The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-05 00:00:00

V MOSES and SON, CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. jec E W OXFORD - STREET, CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. V MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST o f E. G ENTLE. EN'S CLOTHING.. Frock Coats. Also at other prices, Also at Also at other prices. other prices Also at other prices LI MOSES and SON beg to remind the public • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho ise in England. A MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of 1' . GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Tourist I Summer Dress Suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 245. 245. 10s. 6d. 15s. 28s. 28s. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. 365. 365. 14s. 18s. 40s. 425. 158. 6d. 21s. 455. 48s. 17s. 6d. 245. 555. 525. 20s. 265. Also at Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. other price Also at other prices ORDERS by post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless flt. V MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li Tof E BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. Eton , Brighton Harrow 1 Suits. Suits. Suits. 13s. 6d 16s. 6d Also at other prices, 15s. 18s. 19s. 235. i 235. 21s. 265. 265. 265. 325. 325. 30s. 365. 1 365. Also at I Also at Also at other prices. other prices. ' other prices. - L1 MOSES and SON supply every description of 4. clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague. D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 730 CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful isurlesque. DON CARL , iS ; or, The Infante in Arms Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power. Amy Fawsitt, T Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JN O. GOSNE I.L and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. _ _ Sold in bottles, 3s each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, B.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth po order ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from clecs.y, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. dd. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. THORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE, In Penny Packets only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in the Country. RIIPTIIRES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred .Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 318.6 d. Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT - LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the IA gs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly NATIONAL INSTITUTION for DISEASES of the SKIN, Gray's-inn-road and Mitre-street. Physi cian, Dr. BARR MEADOWS, 49, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Ave rage number of Patients under treatment, 1,000 weekly. Free letters are available for necessitous applicants. THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Sec. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S. This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since its foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on heir useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. ""I,EAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).-- Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE dIOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green wich, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, will be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re moved from the City to the same building. KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WING. Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164. The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street. HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Scc. 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TOPICS OF THE DAY. time after, the mitrailleuse was brought forward. Its success was paraded in such unmeasured terms, that both military and scientific men were doubtful as to the genuineness of the:trials y but further knowledge has not confirmed this view. Another machine is now brought forward in the form of an American inven tion called the Gatling gun. The Gatling, like the mitrailleuse, has as many locks as it has barrels, the essential difference being that the locks and barrels of the American invention revolve, whereas, in the French weapon, ihe barrels are fixed, and the locks have only an horizontal motion. It discharg6s with great rapidity a number of projectiles smaller than the shells of field guns, and all in the same line. The machines are generally made in three sizes, and they have been under trial in Prussia for some time. In the course of a few days we may expect to hear that they are in the field in opposition to the French arm. as he alleged, that she should hand him over some of the deeds in her keeping. Later on in June 1867, the plaintiff again visited the defendant at Jersey, and the defendant's case was that upon this occasion he accepted a sum of £25 in full satisfaction of his claim upon her, and he gave an acknowledgment in writing to that effect. The plaintiff on being ex amined stated that he received the following letter from the widow at this time : My own in the sight of God—l fainted when I received your letter, and for some time it was doubtful whether I Should recover. . . You call me " your dearest wife." What do you mean by that ? Do you mean pounds, shil lings, and pence ? You speak of my having obtained my liberty by false pretences, but you know it , was nothing of the sort. If you think lam worth a postage stamp, write to me, and let me know if you intend to come and see me, and I will meet you on the arrival of the boat from Southampton. JOANNA WATTS. He admitted that the defendant had made him an offer of marriage, and stated his readiness to lead Mrs. Watts to the altar, even at that moment. He had on one occasion gone to Doctors Commons for a marriage licence, but he did not think the defen dant ever intended that the wedding should take place as she contrived to be too late on the day they went for the licence. She also failed to keep other appoint inents with him. The defendantoncominginto the box deposed that although she called Mr, Gould " her own in the sight of God." She did not intend to marry him because she believed "he was more pounds shillings and pence then anything else," a remark which caused much laughter in Court. 