The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-24 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN COSSIP—Jan. 22. The movements of the Prince of Wales during the present week have given rise to no little speculation. He WAS, as your readers are aware, to have visited Berkeley Castle. His servants went before him, a large con course of persons assembled at the station to witness his arrival, and there were great preparations in his honour at the Castle. Everyone was " sold," the Prince did not arrive, did not even take the trouble to telegraph that he was not coming. It was then given out that his Royal Highness had such a severe cold that he could not undertake the journey. The cold was not bad enough to prevent the patient from going out to dinner on Thursday night, bitterly severe though the weather was. His Royal Highness is now suf ficiently recovered to travel, but instead of going to the West he goes to the East ; instead of taking his journey to Gloucestershire he goes to Norfolk ; and it is now stated that his visit to Berkeley is abandoned. Tne truth is that it ought never to have been projected. All the world knows, if the Prince does not, that when the present Lord Fitzhardinge came into his earldom in 1867 he was so terribly embarrassed that a largo portion of his income had to be I aid to his creditors. Two years is too short a time for a peer, situated as Lord Fitzhardinge was, to r3cover himself, and the Prince, if he had had any con sideration would not have imposed upon him the expense of entertaining royalty. It is believed that the Queen in terposed, and that this may have been one of the sources o f t , worry " which the Lancet has just been announcing as the cause of her indisposition. Last night I had the opportunity of gazing upon One of the most distiguished assemblages which even this capital could collect. The place was the Royal Institution,the occa sion a lecture by Professor Tyndall on " Haze and Dust." The company included not only the most celebrated savants of the day, but statesmen, poets, artists, men of letters, theologians. For ,}stance, next to the Chairman, Sir Henry Holland (who it will be remembered married the daughter of Sydney Smith) were the leader of the House of Commons and the leader of the House of Lords ; Mr. Gladstone, I grieve to say, looking very worn and haggard, and even Lord Granville without his usual jovial expres sion. In other parts of the lecture-room were Dean Stanley in Court dress, and Lady Augusta Stanley; Dr. Bence Jones, the biographer of Faraday ; Sir E. Sabine, President of the Royal Saciety; Professor Stokes, late President, and Professor Huxley, present President of the British Asso ciation; Dr. Gladstone, the eminent chemist, and defeated Liberal candidate at York ; Teighton, the Royal Acade mician; Browning, the poet; Moncure Conway, the American author; Mr. Charles Buxton, ➢I.P., and a crowd, of other celebrities. The lecture was most interesting, and the experiments perfect. Professor Tyndall, who seems to have made Faraday his model, proved that with a light sufficiently strong (he used the electric light) the air we breathed was thick with dust. He found by experiment that this dust was organic and could be destroyed by heat,leaving dark stellar spaces in the shaft of light. He then passed on to the germ theory of disease, and, paying a high compliment to Sir Henry Holland and Dr. Budd (of Bristol) for their re searches into this matter, said he had no doubt that such diseases as scarlet fever, smallpox, and the like, were taken into the lungs in the form cf a germ. which rapidly mul tiplied and spread throughout the body. But, as a very moderate degree of heat Was sufficient to destroy the germ, a respirator would afford perfect protection, especially one of ordinary cotton wool. He himself was so confident on this point that ho would be ready to run the risk of going, so armed, into the most virulent atmosphere. Invalids were now sent to the Alps, but by means of a cotton wool respirator the high air of the Swiss mountains might be introduced into the sick ohamber itself. The lecturer was very warmly applaueed, and then we all went into the library, and inspected Mr. Vernon Heath's most beautiful photographs of clouds taken during the great storm of last September. To-day Professor Seeley is lecturing to ladies at South Kensington on Roman History. I am glad to learn from a distinguished American who has for some time been resident in England that the Free Trade movement is making good progress in the United States. My informant says that Protection will not be abandoned immediately, but in the course of four or five years we may look for the triumph of a sound commercial policy. This is all the more important for us because there is no doubt that in one important particular British trade is diminishing. The exports fromltaly to Northern Europe used formerly to pass through London. Now they are taken direct by rail across the Alps, greatly to the detriment of London merchants. The anticipations of Mr. Lowe's budget become higher every week. The recent parliamentary returns skewing the excessive costliness of our Customs' establishments are believed to have prepared the way for a great reform, pre liminary to a total abolition of customs altogether. Sanguine politicians believe that the era of the Free Breakfast Table is close at hand, and that in four or five years wo shall have remitted the ten millions which we now raise from tea, sugar, and the rest. The Times announces this morning that Captain Douglas Galton has been appointed to the Directorship of Works and Public Buildings. The War Office will scarcely know itself without Captain Galton. For many years he, though only under secretary, has had enormous influence, and he is generally supposed to have had Earl de Grey under his thumb. As great changes are impending at the War Office, it was important to remove Captain Galton. His old post will not be filled up. All the Ministers are now in town, and the whole fif teen took part in yesterday's Cabinet Council. Mr. Chichester Fortescue is credited with holding the advanced views held also by Mr. Bright with respect to the Irish land question, and certain Conservative journals are Announcing rumours of "serious divisions." There never yet was a January in which the same announcement was not made. The bill is actually in print, although, of course, the copies are for private circulation only. There is great regret among thosewho wish to see purity of election that Mr. Lovibond's appeal has been granted. There is no one more mixed up with the discreditable practices at Bridgwater than this lawyer has been for many years past, and if he escapes punishment as seems certain, the chief offender will come out of the ordeal unhurt when lesser offenders, such as Dr. Kinglake, will probably have to incur serious penalties. The Low Church party have had their turn at last ; the new Bishop of St. Asaph belongs to them (if the appointment announced in the Church Times, but denied in the Echo, is true), though like all Mr. Gladstone's Bishops he is not an extreme man. Arch deacon Basil Jones owes his promotion, doubtless, to the fact that he is an accomplished Welsh scholar. He is a Welsh country gentleman and magistrate, as well as Arch deacon of York. He is under 50 years of age, was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, obtained the Ireland scholar ship (as the new Bishop of Manchester did), took a second class in classics was a Follow of Queen's and then of University College. He was moderator three times, select preacher twice, and senior proctor once. In 1863 he was appointed to the living of Haxby, Yorkshire, worth £298 a year. Previously to this he was made a Prebendary of St. David's Cathedral, and subsequently of York Cathedral. He was for some time examininz ehaplain to the Archbishop of York. He has written four books on Welsh language and architecture, one of them, On St. David's Cathedral, was written jointly with Mr. Freeman, historian of the Norman Conquest. He also published a co mm e n ta r y on th e N ew T es t amen t con j o i n tly with Archdeacon Churton. Altogether he seems a very suitable man. It may interest some of your readers to know that the author of a recent review in the Times of Dr. Bence Jones's Lifeof Faraday, is Dr. Percy, the well-known metallurgist, whose great work on metals is now being published. Another literary item is that Mr. Samuel Bailey, author of essays on the Formation and Publication of Opinions, has just died in his 79th year. Ms. Murray announces Lord Stanhope's History of the Reign of Queen Anne, and the correspondence of the late Sir Charles Bell. 