834 Gt. Western 2d M '93 — Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex B9 And the following for Stal Tennessee Gs, ex coup 52 Do. new bonds 454 Virginia 6s, new bonds 474 Georgia 6s Georgia 7s, new bonds — North Carolina 6s Do. new bonds 281 S. Carolina, new bonds Missouri 6s Louisiana 6s 7Ol Louisiana Levee bonds 65 Connecticut Cs 99 Rhode Island Gs Alabama 55... BONDS. Tol. & Wab. 'Nip n/ Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M — Gal. & Chic. Ext Gal. & Chic. 2.1 M 9O Chi. & R. I. Ist M Chi. IL I. & Pacific 7's 97 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 97 N. J. Central Ist M 99 N, J. Central '2d M 92i Pitts. Ft.W., & Ch. Ist M 102+ Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 2d M 95 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 3d M B9 Clove. & Pitts., 4th M 73+ Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc B7 Chic. & Alton, S. F. lstM 100 Mil. & St. Paul Ist M B9+ Mil. & St. Paul 2d M B2 Marietta & Cin. Ist M B4 Morris & Essex Ist M 96+ Morris & Essex 2d M Joilet & Chic. Ist M — Chi. & Gt. Easen lstM — N. Y. & N. H. 6s .. ... 95 Dubuque &S. City,ls . M 93 Peninsula Ist M B6 Ohio & Miss. Ist M 94 Ohio & Miss. Con Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D 7B Atlantic & G. W. 2d M. -- Del., Lack., & W., 2d M. 92 Lake Shore .Div. Bonds Cleve, P. & Ash. N.B — Do. 0.8... Union Pacific Gold 8... 83 Central P.BR. Gold 8... 94 Pacific RR. guar. by Mo. 93 e Bonds : Alabama 85... ........ 95 Ohio 6 per cent. 1881...100 Do. 1886...100 Michigan 6 p cent. 1878 N.Y k reg'd bounty loanlo7 N.Yk coup. B'nty loan 110} N.Yk 7s, Canal In. 1870.101 N.Yk 6s, Canal ln. 1872.1021 Do. 1873.102 f Do. 1874.102 i Do. 1875.102 f D o. 1877.102. Do. 1878.103 N.Yk ss, Canal ln. 1874.100 Sterling Exchange was dull and steady at quotations : London 60 days, 108} to 1071; London, sight, 1091 to 1092 ; London (prime commercial), 60 days, 1081 to 1081 ; Paris, long, 5.171 ; Paris, short, 5.15 ; An twerp, 5.18/ to 5.171 ; Swiss, 5.181 to 5.171 ; Hamburg, 851; Amster dam, 401; Frankfort, 40i ; Bremen, 781 ; Berlin, 711. Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia bankers, report as follows on Dec. 31 : —Pennsylvania Railroad Shares, 54 54k; Sixes, Ist Blortgago, 99f 100}; Sixes, 2d Mort gage, 95i The Erie clique, through the action of Judge Barnard and Judge Baleen; are again triumphant, but the triumph, before long, may be taken out of them, or the Loudon combination will mismanage the work they have undertaken. If they fail, there will be an end to all Euro pean investment in New York, for men would be some thing more than idiots to place the protection of their pro perty under such judges as Balcom, or the notorious Barnard, who has done more to bring American law into contempt than all the illegal combinations since the close of the war. Mr. Ramsay's case was tried before Balcom, who had thus to decide upon the legality of his own order. Re pronounced it valid, annulled Judge Murray's orders, and placed Ramsay outside the court by declaring that he was not entitled to represent the shareholders and cre ditors of the railroad. If, said the righteous judge in his long decision, they do not choose to look after their interests out of court, they ought not to come into court for orders, and if they chose bad directors the blame was their's. Should they prefer speculators for directors they had the legal right to make thorn directors, even if they chose a Brigham Young. Nor could this immaculate judge detect in the bill of complaint an important charge against any defendant since the last election in October. All this will exorcise a more injurious influence on the State of New York than an open repudiation of the State debts. In fact, there soon must be an end of trust and an annihilation of credit, as all contracts will appear in Europe to rest solely on the honour of the New Yorkers con cerned. The moral New Englander James Fisk, jun., will thus have accomplished for his adopted State the greatest injury it has ever sustained at the hands of a citizen, and if the New Yorkers have not begun to realize the fact, they soon will. Last Saturday the London Architect had a beau tiful illustration of the new State Capitol at Albany, New York, taken from a photograph of the last drawing of the architects, Messrs. Fuller and Laver, of Albany, who were also the atchitects of the Parliament and Departmental Buildings at Ottawa, Canada. The plans have been care fully prepared; the entire structure will weigh 150,000 tons; the site is very commanding, comprising an area of te❑ antis, one hundred and seventy foet above the level of the Hudson. The exterior is 290 feet north and south. and 390 feet east and west; and the terrace, which forms the grand approach, will be un equalled in America. The library will occupy the whole east front of two storeys, 283 feet long by 54 feet wide. "This," says the Architect, " will be the most attractive room iu the building, and, it is believed, in the world. Its largo area and lofty proportions, its views towards the north, east, and south, overlooking the city, and bringing in the valley of the Hudson and its western slopes for miles in each direction, will make it a favourite place of resort al; all seasons of the year. The main tower is 66 feet square, and about 320 feet iu height. In the centre of the building will bo an open court of 137 by 92 foot. This court will be a gruud and attractive feature, being treated in. the same manner as the exterior fronts, and will no cheat ultimately have its fountains and be surrounded with statuary." The commissioners appointed for the erection of this building are Messrs. Hamilton Harris, John V. L. Pruyn, 0. B. Latham, James S. Thayer, Alonzo B. Cornell, William A. Rice, James Terwilliger. and John T. Hudson. We notice that the London Architect pur poses to give the architectural section of the great work of Serous d'Aginaourt, " The History of Art by its Monu ments," at the rate of two double plates each week, begin ning Jan.; on which day the specimens furnished could not fail to interest those who desire the diffusion of cor rect ideas on architecture, and the cultivation of a taste for art RAILWAY NEWS.