'the jury re turned a verdict for the defendant. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. PRINCE OF WALES'S—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. QuxEN's—At Seven, 51y Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every r ight, at 8 ; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily 'except Sun days). Admission, is. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3 0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls.; extra 6d. ANGLO-INDIAN APPOINTMENTS. Two very important appointments will very shortly be at the disposal of the Indian Government, and the languor and tedium of life in the topics have been suddenly roused into energy and interest on the subject. The Governorship of Madras and the Lieutenant-Governorship of Bengal are two of the greatest prizes in the service in respect to wealth and power, and the successors of Lord Napier and Sir William Grey will be, in the estimation of their fellows, very fortunate men. Among the suggestions made in India is that Sir Richard Temple should be the successor of Lord Napier at Madras. Sir Richard, as everyone knows, has had the fortune, or misfortune, of admin istering the finances of the country; but, although he has been anything but successful as a Chancellor of the Exchequer, he formerly distinguished himself as an administrator, He.governed the central provinces with energy and ability, doing good service to com merce and agriculture and encouraging public works, and, what is more unusual, he displayed considerable discretion at the Court of Hyderabad, the centre of Mohammedan influence. Sir Richard's is not the only name mentioned in connection with the Gover norship of Madras, but it is shrewdly suspected that the Viceroy would be glad to exchange a financier, who does not know the difference between a surplus and a deficit, for some less brilliant, but more reliable arithmetician. Two other names, both wellknown, have been mentioned in connection with these appointments.' One of these is Mr. Layard, who is supposed to have special Eastern sympathies; the other (terrible news for the temples and cherished relics of au earlier age) is Mr. Ayrton, whose very matter-of-fact energies will certainly contrast very forcibly with the ease and elegance of Indian life. LOCAL TAXATION. The report of the committee on Local Taxation has been issued. The committee do not feel justified in establishing the wide conclusion that all rates should be dealt with in the same manner, but they lay down numerous general rules for future guidance. They find that local rates are mostly levied directly on the occupier, but are often paid either wholly or in part by the owner, who has, however, no share in their adminis tration. It is recommended that in future the system of rating be so adjusted that both owners and occupiers may feel an immediate interest in their administration. Owners should be made immediately liable,' and power should on certain conditions, be given to the occupier to deduct from his rent the portion which belongs to the owner. If the owners be thus held liable, it will follow that provision must be made for representing them in the constitution Lof the body administering the rates. The committee find, too, that the great variety of rates levied for different purposes by dif ferent authorities creates much confusion and needless expense. As much simplicity and uniformity as possible ought to be secured, and the system of one demand note specifying the number of rates levied, and their purpose, might well be introduced. The committee make special arrangements for owners of property under long leases. MODERN PRACTICES IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, An important letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury, addressed to the Chairman of the Ports mouth branch of the Church Association, has been published in answer to a memorial complaining of the adoption, by a certain party in the Church, of doc trines and practices alien to the purity of the Reformed faith. The Archbishop expresses his concurrence with the view of his predecessor in the primacy, as to the dangerous and unscriptural senti ments exhibited by a section of English Churchmen. His Grace is not surprised to find indignation springing up against ecclesiastical forms of belief and ceremony which manifest so great a tendency to assimilate the worship and teaching of the pure, scriptural, and reformed Church to the system of the Church of Rome. He cannot, however, concede that the evils are due to apathy and supineness on the part of the bishops, upon whose arbitrary will the clergy are by no means dependent for their position, as in the Church of Rome. The Archbishop adds, how ever, that notwithstanding the disadvantages that may follow from it, he rejoices in the system which provides that no clergyman can be removed from his position until lie has had a fair and open trial before a competent tribunal, in which his violation of the law of the Church has been legally proved. The proposition of the Ritual Commission that the points at issue between the Broad, Low, and High Church parties, might be decided in some less expensive and more expeditious manner than by au appeal to litiga tion, is recommended by the Archbishop, and he declares that he cannot lose hope that after the anxieties of a disquieted age, and the rancour of have somewhat subsided, it will be seen that the Head of the Church Himself will aid the faithful endeavours made by those sincere friends who belong to it, in maintaining its honour, and in preserving its acknowledged position as the exponent of an en lightened Christianity, labouring to promote educa tion, boldly rebuking vice, and standing forth as the bulwark at once against superstition and infidelity. NEUTRALITY NOW AND NEUTRALITY THEN. 