'MISCELLANEOUS NEWS SO LTTIIW ARK. Sir F. Lycett has anticipated the arbitrators and retired from Southwark. He had been present at the inquiry into the relative merits of his own and Sir Sydney Waterlow's claims, and being satisfied from the evidence that the position of the latter was the stronger, he has withdrawn irons the c o n t es t. Sir Sydney is thus left alone to cope with Colonel Beresford, the Conservative candidate, and Mr. Odger, the working . man. Owing to the retirement of Sir F. Lycett, Odgers chance m us t b e mate rially lessened. But he coutinues his campaign with undiminished zeal. At the :Lc etmg in Ills Favour one speaker that .1.- voteiin all ITZ( there is only one aino i. . g;ia,m. fraiichiso cur with which The use that ruts been made of the h is in no way proportionate to the yig it was claimed. TILE lIIISII ATTORNEY-GENERALSIIIP. The Law Times of that the report of Sir Colman O'Loghlen becoming the Attorney-Gencyal for Ireland has roused the iodignation of the entire Irish bar, no matter of what politics. Sir Colman, it is complained, never attai ne d any great emirence 111 his position, which he has - practically deserted for years, and yet ho is to be preferred over the heads of the first Irish barristers. VICISSITUDES AMONGST PEZIIS. The death of Admiral Seymour, heir presumptive to the Marquisate of Hertford, at the age o f 842 leads. Dallx ire 44 —to _Quote eemo remarkable examples or peers who litiVe -- OhJOyea their titles for long periods, and heirs presumptive who have lived to very advanced ages without gain ing their inheritance. The late Duke of Nor thumberland succeeded to the title when he was 87 years of age. The llon. Henry Cecil Lowther, late heir presumptive to the earldom of Lonsdale, died about two years ago, aged 77. The sixth Earl of Kingston, who died in October last, enjoyed his honours live weeks, and never took his seat in the House of Lords. On the other hand, Earl de la Warr, who died twelve months ago, en joyed the title 74 years. The present Duke of Buccleuch has been in possession of his estates 51 years, the Duke of Leinster 66 years, the Duke of Abercorn and the Earls of Lindsey and Sandwich, each 52 years, the Earl of Chichester 44 years, and the Earl of Onslow 43 years. CLERICAL PEERS. Twenty spiritual peers represent the Church in the House of Lords; but they aro not the whole strength of the clergy in the Upper Chamber. Nine clerical (as distinguished from spiritual) lords are entitled to seats in the ensuing Parlia ment. The Pall Mall Gazette enumerates them as the Earls of Carlisle and Buckinghamshire, Lords Sayo and Sele, Scarsdale, Dynevor, Auckland, Bro drick, O'Neill, and Buckhurst. "It was not ever thus." Time was when a clerical peer was a great curiosity. Just after the Revolution, when, how ever, the earnestness of the nation was diverted to war, only one lord—Lord Crewe—was numbered amongst the clergy. He was shortly after made head pastor of the see of Dublin. POSTAGE ON PRINTED MATTER. The Times fears that the expectation so generally entertained in commercial circles that the Govern ment bad determined to reduce the rates of postage on printed matter and circulars in the approaching session is likely to be disappointed. It is stated— though the news does not exceed the consistency of a report—that there is a disposition to postpone the matter; and, in consequence, the Associated Chambers and the Postal Committee of the Society of Arts are taking measures to obtain an immediate decision. The latter body have resolved to urge a reduction on printed matter to one halfpenny for four ounces. THE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY OF COMMERCE. A petition, signed by a most influential list of Havre manufacturers and traders, has been presented to the French Government in favour of the Treaty of Commerce with England. The petitioners urge that the commercial system inaugurated in 1860 has materially developed the trade of France, and pray that the treaties of commerce may be renewed with such modifications as experience may dictate. The Havre commercial community are in favour of a Par liamentary inquiry into the whole subject. THE APPOINTMENT OF BISHOPS. The Rock is hopeful, not that the election of bishops by the dean and chapter will be dispensed with, but that it will be rendered more eirectual. It has reason to believe that an attempt will be made by an influen tial body of laymen and clergymen to bring before the coming Parliament an Act which shall limit the power of a Minister in the appointment of bishops, by making such appointment absolutely contingent on the free acceptance by the dean and chapter of the nominee of the Crown without being subjected to the penalties of prcemunire. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AND THE GREEK CHURCH. The Areal Plum of York, by fraternising with the Greek Archbishop, nas laid a burden on some consciences the consciences of men who see a " compromising of truth" in every attempt at unity. Several ministers have publicly protested against the action of both Primates in sending representatives to the consecration of the Liverpool Church yesterday week. One minister, the Rev. Benjamin Clerk, vicar of Christ Church, Stock port, has written to the Archbishop of York expres sing his grief at the countenance thus given by the heads of the English Church to " a ceremony full of superstition." The Archbishop in reply explains that that at the consecration of an English church at Constantinople, the Patriarch of Constantinople sent a representative in token, not of agree ment with the formularies and doctrines that would be set forth in that church, but of loving-kindness and charity felt by him towards all those who call upon tho name of Christ:— " I thought (his Grace goes on to say) it right to Commis sion two clergymen to render to the Archbishop of Syra the same courtesy which his brother archbishop had shewn to our Church." His Grace adds : "I hoped that no one would understand such an act as meaning more than the act of courtesy which called it forth. And though I find that I was mistaken in that respect. I am still unable to express any regret that I have done this simple act of kindness." ItELIGIOLTS FRATERNISATION. The Rev. Dr. Roberts, of St. John's Wood, Lon don, has proposed that there should be an interchange of pulpits between the English Presbyterian Church, to which he belongs, and the ministers in England con nected with the Scottish Established Church. In order to give practical effect to his proposal, he addressed a letter to the Rev. Dr. Gumming, inform ing him of his feeling. He also invited him to take part in the opening services of a new church which had just been erected. Dr. Cumming expressed his gratification at receiving the invitation, but said his engagements would not allow him to accept it. Dr. Roberts says all things seem to indicate the dawning of a better era for Presbyterians. He says he will do all in his power to bring about a union of the twl churches. THE PRESS AND THE COUNCIL. The public must by this time be comletely mysti fied as to the Great Council of the Vatican. No news of what takes place within the Council Ball seems to be trustworthy. The whole of the corre spondents of the English journals are at fault. Being sworn to secrecy, the bishops keep their oaths ; and the only way to guess at what goes on in the meeting is to watch the events which take place outside it. The Romanist papers charge nearly all the writers in the Protestant press with presenting a tissue of falsehoods (the phrase is the Tablet's.) Neither the Times or the Pall Mall Gazette have yet learnt the truth. Indeed, Lord Denbigh, writing to the latter journal, says of the former that the bishops informed him that as yet the Times had not been fortunate enough to relate even ono true story of the Council. The Pall Mall Gazette is not so bad as this, but is yet often wrong. In one particular ipstance it was entirely at sea, It gave a description of a scene at which a bishop was called to order for de nouncing the Jesuits. The Bishop, it is true, was called to order for wandering from the point ; but he never mentioned the Jesuits. Lord Denbigh, in cor recting this little mistake, adds :—" I think it right to warn the English public, through you, that little or nothing beyond the names of the speakers is allowed to transpire beyond the walls of the Council Chamber, and there are man. inventive geniuses at work to hoax those who seek for further information. The correspondents of the English Protestant press have been remarkable for their infelicity of invention and their inaccu racies." DISSENSION AMONGST U'LTRA3IONTANES. Ought we then, after this withering de nunciation from the Earl of Denbigh, to pul,-- lish any more of the Ti %Pei correspondent's stories - Well, we•will try him