—At a meeting of the directors of the Buffalo, Corning, and Pittsburg Railroad, at Mays ville, N. Y., Monday, Horace F. Clark, Augustus Schel, and Samuel F. Barker of New York, Daniel Torrance of Albany, and Amasa Stone, jun., of Cleveland, 0., were elected directors, rico Jay Gould, James Fish, jun., L. D. Raicker, Frederick A. Lane, and J. Bancroft Davis, re signed. M. P. Remus was elected president, vice Jay Gould, resigned. The Colorado people had a peat cele bration at Evans over the completion of their railroad to that point -about half way from Cheyenne to Denver Captain Clayton, the famous track-layer of the Pacific road, was the constructor, and Gen. John Pierce of Denver is president and general superintendent. OBlTUARY.—Frederick Swartwout Cozzens, the author of "The Sparrowgrass Papers," died at his resi dence in Brooklyn, on Thursday, December 23. He was born in New York on the sth of March, 1818, where ho was educated, and where he has always resided. He was also the author of "Acadia, a So journ among the Blue Noses"; and a pamphlet called the " Wine Press," devoted to the interests of the wine trade, he being at the time a wine merchant. ---Dr. Thos. Clarkson Moffatt died, at his' late residence on Staten Island, on Sunday, Dec. 26. Dr. Moffatt entered the Sea men's Retreat Hospital in 1851, and was its Physician in-Chief for more than fifteen years. For many years ho was Vice-President of Richmond County Medical Soeiety, and Visiting Surgeon cf the Smith Infirmary ; Village and School Trustee, Elder of the First Presby terian Church, Director of the Young Men's Christian o Association ,honourdE t d r g u e s w t Edgewater, r . N. P. ,a ndheßldowmealz of yost bag Harbour, e posi ti o a n s m wealthy orning, a p n e d c. highly 11; o r r e s y p e e a c r t s e d h h citizen, ad be e d n ie e d o ga o g n edna the nday whale fishery. THE CHINESE TRADE.—According to a report by Dr. Von. Beherzer, of Vienna, 14,075 vessels, with a burden of 6,418,500 tons, were engaged in the Chinese trade in 1868. Of these, 7,165 ships and 3,33t,000 belonged to Great Britain, and 1,772 ships and 24;7,000 tons to Ger many. In 1867, 2,232 German ships, with 611,800 tons, were engaged in the trade, but the competition of steam vessels sailing under the North American flag has reduced their number. The merchant fleet of the United States in the Chinese waters amounted to 2,926 ships and 1,673,000 tons in 1867, and it had increased to 2,623 ships and 2,257,000 tons in 1868. Dr. Von Scherzer esti mates that the value of the entire Chinese trade, exclusive of Hong Kong, qt 421,000,000 Austrian florins, viz., 214,000,000 florins imports and 207,000,000 florins exports. Nearly 50 per cent. of this is in the hands of Great Britain, namely, 74,000,000 florins of the imports and 1'27,000,000 florins of the export trade, in all 2 01,000,000 florins, while the European continent is only represented by 1,000,000 florins of imports and 14,000,000 florins exports. - LADVERTISEMENT.I — HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.-- Convulsions, Fits, and Epilepsy.—These attacks, common to all ages and all seasons, cannot be neglected without danger to intellect or life. Epilepsy especially requires prompt treatment, as it springs from a scrofulous state of the habit or from some unnatural pressure of the brain, which can only with certainty be removed in an early stage. For curing this terrible class of disease Holloway's remedies have held an enviable notoriety for more than a quarter of a century. Tho Ointment should be rubbed twice daily over the stomach and spine as perseveringly as salt is rubbed into meat. At the same time Holloway's Pills should be freely taken in doses to act energetically on the brain. BIRTHS. DUNCOMBE.—On the 12th Jan., at 105, Harley-street, the I ady Katharine Dunconthe, of a son. SumEy—On the 13th Jan., a t 16, fitutford-street, May fair, the Viscountess Sudlev, of a daughter. __ _ • MARRIAGES. IfAmit.Tox—Waumarrox- On the 11th Jan., at Monks-- town Church, Charles Lockhart Hamilton, 72d High landers, to Catherine Janet, eldest daughter of the late Richard Warburton, of Garryhinch, King's County, Ireland. Isous—TATERNER—On the 13th Jan., at Christ Church, Gipsy-hill, Walter William Inglis, surgeon, of 15, Cock spur-street, only son of Walter Inglis, Dm., of Clifton Lodge, Brixton-hill, to Anne, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Joseph Taverner. DEATHS. DUCKETT- On the 11th Jan., at Dinan, France, Thomas Morton Duckett, barrister-at-law, aged 53. MIDDLETON—On tha 10th Jan., at Leyton, Essex, after a few days' illness, Alfred Middleton, surgeon, aged 63. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAII ANDREWS, of No. 12, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, Is 0. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of bliddlesex.—. Saturday, January 15, 1870.