'I he complaints of Prussia with regard to what she considers the failure of England to preserve a strict neutrality have been published far and wide, but a little reflection on the part of the German nation will show them that their Government has not been at all times immaculate in keeping the command ment that you should do to others as you would be done by. It is all very well to complain now, when she has everything to lose ; but there was a time, and that not long ago, when Prussia had much to gain, and went about gaining it, with a profound indifference to the losses of other people. A corre spondent in the Times points out that during the Crimean war, when Prussia professed to be a neutral, an unrestricted export of arms and munitions of war was allowed from Prussia to Russia, and, not withstanding a decree prohibiting the transport of weapons of foreign manufacture, Belgian arms conti nued to pass through Prussia into Russia. A mili tary agent of Russia als) was-allowed to have an office in Berlin during the whole of the war for the purchase and transmission of arms and military stores. LIFE DESTROYING MACHINES. If, as some writers assert, war is often necessary to clear the moral atmosphere, it is none the less certain that a certain amount of demoralisation is a neces sary concomitant of a state of warfare. Formerly battles were won by the tough fighting qualities o the soldiers, and the genius of the generals; but the rapid progress of service has introdnced a new element, which threatens to make the valour of the soldier of very little efict, and to reduce the art of generalship to a mere minimum. For the last three or four years, while France and Prussia were actively preparing themselves for the present contest, the public were occasionally startled by accounts of the trial of some weapon of war which was warranted to have a deadly effect at very long ranges. The success Of the needle-gun in the Prusso-Austrian campaign, was quickly succeeded by the chassepot. In a, very short RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY. There is a prevailing opinion that the British army is a receptacle into which all the refuse of the king dom is thrown, and that the only qualification neces sary for admission into a regiment is that the candidate should be a certain height. No doubt many bad and doubtful characters are to be found in the ranks, but. except in time of wa:, considerabi e care is taken in the selection of recruits: From the returns relating to recruiting for the army in 1868, just issued, it appears that in that year 23,543 recruits were primarily inspected, and the numbers rejected at primary and secondary inspections were 8,487, or 376 per thousand. 'The proportion rejected was highest among W elsh men, next highest among Scotchmen, then among Irishmen, lowest among the English. In every 1,000 inspected 726 were natives of England or Wales, 97 of Scotland, 169 of Ireland, the remaining 8 being natives of the colonies or foreign countries. The most frequent cause of rejection was disease of the eyes or eyelid; next, varicose veins, malformation of the chest or spine, disease of the heart, muscular tenuity and debility, and the defects of the lower extremities. These six groups of disabilities were the cause of half of the rejections. In every 1,000 205 were unable to read or write, 96 could only read, 699 were able to read and write—this last number being larger than in the previous year. The largest num, ber ut recruits is supplied by the labouring and agricultural classes, 572 in every 1,000 being lauourers, husbandmen, and servants; 186 were me chanics employed in occupations favourable to physical development—such as carpenters, smiths, masons, &c. ; 140 were manufacturing artisans, cloth-workers, weavers, lacemakers, &c. ; 71 were shopmen and clerks ; eight were from professional occupations or were students; 23 were boys. The ratio rejected (except among boys) is lowest in the professional class, being only 322 per 1,000. Glasgow and Liverpool were the towns where the ratio of rejections were the highest. THE SICK AND WOUNDED. A valuable suggestion is made in a letter to the Times concerning the assistance to be afforded to the sick and wounded. The writer says very truly that it matters little to a neutral people whether Prussians or Frebchmen are in need of help in this lamentable war. It has occurred to him to solicit from his friends and acquaintances contributions of linen rags for conversion into bandages. This rag collection may seem of little value here, but it will be of priceless value on the battle field. It is proposed in accordance with the spirit of impartiality which should prevail, that this collection should be divided, and half sent to each camp. Communications on the subject have been addressed to Count Bismarck and the French Minister of War. The latter has not as yet replied, but Count Bismarck has intimated his satisfaction at the