just once more with a state ment for which he " vouches." The Infallibility movement has in no way been abandoned ; but a re markable difference of opinion has sprung up. Thi- Spaniards, of all men in the world, have suddenly discovered that they understand the Pope's Infalli bility in a less comprehensive sense than Archbishop Manning, and have drawn up an Address of their own, which they will sign as their particular peti tion, for Spaniards are stiff-necked, besides being orthodox. It seems that they will insist considering the Episcopate to share in some de gree in the fulness of the gift of Infallibility. In addition to this dissension in the ranks of the Definitionists, the actual opposition has become very serious indeed, and has secured 140 votes. These statements may be the more relied on in this case, as they accord precisely with other information from very good sources. TIM QUARTERLY REVIEW ON THE STOWE-DYRON SCANDAL. The Quarterly Review is not yet tired of the Stowe- Byron scandal. Another long article is this quarter devoted to showing that Byron was not so black as 11t. is painted. The temper in which the " vindication" o! Mrs. Stowe is dealt with is not altogether of the best. For instance, the writer says—" When twitted (not by us) with an eye to dollars, She flings down-her ill g,3tten gains in a way that provokes a parallel with Judas Iscariot, and a charitable 'hope thai she would complete the parallel." Certainly this 'hind of thing is not in the best taste. especially in the pages of a leading Review. The most, important point in the article is • the staternen: that the writer has seen the paper given to Mrs. Stowe by L a dy Byron; a n d he pledges his word that there is nothing in it to substantiate the charges brought against the poet. Mrs. Stowe would pro b ih.y reply that the paper is nothing without the communication m a d e verbally to her. The paper was not tho revelation, only a supplement to it. AN AMERICAN CABLE. The Americans who have long wished for a tele graphic cable all their own are about to have one a' last. A company hps been formed, and the privilege of landing and working a wire on the Azores islands— the European territory furthest from the continent— has been obtained from the_ Portuguese Government. The cable is to proceed direct from New York, without interreninz land lines. to the Azores; thence TEL SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1870. In - . a Met line through the-Zng li sh Channel to a point near Brighton, and thence with two lateral branches, one landing at a point near Havre, France, nearly opposite Brighton, and the other at a point on the coast of Holland, near the Hague. By this plan the American company will be able to "tap " the great business centres without paying any subsidy to the owners of land lines. Greater speed in the transmission of messages, too, will be secured. RAILWAY PROPERTY IN 1850 AND 1870. • Herapath's Railway Journal gives statistics about the price of shares of various railways in 1850 ane 1870, which shew that, in spite of all the tall; against the value of such property since the panic of 186 G, railway stock at the pre sent time is still a favourite investment. It is only the unfortunate speculators in the. London, Chatham, and Dover, and a few similar companies, who are justified in depreciating the business; and even they should remember the very peculiar circumstances—such as the means of raising capital which rendered the failure of these companies almost a matter of certainty. Look at the brighter side of things. Twenty years ago Midland stock was as low at 30k per cent. On the 15th of this month it was at 124 Thus an outlay of £3O ss. at that time has grown to be worth £123 155., and holders have been meanwhile receiving handsome dividends. The Lancashire and Yorkshire stock in 1850 was 31, now it has risen to 111. But the most extraordinary rise is that of the Caledonian Railway, the £5O shares in which were as low as 6} in the spring of 1850, whilst in 1870 the stock is 701. The London and North-Western has not risen much,and Brighton stock has gone down, as the company might have foreseen, when they unwisely made great exten sions into very poor districts. Of the little lines, the Staines, Wokingham, and w oking, is an example of the traffic having more than doubled itself in a few years. Circumstances are on the whole very favourable for a good future for railway property. EMIGRATION TO CANADA. Dr. Cheadle, who made the famous journey across the North West Territory - with Lord Milton, says there can be no doubt that the flow of emigration to the west of the United States in preference to Canada is entirely determined by the superior advan tages offered by the former. The country resembles an endless park, where rich open prairies are interspersed with stretches of woodland. The settler finds timber enough in the scattered woods to build his house, to fence his fields, and to provide him with fuel. He ploughs as much of the prairie as he may require with little labour, and the rest supplies inexhaustible pasture and hay for his cattle. The farm is almost ready made to hand. What Canada wants, says Dr. Cheadle, is prairie-land, and this is supplied by the broad expanse of territory which stretches from the Red River settlement to the Rocky Mountains. Let Canada get possession of this land, now held by the malcontent - half-breeds, and her light taxation will give her a decided advantage over the United States. THE GOVERNMENT BETTING PROSECUTIONS. Appeals from the convictions of Sir Thomas Henry, the magistrate at Bow-street, under the Betting Act, came before the Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday, the judges being Mr. Justioe Blackburn, Mr. Justice Mellor, and Mr. Justice Lush. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General represented the Crown; Mr. Mellish, Q.C., Mr. Serjeant Sleigh and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., were also in the cases. The first case argued was that of " Wright v. Clark." Mr. Mellish appeared for Wright, and said the principal question he was instructed to argue was that the appellant did not keep a betting house in the sense that he kept a house at which ho bet with all corners ; but that ho acted as a commission agent to invest the money which other persons sent him. In short he was a broker, and not a jobber. He made his profit, not by appropriating the money sent him, but by deducting 5 per cent. from the winnings, when the person who employed him won, forwarding the rest to the winner. He had nothing if they lost. The real question which the appellant wis'iel to be decided was whether this mode of conducting business came within the Act or not. There might be another question in the case, as to whether the appellant did bond fide carry on his business in this manner as he professed ; but that was of minor importance.—Mr. Mellish stated the details of the case, which were published at the time of the trial. The appellant was charged with an offence against the third section of the 16th and. 17th Viet., chap. 119, "An Act for the Suppression of Betting Houses," and it was alleged that he carried on the busi ness of a betting agent, and printed the documents and papers used in his business, as.well as sporting publica tions, at 16, York-street, Covent-garden. His advertise ments were quoted, in which he stated that he executed commissions upon receipt of instructions by letter, and would take the money so sent into the best market, and invest it to the greatest advantage for his client. The appellant also stipulated that all communi cations must be sent through the post; and announced that he laid no bet himself, only acting as an agent; and that no money would be invested until it had been received. George Clark, respondent, an officer of the police-force, by direction of his superiors wrote to the appellant requesting to invest a sovereign, which was enclosed, by betting on a horse called Cock-o'- the Walk. These instructions were complied with, and upon these and some similar transactions, the proceedings were fcunded. Mr. Mellish went on to examine into the meaning of the Act, arguing that it only applied to places where people personally resorted for the purpose of betting. It was evident that the first section had reference to such places only; and as for the third section under which the conviction had taken place, it spoke of cases where "money or any valuable things" had been received "as for the consideration for any assurance, under taking, promise, or agreement, expressed or implied, to pay or give any money or valuable thing." He submitted that it did not apply in this case, because the " consideration' for the appellant's promise was not the receipt of the money, but the stipulation that he should have 5 per cent. of the winnings. Mr. Justice Blackburn was of opinion that the condition of the assurance was the deposit of the whole of the money. Mr. Mellish argued the contrarT at some lenth, referring by way of illustration to the transactions of brokers on the Stock Exchange, and quoting Wright's advertise ments and circulars. Mr. Justice Blackburn observed that the trade could never thrive unless—to use a common expression— the flies thought the spider was responsible; and that they had to look to him and not to his unknown principal. He understood that there were two other cases, and it would be better to hear Counsel in them before giving judgment. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., then stated the case of the Messrs. Morris, of the "International Turf Commission Agency,', Cork-street. The finding of the magistrate was that this was a mere paid agency, and that the Messrs. Morris had only acted as agents in the matter; and the learned counsel submitted that no offence had been com mitted within the third section of the Act. The true test to apply was the question—What was the obligation im posed on the Messrs. Morris about the time the money was received by them? Mr. Merewether appeared for Mr. Sidney Smith, a third person connected with the statute, and pointed out the peculiarities of the case. Mr. Justice Blackburn thought it was quits unnecessary to call upon either the Attorney-General or Solicitor- General to address the court in support of the convic tion. The magistrate having in each case found in fact that the pens n did keep a house for the purpose of making the assura.nces to ray described in the Act; and did in point of fact make them, the question came to this : Whether there was sufficient evidence of it. It was necessary to inquire what the Statate intended. It recited that a kind of gambling has of late sprung up, tending to the injury and demoralisa tion of improvident persons by the opening of places called betting-houses, or offices for receiving money in advance by the owners or occupiers on the promise to pay money in the event of a horse winning a race. The Act was, therefore, not directed against the assembling of unruly mobs, but against the opening of offices to do what it was intended to prevent. These cases did not come within the first section, because it referred to places to which persons resorted for betting. But the second section applied to these cases, and the third was still stronger on the point. To ensure a convic tion it must be proved, first, that an office was kept open for the purpose of receiving valuable things as a conside ration for a promise to pay—and there could be no doubt that these offices had been kept open for the purpose of receiving mom: • „nd secondly, that there was a promise or assurance on their part, expressed or implied to pay money. It was clear that the persons who betted, foolish as they might be in other respects, would not have parted with a farthing except upon the distinct understanding that the person who kept the house—and who was to some extent a capitalist—himself guaranteed to pay. In the first case that guarantee was given by the sending of a voucher. It had been argued—faintly by Mr. Mellish, and more vehe mently by the other counsel—that the deposit of the money was not the consideration for this promise to pay; but the office-keeper would not make the bet unless the money was sent; he did not enter into a contract until he sent the voucher, and he did not send the voucher until he got the money. In the second case an undertaking to pay was given in a somewhat similar manner; and in the third a voucher was given, which put the matter beyond all doubt. There was evidence to jus tify a conviction in each, case ; and in his opinion the magistrate would have been exceedingly weak and foolish if he had not convicted. _ _ _ The other learned judges concurred, and all the convic tions were accordingly confirmed. LAW AND POLICE. THE NEW CROSS ACCIDENT.—Two more cases arising out of the New Cross accident have been heard in the Court of Exchequer and the Sheriff's Court. In the first, a rule nisi was granted for a fresh assessment of damages awarded to a barmaid. They amounted to £250, and it was contended they were excessive. In the Sheriff's Court an action was brought by Rollot and wife for compensa tion for personal injuries. The damages were laid at £spoo, but as it appeared that the principal injury com plained of had existed previously, and that the only ex penses incurred through the accident were £lO for the doctor and £l5 for three days' stay at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. The jury returned a verdict for £lO. ErTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM A BARGE.—Three men have been charged at the Guildhall, Rochester, with stealing property valued at more than .£3OO from a barge. One of them was a seaman employed on the barge ; the others a master and mate. The property formed part of the cargo of a wrecked ship, and was brought up by divers. The prisoners were remanded, bail being refused. A VOLUNTEER IN TROUDLE.—In the Court of Appeal, an appeal from a decision of Mr. Commissioner Thring, of Liverpool, has been heard. The appellant was a sergeant-major, named Graves, who had retired on a pension of half-a-crown a day, and was subsequently appointed captain and adjutant of the 64th Lancashire Volunteers. His pay, allowances, and pension amounted to £322 a year, and two of his sons paid him £lOO a year for board and lodging. He had made a composition with his creditors of 2s. ed. in the pound, and the Commissioner had cancelled the deed on the ground that the amount to be paid was inadequate to the debtor's income. His lordship held that the deed was fraudulent, and dismissed the appeal. SINGULAR GAsr..—A very curious case has come before the Court of Criminal Appeal. Last August a woman, Rama' Fallingham, sent a living child, five weeks old, to a person at Guisborough from Middlesborough, having pre viously brought it from Stockton-on-Tees by passenger vessel in the same way. The child reached its dcstinatioi alive, but died three weeks after, and the woman and a relative who lived with her, were indicted at the North Riding Sessions for having abandoned and exposed it. They were found guilty, but a point was raised for the opinion of the judges. The Lord Chief Justice said the majority of the judges were of opinion that the conviction should be affirmed, but looking to the fact that it was the first case of the kind and the prisoners might have been ignorant that they were corn- Imitting an offence, he thought a lenient sentence would meet thelzigenc* oj thosig9. Qewrigtjen einnnecl. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (Prom the Springfield Republican, Jan. 8.) The stringency of the New Year crisis still continues in the Money Market, and has a rather depressing, though entirely temporary, effect on business. Money has been at 7 per cent. gold nearly all the week at New York. The outlook is flattering, however, and other cities east and west suffer less tension. The bank statement for the week ending with 1869 showed at New York an increase of specie from $28,419,977 to $31,166,908, of deposits from $177,165,586 to $179,129,394, and a decrease in the loans fr0m.545,031,608 to $44,493,992; altogether an increase in the reserve of three and a quarter millions. At Bos ton there was an increase in specie of $1,074,949, and in deposits of $1,827,433. This increase in the monetary supply at the centres is regarded as part of the regular winter programme, as though capital, like other aristo cratic folk, gravitated to the cities upon the approach of cold weather. Reviews of the business of the past year are still in vogue, and on the whole make cheer ful reading. The general toning up of business east, and the cautious contraction of credits which we have occa sionally noticed, does not seem to have been universal. The Cincinnati Commercial, in its review of the year's busi ness, after confessing that domestic exchange has at no time been quoted above the cost of transporting currency, says: —The Money Market has been exceedingly close, with no period of absolute ease. This, too, when business in general has been devoid of speculative impulses, and when tae mato) ials for prosperous business have been re markably abundant. Notwithstanding the contracted con dition of the commerce of the country, and the remarkable absence of the disturbing influences of speculation, there has apparently been a considerable expansion of mercan tile credits, so that the line of indebtedness now is greater than it was a year ago - greater than is justified by fide business principles. This remark, however, applies more properly to the position of interior merchants, with re ference to their relation to city jobbers. Yet the ex tension of credits to buyers of that class has caused mer chants of the cities to stretch their credits with the city banes to extreme points. There are signs of a change for the better, and reason to hope now that the worst of the present pinch has been passed; as many have quietly withdrawn from business, after having run through their capital stock, it is to be expected that when the clear ings up for a new year's business shall be made there will be a more equitable competition in trade and a better basis for it. Gold languishes. Mr. Boutwell's efforts to main tain it lead him into all those variations of speculations, which we attribute in private individuals to shrewdness, when successful, but in a public officer to inconsistency and fickleness, whether successful or not. Tne fact is that in ordinary times, when no financial convulsion is impending, as there was in September, the Secretary of the Treasury has no need and no business to appear in the market, either as bull or bear. During last we , k the un derstanding was that Mr. Boutwed would accept bide within half a cent of the market price, and in anticipation of the sale of $1,000,000 on Friday, the premium declined to 119 f. When the bids were made, ranging from that figure to just above 120, the Government refused to sell below 120, and the whole amount disposed of was only $20,000. The street quotations thereupon rose to 120 j. In consideration perhaps of the small amount of the Government's own gold in the Treasury, the Secretary has essentially modified his programme of sales for the month, advertising the disposal of but four millions, one on the 6th, 12th, 20th, and 26th each. The effect of this restriction of the gold disbursement, when announced on Monday, was to give the premium a temporary lift, which it soon lost. Government Bonds have been very firm during the week, and have advanced a fraction. Secre tary Boutwell proposes to buy six millions during Jan., two millions on the sth and 19th each, and on the 13th and 27th each. The continued reduction of the debt, and the increase of 25 per cent. in the yield of the internal re venue for the past six months, on account of greater effi ciency in its collection, are cheering facts, wli!ch have more weight in our favour abroad than at home, where our confidence in our solvency needs no further nursing. The quotations of 1862's in London have been up to 87 1-2. Mail advices attribute the activity to renewed orders from Frenoh capitalists, who have been rather slow in appreciat ing our securities. A report is current, which we have not seen authenticated, that a company is beiug formed in Europe, with half a million dollars capital, for the express purpose of buying up United States bonds and holding them for the further rise, for which, of course, it would only be necessary to put in enough capital to make good the margin. It, is an instructive fact that while 1862's are our best bonds abroad, the 5 per Cent. Ten-forties are quoted much nearer to them than they are here, thus show ing the better appreciation of a long-time bond in Europe than in America, a fact well known, but not much acted upon. ciouthern State bonds are unchanged, except on North Carolinas, which are weaker. The stock market has bad a very dull week, on account of the stringency in money. On Tuesday quotations stiffened a little, New York Central advancing 11 to per cent. Pacific mail has depreciated to 41, and Hartford and Erie at Bos ton to 7i. The latter road has also asked for grace in i , s January coupone, and Mr. Vanuerbilt and other large holders are willing to wait. The other Erio has been de feated in its atterept to get possession of the-Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, by Judge Smith of the New York Supreme Court, who, in a session at Rochester, decided that the Ramsey directors were legally elected and the Fisk not so. Judge Smith also vacated the receiverships of Fisk, Pruyn, and Courter, and ordered Fisk's would-Le directors to pay the costs. Rock Island has been in dis favour during the week, on account of the supposed un loading of stock by the principal holders and managers, in view of the new issue of R atered stock. The Central Pacific publishes a favourable statement of its first year's business—four months of which was purely local. The earnings of the road from January 1 to May 1, 1869, from the local business, on an average of less than 450 miles in operation, were as follows:—Gross earning $1,306,943, operating expenses $824,044, net earnings $482,899. The earnings from May 1 to December 31, being the first eight months of the through connection, were as follo'ws :—Gross earnings $4,442,652, operating ex penses $2,198,197, net earnings $2,244,455, making the aggregate. net earnings for the year 1869 $2,72i,3,.4 in gold. The receipts from the local business thus far are stated to have been nearly 70 per cent. of the whole amount. The value of equipment is $7,274,000. Bread stuffs hold their own with remarkable tenacity in view of the state of the market at home and abroad. The last ac counts from England, Russia, Germany, California, and all parts of the bread-buying world, indicate a falling market in view of plenty. Twenty-eight cargoes of wheat, nine of maize, six of barley, one of beans, and two of rye arrived off the English coast during the ten middle days of December. Much of this vast tonnage of food came from Russia. The amount of breadstuffs shipped from New York during 1869 and 1868 was as follows: 1869. 1868. Flour Corn meal, barrels 137,667 ... 191,016 Wheat, bushels 18,384,492 ... 5,702,137 Rye 1) 151,476 ~. 152,993 Oats, „ 50,695 ... 94,207 Corn „ .. Cotton also maintains its price steadily, the demand at Liverpool being good, and the India crop having suffered fr om severe storms. In tobacco the total exports have fallen off for a week or two. The home market is quiet. Dry goods prospects have not altered noticeably. (From the Wall-street Journal.) FRIDAY EVENING, Jan. 7, 1869. Failures continue, but, in view of the general position of affairs, are not as numerous as might have been expected. Among others in this city, we regret to note those of H. N. Camp and Co., sugar refiners, having a large refinery at Bristol, R. 1., and Clark, West, and Co., formerly of 122, Duane-street, and late of 460, Broome-street, largely en gaged in the importatio , i of foreign cloths. Money on call is easy, and borrowers are readily sup plied at 7 per currency. Discounts are more readily obtained, and choice accept ances pass without trouble at 10 per cent., while inferior grades are very heavy. Gold is once more on the rampage, and speculators have to-day forced the quotation up to 1211, closing, how ever, at 1211. The following are the quotations for specie:— Amer. silver... 97i to 98 I Eng. sous 487 co 489 Mex. dollars...lo3i „ 101 20 francs 3e5 „ 387 Eng. silver 470 , 480 Thalers Fivo francs 96 „ 97 Railroad Stocks are more active than for some weeks past, but prominent holders are free sellers at the quo tations. Railroad Gold Bonds conti and a good share of the pa 3 has been directed to these del N. Y. Central Cs, 1883 85 N. Y. Central Cs, 1887 85 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est 83 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n 84 N. Y. Central 75,.1876 98 N. Y. Cen. 75, con. 76 — Erie Ist Mort, Ex 941 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 BB-1 Erie 78, 3d Mort, 1883 B5l Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 77 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 77 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. & E.lst M, '77 B2 Bud. li. 7s, Ist H, .11. 7s. 2d M, 'B5 99 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 9B Mich. C. Ist 51, 69'72 115 - Mich. new Ist M 85,'82 — Mich. So., 7 p. c. 92 N. lud. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 97 111. Cert. 7 p. e, '7O 116 Alton & T. If. 14 M 891 Alton & 'l'. IL 2d pfd 79i Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc. 71 Han.& St.J.LandWrotslos Han. & St. J. Con Chi. B. & Q., Ist 51 1081 Chi. & N. West, S. F 96 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony B7 & N. W. lot B B ,l & N. W. let 1M 9l Quincy & Tot, Ist 31.'75 70 ill & ho. lewa 1,1 51 ,;:i. is! M, Gt. Western 2d M '93 761 Tol. & Web. Ist M Ex BB4 inue to be steadily absorbed, yments for January interest )sirable securities. Tol. & Wab. Equip 721 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M — Gal. & Chic. Ext 101 Gal. & Chic. 2d M 9O Chi. & It. I. Ist M 101 Chi. IL I. & Pacific 7's 94 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 93 N. J. Central let M 100 N J. Central 2d M 92 Pitts. Ft,W., &Ch.lstM 101-3, 'Pitts. Ft. %V., & Ch. 2d M 92 - Pitts. Ft. W., & C 11.3,1 M B5 Clove. & Pitts., 4th M ! 