proposal, and declared that any materials of the said description would be most thankfully received. Those who would render assistance to the wounded have thus a favourable opportunity presented to them, and simple as the work may seem, its effects will not be small or slight in the estimation of those for whom it is undertaken. IRISH SYMPATHY WITH FRANCE. A. remarkably interesting watering place in the CountyWicklow—the town of Bray, was scandalised on Sunday evening by one of those demonstrations of late so popular among certain classes of the Irish. A. meeting to express sympathy with France in the present crisis was announced, and after it was held an immense crowd accompanied by bands paraded the streets.: ~ The constabulary did not attempt to interfere till Church hour approached, and then, fearing that the services might be interrupted by the noise of the musical instruments, a policeman accosted one of the leaders of the mob, and while explaining to him the necessity of quietude and order, he was struck a terrible blow on the left temple. Not being seriously injured, the constable rushed upon his assailant, the drum-major of a band, and, having captured him, was about to drag him to the police station, when an attempt at rescue was made, and a regular tumult ensued. The windows of the police barracks were shattered; and, subse quently, the constabulary were ordered out en masse, and under arms to disperse the rioters. The drum major, it is well to state, is still in custody. THE VETERAN MISSIONARY. Mr. Moffat, the veteran missionary, has been entertained at a public. breakfast by the directors of the London Missionary Society. Some interesting speeches were delivered on the occasion. Mr. Hawkins, who presided, said that the London Missionary Society had been established for three quarters of a century, and Mr. Moffat had been hard at work for more than two-thirds of that period. He had been of the greatest assistance to the Africans by giving them a Bible and hymn book in their own language. Civilisation had followed on his steps, and among tribes where it was formerly dangerous to travel, travelling was as safe as in Great Britain. Mr. Motiatt admitted that a great change had passed over Africa, but said that Christianity had been the civiliser. It had been very uphill work, but they had plodded on, and had their reward. He could not without some regret think of quitting the mis sionary field in which it had been his delight for so many years to labour. If he could be but young again, gladly would he follow the steps of his son in-law, Dr. Livingstone, so that the missionary and the discoverer might work hand-in-hand, and spread civilisation and the Gospel throughout the world. The Hon. Mr. Kinnaird remarked that the life of Mr. Moffatt had been a better sermon than the most eloquent words, and in a comparatively lonely exile he had accomplished a work in comparison with which that of many statesman had been insignifi cant. A DELICATE INQUIRY. A somewhat peculiar action brought by a retired tradesman named Gould, against an hotel keeper, a Mrs. Watts, for the recovery of £289, has been beard at the Lewes Assizes. k strange sort of love story was mixed up with the plaintiffs claim. Both parties In the suit were between 50 and 60 years of age, and the defendant was a widow in possession of certain deeds left to her as executrix of her deceased husband. A tter a friendship extending over some years, a project of marriage sprung up between the parties in the suit, audit was alleged that while things were in this position the plaintiff advanced the defen dant various sums of money. At length some coolness' l arose between them, and the plaintiff obtained a judgment for £289 money lent, against the defen dant, and she was arrested and locked up in a "sponging-house "at Gravesend. Subsequently the plaintiff went to see her on the subject of his debt; and he consented to her release on the unidertaking, HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Aug. 4. The Queen and Princess Beatrice drove out yester day afternoon. Prince Leopold drove out, attended byMr. Duckworth. The Judge Advocate-General had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Biddulph had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. The hundredth anniversary of Hegel's birth—the 27th of August—is, on account of the war, not to be celebrated. Meetings, however, will be held in Berlin, and visitors from England and America are expected to he present. On its becoming known that a dealer in horses at Limerick was purchasing " mounts " for the Germans, considerable ill-feeling was shewn towards him, and the next night hay, valued at £5OO, was set fire to, and his premises were totally destroyed. • The Marchioness Camden gave birth to a daughter at her residence, 96, Eaton-square, on Tuesday. Her ladyship's previous child, a son and heir to the titles, the Earl of Brecknock, died within a few hours of his birth, August 11, 1869. Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High nesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold, attended by the suite, is expected to return to Windsor Castle on the 17th instant. Her Majesty will probably proceed to Balmoral on the following day. Lord George Hamilton, 111. P., will lay the first stone of a new church, to be built in the Victoria Park road, South Hackney, on Saturday afternoon. It is to be called Christ Church, and the Rev. J. C. Egan , M D • •$ M.R.1.A., is the incumbent elect. Sergeant Pearson, Army Service Corps, recently reduced from sergeant-major, has been tried at Col chester by a district court-martial for threatening to shoot Assistant-Commissary General Chambers, his com manding officer. The finding of the cour t h as not yet been announced. An Enniskillen correspondent reports that on Sun day last a demonstration in favour of the curate of Ir vinestown, the Rev. S. Evans, took place in the parish church. The Rev. Mr. Verschoyle, rector, had served Mr. Evans with a notice to leave, which expired on the 31st ult. Mr. Evans went to discharge his duty as usual, but the rector locked up the vestry and would not admit him. He also refused to admit any churchwarden. During th e service there was perfect order, but on the rector entering the pulpit, the cangregation, numbering over six hundred persons, rose in a body and walked out. Mr. Evans, it appears, is willing to resign after the Ist of January, but not before, as he would in that case become disentitled to his annuity under the Church Act. UNV I LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup- plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at thel London Offices, 4. Beautort Buildings Strand, IV.O. A NEW STRIKE AT BLACKBURN. Strikes in Lancashire are not yet, it seems, ap proaching their end, although for three years they have been of almost weekly occurrence in that and other of the cotton manufacturing districts. The one which we have now to chronicle has arisen in conse quence of the masters passing a resolution affecting the card-room hands. Some weeks since the employers, at a meeting, determined to grant a 5 per cent. increase of wages to all classes of the ope ratives. At the same time, however, they resolved to abolish an old practice, of allowing a certain num ber of hands the full payment forfeited by an absent workman, if they succeeded in accomplishing his hare of work before the mills were closed in the eve ning. The masters took this step, as many opera tives absented themselves, and they found, more over, that the custom allowed by them led to indiffe rent work being turned out, the hands having enough to do, to do it well, in discharging their ordinary allotted tasks. The masters have, on pressure, agreed to give half of an absent operative's wages to the hands that perform his share of labour, but even this does not satisfy the card-room employos, and on Tuesday the weavers and spinners engaged at three of the largest mills in the town were obliged to stop work in consequence of the card-room people not being desirous of commencing their business. The one set of hands depends upon the other. THE CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES. The latest official report of the crops in the United States, though not so good as was hoped for, is, on the whole, encouraging. At the outset there is, indeed, a startling deficiency in the wheat crop as compared with last year, but it must be remembered that the harvest was not yet all gathered in or re ported when the statistics were published. Also, there is still on hand, in the States, a considerable portion of last year's crop. The present estimate of the aggregate wheat crop for 1870 is 210,000,000 bushels against 250,000,000 last year. The increase in Indian corn is, however, greater than the decrease in wheat. Indian corn is becoming more and more the great staple of subsistence in America, and in the North West, the granary States, the increase of acres planted with it ranges from ten to twenty five per cent. The oat crop is good, and tobacco boasts an increased breadth of land of five per cent devoted to it. The quick witted American merchants are re joicing in this fact. War or no war, they say, French and Germans must have their tobacco, wanting more of it than usual, indeed, to console them for the hardships of a campaign. Fruit promises well and "the prospect for a large apple yield is unusualy fine." Pota toes are said to be good both in quality and quantity, but of them there is no official report. Cotton is recover ing with surprising vigour from its prolonged depres sion. There is an increase of a million acres in the area planted, and the crop is estimated at 3,500,000 bales, even should the season not be extraordinarily favourable as it was last year. New York paper in congratulating the country on the report says :--"In any event within human foresight we shall have a valuable surplus of breadstuffs for exportation, and from five hundred thousand to a million bales of cotton more than from last year's planting, which, with our tobacco crop, will give us a splendid margin for turning the balance of European trade in our favour, excepting those bonds." It is to be honed the Protectionists will accept the moral. wlrmiar Camb, Coats. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ..............44 after 7 1 Afternoon ..........14 after 8 :7 ) 1, 1,"4. ttg 'Ara. A 11111 EVENING EDITION. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1870, "Released unconditionally by order of the Empe ror." Further—" The Provost-Marshal is instructed to declare to English journalists that the EMPEROR relies on on their honour to act with discretion and judgment, wishing, as he does, to preserve the most cordial relations with England." Further still— "and recommending English correspondents to address themselves to the Provost-Marshal in every difficulty." Fragments from a telegram, dated 2nd August, from the French head-quarters at Metz. in relation to the arrest and liberation of the Standard correspondent. The telegram being authenticated by G. A. SALA and AZAMAT BATTIK, respectively the Daily Telegraph and Pall Mall Gazette correspon dents. It is as it should be. By that decision of the EMPEROR, matters are thus at once and henceforth placed upon this right footing as between the authority of the Commander-in-Chief of one of the two great belligerent armiesnow confronting each other in Rhine land, and the perfect freedom of utterance, that is of writing, accorded by that