70j Chic. & Alton, S. F. I nt Chic. & Alton, S. P. lstAl. 92 Mil. & St. Paul Ist 31 9l Mil. & St. Paul 24 82 Marietta & Cin. Ist M — ' Morris & Essex Ist M 96 } Morris & Essex 2d 31 Joilet & Chic. Ist M — Chi. & Gt. East'n lst3l N. Y. Sr, N. IL Os ..... ••• 95 Dubuque &S.Citylst M. 93_ Peninsula - Ist 31......••• 80 Ohio & Miss. Ist 31 9O Ohio & Miss. Con., 771 Tol. P. IV. Ist M. E. D 77 Atlantic & G. W. 2d M. Del., Lack., & W., 2tl M. 92 Lake Shore Div. Bonds 85 Cleve, P. & A sh. N.B Ito. Union Pocifio Gobi 8... Si , iitt I'. B 9 Pacific BIZ. guar. by . r .lio. 90 Foreign Exchange is heavy, the advance iti gold haviat for the present checked the demand. Sixty Days. Three DAY. London Bankers London, Prime Commercial lOB —lOBl Paris, _. Bankers - 5.171- 5.161 —5.15 .... .... . Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 354-35i Frankfort, O.M. 4of-40i Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.224-5.171 Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss 5 22+-5.17 i Government Bonds are active and have advanced to day f to f per cent. over yesterday's lowest prices. Sixes, 1861, registered ll6} to 116+ Sixes, 1881, coupon 2 Sixes, 1868, coupon .. Five-twenties, 1862, registered ll3' to 114 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 1134 to 113 k Ten-forties, coupon llll to 1124 Ten-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Sixes 1881 Miscellaneous Stocks show some improvement, espe cially Cumberland Coal, Mariposa, Pacific Mail a nd Quicksilver, all of which aro higher. N. Y. Cent. & Ilud. Er. 911 Fort Wayne Erie Hudson .. - Reading Mich. Central ll7l W. U. Telegraph Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg B4 Ohio and Mississippi... 251 North-West North-West Preferred 811 Cumberland Canton 5O N Y and N Haven.... 1311 Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo IM & St. Paul Preferred 86 Express •Stocks do not show much activity. W° quote : Adaws 62 to 62i American Merchants' Union Merchants' Union, old Stock to United States Wells, Fargo, and Co 191 to 20 Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia bankers, report as follows on Friday, Jan. 7 :—Pennsylvania Railroad Shares, 54i 541 ; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 97 98 ; Sixes, 2 d Mortgage, 96 96f. STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. The following is the recapitulation of the .Treasury, Statement issued by Secretary Boutwell on the 1 0 ° instant:— DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN COIN. Principal. Bonds at 5 par Cent. $221.589,300 00 Bonds at 6 per Cont. 1,886,549,800 00 Interest, Total 52,107,939,100 00 $48,797,633 ba DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN LAWFUL MONEY. Certificates at 3 per cent. interest Navy Pension Fund, at 3 per cent. 45,545,000 00 $59,515,000 00 $1,120,900 00 Total . Debt on which inte rest has ceased since maturity 4,140,936 61 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Demand and Legal Tender Notes 53L6,113,098 50 Fractional currency 39,762,664 68 Certificates of gold deposited. 8514,906 60 40,170,380 00 Total 436,016,143 18 Total outstanding $2,607,671,179 82 50,463,490 1 8 Total Debt— Princi pal and interest t o date, including coupons due and not presented for payment 2,658,134,670 00 AMOUNT IN THE TREASURY. Coin Currency Sinking Fund in U.S coin, interest on bonds,and accrued interest the, eon Other U.S. coin, in terest, bonds pur chased, and accru ed interost thereon $64,908,350 37 209,387,716 69 22,545,927 34 , Debt, less amount in the Treasury 52,448,746,953 3 ,, 1 Debt, less amount in Treasury on Ist ult. 2,453,559 733 2° Decrease of Public Debt during the past month 64,812,781 92 Decrease since March 1, 1869 BONDS ISSUED TO PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES, INTB REST PAYABLE IN LAWFUL MONEY. Character of Issue. Amount Interest accrue d outstanding. not yet paid•„ 4 Union Pac. Co., 6p. c ... $27,075,000 00 $812,21' 0 ' Kan. Pac., late U.P.E.D., 0 6p. c 6,303,000 00 189,090 0 0 Sioux City & Pac., 6p.c 21 2,362,000 00 t 64,87 4 Central Pacific, 6p. c ... {23,519,000 001 701,209 86 Central Branch U. P. to assignees of Atchinson and Pike's Peak, 6 p.c 1,600,000 00 . 43,000 00 , Western Pacific, 6 p. c. 1,648,000 00 26,615 6 1 ....—_------ Total issue $64,135,320 00 $1" 890 856 64 Interest paid by United St a t es $4,984,822 64 ~1 Interest repaid by transp o rtati o n o f ma il s, & c 1 , 861,069 1. " , o Balance of interest paid by Unit e d 5tate553,123,732 °''' The Postmaster-General at Washington is drase lig up a paper showing the sums paid to foreign stearnsluP lines for the conveyance of the ocean mails, and that paid t° American ships during the same period. It is asserted tbo the figures will demonstrate that the United States have beet, engaged in the protection of foreign instead of building nl 3 lints of their own. It appears to be almost impossible t° discuss any such question in America, except through the haze of a protection view. If the British Governmen t would gather the statistics of the shipping employed son e ten years ago between British ports, it would be foun d that it was only through the employment thus give ° that the American mercantile marine reached the mar nitude it did during the palmy days of clippe r wooden ships. It might have been said that the Britis h Empire was then virtually building up Amerian corn: merce through the protection it thus gave ; but Englau . e was merely allowing its c iti zens t o ma k e th e b es t bare.° they could in their own interest, knowing that the agglo meration of these interests make up the welfare o f the nation. If no place in America has the facilities of th e Clyde, for the construction of iron steamers, legislatio n might foster American lines at a great national expel°, to die away when left t o f ree compet i t i on ; b ut l i tt l e g oon could in any way accrue, while on a balance it would b ° discovered that evil predominated. The question for the Postmaster-General is whether the work of transporting tl' e mails has been cheaply and well executed. If it ham, theSe steamships owe no more to America than a maso n owes to a house-builder who receives his wages fo r a good week's work; and if, under a sentiment, the builder employed the wrong workmen, a certain 10 0 would be his, while the chances are that no one woul d gain, not even the unfit persons thus improperly employed' if America desires to establish transatlantic steam hone flying the Stars and Stripes, let American capitalists ptl chase steamers where it best suits them. [ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Ointment and Lives Saved. - How happy would those sufferers be wboi ° whole system is in danger of breaking down through the daily drain of discharges from ulcerations and skin diS eases, if they only knew that a day rarely passes withet 4 new cases of cure b e i ng b roug h t to t h e k nowledge o f the discoverer of these pe er l ess reme di es. F or u l cers, Eoree , burns, bad legs, skin diseases, and similar maladies, th e insufficiency of ordinary a ppli ca ti ons i s a d m itt e d by all . but none, thus afflicted, have b'eu disappointed in the' expectations when a fair trial has been given to Ho ll° ' way's ointment and pills. The pain and swelling usuallf attending this class of ailments will diminish daily unde r the cooling and soothing unguent. (ADVERTISEMENT.)—Avoid Medicines they always aggrava t !: chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times the nourish' mentof the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other remedie s A and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, soup" lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional re gularity, ant' energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We cS tract a few out of the 68,000 cures •—" The Pope's health r estore: by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413 . — "R0me, July 21, 1850 —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially sinee abandoning all other-remedies, he has confined himself entir e ' , to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabia,. Food, of which ho consunio a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly bern flcial effect on his health, and his Holin ess canno t p ra i se this elt ee , lent food too highly. From the "Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cur l No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Breha n , of seven y ea rs' tic co mplaint, wasting away, d e bili ty, nervousness, w i th a ners'o"d palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, a ° 4 the most intolerable ner vous ag i tat i on.. " C ure N o. 1 , 7 7 1 ; , Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years dyspepsia. No 49,832 : " Fift y years ' i n d escr ibable agorr fro o dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulen_el i spasms, sickness, an d vom i t i ng .—Maria Joly."--_Core 71090 46,270: 46,270: Mr. Jam es R o b erts, o f F r imley, Surrey, o f 30 yearn „ diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, a'' / partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the 1 0 '1 unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, with o l authority, Baron Liebiz's name is most audaciously attach ed ' In tins, at s i d; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb -Is 65; slb Ifs; 12 lb 2 25 ,!. 24 lbs 40s.— Also I)u BARDy's RDNALENTA RADICA CnocoLAl; cu T p h s e a 3 t o 3 s os ' and ! , 5s tins are for 576 cups at 5 ) t POWDER is packed in tin canist ers: f or 12 cups at 2s, for 24 ettl?o at biesin6gd,afboorui oneBcu psa t6s penny iv forr cup.2B in England on receipt of Post Office Ordei. a Regent-st ree t , L ou d on ; and all carriage yf u o B ARR Y and Co., No. 77, all Grocers and Chemists. LADY MEDICAL STUDENTS. Those undaunted ladies who aspire to medical, amongst other honours hitherto reserved for the stronger sex by national prejudice, will be glad to learn that, in consequence of a refusal on the part of the University of Edinburgh to give instruction in anatomy to ladies, some other professors of the science have intimated that they are ready to give courses of anatomical lectures to those who have been rebuffed in Edinburgh. DUST AND DISEASE. At a meeting of the Royal Institution, Professor Tyndall delivered a discourse on dust-produced disease. He said a sunbeam entering a dark room made its track visible by illuminating the dust floating in the air. They could not have the sun on that occasion, but by means of electric light the same phenomena might be produced. Having shewn this by experiment, he ob,erved that they had no idea of the dirt they were b. liing every moment of their lives. It wit.D a long time believed that the medium by which contagious diseases were promulgated was a kind of malaria supposed to consist of organic matter in a state of decay. It was supposed that this matter, getting into the system by the lungs or the skin, had the power of producing within the body its own decay. Side by side with this, there was a theory daily growing stronger; he alluded to the "germ theory," which held that those contagious diseases were due to germs floating in the atmosphere, which, getting into the body, created a disturbance there, by exciting. parasitic life. It was thus that Indian cholera and the virus of the smallpox had been extended. To prove this, lie instanced the fact that the pus from an abscess in the first instance was quite sweet and free from animal life, but after the second and suc ceeding operations became noisome and charged with embryos. This was due to the admission of atmo spheric germs into the abscess. The Professor con cluded by advising the use of cotton wool as a respirator, by which we might breathe in the most noxious atmosphere without evil results. PROFESSOR BLACKIE ON 44 BEAUTY." Professor Blackie has favoured the good people of Edinburgh with a lecture on " Beauty." He did not mince matters. He said the Scotch people were not remarkable either for beauty or grace. They werenot beautiful in their faces. A. Scotch lassie was very beautiful no doubt, but when she arrived at womanhood she did not represent the finest specimen of a woman ; she had no grace in her motions. Having been thus complimentary to the natural charms of the fairer portion of his audience, he proceeded to touch on the frailties of women from an artistic point of view. He expressed a wish that they could prevail on women to dress according to the laws of reason instead of following the monstrous ideal called fashion. If they could be prevailed upon to dress themselves in spite of fashion, they would dress well. He suggested that when ladies entered the university they should be put into the front seats, so that gentlemen who might otherwise flirt with them could only see their chignons. In the way of compensation, probably, the professor turned his attention to the weaknesses of the lords of creation. These, ho contended, made monsters of themselves by wearing beards; but they, too, must do things which were fashionable, even though they were nonsensical. A man had no right to wear a beard, unless he had an ugly mouth or bad teeth. The remarks of the lecturer were received with repeated outbursts of laughter. WATER SUPPLY OF THE METROPOLIS. The discussion of this subject was resumed at the weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Worke. Mr. Runtz said the great objection to the present system was thrit it was intermittent. The evils of an intermittent supply, arose from the ignorance of the people. He advocated a con stant supply for various reasons, not the least impor tant of which vas that by such " a system water would be at band, and damage by fire much lessened. He contended that the time for action had come, and that they . ought to endorse the recommendation of the Commissioners. After con siderable discussion, a resolution that the Metropoli tan Board of Works examine the question of a con stant supply of water, and of communicating with the companies for the purpose of applying to Parlia ment, if necessary, was carried. M c LAUItEN V. AUSTEN. The Spectator comments on the breach of promise case, "M‘Lauren v. Austen," and thinks it hard that the defendant, a clerk on a small salary, should be condemned to pay a fine of £75, besides the heavy costs, for having released Miss M'Lauren from a long and unprofitable en gagement, when prudential reasons plainly told him that it was hie duty to do so. The match was disapproved of for a long time by the plaintiff's mother, and never sanctioned at all by the young mans' father, who at last prevailed on his son to give it up. Then follows an action ; and suits of this sort are treated somewhat unfairly by our law. The counsel's argument of the injury done to the girl's feelings is nonsense. No girl who really had such feelings ever did, or over would, bring an action for breach of promise. In the present case, far from any injury being inflicted, a real benefit was conferred on the young lady, for which the de tendant is punished by losing about two years of his income. THE COUNTESS OP DEIMENTIVATER. Has not "the Derwentwater Romance " lasted long ea ,ugh Law is evidently against the soi disant Countess; and so she appeals to disorder, popular prejudices, and false sentiments to place her in the rank she claims. There are three things which bar her taking her position. First, she has not proved that she is descended from the Earls of Derwent water; secondly, if she prove the same, her craziness would probably prevent her holding the property ; thirdly, if she be the heiress, and of sound mind, she ca;: have no possible right to the title or lands; for the former was suppressed, and the latter were confiscated, when Charles Radcliffe, the whilom earl, was found guilty of treason. Might not Mr. Bruce look into this matter ? CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER DE CAPITA TON. In speculations as to what happens to people after their heads are cut off, the Telegraph has found the very subject it has so long been looking for. These are bad times. Interesting matters are scarce, as is evidenced by the fact that our contemporary on Friday published a full account of the life and works of Dr. Raspail, the Socialist member of the French Corps Legislatif, whilst that famous personage, though ill, was still alive. It is deplorable, then, to find that the fine topic which has just turned up is not going on in an encoura ging manner. Most of the writers obstinately persist in declaring that there can be no conscious ness after decapitation. Few venture to uphold the theory that either the head or the body can feel pain when separated. One correspondent saw a man executed in Corfu, who was strapped to the plank with his hands half open. After the knife fell, the fingers remained in the same position, showing that consciousness was ex tinguished—in the body at all events. Another correspondent told a horrible story about the heads cut oil during the Reign of Terror biting holes in the wicker basket into which they fell. A third, how ever, points out that such a dismal feat is a simple impossibility. " Let any one try to bite a hole in a basket without the assistance of his hands, and he will see how impossible it is for him to per form such a feat." A fourth writer, "F. R. C. 5.," says :—" It is a well-known fact to medical men that the first symptoms of even partial cessation of the circulation of blood through the brain is insensi bility and immediate loss of mental consciousness. Now, there can be no possible doubt that decapita tion must cause sudden and complete stoppage of the circulation in the brain; hence we may most cer tainly assume that immediate loss of consciousness ensues." On the whole the controversy looks as if it were going iu decidedly the wrong direction. CIIADIVICK IN AMERICA. Mr. Chadwick, member for Macclesfield, has paid a visit to the United States, where he has opened his mind to the Americans. He recently told the New York Chamber of Commerce that English capitalists did not invest in American railways so largely as before, and the fear of dishonest proceed ings was the deterrent cause. The doings of the Erie Ring amounted to sheer plunder, which was countenanced and abetted by corrupt judges. A few plain representations of this hind may perhaps have some eflect—not upon Fisk and Co.