authority to the English Press as represented in the immediate vicinity of the French head-quarters by this or by that Special Corres pondent. Captain SWORD and Captain PEN have Dome to a thoroughly honourable and a thoroughly amicable understanding. The relations established between the English journalists and the EMPEROR are henceforth as those existing between a host and his guests. There is no compact between them. No terms have been entered into. The future is left to itself unconditionally. Relying upon their honour, the EMPEROR counts upon the English journalists acting with discretion and judgment—. an intimation that applies equally, of course, to the responsible editors in London and to the special correspondents representing them in the immediate vicinity of the camp of this one, at least, of the two great belligerents. The implicit confi dence reposed by the EMPEROR in the honour, as well as in the discretion and judgment of the chief professional intelligencers of his allies, the English, will not be belied. Whenever in moments of doubt or difficulty as to what ought or ought not to be included in the correspondence—meaning when there is any scruple or hesitation as to what might seem to them a precipitate announcement or a prema ture revelation—they are a'ithorised to put them selves at once into communication with the PROVOST MARSHAL. Again we say, it is as it should be. The decision arrived at by the EMPEROR, in this matter, is one worthy of him, and of the respon sible agents to whom it especially applies. The momentary doubt felt as to the difficulty, if not the impossibility, of providing the English public with rapid and authentic information. as to the fluctuations and vicissitudes of the great war now being waged by the Franco-Prussian armies in the country bordering on the Rhine, is by one stroke of the imperial pen, or rather by one utter ance of the imperial lips, dissipated. English jour nalism will acquit itself of the trust reposed in its honour, its judgment, and its discretion. MR. HENRY LABOUCHERE has written a letter to the Daily Telegraph, which sets forth the• reasons why we should not fulfil our duty to Belgium in the event of her inde pendence b3ing menaced. The letter would have had more weight if it had not been signed. Mr. HENRY LABOUCHERR'S antecedents are not of a character to lend importance to any com munication which he may make. The main argument is that England is not bound to defend Belgium, both because the Treaty which impoies that obligation upon her has been virtually abrogated by subsequent events, and because England has not fulfilled treaty obligations on other occasions. The first theory is a favourite one with the Emperor NAPOLEON. He announced it at Auxerre after the war of 1866, and the Secret Treaty seems to skew that he has been endeavour ing to carry it out in a practical manner. We may be pardoned if we fail to take the same view of the matter, especially as we find that this abr•gation of treaties is always for the benefit of France, and not at all for that of England. There is really no reason that we can see why we should allow the Third NAPOLEON to take possession of Antwerp, and to use the First NAPOLEON'S words, hold a loaded pistol at the heart of England. If our assent is to be obtained to this new partition-perfidy at least some inducement should be offered to us. But there is none that could be offered. We do not want a foot of ground on the Continent of Europe ; we do not want Algeria or the French settlements on the West Coast, or any French colony. (We believe that France has one or two colonies some where.) We could not even take Mexico if Mexico were France's to offer. But we do most decidedly object to France taking Antwerp for rea sons of our own—for selfish reasons, if Mr. LABOU CHEM?. likes to put it so. Yet selfish reasons are not the only motives that prompt us. We still have some regard i for our plighted word. We cannot yet bring ourselves to forsake the work of our own hands that gal ant little nation, that bulwark and pattern of constitutional government on a continent too much at the mercy of " personal " autocrats. If we fought to maintain that very "Sick Man," decrepit Maho metan Turkey, much more should we fight to main tain vigorous and Christian, though minute, Belgium. But it is said the treaty in question does not bind us to fight; it simply binds us to accept a responsibility so long as the othercontracting powers recognise it. In other words, .the treaty renders us responsible to France, Prussia, Russia, and, Austria, but not at all to Belgium. This, we believe, was Lord STANLEY'S idea with regard to the Luxem bourg guarantee of 1867 ; but that is a wholly diffe rent matter from the guarantee of 1831 and 1839 with respect to Belgium. Finally, it is urged that we AMERICAN PARTIES AND THE WAR. There is nothing surprising, nothing but just cause for respect and admiration, in the enthusiasm which the hostilities between France and Prussia have elicited among the Germans in America. They happily blend affectionate attachment to the land they have left with devotion to the best interests of the land in which they live. Faithful and valuable as American citizens, they yet retain the heartiest concern in all that relates to the Fatherland. To them, therefore, the war naturally possesses momentous significance; the preparations for it have created among them an excitement which will grow more intense as the conflict proceeds. Their reverence for order and their fidelity to American law are, however, conspicuous even in their ardour. They propose to render efficient succour to their countrymen in Europe, but of a kind to which the greatest stickler for national neutrality cannot object. The sympathy