—but in rousing public indignation against this system of fraud. FOREIGN Nbl'2B, TILE DISARMAMENT QUESTION. The North German Gazette refers to a staternent In the Patrie that the question of disarmament was made the subject of negotiation by the States of the North German Confederation, and declares that no such thing ever took place. Such a question, it argues, could not be entertained by Prussian statesmen, for it would revolu tionise the entire military system of North Germany. " Disarmament for the North - German Confederation means the abrogation of universal military conscription, and this is an impossibility." very attempt has been made by the French war party to dissolve the unity of the North-German Confederation, and disarmament has be come the theme of the antagonists of Prussia in Germany and abroad. SELF-GOVERNMENT IN PRUSSIA. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies is engaged in the consideration of a measure which threatens to prove troublesome. The bill for the organisation of the dis tricti, which is to inaugurate self-government in Prussia, has encountered much opposition. It has been brought forward two or three times and altered and amended, but still fails to satisfy the malcontents of either party. The scheme has been unfavourably received in the Chamber, the great point at issue being whether the heads of the districts shall be nominated by the King, as being State officers, or elected by their councils. The Prussian bureaucracy favours the former method while the Opposition naturally upholds the latter. The Government threaten to withdraw their bill altogether should the Opposition carry this point, but it is believed in some quarters that in such case the King will interfere to reconcile the disputants. In the eastern provinces the whole land of a commune often belongs to one large land owner, and the greater part of the rural districts are concentrated in the hands of a few proprietors. This state of things renders the introduction of the new law very difficult. THE SPANISH BISHOPS. The Spanish bishops and archbishops staying in Rome have addressed a protest to the Cortes on the subject of the law authorising civil marriages, which was presented to the Cortes by the Minister of Grace and Justice. The Spanish ecclesiastics learned this project from the journals, and aro filled with dismay. It appears to them to be incredible that in the Spanish nation, Catholic beyond all others, a scheme so contrary to the religious character of the Spaniards should have been submitted for deli beration. They protest against it as being totally irreconcilable with the moral and theological discipline of the Church, because it is beyond the jurisdiction of the civil power, and because it will produce serious incon veniences among all classes. Civil marriages were ex pressly forbidden by the Council of Trent, and no Catholic can live or die in peace under a contract so contrary to the doctrine and discipline of the Church. They entreat the Cortes to reject the measure, against which they pro est in the most solemn manner, entering at great length into the arguments against it, and conclude by saying that the Spanish prelates are willing to give to Cesar that which is Caesar's, but it must always be with out prejudice to giving to God that which is Ms. The protest is dated at Rome, Jan. 1, 1870, and is signed by 41 bishops and archbishops, the Cardinal Archbishops of Seville and Valladolid, and the Patriarchs of the Indies being at the head. THE SULTAN AND TILE KHEDIVE. The Levant Times states that the Porte and the Viceroy hive come to a final settlement on the question of the ironclads and the breechloaders, which were ordered in E grope. The Viceroy's answer has given satisfaction to the Sultan and the Grand Vizier. The Viceroy never did refuse, and never contemplated refusing, to give up the iron-clads and rifles to the Imperial Government; and the me. tter has merely been kept open for awhile in order to fix the price, and to settle the mode of payment. This was simply a question of detail, and has been settled in the most amicable manner. CHINA AND JAPAN. The correspondent of the United Service Gazette in China tells the plot of what he terms a " nice little drama," in which Russia is the principal actor. Russia wants a port where her ships won't be frozen up all the winter, and such a port she finds in Hakodadi, in the island of Yezzo, rich in minerals. How like Gibraltar it is! With a naval arsenal and a depot for a few thousand troops, it would be the keystone to the North Pacific, thinks Russia; and this soliloquy furnishes the first act of the drama. The next is the rebellion in Japan. Simultaneously, a party of English and French officers are thrown out of employment, owing to the assumption of power by the Tycoon. The English officers go home; the French on board the rebel fleet. Rumours roach Yokohama that Russia is moving southwards, and the Rattler goes to Soga, the northernmost part of Yezzo, opposite to the village of Bussia, in the island of Sagalin. The ship is lost upon a reef, but no Russians are seen, though the natives have tales to tell of Russians landing from ships from the far north. Steamers returning from fur expeditions and other speculations northward tell curious tales in Shanghai and Yokohama about Russians landing from ships and fighting the natives ; and finally, a Russian man-of-war has arrived in Shanghai, halving wounded men on board, who were, it is said, hurt by the fishermen of Sagalin. The whole story is mysterious enough, but one thing seems clear—Russia is bent upon extending her possessions eastward. LNDIAN AFFAIRS. The Bombay Gazette of January Ist gives its usual sum mary of Indian news. The Duke of Edinburgh is ex pected to visit that city at the end of March. His stay in Calcutta was to extend to the 4th or sth of January, after which he was to proceed on his . tour in the Punjaub and Cashmere. The civil service intelligence is that the Government contemplates an entire redistribution of salaries in the Public Works Department, and that a despatch is to be sent to the Secretary of State asking him to include in the benefits conceded in respect of the three pension memorials, all civilians who have retired after the date of the earliest memorial. Ritual perplexities have, it appears, extended across the globe, and the Government of Madras, acting on a memo rial from the congregation of Mercara, supported by the diocesan, has removed the Rev. J. Wynch from the chap laincyon account of Ritualist innovations. Mr. Wynch has been transferred to Mysore, and warned of the conse quences of continuing such innovations. The Government of India has decided upon making a railway to the Chander coalfield. It is to run past Hingunghat, and the cotton railway which is being con structed to the mart will form the first section. Tele graphic communication with Europe has been satisfactorily restored, we are told. Judging from the recent specimens of telegraphy furnished by some Bombay papers, some alteration in the process was very necessary. EMIGEATION TO-MEXICOI The Mexican Congress and people are discussing plans for promoting immigration from Europe and the United States. It seems strange that the notion should be entertained when the lawless character of the people is considered. While the Argentine R.Tublics and the pampas of South America arc open it is not likely that Mexico will attract much attention. The Anglo-American Times thinks the Mexicans are so benighted that they cannot see their only chance of elevation will be to enter the Union. Such a transfer would, however, be unsatisfactory to the Republic, as it would be impossible to govern them otherwise than by a military despotism. 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