which inspires them is demonstrative, without being offensive to any class of our citizens; and the aid they are preparing to render assumes shapes which commend themselves to univer sal humanity. The considerations which have con tributed to the outburst of German feeling in all our large cities do not imply partisan adherence to the recent policy of the Prussian Government. Not Bismarck or King William evokes this enthusiasm, but the grand idea of German unity. Whether Prussia has been right or wrong in its treatment of smaller States, is not the question which Germans now pause to discuss. It is enough that, in the quarrel with France, Prussia repre sents German nationality. The designs of Bismarck, the temper of the King, are as nothing compared with a struggle begun by France for the achievement of ends which every German has learned to detest, and on the other hand, maintained by Prussia as the central figure in a great Germanic Confederation, every part of which seems likely to render her the heartiest possible support. The enthusiasm witnessed here should, then, not be mistaken' for admiration of all the processes by which Prussian power has been pro moted. It represents, rather, the cause of German solidarity, whose basis is an idea uppermost in every German mind. This statement of the case renders ap parent the duty of our Government, and justifies the im partiality of our people. The official duty would be the same were the contest between an overbearing Monarchy and a feeble Republic. President Grant would be found to observe the same neutrality were France attacking Switzerland, were Russia reviving not forgotten atrocities in Poland, or were England playing the oppressor in insurrectionary Ireland. But the sym pathy of the American people would be enlisted on the weaker side, and there would be public meetings to, de nounce the tyrant Power. In the present instance we are not called upon to take any formal action. There are many reasons why the preponderance of personal feeling may be expected to be in favour of the Germans, —there are none that should induce us to assume a partisan attitude, and certainly none that can justify a party organisation, in attempting to manufacture party capital out of the enthusiasm which alike animates Germans and French. The egregious folly which led the Union Republican General Committee of this City to parade its indorsement of the Prussian cause is inexcusable, because unsolicited and unprovoked. Our German citizens respect too loyally 'the position and obligations of the Government to seek its departure from a neutral course ; and they understand too well the insincerity of politicians to be influenced by worthless resolutions, or speeches that sig nify literally nothing. The duty and the interest of the Government lead toward strict impartiality. The neu trality which President Grant, whatever his sympathies, must rigidly enforce, is dictatedquite as much by a regard for our own welfare as by respect for legally-defined in ternational obligations. We owe to the belligerents abso lute fair play ; and remembering how bitterly we com plained of England's insincerity during the progress of our own conflict, we cannot too carefully avoid everything which may even seem to identify us with either side. Hence the indecency and impolicy of any Re publican movement that tends to convert a war between foreign Powers into a party question ; it is a movement injurious to national good faith, and calculated to place the Administration in a false position, as well toward the Republican party, on which it relies for support, as to the country, which, on a question like this, may properly demand that parties shall be ignored.—New York Times. OUR NAVAL MOVEMENTS. The Rip Van Winkle policy to which Congress would seem to have wished to confine the Secretary of the Navy meets with no favour in the navy itself. Fully awake to the exigencies, immediate and prospective, of the war between France and Prussia, the Navy Department has issued orders which have already imparted unwonted activity to all our naval stations. At the Brooklyn Navy Yard every available ship is to be put in condition for service with all possible haste. Two ships are now ready for sea, and additional inducements are offered to recruits. The Guard, under command of Lieutenant-Commander Lull, and the Nipsic, under command of Lieutenant Commander Wilson, are ordered to proceed at once to the fishing banks to aid in guarding the interests of American fisheries. It will be an agreeable change for the officers of these two vessels after their recent prolonged exposure to the scorching tropical sun while they were engaged in the Darien expedition. .tit Boston a large additional number of mechanics have been set to work on half-a dozen ships. At Portsmouth, also, fresh hands have been employed, and the corvette California, 21 guns, and the Narraganset, six guns, will soon be ready for sea. At all our other navy yards a similar revival of activity is witnessed, It has been determined to increase at once our European squadron, and generally to put the navy as speedily as possible in the best condition that inadequate appropriations will allow. The American people cannot fail to condemn the wretched economy and the unstates manlike legislation of Congress in weakening instead of strengthening our navy, and the determination of the Navy Department to do all that can be done, with the limited means at its disposal, to protect American • com merce and maintain the glory of our national flag will be universally applauded.—New York Herald. ROAST BEEF V. ROAST RAT. One of the sharpest points made by his Honour A. Oakey Hall, borrowing from Mr. John Swinton, in opposing Chinese Immigration, is his averment that the question is one of "Roast Rat versus Roast Beef." It is not asserted that the Chinese people are of such perverse taste that they eschew Roast Beef, and insist on gorging themselves instead with Roast Rat. On the contrary, all that can be truly cast up against them in the premises amounts to this—that in deplored absence of Roast Beef, and when utterly-unable to achieve that wholesome and nourishing viand, they have been known to extract such questionable nourishment as they might from Roast Rat. Would not a crew of Yankee or British sailors, wrecked and cast ashore on Sable Island, or any such forlorn locality, do exactly the same ? The assumption that John Chinaman clings to roast rat, when he might do a good deal better, is refuted by a thousand facts. Any unprejudiced Cali fornian will sa ti s f y you t h at John is an immense con sumer of rice, and stickles habitually for the very best quality of that delicate and nourishing grain ; while as to chickens he eats all that he can honestly procure, to say the very least. In short, John, like his betters, goes in for the best he can get, and a liberal allowance of that same. True, he sometimes works for low wages—works faithfully and well—but only when he can get no higher. Show him that he can honestly and decently double his earnings, by joining the Crispins or another Society, and we warrant him to go in. In fact, John is human —moved by human impulses, subject to human passions, and governed by the very human determination to take the best possible care of " number one." Those who ignore this fact are not well qualified to discuss the Chinese question. If any one doubts this, if he really im ag i nes t h at John would insist on regaling himself with roast rat in preference to roast beef, let him supply as much good beef as the Chinaman will eat at five cents per pound, on condition that he be paid $1 for all the roast rat they persist in eating in preference to the beef. We warrant him that his offer, if responsibly indorsed, shall not go begging for takers. But it is urged that John often, if not usually, sells a specified portion of his future labour and service, in order to defray thereby the cost of his transportation across the vast Pacific. Let us• look into this. Suppose a Yankee skipper to have visited Antwerp, Rotterdam, or Hamburg with a load of petroleum or cotton, and to be just on the point of setting forth nearly empty on his homeward j ourney. A short, ruddy_ Dutchman accosts him thu s , "C a pt a i n ,t a k e me t o A mer i ca. " " Certainly," responds the captain. " $25, with pork and potatoes ; $3O if you have tea, coffee, and other extras." But, captain, I am not worth $5 beside the clothes I stand in, and I couldn't raise $2O to save my life." " Very well ; stay here and earn it." " But, captain, how can I earn it ? My wages as a farm labourer range from 20 to 30 cents a day, out of which I must buy food, lodg ing, and clothing, and I can't find work more than ten months in the year. If I would work here till gray as a badger I couldn't save $25." " Well, so be it ; but ships cost money to run and build them, while emigrant pas sengers eat like oil of vitriol, How am Ito be paid for carrying you ?" " I will tell you," responds Hans. " When you shall have fastened your vessel at the Phila delphia dock just take me ashore and sell my service for six months, or the shortest time that will pay you fully to any kind, honest fanner who will keep me, clothe me, and teach me the Yankee way of working a farm. I shall then have a sure home from the start, and, if I behave and make myself useful, there must be half a dozen ready to hire me at fair wages when my time is out." Can you suggest any other way in which this poor labourer could get across the Atlantic more cheaply and comfortably ? and if not, can there be a good reason,for refusing to let him come this way? And if this be right and expedient for Hans, why not for John? Doubtless the business requires strict legal regulation to secure both Hans and John from being overreached and oppressed ; but the wrong is not in the thing itself, but in its abuses. An act of Congress providing that no immi grant from Europe shall give more than six months' faithful work for his passage, and none from Asia more than twelve months, and that all contrary agreements or understandings which involve a longer term of service shall be absolutely void, except that they shall subject the capitalist-contractor to fine and imprisonment, is all that • • can be needed. Have this act read in translation to every immigrant as he step.l on our shores, and it is morally certain that none will work longer for his passage than the law allows. The suggestion that John is an idolater and a pagan is so directly at war with the Federal Consti tution, that we cannot Joelieve it serious. Assuredly, if Congress were to attempt the exclusion of any class of immigrants from our, soil because of their religious faith, or want of it, the courts would be compelled to pro nounce the act not worth thepaper on which it isprinted. If anything in the Federal Constituti on i s sacre d an d funda- mental:it is that most righteous and salutary j - ;;Vol which forbids any interference by Congress with the ab solute freedom of religious belief.—New York Tribune. TH] A to 110 furl yesterc firmed. The adopte roamer and ex, 9nergei might meat. Ther Johnst, or PruE It is have vi sia. T tween the eve being N 11. will of her t British the Tre her in i Britain action c going o indecisi, casus bo occurrei British to garri The curious 11.15 a proof 11.20. Were fal A disch, the first reserve wanted. ardour a 11.40. cornmen woods w Have wi superior What is Off ; one non. 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